Dec 09, 2024 Design

IT'S 6 0 3, UH, DECEMBER 9TH, 2024.

I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO

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ORDER.

UM, WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL.

UH, VICE CHAIR MINORS HERE.

COMMISSIONER CARROLL.

COMMISSIONER GALLES.

COMMISSIONER HOWARD HERE.

COMMISSIONER LADNER.

COMMISSIONER LUKINS HERE.

AND COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY.

COMMISSIONER WALLACE HERE.

AND COMMISSIONER RE HERE.

MATTER SPEAKING.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? CHAIR? NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

MEETING MINUTES? UM, AND HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE? CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SEC.

UM, HAS EVERYONE TAKEN A LOOK AT OUR

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I'LL SECOND THAT.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, UNANIMOUS.

STAFF BRIEFINGS, UH, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE UPDATE TO THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM, UH, PRESENTED BY JILL EMMAN, DIKA PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO THE

[2. Staff briefing regarding an update to the Great Streets Program. Presented by Jill Amezcua, Planning Department. Sponsors: Chair Salinas and Commissioner Carroll.]

I CAN Y ALL HEAR ME OKAY NOW? YEAH.

YEAH.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JILL ESCO, AND I AM THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM MANAGER IN URBAN DESIGN AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS EVENING, I'LL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE TO YOU ALL ON THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM.

AND COULD SOMEONE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

SO THIS EVENING, WE'LL BE GOING OVER AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO WITH THE GREAT STREETS PLAN.

THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA GO OVER IS DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THEN I'LL GO OVER WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE LAST YEAR ON EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE GREAT STREETS LIGHT POLE.

SO WHAT WE'VE STARTED TO WORK ON IN URBAN DESIGN ARE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT SOME OF THEM ARE SURPRISING, AND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY OBVIOUS THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO IN AUSTIN, AND COMPARING AUSTIN TO DOWNTOWN.

SO LOOKING AT NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN'S POPULATION GROWTH, BUT AS WELL AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A WHOLE.

THAT'S A VERY OBVIOUS ONE.

WHAT REALLY SURPRISED ME WAS THAT THE DOWNTOWN AREA ONLY HAS RECEIVED ONLY 2% GROWTH, UM, IN THE PAST 10 YEARS OR SO, WHICH IS STILL SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT'S OVERALL OF THE OVER A MILLION PEOPLE OR SO IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

THAT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE OVER 14,000 HOTEL ROOMS IN DOWNTOWN.

SO THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHAT TYPE OF LAND USES IN DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS THERE ARE OVER 130,000 EMPLOYEES.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DIVE INTO THE GREAT STREETS UPDATE, WE'LL USE DEMOGRAPHICS SUCH AS THESE AND OTHERS TO IDENTIFY, UM, REALLY WHO WE'RE DOING THE PLAN FOR IN CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

REALLY TAKEN A BEATING TO THESE BENCHES AS WELL AS JUST USE.

SO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS.

SO WHAT THE URBAN DESIGN TEAM HAS COMPLETED IN, UH, THE LAST YEAR OR SO, IS A FULL INVENTORY OF ALL 225 BLOCK FACES IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN THAT CURRENTLY HAVE GREAT STREETS INSTALLED ON THEM.

AND THAT ONLY INCLUDES AN EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF GREAT STREETS ELEMENTS, SO LIKE TREES, BIKE RACKS, BENCHES, AND HAVING THAT INVENTORY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THAT DATA TO INFORM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN UPDATE.

AND WITH THAT, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE CONDITION OF THE GREAT STREETS ELEMENTS.

SO THE TOP THREE AND BOTTOM THREE STREET SCAPE ELEMENTS WERE IDENTIFIED.

SO THE TOP THREE INCLUDE PLANTERS SIGNS AND SIDEWALK CAFES, WHEREAS THE BOTTOM THREE, ONE OF THEM WAS TRASH RECEPTACLES.

AND THAT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING IN THAT DOWNTOWN OVERALL IS VERY CLEAN.

THERE'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF TRASH.

HOWEVER, WITH THESE TRASH RECEPTACLES, THEY'RE BEING BROKEN INTO SOMETIMES THAT THE LOCKS ARE ACTUALLY BEING BROKEN, AND THERE ARE SOMETIMES TRASH AROUND THOSE RECEPTACLES.

SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH THE UPDATE TO UPDATE THE, UM, ACTUAL DESIGN OF THIS TRASH RECEPTACLE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING DOWNTOWN.

ALSO, THE BENCHES WERE NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION OVERALL EITHER.

UM, ON THESE 225 BLOCK FACES, THE BENCHES ARE QUITE OLD IN SOME INSTANCES WHERE JUST THE WEATHER IN TEXAS HAS

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SO THESE BENCHES ARE HEAVILY USED.

THERE'S, UM, OFTEN INDIVIDUALS, UM, USING THESE BENCHES, AND SO THEY'RE JUST TAKING A, A REAL BEATING.

SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE TO UPDATE THOSE BENCHES AS WELL.

THE LAST ITEM THAT WASN'T, UM, THE IN THE BEST CONDITION WERE BOTH TREE AND PAVER GRATES.

AND WITH THAT, THE TREES IN DOWNTOWN THAT WERE PLANTED A LONG TIME AGO HAD EXPANDED IN SIZE, AND SO THE TREE AND PAVER GRS WERE NOT ALWAYS MAINTAINED.

AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO ACTUALLY CUT DOWN SOME OF THESE TREES BECAUSE THE TREES ARE BEING GIRDLED, UM, AND CHOKED BY THE TREE OR PAVER GATE THAT WAS NOT MAINTAINED.

SO WE'LL USE ALL THIS INFORMATION AS PART OF OUR GRAY STREET SUBJECT TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED.

ALL RIGHT, SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON HERE EARLY NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON GREAT STREETS, WHO REALLY KNOW THE PROGRAM AND IDENTIFY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THEY HAVE.

UM, IN WORKING WITH BRAVE STREETS ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE WILL INCLUDE, UM, AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, NOT ONLY ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS, BUT SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE A SURVEY AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE'LL TAKE ALL THIS INFORMATION AND WE WILL FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HEAR OVER AND OVER WITHIN EACH ONE OF THESE, UM, ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH SESSIONS, AND IDENTIFY RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE IN THE PLAN UPDATE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE GREAT STREETS LIGHT POLE.

SO Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LIGHT POLE.

THIS LIGHT POLE WAS DESIGNED, BUT HOWEVER, IT WAS NEVER INSTALLED IN DOWNTOWN.

AND SO IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THIS PLACE IS THE AUSTIN ENERGY LIGHT POLE.

AND WHAT WE SAW IN OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS WAS THAT THIS LIGHT POLE IS ACTUALLY SPACED TOO CLOSE TO THE TREE CANOPY.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THE CANOPY IS ACTUALLY SOMETIMES BLOCKING THE LIGHT OF THE TREE.

AND SO TO SOLVE THAT, TO LIGHT THE STREET ADEQUATELY, THE CANOPY IS SOMETIMES BEING BEING CUT IN HALF.

AND SO THAT'S NOT ONLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE TREE, BUT AS WELL AS JUST FROM AN AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW, HAVING HALF OF A TREE IN THE STREETSCAPE IS A LITTLE AWKWARD.

SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO UPDATE THIS LIGHT POLE AS PART OF THE GRAY STREETS UPDATE AS WELL.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT URBAN DESIGN HAS BEEN WORKING ON RECENTLY ARE CROSS SECTIONS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND TODAY.

SO THIS CROSS SECTION SHOWS ALL THE COMPETING INTERESTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO YOU NOT ONLY HAVE VEHICLES AS WELL AS BIKE LANES AND PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE USING THIS 80 FOOT RIGHT AWAY, BUT HAVING THE AMENITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS LIKE BENCHES AND SHADE, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE OF THE PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THESE CROSS SECTIONS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE ALL THESE COMPETING ADDRESS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THE GREAT STREETS UPDATE PROCESS, THIS IS YOUR TYPICAL PLANNING PROCESS, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VISIONING PHASE.

SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, NEXT YEAR WE WILL, UM, CONTINUE TO, UH, KICK OFF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM THERE, WHAT WE HEAR IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE WILL IDENTIFY A SCOPE OF WORK AND TAKE THAT AND CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE PLAN AS WELL AS OUR STANDARDS, AND THEN GET THAT LAND ADOPTED OBJECT COUNCIL.

THE ELEMENTS OF GREAT STREETS ARE PART OF THAT INITIATIVE, BUT WE'RE STILL IN CONVERSATIONS WITH TPW, IDENTIFY HOW THAT LOOKS.

SO, NEXT STEPS INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS UPDATING THE GREAT STRAIGHTS PLAN AND STANDARDS.

AND FROM THERE, I WILL OPEN IT TO ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO WE HAD THE CONGRESS AVENUE, UH, INITIATIVE FOLKS OR REPRESENTATIVES COME WITHIN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO MM-HMM .

AND, UM, WHEN WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT GRADE STREETS, IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A LACK OF FAMILIARITY.

UM, SINCE THEN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THAT INITIATIVE FROM GREAT STREETS? YES.

SO THE CONGRESS AVENUE INITIATIVE IS REALLY OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF GREAT STREETS BECAUSE THE, IT'S IN WITHIN THE GREAT STREETS BOUNDARIES, BUT CONGRESS AVENUE IS JUST LEFT BLANK ON THE PLAN.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S IN THE BOUNDARIES, BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THE STREET TYPOLOGIES FOR GREAT STREETS CURRENTLY.

AND IN THAT TIME, UM, URBAN DESIGN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TPW TO POTENTIALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE SOME OF

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SO IT'S STILL, STILL UNDERWAY.

OKAY, COOL.

SO THERE IS SOME IDEA SHARING BETWEEN YES.

AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RUN INTO OFTEN IS THAT, UH, SOME STREETS, UM, DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF BEING COMPLIANT, UH, WITH GREAT STREETS.

UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO KIND OF SCENARIOS THAT I'M THINKING OF.

ONE BEING, YOU KNOW, IF IT FRONTS, UM, LIKE A STATE OWNED, UH, YOU KNOW, I 35, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT MM-HMM .

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS CURIOUS, UH, HOW WE SHOULD, UM, REVIEW THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, AND A LOT OF THEM DO KIND OF TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO IMPLEMENT SOME ELEMENTS OF GREAT STREETS.

BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING SOME SORT OF LIGHT VERSION OF GREAT STREETS FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF, UM, ABUTTING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STATE RESTRICTED AREAS? UH, THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS JUST WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, WE HAVE ALL THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, INITIATIVES THAT, UH, ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING MORE TREES PLANTED, UM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, GREAT STREETS.

BUT, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, UH, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS GET IN THE WAY OF US BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF GREAT STREETS.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THOSE TWO SCENARIOS? YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A STATE, UH, LIMITATION IN THE SECOND WHERE A ENERGY IS POTENTIALLY A HINDRANCE? SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, FOR THE CONFLICTS THAT WE SEE, LIKE ON TXDOT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH GREAT STREETS, WHERE YOU CANNOT HAVE GREAT STREETS BECAUSE IT'S A VERTICAL ELEMENT THAT'S NOT ALLOWED BY THE STATE TXDOT REQUIREMENTS.

SO IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, WHAT URBAN DESIGN HAS CREATED IS A CODE AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR A, UM, THE DEVELOPERS TO PAY INTO A FUND WHERE THEY'RE STILL MEETING GREAT STREETS BECAUSE THEY, THEY CAN'T INSTALL PHYSICAL GREAT STREETS ELEMENTS, BUT PER A SQUARE FOOT BASIS, THE DEVELOPER CAN PAY INTO THAT FUND.

AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, WE HAVE A REALLY RECONCILED THAT ISSUE.

AND FOR AUSTIN ENERGY, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AUSTIN ENERGY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO LOOK AT WHERE TREES SPECIFICALLY OR GREAT STREET'S INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE PLACED.

AND THEN FROM THERE, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MOVE UTILITIES BECAUSE THE, THE STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF GREAT STREET.

SO IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH THOSE UTILITY DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY WHAT DESIGN SOLUTIONS WE CAN ARRIVE AT TO INSTALL GRAY STREETS.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THAT'S IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, LOOKING AT ONE OF YOUR DIAGRAMS HERE OF THAT, UH, CROSS SECTION OF THE STREET, HOW ARE, UH, LIKE THE SCOOTERS AND RENT BIKE RENTAL, ALL THAT GONNA PLAY INTO REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, FOR THE STREETS? THAT'S A REALLY BIG QUESTION.

QUESTION.

AS WE WORK THROUGH WITH THIS UPDATE, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME INTO PLAY IN THE LAST 25 YEARS SINCE THIS INITIAL PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TPW TO IDENTIFY HOW THAT PLAYS INTO THESE CROSS SECTIONS.

'CAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT NECESSARILY STOP IT IS IT IS HAPPENING.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TPW, BUT THIS TIME, I, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

UM, I DON'T HAVE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT, YOU SAID THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT TREE, UH, THE PAVER, UH, GRATE.

SO WHEN THE TREES ARE GET TOO BIG, AND YOU SAID IT WASN'T PROPERLY MAINTAINED, THEY HAVE TO CUT THAT TREE DOWN.

MM-HMM .

WHAT DOES THAT MAINTENANCE LOOK LIKE, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY OF HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

SO FOR THE TRUE GRATE SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE DESIGN, SO THAT WAY THE RINGS CAN BE EXPANDED, BUT IN SOME CASES, THOSE RINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS EXPANDED DUE TO THE VARIOUS REASONS.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE TREE TO GIRDLE AS IT GROWS INSIDES AND EXPANDS OVER THAT RING, AND POTENTIALLY BE CUT DOWN IN SOME INSTANCES THAT I'VE SEEN.

THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, THAT DOES.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER HOWARD? UM, I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, IS THERE ANY, UM, HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN LOOKING INTO REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR THESE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN? ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS STILL, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THE GREAT STREETS TREE? SO IT DEPENDS.

UM, IF THE TREE WAS INSTALLED, IT'S THROUGH A LICENSE AGREEMENT, WHETHER IT WAS A CIP PROJECT OR THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM OF WHICH GREAT STREETS IS ONE OF THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS OF.

AND SO THROUGH THAT APPROVED SITE PLAN, THROUGH EITHER OF THOSE AVENUES OR A LICENSE AGREEMENT, THE TREE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR THE FIVE INCH CALIPER OR WHATEVER SPECIFIED ON THOSE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS, UM, TO THE SAME SPECIES OF WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED.

DOES

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UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, I, I THINK I, I KNOW OF ONE IN THE ROOM, UM, WE'D BE, WE'D LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN.

AND THEN, UM, THERE'S OTHER EFFORTS THAT I, UM, THAT I'M, I'M WORKING ON AS WELL THAT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE WITH THE, THIS PROCESS ON.

EXCELLENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIRMAN, MINOR COMMISSIONER, LUIN.

SO YOU MENTIONED, UH, RE UH, REPLACING, UH, SPECIES, SPECIES, WHICH MADE ME WONDER ABOUT, UH, SPECIES DIVERSITY FOR, UH, URBAN FOREST HEALTH.

SO WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE HEALTH OF THE URBAN FOREST DOWNTOWN RELATIVE TO SPECIES DIVERSITY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO CURRENTLY I AM WORKING WITH THE CITY ARBORIST TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT, UM, ARE PART OF A, RIGHT NOW A VERY LENGTHY LIST THAT WE'RE GOING TO NARROW DOWN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN DOWNTOWN.

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY SIX TREES THAT ARE SPECIFIED BY STREET LOCATION AND LIKE THE WHOLE STREET.

SO POTENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING MORE DIVERSITY, HAVE NOT ONLY THE SPECIES TYPE, BUT AS FAR AS THE LOCATION OF THE TREES PLANTED AS WELL, TO HAVE A HABITAT DOWNTOWN WHERE THE, THESE TREES HAVE MORE OF A CHANCE TO SURVIVAL.

SO WHEN THERE'S A SPECIFIC, UM, LIKE INFESTATION OF A BUG, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE NOT WIPING OUT ALL THE TREES.

SO JUST THINKING AHEAD ON THAT.

CORRECT.

VICE CHAIR MINORS.

I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

UM, SO, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES OF GREAT STREETS, UM, IS, IS THERE CONVERSATION ABOUT EXTENDING BEYOND JUST KIND OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA INTO THE URBAN CORE OR INTO OUR CORRIDORS? SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES ARE JUST THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN.

HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, THERE ARE PROJECTS LIKE IN RAINY STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN GREAT STREETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, AS I JUST MENTIONED, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHOOSING TO, UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE GREAT STREETS BOUNDARIES.

SO THAT'S ONE REALLY LOW HANGING FRUIT IS POTENTIALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL GREAT STREETS IN THOSE AREAS ON A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH INSTEAD OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY, UM, TYPE SITUATION THAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING THROUGH DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CROSS SECTION FOR GREAT STREETS.

UM, LIKE I SHOWED, THIS IS 80 FEET, AND SO, AND LIKE IN RAINY STREET FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE EXPAND THESE BOUNDARIES TO BECAUSE OF THOSE CONSTRAINTS WITH THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL SPACE.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, IT DOES.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

I THINK, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S URBANIZATION GOING ON BEYOND JUST DOWNTOWN IN OUR CORRIDORS.

UM, THERE'S PUDS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE KIND OF UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THERE'S MAYBE SOME, UH, POTENTIAL MOVEMENT BEYOND, UH, WHAT WE TYPICALLY IDENTIFY AS THE URBAN CORE.

SURE.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROGRESS FURTHER.

AND ACTION ITEM, UM, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, UH, ON WHETHER THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 84 0 1 CAMERON ROAD, COMPLIES WITH THE CITY OF DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, UH, PRESENTED BY DAVID SWER AND TREY TA RAD.

OUR NEXT, UH, DISCUSSION

[3. Discussion and action on whether the Asian American Resource Center Phase II Improvement Project, located at 8401 Cameron Road, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards. Presented by David Sweere and Trey Trahan, Trahan Architects.]

GOOD EVENING.

UM, THIS IS TREY TREHAN, FOUNDER OF TREHAN ARCHITECTS.

AND JOINING ME THIS EVENING IS DAVID SWEARER AND SANDRA ERMAN.

PARDON? TREY, IF YOUR TEAM COULD COME ON CAMERA, PLEASE.

AM I THERE? THERE WE GO.

WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

OKAY, I'LL START AGAIN.

UM, MY NAME'S TREY REHAN, UH, FOUNDER AND DESIGN PRINCIPAL WITH TREYHAN ARCHITECTS.

I'M LOCATED IN OUR NEW ORLEANS OFFICE.

JOINING ME THIS EVENING IS DAVID SWER, PROJECT MANAGER AND SANDRA BAGGER AND, UH, UH, PROJECT DESIGNER.

UM, AS MENTIONED THIS EVENING, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THE PHASE TWO PERFORMANCE PAVILION OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER MASTER PLAN.

UM, WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, THE GOALS, THE MISSION STATEMENT, THE VALUES THAT WERE

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ESTABLISHED, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

UM, WE'LL DISCUSS THE PROGRAM, UH, REVIEW SITE ANALYSIS, SOME OF OUR CONCEPTUAL WORK, AND THEN END WITH THE CONCEPTUAL BUILDING PLAN AND SOME RENDERINGS.

DAVID.

THANK YOU, TREY.

UM, SO WE SHARED OUR PRESENTATION.

I'M, I CAN SHARE WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR SCREEN.

THERE WE GO.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THIS EVENING AND, AND, UM, WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE, UM, THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

YEAH.

SO THE, THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, UM, UH, MASTER PLAN, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, IS THE CREATION OF A PAVILION, UH, WITHIN THE GREAT LAWN AREA ON THE SITE.

UM, THE PAVILION AIMS, UH, TO ENHANCE THE A RC BY PROVIDING A VERSATILE SPACE, UH, WHERE AUSTIN'S DIVERSE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES CAN COME TOGETHER AND SHARE IN THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHING PROGRAMS. SO THE PAVILION WILL SERVE AS A MULTIPURPOSE VENUE, REALLY WITH THE KEY FEATURES OF A PERFORMANCE AREA AND ACCESSIBLE, UH, FACILITIES AND AMENITIES, AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

SO, THE MISSION STATEMENT BEHIND THE A RC IS CREATING A SPACE OF BELONGING AND HEALING FOR REALLY THE DIVERSE AND LARGE ASIAN AMERICAN, UH, COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN.

AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE VALUES OF DIVERSITY.

SO, UH, SOLIDARITY, PEACE, UH, COLLABORATION, AND THEN, UH, INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTION.

SO THIS IS JUST PART OF A VISION PLAN FOR THE SITE.

UM, PHASE ONE INCLUDED, UH, WHAT IS EXISTING ON THE SITE, CURRENTLY IN AN 18,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH A BALLROOM, UH, LIBRARY, CLASSROOM, OFFICE SPACE, UM, STORAGE, AND A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.

ON THE SITE ALREADY IS AN ART AND PUBLIC PLACE, UH, SCULPTURE, UM, AND AN EXISTING GREAT LAWN OF, OF REALLY STUNNING, UM, LIVE OAKS.

THIS PROJECT IS, UM, JUST PART OF PHASE TWO, UH, IN BOLD, UM, WE'LL SEE THE PAVILION AND STAGE, WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE VISION PLAN.

AND THEN THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS, IS REALLY THE SURROUNDING EVENT AND ACTIVITY LAW, AND ALSO IN BOLD.

UM, SO, UM, A LOT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE PLANNED AND THE VISION PLAN AS WELL.

SO THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITION ON SITE, UH, AND THE RED DASH LINE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE, UM, THE GREAT LAWN.

AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL OPENING WITHIN THAT BETWEEN THE TREES THAT REALLY, UH, IS THE, OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LOCATION OF THE PERFORMANCE PAVILION.

SO THIS IS PULLED DIRECTLY FROM THAT, UH, VISION PLAN YOU SEE.

NUMBER THREE, UH, LOCATED IN THAT GREAT LAWN IS THE STAGE IN PAVILION.

UM, OTHER PARTS OF PHASE TWO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PARKING AND REVISIONS TO THE RING ROAD, UH, AND THEN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH WE WERE INVOLVED IN, UM, STARTING IN 2022.

UH, AND, AND A LOT OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND SO THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UM, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT SD.

UM, 13 IS THE, IS THE AREA ALLOTTED FOR A PHASE THREE BUILDING.

AND THEN TWO, THE EAST IS A CONCURRENT PROJECT THAT'S ONGOING, UH, IN THE WATERSHED.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT CREATING A, A, A REALLY, A LARGE SITE, UM, THAT'S, UM, ACCESSIBLE.

BUT NUMBER THREE IS, UH, THE STAGE IN PAVILION, WHICH IS REALLY SERVING AS SORT OF THE LINCHPIN OF THE CAMPUS, ESSENTIALLY LOCATED ON THE SITE.

OUR INVOLVEMENT FROM THE 2019 VISION PLAN.

SO, THERE'S BEEN AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT REALLY GOES EVEN BEYOND

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UM, BUT STARTING WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GOING BACK TO EARLY 2022, WE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF, OF, UM, MEETINGS BOTH IN PERSON AND REMOTE WITH A, WITH A LARGE SE, UH, SERIES OF, OF, UH, STAKEHOLDERS AND GROUPS, UH, NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IN A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE, IN THE SMALLER PERFORMING, UH, PERFORM PERFORMANCE PAVILION.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT ALL OF THOSE GROUPS THAT WE'VE MET WITH, AND THE DATES AND ON, UH, UNDER THE PROJECT GOALS ARE REALLY WHAT WE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM THOSE GROUPS.

SO A SENSE OF HOME FOR THE COMMUNITY ACCESS AND INCLUS AND INCLUSIVITY, UM, HARBORING CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE, UM, FOCUSING AROUND PERFORMING ARTS AND ARTIST CULTIVATION, UH, BEING A HYBRID FOR PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, BEING ACCESSIBLE, UH, BEYOND THE, PER JUST THE PERFORMANCE OR EVENTS TIME, UH, EVENT TIMES, UM, BEING INFLUENCED BY APPROPRIATE AND INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL INFLUENCES OF ASIAN CULTURE.

UM, SIMPLE AESTHETIC, NATURAL LIGHT, AND THEN OF COURSE, HAVING, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE.

SO ALL OF THESE WERE ITEMS THAT WE PULLED FORWARD AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UH, SECURITY, UM, AND ACCESSIBILITY WERE ALSO NOTED IN ALL OF THAT, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID IN 2022.

SO AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF PROJECT DESIGN GUIDELINES, UH, WITH THE A A RC TEAM FOCUSED AROUND FIRST GRANDEUR, UM, OR GRAND GESTURES INTO THE LANDSCAPE BEING A, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ICON, UH, OR PROMINENCE AS A RECOGNIZABLE BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS FLOW AND TRANSPARENCY, REALLY ABOUT CONNECTION.

UM, THEY COINED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS TEXT ASIAN OR INTERCONNECTEDNESS.

SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT INNER HAVING INFLUENCES THAT ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOTH ASIAN AND LOCAL TEXT AND INFLUENCES.

AND THEN LASTLY, HAVING A HARMONY WITH NATURE, UH, IN THE, IN THE BUILDING.

SO, AS IT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THE PERFORMANCE PAVILION, WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF, UH, VISIONING QUESTIONNAIRES, UM, WHERE WE DISCUSS WITH A RC STAKEHOLDERS AND THE A-A-Q-O-L, UH, COMMISSION WORKING GROUP JUST TO DEVELOP THE PRIMARY GOALS.

UM, THERE IS A SERIES OF THESE QUESTIONS, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE APPENDICES, UH, AS PART OF THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

BUT REALLY, UM, WHAT WE HEARD IN THAT FEEDBACK IS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR A MULTIPURPOSE, HYBRID, FLEXIBLE SPACE AMONG, UM, ALL OF THESE OTHER, UM, NOTED ITEMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE AND NEXT SLIDE.

SO THROUGH ALL OF THAT ENGAGEMENT, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO, UM, THE, UM, VISION PLAN, THIS IS THE RESULTANT PROGRAM, UH, OF THAT.

SO IT COMES DOWN TO AN EXTERIOR MULTIPURPOSE PLATFORM OR PORCH OR STAGE, UH, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO AN INTERIOR FLEXIBLE BACK OF HOUSE SPACE WHERE CHANGING AND THINGS WOULD HAPPEN.

UH, AN ASSOCIATED RACK ROOM, AN MEP SPACE IS REQUIRED, AND THEN A SINGLE USER WASHROOM.

AND THEN LASTLY, THERE IS, UM, ALONG WI, UH, LITTLE WALNUT CREEK, WHICH YOU SEE IN BLUE.

SO THE SITE IS ON, UH, CAMERON ROAD.

IT'S, IT'S A BUSY ROAD THAT IS HIGHLY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR BIKING CURRENTLY, BUT THERE IS, UM, A, AN IMPROVEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING ON THAT, UH, STRETCH OF THE ROAD, UH, UH, TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UM, AND IN BUS, ENHANCED BUS STOPS.

UM, SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, UH, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.

THERE IS ALSO CURRENTLY A BUS STOP LOCATED, UM, NEAR THE SITE THAT GETS YOU ACCESS TO NORWOOD TRANSIT CENTER.

AND FROM THERE, UH, TO DOWNTOWN, UM, THE BUS IS BUS 3 25.

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UM, ON THIS MAP, UH, THERE'S PROPOSED, UH, URBAN TRAIL ALONG THAT CREEK.

AND SO THAT WILL CONNECT, UH, TO THE ADJACENT AND CONCURRENT WATERSHED PROJECT.

THE SITE IS, UH, ZONED AS PUBLIC, UH, OR MULTIFAMILY THREE CURRENTLY.

AND SO THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE SITE.

LIKE I STATED EARLIER, WE REALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THIS REALLY STUNNING GROVE OF, OF LIVE OAK TREES.

SO DASHED IN GREEN IS THE AREA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE PERFORMANCE PAVILION.

AND SO WE ALSO HAVE AN ADVANTAGEOUS, UM, UH, TOPOGRAPHY WHERE WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO SERVE AS NATURAL AMPHITHEATER SEATING.

SO IT KIND OF DID, UM, INFLUENCE THE LOCATION OF THE PAVILION AND THE SIGHTING OF IT.

AND SO THIS IS A VIEW THE EXISTING BUILDING IS BEHIND US IN THIS VIEW.

UM, BUT THIS GREAT LAWN IS A HUGE ASSET TO THE A A RC.

IT'S REALLY THE ONLY LARGE, UM, OPEN LAWN AREA, UM, THAT IS FLAT, RELATIVELY FLAT ON THE SITE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE TREES ARE OFFERING, UM, A SHADE FOR THE, FOR A POTENTIAL AUDIENCE AREA.

SO WE DID DO A, AN ARBORIST REVIEW OF THIS SITE THAT, UM, AND THERE WERE A FEW TREES THAT, UH, HAVE THE POTENTIAL, UH, TO BE REMOVED, UH, FROM, FROM THE AREA, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF LEANING OR, OR POOR HEALTH.

UM, SO PRUNING JUST WASN'T, UH, UH, POSSIBLE.

BUT THOSE TREES ARE, UM, ARE MARKED HERE ON THIS REVIEW, UH, FROM THE ARBORIST NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THE LARGEST EVENT THAT THE, UM, ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER HOSTS EVERY YEAR IS THEIR CELEBRATION EVENT.

UH, WE ATTENDED THEIR 2022 EVENT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WHERE THEY LOCATED THE STAGE, UM, AND THE REQUIREMENT OF AN ANCILLARY STRUCTURE FOR, UM, FOR SHADE, IT WAS REALLY HOT THAT DAY.

UM, AND THE AUDIENCE RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, THE STAGE AND THE PERFORMERS, UM, WAS, COULD BE QUITE AWKWARD BECAUSE OF HOW HOT IT WAS.

THE FIRST FOUR ROWS OF, OF THE BLACK SEATS WERE ALMOST UNUSABLE, UM, BECAUSE OF HOW HOT IT WAS THAT DAY.

SO WITH ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS, UM, MEETING WITH THE A RC STAFF, UH, WE CAME, WE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF CITING GUIDELINES, UM, LISTED HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE PRESERVING OF THAT VALUABLE O OPEN, GREAT LAWN AREA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, INTEGRATING IT WITH THE LANDSCAPE, UM, AND THE LIVE OAK TREES.

SO JUST REALLY USING THE SPACE THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, LEFT TO US, UH, BETWEEN THOSE TREES.

UM, MAXIMIZING THE VIEW ANGLE OF THE PERFORMANCES.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT ALL THE WAY FROM PHASE ONE, UM, BUT THEN ALSO FROM THE NATURAL SHADE CANOPIES OF THOSE TREES ON THE SITE.

UM, SHADING, UH, THE AUDIENCE FOR THERMAL COMFORT, UH, AGAIN, USING THE EXISTING GRADE FOR NATURAL AMPHITHEATER SEATING.

AND THEN LASTLY, CONSIDERATION FOR LOADING ACCESS, UH, FROM THE RING ROAD.

SO WHAT THAT, WHAT THOSE SIGHTING GUIDELINES REALLY LEFT US IS A SORT OF WEDGE, UH, ON THE SITE, ALMOST TRIANGULAR SHAPED.

UM, AND, AND FROM THAT, UH, WE DEVELOPED THIS CONCEPT OF USING ORIGAMI AS A FORMAL STRATEGY, UH, TO DEVELOP THE FORM OF THE PAVILION.

AND SO THROUGH A SERIES OF MOVES, UH, WHERE ALMOST LIKE WE'RE BENDING, WHERE WE'RE FOLDING PAPER, WE CREATED THE FORM OF THIS PAVILION THAT FITS NICELY WITHIN THAT WEDGE SHAPE, UH, GIVEN TO US, UH, THROUGH THE SITING GUIDELINES.

IT ONTO A, UH, CONCRETE PLANT THAT SERVES AS THE STAGE, UH, AND ALSO GIVES, UM, ONE TO 20 ACCESSIBLE ACCESS TO BOTH THE INTERIOR SPACE AND THE STAGE.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'VE TAKEN THAT ESSENTIALLY PIECE OF ORIGAMI OR PIECE OF PAPER AND PLACED IT ONTO THE SITE, UM,

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AND SO THAT ACCESS IS WHAT'S SHOWN HERE IN THE SITE CIRCULATION.

UH, THE THICK, UH, BLUE LINE IS REALLY THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, UH, THROUGH THE CAMPUS, ESPECIALLY AS IT EXPANDS.

AND SO ACCESS FROM THERE WAS DEEMED CRITICAL.

UM, SO REALLY THAT'S THE CLOSEST ACCESS POINT.

AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS, IS ONE TO 20, UH, GRADE, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM THAT SIDEWALK TO THE STAGE, UH, AND INTERIOR SPACES.

BUT REALLY, ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THAT PATH, UM, THERE'S 80 DA, UH, SEATING DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE LAWN, BUT THEN THE TWO RAMPS, LIKE I SAID, TAKE YOU UP TO THAT STAGE LEVEL AND INTO THE INTERIOR SPACES.

AND THIS, THIS PAVILION IS MEANT TO SERVE AS A POINT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE, FOR THESE, UH, EVENTS AS WELL.

SO PART OF IT IS THE FRONT OF HOUSE MIXING POSITION, UH, ALONG THE EXISTING TRAIL, UM, THEATRICAL LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WITHIN THE LAWN SO THAT THEY CAN RENT, UM, THESE LARGE, UM, BRING IN THEATRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THESE LARGER EVENTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, POWER THAT CAN SUPPORT THESE EVENTS FOR, FOR THINGS SUCH AS FOOD TRUCKS.

NEXT SLIDE AND NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THIS IS THE RESULTANT PLAN.

UM, IT'S THE, THE TRIANGLE SHAPE, LIKE I SAID, THAT IT'S FITTING WITHIN THOSE TREES, UM, INSPIRED BY, UH, THE FOLDING PAPER CONCEPT.

UM, BUT BOTH RAMPS, UH, GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE STAGE AND THAT INTERIOR FLEXIBLE BACK OF HOUSE SPACE.

UM, AND, UH, WASHROOM AND, UH, WRAP ROOM, NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THROUGH THE FORMAL MOVES THAT WE'VE MADE, THERE'S AN OPENING THROUGH THE BACK TO WHERE YOU ALMOST GET THIS CONTINUOUS LINE ALL THE WAY FROM PHASE ONE, UH, THROUGH THE GREAT LAWN, THE PAVILION OUT THE RING ROAD, AND A VIEW OF, UH, THE WATERSHED PROJECT WHILE USING THE NATURAL GRADE FOR, FOR SEATING.

AND SO THEN HERE WE'VE JUST GOT A SERIES OF RENDERINGS TO REVIEW.

THIS IS, UH, A VIEW OF THE LAWN OF THE PAVILION FROM THE, UH, FROM THE GREAT LAWN.

YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THOSE RAMPS GOING INTO THE INTERIOR AND THE STAGE.

SO THIS IS CLOSER TO THE EXISTING PHASE ONE BUILDING.

THE, UM, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES LOTUS SCULPTURE IS, IS RIGHT BEHIND US FROM THIS VIEW.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT, UH, LAWN STARTS TO BE ACTIVATED.

SO THIS VIEW IS FROM THAT MAIN SIDEWALK THAT I HAD DIS, UM, THAT I HAD MENTIONED.

UM, SO AGAIN, ACCESSIBLE ROUTES FROM THAT SIDEWALK, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE THEN YOU GET, UM, THE INTERIOR, UH, ROUTE OR THE, THE NATURAL ROUTE TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE.

IT'S JUST A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF THAT VIEW.

AGAIN, A VIEW OF THE STAGE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT OPENING OUT TOWARDS THE WATERSHED PROJECT.

AND THIS IS THE OTHER, THE, THE VIEW FROM THE RING ROAD, UH, THROUGH THAT SPACE.

THERE'S AN EXISTING PICNIC AREA THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE TAPPED INTO, UM, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

I THINK THAT IS, UH, THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE OF THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION SO WE COULD DISCUSS OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS AHEAD OF TIME? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

YEAH.

SUSTAINABILITY.

CAN WE LUKE, INTO YOUR

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MICROPHONE? YEAH.

UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS MEETS THE, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES.

AND I, I'LL SECOND THIS, YOUR MOTION.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR, UH, OUR PRESENTERS? IS THAT COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY? YEAH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, FIRST QUESTION IS, YOU SAID YOU GUYS CONSULTED WITH AN ARBORIST FOR THE PROJECT.

WAS THAT THE CITY ARBORIST? IT WAS EITHER THE CITY ARBORIST OR THE PARD.

ARBORIST.

UM, I THINK PARD HAS A FORESTER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A ARBORIST ON STAFF, BUT EITHER WAY, AS LONG AS KRISTEN OR NAOMI WAS INVOLVED.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

UM, SECOND QUESTION THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE ON ONE OF THE PLANS THAT YOU HAD SOME GRADING THAT WAS OCCURRING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE GRADING WAS GOING RIGHT THROUGH SOME OF THOSE EXISTING TREES WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE.

I ASSUME, I'M GONNA ASSUME THIS HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH THE CITY ON MAKING SURE THAT THOSE TREES ARE ACTUALLY GONNA SURVIVE.

THAT THE, THE TWO TREES THAT WERE NOTED IN THE ARBORIST REPORT FOR POTENTIAL REMOVAL, WE ARE CALLING FOR THOSE TO BE REMOVED, UH, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, ANY GRADING IS OUTSIDE OF THE 100% CRITICAL ROOT ZONE FOR THOSE, UH, TREES.

AND SO THE ONLY TREES BEING REMOVED ARE ONES THAT NAOMI OR KRISTEN DEEMED GOOD TO REMOVE? THEY WERE DOING POORLY.

CORRECT.

AND THEN FINAL QUESTION, 'CAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REVIEWING THIS AGAINST SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES.

UM, I ASSUME THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THERE.

THIS, THE GREAT LAWN IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY REDONE, UM, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL OF THIS, IS THERE A PLAN TO FULLY IRRIGATE THE, THE NEW EVENT LAWN WHEN IT'S RESTORED? YES, WE'VE GOT FUNDS ALLOTTED FOR IRRIGATION OR, AND FOR ANY REPAIR TO THE LAWN, UH, THAT ANY OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CAUSES.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

ARE THERE ANY MORE? COMMISSIONER WIRA? THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, UH, DAVID, TREY, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, THIS IS A, A GORGEOUS PROJECT.

UH, I, I THINK IT, IT IS, UM, A LITTLE UNCLEAR TO ME WITH THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, UH, ABOUT EXACTLY, PRECISELY HOW THIS PROJECT DOES MEET THE SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES.

I, I LACK CLARITY RIGHT NOW ON WHETHER THE PROJECT IS, IS THIS A QUALIFYING FOR SITES OR IS THIS A LEAD PROJECT? UM, I THINK THAT IT'S A, I THINK I, I'M FINDING MYSELF IN A, IN A POSITION OF, UH, THIS IS A FANTASTIC PROJECT AND I'M, UH, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE MOTION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I, I LACK THE INFORMATION I NEED ABOUT WHETHER THIS DOES MEET THIS, THE CITY'S GUIDELINES.

SO, UH, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, BUT I, I, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE WORKED LIKE, LIKE CRAZY ON THIS, UH, FOR, TO GIVE YOU BACK THE FLOOR AND SEE IF YOU COULD CLARIFY ON SOME OF THOSE, UH, SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY GERMANE TO, TO THIS COMMISSION'S CHARTER.

YEAH, FAIR ENOUGH.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THIS PROJECT WILL MEET, UH, AT LEAST SITES CERTIFICATION.

THERE ARE, UM, GOALS OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT ON THE TEAM IN GREEN NEXUS TO POTENTIALLY EVEN EXCEED THAT TO GET TO THE SITE'S SILVER.

UM, UM, SO THAT IS IN REVIEW IS IN PROCESS OF THE, UM, TO MAKE ENSURE THAT WE'RE IN, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE BASE SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES, UM, THAT ON THE ARCHITECTURE SIDE THAT WE NEED, THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF AND, AND, UH, CONFIRMING THAT, THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH WHERE APPLICABLE.

SO WE HAVE THOSE CHECKLISTS.

IS, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD SPEAK TOWARD THE MATERIAL SELECTION OR, OR FOUNDATIONS OF THE PROJECT THAT MIGHT HAVE A LIGHTER TOUCH ON THE EARTH OR, OR OTHERWISE QUALIFY?

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YEAH, SO THE, THE WE, THAT'S CURRENT INVESTIGATION ON OUR TEAM.

UM, BUT WE'VE RECENTLY, UM, FOUND AND HAVE INVESTIGATED A, A WOOD SPECIES IN BLACK LOCUST.

IT'S A HARDWOOD THAT'S GROWN IN, UH, NORTH AMERICA, UM, THAT CAN MEET ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS FOR, WE ARE IN A WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROXIMITY DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR FLAME SPREAD AND, AND HARDNESS ALSO HAIL RESISTANCE, UM, FOR THIS PRODUCT.

BUT WE'VE ENGAGED A, A MANUFACTURER, UM, THAT'S LOCAL TO US, AND, UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH US, UH, TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND, AND, UM, AND OTHER CHARACTERISTIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE, THE EXTERIOR MATERIAL.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WOOD.

WE THINK IT PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY, UH, NARRATIVE WISE WITH THE, UH, LIVE OAKS AND IT WOULD AGE NATURALLY AND, AND NOT REQUIRE THE, THE SORT OF CONSTANT MAINTENANCE, UM, OF, OF OTHER NON-NATURAL MATERIALS.

UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON, UM, ON THE EXTERIOR MATERIAL.

I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON THAT WITH A, WITH A PROJECT THIS, YOU KNOW, SMALL AND FOOTPRINT, THAT, THAT MATERIAL BEING THE, THE BEACON FOR LOCALLY, LOCALLY PRODUCED FSC CERTIFIED, IT'S GONNA GO A LONG WAY TOWARD YOUR POINTS.

TURN TO, UH, COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY'S COMMENT ABOUT THE IRRIGATION.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE FOR Y'ALL.

UM, I THINK WE PRE WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO IRRIGATE THIS OR THE, THE, THE, THE ADORING CROWDS ARE GONNA BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THIS THING.

UM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TREATED EFFLUENT LINE WITH THE SITE IS SMALL.

IT IS REMARKABLY DIFFICULT TO MEET YOUR OUTDOOR WATER USE CRITERIA FOR SITES.

I I MEAN, MY, MY SOAPBOX BEING THAT SITES IS NOT WRITTEN FOR PROJECTS THIS SMALL, AND IF MY MEMORY OF THE RFQ TIMELINE IS CORRECT ON THIS, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE INTO THIS PROJECT EVEN KNOWING YOU WERE GOING TO DO SITES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A RELATIVELY NEW, UM, SO I, I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL THOSE, THOSE ARE CHALLENGES AND I THINK THOSE ARE CHALLENGES THAT FROM MY PART, I'M, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO REWARD GOOD FAITH EFFORTS.

UH, UH, BUT I, I WOULD LOVE TO, TO HEAR IF THAT'S COME UP.

I KNOW WE'RE ONLY IN SD KIND OF HOW, HOW Y'ALL MANAGE TO, HOW Y'ALL THINK YOU CAN, UH, REALLY THREAD THAT NEEDLE IN TERMS OF WATER USE AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS IN MAINTAINED IN A GOOD QUALITY THAT IS RESPECTFUL FOR THE, THE PURPOSES OF THE FACILITY.

UM, COMMISSIONER TRO, THANK YOU FOR CHALLENGING US ON THESE.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO, WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S A SMALL SITE, BUT, UM, WE BUILT OUR PRACTICE ABOUT PRIORITIZING EVEN THE SMALLEST ISSUES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO.

AND SO, UM, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE, UM, YOU AND COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY, UM, ADDRESSING, ELEVATING THESE ISSUES TO THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE THAT, UM, Y'ALL BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE AGREE.

I THANK YOU AND, AND I, UH, SINCERELY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK.

UM, YOUR, YOUR FIRM NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, UH, ON THIS DAIS, UH, AT LEAST ON THIS VIRTUAL REMOTE ONE.

UM, SO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE Y'ALL PART OF THIS PROJECT.

I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, UM, ADDITION TO AUSTIN AND I THINK THE, THE, THE NATURE OF, OF, UH, COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY'S AND MY COMMENTS REALLY SORT OF UNDERSCORE THE, THE, THE DIFFICULTY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTY OF, OF DOING SOME OF THESE, AND SOME OF THESE ARE KIND OF SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS ON THE CITY PART.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THOSE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS AND, AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINELY TUNED AND ADJUSTED APPROACH TO BEING DELICATE ABOUT IT.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE, WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT EACH OF THE ISSUES YOU'VE RAISED, AND WE'LL TAKE, UM, THEM WITH US AFTER THIS CALL AND ELEVATE THEM TO A PLACE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO PUSH AND FIND, UH, RESPECTFUL RESPONSES TO EACH CHAIR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

UM, SUCH AS WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALKS, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, FOR EXAMPLE? YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THE DRAWING, UM, YOU KNOW, DUE TO SCALE, UH, IT COULD BE PLENTY WIDE, BUT I'M, I'M CURIOUS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, AND THE, THE USE OF THE, UM, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, UH, NEARBY THE PAVILION ARE VERY INTERESTING.

UM, COMMISSIONER HOWARD, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, THIS, THIS PROJECT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, I HAVE JUST SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

UM, A LOT OF THE RENDERINGS ARE SHOWING PRETTY CASUAL AND LIGHT USE OF THE SPACE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LOT EASIER TO RENDER SOMETHING WITH NOT A, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN IT.

UM, BUT I, I'M WONDERING, UM, WHAT IS YOUR KIND OF TARGET EVENT SIZE OR WHAT ARE YOU DESIGNING FOR, UM, WHAT IS THE LARGEST EVENT SIZE YOU'RE DESIGNING FOR? UM, AND I HAVE, UH, AND I GUESS SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO THAT, AND HOW HAVE YOU, HOW HAVE YOU PLANNED FOR ACCOMMODATING THE, THAT SIZE EVENT?

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I THINK, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY FIT THE AUSTIN CULTURE, UH, FOR EVENTS.

UM, AND IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

UH, I NOTICED YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING, UM, EXTENSION COURTS FROM THE PAVILION TO THE, UM, TO THE PARKING AREAS, UH, IN SOME CASES CROSSING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD CAUSE SOME, SOME CHALLENGES, UH, WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND, AND TRIPPING HAZARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I'M JUST, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU, HOW MUCH YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT KIND OF THE MAX CAPACITY EVENT AND HOW YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING THAT? YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO THAT.

THE, SO THE SIZE OF THE, THE CELEBRATION EVENT HAS ROUGHLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'VE, THAT THE TEAM HAS GIVEN US IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR AN AUDIENCE SIZE OF ABOUT 300 PEOPLE AT A TIME.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LARGEST GROUP THAT THEY WOULD SEE, UM, AT ONE TIME ON THE LOT.

AS FAR AS THE, THE SIZE AND WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALKS, UM, WE ARE OPERATING WITH A, A SIX FOOT MINIMUM FOR ANY OF THE TRAILS THAT WE ARE ADDING, UH, TO, UM, THE, TO THE SITE, UM, OR IMPROVING.

AND THAT'S BASED ON, ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, FROM PARD AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ON, ON THE, THAT REALLY BEING A MINIMUM SIZE FOR, FOR MAINTAINING THOSE TYPES OF, UM, OF TRAILS.

UM, ON THE, THE FOOD TRUCKS, THIS IS A, A PROGRAM THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE AND THEY USE FOR CELEBRATION CURRENTLY.

UM, NOW THEY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A GENERATOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE, THE REQUEST CAME, UH, FOR US TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THOSE FOOD TRUCKS FOR THOSE, UM, EVENTS THAT HAPPEN JUST A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.

UM, DEFINITELY HEAR YOU ON THE, THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR TRIPPING HAZARDS WITH THE EXTENSION CORDS.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE CONSIDERED NOT PART OF OUR, UM, OF OUR REVIEW RIGHT NOW, BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND BRING FORWARD TO THE CLIENT TEAM, I THINK, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, FEEDBACK.

DOES THAT ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH, I, I, I THINK SO.

I, I GUESS, UM, I, MY OTHER, MY OTHER QUESTION THAT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY RELATED TO THAT SAME QUESTION IS, UM, ARE YOU PROVIDING BICYCLE, UH, PARKING, ANY SORT OF FACILITIES AND SHADE FOR THAT PARKING? AND HOW DOES, HOW, HOW ARE BICYCLES MOVING THROUGH THE SITE? OR ARE THEY, THERE IS, UH, BICYCLE PARKING CURRENTLY AT THE A A RC AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

WE DON'T HAVE IT ANY EXPANSION OF THOSE EXISTING, UM, UM, BICYCLE STORAGE AREAS.

UM, I, I WOULD, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A, A RECOMMENDATION FROM US MIGHT BE TO CONSIDER WIDER SIDEWALKS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, SIX FOOT IS QUITE NARROW.

IN FACT, UM, NTO IS RECOMMENDING SIX FEET FOR A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AS THE KIND OF STANDARD WALKABLE SIDEWALK.

SO PART, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, A SPACE THAT IS, IS DESIGNED FOR EVENTS OF UP TO 300 PEOPLE MAY, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK OR, OR MORE.

UM, IF YOU ARE EXPECTING ANY SORT OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CAMERON, CAMERON ROAD AND THE CREEK TRAIL IN THE REAR, UM, UH, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER EVEN WIDER.

UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE THAT SAME ROUTE, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SORT OF ACCOMMODATIONS MADE, UH, THAT, THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY, UM, UH, SUPPORT THE, YOU KNOW, WIDTHS FOR DIFFERENT MOS, UM, INTERMINGLING.

UM, I THINK, YEAH, I GUESS THAT, I GUESS THAT WAS IT.

JUST THAT, AND, AND I GUESS THAT ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE, YEAH, UH, PERHAPS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SORT, UM, ELECTRIC, UM, OUTLETS THAT ARE, THAT WON'T CROSS THE, THE SIDEWALK.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT AMENITY FOR THIS SORT OF SPACE.

UH, I, I LIKE THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT ALREADY.

I HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO KEVIN'S COMMENT, .

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION?

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UM, I THINK THE SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS FOR, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY USE OF THIS IS GONNA BE, THOSE ARE MORE THAN ADEQUATE, I THINK.

UM, AND I WOULD CAUTION US NOT TO OVERSIZE THESE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE TWO, THREE TIMES A YEAR THAT WE HAVE.

WE REALLY PLAN ON PEOPLE WALKING ALL OVER THE LAWN AS A MEANS OF, OF CELEBRATING FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY.

UM, JUST BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, LAYING DOWN MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GREAT WAY TO, TO USE THE SITE JUST FOR THOSE COUPLE TIMES A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE EVENTS.

UM, AT THIS, THE PAVILION IN PARTICULAR.

COMMISSIONER HOWARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? UM, THAT, THAT VERY MAY WELL BE? I, I, I WONDER SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE SIDEWALK, UH, SIMPLY AS IT IS KIND OF THIS MAJOR CONNECTION BETWEEN CAMERON ROAD AND THE, THE STORMWATER AND, AND, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM IN THE BACK.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FUTURE EXPANSION SORT OF AMENITY.

UM, PERHAPS, PERHAPS EIGHT FOOT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

MAYBE ALL THE OTHER SIDEWALKS ARE FINE AT SIX.

WELL, I SUPPOSE IT IS A MATTER OF OPINION, UH, GIVEN THE, THE TYPE OF, UM, EVENTS THAT THEY'RE HAVING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT, UM, I, I, I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH, UH, INVESTIGATING, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE SEEING, UH, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM KIND OF BEHIND AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FRONT VICE CHAIR MINOR.

SO MY, UH, COMMENT IS SOMEWHAT CONNECTED TO THIS.

UM, FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S LIKE, UH, TO EXPERIENCE IT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT, UM, I DO WONDER, YOU KNOW, IF I WERE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE PUBLIC TRANSIT, TAKE THE BUS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND WALK TO THE FRONT DOOR OF EACH OF THESE FACILITIES, UM, HOW FAR AM I WALKING AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS NOT COVERED WITH SHADE? BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT AERIALS RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY SUBURBAN AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ENTRANCES ARE MAYBE ORIENTED AWAY FROM CAMERON ROAD.

SO AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN, WHAT IS THAT JOURNEY FROM THE BUS STOP TO THE, TO THE FRONT DOOR, AND WHAT ARE THEY TRAVERSING AND IS IT THE, IS IT THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE IN, IN ITS CURRENT STATE? IT IS AN UNFRIENDLY PEDESTRIAN ROUTE FROM THE BUS STOP TO THE A A RC FACILITY.

UM, IT'S A, IT'S A CAMERON ROAD IS A BUSY ROAD, UH, FAST CARS.

AS PART OF THE, UM, ADJACENT WATERSHED PROJECT, THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, MULTIPLE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONNECTING THE WATERFORD CAMPUS AND THE ASSOCIATED PARKING.

AND SO THAT WILL IMPROVE THAT PEDESTRIAN ROUTE, UM, FROM THE BUS STOP TO THE PHASE ONE BUILDING.

UM, I GUESS AS FAR AS DISTANCE GOES, CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER, UH, 500 FEET, UM, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET OF THAT AT LEAST, IS ALONG THAT SIDEWALK, UH, OF CAMERON ROAD.

AND IS THAT PATHWAY, WOULD YOU SAY IT'S THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE OR, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LIKE, HOW MUCH OUT OF THE WAY IS IT TO TAKE THAT SIDEWALK RATHER THAN TO JUST WALK RIGHT THROUGH THE LAWN AND GET TO THE FRONT DOOR? I THINK THE SIDEWALK IS BASICALLY IS YOU WOULD NATURALLY JUST TAKE THE SIDEWALK, UM, TO THE PAVILION AS I WOULD UNDERSTAND IT, I GUESS BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE IS ACCESS TO BOTH SIDES IN OUR PLAN, UM, THAT THE BUS STOP IS TO THE, TO THE EAST.

AND SO IF YOU ARE COMING FROM THE EAST, I THINK YOU WOULD JUST NATURALLY USE THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE EXISTING AND IT DOESN'T ADD MUCH DISTANCE AT ALL.

YEAH, IT'S JUST A CONSIDERATION AND CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SHADED, UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT FOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING, UH, MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE TAKING RIDE SHARES

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AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THERE A PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO CATCH A RIDE SHARE WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE FLOW WITHIN THE PARKING LOT? I KNOW A OR C CURRENTLY HAS A, A GREAT, UM, ACCESS OR RIDE ACCESS PROGRAM.

UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT NAME OF IT, UH, BUT THE RING ROAD WITH ACCESS TO THE EXISTING FACILITY, UM, OFFERS A, A SORT OF PSEUDO DROP OFF AREA, A LARGE PAVED AREA IN FRONT OF THE, THE MAIN, UM, FRONT ENTRANCE.

AND THEN THAT'S SORT OF THE GATEWAY OF THE CAMPUS RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO THIS PAVILION.

UM, THE REALLY, YOU WOULD ACCESS IT ANYWHERE ALONG THAT NORTH, UM, THOROUGHFARE OR SIDEWALK, UH, IN THE RING ROAD.

YEAH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, PREVALENCE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THAT LIKELY WILL BECOME EVEN MORE, UH, USED.

UM, THE OTHER THING TOO THAT I WANTED TO ASK, UH, IS, UM, LIKE EV CHARGING, IS THERE ANYTHING AS FAR AS LIKE EV CHARGING IN ANY OF THESE, UH, PARKING LOTS? WE'RE NOT SHOWING THAT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UH, YEAH.

I KNOW WE'VE SEEN, UH, SOME OF, UH, SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY LOOKING TO MEET THE SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENT WHERE THEY'VE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE EV PARKING, UM, AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS OVERFLOW PARKING.

SO IF, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU EXCEED THE CAPACITY FOR OVERFLOW PARKING OR FOR PARKING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, ON SITE, UH, WHAT WOULD THE OVERFLOW PARKING SITUATION BE AND WOULD THEY ACCESS THE SAME SIDEWALKS THAT WE SPOKE OF EARLIER? YEAH.

SO THAT'S REALLY IN THE SCOPE OF THAT WATERSHED PROJECT AND THAT CONNECTION TO THAT PARKING LOT.

THAT'S HOW, UM, THE VISION PLAN SEES THAT, UM, BEING HANDLED AT THIS PHASE, UH, IS ALSO PART OF THE CONTINUATION OF PHASE TWO, THAT RING ROAD GETS EXPANDED.

AND SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE LOCAL SITE, UM, THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PAVILION, THE EXISTING PHASE ONE BUILDING AND THE, THE FUTURE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AND I GUESS TO ADD TO THE, THAT'S WHEN I THINK THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AS PART OF THAT NEXT PROJECT, ADDING THOSE EV SPOTS AS THAT'S REALLY WHEN THE PARKING CHANGE WOULD BE MADE.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

I GUESS I JUST AM, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE YOU, ENCOURAGING YOU TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE WALKING THERE VERSUS THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS CONSIDER THEIR PERSPECTIVE WALKING FROM THEIR CAR TO THE FRONT DOOR.

IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HOWARD.

I GUESS I WOULD OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UM, THAT THIS DOES MEET THE CITY'S, UM, SUSTAINABILITY AND DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, UH, WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT IT APPROPRIATELY ACCOMMODATES INCREASED BICYCLE USAGE, UM, AND, AND INCREASED TRANSIT USAGE, AND IS ACCOMMODATING, UM, UH, APPROPRIATELY A ACCOMMODATING, UH, CIRCULATION THROUGH THE SITE AND ACROSS THE SITE IN FUTURE PHASES.

IT'S VERY LONG , FEEL FREE TO ABRIDGE .

UM, CAN YOU JUST READ IT AGAIN? I ASSUME YOU WROTE THIS DOWN HERE, .

WE'LL GET IT FROM THE RECORDING.

UM, I ACCEPT THIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, COMMISSIONER LUIN.

YEAH, JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE ORIGINAL MOTION LANGUAGE, UM, WAS SUSTAINA SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES AND WE ARE POSTED FOR THE CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS.

UM, AS STATED, WE'LL, CAN WE GET THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE RECORDING? ALRIGHT, SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ALL JUST TAKE A VOTE.

DO WE NEED TO RE IF WE COULD RESTATE THE, THE MAIN MOTION COMMISSIONER WILKINS? YES.

UH, HOPE I GOT THAT.

THE, UH, THAT IT COMPLIES WITH THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY AND DESIGN STANDARDS AND, AND I SECOND THAT WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, STATED FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS THROUGH THE SITE,

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ALL IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, THE, THE MOTION AND THE, UM, FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AND ALL RIGHT.

UH, ANY OPPOSED? NO.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL ON BOARD.