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From YouTube: 5-9-22 City Council work session
Description
Des Moines City Council morning work session on Monday, May 9, 2022.
View the agenda: https://DSM.city/CouncilMeetings
A
C
C
Start
just
talking
our
ndc
board
of
directors
this
year
is
a
nice
mix
of
some
city
staff
representation.
We
also
have
council
member
voss
on
our
board
polk
county,
as
well
as
some
representatives
from
our
private
real
estate,
development,
community,
nfc,
dnr
and
also
bill
gray,
who
stayed
on
as
a
neighborhood
representative
with
the
board
because
he
had
been
involved
for
quite
some
years.
C
So
we've
had
a
nice
group
to
support
us
and
kind
of
guide
us
on
on
where
to
go
and
where
we're
going
in
the
city
with
our
efforts
this
past
year.
Obviously,
as
you
all
know,
we
worked
really
hard
in
this
highland
park
area.
We
were
able
to
partner
with
invest
dsm,
which
really
gave
us
the
muscle
we
needed
to
dive
into
this
neighborhood
and
do
a
lot
in
a
short
amount
of
time.
C
So
the
green
stars
on
there
on
the
map
there
are
showing
where
ndc
made
investments
and
the
orange
stars
are
showing
where
private
developers
and
private
investment
has
come
in
and
purchased
property
all
around
throughout
that
little
commercial
node.
So
we'll
see
a
major
investment
out
of
our
about
2.4
million
you're,
going
to
see,
obviously
much
more
than
that
take
off
here
in
the
next
12
to
18
months.
So
this
is
a
perfect
example
of
our
model
and
how
it
works.
C
So
that's
been
a
great
great
success
story
for
the
organization
this
past
year.
We
also
made
a
few
acquisitions
in
the
city.
These
are
actually
sizable
acquisitions.
This
18
18
48th
street.
This
is
waveland
park
right
at
48th
and
franklin
avenue.
This
has
been
kind
of
a.
I
guess.
It's
been
abandoned.
I
would
say
for
quite
some
time:
it's
been
vacant.
C
We
did
get
that
under
contract
here
this
year
and
we'll
be
closing
next
month,
indianola
avenue.
This
is
a
property
at
indianola
and
park
on
the
south
side
of
des
moines,
just
about
a
block
and
a
half
up
from
east
14th.
It's
been
a
trailer
park
for
quite
some
time.
We
worked
this
past
year
for
several
months,
helping
all
of
the
residents
that
were
in
that
facility
find
new
housing.
C
So
there
were
about
23
families
that
needed
to
be
relocated,
so
we
worked
with
them,
found
them
funding,
found
them
housing
connected
them
with
other
developers
and
and
places
to
live,
so
they've
all
been
relocated
and
utilities
and
and
demolition
will
be
starting
now,
so
we
did
have
to
do
abatement
there
as
well,
took
care
of
all
of
that
and
you'll
be
seeing
that
redevelopment
occur
here
over
the
next
year
and
then
31st
and
forest.
This
is
kind
of
that
last
piece
of
the
puzzle.
C
We've
obviously
been
in
the
drake
neighborhood
for
five
six
seven
years
now
and
this
one
is
just
a
vacant
lot.
That's
there
and
it's
just
time
to
kind
of
bridge
that
gap
and
finish
that
corridor
off.
We
wanted
it
to
be
a
walkable
residential
scale
in
that
area
versus
what's
happening
on
university,
and
I
think
we'll
be
able
to
accomplish
that
with
our
last
project
here
so
you'll
be
seeing
that
going
up
this
year
as
well
and
then
3610
fifth
avenues
in
highland
park.
C
This
is
on
the
back
side
of
the
bakery
and
that's
now
a
vacant
lot
that
we've
turned
over
to
invest
tsm
to
work
on
a
housing
project
there.
So
they'll
be
working
on
that,
maybe
with
us,
maybe
with
someone
else,
some
of
the
partnerships
we
had
this
year.
You
know
we
have
to
leverage
these
dollars
the
best
we
can,
and
we
also
helped
another
organization
get
their
project
off
the
ground.
C
Varsity
theater
in
the
drake
neighborhood
needed
a
guarantor,
so
our
organization
was
able
to
step
in
and
be
that
in
order
for
them
to
gain
their
funding.
To
do
that
project
that
has
started
and
they'll
be
done.
That
should
open
up
for
shows
in
october,
which
will
be
very
exciting
to
have
them
back
in
the
neighborhood
lower
beaver.
This
would
be
the
plaza
lane
site.
C
We
didn't
enter
into
a
documented
partnership,
but
what
we
did
is
we
got
some
of
the
pre-development
work
out
of
the
way
so
that
it
would
be
a
more
lucrative
site
to
our
private
investors
in
des
moines.
So
we
did
environmental
studies.
We
got
the
urban
renewal
district
set
up
just
kind
of
teeing
it
up
for
someone
to
come
in
purchase
that
site
and
redevelop.
So
we've
been
working
with
a
few
developers
that
have
interests
on
the
site
and
hopefully,
we'll
see
some
dirt
moving
here
soon
the
partnerships
in
the
highland
park.
C
We
worked
with
chuck's
and
the
bakery.
So
when
we
approached
this
neighborhood
we
knew
we
already
had
good
operators.
We
had
landmarks
in
that
neighborhood
that
were
bringing
people
destination,
bringing
people
to
the
neighborhood.
So
with
that
we
said,
we've
already
got
the
bones:
why
don't
we
work
with
those
business
owners
and
stabilize
their
real
estate
for
them,
because
they're
so
focused
on
the
business
day-to-day?
C
So
they
can
easily
go
seek
financing
which
we
would
do
through
pivotal,
we'll
get
to
that
in
a
minute
but
and
purchase
their
buildings
back
for
their
business,
and
that
was
a
model
we
hadn't
really
entered
into
yet,
but
it
proven
successful
with
those
two
and
then
on
ingersoll
avenue
we're
working
with
a
private
developer
on
the
star
gas
station
location
that
is
proposed
to
be
a
mixed
use
project.
So
that
would
be
your
first
floor
of
retail
and
20
units
above
and
that
would
be
mixed
income
from
thirty
percent.
C
C
D
C
You
know
what
uses
do
you
want
to
see?
They'd
love
to
have
a
market
there
dog
park,
things
like
that,
a
lot
of
green
space,
but
also
just
bringing
in
housing,
so
people
can
live
in
the
neighborhood
from
all
scales
and
all
types
so
we'll
be
working
with
private
developers
on
that
just
to
leverage
our
money
a
little
bit
further
and
we'll
see
that
hopefully
occurring
it
probably
start
this
next
spring.
So
maybe
next
can.
E
C
C
For
that,
yes,
yes,
thank
you
and
then
indianola
avenue
that
redevelopment
project,
obviously
that
I've
touched
on
the
forest
avenue
piece,
31st
and
forest
east
9th
and
hall.
This
one's
really
exciting.
I've
loved
this
little
note.
It's
right
by
grandview
could
take
off
just
as
quickly
as
highland
park
and
drake
did
for
us.
There's
already
an
audience
there
with
the
students
and
that
neighborhood's
very
strong,
very
supportive
they've
come
out
and
we
did
a
big.
C
What
would
you
call
it
just
kind
of
a
charrette
if
you
will
on
april
7th-
and
we
had
probably
80
or
so
people
show
up
to
that
and
just
gave
us
great
feedback
on
what
uses
they'd
like
to
see
there,
what
their
problems
are
in
the
area?
So
we
have
all
that
feedback,
and
our
committee
met
last
week
and
kind
of
put
a
plan
to
that.
So
property
owners
have
reached
out
to
us
businesses
that
are
already
there
have
reached
out
to
us.
They
want
to
stay.
C
They
again
are
just
that
destination
that
anchor
in
the
neighborhood
that
we
need
to
stay,
but
their
real
estate
around
them
is
just
crumbling.
So
we
can
go
into
partnerships
with
them
like
we
did
in
highland
park
and
hopefully
get
their
businesses
better,
storefronts
and
then
columbus
park
we're
working
on
some
high-level
planning
there.
This
is
in
partnership
with
invest,
dsm
and
dmrc.
C
We
went
to
them
last
year
and
asked
for
some
funding
to
take
their
dollars
into
a
neighborhood
setting
and
their
board
agreed
to
do
that.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that
and
that
investment
with
us
so
you'll
be
seeing
some
plans
coming
through
on
that
and
then
riverview
park.
This
is
an
area
the
city
and
the
county
has
obviously
invested
a
lot
of
money
and
time
into
and
there's
unique
opportunities
around
there
to
redevelop
some
of
those
industrial
buildings.
C
It's
a
quadrant
kind
of
around
graziano's
tees,
so
yep
we'll
be
bringing
some
plans
through
for
that
and
this
map
just
kind
of
shows
you
where,
where
we
are
working
currently
with
with
all
the
projects
that
I
just
discussed,
so
a
nice
scatter
throughout
a
lot
of
neighborhoods
really
in
wards.
So
that's
where
the
impacts
will
be
happening
over
the
next
year
or
two
couple
years.
In
addition
to
the
bricks
and
mortar
piece
that
we
do,
there's
technical
assistance
as
well
folks
can
come
into
our
organization.
C
We've
had
private
developers
come
in
business
owners.
Things
like
that.
Looking
for
a
new
location,
we
can
help
them
with
site
selection.
We
help
them
through
the
pre-the
technical
piece
of
the
pre-development,
so
getting
in
touch
with
the
city,
understanding
what
that
process
looks
like
helping
them
through
that
we've
shown
up
to
pnz
for
them
or
with
them
to
help
them
through
those
things,
because
they
can
be
intimidating
and
overwhelming
to
someone
who's
running
a
business
from
day
to
day.
C
So
we
love
to
play
that
role
because
it
gets
projects
done
without
our
sourcing
necessarily.
So
we
feel
it
meets
the
mission
and
keeps
that
going
and
then
we'll
help
them
with
financial
projections,
sourcing,
finding
dollars
to
help
their
projects
get
done
and
even
financing,
and
then
community
wise
we've
been
well.
Actually,
I
should
say,
say:
trenton
with
my
office.
Our
operations
director
has
really
led
this
riverview
stage
effort
in
the
parks
area
foundation.
C
We
were
asked
to
join
that
board
this
past
year
and
really
help
them
get
a
structure
around
everything.
It's
a
massive
undertaking
that
stage
and
making
sure
that
it
does
go
exactly
as
planned
every
year,
and
so
her
role
in
that
has
really
helped
tee
that
up
for
a
really
successful
summer,
I
think
that'll
be
fun
to
watch
and
then
the
neighborhood
investment
corporation
as
well.
We
sit
on
that
board.
C
Council
member
voss
is
on
that
board
with
me
and
just
helping
them
stabilize
their
organization,
so
they
can
continue
to
do
more
housing
projects
throughout
the
city
and
then
pivotal
business
partners.
This
is
one
we're
going
to
talk
about
a
little
bit
more
today.
This
is
excuse
me
the
504
lending
program.
It's
a
loan
through
the
small
business
administration.
C
It's
a
federal,
federally
backed
commercial
loan
and
I'll
just
jump
into
that,
because
that's
kind
of
a
big
piece
of
our
program
today,
this
the
history
of
the
of
pivotal,
is
that
it
was
formerly
the
corporation
for
economic
development.
Some
of
you
might
be
familiar
with
that,
but
that
was
run
here
in
the
city
of
des
moines
economic
development
office
and
in
2019.
C
The
director
had
announced
his
retirement
and
so
and
the
city
was
not
going
to
move
forward,
supporting
that
through
a
staff
role,
so
our
board
with
the
corporation
of
the
ced,
if
you
will
needed
to
find
a
resource
or
to
run
that
program
or
just
dissolve
the
program.
So
we
voted
to
continue
the
program
and
find
somebody
to
manage
it.
And
so,
when
you
get
into
the
weeds
of
this
program
it
does
say
that
the
cdc
must
have
a
full-time
professional
staff.
C
The
organization
could
not
afford
to
do
that,
so
we
looked
into
some
ways
to
do
it
without
that,
and
the
sba
is
authorized
to
waive
that
full-time
role.
If
you
can
find
a
non-profit
within
your
market
that
focuses
on
economic
development
and
to
manage
it,
and
then
you
would
hire
then
a
professional
lender
commercial
lender
and
do
professional
service
contracts
with
both
so
our
board,
the
ced
did
approve
ndc
to
act
as
that
manager
and
then
jim
langen
who's
with
me
here
today.
C
I'll
have
him
come
up
in
a
moment
to
do
the
actual
boots
on
the
ground
and
commercial
lending,
so
ndc's
been
able
to
throw
some
projects
at
him
anytime.
Like
I
said
with
that
technical
resource,
we
have
business
owners
coming
in
when
highland
park
bakery
is
ready
to
buy
when
chuck's
is
ready
to
buy
remax
in
the
neighborhood
on
sixth
avenue
went
through
this
program
as
well,
so
we
just
sent
him
on
a
gym
and
he
does
all
the
work.
C
G
You
abby
appreciate
it
and
thank
you
all
for
allowing
me
to
come
on
in
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we
do.
This
is
a
a
treat
for
us
to
have
an
audience
to
discuss
the
the
504
program,
because,
even
though
the
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
rebrand
here
in
a
second
but
I
spent
30
years
in
the
banking
industry,
running
banks
and
making
loans,
so
I've
done
this
for
a
long
time
used
the
sba
504
program
extensively.
G
G
In
just
a
second,
so
the
rebrand,
as
it
says,
on
the
slide
in
front
of
you,
as
abby
said
when,
when
we
came
in,
we
we
needed
to
we
needed
to
to
kind
of
well
give
it
some
life.
If
you
will
it
needed
to
kind
of
come
up,
get
up
off
the
mat
and
and
and
get
out
into
the
community
get
out
in
a
statewide
presence,
and
so
what
we
did
is
we
entered
into
a
rebrand
with
a
with
a
professional
and
ndc,
helped
us
amazingly
in
that
effort
and
ended
up.
G
We
rebranded
ourselves
as
pivotal
business
partners
and
why
we
did.
That
is
because
we
wanted
to
to
let
the
public
know
that
they
could
come
to
us
and
we
don't.
Even
though
our
main
focus
is
the
sba
504
program,
we
can
pivot
and
if,
if
it
doesn't
work,
then
we
can
find
a
place
for
the
business
owner
to
go
or
whether
that's
back
to
ndc
or
other
different
financial
partners
that
that
can
help
so
and
abby
did.
Does
this
just
look
at
that
that
work?
Oh
there,
we
go
all
right.
Thank
you!
G
So
just
diving
in
here
a
little
bit
because
I
know
I've
got
limited
time,
but
the
sba
504
loans,
it
says,
provide
small
businesses
with
long-term,
fixed
rate
financing
options.
Really
it's
it's
one
program,
but
it's
it's
highly
centralized,
meaning
it
you
have
to
qualify
for
it.
So
not
every
business
or
not
every
property
can
qualify.
There
are
ways
to
do
that
and-
and
we
go
through
that
with
every
business
owner.
The
one
main
thing
you
have
to
be
is
a
for-profit
business
and
be
considered
small
under
the
definition
of
the
small
business
administration.
G
So
we
go
through
that
with
the
borrower
and
as
it
says
there,
we
partner
with
a
third-party
lender,
so
that
would
be
a
bank
or
a
credit
union
and
the
main
thing
there.
As
a
slide
says,
it
reduces
the
equity
needed
by
the
borrower,
so
typically
in
bank
situations,
you're
required
to
bring
in
20
25
percent,
sometimes
maybe
more
depending
on
the
project.
When,
with
the
sba
504
program,
you
could
bring
in
as
little
as
10
percent.
G
The
sba
does
ask
for
more.
If
the
project
is
special
purpose-
or
if
say,
the
business
is
two
years
old
or
less
so
they
do
ask
for
more
equity
contribution
in
those
two
situations,
but
otherwise
it's
going
to
be
ten
percent
and,
as
it
says
there,
the
term
up
to
25-year
amortization.
So
that's
the
the
other
big
benefit
to
the
client
is
25
years
and
and
the
rate
is
fixed
for
all
25
years
through
the
sba.
G
Now,
of
course,
recently,
we've
had
some
increase
in
in
interest
rates
and
the
the
cool
thing
about
the
the
504
program,
with
rising
interest
rates
is
that
even
though
our
interest
rates
rise,
typically,
our
rates
are
below
market,
so
you've
got
really
you've
got
kind
of
three
different
niceties
or
benefits
to
the
borrower.
We've
got
the
low
down
payment,
you've
got
the
25
25-year
fixed
rate,
and
then
that
rate
is
usually
lower
than
what
you
see
pretty
much
anywhere
so
the
best
kept
secret.
G
Nobody
finances
25
years
with
a
fixed
rate.
Just
I
I've
yet
to
find
it
in
anywhere
around
the
world.
So
here
we
are
and
then
the
rest
of
it's
in
there.
So
and
as
I
said,
there
oops
there's
some
eligibility
factors,
eligibili
eligible
businesses,
manufacturing
retail
wholesale
service
construction
really,
like
I
said,
for
profit
and
and
considered
small,
so
like
it
says
their
annual
net
profit
less
than
5
million.
We
do
have
the
requirements
of
you
know
the
504
program
when
it
was
created
in
the
70s,
was
a
jobs
program.
Federal
government
said
hey.
G
We
want
to
create
jobs
so
for
every
75
000
in
sba
dollars
that
are
borrowed.
The
borrower
must
create
one
job
or
retain
one
job.
So
you
can
move
to
a
new
project
and
and
provide
evidence
that
you'll
retain
one
of
the
other
parts
of
this
over
the
years
that
has
been
a
little
bit
of
a
misnomer
is
that
the
project
must
be
100
owner
occupied,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
100,
it
can
be
51
or
more
now,
over
time.
G
Our
performance,
so
just
talking
about
this
just
a
little
bit
as
I
mentioned,
we
wanted
to
to
breathe
a
little
life
into
the
the
business,
and
certainly
we
we
had
some
roadblocks
putting
our
way
with
the
pandemic
and
just
just
the
overall
size
of
our
organization
with.
Basically
it
was
just
me
and
then
I
ended
up
hiring
an
assistant,
and
so,
as
you
see
our
performance
from
14
to
19,
we
close
nine,
we
call
them
debentures,
that's
what
the
sba
calls
them
they're.
G
Basically,
it's
a
fancy
word
for
the
government
goes
out
to
wall
street
and
sells
bonds.
That's
how
they
that's,
how
they
raise
the
the
504
money
from
2020
to
present,
however,
we've
been
able
to
to
kind
of
hit
a
little
bit
of
a
stride
for
us.
We've
closed
10
adventures:
we've
got
four
closing
our
fiscal
year
ends
at
the
end
of
june,
and
we've
been
pretty
excited
because
we're
able
to
for
the
first
time
tell
our
board
in
the
two
and
a
half
years
that
I've
been
around
that
we're.
G
G
When
the
debenture
is
closed,
we
receive
a
monthly
service
fee
income
based
on
the
loan
amount,
and
then
we
receive
an
origination
fee
upfront,
but
that's
just
a
one-time
deal
and
we
use
all
of
that
to
operate
on
as
it
says
there.
So
we've
been
able
to
increase
our
origination
fees
and
our
service
fees.
So
we're
really
happy
about
the
the
progress
we've
made
and
we're
getting
awfully
close
to
hitting
our
budget.
So
we
really
we
really
like
that.
G
G
To
say,
if
you
got
a
million
dollar
project,
the
third-party
lender,
the
bank
or
the
credit
union
finances
the
first
50,
so
they
would
finance
500
000
and
then
we
would
come
in
and
finance
the
next
40
percent
or
400
000,
and
we
take
a
second
mortgage.
So
the
bank
or
the
credit
union
be
in
first
position,
we'd,
be
in
second
position,
so
kind
of
an
important
detail.
I
left
out
in
the
fact
that
that
definitely
encourages
the
financial
institution
to
want
to
to
take
part
in
the
504.
G
You
know
they
they
can
sleep
well
at
night,
which
yeah
I
certainly
like
to
do
that.
But
but
anyway,
where
I
was
going
with,
that
is,
is
typically
if
a
commercial
lender
would
would
have
a
20
million
dollar
goal.
Ours
that
we've
had
in
the
last
couple
years
would
probably
be
in
the
40
to
45
million
dollar
range.
So
we
feel
pretty
good
about
our
our
past
and
our
potential
we
do
have
some
leads
that
that
amount
to
a
little
over
eight
million
in
in
debentures.
G
A
G
I
can
give
you
an
idea
of
what
kinds
of
deals
we're
working
on
if
that
makes
sense,
just
the
the
types
of
businesses,
if
you
will
so
recently
we
closed
a
greenhouse
style
business
which,
in
30
years
of
lending,
I
had
never
I'd,
never
closed
a
greenhouse,
which
I
thought
was
kind
of
fun.
For
us.
We
not
entered
that
business,
but
they
were
able
to
work
work
at
504
that
way,
an
environmental
company
we
disclosed
a
veterinarian.
G
G
A
lot
of
folks,
you
know,
restaurants,
are
are
a
good
target
because
they're
there's
a
lot
of
them,
but
they're
also
challenging
for
banks
and
credit
unions,
though
they
like
the
fact
they're
only
in
at
50
percent.
So
we
do.
We
do
look
at
them,
but
you
know
we
don't
have
a
ton
of
them.
So
it's
it's
a
pretty
diverse
portfolio,
honestly
yeah.
G
G
The
ced
could
only
operate
in
the
city
of
des
moines
within
the
city
limits,
and
so
they
did
that
and
people
got
to
know
that
that's
what
the
ced
was
doing
and
then
about
15
years
ago.
The
sba
kind
of
thought:
well,
hey
we're
not
covering
we're,
not
we're
not
serving
everybody.
So
they
said.
Okay,
all
you
cdc's.
You
can
go
statewide
and
lend
in
any
market
within
your
state
boundaries.
G
We
can
do
exactly
the
same
thing
for
the
exact
same
pricing,
so
we
generally
like
to
let
everybody
stay
on
their
own
in
their
own
lanes.
We
do
have
another
cdc
here
in
des
moines,
they're
much
larger
than
us,
the
corporation
or
excuse
me,
the
iowa
business
growth
company,
and
so
they
they
have
have
they're
much
larger
than
we
are,
but
we
we
generally
don't
overlap
too
much
so
and
answer
your
question.
G
F
G
As
far
as
the
the
fees
itself,
or
just
just
where,
when
we
become
in
where
we
where
we
need
to
be,
you
want
to
be
yeah,
it's
an
interesting
question
there,
because
we
we've
been
operating
based
on
kind
of
from
behind
for
a
while
and
and
nearing
our
nearing
our
point.
Where
we're,
where
we're
going
to
converge,
and
once
we
converge,
we
we
keep
going
church
is
really
a
nicety
and
finance
because
our
service
fees
accrue
overnight
they're,
not
just
over
and
done
with.
So
we're
going
to
be.
G
Where
is
my?
I
don't
think
I
have
that
on
there,
but
we've
originated
about
just
short
of
10
since
I've
been
around
so
our
break
even's
about
a
little
over
12.
annually
for
our
total
portfolio.
Actually,
okay,
so
we
started
to
so
for
for
for
a
picture,
we
started
a
little
under
five
okay,
so
those
things
paid
off
time.
You.
D
G
And
we
don't,
we
haven't
experienced
a
ton
of
payoffs
since
I've
been
around
we've
experienced
a
couple,
and
you
know
those
are
business
sales
or
what
have
you
in
years
past
now
that
interest
rates
are
going
up
if
they
ever
decide
to
go
down
again
like
they
did
we'll
see
payoffs
with
our
new
stuff,
but
with
the
with
the
deals
that
we've
just
done,
the
interest
rates
are
so
favorable.
It's
going
to
be
awfully
hard
to
see
those
pay
off.
G
G
Redo
that
no
they're,
not
no,
so
so
it's
a
really
good
question.
So
you
know
when
you,
when
you
do
the
math,
when
we
break
even
we're
going
to
be
there
and
we're
going
to
be
we're
going
to
yeah
we're
going
to
be
healthy,
which
is
great
and
as
a
non-profit,
you
know.
That
means
we
get
to.
The
sba
requires
that
we
keep
some
some
money
in
reserve
which
we
which
we
had
and
we've
been
using.
F
A
I
I
I
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear.
We
did
not
call
each
other
to
coordinate
all
that,
but
very
excited
today
to
to
provide
you
all
with
an
update
of
where
we
are
on
on
connect
downtown,
and
so
I
also
do
have
some
some
other
team
members
with
me.
Today.
We've
got
john
davis,
our
city
traffic,
engineer,
jeff,
wiggins
transportation,
planner
tom
block
deputy
city
engineer
as
well
as
well
from
the
engineering
department.
So
but
it
doesn't
matter.
I
I
Okay,
so
you
know
this
slide
says:
connect
downtown
started
as
the
des
moines
walkability
study
in
2016,
which,
again
that
that
study
was
a
a
collaborative
partnership
with
the
greater
des
moines
partnership,
as
well
as
the
urban
lands
institute.
But
but
really,
I
believe
that
connect
downtown
move
dsm
had
started
as
part
of
a
planning
effort
that,
with
the
greater
des
moines
park
tomorrow,
plan
as
well
as
planned,
dsm
or
comprehensive
plan.
I
I
I
I
think
the
our
transportation
plans
are
are
are
a
compilation
and
and
basically
an
implementation
plan
of
the
values
that
our
residents
had
had
articulated
during
those
planning
efforts,
and
when
we
talk
about
what
we
know,
what
is
connect
downtown
connect
downtown
is:
is
the
transportation
master
plan
essentially
for
downtown
move?
Dsm?
Is
our
our
city-wide
transportation
master
plan
connect
downtown?
Is
the
transportation
master
plan
that
focuses
on
downtown
it's
the
basis
for
how
our
streets
and
transportation
system
could
evolve
and
develop
over
the
next?
I
You
know
20
25
years,
so
there
was
extensive
public
outreach
in
in
all
these
planning
efforts,
including
connect
downtown,
and
I
just
just
threw
a
few
of
them
up
on
the
screen
there.
You
know
there
was
so
you
know
huge
public
meetings.
I
think
one
public
meeting
alone
they
had
like
over
400
plus
comments
just
from
one
public
meeting.
On
top
of
that
there
were
events,
I
think.
Maybe
a
lot
of
you
may
remember.
I
You
know
there
was
a
street
event
on
august
7th
that
you
know
that
that
you'd
see
the
flyer
there
that,
where
they
actually
kind
of
you
know,
you
had
grand
avenue
it's
kind
of
a
demonstration
display.
Lots
of
people
attended
that
there
was
also
an
online
interactive
map.
That's
shown
there
just
kind
of
a
graphic
where
people
can
provide
comments,
and
you
can
see
some
of
the
media
press
release.
I
I
Talk
about
goals,
you
know,
I,
I
think
that
the
first
one
is
is
is,
in
my
opinion,
the
main
one
that's
making
our
streets
safer
for
all
users,
that's
pedestrians,
bicyclists,
transit
users
and
motorists,
and
so-
and
we
would
talk
about
the
next
one
transportation
choices.
That's
always
been
clear
in
our
residence
during
all
these
planning
efforts
that,
regardless
of
how
they
get
around
they,
they
want
transportation,
that's
usable
and
safe
for
everyone,
economically
successful
character,
place
making.
I
I
do
remember
you
know
a
quote
from
from
jeff
speck
when
he
was
here.
Do
we
want
to
do?
We
want
to
create
a
transportation
system
that
that
provides
a
place
that
we
can
get
to
quickly
and
leave
quickly
or
do
we
want
to
provide
a
system
that
a
place
where
we
want
to
be?
And
so
so
that's
just
a
thing
to.
I
thought
that
was
a
pretty
good
quote
to
think
about
with
all
this
with
those
two
with
those
two
goals
in
in
terms
of
connected.
I
You
know
when
we
make
our
streets
safer,
making
downtown
more
connected.
You
know
we
we've
got
a
city,
that's
a
vibrant
center
center
of
activity
and
culture.
You
know
it's
why
I
moved
my
family
here
and-
and
I
think
I
think
that
making
it
connected
makes
this
a
great
place
to
work
and
live
as
well
as
being
a
regional
destination.
So
so
I
think
you
know
those
are
the
goals
that
have
stayed
are
stated
in
in
our
connect
downtown
plan.
I
There's
a
whole
bunch
of
benefits
to
all
this
streets
that
encourage
slow
speeds.
You
know
if
I
do
the
math,
if
I'm
driving
in
a
vehicle
starting
at
the
at
the
state,
capitol
and
then
driving
two
miles
across
downtown
to
say
about
west
or
18th
street.
That's
that's
about
two
miles.
If
I
drive
35
miles
an
hour
versus
driving
25
miles
an
hour,
it's
a
minute,
20
minute,
22
seconds.
I
I
guarantee
you,
I
don't
throw
many
guarantees
out,
but
I
guarantee
you.
I
could
find
a
minute
22
in
every
person's
day
that
they
can
not.
You
know
make
in
that.
It's
not
worth
the
speed
to
to
drive
faster.
So
so
so
again,
I
the
focus.
Is
it's
not
an
interest
of
getting
somewhere
quicker,
it's
getting
somewhere
in
there
safer
and
so,
and
so
that's
as
vehicle
speeds
increase.
I
D
I
Connect
downtown
is,
is,
is
an
implementation
plan,
and
this
map
is
that
you
see
on
the
screen
is,
is
taken
right
from
connect
downtown.
There
are
short-term
medium-term
and
long-term
projects
again
connect
downtown
was
a
30
000
foot
level
plan.
The
plan
is
cory,
will
show
you,
you
know
we,
you
know,
he's
he's
done
an
outstanding
job,
piecing
everything
together
of
how
that
plan
is
moving
along,
but
again
notice
that
what
what
you'll
see
happens
is
other
infrastructure
projects
developments.
I
I
E
I
H
F
Yep,
okay,
yeah,
it's
it's
to
the
east.
The
accident
happened
yeah
to
the
east
of
this
area,
so
it
is
under
the
island
where
we're
talking
about.
We
just
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
possible
that
that
we
can
have
a
safe
crossings,
and
since
that
was
brought
up,
we'll
go
ahead
and
address
it
now,
and
I
appreciate
linda
bringing
that.
H
A
A
H
E
D
E
E
F
I
Nope
and
so
that
that's
what
you'll
see
as
part
of
this
plan
when
this
plan
originated
there
was
there
was
a
hope
to
have
some
some
private
participation
in
this
and
connect
downtown
and
that
would
have
hopefully
accelerated
it.
So
what
you'll
see
today
is
that
we've
been
trying
to
work
with
the
street
infrastructure
projects
that
we
have
sewer
projects
resurfacing
projects
and
developments
to
do
projects,
and
so
so
the
answer,
question
yeah.
I
We
we've
been
working
on
the
west
on
the
university
on
the
west
side,
because
we've
had
resurfacing
projects
and
then
we
also
had
the
drake
streetscape
that
came
up
so
that
that's.
What's
stemming
these,
like
corey's,
going
to
talk
about
east
court,
avenue
east
court
avenue,
you
can
see
right.
There
is
a
medium-term
project,
it's
going
to
be
an
awesome
project,
but
it's
because
we
had
rook
money
program
for
reconstruction.
F
I
It
it
can
be
either
one
so
east
court
avenue
we're
actually
reconstructing
it
and
moving
curbs,
which
is
is,
in
my
opinion,
kind
of
the
the
the
ultimate
solution
because
you're
you're,
you
know,
but
but
there
are
times
where,
like
on
on
university
avenue
between
31st
and
polk,
we
had
resurfacing
programmed
in
so
we're
not
not
where
we're
actually
just
milling
the
pavement
down.
The
curb
stay
the
same
and
that's
just
that's
primarily
a
pain.
F
I
A
F
There's
some
there's
some
rough.
I
cannot
believe
that
that
portion
would
not
be
in
our
cip
for
at
least
resurfacing
of
some
sort
or
some
type
of
reconstruction
yeah
yeah
yeah.
It
could
be
that's
rough
and
if
it's
not,
then
we
better
take
another
look
at
it
because,
as
you
come
across
mlk
and
and
through
that
university
intersection
that
that
is
extremely
rough,
especially
on
that
intersection.
F
E
I
F
B
D
F
F
E
I
And
we'll
and
I'll
all
check
on
the
you
know
the
university,
if
any
sections,
and
and
obviously
please
know
that
when
we
do
this,
there's
obviously
the
hurdle
of
of
the
balance
of
when
you
know
you
know
the
the
pri
that
there
was
a
section
of
resurfacing
programmed,
and
so
when
do
we
take
the
step
and
then
increase
the
scope
and
spend
more
money
to
do
to
move
curves
and
do
other
things
versus
somewhere
else
right?
It's
all.
I
I
think
that's
kind
of
the
hope
of
you
know
when
we
do
vision
zeros.
Where
do
we
hone
in
on
where,
where
the
high
percentages
of
crashes?
Where
are
the
areas
where
we
can
do
correctable
measures
to
actually
to
to
solve
issues?
And
when
I
say
correctable
that
you
know
there's
some
correctable
measures
where
we
can
actually
make
improvements
that
we
think
will
actually
reduce
crashes
that
are
actually
occurring.
So
I
mean.
E
I
don't
know
if
we
need
a
traffic
study
around
like
mlk
in
19th,
but
I
would
say,
like
I
am
comfortable
with
a
much
larger
scope
in
this
section
simply
because
university
over
on,
like
the
31st
in
that
area,
is
more
of
a
residential
street
than
we're
talking
about
over
here.
This
is
kind
of
like
an
alternative
to
235.
yep,
so
yeah.
I
would
just
be
comfortable
with
the
large
scope
here.
I
J
I
It's
it's
hard,
and
I
know
this
is
not
I'm
not
giving
you
a
good
answer
here,
it's
more
about
prior,
where,
if,
when
the
fundings
come
available,
where
would
we
focus
and
prioritize
our
effort?
I
I
don't
it's
hard
for
me
to
give
a
number,
because
again,
when
this
plan
started
there,
there
was
a
hope
that
there
would
be
a
substantial
private
investment
and
there
were
several
meetings
with
business
owners
about
doing
that,
to
try
and
accelerate
it,
and
so
it's
just
it's.
It's
so
funny,
mostly
downtown.
F
D
F
A
A
F
F
L
B
B
I
And
maybe
this
map
will
help
answer
the
customer
boss's
question
a
little
more.
This
is
what's
in
the
cip,
what
you
see
on
this
map!
This
is
what
we
have
much
some
money
programmed
either
for
for
in
actual
construction.
Some
is
only
programmed
for
study
or
analysis,
but
this
is
what
folks
can
expect
to
see
us
working
on
over
the
next
five
years,
based
on
the
current
cip,
and
so
so
in
terms
of
a
timeline
that
the
short
term
medium
term
long
term,
that's
a
prioritization
that
this
is
actually
what
folks
will
see.
I
F
It
and
I
and
I
appreciate
that,
but
there
is
and
I'll
go
back
to
my
other
statement.
There
is
a
lot
of
corridors
that
are
not
in
our
cip
and
now
we're
just
going
to
focus
on
downtown.
Where
I
mean
you
look
around
there,
there's
there's
not
a
lot
of
folks
coming
downtown,
but
they
are
traveling
on
the
corridors
I
mean
I'm
concerned
especially
of
southwest
9th,
where
we
have
you
know
over
over.
F
You
know
from
park
to
mckinley
that
needs
some
type
of
reconstruction
and
then,
as
you
go
further
towards
downtown,
where
we've
had
people
die
in
multiple
accidents
that
we
need
to
find
a
solution
and
a
study
to
figure
out
what
we're
going
to
do.
But
you
know,
if
we're
going
to
just
focus
on
this,
I'm
not
sure
if
that's
what
the
neighbors
are
asking
us
to
do
and
that's
always
been
the
challenge
with
connect,
downtown
yeah
and
I'm
fine
with
changing
the
streets
as
we
do
the
reconstruction.
F
This
was
part
of
buy-in
from
the
business
community,
and
that
has
not
happened
to
my
knowledge
and
you
said
it,
and,
and
so
how
much
is
it
a
priority
for
the
businesses
down
here
for
us
to
keep
investing
when
they're
not
going
to
invest?
That's
always
been
the
challenge
since
we
started
this
connect
downtown
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
down
this
path
but
they're
not
buying
in
with
their
dollars.
Well,.
A
Those
other
uses
are
more
important
in
some
respects.
Downtown
from
a
business
district
has
maybe
changed
in
terms
of
the
volume
and
how
often
people
are
here,
but
what
part
of
what
saved
our
downtown
and
kept
our
downtown
vital?
Is
it
wasn't
just
a
business
district?
It's
also
a
neighborhood
and
a
residential
sector.
It's
also
a
cultural
and
entertainment
hub
and
the
pieces
of
connect
downtown
that
we're
talking
about,
tie
in
very
well
with
those
pieces
and
so
making
that
contingent.
A
F
Completely
understand
not
going
to
argue
with
you
one
single
point,
but
you
have
a
portion
in
your
award
right
now
that
it's
going
to
be
my
ward,
where
we've
had
multiple
accidents
and
a
young
child
died,
and
we
have
not
did
one
single
study
on
that
road
other
than
the
the
business
owner
asking
for
a
stoplight.
That's
not
the
solution
that
part
of
southwestern
and
most
of
southwest
9th
needs
to
be
reconstructed,
and
that
is
in
both
of
our
awards,
and
that
is
something
that
we
both
need
to
be
focused
on.
Not
just
this.
I.
A
Absolutely
agree:
I've
got
emails
with
steve,
asking
about
a
study
and
a
plan
for
that
section
that
that
go
back
and
there's
also
a
piece
of
the
southwest
infrastructure
plan.
It
doesn't
it
touches
the
bottom
end
of
that
there
is
a.
There
is
a
crossing
at
bancroft
that
is
part
of
our
southwest
infrastructure
plan
right.
So
we
need
to
figure
out
between
bancroft,
and
you
know
pick
pick,
you
know
bell
or
park
how
far
we
go
in
that
stretch.
That
is
a
challenging
and
dangerous.
F
A
A
H
I
was
here
when,
when
we,
when
we
did
the
connect
downtown
and
our
downtown
was
much
different,
then
than
it
is
now
and
then
it
was
like
how
do
we
make
it
easier
for
our
residents
to
get
back
and
forth
as
they
commute
downtown?
Now
the
world
has
changed,
we
don't
we
have
empty
businesses,
we
have.
We
have.
We
have
companies
that
are
moving
out
of
our
downtown.
H
H
H
B
The
success
of
our
future
in
downtown
will
rely
even
more
on
the
elements
that
councilman
mandevaum
just
brought
up
with
housing
and
attractions
and
making
it
a
destination
not
only
for
our
neighborhoods
and
our
own
des
moines
residents,
but
well
outside
of
that
as
well.
And
so
I
I
can
tell
you
assuredly
that
it's
even
more
important
that
we
get
these
done
to
to
keep
and
retain
the
success
that
we've
had
downtown.
B
D
L
Look
so
yeah
I
was
just
going
to
say.
I
think
we,
if
we
just
focus
on
this,
because
there
is
no
shortage
of
need
out
in
the
neighborhoods.
I
agree.
I've
driven
many
of
these
streets
the
last
month
week,
and
so
I-
and
this
is
critical,
because
I
think
we
have
to
think
of
downtown
as
a
neighborhood
too,
as
we
have
thousands
of
people
moving
in
and
you've
got
the
new
development
right
over
here.
So
there's
going
to
be
a
great
station,
we're
talking
about
investing
60
million
dollars.
L
E
If
I
can
say
something
as
well,
the
health
of
downtown,
I
think,
is
integral
to
the
quality
of
living
for
a
lot
of
different
areas
in
the
city,
and
I'm
saying
that,
because,
like
growing
up
here
as
a
teenager,
there
was
not
a
lot
to
do
in
des
moines.
I
love
des
moines,
but
there's
not
a
lot
to
do
in
des
moines.
What
we
like
malls
are
dying,
but
that's
not
a
thing
anymore.
E
E
I
know
it's
easy
for
me
to
say
with
university
when
it's
in
the
plan,
but
I
we're
looking
east
14th
is
right
on
the
edge
of
that
plane
as
well,
and
I
think
that
if
we
don't
have
connectivity
like
this
is
almost
a
model
of
like
what
can
we
do
to
connect
ourselves
and
and
to
be
able
to
have
walkability
and
transit
and
all
of
these
things,
I
think
it's
very
important.
I
think
that
we
should
be
connecting
connect
downtown
to
the
corridors.
I
D
E
I
One
thing
that
you
might
I'm
gonna
have
corey
come
up
and
go
through
the
projects
that
have
been
completed
or
in
progress
and
I'll
just
touch
lightly.
On
the
other
funding.
For
some
of
these
again,
as
I
stated
before,
the
the
progress
the
city
is
making
primarily
is
been.
It
has
been
coordinated
with
other
infrastructure
projects,
so
the
funding
for
this
it
almost
all
of
it-
is
tax
increment
financing
funny.
So
we
we
can't,
we
can't
just
for
the
public
we.
I
I
can't,
I
can't
take
money
from
the
central
place,
business
tif
district
and
spend
it
in
my
neighborhood.
So
so
it's
almost
all
tax,
increment
financing
or
coordinated
with
a
sewer
project.
A
large
sewer
project,
two
on
the
west
side.
Corey,
will
talk
about
that.
The
east
court
avenue
project
again
that
was
slated
as
a
medium-term
project
and
and
since
we're
reconstructing
the
road
and
there's
a
lot
of
development
going
on
there's
a
lot
of
businesses
that
are
going
right
along
that
corridor.
I
F
F
So
steve
just
to
touch
on
that,
so
the
priority
as
you
do,
these
streets
is
whatever
condition
they're
in
or
if
there's
a
sewer
project,
then
we're
going
to
implement,
connect
downtown.
We
we,
that
is,
that
we're
not
just
gonna,
if
the,
if
it's
not
in
the
cip
over
the
next
five
years,
you're
not
going
to
use
tiff
dollars
to
start
tearing
up
the
street
just
to
tear
the
street
up.
If
it
doesn't
need
reconstruction,
I
would.
I
Say
for
most
of
it
there
there
is
a
cory's
going
to
talk
about
the
fifth
street
to
grand
avenue.
I
I
think,
there's
a
huge
connection
point
there,
and,
and
so
when,
when
I
hear
people
say
things
like,
oh
you
know
when
we
did
the
cherry
street
project
right.
Oh,
I
don't
see
any
people
biking
down
cherry
street.
I
Well,
you
know
what
there
was
no
one,
no
one
crossing
the
locust
street
bridge
in
2019
right,
so
so
that
there's
not
facilities
there,
and
so
so
there's
a
huge
there
was
to
be
honestly
a
few
years
ago
there
was
a
huge
connectivity
issue
within
our
bike
network,
to
say
the
least.
There
wasn't
connection,
and
so
I
I'm
really
excited
to
show
that
we're.
We
are
going
to
work
to
make
that
connection,
because
again,
we've
got
to
make
it
so
that
we
that
to
fill
in
some
of
these.
F
And
I've
never
objected
if
you're
going
to
reconstruct
the
street
that
that
that's
fine,
let's
do
it,
how
we
planned
it
through
connect,
downtown
and
use
the
tif
dollars
to
do
it.
I've
always
been
fine
with
that,
but
let's
not
prioritize
only
these
streets
if
they
don't
need
reconstructed
or
if
we're
not
doing
a
sewer
project
or
we're
not
doing
these
things
unless
there's
a
short
portion
where
okay
we've
got
all
the
other
connectivity.
Let's
fix
this
portion
of
it
also
yep.
F
But
I
you
know,
when
you
put
a
60
million
dollar
price
tag
on
just
the
downtown
area,
our
residents
that
are
watching
are
looking
at
it
saying,
when
is
when?
Are
we
going
to
get
that
type
of
investment
into
our
neighborhoods
into
our
corridors?
That's
my
point
to
the
whole
thing
and
then,
when,
when
folks
are
dying,
then
of
course,
if
there's
nothing
in
a
cip
or
no
studies-
and
I
know
that
we've
had
this
discussion
over
years
of
that
particular
crossing
and
not
just
the
crossing
but
the
whole
corridor,
and
nothing
has
been
done.
F
H
D
K
All
right,
hello
again,
I'm
cory
bogan
ray
principal
traffic
engineer.
So
thank
you.
Good
conversation
as
steve
said
what
you
see
on
the
screen
here
is
kind
of
what
we've
implemented,
what
is
in
progress
and
then
what
we
have
planned
in
the
cip,
so
everything
in
green
kind
of
falls
into
that
either
it
was
completed
or
it's
currently
under
construction.
K
Everything
in
purple
is
either
in
design,
so
it's
actively
being
designed
or
it's
in
a
planing
phase
and
then
there's
one
project
there
shown
in
orange,
which
is
in
the
study
phase.
And
so
you
talk
about
connections.
You
know
a
couple
examples:
you
have
the
19th
and
mlk
corridor
up
there
in
the
top
left,
that's
a
reconstruction
project,
so
it
was
identified
by
public
works
as
a
reconstruction
project,
and
we
worked
with
the
engineering
and
public
works
team
to
that
project.
K
Not
only
has
the
reconstruction
plan,
but
also
narrowing
lanes,
adding
bump
outs,
adding
a
side
path
so
making
that
connection.
You
know
you
have
6th
avenue,
streetscape
project,
which
you
know.
The
third
phase
is
shown
there
in
purple,
which
extends
down
into
the
connect
downtown
area,
and
then
the
other
one
I
want
to
point
out
is
the
study
on
east
6th
and
penn,
which
is
shown
there
in
orange.
K
There's,
currently
no
funding
for
construction
allocated
to
that,
but
north
of
university
on
penn,
that's
being
reconstructed,
we're
extending
the
side
path
down
all
the
way
to
university
and
so
there's
a
gap
there
from
university
getting
into
downtown.
So
how
can
we
make
that
connection?
So
that's
what
that
study
is
doing,
and
so
this
map
also
shows
some
projects
that
aren't
part
of
the
connect
downtown
plan
they
weren't
identified
in
the
plan.
An
example
is
like
the
parks
projects.
K
J
K
Yeah,
that's
figured
out.
That's
a
good
point.
That's
that's
kind
of
the
next
piece
that
we
see
that
needs
to
be
connected.
The
division
is
the
the
bike
network
would
come
down
6th
avenue,
turn
on
laurel
and
then
go
down
fifth,
and
that
would
connect
in
with
the
work
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
this
summer
on
fifth
avenue
between
grand
and
cherry.
So
that's
the
long
term
vision.
J
J
L
K
We'll
say,
and
if
we
were,
if
we
were
just
looking
at
connect
downtown,
yet
we
you
know,
that's
the
vision,
that's
what
we
want
it
to
be.
We
can't
do
it
all
at
once,
and
so
you
know,
and
the
other
thing
that
we
have
to
consider
is
how
downtown
functions.
You
know
steve's
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
towards
the
end
of
how
we
balance
these
projects.
You
know
when
they're
under
construction,
how
do
they
impact
street
use
events?
How
do
they
impact
people
who
live
down
here?
Who
work
down
here?
E
We
talked
about
walking,
we
talked
about
biking
in
this.
You
know
little
north
of
university
area,
there's
not
a
great
transportation
option
even
from
right.
There,
like
a
bus
to
get
to
downtown
like
you
have
to
take
like
I
don't
know
some
bizarre
route
it
takes
much
longer
than
if
you
were
to
drive,
and
so
I
think,
creating
alternatives
where
taking
the
bus
is
not
going
to
take
you
three
times
as
long
as
it
would
take
you
to
drive
downtown
is
going
to
help
us
a
lot
as
well.
K
K
You
can
see
the
before
on
the
left
and
then
the
after
there
on
the
right,
and
so
that
street
was
reduced
from
one
lane
of
traffic
in
either
direction
or
reached
down
to
one
lane
of
traffic
in
either
direction.
We've
maintained
the
parking,
and
then
we
have
the
on-street
buffered
bike
lanes
with
the
green
paint,
and
that
street
was
also
resurfaced
and
we'll
talk
about
some
more
projects
here
later.
K
There's
also,
we
looked
at
the
traffic
control
at
eighth
street
and
at
night
street
there
were
previously
traffic
signals
at
those
locations.
Those
warrants
were
no
longer
met,
and
so
those
traffic
signals
were
removed
and
replaced
with
always
stops
and
the
always
stop
was
based
on
some
sight
distance
issues
with
the
viaduct,
as
well
as
a
lot
of
pedestrians
crossing
there.
So
it
still
provides
that
that
crossing
for
pedestrians.
K
The
next
three
projects
we're
going
to
highlight
are
some
pedestrian
crossing
improvements
that
have
been
made.
This
first,
one
which
is
just
completing
construction,
is
at
a
crossing
of
keel
way
near
crocker
street,
and
this
was
identified
as
part
of
the
outreach
of
connect
downtown
as
identified
as
one
of
the
most
challenging
locations
to
cross.
K
You
have
to
come
and
go
on
one
side,
and
you
have
subway
and
a
few
restaurants
on
the
other
side
is
really
difficult
place
to
cross,
and
so
we
made
some,
we
added
the
the
hawk
signal,
the
pedestrian
crossing,
so
people
have
a
safe
place
across.
We
also
made
some
median
improvements
to
restrict
some
turning
movements
that
were
identified
as
a
as
an
unsafe
intersection.
There
crocker
is
that
all
funded
by.
E
K
F
I
This
actually
this
wasn't
a
reconstruction
as
cory
mentioned,
this
was
actually
one
of
the
highest
challenging
crossing
locations.
Not
the
most
road
was
awful
right,
so
so
we
so
we
did
patch
the
pavement
to
get
it
and
resurface
it
to
get
it
trout.
You
know,
and
again
it
wasn't
a
full
reconstruction.
We
we
repaired
panel,
we
reconstructed
panels,
and
then
we
resurfaced
the
street.
So
we
did
not.
F
D
J
J
Or
the
stupid,
I
don't
know,
I
did
on
three
different
days
and
it's
yeah-
it's
it's
challenging,
but
it,
but
it's
a
good
corridor
to
get
up
to
the
drake
area,
because
you
know
it
any
of
our
streets
where
there
were
street
cars
originally,
so
there
are
generally
not
hills.
So
those
are
good
corridors
to
bike
on
yeah,
but
this
is,
I
would
not
recommend
most
people
would
bike
on
this.
J
I
K
The
next
location
that
was
identified
and
completed
another
pedestrian
crossing
at
mercy
college
on
sixth
avenue,
just
south
of
235,
and
so
this
connects.
You
know
their
campus
kind
of
spills
over
between
those
two
corridors
not
a
safe
way
to
cross,
and
so
this
connects
their
buildings
with
an
activated
pedestrian
crossing
and
again
this
was
installed
in
coordination
with
mercy
college
and
then
the
last
pedestrian
crossing
I
want
to
identify
that
was
completed
in
2020
is
penn
avenue
at
des
moines
street.
K
There's
three
lanes
going
northbound,
and
so
we
reduced
it
down
to
just
two
lanes
added
bump
outs
at
east
grand
and
at
des
moines
street,
and
so
that
allowed
some
additional
on-street
parking.
You
can
see
there
in
the
post
picture
on
the
right
and
that
also
shrinks
the
or
reduces
the
the
crossing
distance
for
pedestrians,
and
then
we
have
the
the
activated
crossing
there.
K
So
now
I'm
going
to
start
to
highlight
a
few
projects
that
are
under
construction
or
currently
under
design.
The
first
one
steve
mentioned
briefly,
is
the
fifth
avenue
and
grand
avenue
two-way
conversion
project.
So
this
is
planned
for
construction
this
year,
and
this
will
convert
fifth
avenue
from
grand
to
cherry
street.
It's
currently
one
way
southbound.
K
It
will
convert
that
to
two-way
traffic,
and
it
will
also
convert
grand
avenue
from
third
to
fifth
from
one-way
to
two-way
traffic,
and
so
what
this
allows
us
to
the
the
space
to
add
on-street
bike
facilities
and
we'll
connect
that
east
grand
project
that
I
talked
about
on
a
previous
slide
and
cherry
street,
and
so
it
you
know,
provides
that
connectivity
through
downtown
the
there's.
Also
several
walkability
improvements.
K
There's
a
stretch
between,
I
believe,
it's
third
and
fourth,
on
grand
on
the
north
side,
where
the
sidewalk
really
narrows
down
and
we're
extending
that
sidewalk
out
to
make
it
a
more
comfortable
walking
environment
as
well
as
adding
bump
outs,
we'll
also
be
adding
the
green
pavement
markings
with
bike
lanes.
Have
those
stand
out
and
also
improving
transit
access.
We've
worked
with
dart
on
their
bus
stop
locations
and
to
make
the
interaction
between
bikes
and
the
bus
stops.
Make
that
a
safer
interaction
and
again
this
is
under
this-
will
be
under
construction.
F
K
Where
there's
like
the
alley-
yes,
that's
the
street,
yes,
the
street,
so
what
we're
doing
is
we're
making
it
feel
more
like
an
alley,
so
we're
extending
the
sidewalk
and
bump
outs
and
actually
raising
the
street
level
up.
So
you
know
if
a
driveway
or
an
alley,
you
want
the
sidewalk
to
be
kind
of
the
same
level.
Cars.
F
K
You
they
can
still
access
that,
because
the
capital
square
building
needs
that
for
their
loading
dock
and
then
for
emergency
access
and
things,
but
the
general
public
will
not
be
driving
on
that,
we'll
be
narrowing
it
down.
So
it
really
does
feel
like
an
alley
and
it
doesn't
feel
like
like,
if
you're
driving
in
there
and
in
your
car
it
it
will
feel
like
you're,
not
in
the
right
spot.
Okay,.
E
So
the
way
that
we
have
it
right
now
the
two-way
goes
up
to
second
avenue.
Are
we
essentially
when
we're
going
through
this
plan,
we're
just
kind
of
extending
that,
so
that
you
can
continue
in
the
direction
that
you're
used
to
going,
but
then
it
has
that
little
stop
where
it's
like
the
two-way
ends
here,
essentially
like
it,
does
the
second
average
we're
kind
of
moving
that
up.
K
Yep
yep
and
you'll
see
as
we
so
this
project
is,
you
know,
kind
of
the
vision
is
that
grand
and
locus
will
be
two-way
traffic
and
so
we're
kind
of
working.
Our
way
in
and
you'll
see
here
on
the
west
side,
I'll
talk
about
a
project
where
we're
doing
the
same
thing
and
then
steve
will
talk
about
a
project,
that's
in
the
cip,
to
convert
all
of
grand
and
locus
to
two
ways.
So
we're
we're
just
kind
of
you
know
working
our
way
towards
it.
K
K
Infrastructure
improve
the
atypical
intersections
of
18th
street
at
grand
and
locust
kind
of
where
the
the
one-way
pairs
start
and
end
with
central
campus
there
and
the
downtown
elementary
school.
It's
not
a
very
friendly
environment
to
walk,
and
so
that
study
looked
at
how
we
can
make
changes
there
and
improve.
K
I
F
D
K
So
the
graphic
here
is
from
the
18th
street
study,
and
so
this
kind
of
drills
into
this
area
and
the
the
sewer
project
is
larger.
We're
actually
doing
more
than
what's
just
shown
here,
but
you
can
see
the
visual
of
how
we're
reconfiguring
that
18th
street
area
and
so
we'll
be
converting
the
following
one-way
streets
to
two-way
as
part
of
this
project
at
17th
street,
between
grand
and
locust
18th
street,
between
grand
and
ingersoll,
and
then
grand
avenue
from
here
18th
street.
K
All
the
way
to
15th
street,
which
is
the
sculpture
park
and
then
as
well
as
locust
street
from
here
at
18th
street,
all
the
way
to
15th
street
and
so
there'll
be
new
buffered
bike
lanes
on
15th
street
and
I'll.
The
next
exhibit
will
kind
of
show
a
zoomed
out
visual.
That
will
also
have
the
two-way
buffered
striped
bike
lanes
on
grand
avenue,
they're,
currently
just
one
westbound
bike
lane
and
then
the
place
where
the
18th
street
kind
of
crossed
over
that
will
be
going
away.
K
And
so
that
will
be
the
sewer
will
still
run
through
there.
But
that
will
be
turned
into
some
green
space,
as
well
as
a
shared
use
path,
and
that
was
one
thing.
We
worked
with
des
moines
public
schools
and
central
campus
staff,
as
well
as
meredith
corporation
in
this
area,
to
make
sure
that
this
meets.
K
We
also
worked
with
the
school
district
to
make
sure
that
we
weren't
impacting
their
pickup
and
drop
off
operations,
because
if
you've
ever
been
down
there
and
watched
it,
it's
it's
a
sight
to
behold
on
how
they
coordinate
all
those
buses.
Going
from
all
the
different
high
schools
to
central
campus.
H
D
H
K
D
H
I
Yep
yeah
cinema
sanders
is
right,
it's
it
when
he
says
upgrades
so
so
so,
for
example,
in
the
the
market
district
in
that
development.
It's
my
understanding.
The
developer
is
paying
to
ping
an
additional
charge
to
have
the
pulse
some
of
the
polls,
not
through
the
whole
district,
upgraded
to
banner
strength
polls,
they're
blackmailing
they
have
the
yeah.
So
this
is.
E
E
K
Yeah
that
the
existing
green
space,
where,
like
the
trowel,
is
that's
owned
by
meredith,
okay
and
so
the
portion
that
you
see
like
shaded
in
green,
where
the
street
used
to
be
that
will
be
city
property
because
that's
where
the
the
new
sewer
is
gonna
run.
So
the
new
the
wra
sewer
is
gonna,
go
down
locust
street
and
then
diagonal
up
through
that
green
area,
and
so
there's
currently
no
plans
for
that.
K
E
L
D
K
So
just
one
more
slide
on
this
project.
This
is
our
current
bike
infrastructure
in
this
area
and
so
the
the
north-south
project.
There
is
12th
street,
which
is
currently
under
construction
as
well,
and
so
not
a
lot
of
connectivity
in
this
area.
But
once
this
project
is
done,
this
will
be
the
bike
connectivity,
so
we'll
have
the
bike
lanes
up
15th
street
on
two-way
on
grand
and
then
all
the
way
up
to
connecting
ingersoll.
K
Yeah,
so
if
we're
talking
about
calendar
year,
the
wre
is
planning
to
bid
this
project
later.
This
fall.
Okay,
I
don't
know
the
exact
date
of
that,
but
with
the
plans
to
start
construction
in
20
calendar
year
2023,
it's
such
a
huge
undertaking-
it'll-
probably
take
two
years-
okay,
so
two
construction
seasons
to
to
do
all
this
work.
So
you
know
if
you're
just
going
by
calendar
year
and
it
you
know
a
lot
of
variables
with
the
construction
over
two
years,
but
by
the
end
of
24
that
this
would
all
be
completed.
K
J
D
K
K
Another
project
that
is
currently
planned
for
construction
in
in
24,
through
25
in
the
calendar
year
is
east
court
avenue
reconstruction
project
this,
as
steve
mentioned,
will
be
completely
reconstructed,
shown
there
in
the
figure
in
red,
and
so
since
it's
being
reconstructed,
we
can
kind
of
move
the
curves
and
fit
the
the
street
to
to
meet
our
vision,
and
so
we'll
be
reducing
the
cross
section
to
one
lane
of
traffic
in
either
direction.
There's
currently
two
eastbound
lanes
and
then
up
by
the
capital
complex.
K
So
we'll
be
adding
bump
out
sidewalk
improvements,
as
well
as
adding
kind
of
our
typical
streetscape
downtown
with
street
trees,
where
there
currently
are
no
street
trees,
we'll
also
be
realigning,
think
vine
drive
and
day
street,
which
are
up
in
the
capital,
complex
area
and
they
kind
of
curve
into
east
court,
and
they
make
the
site
left
you're
on
those
streets.
You
really
have
to
like
turn
around,
to
make
to
be
able
to
see
where
traffic
is
and
so
we're
bringing
those
into
90
degrees
to
make
a
little
bit
safer
intersection.
K
B
K
K
That's
trying
to
make
that
connection
of
the
bicycle
facility
that
will
be
built
as
a
shared
use,
path,
north
of
university
and
bringing
that
into
downtown
and
also
converting
both
those
streets
from
one
way
to
two-way.
So,
there's,
currently
a
study
that
will
be
starting
here
this
year.
There's
no
funding
for
that
construction
because
we
don't
necessarily
know
exactly
how
that's
going
to
happen
and
we're
also
working
with
the
dot.
Because,
anytime,
you
make
changes
to
those
bridges
and
the
on
and
off
ramps.
K
I
mentioned,
the
I'm
sorry
southwest
11th,
that
is
a
project
down
in
from
mlk
down
to
dart
way
kind
of
in
the
bottom
left
corner
north
side
going
north
south
and
that
will
connect
we're
currently
12th
street,
we're
adding
buffered
bike
lanes
there.
So
that
will
extend
the
buffered
bike
lanes
down
and
connect
in
to
the
the
trail
system
that
connects
to
gray's
lake,
so
that
will
make
a
north-south
connection
in
that
area
that
is
planned
for
construction
next
year
so
calendar
year.
23.
K
Currently
court
through
that
stretch
is
four
lanes
northbound
and
it's
pretty
easy
stretch
to
drive
really
fast
getting
out
of
downtown
and
with
the
skate
park
there
trying
to
improve
access
to
the
skate
park
and
then
adding
some
on-street
parking,
and
so
that
project
will
reduce
the
travel
travel
lanes.
It
won't
convert
to
two-way
traffic,
but
it
will
reduce
the
the
number
of
lanes
and
adding
bump
outs
and
improving
the
crossings
up
by
the
skate
park.
E
I
All
right,
so
the
the
city
does
have
money
programmed
to
start
a
further
study
of
the
grand
to
locust
one-way
to
two-way
conversion.
This
later
this
year,
the
study
will
look
at
further
of
how
how
this
would
actually
impact
the
corridor,
and
you
can
see
the
list
there.
The
need
for
turn
lanes,
conflict
points
when
we,
you
know,
obviously,
when
we
convert
it
to
two-way,
there
are
obviously
more
turning
movements
at
a
given
intersection.
I
There
isn't
an
there's,
not
an
easy
solution.
Some
people
say:
well,
you
should
just
get
smaller
vehicles,
well
that
that,
well,
you
know,
I'm
not
an
expert
in
the
emergency
response
and
fire
department,
but
but
you
know,
I
think
they
need
the
larger
ladder
trucks
to
respond
to
emergencies
with
the
buildings,
and
so
we
are
working
through
that
with
them
to
try
and
tweak
designs
of
of
the
bump
outs.
But
but
I
do
want
to
point
that
it
is.
It
is
a
challenge
that
that
we
face
with
this.
I
You
know
and
again
that
that's
that's
what
this
slide
is
is
highlighting
is
is
is
the
things
we
have
to
work
through
events,
access
points,
emergency
response,
loading
zones
on
street
parking,
and
let
me
just
go
right
to
this
slide
right
here,
and
this
is
an
example
okay.
So
this
is
looking
on
locust
street
at
7th
street
looking
west
towards
7th
street
okay,
the
connect
downtown
plan
even
calls
for
adding
left
turn
lanes
right.
I
The
left
turn
lanes
are
neat
because
now
we
have
instead
of
multiple
lanes,
going
a
direction
you
need
the
left.
Turning,
so
that
it
doesn't,
one
left
turning
car
doesn't
completely
gridlock
the
entire
corridor,
and
so,
even
though
seventh
is
a
one-way,
you
would
need
the
space
for
the
left
turn
turning
vehicles
on
both
sides
right.
You
can't
just
put
a
left
turn
lane
on
one
leg
and
then
have
the
lanes
not
line
up
on
the
other
side.
So
visualize,
essentially
one
side
of
street
parking
is,
is
going
to
be
removed.
I
I
Buildings,
well
that
that's
that's
something
we
would
have
to
work
through
with
the
study
to
yeah.
I
can't
speak
for
that.
I
don't
know
so
yeah
yeah,
but
but
I
I
just
want
to
be
aware,
these
are
the
the
the
challenges
and
the
trade-offs
that
we're
we're.
Looking
at
in
terms
of
like
I
said,
I
mentioned
the
the
emergency
response.
It's
a
challenge.
Fire
marshal
jonathan
lund,
chief
to
kipp,
have
been
outstanding
to
try
and
work
through
these,
but
there
isn't
a
simple
solution:
it's
it's!
I
How
do
we
can
we
tweak
the
radiuses?
But
it's
not
it's
not
it's
not
that
simple.
It's
we're
tightening
up
the
corridor
that
makes
it
difficult
for
the
the
larger
vehicles
to
maneuver
and
the
same
with
with
dart
as
well.
We've
got
to
look
at.
You
know
how
the
progression
works
along
this
corridor,
because
when
we
tighten
it
up,
does
that
make
it
longer
for
a
transit
user
to
go
to
one
end
to
the
other
we
don't
want
to
make.
We
certainly
don't
want
to
make
transit
less
desirable.
I
So
I
mean
I,
I
don't
have
an
answer
for
this
quarter,
but
but
obviously
we
look
in
the
future.
You
know
things
like
the
north
south
quarters.
Do
we
have
dedicated
bus
lanes
right
then
that
may
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
transit
uses
is
is
is
to
attract
more
transit
users.
So
these
are
the
things
that
we'll
be
working
through
as
we
as
we
do.
This
study
so.
I
And
what
was
the
year
for
that?
The
study
would
start.
We
have
money
to
start
this
fall.
So
it's
about
a
year-long
study,
and
so
I
think
we
did
we
did.
We
did
program
money
in
the
cip
to
to
look
at
put
money
aside
to
start
the
decoupling,
so
so,
with
the
sewer
project
15th
street
to
the
west
would
be
done.
You
know
with
the
sewer
project,
which
is
a
23-24
project,
so
it'd
likely
be
24
because
you
figure
the
sewer
would
be.
Construction
will
be
in
23..
I
The
decoupling
there
wouldn't
be
money
to
do
the
rest
of
it
between
5th
and
15th
until
probably
that
26
27
time
frame.
So
that
would
be
about
the
about
the
students
that
we
could
do
it
again.
I
we've
got
to
work
through
the
study.
We've
got
to
do
work
through
our
public
engagement.
I
I
do
share
that.
The
same
concerns
that
councilman
gatto
brings
up
that
you
know
the
the
loss
of
parking,
the
challenges
with
emergency
response.
Turning
those
are
things
that
we've
we've
got
to
work
through.
So.
F
I
Absolutely
absolutely
so:
here's
a
snapshot.
We
talk
about
progress.
I
I
believe
the
city
has
made
great
progress
in
the
initial
fears
of
this
plan
from
eliminating
peak
hour,
restrictions
on
streets,
which
again
is
is
again
back
to
trying
to
slow
traffic
down
and
and
tightening
up
the
pedestrian
crossings.
I
You've
seen
a
lot
of
the
bump
outs
go
in
to
making
streets
like
east
grand
avenue
and
cherry
street,
more
complete
streets,
cherry
street-
if
you
remember,
was
a
street
that
for
a
portion
of
it,
was
four
lanes,
then
it
went
to
three
lanes
and
it's
in
it,
but
then
the
four
lanes,
sometimes
the
parking
allowed,
so
that
he
know
if
you
should
be
in
the
outside
lanes
and
so
making
that
a
consistent
corridor
as
well
as
a
huge
connectivity
is,
was
a
win.
So
here's
a
snapshot
of
the
existing
bike
network.
I
We
talked
about
improving
connection.
Here's
what's
been
done
already
today.
Let's
try
and
start
building
that
out,
so
you
can
see
the
red
now
making
its
way
across
with
what's
what's
what's
underway
and
then
here's
where
we'll
be
with
the
2026
program.
So
again,
it's
building
that
connectivity
across
I
I
I
do
agree
with
councilmember
voss.
You
can
see
the
gap
on
the
fifth,
the
fifth
avenue
stretch
right
in
the
middle.
There
we've
made
progress
coming
down
sixth
avenue
corridor
and
to
work
across
to
get
across
the
interstate,
but
there
is
the
gap.
I
That's
that
that's
between
grand
avenue
up
to
essentially
be
a
laurel
right.
It
would
be
the
the
connection
point
there's
a
gap
there.
But
despite
that
that
you
know
the
city
has
made,
in
my
opinion,
great
progress
to
kind
of
improve
that
connectivity
across
where
you
can
at
least
actually
get
across
downtown
from
one
point
to
the
other.
So.
J
But,
but
so
that
would
also
reduce
the
cost.
If
you
don't
convert
traffic
signals,
you
just
eliminate
traffic.
I
know
that
that'd
be
a
a
change
for
a
lot
of
people
to
get
their
head
around,
but
I
believe
when
baltimore
did
that
they
reduced
a
third
of
their
downtown
traffic
signal.
So
I
hope
when
you
look
at
this
you'll
you'll
take
a
look
at
and-
and
I
got
to
tell
you
quite
honestly-
on
grand
and
locust
the
so-called
rush
minute.
There
aren't
that
many
vehicles
on
the
street
then
so.
E
Okay,
I
will
say
I
don't
know,
I'm
assuming
everybody
knows
about
this.
I
don't
know
if
everybody
knows
about
this,
but
with
the
way
the
traffic
systems
are
set
up
right
now
going
east.
Is
that
locust
going
east?
You
can
set
your
car
on
what
like
22
miles
an
hour
if
you
hit
a
green
light
and
just
coast
and
like
literally,
have
your
hands
off
the
wheel
and
just
go
straight
and
not
like
do
nothing
so
putting
stop
signs
would
be
great
to
have
like
a
sense.
I
Yeah
there's
and
there's
lots.
The
one
ways
are
are
easier
to
get
our
signal
timing
progression
down
to
where
it
that
can
be
the
case.
If
you
drive
22
miles
an
hour,
you
can
go
from
one
end,
the
grand
to
the
other.
If,
as
long
as
you
drive
this,
if
you
obviously,
if
you
speed,
then
you're
gonna
run
into
to
red
lights,
but
when
obviously
when
we
switch
them
to
that,
that
will
be
even
with
the
signals
you're
likely
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
that
when
they're
switched.
D
D
D
I
Yeah
that
I
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
anything
other
than
maybe
the
so
the
just
to
be
clear
on
the
bottom,
you
see
the
meredith
trail
extension
from
the
fifth
street
bridge
to
the
chris
and
marcy
coleman
bridge.
Yes,
that
that
is
we.
We
don't
have
money
currently
programmed
for
paving
the
trail,
but
we
are
since
we're
rebuilding
the
levy.
We're
we're
we're
winding
there
that
that
that
is
not
tax
income
and
finance.
That's
the
part
of
the.
I
Yeah,
absolutely
I
mean
when
we,
when
we
do
cip
projects,
we
have
our
team,
and
in
this
case
you
know,
jeff
wiggins,
you
know
caught
in
on
the
resurfacing
program
and
then
worked
to
now
the
connect
downtown
plan.
Again,
that's
where
we,
when
we
talk
about
why
people
might
say
well,
why
do
you
need
to
study
the
you
know,
study
things?
Well,
the
connect
downtown
plan
is
a
thirty
thousand
foot
level.