 I'm going to go ahead and start the recording. It started. Okay. Welcome everybody to the community meeting for West 7th Street project from University Drive to Trinity River Bridge. My name is Ranaq Rikhani. I'm the project manager with the city of Fort Worth. Transportation and public works department. I'd like to give a warm welcome to all of the residents and business owners that have joined us today. As well as to give a special thanks to council member and Zeta. For being in attendance tonight, council member, would you like to say a few words before we begin? Good evening, everyone. I'm just here to answer any questions that anyone might have from me and to hear the presentation. Thank you. So again, with some introductions, like I said, I'm Ranaq Rikhani. I'm the project manager on the city side. And I'd also like to introduce our design project manager, Crystal Buster from HDR engineering. We also have our contractor Jason from group as well as our city inspector, Lori, their contact information as well as mine is listed on this slide. And it can be provided later on if you need it. So the agenda for today, we're going to go over, you know, the project location and description what the project entails a little bit about the scope. And then we'll get into the schedule with the construction duration is going to look like as well as the construction phasing. And finally, we'll talk about some temporary impact that you guys as residents and business owners might see during construction. And finally, at the end, you'll have a chance to ask any questions that you may have whether it be in the chat box or for the end. So the project is located on West 7th street in the cultural district of Fort Worth. The limits on the. On the left are university drive and it goes all the way towards the Trinity river bridge. On the east, so the intersection at university drive and West 7th is not included in the project. So the improvements will include paving, paving, pavement markings and signage. The project will also include intersection improvements. Hopefully to enhance the quarter and make it more friendly time. I'm going to bring up the hopefully make the improvements a little bit more clear for everybody. So at first, I want to point out that we're going to be installing a signal at Norwood street and West 7th, which is where my cursor is. The existing condition of that intersection currently is a 1 way stop controlled intersection. We'll also be installing a signal at Woolery street, which is here. Woolery street is at the eastern most entrance into Montgomery Plaza. So by installing traffic signals, we're aiming to reduce pedestrian crossing distances and hopefully improve access throughout the corridor by installing programs as well. Additionally, we're going to enhance the aesthetic quality of the corridor by installing streetscaping such as a stamp colored concrete as well as installing landscaping in the median, the parkways, as well as some of the raised bikeway buffers. You please meet yourself. Thank you. There's also going to be improved illumination all along West 7th. To increase visibility for pedestrians and as those drivers. And finally, the project will encourage multimodal use of the street by maintaining on street parking. So there's some parallel parking along the east side of what's 7th that we're going to maintain after construction. We're also improving and widening the sidewalks as well as, as I mentioned, adding buffered bikes facilities. Going back to the PowerPoint, there will be some temporary impact during construction. Some of those are the detours that will be put in place for bicyclists as well as pedestrians. So there will be proper signage up leading bicyclists and pedestrians to the proper route. There's also going to be temporary bus stop relocation. Just during construction and the locations will be close to the current bus stop. There will be some street parking closures along the. East bound side of West 7th. So that'll be the southern side. And there will also be some short term driveway closures. So the existing condition of the way you see it now is 11 foot traveling with 12 foot turning lane in the center. As well as bike lanes on each side and like I mentioned parallel parking on the east bound side of what's 7th. But it looks something like the visual of that. Of the existing condition and in the proposed condition, there are 2 configurations. 1 is the proposed configuration with with parking with parallel parking. So, in this instance, we'll have 2 travel lanes in each direction with the landscape, median bike lanes and parallel parking. And then we'll have the raised bike buffer on 1 side. And then the other configuration in areas without parallel parking. We'll have raised bike lane buffers on each side, separating the bicyclists from the traffic lanes. And this will mostly be from. Street to the railroads and it will look very similar to this. So, you have the 2 travel lanes in each direction, the bike, the bike lanes closest to the sidewalk, as well as the the parking lane. And those will be separated by a buffer for the project schedule. We expect construction duration to be about 300 calendar days. We anticipate in late March, 2021, but that will be pending the reopening of the white settlement bridge. So, the white settlement bridge is serving as a relief corridor into downtown during construction of 7. And it's currently in construction right now, and this project cannot begin until the white settlement bridge opens. So, that's why there's a bit of an ambiguous start date because we have to wait for the white settlement bridge to open before we can begin construction. So, we're anticipating and expecting the white settlement bridge to be open in late March. That way, we can begin construction in late March. And that, what that way, it'll put us at completing construction about January or February of 2022. The construction phasing, the project will be constructed in 4 phases. So, at 1st, we'll begin on the eastbound side of West 7th on the outside lane. Then we'll be moving into the outside lane on the westbound side. So directly opposite. And then construction will move into the 2 inside lanes that you found in westbound inside lanes. And then we'll do the permanent striping and signage along the streets temporary impact that you can expect as residents and business owners or visitors to the area. So, this area is very popular for bicyclists and pedestrians alike, just because of its proximity to Trinity Park. So that's why it's very important for us to put detours in place. To allow bicyclists and pedestrians to be rerouted to the safest areas for them and to be out of the way of construction. So, we'll be doing that for both bicyclists and pedestrians. Like I mentioned, we're coordinating with Trinity Metro to relocate bus stops temporarily and those bus stops will be located. Near the current bus stops to avoid any confusion. You can expect a typical pedestrian detour to look something like this. So, our contractor is planning on rerouting pedestrians to the opposite side of the street, wherever construction activities are taking place. So, they'll cross walk until construction activities have ended for that. And then they'll cross over on the other side and that is it for my presentation. I will open it up to questions now. I know we received some questions in the chat box. I have a question. This is well with the developers and owners of the left bank project with. And the retail, when do you anticipate the intersection and the traffic lights at rerouting of the intersection state and to begin and complete that project is currently in construction and we anticipate. Those construction activities to end some time in April. And then along the 7th quarter, my 2nd question is, will the parallel parking change or be modified on West 7th specifically between state and the West 7th bridge. And then you might expand on it west of the new intersection at state. The parking from museum way to the bridge. On the southern side, when you say changing, I mean, we're changing it because we're putting a bike lane nearest. To where the sidewalk is shifting it over, but it's not changing in terms of parking spaces or availability. Will the bus stops be changing in any way along the West 7th quarter and the dash. I will defer to G. T. Oldridge, which he is the, he was the project manager while the project was in design and he should have an answer for us on that. Well, to be honest, I don't have a good answer. I don't think that we're changing the bus stops from. From where they are out there today, the street be called state or will continue to be named museum way where it ties into state and on the north side. I do have a good answer for that one. It will definitely continue to be called them way south of West 7th and that'll be state and north of West 7th question. I can't remember. What is the capital budget on the project? What will the total cost be of the project? It will be about $5 million on West 7th. Do you know the total? I want to say the total city project budget is about 8 million. Either 8 or 8 and a half. Okay. And then there's any, I know you mentioned you didn't have an exact date, but as the T. R. V. A. given you any type of estimated date when the right settlement bridge would be completed and open. For access white settlement bridge is supposed to be open. By the end of March, that's the anticipated completion date, and it's supposed to be open to the public by the end of March. There's no, I didn't have one of the questions come into chat as well. When we close the sidewalk, how will we notify someone who is blind that it's a closure? And how wide will the temporary sidewalks be? And can we go into a little more detail about temporary bus stops? And are they going to be accessible during construction? If there is a pedestrian detour on a sidewalk and. It's not open pedestrians, then we will have signage in place and barricade. Signifying that you're supposed to cross at a certain intersection, but we will not have any audio capable devices. If that's the question and then the 2nd part of that question. How wide will the sidewalk be? This is and I asked those questions because I work with the disabled. Persons and I know that they use that area a lot. I didn't hear that last thing. I said, this is and I asked those questions. Because I work with the persons with disabilities and I know that they use. These bus stops and sidewalks and that's why I asked about the. How white they would be and with the bus stops be accessible. And I'm mostly thinking about the disabled persons and the and also there's blind people that use those bus stops. So we will coordinate with. I'm sorry. Yeah, we will coordinate with Trinity Metro to see what we can do about, I don't know if the current bus stops are accessible. But we will coordinate with the training Metro on the location of those temporary bus stop so that we can make it, you know. More accessible. And if anybody is aware of, you know, anyone that's visually impaired that we might need to, you know, let him know when, when certain sidewalks are going to be closed and so on. So please let us know. If you would coordinate with Al Henderson too, because that's who I volunteer with. Okay, we will be certain to do that. Okay, yeah, I have this contact information. And that is, I work with Mike too, and he just got through speaking and he serves, I was serving with him on the human relations commission, and he's also with the mayor's committee on people with disabilities. And if you didn't understand him, right now there isn't even a good way to go through there with people that have any impairment. And so what's going to happen when it's completely done is they're going to be better access. Oh, absolutely. Yes, the project is all the intersections will be accessible. So, you know, my dad was going to start doing this. You know, no one who may come through there, so there is nobody to coordinate with individuals you never know who may come that way. That's part of the improvement in the project. All of the, I mean, all the, the entire corridor is going to be a PDA accessible. You just want to clarify that. What he was saying was that right now there's no way to coordinate with anybody that's going to be using it during the temporary streets during temporary constructions because we don't know who's going to be using it. So there's no way to contact them to find out who's, you know, what blind person or what person on a wheelchair is going to be using it because there's no way to coordinate that or contact them. So there will need to be something hopefully that makes it accessible during the construction for the people that do use it because we don't know how to contact them. Right, Mike. That's what you were saying. Yes. Thank you. So, so we will, we will reach out to our so he can give us some input and how to improve that situation. So just to add to that, all projects should be maintaining ADA accessibility throughout their construction to the greatest extent possible. You know, obviously, if we are constructing a new ramp, it would be hard to. May net gain access to that specific ramp, but that is kind of part of our planning procedures to ensure accessibility to the greatest extent possible. Giving construction and Mike, this is Jeremy Williams, the city's pedestrian bicycle planner. We've had some really great discussions with Al on how to make this. Better and runoff has been really proactive. Just to give her some kudos there to make this accessible. So we are going to definitely stay on top of that to make sure that. This is an accessible street for everyone of all abilities. Thank you. Oh, what is it? What is it? I can see it. It's okay, honey. I'm listening to a meeting right now. If you're not asking a question, can you please do it yourself? I'm going to try to get some of these other questions in the chat box. I've got a question. I don't know if I'm out of line here or not, but this is Richard Gorton. I'm the store director with Tom thumb. Can you rewind a little bit on the four phases of this street project and. Kind of. Sorry, sorry. I had a hard time catching the inbound outside line of the West side of the. I got a little bit up there. Can you kind of slow down a little bit and there is there any way that you can give me the time frame of each one of those phases. Although through it again, but I will say that it's going to be difficult. You know, giving you a time frame of when exactly the contractor is going to be where. Because. You know, we don't dictate the means and methods of the contractor. Things might change during construction. So it's kind of hard to pinpoint exactly. When they're in the construction duration, they're going to be. You know, on which side of the street. Okay, so they're going to start on the. Southern portion of what's on the outside lane. Okay, I'm sorry. I thought you said the east bound. Side was going to be 1st. Yeah, so that's the southern. Okay, that is the southern. That's the. Okay, that's where I guess I had to think about. And then they'll be working on the outside lane of that side, then moving over. Across the street to the north side, which is the west bound lane. So they'll be working on the outside lane there. And then they'll be moving inwards to the. To eastbound and westbound and inside lanes. So they'll be doing the pavement, carbon, gutter and landscaping on in that portion. And then they'll be doing permanent striping along the entire street. Okay. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Lastly, the last question would be, would be the. I hate to be, I hate to sound like it's all about me, but how it affects me at Tom some regarding driveway closures you mentioned. Do you have any information on that? So, you have 2 entrances into Tom them, correct? Yeah, we have the, we have the 1 that's on the west bound side of the west. I mean, the west side of the building right by the rubber track. Right. And then we have the museum way statement. So we'll be maintaining 1 entrance at all times. So there will be access into Tom them. That sometimes is a concern regarding. You know, 18 wheeler deliveries and stuff is the reason. Is there any way of finding out the time frames or when, how far in advance, we would know the closures of maybe that driveway right by the railroad tracks. I can, I can have, I can coordinate with you. So, if you email me, yeah, if you email me, I can work with a contractor to make sure that you're aware whenever. There will be any impact to see your driveway. Okay, either 1 of those closures are going to be very impactful to my business. We've also asked the contractor to notify business owners at least 2 weeks in advance when they're going to be working, you know, on the front of the business. Good. Did you say 2 weeks in advance on that notice? Yes. Okay. I'm my name is Ashley King. I work for Wendy's franchisee. So we're right there at Norwood and 7th. And we also have the 2, the 2 curb cuts. And our facility and I was about to bring up the, the semi delivery until the gentleman from Tom did. So that's a big concern for us because we also have a very narrow. A very narrow way to get around and into our area for an 18 wheeler. Okay, the contractor will be, you know, in contact with any residents and businesses in the area. Like we'll mention prior to construction. And if there's any special coordination that needs to happen. In terms of access or driveways. Then we can definitely work with you. And see, you know, what we can do. Okay, 1 more question. Does that go without saying, or do we need to. To ask for 1 of our entrances to stay open. If you have to enter more than likely 1 will stay open. You know, we will not. Close down 2 entrances at the same time. There will always be 1. Yeah, it's just, there's no roadway in front of our building. So for people to do a drive through exit, it's so the setback is so close that. I just don't know how we're going to know it, but. Okay, somebody asked what is a buffered bike lane. So a buffered bike lane is basically a bike lane with a raised. Landscaped medium. Right adjacent to it to. Kind of keep them out of the traffic lanes and make it safer. This Stephen. I joined a drawing that detects the improvements of the bike lane. Are you asking if I have an exhibit showing the bike lane? Yes, ma'am. I do. I do. If you are able to either. Get in touch with me. I don't know if you were able to see my contact information on here. I did have a recording of this. This presentation, so please just email me and I can send it out to you. And I jump in here another question. Sure. This is, this is Lisa and I'm the asset manager for the south of seven apartments that are located at. The corner of seven and museum way. And my questions and I haven't, I've been trying to get into the meeting since it started, but for some reason. My browser is blocking it. I wasn't able to see all the attachments, but my question is, is that we had a. A really nice in the middle. They're in the way and that's going away. What is happening of the area. That area, you know, which used to be the road is now being converted back to. Parkland and it will be landscaped. It will be landscaped. So that's nothing that we would be responsible for. I'm not sure if there's an agreement between the parks department and you guys to do any maintenance of that area. GT, are you aware. We had the maintenance of the median in the middle. That's why I had a bunch of. Before I, before I just happened to show up and all of a sudden everything's going down and for some reason, I wasn't made aware. Don't know how that happened, but it did. So, yes, we were responsible for the interior median that is now being removed. Yeah, so, so when, uh, when that area gets. Uh, when the road gets gets moved over and that area gets gets completed, like Ronak said that that little small area there will be maintained by the park. And recreation department, so the parks department will maintain that. So, yeah, you won't be responsible for that little area. I have some questions. You just said parking racks will be used by the people. Right now, I did show you trees that are not cut. That should be six foot. From the ground. So how often will they maintain this? I think your question was. If parks will be maintaining the. Landscaping. No, ma'am. I say, right now, you have. Landscaping like trees that are. To know what should be. Six six feet. From the ground. How often will they. Maintain. How often will the parks department be maintaining the trees and vegetation in the area? Yes. Because we have. Right now. Right now. Hi. Ronak. I also think Mike is saying that the trees are supposed to be. There should be a six foot clearance. From the ground. And it's not being maintained. So that I would imagine is he's concerned. If I'm incorrect, just let me know, but I think that was a concern he mentioned. So. Yes. Okay. So we'll, we'll be in touch with the parks department. How about that? Is there any areas of concern we can get in touch with them? Can I go back to the chewy area? Is that area going to. That additional. Small parking. Parks and recreation area. Well, that coincide come up to where the, the chewy walk is. In front. Is that going to expend. There's not going to be a gap, right? No. So it'll meet wherever the improvements of what's seven. And. And. My question. So. The park department maintains vegetation and. And trees on an activated basis. And I think they do have a maintenance schedule, but. I can't tell you what that is. I can find out for you, but I can reach out to them and ask them, you know, what their maintenance schedule will be. Of the vegetation in this area. So. And. They can't maintain. Why add. To it. Why add more vegetation area if they can't maintain was already there. Why add. Not. Not. Not. Education and landscaping was always a big part of this project from the exception. I'm. I'm. I can't hear you. Can everybody else please meet themselves? I was saying that vegetation was always part of this project from its inception. So I imagine it's. You know, important to everybody involved. If there are concerns about maintenance, whether it be on this specific corridor or. You know, near state and then we can definitely get in touch with parks. To make that known to them. But as for the landscaping, like I said, it is a big part of this project. And it has been since its inception. Mike, if I can cut in, this is Jeremy again. The landscaping was a big discussion at the inception of this project. And that's why it's being included in the bond program is that we have a commitment for the. The maintenance of that, that landscape. So we do have a commitment from the parks department on maintaining that landscape throughout the corridor. If we had not, it wouldn't have been included. Okay. Thank you. Making sure because. Whenever you buy. I hear you there and not everybody gets your humor. I have another question. If, if you're finished. Did I hear dad? There's a Doug on the call. Is that Doug was that. Is Doug was that on this call? Doug doesn't work for the city of Fort Worth anymore. Okay. I thought you'd mentioned to Doug. So this is West Miller. I'm with. Left bank project and at one time when this project was announced or proposed and we had some surets. A couple of years ago, I came to the city and we had some meetings with Doug and some other city officials. And that we wanted to know what the city was doing to create an access point. Off a green leaf where green leaf ties into white settlement under the bridge. And then we had our residents within left bank. And now that we have over 1000 units of residential units, it was ever so important to get access. Did you ever have any discussions about getting access. As you come out of our project to the north to access white settlement, especially westbound off of white settlement, what preparations were made or what designs. We talked about and is that on the drawing board and now that now that these improvements are going to take a year, I think it's ever so important as we're somewhat hamstrung from the railroad because we can't cost that railroad. We'll need some access to white settlement to the north was that talked about. And if not, can we start some discussions. We'll do several designs to the city to access white settlement from green leaf. I'll let you talk to those that are here. I'm not aware of those conversations certain different part of the scope of the project. We will see if we can find an answer to that. You see what I'm saying. Well, Carolyn university gives relief to the north. We don't have any relief to the north. I just want to make sure everybody understands what I'm. Okay, this is Lauren prayer. I'm the assistant director for capital delivery. And really what that sounds like is a potential bond project program. You know, we're currently in the middle of planning for 2022. I believe I have seen that in terms of the project list, but, you know, I think it's important to keep in mind our project list is 50 plus projects. You know, each of these projects generally have a budget of around 10 10 million plus in the arterials. You know, we'll usually arterial slash connectors will usually have a, a total program budget of about $100 million. So we're still very much going to that, that vetting and racking and stacking process with all of those projects. So that's something I think we can talk off online about. Sure, I'm happy to I just wanted to bring that up because I think it's important for anybody who lives east. Including our shopping center and Tom thumb patrons, if they need to get north with the construction on on 7th, they're going to need some access to the north to white settlement. I think that's important not to mention there's a gas well back there that needs to be accessed by emergency services. So just wanted to bring that up this this discussion has been on on the radar or I brought this up. You know, I don't know when we bought the project and started development in 13 and 2014. So it's been out there. I probably should have done a better job of surfacing that issue. When you guys propose this project, but I'd like to know, you know, hopefully somebody if you could mention that to somebody within the city, I'd like to get those discussions going again. I think during construction, we might need to figure something out sooner rather than later. If possible, okay, thank you. Hey, I see several, several questions that are popping into chat, but one thing I did want to bring up before we go on to too many more questions. Citywide, not just on this project. If you see trees that need maintenance or any type of that and it's city and maintained, you can call our call center. Or even better, use the my Fort Worth app and take a photo of it and send it right to us. And that'll get it on the list to be fixed. So anytime you see anything that you think isn't being maintained properly, please let please use one of those options and let the city know. Thanks, Jeff. All right. Some of the questions in the chat box. Somebody asked for a. I zoomed in look at the plant palette that we're going to be using in the landscape areas. And they're asking whether we have considered modifying the choices based on the recent severe weather. We have not just because the recent storm was a one off. It's not a storm that we, you know, we would typically design for. So, with such a sporadic storm event. We have not changed anything about our design. And another question asking, will you be able to turn left from woldery street at that new light on to what. So, let's scroll down there. So, this is the intersection in question. Turning left. On to what's seven. Yeah, it'll be a signalized four way intersection. So. Any movement will be you'll be able to do any movement in that within that intersection. We're not while you're right there. We had a question coming earlier about that. We're going back to Tom thumb that entrance right behind Tom from next to the railroad. Someone is concerned on whether there was we were still going to allow left turns. From traffic heading east across into that is that. What's the plan for that? Well, we still have that traffic. So you're talking about this entrance. Yeah, yeah, anybody's heading east towards downtown. Are they still going to be able to turn left. Into that back parking lot in front of behind Tom thumb. There was discussion at one point about it blocking being blocked off, but it looks to hear like it may still remain open. Jeff, this is Jeremy was requested to be maintained because that's their entrance for the 18 wheelers. So, that's what Tom thumbs 18 wheel deliveries have to have to come into. Thank you for answering. Is there any way you could scan back to Norwood and 7th street with this, this diagram. Yeah, we're here. Yeah, thank you very much. Sure, no problem. Will the dash continue to run during this project? Yes, it will. Like I mentioned, we're going to be coordinating with 20 metro to temporary temporarily relocate bus stops as needed. But it will continue to run. Could I impose to scan all the way back to the West 7th. Bridge point, please. Sure. Thank you. So, this is right at the beginning of the bridge. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. I think I got all of the questions from the chat box. Right, Jeff. Let me know if there are any that I missed. I'm looking through right now. Sorry, I had my mic muted because my clock was. Try me and when I'm bothering. We got to thank you from the grill and the foundry district. Thank you talk about planting. I don't see any more questions. Is anybody else on the line have any additional questions that we can answer? Okay. Thank you, everybody. I'm glad you were all able to make it. You know, if you guys do have any questions once again. This is my contact information. Please email me or give me a call. I'm happy to help. Anyway, I can. If not, you know, you'll get the recording of this, this presentation to be able to share with whoever you need to. And we're looking forward to get started on this project. Thank you for joining everybody. Thank you for the presentation. My pleasure.