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CALL TO ORDER FOR THE OPERATIONS SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, CURRENTLY HERE IN MEDIA CENTER, WE HAVE MELDING CAMPBELL AND TRISHA FIDRYCH OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, EARL CAMPBELL, AND OTHER BOARD MEMBER DAVID STRIPPING JURORS.
WE HAVE A MR. ROBERT AUDIENCE PATIENTS ALREADY BOUGHT IN WITH CARAMEL CRUTCHFIELD AND CORBIN AND COUNTY PRESENTERS.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST OR JUST MY PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME? OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 9TH, 2022.
AND THEN NOW MY MOMENT HAS ARRIVED.
ROBIN, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR SEVERAL EFFECTS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, SO THE FIRST ORDER IS TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 12TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MINUTES.
UM, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES? I KNOW THAT WE APPROVED THE JANUARY 12TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES, THE SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR TO, UH, AS ONE ABSTENTION.
NO CAMPBELL IS IT'S AN EXTENSION.
WE'LL DO THE, UH, HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM THE COUNTY CAMERAS.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES OF PDF.
SO IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE UP A COMMITTEE FOR HAVING US, MY NAME IS JARED I'M ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OVER THE ENGINEERING DIVISION.
SO, UM, ALL THINGS, TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ROBERT IN HIS CAPACITY, BUT JUST ON THE COUNTY LEVEL AND ROADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US WANTED TO, UM, TALK TO ME ALL ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED OUT IN AREA, UM, OFF THE ONES THAT INDEED, UM, AND SPECIFIC THERE, WK OFFS AND AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHOOL THERE.
SO, UM, SO AS WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AREA, WE JUST, UH, DOWN AS WELL AS THE CITY OF BUFORD, BOTH AT JURISDICTIONS IN THIS ONE 70 CORRIDOR, IT'S A GROWTH CORRIDOR PLAN FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL.
UM, EACH CAN SEE ALREADY SOME OF THAT STARTING TO TAKE PLACE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE OTS ACTUALLY JUST DID SOME STATE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND IT'S BOTH CALLED OUT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AS WELL AS IN THE LRT.
SO LONG RANGE, TECHNICAL PLAN, TRAFFIC IMPACT PLAN FOR, UM, THE AREA OF YOUR, OUR MPO.
SO THIS IS, UH, SET UP FOR THAT.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND BE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE IN PLANNING FOR GROWTH IN OUR TRAFFIC PATTERNS, MAYBE FOR COUNTY AND SPECIFICALLY THIS PART OF THE NORTHERN ONE SEVEN , UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES OUT THERE.
UM, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE STARTING TO HAVE TURNOVER, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS, UM, BENEFICIAL FOR US TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF B3.
LET'S PUT A PEN ON PAPER, WHAT WE WANT THIS TRAFFIC TO LOOK LIKE IN ANY WELL PROGRAM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, THE IDEA IS TO SAVE MOOD ACCESS OF PEOPLE EXISTS, AND THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS TO PRESERVE THE CORRIDOR AND ITS CAPACITY, UH, IN ESTATE ENHANCEMENTS BY ALSO PROVIDING ALTERNATE MEANS AND METHODS, UH, FOR THOSE VEHICLES TO GET AROUND THE CORRIDOR AREA.
SO, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US ON PAPER IS HAVING AN ACCESS ROAD NETWORK PARALLEL TO THE MAIN ROAD.
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GET TO A LEFT TURN, HAVING THOSE TURNS, SELECT ON THE MINOR ROADS TO GET TO A MAJOR ROAD SIGNAL INTERSECTION, THAT'S THE SAFEST OUT.UM, AND THEN ALSO SAFETY IN AND SAFETY AS FAR AS ACCESS IS CONCERNED.
SO THESE ARE, UH, THOSE ARE JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS KNOWN PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE FIVE BIG PROJECTS HERE, A APARTMENT COMPLEX ON ONE 70, SOME MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, UM, SOME MORE APARTMENTS, A BIG RETAIL CENTER ACROSS FROM WALMART.
UM, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS DOWN ON OLD JERICHO.
SO THESE ARE WHAT'S KNOWN AND WHAT THE CITY HAS OR WHAT THE COUNTY HAS KIND OF IN THE HOPPER, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER STUFF THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPILE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN SOME OF OUR PLANNING THAT WE HAVE.
SO IF YOU SCROLL TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT, SORRY, AND THE DEACON CENTER THREAT OPS MOVE A LITTLE BIT AND IT GOES OUTSIDE, BUT AS SHE'S ACTUALLY A CENTER IN IT, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO SPACE OUT IN THE SIGNAL.
SO IT'S IN A, IN A, UM, ABOUT ONE HALF MILE SPACE AND THAT'S THE OPTIMUM SPACE ON THE ONE 70 CORRIDOR BASED OFF THE TRAFFIC AND THE SPEED OUT THERE.
UM, THE MORE WE CAN PRESERVE THAT, THE BETTER WE CAN CLIP CARS AT A, AT A ROUTINE BASIS AND WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH STOP AND GO.
UM, WE ALSO MAINTAIN THE TRAFFIC SPEED OUT THERE.
IT'S 45 AND THEN IT GETS TO 55, RIGHT PAST W K AUSTIN.
UM, SO WE WANT TO PRESERVE SPEED AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SPEED STAYS A CONSTANT THROUGH A CERTAIN COORDINATOR.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE EXISTENCE SIGNALS.
THIS IS IN BLACK HERE, IS THIS A SIGNAL THAT JOE FRAZIER AND BROAD RIVER IS THIS IN SIGNAL AT PARRIS ISLAND GATEWAY AND ONE 70, AND NOW THE NEWLY INSTALLED SIGNAL AT WK AUSTIN.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE IN THIS SPACE.
AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY SET UP QUITE NICE.
UM, BUT THEN AS WE WERE LOOKING, WHAT DOES THE NEXT ONE JUST OFF THE SCREEN IS THE NEXT SIGNAL, CURRENT EXISTENCE SIGNAL, WHICH IS A W2, OR EXCUSE ME AT CASTLE ROCK.
UM, SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT SIGNAL SPACE AND THEN WE KIND OF PUT IN HALF MILE, IT STARTS KIND OF LAYING THAT OUT FOR US, BUT THEN WE START PUTTING THAT BACK INTO, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? IS THIS APPROPRIATE LOCATION? AND IF YOU CAN GO UP A LITTLE BIT, SO SINGLE SPACE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, WE JUST, AS, LIKE I SAID, WE TOOK ALL THE DATA THAT WE KNEW.
WE TOOK ALL THE MODELING THAT WE KNEW AND TRIED TO PLUG THAT IN AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE SAFE ACCESS.
UM, SO RIGHT HERE AT WK OFFS AND THIS IS INSTALLED, SO THIS WOULD BE A FUTURE PROPOSED SIGNAL UP HERE AS WELL.
UM, AND, AND THIS IS, WOULD BE, SO THIS WAS JOE FRAZIER.
SO THAT IDEA IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN THAT ALEKS HAS, HAS FOR LANDING RIGHT HERE ON JOE FRAZIER.
SO THERE'S A COLLECTION OF TRAFFIC FROM HABERSHAM AND LAUREL.
THEY ALL PUT IT DOWN TO A FRAZIER, BUT THERE'S NOT A GREAT ACCESS.
THEY STARTED THIS PERSON GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU DRINK FROM THAT DAY, THAT WAS PART OF DIRECT ACCESS TO ONE 70.
UM, SO TRYING WITH THAT, THAT IN MIND, HOW DO WE MAKE IT CORRECT ACCESS? UM, ALSO CROSS IS KOFI HILL WHEN ONCE THEY GOT INSTALLED WITH YOU, HE'LL BACK THAT OFF.
AND IT KIND OF DOES THIS LOOP AROUND, OVER HERE.
SO IN TRYING TO CONNECT THOSE TWO TYPES OF TRAFFIC POTENTIALLY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S UP HERE NORTH OF BROAD RIVER, THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY BYPASS THE WHOLE ONE 70 CORRIDOR.
IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE PERISTYLE AND GATEWAY BY PUNCHING THROUGH HERE AND THEN REALIGNING GOOFY HILL SUCH THAT IT T-BONES INTO THIS SIGNAL AND THUS CREATE ANOTHER AVENUE AS WELL AS ON THE BACKSIDE.
SO YOU CAN START TO SEE, AND WE'LL GET INTO THE NEXT SCREEN WHERE YOU COULD START TO SEE SOME OF THESE LAID OUT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THIS IS WALMART AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
SO HE IN TYING INTO GOATEE HILL AND STARTING TO HAVE SOME INTERCONNECTIVITY, THESE RED AND WHITE LINES, THESE ARE, ARE BASICALLY SCHEMATIC.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS, HEY, HEY DEVELOPER.
UM, WHEN YOU COME IN AND DEVELOP YOUR LOT, WE'RE, WE INTEND TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ACCESS ROAD THERE.
UH, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT WE CAN GET CONNECTION FROM THIS SIGNAL TO THAT SIGNAL.
SO AS YOU COME IN, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU, BUT BE IT KNOWN THAT THERE'S A PLAN OUT THERE THAT'S PRESCRIBED AND STAMPED BY ALL THAT WE'RE CREATING THIS ACCESS NETWORK.
AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO TAKE RELIEF OFF OF ONE 70, MAINTAIN THAT CAPACITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN,
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AND ALSO PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS TO OUR INTERSECTIONS.SO IF YOU GET IT TO THE NEXT, TO GET A CLOSER VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND SPECIFICALLY AS IT GETS CLOSER TO WK OFFS.
SO THESE, AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR PLANETS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY END UP LOOKING LIKE THIS OR NOT THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THESE ARE, THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS RECOGNIZE AS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GRAB THOSE JOBS, FUTURE PLANS THAT DEDICATE AUSTIN.
SO THE BUILDINGS START COMING OFF THE ROAD AND, AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE BALL FIELDS ARE UP CLOSER TO THE ROAD.
THIS IS A FUTURE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX BACK HERE BEHIND WALMART.
UH, THIS IS, UH, A, UH, MEDICAL OFFICE KIND OF PLAN AND THIS SOME MORE APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER HERE AND MORE COMMERCIAL ACROSS FROM WALMART.
SO REGARDLESS WHETHER WE DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS OR NOT, THIS THERE'S GROWTH COMING.
SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY NOT AN OPTION JUST TO BE IDLE.
NOW WE HAVE A SMALL WINDOW TO ENSURE THAT WE CREATED THIS, UH, ACCESS NETWORK SUCH THAT WE'RE NOT IN A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SITUATION.
ONCE THE GROWTH THINKS HERE, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS TRAFFIC JAM ON ONE SET.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THE MOST NOTABLE POINTS AS YOU SEE THESE ROADS, THESE ARE JUST, AGAIN, LINES ON PAPER.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS ACCESS.
SO AS YOU COME THROUGH HERE, WK TO AUSTIN IS A DLT OWNED ROAD, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY ARE THE LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
UM, SO CURRENTLY DMT INSTALLED THIS SIGNAL.
UM, AND AS YOU SEE, IT'S GOT THE BIG BULL BOW AND THEY ALSO INSTALLED, THIS IS, UM, IT'S CALLED OUR GUTS.
IT'S A SAFETY MECHANISM AND MAKING SURE YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT OUT RIGHT, RIGHT OUT ON LIKE, UM, SO THAT BOWL OUT WOULD GO AWAY.
WHEN THIS GETS DEVELOPED, YOU WOULD HAVE A FULL ACCESS IN, UM, ON, ON DEBBIE K AUSTIN.
YOU ALSO HAVE A DIVERGE RIGHT THERE IN THE, UH, THE MEDIAN AS YOU COME ON TO THAT.
SO INITIALLY, UM, THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED.
UM, IF THIS ALIGNMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THIS MANNER, BUT THIS, UH, PROPERTY RIGHT HERE FOR WHAT THEY HAD DRAWN AND SUBMITTED TO DLT AND THE CITY OF BUFORD, THEY HAVE A DIVIDED MEDIUM AS WELL.
SO IT MATCHES UP WELL WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME LAB SPECIMEN TREES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE MEDIUMS. SO, UM, THE BIG THINGS TO NOTE RIGHT HERE IS, IS THE INTERCONNECTIVITY.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU START CONNECTING THIS ROAD, IT'S GOT TO CONNECT HERE, BUT THE HAS, AGAIN, THIS IS A NETWORK.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FACILITATE AND WORK WITH DMT AS BEST WE CAN.
SO THE SAFE FOR EVERYBODY, ALL THE DRIVERS IN THE AIR, UH, BUT THEY HAVE RULES ON HOW FAR AWAY THAT DRAGWAYS CAN BE FROM THE SIGNAL.
AND THAT'S JUST THEIR STANDARD POLICY IS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE REALLY, UH, ALLOW MERIT SYSTEM.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY THESE, THESE CONNECTING ROADS SHOW UP.
UM, WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU ALSO, HOW DO YOU CONNECT THIS TYPE OF ROUTE INTO IT IF YOU CAN'T CONNECT HERE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST SCHEMATICALLY DRAWN THERE.
UM, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WALMART, I THINK THERE'S BEEN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OPTIONS LIKE THIS, BUT NOW EVEN MORE SO WITH THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS DONE BY DOC, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONTINUED FRESH, YOUR OWN CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEN JUST TO THE, IF YOU CAN GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND I'M SORRY, I FORGOT I'M POINTING TO THE SCREEN FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE.
SO UP HERE, THIS IS THE, UH, THE PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE PROPOSED ENTRANCE, WHICH RETAINS THE EXISTING INTEREST.
SO THIS IS A LINE THAT, UH, WHAT THEY DO GET HERE IS A SIGNAL.
UM, SO MAKING SAFE ACCESS, UM, AND, AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ABOUT THERE'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE KIDS AT THAT SCHOOL GET INTO THIS SCHOOL.
HOW DO YOU MAKE SAFE ACCESS? SO THERE'LL BE A, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE ACCESS UP AT THE SIGNAL SO THEY CAN GET ACROSS, UM, ADDITIONAL THINGS TO LOOK AT.
AND, AND I KNOW IN TALKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT, HEY, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO THE SCHOOL AND THE KIDS AND THE, ON THAT.
SO IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, UM, TRAVELED TRAFFIC IS STILL GOING TO COME HERE.
NOW THAT THERE'S A SIGNAL THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED BY DLT, UH, MORE,
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MORE TRAFFIC FROM UP ON JOE FRAZIER.AND WHETHER THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE IS GOING TO TRAVEL DOWN THIS ROAD, REGARDLESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE SIGNAL IS.
IF WE CONNECT THE INTERCONNECTION, THEN WE CAN DISPERSE THAT TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, THE PERSON THAT WAS GOING TO COME DOWN, JOE FRAZIER, AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THIS SIGNAL THAT THEY'RE JUST SIGNAL AT JOE FRAZIER.
THEN THEY BYPASS DEBBIE K AUSTIN.
AND, AND THAT TRAFFIC IS NOT ON THIS ROAD.
SO EVEN THE, SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE INTERCONNECTIVITY DOES THE FLOW OVERALL AND HELPS DISPERSE TRAFFIC AND GET TO THE SIGNALS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND INTEGRATE INTO THE PLANNING OUT, AND THIS IS WHERE I'VE REALLY LIKED INPUT FROM YOU ALL IS THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO Y'ALL AS FAR AS, UM, WALKABILITY OR PATHWAYS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AS PART OF OUR CURRENT SALES TAX PROGRAM.
AND OUR, WE RECENTLY ADOPTED A MASTER PLAN, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO IN DOING THAT, THAT WOULD BE COORDINATION, UM, WHAT WE CAN FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT AWAY, WHAT TREES ARE OUT THERE.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SWAY THAT PATHWAY, WHICH WOULD THEN BE ON, ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, BUT IN DOING THAT, WE CAN COORDINATE AND DEVELOP THAT AND, AND POTENTIALLY CRAFT THE FUTURE SIDEWALK PROJECT OUT OF THAT HIPS, IF DESIRING.
SO, UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE LAST PAGE, UM, IS ANOTHER SNAPSHOT.
SO AGAIN, THIS JUST, JUST THE INTERCONNECTIVITY, UM, AND HOW IT WORKS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA.
UM, SO THE RED LINES, AGAIN, JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS.
SO, UM, ANYHOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE COUNTIES WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS WHERE WE'RE SEEKING INPUT AND WHATEVER INPUT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THINGS YOU LIKE, THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE.
AND THEN, UM, FROM THAT, WHETHER YOU WANT TO TALK BACK AND FORTH OR WHETHER YOU WANT, UM, STEVE ANDREWS, UM, HE'S THE ENGINEER THAT WE'VE COMMISSIONED TO HELP US ON THIS, BUT HE ALSO IS PLAYING A, ANOTHER ROLE SPEAKING FROM A DIFFERENT APP.
HE'S ALSO WORKING WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS OWN THESE PARCELS.
SO, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE, THE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX, UPFRONT, UM, HE'S WORKING WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THAT.
BUT, UM, FORTUNATELY WE'RE AT A POINT IN PLANNING THAT WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAKE, UM, GOOD TRAFFIC DESIGN PRIOR TO DEVELOP AND BEING REACTIVE.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE STILL EXISTS.
AND AGAIN, LOOKING FOR ANY INPUT THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE AS WE DEVELOP THIS PLAN AND BASICALLY, UH, UM, PRESENTED THAT BOTH OUR COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL ON.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN, SHOWING US SOME OF THESE UPDATED DRAWINGS AND SOME OF THE PLANS.
UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING WHAT YOUR MISSION IS, FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
YOU WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO, UM, RUBBER SMALLS PARKWAY AND SO ON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC OVER THAT WAY.
AND, AND I'M GLAD TO, YOU KNOW, T PUT THAT STOPLIGHT IN RIGHT THERE, LOT OF SMELLS.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE, MY AREA OF CONCERN IS YOUR RED DOTTED LINE.
IT GOES, WHITE HAS WHAT WOULD BE OUR FOOTBALL FIELD.
AND AS I WAS REVIEWING THIS PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING, THAT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT EMPTIES INTO THE BUS LOOP.
SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
SO, SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OFF, ROBERT SMELLS PARK, RIGHT.
BUT THAT EMPTIES INTO OUR BUS LOOP.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IS THERE ANY TEACHER PARKING IN THERE WHERE THEY'RE BIDDING ON BETWEEN THE BUS LOOP? EXCELLENT.
THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE KITCHEN SERVICES BACK HERE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY, THERE'S NOT ANY MORE.
THAT IS ALSO OUR KITCHEN SERVICE, THE PATIENT SERVICE ACCESS.
I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT WOULD BE A WISE MOVE AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT PROPOSED ROAD AND FOOTBALL FIELD? I CAN'T TELL WHAT, WHAT DOES SENSITIVE NO.
BACK TO THE FOOTBALL FIELD? WHAT IS THAT? UM, AT A
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DISTANCE RIGHT NOW? UM, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS, UM, THAT IS, I BELIEVE SHOWN NOT JUST OFF OF THE COUNTY PROPERTY SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND THAT'S ON GRAVIS PROPERTY S AS REFLECTED ON DISTANCE, NOT CONDITIONS, BUT THAT'S AN ACCURATE PROPOSED.UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PAGE EIGHT, THIS IS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
AND ONE THING, AND WE KNEW THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A FIVE MINUTE.
UM, AND IT'S THAT RIGHT THERE.
I THINK EVERYBODY COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT AND JUST SAY THAT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AROUND ABOUT INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND THAT COULD BE A FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE.
IF YOU HAD A AROUND ABOUT THERE, THEN YOU HAVE, UH, YOU CAN ENTER IT AROUND ABOUT LIKE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A T INTERSECTION.
UM, SO THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
UM, THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH DMT AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE REASON THAT'S THERE TODAY AS REFLECTED THAT'S OUR BEST GUESS ON WHAT VOT WOULD ALLOW, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO NOT ONLY SATISFY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY AND CITY, UH, PROCUREMENT OR ORDINANCE, BUT WE ALSO GOT TO COORDINATE WITH UOT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GROUP EFFORT AND COME INTO, UH, A SOLUTION THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL.
AND THAT, THAT RIDE THAT ROAD, COULDN'T JUST CONTINUE AND TURN AT A 90 DEGREE STRAIGHT, GO DOWN TO ROBERT SMALLS, MEDICAL COMPLEX.
UM, IT COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, BUT THE, WHAT YOU LOSE IN THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE FOLKS TO THAT SIGNAL.
NOW THEY STILL COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SIGNAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN WORK WITH DOD.
UM, DOTZ REVIEWING THIS AS WELL CONCURRENTLY AND GIVING US THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, THEY'RE IN FULL SUPPORT TYPICALLY OF HAVING AS MUCH ACCESS TO SIGNALS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING MORE THAN LIKELY AS, AS A CORE DOOR DEVELOPS.
UM, AND YOU LOOK AT SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, UM, THE MEDIA GETS CONSTRICTED, SO, UM, YOU START ELIMINATING LEFT TURNS.
SO NOT EVERYBODY CAN MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF DRIVEWAY.
AND THE LEFT TURN STARTS STACKING AT AN INTERSECTION AT A FULLY SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE'S A FAIR CHANCE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT THAT WOULD BE A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY.
SO IF THIS PERSON WANTED TO GET THE SCHOOL, THEIR ONLY FEASIBLE WAY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK THIS WAY, WHICH DOESN'T SAY THEY CAN'T DO THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST, UM, IT'S A DISH COMMENT AND WE CAN, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH COT AS WELL.
WHAT IS THE VALUE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PARASAILING GATEWAY, WHICH IS CUTTING, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT, UM, WHAT IS THAT BROAD RIVER, WHICH IS RUNNING PARALLEL TO ONE, UM, BROAD RIVER AND ONCE THAT PARALLEL, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PARASAILING GATEWAY, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE JOE FRAZIER, AND YOU'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO HAVE WHAT THEY ALLSTON INTERSECT THAT IN THE MIDDLE.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN JOE FRAZIER AND ARIZONA AND GATEWAY FROM JEFF FRAZIER AND PARIS ISLAND GATEWAY BACK UP THERE, THIS IS ABOUT, UM, A HALF A MILE, AND THIS IS A HALF MILE.
SO FROM HERE TO THERE WOULD BE A WHOLE.
SO BASICALLY, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS JUST CUTTING THROUGH THE SCHOOL ON SLOPE.
IN ORDER, WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY GOT TWO ROADS THAT ARE FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL WITH LIGHTS, IS THAT REALLY GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH IMPACT ON TRAFFIC FLOW THIS RIGHT HERE, THE, THE CHAOS.
SO THAT SIGNAL IS THERE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE CONTINUED NEED UNTIL THERE'S OTHER SIGNALS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INFLUX OF TRAFFIC UNTIL THERE'S A RELIEF FOR PEOPLE NOT TO USE DEBIT GAIL.
SO, SO I DROVE THERE TODAY AT SCHOOL WAS LETTING OUT IT'S A ONE LANE ROAD, IN ADDITION TO WHICH A LOT OF THE TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A 25 MILE AN HOUR SCHOOL ZONE.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH CHOICE UNLESS THERE WAS SOME BIG ADVANTAGE.
AND I THINK IF YOU'VE GOT THESE TWO LANES, I MEAN, IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO HAVE THAT ONE IN THE MIDDLE? IF YOU'VE GOT JOE FRAZIER AND HARRISON AND GATEWAY, AND THEY CAN ABSORB A LOT OF, UM, OF THAT TRAFFIC BECAUSE SCHOOLS TO ME FROM A TURNOUT, FROM A TRAFFIC FLOW PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO RESPECT THE ENVELOPE OF THE SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT KIDS RUNNING.
THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS, A LOT OF PARENTS PICKING UP A LOT OF CONGESTION TWICE A DAY.
UM, SO IF THEY, IF THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE A PRETTY HIGH BAR TO NEED TO
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DIVERT THAT TRAFFIC, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE BYPASSING JOE FRAZIER OR PARIS ISLAND TO COME DOWN TO AND KALE STUFF.UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TRICKY ROAD.
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE CUT-THROUGH, IT FEELS LIKE AN EXTENDED RIVAL.
WELL, EVEN THE, EITHER THE PARENTS THAT ARE PICKING UP THE STUDENTS, THOSE K THROUGH EIGHT, UM, HAVING, AGAIN THAT SIGNAL'S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
UM, THE QUESTION WOULD BE IF THERE'S A SIGNAL UP THERE THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED.
UM, SO HAVING A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IS SAFE FOR THE PARENTS PICKING UP AS MUCH AS IT IS FOR ANY BODY THAT'S GOING TO USE THAT TRAFFIC.
UM, SO IT'S THE TRACK OF WHAT I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS TO TRACK THIS WHEN IT COME THERE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE DO IMPROVEMENTS OR NOT.
UM, SPECIFICALLY NOW THAT THERE'S A SIGNAL THERE.
AND SO OUR, OUR BEST AVENUE IS TO, UM, HOW DO WE PROTECT THAT SCHOOL ZONE? UM, AND BY DOING THAT, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ROAD, IT'S IMPROVEMENTS ELSEWHERE.
SO BY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ELSEWHERE HELPS PROTECT THAT 25 MILE AN HOUR ZONE.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON DEDICATE AUSTIN, UM, HELP, THE MORE WE CAN DISPERSE THE TRAFFIC, UM, OTHERWISE TRACK IS GONNA FIND ITS WAY TO THE EASIEST TRAP.
AS THIS GETS MORE DEVELOPED HERE, ALL THIS COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO BE CONTINUALLY HARDER TO GET OUT AND MAKE A LEFT TURN OR RIGHT TURN.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WATER.
IT'S GOING TO FIND THE PATH OF LEISURE AND BEHAVIORAL TRAFFIC, OR, YOU KNOW, WHICH ROAD YOU CAN TURN OUT AND NOT TURN OUT WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TRAFFIC GETS RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU CONNECT WALMART PARKING LOT, CAUSE THAT PARKING LOT IS HUGE AND IT'S A PAIN.
SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO CUT THROUGH THAT.
THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS THING CONNECTED THROUGH INFORMED ABOUT IF THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ADDING EASEMENTS.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INTENTION AND I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT WITHOUT WIDENING THE ROADS, BUT DO YOU WANT TO SAFETY? I DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT ROAD TO USE AS AN OFFSET FOR FRAZIER AND, UM, PARENTS ISLAND.
THAT WOULD BE MY INITIAL, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC'S GOING TO BE THERE, BUT TRAFFIC WILL BE DISCOURAGED IF THERE'S A BACKUP OF CARS, PICK UP FIVE MILE AN HOUR ZONES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP MR. SMITH OR MR. CAMPBELL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM LOAN SIMONE TO PASS OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN AND TAKE IT BACKWARDS FROM AROUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW.
CAN YOU WORK WITH A MEDIAN? CORRECT.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT SOME MEDIANS USUALLY HAVE JUST KINDA LIKE A REACTIVE, UM, RESULTS.
SO RIGHT NOW THESE ARE THE TEJAS.
THE NTU IS THE ONE THAT DID THE SAFETY PROJECT.
UM, AND SO DMT WAS THE ONE THAT INSTALLED THAT MEDIA.
SO HOWEVER, THE THERE, UM, THAT IS A SAFETY ENHANCEMENT TO THE MAJOR CORRIDOR.
AND SO OVER TIME THERE WOULD BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT THAT IMMEDIATELY WOULD BE INSTALLING.
UM, SO NUMBER SIX, UH, APARTMENTS NOT BUILT YET.
UM, YEAH, STEVE, STEVE WAS THE ONE THAT COMPILED A LOT OF THESE APARTMENTS.
UM, SO THE ONE 70 APARTMENTS IS THIS, COME UP HERE, STEVE, I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING THOSE AREN'T BUILT AND YOU GOT JENNINGS TO THE NORTH OF THAT OR AS TO WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, SO WHY, WHY WOULDN'T YOU TRY TO TAKE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC FROM JENNINGS ALLEVIATE? SOME OF THE BROAD RIVER TRAFFIC HAD BEEN TURNED RIGHT ONTO AN EXTENSION OF JENNINGS AND COME RIGHT THROUGH WHERE THOSE APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BUILT YET AND PARALLEL WK AUSTIN AND GET THE TRAFFIC OFF A WK.
WILSON MIGHT HAVE A JOB CLOSER TO THE MEDICAL BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT REAL YET EITHER.
SO IN THAT WAY, PARALLEL WK AUSTIN WAS, WOULD GIVE YOU THE SAME EFFECT, BUT I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T THEN HAVE YOUR HALF MILE BETWEEN STOPLIGHTS, BUT ONLY ONE STOPLIGHT IS IN NOW ANYWAY.
SO I MEAN, I DUNNO, WAS THAT A CONSIDERATION INSTEAD OF DUMPING MORE TRAFFIC ONTO THE SCHOOL ENVELOPE TO USE YOUR TERM,
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BUT THOSE OTHER THINGS ARE NOT EVEN BUILT YET.WHY CAN'T JENNINGS BE CONTINUE TO DOWN THROUGH THEM AND CONNECT TO ROBERT SMALLS PARKWAY? IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND I DON'T OWN THAT LAND, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT RED AND WHITE STRIPE WOULD INDICATE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PLAN RIDE THROUGH THE APARTMENTS.
THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL, PHYSICALLY, THE APARTMENTS ARE PLANNING ON JUST WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, BUT THIS LAND, SO THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN, BUT WHY COULDN'T THAT BE? THE PARALLEL TOOK AUSTIN COME ALL THE WAY DOWN ON TO ROBERT SMALLS.
SO ONE IS, UM, THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THERE, THERE WAS A DESIRE BECAUSE OF ALL THE LOW COMING DOWN, JOE FRAZIER TO SPLIT BACK THIS PERSON UP AND DOWN BROADWAY TRAFFIC THOUGHT THIS WOULD FORMALIZE THAT.
UM, MR. DISTRIBUTOR, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I AM NOT A TRAFFIC EXPERT.
I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
UM, WE'LL LEAVE IT TO Y'ALL TO DO THAT.
MS. FENDERS TOLD YOU OUR CONCERN IS WE HAVE A K EIGHT SCHOOL.
WE WANT TO KEEP TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THAT SCHOOL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU ALL CAN FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS OUR MANDATE TO PROTECT.
THOSE ARE K THROUGH EIGHT KIDS, UH, AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM.
SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR CONCERN IS.
AND YOU ALL CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE TRAFFIC PART.
WELL, AND, AND I, THIS WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE OR COME BACK TO YOU GUYS IS IT IS COMPLETELY SCRAPPED TO THE MISSION THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE MISSION TO KEEP IT SAFE AND LEAVE THE SCRAPS TO THE SAME MISSION.
UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN OUR MISSION IS WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL THE TRAVELERS, NOT JUST TO STUDENTS, BUT THE PARENTS AND EVERYBODY ALIVE, AND THEN VOT, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE MISSION AS WELL, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR THEIR BOX.
SO WE'RE ALL TALKING THE SAME SAW.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE FACILITATE THAT.
SO FROM DEITIES VANTAGE POINT, WHEN THEIR CAMP, WHEN THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT TO ASK FOR A DRIVE LATE, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT USE OR NEARBY USES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR IMMEDIATE ROADS AND, UM, AND ACCESS TO THAT ROUTE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHEN THESE DEPARTMENTS COME, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, YES, YOU CAN HAVE THAT DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN IF WE DON'T MAKE PROVISIONS COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP, THEN WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT ALL THESE, UM, COLLECTIVELY, LIKE WE ARE HERE TODAY.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE, YES, YOU CAN HAVE DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NIGHTMARE ON ONE 70, UM, AND THE SAME THING, EVEN ON WK AUSTIN, UH, IT'S A STATE ON ROAD.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY UP HERE.
UM, AND THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED OUT, HOW THAT WAS WAY BEFORE ME, HOW, UH, THE ROAD BY SECOND PROPERTY.
BUT ANYWAYS, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THEIR STANDPOINT INDIVIDUALLY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, AND DEFINITELY HEAR GOOD INPUT FROM YOU GUYS ON HOW DO WE BEST FACILITATE IT.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES DOING NOTHING TO PROTECT THE SPECIFIC GROUP ISN'T NECESSARILY, UM, THE ONLY WAY OR NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY, THE, UH, THERE'S WAYS TO DEVELOP PROJECTS THAT ACCOMMODATE ALL THAT.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW WHAT, INSTEAD OF WE ARE CREATING MORE TRAFFIC AND IT DISPERSES THE TRAFFIC, BUT IF WE ADD A LANE OR IF WE ADD PATHWAYS WHERE WE ADD SIGNALIZATION FOR SAFE CROSSWALKS OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, WHAT I WOULD REPLY BACK AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS TOGETHER AND COLLECTIVELY, UM, THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH CURRENTLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO JUGGLE, I WOULD AGREE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS WE NEED TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE THAT A
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CONNECTION OF LAST RESORT.UM, BECAUSE I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WHERE THE, A MAJOR ROAD OR ANY KIND OF CUT THROUGH RUNS RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOL LIKE THAT IT GETS, YOU KNOW, USUALLY SCHOOLS HAVE THAT PROTECTION FOR SAFETY AND SO ON, WHATEVER OTHER OPTIONS YOU CAN LOOK AT WOULD BE GOOD.
WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
AND IF IT'S ALRIGHT, WE'D LOVE TO COME BACK WITH YOU.
SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS THAT, HEY, WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, DOC.
UM, AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER, IF THAT SOUNDS APPROPRIATE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, SO THIS IS ME TALKING WITH THEM, THE COUNTY, UH, AND WE HIRED ANDREWS TO HELP US ON THIS, BUT THEN ALSO SPECIFICALLY ON THERE, AND HE'S OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTING FRAT ENTITIES.
I'LL LET HIM TALK SPECIFICALLY ON SOME OF THE STEVE ANDREWS, BACK THEN THE SUMMER WE WERE HERE, PRELIMINARILY, WE GATHERED THAT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL.
SO THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
LIKE IT DID IN THE SUMMER, IT'S 528 UNITS.
WE'VE DONE A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT.
COULD YOU BACK UP TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE? THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER VANTAGE POINT, JUST ROLL DOWN TO, SO WE DID DO A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT WITH THE CONNECTION TO THEM, AND THEN WE DID A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT WITH OUT THE CONNECTION TO WK OFFS TO SEE WHAT THE TWO LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, UM, AND STEVE, THIS IS THE, THE POINT OUT, WHICH IS THE ONE BEHIND WALMART, OR I'M HERE A LITTLE BIT.
DOES THIS WORK? SO THIS, THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN BROAD RIVER, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET DOWN INTO THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS.
AND I THINK THAT'LL EXPLAIN WHY, UM, GARRETT IS SAYING, DO NOT RINSE AND JUST STAY AWAY FROM WK OFFS AND MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT THE KIDS.
SO WHEN THE TRAP STUDY WAS DONE WITH THE DEBBIE K AUSTIN, THEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED ALONG BROAD RIVER ROAD TO MITIGATE FOR THIS EXTRA TRAFFIC.
WELL, WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IS ADD A RIGHT TURN LANE FOR THE NORTHBOUND ON WPA OFFICERS.
I COULD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE FREE TO TURN, RIGHT? SO THEN WHEN YOU CUT THE PAY OFFS AND CONNECTION, THEN WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE LOOK AT IT OR BROAD RIVER, RIGHT, IS WE HAVE TO ADD A RIGHT TURN LANE OFF OF ROD RIVER, ON TO DEBBIE K AUSTIN LEFT TURN LANE OFF THE BROAD RIVER ONTO THEM.
THEY ALSO SUCH THAT THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEEK OUT THAT BK AUSTIN IT'S, IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE TRAVELER HAS GOT THE SIGNAL NOW.
AND SO IT'S LIKE THERE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO THAT ROAD IS WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE TELLING US.
SO A THOUGHT WOULD BE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING THAT'S IN PROGRESS.
THIS IS SOON TO START CONSTRUCTION LIKE THIS MONTH SAYING, UM, THERE'S APARTMENT COMPLEX IS MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD THAT BE THIS, THIS ONE, AND THIS ONE FOR WALKING THROUGH THE CITY REVIEW.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE KITTEN CONSTRUCT FOR PROBABLY THIS YEAR.
SO THE POPULATIONS COMING TO TRAFFIC, HOW DO WE MANAGE IT THE BEST? AND SO NOW, AS JARED POINTED OUT, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CAR, WE CAN COLLECTIVELY SCHOOL COUNTY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HOW CAN WE THINK OUR WHITE THROUGH TO PRESERVE THE SITE ON BROAD RIVER? RIGHT? SO ONE THING WOULD BE POSSIBLY
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WHY.SO IT'S A THREE LANE, YOU HAVE TO TURN INTO MOVEMENTS TO ADD PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS ALONG IT.
SO YOUR CHILDREN COMING TO, AND FROM THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY WALKING THE BIBLES.
SO JARED HAS MENTIONED POSSIBLY SIGNALIZATION, WHEREVER YOU LAUNCH THE KIDS THAT STRATEGIC CROSS.
SO, SO I'M NOT A TRAFFIC GUN, I'M JUST THROWING THINGS OUT SO THAT IT DOES SEEM LIKE IF YOU JUST SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TIME TO THE RIDE THAT MAY NOT GET YOUR GOAL, PROTECTING THE KIDS, BECAUSE THEN THE TRAFFIC'S COMING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE UNREGULATED.
IT'S NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING WOULD BE AT, UM, BROAD RIVER TO MAKE SURE THAT SITE, WE GO BROAD RIVER AND AT ONE 70 TO MAKE SURE THEY CYCLE GET OFF, BUT NOTHING WOULD BE DONE TO GET OFF.
SO, SO I JUST OFFER THAT AS SOME THOUGHT, UM, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
WE KNOW THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE GOING TO SEEK THAT ACCESS TO DEBBIE K AUSTIN, IF YOU GIVE IT TO THEM DIRECTLY OR NOT.
SO THE TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE SHOWING WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT WITH AND WITHOUT THE AUSTIN CONNECT YOU.
SO OUR ASK IS THAT HE WOULD CONSIDER THE CONNECTION FOR THIS APARTMENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR, FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AND THEN LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THE COUNTY AND HOW CAN WE DEVELOPED AN IMPROVED DEBBIE? SO IT'S SAFE FOR THE KIDS.
THE PARENTS COME IN AND DROPPING OFF SITE FOR THE BUSES, AND YET IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO COME THERE.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL TRY TO.
YEAH, I THINK MR. ANTON, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE THREE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN AND WHAT I'M HEARING AND IT'S, IT'S, IT SHOULD BE TOTALLY WRONG, BUT I'M HEARING THAT LET'S LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS BEING THE ONES THAT HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE THREE PRIVATE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE COMING YET, THESE THREE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS.
BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I HAVE GREAT FAITH AND WHAT WE, BOTH, WHICH YOU CAN DO WITH HOW MANY CAN DO WHAT THE CITY CAN DO.
AND I'M JUST SEEING LOTS OF OTHER AVENUES THAT COULD PARALLEL.
WCAB ALL SAID THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN DEVISED.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE PUSHED BY THREE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS, AND I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT BY ANY MEANS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THE BACKS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT BY NOT DOING IT, THAT MIGHT BE MAKING IT WORSE.
I'M JUST, DON'T, I'M NOT THERE YET, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY JUST, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SCORED YET.
DO YOU AGREE? ARE THERE OTHER AREAS? YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PART OF COMMUNICATING IS SOMEBODY HAS AN IDEA.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT.
AND, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
UM, WHATEVER WE PUT ON THE PAGE, WHETHER IT'S A DIFFERENT ROAD, A, UH, ALTERNATE TWO, THAT'D BE CHAOS.
AND APPARENTLY AT ALL, UM, IS NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS TAKE PLACE.
THAT'S JUST, UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND, UM, SO PLANNING FOR A FUTURE PARALLEL ROAD, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHOW IN THE PLAN.
THAT'S AGAIN, THE PLAN IS USED AS A TEMPLATE, UM, BUT IT MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATE BECAUSE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO OUR BEAUTIFUL AREA AND DEVELOPERS ARE DEVELOPING PROPERTY FOR PEOPLE TO THUMB, AND THAT'S GOING TO GET HERE SOONER THAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
SO SOMETIMES WE SPEAK TO ALL OF THE COMMENT, UM, SOMEWHAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS THE VERY REASON THAT, THAT WE'RE HERE TO GATHER WHAT LAST TIME I SHOWED UP.
SO WE SAW ALL THESE PROJECTS COMING AND IT'S COMING OUT FOR THE MOST PART, SINGLE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ONE BIG PIECE THAT SUBSIDIZE ALL OF THEM WERE HIDDEN JERRY'S DESK.
AND HIS COUNTERPARTS IN THE CITY WOULD BE FOR ALLEGED LOUD, ALL THIS STUFF'S HAPPENING, BUT TIME OUT AND DO THIS OVERALL STUDY.
SO THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT JUST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE, WHERE SHOULD WE
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BE LOOKING FOR THESE KEY RIGHT UP TO THIS POINT, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN CO-OPERATIVE AND THEY'VE ADJUSTED THEIR PLANS TO THE, UM, ACCESS POINTS THAT WERE APPOINTMENTS.I THINK THAT THAT TEAM CONTINUED SPIRITUAL OPERATIONS HERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALTERNATE TO WK OFFS.
WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THAT WITH, UM, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY I DEFINITELY DO.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE MAY NOT BE IN THERE, BUT IT IT'S DEFINITELY OUR TO, UH, DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS AROUND WHAT WORDS ARE ALONG WITH WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
AND THOSE ENVIRONMENTS HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED.
AND I'M SURE THE CANDIDATE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT WANT TO PLACE A VALUE ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THESE BUILDINGS AND FOR THE KIDS, I'M SURE WE ALL WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
SO I PUT THAT IN, SHOULD WE LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY, UM, PUT A, WELL, THE WORD IS, UH, THESE OUTS WHERE THEY CAN GET OUT SAFELY AND NO ONE WILL BE WHAT WILL BE HOME, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT ALL THIS STUFF STILL HAS TO GO BY ZOA OR NOVELS TO GO, TO, TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, RAISE ON SOMEBODY'S DUNKIN DONUTS.
AND SO THAT WAS NOT REPRESENT YOU THE GANG GIRL CHAPTER GLARING CHOCOLATE OUT BY THE SCHOOL AND COMING HERE.
I WAS TRYING TO GUESS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? LIKE PEOPLE SAYS OCCUPANCY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO MANY AS 528 GAMES, 128 UNITS.
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY UPSCALE APARTMENT COMPLEX ABOUT LIKE A CLUBHOUSE AND A GIRL.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT TOO IS IF INDEED THE PRAYER TRAFFIC'S COMING AND WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE TENOR WK AUSTIN, CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A SLEEPY LITTLE DRIVEWAY THROUGH THE TREES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING LANES.
UM, IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY, I THINK IT REALLY NICE, UH, SPOT PER SE, YOU KNOW, YOUNG TEACHERS TO LIVE AND THEN BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COSTS ARE FOR THESE APARTMENTS AND AFFORDABILITY, BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF COLLABORATING WITH THE DISTRICT, I THINK THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES TO HAVING A VERY NICE, SAFE, CLEAN APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET, IF IT WERE TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS AND WHATNOT, PRINCIPALS, ET CETERA.
WELL, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT STRATEGICALLY.
SO DEVELOPMENTS COMING, AND THEN WE NEED TEACHERS AND WE NEED AFFORDABLE PLACES FOR TEACHERS TO WORK AND LIVE IN PLAY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THE DEVELOPERS LOOKED AT THAT AT ALL, BUT IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE SOME OF THOSE UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE, MAYBE NOT THE WHOLE MIX, BUT A PORTION OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S THAT PIECE THAT CAN BE WAYS IF THEY MEET CERTAIN THRESHOLDS.
SO THERE'S WAYS THAT WE AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COORDINATING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT LR IS GOING TO ENCOURAGE SOME PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO BE HELD IN RESERVE FOR EITHER TEACHERS OR PEOPLE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S A WAY THAT'S THAT CREATIVE OUT OF THE BOX, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE THIS WORK WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GIVEN RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
I CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT UP TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR AND POTENTIALLY DR.
RODRIGUEZ, THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOME DISCUSSIONS, WELL, JERRY TAKES IT TO HIS PEOPLE, TALK TO THE DEVELOPERS AND SAY WHAT, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, AS LONG, AS LONG AS WE'RE CAREFUL IN THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT JUST DOING SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THEIR GAFUL WHEN IT COMES TO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
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SOMETIMES THEY MASSAGE CERTAIN WASTE AND AFTER THEY DO IT FAST, AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT IN FOREFRONT TO NOT DO SOMETHING, TO GET ME, TO GET THIS, TO GET US ON THAT, THINKING ABOUT .AND I HAVEN'T, I'VE JUST BEEN LISTENING TO STEVE, BUT STEVE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE DISABILITY.
AND SO FAR THEY'VE BEEN, UM, VERY WORK WORKING WITH COMMUNITY, UM, AND WORTHWHILE AS FAR AS WHEN THERE'S COMMENTS MADE THAT THIS IS IN THE CITY OF BUFORD, WHEN THERE'S COMMENTS, AS THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING, EVEN TO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE KIND OF SLOWED A LITTLE BIT TO HELP THIS FACILITATE, UH, SUCH THAT WE CAN MARRY UP A PLAN TOGETHER.
SO THEY'VE BEEN A VERY, UM, NEIGHBORLY DEVELOPER.
AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THOUGHT THAT WE CAN BRING UP AND MAYBE THAT'S A WAY FOR US TO COLLABORATE.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I JUST WANTED TO ASK, YOU SAID ALREADY NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FOUR ON THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE ABOUT NUMBER SIX.
THAT'S COOL DISHES, COUNTY OR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
I'M SORRY, BUT THEY GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
MR. HAS A QUESTION AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD, HER MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GRANT EASEMENTS, UH, FOR, FOR THESE ACCESSES.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE KINDA GOT AN ACE IN THE WHOLE YEAR AND DOING, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GRANT EASEMENTS UNLESS WE'RE SATISFIED IT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THAT SCHOOL.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH WHERE, WHAT OUR POSITION IS IN THIS.
THERE WOULD BE A EASEMENT REQUEST FOR THOSE TYPES OF CONNECTIONS, BUT WE JUST SCRAPPED AT THE SAME MISSION THAT, UM, WE WERE PRESENTED AS CITIZENS AT LARGE.
UM, SOME OF WHICH OUR STUDENTS AND FUTURES, I CAN IMAGINE THEM PASSING THOSE UNLESS THEY START OUT ALL THE ISSUES INVOLVED.
I'M NOT TOO SURE IN MY MIND, YOU CREATED SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S SCHOOL AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
WHY IS SHE GOING TO DO SOME TIMING, TIMING, THINGS.
THEN WHEN HE STARTED TO NOW WAS BIG IN MY MIND, THIS IT'S A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, THEN DATA TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONVENIENTLY.
SO NOT CREATING SOME PLAN AHEAD OF TIME, BUT AFTER IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HAVE PEOPLE COME AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN'T GET AROUND.
YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC, WHAT WE TRY TO PROTECT STUDENTS, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
OR YOU HAVEN'T CONVINCED US HAVING AN IDEA THAT WE CAN BUY IN MY MIND.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY.
WELL, AND THE FRONT OF THE CITY STANDPOINT TOO.
SO, UM, THE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED WEATHER ZONE AND THIS IS PRIVATELY HELD.
SO THEY CAN'T TELL SOMEBODY, NO, YOU CAN'T BUILD THERE.
IF WHAT THEY PROPOSED IS IT'S WITHIN THAT ZONE.
AND THEN THEY CAN'T SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T CONNECT TO THAT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN THAT.
SO THEY GET A SEPARATE PERMIT, WILL BE A T.
UM, AND AS LONG AS THEY FIT WITHIN THAT ZONE OF ORDINANCES, THEY CAN CONSTRUCT ON THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, SO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE, ASSESS THAT WE CAN FACILITATE A COHESIVE, UH, ACCESS NETWORKS.
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WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH THE RULES TOGETHER.SO WE'RE UTILIZING EACH OF OUR RIGHTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
AND THERE'S THE JEWISH THOUGHT OF ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO.
BUT THE CITY OF THANK YOU FOR THIS APP, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND COME BACK TO THAT.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MR. BARRY ALLEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AND HE'S HERE TO COME AND GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
LET ME THANK THE, UH, UH, COMMITTEE FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND PRESENT INFORMATION TO YOU.
UH, IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH, UH, UH, CAROL.
AND, UH, SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT THE INFLAMMATION THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY JUST DIDN'T START, UH, THERE'S A PROCESS.
AND JUST AS Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE OTHERS, UH, IN, IN A WRITING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IN PARTICULAR PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH, UH, ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF MY RESEARCH AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY GOES BACK ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
AND, UH, I WOULD SAY TO YOU, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, BUYING PROPERTY FOR OUR SCHOOL SITE IS NOT JUST GOING OUT BUYING LAND.
THAT'S NOT, WE'RE BUYING, UH, A SITE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE HOPEFULLY THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR DESIGNED AREA FOR THE NEXT 50 OR 75 YEARS.
CERTAINLY THE LIFE OF A SCHOOL, A FACILITY TODAY PROBABLY WILL GO AT LEAST 75 YEARS.
SO IT'S A MAJOR, IT'S A MAJOR CONSIDERATION TO DRIVE AND LOOK AT ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DECIDE, YES, WE BELIEVE THESE ARE SITES THAT NEED FULL CONSIDERATION.
NOW, I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT AS WE BEGAN THIS PARTICULAR SEARCH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, AND YOU'VE JUST HEARD, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AND BUFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS, UH, I WOULD SAY IS A BITCH MARK.
UH, SINCE MY RETIREMENT IS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND LIKES AND TO, UH, PEOPLE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE HAVE CALL ON ME TO HELP THEM IN THE LOCATION AND THE PURCHASE OF A SCHOOL SITE.
UH, I HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE WITH INVOLVED SOULS AND STARVATION, AND I'VE BEEN A LICENSED SURVEYOR LICENSED CONTRACTOR.
AND, UH, AND NOW FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS, A LICENSED BROKER, SO INDIANA FOR THOSE REASONS AND BEING A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR FOR 32 YEARS.
SO, UH, DURING THIS TIME TOO, HIS GIVEN THESE SOME VALUABLE EXPERIENCES AND, UH, SO YOUR SITUATION, I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS NOT UNIQUE.
AND UPSTATE FINDING PRACTICE IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT HEDIS.
WE ALL WOULD RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT GOING TO GET EASIER BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING IN.
THEY BIND UP THE PROPERTIES, THEY LOCKING THEM IN FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AS WELL AS LONG-TERM NEEDS.
SO I REFERENCED TO YOU THAT HAVE BEEN BACK THE LAST SIX, ABOUT SIX
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MONTHS WHEN I GO, WHEN I STARTED THIS RESEARCH AND THANKFULLY TO THE COUNTIES TODAY, THEY HAVE ONLINE SO MUCH INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO PROCTORS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.AND, UH, SO I'M ABLE TO ANALYZE SITES A GREAT DEAL SO THAT, UH, WE MAKE CERTAIN BEFORE I GET INVOLVED WITH A SITE THAT I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO DILIGENCE IS DONE THAT YES, I BELIEVE IT WAS SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS.
YES, D O T IS INVOLVED WITH THIS, UH, IN ORDER TO GAIN TWO ACCESS POINTS TO A SCHOOL SITE, YOU NEED CLEAR VISIBILITY AND, UH, FAR, PROBABLY 1400 FEET TO GET TO THE ACCESS POINTS.
SO ALL OF THESE, AND YOU CAN SEE IMMEDIATELY HOW THAT BEGINS TO NARROW THE SCOPE.
AND SO, AS WE LOOK AT PRACTICE TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY, CAN YOU JUST BUY ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY? YOU HAVE TO BUY MULTIPLE PIECES AND PULL THEM TOGETHER IN ORDER TO SATISFY THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, UH, ISSUES THAT, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN GET APPROVAL ALL FIRMLY INTO IAN, FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND OFFICE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS DLT, ALL OF THOSE APPROVALS NEED TO BE IN HIGH-END.
AND SO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS WHERE I AM TODAY WITH CAROL, FROM THERE, WE WON'T YOUR COMMITTEE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TO SAY, YES, WE THINK YOU OWN TRACK.
AND A GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT STEP.
NOW FROM THE RESEARCH THAT'S DONE TO THIS POINT, I INITIALLY IDENTIFIED SEVEN SITES WITHIN THE AREA IN WHICH WE'RE LOOKING TO SATISFY STUDENT, UH, GROWTH, UH, IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, CAROL HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL, SO HELPFUL, UH, PUT HER IN THE TOP OF THE LADDER OF, UH, WORKING THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UH, BUT SHE'S PULL STUDENT DATA, UH, FOUR YEARS AGO AND, UM, ONE MILE RADIUS OF EACH SITE.
AND I'VE LOOKED AT TWO MILES RADIUS OF EAST SIDE FROM THAT ONE TO TWO MILE RADIUS AND FROM TWO TO THREE MILE RADIUS.
SO WE KNOW HOW MANY ELEVATORS STUDENTS IN THAT RADIUS OF EACH OF THOSE, HOW MANY MIDDLE STUDENTS ARE THERE AND HOW MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE THERE.
NOW, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE MAY RIVERSIDE, UH, SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE PROJECTION FOR THAT.
THE SITES TODAY MAY NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE USE.
UH, CERTAINLY THEY NEED TO BE BANKED WHILE THERE'S SOME AVAILABILITY OF PROPERTY, UH, IN THE, UH, BLUFFTON AREA, WHICH W WE'RE LOOKING TODAY.
SO AFTER WE GET THE NOD TO MOVE FORWARD, YES, I SAID SEVEN.
AND I WILL SAY TO YOU, AFTER THE RESEARCH, TO THIS POINT, WE FOUND THAT ONE OF THEM'S ALREADY IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL STAGES RIGHT NOW.
SO ACTUALLY AT BEST WE HIT WE'RE DOWN TO SIX.
WE COULD FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE ALSO BUILT, BUT ONCE WE GET THE NOD TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN I WOULD START MAKING CONTACT WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO THEM, UH, AND ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, WHEN I ASKED IT, UH, THEY GIVE CONSIDERATION TO GIVE US AN AUDIENCE THAT WE MIGHT BEGIN THE DISCUSSION IN THE LIGHT.
WHEN IN THE END OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, IF WE COME UP WITH SOME AGREEMENTS OF TERMS, THEN WE WOULD DO AN AGREEMENT, A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND THAT WOULD BE CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL THAT WE DO ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE NEED.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS I'VE DEVELOPED CRITERIA FOR EACH TYPE OF SCHOOL SITE, I HAVE CRITERIA OF ABOUT 11 ITEMS THAT I HAVE FOR CHECK-OFF LIST TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY ARE SATISFIED.
AND IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA, CERTAINLY ON THE EMPHASIS
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WOULD BE ON A WETLAND AREAS, UH, THE ISSUE OF WATER, HOT WATER LEVELS.UH, WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR AREA, BASICALLY I'M LOOKING AT PROPERTIES THAT WILL HAVE A TOPO OF AT LEAST PROBABLY IN 15, BUT HOPEFULLY 20 OR ABOVE.
AND SO HOW LOOK AT ALL THE TOPO INFLAMMATION, UH, I LOOK AT, UH, ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY ON THAT SITE.
IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR SAFETY, THEIR, UH, I LOOK AT TRANSMISSION LINES, I LOOK AT GAS LINES.
I LOOK AT RAILROADS, UH, UH, PLACES WHERE THERE'S DUMPS.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE A NEGATIVE IMPACT FOR STUDENTS.
AND WE CERTAINLY ARE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
UH, AS I TELL PEOPLE, WELL, WHAT'D YOU PAY FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT, WELL, WHEN YOU COMPARE AND PRACTICE, IN MY OPINION, AND I'VE BEEN A LICENSED CONTRACTOR, TOO, YOU HAVE TO COMPARE FIGURES BASED, OH, WHEN CAN YOU GET THE SITE IN A STAGE? YOU COULD POUR THE FIRST YARD OF CONCRETE AND ALWAYS, YOU MIGHT GET A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT, UH, YOU HAD DEALINGS WITH.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOWER PER ACRE, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST YOU SO MUCH FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT THAT IT RUNS TO PRICE WAY UP.
SO I TRY TO COMPARE, AND I RE I DO SOME COST ANALYSIS OF THAT TRYING TO REJECT WHAT IS THE BEST PIECE OF PROFIT.
BUT AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE STYLE.
IT'S NOT BUYING A PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUILDING SOME APARTMENTS ZONE IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, YOU AWAY AND GO AND SEL WE'RE BUYING IT FOR SCHOOL SITE IS GOING TO HAVE A HUGE FACTOR OF 50 TO 75 YEARS.
AND I ALSO LOOK AT THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE, NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE ROAD FRONTAGE, BUT BASICALLY FOR AN ELEMENTARY SITE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 800 FEET IN DEPTH.
AND IT MAY BE 12, 13, 14 FEET IN WIDTH.
BUT IN HERE, I TRY TO LOOK AT, UH, UH, A MODEL LAYER OF A SCHOOL AND HOW IT SITS.
UH, THEN YOU GOT TO LOOK AT, UH, UH, SITES ARE SO DIFFERENT NOW THAN THEY WERE 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MUCH ACCESS BY PARENTS COME IN.
THE END FOR DROP-OFF IS PICKUP OF STUDENTS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE STACKING LANES AND, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THIS IS WHAT I CALL DUE DILIGENCE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE AN ATTORNEY TO RESEARCH TITLE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ENCUMBRANCES OR THINGS THAT WOULD HINDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHE USED.
WELL, ALL OF THOSE ARE SATISFIED.
AND THAT TAKES TIME TYPICALLY HAS TO TELL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR TO 15 TO 16 MONTHS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO CLOSE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO GET ALL OF THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
NOW, THINGS MAY FALL IN PLACE.
YOU CAN GET IT DONE AT EIGHT BUTTS, SO NINE MONTHS, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU COORDINATING PEOPLE TO COME IN, RIGHT, AND PROPOSALS FOR SURVEYING TOE POSE, WETLAND STUDIES, ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF STUDIES AND GETTING COMPETITIVE OPIATES WITH IT, AND THEN GETTING ALL OF THOSE SERVICES RENDERED.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT ALL IS INVOLVED AS WE DO THIS KIND OF THING.
SO THAT SORT OF GIVES YOU AN OVERSIGHT IS TO THE, TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND, UH, WHAT WOULD LIE AHEAD ONCE WE GET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AS I SEE IT RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD BE NO MORE.
I SAID, WE IDENTIFIED SEVEN, BUT NOW WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THOSE IS ALREADY IN PRE APPROVAL, UH, FOR STEP TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT, UH, FOR THE SIX REMAINING, I FEEL LIKE EACH OF THEM HAVE POTENTIAL.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ELEMENTARY AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SOME OF THOSE SITES WOULD NOT SATISFY A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, SO YEAH, THE SIX, UH, UH, YOU DO NOT
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HAVE SIX POTENTIAL SITES FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL.THAT'S ASSUMING YOU'RE ABLE TO GET TO A POINT OF AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THAT GIVES YOU AN OVERSIGHT IS TO THE, TO THE PROCESS THAT, UH, I'M DOING.
AND, UH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
I THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME COME AND MEET WITH YOU.
AND, AND IF I COULD TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND WANT TO TELL THIS TO EARL CAMPBELL, MY WIFE SAYS MY REGARD TO HER, TO HIM.
UH, SHE WAS A FORMAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STATE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.
AND SO, UM, MR. CAMEL BEST WISHES TO YOU IS ALWAYS A PLACE YOU TO SEE YOU.
ARE YOU AT A POINT WHERE YOU WOULD BRING TO THIS BOARD, THE LOCATIONS? ARE YOU STILL, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
LET ME TELL YOU MY EXPERIENCES AND HEALING WITH THIS.
UH, I WOULD PREFER NOT DOING THAT.
THE PROPERTY THAT YOU TARGETED BECAUSE I WANT TO GUESS.
DID HE GIVE YOU ANY DIRECTIVES ON WHAT HE, WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR? AND THEN YOU MENTIONED ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM A PERSPECTIVE OR THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS ADVISED ME RIGHT NOW.
UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT PRACTICE AT LEAST FOR ELEMENTARY IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, AND IT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE EXPANDED, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE PUSH TROT.
NOW WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU FIND PROPERTIES AND WE CAN'T UTILIZE IT.
AND I WAS STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE LONG RUN THEN.
SO I'M JUST PLANTING SEEDS OF THIS, THAT WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHERE WE'VE GONE, SO WE CAN PICK UP ON WHAT WE GOT, WHAT WE GOING TO GET.
AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED MR. , DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, ARE YOU, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT NEXT STEP YOU NEED APPROVAL FOR? WELL, UH, IF MY EXPERIENCES, UH, I HAVE MADE A PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO THIS, TO THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND, AND BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT I SAY IN THE END, UNLESS I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD NOW AND TRYING TO NEGOTIATE FOR THIS ELEMENTARY AND THIS IMMEDIATE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE NEED, UH, AND, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND I WOULD TELL THEM THAT WE HAVE A PREDETERMINED AND EARLIER SEARCH THAT WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE SIX POTENTIAL SITES OUT THERE WOULD SATISFY ONE OR BOTH OF THESE, UH, NEEDS.
AND IF THEY DON'T SAY NO, DON'T DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO APPRAISE THEM.
AND IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, PUT A SIT, STOP AND SKIP, GET THE B, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME BOAT.
THE NEXT STEP IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT'S WHAT ACTIVE, THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND.
AND THEN AFTER WE GET THROUGH WITH ALL OF THAT HAD DONE ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE, SHE GOT ALL THE APPROVALS.
THEN I WOULD GO BACK TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN AN AUSTRALIAN WOULD BRING IT UP A RECOMMENDATION TO PRESENT TO YOU THE BOARD AND SAY, WE MOVED THAT, UH, THE BOARD GIVES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PURCHASE OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD AND I'M KIND OF ALMOST
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LOST THE WHY, WHY ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE AT MY LAST MEETING? I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE MENTIONED SOME DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND I'M JUST ME PERSONALLY.I'M JUST NOT, UH, NOT CERTAIN THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE THERE, YOU HAVE A BOARD, BUT MAYBE OTHERS ARE, MAYBE OTHERS ARE, BUT I DO, UH, I DO HAVE SOME BIT OF CONCERN BECAUSE I ALMOST FEEL LIKE, UM, LOCAL DISTRICT, YOU, THAT THERE'S KIND OF BLINDSIDE LIKE THIS HAS KIND OF A BLIND SIDE TO THE COMING FORWARD WITH THESE UPDATE AND YOU CHECK THE RATES, YOU GO OUT AND POSSIBLY, UH, HAVE SOME, A COUPLE OF PLACES FOR WHEN.
SO, UH, THAT'S JUST, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
AS A COMMITTEE, NEVADA WAS COMMITTED FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO, WELL, I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO TRY AND PULL IT UP.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A MOTION OUT OF OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO HAVE A LAND CONSULTANT, GO OUT, IDENTIFY SOME PARCELS AND BRING IT BACK.
SHE'S IDENTIFIED SOME PARCELS.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. BARRY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU'RE READY NOW.
YOU'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE, THE NEXT WE NEED TO DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SOON.
UM, MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT MEETING, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? CAROL? WONDERFUL.
I WILL TRY AND FIND YOU THE LAND CONSULTANT MOTION AND SEND IT TO YOU BECAUSE I DO RECALL THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND THIS WAS AN ADVANTAGE PARTICULARLY TO THE, UM, THE, THE, UH, NOT FOR THE WRONG FOR THE WRONG, THIS AND THAT FOR THE PERFORMANCE, ALL THOSE STUDENTS WERE WOMEN WITH THAT MOTION TAKING PLACE, A LITTLE OF APPLYING IT FOR YOU, IF WHAT HAPPENED THIS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME, LET ME FIND A MOTION AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK, RIGHT.
BECAUSE AM I, AM I CONCERNS IS I REMEMBER WE MADE THAT.
WE MADE THE MOTION WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE HAD OUR STUDENTS, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT WE MADE THIS MOTION AFTER WE LEFT STUDENTS.
AND SO THIS WAS REALLY TO GET BACK THERE.
I, I, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REVISIT AS A BOARD.
WELL, WE CAN LET'S LET'S HAVE, I THINK THE RIGHT THING TO DO PERSONALLY WOULD BE TO BRING IT TO THE FULL BOARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I JUST WANT HIM TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, BRING THIS TO BRING MR. BARRY'S PRESENTATION TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
WHAT ROBIN'S TYPE ALL THAT IS.
YOU BRING THIS TO VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S FINE, MS. FIDRYCH SECOND BY MR. CAMPBELL.
UH, AND SO I GUESS IT'S UNANIMOUS.
I CAN'T THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THAT YOU RENDER TO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DOWN IN BUFORD COUNTY.
DO YOU WANT TO JUST ZOOM THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FULL CONCEPT STARTS THE CLOCK RIGHT AROUND.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING WE HAVE IS THE MAINTENANCE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
I DON'T THINK THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE LOVELY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, UH, AS PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, LONG LEAD TIMES FOR THE VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION RELATED MATERIALS, TO BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE AS A RESULT OF COVID SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, MANAGERS CONTINUE TO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES MINISTRATION TEAM, THE FORUM.
UH, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THREE YELLOW TRAFFIC BYTES, UH, IN THE PROJECT, UH, UPDATES THIS MONTH.
UH, THAT FIGURE IS DOWN FROM THE SIX THAT WE REPORTED LAST MONTH.
THE THREE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT ARE IN THE REPORT ARE ON SLIDE SIX.
THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH BATTERY TREES, HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION, SPECIAL CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERIAL DELAYS.
AND I'LL ALSO ADD QUICKLY THAT WE LEARNED TODAY THAT OSF OFFICE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES NOTIFIED OUR OFFICE, THAT THE INSPECTION FOR BUILDING D THAT'S THE CLASSROOM WING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MAIN CAMPUS HERE THAT THE SCHEDULED OSF INSPECTION WILL NOT OCCUR ON FEBRUARY 16TH.
THEY HAVE NOW THE SCHEDULE IT FEBRUARY 24TH, THEN OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO REOCCUPIED THAT WING SOMETIME THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21ST.
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SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A IMPACT THAT WE'LL POSTPONE REACT TO QUINCY OF THE BY STAFF AND STUDENTS, UH, SLIDE 26, THE YELLOW LIGHT THERE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUDGET APPRENTICE EARNS THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED AND SLIDE 42.THE ADDITION OF THE ATHLETICS THAT YOU FOR HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE ADDITIONAL FIRE DOORS THAT WE SPOKE OF LAST MONTH THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED BASED ON THE OSF INSPECTOR DOORFRAMES HAVE ARRIVED, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TRACK TO THAT.
WHEREAS THE TWO DOOR PANELS ARE, AND AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THOSE, WE'LL GET THEM INSTALLED.
UH, JUMPING FORWARD, A PROJECT CLOSE OUTS, UH, SLIDE 63.
WE ARE NOW REPORTING SEVEN PROJECTS WHERE PROJECT CLOSE OUT TO BEING COMPLETED.
THIS IS UP FROM THE FOUR THAT WAS REPORTED LAST MONTH.
UH, AND THERE'S, WE HAVE SIX PROJECTS THAT ARE YELLOW LIGHT ITSELF.
WE'RE DOWN TO ONE REMAINING ITEM.
THAT ITEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH SOMETHING THAT PREPARED BY THE DESIGNER.
WE HAVE REACHED BACK UP TO THE DESIGNER, TRY TO EXPEDITE THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
UH, WE DO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS PROJECT CLOSE OUTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, ACTUAL REFERENDUM FINANCIAL EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY NOW, TOTAL JUST UNDER $99 MILLION.
UH, I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE REPORT DOES INCLUDE AN UPDATED CASH FLOW MODEL WORKING WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES, MS. TANYA CROSBY HAD A REQUEST THAT NOT ONLY DID SHE RECEIVE INFORMATION FOR THE REFERENCE BACKBONE, BUT ALSO ON THE 8%.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT DETAIL AND THEN ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ACCURATE DATA FOR THE REFERENDUM AND LASTLY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH YESTERDAY, UH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE KNOW THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL REVIEW MEETINGS.
UH, I THINK THAT IT WAS A, UH, MEETING THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO 30 ATTENDEES, UM, LS THREE P THAT IS ON A RECORD.
I FELT THAT A GOOD JOB OF RECAPPING WHAT THEIR STOKE WAS AS WELL AS, UH, CHANGES FROM EXISTING CONDITIONS TO WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL LOOK LIKE AS WELL AS GOOD, UH, VISIONARY RENDERINGS THAT WERE SHARED DURING THE PRESENTATION AND AT THE END, UH, RIGHT AROUND SIX O'CLOCK MEETING LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR.
AND THEN WE OPENED UP FOR Q AND A, AND I THINK WE HAD TWO GOOD QUESTIONS CAME IN AS WELL.
AND I KNOW MS. PROGRAM, YOU WERE AT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING OR ANY COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S SORT OF IT FOR THE, UM, YEAH, IT WASN'T THAT MAYBE IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
UM, I DIDN'T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THE FINAL COST VALUE AND EVERYTHING, OR THE CD DOCUMENTS THAT WE'D DONE BEFORE THAT HERS OR AFTER, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE VALUE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE SCHEDULE.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR ORIGINAL PLAN FOLLOWING THE SIC MEETING WAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND COORDINATE SCHEDULE COMMUNITY MEETING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, BUT TIMING WISE, LIKE ROBERT SAID, IF WE CAN BRING A, THE INFORMATION FOR THE FULL BOARD IN MARCH, THAT WOULD BE THAT THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE SPECIFIC TO THE, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S STILL, THAT THERE'S, WE'RE DELAYED BECAUSE IT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TRACK HAS NOT YET REOPENED IT'S FEBRUARY.
AND I KNOW IT'S COLD WEATHER AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WE NEED A YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
SO AT LEAST THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST DO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SLIDE FIVE.
A FIRE PUMP IS ON A RIDER FOR DENTAL CONTRACTOR WAS MISLED BY FIRE PUMPS.
CAN YOU JUST SAY A LITTLE MORE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I COULD ELABORATE FURTHER.
SOMEBODY BASICALLY TOLD US A STORY AND I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE STORIES THAT OKAY.
CERTAINLY IT DIDN'T SOUND VERY CONTRACT LINE.
UM, SO I TEND JE DUNN IS PLANNING ON SHARING CONTRACT DETAILS PRIOR TO THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHENEVER WE HAVE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, UH, AMENDMENT, ONE OF THE NATURAL STEPS THAT TAKES PLACES FOLLOWING THE AWARD AND EXECUTION OF THAT, THEY DIDN'T GO BACK TO ALL THE VARIOUS VENDORS THAT PROVIDED PROPOSALS.
AND THEN THEY PUT EACH OF THEM UNDER CONTRACT BETWEEN KATIE DUNN AND THAT BANDER FOR THE VARIOUS BID
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PACKAGES THAT ARE WALKING IN.AND WHAT THAT IS IS THAT THEY WOULD JUST WANT YOU TO LET US KNOW THAT THIS, UH, UPDATE ON THE CONTRACT BUYOUT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PASS ALONG TO US BEFORE THE END OF FEBRUARY ITSELF.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT BULLET ON ALL THE OTHER AMENDMENTS AND THINGS WE'VE EVER DONE.
I THINK THE FIRST TIME THAT I PUT IT ON THERE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICAL WITH THE CM AT RISK DELIVERY MODEL.
AND THEN LASTLY, CAN YOU JUST SAY, WHY DID YOU ALMOST HAVE TO RESET? I DO NOT FIND OUT THAT ANSWERING THAT THE MAJOR THEY'RE IN CONTROL IF THEY'RE SCHEDULED IS DON'T TELL US.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THEIR OFFICE TO US AND I WOULD ONLY SPECULATE AND I HATE TO DO THAT.
UM, WHO IS, WHERE DID THEY GET THE BREACHES FROM AND THE DESIGNS AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT STUFF.
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? DESIGNS WERE, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH THE SCHOOL, SO THAT WAS THE DESIGNER OF RECORD.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE GONE FOR THEIR OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S THAT PROCESS LIKE, BECAUSE I HAVE, YES, I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
SO AS FAR AS, UM, ABOUT THE EAGLE, WHAT APRIL WAS WELL NOT SO THE PROCESS IS, UH, WELL, FIRST OFF WE WOULD HAVE ASKED THE SCHOOL FOR WHAT LOGO OR, UH, WHAT THEIR SYMBOL IS THAT THEY'D LIKE US TO USE.
WE'D SEND THAT OFF TO THE BLEACHER SUPPLIER.
THE BLEACHER SUPPLIER THEN WOULD GIVE US A PROOF OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE SCHOOL FOR REVIEW, AND THEY WOULD SIGN OFF ON IT THAT AND GIVE IT TO THE CONTRACTOR.
WE DIDN'T ORDER IT ONCE IT'S ORDERED, YOU KNOW, COME IN.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT THIS IS THE LOGO WHERE IT WAS FEELING OFF.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND VERSION OF THAT LOGO DUE TO THE FIRST ONE, HAD SOME QUALITY ISSUES THAT CAUSED US TO ESTIMATE.
WELL, NOT, NOT THAT I THINK THAT IT CONCERNED ME THAT I THINK THAT SHOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD BECAUSE, WELL, IT'S NOT JUST THE LOGO, THE COLOR, THE BLEACHERS, AND THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THE SCHOOL.
THEN I ATTENDED THE GAME AND I WAS JUST WALKING OUT A SHOT, SOME GREAT.
WE JUST HAVE YOU EVER HAD SCHOOL IS GREEN AND WHITE AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A , THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SITUATION NOW WITH, UH, THE CHANGING OF THE MASCOTS, AS WELL AS THE COLORS OF THE SCHOOL.
AND IT'S A C GRADE BREACHES AND BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT SIT WELL COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST STARTED ACTUALLY COMING FOR SUMMER BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE BOARD, BECAUSE THAT IS THE RECORD.
IT SEEMS TO BE CHANGING THE IDENTITY OF THAT SCHOOL AND THEN THE VALUES THAT CONCERN.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE DONE.
DID YOU MAKE A MOTION TO THE FULL BOARD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THAT TO SUPPORT BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S WAY TOO OPERATIONAL, MINOR DETAILS.
I'M NOT IN TERMS OF LOOKING FOR PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M JUST, I WORRY ABOUT WHAT I AM SAYING THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER, IF IS NO DIFFERENT, IF WE A WEEK, I REMEMBER REMEMBER THIS SAME COMMITTEE RIGHT LAST YEAR, UM, I THINK IT WAS RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY BOARD BOUGHT A, A BACHELOR'S AND HE HAD A SWORD.
AND THIS COMEDIAN AT THAT TIME, WHEN THEY, WHEN SHE WAS SCREAMING WAS ON, AND THEN THE HIGH MAN, WE HAD THIS, THIS COMMITTEE APPROVED AND THEY WENT TO THE FULL BOARD AND THE BOYS, ALL THE LITTLE LINES LIKE THAT, AND THAT WAS CALLED OUT.
AND PEOPLE COULD SAY THAT WAS KIND OF OVER IT.
PEOPLE COULD SAY THAT THAT WAS GOING TO OPERATION LEVEL.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS TAXPAYERS, AS WELL AS WHEN, WHEN WE START, WHEN YOU START TO CHANGE AND ERASE HISTORY, AND THEN WE, THEN WE HAVE TO BE TRY OUT.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THAT NIGHT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT COMMUNITY.
I'M TELLING WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT AFRICAN PHONE CALLS NOW WHAT, THERE MIGHT BE MYSELF AS A GRADUATE OF GROUPER HIGH SCHOOL.
I DO SEE A BIT OF CONCERN WITH THAT.
SO I'M JUST BRINGING IT TO THIS CONVENIENCE AND ASKING WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF NOT MORE THAN SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I CAN KNOW WHEN IT COME, WHEN IT COMES, WHEN IT COME FORWARD,
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SO THAT WAIT, BATHS OUT THERE IN OUR POLICY MANUAL IS BOARD REVIEW SPECIFICALLY.I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR MOTION BECAUSE ABOUT THE BLEACHER COLORS AS WE WANT TO BREAK.
I JUST SAY THE ONE DIFFERENCE WAS RIVER IS, DID NOT HAVE THEY HAD WHAT THEY HAD WAS THEY HAD A SHIELD.
AND SO THEY BROUGHT FORWARD THE CONCEPT OF A NIGHT.
AND SO THEIR SUGGESTION WAS FOR THE MASCOT OF THE NIGHT.
AND THEN THEY DID BRING EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IN THE BOARD HEADING WELL.
AND IT'S IN OUR POLICY THAT WE APPROVED THE MASCOT.
UM, BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, WE CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
IF YOU WANT TO BRING THE CHANGES TO THE PAPER.
I MEAN, I'M STILL, AS I WANT TO STILL EMBRACE, UH, LEARN THAT'S QUESTIONS AND BEFORE I KNEW THAT, AND THEN ALSO I'VE BEEN WELL SO YEAH, I WILL SAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ACTIVELY WELL, WHERE WE'VE BEEN CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE ABOUT THE ISSUES THERE.
SO WE ARE AT, AND IT WAS SO FOR ME, IT WAS SHOCKING WALKING IN AND SEEING THAT HIGH SCHOOL AND DEFINITELY PROBLEM SOLVE.
AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DON'T WE GET DOWN HERE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, AND IT'S CLEAR IT'S TWO MINUTES PAST, UM, IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? AND WE'LL JUST EMAIL ABOUT FUTURE GEN.
WE DIDN'T GET TO LEAST THAT'LL BE FUN IF I CAN DO JUST 30 SECONDS.
SO I GUESS JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES.
WE'RE MAINTENANCE, CALM, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CARDS.
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE BUSINESS THAT WE'RE HAVING MONTHLY AT THE SCHOOLS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
THIS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL HIS SUPERVISORS MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOLS HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS IS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD IN HAVING A GOOD TURNOUT WITH THE PRINCIPAL.
WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK, IT'S BEING PRODUCTIVE.
I THINK WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.