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[CALL TO ORDER]
RIGHT.THIS IS THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
I AM MAYOR PROTE, PAGE ELLIS, AND I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
IT IS 1:04 PM AND WE ARE HERE AT CITY HALL.
I AM JOINED BY VICE CHAIR KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, UM, WHO ARE ON THE COMMITTEE.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS VELA AND ZO CADRE.
SO WELCOME, UH, TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE IN A TRANSITION PERIOD RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE NOT YET APPOINTED, UH, INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS COMPLETED HER TERM ON THE COUNCIL, AND OUR NEW ASSIGNMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED YET.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO OFFICIALLY WELCOMING THE NEW AND RETURNING COLLEAGUES TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
SO FAR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, SO
[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of November 10th, 2022.]
WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE'S MEETING ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022.DO I HAVE A MOTION? VICE CHAIR KELLY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
UH, THREE OF US ON THE COMMITTEE IN FAVOR.
UM, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ALLISON ALTAR, NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
SO THAT WILL, UM, ACTUALLY, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS OUR UPDATE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
UM, CHAIR CHAMPION IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
UH, HE HAD A LAST MINUTE CONFLICT, BUT THERE WERE NO NEW ACTIONS TAKEN SINCE OUR LAST MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO, UH, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH OF AN UPDATE TO PRESENT TO US ANYWAY.
UM, BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
UM, FOR THE NEW FOLKS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO APPOINT SOME OF YOUR COMMISSION MEMBERS, BUT THAT IS THE, UH, CITIZEN LED BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT, UM, ADVISES US MOST CLOSELY AS THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
[3. Update on the Proposed South Congress Parking and Transportation District project.]
NUMBER THREE IS GONNA BE AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECT BOARD MEMBERS.ANTHONY SAGURA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE UPDATE ON THE SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROPOSAL.
I'M JOINED TODAY HERE WITH MR. JASON REDFORD, WHO'S OUR ENTERPRISE MANAGER, AND MR. JOSEPH AL JAHARI, WHO'S ONE OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UH, JUST RESERVE AS A REMINDER, WE ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
UM, IT JUST AS A REMINDER, IT IS A, UM, YOU TAKE, UH, REVENUE EARNED AT THE METER AND WE SET THAT ASIDE INTO A CAPITAL ASSET FUND.
AND THEN THOSE FUNDS CAN BE THEN USED TO, UH, CREATE, UH, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JOSEPH O'HARE HERE.
HE IS GONNA GIVE OUR PRESENTATION, UM, ON THE SOCO DISTRICT, UH, PROPOSAL, AND THEN WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THEY COME UP.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOSEPH HARE.
I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER HERE AT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PARK ENTERPRISE DIVISION.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH CONGRESS.
UM, HERE'S JUST A QUICK, UH, COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
I MIGHT JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND MORE OF JUST, THIS WILL BE MORE OF A CONVERSATIONAL, WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH, UH, THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.
UM, WE KIND OF LEARNED ABOUT THE PROJECT TEAM, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, UH, UH, MY STAFF, RYAN ROYAL, UH, WHO'S ALSO LEADING THE ENGINEERING ASPECT OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND SO WHY ARE WE HERE? UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SON.
UM, MY SON, UH, AT THAT TIME, 2017, HE WAS GONNA SANG IGNATIUS, UH, CATHOLIC SCHOOL, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, ACTUALLY I AM BORN AND RAISED HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
UM, AND SO HE WAS GIVEN A REPORT, UM, ABOUT THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH CONGRESS.
AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S GROSS, UM, FROM WHERE IT WAS AND WHERE IT IS TODAY.
UM, SO WHAT IS THE HISTORY? UH, I WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
UM, THIS IS 20 PLUS YEARS OF HISTORY.
UM, THAT, AND THIS IS AN AMOUNT TO EVERYTHING, UM, BUT IT IS A PRETTY, UM, UH, I WOULD SAY INVOLVED, UM, 28, UH, 20 YEARS.
SO, UH, AND BACK IN 1998, UM, WE HAD A, UH, A PROJECT PUT IN PLACE CALLED THE SOUTH CONGRESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THAT WAS, UM, A BOND PROJECT THAT ALLOWED, WOULD ALLOW FUNDS TO BE PUT ON, UM, CERTAIN, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, UH, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
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PROJECTS ON IN THAT AREA.UM, UNFORTUNATELY OVER TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, DUE TO, UM, UH, ON AGREEANCE ON CERTAIN PROJECTS WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT KIND OF SLOWLY FIZZLED OUT.
SOME OF THE MONEY WAS USED, SOME OF IT, UM, WENT BACK, UM, AND, AND SOME OF IT WAS USED ON A, UH, FROM A DIFFERENT BUDGET.
IN 2009 WHEN WE COMPLETED THAT, UM, THAT'S WHEN, UM, BACK IN ENGEL PARKING WENT BACK INTO SOUTH CONGRESS.
UM, AND SOME OF SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WERE IMPROVED IN THAT AREA, LIKE STOP SIGN, FOUR-WAY STOPS AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, THERE WAS STILL ISSUES WITH PARKING, UM, AND, AND PARKING MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO IN 2011, UM, A, UM, RESOLUTION WAS PUT OUT TO LOOK INTO THE BENEFIT OR DOING A PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT.
UH, WE HAD ONE PAR, UH, PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS WEST CAMPUS.
UM, AND SO WE LOOKED INTO STAFF, LOOKED INTO, UM, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN SOUTH CONGRESS.
WE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL, WORKED WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THAT AT THAT TIME.
UH, AND AGAIN, IN 2015, UH, ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT THAT AS WELL, UM, TRYING TO, UH, FIND WAYS TO, UM, UH, PUT PARKING MITIGATION IN PLACE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE R P P AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS VERY PREVALENT.
UH, RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING, UM, FOR THE ACRONYM.
UM, AND THEN AT IT, IT FIZZLED OUT AGAIN IN, IN 2016, WE DID A COUPLE OF, UH, PIECES OF MITIGATION AGAIN, UM, FOUR WAY STOPS OR OTHER, UH, TRANSPORTATION RELATED, UH, FIXES.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO GET MORE, UH, PHYSICAL DATA ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE PARTNERED WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, UH, WHO HAD A, A CONTRACT WITH NELSON ARD, WHICH IS A, A NATIONAL PARKING CONSULTANT.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE FINISHED OUT, UM, THAT CONTRACT ADDED SOME, UM, FUNDS TO THAT TO DO SOUTH CONGRESS.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING, UH, PARKING STUDY OR STRATEGY THAT WAS DONE IN 2019.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS COMPLETED, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, AT THAT TIME, WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN, WE PUT THINGS ON HOLD.
UM, UNDOUBTEDLY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE, THE, THE PARKING PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED AS THINGS STARTED TO COME BACK.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND COMPLETE IT.
UM, SO WHAT ARE THE PARKING AND MOBILITY CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, FROM NOT ONLY BACK 20 YEARS AGO, BUT TODAY AS WELL? UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A HIGH DEMAND, UH, FOR, UH, WINDOW SPACE TURNOVER.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CURRENT TWO HOUR TIME LIMITED ZONES IN THE AREA THAT WERE PUT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BY REQUEST HERE AND THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT COMPREHENSIVE.
UM, THERE NEED TO BE MORE ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT.
UH, RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING IS VERY IN INCONSISTENT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIME ZONES OVER THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY CAN AND CANNOT PARK.
UM, BUSINESS AND MERCHANT EMPLOYEES HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING PARKING.
I'M, I'M SURE WE HEAR THAT A LOT.
AND I'VE TALKED TO PLENTY OF THE, THE, UM, EMPLOYEES DOWN IN SOUTH CONGRESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
MANY BUSINESSES ALONG SOUTH CONGRESS DON'T HAVE OFF STREET PARKING, SO THEY'RE SHARING PARKING, THEY'RE FINDING WAYS TO MAKE IT MAY DO.
UM, SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, THE GOAL, RIGHT, OF THE, THE, THE SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING STRATEGY? UM, THE GOAL WAS TO REALLY FIND WHAT WAS THE, THE MAIN ISSUES, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE.
AND SO, UM, WE, THE, THE FIRST GOAL OUT OF THAT WAS TO ADOPT A PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
UM, THAT'S REALLY THE UMBRELLA FOR ALL THE OTHER PARKING, UM, MITIGATION THAT CAN BE DONE IN THERE THROUGH A WAY OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET IT DONE.
SO, IMPLEMENT PAID PARKING ON SOUTH CONGRESS WAS A, A PART OF THAT.
IMPLEMENT CONSISTENT PARKING ENFORCEMENT, STREAMLINE AND MODERNIZED THE RPP PROGRAM, UM, UH, AT THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM, UM, TO THE, THE AREA USER-FRIENDLY AND EQUITABLE CURB MANAGEMENT OPTIONS, UH, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MULTI, UH, MULTIMODAL OPTIONS AND ADAPTABLE WITH FOCUS ON COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO, UH, DURING THAT TIME, UH, SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING STUDY, THIS IS SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
WE, UH, WENT THROUGH, UH, MANY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, WORKSHOPS, UH, VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, UH, AND SURVEYS.
AFTER THE, THE STUDY IN THE FINDINGS CAME OUT, UM, SOME OF THE TOP FIVE, UH, TAKEAWAYS THERE, UM, PARKING MANAGEMENT, SOUTH CONGRESS NEEDS MORE SYSTEMATIC AND HOLISTIC APPROACH.
EMPLOYEES, VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ARE COMPETING FOR SOME OF THE SAME CONVENIENT CORE AREA PARKING SPACES.
UM, ALMOST HALF THE PEOPLE TRAVELING TO SOUTH CONGRESS ARRIVE BY SOME OTHER MODE THAN DRIVING ALONE.
OVER HALF OF PEOPLE TRAVELING TO SOUTH CONGRESS ARE MAKING SHORT TRIPS, AND RESIDENTS HAVE THE, UH, LOWEST OPINION ABOUT THE PARKING EXPERIENCE THERE.
SO WHAT DOES OUR POLICY SUPPORT? UM, OF COURSE, AS AND P IS OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT.
UM, WE HAVE THE, THE 50 50 MODE SPLIT BY 2039.
UM, AND THERE'S OTHER SPECIFIC PARKING RELATED, UH, UH, POLICY SUPPORT WITHIN THE AS AND P THAT, THAT INCLUDES US USING, YOU KNOW, DEMAND BASED PRICING AND ALSO INCREASING OUR CURRENT CAPACITIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PROJECT CONNECT, THE SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE CORRIDOR PLAN, UM, AND A COUPLE, AND OF COURSE, THE SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING STRATEGY.
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WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND WHAT IS OUR THOUGHT PROCESS ON OUR PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT? IT'S ONE REQUESTED BY AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL.IT'S A POLICY FRAMEWORK, SO IT'S REALLY THE UMBRELLA FOR A LOT OF THE OTHER, UM, ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE OTHER MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
BUT FIRST PARKING, UH, SETS ASIDE FUNDING THAT.
AND THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS POLICY IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO, UM, SET ASIDE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN USE FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THAT AREA.
SO IT'S A 51%, UM, UH, UH, SET ASIDE TO, TO A FUND THAT ROLLS OVER EVERY YEAR.
AND WE WORK WITH A COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT ON PROJECTS, UH, SPECIFIC TO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND REALLY CREATES A, A COMMUNICATION STREAM BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE CALLED THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I GOT TRANSFERRED AND I GOT TRANSFERRED.
I GOT TRANSFERRED, AND I FINALLY LAND IT TO YOU, JOSEPH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT THERE AND CENTRALIZED AND IT TALKED AS A COMMUNITY THERE AND COME UP TOGETHER.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE FASTER, EVEN IF IT'S A TACTICAL WAY BEFORE WE COME UP WITH THE ACTUAL PROGRAM FOR IT.
MONITOR ENFORCING OF PARKING REGULATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE CONSISTENCY WITH THAT IN ORDER FOR THOSE PARKING MITIGATION THINGS WE PUT IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY WORK.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OTHER DISTRICTS, UM, WEST CAMPUS BEING THE VERY FIRST DISTRICT ACTUALLY WAS STARTED OFF AS A PILOT PROGRAM, UM, AND THEN BECAME, UH, ORDINANCE, WE THEN ENHANCED THAT ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH JUST LAYS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR.
UM, SO WE HAVE EAST AUSTIN PTMD, MUELLER PTMD, AND THE MOST RECENT ONE, WHICH IS THE COLORADO RIVER RIVER AREA, PTM D.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, UM, FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO BE DONE.
UH, LIKE A LITTLE CAVEAT ON THE WEST CAMPUS ONE, UM, THERE IS A PROJECT THAT'S SLATED FOR ALL OF THAT, THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED, WHICH IS THE WEST 25TH STREET PROJECT, UM, FROM GUADALUPE TO LAMAR, UM, OR YEAH, TU LAMAR.
AND THAT'S IS EXPECTED TO START AND BREAK GROUND ON JUNE THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, WHAT IS THE PLANNING TO ADOPT A PTMD? UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, THE, THE SIX STEPS.
THERE WE'RE, WE'RE AT NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSING ON STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE ISSUES ARE AND CORE ISSUES ARE IN THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND TO ALSO EDUCATE ABOUT PARKING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO, WE EDUCATE ON PARKING BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN IDEALS ABOUT WHAT PARKING LOOKS LIKE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PARKING MANAGEMENT AT A CONCENTRATED LEVEL AS WELL AS A CONSISTENT LEVEL LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED WITH THEM AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
UM, AND THEN AT THE NEXT STEP WITH US TO BRING IS, IS A, A FORMAL APPLICATION THAT LISTS OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PARKING TOOLS THAT WE'RE GONNA USE IN THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PRESENT AT UTC.
AND THEN THERE'S A APPLICATION THAT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
SO THE SOUTH CONGRESS AREA PTMD PROPOSAL, REALLY FOCUSING ON PARKING MANAGEMENT, PARKING REGULATIONS, THAT INCLUDES BALANCE OPTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, STRATEGY FROM NELSON NARE WAS, IS TO CREATE THIS PTMD.
UM, AND WE REQUIRED PRE-APPLICATION MEETING, WAS THAT WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT WAS ON JULY 13TH, 2022.
UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST, UH, KICKOFF MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WITH THOSE CERTAIN APPLICATION STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THAT, UH, INCLUDED, UM, THE SOUTH CONGRESS, UH, PID, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, THE SOUTH CONGRESS MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, GOLDEN CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SOUTH RIVER CITY CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS A REPRESENTATION ON THIS, UH, PROPOSAL ADVISORY TEAM.
UH, THESE ARE THE CURRENT MEETINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UM, SINCE THAT TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN, UM, UH, REALLY HITTING THE GROUND AND, AND TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES NOT ONLY JUST THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES MEETINGS WITH THE ACTUAL, UH, BOARDS.
SO MEETING WITH THE BOARDS, AND THEN THE GENERAL MEETINGS AS WELL.
THIS IS CURRENTLY THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE P T M D WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE BOUNDARY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHERE PAID PARKING GOES.
THIS BOUNDARY IS SIMPLY FOR THE FUND SPLIT.
SO THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES US TO CREATE A BOUNDARY TO SAY THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED, UM, GENERATED IN THESE BOUNDARIES CAN ONLY BE USED IN THOSE BOUNDARIES.
THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST LOOK AT, ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE WRONG SLIDE, LOOK ABOUT IT, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO WITH IT HERE.
UM, SO ACTUALLY, THE, THE PURPLE THERE, IT'S GONNA BE MIXED WITH A GREEN.
UM, IT'S REALLY, SO WHAT ART METHODOLOGY IS, IS WHAT YOU TAKE IS PAID PARKING AS A BASE, AND YOU REALLY LAYER ON RESTRICTIONS BASED OFF OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THAT AREA.
UM, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THERE'S A, UH, INCONSISTENT RPP.
UM, SO THE, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE THAT ALL CONSISTENT, UM, SO THAT THERE'S NO TIME DIFFERENCES.
IT ALL STARTS INTO THE SAME TIME.
THE RESTRICTIONS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON WHO CAN PARK THERE.
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT ELSE WOULD BE CONSISTENT, UM, HYBRID APPROACH.
THIS HYBRID APPROACH REALLY ALLOWS US TO STRETCH
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THE CURB AND BE USED DYNAMICALLY IN A WAY THAT IS EFFICIENT.UM, WE'VE HAD OTHER PILOTS THAT TEST US OUT.
UM, ONE OF THOSE WAS THE WOODS OF WESTLAKE WHERE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, RPP PERMITS LAYERED ON WITH PAID PARKING.
UH, WE DEFINITELY LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT SITUATION, HAVE TAKEN FROM THAT.
AND, AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO STEWARD A NEW PROCESS FOR THAT HERE IN SOUTH CONGRESS, UH, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY LAYER IN THE POTENTIAL OF ADDING EMPLOYEE PARKING, UM, FOR THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM ON STREET RATHER THAN JUST OFF STREET.
UM, AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT CASES.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THOSE SPECIFICS.
AND, AND JUST AS A CLARIFICATION ON THIS SLIDE, THE, ON THE GREEN AREA, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE A DIGITAL PAY, UH, UH, PAY ENVIRONMENT, NOT A PAY STATION ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIGITAL, UM, SOFTWARE TO, TO TAKE, UH, PARKING TRANSACTIONS ON SOUTH CONGRESS.
SO THAT'S A MISTAKE ON THIS, ON THIS MAP, AND WE'LL CORRECT THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY HEARD A LOT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY, UM, ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SIZED TRUCKS GOING DOWN, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, UH, AREAS AND ALLEYS THAT ARE UN IMPROVED.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAKING, UH, AREAS THAT THEY CAN, UM, PARK WITH, GETTING OUT TO CERTAIN AREAS.
CUZ REALLY, UH, A LOT OF, ESPECIALLY ON THE, THE, UH, EAST SIDE THERE, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY USE ANNIE STREET TO GET TO 35, SO THEY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE STREETS THERE.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE COMMERCIAL LANDING SPOTS IS.
AND THEN ONCE WE UNDERSTAND HOW MOVEMENT CHANGES, ONCE YOU KNOW THE NEW SYSTEM'S IN PLACE, WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO REALLY DIAL THAT IN.
UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PICK UP AND DROP OFF ZONES, UM, WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE REALLY ENHANCE THAT IN, IN SOUTH CONGRESS AND ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE TNC PICKUP AND DROP OFF ARE OCCURRING, ARE COORDINATED, UM, AND EFFICIENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE PTMD? AND I, I REALLY LIKE THIS.
I, I, I START ACTUALLY HELPED OUT GET THE OTHER PTMD STARTED.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT STARTED LATER ON AS WE STARTED USING MONEY AND, UH, YOUR PARKING DOLLARS IN ACTION.
CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAKING THOSE PARKING DOLLARS THAT PEOPLE ARE USING AND PUTTING 'EM BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENHANCE IT FOR OTHER USES.
MAYBE EVEN GET THEM OUT OF THEIR OWN VEHICLE TO USE A BIKE LANE.
UM, SO YOU CAN USE 'EM FOR BIKE LANES, UH, BIKE LANE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING STRUCTURES AND THEMSELVES AND FINANCING THOSE, UM, SIGNAL, PUBLIC ART, ANYTHING THAT HELPS THE CONVEYANCE OF PEOPLE, UM, TRANSPORT IN ANY WAY, EVEN IN INCLUDING CULTURAL ASPECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO HERE'S OUR TENTATIVE TIMELINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING THE APPLICATION, UH, READY SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU, OUR DIRECTOR, AND REALLY DIAL IN THAT FINAL PIECE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND THEN PAID PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S A TYPO THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT COULD BE SOONER OR LATER.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.
WELL, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION, IF Y'ALL HAVE HAD ANY, HAD ANY FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT RETOOLING, UH, R PPP? YES.
AND THEY'RE REALLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
UM, I THINK OVERALL THERE'S FRUSTRATION, NOT ONLY JUST FROM THE, THE PUBLIC, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH R P P EVERY DAY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND, AND, AND THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT, UH, AS WELL AS STILL MAINTAINS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THERE.
SO, YES, WE'RE GONNA RETOOL IT.
UM, WE STARTED THAT PROCESS ALREADY, THAT ONE OF THE STRATEGIES AND, UH, THE STUDY SUGGESTED THAT WE GO TO TIERED PRICING FOR PERMITS AND THE, AND THESE OTHER THINGS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
UM, SO NOW THE NEXT STEP IS JUST REFINING IT EVEN MORE.
I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING ON MAYOR PROAM.
I'M THE WEST 25TH STREET PROJECT.
I, I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
WHAT, WHAT'S THAT? WHAT WILL THAT INVOLVE? UH, YEAH.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, THEY'RE REDOING SIDEWALKS.
THEY HAD A ALREADY A MASTER PLAN FOR, IT'S, IT, UM, IT'S THE OVERLAY OVER THERE.
THE UNIVERSITY OVERLAY HAS A, A MASTER PLAN FOR 25TH STREET.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO ONCE THE FUNDS WERE GENERATED, UH, WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT, UH, OR START THAT PROJECT.
BUT IT'S, UH, RIDING OF THE SIDEWALKS GREAT, GREAT STREET SIDE SIDEWALKS.
UM, AND WE'RE 12 FOOT, 12 FOOT SIDEWALKS.
UM, PLANTERS, UH, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS THERE.
SO, UH, LIGHT, BETTER LIGHTING.
UM, WE HAVE A WEBSITE FOR THAT.
WE CAN MAKE SURE TO PASS THAT ALONG.
SO Y'ALL AWARE OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A GREAT PROJECT.
UH, AND I KNOW WEST 25TH STREET GOES PRETTY DEEP INTO, UH, WEST CAMPUS THERE, HUH? OH, YES.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT.
KELLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT OCCURRED THROUGHOUT
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THIS PROJECT.COULD YOU MAYBE TALK US THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE ON YOUR END SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND? YEAH, SURE.
I MEAN, SO, UH, I'LL START OFF WITH THE, UH, STRATEGY ITSELF.
UH, WE HELD MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS, UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, JUST WALKER SHOPS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ALLEYS, TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SIGNAGE AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, WE HELD DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SURVEYS AT THAT TIME AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPACTS.
UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING TO VISIT THE, THE AVENUE AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, NOT ONLY JUST LIVE THERE, OWN THEIR OR RENT THERE.
UM, SO, UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF IT, AND THAT WAS KIND OF HELD OFF, UM, AFTER THE, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, WE DID ONE LAST, UM, PUSH, UH, FOR A, UM, SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND THE RESULTS OF, OF THE ACTUAL FINDINGS, UM, WHICH WAS A VIDEO PRESENTATION.
UM, AND WE GOT THAT SURVEY RESULTS BACK, UH, RIGHT BEFORE, UH, EVERYTHING KIND OF REALLY SHUT DOWN.
UM, AND THEN WE PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD, STILL KEPT IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS BUSINESS STARTED TO COME BACK, WE WOULDN'T ENSURE THAT WE WERE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
AND PLUS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING ASKED TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, SO ONCE, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY FELT PRETTY COMFORTABLE.
UH, WE STARTED, AND THAT'S WAS, UH, JULY OF THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THEM AGAIN.
THAT STARTED OFF WITH ONE STAKEHOLDER MEETING, UM, WITH, UM, THE EACH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND THE PI.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE CREATED A PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER TO GO TO EACH ONE OF THE GROUPS AND TALK TO EACH ONE OF THE BOARDS ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, EACH ELEMENT OF THE PTMD.
UH, WE EVEN BROUGHT IN, UM, SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE OTHER PTMS TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT HOW THAT LOOKED LIKE.
UM, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, WE DEVELOPED THE FIRST MAP BASED OFF OF THE FIRST STRATEGY MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE STUDY.
UM, AND THAT'S THE MAP THAT YOU SAW THERE TODAY.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE, THE MEETINGS AFTER THAT HAVE JUST BEEN LOOKING AT SOME VERY SPECIFIC FINE TUNING OF AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS, LIKE THE CIRCLE MUSIC LANE ACADEMY, SOME OF THE STUFF ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF USE THOSE SPACES FOR DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.
WE'RE FINDING WE'RE FINE TUNING THAT.
WE, WE WE'LL COMPLETE THAT HERE SOON.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN THE APPLICATION WILL BE COMPLETE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, PARTICIPATING AND, AND HELPING US FILL THE APPLICATION OUT THAT WE'LL BE, BRING, BRINGING BACK TO YOU SO THAT WE'VE HAD INTERACTION WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEM HELPING US PREPARE THAT APPLICATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GOING OVER THAT.
I THINK IT'S OFTEN, UM, HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE AT HOME WATCHING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SEE A BRIEFING LIKE THIS, ALL THE WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE A PROJECT COME TO FRUITION.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT AND FOR LETTING US KNOW FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
AND JUST ANOTHER, A QUICK QUESTION ON THE RPP PROGRAM.
HOW, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GO DOWN TO SOUTH CONGRESS, YOU KNOW, DECENTLY, UH, FREQUENTLY, UH, UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, DRIVE DOWN THERE HOW THE RPP THE RESERVE FOR RPP SECTION.
HOW OFTEN, HOW OCCUPIED ARE THOSE? HOW OFTEN ARE THEY USED? UH, IS THAT PLAYING INTO THE IDEA TO MAKE IT KIND OF HYBRID TO FREE UP SOME, UH, PAID PARKING AND LIKE ALTERNATIVE, UH, UH, RPP THERE? UH, CORRECT.
I MEAN, IT, I THINK HISTORICALLY THE PROGRAM ITSELF, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, AROUND THE NATION HAS THAT SAME PROBLEM WHERE THEY, IT DOESN'T GET USED EFFICIENTLY.
AND THEY, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY URBAN PLANNERS, CAN, YOU KNOW, POINT THAT OUT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN UNEFFICIENT USE OF CURB SPACE.
UM, BUT THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT.
SOUTH CONGRESS IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES, RIGHT? UH, A LOT OF THE HOMES BUILT WERE, THAT WERE BUILT THERE, WERE BUILT BEFORE 1959.
UM, THAT'S WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE REALLY PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT YOU HAVE TANDEM PARKING OR YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY PARKING.
UM, SO THAT PLAYS INTO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, PUT IN R P P.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, BEING SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, A LOT OF THE TIMES THOSE, THOSE AREAS DON'T GET USED.
UM, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE MAYBE, UM, WE'VE SAW A LOT LESS USAGE OF THEM.
UM, THAT ALSO HAS LED TO US TO LOOK A HYBRID OPTION TO DO THAT, BUT THERE'S STILL PROTECTIONS WITHIN R PPP, UM, FOR RESIDENTS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO USE THAT SPACE.
CAUSE MY SENSE OF IT WAS, AGAIN, JUST FROM ANECDOTALLY, MY VISITS DOWN THERE IS THAT MOST OF THE RPP AREAS WERE EMPTY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PAID OR THE PUBLIC PARKING WOULD FILL UP, AND THEN THE R PPP WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKE ONE CAR, YOU KNOW, ON THE BLOCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AND I GUESS THAT'S BEEN Y'ALL'S, UH, SENSE OF IT TOO, HUH? YEAH.
AND IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, AND I, I RAN THE RPP PROGRAM WHEN I FIRST AND I BUILT IT AND, AND HELPED, YOU KNOW, GUIDE IT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY.
BUT I THINK THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM AT SOME POINT, IT'S, IT'S THE LAST STRAW FOR THEM.
UM, SO IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO, TO, TO REALLY SUPPORT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I DO SUPPORT IT IN, IN THOSE SENSE, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO BE BALANCED FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A WAY, IN THE REST OF THE AREA, SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED IN A WAY THAT'S, IS SUPPORTIVE OF SAFETY.
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I APPRECIATE THAT DISCUSSION AROUND THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT THAT WE REFER TO AS RPP.AND I KNOW THE CALL OUT TO WOODS OF WESTLAKE.
I KNOW WE, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US NAVIGATE A SITUATION WHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS COMING TO ENJOY WHAT IS A PUBLIC PARK ACCESS POINT.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT CREATED SITUATIONS WHERE NEIGHBORS COULDN'T GET THEIR MAIL BECAUSE THE MAIL TRUCK COULDN'T STOP, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD HIT THE MAILBOXES AND JUST ALL SORTS OF CRAZY THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS TRYING TO PARK.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD WAYS OF CREATING REALLY CUSTOMIZED VERSIONS OF THE R PPP SO THAT WE'RE MIXING THAT BENEFIT OF HOW TO MAKE IT LIVABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, BUT ALSO ENJOYABLE FOR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC TRYING TO ENJOY, UH, PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE SPACES.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN EARLIER ABOUT A 51% SET ASIDE.
CAN YOU GO OVER THAT IN JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE REVENUE BEING COLLECTED, BUT ONLY ABOUT HALF OF IT IS BEING USED FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR ENFORCEMENT, OR A BLEND OF THE TWO? YEP.
UN UNDER SECTION 12 DASH SEVEN, UH, WE SPLIT THE, THE, UH, THE PTMD REVENUE, UH, 51 40 9%.
AND THAT SPLIT HAPPENS AFTER WE'VE PAID EXPENSES FOR ENFORCEMENT.
IF WE HAVE PAY STATIONS, THEN WE, WE PAY FOR THE PAY STATIONS AND WE, WE CREATE A SCHEMA OR A, UH, A, AN EXCEL LISTING OF ALL OF THE POTENTIAL COSTS FOR, UM, FOR THOSE, UH, UM, PAY STATIONS AND ALL OF OUR ENFORCEMENT NEEDS.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL, UM, BASED ON THAT, THAT SCHEMA WE'LL, UH, CREATE A MONTHLY, UM, FORMULA FOR HOW WHENEVER WE COLLECT REVENUE, WE'LL DEDUCT WHATEVER WE THINK THE, UH, WHATEVER THE ACTUAL, UM, EXPENDITURES ARE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, AFTER WE HAVE NET REVENUE LEFT OVER, THEN THE 51 49 SPLIT HAPPENS.
AND WHERE DOES THE UNALLOCATED PORTION GO? DOES THAT GO BACK INTO OTHER, UM, GENERAL PARKING AREAS? SO THE, UH, YEAH, THE 49% WILL COME BACK TO PARKING ENTERPRISE AS REVENUE.
AND THEN THAT'S USED TO HELP FUND ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS, OUR ENFORCEMENT, OUR TYPICAL, UM, THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WORK IN.
UM, AND THEN THE 51% GOES INTO A CAPITAL ASSET FUND.
UM, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE INTO AN ACCOUNT THAT IS ADMINISTRATED BY, UM, CITIZENS.
UM, IT GOES, IT IS A CITY ACCOUNT, BUT WE USE, UM, INTERACTION WITH THOSE CITIZENS, WITH THOSE RESIDENTS TO, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND, AND SPIN FROM THAT ACCOUNT FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT LEADS WELL INTO MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PARKING DISTRICT, UM, IS QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN THE MAP OF WHERE THE REVENUE IS COLLECTED.
CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FOR ME? YEAH, FOR SURE.
SO, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE, WE PLAN FOR A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE SCIENCE BEHIND MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN SPACE, RIGHT? ONCE YOU PUT SOMETHING IN SOME WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO, WHICH COULD CREATE OTHER ISSUES, UM, ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS MAY HAVE PROJECTS AROUND THOSE AREAS THAT MAY BE RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT, THAT THEY CAN USE IT, THAT WOULD HELP THE DISTRICT.
AND SO THE BOUNDARY, WE, WE GO OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT PROJECTS CAN BE DONE WITHIN THE WHOLE AREA.
SO WE MAY NOT EVER PUT METERS IN SOME OF THESE CORNERS OR, OR PAID PARKING, I'M SORRY, IN SOME MANY CORNERS.
BUT, UM, IT COULD BE, THE MONEY COULD BE USED OVER THERE TO HELP IMPROVE THINGS IN, IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
UM, SO, AND UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM LIKE EAST AUSTINSON.
IT GOES FROM I 35 TO CHICO AND FROM LADY BIRD LAKE ALL THE WAY UP TO 11TH STREET.
AND SO WE ONLY HAVE METERS IN THAT CERTAIN SECTION, BUT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CEDAR CHAVEZ AND SOME OF THE MOVEMENTS GOING DOWN THERE.
SO HAVING THE DISTRICT IN PLACE REALLY ALLOWS US TO WORK AS, AS A COMMUNITY, AS, AND THE BOARD GETS TOGETHER TO REALLY DECIDE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE BECOMING ISSUES AFTER WE'VE DONE THE FIRST PHASE.
SO IT'S MOSTLY THE REVENUE IS BEING COLLECTED RIGHT ON SOUTH CONGRESS AND SOUTH FIRST, AND SOME OF THE CONNECTOR STREETS THAT CONNECT THE TWO, BUT YOU CAN USE THAT FOR PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, CORRECT.
FURTHER EAST AND WEST OF, OF THOSE BARRIERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I THINK THAT COVERS IT.
[4. Bi-Annual Update on the I-35 Expansion Cap and Stitch project.]
ITEM IS GONNA BE OUR BIANNUAL UPDATE ON THE I 35 EXPANSION CAP AND STITCH PROJECT.AND THIS IS ONE THAT I THOUGHT SOME OF THE, UH, FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE YET, UH, MAY JUST TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST IN.
I KNOW OUR COMMITTEES USUALLY ONLY HAVE A HEADCOUNT OF FIVE PEOPLE, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IMPACTS A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE EITHER WORKING IN THE TRANSPORTATION SPACE, UM, OR THAT TOUCH THEIR DISTRICTS, EVEN IF THEY AREN'T ALWAYS ON THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, ARE STILL VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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THE CITY'S QUARTER PROGRAM OFFICE, AND I'M GONNA GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE R FUTURE 35, UM, CAP AND STITCH PROGRAM, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO, UM, THE I 35, UH, CAPITAL EXPRESS, UH, PROJECT AS WELL.UM, JUST TO, TO KIND OF START OUT, I KNOW A LOT OF, YOU'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF I 35.
I 35 BASICALLY DOUBLED DOWN ON SOME OF THE SEGREGATIONIST HISTORY OF AUSTIN, UM, AS BLACK COMMUNITIES WERE RELOCATED TO EAST AUSTIN THROUGH THE 1928 COMP PLAN.
AND THEN HISPANIC COMMUNITIES FOLLOWED IN MID 20TH CENTURY.
AND SO, UM, EAST AVENUE WAS, WAS THAT KIND OF DIVIDING LINE I 35, WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1960S, REALLY DOUBLED DOWN AND REALLY BECAME THAT PHYSICAL BARRIER, UM, BETWEEN EAST AUSTIN AND THE REST OF AUSTIN.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, I 35, AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CONFIGURATION TODAY.
CONFIGURATION INCLUDES UPPER AND LOWER DECKS, UM, THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF DOWNTOWN, AND THEN RAYS ELEVATED SECTIONS, UM, AS YOU GET FURTHER INTO DOWNTOWN, UH, TO LADY BIRD LAKE.
SO AGAIN, UH, THOSE ELEVATED AREAS, AGAIN, CREATING THAT, THAT KIND OF PHYSICAL BARRIER, UH, BETWEEN ONE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER, UM, I INCLUDED BOTH ALTERNATIVES IN THIS PRESENTATION, JUST CUZ I KNOW THAT THESE ARE STILL PART OF BEING WHAT'S CONSIDERED, UH, THROUGH THE TECH, THE TECH DOT, UH, D E I S PROCESS.
UM, MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE THREE IS THEIR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, UM, AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, THAT'S THE ONE ON THE LOWER, UH, PART OF THE SCREEN.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE BEEN ANALYZING BOTH OF THESE TO SEE WHERE CAP OPPORTUNITIES EXIST AS WELL AS, UM, WIDEN CROSSINGS.
AND SO NOW WE'LL BEGIN TO FOCUS MORE ON THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE THREE, UM, AS THAT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH AS THE PREFERRED, UM, ALTERNATIVE.
BUT LOOKING AT THAT ALTERNATIVE, UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, PRELIMINARILY, UH, WHERE WE THINK CAP OPPORTUNITIES EXIST.
UM, WHERE YOU SEE THE PURPLE ON THAT, UH, UH, SCHEMATIC IS WHERE, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING KIND OF MINI CAPS OR KIND OF WIDEN STITCHES, WIDEN CROSSINGS THAT REALLY, UH, SUPPLEMENT, UM, WHAT'S ALREADY BEING REBUILT.
UM, I, UH, TECHO IS ALREADY INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL 20 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE, THE BRIDGES, UM, WHERE THERE'S 10 FEET TYPICALLY ON EACH SIDE OF THE CURRENT BRIDGES ACROSS 35.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY RECONSTRUCTING BRIDGES AS WIDEN CROSSINGS.
SO THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH SOME, UM, WIDENED STITCHES, UM, THROUGH LOCAL FUNDING.
AND THEN THE GREEN AREAS ARE WHERE WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BEGINS, UH, THERE'S A CONTIGUOUS SET, UH, FROM CAESAR CHAVEZ UP TO EIGHTH STREET WHERE YOU SEE THAT PURPLE BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH STREET.
WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT THERE, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR THAT TO BE A FULL CAP BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE UT CAMPUS.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN COORDINATION WITH UT AND THEY'RE EVALUATING, UH, THE FEASIBILITY OF THOSE CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, PURPLE SPACES, UM, AS THE, THE TOP PART OF THAT SCHEMATIC IS AS YOU GET FURTHER NORTH, YOU CAN SEE 32ND STREET, 38TH AND A HALF AS YOU GET UP TO THE, UH, RED LINE CROSSING BACK ACROSS I 35 UP TO AIRPORT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, SOME SMALLER CAPS OR WIDEN CROSSINGS, UM, THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THERE AS WELL.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE ARE EVALUATING ALL OF THESE RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY, UM, WITH TECH DOT.
WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH TECH DOT.
UM, THEY'RE ON A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, SINCE THEY ARE TAKING A NEW APPROACH, UH, TO THE DELIVERY OF THEIR PROGRAM, THEY WERE LOOKING AT DOING DESIGN BUILD.
NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING DESIGN BID BUILD THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDES US SOME BETTER OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO COORDINATE WITH THEM, WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL BE CARRYING DESIGN IN-HOUSE ALL THE WAY THROUGH A HUNDRED PERCENT VERSUS HANDING IT OVER TO A DESIGN BUILDER.
AND SO THAT WILL PROVIDE US A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO WORK WITH TEXT DOT, UM, ON COORDINATING THESE PROJECTS AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THE REFINEMENT OF THE ACTUAL HIGHWAY DESIGN ITSELF AS THAT MOVES FORWARD.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, BEGINNING, UH, CONSTRUCTION IN 25, 26, UM, NOW.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AGGRESSIVELY ALONG WITH THAT PARALLEL, UH, TIMELINE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THIS CAN KIND OF CONVERGE AND GET CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME, UM, AS WE GET FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR THE CAPS AND STITCHES.
SO WHAT IS A CAP AND WHAT IS A STITCH? AND FOR, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PUBLIC'S PER, UH, A BENEFIT, UM, A CAP IS REALLY JUST THAT AS THE HIGHWAY LANES ARE DEPRESSED BELOW GROUND LEVEL, UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING THROUGH, UH, DOWNTOWN, THAT PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SERIES OF CAPS OVER THEM.
AND THEY ARE STRUCTURES SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS, PEERS.
AND WE CAN ALSO THEN RECLAIM THAT SPACE AND PUT THOSE TWO PUBLIC CIVIC PURPOSES.
AND SO IT COULD BE GREEN SPACES, ACTIVITY SPACES, UM, OTHER, OTHER, UH, PUBLIC BENEFITS.
AND THAT REALLY IS KIND OF OUR GOAL IN WITH THIS, IS TO MAXIMIZE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THESE HIGHWAY CAPS.
AND THEN THE STITCHES, WHICH ARE, AGAIN, WIDEN BRIDGES OR WIDEN CROSSINGS.
UH, THAT PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE ON EACH SIDE TO CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL BUFFERS, UH, ADDITIONAL SEPARATION, UH, BETWEEN, UH, BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, UH, FROM, FROM THE VEHICLE LANES, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUFFERS LIKE LANDSCAPING, UH, PUBLIC ART, OTHER AESTHETICS, OTHER AMENITIES
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THAT THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED AGAIN, TO MAKE A MORE COMFORTABLE, UH, CROSSING, UH, FROM EAST AUSTIN TO DOWNTOWN AND VICE VERSA.WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, UH, IN THE PROCESS, I MENTIONED THAT WE'VE DONE SOME INITIAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF WHERE, UH, CAPS COULD POTENTIALLY GO.
UH, WE HAVE FINISHED THAT WORK AND WE ARE NOW ENTERING WHAT WE'RE CALLING, THIS IS PRE-DESIGNED PHASE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A CONSULTING FIRM RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF REALLY TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WHICH IS TO DEVELOP SOME CONCEPTS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'LL BE GETTING MORE INTO THAT WORK AS WE MOVE INTO 2023, AND THEN YOU'LL START TO SEE US HAVE A MORE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO GET FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS AND SOME OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CAN BE PUT ON THE CAPS, THAT WORKS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH, WHATEVER GOES ON TOP OF THE CAP INFORMS HOW MUCH, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE TOLERANCES AND LOADING, UH, THE, THE STRUCTURES NEED TO BEAR.
AND SO THAT FACTORS, FACTORS INTO THE DESIGN OF THE FOUNDATIONS AND THE STRUCTURES, THE COLUMNS AS WELL.
SO ALL OF IT NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BE PUTTING ON TOP OF THE CAPS AS WE, AS WE'RE ACT, ACTUALLY DOING THE DESIGN OF THE SUPPORT STRUCTURES AS WELL.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE, UH, ANTICIPATE GOING TO 30%, UM, ENGINEERING.
AND BASICALLY AT THAT POINT, AS WE BRING THE STRUCTURES AND, UM, THE SURFACE AMENITIES TO ABOUT 30%, UH, ENGINEERING, THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL KIND OF, UH, DIVERGE AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL GET THE STRUCTURES, UH, MORE COORDINATED WITH TECH.TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR PROJECT.
AND THEN WE'LL FINISH OUT THE FULL DESIGN OF THE SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE WAY, UH, TO GET THAT DONE, UH, BEYOND THAT TIME.
AND THEN SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WALK THE TALK OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE AS A PARTNER, NOT JUST A STAKEHOLDER.
UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO THAT.
UM, ONE IS WE FORMED A COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, MADE UP OF, OF MULTIPLE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, LEADERS, UM, TO BE A PART OF OUR, OUR DISCUSSION AND REALLY HELP US TO FORMULATE WHAT AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IS.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE'VE ALREADY, UM, UH, GOTTEN THEM TOGETHER.
WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT SEEKING THEIR FEEDBACK ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE SURFACE AMENITIES ARE LOOKING LIKE, WHAT THOSE CONCEPTS ARE LOOKING LIKE, BUT ALSO ARE WE DOING AN EFFECTIVE JOB AND REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG FOCUS FOR US AS WE GET INTO THIS NEXT YEAR OF WORK.
UM, WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, A LOT OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER AGENCIES.
SO COORDINATING WITH CAPITAL METRO, OBVIOUSLY COORDINATING WITH TECH DOT AND, AND OTHER AGENCIES.
UM, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DOTS WE NEED TO CONNECT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO, UH, UH, COORDINATING WITH THE WATERLOO GREENWAY.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AGAIN, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL OF THEM AND COORDINATING WITH ALL OF THEM, UM, AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THIS NEXT PHASE OF WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, OVER THE COMING WEEKS IN AND COMING MONTHS.
SO I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE AGAIN.
WE'VE, UM, BEEN WORKING WITH THEM NOW ON TRYING TO DEVELOP, UM, SOME PROJECT VISION AND GOALS.
UM, AND THIS IS BASED ON US ALL REVIEWING ALONG WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, FEEDBACK WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, DISCUSSIONS THAT HAD HAPPENED EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT AS PART OF THE, OUR FUTURE 35, UH, DISCUSSIONS.
THIS COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, SO AS STAFF AND TOGETHER, UH, DEVELOPING, UM, SOME PROJECT VISION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND AGAIN, THESE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO A LOT OF THE DESIRED OUTCOMES WE HAVE IN OUR SD 23.
AND THEN, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY SD 28.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE LOCALLY AS A COMMUNITY, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, WE, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ALREADY.
UM, A LOT OF, OF GREAT ENGAGEMENT, BOTH THROUGH OPEN HOUSES.
UH, WE'VE DONE AN ONLINE SURVEY.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD RESPONSE AND, AND A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK.
SOME OF THE INITIAL INDICATIONS WERE A BIG DESIRE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE, UH, HAVE SOME BETTER MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY, UH, BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE.
UM, AND AGAIN, ALL THESE THINGS I THINK, ALIGN WELL WITH WHAT OUR, OUR LOCAL MOBILITY GOALS ARE, BUT ALSO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY GOALS ARE AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, THIS ISN'T THE LAST PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE PROJECT, AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTS.
AND WE'LL BE, AGAIN, JUST CONTINUING TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AND, AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO, UH, THE CONCEPTS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUILD AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, ON THE CAPS, AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THE FEEDBACK HERE, YOU CAN SEE, SEE KIND OF HOW IT LAYS OUT.
AND AGAIN, UH, HAVING MORE TREES, UH, BIKE LANES, UH, JOGGING AND WALKING TRAILS, SOME OF THESE TYPES OF AMENITY SHADE STRUCTURES ALL FACTORED, UH, LARGELY IN OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SO FAR.
UM, ALONG WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, NOT JUST PUTTING THE THING IN PLACE, IT'S ALL THAT IT CAN ALSO UNLOCK AN IMPACT.
AND, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
WE THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF
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POSITIVE IMPACTS, BUT WE WANNA DO ALL OF THAT ANALYSIS AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IF THERE ARE BENEFITS AND VALUE BEING UNLOCKED BY THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE REDESIGN OF THE HIGHWAY, THAT, THAT SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS ARE BEING RETURNED TO THE COMMUNITY.AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DO AN EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDY TO DO JUST THAT, TO LOOK AT WHAT POTENTIAL VALUE, UM, COULD BE UNLOCKED, UH, BY THE HIGHWAY DESIGN, BY THE CAP AND, AND STITCH IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN ALSO, WHAT TYPES OF BENEFITS COULD BE RETURNED TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE WILL, THEIR WORK WILL, WILL RESULT IN POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE TO BRING BACK TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL DISCUSS MORE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, MOVING THE PRO THE PROGRAM FORWARD.
A THE BIG QUESTION IS FUNDING.
UM, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA FUND THIS? WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? AND SO WE'RE DOING ALL OF THAT ANALYSIS NOW, AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE TO LOOK AT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THE TAXPAYER.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS, INCLUDING LOOKING AT, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND, AND OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A GREAT WORKING, UH, PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE U S D O T BUILD AMERICA BUREAU.
UH, THEY HAVE OFFERED TO PROVIDE US TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND, UH, COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED US GETTING AN EMERGING PROJECTS AGREEMENT IN PLACE, UH, WITH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU.
UM, AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO KICK OFF, UH, THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST FOR THE CAP AND STITCH, BUT FOR SEVERAL OF OUR, UH, CAPITAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING IN AUSTIN, KIND OF AUSTIN'S PROGRAM OF PROJECTS.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE HOPING TO KICK THAT OFF WITH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU, UM, IN FEBRUARY.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL, UH, FUNDING OPTIONS.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME FOLKS INQUIRING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE ALSO HOPE TO RELEASE A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND RFI TO GET SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE P THREE COMMUNITY, THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY, UH, OTHER, YOU KNOW, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, UH, COMPANIES FOR WHAT IDEAS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
AND AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING ALL THE BEST IDEAS TO THE TABLE AND TAKING ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE'RE FORMULATING, UH, THE FUNDING STRATEGY GOING FORWARD.
WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A, A BIG IMMEDIATE, UH, COMPONENT TO OUR FUNDING STRATEGY.
BUT ANOTHER COMPONENT IS THE OPERATION, THE LONG-TERM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR FUNDING STRATEGY AND OUR FUNDING OPTIONS, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO WORK THROUGH AS WELL.
UH, CUZ THAT WILL BE A RECURRING COST THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, UH, UH, THROUGH INITIAL ULI STUDY, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, UM, WAS LOOKING AT A CONSERVANCY MODEL.
AND SO AGAIN, UM, WE ARE HAVING SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH WATERLOO GREENWAY TO SEE HOW THAT HAS WORKED FROM THEIR END AND SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT COORDINATION OPPORTUNITIES AND SYNERGIES EXIST THERE AS WELL.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A 1.5 MILLION, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECT, UH, A FUNDING ALLOTMENT THROUGH THE, UM, OMNIBUS, UH, SPENDING BILL.
UM, AND THAT WAS SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD DOGGETT.
AND SO, UM, COUNCIL JUST APPROVED US RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS AGAIN BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DRAW THAT DOWN AND AGAIN, SUPPLEMENT, UM, OUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND, UH, DEVELOP AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WORK, UM, OVER THE COMING MONTHS FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
IT TAKES, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE, IT TAKES A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE WORKING PARTNERSHIP WITH DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE AS A PARTNER AND BEING A PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP, OBVIOUSLY WITH WORKING, WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOO WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER, UH, KEY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS AND AGAIN, WITH OUR FOCUS ON, UH, MAXIMIZING THE, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR THIS PROJECT AND AS IT RELATES TO THE HIGHWAY PROJECT.
AND, AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I THINK THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WHO WANTS TO KICK US OFF? LET'S GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, AND THEN VICE CHAIR KELLY.
SO, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDY, SOMETHING I'M NOT SEEING HERE THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT IS RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, CONSTRUCTION RELIEF WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, INACCESSIBLE BY THEIR CUSTOMERS.
ARE WE OFFERING THEM SOME SUBSIDIES TO BE ABLE TO GET BY, UM, ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, 50 EMPLOYEES OR LESS TYPE BUSINESSES? THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, BUT I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO THE TEAM AND SEE WHAT, SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
CAUSE THIS COULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT BETWEEN, ON SMALL BUSINESSES, HUGE IMPACT.
AND I'M, I WAS JUST THINKING AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE FUNDING SOURCES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE THAT BACK, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THOSE CONSTRUCTION RELIEF DOLLARS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FEDERAL FUNDING.
UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW OFFHAND.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WITH THE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE YOU SAID, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, BUT
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THOSE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, HOW WOULD A PRIVATE DEVELOPER GO ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN? WHAT ARE THE STEPS? YEAH, SO, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS I MENTIONED IS DOING A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND SEEING WHAT TYPES OF IDEAS EXIST.AGAIN, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT ALL THE, THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE FROM A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE.
AND USUALLY A LOT OF THOSE IDEAS EXIST OUT THERE.
UM, IT IN THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT ALSO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT P UH, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES EXIST AS FAR AS REDEVELOPMENT GOES, WHAT'LL BE UNLOCKED, UH, I THINK THAT'LL ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UM, TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, WE HAVE LEARNED IN, IN, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I TOURED ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY IN BOSTON MM-HMM.
SO AGAIN, DOING IT IN KIND OF, KIND OF A SMART WAY, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN, AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TYPE OF PLANNING AROUND THAT ZONE, REALLY.
UM, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING EFFORTS UNDERWAY, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING ON HOW BEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THAT VANESSA EZ, BUT I'M CURIOUS, UH, WHAT TOOLS THEY USE TO CONDUCT THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDY.
YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR, FOR FORES, AN A E D C, BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND, AND, AND PRESENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM ON THIS.
UM, THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE TWO TITLES,
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
EVERY TIME YOU COME BEFORE US, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.
I, I KNOW THAT MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE FUNDING SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT TO LESSEN THE BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS.
UM, I'M CURIOUS THOUGH, WHEN WILL THE FUNDING ANALYSIS BE COMPLETE? SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I ANTICIPATE, EXCUSE ME, HOPEFULLY IN THE SUMMERTIME, BY SUMMER WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, UH, THAT WE CAN SHARE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE JUST STARTING, UH, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COORDINATION WITH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE, UM, WHAT TYPES OF IDEAS THEY CAN BRING.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME, UH, LIKE, UH, LOAN PROGRAMS THEY HAVE THROUGH THE TIFIA PROGRAM AND OTHERS, BUT WE ALSO REALLY WANT TO EXPLORE THAT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, GRANT, UH, PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES THAT U S D O T HAS.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THEY HAVE THE INFR GRANT PROGRAM THAT FUNDS LARGER PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, A, UM, A A HIGHWAY, UH, KIND OF CAPPING PROJECT, GOT FUNDING, UH, THROUGH THE INFR GRANT PROGRAM.
SO WE WANNA EXPLORE ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN SEE WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE AND THEN START TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT, WHAT REALISTIC FUNDING STRATEGIES, UH, OR FUNDING SOURCES EXIST.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKE TO HEAR, AND I'M SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL, IS THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS TOP OF MIND FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND TO THAT END, I, I KNOW THAT WHATEVER WE PRODUCE WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I'M HEARING A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME SORT OF BUILDINGS POSSIBLY BEING PUT ON QUESTIONS ABOUT IF BUILDINGS COULD BE PUT ON TOP OF THAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE.
SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE, IF YOU KNEW WHAT THE LOAD BEARING CAPACITY WOULD BE FOR A CAP.
SO THAT ANALYSIS IS STILL IN FRONT OF US.
UM, TECH DOT'S GONNA BE LEADING THAT GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS.
UM, AND SO WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE BASE ASSUMPTIONS WERE WHAT, WHAT WAS POSSIBLE WITH CLYDE WARREN PARKWAY IN DALLAS.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE CLOSEST EXAMPLE WE HAVE TO WORK FROM AND TECH DOT HAS TO WORK FROM.
AND SO WITH THAT STRUCTURE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OR TWO STORY, UM, STRUCTURES WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
AND WE'VE KIND OF CARRIED THAT ASSUMPTION FORWARD AND THAT FACTORED INTO OUR FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, THAT ANALYSIS IN IS IN FRONT OF US AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE THERE POSSIBILITIES TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL INTENSITY TO THOSE STRUCTURES.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'RE DOING THAT ANALYSIS NOW.
WE'LL EITHER VERIFY THAT YES, IT'S ONE OR TWO STORY, OR YOU KNOW, BASED ON SOILS, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO DO A LITTLE MORE.
AND THEN I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR TODAY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING THESE SURE.
IS, UM, IF THE PROJECT WOULD LIMIT ANY FUTURE EXPANSION OR IF YOU EVEN KNEW ABOUT ANY FUTURE EXPANSION, UM, OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH 35, UH, EXPANSION, 35.
SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING IT, BUT IS THERE ANY FUTURE PROJECTED EXPANSIONS THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S BEING PROJECTED NOW, LIKE MAYBE 10 YEARS FROM NOW OR 15 YEARS FROM NOW? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I THINK RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE CATHOLIC EXPRESS PROJECT.
THAT REMINDS ME OF THE, THE COMMENT THAT PEOPLE OFTENTIMES MAKE THAT JUST SAYS I 35 WILL ALWAYS BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOMEWHERE,
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TO GET REASSESSED.IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN ALIVE.
WHO'S GOT MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, CAPACITY BUILDING OUTTA MY OFFICE, AND SO IT'S REALLY TOP OF MIND FOR ME.
CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE WORKFORCE SENSE AND REALLY BUILDING OUT THAT PIPELINE OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES IT IS, IS HARD TO STAFF A COUNCIL OFFICE.
THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE THOSE, THAT SET OF SKILLS, THAT HAVE THAT SERVICE HEART THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR PEANUTS.
AND SO, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW WE TRAIN PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE JOBS.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT FINDING THEM OUT THERE, THEN WE NEED TO BUILD THE PIPELINE.
SO I'M THINKING A LOT ABOUT THAT AS IT PERTAINS TO I 35 AND SOME WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES.
DO WE HAVE A REAL CONCERTED WORKFORCE EFFORT TO, I MEAN, IF WE'RE PUTTING SHOVELS IN THE GROUND IN 25, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO, FOR PEOPLE TO BE GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING CONSTRUCTION CLASSES OR WHATEVER.
THE THING IS, ARE WE BUILDING UP THE WORKFORCE THAT'S GONNA BUILD THIS HIGHWAY? UM, THE ANSWER IS YES.
AND, AND I'D SAY A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN OUR COORDINATION WITH TECH DOT.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING AT, THEY'VE BEEN DOING OUTREACH WITH THE CONTRACTING COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT, AT WHAT CAPACITY EXISTS OUT THERE.
I KNOW WE LOOK AT THAT CAPACITY AS WELL, UH, FROM A CITY PROJECT SIDE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THEM.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF THAT, UH, FROM THE CITY SIDE.
AND AGAIN, JUST KIND OF COORDINATE WITH TECH DOT AND SEE AS THESE LARGER PACKAGES ARE GOING OUT TO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY? OBVIOUSLY, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OTHER WORK HAPPENING IN AUSTIN.
IT'S A BIG CONVERSATION THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE AMONGST THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, IS ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND SO I DO THINK THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
AND SO DEFINITELY WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY INTERESTED IN.
IT'S ESPECIALLY NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELYING ON TECH DOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER EDUCATION PARTNERS.
I THINK WE COULD BE, UM, SORT OF ROLLING OUT A VERY ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM THAT REALLY IS GONNA OFFER PEOPLE SOME OPPORTUNITY.
SO I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP ON THAT PART.
DO WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? LET'S KICK IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER HAS JOINED US.
AND SO, UM, YOU CAN GO RIGHT AFTER CHITO VELA, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CLOUD WARREN PARK AND, AND, UH, UP IN DALLAS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE ALSO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL CAP, UH, THERE AT, UH, THE DALLAS ZOO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DALLAS ZOO.
UM, DID DALLAS PAY FOR THOSE CAPS OR DID TECH.PAY FOR THOSE CAPS? UM, DALLAS PAID FOR THOSE CAPS.
UH, THEN LOOKING AT THAT, UH, HOW WOULD WE CITY OF AUSTIN FUND THE CAPS? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, THE, THE, THE STRATEGY? YEAH.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AROUND THE NATION, INCLUDING CLYDE WARREN, UM, TYPICALLY THERE'S A, THERE'S A FUNDING STACK OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH CLYDE WARREN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LOCAL, UM, UM, CITY FUNDING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, BUT THERE WAS ALSO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, PRIVATE FOUNDATION FUNDING, UH, THAT, THAT FACTORED INTO THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, OTHER, OTHER, UM, FOUNDATIONAL SOURCES.
AND SO, AGAIN, WITH ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, THEY TEND TO BE A STACK JUST BECAUSE THE, THESE PROJECTS ARE, ARE OF A CERTAIN SCALE.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING AGAIN.
I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN LEVERAGING SOME FEDERAL FUNDING AS PART OF THIS AND, AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, P THREE TYPES OF, OF OPTIONS.
AT LEAST WE CAN EXPLORE THOSE AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
UM, SOME OF THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON SOME OF THE INTENSITY, UM, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO ON THE CAPS AND ALSO DEPEND ON WHAT, UH, VALUE COULD BE UNLOCKED WITH WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THE CAP.
AND SO, UM, ALL OF THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I, I, I SUSPECT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A STACK OF FUNDING, UM, A MIX OF FUNDING.
AND I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT A, A TAX INCREMENT FINANCINGS ZONE OR A TURS OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE IN THE MIX AS WELL.
WE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A PART OF OUR ANALYSIS IS TO SEE, IS DOING THAT IN ECONOMIC ECONOMIC ANALYSIS NOW TO SEE, UM, WHAT EVEN THAT POSSIBILITY IS.
BUT AGAIN, A LOT MORE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO HAPPEN WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND A LOT MORE ANALYSIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.
BUT WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, I GUESS, UH, GROUNDWORK ECONOMIC ANALYSIS RIGHT NOW AS PART OF OUR PROJECT.
AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DOVETAILING OF, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR KELLY'S QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF THE CAPS, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE PEERS ARE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE SUPPORT STRUCTURES ARE IN THERE, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO KIND OF GOING BACK AND REALLY CHANGING THAT.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY IN THE SHORT TERM JUST USE THE CAPS FOR, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, VERY, YOU KNOW, BASIC PUBLIC USES, I THINK A CITY COUNCIL 50 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU KNOW, I, I MAY WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, YOUR FOUR STORY, SIX STORY
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STRUCTURE ON THAT CAPS, AND I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT NOW, I JUST WOULD REALLY URGE US TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY AS TO EXPAND THE POTENTIAL USE OF THE CAPS.AGAIN, NOT WHILE I'M HERE, YOU KNOW, BY ANY MEANS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS DOWN THE ROAD, THINGS MAY CHANGE AND, AND WE MAY REALLY, YOU KNOW, NEED THAT OR, OR USE IT.
SO I WOULD JUST, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ABSOLUTELY, UM, ENCOURAGE TO, UH, US TO, UH, WORK WITH TEXTILE KIND OF LOAD-BEARING CAPS THAT WE CAN AS KIND OF A FUTURE-PROOFING THE, THE, THE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN COULD WE GO TO THE, THE, THE, THE, THE SCREEN, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE THE ALTERNATE TO AN ALTERNATE, UH, UH, THREE RIGHT QUICK
YEAH, AND I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE CAPS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PORTION, THERE ARE JUST A HUGE, UH, ADDITION TO THE PROJECT AND WILL BE, I THINK A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE UNIVERSITY, UH, AND TO THE AREA, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE UNIVERSITY.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THAT SAID, WHY NOT EXTEND THEM AS NORTH AS WE NORTH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN? CUZ RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY CAPS NORTH OF, IS IT 32ND STREET? OR WHERE WOULD BE THE, THE CURRENT PLANNING? WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE MAXIMUM KIND OF NORTHERN, UH, NORTHERNMOST CAP? UM, WELL, THE, THE MOST, UH, CAP CONFIGURATION IS NEAR THE RED LINE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF, UH, LONG LINE THAT KIND OF RUNS PARALLEL OR, OR RIGHT ALONGSIDE, UH, THE RED LINE NEAR THE AIRPORT INTERSECTION JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT INTERSECTION.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT CONNECTION JUST SOUTH OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE NORTHERN MOST, AND AGAIN, THESE, THESE LOCATIONS ARE BASED ON US LOOKING AT WHERE THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE POSSIBLE.
AND, AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN BETWEEN SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT KIND OF, ESPECIALLY THE PURPLE AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF RAMPING THAT'S HAPPEN, A LOT OF ACCESS TO AND FROM THE MAIN LANES MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ALSO WHY, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES EVEN DOWNTOWN KIND OF STOP ABRUPTLY AT EIGHTH STREET.
IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO TO NINTH, IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T WANNA GO TO 10TH, BUT IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE RAMPING, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT RAMPING HAPPENING RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT AS AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ADDITIONAL DESIGN REFINEMENTS TO OCCUR.
IF THERE IS, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT, THAT OPENS UP BASED ON OUR COORDINATION WITH TEXT, THAT WILL, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UH, BUT MY, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I'M, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER AND NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIGHWAY DESIGN CONSTRUCTION BY ANY MEANS, BUT I, I BELIEVE THEY CALL 'EM THE T UH, UH, EXITS OR, OR, OR T WHERE, IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF EXITING ONTO THE ACCESS ROAD, YOU WOULD EXIT AND THEN KIND OF DO A RIGHT TURN AND APPEAR, UH, DIRECTLY ONTO THE STREET THAT YOU WERE EXITING, UH, OUT OF, AND IN OTHER WORDS, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT BRAKE IN THE CAP.
UH, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO USE THOSE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE LESS BRAKES IN THE CAPS AND COULD DO MORE OF A CONTIGUOUS CAP, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, CESAR CHAVEZ ALL THE WAY UP TO, I MEAN, IDEALLY I'D LIKE TO, TO GO INTO DISTRICT FOUR, YOU KNOW, UH, 51ST READERS.
SO IF, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WELL, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
UM, I CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR TECHNICAL TEAM.
I, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH NOT JUST TEXTILE, BUT ALSO OUR ALSO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THEIR TECHNICAL TEAM TO TECHNICAL TEAM, UM, ON SOME OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGN AND THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
AND SO DEFINITELY, UM, WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR, OUR TECHNICAL TEAM TO, TO LOOK AT.
AND, AND I KNOW, UH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CADRE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN I DO ALONG THIS, UH, STRETCH.
BUT, UH, IN THE, THE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK IN TALKING ESPECIALLY TO MY CONSTITUENTS IN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SURROUND I 35, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF CAPPING THAT WOULD REDUCE THE, UH, THE EMISSIONS, UH, THE NORTH POLLUTION, THE LIGHT POLLUTION, UH, IS, WOULD JUST BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND I KNOW JUST, I'VE TALKED TO MANY, MANY, UH, NEIGHBORS IN THE, THE CHERRYWOOD AREA AND IN THOSE OTHER AREAS, AND, AND THEY HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, AND I, I JUST, IT, IT'S A GREAT IDEA IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA, YOU KNOW, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF, UH, OF THE, THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE, OF THE FREEWAY.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE, LIKE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO DO THIS, UH, AND, UH, I, I JUST, I, I REALLY WANT TO GET IT, UH, GET IT RIGHT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CREATE THE MAXIMUM, UH, PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE, THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.
I THINK NEXT UP WAS COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER.
WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT HOW WE REFER
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TO THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTERUM, SO, UM, I WAS AT ANOTHER EVENT SPEAKING, UM, AND SO WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE FOR THE FULL PRESENTATION, SO FORGIVE ME IF YOU COVERED THIS ALREADY, BUT IT, IT BUILDS OFF OF, I THINK, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND I JUST WANNA, UM, FIRST CHIME IN THAT I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AS MUCH CAPPING AS WE CAN, AND EVEN IF WE MAY NOT CAP IT IN THE FIRST PHASE OF CAPPING THAT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, NORTH OF, UM, AIRPORT AND THAT AREA, I THINK IS, IS IMPORTANT.
UM, SO MY, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WE'VE SEEN ON THE NORTHERN PORTION IS ABILITY TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY? HOW DOES THIS PROCESS ADDRESS THAT CHALLENGE FOR, UH, LIKE, LIKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, THERE'S UP THERE, BUT IS THE, DOES THE DESIGN HAVE MECHANISMS OR, YOU KNOW, SPACES AND BRIDGES OR, OR WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY AS YOU GO MORE NORTH? YEAH, SO NORTH OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING AT TEXT DOT ABOUT, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UM, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE IS, UM, A, A WIDENED, UH, STITCH AND CROSSING, UM, AT 53RD STREET.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING THAT POSSIBILITY WITH THEM AS WELL AS, UM, A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, UM, NEAR CAPITAL PLAZA, UM, THAT RIGHT ACROSS 35 THERE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, BEING ABLE TO DEPRESS THE LANES RIGHT THERE, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE OVERPASSES AND THE TIE IN TO THE HIGHWAY DESIGN AS WELL AS SOME OF THE, UH, DRAINAGE ISSUES, UH, THAT EXIST THERE, IT'S SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING.
BUT, UM, WE THINK THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITIES TO DO, UH, SOME PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, UM, AT THAT LOCATION.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK FOR THE CAP AND STITCHES, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE LIMITS STRUCTURALLY FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHICH AREAS YOU CAN CAP OR DO THE STITCHES OF THE CROSSINGS.
UM, IS THAT SIMPLY A FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FRONTED ROADS AND WE HAVE THE EXITS, OR IS THERE A, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A SCENARIO WHERE YOU COULD JUST DEPRESS THE WHOLE THING AND HAVE A BOULEVARD ON TOP, BUT STILL HAVE I 35 GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN? THAT'S BEEN RAISED TO ME AND I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS ENGINEERING WISE FEASIBLE, AND I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO, HOW TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, SO, UM, MOST OF THE, UH, WE'VE, AND AGAIN, WE, OUR, OUR TECHNICAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH TECH SIDE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, QUITE HONESTLY, WE'VE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS TOO, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CROSSINGS AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND, AND THE IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL NETWORK, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER, UM, CAPPING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, DEPRESSING LANES AND, AND THEN ALSO THE, THE EGRESS INGRESS AS COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MENTIONED, UM, AND, AND WHAT THAT, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS, UM, THE LOCAL NETWORK.
AND SO AGAIN, OUR TECHNICAL TEAMS, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OUR OTHER PARTNERS ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TECH DOT ON TRYING TO A ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S MORE JUST TECHNICAL WORK IN, IN, IN GETTING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND SEEING HOW BEST WE CAN ADDRESS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, TRAFFIC VOLUMES AS THEY, AS THEY COME OFF THE HIGHWAY, UM, AT 15TH STREET AND SOME OTHER CROSSINGS, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING ALL OF THAT ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT MICRO LEVEL THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET INTO, UH, WITH OUR COORDINATION.
BUT BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT, JUST BECAUSE I'M GETTING ASKED THESE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A SCENARIO THAT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD BE FEASIBLE, WHERE YOU'RE GETTING RID OF THE FRONTAGE ROADS AND YOU'RE TAPPING IT LIKE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH A BOULEVARD, SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL UNDERGROUND.
IS THAT LIKE, EVEN IN THE REALM OF POSSIBLE? UM, I THINK IT'D BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO, DO A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION FROM OUR TECHNICAL TEAM ON, ON SOME OF THIS, BUT, UM, I, I THINK IT'D BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING.
UH, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT, THAT WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT.
AGAIN, ALL OF IT IS THE, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW DOES TRAFFIC KIND OF FLOW THROUGH, UM, AND TO THE CITY, AND THEN WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL NET NETWORK AS IT, AS IT COMES OFF OF THE HIGHWAY, GOES TO THE HIGHWAY AND TRIES TO GET THROUGH TOWN AND, AND, AND ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO, UM, TRAFFIC MODELING AND ANALYSIS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND, AND IT, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, LIKE, LIKE THE GOPHER GAME.
YOU PUSH SOMETHING DOWN AND SOMETHING ELSE POPS UP BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME VOLUME.
AND IF WE PUSH ALL THAT VOLUME TO THE LOCAL NETWORK, AGAIN, GETTING RID OF FRONTAGE ROADS AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET, UH, UH, EFFICIENT FLOW, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL NETWORK.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE THINGS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND OUR TECHNICAL TEAM CONTINUES TO LOOK AT AND, AND WORK WITH, UH, TEXT DOT ON.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE YES OR NO ANSWER
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FOR YOU OTHER THAN THAT THERE'S AN IMPACT.AND, AND AGAIN, IF YOU REMOVE SOMETHING, IT IMPACTS SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE WHOLE CHALLENGE, QUITE HONESTLY, WITH DOING THE ANALYSIS AND HOW IT TIES INTO OUR LOCAL NETWORK AND HOW A LOCAL NETWORK TIES BACK TO THE HIGHWAY.
FURTHER QUESTIONS, ONE MORE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AL ALTER EXCELLENT QUESTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT BOSTON DID ON THAT, UH, THE, THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, UH, I, I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE SEEN IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DEFINITELY BREAKS IN THE, THE CAP WHERE AGAIN, YOUR VEHICLES COME UP FROM UNDERNEATH THERE AND, UH, ENTER THE, THE, THE SURFACE, UH, GRID.
UM, BUT MY SENSE OF IT IS THAT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT BOSTON WAS ABLE TO DO.
UH, I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT, AM I, AM I CORRECT ON THAT? UM, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I WAS UP AND I SAW THE ROSE KENNY GREENWAY AS PART OF THE NATTO CONFERENCE LAST YEAR, AND I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, AND I WAS TALKING TO MY TEAM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS CONFIGURATION ACTUALLY LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE THREE BECAUSE, UM, ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS, THEY BASICALLY HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR LANES.
UM, THE, THE CROSSING WAS RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE THOUGH IT FELT, IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HORRIBLE TO CROSS.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE, THE CAP THERE, AND THERE WAS A PARK AND THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME WATER FEATURES AND PUBLIC ART.
AND, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY COMMENTING ON HOW THIS ACTUALLY LOOKED SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH TEXT DOT.
SO I THINK AS, I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT DIFFERENT FROM, FROM ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
I DO THINK, THOUGH, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU GET KIND OF ACCESS, UH, FRONT ROAD ACCESS TO AND FROM? ARE THERE WAYS TO MINIMIZE MAYBE THAT IMPACT AND, AND HAVE MORE COMFORTABLE CROSSINGS AND MINIMIZE SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE CONFLICTS, UH, WITH THE LOCAL NETWORK.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT NORTHERN, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST NORTH OF, OF DOWNTOWN, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT, UH, UH, LITTLE SECTION OF, UH, BOSTON, BUT, AND THEN THE, THE, THE WATERFRONT, UH, RIGHT THERE TOO, WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, DEPRESS THE, THE, THE BIG GREEN MONSTER THAT THEY USED TO CALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HIGHWAY THAT RAN THROUGH THERE.
I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN IT GO FROM, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT IN THE CITY.
UM, AND, AND I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FRONTAGE ROADS THAT ARE ALONG, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 51ST AND YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME UNDERUSED AREAS THERE THAT IF PROPERLY DONE, UH, I, I THINK WOULD BRING GREAT VALUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND THE, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH A E D C, AND WE'LL BE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS IN THAT REGARD IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO UNLOCK A LOT OF VALUE WITH THIS AND, AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING TO THE, TO THE, THE BEST BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO?
UM, YOU WORK FOR THE CITY
UM, SO HAVE THEY COMMITTED TO BUILDING THE SUPPORT STRUCTURES AT THIS POINT? I REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE APPREHENSIVE TO COMMIT ANY FUNDING TO THE CAPS THEMSELVES, BUT IF THEY FORMALLY COMMITTED TO HELPING BUILD THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE PART SO THAT IF THE CAPS AND STITCHES GET BUILT, UM, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO REALIZE WE MISSED THE BOAT AND IT'S NOT POSSIBLE IN, IN THE, UM, IN THE VISION THAT MAYBE THE COMMUNITY COMES TO LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD, ARE THEY GONNA BUILD AT LEAST THE STRUCTURAL PORTION OF ACCOMMODATING THE CAPS? SO I'LL DISTINGUISH THAT A LITTLE BIT, IS THEY'VE COMMITTED TO BUILD IT, THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED TO FUND IT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE DISTINCTION.
SO THE CITY, IT WOULD BE A LOCAL ENHANCEMENT TO BUILD THE STRUCTURES AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE ACTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE CAPS THEMSELVES.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILDING OUT A LOT OF THE KIND OF, KIND OF SUPPORT ASPECTS AND, AND DESIGN ASPECTS OF THE HIGHWAY THAT WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT THE CAP, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, COLUMNS AND THE, AND THE FOUNDATIONS THEMSELVES.
THAT WOULD BE A LOCAL ENHANCEMENT.
UM, AND YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, SO CORRECT ME IF, UM, YOU ALREADY COVERED THIS OR JUST REPEAT YOURSELF.
IS, IS UT INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS WHERE I 35 IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO UT? ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, STANDING COORDINATION WITH UT JUST FROM THE CITY AND UT SIDE, AND THEN UT UH, MY UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE TECH.TEAM.
AGAIN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE EVALUATING, UH, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES,
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UM, RIGHT NOW AND, AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL.AND, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD AND ALSO, UM, INTERESTED IN SEEING IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE LARGER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, FEDERAL FUNDING, OTHERS, THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, UH, FOR SOME OF THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY INCLUDING THEM IN THE CONVERSATIONS, BY THE WAY, FOR THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU, UM, AND LOOKING AT AT SOME OF THAT, UH, FUNDING AND FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
AND THEN, HAVE THE UTILITIES BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS? I'M THINKING THERE WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTING THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IF THE CAPS TURN INTO PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE UTILITIES, I KNOW IF THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, GREEN SPACES AND PLANTERS, THERE'S LIKELY GONNA BE A NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, WATER CONNECTIONS OR ARE THE UTILITIES KIND OF AT THE TABLE AS THESE CONVERSATIONS PROGRESS? THEY'RE AT THE TABLE.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THOUGH, TO START WORKING THROUGH THOSE VARIOUS ASPECTS, BUT WE WILL.
SO WE, I MENTIONED OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY TEAM, UM, THAT IS A TEAM OF INTER OF, OF OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
SO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, AUSTIN ENERGY PART, UM, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST OR STAKE IN THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DOING WITH THE CAP AND STITCH AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL EXPRESS, THE HIGHWAY PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF BOTH, BOTH TEAMS ARE LEVERAGING THAT COORDINATION, THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION.
WE WILL BE GETTING THOSE CONVERSATIONS THOUGH, UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH WITH THEM.
HOW, HOW MIGHT THIS WORK IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, A POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, ILLUMINATION HAS ALREADY COME UP IN THE CONVERSATION.
WE KNOW IT'S AN ITEM WE NEED TO HIT TOO.
UM, SO ALL THESE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY, RIGHT NOW, I'D SAY THE, THE, THE BIGGEST WAY TO SAY THE PHASE IS MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN START PULLING IT OFF AND WORKING ON IT.
AND THEN I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE LAND WITH WHAT GETS BUILT AND HOW IT GETS BUILT IS OB OBVIOUSLY THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PORTION OF IT.
AND EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE SAY IT'S GREEN SPACE AND THERE'S TREES AND BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT STILL WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE AND IS THAT MAINTENANCE THAT ENDS UP GOING ONTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, WHICH WE KNOW IS, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR, UM, MORE AND BETTER WAYS TO FUND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PORTIONS, OR WOULD THAT END UP BEING LIKE A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT GOES BEYOND JUST THE FUNDING OF BUILDING IT, BUT GOES FURTHER INTO LIKE AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR HAVING SOME SORT OF ONGOING FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD IT AND WALK AWAY AND EXPECT EVERYTHING TO STAY NICE.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE FORM THIS INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION TEAM AND WE'VE STARTED TO GET THAT ON THE RADAR.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, TECHO IS LOOKING AT AS AESTHETICS PROGRAM, SO THINGS THAT IT CAN ACTUALLY, IM INCLUDE ON THE CROSSINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS LIKE, THAT'S GREAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THIS MEAN FROM A LOCAL MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT? HOW WOULD THIS WORK? AND SO WE ARE, WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE WE TEE THAT UP EARLY BECAUSE RIGHT, WE DON'T WANNA GET EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THEN, AND THEN MISS THE MARK ON, ON WHAT THOSE MAINTENANCE IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE.
CUZ THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE RECURRING COSTS THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THAT EVEN AS PART OF OUR INITIAL FUNDING ANALYSIS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST, I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING I, I APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
I KNOW YOU, YOU ALSO RUN THE MOBILITY CORRIDOR PROGRAM AS WELL, AND SO, UM, I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'VE KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAD THE FORESIGHT TO SAY LIKE, WE REALLY NEED SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA BE A CAPTAIN OF THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION THAT IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BLENDING IN THE PLACEMAKING AND THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, ON THAT NOTE, I WILL SAY THAT BEING EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAP AND STITCH DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT TEXT DOT EXPANDING A HIGHWAY AND SOME OF THE EMINENT DOMAIN ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA COME FROM THAT.
SO I WANNA BE VERY MINDFUL THAT, UM, TRYING TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THINGS WORKABLE AND ENJOYABLE FOR THE CITY OVERALL, UM, DOESN'T COME WITHOUT THE CAVEAT THAT WE KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP WITH TEXDOT IS THAT THEY BUILD HIGHWAYS AND I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WE'RE BUILDING ANY OTHER PROJECTS FOR ARE ABLE TO COEXIST IN A COMMUNITY AND NOT FEEL LIKE THE EAST SIDE IS FURTHER DIVIDED.
UM, IT SEEMS VERY OBVIOUS THAT FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIVE DOWNTOWN HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING EAST, BUT WHEN PEOPLE LIVE EAST AND THEY LOOK AT DOWNTOWN AND THEY THINK THEY'VE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THAT CONVERSATION, WE HAVE TO CREATE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT OF BEING, YOU KNOW, OPEN, INVITING, TOLERANT, UM, NOT JUST TOLERATING PEOPLE.
YOU CAN GET ACROSS THE HIGHWAY ON FOOT, BUT IT'S UGLY AND IT'S WIDE AND IT'S DANGEROUS VERSUS INVITING PEOPLE INTO THAT SPACE AND TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR, UM, ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS NOW.
AND SO I KNOW THERE'S FOLKS WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE, BUT THE CONVERSATION IS STILL GONNA CONTINUE ABOUT WHERE DOES THAT PROJECT LAND AND HOW MUCH COMMUNITY SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION IS STILL GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG WIDE HIGHWAY.
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THAT CONVERSATION.I'M GLAD YOU'RE WORKING ON IT AND THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT
I THINK IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, IT'S GONNA TAKE US TO
[5. Update on the Public Works Department Annual Service Plan.]
OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE UPDATE FROM PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON YOUR ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN.I KNOW THIS IS MORE EXCITING PRESENTATION YOU HAD TODAY AFTER THE CAPTAIN STITCH AND EVERYTHING.
UH, MY NAME'S JAMES SNOW, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M JOINED HERE WITH STEVE GRACE, WHO'S OUR ASSET MANAGER.
UH, LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID WAS WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES AND TALKED ABOUT OUR ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THERE IS TO COME HERE FIRST, TALK ABOUT MAYBE THE OVERARCHING PLAN, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH BY GOING TO THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY IS, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA TAKE THE FIRST PART AND TALK ABOUT, UH, TWO IMPORTANT PARTS AS FAR AS TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE HOW, WHY DO WE HAVE THE SERVICE PLAN? AND THEN STEVE WILL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE SERVICE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS YEAR.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR MAIN MISSION IS TO BUILD, MAINTAIN BETTER COMMUNITY BY DELIVERING SERVICES TO EVERY CORNER OF AUSTIN.
BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY IS OUR STREET AND BRIDGE OPERATIONS MAIN ROLE, WHICH IS MAINTAINING, MANAGING THE PUBLIC RIGHT WAY, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY THE STREETS.
I CONSIDER THE STREETS AS THE BACKBONE OF OUR MULTI MO UH, MULTIMODAL, UH, MOBILITY QUARTERS THAT WE HAVE FOR EVERYTHING FROM BIKES TO SIDEWALKS TO, UM, MASS TRANSIT INTO CARS, I'LL USE THAT.
SO THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HA TO MAINTAIN IT SO THAT IT'LL BE ABLE FOR US TO TRANSVERSE AND ALSO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE.
WHY DO WE DO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE? WELL, I LIKE TO PUT IT AS FAR AS LIKE, UH, WHEN YOU BUY ANYTHING, IT'S AN ASSET.
JUST LIKE YOU, WHEN YOU BUY YOUR CAR, IF YOU MAINTAIN YOUR CAR LASTS A LONG TIME.
WHAT WE DO WITH OUR STREETS IS WHEN WE PUT A STREET IN, WE EXPECT THE USEFUL LIFE OF A STREET IS BETWEEN EIGHT TO, UH, 80 TO A HUNDRED YEARS.
BUT TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT, WE HAVE TO DO THE PROPER MAINTENANCE EVERY 10 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ASSET LASTS AS LONG.
IF WE PUT IN THE FEW DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, THEN WE, UH, WE WERE ABLE NOT TO SPEND A LOT OF DOLLARS TO REBUILD IT.
ALSO, THE PREVENT MAINTENANCE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SAFETY UPDATES IN, ADD BUY CLAIMS, AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID, SAVE THE TAXPAYER MONEY.
THERE'S FIVE FACTORS THAT REALLY AFFECT, UH, THE, THE PAVEMENT LIFE AS WE KNOW TO MAKE IT TO THAT 80 YEARS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE TRAFFIC, THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC THAT'S ON THERE PUTS A CERTAIN WEIGHT ON THE STRUCTURE.
SECOND, THE WEATHER, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE ACTUAL AGING OF LIKE ANYTHING OF AN ASSET, THE PAVEMENT STRUCTURE THAT WE PUT IN THE SUBGRADE.
NOW, THERE'S FOUR WAYS THAT WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN IT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST TWO ARE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH ARE, ARE MAINTENANCE PLANS, AND THAT IS THE FRIEND MAINTENANCE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY.
AND MILL MELAN OVERLAY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MAINTENANCE AND ACTUALLY DO SOME, UH, RESTORING OF, UH, THE ASSET.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO IS REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION.
THOSE ARE THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONES THAT THEY'RE IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO IF WE DO OUR JOB AS FAR AS MAINTAINING THE ASSETS, WE, WE PREVENT HAVING TO SPEND THE BIGGER DOLLARS ON THE CAPITAL.
I GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IS FOR, UH, IF I MAINTAIN A, A LANE MILE, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, I'LL BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT SAME LANE MILE IF I HAVE TO DO REHABILITATION BECOMES A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND IF I HAVE TO DO A RECONSTRUCTION, THAT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF WE MAINTAIN IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE AVOID HAVING TO SPEND SO MUCH DOLLARS TO RECONSTRUCT IT.
AND AS THAT POINT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE COST.
THIS, THIS GIVES YOU A GRAPHIC JUST DEPICTION OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR GOAL AS A PUBLIC, UH, AS A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS MAINTAIN OUR ASSETS OR THE STREET, UH, STREET NETWORK, UH, 80% OR GREATER, UH, UH, SATISFACTION.
SO THAT'S FROM THE SIX TO THE 10 ON THE SCALE.
AND THEN AS IT, UH, OVER TIME, AS I SAID, THERE'S FIVE FACTORS, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REHAB AND THEN RECONSTRUCT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE DOLLARS SPENT IN PREVENTED MAINTENANCE, WE SAVE FIVE TO $6 COMPARATIVELY FOR, UH, REHAB.
AND THEN RECONSTRUCTION IS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO HOW DO WE MAINTAIN IT? WELL, WE TAKE A CYCLICAL APPROACH.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST SHORT OF 8,000 LANE MILES IN THE CITY THAT WE MAINTAIN ON AN, AN, UH, ON A BASIS FOR THE CITY.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO TOUCH EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, EACH LANE MILE EVERY 10 YEARS.
SO WHAT THIS CHART SHOWS YOU IS THE CYCLICAL APPROACH THAT WE DO.
AS I SAID, IT TRIES TO HAVE AN 80 YEAR LIFE.
IT SHOWS THAT A, AS WE GO THROUGH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS.
UH, OUR ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, UH, COVERS THE, THE FIRST, UH, FOUR TOUCHPOINTS.
AND THEN, UH, AFTER REHABILITATION WE HAVE A FEW MORE TOUCHPOINTS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE MAINTAIN IT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET TO AN 80 YEAR LIFE CYCLE, SAVE THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAINTAIN IT A GOOD COMMUNITY AND ARITABLE SURFACE.
LIKE I SAID, I I GET TO DO THE EASY PART AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE MAINTENANCE PLAN IS.
NOW I GET TO BRING THE, AS ANY GOOD PER, UH, LEADER, WE BRING, UH, THE SMARTER PEOPLE WITH YOU.
I HAVE STEVE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THE SERVICE PLAN
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AND, UH, ALSO SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF IT.SO, UM, LIKE THE DIRECTOR SAID, GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL HOW WE, UH, FORMULATE THE SERVICE PLAN EVERY YEAR FOR OUR STREETS MAINTENANCE, THE THREE PRINCIPLES WE USE ARE, UM, NUMBER ONE TO BE DATA INFORMED.
WE USE, UM, THE BEST TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND CAPTURE THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS.
SO WE'RE NEVER USING ANY INFORMATION THAT'S MORE THAN, UM, THREE YEARS OLD.
WE HAVE, UM, VEHICLES GO OUT, SCAN THE STREETS, WE HAVE OUR OWN INSPECTORS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT, UM, EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS TO STORE THAT INFORMATION AND HELP US DEVELOP THE PLANS.
UM, WE DEFINITELY PRIORITIZE EQUITY AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE STEPS THAT WE USE TO DEVELOP THE PLAN, YOU'LL SEE HOW WE, UM, WE LOOK AT THE OLDER STREETS AND THE, PARTICULARLY THE AREAS THAT ARE, UM, HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED.
UM, AND THOSE, UM, CONSIDERATIONS GO INTO HOW WE ORGANIZE THE PLAN.
AND FINALLY, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE.
UM, EVERY YEAR AT THE, AT THE TAIL END OF EACH, UH, MAINTENANCE SEASON, WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE DID AND WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, TO WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER NEXT SEASON.
SO AS, UM, AS DIRECTOR SAID, THE, THE TWO, UH, MAIN PRINCIPLES WE KEEP IN MIND AS WE DEVELOP THE SERVICE PLAN ITSELF ARE, UM, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE ON A 10 YEAR OVERALL CYCLE.
SO WITH ABOUT 8,000 LANE MILES TOTAL OF STREETS IN OUR NETWORK, OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, ACTUALLY TOUCH AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST, UM, CLOSE TO 10% A YEAR.
SO AROUND, UH, BETWEEN SEVEN AND 800 MILE LANE MILES.
AND OUR, OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE, OR TO OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAINTAIN 80% OF THAT WHOLE NETWORK IN, UM, EITHER FAIR, GOOD OR EXCELLENT CONDITION.
SO THE STEPS, UM, THAT WE FOLLOW IN THE CREATION OF THE PLAN IS, ONE, AGAIN, BEING DATA INFORMED.
WE COLLECT CURRENT INFORMATION SO WE KNOW THE CONDITION OF, UH, ALL THE STREETS OVER A THREE YEAR CYCLE.
WE USE THAT THEN TO DEVELOP, UM, OUR EXPECTATIONS.
WE PRIORITIZE THE AREAS THAT NEED THE, THE CORRECT TREATMENTS IN STEP THREE.
AND THE BIG STEP FOR US IS CERTAINLY TO COORDINATE WITH OTHERS.
UM, WE DON'T WORK IN A VACUUM.
WE HAVE, UH, PARTNERS THAT ARE ALSO OUT THERE WORKING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, WE DON'T GO IN AND RESURFACE THE STREET.
AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER, AUSTIN WATER WOULD COME OUT TO DO A PLAN UTILITY, UM, PROJECT, AND, YOU KNOW, TEAR UP THAT, THAT GOOD WORK WE JUST DID.
SO WE PUSH OUT OUR PLAN EARLY, WE, UM, WE MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO, AND THEN WE FINALIZED THE PLAN FOR EXECUTION.
NOW GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, UM, THIS IS SORT OF A HEAT MAP AND THE CONDITIONS THAT WE, WE USE AGAIN, ARE FROM EXCELLENT DOWN TO, UM, FAILED.
AND JUST TAKING A A REAL HIGH LEVEL LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE NEWER ROADS THAT TEND TO BE ON THE, THE OUTSIDE OF THE EXPANDING METROPOLITAN AREA ARE, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, RATED IN A HIGHER CONDITION.
AND THAT CERTAINLY CORRELATES WITH AGE OF, OF THOSE ROADS IN THE NETWORK.
SO HERE'S OUR, UM, A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AGAIN, EXCELLENT DOWN TO FAILED.
UM, THE PHOTO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXCELLENT STREET, ONE THAT BASICALLY ONLY NEEDS THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND, UM, IT PERFORMS AS, AS DESIGNED AND DOWN TO FAILED, WHERE EVEN, UM, EVEN AT A DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS WOULDN'T MAKE IT AN ACCEPTABLE, UM, ACCEPTABLE RIDE FOR, FOR THE CITIZENS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKOUT, UM, OF OUR JUST ABOUT 8,000 LANE MILES OF STREETS.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE, TO KEEP 80% IN THAT FAIR TO EXCELLENT CONDITION.
SO AGAIN, THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OR THE, THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE DO THIS YEAR IN OUR SERVICE PLAN IS TARGETED TO IMPROVE EVERY YEAR.
UM, HERE'S ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS.
UM, THIS IS A BREAKOUT BY DISTRICT THAT COMPARES THE AGE OF STREETS IN THAT DISTRICT OR THE, THE, UM, AVERAGE AGE TO THE CONDITION OR TO THE RATINGS THAT ARE IN THAT SATISFACTORY LEVEL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S CERTAINLY A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE, THE OLDEST STREETS GENERALLY HAVE A, A LOWER NUMBER STREETS IN THAT, UH, ACCEPTABLE RANGE.
AND THE NEWER STREETS ARE, UM, CERTAINLY HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAT ARE IN THAT RANGE.
AND AS I GO THROUGH THE SERVICE PLAN COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I, I JUST WANTED TO, WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LOT OF TECHNICAL DETAIL, JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THESE TREATMENTS ARE FOR YOU.
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THERE'S UM, SEVERAL ELEMENTS OUT, OUT IN NATURE AND TIME THAT CAN IMPACT THE, THE QUALITY OF OUR STREETS AND WATER'S A BIG ONE.UM, THE HEAT, THE, THE AIR, AND OF COURSE THE TRAFFIC ARE SOME OF THEM.
SO CRACK SEAL, UM, IS JUST A, BASICALLY PUTTING A, AN ELASTIC, UM, ASPHALT OVER THE CRACKS.
AND THE GOAL IS TO KEEP WATER OUT.
WATER'S ONE OF THE BIG, UM, ENEMIES OF GOOD PAVEMENT SYSTEM.
UH, FOG SEAL IS FOR A, UH, SURFACE THAT'S OTHERWISE IN GOOD SHAPE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CRACKS, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S OXIDIZED.
IT'S BECOME BRITTLE AND IT'S, UM, AT GREATER RISK OF, UM, CRUMBLING.
SO WE JUST PUT A LIGHT COAT OF, UM, AN EMULSION, AN ASPHALT ON IT TO MAKE IT, UH, TO REJUVENATE IT, TO BRING IT BACK UP TO, UM, TO A, A YOUNGER CONDITION.
A SEAL COAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, INTENSE THAT ACTUALLY PUTS DOWN A LAYER OF ASPHALT AND COATS IT WITH A LAYER OF, UM, AGGREGATE CRUSHED STONE.
AND THAT THAT WOULD, UM, LIKE THE CRACK SEAL, IT WOULD PREVENT WATER INFILTRATION, BUT IT WILL ALSO EVEN UP THE SURFACE AND, AND PROVIDE A BETTER RIDE.
AND IT'S A, A SLIGHT STRUCTURAL UPGRADE TO THAT SURFACE LAYER.
AND IT GIVES YOU, UM, ANOTHER DECADE IS OUR TARGET.
THIS IS THE THING WE TRIED TO DO, UM, EVERY 10 YEARS.
AND, UH, A SLURRY SEALS A A VARIANT OF THAT IN CUL-DE-SACS OR PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UM, TURNING MOTION WHERE YOU HAVE EITHER, YOU KNOW, TRASH TRUCKS FOR INSTANCE, OR, UH, BUSES, THINGS THAT TURN LATERALLY.
IT HELPS, IT RESISTS, UM, TEARING UP WITH THAT SIDEWAYS MOTION.
AND FINALLY, THE, THE MOST INTENSE THING THAT WE DO IS PART OF OUR PLAN MAINTENANCE EVERY YEAR IS, UM, OVERLAY.
AND GENERALLY IT'S A MILL LAND OVERLAY WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY GO SCRAPE OFF THE TOP, UM, FEW INCHES OF EXISTING PAVEMENT THAT'S WORN OUT AND REPLACE IT WITH, UH, NEW PAVEMENT IN THE APPROPRIATE THICKNESS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND THAT THAT'S THE THING THAT WE'D APPROACH THE 30 YEAR, ABOUT THE HALF, UM, THE HALFWAY POINT BEFORE DOING A MAJOR REHAB OR REPLACEMENT PROJECT ON A ROAD THAT WOULD REALLY EXTEND THE SERVICE LIFE.
SO AS WE TALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT, UM, TREATMENTS COMING UP IN THIS YEAR'S PLAN, HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A, A REFERENCE AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WITH THAT, THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE ARE EXECUTING THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A, A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF, UM, THE FACT THAT IT'S PRETTY WELL SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE, WHERE NEEDED, UM, OF THAT OUR TARGET IS AGAIN, JUST UNDER 800 LANE MILES THAT WILL BE TOUCHED OR MAINTAINED THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE BREAKOUT OF THE TYPES OF TREATMENT THAT WE'LL BE DOING.
AND HERE IS A, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR BREAKOUT BY, UH, LANE MILES OR BY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR THE LANE MILES THAT ARE RECEIVING MAINTENANCE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S NOT, WE DON'T BREAK THINGS UP ON A KIND OF A, A PRO RATA BASIS.
THE, THE TREATMENTS AND THE AMOUNT OF, UM, MAINTENANCE PLANNED ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON THE CONDITIONS AND THE AGE OF THE ROAD.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE NEWER, UM, WHERE THE AVERAGE AGE OF ROADS WAS YOUNGER OR, UM, MORE RECENT, AND, UH, DISTRICT SIX FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF, UM, CRACK SEAL OR FOG SEAL, AND THAT GENERALLY HAD A LOWER, UM, LOWER AGE.
BUT DISTRICT NINE, WHICH HAS, UM, CONSIDERABLY OLDER AVERAGE AGE HAS, UH, CONSIDERABLY MORE MAINTENANCE IN THE, THE SEAL COAT AND THE, THE OVERLAY THAT, UH, MORE INTENSIVE TREATMENT.
SO THIS IS OUR PLAN BROKEN OUT IN, UM, IN DETAIL.
AND AGAIN, FOR THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE PLAN TO DO BASED ON, UM, BASED ON CONDITION OF THE ROAD AND FORECAST LIFE.
AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE, UM, ACCIDENTS, DAMAGE, THINGS THAT WE RESPOND TO ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THIS IS JUST OUR GOING IN PLAN.
SO ONE TOOL THAT WE HAVE THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND WE WE HOPE TO SHARE WITH YOU OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IS, UM, THE GIS TOOL THAT WE USE TO TRACK THIS MAINTENANCE.
AND IT, IT PROVIDES US A DASHBOARD WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THE OVERALL PICTURE, BUT THEN WE CAN DRILL DOWN INTO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO SEE THE, UM, TO SEE THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR WHERE THE WORK IS PLANNED, WHAT TYPE OF WORK IT'LL BE.
AND THAT CERTAINLY HELPS WITH, UM, PLANNING A LITTLE BIT IN THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WHEN WILL THERE BE AN OVERLAY WHICH WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT TRAFFIC FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER TIME THAN A A SIMPLE CRACK SEAL.
AND THE OTHER FEATURE OF THIS TOOL IS THAT IT KEEPS A HISTORY.
SO WE CAN GO BACK, UM, OVER 10 YEARS AND LOOK AT THE WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED, AGAIN, BY, BY DISTRICT AND HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RECORD OF, UM, HOW, HOW WE'VE ACHIEVED OUR OBJECTIVE EVERY YEAR.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE COULD USE THIS WOULD BE, UM, USING DISTRICT ONE, WE CAN PULL UP THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR'S SERVICE.
WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY'LL BE CRACK SEALING, UM, WHERE THE OVERLAYS WILL OCCUR AND WHERE THE, UM, THE FOG
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SEAL OR THE SEAL COAT WILL HAPPEN.AND THIS IS, UH, THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AS WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE TREATMENTS, NOTIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY.
BUT THIS IS THE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
SO AS WE GET INTO EXECUTION FOR OUR 20, UH, 23 PLAN, HERE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS.
WE REALLY GET INTO THE, UM, THE HEART OF THE, THE MAINTENANCE SEASON IN A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW AS THE TEMPERATURES COME UP AND CONDITIONS ARE BETTER FOR APPLYING THE, THE ASPHALT AND THE TREATMENTS THAT WE USE.
SO APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER IS OUR, IS OUR BUSY MAINTENANCE MONTH, AND THEN THE MONTHS IN BETWEEN ARE MORE OF THE RESPONSIVE AND THE PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, AS I SAID, WE, WE INTEND TO AND WILL OFFER UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH, UM, INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS TO SIT DOWN WITH THAT TOOL IF NECESSARY AND GO INTO WHAT'S SPECIFICALLY HAPPENING IN THOSE DISTRICTS, UM, IF, IF THAT'S REQUESTED OR UM, IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR THAT LEVEL OF INFORMATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE WILL PLAN TO RETURN TO YOU ALL, UM, AT, AT THE FALL IN OCTOBER AT THE END OF, UM, THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND LET YOU KNOW HOW WE, UM, WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED BASED ON OUR PLAN, HOW MUCH WE WERE ABLE TO DO AND IF THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES DURING OUR, DURING OUR MAINTENANCE SEASON.
AND THAT IS OUR, UM, SERVICE PLAN FOR THE YEAR FOR STREETS MAINTENANCE.
I WAS GONNA MAKE ONE CORRECTION BEFORE I ANSWER QUESTIONS IS THE GIS TOOL THAT WE SHOWED, WE MADE AS AN INTERNAL TOOL, WE WILL BE RAMPING, UH, PUTTING IT OUT TO YOUR OFFICES SO YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN A WAY TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
CUZ I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IT? WHY ARE YOU DOING IT? WE'RE TRYING TO USE THAT TOOL.
AND ALSO WE DO PUT A LAYER OUT ON THE WEBSITE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT THE, THE IDEA OF THE TOOL IS TO GIVE YOU MORE SPECIFICS AS YOU SAW.
SO YOU CAN GO INTO GRANULAR MORE DETAIL AND WE CAN HAVE BETTER DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU.
BUT WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS NOW.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT VICE CHAIR KELLY, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU MENTIONED EARLY ON THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON A GOOD STREET SAVES FIVE TO $6 LATER.
AND I LIKE THAT YOU POINTED THAT OUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MITIGATE FUTURE PROBLEMS BY REGULARLY TAKING CARE OF THINGS IN A, IN A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE MANNER.
AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF MITIGATION BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IT REALLY, UM, PREVENTS TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM BEING UNNECESSARILY SPENT.
AND AS WE ALL ARE AWARE, TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE A PRECIOUS RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF.
I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT MY STAFF GAVE ME A COPY OF THAT MAP, LIKE THE LINK BECAUSE MM-HMM.
SO NOW I'M JUST, ANYTIME SOMETHING'S GOING ON, I JUST PULL UP THE MAP INSTEAD OF SENDING AN EMAIL.
I, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE INTRODUCED IT, BUT THIS YEAR WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IS MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICES AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S BEEN STAFF TURNOVER AND EVERYTHING AND SHOW THEM THAT, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN BE THE FIRST, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOMETIMES YOU HEAR THE FIRST PHONE CALL THAT'S MADE RIGHT.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO PUT COMMUNICATIONS OUT IN YOUR LETTERS AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I'M WONDERING THAT DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF EACH PROJECT THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT HERE, UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DETERMINING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO COMPLETE SOME OF THEM VERSUS OTHERS? IT, UH, ONE IS THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD THAT WE'RE DOING.
TWO, UM, THE AMOUNT OF REPAIR THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, CERTAIN TREATMENTS ONLY TAKE TWO OR THREE DAYS, UH, BUT SOMETIMES, UH, OTHER TREATMENTS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, WHEN WE GOT THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE, WE JUST DID, UM, CONGRESS AVENUE FROM THE BRIDGE UP TO EIGHT, UH, EIGHT STREET BECAUSE WE SET EVERYTHING UP.
THAT TOOK ABOUT THREE TO FOUR DAYS TO DO IT.
BUT THAT WAS A MILL AND OVERLAY OTHER TREATMENTS WE CAN DO WITHIN A DAY.
IT JUST, JUST ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE LENGTH OF, LIKE, LENGTH OF THE TREATMENT THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, I KNOW OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I SEE, UM, EMPLOYEES OF YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO ARE OUT THERE IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER.
UM, IT'S EITHER REALLY, REALLY HOT OR REALLY REALLY COLD.
OR EVEN ON UM, HOLIDAYS THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THINGS.
I PUT IN A THREE 11 REQUEST ON MY PARENTS' STREET FOR A HOLE NEAR THEIR DRIVEWAY AND THEY WERE OUT THAT HOLIDAY, LIKE JUST OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
THE DEDICATION OF YOUR STAFF IS, IS GREAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS DO AS WELL, SO THANK THANK YOU.
UH, I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
UH, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS IT'S A MINOR REPAIR, WHICH IS POTHOLE REPAIR.
WHEN WE GO OUT THERE, OUR, OUR STANDARD RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY IS DONE 24 HOURS, IF IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, WE DO IT IN 72 BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT OUT THERE FOR SAFETY REASONS, ALSO THE RIGHT ABILITY.
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THANKS.MADISON, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
SO YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SCRAPING THE TOP TWO, THE TOP LAYER OF THE ASPHALT.
WHERE DOES THE OLD ASPHALT GO? WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS WE KEEP IT, WE REME IT AND, UH, SOME, MOST OF IT WE REUSE.
WE GO BACK AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WHAT WE DID OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE, 10 YEARS, LOOK AT CAPABILITY OF WHAT WE CAN REUSE MM-HMM.
SO WE DO KEEP, UH, SHAVINGS IN THE MILLINGS.
WE, WE TRY TO PROCESS IT AND USE IT, REUSE IT, BUT AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON, UH, WHAT WE'RE MILLING AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE COST AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND THE REST OF IT, WE STOCKPILE SOME AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, UH, WITH SOME FOLKS IN THE AREA, UH, IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WILL REUSE IT.
SO COULD YOU, I HATE TO INTERRUPT, COULD YOU TURN THE MIC ON JUST CUZ THE FOLKS WATCHING IT HOME BE ABLE TO, FOR, FOR SOME IT'S JUST STOCKPILED, BUT, OR WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH SOME LOCAL, UM, PAVEMENT COMPANIES AND THEY'LL REUSE SOME OF OUR, UM, RECYCLED MATERIAL.
WE DON'T MAKE A TON OF MONEY ON THE, ON THOSE SALES, BUT WE DEFINITELY, UM, IT REDUCES THE STOCKPILE, IT'S PUT, IT'S SAVING, UM, NEW AND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS BEING USED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, AVAILABLE TOO.
AND WE WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH TECH.AS WELL.
THEY TEND TO, UM, BE BIG CONSUMERS OF SOME OF THIS MATERIAL.
THERE'S A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH THEY CAN USE IN, UM, IN NEW DIS NEW PAVEMENT DESIGN MM-HMM.
SO WE WE'RE REACHING OUT FOR EVERYONE WE CAN TO, UH, MAKE USE OF THIS STUFF AND NOT JUST HAVE TO DISPOSE OF IT IN A LANDFILL.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING, IS THIS LANDFILL TRASH? UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT.
RIGHT NOW WE PUT VERY LITTLE IN A, IN A LANDFILL.
WE, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT, UM, STOCKPILED IN OUR YARDS IN OUR STORAGE AREAS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE, UH, TRY TO OFFER OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO AT, AT THIS POINT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LANDFILLING OKAY.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION, THERE WAS A SLIDE WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS REMEDIES BY DISTRICT AND I THOUGHT I SAW DISTRICT 10 HAD A NUMBER FIVE IN DISTRICT ONE HAD 83 FOR THE, UM, CRACK SEAL RIGHT THERE.
AND, AND AS WE SAID, IT'S NOT, UM, WE BASE THE, THE TYPE OF TREATMENT ON THE DISTRESSES IN THAT AREA.
SO I, I DON'T HAVE LAST YEAR'S INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IF OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF CRACK SEAL IN THAT AREA, THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT WE GO BACK AND, UM, WE COULD DO A SEAL COAT, WHICH WOULD BE THAT, AND THERE'S ALMOST 40 LANE MILES OF SEAL COAT.
SO THE CRACK SEALS, UM, MORE OF A, A SHORT TERM FIX.
AND IF THAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, THAT'S WHY THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT THIS YEAR.
IF WE DRIVE THOSE STREETS IN 10, YOU MAY SEE A LOT OF STREETS THAT ALREADY HAVE CRACK SEALED DOWN.
SO THE FOCUS IN THAT AREA, BASED ON THE CONDITION AND THE THE RECOMMENDED FIXES IS REALLY CONCENTRATING ON PUTTING THAT, UM, SEAL COAT THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE PAVEMENT SURFACE VERSUS JUST THE INDIVIDUAL CRACKS.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT HERE IS THE VERY OBVIOUS DISPARITY IT, SO THE HIGHEST NUMBER OTHER THAN THAT 83.6 IS 32.7 DISTRICT ONE'S CAPS, CRACK SEAL IS ALMOST THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY.
AGAIN, OUR, OUR PLAN IS BASED ON WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE TOUCHED IT.
SO JUST BECAUSE THAT AREA'S GETTING A LOT OF CRACK SEALED DOESN'T NECESSARILY, IT'S GETTING MOST MAINTENANCE, THAT JUST MEANS THAT THAT PAVEMENT HASN'T BEEN CRACK SEALED.
SO THE FIX FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE PAVEMENTS IN GENERALLY GOOD CONDITION.
THE THING THAT WOULD GET THE MOST VALUE OUT OF THE NEXT MAINTENANCE DOLLAR WOULD BE JUST SIMPLE CRACK SEAL.
AND IN DISTRICT ONE, THAT WOULD GET US A LOT FURTHER, UH, THAN DOING NECESSARILY SOME OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE TREATMENTS IN DISTRICT 10.
UM, WE HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY HIT IT WITH TREATMENTS OVER THE PAST.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AROUND A 10 YEAR CYCLE, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL CRACKS.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW PAVEMENTS THAT ONLY NEED THAT LEVEL OF EFFORT.
SO WE'RE DOING MORE, WE'RE DOING A HIGHER LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE IN THE, UH, THE SEAL COAT IN THAT AREA WHERE WE'RE HITTING AN ENTIRE SURFACE AREA VERSUS JUST HITTING THE, THE CRACKS.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT A, YOU CAN'T COMPARE ONE FOR ONE THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF TREATMENT.
WE'RE BASING THAT ON THE ENTIRE NETWORK AND WHERE THE TREATMENT WILL GET US THE FURTHEST.
SO BY DOING A LOT OF CRACK SEAL, ONE AREA THAT MONEY'S BETTER SPENT THAN, UM, DOING A SMALL PIECE OF OVERLAY IN THAT SAME AREA.
SO WE LOOK AT THE COMPLETE NETWORK, WE DECIDE WHERE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREATMENT
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WILL GET US THE FURTHEST, UM, COLLECTIVELY IN THAT PARTICULAR MAINTENANCE YEAR.AND THAT'S TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT LOOKS LIKE CONTINUED DISINVESTMENT IN A VERY DISINVESTED AREA OF TOWN, AND I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT, THERE'S A CONTINUATION.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT BLAMING Y'ALL FOR DISINVESTMENT IN EAST AUSTIN.
THERE WAS SOME OTHER WHITE GENTLEMEN THAT DID THAT.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NOW IS THIS A CONTINUATION OF DISINVESTMENT OR IS THIS A RECONCILING FOR DISINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THAT, I MEAN, IF THE NUMBER WAS EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO SOME OF THOSE OTHERS, THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
LIKE IT, THE, THE MONEY STRETCHES FURTHER IN THIS AREA.
IF THE NUMBERS WERE EVEN CLOSE THOUGH, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE SO FAR APART, I, I WON'T BELABOR THE ISSUE.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT LOOKS TO ME LIKE DISPARITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN WE COME TO YOUR OFFICE.
WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE YOU A, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT USUALLY CRACK SEAL IS JUST THE FIRST TREATMENT DEPENDING ON WHAT'S ON THERE.
IT'S NOT, IT'S BASED ON THE AGE AND ALL DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS.
BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE TALK TO Y'ALL TO MAKE SURE.
I'D APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
BUT I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
IT'S, I DON'T, IT'S MORE OF AN ENGINEERING CONCEPT THAN IT IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT WE, WE, WE CAN GET INTO IT AND EXPLAIN.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE ONE-ON-ONE, CUZ AGAIN, WELL ON OUR ONE-ON-ONE WHEN WE TALK TO Y'ALL, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
I I BETTER PART OF VALERIE FOR ME.
I I IT'S MORE I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND, UM, SO SOME OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WROTE THESE OUT, AS YOU KNOW, UM, OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE STREET REPAIRS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M HAVING MY STAFF SHARE ONE OF THE PHOTOS WE'VE RECEIVED FROM CONSTITUENTS IN THE COLONY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF A CITY REPAIR JOB.
THIS ONE WAS AFTER A BUSTED WATER PIPE, UH, THERE.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT WAS, I'VE SEEN THAT PICTURE BEFORE.
I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT A SIDEWALK.
I, JOHN, JOHN LAWYER, UH, LAWLER LAW, LAW, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE MM-HMM.
SO WHAT WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S NOT PART OF OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, BUT WHAT IT IS, IS WHAT YOU SAID IS AN O WATER REPAIR.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH WATER.
WHEN THERE'S A BUSTED PIPE, THEY GO OUT, THEY DO A QUICK PATCH, UH, FIX LIKE THAT THAN WHAT OUR STANDARD IS WITHIN 90 DAYS, UH, WE COME OUT AND WE DO A BETTER RE UH, OVERLAY AND FIX OF THAT AREA.
OUR UTILITY CUTS, WHICH IS OUR MINOR CONSTRUCTION REPAIR GROUP COMES OUT AND DOES THAT.
BUT THEN WHAT THEY DO IS WE ACTUALLY COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
THEY LET US KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC GROUP UNDERNEATH US THAT GOES OUT THERE WITHIN ABOUT 90 DAYS TO 120 DAYS AND CH AND FIXES THAT AND PUTS A MORE, MORE PERMITTED, UH, REPAIR TO THAT.
SO IT'S CALLED A QUICK PATCH AND GENERALLY SPEAKING THE PROPER REPAIR IS DONE WITHIN 90 TO ONE 20 DAYS.
SO I'LL, I'LL PASS ALONG THAT MESSAGE.
UM, THEY WERE LOOKING AT REPAIR, UM, QUALITY REPAIRS YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT COORDINATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT THEY WERE ASKING THOUGH, SO WHEN D ONE CONSTITUENTS HAVE REACHED OUT, THEY'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE REPAIR AND NOT KNOWING WHEN THE CITY MAY, UM, COME BACK FOR THE PERMANENT FIX NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNICATION IS PROVIDED TO THE STREETS RESIDENTS BEFORE OR DURING REPAIRS.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S A STREET MAINTENANCE, WE DO DO NOTIFICATION.
WE ALSO NOT NOTIFY THROUGH FACEBOOK AND OTHER THINGS TO, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE DOOR HANGERS THAT WE PUT OUT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW MM-HMM.
SO, UH, WE COMMUNICATE THROUGH THAT.
WE ALSO LET IT KNOW THROUGH FACEBOOK AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE DOOR HANGERS CAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE SOMEONE DOESN'T SEE IT ON FACEBOOK.
NOW THE OTHER ONE I THINK THAT JOHN HAD TALKED TO ME ABOUT WAS, UH, THE SIDEWALK PATCH THIS, WELL THE SIDEWALK PATCH, UH, THAT IS STANDARD THROUGHOUT MOST PARTS OF THE CITY AS FAR AS THAT'S AN INITIAL, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE COME BACK AND WE TRY TO REPAIR IT, UH, WITH HOPEFULLY WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO.
IT JUST ALL DEPENDS AGAIN, UH, WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON BECAUSE LIMITED DOLLARS, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE HIGH AND HIGH PRIORITY SIDEWALKS ARE FIRST TAKEN CARE OF, BUT THEN WE, BUT WE PUT THAT IN THERE SO THAT AT LEAST IT'S SAFE AND WALKABLE FOR PEOPLE INSTEAD OF JUST NOT HAVING ANYTHING THERE AT ALL.
AND THEN WE, WE, WE TRY TO FOLLOW BACK UP WITH AN, UH, AS BEST TIMEFRAME AS POSSIBLE TO, UH, PUT ANOTHER SOLUTION IN.
BUT WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LEAST TRAFFICABLE SO PEOPLE ARE IN THE STREET WALKING AROUND THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO WALK SO THE PEDESTRIANS FEEL SAFER.
SO THE QUICK PATCH IS FOR THE ROAD, BUT YOU ALSO USE IT FOR SIDEWALKS, FOR MINOR REPAIRS AND SUCH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE SO THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE STREET.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY, SO THE QUICK PATCH ON THE ROAD, THE,
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THE FINAL REPAIR HAPPENS BETWEEN 90 AND ONE 20 DAYS.THE QUICK PATCH FOR THE SIDEWALK HAPPENS, YOU SAID BETWEEN ONE AND TWO YEARS? NO, NO.
THAT'S WHAT YOU TRY TO COME BACK AND, AND, AND REPLACE IT WITH MAYBE, UH, CONCRETE AND SUCH, BUT IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON RIGHT.
THAT YOU SAID FOR THE SIDEWALKS THOUGH, YOU SAID YES, WE TRIED.
DID WE COME BACK BETWEEN ONE AND TWO YEARS? WE, WE TRIED TO, YES MA'AM.
THERE'S ALL PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WE DO THAT IN.
LIKE ONE TIME, UH, ALONG THE UT CAMPUS WE HAD, IT TOOK US FOUR OR FIVE YEARS TO COME BACK.
IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON THE NEED AND SUCH.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO BE AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE TO GET TO CERTAIN AREAS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME SERVICE LEVEL, BUT ALSO THE, THE ABILITY OF RESOURCES TO GO OUT AND GET THAT DONE.
OUR FOCUS USUALLY ON REPAIRS ARE ON THE HIGH TRAFFICABLE AREA, SO WE HAVE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK, BUT THEN WE ALSO TRY TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THOSE.
BUT THE INITIAL REPAIR THAT WE PUT IN THERE IS FOR SAFETY REASONS SO PEOPLE ARE NOT OUT ON THE STREET AND THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE, A SAFE WAY TO TR TRAVERSE.
I, MY, SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WERE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE GETTING ASPHALT PATCHES ON THEIR SIDEWALKS AND MAYBE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WEREN'T.
MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S UN IT, IT'S, IT'S UNILATERAL WAS, WAS WHAT I WAS, WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER.
NEXT I'LL DO A QUICK TIME CHECK.
I THINK THE, UH, ITEM AFTER THIS WILL PROBABLY BE PRETTY SHORT, BUT I, UH, PRIDE MYSELF ON MY PERFECT TRACK RECORD OF ENDING MEETINGS ON TIME AND I HOPE TO KEEP THAT GOING TODAY.
SO LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND THEN I'VE GOT, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
UM, DIRECTORS KNOW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MEET WITH MY STAFF.
ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WENT OUT WITH A, WITH A CREW.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRAVEL THAT'S LEFT OVER, UM, AND WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.
AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING THAT COMMUNICATION SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW, UM, WHAT TO DO IN THAT INSTANCE.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US WHAT WE SHOULD, WHAT WE SHOULD BE TELLING US TO DO INTO OUR SEEING THAT GRAVEL AFTER ONE OF THESE PROCESSES? WHAT THEY SHOULD DO AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTING FROM THE PROCESS, PLEASE? WELL, WITH THE PROCESS, I CAN ALSO LET STEVE TALK ABOUT OVER THE PROCESS.
IT'S THE SEAL CODE PROCESS, WHICH IS REALLY THE LOOSE GRAVEL.
WHAT WE DO IS WE COME BACK, WE DO UH, WE DO INITIAL SWEEP AFTERWARDS AND THEN WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TWO TO THREE DAYS LATER COME, COME BACK AND DO THE SWEEP.
NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR MARKETING PLAN THIS YEAR IS ADDING MORE OUTREACH TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE THINGS.
SO GET THE, UH, SYSTEMS EXPECTATIONS, UH, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
AND THE FINAL THING IS THERE'S STILL LOOSE GRAVEL BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE ASK 'EM, CALL 3 1 1 WHEN WE COME BACK, WE DO HAVE OUR SUPERVISORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS COME BACK WITHIN ABOUT, UH, ONE TO TWO WEEKS AFTER, UH, TREATMENT'S BEEN PUT DOWN TO SEE ABOUT THE GRAVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, IF THERE'S ANY LOOSE AGGREGATE THAT WE CAN, UH, BRING OUT A SWEEPER AGAIN AND, AND GET RID OF THAT.
SO WE, WE LISTENED TO, I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM YOUR, YOUR STAFF AND WE LOOKED AT A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ON THAT.
SO WE'RE ASKING SUPERINTENDENTS TO GO BACK OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORK FOR NOT JUST QUALITY, BUT ALSO FOR LOOSE AGGREGATE.
SO, SO THERE'S THAT PROCESS CHANGE AND THEN IN THE, UM, PACKET THAT'LL GO OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS, IT WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LIKE CALLING THREE 11 AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT TO EXPECT.
YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE ALSO HAD, UM, THE ISSUE OF LIKE WHERE THE MATERIALS ARE BEING STORED.
I KNOW WE HAD ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE WAS WORK DONE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS INCONVENIENT AND KIND OF NOISY AS THE TRUCKS ARE BEEPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY PATIENT UNTIL THAT PROJECT FINISHED.
AND THEN I THINK THAT SAME STORAGE LOCATION WAS USED FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT AND THEY, THEY WERE EITHER CUT UNAWARE OR DIDN'T SEE THE NOTICE OR I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT, UM, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED WHEN TRUCKS CAME BACK FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
AND, UM, SO HOW, HOW DO YOU, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE MATERIALS CAN BE STORED IN MORE LOCATIONS SO THAT IT'S CLOSER TO EACH PROJECT SIDE AND EACH, YOU KNOW, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD STREET THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED WITH SOME OF THAT MATERIAL STORAGE ISN'T, UM, SHOULDERING THERE TO MORE BURDEN THAN, THAN WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THEIR PARTICULAR LOCATION? UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE HAD GOT THAT COMMENT, UH, EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ONE, ALSO DURING THE MARKETING PLAN, COMMUNICATE MORE WHY IT'S GOING THERE, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT SECOND, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AREAS TO ACTUALLY STORAGE.
AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN.
SO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE USED TO BE ABLE TO PRE RESTORE, UH, UH, AGGREGATE AND OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN STARTING TO GET LIMITED.
BUT WHAT WE TRY TO DO, AND THE REASON WHY WE ACTUALLY DO THAT FORWARD IS SO THAT WE LE HAVE A LESS DISRUPTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY FORWARD STORING THAT INFORMATION, UH, THAT MATERIAL THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ON GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE YARD, WHICH TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS THAT ALLOWS US TO DO AS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS EARLIER IS, WELL HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO UH, MAINTAIN A STREET? IS IT 2, 3, 5 DAYS? WELL, BY PUTTING THAT MATERIAL IN THAT STORAGE AREA ALLOWS US US TO GO FROM MAYBE TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF DISRUPTION DOWN TO MAYBE A WEEK CUZ WE'RE NOT GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE YARD.
BUT, UM, WE DID TALK TO OUR MARKETING TEAM AND WE WERE GONNA PUT THAT OUT AS FAR AS EXPLAINING THAT TO THE PEOPLE.
AND UH, I THINK IN THAT ONE OCCURRENCE THAT WAS BROUGHT
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UP, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT, IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.IT WAS ACTUALLY, ONE WAS US DOING STREET MAINTENANCE AND I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR AC ACTUALLY A CAPITAL, UH, UH, REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION AS FAR AS A STREET NEARBY.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE KNOW IT'S DISRUPTIVE AT TIMES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE TRYING, UNFORTUNATELY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER WHEN WE DO OUR TREATMENTS, WE TRY TO, FOR OUR, FOR OUR PERSONNEL EMPLOYEES, WE GET OUT EARLY SO WE GET PAST THE HEAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE HEAT, UH, OF THE TREATMENT THAT WE PUT IS VERY HIGH ALONG WITH JUST THE HEAT OF, UH, TEXAS AT THE TIME.
BUT WE'LL WORK, WE'LL TRY TO WORK TO COMMUNICATE MORE WITH, UH, WITH THE PEOPLE ON THAT AND WE, WE TRY TO BE AS, UH, AWARE OF THAT AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW FOR THE WORKERS ON SITE THE THE BEEPING IS HELPFUL FOR SAFETY ISSUES, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON THE SITE, UH, THE BEEPING CAN DRIVE YOU A LITTLE CRAZY
I WAS ASKED TO UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANY EFFORTS TO SWITCH TO A LOW CARBON CONCRETE RATHER THAN STANDARD CONCRETE.
ARE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THAT? THIS WAS SENT TO BE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, SO IF I'M PHRASING IT INCORRECTLY, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL TRY TO, THE QUICK ANSWER IS YES.
UM, WE HAVE A PILOT STUDY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY UNIVER OR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO, UM, FIND SOME LOCATIONS FOR ANOTHER, UH, UH, BIOCHAR CONCRETE.
BUT ABSOLUTELY WE'RE LOOKING INTO, UM, A, A MORE SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE WHERE, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE AND MEETS OUR DESIGN STANDARDS.
WELL, SHE'S AHEAD OF ME ON THAT QUESTION, SO I'M GLAD I GOT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE HEAT MAPS, IS THERE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VERSION? I KNOW THERE'S ONE THAT WE CAN ACCESS, BUT IS THERE ONE THAT'S JUST, UM, SO FOLKS CAN PLUG IN IF THEY THINK SOMETHING'S WRONG OR SEE IF YOU'RE CURRENTLY ASSESSING A CERTAIN, UH, CERTAIN ROAD FOR REPAIRS? ON, ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE THERE'S SH UH, WE PUT OUR ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, WHICH IS A LIGHTER VERSION OF WHAT YOU SAW AS FAR AS EVERYTHING.
SO IT JUST SHOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR THE YEAR AND GIVES THE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS.
SO IF THEY, THEY CAN GO TO OUR SITE, WE HAVE THAT AND THERE'S A GIS UH, PLAN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PULL UP AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UH, THE TOOL THAT WE'RE GIVING TO USE GIVE YOU MORE OF THE HISTORY AND GO INTO MORE DETAIL IF YOU WANT TO.
THE OTHER THING IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ASKED ABOUT THIS, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR TO ACTUALLY FILLING A NEW TYPE OF, UH, ASPHALT BUT ALSO DEALING WITH, UH, SOME OF THE HEAT, UH, URBAN HEAT ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
I THINK YOU ASKED ANOTHER PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THAT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND WE'RE, UH, TESTING THAT OUT, UH, TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK SO THAT WE CAN, UH, DEAL WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE.
AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, A COUPLE YEARS BACK, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PERVIOUS UH, MATERIALS AND SO MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT TOO AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT WORK FOR ROADS BUT IT MIGHT WORK FOR SIDEWALKS OR WALKWAYS OR DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
UM, IF PEOPLE NEED TO REPORT A CONDITION, DO THEY GO THROUGH THREE 11 OR IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO YES, MA'AM.
LIKE I SAID, WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS WITHIN 24 TO 72 HOURS, WE ACTUALLY SEND SOMEONE OUT TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT IS AND THEN THEY COME, THEN THEY COME BACK AND DECIDE WHAT IT IS.
IS IT JUST A POTHOLE? IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE MORE AS A UTILITY CUT THAT, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY DONE BY AUSTIN WATER, THAT THEN WE COME BACK AND, AND FEED AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS LINKED IN.
CUZ SOMETIMES THERE'S A DELAY FROM WHEN THEY DO THE CUT TO WHEN WE ACTUALLY WERE TOLD WHAT HAPPENED.
SO THREE CAPABILITY TO GO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN, UH, MAKE THE PROPER ASSESSMENT AND, AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST SAY ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE QUICK PATCH.
I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE JUST BEING SLOPPY.
UM, AND IT WAS, UH, FORMER DIRECTOR MENDOZA, WHO IS NOW INTERIM DIRECTOR OVER AT UH, AT D UM, AND SO NOW THAT I SEE THAT AND I UNDERSTAND OKAY, SOME OF THESE LOOK REALLY SLOPPY FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THEY GET FIXED.
I I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S AN EASIER PRACTICE OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING LIKE TEMPORARY ON IT OR SOMETHING SO THAT A LAY PERSON WHO'S NOT FOLLOWING THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE KNOWS THAT THEY WEREN'T FORGOTTEN.
WELL, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH AUSTIN WATER, WHICH PUTS IN THAT TEMPORARY PATCH.
UH, BECAUSE JUST TO REPAIR SOMETHING AT THE WATER SERVICE BACK IN IS ONE TO POP, UH, TO EXTEND THE COMMUNICATION TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT IS ONLY GONNA BE THERE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND PUBLIC WORKS COME BACK AND ADDRESS IT AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN COME BACK AND COMMUNICATE THAT IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AND DONE.
ONCE I LEARNED THAT I, I WAS A LITTLE MORE PATIENT AND THEY WOULD GET FIXED AND THEY WOULD GET FIXED REALLY NICELY, BUT I JUST REALLY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AS THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAPPEN IN TOWN THAT SOMEONE WAS CARELESS AND ONCE I LEARNED THAT IT WAS JUST PART OF THERE'S A TEMPORARY PATCH AND THEN A PERMANENT FIX, UM, I JUST UNDERSTOOD IT BETTER AND EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL PROBABLY LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY DIDN'T GET FORGOTTEN.
UM, SO I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR MY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE LAST ITEM? I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
SEE, PAVEMENT IS VERY EXCITING.
[6. Update on the City’s Strategic Mobility Outcome.]
IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ON THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY OUTCOME.I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT POSTED TODAY, UM, BUT WE ARE
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VERY SAD THAT GINA FEE AND DACA HAS ACCEPTED ANOTHER GREAT POSITION.UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE DIAS, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN.
I'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO LEAD A TEAM OF AMAZING PROFESSIONALS IN DELIVERING YOUR MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
UH, AND I AM HERE TO PASS THE BATON INTERIM INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROBERT GOOD, WHO IS, UH, CERTAINLY WELL POSITIONED TO PICK UP WHERE I AM LEAVING OFF AND CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK AND YOU'LL, UH, BE PLEASED IN HONORED TO WORK WITH HIM AS TO WORK WITH HIM AS WELL.
UM, ROBERT, HE'S WAVING
UM, SO AS I CLOSE OUT MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
I DON'T WANNA BE THE CAUSE OF YOU GOING OVER TIME ON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN HELP WITH OVER THE NEXT SOME DAYS THAT I'M HERE, UM, I'M, I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU CHAIR.
I DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR PROAM CHAIR.
WE WILL MISS YOU, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AUSTIN.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE DURING SOME REALLY PIVOTAL MOMENTS GETTING SOME OF OUR MOBILITY RIGHT SIZED FOR A GROWING CITY.
SO YOUR FINGERPRINTS WILL STILL BE HERE AND WE WILL MISS YOU.
AND AUSTIN, WE'LL HAVE TO COME VISIT YOU
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH AS INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
DID WE DO IT? I'M ADJOURNING THIS MEETING.
I'M GONNA CALL IT CLOSE ENOUGH.