we've changed the the methodology that we use for Street reconstruction uh assessments over time uh you're going to be the beneficiary of that he's going to talk about that that changing methodology a little bit where we switched uh from several years ago where we charged everybody for uh the roadway reconstruction everything under the street being paid for by all of us together uh as well as KB and gutter...

this really ties back to the budget work plan right pillar number one that you guys see and developed was the strong Foundation we want to make sure our infrastructure meets the community needs now and into the future.

the Citywide average pavement condition index rating is 78 and the present a andb neighborhood average pavement condition rating for the streets is 26.

there was a lot of kind of industrywide uh research that was done to come up with those Street widths for that rationale since then as we've implemented living streets we've done post reconstruction uh traffic counts and volume counts on these streets and we have seen you know anywhere from 1 to 2 m per hour to as much as a 5 m hour reduction in uh speeds on these local streets so we do have the data to support that there is a traffic calming uh benefit.

our climate action plan specifically notes that we really need to reduce dependence on Turf and grass and you know I think this is a wonderful opportunity to try to give people some more options it may even save the city some money certainly it would save on the amount of water that's being used so it would be great if that language could be put into information going out to Residents.

that was our recommendation that we felt strongly we put in front of you for this particular project but it leaves us with probably some questions for future reconstruction as well.

my primary concern right now is timing uh the proposed start time I believe would be in May and will take approximately 12 weeks to complete that is my concern because uh I'm pregnant and due April 12th so that will basically cover my entire maternity leave of dust noise I won't be able to go outside pretty much.

but my concern is I had several ash trees that were covering our property which were fantastic and then they had emerald ash bore and we had to cut them down I have one remaining tree that provides shade uh on the south side of my property which gets beaten with sun and that's the one thing that helps reduce some of my energy costs.

the risk of hitting hit by a car is way greater I mean it's not even my opinion that's the fact then if you're on a sidewalk where a bike and a pedestrian would happen to interact the risk of a getting hit by cargo 30 plus of death is a is a big number of the percentages so I would prefer to keep the interested and families off the street and have a wider facility off the street which would allow parking on the street which would also allow parking that's why we kind of came up with that Balan solution...