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MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:02 P.M.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ON A STUDY SESSION ON THE GOLD LINE BRIDGE OR L LINE BRIDGE.J.R.? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WILL TAKE THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING, WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF EMAIL DIFFICULTY.
SO WE'RE ASKING ANYBODY WHO WOULD NORMALLY WANT TO EMAIL IN PUBLIC COMMENT TO USE LAV ERNECITY@GMAIL.COM.
THAT'S ALL ONE WORD LOWERCASE.
AND J.R. WILL BE MONITORING THAT IF THERE ARE FOR THIS AS WELL AS THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT IS
[3. City Council will meet for a Study Session on the Gold Line Pedestrian Bridge.]
PLANNED TO SPAN FROM THE GOLD LINE STATION TO THE SOUTH OF ARROW HIGHWAY TO EFFECTIVELY THE FAIR PLEX PROPERTY.WE ARE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE.
THIS IS A STUDY SESSION THAT WILL BE NO ACTIONS TAKEN AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE ARE AT A POINT AT A STAFF LEVEL WITH THE INTERNAL LEVEL OF DESIGN THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL, THAT WE'RE MOVING IN A DIRECTION, GIVE YOU SOME ESTIMATE OF COST, AND THEN START TO MOVE INTO MORE FINALIZED DETAILS OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
AND SO WE FELT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO COME BACK AND VISIT WITH YOU ALL.
SO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE JANUARY AND WE'LL BE.
OH, AND THERE'S RODRIGO. GREAT.
I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE HIM, BUT I WILL INTRODUCE THAT TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING INTERNALLY AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE OUTSIDE, SUCH AS THE UTILITIES.
THE TEAM THAT WILL BE DOING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY ARE ERIC SCHERER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
SHAUN, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, DAN KEESEY, OUR FORMER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BUT ALSO A CONSULTANT REGARDING GOLD LINE PROJECTS.
AND CODY [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS OUR CITY ENGINEER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM AND COMING AT YOU VIRTUALLY AS RODRIGO TORO.
AND SO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO START THE PRESENTATION? OH, YEAH. COULD YOU GO INSIDE THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. WHAT WE WILL DO TODAY AND IT'LL BE THE ONE BACK.
THERE WE GO IS IT'LL BE A TAG TEAM, BUT WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WHY WE ARE EVEN DISCUSSING A BRIDGE AT THIS LOCATION AND WHAT BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE JUST AT LEAST WANT TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT ARE RELATIVE TO THE BRIDGE AND COULD HAVE MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DESIGN, BUT AT LEAST THINGS THAT WE ARE BEING AWARE OF AS WE GET THROUGH THESE NEXT STEPS AND THEN FOLLOW AND THEN GO THROUGH NEXT STEPS AND TIMING AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THE HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF THE BRIDGE PROBABLY GOES BACK TO WHEN WE FIRST IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION FOR THE STATION AND WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION FOR THE STATION.
PROBABLY NEED TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO MY MIC.
WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION SEVERAL OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
OLDTOWN LA VERNE, ULV, FAIR PLEX.
AND HOW DO WE FIND A LOCATION THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL BENEFIT TO ALL THOSE AREAS? AND THAT'S WHY WE PICKED E STREET.
AND THEN FROM THERE, HOW DO WE THEN HELP THOSE ALL INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND NOT TAKE AWAY FROM ONE, BUT ALSO BENEFITING THE OTHERS OUT OF THERE? AND THROUGH THAT, THE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT WAS WORKED ON FROM ROUGHLY 2004 OR 5, ALL THE WAY FORWARD TO 2013, IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA, POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, AS WELL AS AMENITIES, PUBLIC AMENITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED TO HELP THIS AREA FUNCTION IN THAT WAY.
AND YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT DOCUMENT? IT EXISTS ON OUR WEBSITE AND WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AGAIN BACK IN 2013.
WE THEN HAD TO FIGURE OUT, THAT WAS THE I CALL IT THE VISION DOCUMENT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY TO HAVE THESE THINGS OR PUT THESE THINGS IN PLACE? AND FROM THAT, WE CREATED THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT AND THAT ESSENTIALLY GAVE US TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE FUTURE PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS FROM THIS AREA TO HELP FUND THESE PROJECTS.
AND THERE WERE THE PROJECTS WERE PUT INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
THERE WAS AESTHETICS, THERE WAS CONNECTIVITY, AND THEN THERE WERE THE UTILITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, THE INVISIBLE STUFF TO BRING DEVELOPERS IN.
AND IT WAS ALL GEARED AROUND HOW TO HELP MOVEMENT, HOW TO ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT, HOW TO MAXIMIZE THAT AREA TO THE GREATEST BENEFIT FOR THIS COMMUNITY ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.
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AND I WILL SAY THE AESTHETICS ARE KIND OF HOW DO WE GET ARROW HIGHWAY TO LOOK AND FEEL MORE LIKE FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IS NOW AND FEELS MORE APPEALING TO DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS PEOPLE COMING INTO THE AREA.THE CONNECTIVITY IS HOW DO WE HELP THE FUNCTION AND FLOW OF CARS, RAIL, PEDESTRIAN AND ALL OF THAT FIT IN? AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE THIS BRIDGE KIND OF COMES INTO PLACE.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT IS CONNECTIVITY ABOUT FIRST AND LAST MILE.
AND THOSE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT.
AND ACTUALLY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DOING SOME EARLY ENGINEERING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GOING TO COST TO DO THAT LEVEL OF WORK.
THIS IS THAT SINCE THE BRIDGE IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT TASK AND WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO IT, WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN A MORE ADVANCED ROLE ON THAT TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE IN A TIMING THAT FITS IN WITH THE GOLD LINE COMING ONLINE.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, BUT LIKELY WILL BE DONE ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS MANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS DO COME INTO FRUITION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT WE DID.
AND THEN AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS WERE ON FOCUSING ON THE BRIDGE, WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO DIG INTO SOME DESIGN AND WE NEEDED TO ENGAGE IN A FIRM TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
AND FORTUNATELY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KOG AND THEN THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MAYOR, WHERE WE PURSUED MEASURE M DOLLARS, SUB REGIONAL DOLLARS, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE ROUGHLY NINE HUNDRED, ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE DESIGN WORK WITH THE KOG BEING, I'LL CALL IT THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR IT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AS IT RELATES TO THE H PROJECT AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT TALENT THAT THEY HAVE.
SO WE WERE AWARDED ROUGHLY 900,000.
THE CITY HAS A COMMITMENT THROUGH PROPERTY OF AN ADDITIONAL 300,000 AS WE GO THROUGH THE FINAL PHASES OF BRINGING THIS TO COMPLETION RFP AND THAT.
BUT IN THIS FIRST PHASE, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE COGGS FUNDING CYCLE THAT WE'RE USING.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEY ENGAGED KPFF, WHICH IS THE FIRM THAT RODRIGO TORO REPRESENTS, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE DESIGN WORK.
AND I'LL LET RODRIGO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND WHAT HIS FIRM'S RESPONSIBILITY IS.
BUT I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE TEAM'S WORK AND PROVIDING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES TO TO IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS WE HOPE TO, WHAT IT IS WE WANT THE BRIDGE TO FUNCTION AS AND TO BEST SERVE THAT BRIGHTER EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE THE KEY IS TO BE ABLE TO GET INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THE STATION IS EASILY OVER TO THE FAIR PLEX SITE AND NOT JUST FOR FAIR PLEX EVENTS, BUT THE CRITICAL PART WILL BE FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL OCCUR ON THOSE 12 ACRES THERE.
AND THE MORE WE CAN MAKE THAT A A SEAMLESS MOVEMENT, THE BETTER AND THE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAT WILL BE FOR US INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TASK THAT THIS TEAM WAS SET OUT AND CHARGED WITH.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE WAY TO TURN IT OVER TO RODRIGO AND LET HIM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS FIRM, BECAUSE THEY DID A LOT OF THE THOUGHTFUL WORK BEHIND THIS. SO I THINK BEFORE I JUMP INTO IT THAT I MISSED FROM THOSE THAT KNOW MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THIS? OK.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUICK ANY EARLY QUESTIONS? OK. RODRIGO.
RODRIGO. SORRY ABOUT THAT, RODRIGO. LET ME GET THE PRESENTATION BACK UP AND YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO.
I'M WITH KPFF, I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT, BEFORE YOU JUMP TO THE PROJECT, I'M GOING TO TALK A MINUTE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I HAVE BEEN WITH KPFF FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
I'M ACTUALLY THE LEAD IN LAYOFFS IN BREACH AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
MY FOCUS IS PRIMARILY BRIDGE DESIGN AND WORK FROM INFRASTRUCTURE.
I ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS, AND ESPECIALLY PARKS.
AND I ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN BUILDINGS.
FOR THIS PROJECT, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE BASE AND THE MAIN COMPONENT, BUT WE DO INTERFACE WITH ALL THE TYPE OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE RIGHT UP MY ALLEY
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AS WELL.FOR KPFF HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1960.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO 60 PLUS YEARS OF BUSINESS, AS I SAID WE'RE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FIRM FROM OUR ALL OVER THE WEST COAST.
AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME OFFICES IN THE EAST COAST AND MIDWEST.
I WANT TO LAYOFF BUSINESS IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD [INAUDIBLE] AND AS I MENTIONED, I LEAD THE GROUP BRIDGES AND WE HAVE A STRONG BRIDGE GROUP THAT GOES ALL ALONG THE WEST COAST THAT WE NORMALLY WORK IN ALL THE PROJECTS FROM VEHICLE BRIDGES, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, RAILROAD BRIDGES AND YOU NAME IT.
WE'VE DONE. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF KEEPING BETWEEN MYSELF, I KNOW, GOING TO SEGUE INTO THE PROJECT.
AS I SAID, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TODAY, REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE CREATED AND TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE RIGHT SEGUE.
SO HE MENTIONED AT THE END THE TASK FOR US WAS TO CREATE A SAFE PATH OF PEOPLE FROM THE GOLD LINE TO THE FAIR PLEX.
AND ALSO, AUGMENT THE USE OF THIS AREA AND MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE TO CONNECT THE CITY.
SO ONE OF THESE THINGS IN OUR EARLIER MEETINGS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WITH THIS PLAN WHERE YOU SEE THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE HISTORIC OLD TOWN VERSUS STREAM, THE FAIR PLEX ON THE SOUTH AND THE STATION, THE GOLD LINE STATION, THE UPCOMING GOLD LINE STATION, AND THE METROLINK STATION THAT I UNDERSTAND IS USED WHEN FAIR PLEX HAS EVENTS TYPICALLY MENTIONING ACTIVITIES THAT THE STATION.
SO WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS ALL THESE THINGS WITHIN FIVE TO 10 MINUTES OF WALKING.
EVERYTHING IS VERY CLOSE IN CREATING A FOCAL POINT THAT COULD HELP US TO CAPTURE ALL THESE PEOPLE TO THE FUTURE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT ALSO CREATE SAFE, BUT JUST FOR REGULAR PEDESTRIANS FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE OR VICE VERSA.
[INAUDIBLE] SO WE TOOK THAT CHALLENGE AND STARTED INTEGRATING THAT INTO OUR DESIGN.
SO I SAY HOW ON THE SCREEN, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE FAIR PLEX DOWNTOWN TO THE FAIR PLEX GOLD LINE MEANT THAT MAY CREATE A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
METRO LINK TO GOLD LINE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T EXIST.
BUT WHO KNOWS, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE TO GO HELP TO PROMOTE THAT.
AND THEN MULTIMODAL PEDESTRIANS JUST WALKING OR BICYCLES OR POTENTIALLY SKATEBOARDING, IT DEPENDS, IT COULD ALSO BE A USE OF THE BRIDGE ON A NEXUS LIKE THIS.
SO SAFE TRAVEL WITH OBSTRUCTED TO PROMOTES ITSELF ON THEIR USE THERE.
I CALL THIS A MULTIMODAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE JUST SO IMPORTANT TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER FROM THE FIRST THINGS WE HEARD THEN, ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE TYPICALLY EXCEED THAT AT ANY TIME IN ANY EVENT.
SO IMAGINE WE'VE GOT THE GOLD LINE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO MOBILIZE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND WE WANT TO DETER ANY SORT OF JAYWALKING OR UNSAFE CROSSING OVER A HIGHWAY.
SO SO HAVING A STRUCTURE THAT CAN MAKE HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND VOLUME OF PEOPLE AND PROVIDE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TRAVEL IS AGAIN THE ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS.
AND WE ALSO HEARD IT NEEDS TO BE APPEALING, ATTRACTIVE TO BE A FOCAL POINT WHEN IT'S ALSO LOW MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO MODERN DESIGN, ELEGANT.
AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FAIR PLEX.
I LOVE THAT CONNECTIVITY IS JUST NOT THE END.
AND THE BRIDGE IS NOT JUST THE END OF OF THE JOURNEY.
IT'S JUST ACTUALLY WHEN YOU CONNECT TO THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY DOWN TO THE FIRST PLACE OR VICE VERSA.
SO SMALL MENTION WE STARTED MEETING WITH THE CITY.
WE DID ONE ON ONE MEETINGS FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] TO START UNDERSTANDING ALL THE GOALS AND ALL THE CONSTRAINTS FROM THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WE STARTED MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.
[INAUDIBLE] AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE OF COURSE.
AND ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF UTILITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SO ON.
AND SO GUYS, THAT WE ALSO HAVE CRITICAL LINES GOING THROUGH OUR HIGHWAY.
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SO WE STARTED HAVING MEETINGS ONE ON ONE WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND FIRST THAT CONCERN ON HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR DESIGN.AND THEN WE HOSTED WORKSHOPS WHERE EVERYBODY CAME PROVIDE COMMENTS, SO WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO KEEP THE BOTH DEVELOPING AT THIS SITE AND [INAUDIBLE] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HE HAS SOME CONCEPTS I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW THE DESIGN WAS EVOLVING FROM THE NORTH SIDE, THE SOUTH END AND ALSO THE CROSSING GOING, HOW DO WE CROSS OUR HIGHWAYS.
SO WE CROSS PERPENDICULAR? WE GO DIAGONAL PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRACKS.
SO WE TOOK ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
[INAUDIBLE] GO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, THESE CONCEPT IS OUR LATEST DESIGN, WHERE WE THINK IT INTEGRATES EVERYTHING WE HAVE FROM THE CITY AND ALL OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
FIRST, IT CONNECTS THE GOLD LINE STATION TO THE FAIR PLEX.
AND ANY PEDESTRIAN THAT USES THE GOLD LINE DOESN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT CARS BECAUSE THEY WALK OUT FROM THE STATION, TAKE THEM ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE OLD AMENITIES AND THEN HOP ON THE BRIDGE AND GET THEIR WAY INTO THE FAIR PLEX.
SO THERE'S NO VEHICULAR INVOLVEMENT FOR ANY POSITION FROM THE GOLD LINE OR VICE VERSA.
FROM THE FAIR PLEX TO THE GOLD LINE.
THE OPEN DESIGN ON THE GOLD LINE SITE, THE BLAST SITES, YOU SEE THE FINAL SIDE.
SO WE COME AROUND, THEN IT COMES DOWN AND THEN FUNNELS OUT WITH A SERIES OF STAIRS AND YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND WITH THE 3D RENDERING, ALLOW US TO CAPTURE ANY MOMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE TO OLD TOWN AND.
DRIVERS IN EAST EASTBOUND, SO IS BUYING OPEN DESIGN INVITING ANYBODY TO JUST HOP ON AGAIN ON THE BRIDGE AND THEN FROM THE WEST SIDE PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE I SAID, CONNECT WITH THE METRO STATION OR PEOPLE WALKING WESTBOUND IN THIS CASE AND TAKE THE SAME PATH ACROSS A HIGHWAY AND GET AND GET TO THE GOLD LINE AND CONTINUE TO THEIR DESTINATION ON THE EASTBOUND. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT, AT LEAST WHAT WE HAVE WORK IN TERMS OF CROSSING THE HIGHWAY ACCOUNTING OTHER UTILITIES UNDERGROUND THAT WE HAVE HAD TO ALLOCATE SOME MODIFICATIONS ON THE PATH TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING INTO THE DESIGN . NEXT SLIDE. SO WITHOUT MUCH FURTHER ADO, HERE'S A 3D RENDERING OF HOW THE BRIDGE LOOKS LIKE. AS YOU CAN SEE SOME MODERN DESIGN, WHERE WE'RE INCORPORATING A LIGHT RAIL LINK AND THE LIGHTING BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE RAILINGS PROVIDES A LOT OF OPEN SPACE.
SO ANYBODY THAT IS WALKING OR COMING FROM THE OF THE STREET ON THE GOLD LINE STATION, IT WILL SEE THIS STRUCTURE.
I WILL SEE THE PEOPLE TO SEE AN OPEN SPACE INVITING THEM TO DO TO ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE AND ENCOUNTER THESE AND THE DIFFERENT INSIDE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THESE IN THIS VIEW, WE HAVE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE METROLINK TRACK.
SO I DO YOU THINK OF THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE METRO LINK TRACKS THAT IS OPERATING, THAT IS ALSO UPCOMING, WHERE METROLINK'S IS PROPOSING A SECOND TRACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF [INAUDIBLE]. GO TO THE NEXT, PLEASE.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING AT THE SIDE OF THE AND THE GOLD LINE SIDE.
THIS IS FROM THE STREET OR HIGHWAY LOOKING LOOKING WEST.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS DRIVING SO WITH [INAUDIBLE] THE TRACKS AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE RUNABOUT AND THE STATION, AS YOU CAN SEE YOU'RE BE ABLE TO SPOT THE STATION AND AND SEE THAT AROUND THE RUNABOUT, THE TRAINS ARE COMING AND GOING FROM THE GOLD LINE.
NEXT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE VIEW GOING EASTBOUND AND THE RENDERING THAT YOU SEE FROM THIS STATION IS ACTUALLY THE PUBLISHED RENDERING [INAUDIBLE].
WE OVERLAY OUR CURRENT DESIGN ON THE STATION, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT STILL IS VERY OPEN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITY THAT IS HAPPENING.
AND AS OUR DESIGN, AS IT TOUCHES DOWN, IT REALLY OPENS UP.
SO YOU DON'T SEE KIND OF A BUNKER LOOK LIKE OBSTRUCTION.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE BECAUSE THIS WILL COME UP
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AS PART OF A DISCUSSION AT THE END OF THIS.SO I WANT YOU TO JUST ABSORB THAT FOR A MINUTE IF YOU CAN.
HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EAST BOUND ON THE TRACKS AND THE INTEGRATION WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE AND KEEP GOING, PLEASE.
[INAUDIBLE] KNOW JUST ABOUT EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE BRIDGE AND HOW IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IN THIS DESIGN.
ALSO HELP US TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SIGNALIZATION OR ANY OTHER SORT OF MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD HAVE FOR FOR THE CITY OR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATION OF THE LIGHTING AND [INAUDIBLE].
HERE'S SOME VIEWS FROM NIGHTTIME AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY ILLUMINATION PATH USING THE RENDERING, AS I MENTIONED, NEXT.
AND THEN THIS IS THE LAST RENDERING, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A SUN SETTING WHERE YOU SEE THE LIGHTS COMING ON, PEOPLE USING THE BRIDGE AND ENJOYING THE ELEVATION AND SEEING A LOT OF THE CITY THERE AND THE END OF THE BUILDING AROUND.
I'LL STOP THERE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL HAS REGARDING THE DESIGN, THE APPROACH THAT WAS TAKEN MEMBER CARDER? COULD YOU MAKE SURE TURN ON? OK, WITH THE STATION AREA THAT YOU CATCH THE TAKE THE BRIDGE OVER, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT GOES TOWARDS THE FAIR PLEX THAT IT KEEPS GOING EAST.
IS IT ON THE SIDEWALK TYPE GOING EAST? AND THEN THEY JUST SOMEHOW WHERE DO THEY GO ONCE THEY GET TO THE END OF THEIR BRIDGE? SO THE VISION, RODRIGO, YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO? [INAUDIBLE] THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE GOING EAST FROM THIS SIDE? WHEN YOU'RE GOING EAST FROM THE STATION, CATCHING THE BRIDGE, TAKING THE BRIDGE OVER TO THE FAIR PLEX, HOW FAR DOWN DOES IT KEEP GOING ON ALONG THE EASTBOUND ON ARROW HIGHWAY BY THE FAIR PLEX? DOES IT? THE BRIDGE LOOKS REALLY LONG.
OK, THANK YOU. DAN, GOOD SEGUE.
NO, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT DOES IT? THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO SHOW YOU IS JUST HOW WE WE EMBRACE THE SEPARATION OF PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS IN PUTTING THIS BRIDGE TOGETHER WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE EIFD AND OLD TOWN, EXCUSE ME, THE GOAL LINE AND PROPOSED THEIR STATION AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS THE GOLD LINE STATION UP ON THE TOP IN YELLOW AND THE FAIR PLEX DEVELOPABLE PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN BLUE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE GOLD LINE STATION.
THE LINE UP IN THE LEFT TOP LEFT CORNER IS THE ACTUAL PLATFORM AREA.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE METRO LINK STATION SHOWING IN THE BLUE ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE SLIDE AND THEN THE GREEN. AND ALTHOUGH THIS DOESN'T REFLECT THE SAME ALIGNMENT THAT YOU SAW JUST A MOMENT AGO FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE GREEN LINE AND GREEN BLOCK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, AND THE METRO=LINK TRACK REPRESENTS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ITSELF.
AND THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS YOU HOW WE CONNECT THAT STATION.
YOU CAN EXIT THE PLATFORM FOR THE GOLD LINE, EITHER EAST OR WEST, THAT THE PLATFORM IS DESIGNED THAT WAY.
AND YOU CAN GO WEST OUT TO E STREET AND THEN HEAD WHEREVER YOU WANT TO HEAD TO, INTO DOWNTOWN, TO THE UNIVERSITY, OR POINTS SOUTH.
OR YOU CAN EXIT THE PLATFORM TO THE EAST AND IT WILL BRING YOU DOWN TO A SIDEWALK, A 17
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FOOT WIDE PATH, MULTIPURPOSE PATH, WHICH IS THIS DASHED BLUE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP AND TO THE RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE HERE.THAT TAKES YOU ALL THE WAY OUT THAT AREA EXCUSE ME, TO WIDE AVENUE IF YOU WANTED TO GO THAT FAR. OTHERWISE, YOU COME DOWN AND YOU REACH THAT RED LINE, YOU CIRCLE BACK DOWN AND YOU CAN REACH THE PLATFORM OR EXCUSE ME, THE RAMP FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ITSELF.
AND AGAIN, YOU ASK ABOUT HOW FAR IT IS.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST POINT, THE PLATFORM AND THE RAMP OR PROBABLY CLOSER TO ANYTHING IN THE PARKING LOT OR THE RAMP OR E STREET AND THE RAMP ITSELF, ACTUALLY.
SO IT'S A VERY SHORT WALK TO GET YOU TO THE RAMP ITSELF FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ONCE IT CROSSES OVER ARROW HIGHWAY TO THE FAIR PLEX.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT RAN DOWN A LONG, NARROW HIGHWAY GOING EAST.
IS IT ON A SIDEWALK? DOES IT, WHERE DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE THEM? IF YOU GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES I COULD SHOW YOU, CAN YOU GO BACK? IT'S THE FAIR PLEX PROPERTY.
IT'S TOTALLY THE FAIR PLEX PROPERTY.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE DESIGN THAT SPIRALS DOWN TO THE GROUND.
THERE. GO BACK ONE, BACK ONE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN.
SEE RIGHT THERE HOW IT JUST KEEPS GOING.
IS THAT WHERE WE'RE CATCHING IT? AND THEN IT COMES TO? SEE HOW LONG IT IS ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE? RIGHT. IS THAT THE FAIR PLEX? YEAH, YOU CAN GO OVER THERE. RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE CATCH IT FOR THE STATION? YES. THIS IS THE PLATFORM, THE GOLD LINE THERE.
THE GOLD LINE PLATFORM IS HERE.
THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE OF ARROW HIGHWAY.
ABSOLUTELY. NO STAIRS? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH FOLKS THAT REPRESENT THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNITIES.
ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION ON THE PLATFORM SIDE.
DOES THE ENTRANCE TO THE BRIDGE ALLOW ACCESS FROM THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARROW? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GREEN SPACE THERE, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S JUST AN ARTIST'S RENDERING.
BUT SO FROM THE PLATFORM, YOU CAN EITHER WALK UP THE RAMP OR WALK UP STAIRS AND IT.
FUNNELS OUT TO THE PLATFORM, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF I'M WALKING EASTBOUND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARROW ON THE SIDEWALK, CAN I MANEUVER ONTO THE BRIDGE WITHOUT CROSSING GRASS OR GRAVEL? OR IS THERE, IS THAT ACCESSIBLE? YES, OK. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
OK, THAT IS THAT IS INDEED JUST A GRAPHIC ARTIST RENDERING THE PLAZA FOR THE MOST PART IS HARD SURFACE THAT YOU CAN TRAVERSE.
YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM E STREET.
YOU CAN ACCESS THE PLATFORM FOR THE GOLD LINE FROM E STREET.
SO AS I SAID, YOU CAN EITHER LEAVE THE GOLD LINE PLATFORM EXIT TO THE EAST OR THE WEST CIRCLE BACK DOWN AND YOU CAN CATCH THE RAMP TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE QUITE EASILY.
BUT YOU COULD WALK NORTHBOUND ON FAIR PLEX CROSS ARROW IF YOU JUST FROM A WILD PERSPECTIVE. RIGHT. YOU CAN YOU CAN GET ON TO THE SOUTH WHERE THE I'M SORRY, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARROW AND E STREET AND ACCESS THE PLATFORM OR ACCESS THE BRIDGE WITHOUT GOING ON TO THE PLAZA? YOU CAN JUST WALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK AND THEN GET ONTO THE BRIDGE? WELL, YES.
OK. BUT THE PLAZA, BUT THE RAMP WILL LAND INSIDE THE PLAZA.
OK. YOU WOULD HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE PLAZA.
RIGHT. I JUST NOTICED IN THAT IN THE EARLIER SLIDE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE RED LINES AND THE GREEN LINES AND STUFF THAT THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARROW HIGHWAY DISAPPEARS.
WELL. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS COGNIZANT THAT THERE WAS THAT PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FROM THE SIDEWALK TO TO CROSS THE BRIDGE AND THEN COME DOWN ONTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARROW HIGHWAY AND CONTINUE ALONG THE SIDEWALK GOING EASTBOUND.
MY LAST POINT HERE WAS GOING TO BE THAT AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND LOOKING AT THE PATH OF TRAVEL FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ELIMINATE THE SIDEWALK FROM EAST OF THE METRO TRACKS ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO WIDE AVENUE BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO
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DESTINATION AT THAT POINT AT THIS POINT.THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT EXISTS THERE AS [INAUDIBLE] WHAT DEVELOPMENT MIGHT OCCUR THERE IN THE FUTURE IS I DON'T KNOW.
SO YOU HAVE THE NEW PEDESTRIAN PATH ACROSS THE TOP OF THAT GRAPHIC THERE IN THE BLUE.
THAT'S A 17 FOOT WIDE MULTIPURPOSE PATH THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE FROM ARROW HIGHWAY OR FROM EXCUSE ME, WIDE AVENUE TOWARDS THE STATION OR, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD WALK ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO E STREET IF THEY'D LIKE.
SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY DOWN WHITE TO NARROW AND COME ACROSS.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO TOTAL PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ACROSS THE SOUTH ALIGNMENT OF ARROW HIGHWAY. SO THAT SIDEWALK WOULD REMAIN.
AND THEN, AS BOB MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE THE BEST PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG E STREET INTO OLD TOWN, E STREET, SECOND STREET, D STREET, I GUESS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? YES. AND THAT PROPERTY THAT COLOR BLUE, THAT'S THE FAIR PLEX? THAT'S THE FAIR PLEX. THAT IS STILL LA VERNE SIDE OF THE FAIR PLEX? THAT'S CORRECT. DO WE EVEN KNOW LA VERNE AND POMONA AND THE FAIR PLEX, BOTH OF THEM, DO WE HAVE TO OR ARE WE HAVING CONSIDERATION WITH POMONA AS WELL WITH THIS PROJECT JUST FOR NOTIFICATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY, FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE FAIR PLEX AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ALIGNED WITH AT THIS POINT [INAUDIBLE] PARTNERS TO CONSIDER HOW WE LAND THE BRIDGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE CITY OF POMONA'S PARTICIPATION AT THIS POINT, FOR THE MOST PART, HAS ONLY INVOLVED THEIR UTILITY DEPARTMENT.
THEY DO HAVE SOME WATER LINES AND SOME OTHER DEVICES THAT ARE IN THE PLAZA AREA AND RUN ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ARROW HIGHWAY.
SO WE'VE HAD TO INVOLVE THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FACILITIES ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OR BY THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE THAT WE ARE PURSUING RIGHT NOW.
MUCH OF THAT WORK HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PURSUED BY THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY ITSELF, BECAUSE WITH THOSE DEVICES AND FEATURES FROM THE WATER SYSTEMS OF POMONA AT THAT LOCATION, THEY'VE HAD TO RELOCATE ALL THAT STUFF, TOO.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STAYED COORDINATED AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THANK YOU.
JUST A REAL QUICK ONE, THIS SPIRAL, IT'S GOT A FULL SET OF STAIRS IN THE CENTER.
SO IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ACCESS ISSUES, THEY CAN GO DOWN THE STAIRS AND GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SPIRAL IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WE WANTED TO DO WAS AVOID THE ELEVATORS.
THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH ELEVATORS.
SO THERE ARE NO ELEVATORS HERE.
EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE MOVABLE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE AND OTHERS THAT ARE CHALLENGED IN THAT REGARD, AS WELL AS PROVIDING STAIRS.
SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE MORE MOBILE, THAT WANT TO ACCESS THINGS QUICKER UP AND DOWN THIS FACILITY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GIVEN A NICE SLOPING RISE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE, OBVIOUSLY THE DISTANCE AND GETTING A SLOPING RISE.
SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES CAN GET UP THERE EASIER, WHETHER IT BE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR WHETHER MOBILITY ISSUES CAN COME UP THAT.
THIS CURRENT DESIGN HAS THOSE SLIGHT SLOPING AREAS GOING TO HAVE SOME LANDING.
SO YOU CAN REST FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND THEN IT TAKES OFF AGAIN.
SO THERE ARE THESE THESE FLAT AREAS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE EXTENT OF THAT DISTANCE. RIGHT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO FOR THIS PATH, IS THERE GOING TO BE A DEMARCATION ON THE ROUTE ITSELF FOR PEDESTRIANS VERSUS CYCLISTS SO THAT THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT LANES? OR ARE WE LEAVING IT OPEN? AT THIS POINT IT'S OPEN.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE FLUSHED OUT FURTHER AS DESIGN PROGRESSES.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT AT THIS POINT THAT THE STAKEHOLDER TEAM THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED HERE HAS NOT REALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE A VERY WISE MOVE.
RIGHT. THIS IS ABOUT A 17 FOOT WIDE BRIDGE FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.
RIGHT. I WOULD JUST BE CONCERNED WITH MAYBE SLOWER MOVING PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE WHO MIGHT CYCLE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY OR WHATNOT, JUST MAYBE TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN SEPARATE LANES, WE AVOID ANY INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS.
IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY SIGNAGE ON THE BRIDGE OF LIKE LA VERNE AND OR IN THERE
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ANNOUNCING OUR GREAT CITY? YES, AS RODRIGO MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, THAT WE'VE DESIGNED THIS THING TO PROVIDE SOME ABILITY TO PLACE SIGNAGE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE STREET AS CARS ARE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS PEOPLE ENTER THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WE CAN PUT SIGNS TO MARKET THE COMMUNITY, TO MARKET WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO.YES, THAT IS THAT IS ON THE FRONT OF OUR MINDS.
AND I WOULD JUST REMIND THIS IS ONLY AT THAT 30 PERCENT LEVEL.
ARE WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, COUNCIL? OR DO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND START OVER? SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF REFINEMENT TO GO THROUGH.
SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS.
JUST FEEL THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE, THOUGH, THE CONSIDERATION OF A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARROW EAST OF THIS STATION IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THIS EVENING, OR IS THAT STILL OUTSIDE THE 30 PERCENT? WELL, I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT IF COUNCIL WANTS US TO INCLUDE WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NEED TO THAT MOVEMENT IS BETTER LEFT PARALLEL RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAIL LINE AND ELIMINATE IT FROM HERE BECAUSE IT DOES CREATE SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH THAT RAMP AS IT GOES UP.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE SAID THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA. SO LET'S REMOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF DOWN THE ROAD AS THIS THING PROGRESSES, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME OUT RIGHT NOW.
THE BRIDGE ITSELF IS GOING TO TAKE UP THE SIDEWALK RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT YOU WOULD THAT NORMALLY PLACE A SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS. SO WE WON'T HAVE SIDEWALK PER SAY BECAUSE OF THE RAMP, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
SO THE ARTIST'S RENDITION THAT SHOWED A SIDEWALK UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, I SHOULD IGNORE THAT PIECE? IF IT DID THAT, YES. OK, THANK YOU.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS CONFUSING ME.
I THOUGHT HERE WE'D HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TRACKS AND THEN IT WOULD STOP AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK CONTINUE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS, WHICH MEANT THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME DOWN TO THAT POINT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DO I GO HERE? AND, OH, 20 FEET OVER THAT WAY, THERE'S ANOTHER SIDEWALK THAT I NEED TO JUMP TO THAT'S CLOSER TO THE THE BLUE DOTTED SPACE.
IT WAS JUST TO CONFUSING ISSUE.
SO, IF INDEED THE SIDEWALK TURNS INTO A RAMP, THEN MY CONCERNS ARE ALLEVIATED.
AND ACTUALLY, THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT SIDEWALK THAT IS ALREADY THE SIDEWALK ACTUALLY ENDS AT THE METRO-LINK CROSSING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S ALREADY A LITTLE BIT OF A NO MAN'S LAND, BUT.
WELL, YEAH, I LIVE IN THAT AREA.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A NO MAN'S LAND BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR BEAUTIFYING IT OR BETTERMENT THE THING, THEN LET'S DO IT RIGHT.
RIGHT? OK, NOW THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST? RODRIGO? OK, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE AND THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE THE BRIDGE.
SO WHAT I DID FOR THIS FIRST PHASE OF ESTIMATION, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COST COMING FROM, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
SO WE STARTED FROM A SIMPLE BRIDGE CROSSING.
AND THEN AS THE DESIGN EVOLVED, WE WE START CONNECTING TO THE GOLD LINE SITE AND LANDED ON THE PLAZA. SO ALL THE THINGS WE WANTED TO GET A GOOD GRASP OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE THIS THE MAIN COST IS COMING.
SO GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO OPTIMIZE THE DESIGN OR TAKE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO STARTING FROM THE TOP LEFT, WHAT I CALL THE PLAZA, THAT'S WHEN WE TOUCH GROUND ON THE GOLD LINE SIDE AND PROVIDING ALL THAT [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE STEP ON THE STAIRS AND THE RAMP, SOME GREEN.
WE HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT A IT'S NOT ELEVATED, IT'S NO AN ELEVATOR.
WHEN WE GET TO THE NEW RAMP, ALL THAT BLUE COLOR AREAS, WHEN WE IF WE SAY FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE TAKE OFF WHERE ELEVATED AT THAT POINT WHEN CROSSING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT AND WE'RE TRAVERSING TOWARDS THE FAIR PLEX SIDE.
WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM THE RENDERING, IT LOOKS LIKE PRETTY MUCH LIKE A BRIDGE.
WE'RE CALLING THE RAMP JUST FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT FOR CLARITY AND INTERNALLY TO OUR TEAM. BUT THE FUNCTION IS BASICALLY ANOTHER BRIDGE.
AND THEN WE GET TO THE ORANGE CROSSING WHERE WE CROSS OUR HIGHWAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE MAINTAIN TO CALL THE BRIDGE, WHAT CROSSING THE RAILROAD AND ARROW HIGHWAY AS WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE.
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BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT CROSSING SITES PERPENDICULAR TO THE RAILROAD.WE'RE NOT HAVING TOO MUCH OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRACKS.
AND THEN THE LAST PART IS THE STYLE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT'S OUR BIG TICKET ITEM.
AND ONE WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHERE ELEVATED ABOUT TWENTY SIX FEET UP IN THE AIR WHEN WE CROSS THE RAILROADS AND WE NEED TO COME DOWN THOSE TWENTY SIX FEET TO ZERO, AND IF YOU WANT TO OPEN THAT IS VITAL AND EXTENDED, YOU ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT WAY TO LAND. THAT IS BASICALLY THE BRIDGE TO THE BLUE AND SECTIONS, SO IF YOU EXTEND ALL THAT, THAT'S ABOUT THE LENGTH.
SO IF YOU ADD THOSE TWO NUMBERS, YOU GOT ABOUT 2.4 MILLION THAT WILL PLUS SOME 2.4 MILLION PLUS TWO. THAT'S ABOUT FOUR MILLION.
AND THERE'S A PREMIUM THAT GOES INTO THIS.
JUST THE WAY THAT IS CONSTRUCTED [INAUDIBLE] COMPARED TO THE RAMP AND THE BRIDGE THAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE WHICH ARE MORE COST EFFICIENT.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF IN A SIMPLE WAY TO EXPLAIN WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE RAMP AND THE BRIDGE.
IT'S THE SAME LENGTH IN SOME TERMS TO GET DOWN TO TWENTY SIX FEET DOWN TO ZERO.
SO BUT IT'S ALL COMPACTED IN ONE SECTION OF THE BRIDGE,.
THE RAMPS ARE ABOUT THE SAME PRICE THEY'VE BEEN ON SLIGHTLY LONGER AND.
HE HAS MORE STRUCTURE AND THE PLASTICS ARE OUR CHEAPEST ELEMENT IN THE PROJECT.
SO I WOULD CURRENT ESTIMATE, INCLUDING CONTINGENCIES, IS ABOUT 11.2 MILLION, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL INCLUSIVE OF THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE.
AND BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE OTHER COMPONENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LATER IN TERMS OF THE UTILITIES OR OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE BRIDGE AS IT CURRENTLY DESIGNED.
THANK YOU, RODRIGO. ALL RIGHT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS MOVE INTO SOME OF THOSE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AND THERE'S ABOUT FOUR ITEMS. ONE OF THEM FOR SURE HAS A COST FACTOR ASSOCIATED TO IT.
AND ONE OF THE ITEMS IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HOW DO WE EXPECT TO FUND THIS? AND WE WILL GET THERE IN A MINUTE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DETERMINES WHAT THE OVERALL PROJECT IS GOING TO COST IS THE UNDERGROUND WITH THE UTILITIES.
[INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH EDISON AS WELL AS LOOKING WITH THE MINIMUMS AND THE OVER AND UNDERGROUNDING IN THAT AREA BEYOND JUST THE PROJECT ITSELF AND TAKING OVER FROM HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I'LL BE GOING OVER UNDERGROUNDING FOR THIS AREA.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A MAP OF THAT AREA IDENTIFYING POTENTIALLY THREE PHASES TO THIS PROJECT. THE FIRST AREA IN RED IS PHASE ONE.
THAT'S 3.5 MILLION THAT'S REQUIRED TO DO THIS PROJECT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION, THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE FOR THIS BRIDGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED. THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS FOR THE AREAS IN BLUE AND GREEN.
IT MAKES SENSE TO UNDERGROUND FOR THAT PORTION OF ARROW HIGHWAY.
ADDITIONALLY IT GOES SOUTH ON WIDE AVENUE.
THERE'S A FEW HOLES THAT ARE LEFT THAT ARE STILL OVERHEAD.
SO IT MAKES SENSE TO UNDERGROUND TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO THOSE TWO PHASES ARE OPTIONAL AT THIS POINT, THE COST OF 4.1 AND 2 MILLION DOLLARS RESPECTIVELY, FOR TOTAL COST OF 9.6 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO TO DO THIS UNDERGROUNDING PROJECT, WE WOULD HAVE TO FORM A DISTRICT.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR WIDE AVENUE, WHERE WE HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, UM, FAIRLY SIMPLE PROCESS, WE WOULD BRING A RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL, REQUEST THIS UNDERGROUND DISTRICT TO BE CREATED AND FORMED.
AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT FUNDING OPTIONS.
SO THE WAY THAT THE WIDE AVENUE PROJECT WAS FUNDED WAS THROUGH RULE TWENTY EIGHT FUNDING.
THAT IS FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH EDISON THAT IS GIVEN TO US FROM THE RATEPAYERS.
CURRENTLY, THOUGH, THAT FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM EDISON.
THERE'S STILL SOME UNKNOWNS ABOUT WHERE THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO BE GOING IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT FUNDING. WE DO STILL HAVE FUNDING THAT WILL BE LEFT OVER AFTER WIDE AVENUE IS COMPLETED. WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE CAN DEVOTE TO THIS PROJECT FROM OUR CURRENT ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE AFFORDED TO US.
HOWEVER, WE WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR MONEY THAT IS LEFT OVER BECAUSE THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF MONEY THAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE AND EDISON WILL HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
SO WE WILL BE ADVOCATING THAT THAT MONEY THAT IS IN THIS POT BE DEDICATED TO WORK
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PROJECTS OR UNDERGROUND AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.THIS PROJECT WILL BE IDENTIFIED ALREADY IF WE CREATE FORM THIS DISTRICT.
SO OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE TO USE THAT FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT AND GET ALL OF THIS UNDERGROUND WORK COMPLETED, ALBEIT THE FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
IF THAT IS SUSPENDED AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION, WE DO HAVE RULE 20B AND 20C AS AN OPTION. THERE ARE THOSE TWO DIFFERENCES ARE THAT THIS CITY WOULD HAVE TO FULLY FUND THE PROJECT OR WE COULD RECEIVE SOME CREDITS FOR SOME OF THE EXISTING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE. SO IT COULD BE FULLY PAID FOR IF WE COULD GET SOME COST BACK FROM WHATEVER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS LEFT THERE AND THAT THEY COULD SALVAGE.
SO THOSE ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER GRANT OPTIONS AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE CURRENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF WILL BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST.
CREATING AN UNDERGROUND DISTRICT FOR ARROW HIGHWAY AND [INAUDIBLE] TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT. THIS DOES NOT COMMIT THE CITY TO HAVING TO DO THIS PROJECT TODAY.
IT JUST IDENTIFIES THE DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT WE CAN STILL SOLIDIFY THAT FUNDING THROUGH TWENTY EIGHT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN SUSPENDED.
YES, I HAVE ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE IS THAT IF WE DO EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME, OR IS THAT A PIECEMEAL PRICE, MEANING THAT IF WE COMMIT TO PHASE ONE AND THEN SOMETIME LATER WE COMMIT TO PHASE TWO, IS IT STILL 4.1 OR IS IT ONLY THOSE NUMBERS IF WE ACTUALLY COMMIT TO THE FULL 9.6? THESE ARE ESTIMATED COST BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE RECEIVE FOR EDISON, FOR BOTH DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE THERE IS DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION LINES ON THOSE. SO THESE ARE ESTIMATED COSTS AT THIS POINT.
IT COULD BE MORE. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW WE FACE THIS, BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW FAR OFF THIS PROJECT GOES, DEPENDING ON COST OF MATERIAL AS WELL.
BUT IS IT ASSUMING THAT IT'S ALL PHASED AT THE SAME TIME, OR IS IT? THAT PORTION OF THAT WAS PHASED, BUT THEN SO LIKE REALLY ARROW HIGHWAY THAT WAS PHASED AND THEN SOUTH ON WIDE AVENUE, THAT WAS A SECOND.
OK, YET BASED OFF OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE.
BUT THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT ARROW.
HIGHWAY WOULD BE DONE AT ONE TIME.
THAT WAS THE ASSUMPTION. RIGHT.
RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE ASSUMPTIONS WERE GOING INTO THIS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE].
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU HAVE LEFT OVER A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE WIDE AVENUE, BUT THEN YOU WOULD GO AND TRY TO GET BECAUSE OF OTHERS HAVE NOT DONE TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER PLACES THAT WE WILL BE BIDDING OR TRYING TO GATHER MONEY FROM EDISON? CORRECT. SO SO, UH, PRIOR ACCESS TO RULE 20A FUNDING, YOU COULD PURCHASE CREDITS FROM OTHER AGENCIES, TYPICALLY AT A REDUCED COST.
THAT'S THE PORTION THAT'S BEEN SUSPENDED.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE A POT OF MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR RULE 20 THAT THE CPCU AND EDISON AND PG&E ARE GOING HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT YET, THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THAT CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A RULE 20A PROJECT THAT'S OUR OWN.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE].
SO BASICALLY PHASE ONE HAS TO GO? PHASE ONE, 3.5 MILLION HAS TO GO WITH THE BRIDGE OF 11.6 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT IS THE PART OF THE TIP WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE RELOCATED.
CORRECT. PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE ARE FUTURE.
NOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT GOES ON WITH THE GOLD LINE AND THE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT, THE EIFD AND ALL THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE WE WOULD HAVE TO.
BUT YOU WOULD WANT TO SECURE THE 3.5 IMMEDIATELY, CORRECT? THE 4.1 IS TO TRY TO SECURE IT FOR A FUTURE DATE BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GOLD LINE IN, WHAT, FOUR TO FIVE YEARS FINISHING? SO IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THE GOLD LINE COULD BE FINISHED, STATION, BRIDGE, EVERYTHING.
THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS CORRIDOR OVER HERE, WHICH WE DO PHASE TWO T HE 4.1 MILLION. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THEN PHASE THREE DOWN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT BE HOTELS, WHETHER IT BE.
BUT WOULD WE PARTNER WITH ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS? THAT'S NOT JUST ALL LA VERNE RIGHT THERE? THAT IS ACTUALLY ALL LA VERNE.
THAT'S ALL LA VERNE? TO THE EXTENT OF LA VERNE.
OK, SO I JUST WANTED TO YOU HAVE TO YOU KNOW, THE 3.5 IS OUR EARMARK.
IT HAS TO BE DONE WHILE WE'RE DOING THE BRIDGE.
SO WITH 11.2 AND THEN THE 3.5, THAT'S OUR NUMBER? RIGHT. THAT'S OUR NUMBER.
AND THE OTHER ONES ARE FOR? WE HAVE TO START WITH THAT? SEAN IS TRYING IS MAKING IS THAT IF WE GET ACCESS TO OTHER DOLLARS AND IDEALLY CAN GET TO THE SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER, WE WOULD TAKE ON PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO WITH OTHER PEOPLE DOLLARS IF WE DON'T, THE MINIMUM IS THE 3.5.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO BRING THAT IDEA, AT LEAST.
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OR SHOOT FOR THE WHOLE? WELL, EXACTLY. NINE YARDS? BUT I MEAN, WE'RE SHOOTING.IF THERE'S TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN RULE 20A MONEY, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO GET ALL OF THAT DONE.
THAT'S ALL I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IF WE HAVE TO DO PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND THREE ARE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IF WE CAN SECURE THEM, WE WILL.
CORRECT. AND THAT'S THE IDEA. THE HOPE IS, AGAIN, AS NEAR AS OR AS I SAID, WE REALLY WANT TO SECURE THAT FUNDING WHEN WE IDENTIFY THIS DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AS ONE PROJECT.
WE CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL PHASES.
SO, AGAIN, ONCE WE CREATE IT, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY GET THAT FUNDING.
IF WE WERE JUST TO IDENTIFY THAT SMALL SECTION FOUR UNDERGROUND, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE TO DO THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF ARROW HIGHWAY OVER THAT PORTION OF WIDE AVENUE.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE CAN HAVE IT IDENTIFIED IN HOPES THAT THAT 20A FUNDING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TO US. WELL AS A CONTRACTOR YOU WOULD RATHER LOCK IT IN.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE OCEAN WHEN WE ONLY NEED A QUARRY POND.
AND IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A POOL IN BETWEEN, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY TO RESPOND WITH WHATEVER WE GET.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT CREATING THE DISTRICT, THOUGH, DOES NOT COMMIT US TO, THAT IT'S JUST SO THAT WE CAN GO AFTER AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE? THAT'S OK. THAT IS CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.
SO REAL BRIEFLY, SB 288 ACTUALLY WAS IMPLEMENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020, WHICH ACTUALLY WENT FURTHER TO EXEMPT SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. AND WE FELT THAT THIS BRIDGE DEFINITELY QUALIFIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SB 288 TO WHERE THE CITY WAS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO ARE REQUIRED TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THIS PROPOSED PROJECT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SECRET PROCESS CAN TAKE TIME AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO COMPLETE.
SO BUT MOVING FORWARD IN CITY MANAGERS, WILL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER.
IT IS LIKELY THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BRIDGE, WHICH THEN BRINGS IN THE SECOND BUILD UP, WHICH IS THAT IT COULD REQUIRE REVIEW UNDER NEPA. AND SO THE PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR TO [INAUDIBLE] IN A NORMAL TIME WHEN A PROJECT COULD QUALIFY AND NOT BE EXEMPTED FROM [INAUDIBLE].
SO IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THE BRIDGE.
SO THAT WILL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL TIME AND MONEY.
WE DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DRASTIC ENOUGH TO REALLY IMPACT IT OVERALL, EITHER THE TIME OR THE MONEY. IT'S JUST ANOTHER LAYER THAT WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO MOVE TO HAVE TO GO AFTER OR TO ADDRESS UNTIL WE REALIZED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT.
[INAUDIBLE]. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ACCESS, SO THE BLUE LINE ON THIS DRAWING HERE SHOWS THE PLANNED TURNOUT LANE ON ARROW HIGHWAY FOR WESTBOUND BUS LANE FOR DROP OFF AND PICK UP ALONG THE CURB.
THAT'S IN THE GOLD LINE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND THE PLANS FOR THIS AREA.
FOR MANY YEARS, IT'S PUT IN PLACE THERE.
TODAY THERE IS NOT A BUS, FOOTHILL TRANSIT, DOES NOT RUN A BUS ROUTE ALONG THIS SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY. THEY STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD ACTUALLY WHAT ROUTE THEY WOULD MODIFY OR HOW THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GET THERE.
BUT CITY MANAGER MYSELF, CITY ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ALL MET WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO TO GO OVER THIS CONCERN BECAUSE AS DAN MENTIONED EARLIER, WHERE THIS BRIDGE IS LANDING, IT'S VERY TIGHT IN BETWEEN THE TURNAROUND DROP OFF AREA FOR THE VEHICLES TO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPOSED BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE ITSELF AND WHERE OUR CURVE IS IN THIS BUS RAMP AND THIS PORTION OF THE RAMP IS ACTUALLY AT A LOWER ELEVATION.
THERE'S NOT ROOM UNDERNEATH IT FOR A BUS TO FIT.
SO THERE'S A DIRECT CONFLICT HERE WHERE THAT BUS TURN OUT LANE DOESN'T WORK WITH THE PROPOSED BRIDGE AND THIS DESIGN, THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM.
AND SO WE TALKED TO FOOTHILL TRANSIT AND THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WEREN'T SURE THAT THE ON STREET DROP OFF WAS PREFERRED BY THEM EITHER, AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF UTILIZING THE TURNAROUND FOR THEIR PICKUP AND DROVE UP FOR WHATEVER DIRECTION THE ROUTE EVENTUALLY GOES. THIS WAY, THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED.
THEY KNOW THEY WOULD DRIVE IN.
THAT'S A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION THERE AT EARLY IN THE NEW DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT THE TURNAROUND RADIUS IS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OF THE BUS LINES FOR FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
SO THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT TO OCCUR WITHIN THAT ROUNDABOUT.
SO THE PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE DROPPED OFF THE BUS, RIDERS WOULD BE DROPPED OFF OR PICKED UP RIGHT OFF THAT PEDESTRIAN OR THE PLAZA AREA FOR THE GOAL LINE.
AGAIN, LIMITING ANY INTERACTION AT THE STREET RIGHT AWAY AND BE RIGHT AT THE ENTRY TO THE RAMP ITSELF. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WE FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE BY ELIMINATING THAT.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH GOLD LINE, THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION ON WHETHER HOW THAT GETS CONSTRUCTED IN THE TIMING OF HOW ALL THIS STUFF
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HAPPENS WILL BE CRUCIAL.BUT AT THIS POINT, WE BELIEVE THAT THE BUS DROP OFF AREA WILL BE IN THE ROUNDABOUT DESIGN AND NOT ALONG THE STREET.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THAT.
AND THAT'S TRUE FOR EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND BUS RIDERS AND USE THE SAME PLAZA? A LOT OF THIS CAME UP BECAUSE THEY HAD INDICATED A NEED FOR A DROP OFF ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARROW HIGHWAY EASTBOUND, RIGHT? RIGHT. RIGHT. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT WILL BE LOCATED.
AND SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT.
IN POMONA SOMEWHERE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S CHALLENGES ON THE INTERSECTION OF E AND ARROW HIGHWAY TO WHERE YOU'RE TALKING IT THROUGH. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY PREFER THAT BOTH DIRECTIONS BE UTILIZED TO TURN AROUND AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SOLVE THE OTHER ISSUES WE HAD.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. SO THAT'S THE DROP OFF FOR THE BUS SYSTEM.
WHAT ABOUT THE KISS AND RIDE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST DROPPING SOMEONE OFF TO CATCH THE TRAIN? IS THAT GOING TO STILL BE THE SAME AREA YOU WOULD BE FOR THE SAME AREA? THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE. OK, THERE IS THE THERE'LL BE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE RADIUSES AND SUCH, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM IN THIS PLAZA.
SO THE ENGINEERS LOOKED AT THAT AND THE RADIUS AS REQUIRED.
SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE BOTH.
IT'LL MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONGESTED.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BUSSES IN AN AREA THAT WASN'T IT WASN'T GOING TO HAVE BUSSES BEFORE. BUT WE STILL THINK IT'S THE SAFEST AND BEST AREA FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FREQUENCY OF THE BUSSES VERSUS THE DROP OFF AREAS AND THE TRAIN SCHEDULES, WE THINK THAT IT WILL WORK OUT.
THERE'LL BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR VEHICLES TO PASS AROUND THE BUSSES WHEN THEY'RE PARKED.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE BLOCKING ALL TRAFFIC OR LOADING AND UNLOADING.
WE'RE NOT ENVISIONING, LIKE YOU WOULD IN MONTCLAIR, A MULTIPLE LINE COMING THROUGH ITS ONE LINE THAT WOULD COME THROUGH ON A PERIODIC I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT MORE BUSSES THAT ARE ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER ROUTES THAT WOULDN'T BE OR THOSE STATIONS THAT WOULD NOT BE HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTORS HERE? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
OK, NEXT IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDES IS THE FUNDING, SO WE TALK ABOUT NUMBERS AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE MINIMUM WE NEED IS 14.7 TO DO THE PROJECT.
20 ALMOST 21, IF WE GET TO THAT OTHER POINT.
THE TARGET FOR US OBVIOUSLY IS AROUND THAT 14.7.
AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? AND IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE OTHER PIECES? SO THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIED AT THIS POINT IS OVER 16 MILLION DOLLARS, ALMOST 17.
OF THAT, ALMOST 11 IS PROJECT SPECIFIC FOR THIS.
AND DUE TO THE WORK OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE ADVOCATED THE FIRST 6.8 DOLLARS MILLION IS THROUGH THE ATP GRANT.
AND THE ONLY THING I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON, IT'S IN IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, BUT THE ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO APPROVE TRAILER BILL OF THE BUDGET BY OCTOBER.
AND IF THAT'S DONE, WE HAVE SECURED THE FUNDING OF 6.8 DOLLARS MILLION IN THE ATP.
IT'S A COG APPLICATION, BUT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT.
THE SECOND AND AS THE MAYOR HAS DONE A PIECE ON, WE HAVE BEEN ADVANCED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NAPOLITANO.
THAT IS GOING TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE HEARING PROCESS, ASSUMING THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL AND APPROVED BY THE SENATE AND THEN SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS SPECIFIC FOR THIS BRIDGE.
SO WE ARE CLOSE TO JUST THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN AND OF ITSELF.
WE ALSO, WHEN WE ESTABLISH THE IFD, WE HAD IDENTIFIED ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS BEING OF THE THIRTY THREE DOLLARS MILLION IN PROJECTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THIS BRIDGE. SO FOR THE MINIMUM AND WE'LL KNOW AS WE BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID, WHICH WE'LL SEE IS AT LEAST A YEAR OUT, WE WILL KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT. SO AND THEN THE OTHER IS SUB REGIONAL ADDITIONAL MEASURE M DOLLARS THAT SHOULD THEY BECOME AVAILABLE WITH CYCLE TO OR CYCLE THREE, BECAUSE THE SUB REGIONAL DOLLARS ARE PART OF THE SALES TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GIVEN OUTSIDE OF THE LOCAL RETURN.
BUT THEY GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL COGS, BUT THEY COME THROUGH METRO AND METRO IS ONLY GIVING OUT SO MUCH MONEY ON A EVERY FIVE YEAR BASIS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SECURED THE MONEY FOR THE DESIGN WE DID.
AND THEN WE WOULD SEE IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE SHOULD WE NEED THEM. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE SEE THE FUNDING PUZZLE FITTING TOGETHER ON THIS. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE BACKSTOP OF THE EIFD BEING WHATEVER WE NEED TO GET TO THAT MINIMUM NUMBER.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH SHAWN'S GREAT WORK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ALL THAT RULE 20A MONEY FOR THE REST OF IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO.
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GOOD LUCK. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT.SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FUNDING? JUST TO BE CLEAR AND STATE ONE MORE TIME, WE FOUND RESOURCES, NON GENERAL FUND MONEY? THAT IS CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS SAID; SO NON GENERAL FUND MONEY? CORRECT. BUT TO BE CLEAR, TOO, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT FOR ALL INDICATIONS, IT'S LOOKING VERY GOOD FOR US.
THAT IS CORRECT. AND I WILL CLARIFY ALSO, THE EIFD, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS YOU'RE TAKING PROPERTY TAX AND COMMITTING FUTURE PROPERTY TAX, NOT EXISTING PROPERTY TAX, BUT FUTURE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND COMMITTING IT THAT YOU CAN BOND AGAINST WITHIN IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THIS DISTRICT FOR.
GOOD POINT, THOUGH. NON GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, WHICH IS GREAT.
ONE OF THEM I THINK IS IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT REGARDING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY GOLD LINE AND DAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS, BUT WE THOUGHT WE'D AT LEAST MAKE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT AND THEN JUST KIND OF THE TIMING.
THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC HERE SHOWS AN ALTERNATE DESIGN ON THE FOOTHILL GOLD LINE AUTHORITY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE FOOTHILL GOLD LINE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AND COOPERATED WITH US IN DESIGNING EVERYTHING THAT IS IMPACTING LA VERNE AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THEY, THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY OWNS THAT TRIANGULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT THE CITY EASEMENTS OR DEDICATE PROPERTY AND FEE AS NECESSARY FOR CITY FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE NEEDS FOR METRO AND ITS OPERATIONAL NEEDS RELATIVE TO THE LIGHT RAIL TRAIN.
WE HAVE INVOLVED THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY WITH ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO DESIGN THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, EVEN DURING THE CONCEPTS BEFORE WE EVEN BROUGHT ON BOARD THE DESIGN TEAM OF KPFF.
AND AS I SAID, THEY HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER TO WORK WITH UP TO DATE.
DURING OUR LAST ALIGNMENT MEETING, I GUESS, THE LAST DESIGN TEAM MEETING THAT WE KIND OF FIRMED UP WHAT WE BELIEVED WAS THE PROPER ALIGNMENT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AS IT LANDED ON THE GOLD LINE SIDE TO PROVIDE THE BEST LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE USING THE BRIDGE IS WHAT WE ENVISIONED AS WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS RAMP ENTICING.
WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE FUNNELED INTO THIS BRIDGE SO THEY WOULDN'T BE CROSSING THE STREET BECAUSE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAD IN MIND WERE SEPARATE PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES. AND ELIMINATE OR EXCUSE ME, AND FACILITATE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ALONG ARROW HIGHWAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIGHT RAIL COMING THROUGH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NUMEROUS RAIL CROSSINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED TO SOME DEGREE EVERY SEVERAL MINUTES WITH THAT TRAIN.
SO. THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE CITY'S DESIGN BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT IT BISECTED THE PLAZA AS THEY HAD HAD IN THEIR PRELIMINARY DESIGNS.
WHICH IS TO THE LEFT AREA WITH THE STRIPES IN IT, THAT WOULD BE AN ALL CONCRETE PLAZA WITH SOME OTHER FACILITIES IN THAT BIKE FACILITIES, PARKING FACILITIES, BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY FELT THAT WE BISECTED THE PLAZA.
THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED THAT WE OBSCURED THE VIEWS OF THE PLAZA OR THE STATION PLATFORM ITSELF, AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THE STATION BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HIDDEN BEHIND OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE/RAMP.
SO THEY CAME ACROSS AND OFFERED US THIS DESIGN.
I EXPLAINED TO THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY STAFF THAT THAT I WAS MEETING WITH, THAT THE CITY WAS THE CITY STAFF AND THE DESIGN TEAM AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAD INVOLVED WITH THIS, WE'RE PRETTY FIRM AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN THAT WE HAD PROGRESSED TO DATE.
THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTING THAT AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE SUGGESTED TO ME THAT WE EITHER BUILD
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THIS DESIGN, WHICH STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT TO A GREAT DEGREE, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE PLAZA, THE PLATFORM, THE PARKING LOT AS THEY'VE DESIGNED IT PREVIOUSLY WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE PEDESTRIAN RAMP LANDING IN THE PLAZA AREA.WE NEED THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO PUT THE RAMP ONTO THE PROPERTY THERE, ONTO THE PLAZA WITHOUT IT, IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO. THERE ARE STILL SOME QUESTIONS TO BE WORKED OUT.
I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME LEVERAGE OR LEEWAY WITH THEM, BUT THE [INAUDIBLE] BASICALLY CAME DOWN AT THE END OF OUR MEETING AND SAID THERE'S TWO OPTIONS.
AGAIN, WE BUILD IT THE WAY WE'VE DESIGNED IT ALREADY, OR YOU LOOK AT THIS AND WE WILL INSTRUCT OUR DESIGN TEAM, WHICH IS KEESEY JV.
AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO AWARD KPJV, THE CURRENT CONTRACT ON THE CONSTRUCTION ALIGNMENT TO DO THE PARKING LOT AND STATION.
THEY WOULD INSTRUCT KPJV TO INCORPORATE THIS ALIGNMENT, THIS PEDESTRIAN LANDING INTO THEIR WORK. THAT IS STILL SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK OUT.
IT IS A BIG SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT SO.
AND IT ALSO THIS DESIGN COST ANOTHER 800,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE TO DO BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ADDING THAT SPIRAL BACK AND WHERE IN THE RAMP.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN MUCH FURTHER DISCUSSION IF THEY CAN, MY OPINION IS, THEY HAVE NOT AWARDED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG; THE CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARKING LOTS ARE JUST IN THAT PHASE NOW? THEY HAVE AWARDED IT, BUT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN THEM THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD YET.
SO WE'RE IN A WINDOW HERE WHERE IF WE CAN MODIFY TO THIS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MODIFY TO THE OTHER. BUT AGAIN, WE WANTED TO TO AT LEAST CHECK IN WITH.
COUNCIL AND SEE IF YOU SAW THE LOGIC BEHIND WHERE WE ARE STAFFED WITH SAYING WE NEED TO GO AND WHAT THAT DESIGN SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH GOLD LINE, DISCUSSIONS WITH BOARD, WHATEVER THAT MAY ENTAIL.
THIS JOB WOULD TAKE AWAY THE, WITH THE TRANSIT'S TURN AROUND IN THE PARKING LOT, CORRECT ? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE.
YES. HOW THEY WOULD FIT BECAUSE THE [INAUDIBLE] IS SO TIGHT WITH THE RAMP.
THAT'S CORRECT. THAT THEY'VE INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY WOULD PUT THAT BURDEN ON THE DESIGN TEAM FROM KPJV TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STILL INCORPORATE SOME SORT OF [INAUDIBLE] INTO THEIR PROJECT. IN BOTH DESIGNS, IS THERE A ENTRANCE ON WHITE'S AS WELL IN? THE VEHICLE? YES. NO.
OK, SO GOLD LINE IS NOT GIVING ANY MONEY TOWARDS THE BRIDGE, RATHER, IT'S THEIR DESIGN OR OUR DESIGN? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE AUTHORITY, I'M ON BOARD MEMBER, AND IT HASN'T COME BEFORE US. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS A COUNCIL TO GET IT ON OUR BOARD AGENDA? DO YOU WANT US TO? NOTHING. NOTHING AT THIS POINT, I WOULD JUST LIKE, AT LEAST, COUNCIL'S, AGAIN, IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT AS A CITY WE FEEL STRONGLY WE NEED TO GO, I THINK THAT IS THE DIRECTION FOR US TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I THINK WE'RE AT A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE WE ALL ALONG IT WAS KNOWN THAT THE GOLD LINE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE COMING BACK ABOUT THIS TIME TO COUNCIL TO GET THAT DIRECTION WORKED OUT SO THAT WE COULD, SO THEY COULD START DESIGNING THE PLAZA AROUND WHATEVER THIS WAS GOING, HOW THIS WAS GOING TO FIT IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT SOME OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT WE DID BACK IN 2014, 2015.
THIS WASN'T CONTEMPLATED LIKE THIS.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TWEAKS, BUT WE FEEL NOW IS THAT TIME.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE SHOEHORNED INTO THIS FOR THE REASONS THAT ARE POINTED OUT HERE. AS LONG AS COUNCIL FEELS THAT WAY, WE MAY HAVE TO ENGAGE THE BOARD, WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE OTHER STEPS. BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE JUST LIKE TO KNOW, YES, MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND TAKE THE STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GO.
WELL, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DESIGN WITH THE TURNAROUND, THE EASY ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF INDIVIDUALS, THAT KISS AND
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RIDE ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE TO ME IT LOOKS CHALLENGING.IF SOMEBODY WERE TO TRY TO DO A KISS AND RIDE ON THIS, THAT CAR HAS TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE IT CAN GET TO THE POINT OF PICKING SOMEBODY UP.
AND IT DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE THERE'S SPACE ON THERE OTHER THAN THE LAST TWENTY FEET THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE, TO EXIT THE PARKING LOT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN GET FOOTHILL TRANSIT'S SUPPORT, THAT MIGHT HELP CARRY SOME OF IT.
I SUPPORT YOUR CONJECTURE THAT THIS PROMOTES MORE PEOPLE JUST WALKING OUT AND FORGING THAT HIGHWAY RATHER THAN WALKING UP THE RAMP.
AND IT I YOU KNOW, THAT THREE RING SPIRAL THAT'S GOING TO GO UP OR TWO RING SPIRAL IS CERTAINLY GOING TO CAMOUFLAGE THE STATION IN AS MUCH AS THE RAMP, SO I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THEIR LOGIC.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER THAT SLIDE THAT I TOLD YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO, THAT WAS FOR THAT REASON. AND IT'S THAT RENDERING, DOES IT? IT'S RAMPING UP AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK WE'VE SHARED THAT RECENTLY WITH THEM.
SO MAYBE THAT'LL HELP AND SOMEWHAT UNDERSTAND.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THOUGH, TO ON FRIDAY, WE HAD A TOUR OF THE SAN DIMAS AREA, AND THEY'RE DOING A BIG BRIDGE OVER THERE WHERE THE TRADE ACTUALLY IS GOING OVER THE BRIDGE AT PATTERACK. AND SO THE STAFF, ABEBE, CHRIS, WE WERE ALL THERE.
AND THEY ASKED, YOU KNOW, AREN'T YOU GOING TO HAVE A STUDY SESSION SOON? SO I SAID, YES, MONDAY NIGHT.
SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
MY ONLY CONCERN I WANT TO CAUTION YOU ON IS, STAFF, IS THAT SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY AND THEY MAKE A DECISION.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ON TOP OF THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THINGS PUSHED THROUGH THAT WE'RE NOT TOTALLY AWARE OF.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IT'S BEYOND YOUR CONTROL.
AND SO I JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY, IT'S A JOB TO THEM.
WE CARE ABOUT OUR CITY, HOW IT LOOKS, WHAT'S BEST.
SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO REALLY PUTTING, YOU KNOW.
IN THIS DIRECTION, I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO.
PLEASE DO. OK, SO MY QUESTION IS WITH RELATION TO THE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE PRE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO COME UP TO THE DESIGN THAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING AND THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF AS WELL, YOU KNOW, HAD THAT DATA OR THAT INFORMATION BEEN SHARED WITH GOLD LINE? BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE JUST SAID, HEY, THIS LOOKS PRETTY.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATIONS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO EASE OF USE, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND I'M SURE IT'S BEEN SHARED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE PUSH HARDER ON THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE REALLY THOUGHT THIS THROUGH IN COMPARISON TO WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED TONIGHT. AGAIN, THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH US ALL ALONG FOR THE RAIL DESIGN, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT HAS COME DOWN TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY CLAIM THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, AGAIN, WE BISECT THE PLAZA THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL APPLIES, IT REMAINS WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT WE'VE WE'VE PROVIDED OR COME UP WITH HAVING A LARGE CONCRETE AREA THAT THAT THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED IN THEIR PARTICULAR EARLY DESIGNS IS A LARGE CONCRETE AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE A GATHERING SPOT AFTER TALKING TO THE CITY STAFF.
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE, YOU KNOW, LA VERNE IS GOING TO BE PLANNING TO HOLD ANY PARTICULAR LARGE GATHERINGS THERE.
I MEAN, IT SITS BETWEEN A SIX LANE HIGHWAY RAIL LINE ON ONE SIDE AND RAIL LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO IT'S NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE TO HOLDING PUBLIC EVENTS OR ANYTHING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR CONCERN REALLY IS ABOUT BISECTING THIS LARGE PIECE OF CONCRETE AS WELL AS THE VISIBILITY ISSUE.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIND THE RAIL LINE.
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW WHERE THE PLATFORM IS.
THEY CAN SEE THE PLATFORM TRAVELING THE EAST OR WEST, AS WE'VE DEMONSTRATED IN THE GRAPHICS THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU TONIGHT.
SO THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR SIGNAGE AND THINGS TO THAT THAT WILL DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE PARKING LOT AND TO THE PLATFORM ITSELF.
SO. THEIR CONCERNS [INAUDIBLE].
I WANT TO GO ALONG WITH ALL THE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS, THE FACT THAT THAT WAS OUR DESIGN.
I THINK WE NEED TO USE OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND USE THEM QUICKLY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WITH THEM TO SAY THIS DESIGN FITS LA VERNE NEEDS.
AND IT'S NOT TWO SPIRALS THAT ARE GOING TO BLOCK THE VIEW ACCESS BUS, YOU NAME IT.
AND JUST FOR SAFETY ASPECT OF IT, WE'VE GOT A LARGE OBJECT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON THE FAIR PLEX SIDE, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A NICE FLAT ROLLING FLAT DOWN WHERE YOU CAN SEE THROUGH ALL OF THE FENCING, ALL THE METAL, IT'S ALL OPEN.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO USE OUR RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, JOHN, OUR
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GOLD LINE HAS BEEN IMPECCABLE.AND I THINK THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE'S JUST GOT SOME IDEA THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE WAY. AND I THINK WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH STAFF AND WORK DILIGENTLY AND QUICKLY ON THAT. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
WOULD JUST LIKE [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF NEXT STEPS AND SCHEDULE.
SO HEARING THE RESPONSES I'M HEARING AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED IN THE DISTRICT TO AT LEAST GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS INTERNAL.
WE STILL WANT TO GET TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVEN'T THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED IT YET TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
WE NEEDED TO GET COUNCIL TO SAY, YES, THIS IS KEEP MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THAT.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE EXTRA AND WE HAVE GOLD LINE, FAIR PLEX, FOOTHILL TRANSIT AND THE UTILITIES WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS.
FINAL DESIGN WE EXPECT SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN WE WILL CONFIRM THE FUNDING AT THAT POINT THAT WE HAVE REPORTED HERE.
WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AFTER THAT, BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT TO BID AND THEN WORKING WITH COG ON THEIR PROCESS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WOULD EXPECT TO MAKE COG AS THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR US BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE. AND THEN BASED ON THAT SCHEDULE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION. WE PUT IT JUST AFTER WHEN GOLD LINE STATION IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN, IF IT'S ONLY GOING TO FALL DOWN AT THIS POINT.
SO IS THERE WITH THE PLAN I DON'T KNOW, RODRIGO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? [INAUDIBLE] THAT, AND THIS IS FAR OUT THERE, BUT WOULD THERE BE A SIGNIFICANT TIME CLOSURE OF ARROW HIGHWAY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE USE OF PRECAST ELEMENTS.
ERECTION WILL PROBABLY TAKE A COUPLE DAYS TO BE ERECT IT.
THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A PREFABRICATED CONCRETE AS OPPOSED TO CASTING PLATES, SO WE DON'T NEED TO CLOSE OUR HIGHWAY FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO, NO, I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT TIME FOR OUR HIGHWAY FOR CLOSURE.
THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO CHECK RIGHT NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
I KNOW, SORRY, THERE WERE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL.AND THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY LOGISTIC, IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO COVER IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT HERE.
I DID CHECK THE TEMPORARY EMAIL OF LA VERNE CITY, LANERNECITY@GMAIL.COM IS THE TEMPORARY EMAIL THAT WE HAVE SET UP.
ALSO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ATTENDEES, IF THERE'S ANYBODY INTERESTED THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ATTENDING VIA ZOOM, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE WILL BRING YOU IN TO PARTICIPATE.
THERE WAS AN EMAIL PLUS TWO OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.
MR. SCAHILL, IF YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO UNDER THREE MINUTES, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON TO TALK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
IN LIGHT OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAD THROWN OUT WITH REGARDS TO SOME FIFTY THOUSAND VISITORS TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THIS JUST DURING THE FAIR PLEX TIME.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO A BLUE LIGHT CALL STATIONS INCORPORATED INTO THE BRIDGE OR ANY AED STATIONS INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN ELEMENT? THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY QUESTION.
I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY VERY PREMATURE IN THE DESIGN PHASE, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS USING THE BRIDGE.
THANK YOU, MR. SCAHILL. GREAT POINT.
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AND THERE'S NO OTHER HANDS RAISED THERE.THEN I THINK WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL COME BACK.
MR. RUSSI? SO WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ACTION, BUT UNLESS I'M READING THE ROOM WRONG, I THINK COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED AT THIS POINT AND WISH US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH FURTHER DESIGN ON THE SPECIFICS, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH GOLD LINE JUST TO INCORPORATE OUR PREFERRED DESIGN WITHIN THE PLAZA.
THAT WOULD BE YES FOR ALL OF US, CORRECT? YES, PLEASE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY AND STAFF.
AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.
COMING UP, YOU GOT THREE MINUTES TO EAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE ALL DONE.
WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMENT THERE.
NO, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:23 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.