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[4B Street Improvement/Economic Development Corporation Meeting on August 15, 2023.]
AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.UH, TIME IS NOW SIX O'CLOCK TUESDAY, AUGUST 15TH.
AND, UH, FIRST, UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 17TH, 2023.
I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO SECOND.
GOT A SECOND FROM DIRECTOR QUIGLEY AND VOTE.
WE JUST DO A, I'LL DO A HAND VOTE JUST TO MAKE IT.
ALRIGHT, SO, ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
SECOND, UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE.
WE GOT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BEDFORD ROAD, MIDBLOCK CROSSING IN CHARLESTON.
DRIVE IN CHARLESTON COURT SIDEWALK EDITION.
AND WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHERYL TAYLOR PRESENTING.
HOW YOU DOING, CHERYL? OH, IT IS.
SO STAFF HAS RECEIVED TWO SIDEWALK INSTALLATION REQUESTS.
ONE IS FOR, UH, MIDBLOCK CROSSING AT, UH, ON BEDFORD ROAD, AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE BELL MANOR SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON DRIVE AND CHARLESTON COURT.
I'M GONNA TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER FROM THE WAY IT'S DESCRIBED IN YOUR, ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH CHARLESTON COR UH, CHARLESTON DRIVE.
SO, AT LAST YEAR'S FOUR B MEETING, UH, THE BOARD APPROVED THE NEW SIDEWALK INSTALLATION POLICY.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY WERE TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, CREATE A SIDEWALK NETWORK THAT CONNECTS TO OTHER PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, AND ALL REQUESTS WOULD BE EVALUATED FOR CONSIDERATION THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AURAS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
PART OF THE APPROVED POLICY IS AN APPLICATION AND A PETITION FOR THE FIRST REQUEST.
CITIZENS ON CHARLESTON DRIVE AND CHARLESTON COURT EXPRESSED THEIR, IN THEIR DESIRE FOR SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PETITION PROCESS WAS SPEARHEADED BY A COUPLE OF THE RESIDENTS ON CHARLESTON DRIVE, AND THE COPIES OF THE PETITION ARE SHOWN HERE ON YOUR SLIDE.
THE RESULTS OF THE PETITION ARE GRAPHICALLY SHOWN ON THIS MAP, AND THEY'RE COLOR CODED AS AS FOLLOWS.
SO YES, IS RED, UH, EXCUSE ME, GREEN IS YES, RED IS NO, YELLOW IS NEUTRAL.
PINK IS DID NOT SAY NO, AND BLUE WAS NOT ON THE PETITION.
AND THAT WORDING CAME FROM THE RE UH, FROM THE REQUESTER SPECIFICALLY.
SO FROM THE PETITION, THE, THE, UM, HOUSES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ARE THE EAST SIDE AND ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN ARE THE WEST SIDE.
SO ON THE EAST SIDE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1,460 FEET OF SIDEWALK.
IT FRONTS ON 18 HOMES AND 100% OF THE RESIDENTS SIGNED A PETITION.
ON THE WEST SIDE THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 1,485 FEET OF SIDEWALK.
IT FRONTS ON 16 HOMES AND 81% OF THE RESIDENTS SIGNED.
AND THAT DOES INCLUDE CHARLESTON COURT, WHICH HAS APPROXIMATELY 470 FEET OF SIDEWALK.
IT FRONTS ON SEVEN HOMES, TWO OF WHICH ARE NOT ON THE PETITION, AND ONE DID NOT SAY NO.
SO THE PROJECT AREA IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS BELL MANOR UNIT TWO.
THE SUBDIVISION WAS PLOTTED IN EARLY 1964.
TADD RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE HOMES WERE BUILT BETWEEN 63 AND 65, AND AS WAS CUSTOMARY AT THE TIME, SIDEWALKS WERE NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO HERE'S THE VIEW ALONG THE, UH, ROUTE OF THE REQUESTED SIDEWALK PROJECT.
STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING FROM PIPELINE UP TOWARD RICHMOND CHARLESTON COURT WITHIN THE COURT, AND THEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAVANNAH WAY.
SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE DESIGN AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AS WELL AS ON AN UPCOMING UTILITY PROJECT.
SO THE WATER LINES ON CHARLESTON DRIVE AND CHARLESTON COURT ARE PROPOSED FOR REPLACEMENT BEGINNING THIS FALL ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR NEXT, YES, FOR NEXT TUESDAY, WE DO HAVE THAT UTILITY PROJECT, UM, AWARD ON THE AGENDA.
SO THE SEWER LINE IN SAVANNAH WAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHARLESTON WILL ALSO BE REPLACED AS PART OF THE UTILITY PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, THAT PROJECT IS, UM, ANTICIPATED FOR AWARD AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE EXPECT THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD PROBABLY START OCTOBER TIMEFRAME.
AND CHERYL, THAT WOULD IMPEDE, UH, ANY KIND OF SIDEWALK THEN, IS
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WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO, OR JUST THAT THERE'S ALREADY GONNA BE A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE WORKING.AND TO ADD ANOTHER CONTRACTOR CHAOTIC.
SO AS PRESCRIBED IN THE SIDEWALK POLICY, PUBLIC WORKS DID ENGAGE A, UM, A DESIGN ENGINEER TO DEVELOP THE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT SHOWN ON THESE SLIDES.
SO STARTING AT PIPELINE ROAD AT THE TOP AND MOVING EAST, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LINES GOING LEFT TO RIGHT.
SO THERE'S THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THEN THE, THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, UM, IS THE NEXT PART OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO BLUE LINES, BLUE LINES ON THE MAP ARE PROPO ARE THE PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THE SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE.
THE GREEN LINES ARE THE PROPOSED SIDEWALKS ALONG THE WEST SIDE, ANY OF THE HATCH DRIVEWAYS OR DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE RECONSTRUCTION DUE TO THE EXISTING GRADE.
UM, IF THE, IF THE GRADES OF THE SIDEWALK ARE A LITTLE BIT STEEP, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED TO MEET A D A STANDARDS.
AND THEN THE YELLOW, IS IT YELLOW ORANGE LINES ON THE WEST ARE RETAINING WALLS.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED FOR SOME RETAINING WALLS.
THERE'S NO SIZES IN, UM, INDICATED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T STARTED THE, THE ENGINEERING.
BUT BASED ON THE GRADES AND VISUAL INSPECTION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE RETAINING WALLS ON, ON SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES.
AND THIS IS THE, THE REST OF THE STREET.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAYS THAT'LL BE RECONSTRUCTED.
WHERE'S THE ONE? OKAY, SO THE BOTTOM ONE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A DRIVEWAY AND RETAINING WALLS ON LIKE TWO SIDES OF, OF ONE OF THOSE CORNER LOTS OVER BY THE COURT.
WHAT'S THE PURPLE? PURPLE? UM, THE HATCH.
SO IT'S ANOTHER DRIVEWAY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REBUILT TO MEET A D A STANDARDS.
I THINK THEY'RE PURPLE ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND GREEN HATCHED ON THE EAST SIDE.
PURPLE ON THE WEST, GREEN ON THE RIGHT.
SO, UM, THE ENGINEER DID DEVELOP THREE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS.
SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING IS APPROXIMATELY GONNA BE $57,800 WITH ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATE $1,350 FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION REVIEW AND INSPECTION, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT ARE IN EXCESS OF $50,000, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $60,000.
SO THAT'S A COST, THAT'S A COST OF THE DESIGN AND BID DOCUMENTS AND T D L R REVIEW AND INSPECTION THAT ARE REQUIRED BEFORE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO REMEMBER THAT NUMBER AT 60,000.
SO SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE, APPROXIMATELY 1100 LINEAR FEET WILL BE ABOUT $195,324, PLUS THE 60,000 GETS YOU TO 255 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THIS WILL REQUIRE EIGHT DRIVEWAY DRIVEWAY RECONSTRUCTIONS, A THOUSAND FEET OF OF RETAINING WALL POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF A 36 INCH OAK TREE.
AND RELOCATION OF A FIRE HYDRANT.
AGAIN, THE EAST SIDE COSTS APPROXIMATELY 255 ENGINEERING, UM, AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO ON THE WEST SIDE IT'S ABOUT 1500 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK.
SIDEWALK ITSELF WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 191,520.
IT DOES REQUIRE FOUR DRIVEWAY RECONSTRUCTIONS, 400 FEET OF RETAINING WALL POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF A COUPLE OF 27 INCH OAK TREES AND RELOCATION OF A FIRE HYDRANT.
THAT PLUS THE 60,000 COMES OUT TO ABOUT 251,000 FOR JUST THE WEST SIDE.
UM, ON THE, ON THE OAK STREET REMOVAL MM-HMM.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE? I DON'T, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT.
WHAT IS IT? I THINK IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THE EAST SIDE LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS WAS A LITTLE CLEANER.
WELL, AND EAST SIDE SIDE, I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE EAST SIDE.
I'M JUST WORRIED THAT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT SAID NO.
WELL, PER THE POLICY, 100% HAVE TO AGREE, UM, FOR IT TO ACTUALLY BE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
SO THEN NOW MIKE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, WE'VE GOT ALL THIS, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF SOME OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION MOVE AND YOU GET NEW PROPERTY OWNERS BEFORE THIS IS SO DO THEY, HOW DOES THAT, WHAT HAPPENS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE, UM, LIKE COULD REQUEST A NEW
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PETITION.I MEAN, 'CAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WE GET ALL THIS, YOU SPEND ALL THIS MONEY TO GET THIS AND THEN YOU GET TWO HOUSES THAT ARE NEW OWNERS AND THEY SAY NO.
I MEAN, THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONSIDERATION.
SO WE WOULDN'T SPEND ANY MONEY, AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE OTHER PROJECT 'CAUSE OF THE WATER VANS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION AND WHICH IS WHY I AM GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ALREADY A UTILITY PROJECT COMING FORWARD AND THE FOUR B BUDGET CAN'T CAN'T, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY IN THE FOUR B BUDGET AT THIS TIME TO BUILD ANY OF THE OPTIONS.
AND I DON'T HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION ANYWAY.
ON, ON ONE SIDE YOU DO SIDE ONE SIDE.
SO, SO, SO IN THAT OTHER SIDE THAT, THAT LEAVES US WITH ONLY ONE OPTION WOULD, WHICH WOULD BE THAT OTHER SIDE, CORRECT.
IF WE WANTED TO, IF WE ADD THE FUNDS AND EVERYTHING PER THE SIDEWALK POLICY.
WOULDN'T THAT JUST MEAN THAT THE WEST SIDE WOULD'VE TO CROSS THE STREET TO WALK DOWN THE SIDEWALK? YEP.
I MEAN, ISN'T IT A MOOT POINT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THIS ANYWAY, WE HAVE TO RE UM, THE REASON WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO YOU IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A REQUESTER.
AND WE DO, THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT IT AND WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RESPONSE PER THE POLICY.
WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
BUT THE POLICY ALSO DOES ALLOW THE BOARD TO, UM, TO DEFER THE PROJECT FOR A FUTURE YEAR.
BUT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO RESPOND BACK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF, HEY, COME BACK.
I MEAN, THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE A RESPONSE.
YOU CAN COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN THERE'S MONEY.
UM, SINCE THIS IS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, PEOPLE CAN REQUEST A, A SIDEWALK AND THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT.
UM, SO WE DON'T PUT ANY MONEY IN A CONTINGENCY FUND EACH YEAR IN CASE SOMEBODY DOES REQUEST A SIDEWALK, NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR A SIDEWALK INSTALLATION.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, ADDING AS A PROJECT TO THE C I P OR AND TO THE FOUR B OPERATING BUDGET EACH YEAR.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT NOW IS THE FACT IS THAT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
WE, EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING, WE DON'T TECHNICALLY KNOW IF WE CAN APPROVE IT NOW, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY MOVES IN THOSE TWO YEARS, SO WE DO IT, THEY WON'T HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION.
SO BASICALLY I THINK OUR ONLY OPTION IS, IS THAT WE'VE GOTTA TELL THEM THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REAPPLY, UM, IN TWO YEARS.
WHEN, WHEN THE, WHEN A BUDGET ALLOWS THAT RIGHT NOW THE BUDGET IS NOT GONNA ALLOW IT.
WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE THEM THAT RESPONSE.
LET THEM KNOW THAT CHERYL, UM, ARE THEY AWARE THAT, UM, RETAINING WALLS AND EVERYTHING, LIKE THAT'S, UH, PART OF THE PLAN.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANNA PULL OUT WITH A VERY CLOSE WALL RIGHT NEXT TO THE BACK END OF MY CAR.
AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, DO THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS PLAN EVEN IS ABOUT? WHEN THEY SIGNED THE PETITION, WE HAD NOT DONE THAT PLAN.
AND IN THE PETITION, THE, THE SHEET ON THE VERY LEFT, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WHAT WE DID WITH THAT IS WE PUT ALL THE CAVEATS IN THERE THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT IF WE TAKE SOMETHING OUT THAT'S DECORATIVE, THE CITY WILL NOT, WILL NOT REPLACE IT.
IF WE HAVE TO REMOVE TREES, HEY, BEFORE YOU SIGN THIS, READ THIS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE IT.
UM, AND AT THE END OF THE PETITION, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL PAGES.
IF, IF, UM, THEY DOWNLOAD THE PETITION AND THE LAST TWO PAGES SHOW EXAMPLES OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY WILL NOT PAY TO REPLACE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE PUT IT ON THE SHEET THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SIGNING.
SO THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT WHEN YOU SIGN THIS, YOU'RE, YOU ARE TAKING A CHANCE.
SOME OF THE PICTURES SHOW LANDSCAPING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STREET, DON'T THEY? YES.
THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THE, UH, BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE AWARE OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS GONNA BE TORN OUT.
SO THAT, AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY DETER THEM FROM POSSIBLY IT MAY, IT MAY NOT.
I MEAN IT, SO SO WHAT DO YOU DO? LIKE, OKAY, SO WE SAY WAIT TWO YEARS, WHAT DO YOU DO? SAY IT AGAIN.
WELL, WE SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS.
NUMBER ONE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT.
AND, AND THERE'S A UTILITY PROJECT THE BOARD HAS CHOSEN TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CHOOSE.
IF IT'S TO DEFER A COUPLE OF YEARS, THEN A NEW PETITION WILL NEED, I MEAN, UNLESS, UNLESS NOBODY'S MOVED, WHICH
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IS UNLIKELY, THEN A NEW PETITION WILL BE REQUIRED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR CONSIDERATION.ARE THERE ANY STREETS ON ANY, ARE THERE ANY SIDEWALKS ON ANY OF THE STREETS AROUND THEM? OR IS IT, WOULD THIS BE ALONE? NO.
'CAUSE I'VE DRIVEN, I DROVE THIS AND IT, IT, YOU COULD GET UP TO SAVANNAH AND THEN FROM SAVANNAH IT KIND OF CIRCLES TO CENTRAL.
RIGHT? THE AFTER S RIGHT AFTER SAVANNAH ON CHARLESTON, THE REMAINDER OF IT HAS, DOES HAVE SIDEWALKS, I BELIEVE ON BOTH SIDES.
AND IT KIND OF CURVES AND ENDS UP ON CENTRAL.
SO GENERALLY IN A DEVELOPMENT, IF A FULL DEVELOPMENT HAS EIGHT OR NINE OR HOWEVER MANY STREETS IN IT, THEY EITHER, IF, IF THESE DON'T HAVE SIDE, IF THIS STREET DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND A MAJORITY OF THOSE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SIDEWALKS EITHER IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
UM, I THINK FROM WHAT STAFF HAS TOLD ME THAT ANY ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS THAT WERE INSTALLED AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT WERE LUCK, WERE LIKELY PART OF A C D B G PROJECT THAT THE CITY WENT IN AND AND INSTALLED THEM AFTER THE, AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND NO ONE REMEMBERS THAT FROM THE MID SIXTIES? COME ON.
I DON'T REMEMBER FROM THE MID SIXTIES
SO SURE WE'LL HAVE CAPACITY TO KNOW WHO'S MOVED OR IF THERE'S BEEN, UM, HOUSES THAT HAVE TURNED OVER WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'LL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO KNOW THAT WE COULD CHECK TAD RECORDS.
YEAH, I MEAN ANY, EVERYBODY HAS HAS ACCESS TO TA TAD, EXCUSE ME.
JUST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I KIND OF THINK IT'S UM, KIND OF EXPENSIVE AND IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE.
AND I WONDER IF WE NEED TO NARROW DOWN ASKING FOR SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THIS, WHOEVER DID THIS HAD TO GO TO A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET ALL THE SIGNATURES.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND SAY TO THEM TWO YEARS YOU CAN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
AND I, I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS NOW.
TWO YEARS FROM NOW IT COULD BE $650,000.
WELL, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, YOU MAY ONLY HAVE ONE SIDE STILL.
'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO, SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD LIMIT THE WORK BY THE, I DON'T KNOW, SIT DOWN AND CHAT WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE WHAT'S, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS I, I DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, IS THERE, I MEAN, IF I DID THIS PETITION A REASON DID THEY SAY WE NEED THIS SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE CHILDREN? 'CAUSE IT'S VERY CLOSE TO CENTRAL.
IT, IT'S, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A CLEAR SHOT FROM CENTRAL.
THEY COULD, THEY COULD WALK THAT WAY AND GET 'EM INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, LIKE IF I, IF I HAD THE MONEY IN THE WORLD AND I COULD PUT IT TOWARDS SOMETHING, I WOULD PUT IT TOWARDS SIDEWALKS IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD.
'CAUSE IT, THEY JUST WERE DEVELOPED THAT WAY.
UH, LIKE, LIKE CHERYL SAID IN THE SIXTIES WHERE THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE 'EM.
UM, IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S, IT'S SO EXPENSIVE, UH, TO GET THERE.
UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, THE, THE PETITIONERS.
THEY NEED, WE NEED TO BE FOREFRONT.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA SAY THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK THEM TO, TO DO IT AGAIN.
AND A COUPLE YEARS IF THERE'S BEEN TURNOVER AND PEOPLE HAVE SOLD THEIR HOMES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS ME IS THEY HAVE PUT ON SO MUCH WORK AND WE HELD THAT CARROT AND SAID, IF YOU DO THIS, AND THEY DID EVERYTHING WE ASKED THEM TO DO, AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, OH, WE WERE JUST KIDDING.
WELL, NO, WE'RE NOT KIDDING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THEM COMING AND PETITIONING.
THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET A POSITIVE VOTE FROM US IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL.
BUT AS I SAID EARLIER, WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY? I MEAN, I, I REALIZE WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S KIND OF RHETORICAL, BUT IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, I'M PRETTY MUCH READY TO MAKE A MOTION IT FEELS LIKE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT IS, YEAH.
IT'S JUST LIKE A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE FEELING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYBODY HERE, UM, IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING.
THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DENY THIS REQUEST.
UM, BUT, UH, SO I'LL GUESS I'LL HEAR A MOTION, ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN
UH, I, BUT IS IT, MAY I ASK THIS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT, IS IT SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER INSTALLING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE SO THAT IT'S WORTH IT FOR THEM TO GO BACK THROUGH THE LEGWORK IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TO DO THE PETITION? BECAUSE IF THE ANSWER IS THIS IS WHETHER IT'S UM, ABSOLUTELY NOT, THAT'S NOT WORTH IT OR
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THIS ISN'T A GOOD PLACE FOR A SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER THAT ANSWER MIGHT BE.I MEAN I DON'T THINK I WOULD EVER SAY EVER.
IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE A SIDEWALK.
HOWEVER, WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, WHEN I GOT THE PACKET AS AN ATTACHMENT AND I SCROLLED DOWN TO THAT AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE TALKING ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT TWO SIDEWALKS ON IN WHAT, A THOUSAND FEET? YEAH.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEN WHEN THEY GET THEIRS, EVERYBODY ELSE, OH, IT'S LIKE, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE I WOULD RATHER HAVE IF I HAD THAT KIND OF CASH FOR THE CITY.
NOT PERSONALLY, BUT, WELL, AND ACTUALLY WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 250,000 'CAUSE WE CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE.
SO HALF OF THAT, CHERYL, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE GRANTS TO DO THIS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THAT IS, UM, THIS TYPE OF IN INFRASTRUCTURE IS, UM, ALLOWABLE FOR US TO, TO APPLY FOR GENERALLY WITH THE C D B G GRANTS.
THE CITY GETS AROUND 160 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE GOTTEN RIGHT AROUND 160,000.
YEAH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR CBW GRANTS.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CENSUS AND THE AREAS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND, AND WHAT STREETS OR WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
BUT AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE CENSUS AND WHAT AREAS ARE ARE ELIGIBLE, WE, WE'D HAVE TO NARROW DOWN THE, THE PROJECTS AND, AND THE LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S SNOW FOR NOW? NOT NO, FOREVER.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? GO FOR IT, KEITH.
UM, I, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE CHARLESTON DRIVE AND CHARLESTON COURT SIDEWALK EDITION REQUEST VIA PETITION FOR CURRENT BUDGETARY REASONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY DIRECTOR QUIGLEY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, I GOT A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.
WE HAVE, UM, A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF SIX.
SO TO DENY WHAT'S THAT? TO DENY TO DENY? YEP.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA HERE.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED FOUR B FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2023.
AND WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ANN, FOR B TREASURER KAREN RIGGS.
SO, YES, SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AS OF JUNE 30TH.
I WOULD PRESENT YOU JULY NUMBERS, BUT WE HAVEN'T CLOSED THE MONTH OF JULY.
SO I DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU TEMPORARY, YOU KNOW, PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
SO THIS IS AS OF JUNE 30TH? YES.
COULD WE SKIP THE YES, WE DID.
OH, JOHN JUST REMINDED ME THERE WAS THAT SECOND.
OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING A CROSSWALK.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE QUOTES ON THE I KNOW CROSSWALK FROM JUNE.
JERRY'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP ME STRAIGHT.
OH, WHAT DID I DO? UH, NO, THE FIRST ONE.
OH YEAH, NO, THE OTHER, THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT I HAD BEFORE, I DIDN'T FINISH DOWN TO LIKE SLIDE 23 OR 24.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE SHOULD HAVE THESE AS DIFFERENT ITEMS. YES, YES, WE WILL DO THAT.
SO THE SECOND REQUEST IS EVEN MORE FUN.
UM, THIS IS FOR A MIDBLOCK CROSSING ON BEDFORD ROAD.
SO IN OCTOBER OF 2022, A RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK SUBDIVISION REQUESTED A MIDBLOCK CROSSING AT BEDFORD ROAD AND OAK PARK DRIVE.
SO YOU CAN'T SAY IT REAL WELL, IT'S THE RED SQUARE.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY ARE ASKING FOR A MIDBLOCK CROSSING SO THAT THEY CAN GO FROM THEIR SUBDIVISION ACROSS BEDFORD ROAD TO GET TO STORMY JONES PARK.
BECAUSE IF YOU GO UP UP CHINABERRY, YOU CAN WALK WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO, TO THE STORMY JONES PARK.
SO THE REQUEST CAME IN IN OCTOBER AND IN NOVEMBER THE REQUEST WAS DENIED DUE TO SAFETY REASONS, WHICH I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THOSE REASONS ARE.
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AND THEN THE DECEMBER, THE RESIDENT REQUESTED TO ADVANCE THEIR REQUEST TO GATHER MORE SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.BASICALLY, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE RESPONSE AND THEY WANTED, UM, SOMEONE ELSE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AS WELL.
SO TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, BEDFORD ROAD IS A FOUR-LANE ROAD WITH A CENTER TURN LANE.
IT'S CONSIDERED A MINOR ARTERIAL IN THE, IN THE CITY'S MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN WITH A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS PHOTO IS FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE OAK, UH, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK SUBDIVISION.
THE REQUESTER SENT IN A PICTURE OF THEM WALKING THEIR DOG FROM THE LEFT, FROM THIS, UH, FROM THIS ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION.
AND THEIR REQUEST IS TO CROSS DIRECTLY, UM, ACROSS BEDFORD ROAD, INTO ONTO CHINABERRY STREET.
SO THE REASON I SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE, IT IS A FOUR LANE ROAD WITH A CENTER TURN LANE.
IT'S A VERY WIDE ROAD AND PEOPLE TEND TO DRIVE REALLY FAST ON A, ON A, ON A WIDE ROAD LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER REASON I SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE IS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A PEDESTRIAN, YOU'RE WALKING ACROSS HERE.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, AND THAT'S WHERE, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CROSS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING RIGHT AT YOU WHEN YOU'RE GETTING READY TO CROSS.
THIS IS A HORIZONTAL CURVE, SO YOU CAN'T SEE THEM AS THEY'RE COMING AROUND THE BEND AND THEY LIKELY CAN'T SEE YOU ALL THAT CLEARLY IF YOU'RE GETTING READY TO CROSS THE ROAD.
SO THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE REQUESTED CROSSING LOCATION REVEALED THAT THE OAK PARK DRIVE INTERSECTION IS WITHIN, IS WITHIN A HORIZONTAL CURVE IN BEDFORD ROAD.
STAFF FELT THAT THE EXISTING ROAD AND INTERSECTION GEOMETRY PRESENTED A LIMITED SITE DISTANCE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
SO, STARTING ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT IS THAT ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION.
AND THE, THESE ARE FROM GOOGLE MAPS, UM, TRYING TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR, FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S THAT CURVE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T, THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING AROUND AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THERE.
SO I'M GONNA READ TO YOU THE POINTS THAT I MADE SPECIFICALLY IN MY INITIAL RESPONSE TO DENY THE CROSSING AT OAK PARK DRIVE.
THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION OAK PARK DRIVE APPEARS TO BE WITHIN A CURVE IN BEDFORD ROAD PHOTOS TOP LEFT, WHICH LIMITS THE SITE DISTANCE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PEDESTRIANS, CROSSING FIVE LANES AT THIS LOCATION, DRIVING EASTBOUND AS YOU APPROACH OAK PARK DRIVE.
THAT'S THE PHOTO ON THE TOP RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE GOING EAST, NOTICE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION THERE.
SO DRIVING EASTBOUND, THE CURVE LIMITS SITE DISTANCE OF DRIVERS TO THE CROSSING PEDESTRIANS, WHICH FURTHER REDUCES AVAILABLE REACTION TIME AND STOPPING DISTANCE.
THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO IS A VIEW OF DRIVERS TRAVELING EASTBOUND TOWARD THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUB SUBDIVISION.
AT OAK PARK DRIVE, DRIVERS WOULDN'T SEE THE PEDESTRIANS UNTIL THEY'RE NEARLY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM LEFT.
PHOTO DRIVERS GENERALLY DRIVE AT LEAST FIVE MILES FASTER THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, WHICH IS 35 MILES AN HOUR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SIGN.
AND THEY WILL RARELY ANTICIPATE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS ON SUCH A WIDE ROAD.
SO A CROSSWALK WITHIN THE CURVE AT THIS LOCATION WOULD BE DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS AS SPEED WOULD LIKE, EXCUSE ME, SPEEDS WOULD LIKELY BE AT LEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY COME AROUND THE BEND.
MIDBLOCK CROSSWALKS ARE TYPICALLY SAFER WHEN THEY, WHEN THERE ARE RAISED MEDIANS THAT CAN SERVE AS A REFUGE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CHECK TRAFFIC IN THE OTHER DIRECTION BEFORE CONTINUING TO CROSS THE MULTI-LANE ROAD.
AND THERE ARE NO MEDIANS IN BEDFORD ROAD TO SERVE AS THAT REFUGE.
NEXT POINT WAS SIMPLY MARKING THE PAVEMENT TO INDICATE A CROSSWALK AND ADDING FLASHING LIGHTS COULD VARY, LIKELY PROVIDE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY TO PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT WALK TO AND FROM TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK ACROSS BEDFORD ROAD.
THE SAFEST PLACES FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS WOULD BE AT A 90 DEGREE INTERSECTION, WHICH APPEARS TO BE AT THE, AT INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.
FORTUNATELY THERE'S A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH CROSSWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN BUTTONS TO SAFELY DIRECT PEDESTRIANS ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THAT WAS THE RESPONSE THAT I PROVIDED TO THE REQUESTER IN NOVEMBER.
SO IT WAS A DENIAL, SORRY, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT ONE HERE.
AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE REQUESTER SENT BACK ANOTHER RESPONSE AND THEY SAID THAT SOME OF OUR GREAT CROSSWALKS ARE CURRENTLY PLACED AROUND CURVES AND THEY SENT IN A PHOTO OF CENTRAL DRIVE.
YOU HAVE MEDIAS, YOU HAVE WIDE MEDIAS, AND THAT SERVES AS A REFUGE.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT AND GET HALFWAY, YOU HAVE A REFUGE SO THAT YOU CAN WAIT BEFORE YOU CROSS ANOTHER TWO LANES AND, AND HAVE TO DODGE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES.
WHERE? CENTRAL BETWEEN HARWOOD AND
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CUMMINGS? CU SOUTH? NO, NO.SO THE LINEAR PARK, NO, NOT CHEESEBURGER.
THAT'S WHERE TRAIL, YEAH, THAT CURB RIGHT THERE.
THE LINEAR PARK THAT GOES FROM DAYSTAR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BALLPARKS, IT'S EXACTLY TWO MILES MM-HMM.
AND IT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO CENTRAL MURPHY.
MARTIN, I RIDE A BICYCLE AND LET ME TELL YOU, OUR DON'T CARE IF THOSE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING MM-HMM.
THEY'RE UH, THEY'RE DOING 50 PLUS.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE AND I PURPOSELY STOP AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE LIGHTS TO GO AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, AND THERE IS NO MEDIUM RIGHT THERE.
SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING HERE AND IF SOMEBODY WAS GONNA SAY, WELL LET'S PUT SOME FLASHING LIGHTS EMBEDDED IN THE STREET AND HOPE THAT CARS, THEY WON'T, THEY DID THAT ON MURPHY AND THEY DIDN'T LAST.
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY MOVED HIM UP TO THE SIGN AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BETTER BECAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE STREET QUIT WORKING WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THEY GAVE UP AT MAYBE SIX MONTHS, MAYBE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU COULD DO AS MUCH AS I SYMPATHIZE, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM WANTING TO BE ABLE TO GO ACROSS THERE, MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT OAK PARK, BUT UP, UP CHINABERRY AND THEY GO TO THAT PARK.
BUT THANKFULLY THEY DON'T HAVE TO CROSS BEDFORD ROAD.
I MAY PROVE TO, I DUNNO WHAT YOU COULD DO SHORT PUTTING A STOPLIGHT.
WELL, WHAT'S A FLEXIBLE CURB? MEDIA.
EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR SCHULTZ MAYOR PRO TEMP MAYBE.
SO, UM, CHERYL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TRAFFIC LOAD ON CENTRAL COMPARED TO THIS ONE? BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A LOT LIGHTER.
NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMPARISON IS TO, TO CENTRAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE, THEY'VE GOT, HAVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS.
JUST, I I DIDN'T ON, I, I HAVE SOME ON BEDFORD ROAD, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON, ON CENTRAL.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, I, I THINK THAT LITTLE MEDIAN WOULD JUST BE AN OBSTACLE
SO I DON'T, I'M NOT FOR ANY OF THE MEDIANS BEING BUILT.
I THINK IT'S, I I THINK IT'S PROBABLY NOT FAVORITE JUST BECAUSE IT IS A BIG ROAD.
YOU CAN'T GET A, YOU CAN'T GET A GOOD CLEARANCE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THE PROPOSAL OF MOVING BACK, WHAT IS IT, 200 FEET DOWN TOWARDS 1 57? DO YOU WANT ME TO GO, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK THROUGH THE OPTIONS? OH, I'M SORRY.
WELL, HOW FAR IS IT FROM THE INTERSECTION? FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE INTERSECTION ON 1 57? THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD WALK.
THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S 1200 ISH FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, AND THAT'S WHAT INDUSTRIAL, AND THAT'S WHAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAID.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO TELL THEM TO GO DOWN THAT WAY, THEY'RE LIKELY NOT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA CROSS ANYWAY.
SO LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
UM, OH, LET ME SAY THIS FIRST.
THE 85, 80 FIFTH PERCENTILE SPEED ON BEDFORD ROAD IS 43 MILES AN HOUR.
SO OPTION ONE, AGAIN, WE WERE JUST TALKING THROUGH WHAT THE OPTIONS COULD BE.
YOU COULD PUT IT AT THE INTERSECTION, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT, IT DOESN'T, UM, RESOLVE THE SAFETY ISSUES.
THE THOUGHT BEHIND GOING ABOUT 200 FEET TO THE EAST IS, IF YOU LOOK AT BEDFORD ROAD, IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT WHERE THE, THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION IS, IT'S IN, IT'S KIND OF STILL WITHIN THE CURVE.
WHEREAS IF YOU MOVE IT A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STRAIGHTAWAY.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME AROUND THAT BEND AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU AND THAT STRAIGHTAWAY.
AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT BEING THE LOCATION.
SO OPTION TWO WOULD BE A CONCRETE CURB.
IT, IT WOULD SERVE AS A REFUGE, BUT IT'S A CONCRETE CURB.
IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN OBSTACLE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEED BUMP IN THE, IN THE CENTER TURN LANE.
BUT THAT IS' AN OPTION THAT, THAT THEY HAD PROPOSED.
AND THEN THERE'S THE CHEAPER ONE, THAT'S JUST THE FLEXIBLE ONE.
AND IF YOU RUN OVER IT, THEN IT'S FLEXIBLE, UH, RUBBER AND IT, IT'S CHEAPER TO REPLACE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE CONES OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD BE LIKE CONES.
IT'S LIKE CURBS, IT'S LIKE PUTTING IN CURBS TO SERVE AS A REFUGE, LIKE A SPEED PUMPS TO RUN OVER, BUT SOFTER, NOT NECESSARILY MOUNTABLE IN THE SAME WAY AS A SPEED
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BUMP, BUT IMAGINE IT BEING ALL SENSE OF SECURITY MEDIAN, SIMILAR TO MEDIANS, BUT NOT AS BIG AND NOT AS, NOT AS, UM, VISIBLE.YEAH, THIS IS, UM, YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT LAST, THAT'S THE LA LAST OPTION.
THIS IS JUST ME SPEAKING, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT GONNA GIVE ANYBODY REAL REFUGE, UM, WITH THAT ONE.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A NO-GO FOR ME, UM, ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S SO DANGEROUS AS, UM, DIRECTOR QUIGLEY MENTIONED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
YES, YES, WE DO HAVE THEM ON, ON CENTRAL.
BUT, UH, THAT BEING SAID DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S SAFE EITHER.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SAFETY AND YOU'VE ALREADY CAME BACK AND YOU'VE SAID, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT SAFE.
UH, LOOKING AT IT AND BEING ABLE TO TURN THERE.
AND ALSO IF WE PUT A CONCRETE MEDIAN IN THERE, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TURN IN THAT MIDDLE LANE OR USE THAT MIDDLE LANE.
UM, AND NOW YOU'RE JUST IMPEDING THEIR PROGRESS.
THE BLACK LINE SIGN THAT YOU HAVE, THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND US, THE CLOSEST BEING COLLEYVILLE AND UP IN SOUTH LAKE.
I BELIEVE ELI ALSO USES THESE AND THEY PUT THEM ON THE STRIPE IN THE STREET IN CROSSWALKS AND THEY'RE THE THREE FOOT TALL SIGN THAT SAYS IT'S A STATE LAW.
THOSE I KNOW, WHEN I SEE THOSE, I SLOW DOWN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY CAR.
I'M NOT EVEN LOOKING FOR PEDESTRIANS.
BUT I THINK THOSE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OBVIOUS, I WOULD THINK, I DON'T KNOW.
HAVE YOU EVER, YOU'RE LOOK LIKE YOU'RE JUST ABOUT TO BURST INTO LAUGHTER THERE, BUT IS THAT, I KNOW THE ONES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN SOUTH LAKE, YOU, THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE ABOUT, THEY PUT IT IN TOWN SQUARE WHERE THE UM, WHERE THE, THE SPEEDS ARE LOWER AND THERE IS AN EXPECTATION AT EACH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS IN SOME OF THOSE MID BLOCKS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO BE CROSSING.
I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING OF CENTRAL AT THE TIME, BUT UM, JUST TO, IF WE HAD THOSE, MAYBE THAT WAS
NOT, NOT SPECIFICALLY AT BEDFORD ROAD.
I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD DO ANYTHING HERE BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE WEST, YOU'RE ACTUALLY COMING DOWNHILL FROM 1 21.
AND SO I SUSPECT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING FASTER THERE JUST KIND OF AS A MATTER OF INERTIA AND MOMENTUM AND COMING FROM THE OTHER WAY.
MAYBE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET TO 1 21.
BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT CURVE THERE WOULD BE FUN
ARE THERE, IS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTING THIS OR JUST THIS ONE PERSON? SO VERY RECENTLY THE REQUESTER CAME BACK.
THE ONE, ANDREA, IT WAS THIS ONE, RIGHT? THAT, THAT REQUESTER ASKED TO BE HERE? YES.
SO THE REQUESTER HAD ASKED IF THEY COULD ATTEND THIS MEETING.
AND THIS IS NOT A MEETING WHERE IT WOULD BE A, A PUBLIC WHERE THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK.
WHAT THEY'VE SAID IS THEY BELIEVE THEY COULD GATHER SUPPORT FROM MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S THE EMAIL THAT THEY HAD SENT RECENTLY.
AND WHAT WE TOLD THEM IS THAT WE WILL BRING IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO SEE IF, IF ANYBODY WANTED TO OVERTURN THE ORIGINAL DENIAL.
SO, UM, WE DID INSTALL THAT, THAT SECTION OF SIDEWALK.
I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS STREET DIVISION INSTALLED SIDEWALKS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WHY THIS SECTION DIDN'T GET DONE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
BUT THAT, THAT WAS INSTALLED THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT, THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION, IF YOU WANNA GO FROM UNIVER, UM, WHAT IS IT FROM INDUSTRIAL ALL THE WAY ALONG THE, THE NORTHERN SIDE OF BEDFORD ROAD.
THERE ARE SIDEWALKS AND, AND RAMPS ACROSS THERE NOW.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COST FOR THESE.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE, UH, FOUR B OPERATING BUDGET THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO NOW WE'RE QUESTION PART.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
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JUST HAD, WE JUST DENIED A SIDEWALK FOR PEOPLE THAT ALL SIGNED A PETITION TO GET IT.UM, THIS IS, I MEAN THIS IS NICE.
UM, BUT WHAT'S TO SAY THAT THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT DOWN WANTS ONE ACROSS TWO SO THEY CAN GET ACROSS A LITTLE EASIER? UM, IT'S, IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT ALSO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, IS REALLY NOT IN THE BUDGET.
UM, DO WE, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY ACCIDENT REPORTS OR, UM, ANY CHALLENGES THERE OF ANYBODY BEING HIT BY A CAR? I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT HIT BY A CAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE DIDN'T PULL ACCIDENT REPORTS.
WE DID, UM, COORDINATE WITH THE, THE, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR THOUGHTS ON THESE OPTIONS.
AND THEY, THE RESPONSE WAS THAT A SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION WITH THE CROSSWALK IS PROBABLY THE SAFEST PLACE THEY WERE ALSO, UM, THEIR OPINION WAS ALSO THAT IT'S 200 FEET DOWN, CHERYL, WHO'S GONNA WALK ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
WELL THAT RAISES, THEY'LL GO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY'LL GO, THEY CROSS WITH THE CROSS.
HOW FAR IS IT TO STORMY JONES?
I MEAN THERE'S ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, SIX OR EIGHT HOUSES UP FROM BEDFORD ROAD? I MEAN, IT'S A BLOCK.
IT'S A, IT'S FAR, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S THE GREEN SPACE UP AT THE TOP.
YEAH, IT STARTS, SEE WHERE IT SAYS BRAHE? YEAH.
NARROW AT ONE END AND THEN IT WIDENS UP NOT FAR.
BUT YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU HAD ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IF YOU JUST PAINTED STRIPES AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE A CROSSWALK, THAT THAT WOULD BE A FALSE, PROBABLY MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WOULD, PEOPLE WOULD THINK, OH, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SLOW DOWN FOR ME.
MY FEAR IS IT WOULD, WOULD GIVE US ALL A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THAT.
THERE ARE MEDIANS ON CENTRAL RIGHT THERE, BUT THERE'S AN OPENING.
AND YEAH, ANYWAY, IT'S STILL SCARY.
ALRIGHT, SO I MAKE A MOVE THAT WE MOTION FROM GO AHEAD.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM DIRECTOR QUIGLEY.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE DENIAL, SAY AYE.
UM, SO RECEIVE FOUR B FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT OF JUNE 30TH, 2023.
KAREN, NOW YOU MAY COME TO THE VOTING
OH GOODNESS, YOU WANNA GET THAT PULLED UP FOR ME? YES.
MAYBE IT IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, BUT YES, SO THESE ARE THE FINANCIAL REPORTS AS OF JUNE 30TH.
SO LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE DO HAVE NUMBERS THROUGH JULY, BUT SINCE WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY CLOSED JULY, I DID WANNA BRING YOU, BRING YOU PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
SO THIS IS JUST THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
SO THIS FUND HAS TWO PRIMARY SOURCES OF REVENUE.
UM, SALES TAX THROUGH JUNE 30TH WAS 3.86 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
NOW WE HAVE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL MONTHS OF SALES TAX REVENUE SINCE THAT CAME IN.
UM, AND, UH, THE MOST RECENT AUGUST DIPPED JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE 0.81% LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR, WHICH BROUGHT US DOWN A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO STILL IN THAT SAME GENERAL TIMEFRAME.
UM, SO SALES TAX THROUGH JUNE 30TH, UH, IS A LITTLE OVER 2.2 MILLION.
OUR OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR IS REALLY DOING EXCELLENT JOB OF REALLY LOCKING IN SOME LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES AND BUILDING A LADDERED INVESTMENT APPROACH.
AND WE'RE KIND OF, UM, POOLING OUR FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE MORE FUNDS TO, UM, INVEST AND THEN IT GETS SPREAD OUT AMONG OUR FUNDS.
SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE, WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WE KEPT INTEREST REALLY FLAT 'CAUSE WE JUST REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET WAS GONNA DO.
AND SO AS OF JUNE 30TH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ARE WELL ABOVE OUR BUDGET AND THAT LINE ITEM.
SO WE'RE REALLY DOING PRETTY GOOD.
UM, THERE'S SOME, UH, ONTO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU'LL NOTICE BOTH IN APRIL AND IN JUNE, THERE'S SOME INTERESTING NEGATIVES.
THAT'S JUST AN ACCOUNTING CORRECTION WHERE SOMETHING POSTED TO THE WRONG LINE ITEM AND WE JUST RECLASSED IT TO ANOTHER LINE.
SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THERE, BUT, SO AS OF JUNE 30TH, WE'RE SITTING PRETTY GOOD.
ALRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, STAFF REPORT ON THE STATUS OF FISCAL YEAR
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20 22, 20 23 STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION APPROVED PROJECTS.ALL RIGHT, CHERYL, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHERYL TAYLOR AGAIN.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO FOUR AND FIVE TOGETHER.
I WENT AHEAD AND PUT 'EM ALL IN THE SAME PRESENTATION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN BEDFORD.
THIS IS AN OVERALL MAP OF THE UTILITIES, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, STREET DESIGN PROJECTS THAT'LL GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME TO BE IN BEDFORD.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER, ALL OVER BEDFORD.
THE LIGHT BLUE ONES ARE SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, BEDFORD ROAD, BROWN TRAIL WA CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THE BELL MANOR CONSTRUCTION, ALL THE BLUE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT'S IN THAT AREA, UM, OF CHARLESTON DRIVE, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS, UM, GOING TO BE AWARDED AT THE NEXT MEETING.
DEE DRIVE IS OVER THERE OFF OF BROWN TRAIL BY THE TACO BELL, K F C.
THAT ONE WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT PARKWOOD DRIVE UNDER DESIGN, UM, CHEEKS, BARGER, AND 1 21.
WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXT OUT ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR STREET PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS THE OUTLINE FOR THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST BULLET IS A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S PROJECTS.
AND THE SECOND BULLET IS THE PROPOSED FOUR B BUDGET AND PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS IS AN OVERALL MAP OF THE CITY SHOWING THE PROJECTS, THE PAVING PROJECTS FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE IN MIDDLE OF AUGUST NOW, AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF OUR STREET PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED STREETS THAT WERE ON THE ORIGINAL LIST FOR IMPROVEMENT, NOT INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WERE CALLED IN BY RESIDENTS.
UM, ONES THAT I DRIVE BY AND, AND COMPLAIN ABOUT AND LET THE STREET DEPARTMENT KNOW, I WANT THEM TO GO FIX.
UH, WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY COME UP WITH ON THEIR OWN DRIVING THE STREETS OF BEDFORD.
SO IT'S OVER A HUNDRED, NOT INCLUDING THOSE.
SO THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF PROJECTS STARTING WITH PAVEMENT PRESERVATION.
THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE AN APPLICATION OF THE HIGH DENSITY MINERAL BOND WAS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
UM, WE RECEIVED SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS AN APPROVED APPLICATOR OF THAT H A FIVE PRODUCT.
AND THEY PROVIDED A WEBSITE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO BEDFORD AND THEY HELP TO COMMUNICATE, UM, THE GOINGS ON WITH THEIR PROJECT, WITH THE RESIDENTS.
PUBLIC WORKS DOES WORK WITH CITIES COMMUNICATIONS STAFF TO POST INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN I HAVE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS.
LOOKS REALLY NICE, REALLY SHINY.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE SEEM TO GET SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON, ON THIS PRODUCT.
NEXT IS A LIST OF ABOUT 30 PLUS LOCAL STREETS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
ALL OF THE LOCAL STREETS HAVE BEEN PAVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EMERALD, WHICH REQUIRED SOME EXTENSIVE CARBON AND GUTTER WORK.
AND SO THAT ONE WILL ROLL TO NEXT YEAR'S LIST.
RECONSTRUCTION OF DEUCE DRIVE IS PLANNED FOR AWARD AT A SEPTEMBER COUNCIL MEETING.
BREYER AND SHIRLEY WERE ON THE LIST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THEY ARE BOTH IN POOR CONDITION, BUT THEY NEED EXTENSIVE CURB AND GUTTER WORK.
IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SURFACE.
THE AMOUNT OF WORK REQUIRED ON BOTH STREETS IS EXTENSIVE AND ARE CLASSIFIED AS FULL RECONSTRUCTION.
THE COST OF FULL RECONSTRUCTION IS, UM, BEYOND WHAT THE FOUR B BUDGET.
SO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BRIAR, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY UTILITY REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS A NEW CULVERT ACROSS THE CREEK, WILL BE MOVED OUT TO A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR WHEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AND THEN SURELY WE WILL ALSO MOVE OUT TO A SUBSEQUENT FUTURE.
UM, FISCAL YEAR NEARS THE MAP SHOWING THAT, UH, THE 30 PLUS STREETS.
WHAT WE DO IS WE USE A COMBINATION OF THE PAVING DATA COLLECTED BY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
THEY COLLECTED THAT DATA IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO LOOK AT EXISTING PAVING, WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE PO PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, CONSIDER OUR FISCAL RESTRAINTS.
AND THIS IS THE SET OF LOCAL STREETS THAT WAS SELECTED AND THEY, AGAIN, THEY WERE ALL COMPLETED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EMERALD, WHICH WILL MOVE AND BREYER WILL MOVE OUT.
BREYER DESIGN WILL MOVE OUT TO A FUTURE YEAR.
SO HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THOSE LOCAL STREETS AND SOME MORE PHOTOS.
CAROLYN AND WAYSIDE, I BELIEVE WERE ON LAST YEAR'S LIST.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ROLLED TO THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM DONE WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT.
SO THEN MOVING ON TO THOROUGHFARES, THE THOROUGHFARE THAT WERE PLANNED FOR
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THIS SPECIFIC YEAR WERE TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES.UM, BEDFORD ROAD BETWEEN BROWN TRAIL STATE HIGHWAY 180 3 AND THEN 180 3 TO CENTRAL DRIVE, MCLEAN HUMACK.
AND AGAIN, CAROLYN DRIVE THAT.
UH, CAROLYN IS ON THIS LIST BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A THOROUGHFARE IN THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EFFORT WAS DEDICATED TO THOROUGHFARE THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS YEAR THREE OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS TABLE LISTS ALL OF THE THOROUGHFARES THAT ARE FUNDED WITH THE 2021 THOROUGHFARE BOND TOTAL FOR THIS YEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT $1.8 MILLION OF THE 6 MILLION OF THE ORIGINAL BOND FOR, FOR FUTURE YEARS.
WE STARTED OUT WITH BEDFORD ROAD FROM BROWN TRAIL TO 180 3 THAT STARTED BEFORE THE END OF, UH, BEFORE THE END OF 2022.
SO BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS WE STARTED ON THESE, THIS, THESE WERE THE BEFORE PHOTOS FROM BROWN TRAIL TO 180 3.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE AFTER PHOTOS AND THE THE ONES ON TOP SHOW THE STRIPING AS WELL.
AND THEN AFTER THE, OKAY, MORE PICTURES OF RIGHT, MORE PICTURES OF, OF, OF BEDFORD ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND THEN AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, I GUESS SPRING OR THE SUMMER, WE MOVED ON TO BEDFORD ROAD BETWEEN 180 3 AND CENTRAL DRIVE.
AND THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF CENTRAL DRIVE SHOWS THE, THE STRIPING UP ON THE TOP.
SO BEDFORD GROVE IS A REALLY BIG PROJECT FOR US.
WE DID WORK WITH COMMUNICATION STAFF TO POST, UM, THE INFORMATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE DID GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO THE OTHER TWO THOROUGH AFFAIRS THAT UM, THAT WERE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR WERE MCCLAIN AND HUMACK.
SO THESE ARE THE BEFORE PHOTOS, AND THEN THESE ARE THE AFTER PHOTOS.
UM, THESE TWO PROJECTS WERE IN COORDINATION WITH TARRANT COUNTY PRECINCT THREE.
SO WE, UM, WE PICK A COUPLE OF STREETS EVERY YEAR TO WORK ON WITH, WITH TARRANT COUNTY.
UH, THEY PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE LABOR AND THE CITY PROVIDES THE, UM, THE MATERIALS AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.
AND LOOK, WE ALSO RECEIVED ADDITIONAL COMPLIMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
SO AS PART OF THE STREET PAVING PROJECTS, THERE ARE A GREAT DEAL OF CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING CURBING GUTTER REPLACEMENT CONCRETE VALLEY GUTTERS ACROSS THE INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE ACROSS THE INTERSECTIONS.
SIDEWALK REPAIRS NEW SIDEWALKS AND CONCRETE STREET PANELS THAT ARE REPLACED THROUGHOUT THE CITY USING THE CONCRETE LINE ITEM IN THE FOUR B BUDGET.
SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR NEW CURBS AND THERE'S A PHOTO, UM, OF THE CURBS THAT ARE REPLACED, UH, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE PAVE THE ROADS.
SO THAT'S AN EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
WE TRY TO GO THROUGH THERE AND, AND REPLACE CURBS AND ADD VALLEY GUTTERS AS NEEDED OR REPLACE THE VALLEY GUTTERS.
'CAUSE IF THEY'RE CRACKED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY WERE LEFT ALONE AND THEN THE STREETS WERE PAVED AND IT LOOKS LOVELY.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CRACKS IN THE VALLEY, GUTTERS AND THE CURBS ARE ARE MESSED UP, THEN IT GIVES THE THE WATER A PLACE TO GO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT AND, AND COMPLETE THE ENTIRE STREET IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
SO THIS YEAR THE FOUR B BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER UPGRADE THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS PREVIOUSLY UPGRADED TO A CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO MONITOR ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN REAL TIME.
THE UPDATED CONTROLLERS ALLOW STAFF TO VIEW ISSUES AT INTERSECTIONS REMOTELY.
AND THEN THIS YEAR, STAFF REPLACED THE OUTDATED VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEMS WITH NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WILL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO DETECT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, BUT ALSO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
THE COMBINATION OF THE UPGRADED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW DETECTION COMBINATION OF UPGRADE, EXCUSE ME, AND THE NEW DETECTION SYSTEM, WILL ALLOW STAFF TO CREATE TIMING PLANS THAT SUIT TODAY'S TRAFFIC PATTERN NEEDS THAT CAN BE ADAPTIVELY CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS TRAFFIC FLOWS CHANGE.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON A PLAN TO TIME THE HARWOOD ROAD CORRIDOR FROM 360 ON THE EAST TO WHAT'S ON THE WEST NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.
THREE SIX ON 26 26 STATE HIGHWAY 26.
SO THAT IS, UM, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING TO IMPROVE MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
AND THEY HAVE ALREADY COLLECTED TRAFFIC COUNTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR AND THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS OF, OF WHAT THAT TIMING'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, UM, THROUGH EACH OF THE CITIES.
UM, KIND OF BRINGS US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
CENTRAL AND HARWOOD, WE JUST REPLACED ALL OF THE,
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ALL OF THE SIGNS, ALL THE SIGNAL HEADS, A LOT OF THE COMPONENTS, AND WE ADDED THE VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM THERE.I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE REMAINING INTERSECTION THAT STILL NEEDS VEHICLE DETECTION AND UPGRADES.
AND THAT IS THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL AND CUMMINGS.
AND THAT IS, UM, IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE FISCAL YEAR.
SO AS PART OF THE CITY'S ONGOING MA UH, STREET MAINTENANCE, THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO BEGUN RES STRIPING CROSSWALKS AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID BELL MANOR, HARWOOD JUNIOR HIGH, BEDFORD JUNIOR HIGH, AND SPRING GARDEN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.
THE LOCAL AND THOROUGHFARE STREETS THAT WERE REPAVED ARE ALSO RES STRIPPED WHEN THE PAVING IS COMPLETE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE MEDIAN CURB NOSES ON HARWOOD ROAD WERE PAINTED SAFETY YELLOW.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR IT, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NOTICE IT, BUT NOW YOU'RE GONNA KNOW WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW YELLOW AND BRIGHT AND VERY REFLECTIVE THEY ARE.
THEY LOOK REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MAP OF THE STREETS.
THERE ARE ABOUT A HUNDRED STREETS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND MOSTLY COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, EMERALD AND AND BREYER WERE THE TWO THAT WERE ON THE LIST THAT ARE MOVED OUT TO A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR.
CAN I, CAN I ASK ANY QUESTION? YES, DIRECTOR, QUICK.
JUST A QUESTION FROM WAY BACK YOU ON YOUR BUDGET SLIDE FOR FISCAL 22 SLASH 23, YOU HAD THE SECTION SQUARED IN PURPLE.
IT SAYS CUMMINGS DRIVE CENTRAL TO EAST OF ASHFORD FOR 742,000 I GUESS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT IS GOING, IS THAT WIDENING? NO REPAVING.
SO WE CAN'T GET COLLEYVILLE TO COME UP A LITTLE BIT OF PROPERTY.
I'M THINKING YOUR CHEEKS, I'M THINKING CHEEKS LARGER.
IS IT CHEEKS BAR? IT'S THE FARTHER ONE.
I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S OVERALL SHA SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU NEED MORE TO DO IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
THERE IS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE IS MORE? I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO DO, BUT I, I I DO WANNA JUST TAKE, TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST SAY THAT, UM, THE CITY LOOKS BETTER.
IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER FROM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, GETTING THESE STREETS AND, AND, AND TAKING THE TIME TO, UM, JUST PUT, PUT EFFORT INTO OUR STREETS AND MOBILITY AROUND THE CITY.
I JUST GOTTA SAY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING PRIDE IN OUR CITY AGAIN AND WE'RE SEEING IT, YOU'RE SEEING AT THE CURB, YOU'RE SEEING IT IN THE MEDIANS AND IN OUR ROADS.
UM, IT, THE CITY IS LOOKING FANTASTIC.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, KUDOS TO YOU AND KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR KEEPING EVERYBODY UP ON, ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
SO, GOOD JOB MOLLY AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
ALRIGHT, NOW I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD.
SO I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE NERDY ON YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
JUST BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE I CAN, OKAY.
SO TO ME THIS IS KIND OF EXCITING, FASCINATING DATA.
SO THAT I M S MODEL THAT WAS FURNISHED AS PART OF THE PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT HAS A CAPAS, HAS A CAP, EXCUSE ME, CAPABILITY TO ESTIMATE THE PAVING NETWORK CONDITION BASED ON EXISTING CONDITIONS WHEN THE DATA WAS COLLECTED AND COM AND COMPLETED PROJECTS.
SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A COMPARISON OF THE INITIAL NETWORK, WHICH WAS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND THE NETWORK THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS, THIS DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE ALL OF THE LOCAL STREETS, IT JUST INCLUDES BEDFORD ROAD.
SO I SAID, UM, IN AN EARLIER SLIDE THAT WE MAKE GREAT EFFORTS, UM, WE PUT GREAT, A LOT OF EFFORT INTO OUR THOROUGH AFFAIRS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT REALLY DOES MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE.
ON OUR P C I SCORES, PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, ON THE LEFT, 75.3% OF THE STREETS WERE IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION.
AND IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, BEFORE WE DID ALL OF THOSE LOCAL STREETS, THE THERE ARE 80, WAS IT 80.2% OF THE STREETS ARE NOW IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION.
SO THE NETWORK SCORES ARE PRIMARILY INFLUENCED BY WORK ON THOROUGH AFFAIRS.
SO E I MEAN, EVEN JUST THE BEDFORD ROAD, THOSE LARGE ARTERIAL STREETS AND ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MAKE A REALLY BIG DEAL, UM, MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCORES.
SO WE WENT FROM A 75 TO AN 80%.
'CAUSE WE LOOKED AT, AT SOME OF THESE IN THE PAST AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'D ASK 'EM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL NEVER BE AT A HUNDRED, YOU'LL NEVER BE AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
AND SO I REMEMBER US ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE AT CURRENTLY? AND, AND EVEN 80 WAS LIKE A, IT WAS LIKE A GOAL.
IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE, I LIKE, OH, MAYBE WE CAN GET THERE.
IT, HERE WE ARE, WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT AN 80%.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL LEVEL OUT AT SOME POINT, BUT, UM, GOING,
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GOING FROM A 75 TO AN 80 WITHIN A MATTER OF A YEAR, COUPLE YEARS.COUPLE YEARS, COUPLE OF TWO CYCLES.
OKAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FISCAL, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET AND C I P.
ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGET.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, KAREN RIGGS
WE'RE KIND OF TAG TEAMING TODAY.
SO I WANTED TO PRINT IT OUT AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE WHEN I WAS PREPARING FOR TODAY, I REALIZED THAT OUR YEAR-END PROJECTIONS THAT WERE IN THE PACKET WERE A LITTLE BIT OFF COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE 24 BUDGET.
SO I WANTED TO PRINT THAT OUT.
THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS FUND HAS COMPRISED OF TWO PRIMARY REVENUES, SALES, TAX AND INTEREST.
SO WHAT WE DID FOR THIS YEAR, FOR 23, WE PROJECTED 4% FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR IN SALES TAX.
AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR WE PROJECTED 5.5% OVER WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GONNA LEND THIS YEAR.
SO WE EXPECT WITH SOME COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING ONLINE, THAT WE'LL GET THAT SALES TAX STILL VERY CONSERVATIVE.
UM, BUT I THINK, I THINK WHAT'S IN A GOOD PLACE, UM, INTEREST, IF YOU'LL NOTICE FOR 23, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXPECTING TO END THE YEAR ON A REALLY HIGH NOTE COMPARED TO WHERE WE BUDGETED FOR 23, BUT WE'RE STILL BEING REALLY CONSERVATIVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LOCKING IN THOSE INTEREST RATES AS PROJECTS COME ON AND WE SPEND FUNDS, WE HAVE LESS TO INVEST IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THAT NUMBER IS STILL RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE FOR 24.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT IS YOU NEVER WANNA UTILIZE FUND BALANCE FOR ONGOING.
SO I ALWAYS WANNA POINT OUT WHENEVER YOU SEE REVENUES LESS THAN EXPENDITURES, THE REASON WHY, UM, THE FUND BALANCE POLICY FOR THE FOUR B IS TO MAINTAIN A FUND BALANCE OF EQUAL TO, UM, ONE YEAR, UM, AVERAGE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY, IF YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, I KIND OF HAVE IT BROKEN OUT FOR YOU FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT VERSUS WHERE WE ARE OR WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE FOR 24.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE TWO ONE-TIME CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING FUND BALANCE FOR IN 24.
UM, THAT'S GREGORY DISH AND PHYLLIS STREET.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES IS, UH, A LOSS OF 2.6 AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'RE STILL IN A GOOD PLACE.
FROM A FUND BALANCE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE PROJECTING TO END NEXT YEAR WITH 1.3 FUND BALANCE.
UM, OUR AVERAGE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IS ABOUT 660,000.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT I DID WANNA PROPOSE TO THE FOUR B BOARD, AND WE ALSO PROPOSED THIS TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK, IS THIS FUND USUALLY HAS A, UM, TWO TRANSFERS IN IT, ONE FOR THE FOUR BS PORTION OF THEIR STREET FLEET THAT GETS, GOES INTO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TRANSFER.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TRANSFER THAT IS TYPICALLY 250,000 FROM THIS FUND TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT HAS A REALLY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE FOUR B, UM, NOT DO THAT TRANSFER IN 24 AND REALLY BUILD THIS FUND BALANCE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN PROBABLY COME BACK IN 25 AND PUT THAT TRANSFER BACK IN THE BUDGET.
BUT WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WHITTLING AND DWINDLING THIS FUND, BALANCING USING IT FOR THESE PROJECTS.
SO WE JUST KINDA WANNA GIVE IT A CHANCE TO BUILD BACK UP.
SO I KIND OF TALKED REALLY FAST,
SO, UM, YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND I LOOK AT, UH, KNOW, I, YOU MAKE ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT I LOOK AT THE 1.3 MILLION AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S BEEN THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN FOR MM-HMM.
SO IT MAKES ME A LITTLE, A LITTLE NERVOUS, UM, BEING THAT LOW.
UM, BUT UH, FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE BEING PRETTY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR, UM, SALES TAX NUMBERS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY INTEREST RATES BEING AS HIGH AS THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT GROW OVER TIME AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, UM, ALSO SMART THAT WE'RE, UM, USING THAT, YOU KNOW, HOLDING OFF THE TRANSFER OF 250,000 TO, UH, TO ADD IT TO OUR FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE CAN JUST PAD IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, FOR THE ONGOING YEARS.
BUT, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, KAREN, YOU DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS, THIS FUND, UM, BEING SOLVENT AND BEING GOOD NOT FOR BEING SOLVENT PER SE? YEAH.
UM, I DO THINK PROBABLY IN THE NEXT PROBABLY TWO YEARS, PROBABLY IN 24, 25 WHEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THAT BUDGET, WE DO HAVE SOME LARGE CAPITAL NEEDS COMING OUR WAY.
UM, AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AT PROBABLY ADDIT, UH, ISSUING ADDITIONAL DEBT, UM, THAT WILL EITHER BE
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BACKED BY SALES TAX OR BACKED BY PROPERTY TAX.UM, IT'S JUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT OUR CAPITAL NEEDS.
UM, I WANNA SAY IN 26 THERE'S ABOUT $11 MILLION IN STREET PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN FOR 26.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ALL IN 26.
WE MAY SHIFT IT OUT, BUT FROM, FROM A CAPITAL PROJECT PERSPECTIVE, WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
WE'LL, WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN YOU THERE.
ALL RIGHT, BILL TAYLOR, IT'S YOUR SHOW AGAIN.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE USE THE DATA FROM THE STREET ASSESSMENT AND WE'RE MAKING EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG.
SO THE BACK ROUTE LOG ARE THE STREETS WITH THE P C I LESS THAN 40.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG AND THE MARGINAL STREETS WHILE COORDINATING WITH OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MAJORITY OF THE MAP IS SOME SHADE OF GREEN AND GREEN IS GOOD.
SO THAT'S THE GOAL TO EAT AWAY AT THOSE OTHER COLORS THAT YOU SEE, UM, TO INCREASE THE OVERALL PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX WITHIN THE FI FISCAL RESTRAINTS OF THE FOUR B BUDGET.
SO IN FUTURE YEARS, OUR PROJECTS WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT FROM REPAIRS AND RECONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT TO MORE HOPEFULLY OF A PAVEMENT PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT AS I'D MENTIONED IN, UM, COUNCIL MEETING IN LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'RE NEVER DONE THAT FROM THE TIME THAT YOU PAVE.
IT STARTS TO AGE ALREADY AND YOU'RE NEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER ACTUALLY CATCH UP.
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE DOING SOME SORT OF PAVEMENT PRESERVATION OR, OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREETS.
UM, AS LONG AS THE STREETS ARE ARE ARE THERE BEING UTILIZED
AND WHEN THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC OR WELL EVEN LESS TRAFFIC, IF THERE'S NO TRAFFIC ON STREETS, YOU STILL HAVE TO, YOU STILL HAVE TO, UM, PRESERVE THEM AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO IMPROVE THEM.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DRIVE ON ASPHALT, IT STARTS TO CRACK.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF DRIVING ON ASPHALT STARTS TO CRACK.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S CONSTANT.
JUST PUT DOWN THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER.
SO THIS, UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS POTENTIAL STREET PROJECTS FOR THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD OVERLAID ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION MAP.
SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO HEAT AWAY AT THOSE, ALL THOSE OTHER COLORS BECAUSE GREEN IS GOOD.
SO WHILE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EFFORT WAS APPLIED TO THOROUGH AFFAIRS IN YEAR THREE OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN, THERE ARE STILL THOROUGH AFFAIRS THAT NEED ATTENTION.
TWO THOROUGH AFFAIRS ARE CUMMINGS DRIVE AND WADE DRIVE.
UM, BOTH OF THESE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, PROJECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SLIDE.
THE FIRST ONE IS TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES FOR 200,000.
THAT IS, THAT INTERSECTION OF CUMMINGS AND CENTRAL 200 IS PRETTY CONSERVATIVE.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S GONNA BE THAT MUCH, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THERE.
UM, OUR INITIAL ESTIMATE FOR CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND HARWOOD, UM, WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO THE TOTAL OF THE THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR IS $1.1 MILLION.
SO OF THAT ORIGINAL $6 MILLION BOND IN 2021, THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $700,000 REMAINING AFTER NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S PROJECTS.
CHERYL, I GOT A QUESTION ON WAGE DRIVE.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST GROUND UPHEAVAL LEFT AND RIGHT ON THAT STREET.
THIS IS FROM PIPELINE TO HEARST.
SO IT'S, I THINK JUST THE SOUTHERN A SHORT, IT'S A SHORT AREA.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WERE GOING TO COORDINATE WITH TARRANT COUNTY ON.
SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU WORK WITH TARRANT COUNTY, THE PRICES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED HERE, ARE THOSE ALL WHAT WE CONSIDER THE RED STREETS ON YOUR MAP? THEY NOT NECESSARILY.
I MEAN, TRAFFIC LIGHTS EXCEPTION, OBVIOUSLY I ASKED JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG RED STREET.
THAT'S AN UNIMPROVED ROAD AND IT ISN'T A, IT ISN'T A THROUGH ROAD AND SO IT WA IT WASN'T IN ON THE INITIAL LIST.
DON'T RECALL IF THAT IS ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS A THOROUGHFARE ROAD.
OH, IT'S NOT A THOROUGHFARE FOR SURE.
IT'S BARELY A ONE ONE LANE ROAD.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE, UM, THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED EITHER THROUGH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE COMPARING THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND UM, AND THE DATA AND OR STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN,
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UM, NOTED AS NEEDING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.YEAH, I MEAN IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE CUMMINGS OBVIOUSLY.
SO, UH, THIS IS A MAP OF CUMMINGS.
BASICALLY IT'S FROM CENTRAL TO STATE HIGHWAY 1 21.
THE DESCRIPTION IS EAST OF ASHFORD DRIVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CONCRETE STOPS.
SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE SECTION THAT IS ASPHALT.
THESE ARE THE BEFORE PHOTOS OF CUMMINGS DRIVE FROM CENTRAL TO STATE HIGHWAY 1 21.
THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX FOR THIS, UM, CORRIDOR IS CURRENTLY 47.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE LOW ONES.
THIS, THE BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE IF YOU WERE FACING THE OTHER WAY IS I THINK MURPHY.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE PLACE THERE? ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO? THERE ARE HUGE DIPS ON EACH SIDE.
SO GENERALLY THOSE DIPS WOULD BE VALLEY GUTTERS, WHICH ALLOW RIGHT.
AND THEY ALLOW FOR THE WATER TO CROSS, TO CROSS THE ROAD.
'CAUSE THERE'S, YOU CAN SEE ON THE ROAD WHERE IT'S ALL TORN UP.
'CAUSE PEOPLE MUST NOT KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIG DIP AND THEY GO FLYING THROUGH THERE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VALLEY GUTTERS, ARE THEY? NO, NO.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SERVICE OF MURPHY.
'CAUSE MURPHY'S, YEAH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THIS STREET WOULD BE RIGHT HERE GOING NORTH SOUTH.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PAVE ALL OF CUMMINGS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I MEAN, IT WILL LIKELY INCLUDE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GO AND HIT THE SORT OF GUTTERS AND THEN THEY GO AND SCRATCH ON THE, I DON'T, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S THERE AND I'M VERY SLOW.
BUT I'VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE DO IT.
AND THE ONLY THING YOU COULD DO, I GUESS, WOULD BE TO LIKE LOWER THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD ON MURPHY ITSELF.
'CAUSE IT'S GOT A BIG HUMP ON IT AND YOU HAVE THESE TWO SORT OF DRAINAGE GUTTERS ON EITHER SIDE.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS WHEN PEOPLE COME UP TO IT, THEY TRY TO FLY OVER THERE AND THEY HIT THE BOTTOM OF THEIR CAR, I GUESS.
SO YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ASKING TO LOWER, NO, IF YOU'RE ASKING IF WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THE ROAD, THAT WOULD BE A FULL RECONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S NOT AN EASY PAVING PROJECT.
SO MURPHY IS PLANNED, IT LOOKS LIKE 2025 ISH.
SO T R A IS DOING WORK AT THEIR PUMP STATION RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY OH, I THINK MURPHY IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED.
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THERE PREVIOUSLY.
BUT THE REASON IT MOVES OUT IS BECAUSE WE'VE, UM, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WATER WORK THERE.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR, ON THEIR PUMP STATIONS OVER THERE.
SO WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL ALL OF THAT WAS COMPLETE BEFORE WE GO BACK.
READ ABOUT SOME OF THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WADE DRIVE, UM, BETWEEN PIPELINE AND HEARST IS GOING TO BE A PROJECT THAT WE DO WITH TARRANT COUNTY PRECINCT THREE.
WE PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND WE PROVIDE THE MATERIALS AND THEY PROVIDE EQUIPMENT IN LABOR.
TYPICALLY, UM, THE WORK WITH TARRANT COUNTY IS IN THE MAY JUNE TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT'S WHEN, THAT'S PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF WADE DRIVE ALONG THAT, THAT SECTION, THE CURRENT P C I OF WADE DRIVE IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE THOROUGH AFFAIRS FOR NEXT YEAR? OKAY, SO HERE IS THE LIST OF 2324 PROPOSED LOCAL STREETS.
THE SPREADSHEET WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS.
THE LOCAL STREETS, UM, FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR ARE FUNDED WITH THE FOUR B OPERATING BUDGET AND INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHYLLIS STREET, WHICH WAS AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $165,000 FROM TARRANT COUNTY THROUGH A GRANT PROGRAM.
THE ENGINEERING FOR THAT PROJECT WILL BEGIN THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION TO BE GRIN IN SUMMER OF 24.
THE, UM, THE DESIGN PROJECT FOR PHYLLIS DRIVE IS ON THE COUNT, WILL BE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE GREGORY AND BEDFORD EDITION PROJECT INCLUDES PAVING OF THE STREETS AS WELL AS SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS TO REPLACE AGING.
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND THE PROJECT WILL BE ADVERTISED FOR BID SOMETIME NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, IF, IF A, IF THE, UH, FOUR B BUDGET IS APPROVED THIS EVENING.
THE REMAINING STREETS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 25 ISH ON THE LIST, WERE CHOSEN AS A CO, UH, USING A COMBINATION OF PAVING DATA COLLECTED WITH I M SS EXISTING PAVING WATER SEWER DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND FUNDING AVAIL.
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HERE IS A MAP SHOWING THOSE STREETS.THEY ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK LIKE.
GREGORY EDITION IS DOWN, IS THE, UH, PROJECT THAT KAREN WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT $2.8 MILLION FOR THE PAVING OF ALL THOSE STREETS.
AND IT IS, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY AT RIGHT AT PIPELINE ROAD.
SO THIS IS A MAP OF THE LOCAL STREETS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE NEXT FISCAL YEAR USING THAT HIGH DENSITY MINERAL BOND.
MAJORITY OF THE, OF THESE STREETS ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UM, A LOT OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE, WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY AND HERE'S A BLOWUP OF THOSE STREETS WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THEN TO UPDATE YOU ON THESE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, TARRANT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM, BROWN TRAIL FROM HARWOOD ESTATE, HIGHWAY 180 3.
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF HEARST.
CITY OF HEARST HAS ALREADY EXECUTED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR DESIGN OF THEIR PORTION OF THE ROAD.
UM, WE, UH, CITY OF BEDFORD HAS NOT, UM, EXECUTED AN INTERLOCAL A AS THERE'S NOT FUNDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
SPARGER ROAD WITHIN IN COLLEYVILLE WILL INCLUDE WIDENING OF THE ROADWAY, DRAINAGE AND WALKING AND WALKING TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S EXCITING.
SO THAT IS FROM HERITAGE FROM BEDFORD ROAD ON CHEEKS, BARGER TO HERITAGE, WHICH IS WHICH, ALL OF THAT.
UM, THE ROAD ITSELF IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF COLLEYVILLE AT THIS TIME.
WE ANTICIPATE DESIGN BEGINNING LIKELY NEXT FISCAL YEAR, MAYBE.
AND T R A HAS APPROACHED THE TWO CITIES ABOUT EXPEDITING THE, EXPEDITING THE DESIGN TO INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF ONE OF THEIR LARGE DIAMETER, UH, TRANSMISSION MAIN.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION MAYBE AT THE JANUARY MEETING.
WE HAD OUR INITIAL MEETING WITH T R A AND UM, AND THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE.
THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT OUR PROJECT AND IN THEIR C I P THEY HAVE THIS LARGE TRANSMISSION, MAINE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SIZE NOW, 24, 36, MAYBE 36 INCH THAT, UM, THEY WANTED TO REPLACE A LONG CHEEKS BARKER.
AND WHAT THEY ASKED WAS, WHAT ABOUT IF WE, UM, WHAT IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND GET ONE DESIGN ENGINEER? THAT WAY WE CAN GET OUR WATERLINE IN AND YOU CAN GET YOUR ROADWAY AND YOUR IMPROVEMENTS IN RATHER THAN TEARING UP, UH, CHEEKS BARK AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE ARE, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LOGISTICS AND THE FUNDING WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THAT.
SO, LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
UM, SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE DEFINITIVE FOR YOU AT THE, AT THE JANUARY MEETING IS THE PLAN TO MAKE THAT TWO LANE WITH A CENTER TURN LANE, ESSENTIALLY THREE LANES, COLLEYVILLE WISHES FOR IT TO LOOK LIKE BLADE ROAD TO LOOK LIKE.
IT'S PARTIAL, INTERMITTENT, INTERMITTENT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP ALL THE LITTLE SPECIAL TILES AND BRICKS.
SO THE LAST PROJECT IS CHEEKS BARK AT STATE HIGHWAY 1 21.
UM, CITY OF BEDFORD HAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ULI AND, UM, FOR THE DESIGN.
AND, UH, TXDOT WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, THEY'VE ALREADY ROUTED THE COVER SHEETS AND BOTH CITIES HAVE SIGNED IT AND THEY, UM, ANTICIPATE TXDOT TO BEACON CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR WITH A FIVE MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIME.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA EXTEND THE LEFT TURN LANES AND DO SOME MEDIAN WORK AND SIGNAL SIDEWALKS, UM, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UM, STATE HIGHWAY 1 21 AND CHEEKS, BARGER, ROAD CHEEKS, BARGER, MIDC CITIES.
SO, CIRCLING BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR STREETS.
UM, AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO USE THE I M S CONDITION SURVEY DATA FOR OUR IMPROVEMENTS.
CONSIDER EXPANDING THE MENU OF MAINTENANCE OPTIONS FOR STREET, FOR OUR STREET PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR OTHER, UM, OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT WOULD BE, UM, ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE WILL, WE CAN ANNUALLY RECONFIRM AND REPRIORITIZE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE THIS EVENING.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE PROJECT, UM, LIST FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING THIS EVENING ARE THE PROJECTS FOR THIS, UH, COMING FISCAL YEAR 23, 24.
AND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED, UM, WITH THE $6 MILLION, 2021 BOND
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UNTIL IT RUNS OUT.AND THEN HERE ARE THE PROPOSED LOCAL STREETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR A YEAR, UH, 24, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 28.
AND THESE ARE TYPICALLY FUNDED WITH THE FOUR B OPERATING BUDGET.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 2324 BUDGET FOR KAREN OR FOR ME OR ANY OF THE STREETS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE C I P? PARDON? CHERYL? WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE COLLEYVILLE CHIEFS PARK PROJECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, WITH THE TARRANT COUNTY BOND PROGRAM, UH, THEY, THEY, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH BROWN TRAIL, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF HEARST ON BROWN TRAIL ON PORTIONS OF THAT PROJECT.
AND COLLEYVILLE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO TARRANT COUNTY THAT WE WOULD PARTICIPATE SOMEHOW IN THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
SO AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITIES ON WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE, AND THERE'S ALSO CURRENTLY NO FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
SO THERE'S NO COMMITMENT FROM THEM FOR ANYTHING FINANCIALLY YET FROM EITHER SIDE.
UM, IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH COLLEYVILLE, THEY ARE, UM, PLANNING TO CONTINUE, UH, REQUESTING FUNDS FROM OTHER SOURCES TO HELP FUND THE PROJECT.
CHERYL, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? I NOTICED THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION ON CHEEKS.
BARGER, UH, THIS WEEK, GAS, THERE'S A, A PIPE THEY'RE DIGGING AND THEY'VE GOT SOME, UM, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVER THERE.
LOOKS LIKE FRANCHISE UTILITIES.
UM, I DIDN'T LOOK INTO WHO IT MIGHT BE, BUT LOOKING AT THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE AND, AND THE, UM, MATERIALS THAT ARE OUT THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS, I THINK I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE BUDGET BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.
UM, DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.
SO, UH, SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP AMY SABLE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAST OUR VOTE.
ALRIGHT, THAT PASSES, UH, UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO.
UM, AND SO NOW WE'VE, UH, REACHED THE, UH, THE END OF OUR MEETING.
WE ARE OUT OF AGENDA ITEMS, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, ADJOURNMENT HERE.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, DIRECTOR QUIGLEY AND A SECOND FROM SUE SCHULTZ.