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THIS VIDEO WILL WALK THROUGH THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE FOR THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND BROADER AREA STREETSCAPES PROJECT IF AT ANY POINT IN THE PRESENTATION YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE REFER TO THE FINAL SLIDE FOR OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'LL COVER TODAY WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR PROGRESS TO DATE WITH THE REDESIGN OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE SHARE ALL THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS WE WILL BE TACKLING IN THE NEXT PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE OVERALL SCHEDULE HOW WE ANTICIPATE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN AND THEN TOUCH ON THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN BEFORE WE RECAP EVERYTHING WE'VE COVERED THIS TIMELINE REPRESENTS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE OF OUR PROJECT THE HIGHLIGHTED BOXES INDICATE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND FROM THERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED WE REACHED THE 90 DESIGN MILESTONE IN JULY AND ARE CURRENTLY IN THE BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT ASSUMING THE BIDDING GOES WELL WE ANTICIPATE PRESENTING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN OCTOBER THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE TRACKING FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BE UNDERWAY ON THE SQUARE IN NOVEMBER WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THE BIDDING PHASE PROGRESSES AS DESIGN HAS PROGRESSED SO IF SOME OF THE DETAILS WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THESE UPDATED RENDERINGS DEPICTING WHAT'S TO COME ON THE SQUARE THIS IS A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE SQUARE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE AND FIFTH NEAR CITY HALL LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS SIXTH AND MAIN LET'S WORK OUR WAY COUNTER-CLOCKWISE THROUGH THIS RENDERING SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES WITHIN THE SQUARE INCLUDE PATIOS ARE SMALL SEATING AREAS THROUGHOUT THESE SPACES ARE DESIGNED FOR MOMENTS OF PEACEFUL REFLECTION GATHERINGS OF SMALLER MORE INTIMATE GROUPS AND SOCIALIZING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY A RECREATIONAL EVENT LAWN FLEXIBLE FOR DAILY USE AS WELL AS SPECIAL EVENTS A SHADED PAVILION INTENDED FOR IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCES AND SMALLER PROGRAMS OR EVENTS AN URBAN WATER FEATURE AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO THE PLAY AREA A TREE HOUSE FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES A 15 TO 20 FOOT PROMENADE SWOOPING THROUGH THE SQUARE THAT GUIDES MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SPACE FROM ONE AREA TO THE NEXT BUT IS WIDE ENOUGH TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE SEATING VENDOR TENTS OR EVEN A TEMPORARY ART EXHIBIT A TEMPORARY STAGE WILL BE BROUGHT IN FOR LARGER SPECIAL EVENTS AND BY FUNCTION PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY IN CONSIDERATION OF DAILY USE AND SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST A GATEWAY FEATURE WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT CLOSE UP HERE SHORTLY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS VIEW THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE WILL BE THE RIGHT DESTINATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S MANY INTERESTS AND NEEDS ALONG WITH LARGER FESTIVALS LIVE MUSIC AND OTHER EVENTS FROM THIS VIEW YOU'D BE STANDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 6TH AND MAIN LOOKING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST OR CITY HALL AS YOU ENTER THE SQUARE YOU'LL SEE THE TREEHOUSE WITHIN THE LARGER PLAY AREA INTENDED TO INSPIRE IMAGINATIVE EXPLORATION THE TREEHOUSE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES ON THE FIRST LEVEL IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE MUSICAL CHIMES THE URBAN WATER FEATURE AS WELL AS THE PAVILION HERE WE ARE STANDING AT THE MID BLOCK CROSSWALK ON STATE STREET LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS SIXTH AND MAIN IMAGINE YOURSELF SITTING IN THE PATIO AREA WITH STARLIGHT ABOVE LIVE MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND FROM A SMALL BAND PLAYING UNDER THE PAVILION AND A VIEW TO PEOPLE PLAYING IN THE WATER OR OVER AT THE TREE HOUSE NEXT LET'S TAKE A PEEK AT THAT CLOSE UP OF THE GATEWAY FEATURE AS YOU APPROACH THE SQUARE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND FIFTH LOOKING TOWARDS THE PLAZA THEATER THIS WILL BE THE VERY DISTINCTIVE VIEW AT DUSK AS AN ENTRY FEATURE TO THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE YOU'LL SEE ABOUT 40 TO 50 VERTICAL STRUCTURES OF VARYING HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 6 TO 16 FEET TALL THE ACRYLIC FORMS WILL BE IN AN ARRAY OF COLORS AND HAVE INTEGRATED LIGHTING CREATING TWO UNIQUE EXPERIENCES ONE DURING THE DAY AND A NEW EXPERIENCE AT NIGHT THE DAYTIME EXPERIENCE WILL PLAY ON THE TRANSLUCENCY OF THE COLORED ACRYLIC PANELS AND SHADOWS AT NIGHT THE STRUCTURES WILL APPEAR WITH A GLOW OF VARYING COLORS AND INTENSITIES OF LIGHT THIS WILL BE THAT INSTAGRAMABLE MOMENT IN DOWNTOWN AND BE THE BACKDROP FOR MANY

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SELFIES TO COME NOW THAT WE'RE INSPIRED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO SPECIFICALLY ON THE SQUARE LET'S WALK THROUGH THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND COMPONENTS OF DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING BEYOND THE SQUARE ITSELF HERE'S A VISUAL SUMMARY OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK AND THEN WE'LL DIP INTO THE PROJECT ELEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND AVENUE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS OF THE KCS RAILROAD TRACKS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE SQUARE SO THIS ENTAILS REPLACING ALL THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES INCLUDING WATER WASTE WATER STORM WATER AND FRANCHISE UTILITIES THE SQUARE ITSELF INCORPORATING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL ELEMENTS WE SHARED EARLIER STREETSCAPES AROUND THE SQUARE AS WELL AS 14 BLOCKS OF BROADER AREA STREETSCAPES LANDSCAPING FOR THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN GATEWAY SIGN AT MAIN AND FIFTH AND A MUCH NEEDED AMENITY IN DOWNTOWN PUBLIC RESTROOMS JUST SOUTH OF THE SQUARE TWO PROJECTS GEARED TOWARDS ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN WERE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAIN STREET ALLEY FROM 5TH STREET TO 7TH STREET AND IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AS YOU JUST NOTICED ON THE ALLEY PROJECT THERE'S A UNIQUE SIDEWALK PATTERN IN DOWNTOWN THAT ENHANCES THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND EXPERIENCE THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS WHICH BUILD UPON THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF DOWNTOWN GARLAND THROUGH A COHESIVE PALETTE OF DESIGN DETAILS AND MATERIALS THE IMAGES YOU SEE HERE ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DESIGN DETAILS SUCH AS A UNIQUE SIDEWALK PATTERN PAVERS CROSSWALKS LIGHT FIXTURES BENCHES AND STREET TREES ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE ON THE STREETSCAPES THROUGHOUT THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN WE ARE STRIVING FOR COHESIVE BLOCK TO BLOCK CONNECTIVITY FOR PEDESTRIANS THIS MAP SHOWS THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE WE WILL BE IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND APPLYING THOSE DOWNTOWN STANDARDS THE GREEN SHADING AROUND THE SQUARE REPRESENTS WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS SOME ALMOST DOUBLING IN WIDTH CREATING EXTENSIONS OF THE BUSINESSES WITH SPACE FOR BISTRO TABLES WHILE HAVING AMPLE ROOM FOR PEDESTRIAN FLOW THROUGH THE AREA ADDITIONALLY WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PROJECT WE WILL NOW HAVE A SOURCE OF IRRIGATION NEAR THE DOWNTOWN GATEWAY SIGN ALLOWING US TO COMPLETE THE LANDSCAPING SCHEME AROUND THE FEATURE MARKER MUCH NEEDED PERMANENT PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE COMING TO DOWNTOWN THESE WILL BE LOCATED AT 116 SOUTH SIXTH STREET ON THE SAME LOT THAT HOSTED THE PILOT PROGRAM DEMONSTRATING THE NEED FOR THESE FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT THE RESTROOMS WILL ACCOMMODATE 405 USERS PER HOUR NEXT WE'LL TACKLE THE PRELIMINARY PHASING PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR IN PHASES AND WILL TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF DOWNTOWN AT VARIOUS TIMES WITHIN EACH BLOCK THE SEQUENCING WILL PROGRESS INCREMENTALLY THIS IS TO HELP MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO BUSINESSES AND KEEP THE VARIOUS SUBCONTRACTORS ROLLING FROM ONE AREA TO THE NEXT WE'VE LEARNED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CHALLENGE AHEAD SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE IN APRIL THE INTERSECTION OF 6TH AND MAIN WILL BE THE MOST COMPLEX TO TACKLE WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THE COVET IMPACT ON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND AVAILABILITY ALREADY FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE PRE-ORDERING STORM DRAINAGE MATERIALS DUE TO LONG FLEA TIMES THIS WILL HELP US KEEP THE MATERIALS SO WE HAVE THEM ON HAND WHEN WE ARE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION THESE PLANS ARE PROGRESSIVELY ELABORATED AND DETAILS ARE STILL IN THE WORKS CONSISTENTLY WE LOOK AT THIS WEEKLY IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THIS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AND WITH THAT THINGS MAY CHANGE BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AND UP TO SPEED ON WHAT TO EXPECT AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE BIDDING PROCESS MAY IMPACT THE SEQUENCING WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO SEE THIS VISION BECOME A REALITY SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL SEQUENCING PLAN LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR EACH STREET SEGMENT WE'RE WORKING ON EACH STREET AROUND THE SQUARE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY CLOSING THE STREET AND PARKING REMOVING STREET PAVEMENT

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REPLACING UTILITIES WITHIN THE STREET SO WATER WASTEWATER STORM AND FRANCHISE UTILITIES REPAVING THE STREET THEN REOPENING THE STREET WHILE PARKING REMAINS CLOSED NEXT WE'LL FOCUS ON THE SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO THE BUSINESSES THE ADJACENT PARKING WILL REMAIN CLOSED BUT ACCESS TO BUSINESSES WILL BE MAINTAINED WE'LL BE WORKING FROM ONE END OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER REOPENING SECTIONS AS THEY ARE COMPLETE SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE SOMETIMES A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS WE ALL HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT CONSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE BUT HOPEFULLY THESE PICTURES WILL GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT TO EXPECT THESE ARE IMAGES FROM A SIMILAR PROJECT OUR CONTRACTOR COMPLETED IN DOWNTOWN ROCKWALL AS WE WORK ON EACH STREET THE FIRST STEP IS DEMOLISHING ALL THE EXISTING STREET PAVEMENT THEN RELOCATING AND INSTALLING THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES BEFORE IT'S REPAVED ONCE THE STREET IS REPAVED THE ON-STREET PARKING AREAS WILL BE REPAVED PERHAPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STREET I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO THE BUSINESSES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THIS PHASE AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE IMAGES THERE IS CONSTRUCTION FENCING AS WELL AS PATHS UP TO THE SIDEWALKS ONCE THE STREETS AND ON-STREET PARKING AREAS ARE REPAVED THE STREET WILL PARTIALLY REOPEN TO TRAFFIC BUT THE ON-STREET PARKING WILL REMAIN CLOSED THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR WORKING AREA WHILE THE CREWS ARE CONSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALKS AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY PATHS TO THE FRONT DOORS OF THE BUSINESSES I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE IMAGE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS ADJACENT TO A STOREFRONT THAT WASN'T OCCUPIED AND THE BUSINESS ON THE CORNER HAD A SECONDARY ENTRANCE AROUND THE BLOCK GIVING THE CONTRACTOR THE AREA TO WORK WITHOUT TEMPORARY ACCESS DID ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE AREA QUICKLY WHAT ARE OUR GOALS DURING CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE SQUARE ONE THING TO EMPHASIZE IT'S A BALANCING ACT WE WANT TO GIVE THE CONTRACTORS AS MUCH ROOM AS POSSIBLE TO WORK AND FLOW FROM ONE AREA TO THE NEXT WHILE MAINTAINING ACCESS TO BUSINESSES WITH BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR FLOW IN MIND THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA WILL NOT BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALL AT ONCE THE PROJECT WILL OCCUR IN PHASES WORKING ON A FEW BLOCKS AT A TIME HOWEVER THE SQUARE ITSELF WILL BE CLOSED THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT WE'LL STRIVE TO MAINTAIN SOME FLOW THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AVOIDING A FULL CLOSURE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WE HOPE TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE WAY TRAFFIC ON STREETS AFTER THEY REOPEN EACH SEGMENT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE TO SIX MONTHS CONSIDERING THE STREET WORK AND THE STREETSCAPES THE OVERALL DURATION OF WORK AROUND THE SQUARE IS SLATED FOR UP TO 20 MONTHS THIS CHART SUMMARIZES HOW PHASING WILL FLOW AROUND THE SQUARE AND WE HAVE VISUALS TO SUPPORT IT IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES BUT YOU'LL SEE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FOUR MAJOR PHASES WITH A LITTLE OVERLAP FROM PHASE TO PHASE PARTICULARLY AT INTERSECTIONS FOR PHASE ONE WE'LL START IN FIFTH STREET AND MAIN STREET IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WITH THE WORK TAKING ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE PHASE TWO WILL ROTATE TO STATE STREET IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022 FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS LATER PHASE THREE WILL BEGIN ROTATING THE SIXTH STREET AROUND THE THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022 THIS PHASE IS TRACKING RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE QUARTERS SO IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHICH ONE IT'LL FALL IN FOR PHASE FOUR WE WILL WRAP UP THE WORK AROUND THE SQUARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SIXTH THE MAIN WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS IS THE MOST COMPLEX CHALLENGE WE'LL FACE AND WILL BE THE LAST PHASE FOR THIS PIECE OF THE PROJECT WE ANTICIPATE THE DUST SETTLING AROUND THE SQUARE BY MID-2023 AS WE START ON THE SQUARE WE WILL BEGIN ON FIFTH STREET JUST SOUTH OF STATE WORKING OUR WAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH 5TH STREET WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND THEN THE CREW WILL MOVE ON TO MAIN STREET WORKING THEIR WAY FROM EAST TO WEST ORIGINALLY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD WORK IN ONE STREET AT A TIME BUT AFTER TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE CONTRACTOR WE'VE DETERMINED THIS IS THE BETTER PATH FORWARD THIS ALLOWS US TO INSTALL THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT'S NEEDED IN BOTH FIFTH AND MAIN DUE TO THE LOCATION AND COMPLEXITY OF THE UTILITY WORK WE'LL BE CLOSING THE INS THE ENTIRE STREET TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AS A TRADE-OFF WE LOOKED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE PARKING AVAILABLE IN OTHER AREAS YOU MAY RECALL THAT ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO CLOSE ALL PARKING FRONTING THE SQUARE

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BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN MAIN STREET WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE PARKING OPEN ON STATE AND 6TH AS THE PARKING ON MAIN WILL BE CLOSED THE LOT AT THE INTERSECTION OF FIFTH AND STATE WILL BE OPEN AS PUBLIC PARKING THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS PROJECT THESE BLUE ARROWS REPRESENT THE VEHICULAR FLOW THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS AND WE DO ANTICIPATE WORK IN THESE INTERSECTIONS TO SPILL INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT PHASE TWO WILL BEGIN WITH WORK PROGRESSING ALONG STATE STREET FROM EAST TO WEST AS WELL AS THE STREETSCAPES ON MAIN ON-STREET PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MAINE WILL BE OPEN DURING THIS PHASE PHASE 3 COVERS STREETSCAPE WORK ALONG STATE MOVING EAST TO WEST AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN 6TH STREET PROGRESSING NORTH TO SOUTH ON STREET PARKING WILL BE OPEN ON THE SQUARE SIDE OF STATE AND COMPLETELY OPEN ON MAIN PHASE 4 SLATED FOR LATE 2022 EARLY 2023 WILL INCLUDE THE STREETSCAPES ON 6TH AND THAT TRICKY INTERSECTION AT 6TH AND MAIN THE STREETSCAPE WORK WILL PROGRESS NORTH TO SOUTH AND ON-STREET PARKING WILL BE OPEN ON THE SQUARE SIDE OF 6TH THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAINE NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THE PHASING PLAN FOR WORK IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE SQUARE WE'LL ADD THE LAYER OF THE BROADER AREA STREETSCAPES WORK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 14 BLOCKS WHERE WE ARE UPDATING THE STREETSCAPES TO MATCH THE DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS LET'S AGAIN GO OVER OUR GOALS FOR CONSTRUCTION DRIVING THE APPROACH TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE SQUARE WE'LL WORK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AT A TIME GOING FROM ONE END OF THE BLOCK TO THE OTHER THE OVERALL DURATION OF WORK WILL LAST UP TO 24 MONTHS EACH BLOCK SEGMENT WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS WORK WILL ESSENTIALLY BE A ROLLING WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION AND EACH BLOCK IN ITS ENTIRETY WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS OUR PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING THIS APPROACH HAVE BEEN TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO BUSINESSES PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALTERNATE PARKING LOCATIONS AND KEEPING CONSTRUCTION CREWS MOBILIZED ADJACENT ON-STREET PARKING WILL BE CLOSED WHILE THE SIDEWALK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROVIDING PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO WORK SO THEY CAN MOVE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND IN REGARDS TO CROSSWALKS WE ARE STUDYING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIMING OF COMPLETION THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES WILL ILLUSTRATE THE PRELIMINARY PHASING OF THESE 14 BLOCKS TO BE IMPROVED KEEP IN MIND THIS WORK WILL BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WORK IS UNDERWAY ON THE SQUARE THROUGH THE SERIES OF SLIDES YOU'LL SEE THE THUMBNAIL PHOTO IN THE TOP RIGHT REPRESENTING WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING AROUND THE SQUARE AT THE SAME TIME PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART SEGMENT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR ANTICIPATED START DATE AND DURATION THE GREEN AND YELLOW ARROWS REPRESENT THE FLOW OF INCREMENTAL PROGRESS FROM ONE SEGMENT TO THE NEXT AND YOU WILL SEE REPEAT PHASING INCLUDING THE STREETSCAPE WORK THAT WILL IMPACT THE SIDEWALKS AROUND THE SQUARE FIRST LET'S TACKLE PHASE ONE THIS WORK WILL IMPACT AVENUE A MOVING WEST TO EAST STATE STREET GOING WEST FROM 6TH TO 7TH AND MAIN WORKING EAST FROM 5TH THEN 7TH STREET HEADING NORTH FROM STATE STREET AND STATE STREET WEST OF 7TH PHASE 2 SLATED FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022 WILL IMPROVE MAINE GOING EAST TO WEST BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH STATE STREET HEADED WEST FROM 6TH UNTIL TURNING SOUTH DOWN 7TH THEN BEGINNING AT GLENBROOK AND MAINE WORKING COUNTERCLOCKWISE AROUND THE BLOCK PHASE THREE TRACKING FOR LATE 2022 WILL FOCUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE MOVING WEST FROM FIFTH THEN HEAD NORTH AT SIXTH WORK WILL CONTINUE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND SEVENTH HEADING SOUTH PROGRESSING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AROUND THE BLOCK FINAL PORTIONS OF THIS PHASE INCLUDE SEVENTH BETWEEN MAIN AND STATE AS WELL AS SIXTH MOVING NORTH FROM STATE STREET PHASE FOUR IN LATE 2022 EARLY 2023

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WILL INCLUDE THE STREETSCAPE WORK ALONG SIXTH AS MENTIONED BEFORE THEN HEAD WEST ON MAIN TO SEVENTH WE'LL WE'LL BE MOVING SOUTH DOWN SIXTH AND PROGRESSING COUNTERCLOCKWISE AROUND THE BLOCK PHASE 5 WILL BE THE LAST PIECE TO OUR PUZZLE AS AS IT'S EXPECTED THAT THE SQUARE WILL BE COMPLETE AT THIS TIME THIS WORK WILL BEGIN IN EARLY 2023 THE SEGMENT OF WORK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAINE BETWEEN 7TH AND 6TH WILL WRAP UP THIS LEGACY PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN AS MENTIONED EARLIER SOME OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE GUIDED THE PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE PROVIDING ACCESS TO ALTERNATE PARKING LOCATIONS AND MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF BUSINESSES WE KNOW THAT PARKING IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES A PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IS THE ADDITION OF SIGNAGE WITHIN DOWNTOWN TO PROMOTE THREE MAJOR PARKING LOTS IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING GARAGES THOSE LOTS INCLUDE CENTRAL LIBRARY THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER THE MORE WE CAN DO TO UTILIZE THE PARKING STRUCTURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE BUSINESSES THE MORE SURFACE PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VISITORS AND CUSTOMERS WE WILL BE WORKING WITH BUSINESSES TO FIND ALTERNATE PARKING LOCATIONS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND PATRONS HERE ARE SOME PICTURES SHOWING SOME OF THE NEW WAYFINDING SIGNAGE INSTALLED THAT MORE CLEARLY CALLS OUT PUBLIC PARKING THE LOTS WE REFERENCED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WILL BE CLEARLY SIGNED AS PUBLIC LOTS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION WITH A FOCUS ON CREATING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST ROUND OF RECRUITMENT FOR TEAM DOWNTOWN IN JULY THIS IS A VOLUNTEER-BASED CONCIERGE SERVICES TEAM THAT WILL BE OUT IN THE STREETS GUIDING FOLKS TO BUSINESSES PARKING HANDING OUT MAPS AND REALLY PROMOTING WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT AHEAD WE KNOW COMMUNICATION WILL BE KEY AND WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU ARE INFORMED AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES GENERAL UPDATES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE AS OUR HOME BASE AS CONSTRUCTION APPROACHES AND THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT WE WILL KEEP DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED AND UP TO DATE WITH MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY UPDATES THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER INDIVIDUAL OR LOCATION SPECIFIC CONCERNS YOU HAVE DURING THE PROJECT WILL BE AVAILABLE BY PHONE EMAIL OR IN PERSON WHICHEVER IS BEST FOR YOU AND WE DO PLAN TO HAVE A STANDING OPEN HOUSE FORMAT FOR Q A ON A ROUTINE BASIS THINK OF CONSTRUCTION CHATTER OVER COFFEE AS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY AND ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME TO YOU BETWEEN THOSE REGULARLY SCHEDULED UPDATES LASTLY ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS SPECIFIC COORDINATION AND UPDATES WILL OCCUR INDIVIDUALLY AND BLOCK BY BLOCK WITH THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED THAT WAS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME SO LET'S JUST RUN THROUGH THE BIG TAKEAWAYS OF WHAT WE COVERED WE ARE ON TRACK TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.

CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE UP TO 24 MONTHS AND WILL OCCUR IN PHASES TO MINIMIZE IMPACT AND DISRUPTIONS BUSINESSES WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME SEE OUR PROGRESS IN THE MAKING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT UPDATES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION PLEASE KNOW WE ARE HERE TO HELP WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.