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[Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order]
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONED ORDER.UH, THE DATE IS, THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, CALLED ON MAY 30TH, 2023.
WE'LL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL AND I'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE ON THE DIAS, AND THEN I'LL PROCEED TO THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START ON MY LEFT HERE, AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL HERE.
UH, I'M YOUR CHAIR, CHAIR SHAW.
AND, UH, ON MY RIGHT, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HAYNES HERE.
AND THEN, UH, LOOKING AT THE SCREEN, HOW I SEE YOU GUYS, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER BARRETA RAMIREZ HERE.
AND THEN I'VE GOT COMMISSIONER HOWARD HERE, UH, VICE CHAIR HEMPLE HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY HERE.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 MEMBERS THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR, UH, EX OFFICIO HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, THE CHAIR OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, CHAIR COHEN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET STARTED WITH, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION CHAIR, COMMISSION LAY LIAISON, ANDREW RIVERA.
I DO NOT HAVE, UH, THE SPEAKER ON THE LINE, SO YOU COULD PROCEED.
AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS, UH, THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
I'M GONNA, UM, GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THOSE WITH YOU.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE IMAGINE AUSTIN AMENDMENTS TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE.
THIS WILL INCLUDE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING STAFF PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH OUR Q AND A.
AND THEN, UM, I, THE WORKING GROUP HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE POSTPONE THIS TILL JUNE 27TH, SO WE'LL TRY TO USE THAT TIME THIS EVENING TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF, UM, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STAFF'S PROPOSALS.
[2. Imagine Austin Amendment: Palm District Plan]
IS THE IMAGINE AUSTIN AMENDMENT.UH, THE PALM DISTRICT PLAN, UH, THE WORKING GROUP HAS RECOMMENDED WE POSTPONED TO JUNE 27TH.
UM, WE'RE STILL, UM, UH, GETTING, UH, MEETING WITH, UM, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO FORMULATE OUR AMENDMENTS ON THAT.
SO, UM, MR. RIVERA, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? DO WE NEED TO GO AND JUST MOVE THROUGH THESE OR GO AHEAD AND PASS THE, UM, CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE CARE? DISPOSE OF ITEM TWO, CHAIR COMMISSIONER LAYS ON ANDREW RIVERA.
SO YOU CAN, UM, POSTPONE ITEM TWO TO JUNE 27TH.
UM, BUT, UM, WE'LL HEAR THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE AND THEN POSTPONE AFTER THAT ACTION.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SEE IF I CAN GET A, UM, A MOTION TO ON, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, POSTPONE THE WORKING GROUP, UH, UH, I'M SORRY, THE PALM DISTRICT PLAY AN ITEM TO JUNE 27TH.
YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MO WOOD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO POSTPONING THIS ITEM? UH, COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER BANANA RAMIREZ, CAN WE HEAR YOU? I LOOK.
I THINK SO TIME'S DOING A SOUND CHECK REAL QUICK.
UM, SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT WITH EVERYBODY EARLIER.
ANYWAY, UH, ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS TO POSTPONING THIS ITEM TO JUNE 27TH? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, PUT OUT THAT ON THE JUNE 27TH, SEVENTH AGENDA.
AND, UH, CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, LADIES AND ANDREW VER I DO HAVE MRS. ZNO JOSEPH ON THE LINE IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, HEAR THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMUNICATION PORTION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THAT.
UM, ZNO JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS ARE RELATED TO AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE AS WELL.
IT'S NOT AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA SPECIFICALLY, I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION
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THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ARTICLE 13 TAX MATTERS, THE SOLUTION, AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD A PRETTY IMPORTANT PROVISION QUOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 0 1AND REGARDLESS OF ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONS ARE THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE CORPORATION SHALL NOT DIRECT ANY OF THIS ACTIVITIES TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION BY PROPAGANDA OR OTHERWISE.
I CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE MANY OF THE NONPROFITS AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL, HAVE BEEN LOBBYING AND LYING TO THE PUBLIC.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT LYING IS NOT A NICE WORD TO SAY.
HOWEVER, I DO ONCE CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID FIND THAT THERE WERE MISSTATEMENTS BY CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHEN PROJECT CONNECT WENT BEFORE THE VOTERS PROPOSITION A ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020.
AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE OF US WHO LIVE NORTH OF US, 180 3, DO NOT BENEFIT FROM PROJECT CONNECT AT ALL.
AND I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THE NOVEMBER, WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T NOVEMBER, IT WAS 2014, THE NORTH CORRIDOR PROJECT CONNECT STUDY, WHICH SAID THAT 58% OF THE JOBS WOULD BE IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR BY 2035.
AND SO IT IS DEEPLY DISTURBING TO ME THAT WE ARE SIMPLY ERASED FROM THE DISCUSSION.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR ON PARMER LANE, WHICH IS A REGIONAL CORRIDOR THAT WILL NOT BENEFIT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMEHOW, EVEN IF THE FIRST PHASE OF PROJECT CONNECT AND THE EXPANSION, BY THE WAY, WILL NOT INCLUDE NORTH AUSTIN.
UM, SPECIFICALLY, I'LL JUST REMIND YOU THAT THERE'S A 425 ACRE DEVELOPMENT EAST VILLAGE ACROSS FROM SAMSUNG, AND THAT JULY 27TH, 2020 CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN UNILATERALLY ELIMINATED METRO RAPID BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE AND JUSTICE.
PAST THURSDAY, COUNCIL APPROVED APPLIED MATERIALS, WHICH WAS ITEM FOUR IN THEIR AGENDA AS AN ENTERPRISE ZONE.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ENTITIES IN THIS AREA.
AND ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2022, ONE OF THE LAST DECISIONS THAT MAYOR ADLER DID WAS IMMINENT DOMAIN TO RELIEVE THE, THE CONGESTION AND THE SAMSUNG AREA.
THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, UM, AND TO ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE PAY TAXES TOO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS.
UH, SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, WE NOW HAVE COMMISSIONER AZAR, UH, ATTENDING.
SO I WAS, UH, MISS COUNTY, I THINK IT, WE NOW HAVE 11 ON, UH, COUNTING CORRECTLY THIS TIME.
UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE STAFF
[1. Imagine Austin Amendment: Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Update]
PRESENTATION.UH, HOW MUCH TIME, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE TIME DOES STAFF NEED FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? WE CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA IF YOU NEED IT.
LET'S DO THAT AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I'M COLE KITTEN DIVISION MANAGER, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'LL BE GIVEN THE PRESENTATION.
I I OVERSEE THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, BUT WE HAVE STAFF HERE FROM THE ATX WALK BIKE ROLL TEAM, UH, TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, UM, IS JUST A SHORT RECAP OF INFORMATION THAT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN, UH, PROVIDED.
IN THIS PRESENTATION, THERE'S A, A BRIEF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING HISTORY, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE A S M P.
UH, THEN WE'LL GET INTO, UM, THE ATEX WALK, BIKE ROLL PLANS AND NEXT STEPS.
UM, AND THIS IS A SHORT HISTORY, UM, BEGINNING WITH AUSTIN'S STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A, A LOT LONGER HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN AUSTIN.
UM, BUT STARTING IN 2012 WITH IMAGINE AUSTIN, IT CALLED FOR, UH, THE CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION
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PLAN FOR ALL MODES.UM, THERE WERE VARIOUS EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES TO, TO, TO CREATE THE AS M P, BUT THE ONE THAT WE KNOW TODAY WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT CYCLE WAS ADOPTED IN IN JUNE OF 2022.
UM, BUT SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE POSTPONED, UM, AS THEY WERE RELATED TO, UH, RECOMMENDED BICYCLE FACILITIES.
AND THE ATX WALK BIKE ROLL EFFORT, UH, WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
SO WHEN, UH, THE URBAN TRAILS, BIKEWAYS AND SIDEWALK PLANS, UM, WOULD BE UPDATED, THEY WOULD BE ATTACHED TO, UH, AND INCLUDED AS PART OF, UH, THE UPDATED AS P.
SO THE ASM P ITSELF IS BOTH THE POLICY DOCUMENT AND A, UH, STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAP.
THE POLICY DOCUMENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
IT ESTABLISHED OUR 50 50 MOSHA GOAL WHERE HALF OF AUSTINITES WOULD TRAVEL TO WORK, UM, USING SOME OTHER MODE THAN DRIVING ALONE BY 2039.
IT ALSO INCLUDES INDICATORS AND TARGETS, POLICIES AND ACTION ITEMS. THE A SMP ALSO INCLUDES A DATABASE OF STREETS THAT ARE ORGANIZED, UH, BY STREET NAME WITH EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS.
UM, THESE FUTURE CONDITIONS REFLECT, UH, THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FROM OUR MODAL PLANS FOR WALKING, BIKE, BICYCLING, TAKING TRANSIT, AND DRIVING.
UM, FROM A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE, THE STREET NETWORK INCLUDES, UH, RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS PER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
NOW, MOVING ON TO ATX WALK BIKE ROLE.
UM, THIS IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND EFFORT, UM, TO COMBINE ALL OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES UNDER ONE UMBRELLA CALLED A TX WALK BIKE ROLE.
IT'S ALSO FIRST OF ITS KIND TO CENTER EQUITY IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, FIRST BY DEFINING EQUITY, USING THE EQUITY OFFICE'S, UM, DEFINITION OF EQUITY, UH, CREATING AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD HELP US, UH, GUIDE US THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE ALSO HIRED COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, UH, WHICH WAS MODELED OFF OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLANS, UM, COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
UH, WE ALSO DEVELOPED EQUITY ANALYSIS ZONES, WHICH WOULD BE USED TO EVALUATE OUR PLANS, UM, FOR, FOR DISPARATE IMPACTS ON, UM, HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
AND THEN, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE ALSO COMPARED OUR SURVEY RESULTS OR OUR FEEDBACK, UM, BASED ON OUR FOCUS POPULATION COMPARED TO THE OVERALL, UH, POPULATION TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY DISPARITIES IN THAT FEEDBACK.
SO ALL OF ALL OF THE PLANS GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THEIR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, THEIR VARIOUS, UH, INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
UM, BUT ALL THREE PLANS, UH, UPDATED THEIR NETWORKS AND UPDATED THEIR PRIORITIZATION.
SO STARTING WITH URBAN TRAILS PLAN, THEY UPDATED THEIR NETWORK BASED ON FIELD WORK, BASED ON STAFF ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND THEN UPDATED THE PRIORITIZATION, UM, MODEL BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT AND CITY POLICIES.
THE SIDEWALK PLAN, UM, WAS, UH, EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, CROSSINGS, AND SHARED STREETS.
AND IN, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON A SIDEWALK SYSTEM ALONE, IT WAS EXPANDED AND INCLUDE, UM, A PEDESTRIAN NETWORK, UH, TO LOOK AT, UH, SAFE PASSAGE ALONG AND ACROSS EVERY PUBLIC STREET.
IT ALSO PRIORITIZED EQUITY, UM, WITHIN THOSE, UH, EQUITY ANALYSIS ZONES, UH, TO, FOR COMPLETION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.
THIS PLAN ALSO CREATED A SNAPSHOT OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, AS WELL AS AN EVALUATION OF, OF WHERE WE HAVE GAPS IN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
BASED ON OUR, UM, OUR STANDARDS AND IDENTIFIED ALMOST 2000, UM, CROSSING GAPS, THE BICYCLE PLAN EXPANDED, ITS ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, BICYCLE PRIORITY NETWORK, UM, FROM 400 MILES TO UP, UH, MORE THAN 1200 MILES.
UM, AND IT UPDATED ITS PRIORITIZATION, UM, BASED ON CONNECTIONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATIONS, NATURE, CITYWIDE DESTINATIONS, AS WELL AS, UM, EQUITY FACTORS AND OTHER FACTORS.
SO, UM, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS AS P AMENDMENT CYCLE, UH, THE INTENT IS TO, UM, KEEP THE, AS P IN SYNC WITH ITS MODAL PLANS.
SO ANY OF THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THOSE THREE PLANS WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE AS P INCLUDING, UM, CHANGING THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM TO THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK TO REFLECT THE SIDEWALKS, CROSSINGS,
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AND SHARED STREETS PLAN.UM, BUT ALSO INCLUDING UPDATED INDICATORS AND TARGETS, UPDATED MAPS, ACTION ITEM REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, VARIOUS DOCUMENT, UH, UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS.
AND ALL OF THOSE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND IN, IN A AS SMP REDLINE DOCUMENT ONLINE.
SO THE TREAT NETWORK TABLE AND MAP IS ALSO BEING UPDATED TO REFLECT THE RECOMMENDED, UM, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SIDEWALKS CROSSING, SHARED STREETS PLAN AND BICYCLE PLAN.
SO AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE GOES, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, IN FEBRUARY AND MOR AND, AND MARCH, UH, PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
A PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PERIOD WAS OPEN FROM LATE JANUARY TO LATE APRIL.
AND THEN AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, UM, WE PLAN TO RELEASE FINAL DRAFTS OF THE PLANS IN EARLY JULY IN ADVANCE OF THE COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING IN ACTION, ANTICIPATED TO BE, UH, JULY 20TH.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND OPEN, OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, DISCLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN, UH, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CHAIR COMMISSION LEE ON ANDREW.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.
SO, UH, FIRST I HAVE ROBERT FOSTER SHOULD BE PRESENT IN PERSON.
UH, MOVING ALONG TO MS. ZNO JOSEPH.
MS. JOSEPH WILL BE, UH, PARTICIPATING VIA TELECONFERENCE.
MS. JOSEPH SELECT STAR SIX PROCEEDING WITH YOUR REMARKS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, MR. JOSEPH.
UH, IF YOU CAN, UH, ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR, UH, DEVICE IS UNMUTED.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M ZNO JOSEPH.
MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE HIGH SPEED ROADWAYS, SPECIFICALLY KELMAR.
I JUST WANNA CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION WHERE IT HAS THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AUSTIN'S HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, AND SPECIFICALLY, I WILL FORWARD YOU A COPY OF MY COMMENTS.
I AM GOING TO SEND THEM TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO THE DIVERSITY DIVISION.
AND BECAUSE RESPECTFULLY, I FEEL AS THOUGH GIVING COMMENTS TO YOU OR EVEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS REALLY A NEAR EXERCISE AND FUTILITY.
THERE IS, UH, AN AREA ACROSS FROM 8 0 1 CHINATOWN, THE SOUTHBOUND STOP, WHICH NEEDS A SIDEWALK.
I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS AREA SINCE 2017.
THESE ARE MIDBLOCK STOPS THAT I'M MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT.
THERE'S MIDBLOCK STOPS AT CHINATOWN.
THERE'S A MIDBLOCK STOP FURTHER NORTH JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO PALMER LANE BY METROPOLITAN PARK.
AND SO, WHILE I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF THIS NETWORK, THIS DOESN'T COST CAPITAL METRO ANY MONEY TO MOVE THE MID-BLOCK STOP.
AND SO MY COMMENTS, UM, IN WRITING ACTUALLY SHOW WHERE DOTTY WATKINS IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A 2009 NORTH LAMAR PEDESTRIAN STUDY, AND FOR 20 MONTHS, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, CAPITAL METRO AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND TECHO FOUND THAT QUOTE, MID-BLOCK LOCATIONS ACCOUNT FOR OVER 70% OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.
SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN HIS WHEELCHAIR, 2016, DONALD NORTON, WHO WAS KILLED IN HIS WHEELCHAIR, HIS SERVICE ANIMAL, HIS DOG LIVED IN 2019.
WHEN RANDY CLARK WAS HERE, HE OPENED THE MIDBLOCK STOP AT FAIRFIELD STATION.
AND DAVID JOHN MADRAK WAS KILLED LESS THAN ABOUT A MONTH LATER.
AND AGAIN, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT THE DISPARITIES, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAY YOU'RE LEADING WITH EQUITY, WHEN THE STADIUM OPENED, NOBODY ASKED HIM TO MOVE THE STOP CLOSER TO BREAKER AND VERNON.
NOBODY ASKED THEM TO CREATE THE STADIUM STATION FOR 8 0 3.
SO I'M SIMPLY ASKING ONCE AGAIN, FOR YOU TO TREAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NORTH OF US, 180 3, WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT WITH THE SAME EQUITY LENS THAT WHITE CHOICE WRITERS GET FROM CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
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THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF MY COMMENTS.THESE SAME COMMENTS CAN APPLY TO FM 9 69, WHERE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE WALKING IN THE HIGH SPEED ROADWAY ABOUT A MILE TO GET TO PAN HILL AND WEBER.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THESE AREAS AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SIMPLY CLOSE THESE MID-BLOCK BOX, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COST THE CITY OUR CAPITAL METROS ANY MONEY.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
UH, JUST GOING TO GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING, MR. MAXWELL SECOND BY MR. WOODS.
UM, ANY OBJECTIONS, CLOSING THE HEARING? SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO Q AND A.
IF YOU WANT TO START A SET, WE'LL STICK WITH OUR EIGHT AT FIVE, UM, AND SEE, UH, HOW THAT PROCEEDS QUESTIONS.
WELL, I AM GOING TO KICK US OFF THEN.
UM, THIS WILL BE, UH, I GUESS, UH, MR. UH, KITTEN.
I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS HERE I'D LIKE TO ASK.
THERE WAS, UH, MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT PIE CHART YOU HAD THAT HAD THE PERCENTAGES.
MAYBE ON PAGE TWO OR THREE, MAYBE FURTHER DOWN.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING THE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT WHAT IN THIS, MAYBE I'M NOT UNDER, JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY MEAN.
UH, THE PERCENTAGES HERE ARE SHOWING HOW WE PRIORITIZED WHEN WE DID OUR GIS BASED PRIORITIZATION FOR OUR NETWORK UPDATE.
AND SO THE PERCENTAGES ARE THE WEIGHTS THAT WERE APPLIED TO THOSE ELEMENTS IN THE GIS NETWORK PRIORITIZATION.
UM, AND MAYBE I'M A LITTLE SLOW HERE, SO HOW CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE HELP ON, I MEAN, MAYBE GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
I'M, I'M REALLY NOT GRASPING WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT WHAT WAS DONE.
SO THE ONES ON MY LEFT, UM, SHOWING 20% WERE GIVEN A HIGHER WEIGHT WHEN PLUGGED INTO OUR GIS TOOL TO EVALUATE THE OPTIONS FOR WHERE WE WERE RANKING TIER ONE, TIER TWO, AND TIER THREE TRAILS.
SO OUR 2014 PLAN FOLLOWED TIER ONE, TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE.
AND OUR UPDATE IS ALSO FOLLOWING THAT METHOD.
SO THINGS THAT WERE RANKED HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHTS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THESE PERCENTAGES ROSE TO THE TOP IN OUR PRIORITIZATION OF TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE, AND SOME EVEN FELL OFF.
AND THAT'S WHAT COLE MENTIONED WHEN WE UPDATED THE NETWORK.
AND THAT WAS BASED ON NOT ONLY THE PRIORITIZATION WITH THIS WAITING SYSTEM, BUT ALSO STAFF ANALYSIS, UPDATED POLICIES RELATED TO WHAT WE WANT OUR TRAIL WIDTH TO BE AND THE STYLE OF TRAIL GOING FORWARD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THE TIERS, UH, TIER ONE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT YOU FELT NEEDED TO BE, UH, PRIORITIZED FOR FUNDING AND COMPLETION? CORRECT.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND BETTER NOW.
UM, AND THEN HOW WAS, UH, IN, CUZ I WAS, I'VE GONE THROUGH THE ORIGINAL ASMP, SEEN THE FIRST SET OF AMENDMENTS.
AND WHAT I'M CURIOUS IS KIND OF THE BUDGET, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, WE'VE GONE FROM 400 TO 1200, UH, BIKE NETWORK, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ME THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
BUT HOW DO THE, DOES THE FUNDING GET INCREASED OR REQUESTS JUST GET INCREASED EACH YEAR? OR DOES IT JUST GO OUT FURTHER? ARE YOU ALL PROJECTING THAT WE'LL NEED MORE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR TO MEET THAT GOAL? OR IS IT JUST TAKE LONGER? I GUESS MAYBE BOTH WOULD BE THE ANSWER, BUT CARRIE, SOMEWHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE DRAFT THAT IS PUBLIC RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF DETAIL.
WE KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT DETAIL IN THE PUBLIC FACING DRAFT.
UM, Y'ALL'S SUBCOMMITTEE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO KIND OF THAT INFORMATION.
ROUGHLY THE ANSWER IS IT IS A LOT MORE MILES.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN INCREASING THE QUALITY.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OF LIKE WHAT'S BEYOND FLEX POSTS? WE WANT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND, AND LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHO CREEK PROJECT, LIKE EVEN THAT USES FLEX POSTS AND CONCRETE BUTTONS, BUT INTERSECTIONS ARE NICER.
SO WHEN WE DID THE 2014 PLAN, WE SAID WE HAD 150, 150 MILLION, 400 MILE NETWORK.
UM, THE COST THAT INCLUDED THE TIER ONE TRAILS, CUZ WE WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THIS AS ONE KIND OF, UH, COMBINED NETWORK, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BIKE OR RIDE ON A SCOOTER SOMEWHERE, AN
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URBAN TRAIL OR A PROTECTED BIKE LANE OR, OR A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, UM, ARE ALL PATHWAYS THAT WILL FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE.SO, UH, THE COST OF URBAN TRAILS HAVE GONE UP, UH, THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND PER MILE, UH, JUST TO GET TO THE LEVEL OF QUALITY LIKE SHO CREEK HAS GONE UP, WE'RE BEING PUSHED TO GO FURTHER THAN THAT IN TERMS OF QUALITY.
UM, SO YEAH, THE COSTS WILL GO UP AND I'M NOT PREPARED TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT WE WILL BE PROJECTING AT THESE LIKE, RATES OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN 20 YEARS OR IN 10 YEARS.
THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BUILD, UM, GET TO IN TERMS OF CONNECTIVITY AND THE LEVEL OF ACCESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO, THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE SAFELY TO, TO RIDE A BIKE OR A SCOOTER FOR TRANSPORTATION.
IS THE BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT OF THESE TRAILS? YEAH, I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT.
LIKE THE, UH, MUCH OF OUR INVESTMENT IN, IN ALL THESE NETWORKS IS CAPITAL BOND FUNDED INVESTMENTS.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES THAT KIND OF PLAY AT THE FRINGES OF IT.
THE MAINTENANCE OF, OF THOSE NETWORKS IS ALL THROUGH OUR OPERATING FUNDING.
SO THESE PLANS DO SPEAK TO THE OPERATING KIND OF O AND M UM, NEEDS FOR EACH OF THE NETWORKS.
SO IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT THOSE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE AS WELL OVER TIME.
UM, AND THEN MY LIMITED TIME HERE, THE, UH, WHAT COMMENTS, UH, THUS FAR HAVE YOU KIND OF SEEN KIND OF RISE TO THE TOP? IF THERE'S ANY JUST CATEGORIES, MAYBE TWO OR THREE TOPICS THAT KIND OF YOU SEE AS, UH, BEING THE MOST CONCERNED OF THE PUBLIC? UM, WITH OUR EQUITY CENTERING THE AFFORDABILITY KIND OF DISPLACEMENT ISSUE THAT AUSTIN HAS AFFECTS KIND OF AT A VERY FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL, OUR PLANNING HERE BECAUSE IT'S WHEN YOU START ASKING LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE STREETS SAFE AND WHICH STREETS DO WE MAKE SAFE FOR? WHAT MODES TO TRAVEL, THEN YOU START ASKING FOR WHOM AND WHERE DO THEY LIVE AND ARE THEY GONNA CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE? SO THE, WE GOT VERY QUICKLY INTO THE KIND OF EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT AFFORDABILITY AND DISPLACEMENT MEAN AND, AND HOW OUR PLANNING NEEDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
SO I WON'T, I WON'T HOG ALL THE ATTENTION
UM, DEFINITELY EQUITY PIECE FOR TRAILS AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD SAY FOLKS WERE REALLY ASKING US WHY WE CAN'T BUILD TRAILS MORE QUICKLY.
AND THERE ARE MANY ANSWERS TO THAT.
UM, BUT LOTS, LOTS OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, COMPLIC HOW COMPLICATED IT IS TO GO THROUGH SITE PLAN, UM, THAT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THAT INCLUDES URBAN TRAILS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE FOR GOOD REASONS, STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA.
AND SO FINDING LAND THAT ALLOWS US TO BUILD TRAILS AND ADHERE TO THAT ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA IS CHALLENGING AND TAKES A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ADD TO THE TIMELINE FOR URBAN TRAILS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT.
UH, LET'S GO BACK AND, UH, WE CAN GET OFF THE, UH, PRESENTATION HERE SO I CAN SEE FOLKS THAT MIGHT WANNA ASK QUESTION.
UH, WHO'S NEXT? ANYONE? I SEE COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY? YEAH, I HAVE MR. MAX.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY AROUND, UM, SORT OF THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, PARTICULARLY MOBILITY ADVOCATES, UM, AND FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WERE THEY CONSULTED? HOW WERE THEY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS? AND IF ANY FEEDBACK WAS HEARD FROM THEM, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WAS AND HOW THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE, INTO THE PLAN? AT THIS STAGE IN THIS DRAFT
AND SO, UH, A LOT OF THE ADVOCATE, UM, COMMENTS HAVE COME, UH, TOWARDS THE PLAN DRAFTS THEMSELVES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD BROADER CITYWIDE SURVEYS IN THE EARLIER PHASES OF THE PROJECT, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE LETTERS FROM DIF DIFFERENT ADVOCACY GROUPS CAME, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THE, THE DRAFTS THAT WE RELEASED.
UM, WHEN WAS THAT BACK IN, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
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UM, SO DOES THAT HELP HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK SO.AND THEN I THINK THAT KIND OF LEADS TO SORT OF AN AUTOMATIC FOLLOW UP, WHICH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS THAT WERE RECEIVED AND THE RESPONSES TO THE DRAFTS.
HAVE THOSE BEEN SORT OF PROCESSED? WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WERE THERE SOME KIND OF MAJOR THEMES IDENTIFIED? AND HOW HAVE THOSE THEMES BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEY BEEN INCORPORATED IN, INTO THE DRAFTS? IS THERE, IS THERE SOME, UM, THINKING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO WITH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THE DRAFTS RECEIVED? YEAH, AND I THINK I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO THE OTHER TWO PLAN SPONSORS.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE MIGHT ALSO HAVE MING, UM, ON THE PHONE AS WELL, REPRESENTING THE SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN PLAN.
BUT FROM THE, UH, I OVERSAW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIKEWAY PLAN, UH, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT GETTING BEYOND FLEX POSTS, HOW DO WE GET INTO CONCRETE BARRIERS AND HIGHER QUALITY BARRIERS, PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS? UM, UH, UM, YEAH, I THINK JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, I'VE REVIEWED ALL THE KIND OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FEEDBACK AND ALL THE KIND OF ADVOCATE, UM, STATEMENTS AND WE'RE, UH, CLARIFYING THINGS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T, UM, CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, STRONG POINTS THAT SHOULD BE KIND OF CARRIED INTO THE PLAN.
SO I THINK THE, THE PLAN DRAFTS THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO Y'ALL, UM, FOR YOUR MORE DETAILED REVIEW WILL BE HIGHLY RESPONSIVE.
AND THE, THE, UH, YEAH, SO I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER FROM THERE TO EITHER ANNE OR UH, ME ON THE PHONE REGARDING URBAN TRAILS.
OUR TRAILS ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE AND GOING FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM A D A ACCESSIBLE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN SPECIFICALLY FOR.
WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR GRADES AND EVERYTHING ARE THE PROPER GRADES AND PRO, UH, PROVIDE RAILINGS AND, UH, LANDINGS, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADA.
DID WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PHONE STAFF THAT MAY WANNA SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? YEAH.
YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA PLEASE.
UM, SO FOR THE SIDEWALK, UM, CROSSINGS AND SHARED SUITES PLAN, WE DID GET SOME COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT, UM, BEING SURE TO ADDRESS THE, THE SPEEDS OF VEHICLES ON SHARED STREETS.
UM, WE GOT SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ESTABLISHING CONSISTENT METRICS IN ORDER TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE SHARED STREETS.
UM, AND THOSE WERE THE, THOSE WERE THE MAIN COMMENTS THAT WE, WE RECEIVED.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS SO FAR.
UM, THAT'S ALL FROM ME, CHAIR.
WILL NOW MOVE TO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
UH, YEAH, I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO FIRST ECHO, UM, ALL OF US WHO WORKED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE WERE JUST VERY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THESE PLANS.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND PARTICULARLY IN COORDINATION WITH AS AND P UPDATES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION AND SORT OF FINALIZED OVER THE SUMMER, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO GETTING 'EM AS FAR ESPECIALLY AROUND EQUITY AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND WHATNOT.
UM, AND ALONG ALONG THOSE LINES, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION, UH, FOR COLE THAT WAS, UM, IN TERMS OF PROCESS AND SORT OF NEXT STEPS AND SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO T O D AND ETO O D AS WE BEGIN THAT WORK, HOW DO WE EXPECT THESE PLANS AND THE AS AND P UPDATES A SORT OF CYCLE WITH THAT PROCESS OF GETTING TRANSIT AND CONNECTION ALL BUILT IN AND SORT OF WORKING TOGETHER? RIGHT.
SO I WOULD SAY A LOT OF THIS EFFORT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN INTEGRATED.
SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU'LL SEE OUT OF THOSE THREE PLANS DO CONNECT, UM, OR OVERLAP WITH THE E T O D EFFORT.
HOWEVER, MOVING FORWARD, AS MORE DETAILED PLANS ARE DEVELOPED, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES COME BACK AND AMEND THE A S M P, WHETHER IT'S, UH, STREET NETWORK RELATED, UM, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, UH, IN, IN ONE OF THE MOTO PLANS.
AND THEN RELATED TO THAT ALSO, I WAS CURIOUS HOW YOU WERE ALL WERE FEELING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOME OF THIS WORK IN THE MOBILITY BONDS, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE CL FOR EXAMPLE, I LIVE CLOSE TO SOUTH LAMAR AND WE SEE THAT THAT WORK IS ABOUT TO SORT OF GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, ARE WE EXPECTING FEATURE SORT OF CORRIDOR UPDATES TO REALLY WORK IN TANDEM WITH WHAT YOU ALL ARE PROPOSING AND WHERE IS THAT INTEGRATION AT?
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DO WE KNOWUM, OUR PLANS ARE DEFINITELY TRANSIT READY,
UM, WHEN, WHEN WE KNOW WHERE THE L R T IS GONNA TURN ON, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS DELIVERING THAT CONNECTIVITY.
LIKE THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PLAN THAT IS BEFORE THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
SO LIKE FOR THE BIKE PLAN, THE PRIORITIZATION IS A LIVING PRIORITIZATION THAT CAN BE RERUN AS DATA SETS CHANGE AND UPDATE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE TRANSIT IS ON WHAT YEAR IS LIKE A VERY BIG FACTOR, UH, RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO CREATE INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, CORRIDOR IS KIND OF THE SAME THING WHERE, YOU KNOW, OUR NETWORKS, THE CORRIDORS ARE GENERALLY BIGGER, MORE EXPENSIVE, MORE CHALLENGING PROJECTS THAT MAYBE GET BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO NORMALLY DO WITHIN OUR SMALLER PROGRAMS. MM-HMM.
WE'RE GONNA DOVETAIL INTO THOSE, LIKE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WELL, UH, WHERE WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO QUARTER PROGRAM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THANK, THAT'S ALL MY CHAIR QUESTIONS.
I'M LOOKING AROUND, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
HEY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, HERE'S A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
UH, ONE, UM, ARE WE IN A POSITION YET WHERE WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO TRY AND COUNT? SHE ROSE AS WORTH THEIR SALT WHEN THEY'RE NOT? I DON'T THINK WE REALLY COUNT, UH, UNLESS IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY AND IT'S A STREET THAT'S SEVERELY, SIGNIFICANTLY TRAFFIC CALMED, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T COUNT ANY MILES OF THAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE PLACES WHERE WE COULD EASILY ADD, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MALLERS, LIKE JUST, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE WE HAVE SOME PROTECTION AND THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE WE EASILY COULD, BUT WE DON'T, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S PREVENTING US FROM GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTION IN THOSE SPACES WHERE WE DO HAVE DEDICATED SPACE WHERE WE HAVE TWO LINES OF PAINT IN BETWEEN STILL PAINT, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO KIND OF GET THOSE THINGS GOING AND, AND ADD THAT PROTECTION? UM, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT STREAMLINING LIKE STANDARD DETAILS.
LIKE WE CAN ALMOST DESIGN THOSE WITHOUT DESIGNS AT THIS POINT FOR THAT CASE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE BIKE PLAN, WE HAVE THE ALL AGES ABILITIES BIKE NETWORK, WHICH IS, UH, ALL AGES ABILITIES, BIKE PRIORITY NETWORK, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT OUR COMPLETE STREETS POLICY SAYS EVERY STREET SHOULD BE SAFE TO TRAVERSE.
BUT THAT'S THE SUBSET OF STREETS THAT WE THINK IS VIABLE TO KIND OF STAND TO THE EIGHT TO 80 TEST, UH, FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
UM, SO THE, HOW WE PRIORITIZE THAT THOUSAND MILES OF STREETS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEAR TRANSIT THAT'S ABOUT TO BE TURNED ON, LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S FILLING GAPS IN THE NETWORK? LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING FIRST.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ALWAYS AT THE LIMITS OF OUR DELIVERY CAPACITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DELIVER FASTER AND BETTER.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS THEY'RE COMING.
UM, WOULD BE GREAT TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHEN THEY'RE COMING, UM, SO WE CAN KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE DOING IT AND SUCCEEDING OR, OR WE'RE FALLING BEHIND.
UM, SO ONE, ONE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A LOCAL AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES 20 FOOT CLEAR AND THEY HAVE AN AMENDMENT HERE IN AUSTIN THAT MAKES IT 25 FOOT CLEAR.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING VEHICLES LEADS TO DEATHS, RIGHT? THE WIDER THE LANE IS, THE FASTER PEOPLE GO, THE FASTER PEOPLE GO.
AND WHEN THEY IMPACT CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, YOU NAME IT, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO DIE.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE DOING TO ENCOURAGE SAFER STREETS CITYWIDE? CAUSE EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE THINGS IS BUILT OVERSIZED, THAT THING'S GONNA BE THERE FOR 75 YEARS.
AND I KNOW TWO TO FOUR PEOPLE ARE DYING IN STRUCTURAL FIRES AND THAT'S TERRIBLE, BUT WE'RE LOSING 75 TO A HUNDRED AND GROWING IN TRAFFIC DEATHS.
AND SO MUCH OF THAT RELATED TO SPEED.
SO IS THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WITH FIRE TO HELP THEM HELP UP BUS? UM, I MEAN THESE, THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE ARE NOT CONTAINED WITHIN THIS PLAN? I THINK YOU'RE RAISING A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, WE DO, UM, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF KIND OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE STREETS SAFER, BUT THE KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL FORM, HOW WIDE THEY ARE, HOW BIG THEY ARE, DO THEY NEED TO BE THAT WIDE? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE VERY SERIOUS QUESTIONS AND, AND CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOUR KIND OF LINE OF THINKING.
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CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT BUILDS OUR ROADS AROUND TRUCKS THAT WE WANT INSTEAD OF BUILDING OUR TRUCKS AROUND THE CITY THAT WE SO HOPEFULLY WORK WITH AUSTIN FIRE KINDA PRIORITIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN THIS CALL THAT OUT.AND THEN I'M NOTICING, UM, AND THIS WAS CALLED OUT TO ME BY A FEW FOLKS, UM, IT, IT, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT ALMOST SEEMS DERISIVE TOWARD THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING, WE DO NEED A LOT MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY.
AND IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME REMARKS IN, IN THE BICYCLE PLAN THAT ARE SOMEWHAT DISPARAGING TO THE IDEA OF DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THOSE CAME TO PASS.
UH, HAPPY FOR Y'ALL TO HELP POINT THOSE OUT.
I THINK, UM, WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, UM, DID A FULL KIND OF REVIEW OF THE TEXT OF THE PLAN.
UM, I WAS THE ONE THAT KIND OF MADE ALL THE CHANGES TO THE PLAN.
I THINK REALLY THE, UH, THE POINT OF WHAT WE WROTE ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE IS THAT IT'S CRITICAL.
YOU KNOW, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, LIKE THE LAND USE PATTERNS IS PROBABLY AS OR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THE STREET BASED SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF.
UM, SO HAVING REALLY WELL DONE TRANSIT ORIENTED PLANNING, HAVING GOOD TRANSIT SYSTEMS, HAVING GOOD DENSITIES, AND UH, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING THAT ALL WITH STREET NETWORKS THAT WORK IS, IS LIKE, THAT'S THE THING TO DO
UM, SO IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT, UH, ATTEMPTING TO SAY THAT REDEVELOPMENT IS BAD OR WRONG.
BUT YEAH, IF, IF YOU WANT TO POINT OUT ANYTHING THAT THAT SEEMS AMISS, UM, FEEL FREE.
AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER AZAR, YOU WANNA GO FIRST?
UM, FOR THE URBAN TRAILS, UM, IT, UH, UH, WELL, ONE REQUEST, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, I KNOW MR. RIVERA GETS US, UH, TIMELY AS, AS THE CLOCK IS, UH, GETS US OUR AGENDAS IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT MEETING ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
BUT IF BEFORE THE 27TH, CAN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME? IF, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REVIEW A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE, UH, CERTAINLY OVER MY LIMITED, UH, KNOWLEDGE, I WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IF WE GOT THAT EARLIER, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THE 27TH.
UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S JUST A COMMENT, UH, OR A QUESTION A BEG, IF YOU WILL.
BUT ON THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN, UM, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA UPDATE SOME OF THE, UH, CRITERIA IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPECT.
A, A NOTE HERE, GOING BACK TO THE PIE CHART, THAT, UM, THE FACTORS THAT I WOULD CONSIDER FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO EQUITY OR INEQUITY IN THIS CASE ARE THE LOWER, ARE, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, UH, HAVE THE LEAST PERCENTAGE ASSIGNED TO THEM.
CAN, CAN I EXPECT TO SEE A DIFFERENT PIE CHARTS IN THE UPDATES? SO THE PIE CHARTS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING ARE WHAT THE WEIGHTS WERE THAT WENT INTO THE PRIORITIZATION, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR INPUT AMONG OTHER FACTORS.
SO I THINK THE, THE SLIDE SHOWED SEVERAL OF THOSE OTHER FACTORS.
SO THE WEIGHTS WERE ONLY A PIECE OF THAT EQUATION.
AND WHAT INFLUENCED THE PRIORITIZATION? SO PLUGGING THOSE NUMBERS INTO THE, THE GIS TOOL CREATED A CERTAIN MAP, AND THEN WITH COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR SUPPORT, WE MADE AMENDMENTS TO THAT MAP.
AND THAT IS A LOT OF WHERE THE EQUITY PIECE CAME IN.
AND THEN THE STAFF DOING FIELD WORK AND ALSO USING ANALYSIS, OUR OWN ANALYSIS BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE BUILDING TRAILS, ADJUSTED THE NETWORK ACCORDINGLY TO WHAT WE THINK IS REALISTIC TO BE BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA.
THE SPACE WE HAVE ALONG SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS WHERE WE THINK WE REDEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN, WHERE WE CAN GET EASEMENTS FROM REDEVELOPMENT, THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF IT IS THE EASEMENT AND OR LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE TRAILS THEMSELVES.
SO THE EQUITY PIECE WAS, WAS FULLY INTEGRATED FROM THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR SUPPORT AND THEN THE PIE CHART PIECE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UM, WAS PART OF THAT OVERALL ANALYSIS.
BUT IF THE FOREIGN, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I'M READING HERE FROM YOUR CHART MM-HMM.
THOSE GENERALLY TEND TO BE, UH, EQUITY EQUATIONS.
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SO IF THAT PERCENTAGE IS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNING IS, TO ME IT'S MATH, AND MAYBE I'M WRONG.UH, BUT IF IT'S MATH THAT SAYS WE'RE GIVING LESS ATTENTION TO THOSE AREAS, DOESN'T IT THEN PRODUCE AN EQUATION OR THE, THE SUM USING YOUR WORDS OF THE EQUATION WOULD BE THAT THERE'S LESS ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THOSE AREAS.
SO WE SAW IT AS BUILDING ON, SO THE, THE, THE MAIN THREE THAT SHOW 20% ARE GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYONE, RIGHT? THEY'RE CROSSING BRIDGES OR THEY'RE PUTTING BRIDGES OVER CREEKS OR RAILROADS OR HIGH SPEED ROADS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THOSE ARE GONNA BENEFIT EVERYONE.
THE EQUITY PIECE IS ADDING ON TOP OF THAT TO INFLUENCE CROSSING THOSE BARRIERS, BUT IN THE DIRECTION OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR LIVE OR THOSE OF LOWER INCOME.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S ADDITIVE.
THEN, UH, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE STATS, UM, HERE, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AN, AN UPDATE, UH, A COUPLE SLIDES DOWN ON THE CROSSING AND CROSSING GAPS.
O OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, OF THE 5,780 MARK PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE EAST OF I 35? HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE, ARE, LET'S EVEN GO, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE EAST OF LAMAR? I WOULD DEFER TO MING, WHO IS ON THE LINE WHO WORKS WITH SIDEWALKS AND CROSSINGS.
I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT, IF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE START THIS AND I, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT FOCUS IS TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING AND, AND EQUITABLE SIT SITUATION ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, YET IT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE HOW, AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIVE FACT.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'LL SEE.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HONESTLY SECOND AND THIRD, WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID BY THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS.
I THINK THIS WORK IS REALLY GREAT AND I YOU WANNA THANK, UM, STAFF BOTH MR. WILS AND MR. KITTEN FOR, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE WORKING GROUP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE TO WORK ON THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS AND BEING FLEXIBLE.
SO I DO WANNA EXTEND THAT APPRECIATION.
UM, A QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS A BRIEF CONVERSATION WE'D HAD WITH Y'ALL ALREADY.
THIS HAS COME UP ON PLANNING COMMISSION MULTIPLE TIMES, LOOKING AT AS S AND P THAT THE WAY IT CURRENTLY IS, IF WE WANT SORT OF BETTER QUALITY SIDEWALKS OR HAVE DIFFERENT SORT OF MORE, YOU KNOW, BIGGER SIDEWALK STANDARDS, YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO BE ON A LARGER SMP STREET LEVEL.
SO THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVES AS THE STREET LEVEL INCREASES.
AND OF COURSE THAT MAKES SENSE GENERALLY, BUT DEFINITELY I THINK THERE'S BEEN A CONCERN ON THIS COMMISSION BEFORE ON, ARE THERE WAYS FOR US TO SORT OF ACHIEVE BETTER SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO GO TO A BIGGER ROAD.
UM, AND I KNOW IF STAFF HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, CUZ IT HAS COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? HOW DO WE GET SIDEWALKS? SURE.
IT, SO ESSENTIALLY CURRENTLY, IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IS TIED TO THE ROAD DEER THAT YOU'RE ON.
SO ESSENTIALLY IF YOU WANT BETTER SIDEWALKS, YOU GO TO A HIGHER DEER ROAD.
BUT THAT OF COURSE, OF COURSE ALSO MEANS GREATER TRAFFIC IMPACT.
IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO GET IMPROVED SIDEWALK WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE A STREET TO A HIGHER TRAFFIC GEAR, ESSENTIALLY? SO WHEN YOU SAY AN IMPROVED SIDEWALK, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? IF WE JUST WANT BETTER SIDEWALKS THAN THE STANDARD FOUR FOOT, ESSENTIALLY, LET'S JUST SAY IF YOU WANT STREET FURNITURE, WHETHER WE WANT TREES OR WHETHER WE WANT DIFFERENT KINDS OF ELEMENTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE GREAT STREETS DOWNTOWN, BUT ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING BEYOND JUST THE BARE MINIMUM.
CURRENTLY THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS ACTUALLY HAVE MORE TRAFFIC ON THE STREET MIND.
JUST SAYING THIS CORRECT MING? I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S A PRODUCT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
SO, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO TO DECOUPLE THOSE, THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, WITHIN THE TCM ITSELF.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECT, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
YES, THERE'S ALSO THE PRACTICAL REALITY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING SPACE TO, TO INSTALL THOSE AMENITIES ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO LIKE ON A REG RESIDENTIAL STREET WHERE THE SPACE FOR A SIDEWALK MAY BE CONSTRAINED ALREADY, UM, IT'S, IT CAN BE TRICKY TO, TO ADD MORE ELEMENTS.
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THAT.AND, AND I GUESS JUST TO UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, SO ESSENTIALLY IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THERE WOULD BE A MUCH WIDER CHANGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO BE LOOKING AT OUR CRITERIA MANUAL ALIGNING IT WITH, WITH AS M P AND SO ON, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EASILY DRESSED.
YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS NATHAN AND I WORKED WITH COLE AND A LOT OF THE TCM AND THE STREET DESIGN GUIDE BEFORE THAT.
AND I THINK YOU'RE RAISING A REALLY GOOD QUESTION OF LIKE, I THINK THE IDEA WAS AT, AS THE STREET GETS BIGGER AND HARSHER, UM, ONE YOU NEED MORE BUFFER FROM TRAFFIC, AND THEN MAYBE THE USE IS HIGHER, BUT AT, AT THE LEVEL OF, UM, AND I THINK AT LEVEL THREE STREETS, SO LIKE YOU'RE SOUTH LAMAR, NORTH LAMAR, RIVERSIDE, LIKE YOU'RE INTO THE KIND OF HIGHER LEVEL, I THINK EIGHT FOOT PREFERRED SIDEWALK, AND I WON'T, I DON'T WANNA RECITE IT, BUT LEVEL THREE STREETS SHOULD HAVE QUITE HIGH AND ACTIVE KIND OF SIDEWALK BICYCLE USE LEVEL FOUR STREETS MAY JUST BY THEIR NATURE BEING KIND OF MORE SPREAD OUT HARSHER MAY NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THAT LEVEL.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO GETTING TO KIND OF PEAK WIDTH AND USES AT LEVEL THREE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE THE SAME ARGUMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S TOO WIDE FOR A KIND OF COLLECTOR LEVEL, LEVEL TWO STREET.
UM, SO YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY, ANY THOUGHTS, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY NOT, UM, WELL, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON IT, LET US KNOW AND, UH, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE IT BELONGS, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT BELONGS IN THIS PROCESS.
BUT I, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK.
I I, I GUESS I'LL JUST END BY SAYING THAT YES, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN SEE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE HERE OR IF THERE'S A SEPARATE PROCESS AND WHETHER IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO ON OUR END AS PLANNING COMMISSION OR NOT.
UM, I JUST KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT OFTEN COMES UP IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SORT OF STREET LEVELS AND WHAT KIND OF CODE CHANGES SHOULD WE APPLY TO DIFFERENT STREET LEVELS.
SO IT, IT JUST FELT LIKE IT MADE SENSE TO MENTION HERE.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TWO MORE SPOTS FOR Q AND A IF NEEDED.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION, UM, PERHAPS FROM THE WORKING GROUP? I THINK YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING A POSTPONE, UH, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN OUR THINKING ON THIS OR, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO AS WELL.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION, WE'LL GET A SECOND.
AND CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO IT.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO THE WORKING GROUP, THE PLAN COMMISSION WORKING GROUP AROUND THE AS AND P WA WALK BIKE ROLE PLANS IS SUGGESTING THAT GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THESE PLANES, THAT WE BRING THEM BACK FOR FULL AMENDMENT REVIEW ON, I BELIEVE THE 26TH, UH, 27TH, 2020 SEVENTH.
UM, THE, AND WE FELT THAT THAT WAS GOOD BECAUSE, UH, AS YOU CAN HEAR, THERE'S SOME DETAILS STILL BEING REFINED.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM PLANNING COMMISSION WERE APPLIED TO THE FINAL DOCUMENT AND READY FOR BASICALLY REVIEW BY COUNSEL, WHICH WILL BE HAPPENING IN JULY.
SO, OH, I SHOULD HAVE MADE THE MOTION
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS? AND, UH, I SAW YOUR HAND FIRST.
UH, DO YOU WANT, UH, TO SPEAK TO THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER MAXWELL? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
SO AS I JUST DISCUSSED IN MAKING THE MOTION THAT GIVEN THE DETAILS THAT ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED, WE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE THE FULL CODE REVIEW WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHERE WE CAN SORT OF FINALIZE THESE, UM, LAST DETAILS PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL REVIEW IN TW.
UH, SO THAT WOULD GIVE US BASICALLY ANOTHER THREE WEEKS.
UM, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE FINAL DRAFTS OF ALL THE PLANS AT THAT POINT WITH INCLUDING ALL ADVOCATE FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO AMEND THOSE AND BRING THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, STEPH, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS POSTPONEMENT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, ANY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS WANNA SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS MOTION? POSTPONE.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE POSTPONEMENT? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UH, THAT, UH, MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK ON THE 27TH.
UH, MOVING ON DOWN THE AGENDA HERE.
[3. Discussion and possible action to adopt a recommendation concerning Budget FY 23-24. (Sponsors: Commissioners Maxwell and Azhar)]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS ONE WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THAT WE MENTIONED LAST, THE LAST MEETING, AND IT'S DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324.THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL AND ZA, UH, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND KICK US OFF COMMISSIONER MAXWELL ON WHAT YOUR THINKING HERE WAS, UH, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH COMMISSIONER ZA AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHERE, WHERE THIS TAKES US.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME BACKUP WE'RE GONNA PUT UP ON THE SCREEN, IS THAT CORRECT?
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UM, ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE HAD A REQUEST, UM, REGARDING STAFFING, UM, AS WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD QUITE A FEW CODE AMENDMENTS, AND THERE WAS A REVIEW, UH, LAST WEEK BY THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE CODE AMENDMENT SORT OF PRIORITIZATION THAT WE CONSIDER, UH, GIVING SOME INPUT REGARDING THE UPCOMING BUDGET.AND THE BACKUP THAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE IS ACTUALLY WHAT ZAP UM, IF WE CAN GO TO THE SECOND PAGE.
THE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD PUT THIS TOGETHER IN APRIL, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY A BRIEF MEMO ON RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THIS, THE ISSUES ARE ACTUALLY REGARDING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND ENSURING THAT THEY WERE ADEQUATELY STAFFED IN RESOURCED AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NUMEROUS PROJECTS AND, UM, CODE AMENDMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE UNDERTAKING, UM, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING WORK THAT WAS ALREADY IN PROCESS.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF IF WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, AS THE BUDGET PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD.
COMMISS, AAR, DO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANYTHING? I THINK JUST TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANTED TO PUT THIS ON THE, YOU KNOW, IDEAL UNIVERSITY.
WE MIGHT HAVE HAD LIKE A PARKING GROUP OR SOMEONE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A BIG ISSUE WITH CAPACITY AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING UP THE TIMELINE ON WHICH WE SHOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER RELEASES, UM, HIS BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHY IT FELT IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS NOW, JUST IF NOTHING ELSE, FOR US TO ALL BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THIS ITEM.
AND WITH THE CAVEAT OF, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, ESSENTIALLY WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING OUR STAFF TO DO A LOT OF WORK.
WE OURSELVES ARE PASSING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CODE ITEMS. WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE OUR STAFF AND THEIR EFFORTS, AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO ESSENTIALLY SAY, HOW DO WE PROVIDE THEM THE FURTHER RESOURCES SUPPORT COLLEAGUES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WORK IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE THOUGHT WAS.
UM, A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS I HAD.
I, WE DO HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE, BUT THEY LOOK MORE AT THE CAPITAL BUDGET, NOT, THIS LOOKS LIKE MORE TO BE OBVIOUSLY O AND M, UH, TYPE, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I THINK, UH, MR. RIVERA, I SEEM TO RECALL THAT, UH, ZAP, UM, PUTS THIS, UH, BUDGET, UM, RECOMMENDATION LETTER OUT.
I DON'T, THAT'S NOT IN THEIR BYLAWS THOUGH, THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS.
IS, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY DO, UM, UH, TRADITIONALLY OR IS IT ACTUALLY CALLED FOR CHAIR COMMISSION LIAISON? ANDREW FERRA? SO THE BUDGET OFFICE, UM, JUST KIND OF SENDS OUT TO A REMINDER TO, UH, THE LIAISONS.
I'LL LET 'EM KNOW THAT THE TIME IS APPROACHING IF THE COMMISSION WISHES TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BUDGET.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE THIS IS DERIVED FROM.
SO BOTH THE, UH, UM, ITON AND PLANNING AND PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, DO THIS ANNUALLY? CORRECT.
UM, SO THEN WE GET INTO, UH, TIMELINE, UM, SPONSORS.
WHEN AND MR. RIVERA HELP US OUT HERE, WHEN WOULD WE NEED TO GET THIS RECOMMENDATION DONE TO BE EFFECTIVE CHAIR COMMISSION? LAY LIAISON, ANDREW, JUST GIMME, UH, BEAR WITH ME JUST ONE MINUTE.
AS I PULL UP THE, UH, COUNCIL SCHEDULE CHAIR, THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP THE, UH, BUDGET, UM, ON AUGUST 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH.
AND IF WE, UH, JUST THINKING, UM, SPONSORS, UH, WERE YOU CONSIDERING A WORKING GROUP, UM, MAYBE LET'S JUST OPEN UP FOR Q AND A.
WE'LL KEEP WITH OUR FORMALITIES.
SO ANYTHING ELSE TO KIND OF STAGE THIS, UH, ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE INTO FORMAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS? YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT? UH, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BACKUP THAT WAS JUST SHARED THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE, I'M, I'M, PERHAPS OUR STAFF ISN'T CON CONFIRMED, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL WORKING GROUP FOR SAP.
THIS IS JUST A MEMO THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER AS A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I THINK THAT WE MIGHT FOLLOW THAT MODEL, IF THAT SEEMS WORKABLE.
CHAIR, JUST, UH, SOME BACKGROUND ON, UM, THE, UH, ZAP COMMISSION ON HOW THEY, UM, ARRIVE AT THEIR, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
THEY DID, UM, UH, CREATE A WORKING GROUP THAT, UM, THEN, UH, PROVIDED THAT SOME INFORMATION TO THE COM
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FULL COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE TIMELINE HERE, CUZ IT WOULD TAKE US, WHEN IS THE EARLIEST WE COULD GET A WORKING GROUP APPROVED.
UM, MR. RIVERA, YOUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE THE, UH, JUNE 11TH MEETING, WE COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS 13TH THIS MEETING, BUT THEN COUNSEL WOULD'VE TO APPROVE THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO THIS WITH THE FORMAL WORKING GROUP.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, JUST OPEN IT UP TO THE SPONSORS AND WE CAN JUST ROUND TABLE IF NEEDED.
UM, UNLESS ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR EVEN RECOMMENDATIONS HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED.
I'M NOT SEEING, UM, DO WE, WELL, UH, LET ME JUST GAUGE INTEREST.
UM, THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WE BROUGHT THIS UP AS AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE, UH, AS DISCUSSED, PLANNING AND COMMISSION HAS NOT ALWAYS MADE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND IT WAS JUST GIVEN THE WORKLOAD OF STAFF AND BEING, UM, COGNIZANT OF THE, THE REQUEST BEING MADE THAT IF THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO PURSUE, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE BEHIND GENERALLY SPEAKING ON THE BUDGET.
AND IF WE WANTED TO TABLE IT FOR THIS YEAR AND ESSENTIALLY WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR AND GET IT ON OUR CALENDAR, THEN WE COULD, UM, I WOULD THINK IT WAS EXACTLY THAT, WHY WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
I MEAN, WE COULD GET A WORKING GROUP TOGETHER IN TIME AND HAVE A FEW FOLKS THAT COULD, UH, LOOK AT WHAT Z HAS DONE.
I THINK WE'RE PRETTY, I MEAN, I, MANY OF US HERE HAVE GIVEN THIS SIDE AND I THINK COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING PRETTY QUICKLY WITHOUT A LOT OF, UM, COMMUNITY INPUT.
IT'D JUST BE A CHANCE TO, UM, BRING SOMETHING FORTH, UH, DRAFT SOMETHING, BRING IT FORTH TO THE, UM, THE ENTIRE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD.
UH, DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT MIGHT BE, IT SHOULD BE EASIER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE TAKING ON.
UM, JUST, UM, DO WE, WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UM, BEING PART OF THAT WORKING GROUP IF WE WERE TO FORM ONE? I'D BE, I'D BE INTERESTED.
SO I'M, I'M SEEING INTEREST AND AGAIN, THAT WE, IT MAY JUST TAKE A FEW FOLKS TO DRAFT IT AND BRING IT FORWARD.
AND THAT COULD BE THE WORKING GROUP.
UM, IS ANYBODY WANT TO JOIN COMMISSIONER WOODS ON DRAFTING SOMETHING? I'M HAPPY TO JOIN THE WORK GROUP AS WELL.
ANYONE ELSE? I'M NOT LETTING, I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT GONNA LET COMMISSIONER ARD DO ANYTHING MORE.
I GOT IN TROUBLE LAST TIME WHEN GONNA PUT HIM ON, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE, DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.
I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH, BUT, UH, WE CAN, UH, BRING MORE ON, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE, UH, WE WILL DO THE CAPITAL PART OF IT THROUGH, I THINK THIS WOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON, ON AND M TYPE ITEMS, UH, WOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THIS GROUP, KIND OF WHAT WE SAW, UM, IN THE ZONING AND PLANNING, UH, COMMISSION'S, RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANYONE ELSE? DON'T WANNA MISS ANYONE IF THERE'S INTEREST.
WITH THAT, UM, I'D, I'D LIKE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND I THINK COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT FORTH A MOTION ON A WORKING GROUP, UH, LIKE COMMISSIONER LEE ON, SO WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR A WORKING GROUP.
WE'LL JUST, UH, HAVE THAT ON AS AN ITEM ON YOUR NEXT THANK YOU AGENDA.
THERE I GO AGAIN, TRYING TO MOVE THINGS ALONG.
SO WE'LL GET THAT ON AND WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, LOOKING AT OUR AGENDA HERE.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
MR. RIVERA, I, SORRY.TODAY WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT, UM, I THINK THERE WAS ONE ITEM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS TIME SENSITIVE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AS A FUTURE ITEM AND VICE CHAIR, IF YOU RECALL WHAT IT WAS.
I, I'M HAVING TROUBLE REMEMBERING.
THERE WAS ONE THAT, UH, I THINK WAS NOT DUE TILL AROUND AUGUST.
IF NOT, I'LL CHECK MY NOTES WHEN I GET HOME.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME ON FROM WHAT I RECALL.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? COMMISSIONERS.
WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GONNA UM, IUR THIS MEETING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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ABOUT FEELING YOURSELF.