[CALL TO ORDER]
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SEPTEMBER 21ST THE YEAR 2021. IT IS 32 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS IS OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OF FIRST ORDER BUSINESSES, PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY LISTED TO SPEAK. SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT TO DISCUSSING REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ITEMS. THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF. WE HAVE MANY STAFF MEMBERS HERE. SEEN NONE. STILL NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. MOST OF YOU, ACTUALLY, NOT EVERYBODY, BUT MOST I SEE. UM, INFORMATION SHARING. EXCUSE ME, UH, WORK SESSION AND 21 0814
[Presentation on the Wayfinding Master Plan]
PRESENTATION ON THE WAYFAIR AWAY FINDING MASTER PLAN. HELLO MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PAMELA MUTO. I AM A TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WAY FINDING MASTER PLAN. THE PROJECT TEAM IS HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ITEMS, INCLUDING GATEWAY LOCATIONS, DESTINATION CRITERIA TECHNOLOGY. AND THE PREFERRED DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE FUTURE WAY FINDING SYSTEM. DEVELOPING A SIGN DESIGN THAT TRULY EMBODIES MCKINNEY'S CHARACTER IS THE TEAM'S PRIMARY GOAL. FOR THIS REASON WE DEDICATED TIME TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE DESIGN CONCEPT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS INTO WHAT WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU TODAY. TO THE GOAL FOR THIS WORK SESSION IS TO RECEIVE COUNSEL CONCURRENCE ON THE DESIGN CONCEPT BEFORE IT IS FURTHER DEVELOPED BY CORBYN DESIGN. SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO OUR LEAD DESIGNER JEFF FRANK. THANK YOU FOR HAVING. YES MY NAME IS JEFF FRANK, LEAD DESIGNER FROM CORBYN DESIGN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT YOU TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WAY FINDING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME SLIDES HERE. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASKED ME ALONG THE WAY. I LIKE TO KEEP THIS SORT OF CONVERSATIONAL. SO WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WE. UM AND SOME ISSUES I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. AS PAM SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING GATEWAYS AND WELCOME SCIENCE AS PART OF OUR. PULMONARY ANALYSIS.WE ARE LOOKING AT LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY. ASSESSING SPACE AVAILABLE AND THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP RIGHTS. AT SOME POINT HERE. WE WILL THEN, UM, CONTINUE THAT DEVELOPMENT INTO DESIGNING THE SAME TYPES. THAT'S GOING TO COME A LITTLE BIT AFTER WE REVIEW THE ACTUAL DESIGN CONCEPT. WE'RE HERE TO LOOK AT TODAY. THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THE DIRECTION OF THOSE SIGNS IN THE DESIGN, SO WE NEED THAT APPROVAL FIRST. AT THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY HERE SHOWS SOME OF THE IDEAS IN AREAS THAT WERE CONSIDERING THERE WILL BE A SERIES. OF SIGNS IN THIS IN THIS PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARIES AND ENTRANCES, THEY COULD RANGE FROM LARGE, MONUMENTAL SCIENCE THAT WELCOME AND INFORM FOLKS THAT THEY'RE ENTERING MCKINNEY WITH. A LARGE MONUMENT, MAYBE SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS, AND THEY MADE TEAR DOWN TO JUST SCIENCE AND SAY WELCOME TO MCKINNEY ALONG THE BOUNDARIES AND OTHER ENTRY POINTS. AS PART OF OUR ANALYSIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT CIRCULATION ALSO RELATES TO THE DESTINATIONS. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE CURRENTLY USING THE LOGIC THAT COMBINES BOTH DISTRICTING AND DESTINATION BASED WAY FINDING THAT MEANS WE'RE LOOKING FOR CENTERS OF ACTIVITY. ALSO REFERRED TO AS DISTRICTS AREAS CLUSTERS OF DESTINATIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL OUTLINE DESTINATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO UNIFY THE CITY AND CONNECT ALL THOSE DESTINATIONS THROUGH THE WAY FINDING PROGRAM. PART OF OUR ANALYSIS, DETERMINING WHERE THOSE ROUTES ARE BEST ROUTES TO ROUTE. VISITORS FROM DESTINATION TO DESTINATION, ALSO LOOKING AT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT DOWNTOWN TO FOLKS OUT, LET'S SAY I'LL BUY CORRECT RANCH TO CREATE AWARENESS OF THOSE DESTINATIONS AND ALL THE DESTINATIONS IN BETWEEN. CURRENTLY WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE AREAS AROUND CRAIG RANCH AND 1 21, AS WELL AS THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN IS OUR PRIMARY CENTERS OF ACTIVITY THAT IS JUST PART OF OUR CURRENT ANALYSIS WERE CRYING.
WHERE, UM. LOOKING AT AND DEVELOPING CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING THOSE THOSE CENTERS OF ACTIVITY. BOTH IN THE CURRENT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO HELPING THE CITY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE WHAT THAT CRITERIA WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AS MORE CENTERS OF ACTIVITY DEVELOP.
THE BENEFITS FOR US AND IDENTIFYING THOSE AS DESTINATIONS. UNTO THEMSELVES IS THAT WE CAN DIRECT FOLKS TO THOSE. DISTRICTS, CENTERS OF ACTIVITY BY NAME. WHICH FREES
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UP SPACE ON THE SCIENCE TO DIRECT OTHER DESTINATIONS RATHER THAN OVERLOADING. WHAT SAY. ASSIGNED DIRECTING FOLKS AFTER CRAIG RANCH BY IDENTIFYING ALL THE DESTINATIONS IT HAS TO OFFER. IS GOING TO QUICKLY OVERLOADED SYSTEM IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, SO THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT THIS IDEA OF DISTRICT BASED OR CENTER OF ACTIVITY BASED WAY FINDING. WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION INTO THE FUTURE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION. WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WAY FINDING SIGNS FOR THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. IN FACT, THE PARKING PROGRAMME THAT WAS JUST IMPLEMENTED HERE AS A RESULT, THE VERY FIRST RESULT OF OUR WAY FINDING ANALYSIS INCLUDED NEW PARKING DIRECTIONAL SIGNS BASED ON OUR WAY FINDING ANALYSIS. ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RENAMING THE PARKING LOTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN IN TERMS OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING THERE. WE WILL LOOK AT AND INTEGRATE THAT INTO AN OVERALL DOWNTOWN PROGRAMMING PACKAGE. SO THAT LEADS US TO DETERMINING A DESTINATION FOR INCLUSION. WE'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING A LIST AND WE'VE GOT.PRETTY WELL VETTED. UM WE ARE NOT ONLY DETERMINING THAT DESTINATION LIST NOW FOR THIS CURRENT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO HELPING THE CITY CREATED CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION FOR DESTINATIONS IN THE FUTURE SO THEY CAN MANAGE THIS PROGRAM. WE JUST WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE OUR SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO LAST 10 20 YEARS. THEORETICALLY THAT COULD LAST INDEFINITELY WITH THE STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE DESIGNING. IT'S THE CONTENT CONTENT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. SO. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS PREPARED TO ADJUST EVOLVED, INCORPORATING NEW DESTINATIONS IN AREAS AS THEY COME ONLINE FOLLOWING CRITERIA SO THERE IS AN ORGANIZED WAY OF UPDATING AND MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM.
PART OF THAT EVALUATION IS UNDERSTANDING WHO OWNS IT. PRIVATE PUBLIC THE DESTINATION TYPE KEEPING IN MIND OR DESTINATIONS ARE REALLY VISITOR ORIENTED. HOW DO WE. INFORMING AND ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE DESTINATIONS THAT WILL BRING VISITORS THERE. KEEP THEM HERE LONGER, INFORM THEM OTHER DESTINATIONS THAT THEY CAN VISIT. PART OF THAT IS INVITED ATTENDANCE. HOW? HOW OFTEN IT'S OPEN, HOW WELL THEY DO THEIR OWN INTERNAL SIGNAGE. DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AND THEN? LASTLY THERE'S ALSO HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT CAN ALSO WEIGH INTO THAT THAT DETERMINATION. SO IT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS. HERE. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS IN TERMS OF REVIEWS AND SUBMISSIONS STARTED MARCH 21ST.
WE DID A KICK OFF MEETING WE HAD PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. WE GATHERED A LOT OF INPUT. IN TERMS OF WHAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FORWARD DESTINATIONS UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROGRAM. SORT OF UTILITY ASPECTS OF WE FOUNDING HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND. HOW DO THEY ENTER? AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE CULTURE AND THE CHARACTER. HOW CAN WE REFLECT DESIGN AESTHETICS INTO THE SCIENCE KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING TWO THINGS THAT UTILITY AND THAT IT NAVIGATES AND GETS PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMITTEE BUT ALSO ADVERTISES PROMOTES? IT MAKES PEOPLE AWARE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT TWO HARRY BALANCE THOSE TWO ASPECTS. WE SUBMITTED A WEIGHT FINDING ASSESSMENT STUDY WHICH WE HAVE AVAILABLE ONLINE, WHICH WILL SO WE HAVE SOME STATISTICS AND DATA ABOUT WHAT FOLKS WE ASKED SPECIFIC POINTED QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO WAY FINDING AND GOT SPECIFIC ANSWERS. IN TERMS OF DATA THAT WE CAN USE, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TODAY AND THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION. WE ALSO SUBMIT SUBMITTED SOME INITIAL DESIGN SKETCHES. THESE WERE. AT FIRST IDEAS REALLY BEFORE THEY BECAME DESIGNS. UM AND THEY WERE SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES HERE IN A SECOND. WE'VE ALSO GOT SUBMITTED SOME DESIGNS TO THE ATTACK AND RECEIVED INPUT DIRECTLY FROM THEM AS WELL AS A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE, WHICH WE CONVEYED IN THESE CHAMBERS AS WELL. FACING THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND THOSE FOLKS PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHICH DIRECTION DESIGNED. THEY REALLY LIKED. WE HAVE A DESIGN INPUTS OFF. WE SET. ANOTHER SURVEY ON GOT ADDITIONAL INPUT ON THERE. AND THEN WE ARE UP TO DATE WITH THE PRESENTATIONS IN TERMS OF PRESENTING TO YOU ALL TODAY WHAT WE HAVE TO SHOW THE RESULTS. SO OUR INITIAL DESIGN AND SKETCHES CONSISTED OF SOMETHING VERY CRUDE WAS A BUNCH OF IDEAS, ESSENTIALLY, UH, PAIRED WITH SOME INSPIRATION PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY RANGED, AND THEY WERE. BROADLY IN WHAT THEY COMMUNICATED, BUT THERE WAS SOME. THERE IS SOME COMMON FEATURES HERE. ONE WAS THE USE AND INTEGRATION OF SOME NATURAL ELEMENTS. WHETHER THAT'S THE DESIGN STRUCTURE ITSELF OR WHETHER THAT'S COMMUNICATED THROUGH A. AN ARTISTIC ELEMENT IN THIS CASE, THE OTHER PIECE THAT THAT PLAYED INTO WAS THE USE OF SHADOW AND LIGHT. ART.
THE FOLKS REALLY RESPONDED TO THE IDEA OF HOW DO WE UTILIZE THIS TEXAS SON IN A WAY THAT'S CREATIVE, UNIQUE AND COMMUNICATES SOME OF THESE NATURAL ELEMENTS WHILE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL ELEMENTS THAT ALREADY EXIST. SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE NARROW
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THIS DOWN TO TWO DESIGN DIRECTIONS THAT WE FURTHER CARRIED FORWARD. IN THE END, THERE IS, UM, A SELECTED CONCEPT BASED ON EVERYONE'S INPUT. THIS. THE INSET IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT SLIDE SHOWS THE CONCEPT NUMBER TWO CONCEPT NUMBER ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT WAS SELECTED. WE ALSO ASKED THEM FOR SOME COLOR INPUT AS WELL. FOLKS PROVIDED THAT INPUT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS SORT OF THIS INFORMATION FIRST, AND I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY RESPONDED TO. THIS IS PART DIRECTLY FROM THAT PRESENTATION. SELECTED DESIGN CONCEPT. THIS IS THE INSPIRATION PAGE THAT WE HAD SHOWN FOLKS TO KIND OF GIVE IT OVERALL SENSE THAT WE WERE GOING WITH THIS DESIGN. THE USE OF NATURAL ELEMENTS LIKE A WOOD OR WOOD TREATMENT OR THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN WOOD, UM, ALSO BRINGING IN AGAIN THAT SHADOWING ELEMENT. HOW DO WE UTILIZE THAT SIGN? THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE SHOWS A SKETCH OF, UM, PLANTS, SOMETHING NATURAL AND ELEMENT THAT WE WANT TO INCORPORATE IN THERE.WE CAN'T. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO INCORPORATE ACTUAL LIVE PLANTS. BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SCULPTURAL INTERPRETIVE OR SOMETHING YOU NEED THAT COMMUNICATES, UM, COMMUNITY AREA, THE CULTURE AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THESE GRAPHICS. UM ARE THOUGHT WITH THAT SKETCH WAS. IT ALSO TELLS A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY STARTS WITH THE SOIL AT THE BOTTOM PERCOLATES INTO WATER COMING UP THROUGH SEEDS GROWS INTO. THE PLANT, THE PLANT FLOWERS AND BLOOMS. SO THERE'S ALSO A STORY OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT. AND UM, LIFE THROUGH THAT STORY AS WELL MADE THROUGH THAT SKETCH. SO THIS IS THE DESIGN CONCEPT. WE SELECTED THIS SIGN TYPE HERE, WHICH IS A PRIMARY VEHICULAR GUIDE. SO IT'S FOR, UH, MODERATES, ROAD SPEEDS. THIS IS THE TALL VERTICAL ELEMENT IS THE SORT OF BOX FRAME STRUCTURE AND INSIDE IS THAT INSIDE OF THAT IS OUR SCULPTURAL OR DESIGN PANEL. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE SHOWING A VERSION OF THAT SKETCH. THAT SCHEDULE WILL BE CURRENTLY OUR PLAN WILL BE REFINED AND DEVELOPED FURTHER. BUT THIS IS THE. THE IDEA THAT WE USE TO COMMUNICATE OUR CONCEPT. MULTIPLE PANELS, INTERCHANGEABLE PANELS SO THEY CAN BE UPDATED INDEPENDENTLY. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A STRONG BRANDING OR IDENTITY AT THE TOP PORTION OF THAT ALSO INDEPENDENTLY CHANGED. WE REALLY LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S SLIM PROFILE. VERY NARROW, EVEN FROM THE FRONT HAS A SLIM PROFILE COMMUNICATES THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BUT ALSO IS YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THERE THROUGH THE UMP. THROUGH THAT GRAPHIC IS POROUS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THROUGH IT. SO YOU SEE LIFE MOVEMENT TREES, THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE SCIENTISTS, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO. A D O T SIGN, WHICH IS A GIANT SOLID RECTANGLE. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE OPEN AND INTEGRATED INTO THE ALSO, WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS TRULY UNIQUE. KEEP MIND.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT OR PURCHASED OFF THE SHELF CUSTOM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR MCKINNEY. NO ONE ELSE WILL HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND IN TERMS OF THE GRAPHICS THAT WE'RE CREATING, FOR THE INSIDE OF THAT THAT'S ALSO COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO THE COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE SHOWING FRONT BACK INSIDE HERE, SO EVEN FROM THE BACK SIDE DIRECTIONS, SEEING SOMETHING UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL AS WELL. WE CARRIED THAT OUT INTO SOME ADDITIONAL SIGN TYPES TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT OVERALL DESIGN AESTHETIC WOULD CARRY FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SIGN TYPES. THEY'RE GOING TO VARY, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN WE ADD TO THE SYSTEM AS WE AS WE CONTINUE TO LOCATE THESE SIGNS EVEN MORE. UM SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ON THE FAR LEFT HAND SIDE. WE'VE GOT THE TWO LARGER BECAUSE OF THE SIX INCH PARTICULAR GUIDES BECAUSE THE COPY HEIGHT IS SIX INCH. THOSE ARE FOR HIRE ROAD SPEEDS, SO THEY'RE VISIBLE FROM FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC. NOW WE'VE GOT THE TWO CENTER ONES IN THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY FOR MORE MODERATE ROAD SPEEDS. AND THEN AFTER THE LEFT WE'VE GOT FINCH PARK IS OUR CONCEPT FOR IDENTIFYING PARTS AND TYING IT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM. AND ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE'VE GOT A PEDESTRIAN KIOSK THAT COMMUNICATES INFORMATION LIKE A MAP AND SOME PEDESTRIAN GUIDE INFORMATION. I'M GOING TO CLICK FORWARD AND SHOW YOU THAT PEDESTRIAN KIOSK AND TALK A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT ELSE IT CAN DO. AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE DESIGN. CUSTOMIZATION HERE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS SYSTEM IS THAT THE PANELS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. ALL THE MESSAGE PANELS CAN BE UPDATED AS THINGS CHANGE AND MOVE AROUND AS WE ADD AND GROW AND MOVE PANELS CAN BE UPDATED.
THEY CAN ALSO BE KEPT AND MAINTAINED INTERNALLY BY THE CITY STAFF SO THEY CAN BE UPDATED AND CHANGED PRETTY QUICK PRETTY QUICKLY AND THEN THE TOP PORTION THAT HEADER PANEL CAN BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE'RE STILL STUDYING THOSE RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT IT COULD BE, BUT COULD BE STRAIGHT IDENTIFICATION FOR MCKINNEY. IT COULD BE CUSTOMIZED TO THOSE. TO THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN, BRINGING SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN BRANDING OUT AND REPLACING WITH THAT HEADER PORTION, BUT THE BEST PART IS IF THE BRANDING AT LOW GO OFF TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE SHOWS THE CURRENT. CITI LOGO MCKINNEY. SO IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE NEXT YEAR, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE NOT REPLACING THE ENTIRE SIGNS OR REPLACING JUST THOSE PANELS AT THE TOP BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE ARE MARKETING EFFORT. AND THOSE COULD CHANGE. UM THIS DOESN'T LIMIT YOU IN ANY WAY. THE BACK PANELS WERE SHOWING AS THOSE INSECTS. THOSE THOSE GRAPHIC GRASS GRAPHICS.
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PLANTS WERE THINKING NORTH NORTHERN TEXAS PLANTS AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN EXACTLY HOW MANY AND WHAT TYPES YET, BUT IDEAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A ONE POTENTIALLY MORE THAN ONE VERSION OF THAT GRAPHIC. THAT WOULD BE AGAIN SPECIFICALLY UNIQUE AND COMMUNICATE THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE SCIENCE. THEY'D BE KIND OF EASTER EGG WHERE YOU'D FIND ONE FIND POTENTIALLY ANOTHER ONE OF THESE DESIGNS TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. DO HAVE A THREE D MODEL. SO SHOW YOU DIMENSIONALLY WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND KIND OF THAT SHADOWING IDEA. THEIR IDEA THAT THE SUN COMING THROUGH AND CASTING A LONG SHADOW ON THESE SIGNS AS WELL. AND ALSO SHOWS YOU THE ABILITY TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT SLIM PROFILE IS. AND THE IDEA THAT THE SIGN BLENDS FROM BEHIND. WE WANTED TO SORT OF BE CAMOUFLAGE WHEN YOU SEE THE BACK SIDE, SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING JUST A GIANT BILLBOARD OF A BACK OF A BLANK SIGN KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE'RE LOCATING SITES PRIOR TO AN INTERSECTION SO THAT BACKSIDES AREN'T UTILIZED FOR WAY FINDING INFORMATION. SO HOW DO WE MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE AND OR HELP THEM BLEND INTO THE ENVIRONMENT? THANK YOU. SO WE DO HAVE A PHOTO RENDERING TO SHOW HOW THESE SIGNS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THE IDEA TALL AND NARROW, GETTING THE INFORMATION UP CLEAR AND EASY AND LEGIBLE. THAT'S OUR PRIMARY GOAL. PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO READ THE INFORMATION AND FOLLOW IT. IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB. THE AESTHETIC PART IS THAT NOW WE BLEND IN THE CULTURE AND THE CHARACTER SO YOU CAN SORT OF SEE HOW THAT THE COLOR WE'VE SELECTED AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT GREEN IS SHOWING ON THE SCREEN IS NOT THE ACCURATE COLOR TRANSLATION. IN FACT, WE'RE STILL STUDYING AND LOOKING AT THOSE GREENS, BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THERE'S A NATURAL THAT DOES HELP THE SCIENCE STAND OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THERE IS AN EYE CATCHING ELEMENT. THAT KIND OF DRAWS. YOUR ATTENTION TO IT ESPECIALLY CAN SEE IN THESE MORE COMMERCIAL AREAS. IT'S GOING TO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT POLE IN ORDER TO DRAW YOUR EYE TO THE SIGN WITHOUT OVERWHELMING IT. IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT PEDESTRIAN KIOSK IS WHERE THE KIND OF SHADOW FOLKS ARE STANDING NEXT TO, UH YOU CAN SEE SIZE AND SCALE AND HOW THAT FITS THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. WE KEPT THAT TALL AND NARROW, SO FOLKS CAN IT DOESN'T BLOCK TOO MUCH OF THE SIDEWALK, AND IT FITS IN NICELY IN MOST ENVIRONMENTS. TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PEDESTRIAN KIOSK REALLY QUICKLY DOES A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. IT'S GOT A THIS ONE HERE ACTUALLY HAS A WOODEN PLANTER BASE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH WERE EXPLORING POTENTIALLY PUTTING IN SOME ACTUAL PLANTS TO TIE IN WITH THE EXISTING PLANTINGS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN. GOT A WOOD OR SYNTHETIC WOOD CLADDING AT THE BOTTOM TO PROTECT IT FROM GETTING BUMPED AROUND FROM. PEOPLE IN BIKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT CENTER PORTION THERE IS A MAP GRAPHIC. ON THE ONE SIDE, SO ORIENTS YOU TO DOWNTOWN, WALKING DISTANCES AND ALL THE DESTINATIONS AND RIGHT ABOVE YOUR HEAD IS SOME PEDESTRIAN GUIDE INFORMATION TWO OR THREE KEY DESTINATIONS, POTENTIAL PARKING LOTS AND TELLS YOU DISTANCE AND MINUTES AND WALKING DISTANCE UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MAP. JUST ABOVE YOUR HEAD. AS PEOPLE WALK UP, THEY CAN SEE THAT LITTLE GUIDE THEM DOWN THE BLOCK TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT.THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF HERE. IS THAT THE BACKSIDE OF THAT PANEL THAT RESTAURANT KIOSK COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MAP GRAPHIC ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK. IT COULD BE AN INTERPRETIVE PANEL. IT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY THE CULTURE.
UM, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT MARKETS AND PROMOTES THE COMMUNITY AND EVENTS. IT'S A FLEXIBLE SPACE IN THE BACK SIDE TO LET YOU DO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. AND AT THIS POINT IS TO BE DETERMINED WHAT THAT COULD BE. OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS THE FRONT. WE WANT TO BE A WAY FINDING COMPONENT AND THE BACKSIDE. WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ULTIMATELY, THAT COULD BE. AND HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE ONE THING. WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT HAVING IT BE SOMETHING FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS THE PROGRAM GETS INTRODUCED AS IT ANNOUNCES IT PROMOTES OTHER DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE ULTIMATELY THAT COULD SETTLE ON BEING SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SEMI PERMANENT, LIKE A LIKE AN INTERPRETIVE PANEL. SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S THE BULK AND THE DESIGN AESTHETIC FOR THE PROGRAM. I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE TODAY. WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRING. AND CONNECT FOLKS TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES WITH TECHNOLOGY, AND IT'S A SPECTRUM AND WHEN WE USE THE WORD TECHNOLOGY, WE'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHERE EXPECTATIONS ARE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN. CRAFT DECIDES TO INTEGRATE THOSE OUT DESIGN ELEMENTS. SHOW THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SHOWS THE CURRENT PARTS AND RECREATION SIGNS THAT DOES UTILIZE UTILIZE ELECTRONIC MANNER TO PROMOTE AND ADVERTISE ITS EVENTS. IT ALSO DOES FLASH UP. PERIODICALLY A QR CODE TO FOLKS. ACCESS MORE DIRECTLY INFORMATION DIRECTLY THROUGH THAT MONITOR, AND WE CERTAINLY COULD DO OR EXPAND ON THIS SYSTEM. WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT EVEN UTILIZING THE SAME MONITOR DEVELOPED, UH, DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE. UM AND INTEGRATING THAT DIRECTLY INTO A PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM. THAT'S ONE WAY. I THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK TECHNOLOGY THEY THINK MONITORS AND SCREENS ON THE OUTSIDE. UM THAT'S CERTAINLY A STEP. I THINK IT'S A TEAR UP HERE.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF TIERS UNDERNEATH. THERE WERE TECHNOLOGY. WE COULD EASE INTO TECHNOLOGY OR BALANCE IT WITH THE COSTS SUPER LOW COST ONES THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING.
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CURRENTLY IN A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE Q R CODES. SIMPLE Q. R CODE SEND YOU TO THE CITY LINK CITIES GOT A GREAT MOBILE ENABLED WEBSITE ALREADY. WHAT COULD USE IS A MORE ROBUST WAY FINDING COMPONENT ELEMENT TO IT. SEARCHABLE DATABASE FOR BUSINESS IS A LITTLE BIT AWAY FINDING NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION, ALONG WITH A DEDICATED WE FINDING MAP INSIDE THERE TO WORK TOGETHER. CORRESPONDS WITH THE STATIC MAP THAT WE HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S EASILY DATABLE AND INEXPENSIVE. WE CAN JUST FOLD THAT INTO THE PROGRAM. DIGITAL SCREENS WILL BE SORT OF A TOP TIER AGAIN. ANOTHER ONE IN BETWEEN, THERE IS POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ON TOUR SUBURB GROUPS AND THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT SOME INTEREST IN IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED BLUETOOTH BEACON THAT PUTS OUT A BEACON IT WHEN YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO THESE KIOSKS. THAT ALERT YOUR PHONE AND SENDS INFORMATION TO IT. THAT'S ANOTHER MORE MODERATELY PRICED OPTION HERE THAT WE COULD DO. BUT I THINK WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO A TECHNOLOGY THAT, UM WILL BE OBSOLETE. CURRENTLY THE MOST. POWERFUL COMPUTER THERE IS THE ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN YOUR HAND AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO UPGRADE IT. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO IT. IT'S YOUR PERSONAL ONE. AND THERE'S NO WORRY ABOUT TOUCHING OR INTERACTING WITH AN EXTERIOR SCREEN. SO. WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THAT, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROJECTS. CITY WISE. WE ALSO WORK WITH HEALTH CARE IN HOSPITALS. WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE USE AND THE HESITANCY TO USE THOSE IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS, TOO. SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE TRENDS ARE GOING WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T WHAT PEOPLE ARE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING THE INFORMATION. WE WANT TO SET YOU UP TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT. HAS TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBLE COMPONENTS NOW, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO GROW INTO THOSE, ESPECIALLY THESE ARE TOUCHSCREEN MONITORS. MONITORS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WANT TO ADD AND BUILD ON TO THOSE CERTAINLY COULD BE AN OPTION, TOO. SO WITH THAT. I THINK WE'RE REALLY HAVE HERE IS THE NEXT STEPS, BUT I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO. HEY FEELING ANY QUESTIONS OR HAVING YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY WOULD LIKE ME TO CLARIFY ANYTHING GOING TO DETAIL ABOUT ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN HERE, HAVE YOU? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION IS KIND OF A SMALL THING, BUT I KNOW THAT ALL OF THEM THE SIGNS ARE KIND OF ONE SIDED, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE DOWNTOWN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE. GO BACK. KEEP GOING FORWARD FOR ME. SO AGAIN, THANKS. SIGN NEXT SLIDE THAT ONE. SO I LIKE YOU KNOW THE KIOSK PITS THERE, BUT FOR OUR HIGH TRAFFIC TIME PERIODS WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT. IS THERE A PLAN TO PUT THAT AS A TWO SIDED SIGN INSTEAD OF JUST ONE SIDED, THE TALLER ONE FOR FASTER DIRECTION? THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. THE SIGNS ARE PLACED SPECIFICALLY ORIENTED TO THOSE. DRIVERS ENTERING THAT INTERSECTION. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHETHER THEY'RE GOING LEFT RIGHT OR POTENTIAL. STRAIGHT AHEAD. UM, COMING THE OTHER DIRECTION. IT'S TWO PAST TOO FAR PAST THAT INTERSECTION, PEOPLE JUST. ONE REASON THE OTHER REASON IT'D BE STRAINING TO SEE IT AND NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT APPLIES TO THEIR LANE. I THINK IT WOULD ADD MORE CONFUSION IF WE TRIED TO DO THAT. KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER SIGNS BEYOND THIS ONE THAT DIRECT YOU ON THE OTHER FOUR CORNERS COMING IN, SO THERE WILL BE ENOUGH. TIME GIVEN PRIOR TO THOSE INTERSECTIONS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS RATHER THAN WAITING TO THE LAST MINUTE IN THIS, JUST THIS DECISION POINT HERE. FOR DIRECTING THE PUBLIC PARKING. WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DIRECT YOU IN THE NEXT OR THE PREVIOUS INTERSECTION OVER MM.YOU'RE GOING. BECAUSE THIS IS A ONE WAY STREET, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE PEDESTRIAN, THEN WALKING. OUT OF THE SCREEN, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING PEDESTRIAN ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICULAR SIDE. YES, OKAY. WE THEORETICALLY WE COULD DO THAT. YES UM, ALTHOUGH WE'VE GOT THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNED DIRECTLY PS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S CROWDED, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO STOP THE CHAOS. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP, SO YOU KNOW. CERTAINLY THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE DESIGNED THAT PEDESTRIAN KIOSK. SO THIS IS. THAT'S THE OVERHEAD THIS INFORMATION HERE.
IS ACTUALLY OVER SIX FT. TALL SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE STAND AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT KIOSK FOR US WE'D RATHER KEEP THE PEDESTRIAN INFORMATION CONTAINED. IT'S A RESOURCE. IT'S A PLACE TO LOOK AND FIND. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THIS SIGN TYPE HERE. IS GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR SIDE PROFILE. TO THIS SIDE. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THIS GREEN WHICH IS GOING TO DRAW YOU IN AND LET YOU KNOW IT'S PART OF THE WAY FINDING SYSTEM AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE FRONT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS. IN FACT, HERE'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION IS PLACED OVERHEADS. IN FACT, WE EVEN LOOKING AT TALKING ABOUT PUTTING SOME LIGHTING IN HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS LET LET EVEN AT NIGHT. THOSE VEHICULAR SIGNS ARE. REFLECTIVE ON THE FACE, SO THE HEADLIGHTS ARE GONNA LIGHT THE FACES UP AT NIGHT ON THE BACKSIDE. THERE WON'T BE REALLY SUFFICIENT LIGHT UNLESS IT'S CLOSE TO A MAYBE MAYBE CLOSE TO ONE OF THE STREETLIGHTS, BUT THE KIOSKS WILL REALLY DRAW YOU IN. THANK YOU. WE GOT A QUICK QUESTION. BACK TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE SCENARIO THAT YOU'RE A HEAD UP.
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WHERE THERE ON THE STREET. THAT ONE THERE I KNOW IT'S GOT REFLECTIVE STUFF, BUT EVERYTHING IN THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE. PROBABLY REFLECTIVE. I KNOW THAT JEWELRY BUILDING ALL THAT STUFF REFLECTED THERE. AS YOU KNOW, LIKE IN PLANO, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TOWNS WHERE I THINK PROSPERED NOW HAS IT TOO. LIKE ON THE STREET SIGNS ARE ILLUMINATED LIKE THE STREET NAME. ILLUMINATE THAT. YOU COULD SO THIS JEWELRY SIGN IS NOT ELIMINATED. SO THESE SIGNS BACK HERE OR NOT? NONE OF UNLESS THEY'RE ILLUMINATED FACING THE STREET AND THOSE FACES. I DON'T AFFECT. I DON'T KNOW 100% I DON'T THINK THAT DRILLERS SIGNED. THERE IS A LIMITED BUT WE COULD DO THESE AS BOXER SIGNS LIKE THEY JUST COME ON WITH IT, LIKE YOU KNOW, WITH THAT IT GOES DARK. WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED. BUT HONESTLY, THE REFLECTIVE THE LIGHTS FROM THE REFLECTIVE SCIENCE LIKE THOSE UP JUST AS EXPECTED AS EFFECTIVELY AS INTERNAL. IT'S THE REASON THEY LIKE THOSE STREET SIGNS UP BECAUSE THEY'RE WAY UP HERE. RIGHT THESE ARE DIRECTLY IN THE LINE OF SIGHT FOR THOSE VEHICLES. IT'S GOING TO LIKE THOSE UP REALLY EFFECTIVELY. WE CERTAINLY COULD LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT DOES WELL, THEN INCREASE THE COST OF THOSE AND WE HAVE TO PULL POWER TO EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS TO THE SIDEWALK. I'VE HEARD. IT'S NOT TERRIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S LINES RUNNING THROUGH HERE NOW DEAD OR EXCESSIVE BLE. BUT OUR FIRST THOUGHT IS HE'S A MAINTENANCE.MAINTAIN ABILITY OF LONGEVITY. THIS HAS GOT A 10 YEAR WARRANTY JUST AS IS NO LIGHTING, NO MAINTENANCE, NO BULBS. NOTHING WILL JUST WORK ALL THE TIME ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ANYONE HAVING TO MAINTAIN. OKAY WITH YOU. I'D LIKE TO I LIKE TO BE THERE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE CORNER, THERE'S SO MANY. SIGNS OUT THERE. MHM. HAVEN'T LIT TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE ESPECIALLY PUBLIC PARDON, WHERE THEY KNOW THE GARAGES. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE ASPECT OF ILLUMINATION. LIKE ILLUMINATED SIGNS. I THINK THEY REALLY ATTRACT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO BE A COST. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST STAGGERING I COULD SEE WHERE OR IT COULD GO. BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. I DON'T EVEN CARE IF IT HAS A LIGHT THAT GOES UP ON IT OR DOWN ON IT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. I MEAN, THERE COULD BE A LIGHT THAT SHINES DOWN ON THE FACE THAT ILLUMINATES THOSE TWO. HERE'S HERE'S THE CHALLENGE. YOU CAN'T DO BOTH. REFLECTIVE AND FACE LIGHTING BECAUSE THEY'LL CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT. SO WE EXACTLY WE HAVE TO GO INTERNAL ELIMINATION OR WE GO. NON REFLECTIVE WITH AN EXTERNAL LIGHT ON THE FACE. THERE COULD BE AN OPTION. KEEP IN MIND, THIS WILL BE ELIMINATED. PART THOUGHT IS THAT THE PEDESTRIAN KS WOULD BE ILLUMINATED SO THAT GRAPHICS THE FACE WILL BE ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WANT. PEOPLE TO BE POWER IS GOING TO GO TO THAT POWER. GOOD. AS FAR AS CURRENTLY WE HAVE THOUGHT. IN OUR PROCESS. YES, WE'RE RECOMMENDATIONS UNLESS. COST OR ACCESSIBILITY PRECLUDES THAT AND I WOULD SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, SIGNS YIELD SIGNS ALL SIGNSP THAT ARE REFLECTIVE. UM. SEE THOSE REALLY, REALLY WELL AND BY ADDING A LIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND ALL OF THOSE. ADDED COSTS AND WHATNOT. EXCELLENT POINT WE LIKE IT. WE LIKE THESE AS RETRO REFLECTIVE BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OTHER SCIENCE. YOU'RE SEEING DUTY SIGNS. YOU SEE THE LARGER SIGNS AS YOU COME IN. YOU'LL SEE THESE SIGNS ALL READ EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. DOESN'T MEAN YOU COULDN'T DO THAT IN DOWNTOWN.
I'M JUST THERE IS A NICE CONSISTENCY TO HAVING ALL THE MESSAGES REFLECT AND BE VISIBLE IN THE SAME WAY. BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD DO A COST ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THAT AND THEN. ESPECIALLY IN THIS DOWNTOWN SQUARE. MAYBE IT'S JUST THOSE COUPLE OF SIGNS IN THERE. I THINK OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS WHERE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST VOLUME. I THINK THAT WOULD DO IT ALL. BUT. BREAK IT UP TO WHERE WE JUST IN THIS AREA. WHAT WOULD IT COST? YES, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY REAL PRACTICAL WAY OF DOING IS DOING IT IN THIS CONTAINED AREA, OKAY? SURE WE CAN LOOK AT. NO WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. IT WOULD BE IN MY MIND WORTH SPENDING MONEY TO DO A SAMPLE OF EACH I MY, MY GUESS IS. PEOPLE HAVE TO YOU SEE IT? I BET YOU THAT THE VOTE WILL BE TOO REFLECTIVE. EVEN DOWNTOWN ON SQUARE JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF REFLECTIVE DURING THE DAY WHEN, LIKE LET'S SIGN IS NOT LIT, BUT IT STILL HAS A REFLECTIVE CATCHER, EQUALITY BUT. WE SHOULD PROTOTYPE IT IF YOU WOULD FEEL THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN HAVING THIS LOOK LIKE COMMERCIAL SIGN AND COMPETING WITH THE OTHER COMMERCIAL SCIENCE AND HAVING THIS BE THE UTILITY SIGN THAT WE WANTED TO BE, UM. BEST WAY WE COULD PROTOTYPE IT IN A WAY THAT WE. YEAH I CAN BACK UP A PANEL AND LOOK AT IT.
CERTAINLY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. WE COULD EVEN TRY TO DO A.
SAMPLE OF THE RETRO REFLECTIVE PANEL AT THIS SIZE JUST TO SEE BEFORE WE EVEN GO LIMITED. IS THAT SUFFICIENT IS THAT KIND OF NO. IF THAT CONDITION SATISFACTORY. LIKE THE
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DIRECTION EVERYONE ELSE. OH, YEAH, I LOVE IT. FANTASTIC WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THIS, AND I THINK THE IDEA OF MELDING IN SOMETHING UNIQUE AND BRINGING NATURE TOGETHER FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, THIS IS HITTING ALL THOSE MARKS FOR FOLKS. ANY PRELIMINARY IDEA AND COSTS. WE'RE WORKING AT THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE. RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE UNIT COSTS RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE AN INDIVIDUAL SCIENCE OF THEIR HIGH. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THIS TRIP HERE DOING OUR SITE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE QUANTITIES, SO WE DO HAVE A LOOKING AT ABOUT 100.3200 AND 50 SIGNS WILL BE ABLE TO GET MUCH MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATE WHEN WE EXTRAPOLATE THAT THOSE UNIT COSTS OUT TO THE QUANTITIES THAT WERE RECOMMENDING YOU MADE UNIT COST, JUST EVEN THOUGH I KNOW. WELL YES TO SCARE EVERYBODY HERE. YEAH I DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY. LET'S SAY THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S 1.5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS WERE WITHIN THAT BUDGET.
EXCLUDING THE. ANY ADDITIONS IN TECHNOLOGY LIGHTING, ADDING THE SCREENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A SEPARATE COST, AND WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY COSTS ON THOSE AS WELL. UM. BUT THE UNIT COSTS THEY VARY BECAUSE THE PEDESTRIAN KIOSK COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO $15,000, AND A VEHICULAR SIGN COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO $20,000, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF RHODE SIZE. THAT INCLUDES. FABRICATION INSTALLATION, THE FOUNDATIONS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SIGNED, HE VALLS SIGNS LEANING OVER. UM YEAH, SO THE ENGINEERING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS WELL. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO ADD THAT LIGHTING THEN? I DO NOT HAVE AN FOR THIS SPECIFIC SIGN. I DO NOT. WE WILL HAVE A SIGN A COST ESTIMATE FOR ADDING THE LIGHTING, BOTH ILLUMINATED AND NON ILLUMINATED FOR THE PEDESTRIAN KILOS KIOSK. IT'S SEVERAL $1000. IT'S NOT. IT COULD BE WORTH IT. IT'S NOT A NUMBER THAT WOULD BELOW THAT ILLUMINATION GOING. NO, IT DOESN'T DOUBLE THE PRICE OF IT. CORRECT. WE'RE BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT STUFF LIKE LOW POWER LEADS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE CRAZY. WE DON'T WANT THESE TWO TO BLIND PEOPLE ARE APPEARS BILLBOARDS AT NIGHT AGAIN, NOT TO COMPETE WITH THE REST OF THE STOREFRONTS. WE JUST WANT THEM TO BE SUBTLY LIT, SO YOU CAN FIND THEM AND READ THEM AND HAVE IT BE TASTEFULLY. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 21 0815 UPDATE
[Update on Broadband Master Plan]
ON BROADBAND MASTER PLAN. TREVOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. MR MAYOR. MEMBERS COUNCIL.TREVOR VINEYARD STRATEGIC SERVICES MANAGER. UH, JUST A SHOUT OUT TO MR KIM DE MELO WITH HR GREEN HELPED PUT TOGETHER HIS PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL BE GOING OVER IT AND SUMMARIZING WHERE WE ARE TODAY FOR YOU. SO IF YOU WILL REMEMBER BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE COUNCIL APPROVED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT AT THAT TIME WAS PHASED TO AN ONGOING PLAN TO GET A MORE CONNECTED CITY. AND TO EVALUATE WHAT THE FUTURE NEEDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, AS I'M SO FOND OF SAYING ARE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT PHASE TWO IS THE BROADBAND MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. AND ONGOING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT MASTER PLAN THE COMPONENTS GENERALLY OF WHAT HR GREEN IS DOING FOR US ARE SHOWN UP HERE ON THE SCREEN TODAY. I'M GOING TO GO FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT WE'VE KNOCKED OUT AND WHAT'S STILL REMAINING. UM. THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT THE CITIZEN FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE MARKET CONDITION THAT WE HAVE EVALUATED OVER PAST COUPLE MONTHS. UM DURING PHASE ONE. WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT RIGHT AWAY MANAGEMENT WHAT WAS IN THE RIGHT AWAY? WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF CLUTTER, SO TO SPEAK UNDERGROUND AND WHERE THERE WAS NOT AS MUCH. AND THEN FINALLY, STILL AHEAD. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS ON THE CITY SIDE TO SEE WHAT THE VARIOUS MAJOR DEPARTMENTS MAY FORESEE IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. OF CONNECTIVITY NEEDS AND THEN, UM, KIND OF THE LAST RUNG OF THIS HALF WHEEL. SO TO SPEAK, IS AN ANALYSIS ON WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UM. FEEDBACK COULD BE IF WE WERE TO HAVE VARYING LEVELS OF SERVICE ON THE BROADBAND PERSPECTIVE, MOVING FORWARD. SO AS I MENTIONED TODAY WILL MOSTLY BE ABOUT THE MARKET ASSESSMENT. WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET TODAY IN MCKINNEY, AND THEN, UM, SOME IN DEPTH LOOK AT SOME CHARTS THAT ARE IN RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY THAT WAS SUBMITTED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS OR SO. SO RIGHT AWAY.
THE THESE ARE THE BRAND NAMES, SO TO SPEAK, THAT ARE OPERATING IN MCKINNEY, BOTH ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE AND THE BUSINESS SIDE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM, UM WE HAVE THE LARGER PROVIDERS AND THEN A VARIETY OF SMALLER PROVIDERS. MM IN A MINUTE.
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WE'LL GET INTO THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN CABLE OR DSL, AND THEN ACTUAL FIBER INTERNET. BUT YOU SEE THAT THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF OPTIONS, AND I WOULD PUT AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THAT SOMEWHAT, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT HERE IN A SECOND. THIS MAP IS PRODUCED BY THE FCC.HR GREEN WENT AND PULLED THIS FROM THE FCC AND ESSENTIALLY SHOWS COVERAGE LEVELS. UM THAT ARE INDICATIVE ONLY OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S PROVIDERS IN GIVEN AREAS THAT SERVE THAT.
PLOT OF LAND, SO TO SPEAK, UM. I WILL SAY THE FCC DATA IS AN AGGREGATE OF THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES, SO THE FARTHER AND FARTHER YOU GO DOWN, THE LESS RELIABLE THAT DATA IS, UM, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S AREAS ON THIS MAP THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE. THERE ARE NOT FIVE PROVIDERS.
THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE ONE PROVIDER, AND IT SHOWS ONE PROVIDER. THE WAY THAT THE COMPANIES RESPOND TO THE FCC DATA IS BY CENSUS BLOCKS, AND THEY MAY PROVIDE 100 MEGABYTES OF DATA IN THAT CENSUS BLOCK, JUST NOT NECESSARILY ON A GIVEN PLAT OF LAND. UM THE FCC, YOU KNOW THEY GOT THERE'S A BIG COUNTRY OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT, SO THEY MAY NOT GET DOWN TO THE FLAT LEVEL WHEN THEY CREATE THE MAP. UM. ALL THAT SAID IT IS USEFUL. SO THIS IS THE SAME MAP YOU'RE ZOOMED IN ON AND THOSE CIRCLED AREAS. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AREAS WHERE THERE'S ZERO PROVIDERS REPRESENTED. UM THE REASONING BEING MOSTLY IS IF YOU KNOW YOUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHY. THOSE ARE PARKS. UM SO RIGHT HERE, THAT'S TOWN LAKE. WE GOT SOME PARKS OVER HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND THEN IT'S JUST GENERIC. IT MAYBE AG LAND. MM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WETLANDS THERE AND THEN UP ON 3 80 LARGE TRACK OF PARKLAND. WE SHOW THIS. THIS SAY THAT THERE ARE REPRESENTATION THAT THERE'S COVERAGE EVERYWHERE FROM A VARIETY OF PROVIDERS, AND AT THE FCC LEVEL, THEIR THRESHOLD IS 100 MEGABYTES, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. BUT AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THE DATA, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE THAT SHAKES OUT AND WHERE IT DOESN'T. SO UM, THE BIG CIRCLE IN RED IS KIND OF THE THIS IS THE MONEY SLIDE, SO TO SPEAK. IT'S OUR BOGEY THAT WE'RE CHASING AND. AS FAR AS WE CAN FIND FROM OUR MARKET ASSESSMENT. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE GROUND TODAY. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS 100% TRUE. UM BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE MARKET TODAY IS THAT THERE'S 16.9% COVERAGE. EXCUSE ME, 16.9% OF HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY. HAVE ACCESS TO TRUE FIBER, NOT NECESSARILY HIGH SPEED INTERNET NOT NECESSARILY DSL OR CABLE, BUT FIBER AS AN ANECDOTE. I HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET AT MY HOME. I THINK IT'S ADEQUATE. I ENJOY IT, BUT IT'S NOT FIBER CABLE INTERNET. UM SO I SAY THAT TO SAY JUST BECAUSE I'M SAYING ONLY 16.9% HAVE FIBER, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOW NUMBER AND I GOT A BIG RED CIRCLE AROUND IT. I'M NOT TRYING TO SOUND THE ALARM. UM MORE OR LESS. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS FUTURE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ALL HAVE AGREED OVER THE PAST, UM, YEAR OR SO THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT EVALUATE. THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO IN THE CITY. RIVER. YEAH, WE'RE QUICK. GOOD SO WE'RE 16% 6.16 POINT 9% FIBER. WHERE WERE WE? COMPARED ARE YOU GETTING TO IT? WHERE WE? YEAH SO YOU'LL SEE HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT AHEAD OF MELISSA. WE'RE BEHIND ALAN FRISCO PROSPER. UM OUR ZIP CODE OR 75071 IS THE FASTEST ZIP CODE IN MCKINNEY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALL FIBER. BUT WITH THAT, BEING THE FASTEST, YOU CAN KIND OF DEDUCE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON. UM WHEN WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE FIBER MAPS, A LOT OF IT'S CONCENTRATED IN CRAIG RANCH, WHERE CERTAIN COMPANIES DO A BUNCH OF INVESTMENT EARLY ON. UM. THAT SAID 16.9% OF HOMES HAVE ACCESS TO FIBRE IS THE KEY POINT IN THERE, SO RESIDENTS A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES THERE ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS WHERE THEY CAN. PAY TO GET A POOL OR RUN PULLED TO THEIR FRONT DOOR. AND, UM FROM A. IF YOU OVER LAYED ON TOP OF MCKINNEY YOU KNOW A MAP ACCESS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S 16.9% OF HOMES, YOU CAN REASONABLY GET TO SOMEWHERE OF 30% OF THE CITY AT LARGE. COULD YOU KNOW FINAGLE THEIR WAY TO ACCESS WHETHER IT'S RESIDENT OR BUSINESS? UM BUT THIS IS THIS IS A RESPONSE TO GO INTO THE MARKET. AND YOU SAY, CAN I GET FIBER AT X Y Z ADDRESS? THIS IS HR GREEN DOING SOME OF THIS WORK AND THE ANSWER IS NO. UM SO WHEN WE KIND OF KNEW THIS WAS THE CASE GOING IN, THOUGH, UM IT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT STAFF CAME BEFORE YOU AND SAID, HEY, WE REALLY SHOULD LOOK AT SOME OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE OUR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. YOU KNOW ALL THE COOL STUFF ABOUT FLYING CARS AND AUTONOMOUS TRASH CANS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IF THERE'S NOT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S GOT THE
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BIG RED CIRCLE AROUND IT. SO SWITCHING GEARS AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MARKET AS I GO THROUGH OUT SOME OF THE RESPONSES, UM, BUT THE OTHER HALF OF THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT WE SUBMITTED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS WAS A SURVEY THROUGH HR GREEN. UM IT'S STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY THE PERSON PUTS IN THEIR ADDRESS THEIR INFORMATION.THEY HAVE TO RUN A SPEED TEST AS A PART OF THE SURVEY. SO IT VALIDATES THEIR IP. WE CALL OUT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.
LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY IT'S STATISTICALLY VALID THRESHOLD WAS, I BELIEVE 303 150 RESPONSES SO WE BLEW OUT THE WATER. WE GOT BROAD RESPONSES ACROSS THE CITY, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM THAT'S PROBABLY INDICATIVE COMING OFF OF A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THEIR INTERNET MORE THAN THEY EVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS. THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF UM GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS, AGE MALE FEMALE AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. IT PRETTY MUCH MIRRORS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN GENERAL. ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY WE WERE. WE WERE SURPRISED BY HOW MANY MALES FILLED OUT. THE SURVEY VERSUS FEMALES JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. WHY IS THAT? TREVOR? I HAVE NO IDEA. THAT'S WHY IT WAS A SURPRISE. UM. THIS IS ACTUAL SURVEY RESULTS OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE SURVEY THEIR SPEEDS THAT THEY WERE TESTED AT. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU WENT THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU WERE PROMPTED TO DO A SPEED TEST. AND. THE POINT OF THIS IS TWOFOLD. ONE JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A LOW SPEED DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS. THEY MAY PAY FOR LOW SPEED. THEY MAY NOT WANT.
TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND DO VIDEO STREAMING AND THEN ALSO DO EMAIL AND THEN HAVE THEIR UH, YOU KNOW. ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION THROUGH THE INTERNET AS WELL. THEY MAY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO SEND A FAX EVERY NOW AND THEN, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OR THEY WANT TO SEND AN EMAIL EVERY NOW AND THEN. THEY'RE NOT. WITH THE TECH. THE OTHER PART ABOUT THIS IS, UM, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE CASE. WE KNOW WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCESS, UM TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE KNOW WHERE THERE'S NOT. SO YOU'LL SEE POCKETS ON THE OLDER SIDE OF MCKINNEY, WHERE THE RED DOTS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCENTRATED AND THEN.
JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE THINGS WE SEE POCKETS HERE IN THE WEST RIDGE AREA AND BEYOND, WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE RED DOTS, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS IN THE GROUND THERE. SO FOR PEOPLE TO GET HIGHER SPEEDS THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY HIGHER. UH PRICES ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEN RELATIVELY WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S. GOOD COMPETITION. GOOD ACCESS. YOU SEE? MORE GREEN, UH, CONCENTRATION OCCURRING.
JUST A GOOD DATA POINT. UM THIS IS TO GIVE YOU THE SENTIMENT OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID BACK TO US ABOUT THIS WORK. SO A BIG PART OF THE MASTER PLAN IS, YOU KNOW THEY COULD HAVE COME BACK AND SAID WE LOVE THIS. WE HATE THIS. WHY ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME ON FIBER? I GET MY INTERNET FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE CITY BEING INVOLVED, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THESE RESPONSES ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLAY. RIGHT OFF THE BAT. 94% OF THAT 1300 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY SEE INTERNET AS A UTILITY. ESSENTIALLY IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO IT. THEY JUST SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT BASICALLY IS DAY IN DAY OUT. IT'S A FUNCTION OF THEIR LIVES ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE ANYONE IN THE ROOM. THESE ARE THE COMPANIES THAT, UM. WERE REPRESENTED REPRESENTED REPRESENTED IN THOSE RESPONSES, PRIMARILY NO SURPRISE. AT AND T AND CHARTER SPECTRUM ARE THE BIG PLAYERS. THEY HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. IN MCKINNEY, A T AND T BEING THE LARGEST PIPER PROVIDER IN THE CITY. I MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE EARLIER ABOUT THE DIFFERENT BRANDS OR FLAVORS OF SERVICE THAT YOU CAN GET THAT FIRST COUPLE PAGES THERE WAS LIKE 40 DIFFERENT NAMES OF COMPANIES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE. YOU CAN GET, UM YOU KNOW AN X Y Z INTERNET COMPANY TO GIVE YOU SERVICE. IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOUSE ON A LINE THAT SUBLEASED FROM ONE OF THE BIG PROVIDERS, SO. THERE'S 40 DIFFERENT COMPANIES. THERE'S NOT 40 DIFFERENT CABLE LINES IN THE RIGHT AWAY. UM. THIS IS SOME SOMEWHAT OF AN INTERESTING SLIDE WHY INCLUDED? WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE, SO I TRIED TO COAL DOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S COOL. WHAT'S NOT? WHAT DO I THINK YOU GUYS MAY ENJOY TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU KNOW IT'S JUST KIND OF EXTRA INFORMATION.
MOST FOLKS THEY AREN'T REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE INTERNET PROVIDERS LOCAL OR WHETHER IT'S A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY WANTED TO WORK, AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CALL THE COMPANY AND GET SERVICE. UM. THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS IT'S KIND OF A MIXED
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BAG ON THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE IN THE INTERNET PROVIDER AS FAR AS HOW IMPORTANT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF WHAT THEY DO FOR US ARE. BUT WHAT WAS SHARED AMONG EVERYBODY.NOBODY THERE IS NO CLEAR ASPECT OF WHAT INTERNET PROVIDERS DO THAT. EVERYBODY IN THE CITY'S SATISFIED WITH, UM IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A MIXED BAG. I I'LL GO BACK TO SAY THAT'S SORT OF LIKE YOUR UTILITY AS LONG AS THE WATERS TURNING ON YOUR NOT NECESSARILY HATING IT OR LOVING IT. YOU JUST EXPECTED TO BE THERE. UM THE. SLIDE ON THE SCREEN TO RIGHT HERE SHOWS THE LEVEL IMPORTANCE THAT A RESPONDED GAVE TO THESE ASPECTS OF HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THEIR CONNECTIVITY. SO. FOR QUALITY OF LIFE THINGS THEY EXPECT TO HAVE HIGH SPEED SERVICE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEALS. THEY IMAGINE THAT HIGH SPEED SERVICE IS A BENEFIT TO THE CLOSING OF THOSE DEALS. HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, ETCETERA. UM I THINK THIS QUESTION SOMEWHAT UNFAIR BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE COMING ON THE COMING OFF OF THE HEELS OF COVID. AND THAT RESPONSE AND WE REALIZED REALLY QUICKLY HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HAVE. ACCESS HIGH SPEED. AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT, HOW BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, YOU WERE SO TO SPEAK. THIS IS A POSITIVE SLIDE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BIG RED, SO THE COLORS ARE JUST THEY WERE AUTO POPULATED. THIS IS ABOUT OUTAGES THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. OVERWHELMINGLY FOLKS DON'T EXPERIENCE MORE THAN AN HOUR OF OUTAGES ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND THAT'S FROM HR. GREEN'S PERSPECTIVE, PHENOMENAL. AND THAT EBBS AND FLOWS. YOU KNOW, SOME RESPONDENTS, THEY SAID, I'LL GET ONE HOUR A WEEK OR HAVE AN HOUR A DAY. UM MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN HOUR OF OUTAGE, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. EVERY WEEK JUST FOR MAINTENANCE. IT'S HAPPENING AT THREE A.M. EVERYBODY IN YOUR HOUSE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ASLEEP. UH IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE, BUT. WHERE WE WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE AS IF THIS RESPONSE CAME BACK, AND THEY SAID I HAVE AN HOUR OUTAGE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THAT THAT WAS A BIG CHUNK PERCENTAGE OF OUR RESPONDENTS. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD GREEN FLAG, WHO WE DON'T HAVE SOME MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE OUT THERE. THIS IS JUST TO GET US IN LINE WITH WHAT MAY BE COMING IN THE FUTURE. UM YOU KNOW THE BUSINESS CASE FOR DIFFERENT PROVIDERS TO ACTUALLY DO THE INVESTMENT TO PUT FIBER IN THE GROUND. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE WILLING TO PAY? SO AS WE IN THE AS, AND WE'LL GET TO THIS ON NEXT STEPS HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS PROVIDERS. THIS IS KIND OF A SOUND THE WHOLE FOR US. WE HAVE A STATISTICALLY VALID SET OF FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING IF YOU CAN DELIVER THESE SPEEDS WERE WILLING TO PAY THIS UP TO THIS MUCH. YOU'LL SEE. YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE HIGHER NUMBERS UM PEOPLE KNOW THAT. THEIR DOLLARS SHOULD GET THEM MORE, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO INTERNET AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF TAPERS OFF AS YOU GET TO ANYTHING ABOVE 100 MEGABYTES.
CALLING BACK TO THE FCC COMMENT I MADE EARLIER 100 MEGABYTES IS KIND OF THE THRESHOLD FOR HIGH SPEED INTERNET AS IT STANDS TODAY. THE. THIS IS ONE OF MY LAST ONES I BELIEVE, BUT. THIS WAS ALSO ENCOURAGING TO US THAT ARE WE KIND OF ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE. I EXPECTED THIS QUESTION TO GET SOME MIXED RESPONSES MAYBE JUST HAVE A FLAT LINE ACROSS THE MIDDLE, BUT OVERWHELMINGLY. THE RESPONDENTS. UM FILL THAT WE NEED TO BE A PART OF THE COORDINATION OF DELIVERING THIS SERVICE THAT GOES BACK TO SOME VALIDATION FROM THE QUESTION OF DO YOU SEE INTERNET AS UTILITY. WHETHER WE PROVIDED SOMEBODY ELSE PROVIDES, IT DOESN'T MATTER. DO YOU SEE IT AS A UTILITY? AND THEN THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS, YES, YOU COME DOWN AND YOU KIND OF SUBSET, SUBSET SUBSET. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT KIND OF JUSTIFIES THAT ANSWER. AND THEN, FINALLY, IF THERE WAS A HIGH SERVICE FIBER PROVIDER IN THE CITY THAT COULD REACH EVERY HOME. WOULD YOU SWITCH AND. VERY LIKELY OR VERY UNLIKELY AND UNLIKELY. THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO ONE, YOU KNOW. HEY WHATEVER. I GET MY EMAIL TODAY, I'LL GET IT TOMORROW, WHETHER THERE'S FIBER IN THE GROUND OR NOT, AND THEN. MOST FOLKS THAT THEY WOULD SWITCH IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO GET FIBER. UM. SO TAKE AWAYS. IN GENERAL.
INTERNET OPTIONS ARE GOOD IN MCKINNEY. IF YOU WANT TO PAY, YOU CAN GET HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND MCKINNEY I WOULD SAY WE KNEW THAT GOING IN UM. THE PURPOSE OF US LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IS JUST THAT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TODAY. UM THAT'S A THERE ARE POCKETS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE. LOWER SPEEDS OR THEY HAVE LOW COMPETITION, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE REALIZED THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY PROCESS AND ALSO THROUGH THE MARKET
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ASSESSMENT PROCESS. THAT HAS THE CAVEAT OF PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO ADOPT A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH THAT'S THEIR RIGHT TO DO OR NOT DO JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN SOMEBODY WANTS TO PAY 100 BUCKS A MONTH UNTIL THEY'RE GOING TO DO SEND AN EMAIL. AND THEN FINALLY, FIBER NETWORKS. I REFERENCED EARLIER OVERLAY ON THE CITY, THEY REALLY CAN ONLY GET TO ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE CITY AS IT STANDS TODAY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE REASON THAT WE'RE. DOING THIS EFFORT IN THE FIRST PLACE IS WE WANT TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE IN THE MARKET. WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE FOR US AND WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AS WE. REALIZE HEY, THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE GROUND THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR SO. SO THESE ARE THE NEXT STEPS. SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THIS.UM WE'RE DOING PUBLIC SECTOR MEETINGS. SO TODAY I MET WITH GARY GRAHAM AND RYAN DOING HIM ON THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING NEEDS. THEY SEE LONG TERM. WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH KOWSKI AND HIS CREW NEXT WEEK JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK AND ARE DREAMING UP ABOUT PARKS IN THE FUTURE. UM WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE'VE DONE THAT WITH OUR I T DEPARTMENT. THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY ASSETS ARE COVERED, SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE POSITION 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WHERE NONE OF OUR SIGNALS HAVE ACCESS, AND WE CAN'T TALK TO THOSE SMART CARS THAT ARE DRIVING THEMSELVES. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ANSWERS WE WANT TO GET FROM THE PUBLIC ACCESS SIDE. THE UH PRIVATE OR THE PRIVATE ENTITY ACCESS SIDE OF THAT AS WELL START SETTING A PROVIDER MEETINGS, UM, TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS TO GO TO THE 18 SPECTRUMS VERIZON'S ETCETERA AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS AND MCKINNEY ARE SEEING. WHAT'S YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON THE GROUND? IS THERE ANY MAJOR CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING ARE THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS? OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WILL CONCISE, REALLY THAT BROADBAND VISIONING WHICH IS OKAY ON THE INTERNAL SIDE. WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE? KNOCKED OUT OVER THE NEXT 10 2030 YEARS, ETCETERA. UM. THE HIGH LEVEL DESIGN OPTIONS IS MOSTLY ABOUT, UM. IN CONCERT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHAT DO WE SEE BEING DESIGNED OUT? SO TODAY? THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAY HAVE A SIX LANE ARTERIAL GOING IN 2040. ON THE HIGH LEVEL DESIGN SIDE THAT WE DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE COVERAGE BASED ON THE PLACE TYPES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADJACENT TO THE SIXTH LANE ARTERIAL TO SERVICE THOSE BUILDINGS. AND THEN FINALLY, COSTS FOR A RANGE OF OPTIONS ARE CONSULTANT. HR GREEN WILL PROVIDE US COST FOR HEY, CITY MANIFEST YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU DO EVERYTHING PAY FOR IT ALL AND LET'S GO BOND, YOU KNOW, X Y Z. DOLLARS AND THEN WE'LL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHAT DOES IT COST TO ENGAGE A PRIVATE PROVIDER TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO AREAS THAT NEED ACCESS AND A RANGE OF EVERYTHING BETWEEN FROM MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, ETCETERA. FINALLY WE'LL HAVE A FINAL DRAFT OF THE BROADBAND MASTER PLAN, HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, WHICH WILL BRING FOR ADOPTION SOMETIME BY THE END OF THE YEAR EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WILL REALLY BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE ENVISIONED FOLDING INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S REALLY A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAT SAYS IF YOU BUILD THIS, THEN THAT UM. AND BEYOND THAT ONE OF THE LAST TAKEAWAYS THAT WILL DO IS PUT AN RFE ON THE STREET FOR FOLKS TO RESPOND TO WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. SO AS WE FULLY DEVELOP WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR WHAT THAT NEXT 10 YEAR PLAN IS. WE'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE TO THE MARKET TO SAY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HELP US WITH? SO THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT 50% MARK ON THE GANT CHART OF BEING FINISHED WITH THE MASTER PLANNING EFFORT, SO WE WANTED TO REPORT BACK TO YOU. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN. IF I CAN'T ANSWER THEM, I'LL TAKE THEM DOWN AND WE'LL GET. OUR TEAM AT HR. AGREEING TO HELP ME OUT AND WE'LL GET THAT BACK UP TO THE COUNCIL. QUESTIONS FOR TREVOR. I JUST HAVE ONE TRIP. LIKE ON ON HOUSE BILL FIVE. THE STATE BROADBAND BILL. THAT WORK WILL. THEN WE HAVE ANY. WHERE IS THAT ALL THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS? SO FROM THE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ASPECT FROM THE STATE LEVEL. WE'RE DEFINITELY KNOCKING THE DOOR DOWN ON SOME OF THAT MONEY. THAT'S AVAILABLE ONE. BUT THEN ALSO WHAT THEIR, UM FOCUS IS GOING TO BE, SO THEIR FOCUS IS SOMEWHAT BEEN FROM A 30,000 FT VIEW STATEWIDE, DO YOU CURRENTLY AND WE HAVE KIND OF ACTUAL PRECISE NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO BE MET. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MARRY THOSE TWO THINGS. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE BEST WAY THAT THE STATE HELPS US IS. YOU KNOW HOW THEY ALWAYS HELP US WITH LOCAL PROJECTS, AND THAT'S FUNDING. UH WE HAVE A RANGE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO OUR LEGISLATORS OF HEY, WE COULD
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USE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH FUNDING ON THESE PROJECTS THAT AREN'T BUDGETED. UM THAT ARE ARE ELIGIBLE STATE ARE ELIGIBLE. SO WE'RE RUNNING THOSE TRAPS. I MEAN, TOMORROW I'LL BE THERE TOMORROW TO KIND OF HAVE SOME OF THEM HAVE SPOKEN TO OUR LEGISLATORS AS WELL. FIGURED THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY OR SOMETHING. IT WAS THE KEY TO THAT ISSUE. IT'S THE SAME THING MY ANECDOTE ABOUT THE FCC AND THE FOUR UNITED STATES IS THE STATE'S HUGE SO. IT'S JUST WE GOT TO GET THE REPRESENTATION SO THAT THEY WILL ALLOCATE FUNDING OUR WAY AND THEY MAY SAY IT'S A NEED. IT'S A NEEDS BASED ALLOCATION. THAT'S AND THAT WAS THE TESTIMONY ON IT.IT WAS MORE. FOR THE NEEDS AND WILL PROBABLY BE FURTHER DOWN THAT LIST EXACTLY. THE MOMENT STANDARDS ARE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT SO CURRENTLY AND. JUST THROW SOMETHING AT ME FROM WRONG HERE. I BELIEVE THAT ON EVERY NEW ARTERIAL WE BUILD OR DEVELOPER BILLS ON OUR BEHALF WE PUT IN 23 INCH CONDUITS. UM, WHICH IS A. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT OF SPACE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIBER LINE IS A TON OF SPACE, UM. TO ALLOCATE HER TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE NEEDS THAT OCCUR. WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HEY, IS THERE AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR HER? YOU KNOW, THREE AND, UM WE'RE STILL KIND OF. MUDDLING THROUGH THAT SO TO SPEAK, BUT THAT 23 INCH CONDUIT. AT ITS CURRENT STATE. WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE SATISFACTORY FOR WHAT WE NEED. AND THAT'S OUR PROJECTS, SO THAT DOESN'T KEEP A PROVIDER FROM RUNNING FIBER DIGGING INTO THE RIGHT AWAY AND DOING THEIR OWN THING. THANK YOU, TREVOR. APPRECIATE IT ALL. RIGHT COUNCIL, THE UPDATES. ANYBODY.
[COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES Regarding various City Boards & Commissions]
AND WE WILL HAVE SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING OUT TOMORROW SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT YET. FROM A D. C. SO WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
55171 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. KAYLA INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MANAGEMENT SEE VERSUS CITY MCKINNEY, CAUSING BEFORE 712979 TO 0 TO ZERO. IN THE DISTRICT COURT 4471ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, TO THE MCKINNEY. TEXAS PLAINTIFF VERSUS RIVER RANCH EDUCATIONAL CHARITIES WHEN KIRK INDIVIDUALLY IN THE REAL PROPERTY 37 1 CUSTOMER IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. IN ROOM DEFENDANTS. HEMP LLC CITY MCKINNEY CIVIL ACTION FILE NUMBER 4 TO 1, CV 00655, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. SECTION 551 17 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND FIRE 5187 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT ORANGE NO ACTION. WE HAVE FOUR NOW MOTION TO GERMAN RICK. HOLD ON, DIRECT, UH, FAVOR HIGH. OKAY, SO FOUR OF US* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.