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[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.IT IS FIVE 30 AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 8TH, 2025.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING, AND WE
[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.]
WILL WRITE, MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
[3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED FROM COUNCIL? MAYOR, I'VE GOT A, A QUESTION ON UH, FOUR B FOR CHIEF FREEZE.
THIS IS FOR THE LPR CAM AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE CAPTION THAT SAYS THEY'RE GONNA REFER TO REPLACING THEM.
AND, AND MY THOUGHT WAS, UM, CAN WE REPLACE SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE BROKEN AND, AND, AND USE THE, SOME OF NEW ONES IN NEW PLACES? YES, SIR.
UH, I YOU SIR? UH, CHRISTOPHER, CHIEF PLACE, UH, EVENING WE IN COUNCIL, UH, YEAH.
SO A LOT OF OUR CAMERAS ARE ENTERING ALREADY.
UM, SO A GOOD MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ALREADY READY FOR REPLACEMENT.
UM, SO GOING WITH THIS GRAY, WE WOULD MOVE TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS AS OPPOSED TO THE SYSTEM WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
IT DOESN'T REALLY CONNECT TO OTHER CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE OFFICER, WE'RE, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE
WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY? UH, SO GOOD THING I'M MOVING WITH FLOCK, IT'S, UH, THERE, IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN, THEY'RE REPLACING YOUR HERE, IT'S, THEY FLY WILL COME OUT AND REPLACE THOSE AS NEEDED AS OPPOSED TO US PURCHASING THE CAMERAS.
AND TYPICALLY YOU MIGHT GET A FEW YEARS, FIVE YEARS OR SO, AND THEN TECHNOLOGY AGREES YOU GOTTA PURCHASE MORELOCK.
IT'S A YEAR OVER YEAR COMMITMENT.
SO IT'S, IF SOMETHING BREAKS, THEY CANNOT REPLACE THAT CAMERA LIKE IN THERE.
SO THE TWO, IS IT $280,000 GRANT? UH, YES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN FOR AND THEN REQUIRES, UM, CHALLENGE MATCH 20%.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT GREAT AT MATH, BUT 56,000 OR SO, SO, SO WHAT DOES THAT DO? BIAS SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE, WE WOULD APPLY FOR THIS VERY INTERESTING YEAR.
SO THAT TWO 80 IS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR? YES SIR.
WELL EXPENSIVE CAMERAS, SO, OKAY.
ARE WE GETTING MORE UNITS TOWARDS THE SAME AMOUNT OF UNITS OF BOTH CAMERAS? UH, WE ARE, I DON'T NEED THE SAME FOR SEIZURE.
WE APPROACH, IT'S MORE OR LESS THE SAME NUMBER OF CAMERAS.
UH, I THINK WE'RE UP TO THAT POINT, YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDS OF COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
WHEN UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SEND QUESTIONS TO STAFF REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THOSE RESPONSES ARE PUT INTO A SINGLE DOCUMENT AND SEND OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THAT DOCUMENT IS ALSO, UH, UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE.
SO ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO THE TOWN WEBSITE, GO TO THE AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE UH, Q AND A DOCUMENT, UH, FROM THAT POINT.
[4. Closed Meeting. The Addison City Council will enter a Closed Meeting pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551-071 through 090 to discuss the following item(s):]
ITEM ITEM FOUR IS A CLOSED MEETING.ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODES SECTIONS 5 51 DASH SEVEN ONE THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0 7 1.
SECTION TWO TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE STATUS OF A PART 13 FA, A COMPLAINT AGAINST A TENANT AT THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL MEET UPSTAIRS.
[5. Open Meeting. In accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter 551, the Addison City Council will reconvene in an Open Meeting to consider action, if any, on the matters discussed in the Closed Meeting.]
5 55 AND WE WILL COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM AND IT IS 5 55.
[a. Present and discuss an update on the Westgrove and Quorum Drive projects.]
WE ARE MOVING RIGHT INTO, UH, ITEM SIX WORK SESSION REPORTS.SIX A IS PRESENTED, DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE WEST GROVE AND QUORUM DRIVE PROJECTS CHANNEL.
I'LL SAY A COUPLE WORDS BEFORE JANET KICKS OFF THIS ITEM.
SO THIS ITEM IS TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
THE FIRST PROJECT, WHICH SHANNON WILL GO OVER IS THE BY CLEAN PROJECT.
AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ONE IS A TEMPERATURE CHECK TO SAY, ARE WE READY OR DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
LET'S WE'RE REALLY AT THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE WE WILL, IF, IF WE MOVE FORWARD BASED ON THE DIRECTION WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY, WE WOULD BE BRINGING CONTRACTS BACK.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOU ON THAT PROJECT.
THE SECOND PROJECT IS MORE OF AN UPDATE THAT'S PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR
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MANY YEARS IN TOWN.SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT AS IT MOVES ALONG.
SO, UM, KEEP THOSE IN MIND AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO JANET AND BECKY.
JANNA TWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARK AND RECREATION.
I AM MAKING THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WITH BECKY DEI WITH PUBLIC, UM, REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM, AS STATED IS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO PROJECTS.
THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO A PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON MAY 28TH, 2024.
AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL DID GIVE DIRECTION, UM, RELATED TO THE TWO PROJECTS FOR STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM.
UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO PROJECT ONE, WHICH IS THE WEST GROVE DRIVE BIKE LANES AND THE CORN DRIVE BIKE LANES, THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WE'VE DONE A PILOT PROJECT SINCE THEN.
WE'VE HAD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY SINCE THEN.
AND SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CHECK IN ON THE PROJECT AND RECEIVE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NOW HAVE.
PROJECT TWO, UM, IS A UPDATE, JUST A INFORMATION SESSION TO UP GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 2019 BOND FARM DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY GOES FROM THE DARK RIGHT AWAY ALL THE WAY TO LANDMARK PLACE IN NTTA.
ALL BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS FULFILL OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS OF MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PROJECT.
SO WEST ROAD DRIVE QUO DRIVE BY LANE WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITYWIDE CHARLES MASTER PLAN AS A PHASE ONE PROJECT.
UM, THERE WE HAVE DONE A PILOT STUDY WITH COG SINCE THEN AND IT HAS MADE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SECTION THROUGH QUORUM, BUT ARE ON TOP OF WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE CHARLES MASTER PLAN.
COUNCIL ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR DESIGN IN THE FY 24 25 BUDGET.
AND SO THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO MOVE TO DESIGN, UM, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, HER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION STAFF DID APPLY FOR A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES TO A SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THE PROJECT DID RANK NUMBER ONE OUT OF, UM, 18 PLUS PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
AND IT, IT WAS AWARDED $6.1 MILLION IN THE TOWN'S LOCAL MATCH WOULD BE 1.53.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONSULT FEES, BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR HAVE VOICED CONCERNS AND STAFF HAS MET WITH THEM.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING MODIFICATIONS BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE HEARD.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE PROPOSING WOULD NOT IMPACT THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE ABILITY FOR THE PROJECT TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
AND THEN PROJECT TWO IS THE 2019 QUORUM BOND, UM, OR 2019 BOND QUORUM DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN THE 2019 BOND ELECTION.
IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT IN THE PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN COUNCIL APPROVED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH T AND P FOR DESIGN IN JUNE OF 23.
AND THEN COUNSEL APPOINTED A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO INFORM THE PROJECT ON PLACE MAKING PARK ACTIVATION AND CONNECTIVITY IN OCTOBER OF 23.
THE FIRST PROJECT, I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY CHANGE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO START AT WEST GROVE DRIVE AT WEST GROVE DRIVE AT TRINITY MILLS.
THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF THIS PROJECT THAT'S ACTUALLY PARTIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON AND PARTIALLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IF YOU GO BACK A, A FEW FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION, UM, THOSE ELEMENTS WOULD NOT BE WITHIN ADDISON, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN COORDINATED ON A VERY HIGH LEVEL BETWEEN COG AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM THAT WAS DOING THE PILOT PROGRAM.
AND THERE WOULD BE FURTHER COORDINATION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
THE PROJECT RUNS FROM TRINITY MILLS TO FARM DRIVE.
IT IS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE EXISTING ROAD SECTION.
SO IT DOES NOT REMOVE A LANE OF TRAFFIC DURING THE SECTION.
IT IS A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF WEST GROVE DRIVE.
IT WILL HELP WITH TRAFFIC COMING AROUND WEST GROVE DRIVE.
UM, IT'S A VERY WIDE ROAD SECTION AND THE WIDER A ROAD SECTION IS THE FASTER THE CARS GO.
SOMETIMES IT WOULD UTILIZE TRAFFIC SEPARATORS.
UM, STAFF WILL DO MORE WORK ON ROAD MARKINGS AND THE PRODUCTS THAT WE WILL RECOMMEND FOR THE SEPARATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE, UM, INSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A FOCUS OF THIS CONVERSATION THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO TO IDENTIFY THOSE MATERIALS.
THIS ROAD IS ROUTINELY USED BY CYCLISTS.
UM, I TRAVEL THIS ROAD ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE OUR OFFICE IS THERE
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AND IT'S PRETTY OFTEN THAT I'M OUT AND ABOUT THAT I SEE CYCLISTS ON WEST GROVE AND IF YOU REFER TO STRAVA DATA THAT TRACKS CYCLISTS, IT'S IDENTIFIED WEST GROVE AS A HEAVY ROUTE FOR CYCLIST.THE NEXT SECTION OF PROJECT LINE IS QUORUM DRIVE SOUTH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE SECTION BETWEEN WEST GROVE DRIVE GOING SOUTH TO AIRPORT PARKWAY.
THIS IS A SEPARATED BIKE LANE.
THE BIKE LANE WOULD REPLACE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION.
UM, IT IS SUPPORTED BY TRAFFIC COUNTS.
OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER REVIEWED COUNTS AND THERE'S VERY LOW TRAFFIC IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE ROAD.
AND THEY SEND THAT THE CHANGES COULD BE SUPPORTED, IT WOULD UTILIZE TRAFFIC SEPARATORS.
I'VE SHOWN SOME TYPICAL MARKINGS IN THIS PROJECT JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED.
WE OF COURSE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AN ENTIRE GREEN BIKE LANE, UM, BUT AT INTERSECTIONS AND DRIVE APPROACHES, THE GREEN MARKING IS A VERY COMMON IDENTIFIER FOR CYCLIST.
THE NEXT SECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IS FARM DRIVE SOUTH BETWEEN AIRPORT PARKWAY AND ADDISON ROAD.
THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE PROPERTY WHERE WE RECEIVE THE MOST FEEDBACK FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
IF WE HAVE BEGUN MEETING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WE'VE COMPLETED MOST OF THOSE MEETINGS.
WE HAVE A FEW TO WRAP UP, BUT MOST OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED WERE CONCERNS RELATED TO DELIVERY ACCESS.
UM, THEIR DELIVERIES ARE USING PARALLEL PARKING AND THERE WAS CONCERNS THAT DELIVERY VEHICLES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THE PARKING THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE DELIVERIES.
UM, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE CORRIDOR CONVEYED TO US THAT THEY USE DOORDASH AND GRUBHUB HEAVILY AS A VITAL PART OF THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND IF GRUBHUB AND DOORDASH CAN'T EASILY PARK AND GET INTO THEIR BUSINESSES, SOMETIMES THEY AVOID PICKING UP THOSE DELIVERIES.
AND SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE IMPACTS TO YOUR BUSINESSES.
UM, THEY ALSO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT CLIENTELE NOT WANTING TO NAVIGATE BIKE LANES TO ACCESS BUSINESSES.
THEY SHARED THAT IT IS HARD ALREADY TO FIND PARKING, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PARKING THAT'S BEHIND THE BUILDINGS AND THE BIKE LANES WOULD INCREASE THAT LEVEL OF HAVING DIFFICULTY FOR FINDING PARKING.
AND SO THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR THEM.
AND THEN SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE ELDERLY CLIENTELE, BUT THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THEY WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND THEN CROSS A BY POINT IN ORDER TO GET TO A SIDEWALK AND INTO THE BUSINESS.
AND THE NUMBER OF CONCERNS ABOUT FIRST RESPONDER ACCESS BEING LIMITED BECAUSE WE HAD BLOCKED ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE DESIGN TALK ALTERNATIVES THAT EXIST.
WE DID TAKE A TOUR OF A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE METRO CLASS AND THERE ARE SOLUTIONS, UM, THE BUSINESS OWNERS DID BRING TO US THAT THEY KEPT SEEING SHARES IN OTHER CITIES AND THEY OFFERED THAT AS A SOLUTION OVER SEPARATED BY CLAIMS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS UPDATING THE DESIGN TO REFLECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT.
UM, WE DID MEET WITH COG AND COG EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR MODIFYING 1500 FEET OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED IT INCLUDES A BY BOULEVARD, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SHERIFFS AND I'LL GET ONTO THAT THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT A BYTE BOULEVARD IS AND THAT WOULD AVOID THE FUNDING IMPACTS TO THE CASE THAT DESIGN FUNDING.
WHILE WE MET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WE AND BUSINESS OWNERS, WE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE WERE CHALLENGES IDENTIFYING OFF STREET PARKING.
LIGHTING DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ILLUMINATE THE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS IN THE EVENINGS.
AND THERE WERE IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS WERE REQUESTED TO CROSSWALKS TO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
SO THOSE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE HEARD.
A BIKE BOULEVARD, UM, DOES NOT TAKE AWAY LANE OF TRAFFIC.
IT IS BASICALLY USING SHEROS BUT USING THE UNIVERSAL GREEN MARKING, WHICH IS WHAT IDENTIFIES THE PRESENCE OF BICYCLES.
IT'S A NEW STANDARD THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED BY AASHTO.
IT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
SO THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLKIT THAT BECKY IS WORKING ON TO DEVELOP WOULD BE A RESOURCE OF TOOLS TO USE TO IMPROVE CROSSWALKS AND IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WITH THE BIKE, THE SHADOWS.
UM, IT ALSO RECOMMENDS IMPROVING LIGHTING FOR MAKING THE CYCLISTS MORE VISIBLE AND ALSO PEDESTRIANS MORE VISIBLE AND REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH HAS CURRENTLY ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
ANOTHER SECTION OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS
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THE TRANSITION AT ADDISON CIRCLE.AND THIS PROJECT, THIS SECTION IS PROBABLY THE LEAST DEFINED OUT OF ALL OF OUR DESIGN SOLUTIONS.
WE DO NEED TO ENGAGE OUR CONSULTANT TO FURTHER WORK OUT THE DESIGN, BUT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING WHEN WE ELIMINATE THE DEDICATED BIKE LANES AND INSTALL SHARE ROADS IS THAT WE ACTUALLY GO TO A SHARED USE PATH SYSTEM AT THE ROUNDABOUT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE EXAMPLE PHOTO WHERE BIKES ENTER WHERE THE RAMPS ARE.
YOU WOULD STILL NEED TO DO A LOT OF DESIGN WORK ON THIS.
ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION, UM, FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS FOR US ALSO TO REDUCE THE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN THE ROUNDABOUT TO HELP TRAFFIC FUNCTION.
IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN THAT ROUNDABOUT, ALMOST EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THERE YOU SEE CARS NOT SURE WHICH LANE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN.
UM, WHERE I'VE SEEN THAT TYPE OF DESIGN BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL IS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE VERY LARGE AND YOU'RE GOING A FURTHER DISTANCE BEFORE YOU CHANGE LANES.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH THIS.
SO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS THAT NARROWING THE ROUNDABOUT THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IT WOULD ALSO HELP INCREASE THAT SHARED USE SPACE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR CYCLISTS BY DOING THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE MOVE FURTHER SOUTH.
UM, THE PROJECT WOULD BE FROM ADDISON CIRCLE TO COTTON, THE COTTON BELT TRAIL AND THAT'S WHERE PROJECT ONE WOULD TERMINATE.
WHAT IS RECOMMENDED AT THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SEPARATED BIKE LANE, BUT IT WOULD BE RAISED TO SIDEWALK LEVEL.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE STREET LEVEL, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WOULD NOT REPLACE A LANE OF TRAFFIC.
IT WOULD REPLACE PARALLEL PARKING SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PARKING BEING PROPOSED FROM THE TD PROJECT, BOTH SURFACE PARKING AND THE PARKING GARAGE.
AND IT WOULD OFFSET THOSE SPACES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED.
SO STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
UM, PROJECT ONE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, WOULD INCLUDE A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MILES PER HOUR, UM, THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
IT WOULD IMPLEMENT SHEROS FROM AIRPORT PARKWAY TO ADDISON CIRCLE IN A PIKE BOULEVARD FASHION.
SO THOSE OTHER PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AND LIGHTING AMENITIES WOULD BE INCLUDED.
UM, AND IT WOULD USE A SHARED USE PATH AT THE ROUNDABOUT LOCATIONS.
UM, AND JUST TO REITERATE, THERE IS FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, ALTHOUGH THE TOWN WILL HAVE A LOCAL MATCH OF $1.5 MILLION AND ALSO THE CONSULTANT FEES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
AND I THINK WITH THAT IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO PAUSE THE PRESENTATION AND FACILITATE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL AND BECKY.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OVER WHAT WE JUST PROPOSED.
THE QUESTIONS, UH, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS REFERENCE TO THE, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT STUDY INFORMATION OF BIKE FACILITIES.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND, AND WE ASKED FOR THAT.
HAS THAT BEEN SHARED? THAT WAS SHARED BEFORE.
UM, ATTORNEY WICK FIND OUT WHICH ONE IS JUST LOT TO NAVIGATE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION.
UM, I DON'T, SO WE'RE UNSURE ON PAGE EIGHT AS FAR AS THE ROUNDABOUT, WHETHER THAT'D BE TWO VEHICULAR OR ONE VEHICULAR.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING ONE, BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON THAT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND FEEDBACK ON THE ROUNDABOUT.
UM, THE ROUNDABOUT WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE DESIGNED.
UM, STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED, UH, SLIGHTLY IN THE WAY THAT THOSE ROUNDABOUTS ARE ACTUALLY CONFIGURED.
AND WE, FROM A SAFETY AND A TRAFFIC FLOW PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO CUE CARS INTO ONE LANE AND STILL ALLOW FOR THAT, UH, BICYCLE.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WE DO, IF, IF THE DIRECTION IS THERE'S, WE HAVE TO KEEP TWO LANES NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE LISTEN TO THAT.
BUT THAT PROB THAT LI VERY LIKELY MEANS COG WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND THE PROJECT CAN PROBABLY SEE.
SO WE DO NEED TO HEAR THAT IF THAT'S A NON-STARTER FROM, FROM THE CIRCLE TO THE, THE TRACKS FOR THE, UH, SILVER ONE.
IF YOU GO TO ONE LANE IN THE CIRCLE, IS IT ONE LANE IN THAT STRETCH TOO OR IS THAT STILL TWO LANES EACH? THAT WOULD BE TWO LANES.
TWO LANES GOING IN, COMING BETWEEN FOR THE SOUTH, SOUTH OF THE CIRCLE? YES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? NO, NO, NO.
LANES WILL CHANGE IN THAT AREA.
IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING NOW THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A TRANSITION BECAUSE CARS THAT ARE TWO LANES GOING INTO ONE.
AND SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSITION AND HOW THAT HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SAYING, THAT
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WE WOULD NEED TO ENGAGE A CONSULTANT TO WORK THROUGH THAT.SO THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SHARE THOSE DESIGNS.
BUT THE TRAFFIC LANE ITSELF, THE INTENT IS TO KEEP THE LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT ARE THERE AND MINIMIZE THAT TRANSITION DOWN TO ONE LANE.
SO WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, IS WHEN THE, THE ARMS ARE DOWN AND THE TRAIN'S COMING AND THE TRAFFIC'S BACKING UP AND WE'RE GOING, WELL, IF IT WAS ONE LANE, I THINK IT'D BACK UP TO THE CIRCLE TOO FAST.
BUT WHEN IT'S TWO LANES BACKING UP INTO ONE LANE AND THEN IT'S, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BACKUP WE'RE GONNA GET FROM THAT SILVER LINE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CIRCLE BEING TOO.
UM, BUT I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT ONE, THESE, THESE SLIDES, AND I GUESS IT'S NUMBER NINE, UM, THE TOP LEFT.
THAT, THAT DOESN'T EXIST THAT WAY NOW, DOES IT WHERE THE TWO Y LANES ARE THERE AND THEN TWO CARS AND THEN THREE CARS ON THE RIGHT? CORRECT.
THE, THE PHOTO THAT'S AT THE TOP, SO THE TOP LEFT IS WHAT'S RECOMMENDED.
SO WHERE YOU SEE THE TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK, SO THE TWO BICYCLES, THOSE WOULD BE LOCATED WHERE THE EXISTING PARALLEL PARKING SPACES ARE IN FRONT OF THE ADDISON PARK.
AND THEN THE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC THEY'RE ADJACENT TO THOSE BIKE LANES ARE THE EXISTING LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE.
AND THOSE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE, THE OTHER, I GUESS IT'S THE EAST SIDE.
THE EAST SIDE WE'RE NOT TOUCHING.
THERE'S TWO LANES AND PARKING.
WE'RE JUST GIVING UP THE PARKING ON THE WEST.
WELL, IT'S THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK.
SO YOU'RE, BECAUSE LIKE BEFORE YOU SHOWED US DIAGRAMS OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THIS ONE, THIS IS JUST SHOWING LET'S PER WHAT WOULD BE PROPOSED IS TO GIVE UP THE PARKING AND YOU THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING ELSEWHERE? WELL, WE'LL BE ADDING, YEAH.
I WOULD SAY ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW VERSION OF THE TOD, WE'RE ADDING SIGNIFICANT SURFACE PARKING TO THAT TRIANGLE, UH, RIGHT THERE.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE PARKING GARAGE, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PARKINGS WITH THE TD.
THERE WILL BE PARKING IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE THAT WILL OFFSET, I, IT'S HARD TO COUNT THE SPACES HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT STRIPED.
UM, BUT WHEN I'VE GONE OUT THERE, I'VE SEEN ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO 10 CARS PARKED IN THAT AREA, IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR ME.
SO WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ANY LANES THOUGH, SO WE STILL HAVE TWO LANES ALL THE WAY TO THE CORRECT.
EVERY PLACE YOU WANNA GIVE UP FOR LANE IS IN THE CIRCLE.
IT'S IN THE PHYSICAL CIRCLE ITSELF.
THE, THE PHYSICAL CIRCLE AND THEN BETWEEN UM, WEST GROVE AND AIRPORT PARKWAY.
AND I BELIEVE BECKY CAN SPEAK TO TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT SHE HAS IN THAT AREA.
IF THAT'S HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR YOU, I CAN JUMP IN AND ASK A QUICK QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT SLIDE LIGHTING AND IMPROVEMENTS MM-HMM
SO IS THAT BUDGET THAT 1.5 CONCLUDED IN THE LIGHTING? SO UNFORTUNATELY THE GRANT FUNDING, WE CAN USE IT FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE COULD NOT USE IT FOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS.
I DO HAVE MY TEAM LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, IF WE COULD JUST TAKE THE LIGHTS THAT ARE THERE AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE A SINGLE FIXTURE, IF WE COULD TURN THAT INTO A DOUBLE FIXTURE BECAUSE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIGHT.
AND IF WE USE LEDS, I BELIEVE WE CAN USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF POWER, USE THE SAME POLES AND JUST CHANGE THE HEADS TO ADD MORE LIGHT.
UM, THERE WILL BE A COST FOR US ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE THINGS ABOUT INSTALLING LIGHTS IS THE PIER IN WRITING THE POWER TO THE LIGHTS.
AND SO THAT WOULD MEAN I CAN, OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LOST MANY TREES REGARDLESS OF AGE.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN INTENT TO LOSE SKINNY TREES.
SO I'M SORRY IF I ASKED A QUESTION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED, BUT LET'S GO OVER THIS AGAIN REALLY QUICK.
SO FROM TRINITY MILLS THROUGH WEST GROVE RIGHT, I GET THAT WIDE STREET.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, A TRAFFIC SEPARATORS BETWEEN THE BICYCLE LANES AND THE ADJACENT BEHAVIOR LANE.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO QUORUM AND YOU TAKE A RIGHT, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GONNA DO THE BIKE BOULEVARD.
WHEN YOU GET TO QUORUM AND YOU GO PAST AIRPORT PARKWAY, SO WHEN YOU GET TO AIRPORT PARKWAY, IT WOULD TRANSITION TO A BIKE BOULEVARD.
WELL, WHEN YOU TAKE A RIGHT ON QUORUM, IT'LL BE THE, THE SAME, UH, SEPARATED.
BUT THERE, INSTEAD OF BEING A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK, WHICH IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT WILL BE A LANE FOR THE BIKES ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE
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A LANE OF TRAFFIC HAPPENED.THERE IS A LANE REDUCTION, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
AND THEN, BUT THEN ONCE YOU GET ACROSS AIRPORT PARKWAY, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL SEE THE, THE BIKE BOULEVARD.
SO THAT TAKES YOU PAST A LOT OF THE RETAIL IN THIS CIRCLE.
IT'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE CIRCLE.
HAVE, HAVE WE TALKED TO THE, TO THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH THIS VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING THESE MODIFICATIONS? SO ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS WAS THE, UM, ONE THAT FIRST RECOMMENDED SHEROS TO US.
I HAVE, UM, ALERTED THEM TO THIS PRESENTATION AND ASKED, HAD FEEDBACK.
I THINK THEY'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, I, I HAVE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS 'CAUSE THE ONES THAT WE WERE MEETING WITH THAT WE'D ALREADY MADE THE DECISION TO INSTALL, SHE'S, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE OTHER COPS.
UM, SO I BELIEVE THERE'S SUPPORT BUT THERE'S STILL CONFIDENCE COMING AT A LATER SECTION WHERE YOU'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN, I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT THE, THE CROSSWALKS, YOU KNOW, I DROVE THAT TODAY AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GET ACROSS KELLER SPRINGS.
I MEAN, HAVE WE, HAVE WE DECIDED OR THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THAT CROSSWALK ISS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHAT KIND OF ENHANCEMENTS WE MIGHT INCLUDE TO ALLOW, CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH DIRECTION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? EAST, WEST ACROSS CORAL THAT SPRINGS I THINK, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE ON, WHEN YOU'RE ON UM, QUORUM, IF YOU'RE HEADING NORTH OR SOUTH, I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET ACROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC.
AND THAT ROAD GETS PRETTY BUSY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LIGHT THERE, BUT STILL I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD NEED SOME SORT OF ENHANCEMENT.
UM, SO AS COLOR SPRINGS HAS DEVELOPED, THE INTERSECTION IS BEING IMPROVED.
SO WE WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE NEW SIGNALS, NEW CROSSWALKS, NEW STRIPING, AND INCORPORATE THE DESIGN FOR THE BICYCLE, UM, PATH FOR NORTH OF THAT LOCATION.
AND THEN SOUTH OF THAT LOCATION WE WOULD ALSO INCORPORATE THE SHERIFF'S.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME WE DON'T REALLY HAVE CONCERN WITH THAT.
IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE THE COLOR SPRINGS DESIGN AND INCORPORATE WITH THE DESIGN THAT'S BEING EVALUATED.
AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, UM, THE DESIGNER THAT HELPED WITH A LOT OF THE, UM, BIKE PLAN, UM, AND HELPED PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT CAME TO YOU, UM, BEFORE IT WENT TO UH, CROP FOR THE SUBMISSION.
UM, THEY ARE AWARE OF THE COLOR SPRINGS PROJECT, HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF THE PLANS OF THE COLOR SPRINGS PROJECT.
AND DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WILL BE AN AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE TRANSITIONS WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE.
BUT THOSE CROSS UPS WILL PROBABLY, I'M HOPING BE THE SAME COLOR AS WHAT, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? SHEROS.
SO THE, THE SHEROS ARE THE BIKE MARKINGS WITH THE GREEN IN THE BACKGROUND.
WOULD YOU CONTINUE THAT THROUGH THE CROSSWALK? WHAT I'VE SEEN BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
'CAUSE THIS ALSO IS THE, UM, KIND OF ENTRANCE TO ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
AND SO THERE'S DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT MM-HMM
UM, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THEY, THEY'LL COME IN ADJACENT TO THAT AND THAT'S WHERE THEY DO THE GREEN S STRIPING OR THEY INTEGRATE INTO THE CENTER.
SO YOU HAVE A DECORATIVE BORDER THAT MATCHES THE COLORS AND THEN YOU DO THE GREEN IN THE CENTER.
SO THOSE WOULD BE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT DESIGN BECAUSE THE GREEN DOES NOTIFY THE PRESENCE OF CYCLISTS.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WHEN WE DID THE PILOT PROGRAM AS PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THAT GREEN WAS BRIGHT ENOUGH, BUT IT WAS TEMPORARY PAVEMENT TO BE WASHED OFF.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT A GREEN THAT WAS VERY READABLE ON THAT SIDE.
IN THOSE CONDITIONS WHEN WE BUILD THE PROJECT, I JUST, THE CROSSWALKS ARE IMPORTANT AND, AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR TOOLBOX WORKING.
I JUST UM, WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UM, THE SEPARATORS, I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN THAT SOME THOUGHT.
FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM TO DRIVE OVER THOSE IF IT'S NEEDED.
OR CARS DRIVING OVER THEM TO GET OUTTA THE WAY OF A FIRST RESPONDER.
WE HAVE SAT DOWN WITH OUR FIRE MARSHAL IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE EVEN BROUGHT THEM PHYSICAL SAMPLES OF WHAT WE RECOMMENDED FOR THE TRAFFIC LANE SEPARATORS.
AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT IF THEY NEED TO ACCESS SOMETHING, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DRIVE IN THE BIKE LANE AND THEY'LL DRIVE OVER THE SEPARATORS AND THEY WILL USE THAT BIKE LANES, THEIR ROAD OF TRAVEL.
UM, WE ARE DOING FURTHER STUDY ON WHAT WE WANNA USE AS SEPARATORS BECAUSE WE WENT ON INTO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT THROUGH DFW AND WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS MM-HMM
AND THE ONE THAT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WE DON'T THINK HELD UP AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING MORE SAMPLES AND LOOKING AT OTHER PRODUCTS.
BUT THEY BASICALLY WOULD BE SIMILAR IN SIZE, SHAPE.
CAN I ADD ON TO THIS POINT OF CROSSWALKS IS THE ONE THING THAT I, I'M A VISUAL PERSON AND THESE VISUALS ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR ME.
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THESE COUNCIL SESSIONS WE'VE HAD, WHETHER IT BE THE BELTWAY BIKE LANE THAT'S COMING, I LIVE RIGHT OVER THERE, SO I'M WATCHING IT UNFOLD AND THE CALMING IS HAPPENING IS CROSSWALKS, WHAT WERE THE FINISHED CROSSWALK OPTIONS? A OR B? OR IS IT A ONLY, WE NEVER GET CROSSWALK VISUALS.I NOTICED IN ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DON'T? SURE.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS IS WE NEED TO ENGAGE OUR CONSULTANT TO WORK OUT WHAT THOSE CROSSWALKS LOOK LIKE BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION ALONG THAT CORRIDOR IS DIFFERENT.
AND WE CAN'T GIVE YOU ONE CROSSWALK AND BE LIKE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE SOLUTION ON THAT CORRIDOR.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A DIFFERENT DESIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION.
WELL WE GET A, WHAT WE SEE A VISUAL, LET'S SAY EVEN BELTWAY, WE NEVER SAW A VISUAL WITH THE THE RON.
AT BELTWAY IT WILL LOOK LIKE THAT CROSSING.
'CAUSE WE MADE A CHANGE BASED ON Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT LAYOUT.
JUST SOME, SOME VISUALS TO SAY TO HIS POINT, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY WE'RE WALKING ACROSS IT.
SEE THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WE CAN EVEN PROVIDE, I THINK ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THE ROUND LAYOUT BOX LOOK LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD JUST TO DO ANOTHER INFORMATIONAL SESSION.
THOSE WILL ALL BE A PART OF A PLAN SET.
SO IT'S NOT HARD TO CREATE AND SHARE WITH YOU.
OKAY, SO WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM SOME RESIDENTS AND I GUESS I'M IGNORANT AS FAR AS CHERYL LANE'S.
I THOUGHT AS CHERYL LANE IS A CAR OR A BIKE THEY CAN CALL FUSION.
IS THAT RIGHT? YOU ARE CORRECT.
SO, SO IN THIS DRAWING IT'S SHOWING THAT YOU CAN HAVE A BICYCLE OR A CAR IN THAT LANE.
SO, OKAY, SO WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE, I'M GONNA CALL 'EM SPEED BUMPS, THEY'RE NOT BUT THOSE THINGS DIVIDE IN THE LANE.
THOSE WOULD NOT BE IN THE SECTION.
SO TWO CARS CAN BE GOING SIDE BY SIDE OR SOMEONE CAN PARK IN THAT CHERYL LANE AND MAKE A DELIVERY AND WHAT IF A BICYCLE'S COMING AND THERE'S A VEHICLE PARKED THERE, DROPPING OFF FOOD, PICKING UP SOMETHING, SOMEONE'S MOVING IN OR OUT GO AROUND.
SO I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY IT'D BE NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAPPENS TODAY.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THERE'S THE IMAGES ON THE ROAD THAT TELL PEOPLE ICE CAN BE HERE.
BUT, AND THE, THERE'S THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE PARALLEL PARKING LANES AND SO THE PARKING WOULD HAPPEN STILL THERE.
AND AS DAVID SAID, RIGHT NOW PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES ON THE ROAD.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CYCLISTS, BUT THE CYCLISTS ARE THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL SEE MORE ONCE THE FIVE MILLS BUILT, BUT UM, THEY JUST DRIVE IN THE LANE WITH THE AUTOMOBILE.
AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD FUNCTION AS IT CURRENT.
BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY WON'T RIDE ON FOR BECAUSE IT'S TOO BUSY.
AND IF WE PUT THE SHARE LANES IN PUZZLE, NOT DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA FIX IT.
THEY ONLY WANT THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WHICH THE BUSINESSES DON'T WANT THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
I MEAN YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.
SO THIS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHY EVEN IT'S WAYS 1500 FEET OUT OF 2.5 MILES OF PROJECT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED BIKE PLANE.
BUT I MEAN, WHY ARE YOU, IF CARS CAN DRIVE ON, WHY ARE YOU WELL, THE TRUTH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IF WE DON'T DO IT AND WE, WE WILL NOT GET THE FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS SECTION THIS WAY TO GET THE FUNDING SO WE CAN DO THE WHOLE PROJECT.
I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT ON WEST GROVE AND FROM TRINITY MILL.
BUT ISN'T THERE A PLACE WHEN IT CROSSES ADDISON ROAD OR THE BIKES ON ONE SIDE AND THEN THEY GO TO THE OTHER SIDE? MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THAT SLIDE TODAY.
SO, AND THEN MAYBE I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT, BUT THEY HAVE TO CROSS EACH OTHER.
IS THAT SAFE? SO WHAT HAPPENS IS AT QUORUM DRIVE, BECAUSE THIS IS A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK BE LOCATED ON THE KIND OF THE WEST SIDE OF WEST GROVE AND THE SOUTH SIDE IS IT TURNS THIS DIRECTION.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS INTERSECTION, THIS BICYCLE THAT IS GOING SOUTH WOULD THEN TURN RIGHT AND THE BICYCLES THAT ARE GOING NORTH WOULD USE THE CROSSWALK AND THEY WOULD CROSS AND ENTER THE LANE ON WESTBROOK AND VALENCIA.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A, A DRAWING THAT I CAN SHOW YOU OF HOW THAT IS SIGNED IF THAT'S HELPFUL.
SO I DO WRITE MY BIKE ON SOME OTHER LANES.
THAT HAVE THE SHERIFFS AND HOWARD, IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE ON THERE BIKE.
AND THOSE ARE MUCH LESS MARKED THE ONE TALKING.
SO THESE ARE BIKE BOXES THAT BASICALLY ARE PAINTED THAT SHOW THE CYCLIST WHICH WAY THEY GO WHEN YOU'RE CHANGING DIRECTION.
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SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A TWO LANE BICYCLE THAT AT THE INTERSECTION IT BECOMES A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK AND IT'S GOT THE MARKINGS THAT SHOW HERE'S HOW YOU USE THIS CROSSWALK AND GET INTO THE CYCLE TRACK.THIS IS BASED ON ASHTON GUIDELINES FOR, THEY HAVE A WHOLE BOOK FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES AND WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE USE THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT SAFETY DOCUMENT.
BUT IF YOU ARE A CYCLIST THAT USE MY CLAIMS, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS.
I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO A MARKETING CAMPAIGN BEFORE WE GO LIVE WITH OUR BIKE LANES THAT HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO USING BIKE LANES ON WHAT SOME OF THESE MARKETINGS MEAN.
AND THE CONSISTENCY PROBABLY HELPS TOO IF WE DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING ON THE TRAILS.
RICHARDSON DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THEIR HIGHEST CLIENTS.
SO DARREN, DO YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? SO ON, UM, SLIDE FOUR AND THAT'S FROM TRINITY, NEW MILLS TO UH, ADDISON ROAD, UM, ON WEST GROVE ACROSS TO QUORUM.
SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE BIKE LANES ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE SIDEWALK? I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
THE REASON IS THE SEPARATION WALKING ON MIDWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MID PART OF MIDWAY THAT HAS SUCH A WIDE, UM, RUNWAY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK DOWN AND THEN THE EXTRA, UH, GRASS STRIP THAT SEPARATES YOU FROM THE TRAFFIC.
THIS ROAD, THE TRAFFIC WILL BE SLOWER USUALLY AND LESS TRAFFIC THAN THE SIX LANES ON MIDWAY.
BUT MOVING IT OVER WOULD BE NICE, WHICH WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE AND THEN THE NORTH SIDE DISTANCE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH OUR CONSULTANT.
WHEN WE DID THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO HAVE IT ON THE AIRPORT SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S LESS DRIVE APPROACHES OR EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A DRIVE APPROACH AND A CYCLIST, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RISK.
AND SO THAT LIMITED THE NUMBER OF DRIVE APPROACHES AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR RECOMMENDING ON THAT SIDE.
THAT MAKES, YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, ON, UH, SLIDE FIVE ON THE, THE ONE WAY THERE FROM UH, WEST GROVE TO UH, AIRPORT PARKWAY ON QUORUM.
UH, SO WOULD THAT BE ONE WAY EVEN THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS FOR THE CAR TRAFFIC OR WOULD THAT SPREAD OUT TO TWO LANES AT THE INTERSECTIONS FOR CAR TRAFFIC? NO, THIS WOULD BE ONE WAY.
IT WOULD BE ONE WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONS AND SO FROM WEST GROVE ALL THE WAY TO AIRPORT.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY, IT'S CURRENTLY UH, ONE LANE TO QUORUM AND TWO LANES ON QUORUM.
IS THAT RIGHT? FROM QUORUM FROM WEST GROVE? FROM RIGHT LANE.
IGRAPH ONE MORE TIME LANE ON EACH SIDE.
YEAH, SO, SO FROM, UM, QUORUM FROM WEST GROVE DOWN TO
AND IT HAS A MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE LANE.
SO THIS SQUEEZING THAT PART DOWN TO ONE LANE, YOU SAID THE TRAFFIC STUDY SUPPORTS IT? THAT'S CORRECT.
DO WE, UM, DO WE KNOW TO WHAT CAPACITY? SURE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT'S BEEN CREATED THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE TRAFFIC COUNTS.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY IN THAT AREA BETWEEN WEST GROVE AND AIRPORT PARKWAY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, THE A MP THAT WAS COLLECTED WAS 367 CARS.
UM, AND THE PN, I'M SORRY, YEAH.
AND THAT'S IN THE SECTION FROM WEST GROVE OR FROM WEST GROVE TO AIRPORT PARKWAY.
AS YOU MOVE FURTHER DOWN, SORRY IT TAKES A SECOND, MS.
UM, AS YOU MOVE FURTHER DOWN JUST SOUTH OF UH, KELLER SPRINGS, THE A AND P GOES TO 1,041 AND THE P AND P GOES TO 1,118.
SO THE TRAFFIC DATA IS SHOWING THAT A THIRD OF THE VEHICLES ARE GOING NORTH ON QUO FROM OR SOUTH FROM WEST ROAD SOUTH TO AIRPORT TIC SPRINGS OR FROM COLOR SPRINGS NORTH, UM, TO WEST GROVE.
SO A THIRD OF THE TRAFFIC IS HEADING NORTH OR SOUTHBOUND NORTH OF COLOR SPRINGS.
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CARS ARE COMING THIS WAY AND TURNING ONTO THEIR, THAT AFTER THAT INTERSECTION, THEY'RE USING COLOR SPRINGS AS A MAJOR THIRD THERE.AND I HAVE DATA THAT GOES ALL THROUGH THAT AREA THAT WE STORE.
AND THAT'S FOR TWO HOURS, 367 CARS FOR TWO HOURS.
SO IT'S A TWO HOUR PEAK PERIOD AND IT'S A TWO COUNT THAT WAS, UH, PUT DOWN AND YES, IT'S FOR TWO HOUR PERIODS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MIDDAY PEAK TOO, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE COLLECT THAT ALONG BELTLINE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT USE BELTLINE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE RESTAURANTS DURING THE LUNCH HOUR, BUT IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIAL ON THIS ROADWAY.
SO WE'RE KEEPING TWO LANES ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE GOING FROM, LET'S SAY THIS CIRCLE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AIRPORT AND THEN AN AIRPORT IT GOES DOWN TO ONE LANE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS, DOES THE RIGHT LANE HAVE TO TURN RIGHT? YES.
WE STILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH THOSE TRANSITIONS, BUT THAT IS THE, I DON'T KNOW THE PLAN VIEW WORKED OUT ON THAT ONE YET BECAUSE WE THINK THAT CHANGED, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE INTENTION IS ONE LANE BECOMES A TURN LANE AND THEY HAVE TO TURN RIGHT ON THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT DOES GO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES GO THROUGH IT, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO ASPEN ROAD, THE TO BLOCK.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO TURN RIGHT, GET OVER TO THE LEFT LANE TO KEEP GOING AND WE WOULD PUT OUT PROPER STRIPING AND SIGNAGE TO ADHERE TO WHATEVER THE CONFIGURATION IS TO MATCH WHAT THERE'S ON THAT AREA.
SO ON THE ONE WAY, THE ONE LANES EACH DIRECTION, WHERE YOU HAVE ON THIS SLIDE WE HAVE FORM BASICALLY IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FORM DRIVE, THAT LABEL, UM, ALL THAT AREA OVER TO THE RIGHT IS UNDEVELOPED.
SO WHEN THAT GETS DEVELOPED, THEN WE MAY HAVE A LOT HIGHER TRAFFIC.
WHAT DO WE DO IN THAT CASE? WE LOOK AT W IT, SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY TAKE PROJECTS AND, AND LESLIE MAY SPEAK TO THIS TO P AND Z, BUT WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE REVIEW PROCESS, WE HAVE THEM DO A TRAFFIC STUDY AND THEIR PROJECT WOULD RESPOND TO ANY INCREASED TRAFFIC.
AND SO IF THE ROAD NEEDED TO WIDEN AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT PROJECT.
HAVE SHARE LIKE FOR WERE YOU DONE HOWARD? COULD YOU LET THERE FINISH THE QUESTION PLEASE? I, SORRY.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M GOING ON TO ANOTHER SECTION.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON, I'D LIKE YOU TO FINISH FROM WHEREVER YOU'RE FINISHED.
SO ON THE UM, BACK OF THE ROUNDABOUT TWO LANES IS KIND OF, I DON'T, I KNOW MAYBE, MAYBE YOU FEEL USE IT MORE CAN SPEAK MORE TO IT, BUT IT, IT IS CONFUSING AND USELESS TO ME 'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS SO SMALL OF A IN BETWEEN YOUR TURNS, LIKE YOU SAID.
UM, WOULD YOU WANT TO, COULD WE USE ONE OF THOSE LANES FOR THE, THE SHARED BIKE LANE OR FOR THE CHERYL BIKE LANE? THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE COULD WIDEN THAT AND THEN YOU HAVE BETTER SEPARATION BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THIS COULD CONTINUE TO BE THE PEDESTRIAN LOCK AND THEN THIS SECTION WOULD PUNCH OUT AND BECOME LIGHTER.
AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE THE CYCLIST, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THERE'S, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT MAYBE NEED TO HAVE A LIGHTER TURN.
SO WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSITION SMOOTH ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT FIRE TRUCK DELIVERY SLOWING, LIGHTEN AN ENTIRE LANE OF TRAFFIC SO THAT YOU WOULD LIGHT SOME.
WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR SIX AND SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE TRIM UP THE PROJECT AS MUCH AS WE HAVE, UM, IS IT MUCH LESS THAN THAT $6 MILLION PRICE TAG? SO WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD WAS VERY EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY BUILDING BIKE LANES IN THAT SEGMENT.
UM, BUT WOULD BE LOCATED WHERE THE PARALLEL PARKING WOULD BE.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REDO ALL OF THE RAMPS AND THE CURB ENDINGS.
UM, IT ALSO WAS GONNA REDO SOME OF THAT PAVING THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH.
UH, WE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE THAT WOULD REDUCE THE COST AND WE DID ASK THEM IF WE COULD REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED AT THE CROSSWALKS AND IF WE COULD EXTEND FURTHER SOUTH ON THE PROJECT.
BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WE ULTIMATELY ARE EXTENDING BY LANES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TOLLWAY WITH THE SECOND PROJECT.
AND SO THEY DID INDICATE THAT WE COULD UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, NOT ONLY THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS BUT TO GO FURTHER SOUTH WHERE WE HAD ACCESS TO RIGHT AWAY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DART TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THIS PROJECT IS TO WIDEN THAT CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, IT'S VERY NARROW.
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I THINK IT'S A THREE FOOT CROSSING RIGHT NOW.AND SO WE USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THAT CROSSING ALSO.
AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT.
SO BACK ON SLIDE THREE, WHICH IS THE, THE NUMBERS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT SEEMED LIKE IT'D BE WAY LESS THAN THAT 6 MILLION INCLUDING OUR MILLION AND A HALF MATCH.
AND THEN WE WOULD USE SOME OF THAT EXTRA MONEY FOR THOSE OTHER PIECES FOR, FOR CROSSWALKS AND TO GO FOR
BUT KEEP IN MIND IT'S ONLY 1500 LINEAR FEET OF A TWO AND A HALF MILE PROJECT.
SO MAY YOU MAY THINK THAT IT IS A LOT LESS, IT'S A VERY SMALL SECTION.
WELL IT SEEMED LIKE THAT SECTION WOULD BE REALLY EXPENSIVE BASED ON THE LAST THING THAT WE WERE DOING.
'CAUSE WE WERE TEARING UP ROADS AND WE WERE MOVING THINGS AROUND AND TAKING UP LANES.
THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT WAS YES.
AND THE, IT PROBABLY IS THE MORE, IT, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE 1500 FOOT SECTION.
UM, BUT IT IS A SMALL PIECE OF A 2.5.
UM, BUT WE ALL IDENTIFY WITH OUR CONSULTANT WHEN WE BRING THEM ON BOARD, WHAT THAT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS LOOKS LIKE AND UNDERSTAND HOW FAR SOUTH WE CAN GO AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THOSE PRO PROJECTING COSTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL, WHAT THE COST OF THOSE NEED TO KNOW WHAT ALL WE CAN DO WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS ON THE 1.5 PART OF OURS.
HOW WILL WE, UH, BUDGETING TO PAY FOR THAT? HAVE WE GOTTEN THERE YET? THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU SAW THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FOR CLOSE BUDGET IS COMING FROM SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS.
SO THE TRAFFIC, UH, SO THE QUEUING, UH, GOING TOWARDS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, UH, WHEN THE TRAIN COMES ACROSS THERE, UH, FROM THE CIRCLE TO THE TRACKS, DOES THE TRAFFIC MODEL SUPPORT THAT QUEUING TO, TO NOT GO AWAY PAST AND CAUSE A LOT OF OTHER TRAFFIC UH, BACKUPS? SO THE WAY THAT THE DART RAIL SYSTEM IS DESIGNED IS AS CARS GET TO THE ACTUAL ARM, UM, THE TRAFFIC WHEEL QUEUE, AS YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND BACK NORTH MM-HMM
UM, ANYONE THAT'S WITHIN THE QUEUE OF THE ARM, THE, THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE ARM WILL NOT GO DOWN UNTIL THE ENTIRE CARS ARE ALL CLEARED.
UM, BUT CURRENTLY THE TRAFFIC INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SHOWS THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO CHANGE IT FROM TWO LANES TO ONE LANE IN THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S JUST THE ROUNDABOUT OR IT'S CHANGING.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE FOLLOW UPS JUST REAL QUICK.
UM, SO BACK TO KELLER SPRINGS AND THE CROSSWALK, SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF TEARING THAT UP, CAN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE AND IMPLEMENT THAT WHILE WE HAVE IT TORE UP? IF WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE ANY TYPE OF LIGHTING TO THE GROUND OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN THE GROUND, DO IT NOW RATHER THAN WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
UM, DEFINITELY ONCE WE RECEIVE THE DIRECTION FROM TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE COLOR SPRINGS PROJECT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE ORDER OR DESIGN THEM THAT NEED TO BE MADE SO THAT WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE THAT INSTALLATION ONCE, NOT TWICE OR HAVE TO REDO IT.
SO YES, YOUR POINT'S VERY VALID, BUT UM, WE WANT TO RECEIVE WHATEVER FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION WE HAVE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN THEN WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND THEN DO WE KNOW WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN IN DALLAS AT TRINITY MILL? IS, IS DALLAS OR CARROLLTON DOING THEIR OWN SYSTEM THAT WE CAN CONNECT TO? WOULD YOU MIND OPENING THAT FILING IN? OH, GOOD.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE, I FORGET I HAVE CONTROL OVER THE DESK.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE VERY FIRST SLIDE THAT I, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME RESOURCES TO LOOK AT, THIS IS ACTUALLY ON COGS WEBSITE ONCE A YEAR THEY DO A CHECK IN WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND ASK THEM TO PROVIDE ANY UPDATES TO THEIR MASTER PLANS.
AND THEN THEY TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND KEEP THIS MAP UP TO DATE.
AND SO THIS ACTUALLY, THIS IS TRINITY MILLS AND IT SHOWS OUR PROPOSED BIKE LANE ON WEST GROVE AND IT SHOWS THAT DALLAS HAS A PROPOSED BIKE LANE THAT GOES TO THE NORTH.
UM, AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT INTO THIS PROJECT.
NOW AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY DID HAVE A DISCUSSION IN THE PILOT PROJECT WITH DALLAS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I THINK DALLAS' CYCLING IS BEHIND OURS.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN IN SEQUENCE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THIS ROAD WOULD FUNCTION LIKE IT CURRENTLY DOES WHERE CYCLISTS THAT ARE USING THE ROAD WOULD USE IT IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC SHARING IT WITH CARS.
UM, AND I HAD SOME DATA TO SHOW YOU.
THIS IS THE STRAVA DATA THAT SHOWS ROUTES THAT CYCLISTS USE AND A HEAT MAP FOR TRAFFIC.
AND IT'S PRETTY RELIABLE INFORMATION.
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TDOT HAS PURCHASED THIS INFORMATION, IT MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO THE CITIES FOR THEIR PLANNING USE.AND IT DOES SHOW HOW THERE ARE CYCLISTS COMING DOWN WEST GROVE AND THEY'RE COMING TO QUORUM AND THEN THEY'RE COMING, UM, DOWN TO AIRPORT, I BELIEVE THAT'S AIRPORT OR THAT'S SILVER SPRINGS.
AND THEN THE TRAFFIC DOES GET SLIGHTLY LESS AS YOU COME THROUGH THE ADDISON CIRCLE AND IT PICKS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT LINE.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT'S ON THE CLOCK MAP ACTUALLY REFLECTS THAT SHOWING HOW CYCLES ARE CURRENTLY USING IN AS A QUARTER NURSE.
YOU STILL HAVE, SO YES, I WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE CAN'T JUST DO, AND THIS YOU MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED, BUT MAYBE IT'S, WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING.
CAN WE NOT USE CHERYL LANES FROM, UH, WEST ROAD TO AIRPORT A LAW FORM AND NOT GIVE UP THE TWO LANES? WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, BUT WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST CONVERSATION, THE STANCE THAT THEY TOOK IS THEY REALLY WANTED TO LIMIT THE BIKE BOULEVARD TO A VERY SMALL SECTION.
AND WE ALL AGREED THAT THE 1500 FEET WAS VERY REASONABLE.
THEY CAN ENTERTAIN THAT CHANGE.
THE REASON THAT THEY MIGHT NOT ENTERTAIN A FURTHER CHANGE IS ALL OF THE CITIES THAT APPLIED FOR FUNDING, WE WERE SCORED ON A SERIES OF ELEMENTS AND WE DID SCORE FIRST.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THAT SCORING WAS HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAD DEDICATED SEPARATED BY CLAIMS. AND SO IF WE WERE TO COME BACK AND MAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT, UM, TO BE A SHAREHOLDER, THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR SCORING AND MOST LIKELY KNOCK US OUT OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
IN FACT, I DON'T EVEN WANNA SAY MOST LIKELY, I VERY CONFIDENTLY FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA KNOCK US OUT.
SO THAT DOING IT THERE, THAT MAKES IT THE MAJORITY.
IT STILL SEEMS LIKE A SHORT DISTANCE.
IT'S 1500 FEET, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM, SO THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS 2.5 MILES.
THEY WE'RE NOW TAKING 1500 FEET OUT OF IT.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION.
WE'RE GOING FROM AIRPORT, UH, ALL THE WAY TO, SO THE QUORUM SECTION IS A MILE WEST, GROVES 1.5, BUT ORANGE SECTIONS A MILE.
SO WE'RE TAKING 1500 FEET UP OF A MILE.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS FROM AIRPORT TO WESTBROOK, 3,500 FEET, HOW FAR IS IT? 3,500? IT'S A, IT'S A LOT MORE.
I MEAN IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
IT'S A LOT MORE THAN 1500 FEET.
AND WE, AND TO BE, I GUESS JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT DENNIS AND WHAT WE SAID EARLIER, WE REALLY JUST WANNA HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION TODAY IN THIS WORK SESSION TO SAY, PARTICULARLY THE AREA THAT YOU MENTIONED IN THE ROUNDABOUT.
IF THOSE ARE NON-STARTERS, THEN WE PROBABLY SHOULD TELL THE CO THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
IF THERE'S INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IT.
WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS LIKE A HALF MEASURE WHERE WE GO BACK AND WE, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION AS WE GO FORWARD ON, ON THE AIRPORT PARKWAY SOUTH, THAT SECTION.
EVERYBODY FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? UM, I DON'T, I'D LOVE TO KIND OF SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS IF I COULD.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE SLIDE FIVE? OKAY.
SO SLIDE FIVE, WE'VE GOT THREE MAJOR PARCELS OF PROPERTY RIGHT ALONG, RIGHT ALONG OR NEAR THE TOLLWAY.
THOSE, WHEN THEY DO GET DEVELOPED, UM, THEY WILL BE VERY DENSE.
UM, AND WHAT WE DON'T SEE IN THIS PICTURE IS JUST ABOVE THAT IS THE LEY PARTNERS PROP, UH, PROPERTY RIGHT ALONG THE TOLLWAY WHERE THE TOLLWAY BENDS.
AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SIZABLE PROPERTY WHERE HOPEFULLY WE WILL, WE WON'T HAVE DENSITY THERE.
SO, SO I MARTIN CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT PROPERTY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE? THE CALL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VACANT PROPERTY CAN'T YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WHERE THE PICTURE CUT OFF RIGHT ABOVE, IS IT KIND OF LIKE RIGHT IN RIGHT IN THERE? RIGHT IN THERE.
WE CAN'T SEE IT 'CAUSE THE PICTURE CUT UP.
UM, BUT, BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROPERTY AND THAT, THAT PROPERTY HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE FIRST ONE OF THE FOUR I'M REFERRING TO THAT WILL BE ACTIVATED.
BUT, UM, WHAT I'M SAYING IN SHORT IS, IS I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE, UM, THESE PROPERTIES GET DEVELOPED OVER TIME AND WHEN THEY DO WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE AUTO BUILD VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THERE'S REALLY NO, NO EASY WAY TO GET ON THE, THE TOLLWAY IN THIS AREA.
SO ONE, WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IN THAT, AND I'M PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON WEST GROVE, BUT, BUT WHEN YOU GET ON THE FORUM, UH, YOU START AT WEST GROVE AND YOU'VE GOT ONE LANE, AND THEN YOU GET TO AIRPORT PARKWAY
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AND IT'S TWO LANES AND YOU GET TO THE ROUNDABOUT, IT'S, IT'S ONE WAY OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO TWO LANES AND THEN ONE LANE SOUTH OF IT JUST SEEMS BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.SO, SO WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE IS, IS KEEP TWO LANES OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT BUT MOVE, UH, I LIKE HOWARD'S IDEA OF, UH, OF SHARING, SHARING A CAR IN A BIKE LANE IN BETWEEN, IN BETWEEN, UH, WEST GROVE AND AIRPORT PARKWAY ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ROUNDABOUT.
BUT THEN FROM THE ROUNDABOUT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CORRUM HAVING SOME DEDICATED, UM, BIKE LANE.
LIKE WE'RE SHOWING IN THE VISUAL ON PAGE 15.
I THINK THE PAGE NUMBERS SEVEN.
IS IT SEVEN? NO, UM, WE USE THE ROUNDABOUT.
THERE'S ONE ON SLIDE 15, BUT ALSO WITH SLIDE NINE.
SO DEDICATED MY CLAIM THE DRIVEWAY.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW, WE 10 FEET WORK, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT SEEMS VERY APPEALING AS A BIKER TO ME.
AND IT WOULD, AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, HE WOULD START SOMEWHERE IN THE ROUNDABOUT.
UM, LIKE WE SHOW ON THE ROUNDABOUT PICTURE ON SLIDE EIGHT, AND IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE HOW FAR NORTH? UH, NOT VERY FAR NORTH.
SO THAT, AND THEN YOU WOULD DO THE SHARED LANE, RIGHT? THAT WOULDN'T WORK.
SO YOU, YOU'D COME DOWN, YOU, YOU'D HAVE A SHARED LANE I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE JUST DESCRIBING THE PROJECT IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO FROM FROM WEST ROAD TO AIRPORT PARKWAY THAT'S I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM THE CIRCLE TO THE TRAIN.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROPOSING WHAT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROPOSING TO SEE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WAS OFF ROAD INSTEAD OF TAKING AWAY YOUR TRAFFIC OUT.
THAT, THAT WOULD, I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING THAT FOR, UM, WHERE THERE'S PARKING ON STREET PARKING ALL ALONG THE, THE, UM, THE WEST SIDE, NORTH SIDE, THE WEST SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, TO SOME POINT WHERE YOU START MAKING THE TURN TO, UH,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE.
I HAVE THAT THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT AREA.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT PROJECT.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE.
I JUST THINK GOING FROM VEHICULAR WISE, ONE LANE TO ONE LANE.
I JUST, UH, TO ME I DON'T LIKE THAT.
SO MARLON MARLIN, I'M NOT SURE.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT, UH, THAT CAULEY PARTNER PROPERTY COMES INTO PLAY THERE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WELL NORTH OF WEST GROVE.
IT, IT DOESN'T COME UP TO WEST GROVE AT ALL.
WELL, I, I JUST, I DON'T THAT THAT PROPERTY DOESN'T ACCESS THE TOLLWAY VERY EASILY.
SO I'M NOT SAYING EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET ON THESE STREETS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THERE WILL BE, UH, SOME PEOPLE USING, USING DRIVING, BUT THERE'S NO ACCESS FROM THERE.
THAT PROPERTY ACCESS IS THE PARKWAY, EXCEL, PARKWAY AND ADDISON ROAD.
IT DOES, IT DOESN'T ACCESS WEST GROVE AT ALL.
YOU GOT A WHOLE APART APARTMENT COMPLEX IN BETWEEN WEST GROVE AND THAT PROPERTY AND THEN THE OFFICE BUILDINGS.
AND WHEN THESE PROPERTIES REDEVELOP, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO WIDEN THE ROAD.
SO THAT REDEVELOPMENT, AND YOU'VE GOT IT ACCESSES ADDISON ROAD, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU CAN EASILY GET ON WEST GROVE FROM MADISON ROAD OFFICER.
I'M SATISFIED WITH THE, UM, UH, INCREASED CAPACITY PLAN WHEN WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
I, I'M, I'M SATISFIED WITH THE ONE, WITH THE PLAN AS IT IS AS FAR AS GOING FROM ONE LANE TO TWO LANES TO ONE LANE.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A SUPER HIGHWAY THROUGH FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE THROUGH.
I WANT TO DRIVE THERE, GO TO ASTORIA, AND THEN DRIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SPEND SOME MONEY THERE, AND THEN DRIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GO HOME AND, AND GOING FROM BEHIND AND GOING FROM THE TWO LANES TO THE ONE LANE AT THE CIRCLE.
'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY, THE ONLY PLACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING ONE TRAFFIC LANE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN ALSO FROM WEST GROVE TO AIRPORT PARKWAY AND WEST GROVE TO AIRPORT.
UH, BUT AROUND THE CIRCLE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD SERVE AS A TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE TOO, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WHICH IT SLOWS DOWN THE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS PART OF THE GOAL AS WELL, UH, FOR THAT WHOLE, FOR THAT WHOLE AREA.
UM, YEAH, SO I'M SATISFIED WITH WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE PRESENTED WITH WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
I'M SURE PROBABLY NOT LIKELY, BUT ANY CHANCE THAT, UH, DALLAS AND
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CARROLLTON WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT WILL STRETCH THEN THAT GOES THROUGH THERE? UM, AS FAR AS FUNDING, IT'S A VERY SMALL SEGMENT AND WE CAN ALWAYS ASK.WELL, I LIKE WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE OF WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
THAT 1500 FEET SEEMS TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES THERE DON'T HAVE, UM, ANY KIND OF REAR ENTRANCE TO MAKE THOSE DELIVERIES.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, THAT 1500 STRETCH OF DOING THE, THE TRAFFIC SEPARATORS OR THE WHATEVER, WE'LL CALL THE SHERIFFS.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M ON BOARD WITH WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
SO WHAT PART OF THIS HAS NOT BEEN, UH, COMMUNICATED TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS? SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATED TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS THE 1500 FOOT SEGMENT.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS ON THAT CHANGE.
UM, AND WE HAVEN'T LAID OUT THE, THE ROUNDABOUT CHANGE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I DID MEET WITH THE TWO OF THE THREE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE BY THE CIRCLE, AND THERE WAS JUST A CONCERN OF, YOU'VE GOTTA FIND WHERE MY DELIVERIES CAN PARK.
AND WE THINK THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
UM, IF THERE WASN'T A DELIVERY ISSUE, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE AS MUCH CONCERN OVER IT.
BUT OUR INTENTION IS AFTER WE GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD, WE WANT TO ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE REALLY GO THROUGH THE FINE TOOTH DETAILS OF THE DESIGN AND MAKE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS.
WE CAN'T CHANGE THE BIG INTENT OF THE PROJECT, BUT IF WE CAN FINE TUNE IT TO HELP IT BE A BENEFIT, LIKE ADDING THE CROSSWALKS, WE HEARD THAT WAS A NEED.
AND ADDING ALIGHTING, IF WE CAN MAKE THIS A WIN FOR EVERYBODY THROUGH THAT NEXT MEETING, THAT'S OUR INTENTION.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A CONSULTANT, WHAT'S THE EXPERTISE OF THIS CONSULTANT? IT IS A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND ONE THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WITH ROUNDABOUTS AND MY FACILITIES.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR BETTER THAN THE JUST GENERIC, GENERIC TERM CONSULTANTING.
UM, I, SO I DON'T FORESEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ROUNDABOUT SOLUTION THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INPUT MYSELF FROM THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY RESERVATION.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THE, THE BEST PLAN FOR ADDISON AND THE BUSINESSES THERE AND THE RESIDENT AND THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND BIKE CRASH.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE PLAN FROM WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
OF COURSE, I COMMENT, UM, PERSONALLY, I LIKE ADDISON SURF THE WAY IT IS.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME, I DON'T SEE ANY BIKE RIDERS AT ALL.
I THINK WE'RE SPENDING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
AND A MILLION AND A HALF OF OURS.
I THINK THIS IS A WAY BETTER SOLUTION THAN WHAT WE'VE STARTED WITH.
I LIKE THE SHE LANES FOR THAT PART WHERE YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT THE TWO LANES.
HE DOESN'T WANT GIVE UP ME DRIVING LANES.
AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE CIRCLES.
SO YOU, YOU CAN'T GET POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM YOU ON I, MY MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF WE CAN'T DO CHERYL LANES AND KEEP THE CIRCLE AWAY, IT IS, I WOULD NOT BE OKAY TIME.
WELL, UNLIKE DARREN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THE FEEDBACK NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THIS WILL WORK.
BUT I MEAN, HOWARD, I THINK THE REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF BIKE RIDERS IS BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY, THERE'S REALLY NO BIKE PATHS THERE.
I THINK WE, WE SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT ARE RIDING BIKES.
I THINK IF WE CAN BUILD THIS THE RIGHT WAY, WE'D INVITE EVEN MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR TOWN.
AND MAYBE Y'ALL ARE ALL RIGHT.
I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE, SOME WANT THESE BIKE LANES.
THEY WANT DEDICATED BIKE LANES AND SOME SAID THEY WOULDN'T RIDE AS IT IS NOW.
AND THEY WOULDN'T RIDE IF WE HAD CHAIRS.
I'M GETTING MIXED SIGNALS FROM EVERYBODY.
AND THE BUSINESSES ARE CONCERNED.
AND, AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GIVE UP RIDING LANES IF WE COULD WIDE IT EVER GIVE UP THE PARK.
WELL, AND YOU'VE GOT BUSINESSES THAT DON'T WANNA GIVE UP PARKING.
IT'S A TOUGH, WELL, HOW, HOW THAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS WORK.
WHAT? TALKING ABOUT EXIT CIRCLE, YOU LIKE THAT AS WALK SWING.
YOU WANT MORE CAR LENGTHS? KEEP MORE CAR LENGTHS IN THERE.
I WALKABLE DISTRICT CIRCLE IS GREAT.
THAT'S JUST PART OF THE CIRCLE.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC, WE HAVE WALKABLE, WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND THEN YOU WANNA ADD BIKE LANES? I THINK IT'S TOO CONGESTED.
I'D RATHER SEE 'EM ON ADDISON ROAD, BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO MOVE IT THERE.
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JUST FOCUSED ON FORUM.IF THEY'RE GOING DOWN ADDISON ROAD, THEY'RE NOT STOPPING AT THE BUSINESSES IN THE CIRCLE.
I DON'T SEE 'EM STOPPING WHEN THEY'RE RIDING BICYCLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE, THEY HAVE TO STOP SOMEWHERE.
MIKE AN DAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK? SO BACK TO CHRIS'S POINT, THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS AS LONG AS THE BUSINESSES ARE COUNTER FOR TO, TO BOTH POINTS AND ARE IN AGREEANCE FOR SHOWS, AND I, I AGREE.
I THINK THAT THE LITTLE MINI CIRCLE I'VE TRAVELED ABROAD TOO.
IT IS A, IT IS AN EIGHTIES DESIGN.
I JUST WANT THE BUSINESSES IN THE CIRCLE TO BE FULLY VESTED ON SIGNING OFF OR NOT.
SO IT IS, IT IS NEITHER OR TO CHRIS'S POINT, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING WHEN THEY SEE A BETTER VISUAL PRESENTATION, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALKS, BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A BIG CONCERN.
AND THEN YOU MAY NOT GET A HUNDRED PERCENT.
YEAH, NO, I DON'T THINK I, I I SHOULDN'T SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT IN, IN TERMS OF CONSENSUS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL, YOU MAY NOT GET CONSENSUS.
SO, SO, SO AT SOME POINT YOU, WE HAVE TO TAKE, WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN GET AND THEN WE, THEN WE GET TO MAKE A DECISION.
I'M LOOKING AT THE WAY THIS IS NOW WITHOUT SEEING SIDEWALKS FINISHED OUT, LIKE, LET'S SAY MORE ZERO OTHER SPOTS.
I'M OKAY WITH THE LANE CHANGING 'CAUSE I'VE IDENTIFI HERE, I'VE GONE SINGLE LEVEL BACK AND FORTH AND WE'RE ALREADY ON ONE LANE ON LET'S GROW.
I'M NOT EVEN INTIMIDATED BY THAT.
AS LONG AS THE DEVELOPER WHO COMES IN ON QUORUM WHEN IF IT GETS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE RESTRUCTURING AND RELINING THE ROAD.
WE'RE NOT ON THE POCKET FOR THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION MARK I HAVE IS BACK TO LIGHTING.
HOW MANY LIGHTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DOES THAT COST LOOK LIKE? IS IT 50 LIGHTS, IS IT FIVE LIGHTS TO GET THAT 1500 SQUARE DEEP? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THAT MANY LIGHTS.
WE'D LOVE TO KNOW A SOFT NUMBER, ESTIMATED BALLPARK NUMBER TO DOUBLE CAN 50 LIGHTS, SINCE IT'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECT ONE, I MIGHT EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT PROJECT TWO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOE AND OVER NEEDED FOR THAT WHOLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
SO I'M, I'M ON BOARD WITH THIS.
YEAH, WE ON BOARD THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
LOOK, THIS IS, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE ALONG.
WE DID NOT GET FORWARD TELLING US TO STOP IN OUR TRACKS.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD, WORK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK IN THE DIRECTION.
I WOULD JUST SAY GIVEN THE TIME PROJECT TWO, EVERYONE AT THIS TABLE HAS SEEN THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING NEW TO SHARE.
UM, THE ONE MEMBER WHO WASN'T HERE PREVIOUSLY ISN'T HERE TODAY.
SO IF WE WANT TO SKIP THAT SECTION AND BRING IT BACK WITH SOME FUTURE TIMING.
GUYS, SAY AGAIN TO ANOTHER TIME.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WHY DON'T WE, UH, WE'LL, UH, POSTPONE THE, UH, ITEM SIX B, THE SECOND HALF OF SIX A ON THE, UH, SOUTH QUORUM, THE OTHER PART OF THAT PROJECT.
WE'LL DO THAT AT A LATER WORK SESSION.
WE'LL ALSO MOVE TO THE, PROBABLY THAT SAME, THAT SAME WORK SESSION AT A LATER DATE.
SO, UH, WE'LL POSTPONE SIX B FOR TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT COMPLETES OUR WORK SESSION AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND THEN WE'LL, UH, RECONVENE IN THE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT SEVEN 10.
IT IS SEVEN 12 AND WE WILL RECONVENE THE COUNCIL INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS TO PLEDGE TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU PLEASE RISE A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDERGRAD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING.
[a. City Manager's Announcements]
WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO AND WE'LL DO TWO A AND TWO B.UM, THESE ARE PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS.
TWO A IS CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND TO B, ITS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
UH, WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED OR VOLUNTEERED AT ADDISON KABOOM TOWN LAST WEEK.
IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP OF EVERY TOWN DEPARTMENT AND A HOST OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND LEADERSHIP.
IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL EVENT AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AND BE TOGETHER.
SO, UM, THANKS FOR EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT.
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A GREAT TIME.NEXT, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS COMING UP FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
IF THIS COUNCIL MEETING'S NOT ENOUGH, WE HAVE MEETINGS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
TOMORROW DART AND ER, ARCHER WESTERN WILL PROVIDE THE LATEST CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SILVER LINE AT THE BIANNUAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH AT ADDISON, AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND, UM, AND JOIN US, UH, FOR A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS ADDISON'S MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN ON THURSDAY, JULY 10TH IN THE STONE COTTAGE AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY, GRAB A SNACK AND SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK.
[b. Employee Recognition]
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I'LL ASK LESLIE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEES.I'M DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE, UH, BRITTANY AVELA.
SHE IS OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AS OF JUNE 2ND.
UM, BRITTANY GREW UP IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND GRADUATED FROM ALHAMBRA HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE ATTENDING EAST LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
A FUN FACT ABOUT BRITTANY THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS SHE ONCE SAT THROUGH A NINE HOUR LONG TATTOO SESSION AT THE DALLAS TATTOO CONVENTION IN IRVING, AND IT WAS WORTH IT,
SHE AND SHE AND HER TATTOO ARTIST PROUDLY WON FIRST PLACE FOR A MEMORIAL PORTRAIT OF HER CAT.
AS A DEVOTED DODGERS FAN, BRITTANY BRINGS HER TEAM SPIRIT AND DEDICATION TO HER NEW ROLE HERE IN ADDISON.
UH, BRITTANY SHARED THAT ONE OF HER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHE IS MOST PROUD OF IS EARNING HER BASIC ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER CERTIFICATION.
UH, WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD, UH, JUST BRINGING A STRONG PASSION FOR ANIMALS AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR LEADERSHIP, SHE DOVE INTO THE COURSE AND PASSED THE STATE EXAM ON HER FIRST TRY.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, BRITTANY IS PROUD OF THE BOLD DECISION SHE MADE THREE YEARS AGO TO RESTART HER CAREER, EMBRACING A FRESH PATH TO DETERMINATION, PLANNING AND FOCUS ON GROWTH WITHIN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
AFTER LIVING IN TEXAS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, BRITTANY WAS INSPIRED TO APPLY TO ADDISON.
AFTER WHITNEY WITNESSING THE TOWN'S IMPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, SHE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT LEGACY.
WHEN ASKED WHAT THE ADDISON WAY MEANS TO HER, BRITTANY SHARED THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND HAVING EMPATHY AND ALL THAT WE DO.
SHE BELIEVES THAT BY COMING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, WE CAN EXCEED EXPECTATIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE BRITTANY JOIN OUR TEAM.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING BRITTANY.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS GREAT TO MEET A, UH, NEW, NEW MEMBER OF TEAM ADDISON.
[c. Recognize July 2025 as National Parks & Recreation Month.]
ITEM TWO C.UM, RECOGNIZE JULY, 2025 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
THAT'LL BE JANET TIDWELL MAYOR AND THE MAYOR JANET AND COUNCIL JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, JULY IS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE MONTH IN THE PARK AND RECREATION WORLD, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE START THE MONTH OUT WITH KABOOM TOWN, UM, BECAUSE IN OUR PA, WHICH IS NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION, DESIGNATES THE MONTH AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
THE TEAM THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT WE DO BECAUSE PARKS BUILD COMMUNITY.
IT'S A PLACE FOR NEIGHBORS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER.
IT'S A PLACE FOR US TO GO OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE FUN, HAVE SOME MENTAL BREAKS.
SOMETIMES OUR PARKS OFFER THAT.
AND TO HAVE AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
THEY'RE ALSO A PLACE FOR US TO PUSH US TO BE BETTER AND TO DO BETTER.
AND WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND SO WE ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH AS A TEAM TOGETHER.
AND WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO COME OUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF POPUPS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE SERVING POPSICLES IN THE PARK.
AND SO COME JOIN US AND MEET YOUR PARKS AND REC TEAM THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
AND WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THIS, UH, AMAZING EVENT AND I'D LIKE TO READ THAT TO YOU.
IT'S A LITTLE LENGTHY, SO I HOPE YOU'LL, UH, UH, INDULGE, UH, PROCLAMATION BEING PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR TOWN OF ADDISON.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES TIME AND SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELLBEING AND ALLEVIATING ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND ALZHEIMER'S.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS,
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HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES.AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF HEALTHY MEALS, NUTRITION SERVICES AND EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING, YOUTH, YOUTH SPORTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES A COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS ESSENTIAL AND ITS ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND UH, NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF ADDISON RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAD DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH NOW BE IT THEREFORE, THEREFORE RESOLVED BY THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL THAT JULY IS RECOGNIZED AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN ADDISON, TEXAS.
THEY USUALLY PUT ME IN THE FRONT 'CAUSE YOU CAN STILL SEE EVERYBODY BEHIND YOU.
IT IS SO GREAT TO GET THEM TO SHOW UP IN FORCE LIKE THAT.
AND UH, OF COURSE WE KNOW IN ADDISON EVERY MONTH IS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
[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.]
NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS IN FRONT OF ME.
I STAND CORRECTED OR SIT CORRECTED.
ALRIGHT, THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS ROXANNA PURINA, AND YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND TO THE LECTERN.
AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
THEN YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES MY ADDRESS, NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS ROXANNA SINA AND I LIVE ON, UH, DAVEN TOUR CONDOMINIUMS. I RECENTLY MOVED THERE, 50 55 ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, PH 7 0 3, ADDISON, TEXAS 7 5 0 0 1.
UM, UM, SO I HEARD TODAY'S MEETING AND I'M JUST HONESTLY WORRIED THAT ALL THESE CHANGES AND ALL THESE IDEAS THAT WE'RE DOING IS GONNA TAKE AWAY WHAT MAKES OUR CITY THE MOST, UH, MEMORABLE, IF YOU WILL.
AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF CHARM.
UH, IT HAS A LOT OF EUROPEAN FEEL TO IT.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BRICK ROADS, UH, THE WALKING AREAS WITH ALL THE TREES.
I JUST PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF THOSE.
UM, I'M ALSO AFRAID THAT WITH ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION, UH, SOME, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES IS CALLED ASTORIA, UM, MAY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION TAKES MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.
UM, MY FAMILY AND I, WE, I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN ADDISON.
UM, SO I LOVE ADDISON FOR THE WAY IT LOOKS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THIS BIKE PLAN FOR THE BIKERS WHO LOVE BIKING, BUT TO ME IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE DALLAS IS MORE FILLED WITH PEOPLE DRIVING VEHICLES INSTEAD OF BIKING.
I ALSO THINK IT CAN CAUSE, UM, MORE ACCIDENTS AND, UM, I SEE POTENTIAL AND HARM IN THAT.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE HAVE BRANDON MUNGLE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BRANDON MUNGLE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF ADDISON CIRCLE.
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MONTHS NOW.I PREVIOUSLY WAS THERE, UH, UP TO COVID, UH, FOR EIGHT YEARS.
UM, UH, THE BIKE LANE, UH, I WAS NUDE TO HEAR THAT, UH, TODAY, UH, OR EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED.
UH, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU, UH, COULD PROBABLY TAKE ME ANYWHERE IN ADDISON AND ADDISON CIRCLE.
I'M GONNA KNOW SOMEBODY OR THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THERE.
UH, I HAVEN'T HEARD ONCE THAT ANYBODY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
UH, I GUESS IT'S A SURPRISE TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS EVEN A PUSH FOR THIS.
AND, UH, I GUESS WHAT'S THE PUSH AND WHAT'S THE BENEFIT FOR ADDISON CIRCLE TO DO THIS? UM, UH, IT'S, UH, I'M WITH, UH, WITH HOWARD.
UH, I AGREE THAT I THINK IT'S FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS.
SO I GUESS MY THINKING IS WHAT WAS THERE A BIG PUSH TO, TO HAVE THE BIKE LANE ADDED TO ADDISON CIRCLE? JUST MAYBE MORE CLARITY ON THAT.
UH, I GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
ALRIGHT, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO APPEARANCE CARDS I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? SURE, COME ON.
HI, MIKE O'NEILL, 50 21 MORRIS AVENUE.
UH, SO I'M ONE OF THESE BIKERS THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN, AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF THE FIRST PLAN, EVEN WHEN WE WERE GONNA DO THE, UH, BIKE LANES AND OUR GOOD BUSINESS OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS CONVINCED ME, UM, THAT WOULD BE A REAL IMPACT ON THAT PARTICULAR, UH, AREA.
SO I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF A COME TO JESUS AND, UH, UM, I'M FINE WITH THIS CURRENT ITERATION.
UM, I CAN TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS.
IT'S, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR LIKE OUR LITTLE TWO MILE STRETCH, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE CONNECTING TO A 27, UH, MILE BIKE LANE.
AND ALL THE DART STATIONS ARE KIND OF DOING THIS, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? A LAST MILE, I THINK.
UM, SO IT'S PART OF A, A BIGGER REGIONAL, UH, PROJECT, BUT, UM, I, I THINK IT'S, UH, I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? SURE.
SO LEE, 5 0 0 6 MORRIS AVENUE.
AND I WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE CIRCLE.
AND, UH, I WANNA THANK THE CITY STAFF TO RECONSIDER THE ORIGINAL PLAN, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT AND, UM, I'M GRATEFUL THEY TOOK TIME AND THEY CHANGED THIS.
AND, UH, ONLY THE SHADOWS OR THE MARKING I THINK WILL BE IDEAL FOR THE CIRCLE IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
AND I KNOW WE, I KNOW IT'LL GO THROUGH IT, SO I WOULD LOVE THE CIRCLE TO BE THE WAY IT IS AS WELL.
THIS IS MY DREAM, BUT WE WILL TAKE A COMPROMISE AND OKAY WITH THE SHARES.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY TO LISTENING TO US.
AND ONE MORE THING, UM, RECENTLY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM TRISHA ABOUT WHAT IS ABOUT THE DART.
SO I REALLY LOVE SOME UPDATES ON WHAT HAPPENINGS WITH THAT.
MOVING BACK TO THE ADDISON ROAD, WE'VE BEEN PROMISED THEY'LL BE MOVED BY THE END OF THE AUGUST, BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
AND, UM, NONE OF YOU GUYS RESPOND WITH ANY KNOWLEDGE.
SO I'LL APPRECIATE IF I GOT A LITTLE LIGHT ON THAT BECAUSE THIS IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOTHERS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I'LL GET DOUBLE THAT IF I NEED TO, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
UH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE LAST POINT.
I, I PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO TRICIA LAST NIGHT.
I'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU, WHICH REALLY, REALLY WAS JUST, WELL, I WAS SEND THE EMAIL.
I KNOW, I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TWO DIFFERENT THREADS, SO I'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU ON YOUR EMAIL.
UM, WHICH WAS JUST RELAYING DART'S INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE SAID SEPTEMBER 14TH IS WHEN THEY WILL MOVE.
SO I'LL RELAY THAT INFORMATION FROM DART TO YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THEM.
WELL, THEY SAID BEFORE THAT THIS GONNA BE EARLIER, VERY MANY PEOPLE
I THINK THIS IS PEOPLE A LOT TIMES AND SO MANY PEOPLE OPINION AND GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE SERVICE AND I'M SORRY, BRINGING A LOT OF
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HOMELESS PEOPLE.I MYSELF HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE FOR A GUY, TWO GUYS HOMELESS, GETTING TO HAVE ONE OF THE TRASH SHOOT FOR THE RESTROOM.
AND WHEN THEY SAW ME, I CALLING THE POLICE, HE THROWS AROUND AND OFFER ME TO SHOW HIS PARTS.
I, I'M NOT OKAY WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE COMING.
AND I HAVE VIDEOS, I FOLLOW THE BUS TO SEE WHO'S STEPPING OUT OF THE BUS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ON A ENOUGH, IT'S ENOUGH OF THE BUSES AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT RIDE THE BUS.
I'M SORRY, I'M NOT PREJUDICE NOTHING, BUT ONLY FROM THE PEOPLE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO IN CIRCLE.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION
[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.]
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AND ITEM INCLUDES ITEM FOUR A AND FOUR B.IS THERE A MOTION I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM FOUR B.
I'D LIKE, UNLESS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IS GONNA PULL SOMETHING, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOUR A.
THANK YOU CHRIS FOR THE SECOND, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR A.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IF ITEM FOUR A IS APPROVED, DARREN,
[b. Consider action on a Resolution authorizing the Town of Addison to apply for the FY 2026 Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority Taskforce Grant, with the updated language mandated by the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority. ]
GO AHEAD.SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE, THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
UM, CHIEF, SO IN, IN THE WORK SESSION, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'RE REPLACING UPGRADING ALL OF THEM, UH, WHICH IS GOOD.
KIND OF MY PHILOSOPHY JUST FOR EVERYBODY IS ANYTIME YOU CAN IMPROVE SERVICES AND INCREASE, UH, EFFICIENCY, THAT MEANS, UH, LOWER COST, MEANING NOT HAVING TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO DO SO.
THAT'S WHAT FLOCK CAMERAS CAN DO, RIGHT? IS THERE THEY'RE WATCHING OUT FOR US.
UH, CHRISTOPHER, CHIEF OF POLICE, EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ANYTIME WE UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO JUST, UM, INCREASE OUR RESOURCES, UM, IT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
SO WITH THESE CAMERAS, IT ALLOWS US TO TAP INTO THE VAST NETWORK THAT FLOCK ALREADY HAS ESTABLISHED.
UM, SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE CAMERAS WE HAVE IN ADDISON, WE HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, THE ENTIRE NETWORK OF FLOCK CAMERAS ACROSS THE STATE.
SO I SEE FREQUENTLY ON THE BLOTTER THAT, UH, FLOCK CAMERA CAUGHT THIS FLOCK CAMERA CAUGHT THAT.
SO IT'S NA STATEWIDE OR NATIONWIDE? YES, SIR.
CATCHING THEFTS AND BURGLARIES AND OTHER OFFENSES FROM ELSEWHERE.
UM, SO WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF 'EM.
AND THIS, I GUESS THIS IS NOT REALLY NECESSARILY A REPLACEMENT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, KIND OF LIKE MANAGED CAMERAS, IF YOU WILL.
SO, UH, OUR CURRENT CAMERAS THAT THEY WERE PURCHASED, UH, BY THE TOWN, SO WE ARE, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE.
UM, THEY'RE ENDING THEIR END OF LIFE STAGE.
UM, SO THEY'RE GOING DOWN, WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR COME OUT TO REPLACE THEM.
UH, MOVING TO THE FLOCK CAMERA, IT IS ON THAT YEARLY, ALMOST LIKE A LEASE.
UM, AND FLOCK MAINTAINS THOSE CAMERAS.
IF EVERYONE GOES OFFLINE FOR ANY REASON, WE CONTACT FLOCK, THEY COME OUT, THEY REPLACE IT, UM, RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
SO IT'S NOT US HAVING TO MAINTAIN THOSE CAMERAS OTHER THAN JUST PAYING FOR THE MAINTEN.
IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING, UM, MANAGED CAMERA SYSTEM.
AND WE WOULD APPLY FOR THIS GRANT EVERY YEAR.
UM, IS THERE, WHAT KIND OF, HOW MANY HITS DO YOU GET ON THE CAMERAS PER MONTH, PER YEAR AS FAR AS DATA POINTS? OH, I DON'T HAVE THOSE EXACT NUMBERS I CAN GET 'EM FOR, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONSTANT ANYTIME WITHIN 12 HOUR SHIFT? YES, SIR.
WE'VE, UH, OFFICERS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF A VEHICLE THAT MAYBE ANOTHER AGENCY'S BEEN LOOKING FOR, AND IF IT HITS ANYWHERE IN OUR VICINITY, IT SENDS IMMEDIATE ALERT TO ALL THE OFFICERS ON SHIFT THROUGH THEIR COMPUTER SHOWS WHERE THAT, UH, VEHICLE'S BEEN HIT, WHAT INTERSECTION, AND THEY CAN CONVERGE ON THAT AREA.
I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THE TECHNOLOGY TO, TO HELP, UH, OUR POLICE STAFF AND, AND HELP THE POLICE STAFF BE MORE EFFICIENT, BUT NOT HAVE TO ADD MORE OFFICERS.
SO I, I REALLY LIKE THAT EFFICIENCY.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD ON IT.
UH, WHAT IF WE GET TURNED OUT ON THE GRANTS? WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT OUR CAMERAS? UH, SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN A, A FUNDED, UM, DURING THE, FOR THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND.
WE'VE ALREADY AC UM, FUNDED FOR, TO HAVE TO REPLACE THESE CAMERAS.
THEY'RE ALREADY COMING TO THE END OF THEIR LIFE.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN HAS ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR.
THIS IS JUST A WAY TO TRY TO RECOUP THAT COST AND UTILIZE A GRANT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT TO GO AHEAD WITH.
SO IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET TO PAY FOR THESE CAMERAS.
EVEN IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, WE'RE JUST HOPING TO OFFSET.
I THINK AADE CAN SPEAK UP MORE, BUT IT'S, WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THESE, WE FUND IT REPLACEMENT FUND YEARS IN ADVANCE FOR WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE THESE PURCHASES AND WE'RE COMING UP ON THAT TIME RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT BUDGET ANSWER.
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QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU CHIEF RE, SO LIKE WITH AN IPHONE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOW IMPLEMENTING AI TECHNOLOGY IN THIS, IS THIS THE SAME THING WITH FLOCK CAMERAS? ABSOLUTELY, YES SIR.SO ALGORITHMS WILL BE CREATED, SO THE TECHNOLOGY IS VASTLY IMPROVED.
SO EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE LIKE AN ACTUAL LICENSE PLATE, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE IS WE CAN PUT A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION, PARTS OF A VEHICLE AND IT'LL SCAN THROUGH ALL OF EV EVERYTHING AND KIND OF SEE THIS, UM, POINTS OF INTEREST THAT WE CAN THEN GO LOOK FOR.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'D BE LIKE ME SAYING LET'S JUST KEEP IPHONE FIVE VERSUS THE IPHONE 15 COMING.
SO I, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO CLARIFY.
A MOTION TO PROVE ITEM FOUR B.
THANK YOU MARLON, FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR B IS APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION OR ACTION THIS EVENING.
[5. 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.]
MOVE ON TO OUR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, EXPRESS.
CONGRATULATIONS CONDOLENCE, UH, ET CETERA.
ANYBODY HAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? MORNING, MAYOR, I DO.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD OUR MEGA EVENT WITH KABOOM TOWN AND, AND WE HAD A LOT, UH, A LOT OF OUR TOWN STAFF WORKING, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS, BUT, UH, BUT PLENTY AND, UH, THEY PULLED OFF ANOTHER GREAT SHOW AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE AND EVERYTHING WENT PERFECT AND SO THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOT, UH, A NOTE, A SHOUT OUT FOR, UM, THE UH, UH, MARKETING TEAM.
A FRIEND OF MINE TEXT ME A PICTURE FROM CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS, OF A PICTURE OF HIS TV OF AN INTERVIEW OF SOMEBODY ABOUT ADDISON, KABOOM TOWN, ABOUT, IT'S LIKE IN THE TOP THREE IN USA TODAY'S, UH, SO MARKING'S GOT A BIG REACH AND SHOUT OUT TO, UM, SMALL TOWN.
ANYBODY ELSE? CHRIS? YEAH, I DO.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT WE HAD ON THE WORK SESSION BIKE LANES, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A TON OF GREAT PROJECTS GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THE BELTWAY UM, PARK IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE BIKE LANES AND THE, AND THE TRAIL LAX POND, THE EXTENSION OF THE REDDING TRAIL.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE GET THOSE THINGS ON PAPER IN FRONT OF US, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT 'EM AND WE SAY, GREAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THIS GONNA BE COMPLETED? UM, BUT I, I THINK WE KNOW NOW THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, US LOOKING AT A PRETTY PICTURE AND GETTING TO THE FINAL PROJECT.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF TO, I THINK THE BIKE, THE BIKE LANES ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UM, WE WENT ONE DIRECTION, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM, FROM SOME FOLKS WHO THOUGHT THERE WAS A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
THEY TURNED ON THE DIME AND FIGURED IT OUT.
ANYBODY ELSE? DAN I, MY QUICK GO.
WANNA THANK MARKETING, BUT REALLY ABBY AND HER TEAM WITH THE EVENT.
I MEAN EVERY YEAR I'VE GONE, I HAVEN'T BEEN AS MANY YEARS AS MANY IN THE ROOM, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR, EVEN THOUGH I'M STILL NOT GOING UP IN THE PLANES WITH YOU GUYS.
BUT YEAH, JUST THANKS TO HAVING THE TEAM AND THE TOWN STAFF.
ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, I CAN SAY I'M SORRY I MISSED KABOOM TOWN.
I WAS AT A WEDDING IN CALIFORNIA AND OF ALL WEEKENDS THEY PICKED THE FOURTH.
I GOT PICTURES, I GOT PICTURES OF KIDS GAMBLING, SO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAD CASINO NIGHT
AND ONE OF THE PICTURES, THEY HAD A COMMENT, I'VE INVITED THEM TO TWO PARTIES AND THEY BOTH WERE FOR GAMBLING.
SO I HAD A CASINO NIGHT FOR MY GIRLFRIEND ON HER BIRTHDAY.
SO TWICE THAT KID GOT TO GAMBLE
BUT ANYWAY, I DO APPRECIATE THE STAFF.
I KNOW I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE BIKE LANE PROJECT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND I HOPE THAT IT'S, IT WORKS OUT TO BE GREAT.
DID YOU, SO I DO HAVE A SECOND ONE.
UH, IS THAT TEDDY WITH ASTORIA? UH, THE, YEAH, TEDDY WITH ASTORIA HEARD COMMENT, I WANNA POINT THAT OUT.
UM, THAT CAUSED A LOT OF, UM, HEARTACHE ON WHAT THE PLAN BIKE PLAN WAS GONNA BE.
AND UM, UH, COUNCIL, UH, HEARD FROM UH, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS IN THAT AREA, UM, AND UH, TOLD CALLED ASSIST TO PULL BACK AND THE STAFF REACHED OUT AND, AND WORKED WITH THE BUSINESSES AND CAME TOGETHER WITH A BETTER PLAN.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY THE SYSTEM CAN WORK AND THERE'S EXCEPTIONS THAT BUBBLED UP AND THAT GOT PULLED IN AND OTHER O OTHER FOLKS INVOLVED WITH, UH, VOICING IT, BUT ESPECIALLY TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR REACHING OUT AND, AND LISTENING.
UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT'S VERY IMPACTFUL TO ME TO HEAR A BUSINESS OWNER RESIDENT SAY, UM, THAT THAT WAS WELL DONE.
SO I, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND CONGRATULATIONS AND GREAT, GREAT JOB TO, TO THE STAFF.
WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE, WE DO GET IT RIGHT, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S, I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
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JUST A COUPLE THINGS.YEAH, JUST ONE MORE I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, UH, DITTO SOME OF THE COMMENTS ON KABOOM TOWN.
REALLY GREAT EVENT AND, AND UH, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS SIX HOUR EVENT AND IT'S AMAZING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
I WAS TALKING TO MARY ROSELI THAT EVENING AND SHE JUST KIND OF GAVE ME A QUICK OVERVIEW OF JUST SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS THAT WERE GOING ON IN THAT DAY.
AND JUST, THAT WAS KIND OF OVERWHELMING TO ME, BUT LEADING UP TO IT, IT'S WEEKS AND MONTHS OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO THIS THAT NONE OF US EVER SEE.
SO THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON WITH IT.
AND THEN, THEN THEY JUST PULLED IT OFF IN THIS AMAZING FASHION AND I HEARD SO MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC WAS GREAT, THE WEATHER WAS AMAZING AND OF COURSE THE FIREWORKS WERE INCREDIBLE ALONG WITH THE AIR SHOW.
SO, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FOLKS AT THE AIRPORT FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER ON THE AIR SHOW SIDE.
REALLY GREAT WORK ON EVERYBODY'S PART 'CAUSE IT IS ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THAT EVENT.
AND JUST MY FINAL THOUGHTS, JUST, UH, LIKE DURING, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THE FOLKS DOWN IN THE HILL COUNTRY THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THE, UH, THE EVENTS OF THE, THE FLOODING THAT WENT ON AND JUST, UH, TRAGIC AND I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN IN YOUR TOWN.
AND, UH, IT IS JUST, UH, IT'S VERY HUMBLING AND, AND UH, IT'S A FRIGHTENING THOUGHT TO THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING.
SO, UH, WE'LL JUST DEFINITELY KEEP THEM, KEEP THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
SO, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? WELL, WITH THAT IT IS, UH, UH, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
YOU CAN TALK, YOU CAN TALK TO US AFTERWARDS.
HOW ABOUT THAT? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? I WANNA ONLY SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY.
I, I'M REALLY PLEASED THE WAY THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL OUR PROGRAMS AND I'M REALLY THANKS TO US.
WE'RE WELL, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE IN ADDISON AND IN ADDISON CIRCLE AND HOPE YOU'RE THERE FOR WAY MANY MORE YEARS.
ALRIGHT, IT IS NOW SEVEN 40 AND WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR THE EVENING.