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TODAY IS FEBRUARY 20 CIRCUIT, 2022.
WE DO HAVE A 4:00 AM OF COUNSEL PRESENT, AND THIS IS OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE.
A BRIEFING SESSION ON NOTICES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED AND NOT HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO IN AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
MANAGER REPORT.UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, A, UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PROTEIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GLOVER ON NOT DRAWING AN OPPONENT, UH, BY THE, UH, FI FRIDAY DEADLINE FOR THE MAY ELECTIONS.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOU IN A VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE AHEAD.
UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ENJOYED THE NICE WARM WEATHER OF THE LAST FEW DAYS, KNOW THAT THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING QUICKLY TO AN END WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING, OUR MERCY MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE TEAMS WILL BE MONITORING THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING PREPARATIONS TO RESPOND, UM, AS NEEDED.
UH, THE FORECAST IS, UH, BEEN VERY KIND OF TOPSY-TURVY OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT AS THINGS UNFOLD, UM, THAT MAY VERY WELL HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR CALENDAR ACTIVITIES FOR THE LATER PART OF THIS WEEK, OR THIS WEEKEND NOW LOOKS LIKE BY FRIDAY, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY WINTER WEATHER TYPES OF IMPACTS, BUT WE MAY JUST HAVE A LOT OF COLD TO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, UH, WE'LL BE MONITORING ALL THOSE THINGS AND KEEPING YOU APPRISED IF THERE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY, UH, TO OUR BASIC SCHEDULE AND OR ANY SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, ON THE CALENDAR, UH, FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, UH, WE'D LIKE TO GO TO THE CALENDAR NOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, AS WE ROUND OUT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND BEGIN, THE 1ST OF MARCH, OUR ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR IS GETTING VERY FULL AS WE THEN GET INTO THE HEART OF IMPLEMENTING THE COUNCIL'S 20, 22 STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRIORITIES AS WELL.
UM, THIS WEDNESDAY ON FEBRUARY THE 23RD, FROM 12 TO ONE, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS PROVIDED IMITATION OF, FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR A TOTAL CARE EMERGENCY ROOM, WHICH WAS, WILL BE NEW AT THAT LOCATION AT EIGHT 50 NORTH HIGHWAY 67.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO WELCOME A NEW BUSINESS TO OUR CITY.
UH, ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, FROM 11 TO ONE, UH, WE ARE, UH, WE DO HAVE ON THE BOOKS, THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD WALK, THIS ONE IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN THE KINGSWOOD SUBDIVISION.
AND, UH, IF WE, IF WE CONTINUE, THEN WE WILL BE MEETING AROUND 10 30 AT THE POINT OF WHAT A LIGHT CHURCH, THAT'S THE CHURCH AT THE CORNER OF KINGSWOOD AND THE SOUTHBOUND SERVICE ROAD IN 67.
AGAIN, IF WE MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT EVENT, BASED ON THE WEATHER, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AND KEEP YOU APPRISED ON THE, THE NEED TO RESCHEDULE.
UM, ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, THIS WEEKEND ALSO IS THE RESCHEDULED MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION AND PEACE MARCH, UH, ARANDA AND OUR SPECIAL EVENT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AS YOU KNOW, TO, UH, UH, TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE COVID IN JANUARY TO RESCHEDULE THIS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY, UH, WILL BE HAVING IT FROM THREE TO FIVE.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE DR PIGGY AND WILSON STEM CENTER AT 1515 WEST BELTLINE.
IT'S THE OLD NINTH GRADE CENTER.
AND THE FEATURED SPEAKER WILL BE MISS OPRAH LEE.
WHO'S KNOWN AS, UH, THE, A MOTHER OR JUNETEENTH.
AND SO SHE'S A LOCAL CELEBRITY IN OUR AREA.
ANYWAY, IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HER IN OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE HER INTO AND TO LEARN FROM HER EXPERIENCE.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AGAIN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
IS THERE STILL A NAILING DOWN A FEW LAST MINUTE DETAILS WITH THAT? UM, TUESDAY, MARCH THE FIRST NEXT WEEK IS, UH, ALSO ELECTION DAY FOR THE MARCH, 2022 PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE POLLING PLACES IN CEDAR HILL HAVE BEEN AT THE ALLEGHENY SIMS RECREATION CENTER THIS YEAR.
EVERYTHING HAS GONE VERY SMOOTHLY.
WE'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT REALLY GOOD COMMENTS FROM BOTH FOLKS WHO'VE GONE TO VOTE OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED THERE.
SO THEY'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT FACILITY, UM, PLAYING THAT ROLE.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UH, ALSO THAT SAME EVENING ON MARCH 1ST AT 6:00 PM, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING IN A JOINT SESSION WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY GROUP, UM, PRESENT AS WELL, UH, TO CONSIDER AND TO REVIEW THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2022 AND, UH, ITS
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DRAFT, AND TO CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT AND THEN TALK ABOUT, UM, ANY ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN THE PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.UH, THE AGAIN WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM.
IT'LL BE ON THE THIRD FLOOR, UH, TRAINING ROOM HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, UM, AT 2 85 UPTOWN BOULEVARD, UH, ON THURSDAY, MARCH THE THIRD.
THIS IS AGAIN NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY FROM 1130 TO ONE.
UH, THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE HOSTING THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON.
UH, THEY HAVE SENT AN INVITATION, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THEY HAVE ASKED FOR AN RSVP, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, PLAN ON YOUR ATTENDANCE BY FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU'D JUST LET US KNOW, WE WILL RSVP FOR YOU.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT ONLINE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T MIND DOING THAT ON YOUR BEHALF.
AGAIN, THAT'S 1130 TO ONE AT THE ELENI RECREATION CENTER ON THURSDAY, MARCH THE THIRD ON, UH, ALSO ON, UH, LET'S SAY ON SATURDAY, MARCH THE FIFTH FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM, UH, THE RETURN OF THE CITYWIDE BLOCK PARTY AND RECREATION CENTER ANNIVERSARY.
UH, THIS IS A BIG EVENT FOR US AS IT WAS SORT OF THE SORT OF FOUNDATIONAL BLOCK OF WHAT HAS BECOME A VERY ROBUST, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO THE LAST PUBLIC EVENT THAT WE DID BEFORE COVID HAPPENED TO OUR AREA IN MARCH OF 2020.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE IT LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EVENT RETURN.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING A NUMBER OF BOOTHS AS WELL, VENDORS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE IN PARTICULAR RELATED TO GENERAL CITY INFORMATION.
AND, UM, UH, COUNCIL IS INVITED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND ANY TIME WORKING THAT BOOTH AND SENDING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY.
YOU'RE DEFINITELY WELCOME TO JOIN US AND SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
JUST LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'D LIKE TO COME, SO WE CAN JUST PLAN FOR IT.
AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE YOU HELP US AT THE BOOTH.
AND THEN CERTAINLY YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE BLOCK PARTY IS THAT IS ALWAYS A VERY FUN AND A PLEASANT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN, UH, TO IN-PERSON EVENTS AT, UH, AT THE ALAN SIMMONS RECREATION CENTER.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, MARCH THE EIGHTH, AND THEN ON SATURDAY, MARCH THE 12TH, WE'RE GOING TO REACH IT INTO A LITTLE FURTHER INTO MARCH IS THE ANNUAL CEDAR HILL LIONS CLUBS, CHERIE FOURTH ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST, THE LIE.
I JUST SAW A MOUTHFUL, BUT IT'S ALSO A VERY LONG STANDING FUNDRAISER THAT THE SIERRA ALLIANCE HAD BEEN DOING IN OUR CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE CELEBRITIES THAT HELPED SERVE.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BE ABLE TO GO AND MEET AND ENGAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR FRIENDS, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT A VERY GOOD CAUSES.
THE LION'S CLUB DOES SOME MARVELOUS WORK IN DOING CHARITABLE PURSUITS WITHIN OUR CITIES.
AND I'M REALLY SURE THAT IF YOU KNOW ANY LIONS, IT WOULD BE QUITE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH TICKETS.
AND SO, UH, LIONS IN THE ROOM, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, I'VE LAID IT OUT FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, AGENDA? I MEAN ON THE CALENDAR? SORRY.
SO WE WILL, UH, TAKE THAT OFF THE CALENDAR AND PUT A RESCHEDULING FOR THE TOTAL CAR CARE EMERGENCY ROOM RIBBON.
THAT'S REAL TIME INFORMATION RIGHT THERE.
MADAM SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, MOVING ON FOR THE ORIENTATION, I DIDN'T HEAR, WHAT DID SHE SAY? I'M SORRY, WHAT DID SHE SAY? I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
WHAT IS THE, UH, AT THE, UM, PEGGY WILSON SIM CENTER ON BELTLINE? SO THE OLD NINTH GRADE CENTER ARE, WHERE'S THE ACTUAL MARCH GOING TO GO.
SO THERE'LL BE NO ACTUAL MARCH THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP IT ALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE BUILDING, PROBABLY FOR WEATHER AND OTHER REASONS AS WELL.
I'M MOVING ON FOR THE ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
WE HAVE TWO MAJOR BRIEFINGS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE FROM A RANDOM BELL, UH, GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE STATUS OF THE DESIGN FOR, UH, THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE AT OUR NEW LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK.
AS YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR LAST BRIEFING, THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WE GOT SOME INPUT FROM
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THE COUNCIL AS TO THE LOCATION AND THE TYPE OF LOOK, UH, THEY'VE TAKEN THAT BACK AND HAVE, UM, A DRAWING TO BRING BACK TO YOU AND, UH, DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT.UH, TOM JOHNSON, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE DONE AROUND, UH, ON A PORTION OF NORTH, UH, JOE WILSON ROAD, UH, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BELTLINE.
SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A GAS LINE AND THEN AN ENTRY INTO A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE, UH, RELATED TO THE COTTAGES AT THAT CORNER.
SO HE'S GOING TO, UM, BRING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
SO YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UH, WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE HOW WE'LL BE LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW AND KIND OF DURATION OF THAT PROCESS GOING ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATIONS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE PRESENT PRESENTATION OF THE GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD, UH, TO DR.
KENNETH GREEN AND, UH, MARY GREEN OF METRO CHURCH.
GREEN IS A LONG-TERM FRIEND OF THE CITY IS VERY, UH, AN EARLY ADOPTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
UM, PROCESS WAS HOSTED IN US AT MANY NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS AND SO FORTH AND HAS MADE A BIG IMPACT ON THE TOWN.
HE RECENTLY RETIRED AS A PASTOR OF METRO CHURCH, AND SO WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE HIS LONGSTANDING SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD GIVEN, UH, TO, UH, MIKE AND PATRICIA DEEDS, WHO ALSO ARE ALONG, UH, STANDING A COUPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THE CITY IN MANY WAYS OVER.
THERE ARE MANY YEARS, UH, WITH THE CITY.
UH, THEY HAVE, UH, RECENTLY STARTED THE PROCESS OF MOVING.
AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TONIGHT DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UH, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO AND ALWAYS TAKE A, UH, A POINT OF PRIDE IN LISTENING TO, AND THAT'S PRESENTING TO YOU, UH, THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE 20, 21 CLASS OF THE CITY, YOU, UH, CITY AND THE CITY ME PROGRAMS, AND ALSO TO, UH, INTRODUCE AND HONOR OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS, WHICH WE, UH, RECENTLY AWARDED LAST WEEK.
UM, I WOULD REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES THAT THEY GAVE, UH, TO ME IN THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, WHEN I BECAME CITY MANAGER IS TO CREATE A PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONALIZING, UH, THE ABILITY TO DO SUCCESSION PLANNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP OF OUR OWN TALENT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO PROGRAMS LIKE CITY U AND CITY, ME, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY WELL DONE BY OUR AMAZING HR TEAM, UM, ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW THAT IS ACTUALLY DONE AND WHY WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TALENT THAT STARTS DOING ONE THING.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO THEN TAKE THAT TALENT AND ALLOW THEM TO, UH, CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY, UH, BY DOING MORE AND MORE THINGS WE'VE ALSO TAKEN FROM THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN, UM, USE THOSE TO DEVELOP OTHER PROGRAMS. SO THINGS LIKE THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT WE JUST KICKED OFF HAVE ELEMENTS OF IT THAT WERE EITHER INSPIRED BY OR CAME FROM, UH, THE PROGRAMS OF CITY, YOU AND SYDNEY MEET.
UH, AND SO THEY, THESE ARE RECIPIENTS.
THESE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT BY OUR AMAZING DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN PEOPLE, CHARIOT, TRACY CHARISMA.
UH, WE HAVE A CITIZENS FORUM TONIGHT, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE ONE ELECTION MATTER, AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT, UH, AND SERVICE CONTRACT WITH DALLAS AND COUNTY ELECT, UH, DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENTS, UH, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOCAL GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY, MAY 7TH.
AGAIN, THERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DO BEFORE WE CAN FORMALIZE, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY A PROCESS THAT WE WILL ULTIMATELY END IN, UH, CONSIDER OF CANCELLATION OF THE ELECTION.
AND THEN THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR BASED ON THE TIMING OF THAT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THERE A TIMELINE ON THE CONTRACT THAT, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT TODAY? OR CAN WE JUST TABLE IT UNTIL THE MARCH 8TH MEETING? SO THEY DO HAVE A DEADLINE AND THEY HAVE THE DEADLINE GENERALLY, SO THEY CAN START TO FIGURE OUT WHO ALL IS PARTICIPATING.
AND SO THE COUNTY CAN FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, JUST EXACTLY WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO NEED BOTH PERSONNEL PULLING PLACES, EQUIPMENT, AND SO FORTH.
SO, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING IT, I THINK THEY'RE AWARE OF OUR STATUS AS FAR AS THE FILINGS, UM, AND THEN, OR NOT, THAT GETS EXECUTED OR NOT BEFORE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CONSIDER THE ELECTION ITSELF.
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THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 8TH MEETING, UH, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE COUNCIL WAS 2022 CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A BRIEFING AT YOUR LAST, UM, AT YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AN AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR RIGHT AWAY AND MEDIAN MAINTENANCE, UH, WITH THE CITY ALSO, UH, AN AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE FACILITY USE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR ALL SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME ROUTINE.
IT IS A, UH, A MAJOR STEP IN THE COMING OF THE, UH, THE SPRING SEASON FOR OUR YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY LED, UH, NONPROFITS IN OUR CITY THAT HELP SERVE OUR OWN, OUR OWN KIDS.
AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORKING WITH US ON, ON THESE AGREEMENTS AND LEARN.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPRING SEASON THIS YEAR, UH, WITH OUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS, UH, ITEM E IS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 20, 20 TO SEVEN 50, UH, WHICH CONTINUES THE JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE AND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE CHIEF, UH, CHIEF RAYEZ, UH, PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AND, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST MEETING, LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THE, THE PROGRAM WAS USED AND, UM, HOW WE WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING THE PROGRAM, UH, ITEM F IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION FOR THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS THE STATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE DISPLAYING, UH, BEST PRACTICES, AND ALSO PURSUING THE LATEST IN, UH, PERFORMANCE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
WE WERE AN EARLY ADOPTER OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THE CHIEF IS, UH, A BIG SUPPORTER OF CONTINUING THE PROGRAM AND ALSO, UM, MAINTAINING OUR STATUS AS ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE STATE.
UH, ING IS A CONTRACT FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR CITY FACILITIES, ITEM H IN ITEM I ARE RELATED MATTERS, AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER EXECUTION OF, UH, AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY ON HOUSTON STREET IN ADVANCE OF FUTURE ROADWAYS AND UTILITIES TO SUPPORT THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, THEN UNDER THE REGULAR AGENDA, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. THESE WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTED BY CHIEF RAYEZ AND WE'LL GET INTO REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH A PILOT PROGRAM THAT REALLY KICKS OFF ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S INITIATIVES FOR 2022.
AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR BEING ABLE TO RISK RESPONSE AND MENTAL NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE FIRST AGREEMENT, UH, UH, IS IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO, UH, FOR OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN ITEM B IS ALSO IN YOUR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO AS A SUB RECIPIENT, UH, TO THE COUNTY'S GRANT, WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO DESOTO ON THE BEHALF OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.
UH, SO THE, THE CHIEF WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A LITTLE DETAIL ON THAT PROGRAM WHEN WE GET INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
AND THEN THE FINAL, MY FINAL ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS, UM, THE RETURN OF CASE PD 3 87, 20 21, CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING, FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO PD ON PROPERTY, SOUTH OF DUNCANVILLE ROAD IN SOUTH OF BEAR CREEK ROAD.
ANY ITEMS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE POOLED AS CITY MANAGER BEFORE YOU LEAVE A LOGISTICAL PURPOSES OF DR.
GREEN? I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN AS WE PROVIDE THE PROCLAMATION.
MAYBE YOU HAVE MAYBE SOMETHING TO ASSIST HIM.
MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT OR SOMETHING TO ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS VERGING
[3. Briefing on new library monument signage.]
ON THE NEW LIBRARY.HELLO THERE, MR. MANDEVILLE EVENING.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT, AN UPDATE ON THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE FOR OUR LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH AND A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND OUR MISSION REMAINS THE SAME TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, WHICH ARE LISTED HERE.
PEOPLE, RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY, AS WELL AS SERVANT LEADERSHIP, WHICH I THINK
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ALL ARE EXPRESSED IN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.UM, OUR CITY FACILITY SIGNAGE IS VERY UNIQUE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
EVERY CITY FACILITY HAS A UNIQUE STATEMENT.
IT TELLS A UNIQUE STORY AND IT CREATES A UNIQUE, UM, PLACE.
UM, IT CREATES IDENTITY AND IT CREATES A, AN EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE WHO ENTERS.
UM, OUR BRAND IS CONFINED, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, BUT IT IS, UM, DEFINITELY UNIQUE.
SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT ARE WHERE WE STAND.
AS WE SPEAK HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND OUR VERY OWN ALLEN EAST SIMS RECREATION CENTER SIGNAGE, OUR BUILDING SIGNAGE IS VERY INTENTIONAL.
UH, WE INTENTIONALLY WANT IT TO BE DIFFERENT SET APART, UM, FROM THE CITYWIDE ENTRY SIGNAGE, WHICH IS, UM, FEATURED IN EVERY ENTRYWAY COMING INTO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
THIS IS HERE AT THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THESE ARE FLOATING LETTERS ON THE SIGN, WHICH IS, UM, HAS A BACKDROP OF THE BEAUTIFUL LIMESTONE.
IT ALSO HAS A PROGRESSIVE ELEMENT TO IT WITH THE STAIRS THAT ALMOST REACH UP TO THE SIGNS TO SIGNIFY THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION, PROGRESS PROGRESSION, AND THE, UM, ENCOMPASSING, UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, AS WELL AS OUR CITY SERVICES.
ALSO, YOU WILL NOTICE AT NIGHT IT IS BACKLIT SO THAT EVERYONE, NO MATTER IF IT'S DAY OR NIGHT CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE IS OUR ALLAN RECREATION CENTER.
I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THIS, UH, SIGN WAS PRESENTED TO OUR, UM, NOW MAYOR APPROACHED HIM FORMER CITY MANAGER UPON HIS RETIREMENT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE SPIRIT OF FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP AND COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY WITH THE DARK METAL, UH, LETTERING AND GRAPHICS, BUT ALSO 12 BEAUTIFUL BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE, WHICH FLOW IN WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, SURROUNDED, UH, BY THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE SPIRIT OF US BEING A CITY WITHIN A PARK AND OUR CELEBRATION OF NATURE.
SO THE GOAL OF THE NEW LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARKS SIGNAGE, IF YOU WERE RECALL IS TO BE TIMELESS BECAUSE THIS WILL BE OUR FOREVER LIBRARY.
IT ALSO IS TO MAXIMIZE THE VISIBILITY FROM ANY ENTRY WAY INTO THE PARKING LOT OFF OF PIONEER TRAIL.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE SIGN IS CURVED IN DESIGN THAT REPRESENTS THE WELCOMING NATURE AND INCLUDES INCLUSIVE NATURE OF THIS SPACE.
IT WAS NOT JUST, UH, LETTING ONE NOTE THERE ENTERING INTO A LIBRARY, BUT ALSO INTO A BEAUTIFUL SIGNATURE PARK SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE PIONEER TRAIL.
UM, WE ALSO CAPITALIZE ON THOSE THAT ARE ENTERING FROM EITHER DIRECTION, WHETHER IT BE DAY OR NIGHT, BEING ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE AND FEELING LIKE THEY'RE ENTERING INTO A SPECIAL PLACE.
HERE ARE A FEW IMAGES THAT WE USE FOR INSPIRATION.
AND YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK IN MAY OF 2021, WE MET WITH YOU AND PRESENTED SEVERAL OPTIONS, UH, TO YOU OF CONCEPTS FOR SIGNS.
YOU ALL REALLY SEEM TO CONNECT WITH BOTH A AND B.
YOU REALLY ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL LIMESTONE, UM, THE BUILT IN ENVIRONMENT, THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING SURROUNDING, UM, THE SIGN YOU GAVE US A CHALLENGE.
YOU TOLD US, CAN WE FIND THE, THE PERFECT BALANCE OF A AND B, UM, AS PORTER SOMETIMES CALLED, CAUSE IT MAKING A BABY OUT OF A AND B.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE WORKED ON AND WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE CONCEPT FOR THE NEW MONUMENTS SIGNED FOR THE NEW LIBRARY
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AND SIGNATURE PARK.AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS CURVED IN DESIGN.
IT HAS BEAUTIFUL FLOATING LETTERS, WHICH WILL BE, UH, HALF UPLIGHTING AT NIGHTS.
SO ANYONE WHO IS ENTERING WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT ALSO IS SURROUNDED AND ENCOMPASSED BY THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING, AS WELL AS PLANTING.
THERE'S ALSO FLEXIBILITY, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ALL DECIDE IN YOUR WORKSHOP THIS SUMMER, UH, FOR THE NAMING OR THE LETTERS THAT WILL BE PLACED IN THAT DESIGN, IT IS FLEXIBLE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AS WE NEED TO.
UM, ALSO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE LETTERS ARE WHITE, WHICH HELPS EVERYONE BE ABLE TO SEE IT NO MATTER TIME OF DAY, AS WELL AS, UM, THE LETTERS UNDERNEATH IT, BEING THAT BEAUTIFUL BROWN, UM, METAL THAT YOU ENJOY, EVEN ON THE ELENI SIMS REC CENTER SIGNAGE, JUST FOR SCALE, YOU WILL LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE SIGN AND NOTICE THAT THERE IS AN AVERAGE HEIGHT WOMAN WHO'S THERE.
THAT GIVES YOU A CONCEPT OF THE MONUMENTAL NATURE OF THE SIGN.
IT WILL NOT BE A VISUAL IMPACT WILL NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM ANY VEHICLE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE BLOCKED IF A, IF A TRUCK OR A VEHICLE PARKS ON THE ON STREET PARKING, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE CURB, WE DO NOT FORESEE ANY, UM, ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING TIMELESS IN NATURE AND SEAMLESS, AGAIN, ONE SIGN, ONE PROJECT.
SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A SEPARATE SIGN FOR THE LIBRARY AND A SEPARATE SIGN FOR THE SIGNATURE PARK.
WE WILL HAVE ONE SIGN SIGNIFYING THAT SOMEONE FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS ENTERING INTO ONE SPACE, EVEN THOUGH THE LIBRARY WILL HAVE A SEPARATE ADDRESS FROM THE SIGNATURE PARK, THE SIGN WILL, UH, CREATE THAT ENTRANCE AND THAT MAGIC FOR ANYONE WHO COMES.
HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW FROM ANOTHER ANGLE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE STREET VIEW, YOU'RE LOOKING ON TWO, UM, AND BEHIND THAT YOU KIND OF SEE THAT DRIVE UP BEAUTIFUL TREES.
UH, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WILL JUST REALLY BE ABLE TO ENJOY, BRING THEIR FAMILY AND HAVE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING NEXT, AS YOU KNOW, OUR CMAR, THEY ARE WORKING ON BID DOCUMENTS.
UM, THEY WILL INCLUDE THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE.
WE'VE ALREADY INCLUDED THAT IN OUR BUDGET.
UH, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE A CITY COUNCIL NAMING PROCESS, UM, THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER OUR JULY 9TH GROUNDBREAKING CELEBRATION.
AND FINALLY YOU'LL HAVE A FINAL NAMING.
UM, AND WE WANT TO INTEGRATE THAT WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM, INTO THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER ON SCHEDULE, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
MAY I POTENT? IS THAT ALL? YES.
SO IS IT, AM I CLEAR THAT IT WILL SAY SOMETHING IN THERE IN THE NAME, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, OF THE SITE, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK, WHAT WAS THERE WAS CEDAR LIBRARY AND PUBLIC, AND THAT WAS JUST A PLACEHOLDER, JUST SO YOU ALL CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT KIND OF GET A VISION FOR THAT.
UM, JUST THE QUESTION ABOUT ACCESS, IS IT DESIGNED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SIT ON THE LEDGE AND CHILDREN WALK AROUND IT, OR IS IT MORE SO DISPLAY ONLY WE DESIGNED IT.
I DON'T, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT WILL HAPPEN SO THAT IT IS DESIGNED SO THAT IF A DOES SIT THERE, IF THEY FELL THAT THEY WON'T INJURE THEMSELVES, BUT THAT THE INTENTION IS NOT TO BE A BENCH, WE'LL HAVE OTHER SEATING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN.
THIS IS REALLY MEANT FOR SIGNIFYING PLACE.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S VISIBLE
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AND SOCIAL MEDIA, INSTAGRAM FRIENDLY FOR SOUTHEAST, YES, LOTS OF SELFIES, NEW MOMENTS, CREATING NEW MEMORIES.UM, WE ENVISION THAT BEING A FOCAL POINT.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN PIONEER CHARLA AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A VERY, OF COURSE WE'RE ADDING LIGHT, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY DARK ROAD.
SO I THINK IT ALSO ADDS TO THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
ALSO WHAT I DID NOT MENTION IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY.
WE WANT IT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER SIGNAGE WE HAD DID NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE AESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT, IT DOESN'T, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ALSO, AGAIN, SPEAKS TO WHAT YOU ALL, UM, REALLY LOVED ABOUT OPTIONS, A AND B, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU PULL UP THE PICTURES WITH OPTIONS A AND B BACK TO THAT SLIDE, THIS ONE? YES.
SO W WHEN I LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS, A AND B, I LIKED KIND OF THE MONOLITH STYLE STONES AND THINGS, AND I DON'T SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS SIGN, I MEAN, NOW IT'S, IT'S KINDA MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE REST OF THE SIGNAGE IN CEDAR HILL, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING A COMBINATION OF A AND B.
UM, I SEE IT AS BEING KIND OF MORE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND, AND IF THAT'S THE INTENT AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT.
I DON'T SEE THE, THE, THE STONE IN BOULDER LOOK IN, IN KIND OF IN WHAT WE'VE GOT THERE.
SO IT IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE KIND OF HAVE A, I GUESS, A STREAMLINED TO ALL THE SIGNAGE WITHIN CEDAR HILL, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE UNIQUE, THEY DO HAVE SOME COMMON ELEMENTS.
AND SO THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING BY SAYING THAT IT LOOKS SIMILAR.
UM, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE MONOLITH SIGNS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IN, IN AN OPTION A AND B THERE, YOU SEE, YOU SEE LAUNCHED ON BLOCKS AND YOU SEE IN A, AND THEN B YOU KIND OF SEE BOULDERS.
AND THEN WHEN, IF YOU GO TO THE ACTUAL SIGN, I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT.
SO WE DID CONSIDER THE BOULDERS.
WE LOOKED AT, THEY SHOWED US THOSE, UH, ELEMENTS, HOWEVER, WHAT THE, THE PLACEMENT AND THE CURVED FEATURE, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SIGN, SIGNIFYING THAT IT'S WELCOMING, IT'S INCLUSIVE.
UM, THIS WAS THE, I GUESS THE BEST, THE BEST OPTION, BECAUSE WITH THE BOULDERS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY DO THAT CURVED, UH, EFFECT IN REALLY LIKE THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING STAND OUT AND THE FLOATING LETTERS, THE WAY THAT THEY DO ON THIS ELEMENT.
I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING THOUGH THE, THE PART WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE SIGNATURE, THE SIGNATURE PARK PORTION OF IT.
WOULD THAT BE UNDER THE, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON THAT WALL OR DOWN BELOW, OR HOW, HOW WOULD YOU EMPHASIZE THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN DO EITHER WAY, HOWEVER, YOU ALL DECIDE, UM, THE DESIGN TEAM, THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT THE LETTERS DOWN BELOW OR UNDERNEATH ATTACHED TO THE LIMESTONE, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND KIND OF SEE HOW THAT DO THAT.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS, AND I THINK LOOKING AT A AND B, YOU WERE TRYING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE, UH, THE NATURAL RESOURCES, THE PLANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I SEE DOWN IN FRONT OF THAT, BUT THOSE TREES THAT WE HAVE ON HERE, THOSE AREN'T ACTUAL, UH, THOSE TWO LARGER ONES IN THAT PICTURE, THOSE ARE EXISTING TREES ARE, THEY THINK THOSE ARE JUST CONCEPTUAL, RIGHT.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT I'M THINKING, SO WE'VE GOT CONCEPTUAL.
SO, SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT BACKGROUND MORE? UH, IS THAT KINDA THE CONCEPT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, TAKE AWAY THOSE TREES, WHAT DO YOU SEE? BUT JUST, JUST OUR WALL.
SO WITH, WITH THE RENDERING, IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO KIND OF FILL THAT IN.
AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK WITH MAYBE EVEN AN IMAGE THAT'S PUT ON THE ACTUAL BACKGROUND YEAH.
TO USE IT BECAUSE THEY'LL KNOW THERE, THE PLANT SCHEME AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AFTER.
SO WE, AND WE WILL COVER THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN ANOTHER MEETING.
AND ANOTHER WORKSHOP THAT MAY GIVE YOU ALSO A HIGHER LEVEL IDEA OF KIND OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
OH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
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THANK YOU.IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON, ONE TO SPEAK, BUT I ACTUALLY, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY ONLY COMMENT.
I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE THE BACKGROUND, UM, AS YOU EXIT, MAYBE IT MIGHT BE A SIGN, YOU KNOW, OH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, OR THANK YOU FOR COMING.
SOME, SOMETHING KIND OF INVITING AS YOU EXIT.
UH, YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE A SEDER, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT LANDSCAPED VERY WELL, THEN IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER YOU, I DO HAVE A COMMENT FROM A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, CUMMINGS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, I DO WANT TO POINT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TREES THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND I THINK SOME OF THESE THAT DO LOOK LIKE THEY CURRENT EXIST ARE THERE, I'D HAVE TO VERIFY THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OF THEM THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING THAT WILL REMAIN, UM, THE REASON, BIGGEST REASON BEHIND NOT USING THE ACTUAL LIMESTONE BLOCKS AS COSTS.
AND WE CAN SURELY COST IT OUT, BUT, UM, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE UNDER EXTREME BUDGET.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MIND OUR COSTS HERE, BUT, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO PUT FLOATING LETTERS ON VARYING BLOCKS ON TOP.
NOW WE CAN PUT A PIECE OF METAL AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
UM, BUT, UH, THE COST IS DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST FACTOR.
AND SO, UM, AND TO YOUR COMMENT, MAYOR, UM, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SIGNAGE THAT WILL BE ON THIS PROJECT.
THERE WILL ALSO BE TRAIL SIGNAGE, UH, DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHERE THE SOCIAL CAFE IS, WHERE THE PARK IS, THE MAIN HEART OF THE PARK IS.
AND, UH, ONE, WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE THAT MESSAGE.
SO SURE WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON BRIEFING, BUT COUNSEL MCCURDY, YOU HAVE NOT COMING.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE LIKE THE, UH, THE IRON CEDAR TREE THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED ON SOME OF OUR OTHER SON BACKLIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD LOOK REALLY NICE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THAT SIGN AS WELL.
AND I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE, THE, LIKE THE SIGNAGE FOR, FOR THE CRAWFORD, UM, TORNADO, UH, CEMETERY.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE INTERPRETATION AS WE CALL INTERPRETATION SINUS.
UM, ONCE WE GET THE NAME, UH, WE CAN ADD THE TREE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, SO WE WON'T PUT IT IN JUST YET, BUT, UM, ONCE WE, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT IT IN, UM, AND I CAN HAVE THEM CONCEPTUALLY DRAW IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCS, BUT, UM, AND THEN WE CAN PRICE OUT SOME OF THE LIMESTONE BLOCKS IF YOU'D LIKE, THANK YOU, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UH, AGAIN, I, I LIKE WHAT YOU PROPOSE.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD, UH, WHAT YOU CALL BLEND OF THE, OF THE BABY.
UM, SO TO SPEAK, UH, I THINK, I THINK THE WORK, I THINK THE SIGN THAT KIND OF BRINGS, YOU KNOW, WELCOMING AND KIND OF ASK, YOU KNOW, A CULTURE, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.
UH, SO I LIKE IT, I THINK ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL, THIS IS RE WE WE'RE WE'RE MEETING IN FEBRUARY FOR A PROJECT IS GOING TO BE BREAKING GROUND IN JULY.
THE PURPOSE OF DOING THIS NOW IS FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO DESIGN THIS AND THEY HAVE TO DO SCALING AND KIND OF GIVE US MORE OF A CONCEPTUAL.
SO, AND ALSO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME IS GOING TO BE.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH SPACE ON THE SURFACE, UH, FOR THEM TO ALSO DESIGN.
SO IT'S KIND OF US BEING, YOU KNOW, WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME IN ORDER FOR THE DESIGNERS TO DO WHAT THEY GOTTA DO.
SO, BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU PROPOSE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE BRIEFING AGENDA IS
[4. Update on N. Joe Wilson Road Reconstruction at E. Belt Line Rd.]
UPDATE ON NORTH JOE LEWIS AND ROLL RECONSTRUCTION AT EAST BELTLINE ROAD.HOW YOU DOING THERE, MR. ENGINEER? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TONIGHT AND, UM, BRIEF YOU ON AN UPCOMING RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO IMPACT, UH, JOEL WILSON ROAD FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AND APRIL.
UM, AGAIN, UH, WE'RE, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, OUR VISION AND MISSION AND VALUES, UH, FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE ALWAYS START OUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS OUT WITH THAT.
AND THEN, UM, WE DO HAVE A PILLARS THAT WE USE, UM, TO DEFINE PREMIERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE IS, UM, EXCELLENT, SAFE, AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN, UH, MAINTAINING A DIVERSE ECONOMY.
UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS REALLY BASED ON OUR EFFORTS TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE COTTAGES, UM, DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE ON THE, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER OF 1382 AND JOE WILSON ROAD.
AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS 158 LOT SUBDIVISION, UM, THAT HAS TWO POINTS OF CONNECTION, ONE TO 1382 TO THE SOUTH AND ONE TO THE EAST ON JOE WILSON ROAD.
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SUBDIVISION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE CONNECTION TO JOEL WILSON ROAD, UM, DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, WE HAD IDENTIFIED WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT THERE'S A GAS LINE THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO JOE WILSON ROAD.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY IN RED ON THE, ON THE DRAWING AND IT'S RELATIVELY ABOUT NINE TO 10 FEET OUTSIDE OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THE MOST ALARMING THING IS THAT GAS LINES AND EIGHT INCH GAS LINE IT'S OWNED BY EXXON, BUT IT'S VIRTUALLY ONLY ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF IN THE GROUND.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE DID JOE WILSON UP, I FEEL CITY, WE RAN INTO THE MAGELLAN GAS LINE AND WE HAD TO LOWER THAT.
UM, WE ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH EXXON TO SEE IF THEY COULD LOWER THAT GAS LINE SO THEY COULD MAKE THEIR DRIVEWAY CONNECTION TO JOE WILSON.
UM, EXXON BASICALLY WASN'T INTERESTED IN MOVING THEIR GAS LINE.
UM, THEY GAVE THE DEVELOPER SOME RIDICULOUS COST OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, AND TOLD THEM THEY COULD PROBABLY DO IT AND IN A YEAR OR SO.
SO WE LOOKED FOR AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION TO, UM, TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WORK.
AND IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE THING.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY I'M WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TO HAVE THEM TIE THEIR STREET INTO MY STREET, OUR STREET VERSUS ME RAISING MY STREET TO MEET THEIR DRIVE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE RUN INTO TONIGHT.
UM, OR ON THIS PROJECT WE'RE LITERALLY LOOKING AT, UM, ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF NORTH JOEL WILSON ROAD, WHERE THEY'RE CONNECTING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE OUR STREET ABOUT TWO FEET.
UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER GAS LINES, THEY REQUIRE A THREE-FOOT CLEARANCE FROM THE TOP OF THEIR PIPE TO THE BOTTOM OF THEIR PAVEMENT.
THE TOP PICTURE OF THAT BLACK TRUCK IS SITTING RIGHT ON THE GAS LINE AND ALREADY THE STREET.
IF YOU WERE TO MEASURE A FOOT AND A HALF DOWN FROM THAT TRUCK, THE GAS LINE IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE SIDEWALK.
AND IF IT, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN THAT STREET, THERE'S A DRAINAGE DITCH AND THEN IT RISES UP INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, UM, IMAGINE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THE GROUND, THE GROUND, ANOTHER FOOT AND A HALF TO GET THAT THREE FOOT CLEARANCE.
AND, UM, THE PART OF JOE WILSON THAT IT'S CONNECTING TO IS ACTUALLY A SAG IN THE ROAD.
IT'S THE LOWEST POINT IN THE ROAD.
SO IF YOU TRAVEL DOWN THERE, YOU CAN FEEL IT, YOU COME DOWN AND YOU COME BACK UP TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION, UM, TO MAKE IT WORK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THE ROAD ABOUT TWO FEET.
UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, LET ME GO TO THIS DRAWING HERE FIRST, LET ME EXPLAIN THE DRAWING.
THE LIGHT GRAY IS, UM, THE COTTAGES DEVELOPMENT, THE DARK GRAY IS THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ON JOE WILSON ROAD.
UM, SO TO PICK IT UP TWO FEET AND MAKE IT COMFORTABLE FOR A DRIVER, NOT TO EVEN NOTICE THAT YOU ACTUALLY RAISED THE ROAD, UM, THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO REPLACE 620 LINEAR FOOT OF PAVEMENT.
UM, IT DID ALL THE COSTS IS THERE COST TO DO IT'S NOT OUR CITY'S COST.
UM, BUT THERE, THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE DRIVING JOE WILSON ROAD, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TOO, UH, AND I MIGHT'VE MENTIONED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THERE'S PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD REASON WHY THIS TRACK WAS REALLY NEVER DEVELOPED OR ANYBODY, UM, DEVELOPING THE FRONT OF JOE WILSON ROAD.
YOU REALLY NEEDED A PERSON TO COME IN AND DEVELOP A 16 ACRE TRACK OF LAND WITH ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT PROJECT.
GO AHEAD AND TACKLE THIS AND GET THAT ROSEBURG ROAD RACE RAISED BY TWO FEET.
UM, DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT THE WAY IT WAS NOT GOING THERE WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE IT IS TO PICK UP THE ROAD.
UM, WELL WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO RAISE THE ROAD, UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON THEIR CONNECTION TO THE STREET.
UM, THERE ARE, THEY ARE AT THE MAXIMUM GRADE.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF OF JOE WILSON AND YOU WANT TO TURN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE ALMOST GOING TO BE AT A 9% GRAY.
UM, SO YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO MORE THAN THAT OR ELSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRAGGING THE BACK OF YOUR CAR ON THE PAVEMENT.
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
SO, UM, WE'VE WORKED ON THE GRADE, THEY'VE ACTUALLY WIDENED THEIR ENTRANCE BY TWO FEET AND THEY'VE GIVEN US A LARGER TURNING RADIUS TO TURN INTO THAT SUBDIVISION AS WELL.
UM, SO THE, THE WORK, AS I MENTIONED IS IN UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE THREE, WHICH IS IF YOU'VE GONE OUT THERE, THEY'VE HAD THE OUTSIDE LANES CLOSED.
UH, THEY WERE DOING THEIR SEWER BORE ACROSS JOE WILSON ROAD AND MAKING THE CONNECTION TO THE TRA LINE, UM, BEFORE THEY COMMENCED WITH PHASE FOUR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN THE TWO INSIDE LANES, UM, AND WORK ON THE MEDIAN OPENING, UH, RESETTING THE GRADE ON THAT.
AND THEN THE LEFT TURN LANE THAT LEADS INTO THE SUBDIVISION,
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PUTTING THAT IN AS WELL AS THERE'LL BE A CROSSOVER, UH, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF, LET ME BACK UP HERE.SO ON THAT DARK GRAY, WHERE YOU SEE THAT LEFT TURN LANE BEING BUILT, UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A TEMPORARY CROSSOVER FOR THE MEDIAN AS WELL.
SO THEY'LL BUILD THE, UH, THE MEDIAN THEY'LL BUILD THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THE CROSSOVERS IN PHASE FOUR.
UM, AND THEN THE BIG ONE IS PHASE FIVE.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES COMPLETELY.
UM, JUST SOUTH OF, UM, WILSON CREEK APARTMENTS.
UM, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE APARTMENTS TO CLOSE THEIR ENTRANCE, UM, THEIR SOUTHERN ENTRANCE, AND WE'LL COORDINATE THAT WITH THEM.
SO THEY'LL STILL MAINTAIN ONE ENTRANCE POINT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S ALL TO GET THE TRAFFIC OVER TO, UH, THE NORTHBOUND SIDE.
UM, THE DEVELOPER WILL REPLACE THE 620 LINEAR FEET OF PAVEMENT.
UM, AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT, THEY'LL GO BACK AND THEY WILL CLOSE, UM, THE INSIDE LANES AND WORK ON RESTORING OUR MEDIUMS, UM, THE LIGHTING.
AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE DID THE PD, THERE WAS SOME LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIAN THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TRIM BACK SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THE CARS, UM, IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
AND THEN, UM, THIS WORK WILL PROBABLY COMMENCE, UM, EARLY PART OF MAY.
UM, I WILL NOT LET THEM START UNTIL WE DO A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MESSAGE BOARDS OUT THERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WILSON CROSSING, UM, KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, WORK WITH STACY'S GROUP TO, UM, LET HOS AND OTHER, UM, APARTMENTS THAT ARE ON JOE WILSON.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THOUGH, EVEN WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON JOE WILSON RIGHT NOW WITH THE SEWER, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CALLS, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
UM, I FORESEE WHEN SOUTHBOUND HAS TO CROSS OVER THE MEDIAN FOR ABOUT A MONTH OR SO, WE MIGHT GET A FEW CALLS ON THAT.
UM, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE DEVELOPER IN AND OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
UH, AND, UM, THEY, THEIR CONTRACTOR RIDGEMONT PRETTY GOOD CONTRACTOR.
I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO ALL IN ALL, UM, BY THE END OF MAY, WE SHOULD HAVE THE PROJECT COMPLETED.
UM, BUT THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE MAYBE A SIX WEEK, FOUR TO SIX WEEK WHERE CARS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSITION FROM ONE SIDE AND GO ACROSS A TEMPORARY MEDIAN CROSSING INTO THE OTHER SIDE.
GOOD NEWS IS THAT, UM, ALL THE TRAFFIC WILL BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT WHEN YOU GET TO THE INTERSECTION OF 1382.
SO THAT INTERSECTION DOESN'T REALLY COME INTO PLAY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR, I ALREADY MENTIONED, UM, OUR MESSAGE BOARDS, BUT THE OTHER THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN, UM, WORKING WITH OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES WHEN THE TRANSITIONS OCCUR.
SO, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, GUITAR.
UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE PRO TIP.
THANK YOU, MARY JOHNSON, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THE COSTS TO RAISE JOE WILSON ROADIE.
IS THERE AN ESTIMATE FOR THAT? YEAH, I THINK I HAVE IT ON ONE OF THE SLIDES.
IT WAS TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY $6,000.
UH, AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY THAT, THAT THE DEVELOPER'S GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE DEVELOPER WOULDN'T SHIFT THOSE COSTS TO PARTNERING WITH EXXON TO LOWER THAT, TO LOWER THE GAS LINE.
UH, HONESTLY THEY FORWARDED THE EMAILS, UM, IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH EXXON.
UM, AND EXXON WAS ASKING ME FOR ALMOST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO DEAL WITH THEIR GAS LINE, AND THEN ALSO SAID, BASICALLY THEY WOULDN'T GET TO IT FOR A YEAR.
UM, SO THIS IS A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE FOR THEM.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO PROBABLY MORE REASONABLE THAT WE APPROACH IT THIS WAY.
UH, CAPITALISM GLOVER, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, GOING NORTHBOUND, HOW WILL THAT, HOW WILL THE ELEVATION OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AFFECT THE NORTHBOUND LANE FOR THOSE PEOPLE TURNING INTO? IS THAT INCREASING THE GRADE FROM THERE NORTHBOUND WHEN YOU TURN INTO THE APARTMENTS? YEAH.
UM, ONCE YOU HIT THAT LEFT TURN LANE, UM, IT WILL HAVE, IT'LL HAVE ABOUT THE MEDIAN ITSELF WILL HAVE A 7% GREGG.
SO IT'S GONNA LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES TODAY.
THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT STEEPER.
UM, AND THE LEFT TURN LANE WILL TRANSITION INTO THAT 7%
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AND THEN THE NEW LANES THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED INSTEAD OF COMING BACK DOWN 2%, LIKE MOST OF OUR THOROUGHFARES ARE THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO COME DOWN 1%.SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT ELEVATION THAT WE GAINED.
AND THEN ONCE YOU HIT THEIR DRIVEWAY, THEIR APPROACH, IT GOES UP TO 9% INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE USING THAT MEDIAN OPENING TO HELP RIGHT DEAL WITH THE DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE RAISING THE ROAD TWO FEET AND THE ARE ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE.
WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO BE THAT, UM, THE, ON THE, ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE, ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.
WHEN YOU, YEAH, THE SIDEWALKS WILL ACTUALLY, AS YOU APPROACH THEIR DRIVE, THEY GET PULLED AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND COME UP SO THAT WE MEET THE ADA AND THE CROSS SLOPE, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK AT 9%.
YOU GOT TO BRING THAT 9% UP, GET DOWN TO THE HALF PERCENT AND THEN, UM, CONTINUE THE SIDEWALK TO THE SOUTH.
SO AGAIN, THE SIDEWALK WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED AS WELL.
THANK YOU, COACH TO A MEMBER OF, SO YEAH.
$276,000 SINCE DIDN'T THEY, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I I'M SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S PART OF THEIR COSTS, THEY'RE 158 AND HOW THEY, I BELIEVE THERE ARE RENTAL UNITS, INDIVIDUAL RENTAL UNITS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THEIR MECHANISM OR NOT.
IT WAS, IT WAS AN ISSUE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE HAD CONTINUALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT WITH THE HOPES THAT LOWERING THE GAS LINE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ANSWER, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THAT, UH, WILLINGNESS FROM EXXON CUSTOMER YET.
SO, UM, THE, THE LANES ON THE, I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF THE NORTH WESTBOUND SIDE THEY'RE ON, ON JOEL WILSON, THOSE LANES ARE GONNA BE NOW WHAT, TWO TO THREE FEET LOWER THAN THE LANES ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.
IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE DRAINAGE ON THE ROADWAY OR YOU'RE GOING TO SOMEHOW COMPENSATE FOR THAT BECAUSE IS IT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK A BIT, IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE'VE HAD SOME RAIN EVENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POOLING ON, ON THAT NORTHBOUND SIDE, UM, IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHERE THE WATER'S NOT GOING TO CROSS OVER AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT CHANGED THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS WHEN WE RAISED THE ROAD TWO FEET, UM, IT WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL RELOCATE IT.
ONE OF THE INLETS, UM, THAT ARE ON THE STREET ARE ACCOUNT FOR THE WATER CAUSE THEIR DRIVEWAY IS ACTUALLY COMING IN RIGHT THERE WHERE THEIR RADIUS, WHERE AN EXISTING INLET IS.
SO, UM, NO THE DRAINAGE SHOULD NOT CHANGE.
UM, AND SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON EITHER LINE, EITHER SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY.
UH, PEGGY TELL HIM I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK WE, THE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED, UM, FOR LIKE A COFFEE SHOP TO BE RIGHT AROUND THIS GENERAL AREA.
ARE THEY GOING TO DEAL WITH THE SAME SCENARIO, THE GAS LINE? UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT NEAR THE GAS LINE.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID IN THAT NEAR THE GAS LINE.
UM, NO, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FRONTING 1382 NEXT TO THAT CREDIT UNION, THE COFFEE, THE CONCEPTS ON THURSDAY, TWO SIDES.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY PARTNER AND MAYBE TAKE ADVANTAGE IN FORM A DEDICATED LINE, A DEDICATED LANE? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, FOR ANYBODY TRYING TO TURN DIRECTLY ONTO BELTLINE BELTLINE.
YEAH, THE, YEAH, THE TRAFFIC STUDY DIDN'T REQUIRE ONE.
UM, AND WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ENGINEER.
I, IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN THE ROAD, UM, AND YOU BUILD THE RIGHT TURN LANE AND YOU PUT THEM ON A 9% GRADE AND NOW YOU TELL THEM TO TURN, UM, WE KIND OF FELT THAT WASN'T A REALLY GOOD SITUATION, BUT WE'D RATHER HAVE THEM, UH, AS A CAR ON THAT 1% CROSS SLOPE AND THEN MAKING THE TURN SO THAT THEY'RE MORE UPRIGHT.
WE'RE KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT LARGER VEHICLES, LIKE MOVING VANS, WHATEVER THAT YOU COULD PUT THEM ON A 9% GRADE AND MAKE THEM TURN THAT THE CHANCE OF THEM TIPPING OVER.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT TURNING TO THEIR PROPERTY? YEAH, NO.
I'M ASKING ABOUT, UH, THE INTERSECTION SINCE WE STILL KIND OF CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION, I WAS CURIOUS SINCE THEY ARE GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY, IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND KIND OF RECONSTRUCT UP TO THE INTERSECTION AND SEE IF WE CAN JUST ADD
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A DEDICATED TURN LANE KIND OF RIGHT THERE WHERE THE BANK IS? UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR IT IS FROM, FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION TO THE INTERSECTION.IT IS SO THAT, ON THAT, WELL, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, UH, LIKE A FUTURE PROJECT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST OUR ROAD, IT'S TECH STOTTS ROAD.
UM, AND I GUESS, UH, I THINK I'M SAYING IT'S OPERATIONS, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT YOU MENTIONED THEY HAVE TWO ENTRANCES, BUT MAYBE THEY WANT TO HAVE THE JOEL WILSON TO BE MORE OF A EXIT FOCUS.
UH, INSTEAD OF, UH, HAVING BOTH, YOU KNOW, INGRESS, REGRESS, I THINK THERE, THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE MAIN THING THAT THEY PRESENTED IN THEIR TIA.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT BOTH ENTRANCES.
UH, YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS, SIR.
THIS IS JUST INFORMATION ONLY.
DOES SHE WANT FROM US? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE THE CONES OR THE TRAFFIC SHIFTS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT, AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THANK YOU MR. UH, MR. PERVERSE DIRECTOR, TODD JOHNSON.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, TO TAKE A CLOSE OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A GENTLEMEN, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY TO HAVE A SECOND NON-DEBATABLE MOTION ON THE FAKE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT IN COUNCIL.
WE WILL RECONVENE SHORTLY AFTER 7:00 PM.