May 19, 2022 Committee on Persons with Disabilities on 2022-05-19 3:00 PM

AND KNOW WE DO HAVE A FORM, IT APPEARS.

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[A. Consider approval of the minutes for March 17, 2022.]

AND I BELIEVE, TAMMY, WE DID HAVE ONE CHANGES IN WHAT YOU PASS UP IN THE PACKET.

YOU MIGHT WALK THEM THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICK WITH THE ATTENDANCE.

I'M SORRY. WITH THE MINUTES THAT WERE APPROVED, I MADE A MISTAKE AND I COUNTED EIGHT PEOPLE, BUT I ONLY NAME SEVEN.

SO I HAD TO ADD COOPER'S NAME TO THAT AS WELL AS WITH THE ABSENCE.

I COUNTED THREE, I COUNTED TWO PEOPLE, BUT NAME THREE.

SO I HAD A LITTLE COUNT PROBLEM.

SO THAT'S BEEN CORRECTED.

SO WHAT YOU'LL BE APPROVING TODAY IS WHAT I'VE ALREADY CORRECTED, WHICH WAS NOT IN YOUR PACKAGE, REALLY NOT SO WELL ON THIS ONE.

WE DO NEED A VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

AND THIS MINUTES BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED AND CORRECTED.

SECOND. I THINK YOU SECOND IT OUT.

WELL, WE HAD TO VOTE, SO.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S

[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding comprehensive non-discrimination ordinance communication and information.]

DIRECTOR. BUT SHE WAS THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH, AND THIS WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED BY COUNCIL.

BUT SHE'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE DISABILITIES ARE MENTIONED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.

AND SARA, I'M HAPPY TO CLICK FORWARD IF YOU'D LIKE, OR I CAN GIVE YOU THE MOUSE, BUT I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT.

I'LL LET YOU HANDLE THAT. OKAY.

WELL, HI, EVERYONE. I'M SARAH KLINE, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

THANKS FOR INVITING ME TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.

I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS THE MNDO AND THEN ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION.

SO THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

THE SLIDE DOES PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY AND HOW WE GOT TO THAT POINT.

SO IT WAS A REQUEST FROM CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY LAST SUMMER.

THEY WANTED TO SEE SOME RESEARCH ON OTHER CITIES THAT HAD NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES.

AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, AFTER PRESENTING SOME RESEARCH, THEY ASKED US TO GO STAFF TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE AND A PROCESS.

WE WORKED THROUGH THAT LAST FALL AND WINTER WITH CITY COUNCIL FOR A FEW WORK SESSIONS.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE GOT THE PUBLIC INPUT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR LEADING TO THE ADOPTION IN MARCH.

THE ORDINANCE IS NOT EFFECTIVE YET.

THERE WAS 120 CALENDAR DAYS DELAYED FROM WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED.

SO IT ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE JULY 20TH OF THIS YEAR AND THAT'S REALLY TIME TO ALLOW US TO EDUCATE AND COMMUNICATE WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS ESTABLISH SOME PROCESSES THAT WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTING.

SO WHAT IS AN NDO THIS VERY FIRST QUESTION? IT IS AN ACTION THAT SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE DECIDED TO DO WHEN THERE ARE NOT PROTECTIONS AT THE FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL.

SO A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS PROTECTIONS THAT DO NOT EXIST CURRENTLY IN FEDERAL OR STATE LAW FOR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.

THERE ARE FIVE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT HAVE AN NDO ALREADY, WHICH WE'VE LOOKED AT CLOSELY.

THEY'RE LISTED ON THE SCREEN THERE YOU CAN SEE PLANO, ARLINGTON, DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN.

GO TO NEXT SLIDE, RYAN.

SO WHAT IS THE CITY'S NDO WHAT DOES IT COVER AND I'M SORRY, SHOULD SAY DRAFT ON THE TOP THAT IT IS APPROVED.

IT IS OFFICIAL.

SO WHAT DOES THE NGO COVER?

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AND IT IS THE FOLLOWING ARE PROTECTED CLASSES OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, RELIGION, DISABILITY, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. SO YOU CANNOT DISCRIMINATE IN THOSE THREE AREAS BASED ON THOSE LISTS OF PROTECTED CLASSES.

AND THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE GENERALLY IS THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.

AND WE DID THAT VERY STRATEGICALLY SO THAT WHERE WE COULD WE CAN HELP REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY AS WELL.

SO WHAT IS NOT COVERED? WHAT MIGHT BE EXEMPTED FROM THE CITY'S MNDO? THERE ARE BROAD EXEMPTIONS, MEANING THEY'RE TOTALLY EXEMPTED FROM THE ORDINANCE.

AND THAT'S THREE THINGS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THE CITY CANNOT GOVERN WHAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES.

ALSO, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS A LAW CALLED THE TEXAS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RESTORATION ACT, WHICH PROHIBITS ANY GOVERNMENT FROM INFRINGING UNDER TEXAS STATE LAW, INFRINGING ON INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. SO IF SOMEBODY CLAIMS THAT YOU.

INFRINGED UPON MY ABILITY TO PRACTICE MY RELIGION.

THEY MIGHT CLAIM THAT AS A DEFENSE DEFENSE FROM THE CITY'S NBA.

SO THEY MIGHT BE EXEMPTED IF WE ARE BURDENING THEIR PRACTICE OF RELIGION.

I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IS IN TEXAS STATE LAW.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE BROAD EXEMPTIONS, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC ONES.

AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN FEDERAL AND STATE LAW AS WELL.

SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR SMALL EMPLOYERS, SMALL LANDLORDS, AND IF IT'S A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, MEANING IT'S NOT OPEN TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS IF SOMEONE FEELS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE? WHAT WOULD THEY DO IN THE CITY? THEY CAN FILE A COMPLAINT.

THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT COMPLAINT WITHIN 90 CALENDAR DAYS FROM WHEN THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OCCURRED.

AND THEY'LL MAKE IT ON A FORM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF, CITY STAFF AT TEN BUSINESS DAYS, THEN TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE COMPLAINT, IF WE CAN REFER IT TO A FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY, WE'RE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY DO THAT.

IF WE CANNOT, WE'LL ACCEPT THE COMPLAINT LOCALLY FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

WE ALSO MAY DENY IT IF IT JUST DOES NOT MEET THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE SUCH AS MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF CORINTH.

WE CAN'T HANDLE THAT OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION.

SO AS I MENTIONED, WHERE WE CAN WE'RE GOING TO REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY.

SO RIGHT NOW, ANYTHING UNDER EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING CAN BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY.

IT CAN GO TO THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION OR THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT OR HOUSING.

IT CAN GO TO HUD, THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN FOR PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.

SOME MAY BE ABLE TO GO TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, DEPENDING ON THE PROTECTED CLASS, BUT SOME MAY NOT BE ABLE TO.

MEANING THERE'S NOT A FEDERAL LAW THAT EXISTS.

SO ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ON DISABILITIES, WE MAY BE ABLE TO REFER THOSE TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE? SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY.

IF IT'S IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, WE WOULD HANDLE THAT LOCALLY THROUGH A LOCAL PROCESS VIA ORDINANCE.

AND THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE TRIED TO MAP IT OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IT VERY HIGH LEVEL.

SO THAT FIRST THAT FIRST SECTION IS WHAT I JUST TALKED THROUGH, HOW YOU'D FILE A COMPLAINT.

WE'RE DOING THE PRELIMINARY REVIEW, IF WE CAN REFER IT.

WE WILL. IF WE CANNOT, THEN IT REALLY GOES INTO THE REST OF THE PROCESS.

WE WOULD PROCEED TO DOING AN INVESTIGATION.

WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO HELP US DO THAT JUST WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND SPECIALTIES THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF.

THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF THERE'S REASONABLE CAUSE THAT DISCRIMINATION OCCURRED THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE ORDINANCE.

IF THERE IS REASONABLE CAUSE, WE WILL THEN TRY TO USE THAT NEXT AND THIRD COLUMN TO CONCILIATE.

WE'LL TRY TO CONCILIATE THAT WHERE WE CAN ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT.

IF WE CANNOT, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD BE REFERRED TO THE MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR FOR REVIEW FOR THE ENFORCEMENT STEP.

THERE IS A PENALTY IF YOU VIOLATE THE ORDINANCE IN DISCRIMINATING AGAINST SOMEONE FOR A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, WHICH IS NO MORE THAN A $500 FINE.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE THAT IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE KIND OF DESCRIBING, THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS TO MEET CERTAIN THRESHOLDS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD TO THAT MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION

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I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE BEST, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

I JUST KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THAT.

SO I THINK WE CAN SKIP THAT SLIDE.

AND THEN LASTLY, HOW DO YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NDO? SO DO YOU HAVE A WEB PAGE DEDICATED TO IT AND INCLUDES THE FULL ORDINANCE? SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT A QUESTION IF YOU WANT MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, AND WE'LL PROVIDE A RESPONSE.

AND THEN WE WILL BE UPLOADING MORE INFORMATION, MORE COMMUNICATIONS FORMS THAT SOMEONE WOULD USE IF THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

SO ALL THAT INFORMATION WILL BE CENTRALIZED THERE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED UP IN MY HEAD WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION, WHICH I DO UNDERSTAND, IS THAT THAT AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY SEEM TO BE AT A CROSSROADS.

JUST FROM THE GET GO.

SO HOW IN THE PROCESS OF THE SLIDE, WHERE WOULD YOU SEE THAT GOING TOWARDS LIKE LET'S SAY HOUSING AND SOMEBODY HAD SIGNED A LEASE, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO IT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO IF SOMEBODY BELIEVES IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY BURDENING THEIR PRACTICE OF RELIGION, THEY WOULD MAKE THAT DEFENSE.

AFTER THE COMPLAINT IS FILED.

WE'VE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE IT LOCALLY IF WE CANNOT REFER IT.

SO KIND OF THOSE VERY LIMITED INSTANCES AND IF WE CANNOT REFER IT, THEN WE WOULD GO AND WE TALK TO THE PERSON WHERE THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST AND WE ASK FOR A STATEMENT, MORE INFORMATION.

IT MAY BE AT THAT TIME THAT THEY CLAIM THAT LAW IS A DEFENSE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE WORK WITH OUR OUR LEGAL TEAM TO REVIEW THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT SOMEBODY COULD CLAIM THAT AT THAT STEP IN THE PROCESS AND IT MIGHT STOP THE PROCESS FOR MOVING FORWARD.

AND THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION COULD BE TAKEN OVER THE PERSON'S RIGHT TO HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAW IS SET UP.

IT'S GOING TO DEPEND A LITTLE BIT ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE THAT ARE ALL VERY SPECIFIC, BUT IT COULD, IF THAT IS TEXAS STATE LAW, WE'D HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT AS WELL.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

WHO WHO'S GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND CONCILIATION ENFORCEMENT? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S AN EXTRA I MEAN WHO HAS IN THE PAST AND WHERE WE HAVE AT NDO SO FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR OTHER REASONS, DO WE PAY FOR THAT OR IS THAT.

YES. THE CITY WILL BE PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES.

AND HOW WE'VE PROPOSED IT RIGHT NOW IS TO USE A FIRM SO THE FIRM WOULD HELP US DO THE INVESTIGATION AND CONCILIATION PHASES.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDS BUDGETED FOR THAT IF WE RECEIVE SOME COMPLAINTS TO DO THAT.

BUT IT'S ALSO THE REASON WHY WE RECOMMENDED THAT, WHERE WE COULD REFER TO A FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY THAT WOULD DO THAT TO IF THOSE RESOURCES ALREADY EXIST.

YES. SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU SEE WILL BE ABLE TO BE REFERRED.

WE'LL HELP MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

WE'LL HELP MAKE THAT TO THE DIFFERENT AGENCY.

THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT SARAH AND I TALK ABOUT THAT ARE MY CONNECTION TO THIS GROUP YOU HIT ON IN THIS AUDIENCE? DISABILITIES AND HOW I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE WHEN CLIENTS COME IN THAT ARE ACCOMMODATION RELATED.

THOSE ARE REALLY ROOTED AT LEAST WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVED BY THE CITY.

WE TENDED TO WRITE PEOPLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SO THEY ARE SET UP TO HANDLE THOSE THOSE COMPLAINTS WHEN IT IS SOMEONE THAT IS SOMEONE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND SARAH MADE A VERY HAS A VERY GOOD QUESTION TODAY.

WHAT IF THAT IS RELATED TO ACCOMMODATIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO, SAY, A CITY, STREET OR SIDEWALK? AND I WANT TO REMIND THIS GROUP THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE FILE.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WHILE THE CITY WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T INVESTIGATE OURSELVES UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, WE DO HAVE A PREEXISTING PROCESS WHERE SOMEONE CAN FILE A GRIEVANCE AGAINST THE CITY.

AND THAT IS THAT IS THE STANDARD PROCESS THAT IS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT WE SEND OUT IN PERSON INTO THIS GROUP.

IT FEELS LIKE A YEAR AGO IT COULD HAVE BEEN TWO, BUT IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.

SO I DO WANT TO LET THIS GROUP KNOW ABOUT THAT.

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I MEAN, WE HAD A BIG OUTREACH PERIOD WHEN IT WAS BEING PASSED.

WE TRY TO GET A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AS WE DEVELOP OUR PROCESSES AND WE HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS BECOMING MORE FULLY FORMED.

WE ARE REACHING OUT TO BUSINESSES.

WE SENT A LETTER TO EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY COMMERCIAL WATER ACCOUNT IN THE CITY.

WE'VE WORKED. WE PRESENTED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND THE REASON WE TARGETED BUSINESSES IS OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE PROBABLY HIGHLY, MORE HIGHLY LIKELY TO GET COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM.

SO WE WANT THEM TO BE AWARE AND TO POTENTIALLY AVOID GETTING THOSE COMPLAINTS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE ORDINANCE.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE HERE TODAY AND OUR HOPE IS THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE CAN REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND HELP US SPREAD THAT WORD.

WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO GET WITH LATER ON IN THE SUMMER GROUPS LIKE OUTREACH DIN SO THAT THERE WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND AND WE JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO TO THEM AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SPREAD THE MESSAGE AS WELL.

AND WE'VE PUT OUT PRESS RELEASES, DONE KIND OF THAT BROAD BASED MARKETING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN JUST MAKE AS MANY PEOPLE AWARE AS POSSIBLE THAT THIS THIS ORDINANCE WILL BE COMING INTO EFFECT. IT IS OUT THERE AND THAT THERE'S A PROCESS AND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS.

IF THERE'S ANY SUGGESTIONS WHERE WE CAN ENHANCE COMMUNICATION OR OUTREACH, JUST LET US KNOW AS WELL.

YOU DO HAVE. YOU REALLY CAN'T GO WRONG ON THE NO VOTE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS PURELY INFORMATIONAL.

I WILL SAY IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, THAT WEBSITE THAT WE'VE HAD UP EARLIER, SAVE IT, NOT SLASH ENDO.

IT HAS A TON OF RESOURCES THERE.

IT ALSO HAS A FORM SUBMITTALS.

YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION THAT COMES TO ME AMONG A FEW OTHERS.

SO WE TRY TO GET A TURNAROUND PRETTY QUICK ON THOSE AND YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION.

OTHERWISE, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR SARAH.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff feedback regarding the Special Event Permitting process and Parks & Recreation Special Events.]

AND LET ME PULL UP THAT PRESENTATION I CAN ANNOUNCE TO WORK.

THERE IT IS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DRIVE? OR IF YOU WANT TO FEED YOURSELF, I'LL GET SHOT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GIVE IT A GO.

YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU.

I'LL LET ARIANNA INTRODUCE HERSELF.

AND ACTUALLY, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, THE REASON WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TODAY IS WHEN WE SET OUT OUR ORIGINAL GOALS FOR THE COMMITTEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD COME UP AND I THINK WE HAD HAD SOME RECENT SPECIAL EVENTS IS HOW ARE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED COMMUNITY AND HOW IS ACCESSIBILITY FACTORED INTO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS? AND ARE THERE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMITTEE ON HOW WE CAN MAYBE JUST MAKE OUR EVENTS MORE ACCESSIBLE OR TRY TO PROMOTE TO OTHERS WHO USE OUR FACILITIES TO MAKE THEIR EVENTS MORE ACCESSIBLE.

SO I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. HI THERE, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ARIANA BENSON.

I'M THE SPECIAL EVENTS SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME OUT TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS, NOT ONLY OUR PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE DO INTERNALLY.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

BUT IF AT ANY POINT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE FIRST THING IS FOR WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR EXTERNAL EVENT PERMIT PROCESS CRITERIA.

SO BEFORE YOU START PLANNING A SPECIAL EVENT WITH THE CITY WITH US, WE GO THROUGH THESE CERTAIN CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUALIFY FOR THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

SO THIS INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF EVENT GATHERING OR ORGANIZED ACTIVITY THAT INCLUDES 200 OR MORE PEOPLE, OR IT CAN INCLUDE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WHICH IS CLOSING OR IMPACTING PUBLIC STREET SIDEWALK OR TRAIL BLOCKING OR RESTRICTING CITY OWNED PROPERTY SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF

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INSTALLATION OF A STAGE BAND, SHELL TRAILER OR BANDSHELL TRAILER BAND, PORTABLE BUILDING, GRANDSTAND OR BLEACHERS ALSO INCLUDES PLACEMENT OF PORTABLE TOILETS, TEMPORARY NO PARKING SIGNS IN A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, PEDESTRIAN BOUNDARY MARKERS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY OR PLACEMENT OF ADDITIONAL WASTE CONTAINERS. AND LASTLY, HAVING AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I DO THINK IT WAS ACCESS TO PORTABLE TOILETS THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART OF.

BUT THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

OKAY, THANK YOU. WRITE THAT DOWN.

ALL RIGHT. SO ONCE THE EVENT ORGANIZER HAS MET THIS CRITERIA, WE GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT PROCESS, AND THAT GOES SPECIFICALLY TO MEET SO THE EVENT ORGANIZER CAN EITHER EMAIL ME AN APPLICATION OR THEY CAN SUBMIT IT IN PERSON AT THE CITY OF DENTON.

WE DO ASK THAT THESE SPECIAL PERMITS BE SUBMITTED 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS ALL OF THE CRITERIA AND MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN IF IT'S IF IT REQUESTS COUNCIL APPROVAL, WE DO ASK THAT IT'S 90 DAYS AND THAT CAN INCLUDE REQUESTING A NOISE VARIANCE.

IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE CO-SPONSORSHIP OR SELLING OR PROVIDING ALCOHOL ON CITY PROPERTY.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S 90 DAYS.

AND SO ONCE IT'S SUBMITTED TO ME, OUR TEAM FOR SPECIAL EVENTS TAKES THAT APPLICATION AND WE DISTRIBUTE IT TO ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS STAFF.

SO THAT INCLUDES FIRE POLICE, OUR RISK DIVISION, OUR CONSUMER HEALTH DIVISION, TRAFFIC STREETS, PARK MAINTENANCE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO ALL OF THOSE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THOSE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 14 PAGE APPLICATION AND KIND OF GO THROUGH IT AND COMB IT OVER TO SEE WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT SAFER, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO ONCE THOSE MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES HAVE REVIEWED IT, THEY'LL REACH OUT TO THE EVENT ORGANIZER IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL PERMITS OR IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO WE'VE TRIED AS OUR BEST TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS BEFORE.

IT USED TO BE THE EVENT ORGANIZER HAD TO CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS TO SAY, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? AND NOW WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS SAY, OKAY, JUST COME TO ME, WE'LL LET THE TEAM KNOW AND THEN THEY'LL GET BACK TO YOU IF WE NEED THEM TO.

SO AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS ARE WELCOME TO IMPROVING OUR OPERATIONS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO DRIVE AND I HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGING THIS.

THERE WE GO. SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRYING TO STREAMLINE, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ARE TRYING TO.

CAN YOU GO BACK ONE TOO MANY? OH, JUST A. OH, THANK YOU.

THERE WE GO. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONSIDER POSSIBLE CHANGES FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT CRITERIA.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING RESEARCH IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, REACHING OUT TO OUR OTHER SPECIAL EVENT, CITIES THAT HAVE PERMITTING PROCESSES TO SEE HOW THEY HAVE THE OPERATIONS AND HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY IMPROVE THEM OR IMPLEMENT THEM INTO OUR CITY.

HERE, WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN UPDATING OUR SPECIAL EVENT GUIDE, WHICH CURRENTLY IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE AN ADA COMPLIANT SECTION FOR HELPING EVENT ORGANIZERS PLAN TEMPORARIES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

NOT ALL ORGANIZERS ARE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY CAN INCLUDE IN THERE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR ALL ATTENDEES.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FOCUSES ON THE EXTERNAL SIDE AND GET TO OUR INTERNAL SITE IN JUST A MOMENT.

AND THEN I WANT TO PAUSE HERE BEFORE WE DO SHIFT GEARS TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXTERNAL PERMIT PROCESS OR THE CRITERIA BEFORE I GET STARTED IN SPECIAL EVENTS.

I GUESS I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I LIKE THE PROCESS FOR THE GROUP THAT IS REQUESTING THIS.

IS THERE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH.

THERE IS A FEE. IT'S $30.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS INTO OUR INTERNAL COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO, OF COURSE, IT IS A LOT NOT ONLY AS THE DEPARTMENT, BUT AS THE CITY, TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING.

AND FOR US IN OUR DIVISION, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE AT OUR EVENTS.

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SO HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS IS I STARTED BACK IN JANUARY.

AND SO NIA MACY IS OUR EXACT ADOPTED REC CO-ORDINATOR.

SHE'S OVER THERE. SHE PRESENTED A FEW MONTHS AGO TO YOU GUYS.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR EVENTS MORE INCLUSIVE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS COMING UP SOON JUST WITH THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ON HOW WE CAN DO BETTER FOR OUR EVENTS.

SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO JUST DISCUSS OUR FOUR LARGEST EVENTS FOR THE CITY AND TEN THAT WE DO INTERNALLY WITH PARKS AND REC.

SO IT'S OUR JULY JUBILEE AND LIBERTY RUN.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A THREE PART EVENT KIND OF ALL WRAPPED UP INTO ONE DAY.

SO THIS ONE'S ON JULY 2ND OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR 24TH ANNUAL LIBERTY RUN OUT AT THE CIVIC CENTER THROUGH GW AND QUAKERTOWN.

AND THEN WE FOLLOW THAT WITH THE YANKEE DOODLE PARADE THAT'S DOWNTOWN IN THE SQUARE, AND IT ENDS AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR JULY JUBILEE FESTIVAL THAT'S AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND QUAKERTOWN PARK.

AND THEN OUR NEXT BIGGEST EVENT THAT WE HAVE WILL BE IN 2023.

AND THAT'S OUR GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP.

THAT WAS ORIGINALLY HOSTED BY KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL.

AND NOW THAT WE'VE COMBINED TO BE JUST WITH THE CITY OF DENTON, WE'VE TAKEN OVER THAT EVENT.

AND SO WE'VE HAD I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 1000 VOLUNTEERS COME IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY TO CLEAN UP TRASH.

AND I THINK WE RECYCLED AND PICKED UP FOUR TONS OF TRASH OFF THE STREETS AND OUT OF OUR PARK SYSTEM.

SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA.

THAT'S IN APRIL.

WE HAVE AGES 0 TO 10 THAT THEY CAN COME INTO THE PARK DOING EASTER EGG HUNT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE EASTER BUNNY.

THERE'S DIFFERENT CRAFTS, FACE PAINTING, FOOD, ALL THE SORTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, OUR LAST LARGEST EVENT IS THE DENTON REDBUD FESTIVAL, AND THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON RECYCLING, REUSING, REDUCING AND REUSING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES. SO WE HAVE A REALLY COOL RECYCLING FASHION SHOW WHERE PEOPLE GET TO ENTER AND CREATE DIFFERENT NEAT OUTFITS.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY FASCINATING TO WATCH.

SO THOSE ARE OUR FOUR BIG EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, THE LARGEST ATTENDEES, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE OUR LARGEST FOOTPRINT.

YES, MA'AM. SO JAZZ FEST IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY IN THE CITY? YES, MA'AM. SO JAZZ FEST IS AN EXTERNAL COMMUNITY EVENT.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S THE JAZZ FEST COMMITTEE AND THEY HOST THAT EVENT AND THEN THEY WORK THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT PROCESS WITH ME AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM.

YEAH. SO THEN ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME SMALLER EVENTS THAT DO NOT MAKE IT ONTO THE SLIDE.

BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION.

SO THAT INCLUDES OUR VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE IN FEBRUARY.

IT'S FOR ANY AGES.

ALL FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME JUST TO GO AND ENJOY A DANCE.

FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, WE HAVE SNACKS, REFRESHMENTS, THE WHOLE SORTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK.

THOSE ARE OFFERED PROBABLY FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

WE DO SOME IN THE SPRING FUN IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HOT.

AND THEN WE DO A FEW IN THE FALL AND WE JUST HAVE A LARGE MOVIE SCREEN THAT'S INFLATABLE.

WE SHOW A MOVIE AND HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS AND FOOD AND THEN WE HAVE TWO NEW EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.

THAT IS A YAPPY HOUR AT THE DOG PARK.

SO IT'S GOING TO GET NORTH LAKES DOG PARK.

YEAH, WE'RE HOPEFULLY HAVING AN BREWING COMPANY AND DENTON PARKS FOUNDATION TO COME OUT AND HAVE BEER FOR THE ADULTS.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INVITED A SUZY SNACK SHOP, WHICH IS A LOCAL DOG SHOP FOR TREATS, TO SELL SOME TREATS FOR THE DOGS AND SOME DOG BEER FOR THE DOGS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN OUR LAST EVENT THAT IS BRAND NEW TO THE CITY THAT WE'RE HOPING TO KICK OFF IN THE FALL IS OUR FOOD TRUCK FRENZY.

AND IT'S JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ALL OF THE LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS OUT FROM THE CITY AND HAVE THEM OUT OF THE PARK IN RACER RANCH, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST PARKS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. SO THOSE ARE LARGE EVENTS AND SOME OF OUR SMALLER EVENTS.

AND SO I WANT TO GET INTO OUR FUTURE GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY, SO WE'VE REALLY HIT THE BALL RUNNING.

BUT MY GOAL FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS IS MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE INCLUSIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ADD PIECES, WHETHER THEY BE LARGE OR EVEN JUST MAKING SMALL CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY WHO COMES TO OUR EVENTS MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THEY NEED AND THAT THEY ARE WELCOME.

SO SOME WAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS THIS SPRING IS MAKING SURE OUR VENDOR PLACEMENT AND OUR LAYOUT IS FRIENDLY TO ALL.

AND WE'RE WORKING THIS SUMMER FOR OUR JULY TO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND ADD SENSORY FRIENDLY SPACES.

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SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HAVE SOME SPACE AVAILABLE, EITHER IN THE CIVIC CENTER OR IN THE PARK.

AGAIN, THAT'S SENSORY FRIENDLY FOR FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE THAT.

AND THEN LONG TERM, OUR FOCUS IS REALLY GOING TO BE ON INTERNAL POLICIES AND CHECKLISTS.

CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF CHECKLIST, WHETHER THAT BE FOR SPECIFIC INCLUSIVITY ASPECTS OR OTHER ASPECTS.

SO I HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING WITH MY COORDINATOR, KASSIDY HILL, TO TRY AND GET CHECKLISTS FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR EVENT LAYOUT IS THERE. WE HAVE MAPS, WE HAVE MARKETING MATERIALS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND HAVE A SAFE EVENT.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE, SENSORY ACCESSIBLE AND COGNITIVE COGNITIVE ACCESSIBILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE EVENT LAYOUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE WALK THE ROUTES IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT EVENT.

FOR INSTANCE, OUR FOOD TRUCK CURRENCY GOING AND DOING SITE CLOCKS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PLACED IN OUR HEADS MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYONE.

AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR TODAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TURN IT AROUND FOR YOU GUYS AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR US ON HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR EVENTS MORE ACCESSIBLE.

AND OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS FOR YOU.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ACCESSIBLE PORTA POTTIES? I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF ANYTHING, TO BE HONEST TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM.

I DO KNOW THERE ARE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT DO HAVE PORTA POTTIES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAVE NOT HAD THE PORTA POTTIES AT OUR EVENTS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

OUR EVENTS ARE PROBABLY BETWEEN 300 TO MAYBE 3000, 5000 PEOPLE.

SO WE USUALLY HAVE OUR RESTROOMS THAT ARE AT QUAKERTOWN PARK IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR BIGGER EVENTS.

THOSE ARE EXISTING RESTROOMS. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT WE ALWAYS DO RECOMMEND FOR PORTA POTTIES FOR THIRD PARTY VENDORS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY AT THE CITY TO LET OUT.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE LOOKING AT? WELL, YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T USE THEM, PERIOD, FOR THE CITY EVENTS AND ALL THESE OTHER EVENTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO RESTROOMS THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO.

CORRECT. WE DO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S RESTROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.

BUT WHAT WE DO ARE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON, AGAIN, IS THE CHANGING THE EVENT PLANNING GUIDE.

AND ONE OF THOSE CHECKLISTS COULD BE ACCESSIBLE, PORTABLE RESTROOMS, JUST PORTABLE RESTROOMS. AND MORE THAN ONE, I THINK, WITH THE ISSUE THAT A LOT OF TIMES THERE IS JUST ONE AND THAT IT JUST WASN'T WORKING FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE LIKE IF SOMEBODY HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THERE OR SOMETHING AND NOBODY ELSE WOULD GO IN THERE, THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO UNDERSTAND? WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A WHOLE ANSWER.

ANY FEEDBACK YOU GUYS HAVE FOR US? GOOD WORKING.

IS THERE A MARKETING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS? BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SPREAD YOUR BRAND, SO THE COMMUNITY MARKET IS A SPECIAL EVENT, BUT IT'S NOT FOR THE CITY OF DENTON.

SO IT'S THROUGH, AGAIN, AN EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH THE COUNTY ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT'S ON COUNTY PROPERTY.

YEAH. SO WHEN YOU ARE PLANNING YOUR EXTERNAL EVENTS, DO YOU WORK WITH ANY OF THE DISABILITY GROUP? NOT NECESSARILY THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE DO WALKTHROUGHS TO SEE WHAT'S IN YOUR HANDS AT WORK WHEN IT HAPPENS.

DO YOU DO YOU DO THAT CURRENTLY? WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT CURRENTLY, BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY IF ANY OF YOU ARE WILLING OR ABLE OR IF YOU HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED, PLEASE REACH OUT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. GOOD THING A PERSON WHO'S EXPERIENCING IT NEEDS TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD BE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DO HAVE MY BUSINESS CARDS TOO.

SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THOSE, I'LL PASS THOSE OUT.

SO I GUESS THE KEY.

I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.

SOMEONE WOULD BE TO LET US KNOW WHEN YOU BEGIN YOUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR YOU.

OH, YEAH, SURE.

WE'RE PLANNING ALL YEAR LONG, SO THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A START TIME.

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WE ARE WORKING ON THE ONES BEFORE THAT THAT ARE COMING UP AFTER.

SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO YOUR GUIDES ARE MAPS INCLUDE LIKE THIS PART OF THE LEGEND OR SOMEONE INDICATE WHERE THESE AREAS ARE THAT YOU HAVE, WHERE THERE'S FOR SENSORY THINGS OR WHATEVER, LIKE THE RESTROOMS THAT ARE WHERE SOMEBODY COULD FIND THOSE.

SO IT'S NOT HAVING TO LOOK IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'LL KNOW WHERE TO GO.

SURE. SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE THOSE SENSORY FRIENDLY ROOMS SPECIFICALLY FOR, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT IN JULY FOR OUR GEOLOGICAL EVENT AND THEY WILL BE NOTATED ON THE MAPS AND ALL THOSE MAPPING SYSTEMS. THE COUNTRY WORKING TO DEVELOP THEIR INTERNAL POLICIES AND CHECKLIST.

AND ARE THEY GOING TO BE MANDATED? IS THERE ANY QUALITY FOR NOT MAKING EVENTS ACCESSIBLE, AT LEAST FROM A BARE MINIMUM STANDARD? I CAN'T SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE MANDATED QUITE YET.

IT IS FAIRLY NEW AND I THINK OUR FIRST STEP WOULD JUST BE SUPPLYING THE CHECKLIST OF SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HERE'S THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AT YOUR EVENT.

I THINK THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE IF WE HAD SOMEBODY OVER THAT SECTION SAYING, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR FIRE OR POLICE THAT SAYS, OKAY, YOU MEET THIS CRITERIA. YES, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE.

I THINK THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE THERE YET.

SO DO YOU.

ARE YOU CONSIDERING MONITORING EXTERNAL EVENTS TO ENSURE THAT ACCOMMODATIONS ARE DIFFERENT? NOT AT THIS TIME. SO I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S ME DOING THE EXTERNAL EVENTS AND CHECKING ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO REVIEW.

SO OUR TEAM IS PRETTY SMALL.

WE DO WORK WITH PD AND FIRE AS WELL, WHO ARE SOMETIMES AT THE LOCATION OF THE EVENTS.

BUT RIGHT NOW OUR TEAM IS IS RATHER SMALL, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO TO THOSE EXTERNAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HAVE OUR PAPER AND SAY, OKAY, YES, YOU DID DO THIS.

SO DO YOU SUSPECT THAT THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE COMPLAINTS IF INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT WELL ACCOMMODATED? AND IF SO, HOW WOULD WOULD YOU DIRECT IT BACK TO THE EXTERNAL ORGANIZER? AND WOULD THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR FUTURE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE? I'D SAY IT'S POSSIBLE FOR SURE.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ADA IN PLACE.

SO THAT'S A FEDERAL LAW.

AND IF WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS OR THEY TAKE PLACE IN OUR FACILITIES OR IN OUR PARKS, SO OUR PARKS SHOULD BE ADA ACCESSIBLE.

WE SHOULD HAVE EASY ACCESS OR PATH TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY GONE THROUGH AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN OR AN 88 STUDY, COMPREHENSIVE STUDY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHICH LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR PARKS, ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT STUDY.

IT'S A LARGE SUM OF MONEY.

IT WAS ALMOST 15,000 PAGES OR 5000 PAGES OF THE REPORT THAT WE GOT AND IT EARMARKED EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A PRIORITY. I THINK IT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED HERE.

MAYBE THE SPORTS. YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS.

SO WE'VE ASKED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS THEY COME UP.

IT'S ON THAT PRIORITY LIST.

AND THEN THERE'S A GRIEVANCE POLICY, WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S TURNED IN, WE CAN ADJUST IT AT THAT TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S REALLY OUR MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FOR EVENTS MAYBE THAT TAKE PLACE IN OUR FACILITIES.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ISSUE TURNED IN.

WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THEM THAT WAY.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO CREATE MAYBE A BEST PRACTICES, LOOKING AROUND AT OTHER CITIES AND THINGS THAT AUSTIN DOES, MAYBE LA, WHERE ARE OUR MANAGEMENT AGENCIES KIND OF PULLING SOME INFORMATION TOGETHER? WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES OUT THERE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO EVENT ORGANIZERS TO SAY, OKAY, WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR EVENT, IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU CAN CONSIDER THESE THINGS.

WE ALSO HAVE MAYA WHO CAME AND PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS.

SHE JOINED OUR TEAM, SO SHE'S ALSO AN EXPERT IN THAT FIELD AND IS ABLE TO WORK WITH US TO HELP DEVELOP THOSE GUIDELINES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY RELATIVELY NEW.

I'LL BE VERY HONEST. WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT IT BEFORE.

WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THIS POLICY.

WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE CAN GIVE TO EVENT ORGANIZERS.

IS IT SOMEPLACE IN THE FUTURE, OR MAYBE WE HAVE AN ADA PERSON ON OUR TEAM WHO'S GOING OUT TO CHECK THOSE THINGS? SURE, IT'S A FUNDING THING AND IT'S A STAFFING THING, AND IF WE CAN EVENTUALLY GET THERE, THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE THAT JUST MAKES THEN THAT MUCH BETTER.

AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PROCESS THAT MUCH BETTER INTERNALLY FOR OUR OWN EVENTS, THE SAME THING.

WE'RE WORKING ON GUIDELINES WITH MAYA FOR OUR EVENTS, BUT ALSO INTERNALLY AS OUR DEPARTMENT.

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SO THAT'S THAT WILL PROBABLY WE WILL COME BACK HERE TO YOU GUYS WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THOSE OR WHEN WE GET A DRAFT JUST TO GET SOME DIRECTION AND SOME FEEDBACK.

BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT FROM US AGAIN.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE VERY MUCH IN THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING STAGES.

THESE ARE OUR GOALS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE CITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ADDRESSED YOUR QUESTION.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A LOT OR NOT TO YOU, BUT IT WAS A LOT THAT IT WAS MUCH INFORMATIVE.

SO THANK YOU. AND GOING OFF YOUR QUESTION AS WELL, WHATEVER WE DO GET THOSE CONCERNS.

IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO KIND OF GET THE FEEDBACK TO KIND OF BUILD ONTO THAT POLICY.

AND SO IN THAT WAY, WE KNOW THAT WE GET CONSTANT CONCERNS ABOUT MAYBE PATHWAYS, THAT WE KNOW THAT IN THE POLICY, THAT EXTERNAL EVENT POLICY TO IMPLEMENT THINGS ABOUT PATHWAYS.

SO SOMETIMES THOSE CONCERNS KIND OF BENEFIT US IN THE LONG RUN.

SO MY QUESTION IS, AS THESE ARE FUTURE GOALS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? WHEN DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A DRAFT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT? WHEN WHEN IS THE GOAL TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THESE NEW CHECKLIST AND GUIDELINES? FOR ME, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.

LIKE I SAID, I STARTED IN JANUARY.

SO YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

SO THAT'S KIND OF MY TIMELINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA FOR THAT ONE.

SO WE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY IS VERY PRELIMINARY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FALL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF OUTLINE AND DRAFT TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO GO TO FAST FORWARD TO.

HERE AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING.

CAN YOU PROVIDE US SOME FEEDBACK? AND THEN FROM THERE, JUST MOVE FORWARD.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL DRAG OUT FOREVER.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO HAVE A DROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE FALL, BUT IT'LL BE PROGRESSIVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT.

WE WANT TO LOOK INTERNALLY, OUR DEPARTMENT OVERALL, THEN OUR AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEN EXTERNAL, SPECIAL EVENTS.

EXTERNAL IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE WE WANT TO GATHER AS MUCH INPUT AND BEST PRACTICES AS WE CAN FROM OTHER CITIES THAT ARE MAYBE ALREADY DOING THAT.

AND THEY'RE REALLY IT'D BE HARD TO FIND.

IT IS PRETTY PROGRESSIVE, SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND OTHER CITIES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A HARD DEADLINE RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD I WOULD THINK AUSTIN WOULD BE A GREAT CITY TO FOLLOW.

I LIVED THERE AND I WORKED WITH THE DISABILITY COMMITTEE, WITH THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THERE.

AND AND I WAS JUST REALLY I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW THEM MY TWO TIDBITS.

AND THEN ALONG WITH THE PARK BOARD, IT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL.

JUST FOR FEEDBACK, CHECK AND MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE GETTING YOUR INPUT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN HELP ANSWER? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.

AND I'LL GO GRAB SOME BUSINESS CARDS AND I'LL LEAVE THEM WITH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GO TO EVENTS AND I HOPE YOU DO JUST THINGS THAT STRIKE YOU THAT MAYBE YOU CAN'T REMEMBER TODAY.

PLEASE LET EVERYONE TO KNOW AND AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE.

[D. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the Parkway On-Street Multi-Use Path Project of the Department of Capital Projects Sidewalk Work Plan.]

SO THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM.

AND NATHAN, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE ONE PRESENTING? YES. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRIVE? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DRIVE? OKAY. I'LL JUST SAY NEXT.

THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.

JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, NATHAN GEORGE CAPITAL PROJECTS ENGINEERING.

I'M JOINED BY BRANT, WHO'S OUR DEPUTY CITY ENGINEER.

I ALWAYS DO A BAD JOB OF INTRODUCING FOLKS WHO JOIN ME FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKWAY ON STREET TRAIL.

THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN 2019 AS A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO REPURPOSE ROAD SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT IN A CAR AS EXCESS CAPACITY ON THE STREET.

SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT.

THIS OUT THIS WINDOW RIGHT HERE, THAT IS PARKWAY STREET.

SO WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

SO GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE THE BLUE LINE ON THE SCREEN IS THE PARKWAY OAKLAND CORRIDOR THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHERE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT INTRODUCING A TRAIL ALONG THE ENTIRE STRETCH.

THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AN ON STREET TRAIL FROM CARROLL BOULEVARD, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF TO OUR WEST OVER TO THE ENTRANCE, EMILY TYLER LIBRARY, WHERE THERE ARE

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AND THEN NORTH OF THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE SOME STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD HELP IMPROVE OPERATIONS ON THE STREET, POTENTIALLY ADD SOME PARKING THAT WOULD HELP ACCOMMODATE PARKING DEMANDS AROUND THE PARK.

SO THERE'S SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

A COUPLE OF GOALS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS TO IMPROVE MULTIMODAL ACCESS.

CLEARLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND THE CITY SAFELY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT BIKE AND ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PROVIDED IN THIS CORRIDOR AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY CORRIDOR AROUND THE CITY.

BUT IN THIS CASE, SPECIFICALLY HERE, THERE IS THE BENEFIT THAT THIS PROJECT WILL WILL ALSO PROVIDE IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PARK.

IT HELPS ADVANCE OUR TEN MINUTE WALK INITIATIVE THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS IN THE CITY.

AND THEN WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT TODAY IS THAT THIS IS A QUICK BUILD PROJECT, SOMETHING THAT WE GO OUT AND DO, USE VERY INEXPENSIVE, FLEXIBLE MATERIALS TO INSTALL IT, AND THEN WE GET A REALLY QUICK PROJECT.

BUT I'M FOCUSING ON THE ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENTS OF THAT DESIGN BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY QUICK BUILD DESIGNS ARE NOT ACCOMMODATING FOR FOLKS.

IN THIS CASE, I'LL WALK THROUGH FOLKS WITH LOW VISION ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ACCOMMODATED WITH THOSE DESIGNS, SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THE ERROR ON YOUR KEYBOARD.

SO LET'S GET BACK HOME.

SO ONE FEATURE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST TO BRING BACK WHAT I PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE, IS THE OUR OUR INVENTORY AND SIDEWALK WORK PLAN.

SO WE DEVELOPED THIS MODEL TO IDENTIFY PEDESTRIAN DEMAND OR PEDESTRIAN POTENTIAL.

SO ANY OF THE LINES THAT ARE DASHED ON THIS MAP REPRESENT A MISSING SIDEWALK IN THE IN THE CITY, WITH EXCEPTION OF ANYTHING THAT'S CONSTRUCTED RECENTLY, THE SIDEWALK RIGHT HERE SHOWS UP AS MISSING, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED WITH THIS BUILDING.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS CORRIDOR IS MISSING SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WE HAVE SOME LIMITED SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY IN THE LOCUST AREA.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE HAVE SOME ADA CONSTRAINT ISSUES IN THAT AREA.

SO THE THE BIPED ENVIRONMENT IN THIS AREA IS NOT REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE CONTINUOUS ACCOMMODATION FROM CAROL UP TO THAT, UP TO THAT POINT AT CONVERSE STREET WHERE WE'LL TIE IN WITH THE TRAIL NETWORK AND THERE'S GOOD SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY NORTH OF THERE.

NEXT SLIDE. IT WAS ALSO DEMONSTRATED NEEDS.

SO IRONICALLY I WENT OUT TO WALK THE CORRIDOR AND NEXT HIGHLIGHT THE GENTLEMAN HERE WHO WAS RIDING HIS BIKE THE WRONG DIRECTION IN THAT IN THAT LANE WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT A TRAIL SO IRONICALLY DEMONSTRATED NEED OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

NEXT SLIDE. WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION THAT WHEN PEOPLE HEAR FROM SOMEONE LIKE ME.

MY TITLE IS BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ADA.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT BIKE, A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS FOCUS ON THE BIKE ASPECT OF MY JOB AND IT'S ALWAYS, HOW DO WE GET BIKE FACILITIES ON THE GROUND? BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTS HOLISTICALLY.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE ALL MODES? THE BIG QUESTION THAT I LIKE TO RAISE WITH FOLKS A LOT IS IF YOU PROVIDE A BIKE LANE ON A STREET THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK, IS IT TRULY A BIKE LANE? AND THE ANSWER IS NO, BECAUSE IF IN THE ABSENCE OF A SIDEWALK, THE STREET ACCOMMODATES PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

SO JUST A LITTLE IRONY TO TO HIGHLIGHT THERE THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE BIKE LANES, THEY NEED TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS IF THERE ARE NOT SIDEWALKS ON THE STREET.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE THIS SORT OF DESIGN PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED IS THE BIG JUMP.

PEOPLE FOR BIKES HAVE HAD A GRANT PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD AWARD SOME SMALL FUNDING TO DO THESE SORTS OF TACTICAL PROJECTS AROUND AT DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE US. IN THIS CASE, THE IMAGES FROM A PROJECT IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, BECAUSE THIS WAS TIED IN WITH A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SO THEY CLOSED THE LANE WITH PORTABLE BARRIERS.

THEY NEEDED TO CLOSE THE LANE FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS IN A ROAD THAT JUST WASN'T VERY ACCOMMODATING.

SO IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRAVEL ALONG THE ROADS LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE.

EXCELLENT. SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE DESIGN IS, THIS IS TAKEN RIGHT AT THE LIBRARY.

SO THE EXISTING IS TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION OR A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED STREET NEXT.

AND THEN I'LL BRING UP THE SKETCH.

SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS REPURPOSE ONE OF THOSE TRAVEL LANES AS AN ON STREET, PARK OR TRAIL OR AN OFF STREET TRAIL.

I'M CALLING IT, I BELIEVE, AN ON STREET SHARED PATH BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A MULTI USE FACILITY FOR BICYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIANS.

WE WOULD REPURPOSE ANOTHER LANE FOR A TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE THAT ALLOWS FOLKS WHO ARE DRIVING TO PULL OUT OF THE THROUGH LANE TO TURN LEFT.

ANYBODY WHO IS TURNING RIGHT WOULD BE DOING THAT AT A LOW SPEED.

THEY PRETTY MUCH CONTINUE TO MOVE AND THEN MAINTAINING ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

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AND THEN ALSO THE ACCOMMODATION IN THAT ON STREET FACILITY SLIDE THERE.

FROM AN ACCESSIBILITY PERSPECTIVE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES IN THIS AREA COME OUT OF A RELATIVELY RECENT FEDERAL HIGHWAY'S PUBLICATION, THE ACCESSIBLE SHARED STREETS GUIDE.

IT'S NOT DIRECTLY APPLICABLE, BUT THERE ARE SOME THEMES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFICALLY THE THE TWO ELEMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A MOMENT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS CAN DETECT THE ROUTE SO IT'S THE EDGES IS ONE ELEMENT.

AND THEN DETECTING WHEN YOU REACH THE STREET CROSSING OR THE NODES AND THE CROSSWALK.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ELEMENTS I LIKE IN THAT GRAPHIC TO THE LEFT.

NEXT AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE SUPER EASY TO READ BECAUSE IT'S AN ENGINEERING DRAWING, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT.

SO WHAT WE'RE USING TO REPLACE THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE TRADITIONAL A CURB ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEN THE TECHNICAL WARNINGS.

SO THE FIRST OF THOSE ELEMENTS IS REALLY CHALLENGING WHEN YOU'RE IN AN ON STREET ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS BARRIER, IT'S TYPICALLY WE WOULD WANT TO PROVIDE SOMETHING LIKE A PRECAST CONCRETE, CONTINUOUS ELEMENT IN THE STREET THAT IMPACTS DRAINAGE.

IT'S VERY COSTLY, IT'S VERY COST PROHIBITIVE.

IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO PROCURE AND DESIGN AND FABRICATE THOSE MATERIALS.

SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE A RUMBLE STRIP.

AND A RUMBLE STRIP IS BASICALLY A PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIAL.

YOU PUT A SECOND PIECE OF THE MATERIAL ON TOPIC IS AN EXTRA DEPTH.

SO THAT EXTRA DEPTH IN THEORY SHOULD BE DETECTABLE BY A CANE.

A A PERSON USING A CANE CAN DETECT CHANGES IN THE SURFACE MATERIAL.

SO HAVING THAT DETECTABLE EDGE CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE PATH WILL AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF DETECTION.

ANOTHER FEATURE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TEST, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MATERIAL OR THE METHOD TO INSTALL IT IS WHAT'S CALLED AN INLAID PAVEMENT MARKING, WHERE YOU'D ACTUALLY GRIND OUT AND THEN PUT THE PAVEMENT MARKING INTO THE RECESSED AREA OF THE PAVEMENT.

BUT HERE IN TEXAS, THAT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL METHOD OF INSTALLING PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

SO FOR THIS CASE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE THAT DOUBLE LAYER OF THICK PAVEMENT MARKING, AND THAT SHOULD PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF DETECTABILITY CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE PATH.

NEXT SLIDE. I'M JUST A PILOT AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE ELEMENTS ARE ALONG.

SO DOUBLE LINE IS THE BUFFER BETWEEN THE STREET TRAIL AND THE STREET, AND IT'LL BE THAT DOUBLE THICKNESS.

ONCE WE GET TO THE INTERSECTIONS, THE PEDESTRIAN STREET CROSSING THE AREA WHERE YOU ENTER THE CROSSWALK, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD INSTALL A DETECTABLE WARNING.

VERY MUCH CONVENTIONAL DESIGN THERE.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMPLIANT INDICATION THAT YOU'VE REACHED THE END OF THE FACILITY, YOU'RE ENTERING THE STREET, THOSE DETECTABLE WARNINGS WOULD BE INSTALLED ON EACH END OF THE FACILITY AND THEN ALSO TIE IN WITH THE EXISTING ANY EXISTING SIDEWALKS THAT WE MAY INTERSECT AS WE GO ALONG THE PATH, WHICH IS, LIKE I SAID, LOCUS PERMANENTLY. NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE INTERSECTION LAYOUT.

THIS IS THE INTERSECTION RIGHT HERE AT ELM AND PARKWAY.

AND IT SHOWS KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING ON THE COMPASS POINT ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THIS WOULD BE OUR TRAIL RIGHT HERE.

THAT PAYMENT BUFFER RIGHT THERE, THE TWO LANES WITH A PAINTED MEDIAN.

AND IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A HANDFUL OF OTHER DESIGN TREATMENTS.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A FEW OF THOSE GRAPHICALLY IN JUST A SECOND.

BUT ALSO YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE IS A PAINTED MEDIAN.

SO WHERE WE HAVE ONE WAY STREETS, WE CAN ALSO INTRODUCE SOME ELEMENTS LIKE IN THE ROADWAY PROVIDING A REFUGE.

SO A PAINTED REFUGE MEDIAN THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A TWO STAGE CROSSING, HELPING DISCOURAGE ROMLEY DRIVING, HELPING TO REINFORCE THE INTERSECTION.

SO FOLKS WHO ARE DRIVING WILL STOP WHICH WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT, THIS INTERSECTION SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PUTTING SOME LONG CONTINUOUS PAINTED LINES, APPROACHING THE CROSSWALKS.

SO THAT WILL HELP CATCH DRIVERS ATTENTION.

THE BROKEN LINES AS TO DRIVING DOWN ELM STREET HAVE A SOLID LINE BEFORE THE PAINTED STOP LINE AND THEN THE CROSSWALK.

SO ALL OF THAT WILL HELP REINFORCE THAT WE'RE WE HAVE THESE FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING IN THE TRAIL.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DRIVERS ARE MORE AWARE OF THIS CROSSING LOCATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, A COUPLE OTHER FEATURES.

SO THE TRAIL IS GOING TO REPLACE SOME CROSSWALKS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY.

SO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE EXISTING CROSSWALK TEXT THAT HAS A STANDARD DETAIL FOR THAT.

SO THIS IS A MATERIAL THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRETTY EASILY FABRICATE.

WE'VE GOT FOLKS IN THE SIDEWALK DOWN ONTO THE TRAIL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CROSSWALKS WITHIN 15 TO 20 FEET OF EACH OTHER, THOSE THE EXISTING CROSSWALKS WILL BE REMOVED AND THEN

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NEXT SLIDE FOR SEPARATION.

SO AN ON STREET FACILITY, WE NEVER WANT TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST SEPARATED FROM CARS BY PAINT.

SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF MATERIALS WE CAN LOOK AT USING.

WE'RE FORTUNATE HERE IN DENTON THAT WE HAVE 71 BOLLARDS THAT LARGER ENOUGH YOU NEXT CIRCLE THAT THE LARGER THAT LARGER VERTICAL POST IS A REALLY GOOD SEPARATOR IN PLACE EVERY 15 OR SO FEET SO THAT THAT GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD VISUAL DELINEATION.

IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE CONTINUOUS DELINEATION THAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR A QUICK BUILD PROJECT.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD MATERIAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF IT IN STOCK, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EASILY GET OUT.

BACK IN DC WHEN I DID DESIGNS LIKE THIS, I TYPICALLY LIKE TO USE A VARIETY OF THOSE VERTICAL MATERIALS WITH THE SMALLER WHEEL STOPS AND THAT PROVIDES A LONGER DISTURBANCE IN THAT PAIN PATHWAY.

SO DISCOURAGE DRIVERS FROM PULLING IN A PARKING IN THE PATHWAY.

WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT MATERIAL CURRENTLY, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEEING IF WE CAN GET A VENDOR FOR THAT MATERIAL.

SO MORE THAN LIKELY, THIS DESIGN WILL JUST USE THIS CASE $71 SLIDE.

AND THEN A COUPLE FEATURES THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE WILL BE NEW.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, SO I CAN'T PROMISE THEY'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL DESIGN.

BUT ONE FOR ME THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WITH OUR SHARED TRAIL CROSSINGS IS TO USE DIFFERENT PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

TYPICALLY, ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TYPICALLY LIKE TO USE IS A HIGH CONTRAST OR HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK MARKING, OR A 24 INCH STRIPE THAT GOES OVER THE FULL WIDTH OF THE CROSSWALK.

THOSE GET VERY SLIPPERY.

THOSE CAN GET VERY SLIPPERY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT WET OR DAMP.

I ACTUALLY HAD A COLLEAGUE WHO WAS RIDING IN A CROSSWALK.

HE FELL DOWN, BROKE OUT TWO OF HIS TEETH AND HELD THE GROUND.

SO AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT THAT'S BEEN INVESTIGATED, THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT HAD ACHIEVED SIMILAR VISIBILITY, CONSPICUOUS OPACITY SORT OF ENHANCEMENT AS A PARALLEL BAR OR BAR PAIR.

SO IT'S BASICALLY EIGHT INCH LINES WITH AN EIGHT INCH VOID IN BETWEEN.

SO THAT GIVES YOU MORE SURFACE AREA FOR TRACTION.

SO THAT SLIPPERY MATERIAL, THERE'S LESS OF IT.

SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO EXPLORE THAT MATERIAL.

IT SHOULD MAKE IT LESS SLIPPERY FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

SO MY GOAL IS TO TO INTRODUCE THIS AS OUR SPECIFIC PAVEMENT MARKING TYPE FOR ALL OF OUR SHARED USE TRAIL CROSSINGS AND.

PEDESTRIAN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.

NEXT. THEN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I DID NOT EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER WHEN I MOVED TO TEXAS WAS THAT WHITE PAINT ON A CONCRETE BACKGROUND DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE MUCH CONTRAST.

SO ANOTHER POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY THAT IS BEING EXPLORED BY THE FED RIGHT NOW IS PUTTING IN COLOR TO IMPROVE THE CONTRAST.

SO YOU'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT ARTISTIC CROSSWALKS AND THEN THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO AS A RECALL IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH CONTRASTING BACKGROUND. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE.

IT'S BASICALLY JUST PUTTING THE TWO COLORS NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

THE CONTRAST WITH THE PAVEMENT SURFACE.

THE MATERIAL ALSO IS AN ANTI SKID MATERIAL, SO COST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD MATERIAL THAT ALSO PROVIDES THAT TRACTION I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT LIKE A RED OR A TERRACOTTA, SOMETHING THAT WOULD CONTRAST WITH THE CONCRETE SURFACES, WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD LEVEL OF CONTRAST TO HELP DRIVERS IDENTIFY THOSE CROSSWALK MARKINGS.

SLIDE. SO GET INTO THE CONCLUSION HERE.

NEXT STEPS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF HOT AIR USER DESIGNER WHO'S WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE GETTING INPUT FROM YOU TODAY.

WE'LL ALSO BE GETTING INPUT TOMORROW BY WORKDAY AND OUR PIT.

IT'S GOING TO BE OVER AT OUR LIBRARY WITH THE BIKE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING AND MAKING EDITS THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THEN WORKING THROUGH TO GET EVERYTHING LINED UP AND HOPEFULLY INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER.

AND WE'RE SEEKING ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE, ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT PUTTING A STOPLIGHT IN THERE.

IT'S STOP SIGNS BECAUSE THAT INTERSECTION IS PEOPLE RUN.

IRONICALLY. SO THIS PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN THERE WERE STOPLIGHTS THERE AND THEY WERE REMOVED.

AND WE WENT LAST YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF LOOKING AGAIN AT THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION.

I JUST PRESENTED A MOBILITY COMMITTEE LAST MONTH ABOUT THE CRASH, A CRASH EVALUATION FROM 2015 OR 16, I THINK.

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WHAT WE DID WAS WE ADDED THE STOP SIGNS, FAX AMOUNTS IN THE HALLWAY STOPPED.

AND THEN WE HAD ISSUES HERE AT THE ELM STREET APPROACH BECAUSE THREE LANES ARE PRETTY WIDE, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THE STOPLIGHT OF A MCKINNEY THAT'S IN VIEW AS YOU'RE COMING DOWNHILL. WE PUT FLASHING RED LIGHTS ON THIS INTERSECTION JUST TO HELP IMPROVE THAT ISSUE WITH FOLKS RUNNING THAT SOUTH SIDE.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE GOAL HERE IS TO ALSO PUT IN THOSE LONG, SOLID STRIPES REFLECTORS.

SO IT HELPS CATCH FOLKS ATTENTION EVEN MORE.

THAT REFRESHED MARKINGS, A NICE PAINTED STOP BAR, THOSE CROSSWALKS, ALL OF THAT SAYS YOU'VE REACHED AN INTERSECTION.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ADDING MORE VISUAL CUES TO TELL PEOPLE HOW YOU NEED TO STOP.

BUT NOT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT PUTTING THE LIGHTS BACK.

SO THE CONTRAST MARKINGS AFTER.

IT'S NOT SUPER DURABLE WHEN YOU'RE IN AN A NORTHERN CLIMATE WHERE THEY HAVE SNOWPLOWS.

THAT'S BEEN WHERE I'VE SEEN THE MOST ISSUES WITH IT.

IT'S A MATERIAL CALLED MAY, AND I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT THE WORDS ARE.

SOMETHING HALIDE.

IT'S ABOUT SOMETIMES MORE DURABLE THAN A TRADITIONAL PAPER MARKING SO THAT THE FOLKS WHO MANUFACTURE IT AT LEAST SAY IT LASTS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS TO TEN YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT PROBABLY LASTS A LITTLE LONGER IN THIS IN THIS CLIMATE BECAUSE WE DON'T PLOW.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AND FADING SORT OF FACTORS WOULD BE FOR THAT.

THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT MY QUESTION.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S LAID DOWN ON THE STREET AND NOT PAINTED ON THE STREET.

IT'S EFFECTIVELY LIKE A PAINT.

SO THE THERMOPLASTIC WHITE LINES ARE APPLIED, SO THEY'RE LIKE A PRE-FORMED MATERIAL THAT GETS APPLIED AND THEN THE COLOR CONTRASTING MATERIAL IS PUT ON THE SQUEEGEE.

SO THEY BASICALLY JUST POUR IT OUT, SQUEEGEE IT ONTO THE ONTO THE SURFACE, AND THEN IT'S THERE.

SO YOU TAKE IT OFF.

SO THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN ALL THIS WOULD BE WOULD REQUIRE CITY MAINTENANCE, SO THAT EITHER WOULD NOT BE MAINTAINED AND WOULD START TO DETERIORATE OR WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT AND CLEAN IT UP AND MAINTAIN IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE JUST FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONTRASTING COLUMN, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE CONSULTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR TO GO OVER THE CONTRAST? SO I'M THE ADA COORDINATOR, SO I'M RELYING ON MY ON MY EXPERTIZE FOR THAT.

BUT I DID LOOK AT LIKE WHAT ARE GOOD COLOR, CONTRAST AND COLORS.

WE USE BRICK OR TERRACOTTA FOR OUR TRUNCATED DOME MATERIAL AND THE CONTRAST RATE BETWEEN THAT AND CONCRETE SURFACE WAS LIKE 94%, WHICH IS A REALLY HIGH CONTRAST. I WAS CONSIDERING ASKING IF WE COULD SPEC THE FEDERAL YELLOW, WHICH WAS MORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIKE 47% CONTRAST RATE.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY HIGH.

MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW WITH COLOR CONTRAST IS IF WE USE A RED OR TERRACOTTA THAT TACK A WARNING SURFACE AND ADJACENT TO THE BACK END COLOR ON THE CROSSWALK IF THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT CONTRAST, LIKE SHOULD WE LEAVE A GAP BETWEEN THE DEDUCTIBLES AND THAT COLOR CONTRAST.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY DO IS DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACE LEAVE THE EXISTING PAVEMENT UNTIL WE GET TO THE FIRST SET OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS FOR THE CROSSWALK AND DO THE COLORS IN BETWEEN.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S DETECTABLE.

BUT I THINK THE PARALLEL BARS AND I'D BE INTERESTED IF ANYBODY HAS VISION EXPERTIZE IN THIS AREA, I WOULD THINK WITH THE PARALLEL BARS AND ALL THAT COLOR CONTRAST AND EVERYTHING, THAT THE WHOLE CROSSWALK WOULD SORT OF SUITABLY CONTRAST WITH THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.

BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT TO DO BETWEEN THE DETECTABLE AND THE PAVEMENT PARKING, IF IT'S BETTER TO LEAVE IT OPEN OR PAINT RIGHT UP TO IT.

I MEAN, 70% IS THE NORM.

SO I WOULD SAY THE NORM IS PROBABLY LOW.

YES, PLEASE.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE THING IS, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH CONTRAST, PAINT IS A PEDESTRIAN THAT HAS BEEN NEARLY HIT IN CROSSWALKS MULTIPLE TIMES.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO START HAVING HIGH VISIBILITY PAINT OR THIS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MATERIAL.

BUT I'VE SEEN IT WHERE IT GIVES THE OPTICAL ILLUSION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HIT SOMETHING AND THAT WOULD MAKE A DRIVER STOP

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SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S ON MY WISH LIST, UNFORTUNATELY.

ON THE SECOND PERSON. ALSO THIS WEEK, FEDERAL HIGHWAYS HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT NOT PROVIDING ANY OF THOSE.

I REFER TO THE ARTISTIC CROSSWALKS.

SO LIKE ANY RAINBOW CROSSWALKS OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF THING, THEY'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY JUDGMENTAL OF CITIES WHO HAVE DONE THAT, THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING ARTISTIC IN THE CROSSWALK.

YOU CAN DO THAT WHEN YOU CLOSE THE STREET.

SO WE'VE GOT PAINTED CURVE EXTENSIONS, PAINTED MEDIANS, AND IN THOSE AREAS YOU CAN DECORATE.

BUT THE CROSSWALK IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY CONSISTENT AND THEY ARE NOW PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON THAT COLOR CONTRAST WHICH THEY'RE WORKING INTO THE NEW CD OR THE MANUAL THAT WE USE TO DESIGN ALL OF THE TRAFFIC ELEMENTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE WORKING ON.

AND THEN BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A RESEARCH PAPER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON ABOUT ARTISTIC CROSSWALKS.

BUT EVERY EVERY INDICATION IS THEY'RE GOING TO STICK WITH YOU CAN'T PROVIDE LIKE THE THE PAINTED BLOCKS WHERE IT HAS THAT D SORT OF LOOK THERE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SUGGEST IS THAT DRIVER DISTRACTION WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER SOMETHING UNEXPECTED ON THE ROAD COULD LEAD TO LIKE ROADWAY DEPARTURES, WHETHER YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SLOW FOLKS DOWN AND IT SCARES THEM AND THEY RUN INTO SOMETHING.

SO I THINK THERE'S MORE CONCERN ABOUT, WELL, YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T WANT THE DRIVER TO RUN IT.

THEY COULD IF THEY'RE HITTING A PEDESTRIAN, THAT'S ONE THING.

KNOW I MEAN, THAT'S BASICALLY THE ARGUMENT THEY'RE GIVING IS, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN IS AND IT'S WORRISOME AS A DRIVER RUNNING INTO SOMETHING.

BUT MY OTHER THING IS THAT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE CROSSWALKS, MUCH TO MY SHOCK, I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT ADA DOES NOT ALLOW FOR CURBS THAT WOULD REALLY HELP A BLIND PERSON WHO WE CAN ALL AGREE.

IS IT GREATEST AS IT GREATEST HARM FOR CROSSING A STREET THERE IN AUSTIN? APPARENTLY THEY WORKED WITH THE CITY AND SOMEHOW GOT SOME KIND OF AN ALLOWANCE SO THAT THERE WOULD BE CURBS.

SO WHEN THE BLIND PERSON COMES WITH THEIR CANE, THIS HELPS THEM TO LINE UP TO CROSS THE STREET.

HERE WE HAVE THE THE CROSSWALK BEEPING SOUND, BUT NOT EVERY BLIND PERSON HAS PROPRIOCEPTION.

AND PROPRIOCEPTION IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE TO HEAR A SOUND AND GO TO THAT.

BUT MOST PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOTH.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I WOULD LOVE FOR US AS A CITY TO MAKE THAT AS A PRIORITY FOR BLIND PEOPLE, TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL, TO HAVE THE CURBS THAT LINE UP SO THEY CAN CROSS THE STREET.

SO THEY'RE NOT GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET LIKE THEY ARE WOULD BE IN A LOT OF PLACES.

AND I'D LOVE FOR US TO START WITH THIS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A WISHLIST, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

YEAH. SO I WOULD SAY ON THIS DESIGN SPECIFICALLY, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PRETTY PERPENDICULAR AND WE'RE USING THOSE RUMBLE STRIPES TO THAT, HOPEFULLY DETECTABLE AND STRAIGHT TO GUIDE FOLKS RIGHT UP TO A PERPENDICULAR DETECTABLE WARNING.

SO WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY OF THOSE ANGLES THAT WOULD ALIGN SOMEBODY INTO THE CENTER OF AN INTERSECTION.

YOU DO HAVE THE CROSSWALK THAT'S ON THE BACK CORNER OF THIS BUILDING, HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANGLE TO IT, JUST BASED ON INTERSECTION GEOMETRY.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY PERPENDICULAR CONFIGURATION OF ALL THE INTERSECTIONS.

AND USING THAT THAT GUIDANCE ON EACH SIDE, ON ONE SIDE IS GOING TO BE A VERTICAL CURVE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT.

SO THEY WILL HAVE A CURVE ON ONE SIDE AND ONE SIDE, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO WANDER INTO THE STREET AND THAT'S THE PAINT LINE.

SO THEN IF YOU HAVE EVEN IF YOU HAD THE RAISED CURVE ON BOTH SIDES, THAT'S TELLING YOU, I'M GOING TO CROSS GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS HERE.

SO YOU WOULDN'T BE GOING INTO THE STREET, BUT I WOULD JUST REALLY LOVE US AS A CITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BLIND TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL INDEPENDENTLY AND DO THEIR THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

AND THE WAY OUR CITY IS SET UP RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST NOT SET UP THAT WAY BECAUSE ADA DOESN'T ALLOW IT.

WE FOLLOW THE ADA.

AND SO THAT'S GOOD THAT WE FOLLOW THE ADA, SADLY, FOR WHATEVER WE.

AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHITE PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO CROSSING THE STREET, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY LITTLE SOAPBOX.

THANKS FOR LISTENING AND IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. SO WE JUST HAVE SOME I'M SORRY NEXT TIME.

[E. Staff Update Memo 1. Outgoing Committee Members 2. Committee Emails 3. Vision Zero Initiative 4. Disability Rights Proclamation]

[01:10:09]

AND THE MOUSE IS NOT IMPLIED AGREEING WITH ME.

MAYBE WE'LL SEE IF WE GET LUCKY.

THERE IT IS. SO JUST A SHORT LIST OF UPDATES.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY I'M NOT MET EVERYONE IN PERSON BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS AT OUR LAST IN-PERSON MEETING THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO I'M GOING TO BUMP INTO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING HERE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE BACK.

AND I'M SORRY I MISSED THE LAST MEETING.

I WAS OUT ON VACATION.

SO THE JUST FEW UPDATES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE DO HAVE AN EXIT ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO DONNA COOPER DID HAVE TO COMMITTEE.

SHE IS MOVING. SO WE WILL HAVE A NEW APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMITTEE.

AND REMEMBER, IT IS A GUY AND NOT ON THE MAIN NOTE IS THAT WE DID HAVE A BABYSITTER FALL THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE.

I DID NOT WANT TO MISS THIS MEETING, SO I'M EXPERIMENTING WITH BRINGING HIM TO THIS ONE A LOT.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE.

VERY GOOD. SO WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR REAPPOINTMENT PROCESS, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR FROM ROSA AT A CERTAIN POINT IF YOU ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

SO IF YOU'VE SERVED THAT THIS IS CONCLUDING TWO YEARS OF SERVICE FOR YOU, YOU WILL LIKELY BE NOTIFIED.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED AS MINNIE? SO JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT EMAIL.

BUT SPEAKING OF EMAILS, THOSE WILL GO TO YOUR CITY EMAIL ADDRESS.

SO I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE ON A WEEKLY BASIS OR WHEN THESE MEETINGS OCCUR THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

SO AS WE GET CLOSE TO THAT, JUST MAKE A HABIT OF CHECKING YOUR CITY EMAIL SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TO GIVE YOU A CALL TO SEE IF YOU'LL BE ATTENDING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A QUORUM.

IF YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH THOSE EMAILS, JUST LET ME KNOW.

THERE ARE LITTLE TIPS AND TRICKS WE CAN SEND YOU TO OR YOU CAN ADD IT, SAY, AS AN ACCOUNT ON YOUR GMAIL ACCOUNT.

SO WHEN YOU CHECK YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE NEW CITY EMAIL RIGHT THERE OR ADD THE OUTLOOK APP TO YOUR PHONE AND GET ALERTS THERE.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.

I DID MENTION ON THERE, IF YOU READ THAT WE ARE STARTING A ZERO VISION ZERO INITIATIVE WITH THE CITY THAT'S BEING RUN FROM SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC STAFF.

AND IT IS VERY PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT.

SO NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT THIS COMMITTEE.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE CHAIR.

KIRKBY IS GOING TO REPRESENT KIND OF THE VOICE OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY ON THAT INITIATIVE.

IT'S A SMALL WORKING GROUP.

SHE OFFERED TO DO THAT WHEN WE REACHED OUT ASKED.

SO THERE WILL BE INPUT IN EACH ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, ALTHOUGH AT OUR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY SHE'S GOING TO COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND PRESENT ON THAT TO THIS COMMITTEE. AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE DO EVERY JULY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR DISABILITY RIGHTS PROCLAMATION.

WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

LAST YEAR, WE DID PRESENT IT AT A COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WAS I THINK IT WAS VIRTUAL AT THE TIME.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE MAYOR COME AND PRESENT THAT AT THIS MEETING.

HOWEVER, IF ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE SEES MAYBE A MORE APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT PROCLAMATION, IT IS VERY MUCH CELEBRATING THE SIGNING OF THE ADA 1990 AND JUST THE CONTINUAL PUSH TO TO TO PROMOTE AND ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY.

SO IF AGAIN, IT WILL BE AT THIS JULY, AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN JULY, HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A BETTER OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY EVENTS GOING ON IN COMMUNITY, THAT THAT'S A BETTER FORUM TO PRESENT THAT PROCLAMATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS JULY 21ST, SAME TIME, SAME PLACE RIGHT HERE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS AND TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE NOW.

WHAT DISTRICT WAS THAT WASN'T A POINT.

I THINK THAT WAS DISTRICT ONE BECAUSE I THINK SHE WAS A BULLY, SHE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OPENINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE? WE DO NOT AS OF RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH BECAUSE THE REAPPOINTMENT PROCESS IS COMING UP, WE WILL IF ANYONE CHOOSES NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED, THAT WOULD MAKE THE VACANCY AND.

WAIT A MINUTE. IS THERE A LIMIT TO US BEING REAPPOINTED? GREAT QUESTION.

I DO NOT KNOW. I WILL FIND OUT.

I THINK HE CAN BE CONTINUALLY REAPPOINTED.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A TERM LIMIT, SO TO SPEAK.

GENERALLY, FOLKS DON'T TEND TO DO IT VERY LONG BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ON CERTAIN COMMITTEES FOR SIX, EIGHT YEARS.

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I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU. JUST CLARIFY, ISN'T.

I KNOW DONNA COOPER WAS NOMINATED BY BIRD AS A COUNCIL PERSON.

SO IF YOU WERE NOMINATED TO REPLACE, SHE WOULD.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND IF THE PROCESS IS TO.

LET'S COUNT BIRD HAS SOMEONE SPECIFIC IN MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE.

WE DO HAVE APPLICATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.

SOMETIMES MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MIGHT REACH OUT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER AND SAY, HEY, TO BE REALLY GOOD.

BUT WE TRY TO HELP THE COUNCIL MEMBER FIND QUALIFIED FOLKS, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS COMMITTEE, WHERE KNOWLEDGE IN A CERTAIN AREA IS VERY KEY.

AND SO WE TRY TO STEER.

WE TRY TO PROVIDE THEM RESOURCES IF REQUESTED.

HOWEVER, SHE MAY DELAY UNTIL WE DO THE FULL REAPPOINTMENT IN AUGUST AND GIVE HER A FULL SLATE OF FOLKS.

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CIRCLE UP WITH COUNCILMEMBER BYRD ON THAT AND SEE HOW SHE'D LIKE TO PROCEED.

I DO BELIEVE THAT SEATS MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED THIS AUGUST.

THAT MAY HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TERM.

SO SHE MAY GO AHEAD AND REAPPOINT SOMEONE HERE AS QUICKLY AS SHE CAN.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE HERE.

WELL, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME CLOTHING ITEMS ON THE ITEMS.

[3. CONCLUDING ITEMS]

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT LOOKING INTO THE SIDEWALK AS SHE WAS DISCUSSING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BLIND? SO WHAT I WOULD SAY THE BEST WAY IS IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL.

OKAY. JUST KIND OF KIND OF LAY IT OUT.

YOU CAN ALL HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

OKAY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AND I'LL LET THIS COMMITTEE KNOW THAT HERE IN OUR NEXT MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE SET UP ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT'S LEFT TO DO, WHAT NEEDS FOLLOW UP AND WHAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED, AND HOW THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT ISSUE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF SPECIFICALLY, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE TO DOVE INTO THAT DEEPER, WE CAN WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL OUR INFORMATION, STAFF WISE.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE WANTS TO DOVE INTO DEEPER TO THE POINT OF MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SO WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE PRIORITY LIST.

OKAY. CAN'T.

CAN'T WE JUST REQUEST TO HAVE THAT PLACE ON THE NEXT AGENDA OR THE NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA? SO. AND THIS MAY BE MY QUESTION, MY CONCLUDING ITEMS, CAN WE CAN THEY CAN THEY GIVE DIRECTION TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS? I THINK SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS.

BUT WHAT I'LL ASK. I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING, ALTHOUGH IF WE CAN PUT IT ON AT THE MEETING CLOSEST TO WHEN WE HAVE INFORMATION READY TO ACTUALLY PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE.

IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT SALLY, I WOULD STILL APPRECIATE YOUR EMAIL JUST SO WE CAN GET YOUR CONCERNS.

WE DO STILL HAVE NATHAN HERE.

NATHAN, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST SAY VERY CAREFULLY PHRASED EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DISCUSS AND MAKE SURE TO BRING BACK THE INFORMATION.

I'VE JUST SAT THROUGH TWO DAYS OF ADR TRAINING TOGETHER, SO I'M DOING PRETTY VERSED IN ALL OF THAT CONTENT RIGHT NOW. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY, CAN I TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALSO ON THAT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO. RIGHT.

OKAY. I WOULD SAY JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE PRETTY CLEAR ON WHAT EXACTLY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME EXAMPLES SO WE CAN DOVE INTO THE THINGS, THE WAY WE DO THE FEDERAL CRITERIA THAT GUIDES HOW WE DESIGN THOSE FACILITIES.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE MIGHT JUST FIND THAT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES ARE JUST NOT DESIGNED.

OKAY, I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH LIKE THE REHAB CENTER IN AUSTIN I WORKED AT AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY WENT ABOUT DOING THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN IF THEY CAN GIVE US SOME TIPS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. JUST AS MUCH SPECIFIC INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OUR FEEDBACK ON THAT WILL HELP US TAILOR WHATEVER MATERIALS WE BRING BACK. OKAY, THAT'S.

SO IT'S GOOD. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AND WE'LL POST THAT GENERALLY ENOUGH TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION.

[01:20:02]

IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MENTIONED AND THAT WE CAN DO THAT, WE WILL.

AND THEY GET THAT. I'LL WORK WITH NATHAN AS SOON AS WE CAN.

BRING SOMETHING BACK, WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER.

ITEMS FROM THE GROUP. ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT HERE. I WROTE A MOTION TO ADJOURN SOME OF.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.