* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Speakers: Kirk Watson, Mayor - Morteza Farajian Executive Director, Build America Bureau] [00:00:04] WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WELCOMING THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP TRANSPORTATION'S BUILD AMERICA BUREAU. WE HAVE OUR, THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARZA FARK HERE WITH US, AS WELL AS HIS TEAM, UH, TO TALK TO US ABOUT, UH, THE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS WE'RE DOING HERE IN AUSTIN. AS, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW AND ALL OF YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON, UH, OVER THE COMING YEARS AND JUST TALKING TO THE MAYOR. AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ALL THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT, UH, QUARTER CENTURY, BASICALLY TO IMPROVE AUSTIN TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT STARTING THESE CONVERSATIONS TO SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU, UH, TO, TO GET THIS WORK MOVING. UM, AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT TO START OFF, I WANNA WELCOME OUR MAYOR, UH, MAYOR KIRK WATSON, UH, TO OPEN UP OUR EVENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK ALL OF Y'ALL. I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SAY, BE VERY, VERY BRIEF, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AUSTIN WE WERE USED TO BIG DEALS AND WE'RE USED TO THINGS HAPPENING, AND WE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN WE MOVE ON. WE DON'T NECESSARILY, AND AS ENOUGH, I THINK, TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING TO US BECAUSE WE JUST, WELL, WE'RE AUSTIN, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO US, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE OUGHT TO BE CELEBRATING AND RECOGNIZING AS, AS MIKE POINTED OUT, WHAT IT DOES FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS. UH, WE'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF GENERATIONAL ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW. YOU ALL ARE INVOLVED ON THE GROUND WITH A LOT OF GENERATIONAL ACTIVITY, AND SO THE, THE EMERGING PROJECTS AGREEMENT SI SINGLES US OUT AND SAYS THAT, THAT THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND IMPORTANT, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT IN ONLY A FEW SHORT WEEKS AFTER, UH, WE SIGNED THE EMERGING PROJECTS AGREEMENT, WE'RE GETTING STARTED ON DELIVERING WHAT WAS OUR PROMISE, UH, TO ALL THE, THE CITIZENS OF, OF THIS REGION AND THE TAXPAYERS IN AUSTIN THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOOK FOR DIFFERENT WAYS, WE WOULD EXPLORE DIFFERENT WAYS TO FINANCE FUTURE MOBILITY PRO, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN, IN AUSTIN, IN THE AUSTIN AREA, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY, UH, HELPFUL TO US, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU TEAM. AND, AND IT'S BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER, AND I BELIEVE WE'LL BE A CONTINUED OUTSTANDING PARTNER AS WE GET THIS INITIATIVE OFF THE GROUND. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT MIKE JUST SAID. I WANT TO THANK, UH, ESE FARK AND HIS TEAM FOR TRAVELING DOWN TO AUSTIN TO MEET WITH US AND FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AUSTIN WANTS TO PARTNER AND WANTS TO BE A, A, A NATIONAL PLAYER IN HOW WE DO BEST PRACTICES AND, AND INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE THINGS. I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE MOBILITY LEADERS THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM, UH, FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS AGREEMENT. WE, WE ARE A TEAM. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, BUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENTS AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS ON WHAT'S GONNA MAKE IT MAKE IT SPECIAL. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE, AND THIS, I THINK THIS IS COOL. I'VE GOT, I ASKED FOR A LIST OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS. I'LL PROBABLY END UP MISSING SOMEBODY AND SCREW THIS UP, BUT, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS MANY DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES FROM ALL, WE'RE ALL AUSTIN, BUT, BUT FROM AUSTIN PARTICIPATING, THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN PUBLIC WORKS, THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM OFFICE, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND PROJECT CONNECT, CAP METRO AUSTIN BURKES FROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THAT'S BEEN, BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS. AND THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, OF COURSE, UH, PETE, BUT JUDGE. SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT, A LOT OF AUSTIN, A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, UH, THAT ARE NOW A PART OF THIS AUSTIN PROGRAM. SO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, UH, Y'ALL WILL BE, UH, MEETING, UH, WITH FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP WITH OUR, OUR CREATIVITY HERE. UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING. UH, I, I GAVE A SPEECH ALREADY ONCE THIS MORNING ON A DIFFERENT DEAL TO WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT MOBILITY AND TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU THINK THAT WE GOT ABOUT 25 BILLION WORTH OF MOBILITY PROJECTS IN THE WORK, EVERYTHING FROM PROJECT CONNECT TO THE CORRIDOR PROGRAMS, TO THE AIRPORT, TO I 35, ALL OF THAT GOING ON, THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A PLACE THAT IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS [00:05:01] LIKE. AND, UH, Y'ALL ARE THE ONES PLAYING IN THAT. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, MAR. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE. UH, WE'RE READY TO GO. UH, SO LET US KNOW HOW I HELP YOU IN, IN, IN DOING ALL THIS. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR KICKING US OFF. UH, INSPIRATIONAL, ALWAYS. UM, AND NOW I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUILD AMERICA BUREAU, MARTA MARZA. FARHAN. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AND, UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S RELATIVELY EARLY NINE O'CLOCK WE ARE STARTING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO DAYS WITH EACH OTHER. UM, UH, YOU HEARD VERY, UM, GOOD SPEECH FROM MAYOR WHO TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF TALKING POINTS THAT I HAD AS WELL. SO HE, HE COVERED THEM ALL. I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THEM, BUT PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY THE KEY WORD THAT WE HEARD FROM HIM. UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UM, MAYOR AND I, UH, SIGNED THE EMERGING PROJECT AGREEMENT. IT WAS ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO, PROBABLY LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS AGO, BUT IT TAKES A TRUE PARTNERSHIP TO BE BACK IN JUST THREE, FOUR WEEKS AND HAVE THIS AMAZING GROUP IN THE ROOM. I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ASSEMBLE THIS TEAM. YOU ARE ALL BUSY, Z YOU ARE ALL WORKING ON VERY IMPORTANT STUFF, BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS HAS BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER. UM, I CAN SEE FAMILIAR FACES FROM, UM, YEARS THAT I HAVE. I HAVE WORKED IN PROJECTS HERE IN TEXAS. UM, YOU PROBABLY KNOW MY BACKGROUND. UM, I, I USED TO GET THE, WITH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR EIGHT YEARS, SO ABOUT FOUR YEARS THAT I'M WITH BUILD AMERICA BUREAU. AND I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AT THE BUREAU THAT IS NOT USED TO JUST SIT IN WASHINGTON, DC AND SOMETIMES PICK UP PHONE CALLS, SOMETIMES IGNORE THE PHONE CALLS, AND GO THROUGH THAT BUREAUCRACY THAT MANY OF US, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE GOT USED TO IT. WE ARE TRYING TO FUNCTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TRAVEL. WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, AND AUSTIN HAS PROVED TO BE A VERY GOOD PARTNER FOR US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CD, AMAZING THINGS THAT HAPPENED. UM, WE HAVE MADE VERY GOOD PROGRESS, UM, AND BEING HERE TODAY WITH THIS AMAZING TEAM, UM, I THINK IT, IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE STILL HAVE A LOT IN FRONT OF US TO WORK ON IT, BUT MY TEAM IS DEDICATED. WE HAVE, UH, VERY SHARP PEOPLE HERE WITH US IN THE ROOM. UM, I HAVE BROUGHT A COUPLE OF FOLKS FROM BUILD AMERICA BUREAU, UH, FOR TWO REASONS. ONE IS, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE SKILL SETS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN THIS ROOM OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, TALK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, GO INTO DETAILS, AND COME UP WITH A PLAN, AN ACTIONABLE PLAN THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THESE ARE THE STEPS WE WANT TO TAKE IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL FRICTION, IN ORDER TO TURN EVERY STONE, LOOK UNDER IT, LOOK AT ALL OPTIONS, AND COME UP REALLY WITH THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PATH FORWARD FOR SOME OF THESE AMAZING PROJECTS TO BE DELIVERED AND PROVIDE THE INTENDED OUTCOMES TO CITIZENS, TO, TO TAXPAYERS HERE IN AUSTIN. THAT'S ONE REASON. BUT THE OTHER REASON FOR US IS WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS MODEL. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALSO MY TEAM, SIMILAR TO EVERYONE ELSE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'LL LEARN, WE EVOLVE, WE MAKE IT BETTER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTINUE THIS PROCESS WITH OTHER CITIES. I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW. SINCE WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT EMERGING PROJECT AGREEMENT HERE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOT MANY CALLS FROM OTHER CITIES. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT FAR AWAY FROM AUSTIN, UM, WHO ARE TELLING US, WHAT ABOUT US? WHY DID YOU PICK AUSTIN? HOW CAN WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS? AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THE CAPACITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MODEL IS GOING TO BE USED ELSEWHERE. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT DELIVERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, LEAF PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE AND MAGNITUDE AND IMPORTANCE, IT'S NOT EASY. IT TAKES YEARS AND, AND OFTEN, NOT ONLY IT TAKES YEARS, IT TAKES ALL THE MONEY. UM, BY THE TIME THAT WE CATCH UP WITH THE SCHEDULE, BY THE TIME THAT WE CAN PUT THINGS TOGETHER, COST IS DOUBLED. AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN NEVER CATCH UP. BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AS IT'S A CYCLE THAT CONTINUES AND WE WANT TO BREAK THAT CYCLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS [00:10:01] TOGETHER EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS, HOPEFULLY IS GONNA INCLUDE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON SO THAT WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER IN THE FUTURE WHEN THIS PROJECTS HIT THE GROUND AND GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIONS THAT DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS WE COULD TAKE IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, TO HAVE ALL THE PERMITS IN PLACE, TO HAVE ALL THE PIECES, PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE, UH, UH, TOGETHER SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S THE GOAL. SO TODAY, FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS TODAY. FEEL FREE TO SPEAK OFF IF YOU SEE ANY ISSUES ABOUT ANY OF THE TOPICS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING HERE. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK OFF. WE WANT TO, WE WANT YOU TO SHARE YOUR OPINION, YOUR ORGANIZATION'S OPINION. WE WANT TO HEAR DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. WE WANT TO DISCUSS THEM. IT'S COMPLETELY OKAY IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, IT'S COMPLETELY OKAY IF WE DON'T HAVE A COMMON GROUND AT THE BEGINNING, THAT'S NORMAL. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT MAYBE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE. WE WANT TO DISCUSS THEM, WE WANT TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WE WANT TO HEAR DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. AND HOPEFULLY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE OUTCOME FOR US IS GOING TO BE THAT MIDDLE GROUND THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. MAYBE THEY DON'T GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT THEY WANT IT INITIALLY, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHY THEY'RE GIVING UP IN CERTAIN AREAS IN A ITY FOR THEM AND, AND, AND WHY EVERYONE ELSE IS MAKING CONCESSIONS AND GETTING TO THE MIDDLE GROUND, UM, UH, COMMON GROUND THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN SUPPORT AND THEN THIS PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD. IF YOU THINK THERE ARE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, PLEASE JUST SPEAK UP BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGIN. THIS WORKSHOP IS INTENDED TO JUST IDENTIFY ALL THOSE ISSUES, IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IDENTIFY WHO NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, AND AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, HOPEFULLY WE ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH ACTION ACTIONABLE ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH HOMEWORK. IF EACH ONE OF US IS GONNA TAKE BACK AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE ARE GONNA GET TOGETHER AGAIN. AND WE ARE GONNA DISCUSS AS PART OF THIS WORKSHOP THAT WHEN DO WE THINK THAT NEXT MEETING IS SUPPOSED TO BE? SO WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, WE WANT TO HOPEFULLY RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, SHOW PROGRESS, AND THEN START FOCUSING ON THE NEXT STEP AND START FOCUSING ON THE NEXT STEP. AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE MOMENTUM THAT MAYOR AND HIS TEAM HAVE CREATED HERE. AND YOU JUST HEARD MAYOR, HOW, HOW MUCH ENERGY HE HAS AND HOW MUCH, UM, SUPPORT HE'S PROVIDING TO THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MOMENTUM IS NOT LOST. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOMENTUM IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTENDED OUTCOMES ARE BEING DELIVERED IN A TIMELY MANNER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TAXPAYERS WANT TO SEE. THEY WANT TO SEE THE OUTCOMES. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT HEADLINES, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THESE WORKSHOPS. THE REAL OUTCOME IS WHEN THESE PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERED, WHEN THE SHOVEL IS GONNA GO ON THE GROUND, WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE OVER, AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE INTENDED OUTCOMES OF THESE PROJECTS. WHETHER IT'S WHETHER MOBILITY, WHETHER IT'S SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORT, USING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THE ROADWAYS SMARTER. AND I CAN JUST GO ON AND ON AND ON AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TACKLE WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING A MASSIVE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT. I BELIEVE THAT THAT PRICE TAG THAT WE HAVE FOR, FOR TRANSIT IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST PRICE TAG WITHIN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, UH, PORTFOLIO. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY. WE NEED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, GET COMFORTABLE. I WANT TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND ASK EVERYONE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA AFTER ME, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO KNOW WHO IS IN THE ROOM. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO ON THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND, UM, AND I, I, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. AND, AND TOMORROW WE ARE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF SITE VISITS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE THINGS FIRSTHAND IN PERSON CUZ THAT'S HOW YOU CONNECT CONNECTED. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY FOR US AS FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, UM, FOR BUILD AMERICA BUREAU. WE DO NOT WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURE OR A GOOGLE MAP IMAGE. WE WANNA BE ON THE GROUND, WE WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE, WE WANNA WORK WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS HERE. SO LET'S GO AROUND THE ROOM AND UH, MAYBE WE'LL JUST START WITH, UM, THIS TABLE. IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. [00:15:09] GOOD MORNING, I'M DOTTY WATKINS. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CAP METRO. GOOD MORNING, I'M MANDY DE MAYO. I AM DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE, HOW WE CAN INFUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO SOME OF OUR, UH, INVESTMENTS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. BRIAN RIVERA. I'M THE TREASURER OF AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. GOOD MORNING, I'M SHILLA MUJI. I'M EVP, CHIEF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT CAP METRO. HELLO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KATHERINE WALKER. I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL AND RISK OFFICER AT CAPITAL METRO. GOOD MORNING, HARD TO FOLLOW THAT UP. ROBERT ROWAN, CITY OF AUSTIN, OUR ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES. UM, I GUESS I'M AT THE WRONG TABLE. I'M ROSAN MILLMAN. I'M, UH, MORTAZA SENIOR ADVISOR AT THE FIELD AMERICA BUREAU. OKAY, THANK YOU. HI, I'M KIM LAVAS. I'M DEPUTY C F O FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. DAN SCHMID, HEAD OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AT THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU. TOM LONGSTEIN, UH, ONE OF THE UNDERWRITERS FROM THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU. GOOD MORNING. I'M JEN SMITH WITH U S D O T, VOLPE TRANSPORTATION CENTER SUPPORTING BUILD AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, MOLLY KING, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROJECT CONNECT INTEGRATION AT CAP METRO. GOOD MORNING, STEVIE GREATHOUSE IN THE AUSTIN PLANNING DEPARTMENT OVERSEEING THE CITY PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP AROUND EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. JUST WANNA TAKE A SECOND TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COUNCIL FOR ADOPTING AN EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLAN, UM, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO ON MARCH 9TH. SO, WOO. HI, GOOD MORNING, ROSIE TRULOVE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. GOOD MORNING, VALERIE BURNETT WITH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU. I'M CHARGE OF OUTREACH. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MICHAEL DOSS. I'M THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR REGION SIX FOR F FDA ON BEHALF OF OUR REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, YOU GUYS GOT STUCK WITH THE ATTORNEY. I'M SORRY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M SUSAN WILSON. I AM A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LEAD WITH THE BILL OF AMERICA BUREAU. GOOD MORNING, NICE TO SEE YOU. UH, LEANNE CONTI, I AM WITH THE, UH, CITY'S PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE, CHIEF OF STAFF BARN, EVERYONE. RICHARD MENDOZA. I'M THE CITY OF AUSTIN, INTERIM TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. GOOD MORNING. UH, I'M AL ALONZA. I'M THE DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS OFFICE. MORNING, UH, BRENT STRINGFIELD. I'M DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS PLANNING AND UNIVERSITY ARCHITECT AT UT AUSTIN. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. JIM DALE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. GOOD MORNING, I'M SUSAN DANIELS. I'M WITH THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM AND I 35. KATHERINE STEWART. I'M KATHLEEN RUBEN, I'M THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MANAGER AT THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM OFFICE. HI, GOOD MORNING, ANNA MARTIN. I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IT'S GONNA TAKE A MINUTE. . GOOD MORNING. I'M CARLA TAYLOR. I'M CHIEF OF STAFF WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. GOOD MORNING. PETER MOIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. HI, AM STEVE GRACE. I WORK FOR PERUS AND I AM THE ASSET MANAGER IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. UH, I'M JAMES SNOW, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT FOR CITY OF AUSTIN. MORNING, I'M TUCKER FERGUSON. I'M THE TEX DOT AUSTIN DISTRICT ENGINEER HERE IN THE CITY. GOOD MORNING. JAMES BASS, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY. AND OUR NEW TAGLINE IS WE OPERATE SOME OF THE TOW ROADS IN AUSTIN, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. UM, MAR MARZA, GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. HI THERE. ERIC WALLICK. I'M A MANAGING ENGINEER WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MICHELLE MARKS. I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON'S I 35 CAP AND STITCH PROGRAM. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JACOB CALLAHAN. [00:20:01] I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT SYSTEM ENABLEMENT AT CAP METRO. GOOD MORNING. YES, I'M BRINGING UP THE REAR HERE. UH, WILL LISKA REGIONAL PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AKA CAMPO. OKAY, SO MARZA, WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHY YOU PICKED AUSTIN FIRST BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AT THE TABLE. WE HAVE HOUSING, WE HAVE PLANNING, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION, ALL OF OUR MOBILITY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. AND AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK ALL OF 'EM ENOUGH FOR BEING HERE. TEX, CT RMA, UM, OUR FH W A AND FTA, UH, REGIONAL OFFICES. AND AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL BEING HERE, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. GREAT. UM, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE, UH, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ROOM. UM, JUST WANTED TO SHARE AN OBSERVATION. UM, I THINK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER AND WORK WITH EACH OTHER ARE SITTING AT THE SAME TABLE. THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKSHOP. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE JUST SEE SOMEWHERE ELSE AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS. THAT THIS IS ONE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO WORK TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO FEEL FREE TO CHANGE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TABLE, GO AROUND, MEET OTHERS, TALK TO THEM THROUGHOUT THIS WORKSHOP. UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALL GOING TO WORK ON THIS TOGETHER AND THIS IS THE TEAM THAT'S GONNA HOPEFULLY MOVE ALL OF THIS PROJECTS FORWARD, UM, IN THE MANNER THAT THEY JUST DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA? IS IT, UH, THE BUILD AMERICA PRESENTATION? OR WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK BREAK, YOU AND ME, AND THEN UH, TAKE A BREAK, HAVE SOME COFFEE, GET SOME TACOS. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME FOOD HERE NOW. YES. MAYBE KINDA GREAT. SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND UH, JUST RELAX. WE'LL GET, COME RIGHT BACK TO IT. OKAY. SO I THINK WE'LL TAKE YOUR PAPERS TO THE CRY OUT TO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.