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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES.
COUNSEL, YOU MAY HAVE, IF YOU WERE HERE EARLIER, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AN AGENDA FOR A FOUNDATION MEETING.
UH, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.
IT'LL BE PUSHED TO OUR NEXT, UH, I GUESS NEXT WEEK OR YES.
SO, UH, I SEE YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR IT LATER.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY FOLKS SIGNED UP, SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]
CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE, UM, ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
ITEM THREE D IS BEING PULLED AND THAT WILL ALSO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IT'S ITEM FIVE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S AGENDA, UH, THOUGH THAT ITEM IS BEING PULLED AND WE'LL COME BACK, UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUEST TO HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS PULLED OR, OR WHATEVER, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TIME AND, AND IF WE, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW SO WE CAN HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, WRITTEN
[3. Written Briefings]
BRIEFINGS.ITEM THREE, A ACQUISITION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 39 22 UNIVERSITY DRIVE THROUGH THE HOME PROGRAM.
ITEM THREE B 4% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION, HUNTINGTON PLACE, SENIOR LIVING.
ITEM THREE CT IMPAIRED DRIVING MOBILIZATION GRANT 2024 AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SKIPPING ITEM D.
UH, THAT MOVES US TO ITEM FOUR VERBAL BRIEFINGS, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO, UH, REVERSE THE AGENDA, UH, FOR ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B.
UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING, UH, FOR ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TO ARRIVE.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ITEM FOUR B 2019
[4.b. 2019 Bond Program - Status Update]
BOND PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE.GET THE PRESENTATION LAUNCHED HERE.
WELL, SHAUNA IS GETTING READY.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I KNOW TYPICALLY YOU WOULD RECEIVE THIS, UM, PRESENTATION BY LAURA DUNN, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAS AN ILL FAMILY MEMBER AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, SO WE DID NOT WANT TO PUSH THIS OUT.
SO SEAN HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO KIND OF PITCH IT FOR HER AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
NOT ONLY THAT, MOVING UP IN THE AGENDA AS WELL.
UH, GOOD MAYOR, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE BOND PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, BACK IN MAY OF 2019, AS Y'ALL KNOW, UH, OF RESIDENTS APPROVED A $423.7 MILLION BOND PROGRAM WITH THE, UH, PROPOSITIONS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS A KINDA ABBREVIATED UPDATE OF, UH, STATUS OF THOSE KEY PRO SEVERAL KEY SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD, UH, PROJECTS FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2024, UH, CIP.
UM, JUST KINDA OVERALL, THERE'S SO MANY PROJECTS OF SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF, OF ALL VARIOUS SIZES.
UM, LOOKING AT PROGRESS TODAY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECTS DON'T, DO NOT APPEAR IN THE CIP ANYMORE.
THERE'S A, I THINK 54, THERE'S ABOUT HALF OF THE PROJECTS THAT'LL BE NOT IN THIS 2024 CIP BECAUSE THEY'VE REACHED A POINT IN COMPLETION WHERE THERE'S NO LONGER NEEDED.
IT'S FOR, IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUESTED OR TO BE EXPENDED.
IT'S, IT'S, TO ME, YOU WORK ON THESE THINGS EVERY DAY.
YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN YOU GET TO WORK ON THE CIP AND YOU GO, OH, WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS.
SO IT'S, THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY TO, TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.
UM, OF THE ONES THAT ARE REMAINING, UM, 19 OF 'EM ARE IN DESIGN.
THERE'S 24 THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT, UH, ABOUT EIGHT PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING COMPLETION OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UH, FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS, UH, AND WE'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, IN CLOSE OUT, UH, JUST HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN TAKE 'EM OUTTA THE CIP FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING OFF OF CLOSE.
UH, SINCE OUR LAST, WELL, PART OF THE GOOD, GOOD NEWS HERE SINCE OUR LAST, UH, UPDATE, UH, TO YOU, UM,
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HOLFORD REC CENTER, GROUNDBREAKING WEST GARLAND LIBRARY, GROUNDBREAKING.THIS IS BACK IN JULY, UM, TINSLEY PARK RIBBON CUTTING AS WELL AS THE WIND PLAYGROUND AND SPLASH PAD ROUND, UH, RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH, UH, WAS A GREAT DAY.
I GUESS I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
APPARENTLY IT WAS A NICE HOT DAY.
SAW THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GOT TO COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME RIGHT AWAY AT THE SPLASH PAD AND A FEW ADULTS
BUT NO, WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL, UH, JUST FROM STANDPOINT OF BEING A CONSULTANT TO THE CITY.
WE LOVE CLIENTS WHO LOVE TO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESSES.
WE LOVE HOW GARLAND DOES IT AND, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND, AND JUST SEE SMILES THAT EVERYBODY'S FACES IS REALLY A GREAT, UH, PUT A FINE POINT ON WHAT THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PROJECTS FROM THE 2019 BOMB PROGRAM IS THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREETS SCAPES COMPLETION.
AND SO OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE ALL GOT ALL GOTTEN A WITNESS.
UH, A SITE THAT WAS JUST A BIG BLANK GRAY SITE FOR THE LONGEST TIME LATELY, BECAME MORE AND MORE GREEN, MORE AND MORE FINISHED, UH, AND JUST A REAL GREAT SUCCESS, UH, TO SEE THAT COME TO A REALITY.
UM, ELEMENTS, KEY ELEMENTS THERE, THE DISTINCTIVE GATEWAY, FEATURE, SHAPE, PAVILION, UH, PROMENADE LEADING INTO THE IMAGINATIVE, IMAGINATIVE PLAY AREA, UH, REALLY CREATES A GREAT SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO, TO LIVE, YOU KNOW, GREAT LIVES AND HAVE SOME, UH, VERY ENJOYABLE TIMES.
UM, OCTOBER 14TH, I'M SURE Y'ALL REMEMBER IT WAS A GREAT DAY,
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN TERMS OF JUST SEEING THE CROWDS TURN OUT TO ENJOY THE SPACE THAT WAS CREATED, UM, REALLY BY FAR, WE'VE HAD, LIKE I SAID, SOME GREAT, UH, RIBBON CUTTING EVENTS.
AND THIS WAS BY FAR THE, THE, THE BEST.
IT JUST, JUST, ALL, EVERYONE FROM, FROM ANY WALK OF LIFE COULD COME IN AND FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD JUST ENJOY, ENJOY THE DAY, UH, EVIDENCED BY THE CROWD THAT SHOWED UP.
SO, UH, UH, IT REALLY, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS.
I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, BUT SPECIAL EVENTS PUT ON A GREAT EVENT.
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME AND, UH, JUST APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION ON STAFF.
SO AS FAR AS THE SQUARE, UH, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETE.
THE STREETSCAPE WORK IS NOT QUITE COMPLETE YET.
THERE'S, UH, ABOUT 85% OF THE STREETSCAPES ARE COMPLETED.
UM, THE CONTRACT IS MOBILIZING AGAIN THIS WEEK TO COMPLETE MORE OF THAT WORK.
THEN THE, PARDON ME, THEN THERE WILL BE A PAUSE TO WAIT FOR A BETTER PLANTING SEASON FOR THEM TO COME IN AND PLANT SOME OF THE, UH, VEGETATION THAT'S MORE SENSITIVE TO COLD WEATHER.
SO, SO THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE THERE AND THEY'LL COME FINISH IT UP IN THE SPRING.
MOVING ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC HERE, A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE INTENDED TO START HERE AND THEN COVID HIT.
SO THAT WAS REALLY PUT ON, PUT ON HOLD.
HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS FOR DIFFERENT SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO COME OUT AND HAVE A PRE PRESENTATION.
AND SO WE'VE STARTED THOSE AGAIN AND THEY'VE GONE PRETTY WELL.
HAD, UH, A TRAIL THE NAME OF FORCE CONNECTION TRAIL, UH, ON AUGUST 22ND, HAD SUPPORT FROM A ZED OTT AND MARK ELLEN FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTENT OF TRAILS AND HOW THE TRAIL PROJECTS THAT WE HAD, UH, FIT INTO THE TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND SO THAT WENT, WASN'T A TON OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, WAS, UH, PRETTY WELL RECEIVED.
UH, ANOTHER ONE, WE HAVE WASHIL ROAD OPEN HOUSE, UH, OVER AT THE, UH, THE ATRIUM AND, UH, RESIDENTS GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, GET FEEDBACK FROM THE ENGINEERS, AND GIVE SOME COMMENTS, UM, ON, ON THOSE.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE PLANNED.
UH, COMING UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE'LL HAVE A, A DRAINAGE PROJECT.
UM, I JUMPED AHEAD, DIDN'T I,
THAT'S A COUNTRY CLUB, PARK ESTATES, UH, SATURN SPRINGS ESTATES, YEP.
AND MONTCLAIR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER TWO AND THREE.
WE'LL HAVE THE ENGINEERS AVAILABLE.
UH, IT WILL DISCUSS WHAT THE CURRENT ISSUES ARE, PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW IT'S GONNA HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD GET THE, GET THE WATER TO DRAIN, UH, AND, AND IMPROVED, IMPROVED THE DRAINAGE THERE.
OH, AND I JUST COVERED ALL THOSE.
SO, SO ALL THOSE THREE ARE IN DESIGN PHASE, UH, FROM 30 TO 90%, UH, COMPLETE.
UM, AND JUST MOVING, MOVING ALONG, UH, TRAILS.
WE'VE, UH, ACTUALLY HAD SOME TRAILS COMPLETED.
ONE, UH, BIG SEGMENT WAS IN THE RICK ODEN PARK AREA, AND ANOTHER ONE THAT JUST RECENTLY COMPLETING.
GOT A LITTLE TOUCH UP THINGS TO FINISH.
BUT, UH, THE BISBEE TRANSMISSION TRAIL, UM, IS ALSO IN THERE.
OTHER TRAILS, UH, HAVE BEGUN, UH, WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING.
UH, OTHER TRAILS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY AS WELL AS YOU SEE THERE.
AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF, OF BISBEE, THAT TRAIL HEAD IS
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A PICTURE ON THE LEFT.AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, OF COURSE, IS AERIAL OVERVIEW, UH, OF A PASSING THROUGH THAT, UH, TRANSMISSION EASEMENT BOTTLENECK IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE FINALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON, UH, THE FIRST PACKAGE, UH, THE FIRST INTERSECTION, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AT GARLAND AVENUE AND STATE HIGHWAY ONE 90 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THEIR IMPROVEMENTS ARE ONGOING AT CAMPBELL ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY ONE 90, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER TWO INTERSECTIONS.
UH, IN THAT, IN THAT PACKAGE, PACKAGES TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS ANOTHER SEVEN INTERSECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE JUST CLOSE TO GETTING WRAPPED UP WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS.
LET US FINISH UTILITY RELOCATIONS, AND THEN THOSE WILL BE, UH, UNDERWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SEND THOSE OUT FOR BIDS, WHAT DO WE SAY? EARLY 24.
EARLY 24 FOR, PARDON ME, FOR BOTH OF THOSE PACKAGES.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UH, ARE IN PACKAGE ONE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, ON THE LEFT TOP, YEAH, THAT'S, UM, GARLAND AVENUE AND, AND ONE 90.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN NEAR MIDDAY, THE INTERSECTION HAS PRETTY, UH, QUITE A FEW CARS AT IT.
AND ON THE UPPER LOWER RIGHT IS CAMPBELL AND ONE 90, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DEMO HAS OCCURRED AND THEY'RE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, HOFER ROAD, UM, REALLY SEGMENT A NORTH OF THE BUSH TURNPIKE UP TO THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, CONSTRUCTION IS JUST NOW GETTING, GETTING UNDERWAY, UH, TO CONVERT THAT ROAD FROM A TWO LANE ASPHALT STREET TO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED CONCRETE STREET WITH A DEDICATED BIKE LANE TO THE SIDE PATHS.
UM, UM, AND THE SEGMENTS B AND C, UH, ARE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE NAME IN SCHOOL ROAD.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME CONTEXT TO HOLFORD ROAD, UM, FOR SEGMENT B AND C.
YES, WE'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN ON SEGMENT B, VERY FAST APPROACHING THAT, AND WE'RE APPROACHING 30% DESIGN ON SEGMENT C.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CURRENT ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE ABOUT A 10 TO $12 MILLION GAP IN FUNDING, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, UM, THESE PROJECTS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER DURING THE CIP PROCESS, AND YOU'LL, UM, BE RECEIVING MORE INFORMATION DURING THAT PROCESS.
ANOTHER ONE THAT'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TO GET STARTED IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON THE, UH, THIRD PARTY PERMITS FROM WHETHER IT'S TECH STOCK OR THE, OR THE RAILROAD.
UM, STILL WAITING ON SOME FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS TO HAPPEN THERE BEFORE WE SEND THAT TO BIDS.
WE DON'T WANNA SEND A PROJECT OUT AND RECEIVE BIDS AND THEN TELL A CONTRACTOR, OH NO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER FOUR OR SIX MONTHS BEFORE YOU CAN START.
THAT'S A GOOD SITUATION TO, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT CAN GO OUT, UH, FOR BIDS, UH, EARLY 24 AS WELL.
BUT THEY NEED A FEW THINGS TO HAPPEN FOR US.
SHALLOW ROAD KINGS OF MILLER, UH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD THE, UH, OPEN HOUSE FOR A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, GOSH, AUGUST 24TH, THAT'S MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
AND THERE WAS, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S IN IT, THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UH, THAT I BELIEVE HAS SINCE ENDED.
UH, SO THE, THE TEAM IS MOVING ON TO THE 60% DESIGN LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE DESI, UM, PARDON THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE A BIT OF A PAUSE OR A GAP BETWEEN THE COMPLETION OF DESIGN AND THE START OF BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION FIRE STATIONS.
UH, I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS SEEN FIRE STATION SIX.
UM, IT'S RIGHT NOW WE'RE HOPING TO FINISH IN EARLY 2024.
GOT SOME LONG LEAD PROCUREMENT ITEMS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT COME THROUGH IN OUR FAVOR.
BUT WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH CHIEF LEE QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE ANTICIPATED MOVE INTO THE, FROM THE CURRENT FIRE STATION SIX TO THE NEW STATION FIRE STATION SEVEN, UH, COUNCIL AWARDED THE DESIGN CONTRACTORS A FEW, FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND SO THAT DESIGN TEAM IS JUST ABOUT TO GET IT UNDERWAY, UH, WITH THEIR DESIGN FIRE STATION.
ONE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO, UH, ADVERTISING FOR BIDS, WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE SITE ISSUES WORKED OUT.
AND THEN WE'LL SET UP A TIME, UH, TO START ADVERTISING THAT PROJECT, UH, FOR BIDS.
SO HOPEFULLY IN THE, I THINK THE FIRST QUARTER, YES, IT'S BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION LATE 23, SO PROBABLY IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION OFF FIRE STATION ONE.
AND THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF FIRE STATION SIX.
AND MY NOTE HERE WAS THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SOME NEWER PHOTOS WITH THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING.
BUT THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR, UM, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE, UH, THREE PROJECTS.
UH, THE TOP LINE THERE IS ACTUALLY TO THE REALITY BASED TRAINING FACILITY OR MUNITIONS.
UH, AND THE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS,
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UH, PROJECTS, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, IN CONSTRUCTION, MOVE 'EM RIGHT ALONG.SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, THAT PROJECT IS REALLY A, A TWO OR THREE PROJECTS.
INITIALLY, THERE WAS SOME SURVEILLANCE CAMERA IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE THIS PAST SUMMER, COMPLETED A PERIMETER FENCE UPGRADE, UH, FOR CHIEF BRYAN.
AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE IS AN INTERIOR REMODEL THAT, UH, I THINK THE PLANS, I THINK ARE ABOUT 95% COMPLETE, LOOKING AT THE ESTIMATE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, SO WE CAN SEND THAT OUT FOR PRICING AND GET THE WORK COMPLETED.
UH, ANOTHER ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, BEEN TALKING TO THE CONTRACTOR, THEY'RE THINKING THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPLETE WITH THE BUILDING, UH, THEY SAID FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WE GET THE FURNITURE ORDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING IN AT THAT TIME.
AT THAT TIME, ONCE WE GET, UH, UM, TONY IRVIN AND HIS STAFF MOVED OVER TO THE NEW BUILDING, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SECOND PHASE OF THAT PROJECT JUST TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING STREET BUILDING AND THEN, UH, EXPAND THE PARKING LOT THAT'S OVER THERE.
SO THE BUILDING WE COMPLETE, EVEN THOUGH THAT PROJECT WILL GO ON FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS AFTER THAT CENTRAL LIBRARY.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE RECENTLY, BUT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A TON OF DEMO AS EVIDENCED BY THE PICTURES
BUT THIS IS ONE THAT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BEEN A LOT OF EFFORT PUT INTO GIVING THIS PROJECT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
UH, AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
SO IN TERMS OF COMPLETION OF A PROJECT, UM, WE, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE LOOKS AT COMPLETION OF A PROJECT IS WHEN, IS IT OFFICIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE? WHEN CAN THE OWNER TAKE POSSESSION OF IT? WELL, THE WAY THE PUBLIC WOULD LOOK AT IT IS, WHEN DO I GET TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND, AND GET A BOOK OR, OR, OR PARTICIPATE MY, LET MY KID PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERACTIVE PLAY AREA.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S REALLY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION OF WHAT A PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND WHEN THE PUBLIC THINKS IT'S COMPLETE.
SO, UH, ANY CHANGES SCHEDULED THERE REALLY IS KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE, THE MOVE IN OF ALL NEW MATERIALS PREPARING FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, RUBEN CUTTING CEREMONY, UH, AND THOSE EVENTS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL RIGHT NOW.
UH, WEST GARLAND LIBRARY, UH, BOTH OF THESE TWO LIBRARIES ARE TRACKING PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME SCHEDULE, UH, FOR COMPLETION.
SO, UH, KAREN MAY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH, UH, WHICH PROJECT SHE WANTS TO HAVE, THE
SHE MAY WANT A TWOFER, UH, ON A BILL GARLAND DAY.
UH, BUT THAT PROJECT, UH, EARTHWORK IS, IS UNDERWAY, I BELIEVE.
UTILITIES, UH, INSTALLATION IS, UH, GOING ON AS WELL THERE.
OH, NORTH AND SOUTH, EXCUSE ME.
UM, SO THE NORTH LIBRARY, IT'S NOT A BOND, A PROJECT WHERE NORTH LIBRARY WILL HAVE SOME FO PARDON ME, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
UH, THE BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO BE THE CONSULTANT FOR THOSE PROJECTS, AND ARE JUST NOW STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE SCOPE GOING TO INCLUDE SO WE CAN ENTER A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO START THE DESIGN WORK.
AND THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION ON THESE PROJECTS AS WELL ONCE WE GET TO THE 2024 CIP DISCUSSIONS.
PLAYGROUNDS STARTED OUT WITH 24.
WE ADDED ONE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
AND WE'VE FINISHED 24, UH, WHICH, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, AND THERE'S REALLY ONE THAT'S REMAINING AND THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATSON PARK, UH, PROJECT, WHICH HAS A WHOLE SLEW OF AMENITIES, UH, GOING IN THERE FOR A REALLY GREAT UPGRADE TO THE, THE PARK.
UM, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT END OF THIS YEAR.
I THINK IT'S EITHER NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER FOR THAT PARK TO FINISH.
UH, SO THAT'S JUST LIKE A GRAND OPENING COMING SOON.
OF COURSE,
GATEWOOD PAVILION, UH, A REALLY NICE PROJECT EXCEPT FOR THE GROUNDWATER THAT'S MAY BEEN ENCOUNTERED, TOOK 'EM A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHAT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR DEWATERING SO THEY CAN INSTALL THE PARKING LOT.
UH, SO IT'S GOING TO GONNA STAY AND REMAIN.
UM, BEEN TALKING TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHEN THAT FACILITY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC AGAIN.
UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, BARRING ANY, YOU KNOW, WEATHER EVENTS THAT JUST ARE A TON, TON OF RAIN THAT HEAD OUR WAY, HOLLOW WALL RECREATIONAL FACILITY, UM, CONSTRUCTION'S UNDERWAY.
IT'S ON TRACK TO OPEN AND, AND SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE TO ADD THAN, THAN THAT.
WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE UPGRADES HERE.
UH, THE OLD REC CENTER WAS DEMOLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, TO MAKE WAY FOR, FOR THIS WORK TO START.
UH, THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST REC CENTER, UH, IN GARLAND.
AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY GOOD AMENITIES HERE FOR THIS SLIDE.
HERE YOU SEE THE AQUATIC CENTER IN THE UPPER LEFT, UH, LAP LANES, WATER SLIDES, UH, ALL ADJACENT TO THE MAIN, UH, MAIN POOL.
UH, THERE ALSO, THERE WOULD BE CONCESSIONS, PARTY RENTAL SPACES AND, AND SHADE STRUCTURES.
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UH, THE REC CENTER ITSELF, UM, THERE'S, YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGES THERE, A DOUBLE GYMNASIUM, GAME ROOM, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UM, MULTIPURPOSE MEETING SPACE KITCHEN, AND A GROUP EXERCISE ROOM.AND IT WILL EVEN HAVE AN ELEVATED WALKING TRACK AND A CLASSROOM WITH A COVERED BALCONY.
UH, SO USERS CAN VIEW THE, BE, BE, PARDON ME, BEAUTIFUL PARK WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
AND CONTINUING, UH, DESIGN TEAM FOCUSED ON TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MANY OF THE MATURE TREES, UH, AS THEY COULD.
AND THAT LED THEM TO THE WAY THEY FACED THE BUILDING THE WAY THEY DID.
SO, SO WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU GET A CHANCE TO VIEW THE BEAUTIFUL PARK, UM, ON THE RIGHT.
UH, I, I READ THE NOTE THAT I SAID, WELL, I CAN'T SEE IT VERY WELL, BUT THAT THE LIGHT GRAY AREA THERE IS THE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT DARKER GRAY IN THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, UH, IS THE NEW PARKING AREA THAT'S BEING, UH, UH, THAT LOOKS AT THE FORMS FOR THE MEDIAN ISLANDS IN PLACE THERE, SURF AND SWIM.
IT IS ALSO CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE DESIGN, UH, HOPING TO SEND THAT OUT FOR BIDS.
UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR, IT'S, UH, 90% COMPLETE, ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE WORKING FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE SITE ISSUES RESOLVED TO EXTENT WE CAN BEFORE WE SEND THAT OUT FOR BIDS.
AND AS FAR AS, UH, WE HAVE UPDATED VIEWS OF THE, UH, FROM THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE, UH, OF THE BUILDING.
UM, IT'S GOT SPACE FOR TICKETING, CONCESSIONS, RESTROOMS, PARTY ROOM, UM, THE DESIGN TEAM'S WORKING ON A MORE UP UPTODATE, UH, RENDERING.
SO WE CAN SHARE THAT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE, UH, AND SHARE WITH YOU.
AND FOR GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER, UH, IT'S SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND WAS DELEE THERE SHE IS.
DELEE IS HERE TO DISCUSS A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
SO WE ARE NEARING THE, UM, END OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND SO WHAT YOU ARE VIEWING ON THE SCREEN IS THE BUILDING LAYOUT, UM, ON THE SITE.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE DID A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT AND HEARD FROM THE SENIORS OF WHAT PROGRAMMING SPACES AND AMENITIES THEY WANTED.
AND BASICALLY, UM, THEY GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE THING THAT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT, UM,
AND SO, BUT WE HIT ALL THE OTHERS.
UH, AND THERE'S A INDOOR WALKING TRACK.
THEY HAVE THEIR DINING AND GATHERING SPACES, A GAME ROOM, A GROUP FITNESS ROOM, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, CRAFT ROOMS. THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT.
UH, THERE IS EVEN AN OUTDOOR WALKING TRAIL THAT, UH, GOES AROUND THE PERIMETER.
WE ALSO HAD TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION JUST SOME STAFF PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, UH, AS WE LAID OUT THIS FACILITY.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ONE POINT OF ENTRY, UH, FOR THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT COME TO THAT FACILITY.
SO THE DROP OFF AND, UH, MAIN ENTRY ARE, UH, ACTUALLY FACING OFF OF AVENUE B.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER WAS THE CONNECTION TO THE BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN, UH, SQUARE THAT WE'VE JUST FINISHED.
AND SO THE BUILDING ACTUALLY IS PULLED UP TO AVENUE A AND SO WHEN YOU ARE DOWNTOWN, OR IF YOU'RE IN 20, WHICH IS OUR NEW PLAZA, YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF DOWNTOWN.
AND IT JUST REALLY PULLS IT UP AND DOESN'T FEEL SO FAR AWAY ON THE SITE LIKE IT DID BEFORE.
UM, AGAIN, SOME OTHER CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD WERE THE EASEMENTS THAT RUN ACROSS THAT SITE.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FIT ALMOST DOUBLE, UH, THE SIZE OF A BUILDING INTO A CERTAIN SPACE.
AND SO WE THINK THAT WE HIT ALL OF THE, THE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, AND WE MET WITH THE SENIORS.
UH, WE MET WITH SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE PARK BOARD ALL WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING.
HAD SOME QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT DESIGN DETAILS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO, BUT WE'VE WRITTEN DOWN THOSE NOTES TO TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN DESIGN.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE A, A REALLY GREAT, UH, FACILITY SITE LAYOUT, AND WE'RE READY TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS.
OF COURSE, THE SENIORS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHEN WILL IT BE DONE? AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION,
AND SO WITH THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2026, AND SO THERE WERE SOME GRUMBLES IN THE ROOM, BUT IT'S PART OF GROWING PAIN.
THEY'LL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY WHEN IT'S DONE, THE END OR THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE
SO WE'VE TOUCHED ON A LOT OF PROJECTS TONIGHT, UH, BUT THERE ARE, ARE MANY MORE STILL IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
UH, AGAIN, UPDATES, UM, YOU CAN FIND UPDATES
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ON THE WEBSITE.UH, WE'VE ADDED MORE PROGRESS PHOTOS, UH, RECENTLY, AND THAT IS THE, YEAH, END OF PRESENTATION.
BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT ANY GOING ONCE.
COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU FOR THE, FOR THE BRIEFING, UH, BRIEFING.
AND I JUST, JUST, UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING MORE ABOUT STREETS OVER IN THE CIP PART OF THAT, SO I'M NOT RESIST THAT BECAUSE THAT'S STILL THE NUMBER ONE PANCAKE ON THE OVEN STREETS.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE SNAKE.
I HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE SNAKE BIDDING PROJECTS THAT'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, SO I'M JUST, THIS IS AN ASK AS YOU, AS YOU FIND OUT THE SOLUTION TO THE, UH, WATER, WATER ISSUE OUT THERE, AND YOU KEEP US INFORMED ON PROGRESS, UH, THAT FACILITY WAS USED, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING, BUT THEY MISSED FAMILY REUNIONS AND GATHERINGS BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IF, IF, OR, UH, UH, TO KEEP US INFORMED ON THAT PROJECT, BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.
AND WITH OUR CONTRACTING, IT APPEARS SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY GO PAST IT, NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
BUT I, I KNOW SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, BUT FOR, FROM THE PUBLIC'S EYE, SO I'M JUST ASKING, COULD YOU, COULD YOU, UH, PROVIDE, PROVIDE THAT AND YOU COULD PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND ON SURF AND, AND SWIM AS YOU MOVE FORWARD? CAN YOU DO THAT? SURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST, UM, HIT ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
YEAH, MONTCLAIR, UH, OUR SLIDESHOW, WE HAVE THE 90% SUBMITTAL.
I KNOW IT'S DUE WITHIN A WEEK OR SO.
UH, AND THE, UH, SATURN SPRING'S MUCH LARGER PROJECT, UM, THE 30% DESIGN IS IN AND WITHIN, IT'S, IT'S IN, BUT THE 60% SHOULD BE DUE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
ANY, EXCUSE ME, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND AS ALWAYS, WHEN WE DISCUSS THE BOND, THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS WHO APPROVED THAT PACKAGE.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, UH, OR CONTRACTORS WHO ARE PUSHING FORWARD.
THANK YOU TO THIS COUNCIL FOR STAYING FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS MOVING FASTER THAN I EVER IMAGINED.
WE SAID IT WAS GONNA MOVE FAST, WE PROMISED IT WAS GONNA MOVE FAST, AND WE WERE GONNA BE GOING AND GOING AND, AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO ITEM FOUR,
[4.a. Regional Mobility Update]
A REGIONAL MOBILITY UPDATE, MR. LUKI AND OUR GUESTS.AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, YOUR MIC'S ON, SIR.
I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WHILE THEY'RE
UH, WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, UH, WHAT WE SOMETIMES REFER TO IN THE COG AS THAT DYNAMIC DUO,
AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO SEE OF INTRODUCING TO SOME AND REACQUAINTING WITH OTHERS, TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR STATE AND LOCAL HIGHWAY SYSTEMS. THEY, ALONG WITH THE INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH THEY REPRESENT, ARE THE REASONS THAT YOU SEE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE IN THE VARIOUS CORRIDORS, ESPECIALLY I 6 35 AND I 30.
NOW, THERE ARE NO STRANGERS TO GARLAND, AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS RESPONDED WHEN WE CALLED UPON THEM TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO US IN FUTURE AND PRESENT SITUATIONS.
AND SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND INTRODUCE HIM.
I WANNA INTRODUCE MICHAEL MORRIS.
MICHAEL IS THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA.THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION SERVES THE REGION BY DEVELOPING TRANSPORTATION PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE FOURTH LARGEST REGION IN THE COUNTRY.
MR. MORRIS RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO IN 1979.
AND AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, SEVERAL GROUPS HAVE RECOGNIZED HIM, INCLUDING BEING THE RECIPIENT OF THE RON KIRBY AWARD IN 2021.
HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES.
AND FOR ME, HE'S PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE A FRIEND INDEED, WHEN A FRIEND HAS BEEN IN NEED.
SEASONED CLINS SEASON IS THE DALLAS DISTRICT ENGINEER
SHE'S THE DALLAS DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR TDOT, WHICH COVERS SEVEN COUNTIES.
IN THIS ROLE, SHE OVERSEES A PORTFOLIO OF PLANNING PROJECTS VALUED AT 28 BILLION CONSTRUCTION PORTFOLIO OF THE TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS VALUED AT MORE THAN 2 BILLION AND A MULTIPLE DISTRICT LED DESIGN BUILD PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION VALUED AT MORE THAN 2 BILLION.
CLEMENTS EARNED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE GREAT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY IN 2005, AND AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN TEXAS.
SHE'S THE 2019 RECIPIENT OF THE GIBB GILCHRIST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS IN TEXDOT.
SHE ALSO RECEIVED A PRESTIGIOUS DR.
LI HUGHES AWARD IN 2020 FROM THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS.
IN 2021, CLEMENT LED A DISTRICT, A DALLAS DISTRICT I 30 CANYON PLANNING TEAM THAT EARNED THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR PLANNING FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS.
I THINK I CAN COMFORTABLY SAY TONIGHT, AS SOME PEOPLE SAY ON THE TELEVISION, WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH C
SO WE WANT TO THANK FIRST OF ALL, BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY TO YOU THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET WITH YOU TWICE A MONTH.
AND EVERY TIME THAT WE MEET, IT SEEMS THAT YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING EXCITING TO EXPLAIN TO US.
SO WITH THAT, PAUL, I, I CAN'T ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WROTE IT ALL, SO THAT'S GREAT.
NO, AND I, BEFORE YOU GUYS GET READY, I JUST WANNA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE PAUL LUKI OF WHOM, UH, THESE GUYS GIVE US A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION.
BUT PAUL, HE'S THE ONE THAT REALLY IS THE TRUE PERSONAL MENTOR AND GIVING ME THE DETAILS.
AND SO WE WELCOME YOU TONIGHT.
PAUL IS A, UH, MICHAEL MORRIS, UM, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
FOR THE RECORD, UH, PAUL IS OUR LEAD.
UH, WHEN WE COME TO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, HE'S VERY GIFTED IN WHAT HE DOES.
UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO OUR HEART, UH, BECAUSE WE WRESTLED, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, BACK AWAY FROM A PROCESS THAT THIS PROJECT WASN'T MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
AND WE TOOK, UH, SEASON AND I TOOK CONTROL OF IT, GOT IT CLEARED, GOT IT FUNDED.
UH, ONE FUNNY THING IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL, I WAS TOLD BY THIS COUNCIL, THIS PROJECT, UH, LBJ EAST WOULD NEVER BE FUNDED.
AND THAT I HAD TOOK A JOB WITH ANOTHER ENGINEERING FIRM AND I WAS JUST, UH, FOOLING THIS, UH, COUNCIL AND MY DESIRE TO EXPEDITE THIS, EXPEDITE THIS PROJECT.
SO MAYOR PRO, WHEN YOU ASKED AND PAUL ASKED TO COME BACK, I, THIS IS LIKE COMING BACK HOME TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DEMONSTRATE THAT WE STOOD BY OUR WORD.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF, LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE'LL SUMMARIZE THOSE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
SO, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I THOUGHT OUR SMART PERSON WOULD GO FIRST.
SO SEASON'S GONNA COVER YOUR LBJ AND I 30 PROJECTS, AND I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION AT THE END FOR YOUR OTHER THINGS THAT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL HAS DONE TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND DIVE RIGHT IN THERE.
UM, I DID WANNA FIRST START WITH OUR IN THE STREET CAMPAIGN.
I START EVERY PRESENTATION WITH THIS, BUT, UH, TOMORROW WE, WE ARE REMINDED OF VERY GRIM MILESTONE.
UM, THE LAST DAY THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A DEATH ON ONE OF OUR TEXAS HIGHWAYS WAS NOVEMBER 7TH, THE YEAR 2000.
UM, EVERY FATALITY IN OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR SEVEN COUNTIES, WE REVIEW TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE'S AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION THAT WE COULD CHANGE THE ROADWAY TO POTENTIALLY PREVENT IT.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS DRIVER BEHAVIOR.
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CAN HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT.IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING THEIR SEAT BELTS RIGHT NOW, JUST DISTRACTED DRIVING.
SPEEDING IS A HUGE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
BUT I START AT EACH PRESENTATION JUST TO HOPEFULLY, UM, GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK, START TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO ENGINEERING WISE, OUR BEST, UM, TO TURN THIS TREND AROUND.
BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP.
SO, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO LBJ.
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW IT VERY WELL, BUT 11 MILES FULL RECONSTRUCTION.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GO INTO MUCH DETAIL HERE, BUT, UM, $1.7 BILLION.
OUR JOINT VENTURE IS FLOOR AND BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECT.
UM, WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'LL HAVE FIVE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITH, UM, THE MANAGED LANE IN THE MIDDLE AS WELL, JUST LOOKING AT SOME PROJECT UPDATES.
UM, HERE ARE SOME AERIAL PHOTOS.
THIS IS ABRAMS. IS IS THE STREET ON THE BOTTOM FOR, IS A STREET ON THE TOP.
UH, EITHER THIS COMING WEEKEND OR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, WE'LL ACTUALLY TAKE OUT, UM, THE, THE REST OF THE OLD FOREST BRIDGE.
AND SO THAT FULL CLOSURE SHOULD BE COMING UP.
UH, YOU'LL GET NEWS RELEASES ON THAT, BUT WE TYPICALLY DO THAT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
IT'LL LAST, UM, 10:00 AM ON SUNDAY MORNING.
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT BRIDGE DEMOLITION.
BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS REALLY OPENS UP, UM, THE WORK UNDERNEATH.
AND IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET TO YOU EACH STEP, BUT ONCE WE GET ALL THE OLD BRIDGES OUT OF THE WAY, THAT REALLY IS WHEN YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE PROGRESS BEING MADE.
UH, HERE'S A LOOK AT KINGSLEY ROAD.
UM, IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR, THAT'S THE NEW BRIDGE.
WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HAVE THE PAVING, UM, APPROACHING KINGSLEY READY TO GO.
AND SO THAT MEANS THE MAIN LANES WILL SOON BE SHIFTED ONTO THAT NEW PAVEMENT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT OPENS UP JUST MORE WORK FOR US.
AND SO, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE, UH, TO SEEING MAIN LANE TRAFFIC ON NEW PAVEMENT.
HERE WE ARE AT THE, THE KCS RAILROAD AGAIN.
UM, ON, ON THE LEFT IS ALL NEW PAVEMENT.
UM, WE SHOULD HAVE THIS CONCRETE PAVED HERE VERY QUICKLY, ALL NEW BRIDGES.
AND SO, UH, NOT IN NOT TOO FAR IN THE DISTANT FUTURE DO WE SEE TRAFFIC MOVING OVER ONTO THE NEW MAIN LANES.
AND THAT ALLOW US TO COMPLETE, UH, TAKE OUT THESE OLD BRIDGES THAT YOU GUYS KNOW IT, THERE'S POTHOLES ALL ACROSS IT FASTER WE CAN GET ON THE NEW, UH, STRUCTURES, THE BETTER OFF WE ALL ARE.
AND SO WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET TO THAT POINT.
UH, HERE WE ARE AT CENTERVILLE, SAME STORY.
UM, WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE, UH, TO MOVING TRAFFIC.
THIS WOULD, WE DEBATE WHETHER WE CALL THIS WESTBOUND OR NORTHBOUND, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE, THE WESTBOUND NORTHBOUND SIDE.
UH, WE, WE DISAGREE ON THE PROJECT ABOUT, UH, WHAT DIRECTION THAT IS, BUT GETTING VERY CLOSE THERE.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE BEAMS COMING ACROSS ON THE EASTBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND SIDE VERY SHORTLY, UM, ALONG THE POWER LINES.
AND SO REALLY MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
UM, AND, AND SHOULD BE MOVING TRAFFIC ON NEW PAVEMENT HERE VERY SHORTLY.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT LA PRADA.
UM, AGAIN, THESE STRUCTURES ARE, MOST OF THIS IS NOW POURED.
THIS IS ABOUT A MONTH OLD AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
AND SO WE'LL PUSH TRAFFIC ON THESE NEW BRIDGES AND THAT'LL ALLOW US TO COMPLETE, UH, THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS, UH, THE OATS, OATS BRIDGE IS HERE, AND THEN GALLOWAY IS HERE.
WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO MOVING, UH, GALLOWAY TRAFFIC AS IT CROSSES 6 35 ON THE NEW BRIDGE.
UM, HOPING TO DEMO, DEMO THAT BRIDGE EITHER THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT WEEKEND.
SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF WORK PLANNED OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE INTERCHANGE, UM, I KNOW LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UH, COUNCILMAN MEYER, I KNOW THERE'S A BOTTLENECK AS YOU EXIT, UH, NORTHBOUND TO OATS.
UM, IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE OPERATIONS THERE, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THE EASTBOUND 30 TRAFFIC ONTO THE NORTHBOUND 6 35 DIRECT CONNECTOR.
THAT'S THIS BRIDGE THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH MY CURSOR.
AS SOON AS WE MOVE TRAFFIC THERE, WE CAN THEN CREATE AN OATS EXIT, UM, WELL BEFORE YOU GO UNDERNEATH GALLOWAY.
AND THAT'S GONNA PREVENT THAT TRAFFIC CRISSCROSSING.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM SEEING THAT FIXED.
AND SO, UM, GETTING PRETTY CLOSE THERE.
UH, AND THEN HERE IS GUS THOMASON.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EXACTLY IN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS, UM, STILL DRIVE THROUGH THIS AREA, BUT IF YOU'LL REMEMBER HERE, WE'RE FLIPPING THE STACK.
UH, GUS THOMASON USED TO GO OVER INTERSTATE 30.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY CLOSED IT COMPLETELY.
WE'VE GOT A DETOUR IN PLACE, AND THE INTERSTATE WILL ACTUALLY GO OVER, UM, GUS THOMASON AND YOU CAN SEE THE NEW CITY STREET PAVEMENT ON GUS THOMASON MAKING ITS WAY UNDERNEATH HERE.
AND SO WE'RE PROBABLY, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, UH, THIS IS THE SAME, UH, PAVEMENT THAT FEEDS THROUGH THAT DIRECT AND HECTOR, UM, TO GET THE OATS MOVEMENT OUTTA THE WAY THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
MOVING TRAFFIC ON THAT, UH, NEW PAVEMENT.
UH, JUST A LOOK, UH, KEEP IN MIND I'M AN ENGINEER, SO I GEEK OUT ON, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS IF YOU WOULD.
UM, BUT QUITE A BIT OF EXCAVATION DONE IN PLACE.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY ON THE DRAINAGE, UH, QUANTITIES.
UM, MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON, ON THE BRIDGES.
THAT'S USUALLY YOUR LONGEST LEAD TIME.
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WE OPEN UP, UH, THE PAVEMENT THAT WILL REALLY, IT'LL MOVE FASTER THAN YOU THINK.AND SO WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO REALLY OPENING THAT UP.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT LATE 2025 FOR COMPLETION.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, BUT, UM, WE ARE, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE LATE 2025.
AND SO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT DATE RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 66% COMPLETE AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK ON INTERSTATE 30, UM, BOTH IN THE CITY LIMITS AS WELL AS JUST ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, REALLY OUR I 30 PROJECT, UM, MAINLY IN ROCKWALL COUNTY, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IMPACTED BY IT AS WELL.
THE FIRST PROJECT IN GREEN, UM, WENT TO LETTING ABOUT, UH, TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, WE ARE EXPECTED TO FINISH THAT UP IN LATE 2024.
THAT PROJECT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
AND THEN THE PROJECT IN RED, UM, WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY A SECOND CONTRACTOR DOING THAT ONE, $312 MILLION PROJECT JUST BARELY GETTING STARTED.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE EASTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD BRIDGE PROGRESSING.
UM, AND KEEP IN MIND WE'LL BUILD ANOTHER WESTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD BRIDGE AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST PROJECT, UH, IN PURPLE, $342 MILLION.
UM, THAT ONE'S REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF WORK, UH, ON INTERSTATE 30.
BUT THAT ALSO LEADS TO WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN DESIGN WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND SO WITHIN GARLAND CITY LIMITS, FROM THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON LVJ AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE LAKE, WE HAVE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, PLANNED ALONG INTERSTATE 30.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, SO WE WON'T BE IMPACTING ANY PROPERTIES.
UM, BUT WE REALLY THINK WE CAN OPTIMIZE SOME OF THOSE WEAVING MOVEMENTS.
WE'VE GOT SOME RAMP THAT MERGE IN, UM, SOME CONFLICTS THERE THAT ONCE WE SORT ALL THAT OUT, WE THINK TRAFFIC WILL FLOW A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND SO YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SCHEMATIC.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED, UM, SINCE OCTOBER OF 2022.
WE GOT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE THIS SUMMER.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE DESIGN PLANS.
OUR CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES 162 MILLION AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY FUNDED, SO WE'LL STILL CONTINUE LOOKING FOR FUNDING, BUT KIND OF OUR PHILOSOPHY, UM, NOT JUST IN THE DALLAS DISTRICT, BUT IN THIS REGION.
GET YOUR PLANS READY, GET YOUR PROJECTS READY, AND THE FUNDING WILL COME.
AND SO THAT'S OUR PLAN WITH THIS ONE IS WE'LL GET THE PROJECTS READY, UM, AND THEN THE FUNDING WILL COME INTO PLACE.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS, UH, BASS PRO.
SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, THE PICTURE THAT I SHOWED ON GUS THOMASON BASS PRO TODAY GOES OVER THE INTERSTATE.
WE ACTUALLY PLAN ON, ON FLIPPING THE STACK THERE.
SO THE INTERSTATE WILL GO OVER BASS PRO.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE DESIGN PLANS FOR IT.
UM, IT'LL INCLUDE U-TURNS AS WELL TO HELP MOVEMENT, UH, IN THE BAS PRO INTERCHANGE.
BUT, UH, WITH THAT, THE SCHEMATIC IS APPROVED, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE IS ACHIEVED.
UM, REALLY HOPING TO HAVE THE PLANS READY TO GO THIS SUMMER.
WE DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR THAT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHILE ALL THE FRINGE ROAD BRIDGES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, JUST BECAUSE IN ORDER TO FLIP THE SACK, YOU'VE GOTTA CLOSE BASS PRO.
SO BASS PRO WILL BE CLOSED FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
AND SO BY DOING THAT, WE NEED A DETOUR ROUTE.
WE THINK OUR NEW FRONTAGE ROAD BRIDGES WILL ALLOW FOR THAT DETOUR ROUTE.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE PLANS READY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN CONSTRUCTION WILL START IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK WE'LL JUMP TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU WANNA DO QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PORTION AND FIRST YEAH, DO OKAY.
APPRECIATE THE DETAILED PRESENTATION.
UM, CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, UM, HOW YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOLLWAY COMING THROUGH AT I 30 AS WELL? SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH N-T-T-A-N-T-T A'S TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT.
AND SO THEY ARE DEVELOPING, UH, THE SCHEMATIC AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, WE'LL REVIEW ANY WORK THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST, UM, COORDINATING WITH NTTA.
SO ALL OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTS COORDINATED WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
YEAH, AND THEY'RE AGGRESSIVELY, UH, GETTING TO 30% DESIGN TO GET TO ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT FROM 30 DOWN TO 20.
UM, THE TEXT EXPRESS LANES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF 6 35 OF THE 6 35 PROJECT, ARE THOSE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH YOUR PLANS AS WELL? OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT PROJECT TAKING LONGER OR SO THAT ALL, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE LBJ PROJECT? MM-HMM.
SO, UM, LATE 2025 IS WHEN THOSE WILL BE OPEN.
AND DO YOU HAVE, UM, A, A LIST OF EXITS AND ON RAMPS FOR THOSE? I CAN GET YOU THAT.
LET ME, LET US, WE'VE GOT A SIMPLIFIED MAP THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS.
UM, I CAN FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS MEETING AND SEND IT TO YOU.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? YES.
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DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM MOORE, UH, SPEAK BRIEFLY TO BASS PRO WILL BE CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO BASS PRO, GOING OVER INTERSTATE 30 NEEDS TO BE CLOSED FOR TWO YEARS.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA BUILD THE MAIN LANES ON TOP OF, OF WHERE THE, ESSENTIALLY WHERE THE BASS PRO IS SITTING TODAY, THAT IS WHERE YOUR MAIN LANES ELEVATIONS WILL BE.
SO GETTING INTO BASS, UH, PRO SHOP, COMING FROM, UM, UH,
MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I HAVE PAPER COPIES OF THE PRESENTATION, IF ANY.
ANYBODY WANTS ONE? I SEE LOTS OF HEDGE NODDING, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AS MANY NOTES.
SO, PART OF BUILDING GOOD TRANSPORTATION IS NOT JUST THE ADVANCEMENT OF, UM, IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, BUT AS I'M SURE YOUR CITY MANAGER REMINDS YOU ALL THE TIME, IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
SO I SURE HOPE YOU'RE LEANING ON THIS CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE, UH, TO AID YOU IN THE INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARTICULAR QUARTER.
I NEED, AS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES AT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL TO INFILL THE CENTER OF THE REGION AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND THEN I DON'T HAVE TO BUILD, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, UH, HALFWAY TO OKLAHOMA CITY.
SO THE MORE YOU CAN HELP ME INFILL, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU ARE BLESSED TO HAVE BOTH A LIGHT RAIL INVESTMENT AND A NEW FREEWAY FACILITY.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION TOOLS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO POTENTIALLY HELP YOU WITH THAT ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH YOU.
UH, ONE I LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT, UH, IS WHEN THE DESIGNS CAME IN ON, UH, 6 35, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO AT STATE HIGHWAY 78.
SO THE DESIGN, BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF WHAT THE RAILROADS WERE COMMUNICATING TO US, UM, WE CREATED A $15 MILLION ESCROW ACCOUNT FOR YOU.
UH, WE HAD WORKED A COUPLE YEARS ON HOW MECHANICALLY TO GET IT TO YOU.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS.
THE BAD NEWS IS WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO WE DID A TRADE TRADE WITH DART.
UH, WE GAVE OUR $15 MILLION TO DART, DART HAS SINCE GIVEN YOU THE $15 MILLION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP.
SO THAT IS PROCEEDING IN A, A VERY INNOVATIVE WAY.
AND THEN DART CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO, UM, UH, GIVE MONEY BACK TO ITS COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN THEY GOT INTO A, UM, A SIGNIFICANT FIGHT ON THE MECHANICS OF HOW THEY WOULD GIVE THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES.
YOUR COMMUNITY WAS HURT, UH, IN THOSE CALCULATIONS.
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL PAID THE DIFFERENCE.
WHICHEVER CITY GETS THE HIGHER AMOUNT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
'CAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T BE GIVING MONEY BACK TO CITIES.
AND THEN SOME CITIES GET HARMED IN WHAT THAT ALLOCATION WOULD BE.
SO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL PAID 19.67 MILLION AND YOU ENDED UP GETTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING CLOSE TO $10 MILLION, WHATEVER THE HIGHER THE TWO OPTIONS WERE.
UM, I THOUGHT IMPORTANT THAT YOUR COMMUNITY BEING THAT YOUR, THIS COMMUNITY IS SUCH A STRONG SUPPORTER OF DART, HOW COULD YOU BE EXPOSED TO A LOWER, LOWER ALLOCATION? SO THOSE ARE TWO COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BOX PARTNERSHIPS.
YOU WOULDN'T SEE THOSE IN OTHER REGIONS.
UH, WE PRIDE OURSELF IN PRETTY SOPHISTICATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR TXDOT PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE NEXT SHEET HAS, UH, COMPLETION DATES OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED, UH, AT LEAST PARTIALLY BY THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.
ITS THAT ABBREVIATION IS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO THOSE ARE ITEMS, PROBABLY DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS OR OTHER THINGS ON I 30.
UH, AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT, REMEMBER WE BUILT THE NOISE WALLS FIRST ON 6 35 EAST.
THIS WAS THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE REGION WHERE THE NOISE WALLS WENT IN, UH, BEFORE THE REST OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITIES.
UM, MY FINAL SLIDE, UH, HAS ALL THE FUTURE FUNDED PROJECTS.
I ASK YOU AS BEST YOU CAN TO GET THESE
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EXPEDITED.SO, UH, ANYTHING OUR STAFF CAN DO, UM, ENGINEERING WISE, COMMUNITY CONSENSUS BUILDING, UM, AGREEMENTS, GETTING AGREEMENTS DONE IN TIME.
OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST FOUR PROJECTS ARE PROCESSED BY TXDOT 6 35 EAST, THREE COMPONENTS OF IH 30.
YOU SEE THE ASTERISK THAT SEASON.
TALKED ABOUT 88 MILLIONS IN THE BANK.
WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY FALL AND TO TRY TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
AND I THINK, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE AT A RECENT MEETING WHERE YOU KIND OF SEE THE MECHANICS OF HOW THAT IS, UH, DONE.
UM, SO OUR TWO STAFFS ARE AN EXTENSION.
OUR THREE STAFFS ARE AN EXTENSION OF EACH OTHER'S STAFF.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE US TRY TO ADVANCE THAT, UH, THIS FALL INTO SPRING.
UM, I CAN'T PREDICT 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE OTHER THINGS COMPETING WITH YOUR I 30 PROJECT.
UM, BUT WE DO A GOOD JOB IN THIS REGION OF BRINGING MONIES TO PROJECTS WHEN THEY'RE READY.
AND IF YOU CAN MOVE UP THESE DATES, INFLATION IS EATING INTO ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, PROBABLY ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP EXPEDITE IN TIME, WE WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT, INCLUDING OUR, OUR STAFF TO HELP YOU.
YOU GOT SOME, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS ON SHILOH ROAD.
UM, YOU GOT SOME PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN YOUR DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN THE LAST ENTRY, UH, I JUST WANT TO DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WHEN FIRE GOES TO A, THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE WE CAN PUT A, A PERSON IN YOUR POLICE, IN YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON THE PAVEMENT OF A FREEWAY.
AND THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE WE CAN BE A CITIZENS IS DEAD, STOPPED BEHIND AN INCIDENT OR AN ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY AND BE KILLED IN A REAR END, UH, COLLISION.
SO I TEACH ALONG WITH POLICE AND FIRE, THE FREEWAY MANAGEMENT CLASSES TO CREATE TEAM AND ORGANIZATION TO GET POLICE AND FIRE IN AND OUT OF THE FREEWAY SCENE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE IDEAS WE HAD, UH, AND I REALLY GOT THIS FROM TXDOT, WATCHING TXDOT MAINTENANCE WORKERS AS THEY PICK UP TIRES AND THINGS IN THE SHOULDERS, THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A SCORPION DEVICE, WHERE THE, THE LAST VEHICLE OR TWO HAS A CRASH CUSHION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO IF IT DOES CRASH, IT DOESN'T COST YOU THE, THE, THE, THE MAGNITUDE OF A FIRETRUCK.
AND IF I AS A HUMAN HIT IT, I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE ABILITY TO SURVIVE THAN IF I HIT THE BACK OF ONE OF YOUR FIRE TRUCKS.
IN FACT, THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT THE STROBE LIGHTS ON FIRE TRUCKS IN THE AT NIGHTTIME ARE ACTUALLY ATTRACTING A HUMAN, ESPECIALLY A HUMAN THAT'S IMPAIRED, IS ATTRACTING THEM INTO THE LIGHT INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM, UH, LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN THE DAYTIME AWAY FROM THE LIGHT.
SO, UH, AS A CREDIT TO THIS, UH, CITY, YOU APPLIED, UH, FOR THREE OF THESE SCORPION DEVICES TO PILOT TEST THEM.
MY HOPE IS THAT THE SECOND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, UH, IS ACTUALLY A SCORPION VEHICLE CRASH, UH, HAS LANE BULLETINS AND MARKERS TO HELP YOU, HAS MESSAGES, CAN OFTEN CARRY OTHER EQUIPMENT YOU MAY NEED AT A SCENE.
'CAUSE AFTER FOUR HOURS IN THE MANUAL FOR UNIFORM FORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT CONES AND OTHER THINGS.
SO WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA GO OUT ON ANOTHER CALL FOR PROJECTS, UH, TRY TO FUND THEM WITH LOCAL MONEY AND NOT FEDERAL MONEY, UH, TO SEE IF IN FACT, UH, WE CAN BRING A SAFER, A SAFER RESPONSE AND MAYBE A LOWER COST, UH, TO THE CITY IN, IN, UH, GETTING, UM, YOUR FIREHOUSES WITH SCORPION DEVICES WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A VEHICLE TO BE THE, THE, THE VEHICLE CLOSEST TO THE PUBLIC, UH, IN ORDER TO HELP MANAGE THE SAFETY OF THAT PARTICULAR SCENE.
AND OF COURSE, THEIR OTHER FIRE APPARATUS WOULD'VE TO HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR THE SCENE.
SO IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO SORT THAT OUT.
BUT I WANTED TO REALLY BRAG ABOUT THIS CITY'S INTEREST IN OUR PILOT PROGRAM.
SO YOU SEE SOME INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL DOES.
UH, YOU SEE IT, YOU SEE US DOING IT IN, UH, IN GARLAND IN, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T CATCH ALL THE BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THEM ARE FACING COST OVERRUNS OR OTHER, OTHER PARTICULAR ITEMS. I ASSUME THEY ARE THE SHORTER LIST OF WHICH ONES AREN'T
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY TRADE WITH YOU WHERE YOU PULL YOUR BOND FUNDS TO A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND MAYBE WE CAN TAKE ON ONE, UH, POTENTIALLY MAYBE ONE THAT'S
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FURTHER OUT IN TIME.UH, THERE'S A WAY TO MAYBE DO SOME TRADING WITH YOU WITH REGARD TO THAT.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH TXDOT.
I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE WRESTLED THIS PROJECT BACK AND, UH, I'M PROUD THE CITY COUNCIL CHALLENGED ME.
UH, UM, I GUESS YOU TOOK ANOTHER JOB.
SO YOU'RE WALKING AWAY FROM LBJ AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GETTING THAT TYPE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WHO WAS ON THE COUNCIL BACK THEN, BUT THE TWO OF US DO.
DO, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NIGHT,
BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF, UH, OUR ABILITY TO, UH, WE WERE SIX MONTHS NEGOTIATING THE 1.7 MILLION TOOK LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE.
BUT, UH, UM, YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A NICE PROJECT IN A, A VERY GOOD DISTRICT ENGINEER BUILDING.
I HOPE YOU CAN TRANSITION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT'LL HELP YOUR TAX BASE.
BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN HEAR ALL THOSE BEEPS.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, MICHAEL, YOU, YOU OPEN WITH THE SAME STATEMENT THAT YOU CLOSED ON AND A MAYOR, DID THEY CALL THAT IN JOURNALISM? A CIRCLE KICK? I HAVE DAUGHTER WHO'S A JOURNALIST, SHE CALLS THAT A CIRCLE KICK.
AND YOU SAW THE MIRROR NOW POINTING AT EACH OTHER.
'CAUSE WE WERE THE TWO WHO WERE AROUND THEN.
BUT, UH, MICHAEL, I WANNA, AND MS. MS. CLE, THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT MICHAEL, I WANT YOU TO, TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY, UM, ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR, SPEAKER OF THE CITY, NOT ME, BUT THIS CITY, YOUR WORK YOU'RE TAKING, YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK SOME SPEARS IN THE SIDE AND CROWNS OF THORN AND ALL THAT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, WHAT YOU SAW WAS NOT, WAS NOT EVERYBODY WAS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF GU IN TEXAS, THIS CITY AND THERE CONSTITUENTS IN WHO WERE OUT THERE WHO, WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION AND, UH, WANNA THANK YOU FOR PERSEVERANCE BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY.
BUT YOU DIDN'T, I KNEW IT WASN'T THIS COUNCIL.
I KNEW IT WAS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.
I KNEW IT WASN'T YOUR RESIDENTS.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, SUPPORT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OVER TIME.
UM, BUT I, I DO LIKE TO TEASE YOU ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW OH, OH, WE'VE HEARD IT A THOUSAND TIMES.
BUT, BUT, BUT I, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW AND YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU WORK.
WE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO BACK ANY TIME, BUT WE WANT, WE WANT TO EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO TDOT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE WORK AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE, UH, IF TO BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE VIABLE LONG AFTER ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE GOING ON.
BUT WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FROM THE VOICE TO THE FOLKS THAT, THAT WE REPRESENT, UH, THEY APPRECIATE, THEY APPRECIATE YOU, MICHAEL, THEY APPRECIATE TDOT.
AND LASTLY, THE, UH, UPDATES THAT YOU USUALLY SEND OUT ON SUNDAY NIGHTS OR SUNDAY EVENINGS, I THINK MOSTLY THAT YOU GET 'EM WITH THE, WHAT'S GONNA BE CLOSED AND THE MAPS AND ALL THAT.
I THINK IT'S USUALLY, IT'S USUALLY ON SUNDAY EVENINGS.
I, I THINK I GET 'EM RELIGIOUSLY.
AND, UH, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE THAT TOO.
'CAUSE WE, WE PUSH THAT OUT AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
COUNCILMAN, WE'VE WORKED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 10 OR 12 YEARS IT SEEMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOO LONG.
AND, UH, I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE GARLAND SPIRIT.
I'VE KNOWN IT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, WE DON'T MIND COMING OUT AND BRIEFING YOU, SO WE APPRECIATE THE INVITATION, BUT AT CRITICAL TIMES WHEN YOU EITHER SEE IT OR WE FEEL IT'S NEEDED, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON, ON THESE MAJOR PROJECTS.
THANK YOU MS. MOORE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
CAN, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHAT'S DRIVING THESE COMPLETION, ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATES ON THIS SLIDE YOU HAVE HERE? WELL, WHEN WE MEET WITH THE LOCALS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS.
THE BAD NEWS IS YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO YOU HAVE A SERIES OF STEPS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, TO GET YOUR AGREEMENT, TO GET YOUR APPROVAL FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONS FOR, SO YOU CAN PROCEED INTO ENGINEERING.
UM, YOU THEN MAY HAVE A PROJECT THAT NEEDS CONSIDERABLE UTILITY MOVEMENT.
UH, YOU MAY BE IN A, A PROJECT THAT NEEDS RIGHT AWAY.
YOU CAN'T LET A PROJECT UNTIL YOUR UTILITIES ARE MOVED AND YOUR RIGHT AWAY IS MOVED.
SOMETIMES, AND I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE THE CASE HERE, YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC OR YOUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS SIMILAR TO LBJ.
IT GOT SORT OF TAKEN AWAY FROM US AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FIRST MEETING ON LBJ WAS IN AUSTIN, NOT BY TXDOT, BUT MY FIRST MEETING WAS WITH SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
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I'VE NEVER DESIGNED A PROJECT WITH SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN MY WHOLE LIFE.IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO SORT OF GET THAT PROJECT BACK.
SO MY POINT IS OFTEN EARLY IN A PROJECT UNDERSTANDING, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN HELP EXPEDITE IT.
UM, AND MORE AND MORE OUR OFFICE IS BEING PUT UNDER THE MICROSS MICROSS, UH, SCOPE ON GETTING THESE PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT WHEN WE SPEAK TO COUNCILS TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE YOU SEE A PROJECT, IF YOU SEE ONE ON THE LIST THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE UP.
AND YOU PASS IT
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T DO 10 PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, BUT WHATEVER THAT IS, WE STAND READY TO ASSIST YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I KNOW THE ONE THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME IS THE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES FROM THE RAIL STATION TO THE FOREST JUPITER STATION THERE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT PEDESTRIAN ROUTES WOULDN'T MISS A DATE.
SO IT, IT, I KNOW A GREAT CIVIL ENGINEER WHO'D LOVE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.
SO, BUT, UH, UH, I'M GLAD ALL THAT FUNDING THERE IS THERE AND AVAILABLE AND READY TO USE.
SO WE WILL, YOU'RE TAKING THAT MESSAGE HERE ON COUNCIL THAT THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE AND WE WANT TO YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO GET IT EXPEDITED.
SO JUST WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND THEY'LL WORK WITH US.
AS I SAY, WE'RE AN INTEGRATED TEAM, SO WE'RE, WE STAND READY TO HELP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE UP THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF THE LBJ 6 35 NEWS PROJECT
UM, IT JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION.
IT DOES SAY AUGUST, 2026 ON THERE, AND I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING.
IS THAT, IS THAT MY, UH, THAT COULD BE MY ERROR.
I, I WOULD GO WITH SEASON ON THAT LATE 2025.
UM, NOW KEEP IN MIND SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE NOTING IT TAKES US A LITTLE WHILE TO CLOSE OUT THE BOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE MICHAEL'S NUMBER'S COMING FROM, BUT I'LL ALLOW FOR PAPERWORK LATE 2025.
AND, AND SERIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, YOU GET SOME BREAKS WITH WEATHER AND YOU GET SOME OTHER BREAKS.
THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, SEASON IS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, THERE'S OTHER INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT CAN OCCUR.
UH, WE, WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.
SO IF THERE IS A A WILL, THERE MAY BE A WAY AND WE STAND READY TO TRY TO DO THAT.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION.
UM, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST THERE, THE CRASH ATTENUATORS, CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NEED FOR THREE AND, UM, AND THESE, I'M GUESSING THESE ARE FOR ACCIDENTS, SO THEY'LL GO THROUGH FIRE.
SO HOW DO THEY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BLOCKER TRUCKS? YEAH, SO THIS IS A RE REQUEST YOU WOULD'VE SUBMITTED.
SO IT'S AN OPEN CALL FOR PROJECTS.
SO FIVE CITIES, I THINK SUBMITTED TO OUR INNOVATIVE THING, 220 CITIES DID NOT.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M THANKING YOU FOR SUBMITTING.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A PREVIOUSLY, UM, DISABLED FIRETRUCK.
THERE CAN'T BE A FIRETRUCK FIRETRUCK.
SO MAYBE A SCORPION DEVICE GOES ON THE BACK OF A, OF A A, A TRUCK THAT'S JUST BEING, UH, USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
UH, I LIKE TEXT DOTS COMBINATION WHERE IT'S ON THE BACK OF A BIGGER TRUCK THAT CAN ACTUALLY CARRY OTHER THINGS YOU MAY NEED.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, THE OPTION WAS, IT WAS SUBMITTED BY THIS PARTICULAR CITY.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DEFINE THE REQUEST.
UM, IN THE NEW CALL FOR PROJECTS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW THE PILOTS ARE GOING.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN MOVING IN THIS PARTICULAR DIRECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON MY WATCH, UH, A MUCH SAFER SITUATION FOR YOUR HUGE INVESTMENTS YOU MAKE IN A FIRETRUCK AND, UH, A MORE SOFTENING SITUATION FOR US AS HUMANS COMING ONTO AN ACCIDENT SCENE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AND WE COULD DO THAT IN OUR, OUR NEW CALL.
BUT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BE SHAPING THE REQUEST.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUBMITTING A COMBINATION, UM, OF WE'LL COME UP WITH A SCOPE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO MEET THESE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS.
YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON THE FIRE CHIEF'S, UH, BASS BOAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
SO THE, SO THE SCORPION IS NOT THE TRUCK, IT'S THE PART THAT
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GOES ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.WE DON'T MIND THE, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH COMBINATIONS OF OTHER THINGS AND WE'LL LOOK AT CLOSER WHAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN DONE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS, UH, BUYING TOO MANY QUOTE TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, DUMP TRUCKS JUST TO HAVE A SCORPION DEVICE AND THEN THE SCORPION DEVICE NEVER GETS ON THE TRUCK.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING OUT THOSE, THOSE DETAILS.
SO THEY COULD BE ADDED TO OUR EXISTING BLOCKER TRUCKS.
AND WE'LL FINISH UP WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MICHAEL SEASON.
AND PAUL, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
AS I EXPLAINED TO YOU WHEN WE FIRST GOT STARTED, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS LEARNING CURVE FOR ME.
AND THE CURVE HAS BEEN SUCH THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE THE THREE ELEMENTS OF ANY GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
ANY GOOD PARTNERSHIP DESERVES UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THAT COMBINATION OF UNDERSTANDING BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, YES, YOU WILL BE BACK AGAIN.
YOU'LL BE BACK MANY OTHER TIMES.
BECAUSE AS I'M SITTING OFTENTIMES IN OUR COG MEETINGS, THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAT WE DEAL WITH OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY OTHER MOVING PARTS.
AND I'M SITTING THERE OFTENTIMES AND THINKING TO MYSELF, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE GET THIS BACK TO THIS CITY? HOW CAN, HOW CAN GARLAND USE THIS? AND HOW CAN GARLAND USE THAT? AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I THOUGHT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YES, YOU GUYS NEED TO BE HERE.
AND I'M, I'VE, YOU MAY COME MORE OFTEN, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU HERE AT LEAST TWO TIMES A YEAR WHERE YOU GET TO EXPLAIN TO US NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF COG THAT WE CAN USE.
AND SO I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BE HERE, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK TOGETHER AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND PAUL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN HELPING ME.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY WANTED, DON'T WANNA SAY NOTHING, BUT I THINK THAT YOU OUGHT TO GET THIS TIME VIEW.
MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE A HUNDRED YEARS WORTH OF EXPERIENCE HERE,
UM, THERE'S NO SENSE OF SOMETHING WHERE SOMEONE HAS TO GO AROUND THE TREE AGAIN WHEN WE'VE ALREADY BEEN AROUND THE TREE AND WE'VE LEARNED FROM IT.
UH, SO WE PRIDE, PRIDE OURSELVES IN THE INTEGRATED TEAM THAT YOU SEE, UM, UP UPFRONT, UM, AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UM, PARTNERSHIP.
YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR WHO HAS FOUR, FOUR DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
I BELIEVE IN, IN, IN AS MUCH IN THE INDIRECT IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION THAN I DO IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS.
SO I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF AN LBJ, BUT I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON ON LBJ, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY ON LBJ, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, MANAGE LANES ON LBJ, WHICH I CALL THE DFW MIRACLE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHY THE EIGHTH LARGEST REGION IN THE COUNTRY HAS THE SAME LEVEL OF CONGESTION AS BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AND BALTIMORE HAS ONE THIRD, THE POPULATION OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH REGION.
AND WE HAVE THE SAME CONGESTION LEVELS.
SO HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? UM, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE DIRECT AND THE INDIRECT BENEFITS.
SO IF YOU CAN ADD MORE DENSITY AROUND RAIL STATIONS, OR IF WE CAN WORK ON JOB HOUSING BALANCE WHERE THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSING AND THE DI DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMES OF WORKERS IN THE SAME RAIL CORRIDOR ARE EQUAL, THEN I'VE HAVE A CHANCE OF SOMEONE LIVING AND WORKING IN THAT SAME CORRIDOR.
AND, AND MAYBE RAIL TRANSPORTATION BECOMES A BETTER MODE.
BUT IN THE COMMUNITY OF FRISCO, I, I COULDN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN FRISCO.
WHEN YOU TRY TO HIRE A WAITER TO WORK AT A MAJOR HOTEL IN FRISCO, THEY'RE COMING 30 MILES AWAY AND HAVE TO PAY HUGE DIFFERENTIAL LABOR RATE TRANSPORTATION.
RIGHT? AND THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN IN FRISCO BECAUSE THERE IS NO JOB HOUSING BALANCE WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN THERE ISN'T THAT BALANCE, THEN WE HAVE TO PICK UP THE PIECES ON A, YOU KNOW, A, A ROADWAY SYSTEM THAT BRINGS PEOPLE 20 AND 30 MILES AWAY.
SO THE MORE WE CAN CREATE THIS COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP, THE MORE WE CAN SEE WHAT TRANSPORTATION AND THE INDIRECT IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION CAN REALLY DO ON THE LIVES OF THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT WE ALL SERVE.
AND SOME OF THE CREATIVE IDEAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, UH, ESPECIALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT SPACE FOR IT, BUT ESPECIALLY SUCH THINGS AS PUTTING, UH, UH, POWER GRIDS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR THE NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO STOP AND PLUG IN, BUT THEY GET POWER AS THEY'RE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE VERY CREATIVE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS
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THAT I THINK ARE VERY MUCH IMPORTANT TO, UH, THE SUCCESS OF YOU THINK THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I SAID, WELL, LET'S HAVE, UH, YOUR LANES ARE NUMBERED FROM THE INSIDE, INSIDE OUT.SO ON A FOUR LANE FREEWAY, LET'S HAVE LANE THREE HAVE A INDUCTION LOOP IN THE PAVEMENT.
AND ELECTRIC CARDS CAN, CAN CHARGE THEMSELF AS THEY DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY THREE YEARS AGO AND I READ AN ARTICLE TODAY THAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE, UH, SOLVED THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM,
SO, UM, YOU HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
UH, MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT YOU SERVE ON WANTS TO BE THE LEADING TECHNO TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY, UH, REGION IN THE COUNTRY.
AS, AS MENTIONED, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL, UH, FROM WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS PROPOSED, WHEN IT WAS DEPOSED, AND WHEN IT CAME BACK.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO GET THE, UH, THE COMPLETION UPDATES.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT IS A QUESTION WE ARE ASKED, WHEN IS IT GONNA BE DONE? WHEN IS IT GONNA BE DONE? WHEN IS IT GONNA BE DONE? UM, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES AND THE INFORMATION.
I WILL TELL YOU, UH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE ALL MET FRANCIS HEINER OR SPOKEN TO FRANCIS HEINER AT SOME POINT IN THIS PROJECT'S LIFE.
UM, SHE IS A GARLAND RESIDENT WHO HAS, WHO HAS ADVOCATED, WHO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT STARTED WITH THE SOUND WALLS AND I THINK SHE PROBABLY STARTED ASKING FOR THOSE SOMEWHERE AROUND 1968.
UM, AND THEY WERE THERE, THEY WERE TALKED ABOUT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
SEE THE REFERENCE TO SOUND WALLS.
WELL, SO, SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I JUST SPOKE TO FRANCIS LAST WEEK.
SHE CALLS ME PERIODICALLY TO CRITIQUE MY WORK, UM, AND PUT THAT AS NICE AS I COULD.
BUT SHE IS FRANCIS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.
UH, BUT I SPOKE WITH FRANCIS LAST WEEK AND I WILL TELL YOU, UH, SHE IS PLEASED WITH THE PROJECT, UM, AND THE PROGRESSION OF THE PROJECT.
SO IF, IF SHE'S HAPPY WITH HOW IT'S GOING, YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT I'M HAPPY WITH HOW IT'S GOING.
AND THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL BRIEFING FOR THE EVENING.
[5. Discuss Appointments to Boards and Commissions]
FIVE, DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UH, TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE TWO.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THEM AS A BLOCK.
UH, ONE IS FOR OUR ANIMAL SERVICES BOARD.
AND THEN I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, UH, SIMPLICITY, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM BASS, MAKE BOTH OF THOSE, UH, FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE'LL VOTE ON THOSE IN A BLOCK.
[6. Announce Future Agenda Items]
ITEM SIX, ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS QUEUING UP, COUNCILOR LUCK.I WOULD LIKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO EVALUATE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPING CODE FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND DUPLEX LOTS TO ALLOW FOR ZERO ESCAPING WILDFLOWER AND POLLINATOR GARDENS.
UM, REVIEW THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CANOPY TREES AND SOLID TURF COVERINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF WATER CONSERVATION AND DESIGN OPTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE A, WE HAVE A SECOND BY, UH, I CAN'T REPEAT THE WORDS.
YEAH, I WAS LIKE, PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THERE'S
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU, SIR.
AND WILLIAMS IS THE SECOND ON THAT.
I DIDN'T REPEAT THE WORDS AND UH, RIGHT.
AND, UH, SHE LOST ME ABOUT AFTER THE FOURTH WORD.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, SEE SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THOSE.
IF WE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T RECALL THEM BEING DONE RECENTLY.
I BELIEVE WE CAN ADD THAT TO A FUTURE WORK SESSION UPDATE.
IF WE CAN GET A SECOND, WE'LL ACTUALLY HIT THAT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT DURING THE CIP.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING?
AND WITH THAT, UH, IT'S SEVEN 14.