Mar 10, 2022 Mobility Committee

MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ITEM THE OFFICE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AMENDMENT.

AS IT RELATES TO PAGE SIX, THE 50 50 MODE SHARE.

I HAVE A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE REDUCTION, THERE WERE THREE NORTHEAST METRO RAPIDS THAT WERE REDUCED WHEN COUNCIL VOTED ON PROJECT CONNECT.

SO THE 50 50 MODE SHARE WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IT WOULD IN CREASE, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AS A ROW, AS OPPOSED TO DECREASING IT.

BUT THE 50 50 MODE CHAIR THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE GOAL IN 2019 HAS REMAINED THE SAME AND NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ELIMINATION OF PALMER, THE $4.7 MILLION METRO RAPID BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE FM 9 69.

AND ALSO THE METRO RAPID THAT WOULD HAVE TRAVELED FROM DEATH TO THE GOLD LINE, ACC HIGHLAND OFF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THOSE WERE THREE NORTHEAST METRO RAPIDS, PRIMARILY SERVING AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND MINORITIES.

AS IT RELATES TO PAGE 25, THE LONGTERM VISION PLAN.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THAT MAP, IS THAT FROM DECEMBER 17TH, 2018, WHEN CAPITAL METRO ADOPTED THEIR LONG-TERM VISION PLAN FOR PROJECT CONNECT, OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT MAP? AND AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK, IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

THE DISPARATE IMPACTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY CAP REMAP.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS.

THAT'S ABOUT 10 TIMES LONGER THAN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WHITE AND DOVE SPRINGS.

HISPANICS.

I HAD THESE QUESTIONS AND THIS IS MY TECHNICAL COMMENT.

I HAD THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT I WAS TOLD BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.

I COULDN'T SPEAK.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO CLARIFY HOW THE COMMISSIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC INPUT ON DISCUSSION ITEMS. LIKE YOU'RE TAKING COMMENTS TODAY.

UM, I'M NOT SURE I IMAGINED MY TIME.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

ANDREW TEAGLE ANDREW TICKELL DAVID DAVID GRAVANO.

JOSEPH REYNOLDS.

HELLO? YES, PLEASE.

CONTINUE.

AM I SPEAKING NOW? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU CAN.

I LIVE ON WEST 49TH STREET AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE ASM P REVISIONS UNTIL THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN DONE.

THE REVISION BEING WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE CONSTRAINTS ON IMPLEMENTATION, OBVIOUS CONSTRAINTS ARE ONE, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ROADWAY TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND ALONG THE ROAD AND THREE, THE USE OF THE LAND ALONG THE ROAD.

AND THIS IS A PROCESS FAILURE BY YEAR TO FOLLOW A PROPER PROCESS CAUSES REAL TROUBLE.

ONCE A PLAN IS APPROVED, THE PARTIES IMPLEMENTING ITS PROJECTS, NEVER CHECKED FOR PROBLEMS. THIS LEADS TO FAILURE.

HEY, NO PROBLEM.

COUNCIL APPROVED IT.

PROPER TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WOULD LOOK AT SAFETY.

NO SAFETY STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE TO SUPPORT THE CHANGES IN ROAD, CLASS, SIMPLE STUFF LIKE GREAT OF HILLS HAS BEEN IGNORED.

HOW ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES OF FUTURE TROUBLE? LET'S LOOK AT PART OF A SIMMER COUNCIL APPROVED PLAN, BUILDING A SECTION OF THE URBAN TRAIL.

THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAIL NEVER LOOKED AT WELL KNOWN GEOLOGY ISSUES, THE FAULTY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION RESULTED.

SO THERE'S A COLLAPSED HILLSIDE ON SHOW CREEK THAT SO FAR HAS A COST APPROACHING $20 MILLION.

HOW ABOUT ASM P EXAMPLES THAT ARE CERTAIN BUT NOT HAPPENED YET? THERE ARE SEVERAL ON BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AT LAMAR.

WE HAVE A REPEAT OF THE TRA

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TRAIL COLLAPSED DEBACLE.

THERE GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS WITH LOTS OF HISTORY.

DR.

PETER FLAWN WAS PRESIDENT OF UT WHEN A SERIES OF HILLSIDE COLLAPSES OCCURRED AT THIS CORNER.

LAY SMP REVISIONS INCLUDE A FUTURE FAILURE, AT LEAST AS EXPENSIVE AS THE CURRENT URBAN TRAIL DISASTER.

HOW FAR WILL THE APARTMENTS AT THE TOP OF THE HILL SLIDE THROUGHOUT JOKER I S M P CONFLICTS WITH THE CITIZEN APPROVED PARK PLAN.

THERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES ON HANCOCK DRIVE, LAND USE AND LAND OWNERSHIP BY S M P CALLS FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

BUT AUSTIN MEMORIAL PARK HAS GRAVES JUST INSIDE THE FENCE AND MOPAC BRIDGE IS STATE RIGHT AWAY.

THERE ARE MORE ON 49TH STREET, EAST OF BURNET, STATE OF TEXAS OWNED BOTH SIDES OF 49TH.

THERE'S A STATE PARKING GARAGE WITH CONFLICTS AND THE CHRIS COLE CENTER IS A CONFLICT.

I GUESS BMP IS FULL OF PROBLEMS. DO YOU WANT ANOTHER HILLSIDE COLLAPSED? THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES A BILL TRANSFERRING LAND FROM BOTH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I ASKED, DID YOU CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES BEFORE ACCEPTING THIS FAULTY WORK? THANK YOU SURE.

THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE LINE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.

AND DO YOU KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER NAMES THAT YOU CALLED? DID THEY, WERE THEY POSSIBLY ON MUTE OR ARE THEY NOT ON THE LENS? OKAY.

THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2022.

AND TO ANYONE WHO EITHER HAD LONGER COMMENTS, THEY WANTED TO SUBMIT, OR WASN'T ABLE TO CALL IN TODAY, PLEASE SEND THEM VIA EMAIL, UM, TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE WILL LOOK AT THEM AND WANT TO HEAR YOUR INPUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP AND, UM, PLEASE SEND US YOUR REMARKS.

IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA IN NUMERICAL ORDER.

THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVED THE MINUTES OF

[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of February 10, 2022.]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE VICE-CHAIR KELLY MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, SECOND STAT ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN FAVOR.

IT LOOKS UNANIMOUS WITH A MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR, NOT JOINING US QUITE YET, BUT SHE WILL BE HERE LATER.

THE NEXT ITEM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO IS ITEM TWO, UPDATE

[2. Update from the chair of the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) regarding recent UTC actions.]

FROM THE CHAIR OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

I SEE MR. CHAMPION HAS JOINED US.

WELCOME AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND SHARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I'LL GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE.

I KNOW THERE'S QUITE AN AGENDA AT OUR LAST URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING.

WE, UH, ADDRESS THREE ITEMS. FIRST ONE WAS A PRESENTATION FROM NICOTINE AND JACQUELINE ON THE RACIAL EQUITY ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOL.

THERE WAS NO ACTION FOR US TO TAKE.

WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT WORKS AND WHO BENEFITS AND HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING.

AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIONAL.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT WHERE WE SPENT THE BULK OF OUR TIME WAS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO THE SPEAKERS.

YOU JUST HEARD APARTMENT OF THE S AND P IN THE STREET LEVEL CHANGES.

I THINK I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS THAT CAME THROUGH.

I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES FROM LISTENING TO WE HAD ABOUT 38 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP MAYBE HALF OR A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AND SPOKE ABOUT IT.

BUT WE TALKED WITH THE, UM, MR. UH, KITTEN QUITE A BIT ABOUT IT.

I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS THE S AND P STREET LEVEL CLASSIFICATION DOES NOT CLEAR WHAT THEY MEAN IN HER LIFE WHEN PEOPLE HAD THEIR COMMENTS AND THEY HAD THEIR CONCERNS.

UM, IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY JIVE WITH WHAT ASN P LATER ON DECLARED, UM, WAS THE, UM, THE STATE OF, OF, UH, STREET LEVEL CHANGE.

I THINK SOME OF IT BOILS DOWN TO WORDING THINGS LIKE, UM, AN IDEAL PROCESS ACTION HAS A FEELING OF AN ASPIRATIONAL CROSS-SECTION VERSUS THIS IS A THEORETICAL POSSIBILITY.

AND SO PEOPLE SEEM TO, IN MANY OF THEIR COMMENTS WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS THE IDEAL CROSS SECTION.

THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 20 FEET FROM THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE YARDS AND GOING TO PICK DOWN TREES HAS SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, CLEARLY THAT'S FISCALLY, AND PARTY-WISE NEVER LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

AND SO I THINK ONCE THAT DISCUSSION CAME ALONG, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE PUTTING MORE EASE.

I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER MISSTEPS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF UNFORTUNATELY, WAS, UH, UNDEFINED WORDS LIKE INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS, UM, PEOPLE REALLY, UM, RIGHTFULLY SO, UH, WERE CONCERNED ABOUT W UNDEFINED WORDS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND WHAT DOES THAT TRIGGER? SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THERE.

IF YOU HAVE THE TIME TO GO READ THROUGH THE COMMENTS.

I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE HAVING HAD A GOOD JOB SOMETHING'S UP.

UM, THE LAST THING THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE UTC WAS, UH, THE BUDGET PRIORITY KIND OF BULLET ITEMS. WE'VE PASSED A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH, UM, SORT OF OUTLINED OUR PRIORITIES AND WE HOPE TO PASS ON TO THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S FIVE BULLETS ALREADY DONE VERY QUICKLY, UM, WORK WITH PARTNERS AROUND THE HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT, UH, ATTAIN THE 50 50 MODE SHARE, SET FORTH IN THE ASN P UH, WORKED TO REALIZE THE VISION ZERO SAFETY GOALS, UH, WORKED TO REALIZE THE CLIMATE GOALS OF THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND WORK TO ACTIVELY AND ADDRESS EQUITY CONCERNS CAUSED BY DECADES OF INEQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLANNING.

AND THAT IS A VERY QUICK SUMMARY.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR

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OBSERVATIONS OR TO ANSWER THEM.

THAT WAS AMAZINGLY QUICK.

I'M GLAD WE MOVED TO THE MEETING.

I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL THAT SINCE, SINCE YOU ARE SO GRATEFUL TO VOLUNTEER YOUR SERVICE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE UPDATES.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR PARTICIPATION AND, AND VOLUNTEERING ON THIS, AND THEN DOING THE DOUBLE DUTY OF COMING TO US TO TELL US EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

UM, I AGREE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAID THAT THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS THAT EITHER NEED TO BE UPDATED OR ADDED, UM, IN, INTO THE PLAN.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

AND SO I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME OF THIS HAPPENING IN SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAN TOO, THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO IDENTIFY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE EXTRA QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

DO OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INSIGHT TO SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? UH, YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIO.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UM, SO, UM, AND, AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL INSIGHT AS TO HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING, UM, IN REACTING TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PROPOSAL THAT'S OUT THERE IS THERE.

UM, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO, TO IT? UM, GOOD QUESTION.

WE DID NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE S P SENT OUT, UM, KIND OF A REVAMP OF THE, MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE RAISED, UH, JUST THE DAY BEFORE.

SO WE DID NOT FEEL THAT WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO WORK THROUGH ALL THAT IT DID SEEM TO BE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I THINK, UH, MR. KITTEN WAS VERY GOOD IN OFFERING DETAILS TO THE, THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED.

UM, BUT WE DID NOT ACT WITH A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAMPION.

AND I BELIEVE IN MR. KITTENS PRESENTATION, UM, THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND WHICH, UM, COMMITTEES ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, MUCH, WHICH COMMISSIONS MIGHT BE HEARING THIS AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO THERE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DAYLIGHT THOSE HERE LATER TODAY.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE BRIEFING ON FEDERAL MOBILITY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

ITEM.

NUMBER THREE IS

[3. Briefing on federal mobility grant opportunities from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act]

AND JOINING US IS DIRECTOR SPILLER AND MAYOR.

UH, THIS WAS A PRESENTATION I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE TO YOU LAST MONTH.

AND SO SOME OF IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE DATED AS I START TO GET INTO IT, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE, IT MAY NOT BE THE CORNUCOPIA THAT, THAT PEOPLE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE.

AND SO IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I WILL GET TO A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD, UH, AT THE END OF THE SLIDE, I THINK YOU, UM, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, AND IT'S GOING BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES, BUT IT IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING LAW THAT WAS PASSED, UM, BY THE USDA REAUTHORIZED AS USDA, GOATEE, AND EXTENDS FUNDING FOR A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

MANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS WILL FUND ANNUALLY.

AND SO THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS LOOK VERY BIG IN THE BILL, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT DIVIDE THAT BY FIVE AND THAT'S LIKELY HOW MUCH THEY ARE RELEASING EACH YEAR.

UM, RELEVANCE, UH, PROGRAMS ARE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES.

THERE'S NEW POLICIES, EMPHASIS AROUND SAFETY, EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, MULTIMODAL, AND JOBS, AND ALL PART OF THIS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, BREAKS UP INTO A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

UM, THERE IS A GRANT REQUEST AVAILABLE ON THE STREETS NOW, UH, THERE WAS A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY.

THAT'S THE RAISE GRANTS, BUT THERE'S REALLY GRANTS AND A NUMBER OF VARIOUS REMEMBER THAT THESE FUNDS, UH, 7.8 BILLION LOOKS BIG, BUT WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT BY FIVE THAT'S 1.5 BILLION A YEAR TO BE SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND SO, UH, THAT MEANS THAT THE ACTUAL SIZE PROJECTS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE FUNDED ARE LESS THAN $25 MILLION PER PROJECT, UH, AND LOCALITIES OR PROPONENTS OF THOSE NEED TO COME UP WITH A MINIMUM OF 20% MATCH, BUT REALLY BASED ON OUR OTHER KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS TO BE COMPETITIVE, WE NEED TO BE IN THE 50% RANGE, UH, OF LOCAL MONIES BROUGHT TO IT.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IS A LIST OF FUTURE GRANTS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING ALREADY COMING OUT.

UH, AND THEY REALLY RUN THE GAMBIT FROM, UM, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FROM TRADITIONAL ROADWAY, BIKE PAD, UH, AND SAFETY TYPE PROJECTS TO TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT, UH, AND, AND, UH, THROUGH FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION,

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A BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS OR SOMETHING THAT MAY COME THROUGH OUR STATE AS FORMULA FUNDS.

AND THOSE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE VERY INTERESTED IN TOO.

AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF BRIDGES BEING A RIVER CITY.

UH, WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS GRANTS? THEY WILL BE VERY COMPETITIVE.

UM, WE'VE COMPETED FOR GRANTS SIMILAR TO THE RAISE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

NOW, WE CALL THOSE PREVIOUSLY, THEY WERE CALLED THE BUILD GRANTS, OR SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM TIGER GRANTS.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE GOING AFTER THOSE BEFORE IN 2019 AND 2020, WE PURSUED FUNDING FOR THE REDBUD BRIDGE TRAIL, UH, AND IT WAS NOT AWARDED, UH, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPLIED FOR COLONY LOOP IN 2018.

THAT WAS NOT AWARDED ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THAT.

AND I'LL REITERATE THIS LATER IS OFTEN WE FOUND OURSELVES AS A CITY COMPETING AGAINST OURSELVES.

AND SO THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE USDA IS, HEY, WE ASKED FOR YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT AND YOU GIVE US TWO OR THREE PROJECTS.

HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE? AND SO WE'RE BEING VERY CAUTIOUS AND CONSCIOUS ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE SMART GRANTS THAT WILL, OR GRANTS THAT WILL FALL INTO THIS SMART, UH, SORT OF, UH, CATEGORY LOOKING TO FUND TECHNOLOGY.

WE THINK THAT WE WILL BE VERY, UM, COMPETITIVE IN THOSE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST, WE DID GET SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG THAT AWARD, UH, TRAIL, IF YOU WILL, THROUGH THE SMART CITIES GRANT.

UH, WE THINK THAT SOME OF THESE MAY, UH, BE FUNDS THAT THE USDA IS LOOKING FOR STRONG PARTNERS TO DEMONSTRATE PROJECTS IN.

AND SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF BEING COMPETITIVE, MAYBE THEY ARE REALLY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE USDA.

AND SO WE THINK WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT WE DID APPLY IN 2018 FOR A TRAVEL INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT WAS NOT AWARDED, BUT WE THINK THAT, THAT THIS TYPE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY MAY BE CHANGING.

AND THE LESS LAST SET OF FUNDS WILL REALLY BE THOSE FORMULA FUNDS THAT COME TO THE REGION.

THE MPO EITHER THROUGH THE STATE HAS PASSED THROUGH FUNDS OR DIRECTLY TO THE MPO.

UM, WE HAVE IN THE PAST DEMONSTRATED THAT WE CAN BE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE IN THAT AREA, UH, AS THE MAJOR CITY IN THE, IN THE CAMPO REGION.

UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO GO AFTER FUNDING THAT MAY FLOW THROUGH EITHER THE STATE OR THROUGH THE MPO.

UH, AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, THE APPARATUS SET UP TO REALLY DELIVER ON THOSE CONTRACTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEAR OVER AND OVER IS THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, SHOVEL-READY, UH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR A DECADE, BUT IT'S EVEN TRUE NOW DURING THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION, UH, WE KNOW THAT FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADS WILL BE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS, NOT JUST TO CUT RIBBONS ON, BUT, UH, NOT JUST TO TURN DIRT ON, BUT ACTUALLY CUT RIBBONS.

AND SO WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY, BUT ALSO MAYBE PROVIDE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO CELEBRATE WINS AND SUCCESSES TO, TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE DELIVERING AND THAT WE'RE, UH, HAVING, UH, GOOD SUCCESS IN, IN GETTING FEDERAL MONEY INTO PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER QUICKLY.

SOME OF THE EXAMPLES, UH, PITTSBURGH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, PURSUING A RAISE TYPE GRANT, A TIGER GRANT.

UH, THEY WERE AWARDED $19 MILLION.

UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WAS $26 MILLION.

AND SO IT WAS ABOUT A THREE ACRE CAP.

UH, TWO THINGS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET ON, ON A, A 10% MATCH ANYMORE.

AGAIN, EVERYTHING WE HEAR IS WE NEED TO, TO INCREASE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 50%, UH, RESPONSE, UH, AND COSTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY PROBABLY GONE UP SINCE THIS PROJECT, UH, IN 2016, UH, BUT A PROJECT NOT UNLIKE ONE, WE ARE PURSUING, UH, HERE IN THE REGION, UH, ON 9 35.

AND SO I KNOW MIKE TRIMBLE'S HERE AND HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFORTS, UH, OR HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE'RE DOING ON , BUT I THINK CAPS ARE, ARE CERTAINLY A FUTURE POTENTIAL AS WE REMEMBER THIS FUNDING BILLS OVER FIVE YEARS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS DALLAS, UH, DID A SMART CORRIDOR.

UH, THEY WERE AWARDED $4 MILLION.

THEY HAD A 50% MATCH.

THIS IS AS EARLY AS RECENT AS 2020, UH, AND THAT GRANT FUNDED A SERIES OF PROJECTS IF YOU WILL, ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT AUSTIN PROBABLY HAS A NUMBER OF CORRIDORS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS, THAT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE THAT MIGHT ALREADY HAVE BOND DOLLARS.

BOND PROJECTS ARE GOOD CANDIDATES TO ADD PROJECT ONTO.

UH, WE KNOW THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE LIKELY ALREADY IN THE NEPA PROCESS.

UH, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN NEPA CLEARED.

AND SO TO ADD SOMETHING TO THEM, UH, WOULD NOT BE OPENING UP A NEW

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FEDERAL PROCESS.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO REMIND EVERYBODY IS THAT WHEN YOU ACCEPT FEDERAL MONEY ALSO ACCEPT, UM, UH, THE APPROPRIATE, UH, STRINGS THAT GO WITH THAT IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

AND SO, UM, THAT ALSO GOES INTO THE SELECTION OF OUR COMMITTED PROJECTS AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND THE THIRD EXAMPLE I THINK I HAVE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, IS ONE FROM LOS ANGELES.

AND THIS REALLY SHOWS YOU HOW A COMMUNITY, UH, EXTREMELY OVER-MATCHED, UH, UH, WHICH INCREASES THEIR ODDS OF WINNING A PROJECT.

AND HERE IN LA, THEY TOOK A LOOK AT A RESILIENCY ZONE, SAFE STREETS COMPONENT, A LONG CORRIDOR, AND THEY MATCHED IT AT 70%.

AND SO REALLY WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS THAT THE FEDERAL MONEY WAS THE LAST MONEY IN AND UNLOCKED OR ALLOWED THE PROJECT.

AND WE THINK THAT THAT IS ALSO VERY APPEALING, UH, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IF NOT FOR THEIR MONEY, THE PROJECT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

AND SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON AS WELL.

NEXT, PLEASE, ANOTHER AREA.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE USDA WILL BE LOOKING AT IS, ARE WE INVESTING IN AREAS OF PERSISTENT POVERTY? UH, SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THESE AS, UH, UM, UH, ETJ ISSUES OR, UH, ECONOMIC JUSTICE TYPE ISSUES.

THOSE ARE THE TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED.

UM, THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS THAT ALREADY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, HAS DEVELOPED EQUITY ANALYSIS ZONES THAT, THAT ALMOST PERFECTLY MATCHES THOSE, UH, AREAS OF TRADITIONAL POVERTY.

AND SO, UH, WE THINK WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THIS IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING, UH, PROJECTS IN THOSE EQUITY ZONES, AGAIN, TO MAXIMIZE OUR PROBABILITY OF, OF WINNING, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS.

UH, IT IS QUITE AN EFFORT WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING AT A NATIONAL LEVEL TO GO AFTER THESE.

AND SO, UH, I THINK AFTER THIS FIRST YEAR, WE'LL DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO PURSUE THESE.

AND I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THIS COUNCIL THAT WE, WE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, ANALYSIS AS WE, WE GO AFTER THESE PROJECTS, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED CONSULTANT SERVICES TO HELP US PURSUE THESE, UH, TO BRING THE PROPOSAL IN AT THE LEVEL THAT IS COMPETITIVE NATIONWIDE, NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS? UH, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, UH, BEFORE THE, UH, NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY STARTED.

AND SO WE ARE WELL QUITE DOWN THE AREA WE WERE AT THIS GREEN LINE, IF YOU WILL, WE ARE, UH, ABOUT TO COME TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER AGENCIES, SEEKING, UH, AGREEMENT AND COORDINATION ON A PROJECT THAT WE ARE READY TO PUT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

AND I BELIEVE WE'RE COMING, UH, AT THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL FOR YOUR CONCURRENCE.

UH, AND, UH, I WILL COMMUNICATE TO YOU THAT, THAT WE, UM, SPOKE TO CAPITAL METRO AND INVITED THEM TO JOIN OUR PROJECT, UH, JUST YESTERDAY, IN FACT, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AS WELL, UH, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, UH, WE NEED TO SEEK COUNSEL, NOT JUST COUNCIL, BUT US REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE SUPPORT.

WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DOGGIT IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

WE HOPE THAT OTHER, UH, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WILL BE AS WELL.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE LEARNED, WE NEED MORE THAN JUST A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

WE ACTUALLY NEED ACTIVE SUPPORT FROM OUR FEDERAL, UM, REPRESENTATIVES TO, TO CALL THE SECRETARY OR THE APPROPRIATE OFFICE AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT AND WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.

UM, SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

WHAT IS STRATEGIC HERE? AND SO I GUESS I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU MY, MY CARDS HERE, UH, SHOVEL-READY IS IMPORTANT.

UH, WE KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UH, BOND PROJECTS ARE GREAT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE CAN ADD SOMETHING THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, SPECIFICALLY ADD, BUT WE CAN USE US AS MATCHING.

UM, WE NEED TO REMEMBER IT FEDERALIZES THE PROJECT.

AND SO IF THE PROJECT IS ALREADY ON A STATE PROPERTY OR FEDERAL PROP, UH, UH, PROPERTY, UH, IT IS ALREADY GOING THROUGH THAT FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

SO THAT HELPS US IN SELECTION, UH, CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT COMPETITIVE.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE, UH, AS CLOSE OR BEYOND THAT 50 50% MATCH.

UH, THE PROJECTS ALSO TYPICALLY NEED TO BE REGIONAL IN SCOPE.

AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HARD ISSUES ON SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, UM, IS, UH, UM, DETAILING OUT THE REGIONALISM.

SO IT HAS TO BE ON, UH, THE MPO TIP, UH, OR ELIGIBLE FOR THAT TIP.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST BE BLUNT WITH YOU.

WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT DESPERATELY NEED FUNDING OUTSIDE FUNDING, BUT THEY DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL THAT THE REGION DEEMS AS, AS, UM, A REGIONAL.

AND SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A STRUGGLE

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FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, WHAT WE'RE QUICKLY DOING IS DEVELOPING A LONG RANGE GRANT, UH, STRATEGY WHERE WE IDENTIFY A PROJECT DEVELOP IT'S SHOVEL, READY, AND THEN GO LOOK FOR THE RIGHT GRANT.

AND SO TO PUT THAT SIMPLY WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING FOR BRIDGE DOLLARS FOR BRIDGE GRANTS, RIGHT BRIDGE GRANTS FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS.

AND WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING FOR TRANSIT DOLLARS FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS OVER SIMPLIFICATION BECAUSE EVEN WITHIN THE TRANSIT PORTFOLIO, THERE ARE ELEMENTS, UM, THAT MAY WELL QUALIFY AND COMPETE WELL FOR, UM, THE RAISE GRANTS, FOR INSTANCE.

AND SO I THINK THAT A REGIONAL DISCUSSION AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AS WE MOVE FORWARD AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS FIRST YEAR.

IT WAS KIND OF THROWN AT US TO STARTING IN JANUARY AND, AND, BUT THESE GRANTS WILL COME BACK ON A REGULAR CYCLE AND WE NEED TO GET READY FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, AND ONE THING IS STILL A BIG DEAL.

UH, AGAIN, IN THE PAST THIS REGION, AND SPECIFICALLY THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS, HAS BEEN, UM, TUTORED BY THE USDA THAT WE PUT IN TOO MANY GRANT PROPOSALS.

WE TRY TO THROW STUFF UP ON THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS, AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD, UH, WITHIN THE CITY WE COORDINATED AND WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD ONE GRANT THAT I'M AWARE OF, UH, FOR THE RES GRANT.

AND, UH, IT IS A COMBINATION OF PROJECTS FROM TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THE, THE QUARTER PROGRAM OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S ALSO A REALLY GOOD STORY OF COLLABORATION.

UH, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS STEPPING ASIDE TO SUPPORT THAT PROPOSAL IS GOING FORWARD AS WELL.

SO I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD PROJECT.

OF THIS INTO THE LARGER TRAIL SYSTEM THAT GETS YOU NORTH UP INTO THE LAKE AREA.

UM, SO THE NOFA HAS BEEN REPLETE, UH, RELEASED THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE COORDINATED, WE'RE PREPARING A PROJECT, UH, FOR THE COMMITTED TIME AND RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD.

UH, WE'RE PURSUING LARGER PROJECTS.

THAT'S OUR ADVICE AND LOOKING FOR A SUBSTANTIAL MATCH.

I THINK THE NEXT ONE, THAT'S THE RECAP.

NEXT STEPS WE DECIDED ON ONE PROJECT.

THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU THE FIRST PART OF APRIL, UH, AS A FULL COUNCIL TO, TO ASK YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT.

UH, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PROJECT WILL REQUIRE NEW FUNDS.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDS THROUGH BOND PROGRAMS. SO I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE TOO HARD.

UH, CERTAINLY WE'LL BE LOOKING TO YOU ALL TO HELP ENCOURAGE THE REGIONAL AGENCIES TO JOIN THIS EITHER, UH, IS A REAL PART OF THE PROJECT OR, OR IN MORAL SUPPORT.

UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE THOSE GRANTS, UM, AND REFINE THAT ONE TO FIVE YEAR GRANT CYCLE STRATEGY AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE SHOWS THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.

AND IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, WE'RE CALLING IT THE SOUTHEAST AUSTIN CONNECTOR.

UM, UH, AND WE'RE COMBINING ACTUALLY THREE PROJECTS THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO COMBINE HERE.

UH, THE IDEA TO COMBINE THE PROJECTS WAS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED BY OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH, WITH HIS FIRM, HOW BEST TO POSITION THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUTSIDE HELP ALL ALONG.

UM, YOU ALL HEARD ABOUT THE BERGSTROM SPUR TRAIL THAT WOULD BASICALLY CONVERT AN EXISTING, UH, UNION PACIFIC RAIL LINE THAT IS UNDER UTILIZED TO A, UH, TRAIL AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS AS YOU SEE THAT BLUE STAR, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER IS.

IT REALLY BECOMES THE COLLECTOR AND DISTRIBUTOR FOR PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE ON BIKES AND PEOPLE ON SCOOTERS, UH, TO GET TO THAT TRANSIT CENTER.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED, UH, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THE PANDEMIC IS HOW IMPORTANT THOSE PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICES ARE.

UH, EVEN THOUGH WE JOKE ABOUT WHO USES A SCOOTER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT IT REALLY EXPANDS THE REACH OF TRANSIT, AND THIS IS A NEEDED CONNECTION IN A, UM, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PATHWAY DESERT, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE OF THE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT ROADS IN THERE.

SO THAT'S THAT ROADWAY THAT SORT OF FORMS THAT BRIDGE EAST WEST, UM, IT CROSSES A SIGNIFICANT QUARTER PROJECT, UH, THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UM, OOPS.

YES, IS THE SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY CONNECTION.

I SAY IT CROSSES IT THAT'S THAT LITTLE RED BLOB THAT'S UP ABOVE THE REST OF THE RED, UH, THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY.

UM, UM, I FORGET WHAT STREET IT GOES TO, BUT I'M SORRY.

UH, BUT IT CONNECTS IT INTO THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY JUST DEAD ENDS, UH, THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, CATLIN METRO NEEDS THAT CONNECTION TO BE ABLE TO RUN THEIR NEW METRO RAPID SERVICE ON.

AND THAT METRO RAPID SERVICE CONTINUES ON SOUTH, UH, AND CROSSES THE FUTURE BURKS FROM SPUR URBAN TRAIL LOCATION.

UH, ALONG WITH THAT AS COUNTRY CLUB CREEK TRAIL, EXTENSION, ANOTHER, A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAIL EXTENSION THAT WOULD THEN CONNECT ALL

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AND SO, OR THE LADYBIRD LIKE AREA.

SO WE THINK THERE'S A PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT CROSSES A NUMBER OF THOSE AREAS OF, UH, UH, HISTORIC POVERTY, AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR AREAS OF, UM, EQUITY FOCUS ZONES.

UH, IT CROSSES, UM, AT LEAST TWO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICTS.

IT REALLY GETS TO A NEED THAT IS MULTIMODAL AND CROSSES A LOT OF, UH, THE NEEDS OFF OF THE SOUTH PART OF THE CORRIDOR.

WE THINK THIS WILL BE EXCITING.

UH, WE TALKED TO CAPITAL METRO, AS I SAID YESTERDAY, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO ARE PARTNERED ON, ON METRO BIKE, WHICH IS OUR BE CYCLED SYSTEM.

I THINK A SERIES OF, OF ELECTRIC BIKE STATIONS ALONG HERE, UH, WOULD GIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMUTING HERE, A CHANCE TO, TO MOVE ALONG THIS QUARTER FAIRLY EASY, AS WELL AS A FOCUS BY OUR PRIVATE SUPPLIERS AS WELL.

WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE THERE.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL FOR THAT SUPPORT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT SUPPORT GOING FORWARD.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF COMBINING SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY CONNECTION, WHERE WE HAVE THE BOND FUNDS TO BUILD IT, UH, AND THE FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED TO PURCHASE THE, FROM SPUR URBAN TRAIL RIGHT AWAY, IS THAT THOSE GO TO MATCH.

AND SO WE THINK THIS IS, I DON'T, I THINK I'M QUOTING CORRECTLY IS ABOUT A $40 MILLION PROJECT.

AND WE KNOW WE CAN BRING ABOUT HALF THAT TO THE TABLE, JOE, THAT'S MY BRIEFING ON THE, UM, FEDERAL GRANT PROCESS.

I KNOW IT WAS QUICK.

UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT RUNDOWN.

I, UM, I KNOW THAT IN A LOT OF THE COMMITTEES AND A LOT OF THE BOARDS THAT WE SERVE ON, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HOW TO CREATE THAT MATCH.

WELL, HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS STRETCH FURTHER? UM, AND IT'S VERY TRICKY AND YOUR TEAM IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE GET THINGS SHOVEL-READY IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T END UP SITTING ON A SHELF BECAUSE WE GOT IT REALLY CLOSE TO GROUNDBREAKING, AND THEN COULDN'T REALLY FIND, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE MONEY OR CHOSE NOT TO SPEND THE MONEY THERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CALCULUS HAPPENING, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY AND WITH CAMPO AND CAP METRO, TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHO'S PAYING FOR WHAT, HOW ARE WE MAKING OUR DOLLARS STRETCH AS FAR AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOING ALL THAT WORK.

CAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A LOT.

AND THAT'S A REAL DEPARTURE FROM THE WAY IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO WHERE WE DIDN'T START THE PROCESS TILL WE HAD ALL THE MONEY IN HAND AND THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK IN TODAY'S INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET.

AND SO WE DEVELOP THE PROJECTS AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO PHASE THEM SO THAT WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO DO WHAT WE CAN WHEN WE CAN.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN SAY, LET'S GET GRANT FUNDING AND MATCHING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND OUR DOLLARS ON IT AND WE CAN SPEND OUR MONEY IN OTHER PLACES, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES, OF COURSE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UM, UH, THE BERGS FROM SPUR OR THE PROJECT SOUTHEAST CONNECTIONS.

UM, IT'S REALLY A VERY, VERY NICE WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE PLEASANT VALLEY BRT AND THE ORANGE LINE SOUTH, UM, AND RECOGNIZE THAT EAST-WEST CONNECTION THAT THE BERKS FROM SPURG, UH, GIVES US.

SO, UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE WITH CAP METRO.

UH, IT REALLY IS, UH, A PERFECT PROJECT FOR THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU.

I AGREE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE'VE NOW BEEN JOINED BY, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO I SEE HER HER BOX THERE, BUT HER IS NOT ON WELCOME.

DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN HERE? UH, SINCE MOST OF THE, THE SPEAKERS, SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE A SECRETARY BUDDHA JUDGE, I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, WHICH IS JUST KICKING OFF.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AND WELCOME HIM TO TOWN.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT AS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HIS TEAM OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UM, WE KNOW THEY CARE PASSIONATELY ABOUT RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND ABOUT VISION ZERO PROGRAMS. AND SO WE KNOW THEY'RE VERY LIKE-MINDED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRYING TO SUPPORT THESE LOCAL EFFORTS.

AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I THINK THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SPILLER.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

I'M GOING TO STAY UP HERE TO KICK THIS OFF WHEN YOU'RE READY.

NUMBER FOUR, BRIEFING ON THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS

[4. Briefing on the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan amendment process and proposed amendments.]

THIS FIRST ROUND OF, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED ON JANUARY 30TH.

MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

UM, I WANT TO INTRODUCE A COLE KITTEN IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO THIS ITEM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS AS THE DIRECTOR.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THIS WAS THE FIRST UPDATE

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TODAY SMP.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'VE CERTAINLY LEARNED SOME STUFF.

WE, WE, WE RELEARN THAT THE PUBLIC IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UH, PLANNING AND SPECIFICALLY MOBILITY.

UM, WE THINK THERE WILL BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS PLAN.

AND, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS TIME, UH, ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND HOW TO BRING FOLKS INTO, UH, THE TENT, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO, UM, DO A BETTER JOB OF IS UNDERSTANDING WHEN INFORMATION IS PUT OUT HOW IT'S BEING INTERPRETED, AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WORDS MATTER, UH, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHEN MISINFORMATION GETS OUT AND HOW WE HELP MANAGE THAT, UH, SORT OF UNDERSTANDING OF MISINFORMATION.

UM, WE STARTED THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE IN MAY OF 2021 WITH AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE AUSTIN'S STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN POLICIES.

ASM P UH, HAD JUST PUBLISHED A TWO YEAR STATUS UPDATE, WHICH SHOWED SIGNIFICANT PROCESS PROGRESS BEING MADE.

UH, AMENDMENT CYCLE WAS CONSIDERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE POLICY DOCUMENT AND MAKE UPDATES TO REFLECT THE ADOPTED PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN IS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL AND ALSO REFLECT ON THE COMMUNITY'S EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

SO WE FEEL WE CAPTURED AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF UPDATES TO THE S AND P POLICY SIDE OF THE DOCUMENT.

UM, THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOCUMENT, THE STREET NETWORK SIDE OF THE DOCUMENT.

UH, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE STREET NETWORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, NOT ACQUISITION, MEANING WHEN MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT, NOT REMODELING OF A HOUSE, BUT REDEVELOPMENT, WHEN STUFF MOVES TO A COMMERCIAL USE, FOR INSTANCE, ALONG IN ARTERIAL OR CHANGES TO MULTIFAMILY, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STREET REFLECTS THE NEEDED MOBILITY THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, OR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE ALSO MADE A LONG NEEDED UPDATE TO THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.

THE TCM TCM WAS ADOPTED BY RULE IN DECEMBER OF THIS LAST YEAR, 2021.

AND WE'LL GO INTO EFFECT THIS JUNE IN 2022, THE AMENDMENT CYCLE HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE STREET NETWORK, TO INCORPORATE THESE UPDATE STANDARDS, WHICH ARE USED DURING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AGAIN, THAT REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS TENSION FROM THE COMMUNITY SO FAR HAS BEEN ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STREET NETWORK.

HOWEVER, STREET NETWORK ITSELF HASN'T CHANGED FROM ITS ADOPTED PURPOSE, UH, WHICH IS THAT, UM, DEDICATION, PURPOSE STREET NETWORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, NOT ACQUISITION.

SO IT'S NOT A PLAN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THAT ACTUAL AMOUNT OF RIGHT AWAY THAT IS NEEDED TO DELIVER A PROJECT.

IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, THIS DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE MISINFORMED MENTION THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SHARED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, AS WE KNOW, UM, ULTIMATELY IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE UPDATE THE STREET NETWORK IN ORDER TO REQUIRE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO ADHERE TO OUR UPDATED DESIGN STANDARDS.

BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE CITY HAS BEEN BUILT OVER DECADES USING OLD STANDARDS, AND WE KNOW MORE NOW THAN EVER WHAT IS NEEDED TO ALLOCATE SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE USERS TO ACCOMPLISH OUR VISION ZERO GOAL, AS WELL AS OUR CLIMATE GOALS.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE COLE AND HE CAN GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST RECOMMIT OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE HERE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH YOU ALL, UH, AND, UM, NOT CREATE UNDUE.

UM, AND JUST AS YOU WOULD BANKS, GOOD AFTERNOON, COLE KITTEN DIVISION MANAGER ATD.

SO THIS IS OUR FOURTH PRESENTATION IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.

UM, PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO CONTINUE TO SOCIALIZE THE UPDATED DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, UM, ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS WE FINALIZE THE PLAN.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY, BUT, UM, STAY ON CERTAIN SLIDES, UH, THAT PROVIDE, UH, IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, AND STILL GET TO THE Q AND A NEXT SLIDE.

SO TO START, UM, LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, AS ROB MENTIONED, WE STARTED IN MAY OF 2021 WITH AN INTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS.

WE PROVIDED MEMOS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE STARTED THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON OCTOBER 1ST WITH A RELEASE OF A POLICY SURVEY FOLLOWED BY, UM, THE RELEASE OF A STREET NETWORK FEEDBACK MAP ON NOVEMBER 15TH.

AND

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IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE SUMMARIZE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD IN THE FIRST ROUND, AND WE DEVELOPED THE UPDATED DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 28TH, WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATION, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY REGISTRY OF THIS UPDATED A DRAFT FOR COMMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED OUR SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO THE MONTH OF MARCH HAS, UH, BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRESENT TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SOCIALIZE, THESE CHANGES, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND REALLY RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS WE HEARD IN ROUND ONE.

SO THE UPDATED DRAFT IS VERY INTENTIONAL AND RESPONSIVE TO THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD.

UM, UH, IN, IN APRIL, WE'LL SUMMARIZE THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED IN, IN MARCH.

AND WE'LL USE THAT TO MAKE A FINAL DRAFT, UM, OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AS WELL AS AROUND TWO PUBLIC FEEDBACK REPORT.

AND THEN IN MAY, WE'LL PUBLISH THAT FINAL DRAFT AND PER AUSTIN CITY CHARTER, WE'LL BE GETTING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWED BY, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION.

AND THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ADVERTISED IN THE AMERICAN STATESMAN AND COMMUNITY REGISTRY PER AUSTIN CITY CHARTER.

SO QUICK, UH, UM, BRIEF HISTORY ON ASM P WHAT IT IS.

UM, THE SMP IS BOTH A POLICY DOCUMENT AND A STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAP.

THE POLICY DOCUMENT WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL, 2019 AS THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF IMAGINE AUSTIN, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE MULTIMODAL MOBILITY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

IT ESTABLISHED OUR NORTH STAR ON WHERE WE WANT TO SEE TRANSPORTATION GO IN THE FUTURE BY ESTABLISHING THIS 50 50 MODE SHARE GOAL WHERE BY 2039, WE NEED AUSTINITES, UM, 50% OF AUSTINITES TO DRIVE ALONE IN THEIR CAR.

UM, INSTEAD OF 74% THAT DRIVE ALONE TODAY, UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES INDICATORS, TARGETS, POLICIES, AND ACTION ITEMS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE ACCOMPLISH THAT VISION NEXT.

SO THE ACMP IS ALSO A STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAP.

UM, IT IS A DATABASE OF STREETS ORGANIZED BY STREET NAME, AND IT INCLUDES THE EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS OF OUR FEW OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY.

THESE FUTURE CONDITIONS REFLECT THE POLICIES AND SHRIMP TRANSPORTATION VISION IN THE ASAP SHARED WITH IMAGINE AUSTIN, AND IT REFLECTS OUR MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STREET NETWORK IS USED TO IDENTIFY A RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS PER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE FUTURE CONDITIONS.

NEXT SLIDE NOW, UM, TO TAKE A SECOND AND EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION IS ONLY TRIGGERED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT OR INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT, UM, MEANING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT GO THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR A BUILDING PERMIT DO NOT REQUIRE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION.

SO AGAIN, UM, UH, THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT AND WE CAN GET INTO THIS, UH, LATER, BUT INTENSIVE, UM, REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT IS INTENTIONALLY VAGUE.

UM, BUT THE OTHER THING TO NOTE ABOUT THE STREET NETWORK IS THAT IT INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS. UM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A RIGHT OF WAY CHANGES WILL OCCUR ALL ACROSS AUSTIN.

IS A NEED TO ALIGN THE INGREDIENTS WITHIN THE TCM WITH THE ADOPTED 2014 BICYCLE PLAN.

SO, UM, THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE IS INTENDED TO BE A MINOR, UH, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE ASMP.

IT IS NOT A NEW PLAN, UM, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON, ON THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, TO IDENTIFY, UM, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

SO FOR THE POLICY DOCUMENT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE PROPOSED NEW POLICIES, AS WELL AS REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS TO ACTION ITEMS, AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER ERRATA AND MINOR DOCUMENT CORRECTIONS.

AND ALL OF THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES CAN BE FOUND IN A RED LINE DOCUMENT, UM, FOUND ONLINE WITH AN AMENDMENT LOG WITH IDS AND PAGE NUMBERS FOR EASY REFERENCE FOR THE STREET NETWORK.

UM, WE'RE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CORRECTIONS AND IN LINE WITH UPDATED, UH, CITY DOCUMENTS.

UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE TCM WAS ADOPTED IN 2021, WHICH IS A MAJOR, MAJOR UPDATE FOR THE CITY, UM, WITH THAT, UH,

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WE'RE ALSO REFLECTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CHANGES BASED ON THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN, AS WELL AS MAKING, UH, UPDATES TO REFLECT THE MOBILITY BOND ENGINEERING STUDIES, AS WELL AS, UH, USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REMOVE ROADWAYS AND, AND IDENTIFY ADDED ROADWAYS.

SO FIRST I'LL GO THROUGH THE FIRST OF, UH, UH, THREE PROPOSED POLICIES QUICKLY, UM, IN REFLECTING ON THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE FELT, WE REALLY FELT THE PRESSURE OF THE PANDEMIC, PARTICULARLY ON THE, UM, SPACE THAT WAS NEEDED FOR US TO, UH, GET OUT, UM, AND STAY SAFE, UH, AND, AND STAYING SOCIALLY DISTANT, PHYSICALLY DISTANT.

SO IN REVIEWING THE SMP, WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE A STRONGER POLICY POSITION, UM, BY INDICATING THAT, UH, WE SHOULD SUPPORT STREETS AS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGE IN NON MOBILITY ACTIVITY.

SO, UH, THE FULL TEXT OF THIS POLICY CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 95 OF THE RED LINE DOCUMENT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO COMING OUT OF THE WINTER STORM, UH, IN EARLY 2021 AND REFLECTING ON, UH, UH, REPEATED, UM, CLIMATE EVENTS IN AUSTIN.

SO, UH, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY STRONGER POLICY ABOUT, UM, TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE.

UM, SO WE IDENTIFIED THIS POLICY AND ERIN CLIMATE TO INCREASE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, FUTURE PROOF, OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS TO FLEXIBLY ADAPT TO CLIMATE IMPACTS.

AND THE FULL TEXT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 1 97 OF THE ACMP RED LINE.

NEXT SLIDE IS SUPPORTING POLICY TO THAT, UM, CAN BE FOUND IN THE COLLABORATION CHAPTER, UM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST WINTER STORM ERIE THAT WE WERE IMPACTED BY, BUT IT'S THE REPEATED FLOOD EVENTS, WILDFIRES, UM, UH, ET CETERA, THAT, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY, UM, IS PREPARED.

SO THE POLICY READS SUPPORT LARGER CITY EFFORTS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATE WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY DURING EXTREME EVENTS.

AND THAT FULL TEXT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 2 68 OF THE RED LINE.

SO OUR F OUR ROUND ONE POLICY SURVEY, UM, 958 PEOPLE PROVIDED A RESPONSE THAT INDICATED 70% OR GREATER FELT THAT THEY SUPPORT OR STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED POLICIES.

UM, UNDER OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM, POLICY SIX, UM, PEOPLE EXPRESSED, UH, THAT STREETS SHOULD HAVE MORE, UH, MANY USES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT STREETS ARE FOR PEOPLE MOVEMENT, NOT JUST CAR MOVEMENT, UM, COMPARED TO, UM, STREETS, UM, ARE FOR GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND NO OTHER PURPOSE.

UM, ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE AN OPPOSITION OR STRONGLY OPPOSE, UM, WERE ACTUALLY ABOUT THE STREET NETWORK AMENDMENTS.

SO THAT PERCENTAGE IS HIGHER BECAUSE OF THAT.

UH, THE AIR AND CLIMATE POLICY, UH, TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE, UH, POLICIES ALSO WERE GREATER THAN 70% SUPPORT.

UM, AND MANY PEOPLE EXPRESS THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR TRANSPORTATION OPERATING DURING DISASTERS, UM, TO HELP, UM, UH, SAFETY EFFORTS, UM, COMPARED TO SOME PEOPLE THAT FELT LIKE THIS POLICY WAS UNNECESSARY OR OVERREACTION.

UH, THE FULL SURVEY RESULTS CAN BE FOUND IN OUR ROUND ONE PUBLIC FEEDBACK REPORT PUBLISHED ONLINE, NEXT SLIDE.

SO MOVING ONTO THE STREET NETWORK, UM, UH, AMENDMENTS, UM, THE IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE STREET NETWORK REFLECTS INPUTS FROM VARIOUS CITY DOCUMENTS AND PLAN PROJECTS.

SO EVERY AMENDMENT CYCLE WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE USING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, UM, TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS.

UM, FIRST THE ADOPTED STREET NETWORK WAS BASED ON DRAFT CRITERIA THAT WAS USED TO UPDATE THE TCM AND IT INCLUDED PLANNING LEVEL RIGHT OF WAY ESTIMATES.

SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE TOPICS.

RIGHT-OF-WAY DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS PROCESS WAS MOVED INTO THE TCM.

SO FIRST STARTING WITH, UH, THE UPDATED TCM, IT WAS ADOPTED DECEMBER 20, 21 EFFECTIVE, UH, THIS YEAR IN JUNE, IT SETS NEW GUIDELINES ON WHAT TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT INCLUDES NEW CROSS-SECTIONS FOR IDEAL CONDITIONS.

HOWEVER, IT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR DESIGNING STREETS AND CONSTRAINED CONDITIONS, AND THAT'S A CRITICAL POINT TO MAKE THE TCM INCLUDES ALL OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE USED AND THE DRAFT, UH, STREET NETWORK TO DEVELOP THE RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT'S THAT PLANNING LEVEL, UM, UH,

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SO BASED ON THIS INFORMATION WERE PROPOSING UPDATE TO UPDATES TO THE STREET NETWORK STREET LEVEL CROSS-SECTION AND REQUIRED, RIGHT OF WAY TO ALIGN WITH THE ASSOCIATED TCM CROSS-SECTIONS AND STANDARDS.

THE FIRST THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE TCM REPLACED THE OLD TERMINOLOGY OF FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND, UH, STREETS ARE NOW ORGANIZED BY STREET LEVEL.

UM, STREET LEVELS ARE THE SAME AS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION, UM, AS SHOWN IN THIS CHART.

UM, THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF LAND ACCESS, UH, IS, UH, IS A LEVEL ONE STREET, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A LOCAL STREET.

UM, AND THEN AS YOU MOVE UP, THE CHART, A HIGHER DEGREE OF MOBILITY IS ACHIEVED.

UM, AS YOU REACH LEVEL FIVE, WHICH WOULD BE A FREEWAY OR HIGHWAY, HOWEVER MANY FACTORS PLAY INTO DEFINING A STREET LEVEL, INCLUDING DESIRED SPEEDS, TRIP, LENGTH, TURN LANES, BICYCLE FACILITIES, AND PARKING NEXT SLIDE.

SO I'M GOING THROUGH AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE USE THE TCM TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO THE STREET NETWORK.

UM, THIS SECTION OF MESA DRIVE BETWEEN STECK AVENUE IN SPICEWOOD SPRINGS WAS ADOPTED AS A STREET, UH, LEVEL TWO STREET.

IT HAD A FUTURE CROSS-SECTION OF TWO TRAVEL LANES AND A CENTER TURN LANE.

AND BASED ON THE DRAFT AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE, WHICH WAS USED TO UPDATE THE TCM, IT REQUIRED 96 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT FUTURE CONDITION.

UM, THE STREET NETWORK ALSO INCLUDED A RIGHT OF WAY REMARKS COLUMN THAT INDICATED FURTHER STUDY WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR PRIORITIZING DESIGN ELEMENTS OR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, NEXT SLIDE.

SO BASED ON THE UPDATED TCM, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD BE TO CORRECT THE STREET LEVEL FROM BEING A LEVEL TWO TO A LEVEL THREE, BECAUSE THE, UM, CROSS SECTION THAT REPLACED THE ONE IN THE DRAFT DESIGN GUIDE IS A TWO LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY, UM, UH, A LEVEL THREE.

AND, UH, SO THE FUTURE CROSS-SECTION WOULD GO FROM TWO TRAVELINGS WITH A CENTER TURN LANE TO TWO LANES WITH A DIVIDED MEDIAN WITH TURN BASE, ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY FOR THIS, UM, CONFIGURATION OF STREET, IT WOULD BE UPDATED TO 80 FEET BASED ON THE TCN.

ADDITIONALLY, BASED ON, UH, FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED IN ROUND ONE, WE'VE UPDATED THE RIGHT OF WAY REMARKS COLUMN, UM, TO BE, UH, SPECIFIC TO THE PARTICULAR STREET AND WHAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE.

BUT OFTEN THEY WILL INDICATE THAT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WOULD BE MADE WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, UNLESS THERE WAS A PROPOSED FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECT, WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD THEN NEED TO FURTHER STUDY THE RIGHT OF WAY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF SPACE NEEDED.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE RIGHT OF WAY REMARKS IDENTIFIED THAT THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY IS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT, AND DOES NOT APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO MOVING ON FROM, UH, THE UPDATED TCM AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE 24 14 BICYCLE PLAN, UH, THE BICYCLE PLAN IS LONG RANGE PLAN TO IDENTIFY RECOMMENDED, UH, TYPE AND LOCATION OF BICYCLE FACILITIES.

IT MAPPED SHORT AND LONGTERM, UH, BICYCLE, UH, PRIORITIES.

AND IT'S USED AS AN INPUT FOR THE STREET NETWORK TO IDENTIFY THE CROSS SECTION IN THE TCM BY THE TYPE OF BICYCLE FACILITY.

SO IN ROUND ONE AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED TO CORRECT LEVEL ONE STREETS TO BE LEVEL TWO STREETS, UM, TO ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDED BICYCLE FACILITY TYPE IN THE BICYCLE PLAN.

SO TO GO THROUGH AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, UM, THIS ROADWAY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LEVEL ONE STREET IN THE ADOPTED STREET NETWORK, BUT IT INDICATED THAT THE FUTURE BICYCLE FACILITY SHOULD INCLUDE A BICYCLE LANE.

IN ORDER FOR DEVELOPMENT TO COMPLY TO OUR UPDATED STANDARDS.

SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO ALIGN WITH THE UPDATED TCM WOULD BE TO CORRECT THE STREET LEVEL TO SHOW THAT IT SHOW THAT IT IS A LEVEL TWO STREET BECAUSE THEY BIKE LANE DOES NOT EXIST IN OUR LEVEL ONE STREET CROSS SECTION, BUT IT DOES IN OUR LEVEL TWO CROSS-SECTION ADDITIONALLY, THE RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENTS CHANGED TO REFLECT WHAT WAS IN THE TCM TO BE USED AS A STARTING POINT IN THAT, UM, RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION PROCESS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE RIGHT OF WAY REMARKS WERE UPDATED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT IF, UM, WITHIN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

HOWEVER, THE PURPOSE OF THE STREET NETWORK IS FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.

SO THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY INDICATES THE IDEAL WIDTH

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SO, UM, BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED IN ROUND ONE, WE'VE, WE'VE FLAGGED THIS ISSUE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND, UM, THING TO POINT OUT AS THE CHANGES FROM ROUND ONE TO ROUND TWO IS THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING WHAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 IN THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DO NOT DEDICATE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WE ARE NOT ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WASTE FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, CERTAIN SEGMENTS WITHIN THE NETWORK THAT ARE POTENTIALLY SUBJECT TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.

SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO CHANGE TO LEVEL TWO, HAVE BEEN PRESERVED AND CARRIED FORWARD.

AND THAT WAS COMMUNICATED IN A MEMO, UM, UH, SENT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 25TH.

SO THE OTHER THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD OFF ON MAKING THESE AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE, UM, THERE IS NO RISK AT LOSING OUT ON RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION BECAUSE THOSE PROPERTIES AREN'T REDEVELOPING.

SO, UM, SINCE THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE BICYCLE PLAN THROUGH ATX WALK, BIKE ROLL, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, THE RECOMMENDED BICYCLE FACILITIES IN THE PLAN.

AND THEN WE'LL REFLECT THAT DECISION, UM, BACK INTO THE ACMP AFTER THE BICYCLE PLAN IS ADOPTED IN 2023, NEXT SLIDE.

SO MOVING ON TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CHANGES, UM, THE ACMP STREET NETWORK, UM, WAS ADOPTED BASED ON THE LONG-TERM VISION PLAN.

IT ACCOUNTED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE TRANSIT AND DEDICATED PATHWAYS.

SO SINCE 2019 DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALONG, THESE CORRIDORS HAVE COMPLIED WITH THAT ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENT, NEXT SLIDE.

BUT IN JUNE, 2020 THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN WAS, WAS ADOPTED AND IT REPLACED THE LONGTERM VISION PLAN.

AND WITH THAT, THERE WERE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS, UM, AND UPDATES THAT WERE MADE TO METRO RAPID ROUTES, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, CHANGES TO HIGH-FREQUENCY LOCAL TRANSIT ROUTES.

SO IN THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS, WE'RE ALSO UPDATING THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK AND THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MAP.

BUT, UM, WE'RE ALSO UPDATING THE STREET NETWORK TO REFLECT THE LATEST ENGINEERING PLANS, UM, AND THEIR CROSS-SECTIONS AND REQUIRED.

RIGHT-OF-WAY NEXT SLIDE.

SO SOME ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PLAN FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

SOME ARE IN FEASIBLE, UM, SOME, UH, DO NOT HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OR THERE'S OTHER, SOME SORT OF SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

UM, AND IN ROUND ONE WE IDENTIFIED GROVE BOULEVARD, UH, EXTENSION TO BE REMOVED, UM, CONNECTING TO MONTOPOLIS, UH, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED, BUT AFTER ROUND ONE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAD IDENTIFIED, UM, BRUSH COUNTRY ROAD, PAYNE AVENUE, AND SUNRIDGE DRIVE EXTENSIONS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PLAN AS WELL.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE COMMENTS ON, UH, THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THOSE CHANGES.

SO SINCE THE STREET NETWORK IS ALSO AN INVENTORY OF ALL STREETS IN AUSTIN, UM, WE'RE ADDING ROADWAYS TO THE STREET NETWORK THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, PLANTED THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.

SO THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

UM, SO WE'RE REFLECTING THOSE CHANGES IN THE STREET NETWORK, BUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY A FEW NEW ROADS AND NEW ALIGNMENTS, UH, TO BE PROPOSED IN THE STREET NETWORK.

IN THE ROUND ONE PUBLIC FEEDBACK REPORT ONLINE, NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE HAD A PUBLIC FEEDBACK MAP OPEN AND ROUND ONE, IT RECEIVED, UM, 1,600, UH, TOTAL MAP COMMENTS, BUT WE ALSO RECEIVE FEEDBACK VIA EMAIL.

UM, UH, MORE THAN 150, UH, EMAILS WERE RECEIVED, UM, PROVIDING SIMILAR COMMENTS.

UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS WERE IN OPPOSITION TO CHANGING THE LEVEL ONE STREETS TO LEVEL TWO, UM, PRIMARILY BECAUSE CONCERNS ABOUT EXPANDING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

AND THERE WERE ALSO COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT ABOUT THE TYPE OF BICYCLE FACILITY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, WHETHER IT WAS A BIKE LANE VERSUS A NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WAY.

UM, THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT PROJECTS THAT MAY INCREASE VEHICLE TRAVEL AND VEHICLE SPEEDS.

UM, THE FULL MAP COMMENTS AND EMAILS CAN BE FOUND

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SO BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED IN ROUND ONE, UH, WE REALLY WANTED THESE PRESENTATIONS TO SPEAK TOWARDS INTERPRETING, UH, THOSE COMMENTS INTERPRETING THESE UPDATES AND RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS.

SO THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE STREET NETWORK IS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANNING THE STREET NETWORK PRESCRIBES FUTURE A RIGHT OF WAY, OR THE SPACE THAT'S NEEDED FOR TRAVEL LANES, PARKING BICYCLE FACILITIES, TREES, SIDEWALKS, AND THE CRITERIA FROM, FROM VARIOUS CITY DOCUMENTS.

SO RECENT UPDATES TO THE TCM AND ENGINEERING PLANS REQUIRED A RE-EVALUATION OF THE ADOPTED STREET NETWORK.

HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE UPDATES TO THE STREET NETWORK AND TCM LIST AND EXPANDED RIGHT OF WAY FOR MANY STREETS, IT DOES NOT MEAN CHANGES ARE EMINENT.

THE STREET NETWORK PROVIDES A STARTING POINT FOR APPROPRIATE CROSS SECTIONS AND REQUIRED, RIGHT OF WAY FOR IDEAL FUTURE CONDITIONS.

HOWEVER, ONLY NEW DEVELOPMENT OR INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT TRIGGERS A DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY.

SO PROPERTIES THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THIS RIGHT OF WAY CHANGE, UM, THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

UM, ADDITIONALLY FOR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THE STREET NETWORK IS USED AS A REFERENCE AS THE PROJECT UNDERGOES ITS OWN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO IDENTIFY THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO, UM, WE ARE NOW AT THE COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

WE'VE BEEN TO UTC PAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WAS CANCELED AND INFORMALLY COMBINED WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE AT THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE 29TH, UH, TO CONCLUDE OUR ROUND OF BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS IN MARCH.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MEETING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS REQUIRED, UM, UH, FOR THIS PROCESS IN APRIL AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR COUNCIL ON MAY 10TH, FOLLOWED BY A TENTATIVE DATE OF MAY 19TH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWED BY A COUNCIL READINGS LIKELY IN JUNE.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, COMMENTS TO BE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT MARCH THROUGH OUR, OUR NEW PUBLIC FEEDBACK FORM THAT'S THAT'S NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE NEXT SLIDE.

YOU KNOW, DON'T GET THE NEW REALIGNMENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS, UM, REALLY HELPFUL TO KIND OF SEE YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU'VE, HOW YOU'VE PRESENTED THIS TO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

UM, AND THAT THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS, THIS UPDATE IS.

UM, IT WAS JUST APPROVED IN 2019.

AND SO KNOWING THAT WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE, THE CRITERIA MANUAL HAD BEEN APPROVED, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING OBJECTIVES ARE ALL IN LINE ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY PLANS AND GOALS.

AND SO I KNOW EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS THEY JUST NEED TO BE UPDATED ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL ACCURATE.

THEY'RE ALL REFLECTING THE INFORMATION THAT EACH OTHER HOLDS.

SO YOU DON'T END UP WITH TWO DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE CONFLICTING INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

UM, I, YOU MENTIONED THE MEMO THAT SPELLED OUT, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF, YOU KNOW, DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY TRYING TO ENCROACH ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES.

I DON'T THINK THAT MEMOS IN THE BACKUP, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED IN, UM, CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN OUT.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I MAY OPEN IT UP TO, UM, OTHER COLLEAGUES.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAS HER HAND UP AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS HER HAND UP.

SO LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER, MADISON, AND I'LL ASK MY QUESTIONS AT THE END IF THEY DON'T GET ASKED AND ANSWERED BY OTHER FOLKS.

THANK YOU, TARA.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE DOING SO MUCH WORK.

WE, UH, WITH SB IN SORT OF THE ANCILLARY, UH, RESOURCE, IT'S THE COMMUNITY DOING SO MUCH WORK COULD TELL US DOING SO MUCH WORK ON, ON COLONY PARK.

UM, MY EARS ALWAYS PERK UP WHEN I HEAR, UM, COLONY PARKS.

SO I SEE THAT SOME OF THE ROADWAYS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS, UH, ASM P IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, THEY WERE DETERMINED TO BE INFEASIBLE FOR WHATEVER THE REASON, UM, OR DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO YOUR POINT COLE, UM, OR OTHER SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR WHY THEY'RE BEING REMOVED.

I'M, I'M VERY CURIOUS WHY THE, THE COLONY PARK ONE IS, IS NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED OR WHY IT'S BEING REMOVED OR VACATED OR,

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UM, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S RATIONALE FOR THAT ONE.

RIGHT? SO WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY INDICATED THAT THERE'S AN UPDATED LAND PLAN, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, COLONY PARK MASTER PLAN THAT REMOVED ONE OF THE COLLECTORS THAT GOES EAST WEST.

UM, THE COLONY LOOP DRIVE IS STILL IN THE, IN THE ASAP, BUT IT'S A, ANOTHER COLLECTOR ROAD THAT RUNS EAST WEST, NORTH OF THAT, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED BY OTHER INTERIOR, UM, STREET NETWORK.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME, SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT COLONY LOOP.

I'M TALKING ABOUT COLONY PARK DRIVE.

ARE WE, ARE WE SAYING THE SAME THING? RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARBOR MADISON, SHE MAY, YOU MAY, I MEAN, YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW THE AREA AND MAYBE UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER, BUT I DIDN'T, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T QUITE GET THAT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT ROAD IS, IS, IS NOT GOING TO BE BUILT IT'S NO LONGER A ROAD THAT'S IN THE PLANS? IS THAT IT, IT DEPENDS.

UM, WORKING, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE TO THE LAND PLAN PROPOSED.

IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR APPROVAL, BUT, UM, UH, I GUESS CONCURRENTLY, UH, WE HAD IDENTIFIED THAT ROADWAY AS HAVING THE INTENT OF BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED BY DIFFERENT NETWORK WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

SO IS THAT GOING TO LINE UP IN TERMS OF TIMING, IN OTHER WORDS THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED STILL, RIGHT.

THOSE CHANGES TO THE, UM, IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE WILL HAVE VOTED ON THE S AND P AND NOT YET REVIEWED THE COLONY PART CHANGES? RIGHT.

I GUESS WE COULD COME BACK.

AND SO WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO LEAVE IT UNTIL IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS COMING OUT? OR WE COULD DO THAT.

THERE IS NOTHING REALLY AT RISK HERE BECAUSE OF, UM, BEING IN CONTROL OF, UH, WHO THE DEVELOPER IS.

UM, IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO RANDOM, UM, DEVELOPMENT.

WELL, I LEAVE THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON.

UM, I JUST, UH, NOT BEING AS FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST QUESTION ABOUT IT WOULD BE THINKING, NOT IN TERMS OF NOT CHANGING IT UNTIL IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE CHANGED.

BUT, UM, SO, SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE, UM, IS THERE ANY IMPACT OR ARE THERE CHANGES IN THE, UM, ASM P UH, REVISIONS RELATED TO SUBSTANDARD ROADS? SO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, TRIED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SUBSTANDARD ROADS SO THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY ON A LIST OR INVENTORY OF ROADWAYS THAT, UM, WE DID NOT, UH, UH, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFY FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF GROWING OVER TIME AS MORE ARE IDENTIFIED.

AND SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY ARE, THEY WILL NOW BE IDENTIFIED IN THIS REVISED ASM P RIGHT.

SO ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL SUBSTANDARD STREETS WILL BE INCLUDED, UM, IN, IN THE SMP, UM, AN ADDITIONAL STEP THAT WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, WE NEED TO MODIFY THE STREET IMPACT FEE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THEM TOWARDS THE, UH, ELIGIBLE STREET IMPACT FEE.

AND THANK YOU.

YOU ANTICIPATED MY QUESTION CAUSE WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, FOR THIS, FOR THE STREET IMPACT FEES TO BE AVAILABLE TO A PARTICULAR ROAD, THAT ROAD HAS TO BE IN THE ASM P I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY OVERSIMPLIFYING IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE INDICATED AS, AS A, UH, PROJECT ON THAT PARTICULAR ROAD HAS TO BE INDICATED IN THE ASAP, IN ORDER FOR STREET IMPACT FEES TO BE USED FOR IT.

IS IT, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? SO STEP ONE WOULD BE FOR IT TO BE IN THE ACMP, BUT ULTIMATELY IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN OF THE STREET IMPACT FEE.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, UM, ADDITIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL ON THOSE ROADS, UH, IN, IN, IN DISTRICT FIVE KS FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING TO ACTUALLY DO SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES AND OTHER KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAKE THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF ROADS REALLY DOABLE TO, TO BUILD ALONG.

WELL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THAT.

I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, UH, AT LEAST, UM, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I THINK AS WE, AS WE GET THE STREET IMPACT FEE ONLINE IS THAT STARTS BECOMING MORE AND MORE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE FUTURE.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TAKEN ALL THOSE STEPS, PARTICULARLY FOR ME, THE SUBSTANDARD ROADS ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE

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SO, UH, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PARTICULAR AREAS THAT ARE GROWING DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS IN TERMS OF US FINDING OUT LATER THAT THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STREET IMPACT FEES.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.

CAUSE IT WAS ON MY LIST NOW I DON'T HAVE TO ASK IT.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAS HER HAND UP AGAIN, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN DID ME A SOLID AND, AND EXPANDED ON MY, MY, MY LINE OF QUESTION IN HERE.

UM, IN WHICH CASE COLE, WHEN YOU RESPONDED, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE MASTER PLAN AND WHO THE DEVELOPER IS.

SO MY INTENTION AFTER I ASKED MY QUESTION AND YOU ANSWERED, I THINK YOU SORT OF, YOU ANSWERED A PORTION OF MY QUESTION, BUT THE, THE SECONDARY PART OF MY QUESTION, I INTENDED TO JUST FOLLOW BACK UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS, FOR THIS BODY.

UM, AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UM, THERE'S A VERY CLEARLY DEFINED, VERY LARGE GAP AND THE COLONY PARK MASTER PLAN, UM, PROJECT, UH, IN WHICH CASE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, COULD TELL US, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COLONY PARK FOLKS FOR AT THIS POINT YEARS.

AND SO IF WE DON'T MAKE UP THAT GAP, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, ACM GONZALEZ CAN ANSWER, UH, MOST ACCURATELY, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL AT LIKE A $65 MILLION GAP.

SO WHEN YOU SAY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN'S POINT ABOUT STREET IMPACT, UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR US HAVING THIS VERY LARGE GAP FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION SO MUCH AS I'M LAYING OUT WHAT MY CONCERNS ARE AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO CAN SPEAK TO IT AT ALL, RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD, A GOOD FOLLOW-UP ON DISCUSSION TO HAVE, UH, WITH, WITH BOTH ATD AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THE ADDITIONAL QUESTION I HAVE THERE WOULD BE, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RATIONALE.

I OFTEN THINK, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A BODY, WE WILL DEFER TO THE EQUITY OFFICE.

WE RUN EVERYTHING THROUGH THE EQUITY OFFICE, EVERYTHING THROUGH THE EQUITY TOOL.

BUT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK LIKE LAND USE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EQUITY OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE A LAND USE PROFESSIONAL THINGS LIKE MOBILITY THAT EQUITY OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE A, SOMEBODY WHOSE BACKGROUND IS EXPLICITLY MOBILITY.

AND SO I JUST WONDER, AS WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, LIKE A RECALIBRATION OF SORTS AND WORKING THINGS THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BRINGS IS ALSO GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT OFFICE.

AND IT'S NOT EVEN NECESSARILY, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY SORT OF A SHORTAGE IN COMPETENCE.

IT'S I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCESS.

AS NEW DEVELOPMENT, OR ARE THOSE REALLY JUST ON A LARGER SCALE? SO A SUBDIVISION WILL TRIGGER A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENT, HOWEVER, IT'S SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH WOULD EVALUATE THAT DEDICATION BASED ON WHETHER IT WAS ROUGHLY PROPORTIONATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT'S IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER AT THIS IS ROBERT'S VILLAGE, DIRECTOR'S AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING ON COLONY PARK, UM, PROGRAM, UH, SINCE ITS INCEPTION I WOULD, WOULD ARGUE, UH, THE, THE CHALLENGE IS IDENTIFYING FUNDS TO DO THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE.

MANY OF THE MUCH OF THE GAP IS NOT THE TRANSPORTATION OR THE TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION IS A MAJOR PORTION OF THAT GAP.

UH, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LAST BOND PROGRAM WHERE THE FUNDING WAS VERY HEAVILY DIRECTED.

AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO IDENTIFY SOME NEW FUNDING SOURCES.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THE STREET IMPACT FEE IN THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT WILL GENERATE THE LEVEL OF FUNDS NEEDED TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON A FINANCING PLAN, UH, BUT MAYBE THAT IS A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION AND BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT WITH YOU.

IT SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE A, UH, LIKE A VERY SIGNIFICANT FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION.

AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR, RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO THANKS VERY MUCH.

AND THANKS FOR OPENING IT UP TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DON'T SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

UM, ONE IS WHETHER I KNOW IN THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS YOU ADDRESSED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CONTINUES TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS HOW IT IMPACTS SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, TRACKS IS WHAT SUBDIVIDING A SINGLE FAMILY LOT INTO CHOOSE SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS, POTENTIALLY TRIGGER THE RIGHT OF WAY CHANGES

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SO TAKING A SINGLE LOT AND SUBDIVIDING IT INTO TWO AND BUILDING ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT WILL RESULT IN NOT, UM, DEVELOPING A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH IMPACT TO, TO ALLOW FOR THAT RIGHT OF WAY TO BE DEDICATED.

SO IT'LL RESULT IN, UM, THE PROCESS BEING TRIGGERED.

HOWEVER, THE RESULT BEING THAT NO RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE DEDICATED.

I SEE.

KIND OF, OKAY.

I THINK THAT IS CAUSING SOME, SOME LEVEL OF CONFUSION.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? IS THERE, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING A LOT OF REALLY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTICULAR STREETS.

LIKE WHY IS A ONE BLOCK STREET, THIS WIDTH INSTEAD OF THAT WITH, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE KIND OF A, A QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTAL WHERE THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ANSWERED PUBLICLY SO THAT THEY CAN BE ANSWERED KIND OF ONCE AND OTHERS CAN SEE THEM, RIGHT.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

UM, WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST AT REPLYING TO EVERY EMAIL THAT COMES INTO OUR INBOX.

UM, BUT, BUT TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SHARING THOSE RESPONSES, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

I MEAN, I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT FROM CONSTITUENTS AND I'VE SEEN ON VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS EMAILS I'VE BEEN COPIED ON YOUR RESPONSES.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT YOU AND OTHER STAFF ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO GET BACK AND RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK SHARING THAT INFORMATION IN ONE PUBLIC IN ONE PUBLIC PLACE WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL.

UM, LET'S SEE.

I MAY HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.

UM, CHAIR, I MEAN, I HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THAT I'M TRYING TO CHOOSE A MONTH.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S WAITING AND COULD COME BACK TO ME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I DO SEE MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR HAS HER HAND UP.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE NEW COLLABORATION POLICY EIGHT, UM, SUPPORTING THE LARGER CITY EFFORTS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

UM, IN THE PAST, I RECALL THERE WAS ANOTHER LEVEL BELOW THE POLICY WHERE YOU DETAILED STRATEGIES, DOES THAT HAPPEN FOR THESE COLLABORATION POLICIES OR IS THAT SIMPLY WHAT IS IN THE BLURB THAT IS UNDER THE MAIN STATEMENT OF THE POLICY? RIGHT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IS ADD ACTION ITEMS TO THE S AND P AS WELL, THAT THAT CAN SPEAK TOWARDS DIRECTLY TOWARDS POLICIES.

UM, SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF EFFORT IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND, AND, UM, POST, UH, UH, EVENT, UM, EVALUATION.

BUT, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT CAN BE SPELLED OUT AS AN ACTION ITEM TO, TO CONTINUE, UH, TO STRENGTHEN THAT EFFORT.

UM, I'D APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD WORK WITH MY OFFICE TO WORK ALSO WITH A WILDFIRE DIVISION, UM, THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THESE CHANGES AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKING CLOSELY WITH IN TERMS OF OUR EVACUATION PLANS.

UM, AND IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT WE NEED ATD.

WE NEED APG, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP ON THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UM, RESILIENCE KIND OF EFFORTS HERE, UM, RELATED TO THAT PREPAREDNESS.

UM, SO IF WE CAN FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS BEFORE ADOPTION, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS HER HAND UP AND I GET A YES.

ON THAT HEAD NOD.

AGAIN, I'M SORRY.

I CAN'T HEAR, I CAN'T SEE A HEAD NOD THROUGH THE SCREEN THAT EASILY.

PLATFORMS. WE HAD A SEPARATE POLICY SURVEY, AND THEN WE HAD A PUBLIC FEEDBACK MAP.

IT'S THE BENEFIT OF DOING THINGS HYBRID? WE SAW IT.

GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

SO, UM, ONE PERSON WHO WROTE, COMMENTED ON THE FACT THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC FEATURE, THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PORTAL HAS CHANGED A BIT AND NOW THE PUBLIC, UH, FILE THE PUBLIC RESPONDS TO COMMENTS ON BROAD POLICY QUESTIONS.

UM, RATHER THAN THE MAPS SPECIFICALLY, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT CHANGE AND, AND WHAT, UM, WHAT YOUR THINKING WAS BEHIND IT? RIGHT.

SO IN ROUND ONE, WE HAD TWO

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UM, IN ROUND ONE, WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF COMMENTS OF CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK MAP, UM, AND FROM PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THAT DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS OR FROM THE ELDERLY.

UM, SO IN THIS SECOND ROUND, WE TRIED TO PROVIDE A MORE KIND OF UNIVERSALLY USER-FRIENDLY PLATFORM, UM, TO DO BOTH THE POLICY, UH, SURVEY AND COLLECT FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED MAP AMENDMENTS.

SO, UM, IT IS NOW A PUBLIC FEEDBACK FORM THAT HAS THE FIRST HALF BEING ABOUT THE POLICIES, AS WELL AS GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE VARIOUS OTHER CHANGES TO THE POLICY DOCUMENT.

AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FORM IS, UM, A, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ABOUT, UH, A STREET OR A SET OF STREETS WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN IT ALLOWS, UM, THE, UH, THE PARTICIPANT IDENTIFY IN THE MAP WHERE THAT COMMENT, UH, APPLIES IF IT, IF IT DOES HAVE A SPATIAL, UM, RELATIONSHIP.

UM, AND THEN THE END OF OUR FEEDBACK FORM INCLUDES OPTIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO TRACK WHO WERE, WHO WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE, UM, CHANGE OUR APPROACH IF NECESSARY.

AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE ADDED TO OUR FEEDBACK FORM WAS ACTUALLY A QUESTION, LETTING PEOPLE, UH, GIVE, GIVING PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO LET US KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE DID CHANGE THE PLATFORM IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED.

THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR THE MOMENT IS, UH, AND APOLOGIES IF YOU COVERED THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND I JUST MISSED IT, DOES THE NEW MAP ADD STREETS TO THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK? AND IF SO, WHERE WOULD, WHERE WOULD SOMEONE FIND THAT LIST? RIGHT.

SO, UM, THERE WERE CHANGES BETWEEN ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE, UH, TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK, UM, BASED ON COORDINATION WITH, WITH CAPITOL METROS, UM, UH, SHORT RANGE PLANNING STAFF.

UM, SO WITHIN THE SECOND MAP, THAT'S WITHIN OUR STORY MAP PRESENTATION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, CHANGES.

THERE IS A LAYER THAT CAN BE TURNED ON AND OFF TO SHOW WHICH ROADWAYS ARE BEING ADDED AND WHICH ONES ARE BEING REMOVED.

UM, AND IT, IT, THERE ARE CHANGES BOTH BEING ADDED AND BEING REMOVED.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, SOME OF THE ONES THAT I HAVE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.

UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE MORE, UM, I GUESS WHEN IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAD ASKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, A Q AND A PORTAL OF SOME SORT, I KNOW YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FAQ PAGE, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT IF IT WERE JUST EXPANDED OR IF IT NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE PORTAL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? TRYING TO KEEP IT CONCISE AND READABLE, BUT ALSO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.

UM, WE WOULD BE INTRODUCING ANOTHER, ANOTHER PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO GO TO.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL IN ONE PLACE, BUT, UM, THE FAQ COULD CERTAINLY GROW OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY AS NEW QUESTIONS COME UP THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE AND INCLUDE IN THE FIRST ROUND.

UM, SO I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

THAT THAT USES PERHAPS, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM SMART CARS, AS WELL AS CELL PHONES AND VARIOUS THINGS COLLECTS DATA ANONYMOUSLY COMBINES THAT WITH ECONOMIC, UH, EXPENDITURE DATA, RETAIL SALES DATA, TO HELP US GET A BETTER PICTURE.

I COULD SEE EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS WORKING DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE WORKS EASIEST TECHNOLOGY WISE, BUT I DO SEE THE BENEFIT.

AND ONCE PEOPLE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE ANSWERING THEM, I'M SEEING THAT THEY'RE GETTING ANSWERED, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING TO ANSWER THEM, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW.

UM, AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF LANDING PAGES THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES THE PAGE GROWS, BUT IT JUST KIND OF FLEXES INTO, YOU KNOW, TOPICS WITH LINKS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST OTHER, OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF MAKE SURE ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE AND IT'S TOGETHER.

AND THERE'S, THERE'S ONE LANDING PLACE FOR ALL OF THAT.

SO I THINK THAT COULD BE AN OPTION THAT WORKS.

UM, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE ABOUT THE MODE SHIFT GOAL.

I KNOW IN 2019 IT WAS A 74% DRIVE ALONE VEHICLE NUMBER.

HOW ARE WE MONITORING THAT MOVING FORWARD? AND I REALIZED THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE HAD DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT, UM, SINGLE DRIVER CAR TRIPS, BUT HOW DO WE FORESEE OVER THE NEXT, UM, UNTIL 2039, TRYING TO, TRYING TO ASSESS THAT NUMBER.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION, IT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR DILEMMAS IS HOW TO MEASURE IT EASILY.

WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON THE JOURNEY TO WORK SURVEYS THAT THIS REGION HAS BEEN PAYING FOR ON A YEARLY BASIS.

UH, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING FOR MAYBE A NON SURVEY WAY TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

IT'S ON INTERESTING PIECE OF DATA, EVEN JUST TODAY,

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UH, AND WHAT THAT DATA SHOWED ME IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING.

UH, BUT ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING OUR HEADS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TELEWORKING? YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WE THOUGHT OF THAT AS THE TRIP NOT MADE, WHEN IN REALITY IT'S THE TRIP MADE VIA THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.

AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PANDEMIC.

THAT'S WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING IS TO TELEWORKING THEM.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN TELEWORK.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE NEED TO MEASURE THAT AS, AS AN EQUIVALENT MODE TO, TO TRANSIT OR AUTOMOBILE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SORT OF LUMPY DATA, LIKE I SAID, ANNUAL DATA THAT COMES IN THAT SURVEY.

UH, AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S AS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

SO, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE BETTER DATA SOURCES TO, TO MEASURE THAT ALMOST IN REAL TIME.

THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW.

AND I KNOW THE CONVERSATION AROUND TELEWORKING IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING EVEN TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO WE THOUGHT ONE DAY THINGS WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL.

WE KNOW NOW THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, UM, THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADAPTED THEIR STRATEGIES FOR MOBILITY AND HOW THEY'RE RUNNING ERRANDS AND WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING ERRANDS.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE, AND OTHER BIG EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN BE VERY MINDFUL OF OUR IMPACT ON THAT AS WELL.

AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH AND SHOWING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW THINGS CAN BE DONE.

SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SLIDE INCLUDED ABOUT SPACES FOR PEOPLE, STREETS FOR PEOPLE.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LATER TODAY ABOUT, UM, THE USEFULNESS OF HEALTHY STREETS, UM, EXPANDING INTO THE LIVING STREETS PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

AND THEN THE SHOP, THE BLOCK PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SPONSORED.

AND I WAS PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR WITH HER, BUT THOSE ARE ALL VERY CREATIVE WAYS TO BE USING THE PUBLIC SPACE IN A WAY THAT IS HEALTHY FOR PEOPLE AND HELPFUL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES MOVING FORWARD.

UM, I THINK THAT IS THE END OF MY LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR TODAY.

I WOULD WANT TO KNOW NEXT STEPS.

I KNOW YOUR SLIDE SAID WAS THAT THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL ENDED UP NOT POSTING THAT MEETING BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY MET WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

SO THAT LOOKS LIKE MARCH 29TH, THAT ZONING AND PLANNING IS THE NEXT PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE, UH, WHAT THEIR DISCUSSIONS LOOK LIKE.

UM, SO WHERE SHOULD PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME, AND WILL THEY BE TAKING PUBLIC SPEAKERS OR PUBLIC INPUT AT THAT MEETING? RIGHT.

SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO SEND US EMAILS AT ACMP AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.

UM, THAT'S A DIRECT, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS TO THE, THE PLANNING TEAM.

UM, IN ADDITION TO ZONING AND PLATTING, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE COMP PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE, UM, ON APRIL 14TH, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BEING, UH, ATTENDED TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED, WHICH IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION ON MAY 10TH IS REALLY, UH, UH, UH, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS UP, I THINK THAT WRAPS UP TODAY'S QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

WE APPRECIATE THE SPEAKERS COMING IN AND SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US AS, AS THIS PROCESS CONTINUES.

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IS AN UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVING STREETS INITIATIVE, PLAY STREETS, RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS AND IMPROVED BLOCK PARTIES.

THE NEXT ITEM

[5. Update on implementation of the Living Streets Initiative (Play Streets, Resident-Led Healthy Streets, and Improved Block Parties]

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JIM DALE AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LIVING STREETS TODAY, A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN ALSO SOME STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEXT SLIDE.

PLEASE SEE AN OUTLINE THERE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE GLOBE IS THIS COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ARE OCCURRING ABOUT HOW DO WE USE PUBLIC SPACE, UM, TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT TO THESE PUBLIC SPACES BEING STREETS.

WHAT CAN WE DO THERE FOR THEM? UM, AND NOT ONLY FOR THE FOLKS WHO JUST DRIVE THROUGH THE STREET, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WHEN DO YOU USE THIS SLIDE? AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHO WE HAD CAPTURED HERE AT THE TIME.

UM, BUT WHEN YOU USE THIS SLIDE OR STRESS THAT IN, AS YOU

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SEE, AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THAT THERE'S A BIG, UM, STRESS, WE STRESS SAFETY, AND THAT INFLUENCED A LOT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND A LOT OF OUR THINKING, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE EASE OF APPLYING FOR A LIVING STREET AND, UM, ACTIVATING THAT SPACE FOR COMMUNITY TO OCCUR.

AND SO, AS YOU SEE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS TUG BETWEEN SAFETY, AND THEN ALSO THE EASE OF IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION, A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY PROGRAM, IT'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM.

THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THAT PROGRAM, UM, PLAY STREETS PROGRAM.

UM, THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW PROGRAM AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ALSO A HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM.

UM, WE DO AS Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE IS THAT THERE WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR A STAFF LED HEALTHY STREET PROGRAM.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS STAFF TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS, TO IMPLEMENT HEALTHY STREET.

AND WE WENT FORWARD AND DID THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S, UM, TWO REMAINING, UM, HEALTHY STREET AND IMPLEMENTATIONS TODAY.

UM, BUT WHAT THIS RESOLUTION ASKS FOR IS A RESIDENT LED ONE.

AND WHAT WE TAKE THAT, UM, IS TO ME IS AN APPLICATION-BASED WHERE RESIDENTS IN ANY PART OF THE CITY, YOU CAN COME AND APPLY FOR A LIVING STREET, WHETHER THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK, PARTY PLAY STREET OR, OR A HEALTHY STREET.

UM, ONE OF THE FOURTH, UM, CATEGORIES THAT WAS ASKED IN THE REQUEST AND THE RESOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED AS PUBLIC FACING WEB WEB PAGE.

AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED, WE HAVE A DRAFT IN PLACE.

UM, IT'S UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL RE BE RELEASING THAT, UM, SHORTLY.

BUT WE LOOK AT THIS WEBPAGE IS, UM, CITY OF PORTLAND DOES A REALLY NICE JOB FOR PORTLAND INDUSTRIES WHERE THEY BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT CITIZENS CAN REQUEST TO ACTIVATE, UM, THEIR PARTICULAR, UM, STREET LOCATION.

AND, UM, JUST IN A SUMMARY COMMENT, THERE WERE 25 REQUESTS IN THIS RESOLUTION.

UM, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THOSE, UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S VARYING DEGREES OF SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THEM AS WE GO FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE STREETS.

UM, WE HAVE THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES PLAY STREETS AND RESIDENT, RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

UM, AND WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND WHAT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE FREQUENCY.

UM, YOU CAN SEE GOING ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES WERE BASICALLY A ONE-TIME EVENT.

UM, PLAY STREETS, MORE OF A RECURRING EVENT, THE RESIDENT, UM, RECURRING MEANING SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.

UM, UM, WHOEVER THE APPLICANT MAY COME OUT THERE AND CLOSE THE STREET TO SET UP THE PLAY STREET, THE RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS, AND WE SEE THAT AS CONTINUOUS.

THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE IMPLEMENTATIONS TODAY THAT ARE 24 7 1 TO BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM AND WHAT'S NOT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES, AGAIN, EXISTING PROGRAM PLAY STREETS AND RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS IS NOT AN EXISTING PROGRAM.

ONE THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPING.

UM, THERE IS FUNDING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY HAS BEEN NOT FOR THE OTHER TWO.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE LOOKING INTO WAYS TO FUND THOSE, UM, PERMIT APPLICATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKELY, AND I'VE ATTEMPTED TO PUT A CHECK THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND THEN WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THAT.

BUT WE DO SEE IT MORE LIKELY TO BE IN A PERMIT APPLICATION WILL STILL REQUIRE APPROVALS AND NOTIFICATIONS ENGINEERING DESIGN.

WHEN WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE STREET.

AGAIN, WE GOTTA BE VERY SAFE ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.

AND, UM, WE BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE THE STREETS SAFE FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE ROADWAY.

UM, BUT THERE IS AN ENGINEERING COMPONENT THAT WILL GO INTO THAT.

WE HAVE SOME STANDARD TEMPLATES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES EXPECT THAT FOR PLAY STREETS.

UM, BUT WE SEE THE RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS.

UM, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE OF A CUSTOM, MAYBE A, A SEMI, UM, CUSTOM DESIGN IS LIKELY WHERE WE HAVE SOME ENGINEERING DESIGN BASED ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATION, BUT ALSO PULLING AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM TEMPLATES TO, TO KEEP IT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SEMI-PERMANENT DEVICES.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY RIGHT NOW, UM, UNLIKELY IN PLACE STREETS AND THE NATURE OF IT BEING RECURRING, CLOSING IT DOWN, OPENING IT BACK UP.

UM, BUT WE'LL BE, UM, LIKELY IN THE RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS, RESIDENT MONITOR.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS SOMEONE THERE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.

AND WE DO HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, UM, EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS, UM, BEING IN THE STREET AND PLAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME TYPE OF MONITOR TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND, AND THE KIDS THAT WILL BE OUT THERE.

UM, WE SEE IT AS UNLIKELY AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM TODAY, WHERE THESE ARE GOING TO BE MORE OF A SEMI-PERMANENT INSTALLATION FOR HEALTHY STREETS AND NON NEED FOR A MONITOR.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE CRITERIA, UM, IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY, IT IS A ONE BLOCK WITH RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS OR DUPLEXES ON IT.

SO HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY PROGRAM.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK RECAP OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS AND SOME OF

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UM, NO BUS ROUTES, IT AVOIDS INTERSECTIONS, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR CITIZENS TO SET UP TRAFFIC CONTROL TO, UM, CLOSING THE INTERSECTION DOES NOT AFFECT TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR THE SAME REASON.

UM, THE, WHEN YOU'RE AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THERE'S HIGHER VOLUMES, HIGHER SPEEDS, UM, MORE LIKELY AND MORE COMPLICATED IN HOW WE CONTROL TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM.

IT IS APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE DO REQUIRE A HUNDRED TODAY NOTIFICATION OF A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS, AND THAT NOTIFICATION IS VERIFIED THROUGH SIGNATURES.

ALSO IN TERMS OF APPROVAL, WE REQUIRE 80%, UM, UH, SIGNATURES FROM THE RESIDENTS.

AND THEN THE PERMIT FEE IS RELATIVELY LOW AT, UM, $50 PERMIT FEE.

AND WE'LL TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THE PERMIT FEES HERE AND A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE LOWER IF, IF WE CAN LOWER THAT FURTHER.

AND WE HAVE ALSO, UM, INITIATED A BARRICADE LOANER PROGRAM SO THAT THE RESIDENTS DO NOT NEED TO GO OUT AND RENT DEVICES, WHICH CAN BE UPWARDS OVER $400 TO RENT A TYPICAL SETUP.

WE CAN BUY THEM, UM, FOR LESS THAN THAT, AND THEN LOAN THOSE OUT, WHICH WE ARE DOING TODAY TO THE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE PICTURE, JUST TO GIVE SOME HISTORY OF THE NUMBER OF PARTIES WE STARTED TO PRO THE PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 2014, UM, THROUGH COUNCIL RESOLUTION, UM, NOT, NOT MUCH TRACTION IN THOSE FIRST YEARS AND IN 2018.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CHANGED ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UM, WAS HAVING BEFORE THE PROGRAM USED TO BE PART OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS WEBSITE.

WELL, WE PULLED IT OUT AND MADE IT ITS OWN DEDICATED WEBPAGE THAT RECEIVED SOME MORE, UM, VISIBILITY.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WE ESTABLISHED THE BARRICADE LOANER PROGRAM.

AND WITH THAT, WE SAW THE BUMP UP IN PARTIES IN 2015, I MEAN, SORRY, IN 2019.

AND THEN AS EVERYONE'S WELL AWARE OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, CAME IN, WE PUT THE PROGRAM ON HOLD FOR A WHILE AND TO APH GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO START IT BACK UP.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME CRITERIA, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR THOSE PARTIES.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME OF THE RESOLUTION, UM, REQUESTS.

WE'VE NUMBERED THEM, THEY'RE ON THE LEFT AND THOSE NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO A MEMO.

THAT'S PART OF BACKUP MATERIAL FOR THIS ITEM, UM, THAT PROVIDES A LOT MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE HERE TODAY.

SO FOR THE, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS IN TERMS OF THE APPROVAL PERCENTAGE WE WERE RECEIVING THE REQUESTS, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PR APPROVAL APPROVAL PERCENTAGE OF 80% IS RELATIVELY HIGH.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HEARING IS THAT, UM, RESIDENTS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING THEIR NEIGHBORS AT HOME TO GET THEIR SIGNATURES IS ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES.

UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEIR APPROVAL PERCENTAGES WERE.

AND, UM, WE LOOKED AT 26 CITIES AND THERE WAS, UM, ABOUT 60, 60% OF THEM HAD AN APPROVAL REQUIREMENT OF 75% OR GREATER.

UM, WE ARE GOING BELOW THAT HERE.

UM, WE WANT TO SEE IF THAT OPENS IT UP SOME MORE AND WE GET SOME MORE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN, BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN EASILY CHANGE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

IF WE START TO SEE SOME ISSUES IN, UM, THE, THE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS WE GET AND THE FREQUENCY OF COMPLAINTS AND SO FORTH.

SO IN TERMS OF, UM, THE APPROVAL FOR THAT 1.1, AND, UM, WE ARE CHANGING WE'RE.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO 60% FOR PARTIES.

WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON PARTIES.

IT HAS TO OCCUR WITHIN THE DAY.

THERE IS A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT IS, UM, IN EFFECT THAT THE RESIDENTS NEED TO FOLLOW.

AND THAT'S USUALLY, UM, 10:30 PM UNTIL EITHER SIX OR 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING.

AND SO AFTER THAT, THERE, THERE COULD BE SOME COMPLAINTS, BUT WE HAVE A WAY TO RESOLVE THAT.

SO 60% IS OUR RECOMMENDATION.

THEY'RE GOING FURTHER DOWN HERE IN TERMS OF NOTIFICATION, WE REQUIRE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ALONG THE BLOCK TO SIGN OFF PROVIDER SIGNATURES THAT THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REDUCE THAT, KEEP IT CONSISTENT AT THE 60%.

AND FOR THAT REMAINING 4%, UM, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE DOOR HANGERS AND FLYERS TO BE PROVIDED TO THOSE OTHER RESIDENCES.

AND WE'LL ALSO CREATE SOME TEMPLATES ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN DOWNLOAD THOSE AND KNOW WHAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST INFORMATION TO PUT IN THERE TO NOTIFY THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WE ALSO HEARD THAT IT'S IN TERMS OF 1.4, THE MAP TOOL, VERY DIFFICULT TO SELECT LOCATIONS IN THE PORTAL THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE DO PROVIDE EMAIL SUPPORT, UM, TODAY, BUT, UM, WE DO SEE THAT NEED FOR IMPROVING THAT MAP TOOL TO MAKE IT EASIER.

THAT SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER TO SOMEONE COMPLETING AN APPLICATION

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UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE ACCESS TO SUPPORT.

UM, WE'LL MAKE SOME WEBPAGE CHANGES.

WE'LL INCLUDE OUR PHONE NUMBER THERE, AND WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED SOME, SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT MAYBE IN THE, IN THE PLATFORM THAT WE USE FOR THE APPLICATIONS TO HAVE SOME HOVER KEY.

SO IF FOLKS GET STUCK THAT THEY CAN, UM, UM, CALL THREE, ONE, ONE, GET SUPPORT, OR CALL US DIRECTLY 1.5 ON PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, FOR ANYONE THAT'S UNABLE TO SUBMIT ONE, AND WE THAT'S ALREADY COVERED THROUGH, UM, SUBMITTING THROUGH 3, 1, 1, UM, WE'LL TAKE THE APPLICATIONS THROUGH 3, 1, 1 AND 3, 1, 1 CAN ALSO TRANSFER TO ATD IF IT'S DURING OUR WORK HOURS.

UM, WELL, UM, THEN 1.6 PROVIDE APPLICATION IN OTHER LANGUAGES LIKE SPANISH IS LISTED HERE.

UM, WE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS IN SOME WAYS, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR APPLICATIONS ONLY IN ENGLISH RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, OUR, UM, THE PDF VERSION OF OUR APPLICATION IS ONLY IN ENGLISH AND WE WILL TRANSLATE THAT TO SPANISH AND OTHER COMMON LANGUAGES.

AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS, UM, CONTINUING TO MINIMIZE PERMIT FEES.

AGAIN, WE'RE AT $50.

UM, WE'LL EXPLORE THAT DURING OUR CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE REVIEWING FEES NOW.

UM, WHAT WE, UM, TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THIS, UM, ABOUT HALF OF THE THERE'S 26 PEER CITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT ABOUT HALF OF THEM HAD A FEE THE OTHER HALF DID NOT.

AND THAT FEE RANGED BETWEEN $20 AND $270.

AGAIN, WE'LL REVIEW THIS FEE TO SEE IF WE, IF THERE'S POSSIBILITY TO REDUCE IT, NOT NO PROMISES THERE ON THAT, BUT WE WILL TAKE A LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, NOT LET THE $50 BE A BARRIER.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

TURNS WITH THE TRAVEL LANE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES WE REQUIRE, AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT EMERGENCY VEHICLE MANEUVERABILITY.

IF THERE IS A FIRE THAT OCCURS OR, UM, UH, OR EVEN A HEALTH NEED THAT WE NEED TO SEND IT EMS, WE WANT TO HAVE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE VEHICLES THERE AND TO SERVE THAT NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE CURRENTLY REQUIRE 20, AND WE WORKED WITH AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, ON THIS, UH, CURRENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, 25 FEET.

BUT AGAIN, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE THERE'S, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE, UM, TOWARDS THE REQUEST OR THE THEME OF THE REQUEST AND THE RESOLUTION WE'RE STILL GOING TO REQUIRE 25 FEET.

IF THERE'S ON-STREET PARKING MEAN VEHICLES ACTUALLY PART JUST BECAUSE YOU THERE'S, YOU CAN PARK ALONG THE STREET IS NOT THE FACTOR, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING CARS PARKED THERE IF DURING, UM, SO IF THERE IS ON-STREET PARKING DURING THE EVENT, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE 25 FEET ON BUILDINGS, GREATER THAN THREE STORIES GAIN FOR THE OUTRIGGERS, FROM THE FIRETRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO SET UP AND TO REACH THOSE, UM, TALLER BUILDINGS, UM, NEEDING 25 FEET, UM, MANEUVERING AREA, CHURCH SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL AREA, UH, BRINGS ALONG SOME OTHER CHALLENGES WITH THOSE, UM, UM, DEVELOPMENTS AND BEING ABLE TO MANEUVER AROUND THEM.

AND THEN IF THERE'S, IF AT THE END OF THE BLOCK, UM, SAY IT'S A, UH, A CUL-DE-SAC OR, UM, THERE'S NO CONNECTIVITY TO ANOTHER PART OF THE STREET NETWORK WHERE IT MAKES IT EASY TO TURN THROUGH.

UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA REQUIRE, UM, THE TWENTY-FIVE FEET, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SAY THERE ISN'T PARKING ON THE STREET THAT THE APPLICANT HAS THE PARKING REMOVED.

UM, WE CAN SHRINK THAT DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF 15 FEET, AND THEN THEY CAN PUT MORE, UM, DEVICES OR ON THINGS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT CAN STILL BE EASILY REMOVED ONTO ON-STREET PARKING.

I THINK I'VE, I'VE COVERED THAT ALREADY.

UM, IN TERMS OF MONITORS MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY EARLIER, WE DO REQUIRE MONITORS AT THE BARRICADES AND W UM, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT DOES PREVENT THAT MONITOR FROM REALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT ITSELF.

AND SO WE SEE THAT AS ALL RIGHT, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE HAD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HERE'S THAT SAFETY PART THAT COMES INTO PLAY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE BLOCK PARTY THAT HAVE TO ACCESS THE RESIDENTS, THAT SOMEONE'S THERE MANNING THOSE DEVICES.

SO THEY GET MOVED AND THEN PUT BACK IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

UM, BUT AT, UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE, WHERE WE ARE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF THE MONITORS ARE STILL GOING TO BE REQUIRED, BUT THEY NEED TO BE IN VIEW.

UH, THEY NEED TO HAVE A VIEW THEIR EYES ON THOSE BARRICADES, AND THEY'RE STILL GOING TO NEED TO WEAR THE VEST.

UM, THE LAST ONE HERE ON THIS SLIDE C CONTINUES TO PROVIDE BARRICADES.

UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA, WE'VE GOT RECEIVED SOME REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE BARRICADE LOANER PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT TOO.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER SLIDE LATER TO TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

TO BE ALONG THOSE STREETS WHERE WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES CURRENTLY, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED, AND WE JUST REQUIRE ONLY REQUIRE ARE ONLY ALLOWED THE SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEXES, BUT IN TERMS OF SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, UM, WE ARE ALLOWING THOSE, UM, AND THIS WILL REQUIRE A CITY CODE CHANGE, BUT WE WILL REQUIRE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY DO APPROVE.

SO THERE WAS THESE FIRST THREE REQUESTS ARE ABOUT ALLOWING OTHER LAND USES, UM,

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THEY ARE PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY AS WELL, NEEDS TO BE OUTSIDE THOSE FACILITY HOURS.

ONE OF OUR BIG CONCERNS WHEN WE'RE HAVING ACTIVITIES IN THE STREET IS BEING ABLE TO ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE, AND THEN THE INTERACTION WITH TRAFFIC.

AND AS, AS THOSE TWO THINGS GO UP, THE MORE CONCERNS WE HAVE.

SO WHEN WE GET INTO PLACES THAT HAVE SCHOOLS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE THOSE AREAS START TO PEAK IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.

UM, NOW IF THOSE SCHOOLS OR PLACES OF WORSHIP DO DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY, THAT'S MORE LIKELY GOING TO PUSH IT TO, UM, A TIER TWO, UM, PERMIT, WHICH IS A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, WHICH HAS A MORE EXTENSIVE REVIEW BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE, UM, IN THAT AREA, MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP AND ADJUSTING CITY CODE TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, ABOUT 80% OF THE, OF THE CITIES THAT WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT, THEY DO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY UNITS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

UM, WE SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AGAIN FOR SOME COMMUNITY, AND, BUT WE DO NEED TO DEVELOP SOME CRITERIA.

WE JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE MORE CASE BY CASE, BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO STRIVE TO HAVE THIS CRITERIA BASED ON THE SIZE OF LOCATION, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY CERTAIN, UM, IF WE START TO GET TO A A HUNDRED UNIT MULTI-FAMILY UNIT, UM, WITH, THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERNS WITH ALL RIGHT, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC OR HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, GATHERING IN THAT AREA.

AND IS IT GOOD? AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? BUT WE WILL INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, UM, IN THE NEW PROGRAM AND UPDATING THE CITY CODE TO REFLECT THAT, UM, SAME THING FOR MIXED USING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

UM, I WANTED TO S SO STRESSING THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS TWO, BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY RARE INSTANCES THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR MIXED USE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A MUCH LARGER CROWD SIZE.

AND SO THE WAY WE'VE SET IN WAY I'VE SAID IT HERE IS TO PRECLUDED UNLESS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR.

AND SO, AGAIN, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS ONES, OR AT LEAST THE ONE RIGHT ABOVE IT FROM MULTI-FAMILY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEVELOP SOME CRITERIA TO SEE WHAT THAT IS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN EASILY MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR STREET THAT HAS A, MAYBE IT'S A SMALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT.

AND AGAIN, OUR CONCERN IS SAFETY CONCERNS, UNPREDICTABLE ATTENDEE SIZE VEHICLE ACCESS.

UM, USUALLY COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHED GENERATE, UM, A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND WE NEED TO DEVELOP THAT CRITERIA, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE.

WE WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THERE, UM, IN THE UPDATE TO THE CITY CODE, RIGHT? ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL SITES FOR BARRICADE PICKUP.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE ONE CENTRAL LOCATION, UH, 1501 TUMI ROAD, THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVER ON LAMAR.

AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO EXPAND OUR PICKUP SITES, TO SEE WHERE CAN WE SPREAD THESE OUT THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO HAVING ACCESS AND PICKING UP THOSE DEVICES IS NOT BARRIER TO THE PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON REDUCING THOSE BARRIERS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC INPUT.

WE HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO.

UM, WE'VE DONE, UM, WELL, SOME WORK IN TERMS OF TALKING WITH OUR PEER CITIES, UM, AND ALSO, UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE DATA HERE IN A LITTLE BIT ON A SURVEY WE DID, UH, ON PAST APPLICANTS.

UM, WE'VE COMPLETED THAT FOR THE PAST APPLICANTS AND PEER CITIES.

WE STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH, UM, COMMUNITY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND THIS IS AS ONE OF OUR STOPS ALONG THAT WAY.

TERMS OF ONE OF THE COMMENTS, UM, REDUCING THE APPROVAL PERCENTAGE, EXPANDING THE BARRICADE LINT LENDING PROGRAM.

THIS IS, UM, SOME OF THAT PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED SO FAR IN TERMS OF THE SURVEY.

UM, WE SURVEYED, WE SENT OUT SURVEYS TO 63 OF THE PAST APPLICANTS.

WE'VE HAD, I THINK, 31 31, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES, AND, UH, OF THOSE REMAINS.

SO WE MADE SURE TO INCLUDE FOLKS WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND ALSO, UM, APPLICANTS WHO WERE DENIED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET THEIR INPUT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THOSE ONES WHO DIDN'T COMPLETE THE APPLICATION TO SEE, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO THAT? UM, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THAT WE ONLY GOT A 20% RESPONSE RATE, BUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THAT SURVEY IS A BARRICADE LOW LOAN PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS, UM, CUMBERSOME APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, INCLUDED THE, THIS, THAT SURVEY FEEDBACK HAS ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN

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WE ALSO SURVEYED THE OTHER CITIES.

I TALKED TO SOME ABOUT THAT ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE FOUND ON SOME OF THE SIMILARITIES, UM, WITH OTHER CITIES, OUR SIZE, THE BLOCK IS ONLY ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS, A STANDARDIZED BARRICADES EMERGENCY LANE REQUIREMENTS.

SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES WAS ABOUT THE BARRICADE MONITOR.

I THINK ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CITY'S HAD A BARRICADE MONITOR.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN AGAIN, TO ADDRESS SAFETY ISSUES.

AND THEN ALSO ABOUT 80% OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, INCLUDED THE MULTIFAMILY.

AND SO, UM, DEFINITELY AS I'VE TALKED BEFORE, INCLUDE THAT I'M STILL TO DO IS TO SEEK SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT AND WILL, AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THAT'S EVOLVING AT THIS TIME AND IT MAY GO BEYOND, UM, JUST WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE PLAY STREETS PROGRAM.

AND I MAY JUST INTERRUPT REALLY QUICKLY.

I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THREE.

CAN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS STICK AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER SO WE CAN FINISH THIS.

AND THEN I KNOW, UM, DIRECTOR TRIMBLE HAS A COUPLE UPDATES HE WANTED TO SHARE WITH US AS WELL, 3 34 CUTS.

REMEMBER KITCHEN, SAME HERE.

I'LL TRY AND MAYBE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER FOR IT TO IT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, SO YEAH.

YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MEAT TO THIS, THIS ONE I'M FOR SHARING.

WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, BUT EVEN THROUGH EMAIL AND OTHER WAYS AS WHATEVER'S NEEDED.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU RIGHT WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UM, PROGRAM DOESN'T EXIST.

UM, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE AND WE'RE, UM, WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT PROGRAM.

SO, UM, THIS WAS IN THE RESOLUTION OF 5.1 AND ESTABLISH A PLACE FOR YOU TO BE REOCCURRING, UM, COMPLETE STREET CLOSURE THAT MAY OCCUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK.

UM, SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN W W WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM IS A BIG ONE THERE WITH THAT COMPLETE STREET CLOSURE THAT REALLY LIMITS THE NUMBER OF STREETS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT BLOCK FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES.

AND ESPECIALLY AS WE EXPAND TO THESE OTHER USES TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THEM, UM, AS WELL, ONE OF OUR RESOURCING CHALLENGES, UM, UM, BESIDES STAFF AND IN SOME MATERIALS HERE IS ALSO THE COORDINATION.

WE HAVE OVER 4,000 ACTIVE PERMITS IN THE CITY AT ANY ONE TIME IN TERMS OF WORK IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT CHANGES DAILY.

AND, BUT THAT'S THE VOLUME THAT WE SEE ON A, ON AN AVERAGE DAY.

AND SO WITH THERE IS A PLACE STREET, AND NOW SAY GOOGLE FIBER HAS TO COME IN HERE AND INSTALL FIBER OR TEXAS GAS HAS TO DO SOME WORK, OR WE HAVE TO RESURFACE THE STREET.

WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THIS, BUT THAT COORDINATION, I PLEASE WRITE HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM.

UM, I MADE THAT DISTINCTION EARLIER ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STAFF LED PROGRAM STAFF, DECIDING WHERE THIS, UM, HEALTHY STREETS GO, BUT W BUT AS PART OF THAT, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE INSTALLED THAT, UM, THOSE HEALTHY STREETS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BUT WE'RE ALSO, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPLORING AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TO A RESIDENT LED PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN GET APPLICATIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER AND REDUCING THE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK BY PROGRAM ARE APPLICABLE HERE.

COVERED.

UM, SOME OF THIS HERE, WHEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STREETS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM, TIMELINE IN TERMS OF REMOVING THEM THAT ARE LEFT FROM THE PANDEMIC THAT ARE HEALTHY STREETS, THAT'S BOLTON AVENUE, SOUTH THIRD AND ALSO AVENUE G.

UM, WE DO, UM, WE DO RENT THE BARRICADES FOR THOSE LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S THE PROCESS.

WE WENT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE QUICKLY PREVIOUSLY.

UM, THE BARRICADE PLANS, USUALLY AN ENGINEERING PLAN IS REQUIRED, AND WE DO HAVE FREQUENT.

WE INSPECT THESE STREETS ONCE A WEEK BECAUSE THE BARRICADES DO GET MOVED AND WE DO NEED TO MOVE THEM BACK.

WE WILL BE AS PART OF OUR DESIGN, CONSIDERING THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS EASY TO MOVE ON.

SO THE INSPECTION IN THE MAINTENANCE COSTS GO DOWN, BUT THINGS THAT ARE ALSO MAYBE MORE APPEALING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN A BARRICADE AS WELL, UM, CONSIDERATIONS GOING OVER ME, THOSE MAINTAINING ACCESS, ALWAYS A CHALLENGING ONE.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, NOW THIS SLIDE IS THE PLACE STREETS.

THESE WERE THE RESOLUTION ITEMS THAT INVOLVE BOTH PLAY STREETS AND HEALTHY STREETS.

UM, THE APPROVAL PERCENTAGE WERE SUPPORTIVE.

THAT'S A 60%.

UM, WE DO SEE IT BEING A PERMIT, UH, MORE, UH, UH, PERMIT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PLAY STREETS.

THE HEALTHY STREETS MAY BE MORE OF A PERMANENT INSTALLATION, UM, AND BE INVALID FOR SIX MONTHS.

THE PERMIT IS FINE.

IT'S ALREADY COVERED BY CITY CODE ESTABLISHED 60% RESIDENT APPROVAL FOR REMOVAL.

UH, THIS WAS A GOOD ONE.

WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TOO.

UH, WE'LL ALSO CONSIDER RENEWALS AND MODIFICATIONS.

AND THIS 5.6

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WE STILL NEED TO SEEK INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, UH, ADOPT ALL FEASIBLE OPTIONS FOR REDUCE THE COST OF THE, UM, OF THE BARRICADES.

WE'RE DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

CREATE A WEBPAGE.

UM, YES, WE IN DRAFT RIGHT NOW.

WE SHOULD HAVE THAT OUT HERE.

UM, NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND EVER SINCE I STARTED THIS PRESENTATION, AND I FEEL LIKE I MAY DISAPPOINT YOU HERE IN TERMS OF, UM, THE SCHEDULE.

UM, BUT ONE PROVIDES SOME, SOME CONTEXT, UM, TO THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A STRONG DESIRE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND WE HEAR THAT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

WE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO, TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM.

UM, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF STEPS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THERE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE SCHEDULE WILL CHANGE.

UM, AS RIGHT NOW, OUR CHALLENGE IS HOW DO WE RESOURCE THIS PROGRAM RESOURCES FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HOW DO WE DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, BUT THEN ALSO HOW DO WE RUN THE PROGRAM? WHAT STAFFING AND OTHER RESOURCES ARE NEEDED FOR THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AT THIS TIME.

NOW THE, IN WHY, WHY IS THAT A CHALLENGE? UM, A PART OF IT, AND THIS IS, UM, IS JUST OUR RESOURCES ARE STRETCHED.

THEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, PROJECT CONNECT AND THE, THE IT'S GENERATIONAL PROJECT, AND IT REQUIRES GENERATIONAL EFFORT TO DO THE REVIEWS AND MAKE SURE THAT PROGRESS, THAT PROGRAM GOES WELL LAST HALF TIME DEDICATED TO THAT.

ASM P UPDATE VISION ZERO, UM, INITIATIVES, UM, MAINTAINING WHAT WE BUILD TO, UM, WE HAVE TO SPEND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING MORE ASSETS OUT THERE AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE OF THE QUALITY THAT THEY PROVIDE, THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT.

ALSO, WE HAVE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN MOBILITY BONDS.

I KNOW MIKE TRIMBLE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT HOPEFULLY, UM, TODAY.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT IT'S BY NO MEANS IS THAT, UM, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THESE THINGS IN, IN TERMS OF ANY CITY ACROSS THE WORLD.

IF YOU'RE IN TRANSPORTATION, YOU WANT TO BE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO GET TO WORK ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR US, AND WE'RE VERY HONORED TO GET, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WITH LAYING ALL THAT OUT, UM, HERE'S WHAT I CAN PROMISE AND, UH, FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, UH, STATING HERE IS THAT WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, UH, WE WILL PUBLISH THE, UM, LIVING STREETS WEBPAGE.

UM, WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOURCE THE PROGRAM AND WE WILL GO FAST.

AND WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE AND JUST FIGURING OUT WAYS, HOW CAN WE GO FASTER AND LAUNCH THE PROGRAM, UM, DEVELOP A HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE AND PUBLISH THAT TO THE WEBPAGE, UM, UPDATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY ON PROGRAM, BOTH THE PROCESS WEBPAGE, AND ALSO BRING INTO COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THE CITY CODE CHANGES AND THEN EXPLORE FUNDING FOR FY 23.

WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

AND SO LOOKING AT STAFF AS WELL AS WHEN WE GET STRETCHED ON TIME, WE ALSO START TO LOOK FOR CONSULTANT SUPPORT FOR THAT AND, UM, BRINGING, UM, NOT ONLY THEIR TIME, BUT THEIR EXPERTISE TO US FROM PROGRAMS THEY'VE WORKED ON AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND SO WANTING TO, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND SO THANK YOU AND A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE AND BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM SAT DOWN WITH US A COUPLE OF TIMES TO REALLY GO THROUGH THIS, UM, PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WERE AND JUST ALL OF THE, THE DETAILS OF HOW TO MAKE SURE THIS PROGRAM IS BUILT RIGHT, AND, AND BUILT.

SO IT DOESN'T NEED A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE, UM, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESOURCES NEEDED AND JUST WHICH PARTS OF THE PROGRAMMING ALREADY WORK IN WHICH PARTS OF THE PROGRAMMING ARE NEW.

UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE BEING FLEXIBLE WITH US AND REALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH US ON HOW TO MAKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD YET INTO, INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA WORK WELL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS.

PEOPLE, PEOPLE WANT THEIR PLACE TREATS YESTERDAY.

SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THERE TOO, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW.

SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP GETTING UPDATED AND WE'LL KEEP MOVING THROUGH THIS.

CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY EXCITEMENT AROUND IT AND WE REALLY WANT TO GET THINGS MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UM, BUT APPRECIATE YOU KIND OF SPELLING OUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

UM, AND I DO JUST HAVE TO SAY, I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ROLLED OUT THE HEALTHY STREETS IN MAY OF 2020, THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY LOOKING AT HOW TO HELP WITH THE PINCH POINTS ALONG THE LONGHORN DAM AND ALONG RIVERSIDE ADJACENT TO, UM, AUDITORIUM SHORES.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUICK QUESTIONS? UH, TWO SECONDS, JUST A BIG, THANK YOU.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROGRAM AND I THINK THEY APPRECIATE THE WORK EVERYBODY'S DONE ON IT.

I KNOW YOU BOLDEN HAS THAT HEALTHY STREET.

THAT'S STILL THERE.

AND I SAW IT THE OTHER DAY AND PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

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AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY CLUED IN ON, UM, BEFORE COUNCIL TOOK THAT STEP OF REALLY CREATING A PROGRAM.

AND NOW WE'RE TAKING IT ONE STEP FURTHER INTO LETTING MORE RESIDENTS ADVOCATE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE A HEALTHY STREET.

UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN, IN THIS PROGRAM.

DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT.

AND WE'LL, UM, I'M JUST THE ONE SPEAKING HERE ABOUT, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE DOING OTHER WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

AND WE, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK GOING INTO IT.

I THINK THAT WRAPS UP OUR QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR TRIMBLE.

I'M

[6. Update on the Corridor Construction Program]

SORRY.

WE ARE GIVING YOU JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT I KNOW THERE'S INFORMATION COMING TO THE FULL DAYAS SOON.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO POSTPONE YOUR ITEM.

CHAIR.

MIKE TREMBLE, DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S QUARTER PROGRAM OFFICE.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE IT'S WORTH PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW YOU HAVE THE FULL PRESENTATION IN YOUR BACKUP, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST MAYBE GIVE YOU SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PRESENTATION AND THEN SOME OF THE KEY UPDATES.

SO A PRIMARY THINGS TO KNOW IS THAT, UH, WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE QUARTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE OVER 20 CRITICAL SAFETY MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED.

AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL ALSO BE MOVING, UH, SEVERAL, SEVERAL OF OUR LARGER DESIGN BID BUILD PROJECTS INTO BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING BETWEEN OUR ID IQ WORK, UM, SIGNALS, BIKE AND PET PROJECTS, AND OTHER PROJECTS ABOUT $150 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.

WE'LL GO TO BID A CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR THAT WILL BRING US TO ABOUT HALF OF OUR PROGRAM IN BIDDING CONSTRUCTION, BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 22.

WE'RE ALSO ON SCHEDULE A TO HAVE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS EITHER COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY 2024, WHICH WAS THE EIGHT YEAR GOAL THAT COUNCIL GAVE US, UH, IN THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD.

A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN GOING INTO THAT AND HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE AND THINK I WON'T DO THAT NOW.

UH, BUT UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A VILLAGE TO GET THIS DONE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS AND ALL THE WORK, UM, TO GET TO THIS POINT, UM, ON YOUR APRIL 7TH COUNCIL AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE OUR DESIGN BID BUILD PROJECTS, THE CONTRACT AWARDS COMING IN FRONT OF YOU, AS WELL AS A CONTRACT FOR SOME OF THE IQ WORK ON SIGNALS AND BIKE AND PET IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

UM, ALSO I WILL BE SETTING UP TIME INDIVIDUALLY WITH YOUR OFFICES TO GIVE YOU A MORE IN-DEPTH UPDATE FOR PARTICULARLY WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AND GIVING YOU THOSE UPDATES AND ALLOWING YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THOSE.

AND SO WITH THAT CHAIR, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I JUST WANT TO GET ON YOUR LIST AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.

I'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH, UH, LAMAR IN PARTICULAR.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

DO I SEE ANY OTHER HANDS NEGATIVE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, STICKING AROUND A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO HELP US GET THROUGH THAT BEFORE THE INFORMATION COMES TO THE FULL DYESS.

WE, WE ALWAYS KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU.

IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S COMING UP.

OH, WAIT, I'M SORRY.

ONE MORE THING.

THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR AGENDA.

IS WHICH ONES DID YOU SAY? YEAH, SO YOU WILL HAVE, UM, CONTRACT AWARDS FOR A PROJECT ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS, UH, BURNET ROAD.

UH ARCONIC BURNET ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

PERFECT.

AND THEN, UH, I SAW THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HAD TO STEP AWAY.

I KNOW SHE ALWAYS PROVIDES HER BACKUP.

I SEE DIRECTOR SPILLER.

UH, YES, I'M FILLING IN FOR, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FIDANKA TODAY.

UH, WE'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE OSMO BILLY OUTCOME REPORT.

UH, I THINK HE'S, YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MEETING TODAY AND THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, HELPING THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PROVIDE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BUSY COMMITTEE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

UH, I THINK THE MARY EVEN MENTIONED SOMETHING LIKE THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSPORTATION.

IT'S THE BUSY TIME OF TRANSPORTATION HERE IN AUSTIN.

SO, UH, IT WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GET MORE BUSY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'LL TRY TO ANSWER.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS MEMO THAT SHE SENDS OUT WITH THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT KEEPS, IT KEEPS US AWARE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT CALLING UP FOR PRESENTATIONS OR GETTING BRIEFINGS ON, BUT ARE STILL HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT'S DOING.

HOWEVER, KITCHEN SHORT QUESTION, THEN THE LONGHORN DAM BRIDGE IS, IS THAT FUNDED? UH, YES IT IS.

IS THAT I BELIEVE IT'S PART OF THE 2020.

I THOUGHT IT WAS.

HAPPY TO TAKE OTHER ITEMS OF INPUT.

GREAT.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

CAUSE IT WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

SO IT'S KIND OF A FIRST, FIRST OUT LAST COMPLETED TYPE OF PROJECT.

CORRECT.

OKAY, GREAT.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL SIX YEARS TO GET THAT GOING.

UM, FUTURE ITEMS, WE'RE ALWAYS

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UM, WE HAVE A RUNNING LIST AND AS DIRECTOR SPILLER

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SAID, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP US BUSY AS THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT CORRIDOR PROGRAMS. WE KNOW DIRECTOR TRIMBLE HAD, UM, PROVIDED A WHOLE PRESENTATION THAT HAS A LOT OF GOOD CONTENT IN IT.

UM, THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 2021, UM, DISCUSSION ON DEDICATED TRANSIT LANDS FOR PROJECT CONNECT SOUTH FIRST STREET BRIDGE CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING.

UM, WE KNOW THAT UTC HAS THIS ON THEIR RADAR AS WELL.

UM, FOR MAY WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING ANOTHER BIKE MONTH, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN UPDATE ON THE ATX WALK, BIKE ROLL UPDATE, AND I'M JUST RUNNING THROUGH MY LIST HERE I, 35 IS ON OUR RADAR.

WE'VE GOT, UM, BOND FUNDING FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN D SIX THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ALSO IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE INDUSTRY PANEL ABOUT, UM, PRIVATE EFFORTS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

AND, UM, I STILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON'S RIDING DIRTY ITEMS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE HAVING THAT IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD, WE HAVE THAT ON OUR RADAR TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF YOUR REGISTRATIONS AND ALL OF THE VEHICLE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BE VEHICLE OWNERS.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO KEEP A VEHICLE MAINTAINED.

AND SO THAT IS ON OUR RADAR AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAVE OTHER OPTIONS YOU WANT US TO ADD TO THE LIST, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON'S HAND UP.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT JUST, IT BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY WHEN YOU SAY RIDING DIRTY JUST MAKES ME SO HAPPY.

SO THANK YOU FOR REITERATING.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT IS, UM, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UM, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT BROUGHT FORWARD AN ELECTRIFICATION ITEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND I KNOW WE WEREN'T IN MY MIND'S EYE.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE QUITE PREPARED AS A COMMUNITY TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT MAKING THAT INVESTMENT OVER SOME OF THE OTHER INVESTMENTS, BUT I'M DEFINITELY COMING AROUND TO RECOGNIZING JUST HOW THEY'RE INHERENTLY CONNECTED.

AND SO I WONDER IF, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF CAR OWNERSHIP, THE EXPENSIVE MAINTENANCE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR, I HAD AN O TWO SENSOR GO AT ONE TIME, YOUR O TWO SENSOR GOES OUT, THEN YOU CAN'T GET YOUR INSPECTION AND YOU KNOW, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAYBE FIGURE OUT MAYBE YOU AND I CAN GET TOGETHER AND HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW TO ARTICULATE THE ASK.

BUT IT'S LIKE THE, NOT JUST THE COST OF KEEPING UP THE RECORDS, BUT THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST THINKING THROUGH WHAT ARE THE TRUE BENEFITS OF HAVING A VEHICLE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT FUEL IN, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION INCREASES IN FUEL COST AND SOME OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO, UH, NOT EXACTLY HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ARTICULATING WELL EXACTLY HOW IT ALL GOES TOGETHER, BUT JUST RECOGNIZING THAT IT ALL DOES INDEED ALL GO TOGETHER.

I THINK VERY MUCH TO GET WITH YOU AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ADD AN ITEM THAT REALLY JUST HAS US TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPLIED, UM, WITH VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AND, AND BEING ABLE TO, TO GET AROUND AND BE MOBILE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF OUR NOT VEHICLE MOBILITY OPTIONS.