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RIGHT. HE'S WALKING ON ICE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 31ST YEAR, 2025.
IT IS 403 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET. GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. I DO NOT SHOW ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL MOVE FIRST TO DISCUSS ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF HERE THIS AFTERNOON FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO INFORMATION. INFORMATION SHARING
[Proclamation for Procurement Month]
ITEMS. FIRST IS ITEM 252509 PROCLAMATION FOR PROCUREMENT MONTH. PROCUREMENT STAFF WOULD JOIN ME UP HERE. OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RICK FRANKLIN. CFO. PROCLAMATION.WOULD YOU FORGET IT? AND IT'S SIGNATURE. TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.
CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS CHILDREN THRIVE IN SAFE, STABLE. KNOW THIS IS THE WRONG PROCLAMATION. I HAVE TO READ IT FROM UP THERE. OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT.
CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PROCUREMENT MONTH RECOGNIZES THE ROLE OF PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS, THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY IN PROCUREMENT, AND THE VALUE OF PROCUREMENT TO VIABLE SOCIETIES. AND WHEREAS, WITHIN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS RELATED TO PURCHASING, AND IT PROVIDES EQUAL ACCESS TO THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES TO ALL VENDORS, INCLUDING TO HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES. AND WHEREAS, THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES AN ONGOING SUPPLY OF QUALITY GOODS AND SERVICES TO ALL CITY OFFICES, AND IT IS COMMITTED TO MAXIMIZING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND TO MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND PUBLIC TRUST. AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S TRANSPARENCY STARS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR TRANSPARENCY EFFORTS, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS ONE OF ONLY A SELECT FEW ENTITIES TO EARN ALL SIX STARS, AND ONE OF THE STARS FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENTS. AND WHEREAS WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES FOR THEIR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025 IS PROCUREMENT MONTH IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS WITNESSED MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT TALKED ABOUT THE SIX TRANSPARENCY STARS. WE ARE ONE OF EIGHT CITIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE. ONE. COME ON. THAT DESERVES APPLAUSE. THERE'S LIKE 1200. SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SORRY. ALL RIGHT.
[Police Department Officer Recognition Program]
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 252603. POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER RECOGNITION PROGRAM. THIS IS ALWAYS A HUGE HIGHLIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I CAN PUT THIS DOWN. SO MAYOR, COUNCIL, COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, THANKS AGAIN FOR LETTING ME HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE FINE WORK THAT THE MCKINNEY MEN AND WOMEN DO EVERY DAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE AND I WILL GO THROUGH THEM ALL. AND THEN AT THE END, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO POSE FOR A PICTURE WITH THEM. SO FIRST IS OFFICER JUAN GARCIA ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2024, MCKINNEY POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING INCIDENT WHERE TWO SUSPECTS HAD SHOT EACH OTHER DURING THE INVESTIGATION, A DESCRIPTION OF A POTENTIAL SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS PROVIDED, WHICH WAS LATER OBSERVED BY OFFICER JUAN GALICIA IN THE AREA OF MCKINNEY MEDICAL CENTER. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE FLED FROM OFFICER GALICIA, HEADING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 75. AS THE SUSPECT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO FLEE. THE PURSUIT ENTERED MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING ALLEN,[00:05:03]
PLANO AND RICHARDSON. OFFICERS FROM THESE AGENCIES, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HELICOPTER, ASSISTED IN THE PURSUIT. OFFICER GLACIER DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE JUDGMENT AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY BY CAREFULLY BALANCING THE NEED TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT WITH ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS ON THE ROAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.THE PURSUIT ULTIMATELY ENDED IN RICHARDSON, WHEN THE LONE SUSPECT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND RAN INTO A NEARBY CAR DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. A PERIMETER WAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OFFICERS FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES, AND THE SUSPECT CONTINUED TO MOVE BETWEEN LOCATIONS, MAKING IT CHALLENGING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRACK HIM. THROUGHOUT THE SITUATION, OFFICER GLACIER REMAINED HIGHLY FOCUSED AND ADAPTABLE. HIS ABILITY TO STRATEGICALLY POSITION HIMSELF ALLOWED HIM TO INTERCEPT AND SUCCESSFULLY TAKE THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. THANKS TO OFFICER GLACIER SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTIONS, A DANGEROUS SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED AND A STOLEN FIREARM USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A SHOOTING WAS RECOVERED. THIS SUCCESSFUL OPERATION REFLECTS OFFICER GLACIER'S PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. HIS ACTIONS NOT ONLY RESULTED IN THE APPREHENSION OF A SUSPECT, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY RESIDENTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND PRESENT YOU WITH THE CHIEF'S CHALLENGE COIN. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR MONICA WRIGHT. ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 10 P.M, COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR MONICA WRIGHT ANSWERED A 911 CALL FROM A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER WHO ADVISED SHE HAD RECEIVED A TEXT FROM HER DAUGHTER, WHICH READ HELP ME, PLEASE HELP ME. THE CALLER FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD CALLED HER DAUGHTER AND HEARD HER SCREAMING FOR HELP. IN THE BACKGROUND. THE 911 CALLER PROVIDED THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ADDRESS, ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE FIRST NAME OF THE MAN HER DAUGHTER WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WITH. MONICA WRIGHT IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WORK, UTILIZING HER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, ALONG WITH TECHNOLOGY, TO GET POLICE SERVICES TO A WOMAN WHO APPEARED TO BE IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. MONICA IMMEDIATELY BEGAN UTILIZING A PROGRAM KNOWN AS RAPID DEPLOY, WHICH CONTAINS A FEATURE CALLED RAPID LOCATE.
MONICA CREATED A CALL TO THE VICTIM'S PHONE AND SENT A MESSAGE ASKING THE VICTIM TO SHARE HER LOCATION, WHICH SHE DID ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THIS ONE ACT ALONE PROVIDED MONICA WITH THE BUILDING THE VICTIM WAS IN, AND AN APPROXIMATE APARTMENT LOCATION OF THAT SPECIFIC BUILDING. NEXT, MONICA TEXTED THE VICTIM, ASKING IF THERE WAS ANY POSSIBLE WAY SHE COULD RUN OUT OF THE APARTMENT, TO WHICH THE VICTIM REPLIED NO. MONICA THEN EMPLOYED RAPID VIDEO FEATURE WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND ASKED THE VICTIM TO SHARE HER CAMERA VIEW, WHICH SHE PROMPTLY DID. THE VIDEO WAS DARK THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT MONICA HAD SOUND AND COULD HEAR MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. ONCE THE OFFICERS WERE AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, MONICA MESSAGED THE VICTIM ONE MORE TIME ASKING IF SHE COULD TURN THE VOLUME OF THE MUSIC UP. THE VICTIM IN THE APARTMENT WAS ABLE TO INCREASE THE VOLUME, ALLOWING OFFICERS TO ZERO IN ON THE EXACT APARTMENT.
MONICA COULD HEAR THE OFFICER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR SO SHE KNEW THEY WERE AT THE CORRECT LOCATION. THE SUSPECT SLAMMED THE DOOR SHUT ON OFFICERS AND LOCKED IT, BUT OFFICERS KICKED IN THE DOOR AND TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY PRIOR TO HIM RETREATING INTO THE BEDROOM WHERE THE VICTIM WAS, MONICA HEARD THE OFFICERS ENTERING THE ROOM WHERE THE VICTIM WAS FOUND CRYING AND UNCLOTHED. MONICA WRIGHT'S EXPERIENCE AND CALM DEMEANOR, ALONG WITH HER TRAINING, PREPARED HER TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON BEHALF OF THIS VICTIM. MONICA WRIGHT'S ACTIONS AND SERVICE ARE APPRECIATED BY THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND ITS CITIZENS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH WOW, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THE LAST ONE IS OFFICER STEPHEN RANKIN. ON JANUARY 26TH OF THIS YEAR, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SEX OFFENSE THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. RESPONDING OFFICERS QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THE AREA AND AS REPORTS INDICATED, THE SUSPECT HAD FLED THE HOME ON FOOT. OFFICER ROCKLAND ROCKIN QUICKLY BEGAN ESTABLISHING A PERIMETER WITH THE LAST KNOWN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL RESPONDING OFFICERS QUICKLY REPORTED TO A PERIMETER LOCATION SET UP BY OFFICER ROCKIN, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENTLY IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE GAPS IN THE CONTAINMENT. ALSO, ROCKIN SPOTTED THE OFFENDER AT THE EDGE OF THE PERIMETER, WHO THEN FLED BACK INSIDE THE PERIMETER. OFFICER ROCKIN QUICKLY REESTABLISHED A NEW PERIMETER WITH THE UPDATED VISUAL INFORMATION OF DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND LOCATION. K-9 OFFICER BLAIR ARRIVED WITH HIS PARTNER OSI AND BEGAN SEARCHING WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE PLANO OR, I'M SORRY, THE FRISCO PD DRONE. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE K-9 ALERTED IN AN OPEN FIELD AT THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE ESTABLISHED PERIMETER, AND THE SUSPECT WAS
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LOCATED LYING PRONE AGAINST A FENCE BEHIND SOME TREES. THROUGH A WELL-ORCHESTRATED AND COLLABORATIVE OPERATION, PATROL LOCATED AND ARRESTED AN OFFENDER WHO HAD JUST BEEN FOUND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 13 YEAR OLD JUVENILE. THIS TEAM EFFORT OF VIGILANT OFFICERS QUICKLY CONTAINED AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE A NEFARIOUS PREDATOR WHO WAS LATER IMPLICATED IN AN ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SEX OFFENSE OF YET ANOTHER 13 YEAR OLD JUVENILE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTIONS ON THAT. VERY. PLEASURE TO ASK YOU ALL TO COME DOWN FOR A PICTURE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. THANK YOU OFFICER.CAN I JUST GET EVERYONE TO SHIFT? PLEASE? THANK YOU. A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
TRYING TO GET YOU GUYS ALL SET. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO THREE. THANK YOU.
SORRY, SORRY. THANKS. WHAT WE DO TO THE WOMEN. ONE OF US IS LEAVING IN CUFFS.
[Downtown On-Street Parking Proposed Modifications to Unmarked Spaces to Improve Vehicle Circulation and Safety]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION. ITEM 252604, DOWNTOWN ON STREET PARKING.PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO UNMARKED SPACES TO IMPROVE VEHICLE CIRCULATION AND SAFETY.
GARY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR. CITY MANAGER, TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON STREET PARKING AND IMPROVING CIRCULATION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. TURNED ON. WHY ARE WE HERE? WELL, WE WANT STAFF WHO WANTS TO PROPOSE SOME CHANGES FOR YOUR CONCURRENCE TO ON STREET PARKING FOR THE ROADS SURROUNDING THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA. WHAT DO I MEAN BY DOWNTOWN CORE AREA? THOSE ARE STREETS. THE LOUISIANA, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE DOWNTOWN CORE STREETS THAT PROVIDE CIRCULATION OR PROVIDE THE ON STREET PARKING. THEY'RE STRIPED SPACES. THOSE ARE THE STREETS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT THOSE AND HAVE NO ON NOT NO MARKED SPACES. WHY DO WE WANT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES? WE WANT TO ENHANCE CIRCULATION IN AND AROUND THE SQUARE. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND DECREASE FRUSTRATION FOR DRIVERS. AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO PREPARE THE SQUARE FOR UPCOMING INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES. SO WHAT'S THE CHALLENGE OUT THERE? RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY VEHICLE CIRCULATION. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU COME IN ON LOUISIANA AND YOU TURN ON KENTUCKY, COME SOUTH AND YOU GO INTO THAT LOT, THAT SLOT MAY BE FULL OF CARS AND YOU CAN'T CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK. SO YOU PULL OUT ONTO DAVIS. DAVIS MAY BE SO FULL OF TRAFFIC OF CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH. YOU CAN'T CIRCULATE BACK OVER TO CHURCH TO COME UP AND LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT LOCATION TO PARK. SO WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT.
SO WE THINK THAT IMPROVES THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND ENHANCES THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE DOWN THERE WEEKLY. WE WANT TO DIRECT VISITORS TO THE LOTS AND GARAGES, YOU KNOW, COMPLEMENTING WITH OUR WAYFINDING PROGRAM. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MINIMIZE DRIVER FRUSTRATION. WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, THROUGH THE WAYFINDING PROGRAM, CLEARLY IDENTIFY PERMISSIBLE PARKING LOCATIONS. THIS WOULD TELL YOU WHERE NOT TO PARK. AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY. YOU'VE GOT IMPROVING SIGHT DISTANCE AT DRIVEWAYS. SO A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PARKED CARS ARE CLOSE TO DRIVEWAYS AND ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO SOME OF THE STREETS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ONCOMING CARS AS YOU'RE TURNING OFF. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
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IMPROVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND THEN HIGHLIGHT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WHEN A PEDESTRIAN IS COMING THROUGH THESE PARKED CARS, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT FOR VEHICLES TO SEE THOSE MOTORS TO SEE THOSE AND SOMETIMES PUTTING PEDESTRIANS AT RISK. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A CHANGE WE MADE LAST DECEMBER. WE VISITED WITH MR. GRIMES ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE MADE THE CHANGE, KNOWING THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THIS PRESENTATION. THIS IS CHURCH STREET NORTH OF VIRGINIA.YOU CAN TELL FROM THE CENTER PHOTO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT EAST SIDE IS NO PARKING. THE WEST SIDE, THE LEFT HAND PHOTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A ALLOWED TO HAVE PARKING. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY COME UP CLOSE TO THE DRIVEWAY. SO IF A VEHICLE IS COMING SOUTHBOUND THERE ON CHURCH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PERSON COMING OFF THE SIDE STREET TO SEE THAT VEHICLE. AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT KIND OF FORCED US TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER ON CHURCH STREET WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF UNION BEAR. WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THAT OLD PARKING LOT, AT LEAST TO KIND OF BLEND RIGHT IN WITH THE STREET. PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY PARK THERE. WELL, AS SOON AS THAT CURB GOT CONSTRUCTED FOR UNION BEAR, PEOPLE STARTED TO PARK FARTHER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER DOWN TO VIRGINIA. SO WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS A PROBLEM. PEOPLE CAN'T GO TWO WAY TRAFFIC. YOU CAN SEE IT. AND AGAIN, IN THAT CENTER PICTURE, IF SOMEONE'S TRYING TO COME SOUTHBOUND WITH THAT NORTHBOUND VEHICLE, IT'S TOO TIGHT. PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE THAT.
IT WAS CAUSING CIRCULATION AREAS. SO WE PASSED OUT FLIERS TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND HOMES THERE. WE SAID IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM, REACH OUT TO THE ENGINEERING PROBLEM. WE DIDN'T HEAR ONE PEEP FROM ANYBODY. WE MADE THE CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD A FEW COMMENTS, BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANY CHANGES THERE. SO I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. SO AGAIN, BACK TO WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY CIRCULATION ROADS? I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN PURPLE. THIS IS LAMAR AT THE NORTH, DAVIS ON THE SOUTH, CHURCH ON THE WEST. AND THEN WE INCLUDED CHESTNUT IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN HUNT ALSO AS WE SEE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE AND THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE HOUSED BY CITY STAFF, WE THINK WE'LL ALSO SEE SOME INCREASED CIRCULATION THROUGH THERE.
AGAIN, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE GRAY STREETS, SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE PARKING SPACES AWAY ON THESE MARKED MAIN STREETS. WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES THERE. WHAT ARE THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING? WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, HIGHWAY FIVE IS GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND WHEN WE RECONSTRUCT HIGHWAY FIVE, THAT CENTER LEFT TURN LANE THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY WILL BE GONE. IT WILL BE A RAISED MEDIAN THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ACCESS SPECIFICALLY AT HUNT STREET. AT HUNT STREET, YOU'LL BE ABLE IF YOU'RE COMING NORTH, YOU'LL TAKE A LEFT IN AND ACCESS TO THE WEST AND THE SQUARE. BUT IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE SQUARE WEST AND YOU GET TO HUNT STREET AT HIGHWAY FIVE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE A LEFT TO GO NORTH. YOU'D ONLY BE ABLE TO TURN RIGHT. SO IT'S A LEFT IN ONLY. WE'RE ALSO PLANNING WITH THE LAMAR STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S UNDER DESIGN. NOW TO PUT A SIGNAL IN THERE AT AT LAMAR AND HIGHWAY FIVE. IT'S WARRANTED OFF TODAY'S VOLUMES. ONCE WE HAVE THE REDISTRIBUTION OF VOLUMES, WITH THE ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND THE CHANGES OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS DUE TO HIGHWAY FIVE, MORE PRESSURE ON THAT STREET. AND THEN AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOWER FIVE PLAZA, WE THINK ARE GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WE HAVE THAT AMENITY. STAFF'S BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION. WE'VE GONE OUT AND COLLECTED ALL THE STREET WIDTHS SO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF STREET WE'RE WORKING WITH. WE'VE DONE WEEKEND AND WEEKDAY VEHICLE COUNTS FOR 24 HOURS. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF FIELD OBSERVATIONS TO SEE WHERE THESE PINCH POINTS ARE, TO SEE WHERE THE CHALLENGING AREAS ARE BOTH IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND JUST NORMAL, NORMAL PERIODS. WE'VE LOGGED ALL THE EXISTING PARKING RESTRICTIONS, SO WE KNOW HOW TO COMPLEMENT WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY WITH CURRENT RESTRICTIONS, WITH SOME IDEAS ON WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH FIRE, MAIN STREET AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS. THEY INTERACT WITH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS EVERY DAY ON THESE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SURPRISE ANYBODY WITH CHANGING THE RULES FOR ANYBODY AND NOT THEM BEING AWARE. SO WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE VOLUMES AND THE ROADWAY WIDTHS ARE OUT THERE. A LOT OF THE STREETS ARE 24FT AND NARROWER.
WE'VE GOT A FEW THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 25FT, AND THEN YOUR VOLUMES, YOUR DARK GREEN OR YOUR GREEN ARE 1500 VEHICLES AND HIGHER. YOUR PURPLE OR EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIGHT BLUE ARE THE THOUSAND TO 1500, AND THEN YOUR PURPLE ARE 500 TO 1000. SO A WIDE RANGE OF VOLUMES, BUT ENOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN YOU GET TO THAT 1000 VEHICLES AND UP, IT STARTS TO BE A CHALLENGE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE EVEN WERE SURPRISED AT CHURCH, IT'S ONLY 500 TO 1000 THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE, WELL, WHAT WE THINK IS BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE THAT STREET NOW, THOSE STREETS, THOSE VOLUMES ARE ACTUALLY MOVING OVER TO BENGE. SO WE THINK BY MAKING SOME OF THESE CHANGES, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO SOME OF THESE SURROUNDING STREETS. OUTSIDE OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE CORE AREA. SO HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF AREAS OF CONCERN. SO THIS IS CHURCH STREET IN THAT AREA I'M TALKING
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ABOUT JUST ADJACENT TO THE YARD. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VEHICLES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET. IF THERE WAS A TWO VEHICLES TRYING TO NAVIGATE HERE, IT'D BE TOO TIGHT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. YES, SIR. CAN I INTERRUPT YOU THERE? DID YOU MAKE IT? NO PARKING. BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH ON CHURCH STREET. JUST ON CHURCH BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND HUNT. YES, SIR. GOOD. THAT IS THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE IN DECEMBER. WE ELIMINATED THE PARKING THAT WAS ON THE WEST WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT IF YOU DIDN'T. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE TAKING THAT IDEA, AND WE'RE MOVING IT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE. SO YOU'LL SEE OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT WILL BE HERE TO REMOVE THE PARKING IN THIS SIDE TO MAKE THE CIRCULATION WORK HERE BETTER.THIS IS ON DAVIS JUST WEST OF WOOD. YOU CAN SEE WE ACTUALLY HAVE VEHICLES PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET HERE. SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO COME OUT OF THAT LOT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, CIRCULATE OVER TO CHURCH TO GO BACK NORTH, LOOK FOR DIFFERENT PARKING SPACE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. THIS IS ON LAMAR STREET OVER BY HIGHWAY FIVE. WE HAD THE TOWNHOMES BUILT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. WE'VE GOT THE U-HAUL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. AS WE'VE SEEN THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES PICK UP ON LAMAR. EVEN TODAY, THIS STARTS TO BECOME A BOTTLENECK. YOU'RE WAITING FOR ONE VEHICLE TO COME. YOU HAVE A FEW PEOPLE BACK UP BEHIND YOU.
IT'S REALLY NOT THAT I THINK THE CONDITION THAT WE WANT TO CREATE, ESPECIALLY AS VOLUMES ARE GOING TO INCREASE THERE. WE ALSO HAVE WOOD STREET HERE NEXT TO CENTRAL PARK. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WEIRD SPOT THAT I THINK PEOPLE PARK THERE. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR ANYWHERE THAT THEY CAN. AND SO ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT THE REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNTOWN, MAYBE WOOD STREET EVEN GOES AWAY. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT HERE TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY LET'S IMPROVE THE PARKING OR THE CIRCULATION HERE AND REMOVE THE PARKING FROM THE STREET. SO OUR PROPOSED ACTION WITH AGAIN, THIS IS WITH YOUR YOUR CONCURRENCE AND BLESSING IS WE WOULD REMOVE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET FOR STREETS THAT ARE LESS THAN 30FT IN WIDTH ON THESE CORE STREETS, UNLESS THERE IS A BUMP OUT OR SPACES OTHERWISE PROVIDED. FOR INSTANCE, OVER BY DAVIS AT THE SQUARE, WE HAVE SOME STRIPED SPOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DAVIS THAT WERE BUILT THERE. CHURCH HAS A FEW SPOTS OR NOT. CHURCH CHESTNUT HAS A FEW SMART SPOTS FOR POLICE VEHICLES. THE AMOUNT OF PATROL PARKS OVER THERE AND THEY USE THEIR TRAILER THERE. WE HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES ON CHURCH, LIKE THE FEED STORE WHERE PARKING KIND OF BACKS OUT OVER THE SIDEWALK. WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING THAT TODAY. I THINK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'LL BABY STEPS HERE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TACKLE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. SO WE WOULD GO IN AND INSTALL PARKING, NO PARKING SIGNS OF THESE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE ACTIVE PARKING. WE KNOW THERE'S AREAS CONCERNS, BUT INSTEAD OF LIKE PROLIFERATING THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH NO PARKING SIGNS, WE WANT TO GO IN THERE WITH A STAGED APPROACH. WE'RE GOING TO PUT DOUBLE YELLOW STRIPES DOWN FIRST. AND SO THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM, BUT WE WANT TO KIND OF MENTALLY TELL PEOPLE THERE'S NO PARKING, DOUBLE YELLOW LINES THAT KIND OF SAY, HEY, THIS THIS ROAD IS USED FOR CIRCULATION. AND SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WON'T PARK THERE. IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE'LL SUPPLEMENT WITH NO PARKING SIGNS, BUT WE'LL TRY THIS FIRST. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE FOR STREETS ON LAMAR, HUNT, DAVIS CHURCH AND CHESTNUT. WE ALSO HAVE ALL THE LITTLE ALLEY STREETS THAT ARE VERY NARROW WOODS, THAT EXAMPLE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH FIRE LANES AND NO PARKING ON THOSE STREETS AS WELL TO INCREASE CIRCULATION THERE. SOME OF THEM LIKE WOOD, WE DON'T WE MAY NOT MARK THEM AS A FIRE LANE BECAUSE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE SAY IT'S A FIRE LANE. I DON'T WANT A DRIVER PULLING DOWN A STREET. AND THEN WE HAVE THAT OVERHEAD TREE CANOPY THAT THE FIRE TRUCK MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UNDER. SO WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ON HOW WE DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET, BUT WITH YOUR BLESSING, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT AND MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS IS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE THICK STREETS ARE THE MAIN STREETS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE THICKER RED. SO WE BASICALLY ELIMINATING PARKING ON ALL THESE STREETS THAT HAVE HERE IN RED. AND THEN THE RED THINNER LINE IS THE ALLEY STREETS THAT WOULD BE MAKE NO PARKING AS WELL. WHAT'S THE IMPACTS. SO WHERE WE'RE ACTIVE PARKING TODAY YOU LOSE NINE SPACES ON LAMAR, SEVEN ON WOOD GIVE OR TAKE DEPENDING IF WE HAVE SMALLER CARS. YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE CRAM IN THERE EIGHT ON CHURCH AND THEN NINE ON DAVIS. SO A TOTAL OF 33 UNMARKED SPACES THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED TODAY. SO WITH THAT I'LL OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONCURRENCE FROM YOU GUYS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN.
GARY, THE ONLY ONE THAT STRIKES ME, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON WOOD STREET BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS I MEAN, FOR 28 YEARS I'VE WONDERED, WHY ARE YOU PARKING YOUR CAR ON THIS THING? BUT THE LAMAR BY THE TOWNHOMES, THAT STRIKES ME AS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ONEROUS ON THOSE RESIDENTS. I GUESS THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOME PARKING IN THE BACK, MAYBE AN ALLEY. IS THAT RIGHT? THERE IS A DRIVE THAT GOES BACK THERE. OKAY, LET'S BE HONEST. THAT'S PROBABLY FULL OF STUFF THOUGH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YES, THIS IS GOING TO PUT AN IMPACT ON THEM. SO THEY WILL PROBABLY MOVE OVER TO CHESTNUT MAYBE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAMAR. YOU KNOW THERE'LL BE AN IMPACT IN THOSE RESIDENTS MAYBE FEEL A LITTLE CHALLENGED THERE RIGHT. I DO I DO WANT TO MAKE
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ONE COMMENT THOUGH. THE TIMING I THINK IS OUTSTANDING BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE IN A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE HAVE MORE PARKING AVAILABLE ON THE SQUARE THAN WE EVER HAVE BECAUSE OF MOVING CITY HALL. SO THE TIMING ON THIS IS VERY GOOD. YEAH. GARY, ON ON THAT ONE. YOU'VE GOT THE TOWNHOMES JUST NORTH OF LAMAR AND THEN ON LOGAN, YOU ALSO HAVE TOWNHOMES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOGAN THERE TOO. BUT LOGAN'S NOT TRAVELED AS MUCH. BUT THOSE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THE CITY LIGHT BEHIND THE FIRE STATION CAN'T THEY. THAT'S CORRECT. THE PEOPLE ON LOGAN PRETTY MUCH ARE.NO ONE'S ALREADY PARKING THERE ARE ALREADY USING THAT THAT LOT THERE. YEAH. AND THAT MAY BE WHERE THE PEOPLE FROM THE APARTMENTS ARE. THE TOWNHOMES ON LAMAR GO AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT OF A FARTHER WALK. BUT YEAH LAMAR IS TIGHT FOR SURE. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT ON EVENT DAYS AND OR WEEKENDS, HOW THIS KIND OF FLEXES OUT INTO SOME OTHER ROADS THAT CAN'T DEAL WITH IT, PARTICULARLY DAVIS. AS IT GOES FURTHER WEST, WE END UP WITH A LOT OF ZIGZAGGING CHURCH AS IT GOES FURTHER NORTH ENDS UP WITH A LOT OF PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH. AND BENJ, YOU MENTIONED BENJ. I THINK BENJ GETS IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO ON LIKE OKTOBERFEST WEEKEND OR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS ABOUT CLOSING ONE SIDE OF THOSE STREETS? SO TO JUST JUST IN A TEMPORARY MANNER? YES FOR SURE. WE AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO MAIN STREET ABOUT THAT. MAIN STREET ALREADY HAS SOME PARKING NO PARKING SIGNS THEY PUT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS OUT IN SOME OF THOSE STREETS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LIMITS OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERN THERE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP TODAY ABOUT MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO STRETCH OUT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING. THE CHALLENGE WITH WHEN YOU HAVE AN ATTRACTION LIKE WE DO WHEREVER WE PUT THE NO PARKING, AS SOON AS YOU STOP IT, THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARK, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO BUT BUT THOSE CAN BE ABSORBED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. I MEAN, CHURCH AND DAVIS ARE BOTH. I MEAN, I DRIVE THIS CHURCH, DAVIS INTERSECTION, EVERY DAY, THREE TIMES A DAY WHEN I COME TO AND FROM WORK, AND DAVIS GOING ON TO THE WEST IS AN ODD STREET BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LONG STREET.
AND ONCE YOU GET STARTED ON IT AND SOMEONE ELSE GETS STARTED ON IT, ONE OF Y'ALL IS REVERSING DOWN IT. IF THERE'S CARS PARKED ALONG THE SIDE. SO IT JUST MAKES FOR AN AWKWARD THING. BUT I THINK AS YOU TAKE SOME CARS OFF OF THAT, MAYBE IT HELPS. BUT THE COMMENTS I HEAR ARE NOT ONLY THE DAYTIME PARKING, BUT IT'S THE EVENT PARKING THAT IS. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S A PROBLEM IN AND OF ITSELF. IT'S THE CHAOS OF IT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AND SO IF WE DID SOME ORDER TO THAT PARK WITH PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL, DO YOU DO YOU EXPECT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD SOME WAYFINDING TO COMPLEMENT THE IMPROVED CIRCULATION IN YOUR YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY A SQUARE RECTANGLE HERE. YES. SO AS PART OF THE WAYFINDING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE LET AND THEY'RE MANUFACTURED, THE SIGNS NOW WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL SIGNS. IF THERE ARE SOME AREAS, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE INSTALLED THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND ADD A FEW MORE. WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT WE WANT TO GET THAT FIRST WAVE IN AND SEE HOW IT HOW IT LOOKS AND HOW IT, YOU KNOW, IMPROVES CIRCULATION. SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, I TO ME, I AGREE WITH PATRICK IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF SPOTS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO THAT ARE COMING DOWNTOWN IS THE ANGST OF FINDING A SPOT THAT THEY EITHER THEY ALWAYS GO FOR THE SAME SPOT, OR THEY'RE NOT DOWN THERE FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO KIND OF KNOW THE TRICKS OF WHERE TO FIND SPOTS. AND SO THEY THEY GO TO ONE SPOT AND THEN THEY PANIC AND THEY GET NERVOUS AND THEY START CIRCLING THE SQUARE A BUNCH OF TIMES, WHICH DOESN'T HELP ANYBODY. AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING. AND THEN THEY BECOME FRUSTRATED WITH THE EXPERIENCE. AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TAKE THAT ANGST OFF THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ENTER DOWNTOWN ON LOUISIANA, TAKE A RIDE ON CHURCH STREET. IT'S WIDE OPEN NOW. IT'S REAL EASY TO PULL A VEHICLE DOWN, TAKE A LEFT ON DAVIS STREET AND THERE'S A PARKING GARAGE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE, AND TAKE A LEFT ON CHESTNUT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE UP HERE. AND TAKE ANOTHER LEFT ON HUNT. AND WE GOT A THREE BLOCK PARKING LOT HERE. I MEAN, THAT THAT ANGST OF WHERE DO I GO WHEN THAT SPOT THAT I'M USED TO ISN'T THERE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP DRIVING PEOPLE OFF INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKING ON THE SIDE OF ON WOOD STREETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST LIKE THIS PANIC OF, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. I'M JUST GOING TO PULL IT WHEREVER I CAN. SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. ANOTHER PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH IT RIGHT NOW IS A PILOT PROJECT WITH A, A COMPANY THAT WOULD MONITOR PARKING SPACES. SO
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YOU WOULD PUT A LITTLE PUCK ON EVERY AVAILABLE SPACE. WE'D WE'D HAVE REAL TIME OCCUPANCY OF THESE SPACES. THEY HAVE AN APP THAT WE CAN NOW DISTRIBUTE OUT TO PEOPLE. PEOPLE WOULD LOG ON AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE THIS AREA HAS EIGHT SPACES AND IT'S EITHER GREEN, YELLOW OR RED. IF IT'S A SIX OR MORE SPACES ARE FULL, IT'S PROBABLY RED. BUT IF IT'S FOUR TO, YOU KNOW, SIX, MAYBE IT'S YELLOW. AND THEN IF IT'S LESS THAN FOUR, IT'S GREEN. AND, YOU KNOW, USING THAT TO TRY TO HELP GUIDE PEOPLE, THEY CAN PULL THAT APP UP. HAVE A LINK TO IT ON OUR WEB PAGE, YOU KNOW, AND DISTRIBUTE, DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION TO PEOPLE. WHERE IS THE AVAILABLE PARKING IF WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO THEM, I THINK HELPS REMOVE SOME OF THAT ANGST. SO. THE LAST THING, JUST IN TERMS OF. VISION OR. DIRECTION IN THIS, I THINK THE MORE CARS WE KEEP OFF THE SQUARE, THE BETTER FOR PEDESTRIAN. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN CIRCULATE AROUND THIS OUTSIDE MAP AND KNOW I'D BEEN SHARED AN OLD, YOU KNOW, 50 YEAR OLD MAP THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE SQUARE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A THOUGHT. BUT DRAWING THESE LINES, CREATING THIS CIRCULATION, TAKING AWAY THAT ANGST, JUST TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE, PLEASE DON'T DRIVE AROUND THE SQUARE FIVE TIMES LOOKING FOR A SPOT. IT'S NOT THERE. I THINK IT MAKES FOR A BETTER PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. AND SO I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF VALUE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO I APPRECIATE IT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS. YES YES YES. THANK YOU MAYOR GARY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WORK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ACCORDING TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION OR SESSION.AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEM. SECTION. SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS, CITY MANAGER ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT HEMISPHERES AND THERE'LL BE NO ACTION, IS THERE? WE AREOING AFR BIGGEST CASE YET? YES, SIR. THE BIGGEST CASE. DEFENDING YOUR OWN PROPERTY. DO WE HAVE EVERYONE? MAYOR, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN.
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