Mar 02, 2023 Mobility Committee and Housing and Planning Committee Special Called Joint Meeting

LOW INCOME CITIZENS, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE GOAL HERE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS LESLIE CURS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, BUILDING INTENSE DENSITY ALONG A LIMITED CAPACITY BUS ROUTE IS INAPPROPRIATE BUS ROUTES ALONG BURNETT ROAD IN PARTICULAR, LACK INDEPENDENT RIGHT OF WAY, MEANING THAT THEY ARE STUCK IN THE TRAFFIC THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS STUCK IN AND ARE LIMITED IN THEIR CARING CAPACITY.

UNLIKE TRAINS CONSTANTLY INCREASING DENSITY ALONG BURNETT ROAD WILL SLOW TRAFFIC AND MAKE COMMUTING BY BUS ACTUALLY MORE DIFFICULT.

THE E T O D D PROCESS PLANNING PROCESS HAS BEEN FLAWED.

I AM AN IMPACTED HOMEOWNER IN THE TARGETED AREA, AND I AM JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT THIS ONLY THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UH, THE MAJORITY OF IMPACTED HOMEOWNERS STILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT PLANS YOU HAVE FOR THEM AND THEIR HOMES.

UM, YOU DISCUSS AMONG YOURSELVES VERY TECHNICAL TOPICS THAT INCLUDE JARGON AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT RESULTS YOUR DECISIONS WE'LL HAVE.

I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE MESSING WITH REAL PEOPLE'S LIVES IN A VERY DIRECT AND PERSONAL WAY.

THESE TYPES OF RADICAL CHANGES ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.

WITHOUT MUCH CONSIDERATION OF THE REALISTIC PROS AND CONS OF THE PROPOSAL, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACCEPT THE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOUR PLANS WILL RADICALLY ALTER.

THIS E T O D PROCESS NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND INVOLVE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THE BEST DECISIONS CAN BE MADE.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS, INCLUDING BUS ROUTES IN THE E T O D DENSITY IS OVERREACH AND WILL HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES.

TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE, BUT WITH HISTORY AS A GUIDE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL NOT MATERIALIZE.

FOR EXAMPLE, A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT IN THE MANY, ONE OF MANY NEWLY BUILT LARGE, HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON BURNETT ROAD LEASES FOR $1,700 PER MONTH.

THAT IS NOT AFFORDABLE.

ADDING MORE OF THESE NEW, LARGE, EXPENSIVE APARTMENTS WILL NOT HELP

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I'M ASKING YOU TO REMOVE BUS ROUTES FROM THIS E T O D PLAN AND REMOVE THE E T O D APPROVAL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA NEXT WEEK, PLEASE.

IT IS MUCH TOO EARLY TO APPROVE THIS FLAWED PLAN, WHICH HAS COME OUT OF A VERY FLAWED PROCESS IN MY OPINION.

CURRENT PLAN HAS BEEN RUSHED AND NOT VETTED.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON US PERSONALLY AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE DARK.

UM, PLEASE, I'M ASKING YOU JUST TO TAKE MORE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY FARRELL.

AND CHERYLS, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHITA VELA HAS JOINED US FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.

OH, OUR, THAT'S RIGHT.

OUR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER.

AN EX OFFICIO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SHALL I PROCEED? GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M MARY FARROW.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

UM, AND, UM, HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS, I CHUCKLED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS YESTERDAY SAID, WHAT IS E TODD AND CAN I GET A VACCINE FOR IT? SO THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH EAD.

UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY I AGREE AS PROBABLY MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE DO ABOUT A NEED FOR EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT IS NOBLE, WORTHWHILE AND NECESSARY, BUT, UM, LIKE OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, I BELIEVE THAT THE RUSH TO USHER AND SOME OF THESE CHANGES HAS MEANT LESS EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES AND A TROUBLING DISREGARD FOR RESIDENTS IN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, AND I WILL SAY IT HAS BEEN TROUBLING TO HEAR THAT SOME OF US HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS HAVING TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OVER LAND POLICY BECAUSE WE LIVE IN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ESPOUSE, UH, THE NEED FOR BROAD INVOLVEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY, UM, THAT THAT IS MOST, UM, CONCERNING TO ME THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE AN HAVE BEEN AT TIMES AN ACTIVE, UH, EFFORT TO EXCLUDE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AS TO EFFECTIVENESS, WHAT I'VE OBSERVED IS THAT LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH LOWEST INCOME EARNERS ARE UNABLE TO QUALIFY TO PURCHASE UNITS AND OTHERS ARE LIKELY TO FIND, AS OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SAID, UH, ONLY ONE BEDROOM UNITS AVAILABLE TO RENT, MAKING THEM UNTENABLE FOR FAMILIES.

UM, BEYOND THAT, DEVELOPERS ARE COMMONLY GIVEN THE OPTION TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF ACTUALLY INCLUDING AFFORDABLE UNITS ON SITE, MEANING THAT THE ORIGINAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ALLOWING THESE BIG STRUCTURES TO BE BUILT ADJACENT TO ESTABLISH HOMES, WHICH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON TRANSIT LINES TURNS OUT TO BE DECEPTIVE.

UM, THIS IS NOT AN ORGANIC APPROACH TO PROVIDING NEEDED HOMES.

INSTEAD, IT SEEMS TO BE A PATH TOWARD DISMANTLING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NURTURED AUSTIN'S GROWTH FOR DECADES.

SO IN AN IRONIC TWIST, IT MAY RE WELL RESULT IN ENFORCED DISPLACEMENT OF HOMES OF PEOPLE WHO FLEE LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF 90 FOOT BUILDINGS LOOMING OVER THEIR BACKYARDS.

UM, QUITE MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD BE MORE THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND ADDRESSED BEFORE PUTTING FORWARD A PLAN THAT ESSENTIALLY SEEMS TO REBRAND AND EXPAND CODE.

NEXT, UM, MOST REASONABLE AND CARING PEOPLE WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE PROVIDED IN AUSTIN, BUT A WELL-RESEARCHED ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE POPULATION INCREASES YOU WOULD USHER INTO AREAS THAT RELY ON AGING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YES, EVEN TRAFFIC CONGESTION BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO RIDE THE BUS FOR THE SAKE OF A FUTURE THAT EVERYONE CAN SUPPORT.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PAUSE THIS PLAN UNTIL THERE HAS BEEN ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION GIVEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRWOMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NEXT SPEAKER IS JANICE RANKIN.

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YOU SURELY HAVE JUMPED INTO THE DEEP END OF THE POOL.

I AM JANICE RANKEN, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN SINCE 1992.

MY BACKGROUND INCLUDES 10 YEARS OF SERVING AS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT STAFF FOR A HIGHLY RESPECTED LEGISLATOR ON THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

IT IS A CHALLENGE SINCE WE MAY BE ABOUT TO SEE STAFF PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS BACKUP FOR THE AGENDA NOTICE THAT WERE POSTED, UH, FOR TODAY.

IN SHORT, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE SCOPE OF THE EAD POLICY PLAN IS OVERLY BROAD AND IT REPRESENTS A MAJOR POLICY DIRECTION AND PARADIGM SHIFT FOR AUSTIN.

IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUT ON A CONSENT AGENDA AND A DECISION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE PREMATURE.

AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY, NEW METRO RAPID ROOTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 2035.

2025.

PARDON ME, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENSIFY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BASED ON AN INCOMPLETE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

REMEMBER THIS, PEOPLE ARE YOUR STAKEHOLDERS.

ONLY 994 RESPONDENTS WERE TRACKED IN A THREE PHASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT STARTED AFTER THE JUNE, UH, 2021, UH, ORDINANCE.

AND THAT PROCESS WAS STILL UNDERWAY AS OF YESTERDAY.

THERE WERE VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS BEING GIVEN AT 6:30 PM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS DONE DURING THE PEAK OF THE PANDEMIC AND MAINLY VIRTUALLY, WHICH EXCLUDED RESIDENTS WHO LACKED DIGITAL LITERACY AND OR DIGITAL ACCESS.

IT APPEARS THERE WERE NO TOWN HALL MEETINGS SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD HEAR CANDIDLY FROM THE PUBLIC IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS IF ADOPTED AT ALL, THE EAD POLICY PLANS SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH RAIL ROUTES AND NOT RELY ON CHANGEABLE BUS ROUTES.

THESE COMMITTEES AND THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSTANTLY MONITOR THE USE AND PURPOSE OF SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES IN DOLLARS AND CENTS, NOT JUST SUMMARIES OF THE EAD PILOT PROGRAM PLANNING FUNDS ALREADY RECEIVED.

SPECIFICALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 4 MILLION OR A LITTLE MORE RECEIVED, UH, THROUGH THE PAST WEEK.

AND THE QUESTION IS, FOR WHAT PURPOSES? WHAT HAS THE FUNDING BEEN USED FOR? HAVE WE BEEN PAYING CONSULTANTS? HAVE WE BEEN BUYING AD SPACE? HAVE WE BEEN DOING MEDIA BUYS? WHAT HAS THIS MONEY BEEN USED FOR? THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY RUSH TO ADOPT AN EAD POLICY PLAN WHEN THE PLANS FOR PROJECT CONNECT HAVE NOT BEEN SOLIDIFIED ENOUGH TO SUBMIT A FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION FOR CAPITAL FUNDS.

SINCE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THE PROJECT CONNECT PROPOSAL, WHY NOT LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON THE EAD PROPOSAL? THIS IS A WIDE RANGING LAND USE PROPOSAL SIMILAR TO CODE.

NEXT, LET'S NOT SPEND MONEY ON PUSHING A POLICY FOR AN UNJUSTIFIED OUTCOME, WHICH WILL BE RECLASSIFYING BUS, RAPID TRANSIT ROUTE TO HIGH CAPACITY ROUTE.

IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND IMPROVED PLANNING PROCESSES, PLEASE POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THE EAD POLICY PLAN AND REEVALUATE THE CONCEPT AND ITS IMPACT ON ALL THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY HOMEOWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

I REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

FINE-TUNED SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ETAB POLICY PLAN.

NEXT SPEAKER, MONICA GUZMAN .

MONICA GUZMAN CHAIR.

THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKERS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS WHO CAME TODAY.

UM, I WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I KNOW THIS WAS YOUR ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT? THANK YOU CHAIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

EXCUSE ME, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

I'M I FIRST OF ALL JUST THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY YOU AND STAFF FOR, FOR HELPING US SET UP THIS MEETING TO CONDUCT THE MEETING.

THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR BEING PRESENT.

UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR ALREADY BEING THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR BEST VICE CHAIR OF THE YEAR.

IT'S TWO DAYS IN A ROW, THIS SPECIAL CALL JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSING AND MOBILITY COMMITTEES.

IT'S A A NEW AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COUNCIL.

WE OFTEN LOOK AT OUR POLICIES FROM A SINGULAR VANTAGE POINT, JUST ONE PERSPECTIVE, WHICH ULTIMATELY, FRANKLY, HAMPERS OUR DESIRED OUTCOMES.

THAT IS WHY MAYOR PRO TIM ELLIS AND I, UM, WE HAD THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AS IT'S COMING UP, THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN TRANSIT.

WE COULD SPEND TODAY REVIEWING IT BOTH FROM A MOBILITY PERSPECTIVE AND A HOUSING OUTCOME.

UM, BUT I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE'D LEAVE IT HERE TODAY WITH A SH THAT WE LEAVE FRANKLY HERE TODAY WITH A SHARPER AND MORE

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UM, THAT WAS WHAT WE PROMISED WHEN WE SAID WE WOULD, UM, POSTPONE THE ITEM AND BRING IT BACK.

AND THAT IS WHAT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO AT NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING.

WE ARE JOINED BY THE CITY AND CAP METRO STAFF AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY EXPERTS THAT WE'VE INVITED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF AND THESE EXPERTS TO BE AS POINTED AND AS DIRECTED AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAYS THAT THE ETOP POLICY WILL EITHER SUCCEED OR FAIL IN OPENING UP MORE PARTS OF TOWN TO MORE PEOPLE AND TO ENSURING THAT AUSTIN IS MORE DIVERSE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND, UM, I CAN'T QUITE SEE CHAMBERS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATIONS, THE, UM, UH, THE FROM OUR CITIZENS OR FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR TESTIMONY, SOME OF THE FEARS THAT THEY EXPRESSED, UM, AND SPEAK CANDIDLY TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE PROCESS.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK I HEARD SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT ARE ENTIRELY FACTUAL, IN WHICH CASE I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH A CONVERSATION AROUND EQUITY AND AROUND TRANSIT AND AROUND RECONCILIATION OF SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS HISTORICALLY RACIST, HISTORICALLY ROOTED IN JIM CROW ERA, RED LINE RACISM.

WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT AS A CITY BECAUSE WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED IT IS CRITICAL.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER CANDIDLY ABOUT THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS.

SO THIS EIDE PROCESS, THIS EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE WRONGS OF THE PAST, THE SLOW TO RESPOND IN THE MIDDLE WHERE WE ARE RETROFITTING A MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITY WITH OUR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE TO TODAY WHERE WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR INVESTMENTS IN WHAT OUR CITY LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S 2023 AND LIKE MY BABY ASKED ME, WHAT DOES AUSTIN 2080 LOOK LIKE? WE ALL HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

SOME OF US WILL BE HERE, SOME OF US WON'T, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO 100% WILL BE HERE.

THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN BORN YET.

THAT'S WHO WE'RE BUILDING OUR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR.

SO AS A REMINDER, COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT POSTED TO VOTE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL BE TAKING FEEDBACK AND INSIGHTS FROM TODAY'S MEETING AND SHARING WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE CRITICAL CHANGES TO THE POLICY PLAN ON OUR MESSAGE BOARD BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

I ALSO ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE RATHER ALL OF US TO DO THE SAME FOR STAFF'S SAKE.

AND UH, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE THE CRITICAL INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO THE NEXT STEP IN MY OPINION.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR.

PRETEND FOR GUIDING US THROUGH THIS BRIEFING THROUGH THE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

I WILL LAY OUT THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF HOW THE NEXT PHASES OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY WILL GO.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE E T O D WORK AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT FOLKS AND THAT WILL BE SPOKEN TO BY ROSIE TRULA, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND CHARMILLA MUJI CAT METRO E V P PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

WE WILL THEN MOVE INTO E T O D POLICY, THE DETAILS, IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN BY THE E T O D TEAM THROUGH HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEN E T O D POLICY PLAN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO DATE.

AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY ANNA LAND FROM CAP METRO.

AND WE WILL WILL LASTLY HAVE A COMMUNITY PARTNER ROUND TABLE.

AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES TO DETAIL, UM, ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

AND OUR INVITED SPEAKERS ARE AVE AZAR THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HOUSING WORKS.

BILL MCKINLEY WITH TRANSIT FORWARD.

PAULETTE GIBBONS WITH U L I, JAKE WEGMAN FROM UT AUSTIN AND JIAO PAUL CONNOLLY FROM ATX MOBILITY COALITION.

AND THEN WE'VE RESERVED SOME TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND Q AND A.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THROUGH THE NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US, I'LL RECOMMEND THAT WE SAVE OUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR THE END, UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING PRETTY QUICK AND, UM, OF CLARIFYING NATURE THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE ASKED IN THE MOMENT.

AND THEN WE WILL FINISH OUR DISCUSSION UP, HOPEFULLY BY, UH, 3:00 PM SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE SCHEDULE.

I WILL ALSO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DOCUMENTS FOR THIS AND THE BACKUPS AND PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE LOCATED ON THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE PAGE.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ON THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE PAGE, SO LOOK ON THE MOBILITY ONE FOR THAT.

UM, AND THEN I POSTED THREE LINKS THAT WERE SENT TO US FROM ULI THAT WILL BE REFERENCED TODAY AND I POSTED THOSE PERSONALLY ONTO OUR MESSAGE BOARD THREAD.

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IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE PDFS, UM, THOSE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

SO ON THAT NOTE, I

[2. Equitable transit-oriented development (eTOD) planning and policies, including the draft eTOD Policy Plan and anti-displacement funding. This item will be taken up jointly with the Housing and Planning Committee. ]

WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE OVERVIEW OF E T O D WORK AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO PROJECT CONNECT.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, ROSIE TRULA.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HOSTING THIS MEETING, THIS JOINT MEETING, AND SETTING ASIDE THE TIME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY AN E T O D POLICY PLAN IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME PROJECT CONNECT IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP IN WAYS THAT NOT ONLY IMPROVE OUR CLIMATE, OUR MOBILITY, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT TO ADDRESS HISTORIC INEQUITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH BOTH BETTER TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, BUT ALSO WITH MORE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND INCREASED ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO THRIVE.

THE GOAL OF OUR BRIEFING TODAY IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLAN, WHAT IT WILL HELP TO ACCOMPLISH, AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE COUNCIL ACT NOW TO IMPLEMENT THE E T O D QUICKLY AHEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GUIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

TYPICALLY, LAND USE IS IN PLACE BEFORE OR IN TANDEM WITH DECISIONS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

IN THIS SENSE, WE ARE ALREADY BEHIND AS A COMMUNITY AND PREPARING FOR THE SUCCESS OF PROJECT CONNECT.

SO ACCEPTING THE POLICY PLAN AND MOVING FORWARD INTO MORE DETAILED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION EXPEDITIOUSLY IS IMPORTANT.

THESE CORRIDORS AND STATION AREAS ARE ALREADY SEEING REDEVELOPMENT INTEREST TODAY.

SO GETTING AHEAD OF THAT WITH UPDATED COUNCIL POL OR WITH UPDATED CITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES IS KEY TO SHAPING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES IN COHESIVELY SUPPORTING TRANSIT INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

ONCE E T O D IS ACCEPTED COUNCIL POLICY DIRECTION, STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT GUIDANCE IN LAND USE AND ZONING DECISIONS, PREVENTING A CASE WHERE LAG TIME COULD MEAN DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF E T O D AND ARE MADE IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, SORRY, EXCUSE ME, ARE MADE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WORK TO, UH, CROSS PURPOSES FOR OUR E T O D GOALS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION.

I WANNA TURN IT OVER NOW TO CHARMILLA WITH CAT METRO.

THANK YOU ROSIE.

UM, THANK YOU, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, I'M SHILLA SHILLA MUJI, UM, UH, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AT CAP METRO.

AND UH, I WOULD START BY SAYING THIS IS A UNIQUE, UM, TRANSFORMATIONAL, ALMOST A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME PATH OF BRINGING LIGHT TRAIL, UM, INTO THEIR CITIES.

AND AUSTIN IS AT A PRECIPICE OF THAT.

WE HAVE THIS TIME TO PLAN FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT IS CONTEXT SENSITIVE, SCALABLE, AND ATTAINABLE FOR AUSTIN.

WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? AND I, UM, TRANSIT AGENCY IS NOT TYPICALLY, UM, THE ENTITY THAT GUIDES THIS PROCESS.

WE DO NOT HAVE LAND USE AUTHORITY CITY OF AUSTIN DOES.

WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A HELPING HAND AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FOUR SUCCESSIVE, THREE SUCCESSIVE FOUR ALTOGETHER F T A T O D PLANNING GRANTS TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.

CAP METRO IS COMMITTED TO IN HAND, IN HAND WITH AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP IN CITY OF AUSTIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE LIGHT TRAIL THAT COMES TO AUSTIN REALLY HELPS BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND ABLE TO CORRECT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES THAT HAVE, UH, THAT WE ARE HERE TO TRANSFORM WITH THESE GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

THE $3.15 MILLION THAT FTA GAVE TO CITY OF AUSTIN CAP METRO THROUGH CAP METRO TO AUSTIN, IT IS BEING USED POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT, PRUDENT AND COLLABORATIVE MANNER THAT COULD SUPPORT AND BE ALMOST PRESENTED AS A TEMPLATE FOR HOW MULTI-AGENCY COLLABORATION SHOULD, SHOULD TAKE PLACE.

I PERSONALLY HAVE TAKEN, PARTICIPATED IN FTA LESSONS, LEARNED TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND I WILL PASS IT ON TO ANNA LAND TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS E EAD PLAN.

IT WAS A CO-CREATED DRIVEN PROJECT BOTH BY CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAP METRO.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

IT'S GREAT.

THANK

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YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW.

AND I THINK WE HAVE ANNA ANN COMING UP LATER IN THE AGENDA.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA SHIFT TO THE, UH, TO WARNER COOK IN, UH, PLANNER, PRINCIPAL IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

PERFECT.

MEANS THIS IS HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE THOSE STEPS FORWARD.

HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAYOR PRO TEM.

MY NAME IS WARNER COOK, AS ROSIE SAID, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CHANCE TO GET E UH, AN EVEN DEEPER DIVE AND PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD TODAY AND THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM COUNCIL OFFICES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO EQUITABLE T O D.

UH, I'M GONNA WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE ACTUAL DRAFT RESOLUTION WOULD DO IF COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE IT ON MARCH 9TH.

CUZ THAT HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC OF QUESTION.

THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY PLAN AS OUTLINED IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL, IS TO CREATE A BIG PICTURE FRAMEWORK AND GUIDELINES FOR HOW TO START THINKING ABOUT PLANNING IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR TRANSIT INVESTMENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO THRIVE.

WE KNOW THAT TRANSIT BRINGS A LOT OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO AUSTIN, BUT IT ALSO CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE AND END UP HARMING FOLKS.

SO IN ORDER TO NOT REPEAT THIS PATTERN OF HARM AND INSTEAD WORK TO START REPAIRING IT, THE EAD POLICY PLAN OFFERS A HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE ON WAYS WE COULD IMPROVE THESE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.

SIX E T O D GOALS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, WHICH ANNA WILL TALK ABOUT AFTERWARDS.

THESE SIX GOALS WILL BE THE GUIDING STARS SO THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES AND OUR PARTNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABLE TO STRIVING TOWARDS.

UH, AS WE CONTINUE DEVELOPING AROUND PROJECT CONNECT, THESE ARE GONNA BE THE LENSES THROUGH WHICH WE CONSIDER HOW TO IMPLEMENT E T O D AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ANYTIME WE'RE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT INVESTMENTS, PROGRAMS OR REGULATIONS, IT'S FURTHERING THESE SIX GOALS.

SO SPECIFICALLY ON MARCH 9TH, WE ARE ASKING COUNSEL IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION AS IT'S BEEN POSTED FOR FOUR THINGS.

FIRST IS TO ACCEPT THE E T O D POLICY PLAN, INITIATE STATIONARY PLANNING IN THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN DISTRICT PLAN, UM, INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE FOUR THINGS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL NOW.

SO ACCEPTING THE POLICY PLAN, WHAT DOES ACCEPTING THE POLICY PLAN DO? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, SO I WANNA DISPEL SOME CONFUSION I KNOW IS OUT THERE.

IT IS A POLICY DOCUMENT.

IT REPRESENTS OUR BEST THINKING ON HOW WE CAN REACH THOSE SIX E T O D GOALS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT NEAR OUR TRANSIT STATIONS.

IT'S BASICALLY A FRAMEWORK.

UM, ONE WAY I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT IS THINKING ABOUT IT AS THE, THE FRAMEWORK.

WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, IN THE POLICY TOOLKIT THERE.

NOT EVERY TOOL, AS WE KNOW FOR EVERY PROJECT IS GONNA BE RIGHT, JUST LIKE WITH EVERY TOOL IN THE POLICY TOOLBOX.

THERE'LL BE SOME STATIONS WHERE TOOLS APPLY, SOME TOOLS MIGHT APPLY DIFFERENTLY ACROSS DIFFERENT STATIONS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT IT AS A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL IS DIRECTING STAFF TO GO EXPLORE MORE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MORE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE TOOLS COULD BE AND, AND COME BACK FOR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WHAT THE PLAN DOES NOT DO IS AUTOMATICALLY APPLY THOSE TOOLS ON MARCH 9TH.

IT IT JUST, THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S POSTED.

THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S WRITTEN.

THE OTHER THINGS THAT IT DOESN'T DO IS CHANGE CITY BUDGET OR FUNDING ON MARCH 9TH.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUDGET IS THE BUDGET AND WITHOUT AMENDMENTS TO IT, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY NEW FUNDING OR ANY REPRIORITIZING OF FUNDING TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.

AND THE LAST THING THAT, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE HEARD A LOT, THE ACCEPTING THE POLICY PLAN DOES NOT CHANGE ANYONE IN AUSTIN'S ZONING OR REGULATIONS ON ANY PARCELS ON MARCH 9TH.

WHAT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ASKS COUNCIL TO DO IS INITIATE THAT PROCESS TO LOOK AT IT AND INITIATING THAT PROCESS, WHICH WE THINK COULD TAKE A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF, UH, TO, TO REALLY WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND ANALYZE WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE AS SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING SAID.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW YOU GET FROM AN IDEA TO REALITY.

BUT THE REALITY DOESN'T COME UNTIL THERE'S NOTICE PETITIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, A PLANNING COMMISSION, AND COUNCIL AND, AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTION.

SO NOTHING ON THE NINTH IS ANY OF THOSE THINGS I JUST MENTIONED.

IT DOES NOT CHANGE ZONING.

SO, SO THEN IF ON THE NINTH WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING, WHAT, WHY ARE WE TAKING ACTION ON THE NINTH? RIGHT? SO WE STILL NEED TO WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN, ACCEPTING THE PLAN SAYS THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WANNA GO, AND IMPLEMENTING THE PLANS

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WHAT STAFF IS ENVISIONING IS A TWO STEP PARALLEL APPROACH.

SO WE'VE GOT SYSTEM-WIDE TOOLS AND, AND ITEMS THAT WE'LL DO FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN ALSO GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC ITEMS. UM, THIS PARALLEL APPROACH HELPS US EFFICIENTLY AND QUICKLY START WORK TOWARDS THE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND MEETING OUR SIX GOALS BROADLY IN AUSTIN WITH A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PROPOSALS ARE TAILORED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC THROUGH THAT APPROACH.

AND I'VE ALSO GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH WOULD JUST BE, UM, APPLIED EVERYWHERE OR IF IT HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST AND THE GEOGRAPHIC STATION PLANNING HAPPENS SECOND OR VICE VERSA.

SO I WANNA CLARIFY THOUGH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH OF THESE THINGS, THE, THE GEOGRAPHIC STATION PLANNING AND THE SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACHES MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ON, ON PARALLEL TRACKS.

UM, WE, WE DON'T WANNA SEE IT AS AN EITHER OR.

WE REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A BOTH AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF URGENCY OUR COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED TO US.

AND JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS PART OF A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GONNA BE BLANKET OR IT'S GONNA APPLY THE SAME WAY IN EVERY SINGLE STATIONARY.

THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY SYSTEM WIDE.

THE NEXT PART OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MARCH 9TH IS INITIATING STATION AREA PLANNING IN THE 11TH STATION AREAS WITHIN THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN DISTRICT PLANNING BOUNDARY.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC APPROACH I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.

WE'VE ALREADY KICKED OFF SOME VISION PLANS WITH THE NORTH LAMAR AND SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTERS, AND I THINK SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A WORKSHOP LAST NIGHT.

WE DID, WE HAD WORKSHOPS FOR THOSE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ON THE 28TH AND THE FIRST, UH, WHERE WE GOT REALLY GREAT MORE IN-DEPTH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO CELEBRATE, WHAT, WHAT BRINGS THEM CULTURE, UH, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, PLEASE GO TO PROJECT CONNECT.COM/PROJECT/ETOD.

THERE'S MORE ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE TWO STATIONARIES GOING ON NOW.

AND A SURVEY OPENED THROUGH MARCH 21ST.

BUT LOOKING AT THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.

WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRANSIT SERVICE.

UM, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP WAS WHETHER IT SHOULD BE RAIL OR ALSO INCLUDE THE METRO RAPID SERVICES.

AND AS COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF IN ITS OR INITIAL RESOLUTION IN JUNE, 2021, WE ARE, WE ARE TO LOOK AT THIS FULL SYSTEM, THIS INITIAL INVESTMENT OF PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GONNA LOOK THE SAME IN EVERY TYPE OF TRANSIT SERVICE, BUT WE, WE WANNA SEE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES, WHETHER IT'S A RAIL STOP OR A BUS STOP.

BY WORKING THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES EARLY WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO KIND OF GET THAT UNDER OUR BELT TO, TO SEE WHAT WORKS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF AUSTIN OR FOR DIFFERENT TRANSIT TYPES.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A PREDETERMINED OUTCOME ON IN, IN ANY OF THESE AREAS.

THE THIRD THING THAT COUNCIL IS ASKED TO DO ON MARCH 9TH WITH THE DRAFT RESOLUTION IS INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IMAGINE AUSTIN, OUR CURRENT GROWTH CONCEPT MAP, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE PROJECT AND CONNECT SYSTEM.

WE'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY'RE NOT REFLECTED IN OUR GROWTH CONCEPT.

SO IF COUNCIL DECIDES ON MARCH 9TH TO VOTE TO BEGIN AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR IMAGINE AUSTIN, IT WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO START LOOKING AT HOW TO INCORPORATE E T O D INTO THE COMP PLAN, INCLUDING WITH COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW TO DO THAT.

WE WOULD TAKE THAT INPUT AND CRAFT ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO IMAGINE AUSTIN AND THEN GO THROUGH THE FORMAL ENGAGEMENT OR THE FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS LAID OUT IN OUR CITY CHARTER.

ONCE THAT IS EVENTUALLY INCORPORATED, IF COUNCIL WOULD, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY ADOPT THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO START USING E T O D TYPOLOGY AS ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UH, REQUESTS FOR PLAN AMENDMENTS AND ZONING CASES IN THE FUTURE WITHIN STATION AREAS.

AND THEN THE LAST THING, AND, AND PROBABLY THE THING I'VE GOTTEN THE MOST QUESTIONS ABOUT SO FAR IS WHAT IS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE ASKED TO INITIATE ON MARCH 9TH? AND I ALREADY DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF THOSE AT THE FEBRUARY 21ST WORK SESSION, BUT I'M GONNA DIVE INTO EVEN MORE DETAIL RIGHT NOW.

SO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE, YOU KIND OF ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT AMENDMENTS ARE, OR THE CURRENT CODE SAYS ABOUT T O D IN AUSTIN.

AND I'M DEFINITELY GONNA LAUNCH INTO WHAT THE E T O D OVERLAY IS AS WELL.

SO TODAY THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SPELLS OUT THE PROCESS FOR TRADITIONAL T O D PLANNING AND REGULATIONS.

THE TRADITIONAL T O D APPROACH PREVIOUSLY USED TO DATE CATEGORIZED EACH DEFINED T O D INTO ONE OF A FEW DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND SPELLED OUT SPECIFICALLY HOW DENSE AND INTENSE IT SHOULD BE, SHOULD IT

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BE A REGIONAL CENTER AND A TOWN CENTER, ET CETERA.

WITH E T O D, WE'RE TAKING A MORE PEOPLE CENTERED APPROACH RATHER THAN THE BUILT FORM BEING THE MAJOR FOCUS.

AND SO THE REGULATIONS WE KNOW ARE ONLY ONE WAY TO GET US TOWARDS OUR E T O D GOALS.

WE WANNA LOOK AT THESE CURRENT T O D REGULATIONS AS WELL BECAUSE WE ALSO ONLY HAVE NINE RED LINE OR PARK AND RIDE SITES AS DESIGNATED TODS IN AUSTIN.

AND WE KNOW FROM COUNCIL'S DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN US LOOKING ACROSS THE CAP METRO PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM TO CONSIDER OTHER SERVICES AS WELL.

SO TO MAKE OUR CODE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THIS E T O D APPROACH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, STAFF IS PROPOSING A FEW DIFFERENT UPDATES TO THE CURRENT T O D REGULATIONS.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE UPDATING THE LIST OF STATIONS TO THE 98 STATION AREAS THAT ARE IN THE E T O D POLICY PLAN PER COUNCIL GUIDANCE.

WE'D ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER THE EXISTING INITIAL OR INTERIM REGULATIONS STILL MAKE SENSE FOR AUSTIN AND WHETHER THEY REALLY HELP US REACH THOSE SIX E T O D GOALS AND MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE TWEAKED MORE TO GET TO OUR EQUITABLE OUTCOMES WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO WE ENVISION COMMUNITY INPUT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

UH, WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT THE TWO-STEP PLANNING PROCESS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TWO-STEP TRADITIONAL PROCESS USED TO LOOK LIKE IN A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO MAKE SURE IT REFLECTS HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO THAT GEOGRAPHIC STATIONARY PLANNING GOING FORWARD.

THE LAST TYPE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR INITIATING ON MARCH 9TH IS TO CREATE THE E T O D OVERLAY.

ONE OF THE TOOLS IN THE POLICY TOOLKIT.

THE OVERLAY IS NOT DEFINED YET AND WE THINK IT COULD TAKE, AS I SAID, AT LEAST A YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF OR MORE TO REALLY DO THE ANALYSIS AND THE DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NECESSARY TO CRAFT AND APPLY THIS TOOL.

UM, WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE WOULD GO AND CRAFT THIS OVERLAY, WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE GUIDING FACTORS BEING EQUITY, THOSE SIX GOALS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO MEET WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT CRAFTING, THERE'S A FEW FOUR BULLETS THERE ABOUT LIKE, WHAT DO I MEAN TO ACTUALLY CREATE AN E T O D OVERLAY? YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT BENEFITS WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.

WE'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT WHERE AND HOW TO MAP IT.

AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DOES IT INTERACT WITH ALL THE EXISTING STUFF THAT'S IN AUSTIN TODAY IN PLANS AND REGULATIONS.

AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

SO IT'S, THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.

THIS IS NOT GONNA BE CREATED OVERNIGHT.

SO WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT TALK ABOUT LIKE THE, THE VOLUNTARY WORD THAT'S IN THE PLAN.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT PROBABLY CAUSED SOME CONFUSION.

THE WAY THAT WE WORDED THAT IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT.

UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING WHETHER IT MEANS IT'S OPT-IN OR OPT OUT, YOU KNOW, COULD A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD SAY WE DON'T WANT TO DO E T O D OR, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROCESS WHERE ENTIRE PARTS OF THE CITY CAN JUST OPT OUT OF BEING PART OF THE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES THAT AUSTIN KNIGHTS WANT.

THAT WOULD NOT BE AN EQUITABLE APPROACH.

UM, THAT LOCALIZED FEEDBACK ON WHERE IT MAKES SENSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY, REALLY VALUABLE.

BUT WE KNOW IF WE ONLY LISTEN TO TO TO THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO REALLY REACH OUR EQUITY GOALS, RIGHT? IF WE JUST LEAVE PARTS OF THE CITY FROM, FROM DOING THEIR PART.

I'VE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS THAT THE OVERLAY WOULD REQUIRE REDEVELOPMENT THAT LIKE AS SOON AS ON MARCH 9TH IT'S PASSED, THEN THERE'S THIS OVERLAY AND IT MAKES YOU REDEVELOPMENT YOUR PROPERTY.

THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE CASE.

ANY PROPERTY OWNER AT ANY TIME CAN CHOOSE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY, INCLUDING NOT ANYTHING EXACTLY WHAT IT IS TODAY.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO REDEVELOP, YOU CAN USE YOUR BASE ZONING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL BONUS PROGRAMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT APPLY TO YOUR PROPERTY.

SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE A V IN YOUR ZONING STRING TODAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE V RIGHT? YOU CAN USE YOUR BASE ZONING.

SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

AND THEN THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE APPLIED AGAIN, THE ANSWER IS NO ON COUNCIL VOTING FOR E T O D RESOLUTION ON MARCH 9TH WOULD INITIATE THE PROCESS TO START LOOKING AT THIS TOOL, BUT IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY START IT BEING APPLIED TODAY.

SO IF YOU WANT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER, THEN THEN PLEASE VOTE FOR THAT ON THE NINTH.

BUT WHEN THE PROPOSAL COMES BACK AT THE END OF THE PROCESS AND OUR ANALYSIS AND ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT, AMEND IT, EVEN FLAT OUT, REJECT IT AS HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR WILL AS A DIAS.

OKAY, SO THAT WAS A LOT ON THE SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACHES.

NOW I'M GONNA DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH.

LIKE WHAT DOES A T O D E T O D PLANNING PROCESS LOOK LIKE? WE JUST KICKED OFF THE TWO IN NORTH AND SOUTH LAMAR.

WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME MORE TO BE STARTED IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.

AND, AND WHAT IS THAT LIKE? SO OUR CURRENT T O D REGULATIONS

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IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HAVE A REALLY PRESCRIPTIVE WAY OF HOW WE DOTD PLANNING FOR TRADITIONAL TODS.

AND SO THE FIRST THING IS THERE'S INITIAL REGULATIONS.

AS SOON AS A T O D IS MAPPED ONTO A PARCEL, THERE'S INITIAL REGULATIONS THAT APPLY.

THEY GOVERN THINGS LIKE BUILDING SETBACKS AND KIND OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

THEY DON'T DO MUCH, BUT THEY DO JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FRIENDLY IN A T O D.

UM, THE SECOND OR THE, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IMMEDIATE STEP.

I CALLED IT STEP ZERO.

STEP ONE IS TO GO WITH COMMUNITY TO CRAFT A STATION AREA PLAN.

UM, THIS IS GOING TO SET UP THE VISION, BUT IT'S NOT A REGULATING DOCUMENT.

IT GETS AMENDED INTO EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYBODY'S ZONING.

AND THEN THE SECOND STEP OF THE TRADITIONAL PROCESS IS THE REGULATING PLAN.

AND THIS BASICALLY CREATES A NEW ZONING FRAMEWORK.

YOU KNOW, YOU GET DASH T O D TWO YEAR ZONING STRING AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE REGULATING PLAN TO SEE WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY.

SO IN CONTRAST TO THAT CURRENT PROCESS, THE E T O D PROCESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, IS, IS NOT QUITE THE SAME.

WE STILL THINK THAT THERE COULD BE USE IN INTERIM REGULATIONS THAT APPLY SYSTEM-WIDE, HENCE WHY STAFF IS ASKING FOR THE CHANCE TO GO LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE WHAT WORKS.

UM, AND WE ALSO THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS OVERLAY BONUS PROGRAM THAT WOULD APPLY SYSTEM-WIDE COULD BE REALLY USEFUL TO SUPPORT OUR GOALS.

AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE IN ALL STATION AREAS, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE ON ALL PARCELS.

WHAT STAFF REALLY KNOWS IS THAT THIS VISION PLAN THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS A REALLY VALUABLE TOOL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ARE INTERESTED IN FOR THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND GETTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO IMPLEMENT PLANS.

ONE OF THEM IS REGULATIONS, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS LIKE INVESTMENTS AND SETTING UP COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS OF THESE NATURES NEW, UM, SUPPORTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THOSE ARE NOT REGULATIONS.

SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE E T O D IS TRYING TO TAKE A REALLY HOLISTIC LOOK AT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION FOR A STATION AREA, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CASE IN EVERY TI IN EVERY STATION THAT REG NEW REGULATIONS ARE, ARE NEEDED IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.

CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICKLY? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

UM, ON YOUR INTERIM REGULATIONS THAT APPLY SYSTEM WIDE, AND I'M SORRY IF YOU SAID THIS AND I JUST MISSED IT, LAND USE REGULATIONS OR NOT? SO LET ME GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICK.

SO THIS IS WHAT'S IN OUR CURRENT T D REGULATIONS.

WE DON'T EXACTLY HAVE AN IDEA YET WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN THAT OR NOT, BUT IT RE IT DOES PROHIBIT CERTAIN USES.

SO SOMETHING LIKE, UM, A REALLY LARGE SURFACE PARKING LOT WOULD BE PROHIBITED, RIGHT? AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT SETBACKS AND MAKING SURE BUILDING ENTRANCES, YOU KNOW, ARE CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALK AND, AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT? WE WOULD WANNA LOOK AT THOSE USES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL THE RIGHT USES IF WE UPDATED THOSE.

MY, AND THEN YOU MAY GET THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO I'M SORRY IF I'M JUMPING THE GUN HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE NEAR TERM THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS SOMEWHERE IN THIS PROCESS IS COORDINATION WITH ATP AND WITH OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE AS A COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE DECISIONS IN ORDER TO NOT SCORE SO POORLY ON FEDERAL METRICS THAT DETERMINE THE FUNDING WE'RE GONNA GET.

SO IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I SEE IT BOTH.

ONE, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS, WE NEED TO HAVE THE, THE DECISION OR THE, THE TYPE OF HOUSING AND, AND LAND USE AROUND THEM THAT ACTUALLY MAKE IT A GOOD INVESTMENT.

WE DON'T WANNA WASTE THAT MONEY, BUT TWO, WE ALSO WANT TO BE PRUDENT WITH THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND WANT TO GET AS MANY FEDERAL DOLLARS AS WE CAN.

AND RIGHT NOW IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH ATP AND OTHERS, WE ARE SCORING HORRIBLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE LINES.

AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL WE'RE BUILDING THE STATION TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, BUT THAT WE ARE SOMEWHERE IN THIS PROCESS RECOGNIZING CHANGES WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE TODAY SO THAT WE QUALIFY FOR DOLLARS TO GET THE LINES BILL MATH.

MM-HMM.

COUNSEL, MOVE IT UP.

I I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT POINT, THAT, THAT LET'S NOT PUT THE CARD BEFORE THE HORSE.

YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL OF THE TRANSIT ENT DEVELOPMENT IS TO GET RIDERS ON THE LINE TO BUILD HOUSING AROUND

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THE STATIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I I, I JUST MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WE TALK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

AND, AND SO THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

IF WE DON'T DO WELL ON THAT, WE DON'T GET FEDERAL DOLLARS.

IF WE DON'T GET FEDERAL DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LINE IS NOT GONNA BE WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE.

IF THE LINE'S NOT WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT BENEVOLENT CYCLE THAT CREATES THE RESOURCES THAT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THREATENED OR DISPLACED.

SO I I I, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL'S POINT, AND, AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT I, I AGREE WITH THOSE AND WE JUST ADD THE CAVEAT THAT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT HAVE TO BE CAR DEPENDENT IS A BIG HIGH LEVEL GOAL FROM THIS.

AND SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DRIVING RIDERSHIP, BUT IT IS ABOUT BETTER AIR QUALITY, LESS CONGESTION, YOU KNOW, MORE SPACE FOR TREES AND PEOPLE AND LESS, YOU KNOW, LESS OF THE CONCRETE.

SO I, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT EXTRA LAYER TOO , YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ANGLE OF IT THERE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

AND WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING REALLY CLOSELY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM CAP METRO AND ATP TODAY THAT CAN EVEN BETTER SPEAK TO THE ACTUAL TIMELINE FOR GRANT, UH, SCORING I KNOW IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND.

UH, JEN PINE IS WITH US.

SO GREAT QUESTION FOR WHEN WE GET TO THE Q AND A, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BOTH, UM, THERE'S A CRITERIA THAT TALKS ABOUT KIND OF WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY, WHAT ARE THE POPULATION, WHAT ARE THE JOBS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT FTA LOOKS AT? AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A CRITERIA THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT POLICIES IN PLACE, WHAT COULD BE THERE IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO E T O D WOULD DEFINITELY FIT IN THAT SECOND CATEGORY OF LIKE THE, IF IT'S ACCEPTED, WHAT WHAT COULD BE THERE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT THE SOONER THAT ONE IMPLEMENTS E T O D AND STARTS ACTUALLY MOVING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NEXT STEPS AND ACTION ITEMS, THE MORE LIKELY IT HAS A CHANCE TO LIKE IMPACT THAT FIRST CRITERIA ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY.

SO THAT, AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE Q AND A, UH, CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY OF A LOT OF INTEREST.

SO I KNOW THAT WE GOT, UH, THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT I'M GLAD FOR THE QUESTION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I ALSO WANTED, I THINK I COVERED YES, THIS, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER WORK.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN OTHER WORK THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING TO DO TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS SUCCESSFUL, UM, RECENT CODE AMENDMENTS, BUT ALSO EXISTING PLANS AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE ALONG THE LINES.

AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD RELATE TO ETO O D STATION AREA PLANNING, OR WHAT ABOUT DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING? UH, ARE WE ONLY DOING PLANNING IN THE STATION AREAS? AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNEW THAT IN ADDITION TO ETO O D STATIONARIES, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO DO THESE OTHER SMALL AREA AND DISTRICT LEVEL, AND WHEN IT MAKES SENSE, INCORPORATE E T O D, LIKE FOR NORTHEAST AUSTIN WHERE THERE ARE STOPS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE APPLIED TO AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE THESE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS COMING TO IT.

AND THEN WE'RE, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO CONSIDER HOW THESE DIFFERENT RECENT AMENDMENTS OR EXISTING PLANS AND THINGS ARE GONNA FACTOR INTO SOME OF THE POLICY TOOLS AS WE START TO DEVELOP THOSE.

SO THAT IS ALSO VERY MUCH ON STAFF'S MIND.

AND THEN BACK TO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR, YOUR POINT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? WHAT ARE, AND WHAT THINGS ARE WE ALREADY DOING THAT SUPPORT E T O D? SO BASED ON OUR STAFF CAPACITY, UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, LIKE PROCUREMENT AND THE CODE AMENDMENTS AND CHARTER REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY DO ENGAGEMENT IN STATION AREAS AND START TO DEVELOP A VISION.

THIS IS KIND OF OUR BEST THINKING ON A POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS I TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

THE, THE TOP TWO WOULD BE SOME OF THOSE SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACHES, THE BOTTOM TWO BEING SOME OF THOSE GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC APPROACHES.

UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE HERE AT THE CITY AS WELL AS CAP METRO TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE FOR LIGHT RAIL DESIGN AND GRANT FUNDING SUBMITTAL.

UM, THEN MY LAST SLIDE HERE FOR THOSE THAT ARE WONDERING LIKE, WHAT ARE WE ALREADY DOING? ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TODAY? THE ANSWER IS DEFINITELY YES.

UM, THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, WHILE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS OVERALL FRAMEWORK, WE'VE STILL ALREADY STARTED DOING SOME IMPLEMENTATION THINGS THAT SUPPORT PROJECT CONNECT AND SUPPORT THESE E T O D GOALS, UH, ESPECIALLY THROUGH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR THE 300 MILLION WITH, UH, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

UM, SO THERE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS.

I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR TRULOVE GAVE YOU ALL A REALLY GOOD COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW AT THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY AND TOUCHED ON A FEW OF THESE THINGS THAT HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES.

UM, SO WE, WE'D ALSO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, UH, LATER ON ABOUT THOSE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M READING IT CORRECTLY FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT THEN IF THERE'S LESSONS LEARNED OR, OR WHY WE SEE THIS, THERE'S, IT'S ON PAGE 10, IT'S TALKING ABOUT COMMUTING AND CAR OWNERSHIP SHIFTS.

CAN I ASK A, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASK THIS QUESTION, IT'S, IT'S FROM THE DRAFT DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME.

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AND THE STATEMENT IS THAT IN CENSUS TRACKS WHERE WE HAVE TODS, THAT TRANSIT RIDERSHIP TO WORK IN THESE CENSUS TRACKS OF STUDY HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION INSTEAD OF AN INCREASE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S, IF WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? AND, AND CLEARLY SOMETHING WE'RE DOING IS NOT QUITE WORKING.

SO HAVE WE FIGURED OUT MAYBE TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THIS, OR I'M JUST TRYING TO, THERE'S PROBABLY, YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF FACTORS WHY THAT, UH, IS THE CASE, BUT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT I CENSUS TRACKS THAT CONTAIN OUR THREE ADOPTED TODS.

WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN FOLKS TAKING TRANSIT TO WORK BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, UH, CENSUS DATA NUMBERS.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE AT PLAY THERE ARE THAT IT'S STILL REALLY EASY TO DRIVE AND PARK A CAR.

UM, ANOTHER THING THAT COULD BE IN PLAY IS THAT THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES, FEWER LOW INCOME PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, OWNING UNITS IN THESE TODS.

WE, THOSE ARE OTHER FACTS THAT ARE IN THE LITTLE BRIEF ANALYSIS THAT WE DID THERE.

SO THESE SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS AND KIND OF COMMUTING PATTERNS ARE NOT WHAT WE'D HOPE TO SEE OUT OF OUR TODS, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW APPROACH FOR ETO ODS BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP US, UH, REACH OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND OUR CONGESTION MITIGATION GOALS AND THINGS.

I, UH, I'LL ALLOW A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT WE STILL HAVE TWO WHOLE SECTIONS OF PRESENTATIONS TO GET THROUGH BEFORE Q AND A.

I WILL, OH, I GUESS I COULD WAIT.

UH, UH, YEAH, I COULD, I COULD WAIT UNTIL Q AND A THEN I'VE, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, SO THAT'D BE GOOD.

I KNOW THERE'S JUST A LOT OF INFORM INFORMATION.

AND WE MAY END UP NOT HAVING TIME FOR Q AND A IF WE ASK ALL OUR QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST PRESENTATION.

AND THAT TURNS US OVER TO ANNA LAND PRINCIPAL PLANNER AT CAP METRO, AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO DATE.

WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

MY NAME IS ANNA LAN.

I AM A T O D MANAGER AT CAP METRO.

I'M VERY HAPPY HERE TODAY TO TALK THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

EQUITABLE APPROACH TO DOD WOULD NOT BE SO WITHOUT INTENTIONAL, MEANINGFUL, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO A CORNERSTONE, UH, MAYBE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, A CORNERSTONE OF OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IS FACILITATE FACILITATING THAT COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS TO DEFINE EQUITY, AND ALSO TO HELP US ESTABLISH WHAT EQUITABLE OUTCOMES ARE NEEDED ACROSS THE STATION AREAS.

THIS PROJECT DIFFERS IN ITS APPROACH BECAUSE IT HAS ADDED ADDITIONAL WEIGHT TO VOICES, NOT INCLUDED IN PAST MULTI-GENERATIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS.

SO IN ESSENCE, TURNING UP THE VOLUME ON KEY COMMUNITY VOICES AND ALSO COMPENSATING THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND KNOWLEDGE.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF ENGAGEMENT TOUCHPOINTS.

UM, SOME OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL OUTREACH SUCH AS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, STAKEHOLDER PRESENTATIONS, TABLINGS AND SURVEYS WORK REALLY WELL IN THE PAST, BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE NOT REACHING DEEP ENOUGH INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR WRITERS, OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WE FOCUS OUR ENGAGEMENT TOWARDS MORE TARGETED PEER-TO-PEER APPROACH.

AND WE DO THAT THROUGH REGULAR C A C BRIEFINGS.

WE HAVE FOCUS GROUPS WITH GRASS TOP GRASSROOTS RESIDENTS, ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY CONNECTORS.

THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS AND C S C WORKING GROUP, I THINK DESERVES A SHOUT OUT.

THE C S C OR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS FORMED TO, UH, ADVISE PROJECT CONNECT ON ISSUES OF EQUITY AND DISPLACEMENT.

THEY FORMED AN ETO O D WORKING GROUP WITH US THAT WE MEET AT LEAST MONTHLY, IF NOT MORE REGULARLY, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT STATUS, TO NOT JUST REVIEW DOCUMENTS OR DECISIONS THAT ARE ALREADY MADE, BUT THEY ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND THEY'RE IN THE SAUSAGE MAKING PROCESS ALONGSIDE US.

WE ALSO HAVE 12 COMMUNITY RE UH, CONNECTORS RECRUITED FROM A POOL OF OVER 151 APPLICANTS.

THEY REPRESENT SEVEN OUT OF THE 10 DISTRICTS IN AUSTIN, AND THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING BACKGROUND.

UH, AND THEY RANGE, THEY REPRESENT A RANGE OF AUSTINITE FROM LOCALS TO NEWER TRANSPLANTS, FROM RETIREES

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TO STUDENTS.

AND THEY REALLY HELP US REACH DEEPER INTO THEIR NETWORK AND PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS THAT WE AS CAPEL MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, ATTEND.

SO WITH THEM, WE HAVE REACHED OVER 330 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR ENGAGEMENT AND ATTEND OVER 40 DIFFERENT EVENTS.

WENT ANOTHER ROUND OF VETTING WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND NOW WE HAVE IT DOWN TO 46 TOOLS.

OUR ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE IS QUITE EXTENSIVE.

WE HAVE DEVOTED SIGNIFICANT STAFF AND RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE DEEPEST REACH AS POSSIBLE.

SO THERE ARE FOUR TOTAL ENGAGEMENT FACES THAT CORRESPONDS TO KEY PROJECT DELIVERABLES.

THE FIRST ONE WE KICKED OFF IN 2021, WE FOCUSED ON DEFINING E T O D GOALS THAT WARNER SHOWED EARLIER, AND WE DELIVERED CASE STUDIES OF COMPARABLE STUDIES FROM DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IN THE NEXT PHASE, WE WANTED TO VERIFY THOSE GOALS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DISCUSS INTRODUCED POLICY.

AND FROM THEN WE DELIVERED AN EXISTING CONDITIONS DASHBOARD, WHICH IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE PROJECT CONNECT WEBSITE, WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THE KEY, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, UM, LAND USE REAL ESTATE OF THOSE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE THIRD PHASE, WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO THREE NB.

BUT THIS REALLY CONSISTS OF THE E O D POLICY PLAN.

WE WENT OUT AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY ON POLICY AND PROGRAM APPLICATION, AS WELL AS THE STATION TYPE POLICIES.

FROM THIS SET OF ENGAGEMENT, WE DELIVERED THE POLICY TOOLKIT, WHICH IS INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE E O D POLICY PLAN, AS WELL AS THE PRIORITY TOOL DASHBOARD, WHICH IS AN INAC INTERACTIVE PUBLICLY ACCESS ACCESSIBLE DASHBOARD THAT SHOWS THE, UM, EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE AREA AND ALSO THE MISSING, UM, MISSING PIECE PIECES THAT MAKES IT A COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ALSO IN THE CURRENT STAGE, WE ARE IN PHASE FOUR DELIVERING STATION AREA VISION PLAN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ONGOING AS OF TODAY STILL.

AND THIS SPRING GOING FORWARD, WE HOPE TO DELIVER THE STATION AREA VISION PLANS FOR NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER AND SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER, AS WELL AS THE EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR UPDATE AND RELEASING THE E T O D FINAL REPORT.

FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE TRY TO ENGAGE AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, UM, THIS PROJECT THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS.

WE HAVE SURVEYS, WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTS FROM CITY OF BOSTON AND CAT METRO, LOT OF TABLING EVENTS.

WE PRINTED OUT BUS CARTS TO GO INSIDE OUR BUSES WITH QR CODES THAT WILL LEAD TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE OR TO THE EXISTING SURVEY.

WE REACH OUT TO GRASS TOP AND GRASSROOT ORGANIZATIONS.

WE EVEN HAVE UT STUDENTS INVOLVED IN PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT.

AND, UH, AS WARNER SAID, WE HAD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP AS OF SIX 30 LAST NIGHT.

THIS LIST WAS BLASTED TO OVER 7,000 PEOPLE, SO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO STAY CONNECTED TO PROJECT CONNECT SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO SIGN UP AND REGISTER.

UM, OH, SO IN TERMS OF BASIC STATS FOR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, WE'VE HELD SIX CITYWIDE, UH, SESSIONS WITH OVER 321 PARTICIPANTS.

WE HAVE HAD 40 SESSIONS OF FOCUS GROUPS WITH 243 PARTICIPANTS, OVER 2,300 AND COUNTING SURVEY RESPONSES OVER 40 ORGANIZED EVENTS MONTHLY, C A C E O D WORKING GROUPS, UM, AS WELL AS REGULAR PRESENTATIONS TO COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND CONTINUOUSLY ATTENDING E T O D CONNECTORS EVENTS, UM, AND OUTREACH, OUTREACH PLACES.

AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A LOT OF THESE HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE TRIED OUR BEST WITH VIRTUAL OUTREACH.

UM, WE TRIED TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR TIME OFFERING SESSIONS IN MORNING, EVENING, UM, IN SPANISH ONLY WITH A S L ONLY.

ALL OF THOSE ARE, UM, ACCESSIBLE DURING EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC WORKSHOP.

NEXT, PLEASE.

THE E O D POLICY PLAN ENGAGEMENT WAS NOT A QUICK PROCESS.

IT TOOK US ABOUT FIVE MONTHS THROUGH MULTIPLE VETTING AND PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUP TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE STARTED WITH ABOUT 75 TOOLS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, AND VETTED THEM THROUGH ALL INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, CITY AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, C A C CONNECTORS, AND WE WHITTLED THEM DOWN TO 51 TOOLS.

THEN WE FURTHER WORKSHOP THOSE TOOLS WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THEN WE WENT OUT INTO PUBLIC, WE HAD SURVEYS ASKING FOLKS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN, UH, POLICIES AS APPLIES TO THE AREA.

WE CONTINUE WITH FOCUS GROUPS.

WE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH DIFFERENT AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION LEADS, SMALL BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS, BOTH AFFORDABLE AND MARKET.

THEN WE

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THESE 46 TOOLS ARE MEANT TO BE ASPIRATIONAL AND VERY HIGH LEVEL AND BUILDABLE UPON THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST BE ALL AND END ALL.

AND WITH THESE 46 TOOLS, AGAIN, WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE, UM, HAD PUBLIC SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS TO TALK THROUGH PRIORITY AND APPLICABILITY.

AND THIS ENDED WITH THE E T O D SUMMIT AND INPUT THROUGH THE SPEAKUP AUSTIN PROCESS.

WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE.

SO THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL REPRESENTATION OF SOME OF THE KEY THEMES IN THESE AREAS THAT WE'VE HEARD.

UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST POPULAR POLICY IS ADVOCACY FOR MORE AFFORDABLE GROUND FLOOR LEASE FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES AND MORE FLEXIBILITY AND PERMITTED GROUND FLOOR USES.

UM, PEOPLE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, THERE WERE A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH ASSISTANCE, BUT THE BARRIER IN APPLICATION IS VERY HIGH, ESPECIALLY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS WHOSE PRIMARY ENGLISH IS, UH, LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH, UM, CONCERNED THAT THEY NEED ONGOING SUPPORT VERSUS JUST ONE-OFF FUNDING, UM, EXPANSION OF CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION INTERRUPTION FUND THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

ALSO JUST DIRECT RENT RELIEF.

AND ALSO WE HAVE COMMENTS THAT WE CANNOT FORGET THE SMALL BUSINESSES SUCH AS FOOD TRUCKS AND HOW THEY'RE IMPACTED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

FOR HOUSING, THE NUMBER ONE THING WE'VE HEARD IS THE BARRIER OF ENTRY TWO APPLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS JUST TOO HIGH.

I MYSELF TOOK A TRY.

I APPLIED FOR ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE APPLICATION WAS OVER 70 PAGES LONG AND IT REQUIRED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IT WAS EVEN A TOUGH APPLICATION FOR ME TO GO THROUGH.

UM, THE, WE HEARD THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE A STANCE ON PROVIDING HIGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS, UH, CONCERNED THAT AS FAST AS WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, IMPLEMENT E T O D POLICY, THAT THE REGULATION IS SIMPLY NOT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET.

UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT WHAT ABOUT RENTERS? UM, AND NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BUILD NEW BUILDINGS, BUT WE CAN USE SOME OF THE FUNDS TO REVITALIZE THE EXISTING, UH, STOCK AND CREATIVE WAYS TO ADD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUCH AS MORE CO-OPS OR INDIVIDUAL LEASES.

OF COURSE, IN EVERY CONVERSATION WE HEAR GRUMBLING ABOUT TAX BREAKS FOR HOMEOWNERS, UM, AS WELL AS DIRECT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION, WE HEARD THE MOST THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT GETTING TO THEIR STATION AND WALKING HOME.

UH, WE NEED MORE RELIABLE SERVICE AND PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN TRANSIT STIPEND CARTS WHERE YOU CAN USE IT TO, YOU KNOW, USE A VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION MODES.

WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH PARK AND RIDES NEAR THESE KEY STATION MODES SO THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY GET ON THE TRAINS, UM, AND BUSES.

AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE EXPANDING OUR, OUR NETWORK AND PARTNERING WITH LARGE EMPLOYERS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE BUS PASSES AND ATTRACT STAFF TO CONVERT TO TRANSIT.

AND OF COURSE, UM, SAFETY FEATURES, LIKE WE NEED MORE LIGHTING OR OVERPASSES, WE NEED TO PROVIDE SHADING AND PROVIDE WATER FOUNTAINS AT THE STATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HEAR IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ENGAGEMENT IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DEPENDABLE CHILDCARE AND CHILDCARE GRANTS.

UM, WE NEED TO HAVE PLACES AROUND STATIONS FOR CIVIC PLACES FOR LIBRARIES, FOR PARKS.

WE NEED TO HAVE LESS CONCRETE, UM, AND LESS IMPERMEABLE SURFACES.

WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT IN THIS DESIGN AND PLANNING OF THE STATION AREAS.

AND I LIKE THIS COMMENT A LOT, MAKE PEDESTRIANS VISIBLE IN THIS PROCESS.

NEXT, PLEASE.

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, UM, WE SHOULD ATTRACT A DIVERSE POOL OF BUSINESSES, NOT JUST MAYBE THE CONCENTRATED TECH BUSINESSES, BUT QUALITY ALSO MEANS JOBS THAT PROVIDE HEALTHCARE AND RETIREMENT.

UM, WE HEARD THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE JOB TRAINING WITH A ACC AND OTHER SCHOOLS SO THAT THE LOCAL FOLKS CAN, UM, TRAIN AS NEEDED AND TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT STAFF.

PROJECT CONNECT IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT, AND ALSO THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A DEPENDENT TRANSIT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR JOB AND BACK ON TIME.

NEXT, PLEASE.

THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY SMALL EXAMPLE OF HOW WE INCORPORATED PUBLIC INPUT INTO OUR TOOLKITS.

THE TOOLKIT HAS BEEN TWEAKED MANY TIMES.

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HAVE ADDED TOOLS BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT.

WE'VE ALSO TAKEN AWAY TOOLS THAT WORKED REALLY WELL IN OTHER CITIES, BUT THAT ARE NOT REALLY APPLICABLE TO AUSTIN.

SO SOME OF THE EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPONENTS FOR SOFT DENSITY BY, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE ADDED IN BASED ON RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY, UH, CITY STAFF, AND THE C A C.

WE HAVE THE EQUITY SCORECARD FOR T O D PROJECT, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA TO KEEP TRACK OF OUR DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR SIX GOALS, THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT'S ALREADY STARTING BETWEEN THE THREE AGENCIES.

SO WE ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING THAT.

THERE WERE SOME TOOLS THAT WERE REMOVED AS WELL.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, INCLUDING PARKING IN THE FFA, F A R CALENDAR FOR T OD ZONES BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THIS IS TOO BIG OF A JUMP FOR CURRENT REQUIREMENTS AND IT MAY BE A BARRIER TO OBTAIN FINANCING TO BUILD NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE SCALED IT BACK AND INTRODUCED MORE OF A FACED APPROACH.

UM, WE HAVE ALSO REMOVED AFFORDABLE HOUSING REPLACEMENT ORDINANCES BECAUSE LEGALLY IN TEXAS WE CANNOT DO THAT.

UM, AND SOME SMALLER IDEAS SUCH AS THE SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE, UH, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF, OF RESOURCES WITHOUT THE GREATEST IMPACT ON RETURN.

UM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER LATER ON IN THE QUESTION IF ANY SPECIFIC QUESTION ON HOW WE INCORPORATE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INVOICES INTO THE POLICY TOOLKIT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, WE HAVE ALSO ADDED THAT INTO THE MESSAGE BOARD POST AS A LINK.

WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP FOR MOBILITY COMMITTEE LATER, BUT WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WORKING VERY HARD ON GETTING THESE, UH, PRESENTATIONS CREATED FOR US.

UH, THE FINAL SECTION IS GONNA BE THE COMMUNITY PARTNER RAPID ROUND TABLE.

PAULETTE IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.

UM, SO LET'S INVITE UP A VASE.

I SEE A VASE UP THERE.

BILL, I SEE YOU.

UH, PAULETTE.

WE SEE YOU.

DO YOU WANNA TEST YOUR MICROPHONE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR YOU OR YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

IT'S VERY LOW, BUT IT IS WORKING.

YEAH, WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME UP AND, AND SIT DOWN.

WE TRIED TO GIVE Y'ALL ENOUGH CHAIRS AND THEN JAKE WEGMAN AND JIA PAUL CONNOLLY.

I KNOW, I SAW JP.

BLESS YOU.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN CHAMBERS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE VOICES THAT WE INVITED TO COME BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, LET'S START WITH A VASE.

LET'S GIVE YOU ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK A BIT ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

CHAIR.

DO I NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT BE WORKING.

IS IT? OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

THANKS.

SO THANK YOU CHAIRS AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS AVE HAR.

I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT CONNECT, UH, PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO ON ALL ISSUES RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT THAT INCLUDE EQUITY AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT.

I'LL, I'LL JUST START OFF BY SAYING, UH, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE STAFF'S PARTNERSHIP AND WORK ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF THIS WORK.

THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM THE START IS ANNA WAS LAYING OUT THAT TIMELINE.

WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

WE FORMED A WORKING GROUP, UM, THAT WAS PART OF THIS WORK, A REMINDER THAT THE CSE IS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTARILY SERVE TO GUIDE THIS WORK.

AND SO WE WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS FROM EARLY ON.

WE ALSO REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE THEIR WORK ON REALLY THIS TIME MAKING AN ENGAGED EFFORT OF WORKING WITH THE MOST IMPACTED FOLKS, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WORKING CLASS FOLKS IN OUR CITY WHO WERE OFTEN NOT INCLUDED.

AND THIS WORK WAS DONE MULTIPLE WAYS, BUT MOST SUPREME, IT WAS DONE THROUGH THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS WHO WERE ACTUALLY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM, UH, IMPACTED COMMUNITIES WHO WERE PROVIDED STIPENDS TO DO THIS WORK IN THEIR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

BRING THAT FEEDBACK.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL AND WORTH REMINDING EVERYBODY OFF.

AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, FOLKS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES, UM, LOOKING AT SENIORS, ALL OF THOSE PIECES ARE VERY MUCH PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS REALLY A REMINDER.

THIS IS ALREADY MENTIONED BY OUR STAFF FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S PERSPECTIVE.

THE O D PLANNING IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FDA ON GETTING GRANT APPLICATIONS IN.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RELY ON FEDERAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THIS WORK AND ENHANCE WHAT OUR LOCAL VOTERS HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED US WITH.

WE ALSO REALLY WANNA THANK STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON LOOKING AT THE WORK OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES.

SO SIMPLY NOT JUST LOOKING AT SORT OF REGULAR METRICS OF DODS, BUT LOOKING AT EQUITABLE TOD AND COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE IN THIS REGARD OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS MORE BROADLY.

AND I THINK THAT IN ITSELF IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO REMEMBER.

HOWEVER,

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ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO MENTION, THIS IS COMING FROM A RECENT, UM, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CSE MADE.

I JUST WANNA POINT OUT TO A COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THIS INCLUDES MEETING GOALS, MAKING REALISTIC PROMISES, DELIVERING ON DEADLINES IN A TIMELY MANNER AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS A GREAT PLAN, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORRY IN TERMS OF REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WHILE WE HAVE A BROAD TOOLKIT, WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS AND REALISTIC IN OUR COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY OF SAYING, WHAT ARE PIECES THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW? WHAT CANNOT? AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT REGARD.

THE BIGGEST ONE, PERHAPS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IS REALLY DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN WHAT TOOLS ARE REGULATORY IN NATURE AND WHAT ARE SUBSIDY BASED.

THAT'S A BIG QUESTION WE HAVE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN TOOLS WILL REQUIRE SUBSIDIES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE, CERTAIN MIGHT REQUIRE SUBSIDIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW.

AND SOME ARE REGULATORY IN THE SENSE THAT THEY CAN BE ENACTED BY COUNCIL AT THEIR WILL WITHOUT A FISCAL IMPACT.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER VERY SERIOUSLY.

UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT WE REALLY SH UH, FROM THE CSCS PERSPECTIVE IN OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK AS WELL, WE ARE REALLY GUIDING TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THESE STATION AREAS.

AND IT'S VERY CRITICAL TO LOOK AT ITS SYSTEM WIDE FOR OUR FEDERAL COMPETITIVENESS.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE LIGHT RAIL FIXED ROUTE, BUS RAPID AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL PRIORITIES THAT ARE GOING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY AS WE MOVE PAST SOME OF THESE KEY DECISIONS AROUND ALIGNMENTS AND STATIONS.

HOW DO WE MAKE THE MOST SORT OF, GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK FOR REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS FOR US FOR PLANNING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY START SEEING SOME CHANGES AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.

AND WHILE WE, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON THE, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT ARE THREATENED WITH THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE $300 MILLION FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT FROM PROJECT CONNECT FOR SOME OF THIS PURPOSE.

WE ALSO WANT TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT ENOUGH BY ANY MEANS.

AS WE'RE DOING THIS WORK IN YEAR THREE, WE ARE REALIZING THAT THE TIME HORIZON FOR THOSE FUNDS IS SHORTEN THE VOLUME OF THOSE FUNDS IS SHORT.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO LEVERAGE OTHER PIECES, UM, OF FUNDING THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

ALSO, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD IN THE WORKING GROUP, UM, WITH OUR STAFF WAS REALLY HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO CREATE HOUSING AND EMPLOYING CAPACITIES THAT SUPPORT TRANSIT AROUND STATION AREAS FOR SUC FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

AND, AND THIS IS CRITICAL FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CSCS PERSPECTIVE, ONE KEY PIECE IS WE ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HAVING A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT CONNECT.

AND IN PART OF THAT IS ENSURING THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH RIDERS AROUND THE SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE IT.

SO THOSE HOUSING CAPACITIES EMPLOYING CAPACITIES ARE REALLY I IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT WORK.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE AFFORDABILITY, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.

AND LASTLY, ALSO FROM A, UH, PERSPECTIVE OF SORT OF, UH, HAVING MORE DESIGN AND WELL DESIGNED, WALKABLE AND DIFFERENT SPACES, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THAT AROUND OUR STATION AREAS TO PROVIDE THOSE INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

UM, WE ALSO WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DISPLACEMENT RISK IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON HOUSING IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AS WELL.

PARTICULARLY AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCLUSIONARY.

AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE TYPOLOGY, UM, THAT OUR STAFF HAS DEVELOPED.

AND WE HAD A PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THIS IS A PART OF ADDRESSING OUR SEGREGATE, UH, SEGREGATING PRACTICES IN THE PAST AND OUR COMMITMENT AS A COMMUNITY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.

HOW DO WE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND EXPANDING MORE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT CAPACITIES THERE SO MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THEM.

THE C S C ALSO TALKED VERY, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT PARKING REFORM REFORM.

AND THIS INCLUDES NOT JUST LOOKING AT SEEING HOW WE CAN, UM, REALLY MOVE TOWARDS MORE ROBUST PARKING REFORM, BUT ALSO SEEING IF WE CAN DECOUPLE HOUSING AND PARKING, REALLY FROM AN AFFORDABILITY PERSPECTIVE, ALLOW MORE FOLKS TO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING AND RATHER FOR HOUSING SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS PARTS OF OUR CITY.

AND THIS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IS PER, IS AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE, BOTH FROM AFFORDABILITY AND FROM OUR ABILITY TO DO HOUSING CAPACITY, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING TRANSIT USAGE.

IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WORKABLE TRANSIT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AROUND THEIR, UM, ARE NOT INCENTIVIZED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE CARS.

AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

IF YOU'VE EVER, YOU KNOW, TAKEN THE RED LINE TO THE CRESTVIEW STATION, YOU GET OFF AND THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS SURFACE PARKING IN TWO PARKING GARAGES.

AND WHAT WE SEE IS ESSENTIALLY THAT WE'VE CREATED A TD WHERE WE ARE DISINCENTIVIZED PEOPLE TO USE THAT TRANSIT SYSTEM.

AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, WE'RE REALLY CREATING A CALL T OF, UH, PUBLIC SPACE THAT IS NOT PERFECT FOR THEM CUZ YOU'RE HAVING TO CRISSCROSS AGAINST MULTIPLE PARKING LOTS TO GET TO YOUR EVENTUAL DESTINATIONS.

UM, IN TERMS OF MAPPING DODS, I REALLY DO WANT TO MENTION

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THAT IT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO ADDRESS NOT JUST TRADITIONAL WALK SHED METRICS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN USED, USED IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAD A PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION, UM, FROM A PRESENTATION THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE BIKE ROLL ATX WORK, UM, WALK, BIKE ROLL ATX WORK, AND SEEING HOW DO WE REALLY LOOK AT BIKE SHEDS AS WELL.

SO WHAT THIS MAY LOOK LIKE IS THAT FOR, UM, FOR RAPID SYSTEMS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UP TO ONE MILE OUT FROM THE STATION AREA AND FOR A LIGHT RAIL, THIS CAN GO UP TO TWO MILES OUT FROM STATION AREA.

SO REALLY SEEING HOW CAN WE DO SOME MORE ROBUST PLANNING AROUND STATION AREAS TO SUPPORT NOT JUST WALKABILITY, BUT ALSO BIKEABILITY AND HAVING THOSE PIECES IN.

I'M SURE COMING TO THE END OF MY TIME AND I'LL STOP THERE, BUT I WILL SAY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THANKING STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID ON ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY WAS A VERY ENGAGED PROCESS.

AND WE PARTICULARLY AS A COMMUNITY, PRIORITIZE WORKING WITH THOSE WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS, PARTICULARLY THOSE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

LET'S GO.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS WHICH ORDER WE GO IN.

LET'S GO WITH PROFESSOR WEGMAN NEXT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UH, I'M JAKE WEGMAN.

I'M ON THE FACULTY OF THE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AT UT AND THANKED THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY ON THIS IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU'RE ALL DOING.

UH, AND THESE REMARKS, OF COURSE ARE MY OPINIONS ONLY AND DON'T REPRESENT THOSE OF UT SO I'M JUST GONNA START WITH A LITTLE TOUGH LOVE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER OF VELA WAS SUGGESTING THIS EARLIER, BUT THE FACT IS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS HARD FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL OF URBAN PLANNING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ASIDE FROM A HANDFUL OF CASES THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TRULY SUCCESSFUL TD HAS BEEN MUCH MORE COMMON IN CANADA OR MEXICO, OR OR OVERSEAS THAN HAS BEEN HERE IN THE US.

AND OF COURSE, TRUE EAD IS EVEN RARER THAN SUCCESSFUL T O D.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF CHEERING FOR WHAT THE CITY AND CAT METRO AND ATP ATP ARE ALL TRYING TO DO, UH, LET ME OFFER THREE SUGGESTIONS.

SO FIRST I URGE SOME FOCUS IN, IN THE PLANNING EFFORTS.

UM, AND I, UH, I AM SURPRISING MYSELF TO, TO FIND, YOU KNOW, SOME AGREEMENT WITH SOME OF THE, UH, COMMENTARY EARLIER.

BUT AS I READ THE POLICY PLAN, I AM A LITTLE WORRIED THAT THE EAD PLANNING PEANUT BUTTER COULD BE SPREAD TOO THIN.

UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, I'M, I'M SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL THAT NEW RAPID BUS STOPS AND OF THEMSELVES ARE LIKELY TO ATTRACT NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE TAKE PLACE.

UM, THERE ISN'T MUCH EVIDENCE THAT EVEN TRUE B R T BUS RAPID TRANSIT, UH, TRACKS DEVELOPMENT IN THE US AND OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RAPID BUS IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE.

THEY'LL BE VERY USEFUL.

I JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WILL IN OF THEMSELVES INDUCE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

UM, TOD'S REALLY HARD AND IN MY VIEW, BETTER TO DO LESS IN THE MOST PROMISING LOCATIONS AND TO DO IT WELL RATHER THAN TRY TO DO EVERYTHING AND THEN RISK NOT ACCOMPLISHING VERY MUCH.

UH, MY SECOND POINT IS RECOMMENDATION IS TO GET VALUE CAPTURE FINANCING MECHANISMS IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'VE COMPLETED THE PLANNING WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA REALLY NEED THESE DOLLARS WITHIN SPECIFIC STATION AREAS.

UM, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS AND OTHER, UH, EXISTING CITY SOURCES HAVE VERY IMPORTANT ROLES TO PLAY.

BUT AS A VASE WAS, WAS SAYING BEFORE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DEMANDS ON THEM OTHER THAN JUST E T O D AND THEN DENSITY BONUSES CAN ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SOME CASES, BUT THEY ARE A DELICATE MECHANISM AND THEY'RE HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO BOTH LOCATION AND TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE, UH, BUSINESS CYCLE AND THE HOUSING MARKET.

SO, UH, THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO GET US TO A MUELLER LIKE SHARE OF, YOU KNOW, LET'S CALL IT 25% BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING WITHIN A GIVEN STATION AREA.

AND IN MY VIEW, TO DO THAT, THE CITY'S GONNA NEED TO CAPTURE THE PROPERTY VALUE UPLIFT THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS, UH, DIRECTOR TRUO MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AROUND THE MOST DEVELOPMENT READY STATION AREAS, AND THE CITY'S GONNA NEED TO STOCKPILE, UM, WHAT I THINK COULD BE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CITY SUBSIDIES NEEDED TO MAKE REAL EAD POSSIBLE IN, IN SOME OF THESE STATION AREAS.

IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, IF YOU GET THAT VALUE CAPTURE MECHANISM IN PLACE, THEN INSTEAD OF PITTING MARKET RATE HOUSING AND BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A ZERO SUM TRADE OFF DYNAMIC, IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, YOU'RE JOINING THEM AT THE HIP INSTEAD AND CREATING A VIRTUOUS CYCLE IF YOU GET IT RIGHT, THEN

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BUILDING A MARKET RATE CONDO DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO A STATION CAN WORK TOWARDS EAD RATHER THAN AGAINST IT.

IT WOULD JUST MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE TAX DOLLARS POURING INTO THE CITY'S COFFERS THAT CAN SUBSIDIZE A NONPROFIT TO BUILD BELOW MARKET HOUSING IN THAT SAME STATION AREA.

OR MAYBE IT CAN BE USED TO ACQUIRE A KEY PARCEL WHEN IT COMES UP FOR SALE SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER TO A NONPROFIT SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

IN MY VIEW, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE MARKET RATE AND BELOW MARKET RATES ARE UNITS ARE IN THE SAME BUILDINGS, SO LONG AS THE CITY'S MEETING ITS OVERALL GOALS OF AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AND UNIT TYPE MIX WITHIN THE STATION AREAS.

IN OTHER WORDS, SO LONG AS THE E IS BEING PUT INTO TO, INTO E TODD AND I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW BEST TO DO THIS VALUE CAPTURE, BUT FOR REASONS OF TIME, I, I WON'T GET INTO IT NOW.

AND THEN MY LAST SUGGESTION IS TO DON'T JUST DO EAD PLANNING, ALSO DO EAD URBAN DESIGN.

IN MY MY VIEW, IT'LL BE WELL WORTH THE COST.

IN SOME CASES, THE CITY CAN AND SHOULD GO EVEN BEYOND THAT AND GET INTO THE EAD LAND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS FOR THE BEST RESULTS THE CITY'S GONNA NEED TO STEER THE SHIP ON DESIGNING THE PUBLIC REALM AROUND THESE NEW STATIONS, DEFINING ANY NEW STREETS OR OTHER PUBLIC SPACES THAT NEED TO BE BUILT AND DESIGNATING THE BUILDING PARCELS THAT WILL GET BUILT OUT.

THIS I THINK IS THE GREAT LESSON FROM THE SUCCESS OF MUELLER.

THE BEST RESULTS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC REALM AND MIX OF USES AND AFFORDABILITY COME WHEN THE CITY DICTATES THE TERMS. AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS, WHETHER THEY'RE FOR-PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT, PROPOSE PROJECT PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S VISION.

THE CITY NEEDS TO KEEP A FIRM HAND ON THE TILLER, LET DEVELOPERS EXECUTE THE CITY'S VISION FOR EACH STATION AREA PIECE BY PIECE, RATHER THAN LEAVING IT TO THOSE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE THE VISION THEMSELVES.

SO JUST TO SUM UP, FINALLY, T O D IS HARD AND EAD IS EVEN HARDER TO SUCCEED.

I THINK IN MY VIEW, THE CITY SHOULD DO THREE THINGS.

FIRST, FOCUS LIMITED CAPACITY FOR PLANTING EFFORTS ON THE MOST PROMISING STATION AREAS, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE LIGHT RAIL STATION AREAS.

SECOND, GET VALUE CAPTURE MECHANISMS IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING AROUND THOSE PROMISING LOCATIONS.

AND FINALLY, STEER THE SHIP ON STATION AREA, URBAN DESIGN AND EVEN LAND DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO DO IT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPORTANT WORK SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN, AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, DR.

WEGMAN.

JP, DO YOU WANNA GO NEXT? SURE, THAT'LL BE, UM, THAT'S FINE.

MY, UH, COMMENTS WON'T BE QUITE SO POLISHED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROCESS.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND DO SO.

UH, I, I AM, UH, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT CONNECT AND WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOCUS GROUPS FOR THIS PROCESS, UM, THAT, THAT RESULTED IN THIS, UM, IN THIS POLICY DOCUMENT.

AND I DO WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE PROCESS THAT GOT US HERE.

UM, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT CONTRARY TO SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID A LITTLE EARLIER, UM, AND THIS AFTERNOON, UH, THE FOCUS GROUPS ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY STRONG INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO BRING IN AND INCLUDE VOICES THAT ARE SELDOM INCLUDED IN THESE PLANNING PROCESSES.

SO THERE WERE ACTUALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR AT THE TABLE FROM LOW INCOME AND WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF TIME WAS GIVEN TO REALLY HEAR PEOPLE OUT, HEAR THEIR ISSUES.

THERE WAS A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES REPRESENTED IN THOSE ROOMS. THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE, WERE, WERE, WERE LONG, THERE WAS PASSIONATE DISCUSSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, WEALTH OF INPUT AND PERSPECTIVES THAT WERE GATHERED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT FACT.

SOME REALLY GOOD ENGAGEMENT DID TAKE PLACE TO GET US HERE.

UM, THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT I STILL HAVE WITH REGARDS TO KIND OF WHAT RESULTED, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY, UM, POWERFUL DOCUMENT FULL OF WONDERFUL TOOLS THAT EVERYBODY LIKES TO SEE THAT WANT, WANTS TO, NOT MANY PEOPLE WANNA SEE, UM, THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS.

UM, HOWEVER, WE DON'T WANNA GET PEOPLE'S HOPES UP, RIGHT? AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE AMAZING TOOLS AND PRODUCTS AND, AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DELIVER AND THEN NOT DELIVER, NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE TOOLS.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF CLARITY WHEN WE SAY, OKAY, WELL WE HAVE THESE TYPOLOGIES AND WE HAVE THIS VERY WIDE BOX OF VARIED TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.

AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT, WHAT THE PART THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF GET THROUGH AS, AS FOCUS GROUPS TOGETHER WAS HOW THE PROCESS OF MATCHING THE TYPOLOGIES TO THE TOOLS TAKES PLACE WHEN YOU HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, LIMITED TIME, AND YOU HAVE TO PICK PRIORITIES.

AND THEN WHEN CERTAIN PARTS OF

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CERTAIN TOOLS AS WAS NOTED HERE, WILL REQUIRE POSSIBLY EVEN MORE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT THAT COULD TAKE OVER A YEAR.

UM, AND THEN OTHER TOOLS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

DO YOU WALK AWAY WITH KIND OF AN UNEVEN PROCESS WHERE YOU'RE DOING CERTAIN THINGS VERY QUICKLY AND OTHER THINGS YOU DON'T DO AT ALL? RIGHT? SO I I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HOPE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE IS, IS REALLY CLEAR FOCUS DIRECTION AROUND GOALS AND AROUND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE THIS LOOK LIKE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT, LIKE, WE HAVE HAD DECREASING RIDERSHIP IN OUR T OD AREAS, AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT RESULTS WHAT I CALL KIND OF A, A, A COMPROMISE URBANISM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AUSTIN WHERE WE TRY TO NOT QUITE DO TOO MUCH OF THIS ONE THING OR TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

AND, AND THEN WHAT WE END UP WITH IS, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF NEW OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH GIANT PARKING GARAGES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE BIKE RACKS NEXT TO A ROAD WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL DRIVING IT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND ALL THIS KIND OF LIKE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD STUFF THAT DOESN'T QUITE MEET THE NEEDS OF PEDESTRIANS OR TRANSIT WRITERS, BUT ALSO ISN'T QUITE AFFORDABLE FOR RENTERS.

SO I THINK THIS NEED TO BE REALLY FOCUSED AND INTENTIONAL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

WE WANNA SEE STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

AND I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WHAT'S MISSING IN THIS LARGE TOOLBOX OF CONCEPTS.

SO I HOPE THAT COUNCIL CAN AT LEAST HELP STEER AND FOCUS THINGS IN THAT DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE TWO MORE COMMENTS.

ONE IS THE CAC, UH, IS, IS IS REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE THE LAND ACQUISITION DOLLARS AND THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT MONEY FROM PROJECT CONNECT BE APPLIED FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE NEW TODS EMERGE.

AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATING BETWEEN THE TEAMS WORKING ON LAND ACQUISITION AND THE TEAMS THINKING ABOUT AND PLANNING FOR THESE TODS OR AT LEAST MAKING SURE THAT WE OWN SOME LAND IN THESE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN DO EXACTLY THE THINGS THAT PROFESSOR WEGMAN IS TALKING ABOUT.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT.

AND THE LAST POINT I'LL MAKE HOPE I'M NOT OVER TIME IS AROUND THE, THE, THE PARKING PIECE.

I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF REALLY STRONG PASSIONATE DISCOURSE ABOUT HOW WE CAN'T HAVE TODS WITH JUST TONS OF PARKING EVERYWHERE, UM, WIDE PARKING SPACES AND PARKING GARAGES.

IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT EVEN WHEN YOU ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S STILL HEAVY INCENTIVES ON THE MARKET TO DELIVER PARKING.

SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPOSAL OF OF, UH, NOT ONLY ELIMINATING PARKING MINIMUMS, WHICH I THINK IS AN ABSOLUTE BASELINE MUST, WE CAN'T HAVE PARK MINIMUM PARKING MANDATES ANYWHERE, UM, SURROUNDING NEW PUBLIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUESTION ABOUT CAPPING PARKING AND UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER INCENTIVES TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT THE MARKET DEVELOPS.

MY ONLY CONCERN THERE IS WHEN WE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AFTERWARDS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WHAT EMERGED IN THE REPORT WAS THIS CONCEPT OF THE THREE TIERS FOR PARKING, WHICH WASN'T, WHICH I THINK IS, IS ONE WAY OF GETTING AT OR TRANSLATING SOME OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN, IN, IN, IN THE DISCUSSION.

BUT THE QUESTION ABOUT THE THREE TIERS IS, WELL, HOW IS WHAT APPLIED? WHERE, RIGHT? AND, AND AND, AND WHAT ARE THE ULTIMATE FACTORS THAT LEAD US TO PICK A CERTAIN PHASED TIER FOR PARKING REDUCTION? AND THAT'S AGAIN, AN AREA WHERE I HOPE TO SEE REALLY BOLD, ASSERTIVE LEADERSHIP FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FROM COUNCIL AROUND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AS LITTLE PARKING AS POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO NEW PUBLIC TRAFFIC STATIONS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN WALK AWAY WITH A POLICY PLAN THAT REALLY PROVIDES SOME ASSERTIVE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION IN THAT, IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL.

DOCUMENTING HOW CRITICAL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOOKS AT HOUSING POLICY WHEN DETERMINING HOW MUCH MONEY TO GIVE TO A COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU MR. CONNELLEY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, WE'VE GOT BILL MCKINLEY NEXT AND THEN PAULETTE GIBBONS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER AND WE'VE GOT SOME TIME FOR Q AND A AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

I HAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

IS THAT POSSIBLE TO SHOW? OH, STAFF DIDN'T GET IT? THE BEST PRACTICES? YEAH.

SO MADAM CHAIR, LET ME, LEMME START WHILE HE'S BRINGING THAT UP.

UH, MY NAME'S BILL, I'M WITH TRANSIT FORWARD.

WE'RE AN AUSTIN BASED NONPROFIT WITH A MISSION OF EDUCATING AND ENGAGING OUR FELLOW CITIZENS ABOUT TRANSIT IN GENERAL WITH A REAL FOCUS ON PROJECT CONNECT.

AND PEOPLE ASK, WHY THE HECK ARE YOU HERE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING? AND I'LL SAY, FOR THE LAST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS, I'VE HAD MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOUSING AND HOUSING DENSITY THAN ACTUAL TRANSIT SYSTEMS ITSELF BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL NATURE THAT HOUSING HAS IN MAKING TRANSIT SYSTEMS WORK.

THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HAVE LIVING CLOSE TO TRANSIT, THE BETTER OUR SYSTEM IS GONNA BE.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY ENGAGING IN THESE, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK WITH YOU TODAY.

THERE ARE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL, I'LL JUST GO OVER THAT.

YOU ALL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.

THERE'S ACTUALLY LANGUAGE IN THERE FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT AGENCY TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, WERE TALKING ABOUT

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SO WE ARE GONNA BE ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FUND ROUGHLY HALF OF PROJECT CONNECT.

THE MORE WE DO TO GET MORE FOLKS AFFORDABLY LIVING AND WORKING NEAR TRANSIT STOPS, THE MORE MONEY WE ARE LIKELY TO GET AND REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE INVESTMENT OF OUR FELLOW AUSTINITES MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL, UH, THING THAT CAN'T REALLY BE IGNORED.

I THINK THE NUMBER OF, AS IF I'M RE CORRECTLY IS THEY LOOK AT 35 UNITS PER ACRE WITHIN A HALF MILE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S IS RIGHT WITHIN A HALF MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE GETTING TO, RIGHT? AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO.

SO IF YOU GO, UH, TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THEIR SPECIFIC LAND USE CRITERIA THAT THEY PUT IN, UH, THEIR, UM, DIRECTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEY TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY AS PART OF THEIR METRICS AS WELL.

AND SO THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT DOING MORE VOUS MORE BUSINESSES NEAR THESE TRANSIT STOPS.

AND THAT'S WHY THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICAL.

UH, I WILL ALSO SAY MADAME CHAIR, COUPLE MORE THINGS BEFORE I MOVE TO THE BEST PRACTICES.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION JUST ON MONDAY ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF WORKFORCE AND TRYING TO MAKE PROJECT CONNECT WORK.

AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER WAS THERE.

I KNOW BEN WAS THERE, WELL HE WAS OFF.

BUT THE FIRST THING THAT, THAT THE FOLKS FROM CAP METRO AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, THE UNIONS AND THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF GETTING WORKERS WAS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKERS CAME UP.

ABSOLUTELY FIRST THING, RIGHT? SO IF WE WANT THE WORKERS IN OUR TOWN, THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING THINGS LIKE PROJECT CONNECT, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE HOUSING FOR THEM AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

SECOND THING IS FROM AN AFFORDABILITY ASPECT, IF Y'ALL READ THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE TODAY, YOU SAW A ARTICLE WE PUT IN THERE REALLY DOCUMENTING HOW THE ABILITY TO GIVE UP A CAR IS THE MOST CONCRETE THING WE CAN DO TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY HERE IN AUSTIN.

YOU CAN GIVE UP $10,000 A YEAR IF YOU DO THAT.

THAT'S WHY THIS STUFF IS CRITICAL.

YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY.

WE DID SOME RESEARCH.

YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT BY THE PANEL AND THE PRESENTATIONS EARLIER.

THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE OF THE GOALS THAT JP WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY DID IN 2016 FOR THE BAY AIR RAPID TRANSIT IN THE, IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA.

THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT MORE OF THOSE LINES.

I COULDN'T REALLY FIT IT ONTO THE POWERPOINT AND HAVE YOU READ ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS JUST A A SMALL EXAMPLE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEY SAID WE WANT X AMOUNT OF HOUSES BY THIS DATE AND THIS DATE.

X AMOUNT OF THEM SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE.

THIS AMOUNT OF GROCERY STORES OR HEALTHCARE'S FACILITIES SHOULD BE IN THOSE GENERAL AREAS.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABILITY, ET CETERA AND SO ON, IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT, UH, LINK ON THERE, YOU CAN SEE THEIR FULL SLATE SETTING THOSE GOALS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

PUBLIC LAND USE.

AND THIS WAS MENTIONED I BELIEVE BY MS. TAN FROM CAT METRO USING PUBLIC LAND TO SET THE STAGE.

AND THAT DOC ALSO TALKED ABOUT AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN ABILITY TO SET AFFORDABILITY METRICS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU CAN GO TO THAT LINK AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE BAY AREA TWIN CITIES, THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEMS GUIDELINES THAT THEY WILL USE EXTRA LAND FOR HOUSING IN SEATTLE STATE LAW.

AND WASHINGTON ACTUALLY REQUIRES EXCESS LAND TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THEY'VE WORKED THAT INTO THEIR POLICY WHERE THEIR TRANSIT BOARD ACTUALLY RECENTLY TRANSFERRED 10 SITES TO THE CITY TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND IN SALT LAKE CITY, THEY DO THIS AS WELL.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

YOU CAN ALSO LOOK, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE, I'VE PASSED ON TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT CONNECT AS WELL, DOING THESE, UM, REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS WHERE YOU CAN GIVE PEOPLE THE FINANC FINANCING THAT THEY NEED AT LOWER INTEREST RATES AS LONG AS YOU HIT, UH, ACCOUNTAB AFFORDABILITY METRICS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT.

THERE'S SOME GOOD EXAMPLES THERE.

AND THE THREE, UH, FOLKS AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE THREE ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY HELPING LEAD THE WAY IN THESE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS.

THIS IS CRITICAL AND I THINK THE RALEIGH ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW CUZ THEY DID WHAT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW AND THEY PASSED THEIR E OT PLAN IN 2020, BUT WITHIN I THINK SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS, THEY THEN PASSED THE ZONING OVERLAYS FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT THAT ALLOWED FOR MORE DENSITY TO BE BUILT ALONG THESE ZONING CORRIDORS.

IF YOU LOOK AT ST.

PAUL, UH, THEY ACTUALLY ADOPTED NEW ZONING OVERLAYS A LONG TIME AGO, AND I THINK IT'S BASICALLY THE MINIMUM YOU CAN BUILD IS FIVE STORIES ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

AND SO THESE FOLKS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING AND SAYING, LOOK, WE NEED TO DO MORE DENSITY ALONG THESE TRANSIT CORRIDORS FOR ALL THESE REASONS AND HERE'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

NEED PARKING TO BE ABLE TO GET FINANCING, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

TALKING ABOUT PARKING.

UH, THE BEST, THE BEST EXAMPLE I HAVE OF THEM IS DENVER.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A, FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH FOLKS IN DENVER TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT PARKING AND EVERYONE SAYS WE

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AND HE IS LIKE, NO, WE GOT RID AND LESSENED A LOT OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND ACTUALLY WAS BETTER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENTS CUZ THEY HAD, THEY DON'T NEED CARS A LOT MORE.

AND FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WERE DESCRIBED BEFORE, THE MORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY LESSEN THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ACTUALLY ADD MORE HOUSING AND THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TRANSIT IN THESE AREAS.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

I CAN TRAVEL WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT.

THE BETTER IT IS FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

THE BAY AREA DID THAT AS PART OF THEIR METRICS THAT YOU SAW THE FIRST TIME ST.

PAUL GOT COMPLETELY RID OF 'EM.

THEY DO NOT HAVE PARKING MINIMUMS AT ALL.

AND THEN SALT LAKES TRANSIT AGENCY ACTUALLY INCLUDES THAT IN THEIR SCORING METRICS, WHICH I'LL GO TO NEXT.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNTABILITY? HOW DO YOU WORK ACCOUNTABILITY INTO YOUR PROCESSES? AND SALT LAKE CITY HAS THIS GREAT WEB TOOL WHERE THEY ACTUALLY, THEIR TRANSIT AGENCY NOW, THEY ENCOMPASS A LOT OF DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, RIGHT? SO THEY BASICALLY GO, GO TO EVERY STATION AND THEY SAY, THERE ARE THESE SCORING METRICS, WE ARE GOING TO SET UP THESE SCORES FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS INCLUDING PARKING, RIGHT, BUT ALSO ZONING, OVERLAYS, AFFORDABILITY, ET CETERA, AND SO ON.

MIXED USE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN HAPPEN THERE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO JUST AS YOU ALL CONSIDER THIS PLAN, IT'S GREAT, BUT A PLAN WITHOUT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS JUST A BUNCH OF WISHES, RIGHT? AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT HAVE DONE A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

AND I HAD A TALK WITH, WITH ROSIE TRULOVE THE OTHER DAY, UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH KAT METRO, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THESE THINGS AS WELL.

BUT AS Y'ALL LOOK INTO THIS, IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, ADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THAT.

OUR LAST SPEAKER IS GONNA BE PAULETTE GIBBONS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ULI, AND THEN VICE CHAIR CADRE AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES I KNOW HAD THEIR HANDS RAISED EARLIER AND I APOLOGIZE FOR, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA RUN A BIT OVER TIME, BUT IF FOLKS CAN STICK AROUND, UM, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE REST MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING ITEMS VERY MUCH.

JUST TO CONFIRM, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

IT'S STILL A LITTLE QUIET.

MAYBE WE CAN TURN UP THE VOLUME HERE IN CHAMBERS.

I'LL ALSO, I'LL SPEAK AS LOUDLY AS I CAN AND HOLD PERFECT.

SO MY VOICE HOLD UP.

UM, SO FIRST OFF, FOR THOSE OF YOU I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOU, L I, UM, U L I AUSTIN'S PRIVATE, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE.

WE ARE AGL GLOBAL ORGANIZATION.

UM, OUR MISSION IS TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACTS WORLDWIDE.

WE ARE NOT AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION BASE.

AND SO THEREFORE MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE GOING BECOMING FOLK MOSTLY COMING BY COMPARING THE DOCUMENT TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS PUT OUT THAT I HAD SENT IN.

THESE ARE WHITE PAPERS THAT HAD COME FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION AFFORDABILITY STRATEGIC COUNCILS THAT OUR LOCAL U L I AUSTIN, UH, STRATEGIC COUNCILS.

UM, I WANNA START BY SAYING THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO, UM, LOOK AT ETO ODS FOR AUSTIN.

UM, WE, I HEARD, UH, SPEAKER ONCE THAT STARTED, UH, GLOBAL ULIS, UM, TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT COUNCIL AND SAID, IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT WE HAVE TO DO ETO ODS BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IS WHAT WE ENVISIONED IN TODS ORIGINALLY, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T NECESSARILY GO THAT WAY.

AND SO TO BE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS REACHING THE GOALS, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WHAT A LOT OF WHAT'S LISTED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS REALLY WHAT MAKES THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UM, SUCCESSFUL.

UM, LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT THAT I SENT OUT THAT IT'S THE T OD AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS, I WANNA REFERENCE THE CURRENT TWO STEP PROCESS TO SAY THAT IS A VERY SLOW PROCESS.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, IDENTIFIED TODS THAT ARE CURRENTLY STUCK IN THE FIRST STEP AND DON'T MOVE ON TO THE SECOND STEP UNLESS THERE'S A DEVELOPER SHOWING INTEREST IN DEVELOPING IN THAT AREA.

AND SO WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING SUCH A GROWTH IN TRANSIT TO BE WORKING, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY AS PROJECT CONNECT IS BEING BUILT PROVIDES SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AHEAD WITH THE PLANNING AND TO GET THE, UM, THE OVERLAYS DEFINED AT EACH STATION PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING AT THAT STATION.

AND THAT ALSO HELPS, UM, WITH HAVING DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT AREA, BUT TO MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF WHAT IS ENVISIONED FOR THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE OVERLAYS.

UM, IT IS GOOD TO, UM, TO IDENTIFY WHAT COMMITMENTS YOU WANT ACROSS ALL THE TODS.

UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A LIST OF, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE TODS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL, UM, SUCCESSFUL.

AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A BIT, BUT THE IMPORTANCE

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OF HAVING, UH, SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES WITHIN THOSE TODS AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, ALONG WITH THE SPEED OF THE PROCESS, THERE'S ALSO THE COORDINATED PERMITTING SPEED WITHIN A A T O D OR E T O D.

UM, CURRENTLY THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITHIN AUSTIN EV EVERYONE KNOWS IS SLOW.

AND SO IT DOES HIT THE LARGER TDS EVEN MORE THAN OTHER PROJECTS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL OVERLAYS.

UM, AND THEREFORE TO IDENTIFY AND WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW THAT CAN ALSO BE SPED UP BECAUSE THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET AS MUCH HOUSING, UM, AROUND TRANSIT AS POSSIBLE.

AND QUICKLY TOO.

UM, ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MENTION WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ABOUT COMPATIBILITY, UM, AND, BUT LOOKING AT HOW ITEMS SUCH AS COMPATIBILITY COORDINATE WITH ITEMS SUCH AS F A R, CUZ AGAIN, REDUCING COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT HAVING MATCHING REQUIREMENTS ON F A R, UM, DOES CREATE WHERE YOU DON'T REACH THE GOALS THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO REACH.

UM, I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LOCATIONS.

I, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE, UM, BUS INTER INTERSECTION LOCATIONS ARE ALSO LISTED FOR POSSIBLE ETO ODS.

UM, THIS DOCUMENT I MENTIONED THE TODS FOR AFFORDABLE AS A TOOL FOR AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS, UM, POINTS OUT THE OPPORTUNITY EVEN BEFORE PROJECT CONNECT WAS, UM, WAS VOTED ON THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH FREQUENCY, UM, TRANSIT, SO THAT HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE.

AND SO THERE WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DENSITY.

UM, THERE WAS COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT DEVELOPERS, UM, REALLY BUILDING THAT AREA.

AND WHAT THAT TAKES IS A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY THAT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSIT IN THAT AREA.

AND THAT INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS HAVING THE, UM, DEDICATED BUS LANES, HAVING THE, UM, PULL OFFS TO THE SIDE AND THE CURB CHANGES, UM, THAT HELPS SHOW THAT COMMITMENT, BUT ALSO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG AS SINCE THERE'S ALREADY HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIENT AREA, THERE IS, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR T O D, BUT ALSO AS THE, UM, DEVELOPMENTS ARE BUILT THAT THEN PROVIDES MORE RIDER FOR THE BUSES.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE THAT THOSE BUS LINES COULD END UP BEING, UH, RAIL LINES.

UM, AND SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE DEVELOPMENT ALREADY OCCURRING IN THAT AREA THAT DOES NOT MEET THE GOALS OF, UH, E T O D WOULD HAVE.

UM, ONE CONCERN ALONG THESE LINES IS THOUGH IS DOCUMENT HAS A LOT OF REFERENCE IN THE TOOLS TO THE COST BEING STAFF TIME.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY IT ONCE, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A HUGE EXPENSE, BUT STAFF TIME IS AN EXPENSE.

UM, AND THERE IS A LONG, LONG LIST OF HIGH PRIORITY, UM, STATIONS TO LOOK AT.

AND SO THE QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE, UM, TO, TO PUT IN THE, UM, DEDICATION TO HAVE STAFF TO WORK ON THIS AND PO POSSIBLY INCREASE STAFF IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE THIS VISION OCCUR.

WE'RE IN A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY AND GETTING THIS WORK DONE WELL, ADVANCED OF PROJECT CONNECT REALLY BEING COMPLETED OR, YOU KNOW, WELL UNDERWAY EVEN IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS TO BE REALIZED.

UM, SO THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING, UH, BOTH LOCAL BUSINESS AND DAILY BUSINESSES.

UM, THE DAILY BUSINESSES, UM, OF COURSE ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE PEOPLE DON'T GET INTO THEIR CARS.

I WOULD SAY THE DAYCARE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TO US WHEN A FAN, WHEN A PARENT LEAVES TO DRIVE THEIR CHILD TO DAYCARE, THEY DON'T DRIVE BACK HOME TO GET ON A BUS OR TRAIN, THEY CONTINUE ON TO THEIR WORK, THEY MAY GO ON WITH THEIR DAY.

AND SO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR HOW TO INCENTIVIZE HAVING THESE SERVICES, THIS INCLUDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, HAVING, UH, TAX INCENTIVES.

UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND IN CERTAIN AREAS THE MODEL THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THE CITY IS A, UM, MASTER TENANT SUCH AS WHAT'S OCCURRING ON SECOND STREET.

THAT MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION IN A WAY AS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THESE SERVICES WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL.

UM, THERE WE NEED TO WORK OVERALL, UM, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY NEEDS TO GET PAST THE CONCEPT THAT E EMPTY SPACES ARE WORTH MORE THAN THOSE FILLED WITH LOW RENT TENANTS.

UM, AND SO THEREFORE HAVING INCENTIVES TIED IN

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OR HA HAVING THE, UM, HAVING TAX BREAKS HELP GET PAST THAT VIEW AS WELL.

UM, ALSO IN, SO PART OF THAT, WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, IT COMES FROM THE PAPER SUSTAINABLE REGION OF INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.

UM, THE IMPORTANCE IN THERE ALSO LOOKS AT PEDESTRIAN CENTRIC DESIGN AND TYING INTO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, WELL OBVIOUSLY WE WANT EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN A T O D TO BE WRITING THE TRANSIT.

IT'D BE GREAT TO GET THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE WRITING THE TRANSIT AS WELL.

AND SO THEREFORE REALLY HAVING GREAT CONNECTION.

UM, WALK SHED, THE THIRD PAPER WAS ON WALK SHED BY HAVING THE WALK SHED CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE TIME, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT PARKING? UM, PARK AND RIDES ARE AN OPTION TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TAKE THE TRANSIT.

UM, LOOKING AT WHERE THE, SO IF THERE ARE PARK AND RIDES THAT REALLY SHOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UM, CAP METRO CITY AND THE DEVELOPER.

UM, ONE THING THAT ALSO THAT PART THAT SUCH PARKING, AND WE'RE TALKING GARAGES, BUT HAVING THAT BE A DISTRICT PARKING HELPS INCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPER NOT INCLUDING AS MUCH PARKING OVERALL.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ACTUALLY THE FUNDING AND HOW FUNDING COMES INTO PARKING.

THAT A LOT OF FUNDING RESOURCES DO REQUIRE THERE TO BE PARKING EVEN WHEN THERE AREN'T PARKING MINIMUMS. BUT WHEN, UM, DEVELOPERS ABLE TO POINT TO, WELL, THERE'S THIS NEARBY PARKING THAT HELPS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU BUILD THE DEVELOPER'S PARKING, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE, UH, A MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HELP WITH GETTING THAT, UH, THAT ALTERNATE FUNDING AND TO GET FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING THE PARKING INCLUDED.

UM, BUT IT DOES ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HAVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS BE MORE LIKELY TO USE THE, UM, THE TRANSIT, AN EXAMPLE THAT IS CRESTVIEW STATION AND THAT AREAS A LOT OF BRENTWOOD AND CRESTVIEW, UM, CONSIDERED TOO FAR TO WALK ON A HOT DAY TO GET TO CRESTVIEW STATION.

HAVING MORE CONNECTIVITY HELPS.

I WANNA DO A, A QUICK TIME CHECK.

WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS, UM, I THINK THAT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS LINED UP.

DO YOU WANNA, UM, WRAP UP THE REMAINDER OF YOUR THOUGHTS? YES, AND WE CAN VERY CLOSE TO THE VICE CHAIR.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

AND SO, UM, THE LAST THING IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS, UM, BIG PROBLEM IN MANY CITIES, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THAT WITHIN THESE, UM, TO NOT HAVE THE FEE IN LIEU, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A BETTER PLACE TO PUT AFFORDABILITY THAN AT TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BUILT RATHER THAN HAVING A FEE IN LIEU IS GONNA HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT.

UM, AND THEN ALSO INCENTIVIZING OPTIONS FOR OWNERSHIP.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE TALK TO PORTABILITY, RENTAL IS THE AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION, AND SO INCLUDING OWNERSHIP, UM, AS AN INCENTIVE OPTION, UM, WOULD BE, UM, WOULD HELP OVERALL FOR A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT WAS IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

GLAD YOU CAN JOIN.

LET'S, UH, GO WITH VICE CHAIR CADRE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

UM, JUST A GENERAL QUESTION AND ANYONE CAN KIND OF COME UP AND AND ANSWER THIS, BUT, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL PASSED THAT INITIATED EAD, UH, CALLED FOR A QUOTE, ACTION-ORIENTED POLICY DOCUMENT.

UH, CAN SOMEONE HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS ASIDE FROM ADDITIONAL PLANNING, UH, ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT? THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M STEVIE GREATHOUSE.

I'M DIVISION MANAGER HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH WARNER ON THE EAD PROJECT.

SO THE DOCUMENT HAS, UM, A LIST OF ACTIONS, BOTH ACTIONS THAT WE COULD TAKE, UM, IN THE FORM OF THE POLICY TOOLKIT, BUT THEN THERE IS ACTUALLY A SECTION OF THE, THE, UM, EQUITABLE T O D POLICY PLAN THAT IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, THAT ACTUALLY HAS A SPECIFIC SET OF SORT OF NEXT STEPS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UM, FOR ACTIONS.

AND THOSE INCLUDE, UM, REALLY AS SORT OF PRESENTED AND, AND WARNER COOK'S PRESENTATION INITIATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE IMAGINE AUSTIN PLAN INITIATION OF SMALL AREA PLANNING AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS, AND THEN INITIATION, UM, OF THE WORK TO DEVELOP, UM, SORT OF THE REGULATORY PIECES OF IT WITH THE, THE EQUITABLE T O D OVERLAY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER ACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE POLICY TOOLKIT THAT ARE ACTIONS THAT EITHER OTHER, UM, PORTIONS OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE ALREADY WORKING ON, UM, WITH RESPECT TO INVESTING IN, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MAKING INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS AROUND

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ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK.

UM, AND THEN WORK THAT OUR FELLOW DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AT TRANSPORTATION WITH RESPECT TO INVESTING IN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN SUPPORT SORT OF THE CONNECTIVITY, UM, AT THE STATIONS INVESTMENTS THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS MAKING AROUND SMALL BUSINESS RETENTION AND CREATION.

SO MANY OF THE POLICY TOOLS ARE ACTUALLY, UM, IN SOME CASES ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED AND OTHER CASES WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BANDWIDTH IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT.

SO IT'S JUST A, A SAMPLE OF THE ACTIONS.

UM, AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION.

UM, IS THERE ANY WAY TO BENCHMARK THE GOALS OF THIS DOCUMENT TO OTHER CITY ASPIRATIONS SUCH AS, UM, VISION ZERO HOUSING BLUEPRINT GOALS, ET CETERA? SO WE HAVE, UM, WORKED AND WITHIN THE POLICY TOOLKIT ITSELF, THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR METRICS THAT WOULD BE USED TO JUDGE KIND OF HOW WE'RE DOING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.

UM, AND WARNER CAN SPEAK TO THEM IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU NEED IT, BUT THE METRICS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT ADDITIONAL OR THAT EXISTING, UM, MEASUREMENT THAT WE ARE DOING AGAINST SOME OF OUR OTHER CITY GOALS.

SO THE METRICS THAT ARE IN THE EAD POLICY PLAN HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH OTHER CITY METRICS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF RE REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

OKAY, COOL.

THOSE THINGS BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE AREAS ARE WHERE WORKERS ARE AT OUR MEETING ON MONDAY.

UM, I HAVE ONE LESS LOST SET OF QUESTIONS IF I CAN.

UH, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, THE AMAZING PANEL THAT JUST WENT.

UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN, UH, AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT NINE WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION IS AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND GETTING MORE DEEP AFFORDABILITY IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, UH, LIKE OUR DISTRICT ON DISTRICT NINE.

UH, CAN, CAN ONE OF Y'ALL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT HOW THE MANY OF OPTIONS FOR EAD WILL BE APPLIED DURING THE STATION AREA PROCESS AND THEN ANOTHER, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OF IT.

I'LL ASK THAT ONE FIRST.

I APPRECIATE THAT I'LL START AND I THINK OUR STAFF COULD SPEAK MORE TO HOW IT WILL BE APPLIED, BUT I THINK OUR HOPE AS THE CAC, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON THIS.

WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S CERTAIN STATION AREAS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR DISPLACEMENT RISK, POLOGY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE RISK AND WE'VE SORT OF CALCULATED AND ASSESSED THIS OVER THE YEARS, AND WE WILL USE THOSE SPACES AS AREAS FOR INVESTMENT AROUND THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.

AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING MORE HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.

AND, AND TO BE HONEST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PIECE IN MOVEMENT.

FIRST, I, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK FOR STAFF, BUT AS I LOOK TO THE STATION PRIORITIZATION, REALLY THE STATIONS THAT ARE BEING PRIORITIZED FOR US DO NOT FALL WITHIN THAT HIGH OPPORTUNITY CATEGORY.

THEY REALLY DO FALL WITHIN MORE THE DISPLACEMENT RISK CATEGORY.

AND WHILE WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT, WE WANT TO BE REALLY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING IN OUR CITY.

AND THIS FRANKLY MEANS REALLY EXPANDING HOUSING IN PARTS OF OUR CITY WHERE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUSIONARY.

AND THAT'S HONESTLY SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM OUR EQUITY TOOL FOR PROJECT CONNECT, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CATALYSTS VERY CLEARLY MENTIONED AREAS THAT THEY CALLED AREAS OF HISTORICAL EXCLUSION.

AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE OVERCOME THOSE LEGACIES OF RACISM FROM OUR PAST TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING MORE HOUSING THERE.

AND THAT INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES JUST HOUSING IN GENERAL.

MORE OTHER KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND SMALL BUSINESSES, ET CETERA AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE THINGS TO ADD.

GREAT.

AND MY LAST QUESTION, UH, CAN, CAN YOU ALSO SPEAK ON HOW YOU'RE THE BALANCING ACT OF THE TIMELINE FOR STATION AREA PLANNING BETWEEN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND THE AREAS IN HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT? AND I PROMISE THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION.

I'M, I'M SORRY.

COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION, ? WELL, I GUESS IT'S NOT MY LAST QUESTION.

, UH, CAN YOU SPEAK ON HOW, UH, YOU'RE BALANCING THE TIMELINE FOR STATION AREA PLANNING BETWEEN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND AREAS AND HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT? I MEAN, I, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, AGAIN, I THINK THE IDEA WOULD BE REALLY, WE ARE TRYING TO, WE SHOULD BE DOING PLANNING IN BOTH AREAS AT THE SAME TIME, REALLY ENSURING THAT WHILE WE'RE FOCUSING ON SOME HIGH PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE THINK ARE WITHIN DISPLACEMENT RISK, WE'RE ALSO PRIORITIZING AREAS FOR PLANNING THAT ARE WITHIN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.

AND I DO WANNA BE CAUTIOUS OF THE WAY I USE THE WORD PLANNING BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA IMPLY, UM, PLANNING IN THE SENSE OF SMALL AREA PLANNING OR REGULATING PLANS DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE CITY TRADITIONALLY, RIGHT? I, WE'VE HAD REGULATING PLANS THAT HAVE TAKEN FIVE TO SIX YEARS.

IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO DEMAND THAT, AS WE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE SPEAKERS, THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY TO ADOPT THESE BEFORE SORT OF THE MARKET FORCES COMPLETELY TAKE OVER.

SO WHEN I'M SAYING PLANNING, I REALLY MEAN AN EXPEDITED PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO BUILD ON WHAT THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND TAKING THAT FORWARD.

AND OF COURSE THE BIG PART OF THAT IS HOW DO WE IDENTIFY AREAS, UH, THAT IT WILL BE CERTAIN STATIONS PARTICULARLY THAT ARE IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, DO NOT HAVE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, ACTUALLY HAVE HIGH MARKET DEMAND, BUT DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF HOUSING CAPACITY TODAY.

HOW DO WE UTILIZE THOSE AREAS TO EXPAND MORE HOUSING WITHOUT DISPLACING PEOPLE DIRECTLY? YEAH, THANK YOU.

MAY I ACTUALLY ADD TO THAT COUNSELOR? IS THAT RIGHT? MADAM CHAIR COUNSELOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUADRI, I, I THINK TO PUT THIS MORE BLUNTLY, I THINK WE NEED TO WALK AND SHOOT GUM AT THE SAME TIME ON BOTH OF

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UH, THE HR DIRECTOR, DONNA SIMONS FOR CAT METRO SAID THAT 70% OF THEIR MECHANICS DON'T LIVE IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

THEY LIVE IN BUTTA, THEY LIVE IN NORTH ROUND ROCK.

THEY COMMUTE IN WITH CARS TO WORK ON THE BUSES THAT WE REQUIRE HERE.

RIGHT? SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS FROM BEING DISPLACED CUZ THEY TEND TO BE WORKERS.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING MORE NEW UNITS IN DENSE COMMUNITIES WITH AFFORDABILITY METRICS SO THAT THEY CAN USE THOSE TRANSIT, UH, RESOURCES.

AND I KNOW CHARMELLA WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.

YES, I I I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY.

SORRY.

CLARIFY ONE PIECE THAT WHEN WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT T OD PLANNING TO SUPPORT PROJECT CONNECT , THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

WE WANTED TO WALK CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.

ON ONE HAND, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT VALUE CAPTURE OPTIONS AND KIND OF HAVING T OD AND SUCCESSFUL T OD BE A, AN INSTRUMENT FOR EQUITABLE T O D TO SORT OF HAVE THOSE TWO EFFORTS COME TOGETHER.

UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE WORKING WITH AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH CAME OUT OF, YOU KNOW, PROJECT CONNECT WITH CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAP METRO CAME TOGETHER.

HERE'S, AND, AND THIS PROCESS IS ENTIRELY JOINED.

SO AS THAT PROCESS MOVED FORWARD, AS WE IDENTIFIED WHAT ARE THE HIGH SORT OF HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION NODE FOR THE FUTURE LIGHT TRAIL, THOSE ARE ALSO THE, UH, PRIORITY AREAS FOR, UH, STATION AREA PLANTS.

THE REASON WE FOCUSED ON, ON SOUTH LAMAR AND NORTH, NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER IN SOUTH CONGRESS, THOSE TWO ARE CAP METRO OWNED CENTER.

WE THOUGHT THERE'S A GOOD SOLID TEMPLATE FOR THE TRANSIT AGENCY TO PUT FORTH IN SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.

WE WANNA FOCUS ON RIDERSHIP CUZ THAT MAKES LIGHT TRAIL SUCCESSFUL.

AND SOMEONE MENTIONED TODAY, I THINK IT'S PAULETTE, THAT TODAY'S B R T IS LIGHT TRAIL POTENTIALLY IN FUTURE, UM, 20 40, 20 45.

SO WE SHOULDN'T LOSE THAT VISION THAT OUR HIGH TRANSPORTATION NODES ARE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.

THEY REALLY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND AS A SYSTEM, LIGHT TRAIL IS ONLY A PIECE OF IT, RIGHT? WE ARE PURSUING EAD TD PLANNING TO ALSO BE VERY COMPETITIVE IN, UM, FEDERAL NEW START RATING CRITERIA BECAUSE LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAY A VERY STRONG ROLE IN OUR COMPETITIVENESS IN THAT.

SO ALL OF THOSE PIECES COME TOGETHER.

COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTEZ, AND THEN VICE CHAIR AL ALTER OR CHITO VELA.

A STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

I WILL LIMIT MY QUESTIONS TO TWO QUESTIONS GIVEN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE.

I JUST WANNA, THANKS FOR STAYING OVER, BY THE WAY, , UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED TODAY.

MY QUESTION IS FOR OUR HOUSING TEAM, AND I DIDN'T CATCH THE NAME OF THE PRESENTER, UM, BUT IF, OR WHOMEVER, IF Y'ALL CAN BOTH COME UP.

THANK YOU, THAT'D BE GREAT.

UM, I REALLY, I WANNA APPRECIATE HOW YOU LAID OUT YOUR PRESENTATION AND ADDRESSING WHAT THE EAD FRAMEWORK SEEKS TO DO AND WHAT IT DOES NOT SEEK TO DO.

UM, ONE AREA THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE E E T O D PLANNING PROCESS IS THE PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ADDITION TO INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLY ALONG OUR, OUR RAIL LINES.

AND SO THAT PRESERVATION, UH, PIECE IS KEY.

AND THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, UM, IS IN REFERENCE TO THE REMARKS THAT MR. UH, MCKINLEY LAID OUT FOR US, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I FOUND THAT VERY HELPFUL AND WE'LL LIKELY BE REACHING OUT TO HAVE MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

UM, HE HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND THE EAD FRAMEWORK THAT IS BEFORE COUNSEL.

UM, IT DOES HAVE SOME METRIC CITED, BUT THEY'RE STILL VERY BROAD AND, AND SOMEWHAT VAGUE.

YOU KNOW, A METRIC CITED IS INCREASE THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE BY MM-HMM.

AND WHERE EXACTLY.

AND THOSE ARE THE DETAILS THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WAS SHARED TO US EARLIER WOULD HELP US, UH, YOU KNOW, SET US UP FOR SUCCESS AND GETS TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL FROM MCC CADRE WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE ACTION PART OF US DOING ALL THAT WE CAN WITH THE URGENCY, KNOWING THAT THE PROJECT CONNECT LINE, UH, SYSTEM, THE MAP IS ALREADY OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION HAPPENING.

UM, I WAS OUT IN, IN MY COMMUNITY WITH A DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY COALITION WHO'S RECEIVED SOME OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS AND WE WERE DOING SOME COMMUNITY MAPPING, AND WE CAN ALREADY SEE, UH, THE CHANGES SET IN ALONG OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THAT'LL BE ALONG THE PURPLE B R T LINE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT DOES THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY LOOK LIKE FOR US? WHEN DOES THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL ALSO PROPOSED AND ADOPTED

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WE ARE NOT ON TRACK ON MEETING THE, THE HOUSING GOALS THAT WE LAID OUT BY SAYING WE'RE GONNA REACH X NUMBER OF HOUSING AND X NUMBER BY EACH DISTRICT.

MM-HMM.

SO HOW CAN, LIKE WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE HOUSING BLUEPRINT AND WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WITH CONCRETE GOALS OF ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS FRAMEWORK? YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THE ETO O D KIND OF GOAL SETTING AND TARGET SETTING, AND THEN I'LL LET, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE BROADLY TO OUR, OUR GENERAL HOUSING STRATEGY, RIGHT? BECAUSE ETO ODS ARE ONLY IN ONE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION WHERE I LAID OUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DEMAND COUNCIL TO INITIATE THEM, BASICALLY, OR THAT WE'VE HEARD PREVIOUSLY IN THE CASE OF STATIONARY PLANNING, THAT COUNCIL REALLY WANTS TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE THE STEP TO START A PLANNING PROCESS, RIGHT? UM, AND IN SOME CASES IT'S THE CHARTER OR CODE THAT ACTUALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN THE POLICY TOOLKIT SPECIFICALLY TOO, THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT SETTING A MODE SPLIT GOAL AND SETTING HIGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS.

THOSE ARE TWO TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT THAT STAFF DOESN'T NEED COUNCIL'S PERMISSION TO START WORKING ON THOSE.

SO, SO THEY WEREN'T LAID OUT IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, BUT I THINK IF THE, IF PORTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THAT ARE IN OUR NEXT STEP SECTION, LIKE SOME OF THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND, AND I'M HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE TODAY AND FROM COUNCIL, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION OR I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT STAFF CAN BE DOING THAT WE'VE PUT IN THAT NEXT STEPS, LIKE SETTING THOSE MODE SPLIT AND HOUSING GOALS.

AND THEN SO CAN, CAN WE EXPECT, OR, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THOSE NEXT STEPS, ONCE THIS IS ADOPTED, THAT YOU, THAT STAFF WILL DEVELOP THOSE, UM, THOSE MORE CONCRETE GOALS? YES.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR ME AND MY TEAM ON THE E T O D TEAM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, THE ONES I EITHER LAID OUT OR THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE IN THAT SECTION OF THE PLAN, UM, IS THE TOP PRIORITY.

BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE STAFF AND CONSTRAINTS AND THINGS, RIGHT? SO IF THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO MOVE THE TOP, THAT WOULD BE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR MY TEAM TO HAVE.

MANDY DE MAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

I DID WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, UM, AND THE GOALS THAT WERE DEVELOPED DURING THAT PROCESS.

UM, AND THE DISTRICT-WIDE GOALS WERE REALLY DEVELOPED WITH THE IDEA OF PROXIMITY TO TRANSPORTATION IN MIND.

EACH DISTRICT HAS DIFFERENT GOAL BASED ON BOTH NEEDS AS WELL AS, UM, ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

OF COURSE, THE, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017.

THIS WAS BEFORE PROJECT CONNECT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE, AT THE TIME WE HAD THE ASMP, THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, UM, IN PLACE, THE BONES OF THAT.

UM, AND SO WE STAFF STARTED IN 2018 WITH THE 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS ALREADY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ALIGN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT LINES, INCLUDING THE B R T OR THE PURPLE LINE.

UM, ONE OF THOSE, ALL OF OUR SUBSIDY, OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

UM, WE PRIORITIZE HOUSING IN PROXIMITY WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OR A HALF MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STOP.

UM, IN ADDITION FOR THE A HUNDRED MILLION OUT OF THE 250 MILLION, UM, IN THE 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS.

AGAIN, I WILL NOTE THAT AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HAS EFFECTIVELY COMMITTED 100% OF THAT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'VE PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES OF VACANT LAND.

UM, AND IT IS ALL IN RELATIONSHIP TO PROJECT CONNECT, INCLUDING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AS YOU KNOW, UM, 5,900 SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY, UM, WHICH IS, UH, VACANT PARCEL OF LAND THAT WAS ON THE NEWS, UH, RECENTLY BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DO A SOLICITATION A H F C PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY WITH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A SOLICITATION TO FIND THE, THE BEST DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP BOTH RENTAL AND, UM, OWNERSHIP HOUSING ON THAT SITE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN, EVEN IN ANTICIPATION OF PROJECT CONNECT, WE'VE BEEN USING OUR RESOURCES TO REALLY ALIGN AND LEVERAGE EVERY DOLLAR WE HAVE TO GET THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, THAT IS POSSIBLE IN CONCERT WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

STRATEGY FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

THANK YOU MANDY.

AND, AND JUST IN LIGHT OF TIME, I, I WILL JUST STAY LIGHT WHAT MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF AND MORE INFORMATION.

UM, BUT IT IS GETTING TO WORKFORCE HOUSING AND I WANNA THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO THAT SETS UP AND LEVERAGES THE BOND DOLLARS THAT, UM, WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND, UM, AND WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE UNIVERSITIES, UM, THE COUNTY ON DEVELOPING A VERY SPECIFIC AND INTENTIONAL

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UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE OF COURSE, WAS IT LAST WEEK WE PASSED THE, UM, ITEM FROM COUNCIL, THE RESOLUTION REGARDING STUDENT HOUSING, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY, UH, TUNED INTO, UM, AND HAVE, UH, ARE ON THE VERGE OF, OF PURCHASING AN EXISTING NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN PROXIMITY TO ONE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ALONG SOUTH CONGRESS.

UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WITH RESPECT TO PARTNERSHIPS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UM, KIND OF THE, WHAT WE CONSIDER TRADITIONAL WORKFORCE.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF OUR BOND DOLLARS, SO OUR DIRECT SUBSIDY FOR RENTAL HOUSING IS COMMITTED TO FOLKS AT OR BELOW 50% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND OUR OWNERSHIP DOLLARS ARE COMMITTED TO 80% OR BELOW MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

HOWEVER, ONE THING WE HAVE DONE, UM, IN RECENT YEARS, UH, IS REALLY LOOKED AT TRULY MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS GOING FROM ALL THE WAY AT 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, UP TO MARKET RATE HOUSING IN ONE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE DO A HFC HAS A PARTNERSHIP RIGHT OFF SOUTH CONGRESS, UH, RETREAT AT NORTH BLUFF.

UM, AND WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, AFFORDABLE CENTRAL TEXAS, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.

THEY ARE A NONPROFIT, UH, THEY RUN A PRIVATE EQUITY FUND THAT IS FOCUSED ON NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REALLY SERVING THAT WORKFORCE COMMUNITY KIND OF LANDING IN THAT 60%, 80%, A HUNDRED PERCENT MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM THROUGH A SUBSIDIARY OF A HFC, AND WE NOW OWN THAT 240 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AGAIN, THE UNITS RANGE FROM 30%, WE HAVE 40%, 50%, 60%, I THINK SOME SEVENTY, EIGHTY, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY AND THEN MARKET.

SO IT'S ALL IN ONE LOCATION.

UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SIMILAR TYPES OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS, UM, WITH AFFORDABLE CENTRAL TEXAS AND OTHER PARTNERS, UM, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS, UM, AND AGAIN, IN PROXIMITY TO PROJECT CONNECT.

SO IT CHECKS MULTIPLE BOXES.

JUST WONDERING WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS KIND OF BEHIND THAT.

WRAPPING UP QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, THE QUICK COM, COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

REMOVING THE PARKING MINIMUM, THE REMOVING THE PARKING, AND I FORGET THAT WAS ON THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE THAT WAS KIND OF, I I, I, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE THINKING I GUESS, BEHIND THAT, BECAUSE THAT SURE SEEMS TO BE COUNTER TO THE CORE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE, UH, UH, E T O D, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THAT WAS REMOVED.

SO WARNER COOK WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, OUR CURRENT T O D REGULATIONS, UH, IN THE PARKING SECTIONS, THEY ALLOW UP TO A 60% REDUCTION FOR WHATEVER THE PARKING WOULD USUALLY BE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN A T O D.

SO THEY DON'T EVEN ACTUALLY ALLOW TODAY FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT PARKING REDUCTION.

UM, IS THAT GETTING TO YOUR POINT IN THE POLICY TOOLKIT, WE LOOKED AT A THREE PHASE APPROACH, WHICH WOULD BE ELIMINATING MINIMUMS AND THEN EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHING MAXIMUMS. AND THEN CONSIDERING WHETHER THE FLOOR AREA RATIO OF, UM, ABOVE GROUND STRUCTURED PARKING SHOULD COUNT TOWARDS THE OVERALL FLOOR AREA RATIO, BECAUSE THAT, UM, MY CONCERN WITH A PHASED IN SLOW APPROACH IS THAT WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH A BUNCH OF PARKING, UH, BUILT IN THE, IN THE AREAS, AND THAT THAT IS COUNTER TO OUR GOALS THERE.

I JUST, I FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S ONE PLACE THAT WE CAN BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE, WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSAL SUPPORT ON COUNCIL WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GOING REALLY STRONG ON PARKING WITHIN THE, UH, TODS THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR SOME TRIPS TO STILL HAVE CARS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME UP A LOT IN OUR ENGAGEMENT WAS THIS FEAR OF, UH, PARKING MAXIMUM MEANING THAT, THAT FOLKS WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO, TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE.

SO THERE'S ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT I'D POINT FOLKS TOWARDS THAT, JUST THE COMMUNITY CAR PROGRAM, THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT WAS KIND OF GENERATED FROM OUR FRUITFUL DISCUSSION.

UM, SO THINK BEFORE WE WENT REALLY, REALLY AGGRESSIVE ON PARKING, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OTHER STRATEGIES WOULD SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET THERE, UH, ON THAT SAME LEVEL OF AGGRESSION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY, U UNDERSTOOD HOW, AND THAT SAID, WE HAVE A CITY THAT'S 95%, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY PARKING FRIENDLY AND OVER PARKED.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT 95%, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TINY FRACTION WITHIN THAT CITY.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IF, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A PLACE TO GO TO BE AGGRESSIVE ON PARKING WITHIN THE CITY, IF IT'S NOT IN THE TODS, I, I, I JUST, I'M NOT SURE THEN WHERE IT WOULD BE.

AND LAST QUESTION, UH, I SAW THIS MENTION AND, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, SOME OF THE PANELISTS CAN SPEAK TO IT ALSO ON THE SOFT DENSITY, UH, WITHIN, UH, UH, THE, AS A TOOL TO BE APPLIED.

AND AGAIN, I WAS

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UH, MY, MY FIRST BLUSH REACTION TO IT WAS, I'M ALL FOR SOFT DENSITY.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE, THE E T O D UH, ENVIRONMENT.

I MEAN, TO ME THAT'S A, A TOOL THAT WOULD BE MORE KIND OF IN MY HOUSE, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, A VERY SUBURBAN KIND OF STYLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT, WHERE IS THE SOFT DENSITY COMING FROM? AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A TOOL THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO MORE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WOULD MOST APPLY.

THE IDEA BEHIND THAT TOOL IS THAT IN COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION TO US, THEY ASKED US TO INCREASE NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO HOUSING CAPACITY IN GENERAL IN THESE STATION AREAS TO SUPPORT RIDERSHIP.

SO SOME OF THE HOUSING RELATED TOOLS ARE, THE ZONING TOOLS AREN'T NECESSARILY FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S TO GET TO THAT OTHER PART OF COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION TO US, WHICH ASKED FOR GENERAL THAT.

BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I DO NOT THINK THAT SOFT DENSITY BY RIGHT IS DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE EVERYWHERE.

WE, THAT IS AN IDEA AND A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX AND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO A LOT MORE ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO DO YET ON.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, GOOD TOOL SEEMS NOT AS AMBITIOUS AS WE WOULD NEED.

AVES, DID YOU HAVE ANY, UH, THOUGHT, I'M SORRY.

AND, AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW THIS OUT THERE TOO.

I MEAN, I THINK OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM WAS PROBABLY THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.

I MEAN, JUST IN TERMS OF A RAW NUMBER OF UNITS GENERATED.

AND I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STREET SCAPE AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANNA SEE, AND I LIKE JP P'S QUESTION, WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE? WHAT DO WE WANT THESE AREAS TO LOOK LIKE? I WANT THEM TO LOOK LIKE WEST CAMPUS.

I, I MEAN, I THINK WEST CAMPUS HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE STREET SCAPES, WITH THE TREES, WITH UH, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS BEEN CREATED THERE.

UH, AND, AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHERE, HOW I WANNA MODEL WITH THE AFFORDABILITY.

I MEAN, YOU, I THINK IT'S A 10%, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THE U N O AND ALSO UNO'S A LIKE, I THINK IT'S LIKE TWO PAGES LONG.

I MEAN, THE ACTUAL CODE AMENDMENT ITSELF.

SO PRO SIMPLICITY, UH, AND I THINK WE'VE ALSO GOTTA BE AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR TARGETS AND FOCUS ON THOSE BROADER, YOU KNOW, GOTTA GET THE HOUSING DENSITY THERE, GOTTA GET THE RIDERSHIP THERE, GOTTA MAKE THESE, YOU KNOW, CENTERS OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, ACTIVITY.

MM-HMM.

, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

TOOL REGARDING PARKING BASED ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE DID.

AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, PAULETTE HAS OUR HAND RAISED.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK RESPONSE? UM, YES.

I JUST WANNA SAY IN SOME CITIES, UM, THAT SOFT DENSITY IS USED AS A RING AROUND THE T O D FOR TRANSITION AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.

UM, I KNOW TOWN HOMES WERE LISTED AS PART OF, UM, WHAT'S PART OF THE SOFT DENSITY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, AVES, GO AHEAD.

I WANNA DO A QUICK TIME CHECKS 3 25 AND I'VE GOT MORE MOBILITY COMMITTEE ITEMS BEFORE THEY MAKE ME GET OUTTA THIS CHAIR AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

SO, YES, GO AHEAD, STEVE, BY, RIGHT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD, UM, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STATION IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO STATION.

WE REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HIGHER HOUSING CAPACITIES THAN SOFT DENSITY.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR WITHIN THAT BIKE SHED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO MILE, THREE MILE RADIUSES.

FROM THAT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STATIONARY, IT BECOMES MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THOSE HOUSING CAPACITIES AT THE STATIONERS.

LIKE BILL WAS SAYING, THE FDA REPORT CLEARLY SAYS MORE THAN 35 PLUS, UM, DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, 2.2 PERSONS IS THE SORT OF NATION AVERAGE, I BELIEVE IS THAT'S AROUND 75 PERSONS PER ACRE.

SO WITHIN THAT FIRST MILE, WE REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT MAXIMIZING THOSE HOUSING CAPACITIES TO REALLY LEAD TO E OT SUCCESS BASED ON THE FDA GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND WITH THE, UH, INCREASE IN THE E-BIKE REBATES THAT AUSTIN ENERGY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT FIRST MILE, LAST MILE OF, OF REALLY BEING SEAMLESS WITH HOW PEOPLE ACCESS TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR MADISON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR DID YOU WANNA HELP CLOSE US OUT WHEN THE TIME'S, RIGHT.

NO, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UH, VICE CHAIR ALTER CAN, CAN CLOSE THIS OUT.

BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION, UH, WARNER, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR PRESENTATION AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD YOU RIGHT.

UM, CUZ SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED TO ME WAS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE JUST ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ALTOGETHER, UH, FOR EADS? UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION YET, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED TO ME.

I, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION, THAT'S SOMETHING ABOUT 60%.

SO I WOULDN'T, THAT'S NOT QUITE HOW I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, OKAY.

THE COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO INITIATE ANY CODE AMENDMENTS, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES AND EADS OR OTHER, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, TO COVER THINGS LIKE PARKING REDUCTIONS, STAFF'S RE TEST STAFF'S RECOMMENDED

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IS THIS THREE PHASED APPROACH, UM, DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES.

THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE THAT YOU SAID THOUGH, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT 60%.

OH YES, SORRY.

THAT WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT CODE TODAY.

SO IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND IS BUILDING IN ONE OF OUR THREE ADOPTED TODS TODAY, UM, THEY CAN REDUCE THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS UP TO 60%, I BELIEVE.

JUST TWO QUICK COMMENTS, NOT QUESTIONS.

I, I HAVE TWO QUICK COMMENTS.

UM, CUZ I KNOW IT RUNS SHORT ON TIME, MOSTLY FOR STAFF.

AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS ON LOTS OF HOUSING RELATED, UH, TOPICS.

AND AS WE PUT THEM FORWARD AND THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS, IT WOULD BE, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THE, THE RIGHT THING IF, IF WE PASSED A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT RUNS RIGHT IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE E T O D WORK.

AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING CAN BUILD INTO WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO OR THAT WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE DON'T CREATE CONFLICTS NEEDLESSLY AND, AND MAYBE SET THINGS IN MOTION THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDO AROUND THESE AREAS.

SO THAT'S JUST ITEM NUMBER ONE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CREATING TARGETS AND METRICS, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT UNITS AND UNITS ARE AN EASY METRIC, BUT I WANT TO ALSO BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE TYPES OF UNITS, UNITS FOR FAMILIES VERSUS A SINGLE, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCY OR STUDIO.

UH, THOSE ARE SERVING VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND SO YIELDING SOMETHING THAT'S 25 FAMILY UNITS VERSUS 50 STUDIOS, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE SERVING MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE 25 THAN THE 50.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THE METRICS WE SET, UH, ARE COGNIZANT OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

SO THAT IS JUST A QUICK ASIDE, AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

VICE CHAIR.

DO WE HAVE ANY VERY LAST SECOND COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE? ADJOURNS? I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, MINOR QUESTION.

UM, CAN, UM, EITHER ANY OF OUR PANELISTS CAN, CAN Y'ALL RESPOND TO THE, UH, PARKING QUESTION FROM A, FROM A CAC PERSPECTIVE? SURE.

I'LL I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY.

I THINK FROM THE CAC PERSPECTIVE, WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE MORE AGGRESSIVE, UM, HONESTLY, POLICY AROUND PARKING.

AND SO REALLY PARKING MAXIMUMS ARE WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN.

AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES WHAT CUSTOMER ALTER WAS SAYING.

ONE IS THAT CONCERN OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE PARKING TODAY, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL PARKING THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET RID OF FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS, FRANKLY.

SO IF WE SET MINIMUMS TODAY AND ALLOW PARKING, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES TO QUALITY OF SPACE AND URBAN DESIGN, BUT ALSO TO THE HOUSING CAPACITY AND AFFORDABILITY.

SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT SOMETHING MORE INTO, UH, PARKING MAXIMUMS. AND I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK IN THE CSE WORKING GROUP CONVERSATIONS, WE WERE REALLY PUSHING FOR THAT.

I KNOW STAFF IS LOOKING AT A BROADER LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS, BUT THAT WAS DEFINITELY I THINK WHERE A LOT OF, UM, CSE MEMBERS ARE AND WERE, I DON'T KNOW MR. CONLEY.

YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU JUST SAID, BUT STAFF IS PROPOSING THREE TIERS TO, UNLESS I'M MISREADING THE DOCUMENT, TIER ONE, THE BASELINE IS THE ELIMINATION OF PARKING MINIMUMS, AND THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START.

BARE MINIMUM, WE KNOW BASED ON EXPERIMENTS IN THE CITY AND EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY THAT A A A SITE WITH NO PARKING MINIMUMS IS STILL A SITE WITH WAY TOO MUCH PARKING FOR ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL T O D.

SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GET TO THE OTHER TWO TIERS, THE TIER WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CAPS ON PARKING? AND THAT IS WHAT'S MEANINGFUL.

THERE'S NO WORLD IN AUSTIN, IN TEXAS, UM, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING ANYTHING REALLY AGGRESSIVE OR MEANINGFUL ON PARKING UNLESS WE PUSH HARD BECAUSE THE DESIRE, THE, THE, THE DEFAULT, THE STATUS QUO IS TO BUILD AN EXCESS AND AN ABUNDANCE OF PARKING.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW THAT AT PLAZA SALTILLO, WE SEE THAT IN EVERY MAJOR STATION AREA.

SO IF WE DON'T TAKE REALLY PROACTIVE ACTION ON THIS, WE WILL END UP WITH WAY TOO MUCH PARKING AND WE WILL END UP WITH DRIVERS.

AND I, I, LAST THING I'M GONNA SAY ON THIS, I, I, I BELIEVE IN THIS VERY PASSIONATELY BECAUSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN MADE ME A DRIVER.

I WAS A CORE TRANSIT USER MY WHOLE LIFE.

I GREW UP RIDING THE BUS IN THE TRAIN.

I MOVED HERE, I LIVED ON A TRANSIT LINE.

I RODE THE BUS EVERY DAY TO WORK.

IT WAS GREAT.

I WAS FORCED TO MOVE FURTHER OUT BECAUSE OF PRICE CONCERNS.

SO I MOVED FURTHER SOUTH AND I DIDN'T LIVE ON A HIGH ACCESS TRANSIT LINE

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AND I HAD TO BUY A CAR.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN ENCOURAGED ME TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE AND TURNED ME INTO A HABITUAL DRIVER.

NOW I'M UN WEANING MY, I'M LIKE, I'M, I'M LEARNING TO JUST DEPEND ON TRANSIT AGAIN, RIGHT? BUT OUR, THAT, THAT, THE POINT IS THAT MY PERSONAL STORY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR PLANNING DECISIONS REALLY SHAPE BEHAVIOR.

AND SO WE PLAN TO CREATE A CITY OF FUTURE DRIVERS, OR WE PLAN TO CREATE A CITY OF FUTURE TRANSIT RIDER, AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO MAKE A PRETTY BOLD DECISION ON THAT FRONT.

THANK YOU, JP.

I THINK YOU JUST MADE OUR CLOSING REMARKS FOR US .

AND WITH, WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HIJACK YOUR TRANSPORTATION MEETING, OUR TRANSIT MEETING.

AND, UH, I, I, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO ADJOURNING JUST THE HOUSING AND PLANNING PORTION OF THIS MEETING, UH, WE, IT IS 3 33 AND WE STAND ADJOURNED TO LET YOU CARRY ON YOUR BUSINESS.

NUMBER THREE, I WILL JUST SAY THAT OUR, OUR BELOVED FORMER CHAIR, SORRY GUYS, COULD Y'ALL TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE? PLEASE? EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW WE WANTED TO JUST DAYLIGHT THE, UM, THE LONG CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR MANY YEARS AROUND, UM, HOUSING AND TRANSIT AND PROJECT CONNECT.

SO THANKS.

WE'LL DO A QUICK CHANGE OF STAFF.

WE'LL LET OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF GO.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS ON FOR THE REST OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

UH, WE'VE GOT MINUTES TO ADOPT FROM THE LAST MEETING.

LET ME, HANG ON, LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES.

[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of January 19th, 2023. ]

HERE WE GO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 19TH MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

VICE CHAIR CADRE MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIONS.

WE WILL APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.

UM, ITEM

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

EVERYONE, WE, WE LOVE YOU AND WE LOVE YOUR PASSION, BUT COULD YOU, UM, HAVE YOUR HAVE YOUR CHIT-CHAT OUTSIDE? WE LOVE YOU AND WE KNOW YOU'LL BE BACK FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR BELOVED U T C COMMISSION CHAIR.

UH, MARIO CHAMPION IS ROLLING OFF OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

WE WANNA EXTEND OUR WELL WISHES AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.

UH, THE NEW CHAIR IS SUSAN SUMMERS, SHE'S UNABLE TO ATTEND US, ATTEND THE MEETING WITH US TODAY.

UM, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN UP.

UM, I WILL ASK, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS POSTED, ONE ON THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN AND ONE ON THE ATX WALK BIKE ROLE.

WE ALSO HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S STRATEGIC MOBILITY OUTCOME.

DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO IDENTIFY? OKAY, THERE'S, THERE IS A PDF AND BACKUP WITH SOME REALLY GREAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE STRATEGIC OUTCOME FOR MOBILITY.

SO I WILL JUST TELL YOU TO REFERENCE THE, THE BACKUP ONLINE AND WITH THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT, DO WE HAVE IT IN US TO TAKE UP BOTH ITEMS? OKAY.

I'M GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM LAURA DEERFIELD.

LET'S, LET'S HAMMER THROUGH AND WE'LL SEE WHEN THEY PULL ME OUT OF THIS CHAIR, .

[4. ATX Walk Bike Roll Completion Report. ]

AND IN THE INTEREST OF OF TIME, WE'D BE HAPPY TO OFFER A BRIEF, BRIEF FYI ON THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN, IF THAT WOULD HELP.

UM, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THE, JUST AT THE TOP IS THAT, UH, THESE PLANS ARE BEING UPDATED IN CONCERT WITH THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.

BUT TS TRANSITIONED TO THE ATX WALK BIKE ROLL UPDATE.

UM, YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA.

WE, I WILL BE BRIEF AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME SHORTLY TO, UH, PRE PRESENT THEIR, UM, PIECES ON THE URBAN TRAILS, SIDEWALKS, AND BIKEWAY PLAN, UH, PORTIONS OF THIS EFFORT.

UH, I'LL JUST SAY IT WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY CONFLUENCE OF MOBILITY LAND USE, UM, THEMES THIS AFTERNOON.

AND I THINK THIS IS ONE, ONE WITHIN THAT MIX, UM, TO LOOK AT BUILDOUT OF OUR BIKEWAY URBAN TRAIL AND SIDEWALK PLANS AND TO MR. CONNOLLY'S MOVING REMARKS.

UM, REALLY ONE OF THE CENTERING, UH, THEMES WE HEARD THROUGH THIS TWO YEAR PROCESS WITH OUR COMMUNITY IS THIS GRIPPING AFFORDABILITY AND ANTI AND DISPLACEMENT CRISIS.

AND HOW CAN THESE PLANS AND THESE, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFIT AND HELP TO BLUNT THOSE, THOSE FORCES AND REALLY BE PART OF A VIRTUOUS, UM, SOLUTION.

UM, AND WE, UH, CAME TO THE, UH, VERY FOCUSED CONCLUSION THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO REALLY ACHIEVE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION OUTCOMES, WE REALLY NEED TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, MANY OF WHOM PRESENTED TODAY ON, UM, THE, ALL OF THE INTEGRATED PLANNING THAT IS REQUIRED TO, UH, OFFER THOSE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS AND THOSE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES SUCH THAT PEOPLE, UM, CAN HAVE, HAVE CHOICES IN HOW THEY GET AROUND.

AND WE THINK OF MOBILITY AS THAT BASIC HUMAN RIGHT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BURDEN SOMEONE TO CAR OWNERSHIP.

UM, THE, UH, OTHER KEY THEME I'LL OFFER AT

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SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ARE KEY STRATEGIES WITHIN THE AS S P THAT WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MODAL PLANS AND THE MODAL PLANS, VICE VERSA ARE BEING UPDATED TO REFLECT THE LATEST, UH, AS M P UPDATES.

SO THERE'S REALLY NICE, UH, SYNERGIES WITH BOTH.

AND AMONG THE THEMES OF THOSE KIND OF, UM, CONCURRENT UPDATES IS REALLY AROUND TRANSPORTATION, UH, AFFORDABILITY.

UM, SURE, NO PROBLEM.

AND, UM, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING, UH, THE E-BIKE SUBSIDY THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, LIGHTING AND, AND MANY OTHER STRATEGIES TO REALLY IN, UH, IMPROVE OR ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THE MODAL PLANS, UM, AS WELL AS A RED REDOUBLED EFFORT TO, UH, DO MORE INTEGRATED PLANNING, AGAIN WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, IN THE CLIMATE SPACE AND THE HOUSING SPACE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THESE TOOLS CAN, UM, ADDRESS, UH, THE BIGGER POLICIES OF OUR CITY.

UM, I DID GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF THAT, UH, AND NOT IN REFERENCE TO THE SLIDES, BUT HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK TO ANY OF THESE.

UH, I'LL JUST SIMPLY YIELD MY TIME OVER TO AND DES SANCTU TO TALK ABOUT THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN NOW, UH, FOLLOWED BY JOHN EASTMAN AND NATHAN WILKES WITH SIDEWALKS AND BIKEWAYS.

THANK YOU, LAURA.

AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M ANNE DES SANCTI.

I AM THE ACTING URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I'LL BE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN.

SO OUR LAST URBAN TRAILS PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2014, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROPOSED NETWORK.

WITH THIS PLAN, WE ARE UPDATING THE PROPOSED NETWORK BASED ON FIELD WORK AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE UPDATING HOW THE NETWORK IS PRIORITIZED WITH A NEW DATA-DRIVEN METHOD BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT AND CITY POLICIES.

THE PIE CHART ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT NEW PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THREE TOP METHODS, UM, THAT THOSE THREE FACTORS ARE WHETHER THE NETWORK WILL IMPROVE ACCESS ACROSS MAJOR BARRIERS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, CREEKS, RAILROAD CROSSINGS, AND RIVERS.

WEATHER TRAILS ARE NEAR HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT AND WEATHER TRAILS ARE NEAR KEY NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATIONS.

ON THIS SLIDE, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED NETWORK.

AND TIER ONE TRAILS ARE WHAT IS SHOWN IN DARK GREEN.

AND THESE ARE, UM, THE TRAILS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IN THE NEAR TERM.

THE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE TRAILS ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE ARE APPROACHING THEM MORE OPPORTUNISTICALLY OVER TIME, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS IF WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE OR IF FREE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.

SO AS WE IMPLEMENT THE TRAILS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY, UH, IMPLICATIONS.

WE HEARD CONCERN FROM COMMUNITIES THAT URBAN TRAILS CAUSE DISPLACEMENT.

AND AS DATA ON THIS IS VERY LIMITED, UH, AS PART OF THE PLAN, WE ARE, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO STUDY THOSE DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS NEAR TRAILS AND DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN TO MITIGATE.

WE ALSO WANT TO PARTNER WITH EXISTING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

THEN BUILDING ON SUCCESS OF ATX WALK BY PATROL WHITE WALK BY GIRL AMBASSADORS, EXCUSE ME.

WE RECOMMEND HIRING COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS SPECIFIC TO URBAN TRAILS.

WE NEED TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT ONLY BUILDING TRAILS, BUT TEACHING FOLKS HOW TO USE THEM AND ENSURING EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE USING THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE AMBASSADORS COULD HELP WITH.

WE ALSO THINK PROGRAMMING IS KEY AND, UH, THE PLAN RECOMMENDS TRAIL STEWARDS WHO CAN ACT AS A RESOURCE ON THE TRAIL AND ALSO RECOMMENDS PLACEMAKING AND TEMPORARY ACTIVATION.

PLACEMAKING CAN BRING IN LOCAL ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THE TEMPORARY ACTIVATION BRINGS FOLKS IN NEW USERS TO THE TRAIL AND HOPEFULLY CREATES USERS OF THE TRAIL GOING FORWARD.

AND LASTLY, BUT MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED MAINTENANCE AND THE TRAIL PLAN UPDATE INCLUDES AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN AND AN OUTLINE FOR PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE GOING FORWARD.

WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JOHN EASTMAN.

EXISTING NETWORK, UM, USING EQUITY ANALYSIS ZONES, UM, AND LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS WITH PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, JOHN EASTMAN, SIDEWALK AND SPECIAL PROJECTS DIVISION MA, UH, DIVISION MANAGER HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, CROSSINGS AND SHARED STREETS PLAN.

AND REALLY THE UPDATED PLAN, UM, IS ORIENT AROUND FREE OVERARCHING STRATEGIES, PRIORITIZING EQUITY.

I I MEAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT TODAY.

IT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, PROVIDING SAFE, COMFORTABLE, ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE ALONG AND ACROSS EVERY PUBLIC STREET AND COLLABORATING WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS USING A COMPLETE STREETS APPROACH.

SO THE PLAN PROCESS STARTED THROUGH, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF OUR

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WHAT WE FOUND IS, UM, A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF OUR PEDESTRIAN HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF OUR GAPS, UM, IN, IN SAFE CROSSINGS WERE WITHIN THOSE FOCUS EASS.

UM, WE DID FIND SOME ENCOURAGING TRENDS, UM, THAT WE THINK ARE A RESULT OF THE EQUITY FOCUS PRIORITIZATION MODEL THAT CAME OUT OF THE 2009 SIDEWALK PLAN.

UM, THE OVERALL EXTENTS AND CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK NETWORK ARE SLIGHTLY BETTER WITHIN THE FOCUS EASS.

UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A, A FAIR AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENT IN OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK IN THE LAST SIX YEARS SINCE THE PLAN WAS UPDATED IN 2016.

UH, THE NETWORK HAS GROWN FROM 2,400 MILES TO 2,800 MILES AND GONE FROM 16% FUNCTIONALLY ACCEPTABLE, UP TO 32% FUNCTIONALLY ACCEPTABLE.

SO WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, BUT THAT'S STILL A LONG, LONG WAYS TO GO TO, TO GET TO, UH, A REALLY EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE WHO, UM, BY CHOICE OR BY NECESSITY NEED TO, TO WALK TO THEIR DESTINATIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

SO HOW DOES THIS PLAN HELP GET US THERE TO THAT, THAT MORE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? IT REALLY TAKES, UM, A VERY PRAGMATIC AND, AND CONTEXT SENSITIVE APPROACH.

AND SO IT CONTINUES TO, UM, PLAN ON HAVING SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF MOST STREETS, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IN CERTAIN RETROFIT AREAS, UM, IN LOWER VOLUME, STREET, LOWER TRAFFIC VOLUME, STREETS, A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET MAY BE SUFFICIENT.

AND THEN FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE VERY LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME, RESIDENTIAL STREETS, UM, TAKING A MORE SUSTAINABLE LOWER COST AND MUCH FASTER TO IMPLEMENT APPROACH, UM, BY IMPLEMENTING SHARED STREETS.

SO IN DOING SO, WE CAN ENVISION GETTING TO A COMPLETE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IN SOMETHING LIKE A 20 TO 30 YEAR TIMEFRAME, RATHER THAN THE CURRENT TIMEFRAME OF BUILDING OUT SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF 1500 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WOULD TAKE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED YEARS.

SO VERY PRACTICAL, PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO GET US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS WHERE WE REALLY NEED 'EM.

UM, AND SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD CITYWIDE.

THE CONTEXT SENSITIVE APPROACH HAS ALSO BEEN USED TO IMPROVE ALMOST 2000 CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

LOT OF, LOT OF GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN RECENT YEARS, AND WE'RE GONNA BUILD ON THE WORK OF SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL HEALTHY STREETS, UM, VISION ZERO AND, UM, LIVING STREETS, WHICH I THINK, UM, I I IS JUST SOME AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.

THE UPDATED PLAN NAME REALLY REFLECTS THE THREE KEY ELEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE GONNA MAKE UP THAT, THAT COMPLETE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK, SIDEWALKS, CROSSINGS, AND SHARED STREETS.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE, WE'VE INCLUDED HIGH LEVEL METRICS, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THERE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO NATHAN WILKES TO TALK ABOUT THE BICYCLE PLAN.

ALL RIGHT, NATHAN WILKES WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND, UM, MANAGED BICYCLE, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, PROGRAM.

AND, UM, WE'VE, UH, WE'RE UPDATING THE BICYCLE PLAN.

LAST UPDATED IN 2014.

THAT PLAN WAS THE PLAN THAT, UM, INNOVATED OR CAUGHT UP TO REALITY THAT PAINTED BIKE LANES ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

ALL AGES AND ABILITIES FACILITIES ARE NECESSARY TO CAPTURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST 15% OF THE POPULATION, 55 TO 60 PLUS PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS INTERESTED IN WILLING, UH, TO RIDE IN THOSE SAFE FACILITIES SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC.

SO IN THIS PLAN, THERE'S, UH, AS, AS YOU'VE HEARD WITH ALL THE CONVERSATION, UH, OR HUGE FOCUS ON, UM, AGAIN, KIND OF EXPANDING THAT KNOWLEDGES NETWORK AND GIVING PEOPLE MOBILITY CHOICE.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST CENTRAL CHALLENGE OF MAKING OUR STREETS SAFE.

IT'S STILL A HUGE TASK.

I'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE NETWORK VISION IN THIS PLAN.

BUT THE SECOND CHALLENGE JUST TO SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT, UH, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT MOBILITY CHOICE.

IF YOU'RE DISPLACED OR THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IS A FLAG LOCK DEVELOPMENT OFF 9 69 AND THERE'S NO DESTINATIONS IN SIGHT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE DO TO 9 69, IT DOESN'T MATTER

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WHAT WE DO TO THAT STREET WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MOBILITY CHOICE.

SO THE EQUITY AROUND WHO GETS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, POWERFUL MOBILITY CHOICES, UH, IS A MAJOR KIND OF EQUITY OUTCOME THAT, THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON RAISING THE FLAG NEEDS TO BE, UH, THOUGHTFUL.

SO THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES NETWORK, UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY A 400 MILE NETWORK IN THE 2014 PLAN.

SO WE CELEBRATED BUILDING OUT 50% OF THAT MILEAGE, UH, BACK IN 2021, UH, ONLY SIX MONTHS LATE, UM, WHICH WAS GREAT, UH, TO HIT A PLANNING GOAL THAT WAS AMBITIOUS LIKE THAT.

UM, WE GREW THAT NETWORK WHEN WE ADOPTED THE AS AND P, AND WE'VE GROWN IT AGAIN IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN.

SO IT'S NOW A THOUSAND MILE NETWORK AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE, UM, KIND OF AMBITIOUS MILEAGE TARGETS OF EXPANDING THAT NETWORK AND GIVING PEOPLE, UM, ACCESS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

WE CO-DEVELOPED AND TESTED WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUR PROCESS THREE PRIORITIZATION THEMES.

THE 2014 PLAN WAS FOCUSED ON PUTTING A BASIC BACKBONE OF HOW, HOW YOU COULD TRAVERSE THE CITY, UM, BY BICYCLING AND SCOOTERING, UH, BICYCLING.

AND, AND THIS TIME WE TESTED THE IDEAS OF ACCESS TO NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATIONS, WHICH WAS THE TOP CITYWIDE ACCESS, WHICH WAS THE CLOSE SECOND, AND THEN CONNECTIONS TO NATURE, WHICH WAS ALSO HIGHLY SUPPORTED.

BUT THE THIRD, SO WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER ALL THREE OF THOSE THEMES AS REALLY LEGITIMATE FRAMES OF HOW WE MIGHT PRIORITIZE PROJECTS.

UM, AND ALSO IN THIS PLAN UPDATE, WE'VE DEVELOPED A GIS MODEL FOR THE FIRST TIME TO HELP HELP DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING AROUND, UH, WHERE TO PICK PROJECTS.

OUR, UH, THESE ARE OTHER FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY, UM, HIGHLIGHTING IN THIS PLANNING EFFORT.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT JUST THE NEED TO MANAGE AFFORDABILITY, DISPLACEMENT ON A CITYWIDE SCALE.

Y'ALL KNOW WELL THAT THIS IS THE TOP, UH, CONSTITUENT ISSUE ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY.

IT'S NO LONGER TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY, WHICH WAS THE, THE ISSUE, UH, OF THE TIME OF THE 2014 PLAN.

UM, WE'VE, IT ECHOING JOHN, IT WAS SUPER AWESOME TO HEAR THE SESSION BEFORE AND ALL THE E E T O D AND I PRESENTED TO THE, UM, E T O D, UH, COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.

SO THAT SECOND BULLET ABOUT INTEGRATED LAND AFFORDABILITY, MOBILITY, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLANNING, TRANSIT PLANNING, LIKE US WORKING OUTSIDE OF OUR SILOS.

UH, YOU WERE HEARING ABOUT BIKE SHEDS, SOFT DENSITY IN THE BIKE SHED OUTSIDE THE KIND OF CRITICAL DENSITY OF THE STATION AREA.

UH, THE TWO MILE BIKE CATCHMENT, LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE TWO MILE BIKE CATCHMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN THESE SILOS AND BE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR SHARED TOOLS.

FEEDING TRANSIT IS A HUGE THING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, WITH BICYCLE, SCOOTER, UH, NETWORKS.

AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BICYCLING AND SCOOTERING IS, WORKS WELL BEYOND THE, UH, THE WALKING RADIUS.

THAT TWO MILE RADIUS IS A 16 TIMES LAND AREA.

SO WHEN YOU START, START TALKING ABOUT NUMBER OF UNITS, HOW WE CAN ARTICULATE DENSITY, UH, HOW, HOW WE CAN FEED TRANSIT WITH PEOPLE, UH, THESE NETWORKS CAN HAVE A BIG IMPLICATION AND WE'RE READY TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AROUND, AROUND THOSE AREAS.

UH, E-BIKES IS ANOTHER KIND OF BIG ONE, AS Y'ALL KNOW.

UM, AND, UH, INTERESTING STATISTIC.

A THIRD, THIRD OF THE BIKES SOLD IN THE US NOW ARE E-BIKES.

HALF OF THE BIKES SOLD IN THE NETHERLANDS ARE E-BIKES.

UM, REALLY KIND OF EXPAND OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, BE MORE INCLUSIVE ABOUT WHO CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES, PEOPLE THAT AREN'T, UH, PHYSICALLY USED TO RIDING A BICYCLE CAN, CAN TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, CLIMATE PLAN IN, IN TERMS OF INTEGRATED PLANNING.

WE HAD A, UH, A LAND PLANNING, LAND AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP.

AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GAP IN WHAT WE'VE KNOWN STRATEGIES TO GET TO OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND WHAT OUR GOALS ACTUALLY ARE.

UH, REALLY KIND OF BRINGING UP FOR ME, LIKE HOW MUCH, UH, MORE WE NEED TO BE SHARING TOOLS AND BE KIND OF BOLD TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE, UH, THOSE AMBITIOUS TARGETS.

UM, WE HEARD IN THE PLANNING EFFORT ABOUT, UH, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF FLEX POST THIS WEEK.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT , UH, FLEX POSTS.

I JUST WANTED TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

WE'RE IN THIS PLAN APPROACH.

WE ARE BALANCING BUILDING QUICKLY, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF FLEX POSTS, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT INCREMENTAL STRATEGIES TO, UH, BUILD HIGHER QUALITY INTERSECTIONS.

UM, AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LATER AND BETTER SUPPORT SERVICES.

UH, WE HEARD ABOUT DAYCARES.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AFFECT, UH, UH, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND ANYTHING THAT HELPS SUPPORT THEM WILL HELP, UH, GENERATE EQUITABLE MOBILITY OUTCOMES AS WELL.

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SO, UH, WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS KIND OF SERIES.

THE PLANS ARE ALL UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING, UPLOADING.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO FINE TUNE IN THE PLANS BEFORE WE COME BACK TO, UH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN COUNCIL IN THE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME.

LIKE LAURA SAID, WE'RE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE AS SM P UM, LIKE THE MAPPING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BIKE NETWORK WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE AS AND P.

UM, AND JUST TO WRAP UP, WE THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY, UH, POSITIVE AND SYNERGISTIC TO BRING ALL THREE OF THESE MODES TOGETHER.

THEY'RE ALL SHORT RANGE MOBILITY TOOLS AT ZERO TO THREE PLUS MILES.

THEY'RE ALL VULNERABLE USERS.

THEY SHARE A LOT IN COMMON.

UH, STUDIES SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHIER WHEN WE CAN INTEGRATE THIS IN IN DAILY LIFE.

UM, THESE, THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT WAYS OF ACHIEVING THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLANS MODE, SHIFT GOALS, UM, AND GIVING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE HOW THEY GET AROUND IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO A CAR.

THEY MIGHT BE YOUNGER, OLDER, NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT, UM, OR MAY US NOT WANT THAT IN, IN TERMS OF A LIFESTYLE CHOICE.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT JUST SUPPORTING EACH OTHER'S PLANNING EFFORTS AND, AND BROADER GOALS, UH, AND JUST BEING KIND OF MORE ACTIVE AND ENGAGED PARTNERS, UM, TO GET OUR BROAD CITY OUTCOMES.

GREAT.

AND WITH THAT'S HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? THANK YOU.

I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP.

CHAIR, THIS NEXT PRESENTATION IS NOT GOING TO COUNSEL, IT'S JUST A BRIEFING AND WE'RE BEING BRIEFING COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK BACK UP AND MAKE SURE THOSE LINKS ARE IN THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO, TO ACCESS THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PORTION.

[5. Briefing on 2023 Mobility Annual Plan. ]

I SUGGEST WE JUST DO THAT.

AND, UH, SINCE DUE THE TIME, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICES AND BRIEF YOU ALL THIS IS, IS THAT WE PULL TOGETHER OUR, OUR ANNUAL PLAN ON MAKING SURE WE'RE COORDINATED ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO WE WANTED TO JUST BRIEF Y'ALL ON THAT, BUT WE CAN DO THAT INDIVIDUALLY.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT IN HELPING, HELPING TO SAVE US SOME TIME TODAY.

UM, THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN IS A REALLY COOL INTEGRATED MAP WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF THE LAYERS TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR, YOUR NECK OF AUSTIN.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY COOL PLAN AND THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR, THERE'S MORE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ONE.