Jan 09, 2023 CAMPO

EVERYONE TO THE, UH, FIRST 2023 CAMPO MEETING.

WELCOME

[1. Certification of Quorum – Quorum requirement is 12 members]

WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 2 0 5.

UM, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, IF Y'ALL WILL NOTE THE ROLE.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, THAT'S, WE DID NOT TO KNOW.

SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ATTACK MEETINGS, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN UPDATE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[5. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on November 14, 2022 Meeting Minutes ]

SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ON THE NOVEMBER MINUTES.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MAYOR MORGAN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MATT, MATE.

ALL RIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

[6. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action for CAMPO Executive Director to Begin Negotiation of Audit Services Contract]

ITEM NUMBER SIX.

UM, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE AUDIT SERVICES CONTRACT.

HELLO, UM, THERESA HERNANDEZ, CAMPO STAFF, UM, ON NOVEMBER 21ST, UH, 2022, CAMPO ISSUED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO, UM, TO REQUEST, UH, SERVICES, NEW SERVICES FOR THE, UM, AUDIT.

UM, STAFF EMAILED THE SOLICITATION TO OVER 80, UH, ACCOUNTING FIRMS AND POSTED ON SEVERAL WEBSITES, INCLUDING CAMPOS WEBSITE.

UH, THE SUBMITTALS WERE DUE ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020, OR DECEMBER 9TH, 2022.

AND THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED FROM CLA AND MONTE BRITAIN BENDER PC.

UM, THE PROPOSALS WERE INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED AND SCORED BY THE EVALUATION TEAM.

THREE, UM, CAMPO STAFF AND THREE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

UM, WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS, UH, CAMPOS FISCAL AGENT, UM, WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

UH, WELL, THE PROPOSALS WE RECEIVED WERE SCORED AND RANKED WAS NUMBER ONE, UM, WITH THE SCORE OF 96.

AND CLA CAME IN WITH THE SCORE OF 88.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, SO STAFFERS REQUESTING THAT THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CAMPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO BEGIN NEGOTIATION OF THE CONTRACTS, THE AUDIT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE TOP RANKED FIRM.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOTION BY JUDGE OAKLEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOWARD, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

UM,

[8. Recognition of Service to the CAMPO region from Council Member Ann Kitchen and Commissioner Mark Jones]

I AM GONNA JUMP DOWN TO, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE DID NOT GET TO DO THIS IN NOVEMBER, TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMISSIONER JONES, WHO I SEE HAS COME TO JOIN US TODAY, UM, FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE ON CAMPO AND TO THE REGION.

UH, W WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP HERE? DID I JOIN? NO, , YOU CAME ALL THIS WAY.

STOP.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMISSIONER JONES WA HAS SERVED, UM, US WELL ON THE CAMPO BOARD AND, UM, HAD, WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, UM, AND WAS A STAUNCH PARTNER IN THE REGION.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I WENT, JUDGE OAKLEY IS OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THERE.

ONE, TWO.

GOTCHA.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOU DID FOR US AND FOR HAYES COUNTY.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK Y'ALL.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH Y'ALL.

YOU KNOW, UH, A LOT OF MEMBERS HAVE COME AND GONE.

UH, WE'VE HAD COMMISSIONER CONLEY LEAVE, COMMISSIONER DOHERTY, COMMISSIONER SHAA.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WHEN I LEAVE YOUR MEETINGS, DON'T GET ANY SHORTER, LIKE WHEN THEY LEFT , IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.

I WANT TO THANK ASBY AND HIS STAFF.

Y'ALL, UH, BROUGHT ME ALONG.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BECKETT FOR TAKING ME UNDER YOUR WING.

UH, WHEN I STARTED OUT, I DID LEARN ONE THING THOUGH, AFTER OUT ALL THE THINGS I LEARNED EVERY MONTH, I GOT REMINDED BY RUDY, WHAT A CRAPPY DRESSER I AM .

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT MY BUDDY.

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AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN, I HAVE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN COME.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE SHE GETS THAT.

SO, UM, BACK TO THE AGENDA.

WE VOTED ON THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.

[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) and Funding Request]

ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

UM, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. COLLINS.

QUALITY PROGRAM THROUGH THE NPO, UM, AND REALLY KIND OF COMPLIMENT, UH, THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, CAP BABCOCK DOES AND, AND TCEQ, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR THAT AIR QUALITY PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT, UH, ATTAINMENT STATUS AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS AN NPO, UH, TO MAINTAIN THAT.

UH, THANK YOU CHAIR LONG.

SO ITEM SEVEN, UH, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS AND, UH, TAKE SOME ACTION ON THE CARBON PRODUCTION PROGRAM.

UM, I PRESENTED THIS, UH, LAST MONTH, OR I GUESS IT WAS NOVEMBER.

SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM SOUNDS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT IT'S A NEW PROGRAM FROM THE, UH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENTS JOBS ACT, UM, THAT PROVIDES FUNDING TO REDUCE, UH, MOBILE SOURCE EMISSIONS.

AND SO, UH, CAMPO AS A, A TMA, WHICH IS A TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREA, UM, IS GONNA RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION, UH, FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE REGION, UM, THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE I I J.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE KIND OF THE SCHEDULE THERE, UH, THE FUNDING SUMMARY.

SO CURRENTLY WE'VE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 4.4 MILLION, UH, IN 22, IN 2022.

AND THEN IN 2023, WE RECEIVED 4.426.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, UH, GONNA RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2026.

NOW, THIS IS A NEW FORMULA PROGRAM, SO THIS MAY CONTINUE ON IN, UH, THE NEXT ITERATIONS OF, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION BILL THAT CONGRESS PASSES.

SO, UH, WE EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE, NOT JUST FOR THE, UH, THROUGH 2026, BUT, UH, NEXT ITERATIONS OF THE, OF THE, UM, UH, TRANSPORTATION BILL.

SO A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT I WANNA POINT OUT.

UM, IT DOES HAVE A FOUR YEAR OBLIGATION LIMITATION, WHICH KIND OF PLAYS INTO THIS REQUEST THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE TODAY.

UM, THERE'S ALSO A 20% LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.

SO, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDING WILL PROVIDE 80% OF A TOTAL PROJECT COST.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SPONSORS HAVE TO, UH, PROVIDE 20%, UH, IN THE LOCAL MATCH.

AND THEN, UH, REALLY WHAT COMES DOWN TO THIS, UH, REQUEST TODAY IS THAT THERE'S A, UH, A REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR AN ADOPTED, UH, CARBON REDUCTION STRATEGY IN ORDER TO ACCESS THESE FUNDS.

UH, THAT REQUIREMENT DOES KICK IN ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023, UM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY REQUESTING IS FUNDING, UH, TO DEVELOP THOSE CARBON REDUCTION STRATEGIES.

SO, I DO WANNA TALK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

UH, SO, UM, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING REQUEST IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL CARBON REDUCTION PLAN.

UM, AND SO ONE THAT WE THINK IS GONNA REFLECT THE SIX COUNTY REGIONS SPECIFICALLY, UM, AND ALSO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM THAT REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING AMOUNT, 22 MILLION IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ISN'T AN ENTIRE, UH, IN THE LOT OF FUNDING.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING REALLY STRATEGIC IN HOW WE SPEND THIS FUNDING.

IT'S, WE WANT TO, UH, DEVELOP A PRO A PLAN, UM, THAT'S REALLY GONNA LOOK AT THESE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR LEFT, UM, AND REALLY, UH, ANALYZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND REALLY PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR THIS POLICY BOARD TO MAKE FUNDING, UH, ALLOCATIONS TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

UM, SO AGAIN, ON THE LEFT, YOU'VE GOT THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

UM, THE WAY I WOULD LOOK AT THIS IS REALLY ANYTHING THAT'S, UH, NOT ADEQUATE CAPACITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

UM, YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR, UH, YOUR TDM, UH, PROGRAMS, YOUR OPERATIONS, UM, EVEN THINGS LIKE GRADE SEPARATIONS THAT, UH, UM, YEAH, UH, IMPROVE THE OPERATIONS AND FLOW OF, UH, OF AN INTERSECTION ARE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO IN THIS PLAN IS REALLY LOOK AT THOSE, COMPARE 'EM WITH EACH OTHER, AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS REGION.

UM, AND THEN LIKE MOST PLANS, WE ALSO WANNA DEVELOP REGIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO VOLUNTARILY SET TARGETS, UM, FOR AN UPCOMING PERFORMANCE MEASURE REQUIREMENT IN, UH, REGARDING CARBON EMISSIONS.

UM, SO THIS IS A, A PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE RULE MAKING PROCESS.

UM, WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN THAT'S GONNA KICK IN.

UM, BUT ONCE IT GETS THROUGH THAT RULE MAKING PROCESS, UH, IT'S LIKELY TO BECOME A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR POLICY BOARD II SET, UH, TARGETS FOR CARBON PRODUCTION.

SO WE WANNA JUST VOLUNTARILY GO AHEAD AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THAT WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO WANNA DEVELOP A PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS, UM, AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR EXISTING CRITERIA THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, OR CREATE A SEPARATE PROCESS FOR SELECTING PROJECTS FOR THIS FUNDING.

UM, AND AGAIN, AN ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, IS REALLY JUST PROVIDING THAT RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN AND WHAT PROVIDES THE MOST VALUE, UH, FOR THIS REGION SPECIFICALLY.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO SET THE FOUNDATION FOR AN AIR QUALITY PROGRAM.

UM, WE, UH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE THE AIR QUALITY AUTHORITY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, UH, BEING ENTERTAINMENT IN THE REGION.

UH, WE ARE THE LARGEST OR SECOND TO LARGEST NPO IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING AHEAD OF THAT, UM, AND, AND MAINTAINING ATTAINMENT AS WELL.

AND WE THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF BUILD AN AIR

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SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

SO I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE REQUEST ITSELF.

IF I CAN GET THAT THING TO GO , I THINK YOU NEED TO CLICK BACK ON IT.

THERE WE GO.

OH, OKAY.

SO THE FUNDING REQUEST ITSELF, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING A MILLION DOLLARS IN CARBON PRODUCTION FUNDING, UH, TO, UH, UH, DEVELOP THIS PLAN.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO, UH, FOR AN APPROVAL OF $250,000 IN, UH, EXCUSE ME, 250,000 TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS TO PROVIDE THE LOCAL MATCH.

UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE CAN'T MATCH FEDERAL, WITH FEDERAL.

AND AS A FEDERALLY FUNDED AGENCY, WE HAVE A LIMITED SOURCE OF, UH, LOCAL FUNDS.

UH, SO WE HAVE OUR, UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO USE, UM, OUR, UH, SH ONE 30 CONCESSION FUNDING AS OUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, UH, PROJECT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TDCS TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL MATCH.

UM, SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHERE THAT MILLION DOLLAR REQUEST CAME FROM.

UM, AS YOU SEE, YOU'VE GOT, UH, ON YOUR, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THAT LEFT, UH, ESTIMATE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE, THE FIRST THING WE DID WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE DOING THIS IN THIS REGION, SO WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, WHAT THE SCOPES WERE AND HOW MUCH THEY COST.

UM, WE LOOKED, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCOPE WAS DIFFERENT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE REALLY KIND OF FOUND A COMMON THEME AND REALLY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF HONE DOWN INTO WHAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT.

UH, THE AVERAGE, UH, ASK FOR MOST OF THOSE THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS AROUND $750,000.

UH, SO WE TOOK THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO ALSO INTERVIEWED A LOT OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, AND PEER AGENCIES AS WELL.

UM, SO WE WANT, YOU KNOW, JUST CALLED THE PROJECT MANAGERS UP AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY WENT ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS, AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY, UH, DEVELOPED THEIR, THEIR PLANS.

AND SO, UM, AND ONE OF THE MAIN RESOURCES THAT I'VE GOT, FEDERAL RESOURCES, UH, UP THERE AS WELL, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE USED WAS, UH, FHWA A'S RESOURCES.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUIDES ON HOW TO, TO APPROACH THIS.

AND SO WE, UH, THERE'S ONE SPECIFICALLY, UH, CALLED, UM, A PERFORMANCE BASED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING GREEN, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION THROUGH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WE USED REALLY TO DEVELOP OUR SCOPE.

AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO THAT PROJECT TEAM, UM, AND, AND REALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD IN DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH, UH, THIS PROCESS.

UM, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, USE THAT INFORMATION TO DEVELOP THIS REQUEST.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, AGAIN, THAT WE ARE IN ATTAINMENT, UM, WHICH IS VERY RARE FOR AN NPO OUR SIZE, BUT IF WE WERE NON-ATTAINMENT, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF THE BASIC INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP FOR THIS PLAN.

SO WE'RE KIND OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN A LOT OF WAYS.

UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS REQUEST COVERS, UM, US SETTING UP THAT AND GETTING ALL OF THAT BASE DATA AND THAT BASE, UH, ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THIS PLAN.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, WE, AND CONSIDERED AN INFLATION AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN, UH, A FEW OTHER FACTORS AS, AS, AS WELL AS, UH, CHARGING STAFF TIME AS WELL, UH, TO THIS REQUEST.

UM, SO ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT ABOUT THIS FUNDING REQUEST IS THAT THE MILLION DOLLARS REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL EXPENDITURES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE COULD BE SPENDING MUCH LESS ON THIS.

IT REALLY IS ONLY ACTUAL COSTS ARE GONNA VARY.

SO IF WE COME IN MUCH UNDER, UH, MUCH LOWER THAN THIS, WE'RE NOT GONNA USE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

AND THE WHATEVER'S LEFTOVER WILL, UM, BE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE ALLOCATION.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.

WE'RE ONLY GONNA SPEND WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS REQUEST COVERS ENOUGH SO THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN.

UM, AGAIN, THE PLAN WILL ALSO HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE.

UH, IT'S GONNA BE REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, YOUR STAFF, UH, FROM EVERYONE AROUND THE REGION.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT REFLECTS THE REGION ITSELF.

UM, SO AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, THIS FUNDING REQUEST SHOULD ALLOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE WANTS TO DO, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, OR WE MAY END UP GOING A BARE BONES APPROACH THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MUCH LESS THAN THIS.

I'M REALLY GONNA GIVE THAT, UH, OVER TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THE REGION WANTS TO DO, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT WE DO WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS WHAT THEY, UH, SEE FIT.

SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING, UH, TO POINT OUT.

SO AGAIN, THIS FUNDING'S GONNA BE USED FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT.

UM, WE WANT TO USE IT FOR THE DIRECT, DIRECT STATE COSTS AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AS WELL.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT, UM, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THAT.

I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING AND THE ASSOCIATED TDCS AS, UH, SO RYAN, IF YOU WOULD CLARIFY THE STEERING COMMITTEE MM-HMM.

UM, SO THIS ACTION IS A REQUEST TO, UM, PUT, TO START THE PROCESS TO SELECT A CONSULTANT MM-HMM.

, TO HELP WITH THE PLAN.

WILL THIS, AND, UM, I, I, THERE'S LOTS OF INTEREST FROM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FOLKS ON THE BOARD, AND I THINK I, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT STEERING COMMITTEE WILL COME FROM THE TACK OR BE A SUBSET OF THE TACK.

AND

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UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY INTEREST IN, UH, THE BOARD SEEING THAT AGAIN BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO ENSURE THAT IT, IT MEETS THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD MM-HMM.

, UM, AS WELL, WHICH WE DON'T ALWAYS DO, BUT I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE'S ENOUGH INTEREST THAT WE WOULD, UM, SEE THAT AGAIN BEFORE IT GETS ISSUED, SHOULD THIS GET APPROVED TODAY AND CHAIR.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS GETS APPROVAL TODAY, AND THEN WHEN WE, UM, WHEN WE COME BACK AND ASK THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE TOP RANKED FIRM, WE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE SCOPE IN THERE.

SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SORT OF APPROVING THE SCOPE AND THE, UM, FUNDING AT THE SAME TIME.

SO Y'ALL WOULD DEFINITELY SEE IT AGAIN BEFORE IT GOES OUT, PROBABLY A MONTH BEFORE.

I, I, I KNOW THERE'S INTEREST OF SEEING THE SCOPE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN NORMAL IN THE PROCESS.

UM, BUT I, I, THERE WERE, I KNOW, UM, MAYOR PRO, TIM LSC, I REMEMBERED AND CONGRATULATIONS, UM, HAD A COMMENT ON THIS THANK YOU CHAIR.

WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THE SCOPING AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF COST MIGHT COME BACK OUT OF THIS.

, I KNOW THAT WE ALL WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING DOUBLE DUTY AND DOING THE SAME WORK TWICE.

AND SO I WAS PREPARED TO ASK FOR A POSTPONEMENT JUST SO WE COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED THE RFP TO LOOK LIKE.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE, THE BODY SEES THAT AS APPROPRIATE IN THIS REGARD, BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A POSTPONEMENT JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BETTER.

AND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, UM, GIVEN THE OTHER PLANNING THAT THAT IS HAPPENING EITHER AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR PERHAPS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS DIFFERENT FROM THAT ONE? HI EVERYONE, I'M VANESSA FUENTES, AUSTIN CITY COUNCILWOMAN.

I AM SERVING AS A PROXY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

UH, MY QUESTION WAS FOR, FOR STAFF AND I DO SUPPORT A POSTPONEMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT FOR, TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR FROM THE BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW? YEAH, PARSON, UH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, SO WE ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE STATE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS, IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT.

UM, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE.

WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE STATE AS A TMA IN REGARDS TO THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN.

SO, UM, THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN IN PLACE AFTER NOVEMBER 15TH, REGARDLESS IF IT COMES FROM THE STATE OR US.

UM, AND SO IN THIS CASE, WE, WE HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS.

AND, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT RIGHT NOW THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A CARBON REDUCTION STRATEGY OR AN ADOPTED ONE, NOT SURE WHEN OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO ONE.

SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DO ONE FOR THE REGION, UH, SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATE DECIDES TO DO.

SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY CRITICAL.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO MOVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THAT FOUR YEAR, UH, TIME LIMIT.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE STATE IN THE BETTER PART OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE NOT SURE, UH, WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO THINGS THERE.

SO IT IS A REQUIREMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO ONE AFTER NOVEMBER 15TH, WE CANNOT ALLOCATE ANY FUNDING IN THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

UH, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT UNTIL THEN, WE DO THE FUNDING THAT IS IN OUR ACCOUNT NOW, UH, IS ABOUT ROUGHLY 8 MILLION.

WE CAN ALLOCATE THAT TODAY IF WE WANTED TO, UM, SO THAT, THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE, UH, UP UNTIL THE 15TH.

BUT AFTER THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THAT BARRIER THERE.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON.

SO WE WANT TO JUST ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT REGARDLESS OF WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING.

UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER F JUST LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UM, WHEN, WHEN MR. COLLINS SAID, YOU KNOW, HE HAD BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE STATE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR, HE MEANT LAST YEAR MM-HMM.

, SO WE WERE TALKING, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO TEXTILE AND TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHEN WE MIGHT SEE A CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM FROM, THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED.

SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHILE THE LANGUAGE MAY NOT CLEARLY SAY IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IF THE MONEY, WE HIT THE DEADLINE AND, UM, THE MONEY WILL EXPIRE, THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE THAT SAME PENALTY.

THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR MONEY, BUT WE DO IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.

SO THIS IS A FAIL SAFE, UM, ON OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN PLACE AND THIS MONEY CAN GET ALLOCATED WITHOUT US LOSING MONEY.

COMMISSIONER INTERIOR.

FORESEE THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS OR ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN ONCE IT'S FINISHED BECOMING A CRITERIA FOR SCORING OF, OF PROJECTS? SO, FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FIRST QUESTION, UH, IF EITHER WE, AS THE MPO OR THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE BY THE NOVEMBER, 2023 DEADLINE, THEN THIS BODY CANNOT ALLOCATE FUNDING.

UH, EITHER ASHBY OR RYAN.

UM, COULD YOU ELABORATE A BIT ON, ON THAT ASHBY, UM, AS TO THE, UM, THE EFFECT OR IMPACT OF, OF NOT HAVING THE PLAN IN PLACE.

UH, IS IT A, IS IT A DISQUALIFICATION FOR FUTURE FUNDING? AND THEN THE, THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS, UM, DO YOU

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AND SO, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO, UM, THIS MONEY HAS A TIMELINE ON IT, YOU WOULD START TO LOSE THAT MONEY THAT WASN'T SPENT IN THE FIRST YEAR.

SO YOU WOULD START TO LOSE THAT FIRST 4 MILLION, UH, CAUSE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED BY THEN.

UM, AS FAR AS THE SECOND PART, PART OF WHAT WE'RE THE QUESTION, PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS, IN THIS ACTIVITY IS TO GET A SENSE OF THE CURRENT CRITERIA THAT, UH, PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA THAT THIS BODY ADOPTED IN 2017.

WE WANNA FIND OUT IF THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THIS, THESE ITEMS TODAY, OR DO WE NEED TO GO BACK IN AND MAKE A REVISION RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BODY PRIOR TO THE NEXT CALL FOR PROJECTS? MM-HMM.

SO I, THERE WAS A QUESTION OVER HERE.

YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO BRING BACK? IS IT THAT WE WOULD BRING BACK THE RFQ BEFORE IT WOULD GO OUT? SO, L L LET ME CIRCLE BACK WITH RYAN.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? WHAT WAS YOUR TIMELINE PLAN ON ISSUE ISSUING A DOCUMENT TO GO OUT FOR SOLICITATION? WE'VE GOT A DRAFT SCOPE READY TO GO.

UM, IT WAS REALLY JUST KIND OF CONTINGENT ON THIS, UH, BEING APPROVED.

WE WAS HOPING TO PUT IT OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, TAKING A FINAL PASS THROUGH.

UM, SO, UH, SO, UM, THE, I MEAN, MY, MY, MY THOUGHT WAS, WAS THE POLICY BOARD COULD SEE THAT DOCUMENT MM-HMM.

PRIOR TO IT GOING OUT.

HOW, IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER WEEK DELAY IF WE WAIT AND APPROVE THAT AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING.

UM, YEAH.

AND HAS TACK SEEN THAT SCOPE? UH, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE SCOPE ITSELF.

UM, WE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED THIS TO TACK IN AUGUST AS AN INFORMATION ITEM, AND THEN WE SENT OUT THE MEMO ABOUT THE REQUEST.

UM, BUT THE SCOPE ITSELF HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

SO, I MEAN, THE SCOPE REALLY KIND OF REFLECTS THESE PLANNING OUTCOMES RIGHT.

AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

BUT, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT WE SEE IN IT, AND A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY REGARDLESS OF HOW THE SCOPE'S WRITTEN WHEN WE GET INTO IT.

YOU KNOW, THAT STEERING COMMITTEE'S GONNA HAVE THE BIGGEST PUT SAY ON HOW THIS REALLY DEVELOPS OVER TIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME BASE THINGS IN THERE THAT ARE, UM, INCLUDED, BUT, YEAH.

WELL, I THINK FOR A CONSULTANT TO BE A, AS A FORMER CONSULTANT, UM, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BID ON IT, THEY NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IT IS THEY'RE PROPOSING ON.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS ON THAT, THAT EITHER THE TECH OR THIS POLICY BOARD, UM, THINK NOW WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT, OR YES, WE WANT TO DO THIS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S A, A FAIRLY LARGE SUM OF MONEY OVER TIME THAT, UH, MY, MY CONCERN IS I, WE CAN'T GO PAST THAT MEETING.

BECAUSE, UH, TO GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD QUICKLY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THAT WORK BY THAT NOVEMBER DEADLINE.

MUELLER IS THE OPPOSITE.

BUELLER.

NO, I SEE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN AGGIE THING TO DO.

NOT A LONGHORN THING TO DO.

IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG SEASON TO BE A LONGHORN THIS YEAR THOUGH.

AND A COW'S COWBOYS FAMILY DISCUSS THAT LATER.

BUT NONETHELESS, THAT'S WHY I THINK, THINK THAT, UM, WHAT MAYOR PROTE AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, FUENTEZ BROUGHT UP, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

CUZ IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ONLY GONNA BE A WEEK OF A DEVIATION BETWEEN THE TWO, I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT, YOU WERE SAYING THIS NEED TO GO OUT TOMORROW, BUT IF YOU STILL GOT A COUPLE OF FLEXIBILITY SOME MORE, THEN I THINK THAT YEAH.

BEHOOVES US TO, OKAY, WHY DON'T WE JUST WAIT, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE SEE THE SCOPE FROM THERE AND THEN ULTIMATELY, BUT THAT FEBRUARY MEETING, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE EXECUTE THAT.

THAT SHOULD BE, AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, THAT WE, THAT I, I WANT THE POLICY BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DOCUMENT MM-HMM.

AND PROVIDE.

BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A DRAFT, I WOULD SAY IF, IF, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU GET THAT SENT OUT TO THE POLICY BOARD AND TO THE TAC AND NO LATER THAN A WEEK FROM TODAY, ANY FEEDBACK GETS SENT BACK TO STAFF.

CUZ WE DON'T HAVE A LONG TIME TO DRAG THIS ON MM-HMM.

UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE THAT READY TO GO VOTE AND ISSUE THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE IT'S THAT I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING A TIMELINE FOR IT.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT A WEEK OR SO.

BUT COUNT, UH, MAYOR, LET ME SAY CLOSE THE BUSINESS FRIDAY CUZ CAN WE SAY CLOSE THE BUSINESS FRIDAY BECAUSE MONDAY'S A HOLIDAY? OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

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MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I, I, MY THOUGHT IS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH BOTH OF THE LAST STATEMENTS, AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I I HAVE NO PROBLEM APPROVING IT AS LONG AS THERE'S THE CONTINGENCY, UH, THAT WE WILL SEE THE, UH, THE PROJECT PLAN AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLACE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR PLANNING AREAS ARE, ARE WITHIN, UH, WITHIN OUR, UH, STAFF CAPACITY, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT CONTINGENCY.

AND I, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, ALLOWING IT TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE.

I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE, UH, THE ENTIRE RECOMMENDATION IN ENTIRE PROPOSAL AND MAKE ANY LEGITIMATE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO YOU AND, UH, THINGS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND, AND, AND CAN DO TO IMPROVE AND THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY ACROSS THE BOARD.

UH, FOR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

I MEAN, SO, SO I, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, YOUR, YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO, UH, APPROVE THIS ACTION CONTINGENT UPON STAFF SENDING OUT THE, THE FULL DOCUMENT PLAN.

AND, UM, A, A FINAL APPROVAL, IF YOU WILL, AT THE NEXT MEETING.

IS THAT A FAIR? THAT'S A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND.

AND I, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS BODY'S PLAN.

I MEAN, THE SCOPE IS FOR YOU AND, AND YOU KNOW, AS A REGIONAL PLAN, IT'S GONNA HAVE Y'ALL'S APPROVALS ALL OVER IT AND EVENTUALLY IT HAS TO TO BE APPROVED BY THE POLICY BOARD.

SO WANTED TO REFLECT WHAT YOU WANT IN THERE AS WELL.

SO, I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE A VOICE THROUGH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THROUGH PRESENTATIONS HERE AS WELL.

IT'S A REGIONAL PLAN, IT'S GONNA GET ROLLED INTO THE 2050 PLAN AS WELL.

I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT IT'LL SUPPORT OUR 2050 PLANNING ACTIVITIES AS WELL.

SO, UM, SO I JUST YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY ABSOLUTELY BRING BACK THE, THE SCOPE AS YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND, AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE SCOPE FOR THE SOLICITATION FOR A CONSULTANT MM-HMM.

, IT'S NOT THE PLAN AND IT'S NOT THAT LEVEL OF THE WEEDS.

, THIS IS THE VERY, UM, HIGH LEVEL, UH, SCOPE MM-HMM.

AND, AND WE CAN, AND TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, WE CAN HAVE THAT OUT, UM, NO LATER THAN PROBABLY WEDNESDAY.

CHAIR, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PLANS, A LOT OF PLANS LATELY THAT SEEM TO JUST SORT OF SCRATCH THE SURFACE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PHASE TWO PLAN TO GET YOU ANYWHERE NEAR, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTATION OR, OR WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO.

WE'RE DOING FOR CALDWELL COUNTY, THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN SOMETHING THAT CAN BE GO TO CONSTRUCTION MM-HMM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY REACTION IS I DON'T WANT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLAR PLAN THAT LOOKS SO GENERIC THAT THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE PHASE TWO BEFORE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FUND EXISTING PLANS IN THE COMMUNITY OR WHATNOT.

SO MM-HMM.

, DO, COULD YOU DESCRIBE, OR MAYBE WE'LL SEE IT, I'M, I'M CONFUSED BETWEEN WHAT JEFF WAS SAYING AND WHAT THE PLAN IS NOW, BUT HOW DETAILED ARE WE GONNA GET IN THIS PLAN TO HELP US REALLY MOVE TOWARDS GETTING THE MONEY OUT? YEAH, I, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

AND I, AND I WANT TO REITERATE, I FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY.

IT NEEDS TO BE AN INCREDIBLY PRACTICAL PLAN, AND AT THE END OF IT, IT IS, IT IS GONNA POINT TO EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE SPENDING OUR FUNDING ON.

SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SIT ON A SHELF, IT'S NOT GONNA BE HIGH LEVEL, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DETAILED ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR FUNDING ON.

SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BREAK DOWN THESE, THESE ESTIMATES AND, AND PICK OUT PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALIGN WITH THESE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND TELL US THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE SPENDING OUR FUNDING ON.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR THIS PLAN.

IT, IT IS GONNA LEAD DIRECTLY INTO A PROJECT CALL FOR THE REST OF THE FUNDING, UM, AND MANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS WELL.

SO, UM, SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO, UH, FUND SOMETHING AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY WITH THE APPROVAL OF IT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE THAT A LOT OF THE, THE MILLION DOLLAR ESTIMATE COMES FROM IS WE WANT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO GO AS DETAILED AS WE NEED TO, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME APPROACHES WHERE YOU, WE CAN DO THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT IT'LL BE SO HIGH LEVEL THAT YOU WON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO, TO DO WITH IT.

UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US IN DEVELOPING THIS ESTIMATE IS THAT IT GIVES, AND ESPECIALLY THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, EXACTLY HOW DETAILED THEY WANT TO GET IN THERE.

SO, UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, I THINK IS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY.

SO, AND THEN COMMISSIONER, OUR, OUR, OUR PRACTICE, UH, AS STAFF HAS, HAS BEEN TO, UM, TRY TO TRY TO GIVE, UH, YOU, US LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACT ON IMMEDIATELY.

UM, WHEN WE DO THESE, WHEN WE DO THESE STUDIES, WE LIKE TO BILL STUFF, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T GET TO BILL STUFF.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE DID FOR GEORGETOWN ON WILLIAMS DRIVE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH GEORGETOWN AGAIN ON AUSTIN AVENUE NOW.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT

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, UH, PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY.

SO THAT'S BEEN OUR TRACK RECORD AND THAT'S THE, THE APPROACH WE WILL LOOK TO TAKE ON THIS AS WELL.

SO IN THIS, DOES THE LEGISLATION ALLOW, LIKE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW TRAVIS COUNTY HAS A PLAN.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A PLAN AND CAMPO HAS 8 MILLION IN THE BANK.

DOES THE LEGISLATION ALLOW FOR CAMPO TO AWARD FUNDING RIGHT NOW TO EXISTING ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THE PLANS WERE DRAFTED KNOWING THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES MM-HMM.

SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, COMMISSIONER, IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN, OR THE STATE HAS TO HAVE A A A PLAN IN PLACE TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES, OTHERWISE THE MONEY CANNOT BE ALLOCATED.

IS IS THAT CORRECT? UH, AFTER NOVEMBER 15TH, SO, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, WE COULD TAKE ACTION AS A BODY TO AWARD FUNDS.

? YES.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO, RIGHT NOW, THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 15TH, IF IT'S IN OUR ACCOUNT, YOU CAN ALLOCATE IT TO ANY OF THESE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT AND WE LOOKED AT THE DEFERRAL LIST AS WELL.

UM, WE NEED TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE IF ANYTHING ON THE DEFERRAL LIST IS ELIGIBLE.

UM, CAUSE WE KNOW THOSE ARE FIRST UP, SO ELIGIBLE.

UM, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT, UM, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND YEAH.

AND IF THE BOARD WANTS TO ALLOCATE THAT 8 MILLION, I THINK, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN TO REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THAT ROADMAP ON HOW TO, TO SPEND THE FUNDING.

BUT IF Y'ALL WANT TO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY PURVIEW OF THE BOARD.

SO.

SO ONE, ONE MORE QUESTION DOWN HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, JUST KNOWING THAT THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONSIDER AWARDING SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO SOME OF THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN BOTH OUR MUNICIPALITY COUNTY AND I, I KNOW, UH, CAMPO ALSO HAS THE TDM PLAN THAT ALSO HAS SOME TRAVEL, SOME TRAFFIC DEMAND STRATEGIES.

THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING TO EXISTING STRATEGIES WHILE WE CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH TECH.TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE, IF THE STATE INTENDS TO AWARD FUNDING, UH, DEDICATE FUNDING TO THEIR OWN PLAN, US DOING, UH, ALSO FUNDING OUR PLAN, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ALSO IS, UH, DUPLICATE OF OUR FUNDS.

SO I WOULDN'T WANT CAMPO TOSO FUND TO PLAN AND THEN THE STATE FUND TO PLAN WHILE WE HAVE THIS 11TH MONTH OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOCATE THIS FUNDING TO EXISTING STRATEGIES.

SO I THINK JUST A POSTPONEMENT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT, UH, THOSE DETAILS.

SO, AND AGAIN, I DON'T, I I, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A POSTPONEMENT.

I THINK IT'S JUST A, A WEAK DELAY OF BRINGING IT BACK TO THIS BOARD.

IT'S SAYING WE, BECAUSE I, AS I HEARD IT, POSTPONE THE VOTE, WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

IT'S, IT'S, WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE, BUT CONTINGENT ON BRINGING THE, THE SCOPE BACK FOR CLARIFICATION AT THE NEXT, OR, OR FOR A FINAL VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT STAFF COULD PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE OTHER THINGS IN BETWEEN.

UM, AND RYAN, UM, BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

AND, UM, SOME OF YOU WERE NOT ON THE BOARD WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, WE SORT OF SELF-IMPOSED A RESTRICTION ON OURSELVES THAT AS SOURCES OF FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE, WE'D LOOKED TO THE DEFERRAL LIST TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS FIRST.

SO THOSE WILL BE THE FIRST LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT'S ELIGIBLE.

I WOULD THINK, UM, TO HONOR OUR VOTE THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, THE REST OF THE REGION GAVE UP A WHOLE LOT TO FUND I I 35 THROUGH, THROUGH DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SENSITIVITY TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT DEFERRAL LIST GETS LOOKED AT FIRST.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT? MINE'S MORE OF JUST A CLARIFICATION ON, SO WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION, THE RFP ESSENTIALLY, THAT WOULD GO OUT AND VOTE ON APPROVING THAT RFP IN FEBRUARY.

I THINK IT'S AN RFQ, RIGHT? YEAH.

OR IS IT, IT'S JUST AN RFQ AT THIS POINT.

RF, I THINK IT'S AN RFP.

P A P.

SORRY ABOUT, THERE WERE LOTS OF QS AND IS AND PS .

UM, SO, SO WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON TODAY IF WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON NEXT TIME FORWARD CONTINGENT UPON, BECAUSE, UM, IF NOBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD.

NOBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE SCOPE.

AND, UM, SO I, I, I THINK THAT, UH, THERE'S KEEN INTEREST ON PEOPLE SEEING THAT DOCUMENT.

I'M TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, BUT THERE'S A DROP DEAD DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING TO VOTE ON THAT, BUT STAFF'S GONNA GET THAT SENT OUT IN THE NEXT DAY.

BUT ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE BACK TO STAFF ON THAT HAS TO BE BY MAYOR HOUSTON'S DEADLINE OF THIS FRIDAY.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, THAT WAS TO GET IT TO US.

OH, THANKS.

WE GET IT OUT.

SOMEBODY SAID MONDAY AND

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I JUST SAID, OH, NO.

RIGHT.

BUT, BUT INPUT, BECAUSE OF OUR CYCLE AND STAFF GETTING THINGS READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND BEFORE THE T MEETING, UM, ANY, I I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT A WEEK FOR US TO GIVE FEEDBACK ONCE THAT GETS SENT OUT.

SO, OKAY.

ARE WE READY TO, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR.

IS IT DIFFERENT ? IT IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S RELATED TO THE FUNDING.

SO THIS, THIS RFQ THAT WOULD GO OUT BE, WOULD BE FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CONTRACT WOULD END UP BEING NEGOTIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, UP TO A MILLION, UM, UP TO A MILLION.

THAT'S FINE.

I JUST, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT, UH, FOR THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN, SO I WOULD JUST WANNA TALK THROUGH, UM, THAT SPECIFIC AMOUNT.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS STILL WIGGLE ROOM ON THAT.

YEAH, AND SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DIRECT STATE COST AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR THE PROGRAM ITSELF WILL ALSO BE BILLED TO THAT 1 MILLION.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL CONTRACT ITSELF IS GONNA BE LESS THAN THAT.

UM, BUT YEAH, SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE UP TO, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES OUTTA THAT SCOPE.

AND THEN IN THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS WITH THE CONSULTANT, THAT'S WHERE YOU COME UP WITH THAT FINAL NUMBER.

THANK YOU AS WELL.

ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER TRILLUM'S MOTION MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE THIS CONTINGENT UPON SEEING THE SCOPE AND GETTING INPUT AND FINALIZING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THERE WAS A SECOND.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHO THE SECOND WAS.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS WILL BE ON OUR FEBRUARY STAND, THE POINT, THIS WILL BE ON OUR FEBRUARY AGENDA.

YES, CORRECT.

THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

WE, I ALSO LIKE TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING ON THAT VOTE.

I JUST HAVE ONE THING.

ISN'T 20% 200,000? I'M NOT TWO 50.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A COMMON QUESTION WITH THE TDCS.

SO THE MILLION DOLLARS IS CONSIDERED 80% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCT COST, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 20%.

SO TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU APPLY THE TDCS, YOU'RE ONLY LEFT WITH A MILLION DOLLARS.

IT, IT'S A COMMON QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE NOT TAKING 20% OUT OF THE 1 MILLION.

THE 1 MILLION IS CONSIDERED 80% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCT COST.

SO, OKAY.

CHAIR, I'D ALSO BE LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING FOR THE REASONS THAT COMMISSIONER HOWARD IDENTIFIED.

SO CAN WE GO THROUGH THE AB EXTENSIONS AGAIN? MAKE SURE I GOT 'EM.

SO IT WAS YOU COMMISSIONER HOWARD COM.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTEZ AND MAYOR PRO, TIM ELLIS ABS EXTENSIONS.

CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION JUST TO UNDERSTAND.

SO ON THE, SO WE GOT FOR 2022 X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.

SO IF WE DON'T GET A PLAN OR THE STATE DOESN'T GET A PLAN, WE, WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE 2023 AND ON YEARS EITHER OR IS THAT AN ANNUAL THING? IT HAS TO BE DONE BY, SO IT IS 2024 IS WHEN, UH, THAT YEAR'S FUNDING WILL BE KIND OF BEHIND, BUT IT'S, IT IS AFTER THAT DATE, REALLY.

SO ANY FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE UP UNTIL THAT DATE, WE CAN SPEND.

BUT THEN ONCE THAT DATE HITS AND WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, WE CAN'T ALLOCATE UNTIL WE DO ADOPT THAT PLAN.

SO, UM, SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE A PAYWALL, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST COMES DOWN UNTIL YOU HAND THE FEDS THAT PLAN YOU CAN'T ALLOCATE.

SO, UM, BUT IT'LL STILL BE THERE IN OUR ACCOUNT.

YOU JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

SO.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WE'VE ALREADY DONE

[9. Discussion and Possible Action on Nomination of Officers for Vice Chair and Secretary of the Transportation Policy Board]

ITEM NUMBER NINE.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, BOTH THE OFFICE OF VICE CHAIR AND OF SECRETARY OF THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD ARE NOW VACANT, UM, DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF COMMISSIONER JONES AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

AND SO THIS IS MIDTERM.

SO, UM, WE WILL NEED TO, UM, UH, SELECT A VICE CHAIR AND A SECRETARY TO FILL THOSE VA UH, UNEXPIRED TERMS. I'LL RECOGNIZE MAYOR SCHRADER FOR A MOTION.

UH, YES, MATT MADAM CHAIR, UH, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, COUNCILMAN MATT MATEO AS VICE CHAIR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BECKETT AS SECRETARY SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND AND A SECOND BY JUDGE OAKLEY.

IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD, UH, A COMMITTEE TO DO THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT AT THIS POINT WE REALLY NEED A COMMITTEE UNLESS WE WANNA HASH OUT RUDY'S CLOTHING.

, I JUST HAVE A POINT OF ORDER MM-HMM.

UM, SO THIS ITEM IS LISTED UNDER INFORMATION, AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN TAKE ACTION.

WELL, IT IS THE, IT'S UNDER THAT GENERAL DESCRIPTION, BUT THE ACTION ITEM ITSELF SAYS, DISCUSS AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION.

SO, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE MADE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SURE.

AND

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BECAUSE WE TAKE COMMENTS ON EVERY, EVERY ITEM DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT'S, UM, LISTED UNDER INFORMATION MM-HMM.

, UM, WOULD YOU EXTRA, WOULD YOU, UH, ALLOW FOR A MOTION FOR A QUICK RECESS SO THAT I COULD CONFERENCE SINCE I HAVE A PROXY VOTE ON THIS ISSUE, THAT WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THERE WOULD BE ACTION ON? I, I, WE'VE NEVER TAKEN A RECESS BEFORE.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU COME WITH YOUR PROXY, YOU VOTE, UM, I MEAN, YOU GOTTA BE READY.

WELL, IT IS LISTED UNDER INFORMATION, SO I THINK IF, BUT AGAIN, THE ACTION ITEM, AND I'LL DEFER TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, TIM, IT'S, IT'S STATED POSSIBLE ACTION.

SO THE AGENDA ITEM ITSELF IS STATE, SO WHAT'S THE POINT? IT'S POSSIBLE.

ACTION.

WHAT'S THE POINT? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE LABEL, IF, IF A MOTION TO RECESS IS, IS CERTAINLY AN ORDER AND THE CHAIR CAN ACT UPON IT, CALL FOR A SECOND AND RECESS OR NOT BASED UPON THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY COULD CLEAR UP THOSE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE INFORMATION OFF AND, AND THOSE TWO SUBHEADINGS.

BUT I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY THE AC THE AGENDA LANGUAGE ITSELF.

UM, QUITE FRANKLY, I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE HEADING .

SO IS EVERYBODY READY TO VOTE? I HAVE A, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PATELLA'S REQUEST FOR THAT.

I KNOW WE ALSO HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH A RECESS VERY COMMONLY, BUT IF IT WASN'T POSTED, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CONTENT, BUT JUST IF IT WASN'T POSTED, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WE, AS CARRIERS OF THE PROXY, DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT OUR PROXY'S THOUGHTS WERE IF WE DIDN'T KNOW YEAH.

THEY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.

I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT, HOW THAT WOULD'VE HELPED TO, YOU'D HAD HAD THE NAMES ON THE AGENDA FOR IT TO BEEN, YOU KNOW, ABUSED TO KNOW WHO YOU WERE GONNA BE VOTING ON.

SO.

WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT, IS I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC HAS HAD NOTICE OF WHAT THOSE NAMES ARE.

IF, IF I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOW HOW MY PROXY WOULD VOTE, UM, THEN I, I BELIEVE ALSO THE PUBLIC HASN'T HAD NOTICE OF THAT.

BUT WE, WE'VE OFF IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE NOT KNOWN WHOSE NAMES WERE GONNA BE NOMINATED UNTIL WE ARRIVED.

IT WAS FROM THE FLOOR.

SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THAT THOSE MOTIONS ARE MADE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

MAY YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE.

IT WASN'T POSTED THE LAST TIME WE DID OFFICERS ON THE AGENDA, SO I THINK THE MOTION STANDS.

SO I'LL CALL THE QUESTION.

CHAIR, I'M, I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S A MOTION, THERE'S A MOTION FOR NOMINATION AND A SECOND, AND THERE'S AN INTERVENING MOTION TO RECESS AND A SECOND, AS I UNDERSTAND, BUT I, I DIDN'T HEAR A SEC.

OH, WAIT, I, YEAH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A SECOND HERE.

I, I THINK IT'S AN ORDER TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECESS.

AS IT'S A POINT OF ORDER ON THE FIRST MOTION.

RIGHT.

UM, QUESTION IS, IS THAT WHAT THE CALL TO QUESTION IS? NO, THAT WAS OUT OF ORDER.

SO IS, UH, ON THE MOTION TO RECESS? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION FAILS.

SO WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

UM, WHICH IS TO NOMINATE OR A NOMINATION OF RUDY MAT MATE AS VICE CHAIR, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BECKETT AS SECRETARY.

UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER ON THAT THERE, UM, AND THIS MAY HELP CLARIFY SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, AMY.

UM, THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE BYLAWS THAT WAS ADOPTED, I THINK, UM, BY THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, COUPLE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SO IF THERE IS AN OFFICER, UM, FROM, SAY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, SUCH AS MYSELF, NOBODY ELSE FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE TO BE AN OFFICER, SO, OR A CITY WITHIN THAT COUNTY.

SO, UM, AND SO LAST YEAR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN BEING VICE CHAIR, NOBODY ELSE FROM AUSTIN OR TRAVIS COUNTY WAS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS AN OFFICER THAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE BYLAWS.

SO, UM, AND I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THAT WAS TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THERE WAS BROAD REPRESENTATION FROM MULTIPLE COUNTIES, UM, IN THE OFFICER ROLES.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? AYE.

I DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.

ARE YOU ABSTAINING FOR YOURSELF OR FOR YOUR PROXY? BOTH.

I JUST DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO HAVE TAKEN THE VOTE.

AND I, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T APPRECIATE BOTH PEOPLE.

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SO MOTION PASSES WITH I GUESS TWO ABSTENTIONS.

UM, WELL, HER, AMY AND HER PROXY.

SO ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSSING POTENTIAL ACTION ON CAMPO APPOINTMENTS TO THE CAP METRO BOARD.

[10. Discussion and Potential Action on CAMPO Appointments to the Capital Metro Board]

UM, SO IF Y'ALL RECALL IN THE SUMMER, LAST SUMMER, WE, UH, HAD A TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE CAT METRO BOARD THAT WE, UM, MADE.

ONE OF THEM WAS TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED WHEN TERRY MITCHELL, UM, RESIGNED.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE SLOT THAT CAMPO APPOINTS FROM THE AUSTIN COUNCIL TO CAP METRO.

UM, AND THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT SLOT TO FILL AGAIN.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WADE COOPER WHO FILLS THE BUSINESS SLOT.

UM, IT HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT POSITION NOW TO FILL, UM, IT'S SORT OF THE, ONE OF THE OTHER PUBLIC MEMBERS MEMBERS SIMILAR TO, TO MATT, UM, HARRIS.

AND SO WHAT I'M GONNA PROPOSE IS A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS THAT WE USED WHEN WE MADE THE SELECTION FOR THE FINANCIAL, UM, SLOT, AND THAT IT WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF, UM, COMMISSIONER HOWARD, MYSELF, AND, UM, SANDY GUZMAN BEING THAT SH THE, SHE BROUGHT SOME LEGISLATIVE HISTORY BEHIND IN, IN TERMS OF THE SPIRIT OF THAT.

AND, UM, I'LL ASK WADE IF HE WILL PARTICIPATE THAT DAY IN THOSE INTERVIEWS.

UM, AND I THINK THAT PROCESS WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

I DON'T KNOW, MATT, YOU WERE ON THE RECEIVING END OF IT.

DID THAT WORK OUT OKAY, , THAT WORKED FINE.

UM, AND, AND WE'LL DO THAT.

UM, THERE IS A DRAFT THAT, UM, OF THE, UM, JOB DESCRIPTION SIMILAR TO WHAT THE FINANCIAL ONE WAS THAT WILL GET POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS OUT THERE.

SO IF YOU, YOU WILL, UH, WE THINK BY EARLY NEXT WEEK OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, WE CAN GET THAT UP, GET THE, THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

I'M GONNA WORK ON THAT TOMORROW.

SO I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE IT READY FOR YOU TO REVIEW TOMORROW.

SO WE'LL FINISH FINALIZING THE, THE TWEAKS ON THAT AND GET THAT UP.

AND THEN, SO LOOK, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY IN THE CAP METRO SERVICE AREA, UM, IF YOU'LL MAKE SURE YOU LOOK NEXT WEEK TO THE CAMPO WEBSITE AND GET THAT OUT TO YOUR RESPECTIVE MEDIA MARKETS.

AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE FROM THE CAMPO SIDE, WE PUSH IT OUT, UM, TO THE PLACES OF INTEREST, UH, THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME INTEREST IN, IN SERVING IN THAT SLOT.

UH, AND MAYOR DELAL, I FIRST APOLOGIZE THAT WE, WE, THAT OVERSIGHT, THAT WAS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS THERE.

UM, SO WE HAVE CORRECTED THAT.

AND SO GOING FORWARD, YOU WILL SEE THE LANGUAGE THAT SHOWS, UM, UM, CITY OF LEANDER.

AS A VOTING.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

, IT'S OKAY.

UM, ON THE ONE APPOINTEE, WHO IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IS IT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS AROUND THE, IS IT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO IS SERVING ON THIS BODY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT'S ABLE TO VOTE? BOTH? I THINK IT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT YEAH.

IT HAS TO BE, UM, THE ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS TO BE WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA, RIGHT? IT'S THE JURISDICTION, JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE TAXES COLLECTED, NOT NECESSARILY THAT THAT JURISDICTION COLLECTS THE TAX.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OKAY, SO THAT'S AUSTIN BASICALLY.

WELL, WELL, AUSTIN IS AUTOMATICALLY, EVERY, EVERY MEMBER OF COUNCIL, EVERY MEMBER OF TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, UH, EVERYONE THAT'S LISTED THERE IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THAT, UH, ON THE GREEN SHEET, RIGHT? IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR, UM, THIS ELECTED POSITION.

SO THAT, UH, SO BASICALLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE LISTED IN ANYBODY THAT WE ARE SERVING WITH COULD BE IN THAT ELECTED AFFAIR.

NO, YOU HAVE TO BE ON THIS BOARD.

YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OF US.

YOU HAVE, OKAY.

YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OF YOU.

ONE OF YOU, BECAUSE THAT PERSON, IT'S DESIGNED TO HAVE THAT PERSON ALONG WITH, UH, MR. HARRIS REPORTING BACK TO THIS BOARD OCCASIONALLY ON, UH, CAPTAIN METRO ACTIVITIES.

GOTCHA.

NUMBER 11, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AGAIN, MUCH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UM, EARLIER OR MIDWAY THROUGH LAST YEAR.

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UM, ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE'S, I THINK YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE NEXT STEPS, AND HOW WOULD WE LET THE BODY KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT POSITION FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL ONE? SO THE, WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION NOW.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A, WE DON'T, THERE'S NOT REALLY A JOB DESCRIPTION OTHER THAN YOU SERVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL CAMPO SLOT.

SO, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PLACE, UH, THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT TO CAMPO OF INTEREST.

AND THEN, UM, IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE, UH, WE'LL GO TAKE THAT COMMITTEE THROUGH THE SAME INTERVIEW PROCESS AND THEN COME FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

UM, MY HOPE NO LATER THAN THE MARCH MEETING, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO THAT ROLE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO THE COLLEAGUES ABOUT, UH, HOW AND WHEN THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED ANY ACTION ON THAT, BUT THAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR THAT ONE.

UM, ITEM

[11. Executive Director’s Report on Transportation Planning Activities a. 2023 Transportation Planning Activities Calendar b. TxDOT “Safety Hack” Event]

UH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, PUT TOGETHER, AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKETS, UM, UH, CALENDAR THAT SHOWS THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

UH, AS, AS, UH, ALWAYS IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UH, AND WE WILL UPDATE IT, UM, PROBABLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, IF NOT, UM, MORE SO IF YOU, IF, UH, YOU ASK FOR THAT.

UM, THEN I WANTED TO REPORT ON AN EVENT THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER LONG AND I PARTICIPATED IN, UM, LAST MONTH.

UM, SO ONE OF OUR LOCAL CONSULTING FIRMS, UH, WORKED WITH, UM, TECHO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PUT ON A, UM, WHAT WAS CALLED A SAFETY, UH, HACK EVENT.

SO, UH, THEY BROUGHT IN, UM, STUDENTS FROM THE ANNE RICHARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND, UH, TASKED, BROKE THEM UP INTO TEAMS, THEN TASKED EACH TEAM WITH A SAFETY, UM, PROBLEM, AND ASKED THEM TO COME UP WITH POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

AND, UM, UH, EVERYBODY DID, UM, UH, DID A GOOD JOB AND SOME DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY, UM, WERE NOT ENGINEERS AND, UH, WERE NOT DEALING WITH THIS ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.

UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, MOST INNOVATIVE THINGS I HAD BEEN TO IN A WHILE.

AND THE APPROACH THAT SOME OF THEM TOOK, UM, TOWARDS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES, UH, CHANGED THE WAY THAT I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO, UM, WHAT I HAVE ASKED, UM, MY STAFF TO DO IN PARTICULAR, UH, DOCE MYERS, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, WHO'S OUR OUTREACH PERSON, UM, I WANT TO, UM, TO WORK WITH, UM, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP A SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

AND WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE STUDENTS THAT WON THE AWARDS, UH, POTENTIALLY AND USE, UH, THEM IN THE CAMPAIGN EFFORT, UH, AND WORK THROUGH THAT.

SO I'VE, I'VE HAD SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO, UM, UH, MR. MR. MENDOZA, UH, CITY BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS.

SO I'VE TALKED TO TECH DOT, AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, TO OTHER, UH, MEMBERS AND ASKING ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE WILL DRAFT UP A, A CAMPAIGN, UH, THAT Y'ALL CAN SEE AND THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON.

YEAH, IT, IT WAS, UM, I, I THINK MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE SENIORS.

AND, UM, DOES ANYBODY, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY KIDS THAT PARTICIPATED IN DESTINATION IMAGINATION WHEN THEY, ANYBODY HEARD OF DI IN SCHOOLS? I MEAN, THEY BASICALLY WERE THROWN A PROBLEM AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HELP, HELP US SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

AND SOME OF THEIR IDEAS WERE JUST REALLY, REALLY INNOVATIVE.

AND, AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY SOME OF THE, THE WAYS THAT THEY WERE THINKING.

AND YOU COULD CLEARLY, UM, SEE SOME GENERATIONAL THINGS TOO.

ON HOW THEY APPROACHED THINGS.

BUT IT, IT REALLY, UM, IT WAS A, A FUN THING TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND, AND, UM, COMMISSIONER RYAN, UM, AND I BELIEVE, AND, UM, BRANDY HENDRICKSON, BRANDY HENDRICKSON, ONE OF THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF TECH STOCK WERE THE OTHER JUDGES.

IT WAS, IT WAS A, A FUN AFTERNOON.

CAUSE IT'S EASIER TO BUY ONE OF THESE THAN IT IS TO BUY $90,000 CAR THAT CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO THE ROADWAY.

UM, SO, UH, ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, AS FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY, WE HAVE FOCUSED A LOT OF OUR ATTENTION ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, TO MAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE CARS.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY THEY APPROACHED IT.

THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT FROM THIS, WHICH IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT IT.

AND, AND, AND MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE, MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE, MUCH MORE EQUITABLE.

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UM, PLUS, UM, $90,000 CAR.

I WAS JUST CHECKING , NOT MINE.

I I WAS JUST LOOKING INTO YOUR BUDGET .

BUT ANYWAY, SO I WILL, I BETTER MOVE OFF THAT ONE WHILE I'M AHEAD, .

SO THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION MADAM CHAIR, WAS, UM, LAST THURSDAY, UM, THE CENSUS BUREAU PUT OUT A FEDERAL REGISTERED NOTICE THAT SHOWS THE URBANIZED AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UH, WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? SO, UM, FOR US, IT DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES IN, IN, IN OUR AREA AS, AS CAMPO.

BUT WHAT IT DID DO IS IDENTIFY, UH, AS, AS THE STATE, UM, WE NOW HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE, UH, EAGLE PASS.

SO, UH, AND THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS CAUSE IT'S THE, IT'S EVERY, EVERY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES, IT'S NOT JUST, UM, AND IT'S NOT DONE BY STATE.

UM, SO WE KNOW ECO PASS IS THERE.

IN ADDITION, UH, FOR TEXAS, WE HAD, UH, AT LEAST TWO OTHER, UH, METROPOLITAN AREAS THAT CROSSED THE 200,000 POPULATION THRESHOLD, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR CATEGORY SEVEN, WHICH THEY WERE NOT BEFORE.

SO I'M TELLING ALL OF YOU THIS BECAUSE, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE WILL HAVE NEW MPOS GOING INTO THE POT FOR THE FEDERAL PLANNING MONEY.

AND THAT PLANNING MONEY IS NOT EXPANDED.

SO, UH, LIKEWISE WE WILL NOW HAVE, UH, NEW TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS IN THE CAT SEVEN POT, BUT THE CAT SEVEN POT IS NOT EXPANDING.

SO, UM, RYAN, UH, HAS REACHED OUT TO SOME FOLKS AND I ALREADY MADE SOME PHONE CALLS TO WASHINGTON TO ASK WHEN MIGHT THE FORMULA DISTRIBUTION FORMULAS BE, UH, REDONE TO REFLECT THE NEW, UM, THE NEW METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE NEW TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS.

AND I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, IN FISCAL, THE FISCAL YEAR 24 MONEY WILL BE, WILL BE WHEN WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

SO NEXT FISCAL YEAR WE WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

AND I'M STARTING OUT, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL SEE A CUT.

I HAVE A, I HAD A QUESTION ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, ASK YOU ABOUT, UH, CALL FOR PROJECTS.

UH, WE, I THINK ORIGINALLY BACK IN THE DAY WE WERE GONNA DO ONE IN THE FALL OF THIS PAST YEAR.

YOU HAVE ANY OUTLOOK ON WHEN OUR NEXT CALL FOR PROJECTS MIGHT BE LOOKING AT? SO, UM, I'M GONNA DEFER TO RYAN ON THAT CAUSE HE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH TEXTILE FINANCE.

SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A DEFINITIVE SCHEDULE I THINK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR YOU CUZ THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AS WELL.

AND WE, WE, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TECHO FINANCE UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

UM, KIND OF TRUING UP THE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE IN OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM WITH WHAT'S IN TECHO SYSTEM AS WELL.

SO, UM, THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE POLICY BOARD PRETTY SOON I THINK, UM, BECAUSE WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND TRY AND GET THE DEFERRED PROJECT SCHEDULED, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE OUTLIER THERE IS THE DEFERRED PROJECTS WHEN WE CAN GET THOSE RESCHEDULED AND THEN THE IMPACTS OF INFLATION ON THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.

SO, UM, DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT NOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING DEFINITIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR YOU THOUGH.

AND, AND OUR HOPE, OUR HOPE JUDGE, IS THAT IT WILL BE DONE LATER THAN THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS CUZ IT ALLOWS US TO CHAMPION LOCAL PROJECTS.