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UH, LET'S START WITH THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT.
BAC MISSION IS TO ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION AND THE 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.
BAC VISION IS BY 2027, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL BE A SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE, GOAL LEVEL, BIKE FRIENDLY CITY.
TRACY ALEXANDER, LEAH CHAMBERS.
ADAM WILLIAMS, CARL SALAZAR, COMMANDER CHRISTINE ANTHONY MILLER.
UH, SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON TODAY.
UM, OR ON VIRTUALLY JESSICA WIGGINS.
MAHAR AMMAR MODI, MIKE VAN DEUSEN.
UM, OUR EX-OFFICIAL MEMBERS, EEN H UH, LAVA CHECK.
DAVID FIELDS PRESENT AND HO ROBLES PRESENT? GREAT.
SO AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM, SO WE WILL NOT, UM, APPROVE THE APRIL MINUTES, BUT IF WE DO GET QUORUM LATER IN THE MEETING, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, WE ARE ON MICROSOFT TEAMS AND THE THE AGENDA IS ON, UH, HOUSTON BY PLAN.ORG/UH, BAC.
YOU CAN JOIN BY PHONE, UH, BY DIALING (936) 755-1521.
ID 4 8 6 2 7 9 2 0 8 HASHTAG PLEASE REMEMBER TO STAY ON MUTE UNLESS IDENTIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
IF YOU'RE CONNECTING THROUGH A PHONE, PLEASE MUTE OR UNMUTE BY USING STAR SIX.
WE'LL NOW MOVE OVER TO THE DIRECTOR'S, UH, REPORT.
AND, UH, THANK YOU MR. VICE CHAIR WHO'S CHAIRING TODAY.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, I HAVE A FEW UPDATES.
WE HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA TODAY, SO WE DO WANT TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, BUT WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TO SHARE.
UM, MANY, UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS TS 26 HAS RECEIVED A GRANT, UH, FOR WALL STREET BETWEEN WEST GRAY AND ALLEN PARKWAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON CLOSING THAT GAP, UM, WHICH HAS, UH, BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SO THAT WE'LL BE STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, THAT HAD BEEN ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR FOR A WHILE.
WE'RE GLAD THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IS ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ONE, UH, WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, UM, ON COMMERCE STREET.
YOU MIGHT BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE RAIL TRACKS IN THE ROAD BED ITSELF, IT'S BEEN UNSAFE FOR, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR ALL MODES.
UH, TRAINS DON'T USE THAT ANYMORE.
UH, THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE DOING A REPAVING ANYWAY, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUT FROM ST.
CHARLES TO VELASCO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THAT RAIL AND JUST USING STRIPING DESIGN, A PARKING PROTECTED BIKE LANE, SO NO LOSS, UH, NO REDUCTION IN VEHICLE CAPACITY, NO LOSS OF PARKING, AND WE GET A PROTECTED BIKE LANE THAT WILL HELP SLOW TRAFFIC, UM, AND KEEP THAT, UH, AS ACCESS FOR ALL MODES.
AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE AND MORE WHERE SOMETHING'S GOING ON AND WE CAN
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CONNECT IT TO THE BIKE PLAN.UH, MY LAST THING, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER, UH, UH, TO ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER.
WE, I HAD REPORTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WE ARE WORKING AS A CITY TO UPDATE, UM, OUR TRAILS, UH, DESIGNED FOR WHEN THERE ARE DETOURS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A WORKING GROUP OF HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, MANY OF THE, OF THE PLAYERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN TRAILS HOUSTON, UH, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL HAS A DRAFT DESIGN FOR WHAT THOSE ARE.
TOM THOMPSON, YOUR CHAIR IS ON THAT WORKING GROUP.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT AND WHAT HARRIS COUNTY'S GONNA COME UP WITH.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT ROLLING THAT OUT.
REGIONWIDE, UM, BEFORE THE END OF MY REPORT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER.
WE HAVE A MEMBER OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, WHO ALSO WANTS TO HAVE, UH, GIVE A BRIEFING ON, UH, DETOURS.
THIS IS AHMED, MANAGING ENGINEER WITH THE O-C-E-H-P-W.
UH, I JUST, THE GOOD NEWS WITH, FOR, WITH SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW THAT TDO, UM, TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE OPERATION DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OCE IS WORKING VERY HARD RIGHT NOW TO, UM, UPDATE CHAPTER 17.
AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY TO COME WITH DETOURING, UH, PLANS FOR BIKES.
AND SOON, UH, I WOULD SAY AS SOON AS SEPTEMBER 1ST, YOU'LL SEE NEW CHAPTER 15, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAVE OUR PROPOSED DETOURING FOR PLAN.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH AND CHEER WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST DETOURING IS FOCUSING ON VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT THE BIKE NETWORK IS EXPANDING IN HOUSTON, AND WE LOOKED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE NOW COMING WITH OUR OWN DETOURING PLANS FOR THE CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES.
AND WE'LL BE LEAVING DOCUMENT AND WE WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK FROM YOU.
AND NOW FOR THE CHAIR'S REPORT.
UH, IT'S ANOTHER HOT ONE OUT THERE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.
UM, ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UM, I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO WITH, UM, IMPROVING MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE WE CAN DO THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE LACK, A LOT OF WHERE WE FALL SHORT IS GETTING LIKE SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES.
I MEAN, HARRIS COUNTY HAS HELPED OUT WITH, WITH SOME OF THE BIG, UM, PROJECTS THAT PRETTY MUCH LIKE JUMPSTARTED OUR, OUR MOMENTUM.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH, GIVEN THE, THE, THE BUDGET BEEN ALLOCATED FOR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS TO IMPLEMENT STUFF HERE ON THIS END, CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, TURN ON YOUR MIC? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WASN'T SPEAKING INTO IT.
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO FIGURE OUT IS LIKE OUR MENTION AND COMMENTS ON IS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO BRING IN MORE FUNDING SOMEHOW.
UM, DAVE'S DOING PRETTY GOOD THINGS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR GRANTS, WHICH WAS PART OF THE TELEPHONE ROAD PROJECT THAT WAS AMAZING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK WAS FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS A REALLY BIG HELP.
AND THERE'S THOSE DOLLARS ARE THERE.
WE JUST NEED TO FIND WAYS TO BRING THEM TOWARDS HOUSTON AND, AND SHOW HOW HOW PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND DIFFERENTLY IS, IS BENEFICIAL FOR US ON AWE IN GENERAL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH LIKE RECENT EVENTS OF, OF CRASHES AND FATALITIES WITH CYCLISTS, WHICH WILL BE COVERED LATER IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, WE ARE ALREADY AT 10 DESKS FOR, FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE WERE LIKE 11 OR 12, SO LIKE HALFWAY THROUGH OR JUST, WE WERE THERE BEFORE HALFWAY ALREADY, AND WE STILL HAVE THE REST OF THE YEAR TO GO.
SO WE'RE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT MAKES A BIG IMPACT ON REVERSING THIS TREND THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO.
UM, THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE PART OF THAT STATISTIC.
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FIND SOMETHING AND, UM, WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS MAKING MEANINGFUL CHANGE THAT MAKES AN IMPACT HERE.NEXT, THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO BAC@HOUSTONTX.GOV BY 2:00 PM THE DAY OF BAC C MEETING.
COMMENTS WILL BE READ OUT LOUD BY STAFF DURING THE MEETING.
YOU CAN ALSO COMMENT BY PHONE BY DIALING (936) 755-1521 ID 4 8 6 2 7 9 2 0 8 HASHTAG ALSO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE WHEN CALLED UPON THE CHAIR, YOU CAN ALSO COMMENT BY TEAMS. TYPE YOUR NAME AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.
AND THEN WE READ OUT LOUD, THEN PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SPEAK TO UP TO TWO MINUTES.
THE FIRST PERSON WHO'S UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS MARIAN WRIGHT.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO READ HER STATEMENT.
THERE HAS TO BE A MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN BICYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES FOR HOUSTON TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF STRAIGHT OF SAFE STREETS FOR ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
ORGANIZATION LIKE CYCLE SAVVY PROMOTES THE AND TEACHES SAFE CYCLING SKILLS FOR ALL CYCLISTS.
THE HONEST CANNOT BE ONLY ON THE AUTO, AUTOMOTIVE.
AUTOMOTIVE DRIVER CYCLISTS HAVE A DUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ABIDE BY TRAFFIC LAWS AND NOT TO ACT IN A BEHAVIOR THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ACCIDENTS OR PUT THEM UNNECESSARILY IN HARM'S WAY.
THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD ONLY PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE O MISSION TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE CYCLISTS TO ABIDE BY ALL LAWS.
THE LAWS ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT AND KEEP EVERYONE THAT USES OUR SAFE, OUR STREETS SAFE.
DUI RUNNING RED LIGHTS, RUNNING STOP SIGNS, TRAVELING THE WRONG WAY, IMPROPER LANE, USE IMPROPER PASSING AND TRAVELING AT NIGHT WITH PROPER ILLUMINATION.
HAVE LAWS IN PLACE FOR BOTH CYCLISTS AND AUTOMOTIVE DRIVERS.
JOE CARRO RECENTLY STATED THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION POSITION WAS TO BE AGNOSTIC ON CYCLING ORGANIZATION TAKING OVER THE STREETS.
THIS IS TURNING A BLIND EYE AND GIVING A SLIGHT NOD TO ENCOURAGE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BREAK MULTIPLE LAWS SUCH AS CRUSH CITY CRUISERS AND CRITICAL MASS AND PUT PEOPLES IN HARM WAY BY HOUSTON.
ALSO PROMOTES EVENTS SUCH AS PUB CRAWLS AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS AT BREWERS.
JOE ALSO STATED IN A TWEET THAT IF CYCLISTS ACCEPTED HIGH VISIBILITY EQUIPMENT FROM HPD OFFICERS, IT PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE CYCLIST.
ISN'T IT? THE CYCLIST RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THEMSELVES VISIBLE.
JOE AL HAS ALSO RECENTLY STATED, PROTECTED BIKE LANES ARE A PROVEN WAY TO PREVENT CYCLIST DEATH.
WHERE IS THE DATA TO PROVE THIS STATEMENT? CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION.
USING THIS TYPE OF LOGIC IS SIMPLY PR UH, PROPAGANDA.
PROPAGANDA IS NOT OUR WAY AS TEXANS, NOT AS HOUSTONIANS, OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE CITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN STRICKLAND.
AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS ME, PROBABLY ONLINE TOO, SO I'M NOT GONNA INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UH, LOT TO UNPACK IN THAT PRIOR STATEMENT.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT CARS DO NOT HAVE AGENCY.
IT IS DRIVERS WHO SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, UM, FOR THE RULES.
THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY, IT'S REALLY A REPEAT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, UH, TODAY'S A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I APPRECIATE ALEJANDRO'S COMMENTS.
UM, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 12 CYCLIST DESKS, AND SADLY WE DON'T EVEN REALLY TRACK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED WHILE WALKING.
THE COMMUNITY IS FED UP WITH THE WAY IN WHICH THE CITY MANAGES, UH, THE SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANE CLOSURES.
SO WHETHER IT'S, UH, PERMITTING ENFORCEMENT OR THE DETOURS, NONE OF THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING AND IT'S PUTTING US AT RISK.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY'S LOOKING AT THE IDM TO ADDRESS THE DETOUR ISSUE, BUT THAT'S AFTER THE FACT.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENED ON WA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UH, THE DEVELOPER'S BEEN ALLOWED.
UH, THE DEVELOPER'S BEEN ALLOWED TO TAKE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND THE BIKE LANE, AND WE HAVE TO FIX THIS ACROSS THE CITY.
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HI EVERYONE.I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE UPDATES ON THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL.
THERE ARE A STRING OF ARMED AND VIOLENT ASSAULTS IN MAY, UH, FOR THE SECTION OF THE TRAIL IN THIRD WARD HAS COME TO AN END AFTER THE ARREST OF THREE OF THE, UH, SUSPECTS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY LAST WEEK THERE WAS AN ARMED ROBBERY IN THE EAST DOWNTOWN SECTION OF THE TRAIL, UH, WHERE NAGLE INTERSECTS WITH THE COLUMBIA TAP NEAR THE TINY CHAMPIONS PIZZA PLACE.
UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INDIVIDUALS IN MAY, AND THE THE MO IS VERY DIFFERENT.
THEY GOT AWAY IN A GETAWAY CAR.
UM, BUT IT'S STILL CONCERNING THAT WE'RE HAVING SAFETY ISSUES ON THE COLUMBIA TAP, AND NONE OF THE PROMISES MADE AT THE PRESS RELEASE IN MAY HAVE COME TO FRUITION.
UH, WHETHER IT'S THE LIGHTS, THE CALL BOXES, THE CAMERAS, UM, WE ARE STILL NOT GETTING COOPERATION FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, THEY REFUSE TO ADJUST THEIR JURISDICTION AND TO WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO CREATE SHARED MANAGEMENT, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IN FACT, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY RECEIVED WORD FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, PARKS IS NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SHARED USE, UH, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL HAVE TO WITHDRAW THE FUNDING FROM THEIR HUD, UH, CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE GRANT FOR THE POCKET PARK TRUCK.
UM, SO WE'RE LOSING FUNDING, WE'RE LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING.
UH, WE'RE NOT GETTING COOPERATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ARE NOT GETTING, UH, COOPERATION FROM THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD.
UM, BETH WHITE HASN'T RESPONDED WHAT RESPONDED TO US SINCE LAST NOVEMBER.
SHE HASN'T CLARIFIED WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING THE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, UH, EXPLAINED IN THE BEYOND THE BAYOU REPORT.
UM, HOUSTON PUBLIC, UH, HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC IS NOT ADVERTISING THEIR BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
UM, AND SO I THINK THE BAC SHOULD STEP IN AND CREATE CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR HOW THESE DEPARTMENTS AND PARIS STATE AGENCIES ARE CONDUCTING THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET AN UPDATE ON THE MCGOWAN BIKE LANE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FIVE YEARS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE, UM, ON TEAMS THAT WOULD WANNA SPEAK? NOPE.
DO YOU WANT DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, GREAT.
UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS, OH, YEAH, YOU DO.
I DIDN'T PREPARE ANY COMMENTS.
UM, I JUST, UH, WANTED YES, YOU RIGHT.
UM, I, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO THESE BRIEF COMMENTS.
MY NAME IS JOHN BEAL, AND I'M JUST SIMPLY A, A BIKE RIDER WHO'S A NATIVE TO THE CITY.
UH, MY ONLY COMMENT, MY FIRST COMMENT IS MY APOLOGIES BOTH TO THE COMMITTEE AND TO MY FELLOW RESIDENTS OF THE CITY FOR THIS BEING, UH, MY FIRST MEETING HERE.
UM, PART OF THE REASON THAT I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHICH JUST THE BIT THAT I'VE HEARD THE GENTLEMAN HAS MENTIONED, HAS TO DO WITH THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD OTHER THAN THOSE WHO SIT BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR.
MOST OF THE PROBLEM IS, I'VE OBSERVED IT.
I'M 54 YEARS OLD AND I'VE RIDDEN A BIKE SINCE I WAS A KID.
LIKE MOST OF US, AND MOST OF THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE OBSERVED AS A, AS A BIKE RIDER IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IS THAT WHEN WE ARE NOT RIDING A BIKE, WE IGNORE THE CONCERNS OF BIKE RIDERS AS CITIZENS.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM OR A POLITICAL PROBLEM.
IT'S A PROBLEM OF THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO WON'T GET INVOLVED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF HIS OWN CITY.
I WON'T CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS MISTAKE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
EVERYBODY, BE SAFE AND GET HOME TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ETHICS TRAINING.
SO I BELIEVE WE NOW HAVE QUORUM.
UH, LET'S APPROVE THE APRIL 20, 23 MINUTES.
CAN I ACCEPT THE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE VAN D SECONDED, ROBIN.
UM, I JUST NOTICED, I THINK THERE'S A TYPE OF FIRST PAGE, THE, THE LAST BULLET ITEM.
IT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE CONFIDENT NOMINATIONS
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FOR CONDUCT NEW COMMITTEE CHAIR ELECTIONS.SO, SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE EXPERTS IN THERE THAT NEED TO BE PLEAD.
WHAT TIME? WE'LL GET THAT UPDATED AND SENT OUT.
SO NOW WE, WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS AMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ETHICS TRAINING WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, KIM MICKELSON.
WE WILL, UM, WE'LL PUT A PAUSE ON THE ETHICS TRAINING AND REVISIT THAT MOMENTARILY.
WE WILL NOW HAVE TECH.BIKE RELATED COMPONENTS OF N-H-H-I-P WITH, UM, MR. MAPES GRADING.
MAPES, ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT? I AM.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT.
IT SAYS USER ERROR ON MY PART RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN IT COMES UP.
SORRY, Y'ALL, NOW THERE IT GOES.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE INTERESTING.
UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT N-H-H-I-P AND SOME OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
UH, AS I START THROUGH HERE, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF JUST, UH, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE RECENTLY HAPPENED, AND THEN THE WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING.
SO, JUST AS A, AN OVERALL BIG PICTURE, THIS IS THE N-H-H-I-P PROJECT AREA.
ON THE NORTH END, IT'S ON, IT'S I 45 ON THE NORTH END.
IT STARTS AT BELTWAY EIGHT, COMES DOWN THROUGH SIX 10, AND THEN COMES TO I 10.
AND THEN IN THE GREEN SECTION THERE, THAT'S SEGMENT THREE.
SO STARTING AT THE NORTH END, THAT THE PURPLE IS SEGMENT ONE, THE BLUE IS SEGMENT TWO, AND THEN THE GREEN IS SEGMENT THREE, AND IT'S THE RING AROUND DOWNTOWN.
IN A VERY BASIC EXPLANATION, THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS FOR, UH, N-H-H-I-P, WHY IT WAS PROPOSED, AND THEN THE GOALS.
I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH SOME OF THIS FIRST PART QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET INTO THE, THE MEAT OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS.
UH, BACK IN MARCH OF 2023, TXDOT AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SIGNED A VOLUNTARY RESOLUTION AGREEMENT, UM, ON N-H-H-I-P, THAT, UM, PRIOR TO THAT, FHWA HAD ASKED TDOT TO PAUSE PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT.
UH, AND WE WERE IN THAT POSITION FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
THIS VOLUNTARY RESOLUTION AGREEMENT ALLOWS TXDOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DETAILED DESIGN AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
JUST PRIOR TO THAT, IN DECEMBER OF 22, THERE WERE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, ON N-H-H-I-P.
AND THEN, JUST AS A HIGHLIGHT, N-H-H-I-P IS TO BE FUND TO REMAIN FUNDED IN THE 2023 UTP, WHICH THE COMMISSION IS TO TAKE ACTION ON, UH, IN AUGUST.
SO THE VOLUNTARY RESOLUTION AGREEMENT, WHAT THIS DOES, THIS IS A LOT OF WORDS HERE, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY LIFTS THE PAUSE THAT WAS ON N-H-H-I-P.
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REVIEW, THERE WERE NO TITLE SIX VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED, AND TDOT'S ALLOWED TO RESUME ALL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.THE, THE VRA PROVIDES TIMELINES AND MONITORING THAT TXDOT, UM, WILL CARRY OUT THROUGH THE LIFE OF N-H-H-I-P.
AND THERE'S, LET ME SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE COMMITMENTS IN THE VRA.
UM, THERE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE'VE GOT MITIGATION FOR DISPLACEMENT, RELOCATIONS HOUSINGS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, PARKS, OPEN SPACE TRAILS, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES, WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IN A, IN A FEW MINUTES.
ACCESS DURING CONSTRUCTION, UM, REVIEWING THE HIGHWAY FOOTPRINT, UH, TALKS ABOUT STRUCTURAL CAPS, AIR QUALITY MITIGATION, AND THEN MEANINGFUL ACCESS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN EITHER IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS OR RIGHT OF WAY PROCESS.
SO, WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE ARE FOCUSING ON FINAL OR DETAILED DESIGNS IN THREE PROJECTS WITHIN THE SEGMENT, THREE LIMITS.
SO SEGMENT THREE IS THE GREEN RING AROUND DOWNTOWN.
UM, WE ARE WORKING TO GET THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS BACK UP AND, AND RUNNING.
WE'VE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE FIRST THREE PROJECTS TO COME OUT.
WE ARE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ENHANCED RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND THEN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANTS IN THE PROJECT AREA.
THESE ARE THE FIRST THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT.
THE FIRST PACKAGE, ONE IS A DRAINAGE PROJECT UNDERNEATH ST.
EMANUEL FROM THE 45 INTERCHANGE UP TO BUFFALO BAYOU PACK.
THE SECOND PACKAGE, THE SECOND PROJECT, WILL BE THE INTERCHANGE AT 2 88 AND 69, AND THEN THE THIRD PROJECT WILL BE ON 69 FROM SPUR 5 27 TO 2 88.
SO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES WITHIN N-H-H-I-P, THIS IS A, A TYPICAL SECTION OF, OF PEDESTRIAN REALM AS WE ARE GENERALLY CALLING IT AN N-H-H-I-P.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S, UM, THE, THE TYPICAL, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, IS A SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK, A FIVE FOOT BIKE LANE, AND THEN A FIVE FOOT BUFFER BEHIND THE CURB.
UM, THAT'S THE PICTURE YOU SEE ON THE LEFT ON THE RIGHT.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT COULD BE DONE WITHIN THE BUFFER AREA, UM, DEPENDING ON ENGAGEMENT WITH THIRD PARTIES AND, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT MAY HAPPEN THERE WITH PLANTINGS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE BUFFER AREA.
SO THIS IS IN THIS TEXT DOT, YOU CAN SEE WE'LL FUND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A COMBINATION OF, OF THIS.
IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT UNIFORM THROUGH THE ENTIRE N-H-H-I-P CORRIDOR, BUT THIS IS THE TYPICAL OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND THIS IS FOR THE CROSS STREETS, ALL LOCAL STREETS THAT EITHER CROSS OVER OR UNDER A HIGHWAY FACILITY.
SO AS WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE FACILITIES, THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN IS, IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, UM, OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S PEDESTRIAN REALMS, AND I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT, I THINK IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE, OR MAYBE ONE AFTER THE, THE PEDESTRIAN REALMS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON ALL THE CROSS STREETS, AND THEN THE, THOSE LOCATIONS IN SEGMENT THREE.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER SHARED USE PATH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ON WHITE OAK AND LITTLE WHITE OAK BY USE THAT WOULD HELP EXPAND THE OVERALL NETWORK.
SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A TYPICAL SECTION OF WHAT, WHAT IS PLANNED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING GARDEN BRIDGES.
AND THESE GARDEN BRIDGES ARE THE CROSS STREETS THAT CROSS OVER THE FREEWAY FACILITIES.
AND IN THIS, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IN THE TYPICAL SECTION THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK, THE FIVE FOOT BIKE LANE, AND THEN THE FIVE FOOT BUFFER.
NOW THIS BUFFER, BECAUSE THESE WOULD BE ON A BRIDGE DECK, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
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FROM HOW YOU WOULD PLANT LANDSCAPING ON JUST A ROADWAY SECTION, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS, UH, AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE A RAISED PLANTER BED ON THESE BRIDGES THAT WOULD ALLOW AN AREA FOR LANDSCAPING.AND YOU CAN SEE THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE IS STRUCTURALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THOSE LOADS.
AND THEN WORKING WITH, UM, LOCAL AGENCIES TO PROVIDE FUNDING AND MAINTENANCE FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A PICTURE OF GARDEN BRIDGE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, LOOK MORE AT THE, THE LOCATIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE COLORS, THE COLORS HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING, BUT THE, THESE ARE LOCATIONS WHERE THOSE GARDEN BRIDGE, GARDEN BRIDGE OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION GOING ON RIGHT NOW ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.
BUT AT A MINIMUM, THE BIKE LANE, THE SIDEWALK AND THE BUFFER SPACE IS, IS WE'RE WORKING TO ACCOMMODATE IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.
SO ON, UM, THERE'S SOME CROSS BRIDGES, SOME CROSS STREETS OVER I 69, JUST NORTH OF THE 2 88 INTERCHANGE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT ELGIN STREET IS ONE OF THEM, BUT IT'S, THERE'S THREE ELGIN, TWO TUAM AND MCGOWAN.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT A CROSS SECTION THAT SHOWS THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE LANES, THE DRIVING LANES, AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ARCHES, SEPARATE BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
AND IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A RENDERING OF, OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THIS SAME CONDITION WOULD APPLY AT ALL THREE OF THESE CROSS STREETS, ELGIN TO 'EM AND MCALLEN.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE EXPANDED TRAILS.
UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW, UH, ALONG WHITE OAK IN BOTH LOCATIONS.
BUT WE WILL, I'LL SHOW YOU A MORE BLOWN UP VIEW.
SO ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU SEE THE RED, THE RED LINE, UH, ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THIS IS LOCATED.
SO ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE EXISTING CONDITION WHERE YOU HAVE THE WHITE OAK BAYOU GREENWAY TRAIL.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT, YOU STILL, AGAIN HAVE THE EXISTING TRAIL, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHITE OAK, THERE'S A, A SHARED POTENTIAL SHARED USE PATH THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGES AS PART OF THE N-H-H-I-P PROJECTS.
AND THEN SAME THING, THIS IS FARTHER UP, THIS IS MORE IN THE I 10 AND 45 INTERCHANGE AREA, WHERE AGAIN, ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU SEE THE EXISTING CONDITION.
AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE PROPOSED CONDITION WHERE YOU, THE EXISTING TRAIL IS MAINTAINED, AND THE PROPOSED SHARED USE PATH IS INDICATED THERE.
THIS WAS A LITTLE, A LITTLE INTERESTING, UM, ORIENTATION.
UM, BUT JUST TO ORIENT YOU TO WHERE THIS IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS MAP, THAT IS DOWN TOWARDS I 10.
THIS IS I 45 RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN I 10 UP TO SIX 10.
SO NORTH IS FACING, TO YOUR RIGHT, THIS, THIS INDICATES WHERE THERE ARE POTENTIAL TRAILS THAT COULD BE PUT IN.
SO ON THE VERY LEFT SIDE, THERE'S LITTLE Y OAK BY YOU.
SO POTENTIAL FOR TRAILS TO GO IN THERE.
LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS, UH, IT DIDN'T BLOW IT UP.
SO THIS INDICATES POTENTIAL TRAILS THAT CAN BE PUT ON, PUT IN UNDER LITTLE WHITE, A LONG LITTLE WHITE OAK BY YOU UNDERNEATH I 45.
AND THEN MOVING NORTH, THERE'S A POTENTIAL DECK PARK AROUND THE NORTH MAIN AROUND NORTH MAIN STREET.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE EAST SIDE OF 45 MOVING NORTH AND CROSSING UNDER, THERE'S POTENTIAL TRAIL AREAS IN THERE, AND UP AGAIN UP AROUND SIX 10.
SO THESE ARE ALL IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL TRAIL AREAS.
AND WHY I SAY POTENTIAL TRAILS IS THESE ARE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS THAT AS WE GET INTO A DETAILED DESIGN, WE WORK THROUGH TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THEY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AND HOW.
SO THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE DELIVERY OF IT AND THE DETAILS TO DO THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT DURING THE DETAILED DESIGN PROCESS.
THIS IS, UH, EXISTING JENSEN, SO IN THE 69 AND I 10 INTERCHANGE ON THE, I GUESS, NORTHEAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
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ON THE, UH, LEFT IS THE EXISTING JENSEN DRIVE, THE PRO THE PROPOSED PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, IT SHOWS THAT THE BRUCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND THERE WITH THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ON BOTH SIDES OF JENSEN UNDERNEATH THE, THE HIGHWAY SECTION.THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF A FUTURE PROJECT.
AND THEN SAME THING HERE, I 45 AND STOKES.
SO STOKES UNDERNEATH 45, UH, JUST NORTH OF SIX 10.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS WHAT, AS IT EXISTS TODAY, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE EXISTING OR THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN REALM WITH ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP THERE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE, IN THE UPPER RIGHT, I GUESS I DIDN'T POINT OUT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIMENSIONS OF WHAT THOSE, WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
AND THEN THE EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, TXDOT AS PART OF THE VRA WILL ASSESS WHAT THE FEDERAL E FEDERAL EFFORTS TO DEVELOP EMANCIPATION TRAIL.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH DETAILED DESIGN, WE'LL EVALUATE FEASIBILITY OF ACCOMMODATING THE LINKS THROUGH THE N-H-H-I-P LIMITS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THIS, THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE FIRST, WELL, WITHIN THE THREE PROJECTS, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT THE PEDESTRIAN BIKE ROUNDS ON THESE CROSS STREETS.
SO ALABAMA ELGIN TWO AND MCGOWAN AND ALAMEDA WILL ENHANCE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO EMANCIPATION PARK.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE, WE STUDY IN DETAIL.
WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, THE FEDERAL, FEDERAL FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW N-H-H-I-P CAN PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY AS PART OF THAT, UM, AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS, UM, IT'S CONTACT INFORMATION THAT, UM, I'LL LEAVE UP HERE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
I, I WOULD YOU FEEL FREE TO CALL OR EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND I CAN, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE END OF THE SLIDES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA TAKE QUESTIONS OR IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, JUST I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH THAT.
WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THANKS FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS WHEN YOU WERE DETAILING THE, THE BRIDGE STRUCTURES AND TALKING ABOUT HOW TXDOT WOULD BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE FUTURE PLANTINGS OR COORDINATION OF PLANTING BY OTHERS, I HEAR WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.
BUT MY IMPRESSION IS THAT TEXDOT IS REQUIRED TO COMMIT SOMETHING LIKE 2% OF ALL OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TOWARDS LANDSCAPING AND BEAUTIFICATION A GREEN RIBBON PROGRAM.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW GREEN RIBBON FUNDS MIGHT HELP MAKE THESE LANDSCAPING PROJECTS HAPPEN? I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M, I'M A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HEAR, SO I WANNA REPEAT WHAT I HEARD AND THEN MAKE SURE I'M ON, ON, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE, THE LANDSCAPING, FUTURE LANDSCAPING AND HOW GREEN RIBBON FUNDS MAY, MAY ASSIST WITH WHAT THAT WITH FUTURE LANDSCAPING? YEAH.
THAT MY IMPRESSION IS TX DOTS REQUIRED TO COMMIT 2% OF THESE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT DOLLARS TO LANDSCAPING AND BEAUTIFICATION.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD, THE, THE, THE LANDSCAPING SHOWN AS THE BUFFERS ON THE BRIDGES, FOR ONE EXAMPLE, WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO YOU COMMIT GREEN RIBBON DOLLARS TO HELP MAKE THAT LANDSCAPING HAPPEN RIGHT UP FRONT AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND NOT AS A HYPOTHETICAL FUTURE THING WITH A THIRD PARTY.
UM, SO THERE ARE DEDICATED DOLLARS, UH, FOR LANDSCAPING.
I, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE INITIAL EFFORT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TO EVALUATE THAT WE CAN HAVE FUTURE LANDSCAPING IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, THERE'S GENERALLY HOW WE DO IT IS WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS TO SEPARATE THE CON THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FROM LANDSCAPE PROJECTS.
AND WHEN WE DESIGN THE ROADWAY PROJECTS, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE LANDSCAPING, BUT IT WOULD BE A SUBSEQUENT PROJECT IN THE FUTURE AFTER THE ROADWAY WORK.
UH, WE, WE GENERALLY FOLLOW THAT WORKUP AS SOON AS WE CAN.
BUT I WOULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT I, I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE, WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS HERE AT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE WHEN
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WE ARE IN THE DESIGN TO THINK THROUGH WHAT LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF DISCUSSING HOW THOSE FUTURE LANDSCAPE OPPORTUNITIES OR PROJECTS ARE FUNDED.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM TOM.
UM, GRADY, COULD YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE TIMELINE WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON THE SEGMENTS YOU DESCRIBED HERE TODAY? YES, SIR.
UH, UH, 'CAUSE I THINK A PICTURE WILL HELP.
SORRY FOR RUNNING THROUGH THIS SO QUICKLY.
UM, I, I SKIPPED OVER THIS AND I APOLOGIZE.
THE THREE B PACKAGE ONE, THAT'S THE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECT UNDER SAYING A MANUAL RIGHT NOW, WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO START IN LATE SUMMER.
SO AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OF 24 IS THE ANTICIPATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE, THE PACKAGE TWO, THE 2 88 69 INTERCHANGE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, EARLY SUMMER-ISH JUNE, LET'S JUST SAY 2025 IS THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE THREE, A PROJECT FROM SPUR 5 27 TO 2 88 TO BEGIN IN SAME, SAME TIMEFRAME, SUMMER-ISH OF 26.
THE, THE PACKAGE ONE, IS THAT BEING COORDINATED WITH THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S IN THE SAME AREA.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A DETENTION POND ON THE NORTH END OF PACKAGE ONE THAT IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE NORTH CANAL INCLUDES WHAT WE CALL THE SOUTH CANAL, WHICH IS THAT PIECE RIGHT IN THIS AREA.
UM, THERE'S A DETENTION POND THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THAT.
THE SOUTH CANAL LIMITS ARE, UM, KNOWN AND THOUGHT THROUGH AND ACTUALLY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY TXDOT THROUGH THAT AREA.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANY MENTION ABOUT THE PIERCE ELEVATED, UH, BEING LEFT IN PLACE AS A POTENTIAL, UH, LAND, UH, GARDEN BRIDGE ACROSS THE URBAN CORE.
I REMEMBER THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PAST.
IS THAT STILL IN THE CARDS AT ALL? I WOULD, THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO DECISION MADE ON PIERCE ELEVATED.
AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE? I THINK THERE'S DISCUSSION TO COME ON THAT AND WHAT, WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS WITH THAT.
UM, THERE'S NO DEFINITIVE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT.
I THINK FROM A, FROM A TECH STOP PERSPECTIVE, WHEN THE TRAFFIC IS MOVED OFF OF IT THAT NO LONGER SERVES A TRANSPORTATION PURPOSE AND FOR, THAT'S WHERE THE DISCUSSION WOULD COME IN WITH OTHER ENTITIES ON HOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT STRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR, FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE A COMMENT IN THE CHAT, UM, FROM AMAR MOATE THAT SAYS, GIVEN THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TEXDOT IN THE CITY TO COORDINATE ON THE LANDSCAPING ITEMS RAISED BY ROBIN.
UH, YES, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AND WOULD TELL YOU THAT AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILED DESIGN ON THE TWO PRO OR THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE, UM, UNDERWAY WITH, NOW THAT LANDSCAPING IS BEING THOUGHT THROUGH, UM, IS PACKAGE ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE TURS AND THE CITY, UM, ON CONCERNS ON LANDSCAPING.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TODAY VERSUS WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? UM, THERE ARE VERY DETAILED DISCUSSIONS GOING ON ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC AS WE GO THROUGH THE DETAILED DESIGN ON THESE JOBS.
SO I'VE GOT A, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT, YOU HAD A, ONE OF THE SLIDES SHOWED A NICE MAP OF THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN OVERLAID WITH THE, THE PROJECT AREA FOR THIS PROJECT.
I HAVE A FOLLOW ON QUESTION, I GUESS BOTH FOR GRADY AND MAYBE ALSO FOR DAVID.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ONE, ONE OF, LIKE, THE WORST THING WOULD BE IF WE WERE WORKING FROM LIKE A 2017 VERSION OF THE BIKE PLAN MAP.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KEEP THE TXDOT EFFORT SYNCED UP WITH THE OF THE MOMENT LATEST AND GREATEST STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE ON BIKE PLAN PROJECTS? GRADY, YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT? YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD, DAVID.
UH, SO ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION IS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE KIND OF STAFFED BY ALL OF US.
UM, SO, UH, TRACY DONATO, OUR NEW,
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UH, PLANNER WHO IS, UH, FOR MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING N-H-H-I-P IS PART OF OUR GROUP, BRANDON AND MISTY.WELL, MISTY IS AN AFFILIATE OF OUR GROUP.
UM, AND SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND REPRESENTING ALL OUR MODAL PLANS IN ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS JUST SO FAR AS EVEN THOSE THAT AREN'T OURS, LIKE METRO NEXT ARE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SO THE 2017 ADOPTED PLAN IS WHERE WE START, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN UPDATES AND NEW THINGS BUILT IN SINCE, AND WE'RE REPRESENTING THOSE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES, MIKE? UM, YES.
OF THE THREE PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE FIRST GONNA BE WORKED ON, UM, YOU'RE GOING INTO DETAIL DESIGN NOW, AT THE END OF THE DETAILED DESIGN, UH, PHASE, WILL THERE BE FURTHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WHAT THE FINAL DESIGNS ARE OUT ARE? YES, SIR.
UM, THERE ARE, TXDOT HAS REQUIREMENTS, UH, TO GO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC TWICE A YEAR ON WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN HHIP.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION NOW INTERNALLY ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW WE PRESENT UPDATED ACTIVITY ON N-H-H-I-P, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.
IT, IT'S, UM, IT'S A LARGE, LARGE PROGRAM AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY BE ABLE TO PRESENT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCE, UM, BASED ON THE LOCATION AND INTEREST.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE'VE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC ON, ON UPDATED PROGRESS AS WE WORK THROUGH DETAILED DESIGN.
AND, AND ONE FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, WILL THOSE BE ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY THROUGH LIKE THE, THE MIDNIGHT MAILOUTS THAT WE GET FROM YOU GUYS? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW OUR, OUR PUBLIC MEETING.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THAT AS WELL AS HOW DO WE NOTIFY, HOW DO WE REACH THE APPROPRIATE AUDIENCE? THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, UM, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE AUDIENCE, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT, AND THEN HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THE AUDIENCE THAT WE ANTICIPATE.
I HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
UM, SO, UM, ONE THING'S FOR SURE WAS THAT, UM, PROJECT OR PACKAGE ONE ALONG ST.
UM, THERE'S KIND OF A BIT OF, UM, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, UM, A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
UM, AND THEN I SAW THAT THING ON THAT SLIDE.
IT SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN 2024.
UM, WHEN THAT STARTS, OR WHAT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR, I GUESS, NOTIFYING BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE, I GUESS, ALLOWED BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION? BE INTERRUPTING THAT? OR HAS THAT PROPERTY BEEN ACQUIRED ALREADY WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, WHEN IT STARTS, LIKE EVERYBODY JUST NEEDS TO MOVE OUT? NO, NO.
AND, AND WE, WE ARE HAVING, WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS WITH, UM, THE TOURS AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN THAT AREA AND ARE HEARING THE, THE SAME CONCERNS.
SO WE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IN OUR, IN OUR DESIGN, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN ACCESS, UM, FROM A, FROM A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION STANDPOINT.
THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA BETWEEN CHARTRES AND SAINT EMANUEL THAT TEXT OUT HAS ACQUIRED.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, A LOT OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE STILL PRIVATELY OWNED AND BUSINESSES REMAIN.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE KEEP ACCESS TO THE BUSINESSES, UM, WHILE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON.
THERE MAY BE SLIGHT DISRUPTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH.
'CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL DRAINAGE PROJECT, BUT, UM, WE'RE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE DOES THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPEN? WHERE ARE THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES? HOW DOES CONSTRUCTION, UH, AFFECT THOSE? AND THEN WHERE CAN WE REROUTE TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS? THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
AND, AND I WOULD SAY GREAT DETAIL AS WE WORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN ALONG ST.
AND THEN, UM, SO, UM, IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED EARLIER TODAY THAT DAVID MENTIONED, UM, THE COMMERCE STREET, UH, WAS, UH, FINALLY LIKE, HAS DECI HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ST DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
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AND I KNOW THAT THE, UH, TDOT PROJECT LIKE OVER, OR YOU KNOW, GOES OVER COMMON STREET.UM, ARE YOU GUYS AVAILABLE TO, OR I DON'T KNOW, JUST HOW THE FUNDING WORKS FOR THAT, BUT GIVEN THAT THE, THIS PROJECT IS WORKING, UM, OR STARTING PRETTY SOON, THAT, UM, TEXDOT CAN ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THAT STUFF UNDER THEIR RIGHTAWAY TO KIND OF EXTEND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT, UM, CORRIDOR.
I'M NOT UP TO DETAILS ON, ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON COMMERCE STREET, BUT I, AND DAVID FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'RE WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT PLANS ARE IN, IN THIS AREA AS WE GO THROUGH DESIGN IT.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE A COORDINATION ITEM BETWEEN US AND THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO WORK OUT WHAT NEEDS, WHAT'S THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN THERE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK PROBABLY THE LAST ONE I'LL PICK HERE IS, UM, FOR HOW WIDE THESE BIKE LANES ARE.
I MEAN, I SEE SOME OF 'EM THAT ARE SEVEN FEET, LIKE JUST FROM THE DIAGRAMS AND THEN THE OTHERS THAT ARE 10, LIKE THE ONE ON STOKES.
I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, ON A SPACE AVAILABLE THING.
UM, BUT WHAT STANDARDS DO YOU GUYS USE TO KIND OF DETERMINE HOW WIDE BIKE LINES OR HOW SAFE OR HOW SAFE IS A, OR HOW WIDE CAN A BIKE LINE BE TO BE CONSIDERED SAFE UNDER YOUR PARAMETERS? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I'M JUST, I, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MANUALS.
UM, I, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE MANUALS THAT GOVERN THE DESIGN OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
THE DESIGN THAT WE DO HAS TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND I, I WOULD GO BACK TO, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MANUAL TO PULL AN EXACT NUMBER.
I WOULD, I WOULD ANSWER THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS IN LINE WITH THOSE, THOSE STANDARDS AND THAT GUIDANCE.
AND IT SHOULD MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA IN THOSE, IN THOSE GUIDELINES.
UM, AND I THINK MAYBE THE FINAL ONE, 'CAUSE I HEARD YOU MENTION POTENTIAL TRAILS.
SO THAT, I MEAN, GIVING HISTORY WHAT OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH TEXDOT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ENGAGED WITH N-H-H-I-P FOR LIKE LAST MAYBE 2014 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN THERE WAS A MEETING AT ST.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW FAR BACK THAT WAS.
UM, AND THE, THE, I MEAN,
SO I WAS WONDERING, UM, IN THIS CASE, THE POTENTIAL TRAILS HERE, UM, IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN OPTION OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT TEXTILE IS LOOKING TO PROVIDE? NO, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE THAT THERE'S IT'S POTENTIAL BECAUSE THERE'S STILL PROCESS TO HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT, BUT THE INTENT IS TO DELIVER THOSE.
I'VE NOTICED, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TXDOT OR WHOM, UH, CONTROLS THE SIGNS OVER THE FREEWAYS AROUND, I GUESS AROUND THE STATE.
I SEE SIGNS THAT SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, SILVER ALERTS, I SEE SIGNS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MOTORCYCLES ON THE ROAD.
UH, I SEE SIGNS RELATED TO CHILDREN BEING, UH, NOT LEFT IN THE CAR.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY CAN'T THERE BE SIGNS RELATED TO WATCHING OUT FOR BICYCLES GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WHY CAN'T WE, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUT FOR BICYCLES ON THOSE SIGNS ACROSS THE STATE? THE MESSAGES ON THOSE SIGNS ARE DICTATED OUT OF AUSTIN.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT THE, I DON'T DEAL WITH THAT DIRECTLY.
UH, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS THAT COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU A PRETTY IN DEPTH ANSWER ONTO THAT.
I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO HIM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I KNOW, UM, THEY GET DIRECTION OUT OF AUSTIN ON WHAT, WHAT MESSAGES GO OUT WHEN AT TIMES.
UM, AND SO I, I CAN GET YOU HIS INFORMATION, UM, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S OF OF INTEREST.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME HIERARCHY TO WHAT, WHAT MESSAGE GOES OUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE RATHER THAN TO HAVE TO DO THAT MYSELF, GIVEN THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU THE INFORMATION THAT, AND YOU KNOW WHO TO CONTACT, IT WOULD SEEM, IF YOU HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU COULD MAKE THAT CONTACT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA THAT IT WAS RAISED.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I I DON'T SEE WHY THAT THAT COULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT STAFF COULD DO RATHER
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THAN DEPENDING UPON CITIZENS TO TRY TO DO STAFF'S JOB.AND GRADY, IF YOU'LL PROVIDE THAT CONTACT, CITY STAFF IS HAPPY TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN SEND AN EMAIL, DAVID, WELL, I'LL GET WITH YOU.
V, WILL THAT BE OKAY IF I TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT? I DON'T CARE.
WE HAVE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS.
TOM, HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION WHEN IT WAS THE LAST QUESTION THAT, UH, ALEJANDRO ASKED ABOUT, UH, PROVIDING THE, THE TRAILS ALONG WHITE OAK AND LITTLE WHITE OAK.
I AM ASSUMING THAT YOUR QUESTION WAS PROBABLY ANSWERED AS WELL.
UH, JOE, HEY, JUST A QUICK RESPONSE TO ALEJANDRO'S QUESTION ABOUT BIKE LANE WITH, UM, I'M SURE THAT TEXT.IS FOLLOWING THE ASH TO GREEN BOOK, UH, WHICH WOULD SAY THAT FIVE FEET IS, UH, UH, RECOMMENDED WIDTH IF THERE'S A HARD CURB, UM, BESIDE THE, UH, THE BIKE LANE OR IN THIS CASE, UH, PERHAPS A, A VERTICAL, UH, PLANTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, FIVE FEET WOULD BE A, A MINIMUM.
UM, SO I THINK IT SHOWED FIVE FEET ON THE SLIDE, UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
I'M SORRY, THIS IS, THIS IS TRACY.
I HAD MY MIC, UM, ON, SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, IN THE DESIGN DESIGN STAGE, UH, IS IT EVER CONSIDERED TO SEPARATE THE TRAILS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS FOR, UM, UH, SAFETY PURPOSES? UH, ESPECIALLY LIKE ON THE WHITE OAK, UH, TRAILS THAT ARE BEING, UM, EXPANDED, I GUESS, UM, YOU'LL HAVE AN EXISTING TRAIL AND THEN YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW, A NEW TRAIL.
IS THAT EVER CONSIDERED? UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UH, THE TRAILS CAN GET VERY, UM, CROWDED AND IT SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EITHER THE, THE, THE PEDESTRIANS OR THE CYCLISTS.
I THINK SOME THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WITH DESIGN, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION THAT, UM, I THINK WOULD HAVE TO BE JUST A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THERE THAT, THAT, UM, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE DIFFERENT TRAILS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OKAY.
THAT WAS A VERY GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, JUST TO LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, KIM MICKELSON SENDS HER REGRETS.
SHE'S BEEN PULLED INTO A MEETING, SO WE WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE OUR ETHICS TRAINING FOR ANOTHER DATE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT THAT DATE IS.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS BIKEWAY FACIL, UH, FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.
YEAR TO DATE, BRANDON MOSLEY WILL PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS BRANDON MOSELEY, STAFF WITH THE CITY HOUSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, ON BEHALF OF COMMANDER CHRISTINE ANTHONY MILLER.
I WILL BE DOING HER REPORT FOR THE BIKEWAY FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES YEAR TO DATE.
THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS ARE BASED ON VEHICULAR CRIMES DIVISION, THE VCD REPORT.
AS OF JULY 17TH, 2023 YEAR TO DATE, THE PET CYCLIST FATALITIES IS NINE AND E-BIKES FATALITIES IS ONE.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS WHETHER E-BIKES WERE INCLUDED IN THE BICYCLIST CATEGORY.
ORIGINALLY, IT WAS ADVISED E-BIKES WERE INCLUDED IN THE MOTORIZED CATEGORY.
HOWEVER, THE ONE E-BIKE FATALITY AT 1500 NORTH SHEPHERD ACTUALLY BEEN INCLUDED IN THE NUMBERS THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED DUE TO THE QUESTIONS ON HOW E-BIKES, UH, FATALS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
AND TO AVOID FURTHER CONVI CONFUSION AS THE TYPES OF CYCLISTS.
THE VCD REPORT NOW SEPARATES THE TWO FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE CRASHES, THREE OF THE VEHICLES WERE A FAILURE TO STOP AND RENDER AID, INCLUDING THE E-BIKE, UH, FATALITY OF THOSE, ONE OF THE DRIVERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
216 YEAR TO DATE TOTAL PEDAL CYCLISTS CRASHES FOR 2023 AREAS SUCH AS NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST SOUTH CENTRAL HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CRASHES OVER 20, AS
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WELL AS HAVING AT LEAST ONE FATAL CRASH.THE FATAL STATS UPDATED THE FATAL STATS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT FATAL SINCE, UM, JULY 17TH, 2023.
ONLY ONE INTERSECTION HAS MORE THAN ONE CRASH.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CRASHES AT ANTOINE AND VICTORY, ONE MINOR, NO INJURY, AND ONE MAJOR, UH, INJURY.
NO DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ON BOTH REPORTS ON WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY.
QUESTION WAS RAISED ABOUT MAPPING PET CYCLIST CRASH LOCATIONS AND PRESENTING THEM AT BAC MEETINGS, MAPPING CRASHING, MAP MAPPING CRASHES, UH, TRAFFIC DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES IS DONE THROUGH DATA GATHERED FROM T FROM THE T DOT SYSTEM AND IS PRESENTED IN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK MAP, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE COH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON VISION ZERO WEBSITE.
JUST CLICK VIEW HIGH INJURY MAP.
THIS IS A PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO VIEW THE DATA.
THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK MAP, HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
WELL, I CAN'T GET THAT OUT TODAY.
UH, MAP IS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AND DISCUSSED IN DIVISION ZERO COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
COMMANDERS AND OTHER SUPERVISORS, UM, FROM H-P-D-V-C-D AND TED, WHICH IS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL, ALTHOUGH NOT PRESENTED IN MAP MAP FORMAT.
THE HPD PRESENTATION FOR THE BAC SITUATIONAL AWARENESS INCLUDES A CHART DETAILING THE NUMBER OF CRASHES, INCLUDING THE NUM NUMBER OF FATALITIES, AND EACH SPECIFIC PATROL DIVISION, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED.
ADDITIONALLY, A REPORT IS TO RUN ANY PROBLEMATIC INTERSECTION.
IE THOSE HAVING MORE THAN ONE CRASH AT THE SAME LOCATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK MAP DIVISION, ZERO PAGE HAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP IN WHICH CITIZENS CAN SELF-REPORT LOCATIONS WHERE THEY FEEL UNSAFE AS A CYCLIST, INCLUDE PICKS MAKE SUGGESTION FOR SAFETY IMPROVING, ET CETERA.
THE CITY HOUSTON PLANNING, UH, MAINTAINS THIS MAP AND TOOL.
IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK MAP, THE VISION Z VISION ZERO PAGE HAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP IN WHICH, OH, I SAID THAT ALREADY, SORRY,
UH, NEXT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS IS OUR USUAL, UM, PRESENTATION OF THE IN MEMORY OF ROLL CALL, WHICH IS RODNEY ATKINS, JOHN GRAY, JUAN LIO, BRIAN NOSE, JIMMY LOPEZ, ROBERT BANKS, HENRY SCHULTZ, GARLAND BROWN, DAVID HUNLEY, AND THE UNKNOWN CYCLIST.
UH, THERE ON, IN JUNE 15TH, 2023, UH, THE CRASH THAT WAS ON 2 24, THE PEDAL CYCLIST WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON 2 28.
UH, AND THAT IS COMMANDER'S REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? MAY I ADD A COMMENT? UH, SO, UM, ON THE, UH, CHART WHERE WE HAVE THE, THE, THE CRASHES, THESE ARE REPORTED CRASHES, RIGHT? SO THERE, THERE'S STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT, UM, THERE COULD BE LIKE CRASHES THAT ARE NOT REPORTED BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, WHEN TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT RIDE BIKES, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GET HIT BY A CAR, THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE ALIVE, THEY'RE STILL WALKING, THE BIKE IS STILL RIDEABLE, LIKE, JUST MOVE ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH LIKE THE, YOU KNOW,
SO, UM, GIVEN THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE, ARE PRETTY HIGH, UM, AND ALSO NOTING THAT, UM, SOME ARE GOING UNREPORTED MEANS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, MORE HIGHLIGHTED, I GUESS YOU SAY, I MEAN LIT
BUT, UM, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT, THAT THESE ARE JUST REPORTED CRASHES.
SO WE CAN ONLY SUMMARIZE DATA THAT THAT IS RECEIVED IN ONE PACKAGE OR ANOTHER.
ANYTHING THAT IS REPORTED TO HPD OR A PEACE OFFICER GOES INTO THE CHRIS SYSTEM.
UM, AND THAT IS WHERE IT COMES OUT.
WE DO REALIZE, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A CRASH, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY TRAUMATIC NO MATTER WHAT ELSE HAPPENS.
WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REPORT IT BECAUSE JUST LIKE REPORTING IN THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM THAT GIVES STAFF THE DATA TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE, TO SEE TRENDS, TO SEE IF, UH, A LOCATION, YOU KNOW, IS HAVING MULTIPLE, UH, PATTERNS OF THINGS.
AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE CAN WORK WITH BEST AND REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE, WELL, I THINK THE ISSUE IS, IS SOMETIMES, I MEAN, THE GUY THAT I SPOKE WITH,
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UM, HE GOT HIT AND THEY TOOK, I MEAN, THE POLICE TOOK HIS LICENSE, BUT UH, HE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BOTHER WITH IT ANYMORE.UM, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE DO RECOMMEND GOING TO THE VISION ZERO PAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PUT PINS ON LOCATIONS, THEY FEEL UNSAFE.
AND WE USE THAT AS AN INPUT ALSO.
AND THAT, THAT IS JUST WHATEVER TIME OF DAY YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE AND DO THAT.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAN ANONYMOUSLY SAY LIKE, I GOT HIT AT THIS INTERSECTION HERE, RIGHT? AND WHAT IT'LL BE, UH, MORE QUALITATIVE MM-HMM
THERE'S NO WAY TO DO A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS ON THAT.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS SAY MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS AS AN UNSAFE INTERSECTION, WE CAN START LOOKING AT IT.
UM, AND ONE MORE THING WHILE I HAVE IT.
UM, AS PART OF VISION ZERO, UH, VERY, VERY SHORTLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE POSTING, YOU'VE SEEN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE GROUP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE POSTING AN UPTODATE DASHBOARD WITH QUARTER BY QUARTER DATA.
WE'RE FINISHING, UH, THE SECOND QUARTER'S DATA RIGHT NOW, WHICH ENDED AT THE END OF JUNE.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THAT FIRST MONTH.
UM, AND WE'LL BE UPDATING IT QUARTERLY SO PEOPLE CAN SEE MAYBE NOT REAL TIME, BUT WITHIN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, CRASHES BY ALL MODES WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SEARCH FUNCTIONS.
UM, AND AS SOON AS THAT'S UP, WE'LL SEND THAT OUT TO THE BAC AS WELL.
HEY, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE, BRANDON.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER ON THE NUMBER OF, UM, OR AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF, UH, MOTORISTS KILLED BY BICYCLISTS? I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT I WILL GIVE A COMMANDER TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PULL AND, AND REACH BACK TO YOU.
AND WHAT ABOUT, UH, BICYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIANS KILLED BY BICYCLISTS? I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO PULL THAT REPORT, BUT I'LL, I'LL GIVE A COMMANDER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT.
I, I ONLY ASK BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BICYCLISTS HAVE, UH, A BURDEN EQUAL TO THAT OF, OF DRIVERS IN TERMS OF KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE.
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THE NUMBERS WOULD BE COMPARABLE.
AND THAT IS COMMANDER'S REPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
NOW FOR QUARTERLY UPDATES, HOUSTON CIP 11TH STREET TWO, AND I'M GONNA BUTCHER A LOT OF THESE NAMES AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS, SO BEAR WITH ME, PLEASE.
I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE IN THE ROOM.
CITY OF HOUSTON, CIP PROJECTS 11TH STREET.
TO ME, MICHO, UH, IS COMPLETE COMMERCE STREET TO ST.
CHARLES TO VELASCO IS IN CONCEPT.
FRAN TO BRASSWOOD TO AIRPORT IS 30% COMPLETE.
LOCKWOOD DRIVE TO SUBURBAN STREET TO CRIT STREET IS A HUNDRED PERCENT IN DESIGN.
NORTH MAINE TO COTTAGE TO AIRLINE IS 60% IN DESIGN.
AND POLK STREET TO LOCK SOUTH LOCKWOOD DRIVE IS 90% IN DESIGN.
WE HAVE NO UPDATES SUBMITTED FOR JULY REPORTING FOR PRECINCT ONE, UNLESS THEY ARE IN THE VIRTUAL AND HAVE ANY UPDATES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MENTION.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES SUBMITTED FOR PRECINCT TWO FOR THE JULY REPORTING.
AGAIN, IF YOU'RE IN, UM, IF YOU'RE VIRTUALLY HERE, IF YOU WANNA GIVE ANY UPDATES, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
MOVING ON TO THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, WE HAVE STEWART PARK TO FM LAW PARK.
IT'S, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S IN COM.
IT'S COMPLETE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SCOTT STREET TO BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, UH, IS COMPLETE IN CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S ALSO IN PROGRESS.
THE, UM, IT'S COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR THE AREA UNDER 2 88 PENDING TEXT.WORK.
DETOUR OPENED THROUGH MARGARET JENKINS PARK WEST ALONG AIRPORT AND SOUTH THROUGH HOUSTON SPORTS PARK, AUSTIN, TO MCKEE VIA COMMERCE STREET AND MALAYSIAN VIADUCT.
THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS A PERMIT SET SUBMITTAL BY END OF AUGUST.
WE HAVE SHARPSTOWN TRAIL SOUND, UH, SANDS POINT TO BEACH NUT AND SHARPSTOWN TRAIL BEACH NUT TO BRAISE BAYOU GREENWAY AND LAW PARK CONNECTOR MCW TO CENTER POINT, WHICH ARE ALL COMPLETE AND DESIGN.
UM, PERMITTING IS BEING DONE FOR THE SHARPSTOWN SHARPSTOWN TRAIL BEACH NUT TO BRAISE BAYOU GREENWAY.
UM, THE LAW PARK CONNECTOR IS 85% COMPLETE IN CONSTRUCTION FOR TXDOT.
UH, IT'S 14 MILES AND THAT CONSTRUCTION IS IN
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PROGRESS.IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH SOUTH LEE.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO LEAGUE CITY FOR METRO MCGOWAN.
BIKEWAY IS COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN AUGUST, 2020 THIRD, 2023.
AND THAT COMPLETES QUARTERLY UPDATES.
WE NOW MOVE OVER TO OPEN FORUM FOR, OH, SORRY.
UM, SORRY, JUST ONE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE THE TURS BIKEWAY UPDATE.
UM, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT EARLIER.
UM, I THINK I SAID TURS 26, UH, WAS, UH, IT'S THE MONTROSE TURS.
UH, AND THEY SHOULD GET CREDIT WITHOUT ME BOTCHING IT.
AND NOW FOR THE NO PARKING AND BIKE LANE, AS OF JULY 25, 23, WE'VE HAD 207 CITATIONS ISSUED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE $12,520 THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
AND WE'VE HAD 22 COMPLETED TRAININGS, WHICH IS NO CHANGE.
UM, THERE'S NO NEW LOCATIONS ADDED FOR THE JANUARY 23RD REPORTING, UH, FOR THE, UH, NO PARKING AND BIKE LANE.
THERE ARE TOP THREE LOCATIONS, UH, 900 GALVESTON ROAD, 2300 POLK, AND 900 BASTROP STREET.
THESE NUMBERS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME AND THERE HAS BEEN, UM, NO INCREASE ON THIS.
AND ALSO THERE'S NO NEW LOCATIONS.
UH, MISTY, I HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT ON THAT.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT NO PARKING IN A BIKE LANE, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ORDINANCE, RIGHT? UM, WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS, UM, ON THE COLUMBIA TAP, LIKE CLOSER IN BY THE DYNAMO STADIUM, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THERE'S PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE LIKE CHARGING FOR PARKING IN A PRIVATE LOT, WHICH I MEAN, KNOW COULD POSSIBLY BE THEM, BUT THE, THE, THE CONCERN IS, UM, IT'S REALLY COMMON, LIKE RIGHT AROUND THE BIKE SHOP CALLED IDO BICO, UM, WHERE PEOPLE THERE, THEY HAVE PUT SIGNS THERE TO KIND OF, UM, SAY THERE'S NO PARKING THERE, BUT PEOPLE STILL PARK.
UM, AND THE ENFORCEMENT LIKE SEEMS TO HAPPEN ONLY LIKE DURING THE DAY.
AND I'M WONDERING, IS PARK HOUSTON ONLY AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS HOURS OR ARE THEY RUNNING AROUND THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW, ENFORCING THE NO PARKING.
UM, SO WHILE THEY DO HAVE EXTENDED HOURS, UM, I THINK IT'S A STAFF OF, DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT IT WAS THREE OR FOUR LAST TIME I CHECKED FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DO TRY TO RESPOND AS THEY SEE PATTERNS GROWING CITY 670 SQUARE MILES.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SPREAD THIN, BUT WE WILL CONNECT WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS.
SO THIS IS ON THEIR LIST TO GO IN AND DOUBLE CHECK.
SO MAY
OKAY, WELL THAT ENDS, UH, QUARTERLY UPDATE.
WE ARE NOW AT OPEN FORUM FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT, UM, ANYBODY WANNA START? THERE'S A HAND RAISE.
WE'LL START, JOE, WE'LL START WITH WITH TOM.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I THINK WAS TAKEN OFF ABOUT MAINTENANCE UPDATES.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE SPACE CITY SWEEPER? DID I GET THAT NAME RIGHT? THE, THE LITTLE SWEEPER THAT FITS IN THE LANES AS FAR AS IS IT RUNNING? HOW MANY MILES IS IT GETTING DONE A DAY? THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, JOE, I DON'T HAVE A, A SUMMARY OF THE MILEAGE IT IS RUNNING.
UM, IT DID, UH, A RECENT SWEEP ON CAVALCADE.
UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES.
UH, 'CAUSE THE FIRST TIME GOT A LOT FILLED UP LIKE BAGS.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THIS STUFF LOOKS LIKE.
UM, BUT IT, HAVING BEEN IN THAT AREA DID MAKE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND FOR THE, THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE, WE'LL ASK PUBLIC WORKS, UH, IF THEY CAN GIVE US SOME, UH, TRACKING FOR HOW OFTEN THEY'VE BEEN OUT.
AND I DID WANNA, UM, PONTIFICATE A LITTLE BIT HERE.
WE'VE SEEN THAT THE DEATHS, YOU KNOW, OF PEOPLE RIDING ON BIKES IS, IS, YOU KNOW, SETTING NEW RECORDS OR IT'S CERTAINLY POISED TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
AND IT'S VERY CONCERNING AND THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL REASONS FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, I MEAN, DRIVERS LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES ARE DISTRACTED BY OTHER THINGS.
PEOPLE DRIVING BIG VEHICLES THAT GIVE THE
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PEOPLE THEY HIT LESS CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.BUT TO ME IT POINT AND, AND ALL THAT'S TRUE.
UM, IT POINTS OUT THAT TO ME THOUGH, THE, THE HUGE NEED THAT WE NEED TO REALLY, AND SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED IT EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS YOU, ALEX, UM, THE NEED TO DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES TO THE BIKEWAY NETWORK.
I MEAN, UH, TO SEPARATE IT SAFE, ACCESSIBLE BICYCLE FACILITIES.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY THINKING THERE ARE VERY, THERE AREN'T VERY MANY THAT I'VE HEARD OF.
I DID HEAR, I DID HEAR OF ONE FATALITY WHERE A CYCLIST WAS RIDING ON THE COLUMBIA TAP CROSSING MCKINNEY.
AND THAT, THAT'S BEING DEALT WITH AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BY IMPROVING THE SIGNAGE AND HOPEFULLY SOME LIGHT FLASHING LIGHTS AND SO FORTH WITH THAT CROSSING.
AND CERTAINLY TRAIL CROSSINGS OF STREETS ARE A BIG DEAL.
BUT THAT'S A WHOLE, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER TOPIC.
BUT WE NEED TO DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES CLEARLY TO SAFE SEPARATED BIKE LANES.
UM, AND THAT LEADS ME TO THE NEXT TOPIC, AND I'LL STOP WITH THAT.
BUT WE HAVE A, AN ELECTION COMING UP THIS FALL AND INCLUDING MAYORS.
AND THERE WAS AN ARTICLE RECENTLY SHOWING HOW, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON HAS A STRONG MAYOR AND THAT MAYOR MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHAT GETS DONE AND WHAT DOESN'T GET DONE AROUND THE CITY.
AND OUR CURRENT MAYOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, HE PROMISED A PARADIGM SHIFT.
IT HADN'T SHIFTED AS QUICKLY OR AS FAR AS A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
BUT WE REALLY IT THIS NEXT MAYOR, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL, KEEP US UNDER THE CURRENT MOMENTUM, OR SHUT IT DOWN ALTOGETHER DEPENDING ON WHO GETS IN THAT OFFICE.
SO WE ALL NEED TO DO OUR HOMEWORK AND HOPEFULLY, I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE MAYOR, ALL MAYOR, ALL
SO ANYONE WHO CAN ATTEND THAT, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE BY HOUSTON TO PUT OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE THEY'VE DONE IN PAST ELECTIONS TO CANDIDATES AND SAYING, HEY, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON BIKEWAYS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S A PRIORITY TO YOU? SO, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S END OF SERMON.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE REALLY, THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR US.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, WE NEED TO ALL DO OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THE NEW SLATE OF, OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR, UH, HAS BIKEWAYS AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
AND, UH, JUST A QUICK RESPONSE TO TOM.
UH, HAVE A FEW THINGS IN THE WORKS ON THAT, SO STAY TUNED.
UM, I WANNA JUST SAY I APPRECIATE DAVID'S UPDATE ON THE DETOUR PLANS, UH, FOR TRAILS AND FOR BIKEWAYS.
UH, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT, THAT TOM IS PART OF THAT GROUP.
UM, THE KEY QUESTION I HAVE, AND IT LIKELY CAN'T BE ANSWERED HERE IN THIS MOMENT, BUT IS HOW THE DETOURS, UM, OR THE DETOUR UPDATES IN THE IDM WILL BE ENFORCED BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES WITHIN THE CITY OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UM, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, ET CETERA, WHO, UM, WHO DO CLOSURES, WHETHER IT'S THE BIKEWAY AND SIDEWALK ON W, WHICH WAS APPROVED TO BE CLOSED BY THE HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER AT PUBLIC WORKS, UH, OR IF IT'S THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS WHO ROUTINELY CLOSES THE BIKEWAY ON, UH, LAMAR STREET BY SAM HOUSTON PARK AND RECENTLY CLOSED, UH, THE BUFFALO BAYOU TRAIL.
UH, THERE'S NOT JUST ONE GROUP OF, OF GOOD ACTORS WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE TO CLOSE TRAILS FROM TIME TO TIME.
UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, VIEWPOINTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, SAFETY DETOURS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE UPDATES, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT THE GROUP IS FOCUSED ON.
UM, AND THEN QUICKLY, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY DESIGNS YET AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCE STREET.
UM, AND WE HEARD ABOUT THE, THE TRACKS BEING TORN UP AND THAT THERE'LL BE PROTECTED BIKE LANES AS PART OF THE DESIGN.
ARE WE ONLY AT THE CONCEPT PHASE, OR ARE WE AT A POINT WHERE THERE IS A, A DESIGN AT THIS POINT? UH, OKAY, SO FOR COMMERCE STREET, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO RIGHT NOW IT SAYS THAT HPW IS DESIGNING AS PART OF THE ASPHALT MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECT, THE RAIL TRACK WILL BE REMOVED.
AND THAT'S THE COMMERCE STREET TO, UH, ST.
I CAN'T ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED, BUT, UM, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU, JOE, ON, ON THAT.
I MEAN, I HEARD THOSE MORE AS COMMENTS.
NO, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CONNECT ANOTHER TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OH, YES.
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ONE MORE COMMENT.JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, THE TEXAS STATE TA CALL FOR PROJECTS, UH, REVIEW IS UNDERWAY FOR PROJECTS.
THE HOUSTON DISTRICT AREA GOT, UH, 29 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND WE'LL BE HEARING, UH, END OF OCTOBER, UH, WHICH IF ANY GOT SELECTED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? UH, I'LL JUST GO WHILE HE'S, UH, GETTING HIS THOUGHTS TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM.
IT'S CAUSED BY GENERALLY COMBUSTION ENGINES, BURNING FOSSIL FUELS.
SO ONE OF THE ANSWERS IS, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING BY BICYCLE OR USING MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND GIVEN THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A GREATER FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS SAFELY BY STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT'S CONCERNED, DRIVERS SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR BICYCLISTS AND THE, YOU KNOW, STATE COULD PUT OUT THEIR SIGNS, YOU KNOW, OR TELL SOMEBODY TO PUT OUT THE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUT FOR BICYCLES.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND GET BEHAVIORAL CHANGES THAT WILL, UH, ALLEVIATE OR REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
SO, UM, ED MENTIONED THAT HE LOST THE CO SOME FUNDING FOR SOME PROJECT THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT, UM, FOR COLUMBIA TAP.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALMOST RELEVANT WITH US IN THE BIKE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UM, CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS, THE, THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCTS, AND, YOU KNOW, TYING IF WHENEVER THAT COMES TO LIKE FEDERAL DOLLARS, UM, WHAT MEASURES DO WE HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE APPLY TO THESE, UM, LIKE THE GRANT PROGRAM THAT YOU APPLY FOR TELEPHONE ROAD.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN BETWEEN A DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE'S A MISCOMMUNICATION AND LIKE SOMEHOW WE LOSE THAT FUNDING, UM, HOW CAN WE MAKE MORE STREAMLINED, UM, I GUESS PROCESSES FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR PROJECTS AREN'T KIND OF CUT DOWN? I GUESS BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT'S ALSO PART OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WHAT THE MAYOR SUPPORTS, WHICH TOM BROUGHT UP LIKE THIS YEAR IS PRETTY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BASICALLY CONTROL THE BUDGET.
IS THAT CORRECT, DAVID? I'M SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS THAT THE ED DID MENTION THAT THEY APPLIED FOR SOME GRANT FUNDING AND THAT THEY LOST IT BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PUBLIC WORK OR PUBLIC WORKS, I THINK.
AND, UM, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHO HAD, WHAT IS IT THE, THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND COMING BACK TO, TO HEAR, UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT THAT, UM, REQUIRED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTIES WAS THE EQUIPMENT PROJECT, UH, PRECINCT TWO, UH, NORTHSIDE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT METRO.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE PRIME EXAMPLES OF HOW COORDINATION FELL THROUGH THAT PROJECTS ARE BEING, I GUESS, BUILT UP AND BEING EFFECTIVE.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK IS LIKE, WHAT METHODS OR HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE DON'T MISS OUT ON DELAYS OR HOW DO LIKE RUNNING INTO DELAYS? UM, I'M EXACTLY SURE, BUT I'LL TAKE MY BEST GUESS.
UM, SO, UH, I'LL USE TELEPHONE ROAD AS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
UM, WE HAD ALREADY DONE THE PLANNING.
WE HAD THE BIKE PLAN, UH, PRIORITIZATION ANALYSIS THAT WE'D DONE.
WE'D DONE THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
WE HAD THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES COMPLETE COMMUNITIES ANALYSIS.
SO WHEN A GRANT APPLICATION CAME UP, IT WAS NOT A QUESTION OF DEPARTMENT A WANTED TO DO THIS AND DEPARTMENT B WANTED TO DO THIS.
WE WERE ALL VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES WERE FROM, BECAUSE WE'D ALREADY TAKEN ALL THESE INPUTS,
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UH, THE BAC SPECIFICALLY FROM THE PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE.UM, AND, UH, I WANT TO SAY WE'RE GETTING A LOT BETTER AT IT.
I WILL NOT SAY ANY CITY IS PERFECT ON EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WE'RE A LOT FURTHER ALONG THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE BROUGHT IN OVER $50 MILLION IN SAFE STREETS FUNDING IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RECORD THAT WE'RE GOING ON.
UM, YEAH, I WAS AWARE OF THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND OUR PRIORITIZATION LIST THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, QUESTION, LIKE, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW? ARE WE, ARE WE IN THE RIGHT STEP? DO WE NEED TO UPDATE SOMETHING FROM THAT? THE PRIORITIZATION, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO IS ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE COMPLETE FIRST TIER OF PROJECTS THAT WAS, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE, IRVINGTON BOULEVARD, AND THE EXTENSION OF HILLCROFT, UH, THEN WE WOULD RERUN THAT ANALYSIS.
WE FIGURED THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN THAT SECTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAD RECEIVED THE HGAC GRANT FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THAT PROJECT'S GONNA KICK OFF PLANNING VERY SOON.
WE RECEIVED THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT FOR PLANNING FOR HILLCROFT.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH A LOT OF PAPERWORK FROM THE FEDS, THAT WILL BE STARTED SOON.
AND WE ARE, UH, WORKING, UH, BETWEEN US AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ON IRVINGTON.
SO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL TOLD US TO DO, FIGURE OUT A METHODOLOGY, COME UP WITH THE PRIORITIES, UM, AND THEN START APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND RESOURCES ARE, WE'RE DOING EXACTLY THAT AND WE'RE SEEMS TO BE GOING PRETTY WELL.
UM, I WILL SAY THE CORRIDOR WITH THE NEXT HIGHEST PRIORITY THAT I HEAR FROM MANY BIKE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS ALSO IN THE NEXT TIER AS IT CURRENTLY HAS BEEN EVALUATED, WHICH WOULD BE THE FULL LENGTH OF COMMERCE, GETTING IT ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE DO, WE WILL REANALYZE IT THROUGH GIS MY GUT TELLS ME THE NEXT COUPLE OF PROJECTS ARE PROBABLY GONNA STAY THE SAME.
UM, HOW, HOW WE CAN KIND OF IMPROVE THAT.
UM, MAYBE PART OF LIKE THE SMALL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF IMPROVE INTERSECTIONS, OR NOT INTERSECTIONS, BUT UH, MISSING SPOTS IN THE NETWORK, RIGHT? UM, THE EXAMPLE I THOUGHT OF WAS LIKE THE HAWK SIGNAL THAT HAPPENED AND THE MAYOR, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED FUNDS ON SHEPHERD WHERE THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE, WERE WERE HIT BY A CAR AND LIKE HE INSTALLED A HAWK SIGNAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I'M THINKING LIKE HOW WE CAN APPLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO, UM, MAYBE IT'S NOT A HIGH INJURY NETWORK, MAYBE THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, WHERE INTER WHERE THE BIKE TRAIL CROSSES A REALLY HEAVY INTERSECTION AND THERE'S POOR LIGHTING, UM, MAYBE THERE'S AN OP OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LIKE LOOKING AT OUR NETWORK.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OVERHEAD LIGHTING OR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTING? WELL, WHATEVER WORKS BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING AT THIS POINT, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CONSTRAINED, SO WE WANT TO LIKE KIND OF DO WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S CHEAPER JUST TO PUT OVERHEAD LIGHTING, LET'S DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT IF, IF YOU OR REALLY ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE A LIGHTING SPECIFIC ISSUE, UM, SEND IT ON TO US.
THERE'S STILL A COST, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND DO, THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS, UM, FREQUENTLY WE GO OUT AND WE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW LIGHTING IS NEEDED.
UM, BUT IF YOU'LL, UH, FUNNEL TO US, WE MAY BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND SAY SOME OF THAT FUNDING FROM THE STRATEGIC SAFETY INITIATIVE, UH, BIKEWAY INITIATIVE MIGHT BE APPLICABLE FOR THAT.
SO JUST SEND IT ON, UH, TO BRANDON AND HE'LL FUNNEL THAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK.
YOU MENTIONED THE STRATEGIC PROJECTS INITIATIVE.
UH, DAVID, COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE, THE, THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IN THE, THE HOPPER FOR THIS YEAR AND WHAT MAY BE COMING UP NEXT? I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT TWO.
YOU'LL HAVE TO REMIND ME WHAT THE THIRD WAS.
UH, SO ON SAN JACINTO AT THE TRAIL CROSSING, UM, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT, UH, TO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, BUT WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT IN-HOUSE.
SO I SHOULD HAVE A GOOD UPDATE FOR YOU ON THAT ONE.
UH, VERY SOON, UH, THE SIGNAGE ON NORTH MAIN SIGNAGE AND STRIPING WILL COME AFTER, UM, UH, WITHOUT GETTING TOO
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FAR IN THE WEEDS, IT WASN'T ON A CERTAIN LIST OF MATERIAL.UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS BUREAUCRACY, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
UH, BUT, BUT THOSE TWO ARE COMING VERY SOON FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR'S.
UH, IF THE COMMITTEE HAS SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCATIONS FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT, PLEASE FUNNEL THOSE OVER TO US AND WE CAN START PUTTING THAT LIST TOGETHER FOR YOU.
AND TO REACH OUT IS, UH, BIKEWAYS AT HOUSTON? I THINK IT IS THE EMAIL FOR THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN IS THAT THE PROPER METHOD? SEEMS OKAY.
BRANDON, BRANDON.MOSLEY@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
AND HE, YEAH, AND HE IS INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE.
I I WILL, I'LL SECOND THAT, UH, REAL QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THE MAIN STREET.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS FROM LIKE DOWNTOWN TO MIDTOWN.
AM I MISREMEMBERING? UH, IT'S, UM, UH, I WANT TO SAY ST.
JOSEPH ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PLAZA SO IT DOESN'T CROSS FOUR, FIVE.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
PART OF THAT'S UNDER WATER, RIGHT?
JOSEPH TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY TO, TO THE NORTH END.
THERE'S THAT, THAT BLOCK OR TWO THAT, UM, THAT THAT'S, THAT DOES NOT HAVE A, A TRAFFIC WAY.
AM I REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THIS WOULD ONLY GO, GO TO THAT PLAZA.
AND THEN NORTH OF THAT PLAZA BECOMES THE MORE SPACE MAIN STREET BLOCKS.
IS THAT, AND AND IS THAT PROPOSED AS A PERMANENT, UH, CHANGE MORE SPACE MAIN STREET? YES.
UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT FOR PERMANENCE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ON A MORE PERMANENT DESIGN FOR THOSE BLOCKS RIGHT NOW.
AND YOUR VERY OWN, BRANDON MOSLEY IS PART OF THAT TEAM.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, GRADY MAPES IS IN THE CONVERSATION ANYMORE.
'CAUSE I WAS, I, IT, IT SLIPPED MY MIND, BUT, UM, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE POKE LANE BIKE LANE? SO IF YOU CAN PROBABLY JUST ASK HIM AN EMAIL ABOUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT OR HOW IS IT AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT? I'LL, UM, AND IF IT'S BEING NEGATIVELY AFFECTED, HOW CAN THAT BE KIND OF LIKE MITIGATED? OKAY, WILL DO.
I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION, UM, AND SEND IT TO HIM.
CAN I PIGGYBACK ON ALEJANDRO'S COMMENT, JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR TDOT'S OFFICIAL POSITION AT THIS POINT.
POLK IS ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT TRANSIT STREET, SO IF THEY COULD JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS THEIR CURRENT THINKING ABOUT TRANSIT AND BIKE CONNECTIONS ALONG POLK WILL DO.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE VIRGINIA, WHO'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT ANNOUNCING THE NORTH MAIN STREET EVENT.
HOW DID YOU KNOW HOW EXCITED I WAS? BECAUSE I'M EXCITED TO, UM,
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON NORTH MAINE FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, AS EVERYBODY ON THIS CALL KNOWS, UM, WE'VE EXTENDED IT TO ADD A SECOND PHASE TO THE PROJECT.
UM, THAT'S FROM COTTAGE TO AIRLINE.
SO NOW THE FULL BOUNDARY IS FROM BOUNDARY STREET TO AIRLINE.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE, SAFE CORRIDOR WITH PROTECTED BIKEWAYS.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE VEHICLE SPEEDS UNDER CONTROL AND ADD, UH, A TON OF GREAT SAFE CROSSINGS.
UM, SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 PM AT MONTY BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR ANYBODY TO ATTEND OR FOR Y'ALL TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
WE HAVE THEM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UM, UH, AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THE PUBLIC MEETING IS ON THE PROJECT PAGE, UH, WHICH IS LINKED HERE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING JUST TO SHARE THE PROJECT, TO GET MORE FEEDBACK AS WE ARE STILL IN DESIGN FOR, FOR PHASE TWO.
UM, SO I'VE GOT THIS, THIS, UH, FLYER, AND THEN IF YOU COULD ALSO SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, HOVERS CONTROLLING THE SLIDE DECK.
SO WE RECENTLY PRODUCED THESE TWO DIFFERENT FLYERS FOR 11TH STREET AND POLK STREET.
UM, THE 11TH STREET ONE IS POSTED PUBLICLY ON, UM, THE 11TH STREET PROJECT PAGE, AND I BELIEVE WAS ALSO MAILED OUT, UH, TO SOME PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, MAYBE ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG 11TH STREET.
THE POLK STREET FLYER WAS PROVIDED, UM, TO STAKEHOLDERS, UM, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, THAT WERE ASKING QUESTIONS AND, AND HAD CONCERNS, UH, AS IS FAIR, UH, REGARDING WHAT WAS HAPPENING
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ON POLK STREET AND HOW THEY WOULD BE DOING, UH, TRASH PICKUP.SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THESE FLYERS WITH THE BAC, UM, BOTH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE ON THESE FLYERS IF WE START, UH, SHARING THEM MORE OFTEN, UH, AFTER WE DO IMPROVEMENTS OR AS WE DO IMPROVEMENTS, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE KIND OF AWARE OF THE CHANGES ON THEIR STREET AND HOW TO USE THEM IN A DAY TO DAY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE BIKING TO USE THEM.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
UH, ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT DISTRIBUTION PROCESSES, THAT'D BE GREAT TOO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE PUT THEM ON, UM, IF YOU'VE SENT THESE FLYERS OUT TO THE HOMES ALONG COMMONWEALTH AND WA, BUT I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE WE COMMONLY SEE, UH, TRASH BINS, UH, IN THE BIKEWAYS, UM, ONCE IN A WHILE.
UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF ANNOUNCE, I GUESS, UM, BY HOUSTON HAS HAD TWO, UH, PRETTY SUCCESSFUL BIKE LANE CLEANUPS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, ONE ON THE NEWLY REOPENED, UM, UH, UH, BIKEWAY, UH, TRAIL UNDERNEATH THE HIGHWAY OVER BY CHARTRES STREET, UH, WHERE IT, WHERE IT ENDS AT COMMERCE STREET, UM, AND ALSO ON LAWNDALE.
AND WE'VE BEEN, UM, TALKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING WHAT THE NEXT, UH, SEGMENTS WILL BE SO WE DON'T DUPLICATE EFFORTS, UM, WITH THE SPACE CITY SWEEPERS.
SO, UM, KEEPING KEEP AN ERA, KEEP AN EAR OUT, WE'LL BE ANNOUNCED THE NEXT BIKEWAY CLEANUPS IN THE COMING WEEKS, UM, AND HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF THEM.
JOE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU CAN EMAIL ME, UM, THAT INFORMATION.
I'LL MAKE SURE IT IT IS SENT OUT TO THE GROUP.
UM, VIRGINIA, I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THESE FLYERS IF WE CAN.
I REALLY LIKE HOW THEY SHOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE BINS RIGHT IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY OR A DAY AND A HALF WHILE OUR VERY BUSY SOLID WASTE SKIES GET TO IT, THEY CAN MOVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY'VE BEEN COLLECTED.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN ADD A REQUEST TO, AND HEY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PLEASE LIKE, RECOVER, COLLECT, TAKE YOUR BIN BACK OUTTA THE STREET AS SOON AS IT'S DONE.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T STAY NICELY ON THE EDGE OF THE BIKE LANE.
THEY END UP ON THEIR SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE.
OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL HAVE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD FROM TWO 30 TO FOUR 30 IN THE JOHNNY B JOHNNY BREA CONFERENCE ROOM ON SIX 11 WALKER SIXTH FLOOR.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE THE LOCATION FOR THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 27TH FROM TWO 30 TO FOUR 30.
AND THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, WE'LL BE OCTOBER 25TH, UH, FROM TWO 30 TO FOUR 30 HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, OCTOBER MEETING.
UH, I THINK THE LAST TIME YOU ASKED US TO EVERYBODY COME TO THE MEETING IN PERSON FOR PICTURES.
SO WILL WE DO THAT? YES, WE WILL BE DOING THAT ON OCTOBER 25TH, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY FOR YOUR PICTURES.
AND, AND ONE, UH, REMINDER TO THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE, BASED ON WHAT WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, YOU HAD ASKED STAFF TO START ORGANIZING WHAT WOULD BE, UH, A DATA SET AVAILABLE.
UM, WE'VE NOT HEARD FROM ANYBODY ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS.
YOUR HOMEWORK WAS TO, TO TAKE TWO WEEKS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE IN THERE.
IF IT'S A NULL SET, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, PLEASE SEND IT ON.
UM, ROBIN, IS VIRGINIA STILL ON THE CALL? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW TREVOR'S VERY CLEVER SUGGESTION IN THE CHAT, COMING BACK TO THE, THE SOLID WASTE BINS, UM, ASKING WHETHER IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT CONTENT PRODUCED AS STICKERS THAT COULD LIVE DIRECTLY ON THE CANS ALONG THE, THE BIKEWAY STREETS.
I AM HAPPY TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
UH, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, IS I IMAGINE IF IT WERE DONE, IT WOULD BE DONE BY SOLID WASTE THEMSELVES, UM, AND, AND NOT, UH, APPLIED BY USERS OF THE BIKE LANE.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S IN FOR, UH, FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.