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          FOR OUR MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          SO ON THAT NOTE, OH, HI. 
          HEY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
UM, ON THAT NOTE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE LIVE NOW. 
          IT IS 1:06 PM I AM THE CHAIR OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, PAIGE ELLIS. 
          I AM JOINED REMOTELY BY THE VICE CHAIR, ZOE CADRE, WHO WILL BE ON AND OFF CAMERA BECAUSE HE HAS A VERY TINY HUMAN AT HOME AND IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE HE'S A GREAT FATHER DURING THESE EARLY DAYS. 
          AND I'M JOINED WITH EVERYBODY ELSE HERE ON THE DAAS ON THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          SO IT IS 1:06 PM WE ARE MEETING HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND I BELIEVE 
          [Public Communication: General ]
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS TO KICK US OFF TODAY. 
          YES. 
          IF WE CAN HAVE RYAN SAUNDERS. 
          IT DOES NOT APPEAR RYAN IS HERE TODAY. 
          UP NEXT, WE'LL HAVE HAYDEN BLACK WALKER. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I'M HAYDEN BLACK WALKER. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I KNOW I'VE HARASSED YOU ALL BY EMAIL, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO BE HERE IN PERSON TOO TO REMIND YOU THAT THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER IS WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IN HER OFFICE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER A PRESS CONFERENCE. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE MORE THAN, I THINK WE HAVE 23 ORGANIZATIONS NOW ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE, UM, PARTNERING IN THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY JUST, UM, AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN ALL 50 STATES TO, UM, BUILD EMPATHY TO RECOGNIZE THAT 30% OF OUR POPULATION DOESN'T DRIVE FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          IT MIGHT BE A MEDICAL REASON, IT MIGHT BE AGE RELATED. 
          CHILDREN OBVIOUSLY DON'T DRIVE. 
          UM, AND THAT WE, UM, CAN BUILD A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT BETTER SERVES EVERYBODY WITH LOTS OF CHOICES. 
          SO THE GOAL IS TO TRY, I'M GONNA TRY, UM, NOT TO DRIVE A SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE. 
          YOU CAN GET A RIDE, YOU CAN WALK, YOU CAN BIKE, YOU CAN GET ON YOUR SCOOTER, , WHATEVER, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND IF YOU DO DRIVE, UH, THE GOAL IS JUST TO ASK FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT THEY WOULD'VE DONE IF THEY COULDN'T, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE TO JUST JUMP IN THEIR CAR LIKE I DID TODAY WHEN I WAS RUNNING LATE. 
          SO, UM, ANYWAY, IT STARTS, UM, SEPTEMBER 29TH AND WRAPS UP OCTOBER 5TH. 
          SO, UM, WE HOPE WE SEE YOU OUT THERE RIDING BUSES AND BIKES AND ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS. 
          THANKS VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S EVERYBODY. 
          ALRIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA, WE GO. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO 
          [1. Approve the minutes of the July 17, 2025, Mobility Committee Meeting.]
ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE'S MEETING ON JULY 17TH, 2025. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR CADRE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES. 
          RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE. 
          THE NEXT ITEM WE 
          [2. Briefing from the Urban Transportation Commission regarding actions from the August 5, 2025 and September 2, 2025, meetings. [Susan Somers, Chair - Urban Transportation Commission].]
HAVE WAS LISTED FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGARDING THEIR ACTIONS FROM THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER MEETINGS. 
          I BELIEVE THEY DON'T NEED TO JOIN US TODAY BECAUSE, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ACTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE PRESENTED TO US. 
          SOME OF THEM WERE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE. 
          SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE WILL MOVE THROUGH THAT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WILL BE ITEM 
          [3. Updates regarding Trees on City Streets. [Michelle Marx, Transportation Officer — Transportation and Public Works].]
NUMBER THREE, UPDATES REGARDING TREES ON CITY STREETS. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE MICHELLE MARKS JOINING US. 
          WELCOME. 
          I HELLO MOBILITY COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
          UH, MICHELLE MARKS TRANSPORTATION OFFICER WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU, UM, AN AN UPDATE ON AN APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTH PROCESS THAT, UH, TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN FACILITATING, UM, WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY REVIEW PANEL, THE TARP, UM, TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND PROGRESS TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          ONE OF THE, UM, RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY COUNCIL BACK IN 2024. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, 2024. 
          UM, BACK IN MARCH 21, UM, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, UM, ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, DEVELOP, UH, AN EXPLORE, RATHER EXPLORE A RIGHT OF WAY DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, WORKING WITH THE TARP TO IDENTIFY THE BARRIERS TO THE 
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INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IN AUSTIN RIGHTS OF WAY, UM, AND TO DEVELOP SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS THOSE BARRIERS, UM, IN A KIND OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL FASHION. 
          UM, AND, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH TO, TO KIND OF BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT THE, THE BENEFITS OF STREET TREES IN PARTICULAR. 
          MANY OF THESE WHICH WERE ARTICULATED IN THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION BACK IN 2024. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TREES REALLY ARE, UM, VITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO HEAT MITIGATION, WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE. 
          UM, ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO, TO TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND, YOU KNOW, CREATING, UM, AN ACTIVE AND ATTRACTIVE, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. 
          UM, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK AND BIKE COMFORTABLY IN OUR A HUNDRED PLUS DEGREE HEAT. 
          UM, SO IN RECOGNITION OF KIND OF THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF, OF TREES AND STREET TREES AS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITIES. 
          UM, AND INCREASINGLY SO GIVEN THE KIND OF CHANGES WE'RE SEEING IN OUR INCREASINGLY HOT NEAR CLIMATE, UM, TRANSPORTATION, WORKED WITH THE TARP TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR RIGHTS OF WAY, AND WHAT ARE SOME KIND OF RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND, UM, KINDA CRITICAL STEPS FOR, FOR DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN TO START TO ADDRESS 'EM. 
          SO ACCORDINGLY, UM, WE IN TRANSPORTATION, UH, WORKED WITH THE TARP AND SPECIFICALLY WITH, UM, KIND OF A WORKING GROUP OF TARP MEMBERS THAT INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY KINDA REGULATIONS AND, AND STREET TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH ARE, ARE FRANKLY ALL OF THEM. 
          UM, AND SO WE DID HAVE KIND OF BROAD INTERDEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATION ON THIS WORK GROUP. 
          UM, THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP ALSO INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROFESSION AS WELL, FOLKS WITH EXPERIENCE, UH, TRYING TO NAVIGATE OUR CITY'S REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES AROUND, UM, STREET TREES, UM, AS PART OF, UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO A WIDE ARRAY OF KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE ON THIS TARP WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, NOW, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE, THE TARP WORKING GROUP DEVELOPED, UM, ARE INTENDED TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD CITY LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT, UH, THIS WORKING GROUP SEES AS KIND OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE PART OF AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK PLAN TO START TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE BARRIERS WE SEE THE STREET TREES IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO SHARE THESE TARP RECOMMENDATIONS WITH DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, UM, AND, AND THEIR STAFF. 
          AND THE, THAT REVIEW IS ONGOING. 
          UM, I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, TOWARD THIS, UM, AT THE END OF MY SLIDE DECK HERE. 
          BUT, UM, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING, UM, A MEMO TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL BY THE END OF OCTOBER, PROVIDING A CONSOLIDATED STAFF RESPONSE, UH, TO THESE TARP RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME REFLECTION ON HOW, UM, AGAIN, AT AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL LEVEL, WE MIGHT FOLD SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO OUR WORK PLANS. 
          UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS THAT THIS TARP WORKING GROUP WENT THROUGH, UM, OVER THAT NINE MONTH PERIOD. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL ISSUED. 
          UM, THEY STARTED BY COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, TAKING A BROAD LOOK AT WHAT THE BARRIERS TO STREET TREES ARE, UM, IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND THOSE BARRIERS ARE, ARE NOT JUST REGULATORY, A LOT OF THEM ARE, A LOT OF OUR BARRIERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS IN, IN CODE AND, AND WITHIN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, DESIGN CRITERIA MANUALS. 
          UM, BUT THE TARP GROUP ALSO IDENTIFIED, UM, PERMITTING RELATED BARRIERS AND PROCESS RELATED BARRIERS, UM, THAT ARE PRECLUDING THE PROVISION OF STREET TREES, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE CATEGORIZED AS MORE PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL BARRIERS THAT MIGHT BE RELATED TO JUST BROADER INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES OR CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE WAY WE RESOURCE OURSELVES, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO COLLECTIVELY THEY IDENTIFIED, UM, IN A TECHNICAL MEMO, UM, A VERY ROBUST LIST OF REGULATORY PERMITTING AND PROGRAMMATIC BARRIERS TO STREET TREES. 
          THEN THEY STEPPED BACK 
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AND, UM, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM, UM, OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, UM, DID SOME PRETTY ROBUST PEER CITY AND PRECEDENT RESEARCH. 
          WE WANTED TO GET A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF HOW OTHER CITIES, UH, COMPARABLE TO OURS HAVE ADDRESSED, UH, THE TYPES OF BARRIERS THAT WE'RE CONFRONTING. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT THE FIRST CITY, UM, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIT STREET TREES INTO OUR RIGHT OF WAY WHILE PROTECTING OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, HARD, SO TO SPEAK, INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          SO HOW HAVE OTHER CITIES ACCOMPLISHED THIS AND IS THERE ANYTHING TO LEARN? UM, AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UH, CONSOLIDATING KIND OF THOSE, THOSE FIRST TWO STEPS. 
          UH, THE WORKING GROUP, UH, DID PUT TOGETHER, UM, A DOCUMENT, UM, THAT, AS I MENTIONED, IS BEING REVIEWED BY DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP NOW WITH, UH, 12 VERY SOLID, VERY ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS AUSTIN'S BARRIERS TO STREET TREES. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE GROUPED, UM, ACCORDING TO, UH, REGULATORY FOUNDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO ADDRESS, UH, OUR REGULATORY BARRIERS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JUST OPERATIONALLY HOW WE THINK ABOUT MAINTAINING TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, AND THEN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE PROVIDE AND PLAN FOR OUR CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS IN THE CITY. 
          THE WORKING GROUP ALSO GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO, OF THESE 12, UM, RECOMMENDED ACTIONS, UM, HOW SHOULD WE START TO THINK ABOUT, UM, PHASING THESE AS WE DEVELOP WORK PLANS? UM, AND THE THINKING HERE FROM THE GROUP IS THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS FIRST ON THE REGULATORY BARRIERS WITHIN, UM, OUR VARIOUS CRITERIA MANUALS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CODE PROVISIONS, UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT FOUNDATION IS IN PLACE, UM, AND THEN TAKING A HARD LOOK AT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCESS AND PERMITTING IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AS WELL AS KIND OF OPERATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE MAINTAIN TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND THEN BUILDING ON THAT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A BIT OF A WATERFALL, UM, HAVING THOSE SYSTEMS IN PLACE. 
          UH, THE THINKING IS, WILL THEN BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO START TO, UM, MORE REGULARLY INTEGRATE STREET TREES INTO OUR OWN CAPITAL PLANNING AND PROJECTS. 
          SO I'M GONNA VERY BRIEFLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE 12 RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT THE TARP WORKING GROUP DEVELOPED. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, AN, AN ABBREVIATED OVERVIEW THERE. 
          THE DOCUMENT THAT THE TARP DEVELOPED, UM, THAT STAFF IS REVIEWING NOW IS, IS MUCH MORE ROBUST. 
          CERTAINLY THERE ARE A LOT OF KIND OF CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATIONS AND A LOT OF SPECIFICITY BEHIND EACH OF THESE 12 RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL KIND OF GIVE THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW, UM, JUST TO KIND OF ORGANI, UM, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE, THE STRUCTURE, UM, OF THE TARPS THINKING HERE. 
          UM, AND FIRST IS THIS TRANCHE OF, UH, RECOMMENDED ACTIONS RELATED TO OUR REGULATORY FOUNDATIONS. 
          UM, THE FIRST TARP RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UM, TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, UM, AND REALLY MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT, UH, THE TCM UH, MOVING FORWARD REALLY NEEDS TO VERY STRONGLY, UM, DEVELOP DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDANCE FOR THE PROVISION OF STREET TREES AS PART OF THE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IF I WANNA PUT TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH MY DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND RIGHT NOW, FRANKLY, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SOMEWHAT SCATTERED. 
          THERE ARE SOME STREET FREE RELATED PROVISIONS YES, IN THE TCM, BUT ALSO THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE TO UNEARTH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUAL. 
          UM, SOME PROVISIONS, UM, IN THE UTILITY CRITERIA MANUALS. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONSTELLATION THAT RIGHT NOW FOLKS HAVE TO KIND OF MAP OUT FOR THEIR OWN, UM, BY TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH WITH THE TCM, UM, AND, AND CLARIFYING HOW STREET TREES NEED TO BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT, HOW ALL OF THESE VARIOUS RIGHT OF WAY ELEMENTS REALLY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER COHESIVELY, UM, IS GOING TO VASTLY SIMPLIFY, UM, FOR, UM, APPLICANTS AND PROJECT DESIGNERS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE AS WELL. 
          UM, CLARIFY HOW STREET TREES FIT 
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WITHIN THE SIDEWALK, HOW THEY FIT WITHIN THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY, UM, AND HOW THE ELEMENTS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY IN ALL OF OUR MANUALS COME TOGETHER. 
          HOW DO STREET TREES NEED TO RELATE, UM, TO UTILITY CLEARANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, BOTH BELOW GRADE AND ABOVE GRADE. 
          UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, GIVEN COMMON CONSTRAINTS THAT WE SEE OVER AND OVER WITH, LIKE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO YOU, UM, CREATE KIND OF A, A STANDARDIZED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THOSE CONSTRAINTS THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE WHOLE ALLOCATION OF SPACE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, SO CLARIFYING AND REALLY KIND OF REPOSITIONING THE TCM TO BE MORE OF A HOLISTIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, DESIGN GUIDANCE, UM, JUST MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO THE GROUP ASSOCIATED THAT. 
          WITH THAT IS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO HERE. 
          UM, AND, AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN, NEED TO HAPPEN IN TANDEM, AND THAT'S UPDATING OUR STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY FOR WHEN I'M PLANTING A STREET TREE, HOW BIG DOES THAT TRENCH NEED TO BE? HOW MUCH SOIL VOLUME DO I NEED TO PROVIDE? WHAT ARE THE STANDARD DETAILS FOR HOW WE PROVIDE STREET TREES IN THE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR? WHAT ARE OUR PRE-APPROVED PRODUCT LISTS FOR IRRIGATION MATERIALS OR STRUCTURAL SOIL CELLS, FOR EXAMPLE? WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CLARITY RIGHT NOW. 
          ALSO IN TANDEM TO THIS WORK IS THE TARPS NUMBER THREE RECOMMENDATION HERE. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE UTILITY CRITERIA MANUAL WITH OUR PARTNERS, UM, AT THE UTILITY DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIND OF MORE SPACE EFFICIENT PRACTICES. 
          UM, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, THE TARP IS VERY COGNIZANT AND, AND HYPER AWARE OF OUR NEED TO PROTECT OUR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BOTH BELOW, ABOVE AND AT STREET LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT ALSO, UM, THE WORKING GROUP FELT LIKE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, UM, TO, TO WORK INTERDEPARTMENTALLY TO, TO MAYBE GET MORE SPACE EFFICIENT WITH OUR, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO WET INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STREET TREES. 
          UM, ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS THAT COMES TO MIND IS IF WE ARE CREATING MORE ROBUST STANDARDS, UM, FOR HOW STREET TREES ARE PLANTED IN THE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, UH, ROOT BARRIERS OR SOIL CELLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT REALLY CONTAIN THOSE TREE ROOTS LOOKING FOR WATER, DOES THAT PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TIGHTEN UP SOME OF OUR CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE? THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. 
          UM, I THINK THE TARP IS ALSO VERY COGNIZANT OF, OF NOT WANTING TO SUGGEST ANYTHING THAT'S TECHNICALLY INFEASIBLE TO OUR UTILITY PARTNERS OR POTENTIALLY RISKY. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN TO WORK TOGETHER TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITY AREAS. 
          UH, RECOMMENDATION FOUR IS TO WORK WITH OUR URBAN FORESTER TO UPDATE OUR, UM, APPROVED STREET TREE LIST. 
          UM, AND THAT'S REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE STREET TREE LIST IS, UM, DEFINITELY ADAPTED TO TO BE, UM, PROVIDE KIND OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND, UM, KIND OF CALIBRATED TO OUR HOTTER AND DRIER CONDITIONS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL GUIDANCE THAT ALLOWS, UM, PROJECT OWNERS AND APPLICANTS TO PUT THE RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          UM, SO FOR CONSTRAINED, UH, LOCATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE ARE CERTAINLY GONNA BE, UM, RIGHT AND WRONG SPECIES. 
          UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIMITED PLANTING SPACE OR SOIL VOLUMES, THERE ARE GONNA BE SPECIES THAT, UM, CAN AND CANNOT THRIVE IN THOSE CONDITIONS. 
          SO HOW CAN OUR STREET TREE LIST BE MORE NUANCED TO CONTEXT? UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE, THE TARP, UH, IS, IS PROPOSING THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS KIND OF CONSOLIDATED APPROACH TO REFINING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CRITERIA MANUALS, UM, IT'S ALSO WORTH KEEPING, UM, OUR, THE OPTION ON THE TABLE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THERE'S APPETITE TO UPDATE CITY CODE, UH, TO MORE CLEARLY REQUIRE STREET TREES AS PART OF THOSE SIDEWALK AND FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BOTH FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE DO THINK THAT MANY OF THE REGULATORY BARRIERS CAN, CAN REALLY BE ADDRESSED, UM, IN THESE KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL CLEANUP 
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RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, SO REALLY RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE HERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE. 
          UM, THERE ARE CERTAINLY PROS AND CONS, UH, AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION, UM, BUT WANTED TO KIND OF LEAVE THAT ON THE TABLE. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. 
          UM, THE NEXT TRANCHE OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE, UM, STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES TO, UM, REMOVE THOSE PROCESS AND PERMITTING RELATED BARRIERS TO, TO STREET TREES. 
          UM, AND THE FIRST IS TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT DSD TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW KIND OF WORKFLOWS AND TIMELINES, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS KIND OF AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROCESS AT EARLY STAGE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, UH, PROCESS TO COLLABORATIVELY IDENTIFY WHAT THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, NEED TO BE. 
          UM, AND A COLLABORATIVE INTERDEPARTMENTAL APPROACH IS IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH NON-STANDARD, UH, SITUATIONS WHERE CONSTRAINTS HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          UM, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ESTABLISHED INTERDEPARTMENTAL RESOLUTION PROCESS WITH KIND OF CLEAR DECISION MAKING AND ESCALATION PATHWAYS TO CLARIFY TO THE APPLICANT, UM, HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE RIGHT OF WAY CONFLICTS AND TO PROVIDE THAT CLARITY FOR RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN ONCE THESE KIND OF REGULATORY AND, AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PLACE, AGAIN, WORKING WITH, UM, OUR DSD PARTNERS, UM, TO REALLY PROVIDE SOME VERY BROAD EDUCATION TO APPLICANTS AND THEN ALSO INTERNALLY TO, UM, OUR OWN STAFF, UM, UH, CLARIFYING, UH, THE NEW KIND OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROCESSES TO ENSURE THAT STREET TREES ARE INDEED PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH FRONTAGE AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND I ACTUALLY WANNA PAUSE HERE. 
          I REALIZED I MISSED, UM, KIND OF AN IMPORTANT TALKING POINT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, AND, AND THAT IS WHY IN THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE, UM, SO MUCH OF THE TARPS FOCUS HAS BEEN ON STREET TREES, UM, UH, MORE NARROWLY, UM, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CAN, CAN BE A VERY BROAD TERM AND, YOU KNOW, REFER TO THINGS LIKE, UM, GROUND LEVEL LANDSCAPING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR EVEN STORM WATER SWELLS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, BUT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TARP, IT WAS KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGED EARLY ON THAT STREET TREES IS WHERE THE BANG FOR THE BUCK IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPACTING, UM, HEAT ISLAND, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARBON ABSORPTION, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A SAFER, UM, MORE SHADED ENVIRONMENT FOR BIKING AND WALKING AND TAKING THE BUS, UM, IT'S REALLY STREET TREES THAT ARE THE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT GIVE US THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK THERE. 
          UM, AND FRANKLY THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A CHALLENGE FOR US AT THE CITY FOR SO MANY YEARS AND FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON THAT KIND OF LOW LYING FRUIT AND, AND CLEARING UP THOSE HURDLES WOULD BE SUCH A HUGE, HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, BIO RETENTION OR STORM WATER SWALES, UM, THAT IS ALSO, UM, CERTAINLY ALSO ANOTHER TYPE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ONE THAT'S MUCH MORE KIND OF, UM, UH, TECHNICALLY BOUND, UM, AND, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED WHEN IT COMES TO DETERMINING SIZE AND LOCATION AND SUITABILITY. 
          AND ONE WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK ON REALLY CLOSELY, UM, IN A MORE TECHNICALLY DIRECTED WAY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT STORMWATER. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THE TARP'S THINKING IS THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO HERE, UM, SO MANY ACTIONS TO RECOMMEND JUST WITH STREET TREE PROVISION ALONE. 
          SO THAT IS WHERE THEIR FOCUS IS HERE. 
          UM, THEY DID, UM, INTENTIONALLY DECIDE TO MA, YOU KNOW, USE THE TERMINOLOGY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WHEN TALKING ABOUT STREET TREES THOUGH, BECAUSE THE, THE MESSAGING FROM THE TARP REALLY IS THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS A COMPONENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE NEED TO RECONCILE WITH OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AS OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE BEFORE US. 
          SO FORGIVE ME THAT, UH, BACKUP THERE. 
          I'LL GO, UM, I'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD LOOKING AT, UM, THE NEXT GROUP OF TARP RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH ARE TO LOOK AT OUR KIND OF SYSTEMS FOR HOW WE MAINTAIN TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, CURRENTLY WHEN, UM, A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES INCLUDING STREET TREES IN THE PROJECT, WE REQUIRE, UM, A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THAT TREE. 
          UM, AND THAT, UM, KIND OF TRIGGERS A ONE OFF 
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KIND OF CASE BY CASE REVIEW OF EACH AND EVERY STREET TREE, UM, WHICH CAN BE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, VERY ONEROUS. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SECOND SITE PLAN REVIEW. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND IT'S A HUGE BARRIER. 
          WE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THIS, OUR CITY'S LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT FOR STREET TREES IS A HUGE, HUGE BARRIER. 
          UM, AND APPLICANTS WOULD RATHER JUST NOT GO THERE AT ALL. 
          UM, SO THE TARPS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UM, ELIMINATE OUR PRACTICE OF REQUIRING, UH, PRIVATE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR STREET TREES. 
          UM, WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION THEN HOW WILL WE ADDRESS MAINTENANCE? AND THERE ARE A FEW OPTIONS THERE. 
          UM, IN OTHER MANY OTHER CITIES THERE ARE, UM, THERE'S A UNIVERSAL CODE PROVISION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT JUST STIPULATES THAT ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING STREET TREES, UM, ALONG THEIR PROPERTY FRONTAGE. 
          UM, IT'S STATED ONCE UNIVERSALLY IN CODE AND, AND YOU DO AWAY WITH THE NEED TO REVIEW EVERY STREET TREE INDIVIDUALLY AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          UM, BUT THE TARPS RECOMMENDATION, UM, I THINK IS, UM, SLIGHTLY MORE, UM, VISIONARY. 
          UM, THEIR THINKING IS, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR CITY LED MAINTENANCE OF TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, AND THE THINKING THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY GIVES US THE SURETY WE NEED ON THE PUBLIC SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TREES ARE MAINTAINED PROPERLY. 
          UM, WITH, WITH MANDATED PRIVATE MAINTENANCE, UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT TREES ARE MAINTAINED ON REGULAR SCHEDULES, UM, SO THAT WHEN YOU KNOW STORMS ARE HIT OUR CITY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT IN A MORE PRECARIOUS SITUATION THAN WE NEED TO BE. 
          UM, IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE SURE THAT TREES ARE, ARE KEPT HEALTHY. 
          UM, PUTTING THOSE IN THE CITY'S ASSET CLASS, UM, ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP KIND OF A PROACTIVE, UM, TIME-BASED APPROACH TO PRUNING, MAINTAINING AND MAKING SURE THOSE TREES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, UM, TO WEATHER WHATEVER STORM, BOTH LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE IS COMING OUR WAY. 
          UM, OF COURSE, THIS, UM, IS, UH, WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A BIG NEW PROGRAM WITH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL, UM, NEED TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES, UM, TO SET UP THAT NEW PROGRAM. 
          UM, I KNOW, UM, A CM ROGERS HAS HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SOME OF HIS, UM, PRIOR, UM, CITIES OF EMPLOYMENT WHERE THEY'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO, UM, ADDRESS, UH, MAINTENANCE OF VEGETATION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          PERHAPS YOU WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY LED MAINTENANCE OF, OF ANY TYPE OF VEGETATION, I THINK, UM, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CREATIVE. 
          AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, THAT I'VE DEALT WITH AND WORKED ON ARE, ARE DEALING WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WORKING WITH NON-PROFITS AS WELL, AND LOOKING AT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, IN A, IN THE CITY OF PEORIA WHERE I USED TO WORK, WE HAD ISSUES WITH, UH, OUR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND HIGH WEEDS, AND WE WORKED WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO SET UP PROGRAMS, WORKFORCE TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT TAUGHT THE YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS THAT TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DEAL WITH THE, UM, MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND, AND PROGRAMS LIKE THAT HAD SO MANY BENEFITS BEYOND JUST THE COST, UM, WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEARNED A, A GREAT TRADE AND THEY, THEY ENDED UP IN PEORIA TAKING OVER CONTRACTS THAT WE WERE BIDDING OUT FOR RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE. 
          THEY BECAME SO SUCCESSFUL DOING THAT. 
          SO WHEN LOOKING AT THIS ITEM NUMBER NINE, I THINK IT, IT, IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEN STARTS TO BECOME, UH, AN ITEM FOR CITY LED MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE TO GET AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I THINK THERE CAN BE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT CAN BE WIN WIN-WINS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS AN OVERALL, UH, SITUATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, IF WE'RE GOING TO START TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ON A NEW ASSET CLASS AND, UM, DEVELOP THESE KIND OF STRATEGIC PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE APPROACHES, UM, NUMBER 10, WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVENTORY OF WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE NOW IN THE 
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RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, AND START TO KIND OF IDENTIFY NOT JUST GAPS IN OUR STREET TREE NETWORK, BUT ALSO, UM, CONDITION DATA SO THAT WE CAN START TO PROGRAM THOSE MAINTENANCE, UH, NEEDS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THIS LAST KIND OF GROUP OF TARP RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, NUMBER 11 WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE IN PLACE, UM, THE THINKING IS WE WOULD THEN BE IN A GOOD POSITION, UM, TO START TO THINK ABOUT, UH, DEVELOPING A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, UH, KNOWING WHERE THE GAPS AND THE NEEDS ARE, UM, DEVELOPING KIND OF A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR STREET TREES, FUNDING SOURCES, UH, PROGRAMMATIC TARGETS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, AND, AND THIS WOULD NEED TO BE IN CLOSE COORDINATE COORDINATION WITH, UM, KIND OF THE, THE CIP NEEDS OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES WITH EACH OTHER. 
          IF A, IF A STREET IS GETTING TORN UP, UM, TO KIND OF RENEW OR EXPAND, UH, SUBTERRANEAN INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, TO PUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND ALLOW FOR STREET TREES. 
          UM, AND THEN NUMBER 12, UM, FINALLY, IS, IS TO INCORPORATE STREET TREES REGULARLY INTO OUR BASELINE SCOPES AND BUDGETS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, UH, THAT, UM, WE ALL ASPIRE TO. 
          UM, THERE ARE POTENTIAL RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS TO, TO DEFINITELY BE AWARE OF THOUGH, HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT PROJECTS NEED TO REALIGN INFRASTRUCTURE OR PURCHASE RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE STREET TREES, UM, VIABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET IMPACT TO, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND LIMIT, YOU KNOW, THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE TRADE-OFFS HERE TO BE COGNIZANT OF. 
          UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THE TAR VERY MUCH WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO A PLACE WHERE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR BASELINE SCOPE WHEN WE'RE BUILDING SIDEWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS, IS INCLUDING TREES AS PART OF THAT, OF THAT SIDEWALK SCOPE OF WORK. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE, THE 12 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, UH, UH, OTHER THAN BRIEFING YOU ALL TODAY ON THIS WORK, UM, WE DO HAVE THESE VARIOUS COMMISSION BRIEFINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 
          UM, AND THIS WILL ALL BE HAPPENING, UM, AS I MENTIONED WHILE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, UM, ARE REVIEWING IN DETAIL THESE TARP RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND WHILE WE'RE KIND OF WORKING, AS I MENTIONED COLLABORATIVELY ON THIS MEMO TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, TO BE ISSUED AT THE END OF OCTOBER, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY, UM, REGARDING HOW WE CAN START TO REFLECT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR WORK PLANS. 
          UM, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND DETAIL GOING INTO THIS, AND ESPECIALLY THE REGULATORY PIECE OF THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          I KNOW WHEN WE DID SITE PLAN LIGHT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT WAS ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION LOOKING AT THOSE IMPACTS, BUT THE CONVER THE REAL CONVERSATION AROUND UTILITIES IMPACTS IS VERY MUCH, UM, I THINK THE, THE RINGLEADER OF THIS CONVERSATION, THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THAT WANT TO PLANT THE STREET TREES AND ARE READY TO FUND THE STREET TREES, AND IT'S THE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT REALLY HINDERS THAT ABILITY. 
          AND EVEN IF THERE'S SOME OTHER, UM, ABILITY TO DO A FEE IN LIEU, IT STILL DOESN'T MEAN THAT TREE IS GONNA SHOW UP ON THAT BLOCK. 
          AND THE TRUTH IS, IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE UTILIZING OUR SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE PATHWAYS AND NOT DOING THE, THE DRIVE ALONE THING, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IS THERE AND THAT IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE, SMOOTHER, FASTER FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE WITH A TREE, WITH A CONTRACTOR READY TO GO AS SOON AS THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH EVERYBODY. 
          UM, I HAVE ONE BRIEF QUESTION. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THE IDEA OF MEDIAN TREES? I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, ESPECIALLY REALLY WIDE ROADS THAT ARE SEEING REDEVELOPMENT. 
          HOW DO WE KIND OF BRING THEM INTO A BETTER STREETSCAPE THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING? AND ARE THERE ANY CONSIDERATIONS THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF, OR IS THIS A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MONTHS TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TREES ACTUALLY IN THE MEDIAN TO HELP SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND MAKE SAFER CROSSINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, AND IN THAT DETAILED, UH, TARP REPORT, UM, THEY DO CLARIFY THAT AS PART OF THOSE 
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TCM UH, UPDATES THAT WE ALSO WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, MORE BROADLY, UH, VEGETATION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, INCLUDING MEDIANS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO YES, STREET TREES IN THE MEDIAN WOULD DEFINITELY BE ON THE TABLE, UM, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION IS AROUND TREES IN PARTICULAR, BUT I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT OTHER PLANTS LIKE POLLINATORS THAT ARE LOWER PROFILE. 
          UM, THOSE MIGHT BE EASIER TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE AS AS THE CITY GROWS. 
          AND SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT OTHER PLANTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY TREES AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO CREATE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, BUT STILL BE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, UM, I THINK WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA LOOK AT VEGETATION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY MORE BROADLY AS PART OF THAT TCM UPDATE. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE GROUND LEVEL LANDSCAPING AND OTHER PLANTS, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, UM, A MAINTENANCE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ANSWER THERE AND SOLVE FOR. 
          UM, I KNOW OUR URBAN FORESTRY TEAMS ARE NOT KIND OF EQUIPPED, UM, FROM A STAFF OR A RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN PLANTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT AREN'T TREES. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER MAINTENANCE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY WHERE YOU DO SEE VEGETATION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, GROUND LEVEL LANDSCAPING. 
          THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE MAINTAINING THAT. 
          UM, SO THERE I THINK IS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CLARIFY, UM, THAT PROCESS, THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THOSE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS. 
          AND, AND IF I COULD, AND, AND THERE'S ALSO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH ADOPT A PROGRAMS THAT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, MANAGEMENT OF, OF PLANTS AND, AND, AND OTHER TYPE OF VEGETATION WITHIN THOSE RIGHT WAYS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAINTENANCE, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CREATIVE AND COME UP WITH MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. BUT I, I FEEL IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE COULD HAVE SOME VERY GOOD ADOPTIVE PROGRAMS AS WELL. 
          I AGREE. 
          I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A, A REGIONALITY THAT CARES A LOT ABOUT ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND DOING THE GOOD WORK BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN IT AND IT MAKES THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER. 
          I'M REMINDED OF WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GO ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRIP AND I WAS ABLE TO GO ON ONE OF THE WALK SHOPS THAT THEY DO, AND IT WAS ABOUT TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND IT WAS VERY EYEOPENING TO SEE THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE A FULL INVENTORY OF EVERY TREE IN WASHINGTON DC IT'S 2.2 MILLION TREES, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. 
          UM, BUT THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THOSE STREET TREES IN FRONT OF THEIR DOORSTEP ARE THE ONES THAT TEND TO CARE FOR IT. 
          THEY TEND TO WANT TO SEE IT THRIVE. 
          THEY'RE WILLING TO BUY MULCH. 
          YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY SMALL PATH SITES THAT THESE TREES GO INTO. 
          AND I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND HOW DO WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE. 
          UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE, THE CALL OUT TO THE FACT THAT THE SAME SPECIES OF TREES ARE NOT GONNA WORK IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT FOLLOW ENVIRONMENTAL WORK KNOW THAT WHETHER YOU'RE WEST OR EAST OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE VERY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES THAT THRIVE THERE. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL PARTS OF TOWN, NOT JUST OUR BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES AND OUR HERITAGE OAK, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER TREES THAT MAY NOT LIVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS, BUT STILL, UM, PROVIDE GREAT SHADE FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE LIVING IN THOSE LOCALITIES RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE US, UH, BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THAT A LITTLE MORE. 
          AND THE LAST QUESTION I'LL HAVE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IS ON THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME POLICIES WE BROUGHT FORWARD WHERE WE HAD TO ASK, AS THE REPORTS COME OUT, DO WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT STAFF FEELS THEY HAVE THE BLESSING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON AN AGENDA WITHOUT US HAVING TO BRING IT? UM, I, I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT METHODS THAT PEOPLE PREFER TO USE. 
          AND SO DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT IF WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO CARRY THAT FORWARD FROM A COUNCIL DIRECTION, OR IF STAFF WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BITS AND PIECES THAT THEY NEED? UM, OUR INTERPRETATION IS THAT, UM, WE DON'T REQUIRE COUNCIL DIRECTION AT THIS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP A WORK PLAN TO UPDATE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE MANUALS. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TRANCHE OF WORK. 
          UM, AND NEITHER DO WE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO SEEK AN ACTION FROM YOU TO UPDATE OUR PROCESSES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD AND THERE IS RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER CODE AND EVENTS, WE WOULD NEED TO COME TO YOU OF COURSE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE POISED TO GO AHEAD AND START DEVELOPING THAT, UH, CRITERIA MANUAL UPDATE WORK PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LANE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'M 
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SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A REALLY, UH, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THIS ASPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING, SO LOVE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UH, HAVE YOU GIVEN THOUGHT TO TESTING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH PILOT PROJECTS BEFORE FULL WIDE CITY OF Y IMPLEMENTATION? AND IF SO, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT? YEAH, WE HAVE CONSIDERED THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER DETAIL, UM, IN THE KIND OF MORE PROTRACTED DOCUMENT, UM, LOOKING AT ONGOING KIND OF IN PROGRESS CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, AS OPPORTUNITIES TO TEST OUT SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS. 
          THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONGRESS AVENUE WORK HAPPENING, UM, ARE ONE EXAMPLE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. 
          UM, THE UPCOMING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PER WE'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING FOR SIXTH STREET WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, SO YES, WE, I THINK WE CAN DO SOME PROOF OF CONCEPT, UM, EXPLORATION. 
          SO, AND I BRING THIS, THANK YOU AND I, I BRING THIS UP FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS JUST REFERRED TO AS THE VERY DIFFERENT GROWING CONDITIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY. 
          UM, BUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING TREES AND OTHERS WHERE THERE ARE FEWER OBSTACLES AND THERE IS AN EXTREME SHORTAGE OF TREES AS WELL. 
          SO IT COULD BE LESS COSTLY, MORE IMPACTFUL, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW QUICKLY WE'RE ABLE TO ADD TREES TO OUR CANOPY, UM, WHICH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, SO HAVE YOU, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION OF PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THERE IS, ARE FEWER OBSTACLES AND STRONG NEED AT THIS POINT, OR NOT YET? YEAH. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, OF THAT, UM, PARADOX. 
          UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF DEVELOPING OUR KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC INFILL CAPITAL PLAN, UM, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE FACTORS WOULD HAVE TO BE, BE WEIGHED AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, THAT'S AS MUCH AS WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT SO FAR,  OKAY. 
          I'LL THROW OUT ONE MORE LITTLE PIECE ABOUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF HAVING TREES OF DIFFERENT AGES IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO IF THERE, IF, IF WE DO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT ARE REALLY PRIMED TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT, IT ALSO CAN HELP US, UH, HAVE THOSE TREE, THOSE YOUNGER TREES COME IN, YOU KNOW, AND STAGES, THAT'S HELPFUL AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, LET'S SEE, AS FAR AS THE ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS, OKAY, BECAUSE OF WHERE I REPRESENT, UH, I APPRECIATED THE LIST OF PARTNERS THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH ON THIS, AND I, I WOULD ASK IF THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERATION TO THE STAGE AT WHICH, UH, OTHER UTILITY PARTNERS SUCH AS PEC MIGHT BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS PLAN. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT QUITE 50% OF MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE DISTRICT. 
          UH, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AND, AND SO FAR THIS WORK HAS, UM, REALLY JUST BEEN KIND OF INTERNAL WORKSHOPPING MM-HMM . 
          UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF PUTTING OUR WORK PLAN TOGETHER TO DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY WORK, WE'RE GONNA NEED, UM, A BROADER KIND OF PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THAT WITH MORE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, SO YES, WE WOULD NEED TO FOLD IN THOSE ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AT THAT POINT FOR SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PERMITTING AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO HOW SOME OF THESE CHANGES MIGHT IMPACT THAT FLOW, IF IT WILL IMPACT THE TIME TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE STAFFING NEEDS KIND OF, AND HOW, HOW ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS IMPROVING IN THAT AREA? I KNOW IT'S A BIG CATEGORY, SO THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS CURTIS BEATY. 
          I WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, I'M IN THE DIVISION THAT OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          ONE THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT IMPEDE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE OVER THE PAST TWO TO FOUR YEARS. 
          UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPMENTS EARLIER SO THAT WE TALK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND SO WHEN, UM, WE, WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET TREES, BUT WE'LL SAY, HERE'S HOW WE CAN HELP YOU DO THAT, MEANING COORDINATION WITH BOTH UTILITIES, OTHER REQUIREMENTS BEHIND THE STREET REQUIREMENTS, UM, IF THEY HAVE UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS. 
          SO WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WITH A DEVELOPER, BRING THEM IN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THIS WOULD NOT, UH, WE HAVE HAD, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, 
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A-U-L-C-C TO SEE IF THIS IS, THAT IS A APPROPRIATE TARGET TO HAVE THESE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND THEY ARE REVAMPING THEIR PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A, UH, UH, A COORDINATION OF UTILITIES ONLY. 
          AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERLAP AND EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THAT GROUP. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO DO THIS, UH, EARLY. 
          AS SOON AS THE APPLICATION GETS IN, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY IN GENERAL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE STREET TREES, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT GETS PUT IN THE CODE, WE WILL HAVE A WAIVER PROCESS THAT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, DRIVEWAY WAIVERS, SIDEWALK WAIVERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE. 
          UH, IT DOESN'T ADD ANY TIME TO THE PROCESS. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SOME PAPER WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE. 
          UH, AND WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS TRYING TO REDUCE THE OVERALL REVIEW PROCESS. 
          WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT SIX CYCLES PER SITE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT DOWN TO FOUR. 
          SO WE DON'T SEE ANY IMPACT THE OVERALL TIME JUST BY HAVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR STREET TREES AND THE REVIEW OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO APPRECIATED A CM ROGERS COMMENTS AND HAVING ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE PROOF OF CONCEPT OF, UH, WORKING WITH SOME NONPROFITS AND OTHER GROUPS ON SOME OF THAT WORK. 
          AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD. 
          I'M SURE IT WILL BE MET WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE START TO SEE MORE SHADE , SO THANK YOU. 
          THEY SAY THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE WAS 20 YEARS AGO. 
          RIGHT? BUT THE NEXT BEST TIME IS RIGHT NOW. 
           COUNCIL MEMBER VALO, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I LOVE THAT SAYING. 
          THAT'S A GREAT SAYING. 
          UH, THE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS GREAT. 
          UH, THERE ARE, AND AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE POINTED OUT TO US IN, IN GREAT DETAIL THE, THE REGULATORY AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER BARRIERS. 
          AND AGAIN, HONESTLY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, THEY DON'T EVEN GO THROUGH THIS PRO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE JUST GONNA PLANT THE TREE. 
          AND, AND, AND I, THAT MAY BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN, IN, IN A LOT OF THESE, UH, UH, CASES. 
          I'M THINKING ABOUT MORE KIND OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT TECHNICALLY I THINK YOU WOULD SUPPOSED TO GET A LICENSE AGREEMENT, EVEN IF YOU'RE A SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNER THAT WANTS TO PLANT A TREE IN THE CITIES RIGHT OF WAY, TECHNICALLY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE AGREEMENT AND PAY. 
          I THINK THE FEE WENT UP FOR THE LICENSE AGREEMENT FROM LIKE 2,400 TO ABOUT $5,000. 
          IF, IF I'M, IS THAT, IS THAT YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          UH, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT PROCESS AND WHAT WE CAN REMOVE AND NOT HAVE, UM, LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET TREES AND IRRIGATION FOR THOSE TREES. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THAT WAS A VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. 
          WE ARE ALSO, WE HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY, TYPICALLY WE ARE ISSUING LETTERS, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING LETTERS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE PLACED TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, ASKING THEM TO REMOVE OR OBTAIN A LICENSE AGREEMENT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA ADMINISTRATIVELY CHANGE THAT. 
          SO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT'S NOT REQUIRED, JUST NOTIFY THEM THAT IT IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO REMOVE IT TO MAINTAIN OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, IT WE WILL HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, I, I THINK MANY OF THE BARRIERS THAT, THAT YOU'RE LAYING OUT HERE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SOLID AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, REGULATORY AND LICENSING AND COST BARRIERS THAT WE CAN, UH, THINK RELATIVELY EASILY, UH, ELIMINATE. 
          UM, THE UTILITIES ARE ANOTHER, UH, UH, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A, A, OF A, THERE ARE LEGITIMATE, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, UTILITIES. 
          UH, WHERE ARE, HOW INVOLVED HAVE AUSTIN WATER AND AUSTIN, UH, ENERGY BEEN WITH THE TARP AND WITH KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          , WE'VE SHARED, UM, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP AT AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER. 
          UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE STILL KIND OF DIGGING IN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLY, THEIR CONCERN IS PROTECTING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UM, OUR MESSAGE REALLY HAS BEEN, UM, THAT'S OUR, UH, OBJECTIVE AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WE DO, I THINK, SEE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED ALREADY, IF WE ARE GONNA START REQUIRING, YOU KNOW, ROOT BARRIERS AND SOIL CELLS, UM, TO KEEP TREE ROOTS CONTAINED, UM, DO WE NEED NINE FEET OF CLEARANCE, UM, BETWEEN TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, WATER PIPE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, MAYBE NOT MM-HMM . 
          UM, IF WE CAN PROVIDE CONFIRMATION FROM THE CITY ARBORIST THAT, UM, A TREE CAN BE REMOVED, UH, TO MAINTAIN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MIGHT BE, UM, UNDER THE TREE, UM, DOES THAT PROVIDE SOME KIND OF, UM, ASSURANCE TO OUR UTILITY PARTNERS, UM, ABOUT CHANGING OUR PRACTICES 
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TO ALLOW THAT KIND OF STACKING. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES WE WANNA LOOK FOR. 
          AND OUR MESSAGING, UM, UM, REALLY HAS, HAS BEEN LIKE, LET'S WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER. 
          UM, I, I THINK, UM, I I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SIT DOWN TO KIND OF DEVELOP OUR WORK PLAN, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP SOMETHING POSITIVE HERE. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          UH, AND THAT'S AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO IT, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          UH, AND, AND I, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT THAT'S WHEN THERE ARE UTILITIES PRESENT, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF CONCERN. 
          UH, THAT SAID, THERE'S NOT ALWAYS UTILITIES PRESENT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO MY, MY SENSE WOULD BE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT WHERE THERE ARE NO UTILITY BARRIERS OR CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF IMMEDIATELY BE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS WHOLE STREET IS, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE SIDE OF THE STREET AGAIN, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST KIND OF COMMENT ON THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS KIND OF HAS TO BE A PHASED APPROACH WHERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, UH, PLACES WHERE THERE IS A REAL TANGLE OF UTILITIES, THAT THAT MAKES THINGS VERY COMPLICATED. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S NOT, UH, I MEAN, LET'S, LET'S GET SOME TREES PLANTED, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, RIGHT? 20 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          . 
          I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          I KNOW THAT THE UTILITY CONFLICTS ARE REALLY KIND OF, I THINK WHERE THE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, LIKE WHERE THE CURB IS, WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, THESE, THESE ARE REAL IMPACTS. 
          AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS. 
          IT'S BECAUSE THOSE IMPACTS TO THOSE UTILITIES ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
          AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT TO UNFAIRLY INCREASE COSTS FOR UTILITY RATES AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          BUT IF THERE'S ANY COMMUNITY THAT CAN GET THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND MAKE IT WORK AND FIND SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, IT'S AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [4. Update on Safe Routes to School Program and Planning. [Coleen Gentles, Project Manager — Transportation and Public Works].]
FOUR, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND PLANNING. 
          WELCOME MS. GENTLES. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          HELLO, . 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS COLLEEN GENS. 
          I AM THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SAFE OUT SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION IN THE AUSTIN, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE JUST PROVIDING AN UPDATE TODAY, UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. 
          UH, THIS, THIS MAKE ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, THE MISSION OF THE SAFE ROUTE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL BY CREATING A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HUMAN POWER, TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND THE VISION OF OUR PROGRAM IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HUMAN POWER TRANSPORTATION AS THE FIRST CHOICE FOR CITY OF AUSTIN STUDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, SAFE PROCESS SCHOOL IS REALLY, UH, FOUR ARMS IN ONE YOU COULD SAY. 
          SO I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THE THREE, UH, CIRCLES, UH, BRIEFLY, AND THEN WE'LL FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM, UH, WAS FORMED IN 1991. 
          UH, IT'S COMPOSED OF A MANAGER, SEVEN SUPERVISORS, 14 ASSISTANTS, AND OVER 200 CROSSING GUARDS, UH, WITHIN SEVEN, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, IN CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION. 
          SO, UH, THAT INCLUDES AUSTIN, DELL VALLEY, EES, LEANDER PFLUGERVILLE, AND, UM, ROUND ROCK ISDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UH, GUARDS AT THREE CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL. 
          UH, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY ON RUNDBERG, UM, MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ON PECAN BROOK, AND THEN IDEA MONTOPOLIS, UH, OFF OF MONTOPOLIS. 
          SO WE SERVICE OVER A HUNDRED SCHOOLS. 
          UM, WE OFFER, UM, TRAININGS FOR OUR, FOR OUR, UH, CROSSING GUARDS IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING. 
          WE HAVE, UH, WALKING SCHOOL BUSES. 
          WE'RE GONNA PILOT A BIKE TRAIN THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST TEAM, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR CROSSING GUARDS. 
          UH, THE SECOND, UH, UH, CIRCLE I'LL TALK ABOUT AS THE EDUCATION TEAM, UH, THAT WAS CREATED IN 1992, UH, THAT IS COMPOSED OF A MANAGER AND FOUR STAFF. 
          WE GO INTO THE PE CLASSES, UH, OF THE SCHOOLS AND, UH, DO WALKING AND BIKING SAFETY TRAINING, UH, WITH TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAM PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, ONE FOR GRADES PRE-K THROUGH TWO, AND THEN ANOTHER FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH, UH, THIRD THROUGH FIFTH. 
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WE OFFER BIKE RODEOS, SAFETY PATROL TRAINING, UM, ALSO LESSONS FOR DAYCARE CENTERS OR ADULTS AS WELL. 
          SO LAST SCHOOL YEAR, UH, 2024 TO 2025, WE SERVICED NINE 90 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 
          36,000 STUDENTS WERE TRAINED. 
          WE OFFERED ONE BIKE RODEO AND 16 COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL FAIRS. 
          UH, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE THIRD, UH, CIRCLE IS ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS CREATED IN 2012. 
          UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL. 
          WE OFFER DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING PARKA B AND WALK, UM, BOW WOW, WHICH IS BIKE ON WEDNESDAY, WALK ON WEDNESDAY, UM, THE NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY, UM, EVENT IN OCTOBER, AND THEN NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY IN THE SPRING IN MAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, WE HAVE THE FOURTH ARM OF SAFE PROCESS SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT WAS CREATED IN 2016, AND THAT'S THE, UH, PART THAT WE'LL FOCUS ON MOSTLY TODAY IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM WAS BORN OUT OF THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND. 
          UM, IN 2016, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL RECEIVED 27 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THE 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ADDRESS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. 
          UH, THE SAFE ROUTES OF SCHOOL PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS OF ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO BIKE OR WALK TO SCHOOL. 
          IMPROVEMENTS MAY INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS THAT CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, PROTECTED BICYCLE FACILITIES, AND URBAN TRAILS. 
          UM, AND THEN IN 2020, WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION TO ADDRESS BARRIERS IDENTIFIED IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON VERY HIGH AND HIGH BENEFIT, UH, COST PROJECTS. 
          AND WE ALSO, UH, ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING UP TO 1 MILLION, UM, FOR, UH, 2020, UM, FROM THE 2020 BOND TO ADDRESS BARRIERS NEAR CHARTER SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HISTORICALLY LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AREAS AROUND AUSTIN. 
          AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT WAS CREATED OUT OF THE 2016 BOND. 
          UM, WE RECEIVED THE FUNDING FROM THAT. 
          UM, FROM THAT BOND, WE DID INITIAL ASK OF SCHOOL CONCERNS, UM, THROUGH 137 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE, UH, JURISDICTION. 
          WE LOOKED AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          UH, PRIMARILY WE OFFERED WALK AUDITS, UM, WHICH IS WHERE WE WALKED WITH CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANT STAFF AND ENGINEERS TO KIND OF ASSESS WALKING AND BIKING ROUTES TO SCHOOL, AND LOOKING AT BARRIERS THOSE STUDENTS WOULD FACE. 
          WE OFFERED FIVE OPEN HOUSES, 50 POP-UP ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND, UM, HAD A REALLY, UH, ROBUST TIME COLLECTING DATA FROM 2017 THROUGH 2018. 
          UM, THEN IN 2019, WE DID AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF ALL THE DATA WE COLLECTED, UM, FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOLS, UM, AND ALSO CONVERSATIONS FROM THE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS. 
          WE RELEASED A DRAFT REPORT OF OUR FINDINGS, HAD A THREE WEEK COMMENT PERIOD, UM, AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT WAS PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF 2019 AND EARLY 2020, UH, RIGHT BEFORE COVID CHANGED THE WORLD. 
          AND THEN WHAT CAME OF THE REPORT? SO FROM THE REPORT, WE, UH, FOUND ABOUT 40, OVER 4,600 DIFFERENT BARRIERS, UM, PREVENTING STUDENTS TO SAFELY WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL. 
          AND SO, UH, WE BROKE THOSE BARRIERS DOWN INTO NINE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          UM, THE TOP TWO, UH, WERE MISSING OR, UM, UH, SIDEWALKS IN NEED OF REPAIR, UH, AND OR CURB RAMPS MISSING OR CURB RAMPS THAT WERE NOT 80 DA COMPLIANT, UM, OR MISSING CROSSWALKS OR CURB EXTENSIONS. 
          AND SO THE TOP TWO, UH, CATEGORIES YOU CAN SEE THERE CAME TO 37% OF THE TOTAL BARRIERS WERE SIDEWALK RELATED, AND ADDITIONAL 34% WERE CURB RAM CROSSWALK RELATED AS WELL. 
          AND SO OTHER BARRIERS, UH, THAT WE FOUND, WE BROKE INTO OTHER CATEGORIES INCLUDING, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL, BIKE LANES, TRAILS, SHARED USE PATHS, UM, AND THEN OVER AND UNDERPASSES. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A OTHERS CATEGORY WHICH KIND OF CAPTURED THINGS, UM, NOT IN THOSE, UH, EIGHT DIFFERENT, UH, BUCKETS INCLUDING LIKE VEGETATION ISSUES, SIGNAGE MISSING, UH, OR SIGNAGE CON UH, CONVERSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE ANALYSIS BROKE DOWN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, DEMAND, SAFETY, EQUITY, AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT. 
          UM, SO FOR DEMAND, THAT WAS 35% OF THE TOTAL SCORE. 
          WE RAN THE MODEL IN GIS, WE LOOKED AT, UH, SCHOOLS WALKING WITHIN A HALF MILE AND THEN TWO MILES FOR BIKING. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT, UH, WHERE THE STUDENTS LIVED IN THAT RADIUS. 
          UM, BUT WE USED NETWORK ANALYSIS. 
          SO WE USED THE SIDEWALK AND STREET NETWORK, NOT AS THE CROWS FLIES, JUST TO GIVE A MORE ACCURATE, REALISTIC PERCEPTION OF HOW YOU WOULD, UH, ACTUALLY TRAVEL TO SCHOOL. 
          WE ALSO DID A SAFETY ANALYSIS, AND THAT WAS 30% OF THE MODEL WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER AND FREQUENCY OF BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CRASHES. 
          WE LOOKED AT THE FUNCTIONAL CLASS SCORE OF THE STREETS. 
          SO ALL THE STREETS HAVE A, UM, CLASS SCORE. 
          WE USED THAT IN OUR, UH, SCORING METHOD AS WELL AS ENGINEERING JUDGMENT. 
          DID IT MAKE SENSE 
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TO PUT, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SPEED CUSHION ON THIS ROAD OR LIKE A PET ISLAND? AND THOSE WERE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH OUR ENGINEERS ABOUT WHAT MADE THE MOST SENSE AS A TREATMENT OPTION FOR THE BARRIER. 
          THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT EQUITY, WHICH IS 20% OF THE MODEL THAT LOOKED AT CENSUS DATA, INCLUDING THE FREE AND REDUCED ELIGIBILITY RATE FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          AND THEN THE POVERTY RATE, UH, BROKEN DOWN BY THE CENSUS BLOCKS. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT WE GOT FROM THE 50 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THE FIVE OPEN HOUSES. 
          AND SO WE COLLECTED THE DATA TWO WAYS, UM, IN A WIKI MAP, SO LIKE A VIRTUAL MAP, UH, FORMAT, AND THEN ALSO IN A PAPER MAP, UM, ON LIKE AT THE ACTUAL EVENTS IN PERSON WHERE WE CAPTURED THE WRITTEN COMMENTS. 
          WE ALSO MADE IT A POINT TO INCLUDE IN OUR ENGAGEMENT, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES, UH, PEOPLE WOULD BE AT. 
          SO NOT JUST, UH, AT THE SCHOOLS, BUT AT THE LIBRARIES, THE GROCERY STORES, THE CHURCHES, THE PARKS, EVERYWHERE WE COULD FIND PEOPLE. 
          WE SET UP ENGAGEMENT TO CAPTURE THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          AND THEN WE TOOK ALL OF THIS DATA AND CREATED REPORTS BY SCHOOL. 
          AND SO, UH, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF ONE FOR BLANTON. 
          AND, AND SO IN THE REPORTS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE PROCESS OF THE SCORING, THE OVERALL BENEFIT AND ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT, UH, CHART, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SCHOOL. 
          SO IN THIS EXAMPLE HERE, EVERY, UH, BARRIER IS GIVEN AN ID NUMBER, UM, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSE WITHIN THE HALF MILE RADIUS, UH, FOR WALKING IN TWO MILE RADIUS FOR BIKING THE LOCATION OF THE STREET THAT THE BARRIER'S ON THE ISSUE, THE RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN THE SCORING CATEGORY. 
          SO IT'S A QUINTILE SYSTEM FROM VERY HIGH TO VERY LOW. 
          UM, AND WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO OVERALL BENEFIT AND THEN ESTIMATED COST BENEFIT. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, SOME PROJECTS RANK VERY HIGH IN BOTH CATEGORIES. 
          SOME, UH, RANK, UH, MEDIUM OR LOW IN ONE OR THE OTHER. 
          AND IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS. 
          IT DEPENDS ON THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN OTHERS, AND WE JUST SIMPLY USE THIS AS A, UH, GUIDING PRINCIPLE TO MOVING PROJECTS FORWARD. 
          AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT TOO WAS HOW TO, UH, MAKE OUR MOST, UH, WALKING AND BIKING IMPROVEMENTS NEAR AS MANY SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, NOT JUST, UH, CHECKING A BOX OF RECOMMENDATIONS MET. 
          AND THEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS LEVERAGING A FUND. 
          AND SO WE LET THE PUBLIC DOLLAR GO FURTHER BY PARTNERING WITH PEOPLE INTERNAL TO THE CITY AND EXTERNAL TO THE CITY. 
          UM, SO ON THE SCREEN HERE, I'VE LISTED SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, URBAN TRAILS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING, SIDEWALK STREET AND BRIDGE, BIKEWAY SIGNAL SPEED MANAGEMENT VISION ZERO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROGRAM. 
          IN THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN EXTERNAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY LISTED AUSTIN, DEL VALLEY INS, LEANDER, MANNAR, PFLUGERVILLE, ROUND ROCK CAP, METRO, AND THEN, UH, LEGACY QUARTER CENT FUNDING. 
          AND THEN THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          UH, WHEN WE RAN THE NUMBERS FOR THE, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, OUR TOTAL SPEND, SO THIS IS COMBINING THE 2016 BOND MONEY AND THE 2020 BOND MONEY. 
          UH, WE'RE AT 38.9, UH, MILLION DOLLARS SPENT. 
          UM, THAT'S OUT THE DOOR ON PROJECTS. 
          ON THE GROUND, WE HAVE $2.6 MILLION ENCUMBERED. 
          SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS IN FDU, UH, WAITING TO BE BUILT. 
          AND THEN 5.9 MILLION IS IN PLANNED PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S NOT ASSIGNED AN FDU NUMBER YET, OR A FUNDING SOURCE NUMBER YET. 
          SO WE ARE, WELL, WELL ON THE WAY TO SPENDING OUT ALL OF OUR COMBINED FUNDING OF 47 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN THIS IS A PROJECT COUNT OF BARRIERS ADDRESSED, UM, OUT OF, AS OF THE END OF JUNE. 
          SO WE RUN THIS ANALYSIS QUARTERLY. 
          UM, WE HAVE 603 BARRIERS ADDRESSED. 
          AND OF THIS AMOUNT, 389 ARE, UM, FROM, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, 165 FROM SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, 28 FROM STREETS, UH, SEVEN FROM TRAILS, AND 14 FROM OTHER. 
          AND OTHER INCLUDES, UM, OUR SINGLE, OUR SIGNAL TYPE INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE SCHOOL ZONE BEACONS OR UH, PHDS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE, UH, FUNDED. 
          AND ALTOGETHER, UM, THAT'S COMING TO OVER 70%. 
          AND THEN, LET'S SEE, OH YEAH, AND THEN OUR, UM, LAST, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES I'VE HAD HERE ARE THE CIUR RESOLUTION NUMBERS. 
          UM, SO THIS IS FROM THE CIUR IN MAY. 
          WE'RE JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF WHERE THAT LANDS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ARE PLANNING ON REFRESHING AND UPDATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IN 2026, UH, UTILIZING, UTILIZING INTERNAL STAFF AND CONTRACT CAPACITY. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH SOME CONSULTANTS. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A SCOPE FINALIZED, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, UH, TO LAUNCH, UH, WALK AUDITS, UM, AT SCHOOLS IN THE SPRING. 
          UM, SO THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE NEW SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, INCLUDING BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY, BLASIER INTERMEDIATE, AS WELL AS MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED 
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TO HAVE THOSE SCHOOLS CAPTURED NOW, UM, AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THOSE CAMPUSES. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA INCORPORATE THE CITY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE CHANGED, UH, SINCE THE 2016 REPORT WAS DONE. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE, UH, NEW SCHOOL BOUNDARIES AND CATCHMENT AREAS. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE SCHOOL CALLS CONSOLIDATIONS, AIS D IS VOTING ON ON NOVEMBER 20TH. 
          SO THE SHORT LIST OF SCHOOLS WILL BE RELEASED, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 3RD, UH, NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THEN THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON NOVEMBER 20TH ON POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES OR CONSOLIDATIONS. 
          AND EITHER WAY, UH, AIS IS REDOING ALL OF THEIR SCHOOL BOUNDARIES BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT'S HAPPENING FOR THEM. 
          AND SO, AND WE ALSO ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE. 
          UM, WE, WE HAVE HEARD THAT LEANDER ISD IS ALSO LOOKING AT SOME CONSOLIDATION, SO WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOLS IN THOSE, IN THAT DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE LAST PART OF THE CIUR RESOLUTION WAS LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THE SCHOOL ZONES. 
          AND SO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING COLLEAGUES, UM, LOOKED AT A, DID A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF CURRENT SCHOOL ZONE IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES. 
          AND, UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, A CHANGE TO FOCUS ON PLACING SCHOOL ZONES PRIMARILY AT UNPROTECTED CROSSINGS TO ALSO INCLUDE SCHOOL FRONTAGES. 
          UH, THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO ALIGN WITH EXPECTATIONS OF PLACING SCHOOL ZONES, UH, WHERE THERE ARE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONFLICTS, UM, AT ALL THE CROSSINGS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DRIVEWAYS AND NEARBY INTERSECTIONS. 
          UM, THE EVALUATION INDICATES THAT WE WOULD NEED HUNDREDS OF NEW OR MODIFIED SCHOOL ZONES, UM, BASED ON THE SCHOOL LOCATIONS AND OPERATIONS. 
          AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT 5 MILLION, UM, BASED OFF THE EXISTING SCHOOL LOCATIONS AND THE OPERATIONS AND THE COST TODAY OF SCHOOL ZONE BEACONS. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, MY UPDATE. 
          UM, SO HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, IF YOU, UH, NEED TO REACH ME, BUT I'M ALSO HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THAT WAS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANNA MENTION, EVEN A'S ISD HAD TO CLOSE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CONSOLIDATE TWO CAMPUSES, SO IT'S, IT'S AFFECTING EVERYONE. 
          IT YEAH. 
          REALLY IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY STATE BUDGETS WORK, JUST TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TEACHERS AND CLASS SIZES ARE APPROPRIATE, IS AFFECTING EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT OUR COMMUNITY TOUCHES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, THAT'S A GUILTY PLEASURE. 
          THE BIKE BUS PROGRAM. 
          , DO YOU WANNA SPEAK BRIEFLY? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO APPLY TO BE A BIKE BUS LEADER. 
          YEAH. 
          DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AT ALL? UH, LET ME, I I WILL ACTUALLY TAKE IT TO MY BOSS. 
          . 
          YEAH, I, I SEE A NEW SPEAKER COMING. 
          YES. 
          . 
          HI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, AMIR. 
          MOMMY, THE DIVISION MANAGER OVER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION. 
          AND YEAH, THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING WALK-IN SCHOOL BUSES FOR A FEW YEARS. 
          SO WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS HIRING CROSSING GUARDS TO BE BIKE BUS LEADERS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE BIKERS. 
          SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE AND WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT TRAININGS AND TRYING TO BUILD THAT OUT AND SEEING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE ONE WITH A WALKING SCHOOL BUS. 
          YOU NEED TWO INDIVIDUALS WITH A BIKE BUS, YOU NEED THREE. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A GROUP OF FOLKS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS THAT LIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SAME BLOCK, THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME, WHETHER THEY'RE WALKING TOGETHER, BIKING TOGETHER. 
          CORRECT. 
          LIKE, SO COMPARING IT TO OUR WALKING SCHOOL BUS, WE HAVE ONE, UH, WHERE IT'S PICKING UP KIDS AT DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE THE SAME THING WHERE WE WOULD COORDINATE IT TIME AND PLACE. 
          LIKE WE'LL BE AT THIS CORNER AT THIS TIME AND PICK UP INDIVIDUALS, UH, ON THE WAY THERE. 
          I LOVE THAT. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR, OUR STAFF? LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          JUST ONE, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          ON PAGE FIVE, YOU HAVE THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT THAT LISTS AT 4,662 PROJECTS $825 MILLION. 
          AND THEN, SO PAGE 10, THE TOTAL COUNT OF BARRIERS ADDRESSED REFERS BACK TO PAGE FIVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE, THE TOTAL THERE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE TOTAL IS, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, 3 9 1 IN THE WORDS 6 0 3. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S THE LIST OF, OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S AN ASTERISK THOUGH. 
          SO WE'VE ALSO DONE IMPROVEMENTS AT SCHOOLS AND, UH, ADDRESSED BARRIERS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY CALLED OUT IN THE REPORT. 
          SO THE 6 0 3 REFERS TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BARRIERS ADDRESSED, UM, COMING FROM THAT 4,600. 
          BUT SOME OF THOSE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE PUT IN A PET ISLAND AT BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL DOWN SOUTH. 
          SO THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, UH, DO WALK AUDITS AT HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          BUT THE NEED CAME UP, THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR IT. 
          WE TALKED TO THE AREA ENGINEERS, IT MADE SENSE. 
          THERE WAS A HUNDRED KIDS CROSSING. 
          SO WE PUT IT IN, BUT WE COUNTED IT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE 4,600. 
          SURE. 
          AS YOU GET IN THE FIELD AND SEE, 
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YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ACTUALLY NEED SOMETHING HERE, YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND KNOCK IT OUT REGARDLESS SURE. 
          OF WHETHER IT'S ON THE LIFT OR NOT. 
          RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          AND THEN WE FUNDED IT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO, TO, UH, CLARIFY THAT. 
          AND THEN ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION, $5 MILLION BASED ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE ESTIMATED $5 MILLION BASED ON EXISTING SCHOOL LOCATIONS AND OPERATIONS. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS, WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING SCHOOL ZONES, LIKE THE ADDITIONAL KIND OF LIGHTS AND SIGNAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT? OR WHAT, WHAT'S THAT? WHAT DOES THAT $5 MILLION REFER TO? I'M GONNA CALL SOMEONE ELSE OVER . 
          SHE BROUGHT A TEAM, I BROUGHT THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE ANSWERS. 
          , GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          ERIC BOCK, MANAGING ENGINEER, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING DIVISION MANAGER. 
          UH, THE $5 MILLION, ABOUT 90% OF THAT COST IS, UH, COST FOR NEW, UM, SIGNS, WHETHER THAT BE SCHOOL FLASHERS OR STATIC SIGNS OR MARKINGS. 
          INTERIOR QUESTION. 
          YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED POSSIBLY 200 OR SO NEW SCHOOL ZONES AND ANOTHER A HUNDRED EXISTING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MODIFIED MM-HMM . 
          BASED ON THESE NEW CRITERIA OF KIND OF FOCUSING MORE ON THE FRONTAGES OF SCHOOLS RATHER THAN JUST WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT BE CROSSING IN AN UNCONTROLLED LOCATION. 
          SO, UM, AND THE OTHER 10% WOULD BE, UM, PROBABLY NEW STAFF MEMBERS WE'D IDENTIFY. 
          'CAUSE THE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOPEFULLY WE'D GET, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR STAFF AND JUST, THERE'S ALWAYS MAINTENANCE COSTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, UH, THE FLASHERS. 
          SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT COST ENTAILS. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAD, UM, A CONVERSATION AROUND SCHOOL ZONES. 
          'CAUSE I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT THAT, UM, HAS, HAS SCHOOL FACILITIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          AND SO WE HAD TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR, GOING THROUGH CROSS COUNTRY AND SOCCER PRACTICE, AND THE TEAMS ARE GOING THIS WAY AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, AT ALL HOURS OF THE MORNING AND EVENING. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT AND JUST SO WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANY OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES OUT. 
          BUT I KNOW WHEN I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND THE IDEA OF LETTING ME DO WHATEVER I WANTED TO DO AND NOT HAVE A SCHOOL ZONE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SAFE IN TRAFFIC IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, A LOT OF PARENTS OF 14 YEAR OLDS ARE THINKING ABOUT THESE DAYS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, DO YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? I DO. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ONE, I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          TWO, I LOVE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE BUSES. 
          THANK YOU FOR I SAW YOUR WONDERFUL POST. 
          UM, BASICALLY THIS IS ONE THAT JUST WARMS MY HEART ALWAYS. 
          UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ANALYSIS. 
          UM, AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO I THINK, UH, I'LL START WITH THE PRESENTATION MENTIONS LEVERAGING FUNDS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CAP METRO, BUT IT DOESN'T LIST ANY CORPORATE PARTNERS. 
          HAS AUSTIN EXPLORED CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THE GENERAL MOTOR MOTORS GRANTS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE RECEIVED? UM, JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
           , I WAS GONNA SAY WE'VE, UM, APPLIED FOR LIKE, UH, SS FOUR A GRANTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY MM-HMM . 
          UM, I'M AWARE ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT NO, WE HAVEN'T AS SAFE FRANCISCO, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT AS FOR CORPORATE, CORPORATE PARTNERS. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WELL, IF YOU BEGIN TO, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CORPORATE ENTITIES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY OUT IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST AUSTIN. 
          SO I MIND, UM, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          UM, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED IN DETAIL AT YOUR WALK AUDITS, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE, ARE EITHER IN THE ETJ JUST BARELY, OR THEY HAVE THE STREETS THAT FRONT TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE ETJ, ALL OF THEM ARE IN THE ETJ. 
          THERE ARE ALSO CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THERE ARE THESE REALLY PRETTY SMALL CIRCLES AND LINES OF ETJ THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IMPACT THE ONLY SIDEWALK THAT AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD USE TO GET TO THE SCHOOL THAT'S LESS THAN TWO MILES AWAY. 
          UM, AND, AND IN SOME OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'VE SEEN THESE SIDEWALKS ALSO INDICATED AS BEING JUST SUBSTANDARD, SUBSTANDARD SIDEWALK IN THE SIDEWALK PLAN. 
          AND SO I WAS HOPING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER HOW YOU HANDLED THOSE ISSUES WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR EVALUATION OF WHAT TO PRIORITIZE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UM, SO WE FOCUSED ON SCHOOLS THAT ARE FULLY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THE STREETS AROUND THEM, LIKE I, I DUNNO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT LIKE PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, THAT IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE. 
          YES. 
          , I WAS THINKING, I WONDER IF SHE'S THINKING PALM SPRINGS, UHHUH. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHERE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, UM, LIKE ONE SIDE IS IN THE CITY AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE IS IN THE COUNTY AND THEN, OR THE ETJ AND THEN, UH, BUT THE WHOLE CATCH AREA FOR THE SCHOOL IS LIKE A CIRCLE, RIGHT? AND SO, SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON DOING IMPROVEMENTS ONLY WITHIN ON THE CITY SIDE, JUST DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF THE BOND DOLLARS AND WHAT 
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THAT'S ASKED FOR. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE IS PARTNERSHIPS, UM, WITH LIKE THE ARTERIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION WHERE SCHOOL ZONE BEACONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, AND SO THEY CAN OPERATE THOSE AND MAINTAIN THEM EVEN IF THEY'RE IN, UM, THE ETJ AND NOT THE FULL CITY LIMITS. 
          SO IN THAT PERCE IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AT THIS TIME WE'VE ONLY JUST BEEN FOCUSING ON IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE ONLY ON THE CITY SIDE. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ANYTHING. 
          SO I'M GONNA, OH, SORRY, DID YOU HAVE MY HAT? NO, NO, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA STRONGLY ASK THAT WE COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OUT IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS WE HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES AND POND SPRINGS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL IN THAT A LOT OF ITS CATCHMENT AREA YEAH. 
          IS ALSO NOT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SCHOOLS LIKE PEARSON RANCH AND EL, SAY ENGLAND, IT'S ONLY THE SCHOOL THAT'S IN THE ETJ. 
          YEAH. 
          THE REST IS ALL IN AUSTIN. 
          WHEN YOU GET TO LOOKING AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S A BOX DRAWN AROUND IT. 
          I KNOW. 
          SO THAT IT'S IN THE ETJ. 
          YES. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU LOOK AT LAUREL MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THESE LITTLE WEIRD SHAPES NEARBY AND THE KIDS HAVE TO PASS THROUGH IT. 
          BUT THE SCHOOL'S IN AUSTIN YEAH. 
          AND AS I'M LOOKING AT YOUR MAP AND YOUR PROJECTS, LIKE NONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE A PART OF IT. 
          AND SO, UM, THERE ARE VERY REAL SAFETY CONCERNS. 
          AND BY EXCLUDING THE SCHOOLS THAT, I MEAN, THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT SERVE OUR DISTRICT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO THOSE SCHOOLS DO HAVE WALK AUDITS, UH MM-HMM . 
          AND REPORTS AND, AND, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND BARRIERS BEING ADDRESSED. 
          SO WE HAVE DONE IMPROVEMENT AT, UH, ALMOST ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          I, I, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT AWARE, BUT THE, THE ELSA ENGLAND PEARSON RANCH, UH, UP NORTH, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT PHB INTO A TRAFFIC LIGHT. 
          SO I AM AWARE OF SOME OF THE RECENT CHANGES, IN FACT, AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF I, AND I DON'T, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS EL ENGLAND OR PEARSON RANCH ACTUALLY AT THE ORIENTATION SAID, WE ARE GETTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WERE GETTING THAT TRAFFIC, THE ENTIRE PARENT CLASS WITH EXCITEMENT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S QUITE PERVASIVE ACROSS THOSE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS. 
          YES. 
          AND ANYWAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IN GREATER DETAIL SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I KNOW IT ALSO IMPACTS PROBABLY ALL OF OUR OUTLYING AREAS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. 
          YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, BUT WE, WE HAVE NOT, UH, FORGOTTEN ABOUT THOSE SCHOOLS LIKE KIND OF ON THE EDGES, SO. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN I, I LOVE ALL THE COLLABORATION, UM, THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT. 
          UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME VERY HIGH SPEED ROADS THAT I ALSO DON'T SEE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT ARE DEFINITELY THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO SOME SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MOTOR UNIT TO A PD AND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF SPEEDING ENFORCEMENT GOING ON. 
          AND, AND I WONDER IF GIVEN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, IF THAT COULD BE A REASON TO ELEVATE THE ADDITION OF THE CROSSWALKS WHERE YOU CAN PUSH A BUTTON TO CROSS. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M THINKING OF VARIOUS WHERE THERE, THERE ARE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, THERE ARE NOT COMPLETE SIDEWALKS, AND THERE IS NEVER SPEEDING ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND THIS IS, AND THERE ARE ALL AGES OF KIDS FROM K THROUGH 12 WHO WOULD HAVE TO USE THAT AS A ROUTE TO SCHOOL. 
          AND WHOEVER CAN AVOID IT IS GETTING DROPPED OFF BY THEIR PARENTS. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO MAYBE ASK ABOUT THAT ON SOME OF THE BIGGER ROADS TOO. 
          LIKE, I'M THINKING OF MCNEIL DRIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A SIDEWALK PROJECT OR A SHARED USE PATH PROJECT HAPPENING NOW ON MCNEIL HAD STARTED MONDAY, AND SO I BELIEVE IT'S GOING WEST THOUGH TOWARDS 180 3, UH, NOT TOWARD THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, I, I DON'T HAVE A, A SIGNALS LIKE PLAN FOR UPGRADING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, IN TBW ON THE SIDEWALK TEAM AND WAS US AS WE ARE DOING SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENTS THAT HIT INTERSECTIONS. 
          ALL OF IT'S BEING UPGRADED AT ONCE. 
          AND SO IT IS COMING WITH ACTUAL PROJECTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE LIKE A SEPARATE PLAN FOR ALL THEIR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO UPGRADING, UM, THE PUSH BUTTONS AT YON SPRINGS AND SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD AS WELL MM-HMM . 
          RIGHT BY CANYON VISTA MIDDLE. 
          SO THAT'S COMING, UH, THIS FALL AS WELL TO, AND THOSE GET CROSSINGS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALSO VERY BELOVED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE THAT OCCURS, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR DISTRICT ALSO NEAR THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          AND I KNOW THAT MCNEIL WILL NOT END UP HAVING CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS AND THEY ARE NOT CROSSWALKS. 
          SO IT'S A VERY LONG WALK. 
          UM, FINALLY, UM, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY ON THE FRONT EDGE OF THE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THESE COLLABORATIONS LIKE THE CROSSING GUARDS PROJECT, I WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO MAKE SOME LEMONADE OUT OF SOME LEMONS , UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES AN SRO OR SECURITY PERSONNEL AT EVERY, UM, CAMPUS IN THE STATE. 
          UM, I KNOW ROUND ROCK ISD IS ONLY HIRING OFFICERS. 
          UM, I WONDER IF WE MIGHT CONSIDER LOOKING INTO COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH THE SO SROS AS IT RELATES TO 
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MAINTAINING THOSE SAFE FRONTAGE ROADS DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES. 
          AND THAT MIGHT BE A LOW COST TO THE CITY APPROACH OF A NEW TYPE OF COLLABORATION. 
          I MEAN, WE CURRENTLY COLLABORATE WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PDS, AND CURRENTLY THE ISSUE IS THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH COVERAGE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WITH A ISD, THEY'RE AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS ALREADY, SO THEY HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME HELPING OUT WITH ISSUES HAPPENING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND I'M HOPING THAT ONCE IT IS FULLY STAFFED, AND I THINK THERE'S A TIMELINE LIKE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS MM-HMM . 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ASSIST US WITH THOSE SPEEDERS AND PARENTS THAT ARE HAVING EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR IN FRONT OF THE CAMPUSES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I'LL FLAG THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS GONNA BE ON OUR FUTURE ITEMS DISCUSSION, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, BUT WHAT IS THE CURRENT DISCUSSION AROUND URBAN TRAILS AND PARK SPACES AS HELPING KIDS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL? I KNOW I HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING PROGRAM OPERATE IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET TO ELEMENTARY AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL EASIER BY CUTTING THROUGH SOME GREEN SPACE NEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          ARE THOSE PARTS OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING OR ARE YOU OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS AROUND THOSE BEING SAFE WAYS TO GO INSTEAD OF BEING ON STREET OR DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE STREET? YEAH, FOR SURE. 
          WE HAVE, URBAN TRAILS IS CALLED OUT AS, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, OR CO-FUNDING WITH THE URBAN TRAILS PROGRAM, THE, UM, TRAIL THROUGH BARTHOLOMEW PARK THAT'LL GO FROM, UH, UH, STONY BROOK TO EAST 51ST STREET. 
          AND SO THAT IS LIKE 98% AT DESIGN, SO IT SHOULD GO TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          AND SO ST ROUTES IS CO-FUNDING THAT AS PART OF A LARGER WATERSHED, UH, AUSTIN WATER PROJECT, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          SO THAT WILL CONNECT PEOPLE FROM WINDSOR PARK DOWN TO THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THEN, UH, RECENTLY WE'VE ALSO, UH, PURCHASED LAND IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UH, AUSTIN WATER FOR, UM, THIS GREEN BELT TRACK NEAR LINDER ELEMENTARY DOWN SOUTH. 
          AND SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH WITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS GETTING A DESIGN AND A TRAIL THROUGH THAT PROJECT AS WELL. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TRAILS. 
          THEY ARE DEFINITELY A LOT MORE COSTLY THAN SAY, PET ISLANDS OR SCHOOL ZONE BEACONS, ET CETERA. 
          SO WE'RE PRETTY STRATEGIC WITH THAT AS WE LOOK AT, UH, FUNDING SOURCES, UH, DWINDLING DOWN. 
          BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR TRAILS IN SPECIFIC AREAS, UM, AND DEFINITELY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ENTITIES TOO. 
          SO WE'RE COST SHARING. 
          THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 
          I CAN ONLY SAY THAT BIKING THROUGH A PARK IS MUCH MORE PLEASANT THAN BIKING NEXT TO TRAFFIC. 
          UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE PRO THE PROGRAMS AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK TO BUILD SIDEWALKS, BUILD URBAN TRAILS HAS BEEN FANTASTICALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH A LOT OF APPLAUSE AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT IT AND HELP HELP FURTHER THE MISSIONS THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          AND WE ALSO ADD, UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IN PARTICULAR TOO, THAT WE HAVE LIGHTING ON ALL THESE TRAILS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH TIME SEVEN CHANGES AND KIDS TRYING TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY CAPTURE THAT. 
          I KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT LIGHTING ON TRAILS, SO I WON'T GO INTO THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM WE'RE 
          [5. Report by the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department related to ongoing mobility programs and projects in the Central Texas region, including construction and service updates. [Anna Martin, Assistant Director — Transportation Public Works].]
GOING TO TAKE UP IS THE REPORT BY AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RELATED TO ONGOING MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ACMS REPORT, BUT NOW WE HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, ANNA MARTIN JOINING US TODAY. 
          DO YOU WANNA GIVE US A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THAT? GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY, FILLING IN ON BEHALF OF, UM, DIRECTOR MENDOZA, WHO'S AWAY. 
          UH, YOU SHOULD HAVE A REPORT IN YOUR BACKUP, UM, TITLED THE CITY OF AUSTIN MOBILITY REPORT, WHICH ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR, UM, MOBILITY PORTFOLIO INTERNAL TO THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR KEY PARTNER, UH, PROJECTS. 
          UM, SO I'LL JUST HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          UH, PUBLIC PARKING RESTRICTIONS, RETURN TO STEVEN AT THE AUSTIN DRIVE. 
          SO ON OUR THEME OF SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY HIGH SCHOOLS, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN IS, UM, A ROAD THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE LAKE, BASICALLY AND AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A CITY STREET, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AN A ISD, UM, OWNED ROAD. 
          AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC ACCESS AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE FOLKS CAN, CAN USE IT AND PARK ON IT TO ACCESS THE TRAIL, UM, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL. 
          UM, SO NEW PARKING JURISDICTIONS ARE GOING IN EFFECT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WILL RESERVE THE PARKING FOR AUSTIN HIGH PARKING PASS HOLDERS DURING THE, UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING SCHOOL HOURS. 
          AFTER THOSE HOURS, IT OPENS UP TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          SO THAT'S NEW. 
          IF THERE'S ANY, IF YOU, WHEN IN DOUBT I WOULD SAY READ THE SIGNS CAREFULLY. 
          UH, CAPITAL METRO, UM, BEGINS NEW SERVICE CHANGES. 
          THEY DO THIS THREE TIMES A YEAR. 
          UH, THE TWO OF THE THREE CHANGES ARE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING UT STUDENTS, SO THE SHUTTLES THAT GET FOLKS, UM, AROUND CAMPUS. 
          AND THE THIRD CHANGE, 
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UM, IS EXTENDING NIGHT OWL SERVICE OUT TO THE AIRPORT. 
          UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, SEEKS INPUT TO BETTER NAVIGATE CENTRAL TEXAS ROADWAYS. 
          SO THE CITY, UM, LED BY TPW IS CONDUCTING A RESEARCH STUDY. 
          WE WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES USE TRANSPORTATION IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, AND WHAT ARE THOSE BARRIERS TO CHOOSING ALTERNATIVE MODES. 
          UM, LOOKING AHEAD AT THE, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 15 YEARS OF REALLY HEAVY CONSTRUCTION WE EXPECT IN OUR REGION, UH, WE WANNA JUST UNDERSTAND THESE PATTERNS, UM, DEVELOP A FUTURE MARKETING AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO HELP, UM, FOSTER MODE SHIFT, AND REALLY JUST KEEP OUR COMMUNITY MOVING IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          DURING THIS HEAVY CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, THERE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN, UM, CENTERED AROUND MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY. 
          SO THIS IS FOCUSED ON, UM, UH, MESSAGING TO THE MOTORCYCLISTS THEMSELVES AS WELL AS DRIVERS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK THIS YEAR IN SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES AMONG MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS. 
          UM, SO JUST A TIMELY REMINDER TO EVERYONE TO, TO BE CAREFUL ON OUR ROADWAYS. 
          UH, DELTA AIRLINES ANNOUNCED NEW NONSTOP SERVICE TO DENVER, COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALSO INCREASING SERVICE ON TWO EXISTING ROUTES TO SAN FRANCISCO AND INDIANAPOLIS, ALSO OUT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, UH, THE AIRPORT HOSTED THE INAUGURAL PUBLIC ART MAKERS EXPO ON AUGUST 23RD, A FIRST OF ITS KIND EVENT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER, UM, 125 ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, AND FABRICATORS LOCAL TO AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TECH TEXAS TO, UM, BETTER SHOW OFF AND, AND ADVERTISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, FUTURE ART WITH THE AIRPORT EXPANSION. 
          UM, HAPPY TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ROSS ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          UM, THIS IS A GREAT, UH, REPRESENTATION OF A PROJECT MOVING THROUGH BOND CYCLES. 
          UM, A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT WAS, UM, FUNDED FOR ROSS ROAD BACK IN 2016, IN 2020, UM, THE MOBILITY BOND FUNDED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH A, A MAJOR UPGRADE TO ROSS ROAD, UM, FROM 71 TO PIERCE LANE SERVES THREE DIFFERENT DELL VALLEY ISD SCHOOL, SO A MUCH NEEDED PROJECT, UM, CONSTRUCTION GOING WELL AND IS ON SCHEDULE ALSO FROM THE MOBILITY BOND PORTFOLIO. 
          UM, HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, WORK HAS BEEN UNDERWAY ON THE SEGMENT BETWEEN, UH, US TWO 90 AND I 35. 
          THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL NEW, UM, SHARED USE PATH RUNNING ALONG THE WEST SIDE ADJACENT TO THE, UM, UP RAILROAD. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME SIGNAL UPGRADES AND A PHB AS WELL. 
          UH, CONSTRUCTION ON THAT SEGMENT IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP, UH, THIS OCTOBER, SO NEXT MONTH. 
          AND FINALLY, ALSO RELATED TO CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, THE CITY IS SEEKING NEW BIDS FOR THE BURNETT ROAD CORRIDOR. 
          UM, THE SECTION FROM 180 3 TO BRIGHT VERDE WAY THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED THIS MONTH. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY ALSO THIS MONTH, THE NEXT SECTION OF BURNETT WILL ALSO GO TO ADVERTISEMENT, AND THAT WILL BE THE, UH, SECTION FROM BRIGHT VERDE WAY UP TO MOPAC. 
          SO WE'LL SEE A LOT OF ACTIVE WORK ON, UM, ON BURNETT ROAD FROM 180 3 TO THE NORTH. 
          UH, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR HIGHLIGHTS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          LOVE TO SEE THOSE. 
          UH, THERE'S A COUPLE STREET NAMES I THINK ARE IN D FOUR. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? N NO, I I, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE NIGHTOWL SERVICE TOO. 
          THE, UH, AIRPORT, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THAT ON CAPITOL METRO, AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS, UH, JUST REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME. 
          LIKE, AUSTIN DOES NOT HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO THE AIRPORT WHEN YOU GET, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A KIND OF SHOCK THAT, THAT IT WAS JUST LIKE, COME ON, NOW, YOU'RE A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BUS THAT GOES TO THE AIRPORT PASSED. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE TIME WAS, BUT IT, IT WAS JUST MADE A WORLD OF SENSE TO SAY THAT, UH, YOU SHOULD RUN BUSES AS LONG AS THERE'S PLANES LANDING, REALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, SO THAT WAS A BIG ONE. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE, UH, THAT, THAT SERVICE GO INTO EFFECT. 
          AND, UH, NO, THAT'S A GOOD MOVE BY CAPITAL METRO. 
          YEAH. 
          OR AT LEAST HAVE AN ON-CALL SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S, I KNOW, A, A CAP METRO SERVICE. 
          ON THAT NOTE, UH, A FEW OF US WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME STUDENTS AT UT LAST NIGHT, AND ONE OF THEM LIVED IN LEANDER AND WAS HOPING THAT REDLINE WOULD STAY OPEN A LITTLE LONGER SO THAT, UH, SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIND A RIDE HOME ANOTHER WAY. 
          AND SO I, I THINK THAT CALL CONTINUES AND WE'LL CERTAINLY PICK THOSE CONVERSATIONS UP SINCE THREE OF US ON THIS COMMITTEE ALSO ARE FORTUNATE TO SERVE ON THE CAT METRO BOARD. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS? YES, I DO. 
          OH, , LET'S KICK IT OFF. 
          UM, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED TO READ ABOUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT 
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AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL PARKING. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY INNOVATIVE AND MUCH NEEDED SOLUTION. 
          I'M WONDERING IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SIMILAR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS THAT FACE PARKING CHALLENGES. 
          UM, AND I THINK THE PRIVATE STREET ASPECT IS A BIT MORE UNUSUAL, BUT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE SURROUNDED BY PUBLIC STREETS. 
          SO YEAH, I, MY COLLEAGUES SPOKE REALLY WELL OF THE SAFE FRANCISCO PROGRAM. 
          AS WE START TO LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN DETAIL, UM, IT MIGHT BE REALLY INTERESTING TO ALSO THINK ABOUT COLLECTING THE PARKING DATA AND SEEING WHERE THE USAGE IS REALLY HEAVY. 
          SEE WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO SHIFT KIDS TO CARPOOL OR WALKING AND BIKING, AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT PARKING AVAILABILITY. 
          IT TENDS TO SPILL OVER INTO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, WHICH CAN BE, UM, FRUSTRATING FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO, MM-HMM . 
          UM, I WOULD SAY THE AUSTIN HIGH IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD, UM, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AS WE DO THESE NEXT ROUND OF AUDITS, STREETS, BUSINESSES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, ALL OF IT. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, RIGHT. 
          I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          UM, THE PARK, A TX THAT'S OFFERING THE, THE FREE PARKING SESSIONS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIGITAL TOOLS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY AVAILABLE. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE MAKING THESE TYPES OF THINGS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A SMARTPHONE OR RELIABLE INTERNET ACCESS AND THAT SORT OF THING? THERE, THERE IS STILL A REQUIREMENT THAT PER BLOCK, THERE NEEDS TO BE A PHYSICAL PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND PUT YOUR MONEY IN OR PUT YOUR CREDIT CARD IN AND, UM, ACCESS PARKING THAT WAY. 
          SO THAT STILL EXISTS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE CUTTING DOWN ON THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUST, UM, HAVING IT ONE PER BLOCK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ON THE LIST OUR BRIEFINGS BY MEMORANDUM. 
          THERE'S A I I WILL FOREWARN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE BRIEFING BY MEMORANDUM AND THEN A WHOLE SUBSEQUENT LIST OF PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED MEMOS, UM, THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REFERENCE IN THE PACKET. 
          UM, SO MAKE SURE IF YOU WANNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU CLICK ON THE LINK THAT'S ON THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE WEBSITE, THAT, THAT ACTUALLY SAYS LIKE THE AGENDA PACKET. 
          IT WILL HAVE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND BACKUP DOCUMENTATION RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. 
          BUT THOSE BRIEFINGS BY MEMO ARE I 35 CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL PARKING AND WATER QUALITY MEMO DATED AUGUST 1ST, 2025. 
          AN INITIAL PROGRE PRO PROJECT REQUEST LIST FOR THE 2026 BOND DEVELOPMENT UPDATE MEMO FROM THE END OF JULY, A BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE MEMO, A SIXTH STREET SAFETY PILOT BARRICADE PLACEMENT MEMO. 
          SO A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THAT DOWNTOWN AREA AND AN UPDATE ON SIXTH STREET PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BETWEEN THE CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS WELL AS SOME VERY SPECIFIC SIXTH STREET UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THOSE BARRICADES ARE BEING, UM, BEAUTIFIED BY THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, WHICH WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. 
          SO I KNOW THAT A PD IS WORKING WELL IN TANDEM WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER, OTHER CITY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, KEEP THAT AREA SAFE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO ENJOY IT CAN, BUT THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING SO IN A SAFE MANNER. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THOSE FIVE MEMORANDUM? I THINK WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH THEM. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF FOLLOWING THAT BOND TASK FORCE DEVELOPMENT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR WISHLISTS ARE IN, BUT THERE IS ABOUT $4 BILLION OF ASK FOR ABOUT $640 MILLION OF MONEY. 
          SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE A, A SLOG FOR EVERYBODY TO GET THROUGH AND TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A WISHLIST THAT YOU WANT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE AWARE OF, THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO INCORPORATE CONVERSATIONS AROUND ASSESSING THE NEED FOR THOSE, THOSE CHANGES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          ON ONE OF THESE FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, ON NUMBER SEVEN, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT YOU, RIGHT? YEP. 
          NUMBER SEVEN, BOND DEVELOPMENT 
          [7. Initial Project Request List — 2026 Bond Development Update memo dated July 31, 2025. [Dr. Kara M. Boyles, Director — Capital Delivery Services].]
UPDATE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AS WE THINK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRACKING ALL THESE THINGS SO CAREFULLY AND THE QUESTIONS WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, I'M WONDERING, UH, I'M ONE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY STAFF TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING, UM, ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE SAY WE'RE DELIVERING ON. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY, ARE THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC PROCESS CHANGES THAT WILL ENSURE THAT PROJECTS WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN THE SIX YEAR CYCLE THAT YOU COULD REFRESH ME ON AS AND US ON AS WE ARE ANSWERING CONSTITUENT QUESTIONS IN THAT REGARD? TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS ABOUT ITEMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 26TH. 
          AND WHAT IS THE COMPLETION TIMELINE ANSWER IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, IF YOU'RE NOT, I CAN LIVE . 
          GOOD. 
          A GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL 
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MEMBERS, IT'S, UH, MY NAME IS KARA BOYLES, I'M DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES. 
          UM, SO THE QUESTION IS ON THE TIMELINE AS TO GIVING, CONTINUING TO GIVE INPUT ON PROJECTS FOR THE BOND, WHAT, WHAT SPECIFIC CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE DELIVER ON TIME MORE EFFECTIVELY? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE WE'VE STARTED THIS PROCESS MUCH SOONER, MUCH EARLIER THAN IN THE PAST. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS. 
          WE'VE BROUGHT THE, UM, B TTIP TOGETHER. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING SESSIONS WITH THEM, BRINGING DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER WITH THEM TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS, TO ALLOW DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE UPDATES ON PAST BOND PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE REALLY OUT IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS THAN MAYBE IN PRIOR BOND CYCLES. 
          SO IN THAT WAY WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW INTERNALLY AT CDS, AT WHAT ARE THE PROJECT SCOPES AND KNOW DOING A REALLY, UM, DEEP DIVE IN VETTING THOSE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE SCHEDULES, WHAT ARE THE COSTS, WHAT ARE THE RISKS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS WE MOVE PROJECTS INTO A BOND PACKAGE? THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          I KNOW THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT LEND THEMSELVES REALLY WELL TO THIS IS HOW LONG THE PROJECT SHOULD TAKE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAND ACQUISITION OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT BECOMES AVAILABLE, WHAT DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CADENCE OF COLLECTING PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN, UM, LOOKING WITH THE FINANCIAL BALANCE OF, AS SOME OLD BONDS ARE BEING FULFILLED AND EXPIRED, HOW TO KIND OF LAYER THOSE IN, WHICH HAPPENS A LOT WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. 
          NOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL TO LOOK AT ALL PROJECTS THROUGH THAT LENS. 
          CAN WE EXECUTE, IMPLEMENT THIS IN A SIX YEAR BOND CYCLE AS DEFINED BY COUNCIL? YEAH. 
          AND I ALSO THINK JUST LEARNING FROM, UM, WHERE THE PROBLEMS CAME UP AND APPLYING THOSE BETTER. 
          SO I WAS JUST HOPING TO GET THAT NICE FORMULATION T WHILE WE GO OUT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          PERFECT. 
          LOVE IT. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING IN. 
          UM, ZOE HAD TO DROP OFF SO HE COULD BE WITH HIS FAMILY. 
          UM, ON 
          [6. I-35 Construction Impacts on Hike and Bike Trail, Parking and Water Quality Memo dated August 1, 2025. [Richard Mendoza, P.E., Director - Transportation and Public Works; Jesus Aguirre, Director - Parks and Recreation; Jorge L. Morales, P.E., CFM, Director - Watershed Protection].]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, I KNOW THE DISTRICT NINE OFFICE HAS SHARED SOME SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THOSE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IMPACTS. 
          UM, I THINK THERE IS SOME HERITAGE AND PROTECTED TREES THAT MIGHT BE MOVING AS PART OF THAT PROJECT. 
          IS THERE, CAN ANYONE SPEAK TO WHETHER THOSE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE RELOCATED OR WHAT THE, WHAT THE PLANS ARE THROUGH TEXTILE PROCESS? I REALIZE TEXTILES NOT HERE TODAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          SO WE'RE, UM, ASKING CITY STAFF UN UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER IT EITHER, BUT WE HAVE ROUTINE WEEKLY COMMUNICATION WITH TEXT OUTS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO FIND OUT AND REPORT BACK. 
          I'M GENERALLY SO CURIOUS ABOUT HOW TO RELOCATE MORE TREES IF THEY'RE FULLY GROWN AND THEY'RE HAPPY AND HEALTHY, HOW WE KEEP THOSE IN OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY. 
          AND SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST FLAG THAT AND SEE IF WE COULD GET A QUESTION OFFLINE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, ON ITEM NUMBER NINE 
          [9. Sixth Street Safety Plan barricade replacement memo dated August 1, 2025. [Richard Mendoza, P.E., Director - Transportation and Public Works].]
ABOUT THE SIXTH STREET PROJECT REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING MEMO. 
          WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH SHOULD FOLKS EXPECT TO SEE FROM THIS POINT IN THE FUTURE? VERY TIMELY QUESTION. 
          WE HELD OUR SECOND STAKEHOLDER MEETING YESTERDAY WHERE WE MET WITH, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG SIXTH STREET TO GIVE THEM A PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING PUBLIC OUTREACH. 
          SO TOMORROW YOU'LL SEE THE WEBSITE LAUNCHED WHERE WE'RE GONNA SHOW THREE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES WE'RE EVALUATING FOR SIXTH STREET, SO THERE'LL BE AN OPTION TO REVIEW ALL OF THAT WORK ONLINE AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY. 
          AND OUR GOAL IS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO HAVE A PREFERRED OPTION FOR SIXTH STREET SO THAT WE CAN LAUNCH INTO THE DESIGN PHASE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED MEMOS? I THINK THOSE ARE NOT POSTED FOR DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF. 
          UM, BUT MAKE SURE YOU'RE READING THEM AND REVIEWING THEM AND SHARING THEM WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED. 
          AND THEN AS FAR AS FUTURE 
          [11. Identify items to be discussed at future meetings.]
ITEMS IS THE NEXT, THE NEXT THING ON OUR LIST, SO OCTOBER 16TH, WE MIGHT WORK BACK INTO CAP METRO TRANSIT PLAN. 
          I KNOW THE FEW OF US THAT GET TO DO WORK WITH CAP METRO EVERY WEEK, UM, ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          I THINK WE HAD, I THINK THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT WAS A WEEK OR TWO AGO ON LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE, UH, CHANGES AND, AND PLANS THAT MAY BE COMING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THEN POTENTIALLY AN ITEM ON CITY LEAP AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UPDATE, WHICH I KNOW SOME OF WHICH I SEE A LOT AS JUST HIGH, HIGH RATES OF SPEEDING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN WHERE THE, THE ROADS ARE REALLY, REALLY WIDE AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPEED BUMPS OR STOP SIGNS OR STREET LIGHTS 
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OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HELP SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. 
          BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE HOW THOSE DISCUSSIONS WORK IN SCHOOL AREAS AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL MIGHT JUST BE, UH, A SLIDE OR TWO THAT WE COULD OPEN UP FOR CONVERSATION DURING THAT MEETING. 
          ON NOVEMBER, WE MAY LOOK AT A STATE OF AUSTIN BRIDGES AND CITY ROADWAY CONDITIONS. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE FLAGGED RIGHT NOW. 
          WE ARE ALSO SCHEDULED TO MEET EARLY DECEMBER, WHICH I KNOW IS VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF WHERE OUR COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          UM, GIVES US TWO OR THREE MEETINGS OFF FOR US TO FOCUS ON OUR CONSTITUENT WORK SOLELY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF OTHER ITEMS FOR THE FUTURE, INCLUDING MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN, CITYWIDE LIGHTING PLAN, THE STREET IMPACT FEE STUDY, UPDATE PROJECT CONNECT UPDATES FROM A TP BIKE, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FOR PROJECT CONNECT STATION AREAS, THE BIG LOOP, UM, ANY SORT OF TIPS AND TRICKS WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN THE, THE GLOBAL AREA OF HOW TO HAVE BETTER BIKE NETWORKS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, CONNECTING THE EDGES OF TOWN AND THE REGION INTO THE CORE, WHICH WAS A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LANE I 35 MAINTENANCE AND OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY AROUND SCHOOLS, SHOAL CREEK TRAIL AND GAPS, PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS, UM, STREET SCAPE DESIGN, AND CARLA MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDIES THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEYOND THAT THAT PEOPLE WANNA BRING TO OUR ATTENTION, WE'RE HAPPY TO FIT IT INTO THE QUEUE AND TO TRY TO, UH, GET A LITTLE MORE DEEP DIVE INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH I ALWAYS FIND TO BE SO PRODUCTIVE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE ADJOURNMENT? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS. 
          IT IS 2:47 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNING THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU.
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