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[CALL TO ORDER]
COMMISSION.I'M CALLING THE MEETING OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ORDER TUESDAY, JULY 9TH AT 6:29 PM
UM, WHAT DID WE DECIDE TO DO? ARE YOU COMMISSIONER BROOKS? COULD YOU TELL ME, ARE YOU, YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
LIKE I, I AM TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH DOOR TO GO IN.
I'M JUST GOING TO, I'M JUST GOING TO 14.
IT'S THE SAME ROOM WE WERE IN LAST TIME.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
AND IT'S KIND OF OFF THE COURTYARD, SO IF YOU'RE COMING IN FROM THE AIRPORT SIDE, YOU KIND OF, OH, I'M COMING IN, LET'S SAY I, I, BY LET'S SAY UFCU PAVILION.
I'M JUST GONNA CALL A RECESS OF THIS MEETING TILL 6 33.
AND COMMISSIONER BROOKS IS WITH US ONLINE, UH, IN PERSON.
SO, UM, WE'LL GET STARTED THEN.
WE WERE ABLE TO CALL TO ORDER AND THEN WE'LL MOVE DIRECTLY.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP US CLIPPY TODAY AND KEEP US ON OUR AGENDA, BUT WE'RE GONNA SIX RECESS TILL 6:33 PM THANK YOU.
I GUESS THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
HERE IS THIS SHOWS A PICTURE IN FRONT OF MY HOME ON LYNN STREET, UM, INTERSECTION OF LYNN AND EAST CAESAR CHAVEZ.AND, UM, THIS IS A, A REGULAR OCCURRENCE THAT DELIVERY TRUCKS ARE BLOCKING THE ENTIRE STREET, INCLUDING MY DRIVEWAY.
UM, IF YOU CAN, ARE YOU ABLE TO CLICK THROUGH TO SLIDE? OKAY.
IF YOU COULD, SO THE, THE RED AREA IS WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED.
YOU CAN KEEP CLICKING FOR ME PLEASE.
AND THEN, SO I'LL SHOW ADDITIONAL PICTURES.
BUT THE GREEN AREA IS NOW, THERE'S JUST A, A BIKE ROUTE PARKING AREA THAT'S BASICALLY BESIDE THE BUSINESS.
AND SO IF ESSENTIALLY, I'M JUST ASKING IF WE COULD MOVE THE BIKE PARKING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET SO THAT THERE COULD BE A COMMERCIAL LOADING ZONE PUT BESIDE THE BUILDING.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AREA NOW.
UM, SO BASICALLY EVERY TRUCK THAT COMES TO DELIVER ANY MAINTENANCE TRUCK, ANYTHING THAT COMES TO THAT BUSINESS IS PARKING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND OFTEN BLOCKING MY DRIVEWAY.
AND SO THEY'RE SOMETIMES PARKED FOR UPWARDS OF 30 TO 40 MINUTES.
AND YOU 3 1 1, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR CALL 9 1 1 IF SOMEONE'S BLOCKING YOUR DRIVEWAY.
AND THE DRIVERS ARE NEVER AMENABLE TO MOVING.
AND SO I FIGURED JUST TO SAVE MYSELF AND JUST A LOT OF CONFLICT AND THE STREET ITSELF FROM BEING BLOCKED, LIKE THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION WHERE I SHOWED THE PICTURE, THREE OR FOUR CARS COMING UP, TURNING AROUND, I'M BLOCKED IN MY DRIVEWAY.
IF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE NEEDED TO COME, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS MY HOME.
AND SO IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE SOLUTION, JUST MOVING THOSE BIKE RACKS, PUTTING A COMMERCIAL PARKING ZONE THERE, AND THAT WAY TRUCKS HAVE A DESIGNATED SPOT TO GO SO THEY'RE NOT PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND, AND BLOCKING MY, MY HOUSE AND, AND MY DRIVEWAY.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE MAIN THING THAT I WANTED TO COME TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, I DO HAVE ANOTHER JUST SHORT THING THAT I JUST WANNA MENTION IN WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES IS JUST, UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO GET FURTHER COMMENT ON LATER IS, UH, IN REGARD TO HOW CROSSWALKS, BIKE
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LANES SIDEWALK REPAIR, LIKE HOW THAT'S PRIORITIZED AND 'CAUSE E CESAR CHAVEZ IS JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, HAVE MUCH ATTENTION PAID TOWARDS IT OR ANY CONCENTRATION.AND IN MY OPINION, THERE'S TRAFFIC, IT'S INCREASING, THE SPEEDS ARE INCREASING, IF ANYWHERE NEEDS CROSSWALKS, IT'S EAST OR CHAVEZ.
AND I SEE OTHER STREETS THAT ARE A LOT MORE NARROW, A LOT LESS TRAFFIC, LESS HIGH SPEEDS THAT ARE GETTING NICE CONCRETE BARRIER CROSSWALKS.
AND I'VE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, IT'S ON A LIST TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, LATER THIS YEAR WE WILL BE DETERMINING OUR PRIORITIES.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE IT'S SOME, UM, I GUESS, UM, WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION IS OR HOW, WHAT THE CRITERIA IS TO DETERMINE WHAT MAKES A CROSSWALK IN ONE AREA, UM, OVER A CROSSWALK IN ANOTHER AREA.
SO THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
YEAH, AND I, I THINK I CAN HELP WITH THAT A BIT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, A PLAN AND A RE UH, THAT REGULATES AND PLANS FOR, UM, ALL OF OUR SORT OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN AUSTIN CALLED THE A TX WALK BY A GROW PLAN.
AND THAT DOES HAVE, UM, A PRIORITIZATION MATRIX THAT'S APPLIED, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN TREATMENTS THAT IS CONSIDERING MULTIPLE FACTORS LIKE AREAS THAT MAY BE SIDEWALK DEFICIENCY DEFICIENT, AREAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN, UM, UNDERREPRESENTED AND NEGLECTED AREAS WHERE, UM, PEOPLE WEREN'T PROVIDED CITY SERVICES FOR MANY YEARS.
SO IT ATTEMPTS TO, UM, DO A GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AT ALL THOSE FACTORS AND SORT OF PRIORITIZING WHAT IS A HIGH, UM, VERY HIGH, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, VERY LOW, UH, NEED FOR, FOR THOSE TYPES OF TREATMENTS.
AND THEN EACH YEAR, UM, WITH THE, UM, BOND FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND AS WELL AS WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET, THE, UH, STAFF DETERMINES LOOKING AT THAT MATRIX, WHAT IS, UM, PART OF THE PLAN FOR, UH, THE YEAR.
AND ACTUALLY I THINK IF YOU WANNA STAY, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
SO THAT MIGHT BE VERY ENLIGHTENING TO YOU.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT JUST THAT AND ONE OF OUR ITEMS TODAY.
SO THAT MAY BE OF HELPED TO YOU.
UM, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL ABOUT THE SEAT YOU'VE COME BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE AS WELL.
AND, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I WAS, IT WAS ABOUT A PARKING ISSUE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE WONDERED TOO, FROM SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED, ALSO JUST MY KNOWLEDGE OF THAT AREA IS WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE A, YOU KNOW, NEED FOR SORT OF A PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN THAT AREA WITH THE DIFFERENT CONFLICTING BUSINESSES AND DELIVERIES AND PARKING AND RESIDENCES AND LIKE, ALL THE NEEDS THAT ARE GOING ON OVER THERE.
AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES ALSO HELP GENERATE MORE FUNDS TO FUND SOME OF THESE AR UM, TREATMENTS AND, UH, AMENITIES WITHIN THE AREA THAT, THAT, THAT PARKING PROGRAM IS APPLIED.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.
UM, WE, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY, BUT I HOPE IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, YOU CAN STAY.
'CAUSE I THINK THIS FIRST PRESENTATION, UM, THE ANNUAL PLAN BRIEFING, I THINK YOU'LL FIND PRETTY INTERESTING PERHAPS SO TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE A QUESTION OR FOR I I'LL JUST ADD, UM, IF YOU, I'D BE CURIOUS IF YOU'VE TALKED WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUES.
OH, OH, IS MY, I'VE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT IS MINE WORKING.
UM, CURIOUS IF YOU'VE TALKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES TOO, BECAUSE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAN APPLY FOR, UH, A PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, RIGHT.
AND 51% OF THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO BACK INTO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO IT HELPS A LOT WITH, WITH SMALLER THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE MOVING A BIKE RACK PLACEMENT FOR A COMMERCIAL ZONE.
UH, I'D BE CURIOUS IF YOU'VE HAD ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
IF NOT, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY CAN REALLY ACCELERATE THAT PRETTY QUICK.
Y YEAH, I'VE ACTUALLY, UM, BEEN ADDED TO THE BOARD FOR THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, I'M LIKE ONE BLOCK OFF ON LIN STREET.
UM, BUT THEY'VE ALLOWED ME TO TAKE ON THE SECTION FOUR 'CAUSE THERE WASN'T A REPRESENTATIVE.
SO I'VE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS THE LAST THREE MONTHS OR SO, AND I'M HELPING WITH THE, TO STUDY THE HYBRID PARKING.
BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY I UNDERSTAND THAT PROGRAM AND, AND I'M ADVOCATING FOR IT.
UH, AND I'M LEARNING MORE ABOUT LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN NOT PUT TO USE YET.
SO I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THAT WORKS, BUT I'M GETTING INVOLVED IN THE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
UH, AGAIN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK TO US TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE AND WAITING WITH US AS WELL.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission REGULAR MEETING on June 4, 2024. (Part 1 of 2)]
THAT TAKES US TO OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MEETINGS OF OUR REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 4TH, 2024.THESE WERE, UH, CIRCULATED VIA EMAIL AS WELL AS IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THESE MINUTES.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MEETINGS.
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UH, WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE VOTE OR SEE YOUR HAND.SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE AT EXACTLY QUORUM.
SO WE NEED, UM, IF ANYONE NEEDS TO LEAVE, WE WILL LOSE QUORUM AND WE DO NEED TO STOP THE MEETING.
ARE YOU THERE TO TAKE THIS VOTE? I SEE COMMISSIONER SMITH IS NOT MUTED AND I MUTED.
I WONDER IF HE'S HAVING A TECH ISSUE.
SO JUST SO WE CAN KEEP GOING, I'M GONNA MAKE A, A MOTION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES UNTIL AFTER AGENDA ITEM, UH, TO, I'LL SECOND THAT WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON MOVING APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNTIL AFTER ITEM TWO.
WAIT, I GUESS WE CAN'T DO THAT EITHER WITHOUT FILING, HOW CAN WE DO THAT WITHOUT WAY COURT? SO WE, WE WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S A TECH ISSUE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT, SO ACTUALLY NOW I THINK, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO JUST MOVE.
THE VOTE HAS FAILED AND WE JUST NEED TO MOVE ON.
[2. Mobility Annual Plan Briefing ]
CALL OUR PRESENTER ON THE 2024 LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN BRIEFING, AND WE'LL TAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.UH, MY NAME IS ANNA MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, THANKS FOR THE INVITATION TO TALK TO YOU ALL TONIGHT ABOUT THE LOGO MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN PROCESS.
AND I'LL GIVE THEM A SECOND TO QUEUE UP THE, THE BRIEF SLIDE TO SHOW.
SO I BELIEVE, UM, MOST OF YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOC MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN PROCESS, BUT I WANNA GIVE A BRIEF REFRESHER.
UH, THIS PROCESS BEGAN WITH THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND OF THE 720 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING.
137 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS, UM, SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS, SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL, URBAN TRAILS AND VISION ZERO ADDITIONAL FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THESE PROGRAMS AGAIN, UM, VIA 2018 AND 2020 BONDS.
SO BEGINNING IN 2016, UH, WE USE AN ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS TO COLLABORATE ON AND FORECAST OUT PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN TO WORK ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THIS ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO BE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE USE OF THESE BOND FUNDS.
UM, BUT DOING THIS ANNUALLY ALLOWS US TO BE FLEXIBLE AND OPPORTUNISTIC TO LEVERAGE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, REACT TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DYNAMIC NEEDS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE, EACH PROGRAM SHARES DATA ON PLANNED PROJECTS.
WE HOLD AN INTERNAL CHARETTE TO REVIEW OVERLAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE DEVELOP A DRAFT LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN, AND WE SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL OFFICES.
UH, THEN WE RE RELEASE THE MAP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, THE FINAL PLAN BECOMES OUR GUIDE FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
SO, SUCCESSES, UM, THE 2016 BOND WAS THE PILOT OF THESE LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS FUNDING, AND THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT WE WOULD MEET AN EIGHT YEAR DELIVERY TIMEFRAME.
SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE FLEXIBLE SMALL SCALE DELIVERY HAS ALLOWED OUR STAFF TO LARGELY MEET THAT GOAL.
SO OF THE 137 MILLION ALLOCATED IN 2016, UM, ALMOST 120 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT, UM, WITH PROJECTS ON THE GROUND.
UM, THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM, VISION ZERO AND SUBSTANDARD STREET PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETE, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND BIKEWAYS ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE SPENDING THIS YEAR.
UH, THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM RECENTLY MOVED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP, UM, OF THE SIDEWALKS TEAM WITH A FOCUS ON INCREASING, UM, SPENDING AND DELIVERY OF THE URBAN TRAILS PROJECTS.
SO LOOKING AHEAD AT THE 2024 MAP, WE HAVE OVER 500 PROJECTS PLANNED, AND THESE PROJECTS REFLECT THE CLOSEOUT OF THE 2016 LOCAL MOBILITY FUNDING, AS WELL AS CONTINUED SPENDING FROM THE 2018 AND 2020,
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UH, FUNDING BUCKETS.AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH PROGRAM VERY BRIEFLY.
UM, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, STARTING WITH SIDEWALKS.
UM, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM HAS REALLY BEEN BUSY.
YOU SEE CREWS ALL OVER TOWN EVERY DAY.
UM, THEY COMPLETED OVER 46 MILES OF NEW AND REHABILITATED SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND INSTALLED OVER A THOUSAND CURB RAMPS IN 2023.
UM, WORK PLANS CITYWIDE SHOWN IN THE MAP FOR 2024 INCLUDES INVESTMENTS ON MATTHEWS LANE, KRAMER LANE, PARKER LANE, AND BERG.
THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS COMPLETED MORE THAN 400 PROJECTS AT A HUNDRED SCHOOLS SINCE INCEPTION.
SOME NOTABLE PROJECTS, UM, COMPLETED IN 2023 INCLUDE NEW CROSSINGS AND SIDEWALKS SERVING STUDENTS AT BLANTON ELEMENTARY, TRAVIS HEIGHTS, AND POND SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
11 NEW CROSSINGS FOR STUDENTS AT PIONEER CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, NEW CROSSING AT 12TH STREET AND CEDAR STREET FOR CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY.
UM, MULTIPLE CROSSINGS SERVING MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS SANCHEZ AND ZAVALA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UH, NEW SHARED USE PATHS AND BIKEWAYS WERE INSTALLED AT GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MEISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, PROJECTS WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, IN 2024.
INCLUDES WORK AT ANDERSON MILL ELEMENTARY, BARANOFF ST.
ELMO, JOSLYN, UM, ELEMENTARIES AND WEB MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON URBAN TRAILS LAST MONTH.
UM, SO I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THAT.
THEY HAVE 30 MILE, I'M SORRY, 38 MILES OF ACTIVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, IN THE BID OR CONSTRUCTION PHASE ARE THE AUSTIN TO MAINOR TRAIL, UM, A SECTION OF MOAN AS WELL AS WE JUST STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE WISHBONE BRIDGE, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
UM, NEXT SLIDE ON OUR STREET REHABILITATION, UM, FUNDING BUCKET.
THE STREET REHAB PROGRAM COMPLETED 20 PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 23.
UM, WE HAVE NINE, UM, PLANNED PROJECTS IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR, UM, INCLUDING JUST NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE GONNA START ON TRINITY STREET AND SAN JACINTO STREET IN DOWNTOWN 25TH STREET, AND 26TH STREET IN WEST CAMPUS.
AND OAK SPRINGS DRIVE IN EAST AUSTIN.
SO IN 2023, THE SAFETY VISION ZERO PROGRAM COMPLETED NUMEROUS PROJECTS ACROSS VARIOUS PROGRAM COMPONENTS, INCLUDING SEVEN MAJOR INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECTS TO ADDRESS HIGH CRASH INTERSECTIONS AND CORRIDORS.
UH, WE COMPLETED THREE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, UM, AND ADDED 17 NEW SIGNALIZE CROSSINGS OR INTERSECTIONS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, TO STARTING IN 24.
INCLUDE, UM, STANE LANE IN SOUTH FIRST STREET, UH, US 180 3 AND BURLESON AND FM 9 69, OR MLK AT REGENCY.
AND THE BIKE WAYS PROGRAM, UM, BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN 2023, INSTALLED MORE THAN 15 MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES CITYWIDE.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF MAJOR CORRIDOR WORK PLANNED FOR 2024, UM, INCLUDING ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, BIKE LANES ON CAMERON ROAD, UH, RUTLAND DRIVE, BERG LANE, MENCHACA ROAD AMONG OTHERS.
AND FINALLY, TO WRAP UP, UM, LAST SLIDE PLEASE.
THE MOBILITY PROGRAMS COLLECTIVELY HAVE COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS AT THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
THE CATALOG OF WORK, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON A MAP, IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON AN INTERACTIVE MAP TO HELP HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT WORK.
SO THESE ARE MOSTLY SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMUNITY USES DAILY TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL, WALK TO THE BUS STOP, OR SAFELY CROSS THE STREET.
THEY REALLY ARE IMPACTFUL, UM, TO PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND AT THEIR SCHOOLS AND ON THEIR WAY TO WORK.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THIS TOOL TO BRING, UM, BRING BACK TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY LATER THIS YEAR, UM, WHERE YOU CAN VISUALLY KIND OF SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER AND, AND SEE JUST THE CATALOG OF WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I SEE COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER HAS SOME A QUESTION.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT LM MAP DOESN'T GIVE FOLKS IS, UH, WHY AND HOW MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOR BIKEWAYS AND UM, UH, SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE A, UH, EQUITY AND NEEDS BASED PRIORITIZATION MODEL AND, AND TOOL THAT FOLKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
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USING.SO I GUESS, AND THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THIS QUESTION.
UM, ONE IS, HOW DOES THAT, HOW, HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SITTING DOWN? ARE YOU SCORING EACH PROJECT BASED ON THE TOOL? AND THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES WHAT GETS IN.
AND THEN TWO, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S CLEARLY BEING EVALUATED HERE, AND THIS IS NOT A BAD THING AT ALL, UM, IS FEASIBILITY, RIGHT? CAN THIS PROJECT GET DONE? YOU GUYS ARE FOCUSING ON PROJECT DELIVERY AND CLEARLY THAT'S HAVING GOOD RESULTS, BUT THAT'S ALSO NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ENTIRELY CONTEMPLATED IN THOSE EQUITY BASED PRIORITIZATION TOOLS.
SO HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN AS WELL? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PROJECTS END UP IN THE LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN.
UM, ONE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE MODAL PLANS THEMSELVES.
SO A TX WALK BIKE ROLL LAYS OUT THE PRIORITIES FOR SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS, AND URBAN TRAILS, AS WELL AS, UM, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LOCATIONS.
UM, WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE VERY HIGH, UM, PRIORITY LOCATIONS, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL HAS A, UM, A SEPARATE PRIORITIZATION MODEL.
THEY COMPLETED, UM, STUDIES OF EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN AUSTIN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, BACK WHEN, WHEN 26 BOND PASSED.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT PRIORITIZATIONS FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
AND THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE VERY HIGH LOCATIONS AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL AROUND TOWN.
UM, SO THAT LAYER GOES IN THERE AS WELL.
VISION ZERO, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON, UM, HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S DATA FOCUSED, UM, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN THE MOST CRASHES.
AND, AND PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT, UH, EQUITY ANALYSIS ZONES TOO.
WHAT AREAS HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED IN THE PAST.
AND SO ALL THE PROGRAMS BRING THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT, NEXT YEAR BASED ON THE MODAL PLANS, THE CRASH DATA, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING DOWN THE STREET.
WE OVERLAY THOSE ON A MAP AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE WITH EACH OTHER.
SO IF SAFE ROUTES IS GONNA BE SAFE, ROUTES TO SCHOOL NEEDS TO DO WORK NEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE BIKEWAY TEAM IS ALSO INTERESTED IN A BIKE LANE NEAR THERE, UM, AND THERE'S A HIGH CRASH LOCATION NEARBY.
WE TRY TO BUNDLE THAT ALL AS A, AS A PACKAGE TO DELIVER A MORE COMPLETE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PROJECT FEASIBILITY IS A GREAT, UM, THAT'S A GREAT THING TO BRING UP.
THERE ARE PROJECTS TO SHOW UP ON THE MAP, UM, BEFORE WE DO ANY SORT OF, UM, ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO PARTICULARLY FOR, UM, BIKEWAYS PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO REUSE STREET SPACE, WE ALWAYS GO THROUGH A ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND THEN THE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY.
IN SOME CASES WE'LL FIND UTILITIES OR, UM, RETAINING WALLS OR GRADES THAT MAKE PROJECTS MORE COMPLICATED AND NOT AS FEASIBLE IN A GIVEN YEAR.
SO THOSE HAVE TO, UM, GO THROUGH A LONGER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THEY COULD FALL OFF THE MAP OR THEY COULD JUST GET PUSHED TO A LATER YEAR.
AND IF I COULD ASK ONE FOLLOW UP TO THAT REAL QUICK.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE, THE L MAP BEFORE, UM, AND, AND THEY, THEY MENTIONED JUST THAT, THAT THEY HAD BEEN KIND OF FRUSTRATED BECAUSE A PROJECT NEAR THEM HAD BEEN ON THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THREE OR FIVE YEARS, BUT LONGER THAN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD WE TRADITIONALLY EXPECT, AND THIS WAS A BIKE WASTE PROJECT.
SO, I, I, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS IF, IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW, RIGHT, IF IT'S ON THE L MAP, THAT COULD MEAN IT'S IN DESIGN STAGE, IT COULD MEAN IT'S IN CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? SO IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHAT STAGE IT'S IN, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO FIND THAT APP? I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME DETAILS WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE L MAP THAT'LL TELL YOU, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLANNED OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF THAT'S NOT, I COULD BE RECALLING THAT WRONG.
SO THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US AS STAFF AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT THAT COMING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
WELL, I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIC ON.
COMMISSIONER BROOKS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL.
UM, THE STOPLIGHT AT SPICEWOOD SPRINGS AND HEART, HOW DID THAT END UP ON THE MAP? IT'S NOT FUNDED BY ANY OF THE BOND PROGRAMS YOU MENTIONED IT'S VERY USEFUL TO HAVE IT ON THE MAP.
IT ENDED UP ON THE MAP, UM, BECAUSE OF, UM, TRAFFIC, UH, A DEVELOPMENT THAT POSTED SOME TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FISCAL THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ONTO.
AND AS PART OF THAT, UM, THAT DEVELOPMENT, UM, THEY PUT UP MONEY FOR PART OR PART OF THE MONEY FOR, UM, A SIGNAL AT SPICEWOOD SPRINGS AND HEART.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ONTO THAT MONEY AND WE NEED TO COUPLE THAT WITH SOME BOND FUNDS TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE DEVELOPER, UM, TO BUILD THAT OURSELVES.
SO THAT'S HOW IT ENDED UP ON THE MAP.
IT'S A LEVERAGED PROJECT, I WOULD SAY.
SO IS THE INTENT FOR THE MAP TO BE ONE STOP SHOPPING? UM, ANY CITIZEN CAN LOOK
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AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GONNA TEAR UP THE STREETS NEAR THEM REGARDLESS OF THE FUNDING SOURCE.IS IT? I THINK THAT'S YOUR ANSWER GENERALLY, YES.
UM, IT, ANYTHING THAT HAS A, UM, PART OF BOND FUNDS AS PART OF THE PROJECT IS GONNA SHOW UP ON THE MAP.
I THINK IF THE HEART STOPLIGHT HAD BEEN DONE A FEW YEARS EARLIER, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN BOND FUNDS.
BUT IT'S STILL, STILL SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OF CHALLENGES WHEN WE, WE STARTED DIVING INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT THERE, BECAUSE IF YOU PUT IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WE NEED TO PUT IN THE RAMPS AND THE, THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND MAKE IT ALL AADA A ACCESSIBLE, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING LOCATION WHEN WE GOT INTO IT.
AND SO WE HAD TO BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO MAKE THAT A COMPLETE PROJECT.
BUT I THINKING IS IF THAT HADN'T HAPPENED AND IT JUST BEEN DEVELOPER FUNDS, IT STILL WOULD'VE GONE, SHOULD HAVE GONE ON THE MAP BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT REGARDLESS OF THE FUNDING SOURCE.
DO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS FOR PRESENTER COMMENTS? GREAT.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME COMING OUT TO US TODAY AND, AND WAITING WITH US AS WELL.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission REGULAR MEETING on June 4, 2024. (Part 2 of 2)]
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY ASK ABOUT OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR SOME ADVICE HERE ON THE MINUTES.SO IF COMMISSIONER SMITH IS HERE, UM, IF WE WANTED TO ADOPT THEM TODAY, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE, UH, AS WE LEARNED THE LAST TIME WE MADE A MOTION LIKE THAT.
UH, THE PERSON WHO IS THE MOTION HAS TO BE ORIGINALLY MADE FROM SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.
SO SINCE ALL OF US VOTED IN FAVOR, COMMISSIONER SMITH NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE OF THE MANY MEETING MINUTES.
AND THEN ANY OF US CAN SECOND AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE OR WE COULD JUST KEEP MOVING THROUGH OUR AGENDA, BUT WE CORRECT.
OR, AND WE CAN JUST KEEP MOVING AND, AND DO IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS ALSO, YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, HOW DO I, SO WE HAVE A, OUR COMMISSIONER WHO WAS LIKE, REALLY NEEDS A BREAK HERE AND WE'RE SO RECESS UNTIL 7 0 3, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA RECESS TILL 7 0 3 AND WE'RE GONNA CHECK ON, UM, QUORUM.
AND WE'RE GONNA ALSO, COMMISSIONER BROOKS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE RESTROOM.
MY MONEY IS T 7 0 3, SO WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
UM, AND WE FIXED OUR TECH ISSUES.
UM, I THINK WE ARE GONNA HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH.
I'LL MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND RECONSIDER, UH, THE VOTE IN THE MINUTES.
UM, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS CIRCULATED.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT, SO WE HAVE APPROVED THAT.
THAT TAKES US TO OUR DISCUSSION
[3. Discussion and approval of Hays Commons Municipal Utility District]
AND ACTION ITEMS. UM, THE FIRST ONE IN FRONT OF US HERE IS THE, UH, HAYES COMMONS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
I'LL CALL THOSE PRESENTERS UP.
MY NAME IS SARAH GROFF AND I AM, UH, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I AM THE CASE MANAGER FOR THIS MUD.
SO, REAL QUICK, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY IS THIS COMING TO
AND YOUR COMMITTEE IS NAMED IN CITY CODE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
UM, THE LAST TIME A MUD CAME BEFORE Y'ALL WAS IN 2019, SO IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE, MAYBE YOU SAW IT, UM, DOES NOT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
SO WE HAVE A, UM, PRESENTATION HERE.
WHAT I'M BRINGING FORTH IS THE HAYES COMMONS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH JUST SOME KIND OF HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION ABOUT MUDS, THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS MUD, TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, CITY POLICY, AND THEN OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION REVIEW.
AND MY ASK HERE, THE ASK IS THAT THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CREATION OF THE PROPOSED MUD.
SO THIS MUD IS BEING DEVELOPED
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THROUGH, UM, A-T-C-E-Q PROCESS.IT IS PARTIALLY LOCATED IN AUSTIN'S EXTRATERRESTRIAL JURISDICTION OR ETJ, WHICH GIVES THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN OTHER THINGS THROUGH VARIOUS AGREEMENTS, IS ALSO PARTIALLY LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED HAYES COUNTY.
UM, IF THIS GOES FORWARD, WE WILL BRING THE ENTIRE MUD INTO CITY OF AUSTIN'S ETJ AND THEN INTO AUSTIN'S, UH, LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION FOR BASICALLY THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE IN THE LIMITED PURPOSE PORTION OF, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS A LOCATION, MAP LOCATION OF WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S, UM, WHERE SH 45 KIND OF CUTS THROUGH IN THAT HAYES COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY AREA DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THEN IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 500 ACRES.
THERE'LL BE SOME COMMERCIAL SINGLE FAMILY LIVING, UH, OPEN SPACE THERE, HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR BONDS, AND THEN THE VALUE AT BUILD OUT.
IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS, SO THE PRELIM PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES FOR THE ROADWAY BONDS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 13 MILLION, UH, IN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, SEEKING TWO DIFFERENT ROAD BONDS THAT'LL BE SPLIT UP.
THEY WILL WORK WITH TXDOT FOR THEIR EXTERNAL COMMUNITY, UH, CONNECTIONS TO SH 45 AND FN 1626.
AND THEN THE STREETS, UM, WITHIN THE HAYES COMMONS PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY OR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA AS GENERALLY DEPICTED ON THE ROADWAY PLAN, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THERE'S JUST THE OVERALL ROADWAY PLAN.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPFUL TO Y'ALL.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, STREET SEGMENTS.
THE PEDESTRIAN SLASH BIKE SEGMENT IS A, WILL BE A SHARED USE PATH, AND THEN THERE'S A BUFFER FOR A PLANTING ZONE FOR APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
GIVE YOU A SECOND TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT.
SORRY, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION HERE? YEAH.
WHAT, SO THESE ARE NEW ROADWAYS TO BE BUILT IN THE MUD? CORRECT.
BUT THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE COUNTY ROADS, NOT CITY ROADS? CORRECT.
SOMEDAY, THE ONLY PATH FOR ANNEXATION AT THIS POINT THAT THE, THAT CITIES HAVE IS THROUGH EITHER VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OR THROUGH MUDS WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.
SO SOMEDAY, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THESE MIGHT BECOME CITY STREETS.
SO DO THESE ROADS THEN NEED TO FOLLOW CITY OF AUSTIN? TCM? RIGHT.
TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA? MANUAL, NO, THEY DON'T.
BUT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND STUFF.
Y'ALL READY? GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS JUST OUTLINES WHY WE'RE HERE.
THIS IS THE CITY POLICY, UM, REGARDING DISTRICT CREATION.
SO IT'S THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS WILL THE PROPOSED DISTRICT PROVIDE MORE BENEFIT TO THE CITY THAN A STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, CONVENTIONAL FINANCING OR OTHER TYPE OF DISTRICT? DO PROPOSED AGREEMENTS INCLUDE COMMITMENTS TO SUPERIOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN CITY CODE? UM, DOES THE DISTRICT CONFER EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS LAND USE CONTROL THROUGH ZONING, PUBLIC AMENITIES, CONNECTIVITY WITH OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE? AND WILL THE CITY PROVIDE WATER WASTEWATER, RECLAIM WATER? AND I'LL KIND OF ANSWER THESE IN BACKWARDS ORDER.
SO THE CITY WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, WILL BE THE WATER WASTEWATER, SOLE WATER WASTEWATER PROVIDER FOR THIS.
AND, UM, AS STAFF, WE FEEL THAT THE BENEFIT HERE IS THAT THIS IS IN A VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA AND BY DEVELOPING UNDER LIMITED PURPOSE WITH SOME OTHER, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, IT PROTECTS THE DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONE AND THE BARTON SPRINGS AREA.
UM, THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT THIS DOESN'T GET CREATED AS A CITY MUD AND IT JUST GETS CREATED STRICTLY AS A-T-C-E-Q MUD.
AND THEN THEY ONLY FOLLOW COUNTY HAYES COUNTY OR TRAVIS COUNTY REGULATIONS.
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THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY AND THAT WE MEET SOME SUPERIORITY BY THOSE EXTRA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT WILL BE PLACED OVER THIS SENSITIVE AREA.UH, AND IF YOU GO TO THE LAST, NEXT SLIDE, I ACTUALLY ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST, OR THE NEXT TO LAST SLIDE IS THESE ARE THE OTHER, YOU WANNA GO FORWARD ANOTHER ONE.
SO THESE ARE THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT A MUD HAS TO GO THROUGH BEFORE IT GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S A LONG PROCESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF HOURS, A LOT OF APPLICANT HOURS WORKED ON THIS.
SO AFTER THIS, IT'LL GO TO THE PARKS OF REC BOARD.
IT'LL EVENTUALLY END UP BETWEEN WATER, BEFORE WATER AND WASTEWATER, THEN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, FINALLY PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
UM, I CAN ALSO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT AGAIN, I AM LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS TO GO FOR, TO TAKE TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I DO, AS YOU NOTED, I THINK THIS IS, UM, A MORE UNUSUAL REQUESTS PROBABLY SURPRISE SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
SO I IMAGINE THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
AND YOU BASICALLY ANSWERED THIS QUESTION, BUT, AND, AND MAYBE THE APPLICANT HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TOO.
UH, SO MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY CAN ACCRUE SOME BENEFITS, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY OTHERWISE, UM, IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AS A CITY MUD.
IF WE DON'T, THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKELY STILL GO FORWARD, BUT NOT AS A CITY MUD, IS THAT CORRECT? EXPECTATION? RIGHT.
SO IT WOULD BE BUILT TO COUNTY STANDARDS VERSUS CITY STANDARDS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BASICALLY RESTATING THAT FOR ME.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? YEAH, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER.
SO THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT AND IT'S KINDA OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE UTC, BUT I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA, SO I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I KNOW IT'S GONE THROUGH A LOT OF ITERATIONS.
I KNOW A PREVIOUS PLAN HAD QUARTER ACRE AND HALF ACRE LOT SIZES, I BELIEVE, AND NOW THEY'RE ALL ONE ACRE.
IT, I I WAS THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOW IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ETJ AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS REQUIRING THAT FOR AQUIFER REASONS, OR I, I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR WHY THEY'RE SO LARGE IN THIS PLAN.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A LOCAL LAND USE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.
COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER FOR YOUR QUESTION.
THE, UH, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 21 ACRE LOTS AND THEY'RE ON THE FAR SORT OF, UM, I I GUESS SOUTHERN END, SOUTHWESTERN END ALONG CARPENTER LANE.
UH, THE REST OF THE LOTS WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE SF THREE, UH, PROBABLY 50 FOOT LOTS AND, AND 60 FOOT LOTS, THAT KIND OF NORMAL STANDARD SUBDIVISION LOT SIZES.
SO THERE, THERE'RE ONLY GONNA BE 21 ACRE LOTS, SIR.
THE REST OF THE LOTS, SIR? YES SIR.
THE, THE REMAINDER WILL BE, WILL BE KIND OF YOUR STANDARD, UM, MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THAT I MIGHT, I MIGHT SUGGEST THIS TABLE IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, SO AS YOU MAKE YOUR ROUNDS OF COMMISSIONS, IT MIGHT BENEFIT YOU TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
Y'ALL ARE MY TEST, YOU'RE MY TEST COMMISSION.
YEAH, THAT, THAT MATH MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE TOO.
'CAUSE I WAS THINKING, I'M LIKE, HOW DO YOU GET, YEAH.
I'LL ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, DELIVERY OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, DOES THIS, I ASSUME THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT BE SIDEWALK DEFICIENT, SO THERE'LL BE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT? YES, MA'AM.
SO I THINK, UH, IT ANSWER BOTH YOUR QUESTION AND COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER'S QUESTION.
THE WE'LL HAVE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO STREETS THAT'LL MEET THE TCM UH, CURRENT TCM REQUIREMENTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE, THE BIKE LANES, THE SIDEWALKS, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THESE, THIS PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE JUST ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
IT HAS, WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLYING WITH, UH, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN CURRENT CODE ON ZONING SITE DEVELOPMENT, UM, BUILDING CODE, UH, TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE, ARE GOING TO BE ADHERED TO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING A COUNTY ONLY SUBDIVISION WITH, YOU KNOW, RIBBON CURB, NO SIDEWALKS, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA, MANUAL STANDARDS AND FOR, FOR SIDEWALKS AND BACK LANES.
UM, SO I SEE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE CUL-DE-SAC LOOKING THING HERE.
UM, SO I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF CUL-DE-SACS.
THAT THAT MAY BE, UH, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
WILL THEY HAVE, LIKE, IF THERE ARE CUL-DE-SACS, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE LIKE PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN CUT THROUGHS IN THE DEVELOPMENT? SO THE, UH, I I THINK YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO THE STUB OUT NEAR CARPENTER LANE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE, UH, ONE ACRE
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LOTS OVER THERE.UH, UH, CARPENTER LANE IS, IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, COLLECTOR OR, OR EVEN MINOR ARTERIAL.
IT'S, IT'S SORT OF LOCAL COUNTY ROAD.
SO LO IT, IT WARRANTS LOW DENSITY, LOW TRAFFIC GENERATION.
UM, IT'S ALSO HARD TO GET ACROSS THE CREEK THERE.
UH, AND SO WE, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT CREEK CROSSING.
IT WOULD CREATE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
AND SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CUL-DE-SAC THERE.
AS FAR AS PEDESTRIAN REQUIREMENTS, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE ANY PARTICULAR STANDARD OTHER THAN JUST WHAT'S SHOWN ON OUR COLLECTOR.
UM, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, OUR LOCAL STREET STANDARDS, UH, YEAH.
FOR ARE, FOR THAT, ARE THERE CUL-DE-SACS ELSEWHERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT? UH, IF THERE, THERE MAY BE THROUGH SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DO THE LOTTING PLAN MM-HMM.
THE REASON I'M, I'M PRESSING ON THAT SO HARD IS, IS I REALLY BELIEVE, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE REALLY FEEL THERE'S A BENEFIT TO CUL-DE-SAC, IT MAKES THEIR STREETS SLOWER AND THAT CAN HAVE A SAFETY BENEFIT OR MAKES THINGS ME FEEL MORE SLEEPY OR HOMEY OR SOMETHING.
BUT THEY ALSO CAN HAVE A VERY DETRIMENTAL EFFECT IN TERMS OF GETTING AROUND YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ON FOOT OR BIKE.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM, I THINK IT'S GREAT IF YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A GATE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES TO GET THROUGH SO THAT KIDS CAN, YOU KNOW, MORE EASILY BIKE TO THEIR SCHOOL OR, UM, PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE BUS STOP MORE EASILY.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING, I CERTAINLY WOULD RECOMMEND THOSE TYPE OF CUT THROUGHS WHERE, WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE.
I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL IS WE'RE WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO MEET, ACTUALLY EXCEED CURRENT PARKLAND STANDARDS.
SO INSTEAD OF 9.4 ACRES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS, WE'LL BE AT 10.4 ACRES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
AND THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARKLAND CREATES TRAILS O OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE'S GONNA BE A GREAT DEAL OF SORT OF TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, INCLUDING, I DUNNO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA ON STATE HIGHWAY 45, BUT THERE'S A LARGE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUTER TRAIL, REALLY BIKE TRAIL YES.
AND WE WILL PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY, ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY TO AND THROUGH THAT AS WELL THROUGH THAT'S GREAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IN THIS COMMISSION IS THAT URBAN TRAILS PROVIDE BOTH RECREATION AND PARKS BENEFITS, BUT AS WELL MOBILITY BENEFITS, PEOPLE COMMUTE ON THOSE THINGS SO SOMETIMES.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A FACT FINDING QUESTION FOR MY OWN, SO IS THIS IN, IS THIS IS, ARE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE CO-TERMINUS WITH THIS COUNTY LINE IS LIKE WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THIS IN? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THEY'RE A ISD AND HAYES, I THINK.
THAT WAS WHAT I WOULD'VE GUESSED, SO, YEP.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
DO OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? UH, UM, WILL THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMPLY WITH THE LATEST, UH, CITY COUNCIL ZONING ORDINANCES ALLOWING UP TO THREE UNITS PER PROPERTY PER LOT? THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THE SHORT ANSWER ON THE ZONING SIDE IS YES, WE'LL HAVE STANDARD SF THREE ZONING AND THEREFORE THIS ZONING REGULATIONS WILL APPLY.
I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT IF THERE WILL BE ANY SORT OF DEED RESTRICTIONS OR YOUR TYPICAL HOA TYPE, UH, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT MIGHT BE IN PLACE.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR.
ONE THING WE'VE OBSERVED, I KNOW THIS HAPPENED E EVEN IN PLACES LIKE MUELLER HERE IN AUSTIN, WHERE SORT OF SOME SORT OF STANDARD ISSUES, SUBURBAN, UM, DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT COMPANIES USE WERE SORT OF SLAPPED ON DEVELOPMENTS AND IT WASN'T REALLY ALIGNED WITH AUSTIN'S PLANNING EFFORTS OR EVEN WHAT RESIDENTS MAY WANNA BE ABLE TO BUILD AND DO ON THEIR PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, PUT UP FUNKY SIGNS LIKE, WE'RE AUSTIN, RIGHT? WE LIKE TO DO WEIRD STUFF OR SOMETHING.
SO I THINK THAT'S WORTH CONSIDERING IS NOT TO JUST SORT OF COPY PASTE THOSE TYPES OF DEED RESTRICTIONS, UM, ONTO THE DEVELOPMENT, JUST SORT OF FUTURE PROOFING AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR RESIDENTS REALLY WILL WANNA DO, WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S SUPER COOKIE CUTTER.
SO, UM, I I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE SH I FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE HOME AND AND HOUSING INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY HAS DONE.
AND, AND, UH, I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT MY CLIENT WILL, WILL, WILL FOLLOW THAT TREND AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.
SO I THINK WE'VE ASKED TO BE, UH, CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PROJECT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEONE WANNA MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
I'LL MAKE A, A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MUD AND I'LL SECOND IT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY, I HAVE IN-LAWS WHO LIVE IN BUTTA, SO I GO THROUGH HAZE ALL
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THE TIME.AND IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THEIR, WHAT NOW, UM, IN THAT AREA, LIKE THIS IS A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF MUCH MORE COMPACT, MUCH MORE CONNECTED, UH, AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, THOUGHTS ON THE VERY BEGINNING.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A, A REALLY GOOD PROJECT CONSIDERING WHERE IT IS IN THE CITY.
I MEAN, I I IT'S HARD TO SERVE SPRAWL WITH TRANSIT AND, YOU KNOW, I, THIS IS THAT, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, GIVEN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACTORS AND, AND THE, THE BENEFITS OF THE PLAN AND WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE, I, I GENERALLY AGREE AS WELL.
IF ANY NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS.
UH, THE MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE HAYES COMMONS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
I'M LOOKING AT MY MINUTES INSTEAD OF MY AGENDA.
[4. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on accelerating and improving our Urban Trails network]
THROUGH, UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE INITIATED BY OUR BODY.SO THE FIRST ONE IS DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION ON ACCELERATING AND IMPROVING THE URBAN TRAILS NETWORK.
SO THIS ONE WAS, UM, IT'S ON, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED.
IT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR WEBSITE OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PULL IT UP HERE AS WELL ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
UM, SO EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS, AND THIS IS COMING OUT OF SOME PRIOR DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD ON URBAN TRAILS AND THE PRESENTATION WE HAD LAST MONTH ON URBAN TRAILS.
UM, SO, SORRY, REAL QUICK, I THINK WHAT'S BEING PROJECTED IS FOR THE, UH, NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT.
I MEAN, WE, WE WILL GET IT UP THERE.
SO IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN TAKE THAT ANYTIME.
I'M A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND, UM, THAT BRINGS US TO THE DISCUSSION.
DO YOU WANNA FACILITATE US THROUGH THE PLAN? I MEAN, GUESS WE WANNA GET IT UP THERE, BUT YEAH.
AND, UM, I DEFINITELY WANNA SAY FROM THE ONSET, UM, COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ TOOK ON, I WOULD SAY THE BRUNT OF THIS.
UM, SO MOST, IF NOT, UH, A LOT OF THIS IS, UM, COMING FROM HER.
SO, UH, I KNOW SHE IS OUT WITH COVID RIGHT NOW, BUT DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE SHE'S, UH, EVEN THE RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES FOR THIS.
UM, SO I, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN TALKING AS A BODY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, URBAN TRAILS.
AND I THINK THERE ARE, HAVE, HAVE BEEN TWO THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT.
ONE IS, UH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE TIMELINE OF OUR TIER ONE URBAN TRAILS ACCELERATED.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO BUILD THE 94 MILES, UH, BY 2043, WHICH IS A LONG TIME.
UH, AND SECONDLY, I THINK WE WANT TO IMPROVE, UH, THE, AND I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT IS ALSO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ACCELERATING AND ENHANCING THE CITY OF AUSTIN URBAN TRAILS NETWORK.
UH, BUT I CAN, I CAN ALSO READ THROUGH IT.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO THE, THE GOAL OF THIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO TWO THINGS.
IT'S TO, UH, RECOMMEND WAYS THAT WE CAN ACCELERATE OUR BUILD OUT OF URBAN TRAILS, AND TWO, IMPROVE THE URBAN TRAILS AND THE SURROUNDINGS OF OUR URBAN TRAILS, UH, TO BE BETTER ENVIRONMENTS.
SO THE VERY FIRST BE RESOLVE DEALS WITH WHAT I THINK WE ARE CALLING, UH, TRAIL ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK IF, UM, ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO ATLANTA AND SEEN THE BELT LINE, UH, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE ADDITIONS TO THE RIVER WALK, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE EVEN SEEN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BAYOU TRAIL IN HOUSTON, UH, MOST CITIES ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF INTEGRATING DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR URBAN TRAILS.
AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME HOW URBAN TRAILS CAN BE BOTH PARK PARKLAND LIKE, UH, AREAS AND THEY CAN ALSO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, ROADS WITHOUT CARS.
UM, AND I THINK IN AUSTIN, IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE DO A LOT OF THE FIRST AND NOT A LOT OF THE LADDER, OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT, UH, ON A TRAIL, RIGHT? NOBODY'S SUGGESTING HERE THAT WE SHOULD DEVELOP THE BUTLER TRAIL, RIGHT? AND START PUTTING, UH, FRONTS FACING THAT.
BUT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE URBAN TRAILS ARE GOING TO NATURALLY BE A PART OF OUR, OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
I'M THINKING HERE ABOUT THE RED LINE TRAIL, RIGHT? AND I'M THINKING HERE ALSO ABOUT, UH, UH, THE SHOAL CREEK TRAIL.
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PLACES THERE WHERE YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TURN THEIR BACKS TO THE TRAIL.
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SOME, UM, FOLKS IN THE AREA, UH, THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE ONE, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW A TRAIL IS COMING THERE.UM, TWO, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW THE BENEFITS OF IT.
AND THREE, UH, THERE ARE BARRIERS IN OUR CODE TO, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONNECTION TO A TRAIL.
SO WHAT THIS, UH, BE IT RESOLVE IS ASKING FOR, UH, IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS TO REALLY CREATE A STRATEGY FOR CREATING, UH, URBAN TRAILS ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, EQUITABLE URBAN TRAILS ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE FIRST THING IS, I THINK WE ALL KNOW OUR URBAN TRAIL STAFF IS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM.
AND THEY'RE OVERWORKED, RIGHT? THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS TASKS, RIGHT? THEY'RE JUST A DEPARTMENT OR THEY'RE A SUBDIVISION OF SIDEWALKS RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO I THINK A LOT OF THIS REALLY NEEDS TO COME FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PLANNING, TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S, I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S AUTOMATICALLY A SITE PLAN REVIEW WHEN THERE'S, UH, DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF AN URBAN TRAIL.
UH, BUT IF THERE ARE MORE HANDS ON DECK LOOKING AT THAT, UM, AND EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD WITH, WITH WHAT DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO LOOK LIKE ALONG AND NEARBY TRAILS, I THINK WE WOULD GET BETTER, UH, RESULTS.
SECOND IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY THAT SOMETIMES STAFF STRUGGLES TO GET EASEMENTS, UH, FOR TIER ONE TRAILS, UH, OR ESPECIALLY TIER TWO AND TIER THREE TRAILS.
UH, WHEN THERE IS DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT IN THE PATH OF IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE BUILD DEVELOPMENT, NOT THINKING ABOUT A FUTURE TRAIL, IT'S GONNA MAKE BUILDING THAT TRAIL A WHOLE LOT LONGER.
SO MORE ABILITIES FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
UM, FIRST, AND, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT BUILDING CODES AND, AND EXISTING CODES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE REMOVING SOME OF THE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE IN ORDER TO FACE THE TRAIL, RIGHT? IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, A NEW COFFEE SHOP THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ON THE TRAIL, OR I THINK WE ALL LOVE, YOU KNOW, COSMIC SALTILLO, RIGHT? UH, IT'S BECOME THE URBANIST HUB IN TERMS OF IT'S SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE RED LINE TRAIL, THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY AND GO RIGHT THERE.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO, UH, ENHANCE TRAIL ACCESS AND EXPAND ADJACENT AMENITIES.
UM, THE THREE WE, WE EXPLAINED THERE REDUCE SETBACKS.
UM, THAT ONE'S A BIG PROBLEM, RIGHT? UH, IN TERMS OF IF, IF YOU HAVE, UH, A MANDATORY SETBACK, YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ROOM BEFORE A TRAIL.
UM, SO THAT ONLY LEAVES YOU SO MUCH SPACE TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE THAT'S FACING THE TRAIL.
UH, ANOTHER ONE IS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
SO ANOTHER BIG BARRIER IS IF SOMEBODY IS CREATING ACCESS TO AN URBAN TRAIL, UH, WHO MAINTAINS THAT? UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF DEVELOPERS ARE ON BOARD WITH CREATING THAT ACCESS, BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE TOOLS OR ABILITY OR THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THAT.
SO IF WE CAN CREATE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS TO HELP THEM AND AGREE TO MAINTAIN IT AS PART OF OUR URBAN TRAILS NETWORK, UH, THAT'LL BE NICE.
UH, SECURING TRAIL ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
ONE THING THAT IS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT IS IF, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENT FACING THE TRAIL THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THE TRAIL.
UH, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FIRE ACCESS.
SO THAT MEANS THE EASEMENT ON THE WAY TO THE TRAIL HAS TO BE WIDE ENOUGH AND THAT TRAIL SEGMENT HAS TO BE WIDE ENOUGH.
UM, THE OTHER ONE TALKS ABOUT, UM, ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK WE SHOULD ASK THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WANT OUR OUR AREAS AROUND URBAN TRAILS TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND WE SHOULD ALSO ASK THE COMMUNITY, WHERE ARE PLACES WHERE THEY DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY ON THE TRAIL? WHERE WOULD THEY LIKE A MORE PARK-LIKE CONTEXT? UM, AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS ALSO TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO NOW WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAILS.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THE TIER ONE URBAN TRAILS GOAL OF BUILDING THEM ALL BY 2043.
UM, SO, AND I THINK I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UM, WHEN YOU JUST HAVE ONE GOAL A HUNDRED PERCENT BY THIS DATE, UH, IT'S NOT GREAT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO MEASURE PROGRESS ON THAT GOAL.
YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA MAKE UP THE 80% IN TWO YEARS, RIGHT? UM, SO I THINK CREATING, UH, A MORE DEFINITIVE PATH, UH, IS IMPORTANT.
UH, A GOAL OF COMPLETING, UH, 65%, UH, BY 2030 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT BY 2038.
UM, OUR LAST URBAN TRAILS BOND THAT WAS IN 2020 WAS SUPPOSED TO COVER 30%.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HIT 30% RIGHT? BUT THAT WAS THE GOAL.
SO THE IDEA IS 30% IN ONE BOND CYCLE, 35% IN ANOTHER, 35% IN ANOTHER.
AND THAT WAY WE'RE DEFINING THIS GOAL WITHIN OUR BOND CYCLE SO THAT AS WE BUILD THIS NEW, UM, WHICH I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, SHORTLY, UH, AS WE BUILD OUR, OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PLANS FOR, FOR 2026 AND A FUTURE 2032 BOND, WE HAVE A, A CERTAIN DEGREE THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO HIT IN TERMS OF URBAN TRAILS.
UH, THE NEXT PART IS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TO TAKE THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS TO TAKE, TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN TRAILS.
UM, FIRST IT IS SOMETHING THEY'VE DONE WELL ON, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER ON, WHICH IS, UH, UH, SECURING ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, WHETHER IT BE FEDERAL, STATE, PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THING LIKE THAT.
UM, A A BIG THING, UM, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, UH, THOUGHT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, AND I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, UH, IS
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HAVE A DEFINITIVE TARGET FOR HOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TPW OPERATING BUDGET SHOULD BE SPENT ON THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE STAFF.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S 0.4% AND RIGHT, IT'S A SUBDIVISION WITHIN SIDEWALKS.
UM, AND, UM, RIGHT NOW SIDEWALKS IS ABOUT 2.5%.
UH, IT'S HARD TO DO THE EXACT MATH 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE, UH, THE BEST NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU TAKE OUT THE URBAN TRAILS, UH, FUNDING, IT'S, IT'S MORE LIKE 2.2%, 2.1%, SOMETHING IN THERE PROBABLY.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT 2% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET BE, UH, DEVOTED TOWARDS, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT? SO A BUDGET SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM.
UH, AND THEN ENSURE THERE ARE MULTIPLE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM FOCUSED SOLELY ON URBAN TRAILS OR CREATING, UH, A SEPARATE URBAN TRAILS DIVISION.
UM, I, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR URBAN TRAIL STAFF IS OVERWORKED AND A LOT OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION STAFF IS OVERWORKED.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS A, NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE URBAN TRAILS THAT ARE MAKING PROGRESS, UH, IT'S ONES WHERE THE CITY HAS A PARTNER, RIGHT? WHETHER THAT'S THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, WHETHER THAT'S THE REDLINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE, WHETHER THAT'S THE SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY, UH, AND I THINK THAT ALSO KIND OF SPEAKS TO PART OF THE STAFFING ISSUES, IS THAT THEY NEED THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP AUGMENT, UM, OF THE PROGRESS THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS JUST ASKING FOR, UM, UH, SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND URBAN TRANSPORTATION, AND REALLY JUST ASKING FOR US TO BE KNOWN OF ANY PROBLEMS THAT ARE COMING SO WE CAN HELP BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
AND, AND I WAS REALLY GLAD TO BE, UH, I WAS SORT OF WATCHING FROM THE SIDE AS Y'ALL DEVELOPED THIS, AND I, I ALSO WANNA JUST SAY COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ REALLY DID THE HEAVY LIFTING ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND HAS REALLY TAKEN UP THIS ISSUE.
SO I'M DISAPPOINTED SHE COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT AND SHE'S SICK, OR HER FAMILY'S SICK.
BUT SHE REALLY DID SO MUCH WORK ON THIS AND, AND THANKS TO HER FOR THAT.
UM, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, ON THIS ITEM, QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHUMACHER? WE DO HAVE A MOTION, RIGHT? WE HAD A MOTION.
UM, ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'M GONNA, UH, CALL FOR A VOTE ON, ON APPROVAL OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
[5. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on a bridge investment in sidewalks and bikeways ]
OUR NEXT ITEM, UM, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF A BRIDGE INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS AND BIKEWAYS.AND SO, UM, I, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER, I'LL JUST SET THE STAGE ON THAT SUPER QUICKLY AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
BUT Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER THAT BACK IN MARCH WE DID A SERIES OF TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND ONE ABOUT THE IDEA OF A CLIMATE EQUITY, UM, BOND, UH, BOND ITEMS THAT WOULD INCLUDE VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR COMMISSION'S INTERESTED IN THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECTS OF THOSE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IF THAT'S GONNA GO FORWARD.
UM, AND SO, UH, I'LL, WITH THAT, UH, WE HAD THIS RATIONALE TO SORT OF THINK THROUGH IF WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, WHAT COULD WE DO INSTEAD? SO I'LL, I, I GUESS I'LL JUST TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER TO FACILITATE.
I GUESS YOU PROBABLY HAVE A MOTION FOR US.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO, YEAH, I THINK IF I CAN ADD A, A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE.
UM, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY WAS FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CALLED, UH, A BRIDGE INVESTMENT, RIGHT? KNOWING THAT A 2026 BOND WAS LIKELY COMING, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS A, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HITTING OUR GOALS IN A TX WALK BIKE ROLE.
AND THAT 2026 BOND CAN BE FORWARD LOOKING.
UM, AND I DEFINITELY WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER REALER HERE BECAUSE SHE HELPED ENSURE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS PART OF THE, UM, JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN IT WAS ALSO PART OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL SUB QUORUMS RECOMMENDATION OF MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, HOWEVER, I DO THINK, UM, THERE IS CERTAINLY AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE IN TERMS OF, UH, WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION, RIGHT? THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF THE RESPONSE FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES OF WAITING TILL 2026 HELPS US ENSURE THAT WE ARE DELIVERING ON PROJECTS AND WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD WITH THE 2020 BONDS AND EVEN 20 16, 20 18, WHERE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT WE PROMISED TO THE VOTERS IN THE TIME THAT WE SAID IT WAS.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE, WE RECOMMENDED INVESTMENT IN FOUR THINGS.
UH, WE RECOMMENDED INVESTMENT IN BIKEWAYS, IN SIDEWALKS, AND SHARED STREETS, UM, IN, UH, UH, METRO BIKE
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AND INVESTMENT IN URBAN TRAILS.AND SO, UM, I THINK HERE, IF WE COULD PRESENT THE PRESENTATION I HAD UP EARLIER, UM, BUT I, I, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE AREAS WHERE THERE WOULD BE A LEGITIMATE HARM DONE IF WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2024, OR SORRY, 2026, MAYBE EVEN 2025, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING A BOND THIS NOVEMBER.
UM, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SO WELL, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LAPSE IN PROGRESS.
AND I THINK WE CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT WILL BE THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM AND THE BIKE WAYS PROGRAM.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO BOTH THE HEADS OF THAT AND ASKED THEM POINT BLANK, RIGHT, IF THERE'S NOT MORE FUNDING, WILL THERE BE A SLOW DOWN? AND THE ANSWER, AS BEST AS THEY CAN ANSWER IT, BEING CITY STAFF WAS YES.
AND SO RIGHT HERE WE HAVE THE, UH, MOST CURRENT DATA FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES ON THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM.
AND I'VE ADDED IN WHEN YOU WOULD EXPECT A, UM, 2024 BOND AND A 2026 BOND TO ACTUALLY BE APPROPRIATE.
AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THE NEXT YEAR.
RIGHT? SO WE WOULD RIGHT WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, BUDGET GOES INTO EFFECT.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT THE 2024 BOND, EVEN IF IT'S IMPROVED IN NOVEMBER, 2024 TO ACTUALLY START BEING APPROPRIATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM, THAT PURPLE LINE IS ITS PLANNED SPENDING ONCE, YOU KNOW, UH, SEPTEMBER, 2025 COMES, UH, THE PLAN IS TO RAPIDLY DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF BOND SPENDING THAT'S COMING FROM THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM.
UH, AND THAT NATURALLY WILL MEAN LESS DEVELOPMENT IN SIDEWALKS.
UH, WHICH I THINK WE CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY IF WE GIVE THIS PROGRAM MORE MONEY, THEY'RE GOING TO DELIVER MORE BY THE TIME A 2026 BOND COMES AROUND.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ALSO, UM, SAY THIS ABOUT THE BIKE WAYS PROGRAM.
THEY'RE ALSO DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB AND IT, I'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE LM MAP AND THE CDS DATA.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 110 MILES OF NEW BIKE LANES PROPOSED IN THE L MAP.
THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT SHOULD THEORETICALLY, UM, UH, NOT BE DONE, BUT AT LEAST BE IN DEVELOPMENT, UH, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUNDING THOSE PROJECTS WILL NEED, I ESTIMATED ABOUT 73 MILLION BASED OFF OF $600,000, UH, UH, PER, UH, EACH MILE.
AND THEN SOME CDS DATA ON, UH, ONE'S WHERE IT'S MORE.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE SHOULD ALSO EXPECT ANOTHER SLOW DOWN HERE, UH, IF WE DON'T ACCELERATE.
AND THEN IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WE CAN SEE THIS IS WHY MAYBE WE WOULDN'T INCLUDE OTHER ONES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM HERE.
URBAN TRAILS IS PROBABLY HONESTLY ONE WHERE THE, WE CAN'T DEFINITIVELY SAY IF WE GIVE THEM MORE MONEY IN 2024, THAT MONEY WILL BE IF NOT SPENT OBLIGATED BEFORE THE NEXT BOND COMES AROUND.
SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY THERE WILL BE A SLOWDOWN IN URBAN TRAILS BY WAITING TILL 2026.
SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT.
UM, THE NEXT PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SIMPLY SAYS THAT, UM, WE SUPPORT THE CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED BOND PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT DELIVERY, UH, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT A FUTURE 2026 BOND IS INTEGRATED WITH THE GOALS AND TIMELINES ESTABLISHED IN THE 2023 A TX WALK BIKE ROLE PLANS, AS WELL AS DELIVERS ON THE PROMISES MADE TO VOTERS AS PART OF THE 2016 CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
UH, AND KIND OF WHAT I'M WAS TRYING TO GET AT HERE IS, UH, WHAT I DEFINITELY WANNA AVOID, WHAT WE PROPOSED AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AGAIN, IS A BRIDGE INVESTMENT TO GET US TO 2026.
SO I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT FOLKS TO SEE OUR, OUR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE AND SAY, OH, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD SPEND IN 2026.
UH, WITH A SIX YEAR BOND CYCLE, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SPEND TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE A LOT MORE, UH, THAN WHAT WE PROPOSED, WHICH WAS $211 MILLION.
THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH THAT.
UM, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UH, IF WE COULD GET THE RECOMMENDATION ITSELF ON THE SCREEN NOW FOR, UM, UH, FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS PERHAPS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS THERE DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS, AND ACTUALLY I HAVE ONE AMENDMENT TO, UH, MAKE, UH, UH, UH, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC POINTED THIS OUT, BUT THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING IT IN 2025.
SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND WHERE IT SAYS, UH, UNTIL 2026, I WOULD AMEND THAT TO SAY, UH, OPS NOT TO BRING FORWARD A COMPREHENSIVE BOND PACKAGE IN 2024.
WHERE, CAN YOU GUIDE ME THROUGH THAT? SORRY, WHERE IS THAT? YEAH, SO THIS IS IN THE FIRST, BE IT RESOLVE, I WOULD STRIKE UNTIL 2026 MM-HMM.
SO IT WOULD READ THAT IF THE CITY COUNCIL OPTS NOT TO BRING FORWARD A COMPREHENSIVE BOND PACKAGE IN 2024.
SO YOU MOTION THAT I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT JUST TO CHANGE THE WORDING ON THE FIRST BE IT RESOLVED
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WHERE IT SAYS UNTIL 2026 TO CHANGE THAT IN 2024.IT'S JUST LETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE EASE THERE IN CASE THEY WANTED TO DO A BOND IN 2025.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
AND COMMISSIONER SMITH, IT KNOWS YOU'RE HERE, SEE'S HIGH.
IT'S HIGHLIGHTING I SEE'S HIGHLIGHTED WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT AMENDMENT.
IS THERE ANY WHILE WE'RE YEAH.
WAITING, IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION? UM, JUST A QUESTION.
ARE YOU INSISTENT, IS THERE A GOOD REASON IT THAT WAY FOR HAVING THIS BRIDGE FINANCING VIA BOND AS VERSUS OTHER BRIDGE FINANCING PROVIDED THE PROGRAMS DON'T SLOW DOWN? UM, NO.
IN FACT, IF YOU WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO, UM, SAY I'M TRYING TO, YEAH.
SO, UM, I I, IF YOU WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE WORD BOND TO INVESTMENT, UM, I WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.
YEAH, NO, I I, IF THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS, I'M ALL ON BOARD WITH THAT.
UM, YEAH, UH, I MEAN, I THINK FUNDING IT OUT, THE AMOUNT PROPOSED OUT OF THE BUDGET IS PROBABLY A, YEAH.
NOT LIKE, SO IT DOES SAY LESS THAN 75 MILLION, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT, I MEAN, SOMETIMES THERE IS MONEY TO BE FOUND.
IF I, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, IT JUST SAYS A PROPOSAL OF NOT MORE THAN 75 MILLION, MEANING IT COULD BE 2 MILLION.
UM, I MEAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING THE MATH IN MY HEAD IN TERMS OF, SO I CALCULATE THE GAP IN, UH, OUR BIKE WASTE FUNDING TO BE AROUND 35 BILLION.
I CAN SHOW MY MATH ON THAT LATER.
UM, SIDEWALKS IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE SO QUICK, UH, TO CALCULATE.
UM, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEIR GAP WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN A SIMILAR RANGE.
SO 35 PLUS 35 IS 70, GIVE US 5 MILLION FOR WIGGLE ROOM.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY THEORY BEHIND 75.
I I, WE COULD ALSO SAY OF 75 MILLION IF WE WANT.
THAT MAKES, BECAUSE NOT TO EXCEED, I MEAN, SOMEONE COULD SAY $5, RIGHT? $5 DOESN'T EXCEED 75 MILLION.
BUT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO, NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY GET TO ROUGHLY 75 MILLION, WHICH THEN CORRECT IS NOT JUST GONNA BE FOUND THE SEAT COVERS, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A BOND.
I SUPPOSE WE COULD ALSO SAY A MINIMUM OF 70 MILLION.
I I'M SURE STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE BETTER DATA THAN WHAT I'M DOING ON THE BACK OF MY NAPKIN, SO I JUST WANNA LEAVE ROOM FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY'RE, BUT I, I WOULD SAY THERE TOO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO SHOW THAT THIS IS NOT A SIX YEAR BOND CYCLE.
THIS IS REALLY FOR THESE PROGRAMS TO KEEP DELIVERING AS THEY HAVE BEEN.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE AREA WHERE WE'VE REALLY BEEN SUCCEEDING IN PROJECT DELIVERY.
I MEAN, AS WE JUST HEARD IN OUR EARLIER PRESENTATION AS WELL, WE DON'T REALLY WANT THAT TO CEASE.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER SMITH, ARE, ARE YOU ABLE TO TALK AND HAVE US HEAR YOU NOW? ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
I ALSO TEXTED A POINT OF CONTACT THERE.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY SYSTEM.
CAN YOU, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE AMENDMENT MATTERS THAT MUCH, BUT CAN WE, WELL, LET'S MAYBE DECIDE IF WE WANT TO ADD THOSE OTHER TWO AMENDMENTS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THEM ON THE AMENDMENT.
SO THE, SO THE YEAH, WE WOULD JUST DO ALL ALTOGETHER.
SO THE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE MM-HMM.
AND SO I, I GUESS I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND COMMISSIONER BROOKS WHAT THEY WANT.
SO COMMISSIONER BROOKS, DO YOU WANNA CHANGE BOND TO INVESTMENT? YEAH.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS COMMISSIONER WHEELER, THE WORDING IS NOT TO EXCEED.
I CAN SAY, I MEAN, I HATE TO PUT, I MEAN, YOU LIKE ROUGHLY
I, I THINK IT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF ESTIMATED AT 75 MILLION.
SO NOT TO EXCEED INSTEAD OF NOT, NOT TO EXCEED, UM, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED AT 75 MILLION.
SO I CAN JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF WHAT YOU'RE TA OF, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
1 MILLION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SHOULD I RESTATE THAT ALL IN A MOTION? YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU TRY A NEW AMENDMENT HERE.
SO A MOTION TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, BY CHANGING, UM, UNTIL 2024 AND THE FIRST BE IT RESOLVED TO IN 2024 BY CHANGING, UH, THE WORD IN THE SECOND BE IT RESOLVED, UM, OR SORRY, IN THE FIRST BE IT RESOLVED, UH,
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CHANGING BOND TO INVESTMENT, UM, AND THEN, UH, CHANGING NOT TO EXCEED TO ESTIMATED AT 75 MILLION.I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION TO AMEND.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
THAT, UH, THE MOTION HAS NOW BEEN AMENDED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, OR FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE MO TO THE RECOMMENDATION? GREAT.
I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED, PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR VOTE.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY OF THOSE PRESENT.
[6. Discussion and approval of the Urban Transportation Commission Annual Report ]
NEXT ITEM I, I WILL BE FACILITATING IT IS OUR, UH, ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW.THIS IS A REPORT THAT WE'RE, UM, BY CITY CODE, UH, TO SUBMIT TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS REPORT, UH, COVERS THE TIME PERIOD, UH, FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 TO JUNE 30TH, 2024.
AND SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT OUR MEETINGS AND ACTIONS IN THAT TIME.
UM, UH, THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT IS TO, UH, PREPARE, PROVIDE OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
SO THAT'S JUST BASICALLY A COPY PASTE THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'RE, IT'S, UH, THE SECOND PORTION IS DESCRIBING OUR ACTIONS.
SO BASICALLY YOU'LL SEE THERE FIRST A LIST OF PRESENTATIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WE HEARD WITH NO ACTION TAKEN.
AND THAT SHOULD BE COMPREHENSIVE OF ALL OUR AGENDA ITEMS FROM, UH, JULY 1ST OF LAST YEAR TO JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS YOU'LL SEE THERE LISTED THAT WERE PASSED IN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN IN TERMS OF VACATIONS OF RIGHT OF WAY OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS, UM, APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE.
WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO AMEND SOMETHING THERE IN A SECOND.
SO I INCLUDED IT, BUT THEN I, WE FIGURED OUT IT HAPPENED IN JUNE AND NOT JUNE 23.
SO IT'S OUT OF THE BOUNDS OF OUR TIMELINES.
SO WE'RE GONNA STRIKE ONE THING THERE.
UM, AND THEN I'M SUPPOSED TO, UH, IT'S MY, AND I SHOULD SAY IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THIS REPORT AS CHAIR AND THEN, BUT, UM, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT I GET YOUR APPROVAL THAT YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN.
UM, AND SO I WAS SUPPOSED TO DETERMINE IF OUR ACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR COMPLY WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
I THINK YOU'LL ALL BE HAPPY TO KNOW.
I DETERMINED WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
UM, AND THEN LIST OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR.
NOW THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I KNEW THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD VIA AMENDMENT HERE.
I DID MY BEST TO DO THINGS THAT I KNEW OF.
SO THAT WAS, UM, PROJECT CONNECT, INCLUDING THE ONGOING AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, THE I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS PROJECTS AND RELATED CITY OF AUSTIN, OUR FUTURE 35 CAP AND STITCH PROGRAM, THAT AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, IMPLEMENTATION AND UPDATES, A TX WAC BIKE ROLL UPDATES, UH, POTENTIAL NOVEMBER, 2024, TRANSPORTATION BOND INVESTMENTS, URBAN TRAILS AND REDLINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE, CAMPO GOVERNANCE PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING AND MICRO MOBILITY REGULATIONS.
AND THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT WE COULD FRUITFULLY ADD THERE FOR OUR REPORT.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST, JUST A RECORD OF CITY COUNCIL TO, UM, OUR, UH, UH, ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF OUR BODY.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE THE MOTION FIRST, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOTION THAT WE APPROVE OUR ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW.
UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND OFFER MY QUICK AMENDMENT, WHICH IS THAT UNDER OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN, I WANNA STRIKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER TO A NON-VOTING SEAT ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
UM, WE, THAT WAS ACTUALLY COMPLETED IN JUNE, 2023 OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF THE TIMELINE FOR THIS REPORT.
SO I'LL MOVE TO STRIKE THAT BULLET POINT.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON STRIKING THAT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
SO WE'VE STRUCK THAT, UM, WE'RE BACK TO THE BASE.
UM, AND HERE'S WHERE, AGAIN, I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSION OR IF I MADE AN ERROR OR MISSED A RECOMMENDATION, ANYTHING YOU NOTICE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, OR IF THERE'S MORE GOALS AND, UH, OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEW YEAR THAT SHOULD BE ADDED, I'M VERY OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
DO WE WANNA ADD SOMETHING ABOUT IMAGINE AUSTIN PLANS, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S COMING UP FOR SOME AMENDMENT BEFORE COUNCIL, SO THAT'S, WHAT'S THAT? YES.
WHAT'S THAT CALLED? THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT IS THAT LIKE THE, WHAT CYCLE IS THAT ON? IS THAT LIKE A ANNUAL REVIEW OR A FOUR YEAR REVIEW? IS THERE I THINK IT'S 10 YEARS.
IF SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME, IMAGINE AUSTIN.
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 10 YEAR REVIEW.MAYBE WE CAN JUST COLLECT, IF THERE'S MORE, WE CAN TRY TO COLLECT THEM ALL AND DO THEM IN ONE AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT I'LL ADD? THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
ARE THOSE, SHOULD THOSE BE TOGETHER OR TWO BULLET POINTS? UH, SEPARATE TWO BULLET POINTS.
SO THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
ANY OTHERS? I ALSO WONDER IF IT MAY BE HELPFUL, JUST GIVEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN, IN COUNCIL THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS TO STRIKE NOVEMBER, 2024 AND JUST SAY POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION BOND INVESTMENTS.
SO THAT CAN BE INCLUSIVE OF, YES.
STRIKE THE WORDS NOVEMBER, 2024.
AND WE WOULD ALSO WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THE BUILDUP TO A 2025 OR 2026 OF, OF COURSE, UM, WE HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN, IN THE PAST ABOUT THE E TODD PROGRAM.
E TODD, UH, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT MAYBE AND IMPLEMENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS, UH, IN TERMS OF THESE FUTURE OBJECTIVES? AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO KIND OF GET 'EM ALL IN ONE.
IF I COULD ADD MAYBE ONE MORE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND VISION ZERO.
AND I THINK THAT CAN BE INCLUSIVE OF A LOT.
I'M SURE WE'LL WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON BIKE LANE BLOCKAGES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN LIST OUT WHAT, WELL, LET ME JUST ASK ONE MORE TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OKAY.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE TO AMEND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR AS FOLLOWS, UNDER THE BULLET POINT POTENTIAL OF NOVEMBER, 2024, TRANSPORTATION BOND INVESTMENTS.
I'M GONNA STRIKE THE WORDS NOVEMBER, 2024.
AND THEN I'M GONNA ADD NEW BULLET POINTS AND I'LL, I'LL GET THESE TO YOU, NATALIE.
BUT, UM, THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 10 YEAR REVIEW, THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, THE EAD PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, IMPLE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND VISION ZERO.
SO, UM, THAT WE WILL ADD THOSE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 BULLET POINTS.
AND THEN STRIKE THE WORDS IN THE BOND BULLET POINT.
SO WE'LL VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT.
SO WE'VE, UH, DONE TWO AMENDMENTS TO THIS ITEM, TO THIS RECOMMENDATION OR REVIEW REPORT.
UM, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT, UH, TO APPROVE OUR ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW AS AMENDED.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY OF THOSE PRESENT.
[7. Update from Commissioner Wheeler from the Joint Sustainability Committee regarding ]
US TO, UM, OUR COMMITTEE UPDATES, UM, FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS.SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER WHEELER ABOUT THE, UH, JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ACTIONS REGARDING TAKEN AT THE JUNE 26TH, 2024 MEETING.
RIGHT? THESE DON'T DIRECTLY RELATE TO URBAN TRANSPORTATION, BUT I THOUGHT YOU ALL WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY PERIPHERALLY RELATE TO URBAN TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE VOTED TO, UM, SUPPORT A RESOLUTION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE REALLY MAKE THE PUSH TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF LITTLE DRIBS AND DRABS? AND SO THE JSC UM, PRESENTED IDEAS AND WE, UM, THEN WE SUPPORTED A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE A POTENTIAL BOND PACKAGE IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, UM, TO, UH, FOR AS MUCH AS 250 TO 350 MILLION TO FUND LAND ACQUISITION, SOLAR AND BATTERIES FOR CITY BUILDINGS AND TREE PLANTING TO BE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THOSE ITEMS, LAND ACQUISITIONS, SOLAR BATTERIES, UM, AND TREE PLANTING.
AND WE, UH, GAVE A POTENTIAL PRICE TAG OF 250 TO 350 MILLION, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THAT CITY COUNCIL PUT THAT IN A BOND FOR NOVEMBER, 2024.
AND, UM, THEN WE, THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED, BASICALLY THE IDEA OF A CLIMATE FEE.
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UM, AND IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE, BUT THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UM, A CLIMATE FEE BECAUSE EITHER WE PAY UP NOW OR WE PAY UP LATER.UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE WHETHER IT WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER IT WOULD BE BUSINESSES JUST, BUT IN GENERAL, THE IDEA OF AUSTIN HAVING SOME KIND OF A FEE THAT PEOPLE PAY THAT COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT, UH, CLIMATE INITIATIVES.
[8. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Bicycle Advisory Council regarding ]
COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER ON THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JUNE 18TH, 2024 MEETING.YEAH, SO THERE IS ONE IMPORTANT UPDATE THAT I I WANT TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DEPTH ON.
UM, WE PASSED A RECOMMENDATION WITH, UM, ABOUT, THERE'S A GROUP CALLED, UM, THE AUSTIN GHOST BIKES PRO OR GHOST BIKE PROJECT, UH, THAT HELPS PLACE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHITE, UH, BICYCLES AND PLACES WHERE, UH, BICYCLISTS HAVE, UH, UH, DIED.
UM, AND THEY HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAD FOUR OF THEM, UH, TAKEN OUT IN RECENT MONTHS.
UM, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT, UH, RIGHT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TELL, BUT THEY HAVE DECENT EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A CREW OF SOME SORT, WHETHER CITY OF AUSTIN, WHETHER THAT'S TDO, WHETHER THAT'S WHOEVER WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT WE FOUND IT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THEM AND, AND HELP BUILD A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AND AND UNDERSTANDING OF BIKES.
I'M GONNA READ OUR B IT RESOLVES VERY QUICKLY, UH, THAT THE BAC RECOMMENDS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
AUSTIN ENERGY AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO CONTACT THE PROVIDED CONTACT INFORMATION APPENDED TO GHOST BIKES OR ON LINE IF NO INFORMATION IS FOUND TO NOTIFY THE BIKE PLACER OF TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF GHOST BIKES WHEN THE REMOVAL IS NECESSARY FOR MAINTENANCE OR CONSTRUCTION.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BAC RECOMMENDS THAT TPW USE AUSTIN GHOST BIKE PROJECTS MAPPING FEATURES TO IDENTIFY WHERE MAINTENANCE OR CONSTRUCTION COULD IMPACT A GHOST BIKE AND PROVIDE CREWS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO EITHER NOTIFY INDIVIDUALS OF THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF A GHOST BIKE OR TO AVOID THE GHOST BIKE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BAC ENCOURAGES ALL RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO WORK WITH THE AUSTIN GHOST BIKES PROJECT AND OTHER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO SPREAD AWARENESS OF GHOST BIKES.
AND THE POIGNANT REMINDER THEY SERVE THE HUMAN TOLL OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE IN AUSTIN.
UM, REASON I BRING IT UP IS, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, BUFFET AND I WORKED ON IT IN OUR CAPACITY, THE BAC, AND I THINK WE MAY BE INTERESTED, UM, IN SOME UTC ACTION DOWN THE ROAD DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
COMMISSIONER KELMAN IS OUT, UM, I THINK SICK AND SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE OUR UPDATE FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.
MAYBE WE CAN GET TWO, TWO MONTHS OF UPDATES NEXT TIME FROM HIM.
[10. Update from Chair Somers from the Community Advisory Committee for Austin Transit ]
ON, UH, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD, UH, REGARDING ACTIONS FROM OUR JUNE 13TH MEETING.SO, UM, WE HAD, UM, WE DID OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS.
WE HAD A REPORT ON THE, UH, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO MOST OF YOU WILL RECALL THAT, UM, PROJECT CONNECT HAD A WAVE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF, I WOULD SAY SORT OF VERY HIGH LEVEL CONFLICT POINTS AND STATION ISSUES AND, UH, AS THEY PROGRESSED THROUGH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.
SO IT WAS A REPORT BACK ON WHO THEY WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO, WHICH SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH.
AND THEN ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF WHAT THEY HEARD ABOUT, SOME OF SUBSTANTIVELY ABOUT EACH OF THE, UM, PLACES OF SITES THAT WERE THEY COLLECTED INPUT ON.
SO YOU CAN CHECK THAT PRESENTATION ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S PRETTY, UH, HELPFUL AND ENLIGHTENING.
WE ALSO GOT, UM, AN UPDATE ON THE AUDIT PLAN.
SO JUST LIKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP HAS A, A AUDIT AUDITOR AND A YEARLY AUDIT PLAN.
AND SO THEY GATHERED SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT COULD OR SHOULD BE AUDITED.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS UPDATED THE DE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREA DASHBOARD AND THAT'S ACTUALLY TAGGED TO, UM, CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, FUNDING AND PROGRAM AND ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING MONEY, UM, AND ANY DISPLACEMENT MONEY IN PROJECT CONNECT.
AND SO THEY DID SOME UPDATES TO THAT DASHBOARD IN TERMS OF REVIEWING WHICH AREAS ARE STILL AN ACTIVE DISPLACEMENT, DISPLACEMENT AND SORT OF UPDATING THEIR METRICS ON THAT AND ALSO PUBLISHING A DASHBOARD THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW REGARDING THOSE DISPLACEMENT ZONES.
SO THAT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AND, UM, PRETTY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL.
SO THOSE WERE THE, UM, MAIN THINGS THAT WE, UH, GATHERED FROM THAT MEETING.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE AN AWESOME TABLEAU HERE OF ITEMS, UM, THAT ARE, UH, UP HERE.SO WE HAVE FOR IC HERE FOR AUGUST, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS.
WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS BRIEFING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, THE CAP METRO RAPID LINE UPDATE, AND THAT'S FOR THE RAPID, RAPID BUSES, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
I DO WANNA, AS AN ASIDE SAY THAT THESE AREN'T CONCRETE, THESE ARE JUST WHERE I THOUGHT THEY WOULD LIKELY FALL.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP WORKING TOWARDS IT.
UM, I SEE CYCLISTS HIT AND RUN INVESTIGATIONS THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT ALIGN REALLY WELL
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WITH A GHOST BIKE RECOMMENDATION, CITY LEAP.THAT'S A SORT OF A COOL COMMUNITY PROPOSAL OUT ABOUT, UM, RETHINKING THE WAY WE DO OUR STREETS.
I ALSO HAVE, UM, A RED LINE PARKWAY, SOME, UM, POSSIBLE, UH, A POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION THAT I'M CONTEMPLATING.
I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
NA, NATALIE, I THINK, UM, WE THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO GET THAT FOR JULY, BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER IN AUGUST.
UM, AND THEN FOR SEPTEMBER STREET IMPACT FEES, UM, ARE FARTHER AHEAD COURT, AUSTIN COURT TRANSPORTATION PLAN, PARKING ENTERPRISE INCLUDING, UM, CURB MANAGEMENT, PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICTS, TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA, MANUAL, CAMPO LIVING STREETS, ZILKER TRANSPORTATION QUARTERLY PROJECT CONNECT, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES, ANNUAL, THE BUDGET ANNUAL OFFICER ELECTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE GREEN STREETS INITIATIVE.
WHEN WAS THAT TO CONCLUDE? WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THEM COME BACK.
YEAH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL, I THINK IN OCTOBER.
SO I THINK IT WAS MAYBE SEPTEMBER, BUT I MIGHT BE WRONG.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A SEPTEMBER ITEM, GREEN STREETS.
UM, OR MAYBE IF THEY'RE READY IN AUGUST.
I MEAN, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF AUGUST AS WELL ALREADY.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I'M FORGETTING.
ANY OTHER, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAD THEIR MIND ON.
AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL ALSO CHOOSE OUR MEETING DATES FOR 2025 AS WE APPROACH THAT AND ELECTIONS.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME TRANSITION NEXT YEAR AS WELL WITH SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
SO I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE BEEN WITH FOR A COUPLE YEARS THERE.
UM, YEAH, MY PRO IS WORKED AS LONG IS WORKING ON ANOTHER LONG-TERM PLAN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE DONE, BUT WE OUGHT TO GET ON, ON THEIR LIST OF PEOPLE WHO THEY YEAH.
SHOW THE PLAN TO THE CAP METRO LONG-TERM SERVICE PLAN UPDATES.
YES, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU, REEN.
UM, WELL, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? I'LL GIVE ONE LAST CALL.
WELL, UM, THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THEN I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8:03 PM