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[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM A TO HOLD INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION.AND SECTION 551.074 TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
OUR SECOND ITEM IS ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REWRITE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVES.
I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE CITY AND WE DO HAVE SLIDES.
ON THIS ITEM, BUT I'M REALLY HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT FROM FREESE AND NICHOLS INCORPORATED.
SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE SLIDES GOING FOR THEM, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
WITH ME TONIGHT IS DANIEL HARRISON, PROJECT MANAGER MANAGER FOR THE THE REWRITE.
WE HAVE ABOUT A EIGHT MINUTE SLIDE SHOW FOR YOU AND THEN HOPEFULLY LEAVE A FEW MINUTES AT THE END FOR A LITTLE QUESTION AND ANSWERS THAT YOU MIGHT.
OKAY. WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO THIS EVENING IS ACCEPT THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT.
WE'VE DEVELOPED THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WITH THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WORK WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED IT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND YOU ALL WE MET WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT ASKING YOU TO ACCEPT THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT.
IT DOES SET THE TABLE FOR SOME REALLY IMPORTANT FUTURE IDEAS IN PLANO.
IT REALLY SETS THE TABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF WHAT WE CALL GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT IN PLANO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A REDEVELOPMENT MODE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT DECADES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO TONIGHT, THERE'S DANIEL IS GOING TO GO OVER 4 OR 5 POINTS WITH YOU ON THE SLIDESHOW, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE OVERARCHING THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE, HOW IT RELATES TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, SOME OF THE PRIORITY THINGS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY LEAVE A FEW MINUTES FOR YOU ALL TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE WRENCH HERE ON PHASE TWO IS WE'RE GOT THE PARTS ALL OUT IN THE GARAGE, AND WE GOT ALL THE AUTOMOBILE PARTS OUT AND THEN PHASE THREE, WE'VE GOT TO REASSEMBLE THEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DISSECT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE NEW PHASE, THE NEXT PHASE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE HOPE ADOPTION BY EARLY 26, SO IT'S QUITE A PROJECT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS, WE REALLY WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT DOCUMENT.
AND THEN ALSO, WE WANT TO MODERNIZE AND STREAMLINE THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE GOING THROUGH, GOING THROUGH THE PROJECT.
OTHER OVERARCHING THEMES THAT WE HAVE, STAKEHOLDER DRIVEN PROCESS.
WE HAD 70 DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WITH DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS AS WE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACH WHERE OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE WEBSITE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE INPUT.
ONE OF THE WAYS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OFFICE HOURS.
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WALK THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS.WE WANT TO HAVE A USER FRIENDLY DOCUMENT.
IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, YOU'LL SEE ALL OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TIED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE.
SO WE CAN SEE WHAT DIFFERENT PILLARS OR WHAT DIFFERENT POLICIES IN THE PLAN THAT WE'RE POINTING BACK TO, SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN SEE WHETHER THIS WAS THE LAND USE POLICY AND THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE MOVING OUT OF THAT.
SO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY TOPICS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, AS DAN MENTIONED, SORT OF THE CITY IS IN A TIME WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING AWAY FROM GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT AND REALLY LOOKING A LOT AT INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT.
OF COURSE, OPTIMIZING OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
LOOKING MORE INTO THE ZONING ELEMENT OF THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, WE'LL LOOK AT THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO SIMPLIFY AND COMBINE SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, THE LESSER USED ZONING DISTRICTS? RECALIBRATING PARKING AS WE'VE ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THE P&Z MEETINGS.
AND ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, PARKING IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE IN SOME OF OUR REDEVELOPMENT SITES.
SO FOCUSING ON THAT, PROMOTING MANAGING HOUSING REGULATION IN THE IN THE DOCUMENT AS WELL, AND THEN COLLABORATING AND REALLY PULLING FORWARD SOME OF THE GOOD PD DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE'VE SEEN MOVING FORWARD.
MOVING TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE MY PAPER HERE SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO WITH OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, OH, THERE WE GO, GOT IT.
ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S SOME OTHER MORE TECHNICAL THINGS, SUCH AS PRIVATE STREET TYPES.
NEXT STEPS, WHAT WE ARE MOVING INTO IS MODULE ONE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT.
WE'LL DEVELOP IT THE FIRST DRAFT WITH STAFF.
WE'LL WORK WITH THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GET THAT DEVELOPED.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR MODULE TWO, MODULE THREE AND MODULE FOUR.
AND SO WITH THAT WE'LL JUST PRESENT IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO WHETHER THEY'D LIKE TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE.
AND AND WE'LL BE FORTUNATE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO MODULE ONE.
ALL RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS OKAY, IS THIS PART OF THE IN STAFF ANALYSIS THAT THAT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CONTRACTED OUT TO AN OUTSIDE EXPERT OR TO COMPLETE? WE HAVE WE HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP THE REPORT, AND THEN WE DEVELOP THAT REPORT AND THEN REVISED IT WITH THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
CORRECT? YES. AND SO HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST US? OH THE THE CONTRACT HAS ALREADY BEEN BEEN APPROVED.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT.
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YES. THIS PHASE WAS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO SEE WHAT NEEDED TO BE AMENDED AND CHANGED.SO WE HAVE A GAME PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
SO WHEN WE WRITE THE UPDATED ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WE KNOW WHAT THOSE SHOULD BE.
AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER INPUT STAFF AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? CORRECT. ON A ON A HIGHER LEVEL, WHAT WE SAY IS THE THESE DISCREPANCIES OR THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS IN THE REWRITE. SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WHERE WE KNOW THAT WHETHER IT'S ADDRESSING THE PARKING OR CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A PATH THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
NOW, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF IS THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE A, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, A NEW PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD OR COMMISSION WITH NEW MEMBERS, AND THEY'RE STILL COUNTING ON THE EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE, EXISTING SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AND THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO THEM AS ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT THEY CAN USE TO MAKE BETTER AND MORE INFORMED DECISIONS WITH REGARDS TO ZONING CASES? THE ZONING CASES WILL STILL LARGELY RELY ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR OUR FIRST STEP AFTER THE CONTRACTING.
THIS IS OUR FIRST CHECK IN WITH YOU.
GO AHEAD. AGAIN I'M JUST TRYING AGAIN.
I KNOW WITH THE NEW COMMISSION, NEW MEMBERS, HAVING TO LOOK AT THE TWO SEPARATE ORDINANCES I'M TALKING ABOUT ZONING AND SUBDIVISION, AND THEN ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COMP PLAN, WHICH TOOK A LARGE EFFORT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REVISITING OF EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENTS.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE STILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THOSE ELEMENTS AS A COUNCIL, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE A, A HANDY TOOL TO HAVE AS THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
AND I'M JUST BRINGING THAT FORWARD AS A SUGGESTION.
THE OTHER BENEFIT WE HAVE IS THE TWO MOST RECENT APPOINTEES.
MR. BENDER AND MR. LINGENFELTER BOTH HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
MR. BENDER HAS BEEN ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND MR. LINGENFELTER HAS, WHILE HE HASN'T SERVED IN PLANO, WAS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN MCKINNEY.
SO THEY'RE BOTH, YOU KNOW, GETTING UP TO SPEED VERY QUICKLY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RICCIARDELLI.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS AT A JOINT COUNCIL AND P&Z MEETING MAYBE 2 OR 3 YEARS BACK, I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT CONFORMING ZONING THAT'S ON THE GROUND TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
JUST WONDERED HOW THOSE TWO GO TOGETHER.
PROACTIVE REZONINGS WOULD WOULD COME AFTER THE REWRITE OF THE OF THE IF WE PUT IT TOGETHER, A UDC WE'LL CALL IT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND SO THAT WOULD COME, COME AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THAT.
OKAY. GOTCHA. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF NOT NOT PART OF THIS PROCESS AT THIS TIME.
THAT WOULD BE A SUBSEQUENT STEP.
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BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT. IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY.AND SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT THAT.
IS EVERYBODY EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM THREE STREETS BOND REFERENDUM PRESENTATION, KAREN.
GOOD EVENING. KAREN RHONDES-WHITLEY, BUDGET DIRECTOR.
TONIGHT IS THE LAST OF OUR STAFF PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE MAY 3RD, 2025 BOND REFERENDUM, THAT RIGHT NOW TOTALS $700 MILLION.
THE STREETS PORTION OF THE BOND PROGRAM THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED IS $342 MILLION.
THEY WILL ALL BE PACKAGED STARTING JANUARY 13TH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL START DECIDING WHICH PROJECTS MOVE ON TO GO BEFORE THE ELECTION. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
I'M ABBY OWENS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
SO I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU WHAT IS IN OUR PROPOSED STREETS SECTION OF THE BOND REFERENDUM.
SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW SLIDE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN HERE.
AND THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING IS SHOWN IN THIS SECTION.
THE PUBLIC WORKS REQUEST ARE THE TOP TWO, IT'S ABOUT $130 MILLION FOR ARTERIAL CONCRETE STREET REPAIRS AND OVERLAY AND RESIDENTIAL STREET AND ALLEY IS AROUND $92.75 MILLION. THE 2022 CITIZEN SURVEY RESULTS, THE MAINTENANCE OF STREETS CONTINUES TO BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IDENTIFIED FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
SO FOR THOROUGHFARES, RESIDENTIAL STREET REPAIR, ALLEY REPAIR AND ALSO SIDEWALK.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT NOT ENOUGH TO ABOUT RIGHT AMOUNT IS KIND OF RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT IS THE MAJORITY OF THEM.
SO WE FEEL THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS GOING TO KEEP PACE WITH WHAT WE'RE NEEDING.
ON TOP OF IT'S ABOUT THE RIGHT THRESHOLD FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN CAN HANDLE.
SO OUR STREET NETWORK AGE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS GRAPHIC, RED IS GOING TO BE OUR OLDER STREETS.
AND THESE ARE THE TWO SECTIONS THAT PLANO HAS GROWN OUT FROM.
IN PUBLIC WORKS, OUR GOAL IS TO DO PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
THE BLACK LINE DEPICTS THE AVERAGE DETERIORATION OF THE STREET OVER TIME.
THIS IS THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE REPLACED BY PUBLIC WORKS PER YEAR.
SO YOU SEE, WE DID JUST OVER 8,000,000FT² OF PAVEMENT REPAIR.
WE HAVE TOUCHED A LOT OF STREETS AND MADE A LOT OF REPAIRS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
FOR THE ARTERIAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS A MAP THAT WHEN WE HAD OUR STREETS INSPECTED IN 2020 AND 2021, IT'S A CONTRACTOR THAT GOES THROUGH AND DOES THE RATINGS OF OUR STREETS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE SCORES LOOKED LIKE FOR EACH OF THE SEGMENTS.
AND AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, WE WILL GO THROUGH AND REMOVE PANELS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
AND THEN THE CONCRETE IS POURED BACK.
WE USE CARTEGRAPH AS OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM USES THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO TO THE STREETS TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE STREET SCORE IS, WHILE WE WAIT FOR INSPECTIONS, WHICH OCCUR ABOUT EVERY 4 TO 5 YEARS. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE WHENEVER WE COMPLETE A CONTRACT OR REPAIR ON THE ROAD OR WHENEVER WE COMPLETE THE OVERLAY, THE SYSTEM AUTO CALCULATES FOR US.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN THE STREET NETWORK OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
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THE 2021 BOND PACKAGE, WE ESTIMATED IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT $2 MILLION PER MILE TO DO THE REPAIR AND THEN THE OVERLAY.WE HAVE BUILT IN COST ESCALATION FOR THE 2025 BOND.
WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 10% INCREASE.
SO THE AVERAGE COST PER MILE NOW IS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO $3.45 OVER THE ENTIRE BOND PACKAGE.
WE PLAN THAT WITH THE $130 MILLION WE THINK WE COULD ACHIEVE ABOUT 38 MILES.
WE ESTIMATED WE WOULD GET TO 50 MILLION OR TO 50 MILES, AND WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 45.6 RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF THE ONES THAT ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR 23-24 HAD TO BE MOVED TO OUR SUMMER OF 24-25.
THIS IS OUR MAP OF WHERE WE THINK THAT THIS BOND FUNDING WOULD BE SPENT.
THE GREEN IS WHERE WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED.
WHEN WE GO TO THESE ZONES, WE WILL DO REPAIRS ON ALL THE STREETS, THE ALLEYS AND THE SIDEWALKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA, BUT ALSO ANY ADA REQUIREMENTS WITH THE ADDITION OF RAMPS.
USUALLY IT'S ABOUT TWO ZONE OR TWO PROJECTS PER ZONE.
SO WITH THIS FUNDING, WE THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO GET TO ABOUT EIGHT ZONES.
AND THIS DOES HAVE COST ESCALATION INCREASES BUILT INTO IT AS WELL.
AND THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAP.
THE RED DATES HIGHLIGHT THE AVERAGE AGE OR THE AVERAGE DATE THAT THE STREET WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THOSE AREAS, AND WE MONITOR THEM TO SEE WHEN WE MIGHT NEED TO BE GOING BACK TO THERE. AN EXAMPLE IS J11, ORIGINALLY, THAT WAS ON OUR PLAN THAT WE THOUGHT WE'D BE GETTING TO THIS YEAR.
WE THINK THAT ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS CONTRACTORS COULD GO AND HANDLE THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? IF NOT, I WILL LET CALEB THORNHILL COME TAKE ON.
ABBY AS A QUICK REMINDER, CAN YOU REMIND US WHEN WE ARE PROJECTED TO RUN OUT OF BOND FUNDS FOR STREETS? SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY PROGRAMED ALL OF THE BOND FUNDING FOR US WILL BE SPENT THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATED.
ALL RIGHT. CALEB THORNHILL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
AND I'VE GOT A FEW SLIDES TO GO THROUGH.
SO ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WILL BE A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE ASSET.
THIS IS A NEW ONE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE IN THE LAST BOND.
THIS IS A RIGHT OF WAY RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO WITH OUR NEW STREET DESIGN STANDARDS, WE'VE INDICATED SOME STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION, TO IMPROVE THE DOWNTOWN FUNCTION.
SO WE ARE SETTING ASIDE THAT FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN.
BRIDGE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.
EVERY YEAR WE DO A REPAIR PROJECT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS THE SHILOH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE RECENTLY COMPLETED.
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INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.ALWAYS ONE OF OUR FUNNEST PROJECTS.
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S TWO MAIN REASONS WE DO THOSE.
ONE IS TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC CAPACITY.
SO TYPICALLY THESE WILL INVOLVE ADDING ADDITIONAL LANES, DUAL LEFTS OR RIGHT TURN LANES.
I SAY THEM JOKINGLY, THEY'RE OUR FUNNEST PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY USUALLY INVOLVE EASEMENT ACQUISITION.
AND ON ARTERIALS AT THESE LOCATIONS IT'S SOMETIMES CHALLENGING TO GET EASEMENTS.
RESIDENTIAL AND COLLECTOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
SO LIKE ABBY MENTIONED, WHEN WE'RE COMING IN HERE, WE'RE DOING A FULL REPLACEMENT.
SO FROM RIGHT OF WAY TO RIGHT OF WAY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE RUSSELL CREEK DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION WHERE WE'VE REPLACED THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREET SEVERAL TIMES OR MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
SCREENING WALL RECONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THESE.
PUBLIC WORKS WILL REPLACE THE BRICKS IF THEY'RE FALLING OR FAILING.
SIDEWALKS. THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE OUR TEAM GOT WITH THE DRONE.
THIS IS THE NEW SIDEWALK ALONG PLANO PARKWAY.
WE HAD TWO BRIDGES, AND THIS IS WHEN THEY WERE SETTING ONE OF THE BRIDGES.
BUT THESE THIS CATEGORY IS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, OR IF WE'RE FILLING IN GAPS OR VOIDS AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE NEED SIDEWALKS. TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS A HUGE INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE HAD THIS ITEM ON OUR 2021 BOND, AND WE HAVE IT AGAIN IN OUR 2025.
WE'RE REPLACING RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE CABINETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'RE ALSO REPLACING DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, THE TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
WE'RE ADDING VEHICLE DETECTION AT THE SIGNALS, WE'RE ADDING CCTV.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS COMING WITH THIS.
AND WATER MAIN REHAB PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALK REPAIR.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ON THE 2021 BOND PACKAGE.
THE PROJECT YOU SEE THERE IS THE PARKER ROAD, THAT WAS A WATER MAIN PROJECT, BUT WE REPLACED NEARLY ONE LANE MILE OF PAVEMENT WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT WATER MAIN.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO EXHAUST THE WATER FUND FOR PAVEMENT REPAIRS.
SO WE'VE ADDED THIS ITEM FOR THIS YEAR.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST ONE.
JUST A SUMMARY. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES UPDATES.
I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THE BIG ICE STORM AND WE LOST ELECTRICITY, WE HAD SOME ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ALL OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS JUST GOING DARK, RIGHT? SO THERE WASN'T THE FLASHING IT CAUSED BIG SAFETY CONCERNS.
WILL ANY OF THESE UPGRADES ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE CHALLENGES? HAVE SOME SORT OF BATTERY POWER, ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP IN THAT SORT OF EMERGENCY IF WE FACE THAT AGAIN? YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ABBY WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING, BUT WE DO HAVE BATTERY BACKUPS AT THOSE LOCATIONS, SO EACH OF OUR SIGNALS HAS A BATTERY BACKUP.
THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS I THINK THERE'S AN AN HOUR OR DO YOU KNOW THE TIMELINE? FOUR HOURS, FOUR HOURS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, IN THOSE SITUATIONS, IF WE DON'T HAVE POWER RESTORED, WE DO HAVE, I THINK IT'S 30 TEMPORARY GENERATORS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY TO CRITICAL AREAS. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THAT STORM AND THE OUTAGE, IT'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT.
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COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. AND THIS ISN'T REALLY A QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU, CALEB AND ABBY.THIS IS I FEEL IT NECESSARY TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE ROADMAP THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LIKES THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR IT.
OUR PROPERTY TAX IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO COMPONENTS.
WE ARE NECESSARILY LOOKING AT ISSUING A LOT MORE BOND DEBT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ROADS.
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE BUILT OUT, WE'RE NOW IN THE BUSINESS OF MAINTAINING OUR ROADS.
AND AND IT'S A MUCH LARGER BOND PACKAGE THAN LAST TIME AS WELL.
SO OVER THE NEXT MANY ELECTION CYCLES, IT CAN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE.
THE NEXT MANY BUDGET CYCLES I WOULD LIKE US TO SHIFT AS MUCH OF THE MAINTENANCE BURDEN FROM THE BOND COLUMN OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COLUMN AS WE CAN, SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE SAVING $25 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND WE CAN REPURPOSE IT TO, WELL, WE COULD PUT IT RIGHT BACK INTO OUR ROADS.
THANK YOU. SO AS A REMINDER AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ADDING TO TO THAT CONVERSATION, CURRENTLY WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $110 MILLION A YEAR IN ROADS.
AND THAT IS TO TO ADDRESS THE BOOMING GROWTH THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE 70S, 80S AND 90S, NOW HAS THE ECHO EFFECT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OF NOW NEEDING SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND EVEN REPLACEMENT NOW, 30 AND 40 YEARS LATER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE THAT 100, $110 MILLION AND THEN EXTRAPOLATE IT OUT FOR INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO COME FROM, FROM SOMEWHERE AND WHETHER IT'S DEBT OR WHETHER IT'S OPERATIONS.
AND ON WHICH SIDE OF THE EQUATION IS REALLY A COUNCIL CHOICE.
BUT I THINK THAT WITH OUR 3.5% CAP THAT WE HAVE ON, ON REVENUE TO TRY TO GET TO, THAT WOULD REQUIRE EITHER A, AN ELECTION BY THE CITIZENS OR IT WOULD REQUIRE MAYBE A SERIES OF ELECTIONS BY THE CITIZENS IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THAT WITH ALL THE OTHER REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE COUNCIL CHOICES TO, TO CONSIDER.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, AGAIN, MOVING FROM DEBT TO CASH IS, IS YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE CHALLENGES AND THE AND THE ADVANTAGES OF THAT.
BUT THOSE WOULD BE COUNCIL DECISIONS FOR, FOR FUTURE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT BOND REPORT.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS.
IS THERE AN ITEM A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE.
YES, PLEASE. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM C FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM I, THE INVESTMENT POLICY FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER K FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR FUTURE AGENDAS.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A RECESS AND BE BACK AT 7:00.
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