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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND INJUSTICE, JUSTICE FOR.
MOVING ALONG HERE, THE MEETING MINUTES FROM, UH, LAST MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CHANGES? SEEING NONE, WE'LL APPROVE THOSE AS AS NOTED.
MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM, A FACILITY QUARTERLY REPORT.
IS KARA HERE OR ANYBODY TO GIVE A, UH, UH, KARA IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK.
UH, YOU, YOU'VE NOW, UH, SEEN THE QUARTERLY REPORT BEFORE FOR, FOR FACILITIES, SO EVERYTHING'S ON TRACK.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D CERTAINLY BE ENTERTAIN TO ANSWER THOSE.
[a. Facilities Quarterly Report]
RUSH INTO 'EM QUICK HERE.YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANY, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON QUARTERLY REPORT? I HAVE A MINOR QUESTION.
LOOK, YOUR, BUT THE FIRST, THE FIRST ISSUE WITH, AS A DUE DATE OF THE END OF JULY IN 2023, IS THAT JUST THE WAY THE TALLY WAS SET UP? IT'S HARD TO RESET THOSE, I IMAGINE.
DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE ACTUAL DUE DATE IS ON THAT ONE? WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVING THAT, SO THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED.
IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE YELLOW, BUT ACTUALLY WAS COMPLETED.
MOVE ON TO THE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP REPORT.
LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS BOUNCED UP A LITTLE BIT AGAIN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE UPDATED REPORT?
[b. Transit Ridership Report]
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.JUST YOU SEE THE NOTE THERE FOR THE INSURANCE, SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS HIGHER IN JULY FOR THE TOTAL COST.
IS THAT INSURANCE ONCE A YEAR? YEAH, IT, IT'S ONCE A YEAR.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, LET'S SEE, RESOLUTION 2024.
I'LL NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HARTWIG, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR.
HOW YOU, SO I'M LOOKING AT IN YOUR, AS IN YOUR REPORT, SAYS TO BACK PHILIP, UH, SECURITY POSITION.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS BACK IN 2020, THE PREVIOUS IT DIRECTOR WENT BEFORE THE BOARD AND THE BOARD APPROVED MY POSITION BACK THEN, UM, WHICH
[f. 2024 Resolution: IT Fund Balance Transfer – Information Technology Additional Staffing – Technology Security Position]
BROUGHT ME TO THE COUNTY.UH, THEN IN 2022, I WAS PROMOTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF IT AND I WAS KIND OF DOING DUAL ROLES THERE.
UM, AND I THINK NOW WE'RE, WE'RE BACK TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, IT, IT'S TOO MUCH FOR ONE POSITION TO DO BOTH ROLES.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH TAKING ON IT SHARED SERVICES.
SO NOW WE ARE ASSISTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES WITH THEIR SECURITY.
SO THIS POSITION WOULD BE BACK FILLING THAT POSITION AS WELL AS, UM, IN DOING, UH, OVERSEEING THE IT SECURITY FOR THE IT SHARED SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, ALSO, UH, INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET SOME OF THE THINGS TO SHOW, SHOWCASE KINDA WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WITH SECURITY.
UM, THE ONE REPORT I SHOW YOU REALLY ON THE FIRST PAGE, WE HAVE TOOLS IN PLACE NOW THAT I CAN TELL WHEN ANYONE'S TRYING TO GET INTO THE NETWORK, WHAT COUNTRY THEY'RE COMING FROM.
UM, WE CAN SEE IN THIS ONE MONTH REPORT, UH, 9,000 ATTEMPTS FROM CHINA TRYING TO ACCESS INTO OUR SYSTEMS. UM, 1000 ATTEMPTS FROM RUSSIA JUST IN ONE MONTH.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NOW THAT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT REALLY REQUIRE A DEDICATED PERSON KINDA LOOKING AT THIS OUT ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF HARD TO FILL A DIRECTOR DOING ENGINEERING WORK IN SECURITY.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT I'M BRINGING FORTH BE BEFORE YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN INVOICE CHINA FOR THIS
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I, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT I WANNA THANK JOEL FOR, FOR, FOR LOOKING TO US AND DOING THE WORK TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A SECURITY AUDIT THAT IS COMPLETED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY AND JOEL MOST LIKELY GO BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD NEXT MONTH ENCLOSED SESSION TO PROVIDE YOU THE UPDATES ON THAT SECURITY AUDIT.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THAT SECURITY AUDIT TO HAVE SOMEONE'S JUST DEDICATED, DEDICATED TO SECURITY POSITION FOR THAT VERY REASON.
I'M, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF OTHER COMPANIES WHO'VE BEEN HIT THROUGH THE YEARS AND NOW LIKE JOEL MENTIONED, UH, EXTENDING THAT SERVICE TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, UH, EVEN SUCH A MORE, MORE BRIGHT LIGHT NEEDS TO BE SHINED ON SECURITY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT HIT LOCALLY AS WELL.
I, I'M ON THE INTERNET HERE AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GO THROUGH OUR MEETINGS, SO IT WAS OUT OF ORDER.
I DUNNO IF EVERYBODY ELSE SAW THOSE, THOSE REPORTS ON THERE.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE ONE, UH, SO THE 170 K JOEL, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, IS THAT, SO IT'S A, A A YEAR AND, AND TWO MONTHS.
IS THAT, IS THAT ALL IN THAT'S THEIR INSURANCE.
THEIR, YOU KNOW, WRS, ALL THAT.
AND YES, THAT IS CON UH, A NUMBER PROVIDED TO ME BY, UM, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT IS CONSIDERING SALARY BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING.
YEAH,
UM, I SEE YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS WITH 170,000 OUT OF A IT TECHNOLOGY FUND.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? YES.
SO THE, THE IT DEPARTMENT, WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, MEANING WE WERE FUNDED BY THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS FUND IS SAVINGS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE DO A BUDGET AND THAT BUDGET WILL, WILL, IS APPROVED TO NOW TWO YEARS AND IT FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
BUT DURING THAT TIME, I'M NEGOTIATING WITH OUR VENDORS ON NEWER COSTS.
SO OUR BUDGET IS THIS, AND NOW I GET A NEWER COST AND DO OUR, DO MY DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND THAT MONEY GOES TO OUR, OUR ENTERPRISE, UH, GENERAL FUND.
AM I, AM I SAYING, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
SO, SO OVER THE YEARS, AND SOME OF THESE FUNDS COME BACK FOR WHEN WE, WE, WE HIRE, WE OR WE ANTICIPATE HIRING AN EMPLOYEE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT EMPLOYEE.
SO THAT MONEY JUST STAYS IN OUR, OUR GENERAL FUND FOR A, OR ENTERPRISE FUND, I SHOULD SAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS MONEY'S COMING OUT OF IT.
WE HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND, AND THIS FUND IS USUALLY STORED FOR THINGS LIKE AN EMERGENCY.
YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE HAVE A RANSOMWARE ATTACK FOR, FOR SOME ODD REASON, UM, THESE FUNDS WOULD GO HELP PAY SERVICES TO HELP RESTORE, OR IF SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS TO THE DATA CENTER, WE HAVE TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS FUND EXISTS FOR OR IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AS WELL.
SO WE CAN PAY IT FOR NOW, BUT WHEN WE DO THE NEXT TWO YEAR BUDGET WILL HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.
I, I, I THINK WITH, UH, WITH, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE IT WORLD, IF, IF SOMETHING MAJOR GOES DOWN, UH, TO, TO WAIT A MONTH FOR THE COMMITTEE AND BOARD TO DECIDE IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE BACK UP, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THIS, THIS FUND IS TO BE ABLE TO REACT VERY QUICKLY, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TO GET THE COUNTY BACK UP ON ITS FEET OR WHATEVER HAPPENS.
SO AT THIS TIME, SINCE YOU, THE MONEY'S THERE AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN A BUDGET, WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING TO ADD A PERSON THEN MORE SO THAN ADDING THE MONEY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN? THIS WILL NOT GO BEFORE THE, THE FULL BOARD THEN? IT WILL.
WE'RE THE, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING IF WE APPROVE IT, RECOMMEND IT, AND THEN WOULD PUSH IT TO THE OKAY.
WILL THAT BE FOR NEXT MONTH ON BOARD? I GUESS SO, YEAH.
WELL THEN ALL APPROVED SAY A, AYE.
OKAY, MOVING TO ITEM D ADVERTISING ON SHARED RIDE TAXI VEHICLES.
CAN WE BUILD CHINA FOR THIS? YEAH.
UH, YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO CREATIVE SOURCES THAT CAN BE USED AS LOCAL MATCH FOR TRANSIT, FEDERAL GRANTS.
[d. Advertising on Shared Ride Taxi Vehicles]
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, 30 TAXIS THAT TRAVEL ALL OVER, UH,[00:10:01]
WASHINGTON AND OZAKI COUNTY EVERY DAY.SO WE FIGURE THAT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR ADVERTISERS.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL FIRMS OUT THERE THAT WILL DO ALL THE WORK FROM GETTING THE ADVERTISERS TO INSTALLING, TO MAINTAINING THE WRAPS ON THE VEHICLES.
UH, I'VE ATTACHED A ADVERTISING POLICY, SO WE DON'T, CAN AVOID ANY, UH, ANY MISHAPS WITH, UH, ADVERTISING.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT ALSO, UH, ADVERTISE ON THEIR, UH, VEHICLES.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT OF A, YOU KNOW, IMPROPER, UH, ADVERTISEMENT.
AND THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE HAD, UH, SOME PRETTY GOOD GOOD LUCK WITH, UH, THE ADVERTISERS ON THERE, ON THEIR VEHICLES.
YOUR QUESTION FOR YOU, SO YOU, YOU GOT THE POLICY HERE, BUT DOES SOMEBODY STILL REVIEW THE ADVERTISEMENTS BEFORE THEY, OR DOES IT GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THIS SPELLED OUT HERE BEFORE IT WOULD GO ONTO THE VEHICLES? UH, THAT COULD BE, UH, THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN, IN THE CONTRACT FOR, YOU KNOW, A PRE-APPROVAL FOR, FOR EVERY AD.
THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE ADDED.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A SMART THING.
JUST, JUST TO PUT A SECOND EYE ON IT AGAIN.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO COME BEFORE US.
I PUSH YES, SCOTT, WE, I KNOW I SEE A LOT OF 'EM ON THE ROAD.
YOU HAVE 30 OF THEM WHO SERVICES 'EM AND TAKE MAINTAINS EM, KEEPS EM, OUR, OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR MAINTAINS THE VEHICLES FOR US.
YOU DON'T DO OVERTIME, CORRECT? CORRECT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF, UH, LET'S JUST SAY WE GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ADVERTISING ON ALL THE VEHICLES, WHAT KIND OF OFFSET THAT WOULD BE? UH, SO IT COULD BE LIKE AROUND TWO 50 PER VEHICLE PER MONTH.
THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A GENEROUS, UH, ESTIMATE FROM ONE OF THE, UH, CONTRACTED VENDORS.
THAT COULD BE AROUND 50,000 A YEAR IF ALL THE TAXIS ARE WRAPPED.
UH, BUT WE ARE INCLUDING IN THE CONTRACT A MINIMUM OF 1000 PER MONTH.
UH, JUST SO FOR, FOR GRANT WRITING, WE CAN ESTIMATE WE'LL AT LEAST GET 12,000 A YEAR FROM THIS, UH, ADVERTISING.
AND, AND AS I COULD POINT OUT, WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE LEVY AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY SPENDS.
SO IF THE COUNTY WAS GONNA SPEND 300,000 AND WE GET $12,000, NOW WE'RE ONLY SPENDING $288,000.
SO I GAVE CREDIT CREDIT TO CHARLIE TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP SUPPLEMENT, UH, TRANSIT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
DID WE NEED APPROVAL ON THIS? NO, THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THE ADVERTISING WOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE FORM OF A WRAP ON THE VEHICLE THAT YEP.
IT WOULD ONLY BE ON THE OUTSIDE FORMULA OF JUST ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND WE'RE, UH, UH, NOT ALLOWING IT ON THE CURB SIDE, JUST SO IF PEOPLE ARE GETTING PICKED UP, THEY KNOW IT'S THE SHARED RIDE TAXI.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, KOHLER CREDIT UNION COMING TO PICK 'EM UP OR SOMETHING.
IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SHARED RIGHT TAXI.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR BRAND IS OUT THERE AND THEY KNOW WHEN I GET ON THEY'RE IN A SAFE VEHICLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'M SEEING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM E 2024 RESOLUTION, DISCONTINUE EXCESS RIGHT OF WAY AND AUTHORIZED SALE OF ADJOIN LANDOWNERS.
WE'LL NEED A MOTION A SECOND ON THIS ONE.
MOTION BY, UH, SUPERVISORS OR VA AND SECOND BY, WAS IT YOU, KEN? YOU GOT IT.
[e. 2024 Resolution: Discontinue Excess Right-of-Way and Authorize Sale to Adjoining Land Owners]
TO SPEAK ON THIS AGAIN? I CERTAINLY CAN.AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND AT LOOKING, UH, AT ACCESS RIGHT AWAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND TED DOKEY, OUR PROJECT ENGINEER, UM, AND SURVEYOR, HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF STARTING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH LANDOWNERS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S A A TEDIOUS PROCESS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND NEGOTIATING PRICES, UM, WITH, WITH LANDOWNERS OF, OF RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY COULD OTHERWISE MOW, UH, INDEPENDENTLY.
SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO THE TWO LANDOWNERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP IN THIS INSTANCE TO, TO PURCHASE THIS RIGHT OF WAY, UH, TO GET IT BACK ONTO THE TAX ROLLS AND, AND, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UH, OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP WITH NEEDING, UH, COUNTY HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS, UH, POTENTIALLY USABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ANY QUESTIONS? SEE? NO QUESTIONS.
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MOTION CARRIES.LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR. JOSH
UM, SO IF, IF YOU REMEMBER JUST LAST MONTH I WAS HERE PRESENTING OUR INTERSECTION SAFETY ANALYSIS.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF PIGGYBACKING, THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP, UM, OFF OF THAT EFFORT.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
WE'RE GONNA BRING IT UP ON THE SCREENS AS WELL TO HELP FOLLOW ALONG.
UM, SO OUR INTERSECTION PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY, THE FIRST EDITION WAS USING DATA FROM 2013 TO 2017.
THEN THE ONE I PRESENTED OUR SECOND EDITION LAST MONTH WAS 2018 TO 2022.
UM, SO AS, UH, A CONTINUING EFFORT OFF OF THAT, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
SO OUTSIDE OF THOSE INTERSECTION AREAS, THE INTERSECTION PLAN LOOKED AT A 250 FOOT RADIUS FROM THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND GOING AROUND THERE AND IDENTIFYING THOSE CRASHES.
THIS IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING ELSE
[c. Roadway Safety Plan]
ON THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HIGHWAY SYSTEM.AND IF YOU, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR RECOLLECTION ON HOW THAT PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER, LOOKING AT THOSE THREE ELEMENTS OF TOTAL CRASHES, CRASH RATE AND CRASH SEVERITY, UM, WE USED A VERY SIMILAR PATH TO PRODUCE WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
UM, THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WOULD BE, NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT DEFINED AREA OF USING THAT INTERSECTION POINT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ROADWAY SEGMENTS.
SO WHAT WE DID, WE USED THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMALIZATION PROCESS, UM, TO KIND OF RATE OUT, UM, BASED OFF ROADWAY SEGMENT LENGTH.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE DIVE INTO IT IN OUR GIS SYSTEM, ROADWAY SEGMENT LENGTHS CAN BE A FEW HUNDRED FEET UP TO 10,000 FEET, OR, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE MILES.
IT'S JUST A VERY RANDOM THING HOW THEY ARE IN THE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WAY WE DECIDED TO GO WITH IT.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHER IDEAS WERE DISCUSSED, BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THIS PLAN.
UM, SO THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN KINDA LAYS OUT A LITTLE BIT OF FOUNDATION ON, ON OUR SYSTEM IN GENERAL.
UM, TALKS ABOUT SOME GENERAL CRASH, UH, TRENDS IN WISCONSIN IN GENERAL.
THEN WE START DIVING INTO SOME OF THE INVENTORY OF OUR SYSTEM ITSELF.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 173 CENTER LINE MILES OF ROAD THAT WERE LOOKED AT IN THIS PLAN.
WE BREAK IT DOWN BY, UH, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
WE GOT OUR ARTERIALS COLLECTORS AND LOCALS.
ABOUT 75% OF THE COUNTY HIGHWAY SYSTEM IS COLLECTORS.
SO BASED ON THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION THAT TRIGGERS AND ALONG WITH A DT AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC.
SO THE VOLUMES OF, OF TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS THAT TRIGGERS HOW ROADS ARE BUILT TO QUOTE UNQUOTE COUNTY STANDARDS.
SO AS YOU GET INTO THAT, YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THE MAPS IF YOU WANT OR IF YOU WANNA STOP AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.
AS I SCROLL THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF IT, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE MAP MAP TWO HIGHLIGHTS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS, BUT MOST OF IT IS GREEN.
UM, TAKING THAT A STEP FURTHER, YOU CAN LOOK AT APPENDIX A THAT'S HIGHLIGHTING TRANS 2 0 5 AS WELL AS APPENDIX B.
THAT'S ON PAGES 20 AND 21 ON HOW SOME OF THE STANDARDS ARE, ARE, ARE UTILIZED WHEN BUILDING COUNTY HIGHWAYS TALKS ABOUT THE THREE RS.
UM, SO IF THERE'S, WANNA MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THOSE RULES IN TRANS 2 0 5, WE CAN, WE OFTEN TRY TO GO THAT THE THREE R RULE OF JUST REPAVING, AND MAYBE THIS LOGICALLY IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO PURCHASE A LOT OF RIGHT AWAY.
IF YOU DON'T NEED TO WIDEN IT OUT, WHY DO IT? UH, IF THERE'S NO ISSUES THERE, UM, WHY GO THAT ROUTE? SO WE TRY TO USE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THEN THE PLAN GETS INTO THE, THE METHODOLOGY TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CRASHES, CRASH RATE, CRASH SEVERITY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DIFFERENT ON MAP THREE, YOU CAN TALK, YOU CAN SEE THE SEGMENTS THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOTS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE INTERSECTION PLAN.
SO THIS IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING IN GREEN ON MAP THREE.
UM, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF OUR DATA SOURCE HERE.
SO I GET INTO THE, UH, COMMUNITY MAPS TO THE TRAFFIC INFORMATION CENTER THAT'S HOUSED BY UW MADISON.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT CRASH INFORMATION, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE INTERSECTION PLAN.
MM-HMM,
SO I'M IN HERE VERY REGULARLY.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE PULLED THE DATA FROM.
MIKE VANDER, STANDING FROM GIS IMPORTS IT.
HE RUNS HIS MAGICAL ANALYSIS BEHIND THE SCENES AND HE PRODUCES THOSE, OUR TOP FIVE LIST FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES.
UM, SO TOTAL CRASHES ON PAGE NINE OF THE, OF THE PLAN ITSELF.
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CRASHES.SO THERE YOU CAN SEE OUR TOP FIVE LIST.
AND THEN EACH ONE THAT, THAT CAME UP IN THE TOP FIVE IS WHAT WE PROFILED SIM.
SIMILAR TO THE INTERSECTION PLAN, UH, BREAKING IT DOWN ON WHAT WE SEE AS FAR AS TRENDS AND, UM, POTENTIAL REMEDIES.
SO I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF CRUISE THROUGH HERE A LITTLE BIT OF THE METHODOLOGY.
THEN I WANNA DIVE INTO SOME OF THOSE PROFILES.
UM, SO THERE'S A TOP FIVE LIST.
YOU CAN SEE THE MAP TWO ON PAGE, UM, 11, MAP THREE HIGHLIGHTING THE ONES WITH TOTAL CRASHES.
MAP FOUR HIGHLIGHTING SEGMENTS HIGH IN CRASH RATE, THE TOP FIVE.
SO YOU CAN SEE OF THE, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS ARE DIFFERENT SIZES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PLAN AND THE INTERSECTION PLAN.
UM, MAP FIVE, PAGE 14 HIGHLIGHTS THE SEGMENTS OF HIGHEST SEVERITY.
SO IT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S SEVERITY IS WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR DIFFERENT DEGREES OF CRASHES.
UM, DEALING WITH INJURIES, WHETHER IT'S PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF INJURY, OR IF THERE IS A FATALITY THAT DOES GET WEIGHTED HEAVIER, IT'S A HIGHER UP ON THE LIST.
UM, IT'S ALSO RELATIVE TO CRASH VOLUME.
SO I'M GONNA GET INTO, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA JUMP OVER THE FUNDING PART FOR NOW.
UM, AND THEN COME BACK TO THAT AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE SPECIFICALLY.
UM, TABLE SEVEN AND IT PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL LIST OF THE TOP FIVES THAT CAME ABOUT THROUGH TOTAL CRASH RATE CRASH, UM, TOTAL CRASH NUMBERS, CRASH RATE, AND CRASH SEVERITY.
AND THERE WAS TWO, TWO, UM, AREAS THAT OVERLAPPED ON, UH, XX AND HIGHWAY Q.
MAP SIX KIND OF GIVES YOU A VISUAL ON EVERYTHING THERE FROM TABLE SEVEN.
SO THESE ARE ALL AREAS THAT ARE PROFILED AT THE END OF THE PLAN.
FIRST ONE I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS COUNTY HIGHWAY K, UM, CITY OF HARTFORD FROM SHOWER DRIVE, UH, TO HIGHWAY 60.
SO THIS IS BY THAT NEW QUICKTRIP, KIND OF JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN HALL, UH, HARTFORD TOWN HALL.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ON ANY OF THE METHODOLOGY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? FEEL FREE TO STOP ME IF YOU, IF ANYTHING JUMPS OUT AT YOU.
UM, YOU JUST WANNA, NOW, NOW THIS ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THAT QUICK TRIP'S ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD, SO YEAH.
BUT IT IS A S**T SHOW RIGHT THERE,
THERE'S A SPOT FOR THE NARRATIVE CAN ADD THAT
UM, SO THIS ONE ACTUALLY CAME UP, UH, BASED ON OUR, OUR NORMALIZATION PROCESS WITH THE NUMBER ONE FOR NUMBER OF CRASHES BASED ON THE SEGMENT LENGTH.
UM, SO WE, WE DIVE IN AND I LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CRASH REPORTS.
SO ON EACH PROFILE I PUT TOGETHER AN, AN AERIAL PHOTO, AND THEN WHERE THESE DOTS, YOU SEE THE GREEN DOTS ON THAT FIRST IMAGE THERE ON THE LEFT.
UM, GREEN WOULD BE PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY YELLOW, THERE WAS AN INJURY IF THERE'S A RED DOT, A FATALITY.
I ALSO PUT TOGETHER SOME VISUALS JUST USING STREET VIEW.
SOME OF THE PICTURES I TOOK, SOME ARE SNAPSHOTS FROM GOOGLE EARTH, WHATEVER I COULD USE TO GET A GOOD VISUAL TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT AREA AND SHOWING AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, CRASHES ARE OCCURRING.
UM, THEN WE SAT DOWN AND WE DISCUSSED WHAT WE THINK IS POTENTIAL PROBLEMS, CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
OBVIOUSLY ADDITION OF QUIKTRIP.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THAT AREA AND A LOT OF THE CRASHES HERE TO US SEEM TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THAT DRIVEWAY COMING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.
ALSO, WHEN YOU GET ACROSS IT, YOU GOT A WIDER SEGMENT THERE.
YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A RAISED CONCRETE MEDIAN.
UM, IF YOU'RE TURNING NORTH OUTTA THAT DRIVEWAY OR COMING DOWN THAT ROAD, YOU GOT MULTIPLE LANES, TURN LANES AS YOU APPROACH HIGHWAY 60.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY THIS AREA IS NOT IN OUR CIP, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING POTENTIAL RESURFACING AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
UM, WE COULD WORK THAT INTO THE CIP WE THINK.
AND THEN AS YOU GET DOWN IN THE NEXT PAGE OF THAT PROFILE THERE, THEN IT KIND OF SUMMED ALL EVERYTHING UP OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BUT WE DEVELOPED SOME POTENTIAL REMEDIES, BUT WE THINK COULD, COULD POTENTIALLY HELP A LOT OF THESE CRASHES THOUGH IN SOME OF THESE SEGMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT A COUPLE OF CRASHES, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, IN OUR OPINION, DUE TO THE ROADWAY.
A LOT OF IT'S HUMAN ERROR, SO WE'VE GOTTA KIND OF TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
UM, SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS PLAN, WE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE WE COULD DO AT THIS TIME.
WE GOT SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD MAYBE MAKE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE, JUST THE WAY THAT THE DATA PRODUCED THE LIST AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HUMAN ERROR THAT CAN'T ALWAYS BE DIRECTLY SOLVED THROUGH CHANGE OF WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SO, UH, WE DO WANNA, WE DO PLAN ON RESURFACING THIS IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
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UH, WE WILL BE ANALYZING, YOU KNOW, THE LANE DELINEATIONS THAT CONCRETE MEETINGS TO SEE IF WE COULD SIMPLIFY THE, THE MOVEMENTS AND THE, AND THE CLARITY OF, OF MOVEMENTS TO THAT AREA.UH, THEN WE WORK WITH SEWER PACK AND THEY PRODUCED, AGAIN, THE DIAGRAMS HERE, WHICH I THINK ARE A FANTASTIC VISUAL AID TO SHOW WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN, IN A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED AS FAR AS THE CRASHES.
SO, UM, AS WE GET INTO THIS, THE ONE THING THAT THIS DOESN'T IDENTIFY IS THE TYPE OF VEHICLE.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SPECIFY IF ALWAYS, IF THERE WAS A MOTORCYCLE.
THERE WAS A MOTORCYCLE CRASH INVOLVED AT THIS SITE.
UM, BUT THERE'S OTHERS WHERE IT'S, IT, THIS DESCRIPTION DOESN'T IDENTIFY MOTORCYCLE CRASHES, BUT I KNOW THAT JUST FROM GOING THROUGH THE REPORTS MYSELF, IF THERE IS MOTORCYCLE CRASHES, WHICH TEND TO HAVE MORE SEVERITY WHEN IT COMES TO INJURY.
SO, UM, THAT DOES TRIGGER IT TO PUSH HIGHER UP ON THE LIST IN A HURRY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SCOTT'S GOING ON THIS ONE? I, I DO HAVE ONE LITTLE QUESTION.
I THINK I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS A FEW YEARS BACK.
UM, SO IF YOU TAKE OUT THE HUMAN ERROR PART, WOULD, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU MORE ACCURATE OR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON THESE ROADS? I MEAN, CAN THEY DO THAT OR DO THEY LOOK AT IT THAT WAY OR IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GRAY AREA.
I MEAN, IT'S MORE OF OUR OPINION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID THE LAST TIME TOO.
AND, AND IT'S, THAT'S WHY WE JUST GOTTA BE AS TRUE WITH IT.
WE JUST, IN OUR MIND, WE GOTTA MAKE OUR OWN JUDGMENT CALLS ON WHAT WE THINK WE CAN APPROVE AND WHAT MAYBE ISN'T DOABLE.
IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE SHEET THAT JOSH HAS UP THERE, AND I DO WANNA THANK SEWER PACK FOR THESE, THESE ARE INVALUABLE TO US, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE DRIVER.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT USUALLY THE, THE DEPUTY OR THE POLICE OFFICER PUTS IN THERE.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM LOOKED BUT DID NOT SEE INATTENTIVE DRIVING AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT'S INCREASING.
UH, ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW THAT I, I DUNNO THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAY, THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE ON THEIR PHONES AND SWERVING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE LATER ON ABOUT THE EDGE LINE RUMBLE STRIPS AND CENTERLINE RUMBLE STRIPS AND WHATNOT.
UH, WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT THEN WE LOOK AT, OKAY, WHY WERE THEY NOT PAYING ATTENTION? WHY DID THEY NOT SEE THAT? HOW DID THEY, HOW COULD THEY NOT POSSIBLY SEE SOMEBODY COMING? WHAT WAS GOING ON? WERE THEY LOOKING, WAS THE TRAFFIC MOVING TOO FAST THAT THEY'RE TOO NERVOUS? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT CAUSED THAT, THAT ACTION AT THAT TIME.
BUT, UH, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD POINT OUT THAT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DRUNK DRIVERS TOO, RIGHT? WE DON'T JUST MIGHT AUTOMATICALLY THROW THOSE OUT THE WINDOW.
WE SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE IMPAIRED TO STAY IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC VERSUS PROSECUTING OVER OR, OR GOING OFF THE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
SO WE DO TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT TOO.
UH, WE MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT THEM SOMETIMES GOING, OKAY, THERE'S ONE DRUNK DRIVER IN A MILE SEGMENT GOING, OKAY, PROBABLY NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE ONES IN THE SAME AREA GOING, ALRIGHT, DO WE NEED ENFORCEMENT? IS THERE A LOCAL TAVERN WE CAN WORK WITH? OR IS THERE A WAY TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT AREA TO, TO HELP KEEP THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE ROADWAY OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, LIKE THIS ONE FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING, PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING SOUTHBOUND, RIGHT? WHICH IS AN ODDITY TO US GOING, WE JUST DID HIGHWAY A Q INTERSECTION GOING, MOST PEOPLE GOING TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION WERE CRASHING.
NOW WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING UP THE HILL AND AS JOSH POINTED OUT, SOME, SOME LANE DELINEATIONS.
MAYBE LOSING THAT MAIN RAISED MEDIAN MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
THERE'S, UH, QUITE A BIT GOING ON AT THAT INTERSECTION AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT TOO, GOING, ARE THESE ALL HAPPENING? THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS.
ARE THEY HAPPENING? YOU SEE A COUPLE ARE IN EARLY MORNING AND THEN THEY'RE AROUND THAT LUNCH HOUR QUICK TRIP IS WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, SNACKS AND FOOD THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THAT TOO.
SO, UM, TWO TEENS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
SO ALL THAT STUFF WE LOOK AT AND, AND, AND TRY TO MASH IT ALL TOGETHER AS BEST WE CAN AND, AND, AND MAKE SOME KIND OF ANALYSIS OF IT, IT ALL GETS THROWN IN THERE.
I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THEY HAVE TWO TEENS, BUT THEY DON'T NOTICE OLD PEOPLE DRIVING AS
YOU CAN CHECK ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT IF IT'S LIKE 65 OR OVER, BUT WE WON'T GO DOWN THAT PATH TODAY.
CAN I MAKE A NOTE ON THAT INTERSECTION? 'CAUSE I, I LITERALLY GO THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S NO, IT'S REALLY CONFUSING.
HARTFORD HAS THE SAME THING TOO ON MONROE AVENUE, WHICH IS THIS ROAD THAT'S LIKE 24 FEET WIDE ON EACH SIDE.
AND THEN THERE'S A CENTER LIKE, BUT THERE'S, IT'S DEFINITELY TWO LANES, BUT IT'S NOT MARKED AS TWO LANES.
AND SO PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE TUBES.
SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS IS, AND THEN COUPLE, AND THEN A COUPLE PEOPLE TAKE A RIGHT TURN GOING INTO THAT QUICK TRIP AND BAM, BAM, BAM.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE WE, WE NOTICE THAT TOO, THAT
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IT'S, IT'S PRETTY WIDE RIGHT THERE.IF WE CAN GET RID OF THAT, THAT CONCRETE MEDIAN TOO.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT GO ON IT TO GET TO MAKE A TURN, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE TO GO ON IT TO GET A TURN.
IT'S HARDER TO PLOW THAT IN WINTER.
SO ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, LIKE, LIKE JOSH SAID, THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS GOING, WE THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME, SOME PRETTY INEXPENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT INTERSECTION IS SUPER NOT INTUITIVE AT ALL.
AND WE DID LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.
UH, SOME YOU MAY RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE DID LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA FROM 45 DOWN TO 35.
BUT, UH, IN 2019, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
UH, SO AGAIN, SOME THINGS YOU, YOU TRY LIKE THAT AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID THOUGH, TOO, I NOTICED IN WEST BEND WHERE THEY DO HAVE A TURNING LANE IN THE CENTER, SOME PEOPLE USE THAT TO PASS, SOME PEOPLE USE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, OR SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN GET INTO IT WHEN THEY WANT TO TURN.
THAT, THAT SHOW, THAT DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF LIKE THE CLEAR LANE DELINEATIONS AND TRY TO AVOID PEOPLE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT, RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THE HUMAN ERROR THERE.
THAT'S THE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE ROAD.
IT'S, AND SOMETIMES IT IS A SIMPLE FIX.
YOU PAINT A LINE, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE, WE TRY TO LOOK FOR THOSE SOLUTIONS.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AHEAD WHEN A NEW BUSINESS COMES IN, NOT PICKING ON QUICKTRIP, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU DO THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF A NEW BUSINESS OR A BUSINESS PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HOW IT ALTERS TRAFFIC, UM, AND EVEN IN A SIMPLE DRIVEWAY MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH TO MOST PEOPLE, BUT IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND POTENTIAL CRASHES AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON, ON THIS ONE? I'M GOING TO KEEP ON GOING THROUGH THE PLAN.
UM, NEXT ONE IS ON HIGHWAY Q, UH, DOWN BY, UH, JUST WEST OF THE FREEWAY BY THE 41 FREEWAY THERE.
THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL SEGMENT THAT HAD JUST, UH, HAPPENED TO RANDOMLY HAVE A COUPLE OF CRASHES THAT FELL OUTSIDE OF THOSE INTERSECTION BOUNDARIES, UH, AND PLUNKED INTO THIS LITTLE SHORT STRETCH THERE BETWEEN TWO INTERSECTIONS.
UM, SO FOR THIS ONE, I, WE, WE LOOK VERY CLOSELY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, AND IT'S JUST THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR IN GENERAL.
UM, WE LOOKED AT LANE DELINEATIONS, WE TRY TO KEEP THE PAVEMENT PAVEMENT MARKINGS, UM, FRESH AND UP TO DATE.
UM, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS THERE TOO TO TRY TO, UH, UH, ELIMINATE AS MUCH CONFUSION.
BUT THERE'S JUST A TON OF THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, JUST HAPPENED THAT THIS FALL, THESE COUPLE INTERSECTIONS FELL ON THAT, THAT LITTLE, UM, ORPHAN AREA BETWEEN THE TWO INTERSECTIONS.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE, AND THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS.
SO NOT JUST A ROADWAY SEGMENT ISSUE, BUT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR ITSELF.
WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS ALWAYS, UM, MOVING FORWARD TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO THERE.
FORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE JUST USUALLY KNOCK ON WOOD.
UM, MINOR CRASHES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, FENDER BENDERS, LOW SPEED, HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC THERE.
UM, MOVING ON TO NUMBER THREE, UM, HIGHWAY P.
THIS IS JUST BY, UH, FAIR PARK THERE, UH, NORTH OF THE PV ROUNDABOUT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, A SHORT SEGMENT THERE THAT, UM, A LOT OF THIS WAS JUST HUMAN ERROR OR JUST BAD LUCK, WE'LL CALL IT.
UM, THIS INVOLVED THREE CRASHES ON THAT TINY LITTLE AREA AND, UH, AS I DOVE INTO IT, DEBRIS FELL OUT OF A TRUCK AND THE CAR HIT IT.
OTHER ACCIDENT WAS, UH, CAR FIRE HAPPENED TO RANDOMLY HAPPENED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD THERE.
AND THE THIRD ONE WAS A GUY, SOMEBODY SEEMED LIKE LATE AT NIGHT DURING A FAIR A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THEY PULLED THROUGH THE DITCH AND IT WAS LIKE A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT AND THEY, THEY DROVE OFF.
SO NOT A LOT THAT YOU CAN DO THERE.
THAT ROAD WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 2014.
IT'S VERY WIDE, WIDE SHOULDERS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE WE JUST, WE DON'T FEEL THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN REALLY DO TO IMPROVE ANY ISSUES BROUGHT FORTH HERE.
UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ISSUES WITH EVENT TRAFFIC AT FAIR PARK, WE COULD WORK WITH THEM, POTENTIALLY PUT A SNOW FENCE UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO TRY TO, UM, TRY TO HELP WITH THE, THE TRAFFIC FLOW, LEAVING EVENTS, UH, TO PROFILE NUMBER FOUR.
UH, THIS IS A DIFFERENT HIGHWAY K OUT IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND, UH, TOWN OF HARTFORD AREA.
SO THIS IS WEST OF HIGHWAY 41.
UM, SO THERE'S A, A, THIS IS A BIGGER SEGMENT HERE, PUSHING ABOUT ALMOST A MILE.
UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A, JUST A WHOLE KIND OF A SPATTERING OF CRASHES THERE OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THIS IS ONE I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE AHEAD OF NOW.
WE RECONSTRUCTED THAT, UH, ROADWAY, UH, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, 2019, FIVE YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM IMAGES THERE ON, UH, PAGE 31 OF THE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF WHAT THAT ROAD LOOKED LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO VERSUS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
SO THERE'S VERY WIDE SHOULDERS, WIDE PAVED SHOULDERS, PARTICULARLY, UM, DESIGNATED TURN LANES.
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A LOT TO PLOW, BUT HOPEFULLY A LOT SAFER FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC NOW, FOR YOUR SPRING ISN'T, OH, I CAN BRING THAT UP.SO THERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BEFORE AND AFTER.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE WE WILL, WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL KEEP MONITORING THAT AREA, BUT HOPEFULLY AFTER RECONSTRUCTION A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES ARE POTENTIALLY SOLVED.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT TEEN SHOWS UP THREE TIMES THE, WHERE TEEN SHOWS UP THREE TIMES IN REPORTS.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? I'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE.
UM, THIS IS OUT ON HIGHWAY Q BETWEEN KNOB HILL WEST AND NORTH ROAD.
UM, THIS ONE CAME UP, AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY SHORT SEGMENT, BUT THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A FATALITY OUT IN THAT AREA.
UH, IT WAS A PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLIST, I'M SORRY, THAT WAS, THAT WAS STRUCK BY SOMEBODY THAT WAS FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
BICYCLIST WAS WEARING DARK CLOTHING.
AND ACCORDING TO THE CRASH REPORT, UM, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO OUT THERE? MAYBE WE COULD WIDEN THE SHOULDERS.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE ANOMALIES THAT BROUGHT IT UP IN THIS PLAN.
UM, IT WAS WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.
BUT, UH, WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE DO IMPROVE THAT ROAD IN THE FUTURE.
THERE NOT, NOT ANY IMMEDIATE PLANS IN THIS AREA.
UM, BUT ANY, ANYTHING DOES START TO FLARE UP DOWN THERE, WE CAN START WORKING THAT UP IN OUR TIMELINE FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, I'M A BIKE RIDER MYSELF, AND I'M ALWAYS ALARMED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE BIKE ON REALLY BUSY ROADS.
UM, AND WHEN YOU, IT'S NOT HIGH-VIS, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEATH WIDENING THE SHOULDER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER SECTION THAT WE SHARE WITH ANOTHER COUNTY.
SO IF THEIR SHOULDER'S DIFFERENT THAN OURS, THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE.
YOU CAN DRIVE UP, UH, WASA ROAD, HIGHWAY M NOW AND WHERE IT CHANGES FROM OUR SECTION THAT WAS JUST REDONE TO OZAKI COUNTY SECTION.
THERE IS NO SHOULDER IN OZAKI COUNTY, SO, RIGHT.
JUST KIND OF COMMENT OR ECHOING WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT THERE.
UM, SO HIGHWAY Q, WE DO HAVE THE FULL, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE FULL JURISDICTION OF THE FULL RIGHT OF WAY AND IT'S SEGMENTS THAT ARE BROKEN UP ON DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
SO BETWEEN POINT A AND POINT B ON A SEGMENT THAT'S UNDER WASHINGTON COUNTY'S JURISDICTION, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WIDEN THAT ROAD AS WE SEE FIT.
WE OF COURSE DO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTIES IN THE NEIGHBORING TOWNSHIP VILLAGE.
AND ALL OF THAT IS, THAT ALL IS DISCUSSED IN ADVANCE.
UM, BUT YES, IT DOES TO MAKE IT AN EFFECTIVE CORRIDOR WHERE WE MIGHT LOSE JURISDICTION ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
YOU HOPE THAT YOU DON'T WIND UP WITH WIDE ROAD, NARROW ROAD, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING IN AND OUT LIKE THAT.
YOU TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT CONSISTENCY THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND HOPEFULLY WILLING PARTNERS TO HELP THAT WHOLE, THAT WHOLE STRETCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS ONE? I'LL KEEP GOING.
UM, PROFILE NUMBER SIX, WHICH I'LL SCROLL DOWN TO.
THIS IS HIGHWAY XX, TOWN OF FARMINGTON.
UH, SO THIS ONE, UH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A, A FLARE UP THERE WITH CRASHES ON THE CURVES ON HIGHWAY XX.
UM, SO THIS IS BETWEEN KOHLER ROAD AND JAY ROAD.
UM, SO THIS WAS REPAVED NOT TWO AGO, THIS 2016, I THINK IT WAS DONE 15 OR 16 WAS REPAVED.
UM, BUT CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN.
THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE TWO ONES THAT KIND OF REALLY JUMPED OUT AT, AT US.
THIS CAME UP AS NUMBER ONE FOR CRASH RATE.
AGAIN, THIS IS RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC VOLUME.
SO IT'S, IT'S A RURAL AREA UP THERE.
UM, BUT THERE WERE CRASHES THAT WERE, WERE COMING UP IN THIS ONE CURVE.
UM, ALSO SOME SEVERE THERE'S INJURIES.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT IT UP TO THE, TOWARDS THE TOP OF THESE LISTS.
SO, UM, JUST THIS PAST SUMMER WE CHIP SEALED UP IN THAT AREA.
UH, THIS, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE USED A GRANITE AGGREGATE.
UM, WE HAD THAT TRUCKED IN AND WE WORKED WITH SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, NORMALLY DO A LIMESTONE CHIP SEAL OUT THERE TO PRESERVE THE ASPHALT, EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT.
UM, UP ON XX THIS YEAR WE USED A GRANITE PRODUCT.
SO IT'S A DARKER PRODUCT THAN A NORMAL LIMESTONE, WHICH IS A LIGHT GRAY, ALMOST A WHITE SORT OF COLOR.
UM, THIS IS A DARKER, NOT COMPLETELY PITCH BLACK, BUT A DARK, DARK GRAY.
UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THROUGH THAT DARKER SURFACE YOU DO GET SOME EXTRA THERMAL MELTING POWER.
WHEN IT, WHEN THERE'S SNOW, IT GATHERS, THE SUNLIGHT MELTS SNOW OFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING JUST TO GRANITE VERSUS A LIMESTONE PRODUCES ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL TRACTION AS WELL.
THIS IS PART OF OUR JUSTIFICATION ON, ON IT.
IT'S A MORE COSTLY MEASURE TO USE GRANITE
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VERSUS LIMESTONE.BUT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE'RE FLARING UP IN THIS PLAN, WE DECIDED TO TRY THAT PRODUCT.
SO NOW TIME WILL TELL, WE JUST DID THAT IN JUNE OF THIS SUMMER, BUT HOPEFULLY IT HELPS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE CHEVRON AREA.
THERE'S CHEVRON POSTS AROUND THESE CURVES.
THERE'S ADVANCED, UM, WARNING SIGNAGE FOR REDUCED SPEED THROUGH THE CURVES.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON SOME OF THE DISTANCING, UH, WITH SOME OF THAT SIGNAGE AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT MORE WITH SOME REFLECTIVITY.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE DONE AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, TIME WILL TELL, HOPEFULLY THESE CRASHES START TO DISSIPATE A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME.
CAN I MAKE ANOTHER QUICK OBSERVATION? MM-HMM.
AND YOU JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF THE CONTRAST WITH THE PAINT AND THE, THE BLACK BACKGROUND.
IT'S UH, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AND EVEN SOME OF THOSE PREVIOUS PICTURES, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, MAN, YOU GO DOWN THE FLORIDA, IT'S LIKE THE ROAD LAYS OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
RIGHT? AND THEN, AND THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER ASPECT OF IT, BUT HERE, LIKE JUST SOME OF THESE PICTURES, YOU GO BACK, I MEAN EVERYTHING IS SO BA UH, YOU KNOW, IS SO FADED.
AND THEN YOU GET FOG, RAIN, RIGHT? UH, AND NIGHT.
IT'S AFTER WE CHIP SEAL, UM, USING REGULAR LIMESTONE.
WE, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE KIND OF MAKE SURE ALL THAT DEBRIS KIND OF WEARS OFF AND WE GOT A, A CLEAN SURFACE, WE'LL REPAINT THAT ROAD.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO REPAINT THAT A FEW MONTHS LATER BEFORE WINTER, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT FULL BOLDNESS ON THAT LIGHTER GRAY PRODUCT BEFORE WINTER HITS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE PLOWS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WORKING THAT PAINT OFF DURING THE WINTER AS WELL.
SO, UM, VERY, I'M VERY INTERESTED THAT SHEBOYGAN COUNTY DOES A LOT OF THIS GRANITE.
UM, AND I'M, I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS HOLDS UP.
NOT JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, THE LOOKS OF IT, BUT, UM, FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE TOO.
IF WE NOTICE A TRACTION DIFFERENCE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA HELP EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE ROAD ITSELF.
YOU JUST MADE ME THINK ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS IS HIGH MAINTENANCE, REPAINTING IT EVERY COUPLE MONTHS? CLOUDS WEARING OFF? WE, WE REPAINT ALL COUNTY ROADS EVERY YEAR, BUT AFTER WE DO A CHIP SEAL AND YOU GOT THAT LOOSE AGGREGATE WHEN YOU'RE DONE, 'CAUSE YOU LAY THAT OIL, YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE.
UM, HERE YOU PUT DOWN THAT LAYER OF OIL FIRST MM-HMM.
AND THEN THERE'S A CHIP SPREADER.
WE HIRE SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN TO DO THAT.
UM, THEY LAY A LAYER OF CHIPS, SO THAT'S EITHER THE LIMESTONE OR THE GRANITE PRODUCT.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE BULK OF IT.
BUT THEN AFTERWARDS, THEN YOU, YOU SWEEP THAT OFF.
THERE'S, AND NOW SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, THEY JUST GOT A BRAND NEW MACHINE.
THERE'S A LOT LESS WASTED PRODUCT OUT THERE, WHICH IS A BONUS COST SAVINGS FROM WE HAD, WE BUDGETED A NUMBER AND IT CAME IN LOWER.
YOU USE LESS PRODUCT BECAUSE OF THE NEW MACHINE.
SO THEY'RE INVESTING IN THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS ONE PANS OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND SEE IF CRASHES START TO, TO GO DOWN IN THAT AREA.
AND IF I RECALL, ISN'T THE GRANITE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER STONE? IT IS OR IS? IT IS, BUT I'M HOPING TO ONLY, NORMALLY WE WOULD CHIP SEAL TWICE IN A PAVEMENT.
UM, WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE NOW TOO WITH OUR MAINTENANCE.
TRYING TO GET THAT EARLIER, RIGHT? LIKE AFTER WE REPAVE OR RECONSTRUCT A ROAD, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, YEAR EIGHT AND 16, UH, FOR CHIP SEAL AND CRACK FILLING HALFWAY AROUND.
WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT.
NOW WE'RE CHIP SEALING IN YEAR TWO, THREE.
UM, I'M HOPING AND TIME WILL TELL, I'M TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS GRAND PRODUCT WHERE I'M HOPING THIS ONLY REQUIRES ONE TREATMENT.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE, THE COST MIGHT BE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES WHAT LIMESTONE IS MM-HMM.
ONLY HAVING THAT LABOR ONCE, I'M HOPING THAT WE ONLY HAVE TO DO IT ONE TIME.
YOU, IT MAINTAINS THE COLOR TIME WILL TELL ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO IT'S, I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS ONE DOES.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, UH, CHIP SEAL, DO YOU USE QUARTER INCH LIMESTONE? THREE EIGHTHS IS A TYPICAL SIZE.
UH, THIS IS ONE YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF JOSH ON TO BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND LOOKING AT THIS STUFF BEFORE THE PLAY WAS ACTUALLY FINALIZED, UH, TO COME UP WITH THAT IDEA, UH, AS HE'S LOOKING AT THIS PLAN MONTHS AGO, REALIZED THAT THERE WAS AN, AN ISSUE IN THIS INTERSECTION AND TOOK INITIATIVE TO ACTUALLY START PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING IT.
NOT WAITING FOR THIS PLAN TO BE, TO BE FINALIZED AND LOOKED AT IT.
SO, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN THANK JOSH FOR THIS.
IT'S ONE WHERE, LIKE JOSH MENTIONED, REALLY EXCITED TO LOOK AT AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, MODELING THE WAY FOR THIS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE.
AND THIS MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL OR A POT POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR A FEW OF THE OTHER AREAS I'M ABOUT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL.
SO, AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP TALKING TO SHEBOYGAN COUNTY AS THEY'VE BEEN USING THIS.
THEY GOT A FEW YEARS UNDER THEIR BELT IF THEY SEE RESULTS FOR INCREASED TRACTION, UM, YOU KNOW, CHEAPER THAN LIKE A HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENT.
BUT IF WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS WEIGHING THAT
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COST BENEFIT.UM, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS PRODUCES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I'LL KEEP ON MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO PROFILE NUMBER SEVEN ON PAGE 42 OF THE PLAN.
UM, HIGHWAY Q BETWEEN 83 AND K.
SO THIS IS, WE NICKNAME THIS ONE JACK RABBIT RUN, IF YOU EVER HEAR THAT NICKNAME.
VERY WINDY, HILLY, CURVY AREA.
UM, SO THIS ONE CAME UP AS NUMBER TWO FOR CRASH RATE AND NUMBER ONE FOR CRASH SEVERITY.
SO THIS ONE AGAIN, JUST LIKE XX IS ONE AND TWO ON THE LIST.
SO THIS ONE JUMPS OUT IN, IN MY MIND QUITE SEVERELY.
UM, WE JUST REPAVED THIS ONE, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO IN 2020.
UM, JUST THE WINDINESS OF THIS ROAD AND THE, THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL CURVES PRESENT A BIG CHALLENGE.
UM, THERE WERE AS GOING THROUGH THE CRASH REPORTS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY HIGHLIGHTED VERY CLEARLY IN THE TABLE HERE, BUT THERE WERE MULTIPLE MOTORCYCLE CRASHES THAT OCCURRED UP IN THIS AREA.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU'RE DOWN IN THAT HOLY HILL AREA AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MOTORCYCLE RIDES, TOURISM TYPE TYPE TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE.
I WOULD SAY THERE'S, YEAH,
UM, SO YEAH, THERE WERE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF MOTORCYCLES THAT GO THROUGH THERE, UH, THAT LOST CONTROL.
UM, ONE WAS A WET ICE TYPE SPEED THING.
UM, THERE WERE A FEW SNOW AND ICE CRASHES.
THERE WERE SOME ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES AS WELL.
UM, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE SPEED LIMIT RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S, IF YOU GO THROUGH THAT AREA, THERE'S ADVISORY SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS, YOU KNOW, RANGING FROM 20 MILE PER HOUR TO 45 MILE PER HOUR, DEPENDING ON WHICH CURVE.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL CURVES UP AND DOWN THROUGH THAT AREA.
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING SINCE WE PUT THIS PLANT TOGETHER, BUT MAYBE THIS IS ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR THAT GRANITE PRODUCT.
IF IT HELPS PEOPLE KEEP VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, IT DOES MAINTAIN, UM, BETTER TRACTION.
MAYBE IT'S A HIGH FRICTION TREATMENT.
IF IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN JUST KIND, HAVE BEEN KICKING AROUND A COUPLE IDEAS HERE.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE, THE CHEVRON LAYOUT THROUGH THE CURVES AND THOSE ADVISORY SPEEDS.
MAYBE IT'S A SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION ON THE WHOLE AREA.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? AND ANY SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION DOES HAVE TO GO TO THE FO COUNTY BOARD.
AND ALSO YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR THE DEER
ALRIGHT, I'LL KEEP ON GOING TO, UH, PROFILE NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE 46.
THIS IS HIGHWAY W UP IN THE TOWN OF WAYNE.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A STRAIGHT SEGMENT.
UH, THERE IS A HILL THERE, BUT THE ROAD IS VERY NARROW.
UH, MINIMAL, I'LL CALL IT MINIMAL SHOULDER.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK JUST BASED OFF THE CRASHES, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF IT WAS REALLY RELATED TO THE ROADWAY ITSELF.
I THINK THIS IS A KIND OF A, A, A CLUSTERED AREA OF, OF HUMAN ERROR JUST BASED ON THE TYPE OF ACCIDENTS.
IF YOU LOOK INTO THE, THE REPORTS, UM, YOU GOT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE ON PAGE 48, YOU BRING THAT UP, YOU GOT IN ATTENTIVENESS AND YOU GOT DROWSINESS, YOU KNOW, NOTED IN HERE, UM, MUDDY AND WET ROAD SERVICE.
I MEAN, YOU DO HAVE FARM EQUIPMENT GOING IN AND OUTTA FIELDS OUT THERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE RESPOND TO ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.
IF, YOU KNOW, MUD GETS TRACKED OUT INTO THE ROAD, WE'LL GET CALLS OR WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CALLS AND HAVE PEOPLE CLEAN THAT UP.
BUT WE TRY TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES LIKE THAT DURING HARVEST SEASON.
MUD GETS, YOU KNOW, TRACKED OUT IN THE ROAD.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRASHES HERE.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? JOSH, IF THAT HAPPENS, WE TRY TO CONTACT THE FARMER IF POSSIBLE.
AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
THEY'RE, MOST OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD AT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
SAME, IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF LIKE A, A CONSTRUCTION PIT SITE AND YOU'RE DRAGGING MUD AND ROCKING DIRT OUT OF, UM, A PIT LIKE THAT OR A QUARRY.
UM, MOST OF THEM OR A LANDSCAPING COMPANY, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THAT.
THAT'S USUALLY THE, THE BIGGEST HOTSPOT FOR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD IS THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
HOW DO YOU HAVE THEM REMEDY THAT? THEY JUST GO OUT THERE WITH A BROOM OR MOST OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN BROOM OR A SKIDSTEER HANDY AND THEY'LL GET A CALL OR THEY'LL TRY TO KEEP, THEY DON'T WANNA GET ON ON THE BAD LIST OR A SNOWPLOW ON A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK.
YOU HAVE IT SET UP FOR ONE OF YOUR COMBINING, THERE'S BEEN A FEW TIMES.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW TIMES WHERE I REMEMBER ONCE TIME A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE GOT A CALL AND WE HAD TO TAKE THE, WE COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF ANYBODY.
THERE'S A TON OF MUD OUT THERE.
WE HAD TO TAKE ONE OF OUR PLOWS OUT THERE AND, AND BLADE IT OFF.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE SEVERE SITUATIONS.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GET ON THE, ON THE, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HIGHLIGHTED FOR THAT.
THEY'RE, MOST OF 'EM ARE, ARE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.
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CURRENTLY, UM, BUT IF WE DO IT, UH, IF, WE'LL, WE'LL MONITOR TRAFFIC AND CRASHES IN THIS AREA AS WELL.THIS ROADWAY WILL BE WIDENED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, JUST THAT THE CRASHES THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE JUST WEREN'T REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROADWAY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE DO WIDEN OUT WIDE NOTE SHOULDERS THAT THAT MIGHT HELP THE SITUATION AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING, UH, KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS ONE, JOSH.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, UH, THE REASON WE USE A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK, WE HAVE THE FLASHES AND EVERYTHING ON MM-HMM.
IT'S TOO SLOW TO BE THERE WITH, RIGHT? YEAH.
HONESTLY, PROFILE NUMBER NINE ON PAGE 49.
AGAIN, THIS IS UP ON XX, SO THIS IS A KIND OF AN ANOMALY HERE TOO.
UM, THIS IS A, A STRAIGHTAWAY, JUST VERY LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME.
UH, UH, THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THAT CURVE, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS ALL PART OF THAT AREA THAT WE PUT GRANITE ON.
UM, THERE WAS ONE CRASH THAT INVOLVED SOME INJURIES WHERE APPARENTLY THE DRIVER JUST DID NOT SEE ONE VEHICLE AND THEY PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY NEAR A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY.
AND THERE'S INJURY THERE, WHICH IS WHAT TRIGGERED THIS ONE.
I DON'T REALLY SEE THERE'S, IF ANYTHING ON THIS STRETCH, THERE IS A, THERE IS A HILL ON THE NORTH END OF THIS SEGMENT.
NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THIS CRASH WAS, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS GRANITE.
THIS IS PART OF THAT SAME CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HIGHLIGHTED IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DATA SHOWED, BUT I DON'T REALLY, I DON'T REALLY SEE A NEED TO MAKE MUCH OF A CHANGE UP ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF XX NORTH OF THAT CURVE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE, I'LL KEEP ON GOING TO HIGHWAY A.
JUST STAYING UP IN THE FARMINGTON AREA HERE, EAST OF 1 44, UH, BETWEEN INDIAN LO AND 1 44.
UM, THIS AREA IS A VERY FLAT, VERY STRAIGHT, UH, AREA.
UM, AGAIN, THIS ONE, I, I DON'T THINK THE CRASHES REALLY APPEAR TO BE DUE TO THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF HUMAN ERROR THERE.
THERE'S FAIRLY RELATIVELY HIGH NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS ALONG THIS AREA.
UM, BUT YOU DO HAVE WIDER SHOULDERS.
YOU GOT 12 FOOT DRIVING LANES.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS.
UH, YOU GOT TWO B CLASS CRASHES HERE.
YOU GOT A TOTAL OF SIX CRASHES, BUT TWO OF THEM WERE B LEVEL INJURY, SO THAT'S GONNA PUSH IT UP THE LIST, UM, MORE THAN OTHERS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THIS IN THE CIP EITHER.
THE ROAD IS BUILT TO STANDARDS THERE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO NEED TO ADD SOME TURN LANES IN THIS AREA, THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
MAYBE AROUND SOME OF THE, THERE'S SOME BUSINESSES UP ON THAT ROAD.
THERE'S, UM, LIKE A JUNKYARD BODY SHOP TYPE AREA UP THERE AND MAYBE NEAR SOME OF THE, THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WE COULD, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE TURN LANES.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? I'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER PROFILE NUMBER 11 ON PAGE 55 ON HIGHWAY M.
UH, SO THIS IS BETWEEN PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD AND NNN, THE TOWN OF JACKSON.
UM, THIS ONE WAS NUMBER THREE FOR SEVERITY.
IT'S A STRAIGHT SEGMENT UP UNTIL YOU GET TO THE INTERSECTION OF NNN THERE.
BUT THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED IN OUR, THAT'S IN OUR INTERSECTION PLAN.
UM, BUT JUST NOT, NOT REAL HIGH, NOT RELATIVELY HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES OUT THERE EITHER.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE CRASHES, THERE'S TWO CRASHES IN THIS AREA, BOTH OF THEM ALCOHOL RELATED.
UM, AND ONE PRODUCED A, A, A LEVEL A INJURY, UH, IN THAT CRASH.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, PUSHED IT UP THIS LIST.
UM, THERE'S NARROW DRIVING LANES, THERE'S LITTLE TO NO SHOULDER.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS ONE IN OUR CIP FOR WIDENING.
UH, SO IN 2027 AS IT CURRENTLY SITS, IT WOULD BE IN, IN FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT.
IT'S A FEW YEARS OUT, BUT UH, IT ALREADY IS ON OUR RADAR.
AND THIS ONE IS PLANNED FOR WIDENING.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL GO ON TO NUMBER 12.
ON THE SOUTH END WHERE YOU READ THAT IN, IT'S ALL REAL NICE.
AND THEN IS THAT ONE SECTION, IS THAT ME ONE? YES.
JUST THE NORTH AREA AS CHAIRMAN SLE POINTED OUT EARLIER, THAT IS WAN'S RESPONSIBILITY, THE CITY OF WAN.
DO YOU THINK THEY'RE EVER GONNA MATCH UP TO WHAT YOU GUYS DID? HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
UH, ONTO NUMBER 12 ON PAGE 58, UH, HIGHWAY
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S BETWEEN COUNTY HIGHWAY R, WHICH WAS FORMERLY STATE HIGHWAY 83, UH, AND CROOKED ROAD.UM, BRING IT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, NARROW LANES OUT THERE, NARROW SHOULDERS.
THERE ARE SOME VERTICAL CURVES.
IT'S A, IT'S A STRAIGHT, UH, SEGMENT, BUT THERE ARE SOME ROLLING HILLS.
UM, THIS ONE IS NOT ON OUR CIP AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS ONE IN FOR A REPAVE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
UM, WE COULD DO SOME WIDENING AND EVEN IF IT ISN'T, QUOTE UNQUOTE A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UH, WHEN WE DO PUT A PROJECT IN FOR A, A FULL PULVERIZE AND REPAVE, WE ARE ABLE, AND WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL CHANGES ON OTHER AREAS TOO, WHERE WE MIGHT SHAVE DOWN A HILL AND FILL IN A VALLEY AND DO SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO ELEVATION.
UM, AND ALSO JUST REDUCTION OF HILLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS GONNA HELP HOPEFULLY KEEP PEOPLE ON THE ROAD.
BUT, UM, OVERALL SAFETY DOES TEND TO INCREASE WHEN WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE CRASHES THERE, THERE'S ONLY TWO CRASHES.
IT'S A FAIRLY RURAL AREA OUT THERE, BUT TWO CRASHES BOTH WITH, UH, A LEVEL INJURIES IS, IS GONNA PUSH THAT ONE UP, BE GOING TO DO A U-TURN AND EJECT YOUR PASSENGER.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA LOOK AT THESE REPORTS TOO AND BE LIKE, IS THIS REALLY THE ROAD OR IS THIS REALLY HUMAN HUMOR? HUMAN BEHAVIOR? SO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
YOU GOT ALCOHOL? NO, THIS ONE WASN'T AN ALCOHOL ONE.
BUT YES, YOU LOOK AT, YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE CRASHES AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE, IT'S NOT GONNA PUSH IT UP OUR CIP LIST BECAUSE OF THAT PARTICULAR CRASH, PUT IT THAT WAY.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT A REOCCURRING ISSUE EITHER.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I'LL GO ON TO NUMBER 13.
UH, SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, COUNTY HIGHWAY Y FROM GRAVEL DRIVE TO, UH, WEST MAIN STREET.
SO THIS IS ON THE VERY FAR EAST BORDER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH OF NEWBURGH, OUT IN THAT AREA.
UH, SWAMPY WOODED AREA, SORT OF, UM, FLAT STRAIGHT SEGMENT OF ROADWAY.
BUT THERE ARE A CLUSTER OF, OF CRASHES IN THAT AREA, PUTTING AT NUMBER FIVE FOR SEVERITY.
THIS ONE, UM, I DON'T REALLY SEE IT BEING A LOT INVOLVED WITH THE ACTUAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE ROAD.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF HUMAN ERROR TOO.
AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRIVER, CAUSE HERE THIS ONE DOES NOT, I DON'T THINK WHEN SUPER PAC MADE THE DESCRIPTIONS HERE, THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY MOTORCYCLES.
BUT I LOOKED INTO THE ACTION RE THE ACTUAL REPORTS AND MULTIPLE OR MORE THAN ONE OF THESE CRASHES WERE A MOTORCYCLE.
ONE WAS PASSING MULTIPLE CARS AND HIGH RATE OF SPEED CRASHED, SEVERE INJURY.
UM, NOT REALLY MUCH WE CAN DO ROADWAY WISE WHEN IT'S JUST, IT'S A HUMAN DECISION IN, IN, IN HUMAN HUMAN ERROR.
UNFORTUNATELY, PRODUCING SOME PRETTY SEVERE INJURIES AND, AND SEVERE CRASHES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE COULD POTENTIALLY WIDEN THIS ROAD OUT, UM, WHERE NEEDED.
UM, WE DO TRY TO KEEP AN EYE ON VEGETATION.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S DRIVEWAYS ALONG THIS AREA THAT'S VERY, IT'S MARSHY.
THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH GRASS THAT GETS CLOSE TO THE ROAD.
WE TRY TO KEEP UP ON, ON TRIMMING TREES AND, AND MOWING THAT AT LEAST ONE PASS.
KEEPING THAT VEGETATION AT BETA OPEN UP SITE LINES SO PEOPLE CAN SAFELY PULL OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
TRYING TO KEEP UP ON, ON THAT.
THIS YEAR'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO DO.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS ONE.
I JUST DON'T, I DON'T SEE THIS ONE BEING A LOT RELATED TO THE ROADWAY ITSELF.
I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF HUMAN ERROR AND PLUS WHEN YOU THROW IN SOME MULTIPLE MOTORCYCLES, IT'S GONNA UNFORTUNATELY PR MAKE ITS WAY UP TO SEVERITY LIST PRETTY QUICKLY BEING A MARSHY AREA.
UM, I DUNNO IF I MENTIONED THIS OR IF YOU MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT ARE YOU ABLE TO SPRAY THE WEEDS IN THAT AREA? IF IT'S MARSHY? YOU CAN WITH THE PRODUCTS THAT WE USE.
THERE'S REALLY NO LIMITS ON, ON WHERE YOU CAN GO WITH THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS AND LAWNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE TRY TO RIGHT.
DO THE BEST WE CAN TO PULL BACK ON THAT.
BUT YES, THERE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN GENERAL, UM, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY LIMITATIONS WITH THE PRODUCTS THAT WE USE.
QUESTION DOWN THE, UM, DOWN THE YEARS TO COME, WHEN YOU WOULD REDO THIS ROAD, WOULD YOU TAKE THAT LITTLE, UM, RECAL HILL DOWN OR KINDA LEVEL IT MORE
UH, WE WOULD DE DEFINITELY LOOK AT, LIKE JOSH SAID, WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME.
EVERY TIME WE PULVERIZE OR PAVER ROADWAY, JOSH DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF LOOKING AT CRASHES.
WE TAKE OUR PATROL SUPERS OUT THERE, WE TAKE THE PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY PLOWING THE TRUCK OUT THERE AND ASK THEM FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND LOOK FOR THAT.
SO IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT WE DO THAT AT THAT TIME.
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WE'VE DONE IT MANY TIMES IN MY TENURE HERE AND, UH, BEFORE MY TENURE AS COMMISSIONER, I WAS THE, THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND DESIGNED MANY OF THE, THE ROADWAY RE REDESIGNS OF XX.YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE CURVES IS NOT IN THERE.
I WAS ABLE TO REDESIGN THAT BEFORE 2016 AND WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED 'EM RIGHT AWAY.
AND THAT MIGHT BE ONE THING WE LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR CURVES IN THE FUTURE IS HAVE TO, TO LESSEN THE SEVERITY OF THE CURVE AND THE CRASHES BY, YOU KNOW, SOFTENING UP THE CURVE A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE, WE LOOK AT, UH, SUPERVISOR OR WE, EVERY TIME WE, WE DO A ROADWAY, WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE THE, MAKE THE SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, UH, JOSH IS DOING HIMSELF A LITTLE DISSERVICE.
HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF ROADWAYS BEFORE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE SOME EDGE LINE RUMBLE STRIPS IN AREAS, UH, BACK IN 2019.
WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES, UH, TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT'S CALLED THE BALL BANG TEST.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S IN THE, IN THE, IN THE WORDING THERE.
UH, WE PARTNERED WITH DODGE COUNTY.
ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAD IS A, A, A FIRM THAT CAME OUT AND DROVE EVERY ONE OF OUR KRS EVERY ONE AND DECIDED, ALRIGHT, WHAT SHOULD THAT ADVISORY SPEED BE UNDER THAT SIGN? SHOULD IT BE 25 35? WHERE SHOULD THE CHEVRONS BE? WHAT DOES IT NEED? ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME AGREED TO SPEND $20,000 TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S, IT'S A REAL TESTAMENT THAT YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF CURVES IN THIS STRETCH AND, AND ALL THE DATA YOU LOOK AT, YES, CERTAINLY COQ AND WENT UP ON XX, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT FROM WHAT WE STARTED THAT BACK IN 2016 WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS REALLY IN, IN DEPTH.
UH, AND LOOKING AT OUR ROADWAYS BEFOREHAND, WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE CURVES BY DOING, SPENDING THAT $20,000 THAT WAS FOR THE STUDY AND THEN GOING OUT AND ACTUALLY PUTTING ALL THE SIGNS UP AND, AND, UH, BELIEVE ME, THEY DO GET HIT AS YOU'VE SEEN, BUT I THINK BEING PROACTIVE, UM, IS, IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN A, A FULL REPORT.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE ROADWAYS, UM, INTERSECTIONS OR ROADWAYS.
AND JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP, UM, BACK ON PAGE 16 OF THE PLAN UNDER THE SECTION FOUR FOR FUNDING ON TABLE SIX, UM, WE DO, WE DID PLUG IN SOME NUMBERS JUST KINDA LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REMEDIES THAT WE HAD BULLETED IN THOSE PROFILES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED FUNDING REQUIRED.
THERE'S A HANDFUL THERE THAT HAVE ZERO.
YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THAT WE ALREADY RECONSTRUCTED THE ROAD AND WE, WE FEEL THAT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE MONITORING MOVING FORWARD, OF COURSE.
SO THESE ARE VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY AND, UH, AND ROUGH ESTIMATES ON WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE DOING OUT THERE TO, TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY.
UM, SO THESE NUMBERS ARE, ARE, ARE JUST KIND OF JUST AN IDEA, JUST A GUESS OF WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO PLAN ON DOING IN THE NEAR FUTURE ARE PART OF OUR REGULAR OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAYMENT THAT WOULD COME DOWN THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS.
SO THAT WOULD ALL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS PART OF THAT.
UM, SO I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T DWELL TOO MUCH ON THE NUMBERS PLUGGED INTO HERE.
UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AND DISCUSSING POTENTIAL I, UH, IDEAS THERE.
UM, UH, THE DOT HAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS IF THEY WANNA SIT DOWN OR WE, WE'VE BROUGHT THEM IN IN THE PAST TOO AND DISCUSSED POTENTIAL ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.
UM, BUT I THINK WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD START, HOPEFULLY ON IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY.
YEAH, AND JUST LOOKING AT THAT TOO, EVEN, EVEN THE FIRST ONE KIND OF, OKAY, WE PUT CIP BUT OBVIOUSLY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WILL COVER ANY PAINTING AND MAYBE THE, THE CURB AND, UH, THE CONCRETE MEDIA AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE SAY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING IT UNDER OUR OWN CURRENT BUDGET AND NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND IF YOU DO, UH, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED TO APPROVE THE, THE PLAN TODAY THAT YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THE FUNDING, I WANNA MAKE THAT ADAMANTLY CLEAR THAT, THAT JOSH JUST SAID TOO, THAT ANY OF THESE, THESE ESTIMATED FUNDING REQUESTS COMING THROUGH THE CIP, UH, WOULD DEFINITELY COME BACK AS PART OF THE, THE CAP PROCESS, EITHER THIS NEXT JANUARY OR THE TWO YEARS FROM THEN.
SO YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THE FUNDING AT THIS TIME FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
WAS I SUPPOSED TO TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS? OH, THIS IS JUST A THUMBS UP, RIGHT? JUST A, THIS IS TAKE A MOTION SECOND BECAUSE THEIR REQUEST WAS TO PASS IT ON TO THE COUNTY BOARD.
I THINK SCOTT'S GONNA GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY BOARD ON THE INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN AS WELL AS THE ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN.
UM, SO YOU WANT A MOTION A SECOND AND VOTE MOTION A SECOND AND AN APPROVAL? YEAH.
WELL THEN I, I GUESS WE'LL GO FORWARD THE MOTION AND IN A SECOND I'LL MAKE MOTION, UH, SUPERVISOR HARTWIG, SUPERVISOR M**K.
AND, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANTED TO ADD TO THIS THEN? OR I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT, UH, BEFORE WE TALKED? NO, WE'D LIKE TO, TO, TO THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH.
JUST NOT, NOT ONLY THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THE COMMITTEE'S
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PREVIOUS FOR SUPPORTING, UH, THE SAFETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.SO AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I MEAN, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS MEAN NOTHING, BUT ARE NONE OF THESE ARE ON OUR 50 YEAR PROGRAM OR IS THAT STUFF YOU MIGHT ADD LATER ON AS PART OF OUR ALREADY IMPLEMENTED 50 YEARS OVER? CERTAINLY, UH, ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IS UPDATE OUR 2050 PLAN TO GO INTO A 2060 PLAN.
AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE SAME THINGS THAT YOU SEE HERE NOW THAT, THAT'S KINDA LAYING THE, THE GROUNDWORK, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE FUTURE ON, ON THESE, THESE THINGS.
UH, THE ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND, AND JUST ONE MORE SECOND, UH, ONCE WE GET DONE WITH THIS, JUST LIKE THE INTERSECTION PLAN, WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND THIS TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL TO PROVIDE THEM THIS, THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY THEIR INTERSECTIONS FOR SAFETY, BUT THEIR ROADWAY SEGMENTS.
NOW, WE MIGHT NOT DO, YOU KNOW, 15 FOR THE, THE TOWN OF WAYNE, A FARMER TO MAYBE LOOK AT THE TOP FIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, MAYBE THREE IN EACH CATEGORY, WHATEVER.
WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THEIR DATA YET, BUT WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO EXTEND THIS, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO TAKE IT TO THE FULL COUNTY BOARD TO MAKE ALL COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS AWARE OF IT THAT THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
ONE, IF I MAY FINAL NOTE FOR ME TOO IS JUST BECAUSE THE ROADWAY WASN'T, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS PLAN OR PROFILED, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FROM ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS OR ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY OR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC, WE'RE GLAD OR I'M GLAD TO, YOU KNOW, TALK, EITHER COME INTO THE OFFICE OR WE'LL GO OVER THE PHONE AND, AND I CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE PARTICULAR AREAS OF CONCERN, I CAN DIVE INTO THAT, THAT DATA, THAT COMMUNITY MAPS RESOURCE AND LOOK AT THAT IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF CONCERN TOO.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS PLAN.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM ALWAYS, NOT JUST THESE AREAS, BUT, UM, IF ANYBODY EVER HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON CRASHES, INTERSECTION OR ROADWAY SEGMENT RELATED, UM, WE'D BE GLAD TO FIELD THOSE AT, AT ANY TIME AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD CHAIR? NO.
ANY, ANY, UH, OPPOSED? UH, MOTION CARRIES.
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