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UH, THE LITTLE THINGS UP, SO THERE WE GO.
WELL NOW IT'S GETTING READY TO BE, UM, ALL RIGHT.
SO IT IS TWO OH THREE AND WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER WE
[1. Certification of Quorum – Quorum requirement is 12 members]
FOR THE FEBRUARY 14TH CAMPO MEETING QUORUM PRESENT.UH, AND JOYCE, I FORGOT TO CHECK WITH YOU.
DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS SIGN UP? OKAY.
UH, THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[4. Report from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair]
FOUR, REPORT FROM THE TAC CHAIR.REPORT AT THE TAC MEANT ON JANUARY 24TH.
THERE'S TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY THAT THE TANK ALSO DISCUSSED THE FIRST WAS ITEM NUMBER NINE ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
UM, THIS IS, UH, IT WAS AN ITEM FOR INFORMATION ATTACK, AND IT IS AN ITEM FOR INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.
THIS, UH, MOST OF THE DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND THIS METRICS, UM, TO THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP FOR STAFF WAS WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO LOOK AT ACTUAL DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR VERSUS JUST COMPARING TARGET TO TARGET AND CAMPO STAFF WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT MOVING TOWARDS REGIONAL MAJORS VERSUS JUST USING THE ROLLING STATE AVERAGES? AND SO THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE DISCUSSION THERE.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE ALSO TOUCHED UPON WAS THE DASHBOARD THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT.
THIS WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS DELIVERED TO TACK IN NOVEMBER.
WE WENT OVER AND REVIEWED IT AND PROVIDED COMMENTS TO CAMPUS STAFF AT OUR MEETING.
WE CAMPUS STAFF REVIEWED THOSE COMMENTS WITH US AND SHARED WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO AND WHAT WOULD BE PART OF A FUTURE ENHANCEMENT.
SO IN GENERAL, I FEEL LIKE THE TAC WAS VERY POSITIVE ABOUT HAVING THIS INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS WE COVERED THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD IS A CANVAS.
DESKTOP WAS A STEADY, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AUTOMATIC ROLLING OF PROJECTS IN THE 20 21, 20 24 PROJECT.
A TIP WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ROLL INTO THE 20 23, 20 26.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO ACTION REQUIRED BY THE ENTITIES.
AND THAT WAS VIEWED VERY POSITIVELY FROM THE, FROM THE PARTICIPANTS.
WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT FUNDING.
UM, WE WERE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, UH, CAMPO IS PLANNING TO DO AN EDUCATION WORKSHOP WITH, UM, UM, THE FOLKS TO HELP SUBMIT AND THAT, UM, THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT AS A REGION, WANT TO SUBMIT FOR THOSE GRANT FUNDS.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A, UH, A PROPOSED PROJECT CALL IN THE FALL AND BEING PREPARED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE REVIEWED OUR FUTURE WORKLOAD FOR THE YEAR AND CAMPO STAFF IS PROVIDING US A CALENDAR, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS IN HER PACKET.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, THANK YOU, LORI.
I FORGOT TO NOTE WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHING CORM THAT, UM, MAYOR VAN ARSDALE HAS THE PROXY FOR MAYOR DELISLE FROM LEANDER AND I HAVE THE PROXY FOR MAYOR MORGAN.
IS THERE ANY OTHERS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
[5. Presentation and Public Hearing on Amendments to the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)]
THANK YOU.WE, UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, NUMBER FIVE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TIP AND THE RTP.
SO WE'LL OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO, UH, THIS ITEM IS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, AN OUT OF CYCLE AMENDMENT REQUESTS, UH, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, BUT BEFORE I GO INTO THOSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DEVELOPING, UH, THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE TIP, I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TOUCH ON WHAT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND, UH, WHAT THE TIP DO AS, UH, WHAT THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE AND HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THESE ARE, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NEW TO THE BOARD, UM, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS THAT FISCALLY CONSTRAINED LONG RANGE DOCUMENT.
IT REALLY SETS, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, RTLS, THE REGIONS, VISION GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES.
AND CRUCIALLY, I THINK IS THAT IT CONTAINS FISCALLY CONSTRAINED LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES, UM, THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE, UH, THERE RTP REALLY SETS UP PROJECTS
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FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.UM, IT ALLOWS THEM TO GO THROUGH THE DEEPER PROCESS.
UM, AND ALSO IF YOU'RE SEEKING GRANT FUNDING FROM A FEDERAL SOURCE, UM, SUCH AS, UH, A BUILD GRANT OR RAISED GRANTS OR A CAPITAL INVESTMENTS GRANT PROGRAM, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT THE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS FISCALLY CONSTRAINED EVEN MORE, UH, WHERE, UH, PRODUCTS HAVE TO HAVE COMMITTED FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, IN ORDER TO BE LISTED IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND SO WE DO THESE AMENDMENT PROCESSES OVER A, YOU KNOW, ON A REGULAR BASIS.
YOU CAN SUBMIT AT ANY TIME IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST, UM, AND IN ORDER TO KEEP THE INFORMATION UP TO DATE, UM, THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION IS APPROVED BY THE POLICY BOARD AS PROJECTS MOVE THROUGH, UH, THE FEDERAL PROCESS.
UM, AND THIS IS THIS SLIDE HERE IS REALLY WHAT I WANT TO, UH, A CRUCIAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
I THINK EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT CYCLE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE A PROJECT NEEDS TO BE LISTED.
UM, SO AS PROJECTS MOVE THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AS THEY RECEIVE THAT COMMITMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE TIP.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT, UH, THE TIP IT'S A DRY DOCUMENT.
UM, BUT WHAT THOSE LISTINGS REPRESENT IS REGIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
SO, UH, WITHOUT THIS AUTHORIZATION, FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, CANNOT BE OBLIGATED TO A PROJECT OR SPONSOR.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIP LISTINGS, UH, WHEN OUR PROJECTS VOTED TO BE INCLUDED IN IT TOO, THAT IS BASICALLY THIS BODY TELLING, UH, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT, YES, THIS HAS AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, TO ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO AS AN NPO.
AND, UH, THE TIP REPRESENTS BASICALLY THAT A REASONABLE THUMBS UP OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT THAT'S REALLY TO ENSURE THAT PRODUCTS THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING IN THIS REGION HAVE THAT REGIONAL BUY-IN.
UM, AND IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE.
UM, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY DRY, BUT IT'S A CRITICAL ONE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS AND SPECIFICALLY NEXT APRIL, OR IN TWO MONTHS, WE'LL BE DOING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE THE LARGEST THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
AND SO WHEN THAT DRAFT IS SENT OUT, UH, TO, UH, YOU, AS MEMBERS, I WOULD ASK YOU TO KIND OF READ THROUGH IT AND KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED AND JUST REMEMBER IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO HAVE THAT REGIONAL BUY-IN, UM, IT'S AN EXCITING AND IMPORTANT PART OF, UH, OF WHAT WE DO.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT REAL QUICK.
AND NOW WE'LL JUST GO IN AND WE RECEIVED TWO, UH, SPECIFIC AMENDMENT REQUESTS.
UM, THIS IS FROM CAPITOL METRO AND ATP, UM, FOR THE, UH, TO, UH, BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTS.
THE FIRST IS THE PLEASANT VALLEY BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT, WHICH IS A 15 MILE BRT ROUTE, UH, IS EXPECTED TO HAVE 43 STATIONS.
AND IT'S GOING TO GO FROM BARBARA JORDAN, THE MUELLER AREA DOWN TO THE GOODNIGHT RANCH DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND CRUCIALLY, THIS AMENDMENT REQUEST IS GOING TO INCREASE THE LOCAL LOCAL FUNDING TO $24.4 MILLION.
UH, THE REASON WE'RE INCLUDING THIS IN THE TIP IS THAT THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS GRANT SMALL STARTS PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UH, AN FTA PROGRAM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, PROJECT CONNECTS IS MOVING THROUGH FOR THE LIGHT RAIL, AS WELL AS THE BRT PROGRAMS. UM, BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A 50% COST SHARE FOR THIS BRT LINE.
AND THAT'S CURRENTLY SLATED AT $24.4 MILLION.
UH, SIMILARLY WE HAVE THE EXPO, UH, BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTS.
THIS IS A 12 MILE BRT ROUTE WITH 44 STATIONS.
UM, AND JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS, UH, PROJECTS, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, INCREASE THE LOCAL FUNDING TO 23.3 MILLION, AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A 50% COST SHARE ON THIS ONE AS WELL, WHICH IS $23.35 MILLION.
I DO WANT TO NOTE, I DO HAVE A FOOTNOTE UP THERE.
THE BACKGROUND MATERIALS HAD 22.305, UM, UNDER LOCAL FUNDING.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A 50% COST SHARE THAT WASN'T TYPO WITH MY FAT FINGERS.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE TIP IS FISCALLY CONSTRAINED AS THEIR PRODUCTS DO HAVE TO HAVE, UH, FUNDING COMMITTED IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT'S HOW WE PROCESS, UH, THE TIP.
UM, HOWEVER, THIS, THESE PRODUCTS THAT THE SMALL STARS PROGRAM, UM, ARE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TIP PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING BEING COMMITTED.
UM, SO THIS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE TIP PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES FOR PROJECTS MOVING THROUGH THE CIG PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BOTH WITH CAP, METRO, UH, ATP AND FTA, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND SO WE ARE, UM, AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE THE FEDERAL FUNDING HAS NOT NECESSARILY BEEN COMMITTED, WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, A COMMITMENT SOON.
I THINK APRIL IS WHEN IT SLATED TO, UH, TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION ON THAT.
UM, BUT WE ARE, THEY'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE FURTHER AMENDMENTS, UH, ON THESE PRODUCTS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE CIG,
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UH, PROGRAM.THAT INCLUDES, UM, IF THE FINAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNTS CHANGE, IF THE CALL SHARE ARRANGEMENT, UH, CHANGES, IT'S NO LONGER 50 50, OR IF THEY SHOULD NOT, UH, RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE POLICY BOARD TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND PULL IT OUT.
UM, SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO BRIAN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT, WE DON'T NORMALLY PUT THINGS IN THERE THAT DON'T HAVE THE LO THE FUNDING IDENTIFIED.
UM, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM FH WIA AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT SAY THIS IS OKAY? YES.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. COLLINS? I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OR MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TRILLIAN, AND I THINK I'VE HEARD A SECOND FROM THE OTHER, UM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
[6. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on January 10, 2022 Meeting Minutes]
WE ARE ON TO THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.IS THERE A MOTION ON THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 10TH? OKAY.
UM, COUNSEL, IS THAT A MOTION OR A QUESTION? THAT WAS THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? KITCHEN SECONDS.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? OKAY.
MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY ITEM
[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on FY 2022 & 2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Amendment #2 (Part 1 of 2)]
NUMBER SEVEN.UM, UH, 20 22 23, PWP AMENDMENT, NUMBER TWO, SET YOUR AS TERESA AFTERNOON TODAY, WE ARE PROPOSING THE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE UPS WP OF FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2023.
WE ARE IN JANUARY WHERE YOU RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM, UH, CAPITAL METRO TO ADD THEIR PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.
UM, AND THEY ARE ADDING, EXCUSE ME, UM, FTA FUNDING AND THEIR LOCAL FUNDS, UM, TO THEIR PLAN.
UM, WE ARE ALSO REMOVING, UM, US TO 90 RM 12 AND MERCER DISTRICT PROJECT ALONG WITH THEIR FUNDING.
UM, THIS PROJECT WAS, UM, CANCELED.
UM, AND IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, RYAN CAN, UM, SPEAK ON THAT.
UM, WE ARE ADDING, UM, THE TDCS TO THE FREIGHT STUDY AND ALSO TO THE BOTTLENECK STUDY, UM, THAT WILL BE, UH, AN UPCOMING ITEM, UM, PRESENTED BY RYAN.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING, UM, PL FUNDING AND LOCAL FUNDS TO THE, UM, FAST DROP, UH, SL ONE 50 CHESTNUT STREET CORRIDOR STUDY AND ADDING PL FUNDS AND LOCAL FUNDS FOR THE AUSTIN AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY, WHICH IS IN GEORGETOWN.
UM, SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO, UM, I'M SORRY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, AND ITS ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTIONS.
UM, ALSO HAD A CORRECTION ON, UM, SUB TASK 5.2 AND AWKWARD TWO POINT 10 AND 11.
UM, THOSE NAMES ON THE, UH, PROJECTS IN THE U PWP WERE IN A WORD INTERCHANGED.
SO WE'LL BE MAKING THAT CORRECTION AS WELL.
SO, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION OF COUNSEL.
UH, THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS REQUESTING THE POLICY BOARD APPROVAL OF USING THOSE TDCS ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS.
SHOULD WE APPROVE GO TO THAT ONE FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS ONE? IT SEEMS LIKE A BETTER ORDER FOR ME.
UM, SO IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TEE UP THEN, UNLESS THERE'S JUST QUESTIONS ON THIS, UM, TEE UP THE NEXT DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON THAT ONE AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER ORDER.
WE HAD A CURIOSITY QUESTION, HAVE THE COUNTY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE $360,000 THAT'S REMOVED.
IS THAT ACTUAL FUNDING THAT WILL BE APPLIED TO SOMETHING ELSE OR WHAT, WHAT MR. COLLINS, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION? THIS IS ON THE RM 12 MARSHA PROJECT.
UH, THAT PROJECT WAS ONE THAT WAS DEFERRED.
SO THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY ISN'T THERE ANYMORE.
UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WHEN WE WERE AMENDING THE
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LIST, I GUESS IT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK, UH, WHEN WE DID THE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WE REALIZED THAT THAT PROJECT, UM, WAS NO LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE THE, UH, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, STUDIED THE SAME THING, THE BEST STUDY WAS GOING TO STUDY.SO, UM, THE FUNDING ISN'T THERE, IT'S JUST NOT IN LINE TO BE REFUNDED AT A FUTURE TIME.
ONE OTHER QUESTION, TOO, THAT WAS ALSO FITTING IN THE CURIOSITY OF THIS IS THERE'S TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE STUDIES.
SO IS THERE A PROCESS FOR APPLYING TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF STUDIES FOR OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? SO THESE ARE THE TWO, UH, PLANNING FUND RELATED PROJECTS.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE, I CHOSE TO PUT PLANNING FUND MONEY ON THOSE TWO.
UM, MAINLY BECAUSE, WELL, THERE WERE TWO REASONS, ONE, UM, BECAUSE, UM, BACKDROP GAVE UP A LOT WHEN WE DEFERRED, UM, A WHOLE LOT FOR, FOR, UM, I 35.
AND, UM, SO I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A CHANCE TO SORT OF PUT SOMETHING BACK IN, IN BASS DROP.
UM, BUT THERE'S NO SET PROCESS FOR THEY ASS, UM, FOR HELP.
AND HE, SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER FOLKS HAVE, UM, I OFFERED UP THE PLANNING FUND MONEY ON THAT.
IT'S NORMALLY THE PLANNING FUND MONEY IS NORMALLY THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE AS, AS CAMPO STAFF THAT PAYS FOR SALARIES AND THE RAMP AND OVERHEAD AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND YOU HAVE NOT SEEN US ACTUALLY USE, UM, PLANNING FUND MONEY ON A STUDY.
I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST SINCE THE LAST 70 YEARS SINCE I BEEN HERE.
SO WHEN I STARTED IN 14, WE HAD NO RESERVES.
UM, AND BECAUSE, UM, MS. HERNANDEZ AND I HAVE BEEN CAREFUL WITH THE MONEY, WE NOW HAVE RESERVES, UH, AND A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA.
SO I FELT A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, SPENDING SOME OF IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO, BUT THERE'S NO PROCESSES THEY ASKED.
AND SO WHEN WE HAD IT, AND SO WE WANTED TO HELP.
AND IS THERE JUST A FOLLOW-UP, IS THERE A BALANCE THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE IN THAT PLANNING FUNDING AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ASK? THERE, THERE IS A BALANCE AND I'M PRETTY SURE THE BALANCE SHOWS AND THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM DOCUMENT, IT WILL BE LISTED ON THE PLANNING FUND.
IT'LL SHOW A BALANCE ON THERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD LOOK FOR THAT NUMBER.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PROJECT ITSELF.
IT WAS JUST WONDERING HOW OTHERS COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION, UM, TO YOU WANT IT UP.
UM, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST, UM, GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THAT ASHBY AND LET US, LET US KNOW WHAT WE MIGHT SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF IF, IF AN, THE JURISDICTION HAS A REQUEST LIKE THAT, IT JUST WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT KIND OF PROJECT TO THINK ABOUT.
THAT WAS A GOOD CALL REGARDING BASTROP, AS WE ALL KNOW ALL TOO WELL, HOW MUCH BASTROP HAD TO GIVE UP WHEN WE ACTUALLY WENT TO 35 QUARTERS.
AND I AGREE, JUST MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL FIGURE OUT A PROCESS FOR THAT MEN FORWARD, BUT I THINK THAT IT WAS A SOLID IDEA AND THEN WE'LL BUILD WORK FROM THERE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM FOR,
[8. Discussion and Potential Action on Transportation Development Credits (TDCs) to Support Regional Studies]
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.TALK ABOUT THE TDCS AND THEN GO BACK TO SEVEN.
UM, SO THIS ITEM IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS FOR TWO REGIONAL STUDIES.
THAT CAMPO IS ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE.
UM, JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK IF YOU'RE NEW TO WHAT TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS ARE, UM, THERE A FEDERAL FINANCING TOOL, BUT WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT WAIVES THE LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENTS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, BUT CRUCIALLY TDCS ARE NOT CASH OR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, IT ONLY CHANGES THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE, UH, THAT YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THE WAY I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS THIS IS A PERMISSION SLIP, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE YOUR LOCAL MATCH, UM, THAT YOU WOULD BE USING THE CASH THAT YOU WOULD BE USING FOR A LOCAL MATCH AND REINVESTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S THAT THIRD BULLET POINT IS THAT IT DOESN'T REMOVE THE OBLIGATION OF SPONSORS TO INVEST.
THE LOCAL FUNDING IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS CALLED MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT YOU WOULD OTHERWISE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TDCS.
UM, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR THAT WE DID A PRESENTATION ON OUR TDC POLICY AND PROGRAM.
UM, BUT IT DOES ENSURE ADHERENCE WITH THESE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, UM, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE, UM, AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
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GO THROUGH, UM, THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TDCS FOR.UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE INTERCHANGE BOTTLENECKS STUDY.
UH, THIS IS AN UPCOMING STUDY.
THAT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY BOTTLENECK LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, UM, AND PROPOSE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, UH, TO BE FURTHERED, UH, AND THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, INCLUDING DETAILED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN, AND THEN, UH, FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
UM, SO THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY FUNDED WITH $225,000 IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, UH, THAT WAS AWARDED TO CAMPO, UH, BACK IN, I WANT TO SAY 2015, IT WAS A CAMPUS SET ASIDE TO BE USED FOR REGIONAL STUDIES.
UM, AND WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, 56,250, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS AND LOSE THE LOCAL MATCH.
AND THE SECOND PROJECT IS THE REGIONAL FREIGHT PLAN.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER REGIONAL STUDY.
THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT A REGIONAL, UH, FREIGHT TRENDS AND NEEDS IN THE REGION AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROJECTS, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THAT ONE IS FUNDED WITH $200,000 IN STG FUNDING.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING REQUESTING 50,000 TDCS FOR THE LOCAL MATCH, UH, AND CRITICALLY THE, UH, MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, UH, THE SECONDARY PROJECTS.
UM, SO I DO WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
WE HAVE, UH, THE MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER IS PL FUNDING, AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING, BUT THAT IS BETTER.
AND SO WE ARE UNABLE TO MATCH STG FUNDING WITH RPL FUNDING.
YOU CAN'T MATCH FEDERAL WITH FEDERAL.
UM, SO WE ONLY HAVE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION FUNDINGS, OUR ONLY NON, UM, FEDERAL SOURCE OF FUNDING.
AND SO THAT'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE SPEND IT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE REQUESTING TVCS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, BUT THAT LOCAL CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO BE INVESTED, UH, THROUGH TWO THINGS.
UH, THE FIRST IS THE NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY DATA.
UM, THAT'S A PURCHASE WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THAT'S THE FH EIGHT PRODUCTS.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING ABOUT $60,000 TO PURCHASE THAT DATA, UM, THAT WILL INFORM OUR TRAVEL MODELING AND, UH, DATA DASHBOARD.
AND THEN, UH, THE REST OF THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION WILL INCLUDE STAFF SUPPORT, UH, FOR OUR GENERAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING TIP AND THE RCP, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY ALL OF THE REGIONAL STUDIES THAT ARE UPCOMING.
UH, WE'VE GOT A TON OF STUDIES COMING UP THIS YEAR.
AND SO THE LOOK AND CONTRIBUTION WILL ALSO HELP, UH, SUPPORT STAFF AND THOSE MEASURES.
SO THAT IS OUR SECONDARY PROJECT.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'LL BE CONTRIBUTING $106,250, UH, IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WAY.
SO ROUGHLY 60,000 IS FOR THE DATA AND ANOTHER 46 IS STAFF SUPPORT OF OTHERS NOW.
AND SO THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE POLICY BOARD, UH, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS, UH, FOR THESE REGIONAL STUDIES IN RESOLUTION 22, 2 0.8.
SO BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE DATA THAT WE'RE BUYING THAT NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE IS BEING BOUGHT WITH PUBLIC MONEY.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? OKAY.
MAYOR SCHRADER ANY WHO'S A SECOND.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM USING THE TDCS IN THIS MANNER? OKAY.
MOTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT PASSES.
[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on FY 2022 & 2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Amendment #2 (Part 2 of 2)]
TO NUMBER SEVEN AND Y'ALL REMIND ME, DID WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAD A MOTION ON THAT YET.SO IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? UM, COMMISSIONER BECKETT.
IS THERE A SECOND RIGHT HERE? OKAY.
WE'RE JUST SWAPPING OFF OVER HERE.
SO MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[9. Discussion on Federal Performance Measure Target Updates]
TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.SO THIS ITEM IS A DISCUSSION ON FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES, TARGET UPDATES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ANNUALLY, UM, AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT, UH, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL? UM, THIS IS A FEDERALLY MANDATED STRATEGIC APPROACH THAT REALLY CAME OUT OF MAP 21 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FAST ACT.
UM, IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NEW , BUT IT'S BASICALLY A USING A DATA DRIVEN, UM, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO INFORM INVESTMENT AND POLICY DECISIONS, UH, TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY CONGRESS.
UM, SO WE UTILIZE CPM AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, THIS INCLUDES OUR PERFORMANCE-BASED PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2017, UH, THAT DID INCLUDE ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE CRITERIA SET BY CONGRESS.
UM, TODAY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE REPORT AND THE UPDATE TO, UH, REGIONAL TARGETS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MONITOR INVESTMENT PROGRESS AND IMPACT IMPACTS
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OVER TIME AND HOW WE MEASURE UP AGAINST THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE ALL OF THESE AND OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, OUR TIP, AND THEN ONGOING STUDIES IS FACING BAKED INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE REALLY JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT, THERE'S THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE GOAL AREAS.
THERE'S SEVEN OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY CONGRESS.
THIS INCLUDES SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE, CONDITION, CONGESTION REDUCTION, SYSTEM, RELIABILITY, FREIGHT MOVEMENT, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND REDUCING PROJECT DELAYS TO THE FOREST MEASURE PROCESS.
THE GOAL AREAS SET BY CONGRESS AND THEN THE GOALS AND THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THEMSELVES GO THROUGH A RULE-MAKING PROCESS, UH, WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
UM, AND ONCE THEY SET THOSE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THEN THE STATE DUTS AND NPOS ALIKE HAVE TO SET REGIONAL TARGETS, WHICH THEY THEN INCORPORATE IN THEIR PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING.
SO THESE ARE THE TARGETS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
UM, SO WE TRACK BASICALLY FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SIDE.
WE TRACK PM ONE, TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS SAFETY TARGETS, INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION, AS WELL AS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN ON THE FEDERAL TRANSIT SIDE, WE SET TARGETS FOR TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, UM, SYSTEM CONDITIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE NEWEST ONE THAT WE ARE STARTING TO, TO INCORPORATE IS TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE LISTED THERE.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE DISCUSSING, UH, WE HAVE TO UPDATE ANNUALLY, BOTH THE SAFETY TARGETS ON THE FEDERAL TRANSIT SIDE, AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY SIDE, AND THEN TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT IS ALSO UPDATED ANNUALLY.
UM, THE OTHER 2:00 PM TWO AND THREE ARE UPDATED EITHER EVERY FOUR YEARS OR EVERY TWO.
UM, JUST DEPENDS ON FOUR IS THE MINIMUM, BUT, UH, MOST OF THE OTS ARE STARTING TO DO TOO.
UM, SO I'LL START WITH THE TRANSIT SIDE BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE DISCUSSION USUALLY CENTERS AROUND, UH, THE, THE SAFETY SIDE.
UM, SO FOR THE TRAIN TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE SAME TARGETS AS LAST YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PERCENTAGE OF RAIL WITH PERFORMANCE RESTRICTIONS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY 1% THAT IS NOW GOING DOWN TO SEE YOUR PERCENT, THAT IS SPECIFICALLY A CAP METRO, UH, TARGET BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WITH RAIL, UH, IN THE REGION.
AND THEN TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS REMAINED THE SAME AS LAST YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAIN DISSONANCE BETWEEN MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURES THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AROUND 24,000 MILES BETWEEN FAILURES IS NOW DOWN TO 17, 1,200.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT HAVE CAPITAL METRO'S NUMBERS.
UM, THEIR NUMBERS ARE NOW BAKED INTO THAT.
AND SO WE AVERAGE OUT, UH, BETWEEN THE TRANSIT PROVIDERS, UH, ON THE TRANSIT TARGET SIDE.
UM, AND WE ARE NOW INCLUDING CAPITAL METRO.
SO THAT BRINGS THE AVERAGE DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MUCH LARGER, UM, SYSTEM AND ALSO AN OLDER FLEET AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT, UM, THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS DROPPING A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE SAFETY SIDE, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS, AT LEAST FOR A NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND THE RIGHT OF FACE HOLIDAYS, AND RATE OF STUDENT SERIOUS INJURIES, THOSE ARE GOING DOWN, UH, COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR AND THEN THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS INJURIES, UM, AND NON-MOTORIZED INJURIES ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP.
SO PROPORTIONATELY, I MEAN, TEXAS IS A GROWING STATE AND THIS IS THE CASE EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE DRIVING MORE VMC.
AND SO YOU EXPECT TO SEE MORE INJURIES.
UM, BUT WE ARE THE RATE ITSELF, PROPORTIONALLY IS GOING DOWN.
AND THEN, UM, AND I DO THE NUMBER OF HOW THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD CONVERSATION PIECE BECAUSE TXDOT HAS SETS THE HIGH ROAD TO ZERO, UH, WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE FATALITIES ON THE ROADWAY BY 2035 AND THEN TO ZERO BY 2050.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES GO DOWN, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT 3,272.
UM, BUT WE'RE SYSTEMATICALLY WORKING OUR WAY TO ZERO BY 2050.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS.
AND IF THIS POLICY SPORT CHOOSES TO ADOPT, UH, THE STATE TARGETS AS WE'VE DONE EVERY YEAR, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE ENDORSING BASICALLY THAT ROAD TO ZERO BY 2050.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO NOTE IS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK, UH, IN APRIL.
UH, WE ARE DOING A STATE OF SAFETY REPORT.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE OUR REGIONAL NUMBERS, UM, PULLED OUT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THESE ACTUAL TARGETS ARE.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A BIG QUESTION.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH THE DATA AND MAKE SURE WE CAN, UH, HAVE ALL THE DATA AVAILABLE TO PRESENT THAT.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT IN APRIL.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, REALLY THE EXTENT OF THAT, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, AGAIN, WE'LL BE UPDATING IT WITH REASONABLE PERFORMANCE, UH, IN RELATION TO THE STATE.
UH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE TAC IN MARCH, UH, FOR RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN APRIL FOR ADOPTION, AND THEN WE'LL INCORPORATE, UH, THE UPDATED TARGETS INTO THE TIP AND THE RTP.
SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, RYAN.
ARE THERE LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, COMMISSIONER HOWARD, THANK YOU.
CYNTHIA ARE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT TAX SUGGESTION OF ADDING, UH, TARGETS AND ACTUALS.
I MEAN, WE DON'T BUDGET BY JUST LOOKING AT BUDGET TO BUDGET.
WE LOOK AT BUDGET TO ACTUAL THAT.
I THINK THAT JUST MAKES THAT'S MAYBE THE PIECE
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I'M LIKE, HOW DO YOU MAKE SENSE OF THIS? THAT MIGHT BE GREAT.UM, UM, I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THAT COMMISSIONER HOWARD.
SO I DID RECEIVE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR HOUSTON, UM, ASKING THE SAME INFORMATION AND WE'RE, UM, WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION FROM TEXTILE.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO, UM, THE MEMBERS, UH, PRIOR TO ASKING YOU ALL TO TAKE AN ACTION IN APRIL, SO YOU WILL HAVE.
COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, JUST QUICKLY TO CONFIRM, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK FOR ADOPTION, BY THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL ARE.
SO WE WILL KNOW WHERE WE STAND AT THE TIME WE ADOPT IT.
ABSOLUTELY MARY HOUSTON, I'M CONCERNED THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE STILL HIGH.
UM, AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING IT BY A CERTAIN TIME AND GOING BACK TO ZERO OR GOING TO ZERO, CAN WE GET MORE AGGRESSIVE ON REDUCING THESE NUMBERS? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WHEN, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE WHAT IT REALLY CAME BACK TO WAS LOCAL ACTION.
UM, AND IN, AND ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, WHETHER IT BE YOUR LOCAL PD OR YOUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, AND, AND ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE PEOPLE SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY SEE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING RADAR OR WHEN THEY SEE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES OUT, IT'S JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A NATURAL REACTION FOR PEOPLE TO SOMETIMES WAY BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT.
UM, BUT HIGH SPEED CRASHES IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD IN 2020, BECAUSE THERE WERE LESS CONGESTION AND PEOPLE ARE GOING FASTER.
UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY BOILS BACK DOWN TO ADEQUATELY DEALING WITH IT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
UM, AND UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING, RYAN, I MEAN, IS THAT, THAT WAS THE LARGE PART OF YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS THAT THE MPO CAN DO AGAINST THIS NUMBER IS, YOU KNOW, FUNDING.
AND WHEN WE UPDATED OUR PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA, I THINK OVER 40% OF YOUR PROJECT SCORE IS SAFETY RELATED.
AND SO WHEN THIS BOARD SELECTS PRODUCTS FOR FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT'S GOT A MAJOR, A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY, UM, ASPECT TO IT IS NOT GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED AND HADN'T BEEN FUNDED.
SO, UM, SO WE ARE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, TRIGGER WE HAVE AS AN NPO IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO FUND.
AND THAT IS BAKED INTO OUR PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE.
I'D SAY IT'S ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY WHICH WHEN CONGESTION AND SAFETY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF IN BALANCE THERE, BUT I WOULD SAY SAFETY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO I WOULD KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF THE MIND WE HAVE THESE TARGETS, UH, WE SUPPORT THE STATE IN THEM.
UM, BUT ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL, THAT'S THE, PROBABLY THE BIG THING THAT WE, AND ALSO, I WOULD SAY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, OKAY, TUCKER, YOUR EARS NEED TO PERK UP NOW.
UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, EITHER TECH STOCKS APPROVING DRIVEWAY PERMITS, OR YOU ARE LOCALLY AT YOUR CITY OR THE COUNTY, UM, WHAT KIND OF SAFETY MEASURES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE THERE, IS THERE A DIESEL LANE, IS THERE A PROTECTED, LEFT TURN INTO WHATEVER PROJECT THERE IS? AND TO THE EXTENT EVERY ENTITY STARTING WITH THE STATE, UM, DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND CITIES, ARE WE LEVERAGING EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR WHOEVER THAT DEVELOPER IS, UM, TO PUT THOSE SAFETY MEASURES IN RATHER THAN WAITING TILL LATER AND, AND GOING BACK AND SAY, OOPS, WE'VE HAD CRASHES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF THAT REQUIRES LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ON TO, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW TXDOT TO DO THAT ON THEIR STATE FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THAT IS A HUGE AREA WHERE, UM, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL CITIES TAKE A LOT OF THEIR SAFETY MONEY AND DO THAT.
I KNOW CEDAR PARK HAS HAD A REAL INITIATIVE TO GO AND ADD A LOT OF THOSE TURN LANES AND THEY'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, REAR END, YOU KNOW, REDUCTIONS ON CRASH.
AND I AGREE WITH, WITH ALL OF THAT, THAT WILL BRING DOWN THE ACTUAL, UH, MY CONCERN IS SHOWING SUCH A HIGH TARGET.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN BRING THE TARGETS DOWN TO WHAT, WHAT WE HOPE TO ACTUALS WILL BE, BUT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE TARGETS NOT, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROADS, UM, BUT, UM, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE HIGH TARGETS IS, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE A REAL NUMBER VERSUS I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PERCENTAGES TOO, BECAUSE I THINK TO THE POINT YOU MADE EARLIER, THE PERCENTAGE IS COMING DOWN, REAL NUMBER IS NOT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A FUNCTION OF US GROWING AND, UM, ON THE TARGET SIDE, THIS GOES BACK TO THE REPORT THAT YOU GOT FROM LAURIE MOYER, UM, ON THE TECH DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ADOPTING THE NUMBERS THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE AND WE HAVE THE OPTION
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TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN NUMBERS.HOWEVER, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AND WE CAN'T VOTE.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO AND COLLECT THAT INFORMATION FROM EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE REGION.
UM, WHEREAS TEXTILE DOES THAT NOW AND THEY PROCESSED THE INVENTORY DATABASE AND THEN WE TAKE THAT DATABASE.
IT WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE POCKETS ARE ACTUALLY COLLECTING THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
AND THAT'S HOW THE TARGETS WERE DEVELOPED IN PART AS OFF THE, YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT LOWER TARGETS.
UM, THAT LEADS NICELY INTO MY QUESTION.
I WAS CURIOUS FROM MPO TO MPO.
IF WE SEE MOST MPO IS TAKING THE STATE NUMBERS AS ADOPTED, OR IF THERE'S ANY VARIATION IN BETWEEN, I LIKE THAT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO TRY TO HIT MORE LOCALIZED TARGETS.
UM, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED TO US OFFLINE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHO'S FOLLOWING WHAT PROTOCOL HERE.
AND I KNOW OFFHAND THAT EVER MBO AT TEXAS IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING THE STATES.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS WACO THAT ATTEMPTED TO SET THEIR OWN REGIONAL TARGETS AND THEN ENDED UP ADOPTING THE STATES AFTER THEY WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE.
UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I THINK AS THE SYSTEM MATURES, THAT WAS ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A STARTING POINT FOR THE MBO, UM, MBAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS WE GET THIS DATA AND START PROCESSING IT OVER TIME.
I THINK WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SET OUR OWN TARGETS.
UM, BUT TO ANOTHER POINT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE TARGETS NECESSARILY MEAN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, WHETHER IF WE SET A REALLY LOW TARGET AND DON'T MEAN IT IMMEDIATELY, WHAT WE CAME ALIVE OR NOT.
UM, SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE'RE KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT.
UM, BUT I DO SEE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, I SETTING, YOU KNOW, HYPER SPECIFIC LOCAL, UM, TARGETS.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE HELPFUL IN THE CONVERSATION JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT METROPOLITAN AREAS TEND TO DRIVE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
I KNOW WHEN YOU GO FROM BIG CITY TO BIG CITY, YOU MAY JUST SENSE THERE'S A DIFFERING STYLE OF HOW FAST PEOPLE DRIVE, HOW POLITE THEY ARE AND LETTING PEOPLE MERGE AND OTHER, OTHER SORTS OF METRICS THAT MAY BE HARD TO PUT INTO A PRESENTATION OR A SPREADSHEET AS FAR AS OUR GOALS.
BUT I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE TO BE A LEADER AND TO REALLY SHOWCASE WHAT WE AS A REGION CAN DO TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER, TO HELP BRING THESE NUMBERS DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SUPPORT AND THE STREET, WE WANT TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE LOCALLY WOULD WANT, WOULD WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE HERE IS COMMITTED TO THAT.
LET'S SEE, RYAN ASKED ME FOR SOME REASON, I GUESS THE CAMERAS FOR SUMMARY.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION LAST YEAR? I COULD HAVE SWORN WHEN WE HAD THE SAME LINE OF REASONING, WE WERE THINKING OURSELVES, WAIT A MINUTE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT LOCALLY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN OUR SHOES? AND HE SAID THAT THIS IS WHAT OTHER ENTITIES MUNICIPALITIES WERE DOING AROUND THE STATE.
AND CONSEQUENTLY, I GUESS AT THAT POINT, WE'D GO AHEAD AND DONE EVERYTHING YET.
BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS UTILIZE WHAT WAS STATE MEASUREMENTS AND GOALS RIGHT THERE AS WELL, AND THEN ADAPT THAT LATER ON FROM THAT.
I FELT LIKE I HEARD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, AND IT MAKES SENSE FROM EVERYONE SAYING FOR MY THIRD, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING YET OR WHAT THESE NUMBERS MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ADOPT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATE AND THEN SEE, LOOKING AT MARINATE AND DO JUST ONE QUESTION.
I WANT TO CLARIFY CLARIFICATION FROM RYAN.
THESE STATE, THESE ARE STATEWIDE TARGETS, CORRECT CRIME, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FATALITIES OF 32 72 IS THE STATEWIDE TARGET, BUT JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I GET THIS EMAIL AND EVERY MORNING AT ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND WE WERE ON A DOWNWARD TREND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, ON A STATEWIDE BASIS, WE HIT A LOW AND IN THE LAST FIVE OF 3,623 IN 2019, BUT THEN WITH COVID AND SPEEDS GOING UP, WE WENT UP TO 38 94 IN 2020, AND LAST YEAR 2021, WE WORKED 4,485 FATALITIES ON OUR SYSTEM.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET MORE AS POLICE REPORTS CONTINUE TO COME IN OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO IT'S LAGGING A LITTLE BIT.
SO OUR ACTUALS AND TO SPEAK TO MARY HOUSTON'S COMMENT, OUR ACTUALS WOULD GO IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE TARGET OF THIS NUMBER, WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTIONS, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO GET THAT NUMBER STARTED GOING BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME VERY TREACHEROUS YEARS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, SORRY.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNIZING TUCKER THAT THE ACTUALS ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
AND, AND WE DID HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS.
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IS WHAT CAN WE DO AS AN MPO TO FOCUS ON GETTING TO ZERO? YEAH.OUTSIDE OF THESE PERFORMANCE TARGETS, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO SET UP A REGIONAL SAFETY POSITION OR, OR SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE ALSO EXCHANGING, UM, IDEAS AND WHAT'S WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY? SO I KNOW THAT CITY OF AUSTIN'S MADE A BIG INVESTMENT IN VISION ZERO.
UM, THE CHAIR MENTORED CEDAR PARKS.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE APPROACHING IT.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF THE FATALITIES ARE HAPPENING ON THE TEXT DOT SYSTEM, WHICH WE DON'T NECESSARILY CONTROL, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UM, THE FATALITIES AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WORKED ELSEWHERE.
MAYBE WE COULD SHARE SOME BEST PRACTICES, BOTH AT THE TAC LEVEL AND NOT THE BOARD LEVEL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WHAT'S WORKING.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND WE'VE GOT OUR, UM, OUR SORT OF, UH, REGIONAL SAFETY, UM, REPORT AND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN PROCESSING, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO IT.
AND SO WE, WE WILL, UM, START WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
AND JUST DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS TOO LONG, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED OR THAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT IN A MORE URBAN AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN BURNETT COUNTY IT MIGHT BE A SUPER TWOS.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T UNSAFELY PASSING OR JUST A CENTER LEFT TURN LANE ON A STATE FACILITY SOMEWHERE, UM, VERSUS WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN, IN THE CORE OF AUSTIN.
SO, UM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY ON THOSE HIGHER SPEED ROADWAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, FOR RYAN ON PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS? OKAY.
THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM.
THERE'S NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT HAS BEEN IN THE MEDIA QUITE A BIT.
IF THAT'S NATIONWIDE, THAT'S TRUE EVERYWHERE.
UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND I'M ON A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I GET A TICKET AND I TAKE THE, THE LITTLE, EVERY TIME I GET A TICKET, WELL, EVERY OTHER YEAR, SO YOU GET IT, YOU TAKE THE LITTLE COURSE.
AND WHEN IT SAYS ON THERE, YOU KNOW, IT TALKS ABOUT EMOTIONAL DRIVING OR DRINKING AND DRIVING.
THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF THAT DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND, UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT TRYING TO MEASURE STUFF DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH DRIVING IS SORT OF DIFFICULT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THANK YOU.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE
[10. Discussion on Quarterly Project Progress Report]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.UM, QUARTERLY PROGRESS PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT.
UH, REALLY WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON, UH, KIND OF THE FINAL QUARTER OF 2021.
UH, THE UPDATED PROGRESS REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS AND INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM PROJECTS, INFORMATION, SPONSOR INFORMATION, UM, THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE AWARD AND OBLIGATION.
UM, AND THEN CRITICALLY THE PROGRESS INFORMATION.
WE DO REQUIRE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS FROM SPONSORS, ANYONE WHO'S RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, THROUGH THE STG AND TASA FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM THE POLICY BOARD IS REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT SO WE CAN TRACK THESE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY OF CONTINUAL PROGRESS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO, UH, CALL OUT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, UM, FOR THE BOARD TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF, OF KIND OF THE, THE BIG MOVES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST QUARTER.
UM, A BIG ONE, I THOUGHT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH, UH, CAPITOL METRO'S NORTH LAMAR AIRPORT BOULEVARD.
I THINK BACK IN OCTOBER, UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY EXECUTED THEIR AFA, UM, AS WELL AS THEIR FEDERAL PROJECT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT.
AND SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD, UH, INCREDIBLY QUICKLY ALONG WITH, UH, OTHER PIECES OF PROJECT NEXT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WILLIAM CANNON ALSO RECEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL, SO THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THE CITY LAND ARE COMPLETED THE SOUTHWEST DRIVE SIDEWALKS PROJECTS.
UM, SO THAT PROJECT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUT NOW.
UH, I THINK THEY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION, UM, MID DECEMBER, UM, AND THEY BOTH CAN AFFORD BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, UH, FROM ROUND ROCK.
THOSE HAVE LET AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY.
UM, AND THEN IN HAYES COUNTY, UH, FM 6 21 IS A SAFETY PROJECT DOWN THERE.
IT'S PART OF LIKE THREE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING LED, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY.
UM, ONE HAS BEEN, UH, ONE OF THE CSJ IS, HAS BEEN THE LEAD.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PORTION IS UPCOMING AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN A COUPLE OF PRODUCTS I DID WANT TO KIND OF CALL OUT TO, JUST TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH FUNDED WITH TASA
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FUNDING, WHICH DOES EXPIRE AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.UM, WE DO HAVE THE FM 2001 SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT AFA HAS NOT BEEN EXECUTED TO DATE.
UM, SO WE NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A, A GOOD SAFETY PRODUCT.
AND GOING BACK TO OUR, UH, THE PREVIOUS ITEM, NOT THE DIGRESS, BUT PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS ON PEDESTRIAN DESK IN THE URBAN CORE, UM, ARE ONE OF THE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT FLOATED TO THE TOP, BECAUSE IF IT'S A SAFETY, UM, COMPONENTS TO IT, BECAUSE IT WILL SEPARATE THE PEDESTRIAN AND ROADWAY TRAFFIC, OR AT LEAST HAVE THEIR SIGNALS THERE, UM, THAT DID HAVE A NON-RESPONSIVE BID, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS IT WAS LED, UM, AND NO CONTRACTORS BID ON IT.
AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE THAT BACK, ANALYZE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, WAS THE FUNDING AMOUNT, CORRECT.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IN THAT ANALYSIS PERIOD THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE REBID BACK IN MAY.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THAT IS A TASK, A PROJECT THAT DIDN'T WANT TO JUST CALL THAT OUT, THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL REBID AND SPRING, AND THE NEXT TIME I'M REPORTING ON THIS, THAT WILL LOOK FLAT.
UM, SO JUST WANT TO, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, IF YOU REPRESENT ONE OF THE SPONSORS, UM, WITH, UH, FUNDING TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PROJECTS, THEY ARE, UM, OTHERWISE I THINK EVERYTHING'S MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN A GOOD FASHION AND WE'LL BE BACK IN, I GUESS, MAY WITH A UPDATE, UH, ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY BRIAN, IF THERE'S ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ON CAMPO OR WITH THE TXDOT DISTRICT OFFICE ON GETTING THAT AFA DONE.
UM, I, I KNOW TUCKER IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO HELP SPEED UP THE AFA PROCESS.
SO THINGS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REPORT? ALL RIGHT.
[11. Update on Regional Transportation Statistics and Metrics Dashboard]
UP NEXT NARRATIVE ON, UH, UPDATE ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION'S STATISTICS AND METRICS DASHBOARD.UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER LAST SUMMER, YOU AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH KIMBERLY HORN TO DEVELOP THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS AND METRICS DASHBOARD.
AND DURING THAT, UH, ITEM LAST SUMMER, THE BOARD SAID THAT THEY WANTED UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE DASHBOARD AS IT HAPPENED.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS FOR TODAY.
UH, WE PROVIDED A DEMO TO ATTACK AS A LAWYER, TOLD YOU IN NOVEMBER.
AND THE PROCESS WAS WE PROVIDED THE DEMO THAT LATER ON A BETA LINK, UH, VIA EMAIL, GET THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS TODAY.
I'LL, YOU'LL SEE A DEMONSTRATION TODAY FROM TOM FOWLER.
CAN WE MOURN, AND LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW WE'LL SEND YOU A LINK.
AND THEN THREE WEEKS LATER, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT, SO YOU PUT, DO YOU FIND THE DATA USEFUL? IS IT USABLE EASY TO NAVIGATE THAT SORT OF THING? ONCE WE GET THOSE COMMENTS BACK IN ABOUT MID TO LATE MARCH, WE'RE GOING TO GO START THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS, UH, FOR THE DASHBOARD.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET TOM FOWLER WALK YOU THROUGH THE, UH, THE DASHBOARD AND THIS DEMONSTRATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TODAY ON THE DATA DASHBOARD.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT, PROVIDE A BRIEF DEMONSTRATION OF ONE OF THE DASHBOARDS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON SAFETY.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS.
SO AS WE STARTED DEVELOPING THE DASHBOARD, THE VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR IT, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS A GO-TO RESOURCE FOR THE REGION.
AND WE WERE THINKING OF THE THREE DISTINCT USERS AS WE DEVELOP THE DASHBOARD.
ONE WOULD BE POLICYMAKERS, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA, UH, AND LOOK FOR TRENDS ON A REGIONAL BASIS OR COUNTY OR CITY BASIS.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT PRACTITIONERS, TRAFFIC, ENGINEERS, AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS, PARTICULARLY FROM SMALLER AGENCIES WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO HAVE A SAFETY EXPERT, OR HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF EXPERTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DIGGING INTO DATA.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO PRACTITIONERS.
AND THEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PUBLIC.
WE DO WANT TO MAKE THIS DATA, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AS PART OF THE DASHBOARD IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REGION REGARDING TRANSPORTATION, HOW WE WANT TO MAKE THIS EASY TO ACCESS, EASY TO USE, AND EASY TO MAINTAIN.
WE BASICALLY ARE PUT THIS AVAILABLE THROUGH CAMPOS WEBSITE WITH NO PASSWORDS REQUIRED.
WE SELECTED A PLATFORM TO DEVELOP CALLED POWER BI POWER.
SO WITH EVERYTHING THE CONSULTANT TEAM IS DEVELOPING KIMBO WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE, TO EDIT AND MAINTAIN OVER THE YEARS.
AND WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS IN A WAY THAT CAMPUS STAFF CAN TAKE AN ON AND MAINTAIN IT SO YEAR TO YEAR AS NEW DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE, WHEREAS THEY WANT TO TWEAK AND ADD NEW FEATURES.
AND FINALLY, WE THINK ABOUT MAKING THIS FUTURE-PROOF IT'S SCALABLE.
IF CAMPBELL WERE TO EXPAND IN ANY ADDITIONAL COUNTIES, WE CAN EASILY ADD ADDITIONAL COUNTY DATA INTO THIS, UH, AS WELL AS ABLE TO INTEGRATE ADDITIONAL DATA SOURCES.
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NEW DASHBOARDS, WE BUILT IT IN A COMPARTMENTALIZED WAY SO THAT EACH DASHBOARD STANDS ALONE.WE CAN EASILY ADD NEW SOURCES OF DATA.
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CRASH RECORD INFORMATION SYSTEM OR CHRIS, WHICH IS CRASH DATA THAT TEXTILE MAINTAINS THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, WHICH COMES FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU.
AND WHAT'S CALLED THE ROAD HIGHWAY INVENTORY OR RHINO DATA THAT COMES TEXTILE.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OF THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING EACH DASHBOARD INDEPENDENTLY SO WE CAN DEVELOP IT, TWEAK IT, HAVE IT REVIEWED, AND THEN EVENTUALLY ROLL IT OUT.
WE WORKED FIRST TO A CAMPUS STAFF AND IS NEAR MENTIONED IN THE TAC HAS REVIEWING THAT THE TECH HAS REVIEWED AND PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE CHRIS DATA OR CLOSE TO RELEASING THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DASHBOARD FOR THEM TO REVIEW.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO IN MARCH, UH, LETTING THE PUBLIC LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW.
OUR MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN ON FUNCTIONALITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DATA ACCURATE AND WE'RE SHOWING THE TYPES OF FUNCTIONS THAT WE THINK USERS WANT TO SEE, HOW ARE THEY GONNA WORK WITH, UH, WITH A PUBLIC OUTREACH FIRM, UH, TO LET THE PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC START WORKING AT THIS AND GET A SENSE OF, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? IS IT USABLE TO THEM, UH, WORK ON AESTHETICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT LOOKS REALLY READY TO ROLL OUT WITH A GOAL OF ROLLING OUT AT THE FIRST SET OF DASHBOARDS IN MAY OF 2022.
SO WE DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHRIS DATA, THE CRASH DATA, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 10, MOST RECENT YEARS.
IT GOES BACK FURTHER THAN THAT, BUT WE FELT LIKE 10 YEARS WAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
AND EACH YEAR WE'LL ADD A NEW SET OF DATA.
WE'LL TAKE AWAY A SET OF DATA.
AS WE ROLL WITH A DASHBOARD FOR TRENDS AND BALANCE OUT.
WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WE USE WITH CRASH DATA AND CHRIS, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE BY THE PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE OUR GRAPHICS ARE USABLE, BUT NOT TOO OVERLY COMPLICATED.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BALANCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO INPUT FROM THE ATTACK FROM THE BOARD.
AND ONE TIME, A CHANCE TO REVIEW NEXT TIME IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF DATA.
WHEN WE LOOK AT 10 YEARS WORTH OF DATA, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION CRASHES OVER 10 YEARS, LITERALLY ABOUT 1.4 MILLION LINES OF DATA.
SO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA THAT IS ASSEMBLED TO BUILD THIS, AND THEN TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THAT MORE USABLE? THE DATA THAT COMES IN ARE WANTING TO NOTE IT'S A TEXTILE MAINTAINED DATABASE, BUT THE DATE OF THE CRASH RECORDS COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE STATE.
SO DPS COUNTY, SHERIFF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO THE CRASHES WE SHOW ARE NOT JUST ON THE STATE SYSTEM, BUT ON ALL ROADS ACROSS THE STATE.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A ONE OF ONE PART OF THE DASHBOARD, AND WE WANTED TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VIEWS.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, THIS WOULD BE YOUR OVERVIEW.
SO YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE 276,000 CRASHES FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS IN THE SIX COUNTY CAMPER REGION.
YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE IN THE UPPER RIGHT THAT CRASH FREQUENCY.
SO THAT'S LOOKING A YEAR TO YEAR AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES AND CRASHES DID ACTUALLY DROP IN 2020.
SO THAT'S THE LAST YEAR WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE KNOW THAT FATAL CRASHES MAY HAVE INCREASED ON TALK ABOUT A WAY TO SLICE THAT UP AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASHES IF WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT LINE.
SO A KEY PART THAT WE WANTED TO DO ON DEVELOPING THIS DASHBOARD IS MAKE IT CUSTOMIZABLE AND USABLE DEPENDING ON THE USER, ON THE LEFT SIDE OR WHAT OUR COLUMNS WE CALL SLICERS AND ALLOWS YOU TO SLICE THIS DATA IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT MAY BE USEFUL FOR YOUR AGENCY, OR IF YOU'RE THE PUBLIC, MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR YOUR CITY.
SO WE HAVE THINGS ON THE LEFT STARTING WITH, WE CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THIS DATA BY COUNTY.
I CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THE DATA BY CITY BY YEAR.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JUST THE LAST THREE YEARS, IT'S LIKE THAT.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR YEAR, YOU CAN SELECT THAT, THAT TYPE OF SLICER WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS THAT WE DEVELOPED.
THE NEXT FEW SLICES ARE MORE SPECIFIC TO CRASH DATA SO THEY CAN LOOK AT THINGS LIKE CRASH SEVERITY.
SO IF YOU JUST WANTED TO SEE FATAL CRASHES, YOU COULD SELECT THAT AND SEE, HOW ARE WE TRENDING WITH FATAL CRASHES OR SPORTS, INJURY CRASHES, THINGS LIKE, UM, ICE, LIKE A CERTAIN BICYCLIST OR PEDESTRIAN, IF YOU'RE JUST INTERESTED IN THOSE TYPES OF CRASHES OR VEHICLE TYPES, IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW WE KNOW WITH TRUCK CRASHES OR MOTORCYCLE CRASHES, WE'RE ABLE TO SELECT THAT ALONG THE TOP ROW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TABS.
SO WE DIVIDED UP THE DATA AND THINKING ABOUT AN OVERVIEW, BUT ALSO WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WHEN THE CRASH HAS HAPPENED, WHERE THEY HAPPEN, ET CETERA.
UH, WE DO, AND WE'VE ADDED A, UH, AN INSTRUCTIONS PAGE THAT THE GOAL HERE IS TO REALLY MAKE THIS INTUITIVE AND EASY TO USE.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN WE ROLL IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WE WANT TO GET MORE FEEDBACK AND SEE HOW USEFUL THIS IS.
WE WERE THINKING SOME OF THE POWER USERS OR SOME, SOME UNIQUE AND NEAT FEATURES HERE THAT WE'RE ADDING AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW EVERYTHING THERE WAS AVAILABLE.
BUT THE OVERALL IDEA IS WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO JUST JUMP IN, START BEING ABLE TO SLICE, UPDATED VERY EASILY.
THIS IS THE PAGE ON WHO, SO IN THIS CASE, I'VE SELECTED ON THE LEFT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ALONG THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN
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SEE THINGS LIKE DRIVER FALL.SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGE OF DRIVER FAULT.
UH, THE NEXT ALONG THE BOTTOM WAS VEHICLE TYPE.
SO YOU CAN START TO SEE AND ANALYZE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASHES IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND COMPARE HOW DIFFERENT AREAS ARE DOING NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THIS IS ONE WE THINK IS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN CRASHES HAPPEN.
IN THIS CASE, WE SELECTED BASS DROP.
I PICKED THREE YEARS TO LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF DATA, UH, AND IN THE TOP MIDDLE WHERE IT SAYS DAY OF THE WEEK, WE CAN SEE, WE HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF CRASHES AND BASS DROP IN FRIDAY, AND THE LOWER LEFT LOOKING AT THAT SHADING, WE CAN START TO SEE ON FRIDAYS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE O'CLOCK OR WHEN WE'RE SEEING THE MOST NUMBER OF CRASHES.
SO YOU CAN START TO LOOK AT THIS, AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO ANY KIND OF TARGETED ENFORCEMENT, MAYBE COMPARE YEAR TO YEAR, ARE WE DOING BETTER OR WORSE AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE? WE SEE THINGS LIKE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SO AGAIN, START TO DO VERY QUICKLY WITH A FEW CLICKS COMPARE NUMBER OF CRASHES AND GAS DROPS YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS, HOW THEY COMPARE IT TO OTHER CITIES AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND, OR MAYBE DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH DRAINAGE ON SOME ROADS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND SOME TRENDS.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT, WHICH IS OUR, WHERE.
SO AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT MASS DROP, I'M JUST LOOKING AT 2019 AND LOOKING AT THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE'VE ZOOMED IN CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN, AND YOU CAN SEE THINGS IN 2019, BASED ON MY COLOR, CODING RED IS A FATAL CRASH THAT WE ARE ONE FATAL CRASH ON 71.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN START TO SEE THAT.
AND THEN THE THOUGHT THERE, MAYBE IF WE DO SOME SAFETY OR IMPROVEMENTS, ONE YEAR, YOU CAN COMPARE YOUR PREVIOUS AND THE YEAR AFTER AND SEE, DO WE SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CRASHES ALONG THE CORRIDOR? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING RIGHT NOW, UM, KTM OR CLEAN TEMPLE NPO IS DEVELOPING A SIMILAR DATA DASHBOARD AND CAMPO, AND KATIE MTO HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO SHARE WHAT'S BEING LEARNED.
SO, UH, THEY'VE TAKEN THIS MAP FEATURE AND WE'RE DOING THE WORK FOR THEM.
WE'VE UPGRADED THAT TO A MORE DETAILED MAP, A LARGER MAP THAT HAS MORE WAYS TO SLICE IT UP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'VE WORKED ON FOR THEM THAT UPGRADE AND BRING THAT OVER TO CAMPUS WEBSITE.
SO WE THINK THAT SHARING IS A REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO IMPROVEMENTS OFF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
IF THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS, Y'ALL ASK FOR CAMPBELL OR SHOUT OUT WITH KTM KYO, AND HOPEFULLY THAT REALLY LEADS TO A BETTER DASHBOARD FOR BOTH AGENCIES.
AND THE LAST ONE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE LOOKING WITHIN A TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AND YOU START TO SEE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO CRASHES.
SO, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, AUSTIN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, DISTRACTED DRIVING WAS IN THE LOWER, RIGHT.
IT WAS LISTED AS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE FOR CRASHES.
AND THIS IS BASED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY INVESTIGATE WHAT THEY LIST, THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO CRASHES AGAIN, VERY EASY TO START TO COMPARE A CITY TO CITY OR YEAR TO YEAR.
IF YOU WANT YOU TO SEE THINGS LIKE WRONG WAY DRIVING YEAR TO YEAR, HAS THAT INCREASED OR DECREASED IN A PARTICULAR CITY OR A PARTICULAR COUNTY, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THOSE KINDS OF MANIPULATION, REALLY JUST WITH A LITTER, LITERALLY SECONDS TO COMPARE YEAR TO YEAR OR AREA THAT AREA NEXT TIME.
SO THAT'S JUST A BRIEF DEMONSTRATION.
LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AROUND WITH THAT AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
THE OTHER TWO DASHBOARDS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
I MENTIONED THAT THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA THAT PRESENTS DATA INCLUDES ECONOMIC HOUSING, SOCIAL MOBILITY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME DIFFERENT MAPS, BEING ABLE TO DRILL DOWN TO THE CENSUS TRACK LEVEL, UH, TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AROUND THE REGION X SLIDE.
AND THE FINAL ONE THAT REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON IS OUR RHINO DATA, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE CENTER LINE MALLS, UM, LANE MILES, DAILY, VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED DAILY TRUCK MILES, UH, WORKING WITH CAMPER RIGHT NOW.
I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE PRESENT THIS DATA IN AN EASY TO UNDERSTAND USEFUL FORMAT.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT TO THE TECH, WORKING WITH PUBLIC TO MAKE THAT MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND LOOK FORWARD TO ROLLING OUT AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE TAX REVIEW, THE DASHBOARDS AS DEVELOPED.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ONCE WE HAVE RYAN, OUR DATA WORK WITH THE PUBLIC TO GET THAT ROLLED OUT, THE PLAN IS TO ROLL THIS OUT IN MAY OF 2022.
AND THEN EVEN ONCE IT'S OUT THERE WITH CAMPO, HAVING THAT ABILITY TO TWEAK AND MODIFY IT, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPECTATION IS AS PEOPLE USE IT, WE'LL GET BETTER IDEAS AND BETTER WAYS TO VIEW THIS DATA.
AND WE CAN VERY EASILY GO BACK IN AND ADJUST IT YEAR TO YEAR AND TRY TO MAKE THIS AS USER FRIENDLY AND USABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE REGION.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE APPRECIATE THE TIME TO UPDATE EVERYONE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER
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ELLIS.I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF COMPILING SOME OF THE CRASH SAFETY DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE.
UM, I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IN OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR TARGETS AND METRICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO BUILD OUR MPO AROUND IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, SO I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION TILING, THE DATA, ARE THERE ANY GAPS IN ENTITIES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE OR ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER WAYS TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANY ENTITIES NOT COMPILING THIS DATA IN THIS WAY THAT WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE? SO THERE ARE, UM, IT'S REALLY DEPENDENT ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, HIM OR HERSELF, UH, WHO COLLECTS THE DATA.
UH, THERE ARE GAPS THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH KIMBERLY HORN BEFORE THE TEXTS LOSS OF DISTRICT, BUT THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH, UM, WHEN AN INCIDENT OCCURS OR, UH, AN ACCIDENT OR A CRASH ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE POLICE OFFICER TO COME, HOW LONG IT TAKES, BUT A POLICE OFFICER COULD LEAVE.
AND THEN HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE BAGGAGE TO CLEAR, THERE'S NOT A STANDARDIZED DATA PROCESSING, UH, PROCESS, UH, FOR THE STATE YET.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE GAP THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE HOPE WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, I BELIEVE TEXTILE IS TARGETED THE NEXT UPGRADE OF THE CHRIS SYSTEM, WHICH SHOULD BE IN A YEAR OR TWO TO TRY TO MAKE THAT A STANDARD FIELD.
AND ONCE THAT DOES BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ROLL INTO THE DATABASE.
AND THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO TRACK IN TERMS OF HOW WE MANAGE INCIDENTS AND HOW QUICKLY WE RESPOND TO AND CLEAR INCIDENTS OFF THE ROADWAY, WHICH IS A KEY FOCUS AREA IN TRYING TO IMPROVE SAFETY.
AND ONCE WE GET THAT, THEN WE'LL START INCORPORATING THAT AS WELL.
BUT, UH, AS WITH ANYTHING THAT'S WHERE THE ORIGINATION IS A HUMAN BASE, THERE IS GOING TO BE ERRORS AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT THOSE ERRORS ARE.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE, UH, HONEST WITH YOU.
YOU FEED THE, DATA'S ONLY AS GOOD AS, AS WHAT GETS PUT IN, RIGHT.
UM, BUT I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON THIS.
AND JUST A LAST THOUGHT, UM, WITH THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, I KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, FOLKS MAY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED LIKE PRIMARY MAY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE, TOO CLOSE, BUT IT MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN RAINING AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER SITUATION.
AND I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS TO KNOW THE WHOLE PICTURE.
SO I'LL JUST ADD THAT AS A COMMENT THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT, AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN, WE COULD THINK ABOUT HOW THAT DISPLAYS IN A DASHBOARD LIKE THIS, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS IS GREAT.
SO NEAR OF, JUST TO THE POINT YOU WERE MAKING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO CLEAR SCENE, ET CETERA.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THAT REALLY GETS DOWN TO AN RMS ISSUE IN SOMEBODY'S CAD DATABASE THAT, UM, WHERE THEY'RE DOING THAT REPORTING.
SO THAT REALLY BLEEDS OVER INTO HAVING A, UH, AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE MINED FROM THEIR RMS, UM, SYSTEMS. SO, UH, AND SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING OURS ARE 10 YEARS OLD.
SO, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT GAP IS CLOSED IN THAT CONVERSATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, ON THE, THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, I JUST HAD ONE QUICK ONE.
ON THE LEVEL OF DATA YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SLIDE YOU SHOWED WITH TRAVIS COUNTY'S SAFETY, DAVID, AND THE, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS DISTRACTED DRIVING, THAT WAS ONE WHERE IT WAS A LARGER SEGMENT.
IS THERE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AS TO THE TYPES OF DISTRACTED DRIVING THAT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH CHRIS IN SOME CASES? UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE SO PEOPLE CAN DIG EVEN DEEPER.
AND THAT'S BEEN, I THINK THE CHALLENGE, NO, WE'VE MENTIONED LITERALLY OVER A MILLION LINES OF DATA.
SO A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE AND TRYING TO DECIDE HOW FAR DOWN THE, WE D INTO THAT VERSUS LETTING PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE VERY ADEPT WITH THE DATA.
THEY MAY WANT TO DIVE IN EVEN DEEPER, BUT THERE'S JUST SOMETHING WE CAN TRY TO DIVE INTO THEM.
I'LL KEEP IT TO SEE MORE RECORDS, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS MADE AWARE OF WHEN I CALLED TODAY IS ON THAT TOPIC WAS THAT, UH, THERE MAY BE DATA ALSO THAT INDICATES KIND OF THE ORIGINS OR STRIPS.
AND SO IF WE HAD DATA ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A COMMUTER TRIP VERSUS A SHORT TRIP, AND WHETHER THE COMMUTE MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT DISTRACTION, THAT COULD BE TIED TO THE TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP AND THINKING ABOUT MESSAGING ON THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP COMMUTER TRAFFIC FROM GETTING AS DISTRACTED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUE, UM, THERE MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OF AN EMPHASIS TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS THAT.
I THINK ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS TRYING TO TAKE THAT DATABASE THAT IS BUILDING THIS AND
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MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO USE YOURSELF.THEY WANTED TO GIVE UP A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO TAKE A CERTAIN VIEW AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR CITY IN A TYPE OF DRIVING, UH, LETTING THEM EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN PULL THAT DATA AND SEE THE FULL DATABASE FOR WHATEVER THEY FILTER DOWN UNTIL WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ADD THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO REALLY DIVE INTO THE DETAIL AND IT GETS INTO SOME OF THOSE REASONS OF WHY AND HELP BETTER TARGET ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
[12. Presentation of 2022 Transportation Planning Activities Calendar]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.I THINK THAT SHE WAS, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO, UM, JUST A FEW QUICK THINGS.
UH, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UM, THE LOCAL TEXAS DIVISION OFFICE LAST WEEK.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND THEY WANTED TO, UM, YOU CAN LEAVE IT UP.
UM, AND THEY WANTED TO, UH, SCHEDULE OUR, UM, UH, FEDERAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW.
SO, UH, AS A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THAT'S MORE THAN 200,000 IN POPULATION.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A CERTIFICATION REVIEW EVERY FOUR YEARS.
AND, UH, THAT REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY FEDERAL HIGHWAY, UM, STAFF, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION STAFF OUT OF THE FORT WORTH OFFICE.
AND THEY COME IN AND THEY LOOK AT, UH, ALL OF OUR RECORDS.
THEY HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO LOOK AT AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THE LAST REVIEW WE HAD WAS 2018 AND APRIL YES, APRIL.
UM, SO, UM, THEY'VE ASKED US TO, UH, SEND THEM SOME DATES, UH, FOR POTENTIALLY THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL OF THIS YEAR TO CONDUCT, UM, UM, THE NEXT CERTIFICATION REVIEW AS PART OF THE REVIEW.
UM, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UH, STAFF GENERALLY LIKES TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I WILL BE ASKING, UM, SOME OF YOU, UH, IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO TALK TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UH, ABOUT, UM, THE PLANNING PROCESS AS IS CONDUCTED HERE AT CAMPO, AND I'LL BE, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO Y'ALL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TRY TO, UM, TO GET SOME SENSE AND THAT WE DON'T NEED A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS THREE OR FOUR IS USUALLY WHAT WE DO.
UM, THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS, UM, THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING, UM, WHILE CAMPUS STAFF SETS UP THOSE MEETINGS, THEY ARE NOT OUR MEETINGS.
THEY ARE THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION'S MEETINGS.
SO I SAY THAT TO YOU TO SAY, IT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY DO AS FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS, UM, MEETINGS ARE NOT OURS.
WE JUST SET THEM UP, UH, FOR THEM.
SO, UM, ON THE SAME TOPIC, UM, WE HAVE HAD ONE REQUEST FOR, UM, THE 2018 FOR FEDERAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW REPORT, UM, THAT WAS ISSUED IN, UM, MS. JOSEPH ASKED FOR THAT, UH, ABOUT, UM, A MONTH OR SO AGO.
AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO HER THAT WE HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO HER, HER OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
UM, THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE HAVING ABOUT A COVID IN THE OFFICE THAT IT GOT LOST, BUT WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO HER REQUEST QUICKLY, UM, JUST, UM, IN WRITING.
UM, SO FROM A VERBAL STANDPOINT, UM, THE REPORT WAS NEVER ISSUED FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE REPORT TO GIVE, UM, TO MS. JOSEPH, HOWEVER, UH, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION DID ISSUE A LETTER IN 2018 SAYING THAT WE ARE FULLY CERTIFIED, UM, UNDER MBT, UH, ALL FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA.
AND SO THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO MS. JOSEPH, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT TO GIVE, UM, THE OTHER PART OF HER REQUEST.
ALSO, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT WAS ASKING FOR A TRIENNIAL REVIEW REPORT AND CAMPBELL DOES NOT GO THROUGH TRAINING AND REVIEWS.
THAT IS WHAT CAPITAL METRO GOES THROUGH WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION EVERY THREE YEARS.
UM, THERE WAS A TRIENNIAL REVIEW THAT WAS CONDUCTED, UM, UH, BY FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
UH, I THINK, UM, CHARMELLA WAS AT WHAT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO TO TRY AND REVIEW WAS DONE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAINING AND REVIEWS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CAPITAL METRO.
UM, SO, UM, ALSO WANTED TO REPORT LAST WEEK, CAMPO STAFF HAD A, UH, VERY PRODUCTIVE, UM, CONVERSATION WITH THE, UM, TAKES OUT AUSTIN DISTRICT AND WITH, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING AND THE FINANCE
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DIVISIONS OF TECHSTOP, UH, ON CATEGORY SEVEN.UM, PART OF THE CONVERSATION WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD, UM, SORT OF THE BASICS OF, OF WHAT GOES INTO CATEGORY SEVEN, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, UH, HOW IT'S TRACKED ON THE TEXTILE SIDE.
UM, BUT ALSO WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS WELL, THIS BODY, NOT WE AS STAFF, UM, THAT THIS BODY IS ALLOCATING FUNDING TO PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HIT THOSE, WE HIT THOSE LED DATES AS CLOSE AS WE CAN AND GET THE MONEY SPENT BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UH, A BIG PROCESS GOING ON AT TEXTILE ABOUT, UM, KEEPING TRACK OF THE MONEY AND THEN KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT'S CALLED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY, WHICH GOES WITH THE MONEY AND APPROPRIATIONS.
AND, AND SO ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE MANAGED IN REAL TIME.
AND TEXTILE IS MANAGING AND NOT JUST FOR US, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
UM, SO, UM, TXDOT DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF DOING THAT.
UM, THEY ARE SO GOOD AT DOING THAT, THAT WE, UH, AS TEXAS OFTEN END UP GETTING, UM, MONEY LEFTOVER FROM OTHER STATES THAT THEY CANNOT SPEND IT.
AND WE CAN ONLY GET THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY USING OURS, UH, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
SO, UM, I, I SAY THAT TO GO BACK TO MR. COLLINS REPORT ON THE PROGRESS REPORT, WE DO THOSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ONE GETTING PROJECTS, UH, OUT THE DOOR, BUT TWO THAT WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO POTENTIALLY GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OTHER STATES.
UM, THEN LASTLY, UM, WELL, NOT LASTLY, SO THIS ITEM, UH, ON THE SCREEN, UM, NORMALLY EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, EVERY YEAR, WE WILL GIVE YOU A, UM, A SENSE OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO BRING TO THIS BODY, UM, IN TERMS OF ACTION ITEMS OVER THE, THE YEAR, THIS IS THE FIRST DRAFT, UM, THIS WILL, THIS WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE, UH, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT, UM, THIS IS THIS YEAR'S, UM, SO FAR, UM, MY GUESS IS BY THE TIME WE MEET AGAIN, UH, WE WILL HAVE ADDED A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, TO IT.
SO, UM, AS WE MAKE CHANGES, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THIS BODY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE CHANGES.
UM, THEN LASTLY, UH, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN.
I KNOW YOU ASKED, UM, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS DECEMBER YOU ASKED ABOUT, UM, COULD WE, COULD WE GIVE A PRESENTATION ON, UM, SORT OF THE CENTERS CONCEPT, UM, ON THE CENTERS CONCEPT, UM, AND WE WILL BE PREPARED TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I DIDN'T FORGET.
ANY OTHER ITEMS, ATROPHY THAT SORTA COMES WITH TWO TOPICS, THE ITEM NUMBER 12, AND THEN YOUR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT NORMALLY.
UM, SO THAT COMPLETES ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 13.
[14. Announcements]
14, WE HAVE, UM, ATTACK MEETING COMING UP ON FEBRUARY THE 28TH.AND OUR NEXT POLICY BOARD MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, MARCH THE SEVENTH AT TWO O'CLOCK, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 3:16 PM.