Dec 17, 2024 Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

[1. Call to Order]

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ANY ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON

[2. Consideration and Take Action on the Minutes of the October 15, 2024 meeting.]

>> NOT ANY CHANGES, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

[3. Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on the FYs 2025-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). (Presentation by Huitt-Zollars, Inc.) ]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

>> MOTION AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. MINUTES ARE IMPROVED. ITEM NUMBER THREE. RECEIVER REPORT HOLD THE DISCUSSION PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE ACTION ON THE 2025 TO 2050 METROPOLITAN -- TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

>> LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFORE , HE COMES UP. THIS PLAN IS DUE AM ACTUALLY TODAY, DECEMBER 17TH.

IT COVERS THE YEARS 2025 TO 2050 AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT DOES MAKE FOR A WHILE NOW WE HAD A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND IT IS OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND THIS DOES REQUIRE HEARING AT THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING -- THAT WILL BE THE CLOSURE OF THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS AND I WILL SAY THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS, ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THIS LAST 20 DAY REVIEW PERIOD HAS BEEN INCLUDED AND SENT THROUGH AN EMAIL AND YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OF YOU THERE. THE TACH AT THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING WITH THE PROJECT LISTING, THEY WITHDREW THE FUNDING ON SYSTEM AND ILLUSTRATIVE ON SYSTEM. THE OFF SYSTEM PROJECTS AND OTHERS, THE FUNDED ON SYSTEM AND ILLUSTRATIVE ON SYSTEM PROJECTS WERE RANKED BY THE TAX. YOU WILL SEE THAT TACH DRINKING IN THE PACKETS. IN ADDITION TO THAT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WERE RANKED USING THE SOFTWARE WHICH BILL WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. THE DRAFT MTP DOCUMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE TACH INTO THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS WERE DECEMBER 4TH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS. THEY DID NOT TAKE ACTION ON THE FULL DOCUMENT BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL DOING SOME REVAMPING OF THINGS LIKE THAT. THE ACTION REQUESTED IS APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2050 MTP, AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BILL. YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON THOSE AND IT

WILL MOVE IT ON. >> IT AFTER THEM, I'M BILL FRAWLEY , AND HE WAS ALREADY INCORPORATED. GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. WE HAVE ABOUT, I THINK 42 SLIDES , SO DO NOT BE SCARED, SOME OF THOSE I CAN GLOSS OVER BUT I'M HERE TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, ASK QUESTIONS AND PLEASE FEEL FREE AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TO ASK QUESTIONS AS IT COMES UP. I'M HAPPY TO BE INTERRUPTED OR WHATEVER ELSE LIKE THAT. WHAT I WILL DO, WALK THROUGH THE PLAN , THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE PLAN AND THEN TWO, FIVE, SIX SLIDES ON EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS OF THE PLAN JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DISCOVER, WHAT THE PLAN CONTAINS. AND AGAIN, HOPEFULLY IT WILL SPUR IF YOU QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. SO, TO BEGIN WITH -- THE MPO STAFF AND IT JUST GREW BY 50% HERE RECENTLY.

WHAT, IN THE LAST MONTH I BELIEVE? PROVIDED EXCELLENT TEAMWORK WITH US -- JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BRETT BROWN. I SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING FOR TEXAS A& M. WORKING WITH MPO'S ALL OVER THE STATE. BEFORE THAT , THANK YOU -- BEFORE THAT I WAS MPO DIRECTOR IN CHARLOTTE OUNTY, FLORIDA STARTED MPO IN THE EARLY '90S. SENT -- HAVE A VARIETY OF PART-TIME JOBS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SO I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN ABILENE OVER THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS THROUGH THE TEXACO CONTRACT. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH MPO AND ALL THE OTHERS INTO THE UNITED STATES. ABILENE WAS NOT NEW TO ME BUT I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DURING THIS TIME. AND AGAIN, GREAT STAFF, TEAMWORK. WE FOLLOWED WHAT IS CALLED THE THREE C PROCK ASKED -- PROCESS. AND AS COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND CONTINUANCE. BASICALLY COOPERATIVE COME ALL THE ENTITIES CAME TOGETHER FOR A TEAM EFFORT ON THIS. THE

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PART OF THE PROCESS TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN, WE REVIEWED THE PREVIOUS MTP, FIND OUT WHAT WAS BEING SAID BEFORE. WHAT CONDITIONS ARE ABOUT THE SAME, WHAT MAY HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. LOOK AT THE PROJECT LIST FROM THE PAST AND SO ON. WE HAD A REALLY ROBUST AND DYNAMIC PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS AND I WANT TO MENTION JAMES WHO WAS HERE, HE PROVIDED A LOT OF INPUT , SOME CRITIQUES, SOME SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE VERY END. HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND SO ON. HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I'M GLAD HE IS HERE TODAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE, JUST HAVING HIS NAME ON THE SCREEN WOULD NOT BE THE SAME. A LOT OF PEOPLE PROVIDED COMMENTS COMING OUT TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, RESPONDING TO SURVEYS. AND THEN WE HAD -- I WILL DISCUSS IT MORE -- WE HAVE THIS DELPHI MEETING BACK IN THE SUMMER AND I WILL GO INTO DETAIL WITH THAT. WE'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE DRAFTS AND REVIEW AND EDIT. WE SUBMITTED DRAFT 11 YESTERDAY, IT WAS. SO, THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT KEEPING UP IN REAL TIME WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I'M GOING TO STOP EVERY SO OFTEN. SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE SHY ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR BEFORE WE START GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE CHAPTERS? OKAY. CHAPTER ONE IS THE INTRODUCTION. THIS IS USUALLY SOME OF THE EASY STUFF TO ADDRESS. YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE AS FAR AS CURRENT SITUATIONS, LOOK AT THE WHAT HAS CHANGED. WE DID FOLLOW THE CURRENT LEGISLATION REQUIREMENTS WHICH IS THE II JA OR INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS ACT IT IS ALSO CALLED THE BIL LAW. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THE LEGISLATION WIRES ARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THAT IS NOT NEW WITH HIS CURRENT LEGISLATION AND THEN THERE IS ALWAYS SOME CHANGING PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TOURISM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WILL MENTION DURING THE PROCESS OF THE PRESENTATION. ONE THING TO POINT OUT, ANOTHER THING TO POINT OUT, THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED THE METROPOLITAN AREA BOUNDARY. YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. IT IS THE AREA THAT THE MPO PLANS FOR.

BEYOND THE SMOOTH URBANIZED AREA OR URBAN AREA BOUNDARY.

THAT AREA ANTICIPATED TO BECOME URBAN IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS OR BIG CHUNKS OF IT MIGHT BE. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A REQUEST THAT IS ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. IT HAS GONE THROUGH TXDOT REVIEW THE MPO IS WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR OR DESIGNEE TO SIGN OFF AND SAY YES, THIS NEW BOUNDARY. WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU ALL FORGIVE ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M A LITTLE BIT COLORBLIND. IS THAT A RED DASHED LINE? THANK YOU. THERE IS A RED DASHED LINE THAT COVERS QUITE A BIT OF THE MAP YOU SEE. THAT IS THE STUDY AREA. THAT IS WHAT WOULD BECOME THE NEW METROPOLITAN AREA BOUNDARY IF AND WHEN THE GOVERNOR HAS -- OR DESIGNEE SIGNS APPEAR THE CURRENT DESIGNEE IS BLACK LINE. I'M JUST LOOK FOR -- I'M NOT COMPLETELY COLORBLIND AND I'M SAFE TO DRIVE. I WILL TELL YOU ALL STORIES AFTER THE PRESENTATION. I'VE NEVER BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISHAPS. ANYWAY. WE DID STUDY AND WE LOOKED AT AND HAD INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITIES IN THAT EXPANDED METROPOLITAN AREA BOUNDARY AND THAT AGAIN, IS THE FORESIGHT OF YOUR STAFF SAYING, HEY, WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AND I HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMENDED IN A MAJOR WAY. SOON AFTER WE HAVE DONE THIS ONE. THAT WAS VERY GOOD ON THEIR PART OF COURSE. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET MY WATER. THIS IS NOT WT 40 .

IT IS ACTUALLY WATER. I DON'T DRINK THAT STUFF. I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A FILTER SO -- ALL RIGHT, CHAPTER 2, MOBILITY CONDITIONS. WE LOOKED AT COMMUTING CHARACTERISTICS. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS LOOKED AT IN

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HOPEFULLY VERY SOON. LOOKED AT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND THAT IS BASICALLY TRAFFIC VOLUMES TIMES THE NUMBER OF MILES INTO THE NETWORK. IT IS HAPPEN PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. EVERYWHERE SAW DECREASES IN VMT SYSTEMWIDE BUT IT IS COMING BACK AND HERE IS A LOT OF PLACES IT HAS BEEN INCREASING SINCE THE PRETTY CLOSE BACK TO WHAT IT WAS.

CURRENT CONGESTION -- CONGESTION IS RELATIVE. AND WHEN I HAVE TALKED TWO AND THREE DAY WORKSHOPS AND SOME THINGS, AND I GOT TO HELP DIFFERENT PLACES, THAT IS WHERE THE KEY THINGS THAT I ALWAYS MENTION. CONGESTION IS RELATIVE. AND SO, MODERATE CONGESTION HERE HAS MEANING AND SEVERE CONGESTION COULD BE HAVING TO WAIT AT A RED LIGHT.

TWO OR THREE CYCLES. I LIVE IN ARLINGTON , SO FOR ME, SEVERE CONGESTION IS WHAT IT TAKES ME AN HOUR TO GET TO PLANO INSTEAD OF 35 MINUTES OR SOMETHING OR HOUR AND A HALF. BUT, WHAT PEOPLE DEAL WITH ON THIS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM , THAT IS WHAT THEY KNOW, THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE USED TO, THAT IS WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE BUILT UPON. IF IT TAKES LONGER TO GET SOMEWHERE. THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE WILL START TO MENTION IT, COMPLAIN OR WHATEVER. RIGHT NOW THE MODERATE TYPE OF CONGESTION THAT WE HAVE SEEN OCCURRING ON I 20 AS YOU WOULD PROBABLY GUESS I KNOW FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE DRIVING, SAY SEGMENTS OF U.S. 83 AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER SPOTS IN THE INTERSECTIONS OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IN THE FUTURE, IF NONE OF THE PROJECTS DURING THE PLAN WERE BUILT , YOU WOULD START TO SEE SOME SERIOUS CONGESTION OVER TIME , PROBABLY ALL OF INTERSTATE 20 INSTEAD OF JUST SOME SEGMENTS, ALL OF U.S. 83, THE ENTIRE EAST LOOP 322. AND THEN DOWN SOUTH, FM 707, SOUTH BELTWAY STREET , DRIVE ROAD. AS YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR, THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH HEADING SOUTH AND SOME OF THOSE -- MORE RULE ROAD TO BECOMING MORE AND MORE URBAN AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT IS CARRYING A LOT OF TRAFFIC. SAFETY WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALONG WITH CONGESTION. THIS IS A HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS THE DENSITY OF ALL TYPES OF CRASHES THROUGHOUT THIS METROPOLITAN STUDY AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE COLOR-CODED LEGEND THE YELLOW AREA IS THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY OF ALL CRASHES. THESE ARE MINOR CRASHES ON THE TO FATALITIES. YOU CAN SEE HOW CHANGES AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE CORE OF THE CITY AND THEN BECOMES MORE SPARSE AS YOU GO AWAY FROM IT . SO, THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE SOME OF THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY OF CRASHES ARE. ONE THING THAT I'M VERY CAREFUL TO DO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND I WAS TAUGHT THIS BY CALLING BACK AT TTI. WE NEVER USED THE WORD DANGEROUS FOR ROADS. AND THAT IS ON PURPOSE BECAUSE THAT WORD CAN BE MISCONSTRUED BY THE MEDIA OR THE PUBLIC OR A CAN GET INTO LEGAL THING SPIRITS WE REALLY TALK ABOUT CRASH FREQUENCY, CRUSH WEIGHT -- RATES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THE FIVE INTERSECTIONS WITH THE HIGHEST CRASH FREQUENCY AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE CRASHES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE, I'M KIND OF JUMPING IN MY ACCESS MANAGEMENT, TALK A LITTLE BIT.

DRIVEWAYS ARE INTERSECTIONS ALSO APPEARED ANYWHERE TWO PATHS CROSS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE LEFT, RIGHT, STRAIGHT ACROSS, ALL TYPES OF MOVEMENTS AVAILABLE. THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE MOST POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. YOU CAN SEE THESE FIVE INTERSECTIONS. OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 2019 TO 2023.

HIGHEST CRASH FREQUENCY. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE ENGINEERS AND THE PLANNERS WILL DO SOME TIME. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CRASHES THERE? PEOPLE RUNNING RED LIGHTS, INTOXICATED UNDER THE INFLUENCE -- ARE THEY DISTRACTED? ONCE YOU FIND OUT WHAT THOSE CAUSES ARE, IT CAN BE MULTIPLE. CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES CAN WE PLAN OR DESIGN OUR WAY OUT OF. SOME OF IT IS BEHAVIOR RELATED AND A LOT OF THEM ARE. THAT IS A DIFFERENT TYPE. NOW, THIS FOCUS FOCUSES ON THE FATAL -- U.S.

D.O.T. LIKES TO CHANGE HOW THEY TALK ABOUT THE OTHER SEVERE

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BASICALLY, ANYTHING WORK SOMEONE IS HURT BADLY, TYPICALLY HAVING TO BE REMOVED BY AN AMBULANCE OR A LIMB OR SOMETHING THAT IS MAIMED OR DISFIGURED. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST BELOW THE FATAL CRASHES. SO YOU CAN SEE , WE HAVE PINPOINTED WERE ALL THE CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. A LOT OF THEM YOU CAN TELL ARE IN THAT URBAN CORE. SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CENTRAL PART OF ABILENE. THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OTHER ONES AT INTERSECTIONS OUT AND AROUND.

MULTIPLE PROJECTS. MULTIPLE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE ADDRESSING SAFETY THROUGH INTERCHANGE AND INTERSECTION.

CHANGES. WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION WARRANTS A SIGNAL. RECONFIGURING AN INTERSECTION. ADDING A GREAT SEPARATION. THE OVERPASS. WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO HELP DO THOSE. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

THEN SAFETY RELATED TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SPIRIT THROUGHOUT OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, IN THE DELPHI GROUP. THE SURVEY. WE RECEIVED A LOT -- PLEASE DO THINGS THAT HELP WITH BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU ARE RELATED TO PEER THE USES OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. I THINK FIVE CAMPUSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. LOTS OF SCHOOLS. ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, SOMETIMES EVEN HIGH SCHOOL WALKING. BIKING TO CLASSES. SOME PEOPLE USE BICYCLES OR WALKING TO GET TO WORK. SOME PEOPLE ARE USING THAT TO GET TO TRANSIT. BICYCLING AND WALKING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR A VARIETY OF WAYS. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BICYCLE FACILITIES -- IT IS REAL EASY TO SAY, WE NEED A BIKE LANE, WEIGHTED BIKE PATH. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS, ACTUAL SPECIFIC CROSS-SECTIONS, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A BIKE LANE THAT IS JUST STRIPED OFF ON THE TRAVELING. WILL YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY ARE SEPARATED, IT IS OFF BEHIND THE CURB. IT IS FOUR FEET WIDE, 10 FEET WIDE , THERE IS A LOT OF SOLUTIONS, AND YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PLAN.

THE HELPS TO GIVE THOSE TOOLS AND ADDRESS SOME OF THAT. A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? AM I GOING TO SLOW FOR YOU ALL? I JUST REALLY WANT -- OKAY.

CHAPTER THREE. I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD A VERY ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET AS MUCH INPUT AS YOU CAN. BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THE OLD QUAKER STATE WILL COMMERCIAL. YOU CAN PAY ME NOW FOR ENGINE REBUILD.

FOR IN -- FOR THE ENGINE REBUILD. YOU CAN GET THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC NOW. AND USE IT AS YOU DEVELOP THE PLAN IN THE PROJECTS. YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM LATER. AND THEY CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT DID OR DID NOT GET INCLUDED. SOME MAY DO THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE BUT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT, SO WE HAD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS. AT THE BEGINNING, ONE TOWARDS THE END. ALSO AT THE BEGINNING WE HAVE THIS DELPHI GROUP AND I WILL GO THROUGH A SLIDE BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A ROBUST EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. AGAIN, ADVOCATES FOR BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN USE CAME OUT IN DROVES AND LOTS OF GOOD INPUT AS WELL AS INVESTMENT FOR ROADWAYS AGAIN, A LOT OF IT FOCUSED ON THE SOUTH PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA -- CHANGING EVOLVING FOR MORE OF A RURAL STATUS TO URBAN. WE IDENTIFIED A VULNERABLE POPULATION CONCENTRATIONS. THAT CAN INCLUDE MINORITY, LOW INCOME. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND SO ON. WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT. WHEN WE IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS, WE ATTEMPTED AND REACHED OUT TO REPRESENTATIVES AND SOME OF THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATION COMMUNITIES. WE DID NOT ANY -- GET ANY RESPONSES BACK BUT WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO TRY AND FIND INDIVIDUALS I CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT. I'M MESSING THAT WE DIDN'T FIND OUT, WE JUST WENT THOSE STEPS AND DID NOT GET RESPONSES FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. THIS DELPHI GROUP THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, MAY OR MAY NOT BE A FAMILIAR TERM. SIDE TRIVIAL KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHY PHILADELPHIA IS CALLED THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE? DELPHI MEANS BROTHER, FILA IN GREEK MEANS LOVE. BROTHERLY LOVE. THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, I DELPHI PANEL COMES FROM THAT GREEK WORD BROTHERLY, IS NOT JUST MAIL SPECIFIC BUT IT IS

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AGAIN, A LOT OF BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN , A LOT OF THE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN RULE -- RURAL TWO LANE ROADS, TALKED ABOUT NEEDING TO WIDEN THOSE TO THREE, FOUR, FIVE LANE, SHOULDERS. OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY HELPED DESCRIBED WHAT WE KNEW GENERALLY WHERE THE GROWTH AREAS BUT THEN EXPLAINED WHY AND WHY SOME AREAS WON'T BE GROWN AS MUCH.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. PUBLIC MEETING ONE, WE HAD ON JUNE 25TH OUT AT THE CALLED, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING.

IT WAS LIMITED ATTENDANCE BUT THOSE WHO CAME GAVE A LOT OF MEANINGFUL INPUT. WE HAD THE TRANSIT CITY LINK , LAUREN CAME FROM THERE. HAD A LOT OF GOOD INPUT AGAIN, ABOUT ALL TYPES OF MODES AND EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED -- AGAIN , SAFETY. YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY HEARING THE COMMONALITIES, A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING. SAFETY , BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN. A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TWO THINGS WERE LINKED. A LOT OF INTERACTIVE MAPS THAT PEOPLE CAN GO PUT SOME DOTS ON TO SHOW WHERE SOME CONCERNS ARE. ARE SOME PROJECTS MIGHT BE HELPFUL. SOME OTHER LIKE SLIDING-SCALE SORT OF SURVEY TYPE RESPONSE OPPORTUNITIES. SPEAKING OF THE SURVEY. WE HAD IT AVAILABLE.

THAT MULTIPLE EMAIL NOTIFICATION -- TO FOLKS ON THE EMAIL THE SPIRIT CITY LINK BUSES HAVE THE SURVEY OPPORTUNITY. THE TERMINAL. SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE WAS ALSO A LINK ON THE TRENTON WEBSITE. THAT WENT OUT FROM JUNE 7TH TO AUGUST 15 WE RECEIVED 33 RESPONSES -- NOT AS MANY AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.

BUT ENOUGH TO -- THERE IS SOME STATISTICAL VALIDITY TO THAT.

THAT IS GOOD. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT ANSWERS TO. HOW DIFFICULT OR EASY IS IT TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

THIS GIVES AN IDEA OF THE PEOPLE USING THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES, I WILL NOT WALK YOU ALL THROUGH EVERY SINGLE THING. DESCRIBE THE QUALITY OF THE CURRENT ROAD AND HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN THE ABILENE AREA. IT BECAME ALSO -- LIVES. QUALITY OF THE BICYCLE FACILITIES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SIDEWALK, PEDESTRIAN, SO ON. THIS GAVE A LOT OF GOOD GENERAL IDEAS SO IT CONFIRM WHAT WE ARE HEARING TO THE OTHER PROCESSES. THIS ONE IS KIND OF TELLING AND IS PROBABLY NOT VERY SURPRISING IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WHICH MODES OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE YOU USED , MOST OF US DRIVING A PERSONAL VEHICLE ALONE. THAT IS VERY TYPICAL IN THE ABILENE AREA AND OTHER SMALL MIDSIZE AREAS AS WELL. SOMEONE WAS USING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AT SOME POINT AT LEAST THE REPLY THAT THEY WERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THAT WERE THERE. GETTING TO WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO. PUBLIC MEETING NUMBER TWO WAS HELD MORE RECENTLY IN OCTOBER AT THE SOUTH LIBRARY OVER AT THE MALL. AGAIN, RELATIVELY LOW TURNOUT BUT WE HAD OF COUPLE PEOPLE TURNOUT AND STAY FOR AN HOUR OR SO AND GIVE A LOT OF IN-DEPTH INPUT. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? VISION STATEMENT. THIS ONE THAT THE TRENTON SECT TOLD US WAS OKAY TO USE AGAIN. FROM THE PREVIOUS MTP TO PROVIDE COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, CONTINUING SHORT LONG RAGE AND PLANNING. WHICH PROMOTES SAFE AND RELIABLE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS INTO THE ABILENE METROPOLITAN AREA. PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. LET'S GET PEOPLE AND THINGS WHERE THEY NEED TO GO EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY. SO THERE ARE GOALS AND ACTION STEPS. TO HELP MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY. SOME OF THE GOALS ARE TO IMPROVE SAFETY. ACTION STEPS. DECREASED FETAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. I WILL NOT READ EVERY BULLET TO YOU. IMPROVE SYSTEM RELIABILITY. THIS GETS INTO THE CONGESTION THING. YOU ALL MAY HAVE AN IDEA. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET FROM HERE TO YOUR HOME? WE DON'T EVEN ASK HOW

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PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS CHICKEN AND EGG SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES ROADS ARE BUILT TO HELP MAKE LAND MORE VIABLE AND ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO COME DEVELOP IT. FROM INDUSTRY AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS. SOMETIMES IT IS A RESPONSE TO, WELL, THAT IS CUMMINGS WE BETTER MAKE THE ROADS BETTER BUT SOMETIMES IT IS PART OF AN ACTUAL ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PACKAGE. WE WILL IMPROVE THIS ROAD AT THIS INTERSECTION. THAT IS ONE WHERE SOMETIMES A SHORT NOTICE, SOMETIMES THERE IS LONGER-TERM NOTICE. SO IN GENERAL, TRY TO FIND THE ROADS FUTURE GROWTH AREAS FOR FREIGHT ROUTES IN GENERAL. PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT CAN GO EVERYWHERE FROM ANIMAL HABITAT TO AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY. PUBLIC HEALTH. SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, HOW DOES DRIVING A CAR AND PET MY HEALTH? WERE THOSE OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. WHETHER IT IS FOR SHORTER CHIPS -- SHORTER TRIPS OR WHATEVER. COMING BACK TO PERFORMANCE-BASE D PLANNING. I MENTIONED PERFORMANCE MEASURES EARLIER.

THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WELL. ASHLEY HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR LONGER THAN IT WAS A PERMIT IF WE THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN WE BUILD A PROJECT, DO WE GET WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF IT? IF WE BUILD A NEW INTERSECTION OUR NEW INTERCHANGE -- TO PREVENT CRASHES, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK A FEW YEARS LATER AND LOOK AT, DID WE DECREASE FATALITIES? DID WE DECREASE CRASHES OR NOT? DID WE IMPROVE THE PAVEMENT CONDITION OR THE BRIDGES, DID THEY LAST AS LONG AS WE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD OR NOT? IF NOT, WHY NOT? WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER OR DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE? THE SAME ASSISTANT PERFORMANCE AND LIABILITY. IF WE HAD SOME TURN LANES OR WIDEN THE ROADWAYS WITH NEW THROUGH LANES. ARE WE REALLY GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THE AREA AT BETTER TIMING OR NOT? THIS FEEDBACK LOOP AT THE BOTTOM -- THAT REALLY HELPS. THAT IS THAT CHECK AGAIN. DID WE GET WHAT WE EXPECTED ? IF SO, GREAT, LET'S GO BACK OUT AND REPLICATE THAT.

IF FOR SOME REASON WE DID NOT GET WHAT WE EXPECTED, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHY AND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY AND WHAT CAME UP THAT WAS NOT EXPECT IT. ANOTHER KEY THING -- THIS IS SOME FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, WE LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THIS.

CONNECTING , COORDINATING WITH OTHER PLANS. THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- IT HAS GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON HOW THE CITY SHOULD GROW. ALLEGED INFRASTRUCTURE. POPULATION PROJECTIONS LAND USE AND SO ON. HAS ITS OWN SET OF GOALS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THAT HELPS RECOGNIZE RECOGNIZE THE RELATIONSHIP. WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT WHEN WE ARE DOING IT. BUILD A ROAD, EXPAND A ROAD. WHATEVER WE DO. THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT SOMETIMES -- WE WILL COME ALONG, OR THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN HELP DICTATE THE TYPE OF ROAD OR ROAD IMPROVEMENT -- THERE IS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 2015 CITY OF ABILENE BICYCLE PLAN. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WHICH IS WALKING, BICYCLING, SCOOTERS, BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT IS NOT IN A BUS OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT HAS ITS OWN GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES. LOT THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

>> CURIOUS ABOUT ONE THING -- CONTEXT OF THIS STUDY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. THE EXPANSION. IS IT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED WERE ACCOUNTED FOR? IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE. CONSTRUCTION, MOVEMENT -- THE ROADS AND STREETS, COME TO THE GATES. BOTH THE MAIN GATE AND

NORTHGATE, >> PROBABLY NOT MENTIONING THAT

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OFTENTIMES WE WILL SAY IN THE TRANSPORTATION WORLD, EJ TITLE VI. TYING ON WITH THAT THAN OVERTIME. THERE IS THAT ISSUE OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. WE WANT PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO INTERPRET VERBALLY OR WRITTEN, EVERYTHING TO EVERY LANGUAGE THAT IS SPOKEN. FIVE, SEVEN, 10% OF THE POPULATION THAT SPEAKS ONLY A CERTAIN LANGUAGE -- THAT IS WHEN YOU NIGHT TO START PUTTING IT IN THAT LANGUAGE. HERE, BASICALLY SPANISH AS FAR AS SPANISH. MAKING AVAILABLE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE VERBAL TRANSLATIONS TO BE REQUIRED AS WELL AS DOCUMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT INTO SPANISH. EVERYONE THAT NEEDS TO CAN PARTICIPATE IN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND GIVE THEIR INPUTS. VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THAT CAN INCLUDE ANY OF THE BULLETS ABOVE . I HAVE ASKED FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE WHAT IS THAT OKAY COLLECTIVE CATCH ALL PHRASE, VULNERABLE, AT RISK AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME VULNERABLE POPULATION CATCHES BASICALLY ALL OF THE MINORITY, LOW INCOME, A.D.A., ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. TO SUM IT UP HERE TO HAVE LITTLE CALLOUT BOX. WE WANT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW THAT EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO, NOW, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT, WHERE OTHERS DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS? WE USED TWO TOOLS. EPA, SEVERAL YEARS AGO PUT OUT ONE CALLED -- ASSIST. AND MORE RECENTLY IN THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS OR SO, ROUGHLY. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT ONE WITH AN ACKERMAN OF THE STEEP TOOL.

BASICALLY BOTH OF THEM HELP YOU IDENTIFY WHERE MINORITY CONCENTRATIONS ARE ACCORDING TO CENSUS INFORMATION. SO, SOME OF THOSE GEOGRAPHIES ARE PRETTY EXPANSIVE BECAUSE -- THE CENSUS GOES ONLY TO TRACT LEVEL IN SOME CASES OR BLOCK GROUPS WHICH ARE STILL PRETTY BIG. THERE ARE WAYS TO CARVE OUT SUB AREAS THAT CROSS THOSE BOUNDARIES AND THESE TOOLS WILL HELP ESTIMATE BASED ON THOSE CENSUS GEOGRAPHIES. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE. BUT USING THESE TWO TOOLS IN A COUPLE OF OTHER RESOURCES. WE CAN FIGURE OUT -- PROBABLY NOT MUCH OF A SURPRISE. HERE IS WHERE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY ZONES ARE -- WE COLOR-CODED THEM. THE ONES INTO THE CENTRAL CORE WILL HAVE MORE OF THE MINORITY AND LOWER INCOME POPULATIONS. THAT HELPS TO KNOW WHERE DO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE METHODS OF GETTING PEOPLE EQUITABLE

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>> BILL, I WAS ALSO GOING TO POINT OUT IN THE BOOK ITSELF, IN THE MTP, WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE AREAS OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA. THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOWED ON THE MAP IN THE MTP ITSELF. WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE AREAS, HOLLY, CLYDE, AND MERKEL JUST TO NAME A FEW THAT WERE LOOKED

AT ALSO. >> SPEAKING OF THAT, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. WE LOOKED AT THOSE SMALL COMMUNITIES SOMETIMES, PART OF THOSE EAGER GEOGRAPHIC SENSES TRACKS, THEY HAVE MOST OF THE POPULATION. PROBABLY NOT TOO SURPRISING, THE TERM I WOULD USE, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THIS CATEGORY.

CHRONOLOGICALLY GIFTED PEOPLE, THESE TOWNS HAVE A LOT OF THE OLDER POPULATION, OLDER CITIZENS. CHRONOLOGICALLY GIFTED AS I WILL SAY. SOMETIMES, THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY -- VEHICLES. SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE ASSET WEALTHY BUT INCOME, NOT SO WEALTHY. THEY MIGHT SHOW UP AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCENTRATIONS OF LOWER INCOME BUT WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW WHAT THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE AND HOW THEY FUNCTION. THAT HELPS AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PARTS OF THE EXPANDED URBAN AREAS -- METROPOLITAN AREA BOUNDARY. ANY

QUESTIONS SO FAR? >> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT -- I THINK YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE TERMS MAY BE AROUND HERE ARE A LITTLE LOADED BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITIONS. IT IS KIND OF ADVANCING -- CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST FOR FOLKS AT HOME. JUST TO MAKE SURE -- EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON EDI EFFORTS, THAT IS FEDERAL MONEY STUDYING THESE THINGS THAT WOULD PRIMARILY -- MATCHING OF COURSE, PRIMARILY FEDERAL FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR THOSE PROJECTS . IS THAT

ACCURATE? >> THAT IS TRUE. USUALLY 80% OF A PROJECT IS FEDERALLY FUNDED. OVERALL. THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT IS 100% WITHIN THE CITY, THERE COULD BE 100% OR A MAJORITY OF CITY MONEY. BOND REVENUES AND SO ON. OVERALL, MOST STATE AND U.S. AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM -- 80%, FEDERAL, LOCAL STATE, THAT TYPE OF THING. THAT IS WHERE ALL OF THIS FEDERAL GARMENT -- I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

THAT IS GOOD TO SEE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOON AS I SAY THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS POINTED OUT. THIS MPO. AS WELL AS MOST OTHERS. THEY DON'T JUST -- OKAY WE HAVE DONE THIS, CHECK THE BOX. REALLY TAKE IT TO HEART TO TRY AND DRAW PEOPLE INTO THE PROCESS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THAT UP. ANY

OTHER QUESTIONS SO FAR? >> LOOKING AT THIS CHART THAT AT LEAST POINTED OUT ON THESE COMMUNITIES OUTSIDEOF ABILENE

-- >> YES SIR.

>> LOW AUTOMOBILE AVAILABILITY. RIGHT AROUND 36 TO 34%. CAN YOU CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT IS THAT SAYING?

>> YEAH, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, WITH THE SMALLER SAMPLES, THE SMALLER POPULATIONS, CERTAIN THINGS CAN SKEW THOSE PERCENTAGES. BUT FOR INSTANCE, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ELDERLY COUPLES OR HOUSEHOLD WITH ONLY ONE PERSON IN IT. THEY MIGHT JUST HAVE ONE AUTOMOBILE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING TOGETHER. BUT THE YOUNGER FOLKS MIGHT HAVE THE ONE OR TWO AUTOMOBILES BUT THE MORE ELDERLY DON'T HAVE THEM. THEY'RE JUST SOME THINGS HERE -- MY GOSH, WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GO TRANSIT -- THERE IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE REALITY CHECK OF WHERE THOSE NUMBERS MEAN. DID THAT HELP AT ALL?

>> A LITTLE BIT. DO WE NEED TO TALK MORE?

>> NO I DON'T THINK SO -- I'M JUST SURPRISED BY THAT. IT SURPRISED US AT FIRST, SOMETIMES THAT BIGGER GEOGRAPHIC AREA SKEWS IT. THERE ARE LIMITED INCOME FOLKS IN AND AROUND THOSE TOWNS AS WELL. ANYTHING ELSE ? GETTING INTO THIS NOW, CHAPTER COMPLETE HISTORY ASSESSMENT. IT IS A BIG FOCUS AREA FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AREA, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, SIX ASIC POINTS WILL COMPLETE STREETS MEAN, I WILL JUST RUN THROUGH THESE QUICKLY AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT A LOCAL EXAMPLE WERE ABILENE HAS A REALLY GOOD POSTER CHILD EXAMPLE IF YOU WILL. IT IS PROVIDING SAFER OUTS AND ALTERNATE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION. THE COMPLETE STREET PROJECT COULD BE SEVERAL BLOCKS TO A MILE OR TWO MILES.

A MILE OR TWO MY LAWN PROJECT. A LOT OF THINGS WILL COME ABOUT. THE TRANSPORTATION FORMS. REDUCING CRASHES, IMPROVING SAFETY. BUT AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLE PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET.

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IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN POINTS OF INTEREST. SMOOTHING THE TRAFFIC FLOW. ESPECIALLY FOR THE VEHICLES BUT ALSO THE IMPACTS ON THE OTHER. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CAN RELEASE COMPLETE STREETS HELP BOOST OR BOLSTER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY , TYPICALLY WILL BE RESTAURANTS, BARS, SHOPPING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ENCOURAGING EQUITY , GIVING EVERYONE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAFE ROTOR SEGMENT TO WALK , BICYCLE, DRIVE ON. THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS COMING ABOUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE I IGA LEGISLATION. I HAVE LISTED JUST A VIEW HERE.

ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL REQUIRE LOCAL MATCH MONEY. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR A CITY COUNTY TO HAVE SOME MATCH MONTY KIND OF READY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE NOTICES OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES -- COMES OUT. PUT YOUR GRANT APPLICATION IN. THAT WOULD REQUIRE 20% OR WHATEVER PERCENT GRANT THAT CAN BE A LOT OF MONEY SOMETIMES. THAT IS DISCUSSION FOR CITIES, COUNTIES, THE TRENTON POLICY BOARD. CAN BE DEVELOPED IN PHASES OUR PARTS. EXAMPLES HERE THAT WE CAME ACROSS THE WE WERE WORKING ON THE PLAN. THE MPO STAFF TOLD US ABOUT IT. THE FEATURE THING ON WHEN THE TV STATION NEWS WEBSITES, THERE'S ALSO BELIEVE -- FACEBOOK HAD DONE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION. THAT IS WHERE WE GET A LOT OF THIS EXPLANATION. BASICALLY -- THE STREET NEARBY.

FIRST AND FIFTH STREET. SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE WORTH POINTING OUT THAT OF JUST SHOWING THEIR -- A LOT OF BULLETS. SOME FOUR WE STOP SIGNS THAT WE PLACE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THAT CAN DRAW THE ATTENTION TO THE DRIVER THAT IS GOING ON. UP WHERE THE LIGHT IS PLEADED THE STOP SIGNS AND THE CROSS WALKS. SO ON. IN SOME CASES -- CALMING THE TRAFFIC. WITH SYNCHRONIZED SIGNALS. CONVERTING A ROAD FROM ONE-WAY TRAFFIC TO TWO WAY TRAFFIC. A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS BETTER AND SO ON. WIDENING SIDEWALKS. THEY CAN ENCOURAGE MORE PEDESTRIANS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FORWARD TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE CURVE. DRIVING INTO THE PARK. SPEAKING OF THAT, ANGLE PARKING TO PARALLEL PARKING. NOT SUGGESTING THIS AT ALL HERE. THERE ARE PLACES, AUSTIN, WHERE I LIVE IN ALL 10 -- ARLINGTON, TO LIVE DOWNTOWN BUT THERE IS A LOT OF THIS REVERSE BACK END PARKING. IT IS TRICKY TO GET USED TO. AT LEAST YOU PULL OUT AND SEE WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO INSTEAD OF BACKING INTO THE STREET. I THINK THAT IS WHERE THIS COMES ABOUT. GOING BACK TO MORE PARALLEL PARKING AND I HAVE PEOPLE BACKING INTO THE TRAFFIC WAY. AND THEN ALSO, AS MENTIONED THAT FACEBOOK VIDEO. OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARKING IN OUR STREETS. LANDSCAPING. THE AESTHETICS. GETTING IT A SENSE OF PLACE TOO, SO IT BECOMES MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SO ON. THIS L.E.D. LIGHTING SYSTEM, THAT IS OVERHEAD STRINGS OF LIGHT. IT EVEN TALKS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SYNCHRONIZE IT TO SOME MUSIC AT TIMES OR MAKE IT COLOR CHANGING OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AGAIN, THE THING THAT DRAWS PEOPLE THERE. THESE OTHER FEATURES MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO -- IN ADDITION TO DRIVING. ONE EXAMPLE THAT HAS BEEN DONE NOT TO THIS DEGREE THEY HAVE DONE SOME CERTAIN THINGS WITH SOME PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES. THAT DECORATIVE LIGHTING. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I HAVE SEEN IN WEST TEXAS. THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH TAX REINVESTMENT -- DID I SCREW THAT UP AGAIN? IS IT TAX -- I'M SORRY, I SCREWED UP THE LETTERS. IT SHOULD BE DESTINED TWICE APPEARED IS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. TEARS OH NUMBER TWO HERE. HERE IS ONE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS. SINKS FOR THE POLICY BOARD. HAVE A FORMALIZED STREET POLICY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN OTHER AREAS? IN TERMS OF COMPLETE STREETS? WHAT AMENITIES? LOOK AT ROADWAYS WITHIN THE TRENTON

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WOULD ANY OF THE COMPLETE HISTORY ELEMENTS HELP WITH THAT PROJECT. HAVE ADVOCATES FOR BICYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN COME OUT TRANSIT , AND GIVE INPUT. WORKSHOPS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND HAVE A STAKEHOLDER MEETING AND YOU CAN. WHEN YOU HAVE BEGUN DESIGN, WHAT WOULD BE GOOD, WHAT CAN WE THEN DO.

THERE IS A LOT OF AFFORDABILITY AND FEASIBILITY ISSUES IN ADDITION TO JUST WANTED TO DO STUFF. THERE ARE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. ANY QUESTIONS? UNTIL WE GET TO THE END OF EVERYTHING HERE? THIS IS WHY THAT IS ONE OF THE FINAL CHAPTERS PER THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION. THERE IS A PROCESS. PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE LOOKED AT THE -- CALLED OUT THE ONES THAT WERE EITHER IN PROGRESS OR BEING BUILT OR HAVE THEY ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED.

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MPO MEMBER CITY IS AND COUNTIES. OTHER CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE IN THAT X HANDED STUDY AREA. BUT ARE NOT YET PART OF THE POLICY BOARD -- THEY REALLY CAME AND GAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL TYPES OF PROBLEMS. STAKEHOLDERS. LAND DEVELOPERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

YOU CAN SEE IT IS A VERY ROBUST PROCESS. A GREAT DYNAMIC TO GET LOTS OF INPUT. I'M GOING TO TALK IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS ABOUT A TOOL THAT TXDOT HAS AS PART AS THE PROJECT SELECTION PRIDE ROSACEA REVIEW PROCESS. IT IS NOT THE END ALL, BE ALL, NOT THE THING THAT ANYONE SHOULD REALLY SAY, WHATEVER DECISION -- IT IS THE BEST WE SHOULD GO THAT PROJECT. JUST ONE TOOL JUST LIKE YOU ARE -- PUBLIC INPUT IS A TOOL. AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC FINANCIAL AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT. STATEWIDE, DECISION LENS CONSIDERS SAFETY, SYSTEM PRESERVATION, MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE, CONGESTION. CONNECTIVITY. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. I SAID FIVE, THAT IS SIX. TELLING ON MYSELF AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, THERE IS SOME FIXED CRITERIA IN THERE. BUT -- THE LOCAL ROADS, THE LOCAL SYSTEM CAN BE PUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IT WILL GIVE ONE ELEMENT OF HOW TO RANK THESE PROJECTS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK ON? IT IS ONLY FOR ON SYSTEM PROJECTS AND IT IS BEST IF THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A C SJ OR CONTROL SECTION JOB NUMBER WHICH MEANS TXDOT HAS IDENTIFIED IT AS AN ACTUAL PROJECT. IF IT DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN C SJ NUMBER IT WILL LOOK AT A NEARBY ROAD THAT DOES HAVE ITS OWN C SJ NUMBER AND WILL GET SYNTHETIC DATA.

THAT IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT IN THAT FRAMEWORK. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE GO? FURTHER? THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- ELISE HAD MENTIONED THIS IN HER INTRO.

THEY HAD A MEETING, THEY GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW SOME THINGS.

THEY GOT A CHANCE TO BRING SOME PROJECTS AS THEY SEE IT.

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS OF THE ELEMENTS -- NUDGES COMPUTER DRIVEN. TRANSPORTATION MODEL DRIVEN. THERE IS SOME HUMAN REALISM PUT INTO IT AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY HELPFUL AT THAT MEETING , I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, DID NOT HAVE TO MAKE A SPECIAL TRIP OUT. CAME IN THROUGH GROUP GOOGLE MEET. TXDOT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB -- THE DISTRICT JOB -- FOLKS -- EXPLAINING, WE WILL HAVE ALL THESE RANKINGS BUT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS EITHER BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE PUT OFF UNTIL ENOUGH MONEY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUNDING A LITTLE BIT . BECOMES AVAILABLE OR THEY NEED TO SEQUENCE CERTAIN PROJECTS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE PROJECT TIES INTO ANOTHER PROJECT AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROJECT A BEFORE YOU BUILD PROJECT B BECAUSE IT LEADS INTO AN INTERCHANGE OR MAJOR ROADWAY EXPANSION. I THINK THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF EXPANDING THAT GAVE A LOT OF CLARITY TO THE TAX NUMBERS AS WELL. AND OF COURSE CONSIDERING THE OVERALL COST. ECONOMIES AND SCALE AND SO ON. QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY. MY CALL OUTBOX ON THE SLIDE HAS ADDED A REAL SENSE OF REALISM TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS. OKAY. THESE ARE PRETTY SMALL SO IF M1 IS WATCHING ONLINE, OR FOR YOU ALL LOOKING AT THE SCREEN, POLICY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE ACTUAL PLAN.

YOU HAVE THE LIST. THESE ARE THE FUNDED ON SYSTEM PROJECTS

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>> NO ONE WILL BE SURPRISED ABOUT THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE ASKED IT A FEW TIMES NOW. THIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT -- THIS LIST, POSSIBLY ADDRESSES HIS CONCERNS.

>> THERE IS THE THREAD CONNECT PROJECT. AND THEN -- ALSO THE ONE THAT RUNS ALONG THE LOOP -- THERE IS ANOTHER PROJECT IN

THERE PERTAINING TO THAT. >> ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS. I

THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM >> I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDED -- OKAY. THE NEXT GROUP OF PROJECTS IS THE ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECTS, THESE ARE PROJECTS FOR WHICH THERE MAY BE PARTIAL OR THERE MAY BE NO FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR THESE. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT PUBLIC INPUT, TACTILE INPUT , CITY INPUT, THESE ARE IMPORTANT, AND THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PUT THEM IN THE PROJECT LISTING AT THE TIME THAT THEY GET -- IF THEY DO -- FULL FUNDING, THEY WILL BE MOVED TO THAT FUNDED LIST OF WHAT THIS ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR IMPLEMENTING ENTITIES. A LOT OF TIMES THAT WOULD BE TXDOT.

BECAUSE IT IS ON SYSTEM TO START AT SOME POINT WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS TO DEVELOP THEM AND THEN GET THEM MOVED OVER TO THE FUNDED PROJECT LIST AT SOME POINT. SOME OF THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT -- MORE REASONABLE TO DO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SOME ARE MORE COSTS AND FEASIBILITY -WISE, OUTER YEARS TYPES THINGS. THIS GIVES A GOOD OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. THAT IS WHY IT IS A 25 YEAR PLAN. CANNOT DO EVERYTHING IN FOUR, FIVE, 10 YEARS. THEN THERE IS THE OFF SYSTEM PROJECT FOR THESE ARE PROJECTS NOT ON THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, BASICALLY CITY ROADS, COUNTY ROADS. THESE ARE RELY ON CITY AND COUNTY BOND ISSUES, TAX DOLLARS, WHATEVER. THE TEARS TYPES THINGS. WHATEVER SOURCES AND CITIES AND COUNTIES COME UP WITH. MAYBE THEY COME UP WITH GRANT APPLICATION IN THE CITY OR COUNTY HAS SOME MONEY TO HELP THAT. THEY CAN USE GRANT MONEY FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS WELL. THIS HELPS TO GIVE AGAIN, MORE HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND THE IMPROVEMENTS COMING ALONG BEYOND JUST ON STATE -- ON SYSTEM, EXCUSE ME. STATE LOOP U.S. HIGHWAY INTERSTATE, HIGHWAY PROJECTS. IT SHOWS THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, PLANNED AND BECOMING REALITY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM. THEN THERE IS ANOTHER FEW PROJECTS IN THIS NEXT SLIDE FOR OFF SYSTEM. THEN THERE IS THE LIST OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MORE GENERAL IN NATURE. SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE MORE SIDEWALK OR BICYCLE PATH TYPE THINGS. A LOT OF IT, LOOKING AT, OKAY IS IT GOING TO BE TIME TO REPLACE A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE IN -- AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. A LOT OF THOSE. THEN THERE IS THE LIST OF CURRENT AND COMPLETE PROJECTS. THAT IS SHOWING OKAY -- FROM THE PREVIOUS MTPS. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BECOMING REALITY AS PLANNED. IT ALSO HELPS TO GO BACK TO THAT POINT OF FEEDBACK LOOP. COME BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. WE DECREASE CRASHES? DID WE -- TO BE DECREASE TRAVEL

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THAT IS USED IN THE MTPS OF THE TIPS. THIS IS WHERE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY GOES TOWARDS REBA TATIAN, MINUTES, BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN, TEXTILE, WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY NOW TO GO WORK ON THIS SET OF POTHOLES. WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY NOW TO WORK ON THIS INTERSECTION. THEY CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR OR SENSE -- SETS OF YEARS. THAT IS A FEDERAL RECOGNIZE AN ACCEPTABLE WAY TO DO SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS .

MAKES SENSE TO DO THIS ONE AND THIS ONE THIS YEAR AND WE WILL WAIT ON THE OTHER ONES. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? BEYOND WHAT WE DISCUSSED SO FAR -- OKAY. NOW WE WILL LOOK AT FINANCIAL PLANNING PROJECT LIST BUT AGAIN I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU PRETTY WELL WHAT THIS CONSTRAINT MEANS. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. A LOT OF THE FUNDING, THE BASE FUNDING IN THE ABILENE METROPOLITAN AREA LIKE THE OTHER SMALLER MPO THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IT IS WHAT IT CALLED CATEGORY TWO, URBAN SYSTEMS. TXDOT HAS 12 CATEGORIES OF FUNDING. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THAT THE TRENTON GETS THE HELP MAKE THE DECISION ON IS THE CATEGORY TWO U. THAT IS TO BE USED ON STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS AND ROADWAYS.

IT IS A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS -- YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF PROP ONE AND PROP SEVEN. PROP ONE, SEVERANCE TAX MAPLE OIL AND GAS AND OTHER MINERALS OUT OF THE GROUND.

THAT IS TAX, PORTION OF THAT GOES TO HELP BUILD ROADWAYS AND MAINTAIN THE. AND THE CATEGORY 70 CERTAIN TYPES OF SALES TAX ON VEHICLES, AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT GET THE PORTION THAT COMES OVER TO TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. THE OTHER TYPES OF BIG DOLLAR CATEGORIES THAT COME INTO PLAY -- OR WHAT IS CALLED CATEGORY FOUR ARE, I MISSED THE R UP THERE. THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THEY GET TO DECIDE TO WHICH SPECIFIC PROJECTS THOSE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS GO TO. THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR AN AREA LIKE THE SIZE OF ABILENE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO COST $250 MILLION. YOU MIGHT ONLY GET 10, $12 MILLION A YEAR FROM THIS CATEGORY TWO. DO THE MATH. THAT WAS HUNDRED, HUNDRED 20, HUNDRED $50 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE BUT ONE PROJECT COSTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION SEES THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT REGIONALLY AND STATEWIDE. AND THEY SEE THAT THE TRENTON HAS PONIED UP THERE CATEGORY TWO.

THE DISTRICT HAS PUT IN SOME CATEGORY MONEY OR MAYBE A CITY OR SOME MONEY COMING IN AND SAY WE WILL FINISH IT OUT. WE WILL FINISH UP THE FUNDING. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THAT SHOWS HOW THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION LOOKS AT REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. IN A VERY DYNAMIC WAY. TALK TO YOU ABOUT ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECTS. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS. WE SHOW THIS LIST . THAT IS ALL THE SLIDES THAT I HAVE. WHEN WE DO THAT IN? 37 1/2 MINUTES? I'M JUST GUESSING. I DON'T KNOW. BUT -- I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANYTHING. GO BACK, MPO STAFF IS HERE. I WOULD I'M HERE FOR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK -- HOPE THAT WENT AT A GOOD PACE AND DID NOT BORE YOU TO DEATH.

>> DO YOU NEED TO SHARE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> NO, SIR, JUST THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED SO WE WILL BE SENDING THOSE TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, THEY WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED, RIGHT NOW, YOU LOST PACKET HAS SOME OF THE INFRMATION BUT WE WILL HAVE A MORE DETAILED WITHOUT A LOT OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THEIR PUT IT IN THE MTP AND WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS AS

WE ARE ABLE TO . >> AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

TODAY'S MEETING IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WITH REGARD TO THE MTP FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS. I WILL OPEN IT UP OR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTS. I WELCOME YOU TO COME TO THE PODIUM. I AM SEEING NO ONE. I

[01:00:04]

MOVING THIS FORWARD? >> NO, SIR. WE WILL AMEND THIS AS NEEDED. OF COURSE IN FIVE YEARS WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF

DOING THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. >> WE HAVE BEFORE US, THE 20 TO 2025 MTP. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS --

>> SO MOVED. >> ANOTHER MOTION.

[4. Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Take Action on the 2025 meeting dates.]

>> S.E.C. APPEARED >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. ANY OPPOSE? MTP IS APPROVED. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

IN OUR PACKET. WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. WE HAVE THE PROPOSED DATE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR OUR MEETINGS. NORMALLY THE THIRD TUESDAY AT 130 -- 1:30 P.M. JUST TO POINT OUT, THE FIRST MEETING IN 2025, THE DAY AFTER PRESIDENTS' DAY. IS NOT A CITY HALL DAY. JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT AN ISSUE. ON THAT DATE OR ANY OF THE OTHER DATES LISTED.

>> HE SAID FEBRUARY 18TH IS FINE FOR HIM.

>> EVERYONE SITTING HERE LAST YEAR. -- HERE WE ARE.

>> SHE WAS REFERENCING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR DISTRICT DIRECTOR RATHER AT -- FOR US. HE IS NOT HERE TODAY. HE IS NOW WORKING IN HOUSTON.

WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN APPOINTMENT FROM TXDOT TO REPLACE HIM. HE IS OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR. ENGINEER RATHER -- HE SHOULD BE HERE AT OUR FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING. IS NOT ALREADY REPLACED. ANY CONCERNS WITH THOSE DATES? IT IS NOT AN

ACTION ITEM. >> I CAN SEND YOU ALL OF THOSE

[5. Discussion and review of transportation projects.]

LOVELY EMAILS. >> THOSE DATES LOOK GOOD TO US.

DISCUSSION REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE TEXTILE PROJECT FOR THE CURRENT PLANNING TIMEFRAME. 25 TO 2027. OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AS ALWAYS. FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME. I CAN ALWAYS USE A BREAK. WE WILL JUST RUN RIGHT DOWN THE LIST. THE HOPE -- THE WHOLE PLANT HE WAS VERY SIMILAR. ONLY A COUPLE OF CHANGES FROM THE LAST ONE. THAT WE REVIEWED TOGETHER. I WILL RUN THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. PLEASE STOP AND ASKED ME IF I SAY SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS STRANGE. ANY -- IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION ON. THAT ONE IS ON-SITE. PAST THE AIRPORT. SOME PASSING LANES HEADED IN AND OUT OF TOWN SITE TO IS THERE HS IP PROJECT. THAT ONE HAD SOME LEFT TURN LANES IN A FEW RIGHT TURN -- TO INCREASE THE SAFETY IN THAT IS THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND COLONY HILL. THE NEXT THREE ARE ALL LOOKING AT LOOP 322, SAY THREE. THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PHASE ONE OR STEP ONE OF THE MPO STUDY THAT WAS DONE TO IMPROVE THE OPERATIONS. RIGHT AROUND THE AIRPORT AREA AROUND THE COLISEUM. SITE FOR IS THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.

BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US ACCOMMODATE. ANY PROJECTS GOING ON. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A NARROW BRIDGE THERE. ACTUALLY REPLACING IT WITH A WIDER STRUCTURE. SITE FIVE. THAT IS OVERLAY. THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF LUKE 322. IT IS BADLY NEEDED

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>> IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE SOUND ISSUE?

>> IF WE GET THE OVERLAY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. YES, IT WILL INITIALLY BE A MUCH QUIETER ROADWAY. THAT IS JUST REALISTICALLY -- ONE OF OUR BEST PAYMENT PRESERVATION OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. THE JOB THAT WE WILL DO THERE THAT WILL HOLD US OVER FOR SIX, SEVEN YOUR TIMEFRAME. WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO DO ANOTHER ROUND. BUT YES. INITIALLY -- I THINK THAT WILL BE A LOT OF RELIEF. IT WILL BE QUIETER.

>> GREAT QUESTION THOUGH. SITE SIX IS A SIGNAL SAFETY PROJECT O■N IGHWAY 36.

MAPLE STREET. SITE SEVEN IS ALSO ON STATE HIGHWAY 36. THAT STARTS IT TREADWAY AND MOVES OUT TO 1750. THAT IS THE SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN PERMIT PROJECT. AND NUMBER EIGHT IS ANOTHER HS IP PROJECT. A SAFETY PROJECT. THAT IS WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROJECT TO IMPROVE SIGNALS IN THE SOUTH TEAM CORRIDOR. SITE NINE IS THE TURN LANES SOUTH OF TOWN. THAT IS IN A HEAVILY DEVELOPED AREA THAT WE HEARD ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. THAT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED TO IMPROVE SAFETY THROUGH THERE WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC AND TURNS GOING ON. SITES 10 AND 11, THOSE ARE OVERLY PROJECTS. FROM -- ALL THE WAY FROM FREEWAY OUT TO THE BNSF BRIDGE THERE. THAT WILL BE OVERLAYS ON 277. IN SITE 12 IS THE SHARED USE PATHS . ON FM 34, 38. ADDED TO THE PLAN. SITE 13. IS A WIDENING OF FM 1235. SITE 14 IS ANOTHER SAFETY PROJECT TO INSTALL ILLUMINATION ON THE BOULEVARD. BETWEEN I 20 ACCESS ROAD AND THE FIVE POINTS PARK. THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. IT IS NOT REALLY MUCH OF A RECREATIONAL AREA. SITE 15. IS ANOTHER CONCRETE BARRIER PROJECT. THAT WILL COVER THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. TO 10TH STREET. AND SITE 16 AND 20 ARE ADDITIONAL SAFETY PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE. THESE ARE TO REALIGN THE RAMPS. OFF OF I 20. IT IS THE RAMP HERE THAT IS WEST.

THEY WILL GET REALIGNED. ON THAT PROJECT. BOTH THE EXIT AND THE INSURANCE THERE. AND SITE 18 IS ANOTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERING PROJECT. THAT IS TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK. FROM BASICALLY I 20 STANFORD STREET TO AMBULETTE. SITE 19 IS THE INTERSECTION WREAK CONFIGURATION. SITE 20 IS OUR OVERPASS TO REDO THE INTERCHANGE THEY ARE. THAT PROJECT IS DEFINITELY AN MPO PROCESS. SITE 21. WIDENING IN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THAT IS BASICALLY -- IS A LIST OF PLAN PROJECTS. ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CURRENT PROJECTS. SITE ONE. THIS IS FM 18. THE GUARD FENCE HAS BEEN DONE BUT WILL HAVE TO HOLD OFF ON A LOT TO GET THE PAYMENT DONE. GET IT OFF AND RUNNING. SITE TWO IS THE I TS PROJECT. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW NOW IS OUR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.

THAT PROJECT -- THEY HAVE ORDERED THE STUFF, I THINK YOU'RE ANTICIPATING A MARCH DELIVERY DATE. SOMETIME AFTER

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LET'S SEE -- SITE 34 AND FIVE -- THREE, FOUR, FIVE TO, THE WAS ALL ONE PROJECT FOR ME. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE INSTALLING CONCRETE BARRIERS. WITHIN THE AREA STAY. AND THERE WILL BE A STRETCH INCLUDED WITH THAT ON 322 AS WELL. GET THEM DONE ON THE FREEWAY. SO WE CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY. DIFFERENT PROJECT. THEN WE HAVE GOT SITE SIX. THAT IS ALL OF OUR FAVORITE PROJECT IN THE FULL GAP ROAD. WE ARE DOING ALL THE WHINING. THE GOOD NEWS THERE IS, THEY DID FINISH THE LAST OF THE PAVING TODAY. THEY ARE AT REBECCA. SO THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT WE HAD TO GET DONE. WE CALL A FLAT WORK. A LOT OF SIDEWALKS. A LOT OF SIGNS STILL TO BE PUT UP. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO GO BUT WE HAVE THE PAVING DONE. LOOKING AROUND PROBABLY MARCH, APRIL, A LITTLE HARDER THAN JUST STAIRS ON THAT ONE. SITE SEVEN, 14TH STREET. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR -- ASSISTANCE PROJECTS. I SHOULD PROBABLY DEFER TO THE CITY. WE HAD SOME MATERIAL STOLEN FROM THE SITE. THEY HAD TO REORDER IT. I THINK THAT IS STILL THE STATUS WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THAT ONE. SITE EIGHT IS -- THE IN TOWN REAL CROSSING AND SING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. ON THAT ONE, TMP HAS BEEN GETTING PAVED THIS WEEK AND WE WERE HELD UP FOR A BIT DEALING WITH A UTILITY CONFLICT. I THINK WE HAVE NOW GOT THAT CLEARED . I THINK SHORTLY AFTER THE NEW YEAR WE SHOULD START TO SEE SOME NEW ACTIVITY OCCURRING. OF COURSE, ONCE THEY GET TMP OPEN, WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO CLOSE ANOTHER ONE FARTHER EAST OVER THERE. WE WILL KEEP BOUNCING AROUND. KEEP EVERYONE OFF OF EACH OTHER.

LET'S MOVE DOWN TO SITE NINE. THAT IS OUR REPLAY PROJECT.

THAT JOB HAS BEEN FINISHED. WE SHOULD BE -- THAT JOB VERY SOON. SITE 10 . SITE 10. SITE NINE INSIGHT 10 GO TOGETHER.

I'M ALL MESSED UP. THOSE ARE THE OTHER FOCUS PROJECT.

LANDFILLED ROAD OVERPASS. FOR WINNERS FREEWAY. THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET STARTED. FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF JANUARY.

THAT WILL BE ABOUT TWO AND HALF TO THREE YEAR PROCESS. SUPER EXPECTATIONS ON THAT ONE. LET'S SEE. SITE 12. IS THE PROJECT THAT IS UNDERWAY. THAT IS THE NEW ROAD, HAS A LOT OF FOCUS. MOST OF THE PAYMENT IS DONE ON THAT. THEY'RE TRYING TO WRAP IT UP ON THE WEST END. REALLY GETTING CLOSE ON THAT ONE. TO BE OUT OF EVERYONE'S WAY.

>> IS GETTING CLOSE TO OPENING? >> YES, SIR. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT WE HAVE GOT BOTH COURSES OF THE PAVING DONE RIGHT NOW.

EVERYONE IT IS EITHER WAY. >> THAT WILL CLOSE IT THE ACTUAL DONE. THAT ROAD WILL BE CLOSE. THE TRAFFIC WILL MOVE TO THE NEW ROAD. GREAT. THAT IS ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AWAY.

APPROXIMATELY. DEPENDING -- >> YEAH, PROBABLY END OF JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY. WE WILL SEE HOW -- WEATHER IS ALWAYS A FACTOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE PAVING WITH ASPHALT

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>> IT WILL HAVE THAT SENSE ALONG TO PREVENT OR MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEDESTRIANS -- I BELIEVE THEY ARE TRYING TO START ON THE -- THIS THIS WEEK .

>> EXCELLENT. AS FAR AS CLOSING OUT THE ROAD. THERE WILL BE A DAY THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO I MISSPOKE EARLY. IS TYPE THREE BARRICADES. BUT YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM OUT OF THE WAY. THEN RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT WE HAVE OUR OTHER PROJECT. THAT HAS BEEN STARTED FOR A LITTLE BIT. IT IS STILL EARLY IN THE STAGES. WE ARE HALFWAY DONE TO THIS SPILLWAY CONCRETE PAVING. THEY SHOULD BE MOVING TRAFFIC OVER THERE TODAY. SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A BETTER SURFACE. THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYS. SO WHEN THEY COME BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS THEY WILL START ON THE OTHER HALF. TO GET THAT DONE. AND SITE 14.

ONE THAT MOVED FROM THE PLANT TABLE. DOWN TO THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT. TO JUST LET -- ARE OVERLY PAYMENT WORK ON 351. FROM THE NORTH CITY LIMIT. WE HAVE A GOT STARTED. GOT THE CONTRACT ACTIVATED OR ANYTHING.

>> EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU FOR YOU ALL IS PATIENCE.

>> WE WILL MOVE TO THE CITY. >> CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, MAX, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY. WE WILL GO FROM A BIG TXDOT TO THE SMALLER CITY PROJECTS. MORE LOCAL , LOCAL PROJECTS GOING ON. I'VE GREAT NEWS. MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE WERE EITHER NEARING COMPLETION OR COMPLETE. I WILL UPDATE AS WE GO DOWN. HONEYBEE, THAT HAS BEEN A LONG-TERM PROJECT. WE ARE IN THE FINAL, FINAL STAGES OF THAT. WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO GET SOME GRASS GROWTH AND A COUPLE OF MINOR THINGS. WILL BE ABLE TO CALL THAT ONE COMPLETE.

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING ON THE ROAD FOR A WHILE NOW. STILL UNDER CONTRACT ARE ABLE TO FINALIZE EVERYTHING IN THE CONTRACT OR SO. MAPLE, LOOP 322. LOOKING TO MID-JANUARY COMPLETION FOR THAT ONE. THEY'RE DOING SOME CONCRETE PAVING THIS WEEK. A COUPLE OF CLOSURES, NIGHT CLOSURES THAT ARE GOING ON TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE INCONVENIENCE OUT THERE. BUT THAT IS A BIG ROAD AND IT IS A BIG PROJECT. WITH LOTS OF COMMENTS THAT ARE COMING. FIVE POINTS, THAT ONE SHOULD BE JANUARY, RIGHT AT THE END OF THAT. PROJECT -- LOOKING GOOD TO COMPLETE IT . ON TIME. SOUTH 14, THIS IS ONE THAT BRYCE HAD MENTIONED. THIS IS A TA GRANT FROM TXDOT. WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME LEFT ON THE JOBSITE. ALL OF THAT MATERIAL HAS BEEN REORDERED. THEY'RE PUTTING UP I THINK THE RAILING THIS WEEK, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT ONE.

HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. DISTRICT -- THAT WAS A DOWNTIME APPEARED NEXT TO THE HOTEL. THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

27, THAT IS A SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THIS LAST YEAR WE WENT AND DID SOME CONSTRUCTION ON 27. THIS IS A FOLLOW-ON PROJECT TO GET ALL OF THE SIGNALS UPGRADED FOR THAT CORE DOOR IF YOU WILL. WE ARE JUST STARTING THAT ONE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE MATERIALS IN. WE ARE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT ONE STARTED. CYPRESS STREET RECONSTRUCTION.

THAT IS ON PAUSE FOR THE HOLIDAY PERIOD. SHOULD GET IT RESTARTED BEGINNING OF JANUARY, THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. THE NEXT SECTION IS BETWEEN SOUTH SECOND AND SOUTH THIRD. THEY WILL GO RIP UP THE EXISTING PAVEMENT. AND IMPROVE IN THAT AREA. SO -- THAT ONE IS GOOD. ANTLEY MEMORIAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

THAT ONE HAS STARTED. THERE ARE SURVEYORS OUT THERE DOING A LITTLE DIGGING, MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS. WE SHOULD HAVE A LIGHT UP THERE SHOULD SEE THE LIGHTS GOING UP IN THE COMING WEEKS. WORK STONE S 10 A, THAT IS WEST OF ROSE PARK, SOUTH SEVEN AREA. THAT ONE IS COMPLETE. NORTH 18TH.

THE MOCKINGBIRD. THAT ONE IS ONGOING. IT IS PAUSED FOR THE

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>> I MISSED IT, SOUTH SEVEN IS ALREADY GETTING STARTED?

>> CELL SEVEN IS MARCH 2025. >> I WAS LOOKING AT THE MINUTES AND LAST TIME IT WAS FEBRUARY. MARCH.

>> FEBRUARY, MARCH. >> IN DESIGN FOR THE COMING YEARS, THE OTHER TWO SUBSECTIONS OF MAPLE. THE NORTH NORTH SECTION AND THE NORTH-SOUTH SECTION. WILL BE COMING IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR DESIGN. TO GET GOING ON THOSE.

S7 IS STATES -- THAT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN AND IS IN DESIGN. THE SECOND HALF OF S 10, S 10 BE IS A PART IN PLANNING. REBECCA LANE, THIS IS PHASE ONE BETWEEN THE BUFFALO GAP IN CAT CLAW. WE ARE AWAITING THE OPENING OF BUFFALO GAP ROAD TO MIDSIZE -- MINIMIZE THE INCONVENIENCE OF THAT AREA BUT, THAT IS IN DESIGN AND PLANS. SOUTH 14. WILLIS TO SALES. NORTH 18TH, AND THEN -- THE BOTTOM TWO THERE, THE WALK ABILITY PROJECT. IS ANOTHER TA -- TXDOT GRANT PROGRAM. FROM THE INTERSTATE DOWN TO -- TO INCLUDE THE UPGRADE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE SECTION THERE. ON THE LAST ONE IS JUST A LOCAL. WE HAD A SEWER LINE THAT FAILED. WE ARE GOING TO REPLACE THAT. SIX THE ROAD ABOVE APPEARED ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER ON

THE LOCAL? >> ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE

YOUR TIME. >> WILL HAD TO WARN. -- WE WILL HEAD TO LAUREN.

CORRECTION ON THE UPDATE RATHER. THE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM REPAIR PROJECT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE CONTRACT TO NINE CONTRACTS. THE START DATE ON THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOLIDIFIED YET. THE HOLIDAYS OWN. IT WILL BE BIT OUT THERE. THE EXHAUST FAN SYSTEM FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AREA IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. THE INSTALLATION STARTED NOVEMBER 25TH. WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN SOME -- SOME PIECES THAT WERE THE WRONG FIT, THEY HAD TO REORDER THEM.

THAT WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE FOR US -- ACHIEVEMENT FOR US -- INAUDIBLE ] IT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. THAT IS REALLY

[6. Discussion and review of reports:]

ALL I GOT. >> NO QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. WHICH IS A

DISCUSSION REVIEW -- OH. >> I HAVE FAILED TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION DURING MY TIME. I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER ON THE CITY'S ENGINEERING TEAM.

RICHARD HARWOOD IS HERE. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

>> WELCOME. YOU ARE READY TO DO THE PRESENTATION NEXT TIME?

>> WAY TO PICK ON YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX PEER DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF REPORTS STARTING

WITH OUR FINANCIAL . >> INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS THE FISCAL YEAR THAT IS OCTOBER 1ST. 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024. YOU CAN SEE THERE AS OF -- WE WERE -37 INAUDIBLE ] WE HAVE OUR CARRYOVER FROM FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE ARE NOW AT 314, THREE 8649 TO CARRY OVER INTO THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2025. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED WORK ORDER ONE YET

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>> LET'S MOVE TO OPERATIONS REPORT.

>> INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS A FULL OPERATIONS REPORT. JUST A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. MOST OF OUR TIME WAS SPENT WORKING ON THE MTP. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT WHICH WAS DUE ON DECEMBER 14TH A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. WE ALSO ON THE NPL BOUNDARY HAVE BEEN SENDING EMAILS BACK AND FORTH TO TXDOT TO FIND OUT WHEN AND AS A MEMBER THE 20TH, THE LEGAL TEAM AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS STILL REVIEWING THAT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL RECEIVE THAT SOON. WE CLOSED OUT THE BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COLLABORATION EFFORTS WITH TXDOT AND THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND SOME OTHER THINGS. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OPERATIONS REPORT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? DIRECTORS REPORT.

>> MPO STAFFING, MOST OF ALL YOU HAVE THAT COREY HARRIS, START WITH US ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER POSITION FILLED. ON NOVEMBER 20TH WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THAT AND THEN THE YEAR AND WILL REPORT, WE DO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON INFORMATION FROM TXDOT IN AUSTIN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. ONE OF THOSE WAS DUE ON DECEMBER 15TH OF 2023 OF THE OTHER ONE WAS DUE ON DECEMBER 15TH OF 2024 BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE DATA TO COMPLETE APPEARED ONCE WE GET THAT WILL BE SEEN THAT COME BEFORE YOU ALL ONCE WE HAVE THAT APPROVAL AND WITH THAT I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS ON MPO ISSUES. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC

[8. Opportunity for Board Members, Technical Advisory Committee Members, or MPO Staff to recommend topics for future discussion or action.]

WE WILL MOVE TO NUMBER EIGHT, OPPORTUNITY FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MPO FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION OR ACTION. ANYTHING YOU NEED TO DISCUSS? I AM SEEING NONE. WILL GO TO NUMBER NINE. IT IS NOW 2:58 P.M. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ANTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. SEE YOU ON FEBRUARY 18TH. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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