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FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.[Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee on July 7, 2022.]
7TH OF JUNE, 2022.IT IS 10:00 AM AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE AND NOTE THAT THE MEETING IS BEING HELD IN HYBRID MODE DUE TO THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THAT'S CHAPTER 5 51, THE PROVISIONS THAT ALLOWED PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD SOLELY AND VIRTUALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UH, THE MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE IN CHAMBERS, AND AS CHAIR AND PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 51 0.1 27 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE APPLICABLE TO A GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT EXTENDS INTO THREE OR MORE COUNTIES.
ALL OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. WE HAVE HAD SIX MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.
THAT WILL BE AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS.
THE SPEAKERS ARE BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
SO WE WILL, UH, MONITOR THAT AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS ARE DONE.
AND THE DEADLINE FOR SIGNING UP TO SPEAK WAS AT 5:00 PM YESTERDAY.
HOWEVER, AS ALWAYS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTATIONS MAY BE SENT TO OUR OFFICE AT THE AT LARGE2@HOUSTONTX.GOV EMAIL ADDRESS, AND WE WILL SHARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, APPROPRIATE TO THE QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW UP AFTER THE MEETING AND DISTRIBUTE THOSE RESPONSES.
TODAY'S AGENDA TOPICS INCLUDE SCHOOL SPEED ZONES.
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS GROUP OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND JANICE LAKEY IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
SHE'S HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON THAT TOPIC, SCHOOL SPEED ZONES.
AND NEXT WE'LL HEAR REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, ALSO PRESENTED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS GROUP WITHIN HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KANG QUINN.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REMAIN ON MUTE DURING THE MEETING AND HOLD THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION.
AND NOTE THAT TO GET IN THE QUEUE, THEY SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO THE CHAT SAYING, REQUEST TO SPEAK, AND WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES, UH, FOR THEIR QUESTIONS WITH OUR PRESENTERS.
UM, ALL PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HELD OFF UNTIL THE TWO PRESENTATIONS ARE COMPLETED.
THIS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ORGANIZED IN THE ORDER THAT PUBLIC SPEAKERS REGISTERED COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER EACH PRESENTATION TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM IN REAL TIME.
AND WE MAY HAVE A FEW OF THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS APPEAR ON VIDEO AT THEIR DISCRETION.
SO FOR EACH PRESENTATION, WE'RE GONNA ASK THE SPEAKER TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND ANY STAFF PRESENT FOR THE RECORD.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE CALL UP OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS GROUP WITHIN HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
AND, UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS OF INTRODUCTION FOR TODAY'S TWO AGENDA TOPICS.
SO I THINK WITH THAT, WE HAVE YOUR MIC ON AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
GOOD MORNING, UH, CHAIR ROBINSON AND VICE CHAIR ALCORN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE TTI COMMITTEE, UM, MEMBERS THAT ARE LISTENING ON THE COUNCIL, UH, CITIZENS, BOTH HERE, UH, ON VIRTUAL, AND THEN THOSE THAT WILL LISTEN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE SCHOOL ZONE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS OFTEN COMES UP AT COUNCIL WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE RECEIVE YOUR EMAILS, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM CITIZENS.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE, UH, DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR HADDOCK OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSFORMATION.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR PURPOSE, UH, TO GATHER.
WE CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOUSTON TO THRIVE.
AND WITH THAT, UH, TDO IS ALSO GOING THROUGH TRANSFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN ALIGN WITH VISION ZERO, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER, 2020.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UH, THE GROUP THAT KANG WHEN, UH, LEADS USED TO BE CALLED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, UH, BRANCH, UM, AND THAT IS VERY SQUISHY.
IT'S VERY, IT DOESN'T REFLECT, UM, THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR OURSELVES.
AND SO WE HAVE RENAMED THAT BRANCH MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN, UH, TO REFLECT, UH, THE VISION THAT WE HAVE TO REFLECT VISION ZERO TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
AND IN THAT GROUP, WE'VE ALSO CREATED A DESIGN STUDIO SO THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND JUST THINKING ALSO AGAIN ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VISION ZERO AND THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS,
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UM, TRYING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT FASTER, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS, IT TAKES A LOT TO CONSTRUCT TO DO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.UM, AND SO, UM, IF YOU GO TO THE INTERSECTION OF FULTON EQUIPMENT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY LOW COST QUICK DESIGN, UM, TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO GET ACROSS THE STREET, UM, THAT WE DID WITH OUR IN-HOUSE CREWS, UM, THAT WE PAINTED, UM, AS WELL TO CREATE SOME ART AESTHETIC.
AND SO THAT IS, THAT WAS LED BY KANG'S TEAM.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS WE WAIT FOR SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS TO HAPPEN.
UM, IN ADDITION WITH THAT, WE HAVE SOME OTHER ALIGNMENTS, UH, WHERE WE'VE MOVED, UH, THE MOBILITY PERMITTING TEAM OUT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS, AND IT'S MOVING TO THE PERMITTING CENTER.
AND SO WHAT THAT IS DOING IS FREEING UP SOME FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS FOR KANG'S TEAM SO THAT WE CAN HIRE MORE ENGINEERS, MORE PLANNERS, UM, THAT UNDERSTAND THE VISION THAT WE HAVE, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, MOVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, UM, AND HAVE, UM, BETTER DESIGNS, UH, BETTER WAYS TO ADDRESS SAFETY.
UH, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, THIS TEAM IS STRETCHED VERY THIN.
UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN, UH, MISS JANICE LAKEY, UH, SUPPORTING ME DURING THE RAIL CONVERSATION.
UH, SO SHE HAS RAIL IN SCHOOL ZONES, AND THAT IS A LOT, JUST EVEN GIVEN THE SHEER NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT WE SUPPORT HERE IN HOUSTON.
UM, ALSO TOO, EVERY TIME WE PUT SOMETHING IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, IT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP REGARDING SCHOOL ZONE BEACONS.
UM, BUT WE PUT A SCHOOL ZONE BEACON IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, SIGNAL PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO MAINTAIN THEM.
THEY DO GET HIT, UM, AND WE HAVE TO GET THEM BACK UP AND OPERABLE.
UH, THINGS LIKE SPEED HUMPS, UH, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE PUT IT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND RIGHT NOW, OUR CREWS ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE MAYOR STREET REHAB INITIATIVE.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE TO PULL TO MAINTAIN IT JUST, IT, IT PULLS RESOURCES.
UM, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I WILL SAY, I WANNA REST ASSURED TO EVERYONE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A VISION MOVING FORWARD.
UH, OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY UPDATING CHAPTER 15 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, AND THAT IS TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, UH, TO REFLECT OUR NEW, UH, ENLIGHTENED THINKING.
WE ARE ALSO UPDATING CHAPTER 17, WHICH IS BICYCLE TRANSIT PEDESTRIAN DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND SO I SAY ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT, UM, AS WE, THESE ARE JUST TWO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO CODIFY, UM, OUR VISION SO THAT EVEN AS OTHERS COME FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING IN THE, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, THAT IT, THAT, THAT IS CODIFIED AND IT REFLECTS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS.
AND SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THEY'LL SAY PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING.
UM, BUT ACTUALLY OUR DEFAULT SPEED LIMIT WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS 30 MILES PER HOUR.
AND SO PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 30 MILES PER HOUR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD, BUT THAT FEELS TOO FAST BECAUSE IT IS TOO FAST FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD.
UM, SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM, BILL KELLY'S TEAM, UM, AS THIS NEW LEGISLATURE COMES UP TO PUT ANOTHER EFFORT FORWARD TO LOWER THE DEFAULT SPEED LIMIT IN, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.
AND THAT WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS TO GET THE SPEED LIMIT DOWN TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.
UM, AND SO WE DO CALL ON, UH, THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE LISTENING TO ASSIST US IN THAT EFFORT, IN REACHING OUT TO THEIR, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND STATE SENATORS TO HELP US, UH, PUSH FORWARD A LOWER DEFAULT SPEED LIMIT.
UM, AND SO THAT IS JUST WHAT I DO WANNA SAY.
UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THESE, UH, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL UPDATES, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST VETTING IT INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE ARE GONNA GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER SOMETHING MORE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, DEVOLVED INTO SPEED HUMPS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM HERE, AND HISTORICALLY WE HAD MORE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.
AND SO WE DO WANT TO, UM, PUT THOSE BACK IN, IN A WAY THAT ARE, UH, FASTER FOR US TO REACT, UM, AND LOWER COST TO MAINTAIN.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO INTRODUCE JANICE, TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL ZONES AND WHAT WE ARE DOING THERE, UM, AROUND THOSE.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND BEFORE YOU, UH, VACATE THE CHAIR THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF WHO ARE IN THE CHAMBERS, SOME OF WHOM MAY WANT TO HAVE A BRIEF WORD WITH YOU, BUT I, I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BRINGING UP THAT, THAT POINT ABOUT THE PRIMA FACIA, UH, SPEED LIMIT THAT IS 30, MAY GO TO 25, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME WORK, OBVIOUSLY, WITH OUR LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN TO, UH, THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE CHAMBER OR WITH US ONLINE.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE VICE CHAIR, MY COLLEAGUE,
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COUNCIL MEMBER, SALLY ALCORN, AND THE POSITION FIVE AT LARGE.UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, VICE CHAIR, UM, FROM, UH, DISTRICT A.
MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER, AMY PECK IS HERE ALSO IN THE CHAMBER.
WE HAVE VIRTUALLY ATTENDING COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ, THAT'S FROM THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, DISTRICT D AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN HERE VIRTUALLY, UM, FROM DISTRICT G STAFF MEMBERS HERE LOCATED IN THE CHAMBER WITH US, UH, INCLUDE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN IN DISTRICT C, UH, STAFF FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT E STAFF, FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX AT LARGE, AS WELL AS STAFF, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER IN THE POSITION AT LARGE FOR, SO I BELIEVE WITH THAT, I HAVE COVERED EVERYONE.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN MISSED, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
OTHERWISE, I BELIEVE WE'VE COVERED IT AND SEEING NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, MS. DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS, AND AGAIN, UH, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND NOW WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN TO THE FIRST PRESENTATION TODAY.
UH, THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE'S PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, WILL BE DELIVERED BY MS. JANICE LAKEY, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS.
OKAY, I'M READY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LOAD THAT PRESENTATION UP NOW.
I AM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS.
UM, OUR PURPOSE FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS IS TOGETHER WE CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOUSTON TO THRIVE.
AND IF YOU COULD BRING THE MIC TO YOU, JUST, UH, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE READY FOR YOU MS. LAKEY.
AGAIN, OUR PURPOSE, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
OUR PURPOSE IS TOGETHER WE CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOUSTON TO THRIVE.
WE HAVE FIVE TO THRIVE VALUES, WHICH ARE INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK, OWNERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, AND RESPECT.
AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SCHOOL SPEED ZONES.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 562 SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE COMPRISED OF 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND APPROXIMATELY 165 PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THESE SCHOOLS ARE, THERE ARE 1700 SCHOOL ZONES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
IN THOSE 1700 SCHOOL ZONES, WE HAVE 7,000 SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT SIGNS, AND THE SIGNS ARE APPROXIMATELY $500 PER SIGN.
THAT'S INCLUDING LABOR SIGNAGE IN THE, WE ALSO HAVE 1400 FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS IN THESE 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 165 SCHOOLS, WHICH THE FLASHING BEACONS, THE COST IS APPROXIMATELY $10,000 PER SIGN.
THE ROADWAY SPEED LIMIT IS REDUCED TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
DURING A SCHOOL ZONE TIME, WE, OUR SCHOOL ZONE TIMES CONSIST OF, UH, AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND 45 IN THE, IN THE EVENING.
WE START A SCHOOL ZONE 45 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL COMMENCE, AND WE CONTINUE IT UNTIL 15 MINUTES AFTER.
AND IN THE EVENING, WE START THE SCHOOL ZONE 15 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL ZONE STARTS, AND THE ZONE GOES UNTIL 30 MINUTES.
AFTER SCHOOL ZONES ARE UPDATED EVERY 12 TO 18 MONTHS AND MUST BE APPROVED BY CITY OF COUNCIL.
THEY ARE ENFORCEABLE BY, UM, HPV SCHOOL, DISTRICT POLICE, AND OTHER IN LAW ENFORCEMENTS SCHOOL ZONE COMPONENTS.
A SCHOOL ZONE IS MADE OF, OF 20 MILE AN HOUR.
SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT SIGNS, OR THERE ARE 20 MILE
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AN HOUR FLASHING BEACONS.FLASHING BEACONS ARE INSTALLED ON THOROUGH FARES, COLLECTORS AND STREETS THAT HAVE MORE THAN 5,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
BEACONS ARE PROGRAMMED AND MONITORED AND UPDATED REMOTELY.
THEY ARE, WE ARE ABLE TO, IN, UH, PROGRAM EARLY RELEASE DAYS, SPECIAL EVENTS, HOLIDAYS, AND OTHER EXCEPTIONS ARE PROGRAMMED.
ADDITION TO THE FLASHING BEACONS AND THE 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
SIGNS WE DO, WE INSTALL SCHOOL CROSSING SIGNS AND CROSSWALK MARKINGS.
CROSSWALK MARKINGS ARE CONTINENTAL CROSSWALK MARKINGS.
THEY'RE INSTALLED AT AT NONS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.
AND IF AN INTERSECTION HAS, UM, A, A SIGNAL, WE INSTALL STANDARD CROSSWALK MARKINGS.
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF SIGNS WE INSTALL FOR SCHOOL ZONES TO, TO HELP WITH THE SAFETY, AND THOSE TYPES OF SIGNS ARE TYPICALLY ARE CUSTOMIZED TO THE SCHOOL'S NEEDS.
MS. LAKEY, IF YOU WOULD, HOLD ON ONE MOMENT.
I AM TOLD THAT THE, UM, THE HTV FEED, THE LIVE FEED AND WEBCAST IS EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
SO WE'D LIKE TO INSTRUCT THE PUBLIC THAT IF INTENDING TO WATCH VIA THE HTV WEBSITE, THEY NEED TO CLICK ON THE GOOGLE ROKU ICONS TO BE REDIRECTED TO THAT LIVE FEED.
AND ALSO THAT HTV FACEBOOK IS ANOTHER MEANS TO SEE THAT THAT IS WORKING.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE WITH THAT, I WILL WAIT FOR AN INDICATION TO SEE IF WE'RE BACK ONLINE.
BUT WHY DON'T YOU, I THINK, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD THEN WITH YOUR NEXT SLIDE.
THE TYPICAL PROCESS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SCHOOL ZONE IS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL WILL APPLY FOR A SCHOOL ZONE.
THE SCHOOL MUST EITHER BE A ELEMENTARY, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE STREETS MUST BE BORDER, THE SCHOOL OR A DESIGNATED CROSSING FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND A HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK STAFF MEMBER WILL GO OUT, DO A FIELD INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE.
IF A SCHOOL ZONE IS WARRANTED, ALL INSTALLATION MUST COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES LETTER KNOWN AS THE T-M-U-T-C-D.
FLASHING BEACONS VERSUS STATIC SIGNS.
FLASHING BEACONS ARE INSTALLED ON THOROUGHFARES THOROUGHFARES.
THEY CARRY A HIGHER SPEED LIMIT AND THEY ARE WIDER ROADWAYS.
THE REACTION TIME FOR A DRIVER IS LONGER ON A THOROUGHFARE, AND THE SIGNS ON THE STORE FARE THOROUGHFARE NEEDS ENHANCED VISIBILITY.
MINOR STREETS, THEY'RE LOW, THEY HAVE LOWER SPEED LIMITS.
THE TRAFFIC VOLUME IS LOWER PRIMARILY DURING THE SCHOOL'S INTAKE AND DISMISSAL TIME.
THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY IS THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER, IF STANDARD TREATMENTS AND OTHER SPEED REDUCTIONS DEVICES ARE NOT EFFECTIVE, WE CAN LOOK INTO, UM, INSTALLATION OF BEACONS ON A ROADWAY, BUT THAT'S AFTER AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT ALL OTHER MEANS HAVE NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SCHOOL, UM, PINE SHADOWS ELEMENTARY.
THEY, IT SHARES THE ZONE CURRENTLY WITH SPRINGWOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEW ORLEANS ROADWAY.
THIS IS A PROPOSED, UM, INSTALLATION.
CURRENTLY THIS ROADWAY HAS A SCHOOL ZONE, BUT THIS ROADWAY IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT THE COUNTY INSTALL SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON NEW ORLEANS ROADWAY.
IF THE TRAFFIC CURRENTLY IS NOT COMPLYING WITH THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, WE CAN INSTALL ADDITIONAL SIGNS.
UM, THE, THE TOP SIGNS SHOWING ON HAMMERLY ROADWAY, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW OF A, IT'S A THOROUGHFARE AND THE CROSSING ON THOROUGHFARES, THERE ARE FEWER CROSSINGS AND THE ZONES ON THOROUGHFARES PROTECT THE STUDENT'S CROSSING.
SO NOT AS MANY SIGNS OR A, A LENGTH OF A ZONE WOULD BE NEEDED ON A THOROUGHFARE.
IT WOULD BE CALLED, IT WOULD BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT THE CROSSING.
JUST NOTE ON NUANCE ROADWAY, WE'RE SHOWING A LOT OF SIGNS THAT COULD BE INSTALLED.
WE CAN INSTALL SIGNS AT ALL INTERSECTING ROADWAYS, BUT WE DO INSTALL THEM WHERE STUDENTS ARE EITHER
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DESIGNATED TO BE CROSSING BY THE SCHOOL OR THE DISTRICT, OR WE HAVE OBSERVED STUDENTS ARE CROSSING AT THAT INTERSECTION.CURRENTLY, WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS ROADWAY HAT SPEED CUSHIONS, AND WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT HARRIS COUNTY REINSTALL THE SPEED CUSHIONS ON NEWAN ROADWAY.
THERE'S EXAMPLE OF A THOROUGHFARE ON THE LEFT SIDE IS A SCHOOL ZONE BINET ROADWAY.
THE TOP SLIDE SHOWS PICTURE SHOWS, UM, VEHICLES APPROACHING A SCHOOL ZONE.
WHAT? SO MOTORISTS CAN SEE, UM, THAT THEY'RE APPROACHING A SCHOOL ZONE.
WELL, THEY ACTUALLY, THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOL ZONE.
AND THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE IS THE ACTUAL CROSSING WHERE THERE IS A CROSSING GUARD CROSSING THE STUDENTS.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS A, UM, SCHOOL ZONE FOR LOVET ELEMENTARY.
THIS SCHOOL IS THE SAME THING.
THE TOP PICTURE IS SHOWING THE TRAFFIC APPROACHING.
THIS HILL IS A FOUR LANE ROAD, FOUR LANE WIDE ROADWAY THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO CROSS.
IT'S A THOROUGHFARE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE CROSSING, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS WHERE THE, UH, THE, THERE'S ALSO A CROSSING GUARD IN PLACE TO ASSIST THE KIDS ACROSS THE ROADWAY IN ADDITION TO THE SPEED LIMIT BEING REDUCED TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
THIS IS SOME PICTURES OF SOME MINOR STREETS.
UM, THERE, THEY'RE, THESE FLU ZONES ARE MONITORED BY 20 MILE AN HOUR, FLASHING SI, UM, NOT FLASHING 20 MILE AN HOUR.
STATIC SIGNS, THEY ARE LOW VOLUME, UM, LOW TRAFFIC, AND MOST OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE ON THIS ROADWAY IS WHEN THE SCHOOL IS EITHER IN TAKING IN OR WHEN THEY'RE DISMISSING.
THESE, JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME CROSSING AREAS OF SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND THESE, THESE ARE, WE ARE MINOR ROADWAYS, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE.
OUR BEACONS ARE, WELL, ALL OF OUR SIGNS MEAN WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE ROAD, THE SIGNS THAT WE PUT UP IN THE ROADWAY.
UM, MAINTAINING A BEACON TAKES, UM, A LONGER TIME FOR REPLACEMENT.
IT USUALLY CAN TAKE FROM WEEKS TO MONTHS TO, TO REPLACE A BEACON THAT'S KNOCKED DOWN.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE STATIC SIGNS, THE 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS IT CAN TAKE, IT'LL TAKE JUST DAYS.
ONCE WE RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT A, A SCHOOL ZONE SIGN IS KNOCKED DOWN, AND IF IT'S A STATIC SIGN, IT'S USUALLY IN REINSTALLED WITHIN TWO TO THREE DAYS, IF NOT A SHORTER TIMEFRAME.
HERE ARE SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVE RELATED TO SCHOOL ZONES.
UM, WHO PAYS FOR SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE? SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE IS FUNDED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
NO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCUR A COST FOR SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE.
OUR SCHOOL ZONES INSTALLED FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK INSTALLED SCHOOL ZONES AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
CITY LIMITS, REGARDLESS OF THE DISTRICT OR IF IT'S PRIVATE, CAN A PARTY OTHER THAN HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS PAY FOR SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE.
THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS WILL CONTACT, WILL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON ANY REPORTED SCHOOL ZONE, CONCERNS OR NEEDS, AND ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUE.
THE CAUSE FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE ARE OCCURRED INCURRED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
AGAIN, NO SCHOOL PRIVATE OR PUBLIC ENCOURAGE A COST FOR SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGES.
CAN A SCHOOL ZONE CONCERN ONLY BE REPORTED BY THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL? ANYONE CAN REPORT A SCHOOL ZONE CONCERN.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE LOCATION AND CONTACT A SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL FOR COLLABORATION AS NEEDED.
ARE SCHOOL ZONES INSTALLED FOR SIGNAL WISE INTERSECTIONS? TRAFFIC SIGNAL, LIES, INTERSECTIONS.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS PROVIDE A HIGHER MEANS OF PROTECTION.
SO SCHOOL ZONES ARE NOT WARRANTED AS SIGNAL WISE INTERSECTIONS WITH PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNALS.
AND THE BIG QUESTION IS, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A SCHOOL ZONE INSTALLED? AN INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED WITHIN TWO TO THREE DAYS, IF NOT LIST
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AFTER HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS RECEIVE A REQUEST.THE INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION AND WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE SCHOOL'S INTAKE AND DISMISSAL TIMEFRAME.
REQUESTS SUBMITTED DURING NON-SCHOOL ON SESSIONS ARE PLACED IN PENDING UNTIL SCHOOL RESUMES.
SO IF WE RECEIVE A REQUEST DURING THE SUMMERTIME OR THE WINTER BREAK OR THE SPRING BREAK, THEN WE PUT THOSE IN PENDING TO INVESTIGATE IT SO WE CAN OBSERVE THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING.
IF A SCHOOL ZONE IS WARRANTED, A WORK ORDER WILL BE SUBMITTED TO INSTALL THE ZONE.
OUR SIGN SHOP INSTALL THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE WITHIN 14 DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF A WORK ORDER EXCEPT FOR FLASHING BEACONS.
FLASHING BEACONS MAY TAKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS, SOMETIMES LONGER FOR INSTALLATION.
SOMETIMES IT'S DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SOMETIMES IT'S DUE TO MATERIAL SHORTAGE AND OTHER REASONS WHERE, UM, IT TAKES LONGER FOR A FLASHING BEACON TO BE INSTALLED.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO CALL FOR A, A DIG ORDER TO KNOW WHAT'S UNDERGROUND.
UM, THIS NOTE, THE SCHOOL ZONES ARE INSTALLED FOR STU, STUDENT CROSSING ACTIVITIES.
INSTALLATION OF REDUCED SPEED ZONE IS NOT WARRANTED IF THERE ARE NO STUDENTS OR POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS CROSSING THE ROADWAY.
THAT'S THE CASE THAT WE RECEIVE REQUESTS FOR A SCHOOL ZONE AND THE STUDENTS ARE, THERE COULD BE A SCHOOL AND NO STUDENTS CROSSING THE ROADWAY.
THEY NEVER LEAVE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IN THAT CASE, WE DO NOT INSTALL SCHOOL ZONES.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE CURRENTLY FOR SCHOOL ZONES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. LAKEY.
THIS WAS A COMPELLING PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE YOUR DETAIL AND, AND, AND, UH, THOUGHTS TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY THREE ADDITIONAL OFFICE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS, AND THOSE WOULD BE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT B, UH, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CIRO'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT H, AND FINALLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL ASH'S OFFICE IN THE AT LARGE THREE POSITION.
SO OF THAT, WE WERE, WE'VE REQUESTED QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR FIRST QUESTION IN THE QUEUES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PECK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD THAT KIND OF LED TO THIS PRESENTATION WAS ABOUT PUTTING THE FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS ON THE MINOR ROADS AND THE NON-MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE AND THE REASONS WHY WE DON'T PUT IT ON THE OTHER STREETS.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE'S A WAY TO LOOK AT EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES TO PUT THOSE FLASHING SCHOOL ZONES NOT EVERYWHERE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T PUT IT EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S A MAINTENANCE COST.
THERE'S ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT THE EXAMPLE YOU GAVE FOR NEW ORLEANS ROAD, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS ALL STARTED.
AND LOOKING AT THE MAP, THAT'S SO MANY SIGNS ON
AND I THINK THE REASON WHY CONSTITUENTS REQUESTED THE FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS SPECIFICALLY ON NUANCE IS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO SCHOOLS ON ENDS.
THERE'S THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THE SCHOOL ZONE TIMES ARE DIFFERENT.
PEOPLE GET CONFUSED OF EXACTLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOL ZONE AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO HOMES, THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON WOODY IS ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON ON THAT STREET.
UM, AND I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC, IF THERE'S A WAY TO, TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE'S A THRESHOLD WHERE IT MIGHT NOT BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD INSTALL THOSE FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS.
UM, THE, UM, SPEED CUSHIONS WERE INSTALLED, UM, JUST LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE ON NEW END.
SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY HELP, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THERE'S JUST, AGAIN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON ON THAT STREET THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO HAVE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PUTTING THOSE, THOSE FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS.
SO WE HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT AND NOW WE SAY WE WILL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF THE MEASURES THAT ARE THERE.
IF THEY ARE NOT SOLVING THE CONCERNS OR THE PROBLEMS OUT THERE, THEN WE WILL LOOK INTO INSTALLING FLASHING BEACONS ON ROADWAYS OTHER THAN A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OR COLLECTOR OR EVEN A ROADWAY THAT CARRIES 5,000 VEHICLES OR MORE.
THERE'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THERE BEING TWO SCHOOLS ON THAT STREET AND IT'S PRETTY SMALL STREET, I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT WARRANT THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING THE FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS REMOTELY, I KNOW AT ONE POINT, UM, THE CITY DID NOT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO CHANGE IT LIKE DURING SUMMERTIME AND ALL THAT, AND THEY WERE MOVING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
ARE WE FULLY THERE YET? OR HOW ARE WE ON THAT? WE ARE FULLY THERE YET, WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
WE DID THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE PROGRAMMED AND WE DID THE SUMMER SCHOOL
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PROGRAM.AND WE ARE THIS UPCOMING 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST SCHOOL YEAR WHERE WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR BEACONS CAPABLE OF BEING PROGRAMMED AND WE ARE ALREADY SETTING UP THE PROGRAMS FOR THE SCHOOL YEARS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE SETTING UP THE DISTRICTS ALREADY FOR ALL OF THEIR HOLIDAYS, FOR ALL OF THEIR CALENDAR DAY ON THE CALENDAR.
IF THEY HAVE EARLY RELEASE DAYS, WE'RE SETTING UP THE BEACONS TO FLASH FOR THEIR EARLY RELEASE DAYS.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING RIGHT NOW.
I, I KNOW WE, WE COVERED THAT POINT THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ABOUT IN ONE OF OUR BRIEFINGS, AND I HAD NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FLASHING BEATING IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOME MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEM WHILE HISD WAS OFF IN, IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, MISS LAKEY, UH, ANNOUNCED THAT THAT PROGRAM HAD JUST COME INTO PLAY WITH, UH, SOME OF THE SUMMER SCHOOLS.
SO, UH, NICE TO HAVE THAT EXPANDING.
AND AGAIN, TO MS. DAVIS'S POINT THAT SHE BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY SO MUCH WITH REGARD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT WITH OUR NEXT ITEM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UM, WITH MATTERS OF DESIGN, I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PACK YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DENSITY OF SIGNAGE THERE AND SOME OF THE CLUTTER.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED TO FOLKS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S VISUALLY SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, THAT WHICH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING IN ORDER TO HAVE EVEN A, A BETTER SYSTEM IN A BETTER PROGRAM IN PLACE.
SO MS. LAKEY, WITH THAT, I, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK WAS OUR ONLY SPEAKER.
UH, SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WE WILL HAVE IT UP ON THE WEBSITE SHORTLY.
BUT WITH THAT, UH, I'LL THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE WILL TURN TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, BEFORE US TODAY, WHICH IS THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, PRESENTED BY YOUR COLLEAGUE, MR. KANG WYNN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS.
AND HE WILL BE PRESENTING NOW ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
MR. WYNN, NICE TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR ROBINSON.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT IN THE AFTERNOON.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU CHAIR, UH, VICE CHAIR ALCO AND MEMBERS OF C COMMITTEE.
I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH, UH, THE TRANSITION AND DRAINAGE OPERATION SERVICE LINE WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AT THE NTMP PROGRAM.
UH, IN THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS, THE PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH.
UH, I'LL ALSO WEAVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, UH, AN ESTIMATED PROJECT COST FOR THESE, UH, ANTI V PROJECTS, UH, THE BACKLOG THAT WE HAVE, THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE PROJECTS, AND WHERE THE FUNDING COMING FROM, AND, UH, THE MAINTENANCE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
THE NTMP PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ACTUALLY COMPRISES OF, UH, TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS.
UH, THE VOLUME CONTROL TRACK AND THE SPEED CONTROL TRACKS.
UH, THE SPEED CONTROL, UH, TRACK DEALS MAINLY WITH THE SPEED CUSHIONS, UH, AND THE VOLUME CONTROL INCLUDE THE SPEED CUSHIONS AND ALL THE OTHER TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES.
UM, THE VOLUME CONTROL IS A MUCH LENGTHIER PROCESS.
IT REQUIRES BY ORDINANCE, UH, TO, UH, FOR US TO HOLD AT LEAST THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UH, WE GO THROUGH, UM, BEFORE AND AFTER TRAFFIC STUDY, DO THE, IN THE TRIAL INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC, COMMON DEVICES, UH, PRESENT ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, TO THE PUBLIC FOR INPUT.
UH, WE ALSO NEED TO OBTAIN INTERNAL APPROVALS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, INCLUDING PLANNING AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, HU UH, SALT WASTE, AND, UH, UH, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE PROCESS USUALLY, USUALLY TAKE TWO, TWO PLUS YEARS.
UH, THE SPEED CONTROL DRAFT IS MUCH SHORTER.
IT'S PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT FOUR PLUS MONTHS TO GO THROUGH.
UM, THAT ONLY REQUIRES TO DO AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC MEETING, OR, UH, MOST OF THE TIME WE SHOULD DO THE PUBLIC NOTICE IF REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR RESIDENT.
UM, THE CONCEPT, UH, PLAN THAT WE DEVELOP USAGE JUST REQUIRE REVIEW FROM, UM, UH, H UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, TYPICALLY THESE, UM, PLAN ARE FAIRLY GENERIC THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T, UH, NEED TO LOOK AT THEM.
UH, SO THE, A QUICK, UM, A LOOK OF THE PROCESS, THE STEP THAT GOING THROUGH WHEN AN APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.
UM, WE REQUIRE AT LIST SOME, UH, SUPPORT LETTER FROM THE CIVIC CLUB FOR HOA OR SOME PETITION, UH, SIGNATURES FROM THE RESIDENT
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TO COME TO GO WITH THE APPLICATION.UH, AND THE PROJECT BOUNDARY IS DEFINED BY THE ORDINANCE.
THIS IS USUALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT BOUNDARY IS DEFINED TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
A LOT OF OF THE APPLICATION REQUESTS COME IN.
UH, RESIDENT MAY JUST WANNA LOOK AT THEIR RESPECTIVE STREET, UH, ONE OR TWO STREET WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENT THAT WE NEED TO, WE DEFINE, UH, THE PROJECT AREA FOR THEM.
UH, ONCE THE PROCESS, THE REVIEW IS COMPLETED, WE ASSIGN A PROJECT NAME AND NUMBER, AND THEN THE PROJECT IS BASED ON A WAITING LIST UNTIL FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
UM, ONCE FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, UH, WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS THE PLANNING PHASE OR THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE WHERE WE DEVELOP A CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, WE PRESENT THEM TO INTERNAL DEPARTMENT FOR CUSHION, MAINLY THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
UH, WE DO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS TO GATHER COMMENTS, UH, AND THEN WHEN WE ADDRESS ON THE COMMENTS, UM, PUBLIC WORK WOULD APPROVE, UM, THE, THE PLAN FOR INSTALLATION.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE'LL SUBMIT THEM FORMALLY TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND WE USUALLY DO THAT PROBABLY ONCE A TWICE A YEAR.
AND WE COMBINE ON THE PROJECTS AND WE PRESENT 'EM ALL TO COUNCIL, UM, AT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
WE DON'T GO UP INDIVIDUAL PROJECT.
THE PROCESS FOR THE SPEED CONTROL, UH, UH, TRACK.
UH, SO THE APPLICATION COME, COMES IN, USUALLY TAKE ABOUT, UH, ONE A WEEK, UH, ONE OR TWO WEEKS FOR OUR STAFF TO REVIEW AND WORK WITH THE, THE APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE ANY MISSING INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THE PETITION IS THERE, UH, THE BOUNDARY IS CORRECT, UH, AND THEN WE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST AND ONE FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
UM, THEN WE HELP DEVELOP THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, AND THEN SUBMIT THE PLAN TO, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEWS.
IT USUALLY TAKE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.
UH, ONCE WE GET APPROVAL FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE SEND OUT A PUBLIC NOTICE.
AND, UH, WE USUALLY ALLOW A MINIMUM OF, UM, OF TWO WEEKS FOR COMMENTS.
UM, CONSIDERING THE, THE PRINTING TIME, THE MAIL NOW, WE USUALLY ALLOW FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO RETURN, UH, COMMENTS.
ONCE WE, WE COMPILE ALL THE COMMENTS, UH, WE PREPARE THE COMMON MAPS TO SEE WHERE THE COMMENTS ARE, LOOK AT ALL COMMENTS, SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, UH, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT, THAT NEED TO, UH, TO BE DONE, UH, AND THEN GET IT APPROVAL FOR INSTALLATION.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE, THE BACKLOG OF THE, UH, PROJECT IN THE, UH, IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION LIST PROBABLY TAKES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MAYBE, UH, ONE TO TWO, THREE MONTHS, UH, TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN JUST WAIT FOR, UM, UH, UM, FOR A GOOD TIME WHEN WE CAN SUBMIT EVERYTHING TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE FORMAL APPROVAL.
UH, ALL THIS PROJECT, UM, USUALLY WE WORK WITH THE RESPECTIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GET THEIR, THEIR BUY-IN APPROVAL FIRST BEFORE WE GO TO INSTALLATION.
THE VOLUME CONTROL PRO, UH, PROGRAM IS, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S A FAIRLY PLANTY, UH, LENGTHY PROCESS PROJECT, UH, WELL TWO YEARS.
UM, UH, IT STARTED OUT WITH ALSO AN APPLICATION.
UH, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC APPLICATION FOR VOLUME CONTROL, UM, AND, UM, ONE, IT BEING ACCEPTED, UH, WHEN WAIT FOR FUNDING.
UH, ONCE THE FUNDING IS, UH, AVAILABLE, THEN WE CONDUCT A FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WHERE WE WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, OF THE PROGRAM, UM, SO THAT ALL THE RESIDENT AWARE OF ALL THE, THE, THE NECESSARY FACES, UM, AND GATHER THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUE, TRAFFIC CONCERN THAT THE RESIDENT HAVE.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH US, UM, ON THIS, UH, PROJECT.
UH, SO ONCE WE HAVE ON THE COMMON THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE ESTABLISH, WE WORK WITH 'EM TO DEVELOP, UM, UM, A PLAN, THE CONCEPT PLAN, WE COLLECT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, UH, TO SEE WHERE THE ISSUES ARE, UH, TRY TO CONFIRM THE ISSUE THAT, UM, THE RESIDENT, UH, BRING UP AND THEN WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, ONCE WE HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE TRAFFIC DATA OF, FOR THE BEFORE, UH, INSTALLATION, WE GO BACK FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC, UH, MEETING TO PRESENT THE CONCEPT PLAN TO ALL THE RESIDENT AND GATHER THEIR INPUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN COVERS ON THE ISSUE THAT THEY BROUGHT UP AT THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, SO ONCE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SUPPORT ON, ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE INSTALLATION.
UM, UH, WE INSTALL THESE TEMPORARY DEVICES OUT THERE TO MIMIC THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
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AND THEN, UH, WE WAIT, UH, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES TO WAIT AT LEAST WELL, UM, 120 DAYS TO COME BACK.AND THEY DO, AFTER TRAFFIC STUDIES, WE COLLECT TRAFFIC COUNTS, AGAIN, TRAFFIC SPEED TO SEE HOW DID, UM, THESE DEVICES WORK.
UM, DO THEY, ARE THEY EFFECTIVE? DO THEY WORK AS INTENDED? AND THEN WE HOLD ON, UH, THE TOP OF MEETING TO PRESENT THE DATA TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND ALSO GATHER THE INPUT, MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVICES WORK AT INTENDED, IF ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FROM TRAFFIC SHIFT.
UH, WE GATHER THE COMMENTS, WE ADJUST THE, THE PLAN AS NEEDED.
THEN, UM, WE, UM, WE CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT, PRESENT THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR FORMAL APPROVAL.
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE EXCUSE ME.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, EXAMPLES OF THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC SPEED, THE SPEED HOME SPEED CUSHION THAT WE USE.
UM, WE USED TO HAVE THE SPEED HOME.
UM, THIS TOP PHOTO SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF THE SPEED HUMP.
BASICALLY THEY, AS FOR SPEED HUMP, THAT STRETCHES ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ONE EDGE OF, OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, WE, UM, DID THIS A WHILE BACK.
UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SOME CONCERN WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, UH, WHEN THEY GO OVER THE SPEED HUMPS.
AND, UH, THEN WE STARTED TO, UH, TRY THE SPEED CUSHION.
WE STARTED OUT WITH THE RUBBER SPEED CUSHIONS, THE CUSHIONS.
UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HUM AND THE CUSHION IS THE CUSHION HAVE BEEN GAPS IN BETWEEN THE, SO THAT THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN STRADDLE THIS ONE, HOPEFULLY MINIMIZE THE IMPACT.
SO THE FIRE, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVED THIS RUBBER SPEED CUSHION, AND WE START USING THEM PROBABLY MAYBE 15 OR 18 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THEY WORKED FAIRLY WELL.
IF, UM, WE INSTALL 'EM ON A BRAND NEW CONCRETE STREET ON THE ASPHALT STREET, UM, THEY LESS, UM, UH, THEY TEND TO RATTLE UP AND, AND, AND COME OFF.
UM, AND THEY MAY NOT LAST IT LONG.
AND ON STREET WITH, UH, HIGH VOLUME OF TRUCKS, THEY ALSO KNOCK THESE OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO ON AVERAGE, THESE RUBBER SPEED CUSHIONS, UH, MAYBE LAST, UH, UH, THREE, FIVE YEARS, AND IF THERE'S A HEAVY, UM, DROP, UH, STREET, THEY MAY LAST, UM, ONE, TWO YEARS.
SO, UM, SINCE 2015 OR SO, WE STARTED TO MIMIC THESE RUBBER SPEED CUSHION.
AND, UH, EXCEPT WE BUILD 'EM, OUR ASPHALT, UH, THE ASPHALTS SPEED, CUSHION SPEED HUMP, WE KNOW THEY LAST, UH, THE SPEED HUMP USUALLY LAST 20 PLUS YEAR.
SO WE EXPECT THIS, UH, ASPHALT SPEED CUSHION TO ALSO LAST, UH, MUCH LONGER.
AND, UH, WE, WE DON'T ACTIVELY GO OUT TO REPLACE UNDER RUBBER SPEED CUSHIONS, BUT IF THEY, THEY WEAR OUT ANY MAINTENANCE, UH, WE AND BEYOND REPAIR, WE REPLACE THEM WITH ASK FOR, UM, SPEED CUSHION.
SO THE SPEED CUSHION IS WHAT, UM, WHAT WE CURRENTLY IMPROVE RIGHT NOW FOR INSTALLATION.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF, UM, TRAFFIC COMING DEVICES BEYOND THE SPEED CUSHIONS.
THE SPEED HOMES, UH, THE TOP, UH, RIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, SHOW, UM, A PARTIAL LANE CLOSERS IN THIS, IN THIS ONE STREET, THE TRAFFIC CAN COME IN, UH, IN ONE DIRECTION, UH, BUT ON THE OTHER DIRECTION THEY CANNOT.
UM, SO WHEN WE DO THE INSTALLATION, UH, WHAT YOU SEE THOSE, UH, PLASTIC DELINEATORS, THE, THE BOWLER, THE PLASTIC BOWLER IS WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
UH, DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD, WE INSTALL 'EM, UM, TO SEE IF THEY WORK AND MAKE ADJUSTMENT AS NEEDED.
UH, ONCE THEY ONE, UH, WE SHOW THAT THEY WORK AND THEY STAY, UH, IN THAT, UH, IN THAT CONDITION UNTIL, IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT TO FUND MORE PERMANENT INSTALLATION, THEY MAY, UM, COME BACK TO THE CITY AND WANT TO REPLACE THE PLASTIC BOTTLES WITH, UH, LIKE CONQUER, CURB, LANDSCAPE ISLAND AND SO ON, SO FORTH, AND TRY TO MIMIC THE SAME SHAPE AND SIZE OF, UM, THESE ISLAND.
BUT WE, THE, THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BUILD, UH, THE MORE NICE LANDSCAPE AS YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPH.
THE, THE BOTTOM TWO PHOTOGRAPH, UH, THE MIDDLE PHOTOGRAPHS, SO A MINI TRAFFIC CIRCLE, UH, THAT WAS BUILT BY THE, THE CITY AND PART DIFFERENT PROGRAM BACK THEN.
AND CHICA IS ALSO SORT OF, UM, A LANDSCAPE ISLAND ALTERNATING ON EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, FORCING THE TRAFFIC TO MEANDERING A LITTLE BIT AND FORCING THEM TO SLOW DOWN.
SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES THAT WE, UM, THAT WITHIN THE REALM OF THE VOLUME CONTROL TRACK THAT WE DO.
UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION ALSO THAT, UH, THE ON REQUIRE US TO LOOK AT THE LIST RESTRICTIVE, UH, TRAFFIC COMMAND DEVICES.
SO WHEN A, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD COMES IN AND ASKS FOR, UH, UH, THESE DEVICES, WE USUALLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY OUT A SPEED CUSHION FIRST TO SEE
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IF THEY ADDRESS, UH, THEIR CONCERNS AND IF, UH, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE VOLUME CONTROL TRACK.UH, ON, UM, THE COST FOR SPEED CONTROL, UM, PROGRAM.
THESE ARE MAINLY THE SPEED CUSHION.
EACH SPEED CUSHION COSTS ABOUT 5,000 PER LOCATION.
UH, DEPENDING ON, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF A PROJECT, UM, IT CAN VARY QUITE A BIT.
BUT, UH, WE LOOK BACK AT THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, WE ESTIMATED THE AVERAGE PROJECT COST FOR ALL THE SPEED, UM, CUSHION PROJECT, UH, AROUND 50, UH, $70,000 PER PROJECT FUNDING FOR THESE, UH, SPEED CUSH INSTALLATION AND NTB IN GENERAL COME MAINLY FROM THE CDSF, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW PROJECTS WHERE THE HOA CIVIC CLUB OR, UM, PRIVATE RESIDENT, UH, FUND THEM PRIVATELY.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, PROBABLY ONE OR TWO PROJECT WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE WILLING TO FUND THIS PROJECT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, A RECENT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAME AND WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER AND, UM, AND, AND, UH, HELP GET THEM TO FUND, UM, SPEAKERS AND PROJECT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF, UM, JUST A FEW OF THEM THAT WE SEE.
UH, USUALLY THE PRIVATELY FUNDED PROJECT ARE SMALL, A LOT SMALLER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH BIG CUSHION IS ABOUT 5,000.
IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD OF OF 10, THAT CAN GO UP LIKE $50,000.
SO MOST OF THESE, UH, PRIVATELY FUNDED PROJECT BY RESIDENT, USUALLY ON A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE STREET, AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO FUND, UH, TWO OR THREE, UH, SPEED CUSHION ON, ON THE STREET.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE, WE'VE SEEN, UH, SOME COUNCIL MEMBER ANSWER YOU TO COST SHARING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IF, UM, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO FUND IT AND THEY CAN, UH, COME UP WITH SOME MONEY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY MATCH, UM, THAT, THAT FUNDING TO GET, GET A PROJECT MOVING.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEED CUSHION, A LOT OF TRAFFIC, UM, COMMON DEVICES OUT THERE.
AND, UM, AND THE NEED FOR MAINTENANCE IS STILL, UM, LINGERING TO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, AS MS. VERONICA DAVIS MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT, UM, THEY SORT OF TAPPING ON TO THE CURRENT PROGRAM, BUT AT SOME POINT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DEDICATED SOURCE FOR MAINTENANCE.
UM, THIS ONE, GIVE THIS SLIDE, UH, PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF ALL THE SPEED, CUSHION SPEED HOMES WE HAVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
UH, THEY BROKEN OUT BY DISTRICT.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A, A, A QUICK, UH, SNAPSHOT OF, UH, NUMBER OF SPEED CUSHIONS, SPEED HUMP WE HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, FROM 1995 UNTIL 2000, UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, 2015, UH, WE INSTALLED ABOUT 2,700, UH, SPEED, HOME SPEED CUSHIONS.
AND THEN WHEN THE CDSF, UM, UH, STARTED IN 2015, A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT A LOT MON MORE MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM, AND WE, WE ALMOST DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF, UH, SPEED, HOME SPEED, UH, SPEED CUSHION THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IN THE CITY.
UH, APPROXIMATELY 2000 IN 2015.
UM, TO, UH, THIS SLIDE GIVE A, UM, A QUICK, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE PROCESS ACCEPTED, UH, BROKEN DOWN BY YEARS.
UH, I, WE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY, UH, PROCESS ACCEPTED BECAUSE WE USUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, DUPLICATED APPLICATIONS COMING IN.
UH, A RESIDENT MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT, THAT THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY.
THEY SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE, WE COMBINE THEM.
UM, CURRENTLY WE DON'T TRACK THOSE APPLICATIONS.
UH, MY GUESS IS WE PROBABLY, FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MAY HAVE MAYBE 2, 3, 4 APPLICATION FOR ANY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND IT APPEARS ALSO THAT, UH, ONCE WE DO MORE, UH, SPEED TIME SPEAKERS PROJECT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS STARTED TO FUND THEM IN, UH, STARTING IN 2015, UH, WE GET, THEY BECOME MORE AND MORE POPULAR.
UM, THIS ONE STRICTLY GIVEN, UH, A VIEW OF THE PROJECT THAT FUNDED BY CDSF, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, UM, IT'S QUITE A LOT OF MONEY, UM, THAT, UM, GO INTO THE PROGRAM.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT, UH, WHAT WE DID BEFORE THE C-D-C-D-S-F, UM, ANNUALLY, BEFORE 2015, WE PROBABLY PUT ABOUT, UH, UM, $250,000, $300,000
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IN THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY.AND SINCE THEN WITH THE CDSF, UM, THE PROGRAM ITSELF PROBABLY GET TO 1.52 MILLION, UM, EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.
UH, AND THIS ONE GIVE A, A BREAKDOWN OF NUMBER OF SPEED CUSHION PER DISTRICT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPLITS, UH, THE PROJECT THAT WE PUT IN, UM, BY YEAR, AND IT'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
WE HAVE, UH, WE PROBABLY HAVE, UM, 30 OR SO PROJECT EVERY YEAR FUNDED BY CDSF.
UH, EVEN WITH, UM, THAT'S SO MUCH MONEY GOING IN, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN, IN THE SPEED CUSHION PROGRAM.
UH, AND ON AVERAGE WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 200, UH, OR SO APPLICATION ON THE WAITING LIST, UH, SOME MORE IN CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICT THAN OTHERS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT IN.
UM, SO THIS ONE SHOWED THAT THE CURRENT BACKLOG OF PROJECT ABOUT TWO TO 30, UH, ON AVERAGE, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY AROUND TWO, UH, 200, 2 10 TO 20 THAT WE'VE SEEN EVERY YEAR.
IF WE MOVE THE PROJECT OUT OF THE QUEUE, THEN WE HAVE MORE APPLICATION COMING IN.
UH, WE TYPICALLY GET QUESTIONS FROM, UH, FROM PEOPLE, UH, WELL, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT.
UM, THERE'S MAYBE AN, AN APPLICATION, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THERE'S A, UH, THE PERFECT FACE, UH, GS INTERFACE THAT ONLY ONE CAN GO IN AND FIND OUT IF THERE'S A PROJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IF THE PROJECT IS, UM, ON A WAITING LIST OR BE, UH, IN THE PLANNING PHASE RIGHT NOW OR IT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, ONCE WE CLICK ON, UM, ON A PROJECT OR NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, WE FIND OUT ABOUT A PROJECT NAME, PROJECT NUMBER, THE CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, AND THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF THE, WHAT DEVICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW, AND IT IN THE PLANNING PHASE.
THEN MAY, MAY BE A LOCATION WHERE WE PROPOSE THE SPEED CUSHIONS THAT THEY CAN AND TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, USUALLY WHEN, UH, AN APPLICATION COMING IN, THE FIRST THING WE DO GO HERE AND CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION ALREADY FOR THE, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, RESIDENT CAN DO THE SAME THING.
UH, AND IT MAY CUT OUT THE, THE MIDDLE STEP THAT NEED TO GO TO US TO ASK FOR, FOR INFORMATION.
UM, SO, UM, THE PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.
IT STARTED IN 1995, UM, AND THEN WE MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES IN, UH, 2010.
UH, WE, UM, WE MOVED TO COMBINE THE PROJECT, UH, UH, THE SPEED CUSHION AND OTHER TRAFFIC COMING DEVICES IN 2015.
WE REVISED THEM AGAIN, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE, THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN, UM, IN PLACE SUCH BEEN, UM, ONGOING FOR 7, 8, 7 YEARS NOW.
SO AIRLINE TO ASK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS IF THEY HAVE INPUT, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE PROGRAM IF THERE'S THING THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE CHANGES TO THE PROCESS ITSELF OR TO THE ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
UH, I INCLUDE MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND ALSO OUR MT P UM, EMAIL ADDRESS IN CASE YOU WANT TO EMAIL US, UH, WITH THAT.
UH, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE AND I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA GO RIGHT TO IT.
THANK YOU MR. KANG, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY ON THE VOLUME CONTROL, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL THE LEASE, THE WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCES TO USE THE LEASE RESTRICTIVE, UH, METHOD FOR FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, HOW DO YOU GUYS DEFINE THAT? UM, SO, UH, WE USUALLY TRY TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND, UM, UH, IF THE CONCERN IS THE SPEEDING OR THE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, UH, WHICH ARE THE SEPARATE THOUGH WITH THE SPEEDING, UH, WE'LL ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, SPEED CUSHION, UH, FIRST BECAUSE WE KNOW THE SPEED CUSHION ARE, UH, VERY EFFECTIVE TO SLOW OUT TRAFFIC.
AND IT MAY ALSO DISCOURAGE SOME OF THE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC TOO, SO THAT MAY ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERN FOR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THEY HAVE MAY HAVE A VERY HEAVY CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THEY MAY BE BORDER FREEWAYS OR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, AND IF THE METHOD OF SPEED CUSHION DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER OTHER MORE RESTRICTIVE, WHICH IS LIKE CLOSING, UM, CLOSING THE ROAD OR HAVE THE ROAD.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ACCESSIBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
AND UNDERSTANDING THAT EACH, EACH STREET AND THE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS DIFFERENT TOO.
THAT ALL HAS TO BE LOOKED AT, UH, AS WELL.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CITY'S EXPERIENCE WITH INSTALLING GATES UNDER VOLUME CONTROL? WE, WE
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DO NOT INSTALL GATES FOR THE VOLUME CONTROL.UM, SINCE THE PROGRAM WERE REVISED, UM, IN 2015, I HAVEN'T SEEN, UH, ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GONE THROUGH THE, UH, VOLUME CONTROL PROCESS THAT HAVE, UM, A STREET COMPLETELY CLOSED.
WE HAVE ONE OR TWO PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE A PARTIAL CLOSES AND THAT'S A SELF COMPROMISE THAT STILL ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO GET IN AND OUT, BUT RESTRICTS SOME OF THE, UH, THE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC.
UM, THE, THE 9 1 1 GATES, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT, UM, WENT WAY BACK BEFORE THE, THE NTP PROGRAM AND UM, I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM WILL PROBABLY, UH, REMOVE, UM, OH, SORRY.
YEAH, I JUST, JUST TO FINISH THAT, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE 9 1 1 GATES, UH, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PROGRAM IT WAS UNDER.
UM, I HAVE MY N TM P STAFF HERE.
UH, GARY DRE BACK AND, AND MARIE GARCIA ALSO JOINED ME, UH, WITH BOTH OF 'EM.
WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF PROBABLY 50 PLUS YEAR WITH THE, UM, THE PROGRAM THAT EVOLVES OVER THE YEAR.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER GARY MARIE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THE NUMBER ONE GATE WAS INSTALLED, PART OF THE TRAFFIC, THIS PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC PROGRAM, MR. KANG, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO REPEAT IT OR HAVE HIM APPROACH THE PODIUM WITH YOU.
UH, YEAH, I DID SAY THAT, UH, THE NINE ONE GATES WERE INSTALLED A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC PROGRAM, UH, BACK THEN.
UH, AND WAS IT REMOVED? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
THAT WAS JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC PROGRAM.
THAT'S BEFORE WE HAD THE SPEED HUNT PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS KIND OF KNOWN AS A STREET CLOSURE PROGRAM.
A LOT OF THE PROGRAM, THE PROJECTS CAME THROUGH, THEY WANTED TO CLOSE THE STREET OFF.
THAT PROGRAM EXPERIENCED A LOT OF COURT BATTLES, BASICALLY BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE SAYING, YOU'RE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST US, YOU'RE CLOSING OFF BUSINESSES OR SEGREGATING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT PROGRAM WAS PLACED ON HOLD WHILE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REVISED THE ORDINANCE, AND THAT'S WHEN THE SPEED HUNT PROGRAM WAS THEN CREATED.
MOST OF OUR PROJECTS WENT AWAY BECAUSE THE SPEED HUNT PROGRAM, UH, ADDRESSED THE ISSUES, BUT A LOT OF THE GATES WERE INSTALLED UNDER THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC PROGRAM, BUT WE HAD TO COME UP WITH CENSUS INFORMATION AND ALL THAT.
I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE GATES WERE, WERE CLOSED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WERE INTERIOR OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR SEGREGATED ONE SECTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR APARTMENT COMPLEX OR, UM, A BUSINESS FROM THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S WHEN THEY REVISED IT AND SAID, WE HAVE TO USE THE LEAST RESTRICTED DEVICE.
AND THE NEW ORDINANCE COMES UP WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF CUT THROUGH THAT, UH, TRIP GENERATIONS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL COME TO US AND SAY, WE WANT TO CLOSE OFF THE STREET.
AND THAT'S LIKE KING HAD SAID, THE ORDINANCE SAYS YOU HAVE TO USE THE LEAST RESTRICTED DEVICE IF THEY WANT TO.
A LOT OF TIMES IF THEY WANT TO TOTALLY CLOSE OFF THE STREET AND MAKE IT A GATED COMMUNITY, THEY NEED TO GO TO JOINT REFERRAL WHERE THEY DO THE ABANDONMENT AND PURCHASE.
UH, VICE CHAIR, I THINK I'VE ALLOWED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME HERE.
IF YOU COULD STAND BY, I'M GONNA SURE.
SEE IF I CAN PUT THE VICE CHAIR BACK IN THE QUEUE.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO ON NOW TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK.
AND UM, THANK YOU MR. WYNN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW PRIOR TO 2015, BEFORE THE ORDINANCE CHANGE, YOU USED TO DO THE TRAFFIC COUNTS PRIOR TO PUTTING IN ANY KIND OF MITIGATION PLANS, AND NOW WE DON'T DO THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU THINK THE PROGRAM IS WORKING NOW THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS? ARE PEOPLE COMING BACK NOW SAYING LIKE, THEY'RE NOT WORKING, WE WANT MORE SPEED CUSHIONS? I KNOW WE SEE THAT IN MY OFFICE.
AND THEN HOW LONG ARE YOU GIVING COUNCIL OFFICES AFTER PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK SAYING THAT THEY WANT MORE SPEED CUSHIONS, UM, TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE INSTALLATIONS? I KNOW WE ASK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME, SO
YEAH, SO, AND, UM, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU FUND A LOT OF THE PROJECT DISTRICT A UM, YEAH, THE CHALLENGE WITH NOT HAVING THE TRAFFIC COUNTS IS WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO QUANTIFY THE, UH, THE PROBLEMS AT HAND.
WE JUST RELY ON THE RESIDENT INPUT, UH, WHEN THEY SAY THAT THERE'S TRAFFIC SPEEDING IN, IN, ON THE STREET.
UM, AND WE TYPICALLY JUST LOOK AT THE STREET TO SEE IF, UH, IF IT MAKES SENSE, IF IT'S, IF IT'S A DEAD END STREET, THEN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT HAVE SPEEDING.
UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE, WE HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION TO GO WITH AND WE RELY MO MAINLY ON THE RESIDENT INPUT TO KNOW WHERE THE TRAFFICS ARE.
UM, AND UH, OUR, UM, UM, OUR TAKE IS THIS SPEED CUSHION GONNA CREATE AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THEM IF THEY'RE WILLING TO LIVE WITH THIS INCONVENIENCE.
UH, AND, AND THE TRAFFIC MUST BE, UM, BAD ENOUGH, UH, FOR THEM TO WANT TO SPEED CUSHIONED.
UH, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, C HUNDRED DATA.
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WE HAVE A RESIDENT COMING IN THAT MAY ASK FOR THE SPEED CUSHION THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE NEEDED, OR THEY REQUEST SOMETHING THAT MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO A CUL-DE-SAC OR A CURB THAT WE KNOW NATURALLY THE DRIVER NEED TO SLOW DOWN.UH, BUT IT, IT CREATE A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM.
UH, SO WE TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME CRITERIA THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THIS, A CUSHION HAS TO BE AT LEAST 300 FEET FROM A STOP SIGN, AND WE ONLY SPACE THEM EVERY 500, UH, FEET APART.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE REQUESTS ADRENAL COME IN, THEY WANT SPEAK CUSHION EVERY 200 FEET OR SO.
AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA, IT, IT'S MORE OF JUST THE, THE VERBAL, UM, UM, EXPLANATION, TRY TO, TO REASON WITH THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, DOES THAT HANDLE YOUR QUESTION? YES.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, I SEE YOU'RE OUTTA THE QUEUE.
YOU, WELL, JUST ONE MORE FOLLOW UP ON HERS.
IF, IF YOU DON'T, YOU DO, YOU DON'T DO A TRAFFIC COUNT ON THE, ON THE SPEED CUSHION PROGRAM.
YOU DO DO ONE ON THE VOLUME CONTROL.
UM, THE, THE, THE REASON FOR THE, UM, THE MORE, UH, UH, EXTENSIVE STUDY ON THE VOLUME CONTROL PROGRAM IS BECAUSE THE SPEED SPEAKERS, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WORK AND ON DRIVE, HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY GO OVER THE, THE, THE SPEED CONTROL PROGRAM WITH ALL THE OTHER DEVICES, UH, WE DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THEY WORK.
AND IT DEPENDS A LOT ON THE, THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK, UH, THE WIDTH OF THE STREET, THE BLOCK PLANT, AND, UM, SO WE WANT TO TRY THIS OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORK AND HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT 'EM BEFORE WE GO AWAY WITH THEM.
WE HAVE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, UM, THEY INSTALLED SOME OF THE DEVICES, UH, AND THE, THE TRAFFIC COMING, THE MINI CIRCLES AND THE CHAIN, UH, BUT THE, THE, THE DESIGN WASN'T WELL ENOUGH THAT TO SLOW OUT TRAFFIC.
AND THEN YEARS LATER, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS LATER, UH, THE RESIDENTS STILL, UM, CAME BACK AND ASKED FOR THE, THE SPEED CUSHION PROGRAM TO COMPLIMENT THOSE DEVICES.
MR. CAN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, QUESTIONS FROM STAFF MEMBERS? FIRST IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN.
AND, UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR WYNN.
UM, REAL QUICK, UH, ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE NTMP PROJECTS THAT COME ACROSS YOUR DESK ARE, UM, WHOLLY PRIVATELY FUNDED? I KNOW THAT'S A, AN OPTION ON THE APPLICATION, UM, BUT WE MAINLY DEAL WITH THE ONES THAT WE'RE HELPING WITH CDSF.
SO ABOUT HOW MANY COME IN THAT ARE TOTALLY PRIVATE? UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I, I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY, UM, 95% COME IN REQUESTING THE PUBLIC, UH, FUNDING AND THE PROJECT, BUT ACTUALLY GET FUNDED PRIVATELY.
UM, REMEMBER MAYBE THREE, UH, IN THE LAST PROBABLY FIVE YEARS.
SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, PROBABLY, UM, THREE, 400 PROJECTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEAR AND MAYBE, YEAH, PROBABLY THREE, FOUR OUT THOSE.
SO VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE ARE TOTALLY, TOTALLY PRIVATE SMALL PROJECT, BUT THE CITY CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE PRIVATE THAT'S CUSHIONS THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S NO LIKE, COST SHARE AGREEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF A PROJECT IS PROPERLY FUNDED, IT'S NEEDED TO FOLLOW THE CITY STANDARD.
I INSTALL THE SPEED CUSHION ACCORDING TO OUR GUIDELINES, AND THEN THE SPACING OF THE SPEAKER SPEAKERS, YOU NEED TO MEET OUR GUIDELINES.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
IT, IT REALLY LEADS TO SOME OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, LIKE THE ADOPT THE BLOCK AND, UH, WHERE THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTAINING THE ESPLANADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, TO DIRECTOR, UH, DAVIS'S POINT, THERE MAY BE SOME, UH, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT COULD HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE, BUT AGAIN, NICE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S IN YOUR SHOP BEING CONSIDERED.
NEXT QUESTION IS FROM STAFF, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TARCI JACKSON'S OFFICE.
UH, IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDES YOU HAD, UH, THE COST EST.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ESTIMATE? ESTIMATE.
UM, AND IS THERE ANY, SO YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA GET DATA ON THE EFFECTIVENESS.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING, UM, FOR, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE MEASURING? SO FOR THE, UH, THE, THE VOLUME CONTROL PROGRAM, THE ORDINANCE LAYS OUT VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
SO FOR CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, IT HAS TO BE, UH, 20% OR MORE OF CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC.
SO WE, WE MEASURE THE, THE VOLUME AND, AND TRY TO QUANTIFY HOW MUCH OF THE VOLUME IN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, AND IT HAS TO BE, UM, THREE MILES OR, OR MORE OF A DROP WHEN AFTER WE INSTALL THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES.
SO IF THE SPEED BEFORE TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES, UH, 35, WE HAVE TO BRING THEM NOW TO, UM, LIKE 30.
SO AT LEAST HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE MILE DIFFERENCE.
UH, AND THEN THE PERCENT OF TRUCK, LIKE 8% OF TRUCKS, IF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE TRUCKS, IF THERE'S 8% OR MORE, THESE DEVICES, WE HAVE TO MEASURE TO SEE HOW THESE DEVICES,
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ITS CALLED TRUCK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.WHAT ABOUT FOR THE SPEED CUSHION? SPEED CUSHION? WE DO NOT, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE PROGRAM WAS CHANGED NOT TO REQUIRE THE, THE TRAFFIC, UM, UH, SPEEDING DATA BEFORE THE PROGRAM.
WE, WE ACTUALLY BE, UH, MEASURED BEFORE AND AFTER.
IF IT, IF IT'S 33 OR MORE ABOVE, THEN THAT'S WHERE THE STREET WILL QUALIFY FOR THE SPEED, UH, CUSHION INSULATION.
UM, BUT NOW THAT CRITERIA IS REMOVED AND IT IT EASIER TO GET THE SPEED CUSHION INSTALLED ON, ON THE STREET.
SO WHEN WE DID KEEP TRACK OF, OF THE DATA, DID IT SHOW A MARKET IMPROVEMENT BY INSTALLING SPEED CUSHION? YES.
SO WE HAVE THE DATA THAT, THAT BEFORE WE CHANGE THE PROGRAM, THAT SHOW BEFORE AND AFTER SPEED.
UM, AND, AND IT'S GONNA VARY, BUT IT, IT, IT SHOWED THE, UM, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SPEED CUSHION.
AND THERE'S, UM, NATIONAL RESEARCH TOO THAT, THAT PUBLISHED THESE, UH, STUDIES.
THEY LOOK AT THE EFFECTIVENESS, EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEED CUSHION, AS WELL AS THE AUTO TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES JUST NATIONWIDE.
DO WE KNOW SPEED CUSHIONS HAVE AN IMPACT ON ACCIDENTS, ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS? UM, I MEAN, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT DATA TO SHOW HOW TO IMPACT THE ASSET, BUT, UH, SO WE, WE KNOW THAT THEY SLOWED OUT TRAFFIC AND BY THE FACT THAT TRAFFIC IS SLOWING NOW, UM, THE SEVERITY OF A GRASS, UH, WOULD BE REDUCED.
MR. KANG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT IS THE FINAL, UH, QUESTION FROM STAFF AND COUNCIL AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF THINGS BOTH IN THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER AS WELL AS TODAY REGARDING THE ONGOING DESIGN, THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROGRAM, TAP TRAFFIC, CALMING DEVICES, UH, THE SHIFT AS, UH, DIRECTOR DAVIS SAID TO THE MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN GROUP, UH, THAT YOU MANAGE AND THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION YOU'RE PUTTING TO MEASURING IMPACTS AND INSPECTIONS, UH, TO, TO REALLY SEE IF THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
THIS IS, THIS IS TRICKY BUSINESS AND WHETHER THE CHICANES OR SOME OF THOSE DEVICES YOU SHOWED TODAY ARE REALLY HAVING THE INTENDED IMPACT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR QUESTIONS HERE TODAY.
WE DO HAVE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, SIX MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO SIGN UP.
AND, BUT BEFORE I TURN TO THOSE, UH, SPEAKERS WHO ARE EITHER HERE WITH US AND VIRTUALLY ONLINE, UM, WE ARE GOING TO READ, EXCUSE ME, WE, WE MAY HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS, I'M BEING TOLD.
SO, UH, WE HAVE ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ARRIVED TODAY THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM, AND WE'LL ADD TO THAT.
BUT BEFORE GETTING TO OUR SPEAKERS, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE RECEIVED ONE PERTINENT, UH, LETTER.
UH, IN THIS CASE, I'M GOING TO READ THE FOLLOWING 'CAUSE I THINK IT DOES RELATE TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY.
IT IS, UH, FROM AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON AND THEIR STAFF, IN FACT, UH, MS. MELISSA BEELER, UM, WHO IS THE TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE COORDINATOR HAS WRITTEN US.
AND THIS IS, UH, A FEW MINUTES, MR. KANG, AND I BELIEVE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN, UH, YOU, YOU'RE FREE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
UH, SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM MS. BEELER IS, UM, AS FOLLOWS, DEAR TTI MEMBERS AND STAFF UPON REVIEWING THE PRESENTATIONS FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS BEING GIVEN AT TODAY'S TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY MEETING, I'M DISHEARTENED TO SEE LITTLE HAS CHANGED AFTER THE ADOPTION OF HOUSTON'S VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN AND FRESH NEW LEADERSHIP AT A HPW.
ALTHOUGH HOUSTON HAS COMMITTED TO ENDING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES BY 2030, WE HAVE NOT CREATED PROGRAMMATIC GOALS, METRICS, AND ALLOCATED RESOURCES IN OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY GROUPS TO ENSURE OUR STAFF AND FUNDING RESOURCES ARE MOVING US TOWARD OUR END GOAL.
REGARDING SCHOOL ZONES, THREE BULLET POINTS.
THE FIRST IS, WHAT ARE OUR GOALS AND METRICS FOR OUR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS? THE SRTS PROGRAM, SECOND BULLET IS OUR PROGRAM AT THE CITY LIMITED TO REACTING TO SCHOOL ZONE REQUESTS.
HOUSTON SCHOOLS NEED A PROACTIVE ITALICS APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING UNSAFE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND IMPLEMENTING IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE SHOULD ALSO BE AN EDUCATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND EVALUATION COMPONENT WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
WHY DO WE NOT HAVE SCHOOL ZONES AND SAFE CRAW CROSSINGS AROUND HIGH SCHOOLS? I UNDERSTAND PREVIOUS SAFETY DASH LU, THAT'S S-A-F-E-A DASH LU FUNDING DEFINED SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS AS K THROUGH EIGHT ONLY.
BUT THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW HAS NOW EXPANDED THE DEFINITION TO K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL ZONES AND SAFE CR CROSSINGS IMMEDIATELY AROUND SCHOOLS ARE THE BARE MINIMUM WE SHOULD BE DOING TO ENSURE STUDENTS' SAFETY.
HER SECOND CATEGORY REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
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VISION FOR HOW THIS PROGRAM CAN ADDRESS THE MASSIVE BACKLOG OF REQUESTS AND ENSURE THIS PROGRAM IS ALIGNED WITH THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN? SOME IDEA TO START THE CONVERSATION SHE OFFERS.THREE, THE FIRST PRIORITIZE REQUESTS MADE ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK IN THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, ESPECIALLY IN LOWER INCOME AREAS, AND BEGIN PROACTIVELY PRIORITIZING PROJECTS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
LIMITED FUNDING SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED BASED ON NEED, NOT ON THE ABILITY OF SOMEONE TO REQUEST IT.
SECOND POINT, REVISE THE ARDUOUS VOLUME CONTROL PROCESS.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED BIKE WAVE PROJECTS WITH VOLUME CONTROL FOR VEHICLES AT A MUCH QUICKER SPEED THAN TWO PLUS YEARS AGO.
UH, LEARN FROM PROJECTS WE HAVE DONE AND REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENT.
HER THIRD POINT, WHAT IS WORKING WITHIN THE NTMP ORDINANCE? IS IT EVEN NECESSARY? RESTRUCTURE EXISTING FUNDING AND RESOURCES AROUND PROGRAMS THAT ACHIEVE VISION ZERO GOALS AND STRATEGY.
THIS PROGRAM HAS NEEDED SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL FOR MANY YEARS, BUT IT REQUIRED NEW LEADERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
VERONICA DAVIS IS THAT NEW LEADERSHIP? WHAT ARE THE CHANGES NEEDED AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE TO DO IT? WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES.
SHE WRITES, I HOPE YOU WILL ASK SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS OF DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP REQUEST TIMELINES FOR RESTRUCTURING AND PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES AND REQUEST FOLLOW UP PRESENTATIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON CAN AND MUST BE A STRONGER PARTNER TO END TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.
SO WITH THAT, READ INTO THE RECORD.
UH, WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM MS. DAVIS, UM, IN INTRODUCING TODAY'S DISCUSSIONS.
I WANT TO THANK HER AGAIN FOR THAT, UM, TAKING THAT HEAD ON.
AND, UH, AT THIS POINT WE WILL TURN TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS WHO ARE EITHER HERE IN CHAMBERS OR ONLINE.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS MR. ARTHUR EPPLEY.
MR. EPLEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, IF YOU COULD TELL US, UH, IF YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF OR IF YOU REPRESENT SOMEONE AND, AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST GROVE COURT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HERE WITH SARAH HELMS, WHO IS OUR SECRETARY AND BOARD MEMBER.
UH, WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY FOR A VOLUME CONTROL PROGRAM FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WEST GROVE COURT IS A VERY SMALL HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOOD OF 35 LOTS.
IT WAS PLANTED IN 1949 WITH SINGLE STORY HOMES ON A SINGLE U-SHAPED STREET, WHICH IS ONLY 20 FEET WIDE OFF OF WESTHEIMER, WHICH IS NOW MAJOR CARTER AND IS, UH, BETWEEN WEST RIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A WEST TIMER AND WESTLAND BETWEEN BASICALLY RIVER OAKS AND HIGHLAND VILLAGE.
UH, MANY OF THE HOMES, ORIGINAL HOMES ONLY HAD SINGLE CAR GARAGES AT THAT TIME, AND WEST TIMER WAS A TWO-LANE ROAD WITH OPEN DITCHES AT THE TIME THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PUT IN.
TODAY, MOST OF THE ORIGINAL HOMES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH TWO STORY HOMES, AND MOST OF RESIDENTS HAVE AT LEAST TWO CARS.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT, AT THAT PART OF, OF WEST TIMER? UH, OUR STREET IS A U-SHAPED STREET THAT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE.
IT GOES OFF OF WESTHEIMER AND COMES BACK TO WESTHEIMER.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANYONE TO COME DOWN OUR STREET THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY, EXCEPT, UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO ONE OF OUR HOMES TODAY.
THERE ARE STREET SIGNS ON WESTHEIMER INDICATING NO THROUGH TRAFFIC, NO LARGE TRUCKS, AS WELL AS SIGNS FOR ONE STREET PARKING ON OUR STREET.
THESE SIGNS ARE RARELY OBSERVED.
THEY'VE NOT BEEN ENFORCED BY THE CITY.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE CITY, WHEN THE CITY WAS PAVED, ROAD HUMPS, WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED EARLIER, WERE REMOVED.
AND ALTHOUGH THE SIGNS ARE STILL THERE INDICATING THAT WE HAVE ROAD HUMPS, WE DO NOT HAVE THE, THE ROAD HUMPS ON OUR STREET.
WE HAVE NEVER REQUESTED THE, IF YOU COULD COMPLETE YOUR STATEMENT, EXCUSE ME, IF YOU COULD CONTINUE, BUT LOOK TO WRAP UP YOUR STATEMENT.
WE, THE, THE SPEED HUMPS, WE'VE NEVER REQUESTED THE SPEED HUMPS BECAUSE THEY, UH, REALLY WERE NOT VERY MEANINGFUL FOR WHAT WE NEEDED.
WE, THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS WHO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE REALLY ONLY WAY TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM IS TO REQUEST GATES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE THAT AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THIS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD.
THANK YOU MR. APLEY, FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE, UH, IF SIR, IF YOU'D COME BACK TO THE PODIUM.
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WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM YOU FROM I'M SURE, YES, SIR.WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU OR A COMMENT FROM VICE CHAIR SALLY ALCORN.
I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU MR. EPLEY FOR COMING.
I HAVE BEEN TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS STREET AND BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER BUR CAYMAN ON THIS ISSUE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION, AND THERE ARE, IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING DOWN.
IT'S NOT CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, BUT IT IS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AS THEY'RE CUTTING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST GOING DOWN THE, THE U SHAPE.
UM, AND I DO THINK I'VE WORKED WITH THE, THE DEPARTMENT.
I DO THINK WE HAVE A MEETING, WE'RE PLANNING A MEETING LATER IN JULY, UH, SO THEY CAN COME AND SEE, UM, FOR THEMSELVES.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMING AND HOPE YOU LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
I, I HAVE, AND, AND, UH, WE, WE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE CITY THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS.
AND THIS IS PRIVATELY FUNDED BY THE WAY.
WE, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. RAPLEY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, WITH US VIRTUALLY.
UH, WE THINK WE SEE YOU ONLINE.
MR. WOODS, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE OR HIT STAR SIX AND START YOUR QUESTION.
UH, IMAGINE RETURNING HOME TO THE SITE OF A BURGUNDY CADILLAC.
THAT IS, I'M, I'M HEARING ECHO.
WE CAN HEAR YOU VERY CLEARLY, SIR, YOU'RE, IT MIGHT BE ON YOUR SIDE, BUT WE, WE HEAR YOU CLEAR.
A IMAGINE RETURNING HOME TO THE SITE OF A BURGUNDY CADILLAC THAT HAS SKIPPED OVER THE CURB.
YOUR HEDGES, YOUR SIX FOOT ROD IRON FENCE, AND IT'S PLANTED FIRMLY IN YOUR YARD, MERE FEET FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR.
THEN THERE'S THAT GROUP OF FOUR WHEELS PARADING DOWN THE STREET WHEN ONE TAKES A CURB TOO FAST AND CRASHES INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S LIVING ROOM.
OR HOW ABOUT THE ELDERLY NEIGHBOR ON A WALKER MAKING THEIR DAILY STROLL AROUND THE BLOCK IN THE STREET? MIND YOU, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS, WHILE A MOTORCYCLE IS SPEEDS UP AND DOWN YOUR STREET, OCCASIONALLY POPPING A WHEELIE OR OTHER RECKLESS TRICK.
AND I JUST LEARNED TO IGNORE THE SOUND OF SPINNING TIRES AND THE FRAGRANT SMELL OF BURNT RUBBER IN THE AIR.
AS CARS REV THEIR ENGINES TAKING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP TO SPEED DOWN THE STREET.
THAT'S LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE LONG FROM THE CURRENT PROCESS.
I CAN'T TELL IF A TRAFFIC STUDY IN MY AREA WOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF OR ADDRESS ANY OF THESE EXAMPLES, BUT I KNOW THE PRESENCE OF A SPEED DETERRENT, UH, VIA SPEED CUSHION WOULD BE PREVENTATIVE TO ANY FURTHER NUISANCE DAMAGES AND LESSEN THE RISK OF FUTURE LAWS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT IN UNDERSTANDING THE OUTCOME OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY, INCLUDING MULTIPLE COLLABORATIVE REVIEWS BETWEEN NTMP AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOWARD A PLAN THAT ADDRESSES OUR TOTAL NEEDS.
FURTHERMORE, THE PROCESS SHOULD NOT CREATE NOR FOSTER AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THEMSELVES MENTALITY.
EVERY SPEED, EVERY REQUEST FOR SPEED CUSHION IS NOT EQUAL AND SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS SUCH.
AND WHERE IS THE EQUITY? DO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER RACIST INCIDENTS DUE TO SPEEDING GET ANY HIGHER PRIORITY THAN OTHERS WHEN SPEED CUSHION REQUESTS ARE BEING EVALUATED? MR. WOODS, WE WANT TO MY MR. MR. WOODS, YOUR TIME IS, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, BUT IF YOU COULD CONCLUDE YOUR STATEMENT, WE'LL HEAR YOU SUMMARIZE.
UH, WHY IS THERE NO FOLLOW UP STUDY TO PROVE THAT THE INSTALLED SPEED DETER WORK AS PLANNED AND THERE ISN'T A NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STEPS PERTAINING TO THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, SCHOOL ZONE? ALL YOUTH FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENTS NEED ADDITIONAL PROTECTION.
UH, HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD BE, UH, SHOULD RECEIVE SPEED ZONES AS WELL.
IF WE JUST LEARN THAT AT THEIR HOME, THE SPEED LIMIT CAN DECREASE FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAST.
WHY THEN AT THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY SPEND AS MUCH TIME AT? THANK YOU.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE GOOD COMMENTS.
I THINK IN, IN MANY WAYS SOME OF THOSE POINTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON IT.
BUT MR. WOODS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. JEANETTE SMITH HERE WITH US VIRTUALLY MS. SMITH, WE DO THINK WE SEE YOU ONLINE.
IF YOU COULD UNMUTE OR HIT STAR SIX AND START YOUR COMMENT OR QUESTION, MS. JEANETTE SMITH, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE, WE'RE READY FOR YOUR COMMENT.
WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU, UH, IF WE HEAR FROM YOU IN A MOMENT.
BUT MEANWHILE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO MS. ANNA BROOKS.
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YES.IS THAT MS. BROOKS OR MS. SMITH? MS. SMITH.
UH, I AM A RESIDENT OF NORTH
I THINK AT, WITH A SINCERE CONCERN ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF SCHOOL SAFETY SIGNS OR THE THINGS DISCUSSED TODAY TO WOULD ASSIST THE STUDENTS BUSES, UM, PARENTS COMING TO DROP OFF OF KIDS FROM THAT, WE DESPERATELY NEED TO REVIEW THAT AREA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHTS, WE DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY, UH, UH, CROSSING SIGNAGE.
PART OF THE CAMPUS IS LOCAL, ONE SIDE OF
THEN THERE IS STILL ANOTHER PORTION OF THE CAMPUS, UH, IE THE ATHLETIC AREA THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS IS LOCATED MAUS ROAD, WHICH IS NOW A HAZARDOUS, VERY HAZARDOUS TRUCK ROUTE.
UH, THE STREET SUBJECT IN, UH, IN, IN TRAFFIC JAMS ON 59 NORTH OR THE BELTWAY OR SIX 10, THERE IS ON AN AVERAGE OF TWO TO THREE ACCIDENTS A MONTH.
I KNOW THAT WITH VISION ZERO IS INCLUDED, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT NOTHING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WE ARE TOLD THAT, UH, THERE'S NOT ANY AVAILABLE HELP WITH
UH, WE HAVE THE
OR PERSONS WHO ARE TRYING GET THROUGH.
GOING, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE TODAY AND YOUR COMMENTS.
I THINK YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS HAVE ADDED SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER, THANK, THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, MS. ANNA BROOKS IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER WITH US VIRTUALLY.
MS. BROOKS, AGAIN, WE THINK WE SEE YOU.
IF YOU COULD UNMUTE OR HIT STAR SIX TO OFFER YOUR COMMENT OR QUESTION.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS, TRYING TO GET SPEED BUMPS ON MY STREET.
UH, IT'S DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY'RE TELLING US THAT WE ARE NOT, UH, WE GOT SIGNATURES THAT THEY ASKED FOR, BUT WE HAD AN ACCIDENT MEMORIAL DAY WHERE A GUY HIT A VAN AND TURNED IT OVER, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, WE HAVE KIDS ON THE STREET AND, AND A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND I THINK THE SPEED BUMPS ARE NEEDED.
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LAST WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING IN OUR AREA, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING OVER HERE.
I WAS, UM, I THINK THEY'RE WELL NEEDED ON NORTHWOOD MANOR, UM, IN NORTHWOOD MANOR.
AND WE CAN'T GET ANYBODY OUT HERE TO, TO COME AND SEE, TO INVESTIGATE THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS STREET.
MS. BROOKS, ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR STATEMENT? I BEG YOU.
PARDON? UH, UH, YOU TOOK A LONG PAUSE THERE.
I WONDERED IF YOU WERE DONE WITH YOUR STATEMENT OR, YES.
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND INVESTIGATE DISTRICT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT TODAY, AND WE WILL BE SURE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE HERE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT B, UH, THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. MAISHA CHENEY.MS. CHENEY, IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY, WE HOPE, I THINK I HEAR YOU GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION OR STATEMENT.
MS. MAISHA CHENEY, CAN YOU HIT STAR SIX OR UNMUTE? HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD.
I HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND THE NUMBER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE T-P-N-P-M APPLICATION.
I HAVE OVER 16 SIGNATURES FOR THE PETITION FOR THE SPEED CONTROL PROGRAM.
THAT NUMBER ON THE APP, IT DOES NOT WORK THAT, UH, THAT ENDS IN 3000 AND THE FAX NUMBER DOES NOT WORK.
I HAVE MY FAX MACHINE ON MY PHONE, THAT EIGHT THREE TWO THREE NINE FIVE THREE FIFTY SEVEN IS NOT VALID.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER SET OF, OF PETITION WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE ON THE STREET, LIKE OTHER CITY MEMBERS AND, UH, SHEILA JACKSON LEE WITH THE LETTERHEAD HAS SIGNED TO GET YOU GUYS WITH THE FUNDING FROM, UH, OUR MAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FUND FOR THOSE SPEED CUSHIONS.
UM, EIGHT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WAIT TILL THE, THERE IS BLOODSHED FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
MA'AM, IF THAT'S YOUR QUESTION, I, I HOPE NOT.
UH, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE DO HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER HERE AND WITH MEMBERS FROM YOUR DISTRICT.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY TO REGISTER THAT CONCERN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
I HAVE EIGHT PICTURES ALSO ON THE STREET WHERE ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED, AND I WANT TO EMAIL THEM TO THE CORRECT PERSON.
WELL, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THOSE TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND, AND, UH, SHARING YOUR COMMENT WITH US.
OUR, UH, WITH THAT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER HERE, I BELIEVE IN CHAMBERS, IS MS. SARAH HELMS. MS. HELMS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
AND IT'S YOUR TURN AT THE PODIUM.
YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS SARAH HELMS AND I AM HERE ON THE SAME ISSUE AS, UH, MR. EPLEY.
I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 45 YEARS, AND THE CONGESTION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OFF THE WESTHEIMER CORRIDOR AT WESLEYAN HAS CAUSING CONGESTION.
AND JUST TO REMIND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AT THE END OF OUR STREET, WEST GROVE, REMEMBER THIS IS A HORSESHOE SHAPED STREET.
RIVER OAKS HAS, IS OPENING 14,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT SPACE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.
THAT, AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION, THERE IS A SEVEN STORY OUTPATIENT PLASTIC SURGERY CLINIC.
AND JUST DOWN THE STREET, ALEX RIVER OAKS IS OPENING 10,001 SQUARE FEET, UH, WITH, AND BOTH OF THESE HAVE ABOUT 400 APARTMENTS.
UM, THE TYPE OF CONGESTION IS, UH, WHAT WE REFER TO AS LOOKY-LOO.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKING FOR A PARKING PLACE, JUST LOOKING AT US.
AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT A GATE WOULD THIS A REALLY GOOD SOLUTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
AND REMEMBER IN 48 AND 49, AS MR. ELEY SAID, THIS WAS A VERY NARROW STREET, 20 FEET, EVEN WITH TRYING TO ENFORCE PARKING ON ONE SIDE ONLY THERE IS, YOU KNOW, HARDLY ROOM FOR AN AMBULANCE TO COME DOWN THE STREET WITH A CAR PARKED ON ONE SIDE AND THE CITY CAN'T ENFORCE IT.
AND WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS ENFORCING IT.
AGAIN, WE COULD PRIVATELY FUND THIS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE 34 RESIDENTS, 35 LOTS THAT WE HAVE THERE, IT'S VERY SMALL.
IT'S JUST TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION SPILLING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT THERE ON THIS WESTHEIMER CORRIDOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. HELMS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM VICE CHAIR ALCORN AND YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ABBY CAYMAN, AND THOSE OF US HERE WITH THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT FOR YOU.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REGISTERING YOUR COMMENT AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS GROUP WILL BE, WILL BE FOLLOWING UP.
OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR THE DAY IS, UH, MR. DOUG SMITH, WHO'S HERE WITH US IN CHAMBERS.
MR. SMITH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT HERE TODAY.
AND IF YOU'D APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
MY NAME IS DOUG SMITH AND I DON'T HAVE, EXCUSE ME, I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR COMMENTS.
UH, I HAD ANOTHER MEETING DOWNTOWN AND I HAD SOME TIME, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD COME AND JOIN YOU AND
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MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING.AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, WHEN THEY COME IN BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN, PARTICULARLY DURING A BRIGHT DAY.
SO IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE THIS AS YOU CAN FOLLOW THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THE CHAMBER.
AND, UH, I, I THINK OUR STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB, SO I WANT TO THANK THEY DO THANK THEM AGAIN.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, EVERYONE THAT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKER COMPONENT OF OUR MEETING TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, UM, AND JUST BEFORE I ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PRESENTATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TTI WEBSITE.
THAT'S WWW.HOUSTONTX.GOV/COUNCIL/COMMITTEES/TTI HTML.
OUR NEXT TTI COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2022 AT 10:00 AM BACK HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR ATTENTION.