[Town Hall on November 1, 2023.]
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CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF PLANO.
THE CITY HOLDS TELE-TOWN HALL FORUM LIKE THIS ON INFRASTRUCTURE EACH NOVEMBER TO UPDATE RESIDENTS AND TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO STAY TUNED FOR A QUICK REVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE ON CURRENT PROJECTS.
AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO UPDATES, THINK ABOUT QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE Q AND A PORTION OF OUR FORUM.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST PRESS ZERO TO GIVE THAT QUESTION TO AN OPERATOR.
AS SOON AS YOU'VE GOT IT IN MIND, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOUR QUESTION LIVE OVER THE AIR.
BUT IF YOU PREFER TO HAVE ME READ YOUR QUESTION INSTEAD, JUST LET YOUR OPERATOR KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION BY PRESSING ZERO ON YOUR PHONE.
THAT'S FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING BY PHONE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING TONIGHT'S FORUM ON PLANO TV OR ON FACEBOOK LIVE, YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS VIA X USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL OR IN THE COMMENTS OF THE FACEBOOK LIVE FEED.
AGAIN, WE'LL BE REVIEWING PLANOS CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE LIVE AUDIENCE ON THE PHONE.
THOSE OF YOU AT PLANO CITY HALL, AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON PLANO TV, WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT.
ONCE MORE, IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE, YOU CAN PRESS ZERO AT ANY TIME TO SUBMIT A QUESTION OR COMMENT ABOUT PLANOS CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES FOR OUR LIVE TELE TOWN HALL FORUM TONIGHT.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS ON X USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL.
AND IF YOU'RE IN OUR AUDIENCE AT PLANO CITY HALL AND YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND STEVE STOLLER WITH THE CITY WILL BRING YOU A MIC SO YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION OVER THE AIR.
SIR STEVE IS IN THE AUDIENCE THERE.
NOW, IF WE'VE GOT A LIVE AUDIENCE WITH ANY QUESTIONS, THE CITY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN PLANO.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY OF PLANO, PRESS SEVEN NOW AND WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND GET YOU OCCASIONAL UPDATES VIA EMAIL ON PLANO CITY BUSINESS.
SO AGAIN, PRESS SEVEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, PRESS ZERO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION IN PLANO.
AND WITH THAT, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO KICK OFF TONIGHT'S LIVE FORUM WITH PLANO RESIDENTS.
WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YOU CAN PRESS ZERO TO SUBMIT A QUESTION.
FOR NOW, LET'S TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER RICK HORN TO GET US STARTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S PLANO TOWN HALL.
I AM COUNCIL MEMBER RICK HORN.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT OUR TOWN HALL, OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM ON PLANO TV.ORG, OR ON OUR CITY OF PLANO FACEBOOK PAGE OR YOUTUBE PAGE, AS WELL AS OUR GUEST JOINING BY PHONE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. TONIGHT WE WILL BE TAKING YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT PLANOS INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AT THE DIOCESE WITH ME, OUR CITY MANAGER, MARKEN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JACK CARR, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, CLAY LIPSCOMB, TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING MANAGER, BRIAN SHUKI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS STREETS AND TRAFFIC, CARRIE JONES.
WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, DR.
RON SMITH, AND PLANNING OUR PARK PLANNING MANAGER RENEE JORDAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US ON AAS.
AS YOU DRIVE AROUND PLANO, YOU'LL NOTICE TRAFFIC CONES AND FACILITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTIONS.
A LOT OF WORK IS HAPPENING CURRENTLY IN PLANO.
PLANO PRIORITIZES, MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING OUR ASSETS TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY STAYS VIBRANT AND ATTRACTIVE.
THIS INCLUDES BEING PROACTIVE IN PROVIDING NEEDED REPAIRS.
IAN, LET'S BEGIN TAKING QUESTIONS FROM OUR VIEWERS.
AND A REMINDER, FOLKS, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN PRESS ZERO TO SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR Q AND A, YOU'RE WATCHING VIA LIVE STREAM.
YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL ON X OR ON THE FACEBOOK LIVE FEED AT FACEBOOK.COM/CITY OF PLANO, TX.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET OUR FIRST LIVE QUESTION INCOMING FROM THE PHONES HERE.
AND IT'S DEBBIE IN CYPRESS POINT.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION FOR THE CITY TONIGHT? HI, AND THANK YOU.
MY QUESTION IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ROAD WORK BEEN GOING ON ON PARKER BETWEEN THE TOW WAY IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL AND, UH, MIDWAY AND, UH, AND AND BEYOND THAT.
AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF RESURFACING.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE REPAIRS, UM, ARE, BUT, AND THEN NOW THEY'RE STARTING ON PARKER ROAD, LIKE FROM FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN PARKER AND MAYBE UP TOWARD PLANO PARKWAY OR, OR, UH, PARKER AND PARK ON MIDWAY.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF REPAIRS
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ARE BEING DONE, KIND OF RESURFACING IS HAPPENING, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT.WHO CAN TAKE THIS ONE ON FROM DEBBIE AND CYPRESS POINT? YEAH, HI DEBBIE.
THIS IS DAN BERG, GAS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THE WORK YOU'VE SEEN ON PARKER ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN WAS A CONCRETE REPAIR PROJECT, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN INSTALLING THE THIN OVERLAY THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ON A LOT OF OUR MAJOR STREETS THAT HELPS PROTECT THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND GIVE YOU A MUCH SMOOTH, UH, SMOOTHER RIDE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, JUST MOVED TO MIDWAY, I THINK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO OR SO, AND STARTED CONCRETE REPAIRS ON MIDWAY ROAD AS WELL, AND THAT WILL ALSO BE A THIN OVERLAY NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU DEBBIE, FOR THAT FIRST QUESTION.
AND DEBBIE, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS, PRESS ZERO.
ANY OTHER CALLERS ON THE PHONE, PRESS ZERO WITH QUESTIONS.
THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL ON TWITTER OR BY SUBMITTING IN THE COMMENTS OF OUR FACEBOOK LIVE FEED AT FACEBOOK.COM/CITY OF PLANO, TX.
LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTION COMING FROM OUR FACEBOOK LIVE FEED.
QUESTION IS, THE ASPHALT OVERLAY IS WONDERFUL TO DRIVE.
I ASSUME THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER BENEFIT.
DOES IT SOMEHOW MAKE THE CONCRETE STRONGER AND EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE ROAD? CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW IT DOES THAT, THAT QUESTION WAS SUBMITTED VIA FACEBOOK.
WHO CAN TAKE THAT ONE ON FOR US? YEAH, THIS IS DAN PRENDERGAST, AGAIN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, I'M GLAD SOMEONE ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT BENEFITS OF THE THIN OVERLAYS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, TO, TO OUR MAJOR STREETS.
UH, THE TYPE OF OVERLAY THAT WE'RE DOING IS SPECIALIZED COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SEE IN MOST CITIES.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT THREE QUARTER INCH THICK INSTEAD OF ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF A TY A A TYPICAL TYPE D ASPHALT OVERLAY.
UH, THE ASPHALT MIX WAS STUDIED EXTENSIVELY AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IS USED BY A LOT OF DTS TO HELP PRESERVE EXISTING PAVEMENT.
WHAT WE DO IS WE HIRE A CONCRETE CONTRACTOR TO REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGED CONCRETE PAVEMENT WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO UPDATE ALL OF OUR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES TO MEET ADA COMPLIANCE.
THEN WE HIRE AN ASPHALT CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND INSTALL THE THREE QUARTER INCH OVERLAY.
THIS TYPE OF OVERLAY HAS WHAT'S CALLED AN EMULSION SPRAY THAT'S PLACED DIRECTLY BEFORE THE INSTALLATION OF THE ASPHALT.
THAT SPRAY COVERS THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE ROAD.
IT GETS INTO ALL THE JOINTS AND CRACKS TO SEAL OFF THE ENTIRE PAVEMENT SURFACE FROM WATER INTRUSION.
WATER INTRUSION IS ACTUALLY WHAT CAUSES A LOT OF THE ROAD DAMAGE THAT YOU SEE BECAUSE IT'S CONCRETE PAVEMENTS AGE, THE JOINTS LOSE THEIR SEALS AND CRACKS, UH, AND CRACKS FORM, WHICH ALLOW WATER TO GET INTO THE SUBGRADE.
AND WITH OUR CLAY SOILS, LARGE CHANGES IN MOISTURE CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION BELOW THE PAVEMENT.
JUST LIKE WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOUR HOME FOUNDATION IF, UH, YOU DON'T WATER IT, UH, THE OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDE A MUCH SMOOTHER RIDING SURFACE, A MUCH QUIETER RIDING SURFACE, UH, AND A SURFACE THAT LOOKS NICER COMPARED TO THE PATCHWORK LOOK THAT YOU GET FROM JUST REMOVING AND REPLACING THE DAMAGED CONCRETE.
AGAIN, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION FROM OUR FACEBOOK AUDIENCE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO A QUESTION FROM REDDIT NEXT YEAR.
QUESTION IS, CAN WE SEE MORE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PARK TRAILS THAT ONE'S SUBMITTED VIA REDDIT? YOU CAN TAKE THAT ON.
AGAIN, MORE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PARK TRAILS.
HI, THIS IS RENEE JORDAN PARK PLANNING MANAGER.
SO YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANOS EXTENSIVE TRAIL SYSTEM OF ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT INTERCONNECTS WITH MORE THAN 150 MILES OF SIGNED ON STREET BIKE ROUTES.
CHECK OUT BIKE PLANO.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE RECENT CONNECTIONS THE CITY COMPLETED IS LOCATED AT OAK POINT PARK AND NATURE PRESERVE, WHICH NOW MAKES A COMPLETE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRAILS AT OAK POINT PARK AND THE COTTONWOOD CREEK GREENBELT UNDER LOS RIOS BOULEVARD.
THIS RECENT CONNECTION ADDS INTO THE NETWORK OF CONNECTED TRAILS BEYOND OAK POINT SOUTH TO BOB WOODRUFF AND SANTA FE AND WEST TO BLUE BONNET, CHISHOLM, PRESTON RIDGE AND LEGACY TRAILS, WHICH MAKES FOR MORE THAN 38 MILES OF INTERCONNECT INTERCONNECTED TRAIL ONE WAY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL FUTURE TRAIL CONNECTIONS PENDING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, NEW TRAIL AT LOS RIOS PARK CONNECTING BOB WOODRUFF AND COTTONWOOD CREEK GREENBELT, AN EXTENSION OF CHISHOLM TRAIL SOUTH OF 15TH TO THE COLLIN CREEK SITE, AN EXTENSION OF BRECKENRIDGE TRAIL TO RICHARDSON BETWEEN MIDDLE, MIDDLE AUTO, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE FUTURE.
DART SHILOH STATION, A CONNECTION OF LEGACY TRAIL NORTH OF FRISCO, A CONNECTION EAST OF INDEPENDENCE TO RICHARDSON, A CONNECTION BY THE CITY OF ALLEN TO PLANO, NORTH OF HEDGE OAKS AT HUBBLE ZEL PARK.
AGAIN, PLEASE CHECK OUT BIKE PLANO ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR BIKE TRAILS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT QUESTION FROM REDDIT.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE PHONES HERE, AND A REMINDER, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU WANNA SUBMIT FOR OUR Q AND A TONIGHT WITH THE CITY, WE'RE TALKING CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, USE THAT HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL ON X.
WE'VE GOT KIMBERLY UP NEXT FROM PARKER ROAD ESTATE.
HI KIMBERLY, WELCOME TO THE CALL.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION FOR US? UH, OKAY, I I AM I LIVE NOW?
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YOU ARE, YOU ARE.I CAN READ YOUR QUESTION IF THAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA DO THAT, BUT GO AHEAD.
SO KIMBERLY WANTS TO KNOW WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO FINISH A PROJECT? IT SEEMS THAT THEY WORK THERE A COUPLE DAYS, THEN GO TO ANOTHER AND THEN COME BACK.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS? SO WHO CAN GO OVER THAT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, UH, REGARDING SOME OF THE LONGER TERM PROJECTS FOR KIMBERLY AND PARKER ROAD ESTATE? UH, HI KIMBERLY.
THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR QUESTION.
THIS IS CLAY LIPSCOMB, UH, THE CIP ENGINEERING MANAGER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROJECT, UM, IT APPEARS RIGHT IN YOUR LOCATION, UH, IN THE PARKER ROAD ESTATES AREA OF PLANO.
WE'RE REPLACING WATER LINES IN THAT LOCATION AND THERE'S MULTIPLE CREWS WORKING.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT TWO OR THREE MILES OF WATERLINE THAT'S BEING INSTALLED.
UM, THEY GO THROUGH INSTALL THE WATERLINE AND THEY BACKFILL IT AND THEY HAVE TO GET TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY TEST IT, UH, MAKE SURE IT'S PASSING ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS, AND THEN DIFFERENT CREWS COME IN AND START REPLACING THE ROADWAY BEHIND THEM ONCE THEY'RE COMPLETE.
SO IN GENERAL, PROJECTS LIKE THIS CAN TAKE UPWARDS OF A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
UM, IT'S MULTIPLE PHASES AND MULTIPLE CREWS THAT ARE WORKING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
UM, AND THAT'S IN, IN GENERAL THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
APPRECIATE GETTING THAT TO US FROM KIMBERLY.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO FACEBOOK FOR OUR NEXT QUESTION.
UH, QUICK REMINDER HERE, IF YOU WANNA GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY OF PLANO AND YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH US, WE HAD A BIG WAIT ON THAT QUEUE.
NO WAY TO GIVE US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU WANT TO GET OCCASIONAL UPDATES ON CITY BUSINESS VIA EMAIL.
SO SEVEN, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, YOU WANT THOSE UPDATES, ZERO FOR QUESTIONS.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM FACEBOOK AND IT GOES OVER THIS SUMMER WE WITNESSED A LOT OF OUR ROADS FALLING APART DUE TO THE DROUGHT AND THE UNDERLYING GROUND SHRINKING AWAY FROM THE CONCRETE, THUS CAUSING DIPS AND CRACKS AND POTHOLES TO APPEAR IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
WHY DO SOME ROADS SUCH AS PRESTON ROADS SEEN AS SOLID AS DESPITE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC CHANGING WEATHER AND CLAY SOIL IN NORTH TEXAS, WHEREAS OTHER ROADS SUCH AS LEGACY AND INDEPENDENCE, ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE ADVERSE CONDITIONS? IT MAKES ME WONDER, DO THESE MAJOR ARTERIES HAVE ADEQUATE FOUNDATIONS IN ADDITION TO PATCHING AND OVERLAYING ASPHALT? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT SHOULD BE DONE LONG TERM TO MAKE THESE ROADS MORE STABLE? HIGH LEVEL QUESTION FROM OUR FACEBOOK AUDIENCE WHO CAN TAKE THIS ON FOR US? YEAH, THIS IS DAN PRENDER, GAS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WHEN YOU NOTICE THE DIPS OR CRACKS IN THE INSIDE LANE IS SOMETIMES EVEN THE OUTSIDE LANES ARE TYPICALLY TREES THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND ANY WATER THEY CAN DURING A LONG DROUGHT.
A LOT OF OUR MEDIUMS DO NOT HAVE IRRIGATION.
UM, STAFF ALSO NOTICED THIS DURING THE SUMMERTIME IN MY DEPARTMENT AND AS WELL AS PARKS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO LOOK AT IT, INSTALLING IRRIGATION IN MEDIUMS THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IT.
UH, ONE OTHER CHALLENGE IS THAT WHEN PLANO ROADS WERE CONSTRUCTED, THEY BUILT THE OUTSIDE TWO LANES FIRST, AND THEN, UH, THE ROADS HAD A LARGE MEDIAN.
THIS IS TYPICAL IN ALL CITIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T BUILD THE FULL SIX LANE ROAD UNTIL TRAFFIC VOLUMES DICTATE ADDING THOSE LANES.
UH, YOU BUILD THE OUTSIDE LANES FIRST SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELOCATE ALL THE STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THE ROAD IS EXPANDED.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THESE ROADS HAD VERY LARGE TREES PLANTED IN THE MEDIANS DUE TO THE EXTRA WIDE SPACE, UH, THAT THE MEDIANS HAD WHEN THE INSIDE LANES WERE ADDED.
THE SPACE THAT NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE TREES OF A LARGE SIZE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT PRESTON ROAD AS BOTH NEWER THAN THE ROADS MENTIONED IN THE QUESTION, UH, AND THE LANDSCAPING WAS PUT IN WITH THE FULL SECTION.
SO THE TREES HAVE SMALLER ROOT ZONES.
UM, SO PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT BOTH SATISFY OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OUR BEAUTIFUL TREE CANOPY WHILE ALSO PROTECTING OUR ROADS AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF WORK ZONES THAT WE HAVE.
IAN, THIS IS RON SMITH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT AS UH, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS MENTIONED, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE SELECTION OF TREES THAT GO IN OUR ROADWAY MEDIANS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SIZE, THE TYPE OF TREE TO PROVIDE SOME CANOPY AND SHADE.
WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR, UM, TREE CITY USA STATUS THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER TREES ARE PUT IN THE PROPER PLACE ALONG OUR ROADWAYS.
THANKS FOR, UH, THAT EXCELLENT QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR NEXT QUESTION COMING FROM SPRING RIDGE.
HI THERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ESHI, WE STILL GOT YOU THERE.
LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE LOST ESHI.
LET ME TRY, UH, BRING HER LIVE ONE MORE TIME HERE.
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I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ HER QUESTION.UH, LEMME GO AHEAD AND READ HER QUESTION.
SO SHE SAYS THE BIKE TRAIL UNDERPASS NEAR CU, THERE'S A BLIND CURVE AND EVEN SLOWING DOWN THAT DOESN'T HELP MUCH IS A SAFETY MECHANISM LIKE A MIRROR AVAILABLE TO INSTALLED THERE TO HELP EVERY KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S MADE A REQUEST FOR THIS IN THE PAST.
SO THIS IS ARI FROM SPRING RIDGE ASKING ABOUT THE BIKE TRAIL UNDERPASS NEAR CUSTER, AND LOOKING FOR A MIRROR FOR THAT BLIND CURB.
CAN ANYBODY TAKE ON THIS CONCERN FOR ARI IN SPRING RIDGE? HI, YES, THIS IS RENEE JORDAN, THE PARK PLANNING MANAGER.
WE WILL, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LOCATION.
UH, YOU DO MENTION THAT, UM, SLOWING DOWN, UM, DOES NOT HELP THE CURB, BUT WE JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE IS A SPEED LIMIT ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM OF 15 MILES PER HOUR.
AND OBSERVING THAT OR GOING UNDER THAT DOES HELP FOLKS NAVIGATE CURVES.
OUR TRAILS ARE MARKED WITH WARNED, UH, WARNING SIGNS AND, UH, MARKINGS TO REMIND PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN.
HOWEVER, WE WILL LOOK INTO REQUEST AND FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU TO FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT QUESTION COMING FROM NEXTDOOR.
UH, THIS ONE WAS SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE OF OUR FORUM TONIGHT.
APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THERE IT GOES.
THERE'S A GROWING PROBLEM OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS NOT PUTTING WARNING SIGNS OUT.
TWO OF MY TYERS TIRES AND RIMS WERE SLASHED ON THE CORNER FROM A STEEP STEP ON THE ROAD AND PARK BETWEEN PARKER BETWEEN, UH, INDEPENDENCE AND CUSTER.
HOW CAN THE CITY FIX THIS ISSUE THAT WAS SUBMITTED VIA NEXTDOOR, WHO CAN, UH, ADDRESS THAT ISSUE FOR US? GOOD EVENING, IAN.
I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF PLANO.
AND AS IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ZONES GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PLANO.
AS WE TRY TO ADDRESS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TIMES THAT THERE ARE SOME HAZARDS, UH, OUT THERE INCLUDING CONES AND POSSIBLE, UH, DIFFERENTIATION IN THE, UM, UH, IN THE CONCRETE THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.
WE ACTUALLY DO, UM, OCCASIONALLY RUN INTO SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE DO HAVE ACCIDENTS.
WHAT WE ASK IS THAT THEY SUBMIT A CLAIM TO OUR CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT EVALUATED AND CONSIDERED, UH, BASED ON THE CONDITIONS AND BASED UPON THE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, OF THE CITY FOR, UM, AND THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ALWAYS EVALUATE THOSE AND CONSIDER THOSE THROUGH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE, UM, FINDING WHERE TO WHERE TO CONTACT THAT IN THE CITY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO EMAIL THE, UH, THE SITUATION TO ME, MARK I@PLANO.GOV AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOLLOWS UP WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE FROM NEXTDOOR.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES HERE.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION FOR US? YES, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THE PROPENSITY OF THE BOB WOODRUFF PARK AND THE, THE, UH, THE NATURE PRESERVE TO FLOOD PRACTICALLY EVERY TIME IT RAINS? GOT IT.
WHO CAN TAKE THIS ONE ON FOR BILLY? HELLO BILLY, THIS IS RON SMITH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CALL.
IT DOES SEEM, UH, AT TIMES THAT BOB WOODRUFF PARK AND OAK POINT PARK AND NATURE PRESERVE FLOOD.
UH, WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN, LIKE WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK, SOME RAIN GAUGES IN THE AREA OF BOB WOODRUFF PARK IN EAST PLANO INDICATED UP TO SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN, UH, IN 1 24 HOUR PERIOD WITH AN ADDITIONAL FOUR INCHES OF RAIN A FEW DAYS LATER.
SO YES, THERE WAS SOME, UH, FLOODING, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE ROULETTE CREEK CORRIDOR, WHICH, UH, BOB WOODRUFF, NORTH AND SOUTH, AND ALSO OAK POINT PARK AND NATURE PRESERVE AND THE PECAN HOLLOW GOLF COURSE ALL, UH, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PARKLAND ALONG THAT ROW CREEK CORRIDOR.
UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING PARKLAND, WE MAKE SURE THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE WITHIN ANY, UM, REGULATORY FLOODPLAIN OR FLOODWAY ARE CAREFULLY CALCULATED.
WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PUT IN THOSE FLOODPLAIN AREAS WILL NOT IMPACT IN A NEGATIVE MANNER FLOODING OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
SOMETIMES IT MAY FEEL THAT OUR ACCESS TO THE PARKS IS CURTAILED WHEN FLOOD WATERS REMAIN IN THOSE FLOODPLAINS, BUT WHAT THEY ARE SERVING IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PURPOSE, WHICH PREVENTS THAT WATER FROM, UH, IMPACTING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, HOMES, BUSINESSES, ROADS,
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THINGS LIKE THAT.SO WHEN YOU SEE BOB WOODRUFF PARK HOLDING WATER AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD, THAT FLOODPLAIN IS REALLY PERFORMING A REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTION AS IT IS DESIGNED TO DO, WHICH IS IT, UH, DISSIPATES THE WATER, IT REDUCES THE EROSIVE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS BY SPREADING IT OUT OVER A WIDE AREA, AND IT PREVENTS IT FROM REACHING AREAS THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE, UH, DAMAGING IF THE FLOOD WATERS WERE TO REACH WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN BUILT OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR THE QUESTION AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THOSE FLOOD WATERS DO RECEDE, WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM GETS OUT THERE AND CLEARS THOSE TRAILS AS FAST AS WE CAN.
WE'RE GONNA GO, UH, BACK TO OUR FACEBOOK AUDIENCE FOR THIS ONE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE'S THE INTERSECTION OF PARKER AND CUSTER ON YOUR LIST OF INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE? IT'S TERRIBLY CONGESTED, BUT LACKING THE DOUBLE LEFT AND RIGHT.
UH, TURN LANES, MANY OTHER BUSY INTERSECTIONS HAVE, I IMAGINE IT'LL BE HARDER AND MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE POWER LINES THAT RUN CLOSE TO THAT INTERSECTION.
WILL THIS EVER BE IMPROVED AGAIN, ASKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF PARKER AND CUSTER, WHO CAN TAKE THIS ONE ON FOR ONE OF OUR FACEBOOK LISTENERS? UH, HI, THIS IS CLAY LIPSCOMB CITY, OR, UH, CIP ENGINEERING MANAGER HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, PARKER AND CUSTER IS AN INTERESTING LOCATION.
IT'S DEFINITELY, IF NOT THE MOST, ONE OF THE MOST, UM, CONGESTED INTERSECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
THE ISSUE WITH EXPANDING IT IS THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS ON ALL FOUR QUADRANTS, UM, REALLY LIMIT ACQUIRING LAND.
UM, UNTIL WE CAN REDEVELOP OR THOSE PROPERTIES BEGIN TO REDEVELOP, THERE'S PARKING DIRECTLY ADJACENT, UM, PRETTY MUCH IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS.
UH, ACQUIRING EASEMENT TO, UH, WIDEN THIS INTERSECTION WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND INVOLVE A LOT OF, NOT ONLY TIME AND MONEY, UM, BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO, UM, I GUESS RECONFIGURE PARKING LOTS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND SITE PLANS AND LOTS OF, LOTS OF CONSTRAINTS.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED ALSO UTILITY CONSTRAINTS.
THOSE ARE DEFINITELY ALWAYS A CONCERN AT THESE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
UH, AND, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, MONEY, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT'S ON OUR LIST.
UM, WILL IT EVER BE IMPROVED? I, I THINK SO.
UH, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE A MATTER OF, UH, WHEN WE CAN START TO ACQUIRE PARCELS, UM, AS THESE PROPERTIES REDEVELOP, UM, TO OBTAIN THE LAND NEEDED TO WIDEN THIS INTERSECTION.
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY, UM, MR. CHUY'S HIGHEST, HIGHEST PRIORITY, UH, IN THE CITY, UM, TO EXPAND, UM, AS SOON AS WE CAN NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE CONFLICTS.
APPRECIATE YOU, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER.
UH, THANKS FOR OUR LAST QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK.
THIS NEXT NEXT ONE COMES FROM DONNA ON LINKEDIN.
SHE'S SAYING, WHY WILL THERE BE, UH, WHY WILL THERE BE CONSTRUCTION ON 18TH STREET AT JUNIPER? WHAT'S THE NEED AND WHAT'S THE PLAN AGAIN? SHE'S MENTIONING THE INTERSECTION OF 18TH AND JUNIPER.
HI, THIS IS CLAY LIPSKI, AGAIN, CIP ENGINEERING MANAGER.
SO THE ONLY CONSTRUCTION THAT'S, UH, PLANNING TO OCCUR, UM, AT JUPITER IN 18TH IS JUST TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THERE.
SO IT'S A PRETTY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN THE CURVE.
THERE'S SCHOOLS, UH, ADJACENT DOWN 18TH STREET ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, IMPROVING THIS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CROSSING, THIS IS PARAMOUNT FOR SAFETY.
SO ALL WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS REBUILD AND RECONFIGURE THE FOUR CORNERS, UM, IMPROVING THE SIGNALS AS WELL, AND PEDESTRIAN BUTTONS FOR, UH, ACCESS TO CROSS, BUT MAKING IT JUST A SAFER INTERSECTION FOR PEDESTRIANS.
UH, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES HERE, SARAH AND EAST PLAINO ASKING ME TO READ THIS QUESTION.
SHE'S ASKING, IS THERE ANY PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF THE FALLEN OAK TREE AT WOODRUFF SOUTH SIDE PARK? AGAIN, FALLEN OAK TREE AT WOODRUFF ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK.
AND ANYBODY TAKE THAT ON FOR SARAH IN EAST PLAINTIFF? HELLO SARAH.
I'M THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
UH, THE TREE THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT RECENTLY FELL WAS THE HISTORIC BAROQUE TREE THAT, UM, MANY ARBORISTS BELIEVE IS POSSIBLY 500 YEARS OLD.
SO IT IS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS TO THE CITY.
WE'VE WORKED, UH, OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT TREE KNOWING THAT IT IS A, UH, AN ICONIC FEATURE OF THE PLANO URBAN FOREST AND LANDSCAPE.
UH, I HAD A MEETING WITH STAFF JUST THE OTHER DAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT A PATH
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FORWARD FOR THE TREE, WHAT TO DO NOW THAT IT HAS FALLEN.AND IF YOU WOULD ALLOW, I'D LIKE TO READ SOME OF THE, UM, DIRECTIVES THAT WE ARE GONNA FOLLOW.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW, SARAH, THAT THAT TREE MEANS A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF IS WORKING WITH OUR URBAN FORESTER AND LOCAL ARBORISTS TO APPROPRIATELY TAKE CARE OF WHAT REMAINS OF THIS PLANO ICON.
UNFORTUNATELY, LARGE PORTIONS OF THE TREE IS ROTTED AND UNUSABLE FOR LUMBER.
THIS PART OF THE TREE WILL BE RECYCLED.
IN FACT, MUCH OF THE TREE'S TRUNK WAS HOLLOWED BY THE TIME THE TREE FELL.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LARGE AMOUNT OF ROT, WE STILL HOPE TO REPURPOSE SOME OF THE HEALTHY WOOD INTO COMMEMORATIVE WOOD PIECES.
SMALLER BRANCHES AND FOLIAGE WILL BE PROCESSED AND SPREAD AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE OLD TREE ONCE STOOD, BENEFITING THE SOIL AND ENCOURAGING YOUNG THINGS TO GROW.
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION FORESTRY TEAM WILL CAREFULLY BEGIN THIS WORK FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
THE AREA WITH THE FENCE SHOULD BE, UH, PEOPLE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THAT AREA.
WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE WHEN YOU VISIT THE PARK TO RESPECT THE FENCE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THE WORK IS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE, WE'LL REMOVE THAT FENCE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE GREATER ACCESS.
YEAH, THANKS AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOU GOING OVER THAT IN SUCH DETAIL FOR US.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION FROM SARAH.
UH, LET'S GO TO TOM IN EAST PLANO FOR OUR NEXT ONE HERE.
HEY TOM, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? UH, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS DO Y'ALL PLAN TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY TO USE LIKE PERSONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO DO ERRANDS AND, AND MOVE AROUND TOWN SUCH AS LIKE, LARGER CITIES IN OREGON OR OUT, OUT TOWARD THE WEST COAST TO STARTED TO INCREASE BIKE PATH ALONG THE, THE STREETS AND AND LANES WITH THE CARS AND ALL? TOM, THIS GOT IT, GOT IT.
TOM, WHO CAN TAKE THIS FOR TOM AND HIS PLAINTIFF? THOMAS? THIS IS BRIAN SHUKI.
I'M THE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING MANAGER.
AND YES, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUALLY EVALUATING THE, THE, THE NEED FOR, UH, SUCH FACILITIES.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, TWO FACILITIES RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT ARE, UH, UNDER, UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, ACTUALLY ONE'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
ONE IS, UH, FINISHING UP THE DESIGN, BUT SHALLOW ROAD IS GONNA HAVE ITS OWN, UH, BIKE SHARE PATH, UH, ON THE ROADWAY.
UM, AND THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN 15TH STREET EAST OF, OF, UH, MUNICIPAL, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS, IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED.
UH, AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE AN, AN AREA FOR, UH, PEOPLE TO USE SCOOTERS AND, AND BIKE SHARES.
AND YOUR QUESTION'S TIMELY, UH, SINCE WE JUST RECENTLY, UM, RECENTLY ADDED A SECOND, UH, SCOOTER SHARE COMPANY TO THE, THE, THE, THE PLANO FLEET, UH, OF, OF A COUPLE HUNDRED, UH, UH, SCOOTERS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO ADD THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THESE SCOOTER SHARE COMPANIES AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL USAGE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO NECESSARILY, UH, PUT IN A FACILITY, UH, IF, IF, IF PEOPLE AREN'T ACTUALLY USING THE SCOOTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
UH, I WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE YOU IN THE, IN THE, IN THE IMMEDIATE TIME BEING TO LOOK AT OUR, OUR PARK, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM.
'CAUSE YOU LITERALLY CAN GET, UH, FROM ONE END OF THE TOWN TO THE OTHER NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST, UH, ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
IT'S A, IT IS A GREAT WAY TO, TO MOVE THROUGH THE CITY.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR QUESTION.
THANKS, UH, TOM AND HE'S PLANO FOR THAT LAST QUESTION.
WE'LL GO TO X FOR OUR NEXT ONE.
QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH OHIO ROAD BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND GEORGE BUSH? IT'S BEEN A YEAR PLUS BEING TORN UP AND SITTING STAGNANT FOR A WHILE NOW.
SO AGAIN, UH, OHIO ROAD BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND GEORGE BUSH, YOU CAN TAKE THIS ONE ON FROM X HI, THIS IS BRIAN SHUKI, UH, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER MANAGER AGAIN.
UH, ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE THE, THE OTHER DAY.
AND YES, IT IS, THE ROADWAY IS ABSOLUTELY TORN UP.
THERE IS A, UH, NEW DPS PLANO CAMPUS, UH, BEING BUILT THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF OHIO.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THERE'S, UH, TWO MEDIAN OPENINGS.
UH, THERE'S TWO LEFT TURN LANES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE MEDIAN OPENINGS.
THERE'S DRIVEWAYS ALONG THAT STRETCH.
UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE, UH, ONCE THE PERMITTING
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IS DONE AND WE MAKE SURE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IS DONE PROPERLY, WE DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW LONG A DEVELOPMENT TAKES TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING.UH, WE HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT FASTER, UH, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE, UH, THEIR CONSTRUCTION, UH, ALONG THE ROADWAY COMPLETE IN THE NEXT, UH, FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THERESE TREES IN HIGHLANDS OF PRESTON RIDGE.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION FOR US TONIGHT? YES, HI.
SO, UH, I LIVE IN, UH, THE COMMUNITY, THE HIGHLANDS OF PRESTON RIDGE AND THE, SOME OF THE STREET IS GETTING FIXED IN THAT AREA, BUT THE ALLEYWAYS ARE, I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS AND THREE TIMES THEY'VE BEEN PATCHED UP.
BUT, UH, WHEN DO, WHEN IS IT TIME TO ACTUALLY FIX THE ENTIRE ALLEYWAY? UM, IS THAT BEING LOOKED AT OR IS THERE A SCHEDULE WHERE I COULD TAKE A LOOK? GOOD QUESTION.
THERESE, WHO CAN TAKE THESE ON FOR THERESE AND HIGHLANDS OF PRESTON RIDGE? YEAH, THIS IS DAN PRENDER, GAS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE, BUT, UH, THERE'S TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HANDLE ROAD WORK.
IT'S A PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROAD MAINTENANCE WHERE WE'RE JUST REPLACING PIECES OF THE ROAD THAT ARE DAMAGED, THAT'S GONNA BE IN PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE DO NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE REHAB PROJECTS WHERE WE GO THROUGH AND DO ALL OF THE STREET REPAIR, SIDEWALK REPAIR AND ALLEY REPAIR.
AND IT MAY BE IN YOUR CASE THAT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE ALLEY DECK AS THEY TYPICALLY DO ALL THE SAME TYPE OF WORK AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND WE LOOK, WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK AT ROADS, UH, WE USE, UH, SCORING, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A VAN THAT DRIVES OUR STREETS EVERY FEW YEARS AND IT SCORES OUR ROADS AND WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF OUR ROADS TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES NEED TO BE DONE AND FIND ONES THAT ARE GROUPED TOGETHER THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO GO AND REHAB RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, IN YOUR CASE, IF YOU'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE REHAB PROJECT, THE ALLEY WILL GET DONE EVENTUALLY.
UM, IT JUST TAKES TIME FOR THEM TO GET TO IT.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU CAN ALSO CALL OUR DEPARTMENT AT (972) 769-4140 AND YOU CAN TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT WHERE YOUR STREET IS AND WHAT THE ACTUAL STATUSES OF THE PROJECT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
LEMME MAKE SURE THAT THERESE'S GOT THAT PHONE NUMBER.
THERESE, WERE YOU ABLE TO WRITE DOWN THAT PHONE NUMBER OR CAN YOU, CAN WE REPEAT IT FOR YOU? COULD YOU REPEAT IT FOR ME? THANK YOU.
UH, LET'S GO, UH, BACK TO THE PHONES FOR OUR NEXT QUESTION HERE.
IT'S GONNA COME TO US FROM, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM RUSSELL CREEK, UH, FROM NEXT DOOR AND THEN WE'LL GET TO YOU, JAN AND WOODHAVEN.
SO FROM NEXT DOOR, THE QUESTION IS, RUSSELL CREEK PARK REALLY NEEDS MORE PARKING AND ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS, ESPECIALLY IF THE CITY WANTS PEOPLE TO USE THE SOCCER FIELDS, BUT APPEARS THEY SPENT MONTHS FIXING THE ENTRANCE ROAD AND ADDED AN ODD SHORT WHITE FENCE.
HOW DO THESE DECISIONS GET MADE? CAN THEY SPEND SOME TIME AT THE PARK BEFORE THEY MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS? AGAIN, THIS IS FROM NEXTDOOR AND IT'S REFERENCING RUSSELL CREEK PARK.
WHO CAN TAKE THIS ON FOR US? IAN, I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WAS KIND OF A THREE-PART, UH, MULTI-PRONGED QUESTION.
UH, I'LL ADDRESS THE PARKING CAPACITY FIRST.
WHEN THAT PARK WAS BUILT, WE MADE SURE THAT AMPLE PARKING WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT DESIGN TO ACCOMMODATE THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF USAGE AT RUSSELL CREEK PARK.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE PARKING MIGHT NOT BE AS CONVENIENT AS SOME OF OUR PATRONS WOULD LIKE OR OUR PARK GUESTS, BUT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO RUN THAT PARK FULL CAPACITY.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE AT OUR ANNUAL LABOR DAY SOCCER TOURNAMENT, AND THERE IS ADEQUATE PARKING, UH, FOR, UH, FULL USE OF THE PARK.
SO WHENEVER WE'RE PROGRAMMING RUSSELL CREEK PARK, WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAPACITY IS NOT OUTPACED BY OUR PROGRAMMING.
I THINK I REMEMBER ANOTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN ENTRY DRIVE OFF OF MCDERMOTT ROAD, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE OF THE PARK.
UH, THAT WAS IN VERY POOR CONDITION.
IT HAD, UH, OUTLIVED ITS LIFE SPAN AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, WHICH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT, UH, UNDER BUDGET AND UNDER THE ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE FINISHED WORK.
AND AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, WE DID ADD A WHITE PIPE, RAIL FENCE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE DRIVE.
UH, AND THIS PERFORMS MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, IT ACTS AS AN ACTIVE BARRIER TO PREVENT, UH, VEHICLES FROM JUMPING THE CURB AND DRIVING INTO THE PLAYING AREAS.
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ALSO IS A SAFETY FEATURE IN THAT, UH, IF A ERRANT SOCCER BALL BOUNCES INTO THE ROADWAY, THERE IS NOW A VISUAL BARRIER THAT, UH, IS NOT INSURMOUNTABLE, BUT IT DOES, UH, CREATE AN OPS, UH, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO STOP LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE RETRIEVING AN ERRANT SOCCER BALL.THANKS AGAIN FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I'VE GOT JAN'S QUESTION FROM WOODHAVEN HERE.
UH, NEXT SHE'S ASKING, IS THERE ANY SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM PLANS IN THE CITY OF PLANO TO BURY SOME OF THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES IN THE OVER IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN? THAT'S FROM JAN ON THE PHONES WITH US HERE.
AGAIN, IS THERE ANY SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM PLANS IN THE CITY TO BURY SOME OF THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN? WE CAN TAKE THAT FOR JAN.
GOOD EVENING, JAN, THIS IS MARK ISRAEL.
I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF PLANO.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE ARE APPROACHING OVERHEAD POWER LINES, NOT AS A A COMPLETE SYSTEM UNDERGROUNDING, BUT WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN FOR REDEVELOPMENT, WE ARE UNDERGROUNDING SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE POWER LINES WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
SO THERE IS NO LONG TERM PLAN FOR, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERGROUNDING AT THIS TIME.
BUT WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO, TO MOVE THOSE LINES AND TO UNDERGROUND THOSE, THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE, THE PLAN GOING FORWARD AT, AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE'VE GOT OUR NEXT ONE COMING FROM MARY ON OUR FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM.
BUT REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'RE LOW ON TIME IN THIS LIVE FORM TONIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY OF PLANO MOVING FORWARD, YOU CAN PRESS SEVEN ON YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW TO SPEAK TO AN OPERATOR.
WE JUST CLEARED THAT QUEUE, SO IF YOU WANT TO GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY, PRESS SEVEN, SPEAK TO AN OPERATOR AND, UH, SIGN UP FOR THOSE EMAIL UPDATES.
JUST OCCASIONAL UPDATES ON CITY BUSINESS MARY ON FACEBOOK LIVE IS ASKING HOW MUCH ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO TRAFFIC LIGHT PATTERNS.
SOME MINOR RESIDENTIAL LIGHTS SEEM TO HAVE MUCH HIGHER SENSITIVITY THAN OTHERS, OFTEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF TRAFFIC FLOW THAT IMMEDIATELY FACES A DISRUPTION AT GREATER LIGHT CYCLES.
ALSO ON HEDGECOCK ROAD, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY INCREDIBLE ANOMALY TO NOT HIT EVERY SINGLE RED LIGHT WHEN TRAVELING EAST OR WEST.
IS THIS AN INTENTIONAL LIGHT PATTERN THAT'S FROM MARY ON FACEBOOK LIVE? WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO ON INTO, UH, LIGHT PATTERNS FOR MARY? HI MARY, THIS IS BRIAN SHUKI, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING MANAGER.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA START WITH YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT HEDGE HEDGECOCK.
SINCE I, UH, LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THAT, UH, PART OF TOWN.
UH, NO, IT IS NOT INTENTIONAL.
WE VERY, I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PLACE WHERE WE WANT YOU TO STOP, UH, AT, AT EVERY LIGHT.
AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE NOTICING THERE IN PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT TOWN IS A LOT OF, UH, FAILURES THAT WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE AT SOME OF OUR, UH, INTERSECTIONS.
UH, DUE TO OUR DETECTORS, UH, BEING 15 TO 20 YEARS OLD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ACTIVE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, UH, TO UPGRADE THOSE DETECTORS, UH, TO THE 21ST CENTURY.
UM, BUT RE REGARDING SIGNAL TIMING IN GENERAL, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A PROJECT ON THE BOOKS, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW THAT WE WERE GONNA ACTUALLY START PRE COVID, THEN COVID HIT AND THEN THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES, UH, DISAPPEARED.
BUT WE WERE GONNA BE UPDATING THE AM AND PM TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING PLANS AND JUST, UH, HERE THIS LAST YEAR, UH, DID THE, THE, UH, VOLUMES GET TO PRE COVID, UH, VOLUMES.
SO, UH, WE HOPE TO START THIS, UH, AM AND PM RETIMING, UH, HERE THE FIRST, UH, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF 2024.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES HERE.
WE'VE GOT MARYLEE MARYLEE AT PRESTON MEADOW AND SPRING CREEK.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? YES, I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY PLAN SHORT TERM, LONG-TERM.
I'M THINKING MORE LONG TERM KNOWING THAT THEY'RE PREDICTING, UM, A HEAVY DROUGHT FOR NEXT, UH, THIS UPCOMING NEXT YEAR.
IF THERE ANY PLANS TO, UH, TO ESTABLISH A CONVERSION PLANT THAT WOULD TREAT, UH, NON-POTABLE WATER TO POTABLE TRANS TO POTABLE WATER.
MARY LEE, WHO CAN TA TAKE THIS ONE ON? YEAH, THIS IS DAN PRENDER, GAS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, SO THE CITY OF PLANO PURCHASES OUR WATER FROM THE NORTH TEXAS MISSILE WATER DISTRICT AND WE ALSO PAY THEM TO TREAT OUR SANITARY SEWER OR SEWAGE.
UM, SO, UH, WE GET OUR WATER SUPPLY FROM THEM.
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO PLANS FOR PLANO TO SUPPLY OUR OWN WATER OR HAVE A SECONDARY PLANT TO BE ABLE TO CONVERT WATER, UM, IN A DROUGHT SITUATION INTO POTABLE WATER.
UH, WE'LL SAY THOUGH THAT WE'VE JUST, OR THE DISTRICT JUST OPENED UP A NEW RESERVOIR, BODOG RESERVOIR, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THAT HAS REALLY INCREASED OUR WATER SUPPLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER AREAS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TOO, TO HELP FURTHER INCREASE THE WATER
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SUPPLY WITH ALL THE GROWTH GOING ON IN NORTH TEXAS.UM, SO THE DISTRICT IS ON TOP OF IT AND, UH, UM, THAT REALLY IS WHERE THE CITY OF PLANOS, UM, ROLE IS IN, IN THE WATER SYSTEM.
UH, THANK YOU TO MAYOR LEE FOR OUR LAST QUESTION.
LET'S GO BACK TO FACEBOOK FOR OUR NEXT QUESTION HERE.
QUESTION IS, HOW DOES OUR ROAD FUNDING WORK? IS THE VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION TIED TO THE RELEASE OF NEW FISCAL YEAR FUNDS? AND DO WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN A USE IT OR LOSE IT WAY? GREAT QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK, AGAIN, ASKING JUST HOW ROAD FUNDING WORKS IN PLANO.
YEAH, THIS IS DAN ERGAS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE TWO FUNDING SOURCES FOR STREET PROJECTS THAT ARE UTILIZED BY BOTH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, THERE ARE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUNDS, WHICH WE MUST USE EVERY YEAR FOR SMALLER MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, WHICH TOTAL ABOUT $36 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS FOR LARGER SCALE PROJECTS WITH ABOUT A 20 YEAR LIFESPAN OR MORE, WHICH TOTAL $104 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE DON'T LOSE BOND FUNDS THAT GO UNUSED, BUT CMF FUNDING THAT, THAT GOES UNUSED AS GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, IN 2021, THE VOTERS APPROVED $231 MILLION FROM STREET BOND FUNDING.
EACH BOND PROGRAM HAS A FOUR YEAR TIME SPAN, HOWEVER, IT TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO SPEND THE MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KIND OF RAMP UP AND DESIGN PROJECTS IN, IN THE, UH, FIRST YEAR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE OUR STREET FUNDING COMES FROM.
UH, ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION HERE COMING FROM THE PHONES, AND THIS IS GONNA BE MARIE AND STONY HOLLOW, UH, MARIE AND STONY HOLLOW, WELCOME.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? HI, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF EAST PLANO, SPECIFICALLY STONY HOLLOW.
AND WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE 19 YEARS AGO, WE, THE BEAUTY OF, UH, THE ATTRACTION OF MOVING TO STONY HOLLOW WAS TO HAVE, UH, TO BE ALLOWED HORSES, HORSE TRAILS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO OAK POINT AND BA
SO, UH, PEOPLE COULD, UH, RIDE THEIR HORSES.
BUT I'VE NEVER NOTICED THAT THERE WERE ANY SIGNS THAT WOULD SAY HORSE TRAILS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WOULD THAT BE A, A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SIGNS JUST LIKE YOU HAD SIGNS FOR BIKE TRAILING? WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY? THANKS SO MUCH, MARIE AGAIN IN STONY HOLLOW WHO CAN TAKE THIS ON FOR HER.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE IN PLANO, WE FEEL THAT, UH, OUR EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS, THAT LOVE, UH, RIDING HORSE IS A PART OF OUR HERITAGE.
WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
NOTHING QUITE LIKE BEING OUT AT OAK POINT PARK IN NATURE PRESERVE AND LOOKING UP AND SEEING ON THE HORIZON, HORSEBACK RIDING GOING ON.
IT, UH, REALLY JUST ADDS TO THE RICHNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DID SOME RECENT RESEARCH AND, UH, PLANO PARKS AND RECREATION JUST IN THE ETTE CREEK CORRIDOR ALONE OFFERS 288 ACRES OF AUTHORIZED HORSEBACK RIDING AREA AT BOB WOODRUFF PARK, NORTH AND SOUTH, AND OAK POINT PARK AND NATURE PRESERVE.
THERE'S ALSO NEARLY THREE MILES OF LINEAR TRAIL, UH, AUTHORIZED FOR HORSEBACK USE.
UH, AS FAR AS HORSEBACK RIDING TRAILS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE ME A CALL AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, THE SPECIFICS OF THAT QUESTION.
MY NUMBER IS 9 7 2 9 4 1 7 2 5 4.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
AND, UH, JUST TO REITERATE, OVER 280 ACRES FOR AUTHORIZED HORSEBACK USE IN THE ROW CREEK CORRIDOR IN PLANO.
AND MARIE, THAT NUMBER ONE MORE TIME, 9 7 2 9 4 1 7 2 5 4.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, FOLKS, FOR WRAPPING IT UP HERE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THERE'S OTHER STUFF GOING ON TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE TURNING IT BACK OVER TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HORN.
SO YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE CLOSE AND YOU CAN GET OUTTA HERE AND WATCH THOSE RANGERS WIN A WORLD SERIES.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TONIGHT, YOU CAN STAY ON THE LINE AS WE WRAP UP, LEAVE A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE WITH YOUR NAME, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND WHATEVER YOUR QUESTION OR CONCERN IS, AND SOMEBODY WITH THE CITY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO WE DIDN'T GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED.
STAY ON THE LINE HERE TO LEAVE THOSE VOICEMAIL MESSAGES.
OTHERWISE, OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL HORN TO TAKE US TO THE CLOSE.
THANK YOU, IAN, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S, UH, TOWN HALL.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.IF THERE WERE ANY THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED TONIGHT, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM ONLINE AT FACEBOOK.COM/CITY OF PLANO, TX.
AGAIN, FACEBOOK.COM/CITI OF PLANO, TX AND THE STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP.
THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US TONIGHT IN OUR TOWN HALL AND ONCE AGAIN, GO RANGERS.