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Good evening, Rockville. Today

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is SEPTEMBER 8th, 2025, and

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we

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re convening meeting 21-25.

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Let

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s begin with the Pledge of

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Allegiance. Please join us you

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are able. I snesia. On your

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back. Welcome everyone. We are

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officially uh back from recess,

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and it it was a short recess.

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One, I move over to our gender

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review, as MISS Sarah Taylor

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Ferrell, do we have any changes?

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MADAM Mayor and council members,

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there are no changes for this

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evening

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s agenda. Excellent.

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Thank you very much. I will now

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move on to the city manager

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s

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report. Welcome Jeff Mahali.

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Mayor Ashton, members of City

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council, ladies and gentlemen,

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good evening. I have 4 things

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tonight. It

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s all really good

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news. First of all, we learned

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this week that we received the

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government finance Officers

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Association distinguished Budge

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Presentation Award. I think for

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the 16th year in a row or 20th

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year in a row or something like

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that. So, it

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s really cool. The

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people who did did the

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assessment, um, of the award

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said that our budget process

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was excellent, that they were

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impressed that we included such

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a robust capital improvements

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plan, and, and this is the part

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that should be really um

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interesting to council that

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there

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s such a strong

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connection between strategic

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initiatives identified by city

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council and the budget process.

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So we

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re really excited about

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it. I just want to say congrats

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to our budget and finance teams

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and city council for that

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distinguished honor. Also,

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hopefully everybody noticed the

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brand new beautiful signage

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over the Route 55 pedestrian

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bridge that says town center

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with our brand new logo on what

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you guys think of it, but

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during the day, it looks cool,

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and at night it looks even

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better. And again, that

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s just

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to create more and more um

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placemaking in and around the

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town center, so we

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re excited

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about having that partnership

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with Wamata. Also, hopefully

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people have noticed all the

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beautiful purple lights all

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over the city outside here at

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City Hall, even for the first

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time, some of our street lights,

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that is our Rockville goes

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purple program. It

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s part of

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national recovery Month, and

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it

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s for people to understand

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and appreciate that recovery is

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a struggle and everybody needs

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help, and we should be thinking

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about it to support people

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going through that struggle.

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And then I also want to note

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that we are keeping open the um

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swim and fitness center,

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extending that for a couple

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weekends. The outside elements

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of the swimming fitness center

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will be open through till 6

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P.M. On Sunday, SEPTEMBER 14th,

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I think we

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re all excited about

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those new outdoor elements, and

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we might as well enjoy it for a

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couple more weekends. That

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all I have to report, Mayor.

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Thank you so much. Thank you

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for the excellent report. I

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just want to say

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congratulations to the entire

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team and to this body. I know

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that it takes a lot of work to

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make sure that we

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re on budget

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and the award-winning work

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they

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re doing has kept us aaa

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bond rating, which is the

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highest level of bond rating

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for a municipal government. I

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also just wanted to thank, uh,

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Wamata for the partnership, uh,

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the town center branding is

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something that we all worked on

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and uh it

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s designed to bring

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visibility, but it

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s done with

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care so that it

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s transparent

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and protects pedestrian safe ty

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and uh thank you for all the

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work in the swimming Fitness

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Center. I just wanted to say it

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on the uh International

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Overdose data that the county

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helped plan with uh some mccpt

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members and Laura Laura

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Mitchell. Uh, it was fantastic,

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but I wanted to pause and say,

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uh, that we do have Narcan at

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our, uh, Rockville City Police

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Department. Uh there is Narcan

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training that

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s coming up

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during Octoberfest, and it can

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save lives. We need to reduce

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the stigma. We need to help

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people and just want to be on

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record. I know we

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ll do some

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proclamations coming up. I just

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wanted to make sure I noted

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that Doctor Miles Thank you,

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MADAM Mayor, would echo your

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thanks to the city management

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and staff for all the great

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work and thanks again for the

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our participation, the opioid

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Awareness Day. I was able to

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come to the beginning, but

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Daddy Duty took me away from

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the from the proclamation

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reading later that day, but

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just thank everybody for coming

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out remembering those who we

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lost. And to remember to

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redouble our efforts moving

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forward. Uh, the other piece is,

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uh, thanks to the police

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department for an awesome open

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house, um, we had a great time.

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I got my little kid energy out,

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though I did not get in the

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bounce house, so don

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t arrest

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me. But great times. Thanks to

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the police department for that.

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s all. There

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s always next

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year. Councilorre. Oh, I was

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just going to echo what DR.

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Miles said. Congratulation to

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the police department, and

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absolutely successful open

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house, um, hundreds of people

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came through, um, not only to

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enjoy, um, the fabulous events

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of food for kids, but tours of

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the entire police department,

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and all aspects of it. So huge

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congratulations to the police

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department. Thank you. And

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since we

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re talking about

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police, uh, the, uh, final

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positions, at least at the

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patrol and officer level were

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filled. Uh, so we had a lot of

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interest and uh fantastic

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members of the team and

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increasing diversity of our

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police uh leaders. COUNCILMAN

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Valeri. Um, I

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ll echo what

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everyone else said as well, but

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um I also wanted to recognize

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even though I know that we have

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proclamations that another uh

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future meeting date that um

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this month is also a suicide

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prevention awareness month. Um,

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and one of the, uh, members of

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the community, um, in Twinbrook

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invited me to the celebration

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of, of life, remembrance of a a

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young man, um, who died by

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suicide, and it

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s always been

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in the forefront of my mind,

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but I appreciate that. We have

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a month where we can think

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about those we have lost, as

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well as those who continue to

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struggle. Thank you Well, now

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it

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s time to hear from our

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community. Uh, we

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ll move on to

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community forum. All persons

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shall address the mayor in

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council. Please speak in a

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civil and courteous manner.

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Members of the audience should

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also be respectful of others.

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Each person will be allowed 3

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minutes. There is a time clock

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in front of you, and please

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state your name and if you live

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in Rockville for the record.

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m going to call up the first

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person, uh, Jamie n. Welcome.

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My name is Jamie and I live in

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Rockville. Council members, the

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majority of you enjoyed a

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council trip to our sister city

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of Pinneberg, Germany last

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month. While you were there,

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did the topic of rent caps come

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up? Because our sister city has

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regulations that prevent a

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landlord from increasing rent

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by more than 20% over 3 years.

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Why won

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t you let Rockville

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have something like that. I

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understand that you don

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t want

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to talk about rent

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stabilization anymore, hence

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why you

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ve banned further city

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council member initiatives

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about it for the next 2 years,

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but not having rent caps in

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Rockville will hurt people

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every single day for the next 2

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years, and I will not let you

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suppress this issue. I

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understand the majority of you

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cite concerns that having any

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rent caps in Rockville will

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dissuade future real estate

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developers from building here.

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A developer that specifically

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looks to build in areas without

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rent stabilization in order to

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maximize their profits is

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predatory. Per Rockville

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definitions and research, the

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majority of renters here are

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cost burdened by their rent. So

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instead of creating legislation

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that is a compromise like

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Montgomery County

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s 6% cap plus

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inflation or Pinneberg

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s 20%

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cap over three years. You give

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us nothing, no protection, and

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make Rockville a target for

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predatory real estate

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capitalists. You

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re inviting

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predatory businesses to

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Rockville for an all you can

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eat buffet where the income of

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your constituents is the feast,

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where emaciated, we don

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t have

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any more to give. You are

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permitting predatory leasing

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companies to make people choose

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between paying their rent or

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feeding themselves. You cannot

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be surprised when those same

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hungry eyes turn and look at

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you with fear and resentment.

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Your opportunity for to receive

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pleasantries from your

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constituents has passed. There

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are more pressing issues that

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need to be addressed.

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Homelessness, poverty, and

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hunger are not naturally

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occurring in a well-functioning

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society. They are policy

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failures, and the majority of

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you on this council are failing

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the people you are supposed to

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work for. The progressive train

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towards a more equitable and

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humanity-focused future, not

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profit-focused, and is is

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inevitable, and the majority of

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you are standing on the wrong

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side of the tracks. This train

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is unstoppable, and you either

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need to get on board or get out

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of the way or we are

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metaphorically going to run you

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over. In the words of activist

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Wael Ghonem. The power of the

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people The power of the people

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is stronger than the people in

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power. Thank you Welcome, Anika

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Halota. Hi Oh, so it worked.

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Hello? Hey, so I moved here

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last year and the city of

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Rockville Gazette showed up and

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it said that we have leaf

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sweeping, where you vacuum up

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the leaves, and I was like, oh

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great, good service. Um, so I

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did that, took all my leaves

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from my backyard, out onto the

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curb, and about 2 weeks later,

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I started reading about

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fireflies and realized I had

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messed up and I was supposed to

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leave the leaves on my property

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to support them. And so, in

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order to prevent anyone else

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from making that same mistake

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by accident, I would like to

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suggest that in the Rockville

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Gazette at any online

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publications, we just include a

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little blurb informing people

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that uh you might want to leave

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some. So I

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ve written one up,

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um, I guess I can just read it.

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Welcome to Take It verbatim. So

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my suggested text is want to

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help fireflies thrive. Consider

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leaving some leaf litter on

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your property instead of

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sending it to the curb. Firefly

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larva live and hunt in moistly

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flares through fall and winter,

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relying on that natural habitat

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to survive and emerge as

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glowing adults the following

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summer By keeping leaves in

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garden beds or under trees,

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you

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re creating a small but

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powerful sanctuary for these

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magical insects. No extra work

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required. With just one season

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of leafy shelter, you MAY start

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seeing more fireflies next

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summer, and even more each year

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as their habitat improves.

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Learn more about supporting

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fireflies at

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circe.Org/fireflies. Um, that

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s

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all. Thanks. Thank you Welcome,

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Simi merchant. What

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s up,

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counsel? Hope you MISS Me. Look

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at all these studies on why

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rent stabilization is so great.

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And you can tell, I

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m being

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sarcastic. And this is just a

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physics textbook, by the way.

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Adam, I hope you

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re laughing.

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That joke was for you. As I

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ve

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spoken to more of my community

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members and have gone to more

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community events. I

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ve grown to

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love the Rockville community.

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I

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ve grown, truthfully, I come

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from a town that lacked

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diversity. And in my early

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years, I lacked friendships

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because of it. I got bullied

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because I didn

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t look like my

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classmates. And I didn

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t speak

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like them. In contrast to my

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hometown, I found everyone here

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so welcoming. I

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m not sure if

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you

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ve gone to the salsa event

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at the town center, but that

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was a blast. I had a lot of fun,

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even though I

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m quite a bad

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dancer The diver that diversity

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will perish your friend

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stabilization is not passed.

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Rent hikes will push out many

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different minority groups out

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of the county. And truthfully,

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this is why I fight. I don

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t

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want the city to be like the

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town I

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m from. Only white

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people being constantly shunned

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for being different. I want to

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tell my kids who will probably

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go to the schools in Brockville

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that I prevented your childhood

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from being like mine. I don

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t

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want him to go through him or

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her to go through the same

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thing of people looking at you

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differently or thinking that,

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oh, I

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m annoyed or get this,

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I

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m an Indian giver, right? So

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I want to protect this

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community and I truly don

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t

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expect any of you who voted

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against rent stabilization to

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do anything. Uh, I mean,

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seriously, Adam, um, is a

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corporate lawyer who probably

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evicts single mothers for fun.

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I mean, there has to be a lot

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of conflicts of interest right

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there. But nevertheless, I

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m

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calling for something even

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stronger than a rent

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stabilization in Montgomery

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County. I

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m calling for the

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rent freeze of any dwelling

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unit older than 23 years. In

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addition, I want the Montgomery

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County Rent Stabilization bill

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implemented in Rockville, but

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it applies for units older than

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15 years. Truthfully, this bill,

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the bill is really good. It

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s,

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it

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s, don

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t get me wrong, and

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I

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m not gonna hit on it, but I

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like to fight for a better

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tomorrow. Where it

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s ensured

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that there

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s truly no child who

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feels lonely in this county.

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Thank you. Thank you. Welcome,

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Milton Helen. Good evening, uh,

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MADAM Mayor and counsel. Thank

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you for having us here. Um, I

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m

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here tonight to speak about

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rank choice voting. It

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s my

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understanding that you have a

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proposal coming forward, um,

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and I hope you

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re going to

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support it. I also think it

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would be great if you can

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implement it for the 2027

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election. Um, I

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ve seen some

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talk that maybe it will be

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pushed back later, but I think

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the sooner the better. Racho as

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voting is a great way to

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moderate our politics generally,

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uh, because. It means that when

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you have a really bad candidate,

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everyone can kind of see that

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and, and push them push them

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out to a bit. Push them last,

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um, and I think that that

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s a

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great thing if we don

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t have

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two sides of politics

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constantly. Fighting with each

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other going at each other. They

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have to work together because

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that

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s what the people. Want

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That

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s what the people have

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spoken for. So I hope you can

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see yourself too. Passing this

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bill or or legislation that you

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have before you. And we can do

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it here and let it spread to

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other areas of the county. I

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live in Frederick County myself.

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I

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m hoping to have, you know.

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Do something good in one place,

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we can bring it to another, so,

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uh, we don

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t have any pending

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legislation in Frederick County

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for ran choice voting, but I

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think if Rockville leads the

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way in Maryland or joins the

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other municipalities in

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Maryland that have it already.

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Um, it can be something that

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can, that can be an example for

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the rest of the state, um, to

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go forward with, so, uh. Yeah,

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thank you. Thank you. Welcome,

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Tyler McLean. Hey everybody, uh,

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I

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m Tyler, uh, live in

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Rockville, West End resident.

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If you don

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t remember, uh, Vice

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PRESIDENT Of my daughter

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s pta

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over at Maryvale, active in the

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Friends of Rockville Civic

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Ballet, and I have a plot at

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the Wootton Mill Community

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Garden Park. Uh, and I just

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mentioned all that to, to

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signify that I love Rockville.

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I also volunteer through the

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senior neighbor. Shoveling

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program that you all run. Um,

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and today I

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m here to advocate

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for a government that is

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proactive rather than reactive,

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and one that earns decorum

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rather than demands it. If

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Rockville

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s housing policies

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only react to capitalistic

584
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market market forces, then we

585
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will always putting be putting

586
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band-aids on capitalistic

587
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induced exploitation. This

588
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evening, you

589
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re going to review

590
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Community Development block

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grants. Your own reporting on

592
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those grants states that over

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55% of Rockwell renters are

594
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either cost or severely cost

595
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burdened. Among those renters,

596
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a disproportionate number are

597
00:16:01,366 --> 00:16:02,534
people of color, and these

598
00:16:02,534 --> 00:16:04,703
challenges are only expected to

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grow through 2040. Using these

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grants to maintain, beautify,

601
00:16:08,373 --> 00:16:11,777
or even purchase a small number

602
00:16:11,777 --> 00:16:13,412
of units does not change the

603
00:16:13,412 --> 00:16:15,647
fundamental market forces that

604
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exploit and harm your residents.

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It

606
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s like if someone was

607
00:16:19,510 --> 00:16:20,520
getting whipped, and you just

608
00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:21,820
kept giving them stitches,

609
00:16:21,820 --> 00:16:21,987
instead of stopping the person

610
00:16:21,987 --> 00:16:22,421
who

611
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s actually doing the

612
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whipping. By refusing to

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regulate the housing market and

614
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excuse me, and now even discuss

615
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it through policies like rent

616
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stabilization, you are reacting

617
00:16:36,468 --> 00:16:38,437
to a market that was designed

618
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and will always cause harm,

619
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particularly to our most

620
00:16:41,939 --> 00:16:44,208
vulnerable residents. You are

621
00:16:44,208 --> 00:16:45,444
choosing to let the whipping

622
00:16:45,444 --> 00:16:47,779
continue, and now not even talk

623
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about it. This brings me to my

624
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second point, and please bear

625
00:16:51,249 --> 00:16:52,783
with me for a bit. For purposes

626
00:16:52,783 --> 00:16:54,119
of this format, this is a

627
00:16:54,119 --> 00:16:55,654
rhetorical question. If you

628
00:16:55,654 --> 00:16:56,888
were getting whipped or beat up

629
00:16:56,888 --> 00:16:59,458
or drowned, would you continue

630
00:16:59,458 --> 00:17:01,927
to be calm? Would you continue

631
00:17:01,927 --> 00:17:04,927
to have an orderly, respectful

632
00:17:05,397 --> 00:17:07,232
conversation with your abuser,

633
00:17:07,232 --> 00:17:08,165
speaking for myself, once the

634
00:17:08,165 --> 00:17:10,102
fighting begins, decorum has

635
00:17:10,102 --> 00:17:13,710
gone out the window and now at

636
00:17:13,710 --> 00:17:15,474
a minimum, I can act in

637
00:17:15,474 --> 00:17:16,275
self-defense. Decorum in

638
00:17:16,275 --> 00:17:18,675
America has always functioned

639
00:17:19,377 --> 00:17:20,412
as a tool of the oppressor.

640
00:17:20,412 --> 00:17:22,812
Even in extremely recent

641
00:17:23,282 --> 00:17:24,650
history, like insurance

642
00:17:24,650 --> 00:17:26,650
companies denying justifiable

643
00:17:27,286 --> 00:17:27,919
medical claims or the federal

644
00:17:27,919 --> 00:17:30,319
government kidnapping its own

645
00:17:30,522 --> 00:17:31,890
citizens off the streets.

646
00:17:31,890 --> 00:17:33,825
Decorum in these situations

647
00:17:33,825 --> 00:17:34,993
only serves to embolden those

648
00:17:34,993 --> 00:17:35,193
in power to keep doing what

649
00:17:35,193 --> 00:17:36,495
they

650
00:17:36,495 --> 00:17:38,664
re doing and let the

651
00:17:38,664 --> 00:17:40,532
exploitation continue. Please

652
00:17:40,532 --> 00:17:42,100
note that myself and a growing

653
00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:43,680
number of my friends are tired

654
00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:43,268
of being hurt, and we

655
00:17:43,268 --> 00:17:45,268
re going

656
00:17:45,536 --> 00:17:46,805
to start fighting back If this

657
00:17:46,805 --> 00:17:48,730
feels like some big shadowy

658
00:17:48,730 --> 00:17:49,441
force that some of you

659
00:17:49,441 --> 00:17:50,876
mentioned at the last meeting

660
00:17:50,876 --> 00:17:51,810
on the 21st. Let me lift the

661
00:17:51,810 --> 00:17:55,410
veil for you with your own

662
00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:56,648
reporting Between 2020 and 2040,

663
00:17:56,648 --> 00:17:58,317
Rockville

664
00:17:58,317 --> 00:17:59,784
s population is

665
00:17:59,784 --> 00:18:01,219
expected to increase 37%.

666
00:18:01,219 --> 00:18:02,187
Without regulating the housing

667
00:18:02,187 --> 00:18:04,122
market, more people are going

668
00:18:04,122 --> 00:18:06,157
to be pushed into poverty, and

669
00:18:06,157 --> 00:18:08,493
we will have no choice but to

670
00:18:08,493 --> 00:18:09,460
make friends and build

671
00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:09,628
solidarity with those folks. So

672
00:18:09,628 --> 00:18:11,463
it

673
00:18:11,463 --> 00:18:13,565
s not a shadowy force, it is

674
00:18:13,565 --> 00:18:14,765
the people that you are pushing

675
00:18:14,765 --> 00:18:15,866
into poverty that are going to

676
00:18:15,866 --> 00:18:17,669
come to these hearings that are

677
00:18:17,669 --> 00:18:19,538
going to run against you. If

678
00:18:19,538 --> 00:18:20,606
you would like to keep the

679
00:18:20,606 --> 00:18:21,607
conversation going and maybe

680
00:18:21,607 --> 00:18:23,609
even become one of those

681
00:18:23,609 --> 00:18:25,344
friends, and maybe earn decorum.

682
00:18:25,344 --> 00:18:27,312
I would love to find a time to

683
00:18:27,312 --> 00:18:29,347
meet with you and discuss

684
00:18:29,347 --> 00:18:31,249
designing government that is

685
00:18:31,249 --> 00:18:32,650
proactive rather than reactive.

686
00:18:32,650 --> 00:18:33,652
A government that heals rather

687
00:18:33,652 --> 00:18:36,652
than harms. Thank you. Thank

688
00:18:38,557 --> 00:18:38,724
you Welcome, uh, I apologize, I

689
00:18:38,724 --> 00:18:40,724
can

690
00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:42,828
t see the full name. Norma?

691
00:18:42,828 --> 00:18:47,280
Ok, MISS Norma, uh, I believe p.

692
00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,240
Welcome My name is No

693
00:18:58,744 --> 00:19:00,178
Brailsford. And, um, I got

694
00:19:00,178 --> 00:19:02,748
scared coming here because the

695
00:19:02,748 --> 00:19:04,149
little light out there, I

696
00:19:04,149 --> 00:19:05,583
pushed the button and the car

697
00:19:05,583 --> 00:19:05,983
almost hit me, so I

698
00:19:05,983 --> 00:19:07,983
m a nervous

699
00:19:08,986 --> 00:19:09,588
wreck. But I

700
00:19:09,588 --> 00:19:09,988
m here because i

701
00:19:09,988 --> 00:19:11,923
m

702
00:19:11,923 --> 00:19:14,293
in my 80s. I came from

703
00:19:14,293 --> 00:19:16,693
Montgomery County. The county

704
00:19:17,161 --> 00:19:18,696
was very active county. I find

705
00:19:18,696 --> 00:19:19,731
that when this county does

706
00:19:19,731 --> 00:19:21,330
absolutely, there

707
00:19:21,330 --> 00:19:21,233
s no activity,

708
00:19:21,233 --> 00:19:23,233
there

709
00:19:23,502 --> 00:19:23,669
s nothing to do here.

710
00:19:23,669 --> 00:19:25,604
We

711
00:19:25,604 --> 00:19:27,806
re trying to get bocce ball

712
00:19:27,806 --> 00:19:29,241
on courts set up. So if we can

713
00:19:29,241 --> 00:19:31,677
get that, perhaps that will

714
00:19:31,677 --> 00:19:34,378
help. I know many people like

715
00:19:34,378 --> 00:19:34,846
to play that game, so. That

716
00:19:34,846 --> 00:19:35,314
s

717
00:19:35,314 --> 00:19:36,915
what I

718
00:19:36,915 --> 00:19:39,617
m all about. If I could

719
00:19:39,617 --> 00:19:42,521
see more, if we could see more

720
00:19:42,521 --> 00:19:46,121
activities. We have a lot of

721
00:19:46,425 --> 00:19:47,250
seniors in the area, and at my

722
00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,393
age, I

723
00:19:48,393 --> 00:19:48,560
ve learned that you

724
00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,329
don

725
00:19:50,329 --> 00:19:50,895
t put seniors in corners

726
00:19:50,895 --> 00:19:52,831
because they

727
00:19:52,831 --> 00:19:55,670
re gonna end up

728
00:19:55,670 --> 00:19:57,636
dying. We have to give them

729
00:19:57,636 --> 00:20:01,390
something to do. And so my

730
00:20:01,390 --> 00:20:04,639
thing is we just need more

731
00:20:07,546 --> 00:20:10,115
activity. Thank you. Thank you

732
00:20:10,115 --> 00:20:10,415
Welcome, Nancy Wallace. And

733
00:20:10,415 --> 00:20:11,149
while she

734
00:20:11,149 --> 00:20:12,751
s coming up just ask

735
00:20:12,751 --> 00:20:14,486
MR. Mihali if someone on staff

736
00:20:14,486 --> 00:20:15,454
can give one of the books as

737
00:20:15,454 --> 00:20:18,155
well as the grant program.

738
00:20:18,155 --> 00:20:18,824
Thank you. But I

739
00:20:18,824 --> 00:20:20,570
d appreciate

740
00:20:20,570 --> 00:20:23,528
seeing my Narcan that I carry

741
00:20:23,528 --> 00:20:25,497
in my purse. Thank you. My name

742
00:20:25,497 --> 00:20:26,965
is Nancy Wallace. I live in

743
00:20:26,965 --> 00:20:27,266
North Bethesda, and I

744
00:20:27,266 --> 00:20:28,333
m

745
00:20:28,333 --> 00:20:29,701
testifying tonight on behalf of

746
00:20:29,701 --> 00:20:30,769
the Montgomery County Green

747
00:20:30,769 --> 00:20:31,737
Party. I

748
00:20:31,737 --> 00:20:33,171
m also running for

749
00:20:33,171 --> 00:20:35,140
Congress, us House of

750
00:20:35,140 --> 00:20:36,107
Representatives, cda just for

751
00:20:36,107 --> 00:20:38,210
the purposes of disclosure, not

752
00:20:38,210 --> 00:20:38,677
relevant to tonight. I

753
00:20:38,677 --> 00:20:40,677
m

754
00:20:41,113 --> 00:20:43,148
testifying on behalf of the 150

755
00:20:43,148 --> 00:20:44,983
registered Green Party voters

756
00:20:44,983 --> 00:20:46,584
in Rockville, multiplied by the

757
00:20:46,584 --> 00:20:48,920
8 times by which we normally

758
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:49,855
get our vote counts. We have

759
00:20:49,855 --> 00:20:51,290
the actual absolute opposite of

760
00:20:51,290 --> 00:20:52,424
the two major parties. We have

761
00:20:52,424 --> 00:20:54,192
far more people voting for our

762
00:20:54,192 --> 00:20:55,260
candidates than we do

763
00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:58,260
registered. So that looks like

764
00:20:59,697 --> 00:21:00,999
a total of 1100 voters for

765
00:21:00,999 --> 00:21:02,634
Rockville. We request rank

766
00:21:02,634 --> 00:21:05,340
Choice voting for the 2027

767
00:21:05,269 --> 00:21:06,404
election. The consultant, we

768
00:21:06,404 --> 00:21:06,705
understand, says that you can

769
00:21:06,705 --> 00:21:08,705
t

770
00:21:10,309 --> 00:21:13,111
do this in 26 months. Rank

771
00:21:13,111 --> 00:21:14,513
Choice Voting Maryland, our

772
00:21:14,513 --> 00:21:15,948
state nonprofit expert group

773
00:21:15,948 --> 00:21:17,916
has provided significant

774
00:21:17,916 --> 00:21:20,284
resources to the consultant on

775
00:21:20,284 --> 00:21:22,321
how to implement rcv, which is

776
00:21:22,321 --> 00:21:22,486
not included in the report. I

777
00:21:22,486 --> 00:21:24,189
don

778
00:21:24,189 --> 00:21:25,657
t know if the Democratic

779
00:21:25,657 --> 00:21:27,559
Party has contacted any of you

780
00:21:27,559 --> 00:21:30,562
or the consultant or the city

781
00:21:30,562 --> 00:21:31,128
staff, but uh this is doable.

782
00:21:31,128 --> 00:21:33,128
Democratic leadership in

783
00:21:33,398 --> 00:21:34,933
Annapolis, you MAY know, has

784
00:21:34,933 --> 00:21:36,401
killed the bill 5 times in a

785
00:21:36,401 --> 00:21:37,202
row, including just the very

786
00:21:37,202 --> 00:21:38,303
small pilot from Montgomery

787
00:21:38,303 --> 00:21:39,771
County. They do what they call,

788
00:21:39,771 --> 00:21:40,380
put it in the drawer. Where

789
00:21:40,380 --> 00:21:41,273
they don

790
00:21:41,273 --> 00:21:42,140
t even allow a

791
00:21:42,140 --> 00:21:43,400
subcommittee hearing. It

792
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,400
s very

793
00:21:45,544 --> 00:21:46,511
clear that the larger partisan

794
00:21:46,511 --> 00:21:46,979
forces here in Maryland right

795
00:21:46,979 --> 00:21:48,979
now don

796
00:21:49,848 --> 00:21:51,783
t quite get the message

797
00:21:51,783 --> 00:21:52,416
that rank Choice voting

798
00:21:52,416 --> 00:21:54,285
enhances voting for everybody

799
00:21:54,285 --> 00:21:57,155
and in fact would probably keep

800
00:21:57,155 --> 00:21:59,591
Democrats in office in the

801
00:21:59,591 --> 00:22:02,270
longer term because the um

802
00:22:02,270 --> 00:22:03,962
wider points of view are

803
00:22:03,962 --> 00:22:05,896
externalized. You moved very

804
00:22:05,896 --> 00:22:05,998
quickly on covid, and we

805
00:22:05,998 --> 00:22:06,164
re

806
00:22:06,164 --> 00:22:08,000
it

807
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:08,667
s very clear for any

808
00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:09,768
government activity, if there

809
00:22:09,768 --> 00:22:11,236
is a will, there

810
00:22:11,236 --> 00:22:13,538
s a way. We do

811
00:22:13,538 --> 00:22:14,206
not think the consultant is

812
00:22:14,206 --> 00:22:15,507
presenting objective fact-based

813
00:22:15,507 --> 00:22:17,909
information to you. I do not

814
00:22:17,909 --> 00:22:18,844
want you to be portrayed as

815
00:22:18,844 --> 00:22:21,244
incapable of implementing a

816
00:22:22,281 --> 00:22:24,215
small change in the marketing

817
00:22:24,215 --> 00:22:26,251
and calculation of ballots in

818
00:22:26,251 --> 00:22:28,530
more than 2 years. We, the

819
00:22:28,530 --> 00:22:30,489
Green Party offered to help you

820
00:22:30,489 --> 00:22:33,489
as stakeholders in the design

821
00:22:33,792 --> 00:22:35,661
process, testers, trainers, and

822
00:22:35,661 --> 00:22:37,596
advertisers for free. To make

823
00:22:37,596 --> 00:22:38,730
democracy work as it was

824
00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:41,130
intended with true majority

825
00:22:43,668 --> 00:22:46,668
voting. Thank you. Thank you

826
00:22:49,207 --> 00:22:50,175
Welcome, Ashley Houghton.

827
00:22:50,175 --> 00:22:51,610
Followed by Michelle Whittaker.

828
00:22:51,610 --> 00:22:52,811
Brilliant. Michelle is unable

829
00:22:52,811 --> 00:22:54,379
to make it as she is in green

830
00:22:54,379 --> 00:22:54,780
belt, um, but I also have her

831
00:22:54,780 --> 00:22:56,780
comments if that

832
00:22:56,915 --> 00:22:58,116
s helpful.

833
00:22:58,116 --> 00:22:58,450
Hello, my name is Ashley

834
00:22:58,450 --> 00:22:59,985
Houghton. I

835
00:22:59,985 --> 00:23:01,553
m the chief program

836
00:23:01,553 --> 00:23:02,955
officer at FairVote, a national

837
00:23:02,955 --> 00:23:04,189
organization, and I appreciate

838
00:23:04,189 --> 00:23:04,723
the opportunity to speak

839
00:23:04,723 --> 00:23:05,290
tonight. I don

840
00:23:05,290 --> 00:23:06,158
t live in

841
00:23:06,158 --> 00:23:07,224
Rockville anymore, but I

842
00:23:07,224 --> 00:23:09,224
m also

843
00:23:09,528 --> 00:23:11,960
a Rockville native. I am so

844
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,131
lucky and proud to have grown

845
00:23:13,131 --> 00:23:15,901
up in this community. My first

846
00:23:15,901 --> 00:23:18,270
date was at the Regal Cinema,

847
00:23:18,270 --> 00:23:19,738
and I fully plan to call out

848
00:23:19,738 --> 00:23:22,138
teenagers after this meeting

849
00:23:22,274 --> 00:23:24,674
and the generational cycle

850
00:23:24,710 --> 00:23:25,377
would continue. Fair vote is a

851
00:23:25,377 --> 00:23:26,110
national nonpartisan

852
00:23:26,110 --> 00:23:27,546
organization that researches

853
00:23:27,546 --> 00:23:29,448
and advances voting reforms

854
00:23:29,448 --> 00:23:30,815
that make democracy more

855
00:23:30,815 --> 00:23:32,170
functional and representative

856
00:23:32,170 --> 00:23:34,252
for every American. From this

857
00:23:34,252 --> 00:23:36,221
lens, I want to encourage you

858
00:23:36,221 --> 00:23:38,390
to bring ranked choice voting

859
00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:41,390
to Rockville voters by 2027, if

860
00:23:41,659 --> 00:23:42,227
at all possible. I

861
00:23:42,227 --> 00:23:43,595
m watching

862
00:23:43,595 --> 00:23:45,464
firsthand the power of this

863
00:23:45,464 --> 00:23:47,990
reform is is having for voters

864
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:48,934
and for candidates across the

865
00:23:48,934 --> 00:23:51,736
country. At a time when there

866
00:23:51,736 --> 00:23:53,772
is so much that we are fighting

867
00:23:53,772 --> 00:23:55,641
against so much harm being done

868
00:23:55,641 --> 00:23:56,675
to communities and to our

869
00:23:56,675 --> 00:23:57,309
cities. It

870
00:23:57,309 --> 00:23:58,509
s fundamentally

871
00:23:58,509 --> 00:24:00,909
important to fight for

872
00:24:01,445 --> 00:24:02,914
something and to pass things

873
00:24:02,914 --> 00:24:04,914
proactively through solutions.

874
00:24:05,317 --> 00:24:05,884
Too often, our elections

875
00:24:05,884 --> 00:24:07,884
incentivize mud slinging

876
00:24:08,253 --> 00:24:09,720
campaigns, and a race to the

877
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,890
bottom as you know, rather than

878
00:24:11,890 --> 00:24:12,824
the problem solving that

879
00:24:12,824 --> 00:24:13,158
emerges in ranked choice voting

880
00:24:13,158 --> 00:24:14,260
systems. I

881
00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:14,525
m not saying it

882
00:24:14,525 --> 00:24:16,270
s a

883
00:24:16,270 --> 00:24:18,430
cure for everything. But when

884
00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:20,832
many of us feel like we spend

885
00:24:20,832 --> 00:24:22,234
our time opposing the threats

886
00:24:22,234 --> 00:24:23,702
to democracy, proactively

887
00:24:23,702 --> 00:24:26,380
making our democracy better is

888
00:24:26,380 --> 00:24:27,839
proof that we can still do

889
00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:28,372
extraordinary things together.

890
00:24:28,372 --> 00:24:30,241
And there

891
00:24:30,241 --> 00:24:32,644
s no better place for

892
00:24:32,644 --> 00:24:33,611
that than Rockville. Despite a

893
00:24:33,611 --> 00:24:35,146
sizable Asian-American

894
00:24:35,146 --> 00:24:36,548
community, Rockville has never

895
00:24:36,548 --> 00:24:37,149
managed to elect an

896
00:24:37,149 --> 00:24:39,149
Asian-American candidate to

897
00:24:40,285 --> 00:24:42,321
city council. This is a capital

898
00:24:42,321 --> 00:24:43,555
adjacent city that can model an

899
00:24:43,555 --> 00:24:46,191
effective democracy at a time

900
00:24:46,191 --> 00:24:47,192
where it needs our modeling.

901
00:24:47,192 --> 00:24:48,593
Nationally, we

902
00:24:48,593 --> 00:24:49,694
re facing a

903
00:24:49,694 --> 00:24:51,163
representation crisis that

904
00:24:51,163 --> 00:24:52,431
needs the leadership of cities

905
00:24:52,431 --> 00:24:53,932
that understand what is at

906
00:24:53,932 --> 00:24:55,333
stake, and I want Rockville to

907
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:58,136
lead the nation in improving

908
00:24:58,136 --> 00:24:58,604
our democracy for all voters. I

909
00:24:58,604 --> 00:24:59,504
know you

910
00:24:59,504 --> 00:25:00,505
re grappling with how

911
00:25:00,505 --> 00:25:00,605
we might implement it, and I

912
00:25:00,605 --> 00:25:02,605
d

913
00:25:03,442 --> 00:25:06,778
like to ask the council to uh

914
00:25:06,778 --> 00:25:09,715
implement a rank choice voting,

915
00:25:09,715 --> 00:25:11,650
um, uh, without, uh, a

916
00:25:11,650 --> 00:25:13,552
referendum through a resolution.

917
00:25:13,552 --> 00:25:14,720
The diversity and this and the

918
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,720
population of this

919
00:25:17,723 --> 00:25:18,690
extraordinary city is growing.

920
00:25:18,690 --> 00:25:20,358
Delaying implementation is

921
00:25:20,358 --> 00:25:21,693
delaying fair representation

922
00:25:21,693 --> 00:25:22,994
for Rockville voters. We are

923
00:25:22,994 --> 00:25:24,563
watching more people run for

924
00:25:24,563 --> 00:25:26,431
office than ever before, and we

925
00:25:26,431 --> 00:25:28,400
should be encouraged by that,

926
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,670
not dismayed by it. Thank you

927
00:25:29,670 --> 00:25:29,234
for your consideration and if

928
00:25:29,234 --> 00:25:29,935
you

929
00:25:29,935 --> 00:25:31,870
d like to find me after

930
00:25:31,870 --> 00:25:33,171
this meeting, I will be asking

931
00:25:33,171 --> 00:25:34,673
teenagers by the Regal Theater

932
00:25:34,673 --> 00:25:38,273
if they are registered to vote.

933
00:25:39,978 --> 00:25:42,748
Thank you Welcome, Adam Wise.

934
00:25:42,748 --> 00:25:45,748
Followed by Kristen k. Adam

935
00:25:49,354 --> 00:25:50,455
Wise first. Thank you. MADAM

936
00:25:50,455 --> 00:25:52,223
Mayor and members of the

937
00:25:52,223 --> 00:25:54,259
council, my name is Adam Wise.

938
00:25:54,259 --> 00:25:55,192
I am a resident of Rockville

939
00:25:55,192 --> 00:25:58,192
and a representative of the

940
00:25:58,297 --> 00:25:59,731
Maryland Ford Party. We are, we

941
00:25:59,731 --> 00:26:01,198
are concerned with repairing

942
00:26:01,198 --> 00:26:03,235
and improving the democratic

943
00:26:03,235 --> 00:26:04,603
process across the state. Our

944
00:26:04,603 --> 00:26:05,737
current voting system awards

945
00:26:05,737 --> 00:26:08,600
the position to the candidate

946
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,400
who gets the most votes. While

947
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,875
this MAY appear logical. In

948
00:26:10,875 --> 00:26:12,844
reality, the winner of any race,

949
00:26:12,844 --> 00:26:14,546
with more than 2 potential

950
00:26:14,546 --> 00:26:16,480
candidates is often elected by

951
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,116
a minority of voters. Voters

952
00:26:18,116 --> 00:26:19,451
who might be happy with several

953
00:26:19,451 --> 00:26:21,180
potential candidates are forced

954
00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:22,821
to choose only one. This

955
00:26:22,821 --> 00:26:24,790
disregard for the 2nd and 3

956
00:26:24,790 --> 00:26:26,223
choices means that it is

957
00:26:26,223 --> 00:26:28,660
possible for candidates to win

958
00:26:28,660 --> 00:26:30,660
with only 40, 30, or 20%

959
00:26:31,663 --> 00:26:33,599
support, not a majority.

960
00:26:33,599 --> 00:26:35,534
Marilyn Ford identifies rank

961
00:26:35,534 --> 00:26:36,501
choice voting rcv as our

962
00:26:36,501 --> 00:26:38,670
primary voting procedure reform,

963
00:26:38,670 --> 00:26:39,237
one of our best hopes for

964
00:26:39,237 --> 00:26:41,237
improving the democratic

965
00:26:42,374 --> 00:26:43,875
process. Without naming names,

966
00:26:43,875 --> 00:26:45,710
there is strong evidence across

967
00:26:45,710 --> 00:26:47,144
multiple elections that some of

968
00:26:47,144 --> 00:26:48,213
the most problematic divisive

969
00:26:48,213 --> 00:26:49,481
politicians would never have

970
00:26:49,481 --> 00:26:51,383
won their elections if rank

971
00:26:51,383 --> 00:26:52,783
choice voting were in place. We

972
00:26:52,783 --> 00:26:54,251
understand that the powers that

973
00:26:54,251 --> 00:26:55,753
be at the Maryland level are

974
00:26:55,753 --> 00:26:57,789
going to take their cues from

975
00:26:57,789 --> 00:26:59,558
what happens at the city level

976
00:26:59,558 --> 00:27:00,158
on this issue, and that in turn

977
00:27:00,158 --> 00:27:02,558
will influence the national

978
00:27:02,594 --> 00:27:04,663
debate. So I would encourage

979
00:27:04,663 --> 00:27:06,310
the city to use rank choice

980
00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:07,732
voting for our elections to

981
00:27:07,732 --> 00:27:10,636
give voters more power and more

982
00:27:10,636 --> 00:27:11,737
choice. Thank you. Thank you

983
00:27:11,737 --> 00:27:14,373
Welcome, Kristen k, followed by

984
00:27:14,373 --> 00:27:17,973
Ellen Bach. Do we have a

985
00:27:20,345 --> 00:27:23,945
Kristen k here? Ok. Ellen b?

986
00:27:26,618 --> 00:27:29,618
Welcome. Hi, City council and

987
00:27:29,655 --> 00:27:31,590
mayor. Uh, my name is Ellen. I

988
00:27:31,590 --> 00:27:34,260
am a resident of Rockville, and

989
00:27:34,260 --> 00:27:35,928
I would like our city to join

990
00:27:35,928 --> 00:27:38,864
the number of cities using

991
00:27:38,864 --> 00:27:40,320
ranked choice voting to focus

992
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:41,766
local elections on local issues.

993
00:27:41,766 --> 00:27:43,702
I would like the citizens of

994
00:27:43,702 --> 00:27:45,671
Rockville to have the

995
00:27:45,671 --> 00:27:47,272
opportunity to have substantive

996
00:27:47,272 --> 00:27:49,508
policy debates and not just get

997
00:27:49,508 --> 00:27:51,475
turned off from voting and

998
00:27:51,475 --> 00:27:53,445
democracy by watching

999
00:27:53,445 --> 00:27:55,845
corporately funded attack ads

1000
00:27:55,847 --> 00:27:57,382
based on national parties. I

1001
00:27:57,382 --> 00:27:57,783
loved seeing the actual policy

1002
00:27:57,783 --> 00:27:58,350
debates that we

1003
00:27:58,350 --> 00:28:00,352
re going on in

1004
00:28:00,352 --> 00:28:02,654
the cities that have introduced

1005
00:28:02,654 --> 00:28:04,588
ranked choice voting that have

1006
00:28:04,588 --> 00:28:06,457
new ideas and get people

1007
00:28:06,457 --> 00:28:07,893
excited about the possibility

1008
00:28:07,893 --> 00:28:09,561
of government. So to echo

1009
00:28:09,561 --> 00:28:10,962
everything that has been said

1010
00:28:10,962 --> 00:28:12,397
before, anything you can do to

1011
00:28:12,397 --> 00:28:14,298
get ranked choice voting to the

1012
00:28:14,298 --> 00:28:15,934
citizens of Rockville as soon

1013
00:28:15,934 --> 00:28:18,934
as possible, would, would be

1014
00:28:19,271 --> 00:28:21,671
wonderful. Thanks. Very much.

1015
00:28:22,674 --> 00:28:25,740
Um, welcome, Aurora Bristol,

1016
00:28:26,277 --> 00:28:26,411
followed by Drava Diego Kumar.

1017
00:28:26,411 --> 00:28:27,379
I

1018
00:28:27,379 --> 00:28:28,313
m Aura Brister Aura Aura

1019
00:28:28,313 --> 00:28:30,115
Brister. I am a Rockville City

1020
00:28:30,115 --> 00:28:32,884
resident and it is, I agree, a

1021
00:28:32,884 --> 00:28:34,319
completely wonderful city. Um,

1022
00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:35,754
I am totally tickled pink and

1023
00:28:35,754 --> 00:28:36,822
pleased every time I see that

1024
00:28:36,822 --> 00:28:37,855
we get awards for being one of

1025
00:28:37,855 --> 00:28:39,992
the most diverse places in the

1026
00:28:39,992 --> 00:28:40,920
entire country. Um, and it

1027
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:41,260
s

1028
00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:43,160
sort of painful to be when I go

1029
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:43,595
out and visit my sister-in-law

1030
00:28:43,595 --> 00:28:45,664
in Montana, and it

1031
00:28:45,664 --> 00:28:46,864
s not. Um,

1032
00:28:46,864 --> 00:28:48,533
but I think that as somebody

1033
00:28:48,533 --> 00:28:49,801
else said before, that

1034
00:28:49,801 --> 00:28:50,968
diversity is really supported

1035
00:28:50,968 --> 00:28:53,500
by something like rank Choice

1036
00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:54,439
voting, where you get to reach

1037
00:28:54,439 --> 00:28:56,308
in deep to the community and

1038
00:28:56,308 --> 00:28:58,377
get their voice, get their

1039
00:28:58,377 --> 00:29:00,450
opinions, rather than just

1040
00:29:00,450 --> 00:29:01,313
choosing for the, the candidate

1041
00:29:01,313 --> 00:29:01,747
that maybe seems like it

1042
00:29:01,747 --> 00:29:02,314
s most

1043
00:29:02,314 --> 00:29:04,516
likely to win against the

1044
00:29:04,516 --> 00:29:05,916
person that you hate most.

1045
00:29:05,916 --> 00:29:07,886
Right? With Rahooting, you

1046
00:29:07,886 --> 00:29:10,289
actually get to display your

1047
00:29:10,289 --> 00:29:11,757
full swath of opinion, and that

1048
00:29:11,757 --> 00:29:12,457
gets to provide diversity,

1049
00:29:12,457 --> 00:29:14,857
bring really good conversations

1050
00:29:15,693 --> 00:29:17,429
to the table. And Brett tamped

1051
00:29:17,429 --> 00:29:18,497
down some of the divisions. I

1052
00:29:18,497 --> 00:29:19,797
think a lot of what

1053
00:29:19,797 --> 00:29:21,797
s going on

1054
00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:22,668
right now nationally and even

1055
00:29:22,668 --> 00:29:24,268
just the tension that that

1056
00:29:24,268 --> 00:29:25,570
brings in our own homes, the

1057
00:29:25,570 --> 00:29:28,730
amount of layoffs that we have

1058
00:29:28,730 --> 00:29:30,142
in our local area. A lot of

1059
00:29:30,142 --> 00:29:30,809
that is coming from the

1060
00:29:30,809 --> 00:29:33,209
escalating one-upmanship in the

1061
00:29:34,313 --> 00:29:35,347
divisions. Right? Um, I know

1062
00:29:35,347 --> 00:29:36,748
that Congressman Raskin is

1063
00:29:36,748 --> 00:29:38,650
supporting ranked choice voting

1064
00:29:38,650 --> 00:29:38,750
at the national level. He

1065
00:29:38,750 --> 00:29:40,519
s

1066
00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:42,187
supporting our local area. I

1067
00:29:42,187 --> 00:29:44,423
think that we can support it

1068
00:29:44,423 --> 00:29:45,189
more specifically for our

1069
00:29:45,189 --> 00:29:46,892
constituents by bringing it

1070
00:29:46,892 --> 00:29:48,760
here. And I absolutely think

1071
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,164
that we can make this change in

1072
00:29:52,164 --> 00:29:53,165
26 months. We are a capable

1073
00:29:53,165 --> 00:29:54,466
place and you have a lot of

1074
00:29:54,466 --> 00:29:55,233
support being offered to you.

1075
00:29:55,233 --> 00:29:58,103
So please bring it to us as

1076
00:29:58,103 --> 00:30:01,703
soon as you can. Thank you

1077
00:30:09,748 --> 00:30:11,782
Welcome driver Diego Kumar All

1078
00:30:11,782 --> 00:30:12,618
right. Hi, I

1079
00:30:12,618 --> 00:30:14,860
m not really um

1080
00:30:14,860 --> 00:30:14,286
prepared for this. It

1081
00:30:14,286 --> 00:30:15,519
s very

1082
00:30:15,519 --> 00:30:16,922
emotional for me. I

1083
00:30:16,922 --> 00:30:17,550
m flustered.

1084
00:30:17,550 --> 00:30:17,889
I

1085
00:30:17,889 --> 00:30:20,292
ve been coming here to meet

1086
00:30:20,292 --> 00:30:20,459
with all of you for many months.

1087
00:30:20,459 --> 00:30:21,892
You

1088
00:30:21,892 --> 00:30:23,728
ve been kind enough to meet

1089
00:30:23,728 --> 00:30:24,263
me in person. I appreciate it,

1090
00:30:24,263 --> 00:30:25,364
but you haven

1091
00:30:25,364 --> 00:30:27,165
t done anything

1092
00:30:27,165 --> 00:30:30,765
for my problem. I, uh, wanna

1093
00:30:30,769 --> 00:30:33,171
tell you, I pledge allegiance

1094
00:30:33,171 --> 00:30:36,171
to British America, not Latin

1095
00:30:38,977 --> 00:30:39,778
America, not um. Um black

1096
00:30:39,778 --> 00:30:41,813
nationalist militant America. I

1097
00:30:41,813 --> 00:30:43,148
believe we have a lot of black

1098
00:30:43,148 --> 00:30:44,715
nationalist militants, even

1099
00:30:44,715 --> 00:30:46,451
some sitting over here. These

1100
00:30:46,451 --> 00:30:49,870
are real problems in the county

1101
00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:49,321
and in the country. I

1102
00:30:49,321 --> 00:30:51,321
ve become

1103
00:30:51,890 --> 00:30:54,626
a trumper and I also plan on

1104
00:30:54,626 --> 00:30:58,630
running for office. I wanna run

1105
00:30:58,630 --> 00:31:01,630
for United States Congress. MS.

1106
00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:04,168
Wallace, um, we have a real

1107
00:31:04,168 --> 00:31:06,104
hate group, white supremacist,

1108
00:31:06,104 --> 00:31:08,504
religious, ethnic, and jealous

1109
00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:10,409
hate, and that includes black

1110
00:31:10,409 --> 00:31:11,910
nationalists, black militants.

1111
00:31:11,910 --> 00:31:13,312
You all feel you built this

1112
00:31:13,312 --> 00:31:16,912
country, you have not, or not

1113
00:31:17,382 --> 00:31:18,784
on your own. We, from India,

1114
00:31:18,784 --> 00:31:21,420
America have always been a part

1115
00:31:21,420 --> 00:31:23,655
of the wealth. Everything

1116
00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:24,623
related to us, Europe,

1117
00:31:24,623 --> 00:31:26,625
everything. This is something

1118
00:31:26,625 --> 00:31:28,660
we were not taught in my home

1119
00:31:28,660 --> 00:31:30,462
country to talk about

1120
00:31:30,462 --> 00:31:30,929
colonization, and we, we don

1121
00:31:30,929 --> 00:31:32,929
t,

1122
00:31:32,930 --> 00:31:34,766
even though the many young ones

1123
00:31:34,766 --> 00:31:37,703
that come here today in the

1124
00:31:37,703 --> 00:31:37,869
software, uh, industry, they

1125
00:31:37,869 --> 00:31:38,670
don

1126
00:31:38,670 --> 00:31:41,700
t talk about colonization.

1127
00:31:41,239 --> 00:31:43,575
There is a culture here

1128
00:31:43,575 --> 00:31:46,111
Everywhere I go, Black people

1129
00:31:46,111 --> 00:31:47,479
who have benefited from

1130
00:31:47,479 --> 00:31:48,914
affirmative action or teaching

1131
00:31:48,914 --> 00:31:50,480
their kids to discriminate

1132
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:50,147
against people like us. I

1133
00:31:50,147 --> 00:31:52,147
ve

1134
00:31:53,352 --> 00:31:54,190
grown up in a very good

1135
00:31:54,190 --> 00:31:55,721
multicultural environment with

1136
00:31:55,721 --> 00:31:57,723
a lot of good black culture and

1137
00:31:57,723 --> 00:31:58,190
you as a black woman, I want to

1138
00:31:58,190 --> 00:31:58,590
emphasize this, we

1139
00:31:58,590 --> 00:31:59,758
ve grown up

1140
00:31:59,758 --> 00:32:00,920
with a lot of this. I

1141
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:00,192
ve I

1142
00:32:00,192 --> 00:32:02,192
ve

1143
00:32:03,950 --> 00:32:03,462
lived in New York City. I

1144
00:32:03,462 --> 00:32:05,462
ve

1145
00:32:06,365 --> 00:32:07,899
lived in uh Wheaton here in

1146
00:32:07,899 --> 00:32:08,600
this county, and you all are

1147
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,334
not doing anything. You

1148
00:32:09,334 --> 00:32:11,334
re a

1149
00:32:11,703 --> 00:32:12,236
part of it. We had to, my mom

1150
00:32:12,236 --> 00:32:13,304
and I, who

1151
00:32:13,304 --> 00:32:16,275
s in her early 80s,

1152
00:32:16,275 --> 00:32:17,676
we had to leave our home during

1153
00:32:17,676 --> 00:32:17,976
your recess. I think you guys

1154
00:32:17,976 --> 00:32:18,477
think it

1155
00:32:18,477 --> 00:32:19,440
s funny. I

1156
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,545
ve even

1157
00:32:20,545 --> 00:32:21,946
written to you about the

1158
00:32:21,946 --> 00:32:24,349
three-year idea. It was my idea

1159
00:32:24,349 --> 00:32:25,716
that I came up with after I saw

1160
00:32:25,716 --> 00:32:27,686
with this sat down with all

1161
00:32:27,686 --> 00:32:28,620
these nice people here fighting

1162
00:32:28,620 --> 00:32:31,890
for rent stabilization. I told

1163
00:32:31,890 --> 00:32:31,256
them at the end of the meeting,

1164
00:32:31,256 --> 00:32:33,910
you

1165
00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:34,493
re fighting for 6% annual.

1166
00:32:34,493 --> 00:32:36,527
You should also fight for a cap

1167
00:32:36,527 --> 00:32:38,497
for 3 years. I told you that,

1168
00:32:38,497 --> 00:32:39,931
and I met with you again a few

1169
00:32:39,931 --> 00:32:40,650
weeks ago at County Jawando

1170
00:32:40,650 --> 00:32:42,650
s,

1171
00:32:43,301 --> 00:32:44,202
uh, councilmember Joeandos, um,

1172
00:32:44,202 --> 00:32:45,737
fund raising event. You spoke

1173
00:32:45,737 --> 00:32:45,971
to me, but you haven

1174
00:32:45,971 --> 00:32:46,571
t replied

1175
00:32:46,571 --> 00:32:47,973
to my email. It

1176
00:32:47,973 --> 00:32:49,700
s been over 2

1177
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:50,374
weeks. I think you

1178
00:32:50,374 --> 00:32:51,543
re part of

1179
00:32:51,543 --> 00:32:52,678
black militant nationalism

1180
00:32:52,678 --> 00:32:54,813
along with people like David

1181
00:32:54,813 --> 00:32:55,947
Miles, and I hope you, MISS

1182
00:32:55,947 --> 00:32:58,249
Ashton, are Mayor Ashton, you

1183
00:32:58,249 --> 00:32:59,350
seem to have a higher level of

1184
00:32:59,350 --> 00:32:59,451
integrity that you don

1185
00:32:59,451 --> 00:33:01,860
t

1186
00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:01,553
participate in this. I think

1187
00:33:01,553 --> 00:33:02,387
you don

1188
00:33:02,387 --> 00:33:04,588
t need to sit down with

1189
00:33:04,588 --> 00:33:06,892
me. I have a list, 1000 things

1190
00:33:06,892 --> 00:33:08,460
that I want to go over with you

1191
00:33:08,460 --> 00:33:10,896
and talk to you about how to

1192
00:33:10,896 --> 00:33:12,397
make our community better. How

1193
00:33:12,397 --> 00:33:14,320
to make it safer, and you have

1194
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:14,833
not doing it. Even MISTER

1195
00:33:14,833 --> 00:33:15,767
Mahali hasn

1196
00:33:15,767 --> 00:33:17,668
t you directed me

1197
00:33:17,668 --> 00:33:19,170
to meet you for your time. I

1198
00:33:19,170 --> 00:33:19,838
appreciate it. I know that you

1199
00:33:19,838 --> 00:33:20,606
have your comments. We

1200
00:33:20,606 --> 00:33:21,673
appreciate it. I do want to

1201
00:33:21,673 --> 00:33:22,700
make sure that we don

1202
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:23,942
t comment

1203
00:33:23,942 --> 00:33:25,477
on the race of our colleagues

1204
00:33:25,477 --> 00:33:25,876
in a derogatory fashion. It

1205
00:33:25,876 --> 00:33:27,446
s

1206
00:33:27,446 --> 00:33:29,846
factual, not derogatory. There

1207
00:33:30,282 --> 00:33:31,249
is a black militant nationalist

1208
00:33:31,249 --> 00:33:34,249
problem along with white racism.

1209
00:33:37,189 --> 00:33:38,190
Thank you. All right, is there

1210
00:33:38,190 --> 00:33:41,790
anyone else who would like to

1211
00:33:51,670 --> 00:33:52,971
speak? MR. Russo, please join.

1212
00:33:52,971 --> 00:33:54,573
Good evening. Welcome, welcome

1213
00:33:54,573 --> 00:33:56,141
back, Mayor and council. My

1214
00:33:56,141 --> 00:33:56,508
name is Vincent Russo. I

1215
00:33:56,508 --> 00:33:58,508
m a

1216
00:33:58,510 --> 00:34:00,379
resident of the city of

1217
00:34:00,379 --> 00:34:02,546
Rockville and uh I want to

1218
00:34:02,546 --> 00:34:04,716
comment tonight on the um the

1219
00:34:04,716 --> 00:34:07,753
election report. I, I read the

1220
00:34:07,753 --> 00:34:09,687
report and wanted to share some

1221
00:34:09,687 --> 00:34:11,687
reflections and observations

1222
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:15,600
about it. Um, first, I thought

1223
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:16,394
it was, uh, wonderful that it

1224
00:34:16,394 --> 00:34:18,497
acknowledged the many things

1225
00:34:18,497 --> 00:34:20,399
that Rockville does right, uh,

1226
00:34:20,399 --> 00:34:20,498
in terms of the city

1227
00:34:20,498 --> 00:34:21,666
s

1228
00:34:21,666 --> 00:34:24,360
processes and procedures that

1229
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:25,360
the city cleric and Board of

1230
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,436
Supervisors of Elections follow,

1231
00:34:27,472 --> 00:34:29,574
and I think this is a

1232
00:34:29,574 --> 00:34:32,574
reflection or reflects that uh

1233
00:34:32,877 --> 00:34:34,513
in, in the previous election,

1234
00:34:34,513 --> 00:34:36,848
we successfully implemented um

1235
00:34:36,848 --> 00:34:39,751
Bo by mail, the first in the

1236
00:34:39,751 --> 00:34:39,851
state, and uh. So I think it

1237
00:34:39,851 --> 00:34:41,586
s

1238
00:34:41,586 --> 00:34:41,987
good that the report

1239
00:34:41,987 --> 00:34:43,155
acknowledges what

1240
00:34:43,155 --> 00:34:45,123
s right. The,

1241
00:34:45,123 --> 00:34:46,992
the report though is silent

1242
00:34:46,992 --> 00:34:49,761
about how rank choice voting

1243
00:34:49,761 --> 00:34:53,961
would work in in the city, um,

1244
00:34:53,966 --> 00:34:57,566
I, I. Do not understand quite

1245
00:34:57,703 --> 00:34:58,669
well how it would work for a

1246
00:34:58,669 --> 00:35:01,639
multi-seat election and uh like

1247
00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:02,600
we have for our city council,

1248
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:03,108
perhaps there

1249
00:35:03,108 --> 00:35:05,444
s some logic to

1250
00:35:05,444 --> 00:35:06,911
applying it to the mayoral

1251
00:35:06,911 --> 00:35:08,313
election, where it

1252
00:35:08,313 --> 00:35:10,313
s uh a

1253
00:35:11,650 --> 00:35:13,752
single seat, but, um, applying

1254
00:35:13,752 --> 00:35:13,952
it uh for the council just uh

1255
00:35:13,952 --> 00:35:15,621
doesn

1256
00:35:15,621 --> 00:35:18,757
t seem to make much sense

1257
00:35:18,757 --> 00:35:19,891
to me where we already, uh, the

1258
00:35:19,891 --> 00:35:22,291
outcome already reflects the

1259
00:35:24,229 --> 00:35:25,697
top 6. Vote getters And I do

1260
00:35:25,697 --> 00:35:27,399
not oppose rank choice voting

1261
00:35:27,399 --> 00:35:27,666
in principle, but just don

1262
00:35:27,666 --> 00:35:29,666
t

1263
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:35,730
see how it would apply here.

1264
00:35:35,730 --> 00:35:37,541
The timeline and the, and the

1265
00:35:37,541 --> 00:35:38,844
uh next steps is very

1266
00:35:38,844 --> 00:35:39,978
aggressive, uh, and by, you

1267
00:35:39,978 --> 00:35:40,879
know, there

1268
00:35:40,879 --> 00:35:42,879
s 26 months left

1269
00:35:43,982 --> 00:35:47,185
and, and for all, uh, practical

1270
00:35:47,185 --> 00:35:49,186
purposes, the election code and

1271
00:35:49,186 --> 00:35:51,657
practices need to be settled on.

1272
00:35:51,657 --> 00:35:55,257
Well, well over a year in

1273
00:35:56,294 --> 00:35:58,730
advance, so, um, my uh, urging

1274
00:35:58,730 --> 00:36:00,299
is to for you to carefully

1275
00:36:00,299 --> 00:36:02,200
consider what mandate and

1276
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,602
direction you give tonight,

1277
00:36:03,602 --> 00:36:07,390
given that time frame and to

1278
00:36:07,390 --> 00:36:07,973
focus on the priorities that

1279
00:36:07,973 --> 00:36:10,973
are known known deficiencies in,

1280
00:36:11,476 --> 00:36:12,144
in, in our current code,

1281
00:36:12,144 --> 00:36:14,144
particularly around addressing

1282
00:36:14,279 --> 00:36:15,914
enforcement and the complaint

1283
00:36:15,914 --> 00:36:17,716
process and uh filing

1284
00:36:17,716 --> 00:36:18,917
requirements and deadlines, the

1285
00:36:18,917 --> 00:36:20,819
obligations of organizations

1286
00:36:20,819 --> 00:36:22,955
that are outside of the city to

1287
00:36:22,955 --> 00:36:25,557
report in the city. And in

1288
00:36:25,557 --> 00:36:27,725
terms of the process going

1289
00:36:27,725 --> 00:36:27,993
forward, does the city

1290
00:36:27,993 --> 00:36:29,160
attorney

1291
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,629
s office have the

1292
00:36:30,629 --> 00:36:33,290
necessary expertise to write

1293
00:36:33,664 --> 00:36:34,733
the write the election code, um,

1294
00:36:34,733 --> 00:36:34,832
in the timeline that

1295
00:36:34,832 --> 00:36:36,680
s

1296
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,468
presented here, there is

1297
00:36:39,637 --> 00:36:42,637
nothing about. Um, public input

1298
00:36:42,908 --> 00:36:44,376
either. So I would ask that you

1299
00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:46,377
consider what the role for

1300
00:36:46,377 --> 00:36:48,714
public review and comment is in,

1301
00:36:48,714 --> 00:36:49,481
in this process. So, um, just

1302
00:36:49,481 --> 00:36:51,750
wanted to share those, those

1303
00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:52,750
thoughts. Thank you. Thank you

1304
00:36:52,750 --> 00:36:53,619
very much. Is there anyone else

1305
00:36:53,619 --> 00:36:56,619
who would like to speak?

1306
00:37:00,692 --> 00:37:02,928
Welcome. Hello, Mayor and

1307
00:37:02,928 --> 00:37:05,129
council, um, sadly, last JULY I

1308
00:37:05,129 --> 00:37:05,998
was sick and I was unable to

1309
00:37:05,998 --> 00:37:07,132
attend the rent stabilization

1310
00:37:07,132 --> 00:37:08,166
meeting that you guys had. So,

1311
00:37:08,166 --> 00:37:09,635
can you just state your name? I

1312
00:37:09,635 --> 00:37:09,735
apologize. Oh, sorry. My name

1313
00:37:09,735 --> 00:37:10,969
s

1314
00:37:10,969 --> 00:37:11,503
Christopher Maddon. Um, I

1315
00:37:11,503 --> 00:37:12,370
m a

1316
00:37:12,370 --> 00:37:12,169
Rockville resident. I

1317
00:37:12,169 --> 00:37:13,839
m a

1318
00:37:13,839 --> 00:37:15,340
member of Rockville Runners

1319
00:37:15,340 --> 00:37:18,940
United and the PRESIDENT Of the

1320
00:37:19,277 --> 00:37:21,145
Huntington Tenant Association.

1321
00:37:21,145 --> 00:37:23,749
Watching from on from the live

1322
00:37:23,749 --> 00:37:26,500
stream. I was very upset by the

1323
00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:29,488
hypocrisy that I saw. The fact

1324
00:37:29,488 --> 00:37:31,523
that I saw city council members

1325
00:37:31,523 --> 00:37:34,292
call who say that they stand

1326
00:37:34,292 --> 00:37:36,728
against ice and want to fight

1327
00:37:36,728 --> 00:37:37,763
for immigrant rights, calling

1328
00:37:37,763 --> 00:37:40,598
out organizations like casa who

1329
00:37:40,598 --> 00:37:43,168
have been helping on the front

1330
00:37:43,168 --> 00:37:45,437
lines every single day against

1331
00:37:45,437 --> 00:37:46,939
ice. Casa is an amazing

1332
00:37:46,939 --> 00:37:49,107
organization that does really

1333
00:37:49,107 --> 00:37:50,976
good work for here, especially

1334
00:37:50,976 --> 00:37:52,844
now, especially with the

1335
00:37:52,844 --> 00:37:53,679
national divisiveness that we

1336
00:37:53,679 --> 00:37:55,847
have and the threat that we are

1337
00:37:55,847 --> 00:37:56,548
under. I

1338
00:37:56,548 --> 00:37:58,948
m also upset that

1339
00:38:00,484 --> 00:38:02,554
while many of you want to

1340
00:38:02,554 --> 00:38:03,555
Germany while people here in

1341
00:38:03,555 --> 00:38:04,856
Rockville are suffering. People

1342
00:38:04,856 --> 00:38:05,891
here in Rockwell are getting

1343
00:38:05,891 --> 00:38:06,291
evicted. We

1344
00:38:06,291 --> 00:38:07,259
re in an

1345
00:38:07,259 --> 00:38:09,259
affordability crisis. People

1346
00:38:09,261 --> 00:38:09,761
cannot pay for their groceries,

1347
00:38:09,761 --> 00:38:11,630
and we

1348
00:38:11,630 --> 00:38:13,231
re spending taxpayer

1349
00:38:13,231 --> 00:38:14,600
money going to Germany and

1350
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,668
other places that have our

1351
00:38:16,668 --> 00:38:18,436
sister cities both have rent

1352
00:38:18,436 --> 00:38:20,105
stabilization. They both have

1353
00:38:20,105 --> 00:38:21,940
security, that those tenants

1354
00:38:21,940 --> 00:38:24,940
have security in those cities.

1355
00:38:25,444 --> 00:38:27,312
So I would like, what one of

1356
00:38:27,312 --> 00:38:29,581
the other hypocrisies I was

1357
00:38:29,581 --> 00:38:31,450
very upset about was civility.

1358
00:38:31,450 --> 00:38:34,353
One thing that does not have

1359
00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:35,252
civility is an eviction. Why I

1360
00:38:35,252 --> 00:38:36,754
would recommend everybody on

1361
00:38:36,754 --> 00:38:38,290
this council please go follow

1362
00:38:38,290 --> 00:38:40,659
the sheriff and go watch an

1363
00:38:40,659 --> 00:38:42,794
eviction process. It is a

1364
00:38:42,794 --> 00:38:43,280
brutal thing to watch. Watching

1365
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:43,428
someone

1366
00:38:43,428 --> 00:38:45,428
s belongings being

1367
00:38:45,530 --> 00:38:47,320
taken out of their home,

1368
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,500
watching it being ripped apart

1369
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:49,534
from their home and then

1370
00:38:49,534 --> 00:38:51,934
watching all of their

1371
00:38:51,970 --> 00:38:52,837
belongings being on a sidewalk

1372
00:38:52,837 --> 00:38:54,239
and having strangers pick

1373
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:54,338
through them like they

1374
00:38:54,338 --> 00:38:54,740
re

1375
00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:56,108
garbage. It

1376
00:38:56,108 --> 00:38:56,207
s not civil. It

1377
00:38:56,207 --> 00:38:58,207
s

1378
00:38:59,577 --> 00:38:59,745
not right. Thank you. Please

1379
00:38:59,745 --> 00:39:00,545
don

1380
00:39:00,545 --> 00:39:01,747
t interrupt another speaker.

1381
00:39:01,747 --> 00:39:03,314
Thank you, counsel. Thank you

1382
00:39:03,314 --> 00:39:07,514
very much for your time. Uh, MR.

1383
00:39:15,594 --> 00:39:16,161
Becker welcome. I

1384
00:39:16,161 --> 00:39:18,161
m here to

1385
00:39:18,497 --> 00:39:19,932
talk about a number of uh

1386
00:39:19,932 --> 00:39:21,900
topics tonight. Um, my name is

1387
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:22,935
John Becker. I live at

1388
00:39:22,935 --> 00:39:24,102
Americana Center, which is

1389
00:39:24,102 --> 00:39:27,102
across the street from the

1390
00:39:27,339 --> 00:39:29,341
Rockville Metro station. Um,

1391
00:39:29,341 --> 00:39:31,209
this past Tuesday, on the 2nd,

1392
00:39:31,209 --> 00:39:33,577
I believe there was a

1393
00:39:33,577 --> 00:39:34,913
swearing-in ceremony of for two

1394
00:39:34,913 --> 00:39:36,140
officers, not knowing their

1395
00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:39,284
titles, but I just wanted to

1396
00:39:39,284 --> 00:39:41,887
say I was a very good event. At

1397
00:39:41,887 --> 00:39:44,356
that point, at that, uh,

1398
00:39:44,356 --> 00:39:45,589
ceremony, the chief mentioned

1399
00:39:45,589 --> 00:39:45,857
some chain additions, some good

1400
00:39:45,857 --> 00:39:47,526
work that

1401
00:39:47,526 --> 00:39:48,559
s come in place for

1402
00:39:48,559 --> 00:39:49,461
the police department and

1403
00:39:49,461 --> 00:39:51,562
funding and staffing, I guess

1404
00:39:51,562 --> 00:39:51,863
is what I should say, and I

1405
00:39:51,863 --> 00:39:53,465
m

1406
00:39:53,465 --> 00:39:53,665
looking forward to it. I guess

1407
00:39:53,665 --> 00:39:54,766
that

1408
00:39:54,766 --> 00:39:56,767
s the beginning of the

1409
00:39:56,767 --> 00:39:58,203
beginning, so hopefully the

1410
00:39:58,203 --> 00:39:59,437
things will really change as

1411
00:39:59,437 --> 00:40:02,140
far as my neighborhood, uh, by

1412
00:40:02,140 --> 00:40:05,409
the end of the year. Um, I

1413
00:40:05,409 --> 00:40:08,580
would also like to thank, um,

1414
00:40:08,580 --> 00:40:10,549
the, um I guess what I wanna

1415
00:40:10,549 --> 00:40:11,550
say is that the the it

1416
00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:12,483
s uh

1417
00:40:12,483 --> 00:40:13,217
Vision Zero report tonight. I

1418
00:40:13,217 --> 00:40:13,584
read it and there

1419
00:40:13,584 --> 00:40:15,420
s I have to

1420
00:40:15,420 --> 00:40:15,519
go back and read it again. It

1421
00:40:15,519 --> 00:40:16,922
s

1422
00:40:16,922 --> 00:40:18,823
quite lengthy. And I just

1423
00:40:18,823 --> 00:40:20,192
wanted to congratulate the

1424
00:40:20,192 --> 00:40:21,793
staff and uh the department for

1425
00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:22,160
the what the work they

1426
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,295
re doing.

1427
00:40:23,295 --> 00:40:24,610
My only concern I

1428
00:40:24,610 --> 00:40:25,997
m gonna

1429
00:40:25,997 --> 00:40:28,433
mention again is the lack of

1430
00:40:28,433 --> 00:40:29,534
response from our state dot

1431
00:40:29,534 --> 00:40:31,370
which I will follow up with

1432
00:40:31,370 --> 00:40:32,504
them on the letter they sent to

1433
00:40:32,504 --> 00:40:32,670
me which basically didn

1434
00:40:32,670 --> 00:40:34,339
t say

1435
00:40:34,339 --> 00:40:36,800
anything and that was the one I

1436
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:36,807
received back in FEBRUARY. And

1437
00:40:36,807 --> 00:40:38,610
this is regarding the safety of

1438
00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:40,911
the sidewalk and walking and

1439
00:40:40,911 --> 00:40:41,446
speed limits in town center.

1440
00:40:41,446 --> 00:40:42,914
And that

1441
00:40:42,914 --> 00:40:44,916
s Rockville Pike Beers

1442
00:40:44,916 --> 00:40:47,916
Mill Road, and East Jefferson.

1443
00:40:49,688 --> 00:40:52,570
Um the bse consultant report uh

1444
00:40:52,570 --> 00:40:53,492
is gonna be made tonight and I

1445
00:40:53,492 --> 00:40:54,559
have nothing strong to add

1446
00:40:54,559 --> 00:40:58,159
other than I was hoping that

1447
00:40:58,896 --> 00:40:59,898
the consideration of setting up

1448
00:40:59,898 --> 00:41:01,898
election districts be

1449
00:41:01,967 --> 00:41:02,167
considered, but that

1450
00:41:02,167 --> 00:41:03,869
s gonna

1451
00:41:03,869 --> 00:41:05,704
come again when the next

1452
00:41:05,704 --> 00:41:06,638
election comes up and I look

1453
00:41:06,638 --> 00:41:09,380
forward to supporting that

1454
00:41:09,141 --> 00:41:11,643
effort, especially for us in

1455
00:41:11,643 --> 00:41:12,310
town center who are not really

1456
00:41:12,310 --> 00:41:14,680
represented sometimes in city

1457
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:15,948
government. Um, the other thing

1458
00:41:15,948 --> 00:41:17,449
as far as the report, a couple

1459
00:41:17,449 --> 00:41:17,982
of things. One, it

1460
00:41:17,982 --> 00:41:18,517
s TikTok,

1461
00:41:18,517 --> 00:41:19,184
TikTok. There

1462
00:41:19,184 --> 00:41:21,860
s not much time

1463
00:41:21,860 --> 00:41:23,921
left to do a lot of things.

1464
00:41:23,921 --> 00:41:25,958
Good luck And the other thing I

1465
00:41:25,958 --> 00:41:26,625
wanted to add, this is all uh

1466
00:41:26,625 --> 00:41:29,625
not original thought for me,

1467
00:41:29,628 --> 00:41:31,163
but. As far as enforcement and

1468
00:41:31,163 --> 00:41:32,129
protecting the board of

1469
00:41:32,129 --> 00:41:32,230
supervisor of elections, I

1470
00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:34,310
m

1471
00:41:34,310 --> 00:41:34,166
going to be looking at that and

1472
00:41:34,166 --> 00:41:34,533
I

1473
00:41:34,533 --> 00:41:35,132
m, I

1474
00:41:35,132 --> 00:41:35,933
m quite sure there

1475
00:41:35,933 --> 00:41:37,836
s a

1476
00:41:37,836 --> 00:41:39,905
number of other citizens who

1477
00:41:39,905 --> 00:41:42,207
will also to make sure that the

1478
00:41:42,207 --> 00:41:43,875
board of supervisors of

1479
00:41:43,875 --> 00:41:45,610
elections is an independent

1480
00:41:45,610 --> 00:41:46,912
body per the city charter and

1481
00:41:46,912 --> 00:41:49,912
any other kind of regulations

1482
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,918
that are out there. Um, last, I

1483
00:41:52,918 --> 00:41:54,386
want to say that uh in case has

1484
00:41:54,386 --> 00:41:57,386
not been mentioned on um

1485
00:42:00,250 --> 00:42:02,327
Thursday. Um, on the 11th is um

1486
00:42:02,327 --> 00:42:02,794
9/11 Memorial Day. And there

1487
00:42:02,794 --> 00:42:04,263
ll

1488
00:42:04,263 --> 00:42:05,764
be a ceremony that takes place

1489
00:42:05,764 --> 00:42:07,933
in the park there across from

1490
00:42:07,933 --> 00:42:10,369
the courthouse. And I would

1491
00:42:10,369 --> 00:42:13,405
like to urge anybody who can. I

1492
00:42:13,405 --> 00:42:15,340
know as time goes on, the

1493
00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:15,507
attendance drops off because

1494
00:42:15,507 --> 00:42:17,507
it

1495
00:42:18,209 --> 00:42:19,177
s about 24 years ago, but I

1496
00:42:19,177 --> 00:42:21,113
encourage anyone who can spend

1497
00:42:21,113 --> 00:42:24,349
the time to attend the event

1498
00:42:24,349 --> 00:42:25,683
and I have those. Who were

1499
00:42:25,683 --> 00:42:28,683
killed at that event 24 years

1500
00:42:28,687 --> 00:42:32,287
ago. Thank you very much Thank

1501
00:42:32,790 --> 00:42:33,858
you That concludes the list of

1502
00:42:33,858 --> 00:42:36,858
speakers. Is there anyone else

1503
00:42:37,995 --> 00:42:38,263
who would like to speak? Ok.

1504
00:42:38,263 --> 00:42:40,263
That you

1505
00:42:40,866 --> 00:42:41,934
d like them to be.

1506
00:42:41,934 --> 00:42:42,935
Could you submit them? Ok,

1507
00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:45,704
perfect. And I was in touch

1508
00:42:45,704 --> 00:42:46,138
with her today as well. Thank

1509
00:42:46,138 --> 00:42:47,606
you. We

1510
00:42:47,606 --> 00:42:50,175
ll now be moving on to

1511
00:42:50,175 --> 00:42:52,477
the consent agenda. We have

1512
00:42:52,477 --> 00:42:53,512
MADAM Mayor, we have one on

1513
00:42:53,512 --> 00:42:54,947
virtual, let

1514
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:56,448
s go. Um, MISS

1515
00:42:56,448 --> 00:42:59,448
Sarah Telfrell, can you just

1516
00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:02,988
share the name? MADAM Mayor, we

1517
00:43:02,988 --> 00:43:06,959
have a Chris Hughes on the line.

1518
00:43:06,959 --> 00:43:10,161
Ok, perfect. Thank you. Hi, can

1519
00:43:10,161 --> 00:43:10,696
you hear me ok? We can. I, um,

1520
00:43:10,696 --> 00:43:11,960
sorry for my voice. I

1521
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:12,970
m getting

1522
00:43:12,970 --> 00:43:12,931
over a cold, so I

1523
00:43:12,931 --> 00:43:14,931
ve been

1524
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:15,433
coughing a lot. Um, hope it

1525
00:43:15,433 --> 00:43:16,568
s

1526
00:43:16,568 --> 00:43:17,402
understandable. Uh, my name is

1527
00:43:17,402 --> 00:43:17,736
Chris Hughes, and I

1528
00:43:17,736 --> 00:43:19,705
m the

1529
00:43:19,705 --> 00:43:21,139
senior director of policy at

1530
00:43:21,139 --> 00:43:23,108
the ranks Choice Voting

1531
00:43:23,108 --> 00:43:24,576
Resource Center. The Rangers

1532
00:43:24,576 --> 00:43:26,111
Voting Resource Center is a

1533
00:43:26,111 --> 00:43:27,450
nonpartisan nonprofit. We

1534
00:43:27,450 --> 00:43:28,112
re a

1535
00:43:28,112 --> 00:43:29,213
501c3 that studies and advises

1536
00:43:29,213 --> 00:43:30,381
on rank to voting elections

1537
00:43:30,381 --> 00:43:30,549
across the country. I know

1538
00:43:30,549 --> 00:43:31,849
you

1539
00:43:31,849 --> 00:43:34,353
ve heard this spiel for me

1540
00:43:34,353 --> 00:43:36,922
just a month ago, so, uh, this

1541
00:43:36,922 --> 00:43:38,890
MAY sound familiar. Um we, uh,

1542
00:43:38,890 --> 00:43:40,259
I wanted to come today, one,

1543
00:43:40,259 --> 00:43:42,294
just to follow up on some of

1544
00:43:42,294 --> 00:43:44,694
the written testimony we

1545
00:43:44,730 --> 00:43:45,998
submitted last week, uh,

1546
00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:47,990
touching on the implementation

1547
00:43:47,990 --> 00:43:49,660
timeline for ranked choice

1548
00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:50,369
voting that folks have spoken

1549
00:43:50,369 --> 00:43:50,534
about about tonight. I think

1550
00:43:50,534 --> 00:43:51,335
it

1551
00:43:51,335 --> 00:43:54,639
s important to keep in mind

1552
00:43:54,639 --> 00:43:55,307
that in most jurisdictions that

1553
00:43:55,307 --> 00:43:57,576
have implemented ranked choice

1554
00:43:57,576 --> 00:43:58,644
voting in the last 10 or 15

1555
00:43:58,644 --> 00:44:00,644
years. They

1556
00:44:00,979 --> 00:44:03,379
ve done so within 2

1557
00:44:04,449 --> 00:44:06,284
years of the adoption. Um, so,

1558
00:44:06,284 --> 00:44:07,819
for example, Alaska adopted

1559
00:44:07,819 --> 00:44:08,853
ranked choice voting in their

1560
00:44:08,853 --> 00:44:10,722
NOVEMBER 2020 election, then

1561
00:44:10,722 --> 00:44:12,190
implemented it for the first

1562
00:44:12,190 --> 00:44:14,525
time in actually AUGUST of 2022,

1563
00:44:14,525 --> 00:44:16,270
it was a bit faster than

1564
00:44:16,270 --> 00:44:17,128
expected due to a required

1565
00:44:17,128 --> 00:44:19,131
special election, the regular

1566
00:44:19,131 --> 00:44:21,265
timeline would have had them

1567
00:44:21,265 --> 00:44:24,201
implementing it in NOVEMBER of

1568
00:44:24,201 --> 00:44:27,673
2022. Um, and what we tend to

1569
00:44:27,673 --> 00:44:29,207
see in places doing this is

1570
00:44:29,207 --> 00:44:31,607
that two-year timeline means

1571
00:44:31,944 --> 00:44:33,478
the energy stays up, means

1572
00:44:33,478 --> 00:44:34,913
people stay more engaged with

1573
00:44:34,913 --> 00:44:37,490
the implementation of range

1574
00:44:37,490 --> 00:44:37,616
choice voting, then if you have

1575
00:44:37,616 --> 00:44:39,616
a longer implementation

1576
00:44:39,718 --> 00:44:41,186
timeline. The longer an

1577
00:44:41,186 --> 00:44:43,488
implementation timeline is if

1578
00:44:43,488 --> 00:44:46,458
you put it out 4 or 6 years. It

1579
00:44:46,458 --> 00:44:46,959
can be very challenging to

1580
00:44:46,959 --> 00:44:48,427
maintain momentum for

1581
00:44:48,427 --> 00:44:50,329
implementation and to keep

1582
00:44:50,329 --> 00:44:51,730
community members engaged in

1583
00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:53,298
the implementation process. I

1584
00:44:53,298 --> 00:44:53,832
mentioned community members in

1585
00:44:53,832 --> 00:44:55,832
particular because voter

1586
00:44:56,602 --> 00:44:57,269
education is a core part of a

1587
00:44:57,269 --> 00:44:58,737
ranked choice voting

1588
00:44:58,737 --> 00:44:59,571
implementation and having

1589
00:44:59,571 --> 00:45:01,971
community partners who are

1590
00:45:02,341 --> 00:45:03,800
engaged and out speaking to

1591
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:04,343
their constituents about what

1592
00:45:04,343 --> 00:45:06,812
rank choice voting is and how

1593
00:45:06,812 --> 00:45:08,246
it works. Make sure that voters

1594
00:45:08,246 --> 00:45:10,282
participating in that rank

1595
00:45:10,282 --> 00:45:12,170
choice voting election feel

1596
00:45:12,170 --> 00:45:13,452
empowered and understand the

1597
00:45:13,452 --> 00:45:15,420
voting method. So, I just

1598
00:45:15,420 --> 00:45:16,954
wanted to hop on quickly to say

1599
00:45:16,954 --> 00:45:17,422
that we do recommend if and

1600
00:45:17,422 --> 00:45:17,923
when you

1601
00:45:17,923 --> 00:45:19,758
re implementing Rang

1602
00:45:19,758 --> 00:45:21,826
Choice phone you to do to try

1603
00:45:21,826 --> 00:45:23,762
and do so within 2 years,

1604
00:45:23,762 --> 00:45:26,598
because that keeps momentum up

1605
00:45:26,598 --> 00:45:27,798
and makes it more feasible for

1606
00:45:27,798 --> 00:45:29,268
community education to go

1607
00:45:29,268 --> 00:45:30,468
smoothly and for your community

1608
00:45:30,468 --> 00:45:31,436
to feel bought in on that

1609
00:45:31,436 --> 00:45:31,870
implementation. I

1610
00:45:31,870 --> 00:45:33,870
ll also note

1611
00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:35,741
that we as an organization do

1612
00:45:35,741 --> 00:45:37,276
provide implementation support

1613
00:45:37,276 --> 00:45:38,143
to jurisdictions that are

1614
00:45:38,143 --> 00:45:38,343
implementing rank choice voting.

1615
00:45:38,343 --> 00:45:40,245
So we

1616
00:45:40,245 --> 00:45:42,981
re happy to work with the

1617
00:45:42,981 --> 00:45:44,316
council and with the board of

1618
00:45:44,316 --> 00:45:46,716
elections on any implementation

1619
00:45:46,917 --> 00:45:47,219
questions you all MAY have,

1620
00:45:47,219 --> 00:45:48,453
whether it

1621
00:45:48,453 --> 00:45:49,554
s related to legal

1622
00:45:49,554 --> 00:45:51,554
implementation language like

1623
00:45:51,756 --> 00:45:53,292
was mentioned in some earlier

1624
00:45:53,292 --> 00:45:55,126
testimony, working with boating

1625
00:45:55,126 --> 00:45:56,594
equipment, programming voting

1626
00:45:56,594 --> 00:45:57,696
equipment, designing ballots,

1627
00:45:57,696 --> 00:45:59,196
displaying results, any number

1628
00:45:59,196 --> 00:46:00,432
of issues that MAY need to be

1629
00:46:00,432 --> 00:46:00,999
resolved in the Rahoice funding

1630
00:46:00,999 --> 00:46:01,980
implementation process. We

1631
00:46:01,980 --> 00:46:02,801
re

1632
00:46:02,801 --> 00:46:05,404
happy to advise on and support

1633
00:46:05,404 --> 00:46:06,337
so that that two-year timeline

1634
00:46:06,337 --> 00:46:09,337
is also feasible because we

1635
00:46:09,841 --> 00:46:10,474
know especially smaller

1636
00:46:10,474 --> 00:46:12,474
jurisdictions like Rockville

1637
00:46:12,878 --> 00:46:15,470
might need a bit more support.

1638
00:46:15,470 --> 00:46:16,781
Rather than a state like Alaska

1639
00:46:16,781 --> 00:46:18,383
that MAY have more resources to

1640
00:46:18,383 --> 00:46:19,417
draw upon. So thank you again

1641
00:46:19,417 --> 00:46:23,521
for your time, uh, and have a

1642
00:46:23,521 --> 00:46:23,689
good night. Thank you very much

1643
00:46:23,689 --> 00:46:25,689
We

1644
00:46:26,391 --> 00:46:27,559
ll now move on to consent

1645
00:46:27,559 --> 00:46:29,270
agenda item number 9a, ratify

1646
00:46:29,270 --> 00:46:29,126
and improve the city manager

1647
00:46:29,126 --> 00:46:31,126
s

1648
00:46:31,263 --> 00:46:32,798
early execution of a Chesapeake

1649
00:46:32,798 --> 00:46:33,899
Conservation and Climate core

1650
00:46:33,899 --> 00:46:35,567
program host agreement,

1651
00:46:35,567 --> 00:46:36,134
Chesapeake Bay Trust for the

1652
00:46:36,134 --> 00:46:37,690
Environmental Management

1653
00:46:37,690 --> 00:46:39,204
Division to host the

1654
00:46:39,204 --> 00:46:40,472
Conservation and Climate Corps

1655
00:46:40,472 --> 00:46:41,974
member, and b, authorize the

1656
00:46:41,974 --> 00:46:42,908
city manager to execute

1657
00:46:42,908 --> 00:46:44,309
Amendment number 1 between the

1658
00:46:44,309 --> 00:46:46,445
city of Rockville and the state

1659
00:46:46,445 --> 00:46:48,212
of Maryland, Maryland Energy

1660
00:46:48,212 --> 00:46:50,612
Administration to provide a

1661
00:46:52,484 --> 00:46:53,885
no-cost extension contract 24

1662
00:46:53,885 --> 00:46:56,885
2024-16520 s1 to Septemb er

1663
00:46:57,220 --> 00:46:57,856
30th, 2026. Colleagues, do we

1664
00:46:57,856 --> 00:47:01,456
have any questions or can we

1665
00:47:02,361 --> 00:47:03,895
entertain emotion? All right?

1666
00:47:03,895 --> 00:47:06,640
No questions. Who would like to,

1667
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:07,833
right? All right. COUNCILMAN

1668
00:47:07,833 --> 00:47:09,301
Vanra. MADAM Mayor, I move to

1669
00:47:09,301 --> 00:47:10,168
approve consent agenda items a

1670
00:47:10,168 --> 00:47:14,273
and b. Thank you. Do we have a

1671
00:47:14,273 --> 00:47:15,340
second? Councilor m Jackson.

1672
00:47:15,340 --> 00:47:16,408
Second, all those in favor,

1673
00:47:16,408 --> 00:47:19,945
please raise your hand and say

1674
00:47:19,945 --> 00:47:22,945
aye. Excellent. Thank you very

1675
00:47:25,117 --> 00:47:25,517
much Uh, so next, uh, we

1676
00:47:25,517 --> 00:47:26,384
re

1677
00:47:26,384 --> 00:47:29,984
moving on to our public hearing.

1678
00:47:31,423 --> 00:47:34,590
Uh, on community needs fy 2027.

1679
00:47:34,590 --> 00:47:35,160
This is item number 10. Uh

1680
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:36,261
develop community development

1681
00:47:36,261 --> 00:47:39,598
block grant funding. This is a

1682
00:47:39,598 --> 00:47:40,299
public hearing. And, uh, MISS

1683
00:47:40,299 --> 00:47:43,299
Sarah Taylor Pharrell has just

1684
00:47:44,536 --> 00:47:45,637
been properly noticed. MADAM

1685
00:47:45,637 --> 00:47:47,406
Mayor and councilmember, it was

1686
00:47:47,406 --> 00:47:49,806
properly noticed in the

1687
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:51,643
Washington Post on AUGUST 28th

1688
00:47:51,643 --> 00:47:51,910
and SEPTEMBER 4th, and also on

1689
00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:53,910
the city

1690
00:47:54,212 --> 00:47:54,646
s website. Thank you.

1691
00:47:54,646 --> 00:47:56,214
And now I

1692
00:47:56,214 --> 00:47:57,883
ll turn it over to

1693
00:47:57,883 --> 00:48:00,883
Sarah Maisel to uh introduce

1694
00:48:02,821 --> 00:48:04,256
this item. Welcome. Thank you.

1695
00:48:04,256 --> 00:48:04,922
Um, MADAM Mayor and council

1696
00:48:04,922 --> 00:48:06,224
members, I hope you

1697
00:48:06,224 --> 00:48:08,224
re having a

1698
00:48:09,695 --> 00:48:11,996
good evening. Um, this program,

1699
00:48:11,996 --> 00:48:15,596
we uh received from the county

1700
00:48:15,901 --> 00:48:20,101
as a sub-grantee, um, and it is

1701
00:48:20,772 --> 00:48:21,707
a purpose to help the lower to

1702
00:48:21,707 --> 00:48:23,707
moderate income population

1703
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,345
within, um, Rockville, um, and

1704
00:48:27,345 --> 00:48:29,981
we split it into multi-family

1705
00:48:29,981 --> 00:48:32,981
projects as well as single

1706
00:48:33,819 --> 00:48:36,819
family, so nonprofits that are

1707
00:48:38,156 --> 00:48:39,910
looking to provide safe and

1708
00:48:39,910 --> 00:48:40,225
environmentally sanitary

1709
00:48:40,225 --> 00:48:42,127
renovations to providing

1710
00:48:42,127 --> 00:48:44,960
housing, um, and shelter

1711
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:45,964
services, as well as single

1712
00:48:45,964 --> 00:48:47,332
family projects, which are

1713
00:48:47,332 --> 00:48:48,400
individuals who are doing the

1714
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:51,770
same for their own homes that

1715
00:48:51,770 --> 00:48:54,606
they MAY not be able to um

1716
00:48:54,606 --> 00:48:58,206
afford otherwise. And so we are

1717
00:48:58,510 --> 00:48:58,809
doing it for fy 27, um, and I

1718
00:48:58,809 --> 00:49:00,809
think that

1719
00:49:03,582 --> 00:49:04,716
s it. Thank you. Is

1720
00:49:04,716 --> 00:49:05,584
there anyone who would like to

1721
00:49:05,584 --> 00:49:08,584
speak about open this public

1722
00:49:12,990 --> 00:49:15,494
hearing? All right. Uh, MR.

1723
00:49:15,494 --> 00:49:17,329
Mihala, I did ask a brief

1724
00:49:17,329 --> 00:49:18,864
question about um the cdbd

1725
00:49:18,864 --> 00:49:20,933
grants and just making sure

1726
00:49:20,933 --> 00:49:22,935
that um I believe it was rhg

1727
00:49:22,935 --> 00:49:24,770
had applied for ACs. Ac support,

1728
00:49:24,770 --> 00:49:26,672
and I just, the, the question

1729
00:49:26,672 --> 00:49:28,400
for me is sometimes people

1730
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:28,206
apply for cdbg funding and we

1731
00:49:28,206 --> 00:49:29,641
can

1732
00:49:29,641 --> 00:49:31,610
t fund the whole thing, uh,

1733
00:49:31,610 --> 00:49:31,977
but I just wanted to make sure

1734
00:49:31,977 --> 00:49:32,644
that we

1735
00:49:32,644 --> 00:49:32,843
re keeping in mind if

1736
00:49:32,843 --> 00:49:34,813
there

1737
00:49:34,813 --> 00:49:37,249
s going to be a public

1738
00:49:37,249 --> 00:49:38,250
safety issue given climate

1739
00:49:38,250 --> 00:49:38,449
change and hot summer. So

1740
00:49:38,449 --> 00:49:39,284
that

1741
00:49:39,284 --> 00:49:40,284
s just one of the things I

1742
00:49:40,284 --> 00:49:40,719
wanted to make sure we

1743
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:41,286
re

1744
00:49:41,286 --> 00:49:42,621
thinking through. We are

1745
00:49:42,621 --> 00:49:44,623
thinking through that, Mayor.

1746
00:49:44,623 --> 00:49:45,757
Thank you. Ok. And if we could

1747
00:49:45,757 --> 00:49:46,158
get the response on those

1748
00:49:46,158 --> 00:49:47,526
questions, that

1749
00:49:47,526 --> 00:49:49,526
ll be helpful.

1750
00:49:49,561 --> 00:49:52,331
Happy to. Excellent. Thank you.

1751
00:49:52,331 --> 00:49:53,832
All right MISS MISS Maisel, do

1752
00:49:53,832 --> 00:49:54,532
we need to keep this public

1753
00:49:54,532 --> 00:49:58,132
hearing open, or can we close

1754
00:50:01,238 --> 00:50:01,340
it? Um, we can keep it, um I

1755
00:50:01,340 --> 00:50:03,140
m

1756
00:50:03,140 --> 00:50:04,575
sorry, we can close it. Ok,

1757
00:50:04,575 --> 00:50:07,346
thank you very much for your

1758
00:50:07,346 --> 00:50:07,746
time. Really appreciate it. All

1759
00:50:07,746 --> 00:50:09,615
right, we

1760
00:50:09,615 --> 00:50:11,617
ll now move on to

1761
00:50:11,617 --> 00:50:11,917
agenda item 11a. Accept the

1762
00:50:11,917 --> 00:50:12,784
consultant

1763
00:50:12,784 --> 00:50:15,184
s final report on

1764
00:50:15,187 --> 00:50:17,623
the election code update. And I

1765
00:50:17,623 --> 00:50:18,991
know MR. Mihalik is gonna

1766
00:50:18,991 --> 00:50:21,991
introduce this item followed by

1767
00:50:22,361 --> 00:50:23,795
MR. Jason Ganz. Mayor and

1768
00:50:23,795 --> 00:50:25,731
members of council. Good

1769
00:50:25,731 --> 00:50:27,132
evening. Just wanted to kind of

1770
00:50:27,132 --> 00:50:27,299
frame uh this topic, um, where

1771
00:50:27,299 --> 00:50:28,165
we

1772
00:50:28,165 --> 00:50:28,433
re headed this evening,

1773
00:50:28,433 --> 00:50:29,601
where we

1774
00:50:29,601 --> 00:50:31,103
ve been, and then what

1775
00:50:31,103 --> 00:50:31,270
are the next steps, um, because

1776
00:50:31,270 --> 00:50:31,436
it

1777
00:50:31,436 --> 00:50:32,504
s, it

1778
00:50:32,504 --> 00:50:32,838
s been quite a process

1779
00:50:32,838 --> 00:50:34,838
and it, it

1780
00:50:34,872 --> 00:50:35,941
ll continue. So as

1781
00:50:35,941 --> 00:50:38,276
the American council knows, we

1782
00:50:38,276 --> 00:50:40,679
hired the, the gang group a

1783
00:50:40,679 --> 00:50:41,847
number of months ago, um, to

1784
00:50:41,847 --> 00:50:43,615
develop a series of

1785
00:50:43,615 --> 00:50:45,617
recommendations to us on how we

1786
00:50:45,617 --> 00:50:47,218
might update our election

1787
00:50:47,218 --> 00:50:49,388
process and more specifically

1788
00:50:49,388 --> 00:50:50,856
our election code. Mayor

1789
00:50:50,856 --> 00:50:52,890
council had um two work

1790
00:50:52,890 --> 00:50:53,325
sessions over the over the

1791
00:50:53,325 --> 00:50:55,928
summer, and we actually had

1792
00:50:55,928 --> 00:50:57,162
quite a bit of citizen

1793
00:50:57,162 --> 00:50:58,597
engagement and events out in

1794
00:50:58,597 --> 00:51:00,650
the community for people to

1795
00:51:00,650 --> 00:51:00,632
provide their input on the

1796
00:51:00,632 --> 00:51:01,600
grant. So tonight you

1797
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:03,402
re going

1798
00:51:03,402 --> 00:51:05,370
to hear from Jason Gant, owner

1799
00:51:05,370 --> 00:51:07,500
of the g ant Group, on his

1800
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:08,807
recommendations on the final

1801
00:51:08,807 --> 00:51:09,174
report. Let me stress to you

1802
00:51:09,174 --> 00:51:10,742
that tonight we

1803
00:51:10,742 --> 00:51:12,343
re asking you

1804
00:51:12,343 --> 00:51:13,245
to simply um accept the report,

1805
00:51:13,245 --> 00:51:13,679
and that doesn

1806
00:51:13,679 --> 00:51:15,646
t mean adopt it

1807
00:51:15,646 --> 00:51:17,820
and what it means by accepting

1808
00:51:17,820 --> 00:51:19,450
the report is that MR. Gann is

1809
00:51:19,450 --> 00:51:20,252
coming up with a number of

1810
00:51:20,252 --> 00:51:21,190
different recommendations and

1811
00:51:21,190 --> 00:51:21,186
different options. You guys

1812
00:51:21,186 --> 00:51:22,921
don

1813
00:51:22,921 --> 00:51:23,588
t have to make those

1814
00:51:23,588 --> 00:51:25,389
decisions this evening exactly

1815
00:51:25,389 --> 00:51:25,490
what you want to do. You

1816
00:51:25,490 --> 00:51:26,358
re

1817
00:51:26,358 --> 00:51:26,792
really accepting it. You

1818
00:51:26,792 --> 00:51:28,193
re

1819
00:51:28,193 --> 00:51:28,426
thanking him for his work, and

1820
00:51:28,426 --> 00:51:29,227
then we

1821
00:51:29,227 --> 00:51:31,630
re moving on to the

1822
00:51:31,630 --> 00:51:33,980
next step of the process, which

1823
00:51:33,980 --> 00:51:33,532
is really turning it over to

1824
00:51:33,532 --> 00:51:33,832
the city attorney

1825
00:51:33,832 --> 00:51:35,132
s office to

1826
00:51:35,132 --> 00:51:36,568
begin begin the drafting

1827
00:51:36,568 --> 00:51:39,137
process, to begin drafting the

1828
00:51:39,137 --> 00:51:40,272
code itself. Um, there MAY be

1829
00:51:40,272 --> 00:51:41,974
some areas where we still still

1830
00:51:41,974 --> 00:51:43,942
need a little bit more feedback

1831
00:51:43,942 --> 00:51:45,377
from mayor and council. So as

1832
00:51:45,377 --> 00:51:47,512
we develop that code in-house

1833
00:51:47,512 --> 00:51:49,247
and we have some, I guess,

1834
00:51:49,247 --> 00:51:50,815
divergent points. We MAY

1835
00:51:50,815 --> 00:51:51,683
develop a simple survey or some

1836
00:51:51,683 --> 00:51:52,451
a questionnaire for each of you

1837
00:51:52,451 --> 00:51:53,185
to fill out to make sure we

1838
00:51:53,185 --> 00:51:54,252
re

1839
00:51:54,252 --> 00:51:54,419
on the right path and then

1840
00:51:54,419 --> 00:51:55,353
we

1841
00:51:55,353 --> 00:51:56,188
ll have a work session or

1842
00:51:56,188 --> 00:51:56,989
two to make sure that we

1843
00:51:56,989 --> 00:51:58,957
re on

1844
00:51:58,957 --> 00:51:59,291
the right path, um, as, uh, the

1845
00:51:59,291 --> 00:52:00,250
city attorney

1846
00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:00,993
s Office for

1847
00:52:00,993 --> 00:52:01,159
prepares the code, and then

1848
00:52:01,159 --> 00:52:02,930
we

1849
00:52:02,930 --> 00:52:04,563
ll ask for that to be

1850
00:52:04,563 --> 00:52:05,330
adopted in the near future. I

1851
00:52:05,330 --> 00:52:06,331
think everybody has stressed

1852
00:52:06,331 --> 00:52:07,432
over the past couple of months

1853
00:52:07,432 --> 00:52:08,634
that we need to get moving on

1854
00:52:08,634 --> 00:52:11,340
this. I think we

1855
00:52:12,536 --> 00:52:14,139
re making good

1856
00:52:14,139 --> 00:52:15,539
code to have additional public

1857
00:52:15,539 --> 00:52:17,342
engagement so we can have a

1858
00:52:17,342 --> 00:52:18,844
great election in the very near

1859
00:52:18,844 --> 00:52:19,878
future. So without I turn over

1860
00:52:19,878 --> 00:52:20,445
to the chasing camp from the

1861
00:52:20,445 --> 00:52:21,280
gang group, and he

1862
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:23,148
s gonna walk

1863
00:52:23,148 --> 00:52:23,482
you through a very brief report

1864
00:52:23,482 --> 00:52:24,316
and then I

1865
00:52:24,316 --> 00:52:25,170
ll ask, entertain

1866
00:52:25,170 --> 00:52:27,953
any questions. Thank you, Mayor.

1867
00:52:27,953 --> 00:52:30,756
Thank you very much. Welcome,

1868
00:52:30,756 --> 00:52:31,523
MR. Gant. Thank you. It

1869
00:52:31,523 --> 00:52:33,523
s great

1870
00:52:34,592 --> 00:52:34,927
to be here again and um uh it

1871
00:52:34,927 --> 00:52:36,361
s

1872
00:52:36,361 --> 00:52:37,896
amazing how fast the past few

1873
00:52:37,896 --> 00:52:40,896
months have gone with this

1874
00:52:41,667 --> 00:52:41,867
process. Um, but I believe that

1875
00:52:41,867 --> 00:52:43,101
uh we

1876
00:52:43,101 --> 00:52:45,501
ve uh attacked almost

1877
00:52:46,505 --> 00:52:49,441
every object and every uh idea

1878
00:52:49,441 --> 00:52:52,100
that has come across, um, some

1879
00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:53,979
ideas have an in-depth review

1880
00:52:53,979 --> 00:52:55,579
and in-depth analysis, um,

1881
00:52:55,579 --> 00:52:57,683
other areas are more, uh

1882
00:52:57,683 --> 00:53:00,683
top-level, um, with just some

1883
00:53:01,190 --> 00:53:01,620
ideas and some of the uh uh

1884
00:53:01,620 --> 00:53:04,200
possibilities for what the

1885
00:53:06,858 --> 00:53:09,260
future could hold. So some of

1886
00:53:09,260 --> 00:53:10,963
our background, we had the work

1887
00:53:10,963 --> 00:53:12,464
sessions together. We had

1888
00:53:12,464 --> 00:53:14,864
community engagements and then

1889
00:53:15,934 --> 00:53:16,500
meeting with the bse, um, and

1890
00:53:16,500 --> 00:53:18,500
other appointed officials

1891
00:53:23,375 --> 00:53:26,375
numerous times. In the report,

1892
00:53:26,712 --> 00:53:29,712
I give a number of

1893
00:53:30,715 --> 00:53:32,351
recommendations, um, to start

1894
00:53:32,351 --> 00:53:34,586
we overviewed the election laws,

1895
00:53:34,586 --> 00:53:35,621
which, um, it was very clear in

1896
00:53:35,621 --> 00:53:35,821
the scope of work that you

1897
00:53:35,821 --> 00:53:37,122
didn

1898
00:53:37,122 --> 00:53:39,524
t want me to rewrite it,

1899
00:53:39,524 --> 00:53:42,361
but you wanted me to provide

1900
00:53:42,361 --> 00:53:45,263
some ideas and some areas that

1901
00:53:45,263 --> 00:53:46,198
needed uh to be um analyzed and

1902
00:53:46,198 --> 00:53:47,833
reviewed and determined whether

1903
00:53:47,833 --> 00:53:50,167
or not they should be changed

1904
00:53:50,167 --> 00:53:53,500
or whether they could uh

1905
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:54,238
continue as is, and as you go

1906
00:53:54,238 --> 00:53:56,608
through um the report starting

1907
00:53:56,608 --> 00:53:59,608
on page 5 there with election

1908
00:53:59,778 --> 00:54:01,379
laws, um, the city code, the ch

1909
00:54:01,379 --> 00:54:02,314
ar ter uh, there

1910
00:54:02,314 --> 00:54:03,614
s so many

1911
00:54:03,614 --> 00:54:05,584
different sections to where

1912
00:54:05,584 --> 00:54:07,185
this is, um, with all of the

1913
00:54:07,185 --> 00:54:08,954
ideas and changes that we need

1914
00:54:08,954 --> 00:54:09,154
to implement. You can see how

1915
00:54:09,154 --> 00:54:10,889
that

1916
00:54:10,889 --> 00:54:11,957
s going to be uh quite a

1917
00:54:11,957 --> 00:54:13,859
challenge over the next few

1918
00:54:13,859 --> 00:54:17,459
months to put together the new

1919
00:54:19,297 --> 00:54:20,732
code, uh, for those areas, um

1920
00:54:20,732 --> 00:54:23,132
election process and procedures

1921
00:54:24,102 --> 00:54:24,636
which begins on 8, went through

1922
00:54:24,636 --> 00:54:26,636
the standard operating

1923
00:54:27,472 --> 00:54:27,673
procedures, uh, from the

1924
00:54:27,673 --> 00:54:29,400
clerk

1925
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:30,942
s office and wonderful

1926
00:54:30,942 --> 00:54:32,810
start on what is there and how

1927
00:54:32,810 --> 00:54:34,112
elections are to be

1928
00:54:34,112 --> 00:54:36,214
administered, um, so very

1929
00:54:36,214 --> 00:54:37,349
pleased with how all of that

1930
00:54:37,349 --> 00:54:39,117
turned out. Um, obviously, when

1931
00:54:39,117 --> 00:54:39,952
you have a third party taking a

1932
00:54:39,952 --> 00:54:40,118
look at things, um, there

1933
00:54:40,118 --> 00:54:42,118
s

1934
00:54:42,220 --> 00:54:44,256
always going to be a few little

1935
00:54:44,256 --> 00:54:47,492
ideas here and there, um, and,

1936
00:54:47,492 --> 00:54:48,193
and I put those uh

1937
00:54:48,193 --> 00:54:50,593
recommendations within uh each

1938
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:52,564
of those various areas. Um.

1939
00:54:52,564 --> 00:54:54,660
Whether it

1940
00:54:54,660 --> 00:54:55,633
s pre-election,

1941
00:54:55,633 --> 00:54:56,468
election day, post-election, um,

1942
00:54:56,468 --> 00:54:58,837
one of the things I wanted to

1943
00:54:58,837 --> 00:55:01,837
point out in the post-election

1944
00:55:01,873 --> 00:55:05,473
was considering of an audit, um,

1945
00:55:05,611 --> 00:55:07,120
so many times we have uh uh

1946
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:07,312
certain individuals who think

1947
00:55:07,312 --> 00:55:08,447
that there

1948
00:55:08,447 --> 00:55:10,415
s something wrong

1949
00:55:10,415 --> 00:55:12,351
with the election process. Well,

1950
00:55:12,351 --> 00:55:14,352
by conducting an audit after

1951
00:55:14,352 --> 00:55:15,921
all the official uh votes are

1952
00:55:15,921 --> 00:55:18,321
counted and everything is

1953
00:55:18,624 --> 00:55:21,624
certified to go through one

1954
00:55:21,627 --> 00:55:22,594
more process of verifying that

1955
00:55:22,594 --> 00:55:24,994
everything with the counting

1956
00:55:25,631 --> 00:55:26,965
machines. It just gives you one

1957
00:55:26,965 --> 00:55:29,401
more opportunity to let the

1958
00:55:29,401 --> 00:55:30,434
public know that we have done

1959
00:55:30,434 --> 00:55:32,270
everything we believe is

1960
00:55:32,270 --> 00:55:35,374
necessary to make sure that we

1961
00:55:35,374 --> 00:55:37,843
run a fair and free election.

1962
00:55:37,843 --> 00:55:39,343
Campaign finance begins on page

1963
00:55:39,343 --> 00:55:40,845
16, and that

1964
00:55:40,845 --> 00:55:40,946
s where uh we

1965
00:55:40,946 --> 00:55:42,946
ve

1966
00:55:43,649 --> 00:55:47,520
definitely have a lot of new

1967
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:48,453
ideas, um, many, many

1968
00:55:48,453 --> 00:55:50,453
recommendations on political

1969
00:55:50,955 --> 00:55:52,924
committees defining the various

1970
00:55:52,924 --> 00:55:53,591
types of political committees,

1971
00:55:53,591 --> 00:55:55,794
uh, the different candidate

1972
00:55:55,794 --> 00:55:56,994
committees, the Slate

1973
00:55:56,994 --> 00:55:58,363
committees, independent

1974
00:55:58,363 --> 00:55:58,563
expenditure reporting, um,

1975
00:55:58,563 --> 00:55:59,310
that

1976
00:55:59,310 --> 00:56:00,599
s definitely something

1977
00:56:00,599 --> 00:56:03,635
that we want to clear up in the

1978
00:56:03,635 --> 00:56:04,503
code in the future to make it

1979
00:56:04,503 --> 00:56:07,973
rock solid on what is and is

1980
00:56:07,973 --> 00:56:09,408
not allowed and then have the

1981
00:56:09,408 --> 00:56:11,710
enforcement uh portion with

1982
00:56:11,710 --> 00:56:14,112
that as well. Uh, defining of

1983
00:56:14,112 --> 00:56:16,810
what those campaign activities

1984
00:56:16,810 --> 00:56:18,481
are determining um how

1985
00:56:19,851 --> 00:56:21,285
enforcement is going to be uh

1986
00:56:21,285 --> 00:56:23,288
processed in the future. Uh,

1987
00:56:23,288 --> 00:56:25,190
the board of supervisors of

1988
00:56:25,190 --> 00:56:27,590
elections starting on page 21,

1989
00:56:27,593 --> 00:56:28,126
they definitely have a

1990
00:56:28,126 --> 00:56:29,328
tremendous amount of

1991
00:56:29,328 --> 00:56:29,493
responsibilities, uh, whether

1992
00:56:29,493 --> 00:56:30,995
it

1993
00:56:30,995 --> 00:56:32,463
s set out in the charter or

1994
00:56:32,463 --> 00:56:32,564
in the code. I think it

1995
00:56:32,564 --> 00:56:33,932
s

1996
00:56:33,932 --> 00:56:35,801
important to read through all

1997
00:56:35,801 --> 00:56:35,968
of those to understand what

1998
00:56:35,968 --> 00:56:37,269
you

1999
00:56:37,269 --> 00:56:40,639
re asking of this board to

2000
00:56:40,639 --> 00:56:42,400
do, uh, in preparation during

2001
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,400
and after each election every 4

2002
00:56:45,209 --> 00:56:46,244
years. Going through all of

2003
00:56:46,244 --> 00:56:48,113
their roles and

2004
00:56:48,113 --> 00:56:50,810
responsibilities, their

2005
00:56:50,810 --> 00:56:52,451
enforcement authority, um, and

2006
00:56:52,451 --> 00:56:55,354
then getting to ballot measures

2007
00:56:55,354 --> 00:56:57,754
from 2023, starting on page 24

2008
00:56:58,757 --> 00:56:59,491
with the voting age and term

2009
00:56:59,491 --> 00:57:01,491
limits and representative

2010
00:57:02,694 --> 00:57:03,762
districts, uh, additional ideas,

2011
00:57:03,762 --> 00:57:05,163
rank choice voting was the top

2012
00:57:05,163 --> 00:57:07,665
there, which we obviously heard

2013
00:57:07,665 --> 00:57:08,967
a lot about, um, over the last

2014
00:57:08,967 --> 00:57:10,602
few meetings and tonight as

2015
00:57:10,602 --> 00:57:11,470
well. Um, so there

2016
00:57:11,470 --> 00:57:13,470
s some

2017
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:16,541
options there. Um uh, public

2018
00:57:16,541 --> 00:57:18,541
financing, democracy vouchers,

2019
00:57:19,378 --> 00:57:21,280
plans for the future, a lot of

2020
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:24,880
different areas that uh uh took

2021
00:57:25,170 --> 00:57:28,170
some general comments. And then

2022
00:57:28,487 --> 00:57:29,288
we get to page 29, which is the

2023
00:57:29,288 --> 00:57:30,889
final recommendations, and

2024
00:57:30,889 --> 00:57:33,225
those are with the election

2025
00:57:33,225 --> 00:57:36,225
laws, um, that we definitely

2026
00:57:37,129 --> 00:57:37,296
need um for your sake, for the

2027
00:57:37,296 --> 00:57:37,829
bse

2028
00:57:37,829 --> 00:57:38,964
s sake, for staff

2029
00:57:38,964 --> 00:57:39,598
s sake,

2030
00:57:39,598 --> 00:57:40,999
for the public

2031
00:57:40,999 --> 00:57:42,999
s sake, clearing

2032
00:57:43,402 --> 00:57:45,270
up the election code by having

2033
00:57:45,270 --> 00:57:46,772
election administration as one

2034
00:57:46,772 --> 00:57:49,172
area, campaign finance as

2035
00:57:49,206 --> 00:57:49,408
another, um, campaign finance,

2036
00:57:49,408 --> 00:57:50,375
there

2037
00:57:50,375 --> 00:57:52,775
s just too much

2038
00:57:53,979 --> 00:57:54,880
information that is compiled

2039
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:56,148
into that main election code

2040
00:57:56,148 --> 00:57:56,915
that if you start separating

2041
00:57:56,915 --> 00:57:58,250
that out, you

2042
00:57:58,250 --> 00:57:59,718
re gonna make it

2043
00:57:59,718 --> 00:58:00,686
much easier for everyone

2044
00:58:00,686 --> 00:58:02,587
involved to understand what the

2045
00:58:02,587 --> 00:58:04,987
rules are, what the

2046
00:58:05,524 --> 00:58:07,250
expectations are, and uh how to

2047
00:58:07,250 --> 00:58:08,360
enforce those regulations. Um,

2048
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:09,428
the election process and

2049
00:58:09,428 --> 00:58:10,494
procedures, um, like we had

2050
00:58:10,494 --> 00:58:12,798
talked about at one of the

2051
00:58:12,798 --> 00:58:14,833
meetings was creating the

2052
00:58:14,833 --> 00:58:15,733
master handbook and sorting it

2053
00:58:15,733 --> 00:58:17,733
into those pre-election

2054
00:58:17,969 --> 00:58:20,369
election day and post-election

2055
00:58:20,938 --> 00:58:21,372
activities, um, there

2056
00:58:21,372 --> 00:58:22,975
s a

2057
00:58:22,975 --> 00:58:23,508
fantastic uh process in place,

2058
00:58:23,508 --> 00:58:24,176
uh, that the clerk

2059
00:58:24,176 --> 00:58:25,877
s office has

2060
00:58:25,877 --> 00:58:26,511
put together, um, so it

2061
00:58:26,511 --> 00:58:28,511
s just

2062
00:58:30,248 --> 00:58:32,117
kind of tidying that up and and

2063
00:58:32,117 --> 00:58:33,585
uh implementing a few various

2064
00:58:33,585 --> 00:58:34,953
uh changes there. A campaign

2065
00:58:34,953 --> 00:58:37,788
finance like we talked about

2066
00:58:37,788 --> 00:58:39,358
creating that. Its own section

2067
00:58:39,358 --> 00:58:41,126
would definitely make things

2068
00:58:41,126 --> 00:58:44,126
easier for everyone. Um, the

2069
00:58:44,463 --> 00:58:45,296
bse, they should conti continue

2070
00:58:45,296 --> 00:58:46,531
with their current

2071
00:58:46,531 --> 00:58:48,400
responsibilities, um, but they

2072
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:50,800
should probably have more

2073
00:58:51,336 --> 00:58:53,305
authority and that additional

2074
00:58:53,305 --> 00:58:54,873
authority is clearer

2075
00:58:54,873 --> 00:58:55,674
enforcement guidelines, um,

2076
00:58:55,674 --> 00:58:57,342
putting together that within

2077
00:58:57,342 --> 00:58:58,577
the code so that when

2078
00:58:58,577 --> 00:59:00,450
complaints are received, no

2079
00:59:00,450 --> 00:59:01,213
matter what type of complaint

2080
00:59:01,213 --> 00:59:02,214
it is that there

2081
00:59:02,214 --> 00:59:03,415
s a clear set

2082
00:59:03,415 --> 00:59:04,950
of rules that they need to

2083
00:59:04,950 --> 00:59:05,500
follow. So there isn

2084
00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:06,685
t

2085
00:59:06,685 --> 00:59:08,920
confusion from their stand.

2086
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:11,920
From their standpoint or from

2087
00:59:14,226 --> 00:59:16,528
the public standpoint. And then

2088
00:59:16,528 --> 00:59:18,497
lastly was the ballot measures

2089
00:59:18,497 --> 00:59:20,632
from 2023, um, implementing the

2090
00:59:20,632 --> 00:59:22,467
16 and 17 year olds. Um, it was

2091
00:59:22,467 --> 00:59:23,401
definitely agreed that, uh,

2092
00:59:23,401 --> 00:59:25,303
from an administration

2093
00:59:25,303 --> 00:59:27,372
standpoint, that could be

2094
00:59:27,372 --> 00:59:29,641
implemented, um, that would be

2095
00:59:29,641 --> 00:59:32,144
an easy thing to do with the

2096
00:59:32,144 --> 00:59:32,376
state and the county, so there

2097
00:59:32,376 --> 00:59:34,376
wouldn

2098
00:59:35,460 --> 00:59:36,315
t be um any type of

2099
00:59:36,315 --> 00:59:38,715
issues with admini with

2100
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:39,785
creating that. New process for

2101
00:59:39,785 --> 00:59:42,785
younger voters to start the

2102
00:59:43,254 --> 00:59:45,654
process. Lastly, on page 30

2103
00:59:45,890 --> 00:59:46,191
where the next steps, um, I

2104
00:59:46,191 --> 00:59:46,725
m

2105
00:59:46,725 --> 00:59:47,626
recommending creating a

2106
00:59:47,626 --> 00:59:49,561
committee, uh, that would

2107
00:59:49,561 --> 00:59:51,997
include at least the city clerk,

2108
00:59:51,997 --> 00:59:54,498
a bsc member, and an election

2109
00:59:54,498 --> 00:59:56,134
law attorney to start going

2110
00:59:56,134 --> 00:59:58,134
through these recommendations

2111
00:59:58,904 --> 01:00:00,272
as well as um the bse has

2112
01:00:00,272 --> 01:00:01,773
submitted recommendations from

2113
01:00:01,773 --> 01:00:04,676
back from the 2023 election. Um,

2114
01:00:04,676 --> 01:00:05,676
I think there were also

2115
01:00:05,676 --> 01:00:07,646
recommendations from 2019, so

2116
01:00:07,646 --> 01:00:08,213
you have a lot of

2117
01:00:08,213 --> 01:00:09,281
recommendations there of

2118
01:00:09,281 --> 01:00:11,249
concerns that have come up in

2119
01:00:11,249 --> 01:00:13,285
the past. You can use those in

2120
01:00:13,285 --> 01:00:16,285
addition to my report. And

2121
01:00:16,288 --> 01:00:16,655
begin that process. Um, I

2122
01:00:16,655 --> 01:00:18,223
m

2123
01:00:18,223 --> 01:00:19,156
recommending that uh you start

2124
01:00:19,156 --> 01:00:19,625
with one area, don

2125
01:00:19,625 --> 01:00:21,425
t try and

2126
01:00:21,425 --> 01:00:24,663
tackle the whole thing at once,

2127
01:00:24,663 --> 01:00:27,732
um. Start with that, bring it

2128
01:00:27,732 --> 01:00:29,401
to the council, keep everyone

2129
01:00:29,401 --> 01:00:30,368
apprised, um, obviously these

2130
01:00:30,368 --> 01:00:31,803
would be public meetings, so

2131
01:00:31,803 --> 01:00:34,273
the public would have an

2132
01:00:34,273 --> 01:00:34,439
opportunity to visit there, but

2133
01:00:34,439 --> 01:00:36,439
it

2134
01:00:37,276 --> 01:00:38,110
s starting that process and

2135
01:00:38,110 --> 01:00:40,178
then not finalizing anything

2136
01:00:40,178 --> 01:00:43,114
until the whole process has

2137
01:00:43,114 --> 01:00:43,848
completed because as you are

2138
01:00:43,848 --> 01:00:45,417
starting with the election

2139
01:00:45,417 --> 01:00:46,851
administration, and then you

2140
01:00:46,851 --> 01:00:49,354
get to some campaign finance

2141
01:00:49,354 --> 01:00:51,823
issues, you MAY see some

2142
01:00:51,823 --> 01:00:52,560
crossover back and forth, so it

2143
01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:53,659
wouldn

2144
01:00:53,659 --> 01:00:55,826
t be advisable to app ro

2145
01:00:55,826 --> 01:00:57,620
ve an election administration

2146
01:00:57,620 --> 01:00:57,963
section before you approved the

2147
01:00:57,963 --> 01:00:59,597
campaign finance. You need to

2148
01:00:59,597 --> 01:01:01,333
do it all at once because there

2149
01:01:01,333 --> 01:01:03,350
are things that go back and

2150
01:01:03,350 --> 01:01:04,736
forth and you wanna, especially

2151
01:01:04,736 --> 01:01:06,637
the definitions, you want to

2152
01:01:06,637 --> 01:01:08,139
make sure that those are all

2153
01:01:08,139 --> 01:01:09,107
clear, whether it

2154
01:01:09,107 --> 01:01:09,908
s election

2155
01:01:09,908 --> 01:01:11,843
administration talk or campaign

2156
01:01:11,843 --> 01:01:12,978
finance. Um, it

2157
01:01:12,978 --> 01:01:14,978
s definitely an

2158
01:01:16,114 --> 01:01:16,581
aggressive timeline, um 2027,

2159
01:01:16,581 --> 01:01:17,749
seems like it

2160
01:01:17,749 --> 01:01:17,915
s far away, but

2161
01:01:17,915 --> 01:01:19,184
it

2162
01:01:19,184 --> 01:01:20,520
s definitely right around

2163
01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:20,252
the corner, and you

2164
01:01:20,252 --> 01:01:22,187
re gonna

2165
01:01:22,187 --> 01:01:24,957
wanna be able to give city

2166
01:01:24,957 --> 01:01:27,159
staff enough time. To implement

2167
01:01:27,159 --> 01:01:28,359
all of the changes, uh, but I

2168
01:01:28,359 --> 01:01:31,229
definitely believe that you can

2169
01:01:31,229 --> 01:01:33,699
do it, and, uh, it could get

2170
01:01:33,699 --> 01:01:34,933
done by early next summer in

2171
01:01:34,933 --> 01:01:37,903
preparation for the fall of 207.

2172
01:01:37,903 --> 01:01:39,805
So I want to thank you very

2173
01:01:39,805 --> 01:01:40,839
much for the opportunity uh to

2174
01:01:40,839 --> 01:01:41,600
put together this review. Uh,

2175
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:42,239
it

2176
01:01:42,239 --> 01:01:45,243
s been fun getting to know

2177
01:01:45,243 --> 01:01:46,645
the staff and the bsc and um a

2178
01:01:46,645 --> 01:01:47,646
number of members from the

2179
01:01:47,646 --> 01:01:49,810
public at the different uh

2180
01:01:49,810 --> 01:01:51,160
events that have took place. I

2181
01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:51,717
definitely have learned a lot

2182
01:01:51,717 --> 01:01:53,518
more about rent stabilization

2183
01:01:53,518 --> 01:01:55,153
than I ever thought I would,

2184
01:01:55,153 --> 01:01:55,821
but, um, um, it

2185
01:01:55,821 --> 01:01:56,787
s been great

2186
01:01:56,787 --> 01:01:57,856
and I appreciate the

2187
01:01:57,856 --> 01:02:00,250
opportunity and I would

2188
01:02:00,250 --> 01:02:00,726
definitely, uh, entertain any

2189
01:02:00,726 --> 01:02:03,726
questions or anything that you

2190
01:02:04,620 --> 01:02:05,530
MAY have. Thank you. Uh, I have,

2191
01:02:05,530 --> 01:02:06,999
uh, just want to say thank you

2192
01:02:06,999 --> 01:02:08,967
for this report. Uh, I wanted

2193
01:02:08,967 --> 01:02:10,350
to note we are, uh, making a

2194
01:02:10,350 --> 01:02:11,369
decision whether to accept the

2195
01:02:11,369 --> 01:02:11,870
report or not, but we

2196
01:02:11,870 --> 01:02:12,771
re not

2197
01:02:12,771 --> 01:02:13,538
necessarily going fine tooth

2198
01:02:13,538 --> 01:02:14,906
comb because this is your

2199
01:02:14,906 --> 01:02:15,340
report to us. It doesn

2200
01:02:15,340 --> 01:02:16,742
t mean

2201
01:02:16,742 --> 01:02:17,742
that we are saying yes to

2202
01:02:17,742 --> 01:02:20,112
everything in it. So I just

2203
01:02:20,112 --> 01:02:21,813
wanted to, uh, state that for

2204
01:02:21,813 --> 01:02:23,140
the listening public, um, also

2205
01:02:23,140 --> 01:02:24,216
just wanna, uh, thank you for

2206
01:02:24,216 --> 01:02:24,383
being on this journey with us.

2207
01:02:24,383 --> 01:02:25,417
We

2208
01:02:25,417 --> 01:02:26,918
re trying to do some

2209
01:02:26,918 --> 01:02:28,320
ambitious things to make sure

2210
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:29,788
that we are updating our

2211
01:02:29,788 --> 01:02:30,989
election code, looking at what

2212
01:02:30,989 --> 01:02:31,757
could have happened better. We

2213
01:02:31,757 --> 01:02:34,526
have to get the fundamentals

2214
01:02:34,526 --> 01:02:37,620
done while also looking at new

2215
01:02:37,620 --> 01:02:38,196
initiatives to advance. So, um,

2216
01:02:38,196 --> 01:02:39,960
I appreciate the, uh, all of

2217
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:39,331
our appointeds, the city

2218
01:02:39,331 --> 01:02:40,365
manager

2219
01:02:40,365 --> 01:02:40,632
s office, the city

2220
01:02:40,632 --> 01:02:41,833
attorney

2221
01:02:41,833 --> 01:02:43,268
s office, city cleric,

2222
01:02:43,268 --> 01:02:44,970
as well as you for helping to

2223
01:02:44,970 --> 01:02:46,405
guide us and the many residents

2224
01:02:46,405 --> 01:02:48,674
who have testified and weighed

2225
01:02:48,674 --> 01:02:50,876
in on a variety of topics all

2226
01:02:50,876 --> 01:02:52,978
throughout, um, as we take

2227
01:02:52,978 --> 01:02:54,980
questions on this. I wanted to

2228
01:02:54,980 --> 01:02:57,916
ask one broader question. We

2229
01:02:57,916 --> 01:02:59,510
have had multiple sessions on,

2230
01:02:59,510 --> 01:02:59,151
uh, our election code and we

2231
01:02:59,151 --> 01:03:01,151
ve

2232
01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:02,187
also, uh, you know, done straw

2233
01:03:02,187 --> 01:03:03,655
polling and weighed in, uh, and

2234
01:03:03,655 --> 01:03:06,591
looked at where we had a

2235
01:03:06,591 --> 01:03:08,930
majority. Um, is there a list

2236
01:03:08,930 --> 01:03:08,993
of the actions that we have

2237
01:03:08,993 --> 01:03:09,940
already taken so that we don

2238
01:03:09,940 --> 01:03:10,929
t

2239
01:03:10,929 --> 01:03:11,996
feel like we have to repeat

2240
01:03:11,996 --> 01:03:13,799
them here today. So I just want

2241
01:03:13,799 --> 01:03:15,300
to confirm whether the mayor

2242
01:03:15,300 --> 01:03:16,801
and council can receive that

2243
01:03:16,801 --> 01:03:17,736
list. Mayor, I have a very

2244
01:03:17,736 --> 01:03:17,836
detailed list. In fact, I

2245
01:03:17,836 --> 01:03:18,637
m

2246
01:03:18,637 --> 01:03:19,271
looking at it in case you

2247
01:03:19,271 --> 01:03:19,638
brought it up and I

2248
01:03:19,638 --> 01:03:20,672
m happy to

2249
01:03:20,672 --> 01:03:22,700
share it with all of you. Thank

2250
01:03:22,700 --> 01:03:23,442
you. If that could be emailed

2251
01:03:23,442 --> 01:03:25,476
to us and just in case we see

2252
01:03:25,476 --> 01:03:27,412
anything that we want to

2253
01:03:27,412 --> 01:03:29,810
clarify. Excellent. And then as

2254
01:03:29,810 --> 01:03:31,415
the city attorney moves through,

2255
01:03:31,415 --> 01:03:32,284
um, looking at the high-level

2256
01:03:32,284 --> 01:03:33,418
comments wanting to dig in deep

2257
01:03:33,418 --> 01:03:35,687
with us if there are questions

2258
01:03:35,687 --> 01:03:36,755
that you all you have before

2259
01:03:36,755 --> 01:03:38,724
writing code or during, we

2260
01:03:38,724 --> 01:03:40,158
would welcome them as well. All

2261
01:03:40,158 --> 01:03:42,828
right, I want to turn to my

2262
01:03:42,828 --> 01:03:43,761
colleagues, Doctor Miles. Thank

2263
01:03:43,761 --> 01:03:46,231
you, MADAM Mayor. I just wanted

2264
01:03:46,231 --> 01:03:46,331
to be clear about what we

2265
01:03:46,331 --> 01:03:46,764
re

2266
01:03:46,764 --> 01:03:47,766
doing. We

2267
01:03:47,766 --> 01:03:47,966
re so we

2268
01:03:47,966 --> 01:03:49,635
re just

2269
01:03:49,635 --> 01:03:53,235
listening, and even if we have

2270
01:03:53,639 --> 01:03:53,739
points. With which we don

2271
01:03:53,739 --> 01:03:55,400
t

2272
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:57,276
necessarily agree, we would

2273
01:03:57,276 --> 01:03:58,342
handle that at a subsequent

2274
01:03:58,342 --> 01:04:00,945
meeting or what do you, what

2275
01:04:00,945 --> 01:04:04,490
are your thoughts? So I we are

2276
01:04:04,490 --> 01:04:04,850
in this together Um, I will say

2277
01:04:04,850 --> 01:04:05,250
that, uh, we don

2278
01:04:05,250 --> 01:04:06,510
t have to

2279
01:04:06,510 --> 01:04:06,685
repeat everything we

2280
01:04:06,685 --> 01:04:07,219
ve said

2281
01:04:07,219 --> 01:04:07,318
previously because we

2282
01:04:07,318 --> 01:04:08,754
ve

2283
01:04:08,754 --> 01:04:08,853
weighed in, but if there

2284
01:04:08,853 --> 01:04:09,688
s

2285
01:04:09,688 --> 01:04:11,223
something that you wanted to

2286
01:04:11,223 --> 01:04:12,524
put a finer tooth comb on or

2287
01:04:12,524 --> 01:04:14,159
just wanted to make a comment

2288
01:04:14,159 --> 01:04:15,127
about or ask a further question

2289
01:04:15,127 --> 01:04:15,226
about the report. We, we

2290
01:04:15,226 --> 01:04:16,929
d

2291
01:04:16,929 --> 01:04:18,562
welcome that. Ok, I mean, I

2292
01:04:18,562 --> 01:04:19,330
just have one quick comment,

2293
01:04:19,330 --> 01:04:20,198
but I, I

2294
01:04:20,198 --> 01:04:21,767
m just not sure if

2295
01:04:21,767 --> 01:04:24,703
this is an appropriate form or

2296
01:04:24,703 --> 01:04:25,137
not. If so, I can it

2297
01:04:25,137 --> 01:04:25,636
s a

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01:04:25,636 --> 01:04:26,370
comment didn

2299
01:04:26,370 --> 01:04:27,171
t even necessarily

2300
01:04:27,171 --> 01:04:29,740
need a, need a reply, but i

2301
01:04:29,740 --> 01:04:31,900
just wanted to put it out there.

2302
01:04:31,900 --> 01:04:32,511
The only, um, and again, I echo

2303
01:04:32,511 --> 01:04:34,346
the thanks, MADAM Mayor, that

2304
01:04:34,346 --> 01:04:35,514
you have to, to you, sir, for,

2305
01:04:35,514 --> 01:04:37,416
for your help in, in working

2306
01:04:37,416 --> 01:04:39,483
with us. This is a long time in

2307
01:04:39,483 --> 01:04:39,651
making, as well as the public

2308
01:04:39,651 --> 01:04:40,251
who

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01:04:40,251 --> 01:04:42,651
s participated in this

2310
01:04:43,121 --> 01:04:43,322
process. The only point I

2311
01:04:43,322 --> 01:04:45,322
ll

2312
01:04:46,525 --> 01:04:47,926
make is um there was a a

2313
01:04:47,926 --> 01:04:48,459
recommendation, I think it

2314
01:04:48,459 --> 01:04:50,459
s on

2315
01:04:50,963 --> 01:04:51,964
page 78 that the board of

2316
01:04:51,964 --> 01:04:53,231
supervisors of elections should

2317
01:04:53,231 --> 01:04:54,766
be able to independently, I

2318
01:04:54,766 --> 01:04:55,767
believe, issue penalties and

2319
01:04:55,767 --> 01:04:57,703
hold hearings without either

2320
01:04:57,703 --> 01:04:58,169
approval of the city clerk or

2321
01:04:58,169 --> 01:04:58,437
city attorneys. That

2322
01:04:58,437 --> 01:05:00,437
s the only

2323
01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:03,175
part I would uh want to think

2324
01:05:03,175 --> 01:05:03,542
about some more before we move

2325
01:05:03,542 --> 01:05:03,742
forward. That

2326
01:05:03,742 --> 01:05:03,942
s, that

2327
01:05:03,942 --> 01:05:05,544
s all I

2328
01:05:05,544 --> 01:05:09,144
have to say. Thank you very

2329
01:05:09,548 --> 01:05:10,349
much, Doctor Miles Welcome, uh,

2330
01:05:10,349 --> 01:05:13,349
COUNCILMAN Vanreg. Um, I guess

2331
01:05:13,385 --> 01:05:15,253
this is a note to, uh, I guess

2332
01:05:15,253 --> 01:05:16,121
staff because, I mean, I

2333
01:05:16,121 --> 01:05:16,887
appreciate um the electric

2334
01:05:16,887 --> 01:05:18,156
consultant for putting this

2335
01:05:18,156 --> 01:05:18,657
through. I know there

2336
01:05:18,657 --> 01:05:20,657
s some

2337
01:05:20,959 --> 01:05:21,593
issues here that had some

2338
01:05:21,593 --> 01:05:22,427
slight slight conflict with

2339
01:05:22,427 --> 01:05:23,661
some of the things that we

2340
01:05:23,661 --> 01:05:24,896
talked about. I know just as

2341
01:05:24,896 --> 01:05:26,865
the mayor said, there was a

2342
01:05:26,865 --> 01:05:27,866
number of straw polls,

2343
01:05:27,866 --> 01:05:30,768
including ranked er voting that

2344
01:05:30,768 --> 01:05:32,704
we talked about. I wanna make

2345
01:05:32,704 --> 01:05:35,239
sure if possible to have some

2346
01:05:35,239 --> 01:05:36,608
type of guidance or list of

2347
01:05:36,608 --> 01:05:40,208
what is anticipated to be put

2348
01:05:40,345 --> 01:05:41,946
in the the draft code before we

2349
01:05:41,946 --> 01:05:42,800
get too far along, cause what

2350
01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:43,315
i

2351
01:05:43,315 --> 01:05:45,651
d not like to have happen is

2352
01:05:45,651 --> 01:05:49,621
that we have a draft code that

2353
01:05:49,621 --> 01:05:51,890
we have a month to approve

2354
01:05:51,890 --> 01:05:52,624
without clarifying an insurance

2355
01:05:52,624 --> 01:05:54,659
that the substance of that

2356
01:05:54,659 --> 01:05:56,795
draft comports to what the

2357
01:05:56,795 --> 01:05:58,297
mayor and council is desires,

2358
01:05:58,297 --> 01:06:01,733
the majority of it, to see, is

2359
01:06:01,733 --> 01:06:03,168
there some way in which we can

2360
01:06:03,168 --> 01:06:05,536
understand what is the content

2361
01:06:05,536 --> 01:06:06,171
to be put in there prior to

2362
01:06:06,171 --> 01:06:08,539
actually having the drafting

2363
01:06:08,539 --> 01:06:08,873
occur. So what I

2364
01:06:08,873 --> 01:06:09,700
d recommend is

2365
01:06:09,700 --> 01:06:09,207
I

2366
01:06:09,207 --> 01:06:11,175
ll, I

2367
01:06:11,175 --> 01:06:13,100
ll work with, um, all

2368
01:06:13,100 --> 01:06:14,478
three appointed, uh, appointees

2369
01:06:14,478 --> 01:06:14,646
will get together. Um, perhaps

2370
01:06:14,646 --> 01:06:15,147
we

2371
01:06:15,147 --> 01:06:16,515
ll develop an outline of

2372
01:06:16,515 --> 01:06:17,716
what we think that coal might

2373
01:06:17,716 --> 01:06:18,282
look like. Share that with the

2374
01:06:18,282 --> 01:06:18,450
council and make sure we

2375
01:06:18,450 --> 01:06:19,484
re on

2376
01:06:19,484 --> 01:06:20,484
the right path before we have

2377
01:06:20,484 --> 01:06:20,652
our first work session, because

2378
01:06:20,652 --> 01:06:21,887
you

2379
01:06:21,887 --> 01:06:23,854
re right, the last one we

2380
01:06:23,854 --> 01:06:24,122
want to do is to have the city

2381
01:06:24,122 --> 01:06:25,157
attorney

2382
01:06:25,157 --> 01:06:26,123
s office spend all

2383
01:06:26,123 --> 01:06:28,600
kinds of work on something you

2384
01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:28,226
guys are not looking for, but

2385
01:06:28,226 --> 01:06:30,226
we

2386
01:06:30,529 --> 01:06:30,829
ll use the basis of the

2387
01:06:30,829 --> 01:06:31,563
consultant

2388
01:06:31,563 --> 01:06:32,496
s report, the

2389
01:06:32,496 --> 01:06:33,865
summary that I just emailed to

2390
01:06:33,865 --> 01:06:35,466
all of you, which is all of

2391
01:06:35,466 --> 01:06:36,167
your comments, the straw polls,

2392
01:06:36,167 --> 01:06:36,802
etc. And then we

2393
01:06:36,802 --> 01:06:38,337
ll come up

2394
01:06:38,337 --> 01:06:38,503
with an outline and think where

2395
01:06:38,503 --> 01:06:40,500
we

2396
01:06:40,500 --> 01:06:41,206
re headed before we put pen

2397
01:06:41,206 --> 01:06:41,472
to paper, we meaning City

2398
01:06:41,472 --> 01:06:42,573
attorney

2399
01:06:42,573 --> 01:06:43,274
s office to get a

2400
01:06:43,274 --> 01:06:45,310
detailed report. Hopefully that

2401
01:06:45,310 --> 01:06:46,677
works for everybody. And, and

2402
01:06:46,677 --> 01:06:47,780
just to clarify, that

2403
01:06:47,780 --> 01:06:48,460
s not

2404
01:06:48,460 --> 01:06:48,246
necessarily going directly to

2405
01:06:48,246 --> 01:06:49,247
what

2406
01:06:49,247 --> 01:06:50,140
s here, but also

2407
01:06:50,140 --> 01:06:50,115
encompassing all of what we

2408
01:06:50,115 --> 01:06:51,116
ve

2409
01:06:51,116 --> 01:06:52,451
been talking about during our

2410
01:06:52,451 --> 01:06:53,417
multiple work session. Correct.

2411
01:06:53,417 --> 01:06:55,817
We took detailed notes.

2412
01:06:56,622 --> 01:06:58,560
Excellent. Thank you very much.

2413
01:06:58,560 --> 01:06:58,255
Thank you. And I

2414
01:06:58,255 --> 01:07:00,255
ll just

2415
01:07:00,959 --> 01:07:01,927
continue adding on this theme,

2416
01:07:01,927 --> 01:07:02,461
uh, so I thank you for setting

2417
01:07:02,461 --> 01:07:02,961
the summary. We

2418
01:07:02,961 --> 01:07:04,620
ll take a look

2419
01:07:04,620 --> 01:07:05,897
at that and see if we have any

2420
01:07:05,897 --> 01:07:08,320
questions. I know we need time

2421
01:07:08,320 --> 01:07:08,133
to review it, um, and you

2422
01:07:08,133 --> 01:07:09,768
ll

2423
01:07:09,768 --> 01:07:11,203
get the, you know, an outline

2424
01:07:11,203 --> 01:07:12,771
to the marri council of what

2425
01:07:12,771 --> 01:07:14,705
the key components of the code

2426
01:07:14,705 --> 01:07:17,800
are, um, the, the other piece I

2427
01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:17,976
think is important is to map

2428
01:07:17,976 --> 01:07:19,444
out a timeline because we do

2429
01:07:19,444 --> 01:07:21,846
have to think about as, you

2430
01:07:21,846 --> 01:07:23,548
know, the public input process,

2431
01:07:23,548 --> 01:07:25,583
a time for revisions, looking

2432
01:07:25,583 --> 01:07:26,485
at mapping things out on our

2433
01:07:26,485 --> 01:07:27,619
calendar so we can schedule

2434
01:07:27,619 --> 01:07:30,922
those in before they get filled.

2435
01:07:30,922 --> 01:07:31,657
Um, I do take the point of we

2436
01:07:31,657 --> 01:07:34,570
should have things developed

2437
01:07:34,393 --> 01:07:35,827
and, you know, approved way in

2438
01:07:35,827 --> 01:07:36,328
advance of the actual election.

2439
01:07:36,328 --> 01:07:37,194
I understand that it

2440
01:07:37,194 --> 01:07:38,764
s not just

2441
01:07:38,764 --> 01:07:41,990
a code, but then the city clerk

2442
01:07:41,990 --> 01:07:42,800
has to help work on the

2443
01:07:42,800 --> 01:07:43,567
election guide and training

2444
01:07:43,567 --> 01:07:44,436
materials and anyone who

2445
01:07:44,436 --> 01:07:46,710
s new

2446
01:07:46,710 --> 01:07:48,730
to office deserves that

2447
01:07:48,730 --> 01:07:48,806
information, um, or even

2448
01:07:48,806 --> 01:07:50,375
running again, um, I just want

2449
01:07:50,375 --> 01:07:50,876
to make sure that we

2450
01:07:50,876 --> 01:07:51,310
re, we

2451
01:07:51,310 --> 01:07:52,344
re

2452
01:07:52,344 --> 01:07:53,845
not changing things midcourse

2453
01:07:53,845 --> 01:07:55,714
and everyone has a chance to

2454
01:07:55,714 --> 01:07:56,748
learn about what our policies

2455
01:07:56,748 --> 01:07:57,715
are, and that residents have a

2456
01:07:57,715 --> 01:07:57,816
chance to see how we

2457
01:07:57,816 --> 01:07:59,816
re

2458
01:08:01,253 --> 01:08:02,554
operating the election. Uh, so

2459
01:08:02,554 --> 01:08:03,255
what, when are you thinking

2460
01:08:03,255 --> 01:08:03,422
about sending out, I know

2461
01:08:03,422 --> 01:08:04,623
you

2462
01:08:04,623 --> 01:08:06,191
re gonna meet with your,

2463
01:08:06,191 --> 01:08:07,993
your appointees, but if you

2464
01:08:07,993 --> 01:08:08,960
could just get back to us on a

2465
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:10,529
proposed timeline. There is

2466
01:08:10,529 --> 01:08:11,996
something in the report. I know

2467
01:08:11,996 --> 01:08:12,564
MR. Gant said it

2468
01:08:12,564 --> 01:08:12,931
s ambitious,

2469
01:08:12,931 --> 01:08:13,398
uh, but I don

2470
01:08:13,398 --> 01:08:13,899
t, so I don

2471
01:08:13,899 --> 01:08:14,660
t, I

2472
01:08:14,660 --> 01:08:15,367
don

2473
01:08:15,367 --> 01:08:15,834
t know if that

2474
01:08:15,834 --> 01:08:16,868
s the

2475
01:08:16,868 --> 01:08:17,269
approved timeline by you all or

2476
01:08:17,269 --> 01:08:18,203
if you

2477
01:08:18,203 --> 01:08:19,271
re gonna give us

2478
01:08:19,271 --> 01:08:19,771
something different. Yeah, give

2479
01:08:19,771 --> 01:08:21,672
us 30 days. We

2480
01:08:21,672 --> 01:08:23,410
ll come up with,

2481
01:08:23,410 --> 01:08:23,541
um, an overall timeline

2482
01:08:23,541 --> 01:08:24,900
including a community

2483
01:08:24,900 --> 01:08:24,543
engagement plan. I

2484
01:08:24,543 --> 01:08:25,744
m gonna make

2485
01:08:25,744 --> 01:08:26,645
sure the city attorney

2486
01:08:26,645 --> 01:08:26,944
s office,

2487
01:08:26,944 --> 01:08:27,813
city clerk

2488
01:08:27,813 --> 01:08:27,980
s office, my office,

2489
01:08:27,980 --> 01:08:28,947
we

2490
01:08:28,947 --> 01:08:30,482
re all on the same page on

2491
01:08:30,482 --> 01:08:32,451
this, Mayor. Thank you. Thank

2492
01:08:32,451 --> 01:08:35,451
you very much Thank you,

2493
01:08:35,454 --> 01:08:37,540
Councilor Marshaw I just want

2494
01:08:37,540 --> 01:08:39,324
to echo my colleagues and, and

2495
01:08:39,324 --> 01:08:40,758
share, uh, thanks and

2496
01:08:40,758 --> 01:08:43,758
appreciation for the report. I

2497
01:08:44,263 --> 01:08:45,330
know we had a lot of um

2498
01:08:45,330 --> 01:08:47,199
conversations and a lot of

2499
01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:48,734
different thoughts, and so I

2500
01:08:48,734 --> 01:08:50,501
appreciate uh you putting the

2501
01:08:50,501 --> 01:08:53,501
report together as well as

2502
01:08:53,605 --> 01:08:55,674
staff, um, compiling our um a

2503
01:08:55,674 --> 01:08:59,274
summary of our remarks. Um, I,

2504
01:09:01,213 --> 01:09:03,682
I, I also just wanted to add um

2505
01:09:03,682 --> 01:09:06,510
uh, if it is possible to have

2506
01:09:06,510 --> 01:09:07,386
Jedi staff also just review

2507
01:09:07,386 --> 01:09:09,821
this summary, um, just to have

2508
01:09:09,821 --> 01:09:13,258
a, a lens, Jedi are our justice,

2509
01:09:13,258 --> 01:09:14,825
equity, diversity and inclusion

2510
01:09:14,825 --> 01:09:16,694
staff review um the direction

2511
01:09:16,694 --> 01:09:19,640
we shared, um, moving forward,

2512
01:09:19,640 --> 01:09:20,165
it will just help to make our

2513
01:09:20,165 --> 01:09:20,332
elections more equitable. Yeah,

2514
01:09:20,332 --> 01:09:20,966
we

2515
01:09:20,966 --> 01:09:25,166
re happy to do that as part

2516
01:09:25,904 --> 01:09:29,504
of the next steps. Thank you.

2517
01:09:29,608 --> 01:09:30,141
COUNCILMAN Valeri I

2518
01:09:30,141 --> 01:09:30,409
ll ditto

2519
01:09:30,409 --> 01:09:32,770
everyone

2520
01:09:32,770 --> 01:09:33,946
s, uh, kudos and

2521
01:09:33,946 --> 01:09:35,480
thanks so that we can keep

2522
01:09:35,480 --> 01:09:37,316
things moving, but everybody

2523
01:09:37,316 --> 01:09:38,850
said pretty much what has been

2524
01:09:38,850 --> 01:09:41,520
in my head. Um, I know how

2525
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:42,721
tough it is. Um to pull these

2526
01:09:42,721 --> 01:09:45,489
kind of reports together and

2527
01:09:45,489 --> 01:09:47,325
especially when you are

2528
01:09:47,325 --> 01:09:47,593
combining um 7 elected

2529
01:09:47,593 --> 01:09:48,961
officials

2530
01:09:48,961 --> 01:09:49,594
ideas, uh, it

2531
01:09:49,594 --> 01:09:49,761
s,

2532
01:09:49,761 --> 01:09:51,563
it

2533
01:09:51,563 --> 01:09:53,999
s never easy because we

2534
01:09:53,999 --> 01:09:56,134
probably have 7 different ideas.

2535
01:09:56,134 --> 01:09:57,936
Um, I will say that I just

2536
01:09:57,936 --> 01:10:00,805
skimmed through, uh, thank you,

2537
01:10:00,805 --> 01:10:03,308
MR. City Manager for uh what

2538
01:10:03,308 --> 01:10:06,111
you emailed. Um, I, I would

2539
01:10:06,111 --> 01:10:09,147
probably expand a little bit on

2540
01:10:09,147 --> 01:10:11,830
the summary, um, because it, it

2541
01:10:11,830 --> 01:10:14,830
needs a little bit more

2542
01:10:14,453 --> 01:10:15,821
granularity to it. So even put

2543
01:10:15,821 --> 01:10:17,756
like categorizing um the longer

2544
01:10:17,756 --> 01:10:19,992
list would be helpful instead

2545
01:10:19,992 --> 01:10:20,658
of just summarizing, um, so

2546
01:10:20,658 --> 01:10:23,628
that we can basically, so we

2547
01:10:23,628 --> 01:10:25,564
can create a, a checklist of

2548
01:10:25,564 --> 01:10:27,899
perhaps items that we do need

2549
01:10:27,899 --> 01:10:29,835
to strap hold on to say, you

2550
01:10:29,835 --> 01:10:31,502
know, the majority, um feel

2551
01:10:31,502 --> 01:10:32,404
this way on that, etc. Blah

2552
01:10:32,404 --> 01:10:32,603
blah blah. Um, because I think

2553
01:10:32,603 --> 01:10:33,772
that

2554
01:10:33,772 --> 01:10:36,208
s where I was struggling.

2555
01:10:36,208 --> 01:10:39,770
I was reading the report and I,

2556
01:10:39,770 --> 01:10:40,979
you know, did not have the, the

2557
01:10:40,979 --> 01:10:42,713
benefit of time to rewatch all

2558
01:10:42,713 --> 01:10:44,850
of our election work sessions

2559
01:10:44,850 --> 01:10:46,851
to see whether or not we had

2560
01:10:46,851 --> 01:10:49,488
actually straw voted on it

2561
01:10:49,488 --> 01:10:50,588
strawold, voted on that or not.

2562
01:10:50,588 --> 01:10:52,691
Um, I do want to highlight

2563
01:10:52,691 --> 01:10:54,526
there are a lot of things um,

2564
01:10:54,526 --> 01:10:56,595
of course, that I could say

2565
01:10:56,595 --> 01:10:58,363
about um the draft report, but

2566
01:10:58,363 --> 01:11:00,799
it actually dovetails a little

2567
01:11:00,799 --> 01:11:02,834
bit with what um council member

2568
01:11:02,834 --> 01:11:06,270
shot just said and I noted um

2569
01:11:06,270 --> 01:11:09,870
in a couple of sections that

2570
01:11:11,108 --> 01:11:12,977
things like um, accepting, um,

2571
01:11:12,977 --> 01:11:14,879
electronic signatures for

2572
01:11:14,879 --> 01:11:17,150
candidate petitions was not um

2573
01:11:17,150 --> 01:11:18,917
was not found to be, um, uh,

2574
01:11:18,917 --> 01:11:19,350
should not be done. There

2575
01:11:19,350 --> 01:11:20,352
s no

2576
01:11:20,352 --> 01:11:22,120
big benefit. It, there is a

2577
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:23,522
huge benefit when it comes to

2578
01:11:23,522 --> 01:11:25,922
accessibility, um, when it

2579
01:11:26,959 --> 01:11:28,193
comes to people with low vision

2580
01:11:28,193 --> 01:11:30,593
or mobility impairments or

2581
01:11:30,896 --> 01:11:32,764
folks who, um, uh just need

2582
01:11:32,764 --> 01:11:35,701
that, that little bit of extra.

2583
01:11:35,701 --> 01:11:36,401
I felt personally, um, during

2584
01:11:36,401 --> 01:11:38,690
the candidate petition process.

2585
01:11:38,690 --> 01:11:40,105
I was frankly really

2586
01:11:40,105 --> 01:11:41,473
embarrassed to ask people um

2587
01:11:41,473 --> 01:11:43,575
with vision impairments to sign

2588
01:11:43,575 --> 01:11:46,445
a thing where the box was like

2589
01:11:46,445 --> 01:11:48,714
this small, um, and I think, um,

2590
01:11:48,714 --> 01:11:49,815
looking through all of this

2591
01:11:49,815 --> 01:11:53,585
through that lens of how can we

2592
01:11:53,585 --> 01:11:55,554
make our election process the

2593
01:11:55,554 --> 01:11:57,550
most accessible, um, and err on

2594
01:11:57,550 --> 01:11:58,590
the side of going above and

2595
01:11:58,590 --> 01:12:00,425
beyond, rather than like the

2596
01:12:00,425 --> 01:12:02,393
bare minimum. Um, I think, I

2597
01:12:02,393 --> 01:12:03,929
think would be great. Um,

2598
01:12:03,929 --> 01:12:06,231
another one that I noted, um,

2599
01:12:06,231 --> 01:12:08,300
and I think just across the

2600
01:12:08,300 --> 01:12:11,300
board noting this issue, making

2601
01:12:12,370 --> 01:12:14,720
things, um. Making things like

2602
01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:15,607
the candidate handbook, making

2603
01:12:15,607 --> 01:12:17,242
it more easily read by screen

2604
01:12:17,242 --> 01:12:18,677
readers. There were a lot of

2605
01:12:18,677 --> 01:12:20,212
things that were available

2606
01:12:20,212 --> 01:12:23,215
online, but um really just need

2607
01:12:23,215 --> 01:12:24,116
to have a pass-through of, of

2608
01:12:24,116 --> 01:12:26,116
overall digital accessibility.

2609
01:12:26,485 --> 01:12:28,120
Um, I think would be, would be

2610
01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:28,219
really helpful, but um I

2611
01:12:28,219 --> 01:12:29,454
ll

2612
01:12:29,454 --> 01:12:31,290
reserve the rest of mine, but I

2613
01:12:31,290 --> 01:12:32,858
just really wanted to put a, a

2614
01:12:32,858 --> 01:12:33,240
pin on those because I think

2615
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:33,692
it

2616
01:12:33,692 --> 01:12:36,692
s something that is not

2617
01:12:37,296 --> 01:12:39,696
really addressed. Thank you,

2618
01:12:39,865 --> 01:12:41,833
Councilor Jackson. Oh, thank

2619
01:12:41,833 --> 01:12:42,200
you, Mayor. Uh, I won

2620
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:43,669
t repeat

2621
01:12:43,669 --> 01:12:45,203
what everybody else has said. I,

2622
01:12:45,203 --> 01:12:48,473
I agree with much of it. Uh,

2623
01:12:48,473 --> 01:12:49,140
first, thank you for a very

2624
01:12:49,140 --> 01:12:50,943
comprehensive report. Um, I

2625
01:12:50,943 --> 01:12:52,100
think you get rid us a lot to

2626
01:12:52,100 --> 01:12:52,476
think about. Um, you

2627
01:12:52,476 --> 01:12:54,279
ve done a

2628
01:12:54,279 --> 01:12:56,415
good job, uh, looking at the

2629
01:12:56,415 --> 01:12:58,250
issues, bringing them out, uh,

2630
01:12:58,250 --> 01:12:59,216
both as administrative and uh

2631
01:12:59,216 --> 01:13:01,616
with the campaign finance

2632
01:13:02,120 --> 01:13:05,957
reform, as well as uh what um

2633
01:13:05,957 --> 01:13:06,158
what could add, um, I think

2634
01:13:06,158 --> 01:13:07,491
there

2635
01:13:07,491 --> 01:13:09,394
s some work that we can

2636
01:13:09,394 --> 01:13:11,897
do in the coming weeks, uh, to

2637
01:13:11,897 --> 01:13:15,567
flesh us out a little bit. And

2638
01:13:15,567 --> 01:13:17,350
this, this, um, some lack of

2639
01:13:17,350 --> 01:13:18,170
clarity in the report, which is,

2640
01:13:18,170 --> 01:13:20,570
is fine because it

2641
01:13:20,872 --> 01:13:22,872
s a really

2642
01:13:23,308 --> 01:13:24,420
detailed report and uh with

2643
01:13:24,420 --> 01:13:26,442
many different components and

2644
01:13:27,512 --> 01:13:28,880
some of them don

2645
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:30,880
t necessarily

2646
01:13:30,916 --> 01:13:31,749
um uh align. Um, there

2647
01:13:31,749 --> 01:13:33,749
s uh one

2648
01:13:33,752 --> 01:13:36,188
part where you said that the

2649
01:13:36,188 --> 01:13:37,122
border seizure pro advisors of

2650
01:13:37,122 --> 01:13:39,910
elections should investigate.

2651
01:13:39,910 --> 01:13:41,260
And then another part you say

2652
01:13:41,260 --> 01:13:41,492
where the uh uh clerk

2653
01:13:41,492 --> 01:13:42,494
s office

2654
01:13:42,494 --> 01:13:43,629
should investigate. And so

2655
01:13:43,629 --> 01:13:44,862
those, those are the kind of

2656
01:13:44,862 --> 01:13:47,980
things that I think we need to

2657
01:13:47,980 --> 01:13:48,700
flesh out more, uh, moving

2658
01:13:48,700 --> 01:13:51,670
forward. I did want to ask one

2659
01:13:51,670 --> 01:13:52,537
question though, um, uh, just

2660
01:13:52,537 --> 01:13:53,505
the specifics, but it

2661
01:13:53,505 --> 01:13:54,605
s to

2662
01:13:54,605 --> 01:13:57,605
illustrate a point. You, you

2663
01:13:58,176 --> 01:13:59,344
say 12 months, um, we shouldn

2664
01:13:59,344 --> 01:14:00,120
t,

2665
01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:02,314
um, adopt anything new for the

2666
01:14:02,314 --> 01:14:05,350
election. What do you mean by

2667
01:14:05,350 --> 01:14:06,217
that? 1, 12 months. When, when

2668
01:14:06,217 --> 01:14:09,817
does the election start in your,

2669
01:14:10,155 --> 01:14:10,922
your view? 12 months would be

2670
01:14:10,922 --> 01:14:11,957
12 months, so it

2671
01:14:11,957 --> 01:14:13,957
d be NOVEMBER

2672
01:14:14,259 --> 01:14:16,728
of 26, I think, see, and I

2673
01:14:16,728 --> 01:14:20,650
would say that it should start

2674
01:14:20,650 --> 01:14:20,666
12 months from, uh, when

2675
01:14:20,666 --> 01:14:23,660
candidates are approved or

2676
01:14:23,502 --> 01:14:25,437
announced. Sure, yeah, you

2677
01:14:25,437 --> 01:14:26,872
could say 18 months from

2678
01:14:26,872 --> 01:14:29,274
election day as well. Um, the,

2679
01:14:29,274 --> 01:14:30,375
the biggest thing with that is

2680
01:14:30,375 --> 01:14:31,843
the administrative side because

2681
01:14:31,843 --> 01:14:34,112
anytime you would make a change

2682
01:14:34,112 --> 01:14:35,247
to the code that er that close

2683
01:14:35,247 --> 01:14:36,648
to an election, puts the onus

2684
01:14:36,648 --> 01:14:37,549
then on the city clerk

2685
01:14:37,549 --> 01:14:38,951
s office

2686
01:14:38,951 --> 01:14:40,850
to try and update whatever that

2687
01:14:40,850 --> 01:14:42,321
is. Like if you said you were

2688
01:14:42,321 --> 01:14:43,755
changing the number of

2689
01:14:43,755 --> 01:14:45,557
signatures from 50 to 1000 or

2690
01:14:45,557 --> 01:14:47,426
something. The city clerk is

2691
01:14:47,426 --> 01:14:50,762
going to need time to update

2692
01:14:50,762 --> 01:14:52,964
all of the reports and the, so

2693
01:14:52,964 --> 01:14:54,799
giving them thinking. Of the

2694
01:14:54,799 --> 01:14:56,334
entire process, not just of

2695
01:14:56,334 --> 01:14:56,535
wanting to change something.

2696
01:14:56,535 --> 01:14:57,802
There

2697
01:14:57,802 --> 01:14:58,837
s so many ripples to that.

2698
01:14:58,837 --> 01:14:59,204
No, and I think we

2699
01:14:59,204 --> 01:15:01,204
re in

2700
01:15:01,773 --> 01:15:02,640
agreement on that, but it

2701
01:15:02,640 --> 01:15:02,874
s the

2702
01:15:02,874 --> 01:15:04,141
Pacific

2703
01:15:04,141 --> 01:15:05,770
s, uh, that I

2704
01:15:05,770 --> 01:15:05,744
m just

2705
01:15:05,744 --> 01:15:08,144
concerned about because unless

2706
01:15:09,380 --> 01:15:11,483
we kind of nail it down, uh, 12

2707
01:15:11,483 --> 01:15:13,251
months from this side or from

2708
01:15:13,251 --> 01:15:15,420
the election can mean different

2709
01:15:15,420 --> 01:15:18,123
things to different people. And

2710
01:15:18,123 --> 01:15:18,356
so, I, I have other questions,

2711
01:15:18,356 --> 01:15:19,391
but I

2712
01:15:19,391 --> 01:15:21,159
ll save them for another

2713
01:15:21,159 --> 01:15:21,759
time, but thank you very much

2714
01:15:21,759 --> 01:15:22,600
for your work. I know it

2715
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:24,600
s s a

2716
01:15:24,529 --> 01:15:24,796
lot of work and I know um it

2717
01:15:24,796 --> 01:15:26,796
s

2718
01:15:27,365 --> 01:15:30,168
difficult, uh, taking all these

2719
01:15:30,168 --> 01:15:32,568
different um opinions into

2720
01:15:32,638 --> 01:15:34,139
account both residents and the

2721
01:15:34,139 --> 01:15:35,172
bse and uh uh staff and, and,

2722
01:15:35,172 --> 01:15:38,772
and the council. So, so thank

2723
01:15:38,976 --> 01:15:40,770
you very much. Look at my

2724
01:15:40,770 --> 01:15:41,613
colleagues to see. All right.

2725
01:15:41,613 --> 01:15:43,382
Um, I have a couple quick

2726
01:15:43,382 --> 01:15:45,283
things that I wanted to flag.

2727
01:15:45,283 --> 01:15:47,184
One is, uh, just looking

2728
01:15:47,184 --> 01:15:49,554
briefly through the list of uh

2729
01:15:49,554 --> 01:15:51,289
the discussion. I think that it

2730
01:15:51,289 --> 01:15:53,580
would be helpful to um maybe

2731
01:15:53,580 --> 01:15:53,258
add a little bit more detail.

2732
01:15:53,258 --> 01:15:54,992
There

2733
01:15:54,992 --> 01:15:55,460
s some things in there

2734
01:15:55,460 --> 01:15:56,928
that I don

2735
01:15:56,928 --> 01:15:58,630
t think that the

2736
01:15:58,630 --> 01:15:59,298
city attorney will look at and

2737
01:15:59,298 --> 01:16:02,301
say, I know what to do with

2738
01:16:02,301 --> 01:16:02,900
that. Um, so I just

2739
01:16:02,900 --> 01:16:03,100
respectfully request, I don

2740
01:16:03,100 --> 01:16:03,802
t

2741
01:16:03,802 --> 01:16:04,803
know if that would be you,

2742
01:16:04,803 --> 01:16:07,973
cause I think the notes were

2743
01:16:07,973 --> 01:16:09,942
you as MR. Gant, um, or I

2744
01:16:09,942 --> 01:16:11,610
believe so or between I said

2745
01:16:11,610 --> 01:16:13,145
scant at the top, but whoever

2746
01:16:13,145 --> 01:16:14,111
does it, we need greater

2747
01:16:14,111 --> 01:16:14,445
clarity because this is serious

2748
01:16:14,445 --> 01:16:15,380
business, we

2749
01:16:15,380 --> 01:16:16,915
ll make sure we

2750
01:16:16,915 --> 01:16:18,350
get it right, um, and there are

2751
01:16:18,350 --> 01:16:19,384
a couple of things that I

2752
01:16:19,384 --> 01:16:20,619
looked at that is very, it

2753
01:16:20,619 --> 01:16:21,653
s a

2754
01:16:21,653 --> 01:16:21,820
kind of ambivalent and you

2755
01:16:21,820 --> 01:16:23,722
don

2756
01:16:23,722 --> 01:16:25,557
t know the direction, um,

2757
01:16:25,557 --> 01:16:26,558
you know, my colleague

2758
01:16:26,558 --> 01:16:28,160
mentioned accessibility, I

2759
01:16:28,160 --> 01:16:29,794
noted before, and I looked at

2760
01:16:29,794 --> 01:16:31,964
the previous election where the

2761
01:16:31,964 --> 01:16:33,432
candidate book was not could

2762
01:16:33,432 --> 01:16:36,680
not be read read by someone

2763
01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:36,969
with low vision. Um. That

2764
01:16:36,969 --> 01:16:37,569
should not exclude anyone from

2765
01:16:37,569 --> 01:16:38,370
voting. I mean, if I

2766
01:16:38,370 --> 01:16:38,470
m, if I

2767
01:16:38,470 --> 01:16:40,500
m

2768
01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:41,273
trying to be an elected

2769
01:16:41,273 --> 01:16:43,208
official, and we know that

2770
01:16:43,208 --> 01:16:44,676
there have been mayors in

2771
01:16:44,676 --> 01:16:47,179
Maryland who are legally blind.

2772
01:16:47,179 --> 01:16:48,145
So I just, it doesn

2773
01:16:48,145 --> 01:16:49,140
t say what

2774
01:16:49,140 --> 01:16:49,815
ada compliant means, and so I

2775
01:16:49,815 --> 01:16:50,582
just want to make sure it

2776
01:16:50,582 --> 01:16:52,170
s not

2777
01:16:52,170 --> 01:16:52,951
just a ballot, but it

2778
01:16:52,951 --> 01:16:54,951
s the

2779
01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:56,822
entire process and and and

2780
01:16:56,822 --> 01:16:59,124
including candidates. Um, it

2781
01:16:59,124 --> 01:16:59,858
also notes, uh, elections in

2782
01:16:59,858 --> 01:17:00,192
presidential years. I don

2783
01:17:00,192 --> 01:17:02,192
t

2784
01:17:02,794 --> 01:17:03,395
recall that was a straw poll,

2785
01:17:03,395 --> 01:17:03,929
um, but I know that that

2786
01:17:03,929 --> 01:17:04,129
s a,

2787
01:17:04,129 --> 01:17:04,863
that

2788
01:17:04,863 --> 01:17:05,163
s a hotly debated topic,

2789
01:17:05,163 --> 01:17:06,932
and I don

2790
01:17:06,932 --> 01:17:08,932
t think this

2791
01:17:09,901 --> 01:17:10,402
council weighed in to to change

2792
01:17:10,402 --> 01:17:11,803
that unless I didn

2793
01:17:11,803 --> 01:17:13,803
t hear that.

2794
01:17:13,805 --> 01:17:14,672
Ok, so, um, I just, so I wanna

2795
01:17:14,672 --> 01:17:14,840
make sure that just because

2796
01:17:14,840 --> 01:17:15,741
it

2797
01:17:15,741 --> 01:17:16,808
s in there doesn

2798
01:17:16,808 --> 01:17:17,776
t mean that

2799
01:17:17,776 --> 01:17:19,543
was a direction. So I, I think

2800
01:17:19,543 --> 01:17:21,445
that needs to be greater

2801
01:17:21,445 --> 01:17:22,381
clarity on a bullet item in

2802
01:17:22,381 --> 01:17:25,381
there versus what was direction

2803
01:17:28,353 --> 01:17:30,489
from the mayor and council. Is

2804
01:17:30,489 --> 01:17:33,489
that fair Understood. Thank you.

2805
01:17:36,862 --> 01:17:37,696
Ok. Thank you. Ok. Um, the last

2806
01:17:37,696 --> 01:17:38,597
thing I, I don

2807
01:17:38,597 --> 01:17:39,298
t think we spent

2808
01:17:39,298 --> 01:17:41,990
too much time talking about,

2809
01:17:41,990 --> 01:17:43,467
but I just want to flag for our

2810
01:17:43,467 --> 01:17:45,904
city attorney. Um, we have a

2811
01:17:45,904 --> 01:17:47,205
detailed process for a vacancy

2812
01:17:47,205 --> 01:17:47,339
for mayor, uh, but we don

2813
01:17:47,339 --> 01:17:48,773
t

2814
01:17:48,773 --> 01:17:49,775
necessarily have a detailed

2815
01:17:49,775 --> 01:17:51,810
process for vacancy for a

2816
01:17:51,810 --> 01:17:53,679
council member. It has happened.

2817
01:17:53,679 --> 01:17:56,580
Um, we had a COUNCILMAN Who run

2818
01:17:56,580 --> 01:17:59,117
for office, um, and there is a,

2819
01:17:59,117 --> 01:18:00,152
a process by which that, that

2820
01:18:00,152 --> 01:18:00,252
position gets refilled and it

2821
01:18:00,252 --> 01:18:01,190
s,

2822
01:18:01,190 --> 01:18:01,753
you know, it

2823
01:18:01,753 --> 01:18:04,880
s very clear under

2824
01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:04,855
the mayor, but not necessarily

2825
01:18:04,855 --> 01:18:06,357
clear under the council. So I

2826
01:18:06,357 --> 01:18:07,926
just wanted to flag that as

2827
01:18:07,926 --> 01:18:10,128
something that we should be

2828
01:18:10,128 --> 01:18:11,162
prepared for, um, so that as

2829
01:18:11,162 --> 01:18:11,496
the new council, there

2830
01:18:11,496 --> 01:18:12,631
s a

2831
01:18:12,631 --> 01:18:13,932
period by which there will be

2832
01:18:13,932 --> 01:18:15,000
an election, but after the

2833
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:17,369
election, how does the mayor

2834
01:18:17,369 --> 01:18:18,669
and council go about appointing,

2835
01:18:18,669 --> 01:18:18,770
um, the, uh, there, there

2836
01:18:18,770 --> 01:18:19,471
s

2837
01:18:19,471 --> 01:18:20,205
detail for the mayor but not

2838
01:18:20,205 --> 01:18:22,406
for the council. So I just want

2839
01:18:22,406 --> 01:18:24,910
to see if that could be added.

2840
01:18:24,910 --> 01:18:25,444
MR. I think there

2841
01:18:25,444 --> 01:18:27,444
s a section

2842
01:18:27,713 --> 01:18:28,779
in the charter now that deals

2843
01:18:28,779 --> 01:18:30,148
with, with council members as

2844
01:18:30,148 --> 01:18:31,116
well as the mayor, but I, I

2845
01:18:31,116 --> 01:18:31,382
will double check. It does, but

2846
01:18:31,382 --> 01:18:32,317
it doesn

2847
01:18:32,317 --> 01:18:33,651
t say how the council

2848
01:18:33,651 --> 01:18:35,530
would fill the seat when the

2849
01:18:35,530 --> 01:18:36,555
mayors actually goes to the

2850
01:18:36,555 --> 01:18:36,654
highest vote getter and there

2851
01:18:36,654 --> 01:18:38,522
s

2852
01:18:38,522 --> 01:18:39,424
this detail for the mayor, not

2853
01:18:39,424 --> 01:18:40,826
necessarily the same level of

2854
01:18:40,826 --> 01:18:44,229
detail for the council. So, all

2855
01:18:44,229 --> 01:18:45,364
right. Council member Valeri,

2856
01:18:45,364 --> 01:18:48,364
just super quickly on this

2857
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:50,235
point, um, and council memberhi,

2858
01:18:50,235 --> 01:18:52,237
I could probably follow up on

2859
01:18:52,237 --> 01:18:53,639
this too. Um, in the charter

2860
01:18:53,639 --> 01:18:55,540
Review Commission report is a

2861
01:18:55,540 --> 01:18:57,476
section where we looked at

2862
01:18:57,476 --> 01:19:00,479
resign to run, um, which we

2863
01:19:00,479 --> 01:19:01,179
never did get the um anything

2864
01:19:01,179 --> 01:19:01,513
from the state

2865
01:19:01,513 --> 01:19:02,514
s attorney

2866
01:19:02,514 --> 01:19:05,416
office who was supposed to be

2867
01:19:05,416 --> 01:19:06,985
giving us an opinion on that,

2868
01:19:06,985 --> 01:19:07,853
um, so we kind of tabled it, uh,

2869
01:19:07,853 --> 01:19:09,354
since we didn

2870
01:19:09,354 --> 01:19:11,256
t have that clear

2871
01:19:11,256 --> 01:19:12,890
direction, but um I think that

2872
01:19:12,890 --> 01:19:15,827
that would be um also

2873
01:19:15,827 --> 01:19:17,162
interesting to see if basically

2874
01:19:17,162 --> 01:19:19,131
no jurisdiction has resigned to

2875
01:19:19,131 --> 01:19:20,532
run, and my understanding is

2876
01:19:20,532 --> 01:19:23,835
that it is not a legal process.

2877
01:19:23,835 --> 01:19:25,137
So I know that um and council

2878
01:19:25,137 --> 01:19:25,269
members shot, uh, correct me if

2879
01:19:25,269 --> 01:19:27,269
I

2880
01:19:27,838 --> 01:19:29,474
m wrong, we did talk about

2881
01:19:29,474 --> 01:19:32,577
just that and not any other

2882
01:19:32,577 --> 01:19:32,811
options for similar situations

2883
01:19:32,811 --> 01:19:34,811
I don

2884
01:19:36,648 --> 01:19:38,183
t think that we did ok

2885
01:19:38,183 --> 01:19:40,520
Councilor Marsha I

2886
01:19:40,520 --> 01:19:40,285
m like, I

2887
01:19:40,285 --> 01:19:41,486
couldn

2888
01:19:41,486 --> 01:19:42,955
t remember. I remember

2889
01:19:42,955 --> 01:19:45,230
we, we briefly touched on that,

2890
01:19:45,230 --> 01:19:47,526
but I think there were, were

2891
01:19:47,526 --> 01:19:48,393
some legal barriers um with

2892
01:19:48,393 --> 01:19:50,729
implementing that, but it was a

2893
01:19:50,729 --> 01:19:51,395
few years ago, so we

2894
01:19:51,395 --> 01:19:52,397
re so much

2895
01:19:52,397 --> 01:19:54,650
older now. Thank you. Councilor

2896
01:19:54,650 --> 01:19:57,202
Jackson, was out of hand? Oh no.

2897
01:19:57,202 --> 01:20:00,802
Ok. All right. Anyone else have

2898
01:20:00,839 --> 01:20:01,539
other questions? Uh, the staff

2899
01:20:01,539 --> 01:20:03,709
have any questions or anything

2900
01:20:03,709 --> 01:20:08,313
that you want to ask us. We do

2901
01:20:08,313 --> 01:20:10,382
not. Ok All right. So, um I

2902
01:20:10,382 --> 01:20:12,840
think that uh. There, there

2903
01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:13,251
were a couple of things that,

2904
01:20:13,251 --> 01:20:14,886
uh, said, you know, what are

2905
01:20:14,886 --> 01:20:14,986
the options? I, I, if there

2906
01:20:14,986 --> 01:20:15,654
s

2907
01:20:15,654 --> 01:20:16,555
any background on how to do

2908
01:20:16,555 --> 01:20:18,490
this as we go through the

2909
01:20:18,490 --> 01:20:19,524
process, I think that our team

2910
01:20:19,524 --> 01:20:21,426
probably would appreciate it.

2911
01:20:21,426 --> 01:20:22,794
Um, I was just looking at, for

2912
01:20:22,794 --> 01:20:24,794
example, the complaints

2913
01:20:26,398 --> 01:20:27,866
timeline, um perhaps could be

2914
01:20:27,866 --> 01:20:28,833
more fleshed out, but I, I

2915
01:20:28,833 --> 01:20:30,402
appreciate this so much to

2916
01:20:30,402 --> 01:20:31,403
cover, and you could probably

2917
01:20:31,403 --> 01:20:34,403
write 1000 pages on this topic

2918
01:20:35,973 --> 01:20:37,775
alone. Um, with that said, uh,

2919
01:20:37,775 --> 01:20:39,110
if my colleagues have no other

2920
01:20:39,110 --> 01:20:41,411
comments, Councilor Mal. Just

2921
01:20:41,946 --> 01:20:42,180
to build on councilmember

2922
01:20:42,180 --> 01:20:44,180
Valeri

2923
01:20:44,750 --> 01:20:45,751
s point, um, I, I

2924
01:20:45,751 --> 01:20:48,151
believe Gaithersburg has, uh,

2925
01:20:48,453 --> 01:20:50,853
this year, uh, electronic

2926
01:20:51,857 --> 01:20:53,825
petitions, and it would be

2927
01:20:53,825 --> 01:20:55,426
interesting and informing if if

2928
01:20:55,426 --> 01:20:57,228
we could uh explore that, uh,

2929
01:20:57,228 --> 01:21:00,132
and look at the system, maybe

2930
01:21:00,132 --> 01:21:02,200
look at the cost, um, because I,

2931
01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:04,100
I do think there are a lot of

2932
01:21:04,100 --> 01:21:05,469
benefits to having that and

2933
01:21:05,469 --> 01:21:07,105
making it more accessible. Yeah,

2934
01:21:07,105 --> 01:21:07,371
I agree, and, uh, that

2935
01:21:07,371 --> 01:21:09,371
s

2936
01:21:09,508 --> 01:21:11,710
something we talked about, um,

2937
01:21:11,710 --> 01:21:11,876
during the uh last session, and

2938
01:21:11,876 --> 01:21:13,545
it

2939
01:21:13,545 --> 01:21:13,812
s on your list, so I know

2940
01:21:13,812 --> 01:21:15,130
that you

2941
01:21:15,130 --> 01:21:17,480
ll be exploring that.

2942
01:21:17,480 --> 01:21:19,717
Uh, so with that said, uh, we

2943
01:21:19,717 --> 01:21:21,486
have a, a report to decide to

2944
01:21:21,486 --> 01:21:23,288
accept or not. Um, one thing I

2945
01:21:23,288 --> 01:21:24,890
will add is if for the final

2946
01:21:24,890 --> 01:21:26,424
report, if it gets posted, just

2947
01:21:26,424 --> 01:21:26,725
noting that this is the

2948
01:21:26,725 --> 01:21:27,859
consultant

2949
01:21:27,859 --> 01:21:27,959
s report. It doesn

2950
01:21:27,959 --> 01:21:29,595
t

2951
01:21:29,595 --> 01:21:30,696
represent, uh, you know, all

2952
01:21:30,696 --> 01:21:31,997
items being approved or the

2953
01:21:31,997 --> 01:21:33,650
views of the mayor and council.

2954
01:21:33,650 --> 01:21:35,334
Is that possible? We can note

2955
01:21:35,334 --> 01:21:37,350
that, yes. Ok. All right.

2956
01:21:37,350 --> 01:21:39,435
Colleagues, uh, any comments?

2957
01:21:43,442 --> 01:21:45,811
Do you want to make a motion?

2958
01:21:45,811 --> 01:21:48,714
You could say I vote to accept

2959
01:21:48,714 --> 01:21:49,815
that mayor and council accept a

2960
01:21:49,815 --> 01:21:52,215
right, COUNCILMAN Marshaw, make

2961
01:21:52,451 --> 01:21:53,552
a motion to accept. I move to

2962
01:21:53,552 --> 01:21:53,885
accept the consultant

2963
01:21:53,885 --> 01:21:54,987
s final

2964
01:21:54,987 --> 01:21:57,987
report on city election code

2965
01:21:59,323 --> 01:22:00,392
update. Do we have a second

2966
01:22:00,392 --> 01:22:01,326
Councilmember Vanrack 2nd, all

2967
01:22:01,326 --> 01:22:03,127
those in favor, please raise

2968
01:22:03,127 --> 01:22:05,630
your hand and say aye. Hi.

2969
01:22:05,630 --> 01:22:06,464
Excellent Thank you, colleagues.

2970
01:22:06,464 --> 01:22:07,699
Thank you, MR. Gant, and thank

2971
01:22:07,699 --> 01:22:10,201
you to our appointed. I know

2972
01:22:10,201 --> 01:22:11,702
that this is the passing of the

2973
01:22:11,702 --> 01:22:12,803
baton and uh a lot of work lies

2974
01:22:12,803 --> 01:22:13,405
ahead. Thank you to all our

2975
01:22:13,405 --> 01:22:16,405
residents who came out and

2976
01:22:19,878 --> 01:22:20,412
spoke as well. Ok We

2977
01:22:20,412 --> 01:22:22,412
ll now

2978
01:22:23,281 --> 01:22:23,448
move on to uh agenda item 12.

2979
01:22:23,448 --> 01:22:25,448
It

2980
01:22:25,851 --> 01:22:27,619
s a work session, Vision

2981
01:22:27,619 --> 01:22:28,530
Zerore update, uh, the city of

2982
01:22:28,530 --> 01:22:28,587
Rockville and let

2983
01:22:28,587 --> 01:22:30,489
s buying time

2984
01:22:30,489 --> 01:22:32,491
for MR. Brian Barnette Woods to

2985
01:22:32,491 --> 01:22:32,657
come online as he uh gonna be,

2986
01:22:32,657 --> 01:22:33,191
he

2987
01:22:33,191 --> 01:22:33,625
s coming in person. All

2988
01:22:33,625 --> 01:22:34,626
right, well, I

2989
01:22:34,626 --> 01:22:36,495
ll give him some

2990
01:22:36,495 --> 01:22:38,297
preamble. Uh, this is one of

2991
01:22:38,297 --> 01:22:41,297
our initiatives, uh, that we

2992
01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:43,769
have a full plan on and uh MR.

2993
01:22:43,769 --> 01:22:45,237
Brian Barnett Woods and Ahmad

2994
01:22:45,237 --> 01:22:46,638
al-Shaifi will come and share

2995
01:22:46,638 --> 01:22:46,738
information about how we

2996
01:22:46,738 --> 01:22:48,173
re

2997
01:22:48,173 --> 01:22:48,339
making progress on those areas.

2998
01:22:48,339 --> 01:22:49,410
It

2999
01:22:49,410 --> 01:22:50,309
s not enough to have plans,

3000
01:22:50,309 --> 01:22:51,910
but we must implement what we

3001
01:22:51,910 --> 01:22:53,712
said we were going to do. And

3002
01:22:53,712 --> 01:22:55,813
so, uh, I appreciate the report

3003
01:22:55,813 --> 01:22:57,682
that you have for us, and I

3004
01:22:57,682 --> 01:23:00,585
also want to know what people

3005
01:23:00,585 --> 01:23:02,754
are listening, that we have, uh,

3006
01:23:02,754 --> 01:23:04,856
a results Rockville, uh, online

3007
01:23:04,856 --> 01:23:05,189
dashboard so you can actually

3008
01:23:05,189 --> 01:23:05,957
see what we

3009
01:23:05,957 --> 01:23:06,124
re doing, what

3010
01:23:06,124 --> 01:23:07,792
we

3011
01:23:07,792 --> 01:23:08,293
re still in progress on and

3012
01:23:08,293 --> 01:23:09,394
making sure that we

3013
01:23:09,394 --> 01:23:10,610
re, um,

3014
01:23:10,610 --> 01:23:13,610
being accountable for the work

3015
01:23:43,562 --> 01:23:45,998
that we said we do. Right you

3016
01:23:45,998 --> 01:23:46,131
Hi, good evening, everyone. Um,

3017
01:23:46,131 --> 01:23:47,966
I

3018
01:23:47,966 --> 01:23:48,533
m Brian Barnett Woods, a

3019
01:23:48,533 --> 01:23:49,901
principal transportation

3020
01:23:49,901 --> 01:23:51,370
planner for the city and the

3021
01:23:51,370 --> 01:23:51,503
public works department. Um,

3022
01:23:51,503 --> 01:23:52,838
I

3023
01:23:52,838 --> 01:23:54,406
m joined by Amal Shafi, chief

3024
01:23:54,406 --> 01:23:55,741
of the traffic and

3025
01:23:55,741 --> 01:23:56,774
Transportation division, and

3026
01:23:56,774 --> 01:23:58,110
Craig Simeno, director of

3027
01:23:58,110 --> 01:24:00,120
Public Works. Uh tonight we are

3028
01:24:00,120 --> 01:24:01,130
going to discuss, uh, the

3029
01:24:01,130 --> 01:24:02,981
Vision Zero action plan. Uh,

3030
01:24:02,981 --> 01:24:05,981
thank you, Mayor Ashton, for

3031
01:24:16,929 --> 01:24:17,496
the introduction. Um, oh maybe

3032
01:24:17,496 --> 01:24:18,529
um. So here

3033
01:24:18,529 --> 01:24:19,970
s a quick agenda

3034
01:24:19,970 --> 01:24:19,997
for the evening. Uh, we

3035
01:24:19,997 --> 01:24:20,866
ll do a

3036
01:24:20,866 --> 01:24:21,400
quick refresher on Vision Zero.

3037
01:24:21,400 --> 01:24:21,899
I know this group, it

3038
01:24:21,899 --> 01:24:22,000
s, it

3039
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:23,302
s

3040
01:24:23,302 --> 01:24:25,300
old hat for many people here.

3041
01:24:25,300 --> 01:24:25,737
Um, some of the activities and

3042
01:24:25,737 --> 01:24:26,370
projects that we

3043
01:24:26,370 --> 01:24:28,307
ve been

3044
01:24:28,307 --> 01:24:29,808
working on, um, a quick update

3045
01:24:29,808 --> 01:24:30,709
on the neighborhood access and

3046
01:24:30,709 --> 01:24:31,743
equity project and some

3047
01:24:31,743 --> 01:24:33,110
discussion of, of the work that

3048
01:24:33,110 --> 01:24:34,946
we do with the state and the

3049
01:24:34,946 --> 01:24:38,483
county. Um, and then, and then

3050
01:24:38,483 --> 01:24:42,830
uh some, some q&a afterwards.

3051
01:24:43,422 --> 01:24:45,757
Um All right, so what is Vision

3052
01:24:45,757 --> 01:24:47,793
Zero? Um, Vision Zero is a

3053
01:24:47,793 --> 01:24:47,960
roadway safety program. Um,

3054
01:24:47,960 --> 01:24:49,960
it

3055
01:24:50,620 --> 01:24:52,496
s primary goal is to

3056
01:24:52,496 --> 01:24:54,166
eliminate roadway crashes that

3057
01:24:54,166 --> 01:24:54,600
result in fatalities or serious

3058
01:24:54,600 --> 01:24:55,968
injuries. Um, it

3059
01:24:55,968 --> 01:24:56,868
s a, a

3060
01:24:56,868 --> 01:24:58,869
multimodal program, uh, and

3061
01:24:58,869 --> 01:25:00,272
that means it is for people who

3062
01:25:00,272 --> 01:25:01,707
drive, people who ride their

3063
01:25:01,707 --> 01:25:02,908
bike, people who walk, people

3064
01:25:02,908 --> 01:25:03,909
who take the bus, people who

3065
01:25:03,909 --> 01:25:04,909
use transit, people using

3066
01:25:04,909 --> 01:25:05,770
scooters. It

3067
01:25:05,770 --> 01:25:05,242
s, it

3068
01:25:05,242 --> 01:25:07,242
s for

3069
01:25:07,779 --> 01:25:07,946
everyone. Um, additionally,

3070
01:25:07,946 --> 01:25:08,714
it

3071
01:25:08,714 --> 01:25:10,514
s a multidisciplinary. Um,

3072
01:25:10,514 --> 01:25:13,180
so we take a comprehensive

3073
01:25:13,180 --> 01:25:13,552
approach, and we work with the

3074
01:25:13,552 --> 01:25:15,253
Rockville City Police

3075
01:25:15,253 --> 01:25:17,890
Department, the recreation and

3076
01:25:17,890 --> 01:25:18,390
Parks department, uh,

3077
01:25:18,390 --> 01:25:19,824
Montgomery County dot, the

3078
01:25:19,824 --> 01:25:20,792
Maryland Department of

3079
01:25:20,792 --> 01:25:22,728
Transportation State Highway

3080
01:25:22,728 --> 01:25:24,295
Administration, um, our

3081
01:25:24,295 --> 01:25:25,163
community, uh, community or

3082
01:25:25,163 --> 01:25:26,331
communication and community

3083
01:25:26,331 --> 01:25:27,665
engagement office. Um, we work

3084
01:25:27,665 --> 01:25:29,768
with everyone, and we also kind

3085
01:25:29,768 --> 01:25:32,471
of work under four broad

3086
01:25:32,471 --> 01:25:33,939
categories, uh, engineering,

3087
01:25:33,939 --> 01:25:35,939
enforcement, engagement, excuse

3088
01:25:36,241 --> 01:25:38,243
me, and policy or uh education

3089
01:25:38,243 --> 01:25:39,811
not engagement. Uh, excuse me.

3090
01:25:39,811 --> 01:25:41,280
Um, and so we try and cover all

3091
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:42,881
of our bases. We try to make

3092
01:25:42,881 --> 01:25:44,483
roads safer for, for everyone

3093
01:25:44,483 --> 01:25:46,918
to travel. Um, the mayor

3094
01:25:46,918 --> 01:25:48,920
council adopted a resolution in

3095
01:25:48,920 --> 01:25:51,320
2018, a supporting Vision Zero,

3096
01:25:51,790 --> 01:25:53,825
and the Vision Zero action plan

3097
01:25:53,825 --> 01:25:55,227
was approved in 2020. Um, this

3098
01:25:55,227 --> 01:25:56,628
action plan is kind of the, the

3099
01:25:56,628 --> 01:26:00,228
guide for, for our work program.

3100
01:26:01,266 --> 01:26:02,670
So the first thing we

3101
01:26:02,670 --> 01:26:04,360
ll look

3102
01:26:04,360 --> 01:26:05,237
at is crash data. Uh, this

3103
01:26:05,237 --> 01:26:06,971
chart shows crashes that

3104
01:26:06,971 --> 01:26:07,973
happened over the past decade,

3105
01:26:07,973 --> 01:26:09,441
but only between JANUARY and

3106
01:26:09,441 --> 01:26:11,310
JUNE because we want to compare

3107
01:26:11,310 --> 01:26:12,744
it with this year. Um, so

3108
01:26:12,744 --> 01:26:14,780
looking at the first half of

3109
01:26:14,780 --> 01:26:17,215
each year on average, uh, there

3110
01:26:17,215 --> 01:26:19,151
was 7.2 fatal or serious injury

3111
01:26:19,151 --> 01:26:20,686
crashes since 2015. In 2025, uh,

3112
01:26:20,686 --> 01:26:22,540
there have been eight crashes

3113
01:26:22,540 --> 01:26:23,522
during this time. Um, if we

3114
01:26:23,522 --> 01:26:25,891
look at all of the crashes, so

3115
01:26:25,891 --> 01:26:27,292
not this chart, but meaning

3116
01:26:27,292 --> 01:26:29,861
crashes of all severities. In

3117
01:26:29,861 --> 01:26:31,163
the 1st 6 months there were on

3118
01:26:31,163 --> 01:26:33,563
average 409 crashes in this

3119
01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:34,766
time period. Um, and in 2025,

3120
01:26:34,766 --> 01:26:36,368
we

3121
01:26:36,368 --> 01:26:37,536
re at 402 crashes. Um, so

3122
01:26:37,536 --> 01:26:39,936
slightly below average there.

3123
01:26:40,806 --> 01:26:42,274
Um if we look at only the, you

3124
01:26:42,274 --> 01:26:44,775
know, killed and serious injury

3125
01:26:44,775 --> 01:26:46,277
crashes for the whole year. Um,

3126
01:26:46,277 --> 01:26:46,912
it averages about 17 per year.

3127
01:26:46,912 --> 01:26:49,912
And so right now we

3128
01:26:50,916 --> 01:26:52,916
re at 8. Uh,

3129
01:26:52,984 --> 01:26:54,286
the high injury network, um,

3130
01:26:54,286 --> 01:26:55,721
this kind of highlights where

3131
01:26:55,721 --> 01:26:56,721
serious injury and failed

3132
01:26:56,721 --> 01:26:58,721
crashes are happening

3133
01:26:59,124 --> 01:27:00,726
frequently. Um, during the last

3134
01:27:00,726 --> 01:27:02,270
mayor and council meeting, uh,

3135
01:27:02,270 --> 01:27:03,662
we were requested to update the

3136
01:27:03,662 --> 01:27:05,163
high injury network to use

3137
01:27:05,163 --> 01:27:05,364
crash data, uh, that

3138
01:27:05,364 --> 01:27:06,999
s more

3139
01:27:06,999 --> 01:27:09,433
current. Um and so this high

3140
01:27:09,433 --> 01:27:11,903
injury network uses data from

3141
01:27:11,903 --> 01:27:13,672
2020 to 2024. Um, and a segment

3142
01:27:13,672 --> 01:27:15,439
is added to the high injury

3143
01:27:15,439 --> 01:27:18,143
network. If over this five-year

3144
01:27:18,143 --> 01:27:19,678
period, there are 4 or more

3145
01:27:19,678 --> 01:27:22,678
serious and or fatal crashes.

3146
01:27:22,681 --> 01:27:24,683
Um. Looking at the crash data,

3147
01:27:24,683 --> 01:27:26,118
uh, the, the roads are listed

3148
01:27:26,118 --> 01:27:27,919
here. Um, I point out they,

3149
01:27:27,919 --> 01:27:31,519
they are all on state roadways.

3150
01:27:33,580 --> 01:27:34,359
Um we also saw segments, uh,

3151
01:27:34,359 --> 01:27:37,296
these segments were the same

3152
01:27:37,296 --> 01:27:37,963
segments that were in the prior,

3153
01:27:37,963 --> 01:27:40,963
uh, high injury network crash

3154
01:27:41,366 --> 01:27:41,565
data. Um, one change,,, 00,

3155
01:27:41,565 --> 01:27:42,301
here

3156
01:27:42,301 --> 01:27:44,602
s a great picture. Uh, so

3157
01:27:44,602 --> 01:27:46,700
you can see the green lines

3158
01:27:46,700 --> 01:27:48,730
kind of represent those

3159
01:27:48,730 --> 01:27:49,807
segments in the yellow and red

3160
01:27:49,807 --> 01:27:53,407
dots are the serious injury and

3161
01:27:55,747 --> 01:27:58,147
fatal crashes respectively. Um,

3162
01:27:58,617 --> 01:28:00,520
one change, uh, from the, the

3163
01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:01,920
old high injury networks of the

3164
01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:03,550
current injury network is North

3165
01:28:03,550 --> 01:28:04,822
Washington Street. This was

3166
01:28:04,822 --> 01:28:06,458
included as a high injury

3167
01:28:06,458 --> 01:28:09,260
network segment uh and using

3168
01:28:09,260 --> 01:28:10,761
the older data. In 2023, we

3169
01:28:10,761 --> 01:28:13,650
constructed a complete streets

3170
01:28:13,650 --> 01:28:15,167
project. Um, part of that was a

3171
01:28:15,167 --> 01:28:16,535
lower speed limit, uh, new

3172
01:28:16,535 --> 01:28:17,402
on-street parking and new

3173
01:28:17,402 --> 01:28:20,372
separated bike lanes that use

3174
01:28:20,372 --> 01:28:22,808
the uh the concrete divider. Um,

3175
01:28:22,808 --> 01:28:23,709
since its construction, there

3176
01:28:23,709 --> 01:28:26,770
have been no serious injury or

3177
01:28:26,770 --> 01:28:27,913
fatal cra sh es Um, only minor

3178
01:28:27,913 --> 01:28:30,313
injury crashes or property

3179
01:28:30,749 --> 01:28:31,650
damage crashes. Um, also, we

3180
01:28:31,650 --> 01:28:32,651
re

3181
01:28:32,651 --> 01:28:33,685
seeing fewer crashes overall,

3182
01:28:33,685 --> 01:28:36,685
uh, throughout the year. Um,

3183
01:28:38,489 --> 01:28:39,924
just to note that little chart,

3184
01:28:39,924 --> 01:28:40,959
um, for 2025, it

3185
01:28:40,959 --> 01:28:42,294
s only JANUARY

3186
01:28:42,294 --> 01:28:44,428
to JUNE crashes. Um, so I kind

3187
01:28:44,428 --> 01:28:45,664
of put in a little dotted box

3188
01:28:45,664 --> 01:28:47,832
to say, oh, you know, for the

3189
01:28:47,832 --> 01:28:48,000
rest of the year, but overall

3190
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:49,670
we

3191
01:28:49,670 --> 01:28:49,868
re seeing less, fewer

3192
01:28:49,868 --> 01:28:52,268
crashes on North Washington

3193
01:28:55,173 --> 01:28:57,209
Street, which I think is great.

3194
01:28:57,209 --> 01:28:58,744
Um, I also want to take a

3195
01:28:58,744 --> 01:28:59,770
moment to discuss uh Veer

3196
01:28:59,770 --> 01:29:00,445
s

3197
01:29:00,445 --> 01:29:02,214
Mill Road in Atlantic Avenue.

3198
01:29:02,214 --> 01:29:03,114
Uh, this is an intersection

3199
01:29:03,114 --> 01:29:05,514
that unfortunately we have

3200
01:29:05,917 --> 01:29:08,320
talked about before in the past.

3201
01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:09,788
There was a recent serious

3202
01:29:09,788 --> 01:29:10,789
injury uh pedestrian crash. Um,

3203
01:29:10,789 --> 01:29:12,190
Rockville State Police

3204
01:29:12,190 --> 01:29:12,624
Department is handling the

3205
01:29:12,624 --> 01:29:12,958
investigation. It

3206
01:29:12,958 --> 01:29:14,958
s ongoing. Um,

3207
01:29:16,280 --> 01:29:18,997
a lot has happened at this

3208
01:29:18,997 --> 01:29:19,964
intersection, um, 4 years ago,

3209
01:29:19,964 --> 01:29:21,433
working with uh Maryland

3210
01:29:21,433 --> 01:29:22,100
Department of Transportation

3211
01:29:22,100 --> 01:29:23,869
State Highway Administration.

3212
01:29:23,869 --> 01:29:26,238
Uh, we requested them to make

3213
01:29:26,238 --> 01:29:27,471
improvements and to look at how

3214
01:29:27,471 --> 01:29:29,107
other things could make this

3215
01:29:29,107 --> 01:29:30,542
safer for people who are

3216
01:29:30,542 --> 01:29:32,577
walking or bicycling and, and

3217
01:29:32,577 --> 01:29:33,245
driving. Um, they increased the

3218
01:29:33,245 --> 01:29:33,444
pedestrian crossing phase, so

3219
01:29:33,444 --> 01:29:34,413
that

3220
01:29:34,413 --> 01:29:36,581
s the amount of time it

3221
01:29:36,581 --> 01:29:36,848
takes to cross, crossfire

3222
01:29:36,848 --> 01:29:38,784
s

3223
01:29:38,784 --> 01:29:40,180
Mill in 2023. Um, they also

3224
01:29:40,180 --> 01:29:41,386
installed the leading

3225
01:29:41,386 --> 01:29:43,386
pedestrian interval, new

3226
01:29:43,388 --> 01:29:43,588
signage, hardened center lines,

3227
01:29:43,588 --> 01:29:45,123
that

3228
01:29:45,123 --> 01:29:46,658
s the yellow thing in the

3229
01:29:46,658 --> 01:29:49,394
picture that kind of extends

3230
01:29:49,394 --> 01:29:50,620
from the median. Uh, FlexPost

3231
01:29:50,620 --> 01:29:50,228
curb extensions so that if

3232
01:29:50,228 --> 01:29:52,228
you

3233
01:29:52,364 --> 01:29:52,631
re in the right turn lane,

3234
01:29:52,631 --> 01:29:53,765
you can

3235
01:29:53,765 --> 01:29:55,267
t purposely drive

3236
01:29:55,267 --> 01:29:57,169
through the intersection. Um,

3237
01:29:57,169 --> 01:29:57,368
and then Hi is crosswalks, and

3238
01:29:57,368 --> 01:29:57,836
that

3239
01:29:57,836 --> 01:30:00,236
s the other continental

3240
01:30:01,607 --> 01:30:02,574
style. Um, they took these down,

3241
01:30:02,574 --> 01:30:04,475
uh, when they resurfaced the

3242
01:30:04,475 --> 01:30:06,545
road last year. I mean after we

3243
01:30:06,545 --> 01:30:07,144
requested it, they did uh

3244
01:30:07,144 --> 01:30:07,946
reinstall them, and that

3245
01:30:07,946 --> 01:30:11,483
happened a couple of months ago.

3246
01:30:11,483 --> 01:30:13,885
Um even with these crashes,

3247
01:30:13,885 --> 01:30:14,920
there still was a pedestrian

3248
01:30:14,920 --> 01:30:15,887
crash or with these

3249
01:30:15,887 --> 01:30:17,789
improvements, excuse me, there

3250
01:30:17,789 --> 01:30:19,291
still was a pedestrian crash.

3251
01:30:19,291 --> 01:30:20,826
Um, and last week we did meet

3252
01:30:20,826 --> 01:30:22,327
with the Maryland Department of

3253
01:30:22,327 --> 01:30:23,160
Transportation, State Highway

3254
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:25,530
Administration, um, and in

3255
01:30:25,530 --> 01:30:26,498
light of that crash, we

3256
01:30:26,498 --> 01:30:27,199
requested uh Maryland

3257
01:30:27,199 --> 01:30:28,567
Department State Highway

3258
01:30:28,567 --> 01:30:30,836
Administration to see what else

3259
01:30:30,836 --> 01:30:32,136
they could do and to evaluate

3260
01:30:32,136 --> 01:30:32,937
this intersection for

3261
01:30:32,937 --> 01:30:34,273
additional improvements, uh,

3262
01:30:34,273 --> 01:30:36,274
specifically, we asked them to

3263
01:30:36,274 --> 01:30:39,277
look at how they could maybe

3264
01:30:39,277 --> 01:30:40,110
restrict left, left turns, um,

3265
01:30:40,110 --> 01:30:42,147
or prohibit u-turns or prohibit

3266
01:30:42,147 --> 01:30:43,515
right turns on re ad during

3267
01:30:43,515 --> 01:30:45,170
times of the day, during all

3268
01:30:45,170 --> 01:30:45,983
the day, and have them kind of

3269
01:30:45,983 --> 01:30:47,452
look into this and see what

3270
01:30:47,452 --> 01:30:49,221
else can be done to make

3271
01:30:49,221 --> 01:30:50,822
improvements. Um, they agreed

3272
01:30:50,822 --> 01:30:51,622
to conduct the evaluation and

3273
01:30:51,622 --> 01:30:52,190
then once they have their

3274
01:30:52,190 --> 01:30:52,757
findings, they

3275
01:30:52,757 --> 01:30:53,824
ll bring it back

3276
01:30:53,824 --> 01:30:56,228
to us and then we can share it

3277
01:30:56,228 --> 01:30:58,931
with this group. Um, also, uh,

3278
01:30:58,931 --> 01:30:59,898
by the end of the year, the

3279
01:30:59,898 --> 01:31:02,301
county and the state are

3280
01:31:02,301 --> 01:31:04,269
working on a bus rapid transit

3281
01:31:04,269 --> 01:31:04,903
project along this roadway. Um,

3282
01:31:04,903 --> 01:31:06,672
and they

3283
01:31:06,672 --> 01:31:07,672
ll start the utility

3284
01:31:07,672 --> 01:31:08,390
relocation for the construction,

3285
01:31:08,390 --> 01:31:09,173
and then they

3286
01:31:09,173 --> 01:31:10,475
ll start kind of

3287
01:31:10,475 --> 01:31:12,477
the proper construction next

3288
01:31:12,477 --> 01:31:14,579
year. And we anticipate with

3289
01:31:14,579 --> 01:31:16,348
the new brt or Bus rapid

3290
01:31:16,348 --> 01:31:17,849
transit, uh, a, a traffic

3291
01:31:17,849 --> 01:31:19,351
calming effect on this road as

3292
01:31:19,351 --> 01:31:19,484
well. Um, so all in all, we

3293
01:31:19,484 --> 01:31:19,650
re,

3294
01:31:19,650 --> 01:31:20,485
we

3295
01:31:20,485 --> 01:31:23,485
re hoping to see more

3296
01:31:25,390 --> 01:31:27,326
improvements. Hm. All right. Um,

3297
01:31:27,326 --> 01:31:28,360
some more work that we do is

3298
01:31:28,360 --> 01:31:30,429
public can get oh oops, alright,

3299
01:31:30,429 --> 01:31:31,830
some more work that we do is

3300
01:31:31,830 --> 01:31:32,230
public engagement. Um it

3301
01:31:32,230 --> 01:31:33,332
s a

3302
01:31:33,332 --> 01:31:34,499
big part of how we try and not

3303
01:31:34,499 --> 01:31:35,267
only spread the word about what

3304
01:31:35,267 --> 01:31:37,569
activities are happening, but

3305
01:31:37,569 --> 01:31:39,605
also to help educate the public

3306
01:31:39,605 --> 01:31:41,739
on ways to walk and bike and

3307
01:31:41,739 --> 01:31:41,840
drive more safely. Um. It

3308
01:31:41,840 --> 01:31:42,741
s

3309
01:31:42,741 --> 01:31:45,644
also also really great being

3310
01:31:45,644 --> 01:31:45,876
out in the community. And so,

3311
01:31:45,876 --> 01:31:47,450
uh, it

3312
01:31:47,450 --> 01:31:48,479
s a good opportunity for,

3313
01:31:48,479 --> 01:31:49,748
for staff, um, and for

3314
01:31:49,748 --> 01:31:51,383
residents, I hope. Uh, this

3315
01:31:51,383 --> 01:31:52,351
past weekend, we were at the

3316
01:31:52,351 --> 01:31:53,785
Rockville City Police

3317
01:31:53,785 --> 01:31:54,850
Department open house. Um, next

3318
01:31:54,850 --> 01:31:55,387
weekend we

3319
01:31:55,387 --> 01:31:56,320
ll be at the family

3320
01:31:56,320 --> 01:31:57,356
Biking Festival, which is here

3321
01:31:57,356 --> 01:31:59,157
in the Rockville Town Center.

3322
01:31:59,157 --> 01:32:01,559
Uh, so I hope to see some of

3323
01:32:01,559 --> 01:32:04,463
you there. Um, also kind of a

3324
01:32:04,463 --> 01:32:05,230
quick plug, um, if any

3325
01:32:05,230 --> 01:32:06,498
community group is interested

3326
01:32:06,498 --> 01:32:07,499
in learning more about the

3327
01:32:07,499 --> 01:32:07,833
Vision Zero program. They

3328
01:32:07,833 --> 01:32:09,833
re

3329
01:32:10,350 --> 01:32:10,736
able to just email us, um, and

3330
01:32:10,736 --> 01:32:11,503
say, hey, you know, we have

3331
01:32:11,503 --> 01:32:11,669
this community organization,

3332
01:32:11,669 --> 01:32:12,838
we

3333
01:32:12,838 --> 01:32:13,405
d love to learn more about

3334
01:32:13,405 --> 01:32:13,705
Vision Zero, and then we

3335
01:32:13,705 --> 01:32:14,840
ll do

3336
01:32:14,840 --> 01:32:16,642
our best to kind of schedule

3337
01:32:16,642 --> 01:32:17,509
time where we can attend one of

3338
01:32:17,509 --> 01:32:18,210
their meetings or maybe just

3339
01:32:18,210 --> 01:32:19,440
give them more information that

3340
01:32:19,440 --> 01:32:19,244
we have available, or if

3341
01:32:19,244 --> 01:32:19,877
they

3342
01:32:19,877 --> 01:32:22,877
re just curious about what

3343
01:32:26,952 --> 01:32:29,788
it is that we do. Hm Um,

3344
01:32:29,788 --> 01:32:31,390
additionally, um, the, the

3345
01:32:31,390 --> 01:32:32,491
public information or the

3346
01:32:32,491 --> 01:32:34,259
communications and community

3347
01:32:34,259 --> 01:32:35,727
engagement Office, uh post lots

3348
01:32:35,727 --> 01:32:37,940
of really valuable Vision Zero

3349
01:32:37,940 --> 01:32:40,640
information, and they do a

3350
01:32:40,640 --> 01:32:40,766
great job of spreading the word

3351
01:32:40,766 --> 01:32:42,340
and sharing not only safety

3352
01:32:42,340 --> 01:32:42,200
tips, but, but projects that

3353
01:32:42,200 --> 01:32:43,350
we

3354
01:32:43,350 --> 01:32:44,870
re working on and things

3355
01:32:44,870 --> 01:32:45,700
that are happening. Um, so the

3356
01:32:45,700 --> 01:32:46,772
city

3357
01:32:46,772 --> 01:32:47,906
s website has two Vision

3358
01:32:47,906 --> 01:32:48,240
Zero pages. There

3359
01:32:48,240 --> 01:32:49,807
s a general

3360
01:32:49,807 --> 01:32:52,177
page and a project page. And

3361
01:32:52,177 --> 01:32:52,377
between the two of those,

3362
01:32:52,377 --> 01:32:53,779
there

3363
01:32:53,779 --> 01:32:56,179
s been over 600 unique

3364
01:32:56,415 --> 01:32:58,850
visits in the past 6 months. Um,

3365
01:32:58,850 --> 01:33:00,485
also, there are 8 articles in

3366
01:33:00,485 --> 01:33:02,885
Rockville Reports and 59 posts

3367
01:33:03,688 --> 01:33:05,257
on social media uh that were

3368
01:33:05,257 --> 01:33:06,158
seen by 766 people. Um, and

3369
01:33:06,158 --> 01:33:08,260
lastly, as, as mentioned in the

3370
01:33:08,260 --> 01:33:09,561
beginning, we are working with

3371
01:33:09,561 --> 01:33:09,895
Dave Gozman and his team at the

3372
01:33:09,895 --> 01:33:11,463
city manager

3373
01:33:11,463 --> 01:33:12,564
s office, to link

3374
01:33:12,564 --> 01:33:13,332
these web pages also with the

3375
01:33:13,332 --> 01:33:15,732
public dashboard that was

3376
01:33:16,468 --> 01:33:17,202
mentioned earlier. And so I

3377
01:33:17,202 --> 01:33:21,402
have a preview for next time as

3378
01:33:23,308 --> 01:33:24,276
well. Oh Um, the Rockville City

3379
01:33:24,276 --> 01:33:26,770
Police Department does a great

3380
01:33:26,770 --> 01:33:28,460
job as well with community

3381
01:33:28,460 --> 01:33:29,800
engagement. Um and I really

3382
01:33:29,800 --> 01:33:30,982
want to give them a call out

3383
01:33:30,982 --> 01:33:32,830
and a shout out of the the

3384
01:33:32,830 --> 01:33:32,284
excellent work that they

3385
01:33:32,284 --> 01:33:34,284
re

3386
01:33:34,786 --> 01:33:38,190
doing. Um, they hosted an on

3387
01:33:38,190 --> 01:33:39,910
bike education effort at

3388
01:33:39,910 --> 01:33:41,910
Maryville Maryvale Elementary

3389
01:33:41,493 --> 01:33:42,461
School. Thank you. Um, with the

3390
01:33:42,461 --> 01:33:44,462
Rockville Bike Hub and with the

3391
01:33:44,462 --> 01:33:45,630
school staff, and it was a

3392
01:33:45,630 --> 01:33:46,865
seven-week program uh where

3393
01:33:46,865 --> 01:33:48,300
kids were learning how to ride

3394
01:33:48,300 --> 01:33:48,834
bikes and how to check to make

3395
01:33:48,834 --> 01:33:49,101
sure that they

3396
01:33:49,101 --> 01:33:50,736
re doing the

3397
01:33:50,736 --> 01:33:52,170
quick check with their brakes

3398
01:33:52,170 --> 01:33:54,171
and tires and helmets. Um, they

3399
01:33:54,171 --> 01:33:55,107
also had a ricothon, uh-huh,

3400
01:33:55,107 --> 01:33:56,842
for nursery school students. Um,

3401
01:33:56,842 --> 01:33:58,410
and then they had safety

3402
01:33:58,410 --> 01:33:59,544
demonstrations at the main

3403
01:33:59,544 --> 01:34:00,946
Street Rockville apartment

3404
01:34:00,946 --> 01:34:02,481
Safety Day event, um, as well

3405
01:34:02,481 --> 01:34:03,749
as their open house which just

3406
01:34:03,749 --> 01:34:04,816
happened. Um, so lots of really

3407
01:34:04,816 --> 01:34:08,416
great, uh, work being done by

3408
01:34:11,690 --> 01:34:12,691
them. Mm Um, looking at some of

3409
01:34:12,691 --> 01:34:12,857
the engineering efforts that

3410
01:34:12,857 --> 01:34:13,292
we

3411
01:34:13,292 --> 01:34:14,126
re doing. Um, there

3412
01:34:14,126 --> 01:34:16,126
s a lot

3413
01:34:17,290 --> 01:34:18,397
going on. Uh, this is a map of

3414
01:34:18,397 --> 01:34:19,597
ongoing or recently completed

3415
01:34:19,597 --> 01:34:20,432
projects. Uh, we had a question

3416
01:34:20,432 --> 01:34:21,650
about whether this considered

3417
01:34:21,650 --> 01:34:22,901
all projects, but this is

3418
01:34:22,901 --> 01:34:25,337
really just things that are

3419
01:34:25,337 --> 01:34:25,603
happening, uh, presently. Um,

3420
01:34:25,603 --> 01:34:27,306
it doesn

3421
01:34:27,306 --> 01:34:27,739
t have all of the

3422
01:34:27,739 --> 01:34:29,207
projects that we

3423
01:34:29,207 --> 01:34:31,207
ve done. Um,

3424
01:34:31,575 --> 01:34:32,811
projects in Vision Zero follow

3425
01:34:32,811 --> 01:34:33,612
crash data and identified

3426
01:34:33,612 --> 01:34:35,580
safety issues of kind of where

3427
01:34:35,580 --> 01:34:38,884
do we choose where projects go.

3428
01:34:38,884 --> 01:34:39,551
Um, additionally, we have a

3429
01:34:39,551 --> 01:34:41,551
sidewalk prioritization policy

3430
01:34:41,753 --> 01:34:43,154
to help s elect sidewalk gaps

3431
01:34:43,154 --> 01:34:44,690
to study and evaluate. Uh, we

3432
01:34:44,690 --> 01:34:46,558
also have the bikeway and

3433
01:34:46,558 --> 01:34:48,560
pedestrian master plans to help

3434
01:34:48,560 --> 01:34:50,429
identify projects and then we

3435
01:34:50,429 --> 01:34:52,829
also have additional complete

3436
01:34:53,650 --> 01:34:53,832
street studies, um, which

3437
01:34:53,832 --> 01:34:54,765
identify additional projects

3438
01:34:54,765 --> 01:34:56,335
that are also recommended in

3439
01:34:56,335 --> 01:34:58,170
these plans as well. And so a

3440
01:34:58,170 --> 01:34:59,771
lot of the products come from

3441
01:34:59,771 --> 01:35:02,400
different sources of how can we

3442
01:35:02,400 --> 01:35:04,475
objectively try to make safety

3443
01:35:04,475 --> 01:35:05,644
uh better in the city, kind of

3444
01:35:05,644 --> 01:35:05,844
citywide. Um, here on this map,

3445
01:35:05,844 --> 01:35:07,844
there

3446
01:35:08,380 --> 01:35:09,114
s kind of a lot of points,

3447
01:35:09,114 --> 01:35:11,717
um, blue lines are kind of like

3448
01:35:11,717 --> 01:35:13,352
the sidewalk project s uh, the

3449
01:35:13,352 --> 01:35:14,152
green lines are Complete

3450
01:35:14,152 --> 01:35:15,319
Streets projects and complete

3451
01:35:15,319 --> 01:35:17,220
streets are kind of multimodal

3452
01:35:17,220 --> 01:35:18,490
projects, so it could be pet

3453
01:35:18,490 --> 01:35:20,490
facilities, bike facilities,

3454
01:35:20,659 --> 01:35:21,292
traffic calming, uh, generic

3455
01:35:21,292 --> 01:35:23,292
safety improvements, transit

3456
01:35:24,295 --> 01:35:26,130
enhancement. Um, the, the solid

3457
01:35:26,130 --> 01:35:27,566
lines are ones that are

3458
01:35:27,566 --> 01:35:29,966
complete, or are under

3459
01:35:30,200 --> 01:35:31,870
construction. The, the dotted

3460
01:35:31,870 --> 01:35:32,937
lines are planning and design.

3461
01:35:32,937 --> 01:35:34,805
Uh, the pink, uh, pink lines

3462
01:35:34,805 --> 01:35:37,209
are, are for bicycle facilities.

3463
01:35:37,209 --> 01:35:38,277
Uh, and then we also have the

3464
01:35:38,277 --> 01:35:39,110
little green dots for uh the

3465
01:35:39,110 --> 01:35:39,243
fixit racks, which we

3466
01:35:39,243 --> 01:35:41,243
ll talk

3467
01:35:42,180 --> 01:35:44,115
about in a little bit. Um, and

3468
01:35:44,115 --> 01:35:45,150
then the dark blue dots are for

3469
01:35:45,150 --> 01:35:46,418
the intersection audits, and

3470
01:35:46,418 --> 01:35:46,518
this is a program that we

3471
01:35:46,518 --> 01:35:47,885
re

3472
01:35:47,885 --> 01:35:49,320
doing under the Safe Streets

3473
01:35:49,320 --> 01:35:49,488
and Roads for All program where

3474
01:35:49,488 --> 01:35:50,289
we

3475
01:35:50,289 --> 01:35:51,423
re looking at 30

3476
01:35:51,423 --> 01:35:52,190
intersections in the city, uh,

3477
01:35:52,190 --> 01:35:55,790
20 of which are on a state

3478
01:35:58,864 --> 01:36:00,399
roadway. Um, you want to talk a

3479
01:36:00,399 --> 01:36:02,234
little bit about crosswalks, um,

3480
01:36:02,234 --> 01:36:03,200
over the kind of the

3481
01:36:03,200 --> 01:36:05,600
construction season in spring

3482
01:36:05,637 --> 01:36:06,705
and summer. Um, we have been

3483
01:36:06,705 --> 01:36:07,739
busy installing marked

3484
01:36:07,739 --> 01:36:08,140
crosswalks, um, we

3485
01:36:08,140 --> 01:36:09,675
ve been

3486
01:36:09,675 --> 01:36:11,910
following the new Mark

3487
01:36:11,910 --> 01:36:13,378
Crosswalk guidelines, which has

3488
01:36:13,378 --> 01:36:14,479
resulted in more crosswalks

3489
01:36:14,479 --> 01:36:15,546
when people request them, uh,

3490
01:36:15,546 --> 01:36:16,848
than we were prior to the

3491
01:36:16,848 --> 01:36:17,480
guidelines. Uh so I think

3492
01:36:17,480 --> 01:36:18,216
they

3493
01:36:18,216 --> 01:36:21,118
re really valuable for the

3494
01:36:21,118 --> 01:36:22,821
city to have. Um, Crosswalks

3495
01:36:22,821 --> 01:36:22,987
happen across the city, um, and

3496
01:36:22,987 --> 01:36:24,256
we

3497
01:36:24,256 --> 01:36:25,824
ll continue to respond to

3498
01:36:25,824 --> 01:36:27,525
residents, um, as well as look

3499
01:36:27,525 --> 01:36:29,227
for other opportunities to add

3500
01:36:29,227 --> 01:36:31,196
Mark Crosswalks uh through our

3501
01:36:31,196 --> 01:36:33,650
kind of regular work program.

3502
01:36:33,650 --> 01:36:35,100
Um, the three listed on the

3503
01:36:35,100 --> 01:36:36,935
bottom of this, this slide here

3504
01:36:36,935 --> 01:36:39,700
at uh First Street and

3505
01:36:39,700 --> 01:36:40,372
Edmonston and excuse me,

3506
01:36:40,372 --> 01:36:41,540
Wootton Parkway, um, those are

3507
01:36:41,540 --> 01:36:43,909
pending and those all those are

3508
01:36:43,909 --> 01:36:45,978
coming up soon. Um, all of the

3509
01:36:45,978 --> 01:36:47,946
crosswalks on this list, um,

3510
01:36:47,946 --> 01:36:49,848
initiated as, as resident

3511
01:36:49,848 --> 01:36:50,348
requests. Um, so just another

3512
01:36:50,348 --> 01:36:51,816
plug if there

3513
01:36:51,816 --> 01:36:52,216
s anyone watching

3514
01:36:52,216 --> 01:36:53,850
and they

3515
01:36:53,850 --> 01:36:54,586
re curious about

3516
01:36:54,586 --> 01:36:55,253
crosswalks in their

3517
01:36:55,253 --> 01:36:55,621
neighborhood, please reach out

3518
01:36:55,621 --> 01:36:57,455
to us and we

3519
01:36:57,455 --> 01:36:58,589
d be happy to

3520
01:36:58,589 --> 01:36:59,558
evaluate those locations. Um,

3521
01:36:59,558 --> 01:37:00,892
Crosswalks can always be placed

3522
01:37:00,892 --> 01:37:02,127
everywhere, but we are always

3523
01:37:02,127 --> 01:37:06,327
happy to look at and work with

3524
01:37:07,932 --> 01:37:09,800
the community. I also want to

3525
01:37:09,800 --> 01:37:11,236
talk a little bit more about

3526
01:37:11,236 --> 01:37:11,636
crosswalks and kind of our

3527
01:37:11,636 --> 01:37:11,903
process when we

3528
01:37:11,903 --> 01:37:13,805
re thinking

3529
01:37:13,805 --> 01:37:14,706
about where we put them. Um,

3530
01:37:14,706 --> 01:37:16,742
another approach we use is to

3531
01:37:16,742 --> 01:37:18,644
kind of look at the route more

3532
01:37:18,644 --> 01:37:20,780
holistically. Uh, so this, uh,

3533
01:37:20,780 --> 01:37:21,480
map here is part of the

3534
01:37:21,480 --> 01:37:21,580
Twinbrook neighborhood and it

3535
01:37:21,580 --> 01:37:21,980
s

3536
01:37:21,980 --> 01:37:22,447
the section that

3537
01:37:22,447 --> 01:37:24,816
s kind of in

3538
01:37:24,816 --> 01:37:27,385
the north part between Vermill

3539
01:37:27,385 --> 01:37:29,788
and Baltimore. Um, just on the

3540
01:37:29,788 --> 01:37:30,656
right corner of this page is

3541
01:37:30,656 --> 01:37:31,256
Meadowhall Elementary School.

3542
01:37:31,256 --> 01:37:33,256
Um, so it

3543
01:37:33,592 --> 01:37:34,259
s just off the screen,

3544
01:37:34,259 --> 01:37:36,280
um, but residents had raised

3545
01:37:36,280 --> 01:37:37,290
some requests and we started

3546
01:37:37,290 --> 01:37:38,797
looking at adding crosswalks

3547
01:37:38,797 --> 01:37:41,232
and how we, how do we create a

3548
01:37:41,232 --> 01:37:42,868
route uh to help students go to

3549
01:37:42,868 --> 01:37:45,237
and from school. Um, and so

3550
01:37:45,237 --> 01:37:46,571
looking here you can see the,

3551
01:37:46,571 --> 01:37:48,272
the orange lines and the green

3552
01:37:48,272 --> 01:37:49,574
lines are places where

3553
01:37:49,574 --> 01:37:51,476
crosswalks are, or there will

3554
01:37:51,476 --> 01:37:51,910
be, um, in addition, we

3555
01:37:51,910 --> 01:37:53,780
re

3556
01:37:53,780 --> 01:37:53,478
looking at curb ramps, uh,

3557
01:37:53,478 --> 01:37:54,446
because we don

3558
01:37:54,446 --> 01:37:55,813
t want to put a

3559
01:37:55,813 --> 01:37:57,281
crosswalk where, where there is

3560
01:37:57,281 --> 01:37:59,651
no curb or the curb is no

3561
01:37:59,651 --> 01:38:00,819
longer accessible. Uh, so

3562
01:38:00,819 --> 01:38:00,985
sometimes adding a crosswalk

3563
01:38:00,985 --> 01:38:02,621
isn

3564
01:38:02,621 --> 01:38:03,188
t just mark pavement

3565
01:38:03,188 --> 01:38:03,654
markings, it

3566
01:38:03,654 --> 01:38:04,589
s also

3567
01:38:04,589 --> 01:38:07,589
construction because we have to

3568
01:38:11,663 --> 01:38:15,330
rebuild that uh curb ram. Hm.

3569
01:38:15,330 --> 01:38:16,000
Um, kind of as a segue to, to

3570
01:38:16,000 --> 01:38:17,402
curb ramps and accessibility.

3571
01:38:17,402 --> 01:38:19,905
Um, the Department of Public

3572
01:38:19,905 --> 01:38:20,871
Works has been very busy to

3573
01:38:20,871 --> 01:38:23,271
improve Sidewalk says Billy,

3574
01:38:23,808 --> 01:38:26,244
and to meet pro-wag standards.

3575
01:38:26,244 --> 01:38:27,211
Uh, Pro wag is public right of

3576
01:38:27,211 --> 01:38:29,211
way accessibility guidelines.

3577
01:38:30,820 --> 01:38:31,516
Um, and this is fairly new.

3578
01:38:31,516 --> 01:38:33,452
These were uh recently adopted

3579
01:38:33,452 --> 01:38:33,652
by the federal government and

3580
01:38:33,652 --> 01:38:34,953
they

3581
01:38:34,953 --> 01:38:36,355
re to provide standards to

3582
01:38:36,355 --> 01:38:37,623
help meet accessibility in the

3583
01:38:37,623 --> 01:38:39,957
public right of way. Uh, before

3584
01:38:39,957 --> 01:38:41,159
this, there was ada, but those

3585
01:38:41,159 --> 01:38:43,161
were guidelines. These are

3586
01:38:43,161 --> 01:38:43,628
standards that we look to meet

3587
01:38:43,628 --> 01:38:44,563
when we

3588
01:38:44,563 --> 01:38:46,598
re building our streets.

3589
01:38:46,598 --> 01:38:48,532
And in response of this, uh,

3590
01:38:48,532 --> 01:38:49,868
the Department of Public Works

3591
01:38:49,868 --> 01:38:51,803
developed a system to kind of

3592
01:38:51,803 --> 01:38:54,740
make these pro ag improvements

3593
01:38:54,740 --> 01:38:56,741
uh throughout the city. And so,

3594
01:38:56,741 --> 01:38:58,242
especially looking at uh curb

3595
01:38:58,242 --> 01:39:00,545
ramps and driveway apenss. And

3596
01:39:00,545 --> 01:39:02,114
so when roadways are resurfaced,

3597
01:39:02,114 --> 01:39:04,416
um, we also check to make sure

3598
01:39:04,416 --> 01:39:05,884
that the ramps and the driveway

3599
01:39:05,884 --> 01:39:06,952
aprons are meeting

3600
01:39:06,952 --> 01:39:08,952
accessibility standards with

3601
01:39:09,254 --> 01:39:10,254
Proa. Um, up to date, I think

3602
01:39:10,254 --> 01:39:13,624
since the last fall, uh, we

3603
01:39:13,624 --> 01:39:15,590
have done 112 curb ramps and

3604
01:39:15,590 --> 01:39:15,493
303 driveway aprons. So we

3605
01:39:15,493 --> 01:39:16,628
re

3606
01:39:16,628 --> 01:39:18,597
making really good progress and

3607
01:39:18,597 --> 01:39:19,196
we will continue to make these

3608
01:39:19,196 --> 01:39:21,196
accessibility improvements

3609
01:39:27,272 --> 01:39:28,674
moving forward. So. Um, I just

3610
01:39:28,674 --> 01:39:30,542
want to take a little bit to

3611
01:39:30,542 --> 01:39:32,770
talk about lights. Um, we are

3612
01:39:32,770 --> 01:39:33,444
making progress replacing the

3613
01:39:33,444 --> 01:39:35,844
city maintained lights with

3614
01:39:36,414 --> 01:39:37,349
LEDs, um, which use less energy,

3615
01:39:37,349 --> 01:39:38,850
um, and they increase

3616
01:39:38,850 --> 01:39:40,385
visibility for people who are

3617
01:39:40,385 --> 01:39:43,188
walking or driving or riding

3618
01:39:43,188 --> 01:39:44,156
bikes. Um, so in, in addition

3619
01:39:44,156 --> 01:39:45,657
to helping roadway safety,

3620
01:39:45,657 --> 01:39:47,250
these lights are part of our

3621
01:39:47,250 --> 01:39:47,224
climate action plan as well. Um,

3622
01:39:47,224 --> 01:39:48,930
so it

3623
01:39:48,930 --> 01:39:49,270
s a 2 for 1, it

3624
01:39:49,270 --> 01:39:49,595
s great.

3625
01:39:49,595 --> 01:39:50,595
Um, we

3626
01:39:50,595 --> 01:39:51,430
ve completed our first

3627
01:39:51,430 --> 01:39:52,463
phase, and we

3628
01:39:52,463 --> 01:39:54,463
re just about 2/3

3629
01:39:55,132 --> 01:39:55,300
done with the second phase. Um.

3630
01:39:55,300 --> 01:39:56,735
Let

3631
01:39:56,735 --> 01:39:57,603
s see, we have another

3632
01:39:57,603 --> 01:40:01,340
picture of kind of a before and

3633
01:40:01,340 --> 01:40:02,808
after. There it is. Um, we

3634
01:40:02,808 --> 01:40:04,142
recognize that the color of the

3635
01:40:04,142 --> 01:40:05,576
light is different, but people

3636
01:40:05,576 --> 01:40:06,645
tend to get used to it after a

3637
01:40:06,645 --> 01:40:07,780
little while. Um, it

3638
01:40:07,780 --> 01:40:08,980
s

3639
01:40:08,980 --> 01:40:10,949
important to note that these

3640
01:40:10,949 --> 01:40:13,180
lights do meet via the clear

3641
01:40:13,180 --> 01:40:13,118
sky standard, um, and so we

3642
01:40:13,118 --> 01:40:14,386
re

3643
01:40:14,386 --> 01:40:15,854
continuing on this project, I

3644
01:40:15,854 --> 01:40:17,255
think, from a pedestrian

3645
01:40:17,255 --> 01:40:19,358
standpoint, these really do

3646
01:40:19,358 --> 01:40:20,792
help, uh, visibility not only

3647
01:40:20,792 --> 01:40:21,692
for if I am a pedestrian and

3648
01:40:21,692 --> 01:40:23,561
walking, so I can see

3649
01:40:23,561 --> 01:40:24,596
everything around me, but also

3650
01:40:24,596 --> 01:40:25,697
motorists who are driving or

3651
01:40:25,697 --> 01:40:28,697
people in bicycles. They can

3652
01:40:29,867 --> 01:40:33,467
see me better as well. All

3653
01:40:34,380 --> 01:40:34,739
right. Um, I

3654
01:40:34,739 --> 01:40:36,475
m very pleased to

3655
01:40:36,475 --> 01:40:36,908
share that we are moving ahead

3656
01:40:36,908 --> 01:40:37,909
on sidewalks and we

3657
01:40:37,909 --> 01:40:38,310
re, we

3658
01:40:38,310 --> 01:40:40,310
re

3659
01:40:40,344 --> 01:40:42,800
seeing construction. Um, it is

3660
01:40:42,800 --> 01:40:44,490
lovely to see new concrete on

3661
01:40:44,490 --> 01:40:44,849
the ground. Um, there was a

3662
01:40:44,849 --> 01:40:45,817
question about this, so I do

3663
01:40:45,817 --> 01:40:48,387
want to take a moment to kind

3664
01:40:48,387 --> 01:40:49,955
of dig in a little bit. So, uh,

3665
01:40:49,955 --> 01:40:51,188
when we look at the missing

3666
01:40:51,188 --> 01:40:54,188
sidewalk segments in the city.

3667
01:40:54,225 --> 01:40:56,128
Uh, we have 50.17 miles of

3668
01:40:56,128 --> 01:40:56,995
sidewalk gap in the city. Um,

3669
01:40:56,995 --> 01:40:58,497
and sometimes that can be a

3670
01:40:58,497 --> 01:40:58,964
street that has gaps on both

3671
01:40:58,964 --> 01:40:59,498
sides, or it

3672
01:40:59,498 --> 01:41:01,332
s a street that

3673
01:41:01,332 --> 01:41:02,601
has a gap on one side, um, and

3674
01:41:02,601 --> 01:41:05,803
the gap is the place where

3675
01:41:05,803 --> 01:41:06,938
there is no sidewalk. Um, once

3676
01:41:06,938 --> 01:41:08,720
the upcoming uh construction

3677
01:41:08,720 --> 01:41:10,175
segments are completed, so that

3678
01:41:10,175 --> 01:41:12,910
second group on this slide, um,

3679
01:41:12,910 --> 01:41:14,446
will be at 49.7 miles of

3680
01:41:14,446 --> 01:41:17,249
sidewalk gap uh remaining. Uh,

3681
01:41:17,249 --> 01:41:18,650
this is composed of 448

3682
01:41:18,650 --> 01:41:18,750
different segments. Um there

3683
01:41:18,750 --> 01:41:19,984
s

3684
01:41:19,984 --> 01:41:21,485
no good way to describe a

3685
01:41:21,485 --> 01:41:25,850
segment. They run the gamut in

3686
01:41:25,324 --> 01:41:26,230
size, so our smallest one is 19

3687
01:41:26,230 --> 01:41:28,293
ft, um, and the largest one is

3688
01:41:28,293 --> 01:41:29,760
a little over 1 mile. Um, and

3689
01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:30,729
also a street could have many

3690
01:41:30,729 --> 01:41:31,797
segments on it cause it goes

3691
01:41:31,797 --> 01:41:35,997
kind of from block to block to

3692
01:41:36,335 --> 01:41:39,103
block. Um, but we are working

3693
01:41:39,103 --> 01:41:41,730
forward to uh continue to

3694
01:41:41,730 --> 01:41:42,507
evaluate and design and

3695
01:41:42,507 --> 01:41:42,674
construct sidewalks, um, and

3696
01:41:42,674 --> 01:41:43,608
we

3697
01:41:43,608 --> 01:41:44,543
re finally starting to see

3698
01:41:44,543 --> 01:41:45,611
the sidewalks that we were

3699
01:41:45,611 --> 01:41:46,944
looking at a couple of years

3700
01:41:46,944 --> 01:41:47,145
ago, get to this point where

3701
01:41:47,145 --> 01:41:47,980
they

3702
01:41:47,980 --> 01:41:48,813
re being constructed now.

3703
01:41:48,813 --> 01:41:50,782
So for instance, in this

3704
01:41:50,782 --> 01:41:51,449
picture, Gaille Avenue, this

3705
01:41:51,449 --> 01:41:53,651
was a sidewalk feasibility

3706
01:41:53,651 --> 01:41:55,687
study that was looked at a year

3707
01:41:55,687 --> 01:41:58,590
prior to this, um, Crawford

3708
01:41:58,590 --> 01:41:59,290
Drive was done as part of the

3709
01:41:59,290 --> 01:42:01,290
Twinbrook Transportation

3710
01:42:01,960 --> 01:42:02,728
alternatives program, and that

3711
01:42:02,728 --> 01:42:04,296
feasibility studies started in

3712
01:42:04,296 --> 01:42:05,263
late 2023. And so we

3713
01:42:05,263 --> 01:42:06,980
re finally

3714
01:42:06,980 --> 01:42:06,265
kind of getting momentum and

3715
01:42:06,265 --> 01:42:07,766
we

3716
01:42:07,766 --> 01:42:08,333
re gonna keep it up and keep

3717
01:42:08,333 --> 01:42:08,433
building sidewalks. So I

3718
01:42:08,433 --> 01:42:10,433
m

3719
01:42:12,370 --> 01:42:13,238
happy to see that happen. Um I

3720
01:42:13,238 --> 01:42:15,641
have one more slide on

3721
01:42:15,641 --> 01:42:16,708
sidewalks. Um. And I want to

3722
01:42:16,708 --> 01:42:18,143
talk a little bit about this

3723
01:42:18,143 --> 01:42:19,760
one specifically. This is

3724
01:42:19,760 --> 01:42:19,510
Virginia Avenue. Um, and I

3725
01:42:19,510 --> 01:42:21,480
m

3726
01:42:21,480 --> 01:42:21,813
calling it out because this

3727
01:42:21,813 --> 01:42:22,914
sidewalk wasn

3728
01:42:22,914 --> 01:42:23,448
t part of our

3729
01:42:23,448 --> 01:42:24,820
initial using the

3730
01:42:24,820 --> 01:42:25,816
prioritization and coming up

3731
01:42:25,816 --> 01:42:26,984
with it. This is something that

3732
01:42:26,984 --> 01:42:27,886
residents came to us, um, and

3733
01:42:27,886 --> 01:42:29,210
they said, hey, we really want

3734
01:42:29,210 --> 01:42:30,688
to sidewalk on our neighborhood,

3735
01:42:30,688 --> 01:42:32,624
and they, they did the, the

3736
01:42:32,624 --> 01:42:34,126
outreach and the petition

3737
01:42:34,126 --> 01:42:35,527
process and really helped make,

3738
01:42:35,527 --> 01:42:36,795
make us or allow us to build

3739
01:42:36,795 --> 01:42:38,897
this at a much quicker rate

3740
01:42:38,897 --> 01:42:39,932
when we had that public support.

3741
01:42:39,932 --> 01:42:41,565
So again, if there are

3742
01:42:41,565 --> 01:42:42,467
residents out there who are

3743
01:42:42,467 --> 01:42:43,869
looking outside and they, they

3744
01:42:43,869 --> 01:42:44,870
want a sidewalk in front of

3745
01:42:44,870 --> 01:42:45,537
their house. Um, please feel

3746
01:42:45,537 --> 01:42:45,670
free to reach out to us. We

3747
01:42:45,670 --> 01:42:46,705
d

3748
01:42:46,705 --> 01:42:48,206
be happy to work with you to,

3749
01:42:48,206 --> 01:42:50,750
to learn about that petition

3750
01:42:50,750 --> 01:42:50,976
process and how we can move

3751
01:42:50,976 --> 01:42:53,976
sidewalk projects forward at a

3752
01:43:00,819 --> 01:43:02,721
quicker rate. Ok. Um So traffic

3753
01:43:02,721 --> 01:43:04,256
calming projects um are roadway

3754
01:43:04,256 --> 01:43:05,624
improvements that help

3755
01:43:05,624 --> 01:43:08,526
motorists travel at the posted

3756
01:43:08,526 --> 01:43:10,462
speed limit or below. Um, this

3757
01:43:10,462 --> 01:43:12,464
results in a more comfortable

3758
01:43:12,464 --> 01:43:14,333
crossing or walking or rolling

3759
01:43:14,333 --> 01:43:14,766
for pedestrians, uh, parallel

3760
01:43:14,766 --> 01:43:14,967
travel for bicycles

3761
01:43:14,967 --> 01:43:16,768
s more

3762
01:43:16,768 --> 01:43:17,402
comfortable as well. Uh, we

3763
01:43:17,402 --> 01:43:19,237
recently completed and you can

3764
01:43:19,237 --> 01:43:20,772
kind of see the picture here,

3765
01:43:20,772 --> 01:43:22,574
the, the evolution of the

3766
01:43:22,574 --> 01:43:23,909
improvement, um, a raised

3767
01:43:23,909 --> 01:43:26,309
crossing and new pedestrian

3768
01:43:26,511 --> 01:43:27,578
median, uh, with pavement

3769
01:43:27,578 --> 01:43:28,146
markings that block um

3770
01:43:28,146 --> 01:43:30,546
on-street parking at the

3771
01:43:30,782 --> 01:43:31,483
intersection. At the Manichee

3772
01:43:31,483 --> 01:43:33,719
and Smallwood Road intersection.

3773
01:43:33,719 --> 01:43:35,654
Uh, this was the result of

3774
01:43:35,654 --> 01:43:36,455
community engagement, um, and a

3775
01:43:36,455 --> 01:43:38,855
complete street study on

3776
01:43:39,257 --> 01:43:39,557
Manichee Street. Um, the city

3777
01:43:39,557 --> 01:43:41,526
s

3778
01:43:41,526 --> 01:43:43,428
also installed as part of that

3779
01:43:43,428 --> 01:43:44,896
uh complete treat study, a

3780
01:43:44,896 --> 01:43:45,597
pedestrian median at Henderson

3781
01:43:45,597 --> 01:43:45,930
Circle, Anna Ray

3782
01:43:45,930 --> 01:43:47,930
s Crossing at

3783
01:43:48,899 --> 01:43:49,735
Carr Avenue. Um, we have a

3784
01:43:49,735 --> 01:43:51,735
similar pedestrian median

3785
01:43:51,837 --> 01:43:53,538
project, uh, to be constructed

3786
01:43:53,538 --> 01:43:55,273
soon on Twinbrook Parkway at

3787
01:43:55,273 --> 01:43:57,175
Meadowhall Lane, um, which was,

3788
01:43:57,175 --> 01:43:58,777
uh, I think originally, excuse

3789
01:43:58,777 --> 01:43:59,744
me, initially proposed or

3790
01:43:59,744 --> 01:44:01,460
suggested that we look at

3791
01:44:01,460 --> 01:44:01,880
improving safety at that

3792
01:44:01,880 --> 01:44:04,280
intersection from the Twinbrook

3793
01:44:04,750 --> 01:44:06,685
Community Association. Um and

3794
01:44:06,685 --> 01:44:07,952
then we also installed a speed

3795
01:44:07,952 --> 01:44:09,588
feedback sign on Rawlins Avenue.

3796
01:44:09,588 --> 01:44:11,223
Uh, and this is just to point

3797
01:44:11,223 --> 01:44:12,524
out that traffic calming

3798
01:44:12,524 --> 01:44:13,910
projects look different. Um,

3799
01:44:13,910 --> 01:44:15,590
and there

3800
01:44:15,590 --> 01:44:16,128
s other ways to, to

3801
01:44:16,128 --> 01:44:17,930
help reinforce the rules of the

3802
01:44:17,930 --> 01:44:19,431
road. Um, you can actually see

3803
01:44:19,431 --> 01:44:21,799
on the, the right side, that

3804
01:44:21,799 --> 01:44:22,566
image there, that is the new um

3805
01:44:22,566 --> 01:44:22,734
speed feedback sign that

3806
01:44:22,734 --> 01:44:24,734
s on

3807
01:44:26,671 --> 01:44:27,139
Rawlins Avenue. Um, other

3808
01:44:27,139 --> 01:44:28,273
traffic calming that

3809
01:44:28,273 --> 01:44:29,174
s upcoming,

3810
01:44:29,174 --> 01:44:29,574
um, on SEPTEMBER 15th, we

3811
01:44:29,574 --> 01:44:31,310
re

3812
01:44:31,310 --> 01:44:32,643
carrying out a demonstration

3813
01:44:32,643 --> 01:44:33,512
project, um, on Redland

3814
01:44:33,512 --> 01:44:33,979
Boulevard, uh, where we

3815
01:44:33,979 --> 01:44:35,613
re

3816
01:44:35,613 --> 01:44:37,481
going to repurpose the outside

3817
01:44:37,481 --> 01:44:39,818
traveling uh for a 24 hour

3818
01:44:39,818 --> 01:44:40,885
parking, um, which we expect

3819
01:44:40,885 --> 01:44:41,954
will help calm traffic, um,

3820
01:44:41,954 --> 01:44:44,255
help calm some of the traffic

3821
01:44:44,255 --> 01:44:46,191
speeds that happen on Redland.

3822
01:44:46,191 --> 01:44:47,292
Um, we recently completed a

3823
01:44:47,292 --> 01:44:49,161
study on congressional Road, um,

3824
01:44:49,161 --> 01:44:50,194
which is going to result in

3825
01:44:50,194 --> 01:44:52,564
raised crossings near the

3826
01:44:52,564 --> 01:44:53,465
daycare and the park entrance,

3827
01:44:53,465 --> 01:44:55,433
um, and separated bicycle lanes

3828
01:44:55,433 --> 01:44:57,368
near the commercial areas and

3829
01:44:57,368 --> 01:44:58,370
Rockle Pike. Um, and then

3830
01:44:58,370 --> 01:45:00,772
lastly, for Rollins Avenue as

3831
01:45:00,772 --> 01:45:01,806
well, we have an upcoming

3832
01:45:01,806 --> 01:45:02,206
Complete Street study that

3833
01:45:02,206 --> 01:45:03,410
ll

3834
01:45:03,410 --> 01:45:06,641
begin in earnest in, in the

3835
01:45:11,383 --> 01:45:12,283
fall. Right. Um, we

3836
01:45:12,283 --> 01:45:13,885
re also

3837
01:45:13,885 --> 01:45:15,754
moving forward on bicycle

3838
01:45:15,754 --> 01:45:16,855
facilities, um, we have Fixit

3839
01:45:16,855 --> 01:45:19,958
racks coming and a Fixitrack is

3840
01:45:19,958 --> 01:45:21,893
a a rag that uh bicyclists can

3841
01:45:21,893 --> 01:45:24,396
use. They can put their bike on

3842
01:45:24,396 --> 01:45:26,331
it and if they need to, you

3843
01:45:26,331 --> 01:45:27,665
know, quickly change a flat

3844
01:45:27,665 --> 01:45:29,201
tire or maybe they need to

3845
01:45:29,201 --> 01:45:31,536
adjust their brake or their

3846
01:45:31,536 --> 01:45:33,500
seat. Um, it kind of provides

3847
01:45:33,500 --> 01:45:34,720
tools and a space to do that,

3848
01:45:34,720 --> 01:45:35,641
uh, to make it easier to fix

3849
01:45:35,641 --> 01:45:37,843
those. And so we have 4 fixit

3850
01:45:37,843 --> 01:45:39,111
racks that will be installed

3851
01:45:39,111 --> 01:45:41,213
this year along sections near

3852
01:45:41,213 --> 01:45:42,580
different trails in the city.

3853
01:45:42,580 --> 01:45:44,750
Um, I mentioned earlier

3854
01:45:44,750 --> 01:45:46,180
congressional lane, uh during

3855
01:45:46,180 --> 01:45:46,184
the uh traffic calming, but

3856
01:45:46,184 --> 01:45:46,985
we

3857
01:45:46,985 --> 01:45:48,253
ll be adding a separated

3858
01:45:48,253 --> 01:45:49,855
bike lanes on that section of

3859
01:45:49,855 --> 01:45:51,823
congressional Lane near the

3860
01:45:51,823 --> 01:45:54,259
commercial uses, um, kind of

3861
01:45:54,259 --> 01:45:55,227
east of East Jeffer Street and

3862
01:45:55,227 --> 01:45:56,361
then add shared roadway

3863
01:45:56,361 --> 01:45:57,161
pavement markings on

3864
01:45:57,161 --> 01:45:58,163
congressional Lane on the

3865
01:45:58,163 --> 01:46:00,432
section west of East Jefferson

3866
01:46:00,432 --> 01:46:00,531
Street. Uh, next year, we

3867
01:46:00,531 --> 01:46:01,833
re

3868
01:46:01,833 --> 01:46:02,660
adding bicycle facilities to

3869
01:46:02,660 --> 01:46:02,868
Martin

3870
01:46:02,868 --> 01:46:04,236
s Lane. Um, this was

3871
01:46:04,236 --> 01:46:05,704
something that we looked at

3872
01:46:05,704 --> 01:46:06,672
last year, um, and came with

3873
01:46:06,672 --> 01:46:07,271
that improvement, um, but we

3874
01:46:07,271 --> 01:46:07,372
want to make sure that we

3875
01:46:07,372 --> 01:46:09,372
re

3876
01:46:10,420 --> 01:46:11,375
doing this, uh, in sync with

3877
01:46:11,375 --> 01:46:12,440
another ongoing public works

3878
01:46:12,440 --> 01:46:12,143
project where I think we

3879
01:46:12,143 --> 01:46:13,178
re

3880
01:46:13,178 --> 01:46:15,130
fixing the water main

3881
01:46:15,130 --> 01:46:16,448
underneath. Um, and so when

3882
01:46:16,448 --> 01:46:16,614
that project is complete and

3883
01:46:16,614 --> 01:46:17,449
we

3884
01:46:17,449 --> 01:46:19,283
ve resurfaced the road, the

3885
01:46:19,283 --> 01:46:20,419
bicycle facilities will be

3886
01:46:20,419 --> 01:46:22,219
added afterwards. Um, also

3887
01:46:22,219 --> 01:46:24,156
earlier today, I, I met with a

3888
01:46:24,156 --> 01:46:25,623
teacher at Julius West Middle

3889
01:46:25,623 --> 01:46:27,359
School about adding more bike

3890
01:46:27,359 --> 01:46:28,293
parking at their school, um,

3891
01:46:28,293 --> 01:46:29,494
and I was with him, we looked

3892
01:46:29,494 --> 01:46:30,461
at all the students and their

3893
01:46:30,461 --> 01:46:33,461
bike racks were completely full,

3894
01:46:36,301 --> 01:46:36,467
which was great to see. Um

3895
01:46:36,467 --> 01:46:38,467
let

3896
01:46:38,669 --> 01:46:40,171
s see. Uh, the neighborhood

3897
01:46:40,171 --> 01:46:42,240
access and Equity Project. Uh,

3898
01:46:42,240 --> 01:46:44,176
this is the, the Twinbrook

3899
01:46:44,176 --> 01:46:45,577
pedestrian and bicycle Bridge

3900
01:46:45,577 --> 01:46:46,944
project. Um, unfortunately, we

3901
01:46:46,944 --> 01:46:48,380
did learn earlier this summer

3902
01:46:48,380 --> 01:46:49,547
that the federal government

3903
01:46:49,547 --> 01:46:51,820
chose to rescind funding for

3904
01:46:51,820 --> 01:46:54,820
the second phase of this

3905
01:46:54,219 --> 01:46:55,687
project. Um, and that phase

3906
01:46:55,687 --> 01:46:57,122
included a preliminary design

3907
01:46:57,122 --> 01:46:59,240
of a preferred bridge

3908
01:46:59,240 --> 01:47:01,424
alternative. Um, however, phase

3909
01:47:01,492 --> 01:47:02,227
one is still funded. Um, and

3910
01:47:02,227 --> 01:47:04,627
this includes the feasibility

3911
01:47:04,930 --> 01:47:05,564
study, uh, to look at the four

3912
01:47:05,564 --> 01:47:06,764
different crossing locations

3913
01:47:06,764 --> 01:47:07,833
and make sure that the bridge

3914
01:47:07,833 --> 01:47:09,734
or the tunnel, you know, the

3915
01:47:09,734 --> 01:47:11,602
footings will fit and the

3916
01:47:11,602 --> 01:47:13,672
location, the location will

3917
01:47:13,672 --> 01:47:15,474
work out, um, looking at a cost

3918
01:47:15,474 --> 01:47:17,542
benefit analysis for each of

3919
01:47:17,542 --> 01:47:18,210
those locations and doing

3920
01:47:18,210 --> 01:47:19,844
additional public outreach to

3921
01:47:19,844 --> 01:47:21,379
make sure that we have

3922
01:47:21,379 --> 01:47:21,980
community support and buying on

3923
01:47:21,980 --> 01:47:24,380
what a preferred alternative

3924
01:47:24,516 --> 01:47:26,180
MAY be. The deliverables of

3925
01:47:26,180 --> 01:47:27,219
phase one are really important,

3926
01:47:27,219 --> 01:47:28,920
and no matter how this project

3927
01:47:28,920 --> 01:47:31,290
is done, we would need to get

3928
01:47:31,290 --> 01:47:32,257
that done. Um, and so when we

3929
01:47:32,257 --> 01:47:33,825
have those those deliverables

3930
01:47:33,825 --> 01:47:35,192
and that outcome, um, we will

3931
01:47:35,192 --> 01:47:36,661
move forward to advance this

3932
01:47:36,661 --> 01:47:39,310
project uh based on kind of the

3933
01:47:39,310 --> 01:47:39,531
findings of what that is.

3934
01:47:39,531 --> 01:47:40,966
Currently, we

3935
01:47:40,966 --> 01:47:41,233
re working with

3936
01:47:41,233 --> 01:47:42,467
the city

3937
01:47:42,467 --> 01:47:43,434
s procurement office,

3938
01:47:43,434 --> 01:47:45,269
uh, to prepare the request for

3939
01:47:45,269 --> 01:47:46,939
proposals so that we can

3940
01:47:46,939 --> 01:47:48,173
identify and find a qualified

3941
01:47:48,173 --> 01:47:52,373
consultant uh to work on us, to

3942
01:47:54,278 --> 01:47:55,447
work on this with us. Hm. Uh,

3943
01:47:55,447 --> 01:47:56,847
Lastly, I just want to discuss

3944
01:47:56,847 --> 01:47:59,116
a little bit our coordination

3945
01:47:59,116 --> 01:48:00,618
efforts with the state and the

3946
01:48:00,618 --> 01:48:03,388
county. Um, I mentioned earlier

3947
01:48:03,388 --> 01:48:04,489
in the meeting, we have a a a

3948
01:48:04,489 --> 01:48:06,491
quarterly meeting with the,

3949
01:48:06,491 --> 01:48:08,794
with mot, which is Maryland

3950
01:48:08,794 --> 01:48:10,262
Department of Transportation,

3951
01:48:10,262 --> 01:48:11,196
um, to talk about ongoing

3952
01:48:11,196 --> 01:48:11,495
projects that they have,

3953
01:48:11,495 --> 01:48:12,597
whether it

3954
01:48:12,597 --> 01:48:13,599
s in the city or

3955
01:48:13,599 --> 01:48:14,199
near the city. Um it

3956
01:48:14,199 --> 01:48:16,100
s also an

3957
01:48:16,100 --> 01:48:17,169
opportunity for us to ask them

3958
01:48:17,169 --> 01:48:19,569
to look into additional

3959
01:48:20,370 --> 01:48:21,440
projects or to see where things

3960
01:48:21,440 --> 01:48:22,874
are opportunities for, for us

3961
01:48:22,874 --> 01:48:23,407
to collaborate on making

3962
01:48:23,407 --> 01:48:23,841
improvements. Um, we

3963
01:48:23,841 --> 01:48:24,942
re working

3964
01:48:24,942 --> 01:48:26,979
with them with our Safe Streets

3965
01:48:26,979 --> 01:48:27,779
and Roads for all intersection

3966
01:48:27,779 --> 01:48:29,548
audit project, uh, because we

3967
01:48:29,548 --> 01:48:29,648
want to make sure that they

3968
01:48:29,648 --> 01:48:30,749
re

3969
01:48:30,749 --> 01:48:31,149
aware of what we

3970
01:48:31,149 --> 01:48:31,383
re doing and

3971
01:48:31,383 --> 01:48:32,684
how we

3972
01:48:32,684 --> 01:48:34,553
re looking at the

3973
01:48:34,553 --> 01:48:36,520
intersections and that if we

3974
01:48:36,520 --> 01:48:38,900
have recommended improvements,

3975
01:48:38,900 --> 01:48:39,324
those can be either implemented

3976
01:48:39,324 --> 01:48:40,892
by the state or maybe we can

3977
01:48:40,892 --> 01:48:41,526
work with them to find

3978
01:48:41,526 --> 01:48:43,926
additional sources of funding

3979
01:48:44,463 --> 01:48:45,464
for that. Um, we also asked

3980
01:48:45,464 --> 01:48:45,896
them for, you know, just

3981
01:48:45,896 --> 01:48:46,798
ongoing, hey, it

3982
01:48:46,798 --> 01:48:48,833
d be great if

3983
01:48:48,833 --> 01:48:49,735
you were to fix this or reduce

3984
01:48:49,735 --> 01:48:50,235
the speed here. Um, we

3985
01:48:50,235 --> 01:48:51,236
ve had

3986
01:48:51,236 --> 01:48:53,138
pretty good success. Uh, we

3987
01:48:53,138 --> 01:48:53,337
also recently asked them to,

3988
01:48:53,337 --> 01:48:54,710
there

3989
01:48:54,710 --> 01:48:56,700
s a sign that they need

3990
01:48:56,700 --> 01:48:57,943
to take down that has the wrong

3991
01:48:57,943 --> 01:48:59,511
speed limit on first, um, and

3992
01:48:59,511 --> 01:48:59,710
they were aware of it and

3993
01:48:59,710 --> 01:49:00,545
they

3994
01:49:00,545 --> 01:49:00,646
ve uh they said, ok, we

3995
01:49:00,646 --> 01:49:01,313
ll

3996
01:49:01,313 --> 01:49:04,313
get to it. So that

3997
01:49:05,417 --> 01:49:06,918
s great. Um

3998
01:49:06,918 --> 01:49:07,419
the county, uh, we don

3999
01:49:07,419 --> 01:49:08,453
t have

4000
01:49:08,453 --> 01:49:08,854
any county roads in the city,

4001
01:49:08,854 --> 01:49:09,254
uh, so it

4002
01:49:09,254 --> 01:49:10,756
s a little bit

4003
01:49:10,756 --> 01:49:11,556
different, but we do work with

4004
01:49:11,556 --> 01:49:11,689
them to make sure that we

4005
01:49:11,689 --> 01:49:12,560
re

4006
01:49:12,560 --> 01:49:13,157
aware of what

4007
01:49:13,157 --> 01:49:13,924
s going on with

4008
01:49:13,924 --> 01:49:15,393
their vision er programs and

4009
01:49:15,393 --> 01:49:17,562
their safe routes to street

4010
01:49:17,562 --> 01:49:20,399
programs. Uh, this picture here

4011
01:49:20,399 --> 01:49:22,340
is with uh mostly uh Maryland

4012
01:49:22,340 --> 01:49:22,868
or not, Montgomery County

4013
01:49:22,868 --> 01:49:24,868
Department of Transportation,

4014
01:49:24,903 --> 01:49:26,805
uh, where we looked at the Carl

4015
01:49:26,805 --> 01:49:29,240
Hen Millennium Trail, uh, but

4016
01:49:29,240 --> 01:49:30,342
the section on East Guy that is

4017
01:49:30,342 --> 01:49:31,142
on county-owned maintained

4018
01:49:31,142 --> 01:49:32,678
right of way. Um, there are a

4019
01:49:32,678 --> 01:49:33,612
lot of issues that are by

4020
01:49:33,612 --> 01:49:34,313
communities brought to us and

4021
01:49:34,313 --> 01:49:35,580
that we use this opportunity to

4022
01:49:35,580 --> 01:49:35,980
say, hey, look, here

4023
01:49:35,980 --> 01:49:37,382
s some

4024
01:49:37,382 --> 01:49:38,951
issues that City of Rockville,

4025
01:49:38,951 --> 01:49:40,385
you know, bicycle advisory

4026
01:49:40,385 --> 01:49:41,252
Committee has said, how can we

4027
01:49:41,252 --> 01:49:44,690
make this better and share that

4028
01:49:44,690 --> 01:49:45,756
with them. Um, and so kind of

4029
01:49:45,756 --> 01:49:46,457
this partnership and

4030
01:49:46,457 --> 01:49:47,359
collaboration is an ongoing

4031
01:49:47,359 --> 01:49:48,600
effort, um, and I

4032
01:49:48,600 --> 01:49:49,328
m happy that

4033
01:49:49,328 --> 01:49:53,528
we have them as, as partners on,

4034
01:49:54,365 --> 01:49:55,800
on all levels. Um. And with

4035
01:49:55,800 --> 01:49:57,202
that, and on behalf of the

4036
01:49:57,202 --> 01:49:58,303
department and the traffic and

4037
01:49:58,303 --> 01:49:59,203
transportation division, uh,

4038
01:49:59,203 --> 01:50:01,720
thank you for your time. I was

4039
01:50:01,720 --> 01:50:01,239
happy to, happy to share what

4040
01:50:01,239 --> 01:50:02,608
we

4041
01:50:02,608 --> 01:50:03,274
ve been doing and have you

4042
01:50:03,274 --> 01:50:06,274
discussed any questions you MAY

4043
01:50:07,110 --> 01:50:08,579
have? I just want to say a huge

4044
01:50:08,579 --> 01:50:09,581
thank you, uh, on behalf of all

4045
01:50:09,581 --> 01:50:09,948
of us. I know you

4046
01:50:09,948 --> 01:50:11,416
ll hear from

4047
01:50:11,416 --> 01:50:13,784
us, you know, individually as

4048
01:50:13,784 --> 01:50:16,387
well, but, um, fantastic work

4049
01:50:16,387 --> 01:50:19,257
to you in the department, uh,

4050
01:50:19,257 --> 01:50:20,559
MR. Ahmad al-Shafi, MR. Simono,

4051
01:50:20,559 --> 01:50:22,327
and Brian, um, also appreciate

4052
01:50:22,327 --> 01:50:24,763
the work that you do with our

4053
01:50:24,763 --> 01:50:26,198
community groups, uh. And

4054
01:50:26,198 --> 01:50:28,166
associate and our board, you go

4055
01:50:28,166 --> 01:50:29,601
across three of them, uh, which

4056
01:50:29,601 --> 01:50:30,936
I think is maybe a record for

4057
01:50:30,936 --> 01:50:32,503
some of our staff liaisons, but

4058
01:50:32,503 --> 01:50:32,804
I just want to say thank you

4059
01:50:32,804 --> 01:50:34,106
because it

4060
01:50:34,106 --> 01:50:35,400
s so important as we

4061
01:50:35,400 --> 01:50:35,407
are developing policy, you

4062
01:50:35,407 --> 01:50:37,407
re

4063
01:50:37,943 --> 01:50:38,876
talking to the people who um

4064
01:50:38,876 --> 01:50:40,912
have that expertise, so I

4065
01:50:40,912 --> 01:50:43,849
really appreciate it. I have a

4066
01:50:43,849 --> 01:50:45,817
couple quick things. Um, so I

4067
01:50:45,817 --> 01:50:47,386
was really happy to see that uh

4068
01:50:47,386 --> 01:50:47,818
there have not been any more

4069
01:50:47,818 --> 01:50:49,720
fatalities, and I

4070
01:50:49,720 --> 01:50:51,720
m gonna hope

4071
01:50:51,723 --> 01:50:52,591
that that stays that way on

4072
01:50:52,591 --> 01:50:53,992
North Washington. Um, and I

4073
01:50:53,992 --> 01:50:55,994
just wanted to make a statement

4074
01:50:55,994 --> 01:50:57,396
on that. I know that was

4075
01:50:57,396 --> 01:51:00,299
something that was hard. Uh, we

4076
01:51:00,299 --> 01:51:02,267
got a lot of, um, commentary on

4077
01:51:02,267 --> 01:51:03,268
do we need bike lanes in North

4078
01:51:03,268 --> 01:51:04,770
Washington, and I think it

4079
01:51:04,770 --> 01:51:04,870
speaks to the fact that it

4080
01:51:04,870 --> 01:51:06,672
s

4081
01:51:06,672 --> 01:51:07,105
not just the bike lanes, it

4082
01:51:07,105 --> 01:51:09,410
s a

4083
01:51:09,410 --> 01:51:09,608
complete street aspect of it,

4084
01:51:09,608 --> 01:51:10,475
and it

4085
01:51:10,475 --> 01:51:10,943
s been helping the

4086
01:51:10,943 --> 01:51:11,443
entire community. We

4087
01:51:11,443 --> 01:51:13,443
ve been

4088
01:51:13,879 --> 01:51:14,980
able to save lives on that road,

4089
01:51:14,980 --> 01:51:16,448
uh, and I just, you know,

4090
01:51:16,448 --> 01:51:17,381
sometimes it looks like one

4091
01:51:17,381 --> 01:51:17,983
thing, but it

4092
01:51:17,983 --> 01:51:18,250
s actually many

4093
01:51:18,250 --> 01:51:19,284
things we

4094
01:51:19,284 --> 01:51:19,984
re trying to

4095
01:51:19,984 --> 01:51:21,219
accomplish with these projects.

4096
01:51:21,219 --> 01:51:22,754
So I just wanted to, to thank

4097
01:51:22,754 --> 01:51:24,589
you for that and just to

4098
01:51:24,589 --> 01:51:24,790
explain to the public why

4099
01:51:24,790 --> 01:51:25,457
that

4100
01:51:25,457 --> 01:51:27,426
s so important and why we

4101
01:51:27,426 --> 01:51:29,161
moved to Ford on it. Um, in

4102
01:51:29,161 --> 01:51:31,960
addition, on Maryland Avenue,

4103
01:51:31,960 --> 01:51:33,640
when we did the bike lanes,

4104
01:51:33,640 --> 01:51:34,132
again, not just the bike lanes,

4105
01:51:34,132 --> 01:51:35,934
but which are important as well,

4106
01:51:35,934 --> 01:51:36,935
right? Because we have, we need

4107
01:51:36,935 --> 01:51:38,336
to have multimodal

4108
01:51:38,336 --> 01:51:41,336
opportunities in the city, but

4109
01:51:42,341 --> 01:51:43,775
it also created a buffer for um

4110
01:51:43,775 --> 01:51:46,612
our walkers and pedestrians, uh,

4111
01:51:46,612 --> 01:51:48,513
we have a lot of children who

4112
01:51:48,513 --> 01:51:50,482
go along these roads, and we

4113
01:51:50,482 --> 01:51:52,484
had uh teenagers get hit by a

4114
01:51:52,484 --> 01:51:54,186
car, uh, so I just wanted to

4115
01:51:54,186 --> 01:51:56,788
note that in that particular

4116
01:51:56,788 --> 01:51:58,560
space, I think there was like a

4117
01:51:58,560 --> 01:51:58,790
70% reduction speed, speeding

4118
01:51:58,790 --> 01:52:00,158
tickets at one point. So people

4119
01:52:00,158 --> 01:52:00,258
are saving money, but we

4120
01:52:00,258 --> 01:52:02,600
re

4121
01:52:02,600 --> 01:52:03,662
also saving lives. Um, and I,

4122
01:52:03,662 --> 01:52:05,464
you know, these projects are

4123
01:52:05,464 --> 01:52:08,266
more than meets the eye, and I

4124
01:52:08,266 --> 01:52:09,700
hope we can do more of them. I

4125
01:52:09,700 --> 01:52:10,802
will also note that even if we

4126
01:52:10,802 --> 01:52:14,205
do everything right, and I say

4127
01:52:14,205 --> 01:52:15,240
this every time. Uh, the the

4128
01:52:15,240 --> 01:52:16,675
work that we really need to get

4129
01:52:16,675 --> 01:52:18,644
done is on the state highways,

4130
01:52:18,644 --> 01:52:21,790
which we do not have full

4131
01:52:21,790 --> 01:52:22,981
control over. Um, so I wanna

4132
01:52:22,981 --> 01:52:24,348
thank you for um updating the

4133
01:52:24,348 --> 01:52:26,748
high injury Network. My

4134
01:52:26,785 --> 01:52:27,586
question to you is, um, how are

4135
01:52:27,586 --> 01:52:30,586
we sharing that updated list

4136
01:52:32,240 --> 01:52:35,961
with the state. Uh, so we met

4137
01:52:35,961 --> 01:52:37,362
with them last week, um, and I

4138
01:52:37,362 --> 01:52:37,996
shared with them the the the

4139
01:52:37,996 --> 01:52:40,265
same slides and data that I

4140
01:52:40,265 --> 01:52:41,833
share with you. So there, we

4141
01:52:41,833 --> 01:52:43,669
let them know that we completed

4142
01:52:43,669 --> 01:52:45,603
this new, this new network and

4143
01:52:45,603 --> 01:52:48,600
that all of the roads that were

4144
01:52:48,600 --> 01:52:49,641
in it were on state maintained

4145
01:52:49,641 --> 01:52:50,275
highways and shared the the

4146
01:52:50,275 --> 01:52:52,444
segments that um are in the

4147
01:52:52,444 --> 01:52:53,645
report. Ok. And we have any

4148
01:52:53,645 --> 01:52:53,812
commitments yet? Uh, I know

4149
01:52:53,812 --> 01:52:55,812
it

4150
01:52:56,800 --> 01:52:57,150
s too soon, but I, last time

4151
01:52:57,150 --> 01:53:00,615
we shared our lesson, I think

4152
01:53:02,540 --> 01:53:02,754
they were like the top 50 um

4153
01:53:02,754 --> 01:53:05,154
serious crashes and fatalities.

4154
01:53:05,357 --> 01:53:07,793
We, we kind of heat mapped them

4155
01:53:07,793 --> 01:53:09,270
for them, um, and we were able

4156
01:53:09,270 --> 01:53:09,861
to get some commitments to

4157
01:53:09,861 --> 01:53:10,228
doing work on them. So I

4158
01:53:10,228 --> 01:53:10,629
m

4159
01:53:10,629 --> 01:53:10,896
hopeful that we

4160
01:53:10,896 --> 01:53:12,896
ll have an

4161
01:53:14,310 --> 01:53:16,501
update on that soon as well. I

4162
01:53:16,501 --> 01:53:18,503
know it takes time. Um, I just

4163
01:53:18,503 --> 01:53:20,370
also want to say thank you for

4164
01:53:20,370 --> 01:53:20,438
the work on Manichee. You

4165
01:53:20,438 --> 01:53:22,438
ve

4166
01:53:22,441 --> 01:53:24,409
helped Wooten, uh, in our high

4167
01:53:24,409 --> 01:53:25,844
school students, um, all across

4168
01:53:25,844 --> 01:53:27,178
East Rockville, there were

4169
01:53:27,178 --> 01:53:29,247
several new sidewalks that went

4170
01:53:29,247 --> 01:53:31,490
there. We talked about North

4171
01:53:31,490 --> 01:53:31,483
Washington, um, Redlin and

4172
01:53:31,483 --> 01:53:32,117
Rawlins and Martin

4173
01:53:32,117 --> 01:53:33,218
s Lane, and

4174
01:53:33,218 --> 01:53:33,551
even going to the f. Scottish

4175
01:53:33,551 --> 01:53:35,419
show, I

4176
01:53:35,419 --> 01:53:37,890
ve just seen many more

4177
01:53:37,890 --> 01:53:38,890
things happening to improve

4178
01:53:38,890 --> 01:53:40,826
safety and as a result, you see

4179
01:53:40,826 --> 01:53:42,294
more people walking, you see

4180
01:53:42,294 --> 01:53:43,695
children riding bikes, and it

4181
01:53:43,695 --> 01:53:45,630
just also creates a sense of

4182
01:53:45,630 --> 01:53:46,198
place in the community. Um, I

4183
01:53:46,198 --> 01:53:48,660
also wouldn

4184
01:53:48,660 --> 01:53:48,300
t acknowledge that,

4185
01:53:48,300 --> 01:53:49,468
uh, it

4186
01:53:49,468 --> 01:53:52,468
s an equity issue. Uh,

4187
01:53:52,704 --> 01:53:53,972
we know that um we wanna make

4188
01:53:53,972 --> 01:53:55,440
sure that not everyone has a

4189
01:53:55,440 --> 01:53:56,475
car and should be able to get

4190
01:53:56,475 --> 01:53:56,674
to work and school, wherever

4191
01:53:56,674 --> 01:53:58,209
they

4192
01:53:58,209 --> 01:53:58,744
re going safely. Uh, with

4193
01:53:58,744 --> 01:53:59,645
that said, I

4194
01:53:59,645 --> 01:54:02,450
ll make my other

4195
01:54:02,547 --> 01:54:03,615
comment, which is that, um, and

4196
01:54:03,615 --> 01:54:05,951
I have personally walked some

4197
01:54:05,951 --> 01:54:08,653
of these paths that we still

4198
01:54:08,653 --> 01:54:10,355
have bus stops at a mid-block.

4199
01:54:10,355 --> 01:54:11,656
And I have seen and tried to,

4200
01:54:11,656 --> 01:54:13,580
you know, see what I have, what

4201
01:54:13,580 --> 01:54:13,959
i would encounter as an

4202
01:54:13,959 --> 01:54:15,127
everyday person on that street

4203
01:54:15,127 --> 01:54:15,360
and try to go to different

4204
01:54:15,360 --> 01:54:15,994
people

4205
01:54:15,994 --> 01:54:18,597
s streets, and I walk

4206
01:54:18,597 --> 01:54:20,650
about 4 miles a day. Um. Just

4207
01:54:20,650 --> 01:54:22,734
to see what people in their own

4208
01:54:22,734 --> 01:54:24,769
community experiencing. It is,

4209
01:54:24,769 --> 01:54:27,720
it is a game of chicken, um,

4210
01:54:27,720 --> 01:54:28,730
and very, very unsafe. And if

4211
01:54:28,730 --> 01:54:29,708
someone is going to be late for

4212
01:54:29,708 --> 01:54:30,420
work. And we

4213
01:54:30,420 --> 01:54:32,420
re putting that

4214
01:54:32,110 --> 01:54:32,711
bus stop in the middle. Again,

4215
01:54:32,711 --> 01:54:33,211
I don

4216
01:54:33,211 --> 01:54:34,512
t think we

4217
01:54:34,512 --> 01:54:35,980
re fully

4218
01:54:35,980 --> 01:54:37,980
practicing Vision Zero,

4219
01:54:38,850 --> 01:54:39,518
practices when we are just not

4220
01:54:39,518 --> 01:54:41,918
anticipating what that person

4221
01:54:42,870 --> 01:54:45,230
will have to do to get to work.

4222
01:54:45,230 --> 01:54:45,991
Um, so I know that we have um

4223
01:54:45,991 --> 01:54:47,920
contracts with the, you know,

4224
01:54:47,920 --> 01:54:48,693
some of the bus stops, some of

4225
01:54:48,693 --> 01:54:50,996
them managed by the county,

4226
01:54:50,996 --> 01:54:52,397
just wanted to see what, what

4227
01:54:52,397 --> 01:54:52,664
is being done on that cause I

4228
01:54:52,664 --> 01:54:52,864
know that

4229
01:54:52,864 --> 01:54:53,799
s, we

4230
01:54:53,799 --> 01:54:54,533
ve tried to

4231
01:54:54,533 --> 01:54:55,367
talk and I just kind of want to

4232
01:54:55,367 --> 01:54:55,734
get a sense. So we

4233
01:54:55,734 --> 01:54:57,734
re making

4234
01:54:57,869 --> 01:54:59,370
any progress on that particular

4235
01:54:59,370 --> 01:55:02,637
front because that is an equity

4236
01:55:09,748 --> 01:55:09,915
issue as well. Yeah. Sure, so

4237
01:55:09,915 --> 01:55:11,583
it

4238
01:55:11,583 --> 01:55:14,720
s part of the initial uh

4239
01:55:14,720 --> 01:55:17,720
crash analysis. Um, we looked

4240
01:55:17,789 --> 01:55:19,124
at uh serious, serious injury

4241
01:55:19,124 --> 01:55:20,250
and fatal crashes that happened

4242
01:55:20,250 --> 01:55:22,694
within kind of 100 ft of a bus

4243
01:55:22,694 --> 01:55:24,262
stop. Um, and then we

4244
01:55:24,262 --> 01:55:25,730
identified their uh turn

4245
01:55:25,730 --> 01:55:27,332
another 8 bus stops where this

4246
01:55:27,332 --> 01:55:30,769
happened. Uh, 6 of them were on

4247
01:55:30,769 --> 01:55:32,769
uh state-maintained roadways

4248
01:55:32,837 --> 01:55:35,607
and uh two of them run a city

4249
01:55:35,607 --> 01:55:37,420
maintained roads, um. One of

4250
01:55:37,420 --> 01:55:38,644
them was on Helpine, uh, where

4251
01:55:38,644 --> 01:55:39,944
we have an ongoing project

4252
01:55:39,944 --> 01:55:41,513
looking at a complete streets

4253
01:55:41,513 --> 01:55:42,247
and doing separated bike lanes,

4254
01:55:42,247 --> 01:55:45,182
kind of near the shopping

4255
01:55:45,182 --> 01:55:47,886
centers. Uh, we also reached

4256
01:55:47,886 --> 01:55:49,554
out to the county, uh, who

4257
01:55:49,554 --> 01:55:50,355
operates the ride on bus

4258
01:55:50,355 --> 01:55:53,910
service about whether they can

4259
01:55:53,910 --> 01:55:53,892
move some of the bus stops, um,

4260
01:55:53,892 --> 01:55:55,460
and then whether the state

4261
01:55:55,460 --> 01:55:55,626
would support that as well, if

4262
01:55:55,626 --> 01:55:57,626
it

4263
01:55:58,797 --> 01:55:59,764
s on state rights supply. Uh,

4264
01:55:59,764 --> 01:56:00,365
in some instances, they said,

4265
01:56:00,365 --> 01:56:01,666
oh, we

4266
01:56:01,666 --> 01:56:02,733
ll look into it. Um, in

4267
01:56:02,733 --> 01:56:03,669
other instances, they

4268
01:56:03,669 --> 01:56:04,669
ve said,

4269
01:56:04,669 --> 01:56:06,171
uh, we can

4270
01:56:06,171 --> 01:56:07,238
t move it because

4271
01:56:07,238 --> 01:56:09,140
the distances between the bus

4272
01:56:09,140 --> 01:56:09,241
stop and the intersection isn

4273
01:56:09,241 --> 01:56:11,241
t

4274
01:56:12,440 --> 01:56:12,678
uh supportive of having

4275
01:56:12,678 --> 01:56:14,279
multiple buses queued up and

4276
01:56:14,279 --> 01:56:16,381
things like that. But we can

4277
01:56:16,381 --> 01:56:18,183
continue to work on it Thank

4278
01:56:18,183 --> 01:56:20,285
you. Appreciate you keeping at

4279
01:56:20,285 --> 01:56:20,718
it one day. Um, and I

4280
01:56:20,718 --> 01:56:22,718
ll just

4281
01:56:23,210 --> 01:56:25,230
end and say, uh, before I let

4282
01:56:25,230 --> 01:56:26,458
my colleagues ask questions.

4283
01:56:26,458 --> 01:56:27,458
The Maryvale Bike Program

4284
01:56:27,458 --> 01:56:28,460
education program is amazing,

4285
01:56:28,460 --> 01:56:30,362
as well as the outreach you do

4286
01:56:30,362 --> 01:56:32,397
at the schools, uh, for walk to

4287
01:56:32,397 --> 01:56:35,167
school day and bike to school

4288
01:56:35,167 --> 01:56:37,603
day. Um, I, I know that the

4289
01:56:37,603 --> 01:56:38,570
kids were able to map out safe

4290
01:56:38,570 --> 01:56:39,237
routes to library and town

4291
01:56:39,237 --> 01:56:40,639
center and places like that,

4292
01:56:40,639 --> 01:56:42,541
and it really makes a

4293
01:56:42,541 --> 01:56:43,908
difference. I will say more

4294
01:56:43,908 --> 01:56:45,477
schools are wanting, and so

4295
01:56:45,477 --> 01:56:45,844
Twin book has already said

4296
01:56:45,844 --> 01:56:46,345
whenever there

4297
01:56:46,345 --> 01:56:46,510
s an opportunity,

4298
01:56:46,510 --> 01:56:47,145
we

4299
01:56:47,145 --> 01:56:47,278
d like to be included and

4300
01:56:47,278 --> 01:56:48,914
i

4301
01:56:48,914 --> 01:56:49,681
m sure there are others, but

4302
01:56:49,681 --> 01:56:51,150
just wanted to commend you all

4303
01:56:51,150 --> 01:56:54,150
on that great work Councilor

4304
01:56:56,154 --> 01:56:58,890
Fulton Thank you. Yes, uh, the

4305
01:56:58,890 --> 01:57:00,240
work is amazing. Uh, I, I find

4306
01:57:00,240 --> 01:57:01,492
that the Vision Zero work is

4307
01:57:01,492 --> 01:57:02,527
the, the quantity of the work

4308
01:57:02,527 --> 01:57:04,290
getting done, the quality of

4309
01:57:04,290 --> 01:57:05,364
the work getting done, the

4310
01:57:05,364 --> 01:57:06,865
level of engagement, the

4311
01:57:06,865 --> 01:57:07,320
reporting, and the tracking,

4312
01:57:07,320 --> 01:57:07,366
it

4313
01:57:07,366 --> 01:57:08,433
s, it

4314
01:57:08,433 --> 01:57:10,702
s all really stellar

4315
01:57:10,702 --> 01:57:11,336
and so thank you for that. Um,

4316
01:57:11,336 --> 01:57:12,137
the mayor going first made a

4317
01:57:12,137 --> 01:57:13,104
lot of the comments that I

4318
01:57:13,104 --> 01:57:14,106
would have made and probably

4319
01:57:14,106 --> 01:57:16,400
some others, but a couple

4320
01:57:16,400 --> 01:57:18,760
things that I, I, I want to

4321
01:57:18,760 --> 01:57:19,111
double down on um the North

4322
01:57:19,111 --> 01:57:20,450
Washington Street, um,

4323
01:57:20,450 --> 01:57:22,790
connection and, and maybe even

4324
01:57:22,790 --> 01:57:24,160
be a little bit more explicit.

4325
01:57:24,160 --> 01:57:25,550
Um, there were a lot of people

4326
01:57:25,550 --> 01:57:28,860
that were really unhappy with

4327
01:57:28,860 --> 01:57:28,253
that work at the time, um, uh,

4328
01:57:28,253 --> 01:57:28,720
it

4329
01:57:28,720 --> 01:57:28,819
s my neighborhood. I

4330
01:57:28,819 --> 01:57:29,821
ve

4331
01:57:29,821 --> 01:57:31,789
talked to a lot of them. They

4332
01:57:31,789 --> 01:57:33,158
were very unhappy. 2 years in,

4333
01:57:33,158 --> 01:57:34,326
you almost hear no complaints

4334
01:57:34,326 --> 01:57:35,727
anymore, and now you see the

4335
01:57:35,727 --> 01:57:35,827
benefits of it, uh, like you

4336
01:57:35,827 --> 01:57:37,596
ve

4337
01:57:37,596 --> 01:57:38,529
got data that shows, you know,

4338
01:57:38,529 --> 01:57:40,499
yes, people might have to go

4339
01:57:40,499 --> 01:57:40,765
slower, but it

4340
01:57:40,765 --> 01:57:41,566
s actually

4341
01:57:41,566 --> 01:57:43,680
preventing accidents. So, so

4342
01:57:43,680 --> 01:57:43,268
thank you for that. It

4343
01:57:43,268 --> 01:57:44,200
s worth

4344
01:57:44,200 --> 01:57:45,404
it. It

4345
01:57:45,404 --> 01:57:47,804
s also creating parking,

4346
01:57:49,274 --> 01:57:51,310
like benefits all around. Um

4347
01:57:51,310 --> 01:57:52,743
two clarifying questions, um,

4348
01:57:52,743 --> 01:57:52,978
on the sidewalks, you made, uh,

4349
01:57:52,978 --> 01:57:53,612
I can

4350
01:57:53,612 --> 01:57:54,746
t remember where it was

4351
01:57:54,746 --> 01:57:56,800
where you said the community

4352
01:57:56,800 --> 01:57:58,917
was asking for it, so that made

4353
01:57:58,917 --> 01:58:00,618
it a lot easier. That is great.

4354
01:58:00,618 --> 01:58:02,453
Um, if someone wants a sidewalk

4355
01:58:02,453 --> 01:58:03,288
in front of their house, that

4356
01:58:03,288 --> 01:58:03,722
is great. I think it

4357
01:58:03,722 --> 01:58:04,790
s also

4358
01:58:04,790 --> 01:58:05,423
important to remember that the

4359
01:58:05,423 --> 01:58:06,158
sidewalks actually aren

4360
01:58:06,158 --> 01:58:07,125
t for

4361
01:58:07,125 --> 01:58:09,226
the person whose house the

4362
01:58:09,226 --> 01:58:09,428
sidewalk is in front of. So if

4363
01:58:09,428 --> 01:58:09,761
there

4364
01:58:09,761 --> 01:58:10,629
s, if there

4365
01:58:10,629 --> 01:58:11,997
s a, a family

4366
01:58:11,997 --> 01:58:13,532
with a child down the street

4367
01:58:13,532 --> 01:58:14,633
trying to get to school, who

4368
01:58:14,633 --> 01:58:14,866
wants that sidewalk that

4369
01:58:14,866 --> 01:58:16,368
s

4370
01:58:16,368 --> 01:58:17,869
equally as important. So I just

4371
01:58:17,869 --> 01:58:19,838
wanted to to make that point.

4372
01:58:19,838 --> 01:58:20,372
And then just a question for

4373
01:58:20,372 --> 01:58:21,206
you. There

4374
01:58:21,206 --> 01:58:22,673
s been an awful lot

4375
01:58:22,673 --> 01:58:23,750
in the news lately about

4376
01:58:23,750 --> 01:58:23,342
Montgomery County

4377
01:58:23,342 --> 01:58:25,342
s right on

4378
01:58:26,211 --> 01:58:27,579
red, uh, going into effect, uh,

4379
01:58:27,579 --> 01:58:29,747
and the signs going up and the

4380
01:58:29,747 --> 01:58:31,583
reaction to that. Um, do we

4381
01:58:31,583 --> 01:58:32,951
have a stance on that, on

4382
01:58:32,951 --> 01:58:34,953
whether making some similar

4383
01:58:34,953 --> 01:58:35,821
restrictions, uh, in, in key

4384
01:58:35,821 --> 01:58:39,825
places might make a help us in

4385
01:58:39,825 --> 01:58:40,859
any way. Yes, uh thank you for

4386
01:58:40,859 --> 01:58:41,590
your question. Um, I

4387
01:58:41,590 --> 01:58:42,260
ve been

4388
01:58:42,260 --> 01:58:44,196
actually in contact with

4389
01:58:44,196 --> 01:58:47,196
Montgomery County to talk about

4390
01:58:47,266 --> 01:58:48,133
this, um, so they have, uh,

4391
01:58:48,133 --> 01:58:49,967
about 22, I

4392
01:58:49,967 --> 01:58:51,967
m sorry, 200

4393
01:58:52,104 --> 01:58:53,405
locations in different downtown

4394
01:58:53,405 --> 01:58:55,841
areas like Silver Spring, for

4395
01:58:55,841 --> 01:58:57,342
example, or Wheaton, um, that,

4396
01:58:57,342 --> 01:58:58,710
um, as you probably have heard,

4397
01:58:58,710 --> 01:59:01,280
there is something called the

4398
01:59:01,280 --> 01:59:03,548
Safe Street Act in 2023, and

4399
01:59:03,548 --> 01:59:06,170
they were required, uh, as

4400
01:59:06,170 --> 01:59:07,753
staff to implement those uh no

4401
01:59:07,753 --> 01:59:07,952
turn on red. So, um, I

4402
01:59:07,952 --> 01:59:09,952
ve been

4403
01:59:09,988 --> 01:59:11,757
told that they have the JUNE

4404
01:59:11,757 --> 01:59:13,292
26th to, to do this work.

4405
01:59:13,292 --> 01:59:14,625
However, the way they are doing

4406
01:59:14,625 --> 01:59:15,861
it is that, that they are

4407
01:59:15,861 --> 01:59:17,162
trying to look at intersection

4408
01:59:17,162 --> 01:59:18,597
to see if that will cause any

4409
01:59:18,597 --> 01:59:19,798
problems or not. There are some

4410
01:59:19,798 --> 01:59:21,967
pros and cons for no director

4411
01:59:21,967 --> 01:59:23,368
No red. It helps sometimes for

4412
01:59:23,368 --> 01:59:25,370
one direction, but maybe it

4413
01:59:25,370 --> 01:59:26,338
hurt the other direction. Um,

4414
01:59:26,338 --> 01:59:27,738
but anyway, um, so they are

4415
01:59:27,738 --> 01:59:29,675
looking at that and at the same

4416
01:59:29,675 --> 01:59:30,708
time, they are going to remove

4417
01:59:30,708 --> 01:59:31,777
the no re and no red at

4418
01:59:31,777 --> 01:59:32,744
application when they find out

4419
01:59:32,744 --> 01:59:35,480
that there is an issue with

4420
01:59:35,480 --> 01:59:36,882
that. Uh. Coincidentally, that

4421
01:59:36,882 --> 01:59:39,882
2 years ago, we actually look

4422
01:59:39,918 --> 01:59:40,218
at that in our um intersections

4423
01:59:40,218 --> 01:59:40,953
Um, I don

4424
01:59:40,953 --> 01:59:43,288
t know if you can

4425
01:59:43,288 --> 01:59:45,624
bring the slide, uh. So we, we

4426
01:59:45,624 --> 01:59:47,920
look at the town center, uh, we

4427
01:59:47,920 --> 01:59:47,793
really have like 5-minute

4428
01:59:47,793 --> 01:59:48,693
intersections that we consider

4429
01:59:48,693 --> 01:59:51,430
like the heart of the town

4430
01:59:51,430 --> 01:59:52,497
center, couple on, on 28 and

4431
01:59:52,497 --> 01:59:53,931
then Middle, and North

4432
01:59:53,931 --> 01:59:56,331
Washington, Middle in Maryland,

4433
01:59:59,237 --> 02:00:00,906
um and um Washington Courthouse

4434
02:00:00,906 --> 02:00:03,307
Square. Uh, as you see from

4435
02:00:03,307 --> 02:00:05,477
this table, uh, we already have

4436
02:00:05,477 --> 02:00:06,211
several No right turn on red on

4437
02:00:06,211 --> 02:00:08,879
every intersection has no right

4438
02:00:08,879 --> 02:00:10,882
turn left, but not, not all

4439
02:00:10,882 --> 02:00:12,500
directions. Um, we have also,

4440
02:00:12,500 --> 02:00:13,852
uh, looked at our intersection

4441
02:00:13,852 --> 02:00:16,321
and we found, we added the, the

4442
02:00:16,321 --> 02:00:17,888
north, uh, the middle and the

4443
02:00:17,888 --> 02:00:19,191
Maryland intersection we had on

4444
02:00:19,191 --> 02:00:20,626
the northbound and southbound.

4445
02:00:20,626 --> 02:00:21,660
So we are trying to balance a

4446
02:00:21,660 --> 02:00:22,727
little bit between putting the

4447
02:00:22,727 --> 02:00:23,695
Nora Tanner red, but at the

4448
02:00:23,695 --> 02:00:24,730
same time, like if you think

4449
02:00:24,730 --> 02:00:27,650
about if you have no right turn

4450
02:00:27,650 --> 02:00:28,660
on red, the car going straight.

4451
02:00:28,660 --> 02:00:29,340
i mean that helps the

4452
02:00:29,340 --> 02:00:30,234
pedestrian crossing in front of

4453
02:00:30,234 --> 02:00:33,105
this car because the car cannot

4454
02:00:33,105 --> 02:00:34,640
move forward. But it hurts the

4455
02:00:34,640 --> 02:00:35,607
other pedestrian on the right

4456
02:00:35,607 --> 02:00:37,750
side when finally this car can

4457
02:00:37,750 --> 02:00:37,175
make a right turn, they

4458
02:00:37,175 --> 02:00:38,577
re

4459
02:00:38,577 --> 02:00:39,411
competing now with the

4460
02:00:39,411 --> 02:00:40,846
pedestrian who have the chance

4461
02:00:40,846 --> 02:00:42,913
to cross the street. So we are

4462
02:00:42,913 --> 02:00:43,849
trying to put it where we have

4463
02:00:43,849 --> 02:00:44,810
the more pedestrian or where we,

4464
02:00:44,810 --> 02:00:44,616
we don

4465
02:00:44,616 --> 02:00:46,151
t want to have this

4466
02:00:46,151 --> 02:00:46,985
conflict. But we keep looking

4467
02:00:46,985 --> 02:00:48,420
at this and if we want to edit

4468
02:00:48,420 --> 02:00:50,555
and we add with it what we call

4469
02:00:50,555 --> 02:00:51,256
the lpi which is uh the leading

4470
02:00:51,256 --> 02:00:52,924
pedestrian interval. So we try

4471
02:00:52,924 --> 02:00:55,227
to give the pedestrian a little

4472
02:00:55,227 --> 02:00:56,561
bit uh ahead of time to start

4473
02:00:56,561 --> 02:00:57,963
to cross before the, the car

4474
02:00:57,963 --> 02:00:58,130
get the green light to turn. So

4475
02:00:58,130 --> 02:00:59,798
it

4476
02:00:59,798 --> 02:01:00,432
s a balance between the two,

4477
02:01:00,432 --> 02:01:01,800
but we are working with the

4478
02:01:01,800 --> 02:01:03,235
counties to try to see what

4479
02:01:03,235 --> 02:01:04,670
that experience is, and we keep

4480
02:01:04,670 --> 02:01:06,371
looking at our intersection to

4481
02:01:06,371 --> 02:01:07,238
add no time or no external red

4482
02:01:07,238 --> 02:01:08,540
one, we see it

4483
02:01:08,540 --> 02:01:08,640
s needed or it

4484
02:01:08,640 --> 02:01:09,441
s

4485
02:01:09,441 --> 02:01:10,641
gonna be beneficial. Thank you

4486
02:01:10,641 --> 02:01:11,877
so much. You, you have thought

4487
02:01:11,877 --> 02:01:12,911
it through and you answered. My

4488
02:01:12,911 --> 02:01:13,845
only ask was to like stay in

4489
02:01:13,845 --> 02:01:14,513
touch with Montgomery County

4490
02:01:14,513 --> 02:01:14,780
and see their experience, see

4491
02:01:14,780 --> 02:01:15,180
if there

4492
02:01:15,180 --> 02:01:15,614
s anything we can

4493
02:01:15,614 --> 02:01:15,981
learn and and you

4494
02:01:15,981 --> 02:01:17,981
re doing it.

4495
02:01:18,115 --> 02:01:21,715
So thank you so much. Doctor

4496
02:01:22,200 --> 02:01:22,553
Miles Thank you, thank you,

4497
02:01:22,553 --> 02:01:23,210
MADAM Mayor. It

4498
02:01:23,210 --> 02:01:23,121
s like a, it

4499
02:01:23,121 --> 02:01:23,789
s

4500
02:01:23,789 --> 02:01:23,922
been a long time since i

4501
02:01:23,922 --> 02:01:25,624
ve

4502
02:01:25,624 --> 02:01:27,425
seen you, MR. Burnett Woods.

4503
02:01:27,425 --> 02:01:28,827
She was here this Saturday at

4504
02:01:28,827 --> 02:01:30,461
the police event, and I

4505
02:01:30,461 --> 02:01:32,861
appreciate you coming. Um,

4506
02:01:33,365 --> 02:01:34,333
thanks for this report. The

4507
02:01:34,333 --> 02:01:34,932
only thing I

4508
02:01:34,932 --> 02:01:35,801
ll raise is, uh,

4509
02:01:35,801 --> 02:01:36,735
to thank y

4510
02:01:36,735 --> 02:01:38,203
all for your

4511
02:01:38,203 --> 02:01:39,671
continued efforts to work with

4512
02:01:39,671 --> 02:01:41,573
the county, particularly with

4513
02:01:41,573 --> 02:01:44,343
regard to the Millennium Trail

4514
02:01:44,343 --> 02:01:45,477
Northside. Similarly, with some

4515
02:01:45,477 --> 02:01:48,180
of our border areas where there

4516
02:01:48,180 --> 02:01:49,847
are streets that are out of our

4517
02:01:49,847 --> 02:01:49,982
jurisdiction and or control.

4518
02:01:49,982 --> 02:01:51,982
I

4519
02:01:53,180 --> 02:01:55,320
m mindful of like Montrose uh,

4520
02:01:55,320 --> 02:01:57,550
the bottom end, um some people

4521
02:01:57,550 --> 02:01:58,456
bite there, sometimes I bite

4522
02:01:58,456 --> 02:02:00,358
there. Either some kids who are

4523
02:02:00,358 --> 02:02:01,560
walking, uh, school, some of

4524
02:02:01,560 --> 02:02:03,829
our North Farm kids like go

4525
02:02:03,829 --> 02:02:05,664
across the street and swim over

4526
02:02:05,664 --> 02:02:06,798
at Old Farm. Um, I recognize

4527
02:02:06,798 --> 02:02:07,232
that we don

4528
02:02:07,232 --> 02:02:09,232
t have jurisdiction

4529
02:02:09,401 --> 02:02:10,369
over uh that street. It is a

4530
02:02:10,369 --> 02:02:10,869
fast one. I mean, it

4531
02:02:10,869 --> 02:02:11,270
s, it

4532
02:02:11,270 --> 02:02:13,270
s

4533
02:02:13,739 --> 02:02:15,673
posted at 40 miles. People

4534
02:02:15,673 --> 02:02:17,109
drive 50. Um, but I, I would

4535
02:02:17,109 --> 02:02:19,144
hope that we can continue to

4536
02:02:19,144 --> 02:02:20,479
work with them to make it uh

4537
02:02:20,479 --> 02:02:21,179
safer for those to connect to

4538
02:02:21,179 --> 02:02:23,579
communities, recognize that one

4539
02:02:24,216 --> 02:02:28,120
of them is not ours, but, um,

4540
02:02:28,120 --> 02:02:31,623
anybody who um is involved in

4541
02:02:31,623 --> 02:02:33,910
um uh a motor vehicle collision,

4542
02:02:33,910 --> 02:02:34,192
be a pedition otherwise, um

4543
02:02:34,192 --> 02:02:34,826
that those could be our

4544
02:02:34,826 --> 02:02:35,270
neighbors too. That

4545
02:02:35,270 --> 02:02:37,270
s all.

4546
02:02:38,300 --> 02:02:38,964
Thank you. Thank you,

4547
02:02:38,964 --> 02:02:39,564
COUNCILMAN Valeri and then

4548
02:02:39,564 --> 02:02:39,664
Councilor Jackson, then we

4549
02:02:39,664 --> 02:02:41,664
ll

4550
02:02:42,868 --> 02:02:45,337
go down the line. Yes, thank

4551
02:02:45,337 --> 02:02:47,706
you. Um, yes, see, I feel like

4552
02:02:47,706 --> 02:02:48,730
I see Brian all the time, um,

4553
02:02:48,730 --> 02:02:49,241
but it

4554
02:02:49,241 --> 02:02:51,543
s because I get to be

4555
02:02:51,543 --> 02:02:52,770
liaison to both the

4556
02:02:52,770 --> 02:02:53,378
transportation mobility

4557
02:02:53,378 --> 02:02:54,379
Commission, and the Rockville

4558
02:02:54,379 --> 02:02:55,346
Pedestrian Advocacy Committee.

4559
02:02:55,346 --> 02:02:55,881
So I

4560
02:02:55,881 --> 02:02:57,282
m always appreciative of

4561
02:02:57,282 --> 02:02:57,382
the amount of work that he

4562
02:02:57,382 --> 02:02:59,318
s

4563
02:02:59,318 --> 02:03:02,688
doing, um, and that the entire

4564
02:03:02,688 --> 02:03:05,230
team is doing. Um, I had a

4565
02:03:05,230 --> 02:03:08,230
couple of of quick questions.

4566
02:03:10,620 --> 02:03:12,897
Um, the no right on red, um, in

4567
02:03:12,897 --> 02:03:13,498
Montgomery County, um, do you

4568
02:03:13,498 --> 02:03:14,799
know if they

4569
02:03:14,799 --> 02:03:16,799
ve identified any

4570
02:03:17,703 --> 02:03:19,237
of the um county maintained

4571
02:03:19,237 --> 02:03:20,205
roads within the city of

4572
02:03:20,205 --> 02:03:20,606
Rockville or adjacent to, I

4573
02:03:20,606 --> 02:03:21,306
m

4574
02:03:21,306 --> 02:03:23,306
thinking specifically of

4575
02:03:23,442 --> 02:03:24,141
Twinbrook Parkway. Um, and

4576
02:03:24,141 --> 02:03:24,376
whether or not they

4577
02:03:24,376 --> 02:03:26,376
re looking

4578
02:03:29,982 --> 02:03:31,950
at no right on red. And you can

4579
02:03:31,950 --> 02:03:32,840
come back to me on that one.

4580
02:03:32,840 --> 02:03:33,517
I

4581
02:03:33,517 --> 02:03:35,353
m just thinking like, you

4582
02:03:35,353 --> 02:03:35,487
know, um, we get it that it

4583
02:03:35,487 --> 02:03:37,189
s a

4584
02:03:37,189 --> 02:03:38,723
Montgomery County thing, and I

4585
02:03:38,723 --> 02:03:41,123
really appreciate the analysis,

4586
02:03:41,359 --> 02:03:44,229
but because I think that the

4587
02:03:44,229 --> 02:03:46,197
data always has shown that um

4588
02:03:46,197 --> 02:03:48,133
eliminating right turn on red

4589
02:03:48,133 --> 02:03:48,333
uh does save lives. So I think

4590
02:03:48,333 --> 02:03:50,333
that

4591
02:03:50,469 --> 02:03:50,668
s really important. Um, so

4592
02:03:50,668 --> 02:03:52,404
there

4593
02:03:52,404 --> 02:03:54,339
s that. I, I had a

4594
02:03:54,339 --> 02:03:56,375
question about the maintenance

4595
02:03:56,375 --> 02:03:59,375
of crosswalks, um, and this

4596
02:04:00,712 --> 02:04:02,381
might be, maybe a, a, a fun uh

4597
02:04:02,381 --> 02:04:04,716
con uh collaboration between,

4598
02:04:04,716 --> 02:04:07,586
uh, MR. El Shafi. Brian Barnett

4599
02:04:07,586 --> 02:04:09,530
Woods, and Craig Simenow. Um,

4600
02:04:09,530 --> 02:04:11,556
what is the maintenance of

4601
02:04:11,556 --> 02:04:12,423
crosswalks? Do we have a, a set

4602
02:04:12,423 --> 02:04:12,524
schedule cause what I

4603
02:04:12,524 --> 02:04:14,359
ve

4604
02:04:14,359 --> 02:04:17,296
noticed is some of the

4605
02:04:17,296 --> 02:04:18,263
crosswalks that have been um

4606
02:04:18,263 --> 02:04:18,763
community requested at a

4607
02:04:18,763 --> 02:04:19,197
certain point, I

4608
02:04:19,197 --> 02:04:19,631
m, I

4609
02:04:19,631 --> 02:04:20,198
m

4610
02:04:20,198 --> 02:04:20,699
thinking of one that

4611
02:04:20,699 --> 02:04:22,699
s just

4612
02:04:22,935 --> 02:04:25,737
down the block. After the

4613
02:04:25,737 --> 02:04:27,806
winter, all the um striping has

4614
02:04:27,806 --> 02:04:29,206
come up and hasn

4615
02:04:29,206 --> 02:04:30,275
t been fixed

4616
02:04:30,275 --> 02:04:31,108
in about 2 years. So I

4617
02:04:31,108 --> 02:04:33,108
m just

4618
02:04:33,545 --> 02:04:35,647
wondering what the um what the,

4619
02:04:35,647 --> 02:04:37,480
the maintenance schedule, uh,

4620
02:04:37,480 --> 02:04:38,350
looks like on those, and I can

4621
02:04:38,350 --> 02:04:41,950
pause there. I have just one

4622
02:04:42,821 --> 02:04:45,570
more question after this. Sorry

4623
02:04:45,570 --> 02:04:46,725
to put you on the spot, MR.

4624
02:04:46,725 --> 02:04:47,693
Simenow for a mic. I

4625
02:04:47,693 --> 02:04:47,793
ll, I

4626
02:04:47,793 --> 02:04:49,793
ll

4627
02:04:50,280 --> 02:04:51,463
take that one. We have

4628
02:04:51,463 --> 02:04:53,465
developed within the last 2 or

4629
02:04:53,465 --> 02:04:54,566
3 years, a level of service for

4630
02:04:54,566 --> 02:04:54,866
exactly what you

4631
02:04:54,866 --> 02:04:56,866
re talking

4632
02:04:57,268 --> 02:04:58,803
about. The average life of

4633
02:04:58,803 --> 02:05:01,707
asphalt in the city streets is

4634
02:05:01,707 --> 02:05:03,240
12 years, give or take, and we

4635
02:05:03,240 --> 02:05:05,142
have, uh, ascertain that we

4636
02:05:05,142 --> 02:05:06,478
should be replacing the lines

4637
02:05:06,478 --> 02:05:07,110
about 6 years halfway through

4638
02:05:07,110 --> 02:05:08,130
life. So they

4639
02:05:08,130 --> 02:05:09,881
re going to get

4640
02:05:09,881 --> 02:05:10,381
replaced when we resurface the

4641
02:05:10,381 --> 02:05:11,350
road because we

4642
02:05:11,350 --> 02:05:13,251
re digging them

4643
02:05:13,251 --> 02:05:13,585
up, but then about halfway

4644
02:05:13,585 --> 02:05:14,852
through, we

4645
02:05:14,852 --> 02:05:15,921
re going through

4646
02:05:15,921 --> 02:05:16,822
and replacing those lines again.

4647
02:05:16,822 --> 02:05:17,121
Ok. So we

4648
02:05:17,121 --> 02:05:18,560
re we

4649
02:05:18,560 --> 02:05:19,625
re thinking the

4650
02:05:19,625 --> 02:05:20,225
lines are lasting 6 years in

4651
02:05:20,225 --> 02:05:22,625
the roads lasting about 12

4652
02:05:23,629 --> 02:05:26,198
years. Probably depends too on

4653
02:05:26,198 --> 02:05:27,598
the amount of snow that how

4654
02:05:27,598 --> 02:05:29,433
much blade and how much, uh,

4655
02:05:29,433 --> 02:05:30,568
where it, it gets, etc. Some

4656
02:05:30,568 --> 02:05:31,300
locations a little more than

4657
02:05:31,300 --> 02:05:31,403
others. Doesn

4658
02:05:31,403 --> 02:05:31,503
t mean we won

4659
02:05:31,503 --> 02:05:32,837
t

4660
02:05:32,837 --> 02:05:32,938
take one out of cycle if it

4661
02:05:32,938 --> 02:05:34,938
s

4662
02:05:35,340 --> 02:05:36,675
in a high of it, but we, we

4663
02:05:36,675 --> 02:05:38,210
think, especially like the long

4664
02:05:38,210 --> 02:05:39,311
lines we call them. Long lines

4665
02:05:39,311 --> 02:05:40,645
of the bigs we call a

4666
02:05:40,645 --> 02:05:42,146
contractor and to do them, the

4667
02:05:42,146 --> 02:05:43,615
crosswalks we do in-house now.

4668
02:05:43,615 --> 02:05:43,949
Ok. Thank you. That, that

4669
02:05:43,949 --> 02:05:45,500
s

4670
02:05:45,500 --> 02:05:45,182
really helpful because I know

4671
02:05:45,182 --> 02:05:46,885
I

4672
02:05:46,885 --> 02:05:49,688
ve heard from some residents,

4673
02:05:49,688 --> 02:05:51,560
um, that appreciated when a

4674
02:05:51,560 --> 02:05:51,223
crosstalk was put in, and now

4675
02:05:51,223 --> 02:05:53,125
it

4676
02:05:53,125 --> 02:05:54,192
s looking a little, um,

4677
02:05:54,192 --> 02:05:55,270
looking a little rough and can

4678
02:05:55,270 --> 02:05:55,427
barely tell it

4679
02:05:55,427 --> 02:05:56,962
s a crosswalk

4680
02:05:56,962 --> 02:05:57,329
there. So thank you. That

4681
02:05:57,329 --> 02:05:59,329
s

4682
02:06:00,732 --> 02:06:02,134
really helpful. Um, my, my last

4683
02:06:02,134 --> 02:06:04,336
question slash point, um,

4684
02:06:04,336 --> 02:06:06,638
because I know that you have

4685
02:06:06,638 --> 02:06:09,638
the quarterly meetings with the,

4686
02:06:09,708 --> 02:06:11,977
the state and the county and

4687
02:06:11,977 --> 02:06:13,512
our wonderful team here in the

4688
02:06:13,512 --> 02:06:14,790
city. Um, I really would like

4689
02:06:14,790 --> 02:06:15,846
to see if there

4690
02:06:15,846 --> 02:06:18,846
s a way that we

4691
02:06:32,864 --> 02:06:34,766
could there is not enough time,

4692
02:06:34,766 --> 02:06:36,335
and this is on city roads

4693
02:06:36,335 --> 02:06:38,735
specifically. There is not

4694
02:06:39,171 --> 02:06:39,737
enough time to cross, and

4695
02:06:39,737 --> 02:06:41,606
especially at Beersmillon

4696
02:06:41,606 --> 02:06:43,976
Atlantic. They gave us the

4697
02:06:43,976 --> 02:06:46,110
benefit of um I think 8 more

4698
02:06:46,110 --> 02:06:48,411
seconds, which really for

4699
02:06:49,414 --> 02:06:50,782
people, um, of, of, of any age,

4700
02:06:50,782 --> 02:06:52,951
but particularly with any sort

4701
02:06:52,951 --> 02:06:54,252
of sort of uh mobility

4702
02:06:54,252 --> 02:06:54,419
impairment, um, you feel that

4703
02:06:54,419 --> 02:06:55,687
it

4704
02:06:55,687 --> 02:06:56,154
s a race, because most

4705
02:06:56,154 --> 02:06:57,321
people don

4706
02:06:57,321 --> 02:06:59,721
t understand kind of

4707
02:07:00,192 --> 02:07:00,759
the, the, the nuances of you

4708
02:07:00,759 --> 02:07:02,226
can keep walking when it

4709
02:07:02,226 --> 02:07:02,927
s.

4710
02:07:02,927 --> 02:07:05,162
Blinking orange. People just

4711
02:07:05,162 --> 02:07:05,797
see that and you have an

4712
02:07:05,797 --> 02:07:06,980
internal panic and you can

4713
02:07:06,980 --> 02:07:08,330
t

4714
02:07:08,330 --> 02:07:08,233
get to the other side, and

4715
02:07:08,233 --> 02:07:09,468
that

4716
02:07:09,468 --> 02:07:11,803
s a uh essentially in many

4717
02:07:11,803 --> 02:07:15,400
ways is a a 5 lane 6 lane

4718
02:07:15,400 --> 02:07:17,442
highway. Um I really would like

4719
02:07:17,442 --> 02:07:18,877
to advocate for us lengthening

4720
02:07:18,877 --> 02:07:20,212
the time our crossing time

4721
02:07:20,212 --> 02:07:23,514
across the board in the city,

4722
02:07:23,514 --> 02:07:25,917
um. But in addition to that,

4723
02:07:25,917 --> 02:07:27,919
really working with the, the

4724
02:07:27,919 --> 02:07:30,889
county and the state on looking

4725
02:07:30,889 --> 02:07:31,556
at the, the crossing times, um,

4726
02:07:31,556 --> 02:07:32,890
on those particular roads,

4727
02:07:32,890 --> 02:07:33,250
because I know that we can

4728
02:07:33,250 --> 02:07:34,293
t,

4729
02:07:34,293 --> 02:07:36,561
you know, just go in there and

4730
02:07:36,561 --> 02:07:37,996
change them ourselves, but it,

4731
02:07:37,996 --> 02:07:40,899
it makes a big difference, I

4732
02:07:40,899 --> 02:07:43,435
think, in terms of safety, but

4733
02:07:43,435 --> 02:07:44,803
also um the walkability factor,

4734
02:07:44,803 --> 02:07:45,704
that to make crossing, you know,

4735
02:07:45,704 --> 02:07:45,970
people have to feel safe and

4736
02:07:45,970 --> 02:07:47,239
you don

4737
02:07:47,239 --> 02:07:47,773
t want to make them

4738
02:07:47,773 --> 02:07:48,707
feel like they

4739
02:07:48,707 --> 02:07:49,107
re on beat the

4740
02:07:49,107 --> 02:07:50,275
clock, and that

4741
02:07:50,275 --> 02:07:51,609
s the way that

4742
02:07:51,609 --> 02:07:54,790
people feel right now. So, um I

4743
02:07:54,790 --> 02:07:55,914
just wanted to put a, a plug-in

4744
02:07:55,914 --> 02:07:57,949
for that because that is

4745
02:07:57,949 --> 02:07:59,851
probably up there with uh

4746
02:07:59,851 --> 02:08:00,852
sidewalks is probably the #2,

4747
02:08:00,852 --> 02:08:02,888
uh, thing that I hear from

4748
02:08:02,888 --> 02:08:04,623
folks. So, thank you and thank

4749
02:08:04,623 --> 02:08:05,257
you as always for just

4750
02:08:05,257 --> 02:08:08,257
phenomenal work. You have a

4751
02:08:08,327 --> 02:08:10,727
great team. Thank you,

4752
02:08:10,796 --> 02:08:11,296
COUNCILMAN Jackson Thank you,

4753
02:08:11,296 --> 02:08:12,998
Mayor. I

4754
02:08:12,998 --> 02:08:15,398
ll be, uh, rather

4755
02:08:16,634 --> 02:08:18,536
brief, but first, let me say,

4756
02:08:18,536 --> 02:08:20,906
great work and uh you know,

4757
02:08:20,906 --> 02:08:22,374
this is an example of the

4758
02:08:22,374 --> 02:08:23,374
departments actually working

4759
02:08:23,374 --> 02:08:26,278
together and pursuing one goal,

4760
02:08:26,278 --> 02:08:26,912
and I, I think we

4761
02:08:26,912 --> 02:08:28,212
re making

4762
02:08:28,212 --> 02:08:28,814
tremendous tremendous progress.

4763
02:08:28,814 --> 02:08:29,714
Obviously, there

4764
02:08:29,714 --> 02:08:32,114
s still a lot

4765
02:08:34,119 --> 02:08:36,454
to do, but I think this

4766
02:08:36,454 --> 02:08:37,389
presentation and the maps and

4767
02:08:37,389 --> 02:08:37,723
everything you talked about

4768
02:08:37,723 --> 02:08:38,590
says that we

4769
02:08:38,590 --> 02:08:39,524
re going in the

4770
02:08:39,524 --> 02:08:43,124
right direction. And so I, I

4771
02:08:44,129 --> 02:08:45,230
appreciate that, um, I as a

4772
02:08:45,230 --> 02:08:48,000
bicyclist uh myself on the

4773
02:08:48,000 --> 02:08:50,400
Bolivian trail, I really

4774
02:08:51,300 --> 02:08:52,871
appreciate um your continued um

4775
02:08:52,871 --> 02:08:55,871
a doggedness and trying to

4776
02:08:56,475 --> 02:09:00,750
improve uh the stretch, uh, uh,

4777
02:09:00,646 --> 02:09:01,790
uh, east of uh Onguti uh of 355,

4778
02:09:01,790 --> 02:09:02,147
uh, obviously that

4779
02:09:02,147 --> 02:09:03,982
s a, a tough

4780
02:09:03,982 --> 02:09:06,952
nut to crack, but uh you guys

4781
02:09:06,952 --> 02:09:09,488
are keeping on top of it. Um,

4782
02:09:09,488 --> 02:09:10,188
likewise, uh, Redland, the, the

4783
02:09:10,188 --> 02:09:12,324
demonstration project, that is

4784
02:09:12,324 --> 02:09:14,625
something that we have talked

4785
02:09:14,625 --> 02:09:14,726
about for years now, and I

4786
02:09:14,726 --> 02:09:15,294
m

4787
02:09:15,294 --> 02:09:15,594
really excited that uh we

4788
02:09:15,594 --> 02:09:17,594
re

4789
02:09:18,300 --> 02:09:20,432
gonna get it started and see,

4790
02:09:20,432 --> 02:09:20,933
um, you know, how it works and

4791
02:09:20,933 --> 02:09:22,234
whether it

4792
02:09:22,234 --> 02:09:24,303
s uh feasible to um

4793
02:09:24,303 --> 02:09:27,205
and keep it. I, I think that

4794
02:09:27,205 --> 02:09:29,173
getting uh the traffic slowed

4795
02:09:29,173 --> 02:09:31,108
down along that road is going

4796
02:09:31,108 --> 02:09:33,578
to be a fantastic for people

4797
02:09:33,578 --> 02:09:36,915
who live uh in in that. Now,

4798
02:09:36,915 --> 02:09:38,383
the street lights, um, I know

4799
02:09:38,383 --> 02:09:39,484
that you said um that it takes

4800
02:09:39,484 --> 02:09:41,820
a little bit of time to get

4801
02:09:41,820 --> 02:09:42,200
used to them. And, and and

4802
02:09:42,200 --> 02:09:44,200
that

4803
02:09:44,122 --> 02:09:47,250
s probably true. Um, and I

4804
02:09:47,250 --> 02:09:49,227
support, um, uh, the lad street

4805
02:09:49,227 --> 02:09:50,928
lights. My question is, uh, as

4806
02:09:50,928 --> 02:09:53,465
somebody who actually lives in

4807
02:09:53,465 --> 02:09:55,300
King Farm. And I know that they

4808
02:09:55,300 --> 02:09:57,350
have private streets and public

4809
02:09:57,350 --> 02:09:59,350
streets, Private streetlights

4810
02:09:59,171 --> 02:10:02,171
and public street lights. So

4811
02:10:03,750 --> 02:10:04,576
this picture that you showed,

4812
02:10:04,576 --> 02:10:06,912
um, you can go, basically one

4813
02:10:06,912 --> 02:10:08,914
block over uh of, of a city

4814
02:10:08,914 --> 02:10:11,249
street to a private, I mean,

4815
02:10:11,249 --> 02:10:12,818
yeah, private street and see

4816
02:10:12,818 --> 02:10:12,984
the difference in lights. And

4817
02:10:12,984 --> 02:10:14,686
it

4818
02:10:14,686 --> 02:10:14,852
s not just uh in Ke Farm,

4819
02:10:14,852 --> 02:10:16,852
it

4820
02:10:18,189 --> 02:10:19,491
s uh other HOAs and uh other

4821
02:10:19,491 --> 02:10:21,426
uh civic associations across

4822
02:10:21,426 --> 02:10:24,796
the city. So my question really

4823
02:10:24,796 --> 02:10:26,298
is, you know, in, in places

4824
02:10:26,298 --> 02:10:28,367
where you have different lights.

4825
02:10:28,367 --> 02:10:30,167
Uh, is there a program or is

4826
02:10:30,167 --> 02:10:33,167
there outreach, you know, what

4827
02:10:33,672 --> 02:10:34,606
are we trying to do to kind of

4828
02:10:34,606 --> 02:10:34,773
coordinate and eventually, I

4829
02:10:34,773 --> 02:10:36,475
don

4830
02:10:36,475 --> 02:10:39,770
t expect it to happen

4831
02:10:39,770 --> 02:10:39,244
overnight, but eventually, uh,

4832
02:10:39,244 --> 02:10:40,345
we

4833
02:10:40,345 --> 02:10:43,281
ll have the same, um, uh,

4834
02:10:43,281 --> 02:10:45,183
the same kind of lights rather

4835
02:10:45,183 --> 02:10:45,883
than people saying the uh

4836
02:10:45,883 --> 02:10:46,318
different lights and wondering,

4837
02:10:46,318 --> 02:10:48,318
you know, what

4838
02:10:50,522 --> 02:10:51,623
s going on? Uh

4839
02:10:51,623 --> 02:10:53,558
good question. I mean,

4840
02:10:53,558 --> 02:10:56,261
obviously, you know, we, um, uh,

4841
02:10:56,261 --> 02:10:58,530
we, we are just doing uh the

4842
02:10:58,530 --> 02:11:00,131
LEDs on our uh uh public

4843
02:11:00,131 --> 02:11:01,198
streets, but we actually have

4844
02:11:01,198 --> 02:11:03,350
worked specifically with Skink

4845
02:11:03,350 --> 02:11:04,703
Farm and other uh neighborhoods

4846
02:11:04,703 --> 02:11:05,971
on before we install the lights

4847
02:11:05,971 --> 02:11:09,508
because, you know, we, we did

4848
02:11:09,508 --> 02:11:10,174
not want to get like um,

4849
02:11:10,174 --> 02:11:10,475
sometimes like feedback that

4850
02:11:10,475 --> 02:11:11,777
they don

4851
02:11:11,777 --> 02:11:12,744
t like the lights. So

4852
02:11:12,744 --> 02:11:14,312
before we put the light in King

4853
02:11:14,312 --> 02:11:16,315
Farm, we work with the King

4854
02:11:16,315 --> 02:11:18,783
Farm uh assembly, and we

4855
02:11:18,783 --> 02:11:19,517
actually changed the, the style

4856
02:11:19,517 --> 02:11:21,520
of the fixtures, the light

4857
02:11:21,520 --> 02:11:23,210
fixtures. Uh, in a way that

4858
02:11:23,210 --> 02:11:23,355
they like it. Um, so that

4859
02:11:23,355 --> 02:11:24,856
s

4860
02:11:24,856 --> 02:11:27,292
just the, the amount of work,

4861
02:11:27,292 --> 02:11:28,226
the extent of work we did with,

4862
02:11:28,226 --> 02:11:30,262
uh, with them to coordinate

4863
02:11:30,262 --> 02:11:31,830
this kind of work. Um, we also,

4864
02:11:31,830 --> 02:11:33,265
you probably heard some people

4865
02:11:33,265 --> 02:11:33,432
that uh were complaining about

4866
02:11:33,432 --> 02:11:34,833
it

4867
02:11:34,833 --> 02:11:35,834
s too bright. And we have

4868
02:11:35,834 --> 02:11:37,269
actually dimmed some of those

4869
02:11:37,269 --> 02:11:38,670
lights and we work with some of

4870
02:11:38,670 --> 02:11:40,104
those residents to dim it a

4871
02:11:40,104 --> 02:11:41,139
little bit and, uh, we did not

4872
02:11:41,139 --> 02:11:41,540
hear complaints after that, so

4873
02:11:41,540 --> 02:11:42,441
hopefully it

4874
02:11:42,441 --> 02:11:44,376
s good. Um, just

4875
02:11:44,376 --> 02:11:46,345
to add to that also, uh, a lot

4876
02:11:46,345 --> 02:11:47,379
of work has been done in

4877
02:11:47,379 --> 02:11:49,247
Githersburg and Montgomery

4878
02:11:49,247 --> 02:11:50,415
County with those LEDs and they

4879
02:11:50,415 --> 02:11:51,249
get the same feedback that we

4880
02:11:51,249 --> 02:11:52,351
are receiving now. At the

4881
02:11:52,351 --> 02:11:52,651
beginning, they feel it

4882
02:11:52,651 --> 02:11:53,618
s too

4883
02:11:53,618 --> 02:11:54,620
bright, then they get used to

4884
02:11:54,620 --> 02:11:56,755
it or they can dim some of them.

4885
02:11:56,755 --> 02:11:57,688
Uh, but we can work with some,

4886
02:11:57,688 --> 02:11:59,124
like, like, for example, like I

4887
02:11:59,124 --> 02:12:01,927
said, we work with King Farm,

4888
02:12:01,927 --> 02:12:03,829
we can talk to them about the

4889
02:12:03,829 --> 02:12:05,831
possibility of uh them doing

4890
02:12:05,831 --> 02:12:08,734
also uh led lights. There are

4891
02:12:08,734 --> 02:12:10,569
some programs, uh, um, that can

4892
02:12:10,569 --> 02:12:12,137
help financially, which we use

4893
02:12:12,137 --> 02:12:14,600
obviously, um, and maybe we can

4894
02:12:14,600 --> 02:12:15,907
guide them, uh, to, to maybe

4895
02:12:15,907 --> 02:12:16,575
apply for something similar. So

4896
02:12:16,575 --> 02:12:19,344
the financial burden will not

4897
02:12:19,344 --> 02:12:20,345
be as, as much as it can be. No,

4898
02:12:20,345 --> 02:12:22,848
and I appreciate that. And I

4899
02:12:22,848 --> 02:12:24,649
also, let me just say, um, you

4900
02:12:24,649 --> 02:12:26,585
know, I was involved with this

4901
02:12:26,585 --> 02:12:28,954
conversation with the l led

4902
02:12:28,954 --> 02:12:32,424
lights and people um brought to

4903
02:12:32,424 --> 02:12:35,294
their um complaints uh to me,

4904
02:12:35,294 --> 02:12:37,695
and I think that number one,

4905
02:12:37,695 --> 02:12:39,698
your staff uh responded really

4906
02:12:39,698 --> 02:12:41,366
quickly and really thoroughly.

4907
02:12:41,366 --> 02:12:42,267
And with the right tone, which

4908
02:12:42,267 --> 02:12:43,000
was, hey, well, we

4909
02:12:43,000 --> 02:12:44,680
ll work with

4910
02:12:44,680 --> 02:12:46,438
you if the judgments that need

4911
02:12:46,438 --> 02:12:51,238
to be made, we will do it. And

4912
02:12:51,376 --> 02:12:52,710
that way went a long way and um

4913
02:12:52,710 --> 02:12:54,178
kind of mollifying uh those

4914
02:12:54,178 --> 02:12:56,578
people who were complaining,

4915
02:12:57,115 --> 02:12:59,417
but also it brought it off the

4916
02:12:59,417 --> 02:13:01,190
uh the woodwork, uh, people

4917
02:13:01,190 --> 02:13:01,987
that actually liked the, the,

4918
02:13:01,987 --> 02:13:03,488
the lights. They

4919
02:13:03,488 --> 02:13:05,900
re like, um,

4920
02:13:05,900 --> 02:13:07,592
the, the clarity, and also they

4921
02:13:07,592 --> 02:13:07,759
like the, the fact that it

4922
02:13:07,759 --> 02:13:09,759
s um

4923
02:13:10,429 --> 02:13:12,364
uh No, it

4924
02:13:12,364 --> 02:13:12,530
s a, um, uh, it, it,

4925
02:13:12,530 --> 02:13:13,865
it

4926
02:13:13,865 --> 02:13:14,700
s really, uh,

4927
02:13:14,700 --> 02:13:15,533
environmentally friendly. Yeah,

4928
02:13:15,533 --> 02:13:17,569
a lot of environmentally

4929
02:13:17,569 --> 02:13:18,637
friendly. Uh, the, the night

4930
02:13:18,637 --> 02:13:20,400
sky, it

4931
02:13:20,400 --> 02:13:22,404
s really helped by

4932
02:13:22,441 --> 02:13:24,508
having uh ele, yeah, uh yeah,

4933
02:13:24,508 --> 02:13:27,279
light pollution is, is really

4934
02:13:27,279 --> 02:13:29,214
lessened uh by using the, the

4935
02:13:29,214 --> 02:13:31,683
led lights. So I really thank

4936
02:13:31,683 --> 02:13:34,552
you for that. Um, the only two

4937
02:13:34,552 --> 02:13:35,200
other things and, and one, the

4938
02:13:35,200 --> 02:13:35,520
city manager knows I

4939
02:13:35,520 --> 02:13:36,655
m going to

4940
02:13:36,655 --> 02:13:36,787
keep harping on, on it, and

4941
02:13:36,787 --> 02:13:38,787
I

4942
02:13:39,391 --> 02:13:42,761
ll save it for last. But um

4943
02:13:42,761 --> 02:13:44,695
just the, the ada, um, and, and,

4944
02:13:44,695 --> 02:13:46,765
uh, town center, uh, you know,

4945
02:13:46,765 --> 02:13:49,765
we continue to hear um

4946
02:13:50,200 --> 02:13:51,603
complaints from people who are

4947
02:13:51,603 --> 02:13:52,971
mobility challenged or um uh

4948
02:13:52,971 --> 02:13:54,706
use uh other things to get

4949
02:13:54,706 --> 02:13:57,106
around like walkers or

4950
02:13:57,276 --> 02:13:59,277
wheelchairs, uh, with the

4951
02:13:59,277 --> 02:14:01,112
cobblestones or the bricks in

4952
02:14:01,112 --> 02:14:02,681
town center and I know we

4953
02:14:02,681 --> 02:14:02,980
talked about this before and I

4954
02:14:02,980 --> 02:14:04,616
know there

4955
02:14:04,616 --> 02:14:06,952
s a plan, but you

4956
02:14:06,952 --> 02:14:08,287
know, whatever we can do to

4957
02:14:08,287 --> 02:14:12,487
speed it up or uh get that

4958
02:14:13,158 --> 02:14:16,280
moving. I know that, you know,

4959
02:14:16,280 --> 02:14:18,397
people want to use town center

4960
02:14:18,397 --> 02:14:21,900
and people uh that are mobility

4961
02:14:21,900 --> 02:14:23,435
challenged or maybe uh aging,

4962
02:14:23,435 --> 02:14:23,535
um, they avoid it because it

4963
02:14:23,535 --> 02:14:24,702
s

4964
02:14:24,702 --> 02:14:27,139
really difficult for them to

4965
02:14:27,139 --> 02:14:28,573
walk to get around on that

4966
02:14:28,573 --> 02:14:30,275
uneven surface. So just put in

4967
02:14:30,275 --> 02:14:33,211
a plug for, you know, whatever

4968
02:14:33,211 --> 02:14:34,947
we can do to accelerate uh that

4969
02:14:34,947 --> 02:14:37,316
changeover. And then finally,

4970
02:14:37,316 --> 02:14:39,317
and, and uh the city manager is

4971
02:14:39,317 --> 02:14:41,320
gonna laugh, but, um, you know,

4972
02:14:41,320 --> 02:14:42,120
uh, Doctor Miles was talking

4973
02:14:42,120 --> 02:14:44,188
about, uh, school kids, uh

4974
02:14:44,188 --> 02:14:44,623
biking. And Skokia it

4975
02:14:44,623 --> 02:14:46,623
s uh

4976
02:14:47,491 --> 02:14:48,760
walking to school. And I would

4977
02:14:48,760 --> 02:14:52,360
be remiss not to mention that,

4978
02:14:52,431 --> 02:14:54,700
you know, we still need to work

4979
02:14:54,700 --> 02:14:56,668
on that when the line

4980
02:14:56,668 --> 02:14:57,703
millennium trail, the

4981
02:14:57,703 --> 02:14:58,136
connection to Yale Place

4982
02:14:58,136 --> 02:15:00,105
because it

4983
02:15:00,105 --> 02:15:02,730
s really, uh, the,

4984
02:15:02,730 --> 02:15:03,941
the greatest is really steep

4985
02:15:03,941 --> 02:15:05,978
and uh kids have a lot of

4986
02:15:05,978 --> 02:15:07,779
trouble, even adults have

4987
02:15:07,779 --> 02:15:09,748
trouble making that turn and

4988
02:15:09,748 --> 02:15:10,182
going along that way. And it

4989
02:15:10,182 --> 02:15:11,849
s

4990
02:15:11,849 --> 02:15:14,286
a real impediment to being able

4991
02:15:14,286 --> 02:15:16,455
to bike and walk. Uh from, uh,

4992
02:15:16,455 --> 02:15:18,423
you know, King Farm or other

4993
02:15:18,423 --> 02:15:19,458
points down, uh, the Millennium

4994
02:15:19,458 --> 02:15:21,326
Trail and then crossing over to

4995
02:15:21,326 --> 02:15:22,928
the to the out places. And with

4996
02:15:22,928 --> 02:15:27,128
that, I will turn it back over.

4997
02:15:30,435 --> 02:15:32,835
Thank you, Councilor Brashaw.

4998
02:15:32,871 --> 02:15:33,904
Uh, but I, I do wanna commend

4999
02:15:33,904 --> 02:15:35,373
the staff and echo my

5000
02:15:35,373 --> 02:15:35,841
colleagues. Thank you. It

5001
02:15:35,841 --> 02:15:37,309
s an

5002
02:15:37,309 --> 02:15:39,709
excellent presentation. I just

5003
02:15:40,145 --> 02:15:42,800
have two quick things, comments,

5004
02:15:42,800 --> 02:15:42,347
um, just building on my

5005
02:15:42,347 --> 02:15:44,347
colleague

5006
02:15:44,583 --> 02:15:45,717
s comments around uh

5007
02:15:45,717 --> 02:15:46,180
North Washington, um, that

5008
02:15:46,180 --> 02:15:48,180
s

5009
02:15:48,452 --> 02:15:49,987
the area where I live and so I

5010
02:15:49,987 --> 02:15:50,822
greatly, greatly appreciate the

5011
02:15:50,822 --> 02:15:53,222
improvements. Um, we talked

5012
02:15:55,270 --> 02:15:56,161
about um, the benefit of

5013
02:15:56,161 --> 02:15:58,397
parking, and I just want to

5014
02:15:58,397 --> 02:16:00,332
build on that with that benefit

5015
02:16:00,332 --> 02:16:01,867
of the businesses. Also

5016
02:16:01,867 --> 02:16:04,267
appreciating the parking around

5017
02:16:05,703 --> 02:16:07,171
there, um, and I think we

5018
02:16:07,171 --> 02:16:08,706
should broadly share, uh, the,

5019
02:16:08,706 --> 02:16:11,900
the data that we have, um,

5020
02:16:11,900 --> 02:16:12,760
because I know there was a lot

5021
02:16:12,760 --> 02:16:13,445
of mixed feedback originally,

5022
02:16:13,445 --> 02:16:16,140
and I think it would be great

5023
02:16:16,140 --> 02:16:20,520
to share some of that data, um,

5024
02:16:20,520 --> 02:16:23,822
and the other thing is, um, the

5025
02:16:23,822 --> 02:16:26,391
led savings, um, I know

5026
02:16:26,391 --> 02:16:26,657
initially, uh, there was a er

5027
02:16:26,657 --> 02:16:27,920
uh I can

5028
02:16:27,920 --> 02:16:29,260
t remember the the

5029
02:16:29,260 --> 02:16:29,928
number, but there was a

5030
02:16:29,928 --> 02:16:32,564
projected number of uh money

5031
02:16:32,564 --> 02:16:35,670
that we were going to save by

5032
02:16:35,670 --> 02:16:37,350
having led and so with 2/3 of

5033
02:16:37,350 --> 02:16:38,370
it being installed, I look

5034
02:16:38,370 --> 02:16:41,370
forward to learning the actual

5035
02:16:41,807 --> 02:16:44,207
savings. Thank you, Councilor

5036
02:16:47,120 --> 02:16:47,979
Jackson Council member Van

5037
02:16:47,979 --> 02:16:49,979
Gregg, sorry. It

5038
02:16:50,382 --> 02:16:50,482
s ok. It

5039
02:16:50,482 --> 02:16:50,649
s

5040
02:16:50,649 --> 02:16:52,649
it

5041
02:16:52,784 --> 02:16:54,186
s a compliment. Um, first,

5042
02:16:54,186 --> 02:16:55,721
um, uh, uh, like I said to my

5043
02:16:55,721 --> 02:16:57,589
like my colleagues have said,

5044
02:16:57,589 --> 02:16:58,523
um, fantastic report, but I

5045
02:16:58,523 --> 02:16:59,557
wanna emphasize something even

5046
02:16:59,557 --> 02:17:01,994
greater. Um, MR. Barnet Woods,

5047
02:17:01,994 --> 02:17:02,694
I have to tell you, I know you

5048
02:17:02,694 --> 02:17:02,995
mentioned the public engagement

5049
02:17:02,995 --> 02:17:04,428
that you

5050
02:17:04,428 --> 02:17:05,896
ve been to, but that

5051
02:17:05,896 --> 02:17:06,331
was just a snapshot. I don

5052
02:17:06,331 --> 02:17:06,664
t

5053
02:17:06,664 --> 02:17:08,664
think there

5054
02:17:08,767 --> 02:17:08,933
s a single, whether

5055
02:17:08,933 --> 02:17:10,202
it

5056
02:17:10,202 --> 02:17:10,801
s county or city event that

5057
02:17:10,801 --> 02:17:12,801
I haven

5058
02:17:13,138 --> 02:17:14,273
t seen you at the table,

5059
02:17:14,273 --> 02:17:15,507
engaging from start to finish

5060
02:17:15,507 --> 02:17:16,400
of our events. And it

5061
02:17:16,400 --> 02:17:17,976
s not

5062
02:17:17,976 --> 02:17:20,845
just handing out the I ike

5063
02:17:20,845 --> 02:17:21,813
Rockville, uh, uh, magnets or

5064
02:17:21,813 --> 02:17:21,979
other aspects for those who

5065
02:17:21,979 --> 02:17:22,447
don

5066
02:17:22,447 --> 02:17:23,315
t know or haven

5067
02:17:23,315 --> 02:17:23,481
t been,

5068
02:17:23,481 --> 02:17:25,481
he

5069
02:17:26,150 --> 02:17:28,220
s got an an entire chart of

5070
02:17:28,220 --> 02:17:30,550
the city, engaging with our

5071
02:17:30,550 --> 02:17:31,556
residents saying, where are the

5072
02:17:31,556 --> 02:17:32,991
problem areas? What can we do

5073
02:17:32,991 --> 02:17:33,425
to help out? And I

5074
02:17:33,425 --> 02:17:35,425
ve witnessed

5075
02:17:36,428 --> 02:17:37,328
time and time again, residents

5076
02:17:37,328 --> 02:17:38,829
pinpointing areas that I know

5077
02:17:38,829 --> 02:17:41,767
are part of this report. So I

5078
02:17:41,767 --> 02:17:43,135
know this report is not just um

5079
02:17:43,135 --> 02:17:44,202
staff looking at areas, staff

5080
02:17:44,202 --> 02:17:46,471
hearing from the mayor and

5081
02:17:46,471 --> 02:17:49,508
council. I know that you have

5082
02:17:49,508 --> 02:17:50,808
been out there on a constant

5083
02:17:50,808 --> 02:17:52,778
basis looking and getting the

5084
02:17:52,778 --> 02:17:54,120
information. So you and the

5085
02:17:54,120 --> 02:17:54,313
entire team, with regard to the

5086
02:17:54,313 --> 02:17:54,780
engagement

5087
02:17:54,780 --> 02:17:55,646
s exactly what the

5088
02:17:55,646 --> 02:17:56,814
mayor and council has been

5089
02:17:56,814 --> 02:17:58,249
looking for. The community

5090
02:17:58,249 --> 02:17:59,840
engagement, and I can

5091
02:17:59,840 --> 02:18:00,518
t think

5092
02:18:00,518 --> 02:18:01,219
of a person or a department

5093
02:18:01,219 --> 02:18:03,455
that has done it better than

5094
02:18:03,455 --> 02:18:03,921
you have. So thank you so much

5095
02:18:03,921 --> 02:18:04,923
for everything you

5096
02:18:04,923 --> 02:18:06,825
re doing.

5097
02:18:06,825 --> 02:18:08,359
Thank you. Um, I, I also, I

5098
02:18:08,359 --> 02:18:08,493
also have a question. I know

5099
02:18:08,493 --> 02:18:09,728
I

5100
02:18:09,728 --> 02:18:11,196
ve asked it before, um, but i

5101
02:18:11,196 --> 02:18:12,264
want to bring it up simply for

5102
02:18:12,264 --> 02:18:13,699
the fact that it

5103
02:18:13,699 --> 02:18:15,699
s probably the

5104
02:18:16,340 --> 02:18:17,350
single most area, a single most

5105
02:18:17,350 --> 02:18:19,400
commented area that I get. In

5106
02:18:19,400 --> 02:18:20,338
fact, I literally had two

5107
02:18:20,338 --> 02:18:21,872
residents ask me just this

5108
02:18:21,872 --> 02:18:22,400
weekend on the issue, it

5109
02:18:22,400 --> 02:18:22,808
s on

5110
02:18:22,808 --> 02:18:23,475
the chart, and it

5111
02:18:23,475 --> 02:18:24,710
s dealing

5112
02:18:24,710 --> 02:18:24,943
with Scott Drive. And I know

5113
02:18:24,943 --> 02:18:26,178
that it

5114
02:18:26,178 --> 02:18:26,645
s an area that we

5115
02:18:26,645 --> 02:18:28,113
ve

5116
02:18:28,113 --> 02:18:29,810
been uh pinpointing for years,

5117
02:18:29,810 --> 02:18:29,615
and I literally had two people

5118
02:18:29,615 --> 02:18:30,582
calling me, what

5119
02:18:30,582 --> 02:18:30,782
s going on?

5120
02:18:30,782 --> 02:18:32,484
What

5121
02:18:32,484 --> 02:18:32,985
s the status? And I note

5122
02:18:32,985 --> 02:18:34,952
that it

5123
02:18:34,952 --> 02:18:36,488
s listed on the diagram,

5124
02:18:36,488 --> 02:18:38,488
but it isn

5125
02:18:38,523 --> 02:18:40,459
t on the ongoing

5126
02:18:40,459 --> 02:18:42,760
upcoming or design. So, uh, uh,

5127
02:18:42,760 --> 02:18:43,762
to kind of at least help me uh

5128
02:18:43,762 --> 02:18:44,695
uh in communicating with the

5129
02:18:44,695 --> 02:18:46,310
residents and give an update,

5130
02:18:46,310 --> 02:18:47,532
where are we on that? Can we

5131
02:18:47,532 --> 02:18:48,567
see it in the future? And

5132
02:18:48,567 --> 02:18:49,568
because I know some of my

5133
02:18:49,568 --> 02:18:50,869
colleagues were talking about

5134
02:18:50,869 --> 02:18:53,271
school kids. The frost school

5135
02:18:53,271 --> 02:18:53,472
kids, the Wooton school kids,

5136
02:18:53,472 --> 02:18:54,473
they

5137
02:18:54,473 --> 02:18:55,374
re asking us as kind of

5138
02:18:55,374 --> 02:18:58,944
where we are because they know

5139
02:18:58,944 --> 02:19:00,378
they view it as important. Good

5140
02:19:00,378 --> 02:19:01,280
question again, uh Scott Devi

5141
02:19:01,280 --> 02:19:02,748
s,

5142
02:19:02,748 --> 02:19:04,650
uh, drive is a cip as you

5143
02:19:04,650 --> 02:19:06,618
probably know, um, we did a

5144
02:19:06,618 --> 02:19:08,530
feasibility study, so we have

5145
02:19:08,530 --> 02:19:09,221
actually a good plan. And then

5146
02:19:09,221 --> 02:19:10,488
we are moving to the design

5147
02:19:10,488 --> 02:19:12,570
phase, but we were lucky enough

5148
02:19:12,570 --> 02:19:13,925
to get a grant for that, which

5149
02:19:13,925 --> 02:19:14,992
slow us down a year at least at

5150
02:19:14,992 --> 02:19:16,395
this point. Uh, as you know,

5151
02:19:16,395 --> 02:19:16,494
when we get a grant, it

5152
02:19:16,494 --> 02:19:17,863
s

5153
02:19:17,863 --> 02:19:19,797
always, uh, somebody else

5154
02:19:19,797 --> 02:19:21,133
giving, giving us the money and

5155
02:19:21,133 --> 02:19:23,101
therefore they are involved in

5156
02:19:23,101 --> 02:19:23,368
every step, all the agreements,

5157
02:19:23,368 --> 02:19:23,534
and that

5158
02:19:23,534 --> 02:19:24,603
s what

5159
02:19:24,603 --> 02:19:25,803
s slowing us a

5160
02:19:25,803 --> 02:19:27,572
little bit. But, uh, we are

5161
02:19:27,572 --> 02:19:28,140
close to have an agreement

5162
02:19:28,140 --> 02:19:29,808
signed and get the project

5163
02:19:29,808 --> 02:19:30,776
starting to design. So we have

5164
02:19:30,776 --> 02:19:31,776
money for the design and we, we

5165
02:19:31,776 --> 02:19:34,776
are gonna move forward with

5166
02:19:35,213 --> 02:19:35,347
this very soon. And again, uh,

5167
02:19:35,347 --> 02:19:36,548
I

5168
02:19:36,548 --> 02:19:38,116
m only saying this because I

5169
02:19:38,116 --> 02:19:38,984
know that like, that

5170
02:19:38,984 --> 02:19:39,751
s been the

5171
02:19:39,751 --> 02:19:39,952
response. Do we believe that

5172
02:19:39,952 --> 02:19:40,585
there

5173
02:19:40,585 --> 02:19:42,870
s going to be at the

5174
02:19:42,870 --> 02:19:43,889
design phase. We think in the

5175
02:19:43,889 --> 02:19:44,389
next year. I mean, I, I

5176
02:19:44,389 --> 02:19:44,922
understand that there

5177
02:19:44,922 --> 02:19:46,325
s a lot

5178
02:19:46,325 --> 02:19:46,724
of complications here. It

5179
02:19:46,724 --> 02:19:47,759
s

5180
02:19:47,759 --> 02:19:47,858
just something that I, I, I

5181
02:19:47,858 --> 02:19:48,794
m

5182
02:19:48,794 --> 02:19:49,227
not joking when I say it

5183
02:19:49,227 --> 02:19:51,960
s at

5184
02:19:51,960 --> 02:19:52,396
least once every 2 weeks, I get

5185
02:19:52,396 --> 02:19:52,564
a question just on this issue.

5186
02:19:52,564 --> 02:19:53,332
It

5187
02:19:53,332 --> 02:19:56,932
s going to happen. We have

5188
02:19:58,103 --> 02:20:00,172
the money, so Thank you. Uh,

5189
02:20:00,172 --> 02:20:02,106
thank you for the segue

5190
02:20:02,106 --> 02:20:03,800
actually. Um, on this topic of

5191
02:20:03,800 --> 02:20:03,909
sidewalks, um, I

5192
02:20:03,909 --> 02:20:05,711
ve been try I

5193
02:20:05,711 --> 02:20:08,347
just pulled up some 2024 data

5194
02:20:08,347 --> 02:20:09,648
that we were at 51 miles in

5195
02:20:09,648 --> 02:20:10,248
2024. Um, so you

5196
02:20:10,248 --> 02:20:11,249
re about 50

5197
02:20:11,249 --> 02:20:11,415
miles now and by the time

5198
02:20:11,415 --> 02:20:12,651
you

5199
02:20:12,651 --> 02:20:12,851
re done, which I hope

5200
02:20:12,851 --> 02:20:13,485
that

5201
02:20:13,485 --> 02:20:14,119
ll be, you know, in the

5202
02:20:14,119 --> 02:20:15,152
next year, we

5203
02:20:15,152 --> 02:20:16,555
ll be at 49.7%.

5204
02:20:16,555 --> 02:20:16,654
So is it fair to say you

5205
02:20:16,654 --> 02:20:18,654
re

5206
02:20:19,157 --> 02:20:20,559
targeting 1 mile a year? Yeah,

5207
02:20:20,559 --> 02:20:22,127
we are trying to do that. As

5208
02:20:22,127 --> 02:20:23,962
you know, a mile is not the

5209
02:20:23,962 --> 02:20:26,331
short distance. Amy is a very

5210
02:20:26,331 --> 02:20:28,467
long distance and it can be 67

5211
02:20:28,467 --> 02:20:29,433
projects. Each one of them has

5212
02:20:29,433 --> 02:20:30,202
their challenges, so, but we

5213
02:20:30,202 --> 02:20:31,870
are, we are moving with that.

5214
02:20:31,870 --> 02:20:32,770
As you know, we, we finished

5215
02:20:32,770 --> 02:20:34,639
group one and we are working on

5216
02:20:34,639 --> 02:20:36,507
group 2, and we already have

5217
02:20:36,507 --> 02:20:38,760
group 3 feasibility coming up.

5218
02:20:38,760 --> 02:20:39,378
Uh, so we, we are working as

5219
02:20:39,378 --> 02:20:41,313
hard as we can on that. Thank

5220
02:20:41,313 --> 02:20:44,850
you, and I know that um the

5221
02:20:44,850 --> 02:20:47,119
money that we won back from tax

5222
02:20:47,119 --> 02:20:48,253
duplication was a lot of it was

5223
02:20:48,253 --> 02:20:49,521
from transportation and police.

5224
02:20:49,521 --> 02:20:50,555
Uh, and so I just know that we

5225
02:20:50,555 --> 02:20:51,423
wanted to make sure that even

5226
02:20:51,423 --> 02:20:52,891
though it goes into general

5227
02:20:52,891 --> 02:20:53,659
fund that we were accelerating

5228
02:20:53,659 --> 02:20:55,593
some of our visions your

5229
02:20:55,593 --> 02:20:57,729
efforts, and so I appreciate

5230
02:20:57,729 --> 02:20:58,764
you doing that, uh, and taking

5231
02:20:58,764 --> 02:20:58,864
that very seriously. Um, I

5232
02:20:58,864 --> 02:21:00,265
ll

5233
02:21:00,265 --> 02:21:02,801
also just say thank you for the

5234
02:21:02,801 --> 02:21:04,670
Fixit bike racks. I have seen

5235
02:21:04,670 --> 02:21:07,500
and been one of those people

5236
02:21:07,500 --> 02:21:07,306
who needed uh to fix a a tire,

5237
02:21:07,306 --> 02:21:08,730
um, and I

5238
02:21:08,730 --> 02:21:09,975
ve, you know, you see

5239
02:21:09,975 --> 02:21:10,574
a, a child trying to get

5240
02:21:10,574 --> 02:21:10,908
through and they don

5241
02:21:10,908 --> 02:21:12,311
t have

5242
02:21:12,311 --> 02:21:12,844
their own kit. It people just

5243
02:21:12,844 --> 02:21:13,450
need it. It

5244
02:21:13,450 --> 02:21:13,845
s a, it

5245
02:21:13,845 --> 02:21:15,213
s a part of

5246
02:21:15,213 --> 02:21:15,379
life and so I appreciate that

5247
02:21:15,379 --> 02:21:17,281
you

5248
02:21:17,281 --> 02:21:17,883
re starting with 4, and

5249
02:21:17,883 --> 02:21:18,317
also the work that you

5250
02:21:18,317 --> 02:21:19,651
re doing

5251
02:21:19,651 --> 02:21:21,419
to help Julius West last, was

5252
02:21:21,419 --> 02:21:22,853
it a year or two ago, we

5253
02:21:22,853 --> 02:21:24,355
actually worked with Richard

5254
02:21:24,355 --> 02:21:26,290
Montgomery to add a bike racks

5255
02:21:26,290 --> 02:21:27,391
there, so, um, we had some in

5256
02:21:27,391 --> 02:21:27,492
storage, so I, I think that

5257
02:21:27,492 --> 02:21:29,492
s

5258
02:21:29,661 --> 02:21:30,728
great if we can get more of our

5259
02:21:30,728 --> 02:21:31,797
students biking safely and

5260
02:21:31,797 --> 02:21:32,970
create the safe routes to do it.

5261
02:21:32,970 --> 02:21:33,432
I think it

5262
02:21:33,432 --> 02:21:34,700
s a good thing. My

5263
02:21:34,700 --> 02:21:37,336
colleague mentioned some of the

5264
02:21:37,336 --> 02:21:38,136
comments around, um, uh,

5265
02:21:38,136 --> 02:21:40,172
looking at schools in

5266
02:21:40,172 --> 02:21:42,140
particular. I know that in

5267
02:21:42,140 --> 02:21:43,410
particular one neighborhood, um,

5268
02:21:43,410 --> 02:21:45,577
you are doing that broadly,

5269
02:21:45,577 --> 02:21:46,511
right? Just looking at the um

5270
02:21:46,511 --> 02:21:47,813
safe routes to school and and

5271
02:21:47,813 --> 02:21:49,881
seeing where we are and what we

5272
02:21:49,881 --> 02:21:51,249
need to be doing more to help

5273
02:21:51,249 --> 02:21:51,650
students get to school safely.

5274
02:21:51,650 --> 02:21:51,950
I believe there

5275
02:21:51,950 --> 02:21:54,350
s a plan for

5276
02:21:55,721 --> 02:21:57,155
that. Ok, all right, good. Um,

5277
02:21:57,155 --> 02:21:59,224
I have another audience that I

5278
02:21:59,224 --> 02:22:00,291
wanted to mention, similar to

5279
02:22:00,291 --> 02:22:01,994
our youth, and I talked about

5280
02:22:01,994 --> 02:22:04,395
people who are getting to work.

5281
02:22:04,395 --> 02:22:07,299
This other population are are

5282
02:22:07,299 --> 02:22:09,334
seniors, and um we have uh a

5283
02:22:09,334 --> 02:22:09,968
variety of uh senior living

5284
02:22:09,968 --> 02:22:10,469
communities around Rockville

5285
02:22:10,469 --> 02:22:10,735
Town Center, but they

5286
02:22:10,735 --> 02:22:11,670
re all

5287
02:22:11,670 --> 02:22:14,339
across the city as well. We

5288
02:22:14,339 --> 02:22:14,472
have a lot of them, uh, but

5289
02:22:14,472 --> 02:22:15,173
I

5290
02:22:15,173 --> 02:22:16,608
ve specifically received some

5291
02:22:16,608 --> 02:22:18,877
feedback about Rockville Town

5292
02:22:18,877 --> 02:22:20,144
Center, uh, that, um, in some

5293
02:22:20,144 --> 02:22:21,212
cases, I won

5294
02:22:21,212 --> 02:22:23,181
t name the

5295
02:22:23,181 --> 02:22:25,349
particular institution, um, but

5296
02:22:25,349 --> 02:22:27,386
the as people were getting out

5297
02:22:27,386 --> 02:22:27,985
the parking lots were kind of

5298
02:22:27,985 --> 02:22:28,287
had holes in them and didn

5299
02:22:28,287 --> 02:22:29,888
t

5300
02:22:29,888 --> 02:22:31,189
have like a safe sidewalk to

5301
02:22:31,189 --> 02:22:33,358
get from there. We fixed a

5302
02:22:33,358 --> 02:22:33,625
piece of it, but there

5303
02:22:33,625 --> 02:22:35,560
s still

5304
02:22:35,560 --> 02:22:37,162
more, um, so I just wanted to

5305
02:22:37,162 --> 02:22:39,398
know, thinking about residents

5306
02:22:39,398 --> 02:22:41,900
on the lane and victory and

5307
02:22:41,900 --> 02:22:43,301
Brightview and others. How do

5308
02:22:43,301 --> 02:22:45,837
those singers get to town

5309
02:22:45,837 --> 02:22:46,772
center, and we know that uh a

5310
02:22:46,772 --> 02:22:47,673
senior falling could be

5311
02:22:47,673 --> 02:22:48,840
catastrophic in terms of their

5312
02:22:48,840 --> 02:22:51,243
health, but also quality of

5313
02:22:51,243 --> 02:22:52,577
life. It, it if someone could

5314
02:22:52,577 --> 02:22:54,579
really, um, you know, be

5315
02:22:54,579 --> 02:22:55,480
seriously hurt and life shorten

5316
02:22:55,480 --> 02:22:57,349
years because of it. So I just

5317
02:22:57,349 --> 02:22:59,750
wanted to note that as we think

5318
02:22:59,750 --> 02:23:01,652
about outreach, if we could pay

5319
02:23:01,652 --> 02:23:03,188
pay a little more, uh, review

5320
02:23:03,188 --> 02:23:05,624
on how our seniors are

5321
02:23:05,624 --> 02:23:06,358
accessing town center and, and

5322
02:23:06,358 --> 02:23:07,726
other major locations across

5323
02:23:07,726 --> 02:23:11,263
the city where we have senior

5324
02:23:11,263 --> 02:23:12,564
living facilities. Um. And, uh,

5325
02:23:12,564 --> 02:23:14,933
the other feedback that I got

5326
02:23:14,933 --> 02:23:16,200
was, um, around town center. I

5327
02:23:16,200 --> 02:23:19,200
know my colleague mentioned the

5328
02:23:20,772 --> 02:23:23,674
point of um the time it takes

5329
02:23:23,674 --> 02:23:25,143
to cross the street, uh, I just

5330
02:23:25,143 --> 02:23:25,477
heard it earful in town center

5331
02:23:25,477 --> 02:23:26,178
saying I, it

5332
02:23:26,178 --> 02:23:27,179
s, I

5333
02:23:27,179 --> 02:23:27,279
m, I don

5334
02:23:27,279 --> 02:23:28,579
t

5335
02:23:28,579 --> 02:23:30,115
feel safe crossing that street.

5336
02:23:30,115 --> 02:23:32,217
So I just know many of us can

5337
02:23:32,217 --> 02:23:33,885
walk quickly, but not everyone

5338
02:23:33,885 --> 02:23:35,286
can, and whether you have

5339
02:23:35,286 --> 02:23:36,420
little legs or your, um, you

5340
02:23:36,420 --> 02:23:37,856
know, getting older. I just

5341
02:23:37,856 --> 02:23:38,689
want to think about all those

5342
02:23:38,689 --> 02:23:42,289
people who are just trying to

5343
02:23:43,462 --> 02:23:46,732
get across the city. Um. I just

5344
02:23:46,732 --> 02:23:48,133
also wanted to note, um

5345
02:23:48,133 --> 02:23:50,102
Research Boulevard is an

5346
02:23:50,102 --> 02:23:50,268
important part of our network.

5347
02:23:50,268 --> 02:23:52,268
We

5348
02:23:52,536 --> 02:23:53,939
re going to see mixed-use

5349
02:23:53,939 --> 02:23:55,400
communities over there, and I

5350
02:23:55,400 --> 02:23:56,974
think the project will also

5351
02:23:56,974 --> 02:23:58,377
help us to create more housing

5352
02:23:58,377 --> 02:23:58,476
there. So I know that we

5353
02:23:58,476 --> 02:23:59,444
re

5354
02:23:59,444 --> 02:24:00,779
applying for a grant and

5355
02:24:00,779 --> 02:24:03,148
fingers crossed on that, but I

5356
02:24:03,148 --> 02:24:04,349
just think that we, that one is

5357
02:24:04,349 --> 02:24:04,448
an area where I know there

5358
02:24:04,448 --> 02:24:06,151
s

5359
02:24:06,151 --> 02:24:06,818
gonna be many more people and

5360
02:24:06,818 --> 02:24:09,818
people already asking for that

5361
02:24:11,890 --> 02:24:13,858
work. And um uh mayor Ashton.

5362
02:24:13,858 --> 02:24:16,258
Yeah. Regarding the research

5363
02:24:16,762 --> 02:24:18,730
boulevard grant. So the uh

5364
02:24:18,730 --> 02:24:20,164
committee at the transportation

5365
02:24:20,164 --> 02:24:22,100
planning board recommended our

5366
02:24:22,100 --> 02:24:24,102
project for approval. And so

5367
02:24:24,102 --> 02:24:25,300
the transition planning board,

5368
02:24:25,300 --> 02:24:26,238
uh, will likely, fingers

5369
02:24:26,238 --> 02:24:28,406
crossed, approve this so that

5370
02:24:28,406 --> 02:24:29,441
we will have been awarded the

5371
02:24:29,441 --> 02:24:32,441
grant, um, hopefully by next

5372
02:24:33,277 --> 02:24:36,277
month. Fingers crossed, uh, and

5373
02:24:36,715 --> 02:24:38,984
I will just note, um two other

5374
02:24:38,984 --> 02:24:40,619
areas. One is, uh, the North

5375
02:24:40,619 --> 02:24:42,200
Farm community has had a long

5376
02:24:42,200 --> 02:24:43,721
history of asking for

5377
02:24:43,721 --> 02:24:44,589
additional support, um, on

5378
02:24:44,589 --> 02:24:45,900
pedestrian safety. They

5379
02:24:45,900 --> 02:24:46,191
re not

5380
02:24:46,191 --> 02:24:47,858
our roads nearby to the county

5381
02:24:47,858 --> 02:24:48,927
roads, um, but I just want to

5382
02:24:48,927 --> 02:24:49,270
raise that because I haven

5383
02:24:49,270 --> 02:24:50,295
t

5384
02:24:50,295 --> 02:24:51,960
had as much success in getting

5385
02:24:51,960 --> 02:24:53,496
some of the pedestrian

5386
02:24:54,333 --> 02:24:55,601
improvements. And uh Vio Mona

5387
02:24:55,601 --> 02:24:57,690
Atlantic, I know you talked

5388
02:24:57,690 --> 02:24:58,136
about that. Thank you for

5389
02:24:58,136 --> 02:24:59,470
acknowledging the loss of life

5390
02:24:59,470 --> 02:25:01,406
that has been there previously

5391
02:25:01,406 --> 02:25:03,806
and someone being seriously

5392
02:25:04,342 --> 02:25:05,544
injured. More recently, um, in

5393
02:25:05,544 --> 02:25:06,780
addition to the increasing

5394
02:25:06,780 --> 02:25:06,345
pedestrian time. I don

5395
02:25:06,345 --> 02:25:06,911
t know

5396
02:25:06,911 --> 02:25:07,245
if there

5397
02:25:07,245 --> 02:25:08,347
s an inverse

5398
02:25:08,347 --> 02:25:10,248
relationship here, but I have

5399
02:25:10,248 --> 02:25:12,840
stayed there for an hour just

5400
02:25:12,840 --> 02:25:14,385
to watch human activity and

5401
02:25:14,385 --> 02:25:15,854
behavior, and one thing I

5402
02:25:15,854 --> 02:25:17,322
notice is that um it takes a

5403
02:25:17,322 --> 02:25:19,825
long time for the light to

5404
02:25:19,825 --> 02:25:20,791
change to be able to walk. So

5405
02:25:20,791 --> 02:25:21,930
you could be waiting and this

5406
02:25:21,930 --> 02:25:21,793
is, I don

5407
02:25:21,793 --> 02:25:21,994
t know if it

5408
02:25:21,994 --> 02:25:22,828
s been

5409
02:25:22,828 --> 02:25:25,230
adjusted since I was there, but

5410
02:25:25,230 --> 02:25:25,697
it was like over 2 minutes. And

5411
02:25:25,697 --> 02:25:27,199
if you

5412
02:25:27,199 --> 02:25:28,133
re trying to again catch

5413
02:25:28,133 --> 02:25:28,533
that bus or get, you know, it

5414
02:25:28,533 --> 02:25:30,533
s

5415
02:25:31,969 --> 02:25:34,139
just that length of time MAY

5416
02:25:34,139 --> 02:25:34,373
someone MAY just make the walk.

5417
02:25:34,373 --> 02:25:35,373
And it

5418
02:25:35,373 --> 02:25:36,140
s a very dangerous

5419
02:25:36,140 --> 02:25:36,241
intersection. I know we don

5420
02:25:36,241 --> 02:25:38,760
t

5421
02:25:38,760 --> 02:25:39,143
control the times, but we do

5422
02:25:39,143 --> 02:25:40,578
have influence. And so I just

5423
02:25:40,578 --> 02:25:43,382
wanted to continue to look at

5424
02:25:43,382 --> 02:25:45,850
that, um, and appreciate that.

5425
02:25:45,850 --> 02:25:47,786
Uh, and then the last, last

5426
02:25:47,786 --> 02:25:48,654
thing is our sidewalk partition.

5427
02:25:48,654 --> 02:25:48,819
I appreciate all the work

5428
02:25:48,819 --> 02:25:50,122
you

5429
02:25:50,122 --> 02:25:51,690
ve done with our

5430
02:25:51,690 --> 02:25:52,824
communities, um, can we have

5431
02:25:52,824 --> 02:25:53,580
that form in Spanish? You don

5432
02:25:53,580 --> 02:25:55,580
t

5433
02:25:55,600 --> 02:25:55,494
have to answer now, but I did

5434
02:25:55,494 --> 02:25:56,661
check and it

5435
02:25:56,661 --> 02:25:57,940
s still in English,

5436
02:25:57,940 --> 02:25:57,996
so I think that

5437
02:25:57,996 --> 02:25:59,431
ll be an easy

5438
02:25:59,431 --> 02:26:01,366
fix, but as we think about

5439
02:26:01,366 --> 02:26:02,266
parts of our community who MAY

5440
02:26:02,266 --> 02:26:03,535
want a sidewalk and to make

5441
02:26:03,535 --> 02:26:04,535
sure they have the access to

5442
02:26:04,535 --> 02:26:05,837
understand how to do it. Yeah,

5443
02:26:05,837 --> 02:26:08,673
we can definitely do that. All

5444
02:26:08,673 --> 02:26:12,273
right, thank you so much. All

5445
02:26:13,478 --> 02:26:14,645
right Thank you very, very much.

5446
02:26:14,645 --> 02:26:16,914
Excellent, excellent work on

5447
02:26:16,914 --> 02:26:18,783
Vision Zero. This is a model

5448
02:26:18,783 --> 02:26:20,284
for our initiatives and uh just

5449
02:26:20,284 --> 02:26:22,153
appreciate the deep thought,

5450
02:26:22,153 --> 02:26:24,589
not only the human touch and

5451
02:26:24,589 --> 02:26:25,357
experience, but also the

5452
02:26:25,357 --> 02:26:26,825
data-driven and infrastructure

5453
02:26:26,825 --> 02:26:29,494
part of it, and I know it takes

5454
02:26:29,494 --> 02:26:30,929
the, you know, Rockville City

5455
02:26:30,929 --> 02:26:32,196
Police, you planning a

5456
02:26:32,196 --> 02:26:32,431
residence, um, you

5457
02:26:32,431 --> 02:26:33,310
re really

5458
02:26:33,310 --> 02:26:36,310
doing strong work and we

5459
02:26:40,505 --> 02:26:42,350
appreciate it. Thank you. All

5460
02:26:42,350 --> 02:26:42,407
right, now we

5461
02:26:42,407 --> 02:26:43,342
re moving on to

5462
02:26:43,342 --> 02:26:46,342
agenda item 13, which is our

5463
02:26:49,460 --> 02:26:51,617
mock agenda. Anyone have any

5464
02:26:51,617 --> 02:26:54,860
comments on the market agenda?

5465
02:26:54,860 --> 02:26:55,153
Ok We

5466
02:26:55,153 --> 02:26:58,156
re now moving on to old

5467
02:26:58,156 --> 02:27:01,156
business. We can also entertain

5468
02:27:01,392 --> 02:27:04,392
a motion to adjourn. COUNCILMAN

5469
02:27:04,563 --> 02:27:04,863
Valeri for the good of the

5470
02:27:04,863 --> 02:27:05,831
order, I

5471
02:27:05,831 --> 02:27:08,831
d like to make a

5472
02:27:08,866 --> 02:27:09,835
motion to adjourn. All those in

5473
02:27:09,835 --> 02:27:12,704
All favor, please raise your

5474
02:27:12,704 --> 02:27:13,738
hand and say aye. Hi. All right,

5475
02:27:13,738 --> 02:27:15,606
good night, everyone. Thank you,

5476
02:27:15,606 --> 02:27:17,740
Rockville, for joining us today.

5477
02:27:17,740 --> 02:27:17,842
Thank you to staff who prepared

5478
02:27:17,842 --> 02:27:20,842
and all the residents who