# Transportation Policy Committee meeting - January 16, 2018 > Auto-transcribed civic record · January 16, 2018 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4434 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4434?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2018-01-16 - **Last revised**: January 16, 2018 - **Length**: 8,088 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee met on January 24, 2018, at 1:30 PM in the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council Chambers at 200 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky, with David West presiding. The committee addressed five agenda items during the session, all of which were approved through formal votes. The meeting included one public comment period and covered routine administrative matters as well as significant policy adoptions. Key accomplishments included the adoption of the Draft 2018 Lexington Area MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and approval of a resolution supporting KYTC adopted safety performance measures, alongside approval of meeting minutes, the 2018 meeting schedule, and a new Technical Coordinating Committee Chair. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on January 16, 2018: **Present:** • David West • Bob Amato • Steve Kay • Richard Moloney • Amanda Bledsoe • Peggy Henson • Fred Brown • James Brown • Carrie Butler • Pam Shepherd • Jon Larson • Barry House **Absent:** • Jim Gray • Harold Rainwater • Kevin Stinnett • Bernadette Dupont • Abigail Rivera **Late:** • None A total of 12 members were present and 5 members were absent. No members arrived late to the meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The meeting included five unanimous votes on various administrative and policy matters for the Lexington Area MPO. **Meeting Minutes Approval** The committee unanimously approved the October 25, 2017 meeting minutes without discussion or opposition. **2018 Meeting Schedule** Members unanimously approved the proposed 2018 Lexington Area MPO meeting schedule, establishing the calendar for the upcoming year's regular meetings. **Technical Committee Leadership** The committee unanimously approved the appointment of Mr. Fred Combs as the new Chair of the MPO Technical Coordinating Committee. This leadership change will take effect for the 2018 meeting cycle. **Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan** A significant policy decision was made with the unanimous adoption of the Draft 2018 Lexington Area MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. This comprehensive planning document will guide future bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure investments and policy decisions throughout the metropolitan planning area. **Safety Performance Measures Resolution** The final vote was unanimous approval of a resolution supporting the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) adopted safety performance measures. This resolution aligns the MPO's safety priorities with state-level transportation safety standards and requirements. All five motions passed with unanimous consent, indicating strong consensus among committee members on these items. The voting records show no opposition, abstentions, or dissenting votes on any of the measures considered. However, specific vote counts, individual member voting records, and the names of members who made or seconded the motions were not recorded in the available meeting documentation. *Note: Transcript timestamps were not available in the source materials for these voting actions.* ## Public Comment During the public comment period, one resident addressed the council regarding transportation infrastructure concerns. Ms. Clark spoke about issues related to the Newtown Pike Extension project and traffic congestion in the area. She expressed concerns about the timing and budget for Phase 3 of the Newtown Pike Extension. Additionally, Ms. Clark raised issues about reduced vehicular capacity on Euclid Avenue, which she believes is contributing to increased congestion on smaller side streets in the surrounding area. The public comment period focused primarily on transportation and infrastructure matters affecting local traffic patterns and project implementation timelines. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps were not available for this public comment period.* ## Appointments The meeting included one appointment action during the January 16, 2018 session. • **Fred Combs** was appointed to the MPO Technical Coordinating Committee The Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Technical Coordinating Committee serves as an advisory body that provides technical expertise and recommendations on transportation planning matters within the metropolitan area. This appointment fills a position on the committee to ensure continued technical oversight of regional transportation planning initiatives. ## Approval of October 25, 2017 Meeting Minutes The committee reviewed the meeting minutes from October 25, 2017 as agenda item 3. The minutes were presented for formal approval as part of the standard meeting procedures. The committee approved the October 25, 2017 meeting minutes without recorded discussion or amendments. No specific concerns were raised regarding the accuracy or completeness of the minutes during the review process. **Outcome:** The October 25, 2017 meeting minutes were approved. ## Approval of 2018 Lexington Area MPO Meeting Schedule The committee considered agenda item 4, the approval of the 2018 Lexington Area MPO Meeting Schedule. This resolution item involved reviewing the proposed calendar of meetings for the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the upcoming year. The meeting schedule was presented to the committee for formal approval, establishing the dates and times when the Lexington Area MPO would convene throughout 2018. This annual scheduling item ensures that all stakeholders and committee members have advance notice of meeting dates to facilitate participation and planning. Following the presentation of the proposed schedule, the committee voted to approve the 2018 Lexington Area MPO Meeting Schedule. The resolution was adopted, officially establishing the meeting calendar for the organization's activities during the year. The approval of this schedule represents standard administrative business for the MPO, providing the framework for the organization's regular meetings and ensuring compliance with public meeting requirements and advance notice provisions. ## Request for TPC Approval of new MPO Technical Coordinating Committee Chair The Transportation Policy Committee considered the appointment of a new chair for the MPO Technical Coordinating Committee during agenda item 5. Max Conyers presented the request for approval of Mr. Fred Combs as the new chair of the MPO Technical Coordinating Committee. The appointment represents a leadership transition for the technical committee, which provides technical expertise and recommendations to support the MPO's transportation planning activities. The committee approved the appointment of Mr. Fred Combs to serve as the new MPO Technical Coordinating Committee Chair. No significant discussion or concerns were raised regarding this appointment during the meeting. This appointment ensures continued leadership and coordination of the technical committee's work in supporting the MPO's transportation planning and project development processes. ## Adoption of the Draft 2018 Lexington Area MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan The committee considered agenda item 6, the adoption of the Draft 2018 Lexington Area MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. Scott Thompson served as the key speaker presenting this resolution to the committee. The draft plan contains comprehensive recommendations designed to enhance bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure throughout the Lexington metropolitan planning area. The plan encompasses three main categories of improvements: policy recommendations, program initiatives, and specific infrastructure projects aimed at creating better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. The committee approved the draft master plan, moving forward with the Metropolitan Planning Organization's efforts to improve non-motorized transportation options in the region. This adoption represents a significant step in the MPO's commitment to developing a more comprehensive and accessible transportation network that accommodates various modes of travel beyond traditional vehicular traffic. The master plan will serve as a guiding document for future bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure investments and policy decisions within the Lexington Area MPO's jurisdiction. The approval of this plan demonstrates the committee's recognition of the importance of alternative transportation modes and the need for systematic planning to support bicycle and pedestrian mobility throughout the metropolitan area. ## Approval of Resolution for Lexington Area MPO to Support KYTC Adopted Safety Performance Measures The committee considered agenda item 7, a resolution for the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to support the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's (KYTC) adopted safety performance measures. Barry House served as the key speaker for this agenda item, presenting the resolution to the committee members. The resolution was designed to formally align the Lexington Area MPO with KYTC's established safety performance measures framework. The committee approved the resolution without recorded opposition. This approval demonstrates the MPO's commitment to supporting statewide transportation safety initiatives and maintaining coordination with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's safety objectives. The resolution represents part of the ongoing collaboration between local metropolitan planning organizations and state transportation agencies to ensure consistent safety standards and performance measurement across Kentucky's transportation network. By approving this resolution, the Lexington Area MPO formally endorsed KYTC's safety performance measures as part of their regional transportation planning efforts. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps are not available for this agenda item.* --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of October 25, 2017 Meeting Minutes - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of 2018 Lexington Area MPO Meeting Schedule - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of new MPO Technical Coordinating Committee Chair: Mr. Fred Combs - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Adoption of the Draft 2018 Lexington Area MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of Resolution for Lexington Area MPO to Support KYTC Adopted Safety Performance Measures --- ## Full transcript Thank you. I'm glad you have a quorum. John Larson, I have no legal authority now to act on behalf of the Fayette County Judge Executive's Office, Tom Dupree resigned and the vacancy has not been filled by the governor yet. I'm merely one of three candidates for that office in the coming election. But I want to remind you that I believe strongly that this body is extremely important in the scheme of land use for the central Kentucky region. This is the only authority that there is for doing anything regionally and it is extremely important the transportation avenues affect all land use in this area and i continue to be involved and it will be involved thank you for allowing me to participate with you thank you anyone else all right having no one else come for the committee we have action items number three listed as our approval of our october 25th 2017 minute meetings do we have we have a motion we have yes could i uh just ask every one of you to uh put your mics on for the tv audience and the recording at home chris edwards here has asked me to do that for you and then if you don't mind just while you're talking i'm sorry just while you're talking right very good thank you we have a motion we have a second for the for the uh minute minute meetings we did we did second all right all in favor please signify by saying aye and opposed all right we have uh approval of our 2018 lexington area mpo meeting schedule Max, anything you want to say about that? No, Judge, that's basically what we handed out to you, and you all made a comment and gave input, and we settled on this, and you all had plenty of time to review it and check it for conflicts and so forth. So I think we're good with this, unless you all have any other comments, or I think we should just go ahead and ask for approval of this draft. Do we have a motion for approval? We have a motion. We have a second. Second. And second. All in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you. We've got requests for TPC approval of the new MPO Technical Coordinating Committee chair. Yes, and by our prospectus, you all have to approve any candidate for our technical committee, our Transportation Technical Coordinating Committee, we title it. And it was recently vacated by Mr. Stuart Kearns of UK Transportation and Parking. For many years he served as that chair, and we really appreciate his service. After he vacated, we asked for anybody that would like to serve, and we were elated that Mr. Fred Combs of Lex Tran, his title is Transportation and Technology Planner for Lex Tran, and we were elated that Kerry appointed him internally to be able to do that and support us, and we love having Fred at the technical committee. He has attended for many years since he came to Lexington, so we've always appreciated it, but now as chair we really appreciate him. So we would just ask if you would approve him as chair, and don't ask if Fred would like to say anything. A motion concerning this recommendation, Mr. Combs. So moved. we have motion and second all in favor please signify by saying aye opposed all right and we've got adoption of our Lexington area MPO bicycle and pedestrian master plan yes this is it and before I move on that Fred you might stand it up I don't know if everybody knows you personally but that That is Fred Collins. Thank you. All right, so this is a big day for our a lot of work that has been put in for this kind of a milestone, our next and higher level of moving up in the world of bicycle and pedestrian mobility and access and equity. and to lead us in this, well, first of all, there's a link we give you in the packet that you can access the plan. We also have a hard copy attached in your packet. We can give you hard copies if you don't. But I will let Mr. Scott Thompson come up and talk about this great effort and how well it's gone, and we're just hoping for your approval. Thank you, Max. So as many of you know and have been involved in the process, we have completed our bike and pedestrian master plan update for Fayette and Jessamine County. Some of the members of this committee were on the steering committee for that project. Many have been in stakeholder group meetings that we held throughout the year. We had numerous opportunities for public input. We had a rather robust public input and evaluation process that we went through that was very successful. We had a lot of really good, positive feedback and great recommendations from the general public, not just through our process but through the On the Table event that was a part of our comp plan update. We really had a lot of comments around transportation trails and bike facilities and their importance and the connectivity of those systems, as well as the outreach that we had as a part of the Parks Master Plan. And that was a really hot item, I mean, as it related to parks, the connectivity to parks, trails within parks, and getting people to those places safely on foot and on bike. So we have completed that document. We released an executive summary and an interactive map for folks to comment and view the network and tell us what they thought. We took that feedback, made some adjustments to the draft document, and we put that out for public review for, we could have for 21, 30 days, or three weeks, or was it, well, we'll call it a month, 30 days. And took some of that feedback, made a few changes to the document, and now today we are asking for you all to adopt the bike and pedestrian remaster plan as a part of the MPO for Fayette and Jessamont County. And I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. Any questions for Scott? Hearing none, do we have a motion for adoption of the draft plan? We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Motion, second. Further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. And opposed? Thank you. Thank you all. We've got number seven, approval of resolution for Lex Tran Area MPO. yes this is a an item that has come about through the new highway legislation and to lead us in this we thought we'd just ask uh berry house to to kind of give you the lay of the land on this because there is so much uh state kytc involvement and fhwa involvement and the federal transit administration involvement and there's dates and deadlines and requirements and the first one is going to be our safety performance measures but i will just let barry who has led us and guided us as an mpo to get to this point to adopt and support the state measures thank you okay thanks max uh you have an information in your uh sheet in your handout our meeting packet page six i'll be uh So just hitting some of the high points of that. We've been talking about the concept of performance measures since 2012. MAP 21, our previous Highway Funding Act at that time, required USDOT to establish performance measures in several areas, safety being one of them, pavement condition, bridge condition, congestion, freight, and a couple of others. Our current highway funding bill, the FAST Act, enacted December of 2015, reinforced and continued performance measure requirements. So since that time, state DOTs and MPOs have been under deadlines for establishing performance targets related to each different performance measure. We're talking about safety today. U.S. DOT established five different performance measures related to safety. Number of fatalities, number of serious injuries, fatality rate, and by rate I mean fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles. Serious injury rate, and then the number of non-motorized, basically pedestrians and bicyclists, the number of non-motorized fatalities and serious injuries. in your handout there's some important dates the two that relate most to this group are the two in the middle february 27th which is coming up real soon mpos must establish must either establish specific performance targets related to the safety measures that i just mentioned, or the MPO can agree to support the state target. And I'll explain what that means in just a minute. The second important date is also coming up pretty soon, May of this year. After that date, then updates or amendments to the plan, the MPP, or the TIP, must be made in conformance with performance management requirements. We're in good shape on the tip. It was just approved recently within the last few months. The plan will be updated, expires next year, so we'll be updating the MTP over the course of the next several months. We talked a little bit about that last meeting, But as we do that, we will need to address the safety performance measures and the other performance measures that are going to be coming online soon. The actual statewide targets are there in the middle of your handout. All states had to establish targets for the five measures by August of last year. and we did that and in conjunction with our annual highway safety improvement program the specific numbers are listed there fatalities 730 now all of these numbers represent a five-year rolling average so the 2018 target represents an average of the years 2014 15 16 17 and 18 The target for fatalities is 730. You may have seen in the Herald-Leader within the last couple of weeks that the numbers have been finalized for 2017 and the number of fatalities in the state was 770. That's a pretty good reduction from 2016, which was 834, I believe. we we did make progress in terms of reducing fatalities but that number 770 obviously is above the 730 target now the 730 target is a five-year average versus the you know the number that i just mentioned for last year so essentially the five-year average drops off the year 2000 and 2013 and we add 2017 or drops off 2012 and adds 2017. But I guess the bottom line is even though we're making progress, it is going to be difficult to meet that target. That target you could think of as aspirational. You would like to reduce fatalities to enough, significantly enough, that we could meet that target. We did make progress, but still, it's going to be very difficult to meet that target. There's a little bit of information about the other targets, and there's even more information attached to the resolution on page, the attachment on page 8 in your meeting packet. So you might look at that information. As far as required MPO activities, The first one is what I just mentioned that we need to do today, and that's agreed to support either set our own specific targets, which really the MPOs have not been given the data to do that yet. We're in the process of making that data available to the MPOs so they could at least think about doing that in future years. But for this year, essentially our only option is to agree to support state targets. What does that mean? Support of state targets means that the MPO agrees to plan and program projects to contribute toward achieving state targets. We agree to plan and program projects that place an emphasis on safety. I think that's pretty much normal business. So we're not really agreeing to anything that we haven't always done, but I think we will need to think about and talk about the safety impacts of projects a little more than we have in the past maybe as we move forward. Do we have any questions for Barry? Hearing none, do we have a motion for approval of this resolution to support KYTC adopted safety performance measures. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Any further discussion? Any none? All in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? All right. We'll move forward to the administrative modifications then. Thank you, Judge. I do have the resolution that just pretty much states what Barry just said, and I'll ask it your signature before before I leave today, but thank you. Okay, so as you recall last time, we discussed and decided to bring forward the Wilson-Downie Bridge that's coming along, what is it, Wilson-Downie Road there, right at Tates Creek at the Tates Creek Shopping Center Plaza. It's been basically shut down on the side that was condemned for, I guess, going on a couple of years now. So it's getting close to a couple of years. So we decided to use our local funds because no other funds were available to get this replaced, basically. It's not a rehab or a repair. It's a replacement of that steel-beamed portion. It was essentially two bridges, and the one half that had steel beams had degraded so much that it was about to collapse and was condemned by the state bridge inspectors. So we asked to use our SLX monies, and you will see the modification that we have programmed on page 9 and 10. It explains that it will be a cost of $350,000 for everything designed through construction. that required about 70,000 in local match to get that done. And so that is the modification. And we just wanted to bring that to your attention as you all had asked us to do that at the prior meeting. And we just let you know that's moving along. Would you like Doug Burton to come up and explain where we are on that? I know he's moving along, not as fast as I think he would like, but he'll give you a quick summary of where we are. Thanks, Max. We're still waiting on the funding itself because that has to go through the state. It's federal funding, but it's administered by the state. And they've recently had some turnover in their Office of Local Programs, which is the one that handles giving us that authority. So we expect it soon. We worked with them and with a consultant that's on an adjacent project, the Wilson-Downing Sidewalks project. And that was under a statewide contract. so instead of having to go out and spend months advertising selecting a consultant etc we're just adding that to their existing contract which will save us several months so basically as soon as we get the money we're going to give them we're going to put that action through council and get the the green light to to go on the design hoping for construction to start this this summer while schools that would be ideal so that's where we're at questions yes sir related to this funding we've already appropriated or as far as local match right correct and as far as the Kentucky the legislature doesn't have to get involved in this particular right now can somebody address what's what's the reason that you say you've got you've lost some some employees or no they just had they just had a person in their office transferred another office they've since brought that person back they brought another person in but anytime you have turnover in any office you've got the same amount of workload on one less person so there's just been a that between that and the holidays we've seen probably a month lag and what would normally be your normal turnaround but it's not substantial and again I expect that and Armstrong Mill approval to come in any day now Armstrong Mill the sidewalk sidewalk program there because we sent those both in about the same time so okay and I have a question for max but anybody else got a question Any other questions? Yes, ma'am. The bridge in question, is it there by the Tice Creek Center? It is. Okay. Is water quality involved at all? No. On the design? No. No, that's a separate. So there's three different projects going on in that fairly small corridor. um greg lubeck water quality they're putting out a project and they're doing they're doing the design now it's probably nearly finished and this summer when school's out they plan to do a substantial improvement from i'm blanking on the cross street the four-way stop at the bottom of the hill basically up to the four-way stop at the top of the hill near the school that's going to be a lot of that's going to be shut down because they're replacing a large covert midway and that channel so then we have our wilson downing sidewalks project that's under designed now and then this wilson downing bridge replacement that's that'll be underway so i guess i was concerned about the design because they replaced water quality replaced several residential culprits in my district and what they the design helps with the flow of the water so i'm sure i'm sure you're aware of that we're not changing the opening here so we're not we're going to impact the hydraulics how the water is going to flow we're just going to put back the same span length that was there before so um the the engineering consultant will check the hydraulics to make sure we don't need to do anything else but um that that area at least the bottom has been prone to flooding in the past anyway so we shouldn't have to change uh the geometry of the bridge because i think the the way they used to construct the bridges were like with two openings and things have a way of getting caught and then causes flooding so i just wanted to kind of err on the side of caution if you're replacing it anyway yeah this will be the same single opening that's there now so there's no additional obstruction okay so it is one thing it's already one span right good okay Thank you. Thank you, Chair. Absolutely. Anyone else? Yes, sir. I wanted to ask Max some questions about this schedule, if ever. On the back page, page 10, the SLX projects on there, that's not all the SLX projects, is it? That's just our – we have to put in our modifications the changes we make in the actual tip pages. Yeah. And that last row there reflects the modification changes, and it shows which years it will fall in and which phases and the amounts of monies. But did they just happen to get on this particular map or this particular information? Well, every time we do. It's a little bit confusing because that's not all of our SLX projects. No, we have many others. All the SLX projects are on the same section of the tip of the transportation improvement program. Okay. Right. And the funding that we're looking at, all those over there, not all of them have local match. But the local match there, how have we projected that local match on those items? Well, all of our SLX or our apportioned federal surface transportation program funds, they do have to have a local source match. You cannot match federal with federal or anything like that. It could come from Jessamine County. It could come from Fayette County. It could come from Lex Tran. It could come from – and all those parties, you know, those local sources have at some point contributed to the local match. But this particular one is coming, you know, from the LFUCGs. And this is in the four-year plan, is that correct? Correct, correct. we will be updating that in mid-year yes i believe our i just talked to our grants folks yesterday on what we're going to be asking for as match uh to put into the budget uh now and so that will we'll have maybe some studies and things like that that we'll want to do that will require a little match that everybody's interested in and so and then you all as council will see those and either approve or not approve those of course are you talking about the fiscal year 19 budget yes yes or whatever okay thank you welcome and anytime you have any questions on anything like that we're there please just call us and let let you know the details anyone else all right for our information discussion items all right thank you so our informational discussion items first item is we had talked about this at our last meeting and we are required to update our MPO participation plan and this is of course you've heard me say this before is the federal government and our process really takes public participation involvement and you know seriously and we have always taken it very seriously we make we've made every effort to give make it efficient make it real make it effective and and all the new ways that are coming up all the time to do that and then kind of getting rid of the ineffective ways and and finding the new ways to And that could be neighborhood associations' outreach. It can be social media. It can be print sometimes, which is kind of waning. Radio TV, it reaches large audience. So all these things and what we will do and how we will do it and in what time frames and all this is in our participation plan. And we have put a draft out for you to review. and we won't ask you to do this today but we just want you to start taking a look at that Barry has looked at it pretty extensively and given us comments and we've made changes based on his comments and really thank you Barry for reading every word of that wonderfully exciting document and he always does and we got some good comments and so we'll ask you just to review that and see if there's anything that you would like to comment on or change or revise and let us know and we will seek your approval at our next meeting in March for this participation plan and then we will submit that to the FHWA, FDA and KYTC. So I'll just answer any questions that you might have on that. I've got a question. Yes sir. I guess just a general question here. This participation plan basically a lot of it is in house I mean you're you're doing this in your office yes yes we are we've always done contacts and I noticed that you had targeted outreach contacts back here I mean right just I think it covers everybody Fayette and Jessamine County yes so but you all have to do that is that but do you have to do that by email or are you sending out letters or information through the mail that requires some funds? We'll do it in many ways. We put out many surveys in the past, like online surveys. We have on our website, you can email in and email us comments like on the bike plan. They go right to Scott. He answers every one of them. That was pretty extensive work for him. Phone calls, you know, we have our numbers, we get our contacts on every, and for every plan, like the bike plan, we had a 30-day review, and so we We're getting a whole lot of comments there. We do also have a mobility marketing campaign that we have a Move It People website and so forth that give a lot of resources and contacts that people can have various modal interests, like bike and ped folks and safety folks and ADA, Title VI type populations can reach out to us and comment on things like that. So it's upon us to be effective, to be, I don't know, creative and intuitive in our unique area, because every area you go to is different. So Lexington is definitely unique, and so we need to tap into that uniqueness. Jessamine County is very unique, and we reach out to Judge West and Will Moore, Dave Kaltstadt, and so forth, to find the best and effective sources there. The Jessamine Journal, of course. We use the Jessamine Journal a lot down there because a lot of folks still read the Jessamine Journal. And we just try to do everything. And by all means, if you have something that we should – our neighborhood associations are a wonderful resource because you can reach out to our neighborhood associations that you all deal with very closely. And so that's almost too closely. You get a lot. It's like the Wilson-Downy Bridge, of course. We've got a lot of phone calls and a lot of comments and a lot of participation, I should say, on that. And I think they're pleased at this point. They just want to see it get done. But that's basically what we're trying to do. Kenzie, did you want to add anything? Kenzie leads us in this, in the document. She's done a wonderful job. Did you want to add anything to that? I guess just to say that in respect to the targeted outreach that you see in the back, it really depends what we're doing. In some cases, it's an email list. Like we have a database of about 800 individuals in the community that have said we would like to receive information on different transportation initiatives. If we're doing a major plan update, we might send a flyer to that business, if it's a grocery store or whatnot, and say would you please post this flyer about our plan or a public meeting in your place of business, hoping that the individuals who maybe aren't otherwise engaged in the process could see that in the places that they go to worship or purchase food or whatnot I think the one thing I wanted to just emphasize is that if you have any comments or suggestions if we could have those by Wednesday of next week which is the 31st in advance of putting a public draft out we can still make changes during the public comment period but if there's anything substantial that you'd like to see adjusted if you could let us know by next week that would be helpful. You get a lot of inquiries about road projects and you know we've got several areas where we're getting our funding and of course funding is the catalyst for us doing anything right but it comes from all different sources. Right. You get inquiries about that? We do we get calls and emails many of them come through the council office you know sometimes they're things that can be addressed through our maintenance and operations personnel and we'll forward those along other ones are more substantial improvements and we try to explain you know is it in the plan how far out is it planned out and provide the public with information we recently updated our website to include project-based information which was new it's one place where people can go and sort of see what is on the books or what's an active project today well you know people are more involved especially in neighborhood associations about their areas and the trailways and bike paths and sidewalks those are big been some big items in my district where people are really concerned about those type of things i would say at least half of our calls and inquiries to our office are bicycle and pedestrian related and or transit sometimes but there is a lot of interest in multimodalism and that's been the trend for a number of years now thank you oh yeah i was going to add one thing i was going to add that you know we we also utilize many organizations and our legislators and everything to get that word out to their constituents. They appreciate that. Also, we combine with our planning functions, you know, with the comprehensive plan outreach and the on the table was a big part of that. We utilize that. You can imagine how many transportation comments we got on the table, and we helped sort and categorize and sift through all those, and we'll use those coming up. But the important thing Kenzie was talking about to get this going is this requires a 45-day public review period. So it's quite extensive. So we wanted to make sure and get that review period started and get any of your changes or revisions before we start that so we can ask for your approval in March and move on into our other updates. So that's all I wanted to add. Thank you. I can speak to the next item too if you like. The Title VI plan, this will really be a supplement to our participation plan, and it outlines how we'll try to make sure that we're engaging all communities within Lexington and Jessamine County. and we had hoped that because we really see the Title VI program plan as a complement to the participation plan that we might have a draft now that we would then adopt at the same time but due to staffing changes and some other demands I think we're probably looking at having a draft of that to you in March rather than having you approve that in March but because we mentioned at the last meeting I just wanted to give you an update and let you know that we are still working on that and we'll adopt that as a supplement to the participation plan after the March meeting. And then finally, we also discussed, let you know at our last meeting, that in January we began work in earnest on the Metropolitan Transportation Plan update. We had a pretty heavy agenda this meeting, so we didn't really have anything that we wanted to bring forward at this time. but just to let you know that we're really knee-deep into data at this point, a lot related to the performance measures that we're going to have to incorporate into the plan update, this go-round. But also in sort of the big-picture thinking and thinking about what are some of the trends, we're really in an uncertain time right now in terms of the technologies and the ways that the world is changing and what the impacts to our transportation system over the next 20 and 30 years will be. So we hope to, at our March meeting, really begin that discussion with you all in earnest to share with you some of the things that we're hearing about in the industry as well as some of the data and the trends that have occurred in our area of late and really have that dialogue with you all about what are some of your visions and what directions would you like to see us go with this plan. So if you can, we hope you can join us in Jessamine County at the March meeting to really start that dialogue. Thank you. All right. The next item is you all probably heard that a draft of the shift KYTC six-year plan came out, and we were actually in the Kentucky for Kentuckians for Better Transportation conference when that hit and everybody was on their phones you know looking and looking through and we were doing the same thing but just wanted to let you know that came out and then I think we fared pretty well. Jessamine County got their top three priorities I believe. The Y, a portion of the bypass, the Third Street Bridge and so that was really good And then I think we got most of our high-priority projects. Some of our high-dollar projects, even in Jessamine County, have been kind of deferred, like West Brannan. I think that was kind of pushed into the unscheduled needs portion. Scott Street Connector, extension of Newtown Pike, was pushed into the unscheduled needs portion. Portions of New Circle Road, of course, too, were out there. And Georgetown Road from Spur onto the interstate, those are very, very expensive projects. So it's reasonable that those were kind of pushed back and we hit the immediate projects right now. We did get the New Circle Road signalized portion design started, which was good. But then right away, utility and construction portions, I believe, were pushing. But I did hand out a summary there. and as we were going to compare this with our shift scores and everything, I think we'll go ahead and do that for you and then send that out so you'll see how we fared to what we submitted. We had two, three people out with the flu this week, so we didn't get that done. We were hoping to get it done, but we didn't want to bring the flu in here or anywhere. So that is basically where shift is right now. And as I hear Barry say in the state, it's the biennium that is really what counts, because by that time you'll be right back into the shift cycle again. And also, you know, the unscheduled portion is kind of out there. So I think we fared pretty well given the constraints of the client and the times right now. And just wanted to know if you all had any questions. Barry, did you have anything to add about that process? No, nothing there. Okay. Questions? Yes, sir. Is this related to the $136 million that was in the newspaper or the $55 million? Let's see. How much were they going to – I think it was $50 million that the state was going to program in the state. For the last couple of years, we've been under this pause 50 strategy, which ends July 1st when the new six-year plan comes into play. I'm not sure about the $136 million. I don't know where that number is. said that's what they were the governor was recommending that Fayette and Jessamon County get that or Fayette County I guess was all was gonna have 136 million dollars for projects road projects well there are some significant projects and maybe if you add the projects up in a particular year maybe that's what the number is I'm not sure about that this is the new shift program that we got involved in and this is a result of it but are we going to get some more information on this or does this body really get involved in it yes yeah of course you can contact you can coordinate with legislators at this time they were there won't be a final of this till probably May August or May June I mean this is the governor's recommend it's the cabinet the Transportation Cabinet and the governor's recommendation to the legislature they will consider it over the next couple months and adopt it as part of the we don't have any dollars attached to this estimated amounts or anything now the legislature has to have some dollar figures yeah well there's no dollars on this summary but you know each of these projects has costs and years yes I can I can get that to you. I can the actual official. It'd be all right for our next meeting, maybe even after the legislature really puts their blessing or the stamp of approval on how much they're going to put out there. We would need, you know, this this information. And then what's the next step that we do? Do we just put our blessing on it or just. Well, all of these projects are already in the plan, and many of them are already in the tip. So we may adjust those documents as we move forward with these projects, but no, there's no specific action that this body will take. Your part of the process took place during the shift prioritization that we went through over the last several months, where you identified priorities and then the Cabinet considered those priorities from here and everywhere else around the state and looked at the budgets and tried to assign dollars to the highest priority projects. Okay, fine. Thank you. What we'll do is give you a list. I have one. I'm sorry. I have one question. yes um we would have some um some authority if you will over these projects as we move them into the tip and the long-range plan once they're blessed from the state plan correct correct we have timing and prioritization within the two-year the six-year plan right right and that's kind of what barry said we'll have to adjust meaning we'll have to program those projects if they are changed and and reflect the final uh project phasing and dollars and so forth in our tip to to be able to authorize those federal funds and move forward so yeah anyone else all right proceed max oh yes sir explain to me when we were in judgment county we we had a vote on some priority things that y'all needed to get done real quick because that has nothing to do with those what happened to that that we voted on last time what was that for and where are they in that the priorities in jessamine county when we were in jessamine county you all said we had a you made me go down there because you didn't have a quorum and you needed to vote on something and we put three things in the list and jessamine county had one in there whatever happened to that is that part of the this or is that something else that we got money for corner. No, that's actually what was part of the shift process. And I think it's kind of confusing because I just handed out what came out with the state. I need to hand out what our shift submittal was that gives our quantitative data. You know, this is all a data-driven process based on. Oh, are you talking about the CMAQ projects? Okay. Okay. Yes. CMAQ is not a part of the shift. i didn't think it was i was wondering where we are i didn't mean to get out of order oh no that's okay did we could you made it get in a hurry to do that we haven't had it in a certain time has that been voted on and did we get any of those yes we uh jessamine has two projects that uh i think they're not they're tap projects though right uh i can pad projects we were required to prioritize all of the applications that were submitted for congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program not not the tap funds we submitted that to the cabinet we haven't heard any word as to whether any of those projects have been awarded okay that's what i was trying to because i know we've been voting on a lot of things yeah they were similar similar processes we had to prioritize both but these were road projects in that particular meeting you're referring to in justman county just addressed the the congestion mitigation projects thank you right i'm sorry it's very confusing when you start to mix uh cmac and tap and uh and then the state six-year plan and in our plan and so yeah we'll try to keep you all less confused and we'll try not to be confused but um yeah so this this the state and the um the state six-year plan though that's usually the big money you know the big money with the the state matching the federal funds and so those are our projects we really those are on our main system those are going to be interstate uh national highway system main arterials and things like that and then when we get into our local system more like clay's mill liberty road citation and then down into jessamine county like the things like the neighborhood access bike and pedestrian access to the schools and things like that that's when we get into more of our local local funding categories and planning processes but that's That's all I had on that. If you have any more questions, we will keep you apprised every step of the way with emails and call us any time on the shift process and how that's going. Of course, you can talk to the legislatures any time. You probably have more influence than we do, of course, but that is where we are. All right. Okay, safe streets. All right. I'll let Scott and maybe Kinsey, who are waist deep in the Safe Streets Academy, with some good results coming out, to give you an update on where we are and what we're going to do coming up soon here. Thanks, Max. So I think the last time we talked, we were either getting ready for or had already been to Orlando for our first workshop with the Safe Streets Academy. So we've done that process. Since then we came back and we chose a demonstration project in a project area and are partnering with the Citizens Environmental Academy to kind of pull some funding so that we had a little more money to do our demonstration project. So it upped the budget. It also helped us up the project area. There was an area of North Limestone, Loudoun Avenue, Bryan Avenue, and Maple Avenue that we've looked at for some time within the urban county government and within that neighborhood. And we've had numerous requests to change the dynamic so that it's much more bike and pedestrian friendly, that it creates a sense of place, and that it is much better for the people who live and work and commute in that area. The Safe Streets Academy is a learning process where a group of engineers, planners, architects, landscape architects, and the like get together and go through multiple case studies and come up with solutions to different problems. So that's the area where we're working on this demonstration project. We've had one public meeting that was on, let's see, when did we do that? That was in January, I think January the 9th. We called that a listening session. So we went out and we put up boards and asked people, you know, tell us why you stay in this area. So what attracts you to this area? What makes you want to be here? Show us how you move through the area currently in a vehicle, on a bike, and how you walk. And then identify areas that are problematic for biking, walking, and vehicular movement. And so then we've taken that information and come up with a couple of rough concepts, and we actually have another public meeting tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock or 6 or 6.30. regardless to kind of show what we would like to do as a result of what we heard and get some more feedback from the local folks in the neighborhood and the businesses that are affected by it in that area. On February 8th and 9th, we'll be hosting Orlando and South Bend, their team cohorts. So we'll have 30 design professionals and planners looking at this project area through a microscope. and we'll kind of give them a blank slate, and then we'll give them some of the feedback that we got from the neighborhoods and the businesses in that area, and then we'll let them kind of help us come up with some solutions, and then we'll compare those solutions and see what kind of flushes out. And then in April, we'll actually implement a demonstration project, and we'll do before and after measures to see how it affects traffic and bike and pedestrian movement and safety in the area. So it's really exciting. Lex Tran is letting us use their facility to host this group, and we're getting some national attention for this project. This is a grant that we applied for through the National Complete Streets Coalition and the Coalition Toward Zero Fatalities. So it's great for our community from a recognition standpoint, but it's great for our community for bringing great people in to work on a project like this. And hopefully it will result in real projects. I mean, I think demonstration projects and tactical urbanism are things that many communities are implementing to test ideas, and they've proven to be effective in getting real feedback and real information and real evaluation to know how to move forward and to make sure before you spend the big dollars that what you're proposing will actually work. So we're pretty excited to have the team here, and I think Carrie wants to say something. I would just like to encourage the folks that are there to walk that corridor since they'll be close. Because as somebody who walks in that corridor frequently, I would love to have some engineers walk that as well. We will. You'll see us out in the streets. When we were in Orlando, we did a very similar exercise. We spent one day working on case studies, various case studies. So they would give us things. We would work through problems and solutions. But then we went out for an entire day, visited their site, came back, worked on design solutions. So we'll do much the same thing. So we'll continue the continuing education component for all the design professionals, and then we'll go out in the field and really have boots on the ground assessing that. And the Citizens Environmental Academy has been great, too. They are really helping us focus on public outreach, which is something that I think is always difficult to get feedback. And we had a really good turnout at that first meeting. We think we'll have a good turnout at this next meeting. And that neighborhood is very engaged in the folks that live around there. So I'm looking forward to see what people say about what we're proposing, and then looking forward to implementing this demonstration project, and it's kind of a first of its kind in Lexington. So I'm pretty excited. Anything else for Scott? Thank you. Thank you. I'd just add, going back to our safety performance measures that we talked about earlier, this is one of the efforts to get at that, especially that 293 fatalities and serious injuries. That was the state performance measure that we want to reduce, and these types of things, these efforts will get at that. One thing, we met with the state this morning about performance measures, and we realized how different we are in the MPO areas. We're urbanized. We have a lot more pedestrians, transit, and bicycle activity, you can imagine, than the rural areas. most of those fatalities are rural departures hitting objects along the right-of-way and so this is one effort i think that scott and kenzie's worked very hard and jimmy have traveled and worked very hard and so we were and we've engaged with uh our engineers and our traffic engineers too so it's uh it's really good and then getting uh the experience of the other places so let's keep that up so that's all i wanted to add just thank you max is there any other questions comments or business that we need to bring all right next meeting date is wednesday march 21st at 1 30 in jessamine county location to be determined oh are we at the library again that's what we're aiming for but we better check with them before we show up you spoiled this last time that's right that was nice we have a motion to adjourn all right we are adjourned Thank you.