QUESTION
Council Member Brooks Powers Asks About DOT and DDC Collaboration on Infrastructure Projects
1:23:28
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Council Member Brooks Powers inquires about the collaboration between the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) on city infrastructure projects. The discussion reveals a strong partnership with daily staff communications, biweekly planning meetings, and a shared commitment to delivering projects on time. It also touches on the benefits of granting further authority to DDC to expedite project delivery, illustrating the agencies' efforts to streamline processes and improve project outcomes.
Speaker 1
1:23:28
And then in terms of DOT, could you briefly provide an overview of how and this is for DDC and DOT, how the 2 sister agencies work with one another as it pertains to the infrastructure projects.
Speaker 13
1:23:47
Yes.
1:23:47
Absolutely.
1:23:48
I I think our staffs are talking to each other on a daily basis.
1:23:52
Tom and I with along with the project managers, and our planning teams have biweekly meetings where we go through all the projects, troubleshoot.
1:24:02
Sometimes we, you know, we ask questions about status of our projects, sometimes they they need something else from DOT, like a permit, and we are on constant constant communication We wanna make sure that the projects that are meant to register that year, registering that year, that we are giving them the right information in terms of scoping, We we do make changes from time to time, which I'm sure frustrates CDC.
1:24:28
But but it is a great relationship overall, and I think we're also I think Jeff mentioned the authority piece.
1:24:34
We are in strong support of them coming authority because that also means they get to deliver our projects faster.
1:24:39
And on a timely manner.