 Thank you. Good evening everyone. My name is Fanta Kaba and I'm a project manager here with the city of Fort Worth capital delivery. And so this is a community meeting for a traffic signal and pedestrian improvement projects that we have at the John C. White and Sandy Lane intersection, which is currently in council district 5. And I'm the, as just mentioned, I'm the city of Fort Worth project manager and then. The project engineer is cobb Finley and associates. So, for the agenda, we'll go over the project background and then we'll give a project update. We'll go over the project schedule. And then lastly, we'll give the project contact information. So project background, this project was identified for traffic signalization in 2022. And the objectives include improving traffic flow at their intersection during peak hours. Reducing delay and improving pedestrian safety at the intersection will be installing pedestrian accelerated signals with push buttons. We'll also be adding compliant ramps and crosswalks. And then this project is funded by the 2022 bond. And this is an area of the intersection. So we see that there's a school. And it's currently stopped controlled stop sign control. And then this is an area with the proposed signal layout overlaid on it. So then the crosswalks can be seen and then the proposed lane assignments. So, all 4 directions will have left, left turn, protect the left turn and then we'll be improving the side, side street geometry and then updating the ramps as well as needed. And then, so this, this project is part of the 2022 bond and it was chosen based on the signal weren't so we did a signal weren't just to make sure that. We can install a signal here 24 hour counts were taken in 2020 to confirm eligibility. And then those, those traffic counts were measured. Against the signal warrant requirements of the Texas manual for uniform traffic control devices. And then next, I'll go over rich warrants were met. So, of the 9 warrants 2 warrants were met 1 for the 8 hour vehicular volume and then the 2nd warrant for the 4 hour vehicular volume. And then, so in this screen, so these are the counts that were measured. And then these are the counts. These are the counts to require that we're comparing against to see if it meets the requirements for a signalization. And these are from the Texas manual of uniform. Traffic control devices and so at the bottom here, the 1st, this 1st warrant that was met, this is for 8 hour volumes. So we see over here. It was met in 9 hours of the day and over here, 14 hours of the day. When the warrant, it's 8 hours, so we've met it quite a few times. And then this is the 2nd warrant. So. The red dots are the traffic counts that we've received that we did and then. Anything higher than this blue line, it's, it's what's needed to meet the warrant. So we see, you've met the threshold a few times. And then project schedule. So the project is currently in the design phase and then this meeting tonight. It's our design community outreach. We'll plan for another meeting right before construction. That will be the pre construct, pre construction community meeting. And then we are currently in the right of the acquisition process. We're hoping to complete that in May of this year. There is no utility relocation required and then we're hoping to start construction this summer and the duration will be for about 8 months with a construction cost estimate of. Just under $900,000 project contact information. So the project design project engineer is Aaron Freaking with cobs and Lee and associates. And then his number is 8177691672 and his emails a Frick at cobs and Lee dot com and then my contact information. It's 817682 3181. Email is fancy dot cobs at Fort rift, Texas dot gov and that was the end of the presentation. So if anyone has any questions, feel free any common suggestions. What is that signal warrant? I mean, like, what, what is it actual something you put out there? I mean, what is that so after accounts are taken? So this light has a background of what the warrants are. So, basically, we took, we got traffic counts and then we measured those against the thresholds needed to meet these warrants and these come this threshold comes from the Texas manual of uniform traffic control devices. So, these are the counts here that we received in 2020. And then those counts were measured against these requirements to determine whether or not a signals warranted. So, is that when y'all put on those black hoses across the street, people, the cars go over and is that what you're talking about? Yes, how you do the counts. Yes. Okay. So, there's many ways to get counts. That's 1 of 1 of the ways. How else would you do a count? You can do manual counts as well. Just. At the intersection and count count cars as they go through, there's there's lots of ways to take a long time. So, yes, for the warrants, so this side over here shows the 9 warrants and then just a background of. What those words represent and then, as I mentioned, for the 2 warrants that were met, we show the counts that we received and then. Measure it against the requirements for the warrant. So that's what this 1 is for the 1st warrant. And then the 2nd warrant, these, these red dots represent our counts and then this blue line. Is the requirement or the threshold. So, do you think that traffic will be. You couldn't go down Sandy land turn right or left on to John white once this begins, or they just have it like sectioned off or something. Like during the construction when they're when they're doing what I need to do. You're asking about the conditions during construction. Yeah, like, because if I, if I, I live really close to there, so if I'm coming down. Sandy and and I want to make a right to go to 20. I would still be able to do that while they're doing whatever they're doing to create this, right? So, in the pre construction meeting, we'll give more details regarding the the conditions during construction and what you can expect. Okay, I'm sorry, I have a question. I was wondering about the origins of this. How does this. I mean, who brought this up? How did this become? How did somebody say, hey, I wonder if we need a traffic light here? Was this citizens or is this something that the council did? I mean, how does that work? So, for this specific intersection, I would have to get back to you, but typically, you know, anyone is open. We're open to anyone suggesting, you know, signal requests and then. With those requests, we, we like to do signal warrant studies just to see if the conditions were met. And then after we know which ones are met, we'll just go through and then like a ranking system and see which ones because, you know, ideally, we, we'd have funding for all of them. But as funding allows, we, we have to prioritize. I would be interested in knowing that if you want to get back to me on that, how did this because this is almost a million dollars. And I think that even though it is it is bond money. You know, we need to be good stewards of public money because those above, you know, people with tax that have to pay their property taxes. That's how this money gets paid back. So, because I live here, lived here for was it 24 years now? I mean, would it be nice to have a traffic light there? Sure. It'd be nice. Do I have to have 1 there? I've never seen the traffic so bad that. You know, a traffic light seems warranted. So, that's why I'm kind of curious to something bad because I know sometimes these things it's political and sometimes things get triggered. Like, I don't know, some kid got hit crossing the street there or something like that. And somebody said, you know, there ought to be a traffic light here, but I'm looking at the price tag on this thing. And I'm going. Hey, you know, all things being considered, I could probably live without a thousand dollar bill. So, yeah, I would like to know how to just get started. It's probably has the schools there. Yeah, I have a, I have a question kind of linking to what Paul said. I've only lived here for 5 years, but in that 5 years, I've seen a definite increase in traffic at that 4 way stop. But the worst time of day is in the afternoons for the pickup at that school where people park on John T white to pick their children up. I mean, it's just an unsafe environment, both for people and for vehicles. So, I don't know if that after school safety is being addressed in this traffic situation as well. If it's not, if it would be a good consideration. Thank you. Thank you for printing that out. And then just to point out again, so. I will get back to you on how, how this specific intersection came about, but as I mentioned before, we do have to meet warrants. We can just put a signal wherever we want. And we did have 2 warrants met for the signal. Fanta, I just want to add few things on it. Can you just type your email ID or phone number on the chat so that we could reach out to you regarding. How this location was prioritized and like Fanta said, we have multiple elements that we consider before prioritizing and location like. Requests from the residence, same political again. And if we have any crashes at the location, or if someone has complained about the delays. Compliance about not getting a chance to do a left turn or something like that. So, all these factors really play into account to prioritize the location. And Karen, I want to answer your question to be are installing pet push buttons and a D ramps as a part of this project. So, that will give good safety element for the pedestrians to cross or the students to cross the intersection before or after school. That's great. That's 1 part of it. The other part is is having all of the cars. There'll be as many as 20 or 30 cars. Parked in the right hand lane of John T. White. So, there's not a shoulder. It's just they are parked in a traffic lane and there's not access in the front of the school. I mean, it's. This is probably bigger than the scope of what you're talking about. But as far as safety measures, it would be good to consider it. I've got to jump off to another meeting, but I sure appreciate this. Thank you all. Thank you. I had a question. There's on Sandy Lane at Lowry Road. There's also an area there. I was wondering how it's only a 2, 2 stop signs now. I think it should be a 4, 4 way stop. How do you go about. Getting 2 more stop signs for the other way, because people are coming off Sandy Lane, going down Sandy Lane, people at Lowry Road that are on Lowry Road either direction and have to stop. You know, and wait for people to go by and I think it'd be safer to have stop signs at each corner than just to. City council, city council. Yeah, you bring it to your city council person's attention and let it go up from there and, you know, is they'll do a study. And those kinds of things and let me say this, I'm 1 of the questions I wondered, is this a done deal? In other words, we're getting this traffic like, no matter what. Is this already a done deal? Yes, so. There were meetings previously with the community just to go over the 2022 bond projects. So that would have been the time to raise any objections. Yeah, we're I mean, we're we're here to take your your comments as well. So we'll take a note. Any, any. Any feedback that you have, we're we're here for that feedback and then, right? And I want to be clear. I'm not against this. Yes, just that, uh, you know, a lot of times when people are spending taxpayers money, they act like. It's just money that was floating around in the air somewhere because although this thing comes in just under 900 K. It's really going to go over budget because it's government and all things in government go over budget. So it's a million plus. For this for a waste for this traffic light that we're going to put up and after I'm sorry, I kept my neighbor. I can't remember the ladies name that just left the meeting. You know, she's probably right. It probably is a good idea for that. Because I don't come through there during the when the kids are getting dropped off and picked up. But yeah, I would imagine it is probably hectic in that area during that time. But yeah, I was just wondering. So I put my I've sent my email address to you. I just want to know how to get started. That was all. Sure, thank you. Thank you for your feedback. We will reach back out to you with that contact information you provided with that from further background information. Are there any other projects from the bond that'll be going on on our side of here. That are coming up or that are under consideration from money that's on the side here. You know, so we have other intersection improvement projects. Along John, see why no, not, not off the top of my head. But if you want to put your contact information in the chat, we can send you a list of all the, the bond projects and intersection improvement projects and new traffic signals. Okay, but Trinity at Regis, I'm not sure if it's the same council district. It's completely on the East, but almost close to you less. I have 1 more traffic signal project coming up at that location. Is that everything you need there? Did you type in your email in the chat? Yeah, I sent I sent Fanta. Okay, you sent it to Fanta. Okay. That's what I need to say to you, right? So I'm sharing the PowerPoint right now. So let me stop sharing really quick just to make sure I've received. Yes, I see your email. Is that good? Yes. Have any more questions. I was just looking at our list. It looks like in the mobility team, we have 7 projects and council district 5. So it seems like, um, yeah, we could provide some some of that information. Yeah, that's why I'm like, just just in my district, not the whole city of war. Yeah, sure. Thank you. Is that it? Yes, that is all we had to share from our end. Okay, how will we know when the next meeting is coming up? We'll get nothing in the mail. I got a thing in the mail. So, once we finalize our plans and once we have everything up contractor on board, we'll be sending out the mailers again. And in that meeting, we will be going over the construction timeline. What will our traffic control look like? Will we have any details or what would be the timing of our construction? And this is our point of contact from the contractor at that point. If you have any issues or complaints, we'll go over those points in that meeting. Okay, well, thank you. I'm going to leave the meeting and we'll send you the list of projects as well. Yeah, just for district 5. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for having this meeting and having it in such a way that we could attend it because, you know, I had to rush home for this. It would have been hard for me to get to a particular place. So, thank you. Sure. Thank you.