Jan 21, 2021 Mobility Committee

UM, WE ARE READY TO, UH, BEGIN AND AJAR, UM, UM, COMMENCE OUR MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING AT 1:02 PM.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO GO.

UH WE'LL WAIT, WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED TO VANESSA? SHE KEEPS VANESSA IN THERE.

EXCEPT WE CAN'T SEE YOU NOW.

VANESSA, THERE YOU GO.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

UM, SO, ALL RIGHT.

[CALL TO ORDER]

OUR FIRST

[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of November 19, 2020.]

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, MEANING NOVEMBER 19TH.

SO PARDON A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

OUR FIRST ITEM TODAY IS A BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2020, UH, PROP P MOBILITY BONDS.

[2. Update on Implementation of the 2020 Proposition B Mobility Bonds (60 minutes).]

SO WE'LL GET OUR STAFF ON, UH, TO, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, SO COLLEAGUES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, UH, TODAY AND, UH, TO LET YOU KNOW OUR TIMELINE, WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR FOR THIS ITEM.

GREAT.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE'LL GET THE PRESENTATION UP AND GOING OR GREAT.

UM, I'M TRY AND SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT MICROPHONE ISSUE.

SO I'LL, I'LL, UH, SPEAK UP LOUDER HERE.

IS THAT BETTER? RIGHT.

UM, I'M ERICA BAILEY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

I'M HERE WITH ANNA MARTIN IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF, UH, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY ON THE 2020 ACTIVE MOBILITY BOND.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THESE MOBILITY PROJECTS FORWARD.

AND ANN AND I ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE BOND AND THE NEXT STEPS ON MOVING THE PROGRAM FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE ON NOVEMBER FOUR, THE VOTERS IN AUSTIN APPROVED A $460 MILLION ACTIVE MOBILITY BOND, WHICH INCLUDES 1 MILLION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING, 80 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS, 80 MILLION FOR URBAN TRAILS, 40 MILLION FOR BIKE WEIGHS 20 MILLION FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, 19 MILLION FOR LOCAL TRANSIT, 65 MILLION FOR SAFETY VISION, ZERO 53 MILLION FOR SUBSTANDARD STREETS AND 102 MILLION FOR MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

ALL THESE REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN EXISTING MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND WILL REQUIRE ENHANCED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION TO EFFICIENTLY DELIVER THESE PROJECTS ACROSS THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE SEVERAL GUIDING DOCUMENTS FOR THE EXISTING PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE COORDINATION AND PRIORITIZATION, INCLUDING THE IMAGINE AUSTIN PLAN FOR DZIEDZIC DIRECTION, 2023, THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AND THE BICYCLE PLAN HAD BEEN TRAILS, MASTER PLAN, AUSTIN CLIMATE PLAN, AND THE SIDEWALK AND ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW, THE 2021 DRAFT MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT THROUGH FEBRUARY 7TH AND WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A LATER AGENDA ITEM IN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE $80 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON HIGH AND VERY HIGH PRIORITY SIDEWALKS.

WITHIN ONE QUARTER MILE OF SCHOOLS, BUS STOPS AND PARKS, WHICH ADDRESS 20% OF THE IDENTIFIED ME AND THE BOND FUNDING WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN NEW SIDEWALKS AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING SIDEWALK.

NEXT SLIDE, THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE $80 MILLION OF BOND FUNDING FOCUSING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF 30% OF THE CITY'S TIER ONE, URBAN TRAILS IS IDENTIFIED IN THE URBAN TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND WILL PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TIER TWO URBAN TRAIL.

THE PROJECTS WILL ADDRESS BARRIERS TO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, EXCELLENT NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM, AND WE'LL SEE $1 MILLION TO WORK OR COMMUNITY LED PARTNERSHIPS OR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDED PROPORTIONAL MATCH FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU FORGOT TO SCHOOL RECEIVED 20 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING TO FOCUS ON HIGH AND VERY HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS ADVANCING HUNDREDS OF LOW COST HIGH VALUE PROJECTS ADDRESSING APPROXIMATELY 8% OF THE NEED ON THESE HIGH AND VERY HIGH RATED PROJECTS THAT LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO ANNA MARTIN ATD TO REVIEW THE REMAINING PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE 2020 BOND AND THE RESOURCE AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

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THANKS.

UM, CAN ME, OKAY.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO CAN CONTINUE IT ON WALKING THROUGH OUR PROGRAM BUCKETS.

UM, 2020 GIVES US 65 MILLION, UM, FOR VISION ZERO, AND THAT BUILDS UPON, UH, INVESTMENTS THAT WERE ALSO MADE IN 2016 AND 2018 WITH THE BONDS.

UM, THIS PROGRAM PLANS TO TACKLE SAFETY THROUGH SEVERAL APPROACHES, UM, CONTINUE CONTINUATION OF OUR RECONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR INTERSECTIONS REDUCTION IN HIGH-RISK SPEEDING, LOOKING AT SYSTEM WIDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS FED RESPONSE PROJECTS ON THE HIGH INJURY ROADWAYS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SMP PLEASE.

UM, 2020, IT GIVES US, UH, 40 MILLION, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR BIKE WAYS.

AND THAT'S AGAIN ON TOP OF 20 MILLION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DELIVERING AS PART OF THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PRIORITIES THAT IN THE 2014 BICYCLE PLAN AND IN THE 2019 ASM P THE FENDING WILL ALLOW US TO COMPLETE ABOUT 70% OF THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BIKEWAYS NETWORK.

AND A HALLMARK OF THE BIKE LANES PROGRAM IS TO WORK IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH OUR TRANSIT PROGRAM AND OUR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM, UH, TO DELIVER COMPLETE AND SAFE PROJECTS FOR EVERYONE.

IS ANTICIPATED TO GREATLY BENEFIT THE PLAN, METRO RAPID ROUTE, UM, PLEASANT VALLEY.

A NEW LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAM ESTABLISHED WITH THIS BOND IS FOR TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT.

UM, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM, AGAIN, AS I SAID, ESTABLISHED WITH 2020, BUT IT REALLY BUILDS ON A WORKING PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE ATD AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL METRO.

SO THESE FUNDS ARE FOR PROJECTS SEPARATE FROM PROPOSITION A AND THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE SPEED AND RELIABILITY OF OUR LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICE, AS WELL AS ENHANCING ACCESS TO TRANSIT.

BUT THIS MAY INCLUDE AN EXPANSION OF OUR MICRO MICRO MOBILITY FLEET AS WELL AS PARKING FOR THOSE DEVICES.

UM, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT ONE BUCKET HERE IS SUBSTANDARD STREETS.

AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AGAIN, BUILDING ON WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND.

UM, AS I'M SURE, UM, OUR COUNCIL AS WELL, WHERE WE STUDIED NINE SUBSTANDARD STREETS THAT WERE NAMED IN THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND AND IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS TO BRING THOSE STREETS UP TO CITY STANDARDS.

UM, SO THIS 53 MILLION IS SETTING US UP FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MANY OF THOSE ROADWAYS.

COUNCIL ASKED US TO PRIORITIZE JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD AND ROSS ROAD.

UM, AND WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OR GRANTS, UM, TO HELP US EXPAND THE REACH OF THIS 53 MILLION, UM, LOOK FOR WAYS TO, UM, IMPROVE THE OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE BUCKET AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, THE LAST MAJOR CATEGORY IS MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND THERE WERE FIVE NAMED PROJECTS IN THIS BUCKET.

UM, THE FIRST IN THE LONGHORN DAM BRIDGE AND THE FUNDING.

SO THE FUNDING HERE WILL CONSTRUCT A NEW PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADJACENT TO THE PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD CROSSING OF THE LONGHORN DAM.

UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT IS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE FENCE AND THE VERY NARROW SIDEWALK.

SO THIS IS A, UM, A MUCH ANTICIPATED, AN EXCITING PROJECT.

THE SECOND IS THE CONGRESS AVENUE URBAN DESIGN INITIATIVE, AND THIS WILL BRING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HEART OF CONGRESS AVENUE FROM THE LAKE UP TO THE CAPITOL ON THE THIRD, THIRD PROJECT IN THE BUCKET IS THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT.

AND AS PART OF THE FUNDING HERE, WE'LL PERFORM PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE NEAR AS IMPORTANT BETWEEN THERE AND ZILKER PARK, UM, SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.

IT'S ANOTHER NAME PROJECT.

UM, AGAIN, BUILDING ON THE WORK WE DID IN 2016, WE COMPLETED A QUARTER STUDY FOR SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.

UM, SO THIS, THE FUNDING IN THIS LARGE CAPITAL BUCKET IS INTENDED TO FILL A GAP IN THE CURRENT PLEASANT VALLEY ALIGNMENT JUST NORTH OF BEN WHITE.

AND THIS CONNECTION

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UM, THAT'S FUNDED AS PART OF THE PROPERTY AND FINALLY CORRIDOR PLACEMENT GAME.

UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED A, UM, A REALLY EXCITING AND ROBUST PLACEMAKING PROGRAM, UM, ALONG WITH THE QUARTER PROGRAMS WORK USING 2016 MOBILITY BOND.

SO AGAIN, FUNDING IN THIS LARGE CAPITAL DELIVERY BUCKET WILL ALLOW US TO EXTEND THE REACH OF THE PLACE-MAKING PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY PLANNED, UM, AS PART OF THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE WE'VE SHARED THIS GRAPHIC AND PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS, UM, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BUT I THINK IT SHOWS REALLY WELL THE BUILDUP OF 2016, 2018, AND NOW THE 2020 MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM, THE DARK BLUE AND THE LIGHT BLUE REPRESENT THE CURRENT WORKLOAD OF OUR TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING TO DELIVER THE 2016 AND 18 MOBILITY BONDS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE WITH THE SCALE NOW, BUT THERE IS A BIG JUMP UP BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 AND DELIVERY OF THE 2016 AND 2018 BOND.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

AND WE HAD ALWAYS PLANNED FOR, UM, IN 2021 AND 2022, THERE'LL BE OUR PEAK DELIVERY YEARS, BUT WITH A SLOW WIND DOWN AND 23 AND 24.

SO THE GREEN COLOR HERE REPRESENTS THE 2020 BOND.

WE HAVE DIVIDED OUR DELIVERY STRATEGIES INTO TWO CATEGORIES.

ONE WE'LL BE RAMPING UP OUR LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS TO DELIVER AT A HIGHER RATE PER YEAR THROUGH 2027.

AND THE SECOND STRATEGY BEING THAT, UM, SOME OF THE LARGER, LIKE THE SUBSTANDARD STREET BUCKET AND THE LARGE CIP BUCKET WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGH MORE TRADITIONAL, UM, CIP DELIVERY METHODS.

UM, ALONG WITH, UH, PROP B THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS GAVE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO STAFF IN A COUPLE AREAS.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING FOR Y'ALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH.

ONE WAS, UM, DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2020 BOND IN A MANNER THAT PRIORITIZES INVESTMENTS IN TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS.

SO EACH OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS CURRENTLY HAVE THE PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF OF FOR 2016.

UM, BUT PART OF OUR WORK THIS YEAR, UM, AS WE PREPARE FOR 2020 DELIVERY WILL BE TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE PRIORITIES PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORKS CRITICALLY, UM, AND INCORPORATE AN EQUITY EQUITY REVIEW INTO OUR ANNUAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN PROCESS.

UH, THE SECOND, UM, ITEM FROM THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT COUNCIL ASKED US TO DELIVER THIS PROGRAM WITHIN SIX YEARS OF APPROVAL OF THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

THE SIX YEAR TIMEFRAME IS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE.

UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPOUND THAT ON TOP OF THE 2018 AND THE 20, 2016 AND 2018 WORK WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

SO WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DELIVER THIS.

UM, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE INTENSE FOCUS FROM CITY HALL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STAFF LEVEL.

OUR PLAN FOR DELIVERY DEPENDS ON A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE ONBOARDING OF NEW STAFF, AS WELL AS BOND APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY TO GET OUR STARTUP STARTUP ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY.

THE REMAINDER OF 2021 WILL BE FOCUSED ON ONBOARDING NEW STAFF AND RAMPING UP THE DELIVERY CAPABILITIES OF OUR LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. UH, WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING THROUGH THE EQUITY ANALYSIS AND FRAMEWORK, UM, THAT I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.

UM, ADDITIONALLY DESIGNED CONTRACTS WILL BE INITIATED, UM, FOR OUR LARGER PROJECTS THAT FALL INTO THE TRADITIONAL CIP DELIVERY CATEGORY.

UH, WE PLAN TO BRING THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO COUNCIL IN 2022, WHICH WILL START THE SIX YEAR DELIVERY TIMELINE.

UM, IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THE COUNCIL, WE'RE NOT GONNA MISS A BEAT, UM, THROUGHOUT 2021, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DELIVER PROJECTS AS PART OF THE 2016 AND 2018 INVESTMENTS.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO I JUST WANT TO RECAP SOME KEY THEMES THAT STAFF HAS COALESCED AROUND AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE 2020 BOND.

UM, NO DOUBT.

THIS IS A HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB, UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK TO DELIVER THIS PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, 2021 WILL LARGELY BE A YEAR FOR CAPACITY BUILDING.

WE NEED TO

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ACCELERATE 2016 AND 2018, UM, STICK SOME OF THE BOTTLENECKS THAT HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THOSE PEAK DELIVERY YEARS OF, UM, 20, 22 THROUGH 2027, WE NEED TO CREATE MULTIPLE DELIVERY OPTIONS.

AND WE HAVE SOME, UM, SOME STRATEGIES PUT TOGETHER IN BOTH ATD AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THROUGH CONTRACTING, UM, TO MINIMIZE OUR RISK OVERALL, WE ARE ALREADY PRIORITIZING PLANNING AND DELIVERING, BUT THESE STEPS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AS WE TAKE ON, UM, TAKE ON A HIGHER WORKLOAD.

UM, AND FINALLY, UM, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN PROCESS.

UM, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE UPDATING THAT FRAMEWORK, UM, TO INCLUDE 20, 20, UM, AS WELL AS BRING CAPITAL METRO IN WITH THE, WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT INVESTMENTS.

AND THEN WE CAN BE LOOKING AT OUR MOBILE MOBILITY PORTFOLIO AS A WHOLE.

UM, AND I ALREADY DISCUSSED THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY THINKING THROUGH ABOUT HOW TO BEST INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE MAP PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL MID FEBRUARY, UM, FOR A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ALLOW US TO JUMPSTART THE CAPACITY BUILDING.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO USE A COMBINATION OF HIRING NEW STAFF, UTILIZING STAFF AUGMENTATION CONTRACTS, UM, AS WELL AS HIRING CONSULTANTS TO SUPPORT THE BOND DELIVERY.

SO THE HIRING AND TRAINING OF NEW STAFF OF COURSE TAKES TIME.

SO WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN THAT WORK IMMEDIATELY.

UH, SOME OF OUR NEW STAFF WILL BE DEPLOYED TO SPECIFIC AREAS TO HELP UNSTICK THE BOTTLENECKS THAT WE CURRENTLY, UM, CURRENTLY SEE, UM, WHICH WILL IN TURN, HELP US ACCELERATE THE 2016 AND 18 WORK.

THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO MEET THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS FASTER.

UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY BE REQUIRED BEYOND THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, UM, BUT WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD AND THROUGH THE TYPICAL BUDGET PROCESS IN, IN FUTURE YEARS.

SO THIS IS OUR 2020 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.

UM, JUST TWO SHORT MONTHS AGO THAT, UM, VOTERS APPROVED PROPERTY, UH, WE'VE BEEN SPENT SPENDING DECEMBER AND PART OF JANUARY NOW, UM, RESOURCE PLANNING AND STRATEGIZING OF HOW WE'LL UNDERTAKE THIS DELIVERY.

UM, YESTERDAY WE SPOKE TO BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, UM, TO TODAY, OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE AT MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

UM, WE ANTICIPATE A COUNCIL BRIEFING AND, UM, POTENTIAL ACTION MID FEBRUARY TO GIVE US THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

THE SPRING SUMMER AND FALL OF 2021 WILL BE SPENT AGAIN, UNDERTAKING THE CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT I DESCRIBED, UM, AND ALSO WORKING THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION AND EQUITY ANALYSIS, UM, FALL 2021.

I EXPECT THAT WE'LL START GETTING CONTRACTS OUT ON THE STREET.

UM, AND THEN PROJECT DELIVERY WILL START IN 2022, UM, AND RUN THROUGH 2027.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THERE'S ANOTHER TOUCH POINT WITH MOBILITY COMMITTEE, UM, THAT THE CPO, THE QUARTER PROGRAM OFFICE TEAM WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD.

UH, THE, THE PASSAGE OF PROP PAY HAS, UM, HAS SOME OVERLAPS WITH THE APPROVED QUARTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

SO THE CPO TEAM NACD HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT TEAM, UM, AND WE'LL BRING BACK INFORMATION TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE LIKELY NEXT MONTH, UM, ON RECOMMENDED CHANGES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT MY LAST SLIDE.

I WANT TO MENTION THAT IN ADDITION TO ME AND ERIC, UM, ROB SPILLER, MIKE TREMBLE, AND RICHARD MENDOZA, I BELIEVE ARE ALL AVAILABLE.

UM, SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE NEXT SLIDE.

I THINK BOTH, I THINK THE WRAP-UP SLIDE.

SO THE NEXT ONE, THANK YOU.

UM, THANKS, ANNA.

UM, SO LET'S SEE, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE QUESTIONS AND, UM, LET'S SEE.

PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.

WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR KITCHEN.

UH, THIS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

I KNOW WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE SOME SORT OF FRAMEWORK, YOU KNOW, EARLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY, POTENTIALLY.

AND IT, THIS IS COMING TO OUR COMMITTEE BEFORE WE'VE EVEN HAD OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING TOGETHER IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK SHOWS THE DEDICATION OF OUR TRANSPORTATION AND

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UM, I DO THINK THAT INCLUDING PROPS A AND B INTO THE EXISTING MAPPING THAT HAS THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLANS IS REALLY CREATIVE DECISIONS.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SEE, I KNOW SOMETHING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXPECTED.

I KNEW A TIMELINE, BUT I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOUR PROPOSITION AND WHERE IT IS ON THE LIST.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY CREATIVE WAY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE CLEARING FOR ALL THIS MOBILITY INFORMATION.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY AS WELL.

AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO DO ALL OF MINE IN ORDER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ALL HAVE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT I DID KNOW THAT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT 2016 AND 2018 BOTTLENECKS, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW THOSE BOTTLENECKS CAN HELP ADVISE NOT ONLY SOLVING SOME OF THOSE, BUT IN OUR PROPOSITION IMPLEMENTATION, MOVING FORWARD, ARE YOU GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION TO HELP MAKE SURE WE DON'T END UP WITH BOTTLENECKS FOR, FOR THESE PROPOSITIONS AS WELL? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND IF YOU THINK BACK TO 2016, THAT WAS THE SINGLE LARGEST MOBILITY INVESTMENT THAT, THAT WE HAD MADE AS A CITY.

SO WE'RE HALFWAY INTO DELIVERY OF THAT BOND.

SO OF COURSE, UM, THINGS HAVE COME TO LIGHT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED BACK IN 2016.

SO YES, I THINK THAT THE, UM, MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL BRING TO Y'ALL NEXT MONTH ARE GONNA HELP US GET SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN AREAS LIKE PERMITTING AS WELL AS SUPPORTING OUR SCIENCE AND MARKETING'S CREWS THAT DO A LOT OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION FOR US, UM, AMONGST SEVERAL OTHER RESOURCES.

SO, UM, YES, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT AND HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL UNSTICK SOME OF THESE BOTTLENECKS AND HELP HELP US DELIVER 20, 20 THAT'S.

THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF WORKS REALLY HARD, SO I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS TYPE OF SOLUTION.

UM, DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS? I KNOW THAT, UM, A LOT OF THESE PLANS HAVE THEIR OWN PRI PRIORITIZATION PROCESS BUILT INTO THEM, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PLANS, YOU'RE TRYING TO WEAVE TOGETHER, UM, HOW, HOW YOU'LL PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND LET THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT THINGS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I THINK WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A POEM, THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN PROCESS.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SIDEWALKS AND BIKEWAYS, AND ALL OF THESE LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL PLANS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THAT ROLLED UP INTO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.

SO EVERY YEAR THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT MAP PROCESS, ALL OF OUR GROUPS GET TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM OVER THE COURSE OF DAYS, UM, AND PLAN OUT OUR PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE'RE, UM, DELIVERING COMPLETE PROJECTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN WE USE OUR PLANS, UM, AND TWO, WE ALL, UM, WE ALL PLAN TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL CONTINUE FOR THE MO FOR THE LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. UM, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH SOME DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR THE SUBSTANDARD STREETS.

UM, AND WE'RE JUST STARTING ON THAT FRAMEWORK NOW, BUT THAT BUCKET IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IT'S MORE QUARTERLY OR WHAT WE DID BACK IN 2016.

SO WE'LL BE DIVING THROUGH THE NINE PLANS, UM, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AND PRIVATIZATIONS, UM, AND THEN SCOPING ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, FOR THE 53 MILLION.

SO I WOULD SAY THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES, BUT WE'LL JUST BUILD ON, UM, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND USE FROM 2016.

AND DO YOU KNOW ANY REALLY OUT PROJECTS, THEY MIGHT BE EARLY OFF THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

I DON'T THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2016, 18 AND 2020.

SO ALL OF 2021, WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING PROJECTS FROM THE MAP.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY CARES WHICH BUCKET IT'S FROM.

UM, THEY JUST WANT PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, HELP THEIR KIDS GET TO SCHOOL OR HELP THEM GET AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO YOU'LL CONTINUE, YOU'LL SEE A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF PROJECTS OF THIS NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S APPRECIATED.

UM, AND I'LL ASK ONE MORE AND THEN PASS IT OFF.

CAUSE I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR, UM, WHICH COMMISSIONS YOU MIGHT TAKE SOME OF THESE ITEMS TOO, LIKE OBVIOUSLY BOND OVERSIGHT WILL BE INVOLVED, WILL URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION BE INVOLVED OR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OR ANY OTHERS THAT WE SHOULD LET PEOPLE TO KIND OF BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE TOPICS COMING TO THEM? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE SET OUT JUST YET, BUT OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE ROUTINELY WORKED WITH BOND OVERSIGHT, OF COURSE, AS WELL AS THE BAC AND THE PAC, UM, URBAN TRANSFER CHASING COMMISSION, WE REVISIT A LOT

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AS WELL.

UM, I'LL ASK ANY OF MY, MY, UM, COWORKERS ON THE CALL IF THEY WANT TO JUMP IN, BUT, UM, WE'LL PLAN ON ROUTINELY CHECKING IN WITH THOSE COMMISSIONS AS WE GO.

EXCITING.

I HAVE A COUPLE MORE, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE THEIR OWN TO ASK, SO I'LL, I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A MOMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER FONTUS IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NEXT.

CHAIR KITCHEN.

SO I, IF YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, MY QUESTION WAS AROUND SUBSTANDARD STREETS PROJECTS AND HOW THOSE WILL BE PRIORITIZED.

I KNOW THAT THE STATESMAN RECENTLY DID AN ARTICLE ABOUT ROSS ROAD AND I GOT, I RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY THAT WANTED TO GO, UM, WHEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD START, UM, BECAUSE THE WAY WE HAD, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S A SHOVEL-READY PROJECT AND ALREADY HAS, I GUESS, THE FIRST SPACE OF THE PRE, UH, ENGINEERING REPORT COMPLETED.

AND THE ARTICLE ALLUDED TO THE TIMELINE STARTING IN 2023 FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO START THAT PROCESS SOONER, UM, GIVEN, UH, THE HIGH NEED IN THAT AREA.

AND SO CURIOUS FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.

AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE MEETING, UM, LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, AND IF THAT'S A BETTER TIME TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT THEN AS WELL.

WELCOME COUNCIL WHERE WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

UM, ROUSE ROAD IS DEFINITELY A CRITICAL NEED AND WE HAVE STEP ONE DONE COMPLETE OF MANY STEPS.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS COMPLETED PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT, WHICH OUTLINED, UM, THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR ROSS ROAD, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE FACTORS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER, UM, THE NEXT BIG STEP, WHICH WILL, WHICH PROBABLY IS ADDING TIME TO THE CLOCK AS HE SAW 20, 23 IS DESIGNED.

AND SO DESIGN FOR A LARGE PROJECT LIKE ROSS ROAD COULD TAKE 12 TO 18 MONTHS, I WOULD SAY.

AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO GET THROUGH.

FIRST, WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION.

WE NEED TO WORK WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, CAUSE THEY HAVE A PROJECT IN THE AREA AS WELL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GET INTO DESIGN OR TO PUBLICLY START LATE THIS YEAR OR 2022.

SO THAT TIMELINE IS PROBABLY ACCURATE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO ON OUR SIDE TO GET THAT GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, COUNSELOR ALTAR.

LET ME KNOW IF MY MICROPHONE ACTS UP AND HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH IT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

THIS IS, UM, A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DELIVER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE BEING FORTHRIGHT AND CANDID ABOUT THE SCALE OF WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF YOU AND WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE MAGNITUDE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PLANNING, UM, FOR THE SCALE OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF STAFF.

UM, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THIS IS A BOND AND SO WE HAVE SOME ROOM TO MANEUVER TO FUND STAFF FOR THAT.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE FORTHRIGHT ABOUT THAT.

SO I APPRECIATED, UM, THAT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, INTER PROGRAM COLLABORATION.

SO YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE KIND OF LOCAL MOBILITY BUCKET BY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HIGH PRIORITY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN MY DISTRICT MIGHT BE BIKE LANES.

UM, SO HOW IS THAT WORKING? UM, AND ACROSS DEPARTMENTS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, OUR TEAMS HAVE REALLY JUST ORGANICALLY ESTABLISHED THIS, THIS ONGOING DAY-TO-DAY COORDINATION.

SO OUR SAFE ROUTES PROGRAM WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE BIKEWAYS WHO WORKS WITH CYBER BOX AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

SO, UM, WE'LL LOOK AT SAY ROUTES HIGH, HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE BIKE WAS SEEING THE LAYER IN THEIR PLAN, WORK AND SIDEWALKS, AND WE'LL MANEUVER AND MOVE THINGS AROUND SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER A COMPLETE PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL OR, OR A COMMUNITY.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT COORDINATION IS ALWAYS ONGOING.

UM, AND IF THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS YOU'RE SEEING THAT YOU DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THE CONNECTIONS ARE BEING MADE, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, UM, OFFLINE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY TIED TO THE OTHER QUESTION, BUT IT IS RELATED IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE LANE PROJECTS THAT COULD DELIVER FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UM, MAY NOT BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR EVERY SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL, BUT THEY MIGHT BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR, FOR BIKE LINES AND, AND ONES THAT OVERLAP IN THAT WAY.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT IT WASN'T AT ALL APPARENT FROM THE PRESENTATION AND THE BUCKETS, HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT, ESPECIALLY, UM, IN MY DISTRICT THAT ISN'T FALLING INTO A LOT OF THE BUCKETS EXACTLY AS THEY ARE, UM, AND IS NOT IDENTIFIED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S HIGH AND VERY HIGH NEEDS, ET CETERA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING PROJECTS IN EVERY DISTRICT.

UM, SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

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I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND, UM, FUNDING FOR.

UM, SO AT SOME POINT I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PLAYS OUT IN PRACTICE, UM, ACROSS DISTRICTS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS EVERYWHERE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE FOLLOWING THE EQUITY GUIDELINES THAT WE HAD, BUT, UM, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR, UM, TO FOLKS AS TO HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AND HOW WE'RE, HOW WE ARE MEASURING THAT, UM, IN PRACTICE.

SO I LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS I DON'T HAVE TO BRING TODAY ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MASSIVE SCALE, UM, BETWEEN THIS AND THE MOBILITY BOND AND, AND PROP A, HOW ARE WE, UM, HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CONTRACTORS THERE AND THE WORKER PROTECTIONS THERE, UM, THAT ARE LIVING IN ALLOW US TO SCALE THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE PIECE OF THIS IS OUR STAFF AND WHAT HAPPENS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, OUR STAFF DON'T ACTUALLY GO OUT AND BUILD THE PROJECTS WE CONTRACT WITH OTHER FOLKS, UM, AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT WITH SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION PLANNED, UM, HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT MAKING THAT EASIER AND SIMPLER? AND THAT IS GREAT.

THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, ADDED TO THAT LIST, ANOTHER MASSIVE PROJECT FOR OUR REGION.

UM, I, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A HUGE RISK FOR US AS A CITY FOR US AND FOR CAPITAL METRO AND FOR TEXT OUT, OF COURSE, WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME AND BUILD THESE PROJECTS FOR US.

UM, AND WE PLAN TO BUILD ON A LOT OF THE WORK WE STARTED WITH 2016.

SO THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT FOR, UM, OUTREACH TO THE CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY, UM, ESPECIALLY, UM, TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR SMB, OUR PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE CONSISTENTLY OUT AT THOSE GROUPS TELLING THEM WHAT'S COMING, TRYING TO BREAK PROJECTS INTO DISCREET, UH, PIECES SO THAT SMALLER CONTRACTORS CAN BID ON CERTAIN ELEMENTS, UM, REALLY UTILIZING KIND OF ALL OF THE ABOVE STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT MORE VENDORS TO OUR AREA.

UM, ERIC, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT ON POINT IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL OUTREACH SO WE CAN GET MORE CONTRACTORS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT WE CAN ON OUR SIDE, IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT OUT TO BID, UTILIZING ID IQ CONTRACTING.

SO WE CAN GET SMALLER CONTRACTORS INVOLVED AND SORT OF TRY AND SPREAD THE WORD, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SIZES AND AVAILABILITY AND CAPACITY OF, OF CONTRACTORS THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREA AND AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO OTHER CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF TEXAS.

SO EVERYONE AT LEAST IS AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE IN AUSTIN.

SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF UNDER CONTROL OF LIKE ATD OR PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, BUT I, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LEVERAGE THESE PROGRAMS FROM THE WORKFORCE SIDE, WHETHER IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, OR ACC, OR, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT, WE CAN HAVE AS MANY CONTRACTORS, WE WANT IT, BUT IF THEY HAVE NOBODY THAT THEY CAN HIRE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, UM, HELPED PEOPLE SEE THIS AS A VIABLE VOCATIONAL CHOICE, UM, WE CAN'T, THEY CAN'T HIRE, UM, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SORT OF UNDER THE RUBRIC OF ATD OR PUBLIC WORKS.

AND SO I JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, CONSIDER AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S RIGHT PEOPLE IN YOUR OFFICES THAT WE WOULD TALK TO, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM? UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES THAT ARE MOVING HERE.

UM, WE HAVE GOT TO GROW THAT WORKFORCE AND WE HAVE PEOPLE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE OUT OF WORK, UM, WHO COULD BE UPSKILLED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO HELP, UM, BUILD OUT ALL THESE PROJECTS.

AND, AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I WOULD HATE FOR US TO, TO MISS.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON WHO WE CONNECT MORE UP WITH ON THAT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE SEEN AS PART OF OUR WORKFORCE PLANS, PER SE.

THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS.

I KNOW, UM, WE INCLUDED SOME ON THE JOB TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF THE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

SO I THINK THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S BUILDING, UM, BUT REALLY GREAT COMMENTS.

AND I'LL TAKE THESE BACK TO, UM, CCO AND SOME OF OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND SEE, WE CAN KIND OF GET MOVING.

WE JUST, WE SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF COORDINATING ACROSS ATD AND PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THEN JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NORMALLY YOUR BALLY WICK TO DO THAT.

AND SO

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UM, BUT, BUT WE NEED, WE NEED A THINK ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S PROMINENT ON OUR RADAR SCREEN, THEN IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS IS DIRECTOR MENDOZA.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TEAM AND CONTRACTOR, WHERE WE INVITED THE CONTRACTING COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND TALK TO US AND OTHER SPONSORS ABOUT CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES IN TO COURSE TO THE, ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH WE KIND OF EMULATED FROM TEXTILE.

THEY'VE HAD A MATURE PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS.

SO WE RIGHTLY ANTICIPATED PARTNERSHIP WITH CCO AND SMB ARE TO DEVELOP OUR CONTRACTING CAPACITY GOING FORWARD.

OF COURSE, CONTINUE THOSE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT AS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, COME THROUGH THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN SAVE AS WORKERS.

UM, COUNCILMEMBER ALTERS THAT.

UM, ARE YOU, I'M DONE.

UM, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND.

UM, ALSO, SO, UM, UM, I WANT TO TALK, UH, I WANT TO ASK FIRST, THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK, UM, I'VE HEARD FROM SOME IN THE PUBLIC.

AND, UM, SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL JUST EXPLAIN THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, PASSED A NUMBER OF BONDS IN RECENT YEARS.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOVING FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY WITH THESE BONDS, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD.

UM, BUT HOW THAT RELATES TO OUR OTHER BONDS AND IN 2018, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE TRANSPORTATION BONDS WILL NOT DELAY OR SLOW DOWN OUR HOUSING BONDS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ISSUANCE OF OUR HOUSING BONDS, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU ALL TO SPEAK TO THAT.

CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST MOST CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR MENDOZA, AGAIN.

YES, OF COURSE WE, UH, THE VOTERS DID PASS THE SIZABLE 2018, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE BOND, ANY OF THOSE SUPPORT, OUR OTHER STRATEGIC OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREAS OF CULTURE, LIFELONG LEARNING, OUR LIBRARIES, OUR PARKS, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUING.

AND, UH, UH, UH, UH, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE DID IN PUBLIC WORKS KIND OF A LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CENTRAL LIBRARY PROJECT WAS WE STOOD UP A DEDICATED VERTICAL ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPETE FOR INTERNAL RESOURCES WITH YOUR OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIVISION WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.

SO THAT TEAM IS LED BY OUR CITY ARCHITECT, JANICE WHITE, AND, UM, THEIR BASELINE SCHEDULES ARE GONNA REMAIN INTACT AND BE NON-AFFECTED BY THE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD THAT WE ARE HAVING.

AND WE'RE, WE ARE DEVELOPING A SIMILAR TACT FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN TERMS OF SETTING UP A DEDICATED, UH, ROTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT WILL DEVELOP ONGOING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIARITY WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS WITH THE LOCAL MOBILITY TEAMS. AND WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST TACK GOING FORWARD, BUT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY IMPACT TO THE VERTICAL SIDE, IF YOU WILL, FROM 2018 AND THOSE OTHER, UH, VERY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FROM THE ADDITION OF THE 2020, UH, TRASH MOBILITY BLOCK.

SO OUR ABILITY TO ISSUE THE, UH, THE BONDS, YOU KNOW, ARE WITHIN OUR LIMITATIONS OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL PARAMETERS, THE ABILITY TO ISSUE THESE BONDS, I'M UNDERSTANDING WILL NOT DELAY ISSUANCE OF HOUSING BONDS IN PARTICULAR.

AND SO, UH, CAN YOU ALL SPEAK TO THAT? I SEE THEM BEING DACA.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, UM, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. MENDOZA WITH REGARD TO THE OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF IT, AND THAT'S REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT AND GOOD TO HEAR.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO CONFIRM IT WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE ACTUAL ISSUANCE OF BOND DOLLARS, RIGHT.

UM, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOP BACK WITH, WITH THE CFO'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF THE BOND DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE MOBILITY OUTCOME.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, UM, ANY INTERRUPTION IN ISSUANCE OF THOSE BONDS.

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AND NO INTERRUPTION OF THE, UH, TIMELINE FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS UNDER THE, UH, 2018.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT COUNSEL WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T, I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE, I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE, UM, HAVE UNANTICIPATED RESULTS FROM THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, URGENCY AND, AND TIMELINE WITH REGARD TO OUR HOUSING BONDS.

SO IT SOUNDS TO ME, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS POINT IS THAT THERE IS NOT AN IMPACT, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE CLARIFIED WITH CFOS ON.

THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION AND THAT RELATES TO, UM, THAT PRIORITIZATION, UM, PROCESS, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, MAYBE ASK ABOUT, UM, I, UH, I WOULD, UH, MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT, UM, WHEN Y'ALL GET TO THE, THE, WHEN Y'ALL WORK THROUGH YOUR PROCESSES AND YOUR IDENTIFIED PROJECTS FOR PRIORITIZATION THAT YOU INCORPORATE INTO YOUR PROCESS, BRINGING THOSE BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, AND THIS COMMITTEE, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE GOING FORWARD.

AND ALSO AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN, UM, SHARE INFORMATION AND, UM, AND PROVIDE INPUT INTO THAT PROCESS.

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHAT NORMALLY OCCURS THROUGH OUR CIP PROCESS PERHAPS, OR THROUGH OTHER PROCESSES.

AND I THINK, UM, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED A, UM, WELL, THE ANNUAL MOBILITY PLAN, UM, REGARDLESS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE PROCESS, A TOUCHPOINT BACK WITH THE COUNCIL.

AND IDEALLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD THINK THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO, UM, APPROVE THE PRIORITIZATION, UM, SCHEDULES.

SO CAN YOU ALL SPEAK TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS IS ROBERT SPILLER DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT PRIORITIZED THE PROJECT YET.

UH, AND THAT'S A VERY FLUID PROCESS.

AND OF COURSE WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AS YOU'VE REQUESTED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WILL BE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS A SIX YEAR PROGRAM, AND SO WE'LL HAVE AN OVERALL SORT OF CONCEPT OF THE PRIORITIZATION.

AND THEN FROM YEAR TO YEAR IS PROJECT SHIFT AROUND, UH, IT'S OUR PLAN TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL AND AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN ON THAT YEAR'S EFFORTS.

AS YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF OUR EFFORTS, WE WILL ALL IDENTIFY A PROJECT AND PRIORITIZE IT FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LO AND BEHOLD, WE FIND, UH, SOMETHING IN THE WAY THAT PREVENTS US FROM KEEPING THAT, THAT SCHEDULE.

AND WE TRY TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU IN THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, UH, THAT THAT'S SORTA JUST WHAT HAPPENS WITH CONSTRUCTION.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO AT THE LAST MINUTE SHIFT PRIORITIES BECAUSE, UM, THAT THERE'S AN INTERVENING ISSUE, UH, BUT WE'VE REALLY DEVELOPED, I THINK, A GOOD ANNUAL WORK PLAN CONCEPT IN WITH THE 2016 BOND.

AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING THAT PROCESS, UH, AFTER THE INITIAL PRIORITIZATION, AS ANNA SAID, AND, AND, AND, UH, ERIC SAID, UH, WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PRIORITIZATION AND THE EQUITY ANALYSIS AND SO FORTH, UH, THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO, AND, AND THE ACTIONS WE'LL BE ASKING OF YOU WILL NOT CHANGE THAT COURSE.

WE WILL STILL BE DOING THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I THINK YOU HAD SOME MORE QUESTIONS.

LIKE QUARTERLY, I MEAN, ANNUALLY, OR WOULD IT BE MORE BASED ON IF PHASES AND MILESTONES? SO IF, ONCE WE GET THROUGH A, B AND C, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT STEPS TO ANTICIPATE, HAVE YOU SORTED THROUGH THAT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE STILL FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I DID.

I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS DIALOGUE BECAUSE THERE'S KIND OF THINGS ROLLING AROUND IN MY HEAD AS, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS.

AND I KNOW IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE CIRCLED BACK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PARTICULAR BOND, UM, IS THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN SITE GOING TO BE THE MAIN CLEARING HOUSE FOR THE INFORMATION, OR WILL THERE BE IT, WILL THERE BE A SEPARATE LANDING PAGE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THIS ONE, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF A STAGNANT PAGE? CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE ONE SPOT OR KIND OF A PROMPT BE LOCALE TO ATTACK AS WELL? WE'RE STILL IRONY, NOT THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON A LOT OF THE TOOLS THAT WE DEVELOPED AS PART OF 2016.

SO WE RELY PRETTY HEAVILY ON, UM, THE LANDING PAGE FOR THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, THAT SHOWS THE STATUS OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

UM, AND WE DO A LOT OF STORYBOARDING AND, UM, AND LINKS FROM THAT PAGE.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON SOME OF THOSE TOOLS AND THEN, UM, DETERMINING WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO, UM, TO BE TELLING THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ONE AND 20.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, ANOTHER THOUGHT I HAD, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD TOUCHED ON WAS WILL WE BE GETTING UPDATES ACCORDING TO CERTAIN TIMELINES,

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I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE ON JANUARY 21ST, I WOULD THINK, UM, BY MARCH OR APRIL, PERHAPS, UM, UH, CHECK IN AGAIN WITH THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OR PERHAPS A MEMO OUTLINE, OUTLINE THE REPORTING STRUCTURES.

BUT, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED, I THINK IN THE PREVIOUS, UM, QUESTION WE'LL WE'LL PLAN ON FREQUENT VISITS TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE AS SOME OF THE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT WE, UM, ROUTINELY CONSULT WITH.

UM, AND IS THERE GOING TO BE ONE MAIN STAFF POINT OF CONTACT OR IS IT GOING TO BE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN A COUPLE OF PLACES LIKE A FINANCE PERSON, A PUBLIC WORKS PERSON AND A TRANSPORTATION PERSON? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE DETAILS YET? YEAH, WELL THEY, ERIC AND I ARE IT FOR RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF ROBIN RICHARD AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS. UM, AND IF THOSE CONTEXTS CHANGE OR EVOLVE, WE'LL BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU.

THAT'S APPRECIATED.

UM, EXCUSE ME, I'M SPILLER AGAIN ON MATT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SINGLE MOBILITY BOND, $460 MILLION, IT REALLY FUNDS A WHOLE RANGE OF PROJECTS.

AND SO EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE SIMPLY FUNDING THOSE PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO IT'S REALLY ON MORE LIKE A COLLECTION OF, OF MOBILITY BONDS THAT WE'RE DOING ALL AT ONCE.

AND SO WE HEAR YOU, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR YOU TO HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.

WE WILL WORK ON THAT SO THAT WE TRY TO COORDINATE ACROSS ALL THE PIECES.

I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

UH, TURN THAT INFORMATION BACK TO CONSTITUENTS.

IF WE KNOW WE'RE ALL GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION AND THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR US TO SHARE, RIGHT.

OF THE THINGS I HEAR QUITE A BIT, UM, IS PLAY FINDING.

WE WANT TO DO THAT TRIAGE FOR YOU ON OUR SIDE TO MAKE THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS THE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, MR. BAILEY HAD, UH, DISCUSSED IN, IN A BIT OF DETAIL, THE IDQ CONTRACTS.

AND SO I KNOW A LOT OF US KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I KNOW THERE MAY BE PEOPLE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH GREAT INTEREST.

UM, BUT ID IQ CONTRACTS ARE INDEFINITE DELIVERABLE, INDEFINITE QUANTITY, WHICH IN MY USUALLY WORKS AS A ROTATION LIST WHERE YOU HAVE 10 QUALIFIED FIRMS AND AS THE PROJECTS BECOME, SHOVEL-READY, THIS ONE ON THE LIST GETS A PROJECT.

IS THAT HOW YOU'RE THINKING OF THIS WORKING? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW YOU BREAK IT OUT.

UM, REALLY IT'S, IT'S ONE CONTRACTOR WHO PROPOSES.

THAT'S AWESOME.

EXCUSE ME.

COULD YOU, COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, MAYBE COULD CLOSER, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE LOUDER TOO.

UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY A ROTATION LIST.

CAUSE THE ROTATION LISTS ARE REALLY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS WHERE WE WOULD IDENTIFY A CONTRACTOR.

LET'S SAY IT'S A SIDEWALK ID IQ.

SO WE PUT OUT A, UM, UH, AN IFB OR BASICALLY ROUGH QUANTITIES AND WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

AND USUALLY THERE'S A RENEWAL PERIOD ON THERE AS WELL.

AND SO THEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE GIVEN TO THAT CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM WORK UNDER THE ID IQ.

AND SO THOSE CAN OFTENTIMES DEPEND ON SIZE AND LOCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THE IDEA WITH THAT ID IQ CONTRACTING WOULD BE TO TRY AND KEEP THOSE, UH, IFPS ON THE SMALLER SIDE.

SO THAT WAY IT OPENS UP THE BIDDING FIELD TO MORE CONTRACTORS, UM, AS WELL AS DOING MULTIPLE ID IQ FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DIVIDE IT GEOGRAPHICALLY, YOU CAN DIVIDE IT BY DISTRICT.

YOU CAN GET DIVIDED UP A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IT IS A GOOD WAY TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION OR PROJECTS THAT DON'T REALLY FACE PERMITTING OR ENGINEERING DESIGN KIND OF CHALLENGES IF WE'RE GOING OUT.

AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, CRACKED SIDEWALK THAT WE WANT TO REPLACE AND THERE'S NO TREES IN THE WAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD CANDIDATE FOR AN ID IQ SIDEWALK PROJECT, UM, THAT OF COURSE CAN APPLY TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, SIGNALS AND SIGNS AND MARKINGS AND, UM, BIKEWAYS AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT ID IQ TO GET WORK OUT IN THE FIELD QUICKLY IS REALLY THE POINT ON, ON PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY COMPLEX FROM A DESIGN OR PERMITTING PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S APPRECIATED.

I, UH, THANKS FOR GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW, HOW THOSE CONTRACTS WOULD WORK.

UM, ARE THERE ANY IDEAS FOR THE SIGNAGE? I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SOME CREATIVE THINGS.

Y'ALL HAD DONE SOME CREATIVE, THE BIKE SIGNAGE AND DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY, BUT AS WE DO THINGS LIKE URBAN TRAILS OR BIKE LANES AND OTHER AREAS, IS THERE, UM, AN INTENT RIGHT NOW TO IMPROVE UPON OUR BIKE, SIGNAGE, UM, OPTIONS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING WITH THIS? WELL, ONE

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SO IF YOU'RE ON A TRAIL, WHERE DOES THAT TAKE YOU? UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME THOUGHT IN, THERE'VE BEEN TRAILS PROGRAM ABOUT HOW TO REVAMP AND UPDATE THEIR WAYFINDING.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR, UM, ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IN 2021.

THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

I KNOW AS I BUY IT'S NEAR THE CAP METRO STATION NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE ONE THAT CAME IN AHEAD OF TIME AND UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR.

UM, AT FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE TRICKY FOR ME TO NAVIGATE ON A BIKE.

AND SO IT JUST GOT ME THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE MAY BE NEW TO COMMUTING BY BICYCLE, HOW DO WE MAKE IT A LITTLE, HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO, TO TRY THAT AND TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING INTO NO, THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING SOMETIMES.

UM, IT GETS A LITTLE SCARY WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF A LANE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO.

UM, SO I, I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT BIKES, SIGNAGE, OR PAINT COLORS.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR DIFFERENT MOBILITY OPTIONS.

UM, SO I KNOW THAT'S ON YOUR MIND AND WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK WITH THIS PROPOSITION COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

SO, UM, UH, EVEN ABSENT OF THIS BOND PROGRAM, IT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION.

SO THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND MY LAST THOUGHT WOULD BE, UM, SEEING AS HOW COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR HAD LED ON THE CREATION OF THE CONSERVATION CORPS.

I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE INITIATIVES TO, TO BENEFIT EACH OTHER.

SO I HADN'T DUG INTO IT ENOUGH OR EVEN REALLY SPOKEN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ABOUT IF, IF YOU KNOW, I'M SURE SHE'S GOT HER HANDS ON IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I THOUGHT IF THERE WERE ANY, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP IF THEY HAVE THE SAME GOAL AND ARE ANYTHING'S HAPPENING IN THE SAME SPACES, THAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION YES.

INTO THAT COUNSEL ROLE.

UM, YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH THE HLC AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO SOME OF THE WORKFORCE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS ASKING BEFORE.

THIS IS LESS ABOUT THE CONTRACTORS AND MORE ABOUT, UH, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS.

BUT, BUT I THINK, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY A WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, UM, PROJECTS AND, UM, MY OFFICE.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON WE CAN CONNECT YOU UP WITH? WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE, A TRIPLE C WORK, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME INTERESTING OVERLAP, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR RAISING THAT THAT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE.

AND SOME OF HER ELLIS, I THINK THAT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ULTRA HAS BEEN WORKING ON SHEPHERDING THAT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT THIS MIGHT CREATE SOME REALLY COOL SYNERGIES THERE.

SO, UM, LET'S SEE.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES FOR THIS HOUR, A LOT OF TIME.

UH, ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER QUENTIN'S DID YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.

ELOQUENT QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OR, OKAY.

I HAVE ONE, ONE LAST ONE.

I DID YOU, DID YOU FINISH YOURS? COUNCILMEMBER ELLS? I DID.

I GOT MY QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL CAN DO IT.

UH, WELL, UM, I HAVE ONE OTHER, UH, WELL ACTUALLY IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.

I JUST, IT'S TRULY JUST A POINT THAT I, THAT I WANNA MAKE.

CAUSE I KNOW THAT, UH, FOLKS, UM, UH, IN SOUTH AUSTIN, UH, CONTINUALLY ASK ABOUT THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN THAT THE DEATH OF BERKS FROM SPUR, UH, TRAIL IS ONE OF OUR, I THINK IT'S A TIER ONE TRAIL.

AND SO IT'S ONE THAT WOULD BE IN THE MIX FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS.

AND SO JUST WANT TO REASSURE FOLKS IN SOUTH AUSTIN.

UM, AND THEN I'M ALSO JUST, I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO PICK OUT PARTICULAR PROJECTS, REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS HERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A NOD TO THE PLEASANT VALLEY PROJECT, WHICH IS JUST GOING TO CREATE GREAT SYNERGIES WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND THE BRT ALONE THERE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT I KNOW OUR STAFF IDENTIFIED A WHILE BACK AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT FUNDING THROUGH CAMPO AND OTHER MEANS.

AND SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT.

SO, UH, THANKS EVERYONE.

THIS IS A, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ON TOP OF THAT.

THIS, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM, UM, IS, IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE DEMONSTRATED OVER THE YEARS WITH THE, UM, 2018 BONDS THAT YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET BIG PROJECTS DONE.

AND SO, SO WE JUST, YOU KNOW, SO THE VOTERS HAVE NOW GIVEN YOU, AND WE JUST GAVE YOU AN EVEN TALLER.

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SO, UM, AND I, I LIKED THE GRAPHIC.

I LIKE THE LITTLE GRAPHIC WITH THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, SO, OKAY GUYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME TODAY.

THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.

[3. Update on Red Line Parkway (15 minutes).]

UM, SO ADAM, EVERYONE IS UPDATE, UM, ON THE RED LINE PARKWAY AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO, UH, FOR THAT UPDATE.

SO CERTAIN WHO IS GIVING US THE UPDATE, BUT IF WE'LL HAVE THOSE BRING THOSE FOLKS IN.

OH, AND, UM, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAY BE TRYING TO GET IN.

OKAY, GREAT.

URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM.

EVERYONE HEAR ME? OKAY.

UM, YES WE CAN.

AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL WELCOME.

WE ARE NOW ON OUR SECOND, UM, BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH RELATES TO THE RED LINE PARKWAY.

AND I HAVE PRESENTATIONS.

I'M HOPING THAT THAT IS BEING BROUGHT UP.

UM, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE RED LINE TRAIL KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THEN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RED LINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE.

AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO TOM WALL WITH THE RED LINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE TO TALK ABOUT HIS ORGANIZATION.

WE NEED TO LET TOM WALDEN ALSO.

UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO HAD HIM, AS I SAID, I WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW TALK ABOUT WHAT'S COMPLETED OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS AND THEN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND THEN WE'LL LEAVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS.

EXCELLENT.

THERE WE GO.

UM, SO AN OVERVIEW OF THE REDLINE TRAIL, THIS IS A 32 MILE PROPOSED TRAIL NETWORK THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE AND IT FOLLOWS CAPITAL METRO'S RED LINE RAIL FROM DOWNTOWN AUSTIN TO LEANDER AND ABOUT 10 MILES OF TRAIL CURRENTLY EXIST.

BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT SOME OF THIS IS, UM, ALONG NEW HOPE DRIVE IN CEDAR PARK.

SO IT'S STILL CONNECTED TO REDLINE TRAIL, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THIS 32 MILES.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING FOR COMPLETING THIS WHOLE CORRIDOR.

SO THEN WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE COMPLETED SEGMENTS.

UM, ONE OF THE LONGER PIECES IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

UM, AND IT RUNS FROM ABOUT HOLLY SHORES UP INTO CHERRYWOOD AND PASS STATION.

AND THIS IS ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT A UNIFORM SEGMENT.

SO PART OF IT IS THE, I DUNNO, STREET PROTECTED BIKE LANES, WHICH IS PICTURED HERE.

AND THEN ANOTHER PART IS KIND OF THE STANDARD URBAN TRAIL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE HERE OF UPPER BOGGY CREEK TRAIL, WHICH OPENED IN 2019 AND IS A 15 FOOT CONCRETE TRAIL THAT RUNS FROM, UM, 12TH STREET TO MLK STATION.

PROJECT IS IT WILL BE AUSTIN'S FIRST SEPARATED, DUAL-TRACK URBAN TRAIL.

AND THEN ANOTHER COMPLETED SEGMENT IS A LONG AIRPORT BOULEVARD.

SO HERE YOU SEE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OFF STREETS.

UM, TOTALLY OFF STREETS, SEPARATED TRIAL, BUT IT'S STILL THIS NICE SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE AIRPORT.

AND THIS CONNECTS FROM HIGHLAND TO CRESTVIEW STATION STATION NEXT.

AND THEN UP NORTH, THERE ARE TWO EXISTING SEGMENTS, ONE NEAR LAKELAND STATION, AND THEN ONE PICTURED HERE AT AVERY RANCH.

YOU CAN SEE THE MAP THAT SHOWS BOTH OF THESE SEGMENTS.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

SO THEN FOR ACTIVE PROJECTS, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON LOWER BOGGY CREEK TRAIL, AND THIS WILL EXTEND FROM ROSEWOOD TO 12TH STREET AND CONNECT TO THE UPPER BOGGY CREEK TRAIL.

IT'S AS SHOWN EARLIER.

AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THIS

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SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE, THERE'S TWO PATHS.

ONE IS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE MOVING SLIGHTLY SLOWER.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS THIS WIDER PATH FOR BICYCLISTS OR PEOPLE ON WHEELS MOVING FASTER.

SO THIS ALLOWS JUST A MORE COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AND CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE COMPLETE IN MID FEBRUARY.

AND THEN ANOTHER ACTIVE PROJECT IS THE PORTION FROM NORTHERN WALNUT CREEK TRAIL TO BREAKER.

SO THIS WILL CONNECT THE WALNUT CREEK TRAIL SYSTEM SOUTH TO BREAKER AND THE AUSTIN FC STADIUM.

AND THIS IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED BROADMORE STATION AND IT'LL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL CONNECTION, CONNECTING PEOPLE BOTH TO THE CAT METRO STATIONS AND TO THE FUTURE OF STADIUM, WHICH CAN HELP MOVE PEOPLE AROUND ON GAME DAY.

SO THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTING THE URBAN TRAIL NETWORKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THEN WE ALSO ARE PARTNERING WITH REDLINED PARKWAY INITIATIVE, WHICH FOCUSES JUST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS RED LINE CORRIDOR.

AND AS REMINDER, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION IN 2019, THAT CALLED FOR THE FORMATION OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND REDLINED PARKWAY INITIATIVE.

AND THIS IS ALMOST FINALIZED UNDER LEGAL REVIEW NOW, UM, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT PARTNERS IS THAT THEY CAN HELP BY LEVERAGING VOLUNTEERS AND PRIVATE RESOURCES.

SO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS MODELED OFF OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY AND THEN OTHER TRAIL PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH VERY FREQUENTLY, OUR HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, AND WATERLOO GREEN, MY, AND THERE I'M SURE ARE OTHERS AS WELL.

UM, KATIE, EXCUSE ME REAL QUICK.

I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN HERE IF I COULD SHARE JUST BRIEFLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, TOM, UH, MY OFFICE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIM AND WITH STAFF ON, UH, THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PARKWAY INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP.

AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO ADVANCE THIS FRAMEWORK, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THE, THE, THE TRAIL ON THE GROUND.

SO THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO'S ON THIS CALL TODAY WHO HAVE BEEN SO DILIGENTLY WORKING ON IT.

APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

AND THEN THIS WAS A GREAT TRANSITION THAT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO TOM WALL TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE'S BEEN DOING.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL BOTH BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

SO TOM, IF YOU'RE READY.

BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE THAT 35 CROSSINGS AT FOURTH STREET HANCOCK CENTER AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD ARE CAR-FREE IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING CONNECTIONS AND TRANS AMENITIES ALONG .

I DON'T HAVE SLIDES.

I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND START.

UH, TOM WALDECK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RED LINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE SUPPORTING 32 MILES.

RIGHT.

TOM, COULD YOU, I'M SORRY, TOM, IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT AND, AND PERHAPS WE CAN TAKE DOWN THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER BETTER.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, TOM.

YEAH, I HOPE THE AUDIO IS A BIT BETTER.

UH, SO YEAH, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE 32 MILE TRAIL ALONG THE CAPITAL METRO REDLINE AND JUST VERY BRIEF HISTORY IN 2004 CAPITAL METRO AREA VOTERS APPROVED THE RED LINE METRO RAIL IN ADDITION TO APPROVING RIGHT AWAY FOR THE RED LINE RAIL OR RED LINE TRAIL AND CAPITOL METRO HAD HOPED TO COMPLETE THE TRAIL BY 2019.

AND SINCE THAT WASN'T ON TRACK, WE FOUNDED THE INITIATIVE IN 2017 TO ACCELERATE COMPLETION.

AND IN SUMMER 2019, I BEGAN AS FULL-TIME STOCK WITH THE INITIATIVE.

AND AS ALREADY DISCUSSED, UH, IN EARLY STEP FOR OUR ORGANIZATION WAS TO FORMALIZE OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH THE TWO PRIMARY AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE RED LINE TRAIL, UH, AND THAT OUR CAPITAL METRO AND CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, 2019 AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'LL MENTIONED, AND KATIE HAD MENTIONED, UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PURSUE A PARTNERSHIP AND CAPITAL METRO DID THE SAME WITH, OR THEIR BOARD DID THE SAME WITH THEIR STAFF.

UH, OUR WORK IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR PROGRAMS AND THAT THOSE ARE PLANNED THE PARKWAY FUND, THE PARKWAY, BUILD THE PARKWAY AND ACTIVATE THE PARKWAY IN 2020.

WE MADE PROGRESS IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.

UH, WE CONTINUED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PARKWAY PLANNING.

WE HELPED ENSURE ROOM FOR THE, FOR THE PARKWAY THROUGH SEVERAL NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY IN COLLABORATION WITH URBAN TRAIL STAFF.

UH, WE HAVE

[01:05:01]

UH, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON ACTIVE RED LINE TRAIL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE BUGGY CREEK TRAIL RAKER TO WALNUT CREEK PROJECT AND SOME INTERIM ON STREET CONNECTIONS.

WE ALSO WORK WITH THE CITY OF LANDER STAFF TO CREATE A NEW TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE LEANDER STATION THAT IS EXPECTED TO OPEN BY NEXT YEAR.

AND WE WORK WITH PEER ORGANIZATIONS, CITY COUNCIL, AND OTHERS TO SUPPORT PARKWAY FUNDING THROUGH PROPS B AND A IN NOVEMBER AND OTHER WORK AS WELL LAST YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR, UH, WE WILL WORK TO SECURE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING TO RAMP UP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKWAY PLAN.

UH, WITH THE ANSWER BEGAN THIS SUMMER AND A TARGET FOR COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE PLAN IN EARLY 2022, WE AIM TO HELP BRING CAPITAL METRO INTO ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL RAILS, WITH TRAILS, BEST PRACTICES, INCLUDING FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES OR CONSTRAINED AREAS, UH, TO FORMALIZED PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL A QUARTER OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HELP ENSURE ADOPTION OF THE PARKWAY PLAN, UH, ALSO TO BROADEN SUPPORT, TO FUND THE PARKWAY AND OR COOPERATION AT THE TIME THAT THE PARKWAY IS IMPLEMENTED.

AND OF COURSE ALSO IN 2021, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, CONTINUE WORKING ON CAR-FREE CROSSINGS FOR THE PARKWAY AT HIGH 35 AND ALSO AT LAMAR AND TO HOST WALKING, BICYCLING, RUNNING, AND OTHER EVENTS ALONG THE PARKWAY.

UH, OF COURSE, ONCE LOCAL HEALTH CONDITIONS PERMIT, AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.

AND I'LL, UH, BRING THE FLOOR BACK TO KATIE.

SO DO WE HAVE A QUESTIONS FOR, UM, FOR THESE FOLKS ON THE RED LINE PARKWAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I COULD COME UP WITH ONE THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE HAD, HAD BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.

UM, DO YOU HAVE AN EXPECTED TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION? IS THAT KIND OF UP TO HOW YOU GET THE FUNDING AND HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN MOVE ON THESE PROJECTS? KATIE? I AM GUESSING BY OUR PAUSE THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO ANSWER THAT FIRST.

I'M GOING TO ANSWER, UM, I MEAN, FROM URBAN TALES PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS IN TERMS OF SEGMENTS.

AND SO RIGHT.

THE TWO ACTIVE PROJECTS ARE WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL BE LOOKING IN TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE OUR 2020 BOND FUNDS, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW YET.

UM, BUT WE HAVE KIND OF AN OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.

IS THAT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY.

IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

VERY INTERESTING.

AND DID I HEAR A THING ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER COUNCIL ACTION? RIGHT.

SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COMING FROM KATIE OR ME, BUT YES.

UM, SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, A SCOPE ALONG WITH URBAN TRAILS TO DEVELOP THE PARKWAY PLAN.

AND WE INTEND TO BRING THAT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT, ALONG WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONAL SUPPORT AND PRIVATE FUNDING TO FUND THE PLAN.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT COME BACK WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT THAT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PRETTY AMBITIOUS.

AND TO YOUR LAST QUESTION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, OUR HOPE IS THAT THAT'D BE A CONTINUOUS TRAIL BY THE END OF THE DECADE, UM, WITH AN INTERIM ROUTE ESTABLISHED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE A LOT OF ON-STREET CONNECTIONS AND MAYBE BIKE LANES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COMPLETE THE PARKWAY PLAN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AN INITIAL TRAIL LINE I NEXT YEAR, UM, AND THEN SECURE PUBLIC FUNDING IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING THROUGH PROP B, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, NOT JUST OFTEN FUNDING, BUT OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.

UM, IF WE CAN SEE A CURE THAT BY SAY, 20, 24, THEN WE WOULD EXPECT THAT CONSTRUCTION COULD BE COMPLETED.

THANK YOU, UM, SET INTO YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN VALENCE, OR IT DOES.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN OUR URBAN TRAILS STAKEHOLDER GROUP, WHO HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR INPUT AS WELL.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THAT IS JUST, OR ACTUALLY JUST A STATEMENT.

I THINK THAT, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING IN AND, UM, AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE RED LINE PARKWAY, THIS

[01:10:01]

IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, 32 MILES IS JUST GOING TO BE, UH, AMAZING, UH, CONNECTION FOR THE CITY, UH, ONCE IT'S ALL COMPLETED AND TOGETHER.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UM, PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT.

UM, I WOULD ASK JUST ONE LAST QUESTION LESS.

I'M NOT SEEING OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT ONE LAST QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY, UM, WHAT ARE THE PARTICULAR, WELL, THIS IS, I DON'T MEAN THIS TO BE REAL OPEN-ENDED, BUT LET ME JUST INVITE YOU IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR CHALLENGES, UH, FOR THESE, FOR THIS PROJECT, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO EITHER OF, YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO US OUR ATTENTION AT THIS POINT, I THINK IN TERMS OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS, THEY'RE BOTH MOVING FORWARD.

OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT ANY URBAN TALE PROJECT FACES AND THIS PROJECT IS NO EXCEPTION IS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ON HIS TIME TO DEVELOP IN AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED IS REALLY HARD TO FIND THE LITTLE SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL METRO IS GOING TO BE DOUBLE-CHECKING AND ADDING ALL THIS OTHER VERY NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR CITY.

SO IT'S JUST BECOMES THE QUESTION OF WHERE DO WE FIND SPACE.

AND I THINK SOME OF THAT AS TOM SAYING, COULD BE THESE INTERIM ON-STREET OPTIONS.

UM, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AS WE WORK TO IMPLEMENT.

YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ADD, I MEAN, I THINK KATIE PRETTY MUCH SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL.

ONE OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF OUR PROJECT IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE ASSET OF POTENTIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, USING CAPITAL METRO RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEN IT ALSO PROVES TO BE A CHALLENGE, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPETING INTERESTS ON THAT SAME SPACE.

WELL, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BE HELPFUL WITH THESE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE, WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE UTC, IF HE IS WITH US, LET'S SEE.

[4. Update from the chair of the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) regarding recent UTC actions including a recommendation for the I-35 Capital Express Project and a recommendation for the transportation criteria manual. (15 min).]

UM, UH, YES, MARIO CHAMPION, IF YOU COULD LET HIM IN, UM, I THINK I'M BECOMING A PANELISTS NOW GO, THERE WE GO.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

YOU READY FOR ME TO JUST JUMP IN? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES.

THAT CHAIR DO TO SEE, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT UTC IS DOING.

UH, WE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY OF AS A COUPLE OF, WHEREAS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT I, 35 WAS A DIRECTED AND INTENTIONAL PROJECT TO PHYSICALLY ENFORCE RACIAL SEGREGATION AND WIDENING AND MAKING IT FASTER IS NOT, UM, DOES NOT HELP THEM DO THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO COMMITTEE.

THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

UM, SO THERE'S TWO ITEMS I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ABOUT.

UM, BOTH OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE ON THE AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, UH, UTC SITE.

UH, THE FIRST IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SPENT TWO MEETINGS ON PAST IT, THE, UM, THE LAST MEETING, WHICH IS, UH, THE CAPITAL EXPRESS, UH, SCOPING RECOMMENDATION.

WE TALK ABOUT.

SO I WANT US TO GIVE, UH, ACCOLADES TO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, SUSAN SUMMERS, AGONISTS, DANIEL ALVAREZ, AND MYSELF.

WE ALL WORKED ON THIS, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND IN A LARGER BODY.

SO WE IDENTIFIED FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES THAT WE WANTED TO COMMENT ON CLIMATE SAFETY, EQUITY, AND HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK THROUGH OUR, WHEREAS IS I DON'T READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT I THINK, UM, A COUPLE OF THEM ARE WORTH NOTING BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THESE A BIT.

UM, THE FIRST WORD I SAYS, ESSENTIALLY THE CITY OF AUSTIN FACES A CLIMATE CATASTROPHE.

IF WE DON'T ACT IN A CONCERTED WAY TO CHANGE HOW WE SPEND MONEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SPEND MONEY IN PLANNING FOR FOSSIL FUEL VEHICLES AND HIGHER CONSTRUCTION, INSTEAD OF THINGS LIKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, BECAUSE AS YOU I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT CALLS FOR 50 NO SHARED GOAL, UM, AND SPENDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE MIGHT END UP SPENDING ON WHY THE NINE 35 DOES NOT NATURALLY FALL INTO, UM, PUSHING THAT GO FORWARD.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SAFETY QUITE A BIT.

THERE'S THE VISION ZERO PLAN AND THE, UM, THE FACT THAT 35, UM, THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHEN THERE ARE ACCIDENTS AND INJURY.

UM, SO MAKING THAT QUARTER WIDER AND FASTER IS NOT AS WELL FALLING IN LINE WITH THOSE GOALS.

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AND WE ALSO CAME OUT IN FAVOR OF THE CUT AND CAP OR LIDDING SOLUTION.

THERE'S A REAL POSSIBILITY THERE TO RECONNECT SOME OF TO MAKE IT MORE HUMAN CENTERED AND FRIENDLIER.

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SAY THAT EITHER FIVE NEEDS TO GO AWAY, BUT TO MAKE IT WIDER, UM, AND UNLIKELY TO, UM, ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT IT SAYS IT WILL ADDRESS LIKE CONGESTION.

JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE AROUND THAT.

AND THEN THE FINAL MAIN CATEGORY WAS HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT GIVEN THAT IN 2020, WHEN YOU PASSED PROJECT CONNECT AND IT'S A IT'S HUGE DEAL.

UM, WE, WE FEEL LIKE THE CITY, THE PULSE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY FAVOR HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT, IT WAS A PROJECT, UH, PROP, A PROP D OR, UM, UH, SUCCESSES AND WIDENING IS, IS NOT SEEM TO FIT IN WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ORANGE LINE AND OTHERS, UH, THAT, UM, SOME OF THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC NEED, UM, AND POTENTIALLY IF WE SPEND THE MONEY HELPING PROJECT CONNECT SUCCEED, RATHER THAN MAKING IT A 35 WIDER, WE'LL, WE'LL GET A STRONGER HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT.

SO I WON'T READ YOU ALL THE RESOLVES, BUT THE KEY ONE, UM, WHICH SUMS UP THE BULK OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, DID IT RESOLVE THE UTC OR JUST TXDOT IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE WAY TO NOT WIDEN 35, THEN THERE'S, THERE'S OTHERS.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET SAFETY AND MOVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT MAKING IT WIDER.

UM, IF WE DID ADD WITH, TO THE OVERALL, AND WE RECENTLY HAD THAT WITH, FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT RATHER THAN FOR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES, UM, WE SHOULD, UH, WORK TO MINIMIZE NEGATIVE CLIMATE IMPACTS THAT ALSO FOCUSES ON THE HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER VERY SPECIFIC ONES MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PLANS THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS ALREADY ADOPTED, UM, THE, THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, THE STREET DESIGN GUIDE, THE VISION ZERO GOALS, THEN AS AN AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED AT LEAST BY REFERENCE AND HOPEFULLY IN A MATERIAL WAY INTO TECH STOCKS, SCOPING INITIATIVES.

YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT CITY OF BOSTON IS NOT IN CHARGE OF TEXTILE.

UH, BUT WHEREAS WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS AND WE HAVE SOME INFLUENCE, UM, WE SHOULD TRY TO MEET WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANTED.

AND WE THINK PROP A PROP B AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS, UM, ARE PRETTY GOOD INDICATION OF THAT.

THERE'S MORE DETAIL, BUT, UM, I WILL STOP THERE.

THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS, BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU INSIGHT TO OUR DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATIONS.

WELL, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, AND SEE IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION FROM UTC OF THE, THE CITY, UM, HAS, UM, SUBMITTED A LETTER, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF DECEMBER INITIAL CONCERNS AND A NUMBER OF US ALSO SIGNED ON TO A LETTER, UH, WITH A NUMBER OF CONCERNS FOR THIS SCOPING ASPECT OF AGE 35, UH, THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL IN THE UTC HAS RAISED, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION IN THE CITY, I WANT TO, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK CLOSELY WITH, WITH YOU IN THE UTC, UM, ON, ON THOSE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS, UH, WE, WE MAY BE MOVING A NUMBER OF US, MAYBE MOVING FORWARD WITH A RESOLUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO MORE FORMALLY, UM, MAKE, UM, COMMENTS, UH, AND ENDORSE THE COMMENTS THAT OUR STAFF HAVE MADE TO, UH, TO TXDOT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND OTHERS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UM, UH, COMMENTS ON THE AGE 35 SCOPING.

UH, WE'LL WANT TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO, I WILL SAY, UM, WE WERE, WE WERE GLAD TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM, UH, DIRECTOR OF SPILLER AND MAYBE SOME OTHERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE THINGS CAN BE MADE TO HAPPEN OF COURSE IS THE ISSUE.

BUT I, I, WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE AMOUNT OF ALIGNMENT IN HOW KIDS, PEOPLE WANTING TO TRY AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

SO THAT WAS GOOD.

THAT WAS NICE.

UM, CASPER ELSE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING FROM WORK WITH DELANO ON IT'S 30 SCOPING OR, YEAH, YEAH.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIALOGUE

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GOING ON AND I'VE SPOKEN TO COUNCIL NUMBER KITCHEN A FEW TIMES ABOUT THIS.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONVERSATION AROUND IS NOT JUST ABOUT CARS.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PAVEMENT.

I WAS LUCKY TO GET TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, PANELS THAT ALLY DOES, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY BRING IN EXPERTS AND THEY ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO ABLE TO TELL PROFESSIONALS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY INVESTED IN THIS PERSONALLY, BUT ARE CURIOUS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

AND SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION CAME ABOUT RACIAL SEGREGATION.

UM, I KNOW DIRECTOR SPILLER WAS JUST MENTIONING, I THINK YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW YOU SEPARATE PEOPLE FROM JOBS WHEN YOU BUILD ROADS A CERTAIN WAY.

AND SO THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THE WAY WE PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THE WAY WE ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MEANS WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED BIKE CONNECTIVITY, WE NEED SHARED USE PATHS.

WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AIR QUALITY.

UM, SO THERE, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES INTO THIS CONVERSATION, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU, THE UTC AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

AND LOOKING AT THESE, UM, THESE PLANS IN A WAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKES GREAT WEIGHT AND GREAT MEASURE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OVER THE NEXT 10, 20, 30 YEARS, WHATEVER WE ARE DECIDING TO DO AND WHATEVER WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR IS THE BEST WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE OUT OF A SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POLICY, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL, UM, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND THE RIGHT BLEND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PROTECTED AND THAT WE ARE CREATING A FUTURE THAT IS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTHIER, UM, IN THE LONG RUN.

SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.

REVIEWS AND TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, WHICH ARE ALL SORT OF WAYS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE THE IMPACT AND HOW TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT TO WAIT, W T YOU KNOW, HOW TO VALUE THOSE CRITERIA COMPARED TO THINGS LIKE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY AND STREET IMPACT FEES.

UM, OTHER, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR, UM, FOR MY IO? WAS THERE ANY, WAS THERE A SECOND ITEM? THERE IS A SECOND ITEM.

UH, SO WE ALSO, UH, PASS THE RECOMMENDATION AROUND THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IT'S EXACT TIMELINE FOR WHEN IT KNOWS SOME DRAFT TO KIND OF A PUBLISHED DOCUMENT.

UM, IT'S A PRETTY SPECIFIC KIND OF MANUAL AS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GUESS.

UM, BUT IT REALLY GETS INTO SOME DETAILS THAT, UM, AT THE POLICY LEVEL THAT ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PRETTY BIG IMPACTS.

AND, UM, I WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMISSIONER DANIEL HENDERSON AND HENNESSY FOR, UM, REALLY DOING THE BULK OF THE WORK AND READING THIS DOCUMENT.

IT'S A WEIGHTY SPECIFIC DOCUMENT, BUT HE IDENTIFIED AND WE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SEVERAL ELEMENTS AND HE CAME UP WITH FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK ARE, UM, ONE OF THEM IS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.

THE OTHER THREE ARE A LITTLE MORE POLICY-WISE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT MAKING IT EASIER FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPACT AND TO, UM, KIND OF REMOVE SOME OF THE BUREAUCRACY, BUT WITHOUT MAKING IT FREE FOR ALL AT ALL.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE ONE EASY RESOLUTION, WHICH IS BASICALLY THIS, UH, STRAIGHT LANES WHERE AT ALL POSSIBLE NOT BE WIDER THAN 12 FEET.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT GUTTER, THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE WIDER THAN THAT, BUT THERE'S SOME GOOD SCIENCE, UM, UH, OR DATA THAT HE MENTIONED THAT SHOWS HOW PEOPLE MANEUVER IN BIGGER LANES AND HOW IT'S SAFER TO HAVE A 12 FOOT LANE AND TO HAVE WIDER LANES.

BUT IT'S ANOTHER ONES THAT HAVE A, THEY'D HAVE A BIGGER POLICY IMPACT OR AROUND WHETHER OR NOT YOU REQUIRE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO DO SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT THAT RAISES THE COST.

AND IT'S NOT REALLY, UH, A SKILL SET THAT NEEDS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS DON'T REQUIRE A LICENSE, UH, PE TO, TO DO SOME OF THOSE ASPECTS.

SO THIS MAKES IT EASIER TO BE ABLE TO DO THE, THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT, WHICH IS TO SPEND SOME EFFORT ON, UH, TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, BUT NOT REALLY UP THEIR COSTS IN A WAY THAT MAKE IT MORE, MORE TIGHT, MORE EXPENSIVE THAN TAKING MORE TIME.

ANOTHER SPECIFIC ONE WAS AROUND, UH, UH, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

SO THERE IS, UM, SOME GUIDELINES IN THERE, UM, THE, UH, DECIDE WHO MAKES THOSE DECISIONS AND WHETHER IT CAN BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY OR WHETHER THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS.

AND WE'RE, UM, IT MAKES SENSE TO HANDLE THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE USEFUL BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU END UP HAVING TO GO IN FRONT OF COUNCIL OR GOING THROUGH EXTRA HOOPS OR THINGS THAT MAY NOT REALLY REQUIRE IT AND STILL GET US TO THE GOALS THAT WE WANT.

UM, AND THE REST OF THEM, THE CRITERIA MANUAL, UM, THE MOST COMPLEX ONE IS THIS INTERPLAY BETWEEN, UH, TIA TRANSPORTATION, IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION

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SO WHEN YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR IMPACTS MIGHT BE AND HOW TO PAY FOR THEM, UM, IT'S A LITTLE TOUGHER, EVERYBODY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

AND, UM, THERE'S SOME EFFORT THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO MAKE THAT CLEARER, JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO GO FORWARD.

IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S SORT OF RIGHT AND WRONG AND WHERE TO PUT THE VALUES.

UM, SO STAFF, IT SEEMED, WAS, UH, VERY AMENABLE TO LOOKING AT THESE PIECES AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS ENGINEERS START TO TAKE THIS ON BOARD AND, UM, INDICATE, UH, HOW HARD OR EASY IT WILL BE AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SUMMERY RABBIT, TH THIS ONE'S A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL, BUT, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SUMMARY, UM, UH, THE GOAL BEING TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET AND WHERE WE'RE, WHAT THE VISION SAYS.

UM, SO THE SENTIMENT REMAINS THE SAME, BUT MAYBE TWEAKING HOW WE UNDERSTAND THOSE PIECES AND HOW THEY RELATE TOGETHER.

BUT THANK YOU.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE WAY WEIGHING IN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A CRITERIA MANUAL.

ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES FOR US, YOU KNOW, FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE IS, UH, COMES ALSO DURING THE ZONING PROCESS, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE, UH, STREET'S CAPACITY TO DO, YOU KNOW, TO HANDLE CARS OR, OR BIKES OR PEDESTRIAN OR WHATEVER.

AND, UM, AND SO THAT THE TIMING OF WHEN, WHEN, AND HOW THESE ANALYSES ARE DONE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT APPROPRIATE ZONING.

BUT I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE STRUGGLED WITH BEFORE.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE, ALL THE, UM, PARTICULAR POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND, AND HAVE GOTTEN SOME RESPONSIVENESS IN TERMS OF, UH, WORKING ON THOSE IDEAS WHEN WE SAY SO THEY UNDERSTOOD THEM.

THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, MATERIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY ONE ROUTE OR ANOTHER ROUTE MIGHT WORK AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE, YOU KNOW, CLARIFICATIONS AND BEING MAYBE A LITTLE MORE OPINIONATED ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, EVEN IF THERE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY CHOICES, TOO MANY WAY TO RESOLVE A SITUATION IS NOT ACTUALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE PARALYZED BY THAT, OR THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUDGE IT.

AND THEN ON THE STAFF SIDE, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY, OH, THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY OR THE BEST WAY, OR THE APPROPRIATE WAY QUESTIONS, TWO OTHERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MARIO.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US AND THE COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, UH, START PARTICIPATING WITH US SO HAPPY TO DO IT, AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

[5. 2021 Mobility Annual Plan (MAP) (20 min).]

UM, UM, COLLEAGUES, OUR LAST ITEM IS THE 2021 MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN.

UM, AND WE HAVE UNTIL TILL THREE O'CLOCK FOR THAT ITEM.

WELL, ACTUALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 20 TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES FOR THAT.

AND THEN ONE LAST THING.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, LAURA.

AND SO WITH THESE SLIDES, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT, UM, TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

CHAIR, KITCHEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, MY NAME'S LAURA DAN FIELD.

I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND STREET DESIGNS DIVISION.

UM, OVER A FEW OF OUR 2016 LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS, AND I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE.

I'LL LET JANINE GIVE US A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

I JANAE SPENCE ON DIVISION MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS OVER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION, AND BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE HAVE THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH, UM, JUST AN IMMENSELY TALENTED PEOPLE ON HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY.

UM, AND TODAY REPRESENT, UH, THE BREADTH OF WORK MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 2016, UH, MOBILITY BOND.

AND AS I SHARED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATIONS FROM ANNA AND ERIC, UH, WE WILL BE USING THIS PROCESS TO BUILD ON THOSE PROGRAMS, UM, WITH THE RESOURCES UNDER THE 18 AND 2020 BOND PROGRAMS AS WELL.

SO, UH, WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO SHARE, UH, ABOUT THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN WITH YOU AND USE THIS PLATFORM OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, HOW IMPORTANT AND STRATEGIC THIS IS TO REALLY DELIVER ON THE EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU ALL SET FOR US, AS WELL AS REACH THE BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, REALIZE THE BENEFIT TO EVERYONE, UM, FROM A MOBILITY PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN AS MARIO DISCUSSED FOR ALL OF THE POLICY GOALS THAT PUTS OUT FOR US, UH, FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE.

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UM, AND WE SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AGAIN, TO GET THAT REALLY, UH, CLOSE ON THE GROUND, UNDERSTANDING OF NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT.

UH, THE, THE MO THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND, AS ANNA MENTIONED EARLIER, REALLY MARKED A TOTAL INFLECTION POINT WITH OUR INVESTMENT IN MOBILITY.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE NEEDS ONLY GROW OVER TIME AS ACMP AND DR HAS POINTED OUT IN PREVIOUS MEMOS, UM, WITH THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND, AS AS MANY KNOW, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, UM, THAT WAS $720 MILLION WITH ABOUT HALF A BILLION OR SO TO THE QUARTER MOBILITY PROGRAM, 101 MILLION TO REGIONAL MOBILITY, AND THEN A LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FUNDS FOR SIDEWALKS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS A WHOLE NEW PROGRAM COMING OUT OF THIS, THIS BOND PROGRAM, URBAN TRAILS, BIKEWAYS INTERSECTION SAFETY AND SUBSTANDARD STREETS AND CAPITAL RENEWAL.

SO THAT GAVE US, UM, IT REALLY THE NEED TO CREATE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE COULD BE, UH, ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT LOCAL MOBILITY WORK, BUT ALSO AGILE AND FLEXIBLE IN HOW WE DELIVER THAT AT SCALE IN EIGHT YEARS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AND, AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN OFFERS TO US.

IT'S AN ANNUAL COORDINATION PROCESS THAT DEEPLY, UM, UH, INVESTIGATES AND EVALUATES THE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE PROGRAM SO WE CAN DELIVER THE BEST POSSIBLE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A SUITE OF CROSSINGS THAT SERVE A SCHOOL, UM, ALONG WITH MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, A BIKE WAY OR, UM, INCREASINGLY A TRANSIT ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, IT, IT LOOKS ITERATIVELY AND ANNUALLY AT THE YEAR AHEAD.

SO THIS IS FORWARD FACING WE'VE, UM, RECENTLY INCORPORATED THAT BACKWARD LOOK AS WELL AS WE PUBLISH THE FINAL FINAL DRAFT SO THAT WE HAVE BOTH BOTH PERSPECTIVES, BUT REALLY IS A FORWARD-FACING LOOK.

AND IT DOES GIVE US A CHANCE TO FORECAST THAT WORK IN WAYS WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

UM, GIVING BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS A CHANCE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

AND, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN TO DO SO THEY CAN DO SO THROUGH FEBRUARY 7TH AND WE'VE HAD AMAZING RESPONSE.

UM, SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING.

UM, THIS ROUND WE'VE I THINK GONE THROUGH, UH, AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE OF THESE PROCESSES, AND IT STANDS OUT AS UNIQUELY STRATEGIC TO DELIVERING A BOND OF THIS SIZE.

WE ROUTINELY GET REQUESTS FROM, UM, CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, REALLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, UM, AND, AND THE WAYS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER SO MANY, MANY PROJECTS, UM, OR THE COMMUNITY YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO GET INTO A BIT OF, OF THE PROCESS.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL, UH, WE'RE ANNUAL AND IN MOBILITY, ANNUAL PLAN IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, WE HAVE OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, WE HAVE OUR NORTH STAR IN, IN MOBILITY IN TERMS OF THE ASM P AND WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2023, UM, FROM THOSE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES.

UM, WE LOOK CLOSELY AT WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE COMMON CAUSE WITH EACH OTHER, WHETHER IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, DELIVERING A PROJECT THAT, THAT WILL TOUCH ON, UM, THE MOBILITY AND SAFETY FOR EVERYONE OPENING UP A LEFT TURN LANE, PAIRING THAT WITH THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, SLOWING DOWN, UH, SPEEDS TO RESIDENTIAL, UM, LEVELS THAT JUST MAKE A MORE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.

UM, THAT THAT PROCESS HAPPENS ACROSS THE PROGRAM WE NEED.

UM, WE'VE GOTTEN VIRTUAL THIS YEAR, UM, AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, TALK WITH EACH OTHER, HEAR EACH OTHER'S NEEDS AND ISSUES.

UM, THE EXCITING PART I THINK ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS IT OFFERS A VERY STRONG FRAMEWORK FOR GETTING BETTER AND UNDER POPPY THAT GETTING BETTER REALLY FOCUSES ON BRINGING IN AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND A PRIORITIZATION THAT REALLY, UH, STRENGTHENED THAT JENNY'S A SAFE HOUSE.

THE SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS SET THE BAR FOR AN INCREDIBLE, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITABLE INVESTMENT FOR OUR KIDS, KNOWING THAT SOME DISTRICTS HAVE A LOT MORE SCHOOLS THAN OTHERS.

UM, THE NEEDS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, FROM ACROSS THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT COORDINATION, UH, CAN BE SO VALUABLE.

WE GET, UM, OUT OF THAT LEVERAGING PROJECTS THAT MIGHT NOT ONLY LOOK AT 2016 BOND DOLLARS, BUT ALSO A QUARTER CENT DOLLARS AND OTHER OTHER RESOURCES THAT CAN BRING TO BEAR.

UM, I ALSO SEE THIS PROCESS BEING REALLY STRONG FOR THE INCORPORATING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN BRING IN, UM, RAIN GARDENS OR OTHER NATURAL ELEMENTS INTO THE STREETSCAPE AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THIS WORK, UH, THROUGH HAPPY.

UM, FROM THERE WE DEVELOP A, A REPORT AND AN INTERACTIVE MAP, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON HERE IN A MINUTE.

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UM, AND THEN WE RELEASED THE MAP TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

UM, AND THEN GO ABOUT THE HARD WORK OF COORDINATING THIS, VIEWED THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND DELIVERING THEM EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM WORKS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY TO RESPOND TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH SAY BIKEWAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE OFTEN LOOKING AT THE TRADE-OFFS OF EXISTING STREET SPACE.

WE NEED TO DELIVER A NETWORK AND TO DO SO.

WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE SPACE WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

AND OFTENTIMES THAT, THAT REQUIRES A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TO GET TO THOSE OUTCOMES.

WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING A BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, LIKE A SERIES OF CROSSINGS OR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN, UM, AN INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S PERCEIVED AND IMPLEMENTED.

SO THIS PROCESS RESPECTS THOSE DIFFERENCES WHILE ALSO ALLOWING US TO COORDINATE AND DELIVER AT SCALE ACROSS THE CITY.

NOW, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S, UM, A REPORT AND AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT'S ON THIS WEBSITE HERE, UH, SHOWN ON THE SLIDE AND IT'S REALLY, UM, A GREAT WAY TO NAVIGATE THE WORK AHEAD.

UM, AND WITH THAT, WE WANT TO DIVE INTO EACH PROGRAM AND GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF THAT WORK, UM, PLANNED AND PROPOSED, UH, IN, INTO 2021 AND BEYOND.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, JANAE TO GET US STARTED.

AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

OH, DID I EVER MEET HIM? I WAS REALLY CRUISING THERE FOR A SECOND.

THAN THE LAST ONES THAT WE HAD SEEN.

UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THAT THE INTERACTIVE MAPS THAT SLICE WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LAYERS TURNED ON, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT COLORS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF WORK GOING ON.

UM, SO THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE MAP IS THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF THE DIFFERENT LAYERS AND KIND OF LOOK AT EACH DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND THE SPECIFIC IN ZOOM INTO CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN.

UM, YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH ONE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S A REALLY COOL TOOL TO SEE ALL THESE I'M IN ONE PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPOTS, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY WEBSITES, YOU CAN SEE SAFE ROUTES OR URBAN TRAILS, BUT THIS IS A REALLY COOL TOOL TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THEM AND HOW THEY'RE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS WILL START SIDEWALKS HERE.

UM, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR SIDEWALKS.

THE PROJECTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THE SIDEWALK'S PLAN, THE DARKER RED PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PROJECT CENTER PLAN FOR 2021, AND THE LIGHTER PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE FUTURE 2022 TO 2024.

OF COURSE, THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING BACK YEAR ON YEAR.

UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS 41 DIFFERENT SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT.

SO A LOT OF WORK GOING ON, UM, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM DOES FOR ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.

UM, THEY DO A BIG BULK OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE STATE PROCESS SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THEY DO WORK FOR BIKEWAYS SIGNALS, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CORRIDOR PROGRAM, URBAN TRAILS, NPP, AND OF COURSE, QUARTER CENT.

SO THIS, THIS TALKING ABOUT PROGRAM IS A HUGE DELIVERY ARM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THOSE IDQ CONTRACTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, AND THEY'RE REALLY THE MASTERS OF HOW THOSE CONTRACTS CAN WORK.

AND SO THIS IS A HUGE ARM OF OUR DELIVERY AS WELL, OUTSIDE OF JUST THE WORK THAT SIDEWALK IS DOING.

UM, BUT THIS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, TO THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM NEXT SITE.

UM, SO THIS IS OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE HAVE TWO SLIDES ON THIS FROM THE FIRST ONE IS JUST TO SHOW THE WALK AUDITS ALONE.

SO WE DID 137 WALK ON IT, WHICH IS OVER 600 MILES THAT WE HAD DID WALK OUT IT'S ON IN AUSTIN.

AND WE IDENTIFIED A 4,600 RECOMMENDED PROJECT.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO DOING THESE WALK AUDITS.

WE DID HALF A MILE, UM, FOR WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TWO MILES FOR BACKING INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE ALL THE PRIVATES MONEY.

UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE INTERSECTIONS PROJECTS.

THEY'RE THE BIGGEST BARRIER.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL ARE THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND STREET CROSSINGS.

AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE SITE ANGLES.

SO DRIVERS CAN BETTER SEE THESE SMALLER STUDENTS AND HAVE A BETTER AND SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOL, BUT YOU CAN SEE QUITE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL.

UM, IF YOU GO TO THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL WEBSITE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV FORWARD SLASH SAFE ROUTES, THERE'S ALSO A MAP THAT SHOWS YOU THE IMPROVEMENTS BY SCHOOL.

OF COURSE, THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT YOU CAN CLICK IN, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SEE FOR THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL, UM, INFORMATION, WE HAVE THAT AS WELL ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE THAT'D BE THE URBAN TRAILS AND I THINK IT'S THE NEXT ONE.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, SO ON THIS ONE, THESE PROJECTS ARE DELIVERED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY

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THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF SMALL PROJECTS, UM, DELIVERING A BUNCH OF PROJECTS A YEAR ON YEAR.

THE URBAN TRAILS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL PROJECT DELIVERY WHERE IT'S DESIGNED BID BUILD.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, LONG CORRIDOR, LONG LINES HERE.

SO THE DASHED LINES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE STILL GOING TO BE IN DESIGN OR PR OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THE ONES THAT ARE THE DARKER COLORS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UM, YOU CAN SEE SHOW CREEK TRAILERS SHOWN AS A DARK LINE THAT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD BE WORKING ON WAYFINDING.

SO AS YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE WAYFINDING AS WE'VE DONE RECENT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SHOAL CREEK TRAIL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S AS USABLE AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE TRAIL, THAT THERE'S NO BARRIER TO ENTRY.

UM, AND HAVING THOSE WAY, FINDING A LOT OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS YOU SEE ARE SMALL SECTIONS, BUT THEY MIGHT BE CLOSING OUT BIGGER PROJECTS.

UM, FOR INSTANCE, SOME PIECES OF VIOLET CROWN OR COUNTRY COKE TRAIL.

AND IN THOSE CASES, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCLUDE WAYFINDING.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE A LONG SEGMENT, THAT'S IN, THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY VERSUS AS YOU'RE DOING SMALLER SECTIONS, YOU'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE MILEAGE IS GOING TO BE, OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS, OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE SIGNS SAYING THIS WAY TO LIBRARY OR THIS WAY TO OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR 2020 MONEY, AS WE WERE BUILDING OUT THESE BIGGER NETWORKS AND I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR BIKEWAYS PROGRAM, RECOGNIZING THAT OUR SYSTEM IS ALSO PART OF THEIR SYSTEM AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM INTERCHANGEABLY ON STREET ENOUGH STREET.

SO OUR WAY OF FINDING IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE COHESIVE IN THAT WAY.

UM, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PROJECTS LISTED HERE THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION.

NOW, I KNOW KATIE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOWER BOGGY CREEK TRAIL.

UM, ALSO VIOLET CROWN TRAIL NORTH.

WE'RE HOPING WE'LL START THIS YEAR DURING THE WALNUT CREEK TRAIL PHASE TWO, AND THEN ANOTHER SMALL CONNECTION THAT IS A COPPER FIELD, UH, ELEMENTARY CHILD CONNECTION.

SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF, A LOT OF FUN WORK IN URBAN TRAILS AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS. OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AT THE END, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

SO I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO LAURA TO CONTINUE.

THANKS, JENNY.

UH, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, AROUND US, THE OTHER LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR INTERSECTION SAFETY VISION ZERO PROGRAM THAT STARTED OUT WITH 20 NAMED LOCATIONS IN 2016, SEVEN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OF THE 15.

AND, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THERE'S OTHERS ON THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED AS WELL THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JUST ONE SLIVER OF A HUGE EFFORT TO ADDRESS SAFETY.

UM, WITH THE 2020 BOND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT BROADER PORTFOLIO OF SAFETY WORK, UM, GOING FORWARD.

UH, THE OTHER AREA THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE IS THE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT, WHICH REALLY FOCUSES ON THAT LOCAL TRANSIT SPEED, RELIABILITY, AND ACCESS, AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THE BIKEWAYS PROGRAM IS, IS EQUALLY EXPENSIVE AS THE SAFE ROUTES PROGRAM.

AS JANAE MENTIONED, UM, WITH SIDEWALKS, WE WERE LIKE GREAT DEAL ON THE SIDEWALK AND SOCIAL PROJECTS DIVISION TO DELIVER A LOT OF THE CONCRETE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE BIKEWAYS PROJECT, RECENT LIKE WASTE PROJECTS.

RECENTLY WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF PROTECTED INTERSECTION TYPE DESIGNS THAT COORDINATE WITH THEM.

UM, AND THEN LIKEWISE, AS WE RELY ON THEM FOR DELIVERY, WE OFFER STREET DESIGN FOR, UM, FOR SIDEWALKS AND, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND, AND TO SOME DEGREE URBAN TRAILS AS WELL.

SO TO MAYBE GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S QUESTION ABOUT KIND OF BACK COORDINATION, THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UM, EXPERTISE, UH, WHETHER IT'S STREET DESIGN AND PUBLIC PROCESS, UM, FOR, FOR PROJECTS THAT REALLY HAVE THOSE TRADE-OFFS IN THOSE TRICKY SITUATIONS, WE REALLY NEED TO NAVIGATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

OFTENTIMES AFTER TRANSPORTATION, WE'LL STEP IN TO SUPPORT SAY FOSTER SCHOOL, URBAN TRAILS, OR, UM, SIDEWALKS IN THAT WAY.

AND THEN LIKEWISE WE'LL LEAN ON THEM FOR THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SCHOOLS, UM, UNDERSTANDING A BROADER, A HOLISTIC KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD BASED APPROACH FOR AN ENTIRE KIND OF SCHOOL AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY, UM, WITH RESPECT TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UH, LEVERAGING OUR DOLLARS TOGETHER AND THEN WORKING WITH SIDEWALKS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS TO DELIVER THAT WORK.

AND SOME OF THE STUNNING, UH, CONCRETE WORK THAT I THINK ALL OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE IN YOUR, IN YOUR DISTRICTS ACTUALLY, UH, CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ON THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, I CAN THINK OF, OF, OF PROJECTS IN EVERY DISTRICT THAT REALLY SHOWCASE REALLY OUTSTANDING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE, THE, REALLY THE, THE ENVY AND, UM, AND INTEREST FROM A LOT OF OUR PEER CITIES, FRANKLY, TO BE, TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AT SUCH SCALE, UM, AND TO SUCH QUALITY.

AND SO, AND SO QUICKLY REALLY, UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY.

UM, AND IT'S REALLY BASED ON SOME OF THE HONED, UH, CONTRACTUAL, UM, AND PRO UH, CONTRACTUAL PROCESSES AND COORDINATION PROCESSES, UM, AMONG WHICH IS, IS THIS, UH, MOBILITY ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, UH, I'LL JUST TOUCH ON QUICKLY, THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMS CORRIDOR AND REGIONAL, UM, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE QUARTER PROGRAM IS, WAS, WAS THE LARGEST, UH, ENDEAVOR

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FOR MOBILITY IN, IN RECENT MEMORY.

UM, NOW PERHAPS EQUALED BY THE 2020, UM, ACTIVE MOBILITY AND SAFETY BOND WORK.

SO, UM, THE QUARTER PROGRAM HAS A SEPARATE REPORTING STRUCTURE AND, UM, AND, AND PROCESS THAT, UM, THAT WAS SET UP INITIALLY WITH THE 2016 BOND, BUT WE'VE SINCE INCORPORATED THEIR WORK INTO THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN TO OFFER THAT HOLISTIC LOOK AT THE 2016 WORK.

UM, WE TRIED TO BRING IN SOME OF THE DISCRETE PROJECTS, AND I THINK WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO BETTER REPRESENT THAT IN MAPS LIKE THIS, UM, AS THOSE PROJECTS SPINOFF SUCH AS THE SOUTH LAMAR WORK, UM, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND, UM, AND BARTON SPRINGS AND THE LIGHT, A SLAUGHTER AS WELL, UM, IN MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE WORK IS PROGRESSING, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, REGION, THE REGIONAL PROGRAM IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, SET OF PROJECTS, UM, MID PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT, AND REALLY SHOWS THAT WHEN THE REGION WORKS TOGETHER, WE CAN GET A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT WORK DONE.

UM, AND, AND AS THOSE WERE SCOPED AND KIND OF CHARTERED AT THE OUTSET, UH, IN, IN THE BOND ITSELF, THOSE ARE GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT THE MOBILITY UNDER PLAN OFFERS US A WAY TO KIND OF TOUCH BASE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE THOSE ARE AT, IN THE VARIOUS STAGES.

UM, AND JUST TO KEEP THAT VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PROCESS.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND FINALLY OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, IN THE BUDGET OFFICE AND OTHERS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB TO COLLECT ALL OF THE CAPITAL WORK OF THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S MOBILITY OR WATER, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THERE'S SO MUCH NEED, UM, TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS BUILD NEW, UM, AND THAT NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS OUR MOBILITY SYSTEMS. AND SO WHEN A PROJECT IS SCOPED AND SCHEDULED AND BUDGETED IT REPAIRS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT EXPLORER, AND CAN BE A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO, TO UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF WORK, UM, ACROSS THE MOBILITY PORTFOLIO, AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES.

UM, AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE CHANCE TO JUST TALK ABOUT THIS AND GET THE COMMUNITY EVEN MORE AWARE AND INVOLVED IN THIS ANNUAL PROCESS.

UM, THANK YOU.

THIS IS EXCELLENT.

UM, VERY, VERY HELPFUL, VERY CLEAR WAY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CALLS ARE FROM THE RYZEN.

SO, UM, UH, LET'S TAKE DOWN THE, UM, PRESENTATION AND DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION THEN.

UM, SO, SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD, UH, THIS YEAR, RIGHT.

AND, UM, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN YOU, AND YOU, YOU HAD A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWED THE SORT OF THE CYCLE, UM, OF THE, THE DRAFT AND THEN TAKING INPUT, AND THEN THE FINAL, CAN YOU GENERALLY EXPLAIN TO FOLKS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME OF YEAR THE ALBUM PUT OUT THE, UH, THE DRAFT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

I THINK THAT, UH, CITY HALL HELPS IT HELPS US NOT HAVE A DISTRACTION.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I DON'T ALWAYS NOTICE WHEN IT'S GONE, BUT ANYWAY, YES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

GENERALLY, THE CADENCE HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SPRING SUMMER IS WHEN WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO LOOK AT, UM, OUR, OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT NEXT YEAR.

MEANWHILE, OUR COLLEAGUES OVER WITH PUBLIC WORKS STREET AND BRIDGE ARE STARTING TO PLAN OUT THEIR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.

AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE, WE ACHIEVE INCREDIBLE EFFICIENCIES WHEN WE CAN PARTNER MAINTENANCE AND MOBILITY TOGETHER.

WE CAN DELIVER PROJECTS AT A 10TH OF THE COST OF A STANDALONE PROJECT.

THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART, ESPECIALLY OF OUR BIKE WAYS AND REALLY ARE WHAT I KIND OF CALL THEM MINI CORRIDORS, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT STREETS SUPER HOLISTICALLY, CROSSINGS, TRAFFIC, CALMING ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND PARTS.

SO, UM, WE LET THAT THOSE TWO PROCESSES KIND OF, UM, TAKE, TAKE PLACE.

AND THEN AROUND THE EARLY, EARLY FALL, WE'RE COMING TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THAT.

UM, REALLY IT'S THE POWER OF GEOSPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

SO IT'S GIS LAYER ON TOP OF GIS LAYER, I THINK GETTING TO THE, UH, LEVERAGING AND THEN WE'LL, UH, PRESENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICES AROUND NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS STARTS IN DECEMBER THROUGH, INTO FEBRUARY WITH THE FINAL, UH, OUTLOOK IN FEBRUARY, MARCH.

JANUARY, RIGHT ABOUT NOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE WEEKS WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND VARIOUS OTHER WAYS, UM, OUR, OUR OTHER, UM, COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND FOR, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC, IF THEY WANTED TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS, HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT? YES.

AND SO WE WILL START TO PUT THE WORD OUT ABOUT MID DECEMBER AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN FANTASTIC AND A BIG, THANK YOU ALL OF YOUR OFFICES FOR HELPING TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE AND GIVING US THIS PLATFORM TO REALLY CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE HAD REALLY, REALLY GOOD ENGAGEMENT, UM, THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S NOW THE MID NOVEMBER OR MID DECEMBER, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH

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AND THEN, UM, IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL START TO REALLY SORT THROUGH LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK.

UM, WE, WE WANT TO ADJUST, WE WANT TO BE NIMBLE.

WE WANT TO, UM, RE RESPECT ALL OF THAT GREAT FEEDBACK.

AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THE ANNUAL PROCESS IS IF SOMETHING IS MAYBE A BIT OUT OF REACH RIGHT NOW, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO GRAB IT FOR THE FUTURE OR, UM, SHIFT THINGS AROUND TO JUST BE AS RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN BE.

SO I STARTED TO FADE AWAY.

WE COULD SHOW, LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS POP UP FROM GRANTS OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT MAY POP UP.

WE CAN SHOW CHANGES EASILY TO THE PUBLIC AND GET FEEDBACK ON THEM.

IS THERE, IS THERE A PARTICULAR DATE OR DEADLINE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF FOR THIS RIGHT NOW? YEAH.

SO FEBRUARY 7TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENT ON THE MAP.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR TO YOU THAT THIS IS PLANNED AND PROPOSED WORK.

SO THERE'S OFTEN DEEPER WORK THAT WE DO WITH ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AROUND PROJECTS THAT ARE FORECASTED IN THE MAP.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW PRESENT THE TRADE-OFFS UNDERSTAND THE INTENDED BENEFIT AND HOPEFULLY GET TO A GOOD UNDERSTANDING.

SO THERE'S SUBSEQUENT WORK BEYOND THIS, UM, THIS EFFORT.

THIS IS REALLY TO HELP FORECAST THAT BROADER PORTFOLIO.

AND THEN THERE'S SUBSEQUENT WORK AFTER THAT, UM, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, SPECIFIC TO PROJECTS.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SORRY.

I KNOW YOU ASKED FOR QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU WENT VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE ANNUAL PLAN UPDATES.

AND I KNOW WE USUALLY GET A COPY THAT HAS EVERYTHING LISTED, SO WE CAN LOOK UP WHICH SAY FOR US TO SCHOOL OR IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE FOUND THAT TO BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THEN WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT INTO OUR NEWSLETTER SO THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING ABLE TO KIND OF SEE THAT IN MULTIPLE FORUMS, A LIST AND AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE, WHICH IS NICE.

UM, IS THERE ANY, UH, INTENT IN, IN FUTURE MONTHS OR YEARS TO DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SPACE? CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL MAY HAVE COMPLETED IS NO LONGER SHOWING UP ON THE MAP SINCE IT'S DONE BE IMPROVEMENTS TO STREETS THAT ARE NOT PART OF A BOND FUND, BUT ARE ON THE MAINTENANCE LIST.

AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY AN AWARENESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN INTENT NECESSARILY AT THIS POINT TO TRY TO MERGE MORE OF THE PLAN SO THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVE ONE SPACE TO GO TO.

UM, AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON YOUR RADAR YET.

FUNDING VERSUS THAT FUNDING.

IT ABSOLUTELY IS.

I THINK WHAT THE GIFTS THAT WAS THE 2020 PROP B IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NOW HAVE, UM, THESE PROGRAMS CAN SCALE OR NEED TO SCALE.

AND I THINK WE CAN BRING IN ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SHOW THE FULL BREADTH OF WORK.

WE OFTEN, AS WE'RE SHARING WITH, WITH YOUR OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THE FULL NETWORK'S NOT QUITE THERE, SO THE CONTEXT IS MISSED.

SO YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY THAT, UH, LAYERS THAT WE CAN ADD IN, UM, APPRECIATING THAT THIS REALLY IS THAT FORWARD FACING, THERE ARE OTHER LIKE THE CAPITAL PROJECT SCORE WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE AND SCHEDULE THE BUDGETED WORK.

UM, SO THERE PROBABLY WILL BE MULTIPLE TOOLS, BUT CERTAINLY TO, TO BE ABLE TO FORECAST COMPREHENSIVELY, I THINK WITH 2020, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, BY 2022 MAPS, WE'LL HAVE THAT FULL BREADTH OF WORK WOULD BE MY, UM, ANTICIPATED NEXT.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I THINK IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE PAST WORK, THE WORK THAT MAY BE IN THE PLAN, BUT ISN'T CURRENTLY ACTUALLY PLANNED OR FUNDED AND THEN ALSO THE FUNDED AND THERE'S A FINE LINE OF MAKING IT EASY AND READABLE FOR EVERYBODY, UM, VERSUS INCLUDING TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO WHERE NOW IT'S NOT AS USABLE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE UPON.

AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE HOW IT'S NICE TO HAVE IT ALL AT ONE PLACE, BUT HOW DO WE HAVE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE WITHOUT IT BEING TOO BUSY OR TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND? SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THAT LINE AND, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO ADD MORE INFORMATION THAT AS STILL USER FRIENDLY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW AS WE PUT MORE AND MORE INFORMATION IN THESE, AS THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE AN OLD COMPUTER WON'T LOAD THEM, OR SOMEONE HAS A HARD TIME READING IT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY LAYERS BUILT IN THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START.

SO I KNOW THAT'S, UM, A LOT OF WORK TO COMPILE, UM, AND I FIGURED IT WAS ON YOUR RADAR, BUT I KNOW WE ALL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE LIVING IN OUR CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT WHEN TO EXPECT IMPROVEMENTS.

AND, UM, NO MATTER WHICH FUNDING SOURCE IT'S COMING FROM, UM, PEOPLE SOMETIMES JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN CAN I EXPECT THIS STOPLIGHT TO BE BUILT AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO WORRY THEMSELVES ABOUT THE REST OF THE DETAILS.

I'M EXCITED FOR IT TO JOIN WITH THE 2018 AND THE 2020 BOND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND BECOME A MORE HOLISTIC PROCESS BECAUSE EVEN FOR US, AS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM MANAGERS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORK AND TRYING TO REMEMBER IS THIS REPORT FOR THAT

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AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT BETTER TO JUST SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO COLLEAGUES, THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS JUST TO IDENTIFY ITEMS TO DO DISCUSS AT FUTURE MEETINGS.

ALL, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AND A GOOD REMINDER FOR ALL OF US OF THESE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO THANK YOU.

SO THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[6. Identify items to discuss at future meetings.]

IF ANYONE WANTS TO RAISE ANYTHING, NOW THAT'S MY ROLE.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, WHEN WE PASSED THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN THE SPRING, UM, WE INCLUDED A PROVIDER.

SO, UM, WITH RESPECT TO EXPLORING, UM, TELECOMMUTING EVOLUTION DURING AND POST COVID, UM, AND A DIRECTION TO KIND OF DEVELOP POLICY AS I RECALL.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT NECESSARILY HAS TO BE THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE COVID I'M WORKING AND LEARNING THE LESSONS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE THINKING AHEAD.

I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS DEVELOPED A GOAL ALL OF 75% TELECOMMUTING, AND THAT MAY NOT BE REALISTIC FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CARRY FORWARD THE POSITIVE ELEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO TELECOMMUTING, UM, THAT WE CAN, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY AT THIS POINT, UM, IF THAT IS ATD OR, UM, HRD OR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR BACK CIRCLE BACK ON THAT.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, LET'S, LET'S, THAT'S A GOOD ONE TOO, TO KEEP IN THE HOPPER, YOU KNOW, UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, I THINK THAT FITS WELL IN MIND WITH ASM P CONVERSATIONS.

AND SO MAYBE THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THOSE MODES SHIFT GOALS WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT TELECOMMUTING.

UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, MAY JUST NEED AN UPDATE AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE DOING PROP AND PROPERTY UPDATES ALONG THE WAY.

CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S, IT SEEMS LIKE DAILY THERE'S UPS UPDATES WITH THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR ARE DOING WITH PROP A.

AND SO I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY INTERESTING AND PROBABLY GOOD, UM, TO KEEP GETTING UPDATES ALONG THE WAY.

CAUSE I KNOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEVER STOPPED.

Y'ALL HAVE WORKING ON THEM STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BREAK.