[Traffic Safety Committee on May 14, 2025. ]
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I GOT A FEW HOURS OF THE PUBLIC TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU IT, IT IS SET UP TODAY.
THEY, I DON'T WANNA SAY RECENTLY, I THINK ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S, UM, OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ONLY CHANGE, UM, A DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
UM, THESE CHANGES WERE THEN UPDATED INTO, AND THE WAY IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST IS AGENCIES COULD, UM, BASICALLY LEVELS OF SERVICE OR DELAY.
SO YOUR OPERATIONS TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROJECT TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON, YOU KNOW, UH, WHETHER IT'S A LOCAL STREET, ET CETERA.
CHANGE THEY MADE IS THAT, THAT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO SATISFY.
SQL LAW NOW REQUIRES A NEW METRICS CALLED VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL.
UM, THIS ALL TIES BACK TO THE STATE'S IN STUDY THAT WAS DONE FOR THE SWEETWATER IN ORANGE PROJECTS.
UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO, TO DO BOTH METHODS.
THE
NATIONAL CITY ALSO HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS, WHICH ARE OUTSIDE OF CQA TRAFFIC STUDY ANALYZED AND ADDRESS BOTH EQUAL MILES TRAVELED PROJECT SCREENS OUT BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH, RE RESEARCH, UM, EXEMPTIONS.
ONE OF THE EXEMPTIONS THEY HAVE IS THAT IF IT IS, UH, A LOCAL SERVING, UM, PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL PROJECT THAT'S LESS THAN 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF FORMAL VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED ANALYSIS, REALLY WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON OR LARGER PROJECTS THAT HAVE MORE OF A REGIONAL IMPACT.
THAT'S WHAT C THAT THAT'S PER CA.
NOW PER THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS THAT WE REQUIRE, NEW TRAFFIC, THE PROJECTS WOULD BE GENERATING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DID CREATE AN IMPACT AT THE, THE INTERSECTION OF SWEETWATER AND ORANGE MITIGATION THAT THEY PROPOSED WAS FOR A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
BASICALLY, WE HAVE, UM, A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNAL OUT THERE TODAY, WHICH BASICALLY JUST, UH, STOPS TRAFFIC WHEN PEDESTRIAN HITS THE BUTTON.
THIS WOULD BE A FULL TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR ALL THREE APPROACHES.
UM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY A FAIR SHARE OF CONTRIBUTION BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF TRAFFIC THAT THEY ARE GENERATING DURING THE PEAK HOUR VERSUS
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THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY ON THE LOCAL ROADWAY NET.THEIR PERCENT CONTRIBUTION WAS ROUGHLY 70%, WHICH MEANS COME UP WITH 30%.
THAT, IN A NUTSHELL, IS WHERE THEY ENDED UP WITH THEIR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
THE OTHER THING WE LOOKED AT WAS, UH, QUEUING OR THE, UH, CAR WASH.
UM, THEY DID ANALYSIS ON TWO SIMILAR SITES.
AND JUNE, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO, FOR THE SAKE OF, UM, THIS MEETING, GET INTO A LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT OTHER POTENTIAL CHALLENGES THAT, UH, RELATED TO THE SITE.
WE, I THINK THOSE ALL BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED, BUT THE REALITY IS YOUR QUESTION WAS FOCUSED ON SE A TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
THEY DID MEET THE REQUIREMENTS PER SQL LAW.
CAN I SPEAK THEN PLEASE? YEAH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING.
WILL MORRISON AND I LIVE NEAR THE SWEET BAR.
THEY REQUIRE A VMT ANALYSIS FIRST TO SATISFY CE QA AND THEN ALSO A LOCAL TRANSPORTATION, BOTH FOR THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS, UM, HAD THEM LOOK AT TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION, TRAFFIC COMING ON AND OFF OF ORANGE INTO AND OUT OF THE PROJECT DRIVEWAY.
A VERY NOMINAL AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC
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ACTUALLY GOING FURTHER NORTH ON ORANGE STREET INTO THEALL OF THE ACCESS FROM, FROM THE, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE USING THAT SITE WOULD BE FROM SWEETWATER ROAD, EITHER DIRECTLY INTO OR OUT OF THE PROJECT DRIVEWAY OR FROM SWEETWATER ROAD ONTO ORANGE STREET DIRECTLY INTO AND OUT THE PROJECT DRIVEWAY.
SO THE INTERSECTION ANALYSIS CAPTURES THAT ESTIMATING ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON ORANGE STREET THERE PERCENT.
IF THEY WERE SHOWING A, A, A HIGHER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO FORMALLY ANALYZE THOSE IMPACTS.
THEY WERE NOT, WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION THEY HAD BECAUSE THE OVERWHELMING MEETING MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC IS GOING TO ACCESS THAT SITE FROM EITHER THE EASTER WEST ON SWEETWATER ROAD ONTO ORANGE ONTO THE PROJECT SITE AND THEN BACK.
THAT'S HOW IT WAS ANALYZED IN THE STUDY.
ALL OF THE TECHNICAL DATA THAT YOU'RE, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY THAT IS NOT THE OKAY.
WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A SIGNAL.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BEFORE AFTER ANALYSIS SIGNAL, IT'S A, IT IS A FAILING CONDITION.
SO THEY THEN HAVE A LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPACT.
THEY PROPOSED A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THEY THEN REANALYZED THE SAME TRAFFIC WITH THE SIGNAL.
IT, IT SHOWS, I THINK IT WAS LEVEL OF SERVICE B, WHICH VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY MOVE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE INTERSECTION A LOT EASIER.
'CAUSE THE SIDE STREET GETS ITS OWN PHASE.
THAT'S WHY THEY WERE REQUIRED AND CONDITIONED TO INSTALL A TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THEM CONTRIBUTING TO SIGNAL.
THAT'S THE RESULT, RIGHT? WITH NO SIGNAL.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN A, UH,
THEY ANALYZED, UM, THE BEFORE AND AFTER WITHOUT THE SIGNAL.
ONCE THE SIGNAL GOES IN DOWN OF TRAFFIC, THEY HAD AN ACCEPTABLE O OPERATING CONDITION.
WE NOT SEEING THAT, RIGHT? NO.
WE, WE, WE CANNOT LEGALLY WE CANNOT.
OUR STAFF CANNOT PERFORM AN ANALYSIS FOR DRIVE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY NEED TO HIRE THEIR OWN LICENSED TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
OUR JOB IS THEN TO REVIEW OR THAT THEIR LICENSED TRAFFIC ENGINEER PREPARED.
NOT LEGALLY THEY RESOURCES TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR A PRIVATE PROJECT.
SO, HOWEVER THAT'S REFERENCED THERE, THAT IS, UH, PROBABLY JUST HOW IT'S BEING INTERPRETED.
BUT NO, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR OWN ARCHITECTS, THEIR OWN LICENSED ENGINEERS, INCLUDING THEIR OWN LICENSED TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES REQUIRED.
SO THEY USED THEIR OWN LICENSE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
BOTH, BOTH REPORTS THAT YOU
I'M HAPPY TO, UM, UM, SHARE THAT WITH BOTH OF YOU.
IS THAT THAT IN ITS ENTIRETY OR WAS THAT A, THATS BURDEN.
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KNOW WHAT GOT UH, PUT OUT.BUT WE DO HAVE A FULL REPORT WITH ALL THE APPENDICES.
SEE THE TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
ONE SAYS, UH, SL ANALYSIS, ANOTHER SAYS NON SQL OR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION.
NOW WE, WE TYPICALLY DON'T POST PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UM, TECHNICAL REPORTS ONLINE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, UM, TO, TO EMAIL COPY.
I BELIEVE I STILL HAVE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND, UM, THE ANALYSIS THAT THEY, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, COUNT DATA.
THEY HAVE THE RAW COUNT DATA DISPUTE SO YOU CAN SEE THE THEY.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE QUEUING ANALYSIS, IT SHOWS, UM, IT NEEDS TO BE ACTUAL DATA SURVEYED AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS AND OTHER IN, IN THE REGION.
THE CAR WASH MIGHT BE ON THE WEEKEND.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS IN THERE WITH ALL THE BACKUP.
SO IF, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO SEE THAT, I CAN UH, WE CAN HAVE LUCAS IN.
UH, THAT REPORT AND THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE TO REDO THE ACCOUNTS.
UH, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE ON THE REPORT.
IT IT'LL BE IN THE, WE CAN VERIFY THAT WHEN YOU GO INTO THE APPENDICES, IT'LL HAVE THE ACTUAL COUNT SHEETS WITH THE DATES THAT RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO GET YOU GET TO THIS, 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.
YEAH, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? UM, AND THIS WAY, UH, WE CAN, WE AGENDIZE IT.
UM, AND IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN COMMIT TO DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, ING IN, YOU KNOW, THE NEW
WE'LL, UH, COLLECT SOME NEW COUNT DATA.
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UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND AND RUN A, A FORMAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS TO SEE BASED ON THE ACCIDENT HISTORY, WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THE STATE WARRANT A, A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL.IN ADDITION, WE WILL ALSO SEE IF THERE'S A, UM, COST EFFECTIVE ENHANCEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR FOR DRIVERS WHERE THEY NEED TO STOP AND, AND TO KEEP THINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN, UM, GO AHEAD AND DO AND MAYBE MAKE US NAME, UH, HOW ABOUT YOU GIVE US SOME TIME TO, TO GO THROUGH THIS ASSESSMENT AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE SOME RESULTS AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'LL AGENDIZE IT FOR FUTURE.
IF WE COULD TARGET EITHER THE AUGUST OR PROBABLY THE AUGUST.
MAY, AUGUST, IS THAT? YEAH, WE WE'RE JULY, MAY, MAY.
YEAH, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
'CAUSE WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TIME TO COLLECT SOME DATA.
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST CURRENT, CURRENTLY IT IS THE
SO IF YOU HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES, WANNA BRING UP, THIS IS A GREAT FORM.
WE SPOKE WITH EVAN EARLIER ABOUT THE ACCESS I OFFICIAL.
I MEAN THANK YOU FOR GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S, UM, WE GET MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE.
IT'S, DO I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MEMBERS HERE.
THIS IS, UM, UH, IS TO CONNECTIONS AND ACCESS BETWEEN NEIGHBOR AT HERE, THE BLUE, PURPLE AND GREEN COURT PERSON.
THOSE REPRESENT THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE GONNA BE RECEIVING ENHANCEMENTS, UH, FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
ADDITION TO SOME SECONDARY BENEFITS OF TRAFFIC ON, UM, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE IMPROVEMENT AND GO THROUGH SOME, THIS PROJECT'S FUNDED FROM THREE $5 MILLION AND THERE'LL LIKELY BE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, MATCHING FUNDS THROUGH, UH, STATE, STATE GAS PASS FUNDING, UH, ROADWAY, UM, OF, OF THE CITY.
WE WERE ESTIMATING ABOUT A $10 MILLION PROJECT.
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OKAY.ONE OF THE GRANTS IS FEDERAL, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL STATE.
I'M, I'M GUN SHY OUT FEDERAL BECAUSE SO MANY WE ARE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED WHEN WE PRESENT AT BAY SURE.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD COME TO THIS COMMITTEE AND PRESENT EARLY ON THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE AT WHAT WE CALL OUR 30% CONCEPTUAL LEVEL DESIGN.
AND THAT'S A GREAT, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK DESIGN TEAM AND WE HAVE THEM HERE TODAY.
WE'LL HAVE ROBERTO ANNIE FROM CRA.
THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, LAY OUT SOME ROADWAY CROSS SECTIONS AND CAN ACTUALLY FIT ALONG THE EXPLORERS AND WHAT POSTS WE ARE LOOKING TO
SO ABOUT 12 MONTHS FROM NOW AS I AM, UH, WE'VE DONE SOME, UH, HARDEST START OF THE OUTREACH PROCESS.
IS THIS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING? YES, FIRST PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, WE DID SEND OUT ABOUT 3000 FLYERS INVITING PEOPLE TO ATTEND AND ALSO PROVIDING, UM, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION THAT IS ALREADY UPLOADED ON OUR WEBSITE.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, YOU CAN SEE, SO THAT'S THE TOP OF EXHIBIT.
THAT MEANS THERE'S SOME TYPE OF PHYSICAL BARRIER, WHETHER IT'S A RAISED FIRM OR, OR DELINEATORS.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE STRIPED BIKE LANES, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN OF BIKE LANES WITH THE STRIKE STRIKE BUFFER.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE PHOTO.
THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR BIKE BOULEVARDS WITH, WHICH IS SHARED.
DAVID MARKING SHARED ALL THE SHARED, SHARED FOR BASICALLY TELLING THE DRIVERS, YOU NEED TO SHARE THE ROAD OR ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC CALMING PINCHERS, BUT THE BIKES ARE GONNA SHARE THE ROAD WITH CARS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED LANE.
LET'S TRY TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT IN A NUTSHELL.
UM, A COUPLE OF NOTABLE ENHANCEMENTS IN THESE ARE REQUESTS.
LAST DECADE IS TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
ONE AT NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD AND 22ND STREET.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT 22ND STREET PROVIDES A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE 24TH STREET TRANSIT STATION.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL TROLLEY AND OUR BUS NETWORK, OUR BUS STATION.
UM, IT ALSO CONNECTS TO, UM, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THERE.
SO THAT TODAY, UM, IF YOU'RE ON 22ND STREET, YOU'D ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO PUT TWO BLOCKS SOUTH TO 24TH STREET TO THAT SIGNAL ACROSS AND THEN MAKE YOUR WAY UP.
VERY NICE DIRECT CONNECTION IF YOU'RE ON A BIKE OR WALKING TO GET, UH, A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL OF THE WALK PHASE.
THE OTHER ONE IS NEAR SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL IN OLIVE OIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S ON 24TH AND DEATH RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST HAVE THAT OVERHEAD FLASHING DEACON SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE TO HIT THE BUTTON AND THE, AND THE YELLOW LIGHTS COME ON.
SO WE DID A FORMAL WORN ANALYSIS USING LINES IN THE MANUAL BY STATE ACCOUNT, A NEW SIGNAL.
SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT, UM, WHEN THEY GET RELEASED, THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL.
IT'S A CHALLENGING INTERCEPTION ACROSS.
SO THOSE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS.
THE OTHER THING WE LOOKED AT IS, IS IT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGING WHEN WE'RE RIGHT AWAY CONSTRAINED, IS HOW DO WE CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR BICYCLISTS WITHOUT LOSING A BUNCH OF PARKING.
SO ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, LIKE AROUND 24TH STREET, THE AVENUE WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE APARTMENTS, PARKING IS A PREMIUM.
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SO I THINK THE TEAM, THEIR INITIAL DESIGN, THEY DID A GREAT JOB AT LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ONE OF THE HIGHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS.AND IF WE NEEDED TO LOSE PARKING IN AREAS THAT ARE LESS, UH, RESIDENTIAL NATURE PARKING, REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT HAS PROPOSED TO MAXIMIZE SAFETY FOR EITHER BIG CONDITIONS IN
WE WILL, BUT IF WE HAVE TO LOSE SOME PARKING TO CREATE A SAFE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE FACILITY LOCK.
SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF, UH, WHERE WE ARE LOSING SOME PARKING AND WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GAINING SOME PARKING AND MAYBE CLOSER TO
IF THEY CAN PUT SOME, IF THE BIKE LANE IS ADJACENT TO THE CURB, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO PUT IT, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT SQUEEZE IT WORK WITH ANKLE
SECOND QUESTION, UH, PARADISE CREEK HOUSING, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE TRANSIT STATION, HAS BEEN BUILT FOR SOME TIME NOW.
YEAH, DESIGNATED PARKING OR PARKING AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO WALK BY BOX SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT RIGHT AT THE TRANSIT STATION, IT'S ON 22ND STREET PAST THE PARK AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHERE THE PARADISE CREEK, UH, HOUSING IS.
THAT'S THE, THAT HOUSING PROJECT.
SO HERE, HERE'S A SITUATION WHERE, UM, TODAY WE HAVE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET
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AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE TRADING, UM, ABILITY THAT'S PROTECTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEN STRIPING IN A LOT OF ANGLE PARKING ADJACENT TO APARTMENTS ON NORTH SIDE.SO THAT GETS PARKING AND IT KEEPS, IT, IT GETS BETTER LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR THE BIKES BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKED VEHICLES.
THAT'S A PRETTY NOTABLE CH THIS IS, UH, AS WE GO FURTHER EAST TO NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND GOING EAST OF THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, OFF AS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING
WE TRANSITION TO A SHARED BIKE PATH SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY PARKING THAT CONTINUING THAT PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY, BUT IT WOULD'VE RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF PARKING.
SO WE WENT WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE, WHICH UM, STILL PROVIDES SOME WARNING TO DRIVERS THAT THIS IS A SHERIFF FACILITY.
NOT TO MENTION THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARE A LOT LOWER HERE.
SO WE'RE MORE COMFORTABLE GOING WITH THIS LEVEL OF TREATMENT FOR BIKES, UM, THAN SAY FURTHER WEST.
SO THAT, THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR 22ND STREET.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE GET TO THE AVENUE, WE'RE PROPOSING SOME, UH, FROSTING ENHANCEMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF THE AVENUE THAT WANNA WALK OR BIKE TO THE TRANSIT STATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM, UH, AN ENHANCED CROSSING HERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE STRIPING THE CURB EXTENSIONS, SHORTENS THE CROSSING MAKES, IT MAKES THEM MORE VISIBLE TO TRAFFIC.
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT IN ON THE AVENUE, THE, UH, THE LED FLASHING SIGNS.
SO WHEN YOU HIT THE FLASH SO THAT ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, THE DRIVERS KNOW THAT THE PEDESTRIAN'S GONNA TO BE CROSSING SECTION OR IS IT A 20, WE'RE GONNA GO 30TH STREET.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, THE RELEVANCE OF THIS IS IF, IF HOW WE CLOSE A GAP IN THE BIKE NETWORK TO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS.
SO AS YOU RECALL, THE YEARS AGO, THE CITY PUT SOME, UM, BUFFERED BIKE LANES ON HOOVER AVENUE.
WE HAD A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT THEN CONNECTED IT TO, THERE'S AN ACCESS TO THE SWEETWATER RIVER BIKEWAY ON 33RD AND HOOVER, WHERE THERE'S THAT 90 DEGREE TURN.
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS CREATING AN EAST WEST CONNECTION ON 30TH STREET TO HOOVER FROM HOOVER.
THEY CAN GO SOUTH AND GET ON THE RICO BIKEWAY FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE, TO THE EAST, GET ONTO THE REGIONAL BIKE BIKE FACILITY, GET TO THE TRANSIT STATION.
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY ONTO B AVENUE 22ND.
THEY WANT TO GO TO THE REGIONAL BIKEWAY.
THEY, THEY DOWN 30TH STREET STREET.
IF YOU SEE HERE WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING IN A TWO-WAY PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
THERE IS SOME LOSS OF PARKING HERE, BUT THERE'S HARDLY ANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES PARK OUT THERE.
SO AGAIN, WE TRY TO LOOK AT MAKING A DECISION ON PARKING.
IF IT'S, UH, AN AREA THAT ISN'T REALLY IN HIGH DEMAND FOR PARKING, THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND PUT IN A HIGHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR BIKES.
THIS IS THE AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME LOSS OF PARKING, BUT PEOPLE REALLY AREN'T PARKING ON THE STREET HERE.
THEN, UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WILL BE EASTERN NATIONAL CITIES OVER QUESTION.
AFTER SURVEY, I, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE IDEA WAS WE WERE HOPING SOME OF THOSE TRUCKS
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WOULD GO OVER TO TIDES BECAUSE IT'S A BIG WIDE STREET, PLENTY OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUCK PARKING.UM, DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY THIS FAR SOUTH OR NOT OF, UH, NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD ON 30TH STREET APPROACHING AGAIN, WE MAINTAIN THIS, UM, TWO-WAY PROTECTIVE, UH, BIKE FACILITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET, UM, ONCE WE GET TO B AVENUE AND WE START INTRODUCING SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THAT'S WHERE WE START TO MAINTAIN PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO THAT WE CAN PARKING.
AND THIS WAS DONE BY, UM, DROPPING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR EASTBOUND.
DOING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THE RIGHT OF WAY NEEDED FOR THE BIKE FACILITY, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO MAINTAIN THAT PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET FOR THE RESIDENTS
WE REQUIRE THAT, UH, OUR DESIGNERS AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DO A TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ANALYSIS AND WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUMES, NOT JUST EXISTING TO MAKE SURE THAT NOW THAT WE'RE REDUCING THE ROADWAY CAPACITY BY ONE LANE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OR UNNEEDED CONGESTION.
AND THE, AND THE ANALYSIS THEY SHOWED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN FISH OPERATIONS BY JUST DROPPING ONE LANE, UH, IN ONE DIRECTION.
WHAT WE DID LOOK AT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DROP ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
SO ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY FOR TRAFFIC HEADING WEST, UM, ON 30TH STREET.
SO THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS DESIGN.
THEN ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE IS WE DID HAVE A MEETING, UH, THIS WEEK WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THEIR TEAM.
UM, THEY, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SOME CAMPUS, UM, YOU KNOW AND CHANGE, WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PICK, PICK UP, DROP OFF LOCATIONS WHERE THE BUSES ARE.
SO WE GOT SOME NEW INFORMATION FROM THEM TODAY.
SO THE DESIGN IN THIS AREA MAY, MAY GET, UH, TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST VERY PRELIMINARY, BUT THIS WILL GET REFINED.
UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT FOR THE INJURED MULTIPLE YEARS AGO THROUGH A SEPARATE CAPITAL PROJECT IS GONNA PUT WHAT THEY CALL A PEDESTRIAN PERIOD AND SCRAMBLE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM PARTS OF THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE 'EM IN THE GAS LAMP WHERE PEDESTRIAN HITS THE BUTTON.
UH, ALL THE CARS HAVE TO STOP AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY CROSS DIAGONALLY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
IT'S GONNA BE HUGE FOR THE STUDENTS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO CROSS, YOU KNOW, TWO DIRECTIONS AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST SPRINT ACROSS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO THIS MAKES IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.
WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S AT LUNCH OR BEFORE AFTER SCHOOL TO HIT THE BUTTON AND THEY CAN GO DIRECTLY CORNER TO CORNER.
I JUST HAD OUT PERSON EFFECTIVE, UM, JUST SAW THIS LAST WEEK.
SO YOU WANT TO RESERVE THIS OR HIGHER PEDESTRIAN CONCENTRATED INTERSECTIONS.
THE SHEER VOLUME OF STUDENTS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE SLIDE WHERE 24TH STREET, OUR CONCEPT IS 30TH STREET, WHERE WE NEED
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FROM TWO TO ONE TRAVEL LANES GOING UH, EAST IN ORDER TO FIT IN THE BIKE FACILITIES AND MAINTAIN PARKING.AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE START TO TRANSITION JUST EAST OF B AVENUE.
WE SHIFT TRAFFIC OVER AND THAT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ON, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AND STILL FIT IN SOME, UM, UH, PROTECT PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN THIS CONCEPT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD.
YOU HAVE ONE GOING EASTBOUND WITH TRAFFIC AND ANOTHER ONE GOING WESTBOUND.
BUT THEY DO HAVE, UM, THE BUFFERS IN SOME CASES WITH WITH IF IT IS A BUFFER BIKE LANE.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ALLOW, UH, ABLE TO ALLOW FOR, FOR PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
IT'S, WE TALK ABOUT F AVENUE AS YOU GO SOUTH ON F AVENUE, THAT'S HOW YOU A ACCESS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THIS WILL BE A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO NOTE IS WE ASKED OUR DESIGN TEAM TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL STREETS, UM, WITHIN A BLOCK OR TWO OF THE CORRIDOR TO SEE IF THERE'S FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PARKING.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A VERY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY JUST, UM, A COUPLE BLOCKS TO THE NORTH ON 22ND STREET.
UM, IF WE ARE, IF WE WERE TO CONVERT 22ND STREET TO A ONE-WAY IN THIS CASE, UH, WESTBOUND, WE COULD ACTUALLY STRIPE AN ANGLE PARKING AND PICK UP A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE APARTMENTS OVER THERE.
SO IF YOU LOOK THERE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S PARALLEL PARKING ON BOTH SIDES AND IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET.
IF WE GO TO A ONE, MAKE THIS A ONE-WAY STREET, UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT IN THE ANGLE PARKING AND INCREASE PARKING.
THE OTHER BENEFIT IS A SAFETY BENEFIT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY CHALLENGING IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM 22ND STREET ONTO HIGHLAND AVENUE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA FORCE THEM TO GO, UM, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE THAT MOVEMENT, IT'S GONNA FORCE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THAT STREET TO GO TO F AND THEN USE THE NEW SIGNAL TO MAKE THEIR WAY OVER TO HIGHLAND AVENUE RATHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE THAT DIFFICULT LEFT TURN ON THE ISLAND.
SO THERE'S SOME, THERE'S ALSO SOME SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE ONE WAY, UM, FURTHER EAST ON 24TH STREET, SO EAST OF HIGHLAND BETWEEN HIGHLAND AND N UM, THE VOLUMES ARE A LOT LOWER AND WE WANNA MAINTAIN PARKING BECAUSE IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE HAVE BIKE BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE SHARED BIKE SYMBOL AND ALSO SOME, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
THESE ARE SPEED, THE SPEED PUSH CUSHIONS OR UH, INDIVIDUAL LUMPS THAT HAVE, UM, SPACES IN BETWEEN FOR DOESN'T IMPACT THEIR RESPONSE TIMES.
SO WE'VE STARTED TO PILOT SOME OF THOSE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, DID, DID YOU HAPPEN TO PILOT THAT ON DIVISION? YEAH.
YEAH, NO, I MEAN IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, HALF THE DIVISION STREET OF SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, DIEGO, THE OTHER HALF IS NATIONAL CITY.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, UNTIL YOU GET FURTHER EAST.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY, YEAH, THAT MEETS THE, THE
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UH, OTHER PART OF THIS, WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MATCHING FUNDS WE ARE RECOMMENDING USING SOME OF OUR STATE GAS TAX ALLOCATION TOOUR ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THESE GRANT FUNDS, UM, AND THEN MATCH THAT WITH SOME OF OUR, OUR GAS TAX DOLLARS TO WIN-WIN TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE IS OUR NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION ON D AVENUE
AND YOU, UH, SO 30, SO THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY THE SOUTH END ON 30TH STREET.
SO AS YOU GO, UH, LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING NORTH.
SO STARTING AT 30TH STREET, THIS IS ADJACENT TO THE, UH, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
THEIR, UH, THEIR TRACK, UM, AND ATHLETIC FIELDS.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE SOME SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS AT THE BUS STOP.
SO WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST THESE A LITTLE BIT, UM, BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM THE, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THAT'S REALLY THE IDEA AT, AT THAT LOCATION.
PLUS SOME SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AT THE INTERSECTION.
THAT'S THE SIGNAL AT 30TH AND D.
UM, WE, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT UH, MID BLOCK ENHANCED CROSSING.
UH, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THERE'S VERY LIMITED CROSSINGS.
YOU HAVE TO EITHER GO TO THE SIGNAL AT 30TH OR ALL THE WAY NORTH 26TH STREET.
SO WE'RE CREATING ONE THAT IS, UM, AT THE LOW POINT OF THE CURVE WHERE, UH, OF THE, THE HILL WHERE IT'S VERY VISIBLE.
UM, AND WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW ENHANCED WIND, LED SIGNS.
THAT'S A NICE, THAT'S PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENT.
ALSO LOOKING AT SOME ENHANCED LIKE IS HIGH PROPENSITY OF, OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE ELEMENTARY WANT THOSE ENHANCED PEG CROSSINGS.
WE WANT ENHANCED LIGHTING WHEREVER POSSIBLE FOR, FOR VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS GENERAL, BUT PARTICULARLY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.
IT'S JUST, JUST, UM, IT'S JUST BEST PRACTICE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS, LIKE YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT THIS, SPEND THIS MONEY AND MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN A PRE PREDOMINANTLY INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FOOT, YOU'RE GONNA PUT 'EM NEAR A SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A SCHOOL AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS, IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S BEST, IT'S JUST THE BEST ENGINEERING DESIGN PRACTICE.
THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS YOU WANT TO MAKE.
THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL BETWEEN THE TARGET IS LOOKING AT SCHOOL, HOW CAN WE ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN BIKE CONNECTIONS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING ON THE AVENUE IN PARTICULAR A LOT MORE OF THESE PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS.
WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, A LOT OF WALKING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY WALK AND BIKE TO THE TRANSIT TO NOT ONLY COMPLETE THE BICYCLE CONNECTIONS TO GET YOU THERE, BUT ALSO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND FROM THE, SO FURTHER DOWN ON EAST STREET WHERE WE'D GO.
SO THE BIKE FACILITY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY MAINTAINING AS
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WE GO FURTHER NORTH, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE BIKE FACILITY, WHICH ARE THE BIKE LANES.UM, AND REASON BEING WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING MORE IS WE KNOW IT'S PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.
WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT PARK FOR ALL THE FLOOR DOORS, THE POST IMPROVEMENTS, UM, RECEIVE ANY, UH, FROM ANY OF THE RESIDENTS.
WE DID SEND THEM ENGLISH AND RECEIVED ANYTHING.
BUT UM, AGAIN, WE'RE EARLY ON IN THE PRO PROCESS.
UM, WE'LL PROBABLY LOOK TO HAVE ONE MORE OF THESE, UH, OFFER, WE'LL WE'LL DEFINITELY GET THIS.
UM, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE FOR SURE DIS DISTRICT ONE ACTUALLY EXTENDS THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
TO ROLL IT OUT AT ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
IT'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE MORE OF A
I JUST PRESENT THIS TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS, HOW WE'RE, WE'RE MAINTAINING PARKING IN THOSE HIGHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO WITH THOSE TOWN HALLS, THEY USUALLY HAVE A VARIETY OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
SO CAN GIVE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY USE THAT AS ANOTHER OPTION.
JUST GIVE THEM POINTERS TO THE WEBSITE.
I TAKE AT LEAST OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE PHASE AND THIS TIMELINES BASED ON THE DIFFERENT, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, LATER ON THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE REFINED SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A A A MINIMUM 12 MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION MORE I THINK TOWARDS THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR AS FAR AS UM, FINE SCHEDULE.
WHAT WE FIND IS THE, THESE DO TAKE, UH, FINALLY SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION.
IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET SELECTED FOR FUNDING, THEN IT GOES THROUGH THE STATE PROCESSES TO PROGRAM THE FUNDING, THEN WE EVENTUALLY GET AN AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED SO THEY ACCEPT THE PROJECT AND THE FUNDING THAT MAY, THAT WHOLE PROCESS MAY TAKE ONE YEAR RIGHT THERE AND ANOTHER AT LEAST ONE YEAR FOR DESIGN, ANOTHER YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE CHALLENGES WE USUALLY RUN INTO, IF, IF IT TAKES US TWO OR THREE YEARS TO GET THROUGH THE AUTHORIZATION AND DESIGN PROCESS AND GET ALL OUR, ALL OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES AND TWO, THREE YEARS PASSED, WE LEAST WHAT WE SEE IS CONSTRUCTION COSTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE EVERY YEAR.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY TAILORED THE DESIGNS TO, TO GIVE OURSELVES A PRETTY COMFORTABLE CONTINGENCY.
PRICES HAS HAVE ESCALATED, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE STILL RELYING ON GETTING COMPETITIVE BIDS.
NOW IF WE DON'T GET COMPETITIVE BIDS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND START LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CALL VALUE ENGINEERING.
SO WHAT ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO SCALE BACK THAT ARE COSTING A LOT OF MONEY IS NOW WE HAVE BIDS AND WE CAN SEE THEN WE REPACKAGE IT, REBID IT OUT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL NEED TO BUILD A PROJECT THAT MEETS THE ANTENNA THAT WE GO THROUGH.
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UH, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION THAT STREAM PLACE, UH, THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY THROUGH LOCAL ROAD SAFETY, OUR OPPORTUNITY ON ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS TO COLLECT DATA.SO WE'LL HAVE A NEW LATEST FIVE YEARS WORTH OF COLLISION DATA.
AND UM, REALLY THOUGH, WHAT THE IDEA HERE IS FAILURES ARE PROPOSED FOR CONSISTENCY WITH OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
THAT WAS THE LONG RANGE PLAN AND THAT, AND THAT IS HOW THESE ROAD, THESE CORRIDORS WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GRANT WAS LOOK AT THE GAPS IN THE BIKE NETWORK AND HOW CAN WE AGAIN, IMPROVE ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN EACH.
BUT I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE OTHER ONE ABOUT BIKE COUNTS, I DON'T KNOW ARE WE SCOPE TO, UH,
IF YOU GET THE CIP WEBSITE, WHICH IS NATIONAL PROJECTS.COM, THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD.
UH, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY, HEY, DID YOU, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAVE SOME FLYERS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO DID YOU HAPPEN TO GET 'EM? UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET FEEDBACK AS TO MAYBE WHY, WHETHER THEY DID RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, WHY, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, STAFF'S GONNA COME TO YOU, UH, ADDED TO YOUR AGENDA THIS MONTH FOR THE JUNIOR, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, YEAH.
AND IT COULD, IT COULD BE DO WE LOOK AT A MORE CONVENIENT TIME FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT STILL WORKS FOR THE MEMBERS OR IF WE'RE GONNA PRESENT ON A CAPITAL PROJECT AND WE WANT MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, MAYBE THAT IS SCHEDULED AS A SPECIAL MEETING AT A DIFFERENT COUPLE OPTIONS AND STAFF WILL PRESENT THAT FOR FEEDBACK.
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TOMORROWBUT UH, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO FORMALLY, UM, FEED THE FUNDS AND GIVE US MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION SO THAT PROJECT, THINK THE UPDATE ON THAT IS, UH, IF WE GET THE APPROVALS TOMORROW AND, AND, UM, ALL SET YES.