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[CALL TO ORDER]
UM, UH, I DO, UH, TO THE POINT THAT, UM, OUR, UH, STAFF ISN'T JUST MADE, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW U T C MEMBER TO OUR GROUP TODAY.WHAT, WHAT DISTRICT ARE YOU REPRESENTING? DISTRICT ONE.
WELL, WE'RE SO, SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
YES, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT ALL OUR MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT OTHERWISE COVERED ON OUR AGENDA.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME SPEAKERS TODAY.
UM, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT, I THINK THEY'RE IN THE, THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE JUST IN THE WRONG ROOM.
SO, UM, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE UP THE MINUTES IF YOU WANNA SUMMON THEM.
HOWEVER WE CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
SO, UM, UH, WE'RE CALLING OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS HERE, UM, TO, TO SPEAK TO US, BUT WE CAN
[1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission REGULAR MEETING on May 2nd, 2023.]
GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MINUTES FOR THE OUR MAY 2ND, 2023 MEETING.THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT VIA EMAIL, OR IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, IT'S IN YOUR, UM, IT'S ALL IN YOUR BACKUP DOCUMENTS, REGARDLESS OF THE, ON WHETHER PAPER OR ELECTRONIC COPY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UM, UH, WELL, I GUESS I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
BUT CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND? WELL, SO, SO WE, WE HAVE A SECOND, UM, FROM SPENCER, AND THEN NOW WE CAN DISCUSS IF, UH, THE MINUTES NEED REVISION OR MUNDANE.
SO I, I JUST THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE MINUTES THAT NOTE THAT WE PASS THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE VOTES BY WHICH THAT WAS TAKEN.
UM, CAN WE, CAN WE, UH, AMEND OUR MINUTES? SO, SO CAN YOU MAKE A, YEAH.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES TO INCLUDE A, UH, RECORD OF THE VOTE ON DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE PROJECT CONNECT RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS IN THERE.
I WILL DEFINITELY SECOND THAT MOTION.
UM, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON, UH, PROVING THAT, THAT AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE BASE MOTION IF YOU WANNA ADD THE THING.
THIS IS TO A MO AMENDMENT TO ADD THE RECORD OF THE VOTE OF THE PROJECT CONNECT RECOMMENDATION.
AND I BELIEVE ELLEN IS ABSTAINING.
AND THEN, UM, WE, IF THAT TAKES US, UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR NEED FOR FURTHER AMENDMENT, THAT WOULD TAKE US BACK TO THE BASE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR NEED TO KIND OF SEE OR HEAR EVERYBODY.
MICHELLE, I NEED YOU TO STOP SHARING YOUR SCREEN FOR JUST A MOMENT.
UH, HOW DO I DO THAT? I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE RECORD OF OUR VOTE HERE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE PASSING IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY IT'S HELPFUL TO SEE YOU VISUALLY IF WE COULD.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE, AND, AND ELLEN IS ABSTAINING.
AND WAYNE, I SAW YOU GIVE A THUMBS UP.
I THINK YOU'RE SAYING YES ALSO.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
TAKES US, UM, WE DID OUR MINUTES.WE'LL GO BACK TO NOW OUR, OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS ARE HERE.
SO WE WILL TAKE THEIR SPEAKERS OR EACH ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO, UH, SPEAK TO US ON ANY TOPIC, NOT ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, SO MY NAME'S WHITNEY HOLT.
I WORK AS A HEALTH EQUITY FUND SPECIALIST.
YEAH, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THAT WAY.
HI, MY NAME'S WHITNEY HOLT AND THE HEALTH EQUITY FUNDING SPECIALIST WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME TONIGHT.
SO, I WROTE A LETTER
I'VE HAD TO COMMUTE IN ONCE A WEEK, A YEAR OF WHICH WAS TWO HOURS, ONE WAY WITHOUT TRAFFIC, JUST TO SHOW UP TO A MOSTLY EMPTY SET OF CUBICLES WHERE I WOULD LOG IN AND ATTEND ALL OF MY VIRTUAL TEAMS MEETINGS.
NOW I LIVE CLOSER TO THE OFFICE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF MY COWORKERS, BECAUSE OF OUR UNTENABLE HOUSING SITUATION AND CITY SALARIES COMING NOWHERE NEAR KEEPING PACE, BEEN PUSHED OUT TO THE SUBURBS.
THIS MEANS INSTEAD OF JUST SPENDING THREE TO FOUR HOURS A WEEK IDLING THEIR WAY THROUGH OUR CITY AND THEIR GAS GUZZLING VEHICLES, WELL, LIKE WE COULD AFFORD ELECTRIC, THEY'LL NOW BE
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SPENDING AN EXTRA FIVE TO SIX HOURS ON THE ROAD EACH WEEK, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES WHO LIVE IN, BUT OR GEORGETOWN, THANKS TO THE COMING I 35 PROJECT, THEY CAN EXPECT IT TO BE CLOSER TO 10, 12 HOUR TOTAL COMMUTING EACH WEEK.THE CITY EITHER DOESN'T HAVE OR WON'T RELEASE DATA ON HOW FAR THE AVERAGE WORKER IS COMMUTING, BUT VERY CONSERVATIVELY MULTIPLY THIS IMPACT BY 4,000, AND YOU GET AN IDEA OF HOW DAMAGING REPEALING TELEWORK WILL BE.
SPECIFICALLY, THERE IS A WHITE CONTINGENT OF CITY LEADERSHIP WHO HAS IGNORED ALL PRODUCTIVITY, PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT DATA, AND IS INSTEAD MADE DECISIONS BASED SOLELY ON PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER, JESUS GARZA, IS REINFORCING THIS DAMAGING REGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR FROM THE TOP DOWN.
THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN STATES ONE OF THE GOALS AS PURSUING STRATEGIES AND COLLABORATING WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS TO REDUCE OZONE, PARTICULATE MATTER, AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, INCLUDING PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION MODES AND IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW.
THERE'S NO ELECTRIC VEHICLE, NO PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM, NO NEW GREEN SOLUTION THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OR DO MORE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAN NOT HAVING TO COMMUTE AT ALL.
THERE WAS A NEW STUDY THIS SPRING THAT FOUND THAT MORE THAN 50% OF VEHICLE EMISSIONS ARE ACTUALLY FROM OUR BRAKES AND TIRES, SHEDDING MICROPLASTICS THAT END UP IN OUR AIR AND WATER.
EVEN IF WE IGNORE ALL OF THE LOGISTICAL AND FINANCIAL HURDLES AND SOMEHOW ELECTRIFIED EVERY VEHICLE IN THE WORLD OVERNIGHT, WE WOULD STILL BE MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION BY FORCING CARS ONTO THE ROAD FOR WORK THAT CAN BE DONE JUST AS WELL FROM OUR HOMES.
THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, FEASIBLE, EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE OPTION IS TO ELIMINATE AS MANY UNNECESSARY CAR TRIPS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FULL RANKS OF A TELEWORK MODEL THAT COPIES TRAVIS COUNTY'S AWARD-WINNING TELEWORK POLICIES AND PRACTICES AS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN AUSTIN IS.
AND AS THE FORCE BEHIND OUR STRATEGIC MOBILITY GOALS, THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER EMPLOYERS IN OUR AREA AND DO THE SAME.
OUR REQUEST IS FOR YOU TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THE COUNTY'S INNOVATIVE LEAD IN MAXIMIZING DELAWARE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE TRISH.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL MAKE IT ON CAMERA.
HI, MY NAME IS, UH, TRISHTEN ICELANDER, AND I'M A CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE NEWLY CREATED TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
I'M COMING AT IT FROM THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE, SO THE MERGER'S STILL GETTING STARTED.
I'M, I'M JUST GETTING MY FEET WET WITH TRANSPORTATION, BUT I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR 20 YEARS, AND DURING THAT TIME, I'VE HAD MY SHARED CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AND TERRIFYING ENCOUNTERS WITH THE TRAFFIC ON OUR STREETS.
THERE WAS THAT BRIEF REPRIEVE DURING COVID WHERE EVERYONE WAS AT HOME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED TO LEVELS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY TYPICAL FOR BEFORE, UH, COVID IN THIS AREA.
EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS DONE IN RECENT YEARS TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC AND HARMFUL PRE IT'S HARMFUL IMPACTS FROM OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO VISION ZERO TO OUR STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, ALL POINT IN THE CLEAR DIRECTION THAT ANY STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO GET CARS OFF THE ROAD IS THE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR OUR HEALTH, OUR SAFETY PLANET, AND THE CITY'S BUDGET.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT WIN WHITNEY TOUCHED UPON, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY STRIKING FOR HOUSING AND WITHOUT A PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT'S DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY OFFSET LONG COMMUTES, THAT AND SETTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP WOULD REQUIRE COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
THE MAJORITY OF BOSTON WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING HERE AND WOULD BE FORCED TO DRIVE FROM VERY FAR LOCATIONS I'VE HEARD AS FAR AS DALLAS AND HOUSTON.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE HIRED IN THE PANDEMIC WORK.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THERE'S A NO CLEAR PATH, UH, FORWARD TO ADDRESS OUR CROSS COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSIT NEED COMMUTERS WITH THE LONGEST DRIVES FACE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE TO SIX HOURS OF THE ON THE ROAD EACH WEEK.
AT MINIMUM, THESE FOLKS WILL BE THE LEAST LIKELY TO USE ANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, EVEN ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE, SHOULD ONE BECOME AVAILABLE.
THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, FEASIBLE, EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE OPTION IS TO ELIMINATE AS UN MANY UNNECESSARY TRIPS AS POSSIBLE WITH A FULL EMBRACE OF A TELEWORK MODEL THAT COPIES TRAVIS COUNTY'S AWARD-WINNING POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
WE AREN'T ASKING THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO RECREATE THE WHEEL.
WE'VE ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED A 100% TELEWORK POLICY AS DEFAULTS DURING COVID.
TELEWORK POLICY IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION, ALTHOUGH THAT IS
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A CRITICAL FACTOR IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETAINING STAFF, WE NEED TO RUN THE CITY.IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF EITHER STEPPING TOWARDS OUR STRATEGIC MOBILITY GOALS OR REGRESSING AND STEPPING FURTHER AWAY.
THIS IMPACTS NOT JUST EMPLOYEES, BUT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND AS SUCH, WE SHOULD THINK THE REASONS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE ARE CLEAR.
WE ASK THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL FOLLOW TRAVIS COUNTY'S CLEAR EXAMPLE.
TRISH, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE IS CYNTHIA, CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
HEY, UH, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
I'M A 78 7 0 2 EAST AUSTIN CHI NATIVE.
UM, I'M HERE IN MY COMMUNITY CAPACITY.
HOWEVER, UM, AFTER 17 YEARS OF REPORTED TO SCHOOLS AT 7:00 AM FOR HALF OF MY LIFE, MY QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVED WHEN I BEGAN WORK AS A REMOTE WORKER IN 2018.
I'M A FRONTLINE WORKER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN NOW AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IMPROVED FOR ME SINCE 2018 AND TAKING ON REMOTE WORK.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
LIVING IN EAST AUSTIN, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE, THE S****Y END OF THE STICK WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY AROUND, UM, THE TAPE FARMS. I PERSONALLY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM FAIR CASTING THAT EMITTED HIGH TOXINS DURING MORNING ARRIVAL AND DURING AFTER SCHOOL DISMISSAL.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO TRAFFIC AND CARS IDLING AROUND SCHOOLS.
AND I'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE AIR QUALITY TESTS THAT HAPPEN AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, I HAVE ACCESS TO MORE OF THAT DATA THAT SHOWS THERE'S BEEN IMPROVEMENT AROUND OUR SCHOOLS AS A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR KIDS RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT, EVEN MEDICAL AND HISTORICAL VULNERABILITIES OF HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT EVEN WE FACE.
I HAVE ASTHMA, MY BOYS HAVE ASTHMA.
UM, I KNOW FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THEIR SEVENTIES RIGHT NOW STILL FACING LUNG ISSUES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXXONMOBIL GAS TANKS AT SPRINGDALE AND AIRPORT.
SO, I'M TIRED, Y'ALL, I'M TIRED OF THE WORD EQUITY BEING MISUSED TO MAKE IT SEEM EQUITABLE.
THERE HAS TO BE BETTER WAYS AND BETTER DOCUMENTATION OF THE HISTORICAL DAMAGE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK, OCTOBER, OR EMPLOY, THEY WANNA IMPROVE.
THEY WANT US TO GO BACK TO IN-PERSON AND OCTOBER, AND THEN IN NOVEMBER I 35 WILL BEGIN THEIR EXPANSION WORK.
WE ARE BEING BROADCASTED AT AND I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU.
UM, THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I'M HERE TO SAY IS IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE HERE, I'M HERE IN MY COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO SAY THAT I'M JUST TIRED OF EQUITY BEING MISUSED AND REDEFINED TO CREATE INEQUITIES.
THAT IS THE CONCLUSION FOR OUR MEETINGS.
UM, I JUST, I DO WANNA THANK ALL THREE OF OUR SPEAKERS, UH, ALL SORT OF ON SIMILAR, UH, SIMILAR ISSUE REGARDING THE REMOTE WORK POLICY AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WITHIN AUSTIN THAT I JUST WANNA, UM, LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, SO WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING IF TIMELY, UM, THAT WE COULD CONSIDER FOR A FUTURE AGENDA LATER.
THIS NO, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT, WHEN IS Y'ALL'S ACTION POINT, UM, FOR, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO FIRST.
UM, GREG BRIER WITH THE SUSAN HERE, POINT OF ORDER HERE.
THE ITEM IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS A FLAW.
THAT'S WHAT I, THE BACKUP MATERIAL FOR THE ITEM IS PART OF THE DISTRIBUTED PACKET.
SO, WHICH COUNTS AS BEING ON THE AGENDA IF YOU DISTRIBUTE IT'S PACKET.
YEAH, IT'S NOT, YEAH, IT'S NOT ON OUR POSTED AGENDA, SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T TAKE IT UP FOR A VOTE OR DISCUSSION.
WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THE PUBLIC, COMMUNICATE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THEIR ISSUE, FOLLOW UP WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN GET IT.
I'M NOT SURE WE CAN'T TAKE IT UP BECAUSE I AM SURE WE CAN'T TAKE IT UP.
ONE OF THE 17 ATTACHMENTS IS SPECIFICALLY A RESOLUTION ABOUT THIS ITEM.
SO IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE AGENDA, BUT IT WAS PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE AS A PUBLIC ITEM.
IT, IT HAS TO BE NOTICED ON THE AGENDA AS ONE OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS FOR US TO DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON IT, RUBEN, JUST THE FACT THAT IT IS, AND CHRIS HAS JUST CONFIRMED THAT.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO
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TAKE THAT UP TODAY, BUT WE, WE CAN FIND OUT, WHICH I'M TRYING TO DO SOME INFORMATION FROM THEM ABOUT TAKING IT UP PERHAPS EVEN AS SOON JULY.FOR EVERYBODY ELSE'S REFERENCE.
THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT, I FORGET WHICH NUMBER IT IS OUT OF THE 17, BUT THERE IS ONE THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS TOPIC.
UH, I'VE SENT THAT TO THE UTC COMMISSIONERS AT THE REQUEST OF THE SPEAKERS, UM, AN EMAIL, THERE'S LINKS, SO ALL OF THE DATA THAT'S LINKS TO THE STUDIES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S WRITTEN DATA.
BUT THAT BACKUP HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU.
ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR CLARIFICATION HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT BY COMMISSION, WHAT CHAIR CHAIR SAID SO FAR HAS BEEN CORRECT.
SO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM WHAT Y'ALL ARE TELLING ME, THAT IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS UP IN JULY OR PERHAPS AUGUST, THAT THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE TIMELINE Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT.
THIS, IF THIS COMES UP IN JULY OR AUGUST, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, DIRECTORS DID HAVE YOU GO BACK THIS LAST WEEK, BUT THAT'S A, A SMALLER NUMBER.
SO FROM THE TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANGLE THAT IS DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO WHAT
WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND, AND SPEAK TO US HERE AT OUR COMMISSION TODAY AND, AND, AND SHARE THIS WITH US.
SO WE WILL CONSIDER PUTTING AN AGENDA.
I'M LOOKING AT THE MAY MINUTES.
I'M LIKE, THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT AGENDA.
[2. Discussion and possible action on the Right of Way Vacation of 5,533 square feet commonly known as Bronze Dr.]
WE DO HAVE, UM, THREE ITEMS, UM, WITH OUR PRESENTER AT MICHELLE SMITH, UM, ON THREE DIFFERENT RIGHT OF WAY VACATION ISSUES.SO I WILL, UM, WE'LL, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, MICHELLE, AND YOU CAN REMIND ME WHEN WE'VE HAD THESE, IS YOU'VE PRESENTED THEM ALL AT ONCE AND THEN WE, AND THEN WE VOTE ALL, WE TAKE THREE VOTES AFTER YOU'VE PRESENTED EACH ONE.
IS THAT FOR LINE WITH WHAT YOU REMEMBER TOO? I THINK WE COULD DO IT.
UM, EITHER WAY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD TO BRING THREE FORWARD
UM, I THINK WE MAY HAVE HAD TWO BEFORE.
MAYBE I'M JUST THINKING, I THOUGHT WE STOPPED AND TOOK A VOTE EACH TIME, BUT I, I'M HAPPY TO DO WITH IT.
SO, UH, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US THE FIRST ONE AND WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
AND MICHELLE, I HAVE IT AS YOU SEE PULLED UP.
SO WHEN EVERYONE'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, I HAVE ALL THREE PULLED UPS.
I'LL CLICK THE NEXT SLIDE AND HAVE ALL IT DONE FOR YOU.
I APPRECIATE ANY HELP I CAN GET.
UH, MY NAME IS MICHELLE SMITH.
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT I'M A D S D EMPLOYEE.
I AM NOW A TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE.
AS OF YESTERDAY, UH, LAND MANAGEMENT WENT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN, I DO HAVE THREE RIGHT OF WAY VACATIONS COMING FORWARD.
THEY ARE ALL IN THE GENERAL AREA.
UM, THIS, UH, BRONZE HAPPENS TO BE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SO IT'S A STREET RIGHT OF WAY VACATION APPLICATION FOR BRONZE DRIVE LOCATED NEAR WEDGEWOOD DRIVE OFF OF EAST BREAKER LANE.
UM, THE FILE NUMBER IS 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 LM.
THIS IS JUST A PROPERTY PROFILE MAP SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE PROPERTY IS.
THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER IS ATLANTIC GUANA, THE SECOND BREAKER LANE, L L C.
UM, BRONZE DRIVE, UM, IS RIVER OAKS TRAIL TO THE NORTH AND EAST BREAKER LANE TO THE SOUTH EAST OF IH 35.
IT IS UNPAVED, UNDEVELOPED RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WAS, UM, DEDICATED BY PLAT AND THE DEVELOPMENT JUST NEVER HAPPENED OVER ALL THESE YEARS.
UM, IT IS APPROXIMATELY 5,533 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE,
UM, THE VACATION TRACK, AS I I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, IS APPROXIMATELY 5,533 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE PROPERTY, THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS ON BOTH SIDES IS THE ATLANTIC ORANA, SECOND BREAKER LANE, L L C.
ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET WERE SENT PUBLIC NOTICES ON MAY 3RD, 2023.
UM, AS TO DATE, ALL EFFECTIVE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE REVIEWED AND A RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION APPLICATION
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SUBJECT TO THE TWO CONDITIONAL APPROVALS BELOW.UM, AT AND T AND AUSTIN ENERGY.
AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, REQUIRED A 20 FOOT ELECTRIC EASEMENT, UM, BE RETAINED AND WE WILL RETAIN THAT IN THE D WITHOUT WARRANTY AS AFTER THE COUNCIL ACTION.
WHEN ASKED, HOW DO THE, WHEN THE APPLICANT HAD TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DEVELOP THE AREA TO BE VACATED? THE ANSWER WAS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY PROCESS ITSELF.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS, UM, JOINED ON THE MEETING.
IF Y'ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UH, ABUTTING PROPERTIES, WHAT THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE, WHAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY? DR.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS? UH, HI, AMANDA BROWN.
UM, DO YOU MIND EXPLAINING HOW THE EASEMENT WILL BE DEDICATED? UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED BY DEET, SO IS IT ALREADY ON THE PLAT? NO, UM, THE PLAT HAS RIGHT OF WAY, UM, RIGHT OF WAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT MYSELF.
OKAY, SO, SO WHAT WAS PLATTED? WERE RIGHT OF WAY RIGHTS, WHICH IS KIND OF A REALLY HUGE BUNDLE OF RIGHTS THAT THE CITY GETS.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING RID OF MOST OF THE STICKS IN THE BUNDLE.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO RESERVE JUST AN AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, EASEMENT AND IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY GIVEN US SURVEYS FOR THAT, THAT, UM, 20 FOOT DEDICATION.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT 20 FEET IS FOR AUSTIN ENERGY, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ELECTRIC LINES.
SO AUSTIN WATER CAN'T USE IT, YOU KNOW, IT AT AND T WELL, I GUESS AT AND T CAN, CUZ IT'S A, AN ENERGY, UM, UH, THE GAS COMPANY CAN'T USE THE EASEMENT.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, AFTER THE COUNCIL PASSES THESE RIGHT OF WAY VACATIONS, WE DO A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY.
AND AS PART OF THE DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY, WE RETAIN THE, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY EASEMENT AND WE ATTACH THE SURVEY THAT JUST SHOWS THE 20 FEET.
UM, AND SO THIS WILL BE, UH, I HEARD YOU SAY THIS WILL BE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY, AMANDA? YEAH.
IT'LL BE A SORT OF LOW DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? SOME, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON RIGHT AWAY ITEMS. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT THIS TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR TODAY.
I THINK THIS ONE IS KIND OF SO NOT ON ANY, BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DIDN'T, JUST DIDN'T GET VERY MUCH TRACTION.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? NOT WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RIGHT OF WAY VACATION? SPENCER RUBEN WILL SECOND TAKE A VOTE ON THE, ANY WHILE WE CAN DISCUSS NOW THAT WE HAVE A MOTION,
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR, UH, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS BRONZE DRIVE.
SEE, WAYNE GIVES US A THUMBS UP.
LOOKS LIKE THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ALL HERE.
THAT'S HOW MANY ARE HERE? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8.
OKAY, MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ONE.
[3. Discussion and possible action on the Right of Way Vacation of 5,427 square feet commonly known as Cloverlawn Dr.]
CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE NOW.BY THE TIME WE GET TO NUMBER FOUR, Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE ASLEEP.
SO THIS IS A STREET RIGHTAWAY VACATION APPLICATION OF CLOVER LAWN DRIVE LOCATED NEAR WEDGEWOOD DRIVE OFF OF EAST BREAKER LANE.
UM, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, FILE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 0 4 4 9 2 LM AND IT'S IN DISTRICT ONE.
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AND AS YOU CAN TELL, VERY, VERY NEAR WHERE THE OTHER ONE WAS.UM, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER ALSO IS ATLANTIC IRVANA, THE SECOND BREAKER LANE, L L C.
OVER LAWN DRIVE, UM, IS RIVER OAKS TRAIL TO THE NORTH AND EAST BREAKER LANE TO THE SOUTH EAST OF IH 35.
IT'S AN UNPAVED, UNDEVELOPED RIGHT OF WAY APPROXIMATELY 5,427 SQUARE FEET.
ONCE AGAIN, VERY OBVIOUS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN PAVED OR DEVELOPED.
UM, VACATION TRACK, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, WAS 5,427 SQUARE FEET.
THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER ON BOTH SIDES IS ATLANTIC GUANA, THE SECOND BREAKER LANE, L L C.
ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET WERE SENT PUBLIC NOTICES ON MAY 3RD, 2023.
NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE.
ALL AFFECTED CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE REVIEWED AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE TWO CONDITIONAL APPROVALS BELOW, AGAIN, AT AND T AND THEN THE SAME AUSTIN ENERGY WANTS THAT SAME, UM, 20 FOOT WIDE ELECTRIC EASEMENT.
UM, HOW DO THEY PLAN TO DEVELOP THE AREA TO BE VACATED? IT'S GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY PROCESS AND AMANDA CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UM, HOW THE PROPERTIES WOULD BE DEVELOPED.
UM, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND I ASSUME THIS ONE'S PRETTY SIMILAR.
WE STILL MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND IN THIS CASE, MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION.
ANY, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR AMANDA OR MICHELLE? OKAY, LET'S, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT ONE.
EVERYONE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION.
LOOKS LIKE THAT IS, UM, UNANIM.
THIS IS STREET, UH, RIGHT OF WAY VACATION APPLICATION.
DIDN'T WE ALREADY DO BRONZE? YES.
I'VE GOT IT ON MY SIDE IF YOU WANT ME TO SHARE CHRIS.
NO, YOU KNOW WHAT, MICHELLE, I MIGHT NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE.
SEE I HAVE TWO OF THE SAME, YEAH, I HAVE THAT CASE.
AM I SHARING CORRECTLY GUYS? UH, WE DON'T SEE IT ON OUR END YET.
UH, YOU MIGHT NEED TO TRY IT AGAIN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IT? WELL, YES WE CAN.
[4. Discussion and possible action on the Right of Way Vacation of 4,726 square feet commonly known as Silverlawn Dr.]
SO THIS IS A STREET RIGHT OF WAY VACATION APPLICATION FOR SILVER LAWN DRIVE, LOCATED NEAR WEDGEWOOD DRIVE OFF OF EAST BREAKER LANE.UM, THIS IS NUMBER ITEM FOUR, UM, IN TONIGHT'S, UH, URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING FILE NUMBER 2 0 23 0 0 4 39 LAND, UH, LM.
AND IT IS DISTRICT ONE, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER, OTHER, UM, CUL-DE-SACS THAT WERE, THAT ARE ASKING OR SEEKING VACATION.
UH, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER IS ATLANTIC IRVANA, THE SECOND BREAKER LANE, L L C.
AND Y'ALL CAN SEE THAT IT WAS JUST NEVER DEVELOPED.
RIGHT THERE WE HAVE THESE THREE CUL-DE-SACS AND THEY JUST WERE NEVER, NEVER DEVELOPED.
SILVER LAWN DRIVE IS RIVER OAKS TRAIL TO THE NORTH AND EAST BREAKER LANE TO THE SOUTH TYPO EAST OF IH 35.
IT'S AN UNPAVED, UNDEVELOPED RIGHT OF WAY OF APPROXIMATELY 4,726 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE VACATION TRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 4,726 SQUARE FEET.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IS ATLANTIC CUBANA, THE SECOND BREAKER LANE, L L C.
ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET WERE SENT PUBLIC NOTICES
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ON MAY 3RD, 2023.NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
ALL EFFECTIVE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THIS OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY.
VACATION APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE TWO CONDITION APPROVALS BELOW AT AND T UM, APPROVES THE AGREEMENT THAT ANY DAMAGES OR RELOCATION OF THE FACILITIES IS PAID BY THE APPLICANT.
AND THEN AUSTIN ENERGY WANTS A 20 FOOT WIDE ELECTRIC EASEMENT.
UH, WHEN ASKED, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DEVELOP THE AREA TO BE VACATED, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY PROCESS AND AMANDA CAN ANSWER THE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
UM, I'M, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE A APPROVAL OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION, RUBEN, HAVE THIS ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, LET'S, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
UM, ALL THOSE IN, IN FAVOR OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION, PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY.
WELL THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
SORRY ABOUT THE, THE, UH, INTERESTING START, BUT WE GOT IT DONE.
[5. Discussion and possible action on the Overview of the Right of Way Division]
TO, UM, WE'RE KIND OF TAKING OUR CONTINUING, I GUESS OUR TOUR OF, OF, I WAS GONNA SAY A T D, BUT THAT'S WRONG.UH, TOUR OF TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE FROM THE, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY DIVISION, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE, UM, WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE, ALL THESE RIGHT OF WAY VACATIONS.
SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR PRESENTER IS RYAN MOONY.
I'M THE MANAGER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY DIVISION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE RIGHT OF WAY DIVISION, WE ISSUE ALL THE PERMITS.
WE REVIEW THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IMPACTS.
UH, WE ENSURE THAT PROJECTS ARE COORDINATED.
WE LOOK AT THE UTILITY IMPACTS, MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T UTILITY CONFLICTS.
UM, AND REALLY WE'RE JUST THERE TO PROTECT OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR STREETS AND ROADS, MINIMIZE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION AND ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE WORKERS WORKING ON THE PROJECT ARE SAFE.
UM, ANYTIME THERE'S CONSTRUCTION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND SOME OF OUR OTHER TEMPORARY USES OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, THERE ARE FIVE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE DIVISION THAT WE USE TO ACCOMPLISH.
LISTS, DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS, PERMITTING, OUR PROJECT COORDINATION, TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN REVIEWS, SO UTILITY COORDINATION AND OUR INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT.
SO ANY WORK WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IF IT'S GOING TO IMPACT EITHER VEHICULAR OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC OR IF IT'S GOING TO DISTURB PAVEMENT OR SOIL OR RESULT IN THE, IN PLACEMENT OF A NEW FACILITY OR STRUCTURE REQUIRES A PERMIT.
AND WE GET ABOUT 30,000 PERMITS A YEAR.
UM, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,500 TO 4,000 ACTIVE PERMITS.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE SCREENSHOT FROM A MAP SHOWING, UH, WHERE THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE.
AND IT'S JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE.
SO THAT WORK CAN INCLUDE WORK BY THE CITY SUCH AS C I P, UH, PROJECTS AND REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.
THAT INCLUDES THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES SUCH AS AT AND T, TEXAS GAS, GOOGLE FIBER, UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, NEW SKYSCRAPERS GOING UP DOWNTOWN.
THEY CLOSE BLOCKS, UH, AROUND THE SITE AND PUT UP TOWER CRANES AND SO FORTH.
AND, UH, WE, WE ALSO ARE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS FILMING SIDEWALK CAFE VENDORS, UM, STREET PATIOS AND SO FORTH.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UM, SO TO, YOU KNOW, UH, PREPARE FOR ALL OF THAT, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT'LL, THAT'LL HAVE ON TRAFFIC AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACTS ARE COMPLIANT WITH OUR CITY CRITERIA IN OUR AND FEDERAL CRITERIA.
NAMELY THE TEXAS MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
IT HAS A WHOLE CHAPTER DEVOTED TO TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL.
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UM, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE FEDERAL MANUAL.AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE REVIEW THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS, MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANS PREPARED ARE ACCEPTABLE.
UM, IF IT'S A DESIGN PLAN, IT HAS TO BE PREPARED BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
BUT EVEN THAT, UH, EVEN WITH THAT REQUIREMENT, THE PLANS WE GET DON'T ALWAYS, UM, MEET THE LEVEL OF QUALITY WE WOULD, UH, EXPECT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IN THIS EXAMPLE, UH, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY ENOUGH, YOU CAN SEE THAT TRAFFIC IS BEING, UH, DETOURED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC.
AND THIS WAS AN ACTUAL TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN WE RECEIVED.
SO WE WANT TO CATCH THESE ISSUES, MAKE SURE THAT ANY PLAN FOR TRAFFIC IS NOT ONLY SAFE, BUT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE REGULATIONS.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT.
OF COURSE, ALL CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT, BUT WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THAT.
UM, AND WE CON CONDUCT APPROXIMATELY 3000 REVIEWS PER YEAR.
UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE ALSO HAVE A UTILITY COORDINATION WORK GROUP.
AND FOR ANY NEW UTILITY, UH, OR FACILITY THAT'S GONNA GO IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE, IT'LL GO THROUGH A UTILITY COORDINATION PROCESS WHEREBY CONFLICTS WITH OTHER UTILITIES CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND RESOLVED.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN A WATERLINE, A GAS LINE OR, UM, A NEW FIBER LINE.
UH, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE CAN RE IDENTIFY THOSE ISSUES BEFORE IT GOES INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN TIMELINES ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, MUCH TIGHTER AND THERE'S, THERE'S GREATER EXPENSES INVOLVED WHEN CONSTRUCTION DELAYS HAVE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF AN UNKNOWN UTILITY.
AND THERE'S ALSO, I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT GAS LEAK LEADS TO EVACUATIONS DOWNTOWN OR, YOU KNOW, WATER MAIN BUS CUZ CONTRACTOR BOARD THREW A PIPE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA, I IDENTIFY THESE ISSUES TO PREVENT THOSE, UH, CONFLICTS, THOSE HITS FROM HAPPENING.
UM, WE'LL GET APPROXIMATELY 700 UTILITY COORDINATION CASES A YEAR AND IT'S, UH, A PROCESS TO GET INFORMATION ON WHAT'S OUT THERE, IDENTIFY THE OTHER UTILITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED AND COME UP WITH, UM, A PLAN TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE UTILITIES CAN COEXIST IN WHAT'S BECOMING A VERY INCREASINGLY CONGESTED RIGHT AWAY.
UM, AND SO THIS PICTURE WAS A, UH, TELECOM COMPANY, A CONTRACTOR BOARD THROUGH A WATERLINE AND BLEW OUT A BRAND NEW SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WAS UNDERMINED, UM, AND COLLAPSING.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION.
SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT AFTER ALL OF THESE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, THE PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THOSE, UH, PLANS, IN PERMIT REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT THE PEOPLE OUT THERE DO HAVE A PERMIT.
UM, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, INSTALLING STUFF THAT HAS BEEN VETTED THAT IS SAFE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ROGUE GAS LINES AND WATER LINES AND UH, ALL THAT STUFF ISN'T HAPPENING.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ISSUES WE, WE SEE, OF COURSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR SIDEWALKS REMAIN ADA COMPLIANT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE IN A WHEELCHAIR ARE STILL ABLE TO USE THEM.
WE, UH, DON'T WANT, UH, SIGNS TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEY SHOULD BE SERVING THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE.
WE WANNA AVOID SITUATIONS WHERE PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE STREET TO GET AROUND AN OBSTACLE.
UM, WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, HOLES IN THE STREET, UH, BETWEEN PLATES THAT COULD TRAP TIRES OR BICYCLISTS OR EVEN VEHICLES IN SOME CASES.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WORKERS ARE PROTECTED.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, UM, EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO DANGER, UH, OH, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN A BUCKET TRUCK OVER AN ACTIVE TRAVEL LANE WHEN THERE SHOULD BE A LANE CLOSURE PRESENT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT OUR INSPECTORS COME ACROSS AND HAVE TO RESOLVE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR DIVISION AND WHAT WE DO.
I ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THEIR COMMISSIONERS MIGHT AS WELL.
UM, I'VE TAKE MY CHAIR PRIVILEGE AND ASK MY QUESTIONS FIRST.
SO, UM, ONE QUESTION, UM, THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT OUT IN SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY, AND IT'S KINDA A RIGHT OF WAY ISSUE
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AND MAYBE KIND OF NOT MM-HMM.UM, IN INSTANCES WHERE, UM, DEVELOPERS, UH, AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT OR SITE PLAN WERE REQUIRED TO PLANT, UM, STREET TREES OR MAYBE DO SOME OTHER KIND OF TREATMENT LIKE A, A BENCH OR A, UH, BIKE RACK IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR LIKE ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN LATER ON THEY WERE TO REMOVE THOSE, THOSE TREATMENTS.
UM, UH, SPECIFICALLY ONE, ONE THAT WAS COMING UP WAS, UH, UH, PROPERTY MANAGERS WHO MIGHT'VE JUST DECIDED TO CUT DOWN ALL THE STREET TREES THEY WERE REQUIRED TO BUILD FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AGO.
UM, UH, WHAT KIND OF, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOUR OFFICE HANDLES OR HOW WOULD, UH, SITUATIONS LIKE THAT BE HANDLED? IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO UPON REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN IT'S NOT REALLY ENFORCED IF THEY CHANGE IT LATER? HOW DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WORK AND WHO, IS THAT YOUR OFFICE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO IT DEPENDS.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IN MO IN A LOT OF THOSE INSTANCES FOR THE SITE PLAN, UH, WHEN THERE'S BENCHES AND TREES INVOLVED, UM, IN MANY CASES I, THEY WOULD EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT AND THAT WOULD BE THE LAND MANAGEMENT UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH I BELIEVE JUST TRANSFERRED TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, MICHELLE SMITH I THINK HAS INVOLVED IN THAT ACTUALLY WHO WE JUST HEARD FROM OR HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT THEY'RE SPECIFIC TO THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT UM, YEAH, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC INSTANCES, OH I'VE GOT, YEAH, IT WOULD COME DOWN TO WHAT'S IN THAT ACTUAL LICENSE AGREEMENT, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND WHOEVER MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM HIM OR HER.
AND THAT, AND THAT MAY BE THE ISSUE TOO, IS THAT THE SECOND OWNER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PERSON YEAH.
AND THAT CERTAIN, THAT HAS CERTAINLY HAPPENED.
BUT I'M HAPPY, HAPPY TO, TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE INVOLVED IF YOU SEND ME THE INFORMATION ON THAT SITE.
WELL, WELL, UM, WE MIGHT, UM, WE MIGHT HEAR FROM US THEN.
UM, UH, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT, UM, I GUESS, UM, HOW YOUR OFFICE INTER THIS IS VERY ANOTHER VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, NEAR ME.
UH, IT'S A PRIVATE STREET, BUT UM, THE STREET IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
BUT IF THERE'S, UH, ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION NOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AND ALL THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETELY FENCED OFF, SO THERE'S NO LONGER SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS DOWN THIS PRIVATE STREET.
SO THAT'S NOT REALLY, AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO SOME FOLKS I KNOW WHO WORK AT THE CITY NOT DIRECTLY ON THESE MATTERS, THEY SAID, WELL SHOULDN'T THE CITY HAVE GOTTEN A ROAD FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON SAFELY BETWEEN THESE TWO? LIKE BASICALLY WHERE, WHERE I LIVE AND WHERE I NEED TO GET TO OR WHERE DO PEOPLE WHERE I LEAST NEED TO GET TO? AND I SAID, WELL, YOU WOULD THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WALK, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAPPENED OR NOT.
SO WOULD THAT BE YOUR OFFICE OR HOW DOES THAT, LIKE WHEN, WHEN REDEVELOPMENTS ARE HAPPENING BUT IT'S A PRIVATE STREET BUT THIS IS BIG, BIG SCALE REDEVELOPMENTS? UM, YEAH, SO, UM, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REQUIRE ANYTHING FROM A PRIVATE STREET OR REQUIRE ACCESS THROUGH A PRIVATE STREET UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THEY DID ALREADY HAVE SOME SORT OF ACCESS EASEMENT EVEN IF IT WASN'T A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING ON BOTH SIDES OF A PUBLIC STREET THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, PROBABLY THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN SOME SORT OF ACCESS DOWN ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO LOOK FOR IN THE REVIEW PROCESS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AREN'T BEING SHUT DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, NOW ALL THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF INSPECTION PERSONNEL, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP TO TABS ON EVERY DEVELOPMENT DURING EVERY PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND SOMETIMES THEY DO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO JUMP THE GUN AND ACCELERATE SOME CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, BUT THAT'S ALSO ONE THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IN MORE DETAIL.
UH, IF IT'S A MATTER OF JUST MAKING SURE ONE SIDE OF THE PUBLIC STREET IS OPEN, YES, THAT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE HAPPENING.
BUT IF IT'S REQUIRING ACCESS DOWN A PRIVATE STREET OR A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THE CITY CAN REQUIRE, UM, FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
SOMEONE'S GONNA DIE THERE STRAIGHT UP IF THEY'LL DO SOMETHING.
SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL EMAIL YOU ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW.
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WHERE IS IT AT? I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL.IT'S LANE IN, UM, UH, AND UH, BURNETT ROAD.
UM, I MEAN THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND SOMEBODY'S AT LEAST GONNA GET SERIOUSLY INJURED IF THEY, THEY DON'T CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW CAUSE PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN THE ROAD.
YEAH, WE, THESE CARS CAN'T SEE THEM.
YEAH, WE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE ACTION IF THERE'S PEDESTRIANS WALKING IN THE ROAD, THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY.
WELL IT'S UM, REAL, REAL WILD WEST RIGHT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, CUZ THEY JUST FENCED OFF THE OTHER SIDE CUZ THEY'RE REDEVELOPING.
WHAT WAS THE R B F C? I'M SORRY TO
IT'S JUST GOT ME REALLY MAD TWO DAYS AGO AND THEN LONG HOLD.
YOU WERE ON OUR PRESENTER LIST, SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK ABOUT THAT.
DO OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? WE GOT SOME, YEAH.
UM,
I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF SAD TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION WINDING DOWN BECAUSE, UH, I THINK THE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS YOU MADE ARE ACTUALLY BETTER THAN WHAT'S USUALLY THERE.
UH, BUT WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, ONE OF THE THINGS WE FIGURED OUT WAS, UH, THERE'S A SPEED THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A PROTECTED BIKE LANE HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH A TEMPORARY PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
UH, AND IT WAS I THINK 35 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WHEN THE CITY RED DESIGNATED MOST 35 MILE PER HOUR ROAD TO 30, THAT KIND OF MADE IT SO THAT THAT CLAUSE WAS RARELY EVER USED.
UM, WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, YOU SAID THERE WERE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES AFTER THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL WAS PUT INTO PLACE.
AND I'M JUST VERIFYING THAT, UM, YEAH, SO WE DID CHANGE, UH, THE LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THE NEW 30 MILE PER HOUR GUIDANCE.
AND SO THEN WHEN IT'S UNDER 30 MILES PER HOUR, UH, THE REQUIREMENT IS JUST A, A DETOUR WE POSTED, RIGHT? YEAH, SO A SHARED, SO IN THE NEW TCM, A SHARED ROADWAY CONDITION CAN BE CONSIDERED, UM, WHEN THERE, AND THERE ARE A FEW CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT SOME OF THE, THE HIGH, THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE LOW VOLUME ROADWAY WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC OF 5,000 OR LESS AND A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR UNDER, UM, AND IT'S NOT AN EXISTING PROTECTED BICYCLE LANE.
SO THOSE ARE WHEN YOU WOULD SEE LIKE BICYCLES SHARE THE ROAD WITH IN A TRAVEL LANE.
UH, IF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT MET, THEN YEAH, WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MORE ROBUST, LIKE, FOR LIKE, UM, PROTECTED TEMPORARY BIKE LINE.
AND THEN, UM, I HAVE A, A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC STREET, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, I CAN JUST EMAIL YOU.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION ON ALEXANDER AVENUE IN BETWEEN MLK WHERE THE RAIL STATION IS AND MAINER? UH, I AM VAGUELY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I HA I'M NOT UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING.
THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THERE'S SOME CITY PROJECTS.
UM, YEAH, A LOT GOING ON IN THAT LITTLE STRETCH.
SO IN, IN THAT ONE, WHAT I'D BE CURIOUS IF, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW MUCH LONGER IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE.
I REMEMBER GETTING THE UPDATE A YEAR AGO AND THE UPDATE WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND IT DOESN'T QUITE LOOK LIKE THEY'RE, UM, GETTING CLOSE TO FINISHING IT.
ALTHOUGH, I MEAN THAT STUFF HAPPENS.
I I EXPECT THAT IT'S GONNA BE A BIT LONGER CUZ I KNOW IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME C I P WORK, I BELIEVE, UH, RELATED TO SOME WATER LINES THAT ALSO HAS TO OCCUR.
SO THE CONCERN I HAVE THERE IS I'M CURIOUS JUST HOW THIS WORKS, RIGHT? SO IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT BIKE IN PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY THE RED LINE PARKWAY EXTENDING THROUGH ALEXANDER THE DETOUR? WELL, THERE REALLY IS A DETOUR FOR PEDESTRIANS.
THEY'VE ALSO, I, I DUNNO IF YOU'RE AWARE OR IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS, BUT THEY HAVE COMPLETELY CLOSED THE
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ROAD, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALK.SO THERE'S NO WAY TO GET THROUGH, UH, ON, UH, ON UH, M L K ON ALEXANDER.
MIDWAY THROUGH THE, AND THE SIDEWALK IS ALSO CLOSED AND CHOPPED UP, SO THERE'S NO WAY TO GET THROUGH EVEN IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN.
UM, SO THE DETOUR HAS CYCLISTS TURNED LEFT ON THE MLK WHERE THERE ISN'T REALLY A BIKE LANE MM-HMM.
SO HOW DOES THAT GET TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN RIGHT.
ALEXANDER IS A, A LOW TRAFFIC STREET, I'M SURE ITS SPEED LIMIT IS WELL UNDER 30 MILES PER HOUR.
SO WE WANT TO CERTAINLY AVOID THAT.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY TO SEE WHAT THEIR PLAN CALLS FOR MM-HMM.
BUT I HAVE MADE A NOTE, UH, TO LOOK INTO THAT AND IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL TO ME, I CAN LET YOU KNOW WHAT I FIND OUT.
BUT YES, IN GENERAL, WE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL, THE OBJECTIVE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT SOMEONE IN A, YOU KNOW, A CONDITION THAT'S LESS SAFE THAN WHAT THEY STARTED WITH MORE, MORE OR LESS.
AND IF YOU KEEP GOING STRAIGHT, WHICH SEEMS MOST LOGICAL, YOU BASICALLY ARE GONNA LIKE EAT IT WHEN YOU DROP SIX INCHES TO THE STREET.
UM, LIKE I THINK SOMEBODY IS VERY LIKELY TO HAVE A SERIOUS INJURY THERE.
AND I'LL JUST SAY, UH, FROM MY EXPERIENCES THERE, UH, IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM TOO MUCH UNTIL RECENTLY BECAUSE I THINK AT LEAST ON, AND MOST OTHER CYCLISTS I'VE SEEN HAVE JUST KIND OF SAID, SCREW IT AND TAKEN THE SIDEWALK UP ALEXANDER.
BUT NOW THAT THE SIDEWALK IS COMPLETELY DOWN, IT FORCES US TO TAKE THAT WEIRD LEFT TURN.
AND ALSO THE DETOURS, I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THIS, BUT THE DETOURS ARE PARTICULARLY WELL MARKED AS TO WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TURN TO GET BACK UP TO MAINER.
YEAH, LET ME LOOK INTO THAT ONE.
UH, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A CONDITION WE WANT TO SEE OUT THERE ON THE STREET AND, UM, I, YEAH, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE THERE, THIS WAS A FEW YEARS MONTHS AGO, SO I'M NOT AWARE OF THE LATEST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MUTED.
THINK, OH, I JUST HAD ANOTHER COMPLAINT.
I REALLY, THAT AREA REALLY ANNOYS ME AND IT'S REALLY UNSAFE.
UM, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS AND KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, UM, ON MAINER ROAD, JUST EAST OF ALEXANDER, UM, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BROUGHT IN THE BIKE LANE, UM, BUT THAT BIKE LANE SIDEWALK DOESN'T EXTEND ACROSS THE RAIL, UM, WHICH IS MAJORLY UNSAFE AND ALSO LIKE INACCESSIBLE IF YOU'RE A PERSON ON A MOBILITY DEVICE.
UM, SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR IF THERE WILL BE ANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO EXTEND BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
UM, OR IF THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE FORTHCOMING WITH LIKE FUTURE PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT CONTINUES TO BE A REALLY PROBLEMATIC SPOT.
YOU SAID MAYER AND ALEXANDER, UM, ON MAYER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL CROSSING, UM, THE RAIL? YEAH, SO, UM, I, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO FUTURE PLANS OR WHERE, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS OR BIKE LANES MAY BE REQUIRED AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UH, I CAN, UM, IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME AN EMAIL SO I CAN REPLY TO YOU, I CAN GET THAT OVER TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO DO TRACK THAT AS FAR AS A RAIL OR A AT THE WAY, LIKE OVER THE RAIL RIGHT AWAY ITSELF.
UM, THAT WOULD BE CAPITAL METRO AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CROSSING REQUIREMENTS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALSO, UH, PEOPLE THAT I CAN, UH, ASK THEM THAT QUESTION TO AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS LIKE MUCH MORE BROAD MM-HMM.
UM, I'M REALLY HOPING FOR A WORLD IN WHICH WE START TO DEDICATE MORE OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY TO TRANSIT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BUSES THAT THEY'RE MORE LIABLE,
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UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GET TO OPERATE IN THEIR EXCLUSIVE LANE.UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME OF THAT PIECEMEAL AND I WANTED TO HEAR HOW YOUR OFFICE IS INVOLVED IN THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF AWAY FOR TRANSIT PRIORITY LANES.
UM, AND IF WE WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE OF THAT, KIND OF LIKE WHAT AVENUES ARE THERE? SURE.
SO YEAH, MY, UM, MY DIVISION IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE PERMANENT ALLOCATION OF STREET LANES.
UM, WE ONLY LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION PART.
SO WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT.
THE WHAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED, UH, WHETHER IT IS A NEW BUILDING OR A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR A NEW BUS STATION, UH, IS OUR PLANNING AND ENGINEERING DIVISIONS, WHICH ARE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PERMANENT KIND OF END RESULT OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE THERE.
WHEREAS WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS MINIMIZED ANY INCONVENIENCES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THEN ALSO IS SAFE, UM, AND ACCESSIBLE.
ANY OTHER, UM, EXCUSE ME, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UM, FOR RYAN FROM THE COMMISSION? RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELPFUL PRESENTATION AND FOR, FOR TAKING OUR, OUR QUESTIONS, WHICH WERE, UH, QUESTIONS INCLUDING FROM ME.
SO WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM
[6. Discussion and possible action on the Overview of the Special Events Division]
SIX, WHICH IS DISCUSSION IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.UM, IT IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR, UM, INTRODUCTIONS TO A DIVISION OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS IS FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS DIVISION.
IT LOOKS LIKE OUR PRESENTER IS FRANCIS HAR.
SO I AM FRANCIS HAR, I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER OVER THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE ALSO A PART OF THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS, WHICH WE USUALLY CALL ACE.
SO I'M GONNA JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO, UH, IN THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND TO START OFF WITH, WE UH, ADHERE TO A LOT OF THE SAME STANDARDS THAT RYAN JUST MENTIONED AS FAR AS, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION CONTROL PLANS.
UH, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED OBVIOUSLY IN THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE NOT ONLY ATTENDING EVENTS, BUT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET AROUND EVENTS AND GO ON WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED THAT WE HAVE TO, TO TALK TO WHEN WE'RE PLANNING EVENTS AND KIND OF GO INTO, THAT'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, UH, SOME OF THE NEW VENUES THAT HAVE OPENED UP SINCE, UH, THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE MANAGE, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES.
SO AS I SAID, THIS IS A LOT OF COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.
SO JUST WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG EVENT OR EVEN A SMALL EVENT THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE ANY KIND OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT HAS TO BE INVOLVED.
UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PERMITTING SOMETHING ON TOP OF A ALREADY ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE OR IN A NEXT, RIGHT, NEXT TO ANOTHER EVENT THAT'S ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE DEP IN THE DEPARTMENT AWARE OF THESE CLOSURES.
AND SO DEPENDING ON IF IT IS WE'RE PLANNING ON A CLOSURE, UH, IN AN UPCOMING EVENT THAT COULD BE IN A MONTH OR IN A YEAR, OR IF WE'RE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD AT WHAT IS SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, OF SOME OF THIS LARGE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE I 35 CONSTRUCTION OR PROJECT CONNECT, SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT SOME OF OUR, UM, EVENTS.
AND SOME OF THE EVENTS NEED A LONG RUNWAY INTO WHICH TO SHIFT THEIR FOOTPRINT OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
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ACTIVELY COORDINATING AND PUTTING TOGETHER SOME PLANS THAT WE CAN PRESENT, UH, TO THE EVENTS FOR FUTURE FOR SOME OF THESE LARGE CONSTRUCTION COM.UM, LARGE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S ABOUT TO KICK OFF, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UH, SO THEY HAVE SOME TIME TO RESPOND AND PERHAPS MAKE SOME CHANGES.
THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS IS A LOT OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE STAFF THAT ARE DEVOTED OR TWO PLANNING SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE STAFF THAT THAT'S PART OF THEIR JOB AND NOT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE OTHER DUTIES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO, UH, WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH TECH STOCK, THE DOWNTOWN ALSO ALLIANCE.
CAUSE ABOUT 90% OF OUR EVENTS ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UH, THE STATE PRESERVATION BOARD OF THE STATE FACILITIES COMMISSION BECAUSE WE'RE CAPITAL AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE A SHOT OF THAT CAPITAL AT THEIR EVENTS.
SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM QUITE A BIT.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS WITH THE POLICE, FIRE AND EMS, UM, RIGHT AWAY, BACK TO RYAN, UM, HIS DIVISION HELPS US OUT A LOT WITH DOING, HELPING WITH SPECTRUMS OF EVENTS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE A 5K, UH, THAT'S COVERING A LOT OF GROUND, IT'S HARD.
I HAVE A SMALL STAFF FOR US ALL TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE THAT.
SO THEIR INSPECTORS DO COME OUT AND HELP US.
OUR ENGINEERS HELP US DO DESIGN PLANS.
UM, WE REVIEW OTHER PLANS THAT COME IN FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, UH, NOT JUST WITHIN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT.
IT JUST KIND OF TOUCHES A LOT.
IF YOU'RE SHUTTING DOWN STREETS, THAT'S GONNA AFFECT PARKING, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT SIGNALS, UM, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT SOMETIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OTHER CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DETOURING SOMEBODY INTO ANOTHER DETOUR FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO PUT THESE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER.
SO SPRING FESTIVAL SEASON SEASON, EASY FOR ME TO SAY, UM, UH, INCLUDING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS EVENT HAS.
AND IT STARTS FOR US AT THE, THE EVENT ITSELF, NOT INCLUDING SOUTH BY UH, EDU, BUT THE SOUTH BY PROPER IS NINE DAYS, BUT WE ARE SETTING UP COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THAT.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PARKING METERS THAT ARE AFFECTED, UH, FOR PRODUCTION PURPOSES.
ALSO ALLOWING US TO HAVE EXTRA AREAS FOR RIDE SHARES, UH, TO PULL IN, PULL OUT EXTRA AREAS FOR SHARED MOBILITY DEVICES, UH, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE STANDUP SCOOTERS, EXTRA AREAS FOR THEM AS THEY'RE JUST UTILIZED SO MUCH DURING THIS NINE DAY FESTIVAL.
AND IT, IT CHANGES, IT SHIFTS DURING THE WEEK, UH, AS, UH, THE, UM, INTERACTIVE PART STARTS AND THEN WE MOVE MORE INTO THE MUSIC.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN AND OUT OF VENUES, UM, THAT ARE SPONSORS AND MARKETING AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO AUSTIN MARATHON, THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY FEEL SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ALONG I 35 BECAUSE IT DOES CROSS I 35.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT IS, HAS A BIG IMPACT.
UM, BUT FOR THAT DAY THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DETOURS AROUND TOWN.
SO, UH, THE ORGANIZERS FOR AUSTIN MARATHON ARE IN PROS.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
THEY PUT TOGETHER REALLY OUTSTANDING, UH, MOBILITY GUIDEBOOK TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO FIND THEMSELVES KIND OF CAUGHT UP IN THAT, THAT DAY, FIND THEIR WAY AROUND.
UM, SO, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO AVOID UNLESS YOU JUST STAY OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, WHICH IS WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS UNLESS YOU WANNA COME DOWN AND SEE IT, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH.
YOU'RE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS JUST THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE FOR THIS GIANT FESTIVAL.
UH, WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS 2023 A C L TODAY.
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WHERE ARE WE PUTTING SHUTTLES, WHERE THE BICYCLISTS GOING, HOW THE BICYCLIST IS GONNA GET AROUND THE CLOSURE, UH, HOW ARE WE GONNA MANAGE THE SCOOTERS, THE PATTY CABS, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING THE RIDE SHARES.AND SO IT'S JUST A, A TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COLLABORATION.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY SERVICE, BUT THAT'S LIKE COLLABORATION
SO, UM, IT, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY, UH, STABLE.
WE HAVE, UH, WORKED AND TWEAKED ON TWEAKED THE PLANNED YEAR AFTER YEAR.
NOW WE HAVE SOME MORE CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE THAT I THINK IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO TWEAK IT SOME MORE.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY.
AND THEN SAME FOOTPRINT, VERY DIFFERENT EVENT.
AND I NOTICED THAT THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET YOU TO ON THE SLIDE FIXED.
I BELIEVE THAT IS FROM, UH, THE PANDEMIC DAYS IN WHICH WE ARE DOING THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
WE'RE BACK DOWN TO ABOUT 15 DAYS OF, OF THE WALKTHROUGH.
BUT THIS IS A MUCH DIFFERENT EVENT.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF FAMILIES, UM, IT'S JUST FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF NOT BUT TIME AT NIGHT.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT, IT'S A LOT OF THE SAME CLOSURES, BUT IT HAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UM, NEED FOR HOW WE'RE MANAGING TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THERE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING ON SITE AND PARKING.
THEY'RE TAKING SHUTTLES THERE.
THEY'RE WALKING OVER FROM VARIOUS AREAS.
SO EVERY, EVERY EVENT IS DIFFERENT AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT CHALLENGING.
SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, WE HAVE THREE NEW VENUES THAT HAVE OPENED UP IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND THAT'S THE WATERLOO GREENWAY, UH, MOODY AMPHITHEATER.
UH, WE HAVE THE NEW MOODY CENTER, WHICH IS JUST BOOMING ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN OF COURSE, Q2, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT OPENED.
UM, AND THE EACH ONE JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF COORDINATION, DIFFERENT KIND OF COORDINATION.
UH, SO WE JUST, EVERY YEAR WE GO IN WITH OUR PLANS AS, AS THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THEIR UPCOMING SEASONS.
ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM ARE BUSY ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, UH, ALL THROUGH THE YEAR, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW, Q2, UH, THAT WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED.
ONCE THAT NEW TRAIN STATION COMES IN, IT'S GONNA KIND OF CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OVER THERE A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK.
AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES, SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.
AND SO WE'RE IN RECOVERY MODE NOW AND I CAN SEE THAT THINGS ARE REALLY, WE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF BLOCK PARTIES, UH, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
SO PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STREETS THAT YOU CAN HAVE THIS ON.
UM, LESS THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THERE CAN'T BE A SIGNAL THERE.
UM, THERE'S A SMALL FEE TO COVER THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE COST.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PRE BARRICADE PROGRAM.
AND SO YOU CAN COME AND PICK UP THE BARRICADES, UH, AND SET THEM UP SO THEY'RE REFLECTIVE, THEY'RE SAFE.
UH, THAT'S, WE LOVE THAT LITTLE PICTURE CAUSE IT'S IN A LITTLE TINY CAR AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH BARRICADES TO CLOSE OFF BOTH ENDS OF THE BLOCK.
UM, WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS IN WHICH HE CAN COME AND PICK UP THE BARRICADE.
SO A NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH LOCATION.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY EXPAND THAT AS WE, UH, EXPAND THE PROGRAM GOING INTO THE NEW BEST.
UM, DO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? I GUESS SO YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE.
BUT, UM, MOST OF 'EM ARE IN RELATION TO, UH, THE MOODY CENTER.
SO, UM, I THINK I SAID BEFORE, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, UM, THAT THOSE BIKE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL.
I MEAN, FOR ME IT CUT DOWN MY COMMUTE TO WORK BY 10 MINUTES, UH, HAVING THAT NOT HAVING GO ALL THE WAY AROUND CAMPUS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USING IT, AREN'T USING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE EVENTS.
UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS MAINLY ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
SO I WAS READING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE INTERNAL
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SUPPOSED TO BE ONE SPECIFIC EVENT PLAN FOR MOODY CENTER AND ONE SPECIFIC EVENT PLAN FOR THE STADIUM OR IF IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS.SO HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT WITH UT? SO ALL OF THIS IS PRETTY NEW, RIGHT? AND AND, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF NEW EXPERIENCES OVER THERE.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANS AND WE, THE CITY ACTUALLY WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOODY CENTER WITH UT AND UM, A P D TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN AND DESIGN THE PLANS.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE FINDING IS THAT IT'S DIFFERENT IF YOU HAVE A FULL STADIUM AND UH, YOU KNOW, A VAST CONCERT GOING ON.
IT'S DIFFERENT IF THE STADIUM'S NOT FULL, BUT MOODY SINNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOLD OUT AND, AND ANY OF ALL THREE MIKE MEYER STADIUM BEING, UM, USED WHILE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN DKR, WHY THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN MOODY.
WE'VE EXPERIENCED ALL OF THOSE SCENARIOS IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND UH, SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS TO PUT TOGETHER PLANS THAT TAKE IN CONSIDERATION EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
SO IF WE, NOW WE HAVE THE THREE GOING AT THE SAME TIME, MEANING, UH, MIKE MYERS DKR AND, UM, MOODY, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS PLAN.
AND THEN A P D ALWAYS HAS, YOU KNOW, THE PREROGATIVE TO MAKE CHANGES OUT IN THE FIELD IF SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING BECAUSE U I L MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN THE RELAYS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN GRADUATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAN FOR IF IT'S JUST THE MOODY CENTER, WE ALL ALREADY HAVE A PLAN.
IF IT'S JUST A FOOTBALL GAME, IT'S WHEN THEY START DOING ALL OF THESE OR SOME OF THEM.
AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW.
AND WHEN YOU GUYS FINALIZE THOSE PLANS, ARE THOSE GONNA BE VIEWABLE ANYWHERE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD AROUND JUST TO TELL PEOPLE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS? WELL, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS, CUZ THOSE ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND MM-HMM.
UH, MAPS THAT SAY THESE ROADS ARE CLOSED, HERE'S HOW YOU GET AROUND, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GET DROPPED OFF.
UH, SO WE, WE WILL WORK ON THAT.
WE HAVE A A IN-HOUSE GS PERSON WHO CAN MAKE US SOME GREAT MAPS THAT WE LIKE TO PUT OUT ON OUR WEB, UH, TO, FOR PEOPLE TO USE FOR THAT.
AND YOU TOLD ME THAT, UM, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY COMPLETELY CLOSED OFF RIGHT.
SOMETHING DURING ONE OF THE EVENTS THERE.
AND THAT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING OKAY.
OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE ONLY GONNA CLOSE THIS, UM, EAST SIDE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO MOODY CENTER.
SO IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT CHANGED, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.
SO, AND IT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SHUT DOWN THE STREET UNLESS IT'S FOR MAINTENANCE.
WELL, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, IT'S THAT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS NOT SOLIDIFIED AT THIS POINT.
I, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT.
I HAVE A PARKING PERMIT FOR MAYER GARAGE AT UT
BUT GENERALLY I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE CLOSING PEDESTRIAN OR BIKE ACCESS DOWN DID ON ROBERT DEADMAN A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE SEEN THEM ACTUALLY PARK PRIVATE CARS ON THE BIKE LANES, LIKE A DOZEN LARGE SUVS JUST COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE BIKE LANE ON THE, THE WEST SIDE.
SO, SO THE BAC ALSO TACKLED THIS, UH, LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE FLAGGED FOR UT AND I THINK SINCE THEN THEY'VE STOPPED DOING THAT.
UM, THE OTHER PROBLEM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS DID THIS OR HAD THIS, BUT UH, THERE WERE OFFICERS SAYING THAT, UH, BICYCLE TRAFFIC WAS NOT ALLOWED, UH, DURING EVENT TIMES, WHICH WAS WRONG.
DICKEN'S GONE BACK AND, UH, MADE SURE OFFICERS KNOW THAT, UH, BICYCLES ARE ALLOWED THROUGH AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE BLOCKING THOSE LANES.
BUT IT DEFINITELY, IT, IT IS AN ISSUE.
AND, UH, ALSO AN ISSUE OF NOBODY'S REALLY ENFORCING BIKE PARKING DOWN THERE.
UH, BUT ACTUALLY OFF OF THAT, I HAVE A ANOTHER LAST QUESTION ABOUT ROBERT DEADMAN.
UH, SO THE FESTIVAL ADVISORY COUNCIL WHERE WE DID THAT THING AND UT KIND OF FIXED IT WITH THE OFFICERS.
UH, BUT ONE PROBLEM IS RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN CLYDE LITTLEFIELD DRIVE, IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT IT, THERE'S A BUNCH OF DO NOT ENTER SIGNS AND A BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS.
SO TO THE AVERAGE PERSON ON A BIKE SCOOTER OR PEDESTRIAN, THAT LOOKS LIKE, OH, I CAN'T GO THROUGH THERE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO HAVE SOME SIGNAGE THAT'S, THAT'S PEDESTRIAN AND BIKES ALLOW, I THINK THAT'D GO A LONG
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WAY IN IMPROVING, UH, ACCESS AND JUST PEOPLE KNOWING THAT THEY CAN USE THAT.UH, CAUSE I'VE SEEN LIKE, UH, LITERALLY PEOPLE WALKING SAYING, OH, WE GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY AROUND TO MLK AND I'M HAVING TO EXPLAIN LIKE, NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN GET THROUGH HERE.
UM, AND SAME THING ON THE ENTRANCE TO ROBERT DUNMAN OFF OF MLK.
SO I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE SPRING, UM, SEASON.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT HAPPENS THERE IS THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MICRO MOBILITY USAGE AND SO MANY PEOPLE WALKING THAT THE SIDEWALKS AND UH, UM, BIKE LANES ARE JUST PACKED UP.
SO IS, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN, AND I THINK YOU DID DO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ON LIKE SIXTH STREET OF, UM, EITHER CLOSING DOWN SOME LANES OR CLOSING DOWN SOME STREETS FROM AUTO TRAFFIC TO GIVE MORE SPACE TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS MICRO MOBILITY USERS AND BIKES? WELL, I MEAN, WE DO CLOSE SOME STREETS DOWN BECAUSE OF PEDESTRIAN LOAD.
AND, AND IN SOME OF THOSE CASES, UH, BIKES ARE ALLOWED THROUGH, BUT PETTY CALVES ARE NOT.
UM, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC AREAS THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT? YEAH, I MEAN THE TWO, THE TWO PLACES THAT GET REALLY CONGESTED FOR ME ARE, ARE CONGRESS ON THIRD STREET.
UH, JUST BECAUSE THE, ON CONGRESS YOU ALSO HAVE THE ADDED PROBLEM, A BIKE LANE BLOCK AND JUST GO THROUGH THE ROOF MM-HMM.
RIGHT? SO EVEN JUST IF YOU TOOK IT DOWN FROM, INSTEAD TWO GENERAL TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, ONE, UM, OR EVEN MADE ONE OF THOSE LANES A DROP OFF LANE SO PEOPLE AREN'T DROPPING OFF IN THE BIKE LANE.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT COULD GO A LONG WAY, BUT ALSO THE SIDEWALKS GET PACKED TOO.
UM, BECAUSE WE ALSO GOT PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE.
SO IN A LOT OF THOSE CASES, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT ALSO THAT CREATES SOME ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
AND SAME THING ON THIRD STREET, YOU, THERE'S SO MUCH PEDESTRIAN FLOW, THEY'RE MOVING INTO THE BIKE LANE.
THE BIKE LANE IS PACKED WITH SCOOTERS AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S AN AREA WHERE IT'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN.
THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
AND YOU KNOW, I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO, UM, SURE.
WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AND SEE.
CAUSE WE, WE CREATE THAT PLAN AS WELL, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE, UM, ARTISTIC, YOU KNOW YEAH.
WAY TO TRY TO MANEUVER AROUND AND, AND FIGURE OUT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO, TO MAKE IT WORK.
I HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF STILL HAVING TO GO DOWNTOWN DURING, UH, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FOR WORK.
SO I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WITH SOME EXPERTISE THAT YEAH, I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS A LOT TO LOOK AT.
SO, AND YOUR OTHER SUGGESTION ABOUT THE SIGNAGE AND STUFF, IT'S A GOOD TIMING BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO START WORKING ON THOSE PLANS THAT I TALKED ABOUT TO TRY TO HAVE SOME STANDARDIZED PLANS.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO MAKE A NEW PLAN EVERY TIME.
SOME, SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IS GOING ON OVER THEN IN THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, ADD THAT SUGGESTION, PUT IT IN THERE.
I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES TOO, AROUND THE MOODY CENTER IS THAT IT'S GOTTEN A LOT BETTER FROM WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED MM-HMM.
AND SO IT'S LIKE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION TO THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY ON SITE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY TRICKY.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE A SIGNAGE THAT SUPPORTS WHAT THE PLAN IS WILL HELP THE FOLKS THERE AS WELL TO DO THEIR JOBS, UH, CORRECTLY.
I KNOW WHEN THEY FIRST OPEN, THEY WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY FINDING PLAN OVER THERE, AND THEN I THINK IT WAS, LET'S JUST KINDA LET IT RUN FOR A WHILE AND FIGURE IT OUT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO CIRCLE BACK TO THAT AS WELL.
IT'S DEFINITELY GOTTEN BETTER, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION.
WELL, PEOPLE SORT OF HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.
THERE WAS, IT WAS PRETTY SAD, SAD THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN YOU SAW THEM RUNNING FROM THE MOODY AMPHITHEATER BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE WRONG PLACEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
HEY, SO THAT, UM, TAKES US TO THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION ACTION ITEMS. WE DO HAVE,
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UM, OUR BRIEFINGS, UM, HERE.ONE THING I KNOW, AND CHRISTOPHER, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO TELL ME.
WE WE NEED AN APPOINTEE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, BUT DO WE HAVE TO BE NOTICED? WE PROBABLY HAVE TO BE NOTICED ON THE AGENDA, SO POINT THAT PERSON OR DO WE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS, UM, BRIEFINGS, IT, IT SHOULD, WE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO APPOINT THEM.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, SO, UH, CITY WEATHERBY DID ROLL OFF OF OUR COMMISSION.
WE NEED SOMEONE, UM, SO OUR, THERE'S A COUPLE CASES IN WHICH THE UTC, UM, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE NEW, GETS AN APPOINTEE TO OTHER,
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UH, CITY BODIES AND, UH, COMMISSIONS.ONE OF THOSE IS THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
UM, SO WE DO GET AN APPOINTEE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN THAT, UH, IN THAT ROLE? UM, I'LL SAY I BIKE RETREAT TRANSIT DOWNTOWN TO WORK EVERY DAY.
AND I THINK, OBVIOUSLY FROM THE QUESTIONS I ASKED TODAY, I, I HAVE A PRETTY BIG INTEREST, ESPECIALLY AS THE CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS DEVELOPED DOWN THERE.
SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, KNOCK SOME CENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION FOR
THEY, THEY DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY NEED UTC UH,
UM, ANY, UH, SO SPENCER SAID HE'S INTERESTED.
I JUST WANNA CHECK, IS ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED? I'M GONNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK UP THERE.
LET'S, UM, I GUESS JUST TAKE A QUICK VOTE ON CINDY AND SPENCER AS OUR APPOINTEE.
SO, UM, I WILL MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE, UH, SPENCER AS OUR DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? UH, I'LL TAKE ATHENA.
AND THEN ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT ONE AND WAYNE.
UM, SO, UM, THAT ONE DOES PASS.
SO I THINK CHRISTOPHER, YOU'LL HELP, UH, SPENCER CONNECT WITH THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS AND THEN YOU'LL, UH, EVERY MONTH YOU'LL REPORT BACK ON WHAT THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UM, HEARD ABOUT AND, AND LET US KNOW.
UM, THAT TAKES US TO REPORT FROM JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS, UH, UH, DIANA WHEELER.
I WONDER IF SHE'S SUPPOSED TO, I, UM, OH NO, SHE'S THERE.
DIANA MAY BE FROZEN, NOT ON MUTE.
SO OUR, UH, JSC MEETING WAS ON 5 23 AND WE, UM, WE REALLY DIDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT EXCEPT WE RE UH, VOTED IN KIBA WHITE AS THE, UM, AS THE, YOU KNOW, CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND I WAS RE VOTED IN AS THE VICE CHAIR AND WE SET UP THREE WORKING GROUPS.
SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY PLAN, WHICH THE JSE IS TASKED WITH, YOU KNOW, BETTER IMPLEMENTING, WE HAVE THREE WORKING GROUPS TO HELP US REALLY GET INTO THAT.
SO WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WORKING GROUP, CONSUMPTION WORKING GROUP, AND A TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION WORKING GROUP, WHICH WE JUST PUT TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY PLAN AND FIGURE OUT, UH, PULL OUT THINGS THAT CAN BE DISCRETE TASKS THAT THE CITY CAN DO.
UH, NOW FOR OUR B A C, UM, I NOTICED THAT SPENCER'S NAME IS HERE, BUT WAS ATHENA OUR APPOINTEE TO TO, TO BE A, CAN WE START THAT OUT? I AM AND I WOULD HAP BE HAPPY, HAPPY TO HAVE HIM TAKE OVER.
I, UM, I THINK THAT SPENCER WAS HERE AND I JUST, I JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
I DIDN'T EVEN, I THINK ATHENA IS OUR, UM, ELECTED REP TO BE AC YEP.
SO, UM, I'M, MAYBE WE WANNA SORT THAT OUT.
MAY, MAYBE Y'ALL WANNA TALK ABOUT IT AND WE CAN TAKE AN ACTION NEXT MONTH IF WE NEED TO.
UM, BUT
UM, IT WAS A JOINT B A C P A C MEETING ON, UH, MAY 16TH.
UM, COUPLE OF THINGS HEARD FROM VISION ZERO WAS THE SAME UPDATE.
UM, THERE WAS A, A BEAUTIFUL RECOMMENDATION AUTHORED BY THE BAC VICE CHAIRMAN, UM, THAT WAS, UH, BASICALLY ADVOCATING THAT IN THE RESHUFFLE OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, THERE'D BE ONE DIVISION OVER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION KIND OF MERGING IN SMART MOBILITY, UH, URBAN TRAILS, UM, PROGRAM CORRIDOR OFFICE INTO ONE SPECIFIC DIVISION OVER, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND THAT, UH, THAT DIVISION REPORT DIRECTLY, UH, TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND MAYBE SOMETHING I'D SEND OVER HERE TO SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN THE U T C TAKING UP A, A SIMILAR, UM, UM, THING
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AT OUR NEXT MEETING.UH, AND THEN WE, UH, UH, HAD A BYLAW AMENDMENT THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, ALLOWING THE, UH, OFFICERS TO SERVE, UH, TWO CONSECUTIVE ONE YEAR TERMS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE, ONE YEAR TERM.
UM, WHY DON'T YOU TWO TALK AND I CAN TAKE IT,
LET'S, LET'S COME BACK TO THAT IN A MONTH.
AND I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO THINK THROUGH IN GENERAL ALL OF OUR APPOINTMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THESE ROLES.
AND SO, UM, IF, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN SORT AND THAT PEOPLE AREN'T OVERWHELMED OR THAT PEOPLE HAVE STUFF TO DO, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
SIMILARLY WITH P A C I DID WANNA PIN THAT ALI RUIS, WHO'S ROLLED OFF, UH, SHE WAS OUR D NINE REP, UH, FOR U T C COMMISSIONER, SHE ROLLED OFF AND SHE WAS THE U AND AND PART OF IT IS, I DON'T WANNA HAVE FEWER OF US ON
LIKE YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE BASIS YOU'VE BEEN SERVING, BUT WE CAN SEND IN ONE OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE, THE V C YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, UM, SO I KNOW ALLIE WAS, WAS THE UTC APPOINTEE TO P A C, BUT UM, AND SHE'S NO LONGER ON, SO THAT IS VACANT.
SO DANIEL, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A REPORT SINCE YOU ARE, BUT THAT MAY BE A ROLE WHERE WE WANNA DECIDE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE IF PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT WE, WE DO GET A APPOINTMENT TO P A C WE CAN DECIDE ON TODAY IF WE WANT TO.
UM, SO DANIEL, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US A REPORT ON THAT? YEAH.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN TWO MEETINGS OF THE P C SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS THAT JOINT B AAC P A C MEETING, WHICH SPENCER JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UM, WE MET, UH, THE P C MET YESTERDAY, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM SUSAN ENGEL KING FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY MICRO MOBILITY.
AND SHE HAD SOME INTERESTING THOUGHTS ABOUT, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT SHE CALLS THE CRUMBS OR LIKE SCRAPS OF MONEY FOR DIFFERENT MICRO MOBILITY WHERE SHE SAYS TINY TRANSIT MODES INTO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PRESENTATION FROM LAURA DARFIELD FROM T P W AT THE CITY ABOUT THE CONGRESS AVENUE URBAN DESIGN, UM, LIKE THE, UH, CONGRESS AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS.
OH, WASN'T, OH, AND THEN THERE WAS A, UH, A VOTE ON THAT BYLAW THAT, SO THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED INTO P A C RULES.
UM, SO, SO DANIEL, YOU'RE SERVING ON P A C I PRESUMABLY, CUZ YOU APPLIED FOR YOUR P A C AND HAD BEEN TAKEN ON THERE, RIGHT? IS THAT, THAT, AM I, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
YEAH, SO I, BEFORE I WAS APPOINTED TO UTC I WAS ALREADY ON P A C.
UM, IS ANY, SO, SO WE GET A UTC GETS AN APPOINTEE TO P A C, UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN BE TAKING ON THAT ROLE? WE, WE CAN, WE CAN SIT ON THAT, WE CAN MULL ON THAT FOR A MONTH.
THAT, THAT'S FINE IF WE NEED TO, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S NOT ALREADY APPOINTED SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT DEFINITE AND LET US KNOW AND WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT TODAY OR WE CAN HOLD ON THAT.
WHY DON'T WE ALL MULL OVER THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN, UH, WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT IN A MONTH OR TWO.
UM, I THINK WE WON'T, WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE HEARING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET UPDATES FROM B AAC AND P A C FROM SPENCER AND, AND, UH, DANIEL AND, AND CHRISTOPHER TOO, IF NEED BE.
SO CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE, UM, I DID ATTEND AND THAT WAS IN MAY ALL RUNNING TOGETHER FOR ME.
I ATTENDED THAT VIRTUALLY AND I GAVE THEM AN UPDATE REALLY, I THINK IT HAD BEEN SINCE FEBRUARY OR MARCH THAT THEY HAD HEARD A UPDATE.
SO I JUST KIND OF RAN THROUGH ALL OF OUR, UM, UPDATES THAT WE HAD.
THEY WERE, UM, WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE ZILKER, UM, MOBILITY, THE MOBILITY ASPECTS OF THE ZILKER PARK PLANNING PROCESS.
THAT'S NOW COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, SO I THINK IT'S VERY HIGH, HIGH PROFILE ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY MOSTLY JUST HEARD THE UPDATES AND I SORT OF INTRODUCED MYSELF, UM, AS THE NEW CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY FOR THE, THEIR ENTIRE AGENDA, BUT I THINK THEY WERE MOSTLY GONNA BE DOING ZILKER AND HEARING FROM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SIMILAR MESSAGES THAT, THAT WE HEARD AT OUR MEETING.
AND THEN AGAIN, CITY, THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL HEARD THAT THEIR FIRST READING THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, A LOT OF, DEFINITELY A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO THEN, UM, THE, UH, COMMUNITY
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT CONNECT.SO I SERVE AS THE UTCS REPRESENTATIVE TO, UM, THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST ONE I MISSED BECAUSE, UM, I, IT WAS MY DAUGHTER'S ORCHESTRA RECITAL, BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS MAY 4TH.
THEY, UM, HAD ANOTHER, UM, UH, DISCUSSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME, I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY EVEN AFTER, YEAH, I THINK THE PUBLIC COMMENT OFFICIALLY CLOSED MAY 2ND, WHICH IS WHEN WE MET.
BUT THEY DISCUSSED IT AND THEY HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN WE MET ON MAY 11TH AND WE ACTUALLY PASSED OUR IMPLEMENT LIGHT RAIL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OPTIONS RECOMMENDATION THERE.
UM, WHICH WAS, UM, IN SOME WAYS, UM, UH, SIM QUITE SIMILAR TO WHAT, UM, I THINK WHAT U T C PASSED.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE, UM, I THINK IN FACT UTCS WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO SOMEWHAT INFORM IT.
WE ALSO HAD SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS, PARTICULARLY, UM, AROUND THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE, UM, LIKE THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WHEREVER THAT ENDS UP.
AND SOME, SOME EXPECTATION OR GUIDELINES THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR THAT WERE THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE DID FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID ON MAY 11TH.
AND THEN WE MEET AGAIN, THINK IN TWO DAYS AND THURSDAY.
SO THAT TAKES US BASICALLY TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
UM, WE, UM, HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR, UM, AND YOU CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT IF YOU WANT TO, I GUESS.
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ITEMS. UM, I DO WANNA FLAG THE, UM, ONE WHERE WE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY.UM, UM, I GUESS I WOULD SAY MOBILITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TELEWORK POLICY.
AND, UH, I, I THINK IT COULD BE JULY OR AUGUST, JUST DEPENDING WHAT'S, WHAT YOU'VE GOT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW IT'S, UH, VERY ACTIVE ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT FOLKS HAVE FOR OUR BODY? SO I THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT I WANTED TO BRING KIND OF A BIKE LANE BLOCKAGE PART TWO, UH, RESOLUTION.
UM, I HAVE IT PRETTY MUCH DRAFTED, UH, BUT I WAS PLANNING TO HAVE THE BAC PASS IT FIRST AND THEN BRING IT TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
SO, UM, I'LL SEND THAT OUT FOR SPONSORSHIP PROBABLY IN A WEEK OR TWO.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR IS INTERESTED IN IT, LET ME KNOW.
UM, I DON'T WANNA CREATE A WALK AND CORN, BUT IF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED, I'M HAPPY TO GET, UH, PLENTY OF FEEDBACK FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED.
KIND OF WHAT I'M CREATING IS A MENU OF OPTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EITHER TAKE THE ORIGINAL PLAN, YOU COULD UH, UH, DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
YOU COULD DO, UH, JUST HIRE MORE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY OFFICERS.
UM, BUT PICK ONE OF THEM IS KIND OF THE GIST OF IT.
UM, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT UP, BUT I'LL PROBABLY SEND IT OUT TO THE GROUP IN TWO WEEKS.
JUST WANNA PUT IT ON THE RADAR.
YEAH, JUST BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THE ONE ON TELEWORKING.
I ALSO FEEL THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM.
I'VE BEEN TRACKING WHAT TRAVIS COUNTY DID.
I ACTUALLY GOT A CALL FROM JARED DOHERTY, SURPRISINGLY OF ALL PEOPLE
UH, BUT REGENT SHEA HAS BEEN THE BACKER OF IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND THEIRS IS A QUITE SOPHISTICATED PROGRAM.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO BE A CONSULTANT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THE TRAVIS COUNTY PLAN DOES IT RIGHT.
AUSTIN PLAN IS AN INDICATION OF MANAGERIAL INCOMPETENCE.
I WOULD NOT HIRE ANYBODY WHOSE TELEWORKING POLICY WAS BACK TO YOUR DESKS.
UM, I'LL WORK AND SEE ONE, ONE THING THAT, UM, WE WOULD'VE TO KEEP TO MIND IS SOMEONE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO WRITE A RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN AN ISSUE WITH WALKING CORN SO LONG AS IT'S LIKE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE.
UH, JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, YOU GUYS WERE WORKING AMONGS SELVES.
WHAT I SENT IN WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO ME BY RICHARD BREMER FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
AND THIS WAS THE, WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION PASSED.
WE CAN READ IT AND NOT PASS ANY OF IT.
WE CAN ENDORSE IT WHOLESALE, WE CAN COME UP WITH OUR OWN OR WHATEVER AD MIXTURE.
IT'S JUST A STARTING POINT IN REEN I WOULD SUGGEST TOO.
I MEAN, I THINK, UM, IS THAT THE ONE IN OUR BACKUP? IS THE ONE THAT YOU CIRCULATED OR NO, THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR BACKUP THAT WAS SENT AS A, AS A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION THAT WAS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
THEY JUST REQUESTED IT SENT TO YOU ALL.
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REEN, I THINK, UM, I'M NEUTRAL.I MEAN, I THINK SOMETIMES IT CAN BE EFFECTIVE IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
SO THO THOSE ISSUES ARE MOST GERMANE TO US.
SO LIKE, IF YOU WANT IT TO CRAFT ONE YOURSELF, UM, IF YOU WANNA DESIGNATE YOURSELF TO, LIKE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO WRITE ONE, UM, OR IF YOU'RE VERY COMFORTABLE.
I HAVEN'T READ THE, THE ONE THAT YOU, YOU, YOU SAID YOU CIRCULATED IT, RUBEN.
WELL, I, I SENT IT TO CHRISTOPHER.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE, WHAT CHRISTOPHER DID WITH IT, BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME ONE THAT THERE WAS FROM THE PUBLIC IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOT.
SO, SO RUBEN, I MIGHT ACTUALLY JUST TASK YOU WITH KIND OF, UM, HELPING US AND YOU CAN EMAIL ME, BUT, UM, EITHER WRITING ONE OR IF YOU JUST WANNA DO THE ONE THAT WAS CIRCULATED, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO CLOSELY READ IT.
UM, BUT, BUT I THINK WE CAN WORK TOWARDS HAVING A RECOMMENDATION READY IF WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN OUR JULY AGENDA.
WE JUST WANNA HAVE SOMETHING READY TO GO.
UM, BECAUSE WE MIGHT, IT'S LIKELY THAT IF WE PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA, THEN PEOPLE COME OUT TO SPEAK AND THEN YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO COME, COME CORRECT FOR THAT.
SO I TO DO A SECOND AND THIRD READING AND DECIDE WHETHER WE NEED TO, WHETHER IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MODIFY THAT RESOLUTION FOR OUR SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES.
YEAH, YOU THINK THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN DECIDE IF WE WANNA WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR AMEND THIS.
THIS ALSO ISN'T QUITE IN THE FORM OF THE TRADITIONAL RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION, SO THAT MIGHT NEED SOME THOUGHT TOO.
BUT, UM, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
I WILL, UM, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
UM, LET ME KNOW IF YOU OBJECT, BUT IT'S 6:46 PM ALL RIGHT.