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          YEAH. 
          UM, AND 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND IT IS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021. 
          I AM THE CHAIR PAGE ELLIS REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT, AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, OUR VICE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM, NATASHA HOPPER, MADISON, JOINING US TODAY. 
          WELCOME EVERYBODY. 
          THIS SHOULD BE, UH, A REALLY INFORMATIVE DAY FOR US ALL. 
          AND I'M GLAD YOU CAN ALL JOIN US. 
          UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY. 
          SO 
          [1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of August 6, 2021.]
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 6TH, 2021 MOTION MADE BY VICE CHAIR, KELLY SECONDED BY A MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MADISON, ALL IN FAVOR. 
          IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS THAT LEADS US NOW INTO 
          [2. Overview of Mobility Outcome projects and programs in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 annual approved budget (40 minutes). Sponsors: Council Member Paige Ellis, and Mayor Pro Tern Natasha Harper-Madison]
OUR BRIEFING ITEM. 
          NUMBER TWO, OVERVIEW OF MOBILITY, OUTCOME PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22 ANNUAL APPROVED BUDGET. 
          GOOD. 
          MY NAME IS JAMES DALE. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR YOUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M GONNA JUST GONNA DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF FOLKS. 
          I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW TOO THAT ROB SPILLER WOULD'VE BEEN HERE, BUT HE'S HAVING A, A SCHEDULED MEDICAL PROCEDURE TODAY, BUT HE WILL BE BACK WITH US. 
          I'LL TAKE SOME TIME OFF AND BE BACK WITH US IN ABOUT A WEEK. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, TO GET THE INVITATION, TO COME AND PRESENT AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND SHARING THAT WITH YOU AND THE MOBILITY OUTCOME PROJECTS, AS WELL AS OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE WITH US. 
          I'M WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE'LL START OFF WITH SOME FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN EACH OF THEM, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THOSE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE INVITATION, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE BUDGETS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND JUST, UM, REAL QUICKLY, UM, PEGGY MCCALLISTER IS OUR CHIEF. 
          UM, I'M SORRY. 
          PEGGY MCCALLUM IS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
          SHE IS GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESENTATION ALONG WITH ANNA MARTIN, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND THEN JAMES SNOW WITH PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION, UM, FOR THEM. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RICHMOND DOSA. 
          THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE. 
          JASON, JOHN MICHAEL, OUR OTHER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER SMART MOBILITY IS HERE. 
          AND, UH, JASON READ FROM, WITH OUR PARKING, UM, ENTERPRISE MANAGERS HERE TO HELP SUPPORT IN THE PRESENTATION TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PEGGY AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M PEGGY MCCALLUM. 
          I'M THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, I WILL THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN ENCORE OF OUR 22 BUDGET. 
          WE DON'T OFTEN GET THAT KIND OF REQUESTS. 
          SO I KNOW YOU'RE MORE INTERESTED IN THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT JUST GIVE YOU A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE REQUESTED AND WHAT WAS APPROVED. 
          SO IN  WE REQUESTED $85 MILLION BUDGET, UM, WITH 397 AND A HALF FTES, WE ALSO INCLUDED YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, THIS JUST IS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST ROADWAYS AND SIGNS AND MARKINGS. 
          THAT INCLUDES BIKE LANES AND SIGNALS AND CROSSWALKS AND PARKING AND PAY STATIONS AND KIOSKS. 
          THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, OF BUSINESS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW. 
          SO DOES AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A SIDE-BY-SIDE LOOK OF OUR PROJECTED REVENUE FOR . 
          SO YOU SEE THAT THE BIG BLUE PART OF THAT PIE IS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION USER FEE. 
          THE OTHER BIG PORTION OF THAT IS FROM PERMITTING. 
          SO THAT'S RIGHT AWAY PERMITS AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PERMITS. 
          UM, PARKING IS THE NEXT ONE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER WITH JUST, JUST SOME OF THE SMALLER MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO IT AS OUR PIE CHART OF OUR COSTS. 
          SO OUR MOBILITY FUND IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR BUDGET. 
          PARKING IS THE SECOND. 
          THEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF OUR TRANSFERS THAT GO TO GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR PLANNED CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND A COMPARISON YEAR ON YEAR OUT OF OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS, THIS FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE ARE THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM, OF COURSE, THE TOUGH AND FROM PERMITTING NEXT, AND THEN THE SAME FOR OUR COST PROJECTION. 
          SO WE'RE PROJECTED IN $85 MILLION BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WITH A, UM, UH, ABOUT AN 18% 
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INCREASE IN COSTS. 
          OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A MUCH LARGER INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S ALMOST $6 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          NEXT. 
          THIS IS OUR DEPARTMENT COSTS BY FUNDING SOURCE. 
          THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT FUNDING SOURCES PAYING FOR WHAT SO YOU SEE THAT THE TOUGH PAYS FOR A MAJOR PART OF OUR BUDGET. 
          63% OF IT, UM, PERMITS PAY FOR ABOUT 9% PARKING IS 23% AND THEN DEVELOPMENT ITEMS ARE 4% OTHER, SOME OF THE SMALLER ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, INTEREST THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT COME IN IN MUCH SMALLER PORTIONS. 
          NEXT, THIS IS OUR CAPITAL SPENDING BY FUNDING SOURCE. 
          ALSO VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM FROM GEO BONDS. 
          SO WE SEE THAT MORE, MORE THAN 95% OF OUR FUNDING FOR CAPITAL COMES FROM THERE. 
          WE ARE, ARE ALSO BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT TRYING TO SET ASIDE SOME OF OUR MORE FLEXIBLE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NEGOTIATION THAT WE DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS NEXT. 
          AND NOW FOR THE BEST PART, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, PEGGY. 
          UM, MY NAME IS ANNA MARTIN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE IN CHAMBERS, UM, WITH MANY OF YOU TODAY. 
          UM, AND I GET THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING ABOUT OUR CAPITAL, UM, PROGRAM DELIVERY AND WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAM, UM, BUCKETS, IF YOU WILL, THAT ATD OVERSEES AND WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN FISCAL YEAR 22, AND I'M GOING TO COVER, UM, OUR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          BIKEWAYS PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, REGIONAL MOBILITY, TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT, AND SAFETY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GOING TO START WITH REGIONAL MOBILITY PROJECTS AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED AS PART OF THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND ANDERSON MILL ROAD IS, UM, UH, MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECT THAT STARTED BACK WITH AN ENGINEERING STUDY IN 2016. 
          AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE FINAL STAGES AND WE EXPECT THAT PROJECT TO WRAP UP AND BE FULLY OPENED IN FALL OF 2021. 
          UM, AND SIMILAR TO ANDERSON MILL ROAD, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS WAS ALSO A PROJECT THAT WE BEGAN BACK IN 2016, UM, WITH AN ENGINEERING STUDY. 
          UH, WE ARE IN FINAL DESIGN. 
          WE EXPECT TO LET THAT PROJECT NEXT YEAR AND MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION AND FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          AND THAT WILL BE ABOUT AN 18 MONTH LONG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          UM, THE NEXT TYPE OF PROJECT ARE OUR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE 2020 MOBILITY BOND. 
          UM, THESE WERE ORIGINALLY SCOPED AND ANALYZE WITH 2016 FUNDS AND ARE NOW BEING MOVED FORWARD TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, ONE OF THOSE BEING JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD, UM, WE'LL START DETAILED DESIGN THIS FALL, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE BEING ROSS ROAD NORTH. 
          UM, WE EXPECT DETAILED DESIGN TO BEGIN IN EARLY 20, 22, AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE, TO THE, TO JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD AND ROSS ROAD THAT WERE STARTED BACK IN 2016. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN SCOPING THIS YEAR, UM, WITH 2020 MOBILITY BONDS. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, THEY'RE BOTH IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE BRADSHAW ROAD AND KNUCKLES CROSSING. 
          WE EXPECT THOSE BOTH TO BEGIN FIRST THING NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WE HAVE A LARGE PORTFOLIO OF SAFETY PROJECTS AND WE HAVE ABOUT $10 MILLION IN WORK, UM, PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          UM, AND THOSE FALL INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECTS, UH, WE HAVE $3 MILLION PLAN TO SPEND IN FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          UM, WE JUST RECENTLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON A PROJECT AT CHERRYWOOD IN MAYNOR. 
          UM, IT STARTED IN JULY, I BELIEVE, AND WE EXPECT TO WRAP UP THIS FALL. 
          A SIMILAR SCOPE OF PROJECT IS GOING TO BEGIN NEXT SUMMER AT BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND SOUTH FIRST STREET ROAD, SOUTH FIRST STREET. 
          UH, WE EXPECT THAT TO START NEXT SUMMER 2022. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE MOVING THOSE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION WILL BE STARTING DESIGN AND THREE MORE LOCATIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          WE HAVE, UM, 1.5 MILLION BUDGETED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING AND SPEED MANAGEMENT PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          UH, WE'LL BE PURSUING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THE FIRST BEING, UM, ADDITIONAL SPEED LIMIT CHANGES ON LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL FOUR STREETS. 
          YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT BACK IN 2020, UH, WE BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, A PACKAGE OF ARTERIAL SPEED LIMIT CHANGES INSIDE OUR URBAN CORE. 
          WE'LL BE EXPANDING THAT WORK, UM, FOR LEVEL THREE AND FOUR STREETS OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CORE. 
          UM, STARTING NEXT YEAR, 
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SIMILARLY, WE BROUGHT TO YOU, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, UM, OF A CERTAIN CHARACTERISTIC 40 FEET OR, OR WIDER. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SIMILAR STUDY ON ANOTHER PORTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, UM, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE 36 FEET OR WIDER, UM, TO PICK UP KIND OF WHAT, UM, WHAT WE, I WON'T SAY MESS, BUT WHAT WAS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCOPE FOR THE ORIGINAL STUDY? SO LOOK FOR THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE ARE ALSO, UM, ONE OF OUR REALLY POPULAR PROGRAMS ARE, UH, THE DYNAMIC SPEED DISPLAY SIGNS, AND THOSE ARE THE RADAR SIGNS THAT TELL FOLKS HOW FAST THEY'RE GOING WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING DOWN ANY ROAD. 
          WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF THOSE RIGHT NOW, AND WE ROTATE THEM AROUND THE CITY BASED ON CITIZEN REQUESTS. 
          IT'S A VERY, VERY POPULAR PROGRAM AND IT TENDS TO BE A LONG WAIT, UM, TO GET ONE DEPLOYED ON A CERTAIN STREET. 
          UM, SO WE'RE PLANNING TO PROCURE ADDITIONAL DEVICES SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE A CONCERN ON THEIR STREET, UH, THE LAST SAFETY BEST BUCKET I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE SYSTEMIC SAFETY PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE LARGE SYSTEMIC, UM, SAFETY PROJECT MOVING FORWARD IN 22. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, PATTERN OF CRASHES ON CURVES OF A CERTAIN ANGLE AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO WE'LL BE DOING CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURVE, CURVE, WARNING SIGNS, AND CURVE WARNING, BEACONS THAT MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA AND THAT'S TO ADDRESS CRASH PATTERNS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS, UM, SIMILAR LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY PREVENT THOSE SIMILAR CRASHES IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THE OTHER SYSTEMIC SAFETY PROJECT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD OVER THE LONG HAND LONGHORN DAM BRIDGE, UM, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH INJURY ROADWAY. 
          UM, BACK WITH THE ASM P UH, WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING STUART AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS. 
          YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN PHOTOS OR MAYBE TRAVERSED ON THE NEW SHARED USE PATH OVER THE BRIDGE. 
          UM, BUT THAT PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE THIS FALL. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK, UM, PRIORITIZING SPEED AND RELIABILITY OF THE LOCAL BUS NETWORK. 
          UM, WE HAVE TWO EXCITING PROJECT PLAN FOR 2022, UM, THE FIRST AT STASSNEY LANE AND SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE AND THE SECOND AT STASSNEY LANE AND SOUTH BURST. 
          UM, THOSE ARE IN FINAL DESIGN AND WE EXPECT TO MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          OUR BIKEWAYS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY, UM, SINCE 2016, EVEN BEFORE, BUT DEFINITELY SINCE 2016, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE CURRENTLY JUST EXCEEDED THE MILESTONE. 
          WE HAVE 52% OF THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES NETWORK NOW COMPLETE. 
          SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF, UH, LAURA, DARREN, AND THE WHOLE TEAM THAT SUPPORTS HER OVER AT ATD. 
          UM, SOME NOTABLE PROJECTS FROM 2021. 
          UH, WE INSTALLED OUR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY AND CHERRYWOOD OUR FIRST DUAL DUAL TRACK TRAIL ALONG BROAD BUGGY CREEK TRAIL. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DID A LOT OF, UM, UPGRADES FROM, UM, BUFFERED BIKE LANES TO PROTECTED BIKE LANES LIKE AUSTIN BOULEVARD BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          UH, SO WE EXPECT LOTS OF SIMILAR PROJECTS TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UM, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROJECT EXAMPLES. 
          WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO EXPAND OUR ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS CITYWIDE. 
          UM, AS WE CONTINUE IN FISCAL YEAR 22, AND WE HAVE 10 NEW PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS PLANNED, UM, AND THE LIST OF 10 REALLY PRIORITIZE THE PRIOR PRIORITIZES CONNECTING TO TRANSIT STOPS. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE MORE SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE WORKED WITH, UM, EVERYONE HERE ON THE DAYAS ON OUR MOBILITY ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS, AND THIS IS HOW ALL OF OUR LOCAL MOBILITY GROUPS COME TOGETHER EVERY YEAR, UM, TO PRIORITIZE AND PLAN PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE REPEAT THIS ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY FOR THESE PROGRAMS, UM, WHILE TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE LAST PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IN DECEMBER, 2021 FOR FEEDBACK, UM, AND THAT HELPED US PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE INITIAL MAP PROCESS, UM, INTERNALLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING, UM, TO PLAN FOR THE 2022 MAP. 
          WE'LL BE LOOKING TO, UM, TO INCLUDE THE 20 16, 20 18 AND NOW THE 2020 MOBILITY BOND. 
          SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THROUGH THIS FALL. 
          WE PLAN TO COME TO, UM, MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND THEIR OFFICES IN DECEMBER. 
          THEN WE WILL PUBLISH THE PLAN, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK. 
          AND THAT THAT THEN WILL BE OUR, UM, 
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OUR WORKING ROADMAP, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE 12 MONTHS TO FOLLOW. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 
          UM, ONE MORE SLIDE. 
          UM, AND WE LOVE, WE LOVE TO SHOW THIS. 
          THIS IS REALLY A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE MAP PROCESS AT WORK. 
          UM, THIS WAS A GREAT PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHICH IS TERRY ROAD, UH, BETWEEN  AND NICHOLS CROSSING. 
          SO IT HELPED US, THE PROCESS HELPED US TO COORDINATE PLAN AND PRIORITIZE, UM, ACCESS, UH, ASPECTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS TO BUILD COMPLETE PROJECTS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO FOR THIS TERRY ROAD EXAMPLE, UM, WE WERE GOING TO INSTALL PROTECTED BIKE LANES, AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE BIKEWAYS PROGRAM. 
          WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A FLOATING BUS STOP, UM, FUNDED BY CAPITAL METRO, UH, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING ALONG TERRY ROAD WAS IDENTIFIED AND, UM, FUNDED AND INSTALLED BY AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          AND THEN AT A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FUNDED, A PROTECTED INTERSECTION CONFIGURATION. 
          SO BRINGING ALL THOSE PROGRAMS TOGETHER REALLY HELPED US LEVERAGE ALL THAT WORK AND FUNDING, UM, AND DELIVER A BETTER PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FINALLY, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A COUPLE TOOLS. 
          UM, AGAIN, I THINK YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN. 
          UM, YOU CAN FIND THAT PLAN ONLINE LIVE FOR 2021 AND SEE ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AS WE GET CLOSER TOWARDS DECEMBER, WE'LL PUBLISH THE 2022 MAPS. 
          SO YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AHEAD FOR NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR OFFICES, AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, AND THE SECOND TWO I'D LOVE TO POINT OUT IS, UM, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS EXPLORE. 
          SO IT'S A WEB-BASED TOOL WHERE YOU CAN ZOOM IN FOR YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT OR FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S PLANNED WITH BOND FUNDING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          UM, YOU CAN CLICK ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND SEE SCOPES AND BUDGETS AND CONTACTS AND, UM, EVERYTHING YOU NEED. 
          UM, IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S UPDATED FOR 2016 AND 2018 MOBILITY PROJECTS. 
          UM, AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PRIORITIZATION FOR 2020, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. 
          SO THOSE ARE TWO GREAT RESOURCES IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PORTFOLIOS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          I'M FROM THE ATD SIDE, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW, OR ALLOW PUBLIC WORKS TO COME UP AND WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS COLLECTIVELY AFTERWARDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND I WILL JUST SAY THE, THE ANNUAL PLAN LINK IS SO HELPFUL WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE GROUND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHAT'S PLANNED UP AHEAD AND ALSO WHERE IT'S BEING FUNDED FROM. 
          SO IT DOES ALL THESE DIFFERENT SECTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT MOBILITY, BONDS, OR DIFFERENT OTHER, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO BE SEEING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, IS, IS PUBLIC WORKS DOING ANOTHER SECTION ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          I WOULD SAY LET'S STAY ON THIS TOPIC. 
          AND THEN AFTER WE HEAR FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UM, THEN WE'LL DO SOME QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, ANNA. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON, RICHARD MENDOZA, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF RFI 22, UH, OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JAMES SNOW TO COME AND PRESENT, UH, OUR SLIDES AND THEN WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, JAMES GNOSIS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DO NOT CONFUSE ME WITH JAMES DALE WITH ATD. 
          WE ALWAYS HAVEN'T. 
          WE DRESS THE SAME. 
          PEOPLE ALWAYS CONFUSE US, BUT OBVIOUSLY HE'S THE MORE HANDSOME OF THE TWO. 
          SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW IF I HAVE A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO TODAY, AND I'VE TOLD HIM, GIVE HIM 20 MINUTES. 
          AND WHEN WE PRACTICE THIS, RICHARD LOOKED AT MY SLIDES AND SAID, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS IN 20 MINUTES? REALISTICALLY, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK FAST, BUT RATHER WHAT THIS IS, IS A TAKEAWAY. 
          SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT STUDY, AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK AND BRIEF YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU'LL BE, THIS WILL BE A BASELINE FOR US TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AGAIN, JUST LIKE WHAT JAMES SAID WHEN HE TALKED. 
          YES. 
          THE OTHER JAMES, WE DO THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THIS BUDGET. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO MOBILITY, BUT INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT IT HERE, LET'S GO THROUGH THE SLIDES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH, UH, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW THE DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR MISSION IS UP THERE, BUT REALLY WHAT WE FOCUS ON IS OUR MOTTO. 
          WELL-BUILT WELL-MAINTAINED WELL BEING FOR ALL. 
          AND AS YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, WHAT WE'LL WILL GIVE YOU IS ONE ON ONE SIDE, IT GIVES US OUR SERVICE AREAS. 
          BUT SECONDLY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS THE MAIN CENTER OF THE SLIDE. 
          AND THAT IS THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR SD 23. 
          WE USE THIS AND AS YOU POINT THIS OUT, BECAUSE THERE'S A GUIDE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE, AND THEY'LL ALSO BE MENTIONED LATER, THAT'S HOW WE DO 
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OUR BUDGET. 
          WE LOOK AT ALIGNING OUR BUDGETS AND RESOURCES TO THAT. 
          OUR FIRST GOAL IS PROACTIVE, MAINTAIN CITY TRANSPORTATION RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSETS. 
          SECOND ONE IS TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS BY PLANNING, BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SUSTAINABLE MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          NUMBER THREE IS, WAS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY HELP MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO PUT THE ASSETS IN THERE. 
          SO COORDINATION IS IMPORTANT FOR IS IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE THE CAPITAL DELIVERY ARM FOR THE CITY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT WE'LL REFERENCE THAT, BUT MOST OF IT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HA WE MANAGE OVER 385 PROJECTS A YEAR FOR THE CITY AND OVER $4 BILLION WORTH OF DELIVERY OF THAT. 
          UH, NUMBER FIVE IS WE ESTABLISH A WORKPLACE CULTURE FOR EXCELLENCE INCLUSION, UH, CONSTANT, UH, EXCUSE ME, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY AND HUMAN CENTERED. 
          UH, WE'RE VERY, WE BELIEVE THAT STRATEGY IS VERY GOOD, BUT JUST LIKE PETER DRUCKER TELLS CULTURE, EATS STRATEGY FOR LUNCH. 
          SO WE THINK OUR CULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER AND ALSO REFLECT THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND THE FINAL IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES. 
          SO THAT'S OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY AND CAPABILITY TO DELIVER OUR SERVICES. 
          BUT IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, WILL NOT READ THE SLIDE TO YOU. 
          THESE ARE OUR SIX KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES FROM SD 23. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THAT IS THAT EVEN THROUGH THESE TIMES, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR TARGETS. 
          THE ONE AREA THAT WE LOOKED LIKE, WE WENT BACK A LITTLE BIT, WAS ON OUR LISTENING TO THE WORKFORCE, BUT THAT SURVEY DID NOT HAPPEN THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          WE WERE TOLD EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THEY WILL HAVE A NEW ONE THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT BASED ON THE TARGET. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE, WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THE SERVICE AND PROGRAM AREAS. 
          SO THESE ARE THE SERVICE AND PROGRAM AREAS SPECIFICALLY ON MOBILITY, EXCEPT FOR THE CAPITOL AREA. 
          ONE AT THE END, WHAT WE PUT IN PARENTHESES, IT LETS YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ASSETS WE MANAGE FOR THAT. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON STREETS, WE MANAGE OVER SEVEN, ALMOST 8,000 LANE MILES OF STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE MANAGE 2,700 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, 55 MILES OF TRAILS, 4,200 STRUCTURES OF BRIDGES, CULVERTS, AND SUCH, UH, CROSSING GUARDS. 
          WE WERE PROUD THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS HERE. 
          AND WE MAN 20, UH, WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE AT 200 CROSSWALKS ACROSS THE CITY, GETTING OUR CRITICAL ASSET OF KIDS TO, AND FROM SCHOOL AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AT ATD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM AND CAPITAL DELIVERY. 
          AS YOU MOVE ACROSS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT WE HAD IN  WHAT WE DID. 
          AND I'LL SHOW LATER IN THE BUDGET, WE SEPARATED IN TWO PARTS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST PART OF THE SLIDE. 
          AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FY 22 AND 21 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE, AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          YOU MADE THIS HAPPEN, HAVING US HAVE THIS FUNDING, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE IMPROVED IN EVERY SINGLE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          THAT IS A STATICALLY FUNDED, UH, AREA FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          EACH YEAR, WE A TRANSFER $400,000 FROM OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CAPITAL FUNDS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          THIS IS A LOT OF FINANCIAL STUFF TO START OFF WITH. 
          I PROMISE YOU MORE INTERESTING THINGS WILL FOLLOW. 
          UH, OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 132.2 MILLION. 
          THAT'S A RAISE OF 1.6 MILLION OVERALL. 
          AND WE ADDED 26 NET POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 626. 
          NOW WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS IS THE 200 CROSSING GUARDS THAT WE HAVE THAT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED SEASONAL TEMPS. 
          SO REALISTICALLY WE HAVE ALMOST 900 EMPLOYEES IN OUR DEPARTMENT SERVICING THE CITY. 
          THIS GIVES YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS, WE DID INCREASE THE TRANSPORTATION USER FEE BY A DOLLAR SEVEN FOR PUBLIC WORKS THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE KEPT THE CAPITAL DELIVERY RATE FLAT AND THE ALLOCATION ONLY WHAT A SMALL AMOUNT FOR SERVICES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A TAKEAWAY I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO IT, BUT WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS HOW WE'VE GROWN. 
          HOW'S THE TRANSPORTATION USER FEE HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS. 
          THE SOLID LINES ARE BOTH PUBLIC WORKS IN ATD AND THE DOTTED LINES IS WHAT PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE TO IT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IF SOMEONE LOOKS AT THAT AND LATER ON, IF WE COME BACK PRESENTATION AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          WHAT REPRESENTS RECURRENTLY IS THE TWO DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER, BUT THEN WE'RE SHOWING IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WE POSSIBLY NEED TO MAINTAIN SERVICES AND CONTINUE, UH, MAINTAIN THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO GOAL ONE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, UNDER THAT GOAL, WE ADDED NINE NEW POSITIONS. 
          WE, UH, ADDED ALMOST $700,000 TO CONTINUE MAINTAIN THE STREETS AT THE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR GOAL, HOPEFULLY BY 2023 TO BE AT 77% SATISFACTORY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST STANDARDS IN TEXAS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND I GET CONSTANTLY TOLD BY SOME FRIENDS 
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THAT DRIVE ON OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND THEN COME HERE AND THEY SAY, WHY CAN'T OUR STREETS BE THIS WAY? I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IS SAN ANTONIO. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL THAT LAST YEAR THEY TACKLED A HUNDRED THOUSAND POTHOLES. 
          WE ONLY DID ABOUT 4,500 BECAUSE WE KEEP OUR STREETS IN BETTER CONDITIONS. 
          SO THAT'S A TRUE CHINA OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE MAKE SURE OUR JOB IS DONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          GOAL TWO IS MULTI-CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, AND YOU'LL SEE LATER IN THE SLIDES IS WE ARE VERY, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THIS, ESPECIALLY ON SIDEWALKS. 
          THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM IS UNDERNEATH, UH, NEATH OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          WE BOTH DO OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUNDS TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND THAT. 
          AND EACH YEAR WE COMMIT AN ADDITIONAL, A MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR TO GROW THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT, NOT COUNTING THE CAPITAL. 
          WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS A WALKABLE CITY AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS ATD WITH A BIKE PROGRAM, WE HELP CO-CREATE THAT MAP, UH, PRE PLAN THAT WE COME INTO AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE WALKABLE ENJOYABLE CITY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE HAVE TWO GOALS ON THIS ONE REAL QUICK GOAL THREE, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT COORDINATING THE COORDINATOR OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AS FAR AS ASSETS BEING PLACED IN THERE, WE HAD ONE POSITION SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH SOME OF THE VEGETATION AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE RIGHT WAY. 
          GO FORWARDS OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GROWING, UH, 20 16, 20 18, 20 20 OF ALL LARGE BOND PROGRAMS. AND SINCE WE HELPED DELIVER THOSE BOND PROGRAMS, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT COUNTING OR, UH, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ABOUT $900 MILLION OF WORK THAT WE DO FOR AUSTIN WATER AND ALL. 
          AND WE ALSO MANAGE THE PROJECTS AT THE AVIATION AT OSS. 
          AND SO THAT IS A LARGE PORTFOLIO TO MANAGE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO MEET THAT GROWING NEED. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          FIVE, LIKE I SAID, HIS WORK CULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          WE, UH, WE ADDED ONE POSITION IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES GROUP TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND GOAL SIX FINANCE, WHICH WE'LL SHOW WE'LL SHOW, UH, HERE, SOME OF JUST THE BASIC HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO AS I SAID, THE FIRST PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WAS ABOUT OPERATIONS. 
          THE SECOND NOW IT'S ABOUT CAPITAL FUNDING, GETTING THINGS BUILT. 
          SO AS YOU LOOK HERE, THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT'S IN OUR, IN OUR PORTFOLIO, AS FAR AS THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON IS SPECIFICALLY TRANSPORTATION OR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WE DID, AND IT MIGHT BE A BUSY SLIDE, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS FIRST OF ALL, TOTAL SPENDING IN A EIGHT POINT OF 85.5 MILLION FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AND THEN SHOWING WHAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS WAY. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT GRAPHICALLY, THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN BY PROGRAM. 
          I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT OUT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN, AND WHEN WE COME BACK AND PRESENT IT ANY OTHER TIME, THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE WE'LL USE THIS CHART AS A WAY TO BASIS TO COME TELL YOU HOW WE'RE SPENDING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION I WON'T, I WON'T, UH, READ IT TO YOU, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT SHOWS HOW WE PLAN TO SPEND THE MONEY BY PROGRAM OR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT BOND SOURCES. 
          AS YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC WORKS IN ATD, WE ARE GENERAL FUND, UH, BONDS OR GO BONDS THAT WE USE TO DO OUR CAPITAL WORK. 
          SO WHAT WE SHOW HERE IS THE THREE CURRENT BOND PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDING OUR CAPITAL WORK. 
          W IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND OF THE SLIDE, AS YOU LOOK AT IT, IT GIVES YOU THE TOTAL AS FAR AS SPENDING FOR EACH OF THOSE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT PER PROGRAM. 
          WHY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 6.0 $61.2 MILLION IN OUR STREET PROGRAM THIS YEAR. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT, CORRECTION, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE PARTS IN OUR STREET RENEWAL. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 61 MILLION IN OUR STREET SAFETY. 
          WE'RE GONNA SPEND 29 MILLION AND THEN OUR STREET CAPACITY, WE HAVE 3.8 MILLION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW WE TALK ABOUT OUR TRAILS, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS, AS WE SAID, 4,200 STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          EVEN THOSE LITTLE DIPS THAT YOU SEE IN THE ROAD THAT GOES OVER AND YOU SEE THE PIPING, THAT'S ACTUALLY, WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT WITH, UH, INSTEAD OF WATERSHED AT THIS MOMENT. 
          SO THAT IS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH. 
          SO AS I SHOW YOU HERE, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SLIDE IS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $82.8 MILLION JUST ON BRIDGES AND CULVERTS OR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND THEN IN OUR URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE 55 LANE MILES RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO ADD MORE TO THAT AND SPEND $87 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ON THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE FINALLY SIDEWALKS, UH, 87 POINTS, UH, $86.7 MILLION IS A LOT TO SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE FOCUSED ON EXTENDING THE 2,700 LANE MILES THAT WE HAVE NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IS MORE WALKABLE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          LET ME TELL YOU A COUPLE OF KEY PROJECTS, BECAUSE NOW WE'VE SEEN ALL THE, ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY OR WHEN, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE PROJECTS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. 
          ONE OF THE MAIN PROJECTS, A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS GONNA BE SPENT ON IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RED REDBUD TRAIL BRIDGE OVER LADYBIRD LAKE. 
          UH, WE'RE DOING SIGNIFICANT WORK THIS YEAR JUST TO MAINTAIN IT. 
          BUT SOME OF THE THINGS 
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I LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR HIGHLIGHT IS THIS BRIDGE WILL REPLACE, UH, WE'LL REPLACE TWO BRIDGES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A 10 FOOT WIDE SHARED YOUTH PATH ON THIS BRIDGE GOING ACROSS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AGAIN, MAKE SURE OUR CYCLISTS AND OUR WALKERS CAN CROSS THE BRIDGE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC. 
          UH, IT IS A BIG ENDEAVOR. 
          THIS BRIDGE, UH, HAS BEEN NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 
          AND SO WE'VE THANKED THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING US ON THIS AND ALSO THE PUBLIC CAUSE WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT STRUCTURE FOR US TO USE AND UTILIZE NEXT SLIDE ST. 
          RICAN, UH, STREET RECONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, STASSNEY LANE IS A KEY PROJECT. 
          WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO ONE KEY PART TO THAT. 
          WE WANT TO BRING UP IS THAT THE MULTI-MODAL WE'LL EXPAND THE SIDEWALK TO 11 FOOT SIDEWALK. 
          AND THE STANDARD SIDEWALK IS USUALLY ABOUT THREE FEET, BUT WE AS STAFF, UH, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE SO WE CAN, PEOPLE CAN TRANS UH, TO WALK SAFELY ACROSS THIS AND UTILIZE AWAY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND OUR CARS TO USE THE SAME AREA. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ANOTHER KEY STREET STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS FALWELL LANE. 
          THE REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT AS THIS IS THE LINK TO TWO OF OUR MAJOR CITY RESOURCES OR ASSETS THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S FOR AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER, UH, DURING THE FLOODING THAT WE HAD PASSED IN 2012, I BELIEVE IT GOT FLOODED. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AS A CO-PROJECT WITH AUSTIN WATER AND AUSTIN ENERGY TO BE ABLE TO REINFORCE THIS ROAD SO THAT IT CAN SUPPORT OUR SOUTHEAST, UH, PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. 
          UH, I LIKE TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO STATE THAT WE ARE PROBABLY THE, WE ARE THE ONLY CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED TO DO THESE TYPES OF ROUTES. 
          AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED IN 2016 AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO THE AISD AND THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT PATHWAYS. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ATD TO MAKE MULTI-MODAL CAPABILITY FOR THAT. 
          BUT WHAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT, UH, IN THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ALONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 1900 FEET OF NEW LINEAR SIDEWALK, UH, EIGHT CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT'LL ALSO CONNECT TO AN ADA ACCESSIBLE TRAIL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          URBAN TRAILS AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, 55 MILES. 
          ONE OF THE KEY ONES THAT WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL, UH, UH, BEN CHAIRPERSON. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          UH, IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONNECTOR. 
          UH, IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A DISTRICT EIGHT AND LINK IT ALL, ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, ZILKER PARK, WHICH IS EXCITING TO HAVE THAT WALKABLE TRAIL. 
          BUT, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE GRADE SEPARATED CROSSING UNDER MOPAC, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT DOES CUT A LOT OF THINGS THROUGH OUR CITY ALLOWS, UH, OUR CYCLIST FEEL COMFORTABLE ON OUR PEDESTRIANS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM. 
          UM, WHAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS JUST THE COLONIAL PARK ENTRY AND PID BIKEWAY BRIDGE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S BEING SUPPORTED BY 2018 BONDS. 
          BUT THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS I'D LIKE TO, TO BRING UP AT THIS POINT, TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM IS THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT THIS MORNING ABOUT FOUR OF OUR NEW CANDIDATES THIS YEAR THAT WE TOOK ON, UH, THE DAVIS WHITE, UH, PARK, UH, TRAIL LIGHTING PROJECT, THE TA BROWN PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE CLAWSON AND LIGHTS AND, UH, INTERSECTION BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AND THE WHIRLPOOL PATIO EDUCATION PROJECT. 
          THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS BECAUSE WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM IS REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, TAKE THE NEXT STEP OF JUST NOT PROVIDING SIDEWALKS AND ROADS AND SAYING, HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT CONNECTION AND MAKE, ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL OUTDOOR SPACE WE HAVE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          METAL METAL LAKE BOULEVARD, STREET EXTENSION. 
          THIS WAS PART OF PEOPLE CONFUSE IT. 
          THEY THOUGHT THIS WAS PART OF THE 2016 BOND, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS BROUGHT OUT TO THE SIDE. 
          WE FUNDED IT WITH A CERTIFICATES OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS A KEY PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THIS WILL BE A COMPLETE STREET, UH, EXTENSION ALONG, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, WITH OUR PARTNER, UH, HABITAT HUMANITY, AND THE KEY THINGS WE'LL HAVE THE BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND GUTTERS AND DRAINS. 
          IT WILL BE A GREAT ASSET AND ALLOW US TO EXTEND THAT, UH, AFFORDABLE, UH, SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS JANE LANE. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A PARTNER PROJECT. 
          THE SAME THING HAPPENED WAS IN 2016, WE PULLED THIS ASIDE. 
          IT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT, BUT WE WANTED TO WORK CONTRIBUTED TO, UH, IMPROVE THINGS IN OUR EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE A, IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETE STREET WITH ADA SIDEWALK, STRANGE AND VISITATION. 
          IT ALSO WILL LINE UP AND SUPPORTS THAT ANOTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT OUT THERE. 
          UH, THINK EAST OF PRAGUE, UH, APARTMENTS. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPER THERE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO GET THIS GOING. 
          AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SIDEWALKS. 
          IT'S HARD TO LIST HOW MANY SIDEWALKS WE DO, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE SEEN THE MAP, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF SIDEWALK WORK. 
          WE DO. 
          TH WE JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY COMING UP, BUT REALISTICALLY WE 
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HAVE A LOT WORK COMING THIS YEAR, SO I COULD HAVE PROBABLY FILLED IT WITH MULTIPLE SLIDES. 
          BUT THE KEY THING I WANT TO BRING UP TO, TO YOU, WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS IS THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE URBAN TRAIL AND SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN RENEW, AND COME BACK TO YOU TO ASK TO APPROVE. 
          SO WE CAN SET THE STAGE TO CONTINUOUSLY EXTEND THESE WALKABLE PATHS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THAT'S QUESTIONS. 
          AND I SAID, I TRY NOT TO SPEAK FAST. 
          UH, HOPE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE YOU CAN READ. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO MY PARTNER, UH, FROM ATD TO COME UP, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UH, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND GETTING THROUGH IT IN A WAY THAT WAS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOME. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 52% OF THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES NETWORK. 
          THAT'S A REALLY GREAT INITIATIVE. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE VERY COMMITTED TO MOVING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM COMPREHENSIVELY. 
          UM, AT THIS POINT I MAY OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT OVERVIEW. 
          UM, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, UM, ONE HAD TO DO WITH SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, AND I THINK THIS WAS IN THE SECOND PRESENTATION. 
          UM, IT NOTES A DIFFERENCE OF 14 MILLION FROM BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND FISCAL YEAR 21 AND SLIDE. 
          UM, I THINK IT SAYS FOUR OF THE BOTTOM OF IT. 
          UM, BUT INSIDE THREE IT SAYS THE PERCENTAGE OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS THAT ARE FUNCTIONALLY ACCEPTABLE IS GOING TO BE PROJECTED TO STAY THE SAME AT 38%. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IN A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'RE DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NEW SIDEWALKS, BUT, UM, I'M CONCERNED IF WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS AND WE'RE NOT MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS THAT ARE FUNCTIONALLY ACCEPTABLE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, RICHARD MENDOZA. 
          THAT'S A VERY ACUTE CURRENT, UH, OBSERVATION. 
          UH, I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          I DO KNOW WE ARE COMPLETING OUR CONDITION ASSESSMENT SURVEYS. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE GO OUT AND PHYSICALLY TAKE THE, UM, UH, DEFICIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH SIDEWALK AND ASSIGN A CONDITION RATING. 
          AND, UH, WE DO THAT ABOUT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AND SO SOME OF THIS DATA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, UPDATED IN TIME FOR THIS REPORT. 
          I'LL BE GLAD TO COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT NUMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN, IN CREATING ALL OF THESE NEW SIDEWALKS, THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, MISSING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE ACCESSIBLE OUR EXISTING SIDEWALKS, BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF THOSE. 
          UM, JUST BY THE FACT THAT THE GOAL IS ONLY AT 38%, UM, THAT NEED NEED WORK TOO, AND ARE PART OF THE PLAN. 
          SO IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME ON THAT, I WOULD HAVE I'D APPRECIATE. 
          YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY. 
          I DO RECALL THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IN 2017, WE WERE AT AROUND 25%. 
          UH, SO WE'VE IMPROVED SINCE THEN, BUT I'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THESE NUMBERS UPDATED FOR YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THEN I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE IF THIS NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THIS, UM, PRESENTATION OR THE PARKING ENTERPRISE ONE, BUT IT, IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A, UH, UM, HR STUDY OF SORTS FOR MOBILITY OFFICERS AND THAT THE PLAN IS TO BE IMPLEMENTING THE MOBILITY OFFICER PROGRAM THIS YEAR, AND THEY BELIEVE A GOAL OF 10 FTES. 
          UM, CAN SOMEONE SPEAK TO WHERE WE ARE AT IN THAT PROCESS? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JASON REDFERN, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE, UH, THE FINAL JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE WITH CORPORATE HR RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND, AND ZONE THE EXISTING OFFICERS. 
          UM, BUT, UM, IT IS WITH CORPORATE HR AND, UH, WE EXPECT TO START THE HIRING PROCESS BY THE END OF NOVEMBER OR BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, THE POSITIONS ARE, ARE FAIRLY HARD TO FILL. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, THREE FULL-TIME POSITIONS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'VE OFFERED JOBS TO OFFICERS AND TWO HAVE ACTUALLY DECLINED. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL START THAT PROCESS AND, AND, AND START, UM, ADVERTISING AND INTERVIEWING AND HOPE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO THE SCOPE OF WHAT AN ABILITY OFFICER WILL BE DOING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO MOBILITY, SERVICE OFFICERS, UM, WE'LL BE GOING BEYOND WHAT A TYPICAL, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DOES. 
          UM, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL 
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DUTIES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, STARTED ASSISTING THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO NOW, UM, TOW VEHICLES, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BEFORE WE, WE ALWAYS RELIED ON THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, UH, WE'RE CLEARING ALLEYS, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, MOBILITY SERVICE OFFICERS, UM, ALSO WILL BE LOOKING AT BIKE LANE CLOSURES, WHERE THERE ARE NO PARKING OR TOLLWAY ZONES. 
          UH, WE WILL BE CLEARING THOSE SAFETY IMPEDIMENTS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE AROUND ON BICYCLE SAFELY. 
          UM, THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP BACK UP, UH, BARRICADES AND, AND EVENT CLOSURES. 
          UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STAND AT THE BARRICADE AND, AND BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE FRIENDLY AND PROVIDE ADVICE ON HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND THE CLOSURE OR WHATEVER. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DUTIES. 
          UH, STATE LAW JUST WAS CHANGED, UH, GOES INTO EFFECT, UH, ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER ONE, THERE'S A, AN ABANDONED PROPERTY, UH, LAW THAT WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW, UH, NON LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, EMPLOYEES TO, TO START ADDRESSING ABANDONED VEHICLES AS WELL. 
          AND SO MOBILITY SERVICE OFFICERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO, TO HELP AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE ARE SOME DUTIES STILL SET IN LAW THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY, UH, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO OUT, WE'LL HAVE BOOTS ON THE STREETS, UH, IDENTIFY THOSE ABANDONED VEHICLES AND THEN START CLEARING UP THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS, UM, PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THAT OVERVIEW AND, AND AS MY COLLEAGUES CAN SEE, AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE, UM, THE MOVEMENT TO, TO, UM, CREATE THE MOBILITY OFFICERS IS, IS ONE MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO ALLOW OUR OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON, UM, MORE VIOLENT CRIME AND, AND NOT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE, UM, SITUATIONS LIKE TOWING AND THE BIKE LANE OBSTACLES THAT CAN BE DONE BY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN A SWORN OFFICER. 
          UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU, MR. REDFERN, AND, AND WE APPRECIATE, UM, CONTINUED UPDATES ON THOSE THINGS. 
          IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE RECRUITMENT. 
          I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT I CHAIR THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND MYSELF AND I, AND I BELIEVE IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO PUT FORWARD A SPECIAL PROJECT FOR THE AUDITOR TO BE LOOKING AT RETENTION, RETENTION, AND RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES IN A TIGHT LABOR MARKET. 
          UM, AND ONE PIECE OF THAT WE'LL BE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHAT CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING. 
          SO IF THAT IS PART OF THE SITUATION FOR THE HIRING PIECE, UM, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, ALSO BE ABLE TO, TO THINK ABOUT THINGS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT IN THAT REGARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD I WAS A BIT HARD TO UNDERSTAND EARLIER, SO I HAVE TAKEN OFF MY MASK. 
          I AM VERY, VERY, VERY MANY FEET AWAY FROM ANYONE AND WE'LL PUT IT RIGHT BACK ON AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH THIS MEETING. 
          UM, I WANTED ONE OF THE IDEAS I HAD WHILE, WHILE WE WERE ASKING FOR THESE ITEMS TO COME UP WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE GOT QUESTIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE WATCH COUNCILS DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADOPTING A BUDGET, SOMETIMES THEY ONLY SEE THE ONES THAT, UM, ARE REALLY NITTY GRITTY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR EVERY DOLLAR AND PENNY THAT WE CAN TO FUND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE BELIEVE IN. 
          BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THE BAKED IN BUDGET THAT THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT BUDGET ADOPTION DELIVER FOR THEIR COMMUNITY? UM, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE DEPARTMENTS TO SHOWCASE A LOT OF THE FINANCING AND THE INITIATIVES AND THE GOALS THAT, UM, THAT YOU'RE BEING ABLE TO PUT FORWARD THROUGH THIS BUDGET THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET A LOT OF AIR TIME. 
          UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK GOING ON. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, THE DYNAMIC SPEED DISPLAYS ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, I WAS GLAD TO HEAR, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDS. 
          I KNOW I'VE SEEN POSTS ONLINE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING VERY EXCITED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, SPEED LIMITS, UM, NOT ONLY BEING ADJUSTED FOR A MORE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO TO HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT VISIBILITY. 
          SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD I'M IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          WE SEE A LOT OF CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I REPRESENT SEES PEOPLE THAT ARE CUTTING AROUND INTERSECTIONS, DRIVING REALLY FAST ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, WHERE PEOPLE ARE BACKING OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY AND WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING TO RIDE BIKES. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE USUALLY WORK ON BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          UM, CAN YOU SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE YOU MIGHT BE, UM, LOOKING FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE SPEED, THE SPEED MANAGEMENT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPEED ASSESSMENTS? YES. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          YOU'LL RECALL. 
          UM, 
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I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WHEN WE CAME, WE CAME TO COUNCIL WITH A, A WIDE RECOMMENDATION TO RESET NEIGHBORHOOD'S SPEED LIMITS THAT, UM, AND WE HAD STUDIED A WHOLE WIDE RANGE OF STREETS THAT WERE 40 FEET, UM, OR WIDER. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, WHERE WE SEE THE MOST EGREGIOUS SPEEDING, JUST CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE. 
          UM, THEY'RE USUALLY FLAT AND STRAIGHT AND WIDE, AND THAT ENCOURAGES A LOT OF SPEEDING. 
          SO, UM, WE BROUGHT FORTH THAT ORDINANCE. 
          WE RESET MANY, MANY SPEED LIMITS AROUND THE CITY, UM, TO 25 OR 30, UM, WITH THE PROMISE THAT WE WOULD COME BACK IN OUR NEXT ROUND OF STUDY, UM, AND LOOK AT THE NEXT SET OF STREETS, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE BETWEEN 36 AND 40 FEET WIDE. 
          SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE WE, WE CAPTURED A LOT IN OUR FIRST STUDY, UM, THERE'S A, A MILES OF NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS THAT FALL IN THAT SECOND SET, UM, THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. 
          SO WE'LL BE DOING A SIMILAR STUDY, UM, ENGINEERING BASED STUDY, AND WE'LL BRING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, UM, LATER THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN SIMILARLY ON OUR LARGE, UM, ARTERIAL STREETS ARE LEVEL THREE AND FOUR STREETS, UM, ARE REALLY WHERE WE SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF INJURY CRASHES. 
          UM, SO WE BROUGHT LAST YEAR, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO LOWER SPEED LIMITS ON THE LEVEL THREE AND FOUR STREETS WITHIN THE URBAN CORE. 
          AND THAT WAS A GREAT START. 
          UM, BUT WE WANT TO EXPAND UPON THAT NOW AND LOOK AT OUR LEVEL THREE AND FOUR STREETS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE URBAN CORE. 
          UM, SO WE ARE INITIATING THAT THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING BACK A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, UM, BE AN ORDINANCE IN 2022. 
          THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS. 
          IS THERE ANY INITIAL DATA ABOUT MINIMIZING CRASHES OR IS THERE ANY SAFETY DATA BEING COLLECTED EITHER THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THESE LOWERING OF SPEEDS ARE IN FACT AFFECTING, UM, PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR AND THEREFORE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY? I DON'T HAVE ANY AUSTIN SPECIFIC DATA. 
          IT'S BEEN PRETTY, PRETTY NEW THAT WE'VE LOWERED THE SPEED LIMITS, BUT WE KNOW FROM ALL THE WORK DONE DONE NATIONALLY THAT EVERY FIVE MILES AN HOUR, THAT YOU CAN REDUCE, YOU CA A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SERIOUS INJURY COLLISION. 
          SO WE EXPECT THAT SAME RESULT, UM, HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO SOON TO SAY, BUT, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO COLLECT SOME AFTER DATA. 
          AND THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS EAGER TO KNOW IF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING ARE HAVING THAT EFFECT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          DID I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAISE HER HAND? YES, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND, AND, UM, THANK YOU, CHAIR ELLIS. 
          I DO AGREE. 
          THIS IS GREAT. 
          IT'S A GOOD WAY TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, THE, WHAT, WHAT IS DONE EVERY YEAR WITH REGARD TO THE CAPITAL, UM, PROGRAM AND ALL THE GREAT, UM, PROGRAMS THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE, ARE, UM, PROCEEDING WITH. 
          SO I HAVE A QUESTION SPECIFIC TO THE SUBSTANDARD ROADS, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER, OR ACTUALLY JUST MAKE A COMMENT. 
          I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS THAT THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR MECHANISM IN PLACE, BUT, UH, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE AN, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND THAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR GROWTH WITH REGARD TO HOUSING, PARTICULARLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUBSTANDARD ROADS. 
          WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF INSTANCES, UM, OVER THE YEARS AND, UH, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROVING ZONING CHANGES, UH, PARTICULARLY ZONING CHANGES THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR GOALS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THEY MAY BE ON A ROAD THAT IS A SUBSTANDARD ROAD, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, HOW MANY PLANS ARE FUNDING MIGHT BE A BETTER TERM. 
          WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN THE QUEUE, SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS THIS MAY BE FIRST OFF. 
          THIS MAY BE A LONGER CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, BUT MY QUESTION IS, NUMBER ONE, IS THERE AN EXISTING PROCESS AT THE MOMENT TO, UM, TO CONSIDER ZONING CHANGES, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A CRITERIA, OR MAYBE FACTORS A BETTER WORD, A FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE QUEUE FOR SUBSTANDARD ROADS? THAT WOULD BE ONE QUESTION. 
          UM, AND NUMBER TWO, IS THERE SOME SORT OF MECHANISM THAT WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE TO, TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY, UM, IDENTIFY A PATH, UH, TO FUNDING IF WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ZONE, UH, AN AREA, UH, AND A PROJECT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE'VE GOT THE THING THAT'S HOLDING US BACK, OR THAT'S GIVING US PAUSE IS THE FACT THAT A ROAD IS SUBSTANDARD. 
          THERE MAY NOT BE SIDEWALKS ON IT, OR THEY MAY BE, HAVE SOME DANGEROUS ASPECTS OF IT. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US IN THE PAST AND IN CERTAINLY HAPPENED TO ME IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND I'M FACED WITH ONE OF THOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT SO IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS QUESTION. 
          IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP THAT 
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YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHT OF, OR IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF IN TERMS OF A PROCESS? THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO PUT SOME MORE THOUGHT TO IT AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          UM, I WANT TO OFFER A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, OUR ANNUAL MAP PROCESS DOES GIVE US A WAY TO, UM, CHECK IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          UM, AND AS WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, UM, AND THAT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE AND REACT TO WHETHER IT'S A ZONING CASE OR A NEW DEVELOPMENT OR A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE DOES ALLOW US THE CHANCE TO, UM, PRIORITIZE YEAR TO YEAR. 
          UM, SO THAT IS ONE PLACE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY WEAVE IT IN. 
          UM, THE SUBSTANDARD STREET PROJECTS, UM, TEND TO BE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE USUALLY THEY'RE LACKING THE REASON THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS OR BIKE LANES IS BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE DITCHES OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR THEIR GRADE CHALLENGES. 
          AND SO THEY TEND TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS. 
          SO, UM, THEY, AND SO IN THAT REGARD, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO, UM, HEAR ABOUT A AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SOME KIND OF ZONING, AND THEN BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING, UM, TO STUDY IT AND THEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT IT BECAUSE THOSE TEND TO SORT OF BE LONGER PATHWAYS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO KIND OF REACT ON THE FLY, UM, TO A NEW PROJECT SUCH AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT. 
          UM, I THINK A PLACE THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR FOR THE FUTURE TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY IS WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE. 
          UM, I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THAT WILL BE START COLLECTING FEES ON NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN THE SUMMER OF 22, UM, THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS ON, YOU KNOW, ONE LARGER PROJECT IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. 
          UM, SO THAT COULD BE A TOOL FOR THE FUTURE, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW THINGS WE NEED TO PIECE TOGETHER, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE, TO REQUEST SUCH AS YOURS. 
          I WONDER IF THERE'S BEEN ANY, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LONGER CONVERSATION AND LOVE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT. 
          UM, BUT I WONDER ALSO IF THERE WAS A, IF THERE'S A PLANNING PROCESS THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT OCCURS ACROSS, ACROSS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUBSTANDARD ROADS. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, THERE'S A LIST OF THEM. 
          WE KNOW WHO WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE THEY'RE IN, UH, IN OUR ASM P UH, IF THERE MIGHT BE A, A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF TAKING A LOOK AT THEM AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT MAYBE MIGHT BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD SPECIFICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO, UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT KIND OF PLANNING, SO I'M JUST KIND OF CONFIRMING THAT. 
          AND THEN JUST SAYING THAT I'D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT IT. 
          UM, UH, TALK WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM MORE ABOUT IT AS WELL AS WITH THE HOUSING HOUSING FOLKS. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. 
          I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          I WILL FOLLOW UP. 
          THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. 
          UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I MIGHT SUGGEST WE MOVE 
          [3. Parking Enterprise Division briefing (40 minutes). Sponsors: Council Member Paige Ellis, and Council Member Mackenzie Kelly]
ON TO THE PARKING ENTERPRISE PRESENTATION. 
          I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, PUTTING THOSE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER AND RUNNING THROUGH THEM WITH US. 
          THOSE WERE REALLY, UM, INFORMATIVE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, JASON REDFERN, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, PARKING ENTERPRISE. 
          UM, I AM JOINED TODAY BY MY BOSS, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JASON, JOHN, MICHAEL HE'S OVER SMART MOBILITY AND THE PARKING ENTERPRISE. 
          HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MAKE TOO MANY PROMISES IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND I'LL WAIT FOR IT TO GET SET UP HERE. 
          SO, UH, GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LINE. 
          SO TO TODAY, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AND HELPING HIGHLIGHT THE, THE WORK THAT WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO COME, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES THAT WE OFFER. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US, UM, TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKING ENTERPRISE AND ITS FORMATION. 
          UM, I WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED BY THE PARKING ENTERPRISE. 
          UM, I'LL TOUCH ON THE COVID RESPONSE AND WHAT WE DID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, AND THEN HOW WE SWITCHED OUR OPERATIONS AND W AND WHAT WE DID, UH, PART OF THE WAY THROUGH, UM, ALSO TALK ABOUT SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS AND HOW WE'VE WORKED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PARKING SYSTEM, AND THEN TOUCH ON SOME, SOME FUTURE INITIATIVES THAT WE MAY BE BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL TO DISCUSS FURTHER. 
          SO, UH, NEXT LINE. 
          SO, UM, THE PARKING ENTERPRISE IN PARENTHESES, I'VE, I'VE ADDED THE, THE, 
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UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER WHERE THE PARKING ENTERPRISE WAS FOUNDED, UH, JANUARY 10TH, 2008. 
          UM, I PUT THAT THERE AS A REFERENCE IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT THE, THE ORDINANCE. 
          UM, I CAN ALSO PROVIDE A COPY OF THAT AS WELL. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAN THE THREE MAIN TOPICS THAT I'VE I'VE PICKED. 
          UM, BUT I THOUGHT THESE THREE WERE THE, WERE PRETTY IMPORTANT TO MENTION, TO, UM, TO COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE CREATION OF THE, UM, PARKING ENTERPRISE WAS TO, TO CREATE A MARKET DRIVEN, UH, SELF-SUPPORTING UH, UM, FUND TO BASICALLY COVER OUR COSTS FOR OPERATIONS, UH, COVER OUR COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE, UM, AND, AND NOT, UH, BE ANY KIND OF BURDEN ON ANY OTHER TYPE OF FUND, UH, SUCH AS THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, THE, THE S THE SECOND THING THAT I PICKED WAS MOBILITY INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, WE, THE PARKING ENTERPRISE WAS FORMED SO THAT WE COULD ALSO, UM, FUND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN A SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLES, UM, ANYTHING OVER OUR OPERATING COSTS, ANYTHING OVER WHAT WE CAPTURE IN OUR CAPITAL ACCOUNTS FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE ARE THEN ALSO ABLE TO PAY FOR, UM, UH, SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, PAY FOR, UH, BIKE RACKS, OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT, UH, COMPLIMENT THE, THE, THE MOBILITY SYSTEM WITHOUT BEING A SOV. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE PARKING ENTERPRISE WAS CREATED FOR EXPANSION TOO. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKING MANAGEMENT TOOLS, UM, AND THERE ARE ALWAYS, UM, ISSUES THAT, THAT, UM, ARE ON STREET WITH, UH, MANAGING THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY. 
          AND SO, UH, PART OF THE CHARGE OF THE PARKING ENTERPRISE IS TO, TO MANAGE PARKING SESSIONS. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, POTENTIALLY BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OFF-STREET FACILITIES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN OWN OUR OWN PARKING STRUCTURES AS WELL. 
          AND THAT COULD BE EITHER THROUGH JUST A CITY, UH, RELATED PROJECT, OR IT COULD BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, IN BUILDING STRUCTURES AS WELL. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, ON PARKING ENTERPRISE. 
          THESE ARE THE FAR WITHIN THE PARKING ENTERPRISE. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, AND IT'S EXACTLY AS IT SOUNDS, WE, WE WRITE PARKING CITATIONS. 
          UH, WE DO STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, NO PARKING TOLLWAY ZONES, 18 INCHES, UH, TO CURB LEFT WHEEL TO CURB. 
          UM, SO WE ARE THE REGULATORY ARM, UH, FOR THE, FOR, UH, REG FOR, UH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, WE ALSO, UM, FULFILL COURT ORDERS. 
          UH, JUDGES ARE A JUDGE WILL, UM, ISSUE A COURT ORDER FOR US TO IMMOBILIZE VEHICLES, UH, SOMETIMES, UM, AND TO TOW IT, IF THEY DON'T, UH, MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO, UM, TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE COURT MATTER. 
          UM, OUR ENFORCEMENT SERVICES DIVISION ALSO REGULATES THE FOR HIRE SERVICES, TAXI CABS, UM, UH, LIMOS CHARTERS, UH, THEY'RE CHECKING FOR PERMITS, AND THEY'RE REGULATING THE, THE SERVICES THAT WE ALSO PERMIT. 
          UM, AND THEN LAST, UH, BIKE LANE ENFORCEMENT NALLY. 
          I MENTIONED THAT, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, UM, WE HAVE, UM, TAKEN IT UPON OURSELVES TO ENFORCE A BIKE LANE. 
          UH, CLOSURES ARE IMPINGEMENTS IN THE SYSTEM. 
          WE THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, UH, SAFEGUARD OUR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. 
          UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN END THE 3 1, 1 APP. 
          YOU CAN TURN IN A, UH, A COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUEST AND TELL US ABOUT THIS IMPINGEMENT. 
          UM, AND WE CAN GO OUT, SEND OFFICERS AND A TICKET, AND THEN TOW THE VEHICLES IF NECESSARY. 
          UH, SO THE, THE SECOND DIVISION IS PARKING SERVICES. 
          PARKING SERVICES IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS GROUP. 
          UM, THEY OPERATE ALL OF OUR ON AND OFF STREET FACILITIES. 
          UM, THEY MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE, UH, PARKING KIOSKS. 
          UH, THEY, THEY TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE METERS, UM, BUT THEY'VE ALSO EXPANDED THEIR ABILITY. 
          UM, THEY'RE, UM, BIKE RACKS ARE, ARE A PART OF PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND SO YOU THINK OF PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE KIOSK AND, AND, UM, TAKING CARE OF CARS. 
          UH, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE, UH, GPS LOCATED 1100 BIKE RACKS DOWNTOWN. 
          UH, THEY'RE ON A LAYER RIGHT NOW ON A, IN A, UH, GIS FILE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, WHEN THE RACK WAS MAINTAINED, UH, WE'VE INSTALLED TAMPER-PROOF HARDWARE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T, UM, STEAL THE BIKE RACK INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, VENTURED INTO, UH, PUTTING DOWN MICRO MOBILITY BOXES AND ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY HUBS. 
          AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY HUBS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, 
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MOBILITY DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS OUR ENGINEERING PIECE. 
          UM, THEY ASSIGN, UH, THE, THE USE OF A CURB THEY'LL GO OUT AND THEY'LL EVALUATE, THEY'LL LOOK AT, UM, WHAT THE, THE ISSUE IS AT THE CURBSIDE. 
          UH, THEY'LL EITHER ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL SERVICE ZONE. 
          THEY COULD ESTABLISH RESIDENTIAL PARKING, UH, UH, ZONES WITH THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS BEING FOLLOWED, UM, OR PAY TO PARK. 
          THEY CAN GO OUT AND, AND SEE THAT THERE'S A, UH, UH, TURNOVER OR SOME SORT OF A DEMAND ISSUE. 
          AND MAYBE WE USE OUR, UH, OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM AS THE TOOL TO TURN VEHICLES OVER. 
          UM, AND THEY ALSO, UH, DO SHARED MOBILITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, UH, DOCKLESS, UH, PERMITTING. 
          UM, THEY ALSO TALK TO THE CAR SHARE COMPANIES, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CAR SHARE COMPANIES THAT, UM, WILL BE, UH, POTENTIALLY COMING TO AUSTIN AND OFFERING MORE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, MOBILITY SERVICES MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S OUR, OUR, OUR MAIN ARM OF PERMITTING. 
          UH, THEY HERMIT, UH, OUR FOR HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES. 
          THEY ACTUALLY ISSUE THE PERMITS TO THE CABS. 
          UH, THEY DO INSPECTIONS. 
          UM, THEY, THEY ISSUE PERMITS FOR LIMOS CHARTER, UH, GROUP CYCLE, UM, ANYTHING IN, UH, CITY CODE RELATED TO, FOR HIRE SERVICES. 
          THEY PERMIT, UH, THEY LICENSE CHAUFFEURS, UM, THEY LICENSED BOOTING COMPANIES, UM, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT NEW SERVICES THAT ARE, UM, COMING TO AUSTIN AND DO AN EVALUATION OF THAT SERVICE AND DETERMINE IF WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK OR DO WE NEED TO GO INTO SOME SORT OF REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, UM, FOR THAT NEW SERVICE. 
          SO NEXT LINE, UH, JUST A, A QUICK LAYOUT OF OUR PAY TO PARK SYSTEM. 
          WE'VE GOT ALMOST 9,000 PAID PARKING SPACES, UM, 845 KIOSKS. 
          WE HAVE REMOVED OUR SINGLE SPACE METERS, OUR SINGLE SPACE METERS, UH, TECHNOLOGICALLY WE'RE NOT ADVANCED TO ENOUGH TO, UM, BE USED WITH OUR PAY BY PLATE SYSTEM OR THE PROGRESSIVE PRICING, UM, A FEE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW. 
          AND SO WE ARE REPLACING THE SINGLE SPACE METER LOCATIONS WITH A PAY BY APP ONLY, UH, ZONES, UH, SO FAR, UH, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE HAD 2.2 MILLION TRANSACTIONS THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY USERS WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM. 
          UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, 97% OF OUR TRANSACTIONS ARE BY CREDIT CARD. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE TAKE CREDIT CARD OR COIN. 
          WE DON'T TAKE, UM, DOLLAR TRANSACTIONS, UM, UM, IN THE METER. 
          SO, UM, AND THIS 97% OF TRANSACTIONS INCLUDES THE PARK ATX APP, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE TRANSACTIONS AT THE KIOSK AS WELL. 
          UM, WE, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 6% REDUCTION IN AVERAGE STATE TIME, AND THIS IS NOT BENCHMARKED AGAINST LAST YEAR. 
          THIS IS BENCHMARKED AGAINST 2019. 
          YOU 2000 TWENTIES, NOT A, A GOOD YEAR TO BENCHMARK AGAINST ANYTHING REALLY. 
          SO, UM, WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN STAY TIME AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE USE THE, THE, THE STREET SYSTEM. 
          WE WANT THEM TO, TO ACCESS BUSINESSES AND SERVICES, AND THEN WE WANT THEM TO RETURN THOSE SPACES FOR THE NEXT USER, UH, NEXT LINE. 
          UH, SO OUR COVID RESPONSE, UH, INITIALLY WHEN, UH, THE PANDEMIC STARTED, UM, THERE WAS SOME REALLY BRAVE, UH, RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN THAT, THAT STAYED OPEN TO OFFER SERVICES, UM, PICKUP AND DROP OFF, UH, SERVICES. 
          AND SO, UH, WE WENT AROUND AND WE, WE IMPLEMENTED A, UM, A, AN ELECTRONIC REQUEST METHOD, BUT WE ALSO, THERE WERE, UM, RESTAURANTS THAT WE NOTICED WERE OPERATING. 
          AND SO WE INSTALLED, UM, ABOUT 72 FOOD PRIORITY PICKUP ZONES, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE USE OF ABOUT 500 PAID PARKING SPACES. 
          AND SO BASICALLY WE TRANSFORMED THE PAY TO PARK TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF. 
          UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE MAKING NOTE OF THOSE RESTAURANTS AND, AND, AND WE CREATED AN INTERACTIVE RESTAURANT AND PARKING GUIDE, UH, AT THE HEIGHT. 
          I THINK WE HAD AROUND A THOUSAND BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN, THAT WERE, UM, MENTIONED IN THIS RESTAURANT GUIDE. 
          UM, OUR PARTNERS IN EDD, UM, WERE, WERE GREAT PARTNERS. 
          THEY TOOK THIS, UH, INTER INTERACTIVE, UH, PARKING GUIDE OVER AND WERE ABLE TO, UM, MAINTAIN IT AND CARE FOR IT AND ADD MORE BUSINESSES TO IT, UM, WHICH WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. 
          UH, SO AS, UH, BUSINESSES STARTED TO REOPEN, UH, WE WERE KIND OF IN A CONUNDRUM. 
          WE, WE NEED TO PROVIDE ON-STREET SPACE. 
          UH, WE STILL WANTED TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME, UH, PICKUP AND DROP-OFF ZONES, AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO TO, TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, PROVIDE FOR THE, FOR, FOR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, THE BRICK 
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AND MORTARS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE CAME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA OF, INSTEAD OF CREATING ALL THESE SPECIALTIES ZONES ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR DRY CLEANING AND, AND, UH, OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES, WE BASICALLY UNLOCKED ENTIRE PARKING SYSTEM. 
          SO, UM, THROUGH OUR PARK ATX APP, WE OFFERED, UH, TWO FREE 15 MINUTE VALIDATION CODES, AND IT'S A FREE 15 ATX ONE AND FREE 15 ATX TWO, UH, THEY'RE STILL ACTIVE BY THE WAY. 
          SO PEOPLE CAN STILL ACCESS THOSE. 
          UH, WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, USE OUR PARK ATX, UM, PAYMENT APP SO THAT WE COULD ELIMINATE TRANSMISSION POINTS. 
          WE, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT COVID AND TRANSMISSIBILITY. 
          AND SO IN ORDER TO, TO ELIMINATE THAT, UM, THAT ISSUE, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE CLEANING A LOT OF, UH, PAY STATIONS, UM, IN ORDER TO, TO REMOVE THAT, UM, WE OPENED UP THIS, THESE VALIDATION CODES, UM, VER A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, ENJOYED THOSE VALIDATION CODES. 
          UM, BUT BASICALLY IT TRANSFORMED OUR ALMOST 9,000 PARKING SPACES INTO PICKUP AND DROP-OFF ZONES. 
          UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING DOWNTOWN. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL SUPPLY IN THE PRIVATE, UH, GARAGE FACILITIES. 
          SO WE EXPANDED OUR AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          UM, OUR AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM IS, UM, OUR, UH, SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS WHO NEED TO PARK DOWNTOWN, UH, FOR A LONG, LONGER TERM THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST VISITING A, A BUSINESS. 
          UM, AND I CALL IT WAREHOUSING THEIR VEHICLE. 
          UM, SO FOR A PRICE BETWEEN LIKE 35 AND 50 BUCKS A MONTH, UM, THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS ARE SOLD TO PASS. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXPAND THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE, WE DID FLYERS AND, AND REALLY PUT THE WORD OUT. 
          AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND HOW MANY, UM, UH, PEOPLE ARE NOW WITHIN OUR PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MODERNIZING OUR SYSTEM AND HOW WE CONDUCT TRANSACTIONS AND, UH, AND, UM, UH, ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE ELECTRIC DRIVE WHERE WE'RE MIXING IN, UM, UM, UH, FAST CHARGERS WITH OUR, OUR, UM, PARKING ZONES AS WELL. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY ON THAT ONE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS. 
          UH, WE WORKED ON INCREASING OUR DIGITAL ACCESS OR INCREASING DIGITAL ACCESS FOR, UM, PEOPLE USING OUR SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE WORKED ON RE-IMAGINING OUR PARKING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON, UM, HOW WE CONDUCT PARKING SESSIONS AND THE DIFFERENT INCENTIVES TO, UM, UH, TO, TO, UM, PARK THE WAY THAT THE CITY WANTS THEM TO PARK. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO MODERNIZING OUR SYSTEM, UM, IN, IN 1990, YOU COULD HAVE PAID A DOLLAR AN HOUR FOR A PARKING SESSION, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE POPULATION WAS JUST UNDER, UM, HALF, HALF A MILLION, UM, IN UP TILL 2018, YOU COULD STILL PAY A DOLLAR PER HOUR FOR A PARKING SESSION. 
          AND WE ALMOST DOUBLED OUR, WE HAD DOUBLED OUR POPULATION. 
          AND SO, UM, PARKING RATES HADN'T CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN, YOU KNOW, 29, 30 YEARS. 
          AND THAT WAS PART OF THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE ON-STREET PARKING WAS, WAS SO, UM, UM, WAS IN THE 1990S, UM, UH, PRICING THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO GO OFF STREET AND PARK THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE THE OFF STREET PRICES WERE, WERE A LOT HIGHER. 
          SO WE HAD TO MODERNIZE OUR BASE RATE FOR PARKING. 
          UH, WE IMPLEMENTED A $2 PER HOUR, UH, BASE RATE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DID SOMETHING IN THE NEXT YEAR FOR PROGRESSIVE PRICING WHERE WE, WE PROVIDED A RANGE, UH, $2 TO $5 AN HOUR BASED ON DEMAND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS USED. 
          UH, SO, AND I'LL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A BIT. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, IN MODERNIZING OUR SYSTEM, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UM, UH, TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HARD INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND GO MORE TOWARDS SOFTWARE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WIRED IN, AND IT IS IT'S ON THE CURB, UM, IS NUMBER ONE, IT'S, IT'S COSTLY, UM, IT'S $10,000 FOR A KIOSK. 
          UM, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO YOU HAVE TO PROGRAM IT AND MAKE CHANGES, YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY VISIT THE LOCATION TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. 
          AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A SYSTEM WHERE IT'S MORE SOFTWARE-DRIVEN, UM, WHERE THERE ARE SIGNS THAT ARE TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE TELLING YOU. 
          YOU CAN PARK BY PAYING WITH THE APP. 
          UM, IT'S NOT A PERFECT 
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SYSTEM. 
          AND SO WE HAVE THINGS TO WORK OUT WITH IT, BUT THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IS TO, TO TRY AND REDUCE, UM, OUR, OUR HARD INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, BECAUSE THEN THAT ALSO, UM, REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND THE, UH, THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN HEADING OR MODERNIZING THE SYSTEM. 
          UH, WE IMPLEMENTED A PAY BY PLATE SYSTEM AS WELL. 
          WE, UM, WE, UH, FOR EVERY BLOCK FACE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT ZONE NUMBER NOW, AND, AND NOW, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO PAY TO PARK, THEY ENTER THEIR PLATE NUMBER AT THE KIOSK OR THEIR, WITH THEIR APP. 
          AND THE KIOSK KNOWS HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN THAT SPACE. 
          UM, AND IN THAT ZONE. 
          AND SO, UH, PAY BY PLATE WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO IMPLEMENT, UM, TO, TO DO THE PROGRESSIVE PRICING STRUCTURE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, IT, WITHOUT PAY BY PLATE. 
          UM, IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VERY EASY TO DO, UM, BUT, UH, PAY BY PLATE ALSO, UM, IS AN AMENITY FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, UM, THEY GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE, THEY GO TO THE KIOSK, THEY ENTERED THEIR PLATE NUMBER, AND THEN THEY CAN JUST GO ON ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO STICK A STICKER IN THEIR ANYMORE, UM, OR PLAY THE, HIDE THE STICKER GAME WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE, THEY'D PUT, UM, 18 PAY, PAY TO PARK STICKERS AND HIDE IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'VE COMPLIED WITH THE ORDINANCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING FOR IT. 
          SO IT CREATED SOME EFFICIENCIES IN HOW WE ENFORCE AS WELL. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE, UH, INCREASING DIGITAL ACCESS. 
          SO, UM, PARK ATX PLATFORM, UH, IS, UH, WE CALL IT A PLATFORM BECAUSE WE WANT TO, UM, CREATE A MARKETPLACE FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
          UM, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE PARKING TRANSACTIONS IF YOU PARKED SOMEWHERE, UH, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME OTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE SAME APP. 
          AND SO WE THINK THAT PARK PARK ATX PLATFORM IS A GOOD PLACE TO START AND TO TRY THINGS OUT AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS. 
          UM, THERE'S, YOU CAN, UM, CREATE A WALLET, UH, IN THE, IN THE APP WHERE YOU CAN PAY 20, $30 AND PUT IT IN THE WALLET. 
          UM, WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM CUSTOMERS WHO, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT THAT MUCH MONEY TO A WALLET. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S ALSO SINGLE-POINT TRANSACTIONS NOW AVAILABLE AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN JUST PUT YOUR CREDIT CARD IN AND DO ONE TRANSACTION INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, TO HOLD MONEY OVER INTO A WALLET. 
          UM, THERE'S A START, STOP FUNCTIONALITY THAT I DON'T KNOW IF A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          UM, WE, SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THEIR PARKING SESSION. 
          UM, IF YOU PURCHASE THREE HOURS DOWNTOWN AND YOU ONLY USE TWO HOURS, UM, WITH THIS APP, YOU CAN STOP THE PARKING SESSION AND THAT REMAINING HOUR, IT GOES BACK INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. 
          UM, AND, AND SO FAR WE'VE HAD, UH, ABOUT $65,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS WITH, UM, PEOPLE USING THE START STOP FUNCTIONALITY. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT VALUE FOR PEOPLE. 
          WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR PARKING SESSION OR MORE CONTROL OF THEIR PARKING SESSION. 
          AND THIS APP DEFINITELY DOES THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, PLAYING WITH MORE DIGITAL VALIDATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UM, UH, PERMITTING DIGITALLY, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ENFORCEMENT AND INTEGRATING, UM, ALL OF OUR PERMITTING INTO THIS SITE, SO THAT AS OUR OFFICERS SCAN THE PLATE, IT'LL, IT'LL TELL YOU EITHER THEY PAID TO PARK OR THEY'RE AN OFFICIAL, UM, UH, RIDE FOR HIRE OR WHATEVER IT'LL IT'LL LIST THEIR CREDENTIALS OF, OF THE DIFFERENT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE, UH, THERE'S A MULTIPLE AGENCY INTEGRATION WHERE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ST ED'S HAS WE'VE, WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO USE OUR BRANDING, THE PARK ATX APP. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A DEAL WITH PASSPORT, UM, BUT IN ORDER TO, UM, TO NOT CREATE MULTIPLE APP DOWNLOADS, IT'S A SEAMLESS PROCESS. 
          IF YOU'RE IN THE, IN THE ST EDS AREA THAT THEY CONTROL, YOU'LL STILL USE THE PARK ATX APP. 
          IT'LL JUST THE MONEY WILL GO TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING TO, UM, INTEGRATE WITH MORE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UM, WITH A SINGLE APP, SO THAT THE, UM, YOUR PARKING EXPERIENCE IS SEAMLESS. 
          UH, WE'VE INTEGRATED OUR PARKING SIGNS WITH, UM, THE PARK ATX APP. 
          UM, AND, AND PUT THAT OUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO PEOPLE IT'S CLEARLY DISPLAYED, YOU CAN USE OUR PARKING APP, UM, OR YOU CAN GO PAY AT THE PAY STATION. 
          UM, 35% OF OUR, OF ALL OF OUR TRANSACTIONS ARE WITH THE PARK ATX ATX APP RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IN 2019, IT WAS ABOUT 30%. 
          SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT A 5% INCREASE IN INTEREST IN PEOPLE USING THE PARK ATX APP. 
          UM, SO WE WERE THE FIRST CITY TO INTEGRATE 
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GOOGLE MAPS INTO, UM, THE, THE PARKING ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, YOU CAN GO TO, UH, GOOGLE MAPS AND AS YOU, UM, GO TO YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR PARKING SESSION FROM THE GOOGLE MAP APP. 
          UH, YOU CAN ALSO USE GP AS WELL. 
          UH, WE INTEGRATED WITH ZIBO THEIR IN-DASH PAYMENTS NOW, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE KIOSK ANYMORE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE OUR, UH, PARK ATX APP. 
          YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR PARKING SESSION IF YOUR VEHICLE IS ADVANCED ENOUGH AND HAS THE, THE, THE ZEBO APP THERE. 
          UM, YOU CAN PULL UP TO THE CURB, UM, PURCHASE YOUR PARKING SESSION AND NOT HAVE TO VISIT A KIOSK AND NOT HAVE TO PULL YOUR PHONE OUT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE CREATED A COMPLETELY DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT, UH, AROUND THE Q2 STADIUM. 
          UH, WE, UH, THERE WAS ABOUT 700 ON-STREET SPACES THAT WE CREATED, UH, WITH, OR THAT WE CARVED OUT, UH, WITH, UH, SIGNAGE THAT OUR MOBILE APP ONLY SIGNS. 
          UM, WE, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          THERE ARE NO HARD, THERE'S NO HARDWARE AROUND Q2, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING, UM, KIOSKS AND HARD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REGULAR USE ALL THE TIME MAKES MORE SENSE. 
          BUT IF WE ARE MANAGING DEMAND ONLY DURING EVENTS, UM, THIS DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT WORKS VERY WELL. 
          AND WE WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT SUCCESSES WITH IT SO FAR. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE, UH, RE-IMAGINING PARKING MANAGEMENT, UH, WE'VE, UH, LIFTED THE PARKING TIME LIMITS. 
          UH, THERE, WE USED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 1, 2, 3 HOUR TIME LIMITS AT OUR METERS. 
          UM, BUT, UM, WE WERE HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT IF I NEEDED 15 MORE MINUTES, IF IT WAS A TWO HOUR METER AND YOU NEEDED ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, UM, IT WOULD, IT WAS ILLEGAL. 
          YOU COULDN'T DO IT. 
          UM, IT WAS, IT WAS FEEDING THE METER AND YOU COULD RECEIVE A CITATION. 
          AND SO, UM, RATHER THAN, UM, MANAGING PARKING SESSIONS BY TIME, WE'RE NOW USING PRICE AND WE HAVE A PROGRESSIVE PRICING STRUCTURE NOW IN PLACE TO MANAGE OUR PARKING SESSIONS. 
          UM, SO IF, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, PAID FOR THREE HOURS, BUT IT WAS A TWO HOUR METER, THE UNDER THE OLD WAY THAT WE USED TO CHARGE, IT WAS $6 FOR THE PARKING SESSIONS. 
          AND IF YOU GOT A CITATION, IT WAS ANOTHER $40. 
          SO THAT COULD HAVE COST YOU $46 FOR A THREE HOUR PARKING SESSION. 
          UM, UNDER THIS NEW, UM, SYSTEM, THIS PROGRESSIVE PRICING STRUCTURE, IF YOU WERE TO PURCHASE THREE HOURS, IT WOULD COST YOU $2 AN HOUR FOR THE FIRST TWO HOURS AND THEN $3 FOR THE THIRD HOUR. 
          SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT $46 IN A CITATION VERSUS A $7 PAYMENT FOR A PARKING SESSION. 
          SO WE WERE INCENTIVIZING SHORTER SESSIONS THROUGH, UH, THROUGH PRICING, UM, BUT ALSO BEING MINDFUL THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN, WE ALL, YOU KNOW, MISJUDGE TIME FROM TIME TO TIME AND, AND PROVIDING THAT, UM, THAT CAPABILITY AND, AND A LITTLE BIT OF FORGIVENESS, UM, IN THAT STRUCTURE. 
          SO, UM, WE WERE PART OF THE BLOOMBERG CLIMATE CHALLENGE, UH, WITH AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPPORT IN IMPLEMENTING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARKING SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND OUR PROJECT WAS TO, UM, TAKE 5% OF OUR DOWNTOWN SPACES AND REPURPOSE THOSE TO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLE RELATED. 
          UM, WE WERE REPURPOSING PARKING SPACES, UH, TO, UH, COMMUNITY HUBS. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, SHORTLY. 
          UM, AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ADVANCE, UH, AND, AND BE, BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY HAS A CAR AND, AND STILL, WE WANT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE USING OUR SYSTEM. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE BLOOMBERG, UM, OUR AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM. 
          WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM, WE HAD ONE GARAGE AND 14 PASSES THAT WERE SOLD. 
          UM, AND AS FOR SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS, UM, WE HAVE, SINCE WE NOW HAVE 567 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM, UH, PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. 
          UH, THERE ARE 30 GARAGES THAT, UM, ARE PARTICIPATING AND IT'S FOR A LOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR BETWEEN 35 AND 50 BUCKS A MONTH. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISING, AND, AND EVEN WHEN WE ISSUE CITATIONS TO PUT A LITTLE INSERT IN THE CITATION TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT AN AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM IF YOU NEED TO PARK DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS THERE. 
          UH, WE ARE, UH, AGAIN, BIKE LANE ENFORCEMENT AND TOWING. 
          UH, WE HAVE ISSUED 413 CITATIONS FOR, FOR PARKING, A NO PARKING ZONE, 
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WHICH IS ALSO THE, THE BIKE LANE. 
          UM, WE'VE TOWED A TOTAL OF 296 VEHICLES, UH, FROM, FROM BIKE LANES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE WORKED WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE NOW, UM, RUNNING THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES OF THE ADA VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT'S A STATE ALLOWED ACTIVITY WHERE SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT A, AN OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THEIR VOLUNTEER CAN WRITE, UM, ADA VIOLATIONS AND THAT'S A CITATION OF $511. 
          UH, SO, UH, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PARTNERING WITH APD, THERE WAS ABOUT 15, 15 ACTIVE MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE 67 ACTIVE, UH, VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY WERE THAT SAFETY VEST ALSO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM VERY WELL. 
          UM, OUR FIRST, UH, SET TRAINING SESSION THAT WE W THAT WE DID WAS HERE AT CITY HALL, AND IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE WE SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN. 
          AND SO, UM, WE DID A TWO HOUR TRAINING SESSION, I THINK, ON A SATURDAY, AND THEN DID ANOTHER TWO HOUR ON-STREET SESSION. 
          UM, BUT WE STILL GREW THE PROGRAM ANYWAY. 
          UH, WE, WE LEARNED HOW TO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO OPERATE TEAMS AND, AND ZOOM. 
          AND THEN WE TAUGHT OTHER PEOPLE HOW TO OPERATE TEAMS IN ZOOM, UH, SO THAT WE COULD OFFER, UH, THESE CLASSES VIRTUALLY, UH, WE STILL HAD TO DO IN-PERSON TRAINING SESSIONS AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT SOCIALLY DISTANT, UM, WITH, UH, WE PAIR THEM UP WITH AN OFFICER. 
          UM, WE ALSO ALLOW OUR, OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS WE'LL, WE'LL PULL A CALL, PUT A CALL OUT AND WE'LL VISIT LIKE BARTON CREEK MALL. 
          UM, AND WE, THEIR MANAGEMENT KNOWS ABOUT IT, UH, DOMAIN. 
          UM, WE'LL SHOW UP TO A, TO A, A SHOPPING CENTER WITH, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS AND, AND PROVIDE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME ASSISTANCE IN, IN LEARNING HOW TO DO THESE, THESE VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AND NUMBER AND NUMBERS. 
          BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, WE'VE DONE ABOUT 441, UM, ADA VOLUNTEER CITATIONS THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR OFFICERS THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE APD THAT ONLY THAT'S OUR VOLUNTEERS 441 CITATIONS. 
          SO NEXT LINE, THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY HUBS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST ON THE LEFT IS SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY HUB IS, IS BASICALLY AN INTERSECTION OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN THE STREET OR IN AN AREA LIKE A GORE AREA OR SOMEPLACE, UM, ACCESSIBLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN POTENTIALLY GET A B CYCLE. 
          THEY CAN, THEY CAN RENT A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE. 
          THEY CAN PARK THEIR OWN VEHICLE, UH, THEIR OWN, UH, BICYCLE THERE, IF THEY WISH. 
          UM, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY HUB IS THE FIFTH AND PLEASANT VALLEY, UM, LOCATION THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL METRO HEADQUARTERS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A B CYCLE STATION THERE, THERE'S A CAR SHARE. 
          THERE'S A MICRO MOBILITY BOX, UH, ALL ADJACENT TO A BIKE LANE. 
          AND THEN RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, ABOUT THREE, 350 FEET, THERE'S A BUS STOP AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION INTERSECT AND US CREATING THESE, THESE HUBS OR THESE LOCATIONS THAT, THAT USES THE STREET AND REPLACES, UM, PEOPLE'S CAR FOR OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND THEN THIS IS MY, UM, UH, MY CREW THAT DID, THEY ALSO DID THE WATERLOO CORRAL 500 EAST 12TH, THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER THEY PUT THIS IN THE, IT WAS FULL. 
          AND SO PEOPLE WERE, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE VISUAL CUES OF DOCKLESS SYSTEM, UM, CAN, CAN BE A BIT MESSY. 
          AND SO PROVIDING VISUAL CUES AND LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO, TO PUT THESE DEVICES, UH, WE FOUND IS VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, AND THEN JUST A LISTING OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          UM, KIND OF A REHASH OF, OF WHAT I'VE MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION BEFORE, UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN THESE ARE OUR FUTURE INITIATIVES. 
          SO LOOKING AT THE MUNICIPAL PARKING CODE, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. 
          UH, WE WANTED TO TRY EVERYTHING ELSE POSSIBLE, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT, UH, PROCESSES AND STYLES TO, TO MANAGE PARKING SESSIONS. 
          UM, BUT THE FACT IS, IS THAT THE MUNICIPAL PARKING CODE IS, IS PRETTY OLD. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UH, FRESHEN IT UP. 
          WE WANT TO STREAMLINE IT. 
          UH, WE WANT TO HOPEFULLY CREATE SOME AGILITY WITH THE, UM, THE CODE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, MAKE CHANGES THAT THAT NEED TO BE MADE, UM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A RULE SET OR, UM, SOME, SOME OTHER METHOD, BUT THE MUNICIPAL PARKING CODE 
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NEEDS IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF AN UPDATE. 
          AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU SOMETIME, UM, IN, UH, 2022, UH, MY DEADLINE IS MAY OF 2022. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IT HERE BEFORE THEN. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARTNERS TO TALK WITH. 
          WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TO COORDINATE WITH THE COURT AND WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH INTERNALLY IN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, I HAVE TO COORDINATE, UM, WITH, UM, URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND COME BACK TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IDENTIFYING HIGH DEMAND AREAS AND, UM, AND IDENTIFY THE BEST TREATMENT. 
          DO WE, YOU KNOW, DO WE MANAGE PARKING SESSIONS BY PAYMENT? DO WE MANAGE PARKING SESSIONS WITH A REGULATORY SIGN? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DETERMINING. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, DIGITIZING OUR PERMIT, ISSUANCE AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, GARAGE AND, AND CONSTRUCTING GARAGES, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH AUTONOMOUS THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE WAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN SOVS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO STILL CONSTRUCT, UM, SOME OFF-STREET FACILITIES, UM, AND THEN BE MINDFUL THAT WE CAN ADAPTIVELY REUSE IT IF, IF AT SOME TIME THAT THAT STRUCTURE ISN'T USABLE ANYMORE, THAT MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONVERT IT TO, UM, UH, UH, SOME SORT OF MIXED USE, UH, RESTAURANT HOUSING, UM, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, A DASHBOARD WHERE WE CAN, UM, CONSUME ALL OF OUR DATA, ALL OF OUR PARKING DATA. 
          WE KNOW HOW MANY TRANSACTIONS WE KNOW THE TIME BETWEEN TRANSACTIONS. 
          UH, WE WANT TO STANDARDIZE AND MAKE THAT DATA PUBLIC. 
          UH, AT SOME POINT IT'S ANONYMIZED, OF COURSE WE WOULD NEVER, UM, DISPLAY PEOPLE'S PLATES OR ANYTHING, BUT WE WOULD ANONYMIZE IT. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, HOPEFULLY PROVIDE A DASH SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW MANY PARKING SESSIONS, HIGH DEMAND AREAS, UM, JUST SO THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT, PEOPLE KNOW, UM, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE WORK WE'RE DOING, AND THEN WE WANT TO CONTINUE PILOTING NEW TECHNOLOGY. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A, UM, UH, A SOLAR CAMERA PROJECT COMING IT'S CALLED VADE. 
          UM, AND USUALLY WE HAVE AN OFFICER WITH A CLIPBOARD STANDING OUT WATCHING HOW MANY CARS LEAVE PARKING SPACES AND HOW MANY CARS STAY AND RECORDING LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS AND ALL THAT. 
          UM, THERE'S THIS, THIS COMPANY, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO DO A THREE MONTH PILOT, UH, WHERE THEY INSTALL THESE SOLAR POWERED CAMERAS AND THEY CONSUME THE DATA FOR US. 
          THEY PROVIDE US A REPORT, AND THEN WE VALIDATE AGAINST THAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY EXCITING TO, TO NOT PUT STAFF OUT, TO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK AND TO DO IT WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, CLOUD RECORDED, UH, TRANSACTIONS. 
          SO IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION ABOUT IT, WE CAN GO BACK AND PULL UP THE FOOTAGE. 
          SO, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY EXCITING, EXCITING STUFF IN THIS PILOT. 
          SO, AND I THINK THAT'S IT GREAT. 
          THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST. 
          Y'ALL ARE BUSY AND THAT'S NOT ALL OF IT. 
          SO I'M SURE THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN I'VE USED THE PARKING APP, IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO USE. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED AN ABILITY TO STOP A SESSION JUST SINCE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BE PAYING FOR A SPACE THAT YOU'RE NOT USING. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY CREATIVE. 
          UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED A GIS FILE ABOUT A MAP OF BIKE RACKS. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OR MIGHT BE SOON WE CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE? I BELIEVE SO. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING, CAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'M, WHEN I'M BIKING, SOMETIMES I'M TEXTING MY FRIENDS TO SAY, WHERE CAN I LEAVE MY BIKE? HOW CAN I, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE SAFEST WAY TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AS PEOPLE WHO CYCLE A LOT WILL TEND TO SHARE THEIR TIPS AND TRICKS WITH EACH OTHER. 
          UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING. 
          UM, AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. 
          I KNOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEM AND OTHER INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN HIT SO HARD BY THE PANDEMIC, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE YOU ARE WORKING BASICALLY FOR TIPS AND THEN HAVING TO SPEND HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO LEAVE YOUR CAR SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT, THAT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO ASK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ASM P GOAL ABOUT, UM, INCREASING OR DECREASING PARKING SPACES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE, UM, IS THE GOAL TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING SPACES OR DECREASING TOTAL NUMBER OVERALL. 
          HOW DO YOU FIND THAT BALANCE WITH OUR SMP AND, AND YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE? SO I THINK, I MEAN, ASAP, THE ULTIMATE GOAL I THINK IS LIKE A 50, 50 MODE SPLIT. 
          SO THERE'S GOING TO BE THE GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY REMOVE CARS FROM THE ROADWAY. 
          UM, THE, OUR IMMEDIATE GOAL WAS TO, TO JUST PROVIDE MORE EQUITY 
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WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A CAR, I CAN'T OWN A CAR, UM, BUT I WANT, BUT THAT'S STREET SPACE THAT I COULD USE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          SO THE GOAL IS TO SHARE THE SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE, UM, EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACE AND P GOALS, I THINK THAT WE WILL END UP, UM, THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION OF, OF PARKING SPACES OVER TIME. 
          I KNOW THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SPACES THAT ARE NOT USED FOR CAR LANES IS REALLY BIG. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTRY, IF NOT GLOBALLY, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SHOP THE BLOCK, WE DID HEALTHY STREETS. 
          UM, SOME CITIES HAVE JUST CREATED PLAZAS OUT OF DOWNTOWN STREETS THAT USED TO BE OPEN FOR CAR TRAFFIC. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I, I SUPPORT US HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A SENTIMENT THAT A LOT OF US SHARE. 
          UM, ARE THERE QUESTIONS, DID I THINK VICE-CHAIR KELLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PARKING MANAGEMENT? SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR TO IDENTIFY YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR. 
          THIS WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION AND ACTUALLY COVERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADA COMPLIANT PARKING. 
          WHEN I WAS A MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR RICK PERRY, TO THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT WERE RELATED TO ADA PARKING VIOLATIONS. 
          AND I KNOW AT THE TIME THERE WAS A PARKING MOBILITY APP THAT PEOPLE COULD USE ACROSS THE CITY TO REPORT THOSE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS BY TAKING PICTURES AND THEN SENDING IT TO THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN GETTING THAT SOLVED. 
          SO IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO HELP PEOPLE MAINTAIN THOSE SPOTS FOR WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS ARE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WONDERFUL INFORMATION IN THERE. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR? UM, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, THANK JASON AND THE TEAM UNDER, UM, JASON'S ON MICHAEL, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE THOROUGHNESS AND THE, THE CREATIVITY THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THESE SOLUTIONS THAT ALIGN VERY CLOSELY WITH GOALS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC, UM, QUESTION PER SE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU REALLY HAVE, UM, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE GOALS AND THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AND FIGURED OUT SOME WAYS TO BE VERY, UM, INNOVATIVE AND HOW YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO PROGRESSIVELY GET, GET BETTER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT COVID AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PARKING SYSTEM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS PRETTY DRASTIC AND THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WERE DOING ALL OF THIS WHILE ALSO BEING, YOU KNOW, I THINK LOWER ON STAFF, CERTAINLY LOWER ON. 
          UM, SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING, UM, TO SEE AS THINGS COME BACK AND AS WE HAVE THESE SORT OF PROGRESSIVE CHARGES, ET CETERA, WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO GO UP. 
          UM, AND IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE CHOICES THAT WE CAN MAKE ABOUT HOW TO DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN LINE WITH THE PARKING, UM, DIVISIONS, DIVISIONS GOALS MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE SEE HOW THAT REVENUE INCREASES, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR US TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW, HOW WE MIGHT DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS. 
          YES MA'AM YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. 
          I JUST WOULD ADD THAT WITH A SHARED VISION, UH, AND THE RIGHT TYPE OF INTENTIONAL POLICY, UH, AND WITH A LOT OF GOOD KNOW-HOW AND TO-DO, THAT'S HOW WE GET THOSE KINDS OF THINGS DONE. 
          AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE RELEVANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR TIME OF NEED, UH, THAT WE'VE FOUND WAYS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY GOING AMONGST ALL OF THIS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO FOCUS ON. 
          AND, AND, AND IT DOES, I THINK MEAN AS WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE OUR WAY THROUGH THIS, THAT WE'LL, WE'LL LIKELY SEE OTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE, UM, AND LOOK AT, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR, IN THE PAST AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN EVEN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I'VE I'VE GOT ONE MORE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. 
          THERE MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, LIKE A GLITCH AND AN APP SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT AND IF THAT'S BEEN CORRECTED? SURE. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BRIEFLY, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU INFORMATION. 
          SO IT'S THE, I CALL IT THE HYPHEN. 
          AND SO, UH, WHAT HAPPENED, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THERE WAS A CUSTOMER WHO ESTABLISHED 
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A, UM, A PARK ATX, UM, ACCOUNT, AND WHEN THEY PUT THEIR PLATE NUMBER IN, THEY ADDED A HYPHEN TO THE PLATE NUMBER INSTEAD OF JUST ALPHANUMERICALLY ENTERING THE PLATE. 
          UM, AND THERE'S NO HYPHEN ON THE PERSON'S LICENSE PLATE. 
          THEY JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A NATURAL BREAK TO JUST PUT A DASH IN THERE TO SEPARATE THE, THE, THE, THE PLATE NUMBERS. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THE PERSON, UM, THEY PAID FOR THEIR PARKING SESSION, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, AND BECAUSE THE, UM, WHEN THE OFFICER SCANS, THE SCAN ONLY LOOKS ALPHANUMERICALLY, UM, AND THE, THE HYPHEN TOOK A PLACE OF A CHARACTER. 
          AND SO BASICALLY, UM, IT SHOWED UP THAT THEY DIDN'T PAY, THEY GOT A TICKET. 
          UH, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, UM, WE, THE, THE SAME DAY TALK TO A PASSPORT AND PUT OUT A, UM, A, UM, NOTICE FOR EVERY PARKING SESSION. 
          AND WE SAID, JUST FYI, YOUR PLATES SHOULD ONLY BE ALPHANUMERIC. 
          UM, NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS ARE ALLOWED. 
          UM, AND SO EVERY PARKING SESSION THAT YOU CONDUCTED AND I, AND I, AND THEY, THEY ASKED, DID YOU WANT IT TO BE ONCE A DAY? AND I WAS LIKE, NO, EVERY PARKING SESSION PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT, AND WE NEED TO REMIND THEM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL START LOOKING AT IT. 
          THEY SEE IT TWO OR THREE TIMES AT LEAST. 
          AND SO, UM, W I ASKED PASSPORT TO THEN REMOVE THE, THE SPECIAL CHARACTER FUNCTION OUT OF THE SYSTEM. 
          UM, IT'S A NATIONAL, UH, PRODUCT. 
          AND SO THERE ARE SOME STATES AND CITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A DASH IN THE LICENSE PLATE. 
          AND SO THEY NEEDED THAT FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR NATIONAL PRODUCT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY BUILT US A FILTER. 
          UM, SO IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL CHARACTERS THAT LET'S SAY SOMEBODY PUT AN AT SIGN IN THEIR, UM, ACCOUNT, IT, THE FILTER NOW SIFTS OUT ALL THOSE SPECIAL CHARACTERS, IT ONLY FINDS ALPHANUMERIC. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO VALIDATE PARKING SESSIONS THAT WAY NOW. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS DONE, I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IT TOOK THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE THEY HAD TO STUDY WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THE OTHER APPS AND THE OTHER IN THE OTHER CITIES AROUND THE NATION. 
          UM, BUT THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE AND, AND CREATED THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS SOLUTION, UM, THAT THAT'S SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          I'M GLAD Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO THE APP, DON'T TRY TO ADD IN ANY HYPHENS OR DASHES, BUT EVEN IF YOU DO THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES, MA'AM OKAY. 
          THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT LIVE BIKE PARKING MAP. 
          LET ME, LET ME KNOW WHEN THAT'S LIVE AND I'LL SHARE IT, CHECK ON THAT TODAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY LAST QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO I'M THE CHAIR OF OUR URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION? I SEE MAYOR ADLER HAS JOINED US WELL. 
          I WAS HERE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT JUST NOT ON THE SCREEN AND I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING I WAS LURKING. 
          UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY COMPLETE PRESENTATION. 
          I JUST APPRECIATED IT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS FOR JOINING US MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I 
          [4. Update from the chair of the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) regarding recent UTC actions from the 6/17/21 and 7/21/21 meetmgs (10 minutes). Sponsors: Council Member Paige Ellis, and Council Member Mackenzie Kelly]
THINK NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO MR. CHAMPION, OUR CHAIR OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR OF OUR SHARE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
          UM, MAYBE IT'S MARTY CHAMPION. 
          I AM THE DISTRICT FIVE APPOINTEE TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND CURRENTLY THE CHAIR. 
          UH, THIS IS A BRIEFING ON, UH, KIND OF THREE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS. 
          I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS MEETING IN A LITTLE WHILE, UH, IN, SO I'LL JUST LIST WHAT THOSE ARE REAL QUICK. 
          AND THEN I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT INTO DETAIL. 
          WE PASSED A RECOMMENDATION OR, UH, AROUND A THING CALLED TIRE TAG, WHICH IS AROUND, UH, BOOTING OF TIRES. 
          UM, WE PASSED A RECOMMENDATION AROUND, UH, THE, UH, TAXI CAB FRANCHISE VERSUS OPERATING AUTHORITY, UM, MODEL AND, UM, UH, ANOTHER RESOLUTION ON I, 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS PROJECT TO GOING INTO THE FIRST ONE, THE, UM, TIRE TAG THERE IS GOING BE PUT ON THE SCREEN. 
          WE RECOMMENDED, UH, TO ADD THIS REALLY THESE FOUR WORDS, I GUESS, FIVE TO INCLUDE, OR, UM, THAT ALLOWS AN ULTIMATE SYSTEM CALLED TIRE TAG, WHICH IS A BOOTING SYSTEM THAT CAN BE REMOVED REMOTELY. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, APPARENTLY IN CITY ORDINANCE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MANUAL MECHANISM THAT INVOLVES ANOTHER HUMAN. 
          IT WOULD SEEM REASONABLE TO US, BOTH FOR COVID AND FOR CONVENIENCE REASONS, 2:00 AM, AND IT'S RAINING. 
          YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SCAN THE QR CODE OR WHATEVER MECHANISM IT IS PAY AND BE ON YOUR WAY. 
          SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THERE. 
          IT SEEMED TO BE, UM, UH, PRETTY LOW IMPACT TO THE ORDINANCE, BUT PRETTY HIGH IMPACT TO THE USERS OUT IN THE WORLD TO GET THEM. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. 
          THE SECOND ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE? MAYBE THERE'S A GOOD MOMENT TO PAUSE. 
          MAYBE JUST 
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RUN THROUGH THEM AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THE TOPICS AT THE END. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS A, UH, FRANCHISE, UH, AUTHORITY OR FRANCHISE MODEL VERSUS OPERATING AUTHORITY. 
          THIS CAME UP, UH, TWO DAYS AGO AT OUR UTC MEETINGS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE PAPERWORK'S STARTING PASSWORD, BUT, UM, WE, UM, ALL THE RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, THE CITY ALLOW THE TAXI CABS TO OPERATE UNDER AN OPERATING AUTHORITY RATHER THAN THE FRANCHISE MODEL. 
          UH, JACOB CULBERSON GAVE A PRESENTATION, WENT THROUGH THE VARIOUS, UH, ASPECTS OF THIS CHANGE. 
          IT SEEMED TO BE MOSTLY SUPPORTED BY TAXI CABS. 
          THERE WERE SOME TECHS TECH COMPANIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY ON BOARD, BUT IT, UM, MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO THE COMMISSION IS A STREAMLINED PROCESS. 
          IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT, GENERALLY THE FRANCHISE MODEL HAS A LOT MORE BUREAUCRACY INVOLVED, A LOT MORE STEPS, MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, THE OPERATING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, LIMOUSINES AND SHUTTLES AND THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES ALL OPERATE UNDER THE ONLY, UM, VEHICLE FIRE SERVICE THAT DOESN'T OPERATE UNDER THE OPERATING AUTHORITY MODEL, OUR TOP TAXI CABS. 
          IT MADE SENSE TO US TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE. 
          SO WE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION, THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHICH WE SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS ON TUESDAY NIGHT WAS, UM, THE , UH, CAPITOL EXPRESS PROJECT, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE CENTRAL PART, BUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE NORTH SOUTH PART. 
          NOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PLANS OUT IN THE WORLD, WE FOCUS THIS RECOMMENDATION ON OUTCOMES. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, IT'S A PRETTY SHORT RECOMMENDATION. 
          IT'S ABOUT SIX BULLET POINTS LONG. 
          I WON'T READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT THEY FOCUSED ON THE OUTCOMES OF DEMOLISHING SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOMES. 
          OH, I THINK IT'S GONNA COME UP ON THE SCREEN. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THE OUTCOMES THEM DO NOT SEEM TO BE A NET POSITIVE. 
          SO THEY'RE DEMOLISHING ON BUSINESSES AND HOMES DESPITE THE CURRENT ECONOMIC AND HOUSING PRICES, UH, WHY BEHIND 35, UM, WHICH IT DOES NOT MEAN TO DO MUCH IN TERMS OF, UH, BRINGING EAST SIDE AND WEST SIDE TOGETHER. 
          AND IT'S HARD TO SQUARE A WIDER FREEWAY WITH A SAFER, UH, ZONE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS AND WHEELCHAIR USERS. 
          UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, AND WE ALL MUST PLAY OUR PART. 
          AND SO ADDING MILES OF SQUARE AND SQUARE MILES OF CONCRETE, UM, AND ADDITIONAL ROOM CAPACITY DOESN'T SEEM TO SQUARE WITH THAT. 
          IT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TAXPAYERS. 
          UH, DESPITE THE LACK OF INSURANCE HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME, AND THERE IS OBJECTION FROM LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND INFORMED CITIZEN GROUPS. 
          THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THERE SPECIFICALLY FROM OUR DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE WE WERE FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES. 
          I ASKED, UM, THE TEXTILE REPRESENTATIVE VERY EXPLICITLY, WHAT ARE THE MEASUREMENTS, THE METRICS BY WHICH THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONSIDERED A SUCCESS? YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE GOALS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SAFER. 
          IT'S SUPPOSED TO INCREASE CAPACITY AS OPPOSED TO REDUCE CONGESTION. 
          UM, I SAID, SO IS IT REDUCED CONGESTION 2%, 10%, 50%? IS IT INCREASED SAFETY, MEANING 3%, FEWER FATALITIES, 10% FEWER FATALITIES. 
          WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE METRIC? I WENT TO THESE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND YOURS WILL BE JUDGED TO SUCCESS. 
          AND AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH, THE ANSWER WAS, THERE ARE NO QUANTITATIVE METRICS BY WHICH THEY WILL GENDER THIS PROJECT AND SUCCESS. 
          AND THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING FOLKS ON THE DIASTAT AND THE COMMISSION WANTED TO HEAR. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THIS, UH, RESOLUTION PASSED EIGHT TO THREE. 
          UM, THE CORE PART OF IT, THIS IS THE WRONG FINISH UP IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DERAIL THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, BUT WE WOULD URGE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO USE ALL LEGAL METHODS TO DEFER THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY UNTIL THE SIMILAR PROCESS IN HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY AROUND I 45 COULD BE RESOLVED BECAUSE THERE WERE PROBABLY SOME, UM, CLUES TO USE THERE ON HOW TO THIS ISSUE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE ANY OTHER DETAILS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING THAT PRESENTATION. 
          WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US, UM, AT, AT EACH OF OUR MEETINGS, UM, ON  I KNOW YOU PROBABLY EITHER FOLLOWED ALONG OR MAY HAVE SEEN THE DOCUMENTATION OF OUR WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD. 
          SO I KNOW THERE IS A PUBLIC RECORD OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED, UM, JUST SO THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHARE WHERE THEY WERE ON THE PROJECT, WHAT THEY SAW AS, UM, THE POINTS OF INTEREST THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO MOST. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT'S CERTAINLY AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AMONG COUNCIL AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING OUR EYES OFF OF AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          UM, I APPRECIATED THE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE, DID YOU CALL IT THE SELF REMOVED BOOTING? UM, YEAH, STARTER TAG IT, IT LETS YOU REMOVE THE BOOT ON YOUR OWN. 
          I THINK THAT'S A REALLY CREATIVE IDEA. 
          UM, I'M SURE THE FOLKS WHO PUT THOSE ON PROBABLY, UH, APPRECIATE THE PROCESS OF NOT HAVING TO CALL SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND REMOVE IT. 
          AND THE 
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PERSON WHO HAS GOTTEN A BOOT ON THEIR CAR, UH, HAS THE ABILITY TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAY. 
          UM, IT STRUCK ME AS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ALREADY WORKED ON, UM, ABOUT WHEN WE HAD ISSUES OF MOBILITY DEVICES ENDING UP IN STORM DRAINS AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TOSSING THEM IN THE LAKE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. 
          UM, SO I'M LIKELY GOING TO ASK CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, OFF, OFF THE DAYAS, WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH PEOPLE, SELF REMOVING THESE BOOTS AND THEN LEAVING THEM AND CREATING HAZARDS FOR FOLKS WHO NEED TO USE THE SIDEWALK OR ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OR OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO IT KIND OF JUST SPURRED TO ME THAT EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW BIT OF TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S USUALLY A LEARNING CURVE OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALSO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHILE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS BEING TESTED OUT. 
          THAT'S A GOOD INSIGHT. 
          IT DID. 
          IT DID COME UP. 
          THE CURRENT INCENTIVE IS A DOLLARS. 
          SO ONCE THIS THING IS ATTACHED TO YOUR VEHICLE, IF IT ENDS UP IN A DENTURE, ENDS UP IN THE LEG, THEN YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. 
          I WOULD ALSO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT INCENTIVE FOR FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE RETURNING THESE DEVICES. 
          I'M ALSO CURIOUS IF WE, AS A CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL FINE, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS MAY BE RESPONSIBLE TO FIND THEM OR RETRIEVE THEM. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE SHARED MOBILITY WHERE WHEN THE CITY DOES RETRIEVE OR KNOW THAT I SHARED MOBILITY DEVICE NEEDS TO BE RETRIEVED, THEY'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE COMPANIES. 
          AND SO THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP THERE THAT I THINK MAY ALSO NEED TO BE, UM, LOOKED AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF, UM, DO WE NEED TO TAKE IT FROM HERE AS A MOBILITY COMMITTEE, IS CITY STAFF THINKING ABOUT THIS AND BRINGING IT ON THEIR OWN? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE? SO THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON IT AND MOVING, IT HAS TO FOLLOW THE REGULAR THREE READINGS PROCESS. 
          UM, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS IN OVERALL. 
          I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF. 
          I'M SURE IT'S ON THEIR RADAR. 
          I SEE. 
          WE MAY BE GETTING AN ANSWER. 
          HOLD ON. 
          UH, JASON REDFORD AND AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE, WE SAW THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'VE NOT DONE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD TO COUNCIL TO CHANGE IT. 
          UM, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, WAS PROVIDED BY UTC, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS DEFINITIONS GO, UM, IN ORDER TO ENABLE THIS DEVICE. 
          SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT RECOMMENDATION AND START WORKING ON, UM, SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE TO, TO MAKE THIS DEVICE WORK AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU. 
          SO THE BALL WILL BE IN YOUR COURT. 
          IT, IT I'VE ACCEPTED THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE NEXT STEPS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE COUNSEL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND THEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM? UM, THANK YOU, MARIO. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. 
          I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE, UM, THE USE OF THE OPERATING AUTHORITY. 
          UH, DO YOU KNOW, OR PERHAPS OUR STAFF KNOWS, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS IN PROCESS. 
          I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE PAST WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. 
          WE NEVER ACTED ON IT, BUT I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT THE STAFF WAS WORKING UP ALSO IS THIS, IS THIS, UM, UH, IS THIS DUE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION? DO YOU KNOW, OR, OR MAYBE MR.  MR. SPILLER'S THERE, BUT, UH, UM, MR. REDFORD WAS IN THE MEETING, UH, TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN COME TO THE DECISION. 
          JASON ALSO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM UTC, WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, UH, UH, COUNSEL AT AN RCA, UH, TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ACTIONS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT YES, UM, WE, WE HAD PROPOSED IT ORIGINALLY AND THE REGULATORY REFORM, UH, THE YELLOW CAB AT THAT TIME HAD DETERMINED THAT A FRANCHISE WAS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST IN OPERATIONS AS A BUSINESS. 
          UM, HOWEVER, UH, THEY ARE NOW AS ZHI TRIPS IS TAKING OVER THAT, UH, FRANCHISE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TOLD US THAT THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO TO AN OPERATING AUTHORITY, TO GIVE US SOME AGILITY, UM, AND, AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A THREE READING PROCESS TO, TO MAKE CHANGES. 
          SO WE WILL BE THAT BACK TO COUNCIL VERY SOON. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU MARIO, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR GROUP. 
          UM, UH, TALKING THROUGH THAT AGAIN. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION FOR ME. 
          WELL, 
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MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU TERRY, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I THINK, AND JUST ASK MY EXACT QUESTION IN WHICH CASE, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T GET TO ASK EARLIER. 
          AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN JUST PUT IT ON THE RECORD, MY QUESTION, AND THEN MAYBE EVENTUALLY WE CAN GET AN ANSWER. 
          UM, SO I, I JOTTED IT DOWN. 
          SO IF YOU'VE BEEN ON A BUS OR OUR BUSIEST TRANSIT CORRIDORS, YOU KNOW, THAT A LOT OF PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, AREN'T EXACTLY IDEAL, THAT HIGH VOLUMES OF THOSE HEAVY VEHICLES ARE CHEWING UP THE ASPHALT AND ON THOSE CORRIDORS FASTER THAN WE CAN REPAIR THEM. 
          ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ANY NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THIS? SO WE CAN PROVIDE OUR TRANSIT WRITERS A MORE COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE? AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY AM NOT ASKING, MARIO, I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO ANSWER. 
          I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, BUT THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD THAT I DIDN'T ASK YOU EARLIER. 
          YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME, I HAD TO TURN MY CAMERA OFF FOR A BIT, BUT THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I WANT ON THE RECORD. 
          UM, AND SO IF SOMEBODY WHOEVER'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE PERSON CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND THAT WAS SO THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND, UM, JIM DALE SYSTEM DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT THAT AND MAKE SURE TO GET AN ANSWER BACK TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          UH, IF THERE ARE NO MORE, WE WILL MOVE TO 
          [5. Update from Assistant City Manager Giiia Fiaudaca on the City's Strategic Mobility Outcome (5 minutes). Sponsors: Council Member Paige Ellis, and Council Member Mackenzie Kelly]
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GINA, FIE, AND DACA. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE YOUR REPORT IN BACKUPS. 
          SO I LIKE TO GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES JUST TO DAYLIGHT, SOME OF THE SUCCESSES, UM, OF THE MOBILITY OUTCOME THAT YOU OVERSEE, BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN BACKUP FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO READ THROUGH IT ALL. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE TEAM HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE UPDATES THAT ARE IN MY REPORT. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT, THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM AIRPORT WITH AWARDED TWO GRANTS FROM THE FAA. 
          SO THEY WILL BE, UM, IMPLEMENTING THOSE IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          AND THERE ARE DETAILS ON THAT IN MY REPORT, WE ALSO HAVE A VISION ZERO DEBUT, THE SAFE TO SAVE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE MAY HAVE RECEIVED OR IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING SOME COMMUNICATION FROM LOUIS LEFT, WHO WAS OUR VISION ZERO, UM, COORDINATOR. 
          AND YOU'VE HEARD THE UPDATES ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE IN HERE. 
          UM, WE WILL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING THE, UM, PRIDE CROSSWALK, AND THAT WAS DELAYED LAST MONTH, THAT WOULD BE ROLLED OUT, I BELIEVE, OCTOBER 11TH. 
          UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU. 
          I JUST WANT TO REALLY TAKE A MOMENT TO ALSO THANK THE TEAMS THAT YOU SAW THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP THAT, THAT ARE TRULY DEDICATED TO IMPLEMENTING YOUR POLICY DIRECTION. 
          UM, THEY EMBRACE IT AND THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE MOBILITY INNOVATION, BUT THEY ALSO REALLY TRULY FOCUSED ON DELIVERING THE SERVICES THAT IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SO EVIDENT IN, IN JASON REFERENCE PRESENTATION THAT THEY TAKE TO HEART YOUR POLICY DIRECTION, AND THEY TAKE TO HEART THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THEIR, OUR MOBILITY AND OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU ASKED US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE NEXUS BETWEEN HOUSING AND OUR STREET CONDITIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND, UM, UH, SORT OF, UH, CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH THE SMART MOBILITY OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU, UM, SUPPORTING US AND SUPPORTING YOUR TEAM AND HELPING US GET THROUGH THESE MEETINGS IN WAYS THAT ARE REALLY PRODUCTIVE AND INFORMATIVE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          [6. Identify items to discuss at future meetings (5 minutes).]
UM, ARE THERE ANY FUTURE ITEMS TO IDENTIFY? OH, DO I SEE MAYOR PRO TEM? I SEE YOUR HAND AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A FUTURE ITEM TO IDENTIFY AND I'M, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. 
          I'M A STORYTELLER OF SORTS, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT ME TRYING TO LEAVE THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          AND AT THE TIME, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, I'M IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AND SOMETIMES MY HIPS AND BONES WORK GREAT. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY DO. 
          AND ON ONE OF THESE DAYS WHERE I HAPPEN TO BE, UH, A FLYER THAT DAY, I HAD TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU GET THE RIDE FROM A RIDE SHARE COMPANY. 
          I 
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ATTEMPTED ON TWO OCCASIONS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INTERACTION TO GET A WHEELCHAIR AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. 
          I COULD, I COULD BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS, BUT I WON'T, I COULDN'T GET A WHEELCHAIR. 
          I COULDN'T GET A RIDE. 
          I COULDN'T GET HELP. 
          IT TOOK ME 25 MINUTES TO TAKE MY OLD RAGGEDY BODY TO WALK THROUGH ALL OF THE AIRPORT, ALL OF THE PARKING GARAGE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PARKING GARAGE UP MULTIPLE RAMPS THROUGH AN ELEVATOR, AND THEN ANOTHER PARKING RASH TO TRY TO GET MYSELF THERE. 
          AND I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE I WATCHED THE PERSON WHO WAS ALSO MOBILITY COMPROMISE, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT OKAY. 
          WHY DO PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY COMPROMISED SITUATIONS HAVE TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE AIRPORT, GET THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, GET THROUGH ANOTHER PARKING, LIKE IT'S WHERE ANOTHER PARKING LOT TO GET, TO GET A RIDE SHARE OR A TAXI. 
          IT, IT IS OF DEEP CONCERN TO ME THAT THAT IS A REALITY THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE MOBILITY COMPROMISED HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE THEIR WAY FROM THEIR GATE TO THIS ULTIMATE LOCATION. 
          IT WAS NOT OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY, THIS IS NOT OKAY. 
          AND SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR, TO PUT FOR US TO PUT THAT ON OUR, UM, ITEMS TO DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM AT OUR AIRPORT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY AND THIS POOR LADY, I MEAN, AND AGAIN, I'M A STORYTELLER, SO I'M GONNA TELL YOU THIS POOR LADY SAID, I AM SO SORRY, BUT I'M ABOUT TO HAVE TO PUSH YOU. 
          AND ANOTHER PERSON SHE WAS ABOUT TO HAVE TO TRY TO PUSH ME AND ANOTHER PERSON IN TWO DIFFERENT WHEELCHAIRS TO GET US THERE. 
          I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THE RIDE SHARE OPTION IN THE GARAGE AT OUR AIRPORT, WITHOUT US HAVING MORE STAFF AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S A PROBLEM. 
          THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN I WAS HAVING MOBILITY ISSUES, GETTING TO WHERE I HAD TO GET IT, TO GET A RIDE SHARE. 
          AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT. 
          DID I SEE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RAISE HER HAND? OKAY. 
          MAY, MAY HAVE HER ATTEMPT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW UPSETTING THAT EXPERIENCE MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. 
          UM, WE WILL ADDRESS THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          UM, AS YOU DIRECTED, WE'LL ALSO FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY WITH YOUR OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I KNOW VICE CHAIR, KELLY HAD HER HAND UP AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO UNMUTE, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          I'M REALLY SORRY THAT HAPPENED. 
          I'VE BEEN TO THE AIRPORT MANY TIMES AND I'VE USED THAT RIDESHARE AND IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME HOW FAR AWAY IT IS, BUT IT IS A HIKE EVEN FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS ABLE BODY. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE IT ANYWAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON A SOLUTION TO THAT. 
          UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT STAFF BRINGS FORWARD. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION AS A FUTURE ITEM AND, UM, CHAIR ELLIS. 
          IT WAS REALLY FUN. 
          THE OTHER DAY, WHEN WE WERE VISITING, WE WERE VISITED BY THE MOBILE ROBOT DELIVERY SYSTEM AT CITY HALL. 
          I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING AN AGENDA ITEM ON THAT ON AN UPCOMING, UM, MEETING. 
          SO THAT WAY WE CAN SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE ELSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION LATELY. 
          UH, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO GET, TO SEE A ROBOT DELIVERY COME HERE TO CITY HALL. 
          UM, WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE PRESENTED IF THERE ARE NO OTHER FUTURE ITEMS IDENTIFIED. 
          UH, IT IS NOW 3:02 PM AND I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
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