Budget Public Input Fiscal Year 2015 Town of Cary North Carolina
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Budget Public Input Fiscal Year 2015 Town of Cary North Carolina Table of Contents Town of Cary Public Input on FY‐15 Budget March 2014 Multimodal Transit: Greenways, Sidewalks, Pedestrians, and C‐Tran C‐Tran ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Greenways .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 White Oak Greenway .......................................................................................................................... 8 Pedestrian Passages ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Sidewalks ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Cary Arts Center .................................................................................................................................................. 15 Public Art ................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Rose Street Park ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Sk8 – Cary Skate Park ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Planning Development ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Police Police Overtime Pay ........................................................................................................................................... 32 Streets & Intersections Intersections ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Street Conditions .................................................................................................................................................. 38 Leaf Collection ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 Manchester Park Community ......................................................................................................................... 43 West Marilyn Circle ............................................................................................................................................ 44 Technology Services Google’s Fiber Initiative ................................................................................................................................... 46 Town Manager’s Office Budget ...................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Downtown .............................................................................................................................................................. 50 Attachment I – W. Marilyn Circle (Amy Sackaroff) Public Input on FY 15 Budget – Data Overview Total Budget Public Input FY 15 87 FY 14 116 Methods of Feedback FY 13 59 FY 12 34 Facebook 12 comments FY 11 12 Twitter 5 tweets FY 10 46 Email 47 e‐mails FY 09 16 Public Hearing 11 speakers FY 08 23 FY 07 96 FY 06 35 Average FY 06 ‐ FY 15 52 Multimodal Transit: Greenways, Sidewalks, Pedestrian, C‐Tran ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... C‐Tran ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Citizen’s Name: Huiying Li Method of Contact: Email Date/Time of Contact: February 21, 2014; 11:31 PM Contact Information: [email protected] Input: Hello, My top priorities for the next budget are: 1. Improve road by fixing pot holes - especially along West Dynasty. 2. Improve public transportation by increase funding to C-tran and extending the bus schedule to 8:00 PM. Thanks you, Huiying Li 632 Glenolden Ct. 919-481-1251 Staff Response: Facilities Design & Transportation Services Thank you for providing input into the Town of Cary’s FY15 budget process. The Town has many budget needs for FY15 and we will be finalizing our priorities very soon. Again, we greatly appreciate your feedback concerning the improvement of our C-Tran services. Our evening services currently end between 7:52 p.m. and 8:10 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Staff has evaluated the need to expand beyond this timeframe in the evenings, but no decision has been made at this time. Citizen’s Name: Leonard W. (Len) Nieman Method of Contact: Email Date/Time of Contact: February 28, 2014; 10:37 PM Contact Information: [email protected] Input: No funding for C-Tran was included in November 2012's Cary Transportation Bond referendum. The assumption being the referendum for a half cent Wake County sales tax increase for transportation would pass. Unfortunately, the Wake County Commissioners decided not to include that referendum on the ballot. And recent news articles report transportation funding is "under study", and will not be voted on in a referendum for at least two years. Since the sales tax increase cannot be counted on, I ask the Town of Cary to try and fund as much of the following as possible in FY2015. These are the same requests I submitted for the 1 FY2013 and FY2014 budget inputs, and I believe they are still priorities for the FY2015 budget. +++ 1. Funding should be provided to allow C-Tran to extend it's operating hours to 10pm from the current 8pm end time. It should be noted this was the number one request by C-Tran riders on the Fall 2012 Rider Survey conducted by C-Tran staff members. Reasons: a. The current hours restrict job advancement opportunities available to retail store workers currently riding C-Tran. Many of these better paying jobs require working until store closing at 9pm two, three, or more, nights a week. In fact, it is actually closer to 9:30pm that evening workers get off due to having to close out registers, sweep up, etc. b. With the cost of gas being what it is, many retail workers already working evenings would ride C-Tran, rather than drive, if it didn't stop operating before they get off work. c. The Triangle Area has serious air quality issues, and getting people out of their cars and on to buses would help improve the situation. But people will not make the switch if using the bus limits their ability to get to and from work, shop, dine out, or go to the movies. All of which are limited by C-Tran's current operating hours. d. The current operating hours severely restrict C-Tran riders ability to participate in Town Government. Almost all evening meetings, e.g., Town Council sessions, do not end until after C-Tran has stopped operating for the night. With no low cost alternative available, this means C-Tran riders are not able to voice their concerns regarding issues important to the Town of Cary. +++ 2. Funding should be provided to set up a new route from the Cary Train Depot to Town Center Mall, through the Crossroads Shopping Center, to the new Tryon Road shopping areas and back through the Centrum Shopping Center to the Cary Town Center Mall. Reasons: a. This would allow the Cary Town Center Mall - Crossroads portion of the Maynard Loop #1 & #2 routes to be eliminated, improving their ability to stay on schedule without eliminating service to riders on these routes. b. The Donaldson Dr, Nottingham Dr, Buck Jones Rd portions of routes #1 & #2 eliminated by PL13-011 to "improve on time performance" should be restored on this new route. (See attached map for eliminated section) (1) PL13-011 stated passenger counters showed there were only about 10 riders per day impacted by eliminating this portion of the route. What the counters didn't show was, due to many of these riders working part time jobs, these were not the same riders each day. And in fact, over 20 people were impacted by this change. (2) It was assumed these people could either walk to the Lawrence Rd stop on Walnut St, and catch the #1 or #2 bus to Crossroads, or take the #6 bus to the mall and transfer to the #1 or #2 to the mall. What was not factored into this assumption is most of the riders impacted have Preschool, or early Elementary School children. Prior to the elimination of this portion of routes #1 & #2 they could get their children dressed, fed, and on the school bus just prior to the arrival of route #2 to Crossroads and make it to work, or the connection with TTA route #305, on time. 2 (3) After this portion of routes #1 & #2 was eliminated, the extra time needed to either walk to the Lawrence Rd stop or take the #6 to the mall for a transfer after getting their