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PER STATE LAWS.WE WILL STAND UP AND SAY A LITTLE PRAYER AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCLUDING THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.
OKAY, WE'LL START THIS MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING? WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT, DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, DDBE PROGRAM, WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT, WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TRANSIT DBE PROGRAM, THE PROPOSED OVERALL GOAL, AND ITS RATIONALE.
THE DBE GOAL FOR TRANSIT CONTRACTS AWARDED 2024 THROUGH 2026 IS 1.2%.
THE PROPOSED DBE CON DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WASCOWISCO.GOV/TRANSIT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD DURING THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING AT 4:00 PM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2024, AT THE HERBERT J TENNEYS GOVERNMENT CENTER.
4 3 2 EAST WASHINGTON STREET, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, FIVE THROUGH OH NINE FIVE.
THE MEETING WILL ALSO STREAM LIVE, UH, AT YOUTUBE.COM/WASHCO.
WE INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING, MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT, 900 LANG STREET, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN.
5 3 0 9 0 COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH JANUARY 16TH, 2024.
DID WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.
IS THERE ANY FROM ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT? WE HAVE TO OPEN THE APOLOGY HEARING.
I THOUGHT WE DID WHEN YOU READ IT, BUT, OKAY.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? THIRD AND LAST TIME, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? SEEING NONE.
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AND I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE.
ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ON IT OR HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? WE'LL HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
RIGHT? WELL, IF YOU WANT JOSH TO SPEAK ON IT, NOW'S THE TIME.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE NOW NOW'S THE TIME TO SPEAK ON IT.
SO, SO I I JUST, ONE OF THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, THERE'S, UM, IT SAYS AT 1.2%, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, DO YOU ACTUALLY TRACK THAT? UH, YEAH.
IT'S REPORTED TO THE FDA, UH, SEMI-ANNUALLY.
I MEAN, WE, THE CONTRACTS ARE THE SHARED RIDE TAXI CONTRACT WITH THE PROVIDER.
UH, WE HAVE A SOFTWARE, UH, CONTRACT FOR LIKE YEARLY MAINTENANCE.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT MUCH OF A SO DO YOU TRACK THAT BY DOLLAR AMOUNT OR BY CONTRACT? YEAH, IT'S BY DOLLAR AMOUNT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HAVE WE, UH, HIT OUR GOALS IN THE PAST? UH, YES.
UH, WITH THE SOFTWARE PURCHASING THE SOFTWARE, SINCE IT IS A DBE, UH, IT IS A DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS THAT WE DID MEET THE GOAL.
AND THEN WITH THE WCCE, UH, THEY BOUGHT THEIR GAS THROUGH A DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS.
SO WE DID MEET THE GOAL THROUGH THAT.
THIS GOAL IS, UH, ADJUSTED TO MEET, YOU KNOW, THE REDUCTION OF THE ELIMINATION OF THE WCCE AND, UH, JUST THE ONGOING, UH, MAINTENANCE FEES TO THE SOFTWARE, UH, PROVIDER.
WHAT IS THEIR TARGET GOAL? WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE YOU TO, IS THERE ANY TARGET THAT THEY'VE PUT OUT? UH, NO.
THE, THEY DON'T PUT OUT A TARGET AND THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS FOR NOT HITTING A TARGET.
YOU JUST HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU DIDN'T HIT THE TARGET.
NOW, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS OR? YEP.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL TAKE A VOTE.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IS A CONSENT AGENDA.
I GUESS I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS
I'LL SECOND A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HARTWIG, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.
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QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? SEEING NONE ALL APPROVED, SAY AYE.ANY OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA PASSES.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. FACILITIES QUARTERLY REPORT.
UM, SO, UH, YOU SHOULD SEE IN YOUR PACKET THE, UH, THE FACILITIES REPORT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WRAPPED UP A NUMBER OF OUR
[a. Facilities Quarterly Report]
ORIGINAL GOALS, UM, FOR THIS PROGRAM.AND WE ARE, UH, QUEUING UP TO START, UH, SEVERAL NEW GOALS GOING INTO THE, UH, INTO 2024 AND BEYOND.
UM, SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER REGARDING ANY OF OUR, UH, ANY OF OUR PRI PRIOR OR FUTURE GOALS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I HAD A QUESTION.
UM, WHAT IS THE, BECAUSE THESE ARE SO VAGUE, UH, THE BUILDING AUTOMATION MASTER PLAN FOR UPGRADE AND REPLACEMENT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, UH, A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM THAT'S AGING.
AND SO THE PLAN IS TO REPLACE THAT.
IT'S PART OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2027.
UM, IT IS A SYSTEM THAT, WHILE WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY USAGE OF, WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE RECENT TECHNOLOGY IS INVOLVED WITH IT.
AND SO WE ARE STARTING A PROCESS OF, OF LEARNING WHAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE AND STARTING TO BUILD OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE THIS YEAR.
SO WE CAN WRITE THE RFP NEXT YEAR, GO OUT TO BID IN 26, SO THAT WE'RE READY TO DO THE INSTALLATION IN 27.
IT'S MULTI-YEAR, UM, PROJECT FOR US.
DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH, UH, THE VIDEO, AUDIO, AND VIDEO IN THIS ROOM? NO.
UM, SO THE BUILDING CONTROLS WOULD BE, UM, PRIMARILY RELATED TO OUR HVAC CONTROLS.
UM, AND, AND THOSE SYSTEMS CAN ALSO DO OTHER FUNCTIONS, BUT OURS RIGHT NOW JUST CONTROLS HVAC.
SO WE DON'T, I, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE ANYTHING FURTHER THAN THAT, BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST STARTING THAT.
IT'S, IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG PROJECT FOR US.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY IN THE WHEELHOUSE OF ANYBODY ON MY TEAM.
SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO SOME EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES FIRST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, CREATION OF THE SAFETY TEAM.
COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.
SO, UM, SO FACILITIES, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE FRONTLINE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND CUSTODIAL UM, PERSONNEL.
AND, UM, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, INJURY IS A DAY DAILY PART OF OUR LIVES.
UM, WE DO STRIVE TO BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I IMPLEMENTED WHEN I FIRST STARTED WAS REQUIRING ALL OF MY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO GET THE 10 HOUR CERTIFICATION BY OSHA.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
AND SO THE SAFETY SAFETY TEAM IS BEING ESTABLISHED TO, UH, TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WILL KEEP SAFETY FRONT OF MIND ON A DAILY BASIS WITHIN THE FILLIES FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS, YEAH, THIS IS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND, UM, AND WE, WE ARE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT DATE, I, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE SIGN.
WE HAVE THIS, ACTUALLY, I TAKE THAT BACK.
WE'VE BEEN RELOCATED DUE TO THE ELEVATOR PROJECT.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR SIGN UP THAT WE UPDATE EVERY DAY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
WE HAVE GONE AS LONG AS A WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT THAT'S HAD LOST TIME.
BUT, UM, BUT WE DON'T FREQUENTLY GO THAT FAR WITHOUT SOME KIND OF INJURY TAKING PLACE.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE YEARS THAT WE DON'T SEE AN INJURY.
UM, BUT WHATEVER I CAN DO TO REDUCE THAT, I, I'M, I'M LOOKING TO ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT A CREATION OF A SAFETY TEAM.
OBVIOUSLY WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION, WE DO THAT TOO.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE TAILGATE TALKS AND ANYTHING
WE'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WE ALSO WORK DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
SO THAT APPROACH DOESN'T WORK PARTICULARLY WELL.
I'VE TRIED MONTHLY SAFETY TALKS, UM, THAT HASN'T WORKED PARTICULARLY WELL.
MY GOAL WITH THIS IS TO GET MORE FRONTLINE INVOLVEMENT, UM, RATHER THAN ME PREACHING A SAFETY TOPIC, LETTING THEM DRIVE THAT CONVERSATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY, NONE.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO TRANSIT RIDERSHIP REPORT.
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HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RIDERSHIP COUNTS? SEEMS TO BE PRETTY STEADY.OTHER, IT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN DECEMBER.
IT SEEMS THAT IT, THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THAT, I MEAN THAT'S HISTORICALLY, THOSE ARE THE TRENDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON IT? AND NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN.
SHOULD I GO UP HERE OR HERE? RIGHT THERE.
UM, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT, UM, THE PLAN AT ALL IN YOUR PACKET.
[c. Intersection Safety Plan Review]
SO THIS WHOLE PLAN ORIGINATED BACK IN THE 2017 TO 2019 STRATEGIC PRIORITY PLAN.UM, THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION OF OUR INTERSECTION SAFETY ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER.
UM, OUR FIRST ONE, UH, CAPTURED DATA FROM, WE, WE USE A FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
OUR FIRST PLAN, UH, LOOKED AT DATA FROM 2013 TO 2017, UH, FOR CRASH DATA.
UH, THEN THIS IS THE SECOND ONE, LOOKING AT THE NEXT FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S SOME STUFF SPRINKLED IN, UH, FROM 2023 AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DATA WINDOWS, KIND OF APPLES TO APPLES FIVE YEAR FRAMES.
UM, THAT'S WHEN WE KIND OF DREW THE LINE IN THE SAND OF, OF, UM, WHERE WE, WE'D LOOK AT THE ISSUES THAT OCCUR.
UM, COUPLE THINGS ON THE PLAN, AND I'LL SCROLL DOWN HERE AND GET YOU A VISUAL ON IT.
SO RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE COVER OF THE PLAN A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT AND A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE.
SO THAT'S THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF Q AND HILLSIDE.
UM, THERE WAS HIGH CRASH, HIGH CRASH NUMBERS OVERALL AS WELL AS A HIGH CRASH RATE.
UM, AND THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY CONVERTED INTO A ROUNDABOUT.
UM, SINCE THAT, THAT, THAT INTERSECTION WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR FIRST PLAN.
AND HERE'S ONE OF THE END RESULTS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE OBVIOUSLY MOST SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES FOR SAFETY THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, UH, FROM WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OUR, IN OUR INTERSECTION PLANS.
AS FAR AS THE END RESULTS, UM, I'M JUST GONNA SKIP THROUGH A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THROUGHOUT THE PLAN AND KIND OF EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT GOES INTO IT AND WHY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY INTERSECTIONS, MOST OF THE CRASHES OCCUR AT INTERSECTIONS ON COUNT, ON ON ANY ROAD.
UM, WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT, SO WE, WE IMPORT OUR DATA.
IT'S THROUGH THE WISCONSIN TRANS PORTAL.
UM, THERE'S A DATABASE OUT THERE.
SO WHENEVER A, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RESPONDS TO A CRASH, THEY FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK AT THE END OF THAT AND THEY, THEY SUBMIT THEIR CRASH REPORTS, ALL THAT GOES INTO A DATABASE.
SO THE QUALITY OF WHAT THEY DO IN THE FIELD IS REFLECTED AND IS WHAT WE PULL FROM HERE AS FAR AS THE, THE DETAILS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON SITE.
UM, SO FOR, WE STRICTLY LOOK AT THE COUNTY HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN OUR PLAN.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT LOCAL ROADS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE STATE SYSTEM OR FREEWAY, ANY OF THAT STRICTLY COUNTY CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS.
SO WHEN I SAY COUNTY CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS, UM, DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT INTERSECTS THERE.
SO ONE ROAD MIGHT BE WASHINGTON COUNTY HIGHWAY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A TOWN ROAD MEETING IN.
UM, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE HIGHER LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT WOULD BE WHO CONTROLS QUOTE UNQUOTE THAT INTERSECTION.
SO, UM, IF A STATE HIGHWAY MEETS IN ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE STATE TRUMP COUNTY.
THAT'S A STATE CONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THOSE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST COUPLE MAPS, UH, THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
SO A LOT HAPPENED SINCE OUR FIRST PLAN.
A LOT OF JURISDICTIONAL TRANSFERS, AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY VERY CLEARLY RECALL.
UM, WE, WE TRANSFERRED A LOT OF ROADS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN COUNTY, STATE, COUNTY LOCAL.
UM, SO THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED ON MAP ONE IN THE PLAN, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, MAYBE NOT SO CLEARLY, BUT ALL THE GREEN DOTS, ALL THE, ALL THE BLACK BOLD ROADS ARE COUNTY HIGHWAYS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST PLAN AND REMAINED UNCHANGED AS FAR AS CONTROL GOING INTO THE SECOND PLAN ROADS THAT WE, THAT WERE LOST FROM COUNTY, FROM OUR COUNTY TO SOME OTHER ENTITY ARE IN THE ORANGE-ISH YELLOW COLOR THERE.
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WELL AS THE ORANGE DOTS ON THOSE ROADS WERE INTERSECTIONS THAT USED TO BE IN OUR PLAN IN THE FIRST EDITION AND ARE NO LONGER UNDER OUR CONTROL.SO THOSE ARE NO LONGER OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE STILL KIND OF WANT TO KEEP TABS ON HOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF INTERESTED.
WE WANT TO KEEP TABS ON WHAT THOSE RESULTS WERE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GAINED SOME ROADS.
SO YOU LOOK AT HIGHWAY R AND THE, THE ROADS IN PURPLE AS WELL AS ON HIGHWAY M DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT THERE BY, UH, GERMANTOWN AREA.
SO WE ALSO ACQUIRED SOME, SOME MILEAGE AND SOME INTERSECTIONS INTO OUR CONTROL.
UH, SO THOSE ARE NEW AND WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT SOME DATA THERE AND, AND ESTABLISH A HISTORY WITH, WITH ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN THOSE AREAS.
SO OVERALL, GETTING A MAP TWO, UM, THIS IS IT.
THIS IS REALLY THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT THIS PLAN IS, UH, TARGETING.
UM, ALL OF THE BLUE ROADS ON MAP TWO ARE COUNTY CONTROLLED.
AND WE DIDN'T JUST LOOK AT STRICTLY WASHINGTON COUNTIES COUNTY HIGHWAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE, OUR BORDER ROADS ARE SHARED BY OTHER COUNTIES IN SOME CASES.
SO ESPECIALLY HOW A QUEUE THE JURISDICTION'S CHOPPED UP ON DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
SO THOSE, SO ANYTHING WITH A RED.IS A COUNTY HIGHWAY ON OR WITHIN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UH, BUT THE RED DOTS ARE NOT WASHINGTON COUNTIES CONTROL, BUT THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS.
WE FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE CUT THOSE OUT, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT DOES, I THINK, OFFER A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
AND IF THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUES, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, TRY TO CREATE A SOLUTION THROUGH THE PLAN.
UH, THREE MAIN THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IN THIS PLAN.
UM, LOOKING AT PAGE NINE OF THE PLAN, UH, WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL NUMBER OF CRASHES AT THE INTERSECTION.
SO WHEN WE DO THIS, MIKE VANDER SAND FROM GIS IS A, A WIZARD WITH THIS DATA AND HIS MAPPING ABILITY.
UH, WE, UH, GOTTA GIVE A TON OF CREDIT TO HIM FOR WHAT HE DOES.
AND AS, AS THIS PLAN COMES TOGETHER, HE IMPORTS ALL THAT DATA FROM THAT DATABASE.
HE MAKES THESE MAPS LOOK PRETTY, HE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
HE RUNS IT 250 FOOT RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER OF AN INTERSECTION.
AND WHEREVER THAT DATA IS, IS TAB TWO, IF IT FALLS WITHIN THAT RADIUS, IT GETS PULLED INTO THIS PLAN.
UM, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A, A APPROPRIATE NUMBER IF YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, QUEUING PROBLEMS AND REAR END CRASHES, THAT MIGHT BE FURTHER BACK FROM AN INTERSECTION.
IT MIGHT BE RELATIVE TO THAT INTERSECTION, BUT WE WANNA TRY TO CAPTURE THAT.
WE HAD TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND SOMEWHERE.
WE LOOK AT THREE MAIN THINGS, TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES AT THE, AT THE INTERSECTION CRASH RATE.
UH, SO THAT IS THE NUMBER OF CRASHES, BUT EQUALIZED FOR THE NUMBER OF, SO YOU DO IT PER MILLION CARS.
SO IT'S A EQUALIZED WAY OF SAYING HOW MANY CRASHES PER NUMBER OF CARS GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ARE GETTING IN CRASHES AND AS WELL AS CRA CRASH SEVERITY.
SO YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE A VERY LOW NUMBER OF CRASHES, BUT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE GETTING HURT OR IF THERE'S FATALITIES, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE HAPPENING.
UM, THAT'S ALL, UM, CAPTURED THROUGH THE CRASH SEVERITY.
I'M GONNA KEEP ON ROLLING THROUGH.
UH, SO THE, LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OR THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TOTAL CRASHES, UM, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY PREDICT, IS IN OUR HIGHEST VOLUME TRAFFIC AREAS, WHICH IS MAINLY DOWN ON HIGHWAY Q ON THE, ON THE BORDER WITH THE MENOMINEE FALLS GERMANTOWN AREA DOWN THERE.
IT WASN'T OUR FIRST EDITION OF OUR PLAN.
IT IS BY FAR IN AWAY THE HIGHEST, UH, TRAFFIC VOLUME AREA ON OUR COUNTY HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
AND NATURALLY THAT'S WHERE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CRASHES OCCUR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THEN ON MAP, UM, THREE THAT I GOT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU CAN SEE FOUR OUT OF THE TOP FIVE INTERSECTIONS ARE DOWN IN THAT AREA.
UM, NOT REALLY A LOT OF CRASH SEVERITY, IT'S A LOT OF FENDER BENDERS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SEE IF WE, IF THERE'S ANY LITTLE TWEAKS WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT.
I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP, AT LEAST KEEP THOSE NUMBERS AT BAY AS TRAFFIC VOLUMES CONTINUE TO CLIMB.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOCIETY'S GETTING MORE AND MORE IMPATIENT BY THE DAY AND THINGS KEEP OCCURRING.
SO WE HAVE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS DOWN IN THAT AREA AT SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
'CAUSE IT, A LOT OF THESE WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST PLAN, UH, AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY M.
IT USED TO BE HIGHWAY F, WHICH IS, IT'S WHAT IT'S SHOWN ON THIS MAP HERE.
BUT THAT WAS TRANSFERRED AWAY, IS NOW JUST FREUD ROAD, UH, VILLAGE OF GERMAN TOWNS.
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SO WE STILL MAINTAIN CONTROL BEING THE COUNTY HIGHWAY COMING IN THERE.UM, BUT THAT INTERSECTION WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR FIRST PLAN.
THERE'S RUNNING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION, A LOT OF ISSUES, OBVIOUSLY A HIGH NUMBER OF CRASHES.
WE WENT THROUGH THE SUP FUND, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS ALL KIND OF LIKE LAID OUT IN THIS.
THE GAME PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER IN OUR FIRST EDITION OF THIS PLAN END RESULT IS THAT INTERSECTION IS NOW A FOUR-WAY STOP.
IT'S GOT THE TROMBONE ARMS UP ABOVE.
WE RESURFACED THAT INTERSECTION THROUGH THIS LAST SUMMER'S HIGHWAY M RECONSTRUCTION.
AND KNOCK ON WOOD, IT'S BEEN A LOT BETTER.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE, ONE CRASH MAYBE THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE INTERSECTION.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER, WE ARE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT CAME ABOUT, UH, WITH THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
UH, NEXT THING LOOKING AT, UH, THE NEXT TABLE IS THE HIGH CRASH RATES.
SO THIS IS NUMBER OF CRASHES PER, UH, PER MILLION CARS.
IT'S EXTRAPOLATED OUT THAT WAY.
UH, SO A COUPLE THINGS HAVE POPPED UP, UM, THAT WE DID EXPECT.
AND A FEW THINGS, A FEW NEW THINGS POPPED UP TOO.
SO G IN PLEASANT VALLEY, DOWN IN TOWN OF JACKSON.
SO BOB, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE.
UM, WE'VE TRIED A NUMBER THINGS THERE.
UH, WE GOT A FEW THINGS WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO TRY.
UM, BUT THERE'S STILL CRASHES HAPPENING THERE.
UM, WE UPGRADED SIGNAGE THERE.
WE ADDED REFLECTORS AND CHECKED ADVANCED WARNING SIGNAGE AND VISION AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE AND FOR SOME REASON STILL COMING BACK WITH A HIGH CRASH RATES.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THAT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE REST ON THE LIST THERE.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY PARTICULAR ONES THAT YOU SEE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN, UM, PLEASE SPEAK UP AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR GAME PLAN IS THERE.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FORMULAS WE USE TOO.
UM, CRASH SEVERITY IS OUR THIRD CATEGORY.
UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS WEIGHING IN, UH, WHEN THE, WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FILLS OUT THAT CRASH REPORT, THEY TAKE AN ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE WERE UNFORTUNATELY KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT, UH, VERSUS SIGNIFICANT INJURIES, MINOR INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE, THOSE ARE WEIGHTED.
UM, SO IF FATALITY IS WEIGHTED A LOT HEAVIER VERSUS JUST, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING, GONNA SIGN DOWN, UM, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INJURY.
SO THE THING IS, THE TRICKY THING WITH THIS IS, IS THAT THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE BEEN HURT, YOU KNOW, A MINOR INJURY, BUT MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS LATER IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING BIGGER AND THAT COULD ACTUALLY GET STRUNG BACK TO THAT CRASH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
BUT, UM, WE DO, THAT'S WHY WE DO UPDATES TO THIS AND WE KINDA LOOK BACK AND RERUN NUMBERS TO SEE IF THAT ALTERS HOW THAT INTERSECTION IS PERFORMING.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PURPLE DOTS HERE ON MAP FOUR ARE THE ONES THAT CAME UP WITH THE HIGHEST CRASH SEVERITY.
SO AGAIN, HIGHWAY M AND F, WHICH IS NOW FRETTED, I MEAN THERE WAS SOME INJURIES HAPPENING THERE.
UM, AND LIKE SINCE WE DID THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S BEEN GOOD.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE A FEW OTHER ONES TOO.
AND FOR INSTANCE, HIGHWAY CC AND E CAME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CRASHES THERE AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE'LL BE INVESTIGATING, UM, ALL OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
SO WE TAKE OUR BIG LIST AND WE RUN THESE FORMULAS AND THEN WE SORT IT OUT AND TRY TO DEVELOP KINDA LIKE A TOP FIVE THAT WE PROFILE IN THIS PLAN.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ONLY SEEING LIKE FIVE HIGHLIGHTED ON THESE MAPS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT WELL BEYOND THE TOP FIVE.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY OUT HERE? YEP.
ON, ON THAT CCE YOU WERE DISCUSSING? MM-HMM,
I THOUGHT THE SIGHT LINES WERE FINE.
THEY ARE, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE JUST HUMAN ERROR.
I, AND THAT'S, AND SO THE NEXT STAGE, SO BY THE TIME WE BRING THIS PLAN BACK TO YOU AGAIN, 'CAUSE NOW IT'S IN DRAFT FORM, WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE AND WE DIVE IN DEEP TO THE ACTUAL CRASH REPORTS.
WE LOOK AT PAGE BY PAGE AND ALL OF THAT DETAIL.
UM, WE BRING IN, WE PLAN ON DOING THIS.
I'M HOPING IN FEBRUARY WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, BUT LAST TIME FOR OUR FIRST EDITION, WE BROUGHT IN THE ENGINEERS FROM DOT AND THEY CAME INTO OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE SAT DOWN AND WE LOOKED ON GOOGLE EARTH AND STREET VIEW AND UM, IF WE HAD ANY PICTURES TO SHARE AND WE HASHED IT OUT WITH THE ENGINEERS ON WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, LIKE, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX THIS.
UH, REALLY GOOD MEETINGS, GOOD DISCUSSIONS, HEARING THEIR PERSPECTIVE TOO.
UM, BRINGING IN THAT OUTSIDE VOICE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THESE INTERSECTIONS
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LIKE WE DO.AND SOMETIMES THAT'S GOOD 'CAUSE THEY CAN SEE IT THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS THAN WHAT WE DO.
AND THEY CAN SEE, UM, SEE SOME, SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T BECAUSE WE'RE OVERLY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
UM, SO, SO THIS IS HIGHLIGHTING THE TOP FIVE HERE ON CRASH SEVERITY.
SO WE'LL BE DIVING INTO THAT AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE END OF THIS PLAN.
AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A SEC.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IN TABLE FIVE OUR TOP FIVE, UM, HOW THEY CAME OUT FOR THEIR CRASH SEVERITY INDEX, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
UH, THEN WE GET INTO CERTAIN THINGS TOO AND THERE'LL BE MORE DETAIL ADDED TO THE NEXT COUPLE SECTIONS IN THE PLAN.
UM, WE LOOK AT, WE KIND OF, WE GIVE 'EM A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT TO WHAT WE CALL MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.
SO OUR HIGHEST, HIGHEST VOLUME.
SO IF THEY HAVE, WE DREW THE LINE AT 7,500 CARS OR MORE, UH, PER DAY, THAT, THAT'S THE A DT WHERE WE CLASSIFY IT AS A MAJOR INTERSECTION.
UM, SO JUST BASED OFF OF THAT, MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT WE HAVE GOING THERE.
WE WANT TO TRY TO GIVE THOSE EXTRA EMPHASIS AS WELL.
UM, SO THEN THE RESULTS SECTION WILL BE UPDATED THEN, THEN AS YOU GET TO THE, TOWARDS THE BACK HALF OF THE PLAN, WE GOT DIFFERENT TABLES THAT JUST SHOW A SAMPLE OF OUR SPREADSHEET OF HOW WE SORT IT OUT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A, A LARGER LIST OF HOW THEY ALL RANK OUT AS FAR AS TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES AND THEIR ADTS AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.
SO THAT'LL ALL GET UPDATED IN, IN MUCH MORE THOROUGH FASHION.
UH, WE GET INTO FUNDING, SO WE TAKE THAT TOP FIVE LIST AND, AND KIND OF CONSOLIDATE THAT ALL FROM THE THREE CATEGORIES.
AND WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, AFTER WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE ENGINEERS, WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, WELL NOW WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GONNA FUND THESE? WHERE'S THE MONEY GONNA COME FROM? WHAT'S NEEDED? ARE THERE FUNDING ASSISTANT PROGRAMS OUT THERE, GRANTS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, OR IS IT AS SIMPLE AS JUST OUR SIGN GUYS FROM THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GOING OUT THERE AND RELOCATING A STOP SIGN BACK A FEW FEET 'CAUSE IT KEEPS GETTING KNOCKED OVER.
SO WE, ALL OF THAT STUFF, SOME OF, YOU KNOW, IT CAN RANGE FROM SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT TO ALL THE WAY UP TO A BRAND NEW ROUNDABOUT GETTING CONSTRUCTED.
SO, UM, THIS WILL ALL GET FILLED IN AFTER WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN HERE'S WHERE THE, HERE ARE THE TABLES WHERE WE KIND OF, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE, A BIGGER PICTURE OF INTERSECTIONS WITH THE, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CRASHES AS WELL AS HIGH CRASH RATES AND SEVERITY.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER DOWN THE LIST IF YOU'RE, IF YOU LIVE OR IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE REPRESENTING AN AREA THAT HAS AN INTERSECTION THAT IS LISTED HERE, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED THERE.
UH, AND THEN I PLUGGED IN THIS INTERSECTION SAFETY SUMMARY.
THIS IS A TEMPORARY PIECE THAT I PLUGGED IN JUST FOR THIS DRAFT UPDATE RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF GET A, A VISUAL ON WHERE OUR TOP FIVE FOR EACH CATEGORY.
AND ACTUALLY IT'S FOUR INSTEAD OF 15, IT'S 14.
'CAUSE UH, THE M AND F INTERSECTION ACTUALLY CAME UP IN THE TOP FIVE OF TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
UM, SO WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND THIS IS SCOTT AND I, THIS, WE SAT DOWN AND WENT THROUGH THESE AND LOOKED AT VISUALS AND CAME UP WITH OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND WHAT WE THINK COULD BE A POTENTIAL SOLUTION AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY ON SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.
AND WE JUST, WE PLUGGED IN LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A NARRATIVE FOR EACH ONE OF THESE.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GONNA GET REVIEWED AS WE MEET WITH THOSE ENGINEERS AND REFINED AND, UH, A LOT MORE DETAIL WILL BE ADDED TO THIS.
SO YOU GET, SO YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST 14 THERE ON THAT, ON THAT TABLE.
SO THOSE ARE THE 14 INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE PROFILING THROUGH THIS ADDITION OF THE PLAN.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF EXTRA TABLE AT THE END OF THAT WITH NUMBERS 15 THROUGH 25.
SO SOME OF THOSE ARE OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT WEREN'T IN THAT TOP FIVE, BUT THEY WERE HIGH IN OUR LAST PLAN AND WE WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND SHARE RESULTS ON, ON SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES, UM, THAT WERE ON OUR RADAR AS WELL AS SOME OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'VE FIXED THROUGH.
UM, SOME OF OUR RESURFACING, YOU KNOW, OUR CIP PROJECTS, OUR REPAVING AND RECONSTRUCTION.
SO EVEN IF AN INTERSECTION DOES NOT COME UP ON THE TOP FIVE OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST, DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS FOR INTERSECTIONS IN GENERAL.
SO WHEN THOSE PROJECTS COME THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND SEEING WHAT CAN BE DONE AT THAT TIME THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT COME DOWN TO A TWO-WAY VERSUS A FOUR-WAY STOP.
MAYBE IT'S THE HILL THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION THAT'S BLOCKING THE VIEW AND PEOPLE ARE FLYING THROUGH
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THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE THEY, AND YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR CARS ARE PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF THAT.SO IF WE CAN SHAVE DOWN THAT HILL THROUGH A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR BRING UP A VALLEY AND OPEN UP THAT VISION, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WAY BEYOND 250 FEET OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
SO IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH.
UM, EVEN AS, AS PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE STAGING OF HOW VEHICLES SIT.
IF THERE'S A CROSSROAD AT A COUNTY HIGHWAY AND THERE'S A TOWN ROAD ON BOTH SIDES AND THE STOP SIGNS ON A TWO-WAY STOP, FOR INSTANCE, HIGHLAND AND M THROUGH THE PROJECT WE DID THIS LAST SUMMER, OUR, OUR ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT CARS WERE SITTING, IT WAS TOO STEEP AND THEY COULDN'T GET GOING AND THEY'RE PULLING OUT INTO HIGHWAY M AND THERE'S CRASHES OCCURRING 'CAUSE THEY WERE SPINNING THEIR WHEELS OR THERE'S GRAVEL THERE AND YOU KNOW, SO WE BROUGHT THAT UP TO GET THEM UP HIGHER.
AND WE SHAVED DOWN A HILL AND THEY CAN SEE FOREVER AND NOW THEY'RE SITTING FLATTER AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NOW THE NEXT TIME WE BRING THIS BACK AND OUR NEXT AND THE THIRD EDITION, UM, WE SEE A, A BIG IMPROVEMENT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS FURTHER DOWN OUR LIST, LAST EDITION, LIKE THAT INTERSECTION IN PARTICULAR.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS INTERSECTION SAFETY SUMMARY ON THIS TABLE, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS NUMBERED ONE THROUGH 25.
UM, IF YOU NEED A, A VISUAL REFERENCE TO KIND OF VISUALIZE WHERE THEY ARE, THEY'RE SHOWN ON MAP SIX.
SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THE AREAS THAT YOU REPRESENT OR ANY ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN, THEY'RE THERE.
UM, AND THEN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON HOW WE WORK TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES.
THEY, UH, SO OUR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, WE GIVE THEM, WE, WE GET, WE GATHER THE DATA.
SO MIKE FROM GIS GATHERS THE DATA.
WE SIFT THROUGH IT, START ORGANIZING IT, WE SEND IT OFF TO THEM AND THEY PRODUCE THESE CRASH DIAGRAMS FOR US.
SO THIS IS, UH, A GREAT WAY TO VISUALIZE TO SEE IF THERE'S A PATTERN OF SOMETHING OCCURRING.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THERE'S CONCENTRATIONS OF, OF ISSUES IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF AN INTERSECTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT, MOST OF IT'S FINE, BUT MAYBE THERE'S AN ISSUE IN ONE LITTLE CORNER 'CAUSE WE GOTTA MOVE A SIGN BACK OR THERE'S A SITE OBSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, AND THEN EACH ONE OF THESE SYMBOLS IS TIED TO A CRASH.
AND YOU CAN LOOK UP, UM, THERE'S NUMBERS NEXT TO THESE SYMBOLS AND THOSE ARE TIED TO THE FOLLOWING TABLE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU KNOW WHEN THINGS HAPPENED.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIME OF DAY, SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE SUN IS COMING UP OR SETTING AND YOUR PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BLINDED OR WAS IT WINTER? WAS IT POTENTIALLY ICY OR SNOWY? UM, AND WHAT KIND OF CRASHES ARE OCCURRING HERE? WE GOT A LOT OF REAR END CRASHES.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S ANOTHER GOOD WAY TO REALLY SEE TRENDS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASHES OCCURRING, DIFFERENT TREATMENTS ARE GONNA BE NEEDED TO, TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR HOPEFULLY FIX THE PROBLEM.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE, FOR THE TOP 14 INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE PROFILING, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIAGRAMS AND KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER IF YOU WISH.