Nov 18, 2021 Committee on Persons with Disabilities on 2021-11-18 3:00 PM

ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS MEETING, THE COMMITTEE ON PERSONS WITH

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RYAN ADAMS CHIEF OF STAFF.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO THIS MEETING.

I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS PRESENTATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CALLERS TODAY AND NO PRESENTATIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SO WE'LL MOVE ON INTO OUR ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

[A. Receive nominations and elect a Chair and Vice-Chair for the Committee on Persons with Disabilities.]

AND WHEN WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN FOR ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION AND WE WILL TAKE THOSE NOMINATIONS IN THE ORDER THEY SUBMITTED WHENEVER THE NOMINATIONS HAVE ALL COMPLETED.

WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR IN THE ORDER THAT THOSE NOMINATIONS WERE SUBMITTED. SO WHOEVER NOMINATES THE FIRST PERSON, WE WILL VOTE ON THAT PERSON FIRST AND WE WILL PROCEED THROUGH THE VOTING UNTIL.

WE'LL PROCEED THROUGH THE VOTING UNTIL WE HAVE ELECTED A CHAIR, AND WE'LL FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS FOR THE VICE CHAIR.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ON THE PROCESS FOR ELECTING A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR? OK. WELL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE PROCESS, HOWEVER, RETURNING MEMBERS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE HERE THAT I DON'T SEE.

ARE THEY STILL A PART? ARE THEY STILL A PART OF THE COMMITTEE? YES. WELL, WE CAN TELL YOU WHO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, TAMMY, CAN YOU KIND OF LIST OFF JOE IS HERE AND SONIA IS NOT OK? YEAH, BUT THEY'RE STILL MEMBERS.

THEY'RE STILL MEMBERS AND WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY.

OK, THANK. ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR? SO I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR IF ANYONE LIKES TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE BED AT KIRKBY.

OK. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? NO. OK, WELL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND I'LL ASK AS WELL.

BETH, DO YOU ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION? YES. OK. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL JUST ALL IN FAVOR TO LIKE BETH, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

YOU GOT ALL THAT, DANNY. OK.

ANY OPPOSED? FANTASTIC, CONGRATULATIONS, BETH.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE VICE CHAIR AND SO WE'LL NOW TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JOE BECAUSE HE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE POSITION. OK.

WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT IN HIS ABSENCE? SORRY. ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT IN HIS ABSENCE? I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT RYAN TO SEE IF WE COULD DO THAT WHILE HE WAS ABSENT.

SO SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN SEE IF THAT'S THE COMMITTEE'S WILL.

HE CAN THEN SUBSEQUENTLY ELECT NOT TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY, IN WHICH CASE WE CAN PUT AN ITEM ON OUR NEXT AGENDA TO ELECT A VICE CHAIR.

SALLY, HAD YOU MENTIONED THAT JOE HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST? HE HE SENT AN EMAIL EXPRESSING THAT, YES.

OK. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN WE CAN VOTE WITH JOE BEING THAT NOMINEE, SUBJECT TO HIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE IN THAT IN THAT CAPACITY.

IF HE'S NOT IN AGREEMENT FOR THAT, THEN WE WILL BRING THIS ITEM BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO ELECT A NEW VICE CHAIR.

THAT'S IF THAT'S WORKED FOR FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

OK, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ELECTING JOE REAVIS AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OF THOSE FANTASTIC WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAIR.

AND SO WHAT I WILL DO IS A TEMPORARY CHAIR IS I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO YOU.

I BELIEVE YOU DO HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE SIMPLY TO CALL EACH ITEM WHEN WE GET WHEN WE COMPLETE ONE.

MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE BY READING OUT THE ITEM NUMBER IN THE NAME OF THE ITEM.

WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT IS FOR VOTE AND THAT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, SO WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT ONE. THE REST OF THEM ARE SIMPLY SEEKING DIRECTION AND THOSE ARE REPORTS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.

AND SO I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM C P D TWO ONE ZERO TWO EIGHT.

[B. Consider approval of the minutes for July 15, 2021.]

TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

MADAM CHAIR, THE MOTION TO ACCEPT SECOND, YES.

SECOND, SECOND. ONLY SECONDS, THEN WE'LL CONSIDER THE MINUTES APPROVED.

OH. ITEM NUMBER SEPEDI TWO ONE ZERO TWO NINE.

[C. Discussion and adoption of an annual meeting schedule for 2022.]

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TWENTY TWENTY TWO FOR AUXERRE.

I'M SURE, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK JOKES, ARE WE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH? IS THAT? THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK THAT SEEMS TO.

RYAN? YES, MA'AM.

DO WE DO WE STILL CONTINUE TO PLAN TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH IN TWO THOUSAND AND TWO WHERE TO THE SCHEDULE FOR TWO THOUSAND TWO? SO OUR OUR INTENTION IS TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH.

AND WE ARE.

THAT HAS WORKED WELL FOR THE COMMITTEE SO FAR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.

OUR CONCERN IS THAT IF WE MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING TO TO FILL THAT TIME UP WITH WORTHWHILE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS THIS IS THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION IF THEY FEEL THAT THERE IS A NEED TO MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR TO MEET MORE OFTEN.

WE CAN CERTAINLY AMEND THE SCHEDULE.

ALSO, WE CAN IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT IS TIME SENSITIVE OR SPECIAL, WE CAN ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL MEETING. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT ITEM IN A TIMELY MANNER IF IT CAN'T WAIT TILL THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING. I THINK IT SERVED AS WELL TO MEET ONCE A MONTH THE FIRST YEAR, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING AND THERE WAS A LOT ON OUR PLATES.

BUT SINCE THEN, EVERY OTHER MONTH SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED VERY WELL.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE FEEDBACK ON THE EVERY OTHER MONTH SCHEDULE? I THINK IT WAS I THINK IT'S REASONABLE, AND I LIKE THAT WE CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING IF WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT SOMETHING EXTRA.

ALL RIGHT. SO DOES ANYONE WANT TO MOVE THAT THAT'S OUR PLAN.

COME OFF. ALISON MAKES A MOTION, MAKES A MOVEMENT SECOND, SECOND FROM THOU.

SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE EVERY OTHER MONTH AND CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS AS NEEDED.

VERY GOOD. AND SO THIS IS FORTUNATELY, THIS IS ONE WHERE YOU'RE JUST GIVING STAFF OR PARDON ME, WHERE YOU DO HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE.

SO I BELIEVE YOU HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND, BUT I DID NOT SEE A VOTE.

OH, DID I MISS THAT ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT PLAN? AND ANYONE OPPOSED.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND MADAM CHAIR, IF IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU AND IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD AGREE TO

[F. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan.]

SURE. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND FILL JOE IN? YES, THAT CAN BE A CHAIR'S PRIVILEGE ITEM.

JOE, WE DID START THE MEETING ON TIME AND WE DID ELECT A CHAIR AS BETH KIRKBY AND YOU WERE IN YOUR ABSENCE, ELECTED VICE CHAIR.

SHOULD YOU AGREE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY? YEAH. OK, FANTASTIC.

WE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD INTEREST IN THAT POSITION, SO I'M GLAD.

YEAH, GOOD. GOOD.

WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO F C P D TWO ONE DASH ZERO THREE TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TRANSITION PLAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GARY PACHON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR LITTLE ABOUT A YEAR, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

WE DID COME TO THE COMMITTEE A FEW MONTHS AGO TO GIVE A STATUS UPDATE.

AND TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THE SUMMARY RESULTS TO YOU, GAIN ANY FEEDBACK AND HOPEFULLY YOU RECEIVE SOME DIRECTION THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TAKING IT TO CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO PARK BOARD ON DECEMBER 6TH AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING AS WELL TO FILL THEM IN ON THE PARK ASPECTS OF THE PLAN.

PHASE ONE WAS CONDUCTED BY KIMBERLY HORNE AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE POWERPOINT AND THE PRESENTATION, AND THE SECOND THAT WAS DONE IN PHASE ONE INCLUDED THE SIDEWALKS ANALYSIS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

PHASE TWO INCLUDE THE OTHER TWO KIND OF LEGS OF OF THE THE TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH WAS PARKS AND OUR FACILITIES.

SO WE HAVE STAFF HERE FROM FACILITIES, FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS COMMUNITY. OUR CIP GROUP THAT MANAGES OUR SIDEWALKS FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

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THERE'S ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES OF INFORMATION.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT PROVIDING THAT AND EXPECTING ALL TO READ THAT.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT THAT SUMMARIZES THE PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE OUTCOMES AND THE PRIORITIES AND THE PROJECTED COST FOR ALL THE UPGRADES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I TURNED OVER TO KIMBERLY HORNE.

TERRIFIC, THANKS, GARY.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT A BUNCH OF PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE ON THE 88 TRANSITION PLAN.

MY NAME IS MATT POOLE AND I'VE WORKED WITH KIMBERLY HORNE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, AND MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ENTIRELY ON ACCESS RELATED PROJECTS AND DEVELOPING ADA TRANSITION PLANS FOR MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND JUST A QUICK RECAP ON WHAT AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN IS.

IT'S A MASTER PLAN FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT OUR PROGRESS TODAY.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE JUST FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT TO ASK ME AS WE GO.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU WILL REFERENCE THAT THROUGHOUT, BUT TRIED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PLAN AND AGAIN, OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION AS WE GO LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SCOPE OF SERVICES JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS TRANSITION PLAN.

SUMMARIZE THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS PART OF THE PLAN, DISCUSS WHAT A GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS AND THEN GO THROUGH THE SELF EVALUATION, WHICH IS A REVIEW OF ALL THE CITY FACILITIES FOR ADA COMPLIANCE.

BUT LOOK, THAT SCARY MENTION ALL CITY BUILDINGS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

ALL PARKS, THE TRAIL SYSTEM, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ALONG ALL THE SIDEWALK CORRIDORS AND FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTONS AND SIGNAL HEADS AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THOSE THINGS ARE COMPLIANT.

AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN ITSELF, TALKING THROUGH HOW SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED AND THEN DISCUSSING THE FACILITY REPORTS, WHICH IS THE BULK OF THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES THAT GARY MENTIONED.

AND THEN ALSO DESCRIBE THE COSTING METHODOLOGY.

WE'VE GOT COST ESTIMATES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO STAFF TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF ALL OF THE IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS FOR ACCESS OVER TIME.

JUST LET YOU KNOW THE PROJECT SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THUS FAR AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU ALL HAVE AND AGAIN, OPEN DISCUSSION AS APPRECIATED.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME AT ANY TIME.

SO WE'VE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY, BUT THE GOAL HERE WAS TO EVALUATE ALL FACILITIES THAT WE'RE OFF THAT ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC THAT ARE OPEN TO YOU ALL.

SO THAT'S EVERY BUILDING, EVERY PARK.

THERE'S A LONG LIST, EVERY MILE OF TRAIL, WHETHER THAT TRAIL IS PAVED OR UNPAVED.

AND THEN THAT WAS COMPLETED IN THE PAST YEAR AND THEN SIDEWALK CORRIDORS AND CURB RAMPS.

THERE WAS ALMOST THREE THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILES OF SIDEWALKS ALONG CITY ROADWAYS, SO ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, AS WELL AS ALL CURB RAMPS AND THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. BUT THAT REVIEW WAS COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. BUT ALL THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER INTO THE OVERALL TRANSITION PLAN.

AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A REPORT CREATED FOR EACH FACILITY SO THAT AS REPAIRS ARE MADE OVER TIME, THOSE CAN BE EASILY EXTRACTED BY THE THE PARTICULAR PARK OR BUILDING.

AND WE'VE ALSO BUILT A GIS DATABASE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A GEO LOCATION, A LOCATION OF EVERY SINGLE ISSUE WHERE IT IS IN THE WORLD AND AND THE FINDINGS, THE COST OF PRIORITY, ALL THAT LIVES IN A DATABASE SO THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME.

UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF, WE WANT TO WITH THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES, WITH THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF BEARS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

WE NEED A PLAN THAT ALLOWS PRIORITY TO BE TAKEN TO REMEDY THOSE THAT ARE MOST DANGEROUS OR THOSE THAT MOST IMPACT THE PUBLIC FIRST.

SO THAT WILL DISCUSS HOW THAT WAS DONE AND THEN ESTABLISHING SCHEDULES FOR THE DIFFERENT FACILITY TYPES OVER TIME.

AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC FEEDBACK.

THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC IS A BIG COMPONENT OF HOW THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PRIORITIZED.

AND SO ALL THAT HAS BEEN BUILT INTO THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY.

SO FIRST, FOCUSING ON THE INPUT, SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, AND IF NOT, IT'S STILL OPEN AND AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT.

BUT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MEANS THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO GATHER THAT INPUT.

THERE IS AN ONLINE SURVEY AND IT'S ONLINE, BUT IT CAN ALSO.

YOU CAN ALSO REPORT DIRECTLY TO CITY STAFF AND WE CAN INPUT THAT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE ONLINE.

BUT THE SURVEY INTENDS TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE FOLKS ARE HAVING TROUBLE, WHERE YOU

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SO WE'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT BUILDINGS ARE USED MOST OFTEN, WHICH PARKS ARE USED MOST OFTEN. DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING TO SCHOOL, TRAVELING TO THESE BUILDINGS AND PARKS? AND WHAT ARE THOSE TROUBLES? AND SIMILARLY, THERE'S ALSO A MAP AVAILABLE WHICH WHICH KIND OF WORKS LIKE GOOGLE MAPS.

PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE HAVE USED GOOGLE MAPS BEFORE, AND SO YOU CAN GO IN AND ZOOM ZOOM INTO THE MAP AND DROP A POINT, SAYING, RIGHT HERE I HAVE AN ISSUE, AND HERE'S WHAT THAT ISSUE IS. AND AGAIN, WE'VE GATHERED THAT FEEDBACK THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED TODAY, BUT THESE RESOURCES ARE STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE IF THERE'S MORE FEEDBACK FOR FOR GATHERING.

UM, AND SO SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

AGAIN, LOOKING AT FACILITIES THAT ARE MOST USUALLY WE WANT TO FIX THOSE THAT ARE MOST USED FIRST MAKES SEEMS TO MAKE THE MOST SENSE THAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE BROADEST PORTION OF THE PUBLIC.

WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT ARE DIFFICULT OR MISSING MISSING ACCESS.

SO IF THERE'S IF THERE'S A LOCATION WHERE THERE'S NO BUS STOP ANYWHERE NEAR BUT SOMEONE USES A WANTS TO USE THE BUS THERE, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT KIND OF THING.

A BIG ONE IS SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION LOCATIONS.

IF THERE IS UP HEAVING SIDEWALK, IF THERE IS SIDEWALK, THAT JUST SUDDENLY STOPS.

IF YOU'VE GOT A BIG TIPPING HAZARD, THOSE ARE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAT WE WANT TO LOCATE AND ADDRESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AGAIN, THE INTENTION WAS TO CAPTURE THAT THROUGH ALL THE DATA COLLECTION, BUT THIS JUST BOLSTERS THAT FACT AND HELPS HAVE ANOTHER DATA POINT FOR FIXING THOSE THINGS FIRST.

PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS YOU'LL KNOW THAT NOT EVERY STREET HAS A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OR A WAY TO HIT A BUTTON TO IT.

THE INTENTION IS AT THE BUSIEST AND MOST HEAVILY USED STREETS DO HAVE THOSE, BUT IF THEIR LOCATIONS WERE THOSE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO CROSS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.

AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

WE DID RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT DANGEROUS OR DIFFICULT CROSSINGS.

GENERALLY THE SAME IF THERE'S CARS FLYING BY AND YOU CAN'T EASILY GET ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, OR IF THERE IS A SIDEWALK THAT LEADS UP TO A CURB AND THERE'S NO RAMP TO GET DOWN THAT CURVE INTO THE INTERSECTION, THAT'S A DANGEROUS CONDITION, YOU KNOW? SO WE WANT TO WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THOSE AND THEN MISSING SUBWAYS, LIKE I SAID, IF THERE IS A SIDEWALK PATH AND THEN THERE'S A GAP AND THEN THERE'S SOME MORE SIDEWALK, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CONTINUOUS SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO TRY TO GO ACROSS DIRT OR GRASS, THAT THAT'S NOT AN APPROVED MEANS OF TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE'S OTHER SIDEWALK AROUND. IF THERE IS NO SIDEWALK, THAT AREA IS PROBABLY NOT MEANT TO BE TRAVERSED.

NOT EVERY STREET IS REQUIRED TO HAVE SIDEWALK EVERYWHERE, BUT WHERE IT EXISTS.

IT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUOUS AND IN GOOD SHAPE.

SO AGAIN, THIS INPUT IS REALLY APPRECIATED.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK RECEIVED, AND IT HELPS TO DIRECT THE COURSE OF ACTION INTO THE FUTURE.

SO. YES.

HOW DID YOU SOLICIT THE INPUT? HOW DID YOU GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY AND WIKI MAPPING OUT TO THE PUBLIC? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND I MAY ASK SOME CITY STAFF TO HELP ME THERE.

I KNOW IT WAS ADVERTISED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS SENT OUT THROUGH SOME CITY WIDE EMAIL BLAST, AND IT WAS ALSO SHARED AT THIS MEETING BOTH IN TWENTY NINETEEN AND AND I THINK IT WAS JULY OF THIS YEAR.

THE LAST MEETING.

SO I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE MEANS THAT IT WAS DISTRIBUTED.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WERE OTHERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF SOCIAL MEDIA WAS USED AT ALL OR NOT.

IT WAS SO SOCIAL MEDIA WAS ALSO USED.

WE TRIED TO HIT GO KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD TO BE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE AWARE AND AGAIN, IT'S STILL OPEN. SO IF THERE'S A A DIFFERENT WAY THAT IT CAN BE ADVERTISED OR PUBLICIZED, OPEN THE FEEDBACK ON THAT.

UM, THAT WAS THE THE ROUTE WE WENT SO FAR.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE DENTON PARKS AND RECREATION CATALOGS THAT GET MAILED TO EVERYONE, PUTTING THE INFORMATION IN THERE MIGHT SOLICIT MORE INPUT.

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN MAILING THEM OUT TO EVERYBODY.

DUE TO BUDGET CUTS, WE ACTUALLY JUST STARTED REPRINTING THEM JUST RECENTLY.

SO THEY ARE AVAILABLE, BUT ON A MUCH LIMITED BASIS, MORE OR LESS IN PARKS AND LIBRARIES, THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

BUT WE COULD CONTINUE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE RESIDENT UPDATE, WHICH IS MAILED TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD.

MOVING FORWARD, JUST TO CONTINUE TO GET IN TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION AND UPDATES WHEN THINGS CHANGE, SOMETHING THAT WAS MISSED, WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE, WE COULD USE THAT AS A TOOL TO CONTINUALLY UPDATE.

IF THAT'S DESIRED, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THANKS FOR THE INPUT.

AND THAT WAS IT AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAD FOR PUBLIC INPUT RESULTS, SO WE'LL KEEP KEEP ON.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS.

YES. SO WHEN WHEN ON THE RAMPS FOR SIDEWALKS, THERE'S THE BUMPS FOR WANTING PEOPLE TO

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BUT IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT THE THAT THEY ARE PUT IN A WAY THAT'S ESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO PEOPLE DRIVING BY RATHER THAN TO ACTUALLY LINE THE BLIND PERSON UP.

OK. SO, YEAH, SO THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CALLED DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACES AND THE.

THE ADA COMPLIANT WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALIGNED IS THAT THEY ARE PARALLEL AND IN THE DIRECTION OF CROSSING.

AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S IT SHOULD BE THE CASE THAT A WHEELCHAIR USER CAN IDEALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO HIT EVERY SINGLE BUMP THEY CAN TRAVEL STRAIGHT THROUGH. SO THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT AND WHETHER THAT WAS DONE CORRECTLY OR NOT WAS LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE TRANSITION PLAN.

WE HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR THOSE AND FIRST, IT'S THE PRESENCE OF THE TYPE OF WARNING THEY ARE REQUIRED AT INTERSECTIONS WITH STREETS TO NOTIFY SOMEONE WHO HAS LOW VISION OR NO VISION THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO ENTER A VEHICULAR AREA.

SO WE LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE PRESENT, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE PRESENT, WHERE THEY PLACE CORRECTLY SO.

SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW THEY NEED TO BE PLACED AND WHEN THEY ARE NOT MET.

THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE DATA AND IS RECOMMENDED FOR IMPROVEMENT.

OK, SO I SEE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE IT'S NOT LINED OUT FOR SOMEBODY WOULD BE GOING COMPLETELY INTO THE DIAGONAL THROUGH THAT.

YEAH, YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND YES, THAT'S AND AND IT CAN BE A FUNCTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ONE OR TWO RAMPS ON THE CORNER. AND AGAIN, PER THE ADA STANDARDS, IS NOT YOU'RE NOT TECHNICALLY NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE RAMP.

YOU CAN WHERE CONDITIONS ARE VERY LIMITED AS FAR AS HOW THAT RAMP COULD BE DESIGNED.

BUT THE OVERALL INTENTION IS THAT WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO CROSS IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT INTERSECTION, THERE ARE TWO RAMPS AND EACH OF THOSE RAMPS HAS A DETECTABLE WARNING THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THAT DIRECTION SO THAT AGAIN, SOMEONE WHO HAS LIMITED OR NO VISION CAN CLEARLY KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD BE TRAVELING TO SAFELY CROSS THE STREET. YEAH, THE ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST TO HAVE ONE RANGE, JUST ONE RAMP.

OK. SO SO AGAIN, IN THE PLAN, WE'VE RECOMMENDED THAT WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE RAMP AND IT'S SERVING TWO DIRECTIONS THAT RAMP BE REPLACED BY TWO RAMPS WHERE CONDITIONS ALLOW.

AND AGAIN, SOMETIMES IT IS DUE TO DESIGN CONSTRAINTS, WHICH WOULD TAKE AN ENGINEERING STUDY UPON IMPROVEMENT TO GET THERE.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WHERE THERE IS ONE RAMP THAT SERVES TWO DIRECTIONS, THERE SHOULD BE TWO.

THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN WILL SAY TO DO.

AND THEN UPON THE TIME OF IMPROVEMENT, THAT WILL BE THE GOAL AND ONLY IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTENSIVE STUDY, WE CANNOT FIT IT WITH ANY AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY.

AT THAT TIME, ONE RAMP WOULD REMAIN, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SHOULD OVER TIME BE REPLACED BY RAMPS IN TWO DIRECTIONS THAT HOPEFULLY THAT MADE SENSE.

AND IT WAS A LITTLE TECHNICAL ANSWER.

BUT THAT'S THE THAT IS THE STANDARD IS IT'S AGAIN, IT'S IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE TWO RAMPS EVERYWHERE, BUT THE ADA ADA REGULATIONS SAY THAT THAT IS THE GOAL WHERE THERE ARE TWO, WHERE THE INTENTION IS TO CROSS IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, OK, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, YEAH, I STILL HAVE CONCERNS, BUT I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. OK.

AGAIN, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT ONE RAMP BE REPLACED BY TWO AND IN DESIGN, THAT IS THE INTENDED SOLUTION.

SO THANK YOU. SURE.

OK, SO MOVING ON TO THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, SO THIS ISN'T AN OFFICIAL PROCESS.

IT'S PART OF THE TRANSITION PLAN, BUT IT NOW EXISTS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND IT'S OFFICIAL WAY TO FILE A GRIEVANCE WHERE THERE IS AN ADA OR ACCESSIBILITY CONCERN.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT REALLY A WISH LIST MECHANISM.

IT IS. THERE IS SOMETHING DANGEROUS HERE.

THERE IS SOMETHING OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED.

IT'S IT'S AN OFFICIAL PROCESS AND IT IS RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLINE, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE MADE IN PERSON AT CITY BUILDINGS, TALKING WITH CITY STAFF AND OR EVEN MAILED IN TO THE CITY.

AND IT DEFINES A FORMAL PROCESS FOR HOW THE COMPLAINT WILL BE ADDRESSED.

THERE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A REQUIREMENT FOR RESPONSE FROM THE CITY THAT THERE MUST BE A RECOGNITION OF THE COMPLAINT OR THE GRIEVANCE AND A RESPONSE WITHIN 30 DAYS.

AND THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT IT WILL BE ADDRESSED WITHIN 30 DAYS, BUT THERE WILL BE A DIALOG AND DISCUSSION WITHIN 30 DAYS.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A TIME FRAME TO ACHIEVE A RESOLUTION.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THIS WAS PART DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE TRANSITION PLAN THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE AGAIN ONLINE CAN BE MAILED IN, CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH CITY STAFF.

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OK, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM THE EVALUATIONS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE TRANSITION PLAN, THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT ALL ENCOMPASSING, BUT IT IS SOME HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY FINDINGS.

TALKING ABOUT THE FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, THERE ARE A LOT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE WERE SEVENTY TWO BUILDINGS INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE.

FORTY PARKS, THIRTY THREE MILES OF PAVED TRAILS AND 15 MILES OF UNPAVED TRAILS.

AND THEN AGAIN COMPARED IT BACK IN.

TWENTY NINETEEN WERE THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR MILES OF SIDEWALK ALONG CITY ROADWAYS.

THE OF THE SEVENTY TWO BUILDINGS, SIXTY EIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND FOUR ARE STILL ON THE LIST TO BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SAME WITH THE TRAILS OF THE FIFTEEN MILES FIVE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND 10 REMAIN TO BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE REASONS THAT THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YET WAS DUE TO EITHER.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOODING ACTUALLY OVER THE SUMMER, WHICH WAS DURING THE TIME WE WERE DOING THE EVALUATIONS, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALL CLEARED AWAY.

THERE WAS SOME BUILDINGS THAT WERE UNDER RENOVATION, AND SO WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THOSE RENOVATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A STUDY OF THE THE NEW EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO AGAIN.

NINETY NINE PERCENT DONE AND THE REMAINING FACILITIES WILL BE EVALUATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ONCE ALL ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION.

UM, BUT AGAIN, GREAT WORK BY CITY STAFF, A COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COORDINATION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO BEFORE WE LOOK AT SOME PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING THAT SOME WILL BEFORE I DESCRIBE SOME PHOTOS OF THE COMMON FINDINGS, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH HIGH LEVEL WHAT THESE THINGS ARE. SO FOR BUILDINGS AND PARKS.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS ACCESSIBLE PARKING IT.

IT ISN'T AS VALUABLE TO HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE BUILDING IF THERE'S NOT AN ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE AND A PATH OF TRAVEL TO GET INTO THAT BUILDING.

THAT'S THE FIRST POINT OF ENTRY.

SO IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE LOOK AT AS FAR AS PRIORITY.

AGAIN, NOT JUST THE PARKING, BUT A PATH OF TRAVEL THAT IS COMPLIANT IN TERMS OF SLOPES, IN TERMS OF NO ELEVATION CHANGES.

AND THEN ONCE WE'RE INSIDE THE BUILDING, THE PATHS ARE STILL THERE, OF COURSE, BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT PUBLIC AREAS AND RESTROOMS. RESTROOMS ARE A BIG CONCERN.

TRANSACTION COUNTERS ARE A BIG CONCERN JUST REALLY THE MOST.

THE AREAS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING AND INTERACTING WITH CITY STAFF IN THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN THE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR COMMON FINDINGS IN PARKS.

OF COURSE, IT REALLY IS MOSTLY ABOUT PATHWAYS THROUGH THE PARK, THE PARKING, OF COURSE, AS WELL, AND THEN ACCESS TO PLAYGROUNDS, BALL FIELDS, ANY AMENITIES IN THE PARKS, BENCHES, TRASH CANS, EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE FOR THE PAVED AND THE UNPAVED TRAILS. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE FOR THOSE.

IT'S REALLY THE SURFACE, IT'S THE MATERIAL.

DO WE DO? WE HAVE MATERIALS THAT ARE FIRM, STABLE AND SLIP RESISTANT? ARE THEY IN GOOD CONDITION IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIVELY FLAT? THERE AREN'T LEVEL CHANGES.

THERE ISN'T DEBRIS ALL OVER THE TRAILS.

THERE ISN'T VEGETATION GROWING, CREATING TRIPPING HAZARDS AND SITUATIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CROSS.

AND THEN AGAIN, ACCESS TO AMENITIES.

SO IF THERE IS A TRASH CAN AND IT'S OVER 10 FEET IN THE GRASS OFF THE TRAIL, THAT ISN'T VERY USEFUL TO SOMEONE WHO'S IN A WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EASILY GET TO THAT TRASH CAN. SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS MEAN AND SIDEWALK QUARTERS, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS IS CURB RAMPS. IT IS NOT HELPFUL TO HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT LEADS UP TO A CURB.

AND THEN AGAIN, A WHEELCHAIR USER HAS TROUBLE CROSSING THE STREET BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET DOWN INTO THE STREET.

STREET CROSSINGS AS WELL, THEY NEED TO BE RELATIVELY FLUSH.

THEY CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SLOPE, BUT TOO MUCH SLOPE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR A TIPPING HAZARD. AND THEN PODIATRY AND PUSH BUTTONS AND SIGNALS, SO HAVING THE BUTTONS AVAILABLE TO BE PRESSED THAT ACTUALLY TRIGGER AN AVAILABLE CROSSING AND STOP TRAFFIC, HAVING THEM IN LOCATIONS NEXT TO A PATH THAT IS FLAT.

AND SO WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN FOR SIDEWALK CORRIDORS AGAIN, CROSS SLOPE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS.

IF A SIDEWALK IS LEANING HEAVILY, THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO WALK ACROSS, IT'S DANGEROUS.

AND THAT IS THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE LOOK AT.

ALSO, LEVEL CHANGES ANYTHING GREATER THAN A QUARTER INCH ELEVATION CHANGE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. WE DOCUMENT THE SEVERITY OF THAT, SO A THREE INCH LEVEL CHANGES A MORE DANGEROUS CONDITION. THEN MAYBE A HALF INCH OR A QUARTER INCH.

BUT THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN LOOKED AT AND THEN OBSTRUCTIONS.

IF THERE'S A FIRE HYDRANT OR A POWER POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK OR THERE'S A BUNCH OF GRASS THAT'S GROWN OVER IT, THAT ISN'T A VERY USEFUL SIDEWALK.

SO ALL THESE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS

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SO WE HAVE A TABLE SHOWN OF ALL THE CITY BUILDINGS, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THESE ON A MAP BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY THAT THE MAP WAS VERY CROWDED.

BUT YOU CAN SEE MANY LOCATIONS THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARIES, FIRE STATIONS, THE THERE'S THE AIRPORT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF GAMES, THOSE THOSE THERE'S A COUPLE LISTED IN RED, THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL KENNEL, WHICH IS NOW CALLED MONSIGNOR KING OUTREACH CENTER. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS, AND SO WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THOSE QUITE YET.

THIS IS PAGE ONE OF TWO.

THERE'S A ANOTHER PAGE WITH MORE BUILDINGS LISTED.

AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE NOT AS HEAVILY USED BY THE PUBLIC, MAYBE, BUT WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND AN ALL INCLUSIVE EVALUATION OF ALL BUILDINGS THAT COULD BE USED BY THE PUBLIC. AND AGAIN, THERE WERE SEVENTY TWO OF THOSE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE.

AND SO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NON-COMPLIANT, IT'S A LITTLE THE PHOTO ISN'T VERY LARGE HERE, BUT WE'VE GOT A RAMP UPON AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, TO THE NORTH LAKES ANNEX AND TENNIS CENTER, AND THAT RAMP HAD A VERY LARGE SLOPE OF 15 OVER 15 PERCENT, WHERE THE REQUIRED ALLOWABLE SLOPE IS EIGHT POINT THIRTY THREE PERCENT.

SO AGAIN, THAT SLOPE SHOULD BE LESS.

THIS HAS BEEN MARKED FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SIMILARLY, AT THE PARKING AT THAT SAME CENTER DID NOT HAVE THEIRS ACCESSIBLE PAINTING.

SO THERE WAS THE INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE PARK ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES. THERE IS NO SIGN IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIGN AND WHERE THERE'S ONLY ONE SPACE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BAND ACCESSIBLE SIGN.

SO THOSE WERE NOTED THERE.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE NORTH LAKES AND TENNIS CENTER IS THAT THIS FACILITY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO UNDER RENOVATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO REORIENT THE LOCATION OF THE TENNIS CENTER AND REORIENT THE PARKING, SO THESE ISSUES WILL INHERENTLY GO AWAY.

AND IN THE NEW DESIGN, THE THE DESIGN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE ENSURED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS MADE TO WHERE THINGS ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE RENOVATIONS.

SO THESE ISSUES WON'T BE PRESENT.

THINGS WILL BE REORIENTED.

BUT AGAIN, THE NEW DESIGN SHOULD BE FULLY COMPLIANT AND SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN FULL COMPLIANCE. SO BUILDING INTERIORS FOR PUBLIC AREAS.

SO AGAIN, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TRANSACTION COUNT IS BEING TOO HIGH.

FORTY TWO INCHES, IT WAS THE HEIGHT OF THIS ONE.

THE REQUIRED HEIGHT NEEDS TO BE THIRTY SIX INCHES OR LESS, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FOR THIRTY SIX INCH WIDE AREA.

YOU CAN SEE HERE IT WAS JUST FORTY TWO INCHES ACROSS AT CITY HALL AND THEN OTHER ITEMS FOR BUILDING INTERIOR WHERE THERE'S INTERIOR RAMPS, HANDRAILS ARE REQUIRED AND AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE HANDRAIL, THERE'S REQUIRED TO BE AN EXTENSION.

THAT'S ONE FEET TO HELP STABILIZE AS YOU TRANSITION FROM THE RAMP SURFACE TO THE NON RAMP AREA. THE AGAIN EXTENSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE FOOT LONG.

THIS ONE WAS NINE INCHES LONG, SO ALMOST THE FULL FOOT, BUT TECHNICALLY NOT LONG ENOUGH.

SO THE RAMP ITSELF WAS LOOKED AT AS WELL.

IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION.

THE HANDRAIL NEEDED TO HAVE AN UPDATE THERE OVER THE LONGER EXTENSION.

A RESTROOMS AGAIN, BIG TICKET ITEM, RESTROOMS, A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS HERE, BOTH AT THE DENTON SENIOR CENTER AND AT CITY HALL.

THERE WERE RESTROOMS FOUND THAT WERE NON-COMPLIANT.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE TOILET COMPARTMENT.

THE TOILET COMPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE 60 INCHES WIDE FOR ENTRANCE.

NEITHER OF THESE HAD THAT.

THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE HANDRAILS BOTH BEHIND THE TOILET AS WELL AS ON THE TOILET SIDE, WHETHER IT'S A PARTITION OR A WALL.

SO ON THE WE HAVE AN IMAGE SHOWN HERE AT CITY HALL, WHERE THE HANDRAILS ARE CORRECT, BUT THE AREA WASN'T WIDE ENOUGH FOR ENTRANCE FOR THE 60 INCHES.

OK, SO NEXT, WE HAVE A MAP HERE SHOWING PARKS, THERE'S THIRTY EIGHT PARKS LISTED AGAIN, WE EVALUATED 40.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS THAT TECHNICALLY COUNTED AS TWO.

FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST PARK LISTED HAS GOLDFIELD TENNIS CENTER AND NORTH LAKES PARK DRIVING RANGE. SO IN OUR EVALUATIONS, THAT WAS TWO.

BUT ON THE MAP, THEY'RE BOTH RIGHT ON TOP OF ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

SO THERE'S ONLY ONE POINT THERE, BUT CITYWIDE EVALUATION OF ALL PARKS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE MAPS IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE IN DETAIL WHICH PARKS WERE LOOKED AT OR HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. SO AGAIN, WITH THE THE PARKING AT THESE PARKS WE HAD AT CLEAR CREEK NATURAL HERITAGE CENTER, BUT DID HAVE TWO VERY COMPLIANT, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, BUT NEITHER OF THEM WAS LISTED AS A VACANT, ACCESSIBLE SPACE.

THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT WHERE ACCESSIBLE PARKING EXISTS, ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX SPACES HAS TO BE AN ACCESSIBLE SPACE.

SO THIS IS A VERY EASY CHANGE.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A SIGN THAT SAYS THIS SPACE IS BEING ACCESSIBLE TO THE SPACE ITSELF WAS

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SO AGAIN, WE SEE A LOT OF THE PARKING IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

THE SIGN SIGN UPDATES ARE, I WOULD SAY, THAT THE SIGN UPDATES ARE MINOR IN COMPARISON TO IF THERE IS NO ACCESSIBLE PARKING OR IF THE PARKING AREA IS BROKEN IN AN UNEVEN.

SO THAT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE WAS SOME LOCATIONS THAT DID HAVE GOOD PARKING SPACES WHERE ONLY THE SIGNAGE NEEDS TO BE UPDATE UPDATED TO TO MAKE THEM FULLY COMPLIANT.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT AMENITIES AND EXTERIOR ROUTES WITHIN PARKS, SO AT SOUTH LAKES PARK, WE SAW A GROUP OF SIX PICNIC TABLES, BUT NONE OF THE TABLES HAD AN EXTENSION WHERE SOMEONE, A WHEELCHAIR USER COULD USE THE TABLE.

SO AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE WOULD NEED TO HAVE AN EXTENSION AGAIN SO THAT A WHEELCHAIR USER COULD SIT AT A TABLE AS WELL.

AND THEN THE ROUTE ON THE RIGHT SIDE UP MCKENNA PARK.

AGAIN, WE'VE DOCUMENTED ANY TIME THAT THERE'S AN ELEVATION CHANGE OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE. YOU CAN THERE IS IN THIS PICTURE SHOWN AN ELEVATION CHANGE OF A HALF INCH.

SO A TRIPPING HAZARD.

AND WE'VE DOCUMENTED THOSE ALL ACROSS THE CITY FOR ALL SIDEWALKS, ALL TRAILS.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THERE ARE SOME MORE EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES.

THIS ONE IS A HALF INCH THAT STILL DOES NOT MEET THE COMPLIANCE THRESHOLD.

SO PORTABLE RESTROOMS, WE SAW A COLLECTION OF THOSE WITHIN NORTH LAKES PARK AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO.

THESE NEED TO HAVE 60 INCH ENTRANCE AS WELL AND HANDRAILS THE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS OR EXCUSE ME, THE PORTABLE RESTROOMS HERE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE AT LEAST ONE. THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT FIVE PERCENT OF ALL PORTABLE RESTROOMS NEED TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. IN THIS CASE, THERE'S ONLY TWO.

SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AT LEAST ONE THAT MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN AT CLEAR CREEK NATURAL HERITAGE CENTER, WE HAVE A PICTURE SHOWING A DOOR AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR. ON THE OUTSIDE IS A SINK, AND THAT IS A NON-COMPLIANT CONDITION BECAUSE IT'S OBSTRUCTING THE DOORWAY AGAIN IF A WHEELCHAIR USER WANTS TO OPEN THIS DOOR.

IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT CONDITION, PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

SO THAT SINK NEEDS TO BE PUSHED TO THE RIGHT OR OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT A WHEELCHAIR USER CAN CAN APPROACH THE DOOR AND OPEN IT AND HAVE THE CLEARANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

WE LOOKED AT TRAILS AS WELL, AGAIN, THIRTY THREE MILES OF PAVED TRAIL AS WELL AS THE UNPAVED TRAILS.

SO THE LARGEST OF WHICH WAS THE KATY TRAIL, VERY LONG TRAIL.

BUT WE HAVE A MAP FOR EACH, A MAP FOR THE PAVED TRAILS, AS WELL AS A MAP OF THE UNPAVED TRAILS. AND AGAIN, THE FINDINGS ON THOSE ARE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE CONDITION OF THE TRAIL SURFACE.

SO THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS THE TRAIL AT AVONDALE PARK, AND THAT BRIDGE HAD A HAD PLANKS WHERE THERE WAS A GAP OF THREE QUARTER, SEVEN INCH THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GAP IS A HALF INCH, SO THAT DID NOT MEET COMPLIANCE.

AND THE SOLUTION IS FAIRLY SIMPLE THE PLANKS NEED TO BE RESET SO THAT THERE IS NO GAP IN THOSE PLANKS AND IT'S EASIER TO GET ACROSS.

AND THEN THERE ON THE WE HAVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE SHOWN A TRAIL OF CARL YOUNG PARK TRAIL, WHERE SOME OF THE SIDEWALK OR THE PAVED TRAIL SURFACE HERE HAS BROKEN AND SHIFTED AND IT'S CREATING AND A BUNCH OF ELEVATION CHANGES ALONG THE CRACK SECTION.

IT'S GREATER THAN A HALF INCH ELEVATION CHANGE AND AGAIN, THE MAXIMUM THAT'S ALLOWED IS A QUARTER INCH. AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A NON-COMPLIANT TRAIL SURFACE.

A SIMILARLY ALONG THE TRAILS, WE LOOKED AT AMENITIES, SO WE'VE GOT EXAMPLES SHOWN FOR BENCHES AND TRASH CANS SO THAT EVERY BENCH.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR SPACE ADJACENT TO THE BENCH SO THAT AGAIN, A WHEELCHAIR USER CAN JOIN SOMEONE SITTING THE BENCH AND USE THE BENCH IN THE SAME WAY.

THERE IS NO CLEAR SPACE AT THIS BENCH.

IT'S SURROUNDED BY GRASS.

THERE'S ALSO A PRETTY SEVERE LEVEL CHANGE APPROACHING THE BENCH.

AND SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE PAVEMENT WORK DONE HERE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE BENCH FLAT AND LEVEL AND PROVIDE A CLEAR AREA NEXT TO THAT BENCH.

AND FOR THE TRASH CANS, IT'S THE SITUATION I DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION WHERE THE TRASH CANS ARE ISOLATED.

THEY ARE NOT ON THE PAVED SURFACE AND EITHER THE TRASH CANS NEED TO BE MOVED CLOSER TO WHERE THEY COULD BE REACHED FROM THE PAVED SURFACE WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE SURFACE OR

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SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FIX SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

BUT HAVING THE TRASH CAN IN THE GRASS BY ITSELF IS A NON-COMPLIANT CONDITION RIGHT NOW.

OK, THEN MOVING TOWARDS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, WE'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT AT TEASLEY LANE AND OLD ALTON ROAD, WHERE THERE IS A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION THAT DOES HAVE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL HEADS, SO IT WILL SHOW WHEN IT IS TIME TO WALK, BUT THERE IS NO BUTTON TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO IF IT DOESN'T COME ON, THERE'S NO WAY TO TRIGGER IT, TO COME ON FOR A SAFE CROSSING.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE HAVE ANOTHER SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, WHICH DOES HAVE THE BUTTONS, BUT THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE BUTTONS IS HEAVILY SLOPED SO THAT IT IS NOT SAFE FOR A WHEELCHAIR USER TO SIT AT THAT BUTTON BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL UNSTABLE AND NOT BE ABLE TO SAFELY PUSH THE BUTTON IN THE CURRENT CONDITION.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE AGAIN REPAVED AND FLATTENED SO THAT THE BUTTON CAN BE USED SAFELY AND AND THEN THE STREET CAN BE CROSSED SAFELY.

NEXT, LOOKING AT CURB RAMPS ALONG THE SIDEWALK QUARTER IS AGAIN A VERY WE HAVE AN UNSAFE CONDITION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LEFT IMAGE WE HAVE AT SAGE WOOD AND PLUM HOLLOW, WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS VERY HEAVILY SLOPED AND IT LEADS INTO A CURB RAMP.

AND THAT RAMP IS ALSO VERY HEAVILY SLOPED, CREATING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TIPPING HAZARD HERE. SO I WOULD CALL THIS A HIGH PRIORITY, DANGEROUS LOCATION WITH A VERY HEAVY SLOPE.

AND SIMILARLY, THE RIGHT IMAGE AT MCCORMICK STREET AND THE I-30 FIVE FRONTAGE ROAD HAS A VERY HIGH SLOPE FOR THE RAMP THAT LEADS UP TO THE PUSH BUTTON.

IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE THAT, AND THAT SLOPE AGAIN IS AT EIGHT POINT THREE PERCENT MAXIMUM. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THAT, SO IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN AND MADE LESS SLOPE.

WHAT? SO FINALLY, WE'VE GOT THE SIDEWALK QUARTERS AGAIN.

THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR MILES LOOKED AT JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, BUT WE'VE GOT DETAILED DATA FOR ALL LOCATIONS OF FINDINGS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEALS IS LEVEL CHANGES.

WE'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE HERE ON SUNNYDALE LANE, PROBABLY A THREE INCH LEVEL CHANGE.

VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSAFE CONDITION FOR TRIPPING, FOR TRAVERSING IN A WHEELCHAIR.

IT'S JUST NOT SAFE IN GENERAL.

AND THEN WE HAVE VEGETATION OBSTRUCTIONS AT BONNIE BRAE STREET, WHERE THE SIDEWALK MAY BE GOOD, BUT GRASS IS CURRENTLY GROWN UP ON IT SO MUCH THAT IT'S NO LONGER SAFE TO CROSS.

THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE VEGETATION OBSTRUCTIONS IS THAT IS A MAINTENANCE ITEM THAT CAN BE REMEDIED QUICKLY WITH WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, TRIMMING OF THE VEGETATION.

SO NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY THAT EACH OF THESE IS A A STRUCTURAL CHANGE.

BUT WE NOTED THE LOCATIONS IN THEIR CURRENT CONDITION AND THEY CAN BE MARKED FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. AND SO THAT THOSE WERE THE EXAMPLES WE HAD FOR FINDINGS.

AGAIN, JUST EXAMPLES.

THERE ARE MANY MORE CITY WIDE, DETAILED DATABASE AND ALL LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, BUT THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE OR TRANSITION TO TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN NOW AND FOCUSING ON HOW ISSUES HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED, THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITY REPORTS AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS.

SO LOOKING AT AN EXAMPLE PRIORITIZATION TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WE PROVIDED THE PRIORITIZATION APPROACHES FOR ALL FACILITIES.

SO THERE IS AN APPROACH FOR BUILDINGS, PARKS AND TRAILS.

THERE IS AN APPROACH FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND UNCIVILIZED INTERSECTIONS.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE FOR SIDEWALK CORRIDORS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS SHOWN, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL FOR WHAT THEY ALL MEAN. BUT THE GENERAL APPROACH IS THAT WHERE A GRIEVANCE HAS BEEN MADE OR WHERE THERE IS A SEVERE DANGER THAT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TO FIX FIRST AND IN PARTICULAR, THAT IS, THOSE LOCATIONS ARE FURTHER PRIORITIZED WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS USING THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO, SO THAT IS THE GIST.

WE'VE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LEVEL OF PRIORITIES.

SO FOR FACILITIES, FOR BUILDINGS AND PARKS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS PARKING BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AGAIN, THE FIRST POINT OF ACCESS IS ACCESSIBLE PARKING AND THEN HAVING A PATHWAY TO GET INTO THE PARK IN THE BUILDING.

SO THAT'S THAT'S PRIORITIZED VERY HIGHLY.

AND AGAIN, I SAY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

IF THERE'S A SLOPE REQUIREMENT OF TWO PERCENT, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO FIX SOMETHING THAT HAS A 10 PERCENT SLOPE MORE QUICKLY THAN SOMETHING THAT HAS A FIVE PERCENT SLOPE, AND

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SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL PROVIDED HERE.

WE DO HAVE A 12 POINT PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM FOR PARKS, BUILDINGS AND TRAILS IN GENERAL.

WE'VE GOT HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES.

WE'VE GOT MEDIUM PRIORITY ISSUES AND WE'VE GOT LOW PRIORITY ISSUES.

BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE A LIST OF THOUSANDS OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AND THEN ONLY SAY THIS IS HIGH, THIS IS MEDIUM AND THIS IS LOW BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T GIVE ENOUGH GUIDANCE FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED FIRST WHEN THE CITY IS WORKING WITHIN THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

SO WITHIN THE HIGH PRIORITY, THERE'S FOUR SUBGROUPS.

THERE'S HIGH PRIORITY ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

WITHIN MEDIUM, THERE IS PRIORITY FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THEN WITHIN LOW THERE'S NINE, 10, 11 AND 12.

AND SO.

WE'VE GOT TABLES HERE, THERE'S A VERY LARGE TABLE SHOWN, AND I'M GOING TO BLOW IT UP.

THE THE IDEA IS THAT FOR EVERY PARK, WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THOSE 12 LEVELS OF PRIORITIES. I JUST MENTIONED TO WHERE THIS THE CITY CAN PLAN TO FUND THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES FIRST AND BE ABLE TO KNOW FOR EACH PARK.

THERE ARE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DOLLARS ALLOCATED OR ANTICIPATED TO BE NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT EACH PRIORITY LEVEL.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FOR PRIORITY LEVEL ONE IN THIS TABLE, BUT WE DO HAVE PRIORITY LEVEL TWO.

AND SO AVONDALE PARK HAS THIRTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS APPROXIMATELY OF HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE AT LEVEL TWO.

READ MORE PARK HAS SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, JIMMY CARTER PARK HAS EIGHTY ONE HUNDRED, AND SO THERE IS A FINE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO ALLOW FOR STRATEGIC BUDGETING AND PLANNING OVER TIME TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IN THE WAY THAT SHOULD BENEFIT THE MOST. THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE PUBLIC AND ELIMINATE THE MOST DANGEROUS ISSUES.

FIRST, AND WE HAVE IN THE PACKET PROVIDED THESE TABLES FOR EACH OF THE FACILITY TYPES SO THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEVEL OF FUNDING AND THE LEVEL OF DETAIL NEEDED TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT WAS ORGANIZED.

BUT THE LONG AND SHORT IS THAT THERE IS A VERY DATA BASED AND DETAILED APPROACH THAT INTENDS TO SPEND THE CITY'S DOLLARS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY AND TO BENEFIT THE THE RESIDENTS THE MOST PROVIDE THE MOST BENEFIT WITH THOSE DOLLARS.

AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE FACILITY REPORTS.

WE'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE SHOWN ON SCREEN FOR CITY HALL FOREVER'S PARK AND FOR SOUTH LAKES PARK. WE ALSO HAVE FACILITY REPORTS FOR EVERY SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AND EVERY SIDEWALK CORRIDOR. WHAT THESE REPORTS ARE IS A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THAT DATA THAT I'VE BEEN DESCRIBING. THE REPORTS HAVE A COST FOR EVERY BARRIER THAT WAS IDENTIFIED, A PRIORITY FOR EVERY BARRIER LEVEL.

AND AGAIN, CITY STAFF HAS THESE AS A RESOURCE TO USE AS IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE OVER TIME SO THAT THEY CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT WAS POINTED OUT WITH PICTURES, WITH COSTS, WITH PRIORITIES AND UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

THEY MAKE UP THE REPORTS, MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES OF TRANSITION PLAN DOCUMENT, SO IT'S NOT FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES OF STRAIGHT READING.

AGAIN, THERE'S THERE'S ALL REPORT FOR EACH FACILITY, REPORT FOR EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOUSAND OF THOSE ACROSS THE CITY.

SO. THESE ARE JUST INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WAYS OF ACCESSING ALL THAT GOOD DATA, THAT'S PART OF THE TRANSITION PLAN.

THERE WAS COSTING THAT'S BEEN DONE TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS, SO FOR BUILDING AND PARK AND TRIAL FACILITIES, THERE IS A PRICING GUIDE THAT'S SPECIFIC FOR ADA COMPLIANCE CALLED MEANS COMPLIANCE PRICING GUIDE.

AND THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT FACTOR IN THERE FOR TEXAS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE COSTS AS THEY ARE FOR MATERIALS IN TEXAS.

THERE WAS ALSO COSTING DONE FOR THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AND SIDEWALK CORRIDORS USING TEXT PAY ITEMS. SO THOSE ARE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.

SO WE LOOKED AT FOR THE PAST WELL, IN 2019, WHEN THE COSTING WAS DONE, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE PRICE THAT CONTRACTORS WERE CHARGING FOR CONCRETE OR FOR CURB RAMPS FOR THE DETECTIBLE WARNING SURFACES.

AND THAT COSTING WAS USED TO PROVIDE THE ESTIMATES FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

ON TOP OF THAT, THERE HAS BEEN CONTINGENCY ADDED TO THESE COSTS.

THERE'S 15 PERCENT ON TOP OF THE BASE COST TO ALLOW FOR DESIGN TO BE DONE TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF HOW THESE FACILITIES WILL BE IMPROVED AND ENGINEERING DESIGN OR A PLANNING DESIGN. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, 20 PERCENT CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY HAS BEEN ADDED TO ALLOW THESE COSTS TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OVER TIME AS COSTS TEND TO GO UP OVER TIME.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE FIXING THINGS IN 10 YEARS AND BUDGETING COSTS THAT WERE SHOWN IN 20 20 THAT ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE IN 20 30.

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AND SO THE COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, AGAIN, VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE HAVE A COST TABLE SHOW AND BROKEN OUT BY HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW PRIORITY, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY FORTY THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DONE CITYWIDE.

THAT IS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO BE ABLE TO BUDGET APPROPRIATELY. BUT IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES THE THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF THE PLAN AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT WILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN THESE PRIORITY GROUP.

THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN LITTLE OR ALMOST EIGHT MILLION OF HIGH PRIORITY, 17 MILLION DOLLARS OF MEDIUM AND 18 AND A HALF OF LOW PRIORITY.

ON THE TABLE HERE SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF COSTS BROKEN OUT BY FACILITY TYPE.

THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF COSTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR MILES OF SIDEWALK BY FAR BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY EXTENSIVE SIDEWALK NETWORK THAT'S BEEN BUILT OVER MANY, MANY YEARS.

MUCH OF IT BUILT BEFORE ADA COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS WERE IN PLACE.

AND SO THOSE NEED TO BE UPDATED OVER TIME TO BE COMPLIANT.

SO AFTER ALL THAT INFORMATION, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING WITH ME AGAIN.

THE THE PHASE TWO PROJECT WAS STARTED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND IT FOCUSED ON THE BUILDINGS IN THE PARKS.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THOSE UNTIL ABOUT SEPTEMBER, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME.

ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS THEN BUILT INTO THE TRANSITION PLAN ALONGSIDE WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN PREPARED FOR THE SIDEWALKS IN THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.

AND WE'VE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF ALONG THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT PARTICULARLY IN OCTOBER, TO REFINE SOME OF THESE DETAILS.

AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. TO WRAP THINGS UP CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S OUR OVERALL SCHEDULE FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO.

UM, GARY HAS BEEN OUR CHAMPION FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IF WE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, HE'S GOING TO HELP COORDINATE ON GATHERING THAT AS WE AGAIN SEEK TO HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE PLAN AND GET IT FINALIZED AND MOVING FORWARD FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

SO AGAIN, THANKS EVERYONE FOR LISTENING, AND IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DISCUSS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

YES, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT IS THERE SOME SORT OF ESTIMATE FOR HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE? THERE IS, AND I AM.

I MAY NEED TO REFERENCE HOW LONG WE'VE DEFINED IT.

YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO TACKLE THAT ONE.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND IDENTIFY BUDGETARY OPTIONS FOR FUNDING FOR THESE.

WE'LL HAVE TO SYSTEMATICALLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW MUCH MAYBE PER YEAR THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE. THERE WILL BE A ROUGH ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD BE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY 20 YEARS NORTH OF THAT SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA TO START CHIPPING AWAY AT THESE AS WE REPLACE NEW BUILDINGS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULDN'T GO IN AND REPLACE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO RENOVATE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE MAY SWITCH THE PRIORITIES UNLESS IT'S A EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. SO ALL OF THAT WILL HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT IN THE REPORT IN REGARDS TO MAYBE PRIORITY ONE, TWO AND THREE AND AS WE SET UP BUDGETS FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO MEANWHILE, THINGS ARE BEING BUILT AND ADDED, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CORRECT AND NOT GOING TO ADD TO THIS PROBLEM? FOR EXAMPLE, NEW SIDEWALKS ARE GOING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE NOT POURING THEM AROUND THE MAILBOXES.

THEY'RE JUST LEAVING THE MAILBOXES THERE.

SO THERE MAY BE A SIDEWALK WITH A MAILBOX IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

THAT IS NOT ADA COMPLIANT, AND THESE ARE BRAND NEW SIDEWALKS GOING IN RIGHT THIS MINUTE.

SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP FROM BUILDING THINGS THAT ARE WRONG IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIX? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT I EVERY DEPARTMENT OR EVERY PROJECT SHOULD HAVE A REVIEW AT THE END OF THAT BASED ON HOW IT WAS DONE TO DETERMINE IF IT IS ACCESSIBLE OR NOT. SO CERTAINLY DON'T THINK WISE, YEAH.

I MEAN, ALL VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.

YES. SO FOR ALL THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON, WE'RE DOING A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND PART OF THE ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUE

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OUR PLAN IS TO DO ALL THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY, STARTING WITH THE HIGHER PROFILE, MORE PUBLIC FACING BUILDINGS.

AND SO THAT WILL BE DONE AS PART OF THAT REVIEW.

AND THEN AS THOSE BUILDINGS GO THROUGH RENOVATIONS AND NEW BUILDINGS GET BUILT, THEY DO HAVE AN ADA COMPLIANCE PIECE THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO ENSURE THAT RESTROOMS ARE ADA COMPLIANT.

THAT'S ALL PART OF THE ARCHITECTURAL PLAN THAT GOES THROUGH DESIGN REVIEW.

SO WE SHOULDN'T CERTAINLY, AS FAR AS BUILDINGS GO, BE BUILDING ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ADA COMPLIANT, BUT SHE JUST SAID, BUT THAT'S SO THAT A VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WHAT I DEAL WITH, IS MOSTLY JUST THE BUILDINGS.

SO THIS BUILDING THE OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND, SO ASIDE FROM SIDEWALKS, THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS GOING IN ALL THE TIME, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE RAMPS ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? YOU KNOW, EVERY STREET THAT GOES IN, EVERY SIDEWALK THAT GOES IN, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING SOMEONE LOOKING AT THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY OF THAT.

SO NATHAN GEORGE, I'M WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL MY OWN THUNDER BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT SIDEWALKS.

BUT TO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT EXISTING SIDEWALKS OR SIDEWALKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING SOME OF THOSE JOINT CONFLICTS, MAILBOXES, UTILITY POLES, THAT SORT OF THING.

THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA WITHIN ADA THAT ALLOW FOR AN AMOUNT OF ENCOURAGEMENT INTO SIDEWALK, AND IT'S STILL CONSIDERED ADA COMPLIANT.

IT DOESN'T MEET THE FULL INTENT OF THE STANDARD.

SO PART OF OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN AROUND THOSE ELEMENTS IS TO MAKE MAKE IT AS COMPLIANT AS POSSIBLE IN IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM AND THEN MAKE IT FULLY COMPLIANT IN THE LONG TERM.

SO WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS TO REMOVE ONE OF THOSE CONFLICTS. THERE ARE STANDARDS FOR THE NEW SIDEWALKS THAT ARE INSTALLED, SO ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE COMPLIANT.

IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THINGS DON'T GET BUILT THE WAY THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE, NOT TO PLAN THAT SORT OF THING.

SO I'LL TELL YOU, TEXAS HAS THE TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD OR TAZZ.

THEY HAVE INSPECTIONS THAT THEY GO THROUGH WITH A CERTIFIED INSPECTORS CALLED RAAZ.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PROCESSES IN PLACE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND THOSE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS AND INSPECTIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO CATCH ANY NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

I FOUND SOME CASES OF THAT AS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THINGS AROUND THE CITY, BUT CERTAINLY THE GOAL IS THAT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE FULLY COMPLIANT.

ANY OF OUR RETROFIT WORK SHOULD BE AS COMPLIANT AS POSSIBLE IN ANY NON-COMPLIANT ELEMENTS. WOULD WE WANT TO COME BACK AND MAKE THOSE FULLY COMPLIANT IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE NONCOMPLIANCE? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE VENUE FOR IT.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WHEN WE WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR ACCESSIBILITY, WE TALKED ABOUT BUS STOPS AND ACCESS TO THOSE BUS STOPS.

I DID NOT HEAR IT IN THIS REPORT.

IS IT PLANNED FOR SOME OTHER REPORT? HAVE YOU. SO, YEAH, SO AGAIN, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING I TOUCH ON IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

OK, SO OUR CONNECTIVITY WITH BUS STOPS RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS THE CTA IS IN THERE, GOES ON PROCESS AND THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FIXED ROUTE TRANSIT THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY MAINTAINING, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FINAL PLANS WILL BE. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CTA INTENDS TO OPERATE THEIR SYSTEM AND KNOWING WHICH STOPS WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE SERVED.

IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THOSE IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY.

SO THAT'S ONE VARIABLE THAT I'LL TOUCH ON IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, AND IT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL ONCE WE DO UNDERSTAND HOW GO ZONE INFLUENCES THEIR ROUTING AND WHICH STOPS ARE SERVED. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO REVISIT.

SALLY, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, I DID. WHY WOULD WE WANT TO BUILD SIDEWALKS THAT ARE MOSTLY COMPLIANT TO HAVE TO GO AND BACK AND FIX AND LATER? WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO BUILD THEM COMPLIANT IN THE FIRST PLACE? WELL, SO THERE ARE ISSUES.

THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD THAT WE COULD SAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE.

AND IT WOULD BE NON-COMPLIANT TO A DEGREE THAT ALSO INACCESSIBLE SOMETHING LIKE A UTILITY POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SIDEWALK WHERE THE THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM IS A THIRTY SIX INCH CONSTRAINED PASSABLE SPACE.

THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.

AND IF WE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT FULLY COMPLIANT, WE'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL WE CAN

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IN THAT SORT OF CASE, WE NEED TO MAKE IT PASSABLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S IN A WHEELCHAIR OR HAS MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT AND THEN COME BACK LATER TO DO THAT MORE COSTLY, RELOCATE A POLE OR REMOVE A UTILITY.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A RETAINING WALL.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CASES WHERE WE MAY WE MAY DO THAT ITERATIVE APPROACH, BUT IT'S THE INTENT BEHIND THAT AS IT SHOULD BE A VERY SMALL AND ISOLATED AREA.

SO IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE A THOUSAND FEET OF NONCOMPLIANCE.

IT SHOULD BE LIKE THERE'S A POINT THAT'S NON-COMPLIANT.

THAT'S THE GOAL. THANK YOU.

YEAH.

SO A LOT OF INFORMATION, YOU DO HAVE SOME TAKEAWAYS WITH YOU, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME SOME FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION FROM THE GROUP.

IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, IF IT'S OK WITH YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CITY COUNCIL AND CONTINUED PROGRESS WITH THAT AND SHARE AN UPDATE WITH THEM AND EVENTUALLY WORK TOWARDS AN ADOPTION WITH CITY COUNCIL.

ONE MORE QUESTION IT MIGHT BE FOR MATT, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A PERCENTAGE BUILT IN FOR OVERTIME, HOW CONSTRUCTION COSTS GO UP AND STUFF, SO HOW OFTEN IS THAT LOOKED AT IF THIS IS GOING TO TAKE 20 YEARS, LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT YOU PUT DOWN IS ACTUALLY ACCURATE, SAY, TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW? RIGHT. SO EACH YEAR, THE PLAN PRODUCTS ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY STAFF AND THE THE FUNDING FOR EACH YEAR WILL ALSO BE COMPARED TO HOW THE ESTIMATED FUNDING WORKED THE PREVIOUS YEAR VERSUS THE ACTUAL COST OF IMPROVEMENTS.

SO OVER TIME, WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND EACH YEAR, YEAR BY YEAR HOW THE ESTIMATES COMPARE TO REALITY. AND IF THE ESTIMATES ARE NO LONGER REFLECTING REALITY, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUMPED UP BY THAT DIFFERENCE VERSUS ACTUAL TO REFLECT CONDITIONS OVER TIME.

OK, THANK YOU. WELL, SO IN PRESENTING THIS TO THE COUNCIL, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF TIGHTEN UP THE TIMELINE AND HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE PRIORITIZED WITHIN YOUR LOVED ONES TO INCREASE IMPORTS SO THAT CITIZENS MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE FACING FOR TAXES OR WHATEVER? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH CITY COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHAT FUNDING MAY BE AVAILABLE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THAT BY THE TIME WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON AS WE START OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS TYPICALLY IN JANUARY. WE START TO KICK OFF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND START IDENTIFYING WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE.

SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE HANDLED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PRESENTATION OF DISCUSSION FOR CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT PARKS OR TRAILS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IS THERE SOMEWHERE WE CAN GO AND SEEING WHAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON? IS THAT IN THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES? YEAH, IT'S IT'S IT'S PAGES ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE TWO.

OK, SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP TO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE TO IDENTIFY SO YOU COULD LITERALLY PULL UP THE REPORT ON BOWLING GREEN PARK IF THAT WAS YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS WOULD BE OR THE FUTURE.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CHANGES WOULD BE.

IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE YEAR AND WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED.

THAT'LL HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT SYSTEMATICALLY EACH YEAR AS STAFF BUILDS THE BUDGET FOR THAT NEXT YEAR. THAT'S GREAT.

YOU'RE WORKING ON IT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS CAN LOOK AT.

CORRECT. RIGHT.

STUART, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE ETA WHEN THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE ONLINE? NOW, I THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PAGE ACTIVE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLANS.

SO EARLY JANUARY TWENTY TWO, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE WITH ALL THOSE FILES. COOL.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

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RIGHT, SO THE YEAH, SO I GUESS JUST WANT SOME DIRECTION FROM THE GROUP IN REGARDS TO US MOVING FORWARD WITH CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU FEEL THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE PLEASED WITH KIND OF THE SUMMARY THAT YOU SEE IN UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVEN'T READ FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAGES, BUT THE OVERALL APPROACH, HOW IT WAS EVALUATED, HOW IT'S BEEN BROKEN DOWN INTO THE 12 PRIORITIES AND WITH THE VARIOUS BUDGETS AND WILL WORK SYSTEMATICALLY ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

WITH A DETERMINED BUDGET TO BE IN THE FUTURE AND A TIMELINE, I THINK THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED WERE TRACKING THE MONEY INFLATIONARY OVER TIME.

SURE, THE ABILITY TO APPLY THIS TO NEW CONSTRUCTION SO THAT NEW SIDEWALKS AND NEW RAMPS AND THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO BE FIXED LATER.

THINGS LIKE THE BROWN MARKINGS FOR INTERSECTIONS NEED TO GO IN THE CORRECT WAY THE FIRST TIME. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP? MAYBE, LIKE YOU SAID, CLARIFICATION OF WHAT THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT ON, BUT THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY? YES. SO THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY COULD LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT ON AND BUS STOPS.

WE ALL STILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BUS STOPS, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU COULD TALK TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT AND SAY THAT THAT WAS SOME OF OUR CONCERNS.

OK. WE WILL SHARE THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT TO THEM.

I THINK WE'RE THRILLED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

IT'S JUST WE STILL HAVE A FEW LITTLE CONCERNS.

OK? IS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. LIKE, THANK YOU, STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO.

WE HAD STAFF FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS LEADING.

WAY TO FIELD ALL THE QUESTIONS TO.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE BACK TO D C P D TWO ONE ZERO THREE ZERO RECEIVE A REPORT CALLED A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING COMMITTEE SCOPE AND AREAS OF INTEREST FOR FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO.

AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ATTACHMENTS.

YES, I CAN PULL IT UP.

IF THIS WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS HOPING WE COULD SWITCH, D AND F, WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF

[E. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an update on sidewalk projects and future priorities of the Department of Capital Projects Sidewalk Workplan.]

RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND FUTURE PROPERTIES.

PRIORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SIDEWALK WORK PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO NOW FORMALLY BEING RECOGNIZED, I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK INTRODUCTION.

SO NATHAN GEORGE, I AM WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS ENGINEERING DIVISION.

I AM THE CITY'S NEW SENIOR PLANNER, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND ADA COORDINATOR.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND ADA COMPLIANCE THAT FALLS UNDER MY TECHNICAL JOB DESCRIPTION.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR SIDEWALK WORK PLAN OR THE PLAN FOR NEW SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY.

SO I'LL TOUCH ON OR I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH A PRESENTATION EFFECTIVELY.

A LOT OF DATA THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT FROM THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN WENT INTO THIS PROCESS TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN.

SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF HOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHERE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR AND THE GOAL BEING TO HAVE A COMPLETE SIDEWALK NETWORK WITHIN THE CITY.

THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF SPOTS THAT I CAN HAVE SORT OF NATURAL BREAKS FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER HERE.

AND THEN TOWARD THE END, WE CAN GO BACK AND DISCUSS SOME OF THE SOME OF THOSE TAKEAWAYS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED IN THE AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHY ARE WE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A SIDEWALK WORK PLAN? YOU KNOW, THE THE BIG CHALLENGE IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF NEED AND WE CAN'T SHOW UP TOMORROW AND JUST START DIGGING UP ROADS AND BUILDING SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT OUTLINES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING AND CONSTRUCTING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT SHOULD REALLY BE A DATA DRIVEN OR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FOCUS THESE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. SO CITY STAFF HAS DEVELOPED A WORK PLAN.

WE RECENTLY RELEASED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT LATER ABOUT OUR

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AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DRAFT WORK PLAN, SO WE'RE STILL REFINING THINGS AND TAKING INPUT TO HELP SHAPE WHAT THIS PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE OUR CITY STREETS.

SO WE HAVE A PLAN THAT OUTLINES THAT VISION OF WHAT OUR CITY STREETS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT'S CALLED OUR MOBILITY PLAN.

IT PROVIDES A GOOD FRAMEWORK OF WHAT OUR STREETS SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF CARS AND BIKES AND PEDS OF THOSE THREE VARIOUS MODES.

AND THE MOBILITY PLAN HAS A SIDEWALK COMPONENT AND THE 2020 MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING CURRENTLY.

SO THAT'S SORT OF OUR MASTER VISION, WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE ON OUR STREETS EVERYWHERE AROUND THE CITY. WHERE DO WE NEED NEW SIDEWALKS, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND WHEN WE PROPOSE SIDEWALKS, WE GET SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE DESIRED, WHETHER OR NOT JUST A GENERAL EXPECTATION IS THAT ON OUR URBAN STREETS, WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

THAT'S THE IDEAL CONDITION.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT MAY WEIGH INTO WHEN WE MAY ACCEPT NOT HAVING SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET OR MAYBE NOT HAVING SIDEWALKS AT ALL.

AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE BASED ON CONTEXT.

SO LOW VOLUME STREETS MAY BE COMFORTABLE TO WALK WITHOUT A SIDEWALK, BUT A HIGH VOLUME OR HIGH TRAFFIC STREET SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES WOULD BE EXPECTED.

AND THEN URBAN VERSUS RURAL.

SO OUR MORE SUBURBAN CHARACTER STREETS, MAYBE SHOULDERS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MORE RURAL FEELING STREET OR A SIDE PATH.

SO THERE ARE SOME VARIABLES, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE EXPECTATION IS WE WANT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREETS, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T OWN ALL THE STREETS IN THE CITY.

SO THIS PRESENTATION WAS PUT TOGETHER USING GIS OR EVERY STORY MAP FORMAT, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOT OF THIS MAPPING THAT WE HAVE AND SHOW YOU.

AND THESE ARE INTERACTIVE MAPS.

SO WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT HOW TO USE THOSE.

BUT THIS FIRST MAP SHOWS US WHAT OUR STREETS ARE AROUND THE CITY, SO THE CITY OWNS THE LINE SHOWN IN BLUE.

THOSE ARE CITY STREETS.

BUT THERE ARE STREETS THAT ARE OWNED BY TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS OR TEXAS, AS SHOWN IN RED. AND THEN THE COUNTY OWNS SOME OF THE STREETS THAT ARE SHOWN IN PURPLE, AND THE INTERACTIVE MAP ALLOWS US TO SEARCH.

THERE'S A SEARCH BUTTON HERE SO YOU CAN SEARCH BY ADDRESS LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC PART OF THE CITY. THIS IS ALSO AN INTERACTIVE LEGEND, SO I CAN CLICK ON THE LEGEND AND TURN ON OR OFF ANY OF THOSE STREETS.

SO THEN AS I LOOK AT A SPECIFIC AREA, I CAN SEE WHICH STREETS ARE CITY, WHICH OR NOT.

THE IMPORTANCE THERE IS THAT WE CAN'T JUST GO ONTO STREETS THAT ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY OTHERS AND START MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT REQUIRES COORDINATION, AGREEMENT ON WHAT THE GOALS ARE WITH THOSE STREETS.

SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF WORK THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE ON THE STREETS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY OTHERS.

WE HAVE A BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE STREETS THERE AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.

ALL RIGHT, SO HOW DID THE CITY STAFF PREPARE THE SIDEWALK WORK PLAN? SO THIS IS A CAPITAL PROGRAM, IS A PROGRAM THAT EVOLVES OVER TIME.

IT WAS STARTED BY FOLKS BEFORE I GOT HERE.

SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME EVOLUTION, MORE DATA AVAILABLE.

SO YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE DRIVEN BY DATA AND LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE WOULD TEND TO BE, WHERE WE TEND TO FIND THE MOST PEOPLE SO THAT WE'RE PAIRING THESE IMPROVEMENTS WITH WHERE THEY WILL SERVE THE MOST NUMBER OF USERS.

SO CITY STAFF DEVELOPED WHAT'S CALLED A PEDESTRIAN POTENTIAL INDEX OR API.

WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE METHODOLOGY ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT NOTE IS THAT PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS A VERY MANUAL PROCESS.

IDENTIFY WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A NEED AND THEN LOOK AT THE API SCORE OF THAT AREA.

WE SINCE WE'VE COMPLETED THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN, WE NOW HAVE A ROBUST INVENTORY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO NOW WE CAN COMPLETE THAT INVENTORY CITYWIDE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS. SO WE'RE DOING THAT USING A DATABASE AND OVERLAY PROCESS THAT I WALK THROUGH.

SO FIRST, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECTS AND THEN WE'LL WALK THROUGH.

WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT API RESULT RANKING.

YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT ARE THOSE FACTORS IN OUR API? SO WALK THROUGH THE VARIOUS INDICATORS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT.

LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LITTLE EVOLUTION.

SOME OF THAT DATA WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN A WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CITYWIDE DATA FOR IT.

SO THERE WERE SOME FACTORS THAT I'LL TOUCH ON THAT WEIGHED INTO OUR CURRENT PROJECTS.

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SO THESE ARE THE ROADS THAT GENERALLY ARE THE BEST CONNECTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO YOU FIND THAT PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL ALONG THE MOST FREELY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE AN INTERRUPTION WHERE YOU GET TO THE END OF A STREET.

IT DOESN'T CONNECT. SO MAJOR STREETS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT WAY THAT PEOPLE GET AROUND.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST METRICS THAT WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF CONNECTIVITY.

AND IT CAN ALSO RELATE TO SAFETY.

SCHOOLS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GET SAFELY TO SCHOOL, BUT THEY ALSO REPRESENT A LARGE POPULATION OF OUR THE FOLKS WHO CAN'T DRIVE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE UNTIL THEY GET OLDER.

SO THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO EXERCISE INDEPENDENCE, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND ON THEIR OWN.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN SAFELY GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

GOVERNMENT FACILITIES IS A FACTOR THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN, SO THAT'S ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE SIDEWALK WORK PLAN, SIMILARLY, THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD CONNECTIVITY TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS LIKE THE CITY HALL THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. PARKS, LIBRARIES, THAT SORTS OF PLACES.

SO THOSE ARE ALL A FACTOR.

AND THEN THERE'S THE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE POINTS OF INTEREST, SO THIS IS THE GROCERY STORE GOING TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, SHOPPING, DINING, ALL THE PLACES THAT GENERALLY TEND TO TO HAVE A LOT OF TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.

SO WE'VE GOT A ROBUST SET OF DATA AROUND POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE CITY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS SAFETY, SO WHERE WE SEE PEDESTRIAN CRASHES OCCURRING, THAT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT SOMETHING IN THE SYSTEM IS MOST LIKELY NOT WORKING.

IT MAY NOT BE AT THE EXACT POINT THAT THE COLLISION OCCURS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN HOW COMPLETE A PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IS IN THESE PEDESTRIAN CRASHES.

SO WE LOOK AT SAFETY AS ANOTHER VARIABLE.

SO THE PBI CALCULATION IS BASICALLY WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE VARIABLES AND CREATE THESE, I'LL CALL THEM OVERLAYS. WE JUST LOOK AT THE DATA AND CREATE AN AREA AROUND WHERE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE LOCATED.

AND THEN WE LOOK WITHIN THE AREA WITHIN THAT PROXIMITY FOR ALL THE SIDEWALK SEGMENTS THAT ARE MISSING AND WE APPLY A POINT VALUE FOR EACH OF THOSE VARIABLES.

SUMMARIZE THE TOTAL AND YOU GET THE NUMBER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S FIVE, ALL FIVE OF THE POINTS ARE CHECKED THAT HAS A PI FIVE.

SO THE PI CALCULATION WAS DEVELOPED FOR ALL THE SEGMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WITH EXCEPTION OF LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE CURRENTLY PLANNED PROJECTS.

AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT BOTH OF THOSE IN THE SEPARATE MAP.

BUT THE PROJECTS TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO TWENTY TWENTY FOUR PLANNED AND BUDGETED SIDEWALK PROJECTS, THOSE WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR EXERCISE.

THE VARIABLES THAT THAT WERE LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY, WHEN THAT WAS A MORE MANUAL EFFORT, WE'RE LIKE WHERE THERE'S A WORN PATH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THAT WAS A FACTOR THAT WAS LOOKED AT.

TRANSIT WAS ANOTHER FACTOR THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THAT WAS LOOKED AT.

AND AS I NOTED, TRANSIT CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE TRANSIT ULTIMATELY WILL BE. THAT'S BEEN LEFT OUT OF THIS DRAFT SO WE CAN GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT ONCE WE HAVE DC PLANS.

SO THIS IS A GOOD POINT TO PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON METHODOLOGY AND I'LL GET A DRINK. AND IF NOT, WE CAN JUMP INTO THE MAPS.

ALL RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE FIRST POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE DO HAVE A CURRENT SIDEWALK PLAN. OUR WORK PLAN INCLUDES PROJECTS FROM THE YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT HAVING THIS MAP BE INTERACTIVE IS THAT IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE SIDEWALK PROJECTS ARE LOCATED.

SO IF YOU TURN OFF EXISTING, IT REALLY HELPS TO POPULATE THE MAP WITH WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY WELL DISPERSED AROUND THE KIND OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE CITY.

WE HAVE SOME LARGE PROJECTS AND SMALL PROJECTS.

ONE IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS THIS MAP ALSO INCLUDES OUR CIP PROJECTS.

SO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING THROUGH THE CITY THAT INCLUDE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ARE ALSO INCLUDED ON THIS MAP.

SO WE DELIVER PROJECTS BOTH ON A STANDALONE GO OUT AND BUILD A SIDEWALK BASIS AND THEN

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SO THERE THEY ARE.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU HOP ON TO THE STORY MAP AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYWHERE, YOU JUST CLICK IN THAT BOX AND PUNCH AN ADDRESS, IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF SIDEWALK PROJECTS, SO THE PROJECTS ON THE PREVIOUS MAP ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN FUN, THEIR PLANNED OR FUNDED, IF YOU WILL, OVER THOSE PROJECT YEARS, IN THE OUT YEARS, THE YEARS AFTER THAT OR AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO LOOK.

SO THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT API IS BECAUSE THAT DRAWS ATTENTION TO WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.

AND SO THAT HELPS DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE NEEDED.

SO THE API SHOWS FROM HIGH TO LOW RANKINGS, SIX TO ONE, EVERY EVERY LINE IN THE CITY GETS AT LEAST ONE POINT JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S A NEED.

IT GETS ONE. BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST AND MOST NECESSARY SIDEWALK SEGMENTS, AND THAT'S THE PURPLE FUCHSIA IS REDS, AND THOSE START TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A GREAT NEED.

OR AT LEAST THIS DATA SUGGESTS THERE'S A GREAT NEED.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T OTHER VARIABLES TO CONSIDER.

IT'S JUST IS ONE WAY OF SCREENING THE ENTIRE CITY AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE AREAS SPECIFICALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IS WE DEVELOPED.

THIS EVALUATION WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE NUMBERS AT THE TOP ARE SMALL BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED IN OUR EFFORTS.

WE WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DIRECT OUR EFFORTS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY FUND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO BUILD OUT.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO SEE SOME, SOME GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED IN ONE SPOT.

THE MAP DOESN'T SHOW THAT WE'RE FOCUSED IN DOWNTOWN.

IT SHOWS NEEDS IN DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE CITY.

SO CLEARLY WE DO HAVE FOCUS AROUND UNTY OR AROUND DOWNTOWN.

WE'VE ALSO GOT AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT HAVE THESE HIGH SCORING SIDEWALK SEGMENTS, AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TEND TO BE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE LIKE A PARK AND A SCHOOL IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THOSE PLACES WHERE THOSE EXISTING ASSETS, THOSE CITY, A COMBINATION OF CITY ASSETS SORT OF ALL COALESCE AND THAT BECOMES THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS THAT WE WON'T PICK UP A LOWER PRIORITY SEGMENT IF THERE ARE BENEFITS FOR CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE EXISTING SIDEWALK NETWORK, SO THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD SERVE A MUTUAL BENEFIT. SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT CONNECTIVITY, MAYBE WITH AN ADJACENT SEGMENT THAT WOULD LINK TO AN EXISTING SEGMENT.

SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT SORT OF QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE AS STAFF WE'RE USING TO DEVELOP OUR NEXT SIDEWALK PROJECT.

THE THE PROJECTS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE PREVIOUS MAP ARE ALSO SHOWN HERE IN GREEN.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE NETWORK WILL START TO BUILD OUT AS THOSE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.

SO WE MAY COME BACK TO REVISIT THIS, BUT I'LL WALK US THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO ANY TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERING SIDEWALK PROJECTS, IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS.

AND SO THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS IS TAKING THAT PREVIOUS MAP AND GOING THROUGH A PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS.

AND SO THAT'S TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AND EXAMINING THOSE AREAS WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF THAT HOT SPOT, HIGH ACTIVITY AND HIGH DEMAND.

AND LOOKING AT THAT IN TERMS OF HOW WHAT IS OUR AVAILABLE FUNDING AND WHAT CAN WE BUILD INTO A PROGRAM OVER A SET PERIOD OF YEARS? SO THE SAME IS OUR CURRENT SIDEWALK WORK PLAN, THOSE FUNDED PROJECTS.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY AND PARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THINGS IN TERMS OF PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS.

VISIBILITY IS THE NEXT VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT, BECAUSE AS WE'RE AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE NEED AND THAT FUNDING PROGRAM, WE ALSO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY FEASIBILITY CHALLENGES.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES LIKE RIGHT OF WAY OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT. AND SO THOSE MAY LEAD US TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE THAT ACHIEVES THE SAME OBJECTIVE.

THE EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPH HERE ON CAROL MAY BE BEST SERVED ON THE ADJACENT

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SO THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF TRADE OFFS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AND EVALUATE.

OUR IS A SEGMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD AT A HIGH COST.

COULD WE MAYBE ACHIEVE SIMILAR CONNECTIVITY AT A LOWER COST ON AN ADJACENT STREET AND MAKE IT LOGICAL AND MAKE IT A PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE, SO TO SPEAK? SO IT'S JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WHAT ARE THE TRUE COSTS OF THAT PROJECT TO MAKE SURE AS WE WORK IT INTO THE PROGRAM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE AND ALSO BEING COST EFFECTIVE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING AS MUCH DONE AROUND THE CITY AS POSSIBLE. FEASIBILITY IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE RAN INTO WITH THE BUS STOPS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WERE EASEMENTS RIGHT OF WAYS.

THIS WAS OWNED BY TEXT DOT.

THIS WAS OWNED BY THE COUNTY.

THIS WAS OWNED BY THE CITY.

SO THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE WE DEALT WITH THAT WITH THE BUS STOPS.

AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE SOMETHING IS HARD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING IS HARD, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, MAYBE THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS TO SEE IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.

ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THIS IS SOMETIMES WE GO OUT TO A STREET AND WE SAY WE CAN'T PUT THE SIDEWALK WITHIN THE EXISTING STREET, BUT MAYBE WE MOVE THE STREET, MOVE THE CURVE.

SO SOMETIMES IT COULD JUST BE A DIFFERENT DESIGN APPROACH THAT ACHIEVES THE SAME GOAL.

AND THEN ONCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT FEASIBILITY EVALUATION, WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE TRUE COSTS ARE OF EACH SIDEWALK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK INTO THE PLAN.

THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY THOSE ACTUAL COSTS. AS WE GET FURTHER THROUGH DESIGN, WE UNDERSTAND BETTER THE COSTS.

WE START WORKING WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, SO WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

SO THAT IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE WE GO INTO DELIVERY, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION.

ALL RIGHT. SO A SIDEWALK NEEDS SUMMARY, SO THIS IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT WE NEED AROUND THE CITY. THERE ARE INVENTORY CURRENTLY THERE'S JUST UNDER FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES OF SIDEWALK THAT'S NEEDED.

AS I WAS OUTLINING, THE ONE OF THE GOALS WITH GOING THROUGH AN EVALUATION LIKE THIS IS WE WANT TO SEE SMALL NUMBERS AT THE HIGHEST END AND OUR SIX IS ABOUT A HALF A MILE.

BUT OUR PUPPIES, AS WE GO DOWN FIVE IS ABOUT FIVE MILES, ABOUT 18 MILES A.

FOUR. SO THE NUMBERS GROW AS THE PIE SCORE DIMINISHES, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF RESULT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE WANT TO SEE SMALL NUMBERS AT THE TOP.

SO AS WE'RE FOCUSING IN THOSE AREAS, WE WE'RE NOT CREATING A BIGGER CHALLENGE THAN WE CAN SOLVE. WE'VE NOW IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS SO WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON AND KNOCK THEM OUT.

AND THEN IF WE RERUN THIS EVALUATION, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE.

SO IT'S KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

BUT THE REAL BENEFIT OF SEEING NUMBERS LIKE THIS IS WE'VE WE'VE GOT RESULTS THAT ARE ACHIEVABLE AND THEN TRY.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE 6S AND 5S, WE'RE PAIRING THEM WITH ANYTHING THAT'S ADJACENT THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY BENEFIT OF A SIX AND THE FIVE.

MAKING SURE IT CONNECTS ALL THE WAY BACK TO AN EXISTING FACILITY IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A NETWORK OF FACILITIES AND NOT JUST A BUNCH OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SIDEWALK THAT DOESN'T CONNECT ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S OUR RESULTS.

I ALSO DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THIS.

ABOUT 5000 SEGMENTS, SO EACH OF THESE IS IDENTIFIED BASED ON BLOCKING A BLOCK IN IF THERE ARE ANY KIND OF INTERMEDIATE LIKE ALLEYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF SIDEWALK THAT SHOW UP IN THOSE MAPS.

SO IT'S IT'S A LOT OF DATA THAT GOES INTO THIS, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD INVENTORY TO BE WORKING FROM. SO IT'S.

FANTASTIC RESULTS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS ALSO A PROCESS THAT WE INTEND TO BE ENGAGING.

SO WE HAD POSTED ABOUT OUR CURRENT SIDEWALK WORK PLAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

SO THAT WENT UP ON DISCUSS DENTON.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS STORY.

MAP PUSHED OUT TO DISCUSS DENTON AS WELL TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION ALIVE.

WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE PROGRAMED OUT THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY THREE, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE NEXT PROJECTS THAT WE INTEND TO PUT FORWARD.

AND THERE'S A CONSTANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN CITY STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE TAKE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD TO GET THEM INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ONGOING DIALOG AND THIS IS THE PLATFORM WHERE WE'LL BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO THE MAP, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

OUR GOALS TONIGHT WERE REALLY TO GET YOUR INPUT ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY AND THE RESULTS.

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AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION A LITTLE PERSONAL, BUT UH, A NECESSITY.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WILLOW WOOD WEST SUBDIVISION HAS NEW HOUSING COMING UP ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED HOMES WITH D.R.

HORTON. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PETITION ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND THIS IS HIGHLAND PARK ROAD AND CROSSING WILLOW WOOD.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC ON HIGHLAND PARK ROAD.

AT LEAST TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS USE WHEELCHAIRS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF WALKERS AND BIKERS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE COLLEGE KIDS THAT ARE AROUND THERE.

WHEN YOU WERE DOING YOUR STUDY, WAS ANY PART OF YOU MENTIONED UMT, BUT WHAT PART OF U.A.

PROPERTIES WERE YOU LOOKING AT AND PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS? THIS WASN'T AN EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE WE PUT IN SIDEWALK WOULD.

IT REALLY IS IS THE THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN GAVE US A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF ALL THE SIDEWALKS SEGMENTS, EITHER WITH THEIR WITH THE EXISTING CONDITION WAS SO THAT'S THAT'S PART OF OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

AND THEN IT GAVE US ALL THE SIDEWALK SEGMENTS THAT WERE INCOMPLETE.

OK, AND THEN THE EVALUATION WAS HOW HOW CLOSE ARE ANY OF THOSE MISSING SIDEWALK SEGMENTS TO THESE THINGS OF INTEREST? VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HIGHLAND PARK, BECAUSE THAT ISSUE CAME UP SHORTLY AFTER I JOINED THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLAND PARK IS AN AREA THAT'S CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL, BUT THE SCHOOL IS NOT A SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ASIDE FROM BEING A SCHOOL, OF COURSE, RIGHT? AND I'LL JUST ZOOM INTO THIS AREA.

THANK YOU, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO BROADEN MY MAP OUT FOR THAT.

YEAH, SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS EVALUATION SPECIFICALLY ARE VARIABLES RELATED TO LIKE SAFETY.

WE DON'T HAVE SAFETY CONCERN.

WE DON'T HAVE OBSERVED SAFETY CONCERNS ON HIGHLAND PARK.

WE'RE NOT SEEING COLLISIONS AND THEN LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE ANYTHING THAT IS A MEASURE OF DENSITY. THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF DENSITY.

IT'S A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITY AMENITIES LIKE THE PARK IS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY AND NOT IN THIS AREA.

SO IT DIDN'T. HIGHLAND PARK SPECIFICALLY DIDN'T RANK WELL.

IT'S A PIE, TOO, I BELIEVE.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A TREMENDOUSLY HIGH RANKING JUST BASED ON THE VARIABLES THAT WERE EVALUATED. AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THE THE GOAL OF THE EVALUATION IS TO GIVE TO GIVE A MEASURE BASED ON THE VARIABLES.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

WE COULD DISCUSS METHODOLOGY.

I THINK THE AT LEAST ONE OF THE VARIABLES THAT RATED HIGHLAND PARK WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S A MAJOR STREET.

SO THAT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT IS IMPORTANT AND CARRIES.

IT'S INTENDED TO CARRY MORE TRAFFIC THAN OTHER STREETS IN THE CITY.

AND SO THAT GIVES IT SOME PRIORITIZATION, BUT IT DOESN'T RANK WELL FOR OTHER VARIABLES LIKE HAVING ADJACENT CITY FACILITIES, RIGHT? AND SO WHERE DO THAT IS? I'M SORRY, RACHEL. AND REALLY QUICKLY, NATHAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.

SO RACHEL WOOD AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE AT HIGHLAND PARK.

SO THIS IS OUR KIND OF DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO WHERE ARE THE HIGHEST NEEDS FOR SIDEWALKS.

THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE.

OF COURSE, WE DO TAKE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM RESIDENTS DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO IN PARTICULAR WITH HIGHLAND PARK, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ASSESSING FROM A FUNGIBILITY PERSPECTIVE AS A PART OF NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE SHARED AT THE DEMIAN NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASSESS.

THIS IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH, IS NATHAN WAS DESCRIBING REALLY IS THAT TRULY DATA DRIVEN APPROACH IS THE STARTING PLACE FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE FUTURE SIDEWALK SEGMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY FACTOR THAT WE CONSIDER.

OK, GOOD POINT.

SO WITH THAT, WHERE ARE THE BUS STOPS INCLUDED IN THE SIDEWALK? SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, THE BUS STOPS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EVALUATION BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, DIFFICULT IF WE BROUGHT FORWARD TRANSIT INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT WAS IN FLUX.

AND SO THE GOAL IS THAT WE'LL GO BACK AND REEVALUATE TRANSIT WHEN WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE PLAN. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS POINTED OUT.

SO THIS PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.

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I'LL TELL YOU THAT SPECIFIC AREA IN A LOT OF THE TRANSIT CENTER AREAS ALREADY RANKED VERY HIGHLY BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER DOWNTOWN OR IN AN AREA THAT HAS OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

SO ADDING THE KNOWN TRANSIT AT THIS POINT WOULDN'T REALLY GIVE US ANYTHING MORE THAN MAYBE JUST DRAWING DOWN AT THAT SPECIFIC POINT.

BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO EVALUATE MOVING FORWARD, AND IT WILL BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS PART OF THE ADA TRANSITION WORK THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE BUS STOPS, IF WE WERE TO ASSESS THEM, ARE NONCOMPLIANT, RIGHT? AND SO THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD DIDN'T PUT ON THE SIDEWALK REPAIR EXPERIENCE I HAD AND SEE IF IT APPLIES TO LIKE HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH SEEING THIS PLAN THROUGH.

BUT WHEN I MOVED INTO A HOME ON BUFFALO TRAIL A FEW YEARS AGO, LIKE THE WEEK THAT I MOVED IN, WE HAD GOTTEN A NOTICE ON A DOOR LIKE, HEY, WE'RE DOING, WE NEED YOUR CAR OUT OF THESE AREAS, OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY OR IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

BECAUSE WE'RE PREPARING, WE'RE REPLACING THE SIDEWALKS.

AND I DID. THAT'S FINE.

THE PROBLEM LOOKED GREAT, BUT IN THAT AREA, THERE'S THESE REALLY SKINNY HOMES.

I HAVE LIKE THREE BEDROOMS IN THERE.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TAKING ROOMMATES AND THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF SPACE FOR MULTIPLE CARS, SO IT'S UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

NOT EVERYONE COMPLIED WITH THAT AND ACTUALLY GOT WOKEN UP LIKE EARLY ONE MORNING PEOPLE TRYING TO BUY, THE CITY, WORKERS TRYING TO GET US TO MOVE A CAR THAT WAS IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND WAS LIKE, THAT'S NOT US.

LIKE, I CAN'T I CAN'T HELP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER I THINK IT TOOK TWO MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE ENTIRE STREET.

BUT I KNOW, LIKE OTHER NEIGHBORS LIKE THAT, SIDEWALK IS NEVER REPAIRED AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER SPOTS DOWN THAT STREET WHERE THE SIDEWALK WAS NEVER REPAID.

SO GIVEN I KNOW THAT'S LIKE A LOW DENSITY, LIKE NOT A LOT OF WALKING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S JUST A COMMUNITY THAT'S TUCKED AWAY FROM HIGH PROFILE SPOTS IS, I FEEL I CONSIDER LIKE, HOW WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SIDEWALK BETTER, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS THEY'RE READY FOR US TO COME THROUGH AND WE DON'T JUST LEAVE ANY LIKE UNADDRESSED SPOTS BEHIND.

YEAH. SO I'LL FIRST SAY, OR JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS THE FOCUS OF THIS PRESENTATION IS ON NEW SIDEWALKS SPECIFICALLY.

AND YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO CONDUCT A SIDEWALK PROJECT IN AN AREA WHERE IT TOUCHED A NON-COMPLIANT RAMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COMPLETE THE FACILITY, PART OF THAT PROJECT WOULD NEED TO BE TO RECONSTRUCT THE RAMP THAT THE SIDEWALK TIED INTO THAT SORT OF THING.

WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS PART OF A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND THERE ARE VARYING LEVELS OF MAINTENANCE. AND SO I'LL TRY AND PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE, SO IF WE GO IN TO RECONSTRUCT A ROAD OR TO DO ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE ON A ROAD.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO CONSTRUCT 80 CURB RAMPS.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM EXPECTATION WHEN WE COME THROUGH AND DO A RESURFACING PROJECT OR WE'RE DOING EVEN A MICRO OVERLAY.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THOSE FACILITIES WOULD BE BROUGHT UP TO STANDARD ANYTHING BEHIND THE RAMP, EVEN IF IT'S A NON, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S DIRT IS ACCEPTABLE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, BEYOND ONCE THE ROAD WORK IS COMPLETED, REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF FUNDING OR OF PLANNING TO INCLUDE OR UPGRADE FACILITIES.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE OUR TRANSITION WORK OR OUR SIDEWALK REPAIR WORK THAT INTENTIONALLY GOES OUT AND REPAIR SIDEWALKS.

SO THOSE TEND TO BE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE ONE IS GOING OUT AND REPAIRING THE STREETS AND AT LEAST BASED ON OUR CURRENT FUNDING.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SIDEWALKS AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THE BOND PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE HAVE A SIDEWALK PROGRAM THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR SIDEWALKS AND IT GOES UP AND REPAIRS, SIDEWALKS OR CURB RAMPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO ALL OF THESE PLANS, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE THE GOAL WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS OR WITH THIS DATA IS TO TRY AND START GETTING ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE PLANNING A CAPITAL PROJECT, WE INCLUDE SIDEWALK REPAIRS.

AS SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE IS BEING DONE, CAN IT CLOSE A GAP? YOU KNOW, CAN THEY CONSTRUCT A SHORT PIECE OF MISSING SIDEWALK AS THEY'RE REPAIRING RAMPS OR REPAIRING NON-COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS? SO WE HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DATA IS

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HOPEFULLY, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY.

YEAH, THANK YOU. THANKS.

AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

OFF TOPIC, BUT AS THE NEW ADA COORDINATOR, WILL YOU BE ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO ATTEND THE MEETING.

I, AS AS I'M NEEDED HERE, I'LL BE HERE.

YEAH. AND I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF MY DIRECTOR AND CITY.

OK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE INPUT, I'LL DIRECTLY TO DISCUSS DENTON TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

THANKS. YES, MA'AM.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? BACK TO THIS, THIS VERY FIRST PRINT OUT.

IT SAYS ISSUES WITH DRINKING FOUNTAINS OR PUBLIC PHONES.

THAT KIND OF THREW ME I WASN'T AWARE WE HAD THAT MANY PUBLIC PHONES.

I HAVE THE SAME OBSERVATION.

YEAH, PUBLIC PHONES OR THE EMERGENCY CALL TYPE.

I KNOW. WELL, I DIDN'T PREPARE THAT PLAN, SO THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK THE CONSULTANTS THAT JUST LEFT FROM THE LAST ITEM.

BUT YES, YOUR EMERGENCY CALL BOXES WOULD ALSO NEED TO HAVE COMPLIANCE OR NOT.

MY EXPECTATION IS THEY WOULD ALL BE COMPLIANT, EXCEPT MAYBE FOR THE WHAT THEY TOUCH.

THE SURFACE IS ADJACENT TO THEM.

THAT WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION.

T.W. AND U.A.

BOTH HAVE EMERGENCY FINES ON CAMPUS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

CORRECT. YEAH, ANY OF THOSE FACILITIES WOULD NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE, AND THE LIKELY CULPRIT OF ANY NON ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS WOULD BE THAT THE THE PATH TO GET TO THEM AND THE SPACE ADJACENT TO THEM IS NON-COMPLIANT.

BUT THE YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THOSE ITEMS THEMSELVES ARE NEW ENOUGH TO THE BUTTON WOULD BE FULLY COMPLIANT BASED ON THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE.

I ALMOST SURE THEY ARE.

IT WAS JUST THE PUBLIC PHONE COMPANY.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S NOT A PHONE BOOTH.

NO, I NEED.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE CAN CONFIRM WITH THE TEAM THAT JUST LEFT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT SOME NUANCE TO THAT THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.

BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE ARE TOO MANY IN THE CITY THEN.

SO, ALL RIGHT, SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE WHERE E WAS GOING, ARE WE NOW BACK TO D? WE SHOULD BE BACK TO D.

[D. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Committee scope and areas of interest for Fiscal Year 2021-22.]

RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING COMMITTEE SCOPE AND AREAS OF INTEREST FOR FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO.

SO I'M COMING IN. I'M SORRY.

RYAN ADAMS, CHIEF OF STAFF AND ALSO COMMITTEE LIAISON I'M COMING IN HOT WITH ABOUT SIX SLIDES, SO MAYBE YOUR SHORTEST PRESENTATION OF THE DAY? ALWAYS GOOD TO END ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A DISCUSSION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY TWO FOCUS AREAS FOR THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED IN JULY JUST AS A DISCUSSION SO THAT STAFF, WE KNEW WE WERE BRINGING NEW TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO YOU.

AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT, HAVING A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS ON OUR COMMITTEE.

IT'S ALSO A GOOD RECAP OF JUST KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL LIKELY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THE THE ENABLING ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THIS COMMITTEE. IF NOT, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THE COMMITTEE WAS SET UP.

BUT I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TODAY.

I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT JULY MEETING, AS FAR AS HOW WE SHOULD START TO SPEND OUR TIME THROUGH FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND I'LL MENTION FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY ONE, OUR PROBABLY OCTOBER OF TWENTY ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWO.

SO JUST TO ADD AN EXTRA LAYER OF CONFUSION.

SO AGAIN, THIS COMMITTEE WAS CREATED IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN.

WE REALLY GOT GOING IN TWENTY NINETEEN AS A COMMITTEE, AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO ADVISE THE CITY IN THOSE AREAS OF INTEREST THAT INCLUDE DISABILITY CONCERNS, ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY AND ACCOMMODATIONS SUCH AS FOR PROGRAMING OR SERVICES.

IT IS GENERALLY APPLICABLE ONLY TO CITY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN RECEIVE REPORTS ON FROM ENTITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY.

THE KEY THING THERE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK AS CITY STAFF, WE ONLY REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE THINGS UNDER THE CITY'S PURVIEW.

SO IF WE RECEIVED A A REPORT FROM, SAY, THE COUNTY ON SOME ISSUE, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE

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SO THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE COMMITTEE CHARGE IN THAT ENABLING RESOLUTION, THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND SPEND ITS TIME REVIEWING AND TO REALLY ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON THOSE ARE SIDEWALKS, RAMPS, CROSSWALKS.

OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THAT TODAY AND THAT THAT INVOLVES NEW CONSTRUCTION OR THE REPLACEMENT REPAIR.

THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN IS A BIG ONE ADAPTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PARKS, ADAPTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS, CITY FACILITIES, SIGNAGE, PARKING LOT PROJECTS.

ANYTHING REALLY. AND THIS IS KIND OF A BLANKET, ANYTHING TO DO WITH CITY OPERATIONS.

SO IF THERE'S SOME ASPECT OF CITY OPERATIONS OR CITY PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVES THE PUBLIC COURSE, WE WANT THOSE TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND ANYTHING INVOLVING PARKS AND RECREATION ADAPTIVE ACTIVITIES.

AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN DISCUSS, CONSIDER, RECEIVE REPORTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON OPERATIONS OF OTHER ENTITIES.

OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD THEN BE UP TO THEM TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AS THEY SAW FIT.

SO THESE ARE REALLY IT'S PRETTY BROAD WHAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND I WILL SAY, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE OPERATIONS OR SERVICES OF THE CITY, WE DO A LOT EVERYTHING FROM AIRPORTS TO PARKS AND RECREATION TO UTILITY BILLING, WHETHER THAT'S DIGITAL, WHETHER THAT'S IN PERSON, THERE'S A LOT WITHIN THAT UMBRELLA AND A LOT OF AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND I THINK WE AS STAFF RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE WE TRY TO ENVISION WHAT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES MIGHT NEED, WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN THAT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE LIVE EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE DO OR KNOW PEOPLE WHO DO.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT FEEDBACK SO WE MIGHT CARRY THE BALL 90 PERCENT OF THE WAY THERE. BUT MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN GET A THE EXTRA 10 PERCENT TO HAVE REALLY FULLY ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION IS REALLY TO CREATE KIND OF THOSE BIG TOPIC AREAS THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD TO YOU.

I'LL MENTION FOR YOU GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT IT'S NOT A HARD SET WORK PLAN.

YOU KNOW, IT IS ADAPTABLE.

THINGS WILL COME UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO BRING TO YOU GUYS.

THAT MAY BE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN ANYTHING WE TALK ABOUT TODAY.

ANYTHING THAT WE DISCUSS OR THAT IS BROUGHT UP AN AREA THAT HAS BROAD INTEREST ON THE COMMITTEE, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHEN A GREAT TIME TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU GUYS IS MAYBE THERE'S A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR ONE OVER ANOTHER, MAYBE SUMMER SEASONAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING RELATED TO, SAY, AQUATIC PROGRAMS YOU WE'LL PROBABLY WANT TO BRING TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AQUATIC SEASON, A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WHEN WE TALK TO YOU GUYS IN JULY, THE COMMITTEE GAVE US THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE TOPICS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO DID RECEIVE REPORTS ON AND, IF NEEDED, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL DEFINITELY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF.

ONE OF THEM IS THE ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAM, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS DURING COVID KIND OF TAKEN A MORE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO RAMP THAT UP IN THE COMING MONTHS, MAYBE HIRE SOME STAFF TO HELP BUILD THAT PROGRAM OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO BRING BACK.

OF COURSE, AFTER A WINTER STORM, URI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING TOOK A VERY BIG, TOOK A VERY BIG STEP UP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS AS A CITY OF HIRING A NEW PERSON TO RUN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND TO REALLY HELP IMPLEMENT A NEW EMERGENCY PLAN.

WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO TAKE WHAT WE HAD AND MAKE IT MORE SIDEWALK PROJECTS, WHICH YOU JUST REVIEWED. THAT'S NOT A ONE TIME PRESENTATION.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK, PROBABLY ON A REGULAR BASIS, AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME THIS YEAR.

MOBILITY PROJECTS SO THESE ARE ROAD PROJECTS THAT OFTEN HAVE PEDESTRIAN ELEMENTS WITH THEM. SO WHEN SOMETHING IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE, WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE COMMITTEE JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHERE SIDEWALKS WILL BE GOING, WHERE INTERSECTIONS WILL BE. AND THEN JUST THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THOSE MOBILITY PROJECTS, PARKS, PROJECTS. YOU HAD A FEW OF THOSE HERE IN A JULY MEETING.

SO IF WE HAVE A PARKS DESIGN OR A NEW PARKS PROGRAM, PARKS IS KIND OF UNIQUE FOR CITY.

THAT'S WHERE REALLY WE GET PEOPLE OUT AND THEY COME TO THINGS AND WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF UNDER THAT PARKS UMBRELLA.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT MEETS ALL THE ADAPTABILITY NEEDS AND ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS. AND WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR LAST TWO PARKS PLANS THAT WE BROUGHT SPECIAL EVENTS AS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES.

SO YOU TAKE EVENTS THAT THE CITY PUTS ON THAT ARE EVENTS ARE CERTAINLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW

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DO WE NEED TO EITHER REQUEST OR REQUIRE CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT ARE ADA RELATED? THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WE PRESENTED THAT TO YOU GUYS LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF LET US WORK THE KINKS OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN BRINGING THAT BACK, SEE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE CHANGES SHELTERING DURING EMERGENCIES CAME UP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY PLANNING.

AND THEN OUR THREE ON ONE SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE END OF THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

SO IN THE FALL OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO, BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO IMPLEMENTATION, WE'D LIKE TO WALK THE COMMITTEE THROUGH WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT NEW WAY OF INTERACTING WITH THE CITY IS GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND ANY ACCESSIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT.

SO THIS IS OUR BIG BAD LIST.

YOU GUYS, I WANT YOU TO BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT TODAY.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS IN YOUR REPORT GOING FORWARD, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LIST THESE THINGS WHEN WE EXPECT THEM TO COME UP FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WAY.

IF THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE TO ADD TO IT, WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION OR KIND OF MAKE THAT CALL OF HOW IT'S PRIORITIZED WITH THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE.

AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

SOMETHING MAY COME UP. THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

SO. THOSE ARE MY SIX SLIDES, SO I'M GOING TO RETURN TO THIS ONE AND TAKE ANY FEEDBACK THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.

I HAVE A FEW THINGS, ONCE TINY, WE HAD ASKED ONE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE IF WE COULD GET TEMPORARY ADA PARKING SIGNS THAT WE COULD JUST STICK IN PARKING SPOTS WHEN WE NEEDED EXTRA ADA PARKING.

AND THE TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND SAID THEY'D GET SOME, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD. TEMPORARY 88 PARKING SIGNS FOR PARKING LOTS FOR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS OR YES, LIKE FOR VOTING, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD SOME EXTRA PARKING OR IF THERE'S AN EVENT ON THE SQUARE, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HANDICAPPED PARKING ON THE SQUARE.

SO YOU COULD PUT UP SOME TEMPORARY PARKING SIGNS AND THEN JUST TAKE THEM DOWN WHEN THE EVENTS WERE OVER.

VAL HAD BROUGHT UP WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THAT WE HAD NOT GOTTEN FEEDBACK ON THE MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS WITH THE POLICING AS WELL.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S GLAD.

I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE WE ARE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THAT PROGRAM LONG ENOUGH WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD DATA ON THAT SO WE CAN BRING THAT BACK UP FOR AN UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT. AND MY THIRD THING IS I HAVE GOTTEN HUGE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON THE GO ZONE PROGRAM FROM DISABLED PEOPLE.

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I HEAR.

JOE, ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOO? OH YEAH.

SO SINCE YOU HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET? OK, SALLY, YOU HAD GIVEN SOME.

YES, I HAD, UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD SAID THAT LIKE IF YOU HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING TO CALL THE DAY BEFORE AND SCHEDULE IT.

AND WHEN I CALLED TO DO THAT, THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT RUNNING THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE. BUT I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE SYSTEM ROLLED OUT THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT.

SO SINCE THAT ONE IS DEALING WITH THE OPERATIONS OF A SEPARATE ENTITY, I THINK MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THIS GROUP BEFORE WE SCHEDULE THAT.

IS IT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO YOU TO HEAR FROM THE CTA? HOW IS THAT PRIORITIZED WITH THESE OTHER ITEMS, KNOWING KNOWING THAT THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO MAKE ANY CHANGES? WOULD YOU PREFER TO SPEND TIME ON THAT ITEM OR WOULD YOU RATHER SEE ITEMS SUCH AS THIS FIRST? BUT I THINK THE CAP THE GO ZONE IS CRUCIAL TO THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CITY. AND YES, BECAUSE I'M NOT ONLY GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS ON TIME, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THEIR DOCTORS, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET PICKED UP AT HOME INSTEAD OF ON THE CORNER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO WALK TO A CORNER. I'M GETTING A LOT OF REPORTS THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST DANGEROUS, THEIR DRIVERS ARE DANGEROUS AND PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THEM.

SO TO ME, IT'S A PRIORITY.

I THINK IT IS A PRIORITY BECAUSE I CAME TO US FOR INPUT AND WE GAVE THEM, I GUESS, OUR SEAL OF APPROVAL. IN A WAY.

YES, I THINK THEY TOLD US.

AND NOW IT SOUNDS IT ISN'T COMING TO FRUITION OF WHAT WE EXPECTED AND WHAT THEIR

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THAT SEEMS TO BE THE GENERAL CONCERN, I BELIEVE.

OK, ALISON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? YEAH. SO THE ONLY THING THAT I MEAN, JUST KIND OF AS AN ADDITION AND JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW IN ALL OF THESE IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE WE FORGET OUR INVISIBLE DISABILITY COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE WALKING THROUGH ALL THESE PLANTS.

AND SO WE WANT TO JUST I JUST WANT TO BRING UP AS A GOAL, MAYBE AS A COMMITTEE, THAT WE KEEP THOSE AREAS IN MIND AS WELL.

I MAKE A POINT TO. CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WE'RE MISSING WHEN IT COMES TO THE INVISIBLE, INVISIBLE DISABILITIES? AND SEE, I THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF A TRICKY SITUATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS THAT INVOLVE INVISIBLE DISABILITIES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ADA COMPLIANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, QUIET SPACES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS EVEN OR EVEN MARKET PLACES LIKE THAT.

BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY FALL UNDER ADA REGULATION OR COMPLIANCE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A CITY, I THINK AS A COMMUNITY AND A CITY, WE COULD DO BETTER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN REPORT IT TO THE DOJ.

IT WOULD FIT WELL UNDER SPECIAL EVENTS BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A QUIET ROOM AND SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND IT WOULD ALSO FIT WELL UNDER ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAMS. BUT ACCESSIBILITY IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL, OK AND SHELTERING DURING EMERGENCIES? OK.

THESE ARE ALL REALLY. YEAH.

CAN YOU WRITE FAST? WELL, I THINK I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS CORRECT, AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS CITY STAFF TO UNDERSTAND, FOR INSTANCE, WITH, LET'S SAY, SHELTERING DURING EMERGENCIES SO WE CAN BUILD ON A PROGRAM THAT PROBABLY CATERS TO A LOT OF FOLKS AND EVEN A LOT OF DISABILITIES THAT ARE VISIBLE.

BUT I THINK A FAIR QUESTION FOR STAFF TO ASK THE COMMITTEE IS WITH HOW WE HAVE STRUCTURED OUR PROCESS FOR THIS.

WHAT KINDS OF ISSUES SHOULD WE ANTICIPATE PLAYING FOR AND AND REALLY PROVIDING BETTER SERVICES WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE PERSONS WITH INVISIBLE DISABILITIES? WHAT ISSUES MIGHT THEY HAVE THAT WE SHOULD BE, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IN ACCOUNTING FOR? SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT SPOT FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO GIVE US, GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE I THINK WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS, THERE ARE PROBABLY THERE ARE PROBABLY. IMPACTS FOR PERSONS WITH INVISIBLE DISABILITIES THAT WE JUST WE DON'T WE DON'T READILY SEE, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION POINT FOR ANY OF THESE TOPICS, SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE.

DEFINITELY FOR SOME OF THEM.

WE ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION OF THE COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE.

ARE WE RIGHT? DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOMETHING MORE? WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT, WHICH IS WHICH IS A GREAT VALUE FOR US? ABSOLUTELY. AND I DO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE CLOSURE.

SO SOLID WASTE SPOKE WITH US PRIOR TO COVID, AND THEY WERE IMPLEMENTING OR PREPARING TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM WHERE CITIZENS WHO WERE UNABLE TO GET THEIR RECEPTACLES TO THE CURB.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW IS THAT WORKING? I HAVE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH A COUPLE OF ACQUAINTANCES WHO ARE UNABLE TO GET THEIR CARTS OUT, SO I WAS JUST WANTING TO KNOW, WHERE IS THAT? AND ARE THEY GETTING THE RUNAROUND WHEN THEY ASK FOR SOMETHING THAT WE, I HAVE SHARED PERSONALLY WITH THEM TO SAY, HERE IS A RESOURCE FOR YOU.

SURE. SO WE COULD GET FOLLOW UP, DEFINITELY.

AND THEN THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IN JANUARY.

AT THAT POINT, IT WILL BE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OLD, WHICH IS ENOUGH TIME WHERE YOU CAN GET PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS GOING PRE-COVID.

DO WHAT THIS WAS BEFORE COVID THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.

YEAH, WELL, WE DID MAKE UPDATES TO IT RECENTLY.

OH, OK. YEAH, SO WE KIND OF WE CHANGED OUR OUR PROGRAM A BIT.

MAKING POSITIVE CHANGE WAS OUR OUR OUR OBJECTIVE.

BUT WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO SEE A TREND IF THERE ARE ANY. I FEEL LIKE, YEAH, ALTHOUGH IF YOU DO HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S HAVING ISSUES WITH THE PROGRAM, PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY AND I'LL REFER THEM OVER TO EUGENE SO HE CAN CALL THEM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. HE'S THE PROGRAM MANAGER.

SO YES, AT HOME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WINTER STORM.

I ASKED IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET FEDERAL MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE GET GENERATORS THAT THEY COULD KEEP IN THEIR HOMES SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT DURING THE WINTER STORM?

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WE DON'T WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY FEDERAL PROGRAMS YET THAT THAT ARE PROVIDING THOSE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS.

WHEN SOME OF THESE WHEN SOME OF THESE LEGISLATIVE PIECES WERE PASSED, IT LEFT A LOT UP TO THE STATE. STATE AGENCIES, THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO BUILD PROGRAMS AROUND THEM.

SO WE'RE STILL KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE.

BUT IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAVEN'T LOOKED IN ABOUT A MONTH SO WE CAN CIRCLE BACK AND JUST SEE IF ANYTHING'S POPPED UP. AND OF COURSE, IF SOMETHING IS OUT THERE, WE WANT TO GET THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, REGARDLESS OF OF DISABILITY OR NOT AS GOOD FOR ANYONE TO BE AWARE OF THAT PROGRAM, FOR SURE. BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT FOR SURE.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE NEW MEMBERS IF THEY KNOW OF ANY NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR THAT THEY THINK SHOULD BE ON OUR LIST. YES.

TELL ME YOUR NAME, MATTHEW.

MATTHEW, MATTHEW.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TOO BIG A THING TO GET INTO, BUT KNOWING WHAT LOCAL BUSINESSES FACE, JUST TRYING TO.

GET THE RED TAPE TO GET STARTED HERE, AND I KNOW THAT GENERALLY ANY BUSINESS STORE OR WHATEVER RESTAURANT THEY HAVE TO MEET, THE GUIDELINES SORT OF FEELS LIKE LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE DISADVANTAGED, YOU KNOW, LIKE PLACES LIKE WAL-MART, TARGET AND THINGS ON THAT LEVEL SHOULD BE ABLE TO EASILY COVER, LIKE MEETING 88 GUIDELINES.

BUT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO GET TO THOSE GUIDELINES WITHOUT LOSING TOO MUCH OF THEIR COSTS, LIKE I DON'T KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE FOR GETTING A LOT MORE LIKE SUBSIDIZING SUBSIDIZING COSTS FROM THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IF WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL STAYS LOCAL, WE SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO MEET THOSE GUIDELINES.

I DON'T WANT TO TELL THEM NOT TO MEET GUIDELINES WITH HOW THEY SET UP THEIR BUSINESSES ARE JUST I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY FEDERAL SUBSIDIES THAT WOULD HELP OR EVEN STATE THAT WOULD HELP WITH THAT.

IT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO I'M TRYING TO IS THERE.

I INTERRUPT IT. I APOLOGIZE.

I'M. SO IS IT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT THAT HELP ANY PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HELP THEM DEFRAY THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING ADA COMPLIANT? YES. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WORDED BETTER THAN MY RAMBLING.

ALI, WHAT WAS IT THERE, A GRANT IN TWENTY TWENTY INVOLVING THAT LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WAS ASSISTING WITH THAT? I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT BE REMEMBERING WRONG, BUT IT WAS LIKE A CITY PLAN.

TO ASSIST MORE OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, I DON'T KNOW, I MAY BE WRONG.

I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING SOME GUIDANCE FOR THE BUSINESS OWNER, BUT IT WASN'T AN ACTUAL SUBSIDY.

I DON'T I DON'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT MY MEMORY IS TO WANT TO RELY ON MY.

APPARENTLY MINE ISN'T EITHER, BUT I REMEMBER I WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL WAS WAS GOING OVER THAT HAD TO DO WITH BUSINESSES LIKE AN INCENTIVE OR SOMETHING MAKING CHANGES, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MAYBE AN INCENTIVE AS WELL.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE COUNTY HAD A PROGRAM OF BUSINESS, A GRANT PROGRAM.

THE CITY'S OUR GRANT PROGRAMS ARE WERE MUCH MORE NARROWLY TAILORED.

BUT THE COUNTY FUNDED THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE AT THE TIME THIS IS THIS IS WELL BEFORE THE ARPA FUNDING. IT WAS THAT INITIAL COVID FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH EARLIER IN THE PANDEMIC. THE COUNTY MET THOSE CRITERIA AND CREATED A PROGRAM USING THAT FEDERAL MONEY.

THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING.

OKAY, WE CAN TALK WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, AND MAYBE AN APPROACH MIGHT BE TO WALK THROUGH JUST TO EDUCATE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED OF ANYONE STARTING A BUSINESS, BUT WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE MOM AND POP SHOPS, SMALL BUSINESSES. WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM? AND IT MIGHT BE IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL SO THAT WE'RE JUST NOT TALKING TO YOU TO MAYBE HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE WHAT AS LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, WHAT? WHAT WE CAN WE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO DO, BUT ALSO MAYBE EVEN ADD IN AN ELEMENT OF IF THERE ARE ANY BUSINESS OWNERS WHO THEMSELVES ARE WITH DISABILITIES, DO OUR PROCESSES INHIBIT THEM JUST GENERALLY FROM GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS?

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THEY WANT THAT FEEDBACK.

OK, VAL, AND I WANT THAT FEEDBACK.

GOT IT. AND SOME OF THESE OH, GO AHEAD.

IF SOME OF THESE, IF WE CAN GET THESE TO YOU AND MAYBE A REPORT FORM THAT MIGHT ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND THEN IF ANYTHING, IT LEADS TO A MORE INFORMED DISCUSSION LATER.

CAN WE SEND QUESTIONS BACK ONCE WE READ THE REPORTS? YOU CAN. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THAT WOULD BE JUST FINE.

WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE OF ANY WE MIGHT COLLECT THOSE AND GIVE THEM ALL TO THE COMMITTEE AT ONCE.

SO EVERYONE'S WORKING WITH THE SAME INFORMATION AND WE CAN DO THAT AND EITHER ONE OF OUR OUR GENERAL REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH A MEETING OR JUST AN UPDATE EMAIL TO THE COMMITTEE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, GIVEN OUR EVERY TWO MONTH TIME FRAME, THAT MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT TO GET THOSE TO YOU JUST QUICKER THAT WAY.

ONCE YOU UPDATE THIS WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE ADDED, CAN WE HAVE A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO US? YES, I'LL I'VE GOT MY LIST RIGHT HERE.

AND SO WE CAN UPDATE THAT, MAYBE ASSIGN SOME PROSPECTIVE DATES AND THEN WE CAN SEND THAT OUT AS A JUST AS A.

HERE'S WHERE WE STAND. WE DON'T WANT TO.

AND I THINK IF THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT HOW IT'S PRIORITIZED OR THE TIMING OF IT, WE CAN WE CAN SET THAT UP IN OUR JANUARY MEETING TO DISCUSS GOING FORWARD WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE OF THE GROUP. ANYONE ELSE? MORE PERSONAL FOR ME.

NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS, BUT I NEED A STEP BY STEP, PLEASE, FOR THE NEW EMAIL.

YEAH, WE NEED SOME UPDATES ON THAT.

TANYA WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO NEED THAT HELP AS WELL.

ONE. DON'T WORK, IT DOESN'T WORK.

THE NEW EMAIL, OK, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO STRAY OFF TOPIC FROM THIS ITEM OFF POSTING, BUT LET'S GET MAYBE GET TOGETHER AFTER THIS MEETING WE CAN.

IF YOU'RE HAVING ONE, IF YOU'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH YOUR EMAIL, WE CAN MAYBE SOLVE THAT.

AND THEY ALL HAVE THEM, I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE YET.

SO THEY SEND INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO, BUT THOSE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ME DID NOT WORK.

MADAM CHAIR, SINCE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC ON THIS ONE, DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS ITEM? YES, PLEASE.

OK. ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON ON AREAS OF INTEREST? OK, I'VE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK, SO I'LL ADD TO THIS AND GET IT OUT TO YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT.

WAS THAT OUR STAFF UPDATE MEMO? NO. OK.

[G. Staff Update Memo 1. City-Issued Emails 2. New Committee Members 3. City of Denton ADA Information]

THERE YOU GO. IT'S LIKE I KNEW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK, SO I WILL START OUT WITH THIS ONE FIRST. SO WE ARE STILL USING YOUR PERSONAL EMAILS TO COMMUNICATE AT THIS TIME.

SO STAFF, ALONG WITH ADVICE FROM FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DECIDED THAT BECAUSE WE DO GET OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, IT WAS BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO PULL ANY OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FROM A CITY EMAIL BECAUSE WE CAN DO THAT FROM THE BACK END, RATHER THAN YOU HAVING TO GO AND PULL THINGS BASICALLY INVOLVING YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT.

THE STEPS TO GET YOU ON BOARD WITH THIS ARE FIRST, YOU HAVE TO SIGN AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM AND RETURN THAT TO THE CITY.

TAMMY IS THE PERSON TO GIVE THAT TO YOU AND GET THAT FROM YOU.

ONCE YOU HAVE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR EMAIL CREDENTIALS.

SO IT WOULD BE MATTHEW GRANADOS AT CITY OF DENTON OR MATTHEW GRANADA'S AT CITY OF DENTON DOT COM AND WE GIVE YOU A TEMPORARY PASSWORD.

YOU LOG IN FROM THE FIRST TIME AND YOU CAN DO THAT FROM THE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK PORTAL, WHICH IS JUST A WEB PORTAL.

AND WHEN YOU LOG IN FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL RESET YOUR PASSWORD TO SOMETHING YOU

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OR I WOULD SAY I SHOULD SAY NOVEMBER 30TH, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY.

THAT'S WHEN WE SHIFT ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO YOUR CITY ISSUED EMAIL ADDRESS.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'VE NOT GOTTEN WITH TAMMY YET AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CREDENTIALS, YOU'RE NOT TRIED TO LOG IN.

TALK WITH US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS THAT YOU GET THERE AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PROBLEM SOLVE.

WE FIGURE THAT OUT FOR YOU.

IN ADDITION TO THE WEB FORM OR ANOTHER WEB FORM, THE THE WEB PORTAL THAT YOU CAN USE, YOU CAN ALSO ADD THE OUTLOOK APP TO YOUR PHONE IF YOU WANT TO GET ALERTS ON YOUR PHONE, AND YOU CAN EVEN ADD OTHER EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO MOST OTHER EMAIL PLATFORMS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU USE GMAIL FOR YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL, YOU CAN ADD YOUR OR YOUR CITY ISSUED ACCOUNT AND USE THAT THROUGH THE GMAIL PLATFORM.

IT'S STILL EVERYTHING IS RECORDED ON THE CITY, BUT THAT WOULD STILL WORK IN.

MOST PEOPLE MIGHT PREFER THAT SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY IN THEIR PERSONAL EMAIL ANYWAY, IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER ACCOUNT THAT YOU VIEW THROUGH GMAIL, THROUGH YAHOO, THROUGH WHATEVER ELSE THERE IS AOL.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR YOU GUYS TO TO TO BE ABLE TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT.

BUT THE FIRST STEP IS SIGNING THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT OUR EMAIL POLICY IS.

AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS GETTING WITH TAMMY SO SHE CAN GET YOU YOUR EMAIL CREDENTIALS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T SEND THOSE VIA YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNT, SINCE WE DON'T KNOW HOW SECURE THAT IS.

SO WE HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN PROVIDING THOSE BY PHONE AND SO, SO PLEASE REACH OUT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU OUT. YEAH.

AND IF YOU HAVE A ONE ON ONE PROBLEM, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE ON ONE, BUT ANY OTHER GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE EMAILS.

OK. EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED AND MOST MEMBERS ARE CONTACTED ME TALK TO YOU PERSONALLY OR I'VE LEFT A VOICEMAIL WITH YOUR PASSWORD.

OH YEAH.

I JUST I JUST THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO ASK LATER.

I'M SORRY. I JUST DON'T HAVE MY PASSWORD YET, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK LATER.

YEAH, I WAS HOPING TO GET IT TODAY.

IF CAN? AWESOME.

THANK YOU. SO IN THAT WEB PORTAL, IF YOU JUST GO TO LOG IN THAT MICROSOFT.COM.

IT WOULD BRING YOU TO UNLESS SOMEONE'S ALREADY SIGNED INTO THIS COMPUTER, WHICH MAY BE POSSIBLE. OK, SOMEONE'S ALREADY SIGNED IT, BUT IT WOULD BRING YOU TO JUST A LOG IN PORTAL AND YOU WOULD YOU WOULD LOG IN AND IT WOULD JUST BE A WEB PORTAL FOR YOUR EMAIL.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE THAT WAY.

OK, SO IF WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE UPDATE, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF OUR NEW MEMBERS.

AS WE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY STILL YET TO BE FILLED.

BUT FOR ALL THOSE RETURNING, GLAD TO HAVE YOU AGAIN.

SEE YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THOSE NEW ONES.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO TAMMY OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE TO HELP. OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THAT SAME REPORT, BUT IF YOU JUST CALL THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST ASK EVERY ONE OF US, WE'RE USUALLY AT OUR DESKS AND IF NOT JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE, WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK.

SO WE DIDN'T MENTION THE ADA INFORMATION ON OUR WEB PAGE, SO THAT IS CITY OF DENTON ADA.

THAT'S ALL OF OUR PROCESSES FOR GRIEVANCES, FOR ACCOMMODATIONS, AND THIS IS JUST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR YOU TO KNOW AS YOU INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO EITHER THEY THEMSELVES HAVE DISABILITIES OR YOU GET QUESTIONS POSED TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE ON THE COMMITTEE SITTING IN ADA, ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE FOLKS AWARE OF THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 20TH AT THREE P.M.

AND THE LOCATION IS TDSB TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER, WHICH HAS CONSIDERABLE MORE SPACE IN THIS ROOM AND WE ARE PUTTING IN CAMERAS, PUTTING IN MICROPHONES SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY HOLD MEETINGS THERE, BE ABLE TO SPACE OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WHEN WE HAD SO MANY MEMBERS, AT LEAST INITIALLY, WAS THAT IF YOU HAVE A SOMETHING TO HELP WITH YOUR MOBILITY, IT'S NOT ALWAYS TO GET AROUND.

EASY TO GET AROUND THIS ROOM WITH THE TABLES AND EVERYTHING.

SO THAT WILL AFFORD US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT CONSTRUCTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE OUR MEETING AND THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER JUST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT OVER THERE. BUT THE MAIN GOAL IS WITH 11 PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT ROOM.

AND IF YOU ADD IN NEEDING EXTRA SPACE FOR FOR MOBILITY DEVICES OR JUST THE PANDEMIC, US NOT WANT TO BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

WE THINK WE NEEDED IT.

SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE.

BUT THE BUILDING IS THAT SO IT USED TO BE OWNED BY THE SCHOOL.

IT USED TO BE, I THINK, A GROCERY STORE BEFORE THAT.

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OK, SO ELM AND KROGER USED TO BE YEARS AGO.

OH, OK. YEAH. AND THEN IT WAS A DAY BREAK FACILITY.

OH, THAT'S OKAY, RIGHT? HUGE BUILDING WITH THE HUGE PARKING LOT.

YEAH. AND IT IS BRAND SPANKING NEW INSIDE.

SO I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO LOOK JUST THIS ROOM WILL LOOK OLD AND BUSTED COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU WITH THAT NEW BUILDING.

BUT SO THAT'S WHAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS AND ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE YOU GUYS JUST ADOPTED. WE'LL HAVE THEM EVERY TWO MONTHS.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE ADJOURN SECOND.

HALLELUJAH. MAKE SURE YOU'RE WELCOME.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.