[1. Certification of Quorum – Quorum requirement is 11 members]
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OKAY.I THINK I KNOW WE HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU WHO I SEE, UM, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, AND KITCHEN CLARA, BECKET, ANDY BROWN, MARCY CANNON, TUCKER FERGUSON, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON JANE HOUSTON, REEDY MATEAH TERRY MITCHELL, CRAIG MORGAN, WHO ALSO HAS A CORBYN VAN ARSDALE HIS PROXY.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT? I DID NOT SEE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS WAS JUST ADMITTED TO THE MEETING TOO.
WELL, WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THEN, UM, SOMEONE ON STAFF, IF YOU'LL JUST NOTE AS OTHER PEOPLE COME IN AND WHAT TIME IT WAS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
SO WE WILL CALL THE MEETING OF THE CAMPO POLICY BOARD TO ORDER IT IS TWO OH THREE ON MAY THE 10TH, AND WE ARE STILL, UH, MEETING VIRTUALLY PURSUANT TO, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY DEC DISASTER DECLARATION.
[2. Public Comments]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.WE HAVE ONE, UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE NOVIA JOSEPH.
UM, IF SOMEBODY WOULD ALLOW MS. JOSEPH AND MS. JOSEPH, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WE GOT HER EYES, MS. JOSEPH JOINED US.
WE JUST ADMITTED A CALL ON YOU THERE TOO, WHICH COULD BE AS AN OBI AND SHE HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE ON MUTE.
ALL RIGHT, DAN JOSEPH YOU'RE THREE MINUTES STARTS NOW.
MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FUNDING.
IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 52 OF THE BOARD PACKET, YOU'LL SEE THAT APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION, $158,388 ARE ALLOCATED FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO MAKE MY COMMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AS I HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND SO I WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION ONCE AGAIN, TO PAGE 48, WHICH HAS THE LADDERS OF OPPORTUNITY ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AN EQUITABLE BUS SYSTEM THAT STILL EXISTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SPECIFICALLY, AS IT RELATES TO CAMPO, IT SAYS STAFF WILL RESEARCH ANALYTICAL METHODS TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND IDENTIFY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS THAT PROVIDE THE PUBLIC EAST, ESPECIALLY THE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WITH ADEQUATE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES I COULD GO ON, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN 2014, THAT WAS A PROJECT CONNECT LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE NORTH CORRIDOR STUDY, WHICH SPECIFIED THAT THERE WOULD BE GROWTH IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR, MEANING WRONG ROCK PARMER LANE, FM SEVEN THREE, FOUR, AND SPECIFICALLY THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE PROJECT CONNECT ACTUALLY ELIMINATED THE METRO RAPID ON PALMER BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE.
AND THERE IS NO ACCESS TO APPLY.
MATERIALS ARE THE THREE ATDS, THERE'S ALSO NO ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL ST DAVID'S NORTH.
AND SO, WHILE I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK ON MANY TIMES BEFORE, I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM LATER.
UM, IT'S YOU PWP, AND I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THEN EQUITABLE BUS SYSTEM DOES NOT COMPLY WITH TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, SPECIFICALLY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CIRCUIT 47 OH 2.1 B CHAPTER FOUR, THAT 16, WHICH REQUIRES CAPITAL METRO TO REANALYZE AND IMPLEMENT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PICKUP ZONE IS NOT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE, AND THERE WILL STILL BE NO ACCESS TO SAMSUNG OR THE 425 ACRE DEVELOPMENT EAST VILLAGE ACROSS THE STREET.
SO INDIVIDUALS WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK THERE AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ARE LIVED THERE ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETE.
I HAVE COMMENTS LEADERS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO MR. MITCHELL, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
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ADMINISTRATION TITLE SIX COORDINATOR, MR. KEVIN WRESTLER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MUTED STILL.
I WAS ENJOYING THAT CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF.
UM, WELL THAT WAS ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR MEETING.
UM, THERE IS NOTHING UNDER ITEM, NUMBER THREE, ITEM NUMBER
[4. Report from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair]
FOUR, UH, REPORT FROM THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR, CHAIR LONG.THIS IS CHAD MCCOWEN, OUR, UM, TAC CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE UNAVAILABLE, BUT I CAN, UH, GIVE THE REPORT ON TACTICS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
SO, UM, A TAC MEETING WAS CONDUCTED BY A WEBEX ON APRIL 19TH OF 2021.
UM, WE DID HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO ACTION ITEMS AT THIS TAC MEETING.
UM, FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH'S MINUTES, UH, DAVID COUCH FROM CAPITAL METRO PRESENTED ON THE PROJECT CONNECT LPA AND POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE TIP, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION THAT HE IS PROVIDING TO THE BOARD TODAY AS WELL.
UM, FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION, THERESA HERNANDEZ CAMPO PRESENTED ON AN INFORMATION ITEM ON THE 20, 20 TO 2023 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM OR UPW PWP, UM, WHICH WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED, UH, AT THE BOARD MEETING TODAY.
UM, THE POLLING INFORMATION ITEM WAS A DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE TIP, UH, AND THE RTP, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, AN IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION FOR THE AMENDMENT PROCESS AND HOW THE TIP AND RTP, UH, ARE CONNECTED, UH, DUE TO HAVING SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS, UM, ON THE, UM, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND FINALLY, WE HAD, UH, AN INFORMATION ITEM THAT HAD BEEN, UH, PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED BY TAC MEMBERS THAT WERE FOLLOWING UP ON, UH, DISREGARDS THE REVIEW OF A FEDERAL REGISTRY NOTIFICATION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CLASSIFICATION OF URBAN AREAS.
UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ASHBY WILL TOUCH ON IN HIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON PLANNING ACTIVITIES, UH, DURING THIS MEETING.
AND THAT WAS, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS WE HAVE AT THE TECH MEETING.
UM, CHAD IS, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF CHAD OKAY.
[5. Presentation and Public Hearing on Amendments to the 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and 2045 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)]
WILL, UM, MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE WILL, UM, AT TWO 10, WE WILL RECESS FROM THE REGULAR MEETING AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.UH, THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND, UH, THAT IS MS. JOSEPH, MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU STILL ON BOARD WITH US? THANK YOU.
I AM REFERRING TO PAGE 13 OF 100 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.
THAT SPECIFICALLY SHOWS A CHART THAT HAS THE CAPITAL METRO PROJECTS.
THE EXPO CENTER BUS RAPID TRANSIT IS $2.4 MILLION.
AND IF YOU LOOK FOR THE DOWN ON THE CHART, YOU WILL SEE PLEASANT VALLEY METRO RAPID, AND IT SHOWS $2.1 MILLION.
MY OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COMMENTS I'VE MADE IN THE PAST WHERE THERE WERE THREE METRO RAPIDS FOR NORTHEAST AUSTIN THAT COSTS ABOUT $22 MILLION, LESS THAN THOSE IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN.
AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT THERE WAS EVER ANY REFERENCE TO THE PROJECTS WERE ACTUALLY IN THE CAMPO BOARD.
AND WHEN I INQUIRED PREVIOUSLY, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS IN THE LEFT EAR IS NOT NEAR ENOUGH.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WHILE THE EXPO CENTER WOULD SERVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THE SERVICE AREA DOES NOT END ON LOYOLA LANE.
AND THIS IS DUPLICATIVE SERVICE, ROUTE THREE, THREE, SEVEN OPERATES FIVE DAYS A WEEK FREQUENTLY, AND IT GOES TO LBJ HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN DOWNTOWN THE EXPO CENTER BUS WOULD DO EXACTLY THE SAME IT'S TAXATION WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN HARRIS, BRANCH, PIONEER CROSSING.
AND ONCE AGAIN, FM SEVEN 34, WHICH IS PARMA LANE.
AND SO I'M ASKING THAT $4.7 MILLION BE ALLOCATED FOR THE PLUMBER METRO RAPID BUS, OR YOU HAVE ABOUT 55% MINORITIES.
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IT'S ABOUT 70% ON DEATH ROADS.AND SO WHILE I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE IT COMPLIES WITH TITLE SIX, BECAUSE IT WILL SERVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 2017 AND 2018 COMMENTS THAT ARE IN THE BOARD PACKAGE FOR TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WHICH SPECIFIES THAT IT WOULD STILL BE A ONE MILE WALK.
SO THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS ARE NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE METRO RAPID IF THEY LIVE IN THE FAR OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY LIMITS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT PLEASANT VALLEY WILL SERVE THE HISPANICS, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND $9.9 MILLION SOUTH EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY EXISTS IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AND NORTH EAST, WEST, NORTH OF US, ONE 83, IT'S 24 TO 30 YEARS FOR THERE TO BE RAIL.
AND THERE'S NO ONE SEAT RIDES ANYMORE.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO MAKE THE SYSTEM EQUITABLE BECAUSE THE PROPAGANDA THAT WENT OUT FOR PROJECT CONNECT SAID THAT THIS PLAN WOULD SERVE EVERYONE AND EVERYONE'S TAXES WENT UP, NOT JUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE COLONY PARK AREA TO DOWNTOWN.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY REMARKS.
THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS, UM, JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE'S NOT ANY ACTION THAT WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS.
MS. JOSEPH WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UM, AT TWO 13, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO BACK INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
UM, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSS, SHARE LONG.
UM, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR THE TIP AMENDMENT.
UM, AND, AND I'M SORRY I WAS REMISSED.
I THINK RYAN MAY HAVE A PRESENTATION.
SORRY, I JUMPED THE GUN THERE.
AND YEAH, SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY GO THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, UM, AND THIS IS THE SPRING AMENDMENT CYCLE, AND THIS IS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TWICE A YEAR, UM, WITH WHICH TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE AMENDMENT CYCLE SCHEDULE, UH, DOWN HERE BELOW.
AND SO THE, UM, YEAH, THE CUTOFF DATE FOR THIS SPRING OF M A CYCLE WAS ON THE 16TH OF APRIL.
AND THEN WE TOOK IT AS AN INFORMATION ITEM TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE 19TH, AND THEN ALL OF MAY, UH, INCLUDES OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS AND THE CHANGES THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
UM, AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO THE POLICY BOARD NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING BACK TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE NEXT MONDAY, UM, TO ASK FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE POLICY BOARD.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN JUNE, UH, ON THE 14TH, UH, TO REQUEST ADOPTION AND DORSAL GO THROUGH AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
AND JUST THE WAYS THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT ON THESE, UH, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS, UH, UH, SOMETHING WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THE REASON WE DO THAT IS SO THAT THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION IS APPROVED BY THE POLICY BOARD, UH, BOTH THE RTP AND THE, THE, THE TIP OR BASICALLY LIVING DOCUMENTS, AND THEY NEED TO REFLECT THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.
UM, AND SO WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY REALLY EVERY SIX MONTHS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THERE.
AND IF THERE NEED TO BE ANY CHANGES, UM, SPECIFICALLY I WOULD SAY THE TIP IS PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, THE ONE THAT CHANGES THE MOST, BASICALLY, BECAUSE THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND AS PROJECTS GEAR UP TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION OR TO BE IMPLEMENTED, THEY TYPICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AND SO WE NEED TO REFLECT THAT, UH, SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED, UM, ANY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE FUNDING THROUGH ANY FWA PROGRAM OR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM HAVE TO BE LISTED IN THE TIP AND ORDER FOR THAT FEDERAL FUNDING TO BE RELEASED TO THE SPONSORS.
AND THAT'S WHY, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE AMENDMENT CYCLES.
UM, WE CAN ALSO PROCESS, UH, AMENDMENTS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UH, THESE ARE, I WOULDN'T SAY INSIGNIFICANT, BUT THEY DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE AS REGULAR AMENDMENTS DO.
UM, THEY'RE MORE, UH, I GUESS, ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE ACTUALLY.
UM, AND THEY CAN BE SIGNED OFF BY ASHBY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THEN JUST PRESENT IT TO THE POLICY BOARD.
UM, BUT ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT'S EITHER ADDING OR REMOVING A PROJECT FROM THE PLAN OR THE, OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, THE DESIGN, UM, IF FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, AMOUNTS CHANGE, IF THE LIMITS CHANGE OR IF THE SCHEDULE DOES, THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE POLICY BOARD,
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AND THAT'S EITHER THROUGH IRREGULAR AMENDMENT CYCLE, OR WE CAN DO A REGULAR AMENDMENT THROUGH AN OUT OF CYCLE, UM, PROCESS WITH WHICH WE DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, WHERE WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DO A REQUESTS APPROVAL AT A SINGLE BOARD MEETING.AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF THERE'S A, SOME KIND OF TIME LIMITATION ON A PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT.
SO, UM, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I'VE GOT, UH, I WANTED TO JUST BREAK DOWN THE ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE TIP, UH, AMENDMENTS, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE TRANSIT PROJECTS AS WELL.
UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE, UH, TWO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY TWO PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE FM SIX 21, WHICH IS ONE PROJECT THAT'S KIND OF SPLIT INTO FOUR CSJ JAYS.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE LET IN TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
AND SO THEY'RE SHIFTING SOME FUNDS FROM ONE SECTION TO THE NEXT, UM, AND MODIFYING THE LIMITS SO THAT THEY CAN LET ONE PIECE THAT'S READY TO GO TODAY.
UH, THIS YEAR THEY'LL LET IT THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE WILL BE LET LATER, UH, ONCE THEY GET THE RIGHT AWAY, UH, TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR ONE 50, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN THE TIP.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, REQUEST TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS AND WE WILL ADD IT TO THE APPENDICES, UH, WHILE IT UNDERGOES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND THE NEPA PROCESS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ONLY FOR THE ROADWAY PROJECTS, WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY OF BOSTON'S VIOLET CROWN TRAIL THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2018.
UH, THEY'RE JUST MAKING SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE SCOPE, UH, GOING INSTEAD OF A 12 FOOT TRAIL CAN BE A 10 FOOT TRAIL.
UM, AND THEY'RE REDUCING, UH, THE, THE PROJECT COST.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED IN 2018, UH, ALONG FM 2001.
AND THE CITY OF BUDA THAT'S GOING TO BE LET, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE YEAR FROM 2021 TO 2022.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE, UH, SOME AMENDMENTS FOR THE
AND ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE MOVING SOME FUNDING FROM THE NORTHERN PORTION TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS THEY'VE REFINED, THE ESTIMATES, THE NORTHERN PORT PORTION HAS COME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED, AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS COMING UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
UM, BUT IF YOU ALL RECALL, THE POLICY BOARD DID APPROVE THIS FUNDING KIND OF BLANKET LEAF FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION BACK IN 2019.
AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY PUTTING THE FUNDING ON A ONE CSA VERSUS ANOTHER.
SO NONE OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE, UH, NONE OF THESE AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARILY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, I THINK, UM, MAJOR CHANGES, BUT THEY DO NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE POLICY BOARD.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP, YOU SEE THAT ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE THAT DORSAL TALK ABOUT, BUT THAT IS DIRECTLY LINKED AND THE PRESENTATION HERE.
UH, SO YOU CAN GO TO THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT LINE, EMILY, AND THEN FINALLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSIT PROJECTS.
AND SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED OR ANTICIPATED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
UH, WE HAVE EIGHT PROJECTS OR EIGHT PROJECTS FROM CAPITAL METRO.
UH, THESE ARE ALL LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS AT THIS POINT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHASE, THESE ARE ALL THE EARLY PHASES OF PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THESE, UM, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, TO SUBMIT THESE PRODUCTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FROM FTA, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE BRT ROUTES.
UM, AND SO WHEN THOSE PRODUCTS DO, IF THEY DO END UP GETTING SELECTED FOR FUNDING THROUGH FDA, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE POLICY BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE RIGHT NOW, UH, THE PROJECT COSTS YOU SEE, AND THEY WERE BEING FUNDED TOTALLY THROUGH THE, THE LOCAL, UH, TAX THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS.
UH, THEY GOT A GRANT TO PURCHASE THREE TRANSIT VEHICLES, AND SO THERE'LL BE DOING THAT.
AND SO WE'LL BE ADDING ALL OF THESE INTO THE TIP.
UM, BUT, UH, I JUST DO WANT TO SAY THAT AS PROJECT CONNECT GETS GOING, I THINK WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT MORE PIECES OF TRANSIT PROJECTS.
UH, NORMALLY IN THE PAST, WE NORMALLY JUST SEE THEIR REGULAR PROGRAM FUNDING EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN WE DEVELOP A NEW TIP, WE'LL SEE A BLANKET, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR 53 OR SEVEN AND 53 10, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS PROJECT GETS GOING AND GETS GOES AFTER FEDERAL GRANTS, THOSE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE POLICY BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND, UM, THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF ALL THE, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO JOYCE AND JUST LET HER TALK ABOUT, UH, THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN COMMENT ON THESE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MANAGED SERVICE MASS.
A QUICK QUESTION, BEFORE HE DOES BRIAN, COULD YOU ADDRESS MS. JOSEPH'S CO UM, CONCERN REAL QUICK? SHE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, REGARDING THE ACTUAL ROUTES PER SE.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN TO SLOW EQUATE, BUT JUST SOMETHING REAL QUICK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDING HER COMMENTS.
UM, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SOMEBODY ON FROM, FROM CAPITAL METRO CELL SHARMILA, UM, UM, UM, WAS SHE ADMITTED TO THE, TO THE WEBEX EMILY?
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OUR MILA HAS NOT CALLED INTO THE WEBEX, BUT WE DO HAVE DAVE COUCH.WE'LL JUST ASK HIM IF THE CASH THEN MR. COUCH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TRYING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER MATEUS QUESTION, IT'S PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE THAT YOU ANSWER IT THEN A TEMPO.
I SHOWED HIM LOGGED ON, IS HE ONE? I THINK HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET ON NEEDED.
THE FARMER LINE, THE ONE THAT MS. JOSEPH WAS REFERRING TO, THAT IS ONE THAT IS NOT IN THE INITIAL SYSTEM SELECTION.
THE THREE THAT ARE IN THE INITIAL SELECTION ARE PLEASANT VALLEY EXPO AND THE EXTENSION OF SOUTH LAMAR, THE MAN CHECK THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RYAN BEFORE HE HANDS IT OVER TO JOYCE? OKAY.
I'M HEARING THE QUESTION SURE.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIST.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YES.
SO, UM, I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, WE, WE MAY HAVE SOMEONE, A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE QUESTIONS TOO.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS THIS IS SOMETHING TO NOTE, UM, AND THAT RELATES TO THE, UM, THE, THE TRANSIT PROJECTS.
THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I THINK IS MISSING, UH, AND THAT RELATES TO THE BRT.
I THINK THEY'VE CATCHED JUST MENTIONED IT THAT'S THE BURNET HILL MACHEKA BRT.
SO I'M JUST FLAGGING THAT FOR CAMPO STAFF THAT REQUIRES SOME MORE CONVERSATION WITH, UM, CAP METRO.
BUT I THINK THAT ONE MAY NEED TO BE ADDED.
SO THIS IS SHAMILA MOCHA, ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF ECHO IN THE BACKGROUND, SO SOMEONE NEEDS TO MUTE THEIR COMPUTER PERHAPS, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD.
I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
UH, SO SOUTH MAN, CHAKA OAK HILL EXTENSION AND GOLDLINE VRT ARE JUST THE NEXT SET OF PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE GOING FORWARD WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, 30% DESIGN DRAWINGS, AS WELL AS WE EXPECT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WRAP THAT IN SUMMER.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IN FOR THE FALL CYCLE AMENDMENT FOR TIM.
SO, SO MY QUESTION FOR CAMPO STAFF IS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE FALL CYCLE AMENDMENT FOR TIP, WE'LL BE OPENING THAT UP AND AUGUST.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THEY CAN SUBMIT THE TIP AMENDMENTS AT ANY TIME, THE, UM, APPLICATION FOR IT'S ONLINE 24 SEVEN.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE STARTING THE PROCESS, THOSE AND AUGUST.
SO I WOULD LOOK FOR THE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER BOARD MEETINGS IS WHEN YOU'LL SEE THE PUBLIC HEARING PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE, UM, RELATES TO, WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, FROM AUSTIN, WE HAD A QUESTION TO COLONY LOOP DRIVE AND ALSO RELATED TO, UM, SOME, UH, SUBMISSION RELATED TO, UM, THREE OF OUR BRIDGE PROJECTS.
I'M GOING TO LET, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NATASHA HARPER, MADISON ASKED HER QUESTIONS FIRST, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, CHAIR ABOUT THE COLONY LOOP DRIVE, NATASHA, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASK, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME QUESTION.
I JUST DIDN'T HEAR THE CHAIR RESPOND IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I DID NOTICE, UM, THAT THE COLONY LOOP IS MISSING AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE LINE, UM, WHO MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT COLONY PARK IS A, IT'S A PART OF AUSTIN AT FAR EAST PART OF AUSTIN THAT SUFFERED FROM DECADES AND DECADES OF NEGLECT AND DISINVESTMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THE CITY IS FINALLY IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, UM, THAT AND NEIGHBORHOODS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT WILL REALLY CREATE THIS REGIONAL ANCHOR FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, UH, RECREATIONAL HEALTHCARE TRANSIT RELATED, YOU KNOW, DESTINATION
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AND THAT COLONY LOOP DRIVE IS, IS KEY TO THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.UM, EVEN IN INCLUDED IN OUR IMAGINE AUSTIN GROWTH CONCEPT THAT THAT MAP IDENTIFIES COLONY PARK, UH, AS MORE OF THE TOWN CENTER, YOU KNOW, THE JOB CENTER, UH, IT'S ON THE EDGE OF THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO, SO CLOSE TO MAINER AND ELGON, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE OUTER PARTS OF, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY THAT ARE EXPERIENCED IN TRULY EXPLOSIVE GROWTH.
I MEAN, I CAN SORT OF GO THROUGH ALL THE TRANSIT PRIDE, THE METRO RAPID EXPO LINE, UH, THE GREENLINE COMMUTER RAIL, THE, YOU KNOW, MORE SUCCESSFUL THAT GREEN LINE INITIAL INVESTMENT IS.
I HONESTLY THINK THE SOONER, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT SERVICE OUT INTO MAINER AND ALLEGAN.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW DID COLONY LOOP GET LEFT OUT OF CONSIDERATION HERE? SO, UM, IF I COULD, I'M GOING TO ASK ASHBY TO JUST SORT OF CLARIFY WHAT, UM, WHAT PROJECTS OR WHAT THRESHOLD PROJECTS HAVE TO HIT TO MAKE IT TO, UM, TO THESE LISTS.
SO ASHBY, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT AND PROBABLY THE BRIDGES QUESTION, JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT'S LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS REGIONAL.
SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, UM, WE DID WORK WITH, BUT I'M SORRY, I ACTUALLY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO A COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR HOPPER MADISON, UH, WE DID WORK WITH, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF ON THE SUBMITTAL FOR, UM, UM, THE PROJECT THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, AND IT DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA IN TERMS OF, UH, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
THAT IS A, UH, ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
AND IF THE ROAD DOESN'T MEET THE CLASSIFICATION, IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND, UM, SO WE WORKED WITH, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, UM, WARNER, UM, ON THAT ONE QUITE A BIT, UM, IN THE TWO WEEKS LEADING UP TO THIS ITEM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND RYAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THE CITY WAS, UM, WAS USING LOCAL FUNDS ON THAT PROJECT.
AND, AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THE TIP, UH, TO USE LOCAL FUNDS.
SO IT DIDN'T, IT ALSO DIDN'T MEET OUR TEST FOR REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT WITH, UM, WITH, UM, WARNER AS WELL.
AND WE CAN SEND YOU THE BACKGROUND, UM, UH, INFORMATION ON THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES CONTRACTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RECONSIDERATION, I, THIS VERY MUCH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OUT IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE COMPLETION OF COLONY.
UM, SO I SEE IT AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.
SO I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO, TO NOT CLOSE THE CONVERSATION THAT THIS IS WHY WE DID IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR HAVING IT BE A POINT OF CONSIDERATION? WELL, IF WE COULD GET MORE INFORMATION THAT SATISFIES BOTH THE, UM, UM, THE, UM, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION ISSUE AND THE REGIONAL, UM, SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT IN A FUTURE AMENDMENT CYCLE.
I GUESS I JUST, I'M CONFUSED, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT HOW THERE'S, UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE TIP INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE METRO REP AT EXPO.
UH, I JUST DON'T GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE METRO, WITHOUT COLONY LOOP, WE COULDN'T HAVE THE METRO RAPID EXPO.
IT IT'S SOMETHING SEEMS INCONGRUENT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
OKAY, LET ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAUSE, UM, THOSE TWO LINK, THAT LINK WAS NOT PROVIDED TO US WHEN, WHEN, UM, THE CITY SUBMITTED, UM, THE AMENDMENT.
SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO TO HELP FACILITATE YOU GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
MY OFFICE HELPED MAYBE, UH, WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THEN, UM, CHAIR LONG, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, UM, THE OTHER PROJECTS, THE BRIDGES IN PARTICULAR.
SO THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE
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BRIDGE SUBMITTALS WERE AS A GROUP PROJECT.AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD DEEMED WERE MORE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND LESS ACTUAL ADDING CAPACITY.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT INTO THE AMENDMENTS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ON, ON THE BRIDGES AS WELL.
UM, LET ME BACK TO THE BOARD MEETING AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 2019, WHERE THERE WAS, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION AMONG THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT ADDED CAPACITY VERSUS MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND, UM, WE SENT THAT OVER TO THE CITY AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME.
CAN, CAN YOU SEE ME? I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UM, SO, UM, SO ASHLEY THAT, UM, UH, THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO, TO CHANGE THE, THE VOTE THAT WAS MADE LAST MAY.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, CLASSIFICATION OF THESE BRIDGES IN THE CATEGORY.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT READ, I MEAN, THE LANGUAGE.
UM, SO LET, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THERAPY OPEN CONVERSATION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION OF THE DEFINITION TO THESE PROJECTS.
THE, UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO OF THEM REALLY IMPACT THE, THE RAILROAD.
THE UPR ARE A RAILROAD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ONE OF THESE OVERPASS AND THAT'S THE WILLIAM CANNON SLAUGHTER ONE, IF ONE OF THOSE OVERPASSES FAILED, IT WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE ENTIRE REGION'S FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ABILITIES.
SO, UH, AND THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS, UH, IF ONE OF THESE OVERPASSES FAILED, IT COULD FIRSTLY IMPACT REGIONAL MOBILITY.
SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT AT LEE, UH, AND THERE'S THE, UH, THE ONE THROUGH ZILKER ALSO REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT.
SO I WOULD LIKE MORE DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TESTS YOU WERE APPLYING TO SAY THAT THESE WERE NOT REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT.
SO FOR ME IN AN HOUR, OR DO WE NEED TO TAKE THIS, DO WE NEED TO JUST HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT IT? I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT Y'ALL TAKE THAT.
UM, THE COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN FOR A WHILE.
UM, BUT JUST TO, TO, UM, CLARIFY IF YOU WILL, UH, AND PERHAPS WE NEED TO GET MORE SPECIFIC, BUT WE'VE DELINEATED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST.
UM, WHAT ARE CONSIDERED LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY O AND M KINDS OF PROJECTS.
AND, UM, AND, AND EVERYBODY HAS THEM, EVERY LOCAL ENTITY, WHETHER IT'S CITY OR COUNTY HAS THEM TO DEAL WITH.
AND, AND, UM, THERE'S, I CAN'T COUNT THE NUMBER OF RAIL CROSSINGS THAT GO THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BUT THAT ARE STILL CONSIDERED LOCAL, UM, AND IN NATURE.
SO I, I, UH, I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THAT HERE.
UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY REOPEN THAT DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, MY, MY FEAR IS THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF WE START GETTING INTO LOCAL MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
UM, WE'D NEVER FIND A NEW, UM, PROJECT, BUT ANYWAY, ALL THAT TO SAY IS, I THINK STAFF HAS EXPLAINED, UM, WHY THOSE PROJECTS, IN THEIR OPINION, DIDN'T MEET THE BAR.
IF CITY OF AUSTIN CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
BUT, UM, WITH REGARD TO CHANGING OUR POLICY, THAT WOULD TAKE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND A VOTE OF THE BOARD TO DO THAT CHAIR.
I'M NOT ASKING TO CHANGE OUR POLICY.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SUGGEST AT ALL THAT WE CHANGE OUR POLICY.
I DON'T THINK WE NEEDED TO CHANGE OUR POLICY.
AND I, I BELIEVE IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ON THAT POLICY.
I JUST THINK THAT IN THESE INSTANCES, THE POLICY HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED CONSISTENTLY IN THE WAY THAT, UM, AND, AND THERE ARE, UH, THESE ARE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THIS OFFLINE AND HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION AND PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION, UM, TO ASHBY AND HIS TEAM.
UH, I JUST FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FLAG IT TODAY.
UH, AND AGAIN, NOPE, NO SUGGESTION.
I AGREE WITH YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT.
I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE SO, UH, I WILL, UM, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ASHBY ON THESE ITEMS. UM, THANK YOU.
UM, I ALSO JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
TELL ME IF YOU'LL IDENTIFY WHO IT IS.
JUST SAY YOUR NAME NUMBER ELLIS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF US ON THE SCREEN.
UM, I DID JUST WANT TO JUMP INTO SAY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
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BETTER THE REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, ESPECIALLY IF A BRIDGE MIGHT HAVE A REPLACEMENT, UM, SITUATION OR POTENTIAL HER PLACEMENT NEEDED.UM, UH, THERE ARE SPACES IN MY DISTRICT THAT WHILE THEY MAY BE IN CITY LIMITS, THEY ARE USED BY MANY PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL, UM, IN AND OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS DAILY.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE BRIDGES IN PARTICULAR, UM, IF REPLACEMENT WHERE A SITUATION, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER.
IF SOMEONE COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION OFFLINE TO ME, ALL RIGHT, WE WILL HAVE STAFF DO THAT.
AND, UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION, PARTICULARLY FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS TO, UM, TO BETTER EXPLAIN, UM, W W HOW WE'VE HISTORICALLY DEFINED REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT AND THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO JOYCE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAS HER HAND UP NOW WE GOTTA PUT OURSELVES LIKE BRADY BUNCH STYLE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE EMILY, IF YOU WOULD CHANGE THE VIEW TO, INSTEAD OF SPEAKER VIEW, JUST SHOWING THE WHOLE PANEL, PLEASE.
AND WHILE SHE WORKS ON THAT, I CAN, I CAN BE QUICK.
IT'S JUST MORE OF A FOLLOW-UP THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, ASHBY MY CONCERN IS ABOUT TIMING.
I JUST, I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION BACK.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS THAT WE MISS ANY OPPORTUNITIES OR JEOPARDIZE ANY OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE OF NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION TO YOU IN TIME FOR RECONSIDERATION AROUND COLONY LOOPS.
SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A GOOD IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE TIMING SHOULD LOOK LIKE THERE? SO DEADLINES, I MEAN, CRITICAL, UM, TIMING.
SO IN TERMS OF, OF THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE, THE, UM, THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED, UM, BUT THERE'S A FALL AMENDMENT CYCLE COMING.
AND, UH, AS RYAN SAID EARLIER, WE, YOU, WELL, THE CITY COULD SUBMIT, UH, ANYTIME IN PREPARATION FOR THE FALL AMENDMENT CYCLE, THAT'LL START IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND THE BOARD WOULD TAKE A VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
UM, BUT IN THE INTERIM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND VISIT, UH, AND TALK THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT ARE OF CONCERN.
AND THEN SEE, CAN WE GET THINGS SETTLED IN TIME FOR THE FALL OF EMMA'S CYCLE? SO PLEASE JUST IDENTIFY WHO'S SPEAKING, PLEASE, AND REAL QUICK, JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I GET, SO THIS IS AN, UH, MAYOR PRETEND HARPER MADISON.
AGAIN, I THINK MY QUESTION IS STILL THE ANSWER RATHER IS NOT CLEAR THAT WHEN SHOULD WE GET INFORMATION TO YOU OR EXPECT TO GET INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS A DEADLINE.
IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW GO AHEAD AND SEND IT.
SHE SHARES AN, UM, SO, UM, SO ASHLEY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT LAST STATEMENT OF THE, THE COLON FARC AND THE, THE BRIDGE ISSUES THAT WE ARE RAISING OR ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS TIP PERIOD, NOT FOR THE NEXT ONES.
AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING INFORMATION TO YOU TO CONSIDER THEM FOR THIS TIME PERIOD, NOT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR SUBMISSION IN THE FALL, CAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS CLEAR AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON WAS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT YOU THE INFORMATION IN TIME FOR YOU TO REVIEW THAT AT US, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR YOU SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE FOR THIS TIP, THIS TIP PERIOD.
SO LET ME ASK RYAN IS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE DID NOT GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WHEN WE HAD THE, THE DUE DATE WAS ON THE 16TH, UH, FOR APPLICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED, AND THEN WE SPENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WORKING WITH THE SPONSORS TO TRY AND GET ANY INFORMATION THAT WAS MISSING AND MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS ON WHAT, UH, NEEDED TO BE PROCESSED AND WHAT DID, AND I THINK THAT THE IMPORTANT THING AND THE THING THAT WAS PUSHING, UH, YOU KNOW, DRIVES THE, UH, THE DEADLINE IS REALLY THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PERIOD, YOU KNOW, PER OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THESE OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 30 DAYS.
AND SO IF WE TAKE SOMETHING AFTER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD THOSE TWO WEEKS, UH, TO WORK WITH SPONSORS ON THINGS, UM, THAT INCLUDED THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER TIP AMENDMENTS THAT WE JUST DIDN'T GET ENOUGH INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PROCESS THOSE.
AND SO, UH, WE CAN STILL WORK WITH THE SPONSORS AND GET THAT STUFF IN.
UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, NEGATING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS TO ADD STUFF IN, UH, THIS LIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE CAN ALWAYS DO, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT
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DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF REQUEST IT IS, BUT WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE FALL AMENDMENT CYCLE AS WELL.UM, AND DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, IF FROM RUN OVER CALL, ALL OF THE ONES THAT, UH, WERE NOT PROCESSED THIS CYCLE THAT WERE SUBMITTED, UH, WERE ALL LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
SO UNLESS THERE'S SOME, UM, FROM WHAT I REVIEWED, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REQUIREMENT THAT THEY'D BE IN THE RTP OR THE TIP.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WOULDN'T IMPACT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEY CAN GO IN, IN THE BOTTOM IN THAT CYCLE, UM, WHICH WILL BE IN, I GUESS WE'LL BE OPENING THAT UP AND THREE, THREE MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO RYAN, JUST TO CLARIFY, IF I EVER SUMMARIZE, I THINK WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS, UM, IF THERE'S LOCAL FUNDS ON THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE, UM, ENTITIES CAN CONTINUE AND SHOULD CONTINUE WORKING ON THOSE.
UM, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO BE CONSIDERED, THAT WOULD BE IN THE FALL CYCLE.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT, THE TIP, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE REQUIREMENTS ARE BORN OUT OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FROM FTA AND HWA.
SO IF YOU GET FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU HAVE TO BE LISTED, BUT OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A COMPLETELY LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, THERE'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, A HARD REQUIREMENT.
UM, IT'S REALLY IN THERE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PURPOSES, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN.
AND AS THOSE PROJECTS GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, I MEAN, SHOULDN'T HOLD UP ANYTHING REALLY.
UM, AND THEN IF THEY DO HAPPEN TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING, THEN WE CAN AMEND IT A LATER TIME.
SO WE'VE GOT TO ANSWER THAT, OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, IF THIS IS RELEVANT TO THIS DISCUSSION, OR IF IT'S ONE YOU NEED TO TAKE OFFLINE WITH STAFF, UM, I UNDERSTAND I CAN CLOSE WITH THIS.
UM, I THINK I, I WANT TO REVISIT THIS WITH STAFF AND WE'LL DO SO IMMEDIATELY.
UH, UH, OUR STAFF WAS ONLY NOTIFIED ONE WEEK BEFORE THE COMMENT PERIOD THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE NOT GOING TO BE, UH, INCLUDED AND, AND WHAT I WAS NOT AWARE THAT WE WERE NOW FORECLOSED FROM INCLUDING THEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO BRAINSTORM WITH ASHBY ABOUT HOW TO GET, BRING THESE FORWARD AND NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE FALL CYCLE.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT OFFLINE DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR ER STAFF, JUST TO SAY THAT SOMETHING'S NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED AND WE'RE FORECLOSED FROM MAKING THAT DECISION.
SO WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ASHBY OFFLINE AND SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO BE CLEAR, THE STAFF WAS FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES WE'VE SET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY MADE ARBITRARY DECISIONS.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, A POLICY THAT THIS BOARD HAS SET IN TERMS OF REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT, ET CETERA.
AND THAT'S A BIGGER QUESTION TO ADDRESS, UM, YES, CHAIR, CHAIR.
IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATION OF OUR, OUR POLICY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE, UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DISCRETION THERE IN, IN HOW YOU APPLY THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGES AND THE POLICY OKAY.
UM, WE WILL CLOSE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM AND TURN IT OVER TO JOYCE FOR ANY MORE INFORMATION, UM, THAT YOU HAVE ON THE PUBLIC INPUT.
EMILY, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDES PLEASE.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPENED LAST WEEK ON MAY 3RD.
UH, THIS IS SERVING AS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMENT PERIOD.
SO THERE'S AN ONLINE OPEN HOUSE WITH THE PROJECT LIST AND THE MAPS OF THOSE PROJECT LOCATIONS.
ALONG WITH PROJECT SPONSOR CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, THE PROJECT SPONSORS ARE GOING TO BE THE BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO THERE IS A CONTACT LISTED IN THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE.
THERE'S ALSO A LINK TO SUBMIT COMMENTS.
UH, WE WILL BE DOING TWO LIVE PRESENTATIONS NEXT WEEK ON MAY 19TH AND 20TH, THAT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE CAMPUS WEBSITE.
AND THE COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES ON JUNE 3RD, NEXT SLIDE DAYS.
SO WE'RE STILL, UM, NOT HAVING THE TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES, BUT THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN STILL, UM, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND, UM, PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, ALL OF THE MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ON CAMPO, TEXAS.ORG.
FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE, IF YOU PREFER NOT TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE OR WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE HARD COPIES OF THE MATERIAL, YOU CAN CALL SEVEN THREE SEVEN ZERO EIGHT EIGHT ONE FOUR FOUR AND LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR MAILING ADDRESS AND NAME.
UH, WE CAN MAIL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
YOU CAN ALSO LEAVE COMMENTS BY VOICEMAIL.
AND SO THIS IS NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE, BUT RIGHT NOW, BEING THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING IN-PERSON MEETING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU CAN DEFINITELY LEAVE THOSE COMMENTS BY VOICEMAIL.
IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR WANT TO TALK WITH PROJECTS WITH STAFF ABOUT ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED, YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE THERE AND WE CAN RETURN
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YOUR CALL.YOU CAN SEND EMAIL COMMENTS IN, UM, YOU CAN ALSO FAX THEM OR MAIL THEM INTO OUR OFFICE.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS, UM, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THEIR COMMENTS THIS WAY.
UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN SAYS THAT THIS IS CAMPOS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS PROCESS, PROJECT SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THEIR OWN PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, MEETINGS AND PROCESS AS WELL.
SO, UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL OF THIS WILL END THE COMMENT PERIOD WILL END ON JUNE 3RD.
ANYTHING ELSE? JOYCE? THAT'S ALL.
UM, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S CREATIVITY AND, AND MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. UM,
[6. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on March 8, 2021 Meeting Minutes]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH THE EIGHTH.IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? THANK YOU.
UH, I GOT THE, WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THAT? HERE'S SOME LITTLE SECOND.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND, UM, WE'LL GO IN THE REVERSE ORDER.
IS THERE ANYBODY AGAINST THE MOTION? OKAY.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM, I STILL HAVE JUDGE OAKLEY, COMMISSIONER SHEA, COMMISSIONER TERRIO AND COMMISSIONER.
TREVELYAN ABSENT PRESENT COMMISSIONER HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 10 MINUTES.
SO YOU, YOU CAME ON ABOUT TWO 30 OR TWO, TWO 40.
SO COMMISSIONER JONES HAS COMMISSIONER CHEERIO'S.
HE'S ON YOUR, OKAY, GREAT THEN JUDGE.
OAKLEY'S THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS HIS PROXY.
[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action to Authorize the CAMPO Executive Director to Negotiate Regional Transportation Statistics and Metrics Dashboard Contract]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE CAMPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION, STATISTICS AND METRICS DASHBOARD CONTRACT.MY NAME IS NEAR BED CAMPO STAFF.
UH, IF BOARD MEMBERS ARE CALLED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, STAFF HAS REFERRED TO CREATING AN ONLINE DASHBOARD THAT WILL PROVIDE DATA ON OUR REGION'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN A USER-FRIENDLY PLATFORM ON FEBRUARY 5TH, STAFF ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, WHICH DETAILED THE PROJECT SCOPE AND EVALUATION PROCESS.
UH, FIVE BURNS RESPONDED TO THE PROPOSAL AND STAFF EVALUATED KIMBERLY HORN AS THE TOP RANK FROM KIMBERLY'S WHOLE KIMBERLY HORNS BID INCLUDES CDMP AS A CON AS A SUB-CONSULTANT FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS.
SO THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE MOCK-UPS OF WHAT THE DASHBOARD COULD LOOK LIKE.
UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC TECH AND THE BOARD BEFORE THE PLATFORM GOES LIVE.
UH, THIS SLIDE, UH, CAN SHOW, UM, TRANSIT FOR INSTANCE, UH, WE CAN SEE VISUALIZE PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING OUR METRICS, UH, ROUTE PERFORMANCE AND ANALYZE ROUTES, UH, BY INDIVIDUAL STOPS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THINGS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS SUCH AS THE REGIONAL COUNTY OR CITY SCALE, UH, NEXT LINE.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT SPECIFIC ROADS BY TIME OF DAY TRAVEL TIME OR DIRECTION.
AND WE ALSO HAVE DATA SUCH AS CRASH DATA THAT WE CAN VISUALIZE BY CRASH LOCATION, TIME OF DAY, UM, CRASH FACTORS.
AND JUST TO REITERATE, UH, THESE PAST LIVES ARE ALL CONCEPTUAL AND JUST INDICATE WHAT THE DASHBOARD COULD BE.
THERE IS STILL ENGAGEMENT THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR.
AND NEXT SLIDE, UH, FOR THIS LAST SLIDE STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE TP, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CAMPUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE TOP RANK CONSULTANT FIRM TO DEVELOP THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS AND METRICS DASHBOARD.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM
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NEAR OF A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? SURE.IF YOU WANT TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FIRST.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM IT'S NUMBER, NUMBER SEVEN.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT CANNON.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
FIRST OF ALL, GIVE STAFF A LOT OF CREDIT.
LIKE HOW YOU ADD TO THAT AGENDA.
I'M SAYING, DUDE, BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALL CONCEPTUAL.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WE ACTUALLY GET.
BUT YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT KIMBERLY CAN WARREN SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH, IS IT CDMP FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH? YES, SIR.
SO DO THEY NOT HAVE A PUBLIC OUTREACH PORTION TO THEIR STAFF OR IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO, UM, EITHER, UM, HELP YOU ADDRESS A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE PUBLIC THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH? OR IS IT A CERTAIN MECHANISM OR THING, OR, OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THAT RIGHT THERE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD NEAR THE ROCKETS NEARBY CAN ANSWER THAT FOR US PLEASE.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, COUNCIL, AS A MEMBER OF THE CAMP, KIMBERLEY HOLMES, A LARGE FARM, UH, NATIONAL IN SCOPE AND, UM, A LOT OF THEIR OUTREACH PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THIS MARKET.
SO THE FARM THAT WAS PUT ON AS A, AS A SUB CONSULTANT IS IN THIS MARKET AND KNOWS THIS MARKET VERY WELL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE EXCELLENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THIS IS ANN KITCHEN.
I'VE JUST A QUICK QUESTION THAT YOU MENTIONED.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, A GREAT PROJECT.
UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION THAT YOU TOUCHED ON.
JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE US SOME MORE DETAIL.
UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, I BELIEVE THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, AND ALSO THE TACK.
CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? CAN, UM, WELL WE WILL, UH, HERE'S MY QUESTION.
SO W W THIS DASHBOARD COME BACK TO THE POLICY BOARD TO, TO, UP TO THAT ONE QUESTION, AND THEN IF, IF SO, UH, WE'LL, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PUBLIC FEEDBACK OR TAC FEEDBACK BEFORE THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, REMEMBER, AND I'M GOING TO LET AN AIR RESPOND.
SO, UH, THE WAY WE ARE, IF YOU'RE ASKING ESSENTIALLY ALL YOUR, ALL THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION ARE YES.
UH, WHETHER IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR APPROVAL, UM, ASHBY, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT PART.
SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, IN TERMS OF, UM, BOTH, UH, THE BOARD SEEING, UH, ITEMS AND ADVANCING ADVANCE AND APPROVING.
UH, SO THE CONTRACT IS, UM, RIGHT NOW Y'ALL APPROVE IT TODAY IS SET FOR I THINK, 12 MONTHS.
UM, AND SO DURING THE COURSE, ONCE WE WORK UP, UM, SORT OF THE, I GUESS, THE CONCEPTUAL, UM, UM, DASHBOARD AND WE IDENTIFY THE DATA SOURCES, UM, WE WOULD BRING THAT TO THE TECH.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THE TECH CAUSE THEY'VE GOT DATA SOURCES THAT WE NEED THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, AS INDIVIDUAL AGENTS, AS, AS CAMPO.
UH, AND WE'LL BE ASKING THEM ALSO, UH, NEAR OF, AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER LAST WEEK.
UH, DATA MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE, UH, ON THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND MULTIPLE, UM, UH, DATA SETS THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
AND WE NEED TO KNOW KINDA WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION.
UM, SO IT'LL BE COMING, UH, TO THE BOARD, UH, AS WE HIT MAJOR MILESTONES AND WE'LL LAY THOSE OUT IN THE CONSULTANT CONTRACT, BUT, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT AND YOU WILL SEE, UH, WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT WE GET.
UM, UH, WELL, BEFORE WE ASK YOU TO PROVE IT GOING LIVE, IT WILL NOT GO LIVE UNTIL YOU SEE IT.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, I DON'T HEAR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MATEYA AND A SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM CANNON.
IS THERE ANYONE AGAINST ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOTE EVERYBODY AS APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UM, AND VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
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WE'VE GOT, UM,[8. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on CAMPO Appointment to Capital Metro Board]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AND THAT IS A NOVIA JOSEPH.
UM, MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEM EIGHT, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TERRY MITCHELL TO CAPITOL METRO'S BOARDS.
I OPPOSE THIS ITEM WHEN HE CAME BEFORE YOU ON AUGUST 13TH, 2018.
I STATED THEN, AND WE'LL RESTATE TODAY.
I FIRST TESTIFIED BEFORE, UM, MR. MITCHELL, AS IT RELATED TO THE SAMSUNG AREA, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2016.
AT THAT TIME, HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREA, AND I SENT HIM A MAP AS HE REQUESTED.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.
I REQUESTED A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE CONNECTIONS 2025 PROCESS, WHICH THEN BECAME CAP REMAP WHEN IT WAS REBRANDED.
AND THAT WAS NEVER TRANSPARENTLY GIVEN TO THE BOARD OR THE PUBLIC AUGUST 28TH, 2018 ON OUR, ABOUT RBJ SENIOR CITIZENS, ACTUALLY A GRANT TO GET THEIR BUS A SECOND BUS TO THEIR FAVORITE ATV ON SEVENTH AND PLEASANT VALLEY.
WHILE THOSE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN AND NORTHWEST AUSTIN, SPECIFICALLY MERRELL TOWN AND DISTRICT SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS AREA HAVE TO NOW WALK ONE MILE TO THE BUS STOP.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1.3 TO FOUR MILES IN THE AREA THAT'S IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, DECEMBER, 2020 BOARD PACKET.
THAT'S HOW FAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS FROM TRANSIT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF THESE DECISIONS ARE FINANCIALLY RELATED AND MR. MITCHELL HAS NOT BEEN TRANSPARENT.
YOU HEARD ME SPEAK EARLIER ABOUT THESE METRO RAPID LINES.
AND I WENT BACK TO MY NOTES AND SPECIFICALLY JANUARY 11, 2021, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MR. ASHBY, UM, AS IT RELATED TO ASHBY JOHNSON, AS IT RELATED TO THE SCORING MATRIX, AND SPECIFICALLY THAT THE CAMP OF 2045 LONG RANGE PLAN HAD THOSE THREE METRO RAPID LINES THAT ARE REFERRED TO IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, THAT TOTAL $18.4 MILLION BURNING AND OAK HILL TOTAL $41.2 MILLION.
SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER METAYER FOR ACTUALLY ASKING A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY, AS IT RELATED TO THE NORTH CORRIDOR IN 2014, AS SPECIFIED THAT 14 OF THE REGIONAL GROWTH CENTERS IDENTIFIED IN CAMPOS LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR, THE MOST IN ANY CORRIDOR STUDIED IN PROJECT CONNECT FROM 20 2005 TO 2035, THE REGION'S POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE BY 123% AND 135% RESPECTIVELY.
AND LASTLY, ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE JOBS TO MOST POPULATED COUNTIES WILL BE LOCATED IN THIS CORRIDOR BY 2035 AND WILL ACCOUNT FOR 58% OF ALL JOBS IN THIS FIVE COUNTY REGION.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT MR. MITCHELL HAD AN OBLIGATION TO US, THE CITIZENS TO ACTUALLY THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND TO ACTUALLY SHOW US WHY THOSE ROUTES WERE SELECTED BEFORE VOTERS ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS PLAN NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND LASTLY, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, JUNE 20TH, 20, WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
MA'AM I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, TO MAKE THE COMMENT OKAY.
UM, MR. JOHNSON, WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE CAMPO APPOINTMENT, THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD, UM, MR. MITCHELL HAS APPARENTLY, UH, DECIDED HE LOVES THIS SO MUCH.
HE, UM, IS WILLING TO BE REAPPOINTED.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT TERRY MITCHELL? THERE MAY PRETEND HARPER MADISON.
I'LL SECOND IT COMMISSIONER JONES.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT TERRY MITCHELL TO THE BOARD OF CAP.
IS THERE ANYONE AGAINST THAT MOTION? OKAY.
UM, THEN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL VOTE YOU IN A HUNDRED PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR THAT LAST TIME I CHECKED ON BATH A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED PERCENT TIMES.
UM, AND JUST A REMINDER TO, UM,
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OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, CAMPO HAS TWO APPOINTEES TO THE CAP.TERRY IS ONE OF THOSE AND THEN WADE, UH, COOPER IS THE OTHER ONE.
[9. Presentation of Draft 2022-2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO THE, UH, POLICY BOARD, BYLAWS.TIM, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS ONE? I WILL START IT AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT, UH, YOU RECEIVED AN INITIAL REPORT FROM YOUR BYLAWS SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CHAIR AND KITCHEN, UH, JUDGE OAKLEY AND COMMISSIONER JONES.
YOU RECEIVED THEIR INITIAL REPORT ON MARCH 8TH AT YOUR MONTHLY MEETING.
BACK THEN, AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON, ON ALL THESE VARIOUS CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE RED LINE, UH, BYLAWS THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKETS.
AND AFTER AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT DISCUSSION, THE MATTER WAS THEN REFERRED BACK TO THAT SUB COMMITTEES, UH, FOR THAT SUB COMMITTEES REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
AND, UH, THE SUB COMMITTEE IN FACT, DID GO AHEAD AND MEET, AND IT HAS NOW CONCLUDED ITS ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND HAS ADDED OR CHANGED A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UH, WHICH ARE NOW INCORPORATED BY AND LARGE INCORPORATED INTO THE, UH, THE RED LINE THAT IS BEFORE YOU, UH, IN THE MARCH 8TH MEETING THE SUB COMMITTEE ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED THAT A SECRETARY POSITION BE, UH, CREATED AND ADDED TO THE OFFICERS FOR THE TPV.
UH, THE SUB COMMITTEE IS NOW ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THAT POSITION NOT BE FILLED IMMEDIATELY.
IT BE CREATED, UH, NOT BE FILLED IMMEDIATELY, BUT INSTEAD, UH, BE FILLED AT AN INITIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD AT THE NEXT ROUTINE BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS IN JANUARY, 2022, THAT, THAT RECOMMENDATION I THINK, AND I HOPE WILL BE INCLUDED IN A MOTION APPROVE THESE AMENDMENTS, UH, BY THE WAY, UH, THAT REFERENCES THAT PAGE 58 OF YOUR PACKET, WHICH IS PAGE SIX OF THE RED LINE BOTTLE HALLS, UH, AT THAT SAME LOCATION, SAME PAGES, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, NOTED THAT IT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS AFTER THE LAST, UH, MEETING ON MARCH 8TH CONCERNING THE STATUS OF TPD OFFICERS AND THE SUCCESSION OF THE TPP CHAIR AFTER A REVIEW AND DISCUSSION, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS NOW RECOMMENDING, AND THIS IS IN THE RED LINE, A NUMBER ONE THAT ALL OFFICERS MUST BE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE TPB HERE.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS ALREADY, UH, TO RECALL THAT, UM, UNDER OUR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IS THE DOCUMENT AND AGREEMENT WE, EACH OF YOUR JURISDICTIONS HAVE ENTERED INTO WITH THE GOVERNOR, WHICH ARE THE BASIS FOR FORMATION OF CAMPO IN THAT DOCUMENT, UH, CAMPO TPB IS ALLOWED TO HAVE BOTH VOTING AND NON-VOTING OF BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE THAT OFFICERS BE ONLY VOTING MEMBERS AND, UM, THAT THE TPB CHAIR SHOULD HE OR SHE RESIGN OR NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE TO BE A VOTING MEMBER.
THE VICE CHAIR WAS SERVICE CHAIR UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.
UH, FINALLY, UM, MOVING OVER TO PAGE 63 OF YOUR PACKET, WHICH IS PAGE 11 OF THE RED LINE BYLAWS, THE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE TACT AND THE SCOPE OF ITS REVIEW FUNCTIONS.
AFTER CONSIDERING ALL THE VARIOUS COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE MARCH 8TH MEETING, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS NOW RECOMMENDING THAT IN, IN ADDITION TO THE LISTED ITEMS THERE THAT ALL OTHER TECHNICAL ITEMS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE TPB ALSO BE PRESENTED TO THE TAC BEFORE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, ADDED AFTER THE REVIEW FROM MARCH 8TH.
AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO, UH, OTHER, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR DISCUSSION AND, UH, AWESOME.
UM, THAT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, MATEA COMMISSIONER JONES, JUDGE OAKLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
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RUDY YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SCREEN.YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON Y'ALL'S PROCESS? I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO LET THE ILLUSTRIOUS VICE CHAIR SINCE SHE HAD HER HAND UP.
I JUST IN MY GROUPING YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, AND SO YOU'RE SAYING, YEAH, I THINK WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND IN FACT WE 20 MINUTES GUYS, I THINK SO.
UM, SO YEAH, WE, WE, UH, THANK YOU TIM, FOR, FOR, UH, PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT, UM, ON THE TAP LANGUAGE, UH, WE PUT IN THE WORD TECHNICAL TO REFLECT, TRY TO REFLECT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE LAST BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WITH THIS LAST BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS, WAS BASICALLY THAT THAT'S THE ROLE OF TAC IS TECHNICAL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE USE THAT LANGUAGE AND JUST TOOK OUT THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS CONCERNING ABOUT WHAT WAS IN ADMINISTRATIVE WAS WHAT WASN'T CAUSE IT JUST, THAT WAS JUST NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT WAS THAT THE TAX SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT TECHNICAL ITEMS. AND SO, SO THAT'S WHY, SO WE ARRIVED AT THAT LANGUAGE.
AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT MAYOR HOUSTON HAD, UH, RECOMMENDED.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT RELATED TO THEM VOTING MEMBERS AS BEING, UM, OFFICERS ABILITY MEMBERS OF TPB INELIGIBLE, WE OFFICERS.
AND WE HAD, WE ADOPTED THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE THAT SHE HAD PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT, YEAH, I THINK THAT COVERS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES REPORT COMMISSIONER GALLONS, OR REALLY DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE VICE CHAIR SAID.
IT WENT VERY, VERY SUPPOSEDLY WELL, UM, EFFICIENT PREPPING, HONESTLY GREAT STUFF.
ONE OF THE BEST STUFF COMMITTEES THAT MANY YEARS THAT THERE WE GO.
DON'T TELL HER THAT OR WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT A LOT MORE.
I SAID THAT PUBLIC, WAIT A MINUTE.
SO, UH, WHAT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING, SHOULD THERE BE A MOTION AND A SECOND IS ADOPTING THE RED LINE, UH, VERSION THAT YOU SEE IN THE PACKET TODAY.
IS THERE A MOTION COMMISSION I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WITH THE ADDITION OF THE, UH, SECRETARY NOT BEING ELECTED UNTIL THE NEXT, UH, REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JONES AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MATEAH UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYONE AGAINST THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
THEN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THANK YOU ALL TO THE FOLKS ON THE SUB COMMITTEE, TIM AND CAMPO STAFF THAT WORKED WITH THEM ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING, Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME TO WORK ON THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION ITEMS. UM, I KNOW, UH, WE MAY BE LOSING A COUPLE OF FOLKS, SO, UM, JUST FOR THOSE DOING PRESENTATIONS, UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE NOT DONE BY THREE 30, WE'RE LOSING FOLKS.
SO, UM, PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN YOUR QUICK PRESENTATIONS.
[10. Presentation of Capital Metro Project Connect Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA)]
AND WITH THAT INTRO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, THERESA FOR ITEM NUMBER 10.THIS IS THERESA HERNANDEZ CAMPUS STAFF.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, CAMPO HAS DRAFTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2023 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM THAT YOU PWP BASED ON FUNDING RECEIVED FROM FH A FOR FROM FISCAL YEAR 2021.
THE UPW P IS A FEDERALLY REQUIRED DOCUMENT, IDENTIFYING THE PLANNING PRIORITIES AND ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE CAMPO REGION.
UH, CAMPUS U PWP IS, UM, ADOPTED EVERY TWO YEARS.
I MAY BE AMENDED IF THE PLANNING, UH, PROGRAMS CHANGE, UH, YOU PWP IDENTIFIES WORK TASKS, WHICH, UM, IS COMPRISED OF FIVE MAIN TASKS, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION, DATA DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, SHORT RANGE, PIMP PLANNING, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE LONG RANGE PLAN AND SPECIAL STUDIES.
UM, SO THE PWP, UM, DRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE TAC, UM, ON APRIL 19TH AND WE ARE PRESENTING THE, UM, DRAFT TODAY, UM, HERE AT THE TPB MEETING,
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UH, THE FINAL WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE TAC ON MAY 17TH, AND THEN IT WILL BE BACK, UH, BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE, UH, POLICY BOARD ON JUNE 14TH AND WITH ALL THIS IN MIND, UM, THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE DUE TO TXDOT BY AUGUST 15TH.UM, IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS, UM, REGARDING ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING IN THE NEW PWP, UH, THOSE COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO ME, UM, TO MY EMAIL, TERESA DOT HERNANDEZ AT CAMPO, TEXAS.ORG.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF TERESA? OKAY.
THANK YOU, THERESA HEARING NONE.
[11. Briefing of CAMPO Transportation Policy Board Bylaws Subcommittee]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS AN UPDATE FROM CAP METRO PROJECT CONNECT LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.AND I THINK, UM, DAVE, ARE YOU QUEUED UP FOR THAT ONE? UH, I NEED TO GET THE SHARE SCREEN UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A TEED UP.
UH, FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS AFTERNOON.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, I'M DAVE COUCH, I'M THE PROGRAM OFFICER OF PROJECT CONNECT, AND I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION TODAY ON THE STATUS OR PROJECT CONNECT.
THIS IS THE SEQUENCE PLAN THAT WE HAVE HAD TOGETHER, UH, AND WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR AND WAS REALLY THE BASIS OF THE SEQUENCE THAT WENT FORWARD FOR THE REFERENDUM.
SO THIS IS OUR OVERALL PROGRAM SCHEDULE.
THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT IS THE INITIAL INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE AN OVERALL PROGRAM THAT IS 7.1 BILLION.
AND WITH IT, IT INCLUDES A FEDERAL PROJECTION OF SOME $3.19 BILLION.
UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT IT MAY CHANGE WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WAITING TO SYNC.
THE SYSTEM MAP IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND MATCHES UP WITH EACH ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THE OVERALL PROGRAM.
NEXT TIME WE WENT THROUGH THE EARLY PROCESS, THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, AND LOOKED AT EACH ONE OF THE CORRIDORS, WENT THROUGH A STEP PROCESS THAT INCLUDED IN EVALUATION OF EACH ONE THAT RESULTED LAST JUNE AND THE SELECTION OF LOCALLY PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE METRO RAPID LINES AND ALSO FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE THAT TAKES US INTO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS GOING INTO THE DETAIL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS UNDERNEATH.
BUT NEXT ONE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BLUE LINE, UH, THIS LINE GOES FROM THE AIRPORT, UH, IN, ACROSS THE LAKE AND TO REPUBLIC SQUARE.
THEY PROVIDE TREMENDOUS CAPACITY AND DEDICATED TRANSIT WAYS THAT ARE THERE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIONS BY CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE ASM P IT REPLACED PORTIONS OF OUR EXISTING 20 ROUTE THAT PROVIDE SERVICE OUT TO THE AIRPORT.
UH, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 11 STATIONS ON THE LINE AND WE'LL RUN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MINUTES SERVICE.
NEXT ONE, THE ORANGE LINE IS THE NORTH SOUTH CENTER SPINE.
UH, IT BASICALLY GOES ULTIMATELY FROM TECH RIDGE TO SLAUGHTER THE PORTION THAT'S IN THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IS FROM THE NORTH WALMART TRANSIT CENTER TO STASH ALONG THAT ROUTE, IT WILL REPLACE THE EIGHT OH ONE SERVICE, UH, AND AS IT GOES FORWARD AS A LOCALLY PERFORMED ALTERNATIVE, IT HAS GOT 22 STATIONS AND A 10 TO 15 MINUTES MIXED WHAT SPECIFICALLY ON THE ORANGE LINE, UH, PROJECTED RIDERSHIP OF 54,000 TO 74,000 A DAY.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, THE ZERO HOUSEHOLD CARS, UH, 8% AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE PROPERTY,
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HEIR PROPERTY IN THE STATION AREA, 23%.SO AS YOU START TO LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THESE, IT SHOWS WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC BENEFITS ARE AND ALL OF THESE WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH IN DETAIL AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS.
NEXT ONE, TRUE, AND ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS METRO RAPID SERVICE, UH, BRT LIGHT, IF YOU WILL.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SEVEN DIFFERENT LINES THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
AND AS WE LOOKED AT IT, WHAT CAME INTO THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES AND INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL INVESTMENT WHERE EXPO CENTER, PLEASANT VALLEY, UH, BURNETT WITH THE EXPANSION DOWN TO AND CHECK IT AND OAK HILL.
AND THEN DURING THE PROCESS WE LOOKED AT, INSTEAD OF DOING THE GOLD LINE AS LIGHT RAIL, THE INITIAL SERVICE WOULD START OUT AS METRO RAPID.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER PORTIONS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE BEYOND WHAT IS IN THE FUNDING FOR THE INITIAL INVESTMENT.
AND THOSE ARE ACROSS TOWN AND LK AND PARMER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROCESS.
AS WE WENT THROUGH TO GET TO THE POINT OF THE APPROVAL OF THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 70,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE SCOPING PROCESS FOR ORANGE AND BLUE, ALSO THE LIGHT RAIL LINES, AND LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF THOSE, WE'VE NOW COMPLETED THAT PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND WE'VE GOT FUTURE MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND WE'LL BE GOING OUT WITH THE FINAL ALIGNMENTS AND POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR STATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS MIXED.
WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND MOVED FORWARD WHEN PROGRESSING THE PROGRAM.
WE WE'VE STARTED TO DO SURVEY WORK TO GO AHEAD AND ESTABLISH WHAT THE RIGHT OF WAY LINES ARE.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES TO DETERMINE WHAT MAY HAVE TO BE RELOCATED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GUIDEWAY, THE PICTORIAL, THE PIT TO THE LOWER RIGHT, BASICALLY LOOKS AT WHAT A SECTION WOULD BE OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRACK.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 28 FEET WIDE, AND ONE TRACK ON EACH SIDE.
NEXT ONE, AS WE'VE GONE FORWARD, WE HAVE HELD THOSE SCOPING MEETINGS.
AS I SAID FORWARD, WE'RE GETTING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND ALSO FROM OUR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO START THE RESEARCH AND DEFINE THE HISTORIC RESOURCES ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND THEN CONTINUE TO DO FIELD WORK FOR BOTH RESOURCES AND ALSO THE HISTORIC EXCELLENT ON METRO RAPID.
UH, THE SIGN IS BEING FINALIZED AS WE GET TO THE 30% FOR EXPO AND PLEASANT VALLEY.
UH, AND THEN LATER THIS SUMMER WE'LL BE GETTING TO 30% AND CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, UH, FOR THE BURNETT EXTENSION DOWN MANCHESTER AND OAK HILL ON THE RED LINE.
UH, THE DESIGN AT THE SOCCER STADIUM, UH, IS UNDER THE DEVELOP BROAD TRACK DESIGN IS BASICALLY BEING WORKED.
SO IT'S GOT FLEXIBILITY IN OPERATIONS.
THE LEANDER TO LAKE LAND SECTION OF DESIGN FOR THE ADDITIONAL SECOND TRACK IS COMPLETE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD WITH NEIGHBORHOODS CIRCULATORS WITH THE PICKUPS GUIDELINES CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FINAL STAGES.
NEXT ONE, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION THAT I WANTED TO MAKE TODAY.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION, IF IT'S CAMPO RELATED, UH, FEEL FREE TO BRING UP THE QUESTION FOLKS, BUT IF IT DRILLS DOWN INTO THE WEEDS SPECIFIC, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH DAVE OFFLINE.
[12. Executive Director’s Report on Transportation Planning Activities]
WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT, AND EMILY, YOU CAN TAKE THE SLIDE DOWN AT THIS POINT.[01:20:01]
AND I'M GOING, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BE USING ON SLIDES FOR SOME OF THIS.ON, ON ITEM 12, A, UH, THIS RELATES TO, UM, THIS RELATES TO, UM, UH, THE CHANGE BEING PROPOSED BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU ON DEFINITIONS AND DESIGNATIONS FOR MICROPOLITAN AND, UH, METROPOLITAN.
UH, AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT INFORMATION AS CAMPO STAFF.
WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THAT, UM, AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IT.
UM, OUR ASSESSMENT, AS, AS AMP AS CAMPUS STAFF, IS THAT, UH, IT WILL NOT, WILL NOT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR US.
UH, AS, UH, AS THE REGION, HOWEVER, UH, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, WHO RECEIVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG FUNDS, THEY ARE REPORTING THAT THESE CHANGES IN DEFINITIONS COULD AFFECT THEIR FUNDING.
SO IF YOU, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE RECEIVING CDBG FUNDS FROM HUD, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE.
UM, AND THE MATERIAL WAS PROVIDED IN THE, UM, THE BOARD PACKET THAT WAS SENT OUT.
I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND, UM, IF YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER, UM, BEFORE THE DEADLINE LATER THIS MONTH.
AND SO NEXT, I WILL GO OVER TO, UM, UH, ITEM 12, B AND S NEAR HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THAT REPORT.
UH, SO WE ALL KNOW THE PANDEMIC, UH, MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK LAST YEAR.
AND THIS ITEM WE'LL PROVIDE SOME DATA ON THAT IMPACT.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT CRASHES DECREASED ALMOST A 13% WHILE FATALITIES ON THOSE ROADS INCREASED 11%, UH, FOR THE REGION 2020 WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR, UH, ON THE REGION'S ROADS.
UH, THIS IS ALSO THE DEADLIEST YEAR, UH, FOR CRASHES INVOLVING SPEEDING, UH, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
UH, FOR THIS SLIDE, I WOULD ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, UH, CRASHES INVOLVING ALCOHOL SPEEDING AND, UH, PEDESTRIANS, UH, COMPRISE ONLY ABOUT 15% OF ALL CRASHES IN THE REGION, BUT ABOUT 60% OF OUR FATALITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWING A DECLINE DECLINING CRASHES, UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN INCREASE IN SPEED, UH, PARTICULARLY ON OUR REGIONS, FIVE MOST CONGESTED SEGMENTS, THE, UH, NUMBERS NEXT TO THE, UH, UH, IDENTIFICATION OF THE ROAD SHOWS THE RANK IN CONGESTION, UH, IN OUR REGION.
UH, IN ONE SECOND, YOU SEE THAT THE AVERAGE FEE ACTUALLY INCREASED MORE THAN 40% FOR, FOR 2020 COMPARED TO 2019, UH, TOLL FACILITIES ALSO EXPERIENCED ACTUALLY A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TRANSACTIONS, UH, WITH, UH, TECH THOUGHTS FACILITIES, HAVING A 27% REDUCTION IN TRANSACTIONS AND CTR MAZE FACILITIES FORTUNATE PRESENT, OR ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 15.
SO NARRATIVE, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT, JUST, UM, CLARIFICATION FOR SOME FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, THE TXDOT FACILITIES IN OUR AREA THAT ARE TOLD ARE ONE 30, A PORTION OF LOOP ONE AND 45.
HOW IS THE SPEED CALCULATED? OH, SO, UH, THERE'S A DATASET THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY A TXDOT CALLED INRIX, UH, WHICH IS USED NATIONWIDE, UH, WHICH ESSENTIALLY HAS, I BELIEVE IT'S A BLUETOOTH COUNTER THAT, UH, THEY SET UP, UM, THEY SET UP MONITORS PRETTY MUCH ON ALL THE STATE'S ROADWAYS AND THEY CAPTURE THAT DATA.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE GET IT.
IT'S SORT OF IRONIC TO ME THAT WE'VE HAD SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SPEEDING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND IT'S LIKE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE PLACES TO GO, THEY'RE SURE IN A HURRY, UH, VERY QUICK QUESTION TOO.
I DON'T WANT TO SLOW US DOWN, BUT I SHOULD BE BRIEF.
I WOULD LOVE IF THIS INFORMATION COULD BE SENT OUT TO US WITH, UM, RUSH HOUR PEAK TIMES SEPARATED FROM OTHER TIMES SOME OF THESE SPEED LIMITS DON'T, UM, NECESSARILY SEEM ON THEIR FACE TOO CONCERNING.
CAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL SPEED LIMIT OF, OF THE ROAD, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES WE'RE GRIDLOCKED, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE GOING WAY TOO FAST OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE, THE HIGH SPEED SITUATIONS
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HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF INJURY, UM, OVER THE YEAR.AND SO I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT BROKEN DOWN INTO PEAK TIMES VERSUS OTHER TIMES WE CAN SEND THAT TO YOU.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THAT OUT OF THE DATA ON COUNSELOR RAILS AND UM, NEAR BY THESE AVERAGE SPEEDS.
SO WHAT THESE REPRESENT IS AVERAGE SPEEDS ON A WEDNESDAY, UH, FOR THE YEAR, UH, NORTHBOUND, WHY WEDNESDAY, UH, I HAD TO BASICALLY TO MAKE IT LESS COMPLICATED FOR, UM, A VISUAL I HAD TO PICK A DAY AND IT JUST SEEMED WEDNESDAY WOULD BE THE, UM, THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WHERE NOBODY REALLY HAD AN EXCUSE NOT TO THIS DAY, CAROLINE.
I HAD A QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, IF I MAY GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU.
IS IT ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT MEASURE IS, BUT I KNOW WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT SPEEDING ON CITY STREETS AND SORT OF LIKE THE FIFTH PERCENTILE OF THAT SPEED, LIKE WHAT THE SPEED IS, IF YOU'RE AT THE 85TH PERCENTILE.
UM, SO THAT REALLY SHOWS YOU THAT TOP 15% AND WHETHER, WHAT SPEEDS THEY'RE GOING, WE'RE GETTING, I JUST THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW THE, THE HIGHER SPEEDS, UM, AND, AND SORT OF THAT RANGE THERE AT THE HIGHER END TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SWINGS.
BUT REALLY THIS IS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS INCREASE IN DEATH AND SPEED, AND OBVIOUSLY TRY TO THINK ABOUT, UM, SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE OUR SAFETY GOALS.
I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT, UM, THE BETTER DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE THERAPIST STEPS THAT TXDOT IS ABLE TO TAKE IN RESPONSE TO THESE NUMBERS? UM, WE, WE CAN ASK TXDOT TO ADDRESS THAT IN AN UPCOMING MEETING, UM, UH, ON THAT TOPIC.
OR IF THEY WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A MEMO TO SEND OUT TO THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE A WELCOME AS WELL, EVEN BETTER.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS POINT, THIS IS WHY LIKE MEDIAN, AS OPPOSED TO AVERAGE, JUST SO YOU TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET A BETTER JUST ON THESE THINGS.
I MEAN, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY SHOCKING, BUT A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAD TO SAY TO YOU REGARDING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT TRAFFIC TIME, WHAT TIMES YOU WERE TAKEN CARE OF WOULD BE INTERESTING TOO.
UM, I, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, UM, JUST INTUITIVELY THEY WOULD THINK THE OPPOSITE WAS OCCURRING FROM A, UM, FROM A SPEEDING STANDPOINT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE RESULTS SO OTHERWISE.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING NARRATIVE TO THAT.
YOU PUT THE POINT OUT THAT THIS WASN'T FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANYTHING.
THIS IS FROM THE MARKERS THAT ARE PUT OUT THERE TO TRACK THESE THINGS REGARDING PEOPLE.
SO I GUESS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING, THEY'RE GOING TO GO EVEN FASTER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MATEO, TO YOUR POINT.
UM, WHEN I TALK TO MY COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY'RE ALL SHOWING SIMILAR TRENDS IN THEIR REGIONS WHERE THE SPEEDS WENT UP CONSIDERABLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT END, THE TAIL END OF THE BELL CURVE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SAW A LOT MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING 90 A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, UH, OR OVER IN SOME CASES AND THE FATALITIES WENT WAY UP.
UM, AND THAT WAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE.
SO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THIS IS, UH, JUST SHOWED THE TOP FIVE, UH, BUSIEST SEGMENTS, BUT THEY'RE ALL IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BUSIEST SEGMENT AND THE EFFECT FROM CHANGING 2019 TO 2020 OR THE BUSIEST SEGMENT OF EACH COUNTY THAT IS NOT IN TRAVIS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, THE SPEED DID INCREASE, UH, BUT NOT AS DRAMATICALLY AS IT DID, UH, FOR CENTRAL AUSTIN.
AND THIS LAST SLIDE SHOWS A NON SOV TRANSPORTATION MODES, UH, BICYCLE DATA.
THERE'S AN ASTERISK THERE BECAUSE THAT JUST THAT'S BECAUSE THAT DATA COMES FROM THE STRAVA APP.
AND THAT APP ONLY PROVIDES A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE OF THE BICYCLE USAGE IN OUR REGION.
IT'S NOT INDICATIVE OF INDICATIVE OF THE OVERALL BICYCLE USAGE, BUT IT DOES SHOW A HUGE INCREASE IN USAGE, UH, FROM 2019 TO 2020.
AND THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND IF YOU HAVE MORE GRANULAR DATA, I THINK YOU NOTED THE COUPLE OF MEMBERS WHO ASKED FOR THAT.
IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT OUT TO THEM.
COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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YES.IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE THIS DONE AGAIN NEXT YEAR, BUT GIVE, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, I MEAN, WE SAW IT UP HERE AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING, UM, MUCH HIGHER RATES OF SPEED, MORE ACCIDENTS, UH, BUT NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE ROADS BACK TO BEING FULL AGAIN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALLY COMPARING 2020 TO 2019 IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD YEAR TO COMPARE DATA, TO MAKE, UH, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO, YOU KNOW, UH, PROBLEMS THAT I THINK WERE CREATED BY THE PANDEMIC.
SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE THIS AGAIN IN A YEAR.
UM, MAYOR MORGAN, WE ARE GOING TO BE MONITORING THIS AND WATCHING THIS, UH, OVER THE NEXT YEAR FOR CERTAIN AND PROBABLY THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, 2020 IS AN OUTLIER A YEAR AND, UM, THAT IS PROBABLY GONNA THROW OFF THE, UM, THE NUMBERS AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T ANTICIPATED YET, INCLUDING CENSUS, UH, NUMBERS.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT AND BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO Y'ALL.
UM, THIS IS REALLY, UH, INTERESTING INFORMATION AND, UM, I'M WONDERING, UH, IF OR HOW IT MAY CORRELATE TO, UM, THE REALLY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WE SAW ON TELECOMMUTING.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE INCREASED SPEEDS, UM, THE REDUCTION IN CONGESTION, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ACTUALLY MEASURED OR ABLE TO MEASURE THE REDUCTION IN CONGESTION IS, IS THE INCREASED SPEED SORT OF A PROXY FOR THAT? WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER YET, COMMISSIONER SHAY, BUT LIKE YOU, WE ARE INTERESTED IN, IN TRYING TO SEE, UM, WHAT IS THE CORRELATION AND THE STRENGTH OF THAT CORRELATION, UH, BETWEEN TYPE OF WORK.
UH, AND, UM, THE, THE REDUCTIONS CONGESTION THAT WE SAW ON THE ROADWAY, WE SEE THAT AS CENTRAL TO, UM, THE TDM, UM, PROGRAM THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF, UM, STARTING THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY DID WE REDUCE CONGESTION ON THE ROAD, UM, THE, OUR RUNWAYS, BUT, UM, AT LEAST ON THE 2222 PROJECT, THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT MUCH MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE WAS LESS TRAFFIC.
THERE WASN'T AS MUCH OF A DISRUPTION TO EXISTING TRAFFIC BY CLOSING DOWN IN A ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION TO DO ALL THE UTILITY RELOCATION AND ALL THE DISRUPTIVE STUFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A TOOL IN OUR TOOLKIT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF A LARGE SCALE APPLICATION REAL TIME, UM, THAT WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND I'VE, I'VE SEEN, UH, MANY, UH, TRANSPORTATION FOLKS.
UM, TALK ABOUT THIS AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE, UM, IMMEDIATE POWER AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TELECOMMUTING ON A WHOLE RANGE OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES THAT ARE VERY COSTLY, VERY TIME CONSUMING AND FREQUENTLY DELAYED BECAUSE THE REGIONS MANY REGIONS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THEM.
ASHBY, I THINK YOU HAVE, UH, 12 C.
SO, UH, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON, UH, FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION, UH, LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING ON, AND I'M GOING TO WALK QUICKLY THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, AMERICAN JOBS PLAN, AND THEN, UM, UH, UM, TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.
SO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, WAS SIGNED INTO LAW, I BELIEVE, UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, IT PROVIDED 30 BILLION, UM, TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPERATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THEN ANOTHER 350 BILLION TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UH, IN TERMS OF THIS BODY, UH, IT PROVIDED 15 MILLION WITH AN M, NOT A B, AND, UM, THAT MONEY WAS GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK Y'ALL TO ALLOCATE, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UM, SOME OF YOU AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE RECEIVING MONEY DIRECTLY, UM, THAT CAN BE USED FOR, UH, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD WHEN I CHECKED, UH, IN WASHINGTON DC.
UH, I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY WITH COMMISSIONER TERRIO AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT CALDWELL COUNTY, UH, RECEIVED $8 MILLION, UH, AS PART OF, UH, THIS ACT.
AND, UM, THEY WERE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THAT.
AND I WOULD TOLD HIM I WOULD GO BACK AND CHECK WITH THE FOLKS I KNOW IN DC TO, UM, REAFFIRM THAT THE MONEY CAN USED ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
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UH, THIS, UH, IS THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN, UH, THAT WAS, UM, INTRODUCED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN A FEW WEEKS AGO.AND, UM, IT IS PROPOSING TO, UH, PROVIDE $2.5 TRILLION, UM, TO, UM, CREATE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND JOBS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND BULLET YOU HEAR YOU SEE ABOUT THE MATCH, IT IS, UM, WELL, LET ME BACK UP.
SO FIRST IT WILL BE $611 BILLION TOTAL, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT, UM, CATEGORIES THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE UNDERNEATH THE PACKETS ON HIGHWAY ROADS, BRIDGES, UM, FINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL SERVICE, SAFETY, UM, ELECTRIC ELECTRIFICATION OF, UM, UM, ROADWAY, INFRASTRUCTURE TO, UM, PROVIDE ELECTRIC CARS, AIRPORTS, PORTS, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT'S UNCLEAR TO US AT THIS POINT, IS, IS THIS A HUNDRED PERCENT FEDERAL MONEY, OR WOULD IT REQUIRE THE 20% MATCH, UH, THAT IS NORMALLY, UH, REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL FUNDING? UH, WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IF YOU PUMP OUT $2.5 TRILLION WORTH OF, UH, REVENUE ON TOP OF, UM, THE REGULAR REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION, BILL BESSEL, A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, UM, THAT, THAT WE, AS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY DON'T NORMALLY SEE AT ONCE, UH, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT IN MY OPINION FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT STATES AND IN SOME CASES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COME UP WITH A MATCH, UH, FOR THAT MUCH MONEY ALL AT ONCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT.
UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT MONEY OR IS, UM, MATCH, UM, TRADITIONAL MATCH, UM, BEING CONTEMPLATED.
IT'S ALSO UNCLEAR WHAT THE PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY WOULD BE FOR THE FUNDING.
SO TO GIVE YOU A CONTRAST ON THAT, UM, THE REGULAR FEDERAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS, UH, COME WITH WHAT'S CALLED CONTRACT AUTHORITY AND WHAT CONTRACT AUTHORITY, UH, IS, UH, IT PROVIDES.
SO WHEN THE BILL IS PASSED, IT'S USUALLY FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OR A SIX YEAR PERIOD.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS ON THE FEDERAL SIDE IS A FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UM, HAS CONTRACT AUTHORITY, WHICH MEANS THE APPROPRIATORS DON'T HAVE TO GO IN EVERY YEAR AND REAPPROPRIATE THAT MONEY IT'S THERE FOR THE LIFE OF THE BILL, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT, UH, INCLUDING THE OBLIGATION AUTHORITY, UH, THAT IS NOT TYPICAL OF MOST FEDERAL AGENCIES.
THEY ARE, UM, UM, UH, HAVING TO WAIT ON THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS EVERY YEAR FOR THEIR FUNDING.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS MONEY, UM, B JUST FOR QUICK PERIOD OF WHAT IT LASTS UNTIL THE MONEY IS SPENT.
UM, THEN, UH, THE LAST BULLET HERE TALKS ABOUT THIS FUNDING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT 611 BILLION WILL BE ON TOP OF THE FOUR, UM, 400 OR SO BILLION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR, UM, FOR FEDERAL REAUTHORIZATION.
SO, UM, THIS, UH, SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE REPUBLICAN, UM, RESPONSE TO THE AMERICAN, UM, UM, DALLAS PLAN BILL THAT I JUST WENT OVER.
SO THE, UM, REPUBLICAN, UH, UH, COUNTER IS 568 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, UM, THAT THIS MONEY WOULD BE, UM, IN LIEU OF THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION BILL, NOT IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE MONEY WOULD COME THROUGH THE EXISTING, UH, DISTRIBUTION FORMULAS, UH, TO THE STATES, UH, TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, UH, THEY WOULD ALSO LOOK TO ENCOURAGE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, EXPEDITE, FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, REVIEWS, UM, AND, UM, UH, THEY WOULD NOT RAISE TAXES, UH, TO, UH, COME UP WITH THE MONEY.
IT WOULD BE A PAY FOR, AS YOU GO THROUGH.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER POINTS HERE IS THAT, UM, THE FUNDING WOULD BE USED TO SHORE UP THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND HAS BEEN RUNNING NEGATIVE NUMBERS, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS, UM, CONGRESS HAS BEEN, UH, DOING, UH, EMERGENCY FUND TRANSFERS, UM, INTO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND WAS, WAS ESTIMATED TO GO NEGATIVE WELL BEFORE I LEFT FEDERAL HIGHWAYS BACK IN OH THREE.
AND, UM, THAT CAME TO PASS, UM, WITH THE EMERGENCY AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO THE ACCOUNT.
WE COULD HAVE MADE THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND HOLE BY NOW, UM, AND MOVE FORWARD.
IT IS INTERESTING TO ME THAT, UH, WITH THE AMOUNT WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT SHORING UP THE TRUST FUND, UM, ALL USERS
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WOULD, WOULD, UH, PAY IN INCLUDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.AND THEN IT SAYS, UM, THEY WOULD ALSO LOOK TO REPURPOSE UNUSED FEDERAL SPENDING ON THE OTHER, UM, ACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE WHERE THE MONEY'S NOT BEING SPENT RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT WOULD ALSO PRESERVE THE REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS THAT WERE MADE IN 2017 AND THEN, UM, INCLUSIVE OF BASELINE SPENDING, UH, NEXT BILL.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF, UM, UH, WHAT I JUST WALKED THROUGH THERE.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, ROADS AND BRIDGES, THE 299 BILLION TRANSIT AT 61 BILLION RAIL, 20 BILLION.
AND THEN, UM, UH, BROADBAND, I WANT TO POINT THAT ONE OUT AT 65 BILLION, I THINK BROADBAND, UM, IS, UH, CRITICAL FOR US.
WE FOUND THAT AS PART OF THE PANDEMIC, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TELEWORK OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TELEMEDICINE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO ACCESS INFORMATION FOR SCHOOL.
UM, I THINK, UM, IT IS CRITICAL FOR, FOR US IN THIS FIELD.
AND I HOPE THAT, UM, THAT BROADBAND IN SOME FORM OR FASHION IS FUNDED AT BOTH STATINS AT ALL LEVELS.
SO, UM, ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION, THE BILL WAS, UM, WAS EXTENDED.
IT IS SET TO, UH, RUN OUT, UH, AGAIN PRETTY SOON.
UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IS, UM, CHAIRMAN DEFAZIO'S, UM, UM, BILL THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, THAT BILL WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER WHAT, UH, THE CURRENT BILL WAS, UH, RIGHT NOW, NO WAY TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED SPENDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
UM, SO, UM, TO GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE LISTED IN HR TOO RIGHT NOW WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER BAILOUT OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, UH, TO DO THAT IN ABOUT 13.6 BILLION, UH, TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR, UH, WHAT HAPPENS, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD AND LET ME GO BACK A STEP OR TWO TO, UM, THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN.
UM, RIGHT NOW I AM HEARING THAT, UM, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THAT BILL WILL PASS THERE'S.
UM, THE, THE MARGINS IN BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE ARE, ARE VERY CLOSE, AND I'M NOT SURE THE BOATS ARE THERE RIGHT NOW WHERE THAT BILL TO PASS, AT LEAST IN THE FORM THAT IT STANDS TODAY.
UM, HOWEVER, IF THAT BILL DOES NOT PASS, UM, WE STILL HAVE REAUTHORIZATION, UH, TO GO.
AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD AS PART OF THE, UM, AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WILL PROBABLY COME UP AGAIN AS PART OF REAUTHORIZATION.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE, THAT ARE WORTH LOOKING AT AND WORTH US WATCHING, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, ONE OF THE TRENDS I EXPECT TO SEE WHETHER IT IS IN THE, IN THE, UM, AMERICAN JOBS, UH, PLAN OR IN REAUTHORIZATION IS THIS TREND, UM, UH, DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UH, INCREASINGLY OVER TIME, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE CREATION OF NEW FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS IN GENERAL, THAT MONEY COMES OFF THE TOP, UM, OF THE, UM, THE POT AND THIS MONEY THAT WOULD ONLY GO THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION FORMULAS.
UM, WHY DO I BRING THAT UP? I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AS A GREEK, AS A REGION THAT IS GROWING RAPIDLY, UM, WE TEND, AND, AND THOSE FORMULAS BEING, UH, HEAVILY PREDICATED ON POPULATION AND POPULATION GROWTH.
UM, WE TEND TO GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK WHEN THE, WHEN, WHEN THE, UM, FORMULAS ARE NOT USED.
SO, UM, I EXPECT WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE DISCRETIONARY ON GRANT FUNDS, SORT OF PUT OUT THERE AS IDEAS GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, WE'RE WATCHING THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE ACTIVE, UH, AS PART OF THE ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
I'M ON, I'M ON THE BOARD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE STAFF AND, UH, SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF WHEN THINGS ARE GOING ON LIKE THIS, WE TALK AT LEAST EVERY TWO MONTHS, SOMETIMES MORE FREQUENTLY.
SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT IF YOU GOT MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS, UM, I WILL, UM, TRY TO GET YOU MORE INFORMATION STOP THERE.
UM, EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CENSUS BUREAU AND THE RURAL AND URBAN CHANGES, PERHAPS, UM,
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I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IMPACT TO THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN TRAVIS COUNTY.IS THERE A TEMPO STAFF THAT COULD HELP ME SORT OF EXPLORE THAT WITH OUR COUNTY STAFF, OR HE CAN, WE CAN TRACK COMMISSIONER HOWARD.
UM, SOME OF THE IMPACTS ARE AREN'T THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY DO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY IT.
THANK YOU, ASHBY, UM, FOR THAT REPORT AND FOR THAT UPDATE, APPRECIATE IT.
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ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13 ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, THE, UH, MAIN ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE IS THAT OUR JUNE 14TH MEETING, WE WILL BE GOING, UM, THAT TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS.UM, I, I THINK MOST OF OUR, OUR, THE MEMBER ENTITIES ARE, ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.
UM, AND ASHLEY, DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE A FEW OF THE DETAILS AS TO LOCATION AND, AND, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE, UH, RESEARCHED AND DONE, UH, THANKS, UH, CHAIR LONG, AND I'LL, I'LL TALK BRIEFLY AND THEN ASK JOYCE, UH, TO JUMP IN.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, SWITCHING OVER TO THE, UH, JUNIOR LEAGUE FACILITY, UH, OVERALL THREE 60, UH, FOR, FOR A WHILE, EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT FACILITY.
IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE FACILITY THAT WE HAD AT UT.
IT'S GOT A MUCH BETTER SOUND SYSTEM, UM, AND IT'S GOT, UM, UH, MUCH BETTER PARKING AS WELL.
SO THE PARKING WAS ALL, ALWAYS AN ISSUE FOR US AT UT AND RESTRICTED US, UM, FROM BEING ABLE TO MEET WHEN WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO MEET SOMETIMES.
UM, AND SO, UM, THIS, THIS, UH, CLEARS UP A LOT OF THAT FOR US.
THEY'VE GOT A FACILITY, UM, A BALLROOM THERE THAT CAN BE BROKEN, MAYBE SMALLER INTO THREE BALLROOMS OR ONE BIG BALLROOM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
SO, UH, WE'VE GONE OUT TO THE FACILITY RECENTLY, UH, WITH OUR SOUND GUY, HAD HIM, UH, PUT THE SOUNDBOARD IN AND TEST EVERYTHING.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, DIFFERENT INTERESTS INTO THE BUILDING.
UM, WE FEEL THAT WE CAN EASILY, UM, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCE, UH, THE MEMBERS, UH, AT THAT FACILITY AND THE PUBLIC AT THAT FACILITY, AND STILL PROBABLY HAVE SPACE LEFTOVER.
UM, SO I'M GONNA STOP AND ASK JOYCE TO, TO JUMP IN.
UM, IT DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UM, UPDATED AUDIO SYSTEM.
SO I THINK THAT EVERYONE IN THE, IN THE MEETING WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND SO ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT USING THE LARGEST BALLROOM, BUT TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE ALL THREE OF THE ROOMS THAT OPEN UP INTO ONE LARGE ONE.
UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE ENTRANCES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, TO COME IN AND EXIT THE ROOM AND STILL PROVIDE SPACE FOR PEOPLE.
UM, AS ASHBY MENTIONED, THERE IS A LARGE PARKING GARAGE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THAT WANT TO, OR NEED TO TAKE THE BUS OR TRANSIT TO THE MEETINGS.
UM, THERE IS A BUS LINE THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THREE 60 FROM THERE, AND THEN A LARGER BUS LINE DOWN ANDERSON LANE.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE FROM THOSE TRANSIT FACILITIES OVER TO THE COMMUNITY IMPACT CENTER.
UM, SO THE COMMUNITY IMPACT CENTER IS AT THREE 60 AND BLUFF STONE.
UM, MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT KIND OF SPLIT OFF OF THREE 60 WHERE SPICEWOOD SPRINGS IS.
SO, UM, IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL ON SPICEWOOD SPRINGS AT THREE 60 ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, SO I THINK ASHBY COVERED MOST OF IT.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACILITY OR ANYTHING, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
I HAVE A QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ELVIS.
UM, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO 2:00 PM OR 6:00 PM? AND I'M SORRY IF YOU COVERED THIS AND I JUST MISSED IT.
UM, NO, I, I THINK, UM, WE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO STICK WITH 2:00 PM, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO TRY NOT TO BE IN THE PM COMMUTE AND NOT, NOT, UM, ADD TO THE VEHICLES, THE ROAD AT THE PEAK TIME.
SO, UM, SO, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE.
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TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO BE SPEAKING.UM, SOME EFFORTS MADE TO, TO HELP PEOPLE GET FROM THAT BUS STOP, BUT I'M ALSO WONDERING HAVE WEEKS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING TO ALLOW SOME CALL IN, UM, AS WELL AS IN PERSON FOR PEOPLE.
IT JUST STRIKES ME THAT IT MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THIS LOCATION, ESPECIALLY AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, VICE CHAIR, KITCHEN.
I REMEMBER, UM, MAYOR MORGAN BRINGING THAT SAME THING UP A YEAR AGO SAYING, HEY, YEAH, LET'S GET, YOU KNOW, WE LET'S KEEP THAT OPTION FOR WHAT I MEAN, I DON'T, I, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
I HAVEN'T SHARED, BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO STAY AT POST PANDEMIC IN GENERAL WITH PEOPLE WILL TO REMOTE IN FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A CHANGE.
I THINK STAFF IS GOING TO, UM, LOOK AT, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
UM, I WOULD ASK THAT Y'ALL, UH, BE PATIENT WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE TRANSITION BACK, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE MEET THE OPEN MEETINGS, ZACK, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT, UM, WITH A NEW FACILITY AND ALL, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING TO SET IT UP A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, UM, JUST, UH, BE PATIENT STAFF WILL WORK EXTRA HARD TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS NOTICE OF WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
SO, UM, AND I THINK THE NEXT TACK, OH, I'M SORRY.
WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? OH, I JUST WANT, I CLARIFY, I THINK I HEARD THAT, THAT THE STAFF IS STILL LOOKING AT IT AS YOU'RE REMINDED US.
RUDY OF STILL IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CALL IN AS WELL AS TO COME THAT W WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
I THINK WE'LL, WE, WHERE I'M GOING IS, I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, AMEND OUR POLICIES.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RIGHT PATH FORWARD IS.
UM, AS I THINK ONE OF THE FEW ENTITIES IN THE REGION THAT HAS ADOPTED A VERY AMBITIOUS TELECOMMUTING GOAL LED BY GERALD DOHERTY, WE'RE SEEKING TO GET 75% OF OUR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, MEANING THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TO PHYSICALLY BE AT WORK, UH, TELECOMMUTE TO WORK ON, ON A PERMANENT BASIS.
UM, WHAT OPTIONS ARE WE MAKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TELECOMMUTE, TO PARTICIPATE AS BOARD MEMBERS OF THIS BODY? UM, THE, THE JUNE MEETING WON'T HAVE THAT OPTION.
IT WILL BE ALL IN PERSON FOR THE POLICY BOARD.
UM, AND WHY HAVE WE NOT ALLOWED FOR THAT OPTION? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DRIVE VERY, VERY LONG DISTANCES TO GET HERE.
AND WHO'VE, THEY'VE HAD ISSUES PREVIOUS TO THIS, BUT WHY HAVE WE RULED OUT THAT OPTION? UM, I, I'M NOT RULING IT OUT COMMISSIONER.
WE JUST, I ASKED INITIALLY FOR PATIENTS, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE ALL THESE THINGS OUT.
IT TAKES A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER THINGS.
SO, UM, THE JUNE MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON AND, AND WE'RE, UH, WE'VE GOT A VERY SMALL STAFF AND A VERY SMALL TECHNICAL STAFF.
SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS.
JUST ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE DO THAT.
JUST SO I CAN BE CLEAR, YOU DO INTEND TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, MY SUGGESTION IS ONE TO BRING THAT BACK AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AT THE BOARD.
AND WE HAVE THAT ON THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.
I GOTTA SEE WHAT ELSE WE'VE GOT ON THE AGENDA.
THE AGENDA'S NOT TOO PACKED AND WE CAN DO THAT.
OTHERWISE IT'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S A DECISION WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD, UM, DISCUSS IT AND VOTE ON IT ANY, SO EVERYBODY'S GOT THAT WE'RE MEETING, UM, IN JUNE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS, UM, LOTS OF, UH, REMINDERS THAT WE'RE CHANGING LOCATIONS AS WELL.
UM, IT'S ON JUNE THE 14TH, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A TAC MEETING ON MAY THE 17TH AT TWO.
OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO WE WILL ADJOURN AT 3:56 PM.
YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.