Aug 06, 2021 Special Mobility Committee

ANYWAY, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

WELL, THREE MINUTES, I GUESS ON EITHER THE FIVE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF A HEADS UP.

UM, I WILL SAY, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON UP UNTIL THIS POINT, ALL THE LETTERS THAT HAVE GONE IN, UM, TO TXDOT ABOUT CENTRAL.

UM, BUT, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, UH, JUST TO BE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXTILES AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TEXTILE ON THIS PROJECT SINCE 2012.

UM, AND I WAS OUT AT 51ST AND 35 THIS MORNING AT 7:00 AM.

I MET TEXTBOX STAFF AND THEIR CONSULTANTS, UM, INCLUDING, INCLUDING SUSAN FRAZER AND, UM, TUCKER FERGUSON WAS ABLE TO JOIN US.

THIS IS THE FOURTH WALKING TOUR WE'VE DONE ALONG I 35 AND REALLY TRYING TO FIX THAT, ASK US TO DO THESE AS ADVOCATES.

UM, AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO SHOW THEM LIKE HOW BRUTAL THAT ENVIRONMENT IS, HOW LOUD IT IS, THE POLLUTION, THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS, THE LACK OF CROSSINGS.

UM, SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS.

UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST PUT ON YOUR RADAR, I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, BUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STARTS NEXT TUESDAY ON THE 10TH.

UM, THIS IS ROUND THREE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, IT ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH SINCE THERE ARE EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS RIGHT BEFORE YOUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT TXDOT STAFF COULD BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT, UM, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MEET INHERIT ABOUT IT IN THIS FORUM.

AND I GUESS, UNLESS YOU CALL A SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE ONLY GIVING THE COMMUNITY 30 DAYS TO COMMENT DESPITE YOUR RESOLUTION IN MARCH ASKING FOR 60 DAYS.

AND DESPITE THOUSANDS OF AUSTINITES ASKING SOME MORE TIME, UM, WE'RE NOT GETTING AT SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE ARE THREE BASIC ALTERNATIVES THAT WE EXPECT THEM TO SHOW.

THEY'RE GOING TO FINALLY SHOW EVERYONE THEIR SCHEMATIC, WHICH THEY'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THEY'VE BEEN UNWILLING TO SHARE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS ON THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME.

IT'S ALL 20 LANES.

THEY HAVE THREE ALTERNATIVES, THE THREE ALTERNATIVES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL.

UM, AND I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE US SOMEHOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO A PROCESS THAT KIND OF BUILDS THIS FROM THE GROUND UP.

THAT ISN'T JUST, HERE'S YOUR 20 LANE HIGHWAY.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO DECORATE IT? BUT WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANT? I KNOW TEXTBOX DOING A LOT OF MEETINGS AND I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING, BUT THEY'RE ALSO STARTING WITH THEIR OWN PROJECT.

AND THEN KIND OF ASKING PEOPLE, HOW DO WE PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG? UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REAL DISCUSSION OF THOSE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS.

UM, SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO RECONNECT THE SURFACE, HOW TO ADDRESS THE PAST WRONGS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN THESE AREAS.

UM, AND WE HAVE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT.

I THINK AUSTIN CAN REALLY LEAD EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY HAS THIS PROBLEM.

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IT'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN THREE MINUTES.

SO IF ANY OF YOUR OFFICES WOULD LIKE TO MEET AND DISCUSS FURTHER, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.

VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, SATAN.

AND WE NOW HAVE JOINING US COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT.

I KNOW WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE ON SOMEWHAT SHORT NOTICE.

UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE DEATON BEDNAR DEATON.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

ARE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS? GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DEATON BODNAR.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT A LIVING STREETS, PUG ROOM WITH FUNDING AND THE 2022 CITY OF AUSTIN BUDGET.

THIS SHOULD BE AN INEXPENSIVE PROGRAM WITH BIG BENEFITS FOR THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.

I'M A RESIDENT ON AVENUE G AND HOT PARK AND HAVE SEEN HOW MUCH THE HEALTHY STREET CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUALITY OF LAW FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ALL OF US DO WITH WHOM WE SHARE OUR SITES AVENUE G HEALTHY STREETS.

I'M REMEMBERING A NEIGHBOR WHO WENT FROM CONCERN ABOUT HAVING A HEALTHY STREET TO FULLY PARTICIPATING IN EMBODIED FOLKS TO USE OUR QUIET STREET AND ENJOYING WHAT IT BROUGHT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALSO, THE FATHER WHO ROUTINELY WALKED BACKWARDS DOWN THE STREET, AS HE WATCHED HIS THREE LITTLE ONES LEARNING TO RIDE BIKES, THERE WAS A GROUP OF TEENAGE GIRLS CONTINUING TO BUILD THEIR ROLLER SKATING TO SKILLS AND AN OLDER COUPLE WHO HOLD HANDS UNDER THE TREE SHADED SUN PROTECTION WHILE STROLLING ON AN EVEN LEVEL SURFACE HAVE HEARD SIMILAR GLOWING REPORTS ABOUT OTHER HEALTHY STREETS, SUCH AS BELFAST DRIVE AND BOLDEN AVENUE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR HEALTHY STREETS.

OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN SHOULD HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF A RESIDENT DRIVEN LIVING STREETS PROGRAM.

WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THE FIERCE CHANGES IN WEATHER.

THIS PROGRAM COULD BRING A LOT OF ENJOYMENT AND HOPE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR TO GET THIS IN THE NEXT BUDGET.

SO PLEASE APPROVE A LIVING STREETS PROGRAM FOR 2022.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS AND SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

UM, WE ARE INDEED WORKING ON AN IFC FOR LIVING STREETS AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO, UM, COMING TO US TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER.

GREAT.

UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JESSICA LEHMAN.

HI AND GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JESSICA LEMON AND I AM THE ASSOCIATE STATE DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY AT AAR T, TEXAS.

AND I AM OFTEN HERE TODAY, UM, ON BEHALF OF, OF LIVING STREET PROGRAM AND ASKING THAT, UH, YOU CREATE A FUND.

SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF HEALTHY STREETS AND EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO CREATE ART AND COMMUNITY AND TRAFFIC CALMING, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WE KNOW AT ARP THAT MANY OLDER RESIDENTS HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM THE HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM AND WERE ABLE TO WALK UP AND DOWN THEIR STREETS EVERY DAY TO GET OUTSIDE AND FEEL SAFE AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE PHYSICALLY DISTANT THING THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SOCIALLY CONNECT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WE HAD AN OLDER GENTLEMAN, UM, REMARK TO US HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED JUST SITTING AND WATCHING THE FOLKS OF ALL AGES, WALK AND BIKE AND ROLLED DOWN HIS STREET.

AND SO AS THIS PANDEMIC CONTINUES, UM, OFTEN I CONTINUE TO NEED THIS THEIR STREETS TO STAY PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY FOR THEM.

SO A BOTTOM THAT LIVING FRUIT PROGRAM JUST ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE LEAP LEAD IN ACTIVATING THE STREETS FOR THE GOOD OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, AT DAYTON INDICATED THAT LIVING STREET PROGRAM WOULD BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

SO THE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE VERY MODEST COSTS.

UM, WE WOULD HOPE AND WOULD ACCOMPLISH NUMEROUS EXISTING CITY GOALS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AGE-FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN.

SO, UM, HE ASKED ME TO, TO SUPPORT A COUNCIL RESOLUTION, TO CREATE THE PROGRAM AND INCLUDE SPENDING IN THE 2022 BUDGET.

UM, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP ON THROUGHOUT THIS TIME AND TO HELP STEER THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC THAT HAS AFFECTED ALL OF US SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL GOMEZ.

YES, I'M HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GREAT.

MY NAME IS DANIEL GOMEZ AND I'M 65 YEARS OLD AND I'VE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALL MY PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW, MY KIDS WERE RAISED HERE, ONE WITH CHEAPER TO THE OTHER ONE TO CHECK IT 8:00 AM I OWNED MY OWN HOME.

I HAD A BUSINESS HERE, BUT I'M RETIRED NOW.

SO I WOULDN'T JUST CALL AND TELL YOU THAT I'M SUPPORTING THE HEALTH EXTREME.

SO I

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WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.

I'VE HELPED.

THAT WOULD BE THE HEALTHY STREETS.

I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LIVING STREETS.

I HELP OUT WITH OTHER LIBERTY STREET AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT AS THE LEADERSHIP HERE, THE YOUNGER LEADERSHIP THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

AND I LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO EVERY CANAL POINT OF BEING INCLUSIVE IN THE STATE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND, UH, ACTUALLY A BLOCK CAPTAIN OR A HEALTHY STREETS ON COME OUT.

UH, SO I WOULDN'T BE A PART OF THAT, UH, AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, MY AGE THAT REALLY ENJOY THAT I DO BECAUSE THE LESS TRAFFIC THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO CALL AND LET HER KNOW THAT, UM, AS AN OLDER PERSON, HISPANIC, I SUPPORT MAYBE THE DRINKS PROGRAM.

I DON'T THINK I WAS THROUGH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE NANCY CROWDER.

THIS IS NANCY CROZER.

I'M A RETIRED CITIZEN, BUT I HAVE MY FINGERS MOVED JUST ABOUT EVERY COMMUNITY ACTIVITY YOU CAN THINK OF.

UM, I WAS, UM, HERE BEFORE BEN WHITE BECAME A HIGHWAY.

IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A BULLY.

THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER BROUGHT IT UP TO, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TEXT DOC, UM, PLANS FOR I'M 35.

I HAVE BEEN AROUND AND I'VE SEEN PLANS GO INTO EFFECT AND SAID, YES, WE WILL IN THE MEETINGS.

AND NO, THEY DIDN'T.

UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THEM AS CITIZENS TO GAIN BETTER ACCESS.

UM, SOME OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS RIGHT NOW, AND I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO TENSION SO THAT WHEN THE, THE, UH, ACTUAL OPEN HOUSE COMES UP, YOU CAN MAINLY GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION TAKING CARE OF, BUT IT'S KNOWN THAT IN THEIR PRIMARY DISCUSSIONS, THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T TAKE LAND, BUT THEY'RE TAKING LANDS.

UM, I'M REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCESS TO U T A.

I WOULD HOPE YOU T WAS AS CONCERNED, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY STAND, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE INFORMATION, IT'S A CLEAR ISSUE THAT JUICE BLOCKS YOU UT, AND THE WORST, WHICH I LEARNED, UM, MOST RECENTLY, UH, DURING, UH, ACTUALLY SOME PBS SHOWS THAT REGARDING ON 1928 IS THERE'S NO EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.

AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF FRIENDLY, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH.

I HAVEN'T, UM, HAD A LOT OF LUCK WITH THAT AND I HAVE NO ANIMOSITY TOWARD TEXTILE.

IT'S JUST THAT WHAT I SEE HAPPENING AND WHAT I KNOW HAPPENING ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THEM TO YOUR ATTENTION FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

THAT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

WE APPRECIATE THEM.

UM, NEXT UP, WE HAVE DAVID KING, DAVID, IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE SIGNED UP ON PROJECT CONNECT AND MISTREAT IMPACT FEE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THREE MINUTES FOR BOTH, WE PROBABLY HAVE TIME TO GIVE YOU THAT TODAY.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

MY NAME IS DAVID KING AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS TWO AND THREE REGARDING PROJECT CONNECT AND STREET IMPACT FEES, PROJECT CONNECT, THOUSANDS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE AT IMMINENT RISK OF INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT ALONG PROJECT CONNECT QUARTERS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN.

THE CONNECT REACTOR MILLION DOLLAR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT BOND FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO HELP PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF THESE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY MAY DRIVE AND BENEFIT FROM THE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS FROM PROJECT

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CONNECT.

SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE DEDICATE ALL PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS TO DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS, TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND SMALL BUSINESSES ON OR ADJACENT TO PROJECT KIT CONNECT CORRIDORS.

PLEASE PROVIDE PLEASE PROHIBIT THE USE OF PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS FOR MARKET RATE MIXED USE DENSITY BONUS DEVELOPMENT MARKET RATE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT PREVENT INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME INCOME FAMILIES, AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

IN REALITY MARKET RATE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT FACILITATES INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

WHILE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS PRODUCE RELATIVELY FEW INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS FUNDED BY PRODUCT CONNECT BOND, UTILIZE AREA MEDIAN INCOME REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE EQUITABLE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES OR COLOR COLOR.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LATINO STUDIES, THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES IN AUSTIN IS ROUGHLY $45,000, WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE AREA.

MEDIAN INCOME FOR WHITE FAMILIES IN AUSTIN INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING PROGRAMS SHOULD BE BASED ON ARION, LEAVING INCOMES BELOW 40% TO EQUITABLY SERVE AND BENEFIT LOW INCOME BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES IN AUSTIN STREET IMPACT FEES.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT PROJECT CONNECT TRANSPORTATION BOND FUNDS ARE NOT UTILIZED TO REDUCE LIMIT OR SUPPLANT IMPACT THESE FROM DEVELOPERS.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE EFFECTIVE RATE SPORT'S FEET IMPACT THESE ARE SET AT 100% FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPOSED HUGE REDUCTION IN EFFECTIVE RATES AND IMPACT FEES WILL EFFECTIVELY SHIFT OVER A HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN STREET IMPACT MITIGATION COSTS FROM DEVELOPERS TO TAXPAYERS OVER 10 YEARS, THE PROPOSED EFFECTIVE RATES IMPLY THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY JUST 50% OF THEIR IMPACT ON TRAFFIC WHILE LUXURY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR JUST 35% OF THEIR IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.

THESE DEVELOPMENTS COULD SEEK ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS OF UP TO 75% BY PROVIDING A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE STREET IMPACT IS USED FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED INVESTMENTS FOR CAPITAL METRO TRANSIT ROUTES AND SERVICES COMPLY WITH FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION, TITLE SIX, AND DO NOT RESULT IN DISPARATE IMPACTS ON DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND PEOPLE PROTECTED BY THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. KING TO SEND US COPIES OF HIS COMMENTS, PLEASE.

YES, PLEASE DO MR. CHAMBERS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF NUMBERS, SO ON IT.

YES, I WILL DO THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THAT THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

AND WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF NUMBERS THIS WEEK, SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE

[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of May 27, 2021.]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 27TH MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM OR FROM MADISON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR? ALL IN FAVOR.

I'VE GOT FOUR OF US ON SCREEN COUNCIL MEMBER.

KELLY IS OFF SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

SHE'S VOTING.

FIRST TOPIC DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION IS UPDATE ON PROJECT CONNECT.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO OUR

[2. Update on Project Connect (30 minutes).]

WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE, UN-MUTED THINK I'D BE A PROVIDER OF THAT, BUT BY NOW, UH, GOOD, UH, ALMOST AFTERNOON CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, DE MOBILITY OFFICER FOR PROJECT CONNECT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE.

AND WITH ME TODAY IS DAVE COUCH.

WHO'S THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, UH, FOR PROJECT CONNECT FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

AND YOU'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A PROGRAM UPDATE AND, AND MOST OF ALL, KEEP THIS CONVERSATIONAL AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS, AS THE PROGRAM IS MOVING FORWARD.

SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO DAVE TO DO THE FIRST FEW SLIDES, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER, UM, TOWARDS THE TAIL END AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR Q AND A TAKE IT AWAY, DAVE, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE UPDATE.

I WANT TO START WITH SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, AWAY FROM WHAT THE, THE MAJOR PART OF THE PROGRAM IS RELATED TO THE LIGHT RAIL AND START WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN AND WHERE WE ARE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE OF THE WORLD.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT ON THIS SLIDE AND IT'S A MAJOR, UH, EVENT THAT HAS OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, IF YOU RECALL THAT IN GETTING INTO THE FEDERAL PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO GET GRANTS FOR THE MAJOR PROGRAM

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FOR ORANGE AND BLUE, THE FIRST PART OF THE CIG PROGRAM IS TO BE ABLE TO GET APPROVED FOR ENTRY INTO WHAT THEY CALL THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE THAT LASTS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.

THEN YOU GO TO ENGINEERING AND THEN TO FULL FUNDING.

UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE EARLIER THIS WEEK TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM FDA, UH, THAT WE ARE NOW IN THAT EARLY PORTION AND GRANTED APPROVAL TO GO INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT THAT DOES FOR US IS IT ALLOWS US TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE PROJECT LISTED, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT FROM FTA.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE A RATING FOR IT YET.

WE DON'T HAVE DOLLARS YET, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR FDA TO APPROVE US TO GO INTO THAT PROCESS.

SO I WANTED TO START WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A MAJOR OCCURRENCE AND IT'S A MAJOR MILESTONE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GET THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS.

ALONG WITH THAT, UH, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM FDA, UH, FOR FA FOR BOSSES IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.8, 8 MILLION.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROVAL TO GET STARTED ON THE MCCULLOUGH STATION.

UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF ADVANCING FROM 30% DESIGN UP TO 60.

WE'VE LAUNCHED SEVERAL MORE OF THE PICKUP ZONES, NORTH SR SOUTH MAN CHECKOUT.

AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH THE NORTH OAK HILL IN THIS FALL.

UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE 15% GROWINGS FOR THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINE, UH, THAT ARE NEEDED WITH THE NEW STARTS.

UH, THANK YOU TO ANTIQUE AND HER TEAM, UH, FOR THE REVIEW AND ALL THE INPUT, UH, SO THAT WE'RE BASICALLY ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND STAY LOCK STEP AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UH, WE HAVE ALSO GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED, UH, NOW A NEAT, WE'VE GOT A NEW LOCATION THAT WE VISITED LAST NIGHT, UH, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM OFFICE.

SO ANIK AND HER TEAM WILL BE PART OF THAT FACILITY.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING AS WE SAID, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS WITH PROJECT CONNECT, THAT THAT WILL BE THE PROGRAM OFFICE.

THIS BASICALLY IS A RECAP OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMPONENTS.

UH, THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS, THE INITIAL INVESTMENT, UH, ON THE LEFT, THE TWO HIGH CAPACITY LIGHT RAIL LINES OR IN JIM BLUE, UH, THE GOLD LINE, THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL, UH, AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE THERE WITH METRO RAPID GREENLINE IN THE FUTURE RED LINE ENHANCEMENTS, AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENTS, UH, THAT MAKE UP THE PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENT, THE $300 MILLION THAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY.

THAT WILL BE IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS THE SAME PROGRAM SEQUENCE THAT WE WENT FORWARD WITH, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, UH, IN THE REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER, UH, SHOWING THE STARTED A LIGHT RAIL AND A LOT OF BUS PROJECTS AT THE LOWER PORTION, UH, WITH THE RE WITH THE GREEN LINE OUT IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT TIME, THIS IS OUR LITTLE SNAKE DIAGRAM.

UH, IT TAKES US THROUGH WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THE PROCESS.

UH, THE PORTION THAT IS BOXED IN RED, UH, IS THE CURRENT PLACE.

UH, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCOPING PROCESS.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETINGS.

WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THE FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING, UH, LAST WEEKEND.

UH, BUT WITH COVID WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT, AND IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

UH, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, UH, AND THEN GOING FINAL, UH, AS WE GET TO THE END OF 22, LOOKING AT INTO THE FUTURE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO GO FROM ENTRY INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, OUT INTO ENGINEERING DESIGN CONTRACTING BEGINNING EACH ONE OF THE PORTIONS ON CON ON CONSTRUCTION AND VEHICLES.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY OUT TO GETTING TO THE END WITH WHAT WE WILL HAVE WITH, UH, BEGINNING OF REVENUE OPERATIONS, THE PIECE THAT'S THERE, UH, THE THIRD BUBBLE BACK FROM THE RIGHT, UH, IS GETTING THAT FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT.

THAT WILL BE THE CULMINATION OF THE PROCESS THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NEXT SLIDE TO GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

UH, THIS SHOWS WHERE WE, UH, HAVE BEEN IN APRIL CHECK BARK WHEN WE GO INTO THE SUMMER COMPLETING THE 15%, UH, THE NEXT ONE SHOWS REQUEST.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO GO AHEAD AND GO INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

THAT, THAT TAKES US THROUGH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND HAVING CONTINUED COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH GOING AHEAD AND DEVELOPING THAT FIRST STEP, UH, WHICH IS THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

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AND AS WE GO FROM SPRING INTO SUMMER, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET THE FIRST INITIAL RATING THAT WOULD GO FORWARD INTO THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM FDA TO CONGRESS THAT WILL BE DUE IN THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME.

SO THAT WILL GIVE US THAT FIRST VISIBILITY, IF YOU WILL, WITH A PROGRAM, A PROJECT RATING, UH, AND ALSO DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE SEVERAL, WE'LL FINISH THE 30% DESIGN.

AND IN SUMMER OF 22, UH, WE GET THE FINAL EIS AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS RESULTING IN AN FDA RECORD OF DECISION IN THE WINTER OF 22.

SO THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, DISPLAY FOR WHAT WE HAVE GOT THAT IS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOT WITHIN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ARE LISTED IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, IT SHOWS THAT SAME SEQUENCE GOING THROUGH, OR AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE GOING FROM 30% DESIGN UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.

THE VEHICLE PROCUREMENT WILL BE AWARDED AT THE NEXT CAP METRO BOARD MEETING, UH, EXCUSE ME, IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN THE EXPECTATION IS TO START CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PROCESS TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE 8 0 3 EXTENSION TO MANCHESTER.

UH, AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING AT THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ON A SCHEDULE, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT THE GOAL LINE THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH, BUT THAT WILL NOT BE A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT THAT WILL BE LOCAL.

SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE STEPS THAT ARE ON HERE.

OUTREACH, AS WELL AS THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ASSISTING, ASSISTING US, WE'LL BE DOING A CURRENT CONDITIONS REVIEW OF ALL OF THE STATIONS, BUT THEN A MORE EXPANSIVE REVIEW OF SOME WHAT WE'RE CALLING CATALYST STATIONS THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF MOST VULNERABLE, UM, TO, UH, TRANSIT INVESTMENT TYPE OF, UM, DISPLACEMENT, UH, THAT, THAT SORT OF, UH, THAT SORT OF FOCUS.

UH, IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM.

AS I SAID, PREVIOUSLY, THE MCCULLOUGH STATION, UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, UH, THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO FDA.

UH, THAT'S BECAUSE OF A VERY SMALL PORTION OF LAND THAT WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE.

WE'VE PROGRESSED BEYOND THE 30%, UH, AND WORKING ON FULL DESIGN.

WE'VE GOT A SMALL PORTION OF REAL ESTATE THAT HAS TO BE ACQUIRED.

SO WE HAVE TO UNDER THE FEDERAL PROCESS, COME UP WITH WHAT THEY CALL A RAMP, WHERE DOING A SAFETY ANALYSIS AND AN ONGOING COORDINATION WITH THE CITY BAR STATION IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, COORDINATING WITH A DEVELOPER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN THERE'S THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SECOND TRACK THAT WILL BE BETWEEN LEANDER, UH, AND LAKELINE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS.

I COVERED EARLIER WITH WHAT WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND LAUNCH.

GO AHEAD AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE FOR LAUNCHING EXCELLENT, PLEASE.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, NIQUE AT THIS POINT.

AND HE HAVE I'M, THEY GO THROUGH A UPDATE ON, UM, THE PLANNING PROCESSES, SOME EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALSO ONGOING CONCURRENT, UH, WITH THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.

AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, YOU ASKED YESTERDAY, OR I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY DURING THE BUDGET FOR THAT SCHEDULE, THAT KIND OF OVERLAYS THE PLANT CONCURRENT PLANNING PROCESSES.

THERE'S THERE'S MANY GOING ON, UM, WITH, WITH THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE AND I WILL BE GETTING WITH DIRECTOR TRUELOVE TO, TO WORK ON THAT, TO, TO, TO DISTRIBUTE.

SO, UH, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE GRANT THAT CAPITAL METRO RECEIVED 900,000 FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, UH, TO DO ETO D WORK ON A 12 MILE, UH, SECTION, UM, OF, OF BOTH THE BLUE AND THE ORANGE LINE.

AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, 13 STATIONS, UM, COMBINED.

AND THE EMPHASIS IS GOING TO BE ON EQUITABLE TRANSIT, ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY WORK THROUGH THAT PLANNING, UH, PLANNING PROCESS.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE COORDINATING, UH, WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR EQUITY OFFICE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, US TO THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND FINE TUNE THE SCOPING, UH, ON THAT NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS, UH, A SUMMARY OF THAT GRANT, THE CAPITAL METRO FTA GRANT ETOD PROCESS, UH, THE OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED RELATED TO ENGAGEMENT AND THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND POLICY OUTCOME.

SO IN ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS, UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, UH, THAT INCLUDES, UM, LIKE I SAID, COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON

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AND SO WE WANT TO DO VERY IN DEPTH ON LIKE FIVE TO SEVEN OF THE STATIONS WHERE WE'LL DO SOME, UM, MORE, UH, BROAD ASSESSMENT ON, ON THE OTHER, ON THE OTHERS TO MAKE THE 13, AS FAR AS OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CAP, METRO IS WE'LL BE UPDATING AN EXISTING TOD READINESS TOOL THAT THEY HAVE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG OUTCOMES OF, OF THIS PROJECT, UM, AND IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES AND POLICIES TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY AS THEY DEVELOP, AS WE DEVELOP OUR, UM, EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLAN THAT WAS DIRECTED TO US, UM, BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO AGAIN, A POLICY TOOLKIT WILL, WILL BE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT COMES FROM THIS GRANT THAT WILL HELP INFORM THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE ETOD POLICY.

WE'LL HAVE OF COURSE, UM, CONTEXT SENSITIVE STRATEGIES THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT A LOT YESTERDAY, UM, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL, THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY DEVELOPING UNIQUE AND CONTEXT, SENSITIVE STRATEGIES ALONG THOSE STATIONS.

AND OF COURSE, UM, ENDING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH REGARDS TO STATIONARY THE PLAN.

UM, BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID IDENTIFY, UM, FUNDING FOR THE TOD POLICY PLAN, UM, AS WELL AS TO FUND, UM, OTHER PRIORITY PLANNING INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT PLAN, UM, AND WE'LL LIKELY USE CONSULTANTS, UM, FOR THAT E UH, POLICY PLAN TO ASSIST US WITH THE 14 MONTH TIMEFRAME THAT WE WERE GIVEN.

SO MOVING ON TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SCHEDULE FOR THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN YOU CAN ADVANCE ONE MORE AGAIN, REMINDING THE PUBLIC AND EVERY, AND EVERYONE THAT THE AUSTIN PARTNERSHIP AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT CONNECT IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THREE PARTIES, THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAPITAL METRO, AND THE NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT OWNERSHIP.

NEXT SLIDE, ALL THREE, OKAY.

AGENCIES HAVE VERY SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE DELIVERY OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, MOST ALL OF, OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY.

AND SO WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATION OF ALL THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS, THE PERMITTING, UM, ET CETERA, WHEREAS ALSO TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCUREMENT AND THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS.

THAT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SEPARATION OF, OF, UM, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

UM, AND THEN CAP METRO, UH, IS, UM, DOING WHAT WE CALL, UM, THE RUBBER TIRE AS DAVE HAS COINED MOST OF THE RUBBER TIRE, UM, PLANNING, AND THEN WE'LL SHARE SOME OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION WITH AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

SO THEN JPA OR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, WOULD YOU NOW WE'RE CALLING JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS GOING TO, UH, FLESH OUT THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FROM VERBAL TO PAPER NEXT PAGE.

SO, SO FOR THE PUBLIC, THESE ARE THE ROLL-UP CATEGORIES THAT WILL BE SEEN IN THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAT RANGES FROM, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFICS ON, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLANS, TWO SPECIFICS ON DESIGN, PERMITTING, UTILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE PART OF IT, UH, WORKFORCE, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO LOCAL HIRE, HIRE, AND APPRENTICES PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL AS WORKER SAFETY, UH, FINANCE BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT, UM, LOTS, LOTS OF THOSE SECTIONS, UM, REAL ESTATE, UH, OUR PROCESSES THAT WE'LL BE USING TO ACQUIRE OR SELL PROPERTY, UM, PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROCESSES, THEY'VE MENTIONED THE REQUIRED RAMP, THE REAL ESTATE, UM, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.

SO THAT REAL ESTATE SECTION WILL SPEAK TO THAT.

ALSO SUSTAINABILITY, OUR PROCESSES DEVELOP SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR THE PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, WE

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KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO ALL, ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, OUR ENVIRONMENT IN AUSTIN IS SOMETHING WE REALLY VALUE.

SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE JPA, UH, SAFETY OF COURSE, AND THEN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

NEXT SLIDE, IT'S THE SCHEDULE.

AND SO WE ARE, UM, ABOUT TO FINISH, UH, UH, FIRST STAFF DRAFT.

WE HAVE A PENCILS DOWN DATE OF AUGUST 31ST FOR US TO HAVE OUR KIND OF FIRST HOLISTIC VIEW OF HIGH LEVEL DIRECTION IN ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

AND THEN, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BE DOING ONE-ON-ONES WITH COUNSEL LEEANNE CONTI, UH, IN THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE, CHIEF OF STAFF.

SHE WILL BE CONTACT CONTACTING ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICES, UM, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SCHEDULE ONE-ON-ONES TO GO THROUGH THE DRAFT IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT START IN IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE'LL MAKE THE DRAFT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE OFFICE HOURS, UM, AROUND THE JPA TOPIC SPECIFIC.

SO SOME FOLKS CAN HONE IN ON SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

WE'LL HAVE OTHER WAYS, UM, TO, TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, UM, LEADING ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER FOR THE WORK SESSION ON THE FOURTH, AND THEN THE JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 29TH, WHERE, UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE DOCUMENT.

I LIKE TO SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND OVER COMMUNICATE THAT THE DOCUMENT WILL BE AMENDED.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT CAPTURING WHAT WE KNOW NOW AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHO'S DOING WHAT AND HOW.

UH, AND THEN AS WE KNOW MORE, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY, UM, MOST LIKELY HAVE TO COME BACK, UH, FOR SOME AMENDMENTS.

UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

OH YEAH.

I WANTED TO JUST ANNOUNCE FOR THE PUBLIC UPCOMING, UM, ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BLUE AND ORANGE LINE.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE FINISHED UP OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ALL VIRTUAL, AS DAVE SAID, WE PLANNED TO HAVE ONE IN PERSON, BUT WE COULD NOT DO THAT BECAUSE OF OUR STAGE FIVE COVID, UH, UM, UH, LEVEL, BUT WE HAVE NOW SELF GUIDED MEETINGS, UM, THAT CAN BE ACCESSED FROM PROJECT CONNECT.COM AND THEN IN FALL, WE'LL BE DOING ENGAGEMENT NEXT SLIDE ON METRO RAPID FOR THE GOLD LINE AND THE DOMAIN, UM, SOUTH WALMART ROUTES, UM, AS WELL AS MUCH OR RAPID STATION DESIGN, UM, WE'LL BE DOING ENGAGEMENT ON, UM, A NEW PICKUP SOWN FOR THE SOUTH AUSTIN SERVICE STONE, AND THEN AS WELL AS METRO RAIL NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, UM, FOR THE METRO RAIL STATIONS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS A VIEW OF THE BLUE LINE AT THE AIRPORT.

WE LIKE TO SHOW, UM, THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND DAVE AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO, UH, UH, TO GIVE YOU THAT STATUS UPDATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND THESE HAVE BEEN POSTED WITH THE AGENDA.

SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THOSE BEING ACCESSIBLE, UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR Y'ALL BETTER WITH THESE SILLY THINGS IN, BUT DO Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

EXCELLENT.

SO MY, MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS ABOUT THOSE CATALYST STATIONS.

I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC WHAT, WHICH ONES ARE CATALYST STATIONS SPECIFICALLY? I APOLOGIZE, BUT I CANNOT, AT THIS POINT, UH, THIS IS, UH, BEING LED BY CAPITAL METRO, THIS PROCESS IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY AND HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING, UM, ON AUGUST 13TH, WHERE I'M GOING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THOSE.

SO I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR OFFICE AFTER THAT KICKOFF MEETING AND GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BY THE WAY.

YOU TOO.

THE DOMAIN DOWN TO MACHACA AND DOWN TO OAK HILL, THAT LINE, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF, OF, UH, PREPARING WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT, UH, TO THE FTA.

THAT'S A MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, YES, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT AND EVERY TIME I SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE, IT'S EVEN MORE EXCITING.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

THIS ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT HAVE WITH WHAT YOU PRESENTED.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I JUST HAVE ONE OR ONE OR TWO REAL QUICK ONES CHAIR.

UM, FIRST ONE THEN.

SO, UM, WELL, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR DAVE COUCH.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT ON THE, UM, ON THE, UM, UH, THE OKO AND CHAKA THAT, THAT WHOLE,

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DO YOU HAVE A DATE BY WHICH YOU WILL HAVE THAT, THAT YOU WERE PLANNING ON SUBMITTING THAT? OKAY.

I KNOW THAT THAT WAS BASICALLY IN DRAFT FORM.

UH, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET.

I'M SUPPOSED TO SEE IT BEFORE TODAY IS OVER.

SO I HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHAIR MAY WANT TO JOIN ME ON THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO, TO GO OVER IT WITH YOU BEFORE YOU SUBMIT IT.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE, UM, WHAT, AFTER THE FACT, HOW PLEASANT VALLEY WAS SCORED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEFORE THE FACT BEFORE YOU SUBMIT IT, UH, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE BEING SUBMITTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR LINE? AND I INVITE THE CHAIR TO JOIN ME IF SHE WOULD LIKE, SO CAN WE DO THAT, DAVE, UH, IN A WAY, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CHARMELLA IS THE ONE WHO'S LEADING THAT EFFORT.

UH, AND I KNOW HER PLANS ARE TO GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND GO THROUGH IT, UH, VERY EASILY.

ADD THE CHAIR TO THAT CONVERSATION.

WE'LL JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH IT BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU GUYS ACTUALLY SUBMIT.

SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I'LL SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS AFTERNOON.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ON THAT.

I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ON, ON THAT PROCESS.

EXCELLENT.

GOOD.

OKAY THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, A NEED FOR, UM, UH, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE TIMELINE, AND THAT'LL JUST HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TIMELINE FOR THOSE TASKS ALIGN WITH THE THAT'S OCCURRING FOR THESE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT THEN THE TIME PLANNING, JUST A QUICK BUDGET QUESTION, AND IF YOU CAN'T, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WE CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE, BUT, UM, I SAW IN THE BUDGET, SOMETHING THAT SAID 1.1 MILLION FOR ETOD PLANNING, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO AN INC? YES, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT'S A ONE TIME REQUEST FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

UM, I GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM STEVIE GRADE HOUSE, UM, AND KNOWING THAT THE SUPPLY COME UP AND IT, IT IS RIGHT NOW PROGRAM TO, FOR, UM, LONG RANGE PLANNING, ETOP POLICY PLAN AND OTHER PLANNING INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT, BUT IT NOT, NOT SOLELY INCLUSIVE OF THOSE TWO THINGS.

UM, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THE MOMENT.

THAT'S THAT'S EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PLANNING IN GENERAL.

I NOTICED THAT THE JPA DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE, UM, A CATEGORY FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL THESE ENTITIES TO REALLY HAVE IT SPELLED OUT VERY CLEARLY.

UM, BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE JPA TO KNOW WHICH ENTITY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, OR WHAT TYPES OF CONSIDERATIONS THERE ARE LIKE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET A GRANT TO DO SOME WORK, OR IF YOU GET A GRANT TO DO SOME WORK, HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PASSING THE BALL BACK AND FORTH.

IF YOU WILL, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE DOING ETL D PLANNING, AND THEN THERE'S LIKELY GOING TO BE A COMPONENT THAT THE CITY WILL NEED TO STEP UP AND HANDLE THE PARTS THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT DELINEATED EARLY IN THE PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WIGGLE THE JP AROUND AND AMEND IT TOO MUCH.

ONCE IT GETS TO OCTOBER.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

UM, THE CHAIR, I REALLY LIKED THAT IDEA.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, SHOULD WE BE INCORPORATING, UM, YOU KNOW, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO , BUT PLANNING AS A WHOLE AS WELL.

UM, BUT DEFINITELY THE ETO.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR REITERATING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO THE TEAM THIS AFTERNOON AND MAKE SURE THAT'S ON OUR LIST.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON IT.

THERE IS, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? GO AHEAD.

YES, JUST QUICKLY.

AND THANK YOU CHAIR.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

SO, BUT THAT REMINDED ME OF A QUESTION OR JUST A POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE, UH, SEEING THE CATEGORIES IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE JPA.

UH, THE FINANCE CATEGORY ALSO INCLUDES, AND I THINK IT MAY BE INHERENT IN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BUT, UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE, UM, ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT WAS, UH, SPELLED OUT IN THE ILA, NOT THE ILA, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS AND ALSO VARIOUS ILS THAT THOSE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE,

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UM, UH, PART OF THE, THE JPA.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CATEGORY, THE WAY THAT FINANCE WAS DEFINED INCLUDES THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

THAT'S GREAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR? I JUST WANTED TO MEN FOCUS ON THE GREAT START AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THE JPA MATERIALS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT NEXT STEP.

UM, I DID WANT TO JUST CONFIRM, I BELIEVE BECAUSE WE'RE MADE THAT STEP NOW THAT IF THERE IS FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THAT WE WOULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE RUNNING FOR THAT, THAT OUR TIMING IS NOT OFF SUCH THAT WE WOULD FAIL TO GET THAT.

COULD YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE AGAIN, NOW THAT WE'RE IN THAT STEP, WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO ACCUMULATE WHAT IT IS THAT ARE THE LOCAL EXPENDITURES, SO THAT IT CAN COUNT AS THE LOCAL MATCH TO THE FEDERAL SHARE IN THE FUTURE.

UH, WE WILL NOT BE AT A POSITION.

UH, SHORT-TERM, WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE YEARS AWAY, UH, FROM BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING THAT APPLIES AND GETS US TO THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT.

UH, AND I KNOW THE HORIZON FOR, UH, THAT ACTION IS RATHER LONG.

HEY, IT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S WHY I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE PROJECT LISTED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM FTA.

SO IT GIVES US THAT VISIBILITY NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE, UH, THAT IS THE ANNUAL REPORT DEVELOPED BY FDA THAT GOES TO CONGRESS.

SO IT WILL GIVE US THAT VISIBILITY.

IT WILL GIVE US THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S THERE.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW, AS WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD, YES, WE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

UH, BUT WE'RE ABOUT THREE YEARS OFF OF BEING ABLE TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE FEDERAL COMPONENT.

SO DO WE, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, THEY HAVEN'T PASSED THE BILL YET, SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS HOW IT'S GOING TO STRUCTURE BE STRUCTURED.

UM, IS THERE A CONCERN THAT WE WILL MISS THE BOAT ON THAT OR, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS, UH, IT'S IT'S, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM, UH, AND IT TAKES, UH, IT BASICALLY IS SETTING UP THE, THE AVAILABLE FUNDING IT'S SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION AND ANNUAL BASIS.

UH, BUT IT WILL, WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHO ELSE IS AT THE SAME STAGE OF THE PROGRAM AS WE ARE.

UH, SO WE CAN KIND OF MAKE THAT KIND OF A JUDGMENT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IF YOU CAN KEEP US APPRISED OF THAT AS, AS THINGS DEVELOP THE PATIENT WILL DO.

THAT'S GREAT.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON STREET IMPACT FEE IMPLEMENTATION.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS,

[3. Update on Street Impact Fee Implementation (20 minutes).]

WELCOME.

I THINK WE'VE GOT BREW AS WELL.

CHAIR CO PROVIDES CHAIR, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, , I'M THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OREGON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UPDATE YOU ON THE STREET IMPACT THE PROGRAM AS MOST OF, YOU KNOW, THE STREET IMPACT.

THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BACK IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THAT IS 2020, AND IT IS GOING TO COME IN EFFECT NEXT YEAR ON JUNE, 2022.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS DURING THE ADOPTION OF THE STREET IMPACT PAY ORDINANCE, AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DIRECTIONS AND SOME OF THE PROCESSES.

AND I HAVE HERE, A NATHAN OBERT, WHO IS OUR LEAD DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER.

HE IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESSES.

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESSES THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, NATHAN.

GREAT.

HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AS YOU, PAUL SAID, MY NAME IS NATE ALBERT.

UH, I DO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW IS, UH, YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OVERLAP HERE TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND HERE.

UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WHEN, UH, NICK WAS SPEAKING EARLIER, UH, LEEANNE CONTI IS AS MOVED ON TO OTHER DUTIES WITHIN THE CITY.

SO I'LL BE TAKING OVER FOR, UM, MANAGING THE, UH, STREET IMPACT FEE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION SIDE OF THINGS FOR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS TODAY WITH, Y'ALL JUST GIVE YOU

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SOME, SOME UPDATES.

UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE IMPLEMENTATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, UH, DEVELOPING THE POLICY ON THE FRONT END.

SO WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME IDEA OF, OF HOW THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, UM, UNIQUE THINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, FOLKS AGAIN, SORT OF GET MORE INFORMATION BOTH VIA THE WEBSITE, UH, OUR SIF WEB PAGE, AND THEN OUR ATD DEPARTMENT WEBPAGE.

SO JUST TO HOPEFULLY REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY ON, ON SORT OF THE TIMELINE OF, OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR SIF, UH, THE ORDINANCES WERE ADOPTED AS APRIL SAID, UM, IN DECEMBER OF THIS LAST YEAR.

UH, AND, AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE ALSO, UM, REQUESTED TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2021 HERE.

UM, SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A MEMO, UH, FROM OUR DIRECTOR, ROB SPILLER REGARDING, UM, AN UPDATE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIF.

UH, SO THAT WAS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.

UH, WE'LL BEGIN, UM, 18 MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE, SO THAT WE'LL BEGIN, UM, COLLECTING FEES FOR, UH, BUILDING PERMITS THAT COME IN.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT BIG MILESTONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIT.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE FOR ANY, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAVE, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED .

UM, THOSE WOULD BE, UH, ONES THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY OF HAVING A SIFT THAT WOULD BE COLLECTED IN 2022 HERE.

SO THEN, UH, FOLLOWING THAT IN DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF HERE.

WE'LL, UH, IS OUR DEADLINE FOR HAVING AN ONLINE REPORTING TOOL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING ON, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC FACING TOOL, BOTH FOR WHAT, UH, FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, UH, ONCE THEY START BEING COLLECTED.

AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, WHAT, WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING, WHAT PROJECTS THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, UH, GOING TOWARDS WHAT THEY'RE FUNDING.

AND THEN FOR THOSE PROJECTS, WHAT STAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE PROCESS, THOSE ARE IN WHETHER IT'S DESIGN OR WHETHER THEY, AS THEY BEGIN TO COME ONLINE AND BE CONSTRUCTED, UM, THAT'LL ALL BE READILY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO SEE.

UM, THE FINAL SORT OF DEADLINE THAT WE'VE GOT LAID OUT HERE IS DECEMBER 20, 23.

AGAIN, JUST TO, TO, YOU KNOW, UH, RE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

UH, THAT'S WHEN THE, THE GRACE PERIOD ENDS FOR, UH, EVEN, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TIA IS, UM, SO DECEMBER 20, 23 IS, IS KIND OF A DEADLINE FOR EVEN THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAD TA MEMOS THAT PREDATED THE, THE ORDINANCE, THOSE AFTER THAT ALL THE IMPACT FEES WILL BE COLLECTED.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND EXCELLENT.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATE ON, ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN PLACING SOME OF OUR EFFORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UM, THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE PLANS FOR A COUPLE MORE, UH, AS, AS THINGS PROGRESS HERE, BUT IN JANUARY, WE, UM, WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE IMPACT FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND UPDATE THEM ON OUR PROGRESS, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME INPUT AND, AND SORT OF, UH, GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF, OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME.

UH, THEN IN MARCH, UH, LATE MARCH, THERE WE WERE, WE, UM, DID THE SAME WITH THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN IN APRIL, UM, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THE AUSTIN CHAPTER.

AND THEN IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PRESENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

SO AS A MUCH MORE PUBLIC FACING, UH, EVENT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO HAVE AN, AN INFO SESSION, UM, AND GIVE THAT A SORT OF A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, OF THE CHANGES THAT THEY COULD EXPECT WITH, UM, STREET IMPACT FEES COMING ONLINE NEXT YEAR.

AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE Q AND A SESSIONS WITH, WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE ONE WE HAD IN JUNE AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS GOOD.

WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO GET A LOT OF, UM, I BELIEVE VERY POSITIVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, REINFORCEMENT ON, ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AND THEN MAYBE SOME GOOD WAYS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS.

BUT IN JUNE, UM, RIGHT AT THE END OF JUNE, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, A MUCH MORE TECHNICAL SESSION TO GO OVER SOME OF THE SPECIFICS WITH THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS, UM, DEVELOPERS IN THEIR, THEIR LAWYERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

JUST TO GO OVER SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC ITEMS, UM, WE'VE INCLUDED OUR SIF ESTIMATOR WORKSHEET THERE.

THAT WAS, UH, A BIG PUSH THAT WE MADE THAT WE PRESENTED THERE AS WELL, JUST TO LET FOLKS SEE HOW THEY'D BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE WHAT THEIR, THEIR SIF WOULD BE FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PROJECT.

SO THAT WAS A BIG MILESTONE FOR US PERSONALLY.

UM, AND THEN IN

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UM, AND WE'LL BE HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, FAQ'S, AND WE'LL BE HAVING A BASICALLY ITEMS THAT HAVE, HAVE BECOME CONSISTENT QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THEM THERE.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, ON THERE, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ALSO HOW, HOW TIA SORT OF PLAY INTO COLLECTION OF, OF STREET IMPACT FEES.

THERE IS, UM, QUITE A BIT OF OVERLAP THERE AS WELL.

SO, UM, TRYING TO STAY OUT AHEAD OF THOSE CHANGES AND THEN, UM, BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND FORTHCOMING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE, UH, WHAT THOSE CHANGES WILL LIKELY LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN WE'VE AGAIN, MADE OURSELVES, UM, AVAILABLE, UH, AS NEEDED TO, TO VARIOUS DEVELOPERS AND GROUPS THAT SORT OF HAVE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND WANT MORE INPUT.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THROUGH A QUICK OVERVIEW, THOSE FEES ARE, UM, WILL BEGIN BEING COLLECTED IN JUNE OF 2022.

SO THEN SOME OF OUR TECHNICAL PROGRESS, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BROKEN UP OUR IMPLEMENTATION TEAM.

IT, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF COORDINATION, BOTH ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND, UH, WITHIN ATD ITSELF, UH, SO BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT TEAMS TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSISTENT IN BOTH OUR TRANSPARENCY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ROLLOUT OF THE ORDINANCES THEMSELVES, UH, THE TRANSITION TO SIF IS, IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR ONE.

AND SO WE, UM, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SORT OF, UH, HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING OF IT AND, AND, AND RELAYING THAT TO THE PUBLIC, UM, SET AGREEMENTS AGAIN, ARE BASICALLY JUST CREDITS TO THE SURF.

AND THOSE ARE ONES THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF, UM, COORDINATION AS WELL, BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

UH, WE'VE ALSO HAD, AS I SAID, UH, ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS OR ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, THINGS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW TO, HOW DOES GRANDFATHERING WORK FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN SOME PHASE OF, OF DEVELOPMENT ALREADY, UH, AND THEN LARGER MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THINGS LIKE THE DOMAIN ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED TODAY.

SO DOES IT BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS? UM, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE IN TOWN AND, UM, SORT OF HELPING FOLKS ANSWER THAT QUESTION OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THOSE, WITH RESPECT TO IMPACT FEES.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, JUST BASICALLY GENERAL QUESTIONS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC OF, OF WHAT'S, WHAT WENT INTO THE ORDINANCES AND, AND HOW THOSE WILL BE APPLIED.

UM, SO IT'S BEEN A, I THINK A WELL RECEIVED EXERCISE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH.

UM, AGAIN, I REFERENCED IT EARLIER, BUT WE DEVELOPED A SIF ESTIMATOR WORKSHEET, UM, DESIGNED TO BE A PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT THAT, UH, A DEVELOPER, THEIR ENGINEERS WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO USE TO BUDGET, UM, WHAT THEIR IMPACT FEE THAT THEY COULD EXPECT TO BE COLLECTED WOULD BE.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON THEIR, THEIR USES THEIR LAND USES AND INTENSITIES, BUT THE IDEA IS FOR ATD TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COLLECTION OF THOSE FEES, UM, AND TO MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT A DEVELOPER COULD UNDERSTAND AND, AND BE ABLE TO BUDGET FOR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF WORK GROUPS THAT, THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD FOR THIS, UM, OBVIOUSLY FINANCE, ATD FINANCE IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN BOLTS OF, OF COLLECTING MONEY AND, AND KEEPING TRACK OF IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS, UH, WAS A HUGE PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

UM, OUR IT GROUP IS ALSO A BIG PART UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE CROSSOVER WITH THE CITY'S, UM, DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE, AMANDA, AND, UH, SOME OF THE BACKEND CHANGES THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE THERE BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, THAT'S A BIG GROUP AS WELL.

AND THEN, UH, AS I REFERENCED SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING SPECIFIC PROJECT GUIDELINES FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'S THE SAME GROUP THAT, THAT DEVELOPED THAT ESTIMATOR WORKSHEET.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A GROUP THAT'S CHARGED WITH PLANNING AND, AND THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.

SO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY SPEND THOSE DOLLARS ONCE THEY START COMING IN? UH, THAT'LL BE, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT, BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PORTION OF, OF IMPACT FEES AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, AND THEN PUBLIC INFORMATION BEING ABLE TO RELAY INFORMATION TO, UM, EITHER CITIZENS OR DEVELOPERS OR OUR ENGINEERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF TO, TO RUN

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UH, SO NOT AS FAR AWAY AS IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BUT, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR HERE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, WE'LL START COLLECTING THOSE.

UM, AND, UH, YEAH, SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFY AS SORT OF IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'LL, IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR, FOR FEES TO COME IN TO BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND THOSE PROJECTS.

SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WE LIKE SORT OF RELAYING, UH, IT'S GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STAFF WILL, UM, BE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROJECTS THAT WE ACTUALLY DO CONSTRUCT WITH, WITH SIF DOLLARS ARE, ARE ADDRESSING SAFETY, UH, EQUITABILITY, UM, OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT, THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE.

AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE S AND P ALIGNMENT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY PLAY WITH, WITH, UH, THAT DOCUMENT.

WELL, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS, UH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A HUGE, UM, UNDERTAKING, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE NEAR TERM HERE ARE TO BE DEVELOPING A, UH, PUBLIC FACING PORTAL, UH, WHICH I SPOKE TO EARLIER ABOUT BEING ABLE TO, UH, SEE WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING COLLECTED.

UM, AS WELL AS THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE, THOSE WILL BE SPENT ON AS THEY SORT OF COME ONLINE, UM, IT, AND, AND BACKEND UPDATES AND AMANDA, THAT'S ONE FOR CITY STAFF TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BEGIN TRACKING, UM, FEES AS THEY COME IN AND, AND BEGIN JUST GETTING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND THIS IS A NEW, A NEW PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE.

SO WORK ON THE BACKEND AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE UPDATING OUR TIA GUIDELINES TO PROVIDE A DIRECTION FOR SELF-ASSESSMENT AND OFFSETS THOSE, UM, WE'LL WORK HAND IN HAND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TA PROCESS WILL CHANGE QUITE A BIT ONCE, UH, THE SIF ASSESSMENTS GO INTO PLACE BECAUSE, UH, FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'LL, WHAT THE, OH, ON THE FRONT END, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.

UM, AND AGAIN, UPDATING WEBSITES AND THEN ONGOING GROUPS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE, UH, YOU KNOW, A SMOOTH ROLLOUT IN 2022, UM, AS WELL AS RELEASING THAT SIF ESTIMATOR WORKSHEET.

SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

AS OF TODAY, WE, UH, WE HAVE WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE FINAL VERSION READY TO BE RELEASED.

SO, UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT OUT HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO BE, UH, A PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO YEAH, I WANTED TO, UH PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, IF YOU ALL NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DIRECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PERSONALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, THE STREET IMPACT FEE SITE WILL BE A GOOD, UH, FIRST STOP FOR, FOR REAL HIGH OVERVIEW.

UM, IF SOMEBODY IS COMING INTO WHAT A STREET IMPACT FEE IS, AND, AND COMING IN COLD, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO DIRECT THEM TO JUST TO GET SOME INFORMATION.

UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS ANY, ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE GOING OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UM, I DO SEE IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE THERE'S, UM, TIA AND NON TIA MITIGATION FEES.

HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO STREET IMPACT FEES OR IS THERE, UM, A SPECIFIC SPOT IN THE BUDGET RATE? THESE ARE, ARE SPELLED OUT SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT THERE.

TWO TYPE OF FEES FOR TIS OR TRANSPORTATION REVIEWS.

THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.

UM, SO T IFE, THERE'S, THERE'S SORT OF TWO SIDES OF IT.

THERE'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE FEES, WHICH IS FOR, UM, SOMETHING WE COLLECT AS PART OF STAFF TIME TO REVIEW A TIA.

UM, SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE, ONE FEE THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, A MITIGATION FEE THAT WE WOULD COLLECT NOW, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER A TIA PROCESS, WE HIGHLIGHT WHAT, WHAT OUR DEVELOPMENTS IMPACT ON THE ROADWAY NETWORK WOULD BE.

AND, AND THEN WE COLLECT A MITIGATION FEE.

SO SIF FUNDING WILL OFFSET OR WILL WE'LL REPLACE THOSE MITIGATION FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY, UM, COLLECT.

UH, BUT THE, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE STAFF TIME, THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES TO ACTUALLY REVIEW.

UM, OKAY.

AND SO IS THERE A SECTION OF OUR FEES THAT SPELLS OUT THE STREET IMPACT FEES OR IS IT WRAPPED IN WITH SOME OTHER FEES SOMEWHERE ELSE? UM, SO, UM, CHARITY, IF I COULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE, SO WE HAVE

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ONE IS THE COST OF SERVICES THAT IS BASICALLY THE OPERATING BUDGET THAT GOES INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET.

AND THERE ARE OTHER PHASE LIKE MITIGATIONS WHEN A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPS THE SITE.

THERE COULD BE SOME IMPACT ON THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND IF THE APIC END, UH, CU CANNOT CONSTRUCT MITIGATIONS, THEY CAN PAY US A FEE SO THAT WE COULD DO THE CONSTRUCTION OF MITIGATIONS.

SO THAT IS CALLED EITHER TIA MITIGATION FEE OR NON-PAY MITIGATION FEE.

SO THIS TAI MITIGATION FEE OR NON-PAY MITIGATION FEES ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED BY THE NEW STREET IN BATTERY, THEY WILL BE REPLACED, UM, IN A FEW MONTHS WHEN THAT COMES ONLINE, AS YOU HAD SPELLED OUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION? YES.

UH, STARTING IN JUNE OF 2022.

OKAY, GREAT.

THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DO.

I WANTED TO FIND OUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SORT OF THE TIMELINE.

SO WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THE STREET IMPACT FEES IN THIS BUDGET.

SO THIS TIMELINE DOESN'T INCLUDE WHEN COUNCILS ADOPTING THOSE OR HAVE WE ALREADY ADOPTED THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN EFFECT.

SO WE HAVE ALL, SORRY, GO AHEAD, NATE.

SO THE, THE ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE DATE WAS THAT DECEMBER, UH, THIS LAST DECEMBER OF 2020.

SO RIGHT IN THAT ORDINANCE, IT GIVES, UM, A GRANDFATHERING PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS TO BEGIN COLLECTING STREET IMPACT FEES, UH, FOR BASICALLY ANY DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.

SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO PULL THEIR, THEIR BUILDING PERMITS, UH, FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT ORDINANCE.

SO THAT'S HOW, HOW YOU GET TO THE JUNE 21ST, 2022.

UH, TIMELINE IS, UH, SO AFTER THAT THE, THAT INITIAL GRANDFATHERING PERIOD FOR NON TIA CASES WILL BE, UM, WILL BE UP.

AND THE FIRST OF THE IMPACT FEES WILL BE COLLECTED AT THAT POINT.

BUT JUST, JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND BETTER, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD MY PROJECT, I DON'T KNOW WHICH STAGE IT HAS TO BE AT TO GET THE FEES, BUT IF IT WAS IN, YOU KNOW, JANUARY OF 20, 21, I DON'T PAY THE STREET IMPACT FEES.

I JUST PAY OUR OLD SETUP OR DO I HAVE TO PAY THE FEES FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT IN PLACE ALREADY BY JUNE OF 2022? YEAH.

SO THERE'S THE, ANYTHING PRIOR TO JUNE OF 20, 22 WOULD NOT BE, WILL NOT BE ASSESSED IN IMPACT FEE.

AND, AND THAT IS IN WHAT STAGE AT THAT POINT, THAT'S BUILDING PERMIT.

SO AS LONG AS THEY PULLED THEIR BUILDING PERMIT PRIOR TO JUNE OF 2022.

SO THEY PULLED THEIR BUILDING PERMIT PRIOR TO JUNE OF 22 BECAUSE OF THE 18 MONTH GRANDFATHERING, THEN THEY DON'T PAY IMPACT FEES.

BUT EVEN IF THEY HAD THEIR PROJECTS STARTED AND WHATEVER, IF THEY'RE NOT PULLING THEIR BUILDING PERMIT BEFORE THAT DATE, THEN WHEN THEY GO, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE FEES.

CORRECT.

IF THEY'RE AFTER THAT.

AND THEN HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THE ONES THAT ARE MULTI-FAITH IS LIKE THE DOMAIN DOMAIN, ET CETERA.

SO THOSE ARE, IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS.

I'LL BE TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT.

IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY WE'VE COMPLETELY IRONED OUT YET IS, UH, SOMEWHAT, UM, OF A CAN OF WORMS TRYING TO DO THAT.

BUT THE IDEA WILL BE THAT NEW, BASICALLY NEW SITE PLANS THAT ARE DEVELOPED UNDER THOSE OLDER ZONING CASES, LIKE THE DOMAIN, UM, WOULD STILL GET THE SAME TREATMENT OF ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, COMES IN FOR THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AFTER JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE SITE PLANS WITHOUT BUILDING PERMITS YET JUST THE BIG DOMAIN PROJECT, WHICH IS ALREADY GETTING SUBSIDIZED.

SO GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT.

A LONGER TERM PROJECT AND ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE BEING SUBSIDIZED EFFECTIVELY BY OUR THREE 80 AGREEMENTS, ET CETERA, I'M READY.

IF I COULD ADD A BIT MORE CLARITY INTO IT.

UM, SO IF THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAD ALREADY, UH, FUNDED CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS OR PAID A PARTICULAR FEE, AND IF THEY HAVE NOT PULLED THE BUILDING PERMIT UNTIL JUNE OF 2022.

SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS THAT THE PORTION OF THE FEES THAT THEY HAVE PAID, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A CREDIT FOR THAT TOWARDS THE STREET IMPACT FEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF THEY'VE, IF THEY'VE DONE, IT'S NOT FOR A DIFFERENT SECTION, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, FOR THEM TO COME IN AND NOT HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE THEY WERE

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SO WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS HOW MUCH THEY HAVE PAID ALREADY AND HOW MUCH THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY IN ADDITION TO THEIR PAYMENT BASED ON OUR NEW FEE STRUCTURE.

BUT THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NEW FEE STRUCTURE.

EVEN IF YOU EDIT THE ACCOUNT INVESTMENTS, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THAT THEY MAY HAVE MADE AN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT PHASE.

BASED ON THE CALCULATIONS.

YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME AND IT'S A REAL CRITICAL MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE WHEN ABILITY NEEDS.

AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE A RUNWAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR RUNWAYS AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED OR THE EXCEPTIONS ARE NOT GETTING SO GREAT THAT, UM, WE'RE LOSING SOME OF, SOME OF THE, UM, THE BENEFIT OF THE PROCESS COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY.

THAT WAS DEFINITELY AN INFORMATIVE, UM, FREAKING AND I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THERE.

I'M CURIOUS, UH, IF THE COST OF TINH WOULD BE CONSIDERED TOWARDS A REDUCTION OF THE STREET IMPACT FEE TOTAL, AND IF TIA IS, WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT FROM THAT PROCESS.

SO WHEN YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WHEN YOU SAY THE COSTS FOR A TIA, UM, DO YOU MEAN THE, THE COSTS THAT A DEVELOPER WOULD PAY TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT A TA? OR DO YOU MEAN THE MITIGATIONS THAT, YES.

SORRY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ASKING FOR THAT CLARITY THERE.

SO D W WE DON'T CURRENTLY, AND WE DON'T HAVE PLANS IN THE FUTURE TO COUNT THE COST OF A TA THAT A DEVELOPER TAKES ON, UH, AGAINST THEIR, THEIR FEES.

UM, SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DO TODAY EITHER.

UM, UH, THE OUTCOMES ARE WHAT GIVE US THE MITIGATIONS AND POTENTIALLY THE FEES THAT THEY WOULD PAY.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

NOW, I'M STILL NEW TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

AND SO IT'S HARD TO GRASP IT EVERYTHING, BUT I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY YOU PROVIDED AND A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I, IF I COULD ADD A BIT MORE CLARITY INTO IT, BECAUSE WHEN A PARTICULAR APPLICANT CONDUCTED TIA, THEY HIRED A CONSULTANT, A PRIVATE CONSULTANT TO DO, UH, THE TIA, AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HOW MUCH THAT FEE IS GOING TO BE.

SO THAT'S WHY, LIKE WE CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR BAD TA FEE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO PAY TO THEIR CONSULTANTS.

THAT'S A MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON, UM, UH, TO CFI.

I HEARD SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE TIA, TIA PRO, IF I HEARD YOU, RIGHT, THE TA PROCESS MAY BE ADJUSTED IF I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.

AND, UM, IF I DID, MY QUESTION REALLY IS ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

IF THE LANGUAGE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATED TO TIA IS, NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED, OR PERHAPS WE ALREADY DID WHEN WE ADOPTED THE, UM, THE, UH, IMPACT FEES.

BUT IS THERE A CHANGE IN THE PROCESS FOR, UM, TIA? HAS THAT REQUIRED A CHANGE THAT REQUIRES ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? I'VE I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE TERMS, BUT SPEAKS TO TIMING FOR TIAS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS KIND OF, YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THAT, BUT THE TIA ITSELF, THE, THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF, OF REVIEWING A CASE THAT'S COMING IN TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, THAT WON'T, THAT WON'T CHANGE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING HOW MANY TRIPS THEY'RE GENERATING AND WHERE THOSE VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS IN SOME CASES ARE GOING, THAT WILL ALL REMAIN FAIRLY SIMILAR.

UH, THE, THE PART THAT I WAS REFERENCING THAT WILL CHANGE AS IS CURRENTLY THE, UH, ON THE BACK END OF A TA, THEN MITIGATION THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED AND THEN PAID TOWARDS BY THAT DEVELOPMENT IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN TIA.

SO IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT ON THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

UM, AND SO IN SOME CASES THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A VARIABLE AMOUNT BASED ON THEIR IMPACT.

UH, SO WHAT THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO, UM, I WOULD SAY MAKE IT A LOT MORE CONSISTENT BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DEVELOPING.

SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, YOU COULD HAVE DIFFERENT MITIGATIONS DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY VERSUS DOWNTOWN, UM, THOSE THINGS ALL WORK INTO THE AMOUNT OF MITIGATION YOU CURRENTLY WOULD PAY, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

THOSE WILL BE, UM, WHAT'S MORE CONSISTENTLY CALCULATED, I WOULD SAY, BASED ON THIS, THESE FORMULAS WE'VE COME UP WITH FOR THE STREET IMPACT FEES,

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IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY EXPECTATION THAT THERE ARE ANY FUTURE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AT THE POINT THAT THIS, UM, THIS BECOMES OPERATIONAL YEAH.

CONSTANT NUMBER.

IF I COULD ADD A BIT MORE CLARIFICATION, UH, INTUIT.

SO THE TIA, WHEN IT IDENTIFIES MITIGATIONS, IF THE APPLICANTS ARE CONSTRUCTING THOSE MITIGATIONS, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A CREDIT OR AN OFFSET TO US, THE STRAIGHT IMPACT RATE, AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, MOST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE AN ADDITION TO THE SITES OF A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS PART, AS PART OF OUR TRANSMISSION PETRA MANUAL UPDATING PROCESSES, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE STUDY AREA, EDISON TO A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT SITE.

UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE, UM, TWO T R OFF T I S THE, THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SMALLER IN SIZE, THEY WILL HAVE TO DO A SMALLER SCALE, TIA FOCUSING ON IMPROVEMENTS, ADDING ADJACENT TO A PARTICULAR SITE, IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE BIGGER, UM, DEVELOPMENT OR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE THAT IS GOING TO BE A FULLEST SKELTER.

SO WE ARE MAKING THIS PROPOSAL AS PART OF OUR PCM UPDATING PROCESS.

AND SO DOES THAT GO IN THE MANUAL OR IN THE, UH, IN THE CODE? IT GOES INTO THE MANUAL BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE TIA IS NOT CHANGING, BUT WE ARE SCALING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE SMALLER SIDE, SO THAT APPLICANTS COULD FOCUS ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR THEIR SITE, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE TO PAY THE IMPACT FOR ANYWAY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN WHAT'S THE TIMING FOR THOSE UPDATES TO THE MANUAL? UH, THE TRANSMISSION CRITERIA MANUAL IS, UH, AT THE FINALIST STAGE OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW.

WE HAVE GOTTEN SIGN OFF FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

IT IS NOW WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR FINAL SIGN OFF.

THEN WE PUBLISH IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD, WHICH IS 30 DAYS.

AND I'M NOT, I APOLOGIZE, BUT, UH, THE MAN, THE MANUAL IS DOESN'T COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

HE DOES NOT COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU TO LEANNE.

I REMEMBER EVERY TIME WE WOULD GO THROUGH THIS, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD HAVE TO CLEAR MY CALENDAR AND CLEAR MY DESK AND REALLY SIT DOWN AND FOCUS.

BUT EVERY TIME I WALKED AWAY FROM A MEETING, I WAS LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THIS, I GET THIS.

THIS MAKES SENSE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE APPRISED OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.

UM, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION AND ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK FOR CHATTING YOUR FINANCES.

ITEM IS GOING TO BE, UH, ATDS PLACEMAKING PROGRAM.

OUR NEXT

[4. Briefing on the Austin Transportation Department Place Making Program project to construct intersection improvements commemorating the 2021 Austin Pride Parade (20 minutes).]

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

CO-CHAIR HELLO? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? JASON, JOHN MICHAEL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

UM, I, IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, UM, I HAVE OTHER SLIDES IN HERE AROUND PLACEMAKING.

I KNOW THAT THE AGENDA ITEM WAS SPECIFIC TO THE RAINBOW CROSSWALKS.

SO INSTEAD OF BELABORING THROUGH A REVISIONIST HISTORY OF ATDS, UM, PLACEMAKING PROGRAM, WE'LL GO TO THAT.

SO THAT, UH, CHAIR, YOU CAN MANAGE THE REST OF THE MEETING IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT HERE.

CAN I ASK THAT THE AB SPECIALIST PHRASE BRING UP, I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE SEVEN.

UH, MAYBE IT'S NOT SENSITIVE.

THERE WE GO.

WE'LL START THERE.

UH, UH, ROLLING, UM, UM, A LANE CLOSURE, UM, CREATIVE CROSSWALK WILL INSTALLED ON EIGHT 13, UH, WITH THE FULL INTERSECTION CLOSED FROM AROUND 3:00 AM TO 5:00 PM IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT, UH, THAT TIME OUT THERE TO SAFELY DO THAT, UH, OR THE METERS WILL BE BAGGED THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AROUND EIGHT 12 ON EIGHT 12, UH, SOMETIME AFTER, AFTER, UH, THE NEW NOW, UM, THE STANDARD CONTINENTAL STRIPING, UH, WILL BE RETAINED, BUT THE LENGTH OF THE BAR.

UM, SO AS PART OF THE, THE, UM, THE AGENDA ITEM, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN GO INTO MORE Q AND A, IF WE, IF WE NEED TO RELATE TO THE REST OF THE, UM, OF THE PLACE-MAKING PROGRAM, BUT ATD IS ACTIVELY PURSUING AN INSTALLATION AT FOURTH AND COLORADO, UH, WITH RELATION TO A, A RAINBOW CROSSWALK, OR THAT UTILIZES A PROGRESSIVE CLOT, UH, PRIDE FLAG COLORS.

UH, THE, UH, CONTINENTAL BARS WILL BE REMOVED, UM, STARTING EIGHT, NINE.

SO NEXT MONDAY, UH, AND TRAFFIC WILL STILL BE PERMITTED TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION DURING THAT REMOVAL, WE'LL BE, UH,

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SO THAT'S THE WHITE PIECES BY THE WAY.

UM, AND SO THE, BUT THE LENGTH OF THE, THE COLORED BARS WERE GOING TO BE EXTENDED TO 15 FEET.

UH, THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR REALLY GOOD VISUAL ACUITY OF, UH, OF THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UM, COLOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WHEN IT WAS THINNER, UH, THE COLORS REALLY STARTED TO BLEND TOGETHER, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OVER THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT MAKE UP THE PROGRESSIVE PRIDE FLAG, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, THE MAJOR THERE ARE, UH, WE'VE OF COURSE, WENT OUT AND, UH, USED OUR SMART MOBILITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND, UH, MET WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

UH, A COUPLE OF THOSE OF NOTE ARE THE ICELAND GAY AUSTIN GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE FOUNDATION.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL'S, UH, VISION, UH, AS FAR BACK AS 2014 WITH THE ORIGINAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

UH, AND I'M EXCITED THAT THE, UH, THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PLACEMAKING PROGRAM IS, IS NESTED INSIDE OF THE SMART MOBILITY OFFICE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTERSECTIONALITY THAT HAPPENS WITH SMART MOBILITY AND EMERGING TRANSPORTATION AND HOW WE CAN FIND WAYS TO HAVE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, IT IS ALSO A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION THAT AUSTIN HAS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE.

UM, THIS, THIS IS A PILOT.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE A CULTURAL CALENDAR THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UH, AND A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO BEGIN PREPARING, UH, ESSENTIALLY AN AGILENT AND ANNUAL CALENDAR OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WHICH, UM, SIDEWALK, UH, ART, UM, ART BOXES, RAINBOW CROSSWALKS, OTHER KINDS OF, UH, CREATIVE CROSSWALKS AND OTHER ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES, OBVIOUSLY WITH AN INTERSECTION TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, THE LIVING STREETS PROGRAM WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING THING TO COLLABORATE ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UH, AND WITH THE TIME LEFT, I'M GOING TO STOP THERE IF THAT'S OKAY IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING MORE RAINBOWS TO FOURTH STREET.

I KNOW I GOT TO BE DOWN THERE IN 2016 WHEN MARRIAGE EQUALITY BECAME LAW.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING.

I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A TON OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO GO SEE IT.

UM, ARE YOU GOING TO DO LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING, UM, UH, BE ON THE LOOKOUT, UH, FOR THAT, UH, MOBILITY COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND, AND AS WELL AS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO TRY TO GET THAT PUT TOGETHER, UM, RIGHT AT, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE PARADE.

UM, AND, UH, WE'LL LIKELY BE OUT THERE AGAIN.

UM, WE'RE WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE THERE'S, THERE'S THERE'S ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH MANUFACTURING AND RESOURCES EVERYWHERE.

AND SO THERMOPLASTY, WHICH IS, UH, A TECHNIQUE THAT WE USE TO SEAL, UH, THE PAINT ENSURE THAT WHEN THE TIRES ROLL OVER IT, IT DOESN'T LEAVE A BLACK MARK.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S ON ITS OWN ORDER.

AND SO WE'LL BE BACK OUT THERE.

YOU'LL SEE US BACK OUT THERE AGAIN, AFTER THE PARADE, UH, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE TO, TO LOOK AT, UM, FRESHENING IT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT IT CAN, THEY CAN WITHSTAND THE NORMAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT, THAT MAKES IT INTERESTING.

AS FAR AS OUR, OUR PAINT MARKINGS GO FOR, FOR STREETSCAPES HERE IN HERE IN AUSTIN, THE SUN DOES A NUMBER OF DAMAGE TO OUR, UH, TO OUR COLORS.

I, I KNOW IT'S A SCIENCE AND AN ART TO GET IT TO ALL WORK, RIGHT.

LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

DID YOU, DID I SEE YOUR HAND GO UP? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.

I THINK I HEARD, I THINK I HEARD THAT YOU HAVE PLACEMAKING UNDER YOU NOW, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS FOR ATD.

SO NOT, NOT THE WHOLE WORLD ANYWAY.

SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THAT ARE DOWN THE LINE, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE UPTAKE.

I AGREE.

VERY EXCITING.

AND HE DID PUT UP AND BACK UP MORE OF THE PRESENTATION, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT HE AND HIS OFFICE ARE DOING.

UM, AND IF WE'VE GOT TIME TO PUT THAT INTO ANOTHER MEETING, WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE PRESENTATION PREPARED, UM,

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COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY.