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BODY, IF I COULD HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING OF OCTOBER 22ND, 2024 TO ORDER.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS I MOVE COUNCIL, ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.
ALL IS A FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE SIX TO ZERO.
SO BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, PROCEDURAL ITEMS. UM, IF WE COULD HOLD OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL HE GETS THROUGH EACH SEGMENT THAT HE'S GONNA PRESENT.
SINCE WE ALL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS, UM, IF WE COULD DO THAT.
THERE ARE ARE GONNA BE SOME MOMENTS THROUGHOUT WHERE SEAN WILL ASK US FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM IN OUR PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UM, JUST BE AWARE FOR THAT.
SO, WITH THAT SAID, UM, WHO WANTS TO TAKE OVER? SEAN? ALRIGHT.
UM, AND I'LL BE IN CHARGE UNTIL SOMEONE TELLS ME I DON'T, I CAN'T BE ANYMORE.
HOW'S THAT? UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
MAYOR COUNCIL, TOM MANAGER, UM, TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
UM, I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE, UM, ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, JEFF INGER, OUR, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PROJECTS.
AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE CORRIDORS WHEN WE GET TO THAT SEGMENT.
SO IF YOU JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE TOWN'S ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
UM, AND SO I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
UH, THIS SHOULD BE, UH, INFORMATIVE AND CERTAINLY I WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, ON THE PROJECT, UM, REVIEW PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, TALK ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEM IS ADAPTIVE.
UM, SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF BEFORE AND AFTER RESULTS, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FUNCTIONALITY SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY, UM, ADDITIONAL PROACTIVE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
UM, FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION AND, AND MOVING TO A FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM.
UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, WHERE WE STAND ON THE WINDMILL HARBOR SIGNAL.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ISSUES, CONCERNS, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM COUNCIL OR OTHERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S OUR, WHAT ARE THE METHODS TO CONTACT US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR SYSTEM BACK IN ORDER? UM, AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO IN LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE PROJECT GOALS, WHEN WE SET OUT TO DO THIS, IT WAS PROGRAMMED IN, UM, IN LAST FISCAL YEAR, C UH, CIP.
WE EXECUTED THE PROJECT AND WENT LIVE IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, UH, WE'VE GOT A NEW SYSTEM THAT IS NOT QUITE 1-YEAR-OLD AND, UM, I THINK IT'S PROVIDING SOME BENEFITS AND, AND IS ACHIEVING A LOT OF THESE PROGRAM GOALS.
UM, I MADE A REFERENCE THE OTHER DAY.
UM, IT WAS TRYING, LIKE HAVING A NEWBORN AND EXPECTING THEY COULD SPEAK MANDARIN 10 MONTHS IN, RIGHT? SO IT'S A NEW SYSTEM, UM, THAT SHIFTED FROM A, A STAFF RESOURCE HEAVY WORKLOAD TO A TECHNOLOGY, UH, HEAVY, UM, SYSTEM, UH, RESOURCE.
SO, UM, THE GOALS WERE TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY.
UH, RATHER THAN SET STANDARD TIMING PLANS, UM, THAT ONLY ADJUST EVERY, EVERY SO OFTEN.
UM, THIS, THIS ADJUSTS UP TO FOUR TIMES PER HOUR.
SO MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF SERVICE, UH, THROUGH THE CORRIDOR DURING PEAK HOURS.
AND THEN AGAIN, OFF PEAK ALLOWS STAFF THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM MORE EFFECTIVELY REMOTELY.
WE ALWAYS, WE KEEP SAYING EVERY MEETING, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE DARREN IN A RAINCOAT AT 1:30 AM IN A RAINSTORM OR WHATEVER, UM, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UH, SOME PHOTOS, UH, OF WHAT, WHAT'S IN THERESA MCVAY'S OFFICE.
SHE CAN MONITOR THOSE SIGNALS IN REAL TIME AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FROM HER CELL PHONE OR LAPTOP, UM, AND OTHER, AND A FEW OTHERS CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
SO WE CAN, UM, MANAGE AND MONITOR IT IN REAL TIME.
UM, IT ALSO HAS AN, AN ALARM NOTIFICATION, UM, RELATED TO THE DETECTION AND THE COMMUNICATION OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH PROMPTS US TO KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
AND THEN THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE PART OF A BIGGER ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
UH, BUT IT'S A CRITICAL FIRST STEP, UH, OR CRITICAL.
IT'S A CRITICAL STEP IN HAVING, UM, THIS ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
SO WHAT DOES ADAPTIVE DO AND ADJUST IN REAL TIME, UH, REACTING TO CURRENT CONDITIONS TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
UM, IT DECREASES WAIT TIME AND DELAYS.
UM, IT ALSO HAS SOME ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT ABOUT REDUCING EMISSIONS,
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UM, BY SITTING IN IDLING AT SIGNALS WHEN THERE'S NO, UM, OTHER CALL FOR DEMAND FROM OTHER, FROM OTHER DIRECTIONS, UH, REDUCES CONGESTION, CREATES SMOOTHER TRAFFIC FLOW, REDUCES FUEL CONSUMPTION IF YOU'RE NOT SITTING AND IDLING.UM, REDUCING TRAVEL TIMES OR, UM, CAN REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION AND EFFICIENCY.
UM, AND ALSO INCREASES SAFETY BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
OUR SYSTEM ALSO HELPED TO PRIORITIZE DIFFERENTLY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE VEHICLE DETECTION AT THE SIGNALS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BIKE AND PED DETECTIONS, UM, TO KNOW WHEN THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, IN NEED FOR CROSSING, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S REPRIORITIZED HOW WE, HOW WE VIEW AND HOW WE MANAGE THE WHOLE SYSTEM, NOT JUST FOR VEHICLES.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S, UM, IN THE, IN THE VISUAL I HAVE UP HERE, RIGHT AT SENSORS TRA CENSUS TRAFFIC, IT COMPARES AGAINST THE BASELINE TIMING PLAN FOR THE SIGNAL, ADJUSTS IT IF NECESSARY, AND IT KEEPS REPEATING THAT OVER AND OVER TO MAXIMIZE PERFORMANCE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME BEFORE AND AFTER RESULTS, AND IT'LL SE SEEM A LITTLE TRIVIAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT 36 SECONDS OR 15 SECONDS OR EIGHT SECONDS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE FIRST TWO BULLETS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN, UH, THESE, THESE ARE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC.
IF YOU HAD THOSE TOGETHER, IT'S 51 SECONDS AND EASTBOUND TRAFFIC DURING PEAK HOUR, UM, IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH THAT SEC SECTION ABOUT 216 SECONDS IF YOU WERE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT.
SO A REDUCTION OF 36 SECONDS TO GO THROUGH THAT.
BUT IF YOU TAKE AND CALCULATE THAT SAVINGS TIME, THE TIMES, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT GO THROUGH THAT, THAT SEGMENT IN THE PEAK HOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF DAYS A YEAR, YOU START TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF THIS SYSTEM AND WHAT IT HAS, UH, AS FAR AS PROVIDING BENEFIT AFTER, AFTER THIS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY AND THERE'S, UH, CERTAINLY SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE THAT.
UH, SOME HAS BEEN THE NUMBER OF SERVICE CALLS INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION, UM, CENTER AND THROUGH OUR MY HHI APP.
AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED IN HERE, UM, THAT IN JULY WE HAD 10, MY HHIC CLICK FIX APPS, 13 IN AUGUST.
AND IN SEPTEMBER WE ONLY SAW THREE.
AND I'LL TALK TO SOME, UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE OR TWO ABOUT WHY WE THINK THAT'S, UM, THE CASE.
UH, SO IN AUGUST, WE HAD THE SIGNAL OR THE TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURER HERE FROM GERMANY, ALONG WITH A CONTRACTOR WHO DID THE INSTALLATION TO TAKE NOT TAKE A LOOK, NOT ONLY AT THE, UM, THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT TAKE A LOOK HOW IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE OVERALL SYSTEM AND THE CABINETRY THAT WE HAVE, THE ELECTRICAL, UM, AND THE, AND THE DETECTION THAT IS, UM, VISIBLE ON MASSED ARMS AND POLES.
UM, THEY SPENT ABOUT THREE WEEKS HERE, UM, AND REALLY DID A FULL DIVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING WAS WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, SIGNAL OPERATIONS HAVE IMPROVED, I WOULD SAY, UH, WITH SOME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE SINCE THAT, SINCE THAT VISIT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED OUR GROUNDING, UM, AT THE SIGNAL CABINETS WHERE WE HAD SOME SENSITIVITY FOR ELECTRICAL, UM, ISSUES.
AND SO THAT'S BECOME A LOT MORE, UM, RELIABLE AND WE'VE HAD LESS OUTAGES.
UM, WE'VE ALSO UPDATED THE FIRMWARE AND THE RADAR DETECTION, AND AS LATE AS YESTERDAY, CONTINUING TO ADJUST THE RADAR, UH, DETECTION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN, UH, LEARNING AND ENHANCING AGAIN.
EVENTUALLY WE'LL KNOW HOW TO SPEAK MANDARIN, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE 11 MONTHS IN.
UM, AND I WILL SAY, UM, THAT WAS LATE JULY AND EARLY AUGUST THAT HAPPENED.
WELL, IN THAT PERIOD WE HAD, UM, TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE, AND WE HAD HURRICANE HELENE GO THROUGH, UH, WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT STORMS WINDS.
UM, AND I WAS SAYING HURRICANE HELENE.
UH, WE HAD FOUR SIGNALS THAT WENT INTO FLASH MODE.
THREE OF THEM WERE FIXED VERY QUICKLY, UM, AND THEN ONE WAS FIXED THE NEXT MORNING.
SO, UH, WE HAD POWER OUTAGES ON THE ISLAND.
SO THEY'VE PERFORMED MUCH BETTER, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE A LOT MORE RELIABLE DUE TO THE WORK.
OUR TEAM, JIM, I WANNA THANK JIM THERESA AND THE TEAM FOR, FOR, UM, MAKING THIS A PRIORITY TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO, TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT CALLS SINCE WE'VE GONE LIVE AND, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SOME OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS DON'T GET SHORT GREEN TIMES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UM, THAT WE, THE RADARS, UM, IN,
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UH, DETECTING IN A WAY THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO, TO CONDITIONS AT THAT INTERSECTION.AND SO, UM, ONE EXAMPLE THAT I'LL PROVIDE IS WE GOT CONTACTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, I DUNNO, TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER SCHOOL WENT IN SESSION.
AND, UM, AND THEY SAID THAT AT THE WILBURN ROAD INTERSECTION, THE BUSES WEREN'T GETTING ENOUGH TIME, UH, TO CLEAR THE SIGNAL.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT IT AND THE WAY OUR DETECTION WAS WORKING AND REALIZED THAT THE BUSES BEING MUCH LONGER THAN A NORMAL VEHICLE, UM, THEY, THEY WEREN'T ALLOWING ENOUGH GREEN TIME.
SO OUR TEAM, UH, WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, AND ADJUSTED THE, THE RADAR DETECTION.
AND NOW THAT OPERATION IS MOVING, UM, AS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND WORKING MUCH BETTER.
SO, SO ANYWAY, OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT BASE SIGNAL TIMING PLAN.
UM, WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS FROM 2010, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING THAT BASE SIGNAL TIMING PLAN, UM, BECAUSE WHEN THE SYSTEM RESETS, IT GOES INTO THAT AND THEN ADAPTS FROM IT.
SO MAY, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT BASE TIMING PLAN IS UP, IS UP TO DATE.
NOW THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY IS UP TO DATE, I MENTIONED THE UPDATED SURGE, UH, SURGE EQUIPMENT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE TO MONITOR AND MAKE UPGRADES WHERE WE WE NEED TO.
AND THEN ON THIS IDEA OF THE SIGNALS LOSING POWER, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO INTEGRATE BACKUP BATTERY SYSTEMS AT THESE SIGNALS SO THAT IF WE LOSE POWER, PALMETTO ELECTRIC LOSES POWER, UM, WE CAN MAINTAIN THE SIGNALS AND NOT HAVE THE INTERRUPTION, UM, THAT THAT MAY OCCUR, UM, THAT MAY OCCURRED IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND UPDATE THE FIVE OLDEST CABINETS AND THEN WORK WITH TOWN MANAGER AND TOWN COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TO UPGRADE THE REST.
UH, THIS WAS A, UM, A QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS. UH, FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS DON'T HAVE LIMITATIONS ON BANDWIDTH OR COMPETING COM COMPETITION FOR BANDWIDTH.
AND TOMMY SUNDAY WILL TELL ME THEY'RE LIMITED BY THE EQUIPMENT THAT CONNECTS TO IT, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE, UM, LIKE TRYING TO FILL UP A WATER BALLOON FROM A FIRE HOSE, RIGHT? YOU CAN FILL UP ALL THE WATER BALLOONS YOU WANT, BUT WHATEVER YOU'RE CONNECTING TO THAT HOSE IS GONNA BE THE LIMITATION.
SO FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION, UM, IS CERTAINLY, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE SYSTEM.
IT WOULD PROVIDE MORE CONSISTENCY.
IT WOULD, UM, LEAD TO LESS, UM, OUTAGES AND PROVIDE REDUNDANCY AND INCREASE, UH, THE ABILITY, UM, FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT REAL QUICK.
THE CURRENT SIGNAL SYSTEM OPERATES IN PODS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE.
AND AS WE GET INTO THE FIBER, UM, SYSTEM, IT OPERATES IN PODS AND IT HAS A RADIO COMMUNICATION THAT GOES FROM ONE SET OF PODS TO ANOTHER SET OF PODS, AND IT HAS TO HAVE CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
SO IF THERE ARE TREES IN THE WAY, IT MEANS THAT YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THE TREES ARE TRIMMED BACK REGULARLY SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE INTERRUPTION IN THAT DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT.
AND SO FIBER ELIMINATES THAT NEED, UM, AND, UH, WOULD LIKELY HELP SAVE SOME MONEY.
AND FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT ON THAT SIDE, ON THE LINE OF SIGHT ISSUE.
SO ON THIS MAP, I'M NOT GONNA GO TOO DEEP INTO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TWO SIGNALS ON THE ISLAND ARE IN A POD.
THIS NEXT SYSTEM ARE ON THE HEELS OF POD, POD, POD AND POD.
SO THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.
THEY ALL WORK AS AN ADAPTIVE SIGNALS, BUT THEY WORK AS ADAPTIVE WITHIN THEIR PODS.
THE FIBER CONNECTIVITY ALLOWS US TO LINK THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TOGETHER.
IT, AND IT, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UH, REDUNDANCY THROUGH MORE THAN ONE CONNECTION POINT TO THE WHOLE, TO EACH SEGMENT INTO THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND WOULD PROVIDE A BENEFIT NOT JUST TO THE SIGNAL SYSTEM, BUT TO SOME OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE CONNECTED ALONG THE WAY.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT AND UM, AND WE'VE CHECKED WITH, UM, HARRAY SPARK LIGHT ABOUT A LEASE AGREEMENT, UM, TO RUN THROUGH THEIR FIBER SYSTEM.
AND THEY'VE GIVEN US A, A DISCOUNTED PRICE HERE, ALTHOUGH WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET THIS TO ZERO IF WE CAN.
UM, BUT WE CAN LEASE SPACE, UM, ON THEIR SYSTEM.
IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT.
AND WITH THEIR DISCOUNTED PRICE, IT, IT'S ESTIMATED ABOUT $30,000 PER YEAR.
NOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGY, UM, SAVINGS MIGHT EXIST WITH, WITH, UH, SOME LEASES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFSET THAT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE TOWN MANAGER ABOUT THAT.
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BUT, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S 30,000.UM, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THE TOWN IS ADVANCING THIS OPTION TO CONNECT TO FIBER FOR THE BENEFITS THAT I MENTIONED.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THE ONLY THING THERE I WOULD WANNA UPDATE, UH, THE TOWN MANAGER AND COUNCIL ON, OR THE FINAL, FINAL PRICE.
AND AS IT RELATES TO WINDMILL HARBOR, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, TO REQUEST THE SIGNAL BE PROVIDED TO THE TOWN FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE TOWN SIGNAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND ALSO TO, UM, IMPLEMENT THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, UM, AT THAT LOCATION AND INTEGRATE, UM, INTO THE SYSTEM.
UH, IT WAS IN ADVANCE OF THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE BRIDGE PROJECT AND THE MOA, UM, TO, TO RECEIVE THAT AS A CONDITION OF THE MOA THAT THE TOWN PROVIDED TO BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, THERE WAS, UM, AN EXPECTATION THAT UPON EXECUTION OF THE MOA, THAT THE SIGNAL WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE TOWN ALONG WITH THE, UM, THE FINANCES TO UPGRADE THE SIGNAL, UM, TO UPFIT IT WITH THE TECH, THE ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AS I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MY COUNTERPART AT BUFORT COUNTY, UM, WHO SUPPORTS PROVIDING THE SIGNAL TO THE TOWN AND JUST NEEDS AUTHORIZATION ON THE FINANCIAL PART OF IT IN ORDER FOR IT TO COME IN.
SO WE CONTINUE TO PUSH ON THAT.
AND SEAN, FOR CLARITY, I JUST LOOKED DOWN ON MY CALENDAR.
NOVEMBER 12TH, 9:00 AM WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE MOA AND THE SIGNAL WOULD BE FOR COUNTY.
UM, AS I MENTIONED THE MY HHIC CLICK FIX SERVICE REQUEST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW, UM, FOLKS CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AND, UM, AND REPORT ANY ISSUES WITH THE SYSTEM, NOT JUST FROM A SIGNAL STANDPOINT, BUT ANYTHING WHERE BROKEN FENCE, UH, TREE LIMB DOWN ON THE PATHWAY OR SOMETHING.
BUT MY HHI APP, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR YOUR PHONE.
UM, IT'S A AVAIL AVAILABLE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN REPORT AN ISSUE AND THERE'S CATEGORIES WHEN YOU GO IN THERE.
YOU CAN DO A DROPDOWN, CLICK THE CATEGORY, UM, AND WHEN IT COMES IN AND SHROUDED TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION HERE WITH JIM IKE, OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGER.
JIM'S SITTING BEHIND, UH, COUNCIL BACK THERE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH HIS TEAM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL HOTLINE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES YOU CAN REACH OUT AND, UM, AND OUR TEAM IS VERY RESPONSIVE, AGAIN, WITH THAT REMOTE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.
SO NOW I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU, YOU HAVE ON THIS.
SO I'LL START TO MY LEFT, MR. STANFORD, ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, MY COMMENT WOULD BE RIDING DOWN ROUTINELY FROM HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.
I'VE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
UH, NORMALLY I ONLY HAVE TO STOP ONCE AND THAT THAT'S A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
'CAUSE IT USED TO BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
UM, HOW MANY SIGNALS DO WE HAVE? WE CURRENTLY HAVE 25 SIGNALS WHEN MILL HARBOR WOULD BE NUMBER 26 IF ADDED.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY ADJUST FOUR TIMES AN HOUR, AND YOU ALSO SAID THEY ADJUST CONDITIONS WARRANT, WHICH IS IT? CORRECT.
AND, UH, SO THEY, WHEN THE SYSTEM GOES COMPLETELY ADAPTIVE, THAT THAT INTERVAL WILL TAKE ON THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND ADJUST, UH, MORE REAL TIME.
RIGHT NOW IT'S SET TO ADJUST UP TO FOUR, WELL, FOUR TIMES PER HOUR.
SO IT ASSESSES THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND ADJUST.
UM, SO FOUR TIMES 24 96, IS THAT RIGHT? 96 TIMES PER DAY.
UM, YOU'RE SAYING WHEN WE GET THE FIBER OPTIC INSTALLED, IT'LL BE MORE INTERACTIVE.
UM, I ENCOURAGE US TO KEEP IMPROVING IT.
UM, WE WENT OVER THIS YESTERDAY, SO I THINK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN ANSWERED.
UM, I DO WANT TO, UM, PUSH ON THE IDEA THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY, NOT ONLY IN THE MOA EXPECTATIONS, UM, THAT WERE SET FORTH, UM, A FEW MONTHS BACK WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE BRIDGE, BUT PREVIOUS TO THAT THEY HAD ALSO, UM, AGREED TO INTEGRATE THE WINDMILL HARBOR LIGHT.
AND SO THIS IS WELL LONG OVERDUE.
UM, SO NOVEMBER 12TH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND GOOD LUCK.
AND IF YOU NEED
WE'VE BEEN WAITING AND, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING, IT'S IT'S THAT EVERYBODY WHO CROSSES THROUGH FROM MOSS CREEK, FROM THE OTHER SIDE IN BLUFFTON TO HILTON HEAD HAS
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BEEN WAITING AND, UM, WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THEIR DAILY COMMUTES.SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY ANECDOTALLY, UM, WHILE YES, THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS, I STILL HEAR A LOT OF, UM, ISSUES WITH REGARD TO HOW THE LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONING, BUT ONCE THE FIBER OPTICS GOES IN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL ISSUES COMING AND I THINK THERE'LL BE MR. JAMES.
UM, IF THE BRIDGE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN 5, 6, 7, 8 YEARS, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, WE HAVE, UH, A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE'RE STILL RELYING ON TWO LANES ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
IF WE'RE TALKING SIGNALS, DOES IT NOT MAKE SENSE FOR THE MOSS CREEK, UH, MOSS CREEK SIGNAL TO BE INTEGRATED SO THAT IT CAN REGULATE THE NUMBER OF CARS COMING ONTO THAT TWO LANE ROAD AT CRITICAL TIMES OF THIS YEAR? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE TO COME UP WITH INTERIM SOLUTIONS DURING THOSE 5, 6, 7, 8 YEARS, AND THIS MAY BE ONE OF THEM.
AND, UM, THANK YOU TO MR. COLEN, AND ESPECIALLY THANKS TO THE TEAM WORKING ON THE SYSTEM.
I APPRECIATE, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THE TERM CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO.
UM, AND I, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CRITICISM IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT, SO I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE THIS UPDATE AND TO SHOW HOW, UH, IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED.
UM, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A, A LOT OF STAFF THAT, UH, THAT, UH, MANAGES THE SYSTEM.
AND SO A QUESTION ALWAYS IS, IS THERE MORE, UM, HELP NEEDED, UM, TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM? UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD POSED EARLIER.
UM, I DON'T EXPECT A COUPLE OF FOLKS THERE TO SIT BY THEIR COMPUTERS OR THEIR PHONES TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.
UM, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE CHALLENGES, UH, IN THOSE HOURS THAT ARE AFTER NORMAL WORK HOURS.
SO I, I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL TO FIND OUT ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, THE MEASUREMENTS.
YOU KNOW, FOLKS WILL BE CRITICAL ABOUT ONLY, ONLY SAVE SO MANY SECONDS, BUT I THINK POINTING OUT THE OTHER KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEASURE IMPROVED SAFETY FLOW, SORRY, IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, UM, OR IMPROVE SAFETY.
UM, SO IF, IF THERE'S SOME OTHER MEASUREMENTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU MEASURE HOW EFFECTIVE A SYSTEM LIKE THIS IS, BUT MAYBE LOOK AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
UM, THE, UM, I, I, I LEARNED, UM, IN PREPARING FOR THIS WORKSHOP TODAY IN MEETING WITH STAFF THAT, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE CAMERAS, BUT THEN I KEPT SEEING THIS PAGE ABOUT, OR A COUPLE OF PAGES ABOUT RADAR, UM, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL IT'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO, UH, CONVEY INFORMATION.
UM, SO CAMERAS PLUS RADAR IS REALLY WHAT THE SYSTEM IS ABOUT.
AND NOW, UM, THE INTERCONNECTIVITY IS IMPORTANT.
UM, SO I, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FOLKS ARE GONNA HAVE WITH USING A FIBER SYSTEM THROUGH, UH, SPARK LIGHT, FORMERLY HAR GRAY, IS THE RECENT, UH, CHALLENGE THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY HAD WITH THEIR FIBER SYSTEM.
UM, SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO SAY WHAT IS THE BACKUP IF THE FIBER SYSTEM FAILS, UM, IF THAT INTERNET SYSTEM FAILS.
UM, THEN, UM, QUESTION WAS HERE, UM, UH, IMPROVING DURING COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, DURING CRESCENDO, NOW WE'RE HAVING SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, I WAS AT THE SYMPHONY, UM, AT FIRST PRE THAT WAS MOVED TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FROM OUTDOORS ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, JUST GOING, UH, THE STOPLIGHT THERE AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BETWEEN THAT AND THE FIRE STATION, UM, YOU DID HAVE TO SIT THERE A WHILE
UM, SO, UM, FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO THAT.
THE OTHER TIME THAT I NOTICED A CHALLENGE WITH THE SYSTEM WAS THE ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER, UH, WE HAD ADJUSTED OUR, OUR, UH, SIGNALS FOR THAT SPECIAL EVENT.
I SEE IT IN THE LIST OF THINGS TO ADDRESS.
UM, AND CERTAINLY THE EVENTS AT LOW COUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK, THAT SIGNAL AT LAGOON ROAD, UM, GETTING TRAFFIC IN AND OUT, ESPECIALLY OUT.
UM, SO I WANNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
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UM, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON WINDMILL HARBOR.IT'S A LOT OF TIME GONE BY SINCE THAT REQUEST WAS SENT, SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S A MEETING SCHEDULED.
UM, AND ALSO WITH THE MOA, BUT CERTAINLY THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS IN FOLKS SEEING HOW WELL OUR SYSTEM IS WORKING.
SO I'M GLAD WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY LIST OF NOTES AND COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE, MR. BROWN.
UM, FIRST I, I WANNA JUST COMMEND EVERYONE ON THIS EFFORT BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
I REMEMBER GETTING POINTS ON OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS JUST TO TELL US HOW MANY CALLS WE'RE TURNING, RIGHT? HOW MANY CALLS WE'RE TURNING LEFT, AND NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADAPT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE.
UM, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, IS THE SYSTEM SORT OF RELATIVE TO OUR CELL PHONES WHERE EVERY YEAR THERE'S A NEW ONE COMING OUT AND
UM, BUT I'M JUST SORT OF PLANTING A SEED WITH COUNCIL HERE.
THIS MAY BE A BIGGER CONVERSATION.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S FEDERAL MONIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS THEIR CONCERN ABOUT FIBER CON CONNECTIVITY ISLAND WIDE, RIGHT? SO, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THE PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING, YOU KNOW, GREAT COVERAGE ON THE ISLAND.
THAT SORT OF REMINDS ME OF WHEN WE HAD THE CELL PHONE TOWER TASK FORCE YEARS AGO TO, TO GET BETTER COVERAGE HERE ON HILTON HEAD.
UM, BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS SYSTEM TO WORK EFFECTIVELY, UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED THAT FIBER CONNECTIVITY.
SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.
AND I, I THINK THE LAST, UH, SORT OF QUESTION, UM, THAT BO HAD FOR US WAS ABOUT THE BACKUP SITUATION.
UM, AS FAR AS POWER OUTAGE IS CONCERNED, I SUPPORT THAT, BUT I ALSO, UM, ARE THINKING ON THE SAME LINES AS COUNCILMAN BRYSON AS FAR AS BACKUP WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AS WELL.
WANNA FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, MATTER OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
STATED THAT COMMENTS COMING THROUGH MY HHI HAVE BEEN DECLINING.
UH, ASSUME YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION AS TO WHERE THERE MAY BE DEEP OR THERE MAY BE ITEMS ITEM.
HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT OF FINDING OUT WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE? SO, JUMP IN.
UM, SO THE, MY HHI APP, UM, INCLUDES A GEOCODING, SO YOU CAN PUT IN EXACTLY WHAT LOCATION, THERE'S A DOWN LIMB OR WHICH SIGNAL, UM, IS NOT FUNCTIONING, UH, PROPERLY.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S ALL TRACKED AND MANAGED TO UNDERSTAND.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND WHICH SIGNALS MAY HAVE HAD MORE ISSUES THAN, THAN OTHERS.
AND SO, UH, WE CERTAINLY, UH, ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE TO ADJUST THAT ACCORDINGLY.
MY PRI PRIMARY QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT MY HHI, IT'S ABOUT HOW OTHERWISE YOU FIND OUT ABOUT AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT.
YEAH, WE HAVE A HOTLINE, UM, THAT FOLKS CAN CALL.
THERE'S, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION.
YOU CAN GO THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
UM, JIM JIM'S LISTED AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT, SO YOU CAN CON YOU CAN CONTACT HIM.
UM, ANYTHING THAT COMES IN, IT'LL, IT'LL ROUTE THROUGH OUR SYSTEM AND OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PRO, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER, JOHN JURY, AND THEN THEY'RE LINKED UP, UM, DIRECTLY TO THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH OVERSIGHT.
DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD TELLS YOU THEIR BUSES CAN'T GET THROUGH IE SOMEBODY'S ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE TOWN? YES, SIR.
ABSENT THAT SITUATION, HOW DO YOU FIND OUT ABOUT WHERE THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE? WELL, ONE, OUR TEAM'S ALWAYS ASSESSING OUR SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, BUT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE DID GET A CONTACT FROM THEIR FACILITIES OPERATIONS DIRECTOR TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE THERE AND COULD WE LOOK INTO ADJUSTMENTS AT THAT SIGNAL? AND I, I'LL HELP WITH THIS TOO 'CAUSE I, I THINK THE, THE QUESTION IS SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL US, AND THE ONE WAY WE KNOW IS THE SCHOOL OR SOMEBODY DRIVING ON THE ROAD TELLS US THAT, I'LL SAY ANOTHER WAY.
I GOT AN EMAIL FROM, FROM JIM THE OTHER DAY.
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SOME NOTES? HE SAID, WELL, I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 3:30 AM WITH THERESA, AND WE DID AN ISLAND DRIVE THROUGH TO CHECK SIGNALS POST STORM 3:30 AM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HEARING THAT THERE ARE ISSUES AT THOSE TIMES OF NIGHT, RIGHT? THE LIGHT WOULD TURN RED OR GREEN ON YOU AND THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY SIDE CONNECT TRAFFIC.AND THEY'RE, AND THEY DRIVE THROUGH.
SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY DRIVING AND, AND THEY'RE ALSO ASSESSING THE SYSTEM TOO.
SO IT, IT'S DEFINITELY AT ALL ANGLES.
SO THAT, THAT WAS THE INFORMATION I WAS LOOKING FOR, NOT WHEN JIM IS UP AT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
I JUST THREW THAT IN BECAUSE JIM'S IN THE ROOM.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MS. BRYSON BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, EVENT MANAGEMENT AND, AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE WHENEVER THERE'S AN EVENT, WHEN A PERMIT IS ISSUED, IT IS, IS RELAYED TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING UP AND THEY KNOW HOW TO FLUSH OUT, YOU KNOW, THESE EVENTS AS THEY, AS THEY START TO CLOSE FOR THE AFTERNOON OR THE EVENING.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GOES MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, THE EMISSIONS.
UM, AS WE TRY TO, TO REDUCE THE IMPACT IN OUR, YOU KNOW, OVERALL NATURE, UM, HAVING CARS MOVE BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY WILL HELP OUT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE GOES BACK TO THE REDUNDANCY SIDE.
AND NOT ONLY FROM THE, UM, CONNECTIVITY, BUT ALSO FROM THE HUMAN CAPITAL SIDE.
UM, WHO ELSE? UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN IT, THREE PEOPLE IN THAT, IN THAT DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHO ELSE, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO BE THERE AT, AT THOSE LATE HOURS, YOU KNOW, IS IT FIRE AND RESCUE? SOMEBODY COULD BE CROSS-TRAINED.
UM, BUT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMS ARE ALWAYS UP AND RUNNING, THEY'RE BEING, BEING ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD LOOK AT IN, IN A, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTIVITY SIDE.
SO ANY RESPONSES BACK TO US? GO AHEAD, DAVID.
UM, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY AT STOP LIGHTS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THIS POINT TO ACTUALLY BE PHOTOGRAPHING CARS.
GOOD QUE I MEAN, I, I KNOW WE HAVE VID, WE HAVE VIDEO, UH, SOME SIGNALS WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M HEADED IS, UM, AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY CARS ONLY HAVE ONE PASSENGER COMING ON TO THE ISLAND.
THAT'S JUST A DATA POINT THAT OVER TIME MIGHT VALUABLE.
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD INTEGRATE INTO OUR ANNUAL TRAFFIC COUNTS.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND, UM, AN OCCUPANCY COMPONENT, NOT JUST THE VOLUME OF CARS OR VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSES THAT YOU WANNA PROVIDE BACK? YEAH, I MEAN, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF URGENCY ON THE MINIMAL HARBOR SIGNAL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY IS STILL WAY TOO LATE TO GET IT.
UM, IT WAS, AS COUNCILMAN BECKER MENTIONED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 2021 THAT THAT SIGNAL BE UPGRADED AS THE WHAT AS THE PROJECT ADVANCED.
UM, I WILL SAY COUNCIL AND THEIR WISDOM DID IDENTIFY MOSS CREEK AND THE BUCKINGHAM LANDING LIGHT ON THE PARKWAY, UH, TO LOOK AT HOW THOSE SIGNALS INTEGRATE INTO, UH, THE MAJOR CORRIDOR.
AND I DO AGREE THAT THOSE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ADAPTIVE UPGRADE IN THE SHORTER TERM, NOT JUST WITH THE PROJECT, JOHN.
SO WHAT IS THE ACTION ON THE PART OF COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY? I, I THINK, UH, WE COULD MAKE THAT REQUEST TO THE COUNTY IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL DESIRED.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU, UH, ON THE STAFFING AND THE RESOURCE, UH, QUESTION.
UM, AND OTHER MEASUREMENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM.
UM, WE'LL LOOK AT BACKUPS OF THE, IF FIBER SYSTEM FAILS.
TOMMY, OUR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, TOMMY SUNDAY, CAN GIVE SOME MORNING EVERYONE, UH, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE FIBER CONNECTIVITY.
SO WHEN YOU THINK OF FIBER, IT'S NOT JUST ALWAYS INTERNET.
SO WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS USING WHAT'S CALLED DARK FIBER.
SO IT'S ONLY BASICALLY CONNECTING POINT A TO POINT B OR POINT B TO POINT C.
SO IT'S CURRENTLY THE WAY WE HAVE OUR TOWN, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP, WE USE DARK FIBER BETWEEN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS FOR YOU TO GET OUT TO THE INTERNET.
WE USE HAR GRAY SPARK LIGHT, WE USE SPECTRUM, WE HAVE A CRADLE POINT, WHICH IS CELLULAR MOTOR, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A STARLINK SATELLITE.
SO WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO GET OUT TO THE INTERNET FOR THE, FOR, UH,
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THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER THROUGH THE SOFTWARE.AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE DARK FIBER WOULD GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE MORE OF A RELIABLE CONNECTION, JUST LIKE SEAN HAD MENTIONED.
AND THEN WE WOULD KEEP THE POINT TO POINT SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AS A FAILOVER FOR THAT FIBER CONNECTIVITY.
FIBER, I ASSUME YOU MEAN UNUSED? YES, SO IT IS CALLED DARK FIBER BECAUSE THE ONLY TIME IT'S USED IS IT'S DIRECTLY DEDICATED TO US.
SO OUR EQUIPMENT LIGHTS UP THE FIBER.
SO, UH, WE WOULD HAVE A NETWORK SWITCH AT EACH LOCATION, WHICH WE ALREADY DO WITH A POINT-TO-POINT SYSTEM.
WE'LL JUST ADD A FIBER ADAPTER TO CONNECT TO THAT NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND THEN THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD USE THE EXISTING POINT-TO-POINT SYSTEM AS OUR FAILOVER ALSO.
AND MY SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS ABOUT, UM, LOOKING TO RAISE EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT OF SPARK LIGHT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS HARRAY.
MAY UH, I HEAR THE REDUNDANCY
WE DID AN RFP, UH, ROUGHLY 18 MONTHS AGO NOW FOR, UH, LEASING DARK FIBER.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, HARD GRAY SPARK LIGHT ONE NAP, UH, THAT BID.
SO THAT WAS THE THOUGHT IS TO CONTINUE USING THEM.
WE GOT SOME ROUGH ESTIMATES FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, LAYING OUR OWN FIBER IN THE GROUND.
UH, IT WAS ANYWHERE FROM A MILLION AND A HALF TO $2 MILLION.
AND THEN ALSO THE, THE DELAY WOULD BE THE PERMITTING, THE CONSTRUCTION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AT $30,000 A YEAR, YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS 25 YEARS FROM NOW.
SO, UH, YOU AND I, BY THEN THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR WILL BE FLYING AROUND OR SOMETHING.
WITH THE MAJOR OUTAGE THAT HARGER EXPERIENCED WITH THE WIRE BEING CUT, WOULD THAT HAVE AFFECTED OUR TRAFFIC SYSTEM IF ON THE DARK FIBER, NO.
SO LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT JUST PROVIDES THE CONNECTIVITY IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, THAT IS, THAT IS A LOCAL CONNECTION THAT THAT IS NOT AFFECTED BY OUTSOURCE OFF SOURCE, OFF PREMISE.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR REDUNDANCY FOR OUR INTERNET PIPES COME IN.
YOU DON'T NEED REDUNDANCY FOR DARK FIBER.
WELL, YOU, WE WOULD HAVE THE DARK FIBER AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A POINT TO POINT THE EXISTING SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE IS OUR REDUNDANCY.
AND THEN THE POINT TO POINT WOULD BECOME OUR REDUNDANCY.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM WOULD BE THE BACKUP.
AND THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SITUATION, IF A TRUCK HIT A TRAFFIC CABINET BROKE THE FIBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE THE POINT TO POINT SYSTEM HAS THE FAILOVER.
UH, THE NEXT THING IS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT.
WE ADJUST FOR LARGE, UM, AND ABOUT CERTAIN LOCATIONS, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PERMIT PROBABLY, PROBABLY SO, SO ON CAMERA.
SO, UM, THE GOOD NEWS THAT OUR TEAM, TEAM GENERAL, WE WILL GET ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND, UH, YEAH, IF WE ONLY HAD A REMOTE TO TURN THAT ON AND OFF.
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THE TOMMY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER ON THE TECHNOLOGY LIMITATIONS.UM, GREAT COMMENT ABOUT GRANTS FOR FIBER, UM, WHETHER IT'S TO SUPPORT A TOWN INITIATIVE OR, UM, TO MAKE, UH, INTERNET AND FI FIBER CONNECTIVITY MORE AVAILABLE ISLAND WIDE AND CERTAINLY COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
AND THEN THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE COMMENT ABOUT SUPPORTING THE BATTERY BACKUPS, UM, AS WE LOOK AT WAYS TO, UM, MINIMIZE OUTAGES OR ANY KIND OF INTERRUPTIONS, UH, IN OUR SERVICE.
UH, THERE, UH, MAYOR, GREAT COMMENT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
YEAH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF IMPACTS, UM, ABOUT HAVING A MORE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AGAIN, FOR BIKE PAD AND VEHICLES.
UM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS GO BEYOND JUST EMISSION SAVINGS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, REDUNDANCY FROM A, UH, SYSTEM STANDPOINT AND THEN A STAFFING STANDPOINT.
I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT WEARING OUT JIM, THERESA, AND OTHERS AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
UM, I THINK I COVERED MOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LANTERN PARADE COMING UP, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC FOR THAT AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHERE TO PARK AND WHERE TO SHUTTLE, ET CETERA.
UH, MAYBE THINK ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT, UM, THE SIGNAL SYSTEM.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT VERB YOU USED TO DESCRIBE MANAGED
SO PLEASE BE PATIENT, UH, SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, IS DISCUSSION OF THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CORRIDORS PLAN.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY TO COUNCIL, WHAT I WOULD CALL THE PAN, THE PATTERN OR STANDARDS BOOK, WHICH LOOKED AT INTERSECTION TREATMENTS, UM, AND OPPORTUNITIES PATHWAYS, UH, CROSS SECTIONS OF ROADS, UM, WAYS TO ENHANCE, UM, BIKE PATTERN AND VEHICULAR SAFETY AND OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM.
THE THE FIRST SEGMENT I'M GONNA COVER THOUGH, WITHIN THAT, UM, IS REALLY AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE CALL THE NORTHRIDGE AREA OR SEGMENT THREE, SORRY FOR SO MANY NAMES, BUT REALLY RUNS FROM BEAT CITY ROAD TO DILLON ROAD.
UH, WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION, UM, UM, TO, TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AND WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE, WELL WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ADVANCING IN, UH, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE, UH, CURRENTLY ACTIVE ON.
AND SO, UH, I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER LOCATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHAT BROUGHT US HERE, EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN SCOPE FUNDING SCHEDULE.
AND THEN IT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THAT THIS PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, FROM A LOCATION STANDPOINT ON THE, ON THE SLIDE HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE IS, UM, JUST PAST THE INTERSECTION OF BEE CITY ROAD AND WILLIAM MILTON PARKWAY.
IT'S GOT GARDNER DRIVE ON THE, UH, OPPOSITE SIDE OF BEAT CITY ROAD.
UM, AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE NORTHRIDGE SECTION.
'CAUSE THIS IS NORTHRIDGE PLAZA SEA TURTLE MARKETPLACE.
UM, THAT INCLUDES, UM, MATTHEWS DRIVE INTERSECTION, UM, AND THEN THROUGH TO THE DILLON ROAD INTERSECTION.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THE OTHER SIDE IS PLAZA DRIVE TO, TO PORT ROYAL PLAZA.
UM, IS LOOKS AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT, THAT RECTANGLE ON THE SCREEN WITHIN THAT EXTENT.
SO, JUST A REMINDER THAT TOWN COUNCIL HAD PRIORITIZED SE THE SEGMENT THREE OF THE NORTHRIDGE AREA PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT HAD THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY, UH, OF INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING BIKE AND PEDS, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, MOTOR VEHICLES.
UM, AND WHAT WE LOOKED, LOOKED AT THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT WAS SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA CURRENTLY IS POSTED AT 45 MILES AN HOUR, BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THROUGH THERE AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE OF SPEED.
UM, THERE'S INCONSISTENT INTERSECTION PAYMENT MARKINGS, CROSSING ANGLES, SIGNAGE, UM, AND LACK OF MEDIAN PLANNINGS IN THAT SECTION, WHICH DOESN'T DETER ANYONE FROM, OR DOESN'T, UM, MOVE ANYONE TO CROSS AT A SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION WHERE THEY SHOULD BE CROSSING, UH, OR AT A SIGNALIZE UH, CROSSWALK, BUT WHAT, BUT CROSSING ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT SEGMENT.
UM, AND SO THIS, THESE AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED, UH, FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
SO AGAIN, EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE SPEED LIMIT THERE IS POSTED AT 45.
I'D SAY ACTUAL SPEEDS PROBABLY MOVE IN EXCESS OF THAT REGULARLY.
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THERE'S THREE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THIS, UH, SECTION.UH, AGAIN, AT BEACH CITY, MATTHEWS AND DI, THERE ARE TWO UNSIGNED INTERSECTIONS WITH DIFFERING TREATMENTS.
ONE AT THE NORTH RIDGE ENTRANCE AND ONE AT PALMETTO PARKWAY.
UM, THERE'S NO PATHWAY LIGHTING AND THERE'S CERTAINLY INCONSISTENT PATHWAY, UH, SIGNAGE.
AND SO, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, UM, I ADDED THIS SPECIFICALLY TO SHOW HERE ARE THE MAIN INTERSECTIONS AND CROSSINGS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE SECTION.
ON THE TOP LEFT BEACH CITY ROAD INTERSECTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE CROSS UH, CROSSWALK OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL THREE ARE DIFFERENT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE PROBABLY SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE, BUT WE'VE GOT A DIFFERENT COLOR AND MATERIAL HERE.
WE'VE GOT THE CON CONTINENTAL, WHICH COUNCIL SUPPORTED PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SECTION.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, WHAT'S THIS CALLED, LADDER, LADDER PATTERN WITH JUST THE TWO WHITE LINES.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERING IN ENG UH, ANGLES.
YOU GO TO MATTHEWS DRIVE AND YOU HAVE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT CROSSWALK STRIPING, ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY FADED AND NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ANGLES AT MATTHEWS WHEN YOU GO INTO PALMETTO PARKWAY AND NORTHRIDGE INTERSECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS AT ALL OF THESE CROSSINGS, UM, AND SORT OF THE, THE WEIRD ANGLES THAT COULD BE STRAIGHTENED, THAT SHOULD BE STRAIGHTENED UP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PROJECT HERE.
AND THEN AT DILLON ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CROSSWALK PURPOSEFULLY ANGLES, UM, TO GO AROUND THE MEDIUM NOSE RATHER THAN PROVIDE A, A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, I HOPE THE NEED TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND SOME CONFIDENCE THAT BIKE PAD AND, UH, AND MOTOR VEHICLE, UH, UH, OPERATION MOTOR VEHICLES ARE, UH, UNDERSTAND THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THESE INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO, JUST ANOTHER SLIDE HERE ON EXISTING CONDITIONS, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS, UM, THAT THE INTERSECT, UH, UNSIGNED AT NORTHRIDGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CROSSWALK PATTERN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CROSSING SIGN IS IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THIS ONE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME, WELL, WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE TO CROSS THERE RATHER THAN THE CROSSWALK, AND IT'S CERTAINLY TOO LATE FOR SOMEONE DRIVING A VEHICLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM ONE, WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THREE MAIN MEDIAN SECTIONS IN THIS AREA, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT.
THERE IS NO PHYSICAL BARRIER OR DETERRENT, UH, FOR FOLKS THAT CROSS ONE ACROSS ANYWHERE IN THIS SECTION TO DO SO.
AND SO ADDING MEDIA PLANTINGS, WHICH WAS, UH, SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL IN OUR LAST DISCUSSION, UH, ARE PART OF THIS.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS.
WE'VE HAD TO COORDINATE WITH S-C-D-O-T AS THEY OWN THE ROAD.
AND, UM, UH, AND WE'VE SUBMITTED ENCROACHMENT PERMITS AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING, UH, A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS, UM, PERMITTED AND TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT.
UH, ONE IS THAT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THIS SECTION WILL BE REDUCED FROM 45 DOWN TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, AND WE'VE JUST ASKED S-C-D-O-D TO PROVIDE US ADVANCED TIMING WHEN THAT, WHEN THOSE, WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE REPOSTED SO THAT WE CAN NOTIFY THE PUBLIC.
UH, IT'LL BE RETRIP AND REALIGNING THE CROSSWALKS, UM, THAT I HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO.
UM, INTER INTERSECTION PAVEMENT MARKINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONDITIONS THERE, UM, YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE AND, UM, CONSISTENCY IN THOSE CONDITIONS.
INSTALL TWO, UM, RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS, RF BS IN TWO LOCATIONS.
AND OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE, IN THE NORTHRIDGE AREA.
UH, WE HAVE BLACK POLES, BUT, UH, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE BASICALLY IN THE DAY.
AND THEN WHEN ACT WHEN ACTUATED AT NIGHT, UH, THEY'LL FLASH AND, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARNING TO MOTORISTS THAT THERE'S SOME ACTIVITY, UM, TO EXPECT IN THE CROSSWALK.
UM, MORE CONSISTENT SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR, BOTH FOR THE ROADWAY AND ALONG THE PATHWAYS.
WE WILL REPAIR ANY DEFICIENCIES IN THE, IN THE ROADWAYS AND PATHWAYS IN THIS SEGMENT.
INSTALL PLANTINGS IN THE MEDIANS.
UM, AND OTHER THAN A REQUIRED, UM, GRASS LAWN AROUND THE EDGE OF THE, UH, MEDIAN, THERE'LL BE, UM, A VERY FULL LANDSCAPE PLANT, UH, PLANTING WITHIN THE MEDIANS TO, TO DETER CROSSINGS AT THESE UNCONTROLLED, UH, LOCATIONS.
UM, ENHANCED LANDSCAPING ALONG THE OUTSIDE AS WELL.
SO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PATHWAYS, WE'LL DO SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANUP AND, UM, ENHANCEMENTS ALONG THE OUTSIDE THERE AS WELL.
UM, INSTALL A DA COMPLIANT TREATMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
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I THINK I JUMPED PAST ONE.INSTALL BOLLARD LIGHTING, UM, ALONG OUR PATHWAYS TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY.
ONE, IF YOU'RE USING A PATHWAY, THE LIGHTS WILL HELP GUIDE YOU RIGHT TO A CROSSING, UM, AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT LIGHTING.
AND IT'LL ALSO, NUMBER TWO, UM, HELP MOTORISTS MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ACTIVITY ALONG THOSE PATHWAYS, UM, BY HELPING TO TO INCREASE VISIBILITY THERE.
UH, UPLIGHTING AT THE THREE MAIN INTERSECTIONS AT THE CORNERS OF THE THREE MAIN INTERSECTIONS, UH, TO HELP WITH VISIBILITY IN THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS, AS I MENTIONED, A DA COMPLIANCE, UM, IMPROVING OUR PATHWAY KIOSKS AT BEACH CITY, AT MATTHEWS DRIVE IN DILLON.
UH, AND THEN THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT SIGN, UM, AS YOU GO ON THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION, UM, SLIGHTLY BEFORE BEACH CITY ROAD THAT WE WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, THAT I THINK ARE A LITTLE, UM, OVERDUE.
UH, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH ASKING, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY TO CONSIDER, UM, UTILIZING IMPACT FEE FUNDS THAT WE PAY IN, UH, TOWARD SOME SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS HERE.
AND COUNCIL SUPPORTED, UH, TOM MANAGER EXECUTING AN MOA ON THAT.
SO THAT'LL PAY FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN IN OUR CIP WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UM, PROJECTS TO INCLUDE, UM, INTERSECTION AND, AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS, UH, LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL FUND THE BALANCE OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY ADVANCING THE PROJECT, WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE IN JANUARY.
UM, AND THEN THE PROJECT CLOSE OUT TO BE IN FEBRUARY.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS PROJECT.
OKAY, MS. BECKER, I'LL START WITH YOU.
UM, UM, WHEN IS, IS THERE AN EXPECTATION ON WHEN THEY WILL BE MAKING THE POST THAT IT'S NOW 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THOSE NEW SIGNS ARE GOING UP? THE SIGN WAS GOING UP TODAY AS I WAS ON MY WAY HERE.
OH, WELL, YEAH, WHETHER THAT'S GONNA BE COVERED OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS, HE WAS PUTTING IT UP.
WELL, I'VE ASKED JIM'S, SHAKING THE HEAD IN THE BACKGROUND, WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED LIKE AT LEAST THREE TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE THEY GO LIVE WITH A NEW SPEED LIMIT THAT THEY PROVIDE US ADVANCED NOTICE SO WE CAN MESS MESSAGE THAT.
SO I KNOW JIM'S GONNA CHECK ON THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T JUST POP UP 40 MILE AN HOUR SIGNS BEFORE THIS MEETING IS OVER AND, UH, GET, GET CAUGHT FLATFOOTED.
WELL, THANK YOU JIM, FOR DOING THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, DO WE HAVE PLANS TO, FOR NOT THAT, 'CAUSE AS YOU SAID, WE ALL KNOW THAT FOLKS REALLY DON'T PAY TOO CLOSE ATTENTION TO OUR POSTED, UM, SPEED LIMITS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT'S ANOTHER MATTER, BUT, UM, DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN FOR LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT HAS CHANGED FROM 45 TO 40 IN ADVANCE OF WHEN IT DROPS TO 40? SO THAT'S EXACTLY THE RE THE REASON THAT WE ASKED FOR SOME ADVANCE NOTICE SO THAT WE COULD MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT THIS CHANGE WAS COMING AND TO BE AWARE OF, BUT THERE WASN'T, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE ROADWAY, NOT JUST SOMETHING OH, SIGN THAT REDUCE SPEED AHEAD.
AND AGAIN, IT'S THE DOT, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP REQUESTING AND ASKING.
UM, I'LL JUST REITERATE MY CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE CROSSWALKS.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE CONTINUE TO THINK THAT IT'S IN ANY WAY SHAPE SAFE TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CROSS 2 78 AS IT IS UNTIL WE GET TO AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN CREATE A PARKWAY AND REALLY GET THE FEEL OF A, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE CENTER OF OUR TOWN DOWN 2 78, UM, I IMAGINE IT TO TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE BLINKING, UM, LIGHTS IN THE EVENING, AS I TALKED TO SEAN ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GONNA MEAN TO DRIVERS, RIGHT? UM, PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH OUR ISLAND, WHO SUDDENLY SEE A BLINKING SIGN ON, WILL THEY SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES? WILL WE END UP WITH A SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO? OR AM I STOPPING HERE? AM I PROCEEDING WITH WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? SO A LITTLE BIT, UM, CONCERNED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY A POSITIVE OUTCOME AND MY CONCERNS BEING, UM, NOT NEEDED AT ALL AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE FUTURE.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THESE ARE ACTIVATED BY SOMEONE, APPARENTLY TOUCHING THEM, FOR THEM TO COME ON WHEN THEY'RE CROSSING THE ROAD.
AND WHETHER OR NOT, UM, SOMEONE JUST TOUCHING IT AND NOT CROSSING THE ROAD MIGHT CAUSE SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE.
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UH, CARS NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT THROUGH THERE.UM, I WOULD, I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PUCK LIGHTS, WHICH ARE ACTIVATED BY MOTION AS SOMEBODY GOING THROUGH, AND THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SECURE THOSE AT THIS TIME.
UM, I'M STILL HOPEFUL THAT THOSE WILL BE PART OF THIS PLAN.
UM, I PREFER THOSE OVER WHAT WE HAVE, MY HONEST OPINION.
BUT, UM, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE PLANTINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE FORCED DOWN TO A SPECIFIC AREA ARE GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, IT GETS ONE STEP TOWARDS SAFETY.
IT'S ALSO ONE STEP TOWARDS CREATING A, UM, AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL SLOW FOLKS DOWN WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANGES COMING.
I ASKED SEAN IF THIS WAS ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER ALL OF THIS, AND HE SAID THAT YES, IT WAS.
SO THAT'S EVERYTHING I'VE GOT, UM, AT THIS TIME.
UM, SEAN, I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WHAT DOES A PATHWAY KIOSK LOOK LIKE? EXCELLENT QUESTION.
UH, WE HAVE THEM AROUND THE ISLAND.
UM, I WISH I HAD ONE, I COULD POP UP HERE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE, THE EXAMPLE I WILL USE IS THE, IS THE KIOSK AND SIGNAGE THAT WE INSTALLED AT, UM, PALMETTO BAY ROAD, AN ARROW ROAD INTERSECTION.
SO, UM, IT INCLUDES OUR PATHWAY SIGNAGE AND SOME OTHER INFORMATION.
IT'S GOT A, A, UM, AN ANGLED PITCH ROOF.
UM, AND SO, AND WE INSTALLED ANOTHER ONE AT THE, UM, NEAR MR. BARNWELLS PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION THERE OF, UH, SQUIRE, POPE AND GUMTREE AT THE CIRCLE.
I KNOW WHAT THEY, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, THANK YOU.
UM, FIRST WITH A COMMENT, MAYBE IT'S JUST A COMMENT.
UM, I KNOW OVER TIME THE TOWN HA AND, UH, A A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT VOCAL PART OF THE POPULATION HAS SPOKEN UP.
WHEN THERE WAS EVER A CONVERSATION ABOUT LIGHTING ALONG OUR ROADWAYS, UM, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY, I UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS LOGIC TO INCREASE THE LIGHTING AT OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT INTERSECTIONS WHERE PEDESTRIANS AND CARS INTERACT.
I WOULD ONLY ASK THAT, UH, THE UPLIGHTING BE AS SUBTLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE AREN'T TRULY ILLUMINATING THE AREA AS MUCH AS PROVIDING THAT SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT.
I, I SAY A LONG TIME COMING, BUT FINALLY WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO IMPROVING
I KNOW THAT, UM, BIKE WALK HAD BEEN, UH, ACTIVE AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ACTIVE IN TRYING TO IMPROVE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF FATALITIES AND OTHER ACCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS AREA.
UM, I'M GONNA PUT ASIDE MY QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE NEXT STEP, UM, AFTER THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
UM, TO, TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT THIS IS NOT THE HAWK SIGNAL THAT STOPS TRAFFIC.
THAT THIS IS, UH, AN R-R-F-B-A RAPID BEACON, UH, THAT ALERTS, UH, TRAFFIC TO SOMEONE, UM, IN THE CROSSWALK BEING IN THE CROSSWALK, BUT IT DOES NOT STOP TRAFFIC.
UM, SEPARATELY, FOLKS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE MOTOR VEHICLE LAW IS IN THE STATE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME SORT OF WARNING SIGN AHEAD OF TIME TO SAY WHAT THIS IS SO THAT THE DRIVING TRAFFIC SEES IT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I THINK I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CROSS OVER THERE AND THEY MAY THINK, NOW I'VE GOT MY PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL AND I CAN PUSH THIS BUTTON AND ALL THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA STOP FOR ME.
SO I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO PUT UP SOME SORT OF SIGN BY THE NEW, UH, POST BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH TO EXPLAIN THAT.
AND I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL, UM, FOR OUR FOLKS TO GO, UM, INTO THE COMMUNITIES THERE, UM, WHERE THE RESIDENCES THAT CROSS OVER THERE, UM, TO HAND OUT SOME SORT OF FLYERS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE, WHAT THIS NEW SIGNAL IS SO THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS CONFUSED BY WHAT HAPPENS OR DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN THEY, UH, PUSH THE BUTTON OR WAVE THEIR HAND IN FRONT OF IT.
UM, AND I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL.
I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE MR. ABEL HERE.
I KNEW HE WOULD BE HERE WITH IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE THIS, UH, BUT TO SEND SOMETHING OUT TO BIKE SHOPS, UH, TO WORK WITH THE BIKE SHOPS THROUGH BIKE WALK, UM, AND BIKE AMBASSADORS TO HELP THEM, UH, EXPLAIN TO FOLKS ON THEIR BIKES WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE SIGNALS ARE.
AND WE ARE SAFE, WE ARE CIVILIZED CROSSINGS ARE, UM, SO THAT
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WE DO, WE FOLLOW UP ON PUTTING UP STRUCTURES WITH INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THESE NEW STRUCTURES.UM, AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE OUTSTANDING REQUEST TO S-E-D-O-T, UM, EXPANDING THIS PROJECT TO DILLON ROAD, UH, SOME UPFITTING AND, AND RIGHT TURN LANE AT DILLON.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT AT WHATEVER TIME IN