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Transportation and Traffic Safety Advisory Committee Meeting 041421
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Okay,
I
get
just
real
quick.
We
had
a
steady
commission
as
part
it
was
brought
up
in
the
the
viva
laredo
comprehensive
study
that
we
should
have
a
downtown
study,
parking
study
done
and
it
was
completed
and
we
reported
the
results
back
in
in
june
of
2019
city
council.
You
want
to
go
to
the
next
slide
project.
F
Okay,
there
were
a
lot
of
findings.
There
was
like
a
200-page
report
and
we're
just
kind
of
hitting
on
the
highlights
of
it.
Basically,
what
some
of
the
key
findings
were
is
that
we
have
certain
areas
of
downtown
where
we
call
them
hot
spots.
That's
we
have
their
quotations,
the
occupancy
of
85
percent
and
then
others
get.
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What
we're
saying
is
that,
because
of
the
prices,
we
were
charging,
this
will
come
up
in
the
next.
If
you
want
to
go
next,
the
next
five
project
is
that
that
are,
if
you
see
that
you
know
aaron's
highlighting,
yellow
that's
what
it
was
kind
of
like
too
was
that
we
were
charging
50
cents
at
the
time
for
a
downtown
leader,
75
stars.
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And
then,
along
with
that,
yeah,
that
we
had
a
lot
of
spots
where
people
were
parking,
their
cars,
especially
friday,
nights
and
weekends,
where
they
would
park
their
cars
in
the
downtown
area,
because
they
knew
that
we
weren't
enforcing
after
six
pm
and
they
would
go
in
into
an
algorithm
and
then
basically
what
they
got
was
a
whole
weekend,
a
parking
for
free.
So
they
recommended
that
in
germany,
areas
that
we
enforce
from
6
00
pm
that
we
extend
all
the
way
to
9
00
pm.
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F
We
haven't
really
done
too
much,
because
we
were
about
to
start
doing
more
and
more
for
the
parking
situation,
but
then
we
ran
into
the
into
the
problem
with
the
covet
situation.
So
we
have
not
implemented
some
of
these
other
solutions
that
the
study
wanted
us
to
look
into.
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
done,
though,
that
we're
working
on
is
that
from
promoting
easier
parking
for
people
by
using
an
app
and
the
company,
the
company
that
we
have
that's
a
duncan.
Isn't
it.
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F
G
A
convenience
fee,
yeah,
don't
sweat
good.
Well,
that's
the
convenience
we
were
trying
to
see
the
city
is
going
to
take
the
expense
on
or
pass
it
through,
the
customer.
It's
a
13
cents
transaction
fee
per
session,
and
we
have
it
compared
to
the
other
apps
that
are
out
there.
Ips
came
out
to
be
the
least
expensive.
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Right,
if,
if
some
of
you
travel
to
other
cities,
you'll
see
that
you
have
the
option
of
using
other
parking
apps.
So
I
know
I've
gone
to
austin
and
used
the
park
mobile
for
instance,
but
as
you
can
see,
they
charge
about
higher
customer
fees
and
city
fees.
So
we
went
with
the
ips
system.
That's
the
duncan
system
because
it
was
least
expensive
and
it
was
the
fastest
one
to
implement.
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G
C
Yeah,
I
just
needed
the
clarification
on
that
to
make
sure
that
we're
gonna
pass
that
on
or
if
we
do
pass
it
on
and
another
question
follow
up
on
that.
I
know
it's
pretty
hard,
but
do
we
have
an
age
study
as
far
as
for
the
hot
spots,
you
know
to
see
what
kind
of
age
bracket
is
using
the
box,
because
if
we're
talking
about
technology
and
using
technology,
will
they
be
up
for
that.
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F
This
is
in
front
of
the
southern
christine
church.
There
on
sunday
was
team.
We
have
park
taxis
that
park
there,
so
we
we're
going
to
relocate
them
to
the
other
side
of
the
street
and
we're
going
to
install
a
diagonal
parking
there.
I
don't
remember
exactly
how
many
spaces
I
was
going
to
get.
I
don't
know
if
it's
in
the
I
believe
it's
11
11
spaces,
okay,
yeah,
so
it's
just
a
way
of
affording
more
parking
spaces
in
the
downtown
area.
You.
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G
F
E
F
Right
actually,
one
of
the
recommendations
of
the
parking
study.
I
think
it's
a
very
good
one
is,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
the
dress
in
the
in
the
sites
to
come
but
I'll
go
ahead
and
talk
about
it
now,
because
they
don't,
they
don't
recommend
that
the
city
look
at
going
into
like
another
parking
garage.
You
know
where
you
go
up.
You
know
two
three
four
stories.
They
said
that
we
have
plenty
of
opportunities
to
use
the
spaces.
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E
I
wouldn't
I
wouldn't
meaning
to
cost
more
money,
just
asking
the
church.
You
know
why,
don't
you
provide
more
parking
for
your
own
mass
and
you
know
that?
That's
that's
just
a
question.
You
know
I
know
they've
not
wanted
to
cooperate,
because
when
I
was
on
edac
they
didn't
want
to
cooperate
at
all
right
and
it's
just
a
question
to
maybe
we
can
somebody
can
reach
out
and
say
you
know
why?
Don't
you
allow
some
of
your
parishioners
parked
there
during
mass
only
and
then
encourage
them
to
open
up
a
lot,
a
private
lot.
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F
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F
And
this
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
explore
today.
We,
we
kind
of
started
this
well
back
and
I'm
going
to
ask
for
erica's
help
and
reminding
me
to
do
what
we
agreed
to
one
of
the
things
that
this
parking
study
suggested
is
that
we
formed
a
downtown
parking
advisory
committee
and
I
think
we
had
decided
erica.
What
was
the,
how
many
members
were
going
to
be
on
it.
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F
The
comprehensive
plan
the
people
led,
the
plan
recommended
that
we
do
a
parking
study
for
downtown
and
I
went
over
the
highlight
for
that
parking
study
and
through
that
parking
study.
Council
approved
for
the
raids
and
the
hours
of
enforcement
from
6
p.m,
to
9,
00
p.m,
to
the
hot
spot
area
and
raise
rates
in
those
areas
also.
F
E
I
I
Look,
that
is
the
strategic
nature
of
downtown,
and
we
hear
it
all
the
time
heart
and
soul
of
downtown
of
the
city
is
downtown
and
and
within
that
one
of
the
things
we
realized
is
that
our
inability
to
park
made
it
very
difficult
for
people
to
actually
walk
around.
So
walkability
was
inhibited
because
of
the
decreased
parking.
We
saw
issues
that
we
were
facing
with
people
from
mexico
parking
overnight
and
all
sorts
of
issues
that
were
occurring.
I
Even
business
owners
and
their
employees
were
parking
for
another
building,
and
so
it
made
it
very
difficult
for
patrons
to
actually
get
down,
and
so
we
were
losing
a
lot
of
sales
tax
revenue
and
really
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
book.
Traffic
drop
sure
that
a
plan
was
ordered.
Council
approved
a
a
plan
for
parking
for
downtown
and
within
that
there
were
several
recommendations
that
were
made
and
those
hours
were
were
changed.
F
I
didn't
want
to
say
something
off
topic
here
is
if
we
could
get
those
that
are
not
actively
speaking
at
the
moment
to
mute
their
microphones
we're
getting
some
feedback,
and
then
you
can
always
unmute
yourself
when
you're
ready
to
add
a
comment,
please
all
right
and
dr
martinez,
the
other
place.
We're
talking
about
and
we're
gonna
have
discussion
and
possible
action
today
is
the
the
study
suggested
recommended
and
I
think
I'm
using,
but
that
word
not
as
strongly
as
it.
F
I
I
You
know,
and
in
austin
and
oklahoma
city
and
even
dallas,
one
of
the
things
that
was
that
was
absolutely
necessary,
was
the
ability
to
park
downtown.
I
mean
we
all
know
that
if
you,
you
think
about
downtown
everybody
says
well
there's
nowhere
to
park,
and
that
makes
it
very
difficult
to
attract
business
down
there.
I
A
big,
a
big
part
of
that
in
talking
to
several
people
that
that
well
several
city
managers
in
california,
one
of
the
things
that
I
that
they
did
is
they
invested
pretty
heavily
in
parking
garages
in
in
their
downtown.
For
us,
it
wouldn't
be
garages,
maybe
a
garage
or
two,
but
that
facilitated
people's
ability
to
park
without
hassle
and
that
augmented,
their
their
downtown
commerce
and
their
downtown
foot
traffic,
and
so
it
went
hand
in
hand.
I
We've
seen
different,
we've
seen
different
cities
with
with
app
based
parking
meters
that
allow
people
to
know
exactly
where,
where
there
are
available
spots
and
can
go
to
those
spots
directly
and
even
reserve
those
spots,
and
so
those
that
that
already
exists
and
and
we're
still
dealing
with,
you
know
nickels
and
dimes.
And
so
I
know
that
in
one
of
the,
in
the
spirit
of
the
item
that
was
brought
up
by
members,
I
think
was
to
maximize
these.
I
In
a
parking
garage
which
I
think
is,
is
the
appropriate
thing
to
do
when
we're
ready.
We
need
to
maximize
what
we
currently
have
the
assets
that
we
currently
have
and
also,
I
think,
council
members
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
reached
out
to
all
the
private
parking
garages
down
there
and
see
if
there
was
any
or
excuse
me
parking
lots
down
there
and
see
if
there
was
a
way
to
use
those
assets
and
rent
from
those
as
well.
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F
That
would
be
up
to
you,
I
think,
maybe
put
together
an
agenda
of
the
things
you
want
to
discuss.
For
instance,
one
of
the
things
that
the
subcommittee
should
be
looking
at
is
we
raise
the
rates
they
want.
The
the
study
recommended
that
we
look
to
see
how
much
money
were
taken
in
from
those
hours
of
operations
that
we're
doing
from
six
to
nine,
whether
it's
having
the
desired
effect
of
not
well
discouraging
people
from
you
know
parking
on
this
side
and
going
to
toronto
radio.
F
I
J
F
Well,
as
far
as
the
subcommittee
is
that
you're,
referring
to
yes,
okay,
the
subcommittee,
the
three
members
will
get
together
along
with
mister
the
bios
with
iglesias
and
you
you
will
decide
when
you
want
to
meet.
It
won't
be
a
formal
meeting
that
we
picked
it
that
way,
so
it
wouldn't
have
to
be
subject
to
quorum
and
stuff
like
that.
F
And
erica
can
correct
me
hopefully
from
wrong.
Is
that
you
will
pick
the
topics
and
you
bring
them
back
to
the
rest
of
the
committee
and
that's
what
they're
voted
on
officially
you're,
basically
making
recommendations
and
bringing
them
to
the
rest
of
the
whole
committee.
So
they
can
be
voted
on
by
the
whole.
K
Hi
everyone,
I'm
not
too
sure
if
I'm
allowed
to
comment
on
this
portion
of
it.
My
name
is
priscilla,
I'm
the
executive
director
for
laredo
main
street,
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
all
know
that
we
do
have
the
three
members
already
ready
to
participate
so
whenever
we
can
get
a
meeting
together
and
we
can
start
working
on
this
stuff,
we're
ready.
L
So
good
evening
my
name
is
jose
cebados
and
last
for
those
of
you
that
weren't
on
the
last
attempt
to
have
a
meeting
we
had
agreed.
Originally,
it
was
missing
lessons
and
myself
that
were
following
this
trying
to
set
up
this
committee,
but
she
will.
She
will
I'll
continue
to
follow
the
committee,
but
I
kind
of
left
it
to
her
to
find
the
most
contemporary
member
or
members
that
are
that
are
active
in
the
downtown.
So
I
may
not
end
up
being
part
of
that
subcommittee.
L
After
all,
I'm
gonna
leave
that
up
to
her
and
I'll
I'll
join
at
the
first
subcommittee
meeting
and
then,
if
they
still,
if
the
group
still
needs
me
or
would
like
to
see
me,
you
know
continue
I'll
continue
to
to
be
part.
But
I
pretty
much
have
I'm
gonna
follow
her
lead
and
that's
what
what
we
established
last
time
we
before
the
meeting.
A
G
After
cd
after
the
cd
audio
in
2018,
it
was
recommended
to
do
more
efforts
to
collect
seven
million
in
accounts,
receivable
citations
since
2005
yeah.
That's
what
what
we
got
till
now
under
accounts
receivable
in
2019
we
tried
a
amnesty
program
which
only
7
000
were
collected
in
revenue,
and
that's
why
you
know
we
went
out
for
rfps
and
a
professional
account.
Management
pam,
which
is
duncan
solutions,
was
assault,
bidder
and
was
awarded.
F
I
did
want
to
point
out
something
to
the
committee,
and
you
know
this
is
something
we're
going
to
probably
work
on
amending
the
ordinance
and
roger.
Please
correct
me
if
I
have
these
days
wrong,
but
right
now
someone
gets
a
a
ticket
for
parking
downtown.
You
know
time
expired
after
14
days.
The
amount
increases
by
ten
dollars
right-
roger,
yes,
okay
and
then
so
now,
instead
of
only
ten
dollars
or
twenty
dollars
is
all
those
numbers
right?
Yes,
okay
and
then
nothing
happens
until
it
goes
to
60
or
90
days,
roger
91
days.
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F
So,
as
you
can
see,
if
you
didn't
pay
your
parking
tickets
and
they
don't
get
reported,
you
know
to
to
your
driving
record,
there's
really
no
motivation
to
pay
that
ticket,
but
we
do
want
to
explore
that
avenue.
I
don't
know
exactly
what
we
can
do
beyond
more
money
or
interest
and
penalties,
but
what
we're
trying
to
nevertheless
collect
is
those
fines
that
have
been
not
paid
for
years,
and
I
don't
know
what
percentage
of
them
are
with
cars
with
mexican
plates.
Do
you
know
what
roger.
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F
G
C
F
Well,
we're
still
kind
of
in
the
early
phases
of
this,
for
instance,
I'm
I'm
in
the
process
of
getting
the
city
laredo
access
to
a
nationwide
contract
that
allows
us
allows
us
and
that
company
to
track
down
out
of
town
plates
so
have
you
started
collecting
yet
roger
on
the
local
ones
yet
or
we're
still
looking
to
get
that
contract
signed.
First.
F
A
A
F
D
F
Because
september
yeah
we
haven't
collected
fees,
we've
been
working
on
the
contract
with
them
first
and
then
the
contract
got
signed
and
passed,
and
all
that
and
then
finally
we're
down
to
the
details
of
how
we're
going
to
collect
and
all
that
kind
of
thing
we're
very
close.
You
just
haven't
gotten
through
yet.
F
A
F
F
E
G
D
G
A
G
E
E
F
Mr
dick
is
the
same
again:
that's
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
bring
back
to
this
committee
is.
I
want
to
take
a
look
at
our
ordinances
and,
for
instance,
you
know
you
know
what
the
state.
Sometimes,
if
you
have
a
you,
owe
that
money.
You
can't
renew
certain
licenses
and
permits
and
stuff
like
that.
Maybe
that's
something
we
have
to
look
at,
or
maybe
we
add
it
to
your
water
bill.
I
mean
I'm
just
thinking
out
loud
here,
great
idea.
F
D
C
Right
so
so
on
that
same
line,
so
maybe
in
order
to
collect
some
of
that
before
it
does
get
to
collections
hd
or
before
they
start
have.
We
tried,
like
a
forgiveness
thing,
hey
you
know,
just
like
they
do
at
this
municipal
courts
and
stuff
like
that,
do
a
a
forgiveness.
You
know
what
could
do
a
public
announcement
on
it
and
say:
hey
you've
got
30
days
to
come
in
and
pay
this.
You
know
we'll
take
off
the
fees
but
come
pay
this,
and
if
not
we're
going
to
go.
F
C
F
G
A
A
A
C
G
I
guess
the
only
the
only
thing
we
can
do
is
you
know
how
you
say:
they're
gonna,
I
guess
the
letters
you're
gonna
get.
Maybe
people
are
gonna,
start
thinking
that
they're
going
to
get
reported
to
collection
agencies
and
start
paying
off.
You
know,
but
really
you
know
you're
right.
I
mean
there's
not
much.
You
know
other
than
than
that.
J
G
J
E
E
F
A
A
A
C
A
F
E
C
G
The
the
the
app
when
you
use
it
to
the
app
it
will
let
the
customer
know
that
you
are
going
to
get
charged
those
13
cents,
the
convenience
fee.
It's
not
like.
If
it's
going
to
be
hit
or
anything
it
will
pop
out
and
tell
you
you
know:
it'll
be
a
percent.
The
convenience
fee
charge
for
using
it
so
they'll
know.
E
F
G
A
A
F
A
F
A
F
J
H
B
F
It
as
a
suggestion
like
if
the
the
committee
can
go
any
way
they
want.
There
are
some
reasons
why
it
was
recommended.
I
think
you
may
want
to
make
that
a
part
of
your
another.
You
have
the
subcommittee
established
and
you
can
meet
on
it,
just
discuss
it
and
look
at
those
the
other
side
of
the
story.
So
to
speak.
F
E
F
G
Yeah
I
mean
the
times
were
changed
because
before
kobe
we
had
all
the
bars
open
opening
up.
The
big
complaint
was
from
them
that
all
the
meters
were
taken
up.
You
know
when
they
opened
up
their
bars
and
which
was
true.
We
have
a
lot
of
auction
vehicles,
a
lot
of
vehicles
that
people
live
in
mexico
and
a
lot
of
people
that
go
into
mexico.
G
They
park
close
to
the
bridge
area.
Flores
grant
you
know
so
the
bars
were
like
they
were
complaining
that
hey
they
don't
have
any
parking
for
the
customers.
So
that
was
one
of
the
recommendations
from
the
study
and
yeah
city
council
said.
You
know,
let's
enforce
it
till
now,
and
we
did
see
that
those
cars
kind
of
went
away
either
parking
someplace
else
or
what
they
went
into
parking,
lots
or,
but
the
meters
got
cleared
up
and.
D
F
E
D
G
F
J
F
A
I
think
we
just
got
mr
gossa
back
on
mr
garcia.
Are
you
there,
okay,
yeah,
I'm
here,
I'm
here,
okay,
great!
Thank
you,
mr
garcia.
Thank
you
very
much.
Can
you
remember
back
to
your
question?
We
can
we
can
vote
on
it.
We
can
also
make
the
recommendation
to
to
send
it
back
to
the
traffic
advisory
committee
so
that
they
can
discuss
it.
It's
it's
up
to
us
to
see
to
to
to
do
what
we,
what
we
feel
is
best.
E
J
E
J
May
have
been
dropped,
but
there
are
signatures
that
comprise
of
business
owners
and
downtown
tenants
and
organizations.
I
believe
the
center
for
the
arts
and
advocates
of
laredo
main
street
were
some
of
the
members
that
that
submitted
those
petitions.
So
yes,
people
who
freaking
live
and
work
downtown.
Okay,.
J
J
E
D
M
This
song
for
the
arts-
and
we
were
one
of
the
the
people
advocating
for
this
downtown
petition,
along
with
dorito
main
street,
and
just
like
ms
kaithan
said
it's
a
lot
of
our
downtown
supporters.
It's
made
up
of
people
from
la
postadou
merchants
that
are
around
our
area.
People
who
visit
us
frequently
we're
opening
tuesday
through
saturday
from
11
to
4,
and
we're
also
open
for
special
events,
of
course,
because
of
covid
our
hours.
M
M
Yes,
but
this
this
is
our
normal
operating
hours.
I
don't
know
if
you're
aware
of
done
what
we
do.
All
our
events
normally
start
at
five
and
they
end
around
eight
to
nine
and
that's
just
our
opening
receptions
and
our
pro
our
educational
programming.
We
had
art
and
yoga,
we
had
art
classes,
we
had
an
art
watch
and
then,
apart
from
that,
we
have
our
private
rentals
for
when
we
we
have
weddings
and
stuff
all
that
starts
at
five
and
goes
into
midnight.
M
M
E
M
B
M
If
I
can
comment
again
real
fast,
I'm
sorry
but
I'd
I'd
have
to
agree
with
you,
mr
mcgee.
Every
part
of
downtown
has
unique
circumstances
that
it
completely
operates
dramatically
from
another
part.
So,
like
you
said
we,
I
guess
we
were
considered
a
hot
spot.
So
this
is
what
happened
to
us,
and
I
know
downtown
where
is-
is
also
considered
a
hot
spot
and
around
the
plaza
around
close
to
the
san
agustin
plaza
across
the
street
from
nafosa.
That
was
also
impacted.
A
C
E
Anyway,
we
don't
want
to
hurt
anybody
and
we
need
to
know
all
the
options,
because
we
don't
want
to
be
taken
advantage
of
either.
You
know
we
want
to
encourage
people
downtown,
but
I
I
mean
there's
two
very
good
arguments
on
either
side,
and
so
I
I
think
we
need
to
really
explore
them.
So
I
would
think
that
we
ought
to.
We
ought
to
table
it
and,
and
then
you
know,
look
into
it
further.
A
J
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
by
miss
kaitan
to
have
the
to
table
the
item
and
to
have
the
downtown
subcommittee
discuss
this
further
and
present
their
findings
to
us
at
at
a
later
date.
Possibly
our
next
meeting,
also
second
by
mr
dickey,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
or
raise
your
hand
high.
Any
opposed
motion
carries
okay
item
number
four
election
of
a
committee
chairman
secretary.
A
A
Motion
carries.
Thank
you.
Congratulations.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
not
I'm
not.
I
don't
know
if
I'm
too
excited
about
that,
but
but
I'll
take
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
As
far
as
secretary
secretary
would
anybody
want
to
volunteer
to
serve
as
secretary
of
the
committee
secretary.
They
sometimes
take
some
notes.
They
also
take
down
or
they
it's
a
roll
call.
Do
we
have
anybody
that
would
be
interested
in
a
secretary
position.
D
E
E
A
C
F
A
A
F
H
F
F
To
get
that
point,
I
do
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
on
this
committee.
I
know
it's
an
unpaid
job
and
it's
that
as
well
of
you,
you
do
have
your
councilman's
ear
and
that's
the
main
thing.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
you
take
back
any
recommendations
to
those
councilmen
and
that
we
move
forward
letting
city
policy.
So
I
appreciate
it
and
I
thank
you.
Everybody.
A
F
F
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
Thank
you.
We
will
see
you
all
next
meeting,
hopefully
next
month,
I
believe
erica
will
send
an
invitation
and
we'll
have
a
discussion
whether
it'll
be
webex
or
whether
it'll
be
face-to-face.
So
thank
you
all
very
much.
Y'all
have
a
great
evening.
Do
we
need
to
make
a
motion?