[00:00:01]
[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL AT NUMBER
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THREE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, MR. MAYOR? WE DO.
MR. SIERRA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AS A REGISTERED VOTER.
I WANTED TO BRIEFLY COMMENT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY THAT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN PRESENTED WITH THAT, UH, PRESENTATION, BUT I HAD A FEW THOUGHTS THAT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU MOVE FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT POLICY OR CREATING THAT NEW POLICY.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, THERE WAS AN HOA LIAISON THAT WAS IN EXISTENCE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE VARIOUS, UH, HOAS IN THE CITY.
UM, THAT EMPLOYEE HAD LEFT AT ONE POINT, AND THEN THERE WAS A NEW, UM, EMPLOYEE WHO CAME ON BOARD TO ASSUME THAT THAT ROLE WITH THE VARIOUS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC WORKS TO, UM, FOCUS ON MAINTAINING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE HOAS AND MAYBE GETTING FURTHER FEEDBACK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY BEFORE IT'S PUT INTO PLAY.
I'M SURE THEY'RE MORE IN TOUCH WITH THEIR LOCAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAY HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE NECESSARILY BEEN CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE, UH, CURRENT DRAFT POLICY.
I ALSO WANTED TO CAUTION, UH, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO FOCUS, UH, POTENTIALLY ON PROVIDING MORE, UM, BUDGET AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON A TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY AND THE VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY AS PART OF THAT POLICY.
I THINK BY DEBATABLY, BY HAVING A BETTER, UH, FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNDING THAT WILL DRIVE, UH, BETTER RESPONSES AND IMPROVING, UH, COMMUNITY IN A, A MUCH, UH, MORE MEANINGFUL WAY.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IN MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DATES BACK TO THE NINE, THE LATE 1960S.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO THINK ABOUT PREEMPTIVELY DEALING WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE YOU PUT IN POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH CALMING TRAFFIC.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU INSTALL NEW INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THAT POLICY DEBATABLY, YOU'LL HAVE TRUCKS, TRAILERS, DIGGERS, UH, DAMAGE TO CURBS, UM, VARIOUS.
IT, IT'S MORE OF A BANDAID IMPLEMENTING A TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY THAN FOCUSING ON THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST THAT, UM, DEBATABLY HASN'T BEEN FOCUSED ON AS HEAVILY UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[(a) Receive a Presentation and Provide Direction to Staff - Traffic Calmin...]
JUMP TO ITEM FOUR A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON TRAFFIC CLAIMING POLICY.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARCUS SNELL, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND TO PROVIDE Y'ALL PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH MY SLIDES FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SO ON THAT INTRODUCTION TO OUR TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, IT IS OUR DRAFT TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.
AND WHERE THIS STARTED OUT IS WE'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CONCERNS REGARDING SPEEDING AND CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC.
THEN ALSO SOME SITE SPECIFIC, UH, CONCERNS, UH, CROSSWALKS AROUND PARKS, SCHOOLS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE WANTED TO HAVE A, A COHESIVE POLICY THAT AS WE'RE RECEIVING THESE CONCERNS FROM OUR RESIDENTS, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THEM IN A SYSTEMATIC AND ORGANIZED MANNER.
UH, THERE'S A NEED FOR A POLICY.
WE, WE'VE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO A VERY INTEGRATED URBAN COMMUNITY.
AND THAT CHANGES THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROADS THAT CHANGES DRIVING PATTERNS, THAT CHANGES HOW PEOPLE ARE JUST MOVING AROUND.
AND SO WE NEED SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TO HELP NAVIGATE THAT.
AND ALSO, WE WANT TO BALANCE MOBILITY AND SAFETY.
SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT, BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE FROM THEIR HOMES TO THEIR PLACES OF WORK AND BUSINESS AND BACK AGAIN IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO OUR TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, THE DRAFT TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, IT CONTAINS A PROCESS, UH, FOR THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT INITIATION EVALUATION, AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS THE TOOLBOX, SHOWING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS WE CAN UTILIZE.
SO WE DIDN'T CREATE THIS IN A VACUUM.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT SOME OTHER PEOPLE WERE DOING.
WE LOOKED AT FORT BEND COUNTY AND WE RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THEIR POLICY.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT SUGAR LAND'S DOING, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES WITHIN OUR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT TRIANGLE, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, HOUSTON, MUCH LARGER METROPOLITAN AREAS
[00:05:01]
THAT HAVE NAVIGATED THIS HISTORICALLY.FROM THIS, UH, WE HAVE A PROCEDURE WITH FOUR OVERALL STEPS, STARTING WITH A PROJECT REQUEST, UH, STUDY AND RANKING, PROJECT SELECTION, AND THEN COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SO, GOING INTO STEP ONE, UH, OUR TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS, WE GET A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND HOAS THAT REACH OUT TO US.
AND SO WE WANNA LEVERAGE THAT KNOWLEDGE.
INITIALLY, THEY'RE GONNA BE SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT REQUEST FORM.
THESE WILL COME FROM THE HOA IF NO HOAS IS PRESENT, OR IF THERE IS NO HOA WITHIN THAT AREA.
WE'D BE LOOKING FOR 75% OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AFFECTED OR POTENTIALLY AFFECTED, UM, BY ANY TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY'LL GATHER UP THAT, THOSE SIGNATURES INFORMATION, THEY'LL SUBMIT IT TO US.
THEY'LL ALSO IDENTIFY WITHIN THIS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY'RE SEEING IN THE AREA, WHETHER IT'S SPEEDING, STREET RACING, LARGER TRUCK TRAFFIC, CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, UH, CRASHES, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC, OR JUST ANY OTHER TRAFFIC, UH, NEED THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE REQUESTS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RANK THEM AND WE'RE GONNA SCORE THEM, AND WE'RE GONNA RANK THEM.
AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, I'LL SHOW YOU AN OVERALL PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE, WE INTAKE THOSE OVER A COURSE OF A YEAR.
WE STUDY, WE RANK 'EM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR ARE TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THIS STUDY AREA? IS THERE A HISTORY OF CRASHES AND INCIDENTS? WHAT'S THE MEASURED SPEEDS? UH, IS IT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL? YOU KNOW, I, I WAS 16 ONCE AND I HAD A CAR THAT THAT WAS OVER IT WITH AN OVERSIZED ENGINE.
AM I THE ONLY ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS, OR IS IT A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM? SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXCEEDING THAT 85TH PERCENTILE? ARE THERE SIDEWALKS ON ONE OR BOTH OF THE STREETS THAT INDICATES IF THERE'S, UH, INCREASED PEDESTRIANS POSSIBLY WALKING IN THE ROADWAY? WE WANT TO KNOW THAT.
ARE THERE OTHER BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, BIKE LANES, AND, UH, UNCONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS? WHEN I SAY UNCONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, I'M TALKING ABOUT CROSSWALKS IN GENERAL.
I'M TALKING ABOUT CROSSWALKS THAT AREN'T AT STOP SIGNS AND STOPLIGHTS.
SO THOSE KIND OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
UM, ARE THERE COMMUNITY DESTINATIONS OR SCHOOLS ARE PARKS OR LIBRARIES, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO WALK TO WITH THEIR FAMILIES? AND THEN ARE THEIR VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS, ROAD RATE CURVATURE IF THERE'S, UH, A LITTLE HILL IN THE ROAD IF IT'S GOING SIDE TO SIDE, OR THERE ARE OTHER VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS PRESENT, UM, THINGS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND VEGETATION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, MOVING INTO REVIEW AND PROJECT SELECTION, AFTER WE'VE RECEIVED THESE, UH, POTENTIAL PROJECTS, WE'VE RANKED DONE INITIAL RANKING ON THESE PROJECTS.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GET TOGETHER WITH POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO PLACE AS QUICKLY.
WE DON'T WANT TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT WILL DELAY RESPONSE TIMES.
SO WE'RE GONNA COORDINATE WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A PROPOSED SOLUTION AS THE ENGINEERING TEAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
AND WE'RE GONNA FINALIZE THOSE RANKINGS AND THEN START, UH, SELECTING PROJECTS FOR FUNDING GOING DOWN THE LIST, THOSE THAT RANK HIGHEST ON DOWNWARD.
THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING TOOLS WE COULD USE.
THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC CIRCLES, FULL ROAD CLOSURES, UM, VAL, LINEAR CHANGES, THOSE ARE, UH, EXCITING AND SPEED CUSHIONS, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR ONES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO STEP FOUR, WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY FUNDING THE PROJECT, UH, OUR DRAFT PROPOSAL IS FOR A FOUR FIFTH SHARE, WHEREIN THE CITY ITSELF WILL FUND FOUR FIFTHS OF A COMMUNITY INITIATED PROJECT.
AND THEN WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS FUNDING ONE FIFTH.
UM, THIS IS SHOWN WITHIN OTHER AREAS.
OTHER, UH, SOME OF THOSE OTHER, UH, TRAFFIC POLICIES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, THAT IT GENERATES GOOD BUY-IN FROM COMMUNITIES.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY WANT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO INVESTING IN, AND IT WORKS OUT WELL, UM, FOR PROJECTS.
AND IT, AND IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO STRETCH OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UH, IF INSTEAD OF JUST FUNDING FOUR PROJECTS, IT GIVES US THE POTENTIAL TO FUND FIVE THROUGH THIS MANNER, AND THAT THAT LETS US HELP MORE PEOPLE.
UM, OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS TO THOSE THINGS.
SO IF A PROJECT IS INITIATED BY THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, THOSE PROJECTS WOULD, WOULD BE 100% FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY.
OR, UH, IF THERE ARE PROJECTS, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION, WHICH ARE DIRECTLY IDENTIFIED FOR
[00:10:01]
FUNDING, UH, THOSE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PROPOSED COST SHARE.AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, ONCE WE HAVE THE PROJECT, ONCE WE HAVE THE SELECTION, ONCE WE HAVE THE, UH, ESTIMATED COSTS OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE HOA OR THE RESIDENT GROUP THAT PROPOSED THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE GONNA TELL 'EM, WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN, TALK WITH THEM, WHAT WE NOTICED, WHAT'S OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION BASED ON OUR ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE COORDINATING WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
AND WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE MAPS OF THE STUDY AREAS SUPPORTING DATA.
ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE TO THEM.
WE WANNA BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT IN THIS PROCESS.
SO TALKING OVER THE SCHEDULE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING THIS AN ANNUAL PROCESS.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE, UH, HOAS, UH, RESIDENT GROUPS SUBMITTING THESE, UH, PROJECT REQUEST FORMS AT THE END OF JANUARY.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA CALL THAT A YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR DATA COLLECTION.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO BACK ON STEP TWO AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT RANKING POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA START THAT STUDY AND WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
JUNE JULY IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING OUR DECISIONS ON PROCESS OR ON PROJECTS, HOW WE'RE GONNA RANK THEM, WHAT ORDER WE'RE GONNA FUND THEM, HOW, HOW BEST ARE WE GONNA UTILIZE OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO SERVICE THE CITIZENS.
AND THEN IN OCTOBER, COINCIDING WITH THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THE ANNUAL PROCESS OF, UM, THE, UH, HOW OUR POLICY OR DRAFT POLICY IS GONNA WORK, BUT WHERE WE ARE JUST IN DEVELOPING THIS POLICY ITSELF.
UH, SO INITIALLY WE HAD STAFF POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE SAT DOWN, WE READ THROUGH THESE OTHER POLICIES, WE GOT SOME IDEAS.
UM, THEN FROM FROM THERE WE MET WITH, UH, CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HAD AN INITIAL REVIEW, GOT SOME FEEDBACK, MADE SOME CHANGES.
WE'RE RIGHT HERE AT THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK STAGE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK.
AFTER THIS, WE ARE GOING TO THE HOAS, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE HOA FEEDBACK.
IF WE'RE PROPOSING A COST SHARE MEASURE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT IN A VACUUM.
WE WANT TO TALK BEFORE THAT PROCESS IS IMPLEMENTED.
WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS? WHAT DO THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE? WE'RE THEN GONNA INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY.
AND THAT IS A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW, BUT I'M AVAILABLE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT SIGNED UP.
SO I'LL START WITH THE FIRST PERSON, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
AND MARCUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION I VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER AND I APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAS COME BEFORE YOU STOP LAUGHING AT ME.
SEE, I'M JONES
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
YOU STATED IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION THAT, UM, ONCE YOU GUYS IDENTIFIED THE AREAS OR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING THESE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THAT THE CITY WOULD THEN SEEK OUT FUNDING MEASURES.
COULD YOU TELL ME, WOULD THAT BE FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO FIND MONEY WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR THESE ITEMS? WE CURRENTLY HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IDENTIFIED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING WITHIN THE CITY'S BUDGET.
WE WILL, OF COURSE, FOR LARGER PROJECTS SEEK TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE WITH GRANT FUNDING OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, THE, THE BIGGER THE PROJECT, THE BETTER THE PROJECT, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT IT BENEFITS.
AND THE ONE FIFTH THAT THE REQUESTING COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE ASKING, I SEE THAT YOUR TIMELINE BASICALLY HAS IT IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S BUDGET, UH, DURING THAT PROCESS.
BUT THE OTHER ENTITY, IF THEIR BUDGET TIMELINE DOES NOT MATCH WHAT THE CITY'S BUDGET IS, THEN THEY MAY NEED ADDITIONAL TIME IN ORDER TO GET ANOTHER BUDGET PASS OR TO GO THROUGH A, THEIR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE OR THE BUDGET THAT'S AVAILABLE, WILL THEIR PROJECT BE REMOVED FROM THE REQUEST OR DOES IT JUST DIE? WHAT HAPPENS? THE, IF IF THEY'RE WAITING ON THEIR FUNDING MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO WE CAN START THE DESIGN PROCESS.
WE CAN WORK ON FUNDING THE INITIAL PHASES AND IF IT'S GONNA COME LATER, WE CAN OF COURSE FACE OUR PROJECT PROCESS.
[00:15:01]
THANK YOU.CAN I JUST, I'M SORRY, FOLLOW UP.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT HERE THAT PART OF THE REASON YOU SEE THIS POLICY IS BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REQUESTS COMING IN AND, UM, WE REALLY NEEDED A WAY TO EVALUATE THEM AND LIMIT, WE DO NOT WANT, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IS SPEED CUSHIONS OR WHATEVER ON EVERY STREET IN THE CITY.
SO TRYING TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE AS WELL AS GETTING THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS, IS GOING TO HELP US BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE THE REQUEST AND LIMIT THE REQUEST TO THOSE THAT ONLY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
MY LAST COMMENT TO THIS IS, IS THAT I, I HONESTLY THINK THAT THIS IS AN AWESOME WAY TO CREATE A TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UH, THE HOAS AND THE CITY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ONE WHERE NOW THE HOAS REALLY HAVE SKIN IN THE THANK YOU.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
UH, FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, WHEN YOU GET THE REQUEST IN WHO, UH, AND YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHO'S GOING TO, UH, APPROVE THE REQUEST, UH, THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED? WHAT PRIORITY ON 'EM? AND, UH, WHERE WILL THOSE COMING DEVICES BE LOCATED? WHO DETERMINES THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS? SO THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD RECEIVE THE REQUESTS.
WE WOULD THEN IN, IN LINE WITH THAT SCHEDULE, WHERE DID MY CLICKER GO? THERE WE ARE IN LINE WITH THE SCHEDULE.
UM, CITIES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD RECEIVE THE, THOSE REQUESTS, UH, FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL IS WHEN WE WOULD DO THAT RANKING PROCESS.
AND THEN THE CITIES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, OR OUR CONSULTANTS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE TREATMENT AND THE LOCATION THAT WOULD BEST SUIT THE SPECIFICS OF EACH PROJECT SITE.
UM, WE JUST, UH, WE, WE DON'T TREAT, HOW DO I SAY? NOT, NOT EVERY NAIL NEEDS A HAMMER.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM YOU CAN JUST USE A BOOT, I GUESS.
WELL, MY GUESS IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NUMBER OF REQUESTS.
SO HOW YOU DETERMINE A PRIORITY OF THOSE REQUESTS, I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE GONNA SET UP A, A, A COMMITTEE OR A GROUP TO LOOK AT THOSE, OR IS THAT JUST GONNA BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS? I, I THINK IT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF PUBLIC WORKS, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT OF, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC CALMING.
SO TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S NOT TRAINED IN THAT I THINK WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE.
IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE KNOW ANYWAY, I'VE GOT THE FEELING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF THOSE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT HOAS, YOU KNOW, UH, REALLY, UH, WANTING TO, UH, TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRIORITY LINE.
SO HOW WE COME ACROSS OR HOW WE COME UP WITH THAT PRIORITY LISTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT WE CAN DEFEND AND, UH, CAN MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE STUDY RANKING SECTION, UH, ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS HERE, UH, WITHIN THE DRAFT POLICY HAVE DIFFERENT POINT VALUES ATTACHED TO THEM FOR THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO AS WE RANK THESE PROJECTS, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
ALL THE PROJECTS ARE GONNA START AT THE SAME PLACE.
WE'RE GONNA RANK THEM FROM THERE, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE, UH, PRIORITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA MAKE THAT AN OUTWARD FACING PUBLICATION.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WORKING IN A VACUUM.
WHERE DO WE DETERMINE, UH, OR WHO DETERMINES WHERE THE LOCATION IS, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE THAT CALMING DEVICE? UH, IT, WELL, I CALL IT A DEVICE, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A CALMING, UH, MEASURE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF SPEED CUSHIONS ARE THE ONLY, UH, POTENTIAL OF, UH, OF, UH, HAVING A, WHAT WE CALL A CALMING, UH, CALMING MEASURE.
IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION, DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SPEED CUSHIONS IN GENERAL, SLOW VEHICLES DOWN TO ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SO WE WOULDN'T PUT THOSE ON A 40 MILE AN HOUR ROADWAY.
HOWEVER, A UH, TRAFFIC CIRCLE MIGHT BE A USEFUL, UH, IMPLEMENTATION ON A 40 MILE AN HOUR ROADWAY THAT WOULD REDUCE SPEEDS BACK DOWN TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SO THAT WOULD BE ENGINEERING, REVIEWING THAT, LOOKING AT THE LOCATIONS, USING OUR EXPERTISE AND DETERMINING WHAT'S SAFE AND ACCOMPLISHES THE MISSION.
[00:20:01]
LET'S SAY THAT YOU, YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU, YOU SAY, WELL, SPEED CUSHIONS AREN'T GOOD HERE.WE NEED A, UH, A CIRCLE DRIVE, IF YOU WILL.
IS THAT GONNA BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS OR DOES THAT KICK THAT REQUEST OUT TO ANOTHER, UH, CATEGORY WHERE YOU TRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S NUMBER ONE EFFICIENT? UH, AND IF YOU HAVE THE FUNDING AND WHATEVER OTHER CRITERIA YOU ESTABLISH? SO DOES IT MOVE IT OUT OF THE THIS DOMAIN? IT WOULD, BECAUSE I MEAN, THINK ABOUT, UM, LEMME MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT.
LAKE OLYMPIA OR OLYMPIA PARKWAY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE COST, BECAUSE OF THE, THE FACT THAT WE WOULD, UM, UM, THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T WANNA GIVE UP, UH, SOME OF THE PROPERTY AROUND AND IMPACT, UM, THEIR, UM, STRUCTURES.
WE DECIDED THAT GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
SO IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITHIN THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT'S GOING TO KICK IT OUT ANY RATE.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HELP US MANAGE IT BETTER AND BE ABLE TO DEFEND WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A HOST OF, OF REQUESTS NOW.
SO THIS IS TO TRY TO DEFINE THAT AND ENSURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE.
AND YOU SAY THE, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HOW MUCH DOES, UH, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT A, A STANDARD COUNTING DEVICE WOULD, UH, WOULD RUN IN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COSTS IF WE WERE TO PLACE JUST A SINGLE SET OF SPEED CUSHIONS THAT'S AROUND $10,000? HOW MANY $10,000 FOR A SINGLE SET OF SPEED CUSHIONS? SO YOU'VE GOT 10 LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN PUT CALMING DEVICES.
IF THEY'RE SPEED CUSHION, GOOD LUCK.
THAT'S WHY I SAY PRIORITY IS GONNA BE GONNA BE, UH, UH, REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT.
UM, THE, UH, I, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'VE RUN THIS BY PD AND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVICES THAT WE'RE PUTTING THERE WON'T HAVE ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO OUR, OUR UNITS.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAID RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S, UH, STEP THREE COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND HOW WAS THE SPLIT DETERMINED? UH, WITH THE HOAS? THE SPLIT WAS, UH, BORROWED FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THEY DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, AND THEY HAVE SHOWN GOOD EFFECT WITH THAT.
AND WE LIKE TO IMITATE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THINGS WELL.
AND, AND THE THE REASON I ASK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME HOAS ARE, HAVE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT THEY COULD APPLY TOWARDS THIS, BUT I, I WOULD THINK THERE'S SOME HOAS THAT ARE CASH STRAPPED.
SO, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A HARD SPOT TO TRY TO, UH, UH, COME UP WITH THEIR ONE FIFTH IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE PUTTING IN FOR THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING OUT TO THE HOAS WHEN, WHEN WE PUT OUT THIS THAT, HEY, AND I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING OUT IT'S ONE FIFTH, BUT THAT ONE FIFTH COULD EQUAL, UH, WHATEVER, UH, IT WOULD BE, WOULD YOU SAY IT WAS 10,000? 10,000? SO THAT ONE FIFTH COULD BE $2,000.
SO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT THOSE DOLLARS, THAT'S THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE REQUIRED OF THEM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, PUT IN A REQUEST AND ALL OF A SUDDEN REALIZE THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY TOWARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WE CAN, UH, I I THINK HOPEFULLY STREAMLINE THIS AND MAKE IT A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
UH, RECOGNIZING MAY APPROACH HIM KLAUSER.
COUNCIL MEMBER MEMORY, I THINK YOU WERE CHEATING OFF MY PAPER.
MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BY YOU.
BUT MY, SO MY LAST QUESTION, UH, IS HOW WAS THE 75%, UH, THRESHOLD FOR THE HOMEOWNERS ESTABLISHED? AND IS THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN THAT? THE 75% WAS ESTABLISHED BY LOOKING OVER THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.
THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES, UM, FORT BEND COUNTY, THEIR INITIAL DRAFT ONE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, WE FELT THAT WAS POTENTIALLY PROHIBITIVE.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAD LOWER PERCENTILES.
JUST LOOKING AT THAT RANGE, 75% WAS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
AND THEN AS THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES THROUGH THE YEARS, WE CAN ADJUST IT.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
[00:25:02]
OH, I'M SORRY.I THOUGHT I SAW, UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MARCUS.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL RESEARCH.
SO I, THE, THE CITY, UM, IMPLEMENTING THIS TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, EQUIPMENT, YOU SAID THAT IT'S ABOUT 10,000 PER SET.
SO WHAT IF A COMMUNITY THAT HOA NEEDS 10 SETS, UM, HOW DO Y'ALL, HOW DO Y'ALL HANDLE THE COST ON THAT? BECAUSE AS COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF HOAS DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF FUNDING IN THEIR BUDGET, BUT THE NEED IS REALLY THERE.
LET ME TAKE THIS AND YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE ENGINEERING VERSION.
THE IDEA IS NOT TO HAVE SPEED CUSHIONS ON EVERY CORNER OR EVERY STREET.
UM, WE ARE CITY THAT'S EVOLVING FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO A MORE URBAN AREA.
SO SOME TRAFFIC IS NORMAL AND EXPECTED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA UP THERE TO BE ABLE TO RANK AND DETERMINE.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NOT ONE HOA IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY AS A HIGH PRIORITY TO HAVE SPEED CUSHIONS ON EVERY STREET.
WELL, NO, I DIDN'T SAY EVERY STREET, WHICH 10.
I'M JUST SAYING AS AN EXAMPLE, SOME OF THESE HOAS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HUGE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPEEDING.
SO WHETHER THEY NEED 10 OR THEY NEED THREE, YOU'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 30,000 ESTIMATE 30,000 FOR A SET OF THREE, AND THEN THEIR, UM, PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE $6,000 FOR THEM.
BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE A SPEED CUSHION.
THERE ARE OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES SUCH AS WIDENING THE LANES, OR THERE'S THEY, I'LL LET THE EXPERTS SAY THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WASN'T MENTIONED PRESENTATION.
THERE'S JUST SPEED CUSHIONS AS, AS A SOLUTION CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE.
ADDITIONALLY, IT'S IF, IF THERE IS AN HOA THAT'S EXPERIENCING, UM, HIGH SPEEDS, CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE WOULD BE STRATEGIC IN OUR PLACEMENT OF THOSE.
WE WOULDN'T JUST, UH, PEPPER IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OR THROUGHOUT THE HOA.
UH, THERE ARE JUST HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, HIGH VOLUME AREAS THAT WE STILL WOULD WANT TO, IF WE'RE USING SPEED CUSHIONS AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT WE WOULD STILL WANT TO BRING DOWN TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
AND THAT WOULD BE A TARGETED IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.
UM, OTHER THINGS LIKE CURB EXTENSIONS, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, TRAFFIC CIRCLES, RESTRICTIVE MOVEMENT BARRIERS, THOSE ALL HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS.
AND THOSE WOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE THINGS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GUIDE TRAFFIC TO MOVE TRAFFIC IN ONE DIRECTION VERSUS ANOTHER.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE, THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS AND EXPERTISE COMES IN.
UH, THAT AS WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, WE CAN SELECT, YOU KNOW, WE, THE RESIDENTS, UH, LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE.
WE LOOK AT IT, WE, WE TRY TO GET DOWN TO CAUSES AND CONDITIONS, AND THEN WE SELECT A TREATMENT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS A CAUSE AND CONDITION OF THE EXPERIENCE PROBLEM.
SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, IF THERE'S, SAY IT'S NOT THE SPEED CUSHIONS, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE, WILL THAT HOA STILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR BUY-IN FOR THAT ONE FIFTH, UH, COST UNDER THE POLICY? YES.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE, IN THE SAME EXAMPLE, IF IT'S GONNA BE TWO CUSHIONS OR THREE? 'CAUSE ON SOME EXAMPLES THERE'S TWO, THERE'S THREE.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE BASED ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD, HOW LONG THE ROAD SECTION IS, UM, IF TRAFFIC IS ENTERING AND EXITING AT DIFFERENT POINTS? THERE'S A, A MYRIAD OF FACTORS, UH, THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IN DETERMINING HOW MANY DIFFERENT TREATMENTS WE WOULD PLACE IN, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE EXACTLY WE WOULD PLACE THOSE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE MINDFUL OF IS CURRENTLY ASSUMING NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITHIN THE CITY'S BUDGET.
IF, IF THERE IS ONE HOA THAT ASKS FOR, UH, AND TO USE THE EXAMPLE 10 SPEED CUSHIONS, THAT'S EFFECTIVELY MY ENTIRE BUDGET ON ONE PROJECT, UM, WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE BEST USE OF THE CITY'S DOLLAR MM-HMM.
AND MY FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS, WHICH IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THE ROADS THAT STILL NEED REPAIRS AND THEY MAY NOT BE ON THE LIST.
UM, WHEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THESE STREET REPAIRS, HOW DO YOU, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE IF THERE'S A NEED FOR, SAY, A SPEED CUSHION AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE LOCATION, BUT THERE IS A PANEL OF ROAD THAT'S DAMAGED OR
[00:30:01]
POTHOLES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.WHAT, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT AND THE POTENTIAL OF THAT SPEED CUSHION NOT BEING DAMAGED? 'CAUSE THERE COULD BE SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THAT ROAD.
SO THE, THE TEAM THAT HANDLES THE, UH, PANEL PLACEMENT IS, UH, IS JOY AND WE'RE ALL IN PUBLIC WORK.
SO WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER ON DOING THAT.
WE WOULD, IF, IF THERE, IF THE PANEL OR THE ROADWAY ITSELF, UM, COULDN'T SUPPORT THE TREATMENT DUE TO JUST, UH, STANDARD WEAR, TEAR AND DEGRADATION OF ROADWAYS, THEN WE WOULD IMPROVE THAT SECTION OR THAT PANEL.
WE, WE WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THE PROPOSED TREATMENT AND WHAT'S NEEDED, AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT REPAIR FROM THERE.
BUT THEN THAT FUNDING WOULD, THAT WOULDN'T JUST COME OUT OF THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC CALMING BUDGET.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A HUGE CONCERN OF MINES.
UM, AND CAN YOU DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER IN HOW THE PRIORITY OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE SELECTED? AND IF THEY CANNOT MEET THAT FINANCIAL EXPECTATION, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO'S THE NEXT, NEXT AS A PRIORITY? ABSOLUTELY.
SO WITHIN THE, THE PRIORITY RANKING WITHIN THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, AND I'M SAYING WORDS TO BUY TIME WHILE I LOOK AT IT, LOOK IT UP.
UM, IT, IF WE COME BACK OVER HERE, MM-HMM.
IF IT'S SIX MILES AN HOUR, IT WOULD RECEIVE TWO POINTS AND THREE POINTS, FOUR POINTS UP TO NINE MILES AN HOUR WHERE IT WOULD RECEIVE FIVE POINTS AND MOVE ON.
SO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS HAVE DIFFERENT POINT VALUES ATTACHED TO THEM.
AND SO WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE AND WE, WE, WE RACK AND STACK IT TO USE A MILITARY TERM.
UH, WE, WE RANK ALL THE PROJECTS AND THEN WE ORDER THEM BY THEIR, THE SUM TOTAL OF THAT POINT VALUE.
AND LET'S SAY, UH, A PROJECT COMES IN AND, AND THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, 10 SPEED CUSHIONS AND FOR SOME REASON WE SAY ABSOLUTELY 10 SPEED CUSHIONS IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION.
AND, UM, THEY ARE, OR, OR THEY SAY THEY WANT 10 SPEED CUSHIONS AND WE SAY, ACTUALLY A MINI ROUNDABOUT IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION.
SAY WE DON'T WANT MINI ROUNDABOUTS, WE WANT SPEED CUSHIONS.
WE SAY, ABSOLUTELY WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN.
SO AS PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REACH OUR FUNDING ALLOTMENT AND ONE OF THOSE SELECTED PROJECTS DROPS OUT FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS, WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THESE CRITERIA.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THESE CRITERIA.
YOU JUST RECEIVE, UH, RANKING POINTS FOR MORE OF THESE IN MORE OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING, UH, GOING WRONG IS THE WRONG WORD.
MORE OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEING EXPERIENCED WITHIN THAT LOCALIZED AREA.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, YOU MENTIONED AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE CITIES THAT DOES THE BUY-IN FOR THE PERCENTAGE, UH, FOR THE HOAS.
ARE THERE ANY IN OUR REGION, LIKE THE FORT BEND COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY AREA THAT DO THE SAME? THERE ARE NOT.
SO THIS WAS AUSTIN WAS THE ONLY CITY THAT YOU'RE BASING THAT ON BASING THE BUY-IN ON? YES.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY.
UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND, UH, A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS.
UM, ON THE REMOVAL OF THE 100%, UH, WELL, EXCUSE ME, THE HOA BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUNDING OF REMOVAL, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT, OR IN THE DOCUMENT IT TALKED ABOUT, UNLESS YOU, ALL THE CITY STAFF DETERMINES THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S KIND OF SPELLED OUT CLEARLY IN THIS POLICY THAT IF IN, I MEAN, HOW YOU GONNA DETERMINE IF IT'S A CITY DECISION VERSUS THE HOA REQUEST? I MEAN, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE DETERMINED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, SO THAT WAS WRITTEN IN, IN THE EVENT THAT LET'S SAY, UH, AN HOA COMES IN AND, AND THEY REQUEST A, A TRAFFIC TREATMENT.
WE DO OUR STUDY, WE RANK OUR PROJECT, WE INVEST THE CITY'S FUNDS IN THIS TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE.
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, RESIDENTS CHANGE OVER AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE JUST DON'T LIKE THESE DARN SPEED CUSHIONS ANYMORE.
WE WANT YOU TO COME IN AND TAKE THEM OUT.
WE ALREADY INVESTED TAXPAYER DOLLARS INTO THAT TREATMENT.
SO IF WE ARE PAYING IN TO SOLVE AN IDENTIFIED PROBLEM, WHICH ENGINEERING HAS IDENTIFIED, AND THE RESIDENTS NO LONGER WANT THAT, IF ENGINEERING GOES BACK IN AND LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS,
[00:35:01]
YES, WE'RE MOVING, THIS TRAFFIC TREATMENT WOULDN'T CAUSE ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS AT THIS TIME, UM, THEN WE, I WILL, HOW DO I SAY IT DEPENDS.UM, IF THE RESIDENTS WANT IT REMOVED, THEN IT WOULD COME FROM, UH, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD FUND THE REMOVAL WITHIN THE DRAFT POLICY.
HOWEVER, IF WE'RE DOING, LET'S SAY A SUBSTANTIAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT AND WE ARE MOVING FROM A, A TWO TWO LANE ROAD AND WE'RE EXPANDING IT UP TO A FOUR LANE ROAD, THE ROAD'S CHANGING, THE SPEED LIMITS ARE CHANGING, UM, THAT TRAFFIC HAULING TREATMENT IS NO LONGER, LONGER APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEW USE OF THE ROADWAY.
UH, THEN OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY AND THAT WOULD USUALLY BE ATTACHED TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT, UH, HOW WILL THEY, IS THERE A PROCESS BEING, UH, DECIDED UPON AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE GONNA REQUEST TO HAVE IT REMOVED? THEY WANT TO HAVE IT REMOVED, AND THE DETAILS SURROUNDING THAT? I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT THE INITIAL REQUEST OF A TRAFFIC COMMON POLICY, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ALSO SPELLED OUT AND, AND PROVIDED WHERE THEY KNOW EXACTLY IF THEY MAKE THAT REQUEST, SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE NO LONGER WANT THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW MUCH, OR THIS IS THE PROCESS AND THESE ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO HOW YOU CAN HAVE IT REMOVED WITH THAT COST INVOLVED.
ALSO, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, INSTANCES WHERE THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE VERSUS WHEN THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.
UM, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THOUGH, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY SPOKE ABOUT, I WAS GONNA ASK WHAT THE AVERAGE COST OF THESE, UH, THESE CALMING DEVICES ARE.
BUT, UH, YOU SPOKE TO THAT, UM, THE HOA 75%, ARE YOU GONNA BE WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO DETERMINE THAT 75%? BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE LOOK FOR STREET NAME CHANGES, UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S DETERMINED AS TO HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN THAT PARTICULAR STREET AREA.
UM, AND I GUESS THAT'S GONNA DETERMINE, RIGHT, JENNIFER, HOW MANY, UH, PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE NEEDED, I GUESS, FOR THE SIGNATURES TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE 75% IS.
YES, WE'RE GONNA RELY ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EXPERTISE IN DETERMINING THOSE THRESHOLDS AND THE APPROPRIATE AREAS FOR THAT.
UM, ON APPENDIX A, THE REQUEST FORM, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE TRUCK TRAFFIC AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
UH, YOU ASK THE PEOPLE WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE THINGS OR WHATEVER THAT ARE THAT THEY NOTICE.
AND TRUCK TRAFFIC IS ONE OF THEM.
I WOULD SUS SUGGEST WE REPLACE THAT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
BECAUSE I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY TRUCK TRAFFIC, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE 18 WHEELERS OR LARGE TRUCKS.
AND IF SO, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE KIND OF SPELLED OUT MORE JUST TO SAY TRUCK TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS KIND OF VAGUE.
UM, ALSO ON THE APPENDIX A, UM, I WOULD SAY THE SAME 'CAUSE I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WHERE IT SAYS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THEN YOU HAVE SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC ACTUALLY MEANS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S THE SAME THING, THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC.
UM, OR IF YOU'RE SAYING DURING A, I GUESS SCHOOL HOURS WHEN PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS, UH, OR IF THEY'RE PICKING UP THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I GUESS A LOT HEAVIER TRAFFIC DURING THAT TIME.
I JUST WASN'T CLEAR ON WHAT YOU ACTUALLY MEANT BY THAT.
SO EITHER CONSOLIDATE THAT OR, OR HAVE A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT IS.
ALSO, UH, WILL YOU MONITOR, UM, THIS ACTIVITY, THESE REQUESTS AND OUR FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE AND FAIR, UH, AC UH, ACCESS ACROSS THE CITY? BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT MY, ONE OF MY CONCERNS WOULD BE IS THAT ONE SIDE OF TOWN, ONE AREA OF TOWN IS GETTING ALL OF THE, UM, THE APPROVALS AND THE, THE COMMON DEVICES AND THEN OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, OR NOT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A, UM, THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THAT.
AND THAT, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.
UH, GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT IDEA.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, FOR YOU.
UH, ONE, HAVE Y'ALL GONE TO EVERY HOA WITH THIS? WE HAVE NOT GONE TO THE HOAS YET, MAYOR, WE WANTED TO COME TO, UH, THIS BODY FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE HOAS AFTER WE'VE RECEIVED Y'ALL'S COMMENTS.
SO THE WAY THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING IT TODAY TO US IS 75% OF THE OWNERSHIP WILL BE ON HOA I'M SORRY, SAY AGAIN.
75% OF THE OWNERSHIP IS ON HOA.
[00:40:01]
UM, ARE WE TALKING THE FINANCIAL OWNERSHIP? YEAH.SO WHO MAINTAINS IF IT'S A ROUNDABOUT? I SAW THAT WHERE THE FLOWERS AND ALL THAT.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD DO, UH, THAT WOULD THEN BE, UH, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY? I IF IT'S A ROUNDABOUT, IF THE HOA ELECTS TO DO SOME SPECIFIC PLANTINGS IN THERE, UM, WE CAN WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HOA WHERE THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THAT.
I UNDERSTAND SOME HOAS LIKE TO REFRESH THAT SEASONALLY.
SO I READ THIS AS PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
ONE OF MY DIRECTION WOULD BE TO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS MAYBE PRESENT IT TO ALL HOA MEETING AND THEN COME BACK TO US.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A HEAVY INTEREST FROM ALL HOAS OR NOT.
AND I THINK TO ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S POINT, MAYBE NOT EVERY HOA CAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE ONE FIFTH CAN TAKE IT.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN HOW WE GO ABOUT IT.
SO I WOULD REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM, UH, AS TO SOME OF THESE, UH, WHERE, SO I CAN, FOR ME, I CAN DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT WAS A MENTION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
UH, WAS THAT MONEY PUT IN FOR, UH, SPEED CUSHIONS OR WAS THAT MONEY PUT IN FOR CALMING? UH, THAT'S PUT IN FOR TRAFFIC CALMING.
SO THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF, UM, SOME OF THE STUDIES WE DO IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, SPEED CUSHIONS ARE A SUBSET OF TRAFFIC HAULING.
SO THAT IS THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS PART OF THAT? YES, SIR.
SO THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE HAD WOULD, WHEN WE INITIALLY PUT IN THAT BUDGET, WHERE WERE, WERE WE THINKING OF SPENDING THAT, UM, WE WERE INITIALLY THINKING OF SPENDING IT ON THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
WE HADN'T DEVELOPED THIS PROCESS OR THIS POLICY AT THAT TIME.
WE HAD, ONCE WE RECEIVED THAT FUNDING AND RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE SOME THINGS DONE WITHIN THEIR AREAS, WE REALIZED THESE ARE A LOT OF REQUESTS.
WE NEED A SYS A SYSTEMATIC POLICY.
SO WE'RE NOT, UM, INADVERTENTLY, UH, PREFERENCING ONE AREA OVER ANOTHER.
UM, SPEAKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER BONY POINTS, UH, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS IN, IN A HOLISTIC AND TRANSPARENT MANNER.
YOU KNOW, MY OBSERVATION WITH EVERYONE ELSE ASKING THE QUESTION, I'M NOT GONNA ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IS WHO GETS IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA GET IT FIRST, WHERE IT'S GONNA GO AND WHO'S GONNA MAINTAIN IT? YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA PAY THE ONE FIFTH? THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR ME HERE, UH, TODAY, BUT OVERALL FOR ME, I LIKE THE ASPECT OF THE WHOLE CONCEPT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THIS PART IN SUGAR LAND, SOME, SOME AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS UNIVERSITY.
I'VE, I'VE SEEN HOW THEY'VE DONE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING TO IT AS WHERE THE OWNERSHIP AND WHETHER THE CITY'S DOING IT OR PUBLIC WORKS DOING OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS COME BACK TO IT.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR, WELL, I GUESS NOT A QUESTION AND JUST AN OBSERVATION.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ONE OF THE HOAS THAT WAS HUNTERS GLAND FOUR, AND THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT WHY ARE WE STRIPING THESE BIKE LANES WHERE NOBODY RIDES THEIR BIKE LANE, YOU KNOW, BIKES ANYMORE.
SO IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, I THINK THERE WAS A BUDGET AND IN THERE FOR ABOUT $250,000 OR SOMETHING, OR 200 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO A POINT WHERE WE STRIPED THAT.
SO MAYBE JUST MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FROM CON YOU KNOW, COLLAB.
I MEAN, I GUESS BRINGING ALL OF THE FUNDS TOGETHER AND IF WE GO TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IF THERE'S A HEAVY INTEREST FROM OUR CITIZENS AND OUR HOA, MAYBE WE COULD CLUB SOME OF THAT.
AND SO THIS WAY WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT.
UM, TO THAT POINT, THE LAST THING I WOULD MAKE A COMMENT IS WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH BEL AIR, UM, ESPECIALLY BEL AIR AND SAM HOUSTON, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, FROM BEL AIR, IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE, THERE'S NOTHING BUT SPEED CUSHIONS ON EVERY ROAD.
UM, I DRIVE THROUGH THERE, UM, AND IT'S LITERALLY THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO SLOW THE CARS DOWN.
AND IT DOES, IT IS WORKING, BUT I CAN SEE HOW EVERY, LITERALLY EVERY STREET IS EVERY OTHER, YOU KNOW, EVERY ROADWAY HAS A SPEED CUSHION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE IMAGE THAT WE WANT IN OUR CITY, MAYBE SOME OF THE COLLABORATION OF THIS, BUT MY TAKE ON IT IS I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THE CITIZEN'S INPUT ON THIS PROGRAM AND COME BACK TO US WITH THAT.
UH, EEL BECK, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UM, MARCUS ALSO GOING BACK INTO THE POLICY WITH REGARDS TO THE REMOVAL
[00:45:01]
OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICE, UH, IT WOULD BE AT 100% EXPENSE OF THE HOA, BUT WHAT IF IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT DID NOT HAVE AN HOA WHERE THOSE HAD TO HAVE THE 75% OF THE HOMEOWNERS.SO WOULD THE BURDEN OF THE REMOVAL BE ON THOSE HOMEOWNERS WITH NO HOA YOU, YOU COULD COME BACK TO ME, FRANKLY, I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THAT.
SO, UH, LET'S DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD HATE TO HAVE A STREET WITH 10 HOMES ON IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR THAT.
AND JUST BRIEFLY, IF WE COULD KIND OF LOOK AT, LOOK OVER THE TRAFFIC CALMING TOOLS, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT EVERYBODY'S JUST FOCUSING ON PADS, BUT, OR CUSHIONS.
AND THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD USE.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, IF YOU COULD KIND OF TOUCH ON, TOUCH ON SOME OF THESE.
SO THERE ARE TWO GENERAL WAYS TO CALM TRAFFIC, SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
UH, WELL, I GUESS ONE GENERAL WAY, UM, IS BY ALTERING THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE.
AND SO YOU EITHER ALTER THAT VERTICALLY OR YOU ARE, ALTER IT HORIZONTALLY.
SPEED CUSHIONS ALTER THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE VERTICALLY.
SO AS YOU APPROACH IT, YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BUMP AND YOU'RE GONNA SCRAPE.
BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS HORIZONTAL CHANGE AND THAT'S THINGS LIKE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES OR THAT CURVE OF LINEAR, UM, DESIGN WHEREBY, UH, ME DRIVING THROUGH A TRAFFIC, WELL NOT DRIVING THROUGH, BUT DRIVING AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR DRIVING THROUGH A ROADWAY WITH SOME OF THOSE CURVILINEAR TREATMENTS, I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO NAVIGATE THOSE CHANGES SAFELY.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THINGS LIKE, UH, MEDIAS OR ONE OF THE THINGS NOT SHOWN HERE IS CALLED A ROAD DIET WHERE YOU, UH, BRING IN THE STRIPING OF THE ROAD AND YOU MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT NARROWER.
YOU DON'T DO THIS ON BIG ROADS, YOU DON'T DO THIS ON FAST ROADS, BUT ON SOME OF THE SMALLER ROADS, JUST BRING IN THOSE PAINTED LINES IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HUMAN AND I'M AN ANIMAL AND IF YOU PUT ME IN A CONFINED SPACE, I'M GONNA MOVE JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AND THAT'S AN ARTIFICIALLY CONFINING THE SPACE OF THE DRIVER AND THEY'LL DRIVE SLOWER WHILE DOING THAT.
HOW MUCH DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT COST, UH, STRIPING? UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD.
UH, IS IT, BUT IT'S NOT $10,000.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE, IT WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
HOWEVER, THEN WE WOULD, UH, THAT O AND M COST WOULD INCREASE BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE TO REFRESH IT.
SO IT'S, SO IT'S THEN IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, ANNUAL REOCCURRING COSTS AND, AND CAPITAL COSTS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY, UM, THAT CAME TO MIND WITH THE HOA ONE FIFTH 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL PROBABLY WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW I AM, BECAUSE I LIVE IN A DISTRICT THAT'S MUCH OLDER, UM, THEIR HOAS FEES ARE EXTREMELY LOW.
SO THE FINANCIAL BURDEN WOULD, WOULD REALLY BE A HUGE BURDEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE TO, UM, LOOK AT HOW YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN THE POLICY SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE HOAS, NOT JUST NECESSARILY IN DISTRICT A, BUT ACROSS THE CITY, UM, THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING TO LOOK FOR GRANTS ON BEHALF OF THOSE HOAS AND HAVE THAT MONEY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RESERVE OR PREPARED TO, UM, IMPLEMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR NEED.
OR ARE WE GOING TO, THE OTHER THING IS YOU COULD ASK FOR THEIR FINANCIALS FOR THE HOA, THAT IF THEY HAVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THEIR RESERVE, UM, THEY WOULD QUALIFY OR NOT QUALIFY.
I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REALLY DEFINED IN THERE A LITTLE BIT TO HELP OUT BECAUSE SINCE WE, THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN OUR PARTICULAR, UH, COUNTY, AND WE TEND TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING IN OUR COUNTY VERSUS OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY NEED IT, BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THAT ONE 50 BUY-IN FINANCIALLY.
SO IF YOU COULD LOOK AT YOUR POLICY AND LOOK HOW YOU CAN MODIFY SOME AREAS TO ADDRESS THAT AND IF IT'S NOT A POLICY ASPECT, BUT MAYBE PUT A PROCESS IN THERE, UM, WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT EXCLUDING PEOPLE THAT HAVE REAL TIME NEEDS.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS A REALLY NICE
[00:50:01]
DRAWING, BUT IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND.UM, SO MAYBE HELP PEOPLE IN YOUR PRESENTATION IDENTIFY WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS, UM, SO THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION KNOWS WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN REAL TIME, MAYBE LIKE A PICTURE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT'S BEEN DONE IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES, JUST SOME REPEAT CONVERSATION.
I, I HOPE THAT WE DON'T DEFAULT TO SPEED BUMPS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT FROM EVERYBODY.
AND I'M PERSONALLY NOT A FAN OF THAT.
I, MY MOTHER LIVES WITH THAT AND POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS CANNOT, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE DESTINATION IN TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY WE THINK VERY THOROUGHLY ON WHAT A SPEED BUMPS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IT REALLY QUALIFIES FOR.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS? THOSE ARE ALSO SOMEWHAT OF A CALMING TOOL.
IS THAT WITHIN THE PLAN? THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN THAT JUST IT, THESE, THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWED SOME OF THE LARGER ROADWAY TREATMENTS WE CAN DO, BUT THERE'S OF COURSE THAT THAT ROAD DIET, THE STRIPING, THERE'S THE DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, THERE'S REFLECTORS, THERE'S FLASHERS, THERE'S AN ENTIRE TOOLKIT, UM, AT OUR DISPOSAL.
AND, AND I CAN DO, UM, I CAN GO BACK THROUGH, FIND SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES, FIND SOME, UH, IMAGES OF, OF WHAT MIA DRIVER MIGHT SEE ON THE ROAD AND ADD THAT INTO THE POLICY, UH, AS A SET OF APPENDICES TO IT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, JUST TWO QUICK, UH, QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE FOR YOU, CITY MANAGER, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE AND IN EXCESS OF NEED, UH, FROM THE BUDGET, YOU SAID A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS WHAT'S BEEN DEDICATED TOWARDS IT, BUT THIS BUDGET CYCLE, WILL WE BE UTILIZING THE MONEY THAT WE, UH, ARE NOW MOVING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE BUCKETS THAT WE KIND OF VOTED ON AS COUNCIL? AND IF SO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHICH PARTICULAR BUDGET WILL THAT COME FROM OR BUCKET WILL THAT COME FROM, UH, IN ORDER TO FUND THESE? I THINK, UM, TO, TO ANSWER THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF, OF SEVERAL THINGS.
AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT YES, IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE A REQUESTS THAT EXCEED THE BUDGET, UH, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DEFINE WHAT THOSE REASONS ARE, THEN WE HAVE THE OPTION TO COME TO COUNCIL AND STATE THAT WE HAVE REQUESTS THAT EXCEED THE BUDGET.
HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW WE FUND THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT LET ME JUST POINT OUT THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE OVER A YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING SPEED CUSHION TRAFFIC, CALMING REQUESTS CONSISTENTLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I FOUND THIS COMMUNITY TO BE VERY RECEPTIVE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR POLICE STAFF WHEN THEY GO OUT AND DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND, AND SO I THINK WITH THIS, IT'S JUST PUTTING MORE PARAMETERS.
I THINK THERE, THERE TENDS TO BE A, A TENDENCY TO THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN ABUNDANCE OF, OF TRAFFIC CALMING REQUESTS COMING IN, BUT WE'VE HAD THAT, WE'VE HAD THAT SINCE DECEMBER OF 2022.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUT PARAMETERS AROUND IT, HAVE BUY-IN FROM THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND WORK OUT THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, I DO NOT FORESEE, UH, UH, ANY MORE THAN WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN THE PAST.
AND AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFEND AND STAND ON.
SO ON AVERAGE, HAVE WE BEEN, UM, BELOW A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THOSE REQUESTS? YES, WE'VE TURNED, WE'VE TURNED, UM, THOSE REQUESTS AWAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET JUST THE BASIC, UM, STANDARDS OF WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I, AND THAT, THAT LEADS INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND WE GET A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL OF THE ELIGIBLE TRAFFIC CALMING TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, AS WELL AS AN AVERAGE COST OF WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY.
OF COURSE, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, COSTS FLUCTUATE OVER TIME.
UM, BUT I THINK GOING, UH, AS YOU PLAN TO, UH, AND, AND YOU SHARED WITH US THE TIMELINE, YOU'RE GOING NEXT TO THE HOAS AFTER GETTING FEEDBACK FROM US TO SEE IF THIS IS EVEN SOMETHING WE WANNA DO, UM, IS WHY YOU CAME TO US FIRST.
AND SO NOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO THE HOAS, I THINK THAT PROVIDING THEM WITH THIS LIST OF OPTIONS, THESE TOOLS AND WHAT THE AVERAGE COSTS ARE WILL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COST THAT THEY WOULD BE INCURRING AND, AND THE COST THE CITY WOULD BE INCURRING IF WE WERE TO JUST DO THIS SOLELY AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE BUY-IN FROM THE HOAS ON THIS, UH, THIS EFFORT ESPECIALLY, UM, IF IT'S DISCOVERED THAT THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
[00:55:03]
ABSOLUTELY.COUNCIL MEMBER, AND ONE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IS FUNDING ISN'T THE ONLY, HOW DO I SAY, LIMITATION WHEN IT COMES TO IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECTS? UM, IT, IT DOES TAKE STAFF TIME TO DO THESE.
WE, WE WANNA REACH OUT, WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IF, IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE BUDGET ON THESE PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE THINGS FROM SOMETHING THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER CAN HANDLE AS A REGULAR COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES TO POTENTIALLY MAYBE BEING ANOTHER FULL-TIME POSITION, YOU KNOW, UH, THEN, THEN WE MOVE FROM JUST IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, MANAGING PROJECTS ON THE SIDE TO REALLY DOING MORE ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO THESE ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER.
ALRIGHT, CITY MANAGER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, EARLIER IN THIS MEETING THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THAT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD HAVE MORE MONEY INTO POLICE AND FIRE, UH, VERSUS THIS, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, NOT PUTTING ALL OF THIS, BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN THIS HELP REDUCE, UH, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THAT THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE DOING OTHERWISE.
YES, THIS IS DESIGNED TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT, WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING FROM A POLICE AND FIRE STANDPOINT.
UM, THIS BY NO MEANS IS REDIRECTING FUNDS AWAY FROM POLICE AND FIRE, POLICE AND FIRE IS A HIGH PRIORITY AS WELL AS TRAFFIC CALMING AND ENSURING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE REPRESENT THE QUALITY THAT WE WANT THEM TO, TO, TO MEET.
SO IN, UH, IN CONJUNCTION TO TRYING TO DO, UM, SPEED CALMING, THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE NEED OF HAVING POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE POSITION IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH SPEED DOING ENFORCEMENT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, BUT WITH LIMITED, UM, POLICE STAFF AND WANTING THEM TO ADDRESS HIGHER PRIORITY ISSUES, THEN THIS IS ANOTHER MECHANISM TO HELP US LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES.
UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT OTHER HOAS, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE MEETINGS AND WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS BECAUSE I THINK, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IT'S PRESENTED TO US.
I WOULD HOPE THAT Y'ALL TAKE, UM, OPPORTUNITY AT THE END THEN COME BACK TO US WITH WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS.
SO JUST TO, TO SUMMARIZE THAT, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM, FROM EACH OF OF YOU BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH AND YOU SAID, NOPE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE, UH, ENTERTAIN, THEN WE WOULD STOP HERE.
WE, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO GO TO THE HOAS AND AT THAT POINT WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, INTEREST QUESTIONS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO ADD IN HERE AS FAR AS COST ALLOCATIONS AND, UH, EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY AND ENSURING AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE THAT THAT CAN'T, UM, OR DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND COMING UP WITH THAT MECHANISM'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO AND WE'LL DO BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATIONS WITH THE UM, HOAS.
NOW KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT CALENDAR UP THERE WAS A PROPOSED SCHEDULE.
WE ARE ALREADY INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO WE WILL BE MAKING DECISIONS ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE THING, BUT IF THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUES, WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE AND WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE IMMEDIATELY.
UH, IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES, ITEM FOUR B IS GOING TO BE ON A REGULAR MEETING AT NINE B.
SO IF WE CAN RECEIVE, RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS AT THAT TIME.
IF THERE'S NO PUSHBACK WITH, THEN WE CAN GO TO A REGULAR MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS HERE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, WITH NO FURTHER, NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA END THIS AT 6:29 PM THANK YOU ALL.