* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:06:44] WOMAN [00:06:45] . UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2026. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COUNCILMAN ALLEN. I AM PRESENT VICE CHAIR URANGA. PRESENT AND CHAIR RICK SOTE HERE. OH, DID YOU HEAR ME HERE? OH, WE HAVE COR, SORRY. . NO WORRIES. UH, FIRST ITEM PLEASE. ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2026. [CALL TO ORDER] SECOND, I'VE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND. UM, GREAT. UH, [ROLL CALL] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. SEEING NONE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS HERE AT THIS TIME, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. [1. 26-55844 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Budget Oversight Committee meeting of Tuesday, August 11, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION ON TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. FANTASTIC. I BELIEVE CITY STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US. OH, UH, FIRST AND SECOND PLEASE. AND A MOTION. GREAT. UH, PLEASE START WHENEVER YOU ALL ARE READY. AND WE HAVE, UH, JONATHAN BULL FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WHO WILL BEGIN THE PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, JONI RTI AND BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JONATHAN BOLAND, BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR [2. 26-55845 Recommendation to receive and file an overview presentation on Traffic Safety Improvements.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. JOINING ME TODAY WILL BE JOSHUA HICKMAN, OUR DIRECTOR FROM PUBLIC WORKS. HE IS ON THE WAY DOWN. UM, TODAY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. UH, THE FIRST BEING, UH, AN OVERVIEW ON TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WHICH IS AN UPDATE TO PRIOR COMMUNICATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. SO SINCE WINTER 2025, PUBLIC WORKS HAS PROVIDED REOCCURRING UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS OF IMPLEMENTING TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OUTLINED ON THESE, ON THIS SLIDE, THESE UPDATES HAVE INCLUDED A DECEMBER 30, 20, 25 COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE, WHICH SUMMARIZE PROGRESS, UH, REQUEST VOLUMES, EVALUATION, PRIORITIZATION, METHODOLOGY, IMPLEMENTED SE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS, AND RAPID FLASHING BEACON LOCATIONS. AND PLAN NEXT STEPS ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, UH, PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED TO THE MOBILITY PORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON THAT SAME DAY, JANUARY 20TH. PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 3RD. UH, CITY COUNCIL STAFF DIRECTED PUBLIC WORKS TO REPORT BACK ON THE CITY'S BROADER TRAFFIC SAFETY EFFORTS. REQUESTED RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CONTRACTING TECHNOLOGY, STAFFING OVERSIGHT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO ACCELERATE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. AND ON JUNE 9TH, UH, [00:10:01] PUBLIC WORKS CONDUCTED A CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION. IN RESPONSE TO THAT MARCH 3RD DIRECTION, DURING THIS STUDY SESSION, STAFF PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON ONGOING TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, PROGRAM PERFORMANCE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, STAFFING, FUNDING, CONTRACTING AND TECHNOLOGY. TO THIS AFTERNOON, PUBLIC WORKS WILL PROVIDE, UH, A FOLLOW-UP UPDATE TO THOSE UPDATES, UM, CONSISTING OF RECENT SUCCESSES, STAFFING AND BUDGET OVERVIEW, PROJECT STATUS UPDATES, AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT UPDATE, AND NEXT STEPS CONCERNING OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY. ALL RIGHT, AND MOVING INTO SUCCESSES AND NEW IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THIS INCLUDES A NEW WEBPAGE AND A DEDICATED NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST FORM. THIS WEBPAGE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EXPANDED WITH NEW MAPPING FUNCTIONS OUTLINING PRIORITY LOCATIONS, PROFILES OF SUCCESSFUL CALMING PROJECTS, UPDATES ON CURRENT PROJECTS, AND AN OVERVIEW ON TRAFFIC DEVICE STANDARDS TO BETTER INFORM THE PUBLIC ON AVAILABLE TRAFFIC CALMING OPTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO DEVELOPED NEW PARKWAY SIGNS AND POSTCARDS TO EXPAND AWARENESS OF THE NA NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. ON JUNE 9TH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, AS NEEDED SIGNAL SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC STRIPING CONTRACTS. BOTH CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT, UH, SIGNAL AND TRAFFIC RELATED PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY AS NEEDED SERVICES, SAVE TIME, LABOR, AND ENABLES QUICKER RESPONSE, AND WILL LEAD TO MORE EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THESE CONTRACTS IN AND OF THEMSELVES INCLUDE HUNDREDS OF BID ITEMS TO MEET THE MANY NEEDS OF THE TRAFFIC COMING PROGRAM AND COMPLIMENTS OUR EXISTING PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICE CONTRACTS. THIS SLIDE OUTLINES, UH, THE HISTORICAL BUDGET FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. UH, HISTORICALLY, THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT HAD A DEDICATED ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE. INSTEAD, TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH LIMITED ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS ASSEMBLED FROM A VARIETY OF AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES OVER THE YEARS. RECENT INVESTMENTS HAVE INCLUDED 750,000 IN FY 22, 1 0.2 MILLION IN FY 25 AND 50,000 IN FY 26, AND THERE IS A PROPOSED $1 MILLION ALLOCATION IN FY 27. WHILE THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE ALLOWED THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT TARGETED TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE LACK OF A STRUCTURAL FUNDING SOURCE HAS LIMITED THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO PLAN AND DELIVER IMPROVEMENTS ON A CONSISTENT LONG-TERM BASIS. HOWEVER, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THIS FUNDING MODEL. ONCE FULLY OPERATIONAL, THE PROGRAM IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION IN ANNUAL NET REVENUE, WHICH MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC, NEIGHBORHOOD CALMING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THIS REPRESENTS THE FIRST DEDICATED REOCCURRING FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BECOME AVAILABLE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF FY 27. AS THE A-S-A-A-S-E PROGRAM REACHES FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND THE CURRENT STAFFING, UH, MODEL, OVERSEEING AND IMPLEMENTING OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS HAS ENCOUNTERED A NUMBER OF DIFFICULTIES, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS, UH, HAVE, HAVE INCREASED, WHICH WE WILL, UH, WE WILL GO OVER IN A FEW SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. THE GOAL, UH, OF REVIEWING ALL UH, REQUESTS WITHIN THAT SIX MONTH TIMEFRAME, ROLLING OUT THE NEW AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, MANAGING A NETWORK OF OVER 620 TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND STAFFING. OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER PUBLIC WORKS HAS IDENTIFIED INTERIM SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING ONBOARDING A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRM TO ADDRESS THAT BACKLOG. AND FY 20 SEVEN'S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS, INCLUDING A NEW DIVISION TO STRUCTURALLY ADDRESS THESE DIFFICULTIES. SPEAKING OF WHICH, IN THE FY 27 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS INCLUDED THAT DO INVOLVE TRAFFIC SAFETY. THEY ARE ON THE, THESE FOLLOWING SLIDES IN OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DIVISION. UM, WE ARE ADDING SEVEN MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE AND ONE STREET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, UH, TO ASSESS AND REPLACE OUR REGULATORY AND WARNING TRAFFIC SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS IS OFFSET BY A $10 MILLION GRANT FROM THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. UH, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD TWO TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHS AND ONE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THREE, TO WORK ON CONVERTING STREETLIGHTS FROM LED TO SOLAR, WHILE EXISTING STAFF PRIORITIZE STREETLIGHT REPAIRS. THIS ENHANCEMENT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO CATCH UP, UH, WITH THE BACKLOG OF STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE WHILE DELIVERING A PRIORITY PROJECT TO CONVERT, UH, OUR LEDS TO SOLAR. IN THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MOST COPPER WIRE THEFT IN OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD ONE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO OVERSEE THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, AS WELL AS, UH, ADDING ONE ASSISTANT ADMIN ANALYST TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT TO OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION [00:15:01] ON OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, DIVISION. THIS IS A NEW DIVISION, UH, BEING PROPOSED IN FY 20 SEVENS BUDGET. THIS DIVISION, UH, WILL, UH, COME WITH A NEW TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE AND UPGRADING AN EXISTING TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING TECH TO A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE TO FURTHER SUPPORT AND DESIGN THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PROGRAM. THIS ALSO ADDS A NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER TO CAPITAL PROJECT COORDINATOR TWOS AND, AND THREE CLERK IN THE DIVISION TO SUPPORT, UH, BOTH THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MITIGATION TRAFFIC MITIGATION PROGRAM. AND OUR FY 27 CIP INCLUDES 2.5 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE TRAFFIC, CALMING FUNDED BY A SE REVENUE 550,000, UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MITIGATION PROGRAM, AND AN ADDITIONAL 450,000 FOR SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SANTA FE AVENUE. AND LASTLY, OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU, UH, PROPOSES IN THE FY 27 BUDGET TO ADD ONE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SPECIFICALLY TO OVERSEE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS. AND NOW SWITCHING GEARS A BIT, UH, TO UPDATE, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, COMMITTEE ON WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, UH, SINCE THE LAST REPORT WAS, WAS, UH, GIVEN TO CITY COUNCIL. UH, ON THIS SCREEN, OUR, OUR PUBLIC SERVICE BUREAU HAS COMPLETED OR CLOSED 84% OF THE REQUEST RECEIVED TO DATE OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE. UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGE, UH, MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WE NOW HAVE 25 PRIORITY LOCATIONS. UH, PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS 21, AND PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS 17. UM, AND SO THESE, THESE LOCATIONS NOW TOTAL 25 LOCATIONS CITYWIDE. AND AS A REFRESHER FOR A LOCATION TO RECEIVE A PRIORITY THRESHOLD, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE MET OVER 23% OF SPEEDING VEHICLES, AT LEAST ONE CRASH IN THE, IN THE YEAR, AND, AND OR OVER 2300 VEHICLES PER DAY. UH, OF THOSE INITIAL 17 PRIORITY LOCATIONS, UH, 12, UH, 12 LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN, UH, COMPLETED. UM, THE TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT 12 OF THE 17 PUBLIC WORKS IS UTILIZING A CONTRACTOR TO INSTALL MEASURES AT THE REMAINING FIVE BY THE END OF THIS SUMMER. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NEW DATA ON THE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED TRAFFIC CALMING TREATMENTS. UH, THE TEAM HAS GONE BACK OUT AND ASSESSED, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC THERE, AND WE HAVE SEEN, UM, A REDUCTION IN SPEEDING AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENTS. AND THEN THOSE ADDITIONAL EIGHT LOCATIONS, UH, THAT WERE ADDED AFTER THOSE INITIAL 17. UM, THOSE ARE ALL, UH, MOVING ALONG AS WELL. WE'VE STARTED DESIGN, UM, AT FOUR OF THEM, AND WE ARE, UH, PREPARING REPORTS AND COUNTERMEASURES FOR THE MOST RECENT FOUR OUTLINE ON THIS SLIDE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS RECENTLY COMPLETED. UH, WE DID SOME BULB OUT STRIPING AND FLEX POSTS ON HATHAWAY AVENUE AND STRIPING AND FLEX POSTS ON 56TH STREET, SHOWN HERE IN 2026, UH, Q2. ANOTHER, UH, FIVE, UH, TRAFFIC COMMENT REQUESTS CAME THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL MODES WHILE THERE WERE AN AN 182 ONLINE SUBMISSIONS THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UH, THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE IN ONLINE SUBMISSIONS OF ALMOST 50% COMPARED WITH 2026 Q1, WHICH HAD ALREADY SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE COMPARED TO THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE OF 20 REQUESTS PER QUARTER. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE, UH, OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, NEW TRAFFIC CALMING REQUESTS SINCE JANUARY, 2023, HANDLED BY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION. UM, WE ARE, UH, WE ARE ON PACE, UH, TO, TO APPROACH 1500, UH, REQUESTS. UM, RECEIVED AND OUTLINE ON THIS SLIDE ARE, ARE ALL THE REQUEST PENDING COMPLETION WITH OVER 1,250 CLOSE TO DATE. UM, AND SO WE'RE AT CURRENT A 48% CLOSE RATE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, NEW REQUESTS RECEIVED IN THE LAST QUARTER TOLD 383, UM, WHERE WE CLOSED, UH, 1,276 TO DATE. AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE CLOSURE RATES FROM 2025 Q4, THAT DATA AND COMPARE IT TO THE 2026 Q2 DATA, YOU CAN SEE OUR CLOSURE RATES HAVE INCREASED, UH, MEANING WE ARE CLOSING MORE AND MORE REQUESTS AND COMPLETING THEM, UH, IN EVERY CATEGORY AS OUTLINED ON THIS SCREEN. SO, WHILE A BACKLOG REMAINS, PROGRESS HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN MADE IN ALL CATEGORIES, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS IN JUNE, 2026, A TOTAL OF 101 STREET [00:20:01] SEGMENTS WERE LISTED, UM, IN CITY STAFF PLANS TO HIRE CONTRACTORS TO REPORT, UH, TO PERFORM THE SIGN INSTALLATIONS BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. UH, AS OUTLINED PREVIOUSLY, UH, 11 CROSSING LOCATIONS WERE PRIORITIZED FOR, UH, THE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS AND 14 CROSSING LOCATIONS WERE PRIORITIZED FOR NEW CROSSWALKS AND RAPID FLASHING BEACONS. SINCE THE LAST UPDATE, STAFF HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING PROGRESS, 51 RAPID FLASHING BEACONS HAVE BEEN PROCURED. UH, RAPID FLASHING BEACONS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT ONE LOCATION, MAGNOLIA AVENUE AND 29TH STREET DESIGNED FOR 13 LOCATIONS ARE NOW COMPLETED WITH STAFF WORKING, UH, WITH AN ON-CALL TO SCHEDULE INSTALLATIONS BY THE SUMMER AND FALL OF THIS YEAR. DESIGNS FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS ARE IN THE WORKS, UM, AND ARE PLANNED FOR INSTALLATION BY FALL 2026. AN ADDITIONAL TWO LOCATIONS, UH, ARE BEING DESIGNED AND ARE LOOKING TO BE INSTALLED BY WINTER 2026, AND DESIGNED FOR THE LAST FIVE LOCATIONS DO REQUIRE MORE COMPLEX ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND ARE UNDERWAY WITH INSTALLATION, UH, ANTICIPATED. UH, LATER IN 2027 TO DATE, THERE REMAINS 156 TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION REQUESTS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 42 REQUESTS CLOSED TO DATE. STAFF HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZING REVIEWS RELATED TO SAFETY RATHER THAN CONVENIENCE AND ASSESSMENTS TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF ADDING A PROTECTED LEFT TURN ARROW HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED WHILE REQUEST TO ADD MORE GREEN TIME REMAIN IN THE RESPONSE QUEUE. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY WORK ON THESE 156 REQUESTS. OH, APOLOGIES. UH, HERE ARE STANDALONE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS, UH, THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF, OF THE OTHER, UH, AREAS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. UM, FIVE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ALONG SOUTH STREET. 14 ARE IN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO IN DESIGN. A MAJORITY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY 2026 CALENDAR YEAR END, WITH THE REMAINING BEING COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF 27. AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THE PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECENTLY COMPLETED AND UPCOMING ARTERIAL STREET PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE TRAFFIC CALMING ELEMENTS IN THEIR CURRENT SCOPE IN OUR MAJOR AND ARTERIAL STREET PROGRAM OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE. AND THEN LASTLY, COMING SOON, OUR SPEED SAFETY SYSTEM. UM, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, FOR SOME TIME, AND WE ARE, UH, EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT 16 OF, UH, THE 18 LOCATIONS. THE REMAINING TWO LOCATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. UH, ADDITIONAL SPEED LIMIT AND PHOTO ENFORCEMENT SIGNAGE IS PLANNED TO BE INSTALLED THIS FALL. AND SPEED SAFETY TO DEVICES WILL BE INSTALLED IN, UH, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN INITIATED. WE ANTICIPATE WARNINGS, UH, BEING LIVE IN OCTOBER, 2026 WITH CITATIONS BEING ISSUED BEGINNING IN DECEMBER, 2026. UH, AND ALL FURTHER DETAILS, UH, OF THIS PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT OUR CITY WEBSITE, WHICH IS UPDATED WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST. AND THEN IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, UH, FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, CONDUCTING A WORKFORCE REVIEW, UH, WITH OUR ENGINEERING BUREAU AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, DURING OUR FY 27 REORGANIZATION, UH, WE ARE PRIORITIZING COMPLETING, UH, AND DESIGNING THOSE REMAINING 12, UH, PRIORITY TRAFFIC CALMING LOCATIONS, UH, COMPLETING DESIGN AND INSTALLING OUR SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION SIGNAGE, FINISHING, UH, INSTALLING THE RAPID FLASHING BEACON LOCATIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, INSTALLING THE REMAINING STANDALONE TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES AND ROLLING OUT THE SPEED SAFETY SYSTEM. UH, AND LASTLY, UH, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, OF THE REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED THROUGH THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM, UH, ENSURING THAT THAT REVENUE IS REINVESTED BACK INTO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC COMING PROJECTS. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, DO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE, I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN HAS SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS? YES. UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HICKMAN. AND, UM, AND YOUR PRESENTATION WAS REALLY, UH, WAS REALLY A GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION. I THINK, UM, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, UH, BREAKING DOWN WHERE THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND WHERE WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING, UH, CHALLENGES, UM, AND WHAT PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING, UM, MOVING FORWARD DIFFERENTLY. SO THANK [00:25:01] YOU FOR THAT. UM, I DO WISH WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS FULL PRESENTATION, UM, AT THE REGULAR COUNCIL BECAUSE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT. AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS. I MEAN, WE ALL, ALL OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS HERE FROM REG, UH, RESIDENTS REGULARLY. UM, AND SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY, UM, THEY MAY WANNA, UH, HEAR TOO. UM, I DO WANT TO, UM, DO A BIG THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS ITEM, UM, THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER AND, UM, AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR PRIORITIZING, UM, THIS WORK. UM, THE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY ASKED STAFF TO LOOK MORE BROADLY AT CONTRACTING TECHNOLOGY, STAFFING, OVERSIGHT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SO THAT WE COULD ACCELERATE OUR, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND REDUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS, WHICH IS REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS, BUT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE, UH, AN INVESTMENT CAN LITERALLY SAVE LIVES. SO THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS SO IMPORTANT. UM, VISION ZERO WAS ADOPTED WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. INJURIES, AS YOU KNOW. AND, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THE STAFF AND YOUR TEAM, UM, THE TOOLS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE TOWARD, UH, THOSE GOALS. THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT SIGNS OF PROGRESS HERE, UH, IN YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THE DECEMBER MEMO MEMO, PUBLIC WORKS IDENTIFIED 17 PRIORITY TRAFFIC CALMING LOCATIONS. AND WE ARE UP TO 25 PRIORITY LOCATIONS WITH 13 COMPLETED AND 12 REMAINING. SO, GOOD STUFF, UM, BY, I THINK BY, UH, CONTRACTING SOME OF THAT WORK OUT AND GIVING PUBLIC WORKS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE SIGNAL STRIPING SIGNAGE AND TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS FORWARD MORE QUICKLY, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO BID ON EVERY, UH, PROJECT HELPS. UM, I'M ALSO ENCOURAGED, UM, BY HEARING THE STAFFING CHANGES PROPOSED AND THE FY 27, UM, BUDGET. UM, THE BUDGET INCLUDES TRAFFIC, ENGINEERS, TRAFFIC, UH, ENGINEER ASSOCIATE, A TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER, TWO, CAPITAL PROJECT COORDINATORS, THREE, CLERK CLERK TYPISTS, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OPERATION STAFF TO HELP SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PROGRAM. UM, THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, AND THE DELIVERY OF TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS. AND ALL THIS IS IMPORTANT IF WE WANT TO REDUCE, UH, THE BACKLOG AND MOVE PROJECTS FROM EVALUATION TO IMPLEMENTATION MORE QUICKLY. UM, AND I DO WANNA SAY, AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, THAT THIS IS A REALLY, UM, IMPORTANT START, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A LARGER STRATEGY AND NOT ONLY ADDRESSING REQUESTS JUST ONE AT A TIME. UM, OUR VISION ZERO PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2020, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT FORMALLY UPDATING AND REFRESHING THAT PLAN BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. UM, WHEN DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE, UM, GOING TO, UM, DO YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE, WHEN WILL THAT BE GOING TO THE MOBILE, THE, UH, MOBILITY COMMITTEE? SO WE ARE IN THE PROGRESS, UH, PROCESS OF SETTING UP THAT MOBILITY PORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND GETTING ON THAT AGENDA TO OUTLINE ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY. GO THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE 2020, AND THEN, UH, OUTLINE THE PLAN TO UPDATE THE VISION ZERO PLAN OR WHATEVER WE'LL BE CALLING IT IN THE FUTURE. UH, WE WILL TAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BRING SOMEBODY ON BOARD, HELP LEAD THAT EFFORT, AND IT WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF MONTHS TO DEVELOP THAT NEW PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. UM, I WANNA SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THE BACKLOG BECAUSE, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT LED TO THE ORIGINAL, UM, ITEM. SO IN DECEMBER, IN THE DECEMBER MEMO, PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED THE BACKLOG AS ONE COMBINED TABLE. AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE, UH, 2,121 REQUESTS SINCE JANUARY OF 2023 WITH 1,288 STILL OPEN, AND 833 WERE CLOSED. THAT INCLUDED PARKING SIGNS, CURB PAINTING, ROADWAY MARKINGS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TRAFFIC, CALMING EVALUATIONS, AND [00:30:01] OTHER REQUESTS. AND IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THE CATE THE CATEGORIES ARE ORGANIZED, UM, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND THE MAIN TABLE, IF YOU GO TO PAGE 20, UM, IT SHOWS THAT 14, 1,403 WERE OPEN, 1,260, UH, SEVEN TWELVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX WERE OUR CLOSED REQUEST. WHILE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS ON PAGE 24 ARE STILL SHOWN SEPARATELY WITH 156 OPEN AND 42 CLOSED. UM, THE PRESENTATION ALSO SEPARATES NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING FROM BROADER TRAFFIC IN INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING ULTERIOR AND INTERSECTIONS. SO, WHILE I SEE THERE'S REAL PROGRESS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, PARTICULARLY NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING, IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMPARE THE OVERALL NUMBERS DIRECTLY BECAUSE THE CATEGORIES ARE NOT ORGANIZED EXACTLY IN THE SAME WAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, COULD YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THE BACKLOG TODAY COMPARES TO WHERE WE WERE AT IN DECEMBER? YEAH, A REALLY GREAT QUESTION, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE SLIDE, AND WE WERE TRYING TO COMPRESS IT ALL INTO A VERY, UM, ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION. AND, AND YOU'RE CORRECT. SO WE, AS PART OF THAT DECEMBER MEMO, WE TOOK EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR SYSTEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW, WHERE ARE WE AT, WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHAT'S THE BACKLOG? OVER THE RECENT MONTHS WE'VE BEEN DIVING AND DOING A DEEPER DIVE INTO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES TO HELP BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT'S OUTSTANDING AND HELP BETTER COMMUNICATE IT TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND TO YOURSELF SO WE COULD UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND ALSO ASSIGN THESE DIFFERENT ROLES AND PROJECTS EITHER INTO INTERNAL STAFF OR TO OUR EXTERNAL, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. SO YOU DO SEE IT OUTLINED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, IN THIS CHART, AND WE INTEND TO KIND OF KEEP IT CLOSE TO THIS SO WE CAN TRACK TO COMPLETION. UM, WE WANT TO GET THROUGH THE BACKLOG THAT YOU SEE HERE. UM, THE, A COUPLE KEY POINTS TO NOTE ON THIS SLIDE WHERE WE'VE SEEN A, A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE IN THE REQUESTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE WITH THE, THE 55 NEW REQUESTS AND THE 67 THAT ARE OPEN. SO WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS BY CLOSING OUT A NUMBER OF THOSE REQUESTS THAT WE, THAT WE HAD SINCE THAT DECEMBER MEMO, WHICH WAS, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN THE PERCENT CLOSED. SO WE'VE MADE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRESS THERE. CLOSING THESE OUT, THOSE ARE THE 17 PLUS, THE FOUR PLUS THE FOUR THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. UM, BUT WHAT YOU SEE AND, AND KIND OF THE LAGGER, THE LAGGING, UM, ITEM HERE, THE TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS, THE NEW REQUEST OF 136, UM, AND, AND OPEN ITEMS OF 249 WITH THE 4% CLOSURE RATE. THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN WE ROLLED OUT OUR NEW ONLINE SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT REQUESTS, MANY OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE ARE GETTING OR RECEIVING ARE FOR ARTERIAL STREETS, ARTERIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ARE EMBEDDED INTO OUR OVERALL CIP PROGRAM. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING REQUESTS IN, BUT NO WAY TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THEM OUT UNTIL WE PURSUE SOME FUTURE CIP PROJECT. UH, SO WE'RE DEVELOPING INTERNAL AND WHY YOU SEE THAT SEPARATELY BROKEN OUT ON THIS CHART IS BECAUSE WE NEED A DIFFERENT RESPONSE AND WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE WITH THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY OF THE ORIGINAL REQUESTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND HOW MUCH NEW WORK HAS COME IN SINCE THEN, AND WHETHER WE ARE REDUCING THE BACKLOG FASTER THAN THE NEW REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN. SHORT ANSWER IS, UM, WE'RE BARELY KEEPING UP, SO WE ARE SLOWLY GETTING THROUGH THE BACKLOG. UM, WHAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO HELP ACCELERATE THAT IS THE FACT THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THOSE CONTRACTS LAST MONTH OR TWO MONTHS AGO, BACK IN JUNE, THAT ALLOWED US TO ONBOARD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO, UH, GET THROUGH THE BACKLOG. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE NOTES COLUMN THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT HAVE A BACKLOG THAT ARE ALREADY, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO GET THROUGH DESIGN, GET THESE IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S GONNA HELP, UH, GET THIS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE REPORTS THAT YOU'LL SEE. UM, BUT THEN THE, THE PROPOSED FY SEVEN FY 27 STAFFING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET WILL ALSO HELP ADDRESS THAT BACKLOG. AND THEN, UM, JUST A FOLLOW FOLLOW UP TO THAT QUESTION. SO WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UH, GETTING THE EXISTING BACKLOG TO A LEVEL WHERE THE SIX MONTH REVIEW TIMEFRAME CAN, UH, CONSISTENTLY, UH, BE MET? SO IT, IT'S A LITTLE, UM, IT, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS SAYING ALL OF THESE WILL BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THAT SIX MONTH BACKLOG. WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED IN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING [00:35:01] THAT'S BEEN THE PRIORITY OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS OR SO. AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT SIX MONTH CYCLE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST FEW, UM, BRIEFINGS. SO WE, WE GET THE REQUESTS IN THOSE REQUESTS THEN GET DISPATCHED OUT TO, UH, OUT TO THE FIELD. THE FIELD STUDIES AND ANALYSIS ARE CONDUCTED, THE DESIGNS COMPLETED, AND THEN WE WORK ON IMPLEMENTING. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDES, UM, THAT WE SHOWED EARLIER, 17, ALL 17 HAVE NOT YET BEEN, UH, INSTALLED, BUT THOSE WERE THE 17 LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED IN DECEMBER. AND WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, 13 OUT OF THE 17. SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT QUITE TRACKING AT SIX MONTHS YET. UH, BUT WE DID GET 13 OUT OF THE 17 DONE IN, IN THOSE SIX MONTHS. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ONE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO IT, IS WHEN, UM, PRESENTING THIS DATA IN THE FUTURE IS SEPARATING REQUESTS, UH, THAT COME DIRECTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS FROM REQUESTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE COUNCIL OFFICES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE DISTINCTION WOULD GIVE US A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHERE THE DEMAND IS COMING FROM AND HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE VOLUME OF REQUESTS BEING GENERATED THROUGH CONSTITUENT CASE CASES VERSUS DIRECT SUBMISSION, UH, TO PUBLIC WORK. SO JUST A, JUST A SUGGESTION. UM, THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION IS CLEAR THAT CURRENT STAFFING IS STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH THE VOLUME OF REQUEST, WHILE ALSO MANAGING MORE THAN, UH, 620 TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND STAFFING THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER AND ROLLING OUT ALL THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT. SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, I APPRECIATE THE PROPOSED FI 27 BUDGET, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND, UM, TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, DIVISION POSITIONS. UM, IF THE, UH, BUDGET IS APPROVED, HOW QUICKLY DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, UH, YOU CAN GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED? WE'RE GONNA WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO FILL ALL OF OUR VACANCIES, INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC SAFETY VACANCIES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, AND THEN OVERALL, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN, UM, MEANINGFUL PROGRESS HERE. SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM VERY, VERY MUCH. UM, JUST SINCE A SINCERE APPRECIATION, UM, WE ARE SEEING MORE TRAFFIC, CALMING LOCATIONS COMPLETED, UH, NEW CONTRACTING TROLLS, ADDITIONAL STAFFING PROPOSED, AND, AND, UM, JUST GREATER TRANSPARENCY, UM, AND A DEDICATION TO A TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, DIVISION. SO ALL OF THAT IS GOOD. UM, I WANNA CONTINUE, UM, FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES, UM, IN THE FUTURE. SO REDUCING THE BACKLOG, UM, AND, UH, SHORTENING THE AMOUNT OF TIME RESIDENTS ARE WAITING FOR EVALUATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 'CAUSE WE ALL HEAR THAT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND JUST ULTIMATELY JUST MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER. SO, UM, MY LAST QUESTION'S GONNA BE A QUICK QUESTION, SO THANK YOU CHAIR FOR GIVING ME THIS EXTRA TIME. I DO APPRECIATE IT. UM, BUT YOU DID MENTION YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU, UM, YOU, YOU, AFTER AN INSTALLATION, YOU GO OUT AND YOU, YOU CHECK AND SEE IF IT'S ACTUALLY SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN. HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YEAH, SO THE TEAMS DO GO OUT AND EVALUATE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE UNDERLYING CONCERN, UH, THAT WAS RAISED TO BEGIN WITH. SO AS A, AS OF NOW, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE EARLY INDICATORS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN. OUR TEAMS GO OUT THERE AND MONITOR THE AREAS OR THE, THE INTERSECTIONS OR WHEREVER THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE. UM, HOWEVER WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS STUFF. MANY OF THESE WERE JUST RECENTLY INSTALLED IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. SO OUR GOAL, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO ROLL THIS OUT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHICH OF THESE, UM, TREATMENTS WORK THE BEST AND WHICH ONE SHOULD WE ROLL OUT ON A LARGER SCALE AND WHICH ONES MAY BE, UH, AREN'T WORKING AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND CONTINUE TO REPORT ON THAT AS WE, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU JONATHAN, UH, FOR TAKING COUNCIL'S RE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, SO SERIOUSLY. AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO SEEING, UM, THIS WORK MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT COMMENTS. COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, VICE MAYOR ARANGA. THANK YOU. I WANNA COMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN FOR SUCH A, A THOROUGH, UH, REPORT PHRASING A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE REPORT THAT REALLY, REALLY BRINGS OUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE, THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED IN REGARDS TO HOW, WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, UH, ON PAGE 11, YOU HAVE A, YOU NOW YOU'RE ADDING SEVEN FT M MADE THREES, ONE FULL-TIME MA SUPERVISOR AND A, UH, AND CREATING THE TRAFFIC SERVICES, UH, OPERATIONS DIVISION. YOU ALSO MENTIONED, [00:40:01] UH, TWO NEW, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHS AND, AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. AND ALL THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH A, UH, CALTRANS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OR, OR IS THAT PROGRAM SELF-FUNDING THE JOB THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? I'M A LITTLE BIT, UH, CONFUSED ON THAT. YEAH. UM, SO WE ARE, WE KIND OF TOOK A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE FY 27 BUDGET, AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THE NEED TO INCREASE, UM, OUR INVESTMENT IN TRAFFIC SAFETY AND GET THROUGH THE BACKLOG OF ITEMS. SO, UH, AS WE WERE REVIEWING PREVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE, THE BACKLOG ITEMS WE HAVE ARE SIGN REPLACEMENTS AND SIGN REQUESTS. SO IN THIS, UM, PROPOSAL, THE F UH, THE SEVEN FTE, UH, MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE, AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE, UM, STREET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR IS PROPOSED TO HELP INCREASE THE CAPACITY INTERNALLY TO REPLACE ALL THOSE SIGNS FUNDED VIA A, A GRANT THAT WE DO HAVE AN APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $10 MILLION GRANT THAT WE HAVE FROM NOW UNTIL EARLY 2031 OR 2, 20 31, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO REPLACE ALL THOSE SIGNS. WELL, MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT ONCE A GRANT IS COMPLETED, THAT THESE POSITIONS, ARE THEY GONNA CONTINUE? ARE THEY CLASSIFIED POSITIONS OR ARE WE GONNA BE ENCOUNTERING A, UH, A, A LAYOFF SITUATION OR, OR REASSIGNMENTS TO OTHER, WE AIN'T GOING TO ABSORB THEM. WELL, OUR, OUR GOAL WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, PURSUE ADDITIONAL GRANT SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM OR LOOK AT OTHER STRUCTURAL METHODS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO REPLACE THOSE SIGNS. WE, OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE STABILIZED, WE GET THROUGH OUR BACKLOG, AND THEN WE DON'T RETURN TO A BACKLOG TYPE SCENARIO. SO THESE ARE THE, THE NUMBER OF FTES IN, IN THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. OKAY. UH, FURTHER ON THE LINE, I, I CAN'T FIND THE PAGE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, FLASHY BEACONS AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE GOING UP. UH, YOU, YOU, UH, YOU MADE A, YOU MADE A, A LIST OF PLACES WHERE FLASHY BEACONS ARE RAN. UH, FOR ME SPECIFICALLY IN IN DISTRICT SEVEN, I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EITHER A FLASH BEACON OR A STOP SIGN OR A CROSSWALK ON WILLOW AND TIC IN THE WEST PALM BEACH AREA. AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT HERE. IS THERE, IS THAT A HOLE OR, UH, HAS IT BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT NEEDED? THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER NUMBER THERE? 'CAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN THAT INTERSECTION THAT CONCERNED US, AND WE BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND WE HOPEFULLY THAT WE WOULD GET OF, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, UH, SIGNAL OR, OR SIGN THAT WOULD HELP WITH A CROSSWALK TO, TO HELP MITIGATE THAT. UH, WHERE DOES THAT STAND AT THIS MOMENT? DO YOU KNOW? YEAH, SO SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR, UM, STANDALONE PROJECTS ARE TRACKED IN, IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHOWING HERE AS THE PROJECT UPDATES. SO THESE ARE REALLY OUR STANDALONE RAPID FLASHING BEACON TYPE PROJECTS TO GO OUT. WE CALL IT MORE OF LIKE A QUICK BUILD OR, OR A MINI, MINI PROJECT, SO TO SPEAK. SO IN SOME CASES, WE GO OUT AT HIGH IMPACT AREAS OR, OR PLACES THAT, THAT MAKE SENSE TO INSTALL IT. WE'LL GO OUT, REDO A CROSSWALK, WE'LL GO OUT, INSTALL A RAPID FLASHING BEACON. UM, OFTENTIMES THOUGH, THESE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS ARE EMBEDDED INTO A LARGE SCALE CIP TYPE PROJECT, SO LIKE THE WILLOW CORRIDOR PROJECT, SO THAT, THAT IN AND ITSELF HAS TRAFFIC SIGNALS, CROSSWALKS, AND THE LIKE, BUT THEY'RE ALL TIED TO, UH, A FUTURE FUNDING SOURCE. SO WE'RE PURSUING GRANT FUNDS FOR THE WILLOW CORRIDOR, MUCH LIKE WE DO FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, HIGH INJURY NETWORKS IN, IN CORRIDOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S, THIS LIST DOESN'T REFLECT EVERY RRFB OR EVERY CROSSWALK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF MORE OF THE STANDALONE REQUESTS THAT COME IN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY. UH, YOU, OOPS. UH, THANK YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR RANGA, AND THANK YOU TO STAFF, UH, FOR THE REALLY GREAT, UM, PRESENTATION. UM, I THINK THE PLAN OUTLET HERE IS, IS IS DESIGNED TO SOLVE WHAT I THINK WE ALL KNOW IS KIND OF A YEARS LONG BACKLOG OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CONCERNS. UH, THAT, AS COUNCILMAN ALLEN MENTIONED, HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES ADVOCATED BY COUNCIL, MYSELF AND OUR COMMUNITIES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. UM, THIS HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT ISSUE THAT I KNOW THAT MY AT RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP, UM, TO MY ATTENTION DURING MY ENTIRE FIRST TERM. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THEY [00:45:01] WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FROM KIND OF THE REACTIVE KIND OF FRUSTRATION THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY TO A REALLY PROACTIVE DATA-DRIVEN STYLE SET OF SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE DATA AND THE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO, UM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR TAKING US SERIOUSLY AND REALLY PUTTING THIS AS A PRIORITY. UM, WE THINKING ABOUT, UH, OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE, WE HAVE 1400 TRAFFIC REQUESTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING OPEN. UM, BUT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, YOU PROPOSE A MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UM, AND A PROJECTED POTENTIALLY 2.5 MILLION ANNUAL NET REVENUE FROM THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT. UH, SO WE SEE THE DEPARTMENT IS DEFINITELY PLANNING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, UM, AND STRUCTURE TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. UM, AND I THINK THAT DATA TELLS US A STORY, AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THE OLD WAYS OF MANAGING THESE REQUESTS SIMPLY JUST WASN'T WORKING FOR THE VOLUME THAT WE ARE SEEING, UH, COME INTO PUBLIC WORKS. UM, I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS KIND OF REVISITING OLD REQUESTS THAT THE CITY, EITHER THE SYSTEM EITHER DIDN'T CAPTURE OR, UM, OR, OR RETAIN. UM, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I'M BE HONEST, IT WAS EMBARRASSING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO CONSTITUENTS, UM, TO HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT. LIKE, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, FIND THAT PREVIOUS REQUEST THAT YOU HAD MADE. UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST RISK WE FACED FROM ALL OF THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS FROM THINGS NOT GETTING DONE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT ERODES PUBLIC TRUST, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE SUBMITTING THINGS THEY'RE NOT GETTING ACTION UPON, AND NOT ONLY NOT GETTING ACTION UPON, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LOCATE SOME OF THESE REQUESTS. SO, UM, I THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, UH, A MORE FORMALIZED SYSTEM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION AND, AND FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, GET AN ITEM NUMBER, ET CETERA, EMAIL BACK TO THEM WHERE THEY CAN SEE THAT SOMEONE, SOMETHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IT'S BEEN RECEIVED. UM, YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW WITH THE, I SHOULD SAY WITH THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT, UM, PROGRAM, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO FUND A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE. UM, I DO WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO THE TOPIC FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT ISSUES AROUND LIKE, SURVEILLANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA UPLIFT THAT AS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC PERCEPTION. UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A WARNING ONLY, UH, SYSTEM RIGHT THROUGH THAT STARTS IN OCTOBER. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TICKETING PEOPLE, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST RECENTLY IN OUR, UH, IN OUR BRIEFING, UM, THAT THAT WARNING, UM, WILL ACTUALLY BE A, NOT A REAL TICKET, BUT IT'LL ACTUALLY GET MAILED TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES, RIGHT? LETTING THEM KNOW THE SPEED CAMERA CAUGHT THEM, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UH, ACCIDENTALLY GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMITS. UH, AND SO THEREFORE WE WANNA LET THEM KNOW, UH, RIGHT, TO, TO DRIVE MORE SAFELY. UM, AND WE'RE LEVERAGING THAT, THAT THE CALTRANS GRANT THAT WE, WE WE MENTIONED BEFORE. UM, AND SO I THINK THIS SHOWS GOOD GOVERNMENT AND ACTION, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO BE OPEN AND FAIR, UM, AND FOCUS ON THOSE HIGH RISK, YOU KNOW, ROAD USERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE SAFE, UM, ON THE SHEET STREETS. UM, AND I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD ALL, I THINK WE'RE ALL ACKNOWLEDGING THE PRESENTATION HERE IS CONTINUED WORK THAT WE'RE ALL ADVOCATING FOR. UM, BUT I THINK THIS PROGRESS, THIS VALIDATES THREE YEARS OF ADVOCACY THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING, UM, AROUND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. UM, AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOMENTUM, UM, TO TURN THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BACKLOG INTO, YOU KNOW, REALLY A BENCHMARK OF EFFICIENCY UTILIZING THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WE, WE'VE APPROVED RIGHT AS WE'RE ONBOARDING, UM, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT BACKLOG AND TO FOR, UM, FOR RESIDENTS TO START SEEING, YOU KNOW, THOSE QUICK BUILD PROJECTS, UM, US ADDRESSING THE ISSUES AROUND THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THE WORK THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE DOING, UM, AROUND THIS. SO, UH, SO THANK YOU. UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY SIMPLE QUESTIONS. UH, ONE OF THEM WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY ANSWERED, UM, FOR THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT, UM, UH, FUNDING. SO I KNOW WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION IS GONNA COME IN NOW, INITIALLY, JONATHAN, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT POTENTIALLY THAT MONEY CAN GO INTO BACK INTO PUBLIC WORKS FOR SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE PRESENTING AS FAR AS THE BUDGET. UM, I ACTUALLY ADVOCATE THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT PERSONALLY. I THINK THAT'S TRUE. UM, BUT JUST FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT FUNDING THAT WE GET THROUGH THOSE CITATIONS, WHERE ARE ALL KIND OF THE POTENTIAL PLACES THAT THAT FUNDING COULD BE USED? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION, AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE THE, THE FIRST, FIRST TRY AT THIS, AND THEN JOSH, IF I MISS, MISS ANYTHING. UM, SO I DO WANT TO, THE, WE, WE ACTUALLY ARE ESTIMATING $5 MILLION, AH, IN REVENUE. UM, AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT REVENUE IN, IN THE STATE LAW CAN ONLY BE USED TO FIRST PAY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE ESTIMATING WITH THE FY 27, UH, POSITIONS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OFF THE TOP GOES TO FUND THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN ANYTHING REMAINING HAS TO BE INVESTED IN TRAFFIC CALMING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CITY. UM, THIS IS NOT GENERAL FUND REVENUE, IT'S TRACKED IN ITS OWN FUND. [00:50:01] UM, AND IT, IT REALLY HAS TO DO DIRECT, NOT INDIRECT, BUT DIRECT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC CALMING. UH, AND SO OUR PLAN IN PUBLIC WORKS IN 27 AND BEYOND IS, UH, BUDGETING THOSE POSITIONS DIRECTLY ON THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT FUND. AND THEN ANY LEFTOVER FUNDS WOULD BE APPROPRIATED AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, UM, TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WE SEE THE TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION, THE NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION, REALLY BEING TWO ARMS. ONE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, RECEIVING THE REVENUE, AND THE OTHER ARM IS DEVELOPING TRAFFIC CALMING ENHANCEMENTS IN SPENDING THAT REVENUE. UM, I DO WANNA JUST MENTION ONE OTHER THING. IDEALLY, THE, THE CITATIONS SLOW FOLKS DOWN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. AND WHERE I REALLY WANNA REORIENT IS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY BANKING ON A LOT OF REVENUE, UM, BUT ANY REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED HAS TO BE USED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. UNDERSTOOD. UM, AND THEN, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE DOING THE WARNINGS IN OCTOBER, IT WILL GO LIVE IN DECEMBER. SO AT WHAT POINT DURING THE, THE FISCAL YEAR 27, WILL WE GET KIND OF AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE RATE OF CITATIONS OF HOW MUCH WE THINK WE MIGHT, UM, POTENTIALLY IN REVENUE WE MIGHT GET? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 5 MILLION, BUT THAT MAY BE MORE OR LESS CORRECT. AND SO WE WILL, AS SOON AS REVENUE STARTS TO COME IN FOR THE CITY, AND AS SOON AS WE GET, UM, DATA ON THE ACTUAL PAY RATE OF THAT CITATION, THAT'S WHEN, RIGHT. I MEAN, IF, IF CITATIONS GO OUT IN DECEMBER, WE'RE NOT REALIZING THAT REVENUE FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS, AND THEN WE CAN START GETTING A BASELINE OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. UM, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THOSE ARE, ARE BUILT ON ESTIMATES. UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO FIRST PAY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN ONCE THERE'S A BALANCE, APPLY THAT BALANCE TO, UH, SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENTS. UNDERSTOOD. UM, AND THEN FROM A KIND OF JUST A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PHASE, UM, LET'S SAY OUR, OUR WARNING PROCESS WORKS REALLY FANTASTICALLY AND PEOPLE ALL SLOW DOWN AND FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T REALIZE THE REVENUE, UM, THAT WE THINK WE WILL. UM, AND THEN WE'RE THAT THE KIND OF THAT ESTIMATE OF THE, OF HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA TAKE TO PAY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST DOES NOT GET REALIZED, UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT THROUGH WHAT POT, WHAT POTENTIALLY WE WOULD DO INTERNALLY AS A CITY TO COVER THAT ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD. SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S A, A VERY OPTIMISTIC, UH, OUTLOOK IF, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN BASED ON THE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE DONE ELSEWHERE, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING THE CASE AND THAT THE ESTIMATES WE'VE PUT FORWARD ARE QUITE CONSERVATIVE. UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE, AND WE DO HAVE KIND OF HAVE INTERNAL, UH, DISCUSSION POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE, WE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHTSIZE THE, THE STAFFING AS NEEDED, WHETHER THAT'S UP OR DOWN, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE SEE. UH, WE HAVE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ROLLED THIS OUT, THEY'VE SEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STAFFING NEEDED ON THE FRONT END BECAUSE OF THE WARNING PERIOD, BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING, IT'S NEW TO FOLKS. UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF HANDHOLDING THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH. THERE'S A LOT OF OUTREACH, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND INVESTMENT ON THAT FRONT. UH, THEN WE START TO SEE A DECLINE ONCE THE, UH, ONCE THE CITATIONS GO LIVE. AND THEN FROM THERE IT SORT OF JUST LEVELS, LEVELS OUT. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING THAT QUITE CLOSELY AND WE WILL, WE'LL BE, UH, PROVIDING AN UPDATE, UH, LATER IN, IN 27 AFTER WE GET IT ALL ROLLED OUT. UNDERSTOOD. UM, AND THEN LAST QUESTION IS, CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 16 PLEASE? SO I KNOW WE HAVE THE INITIAL TRAFFIC CALMING PRIORITY LOCATIONS, WE'RE ON PAGE 16 AND 17, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE, UH, YOU ALL HAVE DONE A, A, A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO REALLY WORK THROUGH WHAT ARE THOSE PRIORITY LOCATIONS. UM, AND THEN I THINK THERE'S A FEW THAT, THAT, THAT GOT ADDED. UM, CAN YOU REMIND US AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING, ONCE THOSE PRIORITY LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. SO TO, TO REITERATE THE PROCESS, THE REQUESTS COME IN, THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT HAVE SPIKED NOW THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT THE NEW ONLINE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO REPORT. SO NOW WE'RE GETTING HUNDREDS OF REQUESTS, UH, EACH QUARTER RATHER THAN, UH, FIVE TO 20 THAT WE USED TO GET. SO WE'RE GETTING MANY MORE REQUESTS. A LOT OF THOSE ARE FOR ARTERIAL STREETS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH WORK WITHOUT CIP DOLLARS. UM, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AREAS, WE THEN DEPLOY A TEAM OUT TO GO CHECK IT OUT. ARE THERE ISSUES? WHAT'S GOING ON? IS SPEEDING HAPPENING? WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S THE ISSUE THAT'S BEING ASKED TO ADDRESS AND IS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENING? UM, THAT ANALYSIS [00:55:01] IS DONE AND ONCE THE, UH, THE TEAM PUTS IT INTO THAT TRAFFIC CALMING PRIORITY INDEX KIND OF MATRIX, IF IT HITS AND CHECKS SOME OF THOSE BOXES, THAT'S WHEN IT GETS ADDED TO THESE PRIORITY LISTS. SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT THAT FIRST 17, UH, THAT FIRST 17 THAT'S REPRESENTED ON, ON SLIDE 16. THESE ARE THE ONES WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH. UH, BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL 17 THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED OR OUTLINED AS A PRIORITY IN DECEMBER, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THOSE COMPLETE. SO I KNOW WE'RE TRACKING, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A SIX MONTH NOTIFICATION TO COMPLETION. UH, I KNOW AUGUST IS EIGHT MONTHS, NOT SIX MONTHS. UH, WE'RE STRIVING FOR THAT. THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR KIND OF REACH GOAL. UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE HAVING, UH, THOSE ALL COMPLETE, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN SUBSEQUENT QUARTERS, YOU SEE HERE. SO WE ADDED FOUR, UH, AS PART OF THAT NEXT QUARTER. THEN WE ADDED ANOTHER, ANOTHER FOUR AS PART OF LAST QUARTER. SO AS SHOWN ON, ON THIS SLIDE 17, THE FIRST FOUR, THE DESIGNS HAD STARTED, MEANING WE HAD GONE OUT, DONE THE ANALYSIS, RE UH, PREPARED THE REPORTS, DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A NEED, STARTED THE DESIGN. SO AS SOON AS WE FINISH THE 17, WE'LL THEN START CONSTRUCTION ON THESE FOUR, THE LAST FOUR THAT GOT ADDED. WE'RE PREPARING THOSE REPORTS NOW. ONCE THAT'S ALL COMPLETE, THEY'LL THEN MOVE INTO DESIGN PHASE. WE'LL GET THEM DESIGNED AND THEN CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THAT FUTURE QUARTER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE PROGRESSION, HOW THESE WILL GO. OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE, YOU'LL START TO SEE A SUSTAINABLE KIND OF RHYTHM WHERE WE'RE ADDING MAYBE FOUR OR SIX OR WHATEVER'S APPROPRIATE EACH QUARTER, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM THAT QUARTER. WE WON'T BE TRYING TO GET THROUGH A GIANT BACKLOG, AND WE WON'T BE TRYING TO COMPLETE 17 AT A TIME. UNDERSTOOD. ALRIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS MY FINAL QUESTION. UH, WE CAN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM SEEING NUN CHAIR. OKAY. WELL THEN WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS THE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION ON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC, AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. GREAT. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? OKAY. I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. AND, OH, IT'S JOSH AND JONATHAN AGAIN, . UM, UH, PLEASE, UH, UH, CONTINUE. UH, UH, START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. UM, WE'RE BACK. SO SOME OF THIS MAY BE [3. 26-55846 Recommendation to receive and file an overview presentation on Public Works Department’s Traffic and Transportation Programs.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] A SLIGHT REPEAT. EACH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, UH, WE DEVELOPED AS, AS A STANDALONE PRESENTATION. SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST SAW. I'LL TRY TO BREEZE THROUGH THAT. BUT OF COURSE, HAPPY TO RETURN TO IT AND HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, THE GOAL BEHIND THE FIRST PRESENTATION WAS TO FOCUS ON MORE OF A STATUS UPDATE AND HELP KIND OF OUTLINE WHERE ARE WE GOING. THIS PRESENTATION IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS WHAT IS THE PROPOSAL IN FY 27 AND WHERE, WHERE ARE WE HEADING IN THE FUTURE? SO, UH, FIRST OFF, UH, WE REALLY WANTED TO ADVANCE OUR SAFETY AND MOBILITY INITIATIVES AS PART OF OUR FY 27 BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO THAT WAS A KEY, KEY THING WE HEARD, UM, FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES. AND WE TOOK THAT TO HEART AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND PUT TOGETHER SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS THAT. UH, THAT INCLUDES A NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION. AND I KNOW, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAVINGS TARGETS AND OTHER THINGS, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ALSO, UH, ON THE OTHER HAND BE SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING NEW DIVISIONS. UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE LAST PRESENTATION, THERE IS A NEW FUNDING SOURCE AS PART OF THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO GENERATE SOME REVENUE. WE'RE GONNA REINVEST THAT INTO THE PROGRAM. HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN AND TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE WITHIN OUR STREETS OR SAFER. UM, WE ARE PLANNING AND PROPOSING TO EMBED THAT NEW DIVISION WITHIN OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES SERVICES BUREAU. UH, THAT WAS THE BUREAU THAT REMAINED WHEN SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE MOVED OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS AS PART OF LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH I'LL TALK MORE WHEN WE GET TO THE ORG CHART, UM, SLIDE. SO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BUREAU. WANTED TO JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS BUREAU LOOK LIKE TODAY AND WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. TODAY IT HAS TWO DIVISIONS. IT HAS THE STREET SWEEPING AND PARKING CONTROL DIVISION. UH, THIS IS OF COURSE, IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING OF THE CLEANLINESS WITHIN OUR STREETS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE PARKING OUT THERE. PEOPLE AREN'T, UH, PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF ROWS AT [01:00:01] RED CURBS, THAT KIND OF THING. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARKING MOBILITY TEAM, WHICH YOU, YOU MAY RECALL FROM PREVIOUS BUDGET CYCLES. WE BROUGHT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT WERE ALL HAPPENING WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, OUR PARKING LOTS, OUR PARKING METERS, OUR BIKE SHARE PROGRAM. THEY WERE ALL MANAGED IN DIFFERENT BUREAUS AND DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. WE MERGED ALL THEM TOGETHER INTO A PARKING AND MOBILITY WITH A FOCUS ON, ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL OF THAT HOLISTICALLY. THE OTHER THREE BULLETS THAT YOU SEE HERE, THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC SAFETY, ARE, ARE IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM, THEY'RE PROPOSED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THIS, INTO THIS BUREAU. SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THOSE. THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM IS CURRENTLY HOUSED IN OUR PUBLIC SERVICES BUREAU. THESE ARE THE TEAMS THAT BASICALLY HANDLE THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. SO THE STREET LIGHTS, AND AS YOU SAW IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, A LOT OF THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, THEY'RE DOING A, A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF, OF KEEPING UP 84% OR SO, I THINK IS THE NUMBER WE JUST REPORTED, UH, WHICH IS UP SLIGHTLY. UM, WE ARE INVESTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR PROPOSING TO, UM, INVEST ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO GET THEM THE, THE HELP THEY NEED TO, TO EVEN BUMP THOSE NUMBERS UP A LITTLE HIGHER. OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM IS MOVING OVER FROM OUR ENGINEERING BUREAU INTO THIS, UM, INTO THIS BUREAU TO HELP SUPPORT ALL EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY TEAM, UH, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AS PART OF THE LAST PRESENTATION, THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED IN ON MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY, UH, AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS REINVESTING ANY SORT OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TRAFFIC CALMING. SO MANAGE THE PROGRAM, FUNDS COME IN, ANYTHING THAT'S REMAINING, WE REINVEST INTO, UH, INTO OUR TRAFFIC CALMING. WHY, WHY DID WE BRING ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS TOGETHER? UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY WITHIN DIFFERENT BUREAUS, UH, IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS TODAY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP. SO A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE WOULD BE IN ORDER TO DO STREET SWEEPING AND IN ORDER TO ENFORCE PARKING CONTROL, YOU NEED TO HAVE SIGNS. I THINK EVERYBODY'S SEEN THE SIGNS THAT ARE OUT THERE. UH, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. HOPEFULLY YOU AVOID 'EM, YOU GET OUTTA THERE, DON'T GET THE CITATIONS. UM, BUT THOSE REQUIRE OUR ENGINEERS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE SIGNS, WHICH ARE IN A DIFFERENT BUREAU. AND THEN ONCE IT GETS APPROVED, WELL THEN IT REQUIRES ANOTHER BUREAU TODAY, PSB TO THEN GO AND INSTALL THOSE SIGNS. SO THESE SORT OF, UM, BOUNCING AROUND AREN'T ALL THAT. THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THINGS GET LOST. SO WE WANNA BRING THE TEAMS TOGETHER SO WE CAN HELP, UH, REALLY MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINE THE OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY UMBRELLA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN ORG CHART FORMAT. THE, THE ORANGE OR, OR THE RED HERE REPRESENTS A, A CHANGE. SO, UM, AS, AS I JUST NOTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS INCLUDING SIGNAL, STREET LIGHTS, SIGNAGE, STRIPING, THEY'LL BE MOVING OVER FROM PSB TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FROM OUR ENGINEERING BUREAU. AND THEN TRAFFIC SAFETY IS A BRAND NEW DIVISION THAT'S BEING CREATED. SO A BIT MORE ON THE FUNDING STRUCTURE. UM, I, I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON ON THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, BUT DID JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A, A FEW OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THESE TEAM AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH FROM, UH, EXPENSE AND REVENUE BUDGET. SO HERE, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA GO DIVISION BY DIVISION. SO THIS ONE HERE IS THE STREET SWEEPING PARKING CONTROL PARKING ENFORCEMENT TEAM. UM, LAST YEAR THEY SWEPT 125,000 MILES OF ROADWAY, UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY COLLECTED OVER 8,000 TONS OF DEBRIS AND ISSUED OVER 300,000 PARKING CITATIONS. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT STREET SWEEPING AND PARKING CONTROL AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET. SO THESE ARE JUST, JUST CHANGES, UM, NOT NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHTS, BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN FY 27. WE ARE LOOKING AT A NEW SMART LOADING ZONE. UH, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO INCREASE OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND AREAS OF, OF THAT SORT, UH, HELP PROMOTE TURNOVER AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AREAS FOR LOADING AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING. WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING PARKING CONTROL CHECKERS, PARKING CONTROL SUPERVISORS, UH, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS, IS, UM, SUSTAINABLE. UM, MORE. AND THEN THE, THE LAST COUPLE ONES ARE MORE TECHNICAL CLEANUP TYPE ITEMS. UM, 17 FTES SSOS. THESE WERE AN OLD, UH, POSITION THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN CONVERTED OVER TO PARKING CONTROL CHECKERS. SO THERE'S MORE OF A CLEANUP, UH, AS WELL AS THE LAST TWO ITEMS. MOVING ON TO OUR PARKING AND MOBILITY DIVISION, UH, THEY'VE GOT 20 PEOPLE, 20 FTES IN, IN THAT DIVISION. THEY OVERSEE OVER 5.6 MILLION PARKING TRANSACTIONS, UM, ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARKING RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. UH, A HUGE, HUGE [01:05:01] AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT TO GENERATE JUST OVER $12 MILLION ANNUALLY. AND IN ADDITION TO MANAGING OUR METERS PARKING LOTS AND, AND THE LIKE, THEY ALSO MANAGE OUR BIKE SHARE SCOTERS MICRO MOBILITY AND OUR CIRCUIT PROGRAM. SO SOME PROPOSED FY 27 BUDGET ITEMS FOR THE PARKING AND MOBILITY DIVISION INCLUDE, UH, THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, INCLUDING A PARKING METER TECH TO AN ACCOUNTING TECH, UM, NEW PARKING METERS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OCEAN BOULEVARD MARINA DRIVE, UH, LOOKING IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT INCREASING OUR PARKING METER RATES. WE DO HAVE A VERY LOW RATE WHEN YOU COMPARE OURSELVES TO MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND, AND OTHER WATERFRONT DESTINATIONS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, INCREASING THAT. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT CONTRACTING OUT OUR SCHOOL GUARD PROGRAM. WE CURRENTLY DO THIS IN-HOUSE WITH SCHOOL GUARDS, BUT IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AND, UM, NOT LOSE SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF VARIOUS REASONS. ONE OF THEM IS THAT THE SHIFT IS ESSENTIALLY SPLIT. UH, THERE'S ALSO CONCERNS WITH, UH, HIRING FOLKS THAT WERE RECENTLY IN CALPERS OR CALSTERS AND OUTSOURCING OR HAVING A CONTRACTED TYPE MODEL WILL ALLOW US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND RUN THIS PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT $3.6 MILLION TO INVEST WITHIN OUR BIKE SHARE PROGRAM AND REIN REINVEST INTO NEW, NEW BIKES AND SOFTWARE. SHIFTING GEARS TO OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR TEAM THAT MANAGES A LOT OF THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, THE MARKINGS, THE SIGNALS, THE STREET LIGHTS, UH, THINGS OF THAT LIGHT. SO LAST YEAR THEY REPLACED, UH, NOT QUITE 3000, UH, STREET SIGNS AND TRAFFIC TRAFFIC SIGNS REPAINTED 53,000 LINEAR FEET, WHICH IS OVER 10 MILES OF RED CURBS, UH, AS WELL AS THE CENTER LINE PAVEMENT. THEY'VE ALSO COMPLETED 10,000 TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, AND 2,600 STREETLIGHT REPAIR WORK ORDERS. UM, AS NOTED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE, WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN COPPER THEFT AND DAMAGE AND VANDALISM THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TACKLE, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WITHIN OUR CIP BUDGET THAT YOU'LL SEE IN A COUPLE WEEKS TO CONVERT SOME OF OUR EXISTING STREETLIGHTS TO, UH, SOLAR STREETLIGHTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OR SO INVESTED IN THAT. SO, FY 27 PROPOSED ITEMS FOR OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM. UM, WE HAVE SEVEN MAINTENANCE ASSISTANTS AND A SUPERVISOR TO HELP. AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, INSTALL AND SWAP OUT SOME OF OUR, OUR FADED SIGNS IN ADVANCE OF 2028. WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING IN ON THE GAME DROUGHT NETWORK THAT GETS NETWORK AND SOME OF OUR HIGHLY ACTIVATED AREAS. THEN POST OLYMPICS, WE'LL FINISH OUT THE GRANT FUNDS THROUGH, UH, 2031 WHEN, UH, WHEN WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL THAT COMPLETED. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECH AND AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TO HELP WITH THE CONVERSION OF THE CURRENT STREETLIGHT SYSTEMS TO NEW LEDS. THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY HELPS US WITH ANOTHER TEAM, UH, SO THAT TEAM CAN TACKLE THE THEFT AND VANDALISM WHILE WE'RE ALSO START CONVERTING AND TESTING OUT AND PILOTING DIFFERENT SOLAR TYPE OPTIONS SO WE CAN SEE WHICH ONES WORK BEST AND WHERE AND WHERE CAN WE DEPLOY FURTHER, UM, INCREASING OUR REVENUE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE CURRENT COST RECOVERY. AND WE'RE, AS NOTED, THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STREETLIGHT CONVERSION. SO, SHIFTING GEARS TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM, UH, BASED ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, THIS TEAM WILL NOW BE A TOTAL OF 12 FTES. UM, LAST YEAR THEY DID PROCESS ABOUT 2,500 TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS, UH, REPORTED AND DID ABOUT 1600, UH, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT REQUESTS AND ANALYSIS OUT THERE. SOME PROPOSED CHANGES FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR FY 27 INCLUDE THE TWO BULLETS THAT WE SEE ON THE SCREEN, A NEW TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION TO OVERSEE THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER. SO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER IS WHERE, WHERE YOU GO TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IN REAL TIME ON OUR STREETS. UH, WE DO HAVE A FACILITY ON THE, UH, ON THE FIFTH FLOOR THAT YOU CAN GO AND MONITOR THESE THINGS. WE ARE LOOKING AT NEEDING TO STAFF THAT ON A, ON A MORE FULL-TIME BASIS, ESPECIALLY AS, AS WE'RE RAMPING UP AND LEADING UP INTO, UH, THE OLYMPICS AND SOME OF THESE OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING A ADMINISTRATIVE [01:10:01] ANALYST, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, UH, IN THE, IN THE DIVISION AS WELL. SO NOW OUR, OUR FINAL, UM, DIVISION THAT WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH HERE, OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION, AGAIN, THIS IS THE NEW DIVISION. SOME OF THE FOLKS WILL BE MOVING OVER FROM OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM, UH, NAMELY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SECTION THAT FOCUSED IN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. THEY'LL BE MOVING OVER FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. SO MORE SPECIFICALLY THE FY 27 PROPOSAL. UM, AND IT, IT DOES INCLUDE A NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS THAT, UH, WE'VE TOUCHED ON. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, ASSOCIATE TRAFFIC TECH, UM, AND THEN THE, A NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER, CAPITAL PROJECT COORDINATOR TO ROLL OUT ALL THESE PROJECTS AND SOME SUPPORT INCLUDING A CLERK TYPIST. SO WE TOUCHED ON THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF THE LAST PROGRAM. SO I WON'T GET INTO, UH, THIS IN TOO GREAT OF DETAIL, BUT DID JUST WANNA REITERATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT $5 MILLION ANNUALLY COMING IN. APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. THE OTHER HALF OR TWO, 2.5 MILLION WILL BE REINVESTED ANNUALLY INTO TRAFFIC CALMING ENHANCEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND JUST WANTED TO, TO KIND OF LEAVE IT WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE, WE'VE REALLY TAKEN THIS TO HEART. WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ORGANIZE OURSELVES WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS TO COMMIT TO THE ONGOING EFFORTS NECESSARY TO INVEST WITHIN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THIS DEPARTMENT WIDE, NOT ONLY IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BUREAU, BUT OUR ENGINEERING BUREAU, OUR MAINTENANCE BUREAU, OUR ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO FUND, UM, SAFE DESIGN, SAFE CONSTRUCTION, HELP INCREASE, UM, AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY OUT THERE WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THIS IS WHAT OUR FY 27 PROPOSED ORG CHART LOOKS LIKE. YOU CAN SEE THE SIX BUREAUS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. A LOT OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE FAR RIGHT HAND BUREAU, THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BUREAU, WHERE WE'VE MOVED OVER OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM. UH, WE'VE MOVED OVER OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM AND WE'VE ADDED THE TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION. AS WE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER CHANGE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE ARM IS MOVING FROM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OVER TO PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, NAMELY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING A LOT OF THE CALLS. UH, BUT ALSO A BIG PART AND A FOCUS THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY TOUCH ON HERE, BUT WE'LL TOUCH ON, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 1ST WHEN WE DO OUR, OUR FULL OPERATING BUDGET, IS THAT WE REALLY WANNA HAVE A FOCUS IN ON CUSTOMER SERVICE TYPE APPROACH. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO BRING TOGETHER A LOT OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE ARMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GREAT OVERVIEW. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILMAN MCALLEN? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, AGAIN, UM, GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BREAK, UH, THE BREAKDOWN THAT YOU GAVE ON BOTH, UM, THE, UH, THE EXPENSES AND THE REVENUES, YOU KNOW, ACROSS, UH, THE PROGRAM. UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES US A, A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE OF, UM, WHERE WE'RE INVESTING OUR RESOURCES, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, WHICH PROGRAMS ARE, UH, SUCCESSFULLY GENERATING REVENUE, UM, THAT WILL HELP THEN SUPPORT OUR CITY SERVICES. UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW WELL OUR BIKE SHARE, UH, AND OVERALL MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAMS ARE DOING. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. UM, PUBLIC WORKS OR DEPARTMENT FACILITATED MORE THAN 90,000 BIKE SHARE TRIPS AND 1.3 MILLION SCOTER TRIPS, WHICH IS WHICH, UM, REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST MICRO MOBILITY RIDERSHIP LONG BEACH HAS SEEN, UM, AND PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND EVERYONE KNOWS I'M A BIG SCOOTER FAN AND I SCOOTER EVERYWHERE AND HOW MUCH I, I LOVE THE PROGRAM AT YOU GUYS HAVE JUST KNOCKED THAT OUT OF THE PARK. UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THERE. UM, I'M ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OUR PARKING RATES, UM, AND POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE FREE PARKING PERIOD IN OUR DOWNTOWN LOTS FROM TWO HOURS TO ONE HOUR. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATES OF LIKE WHAT TYPE OF REVENUE THAT IS GONNA GENERATE BY THAT CHANGE? WONDERFUL QUESTION. UH, SO WE, RIGHT NOW, UH, AS, AS YOU INDICATED, COUNCIL MEMBER, [01:15:01] UH, WE ARE GOING FROM TWO HOURS FREE TO ONE HOUR FREE AT CITY PLACE PARKING GARAGE. UH, OUR CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE ANYWHERE FROM AN AN ADDITIONAL 150 TO $300,000 ANNUALLY IN REVENUE. WOW. UM, BUT BECAUSE CURRENTLY TWO HOURS ARE FREE, UH, AND WE HAVE THE DATA, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THE MARKET IS GONNA RESPOND SO THAT, THAT ESTIMATE, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE ONCE WE TURN ON THAT FUNCTION, UM, HOW MUCH REVENUE WOULD BE GENERATED. BUT IT, IT IS A GENERAL FUND REVENUE. I DEFINITELY LIKE THAT, UH, THAT ESTIMATE. SO GOOD, GOOD. WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT, UM, I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT, UH, PILOT PROGRAM, UH, ROLLOUT. I THINK WE ALL ARE, AND WE ESTIMATE 5 MILLION IN A GROSS REVENUE THERE WITH 2.5 MILLION ANNUALLY AVAILABLE FOR TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AFTER ELIGIBLE PROGRAM EXPENSES. SO I THINK THAT'S MUSIC TO ALL OF OUR EARS. UM, AND SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THOSE ESTIMATES HOLD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, UM, BECAUSE IT CREATES A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS DIRECTLY INTO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH OTTER CITY. SO ANOTHER GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN. UM, YES, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW. UM, UH, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE SIX? I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. UM, AND SOME OF THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY LIKE, REFERENCED DIRECTLY IN YOUR SLIDES, BUT I THINK SOME OF THIS IS RELATED TO WHAT'S IN, THIS ISN'T RELATED TO THE BUDGET BOOK. UM, AND SO, UM, THIS WAS ABOUT THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICERS AND THE PARKING CONTROL CHECKER IN THE BUDGET BOOK. AND I REMEMBER WE DID THIS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR. THERE WAS A TRANSITION OF SOME OF THE, UM, UH, LIKE CROSSING GUARDS, I THINK TO THESE, UH, LIKE PARKING CONTROL CHECKERS SYSTEMS. WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT. AGAIN, UH, IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE. UH, NO, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. OKAY, SO LAST BUDGET CYCLE, UH, WE DID CONVERT SCHOOL GUARDS. WE PROPOSED TO CONVERT AND IT WAS APPROVED, UM, SCHOOL GUARDS TO PARKING CONTROL CHECKERS. UH, WE WERE DOING THAT, UM, BASED ON THE, THE BASED ON A PILOT TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SCHOOL GUARD, PCC KIND OF DUAL WORK. UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY DIDN'T, DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT INTEGRATION. OKAY. SO THIS, WHAT YOU SEE ON, ON THE SLIDE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE, WHEN WE BROUGHT OVER OR OR INHERITED THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICERS OR SSOS, UH, FROM PD, THEY JUST SORT OF LIVED AS A, AS AN SSO IN PUBLIC WORKS. BUT SINCE THEN WE'VE, WE'VE ONBOARDED ALL NEW FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK AS A PARKING CONTROL CHECKER OR PCC. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS ESSENTIALLY JUST CLEANING UP THE, CHANGING THE SSOS TO PCCS ON THE BOOKS. NOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE LED, THIS DOESN'T IMPACT ANY, ANY INDIVIDUALS. UH, THIS IS MORE JUST A, A TECHNICAL TYPE CLEANUP ITEM. UNDERSTOOD. SO THEN FOR THE HOPE THAT MADE MORE SENSE. OH, . AND SO, AND THEN FOR THE SCHOOL, THE CROSSING SCHOOL GUARDS IN THE BUDGET, DID IT TALK ABOUT, WE'RE CONTRACTING THOSE OUT NOW? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO OUR CURRENT SCHOOL GUARD PROGRAM, UH, WE TRIED THAT PILOT IT, IT DIDN'T WORK. AND WE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT WITH THAT PROGRAM. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED THE STAFFING AND RETAIN THE FOLKS, UH, THAT DO THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE. AND WE'RE, WE LOOKED AT, UM, A CONTRACTING OUT MODEL, WHICH WILL HELP, HELP SUPPORT THAT, THAT INITIATIVE AND THAT EFFORT. EXCELLENT. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH KIND OF MAYBE LIKE ANTICIPATED COST SAVINGS WE MAY GET FROM DOING THAT MODEL VERSUS AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL? WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REALLY ANTICIPATING ANY COST SAVINGS. WE'RE ANTICIPATING MORE OF AN EFFICIENCY IN-HOUSE. IT MEANS WE WON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE THE, THE RECRUITMENT RETRAIN, RETAIN, UM, TYPE MODEL THAT WE HAVE TODAY. UM, BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP HELP US RETAIN THE STAFFING THAT'S NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE FEEL IS, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. RIGHT. EXCELLENT. AND THEN, UM, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET BOOK, THERE WAS A COMMENT IN THERE, AND NOW I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS. UM, BUT BASICALLY THE PHRASING SAID, UH, THE RE LIKE THE REORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND, I THINK AROUND PARKING, IT SAYS REORGANIZATION SEEKS TO PURSUE CONSISTENT AND EQUITABLE PARKING POLICY CITYWIDE. AND I THINK THIS IS RELATED TO, I THINK, RELATED TO MAYBE THE CHANGES IN LIKE THE TWO HOUR TO ONE HOUR AND SOME OTHER ASPECTS. AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT NOW I, UH, I, I SHOULD HAVE HAD MY STAFF NOTE WHERE WE GOT THAT FROM. 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT PART OF THE BUDGET BOOK THAT WAS IN. UH, YEAH, WITHOUT A SPECIFIC REFERENCE. IT'S, I'M, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. I DON'T RECALL THAT SPECIFIC SENTENCE. UM, BUT OVERALL, WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT [01:20:01] ALL OF OUR PARKING HOLISTICALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING TURNOVER, UH, WHERE NECESSARY, MAKING SURE THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS MAINTAINED AND REPAIRED. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE METERS OUT THERE THAT SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE WIFI OR MAYBE THEY STILL COLLECT COINS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, APP OPTIONS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THINGS, UH, CITYWIDE AND HOLISTICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE AS STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE. AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO IN THE CITY, YOU CAN USE THE SAME APP, THE SAME FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL PART OF ONE, ONE TEAM, SO TO SPEAK. UNDERSTOOD. AND I WAS NOT AWARE THAT WE HAD THAT DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT'S A, UM, A GREAT KIND OF, UH, PURSUIT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE, LIKE YOU SAID, EQUAL AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE CITY. AND THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT MAKING IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO USE OUR, OUR PARKING TECHNOLOGY. UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. SO WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM SEEING NONE CHAIR. UM, UH, THEN WE CAN MOVE TO A VOTE. GIMME A SECOND FOR MY SCREEN TO LOAD. HERE WE GO. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE COUNCIL DISTRICT CORRESPONDENCE. HAD I GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAD A COUPLE OF COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCES, CORRECT. BUDGET TEAM? UH, WE JUST HAD ONE FROM CD FIVE. OKAY. UM, COULD YOU JUST GIVE A, LIKE A, UM, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT, UM, BILL'S BUDGET REQUESTS WERE? UH, YES. UM, I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE CD FIVE CHIEF IS HERE IN CASE YOU WANTED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, UM, ON [4. 26-55847 Recommendation to receive and file Council District correspondence.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THE FLOOR. BUT THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATION WAS TO RESTORE 100,000 FOR CONTINUATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MICRO GRANT PROGRAM, 50,000 FOR THE CONTINUATION OF SUMMER BLOCK PARTIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATION PROGRAMS. UH, BOTH OF THOSE OFFSET BY THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION OF ESTABLISHING ONE-TIME DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND GROUP TO FURTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND BUDGET RESTORATIONS ON A ONE-TIME BASIS AND RESTORE LIBRARY PROGRAMMING OFFSET BY THE 150,000 OF ONE-TIME FUNDING PROPOSED TO ADVANCE THE CITYWIDE LONG BEACH VIBE CITY ADVERTISING AND BRANDING INITIATIVE. UNDERSTOOD. UM, ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN HAS A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT. UH, YES. UM, IF I CAN, UM, I HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUE IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT, UH, COUNCILMAN MEGAN KERR, IF I COULD, UH, ASK YOU SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. UM, SO, AND THIS IS REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS. UM, HER FIRST QUESTION IS, CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME DATA AS TO HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS AND BLOCK PARTIES HAS A CITY PROVIDER OR SPONSORED UNDER THESE GRANTS AND WHAT WERE THEY USED FOR? I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THESE, BUT I DO KNOW WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REP IN THE AUDIENCE. SO I BELIEVE IN FISCAL YEAR 26, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 33, UH, MICRO GRANTS CONFIRM THAT, UH, WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION? AND UM, AND IT'S, SO HER QUESTION WAS, OKAY, HOW, HOW MANY GRANTS AND, AND, UM, AND WHAT WERE THEY USED FOR? I AM GOING TO PHONE MY FRIEND, UM, APRIL AKA FOR THAT ONE. OKAY. AND CAN I PIGGYBACK ON THAT ONE? SURE. UM, IT ALSO WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT BALANCE OF THAT FUND, SO WE KNOW IF WE WANTED TO KIND OF RE-UP IT BASED ON THE SAME AMOUNT WE HAD LAST YEAR, HOW MUCH IS CURRENTLY IN THE FUND? AND SO THEREFORE HOW MUCH YOU WOULD NEED MAYBE TO EQUATE WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. YES. AND I CAN PROVIDE A BASIC SUMMARY AND APRIL CAN, UM, CHIME IN ON THE STRUCTURE OF HOW THAT WORKS. UM, AS A PART OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM, THERE WAS A PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE POSITION THAT SUPPORTS THE PROGRAM. THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL HAD RETIRED AND SO THE PROPOSED THE PROPOSAL WAS TO REDUCE THE VACANT POSITION THAT SUPPORTS IT, WHICH DOES, UM, ATTRIBUTE TO A LOT OF THE OVERHEAD AND INDIRECT COSTS TO, TO, UM, SUPPORT PROVIDING THAT PROGRAM. THE ONE TIME AMOUNT FOR THE MICROGRANTS THAT WAS PUT PUT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET WILL BE EXHAUSTED BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THERE, THERE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE CARRYOVER, BUT APRIL COULD PROBABLY ANSWER A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE THE MICRO-GRANT, UM OKAY. GRANTS WENT. YEAH, SO IN LOOKING AT THE DATA FOR 2026, UM, I GUESS I SHOULD REMEMBER TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I ALWAYS FORGET THAT I'M APRIL APODACA, I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE LOOKED AT, AT AND LOOKING AT THIS DATA AND THE MONEY WE GOT FOR AS ONE TIMES FOR FY 26 [01:25:01] AS WELL AS CARRYOVER WAS ABLE TO GO TO SUPPORT 33, UH, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS RANGING FROM, UH, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS AND, AND, UM, CERTAIN SEASONAL THEMATIC, UH, EVENTS AND GIVEAWAYS AND, AND UH, AND UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION CLEANUPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS PROGRAM IS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE AND HARD TO RUN. AND SO THE MONEY WE, UM, HAVE BEEN ABLE, WHEN WE PREVIOUSLY HAD MORE GENERAL FUND, WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT OUT THE DOOR USING EXISTING STAFF AND EXISTING RESOURCES, BUT WITH THOSE CUTS, WE NO LONGER HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER IT AND GET IT OUT. AND SO, UM, RENEWING THE FUNDING PRESENTS SOME CHALLENGES FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR CAPACITY AND OUR ABILITY TO EXECUTE. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UM, SHE'S ASKING APRIL, UM, IF YOU COULD, UH, PROVIDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION AS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE GRANTS AND WHICH STAFF, UM, MONITORS THE FUNDS. SURE. AND THAT'S SORT OF A COMPLICATED AND LAYERED ANSWER, BUT IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND SO THIS FISCAL YEAR IT WAS OVERSEEN BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT OFFICER. THAT'S THE POSITION THAT, UM, THE INCUMBENT RETIRED AND IT WAS PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND CUTS. AND THEN THAT WAS DONE IN SUPPORT WITH A, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ANALYST WHO'S FUNDING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WILL BE, UH, DEDICATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, WHICH USES A RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCE. OKAY. AND, UH, HERE'S OUR LAST QUESTION. IF NOT THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, THEN HOW COULD THE CITY AND COUNCIL OFFICES PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OFFSET THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS? AND I'M GONNA DEFER, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, OR I'LL DEFER TO REBECCA, BUT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING WE'D WANNA LOOK AT INTERDEPARTMENTALLY AND TALK ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD. UH, DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT. CORRECT. WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN I THINK, UM, HER CHIEF OF STAFF IS HERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE YOU OKAY? GOOD. UM, I'M GONNA ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO, UH, TO THAT AS WELL. UM, SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT OFFICER THAT WE HAD, UM, IS BASICALLY GONNA BE, IS PROPOSED TO BE POTENTIALLY ELIMINATED AS PART OF THIS BUDGET. SO IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND ALLOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FOR INSTANCE, TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE IT, UM, CAN WE ALSO GET AN ESTIMATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD NEEDED TO DO THAT? UM, ABSOLUTELY, AND I DID RUN SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS YESTERDAY. WE CAN PROVIDE IT AS WELL. BUT, UM, IN, IN MY, UH, ESTIMATION IN ORDER TO RESTORE IT, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT UM, I THINK IT WAS AROUND $80,000 TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER IT BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO ADD BACK THE OVERSIGHT AND, UM, PART OF THE COST FOR THE ANALYST WHO DOES THE ACTUAL DAY-TO-DAY WORK AND SOME OVERHEAD AND ADMINISTRATION. AND SO THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY RESTORE A FULL PERSON, WHICH IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE, BUT THAT IS THE COST ESTIMATE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF EFFORT IT TAKES. UNDERSTOOD. SO WE'D BE TALKING BASICALLY THE 150 THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REPLENISH THE, UM, THE FUND PLUS AT LEAST ANOTHER $80,000 THEN FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD TO GOVERN IT. SO WE'RE AT THE $230,000, UM, MARK. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION CHAIR TO FOLLOW UP. UM, SO, UH, SO SHE SUGGESTED THEN USING THE 150,000 FROM THE ONE TIME FROM THE, UH, THE UH, CITY BRANDING MARKETING FUND. IS THAT WHAT THE SUGGESTION WAS? THAT WAS THE SUGGESTION. AND I DO WANNA MAKE A CLARIFICATION THAT THAT 150,000 IS FROM THE SPECIAL ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION FUND. SO IT IS NOT GENERAL FUND. OKAY. UH, SO IT HAS TO BE USED FOR FOR THAT. BUT CAN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT? 'CAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, IT SAYS CITYWIDE BRANDING, I THOUGHT THAT WAS TOURISM BRANDING. I DON'T THINK WE AS A COUNCIL EVER APPROVED ANY CITYWIDE BRANDING. I THINK WE WERE APPROVED. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS TOURISM BRANDING. SO IT SAYS CITYWIDE BRANDING. SO I'M CONFUSED ON, ON THAT, THAT ALLOCATION. CAN YOU JUST, UH, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME SPECIFICALLY THE ITEM TO, UH, TO ADD THE VIBE CITY OR HOW THE SAP FUND WORKS? WELL, I MEAN, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S, I I WAS PRESENTED, UH, THIS WAS A TOURISM BRANDING AND IT SAYS, AND THIS JUST COULD BE NAMING, UH, OF IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A, IS IS, IS THE VIBE A CITYWIDE BRAND OR IS IT A TOURISM BRANDING? I DON'T REMEMBER US EVER TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING A CITY BRAND. I WOULD HAVE TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO WORRIES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP, UM, THAT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET THAT I JUST DIDN'T WRITE DOWN A QUESTION. SO WE CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE CHAIR. THANK YOU. NO, GREAT QUESTIONS. AND, UH, I HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE QUE THIS NOW IS LISTING MORE QUESTIONS. UM, UM, I KNOW THIS POTENTIAL, THE MICROGRANTS FUNDING HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN HOUSED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A QUESTION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT CAN BE. BUT ALSO JUST FOR, UM, OUR BUDGET TEAM AS WELL. UM, POTENTIALLY EXPLORING MAYBE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, IF COMMUNITY [01:30:01] DEVELOPMENT MAYBE IS NOT IN THE FUTURE, THE PLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR OVERSIGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND, UH, COULD YOU ALL RETURN BACK FOR SOME OTHER OPTIONS OF OTHER POTENTIAL CITY DEPARTMENTS OR BUREAUS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THIS PARTICULAR, UM, FUNDING MECHANISM AND OVERSEE IT IF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENDS UP NOT BEING THE, THE PLACE FOR IT BASED ON THEIR, THEIR BUDGETING CAPACITY? YES, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK. UM, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN OR VICE MAYOR RANGA. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OKAY. UM, THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CHAIR. HELLO. SAW YOU YESTERDAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE, THE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MEGAN KERR TO RESTORE THE $150,000 TO LIBRARY PROGRAMMING FROM THE ONE-TIME FUNDING CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO SUPPORT THE VIBE CITY MARKETING CAMPAIGN. I WANNA MAKE THREE SIMPLE POINTS. THE CURRENT BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE LIBRARY CALLS FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN REDUCTIONS, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED HOURS AND EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS THIS FOR ONE OF THE SMALLEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT OPERATES 12 LOCATIONS WITH A STAFF OF ONLY 200 EMPLOYEES. DURING THE 2024 TO 2025 FISCAL YEAR, THE LIBRARIANS HAD OVER 1.2 MILLION PERSONAL INTERACTIONS WITH PATRONS, INCLUDING COMPUTER SESSIONS, REFERENCE QUESTIONS AND MATERIALS CHECKOUTS. OVER 760 INDIVIDUAL PATRONS VISITED THE 12 LIBRARIES IN PERSON WHILE ANOTHER 850,000 ACCESS THE WEBSITE. THE LIBRARY DID ALL OF THIS WITH ONE OF THE LOWEST BUDGETS OF ANY C CITY DEPARTMENT AND AT THE LOWEST COST PER RESIDENT OF ANY SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ALL OF LA COUNTY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VIBE CITY CONCEPT WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE THE NEW AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS NOT FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WHO'S FUNDING INSTEAD. AS I UNDERSTAND IT COMES FROM TIDELANDS FUNDING. IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT THEIR MARKETING CAMPAIGN SHOULD COME OUT OF THAT SAME FUNDING. HONESTLY, 150,000 MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT COMBINED WITH THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION TO RESTORE $50,000 IN LIBRARY PROGRAM FUNDS, THE TOTAL OF 200,000 WILL GIVE THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND HER TEAM ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO REDUCE THE CUTS IMPACT TO THEIR STAFF. AND ULTIMATELY ALL OF THE SERVICES THE LIBRARY PROVIDES FROM SAFE HAVENS TO COOLING CENTERS TO FAMILY LEARNING CENTERS AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING. I'M BARBARA SOSA, I'M WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND I PLEASE ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBERS KERR'S RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE THIS MONEY BACK TO THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NUN CHAIR? OKAY. UM, THEN WE CAN, UH, DO A VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION CARRIES. UH, UH, FINAL ITEM ITEM FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A LIST OF FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND OR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THANK YOU. UH, DID WE HAVE FOLLOW UP ITEMS? UH, YES. AND I CAN BRIEFLY KIND OF COVER, COVER PLEASE WHAT THAT MEMO ENTAILED. SO THAT, UH, COVERED BUDGETS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE QUESTIONS FROM AUGUST 4TH ABOUT SPECIFIC ME METRICS FOR THE RENTER AID MODEL. AND THEN IT ALSO COVERED QUESTIONS FROM THE BUDGET HEARING ON AUGUST 4TH AS WELL. UH, THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE, UH, DOLLARS [5. 26-55848 Recommendation to receive and file a list of follow-up items from the Budget Hearings and/or Budget Oversight Committee meetings.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] INVESTED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN STREET TREES AND PARK TREES, TRIMMING MAINTENANCE, STUMP REMOVAL, PARK MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING WITHIN PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE AND PUBLIC WORKS, CURB AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND ANY OTHER RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE COSTS. SO THAT WAS A TABLE IN THERE. ALSO, THE METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE USE OF TIDELANDS FUND DOLLARS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND THE RATIONALE AND APPROPRIATE SALARY PERCENTAGE, WHICH WAS ALSO SHOWN AS A BREAKDOWN. THE LEVEL, OH, NOPE, GOT THAT. UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WORK PLAN FOR THE NEW PROPOSED TIDELANDS FUNDED PATROL OFFICERS AND THE PROPOSED CUTS TO PATROL AND INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT PRIORITY ONE, TWO, AND THREE RESPONSE TIMES. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS FOR THE PROPOSED FIRE ENGINE 14 ELIMINATION, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THIS TFF AS WELL. AND THEN, UM, UH, REBECCA, JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE, UM, ALL OF THE [01:35:01] RESPONSES FROM BOC AND THE BUDGET HEARINGS WILL BE COMING IN THE FORM OF A TFF, UH, THAT THE PUBLIC AND, UH, COUNCIL CAN SEE, CORRECT. IT IS POSTED ONLINE AND ALSO ATTACHED AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO THESE MEETINGS. FANTASTIC. UM, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE, UH, WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO A VOTE CHAIR? UH, YES. UH, ONE ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, ADDITION TO A FOLLOW UP ON THE, UH, QUESTIONS AROUND THE COMMUNITY GRANTS, UH, WOULD BE, UM, CAN WE INCLUDE, UM, WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE, UM, IF COUNCIL OFFICES DIVIDED UP THE COST OF THE COMMUNITY GRANTS? HOW MUCH? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD END UP BEING LIKE A PRIORITY FUNDS QUESTION. OH, OKAY. YEAH. UM, SO WHAT WOULD THAT, LIKE WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO DO THAT? AND WITH THAT WE CAN MOVE TO A VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. UM, AND THEN I THINK WE GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CHAIR. UH, PLEASE START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, UH, FOR YOUR EFFORTS DURING THIS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT BUDGET PERIOD FOR THE CITY. UH, MY NAME IS FERNANDO ACEVEDO, COMMUNITY LAWYER WITH . UM, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. UH, AND BEFORE YOU ALL TO SHARE, UM, OUR LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND COALITIONS ASK FOR THE JUSTICE FUND, UM, I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THAT OUR ASK IS BASED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE TO REPRESENT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CONTINUE [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Budget Oversight Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] BUILDING UPON THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND. UM, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE A JUSTICE FUND THAT NOT ONLY COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN RELY ON, UH, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT IMMIGRATION CASES CAN LAST YEARS. UM, BUT ALSO THAT LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, CAN RELY ON, UM, THE FUND TO CONTINUE HIRING STAFF AND ENSURING THEIR WORK CAN BE SUSTAINABLE. WE'RE ASKING FOR 3 MILLION INSTRUCTIONAL FUNDING FOR THE JUSTICE FUND. UH, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE DIFFICULT AMID THE CURRENT BUDGET DEFICIT, UH, BUT WE URGE YOU TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT CAN GO TOWARDS THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND. UM, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UH, THE COALITION, UH, HAS REACHED OUT TO CITY COUNCIL OFFICES TO DISCUSS THIS. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT OUR COALITION WILL BE REACHING OUT TO EACH OF YOU SOON IN HOPES OF FURTHER, UH, FURTHER FURTHERING THESE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ASK. UH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY MEETING BEFORE THE BUDGET IS FINALIZED. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND I WILL ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.