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SO I'M GOING TO HAND THE REIGNS OVER TO MARIO CECILIA WILL BE JOINING US A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, SHE'S HAVING SOME TECHNICAL TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
UM, SAMUEL FRANKEL WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL.
HE'S COMING A LITTLE BIT LATER AND NATHAN, RYAN HAS LET ME KNOW, UH, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABSENT.
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OR SO ON APRIL THE FIFTH, 2022.UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER, UM, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION ON TOPICS? NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, THERE WAS NOT.
UM, AND JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR LATER ITEMS, SPEAKERS UP AT ALL.
I THOUGHT HAYDEN BARKER BLACK MIGHT BE SIGNING UP, BUT I GUESS NOT, NO, UH, THE EMAIL THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED OR JUST COMMENTS FROM HAYDEN, SHE HAS NOT LET ME KNOW THAT SHE'S, UH, THAT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TODAY.
SHE'S NOT IN ATTENDANCE EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL, UM, THAT, THAT I KNOW SHE MAY BE WATCHING ON ATX AND, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF SPEAKING, SHE'S NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT SHE HAS SENT YOU ALL COMMENTS, UM, TO LOOK AT.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER SOMEBODY WHO WAS WAITING CAUSE WE, CAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THEM.
[1. APPROVAL OF MARCH 1st, 2022 MINUTES]
THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 1ST, 20, 22 MINUTES.YOU SHOULD HAVE, UH, AN ITEM THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU OR IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, YOU ALSO GOT A HANDY PAPER COPY, LIKE THE OLDEN DAYS.
IS THERE A MOOT, WAS THAT COMMISSIONER WEATHERBY? WAS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OR WAS THAT A QUESTION? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
COMMISSIONER BURKE, SECOND, ALL, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, EITHER RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE OR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALRIGHT.
ALL OF THOSE PRESIDENTS WHO VOTED CECELIA RAMOS, I DON'T SEE YOUR CAMP, YOUR PHOTO, BUT, OR YOUR VIDEO.
DID YOU VOTE AN I OR AN A OR AN ABSTENTION COMMISSIONER RAMOS.
UM, AND WELCOME ABOARD SAMWELL.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2.A. Transportation Criteria Manual Update]
ITEM TWO A IS THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL UPDATE.THIS IS PRESENTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ACTION ON THE TABLE, DEWEY.
UH, NONE OF THESE ITEMS ARE NECESSARILY FOR ACTION EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ITEM TO E WHICH IS MOVING HIS RECOMMENDATION.
UM, IS ALL BEREA HERE? I THINK I SAW THE NAME.
UH, WHENEVER YOU ARE READY TO GO, WE ARE READY FOR YOU.
UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR, A VICE-CHAIR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT TODAY.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA, MANUAL TCM, AND UM, THE OTHER ONE IS A STREET IMPACT FEE AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE WORKED ON THE TRANSPORTATION CRASH MANUAL FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, BUT THE OLDER, UM, PATRIA MANUAL OF THE TCM IS REALLY OLD.
I BELIEVE LAST TIME WE UPDATED THE TCM WAS BACK IN, UH, 1980S.
IT IS REALLY FOUR DECADES OLD, UH, CRITERIA MANUAL.
WE ATTEMPTED MANY TIMES TO ABIT IT IN BETWEEN, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SINCE IT WAS A FOUR DECADES OLD DOCUMENT, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON UPGRADING AND UPDATING THE STANDARDS AND DESIGN PARAMETERS AND BRING THEM UP TO THE CURRENT CURRENT STANDARDS BASED ON THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES.
AND OUR, UH, ADDITIONAL FOCUS WAS ON PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND, UH, TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY BECAUSE FOR DECADES BACK, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE, UM, THAT MUCH PRIORITIES ON THIS, UM, ELEMENTS.
SO THE OTHER ITEM WE FOCUSED ON WAS, UM, SOME FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGN PARAMETERS BECAUSE NOW THAT WE LIVE IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS WHEN WE TRY TO DESIGN OUR STREETS.
SO WE ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE.
HOW DO WE DESIGN OUR STREETS UNDER CERTAIN CONCENTRATED CONDITIONS? SO WE PROVIDED SOME OPTIONS FOR CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGNS, UH, IN THE UPDATED CRITERIA MANUAL.
UM, THE OTHER MAJOR UPDATES THAT I SHOULD TALK ABOUT, I KNOW DANIEL
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IS GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS, UH, LATER IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT REVIEW METHODS TO COMPLIMENT OUR NEW STREET IMPACTED PROGRAM.UM, SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THE STREET IMPACTED FOR A FEW SECONDS.
SO THE NEW STREET IMPACT FEE IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS, UM, THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES.
MEANING, UM, WHEN WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THE NEW, UH, DEVELOPERS WILL HAVE TO PAY A SPECIFIC FEE FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, SO THAT THE CITY CAN BUILD THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, SO THE PARTICULAR FEE IS GOING TO BE BASED ON, UH, THE PROPOSED LAND USE INTENSITY AND, UH, THEIR LOCATION AND THE, OF THE NEO STREET IMPACT IS THAT, UM, IT ALLOWS THE APPLICANTS AND DEVELOPERS TO CALCULATE LIKE HOW MUCH FEE THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY AT THE INCEPTION OF THEIR PROJECT, UH, LONG BEFORE THEY HAVE TO DO A SITE PLAN OR A SUBDIVISION PLAN.
SO THAT WAY IT PROVIDES SOME CLARITY, UM, CERTAINTY AND PREDICTABILITY IN THE PROCESS TO DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO THE DETAILS OF THE IMPACT FEE AS MUCH BECAUSE LATER ON THEN HENNESSY AND IS BURIED.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS, BUT TO COMPLIMENT, UM, OUR STREET IMPACT FEE, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR TCM ACCORDINGLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW METHODS.
UM, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO DANIELLA MORIN, WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY OUR POSITION TO ALL OF OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, ALTHOUGH ATD HAVE LED THE TCM UPDATING EFFORT, BUT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT INPUT FROM AUSTRIAN PRIOR DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M FORGETTING OTHER THAN THEMSELVES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO CONVEY THANKS TO ALL OF OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS.
AND LASTLY, NOW THAT WE HAVE UPGRADED OUR PCM FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER FOUR DECADES, UM, STILL IS NOT A PERFECT DOCUMENT, BUT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF UPGRADING OUR TCM.
UM, NOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UNENTANGLE THAT TCM UPDATING PROCESS, WE PLAN TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE OUR PCM, UH, EVERY OTHER YEAR.
AND, UM, AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DANIELLE MORIN, WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER OVER THE TCM UPDATING PROJECT.
THANKS FOR THAT, UM, INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU, UM, UTC FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, SO I WILL, I'LL WAIT FOR CHRIS TO BRING THAT UP TO START.
IS IT NOT THE, THE GOALS THAT THE PATIENT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW LABELED MAIN GOALS? IS THERE A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION? OH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M PROBABLY, I CAN'T SEE IT ONLINE SCREENINGS.
IT, UM, I, ALL I'M SAYING BY DEFAULT IS THE AVS LIKE FILE EXPLORER.
UH, LET ME PULL IT UP AND I CAN, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION FROM, UM, FROM THE CITY OF HOLLAND? I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT NOW.
I CAN PULL, I CAN PULL IT UP SEPARATELY ON MY COMPUTER TOO, AND KIND OF GO THAT WAY.
UH, DANIEL, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE PRESENTER RIGHTS, SO JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT.
SORRY IF I'M LIKE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SCREEN, UM, AS I GO THROUGH THIS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, LIKE PEOPLE MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET TO THE END OF IT.
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UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW DECADES TO GET A NEW TCM THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT.UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, WHY DID WE UPDATE THE TCM AS PEOPLE MENTIONED, UM, OUR CURRENT TCM WAS CREATED AND DRAFTED IN THE 1980S.
UH, LOTS OF HAS CHANGED HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW IS THAT THE CURRENT TC, UM, UM, IT, IT KIND OF PUSHES THE DEVELOPERS TO APPLY FOR LOTS OF WAIVERS JUST TO ACHIEVE, UM, SOME OF THE DESIGN GOALS THAT WE, THE CITY WANTS TO SEE.
UM, SO PART OF THIS UPDATE IS TO ENSURE, UM, THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE, UM, PUT OUT IS, IS WE'LL GET THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE FOR SAFETY AND MOBILITY WISE.
UM, THE CURRENT TCM IS ALSO PRETTY CONFUSING, UM, TO READ, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT MEANY CODE THE DOCUMENT, UM, IT'S, IT'S IT DOESN'T READ WELL, IT'S HARD TO GO BACK AND FORTH, UM, AND IT'S NOT PREDICTABLE FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
SO THIS UPDATE, UM, IS MEANT TO HELP REMEDY THAT AS WELL.
WE HAD NUMEROUS GOALS FOR THIS UPDATE.
UM, WE REALLY WANTED TO PROVIDE A STRONG DESIGN FOUNDATION FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO INCORPORATING, UM, A FEW NATIONAL, UM, CRITERIA, INCLUDING ASH SHOW NACCHO AND ITE.
UM, THE WORDING IN THE TCM UPDATE ALLOWS US TO, UM, ADOPT THE MOST RECENT VERSIONS OF THESE CRITERIA WITHOUT HAVING TO, UM, MAKE EDITS TO THE TCM.
SO THAT IS HELPFUL, UM, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, SO THAT PEOPLE, UM, CAN PREDICT WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL STANDARDS WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE AND HOW THEY SHOULD DESIGN THEIR, THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO REFLECTING, UM, AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY GOALS, UM, AND LIKE PEOPLE MENTIONED PROVIDING MORE OF A FLEXIBLE DESIGN GUIDANCE, UH, FOR DEVELOPERS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SEE HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY PRE PRIORITIZING SAFETY, UM, DEFINITELY FOR PEDESTRIANS BIKES AND TRANSIT, AND IT ALSO INCORPORATES THE STREET IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE.
SO FOR THIS ITERATION OF THE TCM UPDATE, UM, WE OFFICIALLY BEGAN IN 2018 WITH, UM, WE PARTNERED WITH DSD TO HELP DEVELOP OUR, UH, THREE DESIGN GUIDE DRAFT.
WE USED THAT TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT THAT CAME IN AND TEST OUT DIFFERENT CROSS SECTIONS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, HOW CAN WE PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE SEE COMING IN HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND THAT HELPED CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE CROSS SECTIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE TCM.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH, UM, IN THE INFORMAL PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, UM, IN THE WINTER OF 2020, THAT WAS, UM, OUR EFFORT TO JUST PUT THE DOCUMENT OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FORMAL RULES POSTING PROCESS, UM, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, HEARD WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE DOCUMENT REFLECTS, UM, HOW THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WORKS AND THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
UM, MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER DID APPROVE THIS DOCUMENT IN, UM, THE FALL OF 2021.
AND WE DO HAVE, UM, A FORMAL, UM, EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 20TH OF THIS YEAR, WHICH ALSO MIRRORS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE STREET IMPACT FJORD.
SO THESE ARE THE SIDE, JUST ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE, THE MAJOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK SEEMS THAT WE SAW, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS REGARDING THREE CROSS SECTIONS AND THEN THREE TREES, UM, IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY, UH, SOME PAVEMENT DESIGN COMMENTS, UH, LOTS OF COMMENTS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PROCESS, UH, DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING, AND ALSO, UM, A BIG PUSH TO HAVE A BETTER AND MORE CLEAR WAIVER PROCESS, UH, THAN THE CURRENT TCM HAS.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST SOME SUMMARIES, UM, OF SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT WE HAD FROM THE CURRENT TCM TO THE NEW TCM.
UM, WE'VE DEFINITELY MODERNIZED OUR STREET DESIGN.
UM, WE'VE GOT NARROWER STREET, CROSS SECTIONS.
UM, WE, WE FOCUS MORE ON PEDESTRIAN BIKE AND TRANSIT, UM, INSTEAD OF MERELY FOCUSING ON, UH, VEHICLE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND THE CROSS SECTIONS, UM, WE'VE PROVIDED FOR SAFER DRIVEWAY, UM, CROSSINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES.
UH, WE'VE INCLUDED THREE TREES AND IN OUR REQUIRED CROSS SECTIONS, WHICH IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT, AND WE'VE ALSO ALIGNED WITH ASM P
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UH, VISION ZERO AND NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE GOALS.UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WE'VE INCLUDED FLEXIBLE DESIGN AND CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DESIGN, UH, WHAT THIS DOES IN THE NEW TCM AS WE'VE PROVIDED KIND OF A FLOW CHART, UH, FOR DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY HAVE THOSE CONSTRAINED CONDITIONS TO HELP DESIGN THE CROSS SECTIONS, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIT IN THEIR EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM THE CURRENT TCM, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE, IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF DESIGN DEVIATION, YOU WOULD NEED A WAIVER.
SO THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR PREDICTABILITY, SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WE SEE COMING IN, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BETTER REFLECT THE CROSS SECTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED, RAISED BY CLEANS, WHICH IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT, UM, ON OUR CROSS SECTIONS, WHICH WILL DEFINITELY HELP TO PROMOTE SAFETY.
AND BY SEPARATING THOSE BICYCLISTS FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC, UM, ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS TCM, BUT WE WA WE WORKED A LOT WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO UPDATE, UM, THE PAVEMENT DESIGN CRITERIA.
UH, THIS EFFORT IS MEANT TO, UH, HELP REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS, BUT ALSO, UH, PROVIDE PAVEMENT DESIGN THAT, THAT LASTS LONGER, UM, AND IS MORE FOCUSED ON PERFORMANCE.
UM, AND WE'VE ALSO UPDATED OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PROCESS TO INCLUDE, UM, MORE OF A TIERED APPROACH WHERE, WHERE WE'RE REALLY PUSHING TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER PROJECTS TO HELP REDUCE THOSE MITIGATION COSTS, UM, AND BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR ASM P UH, MODE SHARE GOALS.
UM, SO THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT, UM, FOR THE CURRENT CCM, WHICH IT, WHICH WAS VERY CUMBERSOME FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN IT.
AND IT REALLY TIED OUR HANDS TO FOCUS MERELY ON VEHICLES VERSUS, UM, BEING ABLE TO FOCUS MORE ON MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS.
UH, SO OUR NEXT STEPS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PROVIDING UPDATES TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, HERE IN APRIL, UM, IN MID MAY, WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL PUBLIC WEB WEBINAR ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE TCM.
UH, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON A HANDFUL OF MORE SUBJECT SPECIFIC TRAINING SESSIONS, UM, IN EARLY JUNE, WHICH WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON SUBJECTS LIKE THE TIA AND TDM PORTION, AS WELL AS DRIVEWAY DESIGN, CURB RETURN RADIO, UH, MORE OF THE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE TCM WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 20TH, UH, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND LIKE OOLA MENTIONED, UM, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE, WE'VE CONSTANTLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS QCM REMAINS UPDATED.
UH WE'VE WE HAVEN'T DONE THE BEST JOB IN THE PAST, KEEPING THE TCM UPDATED SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE EIGHTIES.
SO WE PLAN ON DOING EITHER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S AN ANNUAL OR BI-ANNUAL UPDATE TO ENSURE, UM, THAT AS OUR GOALS CHANGE, AS THE CITY GROWS, THAT THE TCM REFLEXES AND SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOG ONTO MUNI CODE, UH, TO DESIGN THEIR SITES, THEY CAN BE, THEY CAN ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE UP THERE IS ACTUALLY UP TO DATE AND CURRENT, AND THAT IS ALL I HAD FOR TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, STOP SHARING MY SCREEN.
UH, PRESENTERS, UM, UH, OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING BACK ONLINE, I COULD SEE THEM.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT IF ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'LL CALL ON YOU NOT TO NEED ANY OF HAND.
LET ME JUMP IN WITH A QUESTION THEN, UH, FIRST OFF, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THANKS FOR ANSWERING ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH WAS, HOW DOES THIS THING GET UPDATED REGULARLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER FOUR DECADES, UH, TO SEE SOME CHANGES.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, UM, AND SORT OF CONCURRENT WITH THAT IS HOW IS THIS ENFORCED? SO YOU TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPERS AND MAYBE SOME DEVELOPER TRAINING PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO PRODUCE, UH, SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THIS, BUT THE, HOW ARE, HOW ARE THE, THE DETAILS NOW THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN AGREED ON HOW ARE THOSE MADE REAL IN THE WORLD? UM, SO I, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS MORE, UM, THESE NEW GUIDELINES, HOW ARE THEY ENFORCED ABOUT THE RADIO, ABOUT THE RAISED SIDEWALKS WHO'S, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THESE DECISIONS ARE ENACTED.
UH, SO THE TCM COMES INTO PLAY, UM, WHEN DEVELOPMENT, WHEN THEY, WHEN SOMEBODY SUBMITS A SITE PLAN OR SUBDIVISION PLAN.
SO AS INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, UM, THE, AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, BOTH AT DSP AND HERE AT ATD, UH, WE WILL USE THIS UPDATED TCM TO MAKE SURE THAT
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ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN ELEMENTS, UM, IN THOSE PROJECTS FOLLOW THESE UPDATED DESIGN GUIDELINES.SO THERE'LL BE AN INCREMENTAL, UM, I GUESS, ROLLOUT, YOU COULD SAY, UM, AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME ONLINE, UM, BUT, BUT BOTH ATD AND DSP WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE, KIND OF THE FRONTLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, UH, CONFORM TO THE DESIGN CRITERIA HERE.
UM, EVERYTHING SORRY, A 30 CHAIR.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT DANIELLE JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO, UM, MAKING SOME MANAGEMENTS FOR WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING FOR CONSULTANTS AND DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS.
SO I BELIEVE LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS COMING UP IN MID MAY OR LATE MAY, SO THAT, UH, OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THERE WILL HAVE BASED OFF ALL THESE UPCOMING CHANGES ON THE SAME NOTE, AS DANIELLE MENTIONED, UM, SERIOUS STUFF, UH, IN MANY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
SO OBVIOUSLY AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD BE, UH, ENFORCING THE NEW TCM.
THAT WAS, IT'S SORT OF EXACTLY WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
WHO'S, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT'S IN THE PROCESS AND THAT THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE END WHO HOLDS THE REIGNS OF MAKING SURE THAT THESE DECISIONS GET ENACTED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER SUMMERS? YEAH.
UM, SO THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, WE HAD, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE, THE STREET CATEGORIES, UM, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIG INTO BEFORE.
AND, UM, THAT WAS MORE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE WHEREIN.
UM, SO C I'M JUST GOING TO RESTATE WHAT I THINK I LEARNED, AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, AND THEN YOU CAN TELL ME HOW IT INTERACTS WITH WHAT WE LEARNING TODAY, BUT THAT IN THE OLD MOBILITY PLAN, WE HAD LIKE A PLETHORA OF STREET TYPES, MAYBE LIKE 10 OR 12 TYPES.
AND THAT WENT DOWN TO REALLY JUST LIKE FIVE TYPES.
SO THERE WAS, UM, UH, FEWER TYPES TO SORT THINGS INTO, AND THAT THERE WAS IN THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
THERE WAS, UM, SOME STREETS THAT WERE GOING TO BE UPGRADED TO LEVELS, TO STREETS, UM, AND RECOGNITION OF THEM POTENTIALLY GETTING MORE BIKE FACILITIES OR, UM, PREMIER LEVEL PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES OR COMMON KIND OF ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH CONCERN THAT THIS WOULD, UM, DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OF THEIR STREETS, I GUESS, WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO STATE THAT.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE, UM, UH, THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE, AND WHERE ARE THE THINGS ARE MAPPED, BUT I ASSUME THAT THE CRITERIA MANUAL ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT WHAT DEFINES THOSE CATEGORIES OF STREETS.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT? AND I WAS WONDERING, GIVEN THE COMMUNITY, UM, A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, THAT REALLY, FOR ME, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS A LOT AND THAT REALLY POPPED UP OUT OF THE BLUE FOR ME LAST MONTH.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SPEAK MORE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS THE, THE CONCERNS WE WERE HEARING THAT PEOPLE WERE THOUGHT WORRIED THAT UPGRADING THEIR STREET TO A LEVEL TWO MEANT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THINGS, CARS AND BIKES AND EVERYTHING ZOOMING DOWN THEIR STREET WHEN THEIR KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THE STREET.
UM, WHEREAS IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE WE'RE DEFINING IT AS LEVEL TWO, JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HAVING AN UPGRADED SORT OF PREMIER LEVEL BIKER PEDESTRIAN FACILITY, VERSUS JUST MORE THAN JUST THE BASIC SIDEWALKS, UM, OR STREET DESIGN OR SOMETHING.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A BIT MORE AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY IN THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORIES OF STREETS.
IS THAT SOMETHING IN THIS PLAN? UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER AND YOU ARE EXACTLY ON POINT.
UM, SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HEARD ALSO FROM, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD ON THE, UH, ASN P AMENDMENT PROCESS IS THAT IF WE ARE UPDATING OR PROPOSING TO UPDATE A PARTICULAR STREET, IT IS ABOUT GETTING MORE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO GET MORE PAVEMENT, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE.
IT IS ABOUT, UM, WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE BEAUTY OF THAT TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WE HAVE UPDATED IS THAT IT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED, UM, SAY LIKE 80 FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF HIS STREET, AND IF THAT'S NOT EVERY LEVEL, LIKE YOU CAN GO DOWN TO ANOTHER FLEXIBLE, UM, DESIGN STANDARD OR PARAMETERS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACQUIRE
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MORE RIGHT AWAY, BUT YET YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THAT IS LACKING RIGHT NOW ON THE STREETS.SO TCM IS THE TOOL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE DESIGNERS TO USE THE CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DESIGNS AND CONSIDER ALL THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY'RE DESIGNING UNDER, BUT YET PROVIDE ALL THESE FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND, UM, FOR THOSE ITALIANS WHO WEREN'T HERE LAST MONTH, THAT WAS THE MONTH FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE ARE 28 PEOPLE OR SO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IT WAS THEIRS, IT WAS ENTHUSIASTIC.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO SAY THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
[2.B. Street Impact Fee Update]
ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO B THE STREET IMPACT FEE UPDATE, WHICH WE'VE HEARD A SMIDGEN ABOUT, UM, MR. COLE KITTEN ON THE LINE SOMEWHERE.I BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CURTIS BD PRESENTING THIS.
CURTIS, ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS ONE? RIGHT.
GIVE US JUST A MOMENT TO PULL THIS UP AND WE'LL GET STARTED.
AND CURTIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL CAN SEE THE, UH, SIFT PRESENTATION, CORRECT? UH, NO, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, I CAN RUN IT FROM MY DESKTOP.
WELL, ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE SHARECARE ABILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PULL IT UP AGAIN AND CURTIS, YOU ALL, CAN'T SEE THIS SCREEN RIGHT WHERE YOU CAN, OR YOU CAN'T.
WELL, THE PRESENTATION'S UP, UH, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU.
WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITHIN ATD.
UM, AS, UH, DANIELLE WAS SAYING, OUR GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, ZONING AND SITE PLANS, SUBDIVISIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TCM, BUT ALSO WILL BE THE GROUP THAT WILL BE PRIMARILY IMPLEMENTING THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR EVENING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT IS COMING UP.
AND WE'RE ALSO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET ASKED BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AS THEY BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE IMPACT FEE.
NEXT SLIDE THERE IS, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE STREET EPIC IMPACT FEE BECAME APPLICABLE AS OF DECEMBER, 2020, SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH QUITE A FEW THINGS LAST YEAR IN 2021, WE'RE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE OTHER ACTIVITIES IN REGARDS TO 2022 FOR THE FIRST ASSESSMENT OF STREET IMPACT FEES AT TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT IN JUNE 21ST OR 22ND, I NEED TO CHECK THAT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN AS I SAID, WE ARE BEGINNING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE IMPACT FEE WILL BE HANDLED, WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I'D LIKE TO, TO SAMPLE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WITH YOU.
SO YOU'RE AWARE OF HOW THE REACTION IS TO THE STREET BACK BASED SO FAR.
OVERALL, THE TIMELINE FOR THE STREET EMPTY IMPACT DAY BEGAN WITH THE ADOPTION BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, 2020.
UH, THERE WAS A SIX MONTH UPDATE IN 2021 TO COUNCIL OF HOW THE, UH, HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION IS GOING.
AND WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING THE JUNE, 2022 IMPLEMENTATION DATE WHEN IMPACT FEES WILL BE ASSESSED REQUIRED BEFORE RECEIVING BUILDING PERMIT.
UH, THERE WAS PART OF THAT ORDINANCE.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR TO HAVE A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT WILL SHOW HOW MUCH FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN EACH OF THE 17 SERVICE AREAS.
WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THOSE FEES OR WHAT PROJECTS WILL BE COMING
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UP THAT WILL RECEIVE FUNDING BY THOSE FEES.AND I BELIEVE DAN HENNESSEY WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS AFTER THE FEES ARE COLLECTED AND HOW THEY'RE BEING SPENT AND ON WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING ADVANCED.
AND THEN OUT THERE IN DECEMBER OF 2023, THAT BASICALLY WAS A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE OF SITE PLANS AND ZONING CASES.
IF THEY ALREADY HAD A TIA APPROVED BEFORE DECEMBER, 2020, THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXEMPT FROM THE STREET I IMPACT BASE BECAUSE THEIR MITIGATIONS ARE ALREADY BUILT INTO THEIR TIA MEMOS AND REQUIREMENTS.
AFTER DECEMBER, 2023, NO SUCH PROVISION IS PROVIDED AT EVERY SITE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE STREET IMPACT FEES WITHOUT WAIVER.
NEXT SLIDE ITEMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN AS ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR, WE HAVE ALREADY BEGIN DOING SOME WORKSHOPS, UH, LAST SUMMER INTO THE FALL, JUST INTRODUCING THE TOPIC OF STREET IMPACT FEES, WHAT IT MEANS, UH, FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THERE IS A SIF AND ESTIMATOR WORKSHEET ON THE SIF WEB PAGE FOR ATD.
THIS IS WHERE THEY CAN GO AND BEGIN TO ESTIMATE WHAT WOULD IT COST FOR MY DEVELOPMENT? WHAT IF I'M THINKING ABOUT A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, OR WHAT AM I THINKING? A SMALL SHOPPING CENTER, WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBLE COST TO ME ON MY IMPACT FEE? BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, WE HAVE MAPPED THE PROCESS THAT WAS NECESSARILY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES WITHIN AMANDA.
UM, WE FOUND OUT IN THIS EXERCISE THAT THE BUILDING PERMITS AND THE SITE PLANS WITHIN AMANDA AREN'T CONNECTED.
AND SO WE HAD TO BUILD A CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROCESSING THE FEES AND CAPTURING AND RECORDING THEM APPROPRIATELY WITHIN AMANDA ITSELF, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC FACING GUIDELINE, JUST LIKE OUR TIA GUIDELINES.
AND AS OF DECEMBER, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING AN SOP STANDARD OPERATING PER STAFF.
SO IT GOES THROUGH WHAT BUTTON TO CLICK WHEN THEY COME INTO A BUILDING PERMITS.
AND THEN AGAIN, AS DAN HENNESSY WILL SPEAK LATER, WE'VE BEGUN IDENTIFYING THAT AND PRIORITIZING THE PROJECTS IN EACH OF THE 17 SERVICE AREAS WHERE FUNDING IS MOST NEEDED.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE WELL FAT, OH, WELL INTO THE AMANDA PROGRAMMING.
AND WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A TESTBED SCENARIO SO WE CAN KICK THE TIRES INTERNALLY AS STAFF ALSO DO SOME STAFF TRAINING.
SO WHEN JUNE COMES, WE ARE PREPARED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH APPLICANTS.
UM, DAN WILL ALSO SPEAK IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT THE PROJECT PART PRIORITIZATION WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
THERE'S A ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES ALL THE PROJECTS THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR SIF FUNDING AND WITH OUR PR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.
UH, WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE MAYOR ABOUT HOW THE SERVICE AREAS IN THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE IMPACTED AND GET THEIR INPUT.
AND BUY-IN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TAKING IN CONSIDERATION SUCH AS SAFETY, EQUITY, EQUITABILITY, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ALSO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW, WHEN IT COMES TO IMPACT FEES, WE ARE CONTINUING HAVING OUTREACH WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
AND WE'RE ABOUT TO COMPLETE THE GUIDELINES I WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT THEY'RE FINISHING UP THE LAST SECTION OF THAT, AND IT WILL BE READY FOR A COMPLETE REVIEW.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT OUT TOWARDS THE END OF MAY EARLY, UH, IN, IN MAY.
SO THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE MORE OF A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS OF THE STREET IMPACT FEE, AS THEY BEGIN TO CONSIDER, UH, SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS INTO JUNE.
UH, THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL BEGIN, AND I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO DAN HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT FEE COLLECTION DOES START ON JUNE 21 OF THIS YEAR.
UH, AND I KEEP TELLING HIM, UH, EXECUTIVES AT ATD, WE ARE PREPARED TO COLLECT THAT MONEY.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE BECAUSE, UH, UH, ISSUES WITH TECHNOLOGY OR THE PROCESS IS NOT DEFINED, BUT WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE THIS FULLY IMPLEMENTED COME JUNE.
AS I SAID, WE ARE DOING STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH.
BESIDES THE WEB PAGE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, WE'RE DOING MAILERS, WE'RE DOING EMAIL BLAST.
WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIA FORMATS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DEVELOPER WORKSHOPS WHERE WE SAT DOWN WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE PULLING THE BUILDING PERMITS AND MOST LIKELY PAYING THE STREET IMPACT FEE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S THE PROCESS.
ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION AND HOW TO CONTACT US AS THEY BEGIN TO REALIZE THEIR PROJECT IS GOING TO BE, UH, SUBJECT TO THAT STREET IMPACT FEE.
AND WE CAN WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS
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AND ANSWER ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THEY HAVE.WE ARE DIVIDING THIS UP INTO TWO CATEGORIES.
UH, THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS IS SOMETHING ATD HAS IT REALLY BEEN INTIMATE WITH, AND WE'RE REALIZING THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT PULL BUILDING PERMITS OTHER THAN THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT THEMSELVES.
AND SO WE WANT TO GIVE EXTRA ATTENTION TO THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH ONE-OFF DEVELOPMENTS OR THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, SO THAT THEY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTION THAT WILL GO ON.
AND A LOT OF THE LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENTS ARE THE BIGGER PROJECTS AND THEY HAVE, UM, ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS THAT ARE PROVIDING TO THEM.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GET INFORMATION AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THEM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL APPLICANTS OR THOSE THAT WILL SOON BE SUBMITTING PROJECTS SAYING, IS THERE ANY DISCOUNT OR WAIVER FOR NON-PROFITS, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE STUDENT IMPACT FEE.
AND THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO, THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS BASED ON, DO YOU HAVE 10 OR MORE TRIPS IN THE PM PEAK HOUR OF THE DAY? THAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT DETERMINES IF YOU NEED TO PAY THE STREET IMPACT FEE OR NOT OBVIOUSLY A RAPE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRIGGER THIS UNLESS IT'S A NEW SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE'VE ALSO HAD QUESTIONS LIKE, CAN I BAKE MY CREDITS SO THAT IF I DON'T USE THEM ON THIS PROJECT, I HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT COMING IN LATER THIS FALL.
I WANT TO USE THAT CREDIT IN THAT NEW PROJECT, UNLESS IT'S ON THE SAME SITE, THE TRANSFER OF CREDITS IS NOT POSSIBLE.
THAT'S VERY EXPLICIT IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TWIST ARMS AND EXACT AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM EVERY DEVELOPER.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO END UP HAVING TO PAY FULL MORE FOR SPEED IMPACT PHASE OF THE NECESSARY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, WORKING WITH THEM TO ENSURE WHAT THEY PAY OR WHAT THEY BUILD AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPER IS AN ALIGNED WITH.
UH, SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND MORE MONEY THAN WHAT THEY WILL GET CREDIT FOR.
UM, DO, DOES THE STUDENT PACK FEE INCLUDE REDUCTIONS FOR PARKING AND TRAINS IT AND INTERNAL CAPTURE AND DO THOSE ALIGN WITH THE NEW TCM? YES.
UM, AS DANIELLE SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THE NEW TCM DOES IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
AND THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THE STREET IMPACT THE ORDINANCE TO TALK ABOUT, DEPENDING ON WHAT SERVICE AREA YOU ARE FOR ED, YOU CAN GET A CERTAIN REDUCTION IN PARKING OR CERTAIN REDUCTION INDUSTRY TO UNPICK IMPACT FEE FOR YOUR PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT AND ALSO INTERNAL CAPTURE, WHICH IS MEAN TRIPS THAT WOULD COME FROM THE HOTEL THAT WILL ALSO GO TO THE RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN, UH, DOWNSTAIRS.
UH, THAT'S AN INTERNAL CAPTURE.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HIT THE STREET NETWORK.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD THE QUESTION, DOES ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GIVE ME A REDUCTION IN MY S UH, ASSESSED STREET IMPACT FEE.
THE SIP ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR A REDUCTION, UM, BROUGHT OFF THE TOP, IF YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS NO HIGHER THAN 60% MFI.
SO THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO SAY 10% OF MY UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AT 80% MFI.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT WOULD NOT COUNT AS A REDUCTION IN REGARDS TO THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ITEMS WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS FOR AS THEY START MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS OF THEIR IMPACT BEING AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THAT THEY ARE NOT ASSUMING THAT ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL GET THEM THROUGH THESE REDUCTIONS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE WILLING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION AS WE GET NEW, GET THE IMAGES ON, ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? ANYBODY READY? YES.
WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND NON-PROFITS NOT HAVING SOME SORT OF REDUCTION IN, UH, THE IMPACT FEE.
I AM GOING TO THE FIRST, SLIGHTLY TO UDL, UM, ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE POLITICS POLICY DISCUSSION, BUT ONE OF THE LOGIC IS ALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT GENERATE TRIPS ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND ACCORDING TO THE LDC DEVELOPMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO OFFSET THAT IMPACT TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO EVEN SUCH AS A SCHOOL, UM, IT DOES GENERATE MANY TRIPS THAT HAS AN IMPACT AND, UH, USES THE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY.
AND SO THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES TO PAYING FOR THE NEW TRAFFIC THAT THEY'RE GENERATING OPAL.
NO, I THINK YOU'VE COVERED IT ALL AND PROVIDED EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY ANYWAY.
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YOU.UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THEY MIGHT GET SOME QUESTIONS AFTER, UH, DAN GIVES HIS PRESENTATION ABOUT CAPACITY.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION JUST SORT OF GENERALLY THOUGH.
SO THIS GOES INTO EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME, THE NEW TCM OR TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL GOES INTO EFFECT.
SO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE BEFORE THIS JUNE DATE, DO THEY HAVE TO SUDDENLY TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT OR IS IT ONLY PROJECTS THAT START FROM SCRATCH AFTER THAT JUNE DATE? YES, WE, AS STAFF HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING SUBMITTED AFTER JUNE, UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY COMPLETELY WITH THE NEW TCM AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE STREET IMPACT FEE WOULD BE ASSESSED AGAINST THEM.
UH, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A JUDGMENT CALL IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW AND THEY ARE VERY NEAR GETTING THEIR PERMIT SUCH AS THE SECOND OR THIRD REVISION AND THERE'S MINOR DETAILS.
WE ARE GOING TO FORCE THEM TO SWITCH EVERYTHING TO THE NE NEW TCM.
WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE UNDER THE OLD TCM.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO MAJOR DESIGN UPDATES IN MID-PROCESS.
UH, IF THEY HAVE SUBMITTED SOMETHING LET'S SAY IN MAY, AND IT'S THEIR FIRST REVIEW, WE ARE GOING TO SUGGEST THAT THEY USE THE NEW TCM, UM, IT AT FORMAL SUBMITTAL.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS LONG AS IT'S CLEAR TO DEVELOPERS, THEN THAT'S A GOOD TRY.
WHATEVER THE DECISION IS, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOFT IS COMMUNICATED CLEARLY.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL THEN LET'S
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MOVE RIGHT INTO THE VERY RELATED STREET IMPACT FEE CAPACITY PRESENTATION FROM FORMER COMMISSIONER DAN HENNESSY.SORRY TO ADDRESS YOU SO FORMALLY, UH, YEAH, I'M GONNA DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION TYING THE LAST TWO TOPICS TOGETHER.
UM, BOTH HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, THE, UH, THE, UM, STREET IMPACT FEE.
UM, SO IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY ACTUALLY GETS UTILIZED, UM, DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, SO THANKS AGAIN FOR, FOR HAVING THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, DAN HENNESSY WITH THE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND I LEAD THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR, UH, ATD.
WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SIF RELATED TO THE GUARDRAILS THAT IT PROVIDES FOR HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN WALK THROUGH HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO PREPARE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND ALSO, UH, JUST SORT OF HOW THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND DEFINED FOR US THROUGH BOTH OUR TECHNICAL STUDY AND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE THAT APPROVED THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AT THE END BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF, UH, UM, TECHNICAL GUIDANCE, UH, BUT IT'S ALSO INTERPRETING POLICY TO SOME DEGREE.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION AND, AND FRANKLY, STILL A LOT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADE.
AND IF I PLEASE, UM, SO THE TEXAS STATE LAW PUT, UM, UH, GUIDANCES IN PLACE OR MORE THAN HAS RULES IN PLACE ABOUT HOW WE CAN SPEND STREET IMPACTS.
THEY CAN ONLY FUND ROADWAY CAPACITY PROJECTS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME INTERPRETATIONS AROUND THAT THAT WE WILL GET TO IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT THAT IS A KEY FEATURE OF THIS THAT WE HAVE TO, SO THAT NONE OF US ENDED UP IN JAIL DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO DEFINE THE CITY IN SPECIFIC AREAS SUCH THAT MONEY COLLECTED IN AN AREA IS ALSO SPENT IN THAT SAME AREA.
UM, AND SO WE DID A TECHNICAL STUDY TO ESSENTIALLY ASSESS THE ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT IN EACH OF THOSE SERVICE AREAS AND ASSESS THE NEED FOR ROADWAY CAPACITY IN THOSE AREAS AND DEFINE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT A FEE COULD BE ASSESSED IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
THERE'S A MAXIMUM DISTANCE TO THE, THOSE AREAS NO MORE THAN SIX MILES.
AND SO, AS A RESULT, WE HAD TO CREATE 17 DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ALSO ALLOW THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS TO MAKE SENSE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT SPEND MONEY ACROSS PERHAPS, UH, NATURAL OR UNNATURAL BOUNDARIES.
UM, SO THE FEE WAS ADAPTED AS KURT MENTIONED IN DECEMBER OF 2020, BUT THE COUNCIL ORDINANCE THAT APPROVED IT, THAT NOTHING WOULD BE COLLECTED UNTIL THIS JUNE.
UM, ALL OF THAT, THAT HE GENERALLY WENT OVER BEFORE.
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THE SLIDE SHOWS THE LAYOUT OF THE SERVICE AREAS.GENERALLY BOUNDARIES ARE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION, UM, FACILITIES 35, A 180 3 MOPAC, UH, THE LAKE, UM, ALL ARE SERVE AS BOUNDARIES TO, UH, TO HELP DEFINE THIS PROGRAM.
ONE NOTE HERE IS THAT DOWNTOWN HAD ITS OWN, UM, AREA, UM, PARTIALLY TO HELP TO DEFINE, UM, BOTH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS, NOT INFLUENCING, UH, THE NEEDS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICE AREAS, BUT ALSO NOT, UM, TAKING AWAY THE FUNDING FROM THOSE AREAS TOO.
SO WE WANTED THAT TO BE ITS OWN SEPARATE AREA, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SPECIFIC CASE AND WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT BEING PART OF A BIGGER SERVICE AREA WHERE WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO, TO AFFECT DECISION-MAKING AND IJ OR ELLA THEY'RE DEFINED ON THAT MAP.
SO I SAID THAT THEY CAN PAY FOR CAPACITY RELATED PROJECTS.
UM, THE WAY THOSE ARE DEFINED IS THAT THEY CAN BE, UH, ROADWAY, WIDENINGS.
THEY CAN BE NEW ROADWAYS, THEY CAN BE TURN LANES, UM, THAT, UH, IMPROVE, UH, ROADWAYS, OR THEY CAN BE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUBSTANDARD STREET PROJECTS.
UM, AND MATH GETS INTO A DEFINITION THAT WILL AFFECT OUR PRIORITIZATION AND IN A FEW MOMENTS.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE, THE KIND OF FOUR CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS THAT THESE CAN DEFINE OR THAT THESE FEES CAN BUILD.
UM, THEY ALSO CAN DO INTERSECTION CA CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE SIGNALS ROUNDABOUTS, TURNING LANES AS NECESSARY.
TYPICALLY THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE CORRIDORS THAT WE'VE DEFINED, BUT THERE ARE SOME STANDALONE INTERSECTIONS, UM, THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE TECHNICAL STUDY.
THE FEES CAN ALSO BE USED TO DO SURVEY AND LAND ACQUISITION, ACQUIRING THE ACTUAL RIGHT OF WAY TO HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IF NECESSARY.
AND LASTLY, THEY CAN BE USED TO HELP US DO PLANNING AND DESIGN AROUND THESE PROJECTS.
THEY CAN NOT BE USED FOR ANY PROJECT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE TECHNICAL STUDY.
THEY CAN NOT BE USED FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING ROADWAYS.
THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF OPERATING THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS ALL FUNDED THROUGH SEPARATE ENTITY.
SO EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE COLLECT THROUGH THIS FEE WILL GET USED TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, THE PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UM, PROGRAM, UM, ACROSS THE 17 AREAS HAVE 1,148 PROJECTS, UM, DEFINED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD GET IMPLEMENTED IS THAT IT'S NOT ONE LIST OF, UM, 1100 PROJECTS.
IT'S 17 DIFFERENT LISTS OF 20 TO 100 PROJECTS, UM, BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE FUNDING IS RESTRICTED TO THE SERVICE AREAS.
UM, THE TECHNICAL STUDY DEFINED A MAXIMUM, UH, FEE FOR EACH OF THE SERVICE AREAS.
CITY COUNCIL SET ONE FEE ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, I THINK FOR SIMPLICITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
AND SO ALL OF THE SERVICE AREAS ARE FUNDED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
SOME ARE FUNDED AT A MAXIMUM ANTICIPATED REVENUE OF LESS THAN 5% OF THE TOTAL NEED.
SOME ARE UP TO 85% OF THE TOTAL NEED.
AND THAT IS FRANKLY JUST HELPFUL INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO, UM, HOW MUCH PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK WE NEED TO DO IN THOSE SERVICE AREAS AND HOW MANY PROJECTS WE NEED TO GET READY.
UM, SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE, THE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT SUBSET OF INTERSECTION PROJECTS, AND THEN, UM, THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROADWAY SEGMENT PROJECTS.
I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT THERE AREN'T A TON OF THESE, BUT WE CAN DO, UH, CONVERSIONS OF ONE WAY STREETS TO TWO WAY STREETS.
THOSE ARE CAPACITY ADD PROJECTS, UM, AND THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME OF THOSE TARGETED IN DOWNTOWN AND, UH, AROUND THE, THE URBAN CORE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WITH THOSE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, UM, AND THE, OR THE LAND USE PROJECTIONS AND THE, UH, UH, FEE THAT THE COUNCIL SET, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE ASSESSING ABOUT $780 MILLION OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD THAT THE, UH, THAT THE TECHNICAL STUDY ASSESSES FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT AS CURTIS SAID, DEVELOPMENTS CAN EARN REDUCTIONS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE $780 MILLION LIKELY.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY LOST 15% OF THE ASSUMED REVENUE BASED ON THE 18 MONTH GRACE PERIOD.
UM, THERE ARE REDUCTIONS BASED ON THE ACTUAL ANTICIPATED TRIP GENERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTS FOR PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT REDUCED PARKING PROVISION, UM, AND A MIX OF USES.
AND THEN AS, UH, WE'LL ALSO BE CREDITING FOR AFFORDABLE
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HOUSING AND FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING PROPERTIES, SUCH THAT IT IS REALLY AN EVALUATION OF NET NEW TRIP GENERATION TO THE ROADWAY NETWORK.SO WITH THAT THOSE REDUCTIONS, WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOMETHING MORE ON THE ORDER OF $460 MILLION OVER THE NEXT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS, WHICH IS STILL MORE THAN $50 MILLION A YEAR.
IT'S DEFINITELY NO SMALL CHANGE, BUT THAT IS ONLY ABOUT 15% OF THE TOTAL NEED IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE, UH, THE, UM, TECHNICAL STUDY.
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS FOR OTHER TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BUILT BY DEVELOPERS, UM, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO, UH, JUST TRYING TO SET THE SCALE FOR WHAT THIS PROGRAM MIGHT DO AND REALLY WHY THERE WAS SUCH A NEED FOR A PRIORITIZATION OF THE 1100 PROJECTS, UM, ACROSS THE 17 SERVICE AREA.
UH, ONCE WE UNDERSTOOD THE LEVEL OF FUNDING WE HAD TO REVIEW ESSENTIALLY THE 20 TO A HUNDRED PROJECTS IN EACH SERVICE AREA AND TRY TO RANK THEM IN SOME MATERIAL WAY THAT IS BOTH, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE ASAP AND ALSO OBJECTIVE, UM, AND BASED IN, UM, OUR PRIORITIES, OUR VALUES AND, UH, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT LIST, THEN WE WILL BEGIN WORKING THROUGH THOSE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS AND TRYING TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THEM.
UH, WE KNOW THAT RIGHT AWAY, IT MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED.
WE KNOW THAT THE PREFERRED, UM, SCHEMATIC PLAN FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS MAY NOT MAKE THE PLANS ELIGIBLE.
YOU KNOW, THE BASED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS, THE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE VEHICLE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS.
IN CERTAIN CASES, THE VEHICLE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT MIGHT BE THE THING THAT IS NOT PRIORITIZED AS PART OF THE ULTIMATE DESIGN, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT NOW SUCH THAT AS THE MONEY IS COLLECTED, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO SPEND IT.
UM, I SHOULD MENTION THAT MONEY, UH, EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S COLLECTED NEEDS TO BE SPENT WITHIN 10 YEARS OF ITS COLLECTION.
OTHERWISE THE PAYEE CAN ASK FOR THAT BACK.
UM, SO WE, WE DO NEED TO, WE ARE TRACKING THAT AND WE DO NEED TO BE AWARE OF, UM, THE AGE OF THE DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO US IN EACH SERVICE AREA, AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN TO SUSPEND THEM.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE REVIEWED THE EFMP, GIVEN THE, UM, FAIRLY RECENT, UM, MAJOR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THAT, WHERE THE COMMUNITY TOLD US WHAT OUR MOBILITY GOALS WERE AND HELPED US RANK THEM IN TERMS OF, UH, PRIORITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO WE REALLY TRIED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND FOR DETERMINING, UM, WHAT OUR METRICS WOULD BE.
WE CONSIDERED MORE THAN 80 METRICS FOR PRIORITIZATION, UH, HELPING US TO CREATE THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.
UM, A LOT OF THE METRICS WERE VERY CORRELATED WITH ONE ANOTHER, A LOT OF 'EM HAD INCONSISTENT DATA.
UM, AND SO SEVERAL OF THEM GOT RULED OUT QUICKLY.
UH, WE ENDED UP WITH GOING WITH JUST 20 TO HELP US, UM, THAT REFLECT, UH, THE MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIES OF THE ASMP.
AND ALSO WHAT, UH, VOTERS HAVE RECENTLY TOLD US THROUGH THE 2016 AND 2020 MOBILITY BONDS, UH, ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM.
UM, SO THEY DO REFLECT A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, A SAFER TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND A HEALTHIER TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
UM, AND SO THAT IS, UH, REFLECTED, I THINK, THROUGHOUT THE METRICS, DESPITE THIS BEING A ROBOTIC CAPACITY BASED PROGRAM, UM, X, Y PLUS, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, OF WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THOSE MOBILITY GOALS.
UH, WE, WE ESSENTIALLY SCORED EVERY PROJECT ACROSS SEVEN, SEVEN DIFFERENT VALUES.
UM, THOSE ARE AT THE TOP AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE SPECIFIC MOBILITY GOALS.
AND THEN WE USE SOME OF THE BULLETS REFLECT SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WERE USED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S RANKING ON OUR VISION ZERO LIST.
UM, HISTORICALLY UNDER-INVESTED AREAS OF THE CITY OR SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF THE CITY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE AREAS WERE HIGHLIGHTED NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS GOING TO HELP OR POTENTIALLY HARM THOSE, UM, HISTORICAL INEQUITIES, BUT SO THAT WE LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSELY AND, AND ENGAGE THAT COMMUNITY, UM, TO SEE IF, IF THERE IS AN INVESTMENT THAT, THAT COULD MAKE THINGS BETTER AND RIGHT COME PAST WRONGS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN PRETTY CONSCIOUS ABOUT, UM, THE
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ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND CREATING A MORE RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS TOO.
AND I, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, GET SHORT SHRIFT TO THE VEHICLE CAPACITY ELEMENTS.
UM, TH THAT, THAT IS CERTAINLY A FACTOR IN THIS, UM, THOSE ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED, UH, IN SOME WAYS THEY'RE, THEY HELP TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A, UH, CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, BUT IN SOME, IN SOME CASES THEY HURT THE SCORING OF PROJECTS WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THAT WAS TRIED TO TRY TO BE EVALUATED OBJECTIVELY AND TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, ACROSS EACH OF THE SERVICE AREAS.
UM, SO AGAIN, YOU'LL STILL NOTICE TOO, THAT SOME OF THE, UM, UH, DIFFERENT METRICS WERE USED ACROSS DIFFERENT VALUES.
WE FELT LIKE THOSE REFLECTED, UM, VERY WELL THE, THE DIFFERENT VALUES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO EVALUATE.
UM, AND SO WE, WE WEIGHTED THEM DIFFERENTLY AND, AND COMBINED THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT GAVE US BOTH A, UM, OBJECTIVE WAY TO DO THIS, BUT ALSO A, UM, VALUE BASED WAY TO PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS.
UM, SO ONCE WE HAVE THE PROCESS FIGURED WE HAVE A DRAFT LIST IN EVERY SERVICE AREA.
UM, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS OVERLAP WITH PLANNING AND DESIGN THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST BY TWO, EIGHT YEARS, UM, INCLUDING THINGS FROM THE 2016 THROUGH 2020 MOBILITY BONDS.
UH, SEVERAL OF THESE CORRIDORS ARE ALSO PROJECT CONNECTS CORRIDORS.
UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES WITH TEXTILE AND TRAVIS COUNTY PROJECTS AND THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM OFFICE ALSO.
SO MORE THAN 250 PROJECTS ALREADY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING ONE RIGHT NOW, ONCE WE FIGURED THAT OUT WHERE SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING THE PLANNING AND SCHEMATIC WORKFORCE, WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHICH DOESN'T HAVE COMMITTED FUNDING.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FROM THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND THAT HAD FUNDING IN PLACE FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN, BUT NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THIS IS A PLACE THAT WE COULD USE THAT MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS.
IF THE ULTIMATE CHROMATIC WAS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING THROUGH, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE LAW.
UM, WE ALSO TRIED TO LOOK AT THE ANTICIPATED FUNDING IN EACH SERVICE AREA SO THAT WE KNEW HOW MANY PROJECTS NEEDED TO GET READY, UM, BASED ON WHAT WAS ALREADY READY AND THE REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATE, AND THEN ESSENTIALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WORK PLAN FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS TO START PLANNING AND DESIGNING A BUNCH OF PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS, UH, I THINK NOT INTENDED TO BE A PRIORITIZATION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEND THE MONEY NECESSARILY.
THAT'LL INVOLVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, WE THINK WE, I MEAN, WE MADE OUR BEST GUESTS AS BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO REEVALUATE F MONEY COME THE END OF JUNE.
UM, WE'VE REVIEWED THIS LIST WITH EACH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE, INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UM, FOR FEEDBACK ON THE SERVICE AREAS THAT ARE IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND HIGHLIGHTING PROJECTS FOR US THAT ARE ON THERE, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO RETHINK, OR THAT WERE NOT ON THERE THAT NEEDED TO SHOW UP ON THE LIST.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE FAIRLY BROAD SUPPORT FOR BOTH THE METHODOLOGY AND THE ULTIMATE LIST.
I WOULD SAY WE MAYBE HAD ONE PROJECT THAT CAME OFF, UM, AND MAYBE THREE THAT WERE ADDED FOR THAT WERE ADDED, UM, OUT OF THE 35 OR SO THAT WE SELECTED ACROSS DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS.
SO THE, UH, QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING THAT FOR US.
AND WE CONFIRMED THAT TOO, IN THAT THE QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY HIGHLIGHTED A LOT OF PROJECT CONNECTS CORRIDORS, UH, 2016 MOBILITY BOND CORRIDORS THAT WE ARE THEN KIND OF GOING TO THE SECOND LEVEL OF ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR TO FIX SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A DRAFT LIST FOR US TO BE WORKING ON PLANNING AND DESIGNING PROJECTS PROJECTS.
UM, SO THERE'S NOTHING SACRED ABOUT THE LIST AS IT'S DEVELOPED.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO BE, UM, WORKING SUCH THAT AS MONEY IS READY, WE DELIVER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITIZENS AS FAST AS WE CAN.
UM, AND SO, UH, THIS WILL ALL GET POSTED.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR LAST, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR CONFIRMATION BEFORE WE PUBLISH IT.
AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW OF THEIR DISTRICT REVIEW OF THEIR SERVICE AREA AND LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY YOU GUYS MISSED THIS PROJECT.
THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY, AND WE CAN, UH, REITERATE FROM THERE, UH, MY FIREPLACE.
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SO THE ACTUAL PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE, UM, GOING THROUGH MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE PRIORITIZATION IS TO FIND ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT LINK TOGETHER.WE'LL SH I'LL SHOW THAT IN JUST A SLIDE OR TWO ON, ON A MAP, UM, WORK THROUGH THE FEASIBLE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ASAP, CONSISTENT WITH THE TCM.
UM, THIS WILL BE WHERE WE USE THAT AND ARE ALREADY USING IT TO HELP GUIDE SOME OF OUR DESIGN DECISIONS OR DESIGN OPTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH WHAT'S FEASIBLE AND WHAT'S NOT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THOSE, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ENSURE THAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR STREET IMPACT THE FUNDING.
AND, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, I'M SURE WE'LL END UP IN A PLACE WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT, UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE OKAY, BUT WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT FOR, UM, THE IMPLICATIONS OF ACTUALLY SPENDING THE MONEY.
AND SO THAT WILL ALL LEAD INTO A, EACH PROJECT WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK PROCESS THAT WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE OPTIONS.
AND THEN THE PLANS ARE LIKELY TO SIT ON A SHELF FOR A SHORT TIME.
UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE A VERY CLEAR VISION OF WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
I WILL NO LONGER JUST BE A LINE ON A MAP SAYING, HERE'S, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE REVENUE TO BE COLLECTED AND ACCOUNTED TO THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREA FUNDS.
TH THE PROCESS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRST PART OF IT IS ESPECIALLY INTERNAL, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR T'S CROSSED AND I'S DOTTED IN TERMS OF COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW ADHERING TODAY, S AND P UM, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE TCM, AND THEN ALSO THAT WE, THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO SHARE IN TERMS OF TIMING, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE.
UM, I'D MENTIONED WE'VE GOT 17 SERVICE AREAS, MORE THAN 35 PROJECTS.
AND, UM, THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IS ASKING A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH OTHER MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES TO HELP ME DO THAT.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE STRETCHING THIN.
AND SO THE PRIORITIZATION IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO, AS STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT WASTING ANYBODY'S TIME.
AND THEN AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE PLANS READY, THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO A PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE WE SHARE THOSE GIFTS FEEDBACK, UM, REVIEW TALK ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS MEAN IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO FUND, BEING ABLE TO BUILD NOW VERSUS HAVING TO WAIT POTENTIALLY AS WE MIGHT HAVE TO ACQUIRE RIGHT WAY OR, OR BUILD SMALLER SEGMENTS OF IT AS WE WAIT FOR FUNDING.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A AGREED UPON THEMATIC THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND THAT WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR FUNDING TO, UM, MOVE THAT INTO PROJECT DELIVERY AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO THAT IS KIND OF A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE ACTUAL PROCESS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS NEXT LIKELY, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
THIS MAP IS LINKED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL CAPACITY PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I'VE CHOSEN SURFACE AREA L HERE AS AN EXAMPLE, TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO, UM, HOW THESE PROJECTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WE HAVE A SECTION OF OLTORF STREET HERE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, IT'S CURRENTLY A FOUR LANE WITH TURN LANES.
IT WOULD REMAIN A FOUR LANE WITH TURN LANES, HAVE AN ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROJECT, BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE MEDIUM AND, UH, COMPLIMENTARY BICYCLE SIDEWALK, TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
I SUPPOSE I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THAT EARLIER, UM, WHILE THE MONEY MUST BE SPENT ON ROADWAY, CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS.
IF WE DO THE ROADWAY CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS, WE CAN BUILD BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS AND TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS WITH IT.
WHAT WE CANNOT DO IS JUST DO BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS AND TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UM, THAT WILL PROBABLY BECOME A THEME AS YOU REVIEWED THROUGH, UH, THE BACKUP MATERIAL THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT THAT EACH SERVICE AREA IT'S A LOT OF ARTERIALS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED AS, UM, INCONSISTENT IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIME, RELIABILITY, NEEDING MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS OR, AND, OR, UM, VERY HIGH ON OUR VISION ZERO PRIORITY NETWORK FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE IDENTIFY ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WOULD COME WITH IT.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ALONG HERE.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, WE'LL START REVIEWING THE RIGHT OF WAY AND LAYING OUT WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL AND THE EFMP SAYS, WE'LL GO THERE.
UM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE WHITE LINES SHOW THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, AND THE RED LINES SHOW WHAT THE AFP WOULD REQUIRE AND THE CCM WOULD REQUIRE.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD INVOLVE NEEDING TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE TCM TO DEVELOP AN OPTION
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THAT BOTH DOES COMPLY WITH THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN, BUT ALSO IT'S FEASIBLE FOR US TO CONSTRUCT.AND SO THIS IS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF LAYING OUT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND THEN LASTLY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE UPDATED ON OUR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WEBSITE.
THIS WILL ALSO BE LINKED BACK TO ST IMPACT FEE PROGRAM WEBSITE, WHICH WE'LL SHARE UPDATES REGARDING THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT'S BEING COLLECTED IN EACH OF THE SERVICE AREAS.
AND WHAT'S BEING SPENT IN EACH OF THE SERVICE AREAS, BUT AS FAR AS THE PROJECTS AND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEM, THAT WILL ALL BE CONTAINED HERE.
UM, SO THAT AT ANY POINT, SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND SERVICE AREA, UM, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM IF I PLEASE, UH, SO WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE LAST, UM, SIX, NINE MONTHS OR SO IS A PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST FOR EACH SERVICE AREA THAT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES OTHER PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK BEING DONE AND OTHER FUNDING THAT IS, OR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUILD SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WE HAVE BEGUN, UH, ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO DEVELOPING AN ONLINE PORTAL THAT WILL COMMUNICATE ALL OF THIS TO, UM, BOTH DEVELOPERS, CITIZENS, ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS.
UM, AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE, WE WILL BE GIVING FORMAL UPDATES EVERY SIX MONTHS REGARDING THE, UH, COLLECTION AND EXPENDITURES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WHILE FUNDS WILL START BEING COLLECTED THIS JUNE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE TO RAMP UP THAT COLLECTION AND HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO ACTUALLY BUILD ANYTHING SO OPTIMISTICALLY, THE FUNDS COULD BE USED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF 2023, PERHAPS MORE LIKELY IT'LL BE SOMETIME IN 2024, THAT THESE FUNDS WILL ACTUALLY START TO BE USED TO BUILD THINGS ON THE GROUND.
SO, UH, I'M SORRY, THAT, THAT WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I LOOKED FORWARD TO THE RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS READY TO GO.
THERE WAS A, THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT, UH, VERY WELL DONE BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, UH, I HAD THAT YOU EVENTUALLY GOT AROUND TO ANSWERING.
SO THAT WAS AWESOME IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE BIKE LANES AND WHAT A SERVICE ROAD, WHAT A ROAD IMPROVEMENT INCLUDED, WHAT THE DEFINITION OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BARRY, MIGHT'VE BURIED SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS CALL ARE INTERESTED IN.
UH, SO I'LL ASK ONE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS JUST BECAUSE, UM, THERE'LL BE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
UH, IN PARTICULAR YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE NEED FOR THE FUNDING TO SORT OF COME IN AND GO INTO A POOL AND IT SORT OF WAITS AROUND AND IT HAS AN AGE BY WHICH IT HAS TO BE SPENT.
BUT WHEN I THINK OF THINGS LIKE A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING KIND OF METHOD, WHERE YOU REALLY ARE BORROWING AGAINST WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET, UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALSO DOING PROJECTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
IS THERE ROOM TO SORT OF BORROW AGAINST FUTURE STREET FEE PROJECTIONS AND THEN GET IT DONE NOW? SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ALL OF IT TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN THEN GET BETTER SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE THE CASE, BUT THIS IS NOT A DEBT SERVICE PROGRAM.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE MONEY IN HAND, UH, BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING.
SO WHILE WE WILL TRY TO BE AS CREATIVE AROUND THAT DEFINITION, AS WE CAN BE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE MONEY.
UM, AND SO THERE'S NOT A POOL TO BORROW AGAINST.
YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE PROJECTS DON'T ONLY HAVE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE SIF.
UM, AND FRANKLY OUR FUNDS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST RESTRICTED RESTRICTIONS AROUND THEM.
UM, BUT MOST OTHER FUNDS ARE SPOKEN FOR.
UM, SO W WHILE WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MATCH, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DOLLAR IN THE BANK BEFORE WE SPEND THAT DOLLAR.
UM, THIS PROGRAM SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SIDEWALK FEE PROGRAM.
UH, PEOPLE PAY INTO THE, INTO A FUND.
THE MONEY IN THAT FUND CAN ONLY BE SPENT LOCALLY.
HOW DO YOU COORDINATE WITH THE SIDEWALK FUND? CAUSE THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO DO SIDEWALKS WHERE IT WASN'T STREET IMPACT FEE MONEY, BUT HAVE THEM BE IN THE SAME PROJECT AS THE, THE WAY WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE ESSENTIALLY SHARING OUR PRIORITIZATION LISTS THAN OUR WORK PLANS WITH EACH OTHER AND WHERE THEY CAN BUILD IMPROVEMENTS FIRST.
UM, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ALLOW US STILL TO COME IN AND DO ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THE ROADWAY.
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UM, IF, IF A PROJECT IS VERY HIGH ON OUR LIST AND LOWER ON THEIR LIST, IT WILL BECOME OUR PROJECT.UH, IF WE CAN TIME THAT THAT REVENUE COLLECTION CORRECTLY, UM, AND VICE VERSA, IF A PROJECT IS VERY HIGH ON OUR LIST, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM IS GOING TO MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT, IT MIGHT NO LONGER BE, UM, A PRIORITY ON OUR LIST.
IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, BECOME WEIGHTED DOWN TO FIX OTHER STREETS THAT NEED SIDEWALKS THERE OR OTHER MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UM, THERE, THERE'S NOT COORDINATION NECESSARILY ABOUT THE FUNDING YET, AND I THINK THAT'S MOSTLY OUR FAULT BECAUSE WE'RE SO UNSURE OF WHAT THAT FUNDING IS ACTUALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UH, BUT THERE IS COORDINATION AROUND THE PLANNING AND DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IN EACH OTHER'S WAY OR THAT ONE OF US MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED TO DO THE WORK FOR THE OTHER GROUP.
UM, AS, AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOME REVENUE IN THE BANK.
I WOULD THINK SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS ALSO FALLS INTO THAT CLASS, A PROJECTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO COORDINATE WITH, SAY FOR US TO SCHOOL, BOTH COORDINATED THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE WORKING ESSENTIALLY WITH THE SAME PERSON TO REVIEW THE PROJECT LISTS ON BOTH OF THAT.
AND, UH, GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE, WE THOUGHT ABOUT AT LEAST SOME THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, COMMISSIONER SUMMERS.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D ALWAYS HEARD THE SIDEWALK FEE IN LIEU THAT THE TEN-YEAR PAYBACK RULE CAN'T REALLY BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO I STILL WANT YOU TO SPEND THE MONEY WITHIN 10 YEARS, BUT I'D HEARD THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY PERHAPS LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE EVEN, BUT, UM, A QUESTION, UM, THAT I HAD, SO ABOUT THE REVENUE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT, UM, A PARKING REDUCTION, UH, IN THE PROJECT BELOW WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, FEEDS INTO THEM PAYING LESS FEE.
DID I STATE THAT CLEARLY OR CORRECTLY? UM, SO LET'S SAY THAT CITY COUNCIL, UH, WERE TO ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUM CITYWIDE THAT WOULD PRESUMABLY INCREASE YOUR REVENUE.
IS THAT RIGHT? UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO READJUST THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S DONE NOW IS THAT IF YOU REDUCE PARKING FROM THE MAXIMUM, THAT'S ALLOWED YOU CAN YOU GET REDUCTIONS TOWARDS YOUR STREET IMPACTS FEE.
SO IF MINIMUM DISAPPEARED, UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO RETHINK THIS PRETTY DRASTICALLY IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL COLLECTION MECHANISM.
UH, BUT, AND SO YOU SAID IT'S, IT'S BASED AROUND THE MAXIMUM, BUT THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE A MAXIMUM RIGHT NOW IS DOWNTOWN, IS THAT RIGHT? GEM IS, ARE THERE PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THERE ARE MAXIMUM? OKAY.
BUT THAT'S, IT'S LIKE IN ZONES, IT'S NOT EVERYWHERE.
IT'S DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORIES HAVE DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK JUST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT AROUND THAT, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THE KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION BUILD OUTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, CORRELATING THE FEE COLLECTED TO THE ACTUAL DEMAND GENERATED IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP TO INCENTIVIZE THE RIGHT KIND OF BUILDING.
AND I HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR THAT.
AND IT MIGHT BE MORE FOR THE OTHER TEAM THAT PRESENTED SORT OF ON THIS CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE SIF.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FOR ME, WHEN I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, PAIN, IT, BUT LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A WATT WITH A GARAGE AND STREET PARKING VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A DENSE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON A CORRIDOR THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT LIGHT RAIL ON THAT MAY EVEN BUILD THAT MUCH PARKING OR DOWNTOWN THAT MAY NOT BUILD THAT MUCH PARKING, UM, ACTUALLY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE IMPACT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAN SOME OF THESE LARGER UNITS, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO FEED IN AND SORT OF A VIRTUOUS CYCLE INTO THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
SO I, I WONDERED IF IN FUTURE ITERATIONS OR REVISIONS OF THE SIF, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR UPDATES, THIS IS SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING.
I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEELING AND CONCERN AROUND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES A LOT OF TIMES, BUT JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE TRACKING TO.
I THINK WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PET.
WELL, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY AS PART OF THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE, THERE WAS A STUDY THAT WAS A COMPANY THAT ORDINANCE TO DEFINE THE SERVICE AREAS, TO
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DO PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY THE RATES AND EVERYTHING.SO IF WE GO TO A PARKING MAXIMUM ORDINANCE CITY WIDE, WE WOULD PROBABLY UPDATE THAT STUDY IN ORDER TO TIE, DETERMINE ONE NEW REVENUE PROJECTIONS, AND TO, UH, IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE, THE RATES WE CHARGE WITHIN THE SIF STUDY, AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED UPDATE THAT STUDY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT'S SO ANY CHANGES THAT TAKES INTO ORDINANCES, UH, COMPLETE PARKING ELIMINATIONS, UH, EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS OR TRANSIT NETWORKS, WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE STUDY AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS AS NECESSARY.
AND COMMISSIONER SUMMERS TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE 10 YEARS, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A CONFUSING ELEMENT OF PAST, UH, DEVELOP OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND, UH, THE MITIGATION MEMOS, IT'S NOT CONFUSING AT ALL WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM.
IT IS VERY CLEARLY STATED IN THE STATE LAW.
UM, AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT PAST CONFUSION, STILL A VISTA ABOUT THAT MONEY.
UM, BUT GOING FORWARD, IT WILL NOT BE AN ELEMENT FOR DISCUSSION ANYMORE.
IT'LL JUST BE WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS LET'S GET IT SPENT.
OH, AND I, YEAH, I DON'T THINK, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND HAVING A RANGE OF VALUES OF PROJECTS IN TERMS OF THEIR COSTS, SUCH THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THE REVENUES AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY WILL BE SOME OF THOSE STANDALONE INTERSECTION PROJECTS WILL BE A LOT QUICKER AND FASTER TO SPEND MONEY ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WORST COMES TO WORST, YOU MIGHT JUST SEE A LOT OF NEW TRAFFIC SINGLES AROUND TOWN.
UM, BUT WE HOPE THAT IT CAN BE MORE IMPACTFUL THAN JUST DOING THAT.
AND DAN, IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, UH, WE ARE ALSO NOT JUST WAITING FOR THE FUNDING TO COME IN.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON, UM, PRIORITIZATION OF THIS PROJECTS AND WE WILL ALSO KICK IN THE DESIGN WORK ON THIS PROJECTS.
IT'S, IT'S A GOOD IDEA THAT WE ARE WORKING.
WE HAVE SOME TIME TO WORK ON THE DESIGN BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING.
UM, PROBABLY SOMETIME IN 2024.
SO I THINK ATD IS WORKING REALLY HARD ON, ON THIS PRIORITIZATION AND WE'LL BE WORKING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HARDER IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING, ERIC, SORRY, I HAD ONE MORE POINT TO MAKE THIS CALL KITTEN DIVISION MANAGER OVER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IF THE RESPONSE WASN'T CLEAR TO, TO COMMISSIONER SUMMERS, UM, COMMENT ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES, THE STREET IMPACT FEE DOES APPLY TO STREET, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, UM, SUBDIVISIONS.
SO, UH, THOSE WILL BE ASSESSED THE IMPACT FEE WHEN DONE AT THE SUBDIVISION SCALE.
YEAH, JUST THAT WHOLE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, A QUESTION OR COMMENT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT, YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS, BUT I, I DIDN'T PAY IT.
WASN'T UH, DIDN'T CATCH IT THE 10 TRIPS.
HOW ARE THOSE CALCULATORS IT BY NUMBER OF BEDROOMS IN, IN THE, IN THE DWELLING OR HOW'S THAT, HOW ARE THOSE 10 TRIPS CALCULATED? YEAH.
BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND THE UNIT TYPE, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS PUT OUT A NATIONAL MANUAL, UM, THAT BASED ON DATA FROM ACROSS, UH, TIME AND LOCATION, UM, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT SITES THAT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THEY DO IT FOR SINGLE FAMILY UNITS FOR MULTIFAMILY AT DIFFERENT SCALES, TOWNHOMES, LOW RISE, MID RISE, HIGH RISE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, UH, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, UH, GENERAL URBAN, SUBURBAN, RURAL CONTEXT.
UM, THEY'RE EVEN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS FOR SENIOR LIVING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSISTED LIVING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT WILL BE THE BASIS OF THAT.
AND KIND OF TYING BACK TO WHAT DANIELLE SAID EARLIER.
WE WANTED TO BASE THIS ON, UH, AN UPDATED NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARD THAT FRANKLY, ANY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT APPLICANT HIRES WILL UNDERSTAND.
AND SO THAT THIS GOES TOWARDS THIS BECOMING A PREDICTABLE AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT, UM, ANYBODY WILL UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS STILL SOME LEVEL OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED, BUT IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN GOT YOU.
I KNOW FOR A, YES, I GUESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CONVERSATION, COULD YOU GIVE US JUST LIKE A BASELINE EXAMPLE, THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF HOW WOULD YOU EAT INTO THOSE 10 TRIPS? HOW WOULD THEY BE CALCULATED? SURE.
UH, SO LIKE A, W A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, ONE
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SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, GENERATES ABOUT NINE TRIPS A DAY.UM, BUT FOR A MID APARTMENT, THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT SIX.
UM, SO THAT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE REALLY BUILDING ON ONE LOT, ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, YOU ARE LIKELY NOT GOING TO PAY A STUDENT PEPSI.
UM, IF YOU ARE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BUILD A SIX UNIT MID-RISE APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 30 TRIPS AND LIKELY PAY THAT.
BUT LIKE, THAT'S THE LEVEL OF SCALE, LIKE, ESSENTIALLY, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEY'RE MORE YOUR, SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT, HOW THAT FACTORS INTO DUPLEXES AND WHATNOT.
UM, KIND OF THAT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
THAT'S, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, THAT'S IT? YEAH.
AND SO THOSE NINE TRIPS IN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS THAT BASE CAUSE IT HAS, IS IT A THREE BEDROOM HOME? SO YOU'RE ASSUMING THREE, THREE TRIPS PER BEDROOM, OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH.
BEDROOMS, UH, ARE NOT A FACTOR IN THAT CALCULATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA ABOUT THE BEDROOMS FROM WHERE TRIPS ARE GENERATED AND WHERE IT'S COLLECTED.
UM, SO IT'S JUST BASED ON NUMBER OF UNITS AND KIND OF AN AVERAGE ACROSS.
SO I GUESS TO PROVIDE A CONTEXT TO IT, UM, SO IF YOU ARE BUILDING ABOUT 10 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BALLPARK, OR 15 TO 20 A MULTIFAMILY HOMES THAT COULD TRIGGER THE SAFE COLLECTION.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF OTHER FOLKS DO, UH, SO EARLY ON IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT KIND OF ROADWAY, SEGMENTS, AND KIND OF, UM, CAPACITY PROJECTS.
AND YOU MENTIONED SUBSTANDARD ROADS AS A, AS A, A CANDIDATE, UH, WHAT DEFINES A SUBSTANDARD ROADS AND VERY SPECIFICALLY, IS IT A LACK OF BIKE LANES OR SIDEWALK? DOES THAT TRIGGER POSSIBILITY FOR BEING ON A PROJECT LIST? SO WE DEFINE A SUBSTANDARD ROAD, BUT OUR DEFINITION IS PRETTY SPECIFIC, AND THAT IS, UM, STREETS THAT DO NOT HAVE CURB AND GUTTER, AND TYPICALLY MISS THE FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF CURB AND GUTTER.
UM, SO IT'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ANNEX STREETS FROM DECADES AGO THAT ARE 25 TO 40 FEET AND PAVEMENT WITH, AND THAT MIGHT BE IT, OR THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME PRETTY BAD SIDEWALKS THAT ARE INCLUDED.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED AS A CATEGORY IN THE TECHNICAL STUDY AND IN THE AMP.
UM, AND TO BE TRANSPARENT, A LOT OF THOSE STREETS RISE TO THE TOP OF OUR LISTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, MISSING SO MANY OF THOSE MULTIMODAL ELEMENTS AND THEY DO TEND TO NOT NECESSARILY, UH, CREATE SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT THEY'RE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTERIALS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE, UM, PAST SAFETY ISSUES OR, UM, UH, IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE HAVE SAFETY ISSUES AND PREDICT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE.
UM, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THE COLLISION YET.
UM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS TOO.
SO SUBSTANDARD STREETS ARE ESSENTIALLY CURBLESS ROADS, UM, THAT NEED ALL TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT, UM, IS THE ONE TYPE WHERE THE ROADWAY WITH IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF LANES CAN REMAIN THE SAME.
SO IT'S TYPICALLY TWO LANES SUBSTANDARD STREET THAT WILL BECOME A, REMAIN A TWO LANE STREET, BUT THE CAPACITY IS ACTUALLY INCREASED BY PROVIDING HER, PROVIDING STRIPING, UM, PROVIDING, UH, APPROACHES TO INTERSECTIONS THAT HELP ORGANIZE TRAFFIC IN CERTAIN WAYS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT MEETS EVERY DEFINITION PER THE STATE LAW, UM, AND IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
UM, AND THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE INTENDED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT THEY CERTAINLY MEET ALL THE VALUES THAT WE INTENDED TO PRIORITIZE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
OH, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER.
I LIKE THE LAST PART ABOUT IT.
UM, SORT OF BUBBLING UP TO THE TOP BECAUSE I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR OVERALL STRATEGY, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIX THE THINGS THAT ARE BROKEN OR YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE IN AND CLOSE THE GAPS ON THE, ON THE ONES THAT ARE PRETTY WELL DONE, BUT NOT COMPLETE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS GIVEN ACP ENVISION ZERO SIX AND THE ONES THAT HAVE BROKEN, IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT THOSE SEEM TO BE MAYBE FLOATING UP MORE SO THAN OTHERS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TIME IN A YEARS TO BEFORE THAT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE SAW IS LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN IGNORED OR KIND OF THAT SECOND LEVEL OF ARTERIAL COLLECTOR STREETS THAT MAYBE WASN'T IMPORTANT ENOUGH OR ARE PRIORITIZED FOR THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND IS NOT ON A PROJECT IN THAT CORRIDOR, BUT HAS A LOT OF THE SAME ELEMENTS, UM, NEEDING MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS, FACILITATING TRANSIT, BEING A MAJOR CORRIDOR FOR
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PEAK PERIOD COMMUTE, TRAFFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ROSE TO THE TOP, WE TRIED REALLY HARD NOT TO CHERRY PICK PROJECTS AHEAD OF TIME.AND DIDN'T REALLY EVALUATE THE DRAFT LIST UNTIL WE WERE PRETTY SURE THAT WE HAD THE METRICS AND THE PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM, THE WAY WE WANTED IT BEFORE WE EVEN LOOKED AT A LIST.
UM, AND SO CAUSE, CAUSE I THINK WE'VE, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHERRY PICKING AND WE TRIED REALLY HARD TO NOT DO THAT.
AND, UM, THE DRAFT LISTS THAT WE HAVE AS IS GENERALLY THE WAY IT CHECKED OUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR THE DETAIL.
UM, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS SEEING NONE? OKAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR Y'ALL'S TIME.
THIS WAS, UH, INFORMATIVE AND THANKS FOR THE Q AND A TIME AS WELL AND GREAT TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU AGAIN AND SEE IT IN.
[2.D. Red River Street Realignment]
UH, RED RIVER STREET ALIGNMENT, UM, IS PAUL TERRA NOVA, DO I SEE A NAME, MR. TERANOVA WHENEVER YOU ARE READY.WE HAD A PRESENTATION FOR A MOMENT AND I'M JOINED BY MY ATD CO IGLOO CURIE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE BACK HALF OF OUR PRESENTATION ON PAUL TERANOVA WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT ON THE RED RIVER STREET, A REALIGNMENT UPDATE PRIMARILY BETWEEN 12TH AND 15TH STREET.
SO THIS REALIGNMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE REALLY HAS ITS GENESIS IN 2013, 2014, AS PART OF THE DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL REALIGNMENT, UM, OF RED RIVER NORTH OF 15TH STREET.
UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE UT MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN, UH, NORTH OF EAST MLK UP TO DEAN KEATON IS THE REALIGNMENT THAT UT IS UNDERTAKING CURRENTLY.
SO THE, UH, FOCUS BETWEEN 12TH AND 15TH STREET IS TO ACCOMMODATE CENTRAL HEALTH, REALLY DEVELOP LANGUAGE.
DOES THE TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH CARE ERA AND THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING A WHAT'S CALLED BLOCK ONE 60 OR A IN-BETWEEN BETWEEN THE 13TH AND 14TH STREET IN THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE AREA, UH, NORTH OF 12TH STREET.
I PLEASED DO YOU STILL THERE SPEAKER, SO THIS ANIMATION HERE JUST SHOWS THE SEQUENCE OF HOW RED RIVER USED TO BE.
UH, YES, I'M STILL, I'M STILL HERE.
YOUR INTERNET'S JUST LAGGING A LITTLE BEHIND.
UM, WE, WE CAN HEAR YOU, UH, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET THIS MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE CONTINUE.
OH, THE REALIGNMENT, UH, AS YOU KNOW, NORTH OF, UH, 12TH AND 13TH STREET, UM, THERE WE GO.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UP AND RUNNING NOW.
SO RED RIVER USED TO HAVE THIS JOG OVER TO THE WEST AND THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS REALIGNING RED RIVER STREET TO ITS HISTORIC GRID, NORTH SOUTH ALIGNMENT.
UM, AND SO IN THE FUTURE CONDITION WHAT'S SHOWN IN YELLOW IS GOING TO BE THE OLD RED RIVER REALIGNMENT OR, OR THE, OR THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM THAT AND WILL BE REPURPOSED, UH, INTO A PUBLIC PLAZA PROMENADE, UM, TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
AND LUKE LATER ON, WE'LL GET INTO SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL COME TO BE RIGHT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
HERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE SECTION BETWEEN 12TH AND 15TH STREET.
WHAT'S IN YELLOW IS THE OLD RED RIVER REALIGNMENT.
AND THEN WHAT'S AN ORANGE IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW RED RIVER REALIGNMENT GOING DIRECTLY NORTH UP TO 15TH STREET.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE RETURNING RED RIVER TO ITS HISTORIC ALIGNMENT.
THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION WILL STAY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
CURRENTLY, THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW OF CENTRAL HEALTH, WHICH IS TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL, AS WELL AS A COMPLETION OF THE ROADWAY, THE STOVES GIVE US A COMPLETE STREET DESIGN FOR IT.
AND I'M TALKING TO SPECIFICS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO NEXT STEPS, UH, COMPLETION OF BOTH BLOCK 1 64 AND THE NEW RED RIVER STREET CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED, UH, THIS SPRING SUMMER.
ATD STAFF WILL BE WORKING TO TRANSITION THE OLD RED RIVER STREET TO THIS PUBLIC PLAZA IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN ALSO FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE, UH, ASAP RECOMMENDATIONS ONCE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS CONVEYED TO THE CITY.
HERE, HERE'S A DRONE PHOTO, UH, TAKEN LAST WEEK, MARCH 31ST, GENERALLY THE LI UH, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
SO THAT'S THE BLOCK 1 64 BUILDING THAT YOU SEE WITH THE GLASS FACADE AND YOU SEE THE PAVING AND THE STRIPING DOWN BELOW IT AS WELL.
AND THEN IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND BLOCK 1 64 IS WATERLOO PARK.
UM, SO THERE IS DEFINITELY AS THIS, THIS PUBLIC PLAZA ON THE FAR SIDE OF BLOCK 1 64, THAT'LL BE A CRITICAL ACTIVATION POINT IN THAT AREA.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTION FROM THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.
AND, UM, I DO WANT TO THANK BOTH MS. BLACK AND MR. RILEY FOR THEIR INPUT AND DIALOGUE, UH, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
UM, AND AS YOU HEARD FROM MY ATD COLLEAGUES
UM, AND I DO WANT TO MENTION, SO BACK IN 2019 AND 2020, UM, WITH THE EXISTING TCM AND THE STREET DESIGN GUIDE AT THE TIME, UH, THIS IS A LEVEL THREE URBAN ROADWAY, WHICH, WHICH THE GUIDE RECOMMENDED 96 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY WITH ABOUT 36 FEET OF PAVEMENT.
SO ATD STAFF HAD THE BIG CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO REALLY FIT ABOUT 27 FEET OF ELEMENTS ON EITHER SIDE INTO ABOUT 18 TO 20 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY ON EACH SIDE.
SO WHAT'D YOU SEE HERE? IT WAS LOOKING SOUTH, UM, DOWN RED RIVER AND BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF GENERALLY GOING DOWNHILL TO THE SOUTH AND UPHILL TO THE NORTH, UM, YEAH, THE WAY TO FIT IN ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS WAS REALLY TO, TO REDUCE THE VEHICLE PAYMENT SECTION AND THEN, UH, HAVE A FIVE AND A HALF FOOT BIKE LANE HEADING SOUTH WITH A 1.5 FOOT BUFFER, AS WELL AS AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK GOING SOUTH.
AND THEN NORTHBOUND A 10 FOOT SHARED USE PATH.
I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ONCE THE DECONSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE AND RIGHT AWAY IS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY, THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE REFINEMENTS TO THIS, THIS SECTION, AND ALSO THE SECTION NORTH OF 15TH STREET, UH, SO THAT IT CAN BE ONE COHESIVE, UH, STRETCH OF MULTIMODAL ROADWAY.
FUTURE COUNCIL ITEMS THAT WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL IS, UH, THE RIGHT AWAY REIMBURSEMENT OF A SECTION OF OVERT RIVER TO CENTRAL HEALTH, WHICH COMPENSATES THEM FOR BUILDING THE SECTION OF NEW RED RIVER BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET.
AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS KICKING IN 75,000 FOR REQUESTED STORM
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WATER DRAINAGE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.AND, AND THIS IS A LIST BELOW THAT OF PRIOR COUNSEL ACTIONS.
UH, WE DID HEAR SOME FEEDBACK LAST MONTH THAT A UTI IN THEIR BIKE PEDESTRIAN DETOUR, UM, HAD TO CLOSE THE SOUTHBOUND SHOULDER OF
SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE, UM, THAT PROJECT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE'S SOME BARRIERS TO PROGRESS PHOTOS, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THAT ONE THAT I SHOWED EARLY HERE OBVIOUSLY SHOWS THE PAVING AND THE STRIPING AND SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS THAT ARE, ARE AS OF, AS OF LATE.
SO WE HOPE THEY'RE, THEY'VE MADE SOME REALLY GREAT PROGRESS.
THIS PROJECT STARTED, UH, I THINK THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION DECEMBER OF 2020.
SO THEY'RE JUST OVER A YEAR INTO IT, BOTH FOR BLOCK 1 64, AS WELL AS FOR THE REALIGNMENT.
SO THIS IS A AERIAL WITH NORTH TO THE LEFT.
I'M SHOWING THE NEW RED RIVER REAL LOW
AND THEN, UH, THE SECTION OF OLD RED RIVER, THAT'S GOING TO BE VACATED DATED AND, UH, UH, CONVEYED TO CENTRAL HEALTH.
ISN'T LOYAL BLUE, AND THE CITY WILL RETAIN WHAT'S IN BRIGHT YELLOW FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC PLAZA AREA, WHICH IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THERE, WHICH MY COLLEAGUE, LUKE GARY WILL.
WE'LL GO INTO DETAILS ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR DISCUSSING THE NEW RED RIVER ALIGNMENT.
I'M A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH ATD AND SMART MOBILITY OFFICE.
UH, BUT AS PAUL WAS MENTIONING, I'LL BRIEFLY KIND OF DISCUSS THE OLD RED RIVER OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN 12TH AND 15TH STREET.
SO AS YOU'RE AWARE FROM KIND OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, THAT THIS AREA WILL BE BUSIER WITH INCREASING DENSITY OF USES, UM, ALSO THE SIGNIFICANT VERTICAL BUILDINGS AROUND AND NEAR THE SITE AND THE CENTRAL HEALTH BLOCK, 1 64, UT THE MOODY CENTER AS WELL AS LARGE EVENTS FROM WATER WITH.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE MBA TO HERE PHASE, WHICH ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUBLIC SPACE IN THE NEAR TERM BEFORE NO MORE MAJOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH MANY PUBLIC PLAZAS OR EVEN PROMINENT IT'S USUALLY DO PROCEED FROM THE INITIAL FIRST STEP, YOU KNOW, INTO FINAL DESIGN AND USUALLY TAKES ABOUT A THREE TO FIVE-YEAR PROCESS KIND OF DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FONTS, BUT THE PROMINENT WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE MOBILITY BY TRANSFORMING WHAT WAS ONCE A HEAVILY BEHAVE COLOR MOVEMENT AND TO KIND OF AN ACCESSIBLE SPACE FOR ALL.
SO THIS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU ALSO LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE WAYS WITH OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS COLLABORATION WITH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, UM, KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS ALONG THIS SITE.
SO WE'LL IMPLEMENT COLLAPSIBLE BALLER, BLOCKADES, UM, MAINTAIN THAT 25 FOOT, UM, ACCESS WAY EMERGENCY ACCESS THAT YOU SEE KIND OF IN THE YELLOW AND EXTENDING THAT LINE, YOU KNOW, PASS THE WATERLOO GREENWAY ACCESS TO THE, YOU KNOW, NEW, OLD OR TO THE NEW RED RIVER LINE.
SO IT KIND OF EXTENDS IT'S ABOUT AN 80 FOOT RIGHT AWAY, UH, WITH AN, IT KIND OF EXTENDS ABOUT 600 FEET, UM, FROM THE ACCESS POINT FROM WATERLOO TO KIND OF ABOUT 300 FEET NORTH OF 12TH STREET THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UH, BUT WHAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING IN KIND OF YELLOW IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED FOR PRIMARILY MORE FOR BICYCLE ACCIDENTS, AS WELL AS MORE SEPARATING THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND HAVING THAT EMERGENCY ACCESS WHEN NEEDED KIND OF THROUGH THAT THE SITE, UH, THIS IMMEDIATE PHASE WILL KIND OF TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
WE'LL DO KIND OF SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS LOOKING AT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SHARED MOBILITY, UH, MOVEMENT DATA COLLECTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT WILL KICK OFF THE SUMMER AND KIND OF RUN FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
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EXCELLENT.SO SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE KIND OF AT THE DOWNTOWN STATION, UH, ALONG FOREST STREET BETWEEN TRINITY AND 35.
SO LOOKING AT THE BARRIERS FOR PROTECTING KIND OF THE PEDESTRIAN AND SHARED MOBILITY AND HAVING THAT EMERGENCY KIND OF ACCESS.
SO, UM, I GUESS ADDITIONALLY, THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST FROM EVEN LIKE BLOOMBERG ASPHALT ART INITIATIVE THAT RESPONDS TO EMBRACING ART, UH, RELATIVELY A LOW COST STRATEGY.
BUT AGAIN, THIS ISN'T SET IN STONE, IT'S ALL JUST A SHORT TERM.
PRIMARILY, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON JUST THE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, KIND OF THROUGHOUT THAT PLAZA BEFORE WE KIND OF KICK INTO SPACE.
SO AS WE MOVE FROM THE INTERIM SHORT-TERM PUBLIC PLAZA INTO MORE OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'LL COLLABORATE BY DOCUMENTING EXISTING CONDITIONS, PROGRAMMING, INPUT SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, SHARING, AESTHETIC DESIGN CONCEPTS, AND THEN WHILE DOING ALL THIS COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, TYPICALLY THIS WILL KIND OF RUN FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS.
SO PLANNING ON THIS KIND OF TBD, BUT REALLY KIND OF KICKING OFF IN JANUARY THREE.
AND THEN KIND OF LASTLY, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, FOR PHASE THREE FOR THE LONG-TERM PUBLIC PLAZA, WE WILL SORRY, NEXT SLIDE.
UH, WELL, AFTER KIND OF URBAN DESIGN ANALYSIS, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, REDEFINE KIND OF CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THOSE PROGRAMMING STRATEGIES LOOK AT OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS.
AND THEN ALSO BEFORE WE KIND OF MOVE INTO PLAN SPEC AND ESTIMATES OR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT THIS PROCESS WOULD TYPICALLY TAKE AROUND THAT 24 MONTHS.
SO OVERALL WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT THREE YEAR SPAN FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS THAT I KIND OF MENTIONED EARLIER THAT TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE IN THE PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY SETTING.
AND AFTER THIS, I OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING LOVE TO HEAR MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER THE NEW ALIGNMENT OR THE PUBLIC PLAZA OR PROMINENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER SUMMERS JUMP RIGHT IN.
UM, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT WITH THE NEW, THE RE ELECTION, UM, IS THERE ANY, UM, LIKE TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT GOING ON FOR THE BUS ROUTES THAT ARE STILL ON RED RIVER OR THAT WE MAY RETURN TO RED RIVER? YES, YES WE DID.
WE DID COORDINATE WITH, WITH CAPITAL METRO TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT THEIR FUTURE TRANSIT ROUTES WILL BE IN THIS AREA.
UH, AND TO ALSO LET, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH KNOW RIGHT FOR THEIR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJACENT BLOCKS, THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY AS, AS THE SITE PLAN APPLICANT WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH DSD BEING AWARE OF WHAT TRANSIT ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NEEDED BOTH NOW, BUT THEN ALSO TO, TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEM IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING UPON WHAT ROUTES, UH, CAPITOL METRO, UH, DECIDES TO, UH, TO GO.
AND I KNOW THAT RED RIVER, RIGHT, THAT EXTENSION FOR THE DOWN SOUTH, UM, AS WELL WILL BE CRITICAL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TIED IN WITH THAT IS WHEN, WHEN, UH, UT COMPLETES THEIR REALIGNMENT OF RED RIVER ON WHAT'S CURRENTLY ROBERT DEVIN, DR.
BRIGHT, THEN YOU HAVE A DEFINITE NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, DEAN KEATON AND BEYOND.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I'M COMPARING YOUR MAP.
UM, CAN I JUST SAY, TAKE THIS IN THE BEST WAY THE MAPS ARE A LITTLE HARD TO READ.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE LIKE SOME, SO I'M USING LIKE GOOGLE MAPS TO TRY AND COMPARE, BUT SO WHEN I COMPARE IT TO THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, SYSTEM MAP, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE IF MAYBE IT IS AND YOUR MAPPING.
I CAN'T TELL THE POTENTIAL GOLD LINE.
IT SEEMS TO GO RIGHT ALONG THERE AND THERE'S, UM, UH, UH, MAYBE PLEASANT VALLEY LINE.
THERE'S A PURPLE LINE I PROJECT CONNECT.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW HOW THOSE RELATE TO EACH OTHER, TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND TO BRING IN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, CHRIS RILEY AND HAYDEN WALKER BLACK BRING UP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY BIKE FRIENDLY ROUTE FROM THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO RAINEY STREET, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY KIND OF A STRAIGHT SHOT AND THERE'LL BE RAIL POTENTIALLY AT SOME POINT, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE METRO RAPID.
IT SEEMS IF THE BIG BRIDGE HAPPENS INTO RAINY STREET, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF BEING TALKED ABOUT THE BLUE
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LINE BRIDGE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY NICE PROMENADE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN, OR AT LEAST A BIKE FRIENDLY.AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR CROSS SECTION, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO FIT THOSE PIECES IN, BUT COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU SEE A PEDESTRIAN OR A BICYCLE PERSON WHO WANTS TO GO CATCH A TRAIN OR IT COMES OFF THE TRAIN, HOW THEY, HOW THEY USE THESE, THESE PIECES TOGETHER? I THINK WHAT I CAN TALK ABOUT IS HOW, RIGHT BACK WHEN THIS WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT, 2019, 2020, I'M TRYING TO GET IT ON THE GROUND AND ESTABLISHED, AND KNOWING THAT ONCE, ONCE THEN THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY, THAT THERE ARE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BOTH TO THE SECTION OF RED RIVER, NORTH OF 15TH STREET, BUT THEN ALSO IN THIS, IN THIS AREA, 12TH TO 15TH STREET TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AS NEEDED DEPENDING UPON RIGHT PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, AND THESE OTHER LARGER ELEMENTS, UM, I KNOW, RIGHT TEXTILES CAP X PROJECT OFF TO THE, OFF TO THE EAST IS GOING TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACTS, UH, OFF HERE TO THE, TO THE WEST.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT, UM, TRYING TO GET THE PIECES ON THE GROUND, UH, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND, AND BE ABLE TO SYNTHESIZE THEM INTO A COHESIVE, UH, BIKE PAD, ROUTE NORTH AND SOUTH, UM, ONCE THIS IS COMPLETE.
AND THEN ONCE THE UT SECTION IS COMPLETE, UH, AS WELL.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE CONCERN, I THINK I WOULD SHARE THIS CONCERN, EVEN IF IT HADN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP BY OTHERS IS THAT THERE'S SO MANY PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN.
IF WE SORT OF SETTLED FOR PIECEMEAL, LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN RIGHT NOW.
AND DON'T DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN UP TO CURRENT FSMP KIND OF ASPIRATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE FIND THE MONEY TO COME BACK AND MAKE IT A GENUINE ROUTE? THAT'S KIND OF MEETS OUR CURRENT STANDARDS? WELL, WE'LL HAVE, UM, RIGHT.
THE TCM AND THE AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE BACK IN BACK WHEN THIS WAS GOING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, RIGHT, 96 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY WITH, WITH 36 FEET OF PAVEMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW THIS HAS 31 FEET OF PAYMENTS.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE NARROWED DOWN THE VEHICULAR SECTION AS, AS TIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT.
TO GET THAT, UH, ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION, PLUS THE CENTER TURN LANE IN THERE, AND THEN BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THAT PAGE PAY SECTION IN THE FUTURE WITH RELATIVELY LOW COSTS, STRIPING, AND HERBS, AND SOME CONCRETE, UH, TO TRY AND GET RIGHT, WHAT THAT ULTIMATE, UH, CONFIGURATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY CONSTRAINED.
I WOULD JUST, UH, URGE ARE YOU, I'M SURE YOU ARE, BUT URGE YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET IN THE RAISED BIKE LANES, BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A CURRENT THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS, AND EVERY JUNE GETS HERE AND, YOU KNOW, THE BOLLARDS VERSUS A CURB.
LIKE IF WE COULD GET THAT NOW, IT WOULD BE AWESOME BECAUSE I JUST I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY LONG ENOUGH AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET IT NOW, WE MAY NEVER GET IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENT, I GUESS, NORTH OF MLK, UT IS DOING THAT.
SO LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE UT SECTION, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOTALLY SEPARATED AND RAISED BIKE LANE OR YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT AND IT'S ALL YOUR TR AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SORT OF A CONTINUOUS EXPERIENCE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE, AT LEAST IT'S NOT RIGHT.
UM, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, MY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY DESIGN COLLEAGUES CAN, CAN WORK ON ON THAT.
UM, AND I DO WANT TO COMMEND THEIR EFFORTS TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT GIVEN RIGHT, THE GUIDELINES AND COME UP WITH SOME REALLY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS OF OUT, UH, HOW TO FIT, RIGHT.
NOT JUST THE ROADWAY FOOTPRINT, BUT THEN ALSO THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF IT AND RIGHT.
HAVE THE REQUIRED GRAY STREETS AND THE FURNITURE AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE, ARE REQUIRED WELL AS THE, THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE, UM, AND THE RAIN GARDENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS IN THIS VERY TIGHT, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK, UH,
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77 TO 80 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WERE SHORT 16 TO 19 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY TO FIT ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS.IF YOU COMPARE IT TO THE 96 FEET, THAT, THAT THE LEVEL THREE URBAN, UH, CROSS SECTION RECOMMENDED.
SO, SO MY HATS OFF TO THEM FOR DOING THAT AND GOING TO BAT AND REALLY ADVOCATING FOR, UM, THE, THE BY PENN FACILITIES AND PART OF THE REASON, RIGHT, THAT THE, THAT THE BIKE LANE GOING SOUTH IS A BIKE LINE IS BECAUSE IT IS GOING DOWNHILL.
AND SO IN THEIR EXPERIENCE, RIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWNHILL, YOU'RE ALMOST GOING THE SAME SPEED AS, AS THE VEHICLES THERE.
AND THEN CONVERSELY IN THE UPHILL OR THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION, HAVE A, HAVING THE SHARED USE PATH, UH, ON THAT SIDE, RIGHT, WHERE YOU'RE GOING RELATIVELY SLOWER.
AND YOU'RE INTERFACING WITH PEDESTRIANS.
THAT WAS A BETTER CONDITION, UH, GIVEN, GIVEN THE TIGHT FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAD.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, COMMISSIONER AT THE B YOU GET UN-MUTED, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES THAT MAYBE I'M JUST READING THIS IN AND I WANTED TO CHECK, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOME TENTATIVE FEELING ABOUT GETTING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT OF WAY OR IS THAT JUST A TIME? I DON'T FEEL SO.
IT IS, IT IS A ITEM THAT IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, SO ONCE, UM, SO RIGHT, ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL APPROVES THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY A VACATION AND THEN THE TRANSFER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY, THEN RIGHT.
ONCE ALL THOSE LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE DONE, THEN THAT, THEN THAT ACTION CAN HAPPEN.
SO, BUT IT, IT IS CONTINGENT ON, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL, UH, FOR IT, I, I DO FEEL CONFIDENT JUST BASED UPON THE PRIOR COUNCIL OF ACTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN 2019 AND IN 2020 THAT, UM, THEY WILL APPROVE THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ITEMS WHEN, WHEN THEY COME TO COUNCIL, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR JUNE ONE OF THE TWO DATES IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA SOON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WELL THEN WE WERE THERE ONE UP, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
AND, UM, GOOD LUCK GETTING THE BEST BIKE PED FACILITIES YOU CAN.
[2.E. Urban Transportation Commission Recommendation to Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)]
THAT MOVES US TO THE LAST TIME ON THE AGENDA.UM, BEFORE WE DO THE BRIEFINGS, UH, COMMISSIONER BROOKS, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT? OKAY.
UM, WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM JAY CROSSLY ABOUT, UM, THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT CAMPO CURRENTLY PERFORMS, HOW THEY CURRENTLY PERFORM IT AND THE CHANGES HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE SIMILAR.
SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION DIRECTED TO THOSE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM WHO ALSO SERVE ON THE CAMPO TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD.
THERE, IT ALSO REFERS TO, SO THIS IS THE MAIN CAMPO DELIBERATIVE BODY.
IT'S COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM A SIX COUNTY AREA, BASTROP, BURNETT CALDWELL HAYES, TRAVIS, AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES.
BUT IT, UM, IS MOSTLY DOMINATED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF REPRESENTATION, BOTH AT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL LEVEL AND AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER LEVEL ON THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD.
AND RIGHT NOW, THEY COME UP WITH A EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH A, UM, PLANNING DOCUMENT.
UM, THE, THAT IS BASICALLY, UM, 25 YEARS OUT.
SO THEY, IN 2020, THEY CAME OUT WITH THE 2045 PLAN.
AND THIS PLAN INCLUDES POPULATION GROWTH, ESTIMATES, JOB GROWTH, ESTIMATES, ALL KINDS OF USEFUL PLANNING STUFF, BUT THE METHODOLOGY THAT, WHICH THEY USE TO COME UP WITH THIS DOCUMENT, AND THEN THE DOCUMENT GETS USED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT GETS USED IN FUNDING DECISIONS AND SUPPORT OF APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, RIGHT DOWN TO THE LOCAL
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SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL BOARDS MAKE THEIR, UH, GROWTH FORECAST BASED ON THE CAMPO FORECAST.SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE FORECASTS BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE RIGHT NOW.
THEY COME UP WITH EXACTLY ONE FORECAST AND THAT FORECAST IS BASED ON MUNICIPALITIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BEHAVING.
EXACTLY THEY HAVE IN THE PAST HAD ADOPTED THE SAME POLICIES, AND THIS IS KIND OF A SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY EFFECT BECAUSE THEN MONEY GETS ALLOCATED TOWARDS SUPPORTING THOSE SAME POLICIES, WHICH IN TURN CARS HAS GROWTH TO FOLLOW THOSE SAME POLICIES, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES CAMPO IN THE NEXT ROUND OF FORECAST TO MAKE THE SAME FORECAST THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO HAVING JUST THIS ONE FORECAST KIND OF CONSTRAINTS, THE OPPORTUNITIES OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, SUCH AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO, UH, EXPLORE, TO GO ABOUT OTHER GROWTH METHODOLOGIES OR OTHER RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS.
SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION, UH, ADDRESS TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
IT ASKS FOR A CHANGE FOR THE, OUR REPRESENTATIVES ON COUNCIL, THE FOUR OF THEM TO ASK FOR A CHANGE IN THE WAY CAMPO DOES ITS BUSINESS.
AND THE RESOLUTION IS WHEREAS CAPITAL AREA, METROPOLITAN PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, CAMPO DEMOGRAPHIC FORECASTS ARE USED IN HAVING INFLUENCE ON A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC DECISIONS, INCLUDING FEDERAL HIGHWAY FUNDING, FEDERAL TRANSIT, FUNDING, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING.
WHEREAS THE DEMOCRATIC FORECAST PROVIDED BY THE CAPITOL OR YOUR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ASSUME THAT EXISTING LAND USE PATTERNS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT POLICIES WILL PERSIST INTO THE FUTURE.
AND WHEREAS IN THE ABSENCE OF ALTERNATIVES, THESE FORECASTS ARE USED TO INFORM FUNDING DECISIONS WITH THE RESULT THAT PROJECTS WHICH SUPPORT THE CURRENT LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FUNDED.
AND WHEREAS JUST A SINGLE FORECAST DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION, PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE LIKELY COMPACTS OF POLICY CHANGES.
WHEREAS HAVING JUST A SINGLE FORECAST MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FOR EVENTS, WHICH MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT OCCUR SUCH AS THE PASSAGE OF A TRANSIT REFERENDUM OR A PANDEMIC, WHICH CHANGED HOW PEOPLE BEHAVED, BUT CAMPBELL GOT IT WRONG.
ANYWAY, WHEREAS THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FH HWA ENCOURAGES STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS USE SCENARIO PLANNING, PROCESSES SUCH AS OUTLINED IN, UM, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO A WEBSITE THAT DESCRIBES THE USE OF MULTIPLE OF A SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH IS BASED ON DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
WHEREAS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TECHSTOP HAS STARTED USING SCENARIO PLANNING TO ENTERTAIN MULTIPLE REASONABLE FUTURE ALTERNATIVES AND EQUITABLE PLANNING PROCESSES.
AND TXDOT HOUSTON HAS DEVELOPED A SUSTAINABLE WAYS TO INTEGRATE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION OR SWIFT TO ALL THAT COULD BE ADAPTED TO THE AUDIT, EQUITABLE TRAINING SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESSES.
WHEREAS THE CAMPO 2025 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF SCENARIO PLANNING THAT ENTERTAINED VARIOUS REASONABLE FUTURE GROWTH SCENARIOS.
BUT THESE PROCESSES AND ADVANCED PLANNING TECHNIQUES SEEM TO HAVE ABANDONED.
WHEREAS THE CAMPO 2045 RTP ENVISIONS A FUTURE THAT WILL RESULT IN THE CONVERSION OF 350 SQUARE SQUARE MILES CURRENTLY RURAL OR OPEN SPACE TO BE CONVERTED TO SUBURBAN OR URBAN WITH 69 COMPARED TO SUBURBAN.
ACTUALLY IT USED TO BE THAT YOU AGREED TO SUBURBAN OR URBAN WAS 69% OF THE REGIONS EXPECTED FOR A MILLION RESIDENTS LIVING IN CAR DEPENDENCE FOR ALL OR RURAL AREAS, A FUTURE THAT IS STINKY DIFFERENT THAN THE VISIONS ARTICULATED THROUGH VARIOUS REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESSES, SUCH AS ENVISIONED CENTRAL SEXIST.
THEREFORE IT RESOLVED WITH UTC REQUESTS, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CAMPO TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, THEIR CREST, THE CAMPO ADOPT THE FOG POLICY CHANGES FIRST USE AN EQUITABLE SCENARIO BASED PLANNING APPROACH, WHICH STAMP FOLK CAMPO STAFF CO-CREATE WITH DIVERSE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE REGION, AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT FORECASTS.
EACH ONE BASED ON A DIFFERENT SCENARIO OF POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT POLICY CHANGES, OTHER MAJOR FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT EMMA GRASSROOT, FORECASTING MODELS.
SECOND PROVIDE WITH EVERY FORECAST, A DOCUMENT DESCRIBING HOW THE FORECAST FOR DERIVED AT A LEVEL SUITABLE FOR READING BY THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SUCH AS THE ONE THEY ACTUALLY CREATED AND PROVIDED WITH THE 2045 FORECAST.
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HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE FORECAST.THIRD REQUIRE THE CAMPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONDUCTED AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY USED IN THE FORECAST AND PROVIDE A REPORT ON MAJOR FACTORS, REFLECTING THE ACCURACY OF THE FORECAST WITH THE INTENT TO PRODUCE A NEW REGIONAL GROWTH FORECAST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, EVEN BEFORE ADOPTING OF THE NEXT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE IN 2025, DEVELOP THE 2050 REGIONAL HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL SILOED REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN THROUGH A ROBUST, EQUITABLE SCENARIO PLANNING THAT ENTERTAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF A MAJORITY OF THE REGION'S RESIDENTS.
BEING ABLE TO FIND A PORTABLE, AFFORDABLE OPTIONS TO LIVE IN HEALTHY WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH ACCESS TO FREQUENT TANS THAT INCORPORATING THE CLIMATE VISION ZERO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AFFORDABILITY, MULTIMODAL LAND CONSERVATION, WATERCLOUD QUALITY AND FLOODING GOALS OF THE REGION, CITIES AND COUNTIES INTO A HOLISTIC REGIONAL HOUSING TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT HAS REALLY EASILY IN THE FUTURE IN THE FACE OF AN EVERMORE COMPLEX REGIONAL GROWTH STORY.
I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS SEE IF THERE WAS A MOTION.
MAYBE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT FIRST, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN.
THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO, UM, UH, UM, THERE'S A MOTION ON THIS RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION YOU CAN SEND.
SO, UM, IS NOW THAT WE'VE READ IT OR HAD IT READ TO US, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION I WILL SAY, I LIKE THIS.
I APPLAUD THE EFFORT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMARY VERSION FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T HERE.
IT WAS THAT, UH, JAY CROSLEY'S ORGANIZATION SHOWED THAT OVERWHELMINGLY THE METHOD THAT THEY'VE USED IS JUST FACTUALLY WRONG.
LIKE THEY HAVE MADE PREDICTIONS.
SO IT'S SUPER EASY TO GO BACK AND SEE IF THOSE PREDICTIONS ARE ACCURATE.
THEY SAID THIS MANY PEOPLE WILL LIVE HERE.
THIS MANY PEOPLE WILL DRIVE HERE AND THEY'VE, AND THEY'VE BUILT TO THOSE SCENARIOS AND THE SCENARIOS HAVE NOT COME TO PASS AND THEY ARE BUILDING FOR MORE OF THOSE SCENARIOS.
AND, UM, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT COME TO PASS, BUT IT SEEMS BASED ON HISTORY, THERE IS PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THEY WON'T COME TO PASS.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL PUT IN THE EFFORT TO WRANGLE US TOGETHER, BUT I APPLAUD THAT EFFORT.
UM, SO I WILL DEFINITELY BE IN SUPPORT.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? OR SHOULD WE JUST MOVE RIGHT INTO THE VOTING AND, OH, THIS IS ALLIE.
THIS ISN'T A GREAT RESOLUTION.
I DID ADD SOME, UH, JUST LIKE PUNCTUATION IN THERE.
I, I KNOW I REALLY LIKED THIS AND I, I WILL SAY THAT THE SUGGESTIONS I MADE DON'T ALTER THE MEETING.
THEY JUST, UM, BREAK UP THE POSITIVES AS THEY NATURALLY OCCURRED IN THE THING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THEM A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UM, THAT'S A, YEAH, I THINK WE LEARNED FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO AMENDMENTS.
WE CAN, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DOC, UH, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE DOCK AS LONG AS WE CAN SEE THE DOCK.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SHOW IT YEAH, THEY GO SHARED GOOGLE DOC.
UH, ALLIE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FOLKS ARE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP SINCE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SIGHT OF YOU? I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK CHECK.
AND I'M ASSUMING J Y'ALL WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS.
THIS IS A GOOD DOCUMENT AND THANKS FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME MINOR TECHNICAL PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR CHANGES, UM, BUT NOTHING OF MATERIAL, UM, CHANGE.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE VOTE AND YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER SEE YOU ON SCREEN.
SO YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, MAYBE I'M SURE.
SINCE WE CAN'T SEE YOU ON SCREEN, WE'LL DO A, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO EVERYBODY FROM MEMORY.
COMMISSIONER FRANCO, UH, COMMISSIONER SUMMERS, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLIE.
RUNICE, UH, COMMISSIONER CECELIA RAMOS, UH, UH, ATHENA LEIGHTON.
UM, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO CHEAT AT THIS POINT.
UH, I KNOW I WAS SO CLOSE TO, UH, WHETHER IT BE A COMMISSIONER, WHETHER
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IT BE I AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DIANE WHEELER.UM, SO, UM, THERE WOULD BE NO NAYS, ANY ABSTENTIONS, CAUSE THERE'S EVERYBODY.
I, UM, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION PASSES.
[3. BRIEFINGS]
THEN, UM, TO THE VERY FINAL KIND OF BUREAUCRATIC THINGS BRIEFINGS, UM, AND THESE CAN BE BRIEF, UH, FIRST UP COMMISSIONER, WHETHER IT BE ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, VERY BRIEFLY, THE MEETING WAS CANCELED AND, UH, NOTHING TO REPORT.CHECK JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
SO JOINT SUSTAINABILITY MET ON MARCH 30TH AND WE, UM, DRINK SUSTAINABILITY AT THIS POINT, UM, IS, UH, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERY, BUT A LOT OF OTHER COMMISSIONS SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
AND WE, UM, ARE FOCUSING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN ACROSS THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO STARTING NEXT MONTH, WE'RE INVITING, UM, ONE OR TWO C DEPARTMENTS TO PRESENT TO US AND ANSWER A SERIES OF QUESTIONS BASED ON HOW THEY PLAN TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE'RE DOING GOING FORWARD.
AT THIS PAST MEETING, WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THE AIRPORT, AIRPORT FUEL TANK FARM, AND NOBODY FROM, UH, BIA WAS PRESENT.
WE, THEY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE, AT THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, BUT, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF CITIZENS WHO SPOKE ON THE AIRPORT, FUEL TANK FARM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, BUT TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR FOOTPRINT, THEY WANT TO MOVE BACK TO THE EAST SIDE WHERE THERE ARE HOMES AND THAT'S WHERE THE FUEL TANK FARM HAD ONCE BEEN LOCATED.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF RESIDENTS, UM, CITIZENS SPEAKING IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH LIVING IN GO VALLEY WHO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE A POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO CHOOSE, TO PUT CARCINOGENS, UM, INTO AN AREA WITH A LOT OF HOMES, UH, THAT PREVIOUSLY WHEN THE, UH, THE FUEL TANK FARM WAS LOCATED, THERE DID HAVE A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CANCER RATES.
AND SO THE JSC, UH, RECOMMENDED PAUSE ON, UM, UH, BE AS INTENT TO EXPAND THEIR FUEL TANK FARM ON THE EAST SIDE AND TO EXPLORE AT LEAST THREE OTHER SITES.
UM, GOOD TO KNOW, UH, BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMISSION, UM, THENA LEIGHTON.
I DID NOT ATTEND BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WEEK OF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
AND ALLIE RUNE IS WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.
OUR FRIENDS AT PAC MET LAST NIGHT.
UH, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, I HAVE THEIR AGENDA UP.
SO, UM, THEY RECEIVED THE SAME BRIEFING, UH, FOR THE TCM AS WELL AS THE RED RIVER REALIGNMENT, WHICH WE HEARD FROM, UM, SOME FOLKS FROM PAC ON THAT, UM, VIA EMAIL.
AND THEY ALSO HAD A BRIEFING ABOUT THE RAINEY STREET, TRAILHEAD DESIGN.
UH, THEY HAVE, UH, COOL, UM, BACKUP WITH THE RENDERINGS.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CHECK THAT OUT.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE DETAILS.
UM, I WENT TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE THOUGH.
THEY MOVED OUR UTC REPORT UP TO THE BEGINNING, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT I DID NOT ATTEND THE REST OF IT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
SO I KNOW THAT THEIR AGENDA, UM, HAS, UH, I PULLED IT UP AS WELL.
UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS ACT.
UM, THEY TALK A BRIEFING ON ASAP.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS IN THAT BRIEFING.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHRIS, YOU WERE THERE, WAS THERE ANYTHING NEW IN THAT? NO, IT WAS THE SAME BRIEFING YOU ALL RECEIVED.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE LIVING STREETS INITIATIVE, UM, WHICH IS THE SUCCESSOR I THINK, IN A WAY TO THE HEALTHY STREETS.
UM, IS THAT COMING ALONG? DO YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL.
UM, PROBABLY LATER, UH, STAFF, I THINK JUST NEEDS SOME TIME TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WE DO INTEND TO BRIEF YOU ALL ON THAT, ON THE LIVING STREETS PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, SUSAN SUMMERS WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
YEAH, SO WE MET, UM, ACTUALLY MET TWICE IN MARCH, SO WE HAD, UM, A REGULAR MEETING AND THEN A SPECIAL CALLED AND, UM, THE, THE BIG ISSUE AND THE REASON WHY WE HAD THE SPECIAL CALLED WAS, UM, SO, UM, THERE WERE COMING UP WITH THE
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EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS FOR THE MONEY, THE $300 MILLION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY FOR PROJECT CONNECT.AND THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THAT PROGRAM ARE ESSENTIALLY, UM, ALREADY ALLOCATED BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY TO START SPENDING THE MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSTANTLY RISING COST OF LAND VALUES.
BUT WE CAME UP WITH A PUBLIC, UM, UH, EVALUATION AND INPUT PROCESS THAT WOULD ENGAGE.
UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE MEMBERS, UM, BOTH OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO, UM, WOULD SERVE ON A COMMITTEE.
SO BASICALLY APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, UM, TO BUILD HOUSING, UM, OR TO DO NON-PROFIT WORK RELATED TO N ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK.
AND THEN, UM, THE PROJECTS WILL BE EVALUATED BY A GROUP OF, UH, MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO APPLY AND ARE RECOGNIZED, AND THEN ALSO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ITSELF.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY MAY HAVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE THEY MAY WORK IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY APPLY FOR SOME OF THIS MONEY.
SO, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, FRUITFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S UPCOMING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING AFTER THIS FIRST THREE-YEAR TRAUNCH OF MONEY.
LIKE THE MONEY WILL BE EVALUATED IN SEGMENTS, UM, BY THIS GROUP, UM, IN, IN EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE NEXT, UM, NEXT PLAN, BASICALLY THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO KIND OF EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT.
I HOPE I SAID THAT CLEARLY, THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF OUR WORK FOR MARCH.
AND WE'RE PROBABLY CANCELING OUR APRIL MEETING BECAUSE WE DID SO MUCH IN ARCH.
UH, THAT'S IN FOR THE BRIEFINGS, UH, THE
[4. Future Agenda Items]
FINAL AGENDA ITEM, IS THERE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? WE HAVE QUITE A LIST THERE.UM, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO ADD, UM, BEST CHRIS HAS SOME NEWS OF THINGS THAT MIGHT JUMP IN.
THIS IS TYPICALLY THE PART WHERE I JUMP IN AND START TELLING YOU ABOUT MY LIFE.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
YOU ALL HAVE, UM, OTHER JOBS AND LIVES AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS CAN IT CAN BE TO TUNE IN.
SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME.
UH, A FEW THINGS I WANT TO MENTION.
UM, NEXT WEEK, MARIA, WE HAVE THE MO MOBILITY COMMITTEE IT'S ON APRIL 14TH.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TUNE INTO THAT, FEEL FREE.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ITEMS, BUT, UM, JUST WITH COUNCIL, UH, THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AS A PART OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND ALSO, I GUESS PART OF THE UPDATES IS, UM, UH, SUSAN AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HAVING A POTENTIAL, UH, UH, UH, SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE UTC IN REGARDS TO TXDOT, UM, AND THE
IN REGARDS TO THAT, I WANTED TO INFORM YOU ALL OF A, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS, THAT TEXTILE IS HAVING IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, ON APRIL 12TH, WHICH IS NEXT.
UM, I APOLOGIZE, MY COMPUTER JUST, WHAT IS APRIL 12TH, SORRY, APRIL 12TH NEXT, UH, TUESDAY.
UM, TEXTILE IS HAVING AN OPEN BASICALLY LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR, UH, 35 EXPANSION AGAIN.
UM, IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID BEFORE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A HOUSTON TILLOTSON AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS GO TO TXDOT OF VIEW, I GUESS, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE CURRENTLY, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
UM, WHAT I POTENTIALLY COULD DO, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE IS I CAN MAKE A, UM, BASICALLY A FORM THAT SAYS THE UTC MAY HAVE A WALKING QUORUM DURING THIS PRESENTATION, UM, DURING THIS MEETING AND WHAT YOU ALL COULD DO.
IF THERE ARE SIX OF YOU THERE, UM, YOU POTENTIALLY GO TO THE MEETING, UM, VIEW PARTICIPATE, AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK LATER, UM, AND HAVE A MEETING CENTERED AROUND TEXTILES.
AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP NOW IS BECAUSE, UH, BETWEEN NOW MAY, JUNE AND JULY AND SO FORTH, THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS COMING UP FOR, UM, THE CITY THAT I THINK YOU ALL WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS THE PROJECT CONNECT BLUE LINE, UH, LADYBIRD BRIDGE ITEM.
UM, AND SO I GUESS TO SORT OF SUMMARIZE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT CONNECT BLUE LINE ITEM AND TEXTILE
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'LL BE COMPLETED WITH IT, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME BY AND TELL US WHAT'S IN THAT
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ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, THE CRITERIA FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE'LL ALL WANT TO LOOK INTO.SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY MY PROPOSAL, IF THAT MA IF I MADE ANY SENSE OF THAT, IF I DID NOT APOLOGIZE, UM, IT MADE SENSE.
I WOULD ASK A QUESTION, WHICH YOU MAY, MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT AFTER THIS TEXT, THAT THING IN ONE WEEK, HOW LONG IS THERE DESIGN FEEDBACK WINDOW OPEN? TH THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE, UM, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN REALLY GO OFF OF.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE THREE, FIVE EXPANSION, UM, AT ALL, UM, THAT I COULD VERY WELL BE WRONG ON THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE IT ON THE WEBSITE.
SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
DID YOU SAY TO HAVE THOSE TWO MEETINGS COMBINED IN AUGUST? YEAH.
UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS HAVE A, BUT THE TWO MEETINGS WERE THE TWO, THOSE TWO AGENDA ITEMS COMBINED IN AUGUST, THOUGH.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS AT WONDERING HOW LONG THE WINDOW IS.
I DON'T RECALL IT CORRECTLY, BUT I THINK YOU WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT ON THE BLUE LINE, CORRECT.
IN APRIL AND APRIL ON APRIL 26TH.
I JUST REMEMBER IT WAS IN APRIL, LIKE SOMEWHERE AROUND MID APRIL OR MAYBE AFTERWARDS, BUT IT WAS, YEAH.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME TO PUSH BACK.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE COGNIZANT ALREADY, SO I'M COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO 30% DESIGN AND TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, NEPA PROCESS DONE AND, YOU KNOW, TIME IS TICKING ON THIS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD THEM BACK, BUT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T WANT TO WAIT TILL AUGUST TO GET INTO INFORMATION.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE GOT BACK TO THEM MUCH, MUCH SOONER.
I THINK AS FAR AS THE TEXTS, I THINK I AGREE WITH RUBEN IF THERE'S, OR IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S OTHER TIMES OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, WE CAN, WE HAVE A LITTLE WINDOW THERE, BUT, UM, YEAH.
AND IS THAT YOUR ITEM, SUSAN, DO YOU WANT TO, UM, WEIGH IN ON DOT
I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE A FORUM ON I 35 THAT MIGHT EVEN EVEN INCLUDE HOW TO SAY EXPERTS ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERNATIVES TO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE IN TEXTILE, LIKE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS AREA, UM, AND POTENTIALLY INCLUDING TXDOT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, UM, SO THAT'S THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT.
UM, I HAD INITIALLY TALKED TO CHRISTOPHER ABOUT MAY OR JUNE.
I THINK THAT PROBABLY LATER IS FINE.
SO, UM, I NEED TO, UM, PUT A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT INTO IT, BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT SEEMS INITIALLY THAT SEEMS OKAY.
AND GRANTED I'M, THIS IS ME JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE ALL, WE DON'T USUALLY GET A CHANCE TO MEET, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH CITY REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF QUORUM.
UM, IT'S REALLY JUST A GENERAL UPDATE TO, FOR YOU ALL'S KNOWLEDGE.
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE, UH, UM, PROJECT CONNECT COMING BACK TO US IN APRIL, UH, 26.
SO I'LL REACH OUT, SEE IF I CAN REACH OUT TO THE STAFF ABOUT THAT.
WELL, AND, AND, AND, AND THEY, THEY SAID THEY THAT'S, WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO FINISH THEIR EVALUATION, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T SAY THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THE APRIL.
I THINK IT JUST KIND OF ASSUMED THAT AS SOON AS THEY FINISHED THE EVALUATION, THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.
BUT THAT MAY BE WAY TOO PRESUMPTUOUS ON MY POINT.
BUT IF THERE'S STILL THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT A TIMELINE ON IT.
AND SO IT DOES SEEM LIKE A PRETTY IMPORTANT ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS ON HERE AS THEY, AS THEY COME UP.
I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS THE UTC, BUT ON THE 11TH, UH, CAMPO IS CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF THEIR LATEST TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A I 35 FUNDING.
SO THEY WILL APPROVE THE PLAN.
KAPPA WILL HAVE APPROVE THE FUNDING.
WELL, IN SUMMARY, I GUESS IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING THE, EITHER THE CAMPO OR THE, UH, TEXTILE EVENT ON APRIL 11TH AND APRIL 12TH, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW.
UM, SO THAT WAY I CAN, UH, DO THE DOCUMENTATION.
UM, AND YEAH, UH, I, I KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I SAID THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET YOU GUYS OUT OF HERE BY SEVEN 30, BUT, UH, CITY EVENTS HAVE MADE ME A LIAR AND I HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, DECEMBER TO TAKE UP YOUR GUYS' TIME.
UH, BEFORE WE GO, I WANT TO JUST SAY, I'M CHRIS REALLY CAME THROUGH EARLIER TODAY.
I RODE MY BIKE UP HERE AND I FORGOT MY LOCK AND THEY WOULD NOT LET ME BRING MY BIKE INTO THE BUILDING.
SO IT WAS A BIG CONUNDRUM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T GOING TO LEAVE MY BIKE OUTSIDE AND HE CAME OUT AND WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS, DISASSEMBLED IT AND PUT IT IN HIS TRUNK.
SO, UH, YEAH, SO I THINK PROPS FOR THAT, IT WAS OTHERWISE WE WERE GOING, HAVE I SENT HER AN AGENDA, PEOPLE WHO WRITE THEIR CURVES TO THE MEETING, GET FREE PARKING.
THEY TAKE THE BUS, DON'T GET BUS PASSES, WE'LL RIDE THEIR BIKES.
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BRING MY LOCK, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE BIKE LOCKERS.AND WITH THAT, UH, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING.
WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7 23.