Nov 14, 2024 Mobility Committee

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WE

[CALL TO ORDER]

IT IS CURRENTLY 1:02 PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

UM, PRESENT ON THE DAY IS, ARE MYSELF AND COMMITTEE MEMBER, UM, VELA.

AND THEN JOINING US VIRTUALLY IS, UH, IS CHAIR, UH, ELLIS, UH, WHO'S TRAVELING FOR CITY BUSINESS,

[Public Communication: General]

I THINK WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SPEAKERS THIS AFTERNOON.

YES, WE DO.

WE'LL START THERE.

FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO CALL IS RYAN SAUNDERS.

THANK YOU.

DO I USE THIS, UH, FOR THIS? COOL.

HI.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

SORRY.

ALRIGHT, , THAT WAS A GOOD ENTRANCE THAT ACTUALLY MADE ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, SO I'M GLAD IT HAPPENED.

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UM, SO MY NAME'S RYAN SAUNDERS.

I LIVE IN THE E CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, UM, OVER THE LAST UH, FEW MONTHS I'VE BEEN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, WORKING ON SOME DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING A FEW THINGS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE.

JUST, UM, PUT SOME IDEAS OUT THERE THAT I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, SO JUST THE IDEA OF E CHAVEZ STREET, LIKE WHAT ITS INTENTIONS WOULD BE AND, AND THE VISION FROM, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD AND SPEAKING TO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS AND WHAT THE VISION COULD BE.

AND THEN, UM, JUST THE, THE NEED FOR A DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURE AND SET UP FOR, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND GRASSROOTS EVENTS VERSUS LIKE LARGE OUTSIDE CORPORATIONS, LIKE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FORMULA ONE, LIKE BIG PEOPLE COMING IN.

UM, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE SMALL SCALE, LIKE GRASSROOTS, LIKE BEING ABLE TO DO NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND THEN THE IDEA OF PARKLETS.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, AN ALLEY PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH ANOTHER, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS.

UM, SO I JUST, I HAVE A PICTURE HERE, JUST, UH, THIS IS A CLEMENT STREET FARMER'S MARKET IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND I'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE PICTURES QUICK BECAUSE I'M JUST MAINLY BRINGING THESE IDEAS IN.

HOPING TO HAVE A, A FURTHER CONVERSATION LATER.

BUT, UM, JUST LOOKING AT EAST OF CHAVE STREET, WE HAVE SUCH A DENSE, UM, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING, UH, THE STREET THAT COULD BE A SMALL BUSINESS, REALLY STRONG COMMERCIAL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S JUST REALLY HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH SPEED, LIMITED CROSSWALKS, UM, POOR QUALITY SIDEWALKS.

SO REALLY I THINK THE FIRST STEP TO START BRINGING MORE PEOPLE AND BUILDING MORE OF A BRAND IS TO HAVE A BETTER MECHANISM FOR HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN THE IDEA OF PARKLETS.

UM, I, I RECENTLY WAS TRYING TO JUST DO A PARKLET DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE JUST HOPEFULLY WITHIN, INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY THAT THERE COULD BE A MORE CONSOLIDATED LIKE, UM, APPROACH TO PLACEMAKING AND A MORE DIRECT CONTACT AND PROMOTION FROM THE CITY OUTWARD FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND, AND DO DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE PERMANENT, UM, PROJECTS THAT BUILD THE NEIGHBORHOOD STRONGER.

UM, THIS IS JUST A SKETCH I DID OF AN IDEA USING A PARKLET TO CREATE SOME MICRO RETAIL ON THE STREET.

UM, SINCE WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF VACANT LOTS AND ABANDONED BUILDINGS AND YOU CAN'T, UM, DO MUCH FOR PUBLIC, I MEAN, PRIVATE LAND.

SO THIS IS A WAY TO USE PUBLIC SPACE TO BRING MORE VIBRANCY TO THE STREET IN THE SHORT TERM.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, JUST SKETCH OF, UM, IN FRONT OF LAS CONSUELA IS LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING ONE OF THOSE PARKLETS, SEMI-PERMANENT THERE.

THEY HAVE A ABANDONED DRIVEWAY THERE.

I'VE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNER IN THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, THIS IS JUST ALL IDEAS PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

UM, THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FLOWER SHOP BAKERY, LIKE LITTLE MICRO RETAIL THAT COULD BRING FURTHER TRAFFIC TO THE, TO THE SIDEWALKS.

AND THEN THIS IS LIKE, UH, SHOWN AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU COULD DO A REALLY AFFORDABLE PARKLET AND HOW THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS OUT THERE.

SO WHEN I GET TO THE PLACE WHERE I WANNA DO A PARKLAND IN THE CITY, I I, I'M EXPECTING TO RUN INTO EXPECTATIONS OF ENGINEER DRAWINGS, ET CETERA.

I'LL JUST QUICKLY SCROLL THROUGH SO YOU CAN SEE, BUT I KNOW WE RAN OUTTA TIME.

UH, YOU ARE OUTTA TIME, BUT I, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

IS IT SAUNDERS OR SAUNDERS? UH, SAUNDERS WITH A S YES MA'AM.

MR. SAUNDERS.

I ACTUALLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU BRING FORWARD THIS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COMMUNITY LEVEL EFFORT.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THESE ARE ALL IDEAS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME ACROSS THE DAUS IN MY SIX YEARS ON THE DAUS AND PROBABLY PRIOR TO.

UM, AND SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS, OR I WANNA ASK IF YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF THE MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, CITY, UH, DEPARTMENTS.

LIKE HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ, WHOSE DISTRICT THIS IS? SO I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH DIFFERENT

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I HAVEN'T HAD DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ.

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO START THERE.

HE'LL BE YOUR NUMBER ONE ADVOCATE IN MAKING, YOU KNOW, FORWARD PROGRESSION AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT SORT OF DIRECT CONTACT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHO'S OVER, YOU KNOW, PLACEMAKING AND THOSE SORTS OF EFFORTS AND SMALL SCALE MICRO RETAIL, AND THEN ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, AND SO I JUST WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH THE, WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT START WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK HE CAN HELP YOU CUT A LOT OF RED TAPE AND REALLY POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AND I, I, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR ALLEY PROJECT.

I STARTED AN ALLEY PROJECT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M A CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN, AND WE'RE FULL OF ALLEYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY WE'VE STARTED TO, UH, REVITALIZE AND RESTORE SOME OF THE ALLEYS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ACTIVATE THEM, FRANKLY, FOR COMMUNITY LEVEL ACTIVITIES.

SO, UM, I'D LIKE FOR YOU, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE DOING SO, TO GET IN TOUCH WITH JOHN LAWLER RIGHT THERE AT THE END.

SURE.

UM, AS OUR POLICY STRATEGIST FOR THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU FURTHER AT A LATER DATE.

AWESOME.

DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS GREAT.

NO, THANK YOU.

CHAIR ELLIS, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SAUNDERS? I DID NOT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE SEEN YOUR EMAIL AND WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS LIKE BLOCK PARTIES AND LIVING STREETS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER TODAY.

AND I THINK THIS IS A PHENOMENAL FIT FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

AND I AGREE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND YOU DID GREAT.

NO NEED, NO NEED TO BE NERVOUS, .

I APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

NEXT WE WILL HAVE MARIA BUSANTE.

I WILL, I'LL ACTUALLY, SO CHANGE OF PLANS.

ERIC PATILLO WILL SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN MARIA WILL SPEAK AFTER HIM.

OKAY.

I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE MAYOR HAS RULES ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

IS THAT APPLICABLE FOR COMMITTEES? I CAN'T SAY THAT I KNOW THAT RULES THERE.

I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE.

SINCE WE DON'T KNOW.

LET'S SAY IT'S APPLICABLE.

IT'S NOT APPLICABLE.

, PLEASE PROCEED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ERIC PORTILLO.

I'M A ORGANIZER WITH UNITE HERE.

WE ARE THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS WORKERS AT CONCESSION COMPANIES, UH, INSIDE THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS THE HILTON AIRPORT.

WE APPRECIATE THE AIRPORT SUPPORT FOR A LIVING, A REAL LIVING WAGE OF $25 AN HOUR FOR WORKERS INSIDE THE AIRPORT WHO WORK FOR DELAWARE NORTH.

WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED LEASE EXTENSION FOR THE PROSPERA SLASH HILTON AIRPORT, A COMPANY THAT PAYS A LIVING WAGE AND RESPECTS THE WORKERS' RIGHTS.

WE PRIMARILY, WE ARE PRIMARILY HERE TO TODAY, HOWEVER, TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE THAT MANAGEMENT AT THE HYATT PLACE.

AUSTIN AIRPORT HAS A HOTEL ON A FAST TRACK TO A LABOR DISPUTE.

HERE ARE THE KEY FACTS.

WORKERS AT FOUR CONCESSION COMPANIES AT THE AIRPORT AND THE HOTEL IN FRONT OF THE HYATT PLACE.

THE HILTON AUSTIN AIRPORT ALREADY UNION ALL ARE SUBJECT TO AUSTIN'S LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE.

THE HYATT PLACE HAS BEEN THE ONLY NON-UNION HOLDOUT ON AIRPORT LAND AND DOES NOT PAY WORKERS A LIVING WAGE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY $20 AND 80 CENTS.

ON JULY 10TH, SORRY, TWO.

ON JULY 10TH, 2024, THE UNION WON AN ELECTION ON THE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS AT THE HYATT PLACE.

UH, WE WON 24 AGAINST EIGHT.

PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, A COMPANY SUPERVISOR DROVE THE COMPANY VAN IN FRONT OF AN OFF PROPERTY VENUE WHERE THE WORKERS WERE HOLDING A UNION MEETING.

FOUR.

SHORTLY BEFORE THE ELECTION WAS HELD, THE COMPANY GAVE EMPLOYEES A RAISE.

FIVE.

AFTER THE ELECTION, THE COMPANY FILED FOUR OBJECTIONS TO CHALLENGE THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION RESULTS.

THE NATIONAL RELATIONS BOARD DISMISSED THREE OF THOSE OBJECTIONS.

THE FOURTH WENT TO A HEARING AND THE NLRB HEARING OFFICER RECOMMENDED THE OBJECTION BE OVERRULED.

AND THE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION EFFECTIVELY DELAYING UNION RECOGNITION.

SIX, AFTER THE ELECTION WAS HELD, A FEW UNION SUPPORTERS WERE GIVEN DISCIPLINE FOR JOB PERFORMANCE ISSUES THAT INCLUDE TWO WORKERS WHO HAD RECENTLY

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AND THOSE TERMINATIONS ARE THE SUBJECTS FOR MORE FEDERAL CHARGES WITH THE NATIONAL RELATIONS BOARD.

SEVEN.

THIS MAY SOUND LIKE THE REPORT I GAVE LAST TIME, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS, WORKERS ARE UNJUSTLY FIRED AND THE COMPANY REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THE UNION THE COMPANY HAS FILED.

THE LAST THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.

YES, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER BY? THIS IS MARIA BUS COULD TRANSLATE.

ARE YOU GONNA TRANSLATE? THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MARIA BUSANTE.

I AM A, UM, WORKER AT THE HYATT PLACE, AUSTIN AIRPORT.

I AM ONE OF THE, UM, MAIN, UH, ORGANIZERS INSIDE OF THE HOTEL, AND I AM HERE IN REPRESENTATION OF MY COWORKERS.

OKAY.

UH, ON JULY 10TH, UH, WE WON BY A SUPER MAJORITY.

UM, AND THE COMPANY SINCE THEN HAS BEEN, UM, MAKING THIS A LONG PROCESS, TEDIOUS PROCESS FOR ME AND MY COWORKERS SINCE WE WON, UH, THE ELECTION.

THE COMPANY SINCE THEN HAS MADE, UM, A VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE THE WORKPLACE.

AND THE REASON WE THINK THEY'RE DOING THIS IS THAT, UM, SO WE ARE, UM, INTIMIDATED AND ONE BY ONE, UM, BE FIRED OR LET GO.

TO THIS DAY, UH, THERE IS THREE, THREE OF MY COWORKERS HAVE RESIGNED BECAUSE OF THE SAME REASON, THE PRESSURE THAT THE COMPANY IS PUTTING ON US.

OKAY.

UH, I AM HERE TODAY TO, UM, BRING ATTENTION TO THIS SITUATION AND HOPEFULLY, UM, UM, UH, WE COULD GET SOME HELP, UM, OVER AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY.

JUST A A QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT'S THE, THE, THE STATUS, UH, RIGHT NOW? ARE WE STILL JUST WAITING FINAL MANAGEMENT? UH, YES.

SO THE COMPANY, UM, HAS FILED TWO OBJECTIONS TO THE DECISION OF THE NLRB MM-HMM.

, THEY MADE ONE LAST OBJECTION, WHICH THIS IS, WOULD BE THE FINAL.

OKAY.

SO, UH, THE, THE, THE PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE OBJECTIONS, THEN, UH, THERE WOULD BE EITHER, I GUESS, RECOGNITION OR NOT OF, UH, OF THE BARGAINING UNIT, CORRECT? YES.

UM, SO THE FIRST OBJECTION, UM, THE ONE, THE, THE OFFICER WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE NLRB.

UM, THE COMPANY THEN MADE AN OBJECTION SAYING THAT HIS DECISION WAS ALSO NOT LIKE AN OBJECTION TO HIS DECISION.

UM, NOW THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, UM, ALSO CAME OUT AND SAID THAT HIS COWORKER'S DECISION WAS THE CORRECT ONE.

MM-HMM.

IN WHICH THE COMPANY ALSO MADE AN OBJECTION TO THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR'S DECISION.

GOT IT.

SO Y'ALL ARE JUST IN LITIGATION RIGHT NOW OVER THE, UH, THE BARGAINING UNIT

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GOT IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND JUST, I WAS JUST TELLING THEM THANK YOU AND THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM.

WE SUPPORT THEM.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? THAT WAS IT FOR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

UM, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, I, IF I MAY, I JUST HAVE A, A QUICK, UH, UH, I KNOW MR. JOHNSON WANTED TO, UH, UH, GET ON, UH, THE AGENDA, BUT, UH, I, I JUST WANTED TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, A, A PROCLAMATION COMING UP.

THIS IS RELATED TRANSPORTATION WITH REGARD TO THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AUSTIN'S BAN ON TEXTING AND DRIVING.

UH, AND, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE FOLKS AWARE, UH, IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

UH, AUSTIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, IF NOT THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE, THE TEXTING AND DRIVING BAN.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING THAT, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AND INVITE FOLKS TO, UH, ATTEND, UH, THEIR, I MEAN, UH, 3,500 DEATHS NATIONALLY, UH, THREE OVER 350,000 INJURIES NATIONALLY FOR TEXTING AND DRIVING.

UH, IT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE, UH, EFFORTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, UH, SIT ON THE CAMPO BOARD.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, HOW PRIMARILY, UM, OUR, UH, ROAD ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES ARE DISTRACTED DRIVING.

YEAH.

UH, FAR AND BEYOND.

UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CHAIR? ALL RIGHT.

SO, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

WE ARE GOING TO, I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE THE ORDER OF THE ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP ITEMS IN THE ORDER OF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN.

AND THEN NUMBER EIGHT, KEEP IT SIMPLE.

UM, SO

[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of October 17, 2024.]

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR OUR PREVIOUS, UH, MOBILITY MEETING ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2024.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MOVE APPROVAL, UH, CHAIR ELLIS MOVES APPROVAL SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER VELA.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR, A, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A UNANIMOUS, UM, PASSAGE OF THE MINUTES.

UH, MOVED BY CHAIR ELLIS AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS

[2. Discussion and possible action on the Mobility Committee meeting schedule for calendar year 2025.]

WE'RE GONNA SHIFT TO, UM, CAN Y'ALL BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ROUNDING OUT 2024? IT'S HAPPENING.

SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT 2025 AND THE CALENDAR FOR, UM, MOBILITY COMMITTEE FOR, UM, NOVEMBER OR FOR 2025.

UM, CHAIR ELLIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR, UM, ANY PROPOSED DATES, UM, THAT WILL BE CHANGED AFTER, OR BEFORE I READ WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED? I WOULD THANK YOU AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR CHAIRING TODAY FOR ME, SINCE I'M OUTTA YOU BET TOWN.

IT'S A LOT EASIER TO DO IT IN PERSON I KNOW.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.

MY BET.

UM, I, I MOVE ADOPTION OF THE CALENDAR, UM, WITH SOME EDITS.

ONE IS TO MOVE THE MAY MEETING FROM MAY 29TH TO MAY 15TH.

ONE IS TO MOVE THE OCTOBER MEETING FROM 10 30 TO 10 16, ADDING A DECEMBER MEETING ON DECEMBER 4TH.

AND THEN I WANTED TO ADD AN ASTERISK INTO THE AUGUST MEETING TO SAY THAT IS ONLY GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

WE WILL BE JUST COMING OFF OF BUDGET ADOPTION.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING IF THERE WERE SOME REALLY TIME SENSITIVE ISSUES TO ADDRESS.

BUT OTHERWISE, WE TRY TO KEEP IT AT 10 A YEAR FOR OUR MEETING SCHEDULE AND THINK THAT THAT AUGUST ONE WOULD ONLY BE OF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, AND LET'S TRY TO AVOID IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

IN WHICH CASE, THE MOTION IS TO PASS THE CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF THE MAY 29TH, 2025 DATE CHANGING TO FIVE 15, UM, 25 AND AUGUST 21ST, UM, WITH AN ASTERISK AS AN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY MEETING TO TAKE UP ITEMS THAT MAY, UH, COME UP THAT, UH, REQUIRE URGENT ATTENTION.

AND THE, UH, OCTOBER 30TH MEETING, BEING MOVED TO OCTOBER 16TH AND DECEMBER'S MEETING, UM, BEING INTRODUCED AND PROPOSED FOR THE 4TH OF DECEMBER.

UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER VELA.

UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION, UM, CAN WE VOTE ON THE PROPOSED DATES FOR MOBILITY COMMITTEE FOR 2025? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR THE PROPOSED DATES WITH THE 1, 2, 3, 4 CHANGES, UM, THAT WE'VE MADE BY WAY OF THE MOTION BROUGHT, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE BY CHAIR ELLIS.

COLLEAGUES.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

UM, WE ARE AT ITEM NUMBER

[3. Update from the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) regarding actions from the November 12, 2024, meeting.]

UM, UH, WE WILL HEAR FROM CHAIR, I BELIEVE I OH, YEP.

ON, UH, CHAIR.

SUMMERS IS VIRTUAL.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM CHAIR SUMMERS, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BEGIN YOUR UPDATE AT WILL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU

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UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? GREAT.

OKAY.

SO, UM, UH, COMPARED TO USUAL, WE MET ON TUESDAY, SO IT'S REALLY FRESH IN MY MIND, UH, THIS TIME AROUND, SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, UH, WE DID HEAR, UM, UH, UH, A PRESENTATION ON, UM, THE, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE, UM, PARKING ORDINANCE.

SO THIS IS, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH STAFF PROCESS, PARKING A CODE AMENDMENTS TO 12 DASH THREE AND 12 DASH FIVE.

SO WE HEARD, UM, SOME PROPOSALS, UH, THAT STAFF HAS WORKED UP FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, FROM COUNSEL, UM, AND MEN, MUCH OF IT DEALING WITH ALIGNING, UM, WHAT'S IN CODE TO SORT OF OUR CURRENT DIRECTION ON, ON, UH, STREET PARKING, UH, FARES, UPDATING, UM, THE FEES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS, THINGS OF LOTS OF THINGS, BUT A LOT OF IT ALSO DEALING WITH SOME OF THE REQUESTED CHANGES TO PARKING AND BIKE LANES, WHICH OF COURSE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT UTC HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND I THINK WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO START TALKING ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO, UM, DISCOURAGE, UM, PARKING IN OUR BIKE LANES, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH OBVIOUSLY A BIG SAFETY VIOLATION, UM, SAFETY PROBLEM, UM, FOR, FOR EVERYBODY IN, IN THE CITY.

UM, AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO, TO MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK BETTER FOR EVERYONE.

SO WE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THAT AND WE PASSED, UH, A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, I'LL SEE IF I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, BE IT RESOLVED THERE.

AND THIS IS ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE, SO, UH, THE ATTESTED VERSION, SO YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT.

BUT, UM, SO, UM, WE, WE SAID THAT WE REALLY THINK THAT, UH, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING ANY VEHICLE IN THE BIKE LANE CREATES INHERENT SAFETY RISK FOR BICYCLISTS.

THEREBY, WE THINK WE SHOULD REALLY LIMIT EXEMPTIONS TO THE SITUATIONS WHERE A MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLE NEEDS TO PARK IN THE BIKE LANE FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL ROAD USERS, AND LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS TO ENSURE THE WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE THAT PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE IS ILLEGAL EXCEPT IN RARE AND BONAFIDE EMERGENCIES.

SO, UM, UH, WE, ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO SAY, THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT VEHICLES THAT CAN PARK IN THE BIKE LANE, UM, FOR PERFORMING SOME TYPE OF REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.

WE SAID WE AGREE.

UH, UTC AGREES THAT IS OKAY, BUT WE AGREE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, YOU REALLY SHOULD TAKE THE MEASURES TO FORMALLY SHUT DOWN THE BIKE LANE, UM, WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN, IN THE CITY OFFICE, AND THE STANDARDS AND THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.

SO THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE PUTTING OUT CONES TO ALERT PEOPLE IN ADVANCE THAT THE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BLOCKAGE IN THE LANE, NOT JUST NECESSARILY JUST PARKING THERE WITHOUT, UM, TAKING THAT, UH, STEP TO SHUT THAT DOWN.

UM, WE ALSO ACTUALLY, EXPA RECOMMENDED AN EXPANSION, UM, FROM STAFF LANGUAGE TO EXPAND THAT ANY EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATING ON EMERGENCY CON UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS MAY PARK IN THE BIKE LANE.

UM, WE ALSO, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED AN EXEMPTION FOR PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE FOR TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE DEVICES.

WE RECOMMEND THAT BE REMOVED ENTIRELY.

UM, AND INSTEAD JUST FOLLOW THE SECTION EIGHT OF THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, WHICH IS THE, THOSE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROLS.

JUST FOLLOW THAT VERSUS, UM, CREATING A NEW, UH, NEW, NEW WORDING THERE.

UM, WE HAD A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT VEHICLES TEMPORARILY STOPPED TO COLLECT SOLID WASTE RECYCLING OR YARD DEBRIS.

AND I THINK STAFF, UM, WE ENDED UP NOT PUTTING THAT INTO OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, ANY CHANGES, BUT I THINK STAFF HEARD OUR, UM, UH, REMARKS ABOUT SOME OF THE CONFUSION OR NUANCE AROUND SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE, WHAT THAT MEANS, LIKE A, LIKE A PRIVATE TRASH COLLECTOR, LIKE SORT OF VERY INTERMITTENT, VERY TEMP, YOU KNOW, VERY TEMPORARY TYPE OF BLOCKAGES WHERE SOMEONE MAY BE PICKING UP TRASH FROM A MULTIFAMILY DUMPSTER IN WEST CAMPUS VERSUS SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, FULLY PARKS THEIR LANDSCAPING VEHICLE IN THE BIKE LANE TO PICK UP SOME DEBRIS AND DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS FOR HOURS AND HOURS.

KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY CLEAR IN THE LANGUAGE.

SO WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT IN OUR WRECK, BUT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION.

I THINK STAFF HEARD THAT FROM US, UH, PRETTY CLEARLY.

UM, IN THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU'LL ALSO SEE, UM, THAT, UH, AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE SHOULD ONLY PARK IN THE BIKE LANE WHEN THERE ARE NOT TWO OR MORE GENERAL TRAVEL LANES IN THE VEHICLE'S DIRECTION, OR THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE BIKE LANE DUE TO A CRASH AND WAS UNABLE TO EXIT.

UM, THAT WAS, UH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SUGGESTION IN THE STAFF LANGUAGE THAT SAID, IF A VEHICLE IS RENDERED IN OPERABLE FOR A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME, THEY COULD PARK IN THE BIKE LANE TO CLEAR THE LANE.

WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS WELL, UM, IF POSSIBLE, IF THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS.

UM, AND THEN, UM, SO

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WE ALL AGREE THAT PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE, I THINK, UM, IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

AND UTCS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS WOULD BE ALTERED TO SORT OF SUNSET THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS.

UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE USED TO THOSE, BUT LIKE, REALLY THAT SHOULD BE LOOKING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PHASING OUT THAT WHERE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN LOCALIZED AGREEMENTS TO ALLOW FOLKS TO PARK IN THE BIKE LANE.

AND WE SUGGESTED THAT THE SUNSET PROVISION BE ADDED TO, UH, ELIMINATE THAT EXCEPTION STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2028, ALLOWING TPW THE TIME TO FIX LEGACY BIKE LANE ISSUES.

UM, WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT, UM, WE ALTER THE SECTION 12 5 12 DASH FIVE DASH 56 TO ALLOW FOR, UH, CITATIONS FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS TO BE SENT VIA MAIL, MIRRORING EXISTING STATUTE STATUTE IN 12 DASH ONE DASH 63, WHICH ALLOWS CITATIONS TO BE SENT WITHIN MO MAIL TO THE OWNER'S, ADDRESSES RECORD ON THE OWNER'S ADDRESS FOR THEIR REGISTERED VEHICLE, UM, OR SHOWN ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION ON FOR IF AN OUT OF STATE AGENCY AS WELL.

UM, FINALLY OUR LAST BE IT RESOLVED, WE RECOMMEND THAT, UM, WE EXPAND, UM, THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LOADING PERMIT PROGRAM AND SIMPLIFY THE REQUIREMENT, UM, TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT IT IS, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PREFERENCE THAT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BLOCK GENERAL TRAVEL LANES, NOT BIKE LANES OR SIDEWALKS WHEN TWO OR MORE GENERAL TRAVEL LANES ON ONE DIRECTION ARE AVAILABLE.

SO, SIMPLIFICATIONS COULD INCLUDE ALLOWING ALL MOTOR VEHICLES TO LEGALLY UNLOAD IN A GENERAL TRAVEL LANE WHEN TWO OR MORE GENERAL TRAVEL LANES FOR PRESENCE FOR 15 MINUTES WITHOUT A PERMIT OR SIMPLIFYING OR REMOVING PROHIBITED DELIVERY TIME RESTRICTIONS TO INCREASE ENSURE UNIFORMITY IN THE PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS WHERE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE CERTAIN RULES AND OTHERS DON'T.

THIS CAN CREATE SOME CONFUSION FOR DELIVERY DRIVERS, UM, AND CONSIDER EXPANDING BEYOND MOTOR VEHICLES CLASSIFIED AS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TO ALLOW GIG ECONOMY WORKERS TO PARTICIPATE AND POSSIBLY TO LOWER FEES FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO ONE THING THAT UTC HAS HEARD FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO DELIVER FROM FAVOR OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BUY THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DELIVERY PERMITS, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S OPERATING AT THAT LEVEL, IT MAY BE PRETTY PROHIBITIVE FOR THEM TO, UH, OBTAIN THAT PERMIT.

SO FIGURING OUT SOME WAYS FOR FOLKS THAT MAY BE DOING DELIVERY, UH, GIG TYPE DELIVERY, THAT THEY COULD ACCESS THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WE THINK IS A REAL BENEFIT WITHOUT IT BEING TOO FINANCIALLY INFEASIBLE.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A BIG DELIVERY CORPORATION, A TRUCKER COULD AFFORD THAT PERMIT, BUT SOMEBODY WHO'S DOING SORT OF A GIG DELIVERY, WHICH A LOT OF THINGS ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, OBVIOUSLY, UM, AND THEY HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THAT.

SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AS I SAID, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN REVIEW THAT.

AND WE ALSO HEARD, UM, UH, A PRESENTATION ON THE COST OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES FROM TRANSIT FORWARD, SOME OF THEIR INTERN RESEARCH, WHICH WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

AND WE ALSO CREATED A WORKING GROUP TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE.

SO THAT WAS OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

BYE.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, UM, AND SO NOW I DO

[4. Our Future 35: Austin’s Cap and Stitch Vision Plan briefing.]

GOOD.

UM, AND TRANSPORTATION STAFF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

COME ON DOWN.

HI.

THANK YOU.

I AM NOT A CM.

GOOD.

UM, .

MY NAME IS MICHELLE MARKS, I AM TRANSPORTATION OFFICER WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, I AM, UM, HERE WITH MEMBERS OF MY TEAM WHO'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE, OUR FUTURE 35, UM, CAP AND STITCH INITIATIVE.

UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, NOT ONLY INTERNALLY, UH, WITHIN THE CITY STAFF TEAM, BUT WITH RESIDENTS, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON, UM, A BIG MILESTONE FOR THE PROGRAM THAT WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.

SO IF YOU WILL, , AH, THERE WE'RE, UM, SO I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE, UH, THE COMMITTEE AN OVERVIEW OF THE OUR FUTURE 35 VISION PLAN.

THIS WILL BE A BIT OF A KIND OF A FOUNDATIONAL BRIEFING IN PREPARATION FOR, UM, A WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.

UM, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTENT, UM, OF THE VISION PLAN, THE KEY ELEMENTS AND CONTENT THEREIN.

UM, AND THEN NEXT WEEK AT WORK SESSION, WE'LL BE COMING

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UM, SO WHAT IS THE VISION PLAN? UM, THE, THE KEY INTENT IS REALLY TO DOCUMENT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE PAST, UM, TWO-ISH YEARS, UM, OF OUR OUTREACH, UM, IN REGARD TO, UM, AUSTIN KNIGHT'S DESIRED OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY'S CAP AND STITCH EFFORT, UM, AND THEIR PRIORITIES FOR, UM, HOW CAP AND STITCH MATERIALIZES, WHAT TYPES OF AMENITIES AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS IT PROVIDES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AND THE VISION PLAN REALLY IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS, UM, A BLUEPRINT MOVING FORWARD AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT CAP AND STITCH OVER THE NEXT, UM, SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, THIS DOCUMENT IS NOW PUBLIC AND LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO, UM, WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE KEY CONTENT HERE.

UM, THE CAP, THE, UM, VISION PLAN, PARDON ME, DOES START BY KIND OF ARTICULATING WHERE CAPS AND STITCHES ARE GONNA BE POSSIBLE IN AUSTIN.

UM, AND THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR MAP HERE IN BLUE.

UM, WE DO ALSO IDENTIFY WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS EVALUATING CAP OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S EFFORT.

UM, AND THOSE WILL BE KIND OF EVALUATED AND FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED, UM, IN CONJUNCTION AND IN PARALLEL WITH THE CITY'S EFFORT, BUT THAT'S PART OF A SEPARATE PROCESS.

UM, SO THE VISION PLAN DOES IDENTIFY, UM, ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS, UM, ON THE MAP THAT YOU'RE SEEING WHERE CAPS, UM, ARE POSSIBLE, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF, UM, JUST OVER 25 ACRES.

UM, AGAIN, UM, THE VISION PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COST ESTIMATES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MIGHT IMPLEMENT THESE OVER TIME.

THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR DISCUSSION WITH YOU AT WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT DO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY, UM, BEHIND WHY, YOU KNOW, THESE LOCATIONS, UM, ARE, UM, THOSE WHERE CAPS MAY BE POSSIBLE AND NOT OTHERS.

UM, AND THE REAL DRIVING FACTOR FOR THAT, UM, NO PUN INTENDED, IS THE, UM, REQUIREMENT THAT TDOT, UM, HAS PROVIDED US THAT WE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 16 AND A HALF FEET OF VERTICAL CLEARANCE FROM THE ROADWAY SURFACE, UM, OF, AT ANY HIGHWAY OR ON AND OFF RAMP LOCATIONS TO ANY KIND OF DECK OR RELATED OR PERTINENT ABOVE.

SO THE LOCATIONS ON THE MAP ARE THOSE WHERE WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH TDOT THAT THAT CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT COULD BE MET, AND THUS, UM, WHERE CAPS COULD BE POSSIBLE.

UM, THE VISION PLAN ALSO CLARIFIES WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR US, UM, ON TOP OF CAPS.

UM, AND THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS A WIDE ARRAY OF OPEN SPACE FEATURES, PARK-LIKE FEATURES, UM, AS WELL AS BUILDINGS, UM, IN SOME, IF NOT MANY LOCATIONS.

UM, AND, AND WORKING WITH TXDOT AND OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, UM, WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE LIMITING, UM, BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES ON CAPS TO, UM, ABOUT TWO STORIES MAX.

UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE ANY BUILDING HEIGHT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT IS THREE STORIES OR HIGHER, UM, IT'S JUST GONNA CREATE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL LOAD ON THOSE CAPS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COSTS TO, UM, BEEF UP THOSE STRUCTURES TO HOLD THEM, UM, IN A WAY THAT REALLY DOESN'T PAY FOR ITSELF, UM, IN COST BENEFIT UNTIL WE GET, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER.

SO FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE GONNA LIMIT BUILDINGS TO TWO STORIES, UM, ON CITY CAPS.

UM, SO THE ADDITIONAL, UM, CONTENT IN THE VISION PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA STRESS THE, THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, THAT THE CAP AND STITCH TEAM HAS BEEN, UM, WORKING ON WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND THEN IN AN ACCELERATED FORMAT, UM, OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON SCREEN HERE ARE SOME OF THE, UM, UH, RESPONSES THAT WE'VE HEARD.

THESE ARE AGGREGATED RESPONSE RESPONSES, IN FACT, UM, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS VIA A WHOLE SERIES OF IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES, AS WELL AS A CITYWIDE, UM, DIGITAL SURVEY.

UM, ASKING FOLKS THAT ABOUT THE TYPES OF AMENITIES AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT, UM, RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON TOP OF POTENTIAL CAP LOCATIONS.

UM, SO THE TABLE YOU'RE SEEING HERE AT THE LEFT OF OUR SCREEN IS BREAKING THOSE DOWN, THOSE RESPONSES DOWN BY CAP.

UM, YOU'LL NOTE KIND OF A REMARKABLE DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY, UM, FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE,

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A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN, UM, WHAT I WOULD CLASSIFY AS KIND OF RECREATION AND, AND NATURE TYPE PROGRAMMING.

SO, UM, LAWN SPACE, NATURAL GARDENING, UM, POLLINATOR GARDENS, FOR EXAMPLE, RECREATION AND PLAY ACTIVITIES.

UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, A LOT OF STRONG, UM, PREFERENCES FOR, UM, KINDA ARTS AND CULTURE TYPE PROGRAMMING.

SO PERFORMANCE SPACE, PUBLIC ART, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UM, EVENT SPACE.

UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE VISION PLAN, UM, AND IN THE CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE VETTED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS A, UM, A REFLECTION OF THIS INPUT THAT WE'VE HEARD.

AND ALL OF THE CAPS, UM, CONCEPTS IN THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE THESE ELEMENTS.

UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATIONAL STARTER ASSUMPTIONS SUCH AS WE WILL BE PROVIDING TREES, MATURE TREES, AND MATURE TREE SHADE COVER ON ALL OF OUR CAPS, WE WILL BE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE ON ALL OF OUR CAPS.

UM, SO MOVING FORWARD, UM, TAKING THAT COMMUNITY INPUT, WE'VE HEARD, UM, AND THE KIND OF, UH, SPECIFIC WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS EARLIER IN OUR PROCESS.

UM, THE VISION PLAN DOES PROVIDE, UM, AN OVERARCHING VISION STATEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE, UM, CAP AND STITCH PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THESE SIX OVERARCHING GOALS, UM, AND GOAL DESCRIPTOR LANGUAGE.

AND THE IDEA HERE IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY WITH DESIGNING THESE CAPS, DETERMINING HOW THEY WILL OPERATE AND FUNCTION IN FUTURE, UM, THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE A, A CHECKLIST FOR US.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO BE GOING BACK, UM, AND CHECKING OUR DESIGNS, CHECKING OUR OPERATIONAL PLAN AGAINST ALL OF THESE, UM, SIX GOALS, UM, AND THE VISION STATEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRUE, UM, TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I, WHAT I KIND OF LIKE TO THINK OF THE, THE FUN STUFF.

UM, WHAT DO WE AS A COMMUNITY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN ON TOP OF THESE CAP OPPORTUNITIES? UM, AS I'VE MENTIONED, WE'VE TAKEN THAT INPUT, UM, FROM TWO YEARS OF OUTREACH, UM, AND REALLY, UM, DISTILLED IT INTO, UM, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, I THINK, CHARACTER, UM, THAT'S POSSIBLE ON EACH OF THESE DISTINCT CAP OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF IN, IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE'RE REALLY FOR EACH OF THESE, LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LAND USE CONTEXT, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, DESIRES FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND STAKEHOLDERS, UM, ADJACENT TO THESE CAP OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO WE WANNA BE RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIVE TO THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN.

UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, MAKING SURE WE'RE, WE'RE PULLING OUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WANNA SEE IN THOSE DESIGNS MOVING FORWARD.

SO, UM, IN THE VISION PLAN, UM, WE ARE PRESENTING, UM, WHAT WE WOULD CALL PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS, UM, FOR EACH OF OUR CAP OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE A VISION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN ON TOP AS DESIGN MOVES FORWARD, AND HOW THOSE DESIGNS COULD REFLECT THOSE VISION AND GOALS AND THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME SNIPPETS, UM, TO PROVIDE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE VISION PLAN, UM, COMMUNICATES THAT FOR EACH CAP.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, UM, IS JUST AN EXCERPT FOR THE CAP BETWEEN CESAR CHAVEZ AND FOURTH STREET.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE PROVIDED THIS, UM, SIMILAR CONTENT FOR ALL OF OUR CAP OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, CESAR CHAVEZ TO FOURTH STREET, UM, IS A GREAT EXAMPLE TO DRILL DOWN IN BECAUSE WE HAVE SECURED, UM, $105 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP, UM, IMPLEMENT THIS CAP.

UM, AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE TO YOU TODAY.

UM, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THESE CONCEPTUAL ELEMENTS, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING IN ILLUSTRATIVE FORM HERE WOULD BECOME KIND OF THE, THE STARTING PLACE, THE FOUNDATIONAL INPUT, UM, THAT WILL BEGIN THE DESIGN, THE DETAILED DESIGN PROCESS WITH, UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE HAPPENING FOR THIS CAP.

UM, WE ALSO, FOR EACH OF OUR CAP OPPORTUNITIES HAVE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE TXDOT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING TEAM TO PROVIDE SOME ITY SPECIFICITY AND SOME DETAILS, UM, ABOUT CAP EXTENTS, UM, BOTH IN KIND OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANE AND THE VERTICAL PLANE.

SO PROVIDING SOME CLARITY FOR HOW, UM, WHAT THOSE ELEVATIONS WILL WORK AND HOW EACH OF OUR CAP OPPORTUNITIES WILL, UM, MEET

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AND AGAIN, JUST TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT, UM, SOME OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY IS A REPRESENTATION, A REPRESENTATIVE CONCEPT, UM, IN THE PLAN FOR CESAR CHAVEZ.

UM, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE SIMILAR, UM, ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ALL OF THE CAPS, UM, BUT PROVIDING SOME, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL AMENITIES THAT, THAT MEET THE, THE DESIRED CHARACTER.

WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY, UM, THE TYPES OF ELEMENTS FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON CESAR CHAVEZ, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, THE CONCEPT PLAN PROPOSES KIND OF AN AN ALL AGES RECREATION, UM, AND PLAY, UM, OBJECTIVE HERE.

UM, AND THIS WAS DEVELOPED, UM, NOT JUST, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RESIDENTS, BUT WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH WATERLOO CONSERVANCY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, JUST KNOWING, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AT THEIR PALM PARK SITE TO PROVIDE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS.

UM, SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CREATE SOME KIND OF SYNERGY, UM, WITH THAT ADJACENT PROGRAM.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLAYSCAPES AT PALM PARK, HOW DO WE, UM, COMPLIMENT THAT, UM, RATHER THAN COMPETE WITH IT, UM, AND PROVIDE SOME ADULT, UM, AND ALL AGES RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AT THE ADJACENT CAP.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ARE, UM, COVERED SPORTS COURTS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UM, ADVENTURE PLAY FACILITIES THAT COULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CLIMBING ROCK WALLS, UM, AND SPLASH PADS.

UM, THE TYPE OF, I THINK, BIGGER PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS THAT, UM, MAY NOT FIT OR, OR MAYBE SQUEEZED OUT OF KIND OF THE PA THE SMALLER PALM PARK SITE.

UM, SO THE INTENTS, I WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR THE INTENTS OF THESE CONCEPTS.

UM, I WOULD NOT CALL THESE DESIGNS.

THESE ARE, AGAIN, JUST BEGINNING CONCEPTS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

UM, AND THE REASON THAT WE WANTED TO GET TO THIS POINT WITH COMMUNITY, UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT LAST DECEMBER, UM, COUNCIL APPROVED, UM, FUNDING FOR TXDOT, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 15 SOME ODD MILLION DOLLARS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 30% DESIGN AND ENGINEERING FOR THE CAP STRUCTURES, UM, IN, AND WE'LL BE, UM, DISCUSSING IN DECEMBER, UM, AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN FOR THE CAPS AND STITCHES THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEAR TERM.

UM, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE TDOT DESIGN AND ENGINEER ENGINEERING TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DESIGN, THEY NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE STRUCTURAL LOADING NEEDS THAT THE CITY HAS.

UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THAT FEEDBACK NOW FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

HOW MUCH BUILDING DO WE WANNA SEE HERE? UM, HOW MUCH TREE COVER, APPROXIMATELY, WHERE COULD THOSE BUILDING ZONES BE LOCATED? SO WHAT THE CITY TEAM HAS DONE IS, UM, IN A WAY TRANSLATED THIS CONCEPT THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY INTO, INTO STRUCTURAL LOADING ZONES, THAT WE ARE FEEDING TO THE TXDOT TEAM TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND OUR INTENT HERE IS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH FUTURE PROOFING AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE DESIGN TEAMS AS POSSIBLE.

SO, UM, THESE PLANS AREN'T INTENDED TO SAY THAT THERE WILL BE A BUILDING EXACTLY IN THIS LOCATION.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE IF YOU KIND OF DIG INTO OUR TECHNICAL APPENDICES, OUR LARGER, UM, ENVELOPES OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL BUILDING ZONES, WHERE BUILDINGS COULD BE LOCATED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

UM, BUT ALL OF THESE STRUCTURAL LOADING ZONES WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE KIND OF THE LARGE SHADE, PROVIDING MATURE TREE CANOPY THAT WE'RE HEARING IS CRITICAL.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, UM, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AT MORE LENGTH, UM, IMPLEMENTATION AND PHASING OPTIONS WITH YOU AT WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.

BUT THE VISION PLAN, UM, DOES ARTICULATE, UM, THE, UM, HOW CAPS AND STITCHES COULD BE PHASED OVER TIME.

UM, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, UM, IS KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF, OF WHAT COULD REALLY BE FIVE DISTINCT PHASES.

UM, PHASE ONE, UM, IS, UM, UH, UH, GONNA BE UP FOR DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

AND, UM, THIS, THESE ARE THE ROADWAY ELEMENTS.

UM, WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED KIND OF THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT ELEMENTS, THE COLUMNS, THE FOOTINGS, THE RETAINING WALLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE CO-CONSTRUCTED WITH TDOT'S FREEWAY PROJECT, UM, AND THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HORIZONTAL DECKS, UM, AT ANY FUTURE DATE.

UM, SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT, UM, FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR THAT PHASE ONE NEXT WEEK.

PHASE TWO, UM, IS LOOKING AHEAD TO,

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UM, AND THAT INCLUDES, BECAUSE LA PROVID, THAT CAP DECK IS WHAT EFFECTIVELY IS CREATING A ROADWAY TUNNEL HERE.

UM, PHASE TWO WOULD ALSO INCLUDE KIND OF TUNNEL RELATED ELEMENTS SUCH AS LIGHTING OR VENTILATION NEEDS.

UM, FOR THE ROADWAY BENEATH THE CAP, UM, THAT FUNDING STACK, WE HAVE A, A, A FEW OPTIONS TO, TO ASSEMBLE, UM, FUNDING FOR THOSE DECK STRUCTURES, UM, STARTING IN 2026, AS LATE AS 2032, UH, AND THEN BEYOND TO 2042.

SO, UM, A LOT OF OPTIONS TO KIND OF, UM, PUT FUNDING TOGETHER FOR PHASE TWO AND PHASE THAT IN.

AND THEN PHASE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE ARE LOOKING AT THE AMENITIES ON TOP.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, FEASIBLE ACCORDING TO THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT WE, UM, DO HAVE THE OPTION TO KIND OF FOLD IN ON CAP AMENITIES AS THOSE FUNDING STACKS BECOME AVAILABLE.

UM, LOOKING AHEAD TO KIND OF PHASE FIVE, UM, WHERE WE MIGHT EVEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IF WE NEED TO OR WANT TO, UM, TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF ONE OR TWO STORY BUILDINGS, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE ADDITIONAL CONTENT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE VISION PLAN ONLINE AT OUR FUTURE 30 FIVE.COM, UM, ARE THESE TECHNICAL ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN CONCURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH WITH THE TXDOT TEAM, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THE CAP, UM, EXTENDS AND ELEVATIONS AND THE PROGRAMMING AS WELL, UM, IS SERVICEABLE, UM, IS ACCESSIBLE, UM, WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, THE ROADWAY PLANS, UM, THAT TDO IS MOVING FORWARD WITH.

UM, WE'VE WORKED ON, UM, GRADING, UM, DETAILS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CAPS WILL ABUT THE ADJACENT URBAN CONTEXT, UM, AND EVEN STARTING TO LOOK AT CONCEPTS FOR HOW WE EXTEND UTILITIES, UM, FROM THE SURROUNDING NETWORKS TO, UM, THIS, THIS SPACE OVER THE FREEWAY.

UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THAT STRUCTURAL LOADING REPORT REALLY BEING KIND OF A CRITICAL INPUT FOR THE TXDOT DESIGN TEAM AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH STRUCTURAL DESIGN.

UM, SO WITH THAT BRIEFING, I'LL UM, KIND OF LEAVE YOU WITH, UM, THE LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED.

UM, WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, UM, OPTIONS FOR HOW WE PHASE AND FUND, UM, A PROGRAM OF THIS NATURE, UM, GIVEN SOME OF THE UPDATED COST ESTIMATES THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU NEXT WEEK.

UM, AND THEN IN DECEMBER, UM, IS KIND OF THE TXDOT MILESTONE FOR COUNCIL TO, UM, DETERMINE WHICH OF THESE ROADWAY ELEMENTS WE ARE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, AS A CITY.