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TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.[Bicycle Advisory Committee]
UM, ONCE WE GET OUR TECHNICAL ISSUES, UH, SORTED, UM, IN A FEW MINUTES HERE, UM, WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.IT IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE.
THE TIME IS NOW 2 35, UH, PM ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2022.
THIS IS THE BICYCLE ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE BAC MISSION IS TO ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR ON ISSUES RELATED TO BICYCLING IN THE CITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AMENDMENTS TO THE BIKE PLAN, BICYCLE SAFETY AND EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIKE PLAN, DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES FOR FUNDING PROJECTS RELATED TO BICYCLING AND PROMOTING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BICYCLING.
THE BAC VISION IS BY 2027, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL BE A SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE, GOAL LEVEL, FRIENDLY BIKE CITY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL OF OUR MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT, LEAH CHAMBERS PRESENT.
THIS IS BIN PHILLIPS FOR JOHANNA.
I THINK I SEE MIKE, BUT I, I NEED, DID YOU HEAR MIKE VAN? OKAY.
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NICK KNIGHT, ROBIN HOLZER AND VION MCREYNOLDS.HEY, I, UH, THIS IS AMMAR AND I'M, I WAS PRESENT.
I WAS, I DIDN'T, UH, UNMUTE MYSELF.
WELL, WE HAVE AMMAR THAT MAKES 11.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS I MAY HAVE MISSED, UH, DURING ROLL CALL? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MICROSOFT MEETING INSTRUCTIONS.
UM, THE, I'M SORRY, UH, THE TEAMS MEETING INSTRUCTIONS.
THE AGENDA SLIDES CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT, UH, HOUSTON BIKE PLAN.ORG.
YOU CAN JOIN BY PHONE (936) 755-1521 USING ID 7 1 4 8 2 0 1 5 1 POUND.
SO, MICROSOFT TEAM MEETING INSTRUCTIONS, UH, PLEASE BE, UH, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, PLEASE USE STAR SIX TO MUTE YOURSELF AND WAIT TO BE, UM, RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR.
IF YOU ARE ON MICROSOFT TEAMS, YOU CAN, UH, SEND A MESSAGE IN THE CHAT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A ROBUST AGENDA.
YOU HAVE IT BEFORE YOU, UM, WE'LL START WITH DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS JENNIFER OSLAND.
I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FILLING IN FOR DAVID FIELDS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY AS BRANDON DID, THAT THE AGENDAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE@HOUSTONBIKEPLAN.ORG SLASH BAC IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SPEAK.
UM, UNDER I ITEM, AGENDA, ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND IF EVER THAT YOU, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE MEETING EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.
WE DO ALWAYS ACCEPT WRITTEN COMMENTS IF YOU GET 'EM TO US BEFORE, UM, I WANNA SAY 2:00 PM MM-HMM
WE WILL READ YOUR COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD AT DURING OUR, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT ITEM 10 OPEN FORUM IS REALLY JUST FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T ON, UM, THAT HAVE COME UP.
SO, UH, JUST A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT IS UNDER ITEM FOUR TODAY.
UM, AND AS BRANDON SAID, UM, PLEASE, UH, WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR.
UM, YOU CAN SIGN UP IN THE CHAT IF, OR LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, AND THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.
AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND IF YOU'RE ON A PHONE, STAR SIX IS USUALLY HOW YOU MUTE AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.
SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS EVER, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL US AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 0 0 OR, UH, VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
I HAD THREE TOPICS I WANTED TO, UH, COVER TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS AN EXPLANATION.
IF I LOOK HOT AND BOTHERED FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE MEETING, IT MAY BE THAT WE'RE HAVING A ROBUST DISCUSSION, BUT MORE LIKELY IT'S HOT FLASHES.
AND THEY ARE A, A COMMON SIDE EFFECT FOR HO HORMONE TREATMENT, WHICH I'M UNDERGOING FOR, UH, PROSTATE CANCER.
AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS A YEAR AGO, BUT THIS IS KIND OF MY P-S-A-P-S-A FOR ANY HUMANS.
GET YOUR ANNUAL CHECKUP, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
AND IF YOU'RE A MALE HUMAN OVER 40, OR IF YOU KNOW ONE THAT IS
AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT DIGITAL MEANS, IT'S THAT THIS KIND OF DIGITAL AND, AND A PSA TEST THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EARLY DETECTION.
SO I JUST OFF ON THAT, UM, RUMOR HAS IT THAT A LONG AWAITED ADDITION TO THE BIKEWAY, UH, SYSTEM WAS COMPLETED WHILE I WAS OUT OF TOWN.
AND THAT'S THE MKT SPUR, WHICH CONNECTS THE WHITE OAK BAYOU TRAIL TO THE, UH, HEIGHTS TRAIL, UH, NEAR STUDIO PARK.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CELEBRATING.
I, I JUST GOT BACK AT ONE IN THE MORNING TODAY, SO THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF MY BRAIN FOG, BUT, UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT YET.
BUT TO ME, IT'S SYMBOLIC OF THE OLD VERSUS NEW, UH, WAY THAT WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE HERE IN HOUSTON.
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I LOSE TRACK, I THINK IT'S BEEN A LESS, AT LEAST 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, IN THE MAKING OR NOT MAKING.AND TO ME AT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT SYMBOLIZED THE WAY THE CITY GOT THINGS DONE OR ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET THINGS DONE BACK IN THOSE DAYS, AND IF IT WASN'T OVERT RESISTANCE, IT WAS PASSIVE RESISTANCE AND PROJECTS HAD A WAY OF LANGUISHING ON PEOPLE'S DESKS AND JUST NOT GETTING DONE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE NOW.
AND THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS SYMBOLIC OF THAT.
IT'S A PRETTY INVOLVED PROJECT IF YOU SEE IT.
IT LOOKS EASY ON A MAP WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT'S INVOLVED.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT BEING MOVED.
BUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND HOUSTON PARKS BOARD AND OTHER AGENCIES, UM, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY, NOT ONLY THAT PROJECT, BUT SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE GETTING DONE.
AND TO ME, THAT WAS A BIG FACTOR I POINTED OUT IN, UM, IN MY COMMENTS OR, UH, THE SURVEY TO THE, UH, RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THAT SURVEY, I URGE YOU TO DO SO.
I THINK THERE'S A LINK ON HERE TO AT THE END OF THE, UH, UH, PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT.
BUT I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL MAKE SILVER LEVEL NOT ONLY FOR WHAT WE'RE GETTING DONE, BUT HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
BUT THE WONDERFUL CHANGE IN ATTITUDES AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS, AMONG STAFF, I MEAN, ACROSS THE BOARD HERE, IS JUST REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
AND I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE, THE LEAGUE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO RAISE WAS THIS
SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES.
AND I'LL JUST, YEAH, I'LL JUST THROW OUT IF, IF EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT 'EM.
SO I'LL YIELD TO THE COMMITTEE ON THIS, BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IS SOMEWHAT
AND, UM, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE DISCUSSION? I'M A LITTLE WEAK ON MY ROBERT'S RULES.
I ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE THEN.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
UM, YOU CAN, UH, THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK, YOU CAN SEND IN WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE BAC, UH, TO THE EMAIL AT BAC AT HOUSTON, TX GOV BY 2:00 PM THE DAY OF THE BAC MEETING.
COMMENTS WILL BE READ ALOUD BY STAFF DURING THE MEETING.
YOU CAN ALSO COMMENT BY PHONE BY DIALING (936) 755-1521 USING ID 7 1 4 8 2 0 1 5 1 POUND SIGN.
ALSO PRESS, DO NOT FORGET TO PRESS, UH, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
UM, AND WHEN CALLED UPON THE CHAIR, UM, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS, YOU CAN TYPE YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT.
YOU'LL BE CALLED UPON, UM, AT THIS TIME WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS.
UM, SO SHARON, IS ANYONE SIGN UP IN THE CHAT TO SPEAK DONE AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE AGENDA.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, LIVABLE PLACES OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT LIVABLE PLACES BY OUR, UH, PRINCIPAL PLAINTIFFS AVITA BANDY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AVITA BANDY AND I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO THE LEAD FOR THE LOUISVILLE PLACES PROJECT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOUISVILLE PLACES PROJECT AND TO CREATE AWARENESS AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
I WON'T GET INTO RECOMMENDATION DETAILS, BUT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
IT IS EXCITING TO, UM, SEE SOME OF OUR, UH, LOUISVILLE PLACES, PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, CHAPTER 42 IS THE ORDINANCE UNDER WHICH SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY IS GOVERNED, AND IT CAME INTO EFFECT IN 1982.
OF COURSE, WE NEED OCCASIONAL UPDATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCE PROMOTES CURRENT CITY PRIORITIES LAUNCHED IN THE FALL OF 2020.
THE LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE AND ACTION COMMITTEE IS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT
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STANDARDS THAT ENCOURAGE HOUSING VARIETY AND AFFORDABILITY.MORE SPECIFICALLY, LIVABLE PLACES IS PAVING THE WAY TO MAKE HOUSTON'S NEIGHBORHOOD MORE EQUITABLE, CREATING MORE ACCESSIBLE, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GREATER VARIETY OF HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION CHOICES.
IT'S MAKING WALKABLE, UM, BY CREATING SAFER, MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LESS CAR DEPENDENT.
WITH BETTER ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND BIKE FACILITIES, WE ARE MAKING IT AFFORDABLE BY CREATING A GREATER VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS AT MORE ATTAINABLE PRICE POINTS FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS.
LIVABLE PLACES, BUILDS ON AND IS IMPLEMENTING EXISTING PLANNING EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED GOALS.
MANY OF THESE GOALS ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM PLAN HOUSTON, RESIDENT HOUSTON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SUCH.
IN THE CASE OF PLAN HOUSTON LIVABLE PLACES IS IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED GOALS, LIKE, UH, GROW RESPONSIBLY AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO PLACES, NURTURE, SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND FOSTER AND AFFORDABLE CITY.
IN THE CASE OF RESILIENT HOUSTON, LIVABLE PLACES IS IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED GOALS LIKE PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH INFILL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, AMEND AND AMEND LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE STREETS A HUNDRED PERCENT SAFE FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS, OR PROVIDE TRANSIT OPTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN THE CASE OF CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, LIVABLE PLACES IS ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED GOALS LIKE BUILD AND RETROFIT, COMPLETE TRANSIT OR ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS BY UPDATING POLICIES AND STANDARDS TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND SERVICES, NEAR TRANSIT STOPS AND TRAILS, UM, PHASING OUT PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THERE IS GREATER RETURN ON OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY, UM, METRO AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND PARKS BOARD, AND ALL THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN, UM, OUR BIKE SHARE FACILITIES AND BIKE LANES.
LASTLY, LIVABLE PLACES IS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
LASTLY, LIVABLE PLACES IS TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE HOMES IN WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
A CLEAR PREFERENCE OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS ABOUT 54% OUT OF 17,000 RESPONDENTS FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
RECENT HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, PREFER, PREFER WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, LIVABLE PLACES IS TAKING ON THE TASK.
TAKING ON THE TASK TO REDUCE FUTURE SPRAWL, THE STATUS QUO FOR MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AS SEEN ON THIS MAP, LARGELY DEVELOPING IN THE GREENFIELD AREAS AROUND THE CITY, INCREASES COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE, INCREASES IMPERVIOUS AREAS, INCREASES RELIANCE ON CARS, AND INCREASES STORM WATER RUNOFF.
LIVABLE PLACES WILL ENCOURAGE BUILDING UP WITHIN THE CITY TO HAVE POSITIVE IMPACTS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, LIKE THOSE REFERENCED IN THIS EXHIBIT.
REDUCE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE ON GREENFIELD AREAS.
MAXIMUM USE, MAXIMIZE THE USE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, ENCOURAGE USE OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND FACILITATE SAFER, MORE WALKABLE AMENITY RICH NEIGHBORHOODS.
LIVABLE PLACES WILL DO THIS WITH RESPECTING AND NOT OVERRIDING ANY ACTIVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, NOT INTERFERING WITH MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND BUILDING LINE ORDINANCES THAT EXIST TODAY.
NOW LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOUSING TYPES THAT LIVABLE PLACES IS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF OR MAKING CHANGES TO.
I'LL GO OVER THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, BUT MAINLY THESE ARE THE FOUR TYPES WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
SO THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO DISCUSS IS A SECOND DWELLING UNIT.
IT IS AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT THAT IS LOCATED ABOVE A GARAGE OR WITHIN A SEPARATE STRUCTURE FROM THE MAIN HOUSE, ALSO CALLED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT GRANNY FLATS OR GARAGE APARTMENTS.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS OF A MAXIMUM BUILDING SIZE FOR THIS SECOND UNIT IF DETACHED, BUT NOT WHEN ATTACHED TO
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THE MAIN HOME.WE PROPOSE TO REMOVE THIS SIZE LIMITATION AND ALSO PROPOSE RIGHT SIZING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE UNIT SIZE.
THE NEXT ONE IS NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOCATED ON A NARROW LOT THAT FRONTS A STREET AND IDEALLY HAS A RARE ALLEY OR PARKING ACCESS NARROW LOTS COULD ALSO DEVELOP WITH SHARED DRIVEWAYS OR WITH FLAG LOT CONFIGURATION.
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY ARE SEEING THESE TYPES OF HOUSING AS EXISTING LOTS SUBDIVIDE INTO NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS WITH DIRECT LAR ACCESS FROM THE STREET VIA WIDE DRIVEWAYS.
WE ARE PROPOSING CHANGES TO REQUIRE LAR ACCESS FROM ALLEYS OR SHARED DRIVEWAYS WHEN POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES OR OTHERWISE ENCOURAGE NARROWER AND FEWER DRIVEWAYS TO THE PUBLIC STREET.
COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT IS A CLUSTER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED AROUND A PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, SHARED, SHARED COURTYARD, SOMETIMES CALLED A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT RULES DO NOT PERMIT THE STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT IS INCREASINGLY IN DEMAND IN MANY CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THERE WILL BE NO MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT RESTRICTION TO KEEP THE DEVELOPMENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT TYPE WILL ALSO ALLOW THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACE PER LOT TO BE ON SITE WITHIN A COMMON PARKING AREA.
MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL IS, IT COULD BE A TRIPLEX, MULTIPLE DUPLEXES ON A SITE OR A FOURPLEX OR MULTIPLEX WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT DWELLING UNITS.
THIS DEVELOPMENT TYPE WOULD REINTRODUCE TRIPLEXES AND QUADPLEXES THAT WERE POPULAR IN HOUSTON AROUND THE MID-CENTURY, SUCH AS IN MONTROSE.
OVER TIME, OUR DEVELOPMENT RULES HAVE MADE CONSTRUCTING THESE TYPES OF MULTIFAMILY, THESE TYPE OF HOUSING, MORE CUMBERSOME OR INFEASIBLE.
WE PROPOSE TO REVISE THE MULTIFAMILY REQUIREMENTS WHEN MEETING SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO HOPEFULLY REINTRODUCE THIS, THIS TYPE OF SMALL SCALE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN HOUSTON, LIKE THE SECOND DWELLING UNITS, THESE TYPE.
UM, THESE WILL ALSO PROPOSE, UM, MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE UNIT SIZE.
YOU MAY ASK WHY ARE THESE CHANGES COMING? WHAT ARE WE AVOIDING WITH THESE CHANGES? UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, NARROW FRONT LOADING LOT DEVELOPMENT IS VERY COMMON.
WHILE IT INITIALLY LOOKS OKAY, THERE ARE SOME UNDERLYING CONSEQUENCES.
MASS DEVELOPMENT OF NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS CREATES STREETS WITHOUT ANY ROOM FOR ON-STREET PARKING.
WITH THE LIMITED DESIGN OPTIONS AVAILABLE, THE GARAGE IS RIGHT UP FRONT AND CREATES A PHENOMENA OF UNUSABLE SIDEWALKS WITH VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY.
LIMITING WALKABILITY, PAVING OF THE ENTIRE LOT WORTH FOR DRIVEWAY INTERFERES WITH STORM WATER DETECTION FACILITIES AND LEAVES NO ROOM FOR GREEN SPACE.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE BIKE LANES ON SUCH STREETS AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE, IT FURTHER MAKES THE USE OF THESE CITY INVESTMENTS UNSAFE FOR PUBLIC USE.
ENCOURAGING THESE HOUSING TYPES MEANS THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE PARKING REQUIREMENTS NEAR HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT AND HIGH COMFORT BIKE FACILITIES TO MAKE BUILDING THESE HOUSING TYPES MORE AFFORDABLE.
THIS ONLY MEANS THAT THE CITY WON'T REQUIRE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS NEAR TRANSIT SERVED AREAS.
PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE PARKING BASED ON THEIR NEEDS BY EASING PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, A MORE DIVERSE STYLE OF HOUSING CAN BE BUILT THAT CAN BE MORE AFFORDABLE, PROMOTE MORE SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND HELP ENCOURAGE USE OF OUR AVAILABLE MULTIMODAL TRANSIT INVESTMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO CHANGING PARKING RULES, OTHER RULES ALSO NEED TO BE MODIFIED TO ENCOURAGE THESE TYPES OF HOUSING.
THESE AMENDMENTS ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO ALLOWING MORE HOUSING UNITS ON SMALLER LOTS, ALLOWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPEN SPACES, ALLOWING FOR NARROWER AND FEWER DRIVEWAYS, AND ALLOWING MORE WAYS TO ACCESS ONSITE PARKING.
LIVABLE PLACES IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THESE DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES.
NOW BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED SO FAR, WE ARE STILL TAKING INPUT, SO IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
PLEASE VISIT LIVABLE PLACES PAGE ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON TO GET DETAILED
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INFORMATION ON THE ACTION COMMITTEE'S WORK AND RECOMMENDATIONS.YOU CAN USE THE QR CODE SHOWN TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE AND VISIT US USING THE WEBSITE.
LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG/LIVABLE PLACES.
HERE IS OUR TIMELINE FOR, UM, THE CHANGES.
OUR PROCESS ORIGINALLY STARTED BACK IN 2020, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY DRAFTING THE REQUIRED ORDINANCE CHANGES.
WE ARE EXPECTING, UH, FOR THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2023.
WITH THAT, I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
I REQUEST THAT YOU SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDED CHANGES, UH, SORRY, THESE SUGGESTED CHANGES.
AND, UM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY COMMUNITIES WHO ARE, UH, WILLING TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO WRITE TO LIVABLE PLACES AT HOUSTON TX GOV OR CONTACT US VIA 8 3 2 3 9 360 600.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE CITY DOING THIS.
I THINK THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT ARE, THAT ARE THAT YOU'VE LISTED WITHIN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I AM CURIOUS AS TO HOW IT INTERFACES WITH THE, THE BIKEWAY PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE I THINK YOU MADE A, A GLANCING REFERENCE TO THAT.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO MAKING IT MORE WALKABLE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY CONSISTENT, BUT MAYBE A, A SOMEWHAT TANGENTIAL GOAL TO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
SO JUST INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UM, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS, ALONG WITH, UM, ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, WE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGING OR PROPOSING, UM, MARKET BASED PARKING WHEN THERE ARE TRANSIT SERVED AREAS.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF THERE IS HIGH FREQUENCY BUS ROUTES OR HIGH COMFORT BIKE LANES THAT ARE EXISTING OR PROGRAMMED, WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, MARKET BASED PARKING WITHIN A HALF MILE OR QUARTER MILE DISTANCE.
SO THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND I THINK, UM, IT'LL HELP THE CITY MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHICH IS ALSO THE GOAL OF, UM, THE BIKE PLAN.
WHEN YOU SAY MARK BASE, DOES THAT MEAN YOU ESSENTIALLY LEAVE IT TO THE DEVELOPERS? YES.
SO THERE WILL BE NO CITY MINIMUMS, WHICH IS A, UM, BIG CONSEQUENCE OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS WE SEE TODAY IS TWO PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, WHICH MAY NOT BE NEEDED IF YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT TO A HIGH FREQUENCY BUS ROUTE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? JESSICA, THIS IS SOLVING MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IN HOUSTON EVER.
UM, IT BOTHERS ME SO MUCH TO SEE THE FRONT LOADING, UM, RESIDENTIAL LOTS BEING BUILT WITH NO OTHER ACCESS FOR A VEHICLE BECAUSE IT CREATES SUCH AN UNSAFE AND UNNEIGHBORLY, UM, INTERFACE WITH THE STREET.
SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME.
YOU MENTIONED, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I REALIZE IS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NOT REAR ACCESS FOR VEHICLES OR AN ALLEY, THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT CHANGE TO MAKE.
SO WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES FOR, UH, DEVELOPERS, AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS APPLYING TO PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PROPERTIES THAT CAN BE REDEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YES.
SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE INCENTIVES TO GET DEVELOPERS TO MAYBE INTRODUCE AN ALLEY WHERE BEFORE, UM, THEY COULD JUST USE THE STREET? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO IF THERE IS AN ALLEY, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AND AGAIN, THESE DETAILS ARE IN THE WEBSITE, BUT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO, UM, DEFINITELY TAKE ALLEY ACCESS IF IT, IF THERE IS AN ALLEY, IF THERE ARE MIDBLOCK DEVELOPMENTS AND THERE IS NO ALLEY, THEN THERE ARE OPTIONS.
LIKE THEY CAN DO A SHARED DRIVEWAY OR THEY CAN DO A FLAG LOT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, PREDOMINANTLY WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT ONE DRIVEWAY, EVERY LOT COMES WITH ONE DRIVEWAY IF THEY'RE REDEVELOPING.
SO JUST USE THAT ONE DRIVEWAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO BOTH THE LOTS.
SO YOU SPLIT THE LOTS LIKE THAT, UM, ON A FLAG SHAPE, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE DRIVEWAY THAT GIVES THAT GARAGE ACCESS TO BOTH THE UNITS.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE WAY TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.
AND MOSTLY WHAT WE SEE TODAY IS THESE 50 BY A HUNDRED LOTS GET SUBDIVIDED INTO 25 BY HUNDRED LOTS WITH THAT NARROW,
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UM, WIDTH.SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE.
THE INCENTIVES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING IS, UM, DENSITY.
SO THERE IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AND, UM, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO REDUCED PARKING AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO HIGHER DENSITY.
JUST WANNA ADD, I THINK WE'RE ALSO, BECAUSE WE DID GET PUSHBACK FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT LOADERS, THE BUILD, THE DEVELOPERS LIKE THOSE AND, AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD, UM, FROM HOME BUYERS THAT THEY LIKE THEM TWO.
SO ONE COMPROMISE AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND I THINK IT'S STILL IN THERE, IS A SHARED DRIVEWAY APPROACH.
SO YOU COULD STILL EACH HAVE A GARAGE AND A DRIVEWAY, BUT THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE CURB CUT.
AND SO YOU'D BE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHARE THAT.
SO IT'S JUST REALLY FROM THE PAVEMENT TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO AT LEAST WE WOULD HAVE RE UM, REDUCED THE, YOU KNOW, CROSSING THE SIDEWALK AND ALSO LEAVE MORE ROOM FOR PARKING.
SO YEAH, SO WE'RE NOT, WE, WE, YEAH, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE NARROW LOTS WITH THE GARAGES IN THE FRONT, IN SOME SITUATIONS, IN SOME SITUATIONS.
BUT INSTEAD OF TWO DRIVES, IT'LL BE ONE DRIVEWAY THAT FORKS OUT AND GIVES ACCESS TO BOTH LOTS.
I'VE, I'VE GOT A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN WEST END IN A, IN A TOWNHOUSE, WHICH THEY, I, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S MAYBE 60 FEET WIDE, THE ORIGINAL LOT, BUT THERE'S FOUR, FOUR UNITS ON IT AND THEY ALL SHARE ONE DRIVEWAY.
IT COMES INTO KIND OF A COURTYARD IN THE MIDDLE, A PAVED COURTYARD, AND FEEDS EACH OF THEIR GARAGES AND THAT, I REALLY LIKE THAT.
I JUST WANTED, SORRY, JESSICA, WERE YOU OH,
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THANK THE WHOLE PLANNING STAFF.
I, A FEW WEEKS AGO ATTENDED THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION POLICY AND ADVOCACY CONFERENCE, AND IT, THERE WERE A LOT OF SESSIONS AROUND THE HOUSING CRISIS AND SORT OF THE MISSING MIDDLE AND A LOT OF THESE STANDARDS AND CONVERTING IT.
AND SO IT'S JUST SO EXCITING TO SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE ALREADY IN PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
I THINK WE, WE ARE REALLY THE COMMITTEE'S DONE WITH THEIR WORK AND WE ARE ASKING FOR, FOR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REACH OUT TO MORE GROUPS.
SO IF ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, HAS IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN REACH MORE THAN JUST HOMEOWNERS IN SUBDIVISIONS, WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT RENTERS TOO, PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RENTERS OR FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO, UM, WANT SMALLER UNITS.
WE KNOW DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU KNOW, TRENDS, HOUSEHOLD SIZES ARE SHRINKING AND SHRINKING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONLY HAVE ONE CAR OR DON'T WANNA OWN A CAR 'CAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
SO IF ANY ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE HAS THOUGHTS, UM, LET US KNOW.
LET'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EMAIL US OR CALL US, UM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WE CAN REACH OUT TO, OR EVENTS WE CAN ATTEND, UM, AND HAND OUT INFORMATION AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, YOU SAID THAT THIS IS GONNA BE CITYWIDE, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND IN THE ONLY INSTANCE WHERE THIS WOULDN'T BE AN OPTION IS WHERE DEED RESTRICTIONS PROHIBIT IT.
UM, SO I HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WITH DEVELOPERS AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL DEVELOPERS ARE LIKE LOOKING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY, SO I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE, UM, THEY'RE GREAT IDEAS FOR SURE, BUT, UM, MAYBE LIKE, IT'LL BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO THEM.
SO, UM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KIND OF LIKE STOP DEVELOPERS FROM LIKE TAKING ADV OR LOOKING MORE TOWARDS LIKE HOW THEY'RE PROFITING VERSUS HOW THEY'RE SERVING THE COMMUNITY THEY'RE BUILDING IN? UM, UH, LIKE DELAYING PROJECTS, LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE DRAFTING NEW ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND IT'S COMING NEXT, NEXT YEAR.
UM, IF THEY KNOW THIS IS COMING, THEN THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND SQUEEZE AS MANY THINGS AS THEY CAN TO KIND OF BUILD WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THEIR MONEY AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AREA OR WHATEVER.
SO WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THAT ASPECT? UM, WE ARE ALREADY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH LOT OF DIFFERENT APPLICANTS AND DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING WITH THEIR FRONT LOADERS.
WE ARE ALREADY HAVING A CONVERSATION MAKING EVERYONE AWARE THAT THESE RULES WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE.
SO YES, IT COULD HAPPEN THAT THERE COULD BE AN INFLUX OF APPLICATIONS.
IT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHENEVER ANY ORDINANCES CHANGE.
BUT, UH, WE ARE MAKING, I THINK THE INCENTIVES WE ARE PROVIDING, LIKE ADDITIONAL DENSITY, ONLY ONE CAR PER THE SMALLER UNITS AND OTHER INCENTIVES, UM,
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WILL HELP IN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO THIS.WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED, UH, CHANGES TO THE DRAINAGE AND DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WAS A BIG HURDLE IN, UM, HAVING SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENTS.
SO NOW, UM, I THINK IT IS LOOKING MORE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPERS TO DO SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENTS, UM, EVEN WITHOUT THE INCENTIVES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO, UM, MAKE IT EASIER TO DEV, DEVELOP, TO USE THE ALLEYS.
WE, WE HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT THE, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE MAYBE SQUISHY OR UNKNOWN OR EXPENSIVE.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO MAKE IT EASIER SO THAT DEVELOPERS WANT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO USE THE ALLEY.
UM, ALL OF THIS IS STILL IN THE WORKS AND WE'RE NOT COMPROMISING DRAINAGE.
I MEAN, WE WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR, BUT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS SHARED DRIVEWAYS USE, UM, THE SAME AMOUNT OR LESS CONCRETE THAN FRONT LOADERS.
AND IT REALLY, WHEN THEY, THE DE TENSION RULES WERE PUT IN PLACE, IT WASN'T, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T COME UP, I GUESS.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMPROMISE DRAINAGE, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO DOING THE RIGHT THING DOESN'T COST YOU MORE.
SO THEN BASICALLY LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT THE LANGUAGE YOU'RE COVERING UP WITH IS LIKE INCENTIVE ENOUGH TO LIKE CONVINCE DEVELOPERS TO LIKE, HOLD OFF ON PROJECTS THEY WANT TO TRY AND SQUEEZE BY? WE HOPE SO,
WELL, WE ARE, UM, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLING OUT PROJECTS THAT WE THINK COULD BE BETTER AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TRIES TO ENCOURAGE THEM DURING, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE WE GET TO COMMISSION.
BUT COMMISSIONERS WE FIND ARE SPEAKING UP MORE AND MORE, UM, AND ASKING, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THAT AT THE MEETING, WHY CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS.
THAT'D BE, WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THEY'RE, WE HAVE DEVELOPERS ON THE COMMITTEE, SO THESE RULES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY PARTICIPATED IN THESE RULES AND WE'VE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE RAISED GOOD ISSUES AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RESPOND TO THEM AND, AND SO FAR, SO FAR SO GOOD.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, SO IT'S OKAY.
LONG WELL, THERE IS CONVERSATION WITH DEVELOPERS ABOUT THIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT, BRANDON? UH, YES.
UH, I HAVE QUICK COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS INITIATIVE AND THE WORK THAT LIVABLE PLACES IS DOING.
UM, YOU ASKED FOR MAYBE SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE RECEIVED, UH, BY THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE KIND OF UNIN OR OVERLOOKED BENEFITS HERE BY GETTING RID OF ALL THESE, UH, FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAYS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY, UH, FREEING UP, UM, MORE STREET PARKING MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I KNOW WE DON'T ALL LOVE GIVING MORE STREET PARKING, BUT IT'S FREEING UP CURB SPACE THAT COULD BE USED FOR BIKE LANES, FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO KIND OF GIVE SOME STREET PARKING BACK INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING THESE DRIVEWAYS EVERYWHERE.
SO AS A WAY TO SELL IT TO SOME POTENTIAL NAYSAYERS WHO MIGHT SAY, OH, WE NEED MORE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LOCAL BUSINESS AND ALL THAT.
UM, THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE MORE STREET PARKING POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE, THIS A GREAT POINT.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THERE IS A, A BIG, UH, RELATIONSHIP OF COURSE TO VISION ZERO.
AND I THINK IF THAT COULD BE, UM, LEVERAGED OR JUST, YOU KNOW, ARTICULATED BETTER IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SAFETY, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS OR, OR SAFETY IMPACT IN CONTRIBUTION TO CITY OF HOUSTON'S VISION ZERO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY POWERFUL.
WE KNOW THAT DRIVER CONSOLIDATION DOES THAT, AND SO THAT COULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING AS YOU TRY TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING OTHER STATISTICS, CRASH REDUCTION FACTORS AND OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HELP BETTER ARTICULATE IT TO DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT YOU CAN, UH, CONSIDER THAT WOULD ALSO CREATE THAT SYNERGY WITH CITY OF HOUSTON AT VISION ZERO.
AND WITH THAT, UH, CHAIR THOMPSON, I'M PRESENT.
I JUST HAD ONE MORE COMMENT KIND OF TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT LIKE, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OUR BIKE NET BIKE NETWORK AND OUR BIKE PLAN? I THINK THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DO IS
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REALLY A BIG PART OF CREATING A MORE ACTIVE STREET LIFE, CREATING MORE VIBRANT SPACES, CREATING SAFER PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT.AND IT KIND OF CASCADES INTO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE BIKEWAYS AS WELL AS WALKING AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE KIND OF ARE HOPING TO SEE.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST PAIRING OUR GOALS WITH A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT FOSTERS THEM MORE.
TREVOR, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UM, UH, JESSICA HAD ASKED MY, UH, EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS A CITYWIDE OR WHETHER IT WAS JUST APPLICABLE TO, UH, PILOT NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITY, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, BUT GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT, IT'S, UH, IN FACT CITYWIDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND PLEASE BE AMBASSADORS TO THESE RULES AND PLEASE HELP US BY PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN THE LET'S TALK HOUSTON WEBSITE.
ONE QUICK QUESTION, IS THIS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE ARE WORKING ON SOME SPANISH MATERIAL.
THE EXHIBITS THAT I SHARED, THE BLUE EXHIBITS, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.
BUT, UM, I'LL REACH OUT WITH MORE INFORMATION IN SPANISH IF, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN THE, UH, WITH THE AGENDA, UH, BEFORE WE GET HERE.
UH, SO THAT'S MY MISTAKE ON THAT SLIDE, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, NUMBER FIVE.
NUMBER SIX IS THE BAC 2023 EXPIRING TERMS AND REEMPLOYMENT.
UM, 10 COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE SET, UH, TERMS ARE SET TO EXPIRE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
UM, EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS.
UM, AS A REMINDER, ANY EXISTING BAC MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR RENOMINATION MUST SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST AND RESUME TO MYSELF STAFF BRANDON MOSLEY BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS OCTOBER 31ST, 2021.
UH, STAFF WILL TAKE, UH, IN CONSIDERATION, WILL TAKE A LIST OF ATTENDANCE, UH, THESE PAST TWO YEARS IN CONSIDERATION FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE MAYOR.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND YOUR SERVICE.
UM, NEXT IS NUMBER SEVEN, STRATEGIC BIKEWAYS.
MEMBERS OF THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, I AM HERE TO PRESENT ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC BIKEWAY INVESTMENT FUND.
SO, JUST AS BACKGROUND, I'M SURE EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT THE BAC APPROVED THE USE OF 10% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR BIKEWAYS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CORRIDORS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
UH, TODAY WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO SHARE ON THE FIRST TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN SCOPE AS WELL AS SOME COST ESTIMATES.
SO FIRST IS THE EXISTING CROSSING OF THE WHITE OAK TRAIL AT NORTH SAN JACINTO STREET IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, THE SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THERE WOULD BE TO STRIFE THE EXISTING CROSSWALK AND ADD SIX HIGH VISIBILITY K 71 BOLLARDS TO THE EXISTING MEDIAN REFUGE ISLAND.
UM, THE COST ESTIMATE PROVIDED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR THIS IS $9,184.
AND THE SECOND OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS IS TO UPGRADE MAIN STREET TO A SHARED ON STREET BICYCLE FACILITY BETWEEN LAMAR STREET, BIKEWAY IN DOWNTOWN AND THE GRAY STREET BIKEWAY IN MIDTOWN.
THE SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THERE WOULD BE SHARED LANE MARKINGS.
UM, BICYCLES MAY USE FULL LANE SIGNAGE AS WELL AS BIKE.
UM, HOUSTON BIKEWAYS WAY FINDING SIGNAGE.
THE COST ESTIMATE FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROVIDED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS IS $38,232.
UM, USING THESE NUMBERS, UM, THE REMAINING BIKEWAY BALANCE FOR, FOR THIS FUND AFTER THOSE TWO WILL BE 62,584.
THERE'S TWO PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM SHOWING YOU EXAMPLES OF THE SORTS OF IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN EXPECT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, PETER.
UM, I MEAN, THESE BOTH LOOK LIKE GOOD PROJECTS.
I'VE RIDDEN MAIN STREET IN THAT STRETCH BEFORE, AND I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION.
AND, AND OF COURSE, THAT CROSSING IT
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FOR THE WIDE OAK TRAIL WOULD BE, THAT'D BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY TOUGH.HOW DID, HOW DID, UH, YOU COME UP WITH THESE TWO PROJECTS AMONG THE MANY OTHER
WHAT ELSE DO YOU, AND WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LOOKING AT, UH, GIVEN THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT REMAINING BALANCE, AND I GUESS THAT'S FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
UM, SO WE CAME THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO IDENTIFY THESE.
UM, WE HEARD FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM MEMBERS OF BIKE HOUSTON, WHO CAME UP WITH A LIST OF 20 SORT OF SHORT TERM FIXES.
UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
UM, AS WELL AS SOME INPUT FROM, FROM STAFF.
SO SORT OF A VARIETY OF SOURCES THAT LED TO STAFF DISCRETION ON SELECTING THESE FIRST TWO.
AND ARE YOU, I ASSUME YOU ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE COULD YES.
SPEND THE BALANCE ON FOR THIS YEAR? MM-HMM
AND REMIND ME AGAIN, WHAT IS THE FISCAL YEAR? IS IT JULY THROUGH JUNE? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IS, IS THERE A, DO YOU HAVE TO GET THE MONEY SPENT THIS YEAR? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH.
FOLKS SMARTER THAN ME HANDLE EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE BUDGET SORT OF THINGS.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A, YOU KNOW, AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THESE TWO PROJECTS? SO THIS ISN'T NOT, UM, THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE ACTION FROM THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS IS AN UPDATE THAT WE COMMITTED TO, UM, WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED THE STRATEGIC BIKEWAY FUND.
BUT, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS IN INEVITABLY UNDERSTAFFED DISCRETION.
SO WE DID COVER THESE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
DAVID PRESENTED THESE AND WE WENT OVER THEM.
UM, HE GAVE US, I THINK A COUPLE OF, OF IDEAS, AND I THINK THESE WERE THE TOP ONES THAT WE AGREED ON.
UM, WHAT I TRY TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE K 71, ARE THOSE CONCRETE BARRIERS OR ARE THEY JUST THE PLASTIC REFLECTOR ONES? UH, THOSE ARE PLASTIC BARRIERS, BUT THEY'RE A BIT WIDER.
UM, THE VISUAL IMPACT IS THAT THEY SORT OF LOOK LIKE CONCRETE BARRIERS, BUT THEY'RE PLASTIC.
AND IN TODAY'S VERY HIGH COST CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE BANG FOR A BUCK OUTTA THAT.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING? UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION ON, ON THESE YET.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOBILIZATION CONSTRUCTION CREWS, IT, IT CAN VARY A LOT.
SO I'M, I'M, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET YOU A BETTER TIMELINE FOR THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BRANDON, DO YOU SEE, UM, SO YOU DID MENTION THAT THERE WAS, WHAT IS IT, 110,000 THAT WE HAD FOR THE BUDGET? YES.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE OTHER MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER? UH, THERE IS A RANGE OF THINGS.
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE DETAILED COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE CONSIDERED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE BEING LOOKED AT AND JUST LIKE, OKAY, I USE IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS THEN.
THANKS EVERYBODY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD IN THE AGENDA.
UM, WE'LL BE ON TO BIKEWAY FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES YEAR TO DATE.
SO, UH, THE YEAR TO DATE REPORT FOR 2022.
AS OF, UH, MONDAY THE 17TH, WELL, ACTUALLY AS OF THIS MONDAY, UM, SO FAR WE, UH, YEAR TO DATE HAVE HAD 11, UM, TO, I WOULD SAY THE AM OR AT LEAST, UH, LIGHTED CONDITIONS.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OUR YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS ACTUALLY TOTAL THE END OF YEAR TOTALS FOR 2021.
SO WE ENDED 2021 WITH 11, AND NOW WE HAVE 11.
SO LET'S PRAY FOR NO MORE IN 2022.
UH, YEAR TO DATE, THIS IS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, THE FATALS ARE YEAR TO DATE.
I KIND OF CHANGED THAT, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THE REST OF IT.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE CRASHES THAT HAVE PET CYCLIST LISTED AS ONE OF THE UNITS, WE HAD 295 TOTAL CRASHES.
UM, JULY'S REPORT SHOWED NORTH AND WEST SIDE WERE THE TOP TWO DIVISIONS, BUT AS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, NORTH IS NUMBER TWO, UH, AND HAS BEEN SURPASSED BY CENTRAL, UH, THERE ARE TWO DIVISIONS WITH OVER 30 CRASHES EACH, AND ONE SIDE IS CREEPING UP WITH, UH, 28, UM, AS IT IS OUR, ONE OF OUR, OR REALLY THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHICAL
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DIVISION.IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT IT'S UP THERE, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY IN THE TOP NUMBERS.
UH, IT SHOULD BE ALSO BE NOTED, UM, I RUN A REPORT THAT TALKS ABOUT INTERSECTIONS AND, UH, THIS FAR, THERE ARE NO INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE IS OUR, UM, ROLL CALL OF OUR FATALITIES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
I CHATTED BRIEFLY WITH, UH, COMMANDER, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE, THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY CONCERNING TO SEE DEFINITELY GOING THE WRONG WAY.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW,
SO IT'S TROUBLING TO SEE, AND I DID ASK HER ABOUT THE FOLLOWUP AND IT IS CHALLENGING PARTICULARLY WHERE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRY, IT'S CHALLENGING TO ASSUME TO, UH, TO ASSIGN CAUSATION.
AND IT'S ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING WHERE THE MOTORIST IS A, UM, ESSENTIALLY HIT AND RUN.
AND, AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THOSE.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO SEE NUMBERS LIKE THIS.
ANY OTHER OBSERVATIONS FROM THE GROUP? NO, I WILL SAY JUST TO, TO ALSO, UM, IN 2019 THERE WERE 16, UM, YEAR TO DATE FATALITIES.
IN 2020, IT WENT DOWN TO EIGHT, OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID, UM, WE HAD LESS CARS ON THE ROAD.
I THINK WE OBVIOUSLY HAD MORE PEOPLE PROBABLY OUT WALKING, BUT WITH LESS CARS, UH, LESS FATALITIES.
2021 WAS 11, AND NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 11.
SO DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA REACH 2019 NUMBERS.
UM, COMMANDER, CHRISTINE, I'M SORRY.
IT'S STILL FAIRLY NEW AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE CORRELATE THESE TO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK AT ALL.
DO WE KNOW THE, I GUESS DO WE HAVE, DOES IT GIVE US ANY INFORMATION
YEAH, I ALSO KNOW, I MEAN, AS FAR AS LIKE OUR VEHICULAR CRIMES DIVISION, THEY'RE AS PART OF A VISION ZERO PLAN, BUT I KNOW THAT'S FATALITY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S OTHER OKAY.
BRANDON, DO YOU KNOW
I'M NOT UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY FIND THAT OUT.
YEAH, I WAS JUST, I'LL CONFIRM, GET BACK.
'CAUSE WITH THE HIGHER INJURY NETWORK, UH, MAPPING THAT GOES WITH VISION ZERO, I WASN'T SURE HOW THOSE WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
YEAH, KIND OF IN REAL TIME POTENTIALLY.
OKAY, TREVOR, UM, YEAH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, IS IS THERE ANY, UH, FOLLOW UP TO THE, THE HIT AND RUN INVOLVING SHANE MCKINNEY DURING THE PRIDE RIDE? ARE THERE ANY, UH, SUSPECTS OR, OR LEADS OR ANYTHING? SO, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, DAVID POSTED, UH, THE INVESTIGATOR'S CARD, UH, ON FACEBOOK AND ASK ANYONE WHO WAS THERE THAT NIGHT TO PLEASE, UH, CONTACT, UM, OFFICER ROBLES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
I HAVE NOT LOOKED UP THE REPORT.
UM, BUT I AM IN, UH, COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR VEHICULAR CRIMES DIVISION.
I KNOW THEY'RE CERTAINLY ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO WAS THERE, UM, TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, TO GET STATEMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE CYCLIST WHO, WHO FOLLOWED, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO, UM, OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE SUSPECT DESCRIPTION, THERE WAS NO LICENSE PLATE.
UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MEDIA PUTTING OUT, UH, SOME OF THE WORD, UM, JUST REALLY CALLING UPON COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, NO ONE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.
OH, YOU HAD, OH, I'M SORRY, JESSICA.
NOT SURE IF I SHOULD LIKE SAY
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO FOLKS' ATTENTION IF THEY DON'T ALREADY KNOW.
UM, WE KNOW FROM THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE THAT TDOT HAS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BICYCLE EDUCATION, UM, BUT THEY ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, AND WAS NEWS TO ME LAST WEEK ALSO NOW, UM, OFFERING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES AROUND INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE SEVERE CRASH, UM, OF ANYONE.UM, AND THOSE APPLICATIONS, SIMPLE, SIMPLE, KIND OF DRAWING OUT WHAT YOU THINK YOU WANT OR DO ON FRIDAY, UM, AND A CITY CAN APPLY, MANAGEMENT, DISTRICT CAN APPLY, TOURS CAN APPLY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR, UM, THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE.
WHAT PROGRAM IS THAT AGAIN? HCP? UM, SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE TO DO ME A FAVOR AND TELL ME WHAT THAT STANDS FOR, BUT, UM, HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
IS THAT IT? THAT SOUNDS ABOUT AS GOOD AS I COULD.
AND IT DOESN'T, AT LEAST NOT AT THIS POINT HAVE TO BE ANYTHING ROBUST.
IT'S JUST TRULY A, DID IT HAVE A, AT LEAST A SEVERE CRASH BETWEEN I THINK THE YEARS OF 2019 AND 2021.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ARE YOUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHY? AND THEY HAVE A LIST OF COUNTERMEASURES, UM, THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO INTERSECTIONS OR STREETS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SAFETY CONCERN.
AND, AND WHO'S ADMINISTERING THAT? TXDOT.
JOE SAID IT STANDS FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
GUESS THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY? DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, YES.
WE ARE ALMOST THROUGH HERE THROUGH WITH THE AGENDA.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE QUARTERLY UPDATES.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE PROJECT BIKEWAY PROJECT UPDATES.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE CITY HOUSTON PROJECTS, UM, SOME NOTABLE THINGS.
UH, SHEPHERD DURHAM, UH, DIXON TO WASHINGTON AVENUE, UM, IS STARTING TO, UH, HAS MOVED TO IN PROGRESS WITH CONSTRUCTION, UH, WEST PARK, OXFORD TO KIRKWOOD, I'M SORRY, LAWNDALE STREET TELEPHONE TO FOREST BOULEVARD IS ALSO, UM, IN PROGRESS.
I BELIEVE LAUREN OR, UH, SOMEONE'S FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS ONLINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS WITH HIM? NEXT SLIDE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE PRECINCT ONE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR ANY UPDATES, UH, TOTAL MILEAGE OF, UH, 80.3 MILES, TOTAL COMPLETION OF 22, TOTAL CONSTRUCTION OF 21 MILE POINT 21.62 MILES.
UM, AND IN STUDY SLASH DESIGN ABOUT, UH, 37 MILES NEXT LOT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, GEORGE IS ON, BUT WE DIDN'T GET AN UPDATE FOR PRECINCT TWO, BUT ONCE WE HEAR BACK FROM GEORGE, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE UPDATE THE SLIDES AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
ALSO, UH, WITH HOUSTON PARK BOARDS, UH, WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM AS WELL, BUT I KNOW LISA'S BEEN PRETTY BUSY, SO ONCE WE GET HER, UM, UPDATED INFORMATION, WE WILL, UH, GET THOSE UPDATED.
HEY, LISA, I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE, THE SIMS, THE NEW SECTION OF SIMS BETWEEN, UH, BUFFALO SPEEDWAY AND, UH, SCOTT? UH, THAT ONE, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT A DETOUR, UM, FOR A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF IT.
UM, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP AND GET BACK TO YOU.
UH, WITH METRO, REALLY NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATES, UH, EQUIPMENT'S AT 100% DESIGN, UH, CAVALCADE PHASE TWO WAS COMPLETED WITH CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, FAR AS TUR OH AS MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, NO UPDATE FROM THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
UH, THIS WALNUT BIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER, 2022, BUT ONCE WE GET THOSE UPDATES, WE'LL LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW.
NEXT SLIDE KNOW IF SUSAN IS ON, BUT, UM, IF SHE IS, UH, SHE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT, UM, HERE'S THE UPDATES FOR THE S NEXT SLIDE AND, UM, WE'LL GET UPDATES ON FROM TEX DOT FROM THERE, UH, FROM THEIR SIDE, UH, ANNA RAMIREZ, HERZ, ARE YOU ON? IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES?
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UM, UM, BASICALLY I THINK, UM, WE'RE STILL, UM, THE, THE SAME THING IS ONGOING.WE'RE STILL, UH, WORKING ON THE PERMIT ON THE I 10 CON TO WESTCOTT, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS ON THAT, SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF CONTINUING TO, TO WAIT ON THAT.
THAT'S THE RAILROAD, ANNA? SORRY THAT WE'RE WAITING ON THE RAILROAD.
I KNOW WE ALL CONTEND WITH THAT, BUT, UM, THAT'S STILL, UH, ONGOING.
OH, MIKE, DO YOU HAVE A, HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING? YEAH.
UH, ANNA, WHAT TYPES OF, UH, COMMENTS HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING? YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME INTEREST, UM, BY SOME FOLKS, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT MAYBE, UM, CONSIDERING OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
I'VE HEARD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OUTREACH TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S, IF HE'S IN HERE TODAY, I, I DON'T SEE HIM.
MAYBE DAVID FIELD, THERE'S BEEN SOME INTEREST ON, ON, UH, MAYBE RETHINKING THE PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE, UH, AWAITING THE PERMIT.
UH, WE HAVE ALREADY SOME DESIGN MADE, SO I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN IT.
I KNOW THAT MAYBE DAVID FIELDS MAY KNOW SOME OF THAT.
UH, BUT NOTHING, YOU KNOW, NOTHING THAT I'VE HEARD THAT I COULD SHARE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK EVENTUALLY IF THERE'S ANY, UM, OTHER, UM, INTEREST ON, ON, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE COULD ALWAYS KIND OF BRING IT BACK ALSO TO THIS BODY TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, I MEAN, I THINK, UH, INITIALLY THIS PROJECT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY INTEREST MAY HAVE CHANGED.
UH, AS OF NOW, UM, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE RAILROAD PERMIT, BUT IF ANYTHING GETS A BIT, UH, MORE PRESSING OR THAT I AM MORE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME AND BRING IT TO THIS GROUP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY THOUGHTS OR, OR ANY PREFERENCES ON, ON THAT.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ON THAT.
UH, I DO ALSO KNOW THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE HIM HERE, BUT, UH, MR. NUN NUNEZ, MR. EMMANUEL NUNEZ, I THINK MAYBE MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW, HE'S VERY EXCITED.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, ONE OF THE TWO BRIDGES OF THE
UH, AND THAT WOULD, AND, AND, UH, HE'S, UH, REACHED OUT.
THIS IS A, A NOT SURE CHAIR IF THIS IS A BIT OF A SEGUE, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.
UH, HE'S REACHED OUT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, POSSIBILITIES IN THE RUTLAND DETENTION BASIN AND EXTENDING SOME OF THE, UM, TRAILS THERE.
SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. NUN NUNEZ, MR. EMMANUEL NUNEZ.
UM, BUT I THINK, UH, MAYBE SOME OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH A TALE OF TWO BRIDGES.
WELL, ONE OF THE BRIDGES IS FUNDED.
AND, AND I THINK, UM, HE'S INTERESTED IN MAYBE THINKING ABOUT OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT, WHAT HE'S, UM, INTERESTED IN.
THE, THE TECH STOP BRIDGE, IS THAT THE ONE THAT LINES UP WITH ROTLAND? YEAH, THAT, THAT BRIDGE, THAT BRIDGE, UH, MR. NUNEZ MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS HIS INSPIRATION.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS FUNDED THAT HE, HE WAS, UH, INSPIRED TO THEN THINK ABOUT OTHER BRIDGE, UH, WHICH WAS THE, THE PATTERSON BRIDGE THAT WAS UNFUNDED, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD, MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD THAT THE ROTLAND BRIDGE TO THIS LIST HERE, SINCE IT IS A TECH PROJECT.
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I'M SORRY.ONE MORE QUESTION, ACTUALLY, THIS IS FOR BRANDON OR MAYBE TIER COMPSON.
DO WE HAVE A RUNNING TOTAL OF THE NEW BIKEWAYS CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR SOMEWHERE? WE, WE DO, YES.
DO WE HAVE LIKE A BIGGER, I MEAN, COULD I ADD UP ALL OF THESE AND GET TO HOW MANY POTENTIALLY THIS YEAR? UH, YES.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE I YOU GET THAT NUMBER.
YES, THAT'D BE GREAT INFORMATION.
YEAH, I'M JUST THINKING EVEN EVERY MEETING, IF WE'RE LIKE, THIS IS HOW MANY WE DID THIS YEAR, CITY OF HOUSTON, THIS IS HOW MANY EVERYONE'S DONE, THAT WOULD JUST BE GREAT TO RIGHT.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT, UM, IN THE FOLLOW UP EMAIL.
ANY OTHER, SORRY, JESSICA SHOULD LOOK AROUND MORE, SHOULDN'T WE? UM, FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THESE ARE, AND I KNOW GENERALLY THE SPREADSHEET INDICATES THAT, BUT, UM, CAN WE MAP THESE? THAT PART I'M NOT SURE ABOUT BRANDON, JUST 'CAUSE WE SPECIFICALLY YOU MAP THESE
UM, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE THE LARGE SHARE OF THESE MAPPED@HOUSTONBIKEPLAN.ORG ON THE INTERACTIVE MAP WE DO ABOUT A QUARTERLY UPDATE TO THE GIS SERVERS.
IT'S HARD TO DO THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME ONE COMES UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DATA CLEANING AND CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE PAGE IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE PRESENTED ON THE LIST RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND AS WE LEARN MORE, UM, THAT GETS UPDATED, UM, ROUGHLY FOUR TIMES PER YEAR.
UM, YOU'LL ALL REMEMBER BRIAN SMITH, HE WAS SORT OF OUR GURU ON THAT STUFF.
SO WE MAY HAVE FALLEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT, UH, THE, THE FRUITS OF THAT WORK ARE AVAILABLE@HOUSTONBIKEPLAN.ORG.
HEY, YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, DON'T YOU,
UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD HERE.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NO PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE ON THE UPDATES.
AS OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2022, THERE HAVE BEEN 173 CITATIONS ISSUED.
UM, THAT'S A PLUS 38 FROM THE LAST TIME WE, UH, WE HAD THIS, UM, THIS UPDATE, UH, 11,000, UH, $35 HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
UM, THAT'S A ALMOST A $2,000, UM, PLUS FROM LAST TIME AND 18 COMPLETED TRAININGS, WHICH IS FOUR MORE, UM, FROM MY LAST REPORT.
TOP THREE LOCATIONS, UM, ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
UM, ACTUALLY, UH, 2300 POLK HAS RISEN UP, UM, WITH 23 CITATIONS.
UM, THE TOP FIVE, UH, TOP SIX NEW LOCATIONS WERE FOUR 300 FORT POLK STREET, 4,500 HARDY ROAD, 500 MCKINNEY, 5,200 FARY ROAD, UH, 5,300 POLK STREET, AND 600 GREAT STREET.
AND SO YOU HAVE A MAP THERE TO, UH, SEE WHERE THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE.
SO THE NUMBERS THERE, ARE THOSE THE TOTALS SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED? CORRECT.
IS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? UH, QUICK QUESTION.
YEAH, DOCTOR, UH, MR. MR. CHAIR, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM THAT MAY BE KIND OF IN THE NORTH AND PERHAPS ON THE EAST, UH, MAY COINCIDE WITH AREAS OF LOW INCOME GROUPS.
UM, SO I WAS WONDERING, ARE THERE ANY CONSIDERATIONS THERE WHERE WE HAVE LOW INCOME GROUPS THAT MAY HAVE THE PARKING FEE BE MORE, UM, DIFFICULT TO MANAGE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOME OR, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S HAVE BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH, OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE A LAYER THAT YOU CAN SHOW KIND OF WHERE THOSE MORE, UM, LOWER INCOME GROUPS, UM, LIVE AND, AND, AND HOW THAT MAY AFFECT THEM OR IF THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION, UH, TO THAT.
SO, UM, I IMAGINE THERE ARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AS WELL, SO FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN AFTER THIS.
BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR YOUR FIRST OFFENSE OF THIS, THERE IS A DIVERSION, UM, VIA AN EDUCATION THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT AN ONLINE CLASS.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LESSEN THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON FOLKS, UM, WHO FIRST, UH, RECEIVE, RECEIVE THAT OFFENSE.
SO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS FOLKS STUFF TO ADD ON THAT,
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NO.YEAH, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
SINCE PARKING MANAGEMENT MM-HMM
UM, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY CHARGE OF THIS, UM, THE 9,100 GALVESTON ROAD, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE BEING THE AMERICAN AUTO CENTERS, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PROBABLY PARKING THAT.
UM, HAS PARKING MANAGEMENT MAYBE MET WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND ARE THEY TARGETING, ARE THEY TICKETING THE CAR BECAUSE THEN SOMEONE COMES UP? OR IS AMERICAN AUTO, WERE THEY PAYING IT OR CAN WE, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY BASICALLY BEING A HABITUAL PERSON OR CAN MAYBE MORE FINES BE DONE TO THAT? MEANING SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF THE COOPERATION ON THAT BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE THE, THE HIGH, UH, PRODUCER EACH TIME.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH PARKING MANAGEMENT ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY TO PURSUE.
UM, YES, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, UM, ISSUANCE OF THE TICKETS.
SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT WHO ISSUES THE TICKETS I'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES WHERE ACTUALLY CITIZENS ARE, UM, EMPOWERED TO DOCUMENT THESE VIOLATIONS AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE REWARDED WITH A SHARE OF THE FINE AND ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND KEEP THEIR OWN LANES CLEAN.
SO I'M WONDERING IF HOUSTON WOULD CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, UM, JUST TO GET MORE LOCALS INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP THEIR OWN STREETS, IF THAT'S EVEN A POSSIBILITY.
BECAUSE I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RISK YOU RUN INTO IS CERTAIN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS GET NOTICED A LOT BY THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OTHER SLOWER STREETS WHERE THE BIKE LANE COULD STILL BE GETTING BLOCKED AREN'T GETTING THE SAME LEVEL OF ATTENTION THAT THEY MIGHT GET IF IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
UM, ALMOST LIKE SUBMITTING A THREE ROW 3 1 1 CALL, UH, TO ENFORCE THE, YOU KNOW, PARKING IN THE BIKE LANES.
BUT AS IS THAT FINE NOW? SO, UM, I HAD DISCUSSED THIS, UM, PREVIOUSLY THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS A VOLUNTEER PARKING, UM, MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR HANDICAP.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID, THIS AND THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TRAINING, BUT BASICALLY YOU GO THROUGH A TRAINING, YOU GET AN ID, YOU GET A NUMBER, YOU GET A CITATION BOOK, AND THIS IS DONE.
YOU DO NOT, HOWEVER, SHARE IN ANY KIND OF PROFITS THIS IS DONE SOLELY, UM, TO HELP CLEAN UP, UH, THE STREETS AND THE BIG PET PEEVES OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT BE PARKING IN HANDICAP SPOTS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THERE WOULD PROBABLY PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, AND PARTICULARLY CYCLISTS WHO WERE DRIVING AROUND IF THEY WERE THEMSELVES TRAINED, VOLUNTEER WILL STOP AND JUST SLAP A TICKET ON SOMETHING.
UM, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW, UM, WHO WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
UM, JUST LIKE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE, IT'S IT, THE TEMPLATE'S ALREADY SET RIGHT? FOR, FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO I GUESS PARKING MANAGEMENT MIGHT BE PROPOSED TO THEIR LEADERSHIP TO OFFER THAT FOR THE NO PARKING IN A BIKE LANE, IT WOULD BE SOME TRAINING MATERIALS, PROBABLY A LITTLE ORIENTATION, SOME PAPERWORK.
THEY OBVIOUSLY DO VET, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS.
TO ME, IT'S A, IT'D BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER, BUT IT IS GONNA TAKE, UM, SOMEONE TO STEP UP WITH PARKING MANAGEMENT AND, AND INSTITUTE THAT VOLUNTEER PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ALSO TO EQUIP THEM TO WRITE CITATIONS FOR NO PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE.
I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM LIKE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ARE RIDING YOURSELF IN THE BIKE LANE, YOU SEE A CAR THERE, MOST OF THE TIME YOU JUST GO AROUND IT AND YOU DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO CALL 3 1 1 1 OR MAKE A REPORT.
BUT IF, UH, YEAH, IF THERE WAS LIKE A VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE YOU COULD, UM, ISSUE CITATIONS, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD, UH, SPEED UP THE PROCESS A LOT.
COULD SOMEONE FOLLOW UP AND WITH, AND FIND WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PARKING MANAGEMENT AND MAY ADAM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO, MAYBE YOU COULD INITIATE THAT DISCUSSION AND, AND YOU CAN COPY ME, ALEJANDRO, WHAT HAVE YOU, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY ENDORSE THAT.
I CAN WORK ON GETTING PARKING MANAGEMENT CONTACT.
SEEING NO MORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE AT THE OPEN FORUM WHERE, UH, THIS SECTION IS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS BY CIRCLE.
THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE AGENDA.
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AND IS NOT INVITED TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.SO CHAIR, ANYONE, JESSICA? UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS.
THE FIRST IS, UM, I THINK EVERY TIME WE GO OVER, YOU KNOW, WHICH BIKE LANES HAVE BEEN BUILT, ET CETERA.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR NEW, UM, BIKE LANE SWEEPER, I FORGET WHAT THE NAME WE SETTLED ON WAS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET AN UPDATE WHEN WE GET TOGETHER ON WHERE OUR SWEEPER HAS BEEN, UM, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, CONNECT THE DOTS A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN WE'RE BUILDING STUFF, WE ALSO WANNA KEEP IT CLEAN.
UM, THE SECOND PIECE IS, UM, SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TDOT HAS A, HAS SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AND WITHIN THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE WE TALKED, UM, WITH MATT FROM TAXON.
I'M NOT SURE IF MATT IS ON THE LINE.
UM, BUT I'VE REACHED OUT TO HIM AND HE'S AGREED TO GIVE US A, UM, KIND OF AN OVERDUE, AN OVERDUE, AN OVERDUE EXPLANATION OF, UM, THEIR, THEIR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS AND THEN THE PROCESSES TO APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN KNOW, UM, WHAT THE GRANTS ARE FOR, HOW MUCH THE GRANTS ARE FOR HOW TO APPLY AND, AND WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST.
SO WE'RE STILL, I'M STILL WAITING ON A DAY, UH, FOR THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, GREAT FOR ALL OF US TO, UH, BE BE UP TO SPEED ON, SORRY, HE'S ON MATT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING? UM, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
UM, BUT IF, IF WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE TO SET A DATE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, OUR GRANT PROCESS OPENS UP IN NOVEMBER, SO THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME.
SO I CAN DEFINITELY GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECT.
I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR GRANT PROJECTS OVER HERE, IF THEY CAN EVEN GIVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP.
UM, SO YEAH, WE CAN COORDINATE A TIME AND WE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE THIS EDUCATIONAL, UM, SESSION.
ALEJANDRO, DID YOU HAVE A, OH, WELL, I MEAN THIS IS A CONVERSATION.
SORRY, I JUST WANNA ASK ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION.
I THINK, JESSICA, SOME OF THE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE GOAL OF THIS SESSION WOULD BE IF THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS OR FOLKS THAT WE THINK MIGHT WANNA APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE GRANTS, WE COULD INVITE THEM, CORRECT.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COME AND THEY HEAR ABOUT HOW TO DO IT SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT THE WORD TO FOLKS AND KIND OF GIVE A, THE OVERVIEW THAT YOU SAID SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OR WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
UM, SO AS FAR AS WHAT MATT, UM, EXPLAINED TO US, BOTH NONPROFITS AND CITY ENTITIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL, UH, BICYCLE EDUCATION FUNDING.
UM, AND SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S, UH, SAY, YOU KNOW, IS OPERATING A SMALL NONPROFIT THAT, UM, SUPPORTS PEOPLE BICYCLING AND IS LOOKING FOR SOME FUNDING, UM, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO CONVENE AND LEARN ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET YOUR PROGRAM FUNDED.
UM, AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PUT YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT AND I'LL BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOU IN THAT CONVERSATION.
YEAH, I, I THINK I HAVE SOME, SOME PEOPLE IN MIND AT NONPROFITS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, I WAS LOOKING UP THE, UH, NAME OF THE SWEEPER AND IT'S CALLED SPACE CITY SWEEPER.
THAT WASN'T THE MOST POPULAR NAME, WAS IT? THAT WASN'T, YEAH, THERE WAS SO MANY OTHER NAMES OUT THERE FOR SURE.
UM, YEAH, UM, ONE THING I, SINCE IT'S, UM, WE DID PROVE THAT 10% BUDGET THING, UM, I WAS LIKE, MINE WAS RUNNING ON IDEAS, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THAT EXTRA MONEY? AND I KNOW, UH, KEVIN, UH, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, HE CHAMPIONED THIS IDEA OF LIKE GETTING BIKE RACKS ON BUSINESSES, UM, AND LIKE MARKETING TO THEM.
LIKE IF THEY WANNA PUT SOME BIKE RACKS ON THEIR, ON THEIR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY LOW COST IN MY OPINION.
AND I KNOW I THINK, UM, UH, WAS IT, UM, HARRIS HEALTH OR SOMETHING THAT HAD, LIKE, THEY WERE GIVING AWAY BIKE RACKS AT ONE POINT, LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN THINK OF IS LIKE, THAT CAN BE PART OF LIKE CONTINUALLY, IF PART OF THE BUDGET IS LIKE PROMOTING
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BIKE RACKS TO, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY, ANY BUSINESS OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN RESIDENTS OR DEVELOPERS WHO WANT A BIKE RACK, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING BIKE RACKS OUT IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIKE LOCK UP THEIR BIKES.UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, THAT IT CAME TO MY MIND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HAVING THE EXTRA MONEY.
THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT.
AND THEY'RE A BIG FACTOR IN MAKING THE CITY BETTER FOR AND MORE THAN JUST STICKING A RACK OUT BACK SOMEWHERE TOO.
I THINK IT, SOMETHING HAS TO DO WITH THE LOCATION AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT ADDRESSED ANYWHERE IN, IN AS FAR AS WHERE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO LOCATE BIKE RACKS? NO, WE DO, WE DO REQUIRE THEM IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS AND THERE'S, YOU CAN GET A REDUCTION IN PARKING BY PROVIDING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACE, BUT WE, WE DO LEAVE IT UP TO THE, TO THE DEVELOPERS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, SO, AND THAT, YEAH, SOMETIMES JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD MAYBE PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE I SAY, THEY, THEY ARE CONVENIENT.
THEY'RE OUT IN THE OPEN AND JUST A SITE ONE THAT'S A PARTICULAR PET PEEVE IS, IS BY THE ION AND
SO JUST AN EXAMPLE BY A FORWARD, YOU KNOW, LOOKING ORGANIZATION THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I'M SURE IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL AND I ASSUME WHOEVER PUT IT THERE WAS NOT A BICYCLIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDANCE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, HELPFUL.
AT, AT THE VERY LEAST WE CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT AS WELL.
UM, 'CAUSE I NOW LIKE THE LIV LIVABLE, NOW THAT THE LIVABLE PLACES MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE, UM, MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DRIVEWAYS.
UM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF WITH BUSINESSES, HOW CAN WE MAKE THEM MORE ALLURING FOR THEM TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT BIKE RACKS IN LIKE, PLACES THAT ARE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE FOR CYCLISTS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LOSING YOUR BIKE OUTTA BUSINESS, LIKE HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET HOME AFTERWARDS? RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO YOU WANTED TO KEEP IT IN A SPOT THAT'S PHYSICAL, WHETHER HIGH TRAFFIC AND NOT, LIKE OUT IN A CORNER WHERE NOBODY PASSES BY, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, THINKING ABOUT BRAINSTORMING AND IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN WE RE-REVIEW THAT ORDINANCE AND KIND OF MAKE THAT BETTER SO WE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADDRESS WHEN THE IDM COMES BACK UP FOR REVIEW? MAYBE? WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL ASK ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL SEE HOW, IF, WHERE IT CAN BE IN A, IN A CODE, UM, ALONG WITH, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT JUST TO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T RIDE BIKES, THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD PUT THE BIKE RACKS ON YOUR PROPERTY.
SO I, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ADAM, IF YOU WERE STILL ON, UM, THE CONTACT INFORMATION WOULD BE PARK HOUSTON, BUT IT'S VOLUNTEER DOT PARKING@HOUSTONTX.GOV IS THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND LITERALLY ALL I DID WAS GOOGLE VOLUNTEER PARKING, SO IT'S ON THE PARK HOUSTON WEBSITE.
YOU THEN CLICK THE LINK FOR VOLUNTEER PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND IT TALKS ALL ABOUT IT.
IT'S EVEN, I THINK THE LITTLE APPLICATION AND ON DEMAND ONLINE THING.
SO ANYWAY, UM, WHY NOT EXPAND? UM, DO TALK ABOUT, EVERYONE LIKES TO MAKE MONEY, SO
OKAY, SO, TREVOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS IT TREVOR? I CAN'T REALLY SEE.
UH, YES, REGARDING LOCATION OF, UH,
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RACKS, UM, THE CITY DOES, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, PROVIDE FOR, UH, REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS IF THERE ARE BIKE RACKS BEING INSTALLED DURING A, UH, A REPLANTING OR SOMETHING OF THAT EFFECT.ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING OF IS, IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, UM, UH, EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE TO MAYBE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S, IT BEHOOVES THEM TO PUT THEM IN PLACES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BEST SUIT CYCLISTS AS OPPOSED TO SOMEPLACE IN THE BACK CORNER SOMEWHERE, SO THAT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS.
UH, SHARON, IS THERE ANOTHER HAND RAISED I CAN'T SEE FROM ON THIS SIDE? ACTUALLY, YES, THERE ARE.
I HAVE JUDITH, UH, I HOPE IT'S JUDITH V THAT HAS HER HAND RAISED, AND THEN ANNA RAMIREZ HAS HAD HER HAND UP.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S JUST THERE OR IF I NEED TO LOWER IT.
OH, NO, I, I HAVE A, A COMMENT THERE.
WELL, ANNA, CAN YOU GO FIRST, PLEASE? YOUR HAND HAS BEEN UP FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UH, TO THE SUB, TO THE, THIS GROUP, THIS BODY THAT, UH, THE HSIP, THE CHECKS THAT HSIP FUNDING IS OPEN NOW, AND WE'LL BE, UH, OPEN UNTIL, UH, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, GETTING LIKE $4 MILLION.
AND THIS IS ALL LIKE SAFETY, VERY TARGETED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE PET BANK SUBCOMMITTEE WAS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, GROUPS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, KIND OF WAS LACKING, AND I WASN'T UNAWARE, BUT LISA POINTED OUT TO ME, AND I THINK SHE MIGHT BE HERE ON THE CALL TODAY, WAS THAT THERE IS A PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHO IS THE ELIGIBLE SPONSOR WHERE, WHERE FOLKS CAN REACH OUT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON ABOUT THEIR SAFETY CONCERNS, LIKE INTERSECTION SAFETY CONCERNS AND OTHER SAFETY ISSUES, UH, AS PART OF THE CITY'S VETTING PROCESS TO THEN SUBMIT TO TEXT DOT FOR HSIP FUNDING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PROCESS MAYBE IS NOT VERY WELL KNOWN.
SO THIS COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MAYBE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON IT AND TO SHARE WHAT THE PROCESS IS SO THAT, UH, MORE FOLKS, UH, KNOW HOW TO, UM, UM, REALLY, UH, FOCUS OR, OR BETTER, UH, ADDRESS THE SAFETY NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT, THAT WAS THAT ONE COMMENT THERE.
THE OTHER ONE IS THAT THE STATE TA FOR PROJECTS IS COMING UP AND IS THAT TARGETED TO START, UM, UH, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO COMING UP.
AND UH, IF THERE'S AN INTEREST, WE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE A PRESENTATION, UM, AND, UM, DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.
THE ONE THAT IS OPEN CURRENTLY BESIDES, UH, THE ONE THAT, UM, THAT MATTHEW MATT WAS MENTIONING IS ALSO THE HSIP, THE, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLKS CAN APPLY NOW, AND IT ENDS THIS DECEMBER.
ACTUALLY, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, DEBORAH MAXWELL WITH THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BIKE RACKS.
'CAUSE I KNOW I GOT A COUPLE OF PEOP A COUPLE OF, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, BIKE RACKS.
I MEAN, THEY HAD THAT IN THE BUDGET.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO MAKE THE APPLICATION, THEY WOULD DELIVER IT.
SOMEONE HAD TO BE THERE TO SIGN AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO LIKE BOLT IT DOWN, DO A SURVEY AND SEND THEM A PHOTO THAT YOU PUT IT OUT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT I, I DON'T RECALL, THIS WAS BACK IN 2018.
I, I GOT TWO BIKE RACKS FOR TWO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES HERE IN THE EAST END.
AND, UM, I RECENTLY TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THAT EMAIL AGAIN, BUT O OBVIOUSLY IT GOT RETURNED.
UM, BECAUSE THE BICYCLE RACK AT D AND W WHERE IT'S A HUGE THING FOR CYCLISTS TO GO THERE, SOMEBODY STOLE IT RECENTLY AND, UM, I TRIED REACHING OUT.
SO, I MEAN, IF IT WAS IN THE BUDGET BEFORE, I MEAN, I'M SURE IT COULD BE THERE AGAIN, MAYBE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE PROGRAM I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IT WAS HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HE, AND THEY MADE A PRESENTATION ON IT.
SO, UM, IF ANYBODY LIKE, TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR IT AND, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE DAVID WOULD LIKE COME HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SEE HOW THAT PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED AND HOW, I MEAN, WHO, LIKE THINKING ABOUT THE FUNDING IS
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WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THAT.RIGHT? WOULD THAT BE PUBLIC WORKS? I BELIEVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED A GRANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT, THAT BIKE UH, RACK PROGRAM.
SO IT JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER THEY, IT MUST HAVE BEEN HEALTH DOLL RELATED GRANT MONEY.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THE SOURCE OF FUNDING AND WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT IS, COULD IMPLE IMPLEMENT IT.
'CAUSE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YEAH, THEY HANDLED THE WHOLE THING ON THAT ONE.
YEAH, THAT PROGRAM DID CONCLUDE IN 2019, SO, YEAH.
UM, SO PRECINCT ONE HAS NOW STARTED A BIKE RACK PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEY HAVE TONS TO GIVE OUT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEIR STIPULATIONS ON THAT MIGHT BE EVEN MORE, UH, RESTRAINED.
SO SOMETHING ELSE TO KIND OF LOOK INTO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE TXDOT GRANT.
UM, AND OF THE, THE GRANT THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, THE H CIP FUNDING DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
IF IT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THAT IS THIS FRIDAY.
UM, IF YOU'RE, UM, I I JUST WANNA
UM, SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN MAKE SURE TO, WHEN MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE, GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY AND NOT JUST MENTION IT AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AT HGAC, THIS NEEDS TO BE BEYOND THAT SO THAT EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDS LIKE THIS.
UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING THAT DEADLINE, UM, WHICH IS STILL THIS FRIDAY, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE EXTENSIVE, UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO JAMES KEENER WHO IS THE, UM, PROJECT LEAD FOR THE H CIP FUNDING DISTRIBUTION.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE MY EMAIL, REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN SEND YOU HIS INFORMATION.
YOU'LL ALSO, AND I THINK, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY JESSICA, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, UM, THIS WAS, UH, BEEN, UM, DISTRIBUTED, UM, MANY, UM, I GUESS MONTHS AGO.
THERE'S ALWAYS AN, UH, WAY TO IMPROVE DISTRIBUTION, BUT TO YOUR POINT OF IT NOT BEING COOL, WHEN AT THE PIT BACK SUBCOMMITTEE, JAMES KEENER WAS THE ONE THAT PRESENTED A LOT OF THE INTEREST CAME BECAUSE FOLKS, AND I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE CITY HAD A PROCESS, UH, WHICH OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT FUNNEL THOSE APPLICATIONS TO TEXT THAT.
SO MAYBE THIS BODY COULD HAVE A SPACE BEFORE THE H-S-I-P-A MONTH, TWO MONTHS BEFORE, EVEN THREE MONTHS BEFORE, WHERE THE CITY CAN PRESENT WHAT THOSE DEADLINES ARE.
THAT DEADLINE THAT YOU MENTIONED THIS FRIDAY IS A CITY OF HOUSTON DEADLINE.
UM, BUT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINE OR ELSE AN APPLICATION DOES NOT GO FORWARD.
UM, BECAUSE IF MONEY IS THERE, PEOPLE WANNA BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT.
AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, JAMES AT THE PIT BACK SUBCOMMITTEE MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE.
SO IF WE CAN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW THE, IF THIS BAC COULD KIND OF SCHEDULE, UM, A PRESENTATION THREE OR FOUR MONTHS BEFORE, WHICH IS THE HSIP IS TYPICALLY IN THE FALL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG WIN.
UM, IT'S NOT EQUITABLE TO NOT HAVE EVERYONE AWARE OF MONEY THAT'S ON THE TABLE AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, I AGREE THAT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO SCHEDULE THOSE MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO YOU AND OTHERS FROM TXDOT TO LET US KNOW WHEN MONEY IS ON THE TABLE.
AND I THINK IT DOES GET EMAIL BLASTED AND, UH, AND, UH, HJC ALSO DOES A GREAT WORK AS AT, AT HELPING EMAIL BLAST THE REGION.
BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE MORE PEOPLE THAT KNOW, THE MORE PEOPLE CAN GO AHEAD AND EMAIL BLAST TO THEIR NETWORKS.
BUT, UH, IN THIS CASE, OF COURSE, SINCE THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS, UM, A DEADLINE THAT IS PRIOR TO THE STATES AND EVERY, UM, PRESENTA, EVERY PROJECT HAS TO BE FUNNELED THROUGH.
I KNOW KEVIN WAS IN THAT MEETING, MAYBE JOE KEVIN WAS VERY INTERESTED, BUT THEY HAVE TO MEET THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEADLINE FIRST.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO EMAIL BLAST THIS.
A JC WAS VERY HELPFUL IN EMAIL BLASTING IT TOO.
BUT OF COURSE IF WE CAN ALL, UH, SEND IT TO THE NETWORKS AND, UM, WE CAN ALL
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KNOW OF OTHER INTERNAL DEADLINES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR, UM, UM, PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE COOL JUST TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE AND TRULY ACCESSIBLE.OTHERWISE, THE COLLEGE THERE, BUT EVEN A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CANNOT APPLY BECAUSE IT MAY MISS THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEADLINE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
CAN YOU SEND US A LINK TO THE, UM, H CIP FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINE? SURE THING.
IS IT THE SAME EACH YEAR? TYPICALLY THE DEADLINES? IT IS, IT IS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I'M, I'M NOT AWARE IS WHAT THE, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY OF HOUSTON INTERNAL DEADLINES ARE, I DID ASK, UH, HAC TO PLEASE COORDINATE A CITY OF HOUSTON PRESENTATION WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THESE DEADLINES ALSO THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF THE HSIP SO THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR CONCERNS BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE THROUGH THE CITY.
SO, SO TO, SO I GUESS TO THE SUGGESTION, MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE IT A, AN ITEM FOR THE JULY BAC MEETING EACH YEAR.
RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD GIVE YOU, YEAH, THREE MONTHS OR SO.
THAT WOULD BE THE SUGGESTION HEADS UP ON IT.
BUT MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, BRANDON, MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, WHO, THEY SAY THE CITY ADMINISTERS IT, WHICH DEPARTMENT AND WHO IS IT WITHIN THE CITY? UH, I HEARD THAT, UH, IAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I, I I HEARD, BUT THE CITY MAY KNOW BETTER.
SO THIS YEAR THE HSIP APPLICATIONS ARE BEING MANAGED THROUGH THE MULTI-MODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN PART OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THAT'S WHERE IAN LAVA CHECK AND LAUREN GROVE AND OTHERS WORK.
UM, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THEIR PROCESS FOR COMING TOGETHER WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING QUITE HARD AT IT.
I KNOW THAT THEY DID, UH, DO SOME OUTREACH WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYBODY WAS, UM, WAS SPOKEN TO.
SO IF I COULD SUGGEST, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC FOR THE NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL, UM, THE BACS ROLE AND PROPER OUTREACH FOR HSIP MOVING FORWARD.
BUT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT IGNORING THIS PROGRAM.
WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTENDERS IN, UM, TO, TO USE THIS FUNDING TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND I DO REMEMBER IAN BRINGING IT UP AT A PRIOR MEETING, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE FULL BAC OR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
UM, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER PARTICULAR STRUCTURE OR PROCEDURES BEING DISCUSSED.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN, I, I JUST REMEMBER HIM SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW.
YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER ANY STRUCTURE BEYOND THAT.
BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WASN'T
SO, JUST REAL QUICKLY, AGAIN, AND PETER, YOU MAY NEED TO BOUNCE BACK UP SINCE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING IN, UH, THIS WEEK, WOULD IT BE AS SIMPLE SENT AS SENDING AN EMAIL TO IAN AND SAYING, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS CROSSING HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS HERE, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN INCLUDE A SUGGESTION IN THAT EMAIL.
IT, CAN IT BE THAT SIMPLE OR DOES IT NEED, IS THERE MORE FORMAL PROCEDURE? UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHERE THEY ARE EXACTLY IN, YOU KNOW, VETTING AND SUBMITTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
MY GUESS IS IT PROBABLY PRETTY LATE TO THE GAME WITH A FRIDAY DEADLINE TO TRY AND GET IN ANOTHER THING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PRIORITIZE FROM A, A MUCH LARGER LIST.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANY CITY OF HOUSTON STAFF PERSON.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK, UH, NOT, NOT ALL OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY TO SPEAK ACCURATELY TO THE STATUS OF, UM, OF THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.
AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE THROUGH THE STATE IS ACTUALLY, UH, IN DECEMBER.
UH, WE'RE DONE WITH OPEN FOUR, WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WE HAVE A SURVEY, UH, BEING CONDUCTED BY TERRORIST FIVE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SUPPORT, UH, LIKE THE SUPPORT OF THE BAC, UH, BY MAKING SURE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ASSOCIATES KNOW ABOUT THIS SURVEY FOR THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MO MO MOBILITY STUDY.
UM, IN THE, UH, FOLLOW UP EMAIL, I'LL MAKE
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SURE THIS LINK IS SENT OUT TO THE BAC.ALSO, UH, THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PUBLIC SURVEY FOR HOUSTON, UM, IS AVAILABLE NOW THAT THE, UH, APPLICATION HAS PASSED.
UH, THE BFC REVIEW PROCESS IS, UH, OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY, SO WE SHOULD HEAR BACK SOME, SOME TIME IN A FEW WEEKS.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD, THEY ALSO LOOK FORWARD WORKING WITH, UH, WITH US IN THE COMING MONTHS, UH, TO HELP, UH, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, LOCAL BICYCLIST EXPERIENCES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'LL LIKE, UH, TO, UH, THEY WANT US TO DISTRIBUTE OUT A SURVEY AS WELL TO KNOW, UM, HOW THINGS ARE WORKING IN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC SURVEY, UM, A PUBLIC LINK THERE.
AND SO THE DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, UH, NOVEMBER 6TH, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THIS LINK IS ALSO SENT OUT, UM, IN THE FOLLOW UP EMAIL.
ALL RIGHT, OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
UM, THE NEXT MEETING IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 16TH AT TWO 30, HELD AT JOHN BREA CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND ALSO WE'LL BE HELD ON MICROSOFT TEAMS FOLLOW UP.
UM, WITH THAT IS THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 21ST AT TWO 30.
ALSO IN JOHN BREA AND ALSO ON MICROSOFT TEAM.
AND WE'LL MEET RIGHT HERE IN THE ANNEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON JANUARY 18TH AT TWO 30.
UM, AND ALSO WE'LL BE HELD VIRTUALLY.
IF THERE'S, OH, BEFORE THEY, IT WAS ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED FROM THE COMMITTEE.
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.
AND I GUESS WE, WE WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY.