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[CALL TO ORDER]
I'M THE CHAIR OF OUR MOBILITY COMMITTEE, AND IT IS ONE O'CLOCK.SO FOR THE SAKE OF STARTING ON TIME, I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND WE ARE HERE IN AUSTIN CITY HALL.
I AM JOINED ON THE DAAS BY VICE CHAIR ZOE CADRE MEMBERS KRISTA LANE AND CHIEF VELA.
AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON JOINING US REMOTELY TODAY.
[Public Communication: General]
HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM RAY? YES.
IS IS THIS ON? OR? HELLO? YEAH.
YEAH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE FIRST CHART, PLEASE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION.
UM, WELL, I, I, I WON'T MAKE YOU SIT THERE AND WAIT, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, CHART SET THAT'S COMING UP AND I'LL JUST START TALKING ABOUT IT.
THE, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WALK SHEDS, UM, IN THE CONTEXT OF UNO.
AND, UH, LAST TIME WE CENTERED ON A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND THE NEW BUSINESS SCHOOL THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF MLK IN GUADALUPE AND WHAT THE RADIUS OF, OF, UH, POTENTIAL RESIDENCES WOULD BE THAT COULD GET FROM THEIR HOME TO THE CAMPUS, UH, CLASSROOM IN 10 MINUTES.
THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VIEW OF WALK SHEDS, WHICH IS LOOKING AT, UH, THE, UH, THREE QUARTER MILE WALK SHED FROM TWO DIFFERENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, BECAUSE 15 TO 20 MINUTES IS WHAT, UH, THE TARGET IS FOR OUTER WEST CAMPUS.
SO 7.75 MILES IS, IS WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE, THE CENTER HERE IS ON LEONE, UM, AND IT'S BASICALLY, UM, WHERE UT IS PUTTING TWO DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT PLANS FROM THE 2012 MASTER PLAN.
UH, TWO DIFFERENT SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THEY'VE ANNOUNCED IT, SO THEY ARE EXECUTING THEIR PLAN.
AND THIS SHOWS YOU, UM, WHERE SOMEBODY CAN GET TO IN THEORY, UM, IF THEY'RE WALKING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GONNA BE A STRAIGHT LINE BECAUSE FROM THE UNIVERSITY HOUSING EAST OF I 35, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WALKING OVER I 35, WHICH IS NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE FOR A WHILE UNTIL WE DO A CAP AND STITCH.
AND, AND SO ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND WHAT YOU TYPICALLY THINK OF AS UNO, THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S ON THE BORDER OR ON THE OUTER BORDER OF UNO THAT IS NOT YET INCLUDED IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNO THIS ROUND.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KINDA SHOW YOU, WELL, IN CONTRAST, HERE'S, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.
SO, UH, 0.75 MILES FROM, UM, LET'S SEE.
WHAT, WHAT DO I HAVE IS, IS THE ADDRESS, UM, FROM ROBINS PLACE, 1906 ROBINS PLACE WOULD GET YOU TO THIS PART OF CAMPUS.
SO IT'S A MUCH BROADER COVERAGE OF CAMPUS IN TERMS OF THE CLASSROOM SPACE, THE LIBRARIES, AND THE ACCESSIBILITY.
YOU COULD WALK FROM ROBIN'S PLACE TO ANY OF THESE, UH, CLASSROOM BUILDINGS AND ONLY CROSS GUADALUPE AND ONLY CROSS ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CONTRAST, UM, BETWEEN WHAT, UH, UT AND THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS ALREADY BOUGHT INTO THEIR PLAN AND WHAT THEY THINK A REASONABLE WALK IS FOR A STUDENT TO GET TO A CLASSROOM.
SO, UH, I'VE, THE, ON THIS CHART, I'M JUST SHOWING YOU AGAIN, THE, THE, THE FIRST TWO THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU NOW FOR ROBIN'S PLACE I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
IT HASN'T BEEN TRANSITIONED YET.
UM, IT IS, IT ISN'T A SINGLE FAMILY STREET.
IT HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE FAMILY STREET SINCE I'VE LIVED THERE.
IT'S BEING USED AS A COMPATIBILITY BUFFER.
UM, AND IT'S LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO CONTINUE TO USE IT AS A COMPATIBILITY BUFFER.
UM, COULD YOU JUST SHOW THE LAST CHART? AND THIS IS THE WEST SIDE, THE
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OTHER SIDE OF, OF THE STREET.THE NEXT ITEM UP WILL BE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
AND BEFORE WE TAKE UP THAT ITEM, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY.
UM, WE HAD THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO BRING UP ITEM FIVE AFTER NUMBER TWO.
SO WE'LL TAKE UP THE MINUTES, THE UPDATE FROM THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND THEN TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS THE BRIEFING ON APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION ON PUBLIC PROJECTS AS IT RELATES TO OUTREACH, SAFETY, AND MOBILITY.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE SHARED MICRO MOBILITY UPDATE.
AND THEN AFTER THOSE WE'LL HAVE OUR NORMAL STANDING ITEMS, WHICH ARE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND THE FUTURE ITEMS TO IDENTIFY.
SO WITH THAT, ITEM NUMBER ONE WILL BE
[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of March 20, 2025.]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING FROM MARCH 20TH, 2025.WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR CADRE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER TWO,
[2. Briefing from the Urban Transportation Commission regarding actions from the April 1, 2025, meeting. ]
THE UPDATE FROM THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGARDING ACTIONS FROM THEIR MEETING ON APRIL 1ST, 2025.DO WE HAVE CHAIR SUMMERS JOINING US? THERE WE GO.
I DON'T, LET ME SEE IF I CAN TURN ON MY CAMERA.
SO, UM, URBAN, UH, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WE DID HAVE OUR, UH, ANNUAL OR NOT ANNUAL, MONTHLY, UH, URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING ON APRIL 1ST, 2025.
AND SO QUICKLY, UM, THE ITEMS THAT WE COVER THERE, WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THE 26, UH, TEEN BOND CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
SO WE'RE GETTING REGULAR UPDATES ON THAT NOW, I THINK EVERY QUARTER, WHICH ARE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED THAT CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES IS COMING OUT TO US, UH, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND MONITOR IT.
AND WE'RE LEARNING A LOT FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FUTURE BOND, UM, UH, PLANNING.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US AS WELL BECAUSE, UM, I THINK UTC WILL PROBABLY MAKE A FUTURE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT, UM, FUTURE BONDING CYCLES WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY BONDS.
UM, WE DID, UH, HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CAMPO 2050, UH, REGIONAL MO TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, SO THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THAT.
SO THEY HAVE THE DRAFT PLAN OUT ON THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THAT JUST ENDED ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH.
UM, AND SO, UM, I DID WANNA SHARE WITH YOU OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, UTC.
UM, WE CAN SORT OF DIRECT INDIRECTLY INFLUENCE CAMPO, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH EITHER INFLUENCING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF CAMPO OR THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, INFLUENCING COUNCIL DIRECTION TO STAFF AND HOW STAFF WORK WITH CAMPO.
SO, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF CONTEMPLATING OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS.
AND WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT CAMPO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
BUT LET ME, UM, SEE IF I CAN JUST READ THIS OUT TO YOU VERY QUICKLY.
I'LL TRY TO BE MAYBE SUMMARIZE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, AS WE KNOW, UM, US CODE REQUIRES THAT, UM, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
AND SO CAMPO IS ENGAGED IN THE DRAFT, UH, 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE AUSTIN AREA.
UM, AND WE KNOW OUR REGION IS GROWING, UM, AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A KEY PART OF THAT.
AND CAMPO DOES WISH BY THEIR OWN STATEMENTS TO REDUCE V CAP PER CAPITA VEHICLE, MILES TRAVELED VMT, AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT THE TEX ROAD TO ZERO GOALS.
UM, AND WE KNOW AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS ALL, I'M JUST SORT OF SUMMARIZING OUR, WHEREAS THAT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED FOR CAPITA CONGESTION LEVELS, COMMUTE TIMES AND CRASHES IN THE REGION HAVE BEEN INCREASING, AND WE'RE NOT MEETING THE SAFETY TARGETS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE'S REGIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN.
AND WE KNOW THAT HIGHWAYS, UH, EXPANDING HIGHWAYS LEADS TO DEVELOPMENTAL SPRAWL TRAFFIC INCREASE AIR POLLUTION PER CAPITA VNT INCREASE, AND IT ALSO DOESN'T RELIEVE CONGESTION.
AND, UH, WE, THE CAMPO 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN ACTUALLY PROPOSES ADDING OVER 300, 3000 NEW LANE MILES, WHICH IS A 26% INCREASE IN ROADWAY CAPACITY.
UM, AND THAT IT ALSO PROPOSES TO, UM, INCLUDES THE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT, WHICH ADDS FOUR TO SEVEN LANES TO MOPAC BETWEEN ENFIELD AND SLAUGHTER.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE TXDOT 180 3 EXPANSION DESCRIBED.
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IT WOULD ADD ONE MAIN LANE AND THREE FRONTAGE ROAD LANES IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY AND STATE 71 AND STATE HIGHWAY ONE 30 ON 180 3.AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS.
SO CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 20 24 1 2 1 2 DASH 0 6 6 REQUESTED THAT C-T-R-M-A, UH, THE CAPITAL, UH,
AND REQUESTED THAT THE RESULTING PROJECT FOR MOPAC SOUTH NOT INCREASE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED NOR GREENHOUSE GALSON MISSIONS.
AND WHEREAS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ALL WHO WAS THE THAT RESOLUTION SPONSOR IN DECEMBER, AND ALSO COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AREA FOLLOWED UP WITH A LETTER REQUESTING THE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT INCLUDE NO MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND WHEREAS ALSO TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT REQUESTED C-T-R-M-A PRODUCE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT WITH A THOROUGH STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
AND WHEREAS, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS RESOLUTION, C-T-R-M-A HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO MODIFY THE PROJECT OR COMMIT TO PERFORMING A FULL EIS.
AND WHEREAS RTP ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE LIMITED SIDEWALKS, THIS IS THE CAMPO PLAN DRAFT PLAN, IT NOW ACKNOWLEDGES THAT LIMITED SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES ARE A CHALLENGE TO SAFE TRANSPORTATION.
AND ALSO IN THIS PLAN, CAMPO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOCATE CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNDS LIKE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANTS TO A RIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING TRANSIT, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY.
AND WHERE IT IS ALSO IN THE COMMON INTEREST OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO BE AC BASED ON ACCURATE FORECASTING, MODELING AND
WHEREAS PREVIOUS LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, CAMPO USED THIS MODELING SYSTEM CALLED URBAN SIM, UM, IN COMBINATION WITH THE STATE DEMOGRAPHER'S DATA.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING TO INCORPORATE THE, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF REGIONAL TRENDS.
BUT FOR THE CAMPO 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, CAMPO DIDN'T USE URBAN SIM, AT LEAST NOT IN THE SAME WAY.
AND THE DATA USED TO DETERMINE THE DETAILED POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRIBUTION FOR EACH COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN SHARED PUBLICLY.
MAYBE IT HA I DON'T THINK IT, AT TIME OF OUR MEETING APRIL 1ST, IT HAD NOT BEEN.
AND WHEREAS IN PREVIOUS RTPS, THE CAMPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ATTACK HADN'T AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC FORECAST AND METHODOLOGIES USED.
BUT FOR THIS CYCLE, CAMPO 2050 PLANNING, THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR DEDICATED FEEDBACK ON THE FORECASTING MODELING.
AND SO HERE ARE OUR RESOLUTIONS.
SO WE RECOMMEND THE FUTURE FOR FOLLOWING, FOR FUTURE CAMPO RTP.
SO WE DON'T ADVISE CAMPO, UM, THEY CAN LISTEN TO US OR NOT LISTEN TO US.
BUT, UH, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SIT REPRESENT US ON CAMPO OR CITY STAFF COULD LISTEN TO US AS UTC.
WE RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING THAT FOR FUTURE RTPS CAMPO PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL USERS.
THEY PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS, UH, FOR, FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
THEY PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT RESULT IN PEOPLE LIVING CLOSER TO EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DEPRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT INCREASE VEHICLE CAPACITY, THAT THEY DEPRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT WILL RESULT IN PEOPLE NEEDING TO TRAVEL GREATER DISTANCES TO REACH EMPLOYMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THAT THEY INCLUDE IN THE RTP ABOUT INFORMATION ABOUT WEATHER GOALS AND THE PREVIOUS RTPS HAVE BEEN MET.
AND THEY INCLUDE IN A SECTION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE RTP AND, UH, MITIGATION MEASURES, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE MOPAC SOUTH EXPANSION BE REMOVED FROM THE CAMPO 2050 RTP OR AMEND IT FROM UP TO TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION TO UP TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE 180 3 PROJECT AS DESCRIBED SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CAMPO 2050 RTP, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
LOOKING AHEAD FOR FUTURE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS, WE RECOMMEND THAT CAMPO SHOULD SHARE ALL DATA AND MODELING METHODS USED IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC FORECAST WITH THE PUBLIC, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT DURING EACH LONG-TERM REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESS, THE CITY OF AUSTIN TECH MEMBERS IN CONSULTATION WITH ANY OTHER RELEVANT STAFF SHOULD REVIEW THE DEMOGRAPHIC FORECAST BEING USED IN THE RTP FOR ACCURACY.
THIS IS A BIG CONCERN THAT THE, THE FORECAST HAVE CONSISTENTLY OVERESTIMATED INCREASES IN POPULATION IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS OUTSIDE AUSTIN AND HAVE UNDERESTIMATED INCREASING POPULATION, UM, WITHIN AUSTIN.
AND THIS DOES COME FROM THE STATE DEMOGRAPHER'S DATA.
WE'RE NOT REALLY CLEAR ON THE MODELING USED THIS CYCLE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A TREND OF THEIR FORECASTS AND THEY DON'T REALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALSO CHANGES THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR CITY GOVERNANCE IN TERMS OF HOUSING
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CAPACITY OR ZONING CAPACITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.UM, OTHER, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACTUALLY ADVOCATE FOR THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, FORECASTS TO BE ALTERED.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN COULD CONSIDER DOING IF WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GROW MORE.
UM, WE ALSO RECOMMEND THEY MAKE USE OF SCENARIO PLANNING FOR POPULATION FORECASTS SO AS TO BETTER REFLECT THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ON DIFFERENT GROWTH SCENARIOS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME UTC HAS RECOMMENDED THIS.
UTC RECOMMENDED THIS THE LAST, FOR THE LAST REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE 2045.
SO THIS IS TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ARE, WHAT WE ARE PUTTING INTO THE PLAN, ACTUALLY DETERMINING WHAT THE GROWTH IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE'RE BUILDING LOTS OF ROADS IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, THEN PROBABLY THERE'S GOING NEW ROADS OVER GREENFIELD.
THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND GROWTH IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.
WHEREAS IF WE DIDN'T FUND AND DO THAT, THERE MAY NOT BE NOT TO PICK ON DRIPPING SPRINGS JUST USING A MUNICIPALITY THERE.
UM, SO THEY REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT SCENARIO PLANNING FOR HOW THE DECISIONS THEY'RE MAKING ACTUALLY FOSTER THE GROWTH.
AND IF THEY COULD MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS, THE GROWTH MAY LOOK DIFFERENT.
UM, AND THEN IMPROVE THEIR TRAFFIC DEMAND MODEL.
SO THEY ADEQUATELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACTS OF INDUCED DEMAND AND REFLECT THE FACT THAT INCREASES IN ROADWAY CAPACITY INCREASE.
VMT, WHICH IS A GOAL THEY SAY THEY WANT.
THEY DON'T WANNA INCREASE VMT AND PER CAPITA VIA VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
UM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S A PROCESS.
THE CITY I THINK NEEDS TO ASSERT ITSELF MORE IN OUR WAYS TO DO THAT.
IN CAMPO, WE KIND OF ARE OUTVOTED IN CAMPO, BUT I THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, UM, TO INCREASE, UH, TO HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THE NEXT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH I GUESS WOULD BE 2055.
SO THAT'S, UH, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT THERE.
WE ALSO, UH, HAD A RIGHT OF WAY VACATION THAT WE DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, A LOT OF IT IS ACTUALLY ITEMS THAT WE RECOMMENDED LAST YEAR THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT IN JUST YET.
SO, UM, I WILL JUST READ THOSE QUICKLY.
IT'S INCREASED THE CAPACITY OF LIVING STREETS PROGRAM TO BUILD OUT ADDITIONAL 72 ACTIVATIONS.
THIS IS WHAT LIVING STREETS HAS INDICATED THAT THEY COULD FEASIBLY DO AT THEIR CURRENT STAFFING CAPACITY.
SO WE ALL FELT WE SHOULD BE AT LEAST DOING AT LEAST THAT MUCH, UM, FUNDING TO PURCHASE, UH, TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY SERVICE OFFICERS TO MORE EFFICIENTLY TICKET VEHICLES AND IMPLEMENT THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT FOR ILLEGAL P AND BAR PARKING AND BIKEWAYS, WHICH IS, UH, REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 20 24, 0 4, 0 4 DASH 0 4 0, WORK WITH AUSTIN POLICE APARTMENT TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL MERIDIAN ARCHER MOVABLE STREET BARRICADES, WHICH ENHANCE PADE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THESE ARE USED, UM, WE DID ACTUALLY PURCHASE SOME, BUT THESE ARE USED DURING DOWNTOWN EVENTS.
THEY INCREASED SAFETY, UM, AND THEY HAD BEEN RENTING THESE, AND SO PURCHASING THEM ALLOWS THEM TO DEPLOY THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE AT WILL, WHICH IS NICE.
SO THOSE WERE ALL THINGS, THOSE PRIOR THINGS WERE IN OUR LAST RECOMMENDATION AND WE'RE CARRYING THEM FORWARD SINCE THEY WEREN'T MET YET.
THIS OTHER ONE WE, UM, ADDED BY AMENDMENT IN THE, UH, MEETING, IT'S ACTUALLY INCREASED THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR SIDEWALKS AND URBAN TRAILS FROM 5.4 MILLION TO AT LEAST 7.5 MILLION, PROVIDING STAFF DISCRETION IN WHICH PROGRAM TO ALLOCATE THE NEWLY AVAILABLE FUNDS.
SO SIDEWALKS AND URBAN TRAIL MAINTENANCE IS A HUGE, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE BUILDING A LOT OF SIDEWALKS THROUGH OUR ANNUAL MOBILITY PLAN, BUT WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT REALLY HAVING THE MA MAINTENANCE MONEY.
OUR MAINTENANCE BILL IS PROBABLY MORE, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER OUR DISCUSSION.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE 25 MILLION IF WE'RE REALLY KEEPING UP.
SO BASICALLY EVERY YEAR WE'RE NOT SPENDING THAT, WE'RE GOING FARTHER IN THE HOME.
TPW HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT WE'RE SPENDING ON MAINTENANCE BY ABOUT A MILLION EACH BUDGET CYCLE WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE HERE, WHICH STILL VERY MUCH DOES NOT GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT THAT'S NEEDED.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADDED AS WELL.
UM, LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR AGENDA, WE ELECTED, UH, OUR OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME APPOINTMENTS TO OTHER COMMITTEES THAT ARE LIKE COMPOSED BY APPOINTEES OF OTHER COMMITTEES.
SO THAT IS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE HAD.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? VICE CHAIR CADRY DOES, AND THEN KRISTA LANE AFTER THAT.
UM, I MEAN, ONE QUESTION, BUT JUST ONE GENERAL, I GUESS OBSERVATION MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL AND MAYOR PRO TEMP FUENTES ARE ALL, ARE PART OF CAMPO.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE HONOR OR THE JOY OF SEEING A CAMPO MEETING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ROUGH SOMETIMES.
UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US, UH, FROM AUSTIN, WHO ARE I THINK PUSHING FOR A LOT OF SENSIBLE THINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES ARE,
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ARE RAILROADED.BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MYSELF AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE AND OTHERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING RESOLUTIONS TO THE MAY CAMPO MEETING, UH, TO IMPROVE THE RRTP, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE WE SEE THE, THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF IT.
UH, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST MY GENERAL COMMENT, BUT I HAD, I HAD A QUESTION, AND IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR STAFF UNLESS THE, UH, THE CHAIR CAN ANSWER IT, BUT I I, I HAD HEARD THAT APD IS ORDERING MORE MERIDIAN BARRIERS AND I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THOSE COULD BE USED FOR OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
SO MAYBE STAFF MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER.
WE WERE, WE ORIGINALLY HAD A SPECIFIC NUMBER, 'CAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD A NUMBER THAT WE WANTED TO ORDER AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME WERE ORDERED, SO WE JUST SAID LIKE, MORE, LIKE ENOUGH TO MEET WHAT CITY STAFF GENERALLY NEEDS.
UM, AND I THINK LIKE, YES, AND WE, LIKE OUR RECOMMENDATION ALSO SAYS LIKE, WORKING WITH A PD, SO STAFF MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT STATUS IS AND HOW MANY ARE STILL NEEDED TO REALLY RUN THE EVENTS SAFELY DOWNTOWN.
DOES ANYONE ON STAFF HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT? I SEE DIRECT TO MENDOZA COMING UP.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR, RICHARD MENDOZA, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
APDS LEADING THAT PROCUREMENT.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE FROM A PD IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND FORWARD IT.
I KNOW WE HAVE RECENTLY APPROVED, APPROVED MORE, UH, OF, OF THOSE DEVICES.
AND SO IF WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET EVEN MORE, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE AT THIS POINT.
UH, AND, AND I HAVE A CONTINUATION OF THE QUESTION, AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER IT, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS AROUND THE LIVING STREETS PROGRAM, UH, ABOUT ALTERNATIVES OF WHAT TO USE.
WOULD MERIDIAN BARRIERS BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR THAT? THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
WE'VE NOT LOOKED AT THAT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THERE IS MORE LOGISTICS, UH, IN TERMS OF COSTS IN AND MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO, UH, MOBILIZE THOSE DEVICES.
I DON'T HAVE WHAT THAT NUMBER IS RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D BE GLAD TO DO THAT.
IF, IF I COULD ADD ONE THING TOO, IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD FROM LIVING STREETS, UM, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT UTC ACTIVELY, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOOLS THAT LIVING STREETS, UH, PROGRAM MANAGERS HAVE TO IMPLEMENT, THE LIVING STREETS ARE VERY MUCH DETERMINED BY TRANSPORTATION REGULATION, AND THEY TEND TO LOOK VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE KI CONSTRUCTION STUFF LIKE ORANGE BARRELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THERE'S BEEN, UM, SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN LIKE, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF IT COULD BE MORE, YOU KNOW, LESS CONSTRUCTION FEELING AND MORE LIKE COMMUNITY FEELING, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY MEET TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THE TREATMENTS, WHAT KINDS OF TEMPORARY TREATMENTS CAN, UM, KIND OF DO THE JOB THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO KEEP THE LIVING STREETS SAFE, BUT ALSO LIKE REALLY CREATE A SENSE OF FEELING OF COMMUNITY AND NOT LIKE INCREASE A SENSE OF DANGER.
SO, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I'M NOT A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING WHEN WE'VE DISCUSSED LIVING STREETS.
I THINK WE HAD KRISTA LANE NEXT, AND THEN NATASHA HARPER.
I I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR WORK, UH, UH, YOUR VOLUNTEERING AND SUPPORT OF THE GOALS OF OUR CITY AND, UM, BEING FAIRLY NEW TO CITY COUNCIL, ALSO FAIRLY NEW TO THE CAMPO BOARD.
I, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND INPUT AROUND CAMPO AND HOW TO WORK EFFECTIVELY.
UM, I I WANT TO SHARE A FEW COMMENTS.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THIS IS GONNA LEAD TO A QUESTION OR NOT YET, BUT, UM, I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, SO I REPRESENT THE NORTHERN SUBURBS AND NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS, 60% WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ADJACENT TO BOTH CEDAR PARK AND ROUND ROCK.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WORKING HARD TO DO IN CITY COUNCIL AND AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, IS BUILD UP SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH WILCO AND SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY IN AN UPWARD AND POSITIVE DIRECTION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION IN THESE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE BOTH OUTLYING AND, UH, AND, AND UNDERSERVED IN WAYS THAT MANY PARTS OF OUR CITY ARE AS IT RELATES TO SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE PATHS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, BOTH VISIBLY AND NOT VISIBLY, UH, THERE WAS A LOT THAT YOU INCLUDE IN THERE THAT RESONATES VERY STRONGLY WITH THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SHARED USE PATHS, AND ESPECIALLY ALONG SOME OF THE SEX, THE TDOT, UM, ROADS HAS BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF MINE, UH, AS I'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
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AND SOME OF THOSE ONES THAT ARE ON MY RADAR, RADAR OUT IN THOSE, UH, OUTLYING AREAS ARE, UH, 180 3 6 20, WHICH LITERALLY HAS A DIRT PATH WORN BESIDE IT WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUMPING OVER DISHES.UM, PARMER, UM, UH, ONE EIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID 180 3, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.
UM, SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
AND I AM ALSO REALLY THINKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION CONVERSATIONS, LIKE AS IT RELATES TO CABIN STITCH AND THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY OF REVENUE SOURCES AND WAYS TO USE THESE GAPS AS OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD MORE DIVERSITY OF REVENUE FOR SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
AND IN PARTICULAR, MAKING OLD SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD SAFER FOR, UM, PEOPLE ON FOOT AND BIKE IS AN AREA WHERE I SEE OPPORTUNITY AND SIX 20 POTENTIALLY OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL DONATIONS AND INTEREST.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT OUT LOUD SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S ON MY RADAR.
AND THEN ALSO, IF ANYONE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP ELEVATE, UM, ANY OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS, UH, FOR THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST AREAS THAT I JUST LISTED OFF INSIDE OF AUSTIN ON THE STAFF SIDE CAP METRO TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, INTERESTINGLY, I HAVE BETTER, UH, EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY THAN I DO IN SOME WAYS IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO HELP ME PLEASE,
UM, AND THEN LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I WANTED TO MENTION THERE.
UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 72 ACTIVATIONS OF LIVING STREETS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS WELL.
NATASHA, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I DO.
I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR BRIEFINGS.
IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S CONCISE, BUT FULL OF INFORMATION AND, UM, SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, FOR WHOM MOBILITY REALLY IS NOT OUR FIRST LANGUAGE, YOU REALLY MAKE IT EASY TO FOLLOW ALONG.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TPD, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UH, SAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERABLY MORE AGGRESSIVE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY.
YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND, AND IT IS POSSIBLE, I ALWAYS FLUB WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
SO, UM, I THINK YOU MIGHT, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE MAINTENANCE FOR SIDEWALK AND URBAN TRAILS, CORRECT.
AND YOU SAID, AND, AND TODAY TPDW HAS BEEN ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID RESERVE SOMETHING A MILLION, LEMME CLARIFY THAT.
LET ME TRY TO MAKE SURE I SAID IT RIGHT.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, UM, OH, OH, AND DIRECTOR MENDOZA IS THERE, HE CAN ALSO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN INCREASING AND WHICH WAS VERY APPRECIATED EACH, UH, BUDGET CYCLE.
THEY'VE BEEN INCREASING THE AMOUNT FOR, UH, BY ABOUT A MILLION A YEAR.
SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE YEAR IT WAS FOUR, THE NEXT YEAR'S, FIVE NEXT YEAR'S SIX KIND OF LIKE INCREMENTALLY INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR SIDEWALK AND URBAN TRAIL MAINTENANCE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THE, LIKE, IT'S KIND OF A CHALLENGING SITUATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY, UM, SINCE THE 2016 BOND AND EVEN FURTHER BOND CYCLES, WE'RE REALLY QUITE AGGRESSIVELY BUILDING MORE SIDEWALKS IN URBAN TRAILS, RIGHT? WE'RE FUNDING THOSE PLANS, WE'RE GETTING THOSE, UH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE IS NOT MEETING THE NEED, THE NEED OF MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WAS LIKE 25 OR 30 MILLION A YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSAL FOR OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS TO, I'M GONNA PULL IT UP RIGHT HERE, WAS TO INCREASE THE, UH, BUDGET MAINTENANCE, THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR SIDEWALKS AND URBAN TRAILS FROM 5.4 MILLION WE'RE SUGGESTING TO 7.5 MILLION.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE INCREASE THAN WHAT TPW HAS BEEN DOING.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE UTC MEETING DIRECTOR MOZZA ISS THERE, HE CAN TELL YOU THAT IS DEFINITELY, UH, AN INGRE AGGRESSIVE INCREASE FOR TPW AS OUR UNDERSTANDING.
NOW I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WERE, MAYBE I, I THINK MAYBE WHAT YOU SAID WAS AN INCREASE IN DOLLARS TOWARDS, AND WHAT I HEARD WAS SAVINGS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THERE.
YEAH, THAT TOTALLY ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
AND SO THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, OR ACTUALLY MY SECOND THING IS A COMMENT, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND CHAIR, I'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I GOT TO WATCH COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE LAST NIGHT AT THE HELLER AWARDS AT THE LONG CENTER, UM, PRESENT AN AWARD.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE HELLER AWARDS, IT'S LIKE THE GRAMMYS FOR PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, FROM AROUND THE REGION.
IT WAS JUST, IT WAS SUPER COOL.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER, CORY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
I WILL SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAD THE BEST OUTFIT.
IT WAS, I WAS SITTING SO FAR AWAY THAT I COULD SEE THE SPARKLES.
SO I GOT A TEXT
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ANDERSON AND SHE SAID, I CAN SEE YOU FROM THE MEZZANINESO YEAH, I WAS SHINY, BUT BACK TO BUSINESS.
SO ON MY WAY HOME FROM ABOVE SET EVENT, UM, WE WERE IN ONE OF THE ALIEN CARS, WHICH BY THE WAY, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT.
I AM, OH, BLAH, I'M NEVER RIDING IN A CAR WITHOUT A HUMAN IN IT.
I DO MY MAKEUP IN THE ALIEN CAR ON THE WAY TO CITY HALL.
LIKE THE ALIEN CAR IS THE ONLY WAY I'LL EVER GO AGAIN.
UM, AND SO MAYBE NOT, I ACTUALLY LIKE TALKING SOMETIMES ANY WHOEL JUST SAYING IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AT SOME POINT, THAT'D GREAT CHAIR.
UM, BUT ON THE WAY HOME, MY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE KEPT GETTING CONFUSED.
AND SO I FINALLY LOOKED UP, I WAS LOOKING DOWN DOING SOMETHING, AND I FINALLY LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THERE WAS A MAN MOVING THE, UM, LIVING STREETS BARRICADES, ACTIVELY DOING SO TO CONFUSE THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND MAKE IT SO THERE WAS CONFUSION BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, AND DRIVER OPERATED VEHICLES.
FORTUNATELY IT WAS RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CEMETERY BETWEEN BOB HARRISON NAVASOTA, THAT GENERAL LITTLE AREA.
THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING, IT'S SLOW GOING.
I CALLED 3 1 1, THEY TOLD ME TO CALL 9 1 1 9 1 1.
I, I PRESUME RESPONDED THAT SAID, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT SOMEHOW, AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO TO ADDRESS IT WITH.
AND THEN DEPENDING UPON WHAT THAT RESPONSE SOUNDS LIKE, I WONDER CHAIR IF WE MIGHT WANNA HAVE A JOINT CONSIDERATION WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
'CAUSE IN MY MIND'S EYE, THAT'S A SAFETY HAZARD.
THERE SHOULD BE SOME PUNITIVE ACTION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THAT BEHAVIOR.
BUT I DON'T WANNA JUMP STRAIGHT TO PUNITIVE, MAYBE SO MUCH AS FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD TO LET THE GENERAL CITIZENRY KNOW.
WE ANTICIPATE YOU WON'T TOUCH THESE ONCE THEY'RE PLANTED BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS DETERMINED WHERE THEY NEED IT TO BE LOCATED.
YOU CAN'T JUST AT WILL MOVE THEM.
THAT, I MEAN, THAT TOUCHES ON A BUNCH OF POLICY AREAS.
I'M SURE LIVING STREETS COULD EXPLAIN.
THERE ARE SOME ACTIVATIONS LIKE A PLAY STREET WHERE YOU, THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY IS TASKED WITH LIKE PUTTING OUT A BARRIER AND REMOVING IT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PLAY STREET IS ACTIVE AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE TRAINING, I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT PUT OUT THE BARRIERS TAKE TRAINING TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT A LIVING STREET IS SUPPOSED TO BE BASICALLY A, YOU KNOW, A SEMI-PERMANENT INSTALLATION.
IT'S, IT'S APPROVED FOR, YOU KNOW, A GIVEN AMOUNT OF TIME, MONTHS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY, AND PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE REALLY CERTAIN FIT IN WITH THAT.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T RESPOND WELL TO LIKE SOMEBODY DIRECTING TRAFFIC BY HAND OF, OF EXACTLY.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IF SOMEONE WAS INTENTIONALLY CONFUSING THOSE USING CITY PROPERTY, THAT DOES SEEM LIKE A PRETTY BIG CONCERN.
I DON'T HAVE MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE A EMERGING POLICY AREA THAT WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE TOGETHER.
I, YOU KNOW, ARE LIKE, WHEN WE CREATIVELY STARTED TALKING ABOUT GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, JUST A SECOND.
I THINK WE SHOULD ELSE JUST A SECOND.
I, I, I THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS, IS DULY NOTED AND WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN GET TO THE OTHER FIVE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO COVER TODAY.
BUT I KNOW THAT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IS DEFINITELY A GOOD, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THOSE, THOSE TWO ISSUES.
BUT WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE UTC CHAIR? ACTUALLY, THAT ONE QUESTION WASN'T FOR THE UTC CHAIR
UM, AND SO MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SAVED IT FOR, FOR AFTER IT WAS JUST A QUESTION THAT I HAD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTED AT THE UPC CHAIR.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION THAT'S EVOLVING AND I THINK THERE MAY BE MORE PARTIES THAT NEED TO COMMUNICATE IN THAT SPACE.
AND SO, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THAT INTO EITHER ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING OR SET UP SOMETHING ON THE SIDE WHERE WE CAN KIND OF UNPACK, UM, ANY OF THE ISSUES AROUND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND, AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
'CAUSE I KNOW FOR A FEW MONTHS IT'S BEEN, UM, SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
[5. Briefing on approach to construction coordination on public projects as it relates to outreach, safety, and mobility.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE BRIEFING ON APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION ON PUBLIC PROJECTS AS IT RELATES TO OUTREACH, SAFETY AND MOBILITY.GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
JIM DALE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO DO THIS, BUT HE'S TAKEN SOME WELL EARNED TIME OFF, SO I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO STAND IN HIS STEAD.
OKAY, SO THE TOPIC FOR OUR, OUR, UH, AGENDA ITEM.
AND, UH, I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, ON OUR EFFORTS SURROUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
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I'M ALSO GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT, AND I DID MAKE MENTION OF THIS AT LAST MONTH'S DIRECTOR'S REPORT OF ACTIVE WORK THAT MY TEAM HAS BEEN, UM, COLLABORATING WITH THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT TEAM TO MANAGE, UH, IMPENDING CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC AROUND THAT.UM, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED IN LARGE CONSTRUCTION, UH, PROJECT.
I'M GONNA ASK MY, UM, DIVISION MANAGER RIGHT AWAY, MANAGEMENT MS. AMIKA BOSE, UH, TO, UH, PITCH HIT AND HELP ME WITH THAT, UH, PRESENTATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CPP.
SO FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP, UH, PROGRAM, THIS IS A JOINT AGENCY EFFORT, AND IT'S BEEN IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
AND IT'S AN EFFORT TO PREPARE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND OUR CITY OF AUSTIN REGION FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS GONNA BE AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
AND SO WE HAVE THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED, UH, OF THE CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
AND THEY INCLUDE STREAMLINING COMMUNICATION AND ENHANCED COORDINATION AMONGST THE VARIOUS AGENCY PARTNERS, HELP PEOPLE MANAGE THE IMPACTS OF THAT INTENSE CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR DAILY LIVES, AS WELL AS ON THEIR DAILY COMMUTES.
AND THEN FINALLY, BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND SUCCESS, UH, FOR OUR REGION.
OKAY, SO WHEN WE SAY INTERAGENCY, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WELL, THESE, THIS MEANS THE PRIMARY AGENCY PARTNERS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS PLANNED THROUGH 2033 HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND I'LL JUST GO ACROSS THE TOP AND, AND THEN THE BOTTOM AND GIVE A, A BRIEF, UH, OUTLINE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS BEGINNING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE I 35 CAPEX PROJECT.
AND OF COURSE, THAT CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR PARTNER CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE CAN, AND WE ARE VERY ACTIVE RIGHT NOW IN COMPLETING, UM, THE BULK OF THE 2016 MOBILITY BONDS AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, WHICH WILL BE EXPANDING, UH, THEIR CONVENTION CENTER, UH, DOWNTOWN.
THEY'RE A KEY PARTNER IN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
AND SO WHAT THEY DO, OF COURSE, IS ADMINISTER TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL AS A STEP.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PLANNING, UH, STUDIES AROUND TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
SO THEY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE CPP CAT METRO, OF COURSE, IS IN THE MIDST OF IMPLEMENTING PROJECT CONNECT, PRIMARILY THE EXPANSION OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE EXPO LINE, UH, NOR, UH, AS WELL AS THE PLEASANT VALLEY LINES.
TRAVIS COUNTY HAS A FULL PLATE OF, UH, BOND FUNDED PROJECTS AS WELL PLANNED FOR THIS TIMELINE.
AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP IS ACTIVELY MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS, UH, THEY'VE GOT THEIR DRAFT EIS NOW FOR THEIR LIGHT RAIL, UH, MASS TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY.
C-H-R-M-A IS ACTIVELY, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE SOUTH MOPAC HOV LANES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S, UH, FAIRLY APPARENT WHY THIS IS NEEDED.
UM, YOU TAKE ALL THESE TOGETHER AND IT'S OVER 35 SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, MANY IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE, UH, REPRESENTING ABOUT $20 BILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDING INVESTMENTS AND REINVESTING REINVESTMENTS IN MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE MUST COLLABORATE, WE MUST COORDINATE TO AVOID STEPPING ON EACH OTHER.
SO THIS IS A MAP DEPICTING, UH, THE PROJECTS I JUST DESCRIBED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A CONCENTRATION IN CENTRAL AUSTIN, BUT THEY DO, UH, EXPAND INTO JUST ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE, UH, MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE TAKING PLACE CONCURRENTLY TO INCLUDE THE I 35, THE LIGHT RAIL AND EXPANDED BUS, RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS BY THE CITY ON BUS AND COUNTY
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ON A BUSY CITY AND COUNTY CORRIDORS NOT LISTED HERE, OF COURSE, AS WE HAVE TWO, UH, MAJOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS.PLAN FOR, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AIRPORT AND CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSIONS PLANS, EXTENSIONS OF THE TOLLED EXPRESS LANES ON MOPAC, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS TOO SMALL TO READ, BUT WHEN YOU EXPAND THIS OUT INTO SUBPROJECTS FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR ENTITIES, UM, AGAIN, THE MAP ON THE LEFT, BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, THE PLAN, UH, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, WITH MANY TO BE DETERMINED, IT'S QUITE APPARENT THAT ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA OCCUR IN OVERLAPPING, UH, SEQUENCE.
AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE, UH, COORDINATE IN PARTNERSHIP TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THEIR DAILY LIVES AND DAILY COMMUTES.
SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? SO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A STRATEGY OF FOUR MAJOR ITEMS AND OBJECTIVES TO MANAGE THAT IMPENDING CONSTRUCTION.
FIRST, WE'RE GONNA COORDINATE OUR CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN AND INFORM PUBLIC WITH REAL TIME INFORMATION.
WE'RE GONNA USE EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO MANAGE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR OPERATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE THOSE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IMPACTS, UH, IN REAL TIME.
STARTING WITH THE COORDINATING CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, FIRST, UH, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ACTIVELY, AND OUR, OUR MULTI-AGENCY TEAM HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON CREATING A PLATFORM FOR SHARING PROJECT INFORMATION, INCLUDING SCOPE SCHEDULES AND ANTICIPATED LANE CLOSURES.
WE'VE ELECTED, INSTEAD OF INVENTING A WHOLE NEW PLATFORM TO USE ONE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, TRIED AND TESTED BY TDOT IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
AND, UM, I'LL COVER THAT IN A FOLLOWING SLIDE.
BUT WE ALSO WILL USE THIS PLATFORM TO PERFORM PROJECT DATA ANALYTICS, WHICH WILL AID IN OUR AGENCY DECISION MAKING TO ENSURE WE DO NOT INADVERTENTLY GRIDLOCK THE CITY.
AND WE MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE CONSTRUCTION AND LATE CLOSURE INFO TO THE PUBLIC WITH ONE VOICE.
THE PUBLIC, WHEN THEY GET OUT AND ENCOUNTER CONSTRUCTION, THEY DON'T KNOW, NOR DO THEY CARE, UH, WHAT AGENCY IS MANAGING THAT CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ONLY KNOW THE IMPACTS TO THEIR DAILY COMMUTE.
NEXT, IT'S THE COMMUNICATIONS IS GONNA BE SO CRITICAL TO KEEPING OUR PUBLIC INFORMED OF THIS IMPENDING, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
AND SO WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR AGENCY PARTNERS, UH, WE'RE UTILIZING, UH, THE APPLICATION I'VE MENTIONED PRIOR.
IT'S A TXDOT APPLICATION CALLED CTX GO.
CTX GO IS GONNA BE THE CONDUIT BY WHICH WE CAN, UM, UH, PROMPTLY AND SEAMLESSLY SHARE, UH, REAL TIME LANE CLOSURES AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THROUGH THREE MAIN MEANS, AND THEY ARE THE MOBILE APP, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS IN A PILOT PHASE.
IF YOU GO ON YOUR SMART DEVICE AND SEARCH IN YOUR APP, CTX GO, IT'LL BRING UP THIS APPLICATION YOU CAN, UH, GO THROUGH IN A, A PILOT, UH, TEST MODE NOW.
AND THIS APP, UH, WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, AND WE CAN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS TO GET TRAFFIC LANE CLOSURE AND CONGESTION UPDATES, UH, ON THE GO.
WE'RE ALSO ESTABLISHING A WEBSITE TO PROVIDE THIS REAL TIME AND FUTURE TRAFFIC CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION SO OUR COMMUNITY AND TRAVELERS CAN PLAN THEIR TRIPS AHEAD OF TIME.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY A HOTLINE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN CONTACT US IN A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR INQUIRIES.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS TOOL AFFECTING OUR CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM GOALS.
AGAIN, THIS APPLICATION IS IN A PILOT PHASE AND WE ARE ACTIVELY CONDUCTING, UH, FOCUS GROUP TESTING, UH, WITH A EXPECTED LAUNCH TO COME AT A LATER TIME AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE, UH, FOCUS GROUP TESTS.
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WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE THIS IMPENDING CONSTRUCTION IS UTILIZING, UH, MANAGING TRANSPORTATION DEMAND.SO TDM TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROVIDES PEOPLE ALTERNATIVES TO THEIR COMMUTE DECISIONS OUTSIDE OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY, UH, VEHICLES.
UM, AS WE REPORTED IN A PRIOR MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, OUR TEAM WAS SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A 47 AND CHANGE MILLION, BLESS YOU.
UM, UH, EPA GRANT, UH, FOR CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION, THAT INCLUDES THREE KEY MEASURES AND STRATEGIES.
UH, THIS GRANT, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN FULLY EXECUTED, UH, WITH THE EPA AND WE'RE, OUR TEAM IS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO MOVE FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTATION, UH, ON THESE MEASURES.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS TO IMPROVE EXISTING SERVICES.
SO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CAP METRO AND CARTS, WE'LL LOOK TO EXPAND FREQUENCIES OR ROUTES IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE MAY EXPECT TO BE, UH, MOSTLY IMPACTED, UH, BY THE CONSTRUCTION.
MEASURE TWO IS TO INVEST IN THAT TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THE AMOUNTS ARE RIGHT BELOW EACH ONE OF THESE MEASURES.
THIS INCLUDES SOME INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO CREATE WHAT WE CALL MOBILITY HUBS SO THAT FOLKS CAN SEAMLESSLY AND SAFELY ACCESS, UH, TRANSIT OPTIONS TO, UH, CONDUCT THEIR DAILY COMMUTES RATHER THAN SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CAP COG TO ENHANCE OUR AIR QUALITY MEASURES SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE THE BENEFITS OF THESE, UH, CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT, UH, INVESTMENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, MEASURE THREE IS TO INTRODUCE TRAVEL OPTIONS.
THIS IS, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, THE GREATEST, UH, SOURCE OF BENEFIT FOR THE PROGRAM, AND IT'S REALLY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CAMPO MOVABILITY AND OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND INFORM AND PROMOTE TDM UH, PRACTICES AND EDUCATION SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY BECOMES MORE COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, UM, COMMUTING BY DIFFERENT MEANS AND DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MANAGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND MONITOR WHAT'S OCCURRING OUT IN OUR, ON OUR MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN REAL TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS OPERATES A MOBILITY MA MANAGEMENT CENTER WHERE WE CAN, UH, HAVE COMMUNICATIONS TOO AND ON MANY MAJOR CORRIDORS, UH, EYES ON REAL TIME, UH, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.
THIS ENABLES US TO MAKE, UH, TIMING ADJUSTMENTS WERE NEEDED TO, UH, UH, MITIGATE CONGESTION DUE TO PERHAPS, UH, INCIDENTS OR, OR, UH, LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS OR CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO IT'S ENVISIONED THAT, UH, THE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ALL COMBINED IN ONE LOCATION SO THAT WE HAVE ONE REGIONAL, ONE SYSTEM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
UM, SOME OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CTEC, UH, 1.0 AS THE BASE OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
WE ENVISION THIS AS A CTEC 2.0 THAT IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.
UM, BY HAVING ALL AGENCIES THAT MANAGE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IN ONE CENTER, UH, WE CAN, UH, LEVERAGE RESOURCES, WE CAN MONITOR REAL TIME ACTUAL IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND BE PROACTIVE IN MAKING THOSE OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED, UH, TO, TO, UM, MAINTAIN, UM, OR, OR MANAGE THE IMPACTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE CPP PORTION OF MY, UH, PRESENTATION.
I CAN PAUSE THERE, UH, IF YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, AND, UH, BEFORE I MOVE INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION, UH, MANAGEMENT SLIDES, I'M GONNA ASK MY DM OVER RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT, MS. UH, MIKA BOSE TO COME UP AND HELP ME WITH THE REMAINING SLIDES, RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS UP TO THIS POINT? LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KRISTA LANE.
I'M SO PLEASED,
UM, IT'S SO IMPORTANT WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTIONS ZONES THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, LOOKING AT PAGE SIX, UH, THE MAPS THAT ARE THERE, I, I WOULD JUST, IF
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I COULD JUST MAKE A REQUEST THAT WE BEGIN TO INCLUDE, UM, DISTRICT SIX IN THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENTS THAT COME FORWARD IN PRESENTATIONS.IT'S KIND OF BEEN AN ONGOING CHALLENGE IN A VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED DISCUSSIONS TO JUST EVEN FIND THE MAPS THAT ARE ACCURATE, UH, FOR MY DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE DEFINITELY GOT YOUR NEXT PERSON WHO'S GONNA START TESTING THE MOBILE APP BECAUSE IT IS NOT CURRENTLY POSSIBLE TO COME FROM MY DISTRICT TO CENTRAL AUSTIN WITHOUT GOING THROUGH OFTEN MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTIONS CONSTRUCTION ZONES.
UM, DO YOU, UM, HAVE ANY INDICATION OF TIMING FOR THE HOTLINE OR THE WEBSITE? LET'S SEE.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY.
I WOULD EXPECT IT WOULD BE RIGHT AFTER POST WE GO LIVE WITH THE APP MM-HMM
SO THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IS SYNCHRONIZED.
I, I DO HAVE, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR CONSULTANT THAT HELP US DEVELOP THAT PRESENT.
IF, IF THEY HAVE A MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, I WOULD INVITE THEM WITH, UH, RALES TO COME UP.
UM, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND THAT'S COOL.
I'M ALSO GONNA HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUP TESTING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UHHUH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME'S GEORGE VIAL WITH ATKINS REALES.
I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CPP.
UM, SO THE WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY LIVE NOW, BUT IT'S JUST MINIMAL IN ITS FEATURES IS REFLECTIVE ON THE PILOT PHASE OF THE APP.
THE HOTLINE IS GONNA GO LIVE, UM, LATER THIS YEAR WHEN WE DO GO LIVE AND MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, LATER THIS YEAR FOR THE ROLLOUT OF THE, THE FULL PROGRAM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING IN THE APP TO SEE WHAT THE COVERAGE IS LIKE FOR MANY OF THESE ALREADY ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ZONES.
LIKE 180 3 1, UH, IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN, THE 180 3 FRONTAGE ROAD SIX 20, WILL WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION COMING.
MCNEIL HAS CONSTRUCTION COMING.
UM, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD IS A HUGE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
UM, I AM WONDERING ON YOUR FOCUS GROUP TESTING, UM, HAVE, HAVE YOU IN, HOW HAVE YOU ENSURED THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE BREADTH OF AUSTIN? UM, YES.
SO WE KICKED OFF THE FOCUS GROUP EXTERNALLY, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
THAT WAS BASED OFF OF A PREVIOUS STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, TARGETING SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS FOR AGE USER GROUPS, UM, RACE, UM, GENDER, AS WELL AS WHETHER IT'S AN IPHONE OR APPLE, UH, OR SORRY, APPLE OR ANDROID APPLICATION.
SO WE DID AN EARLIER ON STUDY, PRESENTED IT, UH, INTERNALLY TO THE CPP LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S COMPRISED OF, OF THE AGENCY LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND WE PRESENTED THE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THERE.
WE ROLLED IT OUT EXTERNALLY AND WE WORKED WITH, UM, OUR CONSULTANT WHO, UM, TARGETED FOLLOWING THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC PERCENTAGES IN THERE OF SMALL USER GROUPS SO WE CAN GET THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT WE ALL ARE SO STILL, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY PUBLICLY THAT WANTS TO USE IT.
THERE'S FEATURES BUILT INTO THE APP TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT IN THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE GOT THE FOCUS TARGETED GROUP, BUT THEN WE ALSO GOT THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE THE FEEDBACK IN THE APP IN THE EVENT LIKE YOURSELF THAT YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD IT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, YOU CAN DO IT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE APP.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN WORK THROUGH DIRECTOR MENDOZA AND HIS STAFF WHO'S BEEN PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH US AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESPONDING TO FEEDBACK AS WELL REGULARLY.
I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO, UM, ASK FOLLOW UP, SEE WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS YOU CONSIDERED IN HOW THAT, THAT WENT.
YEAH, WE, WE HAVE A REPORT ON THAT.
UM, I'LL PROVIDE THAT TO DIRECTOR MENDOZA'S OFFICE.
UM, YEAH, I WILL JUST, I'M GONNA, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WORK.
UM, THERE IS NOT A TIME THAT I SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC THAT I DO NOT GET QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES AND IN PARTICULAR ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN 180 3 CORRIDOR.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TESTING IT.
IT, IT IS TRULY BEEN A MULTI-AGENCY AND, AND PARTNERSHIP APPROACH.
UM, I KNOW INTERAGENCY MEETING THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE, LIKE MONTHLY AND WHEN WE'RE GETTING IN THE MEAT OF THIS, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT IT'S COMING, COME INTO FORM AND THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEARS THAT THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.
AND SO YEAH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THINGS WHERE THEY'RE AT TODAY.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA HAS HIS FINGER ON THE MICROPHONE.
SPEAKING OF PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN, UH, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, UH, DIRECTOR MENDOZA WAS AT, UH, A TOWN HALL MOBILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HOUSING THE DAY WE HAD 40, 50 PEOPLE THERE.
UH, YOUR STAFF AS WELL, UH, VERY WELL RECEIVED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, SO JUST APPRECIATE Y'ALL ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE.
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CERTAINLY.UM, ON THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS? HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS? LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING DANGEROUS EMISSIONS IN THE AIR? HOW ARE WE, UH, TRACKING THE TDM ISSUES? I KNOW OUR A SMP CALLS FOR A MASSIVE CHANGE IN DRIVE ALONE VEHICLE BEHAVIORS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE OTHER OPTIONS.
HOW ARE THESE BEING MEASURED OVER THE LONG HAUL? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
UM, CHAIR, UM, A COUPLE OF MAJOR POINTS THERE.
WORKING WITH OUR CAP COG, UH, WE ARE GONNA PROCURE OR WORK WITH THEM TO PROCURE UP TO, UH, 50 ADDITIONAL AIR MO UH, MONITORS, AIR QUALITY MONITORS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY SO THAT WE CAN ACTIVELY REPORT BACK TO EPA.
AND THE GRANT DOES HAVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, UH, FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE GRANT.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BIKE AND PED COUNTERS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE US THE DATA IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, THE AMOUNT OF USE AND, UH, TRANSITION THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING FROM VEHICLES TO ACTIVE MOBILITY.
UM, AND THERE MAY BE A, A FEW OTHER THAT ESCAPE ME RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DEFINITELY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, UH, PRESENTING THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
MUCH OF THIS FIRST YEAR IS IN INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING.
IN FACT, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS COMING TO COUNCIL, UM, UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH, UH, OUR IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN START ROLLING OUT SOME OF THESE MEASURES.
I THINK THE ECO COUNTERS, AS YOU'RE CALLING THEM, ARE ON OUR NEXT AGENDA.
SO THOSE ARE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY APPRECIATE HEARING THERE'S MORE AIR QUALITY MONITORS HAPPENING.
UM, THAT INFORMATION IS INVALUABLE BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE IN THE SAME LOCATION OVER A COURSE OF YEARS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TELL, UM, WHAT KIND OF AIR QUALITY ISSUES ARE HAPPENING.
AND I KNOW WE'RE A BIG CITY AND ALL BIG CITIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALITY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR AIR QUALITY DOES AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND I KNOW THAT WE AS AUSTINITES WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, THAT EXPECT CLEAN AIR ARE NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH, WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MITIGATE HERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PORTION? I KNOW ONE MORE, ONE MORE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LANE.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANY KIND OF COORDINATION OR ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
UM, ESPECIALLY AS, UH, VARIOUS, UH, COMPANIES AND AGENCIES HAVE BEEN REINTRODUCING IN-PERSON WORK AND CAN CREATE AN IMMEDIATE SHIFT.
AND IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE IF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT EARLY, THEY CAN ALSO, THE EMPLOYERS CAN BE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR HELPING TO CONVERT OUT OF VEHICLE TO OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, YES, IF AS YOU, UH, LOOK AT MEASURE THREE TO INTRODUCE TRAVEL OPTIONS, UH, WE ARE GONNA LEAN PRETTY HEAVILY ON OUR PARTNER, UH, MOVABILITY.
THEY ENGAGE WITH MAJOR EMPLOYERS, UH, IN THE, THE, UM, IN OUR CITY NOW.
UM, AND SO THEY'LL BE DOING A LOT OF THE MARKETING AND EDUCATION.
WHAT I'LL BE EXPECTING IS THAT IF WE KNOW ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, UM, UH, SCHEDULES OR DEADLINES THAT WE JUST CANNOT AVOID SOME CONCURRENT LANE CLOSURES THAT MIGHT IMPACT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WE WOULD DO THEN IS REACH OUT TO OUR MAJOR EMPLOYEES AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UM, IN ANTICIPATION A WEEK OUT AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO MAYBE REMOTE WORK ON THAT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY UNTIL WE GET PAST.
UM, THAT, BUT ALSO PROVIDING INCENTIVES.
UH, CAMPO, UM, UH, HAS THE RIGHT AMIGOS AND I'M ACTIVELY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR DIRECTOR TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEVERAGING THIS FUNDING WITH THEIR RIGHT AMIGOS, UH, PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF THOSE, THERE'S, THAT'S, UH, MAJOR EMPLOYERS WE NEED TO OUTREACH.
IT'S GONNA TAKE, UM, BEYOND OUR, OUR INTERAGENCIES OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS, UH, EVERYBODY, UH, WORKING TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE ALL WORKING OUT THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, UH, IN CONCERT AS NEEDED.
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I, I HOPE WE CAN ALSO FIND A WAY TO LOOP IN THE ALREADY ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION AREAS AND THE ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE AREAS.AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE MUSIC PLAY ON WORDS THAT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING.
UM, I KNOW YOU HIT ANOTHER SECTION ABOUT CONVENTION CENTER.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, SPEAK UP IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
I, I CAN'T SEE YOU, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY MOVE ON TO CONVENTION CENTER IF NOT.
I CAN'T TELL WHAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE IN CHAMBERS.
I'M TRYING TO DECIPHER IT FROM THIS THING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WHENEVER THERE'S A PRESENTATION, ALL YOU CAN SEE IS A PRESENTATION.
THAT'S WHY I'M MUTING MYSELF, BUT I'M HERE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA ASK MS. MS. BOSE TO COME UP PRESENT ON THE CONVENTION CENTER.
I'M AMIKA BOSE AND I'M WITH TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
I AM THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICER OVER RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT AND OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER IS RIGHT NOW CLOSED.
IT CLOSED EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND THE CONTRACTOR, JAY DUN, AND THEIR, UM, TEAM IS NOW MOBILIZED ON SITE.
THE CONTRACTOR MOBILIZATION OCCURRED APRIL 5TH.
UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER IS THE LARGEST PROJECT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS OF NOW.
UM, IT'S A THREE AND A HALF YEAR CONSTRUCTION DURATION, UM, AS WE KNOW IT.
UM, WITH A MOVE-IN DATE PLANNED IN JANUARY OF 2029.
SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER, UM, STAFF FROM TPW HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER TEAM, THEIR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, THEIR VARIOUS DESIGN TEAMS, INCLUDING THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, DESIGN ENGINEERING TEAMS TO, UM, CREATE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS FOR THE PROJECT.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN PHASE ONE OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SET UP THAT IS BEING SET UP AS WE SPEAK.
UM, THE BASICS OF IT IS, UH, BASICALLY THE IMPACTS TO RED RIVER AND TRINITY.
UH, RED RIVER IS GOING TO BE ONE, ONE LANE IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
SOUTHBOUND IS GONNA BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE GATES AND BARRICADES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ALREADY SET UP, UM, FOR, UM, TRINITY STREET.
UH, IT IS GONNA BE CLOSED TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND, UH, ONLY THE BIDIRECTIONAL BIKE LANES ARE GONNA BE OPEN.
AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL BARRICADES ON FOURTH STREET, WHICH AS OF TODAY DOESN'T EXIST, BUT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE AS THIS PLAN IS DEPLOYED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN BIKES AND PETS ARE GONNA BE DETOURED, UM, FURTHER NORTH, UM, ONTO FIFTH STREET.
UM, CAESAR CHAVEZ WILL STAY OPEN FOR ALL OF THE LANES.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE A COVERED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ON THE NORTH CURB OF CAESAR CHAVEZ.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED YET, BUT WILL BE.
UM, THE FIRST MINI PHASE OF WORK IS GONNA BE IN THE SOUTH CURB OF CESAR CHAVEZ, WHERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BULB OUTS.
THE CONTRACTOR IS GONNA DEMOLISH THOSE BULB OUTS TO CREATE MORE SPACE SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE THE COVERED WALKWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE AND KEEP ALL FIVE LANES OF CESAR CHAVEZ OPEN SO THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE SETUP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, AND THE MAIN DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING STARTS MAY 1ST.
SO THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW BRINGING IN ALL OF THE MATERIALS.
UH, WILL CONSTRUCT, UH, WILL DEMO THE SOUTH CURB OF CESAR CHAVEZ IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS TO GET IT READY FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING ON MAY 1ST.
UM, TPW, AGAIN, OUR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT STAFF, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL REVIEWERS, ENGINEERS, UM, IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING DIVISION, HAVE ALL WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR TEAM TO UNDERSTAND THE HAUL ROUTES, UM, AS THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRUCK MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF THE SITE.
UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS, BUT THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US TO DATE AS, UM, THE ENTRY POINTS WILL BE ON CESAR CHAVEZ AND RED RIVER, AND THE EXIT POINTS ARE GONNA BE MOSTLY, UM, OFF OF FIFTH AND SEVENTH STREETS.
UM, THE SLIDE SHOWS KIND OF PRELIMINARY, PROJECTED TRUCK VOLUMES AND, UH, A STEPPED SCHEDULE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO EXPECT AS THIS CONSTRUCTION MOVES FORWARD.
UM, SO IN THE BEGINNING WE EXPECT IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 80 TO 110 TRUCKS PER DAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY.
AND THEN THE HEAVIER HAULING WILL HAPPEN, UH, FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR STARTING FALL OF THIS YEAR UNTIL FALL OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ADMINISTRATIVELY WITH THE CONTRACTOR TEAM.
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FOR OUR BIWEEKLY MEETINGS AND WE, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE VIGILANCE THAT WE ALL NEED AROUND THESE HAUL ROUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOBILITY IMPACTS CAN BE MITIGATED AND EXPECTATIONS CAN BE SET.UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN MESSAGING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THE PROJECT TEAM THAT WE CANNOT HAVE QUEUING ON THE MAIN LANES OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE QUEUING IS GONNA BE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE AREA.
AGAIN, OUR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT DIVISION IS PROVIDING INSPECTION TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, TO THE CONTRACTOR AND THEIR TCP TEAMS ON THE GROUND.
AND WE'LL ALSO, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, PROVIDE THE VIGILANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUBCONTRACTORS AND THE HAULERS ARE, YOU KNOW, ADHERING TO THE, THE PRESCRIBED ROUTES.
AND IF NOT, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE DOING SO.
UM, THIS IS JUST, UM, KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO DATE AND WHAT WE CONT WHAT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT THE PROJECT TEAM HAS UNDERTAKEN OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS AND YEARS WITH THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES, THE HOTELS, AND THE RESIDENTS.
AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE.
WE ALSO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE RAINY STREET AREA WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, OUR TPW UM, HAS A, A FRIDAY MEETING WITH THE RAINY STREET STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CONVENTION CENTER IS A STANDING ITEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP, UH, THE RAINY STREET NEIGHBORS, UM, INFORMED ABOUT THE ACTIVITY.
UM, AS PART OF THE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE FIRE ACCESS.
AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN APPROVING ALL OF THESE PLANS.
UM, THE PROJECT TEAM, UM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP TEXT ALERTS AND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS, UM, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, THEIR, UM, THE INTERESTED PARTIES, UH, OF THE IMPACTS.
UM, IN TERMS OF MAJOR PHASE CHANGES.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A TEAMS CHANNEL SET UP.
WE HAVE, UM, NOW KIND OF, UM, REFINED THIS PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE LARGE PROJECTS GOING TO CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A TEAMS CHANNEL SET UP WITH INTERNAL CITY OF AUSTIN PEOPLE, UM, OUR RIGHT AWAY MANAGEMENT TEAM, THE PROJECT TEAM, THE ENGINEERS, AS WELL AS EXTERNAL STAFF.
SO THAT WE WANNA USE THE, THE, THE TOOL TO COLLABORATE AND TROUBLESHOOT ANY MOBILITY IMPACTS.
OUR, UH, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT CENTER, WHICH HAS ACCESS TO ALL THE SIGNAL CAMERAS, THEY'RE ACTIVELY MONITORING THE AREA AND THEY'RE ALSO A PARTICIPANT ON THE TEAM'S CHANNEL SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN NOTIFY IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA FLAG FOR A QUICK CORRECTION ON SITE.
UH, WE HAVE OVERHEAD MESSAGE BOARDS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED.
I, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS THAT THE DEMOLITION IS GONNA START MAY 1ST.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFRESH THOSE MESSAGES AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD IN THE NEXT PHASES.
UM, AND THEN THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS IDENTIFIED SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS THROUGH EITHER THE CSR SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UM, HOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE PAIN POINTS TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND MANAGE THE MOBILITY AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE THE SUPPORT SERVICES ON THE GROUND TO KEEP OUR WORK ZONES SAFE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THE LAST SLIDE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE START KICKING IT OFF.
I THINK VICE CHAIR CADRE'S GONNA HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE THIS IS IN HIS DISTRICT, UM, THE BIKE REROUTE.
SO THERE IS ALREADY A REROUTE FROM THIRD STREET UP TRINITY AND KIND OF AROUND THE PAVILION WHERE THE TRAIN PICKUP IS.
IS THAT GONNA STAY THE WAY THAT IT IS OR IS IT GONNA MOVE FURTHER NORTH UP TO FIFTH STREET AND THEN CYCLISTS HAVE TO GET BACK SOUTH? YEAH, SO FOR RED RIVER, IT'S GONNA MOVE UP NORTH UP TO FIFTH STREET AND BE ON FIFTH STREET BECAUSE FOURTH, THE BIKE LANE ON FOURTH STREET IS NOT GONNA BE ACTIVE FOR THIS PHASE.
IT'S CURRENTLY NOT DEPLOYED, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO PUT THAT IN PLACE.
SO IT'LL BE ON FIFTH AND IT'LL COME SOUTHBOUND ON NATURES FOR THE BIDIRECTIONAL BIKE LANE AND THEN CATCH BACK UP.
SO CYCLISTS WILL HAVE TO KEEP GOING NORTH AND THEN COME BACK DOWN ANOTHER BLOCK? YES.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S ALREADY MOVED FROM DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER ON FOURTH STREET TO JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROMENADE.
UM, IT'S VERY SHORT, BUT IT, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A TEMPORARY STAGING AREA.
LET'S START WITH VICE CHAIR CADRE.
UM, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK, SO I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
OH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MEAN TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER.
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A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH OVER, OVER THE TIMELINE THAT WE KNOW THIS IS GONNA GOING TO TAKE.
[3. Briefing regarding an overview of the Residential Permit Parking Program.]
IS GOING TO BE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM, VICE CHAIR CADRE.WE CAN RIDE BIKES TOGETHER JUST SO YOU DON'T FEEL LEFT OUT.
WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO ON A, A TOUR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.
JOSEPH AJARI IS GONNA BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANNA DO A QUICK INTRO TO SET THE STAGE.
IF YOU COULD GO, UH, YEAH, BACK SLIDE.
SO THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997, SO IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE FIRST ESTABLISHED THAT PROGRAM, AND IT'S HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHANGES TO IT AND EVOLUTION OVER TIME.
UH, LAST TIME WE ACTUALLY UPDATED THE GUIDELINES FOR THE PROGRAM WAS IN 2011, UH, WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT OF PASSING THE, THE CITY CODE CHANGES RELATED TO PARKING 12 DASH THREE AND 12 DASH FIVE, IT ALLOWED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECTORS RULES.
SO WE WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MORE FORMALIZE THE GUIDELINES INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MORE CONSISTENTLY APPLIED OVER TIME.
UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE FRAMEWORK IN PLACE THAT RECEIVES GOOD, UH, PUBLIC INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, MORE PUBLIC INPUT DURING, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S RULES PROCESS ITSELF, AS WELL AS A UTC PRESENTATION COMING UP.
AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT TODAY ON SPECIFIC ELEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE, UH, ADAPTED OR CHANGED IN ANY WAY.
UH, REALLY THE, THE IMPETUS IS TO UPDATE THIS AND, AND MODERNIZE IT.
IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT IN REACTION TO RECENT POLICY CHANGES AROUND PARKING ON SITE FOR DEVELOPMENTS AS IT WILL HAVE SOME IMPACTS TO THE ON STREET PARKING AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE ON THOSE STREETS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE JOSEPH TO COME UP NOW.
HELLO, COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE RPP PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE, UH, 2009, AND THIS IS WHEN OF MY FIRST PROJECTS, I WAS ACTUALLY, UM, UH, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP, UH, ENHANCE THIS PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS POINT OF, UM, MAKING SOME NEEDFUL CHANGES.
SO I'M GONNA GET THIS, UM, TODAY WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF LIKE THE, THE PROCESS AND, UH, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PERMITS, UM, TALK ABOUT SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED OVER TIME, JUST EITHER THROUGH LEGACY UNDERSTANDING THROUGH, UH, DIFFERENT MEANS AND, AND FROM STAFF AND FROM, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR OUR CURRENT, UH, UH, FEEDBACK, UH, LIKE LOUIS MENTIONED FOR SURVEYS AND, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET INTO DIRECTOR'S RULES.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME, UM, KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND SOME, UM, NEXT STEPS TO GET TO THAT POINT.
UM, SO, UH, LIKE LEWIS MENTIONED IN 1997, UM, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM WAS CREATED.
UM, THIS WAS CREATED AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AREA NORTH CAMPUS, UM, UH, SPECIFICALLY DUE TO OVERFLOW OF, OF VEHICLES PARKING FROM CAMPUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
UM, AND, AND AT THAT POINT, THEY CREATED AND ESTABLISHED SOME GUIDELINES, UM, WHICH, UM, REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON, UM, DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO ENSURE THAT IT PROTECTED NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE, UM, BALANCING THE DEMAND OF THE NEED OF THOSE AREAS.
UM, SINCE THAT TIMEFRAME, WE'VE UPDATED THOSE, THOSE RULES JUST ONE MORE TIME, WHICH THAT WAS IN 2011.
UM, AND, AND THEN SINCE THEN WE'VE, UM, THAT WAS, SO IN THE NORTH, UH, CAMPUS AREA, THAT'S ZONE ONE, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE'VE HAD 52 ZONES IMPLEMENTED SINCE THEN WITH APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 6,000 PLUS R PPP SPACES, UH, ADDED TO THE SYSTEM.
UM, THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 396 BLOCKS, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF TOUCH ON A COUPLE THINGS ON THIS.
I KNOW THIS KIND OF LOOKS CONFUSING AND JUMBLED UP, UP.
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF SOMEONE THAT, UM, IS INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM, WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT'S A $350 APPLICATION FEE.
UM, OUR STAFF REVIEWS DOES THAT APPLICATION LOOKS AT, UM, SOME OF THE DETERMINING FACTORS, AND IT JUST HAS AN INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT WHAT THOSE DRIVERS ARE.
UM, OUR STAFF CREATES DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR APPLICANT TO CIRCULATE A PETITION.
THAT PETITION THEN GOES OUT, UM, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUIRED TO CIRCULATE THAT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THROUGH HIS NEIGHBORS, UM, AND REACH A 60% SUPPORT.
UM, ONE CAVEAT TO THAT, IF IT'S WITHIN A, A VERTICAL MIXED USE CORRIDOR WITHIN 600 FEET, UM, WE REQUIRE TWO THIRDS, UM, SUPPORT.
UM, ONCE THAT IS, IF, IF THAT MEETS THAT, UH, QUALIFICATION, THEN WE WOULD GO TO, UM,
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CONDUCT SOME PARKING SURVEYS, UM, AND WE'LL CONDUCT THOSE AND ON AT LEAST TWO DAYS OF A TWO WEEK PERIOD.IF IT MEETS 75% OCCUPANCY, UM, THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER IT TO BE, UH, APPROVED TO GO TO THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH WOULD BE REVIEWED FOR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UM, AND ONCE THAT'S APPROVED, WE INSTALL SIGNS, WE SEND OUT LETTERS, AND WE START PERMIT DISTRIBUTION.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS, UH, I KNOW PERSONALLY I'VE RECEIVED A, A TON OF IT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GATHERED THIS EITHER IF YOU'RE A, A, A PERMANENT ANA, UH, PERMIT AND LICENSED REVIEW ANALYST, YOU KNOW, ISSUING OUT PERMITS OR IF YOU'RE AN ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RECEIVING, UH, ENFOR, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE PUBLIC OR FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON STREETS, UM, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUESTS.
WE HAVE, UH, MANY WAYS THAT WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK NOW AND OVER THE YEARS.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST POINTS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT ON SUNDAYS, UM, JUST THAT NOT ENOUGH OF IT.
WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT, UM, SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY CURRENTLY.
UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO, UM, PERMIT MISUSED OR ABUSE, YOU KNOW, SELLING OF PERMITS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PASSING PERMITS ALONG, UM, USING THEM IN THE WRONG MANNER.
UM, UH, REQUIREMENTS TO PURCHASE PERMITS, UM, CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE BIT TOO CUMBERSOME DIGITAL PROCESS FROM A PAPER FORM TO A DIGITAL PROCESS.
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS WE DO IT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, GENERALLY JUST THE COST OF PERMITS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, ON THE OTHER END, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN AN RPP ZONE, UM, FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT A REEVALUATION PROCESS, UM, WHICH REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, CREATES ISSUES THAT THEY SEE EMPTY STREETS NOT BEING USED.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY A PRIVATE PRIVA CITATION OF PUBLIC SPACE.
UM, AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS LIKE JUST, YOU KNOW, AREA NEAR AREAS THAT THERE'S, UM, PUBLIC AMENITIES AND NOT ENOUGH PUBLIC ACCESS.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES LIKE PARKS AND TRAILS THAT THEY HAVE THAT, AND I HAVE SOME THE COST THERE ON THE SIDE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A PROGRESSIVE RATE ORIGINATING.
HISTORICALLY, WE'VE ALWAYS USED TO BE FOUR PERMITS, UM, IN TOTAL, WHICH YOU WOULD GET TWO, UM, UH, MAX HANG TAGS FOR VISITORS.
UM, AND TWO, UH, WHAT USED TO BE PHYSICAL, DIGITAL OR PHYSICAL, UH, DECAL PERMITS, UM, FOR, UH, ACTUAL HOMEOWNER RESIDENT, UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET UP TO FOUR, UM, DIGITAL, UM, SORRY, FOUR, UH, UH, DECAL PERMITS, BUT YOU CAN ONLY GET A MAX OF TWO HANG TAGS.
DIRECTOR'S RULES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO, UM, LIKE LEWIS MENTIONED, UM, WE, WE PUT IN PLACE A MORATORIUM.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT WE DID PUT A MORATORIUM IN PLACE ON MARCH 21ST, UM, TO KIND OF PUT A, A PAUSE ON THE PROGRAM WHILE WE CONDUCT THIS PROCESS.
UM, REALLY THE FOCUS HERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE RULES OR THE CURRENT GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE AND PUT 'EM INTO A LEGISLATIVE FORMAT AND THE DIRECTOR'S RULES.
UM, A LOT OF THAT IS IN MAINTAINING ITS INTEGRITY, BUT WE'VE MADE IT LOOKING AT IN SOME ENHANCEMENTS FOR THAT.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST REALLY FOR CONSISTENT CONSISTENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, AVOIDING CONSISTENT APPLICATION PROCESS AND STREAMLINE THAT, UM, AND, AND REALLY WORK OUT OF A, A FRAMEWORK AND, AND, AND CREATE A ZONE REEVALUATION CRITERIA.
UM, AGAIN, REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE PROGRAM, SO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING FRAUD AND ABUSE, UM, AND THEN, UH, POTENTIAL OFFSET PROGRAM COST.
RIGHT? UM, I, SURE MAYBE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE A NEW HYBRID APPROACH.
WE'VE SEEN THIS IN SOUTH CONGRESS WHERE WE HAVE A PAY TO PARK AND RESIDENCE PERMIT PARKING PUT TOGETHER.
UM, THIS WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRIVERS, UM, THAT ARE WITHIN AN AREA AND, AND COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT APPROACH, DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST APPLICATION.
AND SO THESE, SOME OF THAT CRITERIA IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WHAT, UH, TYPE OF ZONE THAT WE PUT IN AN AREA.
UM, AND THEN REALLY FOCUSING ON PERIODIC REVIEWS OF AR OF EXISTING AREAS, UM, UH, REVIEW OCCUPANCY, OTHER CONTEXTUAL ISSUES SUCH AS LAND USE CHANGES, UM, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF, UM, HOUSEHOLDS PURCHASING PERMITS OVER TIME, IF THAT INCREASES OR DECREASES.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW TO, TO GET FEEDBACK? UM, WE, I'M SORRY, CAN I SKIP ONE? OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF AGAIN, ON, ON SOME OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM, REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, ELIGIBILITY FOR RPP ZONE DESIGNATION.
UM, AT THE TIME WE GET THE APPLICATION, UM, WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE LOOK AT THAT APPLICATION, WE DETERMINE WHETHER
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OR NOT IT, IT, UM, MEETS SPECIFIC CRITERIA.IT COULD BE THAT IT, IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS ON THE STREET, UM, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T TAKE INTO EFFECT, UM, NEARBY LAND USES, UM, OR OTHER PUBLIC AMENITIES TO MAKE A, A DETERMINATION ON WHAT THE DEMANDS ARE AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT BEST APPLICATION WE CAN PUT IN PLACE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHENING THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND PROPOSED ZONES, UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GOING FROM, UM, JUST A 60% CURRENTLY TO A TWO THIRDS, UM, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, NOT JUST FOR VMU, UM, MINIMUM OCCUPANCY LEVELS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, INCORPORATING THE PAID PARK ELEMENT WERE WHEN APPROPRIATE.
UM, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ZONE MODIFICATIONS, REMOVAL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IS WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THESE AND WE RE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER DOING A SURVEY, WE CAN DO A MODIFICATION OF TIME OR MAYBE EVEN, UH, CHANGE IT TO A HYBRID ZONE RATHER THAN REMOVE THE ZONE COMPLETELY, UM, PERMIT, UM, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY, REALLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, REALLY LOOKING FOR A LOW COST, UH, OPTION FOR THOSE THAT WOULD NEED IT.
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY, LIKE THE AUSTIN ENERGY CAP PROGRAM TO USE THAT AS A WAY TO, UM, FOR AN ELIG ELIGIBILITY TO PROCESS, UM, AND OF COURSE, ENFORCEMENT, UM, UH, STRENGTHENING THOSE RULES SO THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO, UH, REVOKE AND SUSPEND PERMITS, UH, FOR MISUSE AND, AND, AND CREATING AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AS FAR AS, UH, FEEDBACK.
UM, SO OF COURSE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF LEGACY, UM, FEEDBACK FROM IN PAST YEARS AND INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER REVIEWS FROM THAT.
WE, UM, LIKE LOUIS MENTIONED, UH, LAUNCHED A, UM, A COMMITTEE SURVEY IN, IN APRIL, APRIL 7TH.
UM, WE'LL BE DOING FOR THAT FOR THREE WEEKS, SO CLOSE ON THE 28TH.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK, UM, OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS, OVER 2000 PLUS COMMENTS, AND WE STILL HAVE A WEEK LEFT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY GIVE US A GOOD IDEA AND INDICATION OF, OF, OF WHAT DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, CHANCES, UM, FOR FEEDBACK IN, IN BETWEEN THERE, UM, AS WELL AS DURING THE DIRECTOR'S RULES, WHICH I'LL GET INTO THAT PROCESS HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO, UH, UTC ON MAY 6TH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TODAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT FINALIZING THE, THE RULES, UM, UH, DRAFT RULES BY MAY 1ST, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY POSTED BY MAY 5TH WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT THAT TIME.
THAT'S WHEN WE WILL LOOK AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, ONCE WE GET THOSE COMMENTS BACK, WE HAVE, UM, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS BEFORE, UM, WE, UH, POST THOSE.
AND THEN THE, THE RULES ARE ADOPTED.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AROUND JULY 10TH FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? LET'S START WITH VICE CHAIR CADRE.
SO I DON'T STEAL ANY OF HIS
UM, BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
UH, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING, UH, FOLKS ON SOUTH CONGRESS.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT STUFF ABOUT THE HYBRID APPROACH.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL, THE POSSIBILITY OF KIND OF BRINGING THAT HYBRID OPTION EVERYWHERE.
UM, BUT JUST SOME FEEDBACK I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN AS AN OFFICE AROUND THE PROGRAM.
UH, A LOT OF RENTERS, I GUESS THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, UM, DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS OR RIGHTS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAM AS MUCH AS HOMEOWNERS.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE KIND OF HEARD, LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IN PERSON OR, OR FOLKS REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICE.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK I, I, I AGREE WITH, UH, I BELIEVE THIS WAS SAID ON NEEDING TO BETTER CHANGE OR RE REEVALUATE, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT LAND OF USE AND, AND IN THIS CHANGE HAS KIND OF, KIND OF COME FORWARD.
SO, UH, NO QUESTIONS TO, TO STEAL, BUT, UH,
COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, UH, AS OPPOSED TO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRY, I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ZONE IN DISTRICT FOUR, SO STILL APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND WATCHING IT, UH, CLOSELY.
BUT, UH, BUT, UH, YEAH, UH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP AND NOTICING THAT.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAS HER HAND UP.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED I AM BY THE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK YOU'VE RECEIVED.
AND I'D, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE, REALLY LOVE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU ALL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY IN A FORWARD FACING, UM, CAPACITY THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
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RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK AND IMPLEMENTING IT.I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY GOES A LONG WAY WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.
YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT POINT TO, TO KIND OF PLUG IT AT THAT POINT.
YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND TAKE THE SURVEY.
UH, WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WE'VE PUT OUT.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE SENDING THIS OUT TO ALL OF, UH, THE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE, UH, APPLIED FOR PERMITS.
WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES.
WE'RE SENDING THAT OUT THAT WAY.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUSH, UM, TO GET AS MANY, AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN.
UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER? I DID, YEAH.
NOW YOU MADE ME HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE MEETING SOON.
THEY'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT I WONDER IF IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GO AHEAD AND PRESS A BUTTON ON TRYING TO COMPILE A MASTER CALL LIST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR A MASTER EMAIL LIST.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO PUT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I'LL JUST SAY, I THINK OUR DISTRICT PROBABLY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HYBRID APPROACHES OFF SCOTTISH WOOD TRAIL.
AND WE KNOW THAT CITY STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT THAT SERVED THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVED THERE, WHO WERE BEING INUNDATED WITH, UH, FOLKS THAT WERE GOING TO A TRAILHEAD.
BUT THEY STARTED BLOCKING MAILBOXES AND DRIVEWAYS, AND IT JUST GOT A BIT OUTTA HAND.
AND STAFF WAS REALLY DILIGENT IN WORKING WITH US AND WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS ON TRYING TO FIND A HYBRID APPROACH THAT MADE EVERYBODY BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND CREATED A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT MANY COMPLAINTS, EVEN AS THE SUMMERS HAVE GONE ON.
I THINK, UH, MY TEAM IS SAYING IT WAS LATE 2021 THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT, SO FAR, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL.
UM, AND I RESPECT THAT THERE'S MAYBE NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PROCESS FOR EVERY SINGLE STREET.
SOME, SOME LOTS ARE NARROW AND YOU'VE GOT MORE FOLKS TRYING TO SHARE THAT SPACE.
SOME ARE BIG, WIDE LOTS, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH DEMAND.
AND SO I, I THINK THIS APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SERVE US WELL IN THE FUTURE.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DIDN'T, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANYONE'S QUESTION.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WILL THERE BE CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THE DRAFT RULES AROUND THIS? UH, WE ARE GOING TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON MAY 6TH.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY STOP WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
AND I'M SORRY, WHEN, WHEN ARE Y'ALL GONNA UTC? UH, MAY 6TH.
I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR THIS ITEM.
[4. Briefing regarding a one-year update on the Shared Micromobility program, which includes scooters and e-bikes.]
ITEM IS GONNA BE A BRIEFING REGARDING A ONE YEAR UPDATE ON THE SHARED MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES.AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT ARE ALSO ON CAP METRO, I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, AT THAT MEETING, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SCOPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE, THE DEVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED.
SO THIS IS PERFECTLY TIMED, AND I'M GLAD WE WERE READING PEOPLE'S MINDS AND PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK.
UH, LEWIS LEFF, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS.
JUST WANNA INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION AGAIN.
UH, LAST SPRING, OUR DIRECTOR MADE THE CALL TO CHANGE SOME OF THE RULES OR SOME OF THE, UH, ELEMENTS AROUND THE RULES REGARDING THE SHARED MOBILITY SERVICES THAT OPERATE IN THIS TOWN.
AND SO, UH, WE COMMITTED TO COMING BACK HERE, I THINK IN A DECEMBER MEMO.
WE LAID OUT THE, KINDA THE MID-YEAR POINT, AND WE WANTED TO COME BACK ABOUT A YEAR LATER TO SHARE SOME DATA AND INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES HAVE HAVE DONE AS FAR AS THE METRICS THAT WE TRACK, AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WE, UH, FORMALLY GO THROUGH THE DIRECTOR'S RULES PROCESS WITH THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
SO, I'M GONNA DO MICHAEL KIMBRO, THE SHARED, UH, MOBILITY SERVICES MANAGER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR SHARED MOBILITY SERVICES WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SHARED MICRO MOBILITY.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL GO OVER.
UH, FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM UPDATE, UH, LOOK INTO SOME METRICS SINCE WE MADE THOSE CHANGES THAT LEWIS MENTIONED LAST APRIL.
UH, TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, SOME DATA REPORTING AND, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE DIRECTOR'S RULES.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL JUMP BACK IN.
UM, SO AS A REFRESHER, UH, LEWIS KIND OF MENTIONED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, UM, WE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.
UH, YOU MAY RECALL IN 2023, WE HAD FOUR VENDORS OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE LOST TWO OF THOSE VENDORS.
THEY LEFT THE MARKET UNEXPECTEDLY.
UM, AND WE MADE THE DECISION TO, UM, CAP THE PROGRAM AT TWO VENDORS AT THAT TIME, OR AT AT APRIL AFTER THAT HAD HAPPENED.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE DECIDED TO, UM, CAP THE REMAINING
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OPERATORS FLEET SIZES AT THEIR EXISTING LEVEL.UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 6,880 PERMITTED DEVICES, UM, AVAILABLE TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, AND FINALLY, WE MADE THE DECISION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEVICES THAT COULD OPERATE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CORE, UH, TO 1,125 PER OPERATOR.
SO MEANING WE'D HAVE 2,250 DEVICES THAT COULD OPERATE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, SO WITH THOSE IN MIND, UM, GOT SOME NUMBERS HERE, UM, WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT PROGRESS AND THE IMPACT THAT THOSE CHANGES HAVE HAD.
UH, WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT DATE RANGES THAT WE'LL LOOK AT.
APRIL 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2024.
UH, AND THE SAME DATES FOR 2024 THROUGH 2025, UM, IN THE FIRST DATE RANGE IN THE YEARS 2023 AND 2024, WE SAW JUST SHY OF 3 MILLION TOTAL TRIPS FOR ALL FOUR, THEN TWO OPERATORS, SO, UH, 2.915 MILLION.
UM, AFTER WE MADE THE CHANGES WITHIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS 2,850,000 AND CHANGE, UH, SO, UH, 2.3% FEWER TRIPS THAN WE HAD SEEN YEAR OVER LAST.
UM, AND THAT NUMBER IS REFLECTED BY 30% FEWER DEVICES OVERALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, IN THE FIRST TAKE RANGE, WE SAW 1.997 MILLION TRIPS, UH, AFTER THE CHANGE IS 1.81 MILLION.
SO WE SAW A 9.4% DECREASE IN TRIPS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, BUT 45% FEWER DEVICES.
SO A LITTLE BIT DISPROPORTIONATE TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS THE CITY OVERALL.
UH, BUT OVERALL, THE, THE DECLINE WASN'T THAT DRAMATIC.
UM, ADDITIONALLY TO THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, UM, WE MADE SOME CHANGES OR SOME UPDATES TO THE WAY THAT WE DO ENFORCEMENT.
UM, JUST AS KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW, WE LEVERAGED THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO, UH, TO, TO HELP US ENFORCE PROPER PARKING OF THESE DEVICES AROUND TOWN.
UM, PRIOR TO 2024, WE DID THAT UTILIZING THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM.
SO JUST LIKE ANY OF US FIND A DEVICE PARKED INCORRECTLY, WE WOULD USE THE 3 1 1 APP TO REPORT THAT.
UH, THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT MSOS WERE DOING THE SAME THING.
UM, THOSE CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUESTS THAT THEY CREATED WOULD GET SENT DIRECTLY TO THE VENDORS WHO WOULD THEN HAVE TWO HOURS TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND RESPOND.
UH, THE SYSTEM WORKED PRETTY WELL OVERALL, BUT THERE WERE SOME LIMITATIONS, UH, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH WAS BEING ABLE TO TRACK THAT SLA ACCURATELY.
SO IN 2024, WE MIGRATED THAT SYSTEM, UM, IN-HOUSE INTO OUR CITY OF AUSTIN NAC SYSTEM, UM, WHICH GIVES US BETTER VISIBILITY INTO THE DATA.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO TRACK THAT, THAT TO OUR SLA THAT WE HAVE WITH THE VENDORS.
UM, SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE KIND OF TRACK, UH, THE BIG, THE BIG KEY METRIC THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK TO IS TRIPS PER DEVICE PER DAY.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE GOALS WITH THIS REDUCTION THAT WE DID IN APRIL WAS HOPEFULLY WE WOULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, INCREASE.
AND WE DID, UH, CITYWIDE, WE SAW THE, THE, THE TOTAL TVD GO FROM ABOUT 1.21 TRIPS PER DEVICE TO 1.36.
AND DOWNTOWN, WE SAW THAT RISE FROM 1.1 TO 1.79.
UH, ANOTHER GOAL THAT WE WANTED, UH, UH, OR ANOTHER METRIC THAT WE WERE USING TO KIND OF TRACK THE IMPACT OF THE CHANGES, WAS THE NUMBER OF CSRS THAT WERE CREATED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE AT THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, UH, A DRAMATIC DECREASE.
WE CAN'T ATTRIBUTE THAT COMPLETELY TO THE, TO THE PROGRAM CHANGES.
UM, WE HAD SOME, UM, UM, I GUESS MORE, MORE ROBUST ENFORCEMENT IN 2023.
UH, WE SORT OF HAD A, A, A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ENACTED, AND WE WERE, UH, IMPOUNDING A LOT OF DEVICES.
SO THOSE NUMBERS WERE INFLATED OVER WHAT THEY WERE.
BUT, UH, WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE, WITH THE, THE LOWERED NUMBER, AND I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.
AND, AND AGAIN, CSRS REFER TO IMPROPERLY PARKED DEVICES.
SO SHARED MOBILITY SERVICES, UH, ALONG WITH OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE ON MARCH 24TH, FIFTH AT THE, UH, 24TH AT THE CARVER BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, THE GOAL OF THE EVENT WAS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, UH, HEAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHARED MICRO MOBILITY SYSTEM, UH, AND, UH, WE SOUGHT INPUT ON, UH, POTENTIAL PARKING LOCATIONS.
AND AS IN ADDITION TO CITY STAFF, WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM LYMAN BIRD ON HAND.
UH, THEY WERE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, DISCUSS SAFETY, UH, AND HAND OUT FREE HELMETS TO, UH, TO RIDERS, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, PIO UH, PROMOTED THIS THROUGH THE, UH, AUSTIN MOBILITY NEWSLETTER, UH, TWICE, UM, THROUGH A MEDIA KIT DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL OFFICES, UH, EMAIL INVITATIONS SENT TO COMMUNITY REGISTRY GROUPS AND KEY ZIP CODES, UH, WITH REMINDER EMAIL GOING OUT ON THE 21ST.
PAID AND ORGANIC SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ON TPW ACCOUNTS,
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UH, AND PROMOTION ON, UH, CITY SOCIAL ACCOUNTS.UM, SOME OF THE OTHER OUTREACH THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WE PRESENTED TO THE VISION ZERO COMMUNITY BOARD, UH, THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UH, OUTREACH AT UT MARKET DAYS.
UM, WE PLAN ON DOING SOME INTERCEPT SURVEYS IN ADDITION, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD AND, AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE DEVICES.
UH, BUT WE ALSO DID A, AN ONLINE SURVEY, UH, THIS ONE, MUCH MORE ROBUST THAN THE ONE THAT WE DID IN 2024.
I THINK THAT EVERYONE WILL AGREE.
AND THAT WILL BRING US TO THE NEXT SLIDE, DISCUSSING THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY.
UH, PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE, THE OVERALL INPUT.
I THINK FINAL NUMBERS, WE ENDED UP WITH, UH, 679 PARTICIPANTS AND OVER 1300 COMMENTS.
UH, THE, THE SURVEY JUST ENDED ON SUNDAY, SO WE'VE JUST BEGUN TO DIP OUR TOES INTO THE DATA, UH, BUT ARE REALLY EXCITED.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD, UH, POTENTIALLY ACTIONABLE, UH, DATA IN THERE.
UM, THE SURVEY HAD 20 QUESTIONS THAT WERE AIMED AT DETERMINING OVERALL IMPRESSIONS OF SHARED MICRO MOBILITY, RIDERSHIP BEHAVIORS, SAFETY CONCERNS, AND PARKING CONSIDERATIONS.
AGAIN, UM, IT INCLUDED THREE INTERACTIVE MAPS WHERE, UH, UH, RESPONDENTS WERE ABLE TO DROP PINS IN AREAS THAT THEY, UH, FELT WERE UNSAFE FOR RIDING DEVICES, UH, AREAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DEVICES IN, AREAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE POTENTIAL PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
JUST SOME REALLY HIGH LEVEL, UH, NUMBERS.
UH, 68% OF THE RESPONDENTS HAVE, HAVE ACTUALLY USED SHARED MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, WHEN WE INITIALLY LAUNCHED THE SURVEY, THAT WAS KIND OF FLIPPED.
WE WERE GETTING MORE RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T UTILIZE IT.
SO, UH, WHEN TO GIVE A, UH, UH, ROUND OF APPLAUSE, A HAT TIP TO BURDEN LIME, UH, AT THE OPEN HOUSE.
WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED IT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD BOOST IT THROUGH THEIR CHANNELS, UH, TO THEIR RIDERSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ABLE TO, TO BOOST THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES AND ALSO GET US A MORE RESPONSE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE SIZE.
UM, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE, BUT WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE DEFINITELY DIRECTED AT USERS OF THESE DEVICES.
SO THANKS TO BRIGHTLINE FOR HELPING OUT WITH THAT.
UH, OF THE FOLKS WHO DON'T USE DEVICES, THEIR PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, 51% USE THE DEVICES FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND 30% FOR COMMUTING TO WORK OR SCHOOL.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE VERY INTERESTED IN IS MICRO MOBILITY PARKING.
THIS HAS BEEN AN INITIATIVE IN MY DEPARTMENT, UH, INSTALLING PARKING BOXES AROUND THE CITY.
SO, UH, WE ASKED A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE HAD HEARD OF PARKING BOXES, IF THEY WERE UTILIZING THEM, UH, WHERE THEY THOUGHT WE SHOULD PUT MORE.
SO ALMOST HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE AWARE OF PARKING BOXES, BUT ONLY 28% HAD ACTUALLY USED THEM.
SO I THINK WE COULD, AND FOR, FROM THAT, UH, GTE
UH, WE'RE NOT PROMOTING THEM WELL ENOUGH OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LACK OF VISIBILITY, BUT I THINK THERE'S WORK WE COULD DO THERE, UH, TO GET PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THEM.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO, THE VENDORS ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO, TO HELP DIRECT PEOPLE TO THESE, WHICH I THINK WILL BE LEVERAGING MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
UM, OUR PLAN IS TO UTILIZE THIS DATA.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE PINS AND, AND, UH, COMING UP WITH A PLAN ON, ON SIDING NEW LOCATIONS FOR THESE, UH, AND START INSTALLING MORE PARKING BOXES THIS YEAR.
UM, I'M ALSO ON THE, UH, UH, CPRG SUBCOMMITTEE FOR MOBILITY HUBS.
UH, AND, AND THERE'S SOME, SOME, UH, INTEREST IN USING SOME OF THE CPRG FUNDS TO ALSO DO SOME MICRO MOBILITY PARKING.
SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING TO USE THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE BIG NUMBERS THAT I WAS SURPRISED BY, UH, THAT CAME FROM THIS IS 54% OF USERS, UH, FEEL IT'S UNCLEAR WHERE TO PARK THE DEVICES SAFELY AND PROPERLY.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, A NUMBER THAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD DO SOME WORK WITH THE VENDORS TO, TO UP OUR EDUCATION AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, UH, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO PARK THEM, UH, AND HOW TO PARK THEM PROPERLY.
UM, NEXT UP WE'LL TALK ABOUT CRASH AND COLLISION REPORTING.
UM, THIS IS A, A, AN ONGOING PROJECT OF OURS, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO STANDARDIZE CRASH REPORTING, UH, SHARED MOBILITY SERVICES, AND MET WITH VISION ZERO TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE INCIDENTS ARE REPORTED, UH, USING AVAILABLE SOURCES FROM TXDOT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, ALONG WITH WORK DONE BY PEER CITIES.
UH, THE GOAL IS FOR US TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED TEMPLATE TO PROVIDE VENDORS FOR THEIR CRASH COLLISION REPORTING.
UH, RIGHT NOW, THE REPORTS WE GET ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THE, THE VERBIAGE ISN'T STANDARDIZED, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE VENDORS, UH, IS, IS CONSISTENT.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE PLAN TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO KIND OF GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF REPORTING, UH, AND WORK ON HOW TO IMPROVE HOW THESE, UH, CRASHES AND COLLISIONS INVOLVING MICRO MOBILITY ARE REPORTED.
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UM, VISION ZERO HAS BEEN GREAT, A GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH IN THIS.AND THEY'RE DOING SOME, SOME OUTSTANDING WORK.
I THINK, UH, PREVIOUSLY A LOT OF THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE HAS COME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO KIND OF SPOTTY AS FAR AS, UH, SCOOTERS ARE CONCERNED.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ROLLING IN A LOT OF EMS DATA GOING FORWARD.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDING US, UH, OR THEY'VE CONNECTED US WITH DELL SETON TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THEM ON SCOOTER SPECIFIC INJURIES.
UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE CONSTANT DATA CHALLENGES WITH THIS, UH, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
THERE'S NO SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH OUT THERE, REALLY, THAT THAT TELLS US EXACTLY HOW MANY CRASHES AND COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING.
UH, WE WISH THERE WERE 'CAUSE 'CAUSE WE WANT THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY MAKING PROGRESS AND I THINK WE'RE, UH, ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO AT LEAST HAVING BETTER DATA AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED.
ALRIGHT, DIRECTOR'S RULES, REVISIONS.
UM, SO ALL OF THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES WILL AID IN THE REVISION AND ADOPTION OF NEW DIRECTORS RULES, UH, TO GOVERN THE CITY'S MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAM.
UH, SHARED MOBILITY SERVICES WILL CONTINUE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, SEEKING FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE ON THIS REWRITE, UH, AND ENDEAVOR TO HELP, UH, DEVELOP A SET OF RULES THAT WILL PROVIDE A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES THAT IS, UH, SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, YEAH, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, WE WON'T GO THROUGH STEP BY STEP, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE INTRODUCING SEVERAL UPDATES, UH, TO HELP EN ENHANCE CLARITY, SAFETY, EQUITY, AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
UH, BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA BE STANDARDIZING A LOT OF TERMS, UM, ADDING SOME LANGUAGE FOR MODIFYING FLEET LEVELS IN OPERATING ZONES, UH, ALLOWING DEVICE INCREASES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, AND CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR US TO BETTER EVALUATE PERFORMANCE, UH, BY THE PROVIDERS.
UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING A, A SCORE SHEET TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, A PROCESS TO ACTUALLY DO FIELD AUDITS OF DEVICES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UH, SAFE AND, UM, UP TO DATE.
NEXT UP, PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE DIRECTOR'S RULES, UM, PRETTY MUCH MIRRORS THE RPP TIMELINE.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE RULE SET FINALIZED BY MAY 1ST, UH, WITH THE INITIAL DRAFT COMPLETED, UH, INCLUDING LEGAL REVIEW, UM, POSTING ON MAY 5TH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDING ON JUNE 4TH WITH OUR RESPONSE ON JULY 3RD.
AND, UH, ADOPTION, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR JULY 10TH AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EVALUATE PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE SURVEY AND OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DOTS ON MAPS AND, UH, A LOT OF COMMENTS TO SORT THROUGH, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO DO IT.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK IN THERE, UH, THAT I THINK IS GONNA REALLY HELP DRIVE THE PROGRAM, UH, INTO THE FUTURE.
I GUESS I COULD PUT THE SLIDE UP.
UM, FINALIZE AND POST THE DRAFT DIRECTOR'S RULES.
UH, THAT'LL BE COMING VERY SOON.
UH, AND THEN WE PLAN ON, UH, HAVING A MEMO FOR COUNCIL IN MAY AS A RESPONSE TO THE 2024, UH, AUDIT THAT WAS DONE ON THE PROGRAM.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.
AS I LIKE TO SAY, MY OPINION OF SCOOTERS IS DIFFERENT WHETHER I'M ON THE SCOOTER OR NOT.
SEE, WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
I WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO TOGGLE BETWEEN THE SCREENS AND EXPAND IT ON.
YOU HAD THE ONE SCREEN AND THERE WAS A, A PIE CHART.
I DIDN'T EVEN, I COULDN'T EVEN REALLY SEE THIS, THE SLIDE NUMBER.
IT WAS A PIE CHART AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, THERE WERE BULLETS AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE SORT OF DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS.
THOSE WERE, UH, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE, UH, THE, THE PARKING BOX MAP.
SO WE, WE HAD THREE INTERACTIVE MAPS.
IT WAS, IT WAS TWO SLIDES BEFORE THE PARKING BOX WITH A, WITH A PIE CHART.
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SURVEY, I THINK SLIDE FIVE.
AND SO I CAN'T SEE THE BULLETS TO THE RIGHT.
COULD YOU READ THOSE TO ME REAL QUICK? 'CAUSE I HAD A QUESTION, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T HAVE OH, SURE, SURE, SURE.
YEAH, I JUST, I EXPANDED IT TO 200 AND I STILL CAN'T GET IT TO GET OVER ENOUGH SO I CAN SEE IT.
SO THE, UH, THE QUESTION THAT, THAT ILLUSTRATES IS HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE SHARED SCOTERS AND E-BIKES? RIGHT.
UH, 33% OF RESPONDENTS SAID NOT AT ALL.
29%, UH, HAVE USED THEM A FEW TIMES.
16%, ONE TO THREE TIMES PER MONTH.
UH, 12%, ONE TO FIVE TIMES, AND 9%, UH, MORE THAN FIVE TIMES PER WEEK.
AND THAT'S TO, THAT'S TO NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION SO MUCH AS A COMMENT.
AND THEN THAT MAY LEAD TO A QUESTION.
SO I MADE MENTION A COUPLE YEARS BACK DURING THE COURSE OF A MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING CHAIR, YOU MIGHT RECALL
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HOW SURPRISED I WAS.I HAVE IN A 1.7 MILE RADIUS, I HAVE FIVE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAPPEN TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WAS SURPRISED AT THE TIME AND CONTINUE TO BE SURPRISED AT HOW FREQUENTLY THOSE ARE BEING USED BY RESIDENTS OF THOSE COMPLEXES.
AND I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANY SEPARATE DATA LIKE THAT Y'ALL SHARE WITH HAKA MAYBE, OR ANY CONSIDERATIONS AROUND INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO MICRO MOBILITY? YOU KNOW, UM, WE DON'T ACTUALLY REQUEST ANY OF THAT DATA FROM THE PROVIDERS THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THEM.
UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THEIR, THEIR EQUITY PROGRAMS. UM, OKAY.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT GETS MY MIND MOVING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO.
I THINK EQUITY SHOULD BE A FOCUS, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, THAT, THAT THEY GET USED IN THAT REGARD.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT USE CASE FOR THESE DEVICES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE A, A RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO CAR OWNERSHIP.
SO, SO, NO, UH, I THINK THAT'S A, YOU RAISE A GREAT POINT AND I'LL REACH OUT TO THE VENDORS AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, START WORKING THAT INTO OUR NORMAL REPORTING.
SO THANKS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THIS ANECDOTALLY.
I MEAN, I SEE I, IT'S PROBABLY NOT ESPECIALLY SAFE, BUT I SEE PEOPLE LUGGING THEIR GROCERIES BACK ON SCOOTERS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE HEB AT SEVENTH AND PLEASANT VALLEY FOR SOME FOLKS THAT'S THREE BUSES JUST TO GO, NOT JUST A LITTLE UNDER A MILE.
SO PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE GROCERY AND BACK, GET THEIR MEDICATION FROM THE CBS AND BACK, I MEAN, IT REALLY IS AN EQUITY, UM, EQUALIZER IN A LOT OF WAYS.
THAT I PERSONALLY HAD NOT ANTICIPATED.
UH, I'M A CHICKEN, I HAVEN'T RIDDEN THEM, BUT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE LITERALLY MY GRANDMOTHER'S AGE RIDING SCOOTERS DOWN EAST 12TH STREET AT CEDAR, WHICH SURPRISED ME.
SO I WOULD JUST REALLY LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THAT DATA.
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? VICE CHAIR CADRY? YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, I WAS, SOME QUESTIONS, SOME COMMENTS, BUT I WAS JUST REALLY, I GUESS GLAD, UH, RELIEVED TO SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN SCOOTERS, IT HASN'T EQUATED TO A REDUCTION, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TRIPS.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A PLEASANT, PLEASANT THING TO SEE.
UM, BUT I, I GUESS A QUESTION THAT I, THAT I DID HAVE WAS COULD YOU PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON PROGRESS OR UPDATES RELATING TO PARKING, UH, CORRALS FOR THE, FOR SCOOTERS AND BIKES? I, I KIND OF COULD ONLY HEAR YOU, I'M SORRY.
UH, DID, DID YOU HEAR ANY OTHER QUESTION OR SHOULD I START FROM THE BEGINNING? I, I HEARD PART OF IT, I HEARD COULD, OH, COULD YOU PROVIDE AN, AN UPDATE ON, UH, PARKING CORRALS FOR, FOR SCOOTERS AND BIKES? UM, SO LIKE THE, THE, THE BUILT OUT PARKING CORRALS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A WHILE BACK.
WE WERE GOING TO INVEST IN SOME, UH, PARKING CORRALS WITH VERTICAL ELEMENTS TO THEM AND WHATNOT.
IS THERE, IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THAT? YEAH, WE, WE, WE, WE TABLED THAT FOR A WHILE, UH, AND KIND OF FOCUSED ON DOING, UH, I GUESS THE, UH, UH, A LITTLE MORE COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS THE PARKING BOXES.
JUST USING ON STREET PARKING OR ON STREET MARKINGS WITH STENCILS AND, UH, DELINEATORS IN RACKS WHERE POSSIBLE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THAT, THAT PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 26, UM, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT THE CORRALS, AND I THINK WE MAY BE PICKING THAT BACK UP.
UH, IT'S, IT'S TABLED FOR THE MOMENT, BUT I THINK WE'LL BE PICKING THAT BACK UP SOON.
AND THEN TO KEEPING ON THAT THEME, UM, OUR OFFICE HAD SUBMITTED A PICTURE, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS COULD PULL IT UP, OF, UM, A PICTURE THAT CITY HALL STAFFER HAD TO SHOWN US FROM A TRIP IN FRANCE.
I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS, ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO PUT THAT? OH, THERE YOU GO.
UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO FRANCE.
BUT, UM, THAT IS A PICTURE, A CITY HALL STAFFER.
THEY WERE IN FRANCE, HAS SHARED US, UM, WITH US.
IT'S A DOCKLESS BIKE AND SCOOTER CORRALS THAT ARE THERE MM-HMM
AND WHAT ARE WE, WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GEOFENCE AND MARKED AND THE USERS GET A SMALL FINE IF THEY'RE NOT PARKED CORRECTLY.
UH, AND THERE'S ALSO A LIMIT OF HOW MUCH CAN BE IN EACH, UH, UH, CORRAL.
UM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF, IF WE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF YOU THINK IT'S FEASIBLE THAT WE LOOK INTO DOING THIS AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, LOOKING TO DO IT IN, IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN WITH, UH, GPS DRIFT AS FAR AS GEOFENCING, THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A VERY MICRO LEVEL OR MACRO LEVEL MM-HMM
UH, UH, PARKED IN THE SAME THING.
UM, AND ALSO WE NEED TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT IT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU FORCE EVERYONE TO PARK IN THESE PARKING BOXES, YOU KIND OF, YOU KIND OF GET LOSE SOME OF THE BENEFIT OF DOCKLESS MOBILITY.
YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IT ALMOST BECOMES LIKE A DOCKED SCOOTER SHARE.
UH, BUT I THINK IF WE ARE STRATEGIC ABOUT IT AND UTILIZE THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN HIGH VOLUME AREAS, UH, ESPECIALLY WE CAN, WE, WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE THINGS IN EVENTS FOR SURE.
BUT, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
WE ACTUALLY JUST YESTERDAY, UM, UH, THE, THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY HAD BEEN WORKING THROUGH PARD AND REACHED OUT WITH US TO, TO DO SOME UPDATES
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TO THE GEOFENCE.THERE IS A, A, A ROW OF BIKE RACKS THERE THAT WERE WELL INSIDE THE GEOFENCE BEFORE, AND THEY WANTED SCOOTERS TO PARK AT THAT, THAT SPOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE INFORMED THEM THAT BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE GEOFENCE, FOLKS COULDN'T END THEIR TRIP.
SO IT WASN'T A REALLY GREAT LOCATION, BUT WE REACHED OUT TO THE, TO THE VENDORS AND, UH, ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD NUDGE THE GEOFENCE IN.
AND THEY ALSO, UH, WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THEIR APPS TO GUIDE PEOPLE TO PARK AT THOSE SPOTS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT USE CASE AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, AND, AND IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE.
UH, AND I THINK THERE ARE GONNA BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE THIS.
UH, AND WE GET MORE DENSITY OF THESE PARKING BOXES.
I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY MORE FEASIBLE TO, UM, TO UTILIZE THAT FORCED PARK TECHNOLOGY.
UM, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE IS JUST RELATED TO, TO SCOOTER SAFETY ON SIXTH STREET.
UM, WITH WRAPPING DOWN THE SPEEDS WITH SCOOTERS ON, ON SIXTH STREET, DO WE HAVE ANY DATA, DO WE HAVE ANY, I GUESS, FINDINGS OF, OF WHAT THAT'S LOOKED LIKE? NO.
UM, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO COLLECT DATA.
AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO THE COLLISION REPORTING.
UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET, YOU KNOW, GOOD DATA OF ANY INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY BENCHMARK DATA BEFOREHAND, SO IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO AFTER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT OF REPORTS OF ANY INCIDENTS.
THE EVALUATION HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD THEN.
WHAT'S THAT? I SAID IT'S, THE EVALUATION HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
IF THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY COUNCILMAN, I'LL JUST MENTION THE VISION ZERO CONNECTION THAT'S BEEN MADE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY INPUTTING THE EMS DATA FOR THE LAST, LIKE SIX OR EIGHT YEARS INTO THE VISION ZERO DATABASE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO INTEGRATE AND, AND CONNECT THOSE WITH EXISTING CRASH REPORT DATA FROM POLICE OR EXISTING HOSPITAL DATA THAT WE KNOW.
BUT, UH, I THINK THERE IS A GOAL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT BASELINE AND THEN SEE WHAT THE CHANGE WAS MADE AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE US SOME TIME TO GET TO THAT POINT JUST BASED ON THE DATA, UH, ANALYSIS OF SCRUBBING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WITH THAT EMS DATA FEED THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE INCIDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A CRASH REPORT ASSOCIATED WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INVOLVING A, A VEHICLE.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONES THAT GET KIND OF CAPTURED BY THE CR THREES THAT THE POLICE PROVIDE.
UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAD ASKED ABOUT THE, UH, RPP STUFF, BUT IS THERE GOING TO, ARE THERE ANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WILL BE HEARING THIS? UH, YES.
WE, WE ARE ACTUALLY ALSO GONNA GO TO UTC IN MAY.
IS THAT ALSO THE MAY 6TH MEETING? THE MAY 6TH MEETING? CORRECT.
AND I'LL JUST END THIS ON AN ANECDOTE ABOUT PARKING.
UM, I NOTICE AS SOMEONE WHO UTILIZES A BICYCLE MM-HMM
QUITE OFTEN DOWNTOWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA LEAVE THEIR SCOOTERS NEAR THE BIKE RACKS, WHICH IS GREAT.
THEY WANT THEM TO BE OUTTA THE WAY, THEY WANT THEM TO BE IN A PREDICTABLE LOCATION, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO PUT THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE MORE OBVIOUS.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE U-SHAPED STAPLE THAT YOU CAN LOCK A BIKE TO IS FOR THE BIKES.
AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS SCOOTERS.
'CAUSE I APPRECIATE THAT FOLKS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE EQUIPMENT MM-HMM
OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND IN A EXPECTED LOCATION, BUT HALF THE TIME I PULL UP, THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, TWO BIKE RACKS AND THERE'S A SCOOTER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
AND SO NOW I HAVE TO GET THE SCOOTER OUT OF THE WAY SO I CAN LOCK THE BIKE UP.
UM, AND I, I THINK THE, THEY'RE WELL-MEANING BY DOING THIS, BUT I THINK MAYBE THERE'S AN EASIER WAY TO GET THAT HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ASPECT OF, HEY, WE CAN BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
UM, AND, AND TO CREATE SOME SORT OF EXPECTATIONS THERE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO THROUGH FURTHER EDUCATION.
UH, LIKE THE POINT WE TOUCHED ON EARLIER ABOUT THE, UH, UM, UM, PEOPLE NOT KNOWING HOW TO PARK SAFELY AND PROPERLY.
I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IN THERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU PARKING NEXT TO A BIKE RACK IS, IS OKAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, BE A A GOOD NEIGHBOR ABOUT IT AND DON'T TAKE ALL THE ROOM FOR THE BICYCLES
AND I RESPECT THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS USING SCOOTERS DOWNTOWN MAY NOT HAVE THEM IN THE PLACES THAT THEY LIVE IN.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE TRYING HARD TO, TO USE THEM RESPECTFULLY.
UM, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT MORE PREDICTABLE FOR EVERYDAY USERS.
ANY LAST QUESTIONS? WE HAVE SIX MINUTES BEFORE ADJOURNING.
LET'S GO AHEAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LANE WONDERING, WILL I TALK FOR THE WHOLE SIX MINUTES?
AND I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR THIS QUESTION, SO FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF IT'S NOT.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP OF MOBILITY HUBS, WHICH SEEM PRETTY IMPORTANT TO WHERE THESE TYPES OF TRANSIT ADOPTIONS BECOME AVAILABLE.
AND I'M JUST NOTICING SOME VERY LARGE DISTANCES BETWEEN MOBILITY HUBS ACROSS EVEN LOWER INCOME AREAS, AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH TRANSIT RATES.
AND ALSO AN EARLIER SPEAKER MENTIONED HOW, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW QUICKLY SIDEWALKS AND THINGS HAVE BEEN COMING ONLINE, UM, IN AREAS WHERE THIS
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TYPE OF ACCESS HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED, BUT THERE'S STILL THESE WIDE GAPS BETWEEN MOBILITY HUBS.SO I'M WONDERING WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE LOCATION OF MOBILITY HUBS? I, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND, AND MAYBE, UH, HISTORICAL INFORMATION I DON'T HAVE.
I'M, I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THE MOBILITY HUB SUBCOMMITTEE FOR CPRG, SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UH, DIVING INTO IN EARNEST TO UHHUH
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK, I THINK THE, THE WAY THE MOBILITY HUBS WORK MOST EFFECTIVELY IS WHEN YOU HAVE SORT OF A, A HUB AND SMOKE MODEL.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SMALLER MOBILITY HUBS THROUGHOUT THE AREAS TO CONNECT THOSE DISPARATE ZONES, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT MAKE IT EASIER TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CAR SHARE OR RIDE YOUR BIKE OR, YOU KNOW, A, A SHARED DEVICE TO A BIGGER HUB WHERE A BUS STOP IS MM-HMM
OR TO A TRANSIT CENTER OR SOME OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO, UH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED A TOOL.
WE, I SAY WE, I HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THE WORK, BUT
CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PAST, BUT IT SEEMS WE'RE WE'RE, I APPRECIATE THE NEWNESS.
UM, SO
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SHIFTS IN HOW, AND I'M TELLING THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THIS, BUT A LOT OF SHIFTS IN HOW TRANSIT IS USED.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND GROWTH SHIFTS, POPULATION SHIFTS, UM, AND I MEAN, I'M SEEING VERY LARGE SPACING, LIKE NOTHING IN BETWEEN, ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN LAKELINE STATION AND PAVILION PARK AND RIDE NOTHING ALONG PALMER, ALL THE WAY BETWEEN NORTHEAST AUSTIN AND THE, YOU KNOW, BOUNDARY OF AUSTIN, THIS SORT OF THING.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE MAP ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE OR NO, I'M, I'M INTERESTED WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE MOBILITY HAVE SUBGROUP THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN AND THEN I FOUND THIS NICE GIS LAYER,
AND THE REST OF THE WEBSITE ISN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S SOME TEMPORARY DISRUPTIONS, SO.
BUT, UM, I GUESS I, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION, UH, OFFLINE, BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY SPEAK ABOUT IT, I JUST WANNA ELEVATE HOWEVER LONG IT HAS BEEN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE PERHAPS THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME SHIFTS THAT MAKE IT, UM, DESIRABLE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER ONE ISSUE HAS BEEN FUNDING IN THE PAST AND SO NOW WITH THESE GRANTS COMING IN AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT MONEY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM MM-HMM
I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAP METRO MOBILITY HUBS ARE TYPICALLY TIED WITH THE TRANSIT STATIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FULL KIND OF FIRST LAST MILE CONNECTION WITH TRANSIT.
SO THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME ON THAT AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO CONNECT WITH YOUR OFFICE AFTER THIS AND TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW CAP METRO IS IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, REFINING, RE UPDATING ITS PLAN AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION OF INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I JUST NOTED TO BE, BUT NOT YET COMPLETED YET.
I THINK THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX,
[6. Briefing from the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department related to ongoing mobility programs and projects in the Central Texas region, including construction and service updates]
WHICH IS LISTED AS A BRIEFING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.UM, THIS IS THE STAND IN FOR OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
IT JUST HAS A VERY LONG NAME NOW.
UM, BUT IT COVERS, UH, TOPICS LIKE PROGRESS TOWARDS SOUTHEAST AUSTIN URBAN TRAILS.
THE CITY HOSTED AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STAKEHOLDER MEETING.
APRIL IS DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH, AIRPORT BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE.
SOUTH LAMAR IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY.
AND A TP IS ANALYZING FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE LIGHT RAIL PLAN.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR OR, UM, SHOULD WE MOVE TO FUTURE ITEMS? I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
[7. Identify items to discuss at future meetings.]
FUTURE ITEMS. MAY IS BIKE MONTH AS ALWAYS.WE ARE TYPICALLY DOING A, UH, STAFF LED BICYCLE RIDE WITH THE GROUP TO HELP UNDERSTAND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO SEE SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN AUSTIN AND HELPING, UM, COMPLETE THE GAPS IN OUR TRAIL NETWORK.
AND THEN WE AIM TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THE STATUS OF MOBILITY BONDS.
QUICK UPDATE ON STATUS OF FEDERAL MOBILITY GRANTS.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UM, DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL GRANTS.
AND SO THE, THE STAFF HAS BEEN DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THOSE DILIGENTLY, AN UPDATE ON CITY LEAP AND POTENTIALLY A METRO BIKE UPDATE.
AND WE ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO MEET IN JUNE, SO THAT WOULD TAKE US INTO JULY.
BUT I WILL ADD A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE SCHEDULED YET, IS
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ANOTHER TOPIC ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, STREET TREES, INCLUDING FRUIT TREES, CONNECTING THE EDGES OF TOWN AND THE REGION TO THE CORE OF THE CITY.PRIORITIZATION PROCESS FOR TRANSIT FOR MO, REGIONAL MOBILITY CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT I 35 MAINTENANCE, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AIR QUALITY AROUND SCHOOLS, SHOAL CREEK TRAIL AND GAPS, PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS FOR PERSONAL E-BIKES, SCRE STREET SCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND CARLA MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLES.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A ROBUST RUNNING LIST.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER TOPICS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED HERE THAT FOLKS WANNA PUT ON THE RADAR TODAY? OR YOU CAN ALSO SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE CAN ADD THEM TO THE LIST AS WELL.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAS HER HAND UP.
I'LL ELABORATE IN EMAIL 'CAUSE MY TEAM AND I ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING IT, I THINK 'CAUSE IT'S ANCIENT.
DO YOU REMEMBER BACK, BACK, BACK IN THE DAY, WE HAD, WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND SOMEBODY MADE MENTION OF LIKE, SHOW CREEK CONNECTING TO WALLER CREEK, CONNECTING TO WALNUT, CONNECTING TO BOGGY.
IT WAS LIKE THIS GRAND VISION OF AN ENTIRE CITY THAT WAS CONNECTED BY TRAILS.
I'M LOOKING AT OUR TRAIL CONNECTIVITY PLANS AND ALL THAT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING, IT WAS AN OLD ANCIENT CONVERSATION.
AND SO I'M GONNA FIND THE CONTEXT THERE AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD THAT I'D LIKE TO RESURFACE, IT'S ALSO AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE.
UM, I THINK IT WAS URICH IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WHEN WE WENT TO THE NETHERLANDS, DO YOU REMEMBER WE WENT TO THAT, UM, WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND THEY TALKED TO US ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, VERY UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY WAS LEVELED BY WARD.
AND SO THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY, UM, POIGNANT FOR ME DURING THE COURSE OF THAT PRESENTATION WAS THAT THEY HAD STARTED OUT IN ONE DIRECTION AND SPENT WHAT WAS AT THE TIME, A MILLION DOLLARS OR SO, AND REALIZED THAT THEY WERE BUILDING A CITY FOR CARS AND NOT A CITY FOR PEOPLE.
AND SO ONCE THEY MADE THE DECISION MADE AND, YOU KNOW, AND INVESTED THE POLITICAL WILL TO CHANGE COURSE, THEY BASICALLY JUST SCRAPPED THAT MILLION DOLLARS AND DID A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
BUT BY THE TIME WE VISITED, THEY HAD HAD THIS, YOU KNOW, DECADES OLD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ENJOY COMPREHENSIVE PEOPLE BUILT CITY.
UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO GET SOME SORT OF MAYBE EVEN ABBREVIATED DUPLICATION OF THAT PRESENTATION FOR THIS BODY TO REALLY GET PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT WORKS.
I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT SUGGESTIONS.
AND YOUR FIRST SUGGESTION REMINDED ME OF THE FACT THAT THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL IS NOW COMPLETED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE WILDFLOWER CENTER AND THERE'S CONVERSATION AND PARTNERSHIPS HAPPENING ACROSS THE HAYES COUNTY LINE TO HELP CONTINUE THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT.
UM, SO MAYBE THERE'S A MOMENT IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE CAN KIND OF COVER ALL THAT TRAIL CONNECTIVITY.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT AUSTIN TO MAINOR NOW.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD UPDATES ON TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, SO MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD HIGHLIGHT WE CAN ADD IN IN THE FUTURE.
AND I WON'T, UH, BELABOR IT, BUT, AND MY STAFF, AND I'LL DO IT ON THE BACK END, BUT I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE IN THAT MAP, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE HUBS AND EVERYTHING WERE.
I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE NORTHEAST PLANNING DISTRICT.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND START THINKING IN THAT DIRECTION AS THAT'S BEING PLANNED IS REALLY HELPFUL.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I'LL PROBABLY BE EMAILING YOU ABOUT JUST TO GET YOUR ADVISING AND GUIDANCE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
THIS HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC DISCUSSION.
IT IS NOW 3:04 PM AND I WILL ADJOURN THIS MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.