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[CALL TO ORDER]
SORRY.IT'S AUGUST 2ND, 2020 2, 5 0 2.
WE SEE EVERYONE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CALL ROLL.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO, SIR.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission REGULAR MEETING on July 5th, 2022.]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 5TH, 2022.SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES I WILL MOVE TO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE PRESENTED TO YOU SAY AYE, ANY NAYS? OKAY, PERFECT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WAS, BUT UH, THAT VOTE PASSES.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE RECORD, BUT WE CAN GO BACK INTO THAT.
CORRECT LOGS, EVERYBODY WHO'S ON ME.
[2. Discussion and possible action on Transportation Demand Manual updates.]
ITEM TWO, UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM, UH, ON THIS, ON, UNDER THIS TOPIC IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT UPDATES.UM, AND OUR PRESENTER IS JASON, JOHN MICHAEL OF THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
SORRY, IT'S A, IT'S AN OLD REFERENCE FROM A, FROM A LATINO TV SHOW.
I APOLOGIZE WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND, UM, UH, SHELBY OR OUR PROGRAM MANAGER THREE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS GOING TO LEAD THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
I'M YOUR GAL TONIGHT? JASON IS JOINING ME.
I WON'T PUT THEM ON THE SPOT, BUT HE'S HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT POP UP THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.
UM, WE ARE JOINING YOU GUYS TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OVER HERE.
SO TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT OR TDM AS WE CALL IT AS IT'S A MOUTHFUL, OTHERWISE, UM, REALLY FOCUSES ON GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES FOR SOVS AND INTO MORE SUSTAINABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM RIDING THEIR BIKE OR USING BIKE SHARE LIKE METRO BIKE.
IT COULD BE THE USE OF A SHARED MOBILITY LIKE SCOOTERS OR UBER, LYFT, UM, THINGS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
AND EVEN MORE RECENTLY, WE WOULD CONSIDER TELEWORKING A SUSTAINABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, AS WE'VE SEEN THE GREAT BENEFITS OF IT FROM, UH, THE PANDEMIC AND THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE TDM PROGRAM, IT MOVED OVER TO THE SMART MOBILITY OFFICE LAST FEBRUARY.
UM, IT GAVE US A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REVAMP THE WHOLE PROGRAM AM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DID WAS A REBRAND.
ORIGINALLY THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT BRANDS UNDER THE TDM UMBRELLA.
IT WAS CONFUSING FOR EVERYBODY INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
SO WE WORKED WITH OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE HERE AT ATD AND REBRANDED EVERYTHING TO GET THEIR ATX THE END OF LAST YEAR OVERALL.
UM, OUR MAIN FOCUSES FOR TDM IS EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE.
WE FEEL THAT THIS IS REALLY THE BASE OF KIND OF ALL THE PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES THAT WE LAUNCHED, UM, THROUGH TDM.
UM, THIS IS THE LOGO HERE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR SCREEN ORIGINALLY.
YOU'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
I THINK IT WAS ON THE SIDE OF SOME CAB, METRO BUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL FACING WEBSITE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS VISITORS TO VISIT AND CHECK OUT ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT THEY COULD EXPLORE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY COOL GET THEIR ATX SOCIAL CHANNELS.
OUR INSTAGRAM IS FULL OF GREAT CONTENT.
IT IS SOME VERY SILLY CONTENT.
I THINK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IS SPICY CONTENT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF SOCIAL THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO FOLLOW THESE.
IT'S REALLY COOL AND FUN TOO, TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR GET THEIR ATX WEBSITE IS AN INTERNAL FACING A CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE COMMUTER PAGE.
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THIS WOULD HOUSE ALL OF OUR MOBILITY BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, SOME CONTESTS AND THINGS THAT WE HOST.SO SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS THAT WE OFFER ARE AN ANNUAL METRO MC MEMBERSHIP, AS WELL AS A CAP METRO TRANSIT PASS.
AUSTIN ENERGY ALSO HAS THIS REALLY COOL PROGRAM OF PROVIDING UP TO THREE, UH, $300 FOR I-READY REBATES THAT WOULD COVER E-BIKES AS WELL AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN $85 A MONTH SUBSIDY FOR A VAN POOL SERVICE, AND EMPLOYEES CAN SET UP A MAN POOL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IF THEY LIVE OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN WITH SURROUNDING CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES TO COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OTHER BENEFITS THAT WE OFFER IS A SAFE RIDE HOME PROGRAM.
IF AN EMPLOYEE IS CAUGHT IN A SITUATION THAT THEY FEEL THEY CANNOT SAFELY MAKE IT BACK HOME, THEY CAN TAKE AN UBER OR LYFT AND SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
THEY'RE ALLOWED UP TO TWO OF THESE PER YEAR.
WE ALSO HOST QUARTERLY TRIP CONTESTS, ENCOURAGING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO, UH, COMMUTE SUSTAINABLY, WHETHER IT'S TO AND FROM WORK OR WEEKEND TRIPS.
MOST RECENTLY, UH, WE JUST FINISHED OUR SUMMER SPLASH CONTEST, WHERE WE ENCOURAGED EMPLOYEES TO GO EITHER ON A SOLO ADVENTURE OR TAKING FRIENDS OR FAMILY TO THE CITY, BOSTON POOL, MAYBE EVEN BARTON SPRINGS.
AND THEY WOULD TAKE A SELFIE AND SUBMIT ON OUR TRACKING APP THAT WE USE.
AND EVERYBODY GOT A REALLY COOL GET THEIR ATX T-SHIRT.
WE ALSO OFFER, AND TELEWORK IS AN OPTION.
THIS VARIES BASED ON DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, ATD OFFERS UP TO TWO OR THREE DAYS A WEEK TO TELEWORK.
AND FINALLY, ONE OF OUR NEWER PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE STANDING UP INTERNALLY IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE CITY COMMUTE COMMITTEE.
AND THAT WILL BE AN INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, WHERE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT TO HELP SHARE OUT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT TO KIND OF EXPAND ON OUR BRAND AND OUR INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
I MENTIONED METRO BIKE EARLIER.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF METRO BIKE.
I AM SURE YOU'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF THIS BIKE SHARE HERE IN AUSTIN.
IT, THE ASSETS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND LAST THURSDAY COUNCIL PASSED AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ILA WITH CAPITAL METRO, WHERE THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON PLANNING AND, UM, UH, COMMS AND MARKETING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 800 BIKES, THAT'S A MIX OF PEDAL AND E-BIKES.
AND ABOUT 79 DOCK STATIONS, WE PLAN TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE CAN PULL IT OFF IN SIX YEARS AND THAT EXPANSION WILL, UM, EXPAND THE WHOLE SYSTEM BY ABOUT THREE TIMES AND ALSO FULLY ELECTRIFY THE BIKE FLEET.
ORIGINALLY PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE ILA.
THIS WAS A THREE-PART PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE CITY OWNED THE ASSETS BY CHAIR OF AUSTIN, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT HERE, UM, TOOK CARE OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEN CAPITAL METRO HELPED OUT WITH THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AS WELL.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, THEY WILL ABSORB BY CHAIR BOSTON.
AND IT'LL BE MORE 50 50 IN TERMS OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED OUR METRO BIKE ART INITIATIVE.
THIS CAME BECAUSE WE HEARD SOME THINGS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY ASSUMED METRO BIKE WAS JUST ANOTHER PROVIDER LIKE BIRD OR LYFT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE AUSTINE AND HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THEIR BIKE SHARE.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL ARTIST AND WE PUT THESE REALLY COOL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS ON ABOUT 200 E-BIKES.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID SOME ART PANELS ON OUR STATIONS, AND THERE'S ABOUT 20 STATIONS THAT HAVE THE ART PANEL ART.
THESE WILL STAY LIVE THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THERE'S A CHANCE WE'LL CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM, BUT THAT WILL DEPEND ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAP METRO AND KIND OF WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF FALLS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF TDM IS OUR AIR QUALITY PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY OUR PARKING ENTERPRISE AND IT IS
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MANAGED BY OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, BUT WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY ON THIS PROGRAM.SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS WHERE A MEMBER OF CAP COGS AIR QUALITY PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A TEAM MEMBER ON TDM WHO HAS A BACKGROUND IN, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL KIND OF THINGS.
AND SO HE IS OUR POINT OF CONTACT FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH UT AND MICROSOFT, WHERE WE'RE INSTALLING THESE AIR QUALITY SENSORS THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, WE HAVE THEM INSTALLED AT UT AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO HAVE THEM, UH, SOME OF THE PARKS AND TO MEASURE THE AIR QUALITY IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON UNDER THIS PROGRAM IS EDUCATION ON IDLING.
THE CITY HAS AN ORDINANCE ON HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE IDLING THOUGH.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY ENFORCE IT.
WE TAKE IT MORE FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS THROUGH PAMPHLETS AND ALSO OUR GET THEIR ATX SOCIAL CHANNELS TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMPANIES ON IDLING.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE REALLY PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE.
WE DID THIS IN A FEW WAYS, BUT, UM, SOME OF THOSE WAYS ARE OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
ONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS IS WITH GISELLA CYCLING INITIATIVE.
THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN AND THEY HELP US RUN OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THEY LEAD EVENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHERE THEY TEACH THEM HOW TO BIKE SAFELY OR WALK SAFELY.
SOMETIMES THEY INCLUDE TRANSIT TRIPS THERE.
AND WHAT WE'VE REALLY FOUND WITH THIS PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP IS A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HAVEN'T RIDDEN A BIKE IN A LONG TIME, OR THEY'RE NOT SURE WHERE THE SAFE WALKING TRAILS ARE.
AND SO THEY MIGHT NOT TRY THIS MOTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
SO IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM AND GUIDE THEM AND SHOW THEM THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY COULD USE, IT'LL INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF ADOPTING THIS NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THEMSELVES.
ANOTHER PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON IS WITH NEW MOVERS.
THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JUST SALO, AS WELL AS CAPITAL METRO.
AND WE WORK WITH NELSON NYGAARD ON THIS.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROJECT IS TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECENTLY MOVED TO AUSTIN OR MAYBE MOVED AROUND AUSTIN.
AND IN THAT FIRST AUSTIN ENERGY BILL THAT THEY GET, THEY WOULD HAVE A, UM, LITTLE POSTCARD IN THERE THAT SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT, GET THEIR ATX AND HOW YOU CAN COMMUTE SUSTAINABLY AROUND YOUR CITY.
AND WE WOULD OFTEN INCENTIVIZE THEM THROUGH A METRO BIKE PASS AND A CAP METRO PASS ON, ENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE THAT FIRST TRIP AND IDEALLY GETTING IN AT THE START WHERE THEY ARE IN A NEW LOCATION AND MAYBE MORE WILLING TO ADOPT AND KEEP NEW BEHAVIORS.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS IS WITH MOVABILITY, INC.
THEY ARE OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, OR T M A.
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT LIVABILITY IS THEY HAVE A REGIONAL BEACH.
SO THEY HAVE A MEMBERSHIP BASE, ANYBODY FROM GOOGLE, INDEED DELL TO EVEN OUR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS AS MAYBE OUR NONPROFITS OR ROYAL BLUE GROCERY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY FOCUS ON EDUCATING THESE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND ALSO REGIONAL PARTNERS THROUGH WEBINARS, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, UM, AND THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE AS WELL.
WE CREATED A LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR GET THEIR ATX AND WE DO HAVE THEM KIND OF SHOP THAT AROUND REGIONALLY.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO EXPAND THAT BRAND OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN AND INTO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING A REGIONAL BRAND RECOGNITION AND, UM, SPREADING THOSE RESOURCES AS FAR AS WE CAN.
NEXT PAGE PIECE, AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY COOL SOCIAL ACCOUNTS.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A FALL CAMPAIGN WHERE WE WILL USE SOME AD SPACE AT ABI.
THE HOPE BEHIND THIS IS THAT AS PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF THEIR PLANES AND WAITING, THEY'LL SEE OUR AD AND THEY MIGHT CHOOSE A MORE SUSTAINABLE LOAD TO GET FROM THE AIRPORT, OR MAYBE AS THEY'RE MOVING AROUND THE CITY AND VISITING ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING AND WORKING ON SETTING UP IS A BRAND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES
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WILL START WITH UT AS THEY HAVE A PRETTY LARGE STUDENT BASE.AND THEY ALSO ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO FREE TRANSIT THROUGH CAP, METRO AND DISCOUNTING TRANSIT WITH METRO BIKE.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO HERE IS ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO SHARE ABOUT, GET THEIR ATS AND, UM, ENCOURAGE THEIR FRIENDS TO TAKE SUSTAINABLE LOADS OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO AGAIN, GETTING IN AT THAT AGE WHERE THEY MIGHT BE MAKING THESE LIFE DECISIONS THAT THEY'LL STICK TO.
SO THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE A VEHICLE, UM, WILL THEY BUY ONE, WILL THEY STICK TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, UH, CREATING THOSE BEHAVIORS EARLY ON, WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW PRESENTATIONS THIS YEAR, MOSTLY OVER METRO BIKE AS IT'S HAD THE MOST CHANGES AND WAS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT ALSO OVER, UM, THINGS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS RELATED TO TDM AND THERE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION.
WE ARE, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS HALF OF OUR TEAM OF OUR TDM TEAM, WHICH IS REALLY JUST TWO PEOPLE.
THEY ARE IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW AT THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE.
THAT'S THE BIG NATIONAL TDM CONFERENCE THAT THEY HOLD EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR TWO DIFFERENT AWARDS.
THE FIRST IS THE GET THEIR ATX FESTIVE INSTAGRAM.
AND THE SECOND IS OUR NEW MOVERS PROJECT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE HOPING THEY COME HOME THE END OF THIS WEEK WITH SOME AWARDS FOR US.
WE HAVE HOSTED OR HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE OF EVENTS THIS YEAR.
AS PEOPLE HAVE STARTED TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH COMING OUT AND BEING IN LARGER GROUPS AND, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE WANTED TO GET BACK OUT THERE WITH BIKE TO WORK DAY, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TURNOUT.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.
WE WENT THROUGH ABOUT 150 TACOS IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES, WHICH I THINK THAT IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
AND ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN WAS OUR SOLE FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL AT HOUSTON TILSTON.
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT TURNOUT WE HAD ABOUT, I THINK WE GAVE OUT ABOUT 200, 250 SWAG BAGS.
SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT EVENT, THIS ONE NOT ONLY GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE GET THEIR ATX, BUT WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PROMOTE OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM THERE AS WELL.
SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE.
WE FEEL IN ORDER FOR OUR PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT ALSO CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND TRY TO HAVE PEOPLE ADOPT THESE NEW BEHAVIORS.
WE'LL ALSO FOCUS ON DATA AND THE DATA WILL HELP US IN DETERMINING WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT.
AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE INTO THESE NEXT FEW YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION KICKING OFF, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN GETTING WHERE THEY NEED TO GO EFFICIENTLY.
WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO EXPAND BRAND AND PROGRAM RECOGNITION.
WE THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.
GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND OVERALL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PROGRAMMING THAT HELPS US MEET OUR LARGER GOALS OF
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
QUICK, INFORMATIVE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, SOMEBODY ELSE SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO FIRST.
UH, I'VE ALREADY CALLED YOU UP AND GO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, DO YOU HAVE, WELL KIND OF BEGIN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS YET ABOUT HOW PEOPLE, HOW MANY CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, PEOPLE ARE TAKING UP THE VARIOUS OPTIONS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE? YEAH.
FOR OUR METRO MIKE PASSES, I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO ABOUT 150 CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE USED THOSE, UM, FOR OUR TRANSIT PASSES, THAT'S HOUSED UNDER HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
SO I ASKED A FEW TIMES SO WE CAN GET THOSE AND GET THOSE BACK TO YOU.
UM, OUR VAN POOL, BECAUSE WE DO OFFER MANPO FOR OUR CITY, BOSTON EMPLOYEES.
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50 EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT WHEN COVID HIT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT BECAME A LOT LESS POPULAR.SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RAMP THAT BACK UP AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT MODE AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO SPEAK TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR OF TRAVIS COUNTY, SHARON REED, OUR AS WELL AS TO READ THE REPORT THAT THEY HAD DONE BY DELOITTE CONSULTING AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS YEARS BEHIND TRAVIS COUNTY IN TELEWORKING.
AND IF YOU'D ASKED ME THREE YEARS AGO, HOW MUCH IT IS IMPORTANT AS TELEWORKING, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE FOR CARPOOLING.
NUMBER ONE, UH, THE PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN AT ONE POINT IT TOOK 50% TELEWORKING, TOOK 50% OF THE TRAFFIC OFF AUSTIN STREETS.
AND OVER THE LONG-TERM, THE PEW FOUNDATION THINKS THAT ABOUT 40% OF ALL JOBS CAN BE DONE REMOTELY.
SO THE UNCOORDINATED APPROACH THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS SEEMS RELATIVELY DISAPPOINTING AND PROBABLY IS GOING TO GET THEM INTO TROUBLE.
SOMEBODY WORKING FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENTS HAVE RELATIVELY LIBERAL AND RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE POLICIES ABOUT WORKING FROM HOME, BUT YOU'RE OPENING YOURSELF UP FOR PEOPLE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THIS OTHER DEPARTMENT HAD ALLOWED PEOPLE TO WORK FOR HOW MUCH MORE EASILY.
AND I THINK WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DO A PROPOSED A RESOLUTION ON THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING IS A CITY-WIDE COORDINATED EFFORT TO MAKE PERMANENT THE TELEWORKING PERCENTAGES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO IN THE PANDEMIC, SOMEWHAT UNWILLINGLY.
BUT AS I THINK TRAVIS COUNTY HAS SHOWN THOSE CAN BE MADE.
A LOT OF THOSE CAN BE MADE PERMANENT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN COLLECTING THE DATA ON.
I KNOW, UH, WHEN OUR NUMBERS CAME OUT FROM THE END OF YEAR, UM, SURVEY OUR EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC ABOUT 84% OF EMPLOYEES COMMUTED IN SOVS TO VEHICLES, POST PANDEMIC WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TELEWORK, EVEN AT THE LEVELS THAT IT IS CURRENTLY STANDS, THAT NUMBER DID DROP DOWN TO 54%, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
AND IT DOES SHOW THE POTENTIAL THAT TELEWORKING HAS.
I HAVE KIND OF A TWO-PART QUESTION ON IT KIND OF RELATES TO SOMETHING YOU HINTED AT OR TOUCHED ON AT THE END ABOUT DATA AND BEST PRACTICES.
UM, SO TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PRESENTATIONS ON THINGS LIKE THE, UM, UH, DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT, OKAY, A BUILDING COULD GET, UM, SOME REDUCTION OF THEIR FEES IF THEY HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED GOOD TRANSPORTATION DEMAND PRACTICES.
WELL, WHAT, WHICH ONES, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ASM P OR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE TR LIKE THE, OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FEE.
WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ON IT LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO, BUT LIKE THOSE THINGS WE W SOMEBODY SIMILAR TO TOPPING AND HELPED ME, BUT LIKE, IS THAT, DOES YOUR OFFICE HAVE A ROLE IN EVALUATING THOSE PROJECTS, DATA WITH BEST PRACTICES OF LIKE, WHAT ARE REALLY THE GOOD PROJECTS? AND NUMBER TWO, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT AN ASM P IS WE HAVE SOME METRICS TO RIGHT.
MEASURE OUR SUCCESS, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW ARE WE ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS A HUGE PART OF THE SMP, BUT IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, I'LL JUST SAY, CLOUDY AREA, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH WE THINK ARE GOOD, HAVING AN EFFECT ON WHAT ACTUALLY PEOPLE'S CHOICES AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
AND SO, LIKE, HOW DO WE ASSESS OUR SUCCESS IN THOSE AREAS? SO I THINK MY QUESTION IS LIKE ONE, WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN LIKE INFORMING OTHER KINDS OF UNITS WITHIN ATD ABOUT WHAT IS BEST PRACTICE? WHAT KIND OF, DO YOU HAVE A ROLE IN THAT, LIKE EVALUATING, UH, PROJECTS AT TDM ASPECTS AND NUMBER TWO, LIKE, HOW ARE YOU STACKING UP WITH ASAP? HOW ARE YOU EVALUATING YOUR SUCCESS IN THOSE METRICS? YES.
SO FOR YOUR FIRST ONE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF IT.
AND SINCE TDM RECENTLY MOVED OVER LAST YEAR, WE FINISHED STAFFING IT OUT LAST FALL.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SHARING
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THAT DATA.AND HOW CAN WE USE THAT DATA TO CREATE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, INITIATIVES ON OUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND, UM, KIND OF MOVING THAT ALONG THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT AS A TEAM WEEKLY, AT LEAST, BUT PROBABLY MORE OFTEN IT IS CLOUDY.
AND I THINK THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THIS IS BASED IN BEHAVIORAL CHANGE, AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THAT BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, STUDY THIS FOR A MUCH LONGER SPAN OF TIME.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BROUGHT ON THIS PAST, I THINK, EARLY SUMMER, A BEHAVIORAL CHANGE SPECIALIST.
AND SO THAT IS SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND ASKS THAT WE HAVE OF THEM IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO START MEASURING THIS? BECAUSE IT IS NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO GATHER AND MEASURE TDM DATA RELATED TO THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS FROM, YES, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE JUST DOING AN AWFUL LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS TO CREATIVE THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS YOUR MENTION OF THE PROGRAM TO REACH OUT TO VISITORS COMING THROUGH A BIA.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN ENCOURAGING, BUT ALSO EMPHASIZING SAFETY AND WONDERED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DO SOME SORT OF A MENTION OF SAFETY WITH THE SCOOTER PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL STILL INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW AT ONE POINT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD DISCUSSED MAYBE THE POSSIBILITY OF DOOR HANGERS IN HOTELS OR SOMETHING THAT LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD STAY OFF PUBLIC TRAILS AND NOT LEAVE THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN GET INTO DETAIL, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A HELP.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A NEW PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT AS A POSSIBILITY, YEAH, WE HAVE.
UM, SO THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THIS.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH, UM, PARTNERING IS NOT RIGHT.
WE ALWAYS WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH VISION ZERO.
SO ALONG WITH THESE ABI ADS, UM, WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED THE LITTLE ADS ON, YOU KNOW, THE GAS STATION SCREENS THAT YELL AT YOU AS YOU GET GAS.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED SOME ADS ON THOSE RELATED TO VISION ZERO.
SO OVERALL SAFETY, THERE ARE SOME AD CAMPAIGNS GOING OUT FROM THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE IN TERMS OF SCOOTERS WE ARE WORKING WITH.
AND I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA FOR AFTER ME WITH OUR, UM, SHARED MOBILITY TEAM.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS, UM, SAFETY AND EDUCATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR VISITORS ON SAFE USE OF SCOOTERS, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO PUSH THOSE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION OUT.
SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT.
HELLO, COMMISSIONERS, JASON REDFERN WITH PARKING ENTERPRISE.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, PUSHED, UM, FLYERS TO THE HOTELS PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT, UH, RECENTLY.
UM, BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST AND WE HAVE, UM, APPROVED MATERIALS THAT WE CAN PRODUCE, UH, VERY QUICKLY AND GET THOSE BACK IN THE HOTELS.
I THINK WHEN THE INCEPTION OF MICRO MOBILITY HAPPENED, I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL AT THE, AT THE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE SERVICE PROPERLY.
AND, UH, THAT, UH, IS, UH, A WELL-RECEIVED IDEA THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT AGAIN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE, FOLKS DOWN IN THIS ROOM? OKAY.
I JUST SENT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, WHAT WAS IT, THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS TOTAL KIND OF USING THESE? AND I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S HARD TO ATTRACT, BUT OF RESIDENTS TOTAL USING THESE AND WHERE DO THOSE, WHERE ARE WE SEEING THE MOST CONCENTRATED USE? I CAN IMAGINE I ALREADY KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT WHERE ARE WE SEEING THAT MOST CONCENTRATED USE, UM, OF, OF THESE DIFFERENT MOBILITY OPTIONS? YEAH, I DON'T.
AND JASON, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE RECENT INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE RECENT NUMBERS FOR THOSE, UM, THAT COMES FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER DIVISIONS ON OUR TEAM, BUT WE COULD ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT AND GET THOSE NUMBERS IF, UM, YEAH.
COMMISSIONER FRANCO, UH, TO CLARIFY, UH, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT, UM, HOW
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AUSTIN RESIDENTS MAKE TRAVEL CHOICE? WHO IS THAT? IS THAT WHAT I GUESS IT'S KIND OF GENERALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT I'M WITH WHAT I'M ASKING.UM, SO, UM, AND YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A SPECIAL PRODUCT, A SPECIAL PROJECT ABOUT THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
UM, AND, AND, UH, BEGAN, UH, SUMMARIZING THE DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, THAT WE'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, THE PANDEMICS PROVEN TO US THAT WE NEED TO FIND NEW WAYS TO COLLECT INFORMATION AS, UH, COMMISSIONER RUBEN MENTIONED, UM, THERE'S OTHERS THAT HAVE, UH, MADE A LOT OF, UH, INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE HAVE SOME CATCHING UP TO DO.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, DUE TO SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN HR RULES THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY OF HOW WE, HOW WE GO ABOUT COLLECTING INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY PII AROUND HOW PEOPLE MOVE, WHAT CHOICES THEY MAKE, ESPECIALLY IF THOSE ARE CHOICES THAT WE DON'T REGULATE.
UM, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT GETTING WHAT WE IN TRANSPORTATION ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED, BUT CAN'T FIND A WAY TO GET IN, IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WHICH HAS ORIGIN AND DESTINATION INFORMATION.
WE KNEW WHERE PEOPLE NEEDED TO GO TO.
AND FROM ALL THE TIME, Y'ALL, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD AND, AND OPERATE A VERY WONDERFUL SYSTEM, BUT WE NEED EVERYONE OUT THERE TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR GENERATIONAL APPROACHES THAT WE HAVE IN TDM, TDM IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL APPROACH, NO DIFFERENT THAN SMOKING CESSATION OR OTHER THINGS.
UM, WE, WE SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE 14 YEAR OLD AND NATIONALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S CHANGING.
THAT'S ABOUT TO BE THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO EVEN OWN A CAR.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT INTO MOTION, BUT, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DON'T HAVE IT EXACTLY LAID OUT THAT WAY.
IT IS EXTREME FUZZY LOGIC BETWEEN, UM, A SERIES OF, OF DATA, UH, ELEMENTS THAT WE GET FROM A TECH STOCK, UH, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF, UH, THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE, UM, AS EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS, UH, THAT IS JUST CARS GOING DOWN THE ROADWAY.
WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IF THAT IS A SINGLE OCCUPANT DRIVER, OR IS THAT A CARPOOL OR IN FACT, IS THAT, UH, A MOBILITY AS A SERVICE VEHICLE AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY DEADHEADING A TRIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? AND SO WE ALL KNOW THESE THINGS, WE ALL KNOW THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO COLLECT THE ISSUE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE SOME, SOME CLARITY RULES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER FOR US TO CONSTANTLY GO FORWARD AND COLLECT THAT INFORMATION, UH, AND BE ABLE TO COLLECT IT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE WAYS, AND THEN FIND A WAY TO REFINE THAT INFORMATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE, UH, WHILE CONTINUING TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY CHALLENGE.
AND ONE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNIQUE THINGS HAPPENING, UH, IN THE TECHNOLOGY SPACE THAT MAY HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN WE EVER HAVE IN THIS QUITE HONESTLY, 30 YEAR OLD PROBLEM, UM, WHICH IS, UH, THE USE OF BLOCKCHAIN AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN IMMUTABLY PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY.
UM, THAT MIGHT BE A METHODOLOGY THAT WOULD ASSIST WITH US BEING ABLE TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND IN A MORE ELABORATE AND COMPLETE WAY APRIL TO PURCHASE.
DO, DOES IT HAVE TO BE PUBLIC DATA, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO PURCHASE PRIVATELY COLLECTED DATA SUCH AS GPS OR CELL PHONE TOWER DATA? IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S COLLECTED, UH, AND, UH, AND HOW IT IS ANONYMIZED, UH, COMMISSIONER RIBBON.
SO WE, THROUGH OUR STATE CONTRACTS, WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, IN REX, UM, HERE AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHERS, UH, ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED STREETLIGHT DATA.
THEY ALL COLLECT DATA OFF OF CARS THROUGH PROBABLY THE ULAS THAT WE ALL SIGN WHEN WE BUY A CAR THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE SIGNING, BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF SOFTWARE ON THERE THESE DAYS.
AND THEY'RE GETTING YOUR, YOUR TRAVEL INFORMATION FROM EITHER TIRE, PRESSURE, WARNING SYSTEMS OR OTHER SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLE.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE SYSTEMS THAT COLLECT THE INFORMATION.
IT CAN BE DONE ANONYMOUSLY, UM, AND THEN THROUGH THE, THE ROLL-UP IS HOW WE GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
SO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT CAMPO USES AS WELL.
THERE'S NO HOPE OF GETTING AUSTIN ENERGY TO PUT A BLUETOOTH CENTER SENSOR AND EVERY ELECTRIC METER.
I JUST THINK THAT, THAT THAT'S GETTING TO A POINT OF PRIVACY THAT, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL, UM, GIVE US SOME VERY CLEAR DIRECTION ON YES, SIR.
WE, SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION I GET.
IT'S BEEN A 30 YEAR OLD PROBLEM WHERE WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO GET IT.
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AND NEW WAYS TO, TO, UM, PULL PEOPLE'S INFORMATION, UM, THAT THEY CAN GIVE IT PRIVATELY THROUGH.I KNOW I WANT TO USE IT AT ALL TERM FROM THE, FROM THE TWO THOUSANDS, BUT, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH A SOCIAL CLOUD CONSTRUCT, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS INFORMATION AND WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TODAY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMMUTABLY PROTECT AT ALL.
UH, JUST ON THE PREVIOUS ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED.
I BELIEVE IF YOU TALK TO CHAD BALLARD OVER AT CAP METRO, HE ACTUALLY HAS A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE METRO BIKES ARE YOU? YES.
OH, SO SPECIFIC TO THE METRO BIKE PROGRAM.
I MEAN, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STOVEPIPE, WE HAVE INFORMATION TO, TO WHAT SHELBY WAS SAYING EARLIER.
SO, AND DO REMEMBER THAT THE METRO BIKE PROGRAM IS, UH, OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND OPERATED BY CHAD BALLANTINE OVER AT CAP METRO, UM, AND HIS TEAM.
AND, UH, SO WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION REALLY WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, IS FIND A WAY TO PULL THESE, THESE DIFFERENT PIECES TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S THE DATA PROJECT THAT SHELBY MENTIONED.
UH, IT'S A PART OF OUR, UH, SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT MOVEABILITY, THAT SHE MENTIONED AS WELL IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE'LL BE EXERCISING THE TASK ORDER AND THE TASK INSIDE THAT, UH, TO BEGIN PULLING TOGETHER, ESSENTIALLY A TRIP EXCHANGE OF, UH, SO WE CAN BEGIN UNDERSTANDING HOW TRIPS ARE MADE.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY, UH, YOU GOT TO START SMALL, RIGHT, AND START SLOW.
SO IT WILL START WITH JUST BEING ABLE TO COLLECT TRIP INFORMATION, UH, OVER TIME, WE, WE CAN ADD MORE TO THAT, BUT JUST LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS, NOT TRYING TO STITCH TOGETHER COMPLETE SEGMENTS, YET, IF SOMEBODY TAKES THREE MODES DURING A TRIP, THEY JUST GET US ALL THREE OF THEM.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED NOW IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT IT, PUT THAT INTO A COMPLETE TRIP AND ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, A BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN, UM, PEOPLE THAT, THAT WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH US AND RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, UM, INCENTIVES OR OTHER SERVICE BENEFITS THEY CAN GET, UM, UH, FROM SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH US.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO USE TO GO FORWARD, UM, THEREBY CREATING A WAY TO COLLECT INFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO, UH, TO QUITE HONESTLY, UH, AN EXHAUSTING AMOUNT OF, UH, DATA PARTNERS.
UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, THAT I THINK MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO AUSTIN AS WELL.
IT'S NOT THAT THAT WOULD WORK EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S A LOT, A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN I WAS HOPING TO RECEIVE.
AND RUBEN, THANKS FOR THE COMMENTARY THERE.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, ARE YOU GUYS WORKING WITH, WITH PRIVATE BUSINESSES? SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY BE, BUT YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WERE JUST, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, BUT ALL OF OUR JOBS ARE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT WAS KIND OF EASY TO KNOW WHERE THE CARS WERE GOING, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFLUENCE ON IT.
BUT NOW WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS THAT ARE HERE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO INCENTIVIZE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOW EMPLOYED IN DIFFERENT, IN DIFFERENT SECTORS TO BE USING SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UM, FROM A, FROM A WORKING WITH BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
WE, SO THAT IS A PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MOVABILITY.
THEY HAVE THAT MEMBER BASE OF THOSE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THAT'S THE SERVICE THAT THEY OFFER IS THEY'LL CREATE MOBILITY PLANS FOR ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS RUN VARIOUS CONTESTS TO INCENTIVIZE THE, TO TAKE SUSTAINABLE MODES.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM, UH, FOR OUR SMALLER AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, ROYAL BLUE GROCERY HAD EXPRESSED THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE WILLING AND ABLE TO BIKE TO AND FROM WORK.
BUT THE ISSUE WITH IT WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO BIKE RACKS, SO INFRASTRUCTURE TO SAFELY LOCK THEIR BIKES UP IN FRONT OF EACH GROCERY STORE.
SO THEY SUBMITTED FOR A GRANT AND, UM, THEY RECEIVED THAT AND THE MOVABILITY WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM INSTALL BIKE RACKS.
SO WE RELY ON THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT IT AND THEY HAVE A MUCH LARGER REACH THAN US JUST AT THE CITY COULD HAVE, AND TAKE THIS UP REAL QUICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO W MOST TMAS IN THE UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS WHAT LIVABILITY IS, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REGULATE IT TO THE PRIVATE COMPANIES.
WE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE IT.
AND SO MOST, UH, MOST PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY USE THIS TMA APPROACH, UH, BRINGING IN A, A MEMBER BASED ORGANIZATION AND CONNOTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNITED STATES, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS WERE FUNDED BY SEAMAC MONEY, CONGESTION, MITIGATION, AND AIR QUALITY MONEY FOR CITIES THAT ARE IN NON-ATTAINMENT RIGHT.
UH, AND AROUND WHY, BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING AROUND TODAY,
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THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION AND REMAINS IN ATTAINMENT AND PROBABLY WILL FOR SOME TIME.WE HAVE A UNIQUE TMA AT MANEUVERABILITY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S FUNDED FULLY, UM, BY ITS MEMBERS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT QUITE HONESTLY, UH, I THINK IS, UH, IS A UNIQUE, UH, REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOW TO DO THIS IN THE UNITED STATES.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE US AS AUSTINITES.
I GUESS I WAS, I WAS MORE THINKING KIND OF LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHER LEVEL AS WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE INCENTIVES THAT WE GIVE TO BUSINESSES TO MOVE HERE AND WHATNOT, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY POLICY LEVEL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, CHAPTER THREE OF THE AGREEMENT BE DARNED WHERE WE WANT DIFFERENT THINGS WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE, WE WANT INCENTIVIZE OUR, OUR, OUR MOBILITY SYSTEMS. UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY SORT OF POLICY CHANGES IN THAT DIRECTION TO, TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES WHEN THEY MOVE HERE TO GET THEIR FOLKS USING OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AS OPPOSED TO BUYING A CAR? WE HAVEN'T, UH, YEAH.
UM, BUT THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE BACK TO, UH, TO, TO MY MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND, AND, AND TAKE THAT IDEA BACK TO THEM.
I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS NECESSARY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, THE NEW MOVERS PROGRAM GOT A REALLY GOOD JOB, I THINK, UM, FROM, FROM THE REPORTS THAT I RECEIVED FROM AND TEAM AND WHAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM CAP METRO AS WELL.
UM, THE ISSUE IS, IS THAT, THAT THE INTERCEPT CREATIVE, THAT'S JUST NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
AND SO, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND AS SHELBY MENTIONED, WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER INTO A, AT LEAST A DECADE WORTH OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A, A RACE TO MAKE, UH, AUSTIN, UM, HAVE THE HIGHEST HIGH RISE IN TEXAS.
AND IN FACT, THEY'RE THE FIRST AND THE HIGHEST HIGH-RISES GOING IN NOW.
AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER HIGH RISE IT'S ABOUT TO START.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT ONE.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ALREADY I'M HEARING ABOUT.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE PERVASIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, ALONE TELLS US THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES, UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, STRONG IN A WAY THAT WE, UH, WHAT WE IMPLEMENT, HOW WE IMPLEMENT IT NOW, ENFORCING.
THAT'S UH, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY INSIGHT YET INTO, UM, LIKE WHAT THE EXPANSION OF METRO BIKE LOOKS LIKE.
IT GIVES THAT JUST A BIGGER FLEET, OR IS IT MORE STATIONS, UM, AND WHERE THOSE MIGHT BE? YEAH.
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE PLAN THAT WE WORKED WITH NELSON NYGAARD ON IT IS NOT PUBLIC YET AS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, BUT IN TERMS OF LOCATIONING, UM, THIS AS WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL BE EQUITY CENTERED.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND MORE INTO THE EASTERN CRESCENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY MOST OF OUR STATIONS ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
SO IN TERMS OF LOCATIONING, UH, WE'LL START THERE FIRST, AND THEN I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NUMBERS, BUT, UM, EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF STATIONS BY ABOUT THREE TIMES OF WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, AND THEN ALSO FULLY ELECTRIFYING THE FLEET WE LEARNED DURING COVID THAT OUR, UH, E-BIKES GET A LOT MORE RIGHTS THAN OUR PEDAL BIKES.
SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS TEXAS AND HOT IN THE SUMMER, SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE, BUT THOSE ARE OUR THREE MAIN FOCUSES OUT OF THE GATE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, THE UPDATE.
[3. Discussion and possible action on updates on the Shared Micro-Mobility Program]
ON TO ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON UPDATES ON THE SHARED MICRO MIM MOBILITY PROGRAM, UH, JOSEPH ALL THE JERRY OF THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS JESSICA AUDREY.
I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER HERE AT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND THE PARKING ENTERPRISE.
I HAVE MY, UH, UH, MANAGER WITH ME CASE IN REDFORD.
UH, JUST LIKE KELLY MENTIONED, I'LL, UH, PING ON HIM OR HE'LL JUMP IN WHEN HE'S NEEDED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, NEXT SLIDE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST COULD NOT HEAR ME.
UH, I'LL I'LL JUST TRY TO SPEAK A LITTLE CLOSER.
UM, SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, JUST, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY ON THE OUTLINE.
UH, WE'LL JUST START WITH SOME, A LITTLE BIT PROGRAM HISTORY, UM, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH SOME UPDATES, TALK ABOUT THE RECENT CONNOR'S AVE POLICY THAT WE PUT
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IN PLACE.UM, SOME DATA MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH, UH, SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COURSE COMPLIANCE, AND THEN WHERE WE'RE GOING AND INCLUDING OUR DIRECTOR'S RULES.
UM, NO, UH, I HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES LASTLY, SO I DIDN'T GET TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE, UH, THE ORDER HERE.
SO IT'S NOT AN EXACT ORDER, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT.
UH, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM REALLY QUICKLY, UH, IN THE HISTORY, UH, SPRING 2018, THAT'S WHEN, UM, OUR ORDINANCE WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW FOR A DOCKLESS MOBILITY PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN THE DIRECTORS RULES THAT WERE PUT IN FOR EMERGENCY WISE DURING THAT TIMEFRAME WERE FINALIZED IN, UH, IN JANUARY OF 2019.
UM, WE CONTINUE WITH SOME, UH, SOME FEES AND IN A SAFE RIDER ORDINANCE THAT CAME IN MAY.
UM, AND THEN IN JANUARY WE HAD A CURE ABOUT ME, YOU, THE MICROVILLI DEVICES, INNING IN OUR CREEKS.
AND SO WE DID, UH, COMPLETED A STUDY FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, UM, IN 21, WE ADDED AN APPLICATION FEE AND UPDATED OUR TRIP FEET.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOVERNED.
UM, OF COURSE OUR STATE OF TEXAS HAS A TITLE SEVEN CHAPTER 5 5, 1 THAT SPEAKS TO SPECIFICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO DEVICES AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR E-BIKES SMOKE PARENTS AND MOTOR VEHICLES, UM, DEVICE REQUIREMENTS AND WHERE SCOOTERS CAN BE DRIVEN.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR CODE TITLE, 14 OF REPUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT AWAY ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS, UM, DUMPS TRANSPORTATION, UM, TO BE LICENSED HERE IN THE CITY, UM, AS WELL AS WHERE THEY'RE PLACED, UM, AND HOW WE ENFORCE THEM, UH, SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A 12 DASH TWO, WHICH IS OUR, UM, SAFE RIDE ORDINANCE CITY APPROVE FEES.
THESE ARE THE CURRENT FEES AS THEY SIT NOW.
UM, WE HAVE THE NEW APPLICATION FEE OR LICENSE FEE, WHICH IS A SET OF 50 PER SIX MONTHS.
WE OPERATE UNDER A SIX MONTH TERM LICENSE HERE.
SO EVERY SIX MONTHS WE DO HAVE RENEWALS.
UM, SO THE TOTAL FOR THAT WOULD BE $1,500 PER YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE A $40 PER DEVICE, UH, UH, PERMIT FEE, WHICH IS, AGAIN, THAT'S A SIX MONTHS, IT'S $80 A YEAR PREVIOUSLY, THAT WAS 60.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, 15 CENTS TO 40 CENTS PER TRIP FEE.
UM, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY AMENDED THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR TO HOPEFULLY ADOPT A DIFFERENT RANGE OF, OF INCENTIVES USING OUR TRIP FEES.
UM, I APOLOGIZE IF I'M DELAYED HERE, MY SLIDES DON'T MATCH UP WITH THIS ON AND IT'S DELAYED TO GET TO IT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM, AS WE SEE IT NOW WITH THE LICENSED COMPANIES, UH, WE HAVE FIVE LICENSED COMPANIES WITH 1,308, A LITTLE OVER 13, OR SORRY, 13,850 DEVICES.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, STAND-UP SCOOTERS SIT DOWN SCOOTERS, AND E-BIKES, UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT, UH, VEHICLE SHARE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, BUT WE DO HAVE FREEDOM, WHICH IS A, UM, WE HAVE 250 JEEP RENEGADES, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT, UM, UM, IN THE CITY.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JUST QUICKLY OUR DATA MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE USE TO, UM, TO COLLECT DATA FROM THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT ARE COMING IN, UH, WE USE A THIRD-PARTY DATA MANAGEMENT COMPANY CALLED RYDER PORT, WHO, UH, ALL THE PROVIDERS ARE LINKEDIN THROUGH A MOBILITY DATA SPECIFICATION.
UM, JUST SPECIFICATION ALLOWS US TO COLLECT DATA, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE PII THAT IS, THAT IS ATTACHED TO IT.
SO WE BASICALLY ANONYMIZE IT, TAKES US OUT OF IT AND IT GETS SHIPPED TO THEM.
UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO, AT THAT POINT, PUT THE DATA INTO A DASHBOARD, ALLOW US TO DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANALYSIS, UM, UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE BEING AT.
NOW, THIS, A LOT OF THESE TOOLS JUST RECENTLY CAME ON.
UM, THIS ALLOWS US TO, TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, REFINE THE PROGRAM AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE WORK WITH OPERATORS AND THE PUBLIC TO UNINTENDED, TO REALLY BOLSTER UP OUR SAFETY INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS PROVIDE THAT THE HIGH DEMAND FOR THESE ALTERNATIVE MODES IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, THERE'S CLEARLY SOMETHING WRONG.
AND GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT, I'LL TRY TO GET IT BACK.
I'LL JUST KIND OF QUICKLY CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, COME UP TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM, WHEN WE COLLECT DATA, WE COLLECT DATA IN TWO WAYS.
UH, THE COMPANY SENDS US DATA, UM, TO OUR, UM, UH, DATA, UH, TEAM.
AND BASICALLY WE CAN CHECK THE DATA THERE AS WELL AS TO WRITE A REPORT.
UM, WE DO THAT IN TWO WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE DATA THAT'S BEING SENT IS ACCURATE, UM, TO ENSURE
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WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW THE DATA IS BEING TRANSLATED IS ACCURATE.SO WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMPANIES TO ENSURE THAT, UM, AND SO WHAT WE RECENTLY DID TO ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PII IS PROTECTED AS WE MOVE TO, OKAY, THIS IS EXACTLY, UM, TO AN OPEN DATA PORTAL.
I'LL KEEP ON TALKING A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO WE MOVED IT TO AN OPEN DATA PORTAL.
SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS AN OPEN DATA PORTAL THAT WE CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR DATA TO BE SHARED AND USED AND INTERVIEWED.
UM, BUT WITH THE WORRIES OF PII, WE MOVED THAT TO A THIRD PARTY DATA MANAGER THAT ALLOWS A DASHBOARD TO BE CREATED SO THAT THEY MANAGE THAT DATA.
UM, AND IT REALLY PROTECTS THE CITY FROM THOSE WORRIES OF PII.
UM, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO USE SOME OF THE SAME TOOLS THAT THE CITY IS USING TO LOOK AT THE DATA.
SO I'LL JUST STOP THERE FOR A SECOND.
SO WE GET BECCA, I'M SO SORRY.
THIS, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT ADJACENT, ADD OR JOSEPH.
UH, I HATE TO ASK, BUT WHEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU SHARING RIGHTS, UM, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIX IT FROM MY SIDE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE SYSTEM IS DUMB.
THIS IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
IT'S NOT MY, NO WORRIES AT ALL.
AND LET ME SEE IF I'M ABLE TO SHARE NOW.
LET'S SEE IF THIS ALLOWS ME TO SHARE THE RIGHT ONE.
WHICH SCREEN ARE YOU SEEING? OPEN DATA PORTAL.
UM, IS IT THE ADOBE SCREEN HERE? YES.
I'VE NEVER PRESENTED WITH THE DAILIES, WENT TO FIGURE THIS ONE OUT.
UM, I GUESS I CAN JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT AT THE AUGUST.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL BE FINE.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE VIEW TAB AND THEY'LL PROVIDE HAND CORNER.
SCROLL DOWN TO FULL SCREEN MODE.
SO, UH, LIKE I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, THIS IS, UM, RYDER REPORT, WHICH IS OUR OPEN DATA PORTAL, WHICH WE LAUNCHED.
WE WERE ONE OF FOUR CITIES OR FIVE CITIES THAT DID IT AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, PULL DATA AND DO THINGS, UH, WAS IT MANIPULATED TO SEE HOW THEY CAN COME UP WITH OUTCOMES, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE TOOLS THAT THE CITY OFFICIALS USE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT DATA POINTS.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADD TO THIS.
AND SO, UM, SOME OF THE NEXT ITERATIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS POTENTIALLY ADDING, UH, AIR QUALITY INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, UM, UM, METRIC TONS OF CO2 WE REMOVED, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TRIPS COULD EQUAL OUT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, UH, ONE TRIP REMOVED FROM THE, FROM THE SYSTEM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT, ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE'RE ADDING, UM, TO ALLOW FOR US TO REALLY REVIEW HOW MICRO MOBILITY IS BEING USED IN AUSTIN.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO GET TO ALL THAT, TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE GET TO THE DATA.
UM, SO THIS IS FROM USING THAT, UH, DASHBOARD.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT, UM, MICRO MOBILITY LOOKS LIKE.
AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES E-BIKES, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT WITH THE CODE RESTRICTIONS THERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A MEDIAN TRIP, DISTANCE OF 0.8.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A TON OF TRIP CAUSE YOU CAN SEE, UM, A LOT OF THOSE SHIPS, OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG DOES DISTANCE LOOK LIKE ON AVERAGE, A SCOOTER TRIP IS, UM, UH, LESS THAN A MILE IS ABOUT 0.8.
UM, BUT E-BIKES, THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE LONGER TRIPS, UM, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING OVER A MILE, UM, AS WELL AS DURATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY WHERE FROM 10 MINUTES AND ABOVE, UM, FOR, FOR TRIPS, PRETTY BIKES, UM, VEHICLE SHERIFFS.
SO THIS IS, UM, FROM OUR CAR SHARE SERVICE.
AND AS YOU SEE SO FAR, AND THIS IS FROM DECEMBER, 2021, UH, WE'VE DONE 10,000 OVER 2000 TRIPS AND OVER 160,000 MILES DRIVEN, UM, AND THE MEDIAN DISTANCE, THERE IS 3.1 MILES.
NOW JUST WANT TO ADD A CAVEAT.
AND JUST TO NOTE, THAT WAVE CARCERES
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IS TECHNICALLY KIND OF TESTING IT OUT IN A LICENSING MODEL.PREVIOUSLY, THE CITY OF BOSTON HAD CONTRACTS WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE SURE KNOW, CAR CARTAGO AND, UH, ZIPCAR, UM, THROUGH THOSE MODELS, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH HOW, UM, THOSE MODELS HAVE LEFT DIFFERENT CITIES AND, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BE SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE OF THOSE MODELS.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN BRING CAR SHARE BACK, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY MAYBE IN THE FUTURE EVO CAR SHARE.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TESTING OUT IN THIS LICENSING MODEL WILL GIVE US THE AMMO TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE, UM, MAKE THIS SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CARSON AND BUSINESSES, UM, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM SUSTAINABLE, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE THOSE THOSE OUT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE WE'VE REALLY STARTED TO PICK UP ON THOSE TRIPS.
NOW YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TRIPS THAT ARE GOING DOWN AND THAT THE REASON WHY IS THAT THE COMPANY'S DEALING WITH SOME AUTO TYPE ISSUES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH APD TO RESOLVE.
SO KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROGRAM, WE'VE REALLY FOUND THEIR LICENSE, THE APPLICATION DEADLINES, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ACTUAL PERIODS OF THE NOODLES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS DIFFERENT CYCLES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE PROVIDERS CAME IN AND IT WOULD APPLY AND GET APPROVED.
SO THOSE, THOSE, UM, RENEWAL DATES WERE ALL OVER THE MAP.
SO WE FOCUS THOSE IN AND REALLY MADE IT A LOT EASIER FOR STAFF AND FOR THE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING AND HAVE COMPLIANCE FOR ALL OF OUR FEES AND REGULATIONS.
UM, WE CENTRALIZED COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS FOR LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO WE'VE USED DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING FOR US TO COMMUNICATE QUICKLY.
AND NOT ONLY JUST THROUGH THE 3, 1, 1 SYSTEM TO ADDRESS ISSUES, UM, GOING TO THE THREE, ONE SERVICE, UM, WE'VE REALLY, UM, BEEN ABLE TO STEP UP THAT FOR THE PROVIDERS TO ANSWER THOSE, THOSE CALLS REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES IN PREVIOUSLY TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER WHERE THOSE CSRS CALLS, UM, THAT THEY WOULD GET, UM, CAUSE THEY GET EMAILED OUT, UM, NOT ONLY TO CITY STAFF, BUT TO EACH PROVIDER, UM, THE ISSUES THAT OCCURRED THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOMETIMES NO PICTURES AND NO GPS POINTS.
THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, SO SOMETIMES WE'D GO OUT THERE AND THERE WASN'T AN ISSUE.
UM, AND SO IT REALLY CAUSED, YOU KNOW, A WASTE OF TIME AND TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT YOU SEE.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECENTLY, AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY THIS CAUSE IT'S HARD TO GET PRAISE IN MICRO MOBILITY.
UM, SO WE'VE RECENTLY RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT IN THREE OR ONE SAYING THAT THEY PUT IT IN AND IT WAS ANSWERED QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEY'RE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT SERVICE.
SO I GUESS YOU COULD PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UM, WE'VE CHANGED FEES TO REFLECT THE COST OF STAFF TIME AND HOW MUCH TAP TIME IS BEING PUT INTO THE OPERATIONAL SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT CHECKS AND IMPOUNDS, WE REALLY PICKED THAT UP THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS WORKING WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT GROUPS TO ENSURE THAT WE FIND WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY, UM, COMMUNICATE WHERE ISSUES ARE OCCURRING AND, AND PROVIDING IMPOUNDING IF NEEDED.
UM, SO RECENTLY WE PUT SOME PROGRAMS, SAFETY ADJUSTMENTS IN PLACE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT CURE.
UH, WE DID INCREASE AWARENESS AROUND WATERWAYS, WHICH REALLY HAS REDUCED DOWN, UM, THE AMOUNT OF DEVICES IN THE WATERWAY.
WE MADE IT A PRIORITY, MEANING THAT IF PROVIDERS ARE NOT ANSWERING THAT CALL, WE'RE ACTUALLY SUSPENDING THEIR SERVICES IN ORDER TO ANSWER THOSE CALLS.
UM, WE'VE, UM, PUT A MORATORIUM ON DEVICE INCREASES IN DOWNTOWN.
SO NO MORE DEVICE IS, UM, INCREASES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO REQUIRED A REDUCTION OF SPEED FOR 20 MILES TO 15 MILES AT A CITYWIDE.
UM, AND THEN RECENTLY THE CONGRESS AVENUE DEVICE CAP PILOT, UM, AND I'LL GET TO THE REASON WHY WE CALL IT A PILOT HERE IN A SECOND.
SO CARSON AVENUE DEVICE, BY THE WAY.
SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE CALLING IT A PILOT, UM, IS BECAUSE IT'S A FOCUS AREA.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED AS A POLICY CITYWIDE, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS POLICY AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE PROVIDERS, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE RESIDUALS OCCUR BECAUSE ANYTIME WE PUT A POLICY IN PLACE, EITHER IT'S A GEO-FENCE OR A RESTRICTION OR SOME TYPE OF THING, YOU HAVE RESIDUALS.
AND SOMETIMES THOSE RESIDUALS CAN BE EVEN MORE UNSAFE THAN WHAT UNSAFE THAN WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS REALLY FOCUSED OUT INTO CONGRESS WHERE WE SAW A LOT OF TRIPS CURRENT, UM, AND, UH, THE REAL GOAL WAS TO ADDRESS THAT OVERCROWDING, TO REALLY LEARN HOW THESE DEPLOYMENTS AND PARKING DEVICES REALLY MEET THE DI CAN MEET THE DEMAND THAT'S HERE BECAUSE IT'S VERY HIGH.
SO WHAT WERE THOSE ACTIONS? RIGHT? WE, WE TOLD THEM NOT TO DEPLOY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED SCOOTERS PER COMPANY.
SO THERE'S FOUR COMPANIES AND THAT WAS 400 DEVICES.
TOTAL PREVIOUS TO THAT, WE WERE SEEING ABOUT AN AVERAGE ABOUT 850 TO A THOUSAND DEVICES IN THIS AREA BEING DEPLOYED.
UM, WE SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DEPLOY NO MORE THAN FIVE DEVICES ON ANY BLOCK BASE.
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SO YOU HAVE AN INSTANCE, UM, LET'S SAY YOU'RE ON 100 CONGRESS.YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DEPLOY MORE THAN 10 DEVICES TOTAL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE ASKED THEM TO ELIMINATE DEPLOYMENTS FROM THE SIDEWALKS AT SPECIALIZED PARKING ZONES.
SO WE IDENTIFIED AREAS, ESPECIALLY AROUND INTERSECTIONS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.
UM, AND THEN WE WANT THEM TO REBALANCE 9:00 AM TO PM AT 7:00 PM.
SO WHAT HAVE WE SEEN FROM THIS? IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY A REALLY GREAT OUTCOME FROM THIS.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE REDUCED THE CLUTTER IN THAT AREA.
WE SAW MORE UPSCALE, MORE PRECISE, UM, DEPLOYMENTS IN THOSE AREAS, WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW USAGE IS, IS, IS, IS BEING USED.
UM, IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY IS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE FOUGHT TO IS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE, UNDERSTANDING WHERE TO PUT PARKING BOXES OR PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS, IS RELIANT ON GOOD DATA AND UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE IN THEIR TRIPS AND WHERE ARE THEY IN THEIR TRIPS.
UM, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST NOT IN THOSE AREAS.
NOW PROVIDERS HAVE STEPPED UP TO THAT CALL AND HAVE NOW WORKED ON TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE, UH, FORCES PEOPLE TO PARK IN CERTAIN AREAS, WHICH WILL, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BEING A NEXT ITERATION OF THIS POLICY TO TEST.
UM, NOW WHAT, UM, WHAT BAD THINGS AND BAD IS NEGATIVE, I GUESS WE CAN SEE FROM THIS IS THAT WE HAVE SAW, YOU KNOW, REDUCTION IN, IN TRIPS, RIGHT? SO ON AVERAGE WE WERE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, UM, I'M SORRY, IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND TRIPS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ON AVERAGE MEETING TRIPS A DAY, UM, WE'RE, WE'VE REDUCED THAT DOWN TO ABOUT 800.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW WE CAN ENSURE SOME OF THE SERVICES AND DEMAND ARE BEING MET.
UM, SOME OF THE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO, UM, HAVE, UH, MENTIONED THAT THERE'S THERE NEEDS TO BE A FLEXIBILITY ON, ON PEAK DEMAND DAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WE CAN SHARE TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR MICRO MOBILITY ON CONGRESS, AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, MICRO MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SO BETWEEN TREATING THE ABILITY TO BOND HAS GIVEN, UM, UM, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, FUNDS TO USE, AND, UH, MIKE MOBILITY CAN GIVE HIM $1 MILLION TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS TO, UM, SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND IT'S UPGRADING OUR MICRO MOBILITY PARKING BOX DESIGNS, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, UH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE VERTICAL ELEMENTS AND OTHER WAYFINDING THINGS TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND DESIGN.
UM, SO WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSHING THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE FIRST KEY AREAS FOR THAT.
UM, SOME OF THOSE, UM, UH, CORRALS THAT WE CALL, UM, ARE COMBINED BIKE AND MICRO MOBILITY.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME BIKE CORRALS THAT ARE COMING OUT, THEY'RE BEING OVERUSED BY MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT IN SOME WAY, BY COMBINING THESE THINGS AND ABLE TO SEPARATE THEM OUT TO HAVE THOSE FACILITIES THERE.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPE OF TYPOLOGY ON DIFFERENT, UM, ON, ON DIFFERENT CORRALS, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND BASED OFF OF DEMAND, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USE IN THAT AREA, UM, ON WHAT TYPE OF CROWD TO, TO, TO INSTALL.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO OTHER MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT HELP CONNECT WITH ABILITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE SEE HIGH MOBILITY USE THAT IF THERE'S OTHER MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT NEED FUNDING TO CONTINUE A SIDEWALK OR BIKE LANES, OR MAYBE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS ON THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS GET COMPLETED, AS WELL AS PUTTING IN MICRO MOBILITY PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND THEN, WELL AS USE OF TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT.
UM, I THINK, UH, WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXPLORE DIFFERENT WAYFINDING TECHNIQUES, UM, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND MISSING GAPS IN TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS MACA ABILITY TO THRIVE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE AREAS OF FOCUS RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, DOWNTOWN PARKS, UH, THE RAINY AREA EAST AUSTIN, UM, KIND OF, UH, INTERESTING NOTE HERE IS THAT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, RAINY OR CONGRESS SPECIFICALLY, UH, RAINY AND THEN, UH, RED RIVER BETWEEN 15TH AND CESAR CHAVEZ, UM, RESULTS IN ABOUT A QUARTER OF ALL TRIPS OF MICRO MOBILITY IN AUSTIN.
SO WITH THOSE AREAS BEING HIGHLY USED, WE WANT TO FOCUS, ENSURE THAT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING IT, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN AND CANNOT PARK, UM, SO THAT THEY CONTINUED USING THE SERVICE.
UM, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY, I KNOW, UH, WE HAD A REQUEST, UM, I BELIEVE MY COMMISSIONER, WHETHER IT BE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I TOUCH ON THIS.
AS FAR AS THE SAFETY NUMBERS ON COLLISIONS, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, UM, DATA.
UM, I DID, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL SOME NUMBERS, UM,
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THAT WOULD, UM, GIVE US SOME INDICATION OF WHAT CRASHES WITH MOTOR VEHICLES WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, INJURIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.UM, AND, UM, REALLY GOING THROUGH THE DATA RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT IT IS QUALITY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GAPS IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S A CRASH, IF IT RESULTED IN AN INJURY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AT CRASH, A SIMILAR CRASH FOR JUST THE, YOU KNOW, SECURITY RIDER OR WAS IT WITH, UH, A VEHICLE, UM, ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, WE MAKING SURE THAT THAT DATA IS ACCURATE BEFORE I ACTUALLY PRESENT IT.
BUT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA JUST WITH THE FOUR PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE NOW, UM, AND THIS IS FROM 2020, UM, WE WE'VE HAD, UM, 27, UM, CRASHES THAT INVOLVE THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
UM, THOSE CRASH TO THOSE CRASHES INVOLVED, A FATALITY, UM, AND WE'VE HAD 143, UH, INJURIES REPORTED, UM, FROM THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND FOUR OF THOSE INJURIES WERE SEVERE.
UM, NOW THESE ARE JUST, AGAIN, THE DATA FROM THE PROVIDERS.
WE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DATA POINTS OUT THERE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO TRY TO OBTAIN WORKING WITH OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT HOW WE UPDATE OUR KRIS SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR OFFICERS ARE, ARE THAT ARE, UH, GOING TO SEE CRASH SCENES THAT ARE GATHERING THE DATA CORRECTLY IN ORDER FOR US TO DECIPHER WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE NEXT STEP IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THAT, UH, CRASH AND INJURY INFORMATION IS REPORTED CORRECTLY.
SORRY, SO ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.
UM, HOW DO WE ENFORCE THE COMPANIES? UM, SO WE, OF COURSE WE USE OUR THIRD DATA MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
HE GIVES US LIVE FEEDS OF WHERE DEVICES ARE AT HOW LONG DEVICES ARE STAY OUT IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
UM, WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, USE GEO-FENCING AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, DEVICE PERFORMANCE RESTRICTIONS, LIKE SPEED LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE ARE NOT PARKING WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
UM, WE USE A CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUEST SYSTEM, UM, TO GET CALLS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE PUT THE TOTAL THERE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, WE'VE DONE A 26,979.
UH, IT'S A HUGE NUMBER AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT AS OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THIS YEAR, WE REALLY HAVE EATEN INTO THAT MARKET.
IF WE FOLLOW THAT, UM, TREND WILL ACTUALLY, UH, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CSRS ENTERED IN BY 50%, MORE THAN 50% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, SO, AND THE RESULTS OF ENFORCEMENT FROM OUR DIRECTOR'S ROLES, WHAT WE FOCUS ON IS IN POUNDS, UM, PROJECTION TO SERVICE AND DENIAL LICENSE OR THE LICENSE.
SO LIKE I WAS SPEAKING TO EARLIER IF, UM, PROVIDERS ARE NOT ANSWERING THE CALLS THAT ARE FROM, UM, THE CITY, UM, OUR DIRECTOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO PRODUCTION SERVICE AS WELL AS THE KNOWLEDGE OF A LICENSE OR SUSPENSIONS.
UM, AS WELL AS INCLUDING IMPOUNDS, IF NECESSARY.
SO WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING OUR DIRECTORS RULES.
THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS REALM, UM, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, BUT THE FOCUS IS ON, YOU KNOW, THE TERMINOLOGY ALIGNMENT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MODES.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST SPOKE TO VEHICLE SHERIFFS, OR IT HAS TO BE INCORPORATED, UM, UH, MORE SPECIFIC SAFETY GUIDELINES, STANDARDIZED REPORTING AND PERFORMANCE GRADING, UH, FOR OPERATORS TO THE PERFORMANCE GRADING WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY SIX MONTHS WHEN WE TO RENEWALS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY AT 2020 BOND.
UH, WE'LL BE INCLUDING FOCUSING ON THOSE EFFORTS AND, AND ADDING MORE, UM, MACRO INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO OUR STREETS, DEVELOPING A MICRO REALLY CORRAL TYPES LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT, UM, AND REALLY FOCUSING ON CREATING A COMPANY, SPECIAL EVENTS, COORDINATION, AND PLANNING, UM, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'RE COORDINATING CORRECTLY WITH ALL AGENCIES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE GET TO IN RESPOND TO, UH, ISSUES, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY, AND THEN NOT LEAST, OR LAST, UH, EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO OVER TIME.
UM, AND NOW THAT WE'RE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH GROUP SETTINGS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS TO DO, UH, POTENTIALLY MORE SAFETY INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSING ON GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE IN DIFFERENT REALMS AS, AS SHELBY SPOKE ABOUT AND WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW WE GET THAT OUT THERE.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH OUR PARTNERS ON, AND REALLY THE FOCUS AROUND, UM, GETTING THE COORDINATION BETWEEN US AND, UM, TO PROVIDERS TO REALLY BOLSTER THAT UP.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS POTENTIALLY ADDING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST TO OUR TEAM HERE IN THE NEXT FISCAL.
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THE DIRECTOR'S ROLE IS KIND OF TENTATIVE TIMELINE ON THIS.UM, SO DURING SPRING 2021 TO THIS, UH, ACTUALLY THIS IS ACTUALLY RON, I APOLOGIZE TO JU THIS TO BE, UH, 2022.
UH, WE DID A LOT OF INTERNAL REVIEW.
WE TOOK OUR, THE RULES, WE, UM, UH, CHOPPED THEM UP AND REALLY WENT TO DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY MAY PLAY A ROLE, UM, AND GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
UM, SO NOW THE PROCESSES, UH, STAKEHOLDER REVIEW, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT THIS MONTH, UH, WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR VIEWPOINTS ARE AND HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD.
WHAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO, UH, COMMISSIONS FOR REVIEW IN SEPTEMBER, UM, WHERE WE HOPEFULLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POST THE RULES IN OCTOBER AND AS YOU SEE ADOPT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THE RULES READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION AT OUR NEXT RENEWAL PERIOD, WHICH IS IN DECEMBER.
UM, IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE, BUT DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND, UM, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SMALL SETBACKS HERE AND THERE IS, UH, PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
SO WE HAVE A DOCKLESS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
UM, REALLY THE TERMINOLOGY CHANGE WOULD BE ON THE SHARE ABILITY PROGRAMMING SIDE OF THINGS, UM, AND REALLY SPLITTING THAT UP INTO DIFFERENT LOAD TYPES, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE SHARED MARKET MOBILITY, YOU HAVE SHARED VEHICLE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THERE.
SO, UM, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT FOCUSING HOW WE SEPARATE THE DIFFERENT MODES THAT KEEP IT UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, AND THAT IS ALL MY TIME.
I GUESS I NEED TO RELINQUISH CONTROL HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS NOT IN THIS ROOM, COMMISSIONERS, NOT MISS ROOM.
UM, ONE IS, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE FOCUSED FIRST ON CONGRESS, AND I THINK THAT WAS WISE, BUT DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF OTHER AREAS THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR, UH, WHAT TO DO NEXT LIST? YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS IS AROUND RAINY RED RIVER LAMAR.
SOME OF THOSE HIGH ACTIVITY USE AREAS, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU SEE DEVICES DEPLOY, DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT'S WHERE DEVICES END.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS AS WELL AS SOMETIMES WHERE YOU DEPLOY ALSO IS A VERY POPULAR PLACE TO ENTER, RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY THINGS GET OVERCROWDED REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT, BUT YES, THOSE ARE THE OTHER AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THIS IS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS COULD BE A CITY-WIDE THING.
AND THE OTHER ONE WAS YOU WERE POINTING TO THE NUMBERS FOR 2021 AND THEY DID GO UP PRETTY DRAMATICALLY.
AND NOW DOWN PRETTY DRAMATICALLY.
IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE A SUPPOSITION ABOUT WHAT THE REASON FOR THAT IS? YEAH, I'M SURE THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF INCREASED ENFORCEMENT.
SO OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACTUALLY GO OUT AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ENTERING IN, UM, CSRS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WHEN THEY SEE THINGS WE CAN ACTUALLY POST IN THERE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY FROM A CITY EMPLOYEE.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY PULLED THAT OUT BECAUSE YEAH, THE LARGE INCREASE WAS DUE TO, UH, UH, INCREASED ENFORCEMENT.
AND ONE LAST THING THAT SORT OF RELATED TO THAT, I REMEMBER WHEN ALL OF THESE THINGS BEGAN.
I REMEMBER SEEING AT NIGHTTIME PICKUP TRUCKS GOING AROUND TOWN AND, UH, IT WAS SORT OF LIKE, UH, A FLEET OF, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT EMPLOYEES OR GIG, UH, PICK UPS.
HAVE THEY CHANGED THAT KIND OF MECHANISM OR YEAH.
BUT THEY'RE THE WAY THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS MODEL HAS.
UM, AND THE FOCUS IS ON MORE OF, OF SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT MANAGE AREAS.
AND HAVE MORE OWNERSHIP TO THOSE AREAS RATHER THAN JUST SOMEONE CHARGING IN AND THROWING THEM.
SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THAT, IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER CARE FOR THE DEVICES AND MORE FOCUSED ON BETTER PLACEMENTS.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALL WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT YES, THAT, THAT HAS CHANGED.
IT'S STILL THAT GIG, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTRACTING MODEL.
UM, BUT THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON NOT HAVING SO MANY OF THEM.
THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON HAVING SMALLER AMOUNTS OF THEM THAT ARE HANDLING LARGE SWATH IS BARRIER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE BUSINESS GUYS.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD COMMISSIONER THAT, UH, WHEN THERE ARE, UM, RACKS OUT THERE THAT WE ARE EVALUATING THAT HAVE A, A CHARGING CAPACITY.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT CAN, WHEN THEY'RE DOCKED ALSO CHARGE THE DEVICES WELL, THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PICKING THOSE UP AND DROPPING THOSE OFF.
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SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING, WE'RE LOOKING AT AND EVALUATING RIGHT NOW AND AN INCENTIVE TO PARK THEM PROPERLY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS THAT MISS ROOM COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ROOM? OKAY.
QUESTIONS ARE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, THE, THE FEE, THE SEVEN, REMIND ME, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT THE $750 FEE THAT'S PER COMPANY EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL FEE PER, PER UM, DEVICE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, DO YOU SAID TO REMEMBER THAT, SO WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ENFORCEMENT, I, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M THANKFUL YOU GUYS ARE DOING MORE ENFORCEMENT AND THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING DOWN AND I'M SURE THE ENTIRE CITY IS THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IF WE LOOKED AT MAYBE KIND OF CHANGING THAT MODEL, BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY REDUCING THEIR SERVICE.
IF THEY'RE GETTING, IF THEY'RE GETTING SO MANY COMPLAINTS OR TICKETS OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR, TO, FOR THE COST OF WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, INFRACTION MIGHT COST US AS A CITY WHERE THE CITY EMPLOYEE TO GO PICK UP THAT VEHICLE OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO AS OPPOSED TO REDUCING THEIR SERVICE, UM, CAUSE THERE'S STILL, YOU STILL GOTTA PAY FOR A CITY EMPLOYEE OR SOMEONE TO GO MANAGE THAT PROBLEM.
WHAT IF WE INCREASE THE FINES? WOULDN'T THAT BE JUST AS MUCH OF A DETERRENT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PER SCOOTER OR PER, PER UH, DEVICE.
UM, SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN DO AND WE DO, UM, IT'S UM, IF, IF A DEVICE IS KNOCKED OVER AND IT IS A, IN SOME SORT OF AN IMPEDIMENT, WE WILL IMPOUND IT.
UM, THE CITY CODE ALLOWS US TO THEN RECOUP OUR COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPOUNDMENT OF THAT DEVICE.
UH, AND WE CONVEY THAT COST BACK TO THE COMPANIES.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT A THIRD PARTY LABOR FORCE THAT WOULD COME IN AND POTENTIALLY HELP US OUT WITH, UM, WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE, UH, DIRECTORS RULES.
UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, UNDERSTAFFED IN OUR ENFORCEMENT, UM, UNIT AND WE'RE WORKING TO STAFF BACK UP JUST, IT IS A CONSTANT, UH, HIRING CHURN.
UH, BUT THERE IS A, A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, TO POTENTIALLY BRING ANOTHER COMPANY ON BOARD.
AND, AND THEY HAVE, UM, PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE WHERE THEY, THEY KEEP TRACK OF EACH OF THE COMPANIES.
THEY, THEY PROVIDE US STATISTICS AND DATA.
THEY ALSO WILL GO AROUND AND PICK UP DEVICES AND DO IMPOUNDS.
AND THEN ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE BACK CHARGED BACK TO THE PROVIDERS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON, ON A CONTRACT OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'LL HELP AUGMENT OUR ENFORCEMENT SERVICES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING, WE'RE SEEING THE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS, SERVICE REQUESTS OR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUESTS.
UM, BUT IF WE BRING ON THIS LABOR FORCE, I THINK THAT WE'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE, UH, AESTHETICS ALSO, AND JUST SAFETY IN GENERAL.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO HOPEFULLY GET THAT CONTRACT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, OR THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME.
AND WHAT WERE ALL THE TOPIC OF ENFORCEMENT? THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT OF BIKE LANES.
UM, AND GIVEN THAT YOU GOT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY OUT THERE, UM, ENFORCING SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THESE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES THAT IN THEORY SHOULD BE GOING ON OUR, ON OUR BIKE LANES.
UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN COMBINE THOSE TWO EFFORTS OR AT LEAST SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR ENFORCEMENT OF BIKE LANES BY Y'ALL'S BY ALL STAFF? IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE PUT AT IN, SO WE STILL, WHEN YOU SAY ENFORCEMENT OF BIKE LANES, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY ARE DOING.
UM, IF, IF SOMEBODY IS, IS PARKED IN A BIKE LANE AND THERE'S A REGULATORY SIGN THAT SAYS THAT THERE, THAT YOU CANNOT PARK THERE, UH, OUR OFFICERS ARE TICKETING AND WE ARE ALSO TOWING VEHICLES OUT OF THOSE BIKE LANES, UH, CURRENTLY.
UM, AND SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MAKING IT ILLEGAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY TO PARK IN A BIKE LANE, WITHOUT THE REGULATORY SIGNAGE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT AN, AN ORDINANCE CHANGE WHERE WE BASICALLY IT'S IT'S PERMISSIVE VERSUS RESTRICTIVE.
AND SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UM, IT'S MORE OF A RESTRICTIVE, I'M SORRY, A PERMISSIVE MODEL, NO CORRECTION, IT'S A RESTRICTIVE MODEL.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS RESTRICT EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WHEN THE SIGNS GO UP, IT WOULD BE A PERMISSIVE MODEL
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TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PARK THERE OR OTHERWISE THEY CAN'T.AND THAT WAY IT'S, IT'S ILLEGAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE.
SO THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN.
UH, WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUEST, THE AUSTIN, UH, 3 1, 1 APP WHERE WHEN PEOPLE TURN IN AN ISSUE, IT GOES STRAIGHT TO OUR ENFORCEMENT CREW, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO A BIKE LANE, OR IF THERE'S A MICRO MOBILITY ISSUE, THOSE AUSTIN 3, 1, 1, UM, REQUESTS GO STRAIGHT TO THE MICRO MOBILITY COMPANIES AND THE CITY AS WELL.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO HELP, HELP ENFORCE, UM, HOPEFULLY I'VE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH THIS THIRD PARTY ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT.
Y'ALL WERE LOOKING AT, BRINGING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WERE, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEN JUST ONE, ONE, THIS KIND OF POPPED IN MY HEAD.
UH, I LOVE, I LOVE THIS GRAPH AS FAR AS WITH THE NUMBER OF TRIPS AND, UM, IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE, BUT I NOTICED, AND THIS IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU PROBABLY JUST SHOWED ACL IN SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST, SOME OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR, BUT THOSE ARE ALSO, THOSE ARE THOSE TWO EVENTS, UM, ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY TAKE PLACE AT PUBLIC VENUE AT, AT CITY OF AUSTIN OWN VENUES.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN USE, UM, WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR CONTRACT WITH SUBTLY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT DO ACL OR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST TO INCENTIVIZE THOSE OUT OF TOWNERS OR PEOPLE AS THEY'RE BUYING THEIR TICKETS FOR THESE EVENTS AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU SHOW US YOUR THREE-DAY, YOU KNOW, UH, METRO BUS PASS, WE'LL GIVE YOU 10 BUCKS OFF OF YOUR TICKET.
OR IF YOU SHOW US THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN HERE TO, TO ACL, UM, USING, YOU KNOW, YOUR, WITH YOUR METRO RECEIPT, WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST DRINK FOR FREE, WHETHER IT'S WATER OR, OR A BEER OR WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
THESE ARE CITY OWNED FACILITIES, AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME NUANCE IN THOSE CONTRACTS RIGHT.
OF HOW WE, HOW WE LAID THEM OUT.
BUT I THINK WE JUST GOT TO BE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO GET MORE PEOPLE, TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND CLEARLY IF, IF THESE ARE THE BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR, AND THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE USING THESE THINGS FOR, WE'D USE THAT TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
THAT'S AN, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT, UM, RECOMMENDATION.
I WILL TAKE THAT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT IS THEIR, THEIR FACILITIES THAT THEY WORKED THROUGH CONTRACTUALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT EVENT HOLDERS AND MAKE, UH, CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS OF SOME SORT.
UM, BUT I WILL TALK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS UNIT, UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN START THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
UM, AND, AND ONE THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE TOO DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE DEPARTMENTS.
I HAD ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONDITIONERS.
[4. Discussion and possible action on the Safe Routes to School Project Update]
ITEM FOUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT UPDATE, AND WE HAVE, UH, COLEEN GENTLES AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT.I'M NOT PUTTING THIS, I'M ALREADY LOSING MY MOM.
I'M JUST NERVOUS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO FAIL AGAIN.
I MEAN, I, I HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION TOO, SO IT'S OKAY.
BUT, UM, I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I'M THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER OF THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION ON YOUR HEART TO DRIVE.
CAUSE WE MAY NEED YOU TO DRIVE.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS THERE EXCEPT THE FRONT.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO OPEN IT TOO? I MEAN, I HAVEN'T OPENED IT, BUT I CAN OPEN IT JUST IN CASE WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT THIS WAY.
WELL, HAVING A BACKUP COPY OPEN TO ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN I WILL TRY WE'LL DO YOU TAKE TWO? ALL RIGHT.
SO, SO THE MISSION OF THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL BY CREATING A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HUMAN POWERED TRANSPORTATION.
AND OUR VISION IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HUMAN POWER TRANSPORTATION AS A FIRST CHOICE FOR CITY OF BOSTON STUDENTS.
SO THEREFORE BRANCHES TO THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM WERE HOUSED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE COMPOSED OF CROSSING GUARDS, EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT,
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AND INFRASTRUCTURE.AND SO, UM, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES OVER 200 CROSSING GUARDS, UM, THROUGHOUT A HUNDRED PLUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION, SIDEBAR, WE ARE ACTIVELY HIRING FOR 55 MORE SPOTS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT WANTS A JOB THAT THIS FALL HELPING KIDS CROSS THE STREET SAFELY APPLY THE CITY BASKET OF SITE.
ALL RIGHT, NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EDUCATION BRANCH OF OUR PROGRAM, WHERE WE SEND FOUR STAFF MEMBERS INTO THE CLASSROOMS. THEY GO INTO THE PE CLASSROOM SPECIFICALLY, AND THEY TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO WALK AND BIKE ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY.
UM, WE ALSO DO ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE ACTIVATE THE SPACES THAT WE BUILT UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE TEAMS. SO THIS INCLUDES BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY WALK TO SCHOOL DAY, THE BUILD THE BACKPACK CAMPAIGN YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ARE INVOLVED WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE PTA'S OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THE LAST BRANCH HAS INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT'S THE TEAM THAT I'M A PART OF WHERE WE USING FUNDING FROM THE 2016 AND 2020 MOBILITY BONDS TO PUT CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE GROUND, AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
SO YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, BUBBLE IS THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM WAS BORN OUT OF THE 2016 BOND.
UM, THE BOND WAS PASSED, UH, BY VOTERS LARGELY.
UM, IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE US HAVING FUNDING FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DO CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO OUR PROGRAM RECEIVED 27, HALF MILLION DOLLARS DIVIDED EVENLY AMONG THE 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ADDRESS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
SO WE WORKED WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL.
UM, WE HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT IT FALLS UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC, CALMING DEVICES, BIKE FACILITIES, URBAN TRAILS, LIGHTING, ET CETERA.
AND SO HOW OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN WAS WE INITIALLY ASKED THE SCHOOL, UM, FOR A LIST OF CONCERNS.
SO WE DID SOME EARLY OUT PROJECTS IN 2017 BEFORE OUR REPORT WAS FINISHED, JUST ASKING SCHOOLS, HEY, WHAT ARE YOUR MOST URGENT CONCERNS? THEN WE DID WALK AUDITS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
SO WE DID 137 WALK AUDITS AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
WE HELD, UM, OVER 50 COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UM, MAINLY THESE INCLUDE, UH, CANVASSING AT SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, GROCERY STORES, AND FLEA MARKETS, AS WELL AS FIVE OFFICIAL OPEN HOUSES.
THEN WE DID AN INTERNAL REVIEW WHERE WE, UM, SPOKE WITH OUR ENGINEERS AND ASKED THEM WHAT WERE CONCERNS THEY WERE HEARING THAT PERHAPS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN THE WALK AUDITS OR THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THEN WE DID THE RELEASE OF A DRAFT INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT, HELD IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THREE WEEKS, COMMON PERIOD, AND THEN FINALLY PRODUCED THE OFFICIAL REPORT, UH, END OF 2019, EARLY 2020, JUST IN TIME FOR OUR GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
AND SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE WALK AUDITS FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO I MENTIONED WE DID 137 THAT'S INCLUDING ALL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS LIE IN DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO AND SIX, AND SOME OF OUR LOWEST, A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ARE IN DISTRICTS NINE AND FIVE.
SO HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF BARRIERS IDENTIFIED PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO OUR REPORT THAT IS PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE REVEALED OVER 4,600 BARRIERS TO WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL SAFELY.
AND SO WE TOOK THOSE 4,400, 4,600 PLUS BARRIERS AND BROKE THEM DOWN PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BARRIERS TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY AND SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UM, SUCH AS EIGHT AND NINE, HAVE A LOWER AMOUNT OF BARRIERS, HALF A DIFFERENCE.
AND SO THIS BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, UH, BECAUSE THE 27 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE 2016 BOND HAD TO BE DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF BARRIERS AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IS NOT EQUAL ACROSS DISTRICTS, BUT THE FUNDING WAS.
AND SO WE HAD TO GET A LITTLE BIT CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE WERE DOING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCHOOLS.
SO HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF BARRIERS PER TOWNSELL DISTRICT.
SO THE 4,600 BARRIERS THAT I MENTIONED CAME TO A WHOPPING TOTAL OF $825 MILLION.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS ESTIMATED, UM, IN, UH, 20 19 20 20.
SO OBVIOUSLY COSTS WOULD BE HIGHER TODAY IF WE WERE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE, UM, CHANGING COVID AND PRICING, BUT IN 2019 AND 2020, WE HAD $825 MILLION, UM, ESTIMATED FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BARRIERS TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE WERE TO FIX EVERYTHING.
SO ALL 4,600, ALL 4,600 RECOMMENDATIONS,
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THIS IS HOW MUCH IT COSTS.AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, DISTRICTS ONE IN SEVEN REALLY JUMPED OUT AT THE TOP AT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COSTS NEEDED TO DO IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS LIKE SIX AND NINE ARE, UM, HAVE LESS, UH, LESS NEED IN TERMS OF FINANCES.
AND SO TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHICH PROJECTS ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE TAKE CAME UP WITH A BENEFIT ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT FOR PARTS TO COME TO A TOTAL COST AND DECISION ON PROJECTS.
SO WE LOOKED AT DEMAND, EQUITY, SAFETY, AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
UM, DEMAND WAS 35% OF THE TOTAL SCORE.
SO WE LOOKED AT SCHOOLS WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS.
WE LOOKED AT AREAS WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS, UM, WALKING AND BIKING NETWORK.
WE ALSO USED GIS AND NETWORK ANALYSTS WHERE WE DID A STUDENT SURVEY CATCHMENT AREA.
THE NEXT LARGEST CATEGORY WAS SAFETY.
WE LOOKED AT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CRASHES.
WE LOOKED AT THE FUNCTIONAL CLASS SCORE OF THE STREETS, AND THEN WE ALSO JUST USE ENGINEERING JUDGMENT.
SO THOSE THREE COMPONENTS, UH, MADE UP THE SAFETY SCORE.
THEN WE LOOKED AT EQUITY GIVING THAT 20, 20% OF THE TOTAL SCORE FOR EACH PROJECT, AND THAT LOOKED AT FREE AND REDUCED TO ELIGIBILITY RATES AND ALSO POVERTY RATE.
AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT OF THE SCORE WAS STAKEHOLDER INPUT AT 15%.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT WIKI MAP COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND SO THE WIKI MAC COMMENTS WHERE I'M AN ONLINE MATH, WE HAD UP ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE FOLKS COULD JUST LOG IN AND AT THEIR OWN CONVENIENCE ON THEIR OWN TIME, JUST PUT IN COMMENTS ABOUT, HEY, WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS, PLACES THAT WERE UNSAFE, ET CETERA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT REFERS TO THE OPEN HOUSES AND THE CHEMIST CANVASSING THAT WE DID WHERE FOLKS GOT TO WRITE ON POST-IT NOTES ABOUT, UM, AREAS, THEY HAD CONCERNS.
SO WE DID A VIRTUAL COMPONENT AND AN IN-PERSON COMPONENT.
AND SO THEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT.
SO THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV FORWARD SLASH SAFE ROUTES.
UM, IT COVERS THE BACKGROUND THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE METHODOLOGY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE OVERALL BENEFIT AND ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT, UH, CHARTS, AS WELL AS A MAP OF, UH, EACH CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND THEN ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SCHOOL.
SO IN THE SLIDE HERE, THAT'S A SNAPSHOT OF, UH, ONE OF THE REPORTS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT EVERY PROJECT HAS NIKE, IT SHOWS WHICH SCHOOL IS, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOUR.
IT TELLS YOU THE INTERSECTION LOCATION, AS WELL AS THE ISSUES, AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE OVERALL BENEFIT CATEGORY AND AN ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT CATEGORIES.
SO THAT PRIORITIZATION MODEL THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN THE OTHER SLIDE CAME UP WITH A RANKING FROM VERY HIGH TO VERY LOW, SO A FIVE-PART RANKING AND, UM, THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINED WHICH PROJECTS WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS THAT EITHER HAD VERY HIGH OR HIGH UNDER OVERALL BENEFIT OR ESTIMATED COST OF BENEFIT.
AND SO SOMETIMES RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AS SIMPLE AS ADD CURB RAMPS.
SOMETIMES THEY WERE MORE COMPLICATED NEEDING LIGHTING REQUESTS OR IMPROVEMENTS OF SIDEWALKS OR MISSING SIDEWALKS ALL TOGETHER.
AND SO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE USE MOVING FORWARD TO WORK ON OUR PROJECTS ARE, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH OR VERY HIGH OVERALL BENEFIT OR HIGH OR VERY HIGH ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT, WE HAD OVER 4,600, UM, UH, BARRIERS TO SCHOOL, $825 MILLION IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FIX THEM ALL.
THERE'S NO WAY 27 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS COULD COVER IT.
AND SO WE HAD TO DO SOME STRATEGIC, UM, SINCE THE CHEATING SEARCHING OF WHICH PROJECTS TO GO.
SO WE ARE TACKLING VERY HIGH AND HIGH WITH OUR LIMITED FUNDING FUNDING.
WE ALSO GOT MONEY FROM THE 2020 BOND.
I'LL GET TO THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT RIGHT NOW OUR, UM, OUR MODE OF OPERATIONS IS VERY HIGH AND HIGH.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, MAKING MEANINGFUL WALKING AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS NEAR AS MANY SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE.
SO A LOT OF SCHOOLS HAVE OVERLAP ON CATCHMAN AREAS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, UM, AS ALSO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AND OFTENTIMES WE'LL LOOK FOR A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO SERVE MAYBE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT ONCE KIND OF GETTING MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.
UM, IF WE JUST IMPROVE A SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS MULTIPLE PLACES, ANOTHER GUIDING PRINCIPLE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, WE HAD MOBILITY BOND FUNDING BALANCING OVER EQUAL, EQUALLY OVER ALL 10 DISTRICTS.
SO THIS IS HOW THE BOND LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN AND VOTED UPON.
UM, AND AS YOU SAW IN THE EARLIER SIDES, THE NEED WASN'T EQUAL AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ISN'T EQUAL, BUT THE FUNDING IS.
AND SO, UH, USING LIMITED FUNDING FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, 2.75 MILLION, WE HAD TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHICH PROJECTS WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST, UM, THE LAST GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS LEVERAGING OTHER AVAILABLE SOURCES OF FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
AND SO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS DO IS TO COST SHARE WITH OTHER PARTNERS.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON, TOO, BUT,
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UM, SUPPLEMENTING FUNDING FROM EITHER QUARTER CENT OR GRANTS, OR, UM, JUST WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS HAS ALLOWED US TO DO BETTER PROJECTS AND MORE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, FOSTERING ON THE TOTAL BILL.SO SOMETIMES, UM, A PROJECT WILL MAYBE BE LIKE, SAY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT IF WE HAVE FOUR PRODUCT PROGRAMS PUTTING IN 25, UM, 25,000, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S LESS FOR US TO PUT IN ON THAT ONE SPECIFIC INTERSECTION, WHICH MEANS WE CAN DO MORE PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY AND FOR EACH SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE WAYS TO GET PROJECTS BUILT.
SO WHERE ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE DID SOME EARLY OUT PROJECTS IN 2017, AND THEN THIS IS A CHART SHOWING OUR FUNDING FROM 20TH, 2018 THROUGH 2022, WHICH IS REALLY WHEN THE PROGRAM RAMPED UP SPENDING.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT GOES THROUGH A QUARTER THREE OF THIS YEAR.
SO AS OF END OF JUNE, WE'LL HAVE A QUARTER FOR FINANCES, UH, END OF SEPTEMBER, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE ARE PLUGGING ALONG.
WE'VE DEFINITELY RAMPED UP SPENDING IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, AS WE HAVE DIVERSIFIED OUR METHODS FOR IDQ CONTRACTING, WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARTNERS, AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PARTNERS, JUST TO GET MORE PROJECTS OUT THE DOOR.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALSO THAT WE ARE CREEPING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OUR SPEND GOAL EACH YEAR AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE AND HERE AS A BREAKDOWN, AS SPENDING BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF SPENT SO FAR ON A ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOLLAR.
SO THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE FOR SOFT COSTS.
THIS IS JUST PURE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.
THE BIGGEST EXCEPTION IS DISTRICT H UM, WE HAVE A BIG PROJECT PLAN FOR GORSKI MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR, UH, LATER THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL DO A BIKE WAYS IMPROVEMENT AROUND BOTH THE SCHOOLS ALL AT ONCE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A GIANT PROJECT THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S A VARIANCE THERE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, BUT OTHERWISE WE ARE MOVING ALONG AND I'M PRETTY MUCH CHECKING AWAY AT OUR 27 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO I'VE MENTIONED THAT ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS TO LEVERAGE FUNDS, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO WE WERE SO EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH, UM, MULTIPLE ENTITIES ACROSS THE CITY, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING URBAN TRAILS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM INDUSTRY AND BRIDGE OPERATIONS.
WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL, INCLUDING BIKEWAYS SIGNALS, SPEED MANAGEMENT, VISION ZERO, AND THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROGRAM.
WE ALSO WORK WITH THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
WE GOT A PHP INSTALLED ON BURNET ROAD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, AS WELL AS OUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE 137 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY, AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE, JUST FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
HOWEVER, THAT INCLUDES A SEVEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO AUSTIN ROUND ROCK PFLUGERVILLE, LEANDER MAYNOR MAYNOR AINS AND DEL VALLEY.
SO BASICALLY IF THE SCHOOL LIVES WITHIN CITY, BOSTON JURISDICTION, WE INCLUDED IT IN OUR ACCOUNTS AS WELL AS OUR PROVINCE.
HOWEVER, THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY FALL WITHIN AUSTIN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE CAVEATS TO WORKING IN THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
WE LASTLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH CAPITAL METRO.
WE RELOCATED A COUPLE OF BUS STOPS, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS.
AND, UM, FINALLY WE USE QUARTER SEND FUNDING AS WELL.
WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, DIFFERENT PROJECTS BUILDS THAT WERE PRETTY EXPENSIVE USING QUARTERS AND FUNDING.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER MECHANISM WE USE TO, UH, HELP GET PROJECTS UP BIGGER AND BETTER, AND, UM, GET MORE DONE IN EACH DISTRICT.
AND SO HERE'S SOME TOTALS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
SO OF OUR HUNDRED AND 37 SCHOOLS, WE'VE DONE IMPROVEMENTS AT 97 OF THEM, WHICH COMES OUT TO ABOUT 71%.
WE'VE DONE OVER 300 PROJECTS AS OF JULY 1ST, AND WE HAVE 251 PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
SO THIS IS INCLUDING THOSE IN DESIGN PHASE AND OR CONSTRUCTION PLAYS.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY CHUGGING ALONG WITH MORE COMING EVERY MONTH.
UM, THESE ARE JUST THE TOTALS AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND SO NOW WE'RE AT 2020 BONDS.
SO IN 2020, UH, THE VOTERS PASSED, UM, THE 2020 BOND, WHICH ALLOWED US TO GET AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION TO ADDRESS BARRIERS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSING ON VERY HIGH AND HIGH BENEFIT PROJECTS, UM, AS WELL AS THOSE HAVING, UM, HIGH COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
SO THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THE 2020 BOND IS THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPLIT EVENLY AMONGST COUNCIL DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO FOCUS MORE ON EQUITY.
SO NOW WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAD HIGHER NUMBER OF BARRIERS AND HIGHER NUMBER OF COSTS NEED AND FOCUS ON GETTING THOSE PROJECTS DONE AS OPPOSED TO, UM, BEING COGNIZANT OF SPENDING EQUAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY PER DISTRICT.
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SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING CAVEAT TO 2020 BONDS.AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THAT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND THEN FUTURE PLANNING.
SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR US? SO, UM, OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTS FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN AUSTIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEFINED CATCHMENT AREA.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RUN THE DEMAND ANALYSIS TO COME UP WITH THE SCORING FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS BARRIERS TO SCHOOL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT FOR THE 2020 BOND IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, UM, SOME CHARTER SCHOOLS ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO WARDS THEM, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE BILLS IN THE LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AREAS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 1 MILLION OF OUR $20 MILLION FROM THE 2020 BOND TO HELP ADDRESS EQUITY CONCERNS THERE.
AND, UM, IDEALLY THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS, WHICH ALSO OVERLAP WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO AGAIN, GETTING MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK AND ALSO, UM, DOING IMPROVEMENTS AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS ALL AT ONCE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.
SO THERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO CALL ME OR EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
YOU DEFINITELY STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT TOO, BUT THAT'S A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND, UM, JUST TO GET RUNDOWN OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, HE'S IN BOND FUNDING.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW I'M HERE AND ACTUALLY, OH, SORRY.
CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING TOO? SORRY.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE A MERE EMAMI AND ON THE CALL TOO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO COME OFF MUTE, BUT HE'S THE HEAD OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO JUST SAY HI REALLY QUICK, AMIR.
UM, VERY MUCH THAT PRESENTATION.
ANY COMMISSIONERS? NOT IN THIS ROOM, SUSAN? YES.
SORRY, COULDN'T MUTE UNMUTE FOR ONE SECOND.
SO I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A KINDERGARTNER I HAVE WILL HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADER AND THEN I HAVE A KINDERGARTENER.
WHO'LL BE STARTING AISD IN TWO, TWO AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
AH, AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY SAFE TO SAY THAT WE THERE'S REALLY NO FEASIBLE WAY TO WALK A KINDERGARTNER TO ANY AISD SCHOOL, BUT THERE IS A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IS WALKABLE NEAR OUR HOUSE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO THAT SCHOOL, BUT, UM, SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT A LOT IN, IN LIKE WHY THIS CHARTER SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED TO BUILD IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY APARTMENTS IN AN OLD WAREHOUSE.
AND LIKE, BECAUSE LIKE WE PUT ALL YOUR KINDERGARTENERS ON A BUS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING ABOUT WHERE I THINK CHARTER SCHOOLS LOCATED.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY BEEN THINKING A LOT AS AISD HAS REALLY BEEN ARTICULATING AND ASD BEING THE DISTRICT I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH IS THEIR ARTICULATING THEIR PLANS, UM, FOR THEIR FUTURE, THEIR, THEIR, UM, OVERALL FACILITIES PLANS AND THEIR CURRENT BOND.
UH, THEY HAVING A LOT OF IMPOSITIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THEIR BOND PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT 2022 BOND.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS AND, AND ALSO FULL DISCLOSURE.
I HAD A KID AT, UM, UH, PEASE ELEMENTARY THAT WAS CLOSED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DOCKED ON IN DIFFERENT SCORING WAS THINGS LIKE PARKING AND NOT HAVING A LOT OF LAND AND THINGS THAT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER TO THE FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL, IN MY OPINION.
BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DRIVE AT HERE IS HOW THE CITY CAN HELPFULLY TALK TO THE DISTRICTS.
BECAUSE LIKE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE, SO FOR A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S BASICALLY TO BE BEHIND PARKING AND A DRIVEWAY AND PROVIDE A LOT OF PARKING BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY WHEN IT WAS REBUILT WAS NO LONGER, UH, INTERFACED WITH THE STREET, BUT IT NOW INTERFACES WITH ITS PARKING LOT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REAL TRAGEDY FOR HOW AISD IS REBUILDING SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE DOING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS WITH THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE REBUILDING SCHOOLS AND RE-IMAGINING THEIR, THEIR, YOU KNOW, NEW SPACES AND TRYING TO PUT NEW, UH, CUTTING EDGE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF OUR LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC DISTRICTS.
BUT THEN IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING ARE ACTUALLY NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAFETY OR STUDENTS OR THE ASSUMPTION THAT STUDENTS WOULD WALK TO SCHOOL.
SO I JUST REALLY WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOUR OFFICE CAN PARTNER WITH THOSE, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES, PEOPLE.
I ASSUME THAT YOU TALKED TO THEM A LOT AT AISD AND GET THEM TO THINK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR SCHOOLS AS FAR AS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS FOR THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MENTION THIS EARLIER, BUT, UM, WE DO, WE DO HAVE ACCOUNTING FOR THE FORCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT CLOSED, UM, AFTER THE WALK AUDITS WERE DONE,
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AS WELL AS WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THE NEW SCHOOLS OPENING UP AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOLS LIKE BRENTWOOD, WHICH WAS CLOSED AND THEN REOPENED BECAUSE IT WAS REMODELED.SO WE KIND OF DO TRACK ALL THOSE THINGS, UM, INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER.
BUT YES, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE DO HAVE, UH, AN LAA, UM, WITH THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED THEM TO DO IS WHEN THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, WE DO WORK WITH THEM AND, UH, IN PARTICULAR WE'VE BEEN ASKING SCHOOLS TO CREATE A SHARED USE PATH AROUND THEIR PERIMETER.
AND SO TYPICALLY, UM, SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO JUST DO A FIVE FOOT, UM, FIVE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
AND WE'VE BEEN OFTEN ASKING THEM TO DO, UH, ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT FEET, JUST SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS IN A MORE SAFER SPACE.
AND SO YES, YOU CAN BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT IF IT'S WIDER THAN YOU KIND OF HAVE SEPARATE LIKE TRACKS FOR BOTH.
AND SO WE DO REVIEW SITE PLANS FOR THE SCHOOLS AS THEY COME UP, WE DO WORK WITH THE FACILITIES MANAGERS.
UM, SOMETIMES WE NEED A RIGHT OF ENTRY TO DO LIKE IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE RIGHT BY THE SCHOOL DOOR.
UM, SO WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE FACILITIES MANAGERS TOO.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE CONTROL UNDER LIKE THE FULL SITE PLAN, LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING OR LIKE HOW THEY WANT TO FACE THE SCHOOL.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY BRENTWOOD FACING AND ROYAL SEKO AND NOW IT'S SPACES LIKE THIS PARKING LOT.
SO I KNOW I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT, BUT WE DO WORK WITH THEM TO REVIEW THEIR PLANS.
AND SO WE CATCH THINGS THAT ARE, IF THEY'RE NOT PUTTING IN SIDEWALK AROUND THE WHOLE FRONTAGE, OR IF WE WANT IT WIDER ENOUGH, WE DO FLAG IT.
SO, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I'M SURE THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WE CAN DO, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSELY IN TUNE WITH THEM.
AND WE AUSTIN, WE OFTEN TOO WITH OUR MEMORANDUM WITH THEM CAN DO SOME FUNDING TOO.
SO IF WE TELL THEM, CAN YOU MAKE THE SIDEWALK EIGHT FOOT NOW AND WE'LL FUND PART OF IT, THE THREE FOOT DIFFERENCE.
SO JUST TO HELP GET THE PROJECTS BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'VE BEEN TO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM, UH, RUBEN? YES.
UH, YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN BOND FUNDING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING IN PARTICULAR, THE FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANTS CAN SUPPOSEDLY BE USED FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MAY NOT ALLOCATE ANY MONEY TO THOSE SOURCES.
ARE THERE ANY OF THOSE SOURCES THAT GET USED? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS, UH, FEDERAL GRANTS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VISION ZERO AND THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
AND I BELIEVE, I WANT TO SAY THAT'S DUE THE END OF AUGUST AND THE OFFICIAL APPLICATION GOES IN LIKE MID SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, UM, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL DO.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING, UM, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
IT'S COMPLICATED AT THE CITY WHEN LIKE YOU'RE GOING FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.
THIS IS, I LEARNED ALL THIS, BUT IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE ONLY ONE DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE THE LEAD.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BUY IT FOR THE SAME FUNDS, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS WHO ARE TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT AND WE ARE SENDING THEM OUR LIST OF INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE RANKED VERY HIGH AND HIGH THAT WE WANT THEM TO INCLUDE IN A PACKAGE TO, UH, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY APPLY.
SO WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL WORK OUT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW COMPETITIVE IS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS PARTICULAR FEDERAL GRANT, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO KEEP OUR TABS, OUR EYES OPEN ON THAT.
AND I DON'T THINK, I'M NOT SURE I'M HERE.
YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE THERE AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME, I'M NOT SURE IF WE TAKING THE LEAD ON ANY SPECIFIC GRANTS, BUT WE'VE DEFINITELY, UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY OPTING IN TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE TOO, FOR SURE, BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S A, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO USE OTHER, OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY TO LIKE BUILD THINGS.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, BLOCK GRANTS ARE NOT COMPETITIVE ALLOCATE THEIR ALLOCATED THAT JUST ONE FEDERAL PROGRAM OR FEDERAL PROGRAM THERE ARE ALLOCATED OUT I'VE LOCAL METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND IT'S CAMPO.
BUT ON OCCASIONS THERE ARE PROGRAMS WHICH THERE HAS TO BE A CAMPO WIDE APPLICATION.
SO I, I KNOW ENOUGH OF THE COMPLICATIONS TO STAY FAR AWAY FROM IT IF I CAN.
I'M TRYING TO SEE THE ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, LET ME SEE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR VISION ZERO PARTNERS AND APPLYING FOR.
SO, AND IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S, IT HASN'T CLOSED YET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL LIKE IN THE,
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UM, SELECTING LOCATION BASE, BUT THAT'S THE ONE I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH.I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER ONE, BUT I WILL MAKE A NOTE ABOUT THAT ONE, FOR SURE.
ALONG THOSE LINES, I KNOW IN THE, IN THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT JOBS ACT, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME EXPANSION OF, OF FUNDS FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LANDED.
I DON'T THINK THEY DID, BUT, UM, THEY AT LEAST KEPT IT AS CURRENT FUNDING, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.
UM, JOHN, MIKE GORDON, JOHN, JOHN SHAKING HIS HEAD.
SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
IT COMES DOWN TO LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WE DIDN'T CREATE A WHOLE LOT OF NEW MONEY WITH IHA, RIGHT.
WE, WE PIVOTED A LOT OF PROGRAMS INTO NEW WAYS OF DOING IT WITH NEW RULES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CORRELATION AND COLLABORATION, UM, THAT ATD AND POET WORKS, WE'VE DONE AND, AND COLLEEN WITH, WITH LEWIS LEFTOVER VISION ZERO, AND ALSO WITH, UH, LAURA, DARREN PHILADELPHIA, AND, UM, AN ACTIVE TRANS AND, AND, AND THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IT'S ALSO A COROLLARY THING THAT HAPPENS WITH THE BIKE PROGRAM AND THE BIKE NETWORK AND THE, THE, THE OTHER PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.
SO WE, WE TEND TO TRY TO GO AFTER THINGS WHEREVER WE CAN.
AND IF WE FEEL LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A GOOD ONE FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO GO AFTER, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING A LOT, IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST CHANGE UP WHO WHO'S ASKING THEM.
I THINK TO, TO, TO COMMISSIONER RUINS, UM, UM, COMMENT, UH, STARTING A CONVERSATION, UH, WITH CAMPO AROUND HOW ALL THE CHANGES OF ALL THE IHA MONEY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING IT THE BEST THAT WE CAN LOCALLY.
THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION AND SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK THAT UTC CAN HELP US WITH.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? NOT IN THIS ROOM.
I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER IS NOT IN THIS ROOM.
HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
WELL, UM, DO US A FAVOR AND SEND US THAT LINK.
SO WE, UH, TO APPLY FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT OUT TO, YEAH, I WILL.
I MEAN, WE, WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE SUCH A LARGE SHORTAGE, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF COMMUTE, UH, COMPILED OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS TO NOW WE'RE DOING THIS BIG PR CAMPAIGN FOR IT.
SO YES, 55 MORE SPOTS CAN BE BUILT AND I WILL, I WILL SEND IT OUT TO, UH, CHRISTOPHER AND HE CAN GET IT OUT TO YOUR TEAM.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH POSSIBLE IF I GIVE YOU THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, SO NO MORE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
[Future Agenda Items]
UH, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE, UH, HERE, UH, RIGHT AWAY, INFORMATIVE BRIEF, UM, OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS, BRIEF PLACEMAKING UPDATE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, SAY FRAUD SQUAD DAY ONE, WHICH WE JUST GOT, I'M ASSUMING GET CHECKED OFF THE LIST.UM, AND MOBILITY ACTION PLAN UPDATES.
UM, ANY, ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO ADD ANY OTHER POTENTIAL ITEMS? WE ALSO HAVE THE FIVE ON THAT I'M WORKING ON SUSAN.
I WILL MORE THAN LIKELY NEED YOU IN.
MARIO'S HELP ON FIGURING OUT WHO WE WANT TO.
UM, UH, WHAT OTHER GROUPS WANTS TO COME TO THAT, THAT MEETING? UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT UPDATE, UM, UH, ON THE REGULATION PLAN.
UH, WE SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSER TO OCTOBER AS WELL.
SO, UM, WHILE ON THE MENU FOR THAT, OR SCHEDULE NOT THE MENU WITHOUT GOING TO EAT, UH, ANYWAYS, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS HERE.
I DON'T THINK I'VE LISTED THEM, BUT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANYTHING, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, JUST LET ME KNOW OR FEEL FREE TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I SAW YOUR EMAIL ABOUT I 35 AND I'LL RESPOND IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
I GOT, I MANAGED TO FINALLY GET COVID AND THEN I WENT ON AND CUT OFF HALF MY VOCATION AND THEN SOMEHOW IMPLEMENTED THE SECOND HALF OF MY VACATION.
SO IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING COUPLE OF WEEKS, I BELIEVE THAT.
NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY, I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I THERE'S PROJECT CONNECT.
I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OTHER, SOME DESIGN POTENTIAL DESIGN CHANGES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PRODUCTION IN, IN, IN PRICE.
I LOVE IF MAYBE IT'S TOO EARLY, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WOULD LOVE JUST A GENERAL UPDATE IF THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CHANGES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT COUNCIL, UH, THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE IS MEETING ON THURSDAY TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, WELL, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASES IN PRICES FOR THE RAIL LINES.
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UM, AND THAT'S AN IRON MONKEY MOBILITY COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR AUGUST SPORT.UH, SO FEEL FREE TO SEND IT TO THAT BUTTON, BARRING THAT THEIR FACILITY, CHILD TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE, UH, THE UTC, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THOSE PRICES.
I'M JUST, I, I, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE INCREASE, UM, IN, IN PRICES, THEY WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO POTENTIALLY BRING SOME OF THOSE STAFFS, MAYBE SO, AND I MAY BE, I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THAT, BUT IF THERE IS, WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHERE THAT'S GOING, UM, ANY OTHER, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO OTHER OR GENERAL UPDATES.
I HAVE CHRISTOPHER TO HAVE ANY UPDATES.
EVERYONE'S BEEN ON VACATION AND WE'RE GOING ON VACATION AND OR SICK.
UM, SO YEAH, UH, NOT REALLY MUCH FOR THE SUMMER IN GENERAL.
UM, ALL LAST MEETING SINCE JULY WE'VE VAC AND PAC HAVEN'T DONE TOO MUCH, BUT THEY HAVE A BRIEF CALL AND YOU ALL HAVE JUST BEEN BRIEFED ON AS WELL.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL JUST GEARING UP FOR, UH, SCHOOL, START BACK UP, UH, SEPTEMBER AND FINISHING OUT THE YEAR.
SO NOT TOO MANY UPDATES ON OUR END.
SO CAN WE ASK EVERYONE TO DO A RAIN DANCE? I THINK WE ALL, UM, THAT BEING SAID, OKAY, UH, IT'S 6 58 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TELL MARIO THAT.
SEE, I KEPT THIS MEETING QUICK.