Oct 03, 2023 Urban Transportation

BUT THEY, THEY WORK WELL IN LINEAR FASHIONS.

PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS USE 'EM ALL THE TIME AS A SKATEBOARDER.

DO YOU FIND GENERALLY THAT BIKE LANES ARE ADAPTABLE TO SKATEBOARDS? OR IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT A SKATEBOARD THAT OUR CURRENT BIKE LANES AREN'T MEETING? SO IN GENERAL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAFE, UM, ENOUGH TO GET AROUND, BUT THEY'RE AS SAFE AS A SIDEWALK.

SO WHEN SKATE PARK BUILDERS SPECIFICALLY DESIGN, UM, CONCRETE, IT'S USUALLY SMOOTHER.

UM, THE CONTROL JOINTS ARE SMALLER SO YOU DON'T HIT THE BUMPS.

AND ALSO THE KIND OF ELEMENTS THAT YOU COULD INCLUDE ON THE SIDEWALK MIGHT BE MORE OF A BERM OR LAND FORMS THAT YOU WOULD USE TO GET AROUND ON.

LIKE, THERE'S PUMP TRACKS IS ONE STYLE.

UM, THERE'S SNAKE RUNS.

THOSE ARE DIFFERENT STYLES OF, OF PARKS AND LAYOUT DESIGNS,

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THAT COULD BE A TRAIL WHERE IT'S JUST A SIDEWALK THAT HAS KIND OF BERMS OR EMBANKMENTS ON OTHER SIDE.

THAT WOULD BE IDEAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

I, I ACTUALLY, IT'S SO TIMELY 'CAUSE I HAD JUST BEEN AT THE, THE NEW BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, UM, LANDSCAPING AND ART SECTION.

JUST THE OTHER DAY I TOOK A PHOTO 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS SO REMARKABLE.

THEY HAVE SIGNS ALL OVER THE PLACE OVER THERE THAT SAY NO BIKES, SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS OR SMOKING.

I JUST THOUGHT NO COMMENT THERE.

BUT I, I WAS REFLECTING ON SKATEBOARDS IN PART BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO YOU SHOWING UP HERE AS SERENDIPITOUS.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING TO US TODAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANNA DISCUSS IN A FUTURE AGENDA.

SO, AWESOME.

UM, SO THIS IS FROM OUR, UM, UH, SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING.

THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, THAT MOVES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission REGULAR MEETING on September 5, 2023.]

UM, SO, UM, THIS SHOULD BE, UH, IN OUR PREPARED PACKET THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THE MINUTES? MOTION TO I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.

I WILL SECOND, UM, ANY DISCUSSION OR FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? SO I HAVE ONE THING.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO AMEND IT THIS TIME, BUT WE LEAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OFF OF OUR MINUTES.

UM, AND ESPECIALLY ON THIS ONE, LIKE WE CREATED A WORK GROUP AND STUFF, SO I THINK IT PROBABLY IS A GOOD PRACTICE TO PUT, BECAUSE THAT IS AN OFFICIAL MOTION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IT ONTO THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT ONE.

SO I THINK GOING FORWARD IT MAKES SENSE TO INCLUDE THIS.

I AGREE.

I THINK CAPTURING THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE USEFUL TO US ON A COUPLE LEVELS.

SO, UM, I THINK THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I AGREE.

I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED TO AMEND THIS, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD NOTE FOR GOING FORWARD.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AMENDMENTS? CORRECTIONS.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MINI MINUTES.

I SEE THE TWO PEOPLE ONLINE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. UM, OUR FIRST PRESENTER, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA GO, ISABELLE, YOU TELL ME IF THERE'S A TIME SENSITIVE THING, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.

SO, UM, I THINK OUR FIRST PRESENTER IS VIRTUAL ON THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.

DO WE KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS? UH, COLLEEN.

WHAT ABOUT AMIR? YES.

HELLO? I WAS GONNA SAY, I CAN'T UNMUTE, BUT I THINK Y'ALL FIXED IT.

UH, OKAY, NOW YOU CAN SEE ME TOO, SO, HELLO.

UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN.

UM, LET'S SEE.

MY NAME IS COLLEEN GENTLES.

CAN YOU SEE THE POWERPOINT? WE CAN.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, ALL RIGHT, I WILL GET STARTED.

SO, HELLO,

[2. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to Council Regarding the Safe Routes to School Program.]

I AM THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER FOR THE SAFE ROCK SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE.

UM, WE DID A PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, SO JUST LIKE AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF OUR PROGRAM AND WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, IN TERMS OF PROJECTS AND SPENDING.

SO THE MISSION OF THE SAFE FRANCIS SCHOOL PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WA WHOOPS, AH, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL BY CREATING A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HUMAN POWER, TRANSPORTATION.

AND OUR VISION IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HUMAN POWER TRANSPORTATION AS A FIRST CHOICE FOR CITY OF AUSTIN STUDENTS.

AND SO, SO OUR, UH, PROGRAM IS MADE UP OF FOUR ARMS. WE HAVE OUR CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, STARTED IN 1991.

WE HAVE, UH, ALMOST 200 CROSSING GUARDS AT, UH, OVER 75 SCHOOLS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EDUCATION TEAM, AND THAT WAS STARTED IN 1992.

UM, THAT CONSISTS OF FIVE FULL-TIME STAFF, UM, AND THEY GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS, UM, BETWEEN GRADES, UH, THREE AND FIVE.

AND THEY TEACH KIDS HOW TO WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT, UH, TEAM THAT IS TWO FULL-TIME STAFF.

UM, AND THEIR ROLE IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS LIKE THE PTAS.

AND SO THAT PROGRAM HEADS UP OUR, UM, NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY, OUR

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NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY.

UM, THEY DO LIKE BIKE ON WEDNESDAYS, WALK ON WEDNESDAYS, OR BOW WOW.

THEY'LL DO BIKE RODEOS.

UM, THEY'LL DO LITTLE CONTESTS OR GAMES WITH THE KIDS TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE, UM, LIKE CLASSROOM COMPETITION TO GET MORE STUDENTS WALKING, BIKING.

AND THEN, AND THAT PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED, UH, IN 2012.

AND THEN THE LAST ARM OF RASA SCHOOL IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS BORN OUT OF THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND.

AND SO THAT PROGRAM CONSISTS OF TWO STAFF POSITIONS, UH, ONE WHICH IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

AND SO THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, THIS PROGRAM WAS BORN OUT OF THE 2016 BOND.

IT WAS VOTED UPON, UH, BY THE VOTERS, 27 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS DIVIDED, UH, AMONGST THE 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS, UH, STATE ROUTES OF SCHOOL.

AND SO WE ARE A PROGRAM THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, SEVEN IN FACT WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON, UH, JURISDICTION.

AND WE LOOK AT SAFETY CONCERNS, UH, WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE, UH, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO DO SO.

AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, UH, THE GOAL WAS TO BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS TO HELP, UH, THESE STUDENTS WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

AND SO OUR APPROACH WAS, WE INITIALLY ASKED THE SCHOOL OF CONCERN.

SO THIS WAS, UH, IN 20 18, 20 19, WE ASKED THE SCHOOL, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU NOTICING? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR, UM, UH, TEACHERS ABOUT GETTING KIDS TO SCHOOL? AND THEN, UH, WE DID WALK AUDITS AT 137 SCHOOLS.

UM, SO THEY'RE THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, WE ALSO DID COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE DID OVER 50 COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, NOT JUST AT THE SCHOOLS, BUT AT THE LIBRARIES.

UM, ALSO, UM, WE WENT TO CHURCHES TO GET FEEDBACK.

WE WENT TO GROCERY STORES, GET FEEDBACK.

WE WENT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD BE TO ASK THEM FOR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

WE DID AN INTERNAL REVIEW.

UH, SO WE LOOKED AT, UH, FEASIBILITY, UH, WITH AREA ENGINEERS.

WE LOOKED AT THE CSRS AS THEY WERE GETTING IN, UH, COMMON, UM, CONCERNS FROM AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS.

SO WE TOOK ALL THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL INTO OUR MODEL.

THEN WE RELEASED A DRAFT OF THE REPORT.

UM, WE OPENED IT UP TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR A THREE WEEK WINDOW.

AND THEN WE PUBLISHED THE FINAL REPORT, UH, END OF 2019, EARLY 2020, UH, JUST IN TIME FOR COVID TO SHUT THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN.

SO NOW WE HAD A REPORT.

AND THEN IN 2020, SO FAST FORWARD TO, UH, NOVEMBER, 2020, WE GOT ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING TO, UH, ADDRESS THOSE BARRIERS.

SO ALTOGETHER WE HAD 47 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO DO, UM, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AROUND THE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.

AND SO OUR FOCUS WAS VERY HIGH AND HIGH BENEFIT PROJECTS, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UM, THE CATCH BETWEEN THE 2016 BOND DOLLARS AND THE 2020 BOND DOLLARS WAS THAT THE 2020 FUNDING DID NOT HAVE TO BE DIVIDED EQUALLY BY DISTRICT.

SO IT COULD LOOK, UM, MORE AT EQUITY THAN THE FIRST ROUND OF MONEY, WHICH WAS, UM, DIVIDED EQUALLY BY DISTRICT, WHICH, AS YOU'LL SEE, IS NOT, UM, EQUITABLE IN TERMS OF NUMBER IN SCHOOLS AND ALSO NUMBER OF BARRIERS.

SO HERE IS, UM, SOME DATA FROM THE REPORT.

SO WE DID 137 WALK AUDITS, LIKE I I MENTIONED, ACROSS SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS LONG AS THE SCHOOL WAS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN JURISDICTION.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE NUMBER, UH, NUMBER ONE DISTRICTS FOR SCHOOLS IS ONE, TWO, AND SIX.

AND THEN DISTRICTS EIGHT AND FIVE HAVE THE LEAST NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF BARRIERS.

SO ALTOGETHER, THE REPORT CAME UP WITH, UM, 4,600 BARRIER, OVER 4,600 BARRIERS TO WALKING AND BIKE TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

AND SO WE BROKE THOSE BARRIERS DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT FOR BARRIERS WAS DISTRICT ONE WITH, UH, DISTRICT THREE COMING IN AND CLOSED SECOND.

AND THEN SOME OF THE LOWEST DISTRICTS WITH BARRIERS INCLUDED DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE.

AND SO RIGHT AWAY YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF BARRIERS IS NOT CORRELATING TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE BARRIERS.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO SOME MORE FINANCIAL DATA.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE TOOK ALL OF THE 4,600 BARRIERS.

WE GAVE 'EM APPROXIMATE COSTS, UH, IN 20 $19.

AND WE REALIZED THAT DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT SEVEN HAD THE HIGHEST COST OF BARRIERS, UM, TO BE ADDRESSED FOR SCHOOL.

AND SO WE CAN SEE HERE, LIKE IT'S ALSO JUST NOT, UH, JUST NOT COMING ACROSS EQUITABLE, RIGHT? WE HAVE DISTRICTS ONE AND SEVEN WITH THE HIGHEST COST OF BARRIERS, AND THEN DISTRICTS, UH, SIX AND NINE WITH THE LOWEST COST OF BARRIERS.

AND SO WHAT KIND OF BARRIERS DID WE COME UP WITH? WELL, WE BROKE THEM DOWN INTO NINE CATEGORIES.

UM, WE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND, UH, INTERSECTION RECONFIGURATION.

SO BASICALLY, UH, WAYS TO MAKE THE INTERSECTION SAFER.

WE LOOKED AT CURB RAMPS AND CROSSWALKS.

UH, THE PRESENCE WERE ABSENCE OF THOSE, UH, WHETHER THEY WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, WHETHER THEY NEEDED TO BE, UH, REFRESHED OR, UM, MADE BRIGHTER.

WE LOOKED AT

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OVER UNDERPASSES.

SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE, UH, MAJOR, UM, THOROUGH AFFAIRS THAT, UH, CUT WITHIN THE CATCHMENT AREA.

SO TWO 90 IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I'M THINKING OF HERE.

THAT WAS ANOTHER FACTOR INTO THE MODEL.

UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT OFF, OFF STREET TRAIL CONNECTIONS.

SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, LITTLE TINY TRAIL CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD BRING TWO NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER TO GET TO A SCHOOL.

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE COPPERFIELD TRAIL CONNECTOR, UH, JUST SOUTH OF EAST JAGER LANE.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UM, THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF BIKE LANES, WHETHER THEY'RE BUFFERED, UH, WITH TURTLE BUMPS OR FLEX POSES, UH, MAKING THEM PROTECTED, OR IF THEY HAD A, UM, CONCRETE, UH, BARRIER ON THE GROUND, OR IF THEY WERE JUST, UH, LINE STRIPES ON WITH THE PAVEMENT.

WE LOOKED AT SIDE PATHS, WHICH ARE ALSO, UH, CALLED SHARED USE PATHS.

AND THOSE ARE WIDER THAN A TYPICAL SIDEWALK.

SO TYPICALLY WE BUILD SIDEWALKS, FIVE FEET WIDE CHARITIES PATH, OR ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 10 FEET WIDE.

THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY AND TRAFFIC CALMING.

THIS IS LOOKING AT, UH, CURB EXTENSIONS, SO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC, UM, SHARED STREETS, THIS KIND OF OPTION.

THOSE ARE KIND OF OPTIONS, UM, WOULD FALL INTO THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, NEW OR IMPROVED SIDEWALKS, WHICH MEANS, UH, BUILDING SIDEWALKS WHERE THERE ARE NONE OR REPAIRING SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN, UH, BAD CONDITION OR ARE NOT A D A COMPLIANT.

SO PERHAPS THEY'RE THREE FEET WIDE, UM, KIND OF AN OLD SCHOOL SIDEWALK VERSUS OUR STANDARD FOR FIVE FEET SIDEWALKS NOW.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD AN OTHER CATEGORY, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A CATCHMENT.

AND SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THINGS LIKE TRIMMING THE TREES AND THE VEGETATION 'CAUSE THEY WERE BLOCKING THE SIGNS.

UH, MAYBE SOME OF THE SIGNS WERE JUST, UH, KIND OF OLD AND FADED, OR NOT REFLECTIVE ANYMORE.

IT ALSO INCLUDED THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN BIKE RACKS AT A SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S A HEAVILY BIKED CAMPUS AND THERE WERE NO BIKE RACKS OR ALSO JUST GENERAL, UM, PARENT Q LINE CONCERNS.

AND SO HOW COULD WE MAKE PARKING AND CIRCULATION BETTER, OR MAYBE HAVING CARS, UH, COME IN TWO LANES OF A DRIVEWAY VERSUS ONE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE OTHER CATEGORY FOR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED.

AND SO ALTOGETHER, UM, THESE 4,600 PROJECTS CAME TO OVER 825 MILLION.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS IN 20 $19.

SO IF WE WERE TO ASSESS EVERYTHING TODAY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MUCH, MUCH HIGHER DUE TO INFLATION AND JUST GENERAL COSTS OF MATERIALS AND LABOR.

AND THEN WE TOOK THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE BROKE THEM DOWN INTO A CHART FOR EASIER ACCESS TO SEE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM THE REPORT WAS SIDEWALKS, NEW SIDEWALKS, IMPROVED SIDEWALKS, UM, REPAIRING THEM, PUTTING THEM WHERE THERE ARE NONE, WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SIDEWALKS.

THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE CALL OUT FROM THE 137 SCHOOLS.

AND SO THAT CAME TO OVER A THIRD OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE SECOND THIRD OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AT CURB RAMPS AND CROSSWALKS AND CURB EXEMPT.

AND SO, UM, THIS ALSO INCLUDES PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS, BUT EITHER THE ABSENCE OF RAMPS OR, UM, NONCOMPLIANT RAMPS OR, UM, RAMPS THAT WERE, UM, NOT, UH, BIDIRECTIONAL, PERHAPS THEY KIND OF WERE DIAGONAL WHERE THEY KIND OF SEND YOU INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET VERSUS KIND OF LIKE AN L SHAPE.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE SECOND, THIRD, UH, LARGEST RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE OTHER, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FELL INTO SMALLER CATEGORIES.

AND SO LOOKING AT IT BY A COST PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE NUMBER ONE COST TO FULFILL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE THE SIDE PASS OR THE SHARED USE PATH, IF THIS MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE IT'S A WIDER THAN A SIDEWALK, IT'S GONNA COST MORE IN TERMS OF CONCRETE AND MATERIALS.

UM, IN, IN THE TYING WITH THAT IS ALSO THE SIDEWALKS IN GENERAL.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT 62% OF THE COST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS COMING, UH, DIRECTLY FROM SIDEWALK AREAS.

AND, UM, THE THIRD HIGHEST THEN IS LOOKING AT, UM, OFF STREET TRAILS, WHICH WE'D ALSO BUILD WITH CONCRETE.

AND THEN, UH, ANY KIND OF BIKE LANE PROTECTION.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE PERCENTAGES OF THE ESTIMATED COSTS FROM THE REPORT.

SO HOW WERE THE FACTORS PUT INTO THE REPORT? SO THIS IS WHERE, UH, WE CAN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DATA.

SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM A, UH, FOUR CATEGORIES HERE, DEMAND SAFETY, EQUITY AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT.

AND SO DEMAND, WE DID A RADIUS, SO WE USED G I S, UM, WE USED A NETWORK ANALYST TOOL TO NOT DO JUST GENERAL BUFFERS AROUND THE SCHOOL, BUT UM, TO KIND OF SEE LIKE ACTUAL ROAD AND, UH, AND SIDEWALK NETWORKS TO SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH OUR RADIUS.

WE LOOKED AT SCHOOLS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF EACH OTHER, BUT FOR WALKING, UH, WALKING TO SCHOOL WITHIN A HALF MILE AND THEN BIKING WITHIN TWO MILES IS KIND OF THE GENERAL RULE THAT WE USE.

WE LOOKED AT SAFETY, THE NUMBER OF BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CRASHES, UM, THE FUNCTIONAL CLASS SCORE, WHICH IS THE STREET.

SO DIFFERENT STREETS HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, SCORINGS, WHETHER YOU'RE A COLLECTOR OR A NEIGHBORHOOD ARTERIAL.

SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AS PART OF THE SAFETY CATEGORY.

AND THEN ENGINEERING JUDGMENT.

UM, WE, UM, ASKED OUR COLLEAGUES AND PROFESSIONALS LIKE, HEY, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO PUT IN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE? LIKE, DOES IT MAKE SENSE

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FOR THE SIDEWALK HERE? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO, UM, PUT IN A CURB EXTENSION HERE? THOSE ARE, THAT'S WHERE ENGINEERING JUDGMENT KIND OF PLAYED IN.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT EQUITY.

WE LOOKED AT THE FREE AND REDUCED ELIGIBILITY RATE.

UM, SO THAT'S FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.

AND ALSO, UH, THE POVERTY RATE.

SO WE DID HAVE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS INTO OUR MODEL.

AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY WAS THE COMMENTS.

SO WE DID, UH, TWO TYPES OF COMMENTS.

WE HAD A WIKI MAP, WHICH WAS AN ONLINE MAP WHERE PEOPLE COULD VIRTUALLY PUT IN THEIR COMMENTS.

AND WE ALSO TOOK PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT OUR MEETINGS, UM, AT THE GROCERY STORE WHERE WE COLLECTED THE FEEDBACK EITHER VERBALLY OR WRITTEN, AND THEN WE WOULD IMPORT IT INTO THE WEB MAP SO THAT ALL THE COMMENTS COULD BE COLLECTED.

AND ALTOGETHER, WE HAD RECEIVED OVER 700 DIFFERENT COMMENTS, UH, BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE PUBLIC, UM, AND STAFF AS WELL.

SO WE COLLECTED QUITE A BIT OF COMMENT FOR OUR REPORT, AND THEN WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO, UH, DIFFERENT REPORTS PER SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE A SUMMARY REPORT, AND THEN WE HAVE A REPORT FOR EVERY SCHOOL THAT WE DID THE WALK AUDIT AT.

AND SO THOSE REPORTS ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV SLASH SAFE ROUTES.

AND WE COVERED THE BACKGROUND ON THAT.

WE LOOKED AT THE PROCESS WE DID, AND THEN THE OVERALL BENEFIT AND ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT CATEGORY, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SCHOOL.

SO THIS IS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAD AN ID NUMBER.

THEY HAD THE LOCATION, THEY HAD THE ISSUE THAT WAS FOUND, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD THE RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN THAT, UH, CAME UP WITH A SCORING.

AND SO WE RANKED OUR 4,600 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM VERY HIGH TO VERY LOW.

UH, SO A FIVE, UH, TIERED APPROACH TO THAT.

AND THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SCORED VERY HIGH IN OVERALL BENEFIT, UM, AND ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT, OR MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE LAST ROW HERE, THE OVERALL BENEFIT, UM, FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN IS PRETTY LOW, BUT AN ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT WOULD BE A MEDIUM.

SO NOT EVERYTHING CAME OUT TO, UM, THE SAME, DEPENDING ON COST OR THE NEED OF THE AREA.

SO USING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS COULD MOVE FORWARD TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO HERE'S HOW WE DECIDED WHICH PROJECTS WILL GET MOVED.

SO OVERALL, WE LOOKED AT HIGH OR VERY HIGH, UH, BENEFITS OR COST BENEFIT PROJECTS.

AND SO IT'S NOT AN EXCLUSIVE LIST.

UH, SOMETIMES WE DID BUILD PROJECTS THAT ARE MEDIUM OR LOW OR VERY LOW RANKED BECAUSE IT TIED INTO A LARGER SCOPE OF A PROJECT.

BUT IN GENERAL, WE TRIED TO TARGET THOSE THAT WERE RANKED VERY HIGH OR HIGH.

WE ALSO WANTED TO DO PROJECTS THAT MADE SENSE.

UM, THERE WERE GOOD WALKING AND BICYCLING IMPROVEMENTS AND HIT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE.

LIKE YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE.

UM, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD BENEFIT MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE, UM, A, UM, BIKE ROUTE ON BLANTON WOULD ALSO BENEFIT STUDENTS GOING TO BIRTH TOS, THEIR MEANS AS WELL.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE VERY HIGH AND HIGH, BUT ALSO HAD MULTIPLE SCHOOLS WELL AS WELL ATTACHED TO IT.

THOSE PROJECTS, UH, WENT TO THE TOP OF OUR LIST.

WE ALSO KEPT IN MIND THAT WE HAD TO SPEND THE FUNDING EQUALLY PER DISTRICT WITH 20 $16.

AND SO, UM, EVERY SCHOOL WOULD KIND OF GET A DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNT BASED OFF THAT, SINCE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PER DISTRICT IS NOT THE SAME.

BUT, UM, MY FAVORITE PART OF ALL OF OUR PRINCIPLES IS OUR LEVERAGING OF DOLLARS.

AND SO WE OFTEN PARTNERED WITH MULTIPLE ENTITIES IN THE CITY AND EXTERNALLY FROM THE CITY TO GET BIGGER AND BETTER PROJECTS.

AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF, UM, NOT AN EXCLUSIVE LIST, BUT JUST, UH, TOP LIST OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS WE FUNDED WITH, UM, TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS AND MAKE THEM GO FARTHER.

SO INTERNALLY, WE WORKED WITH THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, STREET AND BRIDGE OPERATIONS, BIKEWAY SIGNALS, SPEED MANAGEMENT, VISION ZERO HEAD CROSSING PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM.

AND THEN OUTSIDE OF, UH, OUR, OUR INTERNAL FOLKS, WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE SEVEN ISDS THAT I MENTIONED.

AND SO, UH, AUSTIN, ROUND ROCK, PFLUGERVILLE, LEANDER, MANNAR, SS, AND DEL VALLEY, THEY ALL HAVE SCHOOLS WITHIN AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.

AND WE, UH, LOOKED AT THOSE SCHOOLS AND WORKED WITH THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL TO GET PROJECTS.

UM, WE ALSO WORKED WITH CAP METRO IN IMPROVING BUS STOPS.

AND, UM, ANOTHER HIGHLIGHTING, UH, FACTOR FOR US IS QUARTER SENT FUNDING.

SO THE COUNCIL APPROVED QUARTER STEM FUNDING PER DISTRICT.

UM, SOME OF THOSE WERE ALLOTTED TO STAY ROUTE OF SCHOOL, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO ALSO, UH, LEVERAGE, UH, FUNDING AND GET BIGGER AND BETTER PROJECTS TOO.

AND SO WHERE ARE WE AT, UH, KIND OF TODAY? SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT, UH, QUARTER FOUR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT, UM, THERE'S USUALLY LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AFTER.

UH, SO I DON'T HAVE FINAL QUARTER, FOUR QUARTER FOR NUMBERS, WHICH IS WHY I'M KIND OF FOCUSING ON QUARTER THREE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT UH, THE GOAL FOR, UH, FOR FOR QUARTER THREE FOR THE SAFE FRAS PROGRAM IS TO GET TO 23.7 MILLION.

AND WE GOT PRETTY CLOSE.

WE'RE AT 22.6 MILLION.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION OF

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FUNDS THAT WE'VE USED FROM QUARTER CENTS, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS SINCE 2016.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO TARGET.

UM, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, COME OVER OUR BUDGET FOR, FOR QUARTER FOUR, UM, WHEN, UH, WHEN THE NUMBERS ALL FINALLY SETTLE.

SO, BUT WE'RE AIMING AT, UH, $5 MILLION SPENT, UH, FOR SAFE ROUTES IMPROVEMENTS, UM, OVER THIS PAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR THAT JUST ENDED.

AND SO HERE'S, UM, A LITTLE MORE, OH, WAS THERE A QUESTION OR SHOULD I KEEP GOING? I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION BACK ON THE OTHER ONE.

SO THE 20 MILLION PLUS THE 27 MILLION WOULD BE 47 MILLION, BUT YOUR CHART ONLY GOES UP TO 30 MILLION.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? UM, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SPENT THAT MUCH OF THE 20 MILLION YET, SO I'M JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

SO YEAH, SO THE, THE 23.7 MILLION IS INC IS INCLUDING 2016 AND 20 BOND SPEND, 2020 BOND SPENDING.

SO WE HAD 2016 BOND SPENDING FIRST, AND THEN WHEN THE 2020 BOND PASSED AS WELL, WE WERE DOING KIND OF JOINT SPENDING.

SO BOTH, BOTH BONDS ARE BEING SPENT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

2016 BOND MONEY WILL WRAP UP THE END OF NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL BE SOLELY USING JUST 2020 BOND MONEY.

SO THE, THE 23.7 MILLION, UH, FOR THE GOAL AS WELL AS THE 22.6 FOR THE ACTUALS IS INCLUDING SPENDING FROM BOTH BONDS.

SO IT'S ONLY BOTH BONDS TOGETHER.

BOTH BONDS TOGETHER IS, I'M JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE THE NUMBERS.

BOTH BONDS TOGETHER IS 47 MILLION, CORRECT? 47 AND A HALF, YES.

AND BIKE TO SCHOOL NEARBY TOO.

THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE ON YOUR CHART.

IT ONLY LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING UP TO 30.

I JUST WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER.

IT'S JUST TO KEEP IT, YEAH, GOTCHA.

YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

AND SO, SO LOOKING AT OUR TOTALS, WE HAVE, UM, DONE IMPROVEMENTS AT OVER 100 SCHOOLS OF OUR 137.

WE'VE DONE, UH, OVER 425 PROJECTS OUT OF OUR, UH, 46, UH, HUNDRED LIST.

AND THEN OUR GOAL, AS I MENTIONED, IS TO GET THROUGH PROJECTS, THE, A PROJECT ON THE GROUND FOR ALL OF OUR ONE HUNDRED, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN SCHOOLS BY THE END OF, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

AND SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO DO THAT.

UM, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, 17 SCHOOLS I THINK IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND A GOOD 12, UH, IN PERMITTING OR CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE ARE MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL.

AND UH, THE GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO, UM, FINISH DESIGNING AND HAVE A PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE REMAINING SCHOOLS.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE THEM FORWARD TO PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.

SO WE ARE IN THE, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, WE'RE IN THE ANNUAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN PLANNING PROCESS NOW.

AND SO INTERNALLY STAFF MEETS IN OCTOBER TO GO THROUGH PROJECTS OF WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE DOLLARS AND COORDINATE TOGETHER.

IN NOVEMBER, WE DO THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL OFFICES DECEMBER THE, UM, THE MAP IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENT.

AND THEN, UM, THE FINAL REPORT'S APPROVED IN JANUARY.

SO WE'RE STARTING THAT, UH, PLANNING FOR 2024 PHASE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

AND WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS, UM, PLANNED OUT FOR OUR REMAINING SCHOOLS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND SO THE OTHER THING I SHOULD ADD TO IS THE WALK AUDIT SCHOOLS DID NOT INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOLS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND SO, UM, WITH MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE 2020 BOND, WE'RE ABLE TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE PUT IN, UH, SOME CURVE RAMPS AND CROSSINGS BY ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

IT TECHNICALLY WASN'T IN THE WALK AUDIT REPORT, BUT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH THE 2020 BOND.

AND SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF USING THOSE DOLLARS ON, UH, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

AND THEN, UH, WE DECIDED TO, UM, USE 1 MILLION OF AT LEAST 1 MILLION OF OUR 20 MILLION FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO, UM, ARE IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS TOO.

AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, TOWARDS THE END.

SO, BUT UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THIS SLIDE.

I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, .

SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, OUR REPORT JUST LOOKED AT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND SO THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS IS THEY DON'T HAVE A DEFINED CATCHMENT AREA.

SO ALL, ALL THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A AREA, YOU KNOW, A GEO GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO, AND YOU USUALLY GO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL UNLESS THERE'S UM, AN UNDERLYING REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT.

AND SO CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE UNIQUE IN THAT SENSE WHERE, UM, YOU JUST APPLY AND IF YOU'RE ACCEPTED YOU CAN GO THERE.

SO IT DOESN'T MATTER GEOGRAPHICALLY NECESSARILY WHERE YOU'RE LIVING.

BUT THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY BUILT IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS.

AND SO, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE THE IDEA BERG, UM, OFF OF BROWNIE DRIVE.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BARRINGTON AND GRUNER THOMPSON AND WALNUT CREEK.

UM, THAT'S A SCHOOL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND DOING SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AROUND, UM, THAT WILL BENEFIT, UH, NOT JUST THE WALNUT CREEK AREA, WHICH IS THE CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO THE CHARTER SCHOOL ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO WALK

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SO THAT'S KINDA AN EXAMPLE OF FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING DOWN THE PIPELINE.

AND THEN I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.

SO HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, IF YOU WANTED TO REACH ME AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN TAKE THEM NOW.

UM, BUT THANK YOU.

UM, HOW LONG WILL THE, SO YOU SAID, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE 2016 BOND MONEY WILL BE SPENT BY THE END OF 2024.

I THINK I HEARD THAT RIGHT? YES.

AND THEN SO WHEN WOULD THE 2020 BOND MONEY BE SPENT? I BELIEVE THAT'S 2028.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END FOR THAT.

SO, OKAY.

WELL WE SHOULD KEEP FUNDING Y'ALL.

I THINK SO.

WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND FUTURE BOND CYCLES.

SO, UM, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY WITH YOU ADDRESSED IT HERE AT THE END WAS WITH HIGH SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW LIKE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY, A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT AS ASSOCIATED.

PEOPLE CHOOSE HIGH SCHOOLS MORE BASED ON INTEREST VERSUS LOCALE OR, UM, THEY HAVE MUCH WIDER CASHMAN ZONES.

SO PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE MAY, AND OBVIOUSLY I, I HAVE A NINTH GRADER, SO I'M WELL AWARE THAT HIGH SCHOOLERS START TO DRIVE.

UM, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT FOR THAT REASON, HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO IN PARTICULAR NEED TO OFTEN HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING .

SO ESPECIALLY IN THOSE PLACES.

SO I THINK THAT WAS DEFINITELY AN AREA WHERE WE COULD FOCUS AND MAKE SURE NOT TO DELI THEM OUT IN FUTURE CYCLES.

IT SEEMS IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY WEREN'T ORIGINALLY CAPTURED IN THE WALK AUDITS, PARTIALLY BECAUSE, UM, HIGH SCHOOLERS TEND TO BE TALLER THAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, A KINDERGARTNER, SO YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE A HIGH SCHOOLER LIKE WALKING AND BIKING VERSUS MAYBE LIKE A LITTLE KID.

SO TRY TO FOCUS ON LIKE THE LITTLES THAT WOULD BE THE POSSIBLY MISSED BY CARS OR JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO LIKE WALK MORE LIKE YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT, BUT YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING IMPROVEMENTS AROUND HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE PUT IN SOME RAMPS NEAR ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THIS SUMMER BECAUSE WE GOT FEEDBACK THAT A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE CROSSING MESA TO PARK IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT, WHICH THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO, BUT THEY WERE CROSSING ALL CRAZY TOWN ACROSS THE STREET.

SO WE PUT IN ACROSS LOG, WE PUT IN SOME CHANNEL ANALYZES AND SOME RAMPS TO ENCOURAGE 'EM TO CROSS AT THIS ONE SPECIFIC LOCATION.

SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE KIND OF A SMALL IMPROVEMENT, UM, NOT, UH, NOT A HUGE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF JUST LIKE GETTING THEM ACROSS THE STREET.

SO YES, FOR SURE.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, ANYONE ELSE QUESTIONS, SPENCER? SO I WANNA PREFACE BY COMMENT BY SAYING YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST SUCCESS STORIES OF THE MOBILITY BONDS.

UH, BUT ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS MAINTENANCE AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBE UPDATE, UH, SOME OF THE EARLY WORK YOU GUYS DID.

UM, ONE PROJECT I'M THINKING OF IN PARTICULAR IS BERKMAN FROM 51ST TO, I THINK IT'S TWO 90, UH, RIGHT, YEAH.

WITHIN THERE, WITHIN A HALF MILE AREA.

YOU'VE GOT SEVEN A I S D SCHOOLS, UH, AND I LIVE AROUND THERE.

I CAN TELL YOU EVERY DAY I SEE KIDS BIKING ON THE SIDEWALK, UH, 'CAUSE THEY JUST, THEIR PARENTS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE STARTED TO DETERIORATE OVER THE COUPLE YEARS, A LOT OF THE PROTECTION MM-HMM.

JUST ISN'T THERE ANYMORE.

SO IS THERE A PLAN A TO INVEST IN MAINTENANCE FOR THESE FACILITIES, BUT B PERHAPS TO REVISIT SOME OF THESE HIGH BENEFIT FACILITIES THAT WERE DONE AT THE BEGINNING AND PERHAPS NEED TO BE ELEVATED AT THIS POINT? YES, FOR SURE.

UM, WE DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING AT THAT IN OUR, UM, INTERNAL MEETINGS AS WE DO OUR PLANNING WITH THE MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.

I CAN, UH, SNEAK PEEK TELL YOU THAT BERKMAN IS ON THE LIST TO GET UPGRADED FACILITIES, UH, FOR BIKING AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS AND EVERYTHING.

SO, UM, AND I BELIEVE ALSO POSSIBLY SOME SIGNAL WORK AT THE BERKMAN 51ST INTERSECTION.

SO, UM, AMAZING.

IT'S ON, IT'S ON OUR RADAR.

AND I KNOW TOO, UM, WITH, UM, LIKE I, I DIDN'T MENTION THIS TO YOU, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SCHOOLS THAT LIKE HAVE POPPED UP SINCE THE WALK AUDITS, LIKE MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MUELLER AND BAR CREEK ELEMENTARY AND D EIGHT.

AND SO THOSE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE W AUDITS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EXIST WHEN WE DID THEM AND NOW THEY'RE OPEN.

AND SO WE'RE ALSO DOING IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS TOO.

SO THOSE ARE ALSO BEING COUNTED IN OUR TALLY OF SCHOOLS EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEYOND OUR ORIGINAL 1 37.

AND SO I DO KNOW, I KNOW THAT MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL'S OPEN, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, ARE WANTING BETTER IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSS 51ST.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR TOO.

SO GREAT TO HEAR.

I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

UM, SO ALONG ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, HAVE YOU ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE DISTRICTS AND HOW THOSE ARE, OR LIKE HOW THEY'RE DIVIDED UP IN TERMS OF WHAT A I S D SCHOOLS THEY GO TO? 'CAUSE FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, I LIVE CLOSER TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE ZONED FOR A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.

SO IN TERMS OF THE WALKABILITY, YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK TO THAT ELEMENTARY, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY ZONED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S A

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GOOD QUESTION.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T CONTROL THE CATCHMENT AREAS FOR THE SCHOOLS AND I DON'T KNOW, AMIR MIGHT BE ABLE TO, HE MIGHT KNOW THIS MORE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CHANGE VERY OFTEN OR IF THEY, LIKE THEY DO REDISTRICTING ON THOSE.

I'M NOT SURE.

I IMAGINE THEY WOULD AS NEW SCHOOLS ARE POPPED IN.

UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE LIKE AN ACTUAL LIKE, TIMELINE ON THAT.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, SO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

LIKE IF YOU PULLED UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT, YOU'D SAY LIKE, WELL WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER STREETS AROUND HERE? AND SO I THINK JUST USING THE RADIUS THAT THEY DID WE'RE HALF MILE WALKING AND THEN TWO MILES FOR BIKING.

I THINK SOME, I THINK SOME STREETS ARE JUST MISSING RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT THAT BEING SAID THOUGH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE WE COULDN'T, UH, HELP ADDRESS AN ISSUE.

AND SO I THINK THAT IF YOU SEE A NEED THOUGH FOR SURE, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY SUBMIT A 3 1 1 REQUEST AND IF YOU FLAG IT AS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, IT DOES GO STRAIGHT TO, UM, OUR, OUR DIVISION TO GET A REVIEW ON.

SO, UM, I DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT IF YOU SEE, UM, ANYTHING AMISS OR MISSING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN I'M GUESSING IN THE REPORT THERE IS A BREAKDOWN, UM, PER DISTRICT ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO RIGHT NOW I'M ABLE TO SEE LIKE THE BARRIERS AND THE TYPE, THE ESTIMATED PROJECTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS PER LIKE THE 3 78 FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS FOR EACH DISTRICT CORRECT.

OR THAT IN THERE? UM, THERE IS, THERE IS A SUMMARY.

SO THERE'S THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL REPORTS AND THERE IS A SUMMARY REPORT AND I BELIEVE THE SUMMARY REPORT DOES BREAK DOWN THE RECOMMENDATIONS PER DISTRICT.

I'M WONDERING IF IT DOES IT BY EVERY SPECIFIC TYPE THOUGH.

I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT.

LET ME SEE.

OH, I HAVE IT UP HERE.

HA, LOOKING REALLY QUICK, WE BREAK DOWN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS PER DISTRICT AND THE COST, BUT I DON'T, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS PER DISTRICT.

I DO, I MEAN I HAVE THAT DATA 'CAUSE IT'S ALL IN G I S SO IT'S ALL MAPPED AND IT'S ALSO, UM, UH, PULLS FROM AN EXCEL FILE TOO, SO I CAN GET THAT DATA IF THAT'S, UM, A SPECIFIC, UH, QUESTION FOR A SPECIFIC DISTRICT.

BUT, UM, I GUESS IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY IN THE SUMMARY REPORT, BUT WE DO, WE HAVE THE DATA 'CAUSE WE RAN THE TOTALS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE MORE SPENCER.

UM, SO WHEN TALKING ABOUT YOUR BENEFIT ANALYSIS, SO ONE THING THAT FITS INTO BOTH DEMAND AND EQUITY THAT I'M NOT SEEING ON HERE, SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS USE TO EVALUATE IS CAR OWNERSHIP AND TRANSIT DEPENDENCY, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY PART OF THIS IS ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE AND USE SUSTAINABLE MEANS TO GET THE SCHOOL, BUT THERE ARE ALSO STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE WHO RIGHT.

CAN'T HAVE THEIR PARENTS, UH, DROP THEM OFF AT SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BOTH SAFETY AND EQUITY CONCERNS THERE.

DO YOU GUYS TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS IN THE MODEL.

UH, IS IT, OH, THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T IN THE MODEL UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT WHAT WE DO DO, WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH A I S D, WE HAVE OUR EDUCATION TEAM THAT GOES OUT TO NEARLY A HUNDRED ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS WHEN THEY ENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS ARE DOING TRAINING, THEY ALSO, UH, ASK THEM HOW THEY GET TO SCHOOL AND HOW THEY GET HOME.

AND WE CAN USE THAT DATA WHEN CORRESPONDENCE WITH A I S D AND SEEING HOW MANY KIDS LIVE WITHIN THAT HALF MILE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF 200 KIDS LIVE WITHIN A HALF MILE TO SCHOOL AND 150 OF THEM ARE WALKING, WELL THEN TO THAT, THAT RISES TO THE TOP OF OUR LIST ON OKAY, HOW DO WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE USING OUTSIDE DATA TO HELP KIND OF DICTATE WHERE SOME OF THIS, THESE PRODUCTS ARE GOING AS WELL.

YEAH, I MEAN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT PROBABLY GETS YOU TO ROUGHLY THE SAME ANSWER, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT ALSO IS A C SS DATA THAT YOU CAN JUST PULL.

IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SUPPLEMENT AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REVIEWING THIS WITH THE RIGHT EQUITY LENS IN TERMS OF, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CURRENTLY ARE AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET TO SCHOOL.

SO THOSE GREAT RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH, AND, AND TO BE HONEST, WE'RE HOPING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO, TO REDO THIS ANALYSIS.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS STARTED IN 2016.

THIS IS OUR FIRST GO AT IT.

UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT AND KIND OF UPDATE IT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AWESOME.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

I THINK WE'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION OVER HERE.

SO AS YOU'RE BALANCING THE FUNDING FROM THE 2016 BOND WITH THE 2020 BOND ARE PROJECTS THAT, UM, ARE IN DISTRICT THAT HAVE MORE BARRIERS, ARE THOSE BEING SELECTED? UM, MORE THAN, THAN I GUESS THEY WERE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE 26 WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE JUST USING THE 2016

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FUNDS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THAT FOR USING THE 20 $20, UM, YES TO, TO KIND OF ADDRESS MORE OF AN EQUITY NEEDS INSTEAD OF JUST EQUAL ACROSS THE BOARD, RIGHT? LIKE EVERY DISTRICT GETS THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, REGARDLESS OF NEED.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE, OKAY, DISTRICT ONE HAS LIKE A LOT OF NEED AND A LOT OF BARRIERS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THAT, THAT DISTRICT MORE PROJECTS, UM, THAN SAY, LIKE DISTRICTS THAT HAD LOWER AMOUNTS OF BARRIERS AND LOWER NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TOO.

I'M LOOKING AROUND I THINK LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.

WELL WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UM, YEAH, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL REGARDING THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO, UM, UH, ITEM THREE UNDER

[3. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to Council Regarding the Equitable Transit Oriented Development Program.]

AND WE HAVE A PRESENTER WITH US IN PERSON HERE AT WARNER COOK.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

AND, UM, YOU'LL HAVE TO, UH, YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING TO HAVE A CO-PRESENTER ALSO FROM CAP METRO TONIGHT WHO, UH, WASN'T UNFORTUNATELY ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT HER CONTACT INFORMATION IS ALSO AT THE END OF THIS SLIDESHOW AS WELL.

UM, SO MY NAME IS WARNER COOK.

I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER LEADING EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OR E T O D FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND I WORK WITH CAB METRO AND THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND, AND EVERYONE, UM, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

SO WE WERE ASKED TO COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE SINCE THE LAST TIME Y'ALL HEARD FROM US, WHICH WAS POSSIBLY EVEN THE END OF LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH COUNCIL KIND OF LAST BROUGHT THIS UP IN MARCH.

UM, DO I HAVE A CLICKER? YES.

YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.

THERE WE GO.

E T O D GOALS THAT WERE KIND OF DEVELOPED THROUGH WORKING, UM, WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION, WORKING WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOL AND THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS IMAGE BEFORE IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING E T O D HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT, UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED IT TO DEVELOPED THE IMAGE TO KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT BENEFITS THAT EQUITABLE T O D CAN PROVIDE AND WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS NOT WHAT EVERY SINGLE AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT UM, THE IMAGE EMBODIES SOME OF THE GOALS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CREATED FOR E T O D, SUCH AS HAVING MULTIPLE MODES OF SAFE TRANSPORTATION.

YOU CAN SEE BIKING, WALKING, UH, BUS TRAIN.

UM, THOSE MODES ARE ALSO ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES.

UM, PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD.

SPEAKING OF THE SAFE ROUTES PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST HAD, UH, WE SEE IT'S A LIVELY PLACE THAT CELEBRATES CULTURE AND HAS A LOT OF SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, ACCESS TO SERVICES, CITY SERVICES SUCH AS THE LIBRARY OR PRIVATE, UM, RETAIL THAT IS PART OF OUR DAILY NEEDS LIKE A GROCERY STORE.

UM, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S, UM, APARTMENTS AND OTHER AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, OLD AND NEW THAT ARE SIZED FOR FAMILIES AND FOR, UM, BOTH BIG AND SMALL.

UM, AND IT'S IMPLIED THAT SOME OF THESE WOULD ALSO BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG GOALS OF EQUITABLE T O D.

UM, AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT IT'S A WELCOMING PLACE WITH TREES AND GREEN SPACES AND OPEN SPACES AS WELL.

UM, WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT SEE IN THIS IMAGE IS THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO TURN THIS KIND OF PLACE INTO A REALITY.

IT TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION AND A LOT OF INVESTMENT AND POLICY WORK TO KIND OF MAKE THIS, UM, INTO A REALITY HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, SO ONE OF THE OTHER KIND OF GUIDING THINGS SINCE I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS HERE TONIGHT MAY BE NEWER SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED IS WHAT'S MAYBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITABLE T O D AND T O D THAT YOU'RE THINKING? YOU'VE HEARD OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IS THE E IN FRONT OF IT? AND WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND, AND ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS, WHAT WE CAME TO WAS THAT TRADITIONAL T O D REALLY DOES SUPPORT TRANSIT AND PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFITS IN TERMS OF RIDERSHIP, IN TERMS OF REDUCING, UM, SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND CONTRIBUTING TO A VIBRANT PLACE, BUT THAT IT ALSO TENDS TO COME WITH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES TRANSLATING INTO INCREASED RENTS AND, UM, BOTH FOR PEOPLE AND FOR BUSINESSES, AND THAT IT CAN REALLY CHANGE THE FABRIC, UH, ESPECIALLY IN WHAT IS EXISTING LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES TODAY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BOTH PREVENT THAT DISPLACEMENT WITH A DO NO HARM KIND OF ASPECT TO MITIGATE ANY INDIRECT OR DIRECT DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS, BUT ALSO GO BEYOND THAT AND ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE FOLKS LIVING NEAR FUTURE TRANSIT TODAY SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THAT'S LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE WORKFORCE TRAINING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO TRY TO INCREASE THE, THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS FOR THE FOLKS THAT WILL BE LIVING NEAR THESE STATIONS.

UM, THESE ARE THE SIX

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AND THESE GOALS FOCUS ON, UM, SIX DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO AGAIN, BEYOND KIND OF THE TRADITIONAL T O D WE, WHICH MIGHT JUST BE TRANSPORTATION, MAYBE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SOME HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD ASPECTS, BUT WE REALLY ALSO ARE CENTERING, UH, CLOSING RACIAL HEALTH AND WEALTH GAPS AND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY JOBS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND CELEBRATING AND PRESERVING THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF STATION AREAS IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT T O D TYPICALLY FOCUSES ON.

THE PARTNERS THAT WORK TO IMPLEMENT E T O D IN AUSTIN ARE MANY.

UH, WE HAVE SOME OF THE MAIN ONES UP HERE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE CAP METRO, WHO I MENTIONED EARLIER.

THEY'RE OUR TRANSIT AUTHORITY THAT OPERATE THE TRANSPORTATION, THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

THEY RECEIVED MULTIPLE, UH, GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO KIND OF KICKSTART THIS WORK LOCALLY.

AND SO THEY WERE THE LEAD ON AN E T O D STUDY AND THEN HELPED WITH THE CITY CREATE THE E T O D POLICY PLAN THAT I'LL SPEAK TO, UM, IN A MINUTE.

THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO BE KIND OF WORKING ON SITE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION AROUND SOME OF THEIR TRANSIT CENTERS AND INTEGRATING KIND OF ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECT OF E T O D.

UM, WE HAVE THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP THAT IS LEADING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS HERE IN AUSTIN, INCLUDING THE PHASE ONE LIGHT RAIL INVESTMENT THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THIS SPRING AND SUMMER.

AND THEN WE, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GOING OUT FOR GRANTS AS WELL.

SO E T O D IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT OUR COMPETITIVENESS FOR THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS IN ADDITION TO JUST THE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT HERE AT, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THEN THE CITY, THIS IS WHERE WE COME IN, WE'RE THE LAND USE AUTHORITY.

SO WE HAVE ZONING AND REGULATORY POWER COUNCIL SETS, POLICY DIRECTION AND GIVE STAFF SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT.

AND WE ALSO DO STATIONARY VISION PLANNING FOR THE REMAINING STATIONS THAT WEREN'T COVERED BY CAP METRO'S EXISTING PLANNING GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED.

UM, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THEY'VE CREATED A WORKING GROUP THAT'S BEEN ADVISING US THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TWO YEARS OR SO THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ALREADY.

UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD PAID COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, WHICH WERE KIND OF AMBASSADORS THAT HELPED, UH, INCREASE OUR ENGAGEMENT REACH OUT INTO COMMUNITIES THAT WE MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, A CONNECTION WITH ALREADY.

AND THAT WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL WAY TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT EQUITABLE T O D, WE WERE DOING IT FROM THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

UM, SOME OF THIS IS INFORMATION THAT I JUST WENT OVER, BUT KIND OF IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE WE ARE IN OUR JOURNEY, UM, WE STARTED WITH ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK AND THAT WAS REALLY THROUGH CREATING THE POLICY PLAN AND THE TOOLS AND THE STATIONARY TYPOLOGIES, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT, UM, KIND OF CASE STUDIES AND SOME DASHBOARDS THAT TRACK DIFFERENT ME METRICS AROUND STATIONS.

NEXT STEP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS ENABLING E T O D THROUGH PLANNING AT THE NORTH LAMAR AND SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER.

AND I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES COMING UP ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH INTO ANOTHER PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE TWO STATION AREAS.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF CONCURRENT NEXT STEPS WITH AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP COORDINATION.

CAP METRO WILL BE LOOKING TO DO A PILOT IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN MY TEAM HERE AT THE CITY IS GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF STATIONARY AND REGULATORY WORK, AS WELL AS COORDINATING KIND OF PERFORMANCE TRACKING AND PARTNERS ACROSS ALL OF THE AGENCIES.

SO THE POLICY PLAN THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ME MENTION THIS WAS ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND IT'S REALLY PROVIDES THE COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GUIDING OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVING OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM.

IT COVERS ALL OF THE STATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE LONG-TERM PROJECT CONNECT, UH, OR THE, IN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM.

SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE METRO RAIL, METRO RAPID AND COMMUTER RAIL, THE METRO RAIL, METRO RAPID AND FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATION AREAS.

SO ROUGHLY A HUNDRED STATION AREAS ACROSS, UM, THE CITY.

UM, AND THE OVERALL, THE SIX GOALS OF THE POLICY, SIX GOALS OF E T O D ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE POLICY PLAN.

UM, AND IT REALLY HAS A FOCUS ON ESPECIALLY SUPPORTING THE IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND INCOME LEVELS, BUT MOSTLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENED BY OUR PREVIOUS DECISION MAKING.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL DID WHEN THEY ACCEPTED THE POLICY PLAN AS OUR GUIDING FRAMEWORK WAS ASK STAFF FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

OKAY, THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS THE VISION.

WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE VISION.

NOW HOW DO WE TURN IT INTO THE REALITY? AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY TEAM'S BEEN WORKING CLOSELY

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WITH OUR PARTNERS ON IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO SINCE THAT COUNCIL ACTION.

UM, IT WILL REPRESENT KIND OF LIKE A SHORT TERM LOOK AT WHERE ARE WE GOING, UM, WHAT ARE THE BIG KIND OF KEY DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND SO IT COVERS THINGS THAT WE ARE IN THE LEAD OF ON E T O D, SUCH AS STATIONARY PLANNING OR, OR CODE AMENDMENTS FOR AN E TODD OVERLAY.

BUT IT ALSO REFERENCES OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF TO YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS PROBABLY TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE E T O D IN IT, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S NAMED.

BUT WE'RE AWARE OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOO.

AND YOU'LL HEAR A PRESENTATION ON ELIMINATING PARKING MINIMUMS TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRACKING THAT AND COORDINATING IT ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER E T O D WORK.

UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ALSO HAS KIND OF A FRAMEWORK AND AN INITIAL TAKE ON HOW WE'RE GONNA BE MEASURING SUCCESS IN DIFFERENT STATION AREAS.

AND THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A STAFF LEVEL UPDATE.

LIKE WE, WE HAVE THE DIRECTION AND THE POLICY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS OR ADOPTION PROCESS, BUT THIS WILL JUST BE PUBLISHED AND THEN REGULARLY UPDATED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF TRACK ALONG WITH US WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE THAT ARE COMING.

ONE OF THOSE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU'LL BEGIN HEARING MORE ABOUT, UM, LATER THIS FALL IS THE E T O D OVERLAY.

THIS WOULD BE A SYSTEM-WIDE REGULATORY TOOL THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALSO A BONUS PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE VARIOUS COMMUTER RAIL, LIGHT RAIL AND METRO RAPID CORRIDORS.

UM, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ONLINE AND I CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT ABOUT WHAT THE INTENDED KIND OF PLAN FOR AN OVERLAY IS.

BUT THE NEWS OR THE UPDATE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE CON UH, GOT A CONSULTANT UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND WE'LL BE, UH, LEADING LIKE AN INTERNAL KICKOFF IN OCTOBER WHERE WE'LL DEVELOP THE TIMELINE MORE FULLY ABOUT WHEN THE NEXT ENGAGEMENTS ARE GONNA BE AROUND THAT, UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT.

AND THE CONSULTANT WILL HELP OUR STAFF IN AREAS THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, CAPACITY, SUCH AS DOING MARKET AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE INCENTIVIZED OR NOT TO USE THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

UM, THEY'LL ALSO GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS ON KIND OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE CODE, UM, HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT, HOW THEY'VE MAYBE PHASED IT OVER TIME WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A STATION THAT'S A BUS INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT POTENTIALLY A FUTURE LIGHT RAIL INVESTMENT.

UM, AS WELL AS HELPING US DEVELOP VISUALIZATIONS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE IN A TYPICAL NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND AUSTIN AND HELPING US, UH, BROADEN OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS BEYOND JUST THE FEW STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK ON MY TEAM.

UM, THEN AFTER WE GET THROUGH KIND OF THAT WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT STAFF WILL TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND MAP IT AS, AS YOU WILL TO, TO PARCELS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND BRING IT THROUGH THE FORMAL CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER BEFORE ADOPTION.

UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS, UM, CAP METRO'S TEAM THAT THEY'RE LEADING IS CURRENTLY SCOPED TO GIVE US SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO UPDATE THESE RIVERSIDE REGULATING PLAN AND CORRESPONDING VISION PLAN.

THESE ARE PLANS THAT ARE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE FOR SURE, BUT THEY WERE DONE WITHOUT THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT CONNECT IN MIND.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S JUST, UM, SOME NEED TO REFOCUS ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THE GEOGRAPHY MAKES SENSE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATELY INCORPORATING ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION MEASURES.

THAT'S KIND OF AN ASPECT THAT WAS MISSING IN TYPICAL PLANNING AT THE TIME THAT THOSE WERE ADOPTED.

AND THAT IS REALLY INTEGRAL TO E T O D AND MAKE SURE THAT THE KIND OF TYPES OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS SOUGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST OPEN SPACE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING KIND OF BENEFITS, BUT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE RETAIL SPACE FOR BUSINESSES AND KIND OF INCUBATOR SPACE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY INFUSE IN TO THE EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR PLANS.

UM, AND SO THIS TECHNICAL KIND OF, UH, BEST PRACTICE MEMO IS GONNA BE COMING TO STAFF THIS FALL, AND THEN WE'LL USE THAT TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SCOPE OUT AN ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT AND UPDATE PROCESS THAT WOULD LAUNCH LATE THIS YEAR OR PROBABLY MORE LIKELY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED, LIKE RIGHT NOW ON E T O D, THE, THE THING THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK IS THE ROUND TWO OF ENGAGEMENT FOR NORTH MAR AND SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTERS.

THIS IS STATIONARY VISION PLANNING.

SO THAT WILL SET THE VISION FOR LAND USE HOUSING CONNECTIVITY, UM, IN THESE STATION AREAS AND REALLY HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE KEY ACTIONS AT AN INDIVIDUAL STATION AREA THAT ARE NEEDED TO ENABLE, TO ENABLE US TO MEET OUR SIX E T O D GOALS IN THAT AREA.

SO THE FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID BACK IN THE SPRING, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING

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WHAT THE WANTS AND NEEDS FOR THE EXISTING TRANSIT CENTER AS WELL AS THE HALF MILE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE TRANSIT CENTER WAS GOING TO LIKE WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE USING THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

UM, WE DID, UH, COMPENSATED FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL AS UM, ONLINE WORKSHOPS AND AN ONLINE SURVEY FOR EACH STATION AREA.

AND SOME OF OUR CONNECTORS WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY TALKED TO BUSINESSES IN THE STATION AREA.

SO, UM, WE KIND OF BASE IT AROUND THE GOALS AND ASKED THEM ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CELEBRATED PLACES THERE ARE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE HOUSING OPTIONS, DO THEY MEET YOUR NEEDS OR NOT? WHAT'S THE CONNECTIVITY? A LOT, A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN KIND OF ACCESS TO THE EXISTING TRANSIT CENTERS AND WHERE SOME OF THOSE SAFETY AND COMFORT ISSUES COULD BE IMPROVED UPON.

SO THAT WILL BE CARRYING THROUGH INTO THE DRAFT VISION PLANS THAT WE ULTIMATELY ASK FOR ADOPTION, UM, IN THE SECOND ROUND.

UM, NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF GATHERED SOME PRIORITIES, THE UH, FOCUS WILL BE ON PRESENTING A FEW DIFFERENT CONCEPT ALTERNATIVES.

THERE'LL BE TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR EACH OF THE TWO STATION AREAS.

UM, AND WE'LL ASK THE COMMUNITY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PREFERENCES ON WHAT KIND OF LOCAL BUSINESSES SHOULD WE INCLUDE OR INCENTIVIZE, UM, SOME OF THE SUGGESTED STREET CONNECTIVITY MOVES THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT EXTE ROAD EXTENSIONS OR UM, KIND OF MAKING MORE OF A WALKABLE GRID NETWORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

UM, OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES AND KIND OF THE LAND USE DIVERSE CHARACTER AREAS.

YOU KNOW, SHOULD THE STATIONARY FOCUS MORE TOWARDS THE RESIDENTIAL, SHOULD IT BE MORE OF A MIX OF USES? SHOULD IT BE MORE OF A JOBS INCUBATOR IN THE FUTURE? AND SO WE'LL GET THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT WILL ULTIMATELY CRAFT WHATEVER THE PREFERRED SCENARIO IN THE DRAFT VISION PLAN IS.

UM, AND WE HAVE SOME IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS COMING UP WITH, UM, BOTH OF THOSE.

SO ON OCTOBER 19TH FROM FOUR TO 8:00 PM WE'LL BE AT TA BROWN ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS WITHIN THE NORTH LAMAR STATION AREA.

NORTH LAMAR IS ON THE NORTHWEST KIND OF QUADRANT OF THE NORTH LAMAR AND 180 3 INTERSECTION.

TA BROWN IS ON THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT, BUT STILL WITHIN THE STATION AREA.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, SATURDAY OCTOBER 21ST WE'LL BE, UH, FROM 10 TO TWO AT ST.

ALAMO ELEMENTARY, WHICH WAS IN THE SOUTH CONGRESS STATION AREA.

AND SO THESE WILL BE COME AND GO STYLE EVENTS.

WE'LL HAVE FOOD DRINKS, I THINK SOME KID FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES AND UM, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO BOTH.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BOTH, YOU CAN JUST GO TO ONE OF THE TWO EVENTS 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE MATERIALS AND FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES FOR EITHER STATION AREA AT BOTH EVENTS, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY, IN PERSON FOR THIS ROUND.

AND THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE SOME RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UM, HELPING FOLKS UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN RESIGN, SIGN UP FOR REDUCED TRANSIT FAIRS OR KIND OF ACCESS EXISTING WORKFORCE AND CAREER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, HOW THEY CAN KIND OF NAVIGATE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY HAS.

SO HOPEFULLY MEETING SOME DIRECT NEEDS IN ADDITION TO LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS THE FUTURE FOR THESE STATION AREAS.

AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE MENTIONED TONIGHT, YOU CAN GO TO THE MAIN PROJECT CONNECT E T O D WEBSITE.

THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF POST ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND PREVIOUS REPORTS AND SUMMARIES OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTER UPDATES.

THEN THE CITY HAS OUR OWN SPECIFIC FOCUSED WEBSITE WHERE WE INCLUDE THE POLICY PLAN AND SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS THE POLICY PLAN MEAN, UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO POINT BACK TO THE MAIN PROJECT CONNECT E T O D WEBSITE AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE.

QUESTIONS? UH, I'LL CALL ON REEN FIRST.

I'M PROBABLY THE LAST PERSON, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHO'S NOT A SUPPORTER OF THE PT PROCESS.

UH, RUBEN, CAN YOU PRESS YOUR MICROPHONE? OKAY.

AND IT ISN'T THAT I'M NOT INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT.

I'M VERY MUCH INCLINED, BUT MAJOR QUESTIONS FOR ME ARE STILL UNANSWERED.

WE'VE ADOPTED THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AND IT CALLS FOR A FOURFOLD INCREASE IN TRANSIT USAGE BY 2339 I THINK IT IS.

I'M AN AMATEUR OR NOVICE, UH, TRANSIT RIDERSHIP MODELER WITH HELP FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE MUCH SMARTER.

I'VE LEARNED JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BASICS AND ONE OF THE BASICS IS RIDERSHIP IS PROPORTIONAL TO DENSITY.

IF YOU WANNA HAVE FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE RIDING TRANSIT, YOU GOTTA HAVE FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN, LET'S CALL IT A HALF MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP.

AND I DON'T HEAR ANY OF THAT.

I DON'T HEAR ANY COMMENTS TO THE EFFECT THAT

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YES, THIS IS A PROBLEM.

OF COURSE, I DON'T FIND ANY SOLUTIONS OR EVEN DIRECTIONS OF SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM.

SO I'LL PUT THE QUESTION KIND OF BLUNTLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE LIVING AROUND TRANSIT STOPS AS WE HAVE TODAY? AND I ALSO PERSONALLY FEEL THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT OR WHO WOULD MOST BENEFIT FROM HAVING TRANSIT AVAILABLE.

BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE? YEAH.

SO THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THAT MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE IS THROUGH THE REGULATORY TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.

SO, OH, SORRY.

UM, SO, SO THE E T O D OVERLAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL BE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING CRAFT AND, AND YOU KNOW, GIVING YOUR INPUT ON HOW DENSE IT SHOULD ALLOW FOR, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE DEFINITELY, SORRY, IS THIS THIS? GO AHEAD.

IS THIS YOURS? UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A CONVERSATION THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL BE REALLY PLUGGED IN ON, AND IT IS, YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO FAR WE'VE BEEN SETTING UP THE VISION, BUT WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW WE'RE GETTING THERE.

AND THROUGH THESE UPCOMING STEPS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA KIND OF PUT NUMBERS IN PEN TO PAPER, UM, AND GET THAT THERE'S OTHER CODE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY THAT WILL INCREASE THE DENSITY INCREMENTALLY THROUGHOUT ALL OF AUSTIN, RIGHT? UM, NOT THAT THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BUT THE ONE THAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, IF EVERY SINGLE FAMILY LOT WERE TO REDEVELOP WITH THREE UNITS, I MEAN THAT'S ALREADY TRIPLED THE DENSITY ON 70% OF OUR LAND AREA.

SO AGAIN, NOT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD DO THAT AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT.

UM, BUT THAT WILL BE SOME OF THE MODELING THAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON THE OVERLAY TO UNDERSTAND THOSE KIND OF CHANGES.

I ACTUALLY CAME PREPARED, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO DO, DO GOOD DUE TO THE NICE PRESENTATION SLIDES.

BUT HERE'S A BIT OF WORK I'VE DONE MYSELF.

THAT BLACK DOTTED LINE, THIS IS CRESTVIEW AND IT'S T O D, NOT E T O D.

OKAY, LET'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE BLACK AREA BLACK LINE SHOWS THE AREAS THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CURRENT T O D DISTRICT.

BUT THE BIG CIRCLE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN THE YELLOW, IS THE HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND THE TRANSIT STOP.

IT'S NOT REALLY THE WALK, SHE, BUT IT'S GOOD ENOUGH.

AND RIGHT THERE WE SEE A PROBLEM, VERY LITTLE OF THE POTENTIAL WALK SHE AROUND THAT TRANSIT STATION IS COVERED BY THE T O D ZONING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR IN THE OVERLAY IS WHAT'S COVERAGE LIKE? AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, IF YOU'LL KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN ALONG THAT AREA PROBABLY DOESN'T RECOGNIZE AS THEY GO DOWN, UP AND DOWN LAMAR, ALL OF THAT IS BEING PART OF THE T O D DISTRICT BECAUSE MUCH OF IT IS AUTOMOBILE REPAIR PLACES TO BE BLUNT.

UM, AND THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE THE T O D ITSELF IS NOT ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH TO DEVELOPERS.

IN FACT, YOU'RE BETTER OFF WITH, UM, MULTI-FAMILY MF FIVE ZONING THAN YOU ARE WITH THE T O D ZONING.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER CHALLENGE, HOW TO MAKE THE OVERLAY ZONING ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE TO BUILD THE FACTOR OF FOUR HOUSING THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE END OF END OF MY PRESENTATION, BE MY QUESTION.

TALK TO YOU.

I'M GONNA CALL DANIEL RIGHT NOW.

A TYPICAL T O D ZONE TO LOOK LIKE, SLAP THAT OVERLAY DOWN IN A JUST GENERIC RADIUS AND MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY SO THAT WE GET THE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS THAT WE WANT? YEAH, SO THE OVERLAY WILL APPLY KIND OF ALL AT ONCE TO A FEW DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND IS WHAT KIND OF CATEGORIES OF STATIONS HAVE SIMILAR MARKET CONDITIONS THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SIMILAR FLAVORS OF THE OVERLAY KIND OF APPLIED.

UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THIS.

UM, UH, JUST CONTINUING WITH THE, THE THREAD THAT RUBEN HAS STARTED HERE.

UM, I HAVE A, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND SORT OF COMMENTS HERE.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS TIMELINE FOR GETTING THIS OVERLAY DONE AND I'M LOOKING AT THE VISION AND THEN THE PLAN TO CREATE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO CREATE A PLAN TO ENGAGE, TO CREATE A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT ZONING LAYERS ON.

AND I'M JUST, WE NEED THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN US AS A BODY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING RIDERSHIP HIGH AND JUST SORT OF THROWING JOBS AND RETAIL AND BUSINESSES AND HOUSING UNITS DOWN ON THE GROUND AROUND TRANSIT STOPS.

AND I'M JUST, I'M WORRIED THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TOO MANY GOALS AND TOO MUCH PLANS TO MAKE PLANS TO DO THIS.

AND I'M WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO DO A T O D VISION PLAN FOR EACH STATION AND, UH, ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS FOR THAT? 'CAUSE THE SALT PLAZA SALTILLO AND THE CRESTVIEW PLANS ARE REALLY LONG, OR ARE WE GONNA JUST HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT

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UM, SO THERE WILL BE LIKE, KIND OF LIKE A ALL AT ONCE AND BACK TO SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER BROOKS MENTIONED.

UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LOOK AT WHAT ARE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE USES AND KIND OF, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE BONUS PROGRAM THAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF ON A T O D SIDE, BUT THERE'S ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF SITE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, UM, THERE MIGHT BE FOR PEDESTRIAN FRONTING AND INSTEAD OF HAVING SERVICE PARKING LOTS OR USES THAT MIGHT BE PROHIBITED, THAT ARE DETERMINED TO NOT BE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT OVERLAY, NOT JUST KIND OF THE BONUS PROGRAM YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT.

UM, AND THEN TO YOUR QUESTION ON WILL WE BE DOING INDIVIDUAL PLANS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STATION, THE ANSWER IS NO.

THERE, WE WOULD NEVER GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

THE THREE EXISTING T O D PLANS THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE DID THREE OF THEM, WE NEVER GOT MORE.

EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MORE TODS DEFINED IN OUR CODE, THEY'RE VERY LONG, THEY'RE EACH KIND OF SO SIMILAR AND SO DIFFERENT IN KEY WAYS THAT THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT ON THE STAFF END AND DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ON THE COMMUNITY END.

UM, SO LOTS OF LESSONS LEARNED ON THOSE THREE TODS FOR SURE.

UM, STAFF IS KIND OF LOOKING AT IT OUT OUTSIDE FROM THESE TWO TRANSIT CENTERS BECAUSE THOSE WERE PART OF THIS FEDERAL GRANT THAT, UM, AND CAP METROLAND STAFF IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT IT ON MORE OF A CORRIDOR BASIS.

LIKE WHAT, WHAT FEW STATIONS, YOU KNOW, 3, 5 8, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THE NUMBER STATIONS MAKE SENSE TO PLAN HOLISTICALLY FOR IN A PLANNING PROCESS, UM, OR WITHIN A DISTRICT.

SO CORRIDOR AND OR WITHIN A DISTRICT, LIKE WE HAVE THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT PLAN THAT'S COMING UP AND THERE ARE 11 METRO RAPID OR GREEN LINE STATIONS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

SO KIND OF ALL AT ONCE, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT TRANSIT IN THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT, UM, VERSUS DOING KIND OF INDIVIDUAL PLANS.

IT IS A, IT IS A TOUGH BALANCE ON THESE TWO SITES SPECIFICALLY.

OTHER, UH, LOOKS LIKE, UH, ELLEN HAS A QUESTION ONLINE VIRTUAL.

HI.

UM, THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT WAS AWESOME.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE EOG WORK THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE NORTH LAMAR AND SOUTH CONGRESS PLANS, UM, IN THAT THOSE ARE PUBLICLY HELD LANDS IN WHICH CAPITAL METRIC CAN REALLY SET THE TERMS FOR WHAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THOSE SITES VERSUS, UM, DIFFERING TO WHAT WE THINK OF AS MARKET DEMAND.

SO, UM, I THINK BACK TO THE EXAMPLE OF THE PLAZA CELL TO T O D IN WHICH THE ULTIMATE R F P FOR A PROJECT AT THAT STATION AREA DID NOT CONTAIN A STRINGENT AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT, BUT RATHER A PREFERENCE THAT IN, IN TIME BECAME DILUTED TOWARDS, ONLY RESULTING IN A SMALLER SHARE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AT THAT DEVELOPMENT.

UM, GIVEN THAT EQUITY HAS REALLY RISEN TO THE CENTER OF OUR POLICY DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS ROUND OF INVESTMENTS, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN WITH THESE TWO PARTICULAR VISION PLANS AND THEN REGULATING PLANS IN THAT, UM, REVISION PLANS AND THEN LIKE PROSPECTIVE RFPS IN WHICH AFFORDABILITY COULD BECOME A REQUIREMENT IN THOSE AREAS? YEAH, I THINK THAT I, I WON'T SPEAK ENTIRELY FOR CAP METRO SINCE THEY ARE THE OWNERS OF THE, OF THOSE TWO PIECES OF LANDS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT SETTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I KNOW ON THE CITY SIDE, UM, WHEN OUR, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, H F C PUTS OUT REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS, WE DO SET KIND OF MINIMUM, UM, PERCENTAGE OF UNITS WE EXPECT TO SEE OR NUMBER OF UNITS AT DIFFERENT A M I AREA MEDIUM INCOME LEVELS.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAP METRO COULD POTENTIALLY LEARN FROM, UM, IN ADDITIONAL FUTURE SITE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

I'LL ALSO SAY THAT IN THE CASE OF THESE TWO TRANSIT CENTER PARCELS THEMSELVES, THEY'RE BOTH VERY CLOSE TO VERY LARGE FREEWAYS THAT ARE OWNED BY TXDOT AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST PLACE TO PUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO LIVE NEXT TO A FREEWAY FROM HEALTH AND EQUITY KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BALANCE IS KNOWING THAT WE CAN GET THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON PUBLICLY OWNED LAND.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANNA EXACERBATE INEQUITIES IN THE HEALTH REALM AS ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO CLOSE RACIAL HEALTH AND WEALTH GAPS IF WE'RE LOCATING AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN 500 FEET, LET'S SAY, OF A, OF A FREEWAY WITH A LOT OF VOLUME ON IT.

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BUT I THINK GENERALLY ONE THING THAT BOTH ALL THE PARTNERS UNDERSTAND IS THAT PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS OFFER US OUR GREATEST CHANCE FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF UNITS AND ALSO THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY.

AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD.

SPENCER? UM, OH, SORRY, ELLEN IS ELLEN, GO AHEAD.

CAN I HAVE ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP? YEAH, OF COURSE YOU CAN.

SORRY, I JUST DIDN'T SEE YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

THE VIDEO THING IS ALWAYS AWKWARD.

UM, SO, AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT, UM, THE PRODUCTION OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING VERSUS THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, SO WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE EXISTING MARKET RATE HOUSING, UM, IS KIND OF LIKE THE DEFACTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, GIVEN THAT WE CAN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH, UM, PUBLIC SUBSIDIES TO CREATE TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, WHAT ARE THE EAD STRATEGIES DOING TO ENSURE THAT EXISTING, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BEING PRESERVED? AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, IF THERE ARE LITECH PROPERTIES AROUND STATION AREAS WHOSE AFFORDABILITY HORIZONS ARE SET TO EXPIRE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, UM, LIKE A H H C COMING IN TO EXTEND THE HORIZON OF THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES? I'M JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET A LOT MORE UNITS OUT OF DOING MUCH WITH WHAT WE HAVE THERE, BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THOSE STRATEGIES ARE PLAYING INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT THE, THE BIG ANSWER ON HOW THEY'RE PLAYING IN IS ALL OF THE ABOVE.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND MORE UNITS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY INCOME RESTRICTED AND PRESERVE UNITS THAT ARE INCOME RESTRICTED AND PRESERVE UNITS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY INCOME RESTRICTED, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THAT, UH, IN ORDER TO REACH OUR GOALS.

BUT, UM, SPECIFICALLY THINKING ON THE PRESERVATION SIDE, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WITH THE OVERLAY IS HOW CAN, HOW CAN WE EITHER CRAFT IT OR MAP IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'RE NOT INCENTIVIZING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE EXISTING KIND OF NA NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES IS WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN AS.

UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT TO TRY TO DISIN, I GUESS DIS DISINCENTIVIZE.

AND SO THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR KIND OF SENSITIVE REDEVELOPMENT OR ETH ETHICAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROPERTIES WHERE TENANTS WOULD HAVE PROTECTIONS, THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, KIND OF RIGHT TO RETURN KIND OF CLAUSES IN THEIR LEASES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN EITHER REQUIRE THAT ON PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH OR INCENTIVIZE THAT THROUGH BONUS PROGRAMS THAT WE ADMINISTER, I THINK WILL BE VERY KEY.

, I I THINK I CAN HELP YOU TOO HERE, WARNER, I ELLEN.

SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A PROJECT CONNECT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN WATCHING A COUPLE OF THESE.

WE HAD SOME UPDATES ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS THAT ARE PART OF PROJECT CONNECT AND THEY ARE DOING SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS.

SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH TARGETING LOW INCOME, UH, HOUSING TAX CREDIT, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE.

SO THAT'S A DEFINITELY A A A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN FOR THAT TEAM AND, AND LOOKING AT THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY'RE ACQUIRING AND TRYING TO PRESERVE THOSE SO THEY DON'T BECOME MARKET RATES.

SO I THINK THAT WE CAN BE PRETTY ASSURED THAT THOSE, THAT IS A BIG PRIORITY.

AND ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'RE DOING REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.

LIKE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING A PROPERTY WHERE THEY ACQUIRED AND THEY'RE GONNA MAYBE TURN SOME OF THE PARKING LOT OR SOME OF THE UNDEVELOPED LAND OF THE PARCEL INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIKE, ACTIVELY DISPLACE THE CURRENT UNITS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD SOME MORE ON THE SITE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MORE UP TO DATE AND DIFFERENT THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE WITH THE, THE PARTICULAR USE AND LAYOUT OF THE, THE SITE PLAN OF THE PROPERTY I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

SO I DO THINK THAT, UM, YOU MIGHT BE REALLY INTERESTED IN WATCHING THOSE TWO MEETINGS.

I CAN, IF YOU EMAIL ME, I CAN SEND YOU THE LINKS.

BUT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY ARE, THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING WITH SPENDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS FOR PROJECT CONNECT IS, IS PRETTY FOCUSED ON THAT.

SO THAT IS HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGING AS WELL.

SO, UH, YEAH, I, LET'S, UM, I WAS IS DID IS ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ELLEN ? YES.

OKAY, COOL.

I'D LIKE TO CALL ON SPENCER NEXT.

I THINK SO YEAH, A FOLLOW UP.

I HAD A .

SURE.

RUBEN, GO AHEAD.

JUST BRIEFLY POINT OUT THAT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, I THINK IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THEY HAVE NOT REHABILITATED, I THINK THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE REHABILITATED

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EXISTING PROPERTIES.

THEY ALWAYS BUILD NEW, BUT WHY TOO MANY OF THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES ARE TWO STORY GARDEN APARTMENTS AND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES CAN DO A FOUR STORY BUILDING AND PRODUCE TWICE AS MANY UNITS.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL ON THE TRADE-OFFS AND ALL, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IS, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION AT PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I'LL CALL SPENCER NOW I THINK.

UM, WELL FIRST LEMME JUST SAY I EMPATHIZE WITH YOU GUYS 'CAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE PROJECT CONNECT ECOSYSTEM, RIGHT? EVERYTHING'S CHANGING AROUND YOU AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO LOOK LONG TERM.

UH, BUT ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AT LEAST IN, IN WHAT I WAS UNDERSTANDING AT THE TIME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE E T O D PROGRAM WAS THAT IT WAS ALMOST GONNA KINDA ACT LIKE THIS CHECK TO SOME OF THE JOINT POWERS PARTNERS, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STEP BACK THINKING ABOUT THE BROADER GOALS OF PROJECT CONNECT.

AND ONE WORRY I HAVE IS WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON THESE PLANS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THAT WE MAY BE MISSING SOME SHORT TERM DECISIONS THAT ARE GONNA KNEECAP OUR ABILITY TO HIT THESE EQUITY TARGETS LATER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IN A HYPOTHETICAL, ONE OF THE JOINT POWERS WAS INTERESTED IN, UH, BUILDING A PARK AND RIDE FACILITY THAT WAS NOT IN THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IN AN AREA THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHAT TOOLS DO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE THEM TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS ISN'T A GOOD LONG-TERM SOLUTION AND ARE THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, EQUITY TOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED THAT CAN KIND OF EVALUATE THOSE DECISION MAKING MECHANISMS? UM, THAT WAS A GOOD REMINDER TO ME 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT SIMULTANEOUS TO THE OVERLAY, WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING KIND OF A, A SCORECARD FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS.

LIKE HOW, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS IN THIS AREA? AND IS THIS DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OR IS IT MEETING THINGS THAT ARE EVEN E TODD NEEDS, BUT NOT IN THIS AREA.

LIKE, UH, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE'S ALREADY AN ABUNDANCE OF AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE, WHICH THERE IS NOT ANYWHERE, LIKE IT'S ALMOST ALL, UH, RENTED IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, BUT IF SAY THERE WAS, THEN MAYBE THAT WOULDN'T BE THE GOAL THAT WE WOULD BE INCENTIVIZING ON THAT PARCEL.

IT WOULD BE HOUSING OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE.

UM, AND I, AND I WILL SAY THAT ON THE SHORT TERM KIND OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTUAL TRANSIT PROJECTS, MY TEAM IS VERY INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THOSE.

WE, WE FLAG THINGS ALL THE TIME THAT, HEY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD GET THAT OVER THERE? UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE MORE STREET TREES THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED ALONG THIS RIGHT OF WAY? SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE KIND OF SHORT TERM WINDS AS WELL.

AND THERE'S A VERY KIND OF RIGOROUS COMMENT PROCESS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALL THREE ENTITIES TO FLESH OUT THOSE DESIGNS, UM, FOR THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

YEAH, AND I GUESS JUST SO I, I'D BE CURIOUS MORE ON, ON THAT PROCESS BECAUSE FRANKLY YOUR CONCERNS ARE A LITTLE MORE URGENT AND IMPORTANT THAN THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING ON PROJECT CONNECT, RIGHT? EQUITY OF COURSE NEEDS TO BE AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR MINDS HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN ELEVATE, YOU KNOW, IF A CERTAIN PROJECT MANAGER ISN'T FOLLOWING THE ADVICE ON EQUITY ON A CERTAIN PROJECT, IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN ELEVATE TO THE A T P BOARD OR TO THE COUNCIL OR TO SOMETHING ELSE AND FLAG A PROBLEM UP EVEN HIGHER? UM, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S LIKE A STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION FLOW CHART FOR ME TO DO THAT NECESSARILY, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE, THAT'S REALLY THE CITY'S KIND OF FIRST LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH A T P AND CAP METRO ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.

AND SO I HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS EVERY WEEK WITH MEMBERS OF THAT OFFICE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING ME UPDATED.

THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS? I THINK YOU MIGHT WANNA CHECK IT OUT.

OR, YOU KNOW, I'M BRINGING SOMETHING UP OF LIKE, THIS DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.

CAN YOU ASK MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? AND SO THERE IS, UM, AND ALL OF THE EXECUTIVES ACROSS ALL OF THE PARTNERS KIND OF MEET, I THINK EVERY TWO WEEKS AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM, TO DEAL WITH THOSE ESCALATION KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BUBBLED UP IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

SO DANIEL, YOU HAVE SOME MORE? ANOTHER QUESTION? MM-HMM.

THROWING DOWN MF SIX OR VMU TWO OR SOMETHING LIKE AROUND THESE AREAS TO SORT OF INCREASE OUR CHANCES OF GETTING FEDERAL MONEY, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE CONSIDERING HAVING THAT OVERLAY BE AS, UH, AGGRESSIVE WITH ENTITLEMENTS AS THOSE TWO, YOU KNOW, TYPOLOGIES? YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS WILL DEFINITELY BE KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE CREATING THE OVERLAY.

UM, SORT OF ON THAT SAME IDEA IS HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED USING AN EXISTING ZONING TYPOLOGY OR SET OF REGULATION, UH, SET OF REGULATIONS IN THE INTERIM? UM, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT F T A APPLICATION IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SUMMER AND, UM, PART OF THEIR SCORING CRITERIA IS OF COURSE WHAT'S ON THE GROUND AND THEN WHAT IS THE CAPACITY, UH, THE ZONING CAPACITY AROUND THESE STATIONS AND LOOKING AT THE CURRENT LIKE OVERLAY TIMELINE, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT INTO THAT F D A APPLICATION.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED

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UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S GOOD AND BAD ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT NOT NECESSARILY CORRECT FOR T O D, EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS, UM, THAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF, BUT, BUT THEY DO V M U TWO, YOU KNOW, IS LIKE NEWER SINCE ANY OF OUR T O D PLANS.

SO BACK TO KIND OF THE SALTILLO EXAMPLE, YOU COULD ACTUALLY NOT GET VERY EASILY TO THE HEIGHT THAT A VM U TWO BUILDING COULD ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE TO D ZONE.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME OF THAT KIND OF TO LOOK AT ON THE TIMELINE OF THESE DIFFERENT EFFORTS.

WE'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSE OVER THE SUMMER TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ALL THREE AGENCIES ON WHAT MADE SENSE, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE F D A MILESTONES.

SO THE FIRST MILESTONE THAT'LL COME NEXT SUMMER IS AN INITIAL SCORING MILESTONE, AND THEN THERE'S A FOLLOW-UP SCORING MILESTONE, AND WE ALSO CONSIDERED THAT THE F D A TAKES INTO THEIR SCORING THE KIND OF PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY.

SO BECAUSE WE WILL ALREADY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL CHUNK OF THE OVERLY WORK DONE BY THAT FIRST INITIAL SCORING, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT, UH, THAT IT WILL STILL HELP OUR GRANT COMPETITIVENESS WITHOUT GOING, WITHOUT SPENDING THE TIME TO DO IT.

SOMETHING IN INTERIM MEASURE LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

AND THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND BEING, UM, VERY, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS.

UM, ONE, MY ONE LAST COMMENT IS, IS THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT YOU'RE GRANTING IN THIS E T O D OVERLAY.

AND THAT'S MY LAST COMMENT, .

YEAH, I HAVE A PROBABLY NOT SURPRISED, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS WARNER.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING BEEN AT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, UM, WHERE WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND, AND TARGETS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, SEVERAL OF US PRESSED SOME PRETTY SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH THOSE NUMBERS, UM, AND WE DIDN'T SEE THEM HERE IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SAY LIKE LOOKING AT THOSE, I, I STILL FEEL THAT IN THE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS WERE EXTREMELY LOW BALLED.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I AM, I'M TIRED OF PLAYING AROUND LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE SETTING OUR PLANET ON FIRE.

LIKE I'M TIRED OF PLAYING AROUND, SO, AND I, WE, WE'VE GOTTA, PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE COME TO ME ALL THE TIME AND TELL ME HOW DESPERATE THEY ARE TO RIDE TRANSIT.

SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S SERIOUSLY IMPORTANT IN OUR HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, ZONE HERITAGE, C B D LIKE FOR REALS, LIKE I, I WOULD TOMORROW, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A POL A POLITICAL QUESTION, RIGHT? BUT, UM, I THINK THAT LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE, I REALLY WANNA SEE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THOSE ARE KIND OF SORT OF HAPPENING.

YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT THEM TO COUNCILS AND UPDATE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING APPROVAL, BUT I, I FEEL THAT MORE WORK WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE ON THOSE FROM WHAT I SAW LAST MONTH.

AND I KNOW YOU HEARD THAT FROM ALL OF US ON MOST OF US ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, JUST SORT OF PLEADING FOR THAT.

BUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT LIKE I TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON DISPLACEMENT, WE'RE STILL HAVING GROWTH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE UNIVERSITY AREA, YOU KNOW, 38TH STREET, UH, AREAS LIKE THAT, HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, UM, TO ME IT'S LIKE, DO WE REALLY NEED A BON LIKE WE DO NEED A BONUS PROGRAM THERE, BUT LIKE IT'S GONNA LOOK DIFFERENT LIKE THERE THAN IT SHOULD AT, YOU KNOW, AT YELLOW JACKET OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? LIKE WE, LIKE, LET'S JUST BUILD IT HIGH AND LIKE GET FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? LIKE, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA MAKE US COMPETITIVE.

WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA MAKE US RESILIENT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH AND LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS.

SO I THINK THAT LIKE WE REALLY SHOULD JUST, I KNOW THAT LIKE YOU HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THE TARGETS THAT YOU'RE SETTING, BUT LIKE, IT'S LIKE HARD BECAUSE YOU WANNA USE THE MODAL, THE THE MODALITIES THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS MAPPED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET THIS CHANGE HAPPENING.

UM, BUT WE ALSO, LIKE, WE DON'T WANNA LIKE INCREMENTALLY DESIGN EVERY STREET.

LIKE THAT'S WHERE AUSTIN HAS ALWAYS LIKE FALLEN SHORT WITH OUR HOUSING TARGET GOALS IS LIKE, EVERYTHING'S LIKE THIS ARTISANAL, YOU KNOW, FIVE-YEAR PROCESS TO LIKE DECIDE WHERE A COFFEE SHOP GOES OR SOMETHING.

SO LIKE, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT PAINTING THE SAME BRUSH OVERLAY MAKES SENSE IN, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OR HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THESE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS ON THE ORANGE LINE AS IT WOULD IN OTHER PLACES LIKE ON UM, SPRINGDALE OR PLEASANT VALLEY OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE, THOSE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE AND I KNOW Y'ALL NEED TO DO THAT.

I GUESS I'M JUST EXPRESSING THE DEEP SENSE OF CONFLICT I HAVE

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ABOUT THE NEED TO URGENTLY DO URGENTLY AND MASSIVELY DO THIS WHILE ALSO HAVING THAT CONTEXT SENSITIVITY AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET AT THE OVERLAY TOOLS AND THE, UH, AND WHAT SPECIFIC MODALITIES OF ZONING YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING IN THE OVERLAY.

IS THERE A QUESTION THERE? I'M SORRY, I, I, I , I'M NOT SURE IF I HEARD A DIRECT QUESTION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT SINCE, UH, PRESENTING TO YOU AND OTHERS AT THE C A C LAST MONTH, THAT STAFF HAS TAKEN AN ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT OUR APPROACH WAS.

AND SO THERE'LL BE, YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS ALSO WHY IT WASN'T PART OF THE UPDATE TONIGHT.

UM, BECAUSE WE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK LOUD AND CLEAR, AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA KIND OF APPROACH SETTING POPULATION TARGETS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL ASKED US FOR, UM, AND THEN AGREED ON.

THE OVERLAY STAFF HAS NEVER THOUGHT THAT THE OVERLAY WOULD LOOK THE SAME, UM, EVEN WITHIN THE SAME TRANSIT MODE NECESSARILY, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY MARKET AND CONTEXT DRIVEN.

UM, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT THE CAPACITY FOR DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT IS, AS WELL AS WHAT THE NEEDS FOR DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT ARE.

SO YEAH, AND I JUST HEARD, UH, ALL AROUND IS PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH, I'M, AND I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE AREAS ON THE STATION AREAS SHOWED A LOT OF GROWTH.

LIKE YOU WEREN'T SAYING, WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MORE PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING ANY MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE, RIGHT? ALL OF THE AREAS SHOWED GROWTH.

I JUST REALLY, I REALLY FELT WE WERE LOW BALLING IN THOSE HIGHER OPPORTUNITY AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH DISPLACEMENT RISK.

AND I THINK, UM, IF WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, THEN WE'LL BE DOING A LOT BETTER.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU ASKING MORE FOR JUST THE PRIORITIES, LIKE LOOKING AT WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THE PRIORITIES OF THOSE OVERLAYS, OR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

I THINK, I THINK WHAT I'M, I'M SAYING IS THAT WHILE I ALSO AGREE WITH DANIEL THAT WE SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY AND NIMBLY, THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M REFERENCING A PRESENTATION NO ONE ELSE SAW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SAW SOME NUMBERS LIKE PROJECTED NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGE GROWTH AREAS IN THESE DIFFERENT, UM, STATION AREAS AT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALL THE AREAS SHOWED GROWTH.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HIGHER OPPORTUNITY AREAS WHERE THERE'S LESS, UH, LOW INCOME PEOPLE, LESS RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, DIDN'T SHOW AS MUCH GROWTH AS, UM, DIDN'T CARRY AS MUCH OF THE GROWTH AS WE THOUGHT AND DIDN'T DO, LIKE MAYBE WEREN'T DOING FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER.

I'M, I'M, I'M SEIZING ON RUBEN'S LIKE FOUR TIMES THING TODAY.

SO, UM, SO I THINK WHAT I'M SAYING THERE IS THAT LIKE WE, IF WE WANT A BONUS, IT DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME ON 38TH STREET AS IT DOES AT YELLOW JACKET, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THAT, LIKE, I THINK THERE'S A TENDENCY THAT LIKE WE'RE CREATING A PROGRAM AND WE'RE CALIBRATING IT ONE WAY, BUT IT LIKE NEEDS TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

AND YOU HAVE THAT MAP THAT WE ALSO DIDN'T SEE TODAY, BUT THAT LIKE, KIND OF SHOWS THE, I'M NOT GONNA REMEMBER THE CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT I MAP I'M TALKING ABOUT I THINK, UM, THE TYPOLOGY MAP, BUT LIKE THE, THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL WAY TO SAY, OKAY, THE BONUS IN THIS ZONE MAY NOT WANNA LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS OTHER ZONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND MAYBE THE BONUS FOR THIS ZONE IS WE JUST EXPAND UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY OR NORTH OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO LIKE, I THINK IT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT.

SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT I'M REACTING AGAINST A BIT IS THE IDEA OF A OVERLAY.

'CAUSE IT KIND OF IS MAKING ME THINK LIKE WE'RE PAINTING THE SAME OVERLAY, YOU KNOW, APPLY PAINT, LIKE FILL AND LIKE WE'RE PAINTING THE SAME OVERLAY ON ALL THESE AREAS.

WHEREAS I THINK WE REALLY, THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE CAN REALLY RELEASE THE VALVE QUITE A LOT MORE THAN OTHERS.

AND UNTIL, UNTIL WE GET DIG INTO THE WORK STARTING HERE IN A FEW WEEKS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE AREAS, BUT UH, IMAGINE OVERLAY VERSION ONE, OVERLAY FLAVOR TWO, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M PICTURING.

SO THAT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

DELIVERED IN NORTH LAMAR SINCE THE EIGHTIES.

AND WITH THAT, I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF WORK, UM, COMING UP WITH THE WHOLE COLOR CODED DISPLACEMENT VARIETY.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF, LIKE, THERE WAS LIKE 17 DIFFERENT TYPES OF STATIONS.

SO WOULD YOU GROUP THOSE TOGETHER BE IN JUST HIGH DISPLACEMENT RISK, LOW DISPLACEMENT RISK, HAVE 1, 2, 3, OVER? LIKE WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SORT OF TALKING ABOUT, UM, AND LIKE SUSAN AND UM, WARNER? YEAH, I THINK DISPLACEMENT RISK HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS WHEN WE'RE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT HOW REGULATIONS OR POLICIES APPLY DIFFERENTLY.

I THINK WE'LL ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE MARKET CONDITIONS, LIKE JUST EVEN BETWEEN NORTH MAR AND SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH LIKE PHYSICALLY LOOK KIND OF SIMILAR.

IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE AREAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE HIGHWAY KIND OF SAME SIZE ISH OF DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING MORE QUICKLY AT THE SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, BUT THE ACTUAL KIND OF WHAT THE MARKET IS DELIVERING IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY PHYSICALLY LOOK THE SAME.

THERE HASN'T BEEN NEW RESIDENTIAL

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LIKE PERIOD, NOT, NOT A NEW RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT.

SO, SO I THINK TAKING THAT WILL ALSO REALLY MAKE IT MEANINGFUL, UM, THAT THE INCENTIVES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF WORKING OUT.

UH, LOOKS LIKE ELLEN HAS HER HAND UP AGAIN.

ELLEN, WHAT ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGIES? UM, JUST INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PUBLICLY OWNED LAND THAT WE HAVE AND CAN SET THE TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT INDEPENDENT OF WHAT THE ZONING, UM, OR INCENTIVES WOULD DICTATE.

IS THAT ON THE TABLE STILL? YEAH, THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR STRATEGIES THAT ESPECIALLY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS PURSUING RIGHT NOW.

BUT THEN WITH ANY CITY OWNED LAND, MOST OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT OR STAFF TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ON PUBLICLY OWNED LAND ARE INSIDE OF AN E T O D AREA.

SO THEY, MY TEAM IS NOT LEADING THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THOSE, BUT YES, THAT, YES, UM, THOSE, THE, THERE ARE, THERE'S CONSTANT KIND OF COORDINATION AND STRATEGY ON HOW TO EXPAND THE, THE CITY OR OUR PARTNER'S PORTFOLIO OF PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS.

UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL REGARDING THE PROPOSED CARD CODE AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUMS. WE HAVE DAN HENNESSY UP FOR THAT.

I THINK WE MIGHT BE DONE WITH QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WARNER.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE WE, WE PUT YOU ON THE HOT SEAT.

I THINK WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT.

SO, UM, ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S GONNA TAKE US TO, UM, ITEM FOUR,

[4. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to Council regarding the proposed code amendment to eliminate Parking Minimums (Initiated by Resolution #20230504- 022).]

I DO WANNA HAVE A NOTE HERE.

SO COMMISSIONERS, DID Y'ALL RECEIVE THE, UM, THERE'S A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION, SO I EVERYONE HAS SEEN THAT OR HAS ACCESS TO THAT? YES.

HAS ANYONE NOT SEEN THAT? AND IT WAS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT THROUGH YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION'S EMAIL? SO YES.

SO I DID JUST RECIRCULATE IT.

UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS.

AND THEN MY CITY GMAIL ACCOUNT WAS LIKE LOCKED, SO OH YEAH.

, BUT I JUST RECIRCULATED IT.

SO EVERYBODY, IF YOU WANNA CHECK YOUR EMAILS AND WE CAN PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN WHEN, WHEN THE TIME COMES AS WELL.

SO WE WILL BE OKAY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WERE AWARE.

SO, UM, WHAT WAS THIS SENT OUT? SORRY, I THINK JUST NOW.

JUST, YEAH, JUST, UH, LIKE HALF AN HOUR AGO.

'CAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO MY ACCOUNT, SO, UM, YEAH.

REQUIRED FOR PARKING, NOTHING REFERENCING THOSE.

I'LL CALL ON DAN TO GIVE US THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

UM, SO BACK IN, SORRY.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

UM, BACK IN MAY, CITY COUNCIL PASSED AMONG A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS AROUND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, A RESOLUTION TO, UH, REMOVE, UH, MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, IN JUNE, THAT RESPONSIBILITY FELL TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE GREATER CODE CABINET, UH, INCLUDING THE HOUSING PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WATERSHED PROTECTION, UH, LAW DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, REDLINE THE CODE, ESSENTIALLY TO ELIMINATE THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS PRESENTATION MIGHT JUST BE THIS SLIDE WITH A GREEN CHECK MARK NEXT TO IT SAYING WE DID IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT, UH, ENGENDER SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAIL ON.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS WHAT THE BE IT RESOLVED PORTION OF THE CODE, UH, ASKED FOR WAS TO ELIMINATE MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ENSURE THAT OUR ACCESSIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS REMAINED, UH, AND HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

OUR SCHEDULE IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING NEXT TUESDAY.

UH, THAT'LL BE A, A REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THAT PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON.

UH, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SET THEIR PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THIS, UH, TO NOVEMBER 2ND.

THE RED LINES FOR THE CODE, THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE CHANGES, UH, WILL BE AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE BACKUP FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.

UH, THE LAW DEPARTMENT ASKED US NOT TO PROVIDE THOSE BEFORE THEY WERE REQUIRED, UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE AN ENGINEER WROTE THE CHANGES AND LAWYERS WANTED TO LOOK AT THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS WRITTEN APPROPRIATELY.

SO, UM, THEY'D DONE A LOT OF WORDSMITHING AND MAKING, UH, MY EDITS READ MUCH BETTER.

UH, SO THERE ARE 13 CHAPTERS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN TITLE 25.

UH, THE LAST SEVEN OF THEM HAVE NO PROPOSED EDITS, NOTHING RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF SPACES

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THE FIRST SIX ALL HAVE, UM, EITHER REFERENCES TO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS OR, UM, OR MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS THEMSELVES.

THE VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF CHANGES ARE IN CHAPTERS 25, 2 ZONING AND 25 6 TRANSPORTATION.

I THINK OF THE 59 CODE SECTIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO MODIFY, 54 OF THEM ARE IN THOSE TWO CHAPTERS.

UM, SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL DEFINITION ADDED TO 25 1, THERE'S A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT CHAPTER SIMILAR TO THE SITE PLANS.

AND THEN THERE ARE TWO SUBDIVISION PLANNING REQUIREMENTS THAT, UH, REQUIRE, UH, A NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, UM, FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM CHAPTER 25 4.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, BUT THOSE 17 SECTIONS AT THE BOTTOM THERE ARE WHERE SPECIFICALLY MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS EXISTED WITHIN THE CODE OR EXIST WITHIN THE CODE.

I'M TALKING IN THE PAST TENSE, BUT THEY EXIST TODAY AND, AND WILL AT LEAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 2ND.

UM, SO THOSE 17 SECTIONS ALL HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS OR DELETIONS REALLY TO REMOVE THOSE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT TITLE 30, UM, WHICH IS SHARED BETWEEN THE CITY AND TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, GOVERNS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE E T J, UH, ESPECIALLY IN PARTICULAR SUBDIVISIONS IN THE E T J.

THE TWO CHANGES THAT ARE, WERE IN THE SUBDIVISION CHAPTER ARE MIRRORED IN, UM, IN TITLE 30 FOR THE E T J.

HOWEVER, THEY, WE CAN'T MAKE THOSE CHANGES INDEPENDENTLY.

THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES FOR THEM TO GO INTO EFFECT.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUGGEST CHANGES THAT WOULDN'T BE ACTUALLY IN EFFECT.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO TRAVIS COUNTY STAFF, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION YET TO MAKING THOSE CHANGES, BUT WE ALSO HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE GO AHEAD THUMBS UP THAT THEY'RE GONNA PURSUE IT WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UM, SO THIS IS ON OUR LIST TO CONTINUE PURSUING SO THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT SET OF REGULATIONS THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND THAT THE CITY HAS REVIEWED JURISDICTION OVER.

UH, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE MADE WITH THE ORDINANCE.

THAT IS GONNA BE PROPOSED TO COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 2ND, SPECIFIC TO THE MAIN SECTION THAT GOVERNS OFF STREET PARKING.

UM, I HIGHLIGHTED THIS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL OF, OF THE CODE HAVING A SECTION SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE FELT THAT THIS IS SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE FOR PEOPLE, UM, AND SUCH A DEPARTURE FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN THAT WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR, UH, ABOUT OFF STREET PARKING NO LONGER BEING REQUIRED, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES.

AND I'LL, I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

UM, BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT NOT ONLY IS, UH, OFF STREET PARKING NOT REQUIRED, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REFERENCES TO OFF STREET PARKING IN OTHER DOCUMENTS.

AND THIS PROVIDES, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPERSEDE ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS WHERE WE HAVEN'T YET MADE CHANGES TO THEM.

AND I'LL, I'LL REVIEW THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

WE ARE GONNA COME BACK AND MAKE ALL THOSE CHANGES, BUT INSTEAD OF MUDDYING THE WATERS IN THE INTERIM, UH, WE HAVE THIS, UH, KIND OF CATCHALL THAT, UM, FOR THE, FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER REGULATING PLANS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS GOVERNING, UH, UH, LAND USE AND, AND PROVIDING MINIMUM PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE COULD WAIVE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY.

UM, IN THE CODE THAT THE LIST OF LAND USES THAT'S THERE, UM, IS GOVERNED IN APPENDIX A OF CHAPTER 25 6.

AND THERE'S A LONG, LONG LIST OF LAND USES.

AND WHILE IT WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT TO JUST DELETE THIS TABLE, IT IS REFERENCED FOR ANY NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, UH, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS CALCULATING ACCESSIBLE SPACES, BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, THE MA UH, ANY PARKING MAXIMUMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY USE THIS TABLE AS A REFERENCE.

AND THERE ARE OTHER COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, KIND OF LESS EXPECTED USES OF THIS TABLE THROUGHOUT THE CODE FOR OTHER USES.

SO THE TABLE REMAINS, HOWEVER, THE TABLE HAS BEEN RETITLED.

UH, THERE IS A DISCLAIMER IN THE, IN THE COLUMN HEADER OF MINIMUM OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT THAT'S NO LONGER WHAT THIS IS.

UM, BUT THE TABLE DOES REMAIN.

SO, UM, JUST AS ANY CONFUSION AROUND THAT, UM, IT'LL BE A REMNANT OF THE, UM, CURRENT REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE A FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER OF A CODE, UM, SPECIFIC TO ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES RIGHT NOW THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT IS PROVIDED.

AND THEN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OR A NUMBER OF SPACES

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IS REQUIRED BASED ON THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE.

I'M PRESENTING THE TABLE HERE FROM THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE THAT SHOWS WHAT THAT NUMBER OF SPACES IS.

UM, SO JUST BASED ON THE, GIVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE SCALE OF SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED BASED ON HOW MUCH OVERALL PARKING IS PROVIDED FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE SPACES IS NOW NOT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT YOU PROVIDE, BUT BASED ON HOW MUCH PARKING THE CODE PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED YOU TO PROVIDE.

AND USING THAT TO CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE SPACES.

UM, WE WORKED WITH A DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP CALLED ADAPTIVE TEXAS TO REVIEW THIS, UH, UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS AROUND MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THE IMPACT TO ACCESSIBLE SPACES.

AND THIS WAS THE BEST WAY WE COULD THINK OF TO BOTH MINIMIZE CHANGES TO THE CODE, BUT ALSO MAINTAIN, UH, AND AS A RESULT OF THIS SPECIFIC APPROACH, SLIGHTLY STRENGTHEN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF MINIMAL, UH, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES.

UM, SO BASED ON THESE CHANGES, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THE CODE FOR A REDUCTION OF UP TO 40%, UH, OF THE CODE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.

UM, THAT WILL NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED.

IT'S NOT CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT IT, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.

BUT FOR, UH, FOR THE BASIS OF THESE CALCULATIONS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT BASICALLY, UH, UNDER 25 PARKING SPACES BEING REQUIRED, NO CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES WOULD BE THE RESULT OF THAT CALCULATION.

BETWEEN 26 AND 75, YOU COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE REQUIRED.

UH, AND THEN UP TO 524 SPACES, YOU WOULD HAVE ZERO TO TWO ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.

SO THE CHANGE IS, WAS MEANT TO NOT DECREASE AS A RESULT OF TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

IT ACTUALLY COULD POTENTIALLY SLIGHTLY INCREASE, UH, THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.

BUT THAT IS A CONSEQUENCE THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT ARE WILLING TO LIVE WITH.

UM, WE THINK THAT INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY IS A, UH, NOBLE, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, UM, COMES OUT OF THESE CHANGES.

UM, AND SO WE'RE NOT PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

WHERE YOU GET CHANGES THAT ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT IS IN, UH, PARKING FOR, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 525 SPACES.

AND THAT KIND OF GOES UP LINEARLY, UH, FROM THAT NUMBER ON.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO ABSORB, UH, ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.

AND THE OVERALL CHANGE IS FEWER THAN 1% OF TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

SO AGAIN, MORE ACCESSIBLE PARKING, BUT NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

IN TERMS OF THE O OVERALL PARKING, UH, PROVIDED, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER DOCUMENTS REGULATING PARKING.

THE T O D REGULATING PLANS AND THE NON T O D REGULATING PLANS ALL REFER BACK TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND USE A PERCENTAGE OF THE L D C REQUIRED PARKING SPACES AND, AND REDUCE THAT.

UM, SO VIA THESE CHANGES, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A ZERO PARKING REQUIREMENT IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, YOU KNOW, USING THE LAMAR, JUSTIN T O D STATIONARY PLAN AS AN EXAMPLE, 60% OF ZERO WILL BE ZERO.

SO IT'LL BE CONFUSING TO SOMEBODY USING THAT REGULATING PLAN IN THE INTERIM THAT THAT SHOWS A REQUIRED PARKING, UH, AMOUNT.

BUT IF THEY REFER BACK TO THE L D C, THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET ZERO AS A CALCULATION.

WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND AMEND ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS ALSO TO MAKE THEM CONSISTENT AND CLEAR WITH THESE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES.

BUT AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF HASTE, UH, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AT THIS TIME.

UM, KNOWING THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPLEMENTATION, WE HAVE ELIMINATED MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THAT THOSE CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC.

UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION COMBINING DISTRICT ORDINANCES HAVE A NUMBER OF, UM, PARKING, MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THEM.

TWO OF THEM, AGAIN REFER BACK TO THE L D C, SO NO CHANGES ARE REQUIRED THERE.

THOSE TOP FOUR ALL HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EITHER SUB AREAS OR SUB DISTRICTS OF THE OVERALL N C C D AREAS OR FOR SPECIFIC USES IN THOSE AREAS.

THE WAY THAT THE, UH, CODE IS WRITTEN IS THAT WE CAN ADMINISTRATIVELY WAIVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR NON-ACCESSIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

UM, BUT WE WILL ALSO GO BE GOING BACK TO AMEND THOSE AGAIN FOR CLARITY TO SUGGEST THAT, UM, THOSE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT IN EFFECT ANY LONGER.

THE LAST ONE IS FOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS BETWEEN DEVELOPERS IN A CITY AND AS PART OF THEIR ZONING APPLICATIONS, THEY NEED TO SHOW AN ELEMENTS OF

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SUPERIORITY, UM, AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO BE APPROVED, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION.

SOME OF THESE PUT AGREEMENTS WILL HAVE, UH, SPECIFIC NEGOTIATED CHANGES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AROUND PARKING.

A NUMBER OF THEM WILL REDUCE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE CODE.

UM, WE WILL SUPPORT FOR THE REDUCTIONS OF THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.

A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE INCREASED PARKING REQUIREMENTS OR AN AN AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT'S SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED EITHER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF OR FOR ADJACENT USES, UM, SUPPORTING, UH, ADJACENT PARKLAND OR OTHER COMMUNITY USES NEARBY.

UH, IF, IF THOSE ARE REQUIRED AS AN ELEMENT OF SUPERIORITY IN THE PUT APPLICATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF A LEGAL AGREEMENT.

UM, HOWEVER, IF THEY'RE NOT PART OF SUPERIORITY AND A DEVELOPER WANTS TO CHANGE THOSE, UM, THEY WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PUDS.

BUT THOSE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY STAFF AND CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THERE'S ALSO A PROVISION IN THE, UM, PUD SECTION OF THE ZONING CODE THAT ALLOWS US TO ADMINISTRATIVELY WAIVE CERTAIN, UM, REQUIREMENTS IF THEY ARE DEEMED SUBSTANTIAL TO THE PUT AGREEMENT.

AND WE WILL BE LEVERAGING THAT POWER TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NEED TO, TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ANYTHING WE MISS FOR REMOVING MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY.

SO, UM, I THINK WHAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IS TO, UH, FEED DAN SOME QUESTIONS PRETTY BRIEF AND THEN, UM, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ON THE TABLE, UM, THAT I ASSUME SOMEONE'S GOING TO MAKE A MOTION ABOUT.

AND SO, UM, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET TO OUR MOTION AND HAVE SOME TIME FOR DISCUSSION OF THAT.

BUT I DO WANNA HAVE SOME TIME, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ASK STAN QUESTIONS FIRST BEFORE WE HEAD INTO THAT DISCUSSION.

I DO SEE DIANE'S HAND UP, SO I'M GONNA CALL ON HER FIRST.

I'M GONNA START BY SAYING I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA BE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

SO, IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUILD A HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, MAYBE WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE 1500 PARKING SPOTS TODAY, THEY, THEY ONLY HAVE TO HAVE 30 A D A, MEANING THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SUPPLY A, A LARGE DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE TO SUPPLY A SINGLE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY TO PUT IN ANY KIND OF PARKING DECK WITH ANY KIND OF PARKING, RIGHT? THEY CAN JUST BUILD THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX.

I'M GONNA TRUST YOUR MATH ON THE EXAMPLE THERE, BUT YES, THERE IS NO NON-ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT, NO MATTER HOW BIG.

SO DOESN'T THAT TOTALLY BENEFIT THE BIG DEVELOPERS IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD PARKING? WELL, YEAH, WE ARE DEFERRING TO THE MARKET AND LETTING THEM DICTATE WHETHER THEY CAN ATTRACT RESIDENTS.

UH, WE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DOWNTOWN THERE HAS BEEN NO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT ACCESS FOR ACCESSIBLE SPACES FOR, UH, ROUGHLY A DECADE.

AND WE STILL SEE HUNDREDS, SOMETIMES MORE THAN A THOUSAND PARKING SPACES BEING PROVIDED.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE EXPECT THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEVELOPMENTS TO STILL PROVIDE PARKING.

WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA TELL THEM HOW MUCH ANYMORE.

WELL, EXCEPT THEY HAVE TO DO MORE A D A, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

YEP.

I THINK I SAW MELISSA, YEAH.

OF THE DEVELOPMENT BEING PROVIDED WAS AT LEAST SUFFICIENT, IF NOT MORE SO THAN, UM, THAN WAS NECESSARY FOR THE PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE SPACES.

SO MY QUESTION IS ON THE ACCESSIBILITY PARKING.

SO YES, WE'RE INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY SPACES, BUT HOW DOES THAT MEET THE NEED OF, LIKE, WE'RE GROWING RIGHT, AS A CITY, SO WE'RE MAYBE NEEDING MORE ACCESSIBILITY, PARKING? IS THAT MEETING THE NEED? SO THE RESPONSE FROM A, SO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UM, THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS OFF STREET ARE BROADLY SUFFICIENT.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF GETTING TO AND FROM DEVELOPMENTS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CONVERSATION WAS HONESTLY ABOUT ON-STREET PARKING AND THE INACCESSIBILITY OF EX OF MOVING TO AND FROM DESIGNATED ON-STREET ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES.

UM, I'LL SAY THAT IN OUR ORIGINAL.

SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM IN THIS, UM, ORDINANCE.

ONCE WE HAD DRAFTED A RED LINE OF THE CHANGES, UH, I SEND IT TO THEM AND SAID, MARK IT UP TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU FEEL CHANGES ARE NECESSARY.

AND THEY SENT IT BACK THE SAME AS WHAT I SENT TO THEM.

SO THEY FELT THAT THE KIND OF HOLDING STEADY, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSIBLE PARKING IN TERMS OF THE, UM, SCALE

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UH, SPENCER.

UM, SO I HAVE TWO THINGS, UH, I I WANNA MENTION, UM, ALSO I WANNA THANK YOU 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL OVER EMAIL FOR THE LAST MONTH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, BUT SO ONE THING I JUST CAUGHT NOW, RIGHT? UH, UH, 25 6 4 7 1 OFF STREET PARKING FACILITY REQUIRED REMOVE FACILITY REQUIRED.

IT SAYS AN APPLICANT IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN OFF STREET PARKING FACILITY, NO MINIMUM PARKING SPACES, AND THEN PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION FOR ACCESSIBLE SPACES.

MAYBE THIS IS JUST THE LEAD STAFFER IN ME, BUT RIGHT.

THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY TRUE BECAUSE I THINK BIKE PARKING IS CONSIDERED OFF STREET PARKING AND THERE'S NO DEFINITION IN CODE FOR OFF STREET PARKING.

THERE IS.

SO THERE IS NOT SHOWN IN THIS SECTION, BUT THERE'S A SEPARATE SECTION WITHIN ARTICLE SEVEN, WHICH IS THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST SUBSECTION OF ARTICLE SEVEN.

SPECIFIC TO BICYCLE PARKING.

AND THAT, THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE ANOTHER OF OUR PROPOSED CHANGES IS THAT SECTION 25 6, 4 76 IS GOING TO BECOME SPECIFIC TO BICYCLE PARKING.

THAT COULD BE, WELL, BECAUSE, WELL, SO ONE THING I COULD JUST SEE SOMEONE TRYING TO ARGUE OR PERHAPS JUST CONFUSION ARISING FROM IS IF BIKE PARKING IS STILL UNDER THAT SECTION.

WAIT, DID YOU SAY THERE IS A DEFINITION FOR OFF STREET PARKING? UH, SO LIKE THE TERM OFF STREET PARKING? YEAH.

NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

SO, SO MY WORRY IS THAT SOMEONE WILL SAY, WELL, THIS CLAUSE SAYS I DON'T HAVE TO BUILD ANY OFF STREET PARKING AND THEN TRY TO APPLY THAT, RIGHT? IT DOES PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR ACCESSIBLE PARKING DOWN THERE, BUT SOMEONE MAY TRY TO APPLY THAT TO BIKE PARKING.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU JUST MAKE THAT WHOLE SECTION JUST BIKE PARKING, THAT WOULD SOLVE THAT.

UM, YEAH, I WILL REVIEW THE ENTIRETY OF THAT ARTICLE AGAIN WITH THAT LENS IN MIND TO TRY TO CLOSE ANY LOOPHOLES.

'CAUSE THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE INTENTION.

SURE.

AND I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF LAWYERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT IT, SO THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT, JUST, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

UM, SURE.

SO LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN IT.

SO ON THIS SLIDE, YEAH.

IF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CODE IT SAYS AN APPLICANT IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE OFF STREET PARKING FACILITY.

SOMEONE WHO DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROVIDING BIKE PARKING, OR PERHAPS EVEN LOADING SPACES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, MIGHT TRY TO TAKE THAT CLAUSE TO SAY, WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO DO BIKE PARKING, ACTUALLY.

'CAUSE THAT'S OFF STREET PARKING.

COMMISSIONER, I THINK THE, I THINK THE EASY FIX TO THAT WILL BE AN APPLICANT IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN OFF STREET MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING FACILITY.

I WAS JUST ABOUT SAY SO.

AND THEN THAT SHOULD, WE'LL GET TO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD MENTION OR SOMETHING? YOU CAN JUST, I'LL DO THAT TOMORROW MORNING.

PERFECT.

EASY PEASY.

UH, AND THEN THE SECOND THING WAS ON THE APPENDIX ITSELF.

UM, I TOTALLY GET WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF IT.

UH, I EVEN LIKE TRIED TO LIKE GAME PLAN IN MY HEAD.

LIKE, OKAY, HOW COULD WE THEORETICALLY, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, I'D SPENT LIKE AN HOUR ON IT AND WANTED TO GO CRAZY.

I'M SURE YOU'VE GONE CRAZY OVER IT TOO.

UM, BUT MY ONE WORRY IS THAT KEEPING THAT IN THERE, IT'LL ALMOST BE LIKE A TABLE OF RECOMMENDED PARKING FOR THE CITY.

AND OBVIOUSLY SHORT TERM, YEAH.

LET'S GET TO THE EFFECTIVENESS, BUT LONG TERM WOULD BE IDEAL TO NOT HAVE THAT IN THERE.

I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA GO BACK FOR SOME OF THESE SMALLER SECTIONS OF CODE.

ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GO BACK AND TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET RID OF IT ENTIRELY, OR YOU THINK IT HAS ITS THERE.

I BET THERE'S A WAY TO GET RID OF IT ENTIRELY.

UM, ONE OF THE GENERAL TAX THAT WE TOOK WITH THIS WAS, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE WITH VERY SPECIFIC COUNCIL DIRECTION.

AND A SPECIFIC DEADLINE FROM COUNCIL.

AND SO WE WANTED TO ACHIEVE THE COUNCIL POLICY GOAL AND INTRODUCE AS FEW THINGS AS WE COULD THAT WOULD SCREW IT UP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AFFECTS A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND CODE SECTIONS, UM, AND IS A MUCH BIGGER TASK.

BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT REMOVING IT ENTIRELY AND COMING UP.

HONESTLY, WHAT IT WOULD DO IS ALMOST CERTAINLY CREATE NEW TABLES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CODE AND MAKE THE CODE LONGER THAN IT IS TODAY, BUT IT, IT WOULD CLEAN UP THIS SPECIFIC CHAPTER OF THE CODE.

AND TO BE CLEAR, I'M DEFINITELY NOT SUGGESTING DO THIS BEFORE NOVEMBER AND DEFINITELY NOT EVEN SUGGESTING DO IT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

JUST, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM A GOAL COULD BE TO GET THAT OUTTA THERE.

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THAT'S, YEAH.

I COULD JUST KIND OF SEE IT BECOMING A LOOK WHAT WE USED TO HAVE.

WE SHOULD LIKE GO BACK TO THESE OLD WONDERFUL TABLES.

NO.

LIKE, UM, ANYWAY, UM, SO 200 PUDS, 200 PUDS, OH PUDS.

UM, ALL OF WHICH WOULD HAVE TO GET MODIFIED OR WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF WHICH WOULD YEAH, THAT'S HAVE TO GET MODIFIED.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A TOUGHER NUT TO CRACK.

AS I THINK DAN, WE DID LOOK TO SEE IF THAT NUMBER, I, I WASN'T SURE IF THAT NUMBER WAS 50 OR A THOUSAND AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A POSSIBLE WAY TO ACTUALLY REVIEW ALL THOSE ORDINANCES AND THE NUMBER IS OVER A HUNDRED.

UM, AND SO YEAH, WE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE CASE BY CASE BASIS.

I THINK WE TEND TO ENVISION LIKE THE BIG PUDS THAT HAVE LIKE LOOMED LARGE IN POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PUDS ARE ACTUALLY VERY SMALL AND SITUATIONAL.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL 100.

I I GUESS.

YEAH, I THINK THE PUD ZONING BROADLY IS BEING INCREASINGLY USED AS A TOOL FOR FLEXIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, EVEN TO SITES IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA, UM, AND IN THE URBAN CORE WHERE THE ENTITLEMENTS, UH, ALLOWED UNDER TYPICAL, UM, ZONING CATEGORIES IS NOT COMPLIANT WITH CITY POLICY GOALS AND KIND OF COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR THOSE AREAS.

AND, AND, AND IN SOME CASES AT THIS BODY IN THE PAST WE HEARD, WE HEARD PUD CASES WHERE AN ELEMENT OF THEIR SUPERIORITY, THIS WAS BEFORE THE, UH, AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN PASSED AN ELEMENT OF THEIR SUPERIORITY WAS WAIVING ALL THE TRANSPORTATION, OUTDATED TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS AND OUR OLD TRANSPORTATION PLAN BECAUSE THEY WERE SO BAD AND GETTING, GETTING MORE TO A DIFFERENT, UM, MORE, MORE, UM, MORE LIKE WALK, BIKE ROLL TYPE OF VISION.

UM, SO YEAH.

UM, OKAY.

SO LET'S, UM, I, IF SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION FOR DAN QUICKLY, WE CAN, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET TO OUR RECOMMENDATION.

SPENCER, DO YOU WANNA, UM, READ THIS OUT TO US OR PRESENT IT? MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

SURE.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND YOU NEED A MOTION FIRST, RIGHT? YES.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, SO I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS QUICKLY.

UM, FIRST I THINK THE, THE WAREHOUSES WERE, UH, LARGELY TAKEN FROM, UH, UH, DANIEL'S WORK.

UM, THEY'RE GOOD.

I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO GO OVER THOSE.

SO I'LL SKIP OVER TO THE TWO, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.

UH, FIRST ONE.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FULLY ADOPT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE EASY ENOUGH.

UH, SECOND ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED.

UM, SO, UH, RIGHT NOW THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, BIKE PARKING, UH, AND DAN, FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT HERE ARE, UH, FOR A COMMERCIAL, USE A MINIMUM OF TWO SPACES FOR A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE, UH, FIVE SPACES OR 5% OF THE REQUIRED MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING FOR SINGLE OR TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZERO AND FOR ALL OTHER USES, ONE.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FLAGGED BY THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES.

UH, THAT, THAT JUST DOESN'T KINDA MAKE ANY SENSE.

UH, AND FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, THE 5% THRESHOLD, UH, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LIKE THERE'S ANY RATIONALE ON THAT.

IT'S JUST KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WAS THROWN OUT.

UH, AND IT'S PRETTY LOW.

UH, TWO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE CODE, UM, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH BIKE PARKING YOU NEED AND WHAT THAT TYPE OF BIKE PARKING IS.

UH, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT.

YOU NEED TO GO TO SIX DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF CODE AND GO THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT TABLES AND DEPENDENCIES.

UH, AS A RESULT, COMPLIANCE WITH THIS IS VERY LOW, UH, BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY CONFUSING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT.

SO WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION I HAVE HERE WOULD DO TWO THINGS.

FIRST, IT WOULD MOVE THE REQUIREMENTS FIRST, IT WOULD DELINK IT FROM THAT APPENDIX A THAT HAS THE, UH, REQUIRED PARKING RIGHT NOW MOTOR VEHICLE SPACES, AND INSTEAD GO OFF THE PLANNED, UH, OR HOW MUCH MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR THAT SITE.

AND IT WOULD INSTEAD PUT THE RATIO INSTEAD OF JUST 5% FOR, UH, MULTIFAMILY, IT WOULD PUT IT AT THE RATIO THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE A S M P 2039 MODE SPLIT GOAL.

SO IF WE'RE SAYING 50% OF PEOPLE AND AUSTIN ARE GONNA BE DRIVING ALONE, 5% OF PEOPLE ARE BARKING, BOTH OF THEM NEED TO PARK SOMEWHERE.

SO THE RATIO SHOULD BE 50 TO FIVE OR 10 TO ONE.

UH, SO WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT FOR A COMMERCIAL USE REQUIRE TWO, A MINIMUM OF TWO SPACES OR 10% OF THE PLANNED MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.

MULTI-FAMILY, A MINIMUM OF FIVE SPACES, 10% OF THE PLANNED MOTOR VEHICLE SPACES, WHICHEVER IS GREATER SINGLE FAMILY OR TWO FAMILIES STILL NONE.

AND ALL OTHER USES A MINIMUM OF ONE BIKING BIKE PARKING SPACE OR 10% OF THE PLANNED MOTOR VEHICLE SPACES, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

UH, SO THIS KEEPS THE SAME FLOOR THAT'S THERE, IT APPLIES THE PERCENTAGES TO ALL THREE OF THE REQUIRED

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USES.

UH, AND IT ALSO INCREASES THE PERCENTAGE TO SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY BASED IN SOME SORT OF COUNCIL DIRECTION, UH, WHICH IS THE 50 50 MODE SHARE GOAL.

UH, THE OTHER BIG BENEFIT OF THIS IS, UH, IT REALLY CONSOLIDATES BIKE PARKING INTO ONE SECTION, UH, WHICH I THINK WILL MAKE IT A LOT EASIER TO COMPLY WITH SIDE PLANS.

UH, THERE'S ONLY TWO SECTIONS OF CODES YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT NOW INSTEAD OF SIX IF, UH, COUNSEL WERE TO ADOPT THIS.

UH, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I HAVE A COMMENT.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF INCENTIVIZING AND ENCOURAGING, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS AND PROJECTS PROVIDING BIKE PARKING.

UM, I TEND TO BE PRETTY ALLERGIC TO MANDATES HERE, AND I'M WONDERING IF THE L D C IS NECESSARILY THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THIS TO LIVE.

AND I THINK, UM, DAN WOULD MIGHT KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET THIS SORT OF IDEA OR THIS SORT OF INCENTIVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN SOMETHING IN TRANSPORTATION LIKE T D M UM, REQUIREMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR, UM, SOMETHING OVER THERE.

LIKE HOW, HOW, WHERE, WHERE DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO LIVE IN CITY CODE AND WHETHER AS A MANDATE OR A, UM, RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, SO MINIMUM BICYCLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS DO LIVE IN THE L D C AND WHERE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO LAND USES SPECIFICALLY AFFECT TRANSPORTATION.

I DO THINK THE IDEAL PLACE FOR THOSE IS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

HOWEVER, THERE IS IS A SECTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL AROUND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, UH, FOR BOTH BICYCLE PARKING AND ANOTHER SECTION FOR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, BOTH OF WHICH INCENTIVIZED THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL BICYCLE PARKING TO REDUCE OTHER, UM, CONSTRAINTS PLACED ON DEVELOPERS INCLUDING, UM, A POTENTIAL REDUCTION OF THEIR STREET IMPACT FEE PAYMENT TO THE CITY FOR THE PROVISION OF BICYCLE PARKING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CODE, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF SPACES AND ALSO THE QUALITY OF THOSE SPACES.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF STICK, I THINK THE L D C IS THE RIGHT PLACE.

THE CARROTS EXIST IN THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO HANDLE THAT.

YEAH, AND I'LL SAY WITH REGARDS TO, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I I DO GET HERE, RIGHT? WE'RE ELIMINATING SOME PARKING REQUIREMENTS WHILE EXPANDING SOME.

I THINK THE DIFFERENCE HERE TO REMEMBER IS MINIMUM MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING IS ABSOLUTELY A HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DEVELOPER OUT THERE WHO WILL SAY, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO PUT IN SIX BICYCLE SPACES INSTEAD OF TWO, UH, THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO BUILD THEIR PROPERTY.

RIGHT? UH, AND THE REALITY IS, WHEN YOU ARE DOING A SITE PLAN, BIKE PARKING IS KIND OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

UM, RIGHT.

NOBODY, YOU, YOU GO IN DOING VERY THOROUGH RESEARCH ON HOW MUCH PARKING YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED.

THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING TO THAT THERE PUT IN BIKE PARKING TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU OPEN 'CAUSE YOU FORGOT ABOUT IT.

SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE HARMS OF REQUIREMENTS HERE ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE HARMS OF REQUIRING MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.

AND IN TERMS OF MOVING IT, I, I WOULD ACTUALLY KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK IDEALLY IF WE WERE BE, IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS INTO IF TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, THAT WOULD BE BETTER.

UH, BUT THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, RIGHT.

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MASSIVE PARKING REFORM ORDINANCE SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE A S M P.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT B A C HAS ASKED FOR DATING BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2015.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA LET OUR CHANCE SLIP COUNCIL'S ATTENTION IS ON THIS SECTION OF CODE AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PUSH FORWARD IN TERMS OF STRUCTURING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR ASS AND P GOAL SPLIT.

I THINK THIS IS THE PLACE TO RECOMMEND IT.

AND, AND TO CLARIFY, THIS IS ON THE PLANNED PARKING.

SO IF I WANNA BUILD A NEW TARGET IN CIRCLE C, UM, AND I'M GONNA PUT A THOUSAND, UH, CAR SPOTS BECAUSE I THINK I NEED THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY LENDER SAYS, OR I JUST THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DRIVE THEIR CAR TO TARGET.

UM, I WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A HUNDRED BIKE PARKING SPOTS.

IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR US TO HIT OUR MODE SPLIT GOALS WITHOUT RADICAL CHANGES ON TRANS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A WATERSHED.

I MEAN, I'M NOT MAD AT IT, BUT YEAH.

THAT'S COOL.

I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO, UM, YOU AND THE REST OF THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH.

I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW WHAT YOU NEED MORE THAN I DO.

YEAH, I GET THAT, THAT EXAMPLE IN PARTICULAR SOUNDS RIGHT.

I THINK LIKE THE IDEA OF A TARGET HAVING A HUNDRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES MIGHT SEEM KIND OF FUNNY.

RIGHT? BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT

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IT'S THE EXACT SAME THING WITH BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF WE DON'T BUILD PARKING AT THE SAME RATIO OF MOTOR VEHICLE TO BICYCLE, THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO HIT OUR MODE SPLIT.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

SO IF WE WERE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR MODE SPLIT GOALS, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED 10% OF PEOPLE BIKING TO TARGET.

WHEN IS THE NEXT TIME, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, IF THIS CONVERSATION SORT OF GOES NOWHERE, I LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IT, BUT LIKE IF THIS, WHATEVER, WHEN ARE WE UPDATING T C M OR T D M AND LIKE, WHEN IS ANOTHER LIKE OPPORTUNITY AND VENUE TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION NOW? .

I BIKE TO TARGET NOW.

IT'S, IT'S NOT FUN, BUT IT'S DOABLE.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY TOO, I MEAN, I THINK, AND I THINK AS COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE A, A ROLE OR DUTY THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT LIKE THIS COMMISSION FOR YEARS THROUGHOUT MANY CHANGES TO OUR BODY AND MEMBERSHIP, WE HAVE TENDED TO BE ON SORT OF THE MORE EXTREME WE LIKE TO RIDE .

WE WE ROLL HARD WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT AND UH, UM, ISSUES.

AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A QUESTION I'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH PEOPLE IS SOMETIMES, DOES THAT STYMIE OUR EFFECTIVENESS WHEN WE PUT A A PROPOSAL FORWARD THAT'S PRETTY RADICAL.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT CITY COUNCIL JUST IGNORES US? UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA THINK ABOUT IN OUR ACTIVISM.

I'M LIKE, I'M COMFY, LIKE, PERSONALLY FOLLOWING WHAT, UM, THE BICYCLE ADVISORY, UH, COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT ANY, ANY PERSON WHO'S INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS OR CITY GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CONSIDER, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIVILEGED TO BE ON A, A COMMISSION LIKE THIS ONE.

SO, AND I, I CERTAINLY AGREE, RIGHT.

ALL OF OUR PROPOSALS NEED TO BE REASONABLE.

BUT I'LL SAY THIS IS FOLLOWING COUNCIL DIRECTION.

COUNCIL IS THE ONE WHO PUT FORWARD THE A S P GOAL SPLIT.

WE HAVE BEEN ORIENTING OUR POLICIES THERE.

SO I, I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT UNREASONABLE TO FOLLOW THE EXACT SAME STANDARD THAT'S BEEN SET BEFORE.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

AND, UM, I THINK SUSAN, CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY, WE ARE NOT, UM, POLICY WRITERS HERE, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO AT LEAST THROW THIS IN THERE FOR AS A FLAG.

AND, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING IN OUR RECOMMENDATION.

CAN I COMMENT ON THE MAYBE PRACTICAL IMPACTS OF PASSING THAT RESOLUTION? SURE.

UH, IN THE TIMELINE AVAILABLE TO US.

UM, SO PASSAGE OF THAT WOULD DEFINITELY GO IN THE STAFF REPORT TO BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO AT MINIMUM IT WOULD BE NOTED THAT THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THEM.

IF THERE, I'M JUST ON THE FLY, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S OTHER CONCERNS.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH STAFF MEMBERS.

THAT'S NOT A LONG DISCUSSION NECESSARILY, BUT, UM, AND THEN I THINK GIVEN THE, AGAIN, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS GETS DONE ON NOVEMBER 2ND, WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY DO IS REACH OUT TO COUNCIL OFFICES AND SEE IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR THIS.

AND IF IT, IF THERE IS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE IT.

AND IF THERE'S NOT, IT WILL NOT.

BUT IT WOULD BE IN THE STAFF REPORT AS A RECOMMENDATION.

SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE TACT I WOULD TAKE SHOULD THIS BODY APPROVE THAT FOR SURE.

RECOMMENDATION.

AND THE ONE THING I'LL ALSO ADD IS, AGAIN, I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS UNREASONABLE, BUT IF COUNCIL OFFICES LISTENING ARE LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING 10%.

UM, IF YOU ADD IN, IF WE'RE TRYING TO FRAME IT IN THE ASS AND P MODE SPLIT GOAL, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU ADD IN THE PERCENTAGES OF, UH, UH, THE GOAL FOR, UH, CAR, UH, RIDE SHARING CARPOOL, THAT KIND OF STUFF, RIGHT? MULTI OCCUPANCY VEHICLES, THEN THE RATIO IS IT'S ABOUT 7.5%.

SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO PHRASE IT THOUGH.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THAT IS ACTUALLY RIDESHARE AND RIDESHARE DOESN'T REALLY NEED PARKING IN THE SAME WAY THAT SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES DO.

SO I DO THINK THIS MAKES MORE SENSE, BUT IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR INFINITE WISDOM 7.5 IS MORE ACCESSIBLE, THAT WOULD STILL BE, UH, PUTTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK IS HOW DID WE GET TO THAT? OR HOW DID YOU GET Y'ALL GET TO THAT 10%? SO THE, UH, AUSTIN'S STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN HAS THE GOAL OF 2039.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, I FORGET THE PERCENTAGES FOR EACH ONE, BUT I REMEMBER IT'S 50% PER SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE OF PEOPLE COMMUTING.

UH, 14% OF PEOPLE COMMUTING VIA PUBLIC TRANSIT AND 5% OF PEOPLE COMMUTING, UH, VIA BICYCLE.

SO IF WE ARE PLANNING FOR A FUTURE IN WHICH HALF OF THE PEOPLE NEED MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE DRIVING SOLO AND 5% NEED BIKE PARKING, THEN THAT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE RATIO, 50 TO FIVE, 10 TO ONE, THAT EQUALS OUT TO 10%.

DANIEL, OH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, DAN,

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OH, OKAY.

WE ARE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE T C M NOW FOR A NUMBER OF CHANGES.

BUT AGAIN, THE T C M REFERS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN LOTS OF PLACES.

AND SO THEY NEED TO SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER, AND ESPECIALLY THE PARKING SECTION, THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT REVIEW SECTION OF THE T C M NEED TO BE UPDATED TO CORRESPOND TO THESE CHANGES.

SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THIS BODY WANTS A PRESENTATION ON CONSIDERED CHANGES TO THE T C M, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME BACK IN THE COMING MONTHS TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR TO TAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE CHANGES ARE, UH, CHANGES TO CRITERIA MANUALS ARE DONE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

SO EVEN IF WE WERE TO ADVANCE SOME, YOU KNOW, SAY QUARTER 1 20 24, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T DO IT AGAIN QUARTER TWO OR, YOU KNOW, ONGOING.

SO YOU CAN SUGGEST CHANGES TO CRITERIA MANUALS KIND OF ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

AND THE APPROVAL OF THOSE UPDATES IS ADMINISTRATIVE.

RIGHT? UM, BROADLY, SO THE BIGGEST HURDLE TO CHANGES TO CRITERIA MANUALS IS GETTING THE BUY-IN FROM EVERY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.

UM, OKAY.

AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THEIR POLICY GOALS, THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND THEN I, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE WHAT THE FINAL STEP OF THAT IS, IF IT IS CITY MANAGER LEVEL OR COUNCIL, DO YOU KNOW, JIM, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? I'M THINKING IT'S A CITY MANAGER, BUT WE THINK IT'S, WE THINK IT'S CITY MANAGER.

OKAY, COOL.

I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A T C M UPDATE GET REALLY NERDY IN HERE.

SO , WE HAVE GOTTEN THEM AT TIMES CERTAINLY WHEN, WHEN THEY ADJUSTED IT SO MUCH AFTER A S M P WE GOT.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST SET OF SIGNIFICANT UPDATES SINCE THEN.

SO IT REALLY REFLECTS THE PRACTITIONER'S USE OF IT AND WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN LEARNING FROM OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO.

GOT IT.

UM, ALSO, ONE THING THAT JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD, WHICH I THINK CAN HELP OUR DISCUSSION ON, UH, BICYCLE PARKING IT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WHEN IT SAYS SPACES, SPACES, DOES THAT EQUAL RACKS? I BELIEVE, LIKE THAT'S CORRECT.

ONE U RACK EQUALS TWO SPACES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF AS WELL.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT, CAPITAL PLAZA, I THINK IS ABOUT A THOUSAND PARKING SPACES, 50 U RACKS AROUND ALL OF CAPITAL PLAZA.

THAT ACTUALLY SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT.

THAT SHOULD BE THERE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO ALL BE IN THE SAME PLACE EITHER.

AND LIKE MUELLER, I THINK KIND OF LY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE QUADPLEXES 'CAUSE THAT TECHNICALLY REQUIRES FIVE, HAS THESE LIKE SUPER LONG U RACKS THAT THEORETICALLY YOU COULD FIT FIVE BUT WON'T.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING A HUNDRED DIFFERENT U LOCKS ON A, UH, TARGET.

ARE WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE DRAFT, UH, THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION? I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION OR A MOTION, A FURTHER MOTION TO AMEND.

AND WE'RE LOOKING JUST TO, FOR CLARIFICATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WAS SENT, WHAT WE JUST REVIEWED.

NOT HIS PRESENTA, LIKE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED OF WHAT YEAH, YEAH.

RECOMME PRESENTED ON RECOMME MINIMUM RECOMMENDATION PLUS THIS.

SO, SO DAN PRESENTED US THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT HE HAS PREPARED AS STAFF.

AND SO IF YOU, YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE DRAFT, CAN WE GET THE RECOMMENDATION UP AGAIN PLEASE? UM, SO IT ACTUALLY SAYS THERE'S ALL THESE EZS ABOUT THE A S M P AND, AND VARIOUS THINGS.

AND THEN THERE'S TWO BE IT RESOLVED.

THE FIRST ONE IS WE SUPPORT THIS, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, BUT CAN WE GO REALLY HARD ON BIKE PARKING? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.

SO, SO ARE WE HAVING TWO? IT, IT'S EITHER ONE, IT'S LIKE ALL OR NOTHING HERE, OR THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT OUR MOTION IS.

SO IF THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, ROBERT'S RULES.

SO THAT'S OUR MOTION RIGHT NOW IS TO PROVE THIS AS, UH, CIRCULATED AND AS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

CLAUSE, ANOTHER BE IT RESOLVED THAT I WANNA ADD INTO THIS RECOMMENDATION.

I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE, I THINK.

UM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION, AND I KNOW WE NEED TO GET OUR ONLINE VIRTUAL PEOPLE UP BECAUSE IT'S ALL OR NOTHING AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

I MEAN IT, WELL, WE WE'RE TAKING A VOTE NOW, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT, SO, THANKS.

SO, UM, SO FOR OUR NEW PEOPLE, WHAT WE WOULD DO, LIKE IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN NOT VOTE FOR IT, OR YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND.

YOU COULD SAY, I'M, I MAKE A MOTION TO EXCISE THE SECTION ON BIKE PARKING, OR LIKE, I'M GONNA OFFER, UH, ANOTHER

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SO THEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO WE VOTE ON EACH AMENDMENT, AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE MAIN AND WE VOTE WITH IT PLUS AMENDMENTS.

SO FOR, I THINK FOR NEXT TIME AND MOVING FORWARD, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE IT IN ADVANCE AND NOT, AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS, BUT THIS WAS, I MEAN, LITERALLY DURING THIS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE MEETING, WE WERE SEEING THIS AND SO DIDN'T HAVE A FULL CAPACITY TO FULLY, TRULY REVIEW AND WHAT THAT IMPACT LOOKS LIKE.

SO I THINK JUST FOR THE FUTURE, IT'D BE NICE TO KIND OF HAVE IT A LOT MORE IN ADVANCE.

YEAH, WE DID, WE HAD IT, WHEN DID I TURN IT IN ON LIKE, UH, IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, BUT I GUESS IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT.

SO I'M, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO GET THE AGENDA LIKE LESS THAN 24 HOURS, BUT THEN IT'S ANOTHER THING TO GET SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TRULY VOTE ON DURING A MEETING.

AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE OPERATE BY OVER ROBERT'S RULES.

SO THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE MAKE MOTIONS AND DISCUSS SOMETHING JUST IN THE COURSE OF OUR MEETING WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A DRAFT ON THE TABLE.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AS A BODY AS WELL.

SO, UM, YOU MAY SEE THAT HAPPEN AT TIMES.

UM, AND SOMETIMES WE ARE ALL GONNA FEEL MORE OR LESS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M HELPING, BUT , UM, OUR, YEAH, CAN I JUST ONE CLARIFICATION.

SO THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? LIKE AS IN WE'RE ADVISING.

AND SO I, I THINK ONE THING IS LIKE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS, IT, IT FEELS BIG, RIGHT? LIKE THE PERCENTAGE, BUT IT ALSO IS A WAY TO GET ATTENTION TO IT, RIGHT? SO, SO TYPICALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS A BODY IS GOING TO BE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION TO CAP METRO.

UM, WE'RE NOT LIMITED IN THAT WAY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOME, YOU KNOW, AN ELECTED BODY, UM, TAKE AN ACTION.

AND SO, UM, THEN THAT BODY CAN CHOOSE TO INCORPORATE OUR SUGGESTIONS OR COMPLETELY IGNORE THEM.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND AS I SAID, WE, WE HAVE TENDED TO BE, I DON'T KNOW IF EXTREME IS REALLY THE RIGHT WORLD.

I DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL WE'RE EXTREME, BUT WE HAVE TENDED TO BE THE, THE, THIS BODY HAS TENDED TO BE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF MANY MOVEMENTS.

SO THAT HAS OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OFTEN AHEAD OF WHERE CITY COUNCIL OR ELECTED OFFICIALS MAY BE AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING.

SO, YEAH, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY AS PART ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU JUST PASSED WON'T BE JEOPARDIZED BY PART TWO.

LIKE IF PART TWO'S GONNA MUDDY THE WATERS, I THINK THAT WAS MY HESITATION THAT I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IF WE COULD DO VOTE ON, ON VOTE, THAT'D BE GREAT.

SEPARATELY.

AND NOVEMBER 2ND HEARING IS NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT WE CAN AMEND THE CODE.

SO YEAH, I DON'T, THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFI CLARIFICATION.

I, THEY'RE GONNA SEE THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE FRONT AND CENTER.

SO I'M NOT, I DON'T, I'M NOT CONCERNED OF THAT.

SO, YEAH.

WELL THANK YOU DAN SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR OPPORTUNITY.

APPRECIATE IT.

SOUNDS LIKE I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.

FEBRUARY 6TH, UM, MARCH 5TH, UH, APRIL 2ND, UH, MAY 7TH, JUNE 4TH, JULY 2ND, UM, AUGUST 6TH, SEPTEMBER 3RD, UM, OCTOBER 1ST, UH, NOVEMBER 5TH, UH, AND THEN DECEMBER 3RD, 2024.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE INTO OUR, UH, 2024

[5. Discussion and possible action on the Selection of 2024 meeting dates.]

MEETING DATES.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE A PREPARED CALENDAR HERE, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD SO, UM, SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.

SO, UM, EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO SET OUR NEXT, UM, MEETINGS, UH, NEXT YEAR'S MEETING TIMES.

GENERALLY, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT, UM, GUIDES OUR STAFF LIAISON ON WHEN TO BOOK A SPACE.

UM, AND IT ALSO, UM, WE CAN ADJUST OUR MEETINGS LIKE CANCEL AND DO A SPECIAL CALL, BUT THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS ON THAT WITH STATE LAW THAT WE CAN'T JUST SORT OF WILLY-NILLY CONSTANTLY BE CANCELING OUR MEETING AND DO A SPECIAL CALL TO REPLACE IT.

SPECIAL CALLS, USUALLY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SPECIAL PURPOSES, ESPECIALLY WE WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE WILD DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT NOT SO MUCH NOW.

SO I'M GONNA, UM, TRY TO WALK US THROUGH.

SO OUR MEETINGS ARE ON THE FIRST TUESDAY, AND WE GENERALLY, UM, THAT TIME HAS BEEN SELECTED OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE OF, UM, UH, IT'S EASIER TO GET THIS ROOM.

UM, OTHER, WE USED TO BE LIKE SECOND TUESDAYS AND WE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE, UM, AT TIMES GETTING THIS ROOM.

SO, UM, WE, UH, HAVE A LOT OF, OUR COMMISSION TENDS TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, UM, UH, WALK, BIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T NECESSARILY DRIVE CARS TO THIS MEETING.

SO IT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR US.

SO THAT'S SORT OF SOME OF THE BACKGROUND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW ON OUR, UM, OUR BODY.

UM, SO, UM, THE PROPOSAL WOULD GENERALLY BE, LET ME READ THESE MEETINGS OUT.

AND TYPICALLY THE MEETING WEEKS, THAT MONTHS THAT WE WOULD ADJUST IF WE WANT TO ADJUST WOULD BE THE JANUARY AND JULY.

SO I'M GONNA READ THOSE OUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A VISUAL.

SO THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE FIRST TUESDAY, THAT WOULD BE IN 2024.

THAT WOULD BE JANUARY 2ND, UM,

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SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, LIKE YOUR KID'S BIRTHDAY IS ONE DAY, LIKE, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE NEED TO UPEND.

I MEAN, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL TYPICALLY.

BUT I THINK THE TWO THAT I'M FOCUSED ON ESPECIALLY, OR LIKE WHAT Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT JANUARY AND JULY, I DO FEEL PERSONALLY A KIND OF WAY ABOUT JANUARY 2ND.

I WOULD REALLY PREFER TO PUSH THAT ONE TO JANUARY 9TH.

I, OKAY.

SO, UM, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT JUNE, UH, JULY, EXCUSE ME, JULY 2ND, BUT OTHERS MAY.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY CHAT ABOUT THAT A BIT.

SO, SO MY CONCERN WITH JULY 2ND IS, UH, JUST FEEL LIKE IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO GET STAFF TO COME ON THAT DAY.

THAT'S A FAIRLY COMMON TIME FOR STAFF TO BE TAKING VACATION SINCE COUNCIL IS USUALLY ON THEIR VACATION TOO.

THAT'S MOST OF JULY THOUGH.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL JULY, SO THAT'S, WELL, BUT I THINK IT BEING THE WEEK OF 4TH OF JULY YEAH.

INCREASES THAT, RIGHT.

THEY ALL GET 4TH OF JULY OFF, SO YOU CAN, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING FIRST TUESDAYS, THOSE TWO WEEKS, WE HAVE USUALLY DEFERRED ONE WEEK.

SO, UM, SO THAT WOULD PUT THE JULY MEETING TO JULY 9TH SURE.

IF WE DID THAT.

NO, THAT'S FINE.

WHAT ABOUT SEPTEMBER 2ND? IT'S ALSO THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY, IF I SEEM CONCERN FROM STAFF.

WHICH ONE IS SEPTEMBER? SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 2ND.

IT'S AFTER LABOR DAY TWO THIRD, THE SEPTEMBER 2ND.

WE DID WE MEET THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY THIS YEAR? WE DID.

WE DID, YES.

BUT YES, I, YEAH.

AND WE DON'T TAKE JULY OFF, EVEN THOUGH COUNCIL AND CAMPO BOTH.

WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY.

IT GOT CANCELED.

THIS, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK AUGUST GOT CANCELED THIS YEAR.

AUGUST, I MEAN, YEAH.

YEAH, BECAUSE, AND THAT WAS NOT, WE WERE, THERE WAS EVERY INTENT TO GO FORWARD, BUT WE GOT BOOTED FROM THE ROOM LAST MINUTE, BASICALLY COUNSEL WAS IN HERE.

SO THEY WERE LIKE, SORRY GUYS.

UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING JANUARY AND JULY AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE TIME.

ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION ? I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR AS READ WITH THE, UM, CHANGES TO JANUARY AND JULY, MOVING THOSE BACK ONE WEEK? YEAH.

SHALL WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE DO HAVE FLEXIBILITY LIKE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AUGUST WAS REALLY LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT LIKE HOPEFULLY IN GENERAL, IF WE FEEL WE'RE GONNA BE BOOTED FROM OUR SPACE, WE CAN CHOOSE A DIFFERENT LOCATION IF WE NEED TO.

AND WE CAN ALSO OCCASIONALLY DO SPECIAL CALLS IF WE NEED TO AS WELL.

SO THANKS EVERYBODY.

AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER TO THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONS RELATED TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

SO, UM, THE NEXT ONE IS DISCUSSION

[6. Discussion and possible action on appointment of alternate commissioner to the Joint Sustainability Commission and commissions related to the Urban Transportation Commission]

SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, PREFACE THIS A SMIDGE IN THAT I, SPENCER, SO, SO SPENCER, YOU MAY NEED TO HELP ME HERE.

WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT FOR B A C AND P A C, THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN APPOINTEE.

WE'VE JUST BEEN SENDING AN OBSERVER.

IS THAT TECHNICALLY CORRECT? CORRECT.

BY THE BYLAWS OF, BY THE BYLAWS OF B, A, C AND PPAC C.

NOW, WE MAY BE CHANGING THEM THE NEXT YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW THE U T C DOES NOT GET AN ACTUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE B A C OR P A C.

UNTIL PROBABLY LIKE OC PROBABLY NOVEMBER.

SO, SO THE B A C AND P A C IS IF WE WANT, SO SPENCER AND DANIEL, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST THAT AWESOME ALREADY SERVE ON, UM, THOSE BODIES.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE FROM THIS BODY IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AND OBSERVING, THAT IS A OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE.

WE COULD LOOK AT.

WE DO NEED TO DEFINITELY TAKE ACTION ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

UM, WE ALREADY NEED A BACKUP FOR DIANA.

I WILL ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

THAT WASN'T GOING TO COME UP

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BUT THE BYLAWS FOR THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP GETTING CHANGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE REMOVING THE APPOINTED SPOTS.

SO U T C PER THE BYLAWS OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS APPROVED BY THE JOINT POWERS THAT BEING CAP METRO, A T P, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ITSELF, THIS BODY WILL NOT HAVE AN APPOINTEE TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

NOW, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE SOME CAPACITY FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ASK FOR AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER THAT COULD BE FROM THIS COMMITTEE.

I'M MIGHT JUST APPLY MY OWN CAPACITY ANYWAY AS A NORMAL MEMBER FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR ANYONE FROM THIS GROUP COULD DO THAT IF THEY WISH TO DO THAT.

BUT YEAH, WHY? UM, SO I THINK THE, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT, UM, UH, THAT THAT NUMBER ONE, UM, OTHER THAN THIS BODY, THE OTHER APPOINT, UH, BODIES THAT HAVE, SO IT'S LIKE THE, UM, ACCESS COMMITTEE FOR CAP METRO.

AND I THINK THE, UM, UH, MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON DISABILITIES, UH, SOMEONE FROM THERE LARGELY, THOSE HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED STRONGLY.

LIKE THEY HAVE NOT ATTENDED, AND IN SOME CASES JUST STOPPED ATTENDING THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THEN THAT BODY HAS NOT REPLACED SOMEONE.

AND I THINK WHAT'S PROVEN WITH THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT, WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S SORT OF UNCHARTED TERRITORY THAT WE'RE A GROUP THAT'S MANAGED AND ADMINISTERED.

THERE'S A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE REPORTING TO.

LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE MOSTLY, LIKE AT U T C, ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL.

BUT WE'RE KIND OF, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIKE AN AMALGAM, LARGELY A T P, BUT REALLY AN AMALGAMATION OF THREE JOINT POWERS.

AND SO I THINK THAT STAFF FELT MORE CON LIKE CONFIDENT OF HAVING A FULLY CONSTITUTED AND QUORUM READY BODY BY NOT HAVING THOSE APPOINTED SPOTS.

SO IT'S, IT'S HONESTLY LOGISTICAL IN LARGE PART.

NICE.

I WILL BE HONEST, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THEY ASK ME WHAT I THOUGHT AND IF I WAS OKAY WITH THOSE BYLAWS CHANGES.

AND ULTIMATELY I DECIDED, AND I'VE BEEN SERVING IN THAT ROLE AS THE APPOINTEE OF U T C TO, TO, UM, C A C.

AND I DECIDED I, I PERSONALLY DID VOTE FOR THE BYLAWS, BUT I CAN SHARE THAT.

BUT WERE YOU A VOTING? YES.

SO, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, UM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, ALL THE MEMBERS ARE VOTING MEMBERS.

WE HAVE AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER RIGHT NOW WHO WAS NOT SELECTED BY US.

IT WAS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO INITIALLY, SO THE WAY COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED IS THERE'S, UM, A CERTAIN NOW WHICH IS GONNA CHANGE.

THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF APPOINTED SPOTS, FEW, I THINK IT'S THREE OR FOUR.

AND THEN THERE'S A SPOTS THAT WERE APPOINTED AND PEOPLE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.

AND FROM THE JOINT POWERS CAP METRO, A T P AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, UH, UH, EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS STRUCK.

THEY INTERVIEWED PEOPLE AND, AND BASICALLY THEY APPOINTED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO THE COMMITTEE.

AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, HERE, WE ALSO ARE GIVING YOU THIS EXOFFICIO PERSON.

SO WE ACTUALLY CHANGE, THE BYLAWS WILL CHANGE THAT TOO.

THEY WILL SAY, SAY EXOFFICIO MEMBERS, IF ANY, WILL BE APPOINTED BY COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO IF COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WANTED TO CHOOSE AN EXOFFICIO, LIKE IF THEY WANTED TO SAY THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR OR SOMEONE FROM, UM, U T C SHOULD ALWAYS BE EXOFFICIO ON OUR COMMITTEE, THEY COULD, BUT THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY NON-VOTING.

DID I EXPLAIN THAT CLEARLY? MM-HMM.

, YES.

UM, SO, SO I THINK RIGHT NOW IS LIKE I'M SERVING ON COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNTIL MY, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF U T C UNTIL, AS PER THE BYLAWS AT THE END OF 2023.

WE NO LONGER HAVE AN APPOINTEE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE GONNA OPEN UP VERY SOON.

SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO APPLY, YOU KNOW, OR ENCOURAGE YOUR NETWORKS TO APPLY, YOU CAN DO THAT.

THAT WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO I THINK WHAT WE WANNA FOR SURE DO IS TRY TO APPOINT A, SO DIANA IS ABLY SERVING AS OUR JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION APPOINTEE, BUT WE NEED A BACKUP FOR HER.

WE REALLY DO NEED SOMEONE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.

AND NOW THAT OUR COMMITTEE, OUR, OUR BODY IS FULLY CONSTITUTED, WE NEED TO TRY TO GET SOMEBODY IN THAT ROLE TODAY.

UM, SO IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT ON, WE WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE.

AND DIANA, COULD YOU OUTLINE THIS PERSON WOULD JUST NEED TO ATTEND IF YOU CAN.

CAN'T I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN I JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS? SO YES.

UM, IN IMPLEMENTING THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

THE J F C IS THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, AND IT HAS A NAMED REPRESENTATIVE.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE TROUBLE MEETING QUORUM, WHICH IS WHY WE REALLY NEED A DESIGNATED BACKUP.

I AM CURRENTLY THE CO-CHAIR ON IT, AND I HAVE BEEN THERE 90% OF THE TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ONE MEETING I COULDN'T MAKE, FORUM WOULD BE TIGHT.

UM, SO THE J S C HAS NAMED MEMBERS FROM SEVERAL OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT HAVE KIND OF A COMMITTEE INTEREST IN,

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SO U T C IS REPRESENTED, ZERO WASTE IS REPRESENTED, PLANNING IS REPRESENTED, DESIGN IS REPRESENTED.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL.

WE, THOSE ARE NOT THE ONLY, BUT THAT, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE GIST OF WHAT THIS IS.

SO THERE'S A NAMED REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES THAT TOGETHER FORM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY, UM, COMMITTEE.

AND AGAIN, AGAIN, WHAT WE REALLY DO IS LOOK, HOW CAN WE HELP AUSTIN, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL GET US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ZERO CARBON, ZERO METHANE.

THAT'S KIND OF THE FOCUS OF THAT, OF THAT GROUP.

AND I DON'T THINK MY BACKUP WOULD HAVE TO COME.

WE ALSO MEET THE FOURTH, UH, WE MEET THE FOURTH, UH, WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 PM AND MY BACKUP WOULD NOT HAVE TO ATTEND, BUT THEY COULD ATTEND REMOTELY IF THEY WANT TO, TO GET A FEEL FOR IT, I THINK.

UM, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO ATTEND UNLESS I WAS TO ALERT THEM IN ADVANCE THAT I COULDN'T MAKE A MEETING THING.

SO THAT WAS THE, YOU SAID THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 PM IT'S THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY.

IN FACT, I JUST, WE JUST MET THE JSS, WE JUST FINISHED THE JS C MEETING THIS WEEK.

IS ANY, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE AND, AND HELP DIANA AND BACK HER UP? INTERESTING.

PRETTY PLEASED THOSE GUYS.

I THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE APPOINT PROBLEMS WITH COMMITTEES THAT ARE APPOINTED BY OTHER COMMITTEES.

, PERHAPS, MAYBE, UH, THE CHALLENGES, UH, LET'S, I WANT SOMEBODY, WE, I DO FEEL WE NEED TO TAKE THIS ON.

I THINK 90% OF THE TIME THE PERSON WOULDN'T, I ALMOST WOULD SAY I WOULD, DIANA, BUT I'M DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT.

BUT I KNOW THAT YOU USUALLY GO, MAYBE, MAYBE WE LET THIS SIMMER, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I DON'T FORESEE AN UPCOMING MEETING THAT I CANNOT OKAY.

MAKE, BUT , WHO IS THE CHAIR, IS ASKING ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE, UH, NOMINEES TO, TO HAVE A BACKUP.

JUST CLARIFYING QUESTION.

JUST BECAUSE QUORUM IS SO TIGHT.

I MEAN, THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE COULDN'T MEET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM.

I, YES.

SO AS THE BACKUP, IT'S MAINLY SHE CAN'T COME, YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP TO THE MEETING, TAKE NOTES AND REPORT BACK.

I ASSUME THAT YOU, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, THE, THE DUTIES? YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY IT.

YOU WOULD, UH, BA BASICALLY YOU WOULD, IT WOULD BE A BODY TO HELP THEM MAKE QUORUM, BUT THEN YOU COULD, OKAY, IT'S INTERESTING STUFF.

YOU COULD LEARN ABOUT IT AND THEN YOU COULD COME BACK AND REPORT BACK TO THE, THE U T C.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO REPORT ON AND OR DISCUSSION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RELATE.

THEN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE BACKUP AND SAYING, HEY, I CAN'T BE THERE, BUT HERE'S MY THOUGHTS, HERE'S MY VIEWS, HERE'S SOME TALKING POINTS.

, PLEASE GO AND FORTH, USUALLY FORTH.

IF IT, IF IT'S ANY EASIER, I USUALLY DO NOT HAVE TO, I MEAN, I'M NOT PRESENTING.

I'M MORE, UM, IT'S INFORMED.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S INFORMATIONAL.

SO I, UP TO THIS POINT, I HAVEN'T HAD TO TALK OR PRESENT OR I MEAN, I'M THE CO-CHAIR, SO I TALK A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MY BACKUP WOULD HAVE TO BE THE CO-CHAIR.

WELL, KABA ALMOST ALWAYS SHOWS UP, SO, YEAH.

SO, SO YOUR DUTIES ARE YOU, YOU, YOU REPORT BACK FROM MONTHLY FROM WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THAT BODY, JUST LIKE THIS ONE, I PRESUME, MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS AND HERE'S PRESENTATIONS AND TAKES VOTES AND THINGS JUST LIKE WE DO.

EXACTLY, YES.

BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'D BE EXPECTED TO RUN THE MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO.

CORRECT.

UM, OKAY, SO WE EXPLAINED THAT A LITTLE MORE.

IS ANYONE INTERESTED, NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT IT, JUST A SMIDGE MORE.

I HATE TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT A WHILE, BUT I THINK MAYBE LET'S PUSH IT TO OUR NOVEMBER MEETING WITH A REAL URGENCY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS.

UM, SO, UH, MAYBE WE COULD ALL REFLECT, OR, OR WHO ISN'T HERE THAT WE COULD NOMINATE.

IT'S KINDA LIKE IF YOU RIGHT.

GET TO BE PRESIDENT, LIKE WHO ISN'T HERE, AND THEN WE'LL THROW THE DICE.

AND I KNOW ATHENA NO, BUT I AGREE.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

LET'S, LET'S WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER.

THEY'RE ASSOCIATED IDENTITIES.

BECAUSE I, UH, AS I SAID, I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT VITAL IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, BECAUSE I HAVE, I'M GONNA MAKE AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.

SO YEAH.

SO THAT LEAVES THE B A, C AND P A C IF ANYONE.

AND I'M, I'M GUESSING IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SORT OF BE THE U T C OBSERVER OF THOSE MEETINGS

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THAT WE CAN SEND.

I THINK OTHERWISE AT THIS TIME, SPENCER AND DANIEL STILL ON THOSE BODIES AND CAN REPORT BACK.

BUT IF ANYONE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED, WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT THOSE TWO, NOW THAT WE'VE CLARIFIED THEIR BYLAWS, I THINK WE MIGHT STOP MAKING NOISE ABOUT THOSE UNLESS YOU CHANGE YOUR BYLAWS.

, I'LL, I'LL ALSO JUST SAY THE B A C AND P A C ARE CITIZEN LED ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

SO YOU CAN SHOW UP AND ACT LIKE A NORMAL BOARD MEMBER AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

PEOPLE DO THAT ALL THE TIME.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY FORMAL INVITATION.

THAT'S GREAT.

IS ANY, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO OFFICIALLY BE DESIGNATED TO OBSERVE OR SHE'LL, YEAH.

UM, ACTUALLY FAIRLY INTERESTING.

YEAH, SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE.

I ALREADY ADDRESSED THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA COME BEFORE US BECAUSE OF THEIR BYLAWS CHANGE.

UM, SO I THINK WE HAVE FINISHED THAT ITEM AND THAT TAKES US INTO

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OUR BRIEFINGS.

AND SO THESE ARE, UM, THE UPDATES THAT WE GET WEEKLY, MONTHLY, FROM THESE, UM, BODIES.

SO I WILL CALL ON SPENCER FOR DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UH, ONLY TWO BRIEFINGS.

UM, ONE WAS, UH, SCOOTER INCIDENT DATA, UM, FROM THE, UH, AUSTIN, UH, E M S DIVISION.

UM, I CAN SEND OVER THE SHEET, UH, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF CROSS APPLY THE INJURIES WITH THE, HOW MANY SCOOTER TRIPS ARE BEING USED.

IT'S LIKE 0.001% OF TRIPS END UP WITH E M S BEING CALLED, WHICH AT LEAST TO ME SOUNDED KIND OF LOW.

UM, SO THAT WAS INTERESTING.

UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN UPDATE, WHICH IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT TO US THAT MUCH.

UM, AND THEN THE ONLY, UH, THING IS, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INVITING CREWS, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO COME PRESENT.

I'M SURE WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT.

UM, SUSAN AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE IN THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I'LL, UH, SAVE THAT FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH.

UM, SO DIANA, WITH JOINT SUSTAINABILITY, UM, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY OF AUSTIN HAS AN OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND, UM, WE HAD A, UM, A SPEAKER FROM THAT TALK ABOUT THE CARBON FOOTPRINT UPDATE.

AND THERE'S THE, UH, THERE'S THE LOCAL CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL OPERATION FOOTPRINT, AND THEN THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOOTPRINT, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO REACH NET ZERO BY 2040.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A MUCH LARGER CONSUMPTION BASED, UM, FOOTPRINT THAT THAT OFFICE IS TRYING TO GET A HOLD ON.

UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE ALL THE ANCILLARY THINGS LIKE WHEN YOU OFF, WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM AMAZON, RIGHT? SO THE CITY HAD BEEN, THE OFFICE HAD BEEN FOCUSED ON THE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOOTPRINT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT.

BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO, IN THEIR CALCULATIONS, UM, LOOK AT A CONSUMPTION BASED FOOTPRINT AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE DATA WE HAVE, THE EASIER IT IS TO EVEN BEGIN TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE STABILIZED FOR THE, FOR THE SMALLEST, WHICH IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT.

WE'RE AT ABOUT 15,000 METRIC TONS OF CARBON A YEAR FOR THAT.

AND THE NUMBER ONE BIGGEST, UM, UM, UH, THE NUMBER ONE BIGGEST, UH, YOU KNOW, BAD ACTOR IN THAT IS ARE THE CITY VEHICLES.

SO CITY VEHICLES TRANSPORTATION IS THE NUMBER ONE LARGEST SECTOR OF THE CARBON PRODUCING PIE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, FOLLOWED BY NUMBER TWO BEING, UM, ELECTRIC GENERATION.

SO THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS AND HOW WE CAN GET TO NET ZERO BY 2040 OF THE, WHICH IS THE CITY'S GOAL, WHICH IS GONNA BE VERY TOUGH.

UM, AND THEN, UH, SOME GOOD NEWS, SOME INTERESTING NEWS.

SO THE, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, WAS OFFERING SOME NON-COMPETE GRANTS.

THE E P A WAS OFFERING NON-COMPETITIVE GRANTS, MEANING IF YOU APPLY CORRECTLY, YOU GET THE MONEY.

AND SO, UM, THAT, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, CLIMATE, UM, UH, THE, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY APPLIED AND GOT A, UM, GOT A $1 MILLION GRANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAN THE CLIMATE.

IT'S CALLED THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT.

AND IT'S A NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT.

WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND WHAT THAT WILL HELP US IS DO PLANNING LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

SO THAT, UH, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE E P A WE, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE E P A OPENS UP WITH $4.3 BILLION.

UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE PLANS CAN APPLY, AND THAT IS, THAT'S GONNA BE COMPETITIVE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE LIKE BETWEEN 30 AND 90 GRANTS PROVIDED, BUT WE HAVE A SMALLER, YOU KNOW, SEED MONEY GRANT TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP PLANS NOW AND THEN BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE, OF THE

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E P A GRANT, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE IMPLEMENTING OUR PLANS.

SO THAT GROUP IS WORKING ON THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANTS, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY STILL IN THE EARLY PHASES.

SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR PLAN LOOKS LIKE, BUT I WILL REPORT ON IT WHEN WE DO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.

UM, SPENCER WITH BICYCLE ADVISORY? YEAH, SO WE'RE IN ELECTION SEASON, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH.

WE GOT THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, DEMAND PROGRAM BRIEFING THAT WE GOT EARLIER, UPDATE ON ACTIVE STREET DESIGN.

AND THEN WE DID SOME FOLLOW UP RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON STUFF WE HAD ISSUED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

UM, CHECKING ON PROGRESS.

SO, UH, NOT THAT MUCH.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, DANIEL, WITH PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY, UH, WE HEARD THE SAME SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PRESENTATION.

WE GAVE OURSELVES A LITTLE PAT ON THE BACK AS A YEAREND ROUNDUP BECAUSE IT'S ELECTION SEASON, SO IT SORT OF ROUNDED UP THAT YEAR.

UM, DONE SOME COOL STUFF THERE, FOUND OUT, AND THEN WE ELECTED SOME NEW MEMBERS.

COOL.

UM, SO I'LL REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF CITY COUNCIL THAT DEALS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES.

UM, I TYPICALLY ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS MONTHLY AND REPORT ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY U T C ON THE PRIOR MONTH.

UM, I WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND DID NOT ATTEND BECAUSE WE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTIONS, UH, OR PASS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR SEPTEMBER MEETINGS.

SO THEY DID NOT PUT ME ON THE AGENDA.

UM, ISABEL MIGHT WANNA SHARE WITH US SOMETHING I DIDN'T ATTEND BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO ATTEND.

UM, AND I, IT, IT HAPPENS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY, BUT UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR ITEMS WERE THE C HOME REDEVELOPMENT, TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE OR TS AND THEN THE I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL UPDATE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH THAT AS ABOUT THAT, ISABELLE? SOMETIMES CHRIS WOULD GIVE US UPDATES ON THOSE.

ANYTHING YOU WANNA LET US KNOW? SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DEFER TO ANDRE FOR THIS ONE.

BECAUSE HE WAS KIND OF MORE IN CHARGE OF THAT MEETING THAN I WAS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

ANYTHING YOU WANNA TELL US, ANDRE? YEAH, I KNOW I HAVE AN UPDATE.

OKAY, GREAT.

I ACTUALLY SURE, GO AHEAD.

I WENT, UM, , YAY.

BUT I HAD OTHER BUSINESS THERE.

UM, SOMETHING TO KEEP EVERYONE'S EYE OUT.

I HAVE A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SEA HOME TOURS JUST BECAUSE OF MY DAY JOB AND I DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING ANY ACTION HERE, WHATEVER.

BUT THEY'RE, UM, THEY ARE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN RESPONSE TO A RESOLUTION FROM 2021 IS RECOMMENDED.

THE CLOSING OF THE TURS SEA HOME TURS.

UM, I KNOW THE BOWIE STREET UNDERPASS WAS A PART OF THAT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.

UH, IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE INVOLVING NEGOTIATIONS FALLING APART WITH UNION PACIFIC AND THE CITY.

UM, SO THERE'S 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT TOURS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT CLOSING IT BEFORE THEY FINISH ALL THE PROJECTS IN IT.

INTERESTING.

I HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN A RESOLUTION REGARDING I 35 AND, UH, SORT OF A PRETTY, THE LANGUAGE IS PRETTY INTENSE ABOUT THE UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF CARBON EMISSIONS FROM THE PROJECT.

I I NEED TO ACTUALLY, I SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH THAT.

MY AWESOME NIGHTS AT HOME WATCHING, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO THEY'RE DOING THESE SORT OF DIGITALLY ENGAGED OBSERVATIONS.

SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, I'LL GIVE A REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE HAD A PRETTY PACKED MEETING ACTUALLY.

UM, WE HAD, WE TALKED ABOUT THE C I C APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

SO BASICALLY C I C TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT TOO, WE'VE BEEN SERVING FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO YEAR TERMS WITH NO, THERE'S NO METHOD.

LIKE THERE'S WAS NEVER A METHODOLOGY THAT WAS SPELLED OUT FOR HOW PEOPLE APPLY OR APPOINTED TO THIS ROLE.

AND SO THEY CREATED ONE FOR THE FIRST ROUND AND THEN IT WAS NEVER A RECONSTITUTED.

SO ANYWAY, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR BYLAWS, WHICH ARE GONNA MUCH MORE SPELL OUT OUR APPOINTMENT UPDATES.

I ALREADY GAVE YOU THE BIGGEST UPDATE, WHICH IS THAT THEY'RE REMOVING THE MEMBERS THAT WERE APPOINTED BY OTHER BODIES.

SO THEN WE HEARD AN EAU UPDATE, WHICH YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE, UM, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW FROM, BUT FROM WARNER.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE ALTERING SOME OF THEIR STRATEGIES BASED ON THAT SOUNDS LIKE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE HUG TEAM, WHICH IS JUST AMAZING.

SO IT'S THE H K S UNSTUDIO AND GALE.

UM, THEY'RE DOING, I GUESS BROADLY URBAN DESIGN, UM, FOR CAP METRO FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

AND SO THEY'RE, UM, IT'S REALLY COOL STUFF.

LIKE THEY'RE GOING IN AND LIKE USING, UM, LIKE VR GOGGLES TO SEE LIKE, OKAY, I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR USER AND I'M IN THIS TRANSIT STATION AND I'M VISUALLY SCANNING AND THERE'S PEOPLE JUST MOVING AROUND AND I CAN'T GET ON THE TRAIN BECAUSE NOBODY WILL MAKE A GAP FOR ME.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO SORT OF MIND MAP SORT OF SPACES IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE GONNA, UM, IMPLEMENT PROJECT CONNECT URBAN DESIGN AND STATION DESIGN AND STATION AREA DESIGN AND USE.

SO I, I HOPE I SAID THAT CLEARLY.

BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THAT.

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THEY'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND FOCUS GROUPS AND YOU KNOW, GETTING INPUT ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT IS THE HUG TEAM, JUST, YOU KNOW, CARE BEARS AND RAINBOWS AND IT SOUNDS AWESOME.

SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA HEAR BACK FROM THEM AGAIN SOON ON C A C.

SO, UM, OKAY.

SO THAT ENDS OUR BRIEFINGS.

SO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS,

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

I WILL DEFINITELY SAY THAT WE NEED TO ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER TO THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ON OUR NEXT AGENDA.

AND HONESTLY, WELL WE'LL SEE.

UM, I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY SOLVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I'LL MAKE SURE WE SOLVE IT.

AND SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER ONE, DO YOU WANNA THE, THE, YOU ALREADY BROUGHT IT UP THE, YEAH.

UM, SO I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC, LET'S CALL IT INTEREST IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, UM, HERE.

AND WE'RE ALSO IN AN INTERESTING SPOT.

STATE LAW IS VERY PREEMPTIVE AND DOESN'T GIVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN A LOT OF OPTIONS.

UM, SO WHAT I HAD BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, I THINK IS, IS SOMETHING, UH, USEFUL FOR US IS IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR US AS A COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH SOME OF THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE OPERATING HERE.

UM, I WORK WITH THEM AT THE STATE AND I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL, FOR THE MOST PART GOOD FAITH COMPANIES THAT WANNA HELP THE COMMUNITIES THEY'RE IN.

SO I THINK THAT MAY BE A FRUITFUL PATH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND SOME ACTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THE STATE IS GIVING US.

UM, AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR FROM THE CITY STAFF ON HOW THEY ARE WORKING WITHIN THOSE CONSTRAINTS CURRENTLY, WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ARE.

I ALSO WILL JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T, DEPENDING ON HOW THE ITEM IS PHRASED, I MAY OR MAY NOT END UP RECUSING MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE WORK I DO AT THE STATE.

UM, IT KINDA JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S STRUCTURED.

I'M GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO THE ETHICS HOTLINE TO GET A FORMAL OPINION.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING MEETS THE CRITERIA, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE.

YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY ISABELLE, THAT FOR THIS ITEM, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT'S VERY TIMELY.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HEAR, BUT I REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M FINE HEARING A PRESENTER FROM CRUISE OR GM OR I DON'T KNOW, GOOGLE CAR.

I'M JUST MAKING UP COMPANIES NOW THAT DON'T EXIST.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM CITY STAFF.

I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T REGULATE, BUT I AM AWARE THAT THERE'S A TASK FORCE BETWEEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL BODIES THAT'S WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.

SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO GET SORT OF A CITY OR STAFF PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT REGULATING, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I DON'T WANNA JUST HEAR NECESSARILY DIRECTLY ONLY FROM COMPANIES IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ITEM.

THAT'S MY, WOULD BE MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

AND I'LL ALSO SAY IF FOLKS DON'T WANNA HAVE PRIVATE COMPANIES HERE, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT FRANKLY, IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER ON MY END IN TERMS OF HAVING TO RECUSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, I MEAN WE DO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN TAXI FRANCHISES ARE UP THOSE, THEY COME OUT AND THEY PRESENT ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.

SO I'M, I'M NOT COM I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I JUST THINK THAT I WANT THAT STAFF ELEMENT SURE.

IN THERE.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT WILL HELP US.

SO YEAH, I THINK AND WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF WORK WITH ISABELLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA TAILOR THAT ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR THE NOVEMBER AGENDA, DANIEL? UM, I HAVE TWO THAT ARE SORT OF QUESTIONS ON WHEN THEY MIGHT COME UP.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT T C M UPDATE, UM, WHENEVER DAN THINKS IT'S APPROPRIATE, WHETHER THAT'S NEXT MEETING OR DECEMBER.

UM, AND THEN ALSO I THINK I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT, UM, COUNCIL'S GONNA GET AN UPDATE ON LIKE THE CORRIDOR'S OFFICE AND HOW THAT'S SORT OF GETTING FOLDED IN OVER, I THINK TO CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES AND JUST SORT OF AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT, UM, PROCESS IS GOING AND LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON AT CORRIDORS WOULD BE GREAT TO GET AN UPDATE ON.

YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE, I FEEL WE'RE KIND OF OVERDUE FOR AN OVERALL UPDATE FROM THE CORRIDOR OFFICE ON THE CORRIDOR MOBILITY FUNDING AS WELL.

IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN AT LEAST A YEAR SINCE WE HAD THAT UPDATE ON LIKE WHERE IS THE SPENDING FROM THE BONDS.

SO I WOULD LIKE MORE BROADLY TO SEE THAT, BUT I THINK IF THEY'RE REORGANIZING, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANNA BE ATTENTIVE TO.

RUBEN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING, PROJECT CONNECT IS SUPPOSED TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BEGINNING SHORTLY.

YEP.

PROJECT CONNECT ON THEIR NEW PRO, THEIR NEW PUBLIC ENG, THEIR NEXT ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BASICALLY.

IS THAT THE YEAH, THE, OKAY.

THAT WORKS.

THIS IS A LOT.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET TO IN NOVEMBER.

YEP.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK EITHER OF THESE ARE NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE NOVEMBER, BUT TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO FLAG ONE, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT GETTING AN UPDATE ON JUST THE STATUS OF THE T P W MERGER.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THERE NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE GET THERE IN TERMS OF BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE CAN KINDA, UH, PRESENT AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SOME OVERSIGHT THERE, I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND THING I WAS GONNA SUGGEST IS I THINK, UM, HEARING FROM PARKING ENFORCEMENT MIGHT BE A, A GOOD

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BRIEFING.

UM, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT MEMO, RIGHT, THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ENFORCE NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS.

UM, I ALSO THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING GIVEN THE BIKE PARKING RECOMMENDATION WE SENT UP A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

UM, FOLLOW UP IN THAT WAY.

SO, AND UM, I THINK JUST LIKE, UH, SOMETHING FROM MAYBE LIKE THIS IS LONGER TERM, BUT LIKE PARKING ENTERPRISE IN GENERAL AND YEAH.

'CAUSE I KNOW ESPECIALLY AFTER THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIG PARKING BENEFITS DISTRICT AROUND SOUTH CONGRESS, THIS IS A LOT.

NOT NOVEMBER, NO, LET'S PUSH THAT WAY OUT.

ABSOLUTELY NOT BRADY, BUT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE WANNA BRING, BUT THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT ARE GONNA COME FROM STAFF WHO ARE GONNA RISE UP RIGHT AWAY.

VACATIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE JUST PART OF OUR NORMAL WORKFLOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY FULLY CONTROL EITHER.

SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MONITOR THOSE THINGS.

IF WE LOOK AT AN AGENDA AND IT LOOKS REALLY LONG AND BEHEMOTH IS THERE, CAN WE JUST BE LIKE, OH, LET'S SAVE THESE FOR LATER.

OH, TRUST ME.

YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO THE PRE CHRISTOPHER PARKS ERA, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DOING THAT.

WE USED TO GO TO NINE OR 10 A LOT.

SO, UM, YEAH, SO WE, UM, WE ARE DOING THAT ALREADY.

WE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CHRIS WOULD NEVER PUSH TO OUR AGENDAS BECAUSE HE WAS TO, TO KEEP US TO SEVEN 30 OR EIGHT TIMEFRAME.

UM, BUT YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND IDEALLY, I MEAN LIKE C I C LIKE AVES IS LIKE ENDS US AT SEVEN EVERY TIME.

I THINK THIS WE CAN EXPECT USUALLY 7, 7, 7 38 ISH IS OUR GOAL HERE.

SPEAKING OF, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND IT IS, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS.

OH YES.

JUST, JUST REAL QUICK, WHAT WE'LL DO ON THE NEXT AGENDA IS WE'LL ADD THESE ITEMS TO IT FOR THE MINUTES, I MEAN FOR THE MINUTES.

SO Y'ALL CAN SEE THOSE THERE.

AND WE'LL ALSO KEEP, UH, A TABLE THAT WE CAN SHARE WHEN THIS DISCUSSION COMES UP OF HERE'S SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR IN THE PAST.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.