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Good afternoon, everyone. Is that working? Doesn't sound like it. Sure doesn't.

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it has a green light. Hello. Hello.

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good afternoon. Can you use the other one?

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good afternoon. Is that one working test? Test? I don't know

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if they ate.

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test, test.

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try to shut down.

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oh, I think we're live. Yes. We don't have any screens at the moment,

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but, uh, we do have mics.

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should we start? You wanna

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wait one minute? Yep. We'll wait. And, ah, they're coming up slowly.

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as soon as we can do presentations, we'll get started. I,

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it looks like we're good to go. Alright, I would like to, good afternoon

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everyone. I'd like to call the mobility ports and infrastructure committee meeting to order for

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january 20th, 2026. Could I have the clerk please? Call

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the rule councilwoman soro. Present

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vice chair thrash took chair kerr. Present. We

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have quorum. Thank you. Uh, could we please read the first item,

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item one. Recommendation to approve the minutes for the mobility ports and infrastructure

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committee meeting of wednesday, november 19th, 2025.

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move second. We're so used to doing voice votes.

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. I, I know. I was like, uh, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion

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on this item? Is there any public comment on this item?

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if any members of the public would like to speak on this item, please come to the podium now.

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no public comment. Chair. Seeing none, uh, if we could take the vote, please.

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yeah. Roll, roll call. Vote, right? Oh, no. Oh, I'm

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just waiting for it. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't switch. Just

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waiting for a presentation. There we go. We could just do voice work for this one. Sorry.

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it used to roll call . Um, yeah, we gotta reorientate

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ourselves. Motion carries. Thank you. Um, item two,

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uh, public works. The neighborhood traffic management plan. If we could read the item, please.

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item two. Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the public works department

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on the city's neighborhood traffic management program. Wonderful. This is, um,

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a presentation I know many folks have been looking forward to, and I see that

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the public works and traffic team are at the table. And I will turn it over to

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director hickman to begin. Thank you. Welcome.

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thanks for having us, and thank you councilwoman. Really excited

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to be here. I know this has been a program and a project and an effort that's

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been underway for quite some time. And happy to be here this afternoon to provide

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an update. We did release a tff memo, two from

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four memo from the city manager on december 30th that has

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a lot of information contained within it. Uh, a lot of references to other

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materials and a new website. So if anybody's interested in following along from home, you

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can check out that tff and the supporting information there. We also

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have a few items that, um, based on this presentation here, uh,

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this afternoon, we have on the agenda for city council. Uh, this evening we have

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three separate items that will be considered, uh, this evening to move this program forward.

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okay, so our agenda for this afternoon here, we're gonna provide a vision

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zero update. We have the traffic calming evaluations, the results, the

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recommendations that came out of the evaluations. We have the strategies

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and timelines that we'll be undertaking over the next few, few months and

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our, uh, procurement efforts.

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so for starters, uh, our engineering bureau is one of six bureaus within the

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public works department. It's comprised of 87 full-time employees

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across three separate divisions focused on civil engineering, stormwater

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engineering, and traffic engineering. So everything we're gonna be talking about here today falls within

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our traffic engineering division, and that's why we have both our city engineer, keith

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toey and our city traffic engineer, paul van d**e here, uh, with me

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today. So, safe streets,

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long beach, and the vision zero plan has a number of different priorities within it. Uh,

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we're gonna focus in, uh, on a couple of those here today. So for the first

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priority, dedicated staff and funding, uh, over the last couple years, there has been

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a, uh, some turnover on the team and there's been a real push to fill all those

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vacancies. We're happy to report now that, uh, not, not quite fully

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staffed, but we've made a lot of strides in in staffing, uh, this

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team up. Um, priority number two, lowering the vehicle speeds. This

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really comes in a couple different flavors. So the first one, 2.1,

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engineering solutions for the high injury network. These solutions you typically would see,

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uh, as part of our cip program, our capital improvement program,

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reducing the neighborhood speed limits, that's something we'll be talking about here today. A little bit further,

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our automated speed enforcement program, we brought that item to city council,

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I believe it was december 16th. Uh, we've been moving forward in earnest

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with that program. Um, and then a couple, um, items to united city council will

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help us move that forward as well. And then priority three, implementing street

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design standards. Uh, this is an ongoing, ongoing effort across all of our different

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networks. So I wanna spend a few minutes

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on, on this slide here. We've received a number of requests

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for devices, assessments, bike racks, parking signs. And

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this, what you're seeing here on this chart is over the two year period from

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january of 2023, up until the end of last

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year, we received a total of 2,121 different

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requests. And those requests fall into a few different buckets that

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you see here on the screen. So we have open items and number

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of closed items. These are the total number of items that were

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received, uh, that came in over the last two years. How many, uh, are still

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remain open, and then how many have been closed. Uh, good news is over the

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last month since this report was published, we've since been able to,

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uh, tackle a number of these items. So for starters, the bike racks, the

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20 open items, they've all been, uh, addressed. They've all been installed.

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and, um, the, as we go down the list, there's been updates to,

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uh, parking signs. So lemme pull up my trusty updated sheet

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here. So, of that four of the seven have been addressed. Uh, an

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additional 27 locations have received curve painting, and,

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uh, we've been able to close out nine of the roadway markings, another

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18 of the signs and one of the signals. So our,

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our commitment is to continue getting closer to closing all

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of these items out, uh, getting ourselves back to a, a reduced backlog.

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um, but the good news is, over the last two years, we received 2100

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requests. 1200 of them, uh, were closed as of the end of last

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year. Uh, or I apologize, 800 were closed, leaving 1200

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open. We're we're still getting through that backlog today. So what we're

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here to talk about this afternoon is specific to the category of the traffic

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calming evaluations. So we received a total of 220

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requests. Uh, 207 of them remain open. Um,

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only 13 of them have been closed. And that's a, a part of the reason why we wanted to

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come here tonight to provide that, that update on, um, on all those remaining

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open items.

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so this heat map shows the 180 requests that had, uh, come

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in that were still, uh, remaining open, uh, between 2023 and

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2025. So you can see they're really scattered across

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the city, scattered across all districts, and we'll, we'll get into, uh,

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each of the specifics a bit more.

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so of those 180 locations, uh, the team had gone out and done

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evaluations on all those locations. So it is time consuming, it

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takes a lot of work. Uh, it takes a lot of of staff time to get out there. Uh, but

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they went through all 180. Uh, they go out and test to

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see if folks are speeding. They do, um, evaluations with

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not only vehicle counts, but also radars. And as

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part of that evaluation, 17 locations were identified

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as a priority based on the traffic calming priority index. So

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what makes up that, that tcpi or traffic calming priority index

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vehicle speeding, uh, over 26% of the vehicles were

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speeding, uh, at least one crash each year, and over 12,000

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vehicles per day as as, uh, volume metric. So

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what you're seeing here on the map are all the different locations or the 17

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locations identified for some kind of treatment.

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so we, we received a lot of requests for what

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does the, how does the process work and what does that look like and

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how does it work today? And then also what you see layered in here are some of the improvements

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that we've recently made to help this process along and maybe make

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it a little bit easier for folks to, to utilize. So first up,

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you see, you can submit a request. Historically, these requests came in, in, in

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a number of different ways. They came in via phone call, email, conversations with

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one individual or not. Uh, they didn't always make it, uh, altogether and, and

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aggregated in one location. Uh, we've now since stood up a,

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a long beach.gov/traffic safety website where anybody

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in the community can go ahead and submit a request for, uh,

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whatever it is that they may be looking for. And that allows us to track, that allows

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us to make sure that we get it to the right location so we're able to, uh, make

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the improvements necessary or provide the response as to why, uh,

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uh, uh, a a any sort of traffic calming device is not recommended.

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so, encourage everybody to use that long beach.gov/traffic safety. We

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are anticipating with rolling all this out, we'll see an increase in the number of requests.

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and as noted previously, the team has staffed up to be able to, uh, start

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to tackle these. So the request will, will be reviewed and bundled

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on a monthly basis. That then allows the team to go out,

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mobilize out into the field and gather the data. So gathering the

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data means who's speeding, how many speeders do we have out there? Uh,

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understanding the crash data and analyzing those metrics. And then looking at

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the, the traffic volume for each of the segments. So once the

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request, uh, has, has been submitted, and once the all

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the information is gathered, the team will be generating a report. And

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then those reports will then also live on that new website that, that I had mentioned

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previously. So, if the threshold is met for some sort

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of measure or countermeasure, then what we would be doing

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is moving forward with designing whatever that measure would look like, working

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with the, the neighborhood to let them know that, hey, there's gonna be changes to your right of

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way. We want you to know about it in advance, deploying the, um,

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uh, the countermeasure, or basically con constructing it, and then evaluating

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the effectiveness. Alternatively, if the there is no,

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uh, recommendation for implementation, the individual that requested it

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would be notified, and, um, that way we'd be able to proactively

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close out that item. I know historically, uh, there's been some concerns where,

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uh, individuals maybe weren't notified timely in that

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there was no recommendation to move forward.

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so this is the new webpage that that was mentioned. So new webpage.

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this is dedicated to the traffic calming program, and the neighborhood traffic

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management program has a lot of good information on it about when these

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different measures would be used when they wouldn't be used, and then if somebody's, uh, so

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inclined, they can go ahead and submit a request.

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so, diving a bit deeper into the priority locations that were noted,

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um, you could see here, uh, we've got a, a couple different columns

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and, uh, rows. So walking through briefly, so you know, what we're looking at,

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uh, if we're starting with the top row number of locations where people are

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speeding, uh, the second row reported crashes in a five year period,

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and then the overall traffic volume for that street segment across

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the top and across the columns, you can see the priority tcpi versus

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an average local street, uh, versus a, a very low tcpi.

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so what this is showing is that on the priority locations, there were six different

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segments of those 180 that were studied, that had, um,

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uh, locations where vehicles were speeding compared to

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80 of the locations had fewer than five of the vehicles were

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speeding. The second column here, uh,

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or or the second row, the reported crashes in five years, the priority tcpi

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had over 10, uh, 10 crashes in a five year period versus

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59 locations had zero. And then the traffic volume eight

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locations had over 2,800 vehicles traveled per day versus,

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uh, very low, where they had fewer than 500.

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so the locations listed out, um, in, in, in the, uh,

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priority order here are shown on the screen. These are the 17 locations that

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are recommended for some kind of treatment. Uh, what we're looking at

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is the segment, the area, the exceptional condition

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that is, uh, really the reason why this rose to the, to the top

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and then the recommended safety measure. So we'll get into the specifics of

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the safety measures on the, on the following slides, but you can see here it includes,

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uh, recommendations from daylighting, red curbs, uh, reducing the speed

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limit refuge medians for, for pedestrians, new striping and

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and so on.

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so one recommendation includes traffic circles, and I

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wanted to just be, you know, clear in that a lot of what we're

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looking at in the slide deck is in, as part of our neighborhood traffic calming program

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are quick build type projects. The goal, meaning that we can get

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out here, uh, we can evaluate, analyze, deploy the devices

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quickly, we can evaluate are they working, and then if they are working,

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make recommendations as part of a future cip program if, if appropriate.

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so specific to traffic circles, you see here, this looks a little bit different than some of our other

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traffic circles that may have some landscaping and rocks and others in there. Uh,

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this is a, a quick build type option using the, our

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flexible posts, some signage and, um, other means to, to help calm

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down traffic.

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another unique option is are the painted ball boats. So you can see

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here representation of, uh, creating more space in

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and around the intersection, which allows for more visibility. Shortens the

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pedestrian crossings and adds a, a fun component of artwork

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where we could work with the local community to install art

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similar to the art ball boats, but on a little bit smaller scale,

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allowing a little bit more visibility at corners and intersections

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and upgrading markings and new striping. This is something else that came up. Um,

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uh, throughout all of the different requests where we can get out there and upgrade some

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of the markings, upgrade some of the striping that we have out there. So these are our new,

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uh, quick build options using, using paint and thermoplastics, elastics.

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we also work closely with our pd colleagues on directed enforcement.

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so if there's an area where we see a lot of speeding or folks aren't necessarily

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complying with, uh, stop signs or other signage, we work with our,

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our pd colleagues to, uh, get out there and do a little bit, a little bit more of a direct

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enforcement

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flexible delineators. These are used in a few different ways. Um, mainly we

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had seen them on the, at the top of the, the recommendations for the ball belts. They're

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also used to emphasize the center lines. They're also utilized to help

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establish the pedestrian refuges,

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which you can see here.

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so in addition to what we had just talked about, we also went through, oh, excuse

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me.

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apparently I'm talking too much. You

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want to take the, you wanna take a couple?

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okay. Um, kind of pick up here. So, uh, speed

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limit reductions. So in addition to physical improvements, public works takes a

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holistic approach to citywide speed reductions where possible. Uh, so we

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have three, uh, main areas that we focused on. Uh, one is

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locations that could be restored to a state standard of 25

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miles per hour, or the prima fascia, uh, uh,

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law. Uh, number two is neighborhood locations where reduced limits reflect

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existing behavior. So using radar and part of our neighborhood traffic

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calming evaluations, um, we collected data to help inform that. And

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then three is locations in close proximity to playgrounds.

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and on the right there you could see a good map that's color coded there for the three different types.

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so speed limit reductions, um, default speed restored. So

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locations identified for speed reduction. We had 42 in that first

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category. Default speed reduction includes commercial and residential districts,

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and does focus on narrower streets, uh, with speed limits of 30

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to 35 miles per hour, which can then come down to 25,

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uh, neighborhood streets. There were 23 there where speeds were measured in the field with

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a radar survey and where speeds are already low and limits can be

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set to as low, low as 15 or 20 miles per hour to match existing driver behavior.

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and then close park proximity, we came up with 12, uh, within 500 feet

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of a park playground,

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uh, rectangular rapid flashing beacons. So these are a type of treatment,

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uh, considered for installation at marked crosswalk areas with elevated

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speeds or high traffic volumes, or a number of crashes or unmarked

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crosswalks on the high injury network, or have that feature recent fatal

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pedestrian crashes.

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and here we have a map, uh, depicting where we have existing, uh,

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rectangular rapid flashing beacons throughout the city, as well as we're planning the

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future ones where there are existing marked crosswalks or future, uh,

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locations where, uh, we plan flashing beacons as well as, uh, new crosswalks.

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uh, and this slide here just shows the specific locations, um, which

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everyone wants to know. And again, the 25 new flashing beacons to be installed

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with 14 of them to, uh, also receive new crosswalks.

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and then, uh, update on schedule. So the timeline for these quick builds on neighborhood traffic

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calming. Uh, we passed december there with the evaluations and designs

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that we talked about over the past year or two. Uh, we're seeking city council

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approval, uh, today for speed limit reductions, and

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then we could begin material procurements, um, and installing elements

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in early 2026. Uh, and then spring, uh,

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starting to implement the signage as well as the quick builds. Uh, and then in summer

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we can, um, if all goes well, evaluate the effectiveness of the

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features and then, um, you know, continue reviewing additional requests that come

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in and repeating the process,

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uh, a little bit on budget. So we have, uh, 1.25 million

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in current funding available for this program, uh, consisting of local,

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uh, funds and county funds, uh, measure m and gas tax as well

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as general fund. Uh, we utilize developer traffic impact fees,

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and there was a one time fy 25 allocation as well.

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uh, and this last slide, um, really just kind of brings it full circle and, and

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highlights, uh, a lot of the other improvements that we do, uh, outside

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of the neighborhood traffic calming program, uh, as part of our overall capital improvement

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program. Uh, this is everything from intersection improvement projects,

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uh, to street, uh, and corridor projects, um, which,

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you know, many of which are familiar, uh, to the city at this point, such as like market

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street, artesia, great boulevard, um, but a lot of other intersection safety

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improvements as well to just really highlight how much work, uh, goes into the city,

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uh, to address, um, you know, speeding and safety, uh, as well

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as vision zero. All right.

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and that concludes the presentation and ready for any questions.

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thank you so much, uh, to the team and for, um,

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for the data, the data you're providing, I know, um, many of our offices

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have support, have, have given you much work to do over the

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last couple of years, um, and appreciate it coming back in a comprehensive

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report to talk, excuse me, to talk about not just

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where the bigger concerns are, but how do we create a network

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of safety across our city and across our districts as we know that, um,

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district lines mean nothing on a street that runs the length of the city or across

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multiple council districts. Um, I have a couple questions

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regarding, can you talk a little bit about, we'll start with the technology. So I think we've

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seen deployed some different ways of measuring data. I know

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in the past when people saw boxes on the side and lines going across their street,

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they knew something was being measured. But I think we've seen some different devices

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being used. Could you talk a little bit about the technology that you used, um, to gather your

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data?

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happy to answer that. Um, so really our, our directive is

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to be datadriven and equitable with our approach. So that often means leveraging the newest technology

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to make sure that we're getting, you know, a good data set to make an informed

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decision. So, yes, in the past, that was one of the tasks that I enjoyed

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as an associate hammering some hoses into the pavement so we could

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get some pneumatic pressure results. Um, but yeah, some of our vendors now

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are using more sophisticated technology where they do, um, use, um,

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some video systems, um, that count the number of cars, how fast the cars are going.

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um, and those are just really important data points for us, especially when we're determining

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the, the, the conditions on a local street, right? This

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is a major quality of life program. Um, and if there are

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substantial numbers of cars on your neighborhood street, if they're going fast, uh,

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that can be uncomfortable. So, uh, we really dial into those factors

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to determine if something's appropriate or not, uh, before taking action. Um,

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so yes, we've been using, we still use the pneumatic tubes, uh, from time to time,

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but we are, uh, deploying other, other technologies also, uh,

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to get the data back and make those informed decisions.

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thank you. Um, director commend, I wanna thank you and your predecessor before you for really taking seriously

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the staff issue, um, that we think persisted probably for that first half

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of 2023 or maybe the year of 2023, where we're really looking.

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um, I think we didn't get answers as quickly because of the staffing issue,

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so I appreciate your team taking that very seriously, uh, working with civil service and hr over

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the last couple of years to make strides in that department. Um, in

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terms of staffing, I think one of the things that we know is anytime a large report

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like this comes out and the tff comes out and there's maps and lines and

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specific areas, there's always the, but I reported something and it didn't

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happen in my neighborhood because we know that there's issues. Um, while these are

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the 17 prioritized on, uh, slide number seven,

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um, that were prioritized for the data

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points that you talked about, lots of folks will say, but there's none

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here or there's none there. Um, so I again appreciate, uh,

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the reasons why, and I especially appreciate the system that you've

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laid out to take requests in a different way from the public. Um, I

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think it matters when someone hears back that we studied

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it here was the data. Um, I think our office just got one of those last week. Here are

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the actual numbers that we saw. And, um, it is not recommended that we

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take action at this time. And so closing the loop with our residents around this,

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I think helps with the idea that, that people are listening not just in their council offices, but

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in the department. Um, on slide number eight, you

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lay out what the process is, and at the bottom you say lawyer, lower

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work, lower scoring segments are not prioritized. However, they may be reviewed alongside

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with new requests in the future. So we know if folks, uh, continue

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to, uh, report places that

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they see in excess, how soon do you think in your

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process that you would consider reevaluating? So if you go out, you're taking time to

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do data collection, um, and make recommendations, what is a reasonable

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time that you would go back and look again because you received a substantial

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number of complaints about that particular area? Again?

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yeah, so I can kick it off and then turn it over to anybody else that might wanna, uh, weigh in.

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but, um, yeah, thank you for those comments. We've been working really hard at filling in all of

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our vacancies as much as we can. So the team, uh, this particular team is over

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80%, uh, filled. So really happy about that. Uh, did wanna give

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a shout out to, to ryan kelly and the, and the staff, uh, over here as well.

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he's really done a lot of this heavy lifting. He's one of our, our new senior traffic engineers

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and has really helped put a lot of this stuff together as well. Um, so

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we, as far as reevaluation, so if, if all goes well,

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we'd be going through this analysis, we'd be taking the, the

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locations that meet that tcpi implementing those quick build type projects,

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and then evaluating which ones of those worked and incorporating it into the five year program,

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uh, the five year cip program. So, uh, in that sort of

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cycle, if you will, uh, that as part of that next five year program, or

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let's say every five years, they may be up for, uh, for, for review

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if there was another, maybe change to the area. But if there's not a significant

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change or, uh, if the data is showing that, that whatever we had put in

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there worked originally, um, or if there hasn't been any change to the areas that

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weren't recommended, well then there may not necessarily be a reason to go,

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uh, go forward and do another evaluation. But the goal is to be transparent,

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and that's why we're also posting these reports up on our, um, on the website

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so everybody can see it. When was that data collected? When was it evaluated, and what

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were those conditions at the time that it was evaluated? Anything else to add?

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yeah, so to the point that was just made, uh, typically

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we consider traffic data to be valid for up to five years. So, um,

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if we've gone out and measured your street, um, this year, um, we don't plan

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on collecting more data unless, you know, something else changes like

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a new baseball stadium's built somewhere and more people are coming, um, that would

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lead to further evaluation. But usually the project itself, um, does the evaluation

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for us. But really, um, the goal with this program is to address

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the areas of most need. And once those are addressed, their score

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on our ranking will drop. So there won't be, you know, 25%

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of the vehicle speeding. There'll be hopefully zero, and then that score goes down,

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which then moves some of the other ones up. So while we won't be collecting information

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on all the requested streets every year, we deal, we do still consider them every

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year if some of the segments are dropping down. So just because we

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answered today, um, that it's not being evaluated, we are optimistic that

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what we're proposing here, um, asking for permission to buy more

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traffic calming devices, um, leaning fully

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into this program, that we will be able to, um, deploy traffic

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calming measures on more than just the initial recommendation as this program

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continues. Thank you. And I think you, um, hit on a good point, which

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is until the conditions change. So if a new business moves in, if we've got a vacant lot and

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all of a sudden a business comes in with 300 employees and the traffic patterns change,

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that would obviously warrant a looking back at it. But as you said, some of those

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projects inherently provide a traffic study and give recommendations.

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so there are opportunities as potentially things in a neighborhood change for a

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reevaluation, um, in the, at the local level.

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great. Um, I have a couple more, but I will, uh, kick it over to my colleague

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and see if dr. Sorrow has any questions at this time. Thank you chair kerr.

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I do have a few question. Um, I, I think I'll

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start out with that. I didn't see any, um,

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again, thank you for the presentation. I didn't see any speed bumps as

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a possible calming measure option. Uh, can you tell me

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why that's not an option? Even though we get numerous requests

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for that, we do get numerous requests and

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paul is way better at answering this question than I am. So I'm not even

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gonna try . I I've had a lot of practice. Uh, so

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yes, um, speed humps often are the way that folks express a calming

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request to us. Uh, normally, uh, it, it does seem like when

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someone asks us for our help in calming traffic, they don't

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directly ask for traffic calming. They say, you need to install a stop sign, or

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you need to install speed humps, speed bumps, speed lumps,

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traffic cushions, however people are calling them now. Um, and

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so, uh, oftentimes, you know, it's, it's up to us to better understand well, what's

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actually happening before we propose, um, a countermeasure to solve the issue.

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um, and in most cases on our residential streets, um, the

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issue is that there are a lot of cars on the street and so folks are recognizing them,

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um, or the cars are loud. Um, but in the data that we've seen,

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the amount of vehicles that are speeding excessively, uh, are,

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are somewhat small. Um, I don't wanna say insignificant

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'cause it is significant if someone's going that fast on your street. But the thing with speed

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humps is they are specifically designed with a, a certain profile

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that keeps you from traveling in great excess of the speed limit. So if

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folks are going 25 in your neighborhood, they're not really gonna

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slow down much at all, um, for a speed bump. So we've found that other

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devices can be a lot more effective in achieving our goals. Things like traffic circles,

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things like, um, hardening the center line by putting flex posts on top

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of it, those can be much more effective at bringing speeds down,

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00:48:41,245 --> 00:48:44,785
um, than speed humps can. Um, and also, frankly,

437
00:48:45,505 --> 00:48:49,185
although they are our most popular request in practice,

438
00:48:49,775 --> 00:48:53,515
they are actually not very popular. We've had, um, a couple instances where

439
00:48:53,875 --> 00:48:57,865
we've found factors like there's a significant amount of speeding on a

440
00:48:57,985 --> 00:49:01,785
street where speed humps could be the solution. Um, but we've found

441
00:49:02,025 --> 00:49:06,025
that the community comes out in opposition of the humps. They're too loud, I don't want

442
00:49:06,145 --> 00:49:10,065
it in front of my house, it'll decrease my property values, put it in front of my neighbor's house. And so

443
00:49:10,375 --> 00:49:14,105
they become more complicated solutions than a lot of our other devices can be.

444
00:49:14,405 --> 00:49:18,305
so, um, I'm not gonna sit here and say we don't do speed humps while we still

445
00:49:18,525 --> 00:49:22,505
put in speed humps in special cases, but, uh, they aren't the panacea that

446
00:49:22,785 --> 00:49:25,935
some folks assume that they are. Thank you for that explanation.

447
00:49:26,865 --> 00:49:30,865
I think that it kind of goes back to where it was really helpful that you laid

448
00:49:31,145 --> 00:49:34,455
out all these option on traffic calming, and it's just education,

449
00:49:35,255 --> 00:49:38,665
education for those of us who aren't traffic engineers.

450
00:49:39,565 --> 00:49:43,395
um, and I wonder if that's what you're providing on your website is, hey, these

451
00:49:43,745 --> 00:49:47,505
are all the possible options. It could be, so then they're not just tunnel vision

452
00:49:47,825 --> 00:49:51,745
when they're filing a request. I also appreciate the update

453
00:49:52,105 --> 00:49:55,525
with the status of these traffic coming

454
00:49:56,345 --> 00:50:00,145
location. Um, but I did have a question. This is really my last thing

455
00:50:00,565 --> 00:50:03,945
is, uh, around the transition to doing written requests

456
00:50:04,605 --> 00:50:08,495
online. Um, one of it is if they don't read

457
00:50:08,785 --> 00:50:12,785
and write in english, is that still a verbal process? 'cause uh, my office

458
00:50:13,165 --> 00:50:16,685
is multilingual and oftentimes, uh,

459
00:50:17,205 --> 00:50:20,745
you know, not only the language, but also just barrier around

460
00:50:21,525 --> 00:50:25,305
having to use electronics. So we have residents who still

461
00:50:25,645 --> 00:50:29,085
do s sta snail mail to my office for requests

462
00:50:29,865 --> 00:50:33,805
and questions. ? Yeah, great question.

463
00:50:34,065 --> 00:50:37,895
so overall, our, our website currently today is in english, but we're,

464
00:50:38,265 --> 00:50:42,205
our goal is to be able to roll out more of this information. So exactly what you

465
00:50:42,365 --> 00:50:46,085
had just mentioned, exactly what our traffic engineer had just noted, that information

466
00:50:46,525 --> 00:50:50,265
on speed bumps is on our website today. Okay. And we're gonna continue to,

467
00:50:50,625 --> 00:50:54,525
uh, reinforce some of that message and, and also include other languages for

468
00:50:54,725 --> 00:50:58,045
some of the most requested items. As far as the request themselves,

469
00:50:58,785 --> 00:51:02,425
it does require going in and logging in, but alternatively, if

470
00:51:02,845 --> 00:51:06,725
somebody isn't, uh, able to do that or isn't savvy, if they reach out to somebody else,

471
00:51:07,275 --> 00:51:11,125
they can certainly get somebody else to add it to it or even get it to us.

472
00:51:11,915 --> 00:51:15,845
this is something that we're using to track on our own basis as well. So if we receive

473
00:51:16,165 --> 00:51:19,755
an email, we'll go ahead and put it in there to help with our own tracking as well. Okay.

474
00:51:20,485 --> 00:51:23,755
I ask that just because sometimes, uh, we do act as a liaison,

475
00:51:24,545 --> 00:51:28,395
um, as we usually do with our departments when there are certain barriers that

476
00:51:28,685 --> 00:51:32,685
prevent people from doing requests online. So just wanted to make

477
00:51:32,845 --> 00:51:36,685
sure that we had a process to communicate ongoingly between our office.

478
00:51:37,705 --> 00:51:41,355
um, maybe we end up being the requester on their behalf. Is that okay?

479
00:51:43,115 --> 00:51:46,645
yeah, that's perfectly fine. Okay. And then you can ask us for updates at each, uh, monthly briefing

480
00:51:47,165 --> 00:51:50,985
. Wonderful. Thank you. That was my last, um, question and

481
00:51:51,205 --> 00:51:55,165
comment. Thank you, dr. Sorrow. And on that note, one of the things that we see

482
00:51:55,385 --> 00:51:59,105
in a couple different places, I know in district five and around the city are

483
00:51:59,425 --> 00:52:02,815
the dynamic feedback signs that remind people you are going 52

484
00:52:03,545 --> 00:52:07,405
in a 35. Um, is that something that is part of our

485
00:52:07,765 --> 00:52:11,745
standard in terms of, you gave a great explanation about speed humps, um,

486
00:52:11,965 --> 00:52:15,915
and we know in different cities and in different, um, municipalities, we see different

487
00:52:17,515 --> 00:52:20,925
uses, different kinds of bumps on the road, different kinds of dynamic

488
00:52:21,645 --> 00:52:25,435
feedback. I'm wondering if those signs specifically, um, are in the current plan

489
00:52:25,725 --> 00:52:29,405
or future plan? So the, the speed

490
00:52:29,885 --> 00:52:33,865
feedback signs are really focused around our automated speed enforcement program right now. So we

491
00:52:34,105 --> 00:52:37,965
are planning to procure some devices. If everything, uh, goes well this evening

492
00:52:38,305 --> 00:52:42,165
at city council and our item gets approved, we'll be procuring speed feedback

493
00:52:42,365 --> 00:52:46,285
signs to roll those out at the 18, uh, automated speed enforcement

494
00:52:47,085 --> 00:52:51,005
locations. Um, and then in addition to those, we may look at those options in

495
00:52:51,205 --> 00:52:54,895
the future, but wanna, yeah,

496
00:52:55,225 --> 00:52:58,765
I, I think also recognizing that sometimes, uh,

497
00:52:59,405 --> 00:53:03,345
we need to deploy devices that help inform not only the motorists, but also the immediate

498
00:53:03,625 --> 00:53:07,485
stakeholders around traffic patterns is really important. Um, so

499
00:53:07,705 --> 00:53:11,205
the traffic calming program, while we do a lot of data analysis and we, we

500
00:53:11,905 --> 00:53:15,785
document where we're making projects happen, um, also the, the direct

501
00:53:16,425 --> 00:53:20,385
personal connection, um, is really important as well. So, uh, I personally have spent

502
00:53:20,545 --> 00:53:24,105
time out with one of our, our radar devices, um, with members of the public showing,

503
00:53:24,725 --> 00:53:28,655
you know, it looks like this person's going really fast, but the, the speed

504
00:53:29,185 --> 00:53:33,025
device I've got here, they're only going 18 miles an hour. And so sometimes, um,

505
00:53:33,245 --> 00:53:37,105
getting information out there about how fast folks are actually going is,

506
00:53:37,465 --> 00:53:41,245
is really important. So the, those speed feedback signs that you're describing, those

507
00:53:41,585 --> 00:53:45,525
are things that are movable, um, and changeable. So that's a really

508
00:53:45,645 --> 00:53:49,475
important part of our portfolio to be able to deploy those perhaps in areas that

509
00:53:49,765 --> 00:53:53,525
didn't, um, rise to the level of infrastructure change. But still,

510
00:53:54,025 --> 00:53:57,895
um, we've got folks who, um, uh, are looking for more information about

511
00:53:58,245 --> 00:54:02,125
traffic behaviors. We will deploy them. Uh, the intent is to keep them kind

512
00:54:02,365 --> 00:54:06,005
of moving around the city, uh, to places so we can continue to demonstrate that educational

513
00:54:06,645 --> 00:54:10,045
component about, um, the factors on the streets in our, in our neighborhoods.

514
00:54:11,855 --> 00:54:15,705
thank you. And then one last question. As you mentioned, there's council items tonight, uh, to

515
00:54:15,925 --> 00:54:19,365
work on the, the pilot program as well as this neighborhood,

516
00:54:20,265 --> 00:54:24,085
uh, safety measures. I'm assuming that the funding that we're looking at tonight

517
00:54:24,405 --> 00:54:28,025
is for this current list and the current study, you talked about the capital improvement. So

518
00:54:28,685 --> 00:54:32,565
I assume we're gonna work through the list of what has been identified thus far, and as we looked

519
00:54:33,185 --> 00:54:37,125
at a future capital improvement plan, that's where other infrastructure things would come

520
00:54:37,365 --> 00:54:41,175
into play. Yes, it's, it is slightly

521
00:54:41,565 --> 00:54:45,375
more nuanced than that, but, uh, the items before city council

522
00:54:45,645 --> 00:54:49,435
this evening will be in addition to this 1.2 outlined here for

523
00:54:49,715 --> 00:54:53,455
our neighborhood traffic calming program. Uh, because some of these devices are also

524
00:54:53,805 --> 00:54:57,755
used, uh, as part of our cip programs, as part of our other efforts and

525
00:54:57,975 --> 00:55:01,775
initiatives out there as well. So, uh, what those items will allow us to do

526
00:55:02,075 --> 00:55:05,955
is roll out this program in its entirety as outlined today, uh,

527
00:55:06,185 --> 00:55:10,015
spend down that 1.2, that's our goal, to deploy as many devices

528
00:55:10,515 --> 00:55:14,215
as we can with the available funding we have. And then, um, that will allow

529
00:55:14,535 --> 00:55:18,535
us in the future as part of next year's cip hopefully, we'll, we will

530
00:55:18,575 --> 00:55:22,075
get a few more dollars to contribute towards this program. And that'll allow us to con

531
00:55:22,615 --> 00:55:26,145
continue, uh, making those improvements as, as, um, the two engineers noted.

532
00:55:27,625 --> 00:55:31,625
great. Thank you. I look forward to the conversation tonight with, um, our larger group

533
00:55:31,975 --> 00:55:35,935
of colleagues. Um, any other questions, dr. Soro? I do

534
00:55:36,255 --> 00:55:39,175
not have any more questions. Great. Um, any public comment on this item?

535
00:55:40,475 --> 00:55:44,315
if there are any members of the public that would like to speak on item number two, please come to the podium now.

536
00:55:46,635 --> 00:55:49,895
no public comment chair. Okay. Seeing none, if we could take the vote please.

537
00:55:55,825 --> 00:55:59,665
motion is carried. Thank you so much. Uh, item

538
00:55:59,965 --> 00:56:03,355
three, could we please read item three? Item three, recommendation

539
00:56:04,115 --> 00:56:08,115
to receive and file an update on the enhanced infrastructure financing district's

540
00:56:08,395 --> 00:56:12,125
program. Thank you. Uh, this item is coming to us, uh,

541
00:56:12,445 --> 00:56:15,905
as part of a tff from economic development,

542
00:56:16,545 --> 00:56:20,545
and they are here with us tonight, and I see director

543
00:56:20,905 --> 00:56:24,665
martinez bringing some members of the team forward, and I will turn it over to them. Excuse

544
00:56:25,085 --> 00:56:29,055
me, chair, can we get a motion and a second please? Ah, yes. Thank

545
00:56:29,405 --> 00:56:30,085
you. Thank you.

546
00:56:36,365 --> 00:56:39,975
it's all yours. Thank you. Chair committee members, uh, bo martinez,

547
00:56:40,575 --> 00:56:44,455
director of economic development and opportunity department. Uh, just wanna thank you for this opportunity

548
00:56:45,115 --> 00:56:48,885
to present to this, uh, pro, uh, program to you all. Uh, long

549
00:56:49,175 --> 00:56:52,975
beach is at a ver a very important inflection point. And when you think about

550
00:56:53,195 --> 00:56:57,105
how we are growing, we are a globally connected city with significant infrastructure needs

551
00:56:57,765 --> 00:57:01,615
with limited funding resources. At the same time, we

552
00:57:01,815 --> 00:57:04,975
have major opportunity areas where smart target investments in transportation,

553
00:57:06,655 --> 00:57:10,185
mobility, parks, and open space infrastructure, affordable

554
00:57:10,855 --> 00:57:14,455
housing that can, that can unlock economic growth and investment throughout the community,

555
00:57:15,475 --> 00:57:18,845
as well as continue to deliver high quality community amenities, placemaking,

556
00:57:19,675 --> 00:57:23,035
and improve the overall quality life. The

557
00:57:23,815 --> 00:57:27,555
economic infrastructure and financing districts are known as e ids

558
00:57:28,205 --> 00:57:31,535
give us a modern, locally controlled tool to meet this moment.

559
00:57:32,995 --> 00:57:35,215
so the question is, why should long beach do this?

560
00:57:37,595 --> 00:57:41,245
eids help ensure to capture value from new developments in private investments happening

561
00:57:41,765 --> 00:57:45,485
throughout the community to fund targeted critical infrastructure and community

562
00:57:46,005 --> 00:57:49,805
investment priorities now and going forward for a city like

563
00:57:50,085 --> 00:57:53,515
long beach with our port airport, waterfront transit

564
00:57:54,445 --> 00:57:57,925
corridors, unique and authentic, diverse neighborhoods and commercial

565
00:57:58,805 --> 00:58:02,645
corridors, this tool gives us an opportunity to enhance and leverage partnerships

566
00:58:03,795 --> 00:58:06,045
with the county of los angeles and other partners.

567
00:58:08,105 --> 00:58:12,005
in addition to that, I also like to recognize, um, mary torres, who's with our real estate

568
00:58:12,205 --> 00:58:15,685
development team, who has really been the person that's been leading this charge in partnership

569
00:58:16,245 --> 00:58:19,985
with a lot of our city departments from finance, community development, public

570
00:58:20,415 --> 00:58:24,365
works, parks, rec, marine, and I'm probably forgetting some, but also the

571
00:58:24,525 --> 00:58:28,205
city manager's office. And with that, I would like to introduce, uh, joseph

572
00:58:28,745 --> 00:58:32,625
diegos with cosmo, who's gonna walk you through the analysis and summary and

573
00:58:32,845 --> 00:58:36,335
then complete and then answer, uh, have a question and answer session. Thank

574
00:58:36,865 --> 00:58:39,905
you. Thank you dr. Martinez.

575
00:58:41,025 --> 00:58:44,805
and good afternoon, chair kerr, dr. Sorrow. Good, see you again. Joe diego

576
00:58:45,155 --> 00:58:48,685
with cosmo. Um, I'm also joined, uh, in the audience by two of my colleagues,

577
00:58:49,245 --> 00:58:52,685
fernando and stephanie. Uh, in case of any questions,

578
00:58:53,955 --> 00:58:57,225
this is, uh, some more matter as was presented back at the, uh,

579
00:58:58,085 --> 00:59:02,085
economic development opportunity committee back on december 16th. So much of this will sound

580
00:59:02,565 --> 00:59:06,405
familiar, uh, of course to you, dr. Sorrow. This is a conversation as director

581
00:59:06,765 --> 00:59:10,605
martinez says about an infrastructure funding and financing tool. Uh, very importantly,

582
00:59:11,045 --> 00:59:15,005
we'll use words like tax increment financing. We'll have to say it and

583
00:59:15,165 --> 00:59:19,075
likely repeat it. This is not at all like adding a new tax or increasing anybody's

584
00:59:19,685 --> 00:59:23,205
taxes. That's, that's not at all what this is. This is about an apportionment

585
00:59:24,145 --> 00:59:27,915
of, of future property tax revenue within a specific boundary without

586
00:59:28,405 --> 00:59:32,045
affecting a property owner's bill. This is a tool that the city could implement

587
00:59:32,425 --> 00:59:36,025
on its own if it so chooses. We would argue that cities

588
00:59:36,545 --> 00:59:40,475
get more bang for their buck, so to speak, if they are able to achieve a partnership with

589
00:59:40,765 --> 00:59:44,525
another taxing entity such as the county of los angeles, which we think would be a

590
00:59:44,845 --> 00:59:48,595
feasible scenario for long beach. Just

591
00:59:48,885 --> 00:59:52,845
to cover, uh, some basics, uh, we'll repeat it again, this is not a new

592
00:59:53,025 --> 00:59:56,365
tax, but we often liken this tool to a retirement account.

593
00:59:57,285 --> 01:00:00,745
a specific boundary could be designated within the city. And as

594
01:00:01,445 --> 01:00:05,405
property values within that boundary grow over time from brand new investment or rehabilitation

595
01:00:06,245 --> 01:00:10,015
of underutilized property, the city is able to set aside some piece

596
01:00:10,625 --> 01:00:14,525
of its future property tax revenue just within that boundary and apportion

597
01:00:15,005 --> 01:00:18,785
it to a special fund that would be restricted for infrastructure. And

598
01:00:19,135 --> 01:00:22,685
again, to get the most out of that dollar. Using that retirement account analogy,

599
01:00:23,705 --> 01:00:27,605
uh, the city can get the equivalent of a match from the county of los angeles,

600
01:00:28,265 --> 01:00:31,805
dollar for dollar or percentage for percentage, where the county would also

601
01:00:32,365 --> 01:00:36,225
allocate the piece of its share of the future property tax dollar for

602
01:00:36,465 --> 01:00:40,285
infrastructure projects within the city of long beach. And

603
01:00:40,505 --> 01:00:44,425
there's precedent for that. Just some highlights on the rules, the mechanics for

604
01:00:44,545 --> 01:00:48,465
the way these work. Uh, a new entity is set up, it's called a public financing

605
01:00:48,945 --> 01:00:52,865
authority. And, uh, from a governance standpoint, we think an

606
01:00:53,065 --> 01:00:56,985
important point is that it wouldn't just be the city council or members of the city

607
01:00:57,145 --> 01:01:01,145
council that govern this district, but if the county were to be a partner and allocate

608
01:01:01,305 --> 01:01:05,265
a piece of its revenue, the county would also get a seat at the table, so to speak, at this governing

609
01:01:05,705 --> 01:01:09,705
public financing authority table. And then very importantly, there are at least two members

610
01:01:09,905 --> 01:01:13,505
of the public that get, that get appointed to this body, this public financing

611
01:01:13,985 --> 01:01:17,855
authority, uh, to see out the work of this district. That

612
01:01:18,145 --> 01:01:21,625
work is prescribed in a document, it's called an infrastructure financing plan.

613
01:01:22,405 --> 01:01:26,185
and that document is required by law to be presented quite transparently

614
01:01:26,825 --> 01:01:30,705
at a series of public meetings and hearings. All duly noticed via mail,

615
01:01:31,135 --> 01:01:35,025
newspaper, website. And those meetings are required to be spaced out at least

616
01:01:35,185 --> 01:01:38,925
30 days. And the theme, uh, is really

617
01:01:39,415 --> 01:01:43,385
sort of relentless transparency, nowhere to hide on what the dollars will be

618
01:01:43,505 --> 01:01:46,105
used for, the amounts, the timeframe, all of that.

619
01:01:50,035 --> 01:01:53,695
the state law prescribes what the dollars could be used for. We say it's infrastructure

620
01:01:54,435 --> 01:01:58,395
and affordable housing. Uh, but importantly the definition of infrastructure and

621
01:01:58,615 --> 01:02:02,455
the law is quite broad, quite flexible, and it starts with the words

622
01:02:02,655 --> 01:02:05,935
including but not limited to. And then it lists everything on this page

623
01:02:06,915 --> 01:02:10,805
and more. And, uh, we are just merely providing some

624
01:02:11,005 --> 01:02:14,765
examples, water, sewer, roads, certainly the types of improvements that were discussed

625
01:02:15,165 --> 01:02:18,165
in the previous item. Affordable housing, broadband infrastructure,

626
01:02:19,425 --> 01:02:21,165
uh, all of these again and more

627
01:02:24,215 --> 01:02:28,195
in cosmo's experience. We're not seeing cities or counties go down this path if there's not a

628
01:02:28,515 --> 01:02:32,515
positive return on investment. It's defined in our experience a number of ways.

629
01:02:33,185 --> 01:02:36,875
dollars and cents is just one way where the, the general fund could achieve

630
01:02:37,475 --> 01:02:40,835
a, a positive return, a positive fiscal impact. So the ideas

631
01:02:41,665 --> 01:02:45,555
with infrastructure investment, a level of private sector investment can be

632
01:02:45,675 --> 01:02:49,385
catalyzed faster or perhaps more intensely than it would otherwise without

633
01:02:49,875 --> 01:02:53,815
that infrastructure and with it bringing in net new revenues to

634
01:02:54,035 --> 01:02:57,815
the general fund at a faster rate than would occur otherwise. And

635
01:02:58,065 --> 01:03:01,915
we'd say that's probably still not enough to justify. That's just part

636
01:03:02,155 --> 01:03:05,995
of it. Beyond that, we're seeing, uh, policy goals like housing production,

637
01:03:07,055 --> 01:03:10,995
job creation, just solving for deficient infrastructure that needs to get solved

638
01:03:11,255 --> 01:03:15,155
for somehow as, as reasons folks go after this. And then the number two

639
01:03:15,355 --> 01:03:18,505
on this table or on this page is probably less obvious.

640
01:03:19,425 --> 01:03:23,155
it's also that you get more points on grant applications. So at the state level, particularly,

641
01:03:23,895 --> 01:03:27,515
uh, state housing and community development, uh, more points

642
01:03:28,015 --> 01:03:31,875
are allotted on the scoring rubrics for grant applications explicitly.

643
01:03:32,315 --> 01:03:36,195
if cities or counties are implementing these tools, these tools like these enhanced infrastructure

644
01:03:36,835 --> 01:03:40,755
financing districts. So it's about the revenue stream, but also becoming more attractive

645
01:03:41,455 --> 01:03:44,995
to yet other public money. As of today, there are about 36

646
01:03:45,475 --> 01:03:49,195
of these formed across the state. All shapes and sizes, cities going alone,

647
01:03:50,235 --> 01:03:54,155
counties going alone in unincorporated county jurisdiction. And so far we

648
01:03:54,355 --> 01:03:58,155
have 10 city county partnerships, which we think are sort of the gold standard.

649
01:03:58,725 --> 01:04:02,675
there have been seven of these formed so far in this county. Five of those seven

650
01:04:03,215 --> 01:04:07,125
are city county partnerships. And so we think, uh,

651
01:04:07,345 --> 01:04:11,305
point I mentioned earlier, we think it would be feasible if the city of long beach does decide to go

652
01:04:11,425 --> 01:04:15,425
down this path. We think it would be feasible that you do that. You can achieve a

653
01:04:15,545 --> 01:04:17,385
partnership with the county, if you'd like that.

654
01:04:20,095 --> 01:04:24,065
okay, so boundaries in long beach. So, uh, there were

655
01:04:24,305 --> 01:04:28,045
a number of me metrics, uh, objective metrics used in screening. How

656
01:04:28,525 --> 01:04:32,345
the boundary for one of these financing districts could look in long beach.

657
01:04:32,545 --> 01:04:35,945
things like general plan, land use, designation, measures of underutilized

658
01:04:36,585 --> 01:04:39,905
commercial properties, disadvantaged community, census tract designation,

659
01:04:41,255 --> 01:04:44,905
just demographic data over a variety of of flavors and colors,

660
01:04:46,035 --> 01:04:49,345
employment density, scag priority, growth areas, opportunity

661
01:04:50,075 --> 01:04:54,065
zones, cultural centers. Uh, and then a lot of it was looking at what the actual development

662
01:04:54,865 --> 01:04:58,785
pipeline is. And uh, it's very important, and this is probably

663
01:04:58,975 --> 01:05:02,825
also a point I will repeat the boundaries for these types of

664
01:05:03,265 --> 01:05:07,025
district. It actually defines where the value is captured, where the growth

665
01:05:07,445 --> 01:05:11,025
is coming so that the new property tax revenues can be captured.

666
01:05:11,525 --> 01:05:14,785
but it does not define where the dollars must be spent.

667
01:05:15,975 --> 01:05:19,935
I'll say it again. The boundaries are defined where the value can be captured from the

668
01:05:20,055 --> 01:05:24,015
new investment and development, but not where the dollars of this district can be

669
01:05:24,215 --> 01:05:27,655
spent. The funding can be spent outside of the financing

670
01:05:28,295 --> 01:05:32,055
district boundary within the city. So the law is flexible in that way, and that's different

671
01:05:32,445 --> 01:05:36,215
from the way other financing district tools. And it's important.

672
01:05:37,915 --> 01:05:41,655
so when you look at the areas that are defined at this stage, uh, the way they look

673
01:05:42,395 --> 01:05:45,545
in total, it's about 4,900 acres

674
01:05:46,445 --> 01:05:49,135
just under 10% of the city. In terms of acreage

675
01:05:50,745 --> 01:05:54,565
within the boundary today, meaning anything that's in one of these colors on this graphic

676
01:05:55,095 --> 01:05:59,085
today, the existing access property value is just shy of $9 billion. It's about

677
01:05:59,205 --> 01:06:02,205
12% of the city in terms of existing access, property value.

678
01:06:03,315 --> 01:06:07,125
there's always a balancing act being played in our experience with how big do you draw

679
01:06:07,325 --> 01:06:11,215
these boundaries? And a lot of it is balance between generating

680
01:06:11,885 --> 01:06:15,725
enough dollars to actually be able to afford meaningful projects of significance

681
01:06:16,775 --> 01:06:20,765
while not overburdening the general fund. We are often asked, hey, can

682
01:06:20,965 --> 01:06:24,875
I just put my whole city in one of these things and use all of my future property tax revenue? Yeah,

683
01:06:25,225 --> 01:06:28,965
le legally that's possible. But when we run the numbers and we look at that sort of return

684
01:06:29,345 --> 01:06:32,795
on investment analysis, that net fiscal impact analysis for the general fund,

685
01:06:33,425 --> 01:06:37,405
it is possible to over encumber the general fund with one of these districts by

686
01:06:37,605 --> 01:06:41,245
going perhaps too large by encumbering too much of the future

687
01:06:41,805 --> 01:06:45,625
property tax dollar. It's great if you get more out of the county as a potential partner if

688
01:06:45,845 --> 01:06:49,835
they're matching you, but as a city we'd argue you need to be able to afford what

689
01:06:50,205 --> 01:06:54,145
you're setting aside. 'cause you also just have to keep your lights on day to day and

690
01:06:54,645 --> 01:06:58,605
maintain your, your city service levels. So that's the balancing act. We feel like the draft

691
01:06:58,925 --> 01:07:02,885
boundaries at this stage do achieve that balance. And, uh, and they're not set in stone.

692
01:07:04,605 --> 01:07:08,545
and I should mention the, uh, appendix slides to this presentation have zoomed in

693
01:07:08,945 --> 01:07:12,825
graphics for all of these understanding. It's not very easy to see

694
01:07:12,985 --> 01:07:16,965
all of the detail on this summary graphic. So

695
01:07:17,185 --> 01:07:21,025
potential investments for eifd funding. So far it's been our team at cosson working with

696
01:07:21,265 --> 01:07:25,145
staff across departments, trying to illustrate where are the, where are the needs from

697
01:07:25,345 --> 01:07:29,345
an infrastructure basis, what are the areas that we think may be more appealing

698
01:07:29,885 --> 01:07:33,785
for the county to be a partner with the city? What are the types of projects that will

699
01:07:33,985 --> 01:07:37,865
achieve community-wide benefit, perhaps regional impact for some of these.

700
01:07:38,445 --> 01:07:42,225
and so on the left hand side of the page are just some example categories that could make some sense

701
01:07:43,165 --> 01:07:46,865
on the right hand side and green are some more specific. So not categories,

702
01:07:47,385 --> 01:07:49,985
but example specific investments, specific projects.

703
01:07:51,725 --> 01:07:55,345
if, uh, we total all those that we know in terms of dollars and costs,

704
01:07:55,895 --> 01:07:59,825
it's over 5 billion in unfunded costs. And we know that this district alone

705
01:08:00,085 --> 01:08:03,345
is not gonna be able to afford all of these projects. Certainly not alone.

706
01:08:04,165 --> 01:08:07,865
and that's not the point. I should clarify. Th this is a funding source that's

707
01:08:08,225 --> 01:08:12,125
meant to play well with other funding source and aggregate things like grant funding or

708
01:08:12,345 --> 01:08:16,100
dollars from impact fees or dollars from private sector developer advances

709
01:08:16,825 --> 01:08:20,705
and other funding source. So, uh, that's actually the way these things work the

710
01:08:20,925 --> 01:08:24,845
best. Um,

711
01:08:26,385 --> 01:08:30,385
I mean, not spend too much time here, but it's just very important to, for the members of the public,

712
01:08:30,545 --> 01:08:34,425
sometimes people think of ice pay my property tax in long beach, then the city gets

713
01:08:34,865 --> 01:08:38,335
all of my property tax. Uh, that's absolutely not the case. The city gets

714
01:08:38,975 --> 01:08:42,705
much less than half of the property tax paid within the city

715
01:08:43,175 --> 01:08:47,105
gets about 21% of it. The county gets slightly more, 27% of it,

716
01:08:47,365 --> 01:08:51,125
and most of the property tax dollars go to school related entities. And,

717
01:08:51,525 --> 01:08:55,425
uh, those entities could not participate in this type of tool even if they

718
01:08:55,545 --> 01:08:59,545
wanted to. So the main players in this world of these types of financing districts

719
01:08:59,965 --> 01:09:03,865
do tend to be cities and ideally the cities and counties partnering together.

720
01:09:06,405 --> 01:09:10,345
and there is lots of flexibility. And within that specific boundary, how much of the

721
01:09:10,505 --> 01:09:14,265
city share of property taxes allocated, uh, city controls that

722
01:09:14,575 --> 01:09:18,255
typically we're not seeing cities allocate more than half of it. 'cause again, there's

723
01:09:18,745 --> 01:09:22,705
this balancing act being played. How many dollars do I give to this district versus how many

724
01:09:22,865 --> 01:09:26,785
dollars do I allow to flow unencumbered to my general fund? Again, just to keep the

725
01:09:26,945 --> 01:09:30,845
lights on day to day? So we've evaluated two scenarios as

726
01:09:31,065 --> 01:09:34,835
some good placeholders. Obviously this is not a data point that's being decided today,

727
01:09:35,605 --> 01:09:39,585
but in either scenario, we do think it would be fair to assume that you could achieve the county

728
01:09:40,285 --> 01:09:44,285
as a partner. And in, in rough terms, what does that mean five years out

729
01:09:44,565 --> 01:09:47,435
in terms of dollars that would be available between 32 and $66 million

730
01:09:49,645 --> 01:09:53,385
10 years out? How many dollars do we think could be available between 85 million, $170 million?

731
01:09:55,045 --> 01:09:58,785
and again, these are long term districts. So as value continues to grow,

732
01:09:59,125 --> 01:10:02,965
you could be looking on the order of 278, 500 $50 million on

733
01:10:03,225 --> 01:10:07,165
a, on a present value basis over the long term. Again, you

734
01:10:07,385 --> 01:10:11,385
can control that duration as a city, but, uh, the maximum we think

735
01:10:11,545 --> 01:10:12,545
could be on the order of 50 years.

736
01:10:15,825 --> 01:10:19,785
uh, the county partnership, I just should mention, is always comes with strings as, as

737
01:10:20,145 --> 01:10:24,125
do all things in life. They, they've got a policy that governs whether or not they partner with the city.

738
01:10:24,945 --> 01:10:28,925
uh, it's been, we think, pretty reasonable for cities to achieve this in the county of

739
01:10:29,105 --> 01:10:33,045
los angeles. And, um, a lot of it is quite objective. They won't give more dollars

740
01:10:33,315 --> 01:10:37,245
than the city. More to the point where we, like, we know from experience, the

741
01:10:37,405 --> 01:10:40,805
county likes to see some level of emphasis on affordable housing as an example.

742
01:10:41,545 --> 01:10:45,285
in addition to that, an emphasis on, on job creation, on blight removal

743
01:10:46,145 --> 01:10:50,055
as other things. So we think in our analysis thus far, these are quite easy boxes

744
01:10:50,545 --> 01:10:54,525
to check in long beach for this type of district. But that is a conversation

745
01:10:55,005 --> 01:10:57,445
that would need to be had directly between the city and the county.

746
01:11:00,625 --> 01:11:04,615
again, uh, the return on investment is a big reason we're seeing for cities go down this

747
01:11:04,775 --> 01:11:08,735
path. Our firm's analysis with staff to date has just put some numbers to that

748
01:11:09,175 --> 01:11:13,165
analysis in terms of housing production, thousands of units, job creation,

749
01:11:13,455 --> 01:11:17,445
again, in the thousands and the wages associated with those jobs. And then very importantly,

750
01:11:17,965 --> 01:11:21,755
just that general fund dollars and cents return on investment, what

751
01:11:22,045 --> 01:11:26,045
we call the net fiscal impact analysis. Uh, we are seeing, you know, in the tens

752
01:11:26,245 --> 01:11:30,225
of millions of dollars as a net positive for doing this, or else we

753
01:11:30,445 --> 01:11:34,245
would argue why, why do it if it's not a net positive? And then that last bullet point,

754
01:11:34,615 --> 01:11:38,325
again, not to be lost in the discussion and yet making yourself more competitive

755
01:11:39,185 --> 01:11:41,045
for yet other dollars such as state grants.

756
01:11:45,735 --> 01:11:49,555
now, we'll just keep going. This is just that net fiscal return over time. Very importantly,

757
01:11:50,645 --> 01:11:54,235
getting more positive, not less positive. So

758
01:11:54,735 --> 01:11:58,575
wrapping up there is a po a process prescribed by the legislation that governs these

759
01:11:58,775 --> 01:12:02,715
tools. The themes you'll continue to hear are public

760
01:12:03,135 --> 01:12:06,965
meetings and hearings with a lot of noticing, newspaper mailing, website

761
01:12:07,525 --> 01:12:11,435
notices, spacing between meetings, again, at least 30 days apart. Um,

762
01:12:11,765 --> 01:12:15,695
from where we sit today in january of 2026, we think it would be

763
01:12:16,095 --> 01:12:20,035
feasible if the city were to decide to move forward to get through, uh, the

764
01:12:20,255 --> 01:12:23,955
process by the end of this calendar year, by october

765
01:12:24,455 --> 01:12:28,415
or so. And again, the city would control the timing and the pace of all of that. But

766
01:12:28,665 --> 01:12:32,235
with all the, the required meetings and their corresponding notices,

767
01:12:33,675 --> 01:12:37,595
spending time with the county to suss out a potential partnership, we do think it would be

768
01:12:37,915 --> 01:12:41,765
feasible. Um, so at this point, we're

769
01:12:42,115 --> 01:12:45,955
just still in this, um, wrapping up this feasibility analysis stage, having a conversation

770
01:12:46,435 --> 01:12:50,395
like today to hear your feedback, your additional questions, those questions

771
01:12:50,555 --> 01:12:54,235
and comments from the public. Uh, I believe the next meeting we have scheduled

772
01:12:54,635 --> 01:12:58,515
is early february for the economic development commission. And then at some point,

773
01:12:59,055 --> 01:13:03,035
we think some sometime soon, if the city is feeling positive about this, we think it

774
01:13:03,195 --> 01:13:07,195
would be that good time to have that initial meeting with the county to take their

775
01:13:07,395 --> 01:13:11,355
temperature on their willingness to be your partner, uh, likely before anything goes to the

776
01:13:11,435 --> 01:13:15,195
full city council for, for an action. Uh, so thank you for, for

777
01:13:15,475 --> 01:13:17,595
bearing with us. We'd be very happy to address any questions.

778
01:13:21,325 --> 01:13:25,085
thank you so much, uh, for the presentation. I know dr. Sarra,

779
01:13:25,435 --> 01:13:29,055
this is information that you have seen before. Um, so I'll let you kick off,

780
01:13:29,495 --> 01:13:33,435
uh, with anything you've thought through since the last time you heard it. If you've got any questions or

781
01:13:33,755 --> 01:13:37,675
comments, um, I, I have mainly comments. Thank you chair kerr.

782
01:13:38,115 --> 01:13:42,095
I I just wanna say thank you for taking back, um, the

783
01:13:42,635 --> 01:13:46,395
comments and requests to revise. Um, I was concerned

784
01:13:46,955 --> 01:13:50,515
if you could finish this presentation in 20 minutes. So I think ,

785
01:13:51,235 --> 01:13:55,155
I think that you were able to take some and I think, uh, do it

786
01:13:55,275 --> 01:13:59,265
in a way where it just gets the point across. So I think this is great practice to be able

787
01:13:59,575 --> 01:14:03,515
to continue more succinctly, but also I think best tell the story of what

788
01:14:03,795 --> 01:14:07,715
e ids are. Um, also putting in an additional example

789
01:14:08,075 --> 01:14:11,845
budget page and renaming the quarters

790
01:14:12,465 --> 01:14:16,265
as well. So thanks for making those revision. Um,

791
01:14:17,225 --> 01:14:20,705
but I don't have any questions. Just that, uh,

792
01:14:21,325 --> 01:14:25,065
feedback. Thanks. Thank you. Uh, I appreciate you all coming.

793
01:14:25,745 --> 01:14:29,485
and the work obviously started in 2019, was the kickoff of the timeline of conversations

794
01:14:30,025 --> 01:14:33,925
in the city. Um, and we know sometimes things feel like they take a long time,

795
01:14:34,585 --> 01:14:38,545
uh, but I appreciate the expediency over the last couple of years and what you think is

796
01:14:38,765 --> 01:14:42,565
a potential roadmap for us within the next calendar year. That's exciting.

797
01:14:43,185 --> 01:14:46,925
um, I appreciate you being here at the committee. I think one of the things we try to do with the committees

798
01:14:47,205 --> 01:14:50,325
is offer a space for a pub public presentation.

799
01:14:51,585 --> 01:14:55,475
um, as you said, there's addendums to that slide deck. I probably have 10 or 12 more

800
01:14:55,765 --> 01:14:59,765
slides with, uh, zoomed in maps, the budget page, which we will also make

801
01:14:59,965 --> 01:15:03,245
available and share with folks who are interested. Um, because as you said, transparency.

802
01:15:04,665 --> 01:15:08,465
um, what, what term did you use with transparency? Rigorous transparency. I used an

803
01:15:09,845 --> 01:15:13,805
relentless, relentless transparency. So I appreciate, uh, using this committee to be

804
01:15:13,925 --> 01:15:17,465
part of that transparency moving forward, um,

805
01:15:18,425 --> 01:15:22,285
and having conversations with, I think for some folks it'll be the first time that they hear it

806
01:15:22,445 --> 01:15:26,325
when they put the information out, we know it'll come to council, um, and will be

807
01:15:27,005 --> 01:15:30,805
sunshined very publicly for a, for a while now. So I appreciate all of this information.

808
01:15:31,905 --> 01:15:35,645
uh, I don't have any more comments. I think if we can check if there's any public comments

809
01:15:35,985 --> 01:15:39,325
on this item and I appreciate you all coming out as well and being available to us.

810
01:15:40,925 --> 01:15:44,865
if there are any members of the public that would like to speak on item number three, please come to

811
01:15:44,945 --> 01:15:48,755
the podium now. No public comment chair. Thank

812
01:15:49,105 --> 01:15:53,065
you. Um, we'll take the vote in just a minute, but again, uh, thank you for all of the hard work on this.

813
01:15:53,185 --> 01:15:57,105
thank you for, uh, continuing to engage, uh, all of us here at the city council

814
01:15:57,425 --> 01:16:01,285
offices and the public moving forward on this exciting opportunity. So

815
01:16:01,505 --> 01:16:02,985
thank you. Can we take the vote please?

816
01:16:08,875 --> 01:16:12,495
motion is carried. Thank you so much.

817
01:16:13,835 --> 01:16:17,795
um, that is our last item. So if

818
01:16:18,355 --> 01:16:22,275
we, is there any general public comment this evening? If there are any members of the

819
01:16:22,435 --> 01:16:26,275
public that would like to speak on, uh, something not on the agenda, please come to the

820
01:16:26,475 --> 01:16:30,335
opponent now. No public comment chair. Thank you.

821
01:16:30,595 --> 01:16:33,255
uh, then we will be adjourned. Thank you.