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GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC WORKS. I AM CHAIRWOMAN, COUNCILWOMAN DONNA PURVIS. UH I HAVE AN EXCUSE ABSENCE TODAY FOR MY VICE CHAIR. COUNCILMAN PL JINNI. I AM JOINED[Roll Call]
IN THE CHAMBERS WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHAPO. IN COUNCILMAN. WE HAVE VIRTUALLY COUNCILMAN BRENT ECKERSON. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.I'M GOING TO LET THE CLERK READ THE DISCLAIMER. IS BEING HERE FOR SURE TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL FA R 84. THANK YOU. TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SMALL AGENDA. UH WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL DISCUSSION. WE HAVE JENNIFER CURN HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS UM DEPUTY MAYOR NICOLE GEORGE AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS THE BUDGET. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT THE PRESENTATION WE SUBMITTED. IT'S STILL ON, UH, PROCUREMENT METHODS. THERE'S WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWING THE CORRECT ONE. UH, IF I DON'T NEED TO DO I NEED TO OH, GO HERE. IN THE INTERIM. I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMAN KRAMER HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. THAT ONE? YES. OR THE THAT THE PDF IF WE COULD OPEN THE POWERPOINT YEAH. DOES THAT WORK BETTER THAN OK? MM. PRESENT MODE. OH, THAT'S THE PDF. OK, THANK YOU. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. JENNIFER CSAR KERN,
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UH, DIRECTOR OF LOUISVILLE, METRO PUBLIC WORKS. WE ARE ALSO JOINED VIRTUALLY BY OUR CONSULTING TEAM WITH CITY FIVE. WE'VE GOT KINA RICKS, NICOLE DEVAS ARE AND CARLA PLOT WITH US ONLINE. HE WILL BE HELPING WITH THE PRESENTATION. AND JUST A LITTLE BACK STORY. SO UH, FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO, UH ENGAGE A CONSULTANT SO THAT WE COULD SET UP WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO EVALUATE A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SETTING THAT UP. UH, AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CITY FIGHT TEAM. GREAT. UH THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY. UM TO PRESENT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM AND THE APPROACH , UM TO LOOKING AT A NEW DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR, UM UH, LOUISVILLE METRO, UM, BEGINNING WITH THE PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE, UM TO THAT SLIDE, SO WE'VE UM, WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS, UM , OF LOUISVILLE METRO, BOTH WITHIN, UM, THE GOVERNMENT WITHIN PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS. UM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE WERE REVIEWED A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS AND FOUNDATIONAL PIECES, UM, TO REALLY GIVE US A GOOD GRASP. UM, OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, IN METRO . WHAT UM, PROCESSES YOU HAVE IN PLACE WHAT NEEDS, UM, ARE STILL OUT, UH, LYING THE DESIRES, UM THAT YOU AS A AS A COMMUNITY WISH, UM IN THE DELIVERY OF TRANSPORTATION, SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. I MEAN, WE'VE TAKEN UM ALL OF THAT, BOTH WITHIN METRO AND FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES. UM, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED UM, A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. UM, THAT I THINK THAT YOU, UH, ALSO PROBABLY CAN, UM, AFFILIATE YOURSELVES WITH SO WE GO AHEAD TO THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. UM SOME OF THEM THAT WE'VE SEEN. ARE THAT AT PRESENT, UM SOME OF THE, UH, ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION OR FRAGMENTED ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, SO YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. I REALLY RESIDING WITHIN THE PLANNING FUNCTIONS OF METRO, YOU HAVE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS IN THAT DEPARTMENT AS WELL. BUT PHYSICALLY REMOTE AND ANOTHER. UM UH, LOCATION? UM OF, UH, METRO ACTIVITIES. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, UM, THERE IS SOME DISCONNECTION AS A PROJECT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM, UM, THE PLANNING AND INITIAL CONCEPTUALIZATION STAGE. UM THROUGH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. EVALUATION FOR TRAFFIC AND THEN ON TO, UM, OPERATIONAL EVALUATIONS AND IMPACTS. AND SO WE'VE SEEN THAT, UH, THAT'S CAUSED SOME SOME CERTAIN CHALLENGES AND A LITTLE BIT OF FRICTION, UM, IN THE WAY THAT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE DELIVERED, UM, FOR METRO. WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF FUNCTIONS, UM, THAT ARE THAT ARE WEAK OR MISSING. UM OR AT LEAST UNCLEAR, UM FOR METRO AND THAT IS IMPORTANT AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND AS WE'RE IN A REALLY TRANSITIONAL TIME WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW SERVICE MODELS, UM, NEW APPROACHES WHERE THERE'S NOT, UM NECESSARILY CLEAR PLACE WHERE TRANSPORTATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. UM AND THAT RELATES VERY STRONGLY, UM, WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF TURK AND PARK. UM, AND HOW THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN METRO AND THOSE TWO AUTHORITIES OCCUR. AND SO THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW MIGHT WE TIGHTEN? UM, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR BETTER SERVICE, TOO? UM METRO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IF YOU PROGRESS ON A SLIDE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PROJECT DELIVERY ITSELF, UM IN TALKING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE PROCESS, MAPPING OF HOW IT'S ACCOMPLISHED RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LACK OF CLEAR DECISION MAKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IS THIS MY DECISION TO MAKE AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, OR DOES THIS DECISION BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE EITHER BEFORE ME, OR AFTER ME? UM IN THAT PROCESS, SOME OF THOSE HICCUPS SOME OF THAT FRICTION UM, RESULTS IN SLOW OR DELAYED PROJECT DELIVERY, AND THAT HAS ITS OWN CONSEQUENCES. UM, AND SOME PAIN POINTS AND THEN THERE CAN BE SOME MISCUES. UM FROM THE FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE PLANNING PHASE, UM TO THE[00:10:08]
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHERE WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS MAY HAVE BEEN LOST, UM, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THAT, AS YOU GET TO THE LATER PLACES. SO WHAT COMES OUT THE OTHER END OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE DOESN'T REALLY RESEMBLE THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS , UM AS YOU WENT INTO IT THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES THEN TO SOME CHALLENGES AROUND, UH, PUBLIC TRUST OR OR EVEN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO REALLY GET INSIDE. UM SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS SO THERE'S NOT AAA COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH PROJECTS ARE CHOSEN AT WHICH POINT HOW WHAT WENT INTO THAT DECISION MAKING AGAIN BECAUSE OF THIS FRAGMENTED NATURE OF HOW, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS EVOLVE. UM THERE'S A LACK OF CLARITY TO KNOW WHICH WHICH PORTION OF METRO DO I GO TO? WHERE DOES THIS THIS ISSUE THAT I'M EXPERIENCING FALL? UM IN THERE, AND THEN THERE'S A AGAIN A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL PLANNING PHASES AND WHAT COMES OUT AT THE OTHER END, WHICH WHICH HAS SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC TRUST AS WELL. UM BUT THERE'S SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES SO DEFINITELY WANT TO POINT TO SOME OF THOSE AS WELL. IF WE GO FORWARD A SLIDE ONE. I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND. YOU HAVE EXCEPT STAFF AND LEADERSHIP . UM, IN LOUISVILLE. WE DO WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. UM WITH TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND OTHERS. UM AND YOU REALLY DO HAVE A SPECIAL SET OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO ARE REALLY COMMITTED, UM, TO AN OUTCOMES BASED, UM, DELIVERY OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, UM, THEY'RE REALLY BRINGING, UM, BEST PRACTICES TO LOUISVILLE METRO. AND THAT, UH, IS IRREPLACEABLE AND INVALUABLE AS YOU GO FORWARD WITH THIS. YOU'VE ALSO BEEN EXTREMELY, UM, SUCCESSFUL IN ATTRACTING FUNDING AND INVESTMENT. THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, UM THROUGH STATE PROGRAMS. UM, YOU REALLY HAVE SEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT. UM THAT, OF COURSE, UH, LAYERS ON TOP, UH MORE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DELIVERED. UM AND SO, UM, IT'S A IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. UM, BUT ALSO A CHALLENGE AT THE SAME TIME, A GOOD KIND OF CHALLENGE THAT I THINK YOU WANT TO RISE TO ME. UM IF WE GO FORWARD AGAIN, UM THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WHICH I'M SURE THAT DIRECTOR KERR CAN CAN, UM DISCUSS WITH YOU, UM, THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING TO FILL. BUT AGAIN, THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY. UM WHERE YOU CAN REALLY LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. YOU CAN ATTRACT DIFFERENT TALENT. YOU CAN MOVE MORE SWIFTLY, UM, TO FILL THOSE AND REALLY THINK ABOUT NEW WAYS, UM, THAT YOU CAN UH, ADDRESS THOSE VACANCIES AND, UM, AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PROCES, YO CAN REALL G SE INEADICIE SO ROJECTELIVERYUM, U CAN REALLY INTRODUCE NSISTENT STEWARDSHIP, WHICH THEN CAN UM, ENHANCE THOSE. THOSE HICCUPS IN THE PROJECT HANDOFF AS IT GOES FROM ONE SECTION OF THE, UH, ONE PHASE OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, UM TO ANOTHER, AND YOU REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF TRANSPORTATION WITH OTHER SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY OUTCOMES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU. COMMUNITY HEALTH, PUBLIC EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND, USE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, UM, WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS HOLISTICALLY , YOU CAN SEE, UM HOW THOSE THREADS ALL TIE TOGETHER HOW DIFFERENT PROJECTS INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND SEE IT AND IT'S COMPLETE, UM, COMPLEXITY. SO GOING FORWARD, JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THOSE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SAW, UM WAS THAT YOU DO HAVE THE NEED TO STREAMLINE AND ACCELERATE PROJECT DELIVERY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HEARD CONSISTENTLY, UM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE CONSISTENCY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC. UM SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY ENGAGE IN THIS AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO REALLY BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE THAT WILL SERVE LOUISVILLE. UM, VERY WELL AS YOU GO, GO FORWARD, SO A FEW STRATEGIES WE JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE AND BRIEF YOU ON HERE.UM, TO REALLY FOCUS ON ONE THAT WE'D LOVE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU SOME MORE IS THE VISION. UM AND THE PRINCIPLES FOR TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOUISVILLE.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE? WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND UNIQUELY, UM, APPROPRIATE TO METRO UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT CAN IMPROVE THIS. AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS? UM, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT TO GAIN THOSE EFFICIENCIES SO STARTING WITH VISION UM WE'VE CRAFTED, UM THROUGH THE CONSULTATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. UM UH, A VISION STATEMENT. UH, OVERARCHING, UM, FOR WHAT TRANSPORTATION IS TO ACCOMPLISH FOR LOUISVILLE AND A MISSION STATEMENT THAT WOULD DRIVE. UM A NEW DEPARTMENT AND WOULD LOVE UM, OF COURSE, CONTINUED, UM, INPUT AND REFINEMENT TO THESE SO THAT IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE VALUES OF THE LIMO. LOUISVILLE METRO. SO FOR THE VISION, UM,
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WITH CRAFTED A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT THE VISION IS TO EMPOWER EVERY LITTLE VILLAIN WITH SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION. THAT SUPPORTS VIBRANT COMMUNITIES, DRIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENABLES UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY . WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY IS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY, SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE, UM, CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT AS A LONG TERM VISION. THE MISSION FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THEN WOULD BE TO FOSTER SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT BY STRATEGICALLY DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING FORWARD THINKING TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE ALL PEOPLE OF LOUISVILLE WITH ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND DESTINATIONS. UM REALLY ALLOWING AGAIN THAT GROWTH THE DEPARTMENT , UH, IS TO BE FOUNDED ON FIVE DISTINCT PRINCIPLES. UM THAT THESE ARE AGAIN THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM CONSULTATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION WITH WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THEMSELVES, UM, AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO SAFETY AND SECURITY. THIS IS A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE THAT DRIVES THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF LOUISVILLE. METRO INCLUSIVITY. UM AND THAT IS BOTH WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WITH THE PUBLIC AND OTHER STAKE. AND REALLY LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE, UM THAT INVOLVEMENT OF ALL OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND TRANSPARENCY, SO THAT AGAIN, IT'S VERY, VERY HIGHLY FUNCTIONING DEPARTMENT THAT IS VERY ACCESSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE, UM TO THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IT'S GROUNDED IN SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE GOALS, BOTH ORGANIZATIONALLY SUSTAINABLE SO THAT YOU HAVE A LONG HORIZON FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING. BUT ALSO, I'M THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCY. STANDPOINT AND THEN FINALLY COLLABORATION THAT TRANSPORTATION DOESN'T STAND ALONE. IT INTERACTS WITH OTHER, UM, ASPECTS OF METRO AND SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW THE ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN BY THIS DEPARTMENT RELATE TO THE OTHER SOCIAL OUTCOMES, ECONOMIC OUTCOMES, UM, THAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS. UM IF WE PROGRESS FORWARD ANOTHER SECTION WE KNOW THAT WE ACHIEVE WHAT WE MEASURE. UM, SO THOSE VALUES THOSE PRINCIPLES, UM, THAT WE WANNA BASE THIS NEW DEPARTMENT ON ALSO NEED TO BE ASSOCIATED, UM WITH CERTAIN GOALS AND MEASURES AND AGAIN, UM WHAT CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE WITH YOU AS WE WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION, BUT THINKING ABOUT, UM, MEASURING THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY, ROADWAY DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES IS A COMMON MEASURE. UM, LOOKED AT FOR THAT IF WE TALK ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND ALLOWING EVERYONE TO THRIVE WE WANNA LOOK AT SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OVER TIME AND ASSOCIATING THOSE BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE CAN BE MEASURED BY THE PROJECT. DELIVERY METRICS TIME BUDGET, UM AND ADHERENCE TO THOSE, UH, ASSET CONDITION. HOW WELL ARE YOU RESPONDING TO YOUR ASSETS AT THE TIME WHEN THAT INVESTMENT MAKES THE MOST SENSE? UM, SUSTAINABILITY, UM, CAN BE LOOKED AT BOTH, UH, BY RESILIENCY. HOW HOW? WHAT KIND OF, UH DUPLICATIVE SYSTEMS OR NETWORKS DO YOU HAVE WHERE YOU CAN REALLY ADAPT TO DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING? DO PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES IN THE WAYS THAT THEY TRAVEL AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE MAPPED AND MEASURED AND THEN COLLABORATION THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THAT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL MEASURES SO THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THE WHOLE LIFE CYCLE OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT INTO, UM, THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THAT.SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. UH, AT THE TIME THAT YOU'RE IN THE EARLY STAGE OF PLANNING AN ENGINEERING, UM IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT STRUCTURES THAT MIGHT HELP TO ENHANCE SOME OF THOSE PRINCIPLES AND GOALS. UM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS OR NTO, UM, HAVE DESCRIBED IN SOME RESEARCH THAT THEY'VE DONE SO THIS IS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS. UM THEY'VE CATEGORIZED TRANSPORTATION. UM UH, STRUCTURES INTO THREE GENERAL KINDS. THERE'S NO ONE ANSWER TO THIS BUT THREE GENERAL TYPES THAT ARE THAT ARE COMMONLY FOUND. TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED IS WHERE ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT ARE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE DEPARTMENT SO YOU WOULD HAVE PLANNING, ENGINEERING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION , MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. UH, ALL WITHIN ONE BODY. THIS IS VERY LEGIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO. IT'S CLEAR FROM THE TITLE OF WHAT THAT ORGANIZATION DOES. UM, IT CAN, HOWEVER, UM, CREATE SILO EFFECTS WHERE YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THAT SUBJECT MATTER. HE TO ONE PLACE, AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY DELIBERATE, UM ABOUT TYING THEM THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSPORTATION TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER, UM SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY OUTCOMES. TRANSPORTATION INCLUSIVE STRUCTURES ALSO HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF THOSE, UH,
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ACTIVITIES, UH, ALTOGETHER INTO ONE UNIT, BUT IT MAY BE EMBEDDED IN A LARGER ORGANIZATION SO THAT TRANSPORTATION MIGHT BE ONE ACTIVITY COMMON IN THIS KIND OF ARRANGEMENT IS WHERE YOU MIGHT ALSO HAVE, UM, FLEET AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, SOLID WASTE MAINTENANCE. STORM WATER.UM ACTIVITIES, UM, ALTOGETHER, BUT YOU STILL HAVE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF TRANSPORTATION, UM FROM PLANNING TO DELIVERY, UM ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THAT ONE UNIT IN THE LARGER ORGANIZATION. THE TRANSPORTATION DIFFUSE. UH, ARRANGEMENT IS WHERE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. NO ONE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE PLANNING. UM IN ONE GROUP. YOU MIGHT HAVE MAINTENANCE IN ANOTHER GROUP. YOU MIGHT HAVE ENGINEERING AND STILL A THIRD GROUP. UM THIS KIND OF ARRANGEMENT. UM WHILE IT ALLOWS THAT CROSS POLLINATION OF TRANSPORTATION TO THOSE OTHER ACTIVITIES, UM THAT'S OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHICH DEPARTMENT DO THEY GO TO? WHICH UM, ACTIVITY UM SO AS WE AS WE THINK ABOUT WHERE, UH, LOUISVILLE SITS IN SORT OF THE FAMILY OF DIFFERENT CITIES, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD ANOTHER SLIDE. UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME SOME COMPARABLE CITIES. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF THOSE , UM TO THINK ABOUT, UH, WHERE DOES LOUISVILLE STAND UP? UM TO THESE OTHER PLACES, SOME THAT YOU YOU KNOW, ARE ARE NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS TO YOURS OR OR NEARBY FRIENDS.
INDIANAPOLIS NASHVILLE. UM OTHERS THAT HAVE, UH, OTHER SIMILARITIES, UM, WITH LITTLE LIKE PITTSBURGH OR OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. UM, AND WHAT WE FIND IS ACROSS, UM A NUMBER OF THESE DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS. UH, A NUMBER OF THESE TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS, THE TRANSPORTATION DIFFUSE MODEL . UM WHICH IS HOW LOUISVILLE WILL BE, UH, CLASSIFIED TODAY.
UM IS, UH, GENERALLY, UH, NOT WELL REPRESENTED. IT'S A MODEL THAT INTRODUCES A NUMBER OF MORE CHALLENGES THAN UM, BENEFITS. UM, TYPICALLY, UM, AND SO, THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM TEND TOTAM FORMATION SO THEY MIGHT BE TRANSPORTATION INCLUSIVE WITHIN A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS LIKE INDIANAPOLIS, UM OR MINNEAPOLIS. SAINT PAUL. OR UH, SORRY, MINNEAPOLIS. UM, TWO SEPARATE CITIES. UM MIAMI DADE, UH, ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF TRANSPORTATION INCLUSIVE. UM, ARRANGEMENTS? UH, NASHVILLE, PITTSBURGH AND OAKLAND WITHIN THE LAST SIX YEARS, UM, HAVE ALL RECENTLY, UM, REORGANIZED FROM EITHER A TRANSPORTATION, DIFFUSE OR TRANSPORTATION, INCLUSIVE STRUCTURE, UM, TO PULL OUT, UH THOSE TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS AND BECOME TRANSPORTATION.
FOCUSED UM, AGAIN. NO RIGHT. ANSWER UM, BUT THINKING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT CITIES WHY THEY MADE THE CHANGES THAT THEY MADE WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO. UM, ACCOMPLISHED. UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE COMPARISON IN POPULATION FOR THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, TERRITORIES THAT THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES HAVE TO ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF SQUARE MILES, UM, THAT THEY ADDRESS. UM AND THEN THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO, UM, IMPLEMENT. UM LOUISVILLE, UM, IS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE, UM, TO THE TO THE LOWER END OF THE POPULATION, UM, THE MIDDLE TO THE LARGER END. UM MILES, UM, RELATIVE TO POPULATION AND AREA IS, UH, SMALLER, UH, ON THE STAFFING. UM, LEVEL BUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET , UM IS FAIRLY ROBUST. UM SO JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT, AS YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, THIS DEPARTMENT AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. UM THEN, FINALLY, SORT OF THE THIRD AREA THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT IS PROCESSES. AND SO YOU NEED ALL OF THESE THINGS. YOU NEED A VISION TO HELP DRIVE THE ORGANIZATION ALIGN THE ORGANIZATION. YOU NEED A CLEAR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND YOU NEED GOOD PROCESSES SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY FOLLOW. UM AGAIN. YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. AND IT IS CYCLICAL WHERE YOU IT GENERALLY STARTS, UM WITH A PLANNING PHASE, WHERE PROJECTS ARE INITIALLY IDENTIFIED, UM THE NEED IS IDENTIFIED YOU YOU'VE DEFINED THE PURPOSE AND NEED OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THAT. YOU GO INTO A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROCESS WHERE YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT CAN MEET THAT NEED, UM, AFTER YOU'VE ALIGNED ON THAT ALTERNATIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PURSUE, YOU GO INTO FULL ENGINEERING WHERE YOU, UM, CLEAR THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMPLIANCE . UM THE MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF TRAFFIC, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE ENGINEERING PHASE.
UM THEN YOU GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION. UM AFTER A PROJECT IS FINALLY
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DELIVERED. YOU STILL NEED TO BE VERY CLOSELY TIED TO THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. UM SO THAT YOU'RE SURE THAT, UH, A ROADWAY THAT IS BUILT TODAY THAT IS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. 70 YEARS. 100 YEARS, UM, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO RESURFACE THAT OVER TIME THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, UM, CONTROL THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN IT, THAT YOU CAN INTRODUCE NEW MODES AND UM, MEANS AS AS SORT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION HABITS CHANGE ON THAT, UM, SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONTINUUM AND THEN YOU CONTINUE TO MEASURE A HOST OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THAT ACID? HOW IS IT BEING USED? WHAT IS THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF IT? UM THOSE MEASUREMENTS THEN, UM, WILL INFORM THE NEXT ROUND OF PROJECTS AND PLANS. UM, AND IT CONTINUES SO ON AND SO ON FOR A CENTURY OR MORE, UM SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW HOW DOES THAT PROCESS FLOW? HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT YOU'RE GAINING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF EFFICIENCIES SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS DELIVERY OF PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE PREDICTABLE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS IN THE CYCLE. UM AND THAT THE CONSIDERATION OF EVERY OTHER PHASE IN THIS CYCLE, UM IS LINKED TO, UM, AN EARLIER OR LATER PHASE SO THAT IT'S ALL COMPLETE. UM AND SO THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING TO DEVELOP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UM AND REALLY IMPROVE AND ENHANCE. UM, HOW JUST MIGHT BE DELIVERED PREDICTABLY AND EFFICIENTLY. UM, FOR A LITTLE, THE METRO SOME OF THE OTHER KEY PROCESSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM, THAT WE THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. UM UH, TO ACHIEVE AGAIN. THOSE PRINCIPLES AND GOALS THAT YOU WANT IS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION. UM, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DONE THAT WANT TO BE DONE, UM, THAT DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY WANT UM, TO BE DONE. THERE ARE LIMITS ON STAFF CAPACITY AND FIND AND RESOURCES TO DO THAT, AND SO, HAVING AGAIN , A LOGICAL, TRANSPARENT, PREDICTABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, UM, PROJECT PRIORITIZATION. UM, PROCESS REALLY HELPS EVERYONE VERY DATA DRIVEN. UM AND UNDERSTANDABLE AND LEGIBLE. TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR AND CONSISTENT AGAIN. PREDICTABILITY UNDERSTANDABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE AND EFFICIENCY. UM, ARE WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR THERE. UM MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE YOU HAVE A CLEAR SET OF PROJECT EVALUATION. UM METRICS AND SYSTEM ANALYTICS. SO IF YOU HAVE AGAIN, UM THOSE PRINCIPLES UM THOSE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE UNDERPINNING EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, FOR LOUISVILLE, METRO THAT YOU ARE EVALUATING AGAINST THOSE PRINCIPLES. IS THIS PROJECT IMPROVING INCLUSIVITY? IS THIS PROJECT STANDING UP TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AS THIS PROJECT ENHANCING SAFETY? UM AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE, UM THAT INTERVENTION. DID THAT PROJECT IMPROVE THE SITUATION? WHAT CAN WE LEARN? UM, FOR THE NEXT PROJECT AND THE NEXT PROJECT AND THEN AGAIN, HAVING A CLEAR PROCESS FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT. UM WHAT HAPPENS AS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES? UM ARRIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT HAPPENS? UM, AS OTHER TECHNOLOGIES, DISRUPTIVE OR OTHERWISE, UM, NEW, UM, UH, MICRO TRENCHING FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OTHER KINDS OF TREATMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR UM, WAY TO DEVELOP THOSE POLICIES AND THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED, UM, AND APPROVED AGAIN THROUGH A CONSISTENT PROCESS. UM SO WHAT WE LOVE FOR SORT OF DISCUSSION PURPOSES OR JUST WOULD TURN IT BACK TO YOU, UM, IS AGAIN TO BRING BACK UM, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE VISION. THE MISSION. UH, THE PRINCIPLES AND THE MEASURES BECAUSE THAT WILL DRIVE ALL OF THOSE OTHER OUTCOMES AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER INVESTMENTS, UM, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, SO, UH, DIRECTOR CUR, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU IF YOU WANNA START WITH DISCUSSION OR IF THAT'S BEST LED BY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, THANK YOU, MISS RICKS. UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. UM I DON'T KNOW . OH, I'M SORRY. LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN FLOYD JOINING US HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AS WELL, UM, HAVEN'T SIGNED ON SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS. I'M GONNA DO LIKE ONE OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND OR WHAT HAVE YOU WE DON'T HAVE TO BE REALLY FORMAL. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. SO WHAT IS THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT? SO IN I WILL. ALSO IF CITY BIKE COULD JUMP IN HERE, UM THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AS FAR AS THE FORMATION AND, UM, ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT BUT THEN ALSO THE SCALABILITY. IT WOULDN'T BE EFFECTIVE TO SAY WE NEED TO HIRE 30 ENGINEERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HIRE THEM THIS YEAR. SO UM , THAT IS PART OF THAT TIMELINE[00:30:02]
THAT'S CONSIDERED IS WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE US TO SCALE UP TO WHERE WE WANT TO GET TO? WHERE DO WE START FROM? AND CORIN AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT I WOULD JUST ADD. UM I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS. UM IT'S NOT SOMETHING, UM, THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT IMMEDIATELY FROM THE CURRENT SITUATION. YOU HAVE TO, UM, WHATEVER THE NEW, UM, ARRANGEMENT WILL BE, AND SO, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM STRATEGICALLY WHAT IS WHAT? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO FOR A 2ND? 3RD 4TH? THIS IS YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO YOU. METRO WAS ON A GROWTH TRAJECTORY. THIS NEW, UM, DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO, UM, NEED TO SCALE UP OVER TIME. AND SO GIVING A LOGICAL UM, WAY TO DO THAT. IT WILL ALSO, THEN YOU KNOW, AS WITH THE PROCESS, HE IS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES.THOSE MIGHT NOT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY. UM AS TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING, UM, BY LATE SPRING. UM SO THAT THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM UH FOR, UH, METRO TO CONSIDER FURTHER SO WHERE ARE YOU IN THE DEVELOPMENT? PHASE, ARE YOU? PLANNING AND DESIGNING OR SO THIS IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT THAT WE'RE DOING, AND SO WE'VE DONE THE LANDSCAPE. UM EVALUATION. WE'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF THE STAKEHOLDERS. WE'VE UH, CRAFTED, UH, A RECOMMENDED VISION MISSION . UM MEASURES AND PRINCIPLES WE'VE MAPPED. UM THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND WE'RE IN THE COURSE OF, UM DEVELOPING, UM , A RECOMMENDED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE TO HELP AID UM, WITH THAT DELIVERY OF PROJECTS SO YOU CAN GAIN THOSE EFFICIENCIES. UM AND THEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS THEN OF REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM WHAT? WHAT IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT BEST SUITS? UM THE OBJECTIVES AND NEEDS THAT YOU AS A COMMUNITY HAVE. SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY. UM, THROUGH THE THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, WHICH WILL ENCOMPASS THAT WHOLE LIFE CYCLE THAT I THAT I, UM, PRESENTED TO YOU OF HOW THE PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS SO IT WILL LOOK AT THAT ENTIRE CIRCLE AND HOW DO YOU KEEP CONSISTENCY? UM IN THE DELIVERY OF PROJECTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES, UM, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. SO I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. I'M GONNA ASK YOU ONE MORE. THEN I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES UH, ASK QUESTIONS AND I'LL COME BACK. WHAT DOES A LOCAL TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT LOOKED LIKE? VERSUS A STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. WELL SOMETIMES THEY LOOK REALLY SIMILAR. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY SMALLER IN SCALE. UM A STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ALSO TENDS TO HAVE DISTRICTS SO IT WILL BE GEOGRAPHICALLY. UM UH, SEPARATED, SO YOU'LL HAVE, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT THAT OVERSEES, UM, THE LOUISVILLE AREA, UH, AS WELL AS IN OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. UM UH, WHERE A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY? UH GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF, UM, SEPARATIONS, NECESSARILY, SOMETIMES ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE. UM YOU STILL WILL. UM BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT IT DOES MANY OF THE SAME THINGS. UM, YOU MAY OUTSOURCE, UM CERTAIN ASPECTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS, UM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT YOU, UM COMPLETE, UH, NEPA REVIEW THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. UM, REVIEW THAT'S SOMETHING MOST CITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS DO NOT HAVE NEPA EXPERTS ON STAFF, UM IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS. THEY'LL GENERALLY USE CONTRACTORS FOR THAT, OR THEY'LL LEAVE ON THE STATE. UM TO COMPLETE THAT KIND OF EXERCISE. SIMILARLY UM, FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THERE'S SECTION 106 REVIEW. UM WHICH IS THE PRESERVATION OF TRANSPORTATION ASSETS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITIES, UM OFTEN WON'T DO FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'LL EITHER RELY, UM ON, UM CONSULTANTS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS TO DO THAT, OR THEY'LL LEAN ON THE STATE. UM ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, CITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS WILL WILL OPERATE MUCH THE SAME AS A STATE WILL THEY'LL THEY'LL DO THEIR BUDGETING. THEY'LL DO THEIR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION. AND THEY'LL DO THE INTERMODAL PLANNING. UM SO THINKING ABOUT MULTIMODAL INTERMODAL. UM, EFFECTS FOR, UH, DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION TYPES. UM, YOU'LL DO YOUR YOUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING YOUR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT, UM, CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE. UM AND UNIQUELY, UM , UH, CITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS ARE MUCH MORE CONNECTED TO LAND USE, AND SO THINKING ABOUT THOSE TRANS TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. UM THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT THAT MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS DUE TO A MUCH GREATER DEGREE, UM THAN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
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ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. AND ALL OF YOUR EXPLAINING IN YOUR INTELLIGENCE IT IT DOES. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA PASS THIS ON TO COUNCILWOMAN CHAPO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. UM I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE ROOM THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE FOR A LONG TIME. UM AND OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THREE MONTHS I'VE BEEN TOLD TO LOWER MY EXPECTATION AND SINCE THAT EXPECTATION FOR HOW FAST LOUIS METRO OPERATES, THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF IMPRESSIVE THAT IT'S COME UP THIS QUICKLY. UM LOUISVILLE WAS RECENTLY RANKED SEVENTH. YOU HAD THE SEVENTH US CITY FOR THE WORST DRIVERS. WE HAD THREE PEDESTRIANS DIE WITHIN 24 HOURS. UM TWO WEEKENDS AGO THAT TOTALS 14 DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAYS IN 2024. WE'RE THE FIFTH HIGHEST IN NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES INVOLVING DISTRACTED DRIVERS WERE NUMBER NINE FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF FATAL CAR ACCIDENTS AND NUMBER 10 FOR PEOPLE KILLED IN FATAL CRASHES. OBVIOUSLY, THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS NOT WORKING. IN OUR ROADWAYS ARE UNSAFE. AND SO WILL THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SEEK TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES. AND HOW WILL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS COMPLETE STREETS VISION ZERO STREETS FOR PEOPLE T BE BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD SO WE CAN HAVE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WHEN WE'RE SITTING DOWN TO THE TABLE. SO WE THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE THOSE WE ARE A VISION ZERO CITY THAT IS CORE TO EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE DO IS TO REDUCE DEATHS, INJURIES ON OUR ROADWAYS, SO THOSE COMPONENTS ARE CORE AND THAT IS STILL OUR VISION. IT IS JUST THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD BE ABLE TO VERY STRATEGICALLY IN SOMETHING WE DON'T DO. GREAT TODAY IS PLAYING FOR THINGS AHEAD OF TIME THAT WE NEED STRATEGICALLY PRIORITIZE THEM AND THEN EXPEDITE THE INSTALLATION AND GET THOSE THINGS DONE QUICKLY. AND, UH, CORIN, IF YOU OR YOUR TEAM WOULD LIKE TO ADD NOW. OTHER THAN TO ADD. THIS IS WHY WE YOU'VE GOT GREAT TALENT IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, UM, THE DIRECTOR JUST DESCRIBED IT EXACTLY CORRECTLY. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT VISION HAVING THOSE PRINCIPLES TRULY BELIEVING THAT YOU ACHIEVE WHAT YOU MEASURE AND SO HOLDING YOURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. UM WHEN YOU'RE REALLY ABLE TO THEN TRACK THOSE THINGS, UH, THINK ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE, UM, DELIVER THE PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER THAT YOU'VE ALREADY, UM, RECEIVED FUNDS FOR, UM UH ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ARE PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS EXPLORATION UM, IS UNDERWAY NOW IS TO DELIVER ON THOSE PRIORITIES. AND THANK YOU, UM NCO WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE CONVERSATION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND. I'VE ASKED THE PUBLIC WORKS COULD COME IN AND EXPLAIN NAT IN THE FUTURE AND THEN ALSO WHAT UPDATES TO NAT WERE IN PLACE, UM TO OUR IN IN TO OUR MUT CD, UM, THAT WERE, UH, PUT IN PLACE IN DECEMBER, AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE EAGER TO HEAR PROGRESSIVE IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN BETTER, UM HOW WE CAN CREATE SAFER ROADWAYS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S COMPLETELY FRUSTRATING WHEN WE ASK FOR SIMPLE THINGS LIKE LINING. UM STOP SIGNS THINGS THAT ARE COMMON SENSE, BUT WE'RE TOLD NO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO DIE ON OUR ROADWAYS IN ORDER TO GET THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO JUSTIFY THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CLEARLY SEE WITH OUR EYES. AND SO, UM, I I'VE TALKED TO THE CHAIRWOMAN ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS ON GETTING YOU ALL HERE SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT DRIVES THE DECISIONS, UM, OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAYS THAT WE'RE STRUCTURING OUR ROADWAYS. YES, DEFINITELY. UH, I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO COME IN AND BRING INFORMATION ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE DO. AND WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED. UH, CLARE YATES WITH OUR VISIONS. YOUR TEAM IS, UH, GIVEN, UH, AN UPDATE ON VISION ZERO AND THEN ALSO THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. NOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO. TO PRESENT ON THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I'M I'M GONNA MAKE A COMMENT BASED ON UH, MY COLLEAGUE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I DO SEE A LOT OF COMMON SENSE PRACTICES THAT SHOULD BE APPLIED WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, AND I MAY HAVE, UH, RAN THE SUGGESTION BY, UM PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT MAYBE WE NEED A LIGHT HERE. MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS STREET BECOMING ONE WAY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS FACED WITH REJECTION ON WHY WHATEVER THE STUDY WAS BUT UM SOMETIMES WHEN LOOK AT, UH, THE[00:40:14]
PROBABILITY OF THINGS BECOMING DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES DEADLY. AND SO, UM I WOULD LIKE FROM THIS POINT. FORWARD. IF YOU KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES AND I SAY HEY, LISTEN THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN HERE AND THIS INTERSECTION. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THOSE AREAS WITH YOU AND SAY, LISTEN, THIS IS POTENTIALLY UH, DANGER WAITING TO HAPPEN. I. I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD INSTEAD OF JUST COMING BACK WITH. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID? WE DID A STUDY AND THIS ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN. WHAT HAVE YOU BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW AREAS. IN OUR DISTRICT FIVE THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME MORE ATTENTION PAID TO AS FAR AS TRAFFIC LIGHT.ONE IS A STREET THAT NEEDS TO REALLY BE CONVERTED. ONE WAY IS DANGEROUS. SO I LIKE TO KNOW.
CAN I CALL ON YOU ALL TO AT LEAST GO AND PUT EYES ON THESE AREAS THAT I MENTIONING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT TO EXPAND ON IF WE COME IN AND ARE ABLE TO PRESENT ON VISION, 01 OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS A ROADSIDE SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE STAFF TALK THROUGH WHAT WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE GO OUT TO AN INTERSECTION. THEY ARE DOING THESE IN CONJUNCTION WITH KYTC, UH, WITH THEIR HS IP PROGRAM, THEY GO OUT AND THEY DO ASSESSMENTS OF DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE KNOW CRASHES OR FATALITIES HAVE HAPPENED. SO THEY WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING ALREADY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS. I LIKE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THOSE. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM GEORGIA KARNS, ARE YOU, UM DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS FUNDING PUT IN AND PLANNING DESIGN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON A CAPACITY STUDY ON OUR ROADWAYS. I SAT IN ON. I BELIEVE A MEETING ABOUT THAT IT HAD TO DO IT WAS I AND I, I I'M NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH IT. THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR EMILY LOU OR BRIAN DAVIS. BUT I KNOW IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT ARE SUBMITTED. UM I HAVE NOT HAD AN UPDATE ON THAT. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET ONE. I JUST THINK THAT BOTH PLANNING AND DESIGN AND PUBLIC WORKS SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. AND MAYBE I'M WE JUST SEEMS LIKE IF THERE'S DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, AND WE HAVE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ALREADY DIAD THAT YOU ALL WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF PLAN TO, UH, FACILITATE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON ALL ROADWAYS BECAUSE I KNOW OUT IN, UH, MY AREA AND IT'S IN SEVERAL OTHER UM, COUNCILMAN DISTRICTS. WE CALL THEM MAR, UH, FARM TO MARKET ROADS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TWO LANE AND THERE'S TONS OF DEVELOPMENT. UH, THAT THAT HAS OCCURRED. AND THO. THOSE STREETS ARE HIGHLY DANGEROUS IN MY OPINION. SO I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE MORE COOPER OPERATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS WHEN WE COULD WORK HAND IN HAND TOGETHER TO SOLVE AN ISSUE INSTEAD OF THIS DEPARTMENT GOES THIS DIRECTION, AND THIS DEPARTMENT GOES THIS DIRECTION. BUT THE MEETING OF THE MINDS IN THE MIDDLE SHOULD HAPPEN. I THINK WHEN, WHEN CARINA WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE ARE FRAGMENTED, UM ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT THEY DID DISCUSS AND GET FEEDBACK FROM WAS THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GROUP WITHIN PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES, SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION THAT WE NEED AND SOME OF MY FLOOD. THAT IS A VERY GOOD 0.1 OF THE AREAS THAT I'VE ASKED TO BE LOOKED AT, HAS HAD A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROAD IS STILL THE SAME, AND I'M JUST AFRAID SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED. BECAUSE THIS AREA THIS DEVELOPMENT ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND IT'S SO BUSY, SO THAT'S THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT AS A WHOLE, SOMETIMES FAIL TO BRING ALL THE PLAYERS TO THE TABLE. AND IF YOU BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE, THE BETTER THE COLLABORATION, THE BETTER THE FINAL PRODUCT.
EXACTLY, UM COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? SO I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO CITY FIVE. I KNOW THAT WE ARE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. YEAH. SO THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WE WILL, UM BRING FORWARD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, FIRST OF ALL. ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, ELEMENTS PLANNING AND DESIGN AND, UH, ENGINEERING TOGETHER.
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UM COLLABORATING, UH, DEVELOPING THE RIGHT. UM UH, COHESIVE APPROACH, UH TO THOSE THINGS, SO THERE'LL BE AN ORGANIZATIONAL RECOMMENDATION. THEY'LL BE POLICY. UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PROCESS RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SOME STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES. SO HOW WILL YOU ASSUMING THAT, UM YOU AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD? HOW WILL YOU IMPLEMENT THEM? UM OVER TIME. UM, AND AGAIN, THEN PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WHICH WE THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UM, BEING ABLE TO SEE HAVE I IS THIS THEN BRINGING ABOUT THAT, UM, CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE? ARE YOU HAVING THE, UM IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE? SO THOSE WOULD BE THE THREE NEXT, UM UH, DELIVERABLES THAT WILL, UM, BRING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'M I'M GONNA SKIP MY OTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT VISION. AND I WANTED TO KNOW. UH WHAT? THAT VISION EVER, UM INCLUDE A RAIL SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE RULING ANYTHING OUT. SO ONE OF THE FUN THINGS THAT, UH, ME AND MY STAFF CHUCKLE ABOUT OUR SEEING OLD PICTURES OF LOUISVILLE AND THERE IS ALWAYS REAL IN THEM, AND WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE RIPPED ALL OF THAT OUT AND HOW MANY PROBLEMS IT WOULD FIX FOR US TODAY IF IT WERE STILL HERE, SO UH AND WE DEFINITELY, UH, K IT IS DOING AS FAR AS REGIONAL RAIL. THE APPLICATION WITH AMTRAK FOR, UM, PLANNING FOR THE CONNECTION. TO INDIANAPOLIS. THANK YOU. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS , THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE HAD A SECOND AGENDA ITEM. OH, I'M SORRY. THE RESOLUTION. BUT I BELIEVE THE CHAIRWOMAN WILL NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD. AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT FUNDING. THAT'S
[2. R-026-24 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT UP TO $80,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY’S TRANSPORTATION CABINET TOWARDS THE BRIDGE REPAIRS AT GOLDSMITH LANE PROJECT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS & ASSETS. Action Required By: September 2024 Sponsors: Pat Mulvihill (D-10) ]
WHAT SHE NEEDS.YEAH. PENNILESS. ITEM NUMBER TWO. A RESOLUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ME TO ACCEPT UP TO $80,000 FUNDING FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY'S TRANSPORTATION CABINET TOWARDS THE BRIDGE REPAIRS AT GOLDSMITH LANE PROJECT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND EXIT FOR THE RESOLUTION. SECOND I DIDN'T GET TO ASK FOR ONE, BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS OUR ROUTINE ALLOTMENT. WE GET FROM THE STATE MUNICIPAL AID FUNDS, AND IT'S PART OF THE BRIDGE PROGRAM. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS TOWARDS THE, UH UH GOLDSMITH BRIDGE. I'M JEFF BROWN WITH LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU, SIR. UM MISTER JEFF. UM WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN M HILL. UH YEAH. JEFF WALL, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT, 10 COUNCILMAN WALBY HILLS. HAPPY TO, UH, BE ASKED TO BE SPONSOR OF THIS AND THIS, UH BRIDGES ON GOLDSMITH LANE, HEAVILY TRAVELED CONNECTOR BETWEEN NEWBURG AND BARDSTOWN ROAD. THERE'S ALSO A I UNDERSTAND A PEDESTRIAN ELEMENT TO THE BRIDGE. IT'S A DENSELY POPULATED AREA, SO WE'RE WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THE FUNDING TO DO THE NECESSARY STRUCTURAL REPAIRS. THANK YOU, UM AND I'M I'M GLAD HE BROUGHT THAT UP. IT WAS THE SIDEWALK CLOSURE OF THE BRIDGE THAT INITIATED THIS AND EXPEDITED THE PROCESS. OK IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELMAN KRAMER? HEY, JEFF. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. UM IT'S THE GRANT IS DIRECT. IT'S FOR A NICE EVEN $80,000. WHAT'S THE PROJECTED COST FOR THE BRIDGE ITSELF, AND
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THE WORK YOU'RE DOING THAT ARE ENGINEERING ESTIMATE CAME OUT TO ABOUT $1.23 MILLION FOR THIS REPLACEMENT. AND WHERE WILL THE BALANCE COME FROM? OUT OF OUR BIRD PREPARE FUNDS THAT I BELIEVE WAS $3 MILLION IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. GOOD. THANK YOU. MANAGER. COUNCILMAN EAGLE.THANK YOU, MINISTER. REAL QUICK. THE TOTAL MI MUNICIPAL AID WOULD . IT'S NOT $80,000. IT'S MORE THAN THAT. BUT I MEAN, WHAT IS THE TOTAL? WHAT DO WE GET FOR MUNICIPAL AID? IF I WISH I HAD O AND BE HERE IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON THAT FORMULA OF FIFTHS THAT THE STATE USES BASED ON GAS TAX THAT COMES IN. IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY COLLECT. BUT IT IS, UH, CALCULATED THROUGH THE FORMULA THAT FORMULA THAT IS SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WE'VE ALL I KNOW IS WE GET THE SHORT HAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IF THERE IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, THIS CALLS FOR A FORCE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE IT. THIS SHOULD GO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF THAT'S IT THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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