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GOOD AFTERNOON, THERE'D BE GREAT LIKE TO
[1. Call to Order.]
I, I KNOW I HAVE TWO ABLE GENTLEMEN HERE THAT CAN START YOU ON ARM WRESTLED BRANDY, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE, UH, YEAH.
[2. Presentation of draft EdmondShift Long-Range Mobility Plan]
HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S NEW LONG RANGE MOBILITY PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS EVAN SHIFT.IT'S A PROCESS THAT'S WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR A LITTLE A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
AND, UH, WE'RE AT THAT STAGE NOW WHERE IT'S STARTING TO WRAP UP AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE A DRAFT PLAN HERE VERY SHORTLY.
UH, JEFF WOULD WITH KIMLEY HORN, HAS BEEN THE, THE PROJECT LEAD ON THEIR SIDE AND HE'S GOING TO PRESENT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
SO THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF.
I KNOW, GOOD TO SEE SOME OF Y'ALL AGAIN.
I KNOW MOST OF Y'ALL ATTENDED OUR MOBILITY FAIR, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE HIM PRESENT TO YOU WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN.
UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, EDMOND SHIFT IS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT INTEGRATES AND MODERNIZES THE CITIES MOBILITY NETWORK INTO ONE CONFERENCE DOCUMENT.
AS YOU REALIZE, THERE'S A LOT OF, IN CITIES, THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS, THERE'S A MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THERE'S A WALKING, THERE'S A BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO TRANSIT MASTER PLAN.
THIS PUTS THEM ALL INTO ONE DOCUMENT SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK IN ONE PLACE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE WAY WE DIVIDED THE DOCUMENT IS INTO THREE PARTS.
PART ONE WAS BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT.
THAT'S KIND OF THE RESEARCH WE DID.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLANNING NEEDS TO BE.
AND THEN PART TWO IS THE MEAT OF IT.
HOW DO WE GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH ADMIN SHIFT.
AND THEN PART THREE WAS REALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE ACTION PLAN.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW YOU HAD A AMAZING COMMITTEE THAT YOU POINTED.
THERE WAS 10 CITIZENS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE COMMITTEE.
THEY ATTENDED ALMOST MOST OF OUR CITIZENS, DID MOST OF THE WORKSHOP, AND THEN THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
SO 13 TOTAL MEMBERS AND THEY WORKED PRETTY HARD.
WE GAVE THEM HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS.
ONE OF OUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WAS TO RIDE THE TRANSIT ROUTES.
AND ALL OF THEM CAME BACK AND REPORTED BACK TO US AND THOUGHT AND GAVE US INPUT.
SO NOT ONLY DID THEY GIVE US VALUABLE INPUT DURING OUR WORK SESSIONS, BUT THEY ALSO DID THEIR HOMEWORK AND RESPONDED TO VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
UM, PRETTY MUCH, UH, LAST YEAR WAS, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM AND THE ANALYSIS PART.
THAT WAS THE TECHNICAL BEHIND THE SCENES, WHAT DOES EDMOND NEED? AND THEN THIS YEAR HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN SINCE JULY AUGUST WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WORKING THROUGH FINALIZING THE DOCUMENT AND GETTING A DRAFT DOCUMENT FOR Y'ALL TO PRESENT THROUGH.
AND THEN TOMORROW IS ONE OF OUR OPEN HOUSES FOR THE PUBLIC TO GIVE US FEEDBACK BOTH ON EDMOND SHIFT AS WELL AS RTAS GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH US.
YOU'LL SEE THEM THERE AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING POTENTIALLY HAPPENING.
UM, ENGAGEMENT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR THE ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD THREE ONLINE AND SIX PERSON SIX IN PERSON ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE MOBILITY PREFERENCES AND FUTURE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES ONLINE.
WE DID A MOBILITY PREFERENCE SURVEY, A PRIORITY PYRAMID ACTIVITY, AND THEN AN ONLINE MAP SURVEY.
WE'LL SHOW YOU RESULTS OF THOSE.
AND IN PERSON, WE HAD THE MOBILITY FAIR FARMERS' MARKET TOUCH THE TRUCK BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCES.
AND THEN WE HAD THE OPEN SHIFT THAT ADMINS THE OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT.
UM, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT THE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS WE GOT BACK ON THE, UM, THE ONLINE MAP.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE MAP.
EVERY.IN HERE REPRESENTS WHERE A RESIDENT PUT IN A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
JUST SOME INTERESTING 27% OF THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
AND YOU'LL SEE A THEME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE FEEDBACK ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
14% ABOUT INTERSECTIONS AND 15% ABOUT ROADWAY TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC.
UM, WE ALSO ASKED TO DO A PRIORITY PYRAMID.
THIS WAS A FUN ACTIVITY WHERE PEOPLE HAD STICKERS IN PERSON.
THEY CAN RANK WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT ONLINE.
THEY KIND OF SCROLLED UP AND DOWN.
AND SO WHEN COMBINED ALL THE ACTIVITIES, PEDESTRIAN NETWORK WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR MOST OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND, AND EDMOND AND THAT KIND OF LINES IN WITH THE 27% OF THE COMMENTS I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU.
UM, THEY ALL WANTED TO PLAN FOR GROWTH.
THAT HAPPENED A LOT, THAT MET VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS WERE GROWING.
HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THAT GROWTH? BICYCLE NETWORK, UH, CONNECTIVITY WAS IMPORTANT.
UM, A LOT OF CITIZENS WERE COMMENTS LIKE, I CAN SEE THE PLACE, SOMETIMES THERE'S SOMETHING BLOCKING ME FROM GETTING THERE.
WHETHER THE SIDEWALK'S NOT BUILT OR WHETHER THE NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T CONNECT, ET CETERA.
SO CONNECTIVITY CAME UP QUITE A BIT ON OUR DISCUSSIONS.
UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WORKED WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE ONLINE ENGAGEMENT TO REALLY COME UP WITH A VISION.
THE VISION WAS A SHORT STATEMENT WITH A LOT OF MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN THERE.
EDMOND WOULD CREATE A, MAINTAIN A NETWORK THAT'S CONVENIENT AND SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, LOTS OF VERY SHORT, BUT CREATE MAINTAINS IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE TO FUND IT AND THEN ALSO MAKE SURE YOU MAINTAIN IT SO IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED.
MULTI MOBILE MEANS THINKING ABOUT ALL USERS, UM, SAFE AND CONVENIENT, THE, THE CONVENIENCE TO THE CONNECTIVITY.
SO VERY SHORT SENTENCE AND I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS THEY CAME UP WITH A VERY CONCISE SENTENCE THAT COULD BE EASIER
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TO REMEMBER.THE GOALS RELATE BACK TO A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH THE ONLINE MAP.
YOU KNOW, WELL CONNECTED SYSTEM, HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THEY WANT TO USE COMPLIMENTARY APPROACHES AND TOOLS.
BASICALLY THE MODERNIZED TECHNOLOGY TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO GET THE MOST OUTTA OUR SYSTEM.
UM, LEVERAGE LAND USE DESIGN THAT RELATES TO POTENTIALLY WHAT RANDY'S GONNA TALK ABOUT LATER.
MAKE SURE THAT OUR LAND USE PLAN MATCHES OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, AND SO THIS CAME OUT TO REALLY THE GOALS THAT WE WERE STRUCTURING.
ED ADMIN SHIPPED AROUND, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, EARLIER, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PLANNING DONE FROM 1999 TO TO JUST RECENTLY AS AN EAST EDMOND PLAN THAT'S GONNA BE RE RELOCATED RE WE TALKED ABOUT LATER.
AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO TAKE ALL THESE PLANS, UNDERSTAND THEM, MODERNIZE THEM, AND PUT THEM INTO THE DOCUMENT.
SO THE DOCUMENT BRIEFLY DESCRIBES EACH ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS AND HOW THEY RELATE MOBILITY AND, AND EDMOND, THAT WAS A QUICK RECAP OF PART ONE, JUST REALLY THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
I'M GONNA DIVE INTO MOBILITY STRATEGIES UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON PART ONE.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND DIVE IN.
SO PART TWO IS REALLY LOOKING AT FIVE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK, BICYCLE NETWORK, ROADWAY, NETWORK, SAFETY AND TRANSIT.
EACH OF THE ELEMENTS HAD STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WHAT SHOULD THE CITY DO? WHAT ARE THEY STRIVING TO DO? AND HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THOSE THROUGH ACTIONS? SO THE DOCUMENTS DIVIDED UP INTO STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS FOR EACH OF THESE NETWORKS.
SO I'LL START WITH THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.
EACH ONE HAD AN ELEMENT TO DESCRIBE THE GOALS.
AND THE GOALS WAS TO DEVELOP A CONFERENCE OF WALKING NETWORK TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, JOBS, UNIVERSITIES, COMMERCIAL CENTERS, PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
THAT'S WHAT AT ANY POINT IN ANYONE'S TRANSPORTATION TRIP, YOU START AS A PEDESTRIAN, YOU END AS A PEDESTRIAN.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WALKING FROM A PARKING LOT OR YOU'RE GOING TO A PARKING LOT RUNNING TRANSIT, YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE TRANSIT.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE THAT PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.
CAUSE AT SOME POINT EVERYONE'S PEDESTRIAN IN THEIR TRIP.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE WANTED EVERYTHING TO BE BASED IN TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.
SO ANYTHING I PRESENT TO YOU WE'RE GIVING YOU A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF, THERE'S TECHNICAL BACKING TO EVERYTHING WE DID.
SO WE LOOKED AT, UM, CITYWIDE AND SAID, WELL, WHERE IS THERE DEMAND FOR PEDESTRIANS, BUT ALSO WHERE IS THERE RISK? SO SOME CASES ARE HIGH RISK BECAUSE YOU HAVE A ROW WITH NO SIDEWALK AND IT MAY BE HIGH SPEED.
THAT'S A RISKY PEDESTRIAN ADVENTURE.
OTHER PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS.
SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS DEMAND RISK AND PRIORITY MAP.
UM, IT'S SOMEWHAT INTUITIVE, BUT THIS INTERPRETATION BACKS WHAT TECHNICALLY WHAT WE BELIEVE.
SO WE SEE THE RED, THAT'S WHERE THE HIGH DEMAND AND RISK IS WHERE YOU SEE THE BLUE, THAT'S LARGELY WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.
THERE'S LESS RISK, LESS DEMAND.
AND THAT KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU PRIORITIZE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO PRIORITIZE WHERE THERE'S HIGHER DEMAND AND HIGHER RISK.
UM, SO ONE OF THE FIRST STRATEGIES WE CAME UP WAS, WAS TO ENSURE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES HAS A TIMEFRAME.
THE TIMEFRAME'S REALLY MEANT TO SEE WHAT'S KIND OF EASY.
LIKE IF IT'S SHORT TERM, WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT QUICKLY IF IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME AND MAYBE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM.
BUT THESE, THESE, UM, ACTION ITEMS GONNA BE DONE AS STAFF AVAILABILITY WORKS.
ONE TO FORMALIZE THE EXISTING GAP SIDEWALK PROGRAM, UM, IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT REACTIVE.
SO IF YOU HAVE MONEY FOR SIDEWALKS AND BE REACTIVE, WE WANT TO MAKE IT PROACTIVE AND UTILIZE THAT RISK AND DEMAND MAP TO COMPLIMENT AND DO IT STRATEGICALLY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING, UM, THE SIDEWALKS WHERE THEY'RE APPROPRIATE.
UM, DEVELOP CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN TO ELIMINATE THOSE CUT THROUGHS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UM, LOCATIONS WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS ALMOST CONNECT AND IF YOU JUST CLEAN UP THAT CONNECTION AND PUT THAT SIDEWALK TOGETHER, THE CONNECTION WOULD BE THERE.
START ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKABILITY BY WIDEN THE EXISTING SIDEWALK TO ADA STANDARDS.
WE PUT THIS AS LONG TERM AS YOU WALK THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE MAILBOXES OR LIGHTS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK.
MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO TRANSVERSES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE, UM, PERSON WHO HAS DISABILITIES.
SO WE, UM, RECOMMEND IT, BUT CONSIDERING HOW DO YOU WIDEN THAT, CREATE A PARTNER FOR THAT, THAT'S A LONG TERM BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SIDEWALK EXISTS AND TAKES A WHILE TO TRANSFORM THAT.
UM, WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT SAFER CROSSINGS.
ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE NOTICE IS WALKING ALONG EDMOND IS PRETTY EASY, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET, THERE'S SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO CROSS THE STREET.
THAT'S USUALLY WHERE YOUR CONFLICTS OCCUR, BOTH AT INTERSECTIONS AS WELL AS A MID BLOCK CROSSING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO UPDATE, THE CITY'S ENGINEERING STANDARDS OF SPECIFICATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER.
THERE'S A TOOLBOX THAT WE CREATED TO HELP IMPROVE THAT SAFE CROSSINGS.
UM, REALLY DEVELOP A WARRANT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS YOU WHEN YOU PUT THESE CROSSING ENDS.
AND SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR TOOLBOX.
WE ALREADY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHEN DO YOU CONSIDER PUTTING THESE, UM, ELEMENTS IN THAT HELP SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC? UM, BOTH AT SIGNALIZE AND UN SIGNALED CROSSINGS I ONE TO CREATE A SAFE HOUSE OF SCHOOL PROGRAM.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, ADMIN AT ONE TIME HAD THIS PROGRAM, KIND OF THIS PROGRAM HISTORICALLY ACROSS THE NATION HAS COME AND GONE.
BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES THAT DEMAND AT RISK MAP, IT REALLY TIES CLOSELY TO SCHOOLS.
HOW DO WE GET AN ALTERNATIVE TO WALK TO SCHOOLS? AND THEN REALLY ANALYZE ACCESS POINTS IN YOUR CAREER.
CAREER KEY INTERSECTIONS, YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE SAFETY CHAPTER A LITTLE BIT.
WE ANALYZE YOUR SAFETY DATA AND MOST
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OF YOUR ACCIDENTS OCCUR NEAR INTERSECTIONS.AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S BECAUSE THE ACCESS POINTS NEAR THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE KIND OF CHAOTIC.
YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL BEEN TO THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, HOW DO I GET OUT? HOW DO I GET IN? IT'S A LOT ABOUT HOW THE ACCESS CONTROLS, BUT THAT ALSO AFFECTS PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK IS WHEN THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE HARD TO NAVIGATE.
UM, ADD ADMIN SHIP PROJECTS TO THOSE IN THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN.
Y'ALL BEEN IMPLEMENTING THIS FOR YEARS AND IT'S CONTINUED THAT PROCESS.
YOU'VE ACTUALLY BEEN MOVING, THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO BUILD A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS OUT AND IT'S CONTINUED.
NOT ALL THE ROADWAYS IN YOUR THOROUGH FAIR WOULD ONLY YOUR HIGH PARTY ROADWAYS WERE, UM, CONSIDERED FOR ADA ACCESS.
SO IT'S CONTINUED THAT PROCESS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING.
AND LASTLY, AS I MENTIONED, WE DEVELOPED A PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX.
IT'S EXHIBIT, IT'S APPENDIX A IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, WHEN TO USE 'EM, HOW TO USE 'EM, AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DO THEY SHOW.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE EXAMPLE OF PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON HERE.
IT'S ONE THAT IF YOU'RE CROSSING A MIDBLOCK AND YOU PUSH A BUTTON, IT STOPS TRAFFIC AND ALLOWS YOU TO CROSS.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD USE ON A BUSY STREET THAT CONNECTS LIKE A POPULAR PARK WITH THE TRAILHEAD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT KIND OF GIVES THE, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE OF WHEN TO USE THIS AND HOW TO USE THIS.
AND IN SOME, IN SOME OF THE AREAS IN THE WAYFINDING, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE BICYCLE, WE POINT OUT LOCATIONS THAT THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED AT.
UM, QUESTION ON THE SIDEWALK GAP.
UH, WOULD WOULD TO FIX THAT GAP, IS IT JUST TO PUT THE SAME WIDTH SIDEWALK IN THERE OR WILL WE, WILL WE BE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE WIDER SIDEWALK IN THAT? YEAH, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WE WOULD IN THE, DEPENDING ON THE, WHERE IT'S LOCATED, BUT WE WOULD BE THE, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, A TYPICAL FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK, SO WIDER THAN MAYBE YOUR FOUR FOOT THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE TODAY.
AND THEN IF IT'S IN A COMMERCIAL AREA, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT WIDER.
AND THOSE DETAILS ARE IN THAT APPENDIX EIGHT TOO AS WELL.
UM, BICYCLE NETWORK REALLY TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BICYCLE NETWORK.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM MOST OF THE FOLKS IS THE BICYCLE PLAN WAS THE CREATED IN 2012 UPDATED MINORLY IN 2018.
THE PLAN ITSELF, MOST PEOPLE WERE HAPPY WITH.
WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE IS WHAT'S THE STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN? HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GET THIS MOVING? WE LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE MAP.
HOW DOES IT, HOW DO WE GET IT TO MOVE FASTER? THAT'S CONTINUOUSLY HEARD.
SO WE REFRESHED THE MAP, WE MADE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO IT.
NOTHING COMPLETE OVERHAUL ON THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
UM, A FEW OF THE CHANGES I'LL HIGHLIGHT.
ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE STRATEGY WAS REALLY TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL AGENCIES TO ENSURE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
ROUTE 66 HAS BEEN IDENTIFYING THE REGIONAL PLAN TO ACTUALLY BECOME A BICYCLE ROUTE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A ROUTE TO ACTUALLY ROUTE THROUGH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT KIND OF VEERS OFF ROUTE 66 ONTO DAN FOURTH AND KIND OF DOESN'T GO EXACTLY ROUTE 66, BUT THE ACOG IS TRYING TO FIND A ROUTE THAT THEY CAN INVEST IN, BUILD A ROUTE THAT'S REALLY WELL UTILIZED FOR THE BICYCLES.
AND THAT'S BE, THAT SHOULD BECOME A PRIORITY.
HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GET THAT ROUTE IN? HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH OUR AGENCIES TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT, THAT REGIONAL CONNECTION BOTH DOWN TO OKLAHOMA CITY AS WELL AS TO THE EAST.
UM, ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE WORKED WITH THE GROUPS ON WAS TO REALLY CREATE A CORE NETWORK.
UM, TALKING TO BY, SO SAY I LIKE TO ROUTE, YOU LIKE TO RIDE IN ROUTE CIRCLE SO YOU CAN START THE BEGINNING AND THE BEGINNING.
YOU WANT THOSE TO BE 10, 20 MILES LONG OR LONGER.
UM, SO WE STARTED SOME, HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY MOVE ABOUT EDMOND, HOW DO YOU CREATE A PRIORITIZED NETWORK? SO WE CREATED WHAT THIS CALLED THE CORE NETWORK, WHICH IS REALLY A, A SERIES OF TWO LOOPS THAT'S COVELL TO THE NORTH.
YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED BUILDING THAT NETWORK AS A SIDE PATH.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN, SO WE SHOWED TO THE NORTH SOONER IS THE NORTH SOUTH ROADWAY.
AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND SOONER IS THAT WOULD CONNECT THE CONFERENCE CENTER TO THE TRAIL NETWORK TO THE SOUTH.
SO IF YOU'RE STAYING AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, YOU COULD ACTUALLY RIDE DOWN SOONER AND GET TO THE TRAIL NETWORK TO ARCADIA LAKE.
UM, EVENTUALLY IN THE EAST SECTION WHEN COVES EXTENDS, YOU COULD GO FARTHER EAST TO CONNECT TO THE TRAILHEAD AT THE EAST SIDE OF, OF OUR ARCADIA LAKE.
BUT THIS WAS REALLY TO HELP US PRIORITIZE SO WE KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT FROM THE BICYCLE NETWORK AND HOW DO WE GET THERE.
UM, ANOTHER ELEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MOST THINGS WE DO, MARKETING'S AS IMPORTANT AS THE ACTUAL DESIGN.
SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE THINGS ARE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE TO GO.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS TO DESIGN AND CAN START TROLL HEADS AT COMMON CHARLOTTE DESTINATIONS AND EDMOND.
THIS WOULD SHOW THAT BIKES ARE PRIORITY HERE.
THIS WILL SHOW, THIS WILL ADVERTISE IT A LITTLE BIT AND ALSO CREATE PLACES FOR DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS A BEFORE AND AFTER JUST PHOTO MORPH OF ONE OF YOUR EXISTING TRAIL HEADS.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT.
JUST THE STRIPING ALONE CROSSING THE STREET KIND OF GIVES YOU THAT SENSE OF THAT OF, HEY, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
UM, THERE'S A PLACE TO PARK YOUR BIKES IF YOU WANTED TO BIKE BICYCLE PARKING'S.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WHEN YOU RIDE A BIKE IS I, COULD YOU RIDE A BIKE? WHERE DO YOU PARK IT? UM, BENCHES, SHADE.
UM, THIS HAPPENS TO HAVE A BUS SHELTER THERE.
BUT JUST REALLY COMING UP WITH A COMMON TO CONSTRUCT TRAIL HEADS AS PART OF YOUR TRAIL PROJECTS.
SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL FEATURES HELP, UM, A LOT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LIKE A WAY FINDING MAP THERE.
THE WAY FINDING WOULD HELP TOO, AS WELL AS LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO THE TRAIL, HEY, WHERE AM I GONNA GO NEXT? WHAT IS MY DESTINATION?
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IT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE ORIENTING THEMSELVES WITH THE CITY.AND THAT KIND OF GOES WITH ONE OF OUR, UH, COMMON THEMES WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE BICYCLISTS KNOW WHERE TO GO BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE IT A LOT.
THEY CAN CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY CAN KIND OF TAKE THE UNIDENTIFIED ROUTES, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE THAT KNOWN? HOW DO WE MAKE, HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE DESTINATION KNOWN? SO THE COMMITTEE AND, AND WE WORKED WITH ON THIS BICYCLE WAYFINDING SYSTEM, WE HAD AN ENTIRE SESSION DEDICATED TO THIS TOPIC RIGHT HERE WHERE WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, NOT NECESSARILY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT SECTIONS OF THE CITIES YOU CAN SEE HERE.
AND PUT ROUTES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HOW THEY WOULD GO THROUGH.
AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY LOW COST, UM, SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME SIGNS UP AND SOME PAINTING ON THE GROUND.
AND ALSO IT IDENTIFIES WHAT THOSE CRITICAL CROSSINGS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHAT STREETS ARE THE CRITICAL CROSSINGS, THESE PLANS, UM, AND THE APPENDIX SHOW WHERE THOSE CRITICAL CROSSINGS ARE AND HOW TO, HOW TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THESE.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TACKLE THESE, YOU KNOW, BY SECTION OF THE CITY IN A, IN A LOGICAL SEQUENTIAL MANNER.
UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS IMPORTANT IS, UM, YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT FOUNDATION MATERIAL SYSTEM LEVERAGE THAT FOR TOURISM.
WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, THAT'S AN ACTIVITY THEY CAN DO.
AND HOW DO YOU SOMETIMES PROMOTE THAT AS PARTNERING WITH, WE PUT PARTNER WITH UCO TO EXPAND THEIR CURRENT BIKE SHARE SYSTEM AND MONITOR THE USAGE OF THE BIKE SHARE STATIONS.
ONE THING THAT WE SEE A LOT OF, UM, CITIES WORK WITH IS THEIR HEALTH INDUSTRY.
A LOT OF HEALTH INDUSTRIES LIKE TO PARTNER AND GET THEIR ADVERTISEMENT ON BIKES SHARE STATIONS AND ALLOWS THEM TO, AND YOU WOULD PUT THESE AT YOUR TRAIL SYSTEMS. THE, THE TRAILHEAD THAT SHOWED YOU HAD A KIND OF A SECTION FOR BIKE SHARE SYSTEM.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE WHEN YOU TRAVEL.
IT'S A CONVENIENT WAY FOR VISITORS TO JUMP ON THE TRAIL AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE CONNECTIONS GO USE IT.
UM, ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INTEGRATE BICYCLE FACILITIES WITH THE TRANSIT NETWORK.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, WHEN THEY CAN PICK UP AND DROP OFF THAT THE BUSES CAN BOTH HANDLE 'EM.
BUT THERE'S ALSO POTENTIALLY PLACES TO PARK THE BIKE.
WHEN YOU GET OFF THE TRANSITS LINK.
SOMETIMES IT'S CONVENIENT TO PARK IN THERE.
SOMETIMES YOU ALSO WANNA BE ABLE TO WALK TO YOUR NEXT DESTINATION OR BIKE YOUR NEXT DESTINATION DESTINATION.
SO CONTINUE TO INTEGRATE THE BICYCLE FACILITIES TO THE TRANSIT NETWORK.
AND SIMILAR TO THE PEDESTRIAN, WE HAD A LOT OF DESIGN FEATURES.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME IN BICYCLE FACILITY DESIGN.
IT'S CHANGED THE MOST OF ANY OTHER TYPE OF ROADWAY ENGINEERING.
UM, THE ROADWAY MANUALS CHANGED LIKE ONE TIME IN MY CAREER.
THE BICYCLE DESIGN MANUALS CHANGED FOUR TIMES.
SO IT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND EVOLVING BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE LEARNING.
UM, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BICYCLE DESIGN AND PLANNING IF ANYONE'S EVER INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN EVOLVING SINCE THE SEVENTIES AND IT'S CONTINUING TO EVOLVE.
BUT THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES AND WHEN TO USE WHAT AND WHAT THOSE SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE ROADWAY NETWORK, UM, WE RUN REALLY FOCUSED ON FOUR ELEMENTS, IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY, MODERNIZING THE STREET SECTIONS, DEVELOPING AN IMPROVED RETROFIT PROCESS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ROADS OUT THERE THAT WHEN THEY'RE BUILT OUT, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THOSE WHEN THE CITY SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UH, THE THE MAP, THE MTP SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THE MASTER THE FOR PLAN AND RECOMMENDED UPDATED POLICIES.
UM, WE WANTED TO MODERNIZE THE THIRD FOR PLAY NETWORK WITH CROSS SECTION.
SO WE REALLY, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A MAJOR ARTERIAL.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES.
WE WANTED TO SIMPLIFY THAT WHERE IF YOU'RE ON A SECTION LINE ROAD THAT'S AN ARTERIAL AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE IN A COLLECTOR OR LOCAL STREET.
SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO SIMPLIFY TO THREE DIFFERENT, UM, ELEMENTS AND WE WANTED TO MODERNIZE THE CROSS SECTION TO ACCOMMODATE ALL USERS.
SO THE CROSS SECTION WE SHOWING THE BOTTOM IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SECTION LINE ROADWAY THAT WE WANTED TO MODIFY THE RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THESE ROADWAYS TO BE BUILT WITHOUT POTENTIALLY THE USE OF RETAINING WALLS AND SOME OTHER ELEMENTS.
WHAT KIND OF RIGHT AWAY WE NEED.
WE NEED TO BOTH ACCOMMODATE ALL USERS AS WELL AS KEEP THE CONSTRUCTION COST WITHOUT HAVING TO BUILD RETAINING WALLS, BUT ALSO ALLOW FOR THE MAXIMIZING THE TURN LANES IN THE MEDIAN.
SO IF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, DRIVING IN TO THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, THE TRYING TO TURN LEFT, IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED CUZ YOU SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DUAL LEFT TURN WITH THIS MEDIAN.
IT WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, THAT DUAL OF TURNS, BUT ALSO GIVES AN ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.
UM, SIMILAR TO THE CROSS SECTION UC ON COVE, JUST KIND OF MAKING A FEW CHANGES TO THE, THE THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SOME MINOR CHANGES TO IMPROVE WHAT WAS DONE OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IS, IS TO UPDATE THE CROSS SECTIONS FOR OUR ARTERIS TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
WE HAVE STANDARD CROSS SECTIONS FOR COLLECTORS.
COLLECTORS DIDN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH AND THEN THE LOCAL STREETS DIDN'T CHANGE AT ALL.
UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT WE SHOW HERE IS KIND OF IS THE UPDATED THOROUGH PLAY MAP SHOWS A FEW MORE COLLECTORS ALSO PLANS ON, UM, HIGHLIGHTING FUTURE COLLECTORS TO BE UTILIZED.
UM, RIGHT AWAY WITH THE BOTTOM RIGHT THE ARTERIAL GOING FROM ROUGHLY 180 NOW TO 200 FEET.
SO AN EXTRA 20 FEET COLLECTORS AT 60 FEET LOCAL STREET AT 50 FEET IN PAY VALLEY AT 20 FEET.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS IF YOU DRIVE, YOU PROBABLY REALIZE YOUR COMPLAINTS USUALLY AREN'T WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREETS WHEN YOU GET TO INTERSECTIONS.
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THE INTERSECTIONS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT AWAY.SO THEY HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOMETHING AT THE INTERSECTION.
SOMETIMES THAT'S THE TURN LANE.
SOMETIMES THAT'S PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, SOMETIMES THAT'S BIKE MOBILITY.
SOMETIMES THAT'S UTILITIES ARE IN THE WAY.
SO WE THOUGHT WE HAVE EXTRA WIDE AWAY AVAILABLE AT SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS TO ALLOW FOR OPTIMAL MOVEMENT AT INTERSECTIONS.
UM, ONE, SOME OF THE RETROFIT STRATEGIES, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT REMOVING IS ULTIMATELY REMOVING FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED FACILITIES.
UM, FORLAND UNDIVIDED FACILITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF NOT UTILIZED VERY PREVALENTLY.
IT'S KIND OF THE EXCEPTION INSTEAD OF THE COMMON.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN A ROADWAY IN THE TWO INSIDE LANES AND SOMEONE'S TURNING LEFT, YOU KIND OF GET STUCK AND YOU LOSE THAT, YOU LOSE THAT EFFICIENCY OF THE ROADWAY.
IT'S ALSO FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A LOT OF REAR ENDS AND A LOT OF HEAD LIKE COLLISIONS THAT HAPPEN AND YOU'RE KIND OF RUNNING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND REMOVING THAT, THAT ROADWAY WHERE YOU CAN, THERE'S SOME STREETS IN IN TOWN THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN PREVENT FOUR, FIVE FACILITIES FROM HAPPENING.
WE ALSO WANT TO IMPLEMENT SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
THE IMAGE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER SHOWS KIND OF THE PERFECT WORLD AND THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT.
YOU HAVE YOUR SECTION LINE ARTERIALS EVERY MILE.
YOU HAVE YOUR COLLECTOR KIND OF SPLITTING IN THE MIDDLE AT THE MILE AND THEN YOU GOT A LOCAL STREET ABOUT THE QUARTER MILE AND YOU GOT SOME DRIVEWAYS EVERY EIGHTH OF A MILE.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN THIS WAY.
YOU HAVE TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS, FLOOD PLANES CONSTRAINTS, YOU'VE GOTTA WORK AROUND THOSE THINGS.
BUT THIS IS, THIS SHOULD BE YOUR BLUEPRINT OF HOW YOU SHOULD LAY OUT THAT SECTION ROAD.
AND THEN IF YOU VARY IT, IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GOOD REASON TO.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IN HERE.
AND WE, WE, WE MARKED UP SOME DESIGN STANDARDS TO KIND OF GIVE GUIDANCE OF HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS KIND OF NETWORK.
YOU'RE ALREADY ARE, YOU'RE BLESSED TO BE ON A GREAT GRID SYSTEM.
NOT EVERY CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GRID SYSTEM LAID OUT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A POSITIVE THE ON THE ARTERIAL SIDE, ON THE COLLECTOR SIDE BECAUSE A LOT OF THERE COULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THE CONNECTIVITY AND ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, ONE OF THE IDEAS WE CAME UP WITH IS IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO BUILD THAT FOUR LANE DIVIDER RIGHT AWAY.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR SYSTEM WITHOUT INVESTING THAT MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY IN EAST EDMOND.
UM, SO WE LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF USING ROUNDABOUTS AT INTERSECTIONS IN THE RURAL AREAS.
UM, CONVERTING SOME OF THOSE ALWAYS STOPS TO ROUNDABOUTS TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC MOVING, WHICH IF YOU CAN KEEP THE TRAFFIC MOVING THAT ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY TO GO THROUGH.
AND THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH ROUNDABOUTS NOW OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, BEEN BUILT IN RURAL AREAS.
UM, SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT ADOPTING THIS PROPOSED CROSS SECTION.
IT'S A, IT COULD BE A TWO OR THREE LANE FACILITY WITH EIGHT FOOT SHOULDERS.
THOSE EIGHT FOOT SHOULDERS CAN SERVE AS BIKE FACILITIES AS WELL.
AND THEN ALLOWING THAT THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF CROSS SECTION WOULD FEED INTO OUR ROUNDABOUT REALLY WELL.
SO THIS WAS KIND OF AN IDEA FOR EAST EDMOND OF HOW WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO BUILD THAT LARGER ARTERIAL WE SHOWED AND WE THINK THIS WILL GET YOU PRETTY FAR ALONG IN YOUR, UM, LIFE CYCLE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D WANT TO FOCUS ON, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS YOU GET AND WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE SURVEY, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON ROADS THEMSELVES IS AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE INTERSECTIONS WERE IS MAKE SURE YOU REALLY KEEP THE IDEA OF HOW DO YOU MAXIMIZE YOUR INTERFACE SECTIONS.
SOMETIMES WE HEAR THE TERM MUCH LIKE EAST EDMOND, LET'S BUILD LARGE NODES, INTERSECTIONS AND MAYBE SMALLER, SMALLER LINKS.
LET'S KEEP THE, KEEP THE INTERSECTIONS MOVING SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE LINKS IN BETWEEN.
UM, SO WHO'S GONNA BUILD THIS? IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT IS PARTNER WITH DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU MENTIONED THE PRIORITY PYRAMID.
THE THIRD THING ON PEOPLE'S MIND WAS HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH GROWTH? SO HOW DO YOU PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK? LIKE IS IT BUILDING THE ROAD? SO WE EXPLORE THE SUIT, UH, SUITABILITY OF A ROADWAY IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
REALLY WHAT THAT DOES, IT GIVES US CITY SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW TO SPEND THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUNS.
SOMETIMES IT'S BUILDING THE STREET RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SOMETIMES THAT MAKES SENSE CUZ SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
CUZ SOMETIMES IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO AND SOMETIMES YOU WISH YOU COULD TAKE THAT MONEY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY AND PUT IT AT THAT INTERSECTION DOWN THE STREET.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT A ROADWAY IMPACT FOR YOUR PROGRAM DOES.
IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, COLLECT THE MONEY AND YOU CAN SPEND IT IN OTHER PRIORITY PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
OR THE OTHER ONE IS REVISED DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION.
THIS IS REALLY HAVING TO DO WITH YOUR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AND WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO DEVELOP A DRAFT TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY GUIDELINES THAT GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, PRESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD LOOK AT AND WHAT THEIR IMPACTS ARE TO POTENTIALLY OUTLINE MITIGATION FOR THEIR IMPACTS OF THEIR MITIGATION.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A CHAPTER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER THAT I'LL SKIP THAT HAS OTHER PARTNERS.
SO TO SOME GRANTS, SOME FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY CHAPTER I'LL TALK ABOUT WHY WE INCLUDED THAT.
UM, THE LAST ITEM IN THE RAILWAY STRATEGY WAS TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE EDMONDS ITS MASTER PLAN.
Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING INTE TRANSPORTATION AS THE FOREFRONT OF THE MINE AND HAVE, HAVE A REALLY GREAT TRANSPORTATION ITS SYSTEM IN PLACE IN EDMOND.
I THINK NOW YOU'RE AT KIND OF THE FINISH LINE OF WHAT YOU'VE STARTED, UM, IN THIS NEXT
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UPDATE.UM, I THINK YOU'RE ALL, UM, ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN THAT AND I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY PLANNED TO HAPPEN SOON.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS, SOME OF THE ITEMS AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THINGS, SOME THINGS ARE ALREADY A MOMENTUM.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE KIND OF A MOMENTUM FOR MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED IS SAFETY'S BECOME A BIG EMPHASIS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT ENCOMPASSES TWO THINGS.
IT'S A PROGRAM SAFETY AND EQUITY.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THE FOR ALL MEANS.
SO THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE LENS OF DEVELOPING THE SAFETY CHAPTER AS WHAT PROJECTS WOULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW FOR FEDERAL FUNDING OR, UH, LOCAL NPO FUNDING, ET CETERA.
SO WE PUT THIS CHAPTER TOGETHER WITH THAT FOREFRONT OF MIND AND I, AND, AND REALLY THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN YOUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THESE SAFETY.
THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT THE GRANTS ARE LOOKING FOR.
ONE OF 'EM IS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
SO WE DID THE DATA ANALYSIS TO SHOW WHERE THE INJURIES WERE OCCURRING IN YOUR ROADWAY SYSTEM.
A LOT OF 'EM MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP.
IT KIND OF POPS OUT WHERE YOU THINK THE INJURIES WOULD OCCUR.
BUT THIS IS ROUGHLY 90% OF YOUR INJURIES IN THE CITY.
IF YOU TOOK THESE ROADS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS MOST OF WHERE YOUR INJURY DATABASE IS OCCURRING.
SO WE STARTED LOOKING, DIVING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN THE REPORT AND LOOKING AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MITIGATE THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IN DETAIL.
UM, WE RECOMMENDED CAN SUBMIT A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.
I SAID SHORT, I SHOULD HAVE SAID DONE BECAUSE STAFF SUBMITTED A GRANT FOR THAT TO SEE BASED ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PROJECT.
SO THIS IS SOMEWHAT A LIVING DOCUMENT.
UM, SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.
UH, CONDUCTED SAFETY ANALYSIS ON THE REMAINING HIGH ENTRY NETWORK SEGMENTS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT FOUR SEGMENTS AND THERE'S OTHER SEGMENTS THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT IN MORE DETAIL.
MY, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, 30 PLANS, IT'S HARD TO IMPLEMENT, BUT IF YOU DO FOUR, GET 'EM DONE, THEN DO THE NEXT FOUR, GET THE NEXT FOUR DONE.
SO WE KIND OF, WE LOOKED AT THE TOP PRIORITY ONES AND WORKED ON THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT COULD BE APPLICABLE WITHIN THE CITY OF ADMIN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SAFE STREETS FOR ALL IS TO LOOK AT A CITY CITYWIDE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.
REALLY THE THOUGHT OF THAT IS HOW DO WE CREATE A NETWORK THAT RESULTS IN ZERO FATALITIES? THAT'S THE GOAL IS AND ONE OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT, THAT IS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE VISION ZERO EMISSION STATEMENT.
SO WE'VE STARTED CRAFTING A MISSION STATEMENT OF HOW DO WE GET TOWARD ZERO DEATHS.
AND REALLY THE BIGGEST, LARGEST FACTOR OF THE DEATH IS REALLY TO, TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS ON THE VULNERABLE USER, WHICH IS THE BICYCLE AND P THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF CRASHES, UM, RESULTING IN FATALITY FROM A RATE STANDPOINT.
UM, ESTABLISH A FUNDING CATEGORY WITHIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEDICATED TO SAFETY IS IF YOU PLAN FOR IT AND FUND IT, IT'S MORE LIKELY TO BUILD IT.
THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ALL YOUR ROADWAY, ALL YOUR PROJECTS HAVE A SAFETY ELEMENT TOWARDS THEM CUZ YOU DON'T DO A PROJECT WITHOUT SAFETY AS A FOREFRONT.
BUT LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT I'M DOING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S ISSUES HERE IS FIXING THOSE ISSUES AND THEN JUST CONTINUE TO ANNUAL EVALUATIONS OF SAFETY.
HOW ARE WE DOING THAT'S IN THE FUTURE WITH THE FUNDING.
IT'S LIKE WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND HOW IS IT TRACKING? HOW IS IT REACHING OUR GOALS? AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL SHOW PROGRESS TO IT.
IF IT DOESN'T, THEN MAYBE WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE TO SEE WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT, FOR THAT ELEMENT.
THIS EXPLORES STRATEGIES AND ACTION ITEMS TO LEAD MORE EFFICIENT, SAFE, AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN AETNA.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS FUN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WORKED WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT ROUTE.
SO WE WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS WORKING AND WHAT WASN'T WORKING.
DO YOU WANT MORE ACCESS? DO YOU WANT MORE FREQUENCY? WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE THIS AND WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE AND, AND THEY LIKE, IN MOST EXERCISE WE WANT BOTH.
AND SO WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT? AND SO WE WORKED THROUGH THAT.
SO WE MADE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AS PART OF MODIFYING THE, THE ROUTE STRUCTURE REALLY TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, SERVICE TO EXPAND THE SERVICE THAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
AND BEEN TO ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE THE TOWARDS THE EAST, UM, AND SOME OF THE HOSPITALS TO THE EAST TO ALLOW OTHER ELEMENTS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS GONNA BE A FOCUS OF OUR OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW IS SHOW THESE ARE THE ROUTE MODIFICATIONS.
THIS IS THE SUMMER OF THAT TO REALLY GET, CONTINUE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.
AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU DO TRANSIT MODIFICATIONS, UM, YOU MAKE SOME PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY AND OTHER PEOPLE GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE NORM CUZ CHANGE IN A TRANSIT SYSTEM IS HARD CUZ YOU GET USED TO SOMETHING WHEN IT CHANGES EVEN SOMETIMES IF IT'S FOR THE BETTER, IT TAKES A LITTLE SECOND TO ADJUST.
AND THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY THAT WE DO.
UM, TRANSIT MODIFICATIONS USUALLY.
UM, WE DO THE ANALYSIS, WE GET THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE TRY TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM AND THIS IS WHAT WE COME UP WITH.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO TO SEE, SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED, IF ANYTHING.
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ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE WERE COLLECTING DATA.DATA IS SOMETIMES REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU WERE DOING TRANSIT ANALYSIS IS UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IN THE STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF COLLECTING DATA, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME EASIER WAYS TO OBTAIN THAT DATA SO WE CAN MODIFY THE ROUTES AND THE ASSUMPTIONS A LITTLE BIT EASIER BASED ON, UM, DATA THAT'S PROVIDED.
UM, ONE OF WANT TO CONSIDER A PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST MICRO, MICRO TRANSITS FEASIBILITY.
SOME OF THE TALK WAS MAYBE WHEN RTA AND THERE'S A STATION, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY IF SOMEONE COMES IN THE STATION.
MICROT TRANSITS, THIS KIND OF ITEM IS REALLY DICTATED TOWARDS RIDE SHARE.
UM, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FIXED BUS.
THERE'S A KIND OF AN UBER TYPE OF SERVICE.
SOME CITIES HAVE THAT IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION FROM THEIR DESTINATION.
A LOT OF CITIES ARE DOING PILOT TEST PROGRAMS TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
A LOT OF VENDORS WILL HELP YOU WORK THROUGH A PILOT TEST PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO HOPING THAT IT PICKS OFF TO MORE OF A A TEST PROGRAM.
SO A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS WHERE THAT OCCUR, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT WHERE AN ADMIN THAT SHOULD OCCUR, WHEN SHOULD OCCUR.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S A LONG, LONG FRAMES, LONG, LONG TERM.
AND THEN REALLY MAKE, UM, CITYLINK ACCESS PARA TRANS SCHEDULING PROCESS MORE TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EASIER TO SCHEDULE THAT PARA PARATRANSIT SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE USING IT AND THEN CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH RTA AND THAT COORDINATION'S HAPPENING OR MEETING TOMORROW IS INTENTIONALLY JOINT SO THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH RTA.
AND THEN JUST COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING EFFORTS.
TRANSITS A LOT OF ABOUT ABOUT BRANDING.
UM, YOU GOT A FREE TRANSIT SERVICE THAT WORKS WELL WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS AND WRITTEN IT A FEW TIMES AND YOU CAN GET FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER PRETTY EASY.
YOU JUST GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHERE TO GO AND HOW IT WORKS.
AND IT'S PRETTY, FROM THE DATA SHOWS, IT'S PRETTY ON TIME.
LIKE IT'S PRETTY EFFECTIVE IN THE, IN THE IN KNOWING WHERE THE BUSES ARE GONNA BE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE.
SO THE LAST PART'S IMPLEMENTATION, UM, PART OF ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT PARTS REALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS IDENTIFY PROJECTS.
WE SCORE PROJECTS AND WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY PRIORITY PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE PRIORITIZING PROJECTS DURING EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
THESE PROJECTS CAME FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, PREVIOUS PLANS, THIS CAME FROM CITIZEN INPUT.
WE JUST BASICALLY CREATED WHAT WE CALLED THE UNIVERSAL PROJECTS, HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS IN THE DATABASE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO SCORE THEM.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DATABASE SYSTEM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 2.7 MILES OF PEDESTRIAN NETWORK AND THEN 46 INTERSECTION POINTS COMING ON.
64.9 MILES OF BICYCLE NETWORK, 113 MILES OF ROADWAY NETWORK, 36 MILES OF SAFETY NETWORK WITH 34 POINTS.
AND REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXERCISE WAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY MAKE THAT SHIFT TOWARDS A MULTIMODAL, THAT VISION I TALKED ABOUT CREATE A SAFE, SUSTAINABLE NETWORK.
SO I JUST SHOWING THE GOALS HERE IS WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE THESE GOALS, UM, AND MEASURE HOW THESE GOALS ARE BEING ACHIEVED BY WHAT PROJECTS.
AND ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP, I BELIEVE IN THE CIP P CAPITAL IS HOW DID THESE GOALS ALIGN WITH THE ACO GOALS? AND A LOT OF THESE GOALS ARE ALMOST THE SAME BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY COMMON GOALS.
UM, ACO HAS SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MEET SOME FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ON SOME THINGS.
BUT ALMOST EVERY GOAL IN HERE IS IN THE ACOG PROGRAM.
UM, VERY SIMILARLY, UM, SCORED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN WE SCORED THEM, BUT VERY SIMILARLY, UM, ALIGNED.
SO WE DEVELOPED BASED ON SOME PRIORITIZATION PROGRAMMING WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WELL CONNECTED MOBILITY SYSTEMS, HOW CLOSE ARE THEY TO DESTINATIONS? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CONNECTING SOMETHING, IT SHOULD BE CLOSE TO A DESTINATION.
WHAT IS THE SAFETY AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY HEALTHY LIFE CYCLES? LIKE HOW DOES IT ENCOURAGE ACTIVITY? HOW DOES IT ENCOURAGE, UM, UH, EQUIT TO BE SUSTAINABLE? HOW DOES IT RELATE TO EQUITY? SUSTAINABLE FEASIBILITY FOR PRIORITIZATION.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT WERE REALLY DIFFICULT TO BUILD.
THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU PROBABLY WANTED DO LAST THAT ARE NOT AS FEASIBLE.
AND THEN REALLY HOW DOES IT RELATE TO VEHICLE OPERATIONS AND LAND USE COMPATIBILITY? UM, ONE OF THE EXERCISES I THINK THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE JOINED THE MOST IS THEY WERE WONDERING WHY I GAVE THEM A DOLLAR AND 20 NICKELS.
AND I SAID, WELL THE NICKELS ARE YOUR BUDGET.
YOU GET TO BE COUNCIL FOR THE DAY.
SO THEY HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THEIR, THEIR NICKEL.
AND SO I SHOWED THEM THE 2017 TO THE 2000 TWENTIES TO ADMIN CIP P WHICH WAS ROUGHLY 23%.
OTHER PROJECTS, WHICH IS LIKE SAFETY AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT DIDN'T FIT IN THE BUCKET.
29% STREETS AND BIKES, 31% INTERSECTIONS, 5% SIDEWALKS AND 12% TRAILS.
THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR EXERCISE, DROPPED THEIR MONEY IN, HAD SOME DEBATE, AND THEY ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 50% STREETS AND BIKES.
THEY THOUGHT THAT STREETS WERE BUILT FOR EVERYONE.
SO IF WE PUT OUR MONEY IN STREETS THAT WE WELL DONE, THEY EMPHASIZED SIDEWALKS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT WAS A THEME THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS.
LIKE WE WANT MORE SIDEWALKS AND THEY EMPHASIZED TRAILS.
UM, SO WHEN WE BUILT PRIORITIZED PROJECTS, WE TRIED TO MIRROR KIND OF A COMBINATION OF THE
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TWO AND PUT TOGETHER THE SYSTEM, THE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS.AND WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE 40% AND THE 20%, THE 40% AND 20% IS ROUGHLY 40 MILLION, 37 MILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU SPENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT'S REALLY RELATED TO STREETS AND SIDE STREETS AND UM, UM, INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO THAT KIND OF LINES WITH WHAT YOU SPENT OVER THE 40 YEARS.
THE OTHER ELEMENTS, THE, THE TRAILS, THE THE SIDEWALKS, UM, AND THE SAFETY PROJECTS ARE KIND OF MORE KIND OF THE ADDITIONAL STUFF.
THAT'S WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION COMES IN ON ON THESE PROJECTS.
AND WHAT, WHAT THAT REALLY SHOWS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO SHIFT THAT AND, AND OVER THE FEW YEARS, ONE THINGS THAT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT 40 MILLION I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF GRANTS FOR TRAILS, YOU BUILT A LOT OF STUFF THROUGH GRANTS.
THAT 40 MILLION WAS JUST THE CITY OF ADMIN DOLLARS, NOT SOME OF THE, THE OTHER MONEY THAT YOU RECEIVED.
SO YOU ARE DOING A BLEND MORE OR LESS.
IT JUST WAS BUILT, MAYBE DONE WITH OTHERS' MONIES.
SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, WHAT WE STARTED SHOWING WAS JUST VARIOUS PROJECTS AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
THIS WAS COMPLETELY DATA DRIVEN TO PROVIDE SHORT TERM PROJECTS FOR ENGINEERING TO CONSIDER THAT MOVE THE GOALS AND WHAT'S SHOWN IN THIS ROADWAY PROJECTS.
THIS IS NOT DIRECTED TO BE A CIP P THIS IS DIRECTED TO BE INFORMATION TO USE THE DEVELOPMENT OFT I P TO UNDERSTAND HOW PRIORITIES WORK.
UM, IT SHOWS COVE, UM, CONNECTING THE GAP ON COVE BETWEEN WHERE IT'S BUILT TODAY SHOWS SANTA FE GETTING UP TO MITCH PARK.
HOW DO YOU, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT ACTUALLY HOW TO, HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION, MID PARK, HOW DO YOU CONNECT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? IT SHOWS EXTENDING ERRORS, UM, BEYOND WHAT IS DONE TODAY.
NOW THAT'S A HARD PROJECT, INTERESTING PROJECT CAUSE IT REQUIRES COORDINATION WITH UCO, BUT IT'S, ARIS HAS BEEN BUILT AS KIND OF THAT BICYCLE CONNECTION IN THE MIDDLE.
HOW DO YOU POTENTIALLY EXTEND THAT TO THE OTHER SIDE AND MAKE THAT STRONG CONNECTION ACROSS? AND THEN IT SHOWS, UM, NINTH STREET WIDENING.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, 25 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT LIKE CO COVELL THAT TAKES UP A MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY.
SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF PROJECTS LISTED ON THE SHORT TERM SIDEWALK.
WE HAVE SOME STRATEGIC SIDEWALKS THAT WE JUST PUT THROUGH.
UM, WE DID WANT TO, I'LL JUST NOTE ON SIDEWALKS IS THAT WE DID WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, WE WANTED TO FUND THAT SI NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK GAPS.
THAT'S $760, 760,000 PROPOSED.
THAT WAS REALLY A LOT OF GAPS TO CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THOSE AREN'T ALL NECESSARILY MAPPED HERE.
THOSE ARE, IT'S A FUNDING BASED ON HOW MANY GAPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY GET THAT GAP, THAT GAP FILLED? SO THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL THINGS TO DO AT THE BEGINNING AS OPPOSED TO SIDEWALKS IS NEIGHBORHOOD GAPS FILLED TRAILS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRAILS IN HERE AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
REALLY WHAT THE PRIORITIZATION WERE SHOWING IS HOW DO YOU CONNECT WEST EDMOND NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM YOU HAVE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT SHOWS A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS MORE TOWARDS SANTA FE AND GETTING THEM OVER TO THE EXISTING TRAILS THAT YOU HAVE BUILT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTE THAT CAME UP QUITE A BIT IN OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE TRAIL TO THE EAST ON COFFEE CREEK TRAIL, UM, HAS BEEN ON THE MAP FOR A LONG TIME, BUT BASED ON RESEARCH, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT TRAIL'S ACTUALLY FEASIBLE A LOT.
SO WE PUT IT AS A FEASIBILITY, AS A SHORT TERM PROJECT JUST TO SEE IS THAT PROJECT ON THE EAST SIDE OF EDMOND? BECAUSE IF IT IS FEASIBLE AND IT COMES UP TO SOMETHING WE WANNA DO, WE MIGHT RETHINK THE TRAIL SYSTEM ON THE EAST SIDE.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME BEEN KNOWS FEASIBILITY DONE AT THIS TIME.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE ON HERE.
THE REST OF 'EM ARE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.
THAT ONE WAS REALLY JUST TO DIVE DEEPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TRIAL WAS REALISTIC.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME SAFETY PROJECTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, UM, STAFF AS A PRO PROVIDE HAS SUBMITTED ON SOME OF THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.
SOME OF IT'S THE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ODOT TOWARDS SOME OF THE SECOND STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT REALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE CRITICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED WITHIN IN THE PLAN.
UM, THIS IS, IF YOU PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER, UM, IT'S A LOT OF, LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.
UM, BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST TO BE A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT TOWARDS STAFF WHEN THEY PUT TOGETHER THEIR CIP P TO REALLY UNDERSTAND LIKE HERE'S HOW THEY RANK AND HERE'S HOW THEY WORK THROUGH.
WE WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED AT INTERSECTION PROJECTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH INTERSECTION PROJECTS IS YOU CAN DO A LOT WITH, IT'S GOT A BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK, IF YOU WILL IN SOME OF THE INTERSECTION PROJECTS.
MOST OF THESE INTERSECTION PROJECTS ARE RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
UH, MOST OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IS, HEY, I CAN'T CROSS THE STREET.
SO SOME OF THEM IT'S, IT'S RE REDOING THE STRIPING.
SOME OF IT'S REDOING THE PUSH BUTTONS.
SOME OF THESE ARE KIND OF WHAT I CALL MAYBE MORE MAINTENANCE THINGS ON THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE, BUT IT'S TO REALLY IMPROVE THAT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
UM, SOME OF THEM, THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING A LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, IS IF YOU'RE AT A TRAFFIC LIKE IN DOWNTOWN OR THE UCO, IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTON, THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL COMES ON FIRST.
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, NORMALLY THE GREEN COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PEDESTRIAN AND THERE'S THE RIGHT TURN THAT HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS IS THAT THEY WALK INTO THE STREET DRIVER CAN'T SEE THEM.
SO IN SOME OF THE MORE PEDESTRIAN AREAS, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL.
SO A FEW OF THESE INTERSECTIONS AS SIMPLE AS ADDING,
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REPROGRAMMING THE SIGNAL AND REDOING A LITTLE BIT OF SIGNAL TIMING STUFF.IT'S NOT, SOME OF THESE AREN'T AS LARGE AS THE OTHERS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT SOME LONG TERM C P PROJECTS.
THESE WERE, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE OTHER ONES, UM, THE ONES IN GRAY ARE THE ONES I SHOWED YOU.
WE WENT THROUGH AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT DOES THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE? AND WE ANALYZED SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE.
UM, UM, ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE SAW IN OUR, UM, ANALYSIS IS WE SAW THAT THAT, THAT, UH, THAT COLTRAIN RANKED HIGHER, UM, THAN MAYBE SOONER.
UM, AND THAT WAS INTERESTING TO US AND WE REALIZED THAT COLING KIND OF WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN, IT KIND OF GOES IN AND OUT IN SOME AREAS.
IT GOES FROM ONE LANE TO TWO LANES AND THEN IT GOES TO THE TWO LANE SECTION.
SO I THINK SOME OF THE SAFETY ELEMENTS ON COLTRANE BUMPED IT UP.
UM, I THINK WE WERE ORIGINALLY THINKING SOONER WOULD POP UP HIGHER BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE CORE NETWORK THAT I MENTIONED TO CONNECT THE CONFERENCE CENTER TO THE, TO THE TROLL NETWORK.
BUT COLTRANE WAS THE ONE THAT WHEN WE DID THE DATA DRIVEN PROCESS POPPED UP, UM, KIND OF USED THE SAME COLOR AS BLUE IS REALLY THOSE ROADWAY PROJECTS.
RED IS SAFETY, UM, GREEN AS TRAILS AND THE TRAILS NETWORK, UM, STARTS TO KIND OF REALLY COME TOGETHER AS YOU START LOOKING LONG TERM AND HOW EVERYTHING'S CONNECTED IN THEM.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT, THE POINT WHERE THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED.
YOUR TRAIL SYSTEM WILL BE ONE TO BE JEALOUS OF, I BELIEVE.
UM, OUR NEXT STEPS IS, UM, WE'RE HERE TO GET FEEDBACK.
WE HAVE A DRAFT DOCUMENT ONLINE.
UM, YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.
UM, THERE'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK NOW THERE'S A SURVEY.
YOU CAN GIVE FEEDBACK ON EVERYTHING SO PEOPLE CAN COME OBVIOUSLY COME TO THE MEETING.
SO OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN EVENTUALLY COME BACK, UM, IN A MONTH OR SO TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE HEADING TO.
BUT I GAVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I TRIED TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS IN HERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
THIS IS, THIS IS VERY, VERY NEEDED INFORMATION IN THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, WE DID THIS STUDY NOW AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WE'RE GONNA CHANGE, PARTICULARLY IN WARD ONE AND WHERE I'M AT, UM, PROBABLY MORE THAN WE HAVE IN THE LAST 15 TO 20 YEARS.
AND SO DID YOU ALL LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF GROWTH? AND I THINK WHEN YOU ASK THE PUBLIC THE GROWTH, I THINK THAT'S THE GROWTH THAT THEY THINK.
CUZ WE'VE BEEN LETTING, TRYING TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW, LOOK, THIS IS COMING.
I HONESTLY THINK WE'LL HAVE FOUR TO 500 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE LIVING IN DOWNTOWN EDMOND IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA CHANGE THE NEEDS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN THERE THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
DID YOU ALL LOOK THROUGH THAT LENS? ABSOLUTELY.
I, UH, ONE, UH, A SPECIFIC FOCUS WAS ON DOWNTOWN AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE GROWTH? UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS WE RECOMMENDED HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY DEAL WITH BROADWAY COMING IN LIKE A QUARTER STUDY? HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK WITH DOWNTOWN HAVING MORE PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN IN A KIND OF A FAST BOULEVARD COMING IN.
UM, A LOT OF THE PEDESTRIAN RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATIONS WAS REALLY LIKE, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING? HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE LIVING IN DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST VISITING, LIVING IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, WEST AND EAST DOWNTOWN AND THE RAILROAD TRACK? WHAT WAS YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN DEALING WITH THAT? WE, WE, WE HAVE A, A ROUTE ON THE CORE NETWORK CONNECTING WEST AND EAST ADMIN THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER EFFORT THAT'S ONGOING TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT POTENTIALLY TUNNELING IN THERE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A, A ROAD, I THINK IT WAS ON THRASH TO COME DOWN.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED A ROUTE TO IMPROVE TO GET FROM, FROM WEST TO EAST DOWNTOWN WITHOUT THE THAT SPECIFIC PROCESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND DID YOU CONSIDER THE STOPPAGE ON THE TRAIN? UM, WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL ON THAT ONE.
UM, SIMILARLY, DID YOU CONSIDER THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND DOWNTOWN AND YOUR STUDY? THE TO GET TO THE TWO? YES, WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO CROSS THE STREET ACROSS BOULEVARD.
AND THEN DID YOU CONSIDER THE LINKAGE BETWEEN, UM, DOWNTOWN AND FIFTH STREET? RIGHT NOW WE SORT OF LOOK AT THOSE AS SORT OF TWO VENUES, THE FIFTH STREET VENUE AND THE DOWNTOWN VENUE.
DID YOU ALL LOOK AT CONNECTIONS MAYBE THROUGH LER OR SOME OTHER WAY AND CROSSINGS AND THINGS THERE? WE RECOMMENDED SOME ENHANCED CROSSINGS AT I BELIEVE TRYING TO, WELL, UM, WE LOOKED AT ENHANCING
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SOME OF THE CROSSINGS ALONG, UM, SECOND STREET TO ALLOW GOING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.UM, I CAN GET BACK ON THAT EAST TO WEST.
LIKE I MENTIONED, WE TALKED ABOUT CONNECTING ERRORS POTENTIALLY THROUGH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS OF HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH CO CAMPUS FROM EAST TO WEST TO CONNECTING TO DOWNTOWN, THEN ALSO GETTING TO ACROSS BROADWAY TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, BUT SECOND STREET, A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS DOWN TO THE SOUTH WAS REALLY IMPROVING SECOND STREET FROM A PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY STANDPOINT AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG THAT.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN, HOW DO YOU, AT WHAT LEVEL DO YOU GET AND WHEN DO YOU GET TO TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO OPERATE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN TO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S KEY.
WE'VE GOTTA REDO THIS STREET SCAPE, WE'VE GOTTA REDO THE ADA, WE'VE GOTTA REDO THE LIGHTING.
ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA TOLERATE THAT DOWNTOWN.
SO THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, I THINK WITH, WITH THEM AND DO IT A BLOCK AT A TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT POINT DO YOU ALL GET INTO THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND START WORKING OUT THOSE THINGS? USUALLY AT THE LEVEL THIS WHERE PROBABLY ONE STEP UP FROM THAT.
UM, AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AS OUTLINE AS A COMMON HERE OF LIKE GIVING SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT DOWNTOWN IN A FACE APPROACH.
UM, MOST OF THE TIME YOU KINDA GET INTO LIKE KIND OF CONCEPT LEVEL AT THAT APPROACH LIKE, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN, ARE YOU GENERALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU'RE MAKING HERE? LIKE THE IDEA OF THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL.
THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE AND THEN YOU GET INTO LIKE THE CONCEPT LEVEL AND SAY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE 10 PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA DO IN DOWNTOWN.
LET'S PRIORITIZE THESE IN A, IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER.
WE'RE NOT QUITE AT THAT LEVEL ON THIS PLAN RIGHT NOW.
WELL, AND I I THINK ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF THIS PLAN IS THERE'S A TOOLBOX ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT IN ROOM.
WHAT'S THAT IN ROUTE TO GETTING THERE? YEAH.
AND I MEAN, SO IT GIVES US, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED OR, YOU KNOW, WARRANTED, UM, KIND OF A COST IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THAT AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WHICH TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE MADE.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE THE LOCAL EXPERTS, WE CAN START USING THOSE TOOLBOXES, THOSE TOOLS THEY PROVIDED US TO START PLANNING THOSE.
WELL THIS IS CERTAINLY BREATH, FRESH AIR.
SO DO I, UM, MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE, HOW DO YOU PUT ALL THIS INTO A, A MIXING BOWL AND CREATE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN? BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT SOME THINGS, LIKE ONE OF THE EXAMPLES YOU HAD WAS LEAD BY THE PEDESTRIAN.
AND TO ME, MY, MY LITTLE SIMPLE MIND SAYS, IS THAT NOT AN ADA REQUIREMENT? THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN? RIGHT.
AND, AND SO THEN HOW DO WE HAVE ALL THESE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE GOOD SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, FROM CROSSING, SECOND CROSSING, BOULEVARD CROSSING, ALL OF THESE MAJOR POINTS.
HOW DO WE CREATE A, A RECIPE THAT WE CAN TOLERATE SOME TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BUT I JUST, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH.
IS IT, IS IT THAT WE PRIORITIZE THAT AGAIN, IS IT'S, IT, I THINK WHAT THE MAYORS, I FEEL THE, I FEEL OVERWHELMED.
IT'S WITH THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND MAYBE CUZ I'M SO CLOSE TO IT, IT'S A MAJOR FRUSTRATION CUZ I WANT TO GET IT NOW.
IF I CAN HAVE THAT, CAN WE HAVE THAT? UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT REASONABLE, BUT MAN, IT'S OVERWHELMING TO THINK OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE A SAFE, GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
AND PROBLEM IS, IS NOW YOU'VE GIVEN US THE TOOLS AND YOU'VE SHOWED US THAT WE CAN DO IT
SO NO, I WAS JUST, I, I NOTICED, I MEAN THERE WERE THE SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MEDIUM TERM.
SO I MEAN, IT'S FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME PRIORITIZATION WITHIN THE PLAN.
I MEAN, THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE LESS OVERWHELMING MAYBE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, I THINK I SAW THE NUMBERS NEXT TO IT AND IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH THE MONEY? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING TO.
UM, SO THAT'S I THINK ALMOST A BIGGER ISSUE THAN
BUT AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING, IMPACT FEES, PRIVATE PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE, SO FORTH.
WELL, SIR, SO I GUESS SINCE YOU POINTED ME, I GUESS I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
SO MAYBE STEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, SAID SOME LIGHT YOU HAD ABOUT ADDITIONAL 40 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED HERE ON THIS PROJECT LIST.
SO I, IF, YOU KNOW, LAST, LAST MONTH WE HAD THIS GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT STREETS AND WHAT WE THINK THAT THAT NUMBER IS.
AND I THINK IT WAS WHAT 120 MILLION WORTH
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OF PROJECT WE SHOULD BE DOING.I THINK WE IDENTIFIED WHAT WAS ABOUT 40 MILLION, WHERE WE HAD FUNDING SECURED FOR THAT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SHORT ON THAT NUMBER AND THAT DIDN'T TAKE AN ACCOUNT, THESE ADDITIONAL NEEDS.
SO IF YOU WANNA DO A FULL MULTIMODAL STREET PROGRAM, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
AND SO THE QUESTION KEEPS COMING BACK IS WE WANT ALL THESE THINGS.
WE THINK THEY'RE GOOD COMMUNITY, I THINK IS IDENTIFIED, HEY, THESE ARE PRIORITY.
AND THE, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE FUND THOSE? PART OF IT IS WE NEED TO SET UP A, A COMPREHENSIVE CIP P TO SYSTEMATICALLY CALL IT, YOU KNOW, ONE BITE AT A TIME.
WHAT IS, WHAT DO THEY SAY? EAT AN ELEPHANT ONE BITE AT A TIME.
WE GOTTA FIND A WAY TO TAKE THAT FIRST BITE AND NOT JUST A FIRST TIME, BUT HOW DO WE SYSTEMATICALLY KNOW EVERY YEAR WE'RE GONNA SET ASIDE SO MUCH FUNDING FOR THESE BECAUSE AT THE CURRENT PACE, WHAT WE COULD FUND TODAY, I DON'T WANNA SAY WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA CATCH UPS GONNA GET TO ME DAUNTING.
SO THE FINANCIAL QUESTION'S GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO BE PROBLEMATIC.
SO THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE DOING THE WORLD AND STUDY THAT'LL COME BACK HERE IN THE NEXT, I THINK IN NOVEMBER, COME BACK WITH SOME JUST SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS.
I THINK WITH THIS SHOWS US, INSTEAD OF SAYING IN A VACUUM, HEY, WE NEED MORE FUNDING TO DO PROJECTS, WE CAN NOW START TO SHOW HERE'S WHAT THE PROJECTS THE COMMUNITY HAS IDENTIFIED.
AND IF THE COMMUNITY THINKS THESE ARE IMPORTANT AND THE TASK OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MAYBE ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC TO SAY HOW, HOW MUCH OF A PARTY ARE THEY, ARE YOU COUNCIL OR PUBLIC WILLING TO APPROPRIATE THE, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO DO ON A CONSISTENT BASIS TO GET AHEAD OF THESE.
I THINK THE ADMIN 2015, I THINK RANDY, YOU'RE GONNA GET A LUMP UP UPDATED ON THE 2050 PLAN HERE IS, IS WE KNOW THAT THAT PLANET SAID, HEY, EVEN IF YOU GROW OF WHAT IT PROJECTS, YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE SHORTFALL.
IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF MANY DIFFERENT TOOLS.
UM, SO WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.
UM, AND SO TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, THE WORKSHOP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO BRIEF FROM THREE TO SEVEN.
UM, WE WANT ALL ABLE PEOPLE WHO CAN COME DOWN TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
ALSO, AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE GET BEFORE WE MOVE OFF THE OFFICE.
I WAS REMISS, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT KID, BRIAN IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS.
HE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
HE'S KEPT IT ON TIME ON BUDGET.
AND UH, THE SUCCESS OF THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO KEN'S HARD WORK.
UM, A BIG PIECE OF THIS PLAN, AND JEFF TOUCHED ON IT AND YOU JUST MENTIONED IT, IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A SYSTEM PLAN FOR OUR TRANSIT.
UH, AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO TAKE STEPS, IMPLEMENT THAT.
THAT'S THE PRESENTATIONS AT TOMORROW'S OPEN HOUSE OR, UH, DISCUSSING THOSE CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT WE'VE TAKEN A, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR, UH, OUR ATP DEV, WHICH IS OUR PROVIDER THAT WE PARTNER WITH ON TRANSIT AND KIMLEY HORN WITH THEIR TRANSIT EXPERTS TO COME UP WITH THIS, THIS PLAN FOR OUR SYSTEM, WHICH WE THINK WILL MAKE IT WORK A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
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NOW WE'RE GONNA MIGRATE TO THE UPDATE AND ON IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EAST EDMUND 2050 PLAN.I DO HAVE 72 SLIDES TO GO THROUGH, SO I'M JUST KIDDING.
UM, FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME AND MAY NOT REMEMBER, UH, THE EAST EDMOND 2050 PLAN WAS A, A CONFERENCE OF STUDY OF THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF, UH, POTENTIAL LAND USE PATTERNS THAT COULD OCCUR, UH, ALONG THE I 35 CORRIDOR AND THE 45 SQUARE MILES EAST OF THERE.
UH, THAT STUDY AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS WAS, UH, REVIEWED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN IT.
UH, THE FIRST THING, UH, WAS WE UPDATED THE EDMOND PLAN 2018, WHICH IS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, SO CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE EAST EDMOND 25, UH, WE LOOPED IN MAINLY, UH, WE UPDATED SOME NEW PLAN CATEGORIES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH IN AREAS WHERE THE PLAN SHOWED IT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR US.
SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE THE, UH, TOWN SQUARE LAND USE, UM, AND THE TWO VILLAGE, UH, CONCEPTS.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, STARTED WORK ON ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION
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THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE, WHICH IS OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.SO THAT'S AN UPDATE TO TITLES 21, 22 AND 23.
THE CITY ORDINANCE, THAT'S THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THE DRAINING DRAINAGE ORDINANCE.
UH, WE PUT AN RFQ OUT, WE'VE SELECTED A CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH US ON THAT.
UH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT CONTRACTOR AWARD ON YOUR AGENDA OCTOBER 24TH SO WE CAN BEGIN IN EARNEST ON THAT.
UH, PHASE ONE IS A DIAGNOSTICS AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS WE WANT TO SHOW WHERE OUR CURRENT CODE MISSES THE, MISSES THE POINT, UH, GIVEN OUR CURRENT PLAN AND VISION OF THE CITY.
SO WE WANNA SEE WHAT KIND OF GAPS THERE ARE AND WHERE WE NEED TO ADJUST OUR CODE.
ANOTHER ITEM IN THAT PHASE ONE IS, UH, SOME SHORT TERM CHANGES THAT WOULD KIND OF HELP PROTECT AREAS IN EAST EDMOND THAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE DEVELOPED IN THE WRONG MANNER IN THE INTERIM, CUZ WE EXPECT THIS, UH, UPDATE TO TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS OR TWO YEARS.
SO I, I BELIEVE WE HEARD THAT REFERRED TO AS OVERLAYS OR STOP GAPS DURING THE PROCESS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE AWARE THAT WAS HAPPENING.
UH, ANOTHER THING THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, UH, IS A TREE CANOPY, UH, AN UPDATE OF OUR 2004 STUDY TO SHOW THE AREAS OF THE CROSS TIMBER FORCE THAT ARE STILL INTACT.
UH, WE HAVE PUT AN RFQ OUT FOR THAT AND, UH, RESPONSES ARE DUE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, URBAN FORESTRY IS LEADING THIS CHARGE.
UH, HOPEFULLY A CONTRACT WILL BE ON YOUR NOVEMBER 8TH, UH, AGENDA TO AWARD THAT.
AND THE EXPECTED TIMEFRAME IS TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN THE SPRING OF 2023.
WHAT THAT WILL DO IS HELP US, UH, WITH ANY KIND OF CODE UPDATES RELATED TO TREE PRESERVATION IN EASTMAN.
SO, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, WILL DAN, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH THE STUDY TO, UH, EXPLORE REVENUE SOURCES THE CITY COULD USE, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES.
THIS IS REALLY AN ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THAT FINANCIAL GAP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE EAST EDMOND 2050 PLAN.
UH, WILL DAN FINANCIAL SERVICES IS THE COMPANY PERFORMING THAT? UH, THEY, UH, ARE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH MEETING THEY WILL BE READY FOR SECOND MEETING.
I JUST HEARD, UH, ANOTHER PIECE OF IT WAS, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLAN OR RECOMMENDED A FISCAL CHECKLIST FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE HAVE A POTENTIAL ONGOING CONTRACT WITH URBAN THREE.
THEY WERE THE, UH, FISCAL, THE COMPANY THAT DID THE FISCAL ANALYSIS FOR THE EAST IN 2050 PLAN, UH, KIND OF TO PUT THEM ON RETAINER POTENTIALLY TO, UH, CONTINUE THAT KINDA LOOK AT THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, PARTICULARLY OUTTA EAST AND TO BE DETERMINED YET IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH THEM OR NOT.
BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO, WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT STEPS THAT ARE ONGOING TO IMPLEMENT E SEVEN IN 2015, I APPRECIATE THAT WE RECENTLY HAD SOME THINGS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT IN MY MIND TO THE 2050 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION THAT WHAT IT SHOWED ME WAS THAT THERE ARE PINCH POINTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE IF WE DON'T OVERCOME THOSE WITH EASEMENTS, WITH BUYING, BEING ABLE TO BUY PROPERTY WITH ABLE TO DEVELOP PROPERTIES, THEN IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON EVERYTHING ELSE IN THAT PLAN.
AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? I MEAN, HOW DO WE OVERCOME THAT? I GUESS JUST ONE STEP AT A TIME OR JUST WAIT, FIGHT 'EM ONE AT A TIME? WELL, HOPEFULLY THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE CODE UPDATE, WE WON'T HAVE TO FIGHT 'EM ONE AT A TIME.
WE CAN ADDRESS IT MORE GLOBALLY AND JUST, UH, THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND THROUGH ENTITLEMENTS ADDRESS IT IN THAT MANNER.
SO IT'S, SO IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF ONE OFF, UH, CONVERSATION EVERY TIME.
SO THE, THE CONCERN IS GETTING THE DENSITY THAT YOU NEED WITH HAVING THE UTILITIES AND THERE ARE SOME PINCH POINTS THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET UTILITIES WHERE WE NEED TO GET THE DENSITY WE WANT IN EAST EDMOND WITHOUT GETTING EASEMENTS THROUGH SOME PLACES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S A, I THINK ULTIMATELY FOR CASES LIKE THAT, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE CITY TO, TO WEIGH THAT VALUE.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THAT FISCAL CHECKLIST COMES IN.
THEY GO, WELL, THAT, THAT PROJECT IS SO CRITICAL OR THAT AREA SO CRITICAL IT'S WORTH IT TO THE CITY TO THEN TAKE, YOU KNOW, MORE PROACTIVE YEAH.
UH, MEASURES TO GET THOSE EASEMENTS.
SO WE, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, ANALYZE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
JUST SIR, FEEL LIKE I'M IGNORING YOU.
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UM, I GUESS I HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE STOP GAP OR OVERLAY.
SO WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THAT? I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL THE CODE AND ORDINANCE CHANGES TO BE ABOUT TWO YEARS OUT.
SO WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN, IN THE TIMELINE? RIGHT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT RIGHT NOW TO COME UP WITH THEIR KIND OF TIMELINE FOR DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S AT, THAT'S PART OF IT VERY HIGH ON THEIR LIST TO GET GOING RIGHT AWAY.
SO DURING OUR ANALYSIS OF THE 2050 PLAN AND THE CREATION AND EXPANSION OF IT, HAVE WE RUN INTO ANY SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S, IT'S RUN INTO A ROADBLOCK? UH, MY WORDS BE POSSIBILITY FOR US TO PERFORM THERE? UM, I'M NOT SURE A ROADBLOCK IF WE'VE HIT A ROADBLOCK YET.
UH, CONSTRAINT
I THINK OUR, OUR CHALLENGE IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE, UH, THE, THE NOTION THAT, OR THE, THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE, THAT EAST ADMIN IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE RURAL IN SOME AREAS.
I MEAN THAT THE, THE DENSITY IS GOING TO CHANGE THERE DRAMATICALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS TO PROTECT OTHER AREAS THAT TRADE OFF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE KIND OF A POINT OF CONTINGENT THAT WE'RE GONNA RUN UP AGAINST.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, IT DID.
I MEAN IS EVEN AT BEST THERE'S STILL GONNA BE A GAP MM-HMM.
I I, I GUESS WHAT I'D ALSO ADD IS WE'RE DOING A LOT OF STUDIES, A LOT OF, UH, IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES AND ZONE CODE COULD TAKE UPWARDS OF 24 MONTHS.
UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN DEVELOPMENT STOPS.
SO I THINK WHAT THAT MAY MEAN IN THE INTERIM, WHATEVER THAT INTERIM PERIOD IS, IS I THINK COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
DEVELOPMENT'S SAYING WE WANT TO GO NOW, HOW DO YOU BALANCE THAT? YEP.
HOW DO WE COME TO A, A WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITY AND NOT, HEY, WE DID SOMETHING CUZ WE THOUGHT WE WANTED TO GET DEVELOPMENT IN THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE UNFORESEEN CONSTRAINTS THAT DEVELOPED.
SO I THINK, UM, JUST EYES WISE, OPEN FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF IS, AND IT'LL BE QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE, WHAT THAT MEANS.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANNA STILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH IS YOU WANNA BE OPEN FOR THE RIGHT TYPE OF BUSINESS.
WE'LL TAKE ANYTHING AS, AS THIS COUNCIL ABOVE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR TO ME AND STAFF IS PEOPLE MOVE EDMOND FOR A CERTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE AND CERTAIN STANDARDS AND WE WANT MAKE SURE WHOEVER WANTS TO MOVE HERE SHARES THOSE SAME THOUGHTS AND, AND VISIONS.
SO HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? AND THAT COULD LEAD TO SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS MM-HMM.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IS, YOU, YOU MOVED HERE TO EDMOND AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION TWO YEARS FROM NOW IS, WOW, I WISH IT WAS THE ED ADMIN I MOVED MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
IT'S, IT'S STILL A PLACE WE WANT TO LIVE.
YOU NEED TO, TO, NOT THAT IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE 10 YEARS AGO, BUT RAV NOWADAYS IT'S NOT, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE.
AND THIS ONE MADE HARDER DECISIONS THAN THE ONE BEFORE.
AND I THINK UNTIL WE GET A PLAN IN PLACE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING VARIANCES, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE MM-HMM.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA, I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL RELY HEAVILY ON STAFF TO GUIDE US DOWN THAT PATH OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN THE LONG RUN AND WHERE THOSE PINCH POINTS ARE WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD IN ORDER TO GET THE EAST WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE AND WHERE THE CITIZENS WANT IT TO BE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, I, I WILL SAY
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ONE THING THAT WE, I JUST WANT TO, IT'S MORE OF AN UPDATE BUT IT'S RELATIVE TO THE END SHIFT PLAN IS, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT FRAMES IN OUR DOWNTOWN, WE'LL CALL IT POSITIVES, BUT ALSO THE CHALLENGES IT PROVIDES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD INTERESTING DISCUSSION WITH THE RTA WAS A WEEK OR TWO AGO, UM, AND EXPRESSING SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW TRAINEES CAN SOMETIMES BIFURCATE OR CUES.AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THIS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT RTA SAID, IF RTA IS SUCCESSFUL AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO BRING COMMUTER RAIL INTO HERE AS WELL AS THE AMTRAK IS, THE RTA PROGRAM HAS A PLAN THAT THAT WOULD MOVE THOSE, THOSE, UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL FREIGHTER TRAINS? THE TRAINS THAT WE ALL LOVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY WOULD MOVE ELSEWHERE.
THERE'S FUNDING IN THAT PROGRAM THAT WOULD MOVE THOSE TRAINS OUT OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
AND SO I HADN'T REALLY, IT WAS, IT WAS ILLUMINATING FOR ME TO REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT COMMUTER RAIL TO GET PEOPLE TO AND FROM, BUT IT ALSO ALLEVIATES THE CHALLENGE OF STATIONING FREIGHT TRAINS IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO IF PEOPLE SAY, WHAT'S THE VALUE OF RTA? IT'S, IT'S A COMMUTER, BUT ALSO SOLVING ANOTHER CHALLENGE, WHICH IS GETTING SOME OF THE FREIGHTER TRAINS OUT OF THEIR DOWNTOWN INTO AREAS.
SO JUST TO SAY A LIGHT BULB GOOD POINT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHUT UP WITH COUNCIL IS THERE IS A VALUE TO RTA BRINGS, NOT JUST ABOUT COMMUNITY RAIL, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT TRAIL.
UM, JENNIFER HAD A, A THING WITH, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AT, UH, ONE, OH VENUE 1 0 2.
AND SO A BUNCH OF US WERE WALKING FROM DOWNTOWN TO THAT EVENT, AND I, I JUST LOOKED OVER AND I SAW THE TRAIN COMING.
I'M LIKE, OH NO, THAT TRAIN'S GONNA STOP.
AND SO ALL OF US, I MEAN, WELL MATTHEW AND I KEPT WALKING, BUT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PEOPLE TURNED DOWN FIRST STREET AND THEY WERE GONNA GO AND I'M LIKE, GIVE THAT UP.
YOU KNOW? SO WE WALKED TO SECOND STREET, WALKED UNDERNEATH AND IT WAS FINE.
UM, BUT IT WAS JUST IRONIC THAT WE ALL SHOWED UP THERE AND, AND EVERYBODY THERE HAD BEEN INCONVENIENCED AT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER GETTING THERE FROM THE TRAIN DRIVING AND IT WAS SO VISIT EDMOND, UH, THING.
SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THE END OF THE WORLD, RIGHT.
I WAS DEFINITELY SWEATING WHEN WE GOT THERE.
IT WAS A HOT DAY AND, AND UH, I WASN'T PLANNING ON WALKING QUITE THAT FAR.
SO, BUT NOW STATE LEADERSHIP HAS SEEN THE ISSUE AS WELL AND I MADE THEM, I MADE THEM PARTICULARLY AWARE OF IT WHEN I GOT THERE WITH MY SWEAT
APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TODAY TO PARTICIPATE, EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION TO GO, UH, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S BUCKLED IN AND READY FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THANK STAFF, THANK OUR CONSULTANTS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW AND THE CONDUCT, UM, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT, THAT'S GONNA LEAD TO.
ALSO, HAVING SAID THAT, IF THERE'S NO ONE OTHER COMMENTS, WE CAN CALL THIS WORKSHOP ADJOURNED.