Jun 14, 2021 CAMPO

APPRECIATE THAT VOICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

UH, YOUR DISTRICT GIVE US A SPECIAL AUSTIN, UM, FACILITY, UM, ARE, IS OPEN TO SHARING YOUR KEY ON MANY LEVELS AND DOWN A FOOT OF OTHER EVENTS REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, OR REALLY BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING YOUR SPACE.

ANY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD ON, SO THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, IDENTIFICATION OF THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM THAT TECH SPENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS GOING OVER THIS WITH THE CAMPUS STAFF.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, FROM KYLE, UM, DID YOU ALL UM, AND, UH, SO HER AUTOMATICALLY , UH, COMMISSIONER

[4. Report from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair]

AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF WALKING THROUGH NOT ONLY THE BUDGET, BUT ALSO THE WORK, SO, AND THEN DECIDED TO BE A PARTY

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UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE TEAM COMMITTEE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED YOU TALKED JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT IT, MR. JOHNSON, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT FOR MY NEXT TACTICAL AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE NEXT WEEK.

AND SO WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE COMPOSITION IS GOING TO BE LIKE AND HOW THE PEOPLE WORK WITH CAMPUS STAFF.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT, WHEN YOU'RE 21 EATING UP ALL THE PAPER BY ANYBODY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I FORGOT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF PROXIES.

UM, OUR KITCHEN HAS, UM, MADISON'S PROXY, UM, AND OKAY.

BRILLIANT.

[5. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on May 10, 2021 Meeting Minutes]

UM, ITEM

[6. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action to Adopt 2022-2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)]

NUMBER SIX ON THE 2223.

UH, AND YES, I WILL GET HERE, UM, WITH THE CAMERA, UM, TODAY OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023, UM, THERE WAS REVISIONS THAT WE DONE, UM, FROM THE

[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Roadway Functional Classification Changes on SH 195/SS 376/SS 377]

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UM, AFTER THAT UM,

[8. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Amendments to 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and 2045 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)]

AND THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE TWICE A YEAR.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE KIND OF JUST PLAN A, THE FINAL DATES OF REVISION FOR THE SPRING AND THE 16TH OF APRIL.

UM, WE HAVE , UH, UH, RECOMMEND, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERIOD.

UM, UH, DO CHANGES ADMINISTRATOR I'M, I'M WORRIED, IT'S JUST THE CAMERA'S INTERNAL MIC AND I HOPE IT'S NOT CATCHING EVERYTHING WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW.

GO INTO THE CAMERA, BUT DAX ALERT WAS INTO THIS LITTLE ATTACHMENT, BUT YOU'D THINK IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO LIKE, KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND A TEMPORARY RAIL STATION, AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY RETURN TRACK.

SORRY.

ALSO WANT TO KIND OF HOLD IT IN PLACE.

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NOW ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE, UH, LOCALLY FUNDED AT THIS POINT.

UM, BUT WE ARE THE TIP, UM, RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THE EXPO CENTER AND THE PLUS DID FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN SELECTED FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT THIS, UH, BUT WE ARE PUTTING THE, UH, THE

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UM, YEAH.

UM, UM, ONE OF THE, UM, , UM, UH UM,

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TRANSIT THE B3 10 FUNDING.

YEAH, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

UM, SO, UM, OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION PASSES.

UM,

[9. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Lapsing Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 5310 Funding]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THIS IS, UH, , UH, ALL BOARD, UM, YEARS.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S YOUR MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THAT WORD? THIS

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IS A FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAM IS, UH, IS OUT APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION A YEAR.

UM, TWO LOAN PROGRAMS IS FOUR TIMES.

THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM IS ENHANCED MOBILITY FOR SENIORS.

IT'S REALLY GEARED TOWARDS RELATIONS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, UM, OR THAT DESIGNATION, UM, SLIGHTLY , UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THEY WERE ACTIVELY USING SCHEDULE.

AND THEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF FOREST MANAGER MANAGEMENT AND DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, THESE ARE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT ON HOW THE 53 10 IS BEING SPENT.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD THAT SYSTEM IN PLACE.

SHOULD WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? UM, SO AFTER IDENTIFYING, UM, AFTER GOING THROUGH SCREENING, ALL OF THE ACTIVE BRANDS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT MET ALL OF THE CRITERIA WAS THE OFFICE OF MOBILITY MANAGEMENT.

UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S RUN AT CAPITAL METRO.

UM, IT'S A IT'S CO-SPONSORED BY CAPITAL METRO IN COURTS, AND IT REALLY ACTS AS A NEXUS POINT BETWEEN THOSE TWO TRANSIT SERVICES.

UM, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY THEY PROVIDE TRANSIT COORDINATION, UH, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION TOOLS.

IT'S A REGIONAL PROGRAM.

UM, ESSENTIALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY NEED FOR TRAN TRANSIT, UH, THAT YOU CAN CALL THEM AND THEY WILL, UH, LET YOU KNOW WHO YOU NEED TO USE TO GET FROM WHERE AND WHEN.

UM, SO IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE.

UM, AND THEY'VE GOT A STAFF OF, UH, TWO TO THREE INDIVIDUALS, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE, AND THEY HAVE A STAFF OF TWO CURRENTLY.

UM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO HIRE A THIRD.

AND SO THIS FUNDING WILL MAINLY SUPPORT STAFF, UM, UH, FUNDING.

AND TH THIS IS A PROJECT OR A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AWARDED, UH, BASICALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, ACTUALLY.

UM, EVERY TIME THEY APPLIED FOR FUNDING, THEY HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING.

THEY SCORE REALLY WELL THROUGH OUR CRITERIA, UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

AND THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE OUT OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE REVIEWED THAT MET THE CRITERIA THAT WE SET ABOUT.

SO WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE THIS FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, UM, AND JUST THIS WILL ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF FUNDING.

AND, UM, AFTER HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, WE ARE GEARING UP, AS I MENTIONED, TO DO A 53 10 PROJECT CALL, BUT, UH, THIS WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE DEMAND ON THE TRADITIONAL FUNDING AND THAT PROJECT CALL, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WON'T PRECLUDE THEM FROM APPLYING FOR FUNDING IN THAT CALL IF THEY NEED IT, BUT, UM, THIS WILL PRODUCE THE DEMAND ON THE TRADITIONAL FUNDING.

SO, UH, THAT'S JUST, UH, UH, AN ASIDE THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP AND, UH, SO THAT WILL HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY TO OTHER PROGRAMS AND SPONSORS.

AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE ITEM AND, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS.

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UM, WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DUE TO W WE WERE ONLY INFORMED OF THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, MY PRESENTATION.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTION.

THANK YOU, RYAN.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I THINK I SEE A MOTION FROM MR. MITCHELL FOR THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND SECOND FROM JUDGE OAKLEY? SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE'VE GOT $201,253 THAT WILL LAPSE.

UM, IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTITY THAT'S ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER TO ME.

UM, COUNSEL WINDER, ALTAR.

THANK YOU, MR. COLLINS.

I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT OF COVID.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE END UP WITH FUNDS THAT ARE LAPSING, BUT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE? I DON'T, I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED, HOW THAT CAME ABOUT.

THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT AND FTA WISHED WE HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

UM, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T DRAWING DOWN ON THEIR FUNDS DUE TO COVID.

AND THEN THAT'S JUST BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY MONTH.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY DO BETTER AT GOING FORWARD.

I THINK, UH, LOOKING AT THE COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMED ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF COVID IS PEOPLE WERE NOT GOING TO THE DOCTOR.

AND A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THIS FUNDING SERVES, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS HADN'T NECESSARILY BEEN SHUTTERED, BUT IT SLOWED DOWN TREMENDOUSLY.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES.

ONE OF THE OTHER ONES IS THE, THAT, UM, 53 10 FUNDING HAS THIS QUALIFICATION WHERE AT A MINIMUM 55% OF THE FUNDING HAS TO BE SPENT ON TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS.

AND THESE ARE CONSIDERED CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE BUYING BUSES.

UM, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IS THE ONLY NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT YOU CAN FUND.

AND SO EVERY YEAR WE TEND TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TRADITIONAL FUNDING LEFTOVER.

UM, IT'S A LOT HARDER TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR TRADITIONAL PROJECTS BECAUSE THE DEMAND JUST ISN'T QUITE THERE.

PEOPLE DON'T NEED BUSES AS MUCH AS THEY EAT FUNDING FOR, UH, SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, STAFF DRIVERS AND GAS AND INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER 45% IS SPENT ON.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PROJECT CALLED THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE THE LARGEST PROJECT CALL THAT WE'VE HAD IN REGARDS TO 53 10, IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY 2.4 MILLION, UH, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO ALLOCATE.

UM, AND SO 50% OF THAT DOES HAVE TO BE FOR TRADITIONAL FUNDING, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES COMING UP, AND I KNOW THIS KIND OF RAMBLING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYBODY THAT HAS A PROGRAM THAT SERVES SENIORS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO, TO, UM, APPLY FOR FUNDING AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT PROJECT CALL, BECAUSE IT IS A CHALLENGE SPECIFICALLY WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO FIND ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT.

UH, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.

SO JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, CAUSE I HAD MISSED THAT EARLIER.

THE REASON THERE'S THIS LAPSE IS BECAUSE THE OTHER, UM, RECIPIENTS HAVEN'T FULLY SPENT DOWN THEIR MONEY BECAUSE OF COVID.

I HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT TO BE WHY YOU COULDN'T GIVE IT TO ANYONE, BUT THIS PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S ALSO THE REASON WHY THE LAPSE IS THERE.

AND THAT WOULD THEN EXPLAIN WHY WE WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL LATER THAT'S A DIFFERENT, UH, JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR SIDE THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

SO, UM, FOR THE FEDERAL, UM, DOLLARS THAT ARE RELATED TO ROADWAYS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS INTO THE FEDERAL SYSTEM AND WE CAN SEE THE GRANTS AS THE MONEY IS PULLED DOWN ON THE GRANTS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS ON THE FEDERAL TRANSIT SIDE, SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR ACCESS SO WE CAN START TO MONITOR THAT MONEY.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START TO NARROW THIS DOWN SOME OKAY.

BECAUSE THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEP UP IF THEY'D BEEN AWARE OR, OR JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR, ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY.

UM, DO WE NEED TO MOVE TO ITEM 11 ASHBY OR I DON'T THINK AUDITOR'S HERE YET.

UM, AND WAIT FOR OUR AUDITORS TO ARRIVE IF THEY DON'T WE'LL PUT THEM ON NEXT ONE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE ARE SO RAPIDLY MOVING THROUGH THIS AGENDA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TO ITEM NUMBER 11,

[11. Discussion on CAMPO Assistance with Project Readiness for Regional Corridor Improvement Projects (Part 1 of 2)]

UH, WENT TO THE POLICY BOARD AND ASKED THE BOARD TO, UH, ALLOCATE 4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, TO, UH, THE CAMPBELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, TO USE ON VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.

SO GO AHEAD.

UM, ASHBY WITH ITEM NUMBER 11.

SO ERIC OKAY.

THAT HE'S ALREADY THERE.

SO, UM, ONE OR TWO, UM, BROCHURES AND THE IDEA, UH, TODAY.

SO GOING BACK TWO, UM, JUVENILES 2014, UM, RIGHT AFTER I WAS, WAS OFFERED THIS JOB AND BEFORE I ACTUALLY STARTED GETTING A CHECK FOR IT, UM, UM, THEN, UH, CHAIR CONLEY,

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SO, UM, WHAT I CHOSE TO DO, UH, WITH THAT, WITH THAT $4 MILLION OVER THE, OVER THE LAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS IS WE HAVE, UM, EITHER FUNDED IN PART OR IN WHOLE A SERIES OF STUDIES ACROSS THE REGION.

SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT YOU SEE BULLETED ON THE SCREEN, WE ALSO DID SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE, YOU JUST SEE THE COVERS, UH, FOR ON THIS SLIDE.

SO, UM, UH, ALL OF THESE STUDIES IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER WERE USED TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2045 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT THIS BODY APPROVED LAST, UH, JUNE.

UM, THEN ALSO SOME OF THESE STUDIES HAVE BEEN USED BY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO ADVANCE PROJECTS, UH, TO, UH, TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION IN SOME CASES.

SO, UM, W UH, ONE OF THE PRIME EXAMPLES, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT OF THE GATE AND, UM, MIKE SCHRADER, YOU WERE NOT ON, ON, UM, POLICY BOARD THEN, BUT GEORGETOWN DRIVE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE DID.

AND I WANT TO THANK GEORGETOWN AGAIN FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON US BECAUSE CAMPO HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE, UH, THAT STUDY WASN'T SUCCESS.

AND THAT STUDY HAS BEEN USED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO WILLIAMS WILLIAMS DRIVE, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE GEORGETOWN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT USING RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THAT, UH, FOR CATALYTIC SITES THAT WE USE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN GEORGETOWN.

SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A FANTASTIC WIN FOR US, UH, COMING OUT OF THE GATE.

UM, LIKEWISE, UH, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE, UM, RECOMMENDED COMING OUT OF THE LULING TRANSPORTATION STUDY HAVE ALSO STARTED IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, WE, UH, THINK WE SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF BERGSTROM SPUR, UM, MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.

AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE SAN MARCUS AND, UM, WESTERN CALDWELL THAT ARE STILL IN PROCESS, BUT I'M GETTING CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.

UM, SO THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY ARE PROBABLY MORE LIKE, UM, UM, THE WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY STUDY, UH, THAN SOME OF OTHERS.

SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO IS TO MOVE ON UNTIL THE NEXT PHASE NOW.

SO RATHER THAN, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL PLANNING STUDIES, WE WANT TO ADVANCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT YOU SAW LISTED ABOVE INTO THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PHASES.

SO, UH, ALL OF THESE WOULD BE ON SYSTEM, UH, RAILWAY PROJECTS.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT TERM ON SYSTEM MEANS, UM, UM, TXDOT, UH, OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITIES.

UH, SO ALL OF THESE WOULD BE FM OUR ROADS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.

AND, UM, WE SEE THIS, UH, PROPOSAL AS A WAY, NOT ONLY TO HELP YOU AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ADVANCE, UM, KEY PROJECTS AND KEY QUARTERS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND APPROVED, UM, THROUGH OUR STUDIES, BUT ALSO AS A WAY TO HELP, UH, TEXTILE, AUSTIN DISTRICT, UM, MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD AS WELL.

UH, ALSO WE THINK, UM, THIS PROPOSAL, UH, ENHANCES OUR REGION'S COMPETITIVENESS, UH, BOTH WITH, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, UH, WITH, UH, HOUSTON, UH, GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.

AND ALSO WITH SAN ANTONIO, WE WILL ALL BE COMPETING, UH, FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, BOTH ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, AS THE FEDERAL FUNDING CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE, UH, AND, AND, UH, UH, ROLL OUT OVER THE NEXT, PROBABLY 18 TO 24 MONTHS, BUT ALSO, UM, CONSIDERING HOW MUCH AND HOW QUICKLY THE ECONOMY IS RAMPING UP ON THE STATE SIDE.

UH, I'M PREDICTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, A MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PROPOSITIONS, ONE IN SEVEN, UH, FUNDING ON THE STATE SIDE THAN WE ANTICIPATED IN.

THEREFORE THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MAY HAVE MORE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING AND CATEGORY 12 THAN WE MAY HAVE ANTICIPATED.

OUR COUNTERPART IN DALLAS HAS ALWAYS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF HAVING PROJECTS ON THE SHELF AND READY TO GO.

AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON, UM, BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS.

UH, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST FORAY INTO THAT AREA.

UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE, UM, TO BE READY, UH, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, UH, ALSO WITH, UH, TACO FERGUSON, OUR DISTRICT ENGINEER, AND WITHHELD, UH, HEATHER ASHLEY WYNN.

AND, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR Y'ALL, BUT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT.

IT'S WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS $7 MILLION SITTING IN AN ACCOUNT AT TECH STOCK.

UM, THAT WAS,

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UM, PART OF A WALL.

IT WASN'T THE CONCESSION PAYMENT THAT WAS MADE WHEN, UH, SEGMENTS ONE THROUGH FOUR OF, UH, OF, UH, HIGHWAY ONE 30, UH, WAS PUT IN THE PLACE OF THAT PAYMENT WAS MADE BACK IN 2011 OR 2012.

SO THE MONEY HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE ACCOUNT, UM, SINCE THEN, AND, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND I HAD AN EMAIL EXCHANGE YESTERDAY AND, UM, SHE WAS ASKING KIND OF MONEY, IS THIS, AND SO BECAUSE IT'S CONCESSION MONEY IS CONSIDERED PRIVATE MONEY.

SO THEREFORE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE STRINGS ON IT THAT, UM, OUR NORMAL STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS DO.

SO YOU, YOU, AS THIS BODY COULD USE THAT FUNDING ON ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO TRANSPORTATION RELATED AND, UH, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS.

UM, THE ONLY RESTRICTION THAT COMES ON THAT FUNDING IS IT STILL HAS TO HAVE AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT FROM TEXTILE FOR IT TO BE RELEASED TO US.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT HAS NO RESTRICTIONS ON IT.

SO, UM, SINCE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS, UM, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ENGINEERING, UH, TYPE WORK, UH, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PLANNING A CAMPO, WE'LL USE SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO HIRE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT.

UM, AS MANY OF YOU RECALL WHO WERE ON THE BOARD PRIOR, UM, WE HAD A GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT THAT WE USED FOR THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT CONTRACT ENDED IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

AND THEN, UM, THIS GENERAL ENGINEERING, UH, CONSULTANT CONTRACT WOULD REPLACE, UM, THAT CONTRACT.

UM, WE ALSO SEE THESE STUDIES, NOT STUDIES, THESE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, HELPING, UM, UH, MOVE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW, UH, AND ALSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE THINK IS COMING, UH, DOWN THE ROAD.

AND, UM, I'M LETTING NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, IMPROVING SAFETY AND MOBILITY ON THESE QUARTERS, WE WOULD ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AS WE ALWAYS DO ON EVERYTHING WE DO WITH CAMPO AND THEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.

SO THE POINT IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS READY TO GO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND, UH, WE CAMPO STAFF HAVE COME UP IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, THE TEXAS AUSTIN DISTRICT.

WE'VE COME UP WITH EIGHT DRAFT QUARTERS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY.

THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM, BUT, UM, THESE ARE QUARTERS THAT CAME, UM, UH, OUT OF PREVIOUS STUDIES THAT THIS BODY HAS SEEN AND APPROVED.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN, UM, WHAT I'LL CALL THE MORE TECHNICAL PART OF THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. MCCOWEN.

AND TRAVIS HAPPENED WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO COVER, UM, THE IDENTIFIED CORRIDOR.

SO YOU JUST PROVIDE A BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, WHAT WENT INTO OUR THOUGHT PROCESS FOR SOME OF THE, SOME OF THESE, UM, AND AS ASHLEY SAID, ALL THE CORRIDORS ARE ON SYSTEMS THAT ARE ALL, UM, PART OF THE TECH-TALK NETWORKING, CFM ROADS, STATE HIGHWAYS, AND US HIGHWAYS AND OTHERS.

UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE MORE FAMILIAR SORT OF STREET NAMES THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

SO I'LL MENTION THOSE AS, AS I DESCRIBED THEM.

AND ALSO NOTE THAT, UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THESE ARE, UM, THESE ARE ALL PRETTY LONG FOR INDIVIDUAL CORRIDORS.

SO, UM, IF THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THIS GEC, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE GEC DO GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE THESE, UM, THESE CORRIDORS FOR, UM, BOTH PRIORITIZATION AND LOGICAL TERMINOLOGICAL SEGMENTS TO STUDY, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU TYPICALLY WOULDN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE A FULL 22 AND A HALF MILE CORRIDOR STUDY ALL IN ONE GO.

UM, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY.

UM, THE, THE QUARTERS HERE DOWN THE LIST STARTING WITH, UM, 7 34, UM, THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL FARMER LANE.

UM, THE CORRIDOR THAT WE HAVE HERE WOULD BE IT'S ABOUT HALF AND TRAVIS, HALF IN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES WITH THE LIMITS FROM 2243 IN THE NORTH TO SH ONE 30, UM, PARMER LANE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF OUR REGION CONNECTS, UM, MANY SIGNIFICANT HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE AREA.

UM, AS IT GOES THROUGH THE UNDER CEDAR PARK AND AUSTIN, UH, CROSSING STATE HIGHWAY 45 AND 6 20 14 31 LOOP ONE, AND , UM, BEFORE IT GETS TO A STAGE ONE 30, AS WELL AS PART OF THE MULTIMODAL FUNCTIONING OF THIS HIGHWAY, UM, PROJECT CONNECT INCLUDES A METRO RAPID ROUTE ON THIS, UM, ON PARMER BETWEEN THE GREENLINE AND LAKE LINE.

AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING ON ALL THESE CORRIDORS, UH, MOVING TO THE EAST OF IT IS FM 9 73, THAT'S AGAIN, ABOUT HALF.

UM, IT WOULD RUN FROM US 79, UH, LOOKING AT IT FROM US 79 AND TAYLOR DOWN TO US TO 90, UM, IN MAYNOR AND A LARGE PORTION OF THIS CORRIDOR RUNS THROUGH THE, UM,

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THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF PFLUGERVILLE AS WELL.

AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, GROWTH AREA, UH, WHERE GROWTH IS OCCURRING NOW AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN SEVERAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS AS WELL.

UM, GOING TO THE SOUTH IS A STATE HIGHWAY 80.

THIS IS PRIMARILY IN CALDWELL COUNTY WITH A LITTLE BIT IN HAYES COUNTY.

THIS IS AT THE FAR SOUTHERN, UM, PART OF OUR REGION.

YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE STARTING AT A FM ONE 10 ON THE WEST, AND I'M GOING TO IHS 10.

UM, AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY SMALL PART OF INTERSTATE 10 THAT CROSSES OUR REGION, UM, THERE JUST SOUTH OF POOLING.

AND SO THIS WOULD LOOK AT THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN 9 35, UH, AND THE REGION.

UM, SO NORTH A LITTLE THAT WE HAVE FM 9 69, UH, THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS WEBER VILLE ROAD IN SOME SECTIONS, UH, AGAIN ABOUT HALFWAY IN BASTROP COUNTY, HALFWAY IN TRAVIS COUNTY WITH LIMITS BETWEEN AND .

UM, AND THIS PROVIDES, UH, ACCESS BETWEEN, UH, CENTRAL BASTROP AND, AND TRAVIS COUNTY NORTH OF THE COLORADO RIVER.

AND, UH, WITH PARALLEL CAPACITY ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY 71 AND US TWO 90, UH, LOOKING NEXT TO IN HAYES COUNTY, WE HAVE US TWO 90 WEST.

UM, THIS WOULD START AT, UH, RN 12 IN HAYES COUNTY AND GO TO THE WEST US 2 81.

UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THIS IS THE ONLY CORRIDOR THAT WOULD EXTEND OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, THE MPO BOUNDARY, JUST TO HAVE A STUDY AREA TO REACH, UM, LOGICAL TERMINUS AT USQ 81.

AND SINCE THAT SECTION OF BLANCO COUNTY ISN'T AND ANY NPO, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH TXDOT ON, ON HOW THAT PART OF IT WOULD BE FUNDED.

BUT, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SECTION WITHIN HAYES COUNTY, IT WOULD, UH, COMPLIMENT THE WORK THAT TXDOT HAS DONE ON TWO 90 TO THE EAST OF THERE.

AND AGAIN, STUDY THAT SECTION FURTHER WEST.

UH, THE NEXT CORRIDOR IS IN BURNETT COUNTY AT STATE HIGHWAY 29.

UH, THIS ONE WOULD EXTEND FROM COUNTY ROAD 2 58, WHICH IS JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF BERTRAM TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE.

UM, THIS IS THE ONLY CORRIDOR ON OUR LIST THAT HAS A COUNTY LINE AS A TERMINUS, JUST BECAUSE WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS ALREADY STUDYING STATE HIGHWAY 29 WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION.

AND SO, UM, THE PROPOSED STUDY HERE OR THE CORRIDOR WOULD COMPLIMENT WHAT'S BEING STUDIED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UM, WITH ALL OF THE GROWTH IN THAT SECTION OF THE COUNTY AND BURNET COUNTY.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A STATE HIGHWAY 21, UH, IN BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES.

THIS ONE IS PRIMARILY IN BASTROP COUNTY WITH A SMALL SECTION IN CALDWELL COUNTY, UH, CONNECTING FROM STATE HIGHWAY 71 TO, TO, UH, STATE HIGHWAY ONE 30.

UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WITH A LOT OF GROWTH OCCURRING IN THE BASTROP COUNTY.

THERE ARE PLAN, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF FREIGHT, UH, TRAFFIC IN THIS CORRIDOR.

A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES.

TXDOT IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH SUPER TWOS.

UM, THAT'S A DESIGN WHERE THEY GO, WHERE TEXTILE GOES IN AND ADDS, UM, PASSING LANES, UH, ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CORRIDOR, HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE GROWTH AND THESE OTHER ISSUES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EXTENT CONNECTIONS FURTHER TO THE WEST TO OTHER CORRIDORS.

UM, WE BELIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL STUDY WOULD BE NEEDED ON THIS CORRIDOR, 79, 79 0 79.

SO 79 IS, UM, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UM, IT'S IN, UH, IN ROUND ROCK IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY KNOWN AS PALM VALLEY BOULEVARD, UM, STARTS AT FM 1460, WHICH IS, UM, GRINDS BOULEVARD AND THEN GOES TO THE EAST FM SIX 19, WHICH IS JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAYLOR.

AND, UH, IT GOES THROUGH, UH, CONNECTS WITH THE CORRIDOR, UH, AS WELL AS, AS HADOW, WHICH IS, UH, ANOTHER AREA, WHICH IS, UH, EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS GROWTH.

GOT IT.

ACTUALLY APPROVE THESE, UM, DISCRETIONARY, NOT DISCRETIONARY, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY APPROVE, UM, THE CONCESSION PAYMENTS ANYMORE, BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE UTP.

NEXT SHOULD BE ANOTHER SLIDE.

UH, SO, UM, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, UM, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE, UM, THIS CONCEPT TO TAC, UH, AT THE JUNE MEETING, WHICH IS ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO.

AND THEN, UM, IN ORDER FOR, UM, THESE TO BE CONSIDERED, THEY HAD TO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT IT'S CONTROLLED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

SO WE HAD WORKED WITH, UM, THE TEXAS AUSTIN DISTRICT TO GET CSJ NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO THESE QUARTERS SO THEY COULD BE INCLUDED.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT DOCUMENT.

THAT'S GOING OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE STATEWIDE LEVEL SOON.

SO, UM, THE COMMISSION, UM, WILL, UM, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE TWO OF THE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, UH, THIS AUGUST, UH, IF THAT IS APPROVED, UH, WITHOUT, UM, AN ISSUE ON, ON THIS.

AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE COMMISSION DOESN'T

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UM, THEN, UM, THIS BODY, WE WOULD ALSO ASK Y'ALL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST MEETING.

AND IF BOTH APPROVALS GO THROUGH, THEN WE WOULD SEE POSTING A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO START THE PROCESS, TO HIRE A GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT IN SEPTEMBER, IN THIS YEAR OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, UH, START THE PROCESS FOR THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT AND, UM, WAIT FOR THE AFA, UH, TO BE EXECUTED.

AND THEN, UM, SORT OF NEXT STEPS, IF ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IS, UM, THOSE QUARTERS THAT, THAT WE'VE LAID OUT AS, AS MR. MCCOWEN SAID TO YOU EARLIER, THEY'RE VERY LONG QUARTERS AND GENERALLY FOUR QUARTERS THAT LONG YOU HAVE TO BREAK THEM UP INTO SEGMENTS.

AND SO WHAT WE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WOULD DO IS TO, UM, WORK WITH OUR GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AND WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH CRITERIA THAT WE WILL USE TO BREAK, UH, THESE QUARTERS UP INTO LOGICAL SEGMENTS, BUT THEN ALSO TO COME UP WITH CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD USE TO PRIORITIZE THE SEGMENTS, UH, THEN THOSE SEGMENTS WOULD, UM, COME BACK FOR INPUT AND REVIEW FOR BOTH, UH, TACK, UM, AND, UH, THE POLICY BOARD AND, AND, UH, TEXTILE, UH, TO REVIEW.

AND THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD, AT LEAST ON THE, ON THE TOP, PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE OR SO THAT WE CAN FUND.

NOW, ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, OUT THERE, WOULD WE USE THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AND WHAT THEY DO ALL OF THE QUARTER STUDIES AND THE SEGMENTS? UH, THE ANSWER IS NO.

SO, UM, SOME OF THIS WORK, UM, SOME OF THE SEGMENTS IN THE QUARTERS WOULD GO OUT ON THE STREET AT SEPARATE CONTRACTS.

AND SO OTHER CONSULTANTS WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO BID ON THIS WORK AS WELL.

SO, UM, UH, BUT, UM, FOR THOSE CONTRACTS THAT GO OUT TO, TO, UH, CONSULTANTS, OTHER THAN THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, UM, THE, THE GEC WOULD HELP US MANAGE THOSE CONTRACTS, LISTEN TO THE DISTRICT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ASHLEY? NO, MA'AM.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PLANNING AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES CAMPO DO? UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FORWARD-THINKING THINGS WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DO IN A WHILE BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO SOME LOGISTICAL THINGS WITH THE PLAN AND SOME OTHER, UM, ACTIVITIES.

AND SO I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND, AND IT TOUCHES REALLY THE WHOLE REGION.

NOW, CAN WE, IN, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAVE BEEN DOING CORRIDOR PRESERVATION AND CORRIDOR STUDIES, UM, SINCE 2008, AND I WILL TELL YOU, AND JUST TO SET EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE, UM, THERE'S NO WAY THAT $7 MILLION IS ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH THAT WHOLE LIST, UM, AT ALL.

AND, UM, SO IT, IT LIKELY WILL BE A SHORTER LIST WITH MUCH SHORTER, UM, UH, LIMITS ON EITHER END.

UM, JUST BY WAY OF REFERENCE.

WE DID ONE THAT WAS 19 MILES LONG, AND IT WAS A $4 MILLION PROJECT.

SO JUST FOR LEVEL SET ON THAT.

UM, BUT I THINK AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT AND, AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER REMEMBERS THIS DISCUSSION.

WELL, UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN BE FOCUSING ON AND THAT'S REGIONAL CORRIDORS.

SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS DISCUSSION AND THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THE REGION AND BE FOCUSED ON THE BIG PICTURE RATHER THAN OUR LITTLE BITTY PROJECTS ALL THE TIME, WHICH WE ALL HAVE TO GO HOME AND FOCUS ON.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY WHAT BIG PICTURE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO IT.

AND ONE THING I FAILED TO SAY EARLY ON, UM, WAS WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE QUARTERS IN THESE SEGMENTS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THEM IN A MULTIMODAL FASHION.

SO IT WILL NOT JUST BE ROADWAY.

UM, UH, WE WILL LOOK AT THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, UH, ASPECTS AND COMPONENTS TO THOSE.

AND THEN IF, UH, IF SOME OF YOU RECALL, UH, GOING BACK TO, UM, SOME OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT EXCLUSIVE TRANSIT LANES, UH, ON SOME OF THOSE QUARTERS.

AND SO WE WOULD WORK WITH THE STATE, UM, TO TRY TO MOVE AS FAR AS WE CAN ON THAT.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AT MULTIMODAL QUARTERS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

OF BEING PREPARED FOR FUNDING THAT'S COMING TOWARDS US AND THE, UH, WHICH IS WHAT THESE KINDS OF STUDIES ARE ABOUT BEING READY FOR FUNDING TO, TO THEN, UM, THEN PUT IN PLACE THE RECOMMENDED, UH, CHANGES, UM, I THINK IS A GOOD CONCEPT.

UM, THE, THE CONCEPT OF, UM, THE CONCEPT

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SO I, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU THINKING ABOUT THIS AND BRINGING THIS CONCEPT.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.

AND SO I THINK I WILL ASK ABOUT PERS JUST SORT OF GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED, YOU KNOW, TO VOTE.

SO, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST OFF, UM, I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING THESE PROJECTS READY, UH, COMPARES TO OUR DIFF LIST OF DEFERRED PROJECTS.

SO WE DID HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION AS A GROUP ABOUT, UH, PRIORITIZATION AND PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA ACROSS OUR PROJECTS.

AND SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, USING 7 MILLION FOR THIS, UH, RELATES TO OUR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT 7 MILLION HERE, WHY HERE AND WHY NOT ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER DEFERRED PROJECT.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND.

SO THAT'S, I'M JUST GOING TO LIST ALL THE ITEMS. WE CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I'LL LET YOU GO THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, I WANT TO SEE THAT I WANT TO SEE THE DATA THAT SHOWS ME HOW THESE WOULD, UH, HOW THESE WOULD SCORE VERSUS THE DEFERRED PROJECTS.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S ONE ITEM.

A SECOND ITEM IS THIS IS GREAT, THAT THERE'S 7 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

SO I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR ABOUT OTHER DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO US.

I HAVE HEARD THAT I'VE HEARD THAT CARE'S FUNDING MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO US.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCURATE OR NOT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.

SO THAT ALSO GIVES US THE WHOLE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE'RE MAKING OUR DECISION.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND THING.

UM, AND THEN, THEN I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET AND OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH WOULD WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING ON HIRING, UM, AN, AN ENGINEER FIRM TO HELP TO DO THIS WORKUP OF WHAT EACH WOULD COST? AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CHAIR, YOU KNOW, 7 MILLION DOESN'T GO VERY FAR, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO COVER ALL OF THESE.

SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFORT, THE STEP BEFORE THAT, HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO SPEND TO DO THE ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH PROJECTS, UH, WOULD COST HOW MUCH, BECAUSE THAT ALSO CAN IMPACT OUR DECISION-MAKING.

SO THOSE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT, THAT I WILL WANT TO SEE IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT.

UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT CERTAIN AT THIS POINT, WHETHER I WANT TO PUT ALL OF THE $7 MILLION INTO THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AND WOULD COST MORE, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NOT, WE'VE GOT SOME OF IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MILLION RANGE OR UNDER A MILLION.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE.

SO, UM, SO, SO THAT'S THE RANGE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, AND, AND I CAN MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN WRITING TOO, BUT THAT'S HELPFUL.

SO, UM, AND LET ME ASK REAL QUICK COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO, UM, RYAN, WERE WE ABLE TO, TO, TO GET THAT SPOT READY? UM, SO BY SHEER T TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT THIS, UH, COMPARED TO THE DEFERRED PROJECTS, WE DID DO SOME ANALYSIS, WHICH LET ME TALK TO THE MC WE DID DO SOME ANALYSIS, UH, ON THAT, AND, AND RYAN'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.

ESSENTIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, CHEAP ENOUGH TO BE REFUNDED, ESSENTIALLY.

SO IF YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE PROJECT LIST, AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW MANY PROJECTS COULD WE ACTUALLY REFUND WITH A 7 MILLION AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE TOO EXPENSIVE TO BE REFUNDED.

UM, THE AVERAGE PROJECT COST FOR THE DIFFERENT PROJECT LIST IS AROUND $8 MILLION.

UM, SO IF YOU LOOK UP THERE, THE GREEN ARE THE ONES THAT WE KNOW WE CAN REFUND.

THIS IS ALSO AN ANALYSIS OF HOW READY THESE PROJECTS ARE.

SO, UM, THE GREEN ARE STUDIES THAT WERE DEFERRED AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KICK THOSE OFF AT ANY TIME.

UM, AND THEN THE ONES IN THE RED THE MONTH YOU'LL SEE THE STATUS ON THE RIGHT.

MOST OF THOSE, UM, I'LL HAVE A COMMENT IN THERE WHETHER OR NOT CONCESSION FUNDING COVERS THE COSTS OR NOT A LOT OF THESE AND THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN MOVED FORWARD WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

AND SO THE ONE IN THE YELLOW IS THE ONLY KIND OF THE OUTLIER THAT'S, UH, ITS PROJECT.

WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOES MEET THE THRESHOLD WITH BEING, UM,

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UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE, I'VE GOT THE COMMENTS ON THE RIGHT.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL, WE'LL SEND THIS OUT SO YOU CAN TAKE A DEEP DIVE.

UM, AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT OVER THE SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE PROJECT SPONSORS TO GET A MORE ACCURATE, UM, UH, DEFERRAL STATUS, UH, SEE WHERE THE PRODUCTS ARE ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE.

AND SO WE CAN COME BACK, UH, CERTAINLY IN AUGUST WHEN WE COME BACK, UH, WITH THIS ITEM TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THIS, BUT THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT IS VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION.

UM, AND SO WE'LL, WE CAN ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I CAN'T READ IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU KIND OF SEE, BUT, UH, SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE PRIOR, WE HAVE CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIES AND I WOULD LIKE TO, TO STACK UP, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPOSED QUARTER'S AGAINST THAT, UH, PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.

CAUSE WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, LINING UP WITH OUR PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

NOW I WILL SAY THAT THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS SPECIFIC AND SPECIFIC WITH THESE CORRIDORS.

THEN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE EARLY STAGE LIKE PLANNING AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL.

THOSE ARE ALL EARLY STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

SO THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT MORE, UH, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE STEPS TO DO BEFORE THEY CAN GO TO LETTING SO THAT'S JUST, UH, THAT'S WHY I WOULD THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THE STUDIES ARE UP THERE BEING RECOMMENDED BECAUSE STUDIES, YOU CAN START OFF ON THIS IMMEDIATELY.

ALL YOU NEED IS AN AFA AND YOU'RE OFF AND RUNNING.

UH, WHEREAS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE RIGHT AWAY, DO ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, UH, FINISH UP THE ENGINEERING WORK.

AND, AND SO I THINK WITH THE CORRIDORS, AT LEAST THOSE ARE MORE, THESE ARE EARLY STAGE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

AND SO THEY'RE A LOT EASIER TO GET DONE QUICKLY.

JUST POINT.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, UH, GEORGETOWN WAS FORTUNATE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN ONE OF THESE EARLY STUDIES IS ASHBY SAID, UH, AND I WAS ACTUALLY ON THAT, THAT STUDY.

AND, UH, WE HAD CONDUCTED SEVERAL STUDIES IN GEORGETOWN THAT WE HAD KIND OF FUNDED LOCALLY.

UH, AND WHEN CAMPO GOT INVOLVED, JUST THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND THE QUALITY OF STUDY WE WERE ABLE TO GET WAS JUST HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ANYTHING WE'D EVER SEEN.

UH, THAT STUDY HELPED GUIDE OUR, OUR CURRENT, UH, LOCAL MOBILITY BOND, UH, AND PUT THAT PROJECT TOGETHER FOR US.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'D SAY THAT LOOKING AT THOSE CORRIDORS IS LIKE I SAY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SMALLER TOWNS, UH, WITHIN THE REGION THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THOSE CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THOSE STUDIES THEMSELVES, UH, THINK SPECIFICALLY OF TYLER THERE.

UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS TOO ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE THAN I THINK THE, THE LARGER COMMUNITY.

SO REALLY SUPPORT THIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, INNOVATING ON THIS ASHBY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MATEO.

OH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES THAT WHAT MAYOR SCHROEDER JUST SAID IS THAT RIGHT? WHEN I THINK OF 9 73, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR YEARS ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACT IS LOOKING AT TAYLOR, LOOKING AT HADOW.

UM, MOST PEOPLE IN PFLUGERVILLE MAY BEING KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF PFLUGERVILLE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THERE AS WELL.

YEP.

NOW WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE ACTUALLY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOOKING AT BUILDING, UM, MULTI-FAMILY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK MAINER.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PORTION TOO, AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE OFTENTIMES WE'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS IS THAT, HEY, LISTEN, WE'RE NOT HAPPY.

WE'RE NOT PLEASED ABOUT HOW WE'RE FUNCTIONING AS A BOARD OR FUNCTIONING AS A DIRECTION WITH CAMPO.

I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF US LOOKING AT REINVENTING OURSELVES, LOOKING FOR REACH WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A UNICORN, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GET FRUSTRATED WHEN WE'RE LIKE, OH MAN, WELL THIS ISSUES OR ATYPICAL FAR-REACHING NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S JUST US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND HAVE THE STRENGTH AND THE FORTITUDE TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS AND PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO GET THINGS DONE AND DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AS WELL IS JUST INEFFICIENT PORTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWING TO THE REGION THAT, HEY, LISTEN, ALL OF US CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS THAT AREN'T JUST GOOD FOR OUR SPECIFIC AREAS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, WHICH IS JUST AWESOME TO SEE.

I ALSO DO WANT TO COMMENT AND SAY THIS RYAN AND ASHBY, I DON'T KNOW HOW SCARY IT IS, HOW WELL, YOU KNOW, YOUR BOARD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CHART READY FOR VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN.

ASK THAT QUESTION RIGHT THERE.

SO, UM, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

BUT SERIOUSLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, AS CAMP, WHEN LOOKING AT REGIONAL PLANNING AND REINVENTING WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT, THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING.

I'M PRETTY PROUD OF IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THAT.

SO, SO LET ME GIVE I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU, YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

AND I DID WANT TO, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, BUT WE SAT IN A MEETING TOGETHER THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, TALKING

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ABOUT PARMER LANE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.

SO THIS, THIS, I, I MEANT TO POINT THAT OUT EARLIER, I AM EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE BEING DISCUSSED.

SO, UH, WELL, TO, TO THAT POINT, UM, ALL ROADS LEAD TO YOUR PRECINCT AND ON SOME OF THIS LOOKED AT, YES.

UM, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR, TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE, UH, TUCKER FERGUSON ASKED THAT QUESTION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO HIM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UH, ASKED ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAD IT READY.

THREE.

BRILLIANT.

UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE MENTION OF MULTIMODAL TRANSIT.

IT IS SO HARD WHEN WE TRY TO GO RETROFIT SOMETHING THAT EITHER DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS OR INSUFFICIENT SIDEWALKS, AND THEN YOU'VE PLANTED YOUR VEGETATION AND YOUR TREES.

AND THEN YOU'RE STUCK IN THIS SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT ON THE BACKEND.

AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR PLANNING TO THINK OF THAT AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS, DO YOU KNOW, IN THE FALL, WHAT YOUR PRE-BID INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS MIGHT LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY GOING TO BE IN-PERSON ONLINE? UM, ARE THEY GOING TO BE KIND OF THE ONES THAT TXDOT HAS DONE, WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE CONTRACTORS BIDDING AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY CAN JUST WATCH IT AND SUBMIT THEIR QA? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE IN A COUPLE? I HONESTLY DON'T AND WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY ISSUE ANY, UM, RFQ AS RFPS, UM, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO THIS WILL BE NEW TERRITORY FOR US, MY GUESS IS JUST, I'M JUST GUESSING RIGHT NOW.

UM, YOU KNOW, BY THAT TIME WE WILL LOOK AND SEE WHAT, WHAT CDC SAY, BUT WE WILL PROBABLY USE OUR, OUR REGULAR IN-PERSON, UM, PROCESS.

THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

AND I KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER CONTRACTORS, IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE SIGN-IN SHEETS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAY I'M A DVE, I'M A WBE, AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS.

ME.

SO I HOPE THAT CAN BE INCLUDED WHICHEVER WAY YOU DECIDE TO, AND, AND WE, UH, WE HAVE TO DO THAT ALREADY AS PART OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING, UH, THERE'S A CALL AN OPTION FOR THAT AND THEY TELL US THEN WHETHER THEY'RE DBE OR, OR OTHERWISE, AND THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE SIGN IN SHEET.

PERFECT.

I KNOW THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THE PRIME CONTRACTORS TO KNOW IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC SKILLSET, HOW TO REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS AND JUST FOR, UM, UH, INFORMATION PURPOSES, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, WE HAVE A 25% REQUIREMENT FOR DBE ON OUR CONTRACTS.

SO WE ACTUALLY EXCEED, UH, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

FANTASTIC.

TWO TO FOUR LANES ON SIDEWALKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT HELPS REMEMBER ALTAR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS IT, UM, GREAT.

UM, SO THANK YOU CHAIR.

I APPRECIATE, UM, THE WAY THAT YOU FRAME THIS.

UM, I DO THINK FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL NUMBER KITCHEN ASKED, UM, WILL HELP US AS WE TRY TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, NOT JUST THIS PIECE, TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN MORE OF A, MORE OF A CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT OTHER FUNDING IS COMING.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S MONEY FROM CARERS, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET GOT, YOU KNOW, DETAILS OF THAT, THAT IMPACTS HOW WE MOVE DOWN THE DEFERRAL LIST AND THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE AND THE DIFFERENT POTS.

AND SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME CLARITY ON ALL OF THAT, I THINK IS HELPFUL, JUST SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE DO THINGS.

UM, AND FORGIVE ME IF YOU EXPLAIN THIS.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT EACH OF THESE CORRIDORS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES, BUT I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH MANY OF THEM AS MAYBE I SHOULD BE.

UM, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER QUARTERS ARE NOT ON THIS LIST.

UM, AND SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THESE ONES WERE CHOSEN? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE CHOOSING THESE, BUT THEN THERE MAY BE YET ANOTHER STAGE OF CHOOSING, BUT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS GROUP WAS THE ONES WHERE, THE ONES THAT WERE STARTING OUT WITH, UM, FOR THE 7 MILLION.

UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS, UM, WE LOOKED AT, UH, CORRIDORS THAT HAD, UM, THAT CONNECTED CENTERS THAT HAVE, UM, GROW OR GROWING ACTIVITY CENTERS IN THE REGION, ONES THAT ARE, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITH A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE CRASH RATES, UM, OR THAT HAD HOTSPOTS, UM, FOR, UH, CRASH SAFETY ISSUES, UM, ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN EVALUATED FOR MULTIMODAL CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING, UM, THE REGIONAL AFTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, FREIGHT NETWORKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND, UM, AS WELL, WE LOOKED AT IF THEY WERE, IF WE ALREADY HAD, IF WE HAD HAD AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE RTP TYPICALLY, UM, FOR SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THE OUT YEAR PROJECTS, THERE MAY BE, UM, UH, IT'S A DESCRIPTION OF, YOU KNOW, EXPAND FROM

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HOWEVER, A PROJECT HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN, BEEN DONE TO, TO GET TO THAT NEPA, UM, IT'S JUST WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PLAN IS BASED ON A THOROUGH HER PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WERE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE RTP AS WELL.

SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF A CORRIDOR THAT WAS SORT OF THE NEXT GROUP THAT GOT LEFT OFF, OR LIKE, CAN WE HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT BASED ON HOW YOU, HOW YOU CALCULATE IT? CAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAD THE SAME RUBRIC, LIKE WE HAVE A RUBRIC FOR SCORING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS, BUT YOU'RE JUST SHOWING ME WHAT YOU LANDED WITH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS MOST IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED, FOR INSTANCE, MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING AND MAYBE THAT CRITERIA JUST LEADS YOU TO THOSE, BUT FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER CORRIDORS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT MAY COME TO MIND THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ON THE LIST IN IS BECAUSE LIKE THEY, THEY PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE ANY PRE-CLEARANCE IN, THEY'RE WAITING FOR FUNDING AND THEY'RE, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'VE BEEN EXCLUDED.

THEY JUST, THEY'RE ALREADY AT THAT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, EITHER THEY'RE ON THE DEFERRED LIST OR THEY HAVE AGAIN, A CLEARANCE AND THEN ARE GOING TO SEEK FUNDING AND THIS WILL KIND OF TEE UP THAT NEXT LIST.

UM, BUT YEAH, WE DIDN'T, UM, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD BEEN CUT FROM HERE WAS REALLY MORE TO, TO GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE THE LIMITS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME TO US BASED ON THIS PROCESS.

AND DID YOU KNOW, AGAIN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, UM, THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS LIST OR THAT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THESE LIMITS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FOR SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTO, THE TWO I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, THEY GOT CUT.

UM, ONE WAS, UH, RM 12 IN HAYES COUNTY.

UM, THE COUNTY WAS ALREADY DOING A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, ON THAT.

UH, AND SO, UM, AFTER TALKING TO THEM, WE PULL THAT OFF THE LIST.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UH, AT ONE POINT WE HAD FM 9 73 FROM TWO 90, UM, UH, GOING SOUTH.

AND THE REASON WE PULL THAT, BECAUSE AS YOU CROSS TWO 90 ON THAT ROADWAY, IT STARTS TO PARALLEL ONE 30.

UM, AND IT'S WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES OF ONE 30.

AND WE WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT IF WE DID THAT, THEN WE WERE GOING TO RUN INTO NON-COMPETE CLAUSES, UH, ON ONE 30.

AND SO WE LEFT THAT ALONE.

UH, ALSO WE FOUND OUT THAT THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT, UH, AT PART OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT CAN, CAN LOOK AT THAT AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NON-COMPETE WHEREAS WE WOULD.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND THEN ADDING TO THE LIST OF CRITERIA THAT, THAT CHAD LAID OUT EARLY ON MANY OF THESE CORES, NOT ALL, BUT MANY OF THESE HOARDERS, UM, WERE THE ONES THAT I W WERE IDENTIFIED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AS WE DID THE STUDIES.

SO AS PART OF THE REGIONAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN, PART OF REGIONAL ARTERIALS, PART OF, UM, REGIONAL SAFETY, UM, UM, PART OF THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UM, PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THESE, THESE ROADWAYS KEPT SHOWING UP.

AND SO THAT WAS PART OF IT AS WELL.

UM, I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT THIS HADN'T GONE TO THE TAC YET, AND THAT WAS GOING, UM, NEXT MONTH.

SO THEN THIS ONE THIS MONTH.

OKAY, GREAT.

I MEAN, I THINK THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IS PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE AT THE TAC, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SPACE FOR THAT, UM, FOR, FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE GREATER DETAIL ON ALL THE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS ACROSS THE WHOLE WHOLE REGION, SO THAT WE, WE CAN HAVE SOME TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION, UM, WITH THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM WHO REALLY, UM, HAVE THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING X OR Y ET CETERA.

UM, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED AT THE TAC, UM, AS WELL.

GOOD.

AND UNLESS IT'S GENERAL, IF IT'S SPECIFIC, CAN YOU EMAIL IT BECAUSE I THINK OUR CONSULTANT, I MEAN, OUR OSCARS ARE HERE.

SO JUST VERY QUICK.

UM, UM, CAN YOU TELL US THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT THE AVAILABLE DOLLARS MAY BE TO US, UH, IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR? UM, I'M HESITATING VICE CHAIR BECAUSE, UM, IT'LL, IT'LL BE MY BEST.

IT'LL BE MY BEST EDUCATED GUESTS.

UM, SO SOME OF IT, I KNOW THE REGULAR MONEY WE GET, UH, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE CATEGORY SEVEN MONEY THAT I CAN TELL YOU, UM, THE, THE QUESTION WILL BE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE FEDERAL SIDE WITH THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, BILL.

UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE UP IN THE AIR, BUT I'LL MAKE MY BEST, MY BEST GUESS AT THAT.

AND THEN I CAN TELL YOU, UM, WE DID WAS THE CARES ACT MONEY, RYAN.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE WAY THE LAW WAS WRITTEN ON THAT, THAT THE CARES ACT MONEY CAN BE USED BY YOU AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES, UH, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ALSO AGREED TO MY INTERPRETATION, HOWEVER, WHERE CONGRESS IS SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO, UM, THAT WE KNOW THERE'S 15 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED.

WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET ANYTHING ELSE AND WHILE WE'RE ON THAT SUBJECT, CAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT MENTIONED A FEW TIMES.

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SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED YET.

AND THAT WOULD OPEN A GATE.

UM, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CARES MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED THAT EXPIRES AT THE END THIS YEAR.

YES.

THAT WENT DIRECTLY TO YOU AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

NUMBER 10, UM, WHICH IS THE BRIEFING ON OUR CAMPO ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.

NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT FOR NOW.

LET'S MOVE BACK TO ITEM

[10. Annual Briefing on CAMPO Financial Audit]

THERESA.

YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT FOR US? YES.

HELLO.

UM, UH, UM, CAMPOS, UM, AUDIT FIRM, WHICH IS ONE DAY MY AUDIT BRITAIN VENDOR COMPLETED OUR FISCAL YEAR 2020 SINGLE AUDIT ON MAY 6TH.

UM, THERE WERE NO FINDINGS.

I'M HERE TO BRIEF YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMPLETED AUDIT IS, UM, MR. ARCHIE, UM, MR. ARCHIE, MONTE MAYA, EXCUSE ME.

UH, HELLO EVERYBODY.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORT.

AS SHE MENTIONED, THERE ARE NO FINDINGS.

WE SHOULD SAY WE ISSUED SEVERAL REPORTS, UH, ON YOUR AUDIT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THEY COVER THE ACCURACY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

IN OUR OPINION, THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY, CORRECT, AND INCLUDE ALL THE NECESSARY DISCLOSURES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE ATTACHED TO THEM.

UH, WE DO SOME OTHER REPORTS.

WE COMMENT AND GIVE AN OPINION ON YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

THAT OPINION IS A CLEAN OPINION.

AND BASED ON OUR AUDIT TESTS, YOU COMPLIED WITH ALL THE MATERIAL ASPECTS OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

WE ALSO COVER AN AREA FOR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THAT WAS WHERE IT'S CLEANEST.

THEY GET, WE DO NOT DO SOME OF THESE AUDITS, DO NOT, UH, PROVIDE SUFFICIENT WORK TO GIVE YOU AN OPINION ON THE CONTROLS, BUT THEY REQUIRE US TO REPORT WEAKNESSES OR DEFICIENCIES IF WE NOTE THEM DURING THE AUDIT.

AND, UH, WE'RE NOT REPORTING ANY, WE DID NOT NOTE ANY WEAKNESSES OR DEFICIENCIES IN YOUR AUDIT.

SO OVERALL ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE AS CLEAN AS THEY COME FOR AN AUDIT.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK MANAGEMENT AND STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN GETTING THIS COMPLETED.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

AND I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.

AND, AND A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF.

UM, THAT IS A DIFFICULT TASK.

SO, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FROM ANYBODY THAT WORKS WITH AUDITORS KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD REPORT.

SO AS CLEAN AS IT GETS IS ABOUT THE BEST YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM IT, FROM SOMEBODY DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND, AND A COUPLE MINUTES TO STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND GETTING THAT DONE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO THE LAST ITEM? SORRY, REAL QUICK.

UM, SO THIS IS WE'RE BACK ON ITEM NUMBER

[11. Discussion on CAMPO Assistance with Project Readiness for Regional Corridor Improvement Projects (Part 2 of 2)]

11.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE UNKNOWN, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER POTS OF MONEY, LIKE UNDER THE MATTRESS, LIKE THIS LAST, YOU KNOW, 7 MILLION THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 2013? NO, NO, NO.

I WAS JUST NODDING.

UM, I WAS, I WAS, I WAS RAISED SOUTHERN IN ALABAMA.

SO WITH, TO SHOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING ACCURATELY, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE AGREE.

SO, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, I, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER POTS OF HIDING SOMEWHERE.

SO WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BUNNY UNTIL 18 MONTHS AGO.

AND SOME OF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T HERE WHEN IT WAS ALLOCATED AND IT JUST GOT LOST, BUT I, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER MONEY LYING AROUND, BUT REAL GOOD.

UM, A, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, ONE, UH, JUST REALLY A SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF, UM, FOR THE LAST MONTHS, UH, WITH MANAGING AND KEEPING THINGS MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN THE MIDST OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND SOME PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THE OFFICE AND, AND JUST REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THE CAMPO STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, UM, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO DO AND HURTING THESE CATS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.

[13. Announcements]

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UM, SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UM, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.

UM, AND, UH, ALSO WANT TO SAY IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE BACK IN PERSON.

UM, I THINK EVERYBODY I'VE HEARD HAS, HAS REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, SEEING OTHER PEOPLE'S FACES.

AND I WILL SAY AS THE CHAIR, THIS HAS BEEN MUCH EASIER TO MANAGE A MEETING WHEN I CAN ACTUALLY SEE YOUR FACE OR SEE YOUR HAND AND NOT HAVE TO SCROLL THROUGH A SCREEN, TO LOOK FOR SOMEBODY TRYING TO RAISE THEIR HAND OR WAVE AT ME.

SO, UM, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, ALSO I WANTED TO SAY IF, IF WE THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON MEETING VENUE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DO IT AND ALL THAT, WE CAN PUT THAT ON FOR AN ACTION ITEM OR A DISCUSSION ITEM.

AND IN OUR AUGUST MEETING, UM, I DON'T WANT TO DIVE TOO FAR INTO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSTED.

AND OUR ATTORNEY OVER THERE WILL SHAKE HIS HEAD AND SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T GO THERE.

SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT.

YOU JUST PUT IT ON AS AN ITEM, JUST SO THE REST OF YOU ALL CAN COMMENT ON IT IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, IN AUGUST.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, UM, KIMBERLY WILL BE SENDING OUT TO YOU, UM, ASHBY'S EVALUATION TOOL.

AND IF, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LIST OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SHE WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT AND WE'LL LEAVE IT OUT THERE FOR YOU FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, IF YOU WOULD FILL THAT OUT AND GET IT BACK.

UM, WE'LL COMPILE THAT.

AND THEN BEFORE THE AUGUST MEETING, I WILL CONVENE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND WE WILL DO AS WE DID PREVIOUSLY AND, UM, CONDUCT THAT REVIEW AND THEN I'LL DO A GENERAL REPORT BACK OUT IN AUGUST.

UM, IF YOU'RE BRAND NEW TO THE POLICY BOARD AND DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND.

UM, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL THE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IF, UH, YOU FEEL SO INCLINED TO DO THAT, UM, THAT IS ALL MY COMMENTS.

UM, I WANNA JUST REMIND YOU ALL, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS MEETING, BUT ON JUNE 21ST WILL BE THE NEXT TAC MEETING.

AND THEN WE WILL, UH, TAKE A JULY BREAK, BUT BE BACK, UM, AT THIS LOCATION ON AUGUST THE NINTH.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANKS TO JOYCE FOR HELPING FIND THIS LOCATION.

I THINK IT'S THE SOUND SYSTEM HAS BEEN BETTER.

I KNOW THE AUDIO HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING FOR THOSE LISTENING ONLINE.

UM, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL.

AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE AGAIN, STAFF, UM, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW PULLING THIS OFF TODAY IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION WAS A CHALLENGE.

APPRECIATE IT.