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IT IS, UM, TUESDAY, JANUARY SIX, SIX AT 5:00 PM UM, I AM HERE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ORDER.
WE'RE HERE AT CITY HALL IN ROOM 1 1 0 1, LOCATED AT, UH, 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL PROCEED WITH, UM, CALLING OUR ROLE.
I'M SUSAN SUMMERS, I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION.
UH, SPENCER SCHUMACHER, OUR VICE CHAIR HERE.
UH, DANIEL KAMAN, OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN HERE.
COMMISSIONER CHEN NOT PRESENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ PRESENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER PRASAD PRESENT.
I BELIEVE, UH, WE KNOW THAT HE IS NOT GONNA BE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, FOR THOSE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, THIS DOES SERVE AS A REMINDER.
IF YOU HAVE NOT, YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY EMAIL OUR STAFF LIAISON, UM, NATALIE TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY SO THAT YOUR PRESENCE CAN BE COUNTED, UH, AMONG OUR NUMBER TODAY.
UM, I WILL, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, BUT THEY ARE NOT PRESENT HERE TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I DO BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
I'M GONNA LOOK FOR THOSE PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT MAY WISH TO SIGN UP.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission Name Regular meeting on 12/02/2025.]
MOVE TO ITEM ONE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.SO THAT IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2025.
UM, COMMISSIONERS THOSE IN PERSON.
THAT ALSO WAS PACKED, POSTED TO THE BACKUP.
SO IF YOU NEED A SECOND TO REVIEW, THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, I HAVE MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
SO THAT'S A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KAMAN.
ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MINUTES? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
DO WE TYPICALLY NOT, UM, INDICATE SPECIFICALLY WHO THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS ARE, JUST THE QUANTITY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO IN THE PAST WE HAD, BUT, UH, DIRECTION CAME FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO JUST GIVE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE SPOKE.
I CAN ALWAYS SEND STUFF TO YOU AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS? UH, AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, SO IF YOU GO ONLINE AND WATCH THE VIDEO, THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM INTRODUCING THEMSELVES.
I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE THEN, UNLESS THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PUT YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
[2. Staff briefing regarding the Corridor Construction Program. Presentation by Eric Bailey, Deputy Director, Austin Capital Delivery Services.]
US INTO OUR NEXT, UH, SET OF ITEMS, WHICH IS THE STAFF BRIEFINGS.UM, SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM TWO, WHICH IS A STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S GONNA, UM, COME FROM, UH, MR. ERIC BAILEY FROM, UH, UH, AUSTIN'S CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.
UM, MY NAME IS JANAE LANDRY AND I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER AT CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.
SO I'M GONNA BE FILLING IN FOR MR. BAILEY TODAY.
UM, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 2016 CORRIDOR BOND PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT, SO JUST KIND OF A RECAP ON THE 2016 BOND.
YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS.
WHEN THIS BOND WAS APPROVED, UM, MANY OF THE PLANS WERE AT CONCEPTUAL LEVEL, NOT YET FULLY DEVELOPED.
UM, AND THERE WERE MANY CORRIDOR CORRIDORS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE RAN INTO COMPLICATIONS ON.
UM, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT MANY OF THE PROJECTS HAD THINGS IN THE, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTS THAT WE RAN INTO WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND IMPERVIOUS COVER REQUIREMENTS THAT ESSENTIALLY TURNED MANY OF THESE PROJECTS INTO ESSENTIALLY STORM DRAIN PROJECTS, UM, MORE THAN MOBILITY PROJECTS.
SO IN 2023, UM, WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
WE RE RIGHT SIZED THOSE PROJECTS TO BASICALLY MEET THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE.
UM, AND WHILE WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES ON A FEW PLACES, UM, DESIGN IS NOW LARGELY, YOU KNOW, REDESIGN IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE AND WE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION IN MANY
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OF THOSE CORRIDORS NOW.ALRIGHT, SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST HIGHLIGHTS OF, UM, BASICALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT ERIC WAS HERE, UM, WHICH WAS JUST UNDER A YEAR AGO.
UM, SO WE'VE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION ON FOUR SEGMENTS SINCE THEN.
UM, AND THEN ON ON SOUTH LAMAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO, UH, WORKING ON THE, THE WEST MARY EVERGREEN SEGMENT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO DO FINAL PAVING ON THAT.
AND SO AIRPORT FROM LAMAR TO 45TH STREET IS COMPLETE SLAUGHTER LANE FROM SOUTH CONGRESS TO BLUFF SPRINGS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE FINISHED ALL WORK ON RIVERSIDE.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT WE HAD WERE SOME SIGNALS THAT WE COMPLETED EARLIER IN 2025.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION, UM, ON OUR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MANY CORRIDORS RIGHT NOW VIA AN IDIQ CONTRACT THAT WE JUST GOT TWO NEW IDIQ CONTRACTS UP AND RUNNING LAST YEAR.
UM, WE'RE ALSO STILL WORKING ON SIGNAL AND PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THAT WORK.
UM, THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION ON SLAUGHTER LANE FROM BRODY TO MOPAC THAT STARTED LAST SUMMER AND WE'RE CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION ON WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE FROM RUNNING WATER TO MCKINNEY FALLS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, RECENTLY AWARDED TWO NEW CONTRACTS, AND THAT'S ARE BURNETT ROAD FROM BRIGHT VERDE WAY TO LOOP ONE, AND THEN FROM US 180 3 TO BRIGHT VERDE WAY.
SO THOSE WENT TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT CONTRACTOR UP AND RUNNING.
UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE DO PLAN ON BRINGING TWO ADDITIONAL MAJOR PROJECTS TO BID NEXT YEAR.
THE FIRST IS GONNA BE SOUTH LAMAR.
UM, AND THAT PROJECT, UM, IS A VERY, VERY LONG PROJECT WITH A LONG CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
AND SO WE WILL BE SPLITTING THAT INTO TWO BID PACKAGES.
UM, AND THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION SHOULD BE COMING UP IN SPRING OR SUMMER OF 26.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE A SEGMENT OF NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD FROM PALMER LANE TO IH 35, UM, WHERE WE'RE FILLING SOME SIDEWALK GAPS THAT WE PLAN TO ADVERTISE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR RESOURCES, UM, HAVE GOT A LINK HERE FOR OUR 2016 MOBILITY BOND WEBSITE, UM, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN, WHICH HELPS INFORM SCOPE DECISIONS, OUR, ALL RIGHT, SO JUST ANOTHER KIND OF RECAP ON WHERE THE PROGRAM IS TO DATE.
WE HAVE COMPLETED OR ACHIEVED CONSTRUCTION ON ABOUT $360 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO LEVERAGED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM GRANTS DEVELOPERS AND OTHER INTERNAL PARTNERS.
UM, IN THE COMING YEAR, IN 26, WE'RE PLANNING ON MOVING AN ADDITIONAL $42 MILLION TO CONSTRUCTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO GO THROUGH CORRIDOR BY CORRIDOR, AND JUST A BRIEF KIND OF SUMMARY OF WHAT'S COMPLETED, WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT'S COMING UP IN CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR, OUR INTERSECTION UPGRADE WORK.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO COMPLETED SHARED USE PATH WORK FROM NORTHMORE BOULEVARD TO 45TH STREET.
UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY VIA TWO IDIQ CONTRACTS THAT WERE EXECUTED LAST YEAR, WE HAVE, UM, ENGAGED WITH A CONTRACTOR AND ISSUED NOTICE TO PROCEED ON THE NEXT SEGMENT OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD, WHICH IS GONNA START AT MLK AND MOVE SOUTHEAST.
UM, SO HE'S WORKING ON GETTING HIS TRAFFIC CONTROL PERMIT AND HE'S READY TO GO IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
SO WE'LL HAVE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION THERE.
UM, OTHER WORK THAT IS COMING ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UM, IS ACTUALLY A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH TDOT, WITH TDOT WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THAT, AND THAT IS OVER THE MOAN BRIDGE.
UM, AND SO OUR PLANS ARE JUST ABOUT COMPLETE AND THEY'RE TURNED OVER TO TDOT, AND THEN THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED BY TXDOT FOR COMPLETION.
UM, AND THEN THE SOUTHEASTERN MOST PORTION OF, OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD, WHICH IS FROM THE MOCHA BRIDGE TO 180 3, WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXT THAT ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THEY HAVE SOME UPCOMING WORK IN THAT AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AND HOPEFULLY PARTNER WITH THEM AND GET THEM TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS, WHICH SHOULD SPEED THAT UP.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST SEGMENT IS WHAT WE CALL C TWO INTERNALLY, BUT THAT'S FROM 45TH TO MLK.
AND ON THAT SEGMENT, UM, WE WANTED TO WAIT, LET OD FINALIZE EVERYTHING WITH IH 35, SINCE THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO I 35.
SO WE'VE PROGRAMMED THAT TO, TO START AT THE END OF OUR IDIQ CONSTRUCTION, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PLAN SETS ARE ARE NOT CONFLICTING.
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UM, WE'VE COMPLETED INTERSECTION WORK AT KOENIG AND BREAKER.UM, WE'VE ALSO, SINCE WE WERE LAST HERE, COMPLETED THE KRAMER LANE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
UM, AND WE'VE COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NORTH OF BURNETT, UM, OR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BURMAN, I'M SORRY.
AND AT TWIN OAKS DRIVE, UM, THROUGH OUR IDIQ CONTRACT, WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY ISSUED N TP TO A CONTRACTOR THAT'S GONNA BEGIN WORK FROM WHITE HORSE TRAIL TO IH, UM, TO SH I'M SORRY GUYS, I'M STUMBLING A LITTLE BIT HERE TO US.
UM, AND SO THAT CONTRACTOR IS, IS MOBILIZING RIGHT NOW.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE BID, UH, LAST YEAR, THE LAST TWO SEGMENTS OF BURN IT.
AND SO THAT WOULD BASICALLY COMPLETE BURN IT ALL THE WAY FROM 180 3 TO LOOP ONE.
SO THAT, AGAIN, HAS BEEN AWARDED, UM, THE CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THEIR SUBMITTALS, UM, AND GETTING EVERYTHING IN LINE TO, TO START CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE PLAN TO SEE THAT STARTING ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE NEXT ONE TO THREE OR FOUR MONTHS ON EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
UM, OUR WORK THERE IS COMPLETE, UM, SINCE WE LAST CAME, WE WERE WORKING ON SIGNALS AT VARGAS AND FRONTIER VALLEY.
THAT WORK IS NOW FINISHED, AND SO WE, WE ARE DONE WITH THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL WORK ON THAT CORRIDOR THAT WAS DEFERRED DUE TO PROJECT CONNECT AND IT COMING THROUGH IN THE MEDIANS EAST MLK.
UM, THAT IS A PROJECT SIMILAR TO AIRPORT BOULEVARD IN THAT, UM, IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY TDOT.
UM, OUR PLANS ARE AT 90% AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED ON ADDRESSING SOME COMMENTS FROM TXDOT AND ESSENTIALLY ARE READY TO GIVE THOSE PLANS OVER TO THEM.
THEY HAVE IT CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED TO START IN MARCH OF 2028, AND WE'RE WORKING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THEM TO MOVE THAT FORWARD IN THEIR SCHEDULE.
GUADALUPE STREET IS ANOTHER CORRIDOR WHERE OUR WORK IS, IS COMPLETE.
UM, WE COMPLETED THE TRANSIT, UM, THE CONTRAFLOW TRANSIT LANE THERE AT GUADALUPE AND OASIS, UM, AND THEN DID SOME ADDITIONAL SHARED USE PATH AND, AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.
UM, ON THIS PROJECT, WE'VE COMPLETED SIGNAL UPGRADES AT FOUR SIGNALS, UM, AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, SHARED USE PATH IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'VE ALSO ALREADY IN COMPLETED SHARED USE PATH IMPROVEMENTS FROM PALMER LANE TO IH 35.
UM, AND THEN ALSO FROM CADO STREET TO ON THE GREEN APARTMENTS, WHICH IS UP BY WALNUT CREEK.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY PARTNERED WITH TPW TO ADDRESS SIDEWALK GAPS FROM RUNDBERG TO PARER.
THAT WORK STARTED EARLY LAST YEAR AND IS ONGOING.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CREWS OUT THERE WORKING, ONE ATTACKING FROM THE NORTH SIDE AND ONE WORKING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON TWO PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS THAT'LL BE ON EITHER SIDE OF WALNUT CREEK.
UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR TEED UP AND READY TO GO.
UM, WE'VE ISSUED THEM, YOU KNOW, A WORK AUTHORIZATION.
ALL WE ARE WAITING ON IS FINAL APPROVAL FROM TXDOT BECAUSE THIS IS A TEXDOT CORRIDOR.
UM, AND AS SOON AS WE GET THAT WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO MOBILIZE THAT CONTRACTOR SOME WORK THAT'S UPCOMING ON NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.
UM, THE SECTION FROM PALMER LANE TO I 35, THERE WERE A FEW SEGMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE CONSTRUCTED VIA IDIQ, UM, 'CAUSE UTILITY CONFLICTS AND SOME OF THOSE DRAINAGE COMPLEXITIES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO THOSE IN ORDER TO GET WHAT WE COULD DONE COMPLETED, WE PULLED THOSE OUT, UM, AND ARE GOING WITH THE BID PACKAGE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
THAT'LL BE BIDDING THIS, UH, SPRING OR SUMMER AGAIN, WAITING ON FINAL APPROVAL FROM TEX DOT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT WALNUT CREEK.
THAT WILL BE, UM, COMING TO CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY IN THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF OR SO.
ALL RIGHT, ON SLAUGHTER LANE, WE HAVE, UM, COMPLETED SIGNAL UPGRADES AT THREE INTERSECTIONS.
UM, WE'VE COMPLETED SHARED USE PATHS FROM FM 1826 TO BARSTOW, UM, AND THEN BRODY TO BLUFF SPRINGS.
AND WE'VE DONE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT ESCARPMENT BRODY AND RM 1826.
UH, WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION LAST SUMMER, UM, ON THE SEGMENT OF SLAUGHTER FROM LOOP ONE TO BRODY.
UM, AND THAT, AND WE'VE ALSO STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON A SIGNAL AT BRIAR RIDGE DRIVE.
UM, THE FINAL REMAINING PIECE AT SLAUGHTER LANE
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IS WE WILL BE DOING SOME PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON IMPROVEMENTS, UM, I'M SORRY, SOME, SOME ADVANCED PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.AND THAT'S GONNA BE DONE VIA OUR IDIQ CONTRACT, SO THAT, THAT'S PROGRAMMED ON SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY OUR, OUR LARGEST AND KIND OF MOST COMPLEX CORRIDOR.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE ROUND AMOUNT AT WEST MARY AND EVERGREEN WE'RE REACHED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME FINAL PAVING TO DO.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER THAT IS CONSTRUCTING RIGHT IN THAT AREA, AND THEY NEED TO FINISH SOME WATERLINE WORK BEFORE WE GO AND, AND DO THE FINAL PAVEMENT.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT TEARING UP OUR PAVEMENT AFTER WE PLACE IT.
UM, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PULL OUT A ROUNDABOUT AT BLUE BONNET AND DEL CARTO FROM THE MAIN PLANT SET, AND, UM, PAIR THAT UP WITH A WATERSHED PROTECTION PROJECT THAT IS NOW IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THAT WORK WILL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT WATERSHED PROJECT.
AND THEN OUR, OUR PRIMARY, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN CORRIDOR FROM BARTON SPRINGS ROAD TO US TWO 90.
WE ARE WORKING ON FINAL PERMITTING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND FINAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE, UM, OF THE DRAINAGE MODEL WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE AWAITING FINAL APPROVAL FROM TXDOT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUSHING VERY HARD TO, TO GET THOSE APPROVALS IN PLACE.
AND WE'RE EAGERLY AWAITING BIDDING THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA SPLIT IT INTO TWO BID PACKAGES, AND WE PLAN TO DO THAT, UM, THIS SPRING OR SUMMER.
SO WILLIAM CANNON HAS HAD, UM, EXTENSIVE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT WORK, AND ALL OF THOSE SIGNALS ARE NOW COMPLETE.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION FROM RUNNING, RUNNING WATER DRIVE TO MCKINNEY FALLS PARKWAY, WHICH IS THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE THREE SEGMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PENDING, AND THOSE, THOSE ARE KIND OF AWAITING TO SEE, UM, IF WE HAVE SOME, UM, CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO, TO MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD VIA IDIQ.
AND SO THOSE ARE, ARE PROGRAMMED TO BE DONE AT THE TAIL END OF OUR IDIQ WORK.
AND, AND THAT, THAT IS IT FOR ALL OF THE, THE CORRIDORS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, RUN THROUGH, I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE TIMING FOR THIS, UH, CONTRACTING AND, UH, SPENDING.
UM, SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU, YOU HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT'LL BE IN CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO OUT BID IN 2026.
UM, I DO SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ON THE EXAMPLE OF MLK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS TEXT DATA IS PUSHING THAT TO MARCH, 2028, OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T BE YOUR PREFERENCE.
YOU, YOU SAID THAT WOULDN'T BE MY PREFERENCE EITHER.
UM, BUT, UM, I GUESS, UM, REALISTICALLY, WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE LIKE THIS SPENDS THREE FOR 2016 WOULD BE FINALIZED AT THIS POINT? LIKE WHAT IS OUR, UH, WHAT'S OUR TARGET? OR REALISTICALLY YEAH, REALISTICALLY.
SO I MEAN, THE GOAL IS 90% SPENT BY THE END OF 26, BUT WITH THE BULK OF THAT BEING ON SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, BOTH SEGMENTS IS ABOUT $50 MILLION CORRIDOR.
UM, SO WE PLAN, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT FIRST SEGMENT BASICALLY BID AND UNDER CONTRACT THIS YEAR.
AND SO WHILE THAT WON'T BE SPENT, THE MONEY WILL BE OBLIGATED.
UM, AND THEN WE PLAN TO DO THE SECOND PHASE, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT.
AND, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY.
ONE, WE SPLIT THAT INTO TWO SEGMENTS.
FIRST, IT'S A SIX YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
UM, SPLITTING IT INTO TWO SEGMENTS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO, UM, EMPLOY ANY LESSONS LEARNED ON THAT FIRST SEGMENT, ON THE SECOND SEGMENT.
AND IT'S ALSO GONNA MITIGATE RISKS IF WE END UP WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT MAYBE IS NOT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE'D LIKE.
SO I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT WE WILL BE CLOSE TO GETTING TO THAT 90% SPEND BY THE END OF 26.
BUT SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD I THINK MIGHT, MIGHT LAG THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND, SORRY, THAT WAS THE, THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OR THE NORTHERN SEGMENT IS THE SIX YEAR, OR IS THE TOTAL THING? SIX YEARS? THE TOTAL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN OVERLAP THE DRAINAGE MAKES THAT A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED THOUGH.
CAN I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP? SO THAT'S GREAT ABOUT LIKE, WHEN IT'LL BE OBLIGATED, UM,
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WHEN, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE MAY NOT BE ON THE GROUND, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 20, SO SIX YEARS FROM NOW FOR, FOR ALL OF SOUTH LAMAR TO BE COMPLETE.DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY COMPLETE? YES.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS, UM, UH, ASIDE FROM SOUTH LAMAR AND MLK THEN, IS THE ANTICIPATION THAT MOST OF THIS CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE DONE BY 20 26 20 OR 2027? I WOULD SAY, YEAH.
2027, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TWO IDIQ CONTRACTORS, AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO GEAR UP TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE CREWS WORKING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
LIKE WE SH WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THIS PICK UP.
WELL, AND I GUESS THE OTHER ONE THAT I SHOULD HIGHLIGHT, SO WOULD BE THE, THE MIDDLE SEGMENT OF AIRPORT THAT'S WAITING ON I 35.
SO THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON I 35 SCHEDULE.
HOWEVER, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT'S NOT A HUGE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
I DID SEE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER HAS HIS HAND UP BEFORE I CALL ON HIM.
I DO WANNA ALSO, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER CHEN HAS NOW JOINED US VIRTUALLY.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER.
UM, SO I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, MLK.
UM, AND I MAY HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO THIS.
CAN YOU TOUCH ON WHAT TEXDOT STATED REASON FOR PUSHING IT BACK TWO YEARS IS, AND THEN WHAT THEIR DESIGN CONCERNS WERE THAT THEY WANTED YOU TO CHANGE? SURE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TECH IS ALSO WORKING THROUGH SOME BUDGETARY ISSUES.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT FACTORED INTO THEIR, THEIR PROGRAMMING.
UM, MLK ALSO DOES HAVE SOME UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND FOR, FOR THE CITY, WE WILL TYPICALLY, UM, TAKE A PROJECT TO BID WHILE WE ARE STILL WORKING ON UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND TXDOT WANTS ALL OF THAT CLEARED.
AND SO THOSE ARE ONGOING CURRENTLY, THOSE UTILITY RELOCATIONS.
UM, AND SO I THINK THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO THINGS IS WHAT HAS HAS PUSHED THAT BACK.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE ACTUAL ROAD DESIGN IN TERMS OF LIKE MEDIA AND INTERSECTIONS, BIKE LANES, THAT KIND OF STUFF? NO, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN.
COMMENTS OF THAT NATURE ON MLK.
AND THEN IF I COULD FOLLOW UP, SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT, WAS THAT THIS WAS CITY OF AUSTIN DESIGNS, BUT THAT TECH STOP WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD IT.
SO IF WE'VE GOT ALL THESE IDIQ CONTRACTS OUT AND WE WERE PAYING FOR IT ANYWAYS, WHY NOT JUST HAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, BUILD IT OUT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE TABLE? SO WE ONLY USE IDIQ WORK, UM, CONTRACTORS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK.
UM, AND SO IF WE ARE DOING LIKE A CURB TO CURB REPLACEMENT AND WE AN IDIQ CONTRACT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE, THOSE PROJECTS DON'T GO THROUGH THE SAME PERMITTING PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO FAST TRACK THINGS.
AND SO REALLY WE'RE USING THOSE FOR SIGNAL UPGRADES AND SHARED USE PATHS AND SIDEWALKS ONLY.
YOU MENTIONED TEXT THAT'S CONCERN WAS THEY JUST HAVE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS ON THEIR END.
WHAT ARE THEY PAYING FOR HERE? UM, THEY ARE PAYING, I BELIEVE, FOR A PERCENTAGE, AND I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THOSE PERCENTS, YOU KNOW, FACT CAME OUT TO BE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THEY, THERE ARE, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, MANPOWER IN TERMS OF, OF SCHEDULING THAT SIDE SORT OF THING.
UM, ON, ON, UH, WILLIAM CANNON, UM, DOWN IN, IN D TWO ON THE, UH, THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION, UH, RUNNING WATER TO MCGEE FALLS, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF THAT ONE? UM, THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A WHILE AND MM-HMM
WE HAVE A CHICK-FIL-A THAT'S RAPIDLY COMING UP, IF ANYONE'S EVER BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE TRAFFIC LONG QUEUE LINES.
THEN HEB AND ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AT THE MCKINNEY FALLS YES.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY RECENTLY SAID, SO I JUST, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF LEFT TO BE DONE THERE, SO I'M WONDERING THE TIMELINE IS.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE EXPECTED TO WRAP CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER OF, OF THIS YEAR.
COMMISSIONERS, I'M LOOKING AROUND IF, OH, COMMISSIONER KAMAN.
UM, WHOEVER MADE THESE INTERACTIVE MAPS ON THE WEBSITE, THEY'RE GREAT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC COMMISSIONERS.
I'M LOOKING AROUND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PRESENTER.
SEE NONE, WE'LL CONCLUDE THE ITEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO US TODAY.
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ALL RIGHT.[3. Staff Briefing regarding Annual Right-of-Way Asset Management Plan (RAMP). Presentation by Adam Bailey, Asset Manager, Austin Transportation and Public Works.]
THAT DOES BRING US TO OUR NEXT STAFF BRIEFING ITEM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE ANNUAL RIGHT OF WAY ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN OR RAMP, UH, PRESENTATION BY ADAM BAILEY, ASSET MANAGER FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING ME.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
ADAM BAILEY WITH THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER.
TODAY I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OUR NEW INITIATIVE AND PROGRAM RIGHT AWAY, ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, WHAT WE'RE DEEMING AS THE RAMP, UH, AND THAT ENCOMPASSES UPCOMING MAINTENANCE WORK FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ASSETS.
THIS IS PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR FY 26.
I'M GONNA, UH, PRESENT A NEW MAPPING TOOL THAT WE'RE USING, UM, AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME SPOTLIGHTS ON SOME OF OUR MAJOR ASSETS THAT WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON, AND I'M SURE Y'ALL WILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON AS WELL.
SO I'D LIKE TO KICK OFF AND JUST KIND OF GIVE A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE NETWORK, UH, UNDER OUR PURVIEW, AND Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT REALLY JUST WANT TO KIND OF OUTLINE AND, AND HIGHLIGHT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ASSETS THAT WE MANAGE, UH, WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO.
SO ON THE, I WON'T READ ALL THESE OFF, BUT ON THE LEFT SIDE, UH, OF THE SLIDE IS OUR KIND OF HARD SURFACE ASSETS.
OUR STREETS, BRIDGES, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES.
AND THEN ON OUR RIGHT SIDE IS OUR, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL, UH, SIGNALS, SIGNS AND MARKINGS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TREES AND LANDSCAPED AREAS, UH, AND MORE ASSETS THAN THIS.
THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
UH, SO AGAIN, REAL COMPLEX NETWORK.
A LOT OF OF, UH, STAFF THAT ARE MAINTAINING AND MANAGING THESE ASSETS AND A LOT OF EXPERTISE AROUND THESE.
UH, OUR NETWORK IS GROWING IN COMPLEXITY OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS.
WE'VE HAD NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW SAFETY TREATMENTS INSTALLED, UH, AND ALL THESE, UM, ASSETS REQUIRE A, UM, ONGOING MAINTENANCE.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO BE PROACTIVE AND, UH, UH, PROVIDE THAT MAINTENANCE FOR THEM.
SO WE JUST HEARD A GREAT PRESENTATION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, JUST WANNA, UH, KIND OF ZOOM IN AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY FOR, UM, T-P-W-A-T-P-W.
AND THERE'S THREE BUCKETS REALLY THAT WE DO WORK IN.
AND THAT'S REACTIVE MAINTENANCE.
UH, CONSIDER YOUR 3 1 1 CSR CALLS.
UH, IF THERE'S A POTHOLE, WE'LL GO FIX IT.
UH, AFTER A CALL, THERE'S OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS BOND, UH, STYLE PROJECTS, NEW INSTALLS, UH, MAJOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN REALLY IN BETWEEN THOSE IS THAT PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE.
HOW DO WE MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING ASSETS, UH, IN PERPETUITY.
THIS IS DONE THROUGH ANNUAL OPERATING.
AND AGAIN, OUR, OUR NEW PROGRAM, THE RAMP, UH, PULLING TOGETHER THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE.
AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE PLANNING.
THIS IS DONE ON AN, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND IT'S A CYCLICAL, IT'S DONE EVERY YEAR.
SO WE JUST FINISHED, UH, FY 25, OR NOW WE'RE IN QUARTER ONE OF FY 26.
BUT, UH, PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AT THE TOP COMPLETE A YEAR.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, CONDITION OF OUR NETWORK, UH, STREET CONDITION, BRIDGE CONDITION, SIDEWALK CONDITION, UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW OUR NETWORK IS PERFORMING.
WE LOOK AT OUR, THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET, HOW WE WANT THOSE ASSETS TO PERFORM, UH, AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER A WORK PLAN ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AND FIXED THAT YEAR, UM, OR WHAT WE CAN INVEST IN TO MAKE SURE TO MAXIMIZE THE USEFUL LIFE OF THAT ASSET.
AND WITH THAT ANNUAL PLAN, WE, UM, WORK INTERNALLY WITH, UH, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAM STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEN, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OTHER, OTHER GROUPS, WE'LL SHARE OUR, UH, WORK PLANS WITH AUSTIN WATER WATERSHED, UH, AND COMPARE WHERE THEY'RE DOING WORK.
SO WE DON'T RESURFACE A STREET THAT ENDS UP BEING TORN UP THE NEXT, UH, YEAR WITH THE NEW, UH, WATER LINE.
UH, THEN WE IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND, AND DO THAT ALL OVER.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING THAT CYCLICAL, UH, ANNUAL PLAN, UH, PROCESS.
SO FOR FY 26, THESE ARE KIND OF OUR MAJOR NUMBERS.
AND AGAIN, UH, MAJORITY SNAPSHOT, BUT STILL NOT, UH, ALL INCLUSIVE OF THE PLANNED PROACTIVE WORK THAT WE HAVE.
BUT, UH, DOING STREET MAINTENANCE ON 885 LANE MILES OF, UH, STREETS, THAT'S ABOUT 10% OF OUR NETWORK, OR 11% OF OUR NETWORK.
WE ARE DOING MAINTENANCE PROJECTS TO 16 BRIDGES.
AND THEN, UH, SCOPING AND DESIGN FOR, UH, SEVEN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES THAT WILL TURN INTO PROJECTS NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON ALL OF OUR SIGNALS AND PHBS.
UM, WE'RE DOING SIGNAL RETIMING ON APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF THE NETWORK, SO ABOUT 400 OF THOSE SIGNALS GET, UM, RE TIMED.
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WE HAVE, UH, 270, UH, TWO ACRES OF, UM, MOW RIGHT OF WAY OR MAINTAINED VEGETATIVE RIGHT OF WAY.SO THIS IS MEDIAN STRIPS OF, UM, UH, GRASS IN BETWEEN CURB AND SIDEWALK BUFFER ZONES.
SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE HAVE, UM, WE MAINTAIN THAT 11 TIMES A YEAR, SO ABOUT 3000 ACRES TOTAL FOR SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE FIVE MILES OF PLANNED REPAIRS.
AND NOW THIS IS JUST, UM, THIS IS AGAIN, PR UH, MAINTENANCE WORKFORCE SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS NOT NEW INSTALLATION, BUT THIS WOULD BE FIXING AND REPAIRING, UH, CLOSING SMALL GAPS.
BUT, UH, DOING SOME PERMANENT REPAIRS ON EMERGENCY STUFF THAT WAS POSSIBLY DONE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, THIS YEAR 46 MILES OF TRAIL INSPECTION AND CLEARING PLANNED FOR.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PROACTIVE.
UH, WE'LL ALSO RESPOND TO PLENTY OF URBAN TRAIL CALLS FOR VEGETATION AND TRAILS, AND WE'LL DO A LOT OF REACTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE AS WELL.
BUT REALLY HAD A FOCUS THIS YEAR FOR INCREASING THAT, UM, THAT PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR SIGNS AND MARKINGS REPLACING, UH, 12,000 SIGNS, I THINK THAT'S CLOSE TO ABOUT 10%, UM, CLOSE TO 300 CENTER LINE MILES OF LONG LINE.
AND THAT'S ABOUT A, A FOURTH IN NETWORK.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE MAINTAINING, UH, 2,500 CROSSWALKS, AND THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD IN NETWORK.
THOSE ARE REPLACED OR, OR REFRESHED AND MAINTAINED ON A TWO OR FOUR YEAR BASIS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE A HIGH INJURY NETWORK OR NOT.
SORRY, WHAT'S A LONG LINE? A LONG LINE IS THE, UM, LANE SEPARATORS, UH, PAINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OKAY.
YELLOW LINES OR WHITE, UH, EXTERIOR LINES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 855 OF THOSE.
WE, UH, DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE, UH, THE ENTIRE NETWORK EVERY YEAR.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLAN TO REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER, UH, TO ALIGN MORE WITH, UM, THE CURRENT USE AND, UH, WHERE THEIR POSITIONED, WE THINK WE CAN HAVE SOME SAVINGS ON.
UM, REALLY KIND OF RIGHT SIZING NUMBER OF, UH, PACE STATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, PER THE SPOTS THAT THEY ARE, UM, MAINTAINING OR PER THE SPOTS THAT THEY ARE, UM, SERVICING.
AND THEN FINAL ONE ON HERE IS OUR TREES.
UH, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF THE, UM, REACTIVE WORK IS, UM, ADDRESSING TREE LIMBS AND VEGETATION.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING THIS YEAR AT 300 METAL TREE GRATES, AND THAT'S AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE WHERE THOSE HAVE POPPED UP OR, UH, BEGAN TO GIRDLE THE TREE AND, UH, CAN JEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH OF THE TREE.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDRESSING, UH, 300 OF THOSE.
AND THAT'S, UH, DOWNTOWN AND WEST CAMPUS, UH, MAINLY DID WANNA SPOTLIGHT, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THESE ASSETS.
UH, STREETS, OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST, UH, BIGGEST ONE IN OUR PORTFOLIO, UH, AS FAR AS DOLLAR SPEND GOES.
SO PLANNED MAINTENANCE DOWN AT THE, UH, BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THE 885 MILES, AND THAT'S, UH, SPLIT BETWEEN CRACK, SEAL, FOG, SEAL, SEAL, COAT AND OVERLAY.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR, UH, FY 26.
AND THEN AT THE, UM, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE COST, UH, DOLLAR COST, UM, AVERAGE COST PER LANE MILE TO, UH, PERFORM THOSE TREATMENTS.
AND THEN AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE, UH, THAT CURVE, THAT NICE COLORFUL CURVE IS REALLY JUST SHOWING THE INVESTMENT IN MAINTENANCE IS WORTH SO MUCH MORE AND SAVES YOU THAT MORE COSTLY RENEWAL.
UH, EVENTUALLY WE, WE REACH THE DESIGN LIFE OF OUR STREET PAVEMENT AND HAVE TO DO A FULL, UH, REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
WE'RE REALLY, UH, DOING THESE PRE PROACTIVE, UH, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE INVESTMENTS NOW TO EXTEND THE LIFE AND, UH, REALLY GET THE BEST VALUE FOR, UM, FOR THE CITY STREET CONDITIONS.
THIS IS OUR, UM, WE DO, UH, STREET, UH, DATA COLLECTION, PAYMENT DATA COLLECTION.
UM, AND THIS IS OUR CURRENT, UH, FY WELL, THIS IS FOR FY 25.
UM, OUR STREETS ARE CURRENTLY 70.2% SATISFACTORY, UH, AND 29.8% UNSATISFACTORY.
AND THEN PUT THE BREAK, UH, ALSO INCLUDED THE BREAKDOWN BY FUNCTIONAL CLASS ARTERIAL.
UH, OUR MAJOR STREETS, OUR BIGGEST ONES THAT GET THE HEAVIEST TRAFFIC AND MOST TRAFFIC, UH, DO HAVE THE MOST WEAR ON THEM.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE CAN'T, UH, FIX SOME OF THE DNF STREETS WITHOUT THAT REHAB AND REHABILITATION, UH, WORK.
BUT WE DO, UM, REALLY STRIVE TO BE PROACTIVE AND, AND KEEP THOSE OUT OF THE, UM, OUT OF THAT POOR AND FAILED CONDITION AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
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SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE.YEAH, SO FOR, UM, FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, THIS IS REALLY FOCUSING ON, UM, ACCESSIBILITY AND, UH, INCLUDES ASPHALT LEVELING AND KIND OF CRITICAL CONCRETE FIXES.
UH, AND THEN A LOT OF THIS LIKE FILLING IN SMALL GAPS, UH, ON, UH, HIGH PRIORITY TRANSIT NETWORKS.
SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LOT OF MILES HERE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SPOTS HERE AND THERE THAT ADDS UP, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, NOT INCLUDING OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR BOND, UH, OUR OTHER FUNDED SIDEWALK, NEW INSTALLATION, AND THEN THE VEGETATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON SIDEWALKS, UH, THEY'VE TARGETED, UH, 240 MILES FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 10, 10%, UH, OR TOTAL.
UH, SIDEWALK NETWORK IS 2,900 MILES, SO LESS THAN 10%, BUT PROACTIVE, UH, VEGETATION INSPECTIONS AND GOING OUT THERE TO REALLY CLEAR THAT THE, UM, FUNCTIONAL ACCEPTABILITY, OUR GOAL FOR, UH, SIDEWALKS IS 80%.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 40%, UM, 10 YEARS AGO THAT WAS AT 16%.
AND A LOT OF THE BIG GAINS THAT THEY GOT FROM, UH, INCREASING THAT ACCESSIBILITY, UH, ACCEPTABILITY WAS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY AND CLEARING THAT VEGETATION.
SO WE REALLY DO SEE THE BENEFIT OF, UH, GETTING IN THERE AND MAKING THOSE SIDEWALKS MORE CLEAR, UM, FOR USERS.
AND, UH, SIGNALS JUST KIND OF, I TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT, UH, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OF OUR SIGNALS.
AND SO THAT INCLUDES VISUAL INSPECTIONS, EQUIPMENT DIAGNOSTICS, UH, CLEANINGS, FILTER, UH, CHANGES, UM, YEAH, FULL SYSTEM CHECK, AND THAT'S ON ALL SIGNALS AND PHBS.
AND THEN SIGNAL RETIMING, UH, APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF THE NETWORK EACH YEAR.
AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, IF I HIGHLIGHTED IT IN ANY OF OUR SCREENSHOTS, BUT THAT'S DONE IN CORRIDORS.
UM, SO, UH, A LOT OF SYNCHRONIZATION ALONG CORRIDORS.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, THEY, UH, ANTICIPATED A DELAYED REDUCTION ABOUT 2%.
NOW, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE OUR, UH, GOAL, UH, PERFORMANCE FOR SIGNALS IS ALSO 80%.
AND WE'VE CALCULATED OUR CURRENT CONDITION AT, UH, 68.8%, AND THAT'S BASED ON NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS WE GET PER YEAR AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT WE CONSIDER OVERALL HEALTH OF THE SIGNAL.
UM, SO, UH, STILL LOOKING AT MAKING ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THERE, BUT WE'RE, UH, CLOSE TO OUR GOAL AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THAT WAY.
SO THIS IS OUR MAP, AND I KNOW THIS IS, UH, UH, REALLY HARD TO SEE FROM THERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL OF THE FUN STUFF THAT WE HAVE, UH, PLANNED.
AND REALLY IS THE IDEA WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASSETS THAT WE, UH, ARE WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO LOOK INDIVIDUALLY AT, UM, EACH OF THE ASSETS.
SO, UM, JUST KIND OF FROM THE, FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THIS MAP, YOU SEE THE, UH, ABOUT THE MAP.
WE HAVE SOME DETAILS ON, UH, THE ASSETS THAT ARE INCLUDED.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAP, UH, THE TOTALS OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FY 26, THE 885 LANE MILES OF ROADS AND, AND THE OTHER ASSETS THERE.
AND THIS IS ABOUT AS LIVE OF A DEMO AS I CAN DO.
SO THIS IS ZOOMED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND, UM, THIS IS SHOWING THAT YOU CAN FILTER BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
THOSE TILES, UH, REPOPULATE WITH THE, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF, OF, UM, PROJECT COUNTS FOR THAT COUNCIL.
SO, UH, SHOWING THE, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUAL LANE MILES IN THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, IT'S GOT THE, UM, LEGEND THAT IS, UH, DYNAMIC FOR WHEN YOU ZOOM IN TO SHOW JUST WHAT'S THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S ONE OF THE, UH, SIGNALS BEING ABLE TO FILTER BY THAT INDIVIDUAL, UM, ASSET CLASS AND SEE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CORRIDOR, UH, SIGNAL RETI ON THAT.
SO THIS, UH, RESOURCE WE'VE MADE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THIS, UH, KIND OF, UH, AND FOR OUR INTERNAL COORDINATION, PROJECT COORDINATION, THIS, UH, CAME OUT OF REQUEST FROM COUNCIL WANTING TO SEE WHAT, UH, WORK WAS IN THERE, UM, IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS.
AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER THIS, AND AS WE WERE, UH, DEVELOPING IT, REALLY REALIZED THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BEING A GOOD, UH, PRODUCT FOR, UH, PUBLIC USE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 26, PUSHING THIS OUT, UH, TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE, WE HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO WORK ON, UH, BEFORE IT'S READY FOR, UH, GENERAL, UM,
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SHARING.BUT, UH, THAT IS, UM, THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
AND THEN, UM, JUST ONE MORE THING TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS, BASED MY, UH, OPERATION, UH, OPTIONS, UH, CHANGING THAT AND BEING ABLE TO SEE, UM, YOUR KIND OF GOOGLE EARTH VIEW.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SPECIFICALLY SEE WHERE LINES ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE MATCHED UP IN THE YELLOW POINTS OR THE INDIVIDUAL SIGNS.
UH, SO IT REALLY IS A INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT OUR TEAM, UH, THESE TEAMS DO, CAPTURING 200,000 SIGN POINTS, UH, ON A MAP, AND BEING ABLE TO PINPOINT AND SHOW WHICH ONES ARE BEING REPLACED, UH, YEAR TO YEAR.
THAT IS, UM, ALL I HAVE FOR THE RAMP, UH, MAP AND PRESENTATION.
GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON ANY OF THIS.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, SO IS RAMP A PROGRAM THAT REPLACED WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE ANNUAL MOBILITY PLAN? OR LIKE HOW, WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE TWO? SURE, SURE.
SO THE ANNUAL MOBILITY PLAN, AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS, UM, TO REALLY KIND OF SHOW THIS STORY, UM, IN THOSE SEPARATE TILES.
SO THE ANNUAL MOBILITY PLAN IS A LOT OF OUR BOND, UH, STYLE PROJECTS.
AND SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE PRE, UH, PROACTIVE PLANNED MAINTENANCE, WHEREAS, UH, LOC MOBILITY PLAN WOULD BE NEW PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS, AND THIS IS COMING FROM PRIMARILY THE TRANSPORTATION USER FEE, THIS FUNDING OR, CORRECT, MM-HMM
I JUST, FOR MY UNDERSTANDING MM-HMM
UH, COMMISSIONER KAMAN, UM, THIS IS GREAT WORK.
THAT MAP TOOL IS, I LOVE ALL THE MAP TOOLS, SO REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE WORK THERE.
DO YOU HAVE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND PLAN AHEAD, BUT DO YOU HAVE ROOM, UH, FOR LIKE, IF YOU'RE GETTING A PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY A LOT OF 3 1 1 CALLS IN A CERTAIN AREA, DO YOU ALSO JUST LIKE THROW THAT IN FRAC, LIKE, UH, FACTOR THAT IN OR MOVE IT UP IN A PRIORITY LIST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO IT, AND IT'S GONNA DEPEND WITH EACH, UM, WITH EACH ASSET CLASS.
AND I'D SAY IF WE'RE GETTING A THREE ONE ONE CALL AND IT'S NOT, UH, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY, THEN IT WOULDN'T EVEN GO IN THIS PLAN.
'CAUSE THEY WOULD GO AND REPLACE THAT SIGN OR FIX THAT POTHOLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS WILL DO, USE THAT DATA TO UNDERSTAND, AND THAT MIGHT PROMPT A THREE ONE ONE CALL WILL PROMPT AN INVESTIGATION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD DEFINITELY LEAD TO IT BEING ADDED TO A LIST IF THERE'S A BRIDGE INSPECTION THAT COMES UP THAT WE, THAT, YOU KNOW, ENDS UP BEING A LONGER TERM PROJECT OR NEEDS TO BE FLAGGED FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY, UM, MAKE IT INTO THERE THAT WAY FOR SURE.
UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JUST MORE OF THAT MAINTENANCE VERSUS REHABILITATION VERSUS RECONSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, MAINTENANCE, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSING ON THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO ALL OF OUR GROUPS WILL GO DO, UH, INSPECTIONS, CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH OF THEIR, OF THEIR ASSETS THAT THEY MANAGE, AND THEN PUT TOGETHER A PROACTIVE PLAN.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? HOW IS THAT, UH, IN STREETS? HOW ARE THOSE STREETS, YOU KNOW, OPERATING NOW? HOW DO WE ANTICIPATE THEM TO OPERATE KNOWING THEIR LIFE CYCLE? SO IF WE HAVE SOMETHING IN A GRADE B, THEN WE MIGHT NOT NEED TO DO ANY TREATMENTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT WE'LL KNOW THAT THAT ONE'S COMING UP.
AND THEN WE'LL DO MORE DATA COLLECTION AND SEE HOW THAT'S MOVING.
UH, WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ASSETS WITH THE, WITH THE STRIPES, THOSE ARE DONE ON A, A TWO OR FOUR YEAR BASIS.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR TOTAL NUMBER INVENTORY, UM, KNOWN AND WE PLAN, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ARE WE GONNA NEED TO RE REPLACE OR REFRESH NEXT YEAR TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT SERVICE FOR ALL OF THOSE.
UM, SO IT REALLY IS LOOKING AT YOUR EXISTING NETWORK AND UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE NEEDS OF THAT AND OUR IDEAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN AND, AND IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS NOW SO WE DO, CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THREE ONE ONES, YOU KNOW, SO WE AREN'T FINDING OUT ABOUT IT FROM A, FROM A CSR, UM, OR IT'S SURPRISE.
IT'S REALLY HAVING THAT PROACTIVE APPROACH TO, UM, KNOW THE CONDITION OF YOUR ASSETS AND HAVING THAT PLAN TO GET THERE.
IT DOESN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN'T EVER GET AWAY FROM, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE STUFF THAT POPS UP, BUT YEAH, REALLY WORKING TOWARD, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THIS TO THE FULLEST WAY POSSIBLE PROACTIVELY.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS, UH, REHABILITATION AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, UH, THOSE ARE JUST LARGER, UH, YOU KNOW, FULL, UH, CONTRACTED OUT WORK THAT WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY DO IN HOUSE WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF.
SO FOR THE STREET, UM, RECONSTRUCTION, THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE BOND STYLE PROJECTS JUST DUE TO THE SIZE, UM,
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AND THE RESOURCES THAT'S REQUIRED.IF I ADD A LITTLE BIT, UH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, ADAM DID, DID A GREAT JOB.
JUST TRYING TO, UM, BOIL IT DOWN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT THAT WOULD HELP IS LIKE THE, THE MAINTENANCE IS GONNA BE LOW, LOWER COST TYPICALLY TYPE WORK THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND WE USE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THAT.
WHEN WE GET INTO REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT OR RECONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GETTING INTO CAPITAL DOLLARS.
IT'S USUALLY A MUCH BIGGER COST THAT WE REALLY CAN'T FUND THROUGH OUR OPERATING, UM, BUDGET.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES IS THE COST AND THEN ALSO THE, THE FUNDING SOURCES.
BUT DOING REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION IS TYPICALLY TAKING SOMETHING BACK TO LOOK ALMOST BRAND NEW AND THE MAINTENANCE IS JUST KEEPING IT GOING, WHETHER IT'S A POTHOLE OR REDOING THE MARKINGS AND SO FORTH.
BUT GREAT, GREAT EXPLANATION, ADAM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE TO THAT.
I ALSO REALLY LIKE THESE MAPS.
UM, SO DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU SAID THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN ACCESS THESE, BUT THE PUBLIC CAN'T YET? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE PRESENTED THIS TO A NUMBER OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY RECOMMENDED UHHUH
AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOK GOING THROUGH SOME ENHANCEMENTS RIGHT NOW TO REALLY MAKE THIS A, A, YOU KNOW, A VITAL TOOL, UM, THAT FULFILLS THE NEEDS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESIDENTS WANNA SEE.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME PLANNED ENHANCEMENTS, UM, BUT YET, CORRECT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT FOR, UM, COUNCIL'S USING IT NOW, BUT NOT, NOT FOR EXTERNAL.
YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THESE SCREENSHOTS WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH IT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, I, I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, IT'S, IT'S BOTH LIKE PLANNED AND COMPLETED WORK, OR IS IT JUST FOR PLANNED WORK? SO THIS IS JUST THE PLANNED WORK FOR FY 26.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF, ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS HOW DO WE SHOW NOW COMPLETED WORK.
'CAUSE ONCE WE STARTED DOING THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW WHERE WE'VE, WHERE WE'VE COMPLETED THAT WORK.
AND SOMEONE JUST ASKED THIS EARLIER, I THINK, BUT, UM, IS THERE ALSO A WAY TO OVERLAP AND SEE LIKE HOW MUCH 3 1 1 INTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ANY OF THOSE SPOTS? Y Y'ALL ARE ASKING ALL THE SAME QUESTIONS AS CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
TO, TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THOSE LINE UP AND, AND HOW DO WE MAP OUR 3 1 1 RESPONSE CALLS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH THE EXISTING NETWORK AND, AND PLANNED WORK THAT WE HAVE.
I, THIS CONVERSATION JUST REMINDED ME THAT I HAD AN OUTSTANDING 3 1 1 REQUEST THAT I HADN'T HEARD BACK ABOUT, SO I JUST EMAILED
I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THIS, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE SIGNAL RETIMING.
UH, YOU MENTIONED A THIRD OF THE CITY SIGNALS GO THROUGH, UM, THIS RETIMING.
COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THOSE ARE TARGETED AND WHAT GOES INTO, IS IT RANDOM OR, SO A THIRD OF THE NETWORK, UM, EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY TOUCH THE ENTIRE NETWORK EVERY THREE YEARS.
AND THEN EVEN ON TOP OF THAT, UH, A LOT OF OUR SIGNALS ARE, YOU KNOW, EVALUATED JUST AS, AS, UM, WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WITH OTHER SIGNAL PROJECTS WITH CSRS AND THREE ONE ONES AND OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
SO THOSE ARE ALSO, THIS IS JUST THE KIND OF BASELINE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, OUR TARGET AS A THIRD OF THE NETWORK FOR THAT SIGNAL RETIMING.
SO LIKE THREE ONE ONES ARE SEPARATE FROM THIS ONGOING? THEY WOULD, YEAH, EXACTLY.
OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER CHEN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH I THINK SLIDE FIVE, FISCAL YEAR 26, CITYWIDE RAMP DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE A LITTLE TEXT THAT SAYS FUTURE FOCUS.
AND AMONG THE THINGS YOU'VE LISTED IS SPEED MANAGEMENT.
COULD YOU JUST SAY MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS? I'M CURIOUS.
YEAH, SO, UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE I EVEN PUT IT ON THE, ON THE FRONT SLIDE, I NEED TO ADD IT TO OUR NETWORK SLIDE.
BUT YEAH, OUR, UM, OUR SPEED MANAGEMENT DEVICES, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPEED, UM, MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE CUSHIONS, TABLES, UM, SPEED BUMPS, CHICANES, WE, WE ARE, AS PART OF THE RAMP PLAN, UH, OUR IDEA IS TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AND PULL ALL OF OUR ASSETS IN, UM, AND BE MORE PROACTIVE.
AND TO DO THAT WE NEED TO, UM, GET BETTER DATA ON THOSE.
SO DO THOSE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THOSE ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW? A LOT OF OUR SPEED CUSHIONS WERE INSTALLED IN
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THE LAST 20 YEARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OLDEST ONES ARE WEARING OUT, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE IN OKAY CONDITION, UH, OR IN FAIR CONDITIONS, WHAT WE'D SAY.BUT WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE AND UNDERSTAND AND, AND HAVE NUMBERS AND, AND METRICS ON HOW THOSE ARE PERFORMING AND WHEN WE EXPECT THOSE TO FAIL SO WE CAN START PLANNING.
AND HOPEFULLY IN FY 27 AND 28, I'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 20 SPEED CUSHIONS THAT WE ARE GONNA REPLACE THAT FOR EACH END OF LIFE AND, AND THAT WE'RE GONNA RE RENEW.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, POINTING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
UH, I'VE LISTED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, SPEED MANAGEMENT ALLEYS, AND CURB AND GUTTER.
UH, AND THOSE ARE ALL JUST, UH, A FEW MORE ASSET CLASSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME MORE DATA COLLECTION ON TO UNDERSTAND, UH, AND BE, UH, BE ABLE TO PLAN MORE PROACTIVELY.
SO TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE PHYSICAL TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES LIKE SPEED BUMPS AND OTHER PHYSICAL BARRIERS THAT BASICALLY CAUSE DRIVERS SLOW DOWN AS OPPOSED TO SAY SPEED LIMIT SIGNS OR RADARS OR OTHERWISE.
AND I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE SECOND SLIDE.
FOR OUR NETWORK, YOU HAVE LISTED 784 CCTV CAMERAS.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO OWNS THE CAMERAS AND WHO OWNS THE DATA AND WHERE THAT'S STORED.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, JIM DALE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
WE DO NOT DO, UM, ANY RECORDINGS LIKE YOU COULDN'T.
UM, WE DO SOME SPECIAL RECORDINGS FOR PROJECTS.
UM, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO SEE EARLIER TODAY, AT 11 O'CLOCK AT THIS SIGNAL RIGHT OUT HERE WHERE WE HAVE A CAMERA, WE WOULDN'T BE RECORDING THAT DATA.
UM, BUT IT IS, THEY ARE OWNED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, WHAT WE USE THAT FOR IS TO MANAGE TRAFFIC TO TAKE, A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN ADDRESS AN ISSUE WHEN A THREE ONE ONE CALL COMES IN, WE CAN ADDRESS IT BY WATCHING THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND NOT EVEN HAVE TO SEND OUT OUR TECHNICIANS.
SO IT RESULTS IN SOME MORE EFFICIENCY FOR OUR OPERATION AND MORE RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY CALL AND THEY HAVE AN ISSUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
ANY, DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE FOR US? YEAH, YEAH, IF I COULD.
IF THERE'S SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
AND SO, YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK AND UM, CHAIR, YOU MENTIONED IT, THE LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN THAT WE PUT OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING THAT OUT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
OF ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND THE PROGRAMS THAT ADAM MENTIONED, WE'VE, A NUMBER OF THESE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.
UM, THEY'RE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MATURITY.
UM, BUT WHAT WE SAW WITH THE LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN IS WE SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING FOR MAINTENANCE, AT LEAST HAVING A DOCUMENT, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE CAN GET OUT THERE BECAUSE THE PUBLIX HAS ENTRUST WAY WE LOOK AT IT.
PUBLIX ENTRUSTED US WITH ALL THIS BOND FUNDS TO BUILD TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, TO UNLOCK THE VALUE FROM THOSE FUNDS, SO TO IMPROVE MOBILITY, UM, GETTING AROUND TOWN.
WELL, IF WE BUILD IT, WE GOTTA MAINTAIN IT.
AND SO WE WANT THAT TO BE MORE OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE GO FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH OVER A BILLION DOLLARS, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANNA MEASURE IT IN LOCAL MOBILITY, UM, FUNDS.
BUT THAT RESULTS IN NOW MORE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
SO IT NEED, THEY NEED TO GO HAND IN HAND IN THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THAT'S WHY, UM, WE WENT AROUND AND, UM, MET WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES AND ALSO WANTED TO GET THE, THE WORD OUT MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE, UM, AND, UM, HOW IT TIES BACK TO BOND FUNDING.
YEAH, THANKS, COMMISSIONER KAMAN.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A WAY THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, HOW HEAVY OF A LIFT THIS WOULD BE, BUT JUST TO SHOW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU COULD BE SAVING THROUGH PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF, UM, WAITING UNTIL THE REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION PHASE AND TRACKING THAT AND BEING ABLE TO SHOW IT TO THE PUBLIC.
IT IS, UH, LIKE THE, LIKE WITH STREET, UH, MAINTENANCE, REALLY THAT, THAT GRAPH AND WE CAN PULL UP NUMBERS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO REHAB A STREET AND, AND WHAT OUR TOTAL OUTSTANDING IS.
UH, IT DOES GET, IT REALLY DOES GET HARD TO KIND OF SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS INVESTMENT HERE, IT'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, FACTORS IN THAT.
BUT THE, THE SAVINGS IS SUBSTANTIAL AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND ON PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE DOES, UM, PUT OFF THAT INVESTMENT NEED FOR, UH, 'CAUSE YOU EXTEND THE, THE USEFUL LIFE OF YOUR ASSET.
BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, CAN ALWAYS CONSENT, ALWAYS WANNA LOOK AT THE BEST WAY TO TELL THE STORY AND, UM, YOU KNOW.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION? GREAT SCENE.
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NONE.WE'LL, UH, CONCLUDE THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO US TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
[4. Staff briefing regarding State of Bridges. Presentation by Angela Johnson, Managing Engineer, Austin Transportation and Public Works.]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ANOTHER STAFF BRIEFING.THIS IS A STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE STATE OF BRIDGES, UH, PRESENTATION BY ANGELA JOHNSON, MANAGING ENGINEER FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOUR STATE OF OUR BREACHES AND TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR BREACH INVENTORY, OUR BRIDGE CONDITIONS IN CITY OF
DISCUSS FINDING AVAILABLE AND NEEDED AND FUTURE STEPS OVERALL.
UH, STREET AND ROADWAYS ARE VERY CRUCIAL LINKS CONNECTING PUBLIC OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, THESE OPPORTUNITIES ALSO, UH, BRIDGES ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
THEY CONNECT ALL MODE OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, WELL MAINTAINED BRIDGES.
THEY ENSURE THEY SUPPORT, UH, SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
THEY ENSURE HEALTH OF PUBLIC AND SUSTAINABILITY ALSO, UH, BRIDGES.
THEY ACTUALLY, UH, SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH OF COMMUNITY.
AT THE SAME TIME, I NEED TO MENTION THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH OF COMMUNITY AFFECT BREACHES AND MORE IN DETAILS ABOUT OUR BREACH INVENTORY.
CURRENTLY IN CITY OF
THOSE BRIDGES ARE IDENTIFIED BRIDGES WITH SPAN MORE THAN 20 FEET.
AND ON RIGHT SIDE PICTURES, UH, YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT CROSS SECTIONS OF THOSE BRIDGES THAT QUALIFIED FOR MAJOR BRIDGES.
SO WE HAVE 466, THEY INSPECTED BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
UH, OUR DEPARTMENT ALSO, WE HAVE 810 SMALL CULVERTS AND BRIDGES.
THOSE ARE STRUCTURES WE SPEND LESS THAN 20 FEET.
THEY INSPECTED BY, UH, THE CITY, OUR CONTRACTORS, AND FIVE YEARS, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE 20 PEDESTRIAN BIKE BRIDGES, ALSO INSPECTED BY THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE BRIDGES OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, URBAN TRAILS, SO CALLED BRIDGES.
AND WE STILL NEED TO, UM, DO ASSESSMENT CONDITION AND, UH, COMPLETE INVENTORY ASSESSMENT.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT FY 27 FOR ASSESSMENT CONDITION.
UH, MORE, UH, IN DETAILS ABOUT OUR MAJOR BRIDGES, UM, AGE, AVERAGE AGE, UH, OF OUR MAJOR BRIDGES, 45 YEARS, 3% OF BRIDGES, UH, NEAR A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, 35 ARE, HAS, UH, ANTICIPATED LIFE, SERVICE OF LIFE.
AND WE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS DIFFERENCE.
UM, MAINTENANCE VERSUS RECONSTRUCTION.
AT THE END OF SERVICE, LIFE OF EVERY ASSET, ASSET NEEDS TO BE ENGINEERED ASSET.
IT HAS TO BE REPLACED OR REHABILITATED.
AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
SO BRIDGES NORMALLY DESIGNED OR THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR 40, 50 YEARS.
UH, A LOT OF BRIDGES, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE, THAT WINDOW IS SLIDING MORE AND MORE BRIDGES, UM, KIND OF APPROACH IN THAT, UH, AVERAGE LIFE.
AND ALL THE BRIDGES AS THEY, UH, AGE WILL, UH, AND CITY OF WESTERN GROWS WILL, UH, EXPERIENCE MORE INCREASED LOAD AND EXPERIENCE MORE, UH, FAST DETERIORATION.
AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT BLOCK, THAT LARGE BLOCK, LARGE WINDOW, WINDOW OF THOSE IN NEED.
REHAB RECONSTRUCTION, UH, RECONSTRUCTION BREACHES, UH, WILL, UH, GO FURTHER.
SO, UH, FEELS ABOUT, UH, BREACH CONDITIONS.
SO HOW WE ASSESS, UH, OUR BREACH HEALTH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE, UH, MAJOR BRIDGES ASSESSED BASED ON FIRST, UH, LIKE LEVEL.
OUR ENGINEERS, UH, GETTING THOSE REPORTS AND TEXT DOT DOING VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL MAJOR BRIDGES.
UH, AND THEY DON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON EACH BREACH BECAUSE THEY HAVE OVER 60,000 IN STATE OF TEXAS THEY NEED TO INSPECT, BUT THEY FOLLOW STANDARDS OF COURSE.
SO THEY PROVIDE THOSE DATA TO OUR ENGINEERS, OUR BREACH ENGINEERS WITH THAT.
UH, ALSO USE 3 1 1 REPORT ALL THOSE REQUESTS FOR BREACH REPAIRS.
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CONDUCT OUR OWN BRIDGE INSPECTION.WE SPEND MORE TIME INSPECTING EACH BREACH, EACH ELEMENT.
AND THEN WE DEVELOP BREACH, UH, MAINTENANCE PLAN, ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, WHICH FUNDED BY TAF OR WE IDENTIFY THOSE BRIDGES THAT MUST BE REPLACED OR REHABILITATED.
AND HERE, UH, WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE, UH, HEALTH OF BRIDGES.
IT'S LIKE BASICALLY, UH, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, IT'S, UH, PRIMARY REACTIVE.
YOU JUST, UH, SEE A PRESENTATION, SAW A PRESENTATION ABOUT PAYMENT MAINTENANCE.
SO WE DO PROACTIVE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE TO PRESERVE PAYMENT CONDITIONS, JUST TO EXTEND PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR BRIDGES.
WE DON'T REALLY TOUCH BRIDGES UNTIL, UH, SOMETHING REPORTED, FOR INSTANCE, FIRE UNDER THE BREACH.
UH, AND WE NEED TO GO AND REHAB.
UH, I MEAN, ABAR, WE ARE EXPOSED AND WE NEED TO REPAIR TO AVOID FURTHER DAMAGE.
SO WE REALLY, UH, JUST DOING REPAIR.
IT'S VERY REACTIVE IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE, UH, AND TYPE OF TYPES OF REPAIR.
YOU CAN SEE THE PATCH CONCRETE REPAIR.
SOME RAILING, UH, PREVENT WATER FROM REACHING, UH, REINFORCED SEAL AND SO ON.
THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR OPERATIONAL, UH, OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE BUDGET, ANNUAL BUDGET BASICALLY, AND REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS PLAN WORK, UM, UH, WHAT WE DO NORMALLY, FOR INSTANCE, REHABILITATION OF SUPPORT STRUCTURE OR MAYBE WIDENING DECK TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ADDITIONAL MODE, FOR DIFFERENT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SIDEWALK, BIKE LANES, AND THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH A CAPITAL BUDGET BOND OR GRANTS.
SO FOR BREACH, UH, CONDITION'S GOAL OVERALL, OUR GOAL FOR TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS IS, UH, WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, IMMEDIATELY, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, BRIDGES, UH, AND, UH, LIKELY THAT ADDRESS BRIDGES, THEY NEED REHABILITATION IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND GOAL ONE, IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST, OF COURSE, UH, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT COMPOSITE, STRUCTURAL RATING, UH, THAT WE GET FOR ALL BRIDGES IN, UH, MAJOR BRIDGES IN CITY OF WEST.
UH, LESS THAN FIVE COMPOSE STRUCTURAL RATING VARIES FROM ZERO TO 10, WITH FIVE IS KIND OF, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT DISTRIBUTION FIVE IS THAT CRUCIAL NUMBER.
AND ANOTHER GOAL, WE HAVE IT'S FINANCIAL GOAL.
WE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND PLAN FOR REHABILITATION AND, UH, PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE, UH, USING FUNDS AVAILABLE.
UH, FINANCIAL RISK OF UNEXPECTED HIGH COST MAINTENANCE AT NEEDED, AT SAME, AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, BRIDGE CONDITION FOR MAJOR BRIDGES.
SO, UH, AVERAGE, UH, COMPOSITE, STRUCTURAL RATING, 6.5, WHICH IS SATISFACTORY.
GOOD NEWS, ALL MAJOR BRIDGES ARE IN FAIR, BETTER CONDITION.
I WILL DO NOT HAVE, UH, P UH, BREACH IN POOR CONDITION, WHICH IS, WOULD BE PROBABLY NEEDED TO CLOSE OR STOP FOR TRAFFIC.
UM, AND OVERALL 95% IN SATISFACTORY OR BETTER CONDITION.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE GRAPH DISTRIBUTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION FEW OF MAJOR BRIDGES THAT, UH, NEED, UH, IN NEED OF RECONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION.
CURRENTLY, UM, WE IDENTIFIED SEVEN BRIDGES IN NEED OF REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, FIRST, UH, ONE OF THEM IS BARTON SPRINGS BRIDGE, UH, BREACHES, UH, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
WE RECEIVED GRANT IN FY 24, AND NOW WE ARE 60% IN DESIGN, AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE ON, UH, TRACK TO COMPLETE THAT BREACH.
WE HAVE ALSO, UH, RED, BUT TRAIL BREACH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY, IT'S FROM, UH, 90 48.
UM, IT'S BEEN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, WAY OF, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION.
CURRENTLY WE ARE, UH, WE JUST RECEIVE REPORT OF, UH, FROM THE CONSULTING, UH, WITH THE OPTIONS.
SO WE STILL, UH, NEED TO BE, UH, KIND OF SEE WHAT PATH WE CHOOSE, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, CONCLUSION.
AND WE HAVE OTHER BRIDGES, AND I CAN TOUCH ON THEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME LATER.
SO FOR SMALL, UH, VERTS AND BRIDGES FOR SMALL STRUCTURES, UH, FOR EVERY CSR, FOR SMALL STRUCTURE EIGHT, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, TWO BRIDGES IDENTIFY IN POOR CONDITION.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THERE IS NO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY RISK, UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OVERALL, UH, COMPOSE STRUCTURAL
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RATING COULD BE PUT JUST BECAUSE, UM, THAT VER AND, UH, CROSSING IS MAYBE, UM, DEFORMED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.ALSO, IT INCLUDES CSR FOR SMALL BRIDGES, INCLUDES CONDITION OF, UM, REPRE, UH, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EROSION GOING ON.
UM, 99% OVERALL SMALL STRUCTURES IN, UH, SATISFACTORY OR BETTER CONDITIONS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BRING YOUR ATTENTION FOR NEEDS.
UM, WE IDENTIFY 18 BRIDGES IN NEED OF REHABILITATION OR REPLACEMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF THOSE.
AND, UH, ALSO, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, DISTRIBUTION OVER COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, I BELIEVE, UM, 16 MILLION IDENTIFY BASED ON, UM, UM, PRELIMINARY.
UH, THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE BECAUSE, UM, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT WILL IDENTIFY, UH, PRECISE, UH, MORE ACCURATE COST FOR, UH, CONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE BREACHES.
UH, WE HAVE AVERAGE CSR 6.4, WHICH IS SATISFACTORY.
ONE BREACH IS RATED IN TWO CONDITION, AND IT'S CLOSE FOR PUBLIC.
AND, UH,
AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TRAIL BRIDGES, URBAN TRAIL BRIDGES, THEY WILL BE ASSESSED IN FY 27.
AND FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE BRIDGES, UM, WE ARE ASKING, SO IT'S ESTIMATED, I BELIEVE, UH, I SEE HERE 6 MILLION, YEAH, 6 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE DISTRIBUTION OVER COUNCIL DISTRICTS FINDING AND MORE IN DETAILS ABOUT, UH, FINDING.
SO BASICALLY, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, BASIC REPAIR.
WE DO MOSTLY REACTIVE WORK FOR BRIDGES IDENTIFIED BASED ON INSPECTION, BASED ON CSRS, UH, 3 1 1 CALLS.
WE HAVE IN HOUSE CREW, STREET AND BRIDGE, UH, BRIDGE
AND WE ALSO DO CON UH, REPAIRS WITH CONTRACTORS HELP AND REPAIR TYPES.
ALSO SURFACE REPAIR, UH, BRIDGE DECK REPAIR, GUARDRAIL, UM, FENCING, FIRE DAMAGE, UH, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
IN FY 26, WE HAVE 1.8 MILLION, UH, ANNUAL, UH, OPERATING BUDGET FOR BREACH MAINTENANCE.
AND WE DEFINITELY WILL, UH, ASK FOR INCREASE IN FFY 27.
UH, FINDING, UH, FINDING FOR REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES, THEY'RE VERY, UH, CRITICAL AND NECESSARY TO KEEP O MOVING.
IF WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING, UH, TIMELY REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO, UH, LOAD RATE A BREACH AND PROVIDE YOU TO CLOSE, UH, THE BREACH.
AND IT WOULD CREATE, UH, ALL SORTS OF INCONVENIENCE, INCLUDING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO EMERGENCY MEMS SERVICES.
SO IT'S, UM, NOT REALLY A DESIRABLE OUTCOME.
UM, AND, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, UH, TO PREDICT WHEN EXACTLY, UH, A BREACH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ON REHAB.
ALSO, A LOT OF PLANNING, UH, NEEDS TO BE DONE PRIOR.
UH, IT'S CONSTRUCTION WORK START.
SO, UM, WE TRY TO BE AS MUCH PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH, UH, INFORMATION.
WE, WE GO, WE GOT, UH, OR, OR MORE ON FINDING INCOME.
SO I ASSUME MEANS THAT WE HAVE 3 BILLION IN BREACH ASSET AND THIS VERY OPTIMISTIC, IT'S TWICE MORE THAN AVERAGE, RIGHT? A HUNDRED YEAR LIFE.
AND, UH, 1% REPLACEMENT PER YEAR.
WE ESTIMATE THAT 30 MILLION PER YEAR.
THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED.
UM, IN SO-CALLED ANNUALIZED APPROACH, IT'S FOR REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT BASED ON CONDITION.
OVER NEXT 20 YEARS, WE ESTIMATED 400 MILLIONS IS NEEDED.
THIS IS CONDITION-BASED APPROACH.
CURRENT FINDING, UH, VERY LIMITED AND ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
UM, WE, UM, APPLY WHEN WE CAN.
WE ASK FOR FUNDS AND, UM, FOR REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, FINDING NORMALLY IT'S BOND OR GRANTS.
AND TO SUMMARIZE, UH, FINDING THIS IS A
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GAP WE HAVE, UM, REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT, UH, FOR MAJOR BRIDGES IN NEAREST, UH, FIVE YEARS.AND CONSIDERING, UH, CONSIDERING SOME FINDING AVAILABLE ALREADY, WE NEED ONE 25 MILLION, UH, FOR SMALL STRUCTURES.
WE ESTIMATED 16.5 MILLION WITH PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT INCLUDED FOR PEDESTRIAN BIKE BRIDGES, WE ESTIMATED SEVEN.
AND, UH, TOTAL LINK FOR NEAREST FIVE YEARS, UH, 1 48 0.5 MILLION, AND MOVING FUEL JUST ESTIMATED 30 MILLION PER YEAR FINDING NEEDED FOR REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF BREACHES.
NEXT STEP, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE AND WE CONTINUE PRIORITIZE AVAILABLE FINDING TO ENHANCE BREACH SAFETY TO KEEP THEM IN GOOD SERVICE CONDITION.
UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL COMPLETE PROJECTS, SEE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT RESPONSE AVAILABLE.
WE ARE WORKING ON STREET AND BREACH REHABILITATION PLAN.
UH, CONTINUE SEEK ALTERNATIVE FINDING SOURCES, UH, STILL LOOKING FOR GRANTS, UM, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS, COMPLETE INVENTORY INSPECTION OF BIKE PEDESTRIAN BREACH IN FY 27, UH, COMPLETE, UH, ROUTINE INSPECTION, SMALL BRIDGES BY FY 28, UH, PREVIOUS WAS Y 23, AS I MENTIONED, EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR SMALL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS FOR AN AUTOMATED BREACH, UH, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, BMIS, UH, IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT CAN, UH, CONTINUES TO ALIGN WITH THE FEDERAL SPECIFICATION.
AND WITH THAT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER EVERY QUESTION.
THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE.
I DON'T IMMEDIATELY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA LOOK AROUND TO COMMISSIONERS, IF ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BRIDGES, SO, UM, THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST EDUCATE ME A LITTLE ON, UM, THE DESIGN LIFE OF THE BRIDGES.
SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION ON SLIDE SIX, YOU SAID THAT 35% OF OUR BRIDGES ARE PASSED THEIR ANTICIPATED DESIGN LIFE OF 40 TO 50 YEARS MM-HMM
AND MY FIRST REACTION WAS LIKE, WHOA, THAT'S BAD.
BUT THEN LATER ON, YOU, UM, WE SEE THAT THE CONDITION OF THE BRIDGES OVERALL IS NOT TOO ALARMING WITH THE, AN EXCEPTION OF A FEW.
AND, UM, YOU ALSO, UH, MENTION TOWARDS THE END THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE, UM, OR ESTIMATE THE, LIKE, TOTAL LIFESPAN OF A BRIDGE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY, UM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHEN TO REHAB OR REPLACE SOME BRIDGES? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE DESIGN LIFE IS ONLY 45 TO 50 YEARS IF A BRIDGE COULD LAST A HUNDRED YEARS, RIGHT.
UH, THIS IS BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS THAT BEEN EMPLOYED ON AVERAGE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGES, THEY DESIGNED FOR 40, 50, BUT ABSOLUTELY THEY CAN LAST LONGER.
AND BARTON SPRINGS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, UH, LASTING OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
AND, UH, UH, SO IT'S, UM, DESIGN, UH, LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ONE COMPONENT.
UH, BUT WHEN WE, UM, LOOK AT THE BRIDGES, WE DEFINITELY LOOK FROM SAFETY, UH, CONDITION FIELD, AND EVALUATE ALL THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE BRIDGE, UH, STRUCTURE, SUBSTRUCTURE, SUPERSTRUCTURE TO MAKE A, A LIKE FINAL ASSESSMENT.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS, WE EMPLOY FURTHER, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS TO DO MORE DETAIL ANALYSIS.
UH, IF IT'S DESIGNED 50, UH, YEARS OLD BREACH MUST BE REPLACED.
LOTS OF COMPONENTS COMES TO FACTOR, HOW BREACH WAS MAINTAINED, HOW IT WELL START, HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? UH, ALSO WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BREACH, UH, DAMAGE, UH, MAINTENANCE, ALL THOSE LITTLE COMPONENTS DURING BREACH LIFE AFFECT HOW LONG STRUCTURE COULD WITHSTAND THE LOAD.
IS THERE ANYTHING, UM, THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ALL THAT IN CONSIDERATION THAT LIMITS YOUR ABILITY TO DESIGN BRIDGES FOR LIKE, BEYOND THAT INDUSTRY STANDARD? WELL, UH, WE DO NOT DESIGN BRIDGES.
FOR, UM, OUR CONCEPT, I GUESS, SORRY, I GUESS I SHOULD ASK INSTEAD, LIKE, UM, WHEN YOU GET TO A REHAB OR A PLACEMENT STAGE, IS THERE A DESIGN PROCESS OR IS IT ALWAYS BUILT OFF OF THE ORIGINAL? WE, WE RELY ON CON UH, CONTRACTORS, OR I'M SORRY, CONSULTING FIRMS, UH, BUT DEFINITELY, UH,
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THEY DESIGN BRIDGES.I THINK NOW THE MORE, UM, EXTENDED LIFE SERVICE LINE.
ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE REPLACING IT ONCE, BUT IT'S GONNA COST MORE MONEY.
I SEE COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY LIKING THAT SEEING A LOT MORE, UM, FROM TPW IS, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STREET RECONSTRUCTION, STREET PAVING, WHEN IT, WHAT, WHATEVER ON THE STREET SIDE, UM, LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN KIND OF STACK OUR FUNDING, UH, AND TIE IN LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING REPAVING, WE'RE PUTTING IN A BIKE LANE WHEN WE'RE DOING STREET RECONSTRUCTION, WE'RE, UH, PUTTING IN THE SIDEWALK, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH WAYS WE CAN REPLICATE THAT WITH BRIDGES TO PAIR UP BRIDGE, YOU KNOW, REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION WITH MOBILITY PROJECTS, UH, THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ANYWAYS.
'CAUSE I'M SURE, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT LEADS UP TO A BRIDGE THAT'S SUBSTANDARD, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFICULT, UH, TO FIX THAT BRIDGE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WE DO WHEN WE REHABILITATE OR RECONSTRUCT.
AND IT INCLUDES, UH, PLAN TO ADD, UH, DIFFERENT MODE OF, YOU KNOW, SIDE, UH, SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANE.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE BRIDGE DESIGN FOR BAR SPRINTS AND WELL FOR RED, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT WAY WE ARE GOING YET.
UM, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO IT WHEN WE DO RECONSTRUCTION ON REHAB.
AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANNA SAY, GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE, UH, STREET AND BRIDGE PLAN IS IN THE WORKS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE THINKING LONG TERM AND STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW TO PAIR THIS ALL UP.
I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION, ACTUALLY, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RED, BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST REFRESHING MY MEMORY.
THAT, UM, RED BUD, UH, BRIDGE WAS THAT FUNDED IN THE 2016 BOND.
THERE WAS SOME FUNDING FOR THAT IN THAT BOND.
AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? I DO BELIEVE IT WAS PREVIOUS FINDING.
AND AT THIS TIME, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, THE DESIGN WAS DONE BY 95%, BUT IT'S ON HOLD NOW, UH, BECAUSE WE LOOK AT, UM, OPTION TO REHAB THIS BREACH BECAUSE, UH, COST WAS RANGING FROM 79 MILLION TO 117 ESTIMATE, WHICH WAS DEEMED UNFEASIBLE NOT FEASIBLE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE FEASIBLE OPTIONS.
SO, AND, UH, WE JUST, JUST THIS WEEK WE RECEIVED REPORT, FINAL REPORT, WHICH WE STILL NEED TO REVIEW TO SEE WHAT PATH WE CHOOSE TO, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE MOST FEASIBLE TASK FOR US, UM, TO KEEP BRIDGE SAFE AND, UH, TO ENSURE COMMUNITY HAVE, UH, THAT BRIDGE.
I THINK SOMETIMES TOO, I, THIS IS JUST A COMMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REALLY RESPOND TO THIS, BUT I FOUND LIKE BRIDGES ARE SO TECHNICAL, LIKE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL DATA THAT YOU'VE PACKED INTO THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS SO HELPFUL, BUT THEY ALSO CAN BE, BECAUSE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED WITH HOW THEY CONNECT COMMUNITIES MM-HMM
AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KIND OF CONSERVE SOMETIMES AS A GAP BETWEEN COMMUNITIES OR A GAP IN SIDEWALKS, A GAP IN
I DO FIND THAT PEOPLE GET REALLY EMOTIONAL ABOUT BRIDGES.
LIKE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR BRIDGE
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN.
LIKE WHEN YOU REBUILD A BRIDGE FOR 50 OR A HUNDRED YEARS, HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT.
UM, BUT THAT CAN ALSO LEAD TO SOME DELAYS I'VE FOUND.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT LIKE HOW WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AROUND BRIDGES, I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT, I THINK IS WHAT I'M SAYING THERE.
JUST REALLY JUST A COMMENT, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UH, IT'S TRUE WITH EVERY BREACH, MAJOR BREACH, AND WE HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS, TRY TO SOLICIT INPUT AND DEFINITELY ASK PUBLIC, UH, AND, UM, TRY TO ADDRESS WHEN WE CAN.
SPEAKING OF, I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE WISHBONE BRIDGE.
UH, YEAH, JIM, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE LARGER CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROJECTS ON BRIDGES, WE TALKED ABOUT REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT.
I THINK REPLACEMENT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT THAT IS.
WHAT DOES REHABILITATING A BRIDGE LOOK LIKE? UH, REHABILITATION, IT COULD BE A WIDENING DECK, FOR INSTANCE, TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ADDITIONAL BIKE LANE, RIGHT? OR FOR INSTANCE, WE NEED TO REPLACE, UH, SOME SUB STRAP CHIPS, SOME PIERS OR BEAMS. SO IT JUST MAY BE PARTIAL, UH, REPLACEMENT.
UM, SO BASICALLY IT'S NOT COMPLETE REPLACEMENT WHEN YOU JUST REPLACE AND RECONSTRUCT TOTALLY
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BREACH AND, UH, REHAB.IT'S WHEN YOU JUST REHAB IN PART OF IT, IT COULD BE PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OR WIDENING SOME ELEMENT OR REPLACING SOME ELEMENT, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD ABOUT FUNDING, UM, I WAS SOMEWHAT ALARMED AT FIRST BY THE NUMBERS, BUT THEN I REALIZED I THINK NOT ALL OF THESE ARE REHABILITATION REPLACEMENT, RIGHT? SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT COME OUT OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, ON THE LIVE, UH, LAST SLIDE ACTUALLY, IT IS REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE ANNUAL, THAT'S ALARMING.
UM, BECAUSE OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET, IT'S LESS THAN 2 MILLION AND MAINTENANCE CANNOT, UH, TAKE CARE OF THOSE HEAVY DUTY TASKS LIKE REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION.
IT MUST BE FUNDED THROUGH, UM, BOND OR GRANTS.
AND, UH, CERTAIN APPROACHES, WE DEFINITELY ADDRESS SEVERE REPAIRS, BUT WE, WE ARE IN NEEDS OF, UH, BOND MONEY, BOND FUNDS, UH, THIS IS REHABILITATION, UH, AND REPLACEMENT NEEDS.
AND I JUST HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND WHEN WE ARE ASKING FOR BOND FUNDS AND, UM, THEN LONGER WE WAITS AND MORE ALARM, IT'LL LOOK LIKE, SO.
SO, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE 148.5 MILLION, THAT'S BOND FUNDING THAT WE NEED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, CORRECT? WHEN WE'VE ONLY RAISED 73 MILLION IN THE LAST, WHAT IS THAT? 27 RIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERFUNDED THROUGH HISTORY FOR BRIDGES 3 MILLION PER YEAR AVERAGE, WHICH NOTHING.
I THINK, UH, IS YOUR, DO YOU WANNA MAKE THE, UH, COMMENT THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE EARLIER, JIM? UH, YEAH.
IF I COULD, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYBE WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE FIRST AND SURE.
COMMISSIONERS, I'M LOOKING AROUND.
I'LL GO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO.
UM, JUST WANTED TO TALK TO, WE'RE, WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR BRIDGE REPORT THAT WE PUBLISH EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND IN GETTING THAT OUT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RESOLVE IS THE INSPECTIONS THAT ARE DONE ARE TYPICALLY VISUAL INSPECTIONS.
SO THEY DON'T TELL YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
AND SO WE MAY SHOW BRIDGES THROUGH WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE, A CSR RATING OR A COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL RATING THAT SAYS, THIS BRIDGE IS SATISFACTORY.
THAT'S JUST BASED UPON VISUAL INSPECTION.
BUT WE KNOW OUR ENGINEERS KNOW FROM THE 3 1 1 CALLS, THE MORE DETAILED INSPECTIONS.
THIS BRIDGE NEEDS TO BE REHABBED OR REPLACED.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL RATING, IT MAY SHOW THAT, UM, THIS BRIDGE IS SATISFACTORY FROM THE VISUAL INSPECTIONS, BUT WE KNOW IT'S A LOT WORSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA RESOLVE THAT IN THE REPORT BEFORE WE, UM, ISSUE IT.
SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE CHANGE, SOME CHANGES TO THOSE TABLES THAT YOU SAW IN THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, TWO OTHER THINGS, JUST REAL QUICK, IS THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING MORE HOLISTICALLY OF, UM, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, WITHIN THE OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER THAT, UM, ANGELA OVERSEES, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THE BRIDGES, MAINTAIN THEM, KNOW WHAT THEY NEED, BUT THERE'S ALSO BRIDGES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE PARD.
AND SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS THERE A WAY TO MAYBE BRING THESE TOGETHER TO MANAGE THEM AS ONE ASSET INSTEAD OF SEPARATE AND MAYBE HAVE IT, WE DON'T WANT TO, AND AGAIN, MORE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE WITH PARD, BUT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BUILD UP BRIDGE ENGINEERS IN PART WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE THEM IN ONE GROUP.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, UH, MANAGE THAT ASSET MORE EFFICIENTLY? SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT WE ARE BY NO MEANS ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING.
WE ARE JUST SAYING HERE'S WHAT THE NEED IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PRESENTATION FOR IS TO SHOW WHAT THAT NEED IS.
AS STAFF, WE CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING.
WE JUST SAY, HERE'S WHAT THE NEED IS.
'CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS COMPETING PRIORITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
AND YOU'LL IN, UM, IN ANYTHING IN THE, LIKE WE JUST SAW WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, WHAT WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S A BOND ELECTION IN THE FALL, PROBABLY BE SIMILAR.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS JUST WHAT THE NEED IS.
WHATEVER FUNDING WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA MAXIMIZE IT TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN.
UM, BUT WE ARE NOT THAT DOING THAT ADVOCATING PIECE AS A PART THAT WE CANNOT DO.
I MEAN, I THINK, UM, FOR ME, IN,
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IN A LOT OF WAYS AS WELL, THIS HIGHLIGHTS NOT JUST A CITY OF AUSTIN PROBLEM, BUT MAYBE LIKE A UNITED STATES PROBLEM OF GAP IN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT, UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO CONFRONT AS WE CONTINUE INTO THIS CENTURY.ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMENTS? FOR THE PRESENTER? EXCELLENT.
[5. Approve an Urban Transportation Commission Public Comment to Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) regarding the South Mopac project.]
GREAT.OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, THAT DOES NOW TAKE US INTO, UH, THE START OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. AND THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS TO APPROVE AN URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE C-T-R-M-A, OR I'LL READ THAT OUT.
CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, C-T-R-M-A REGARDING THE SOUTH PEC PROJECT CHAIR.
IF I CAN INTERRUPT FOR A MOMENT, UM, VIRTUAL ATTENDEES, IF YOU HAVE NOT SENT ME AN EMAIL YET AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED FOR VOTING AND HAVE YOUR VOTE INCLUDED, I NEED AN EMAIL SAYING WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ANYTHING BEFORE THIS BEGINS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT REMINDER.
UM, SO, UM, I'LL FACILITATE THIS ITEM.
UM, I'M GONNA, UM, GO AHEAD AND I'LL JUST MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DISCUSS AND, UM, UH, ASSUMING I GET A SECOND
AND ONCE I HAVE A SECOND, THEN I'LL INTRODUCE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BUFFET.
SO TO REMIND Y'ALL, UM, WE DID HAVE, UM, UH, CTMA COME OUT AT OUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER AND PRESENT TO US ABOUT THE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT.
UM, AND, UH, THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UM, SORT OF THEIR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT WOULD OPEN, UM, IN QUARTER ONE.
AND THEY SORT OF INDICATED HAND WAVE PROBABLY JANUARY.
I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T EDUCATED MYSELF TO KNOW IF THAT'S OPENED UP, BUT IN THE INSTANCE THAT IT WAS GONNA BE OPEN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, STARTING IN LIKE JANUARY, WE DIDN'T WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS WAS LIKE OUR POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT COMMENT OUT DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THAT PERIOD WAS.
SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT UP.
UM, I, THIS DID GET INTO BACKUP, NATALIE, SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ IT IN FULL, DO I? THAT'S CORRECT.
I WANNA JUST SAY THAT, UM, I, I WROTE THIS, I REALLY STRUGGLED TO GET IT DONE.
LIKE, I WAS LIKE, OH, THE HOLIDAYS, I WON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO.
UH, LIKE I, I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS CER THIS WAS ADDED TO BACKUP PROBABLY THIS MORNING.
SO FOLKS MAY NOT HAVE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO, UH, LOOK AT IT.
UM, I WILL TRY TO JUST, UH, REMIND HERE A BIT.
A LOT OF THE PIECES OF THIS ARE NOT NEW.
UM, WELL, THEY MAY BE NEW IF YOU'RE NEW TO UTC, BUT THEY ARE THINGS THEY'RE BUILT ON PAST WORK OF CITY COUNCIL AND UTC.
SO I'LL BRIEFLY WALK US THROUGH, I'M NOT GONNA READ EVERY WORD SINCE IT WASN'T BACKUP, BUT, UM, I'LL TRY TO WALK US THROUGH IT REAL QUICKLY.
UM, SO REMINDING US, FIRST OF ALL, SOME ABOUT SOME CITY POLICIES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, OR A SMP SETS A GOAL BY THE, BY 2039, THAT 50% OF, OF COMMUTES WILL BE NOT IN SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES AND OTHER MODES.
UM, AND IT ALSO SETS A GOAL TO, UH, A TARGET, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, TO ACHIEVE A 20% REDUCTION IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BY 2039.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT VMT CONGESTION COMMUTE TIMES AND CRASHES HAVE GENERALLY BEEN GOING UP AND WE WERE NOT MEETING SAFETY TARGETS.
UM, WE HEARD SOME PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THAT MORE RECENTLY WITH SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS, SO MAYBE CHANGING THAT TREND.
BUT OVERALL, WE, UM, HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL NOT, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO OUR VISION ZERO GOALS AND OTHER GOALS.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT EXPANDING HIGHWAYS LEADS TO DEVELOPMENTAL SPRAWL TRAFFIC INCREASE AIR POLLUTION PER CAPITA VMT, WHILE ALSO FAILING TO RELIEVE CONGESTION.
SO AS WE HEARD LAST MONTH, UM, C-T-R-M-A HAS RECOMMENDED BUILD ALTERNATIVE TO C FOR MOPAC SOUTH, WHICH DOES PROPOSE TO ADD TWO TOLL EXPRESS LANES TO MOPAC BOULEVARD, ROUGHLY BETWEEN, THIS IS ROUGHLY BETWEEN BARTON SKYWAY AND SIXTH STREET.
UM, AND THEY ALSO REC THE, THIS BUILD ALTERNATIVE ALSO RECOMMENDED WIDENING THE BRIDGE OVER LADY BIRD, BIRD LAKE TO FIVE NON TOLD GENERAL PURPOSE LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
UM, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT ELEVATED RAMPING OF THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN BARTON SKYWAY AND ROLLINGWOOD.
SO THERE WAS, WE DISCUSSED THIS QUITE A BIT.
THIS IS, UM, NOT IN LIKE THE CENTRAL PART NEAR ZILKER IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAD REALLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT A LOT, BUT MY FEELING WAS THE COMMUNITY REALLY
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DIDN'T PARTICULARLY WANNA SEE ELEVATED RAMPING IN THIS SEGMENT AT ALL AS MY, MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.WHEREAS, UM, AND SO CITY COUNCIL DID PASS A RESOLUTION IN DECEMBER, 2024, WHICH DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH CTR MA TO ALIGN MOPAC SOUTH WITH THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND PROJECT CONNECT PLAN.
UM, AND IT CALLED FOR, I'M GONNA READ THIS PART OUT.
UH, IT CALLED FOR A REFINED MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT THAT WOULD REDUCE OR NOT INCREASE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, REDUCE OR MINIMIZE INCREASES IN IMPERVIOUS COVER, MINIMIZE THE LOSS OF TREE CANOPY AND MINIMIZE THE WIDENING OF EXISTING ROD ROADWAY.
YET IT'S UNCLEAR THAT THE RECOMMEND BUILD ALTERNATIVE WOULD MEET THESE GOALS.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE REALLY CLEAR, WE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING A FULL EIS UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, ALSO WROTE A LETTER, UM, UH, REQUESTING NO MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL LANE, BUT IN THE BUILD ALTERNATIVE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THAT REQUEST.
AS I SAID, IT'S TWO, UH, LANES.
UM, AND SO, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ALSO REC, UH, REQUESTED A FULL EIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT INVER, UH, INSTEAD OF A ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AS A REMINDER OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN DECEMBER, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS DONE TO DETERMINE IF THE EIS IS NEEDED.
UM, AND C-T-R-M-A IS HOPING, ANTICIPATING THAT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WILL SAY THERE'S NOT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
SO THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO EIS, UM, WHICH IS OFTEN THE CASE FOR THESE TYPES OF HIGHWAY EXPANSION PROJECTS.
ALTHOUGH AT THE SAME TIME, PROJECT CONNECT, AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL HAS TO DO A FULL EIS.
UM, SO, UM, SO WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION LAST YEAR IN APRIL FROM UTC, WHICH BUILT ON THE, UH, WORK OF CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, SAID THAT WE REQUESTED IN THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CAMPO 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND WE SAID, LET'S, UM, EITHER, UH, REMOVE THE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT FROM THE 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR BE AMEND IT.
SO RATHER FROM UP TO TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, UP TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
UM, AS WE HEARD AT OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT, UM, PEOPLE TURN OUT.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO US A LOT.
SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE TURN OUT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE NOTE.
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HAS RECEIVED, UH, BEEN RECEIVED BY, BY US, UH, OPPOSING EXPANSION.
UM, WE, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT HAS BROKEN GROUND THAT'S GONNA CREATE LONG-TERM SHORT-TERM IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF DELAY CONSTRUCTION, UM, IMPACTS WHILE PEOPLE ARE, UM, USING THAT FACILITY DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO GONNA CREATE LONG-TERM IMPACTS FOR THEORETICALLY MAYBE IMPROVING CONGESTION.
I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE TO SEE THAT, UM, HOW THAT PLAYS OUT ONCE IT'S, UM, UNDER, ONCE IT'S FINALIZED.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE, AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, THE AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PROJECT, UM, THAT FROM PROJECT CONNECT IS SET TO RECEIVE FEDERAL, FEDERAL APPROVAL, MAYBE ALREADY HAS, WAS SET TO DO THAT RIGHT ABOUT THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'LL BE MOVING INTO CONTRACTING IN 2026 WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING REALLY AT THE START OF 2027.
UM, AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE REALLY WIDE REACHING IMPACTS ON OUR MOBILITY OPTIONS.
UM, SO THESE ARE MY, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A WORKING GROUP AND IT WAS OVER THE HOLIDAY, THIS IS JUST WHAT I WENT WITH AND IT CAN BE AMENDED DISCUSSED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ANY WAY, UM, DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT.
BUT WHAT I RECOMMEND IS, UH, WHAT I ATTEMPTED HERE IN THIS VERSION WAS THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY JUST PAUSE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT, GIVEN THAT IT DOES NOT REALLY ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AND TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSION REQUESTS AND GUIDANCE, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT THE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT BE PAUSED UNTIL WE CAN SEE THE I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT IN AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PHASE ONE COMPLETE.
AND THEN ONCE THOSE ARE COMPLETE, THEN C-T-R-M-A CAN ASSESS THE COMMUNITY NEED.
MAYBE ONCE THOSE ARE COMPLETE, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL IS DRIVING MODE SHIFT.
MAYBE THERE'S NO MORE CONGESTION ON I 35 EVER AGAIN, HA HA, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
BUT LIKE THOSE ARE GONNA IMPACT US AND INTERACT WITH THIS ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THIS PROJECT IN WAYS THAT WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY PREDICT.
UM, SO PERHAPS JUST WAIT ON THIS AND ALSO MAYBE DON'T DO THREE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT ONCE IN CENTRAL AUSTIN.
UM, AND, UH, SO THEN, UH, WE, THE FINAL BE IT RESOLVE SAID IF CT C-T-R-M-A DOES MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT WITHOUT PAUSE, THEN WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY COMPLETE THE IN FULL EIS AND NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
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THAT WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT'S POTENTIAL IMPACT ON VEHICLE MAL TRAVELED, UH, CARBON EMISSIONS SAFETY, IMPERVIOUS COVER, AND TREE CANOPY.THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS CALLED OUT IN THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
SO THAT IS WHAT I ATTEMPTED, UM, TO DO HERE.
WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS OR AMEND, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE I JUST, I JUST PRODUCED THIS ON MY OWN, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE BODY.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, DID A GREAT JOB.
I READ IT YESTERDAY AND I WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED YOU IN A RUSH OVER THE HOLIDAYS, SO NO WORRIES.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S PRETTY THOROUGH.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO MAYBE PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT AS AN ADDITION, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD TODAY FROM THE, UM, QUARTER PROGRAM UPDATE THAT, UM, NOT ONLY IS THERE EXPECTED, IS THERE ALREADY CONSTRUCTION ON I 35 AND BREAKING GROUND ON PROJECT CONNECT VERY SOON, BUT ALSO ON THE NEARLY PARALLEL STRETCH OF SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD IS EX IS STILL, HAS SIX YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, EXPECTED TO BREAK GROUND THIS YEAR AND IS CURRENTLY ALREADY UP FOR BID.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A MEANINGFUL ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR THAT PART OF MOPAC, UM, TO GET ACROSS THAT PART OF TOWN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY ONE-TO-ONE.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO PROPOSE ADDING BETWEEN, UH, THE, WHEREAS PARAGRAPH THAT I, UH, SORRY, I AT THAT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 PARAGRAPHS FROM THE VERY END, WHEREAS I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT HAS BROKEN GROUND AND THE NEXT ONE, WHEREAS PROJECT CONNECTS AUSTIN LIGHTRO PROJECT IS SET TO RECEIVE FEDERAL APPROVAL, ADDING ANOTHER PARAGRAPH IN BETWEEN, WHICH I'VE DRAFTED AND I CAN READ, BUT ESSENTIALLY COVERS THAT TOPIC.
YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, READ THAT OUT, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION AND THEN LEAVE THAT OUT TO US.
UM, SO I'M MOVING TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SAYS, WHEREAS THE 2016 BOND QUARTER PROGRAM HAS OUTSTANDING PROJECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION ON SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD BETWEEN BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND US HIGHWAY TWO 90, CURRENTLY OF FORBID AND PROJECTED TO BREAK AROUND IN 2026 AND TAKE PLACE OVER SIX YEARS, OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
OH, I'M NOT ON THING, I'M NOT ON MIC.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, AMENDMENT.
I ACTUALLY LIKE IT A LOT, SO I'LL SECOND IT AS WELL.
UM, WE'LL TAKE UP SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? YEAH, COMMISSIONER CHEN, UH, AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT, SHOULD WE THEN ALSO MODIFY THE SECOND TO LAST BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE TO INCLUDE THAT COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT AS WELL? UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY EASY.
SO WE CAN JUST SAY, UM, SHOULD THAT, I'M GONNA LOOK AT OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN, SHOULD THAT BE
UH, SHOULD THAT BE TWO SEPARATE CLEANER WE MAKE IT SUBSTITUTE, IF WE CAN JUST MAKE IT SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, THAT WOULD BE CLEANER.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF YOUR AMENDMENT, SOMEONE'S GONNA OFFER A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT FOR YOUR AMENDMENT.
THAT INCLUDES WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT COMMISSIONER CHEN SAID,
CAN I DO THAT? I AGREE WITH THAT, YES.
SO I'M MOVING TO SUBSTITUTE THE AMENDMENT THAT I JUST PROPOSED TO HAVE TWO PARTS TO IT NOW WITH THE ONE THAT I ALREADY READ, WHICH I CAN READ AGAIN.
AND ALSO IN THE, UH, SECOND TO LAST, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT THE MOPAC SOUTH PROJECT BE PAUSED UNTIL I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT AND AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PHASE ONE AND SOUTH AMAR BOULEVARD BOND QUARTER PROGRAM PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE AND C-T-R-M-A, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
GREAT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHEN.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THERE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, THAT, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
LOOKS LIKE THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS? SO I JUST HAVE ONE THOUGHT, AND I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU IN TERMS OF, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ISN'T OUT, IT'LL COME OUT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THERE'LL BE A COMMENT PERIOD FOR THAT.
ARE, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING WE WOULD ALSO DO A COMMENT FOR THAT OR THAT THIS WOULD BE OUR COMMENT FOR THAT? UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE OUR, OUR COMMENT BASICALLY IS WHAT I WAS SORT OF ANTICIPATING.
I'M, I MEAN, NOT TO BE CYNICAL, BUT I
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I I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE FINDING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS THAT THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND THEY DON'T NEED TO DO ANY IS THAT'S JUST HOW WHEN I'M, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T FIND THAT CREDIBLE QUITE HONESTLY.BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S MY KIND OF THINKING, BUT I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
THE ONLY REASON I, I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST, I MEAN, AGAIN, IT COULD BE A SEPARATE ONE OR IT COULD BE THIS ONE LATER, UM, IS WE MAY BE ABLE TO DETAIL THE REASONS WE FEEL LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ISN'T SUBSTANTIAL OR THE THINGS THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THEIR DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
LIKE ONE THING I REALLY WANNA SEE THAT THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING TO INCLUDE IS, UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY SORT OF ANALYSIS FOR THE IMPACTS OF DOING THEIR CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME AS I 35 AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, REROUTING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IMPACT ON OTHER ARTERIAL STREETS, NONE OF THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
I THINK THOSE THINGS CAN HAVE A LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, BUT WE, WE COULD DO THAT IN A SEPARATE ONE OR, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN JUST BE A COMMENT I SAID.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK, UM, GIVEN THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER COMMENT PERIOD THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY BRIEF AND COULD OPEN LITERALLY ANY TIME, UM, IN FACT, I HAVEN'T CHECKED, I MEAN, IT COULD ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE OPENED, I DON'T THINK IT DID, BUT I DID JUST CHECK.
UM, BUT THEY WERE TALKING LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE MID-JANUARY AND OPEN FOR A PRETTY BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME.
I THINK THAT WE COULD, UM, DEFINITELY GO AHEAD AND, AND PASS THIS, BUT THEN IF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COMES OUT AND WE FEEL THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT REALLY IS STILL, YOU KNOW, GAPS AND, UM, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO BRINGING THIS BACK FOR ANOTHER QUICK RECOMMENDATION IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, WE DID THAT WITH 35 WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING THE, UM, I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS.
THIS COMMISSION PROBABLY PASSED LIKE TWO OR THREE RECOMMENDATIONS OF INCREASINGLY, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASING
SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO IF, IF THAT WAS OPPORTUNITY WE WANTED TO TAKE IN THE FUTURE, I'D DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO THAT.
AND THEN I, I'LL PROBABLY, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAKE A MOTION AFTER WE PASS THIS TO EMPOWER YOU AS CHAIR TO UPLOAD THIS AS OUR COMMENT WHENEVER IT DROPS.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS AS A POINT OF PROCEDURE? DO I NEED TO SEND THE AMENDMENT WE JUST VOTED ON TO SOMEONE? YES.
IF YOU COULD, IS THERE LIKE A, A DOCUMENT? I CAN EDIT IT 'CAUSE I'M LIKE TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
IT'S, IF YOU SEND IT TO ME, I CAN DROP IT INTO THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, I, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH UNTIL WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THAT.
AND GET THAT ON, ON THE CITY WEBSITE TOMORROW, TOMORROW, THE NEXT DAY.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE, UH, ON THE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED.
UM, UH, THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, I, GREAT.
AND THAT DOES LOOK UNA, I THINK I SAW COMMISSIONER JACOBSON YOUR HAND GO UP THERE.
SO I THINK THAT WAS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
AND THIS IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION, SPENCER, BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED AS A URBAN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC COMMIT COMMENT TO CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY.
SO, UM, DO YOU THINK WE NEED, I NO, I GUESS MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.
MY ONLY THOUGHT WOULD BE BECAUSE THE, UH, IT'S NOT OPEN YET.
IF WE CAN SAY IT'S PROACTIVELY OR COMMON, BUT YOU, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK YOU'RE FINE TO DO IT ANYWAYS.
AND I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO BRING THIS BACK WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT GOES UP, IF, IF WE FEEL SO MOVED AT THAT POINT.
BECAUSE I, IN THE CHANCE THAT THERE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY OTHER THAN DON'T DO IT.
LIKE TO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC DESIGN, TO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC DESIGN AND SAFETY FEEDBACK.
JUST TO RECAP WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT YOU SAID, UM, THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RATHER JUST SAY, DON'T DO THIS, TO ACTUALLY SHOW THE DATA.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I TRIED TO CALL OUT IS WE REALLY, UM, SOME OF THOSE METRICS AND THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED ABOUT, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE MAY NEVER GET IT WITHOUT A FULL EIS SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHEN THE EA WHEN THE ASSESSMENT COMES OUT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK TOO, LIKE CONTINUING TO BEAT THE DRUM OF HOW, UM, BROKEN THE
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PROCESS IS, UH, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OUR FEDERAL PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND PUBLIC BODIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, DEMONSTRATING THAT PUBLICLY AND WITH A LOT OF DATA INTEGRITY AS WELL.THAT DOES, UH, TAKE US THROUGH ITEM FIVE.
AND I WILL ALSO MAKE SURE, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING WHEN WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE.
[6. Approve proposed changes to Urban Transportation Commission By-laws.]
DOES BRING US COMMISSIONERS TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS APPROVED PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION BYLAWS.I'M JUST GONNA GIVE Y'ALL A HEADS UP.
UM, REALLY, UM, THANK THE WORKING GROUP THAT WORKED ON THIS AND, UH, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER THAT REALLY, UM, FIRST OF ALL DROVE OUR DESIRE TO GET THESE BYLAW CHANGES READY AND, UM, PREPARE THE DOCUMENT.
UM, WE DID PROVIDE THAT TO THE CITY CLERK.
I DON'T KNOW, WHEN DID WE GET THAT TO THE CITY CLERK SPENCER? THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
BUT I, IN FAIRNESS TO THEM, I DID NOT FOLLOW UP.
SO UNTIL THIS WEEK, SO I THINK YOU JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS WITH THANKSGIVING.
AND I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S TIME SENSITIVE.
IT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR, BUT I THINK WE'VE STILL GOT SOME TIME TO MEET THAT GOAL BEFORE NEXT ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, SO BASICALLY WE SENT IT TO THE CLERK, UM, DIDN'T FOLLOW UP.
WE CHECKED IN WITH THEM AGAIN PRIOR TO THIS MEETING AND THEY SAID THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE POSTPONEMENT OF THAT ITEM INTO OUR, UH, FEBRUARY MEETING.
BEFORE WE POSTPONE, SINCE IT'S ON OUR AGENDA, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO JUST LAY IT OUT AND THEN POSTPONE IT.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY FEEDBACK, THEY CAN BRING IT UP RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE CAN HAVE IT READY TO GO NEXT MEETING.
CAN YOU WANNA WALK US THROUGH IT, SPENCER? SURE.
SO I THINK I STILL NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION AND GET A SECOND, AND THEN I'LL JUST POSTPONE IT AT THE END OF THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, EVERYONE.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BYLAWS THAT WERE CIRCULATED.
I'LL GIVE LIKE A BRIEF BIT OF HISTORY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEWER ON THE COMMISSION.
SO, UH, WAY BACK IN 20 12, 20 13, UH, THE UTC USED TO HAVE A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, UH, COMMITTEE OF THE UTC.
UH, AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL EXISTED FOR A WHILE.
THE CITY COUNCIL CREATED, UH, THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND DID A RESOLUTION TELLING THE UTC TO GET RID OF ITS COMMITTEE AND INSTEAD WORK WITH THE, UH, BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UH, I BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE WAS TO PARTICIPATE IN IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BODIES.
UM, SO AT THAT TIME, THE, UH, UTC WAS TRYING TO DO A BUNCH OF REALLY BIG CHANGES, UH, TO THE BYLAWS.
SO THEY QUICKLY JUST KIND OF STUFFED IT IN THE WORKING GROUP SECTION, WHICH YOU CAN READ IN THE DOCUMENT, DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE AND MOVED ON 'CAUSE THEY WERE PLANNING TO COME BACK TO IT.
A BUNCH OF BOARD TURNOVER HAPPENED.
SO THIS IS US FINISHING OUR HOMEWORK, UM, FROM WAY BACK IN 2012.
UM, WE ALSO, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WAS DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO, UH, KEEP THE BAC AND PAC, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PROMISED THE CITY COUNCIL WAS IF THEY KEPT THE BAC AND PAC, WHICH THEY DID, UH, THAT WE WOULD WORK ON BYLAW AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES TO REDUCE DUPLICITIES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, SO THEN I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY GO THROUGH WHAT THIS SAYS.
YOU GUYS ALL HAVE IT, RIGHT? THE FIRST ONE JUST KIND OF CODIFIES THAT LANGUAGE OF WE'RE GONNA SEEK TO PARTICIPATE AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BOARDS.
UM, RIGHT NOW, TH THIS PART ALSO CODIFIES OUR PRACTICE OF HAVING LIAISONS TO THE PAC AND BAC.
SO THAT'S ME RIGHT NOW FOR THE BACI AND, UH, DANIEL FOR THE PAC, UH, WE GO TO THE MEETINGS AND REPORT BACK ON WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, THIS JUST HAS US, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY TERMS. SO THE WAY I STRUCTURE THIS, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING I'D APPRECIATE FEEDBACK ON IF ANYONE'S UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS, BUT THE BOARD JUST APPOINTS THE MEMBER WITH THEIR CONSENT AND THEN THEY SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CHAIR.
UM, THAT WAY IF WE EVER NEED TO SUB SOMEONE OUT, WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A FORMAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
AND THERE'S NO TERMS WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO REAPPLY AND ADD SOMETHING TO OUR AGENDA.
UH, MEETING, UM, THE LIAISON REPRESENTS THE BOARD, THE BOARD MEETING, THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AT THE MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATED ENTITY.
SO THAT WOULD EITHER BE THE BAC OR THE PAC AND REPORTS BACK TO THE BOARD ON ANY ACTION TAKEN AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT WE ALREADY DO WITH OUR COMMITTEE UPDATES.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE PUT IN HERE IS THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS PASSED BY THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL BE CIRCULATED AT THE BOARD'S NEXT MEETING.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BETTER AT.
'CAUSE I THINK THE BAC AND PAC DO SOMETIMES PICK UP ON ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, KIND OF GO UNDER OUR RADAR.
FOR INSTANCE, THE BAC WAS REALLY ON TOP OF THE, THE SIXTH STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST KIND
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OF MISSED, UH, 'CAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH OTHER STUFF.AND I THINK HAD WE HAD THAT RECOMMENDATION, SEEING WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE WANTED TO WORK ON.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS KIND OF GETTING AT, UM, WHAT, UH, UH, SOME FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM, UH, CONCERNS FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS JUST THE WANTING TO REDUCE STAFF TIME AND DUPLICATE DUPLICITY BETWEEN ALL THE BODIES.
AND IT SAYS IN DETERMINING WHETHER AN ACTION TAKEN BY THE BAC OR PAC WARRANTS A BRIEFING DISCUSSION OR ACTION ITEM OR FUTURE BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER IMPACTS ON STAFF TIME AND CITY RESOURCES AS WELL AS WHETHER THE ITEM IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD'S PURPOSE AND DUTIES.
JUST PUTTING A LITTLE REFLECTION ITEM FOR US IN TERMS OF WHETHER WE WANT TO ADD ON TO SOMETHING THE BAC AND PAC IS DOING OR WHETHER WE WANNA LET IT BE IN ITS OWN DOMAIN.
UH, THE LAST THING I'LL ADD IS I'M TALKING WITH THE BAC AND P'S LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
ONE THING THAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR AS WELL IS THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR BYLAWS TO MAKE THE UTC LIAISON A, A NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE BAC AND PAC, WHICH I THINK IN FUTURE YEARS, WE'LL MAKE THAT A MORE ENTICING APPOINTMENT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THE BAC AND PAC ARE ALWAYS THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE HARDEST TO GET PEOPLE TO DO JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF THE BODY.
UM, SO I THINK IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY A MEMBER, PEOPLE MIGHT BUY IN MORE.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FEEDBACK.
SORRY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE, THE BAC AND THE PAC WOULD CHANGE THEIR BYLAWS TO INCLUDE THE UTC LIAISON AS A MEMBER? YEAH.
SO IT WOULD BE A NON-VOTING MEMBER OR AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.
UM, IN THEIR TERMS, UH, WHICH IS JUST LIKE WHAT WE ARE ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE A NON-VOTING REPRESENTATIVE THERE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE B-A-C-B-A-C, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY WORK ON VOTING, THEY WORK ON CONSENSUS.
SO IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY MEAN ANYTHING.
IT WOULD MEAN RIGHT, THAT YOU CAN'T BE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU WOULD STILL BE A FULLY FLEDGED MEMBER FOR THEIR PURPOSES.
BUT I THINK THAT MAKES THAT, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, WOULD WE, OR SHOULD WE REFLECT THAT IN OUR BYLAWS THEN IN THIS AMENDMENT TO SAY THE, THE LIAISON, UH, THE BOARD CHAIR WILL POINT THE BOARD MEMBER WITH THEIR CONSENT TO BE A LIAISON TO THOSE BODIES AS PARTICIPATING AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER.
I THINK THE, SO THE WAY, THE WAY I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THIS ABOUT THE, UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE BAC AND, AND PAC, I THINK IT MAYBE MAKES MORE SENSE TO DEFINE THE ROLE OF UTC LIAISON WITHIN THE PAC AND BAC BYLAWS IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE INTERACT.
I DON'T THINK OUR BYLAWS CAN NECESSARILY DICTATE THE PAC OR BAC THAT THIS PERSON'S A NON-VOTING MEMBER.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THEIR BYLAWS.
I WAS JUST THINKING SORT OF IN THE SPIRIT OF LIKE ALIGNING AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATION THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THAT REFLECTED IN BOTH WAYS, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND IT SHOULDN'T DICTATE THAT.
THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD UPDATE, I THINK.
UM, SO I SAW AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY THAT CAME OUT ABOUT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVING TO INCLUDE SOME UPDATED BYLAW LANGUAGE.
IS THAT GONNA BE ROLLED INTO THIS OR IS THAT SEPARATE? YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S SOMETHING THE WORKING GROUP, UH, KIND OF WORKED THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAD THESE, UM, UH, THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO UPDATE REALLY STEMMING FROM THE HISTORY THAT SPENCER DESCRIBED OF WHEN BAC AND PAC WERE CREATED.
AND LIKE, THEY WERE SORT OF WEDGED INTO OUR BYLAWS IN A WAY THAT REALLY WASN'T MAKING MUCH SENSE.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY AND, YOU KNOW, UM MM-HMM
OVERALL IN TERMS OF LIKE EVEN POTENTIALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT MAY EXIST.
UM, THEY LOOKED AT COMBINING, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATING BAC AND PAC AND ROLLING THEM INTO UTC, FOR EXAMPLE MM-HMM
UM, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THERE'S THIS, UM, IDEA OF SORT OF LIKE A SUNSET SORT OF COMMISSION FOR THE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT YOU COULD SORT OF STUDY TO, UH, SORT OF DETERMINE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS AND NEED OF YOUR COMMISSION.
UM, AND THERE'S COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE CONSISTENTLY HAVE TROUBLE MAKING QUORUM OVER AND OVER, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE'S JUST SOME OF THE CONTEXT GOING ON THERE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE WERE KIND OF ENVISIONING IS, UM, SINCE THIS PARTICULAR SET OF CHANGES IS DRIVEN BY THE UTC MEMBERS AND THE NEEDS THAT WE SEE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THESE OUT AND THEN SORT OF WAIT ON SOME OF THE CITY CLERK MANDATED PIECES AND POTENTIALLY DO A SECOND WAVE LATER THIS YEAR, UM, WE ALSO WILL JUST VOLUNTEER.
SPENCER AND I ARE SO CONFIDENT IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR COMMISSION.
WE ACTUALLY TOLD THE CITY CLERK WE WOULD HAPPILY VOLUNTEER TO BE IN THE FIRST
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ROUND OF SUNSET COMMISSION STUDIES.THAT'S JUST HOW CONFIDENT WE ARE.
WE'RE DOING GOOD WORK OVER HERE.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, UM, I THINK, DID I SAY THAT ALL CLEARLY? SPENCER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH, IF I CAN ADD ONE THING CHAIR, I, I THINK WHAT HE MIGHT BE REFERRING TO IS, RIGHT AS WE STARTED THIS MEETING, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE CLERK THAT ACTUALLY GAVE THAT REQUIRED LANGUAGE.
UM, BUT IN THAT EMAIL, THE, THE CITY CLERK STATES THAT THAT LANGUAGE DOES NOT NEED TO BE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD BECAUSE IT'S MANDATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO REALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PUT IT INTO OUR BYLAWS.
UM, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS, UH, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST OUR LIAISONS HAVE TO TYPE IT UP, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT LANGUAGE, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
SO I WOULD ASSUME WHEN WE HAVE THIS IN FEBRUARY, YOU WILL SEE THAT LANGUAGE, THAT NEW LANGUAGE IN OUR BYLAWS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THAT, UH, BEFORE JANUARY 31ST.
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE BOARD HAS TO TAKE ACTION ON, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT AUTOMATICALLY HAPPENS.
SO IF I CAN JUMP INTO, UM, I WAS PLANNING, I GOT, I GOT THE SAME EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME,
UM, MY INTENTION IS TO, TO GET THOSE UPDATES MADE TO THE BYLAWS AND, AND OVER TO YOU.
UM, I PROBABLY WILL NEED TO MAKE 'EM TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THEN HAVE YOU EDIT THOSE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE POSTED AND, AND JUST BE ALL EXACTLY HOW IT NEEDS TO BE FOR TOMA.
UM, BUT YEAH, I'LL, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THOSE CHANGES AND, UM, YOU DO NOT GET TO VOTE ON THOSE CHANGES.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO OUR FEBRUARY AGENDA.
UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER TO SCHUMACHER TO PROPOSE SECOND IT BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THAT, EVERYONE.
WE'LL POSTPONE THIS TO OUR FEBRUARY MEETING IF WE APPROVE THIS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
LOOKS LIKE THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
[7. Update from Commissioner Chen from the Downtown Commission regarding actions taken at the September 17, 2025, October 15, 2025, November 19, 2025, and December 17, 2025, meetings.]
US INTO THE COMMITTEE UPDATES SECTION OF OUR MEETING.UM, UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, NUMBER ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS AN UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER CHEN FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
NOW COMMISSIONER CHEN, THIS IS REALLY A DOOZY, SO I
ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 MEETING, OCTOBER 15TH, 2025, MEETING NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 MEETING AND DECEMBER 17TH, 2025 MEETING.
SO, UM, IT HOPEFULLY, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT.
UM, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THAT, IF NOT, WE CAN, UM, JUST LET US KNOW.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE.
I'VE HAD A PRETTY BUSY COUPLE MONTHS.
SO SEPTEMBER AN ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION TO REQUEST, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION TO MATCH THE, UM, BELIEVE IT WAS THE CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT PLAN.
SO CITY COUNCIL HAVING, UM, PASSED THAT NEW PLAN, UM, BASICALLY DOWNTOWN COMMISSION WANTS TO EXPAND ITS BOUNDARY TO MATCH THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT PLAN WITH THE ACTION BEING APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THEN IN OCTOBER, WE TOOK AN ACTION TO, UM, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, REQUESTING THAT CITY COUNCIL REMOVE HEIGHT AND FAR LIMITS FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND INSTEAD OF USING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, FIND SOME OTHER MEANS OF CAPTURING THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GENERATED BY BUILDINGS THAT ARE BUILT ABOVE WHATEVER THE OLD HIGH AND FAR LIMITS WOULD HAVE BEEN.
PUT THAT INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEN TASK THE, UH, TRUST FUND WITH ACTUALLY SPENDING THAT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THAT ACTION WAS ALSO PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN NOVEMBER.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PROPOSE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ADVOCATING FOR TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THAT.
AND FINALLY IN DECEMBER WE PASSED A RECOMMENDATION ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION AS A PRIMARY STAKEHOLDER AS PART OF THE CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT PLAN TO HELP ADVISE THE PLAN AND CITY COUNCIL ON HOW THAT SHOULD BE DONE AND EXECUTED.
IT'S LIKE SOME GOOD WORK THERE.
[8. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Bicycle Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the December 1, 2025, meeting.]
TO ITEM EIGHT, UPDATE[02:00:01]
FROM COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER REGARDING THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THEIR DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 MEETING.SO THIS IS JUST A WEIRD SCHEDULED THING 'CAUSE THE BAC ACTUALLY TOOK THE, UH, P'S MEETING DATE LAST TIME I MET JOINTLY.
SO I'VE ALREADY UPDATED YOU ALL AND I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER IT WAS A GREAT UPDATE.
[9. Update from Commissioner Kavelman from the Pedestrian Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the December 1, 2025, meetings.]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NINE, UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER KAMAN FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 MEETING.IS THAT THE SAME AS WELL? YES.
UM, SO WE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT IN DECEMBER.
[10. Update from Chair Somers from the City Council Mobility Committee regarding actions taken at the December 4, 2025, meeting.]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 10, WHICH IS AN UPDATE FROM ME, CHAIR SUMMERS REGARDING THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THEIR DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 MEETING.SO LET ME, UM, I'M GONNA JUST GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY.
I ACTUALLY NEED TO RE-WATCH THIS MEETING, UH, MYSELF.
BUT THEY DID HAVE, UM, UH, I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT.
THEY HAD, UM, CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT AND, UH, MI MICRO MOBILITY, UH, ITEM.
THEY ALSO HAD, UM, URBAN TRAILS AND SIDEWALK PROGRAM UPDATES, GAPS IN FUNDING NEEDS ONE OF THESE GOT POSTPONED.
WHICH ONE DID THEY POSTPONE? THEY POSTPONED, I'M NOT, I'M FORGETTING.
THAT ONE GOT POSTPONED AND THEN THEY HAD, UM, THE ONGOING MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND PRO PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH ON THEIR AGENDA, UM, EVERY, UH, EVERY, EVERY MONTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE GOT, I THINK WORTH WALKING, UH, WORTH CHECKING THAT OUT.
WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY TAKE UP SOME SIMILAR ITEMS SOON WHEN WE GET TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH ALL OF OUR POSTED ITEMS. I'M GONNA, UM,
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GO INTO, UM, OUR FUTURE ITEMS. SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THE BYLAW UPDATE NOW BEING, UM, IN FEBRUARY.SO THAT'S MARKED ON HERE AS BEING FOR TODAY, BUT THAT'LL BE GET, WE POSTPONE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE, UM, CURB MANAGEMENT STUDY, I BELIEVE IS SET TO COME AND THE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT.
COMMISSIONER KAMAN, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THAT ONE IS? I WENT BACK TO LIKE, LOOK AT THE ENDS OF OUR MEETINGS AND READING THE TRANSCRIPTS.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
THE, MY BEST GUESS IS, MY BEST GUESS IS THAT IT'S ABOUT THE FINAL 2035 PLAN.
DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU? YEAH, THEY PASSED THAT.
SO I THINK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR DATA OR SOME SORT OF REPORT ABOUT SOMETHING THEY HAD LOOKED INTO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
BUT I COULDN'T FIND, I COULDN'T PINPOINT IT BY LOOKING AT OLD MEETINGS EITHER.
DID YOU SEE WHEN IT GOT ADDED TO OUR LIST? I CAN LOOK AT THAT TONIGHT.
YEAH, JUST SEND ME ANOTHER EMAIL.
I'LL TELL, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON HAPPY TO DO IT IF YOU FIND OUT WHEN IT IS, I CAN TELL YOU THEN.
IF I KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT I, I DO NOT KNOW.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOTHING I REALLY AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE FROM ABOUT CAP METRO.
SO POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY IF Y'ALL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU INTENDED THERE.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK NATALIE, UM, FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT UPDATE, ARE THEY, ARE THEY SLATED TO COME? ARE THEY READY TO COME FOR US ON THAT IN FEBRUARY? I CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THEM.
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT PINNED IN QUITE YET.
UM, I GOT IT KINDA GOT PUSHED BACK, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP.
I I'VE BEEN BACK IN THE OFFICE FOR TWO DAYS RIGHT NOW, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT TOMORROW FOR SURE.
UM, I, I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, I MEAN I, I JUST, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PROJECT MILESTONES FOR AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN, UM, IN QUARTER ONE.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM IN QUARTER ONE IDEALLY, UM, IF POSSIBLE, UM, IF THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT READY, I MEAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT UM, I'M HOPING THAT THEY CAN BE READY TO COME OUT IN QUARTER ONE OR EITHER RIGHT AT THE START OF QUARTER TWO.
UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT ON HERE, I THINK FOR THESE OTHER NEXT FEW THAT THERE'S A, A SORT OF A MENU OF THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT, MIGHT, I SAY MIGHT HAVE A LIGHTER MONTH NEXT MONTH.
IF THAT IS, IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN WE CAN ADD MAYBE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT ADDING ONE OR TWO OF THESE.
WE HAVE THE LONG RANGE POPULATING POPULATION FORECASTING, THE LIGHTING PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S READY YET.
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UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR.UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO FOLLOW UP ABOUT CITY LEAP.
UM, I'M LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE TXDOT 180 3, WE NEED TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I'VE GOT PEOPLE
I'D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON I 35 CONSTRUCTION.
UM, UH, WHETHER THAT'S, AND MAYBE THAT'S EVEN TWO BECAUSE THAT COULD BE LIKE TDOT AND MAYBE EVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF CAP AND STITCH AT SOME POINT.
THAT MIGHT BE MORE COMPLICATED TO GET OUT.
BUT SOMETIME THIS YEAR I THINK, OR BEFORE THE BOND, UH, IS FINALIZED WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO I, MAYBE I'M ADDING THE I 35 CAP AND STITCH UPDATE.
UM, BUT ALSO, UH, ALSO THE I 35 CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FROM TXDOT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'M STILL INTERESTED IN HEARING.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY THE UM, CAP ANDIT UPDATE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A TEXT DOT UH, UPDATE? NO, THAT CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN CITY STAFF THAT'S PLANNING THE CAPS AND THE FUNDING, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME CHANGES WITH SOME OF THE GRANTS WE'RE GIVEN OR RESCINDED DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S LEADING INTO THE BOND PROCESS, UH, FOR THE LATER THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WOULD BE BEST TO TIME THAT, BUT WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT ALSO THE TDOT ABOUT JUST LITERALLY THE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE THAT I'M GONNA ADD AND THEN I'LL STOP TALKING AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANNA ADD.
UM, I DO THINK, AND THIS MAY BE FOR FEBRUARY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, AND COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER, VICE CHAIR SCHUMACHER ACTUALLY CALLED THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UM, ON THE SIXTH STREET.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RECONSTRUCTION OR WHAT THE NAME OF THAT PROJECT IS.
WHAT IS THAT OFFICIAL NAME OF THAT? IT'S THE SIXTH STREET.
IT'S REBUILDING SIXTH STREET WITH, YOU KNOW, STREET CAFE AND EXPANSIVE SIDEWALKS AND MAYBE YOU'RE, MAYBE NOT BIKE LANES.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, CERTAINLY WOULD BE WELCOMING TO INVITE STAFF TO PRESENT TO US ABOUT, UH, I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE CAME OUT.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE ENGAGED A LITTLE BIT SOONER, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'VE TOTALLY LOST OUR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE STAFF IF THEY CAN'T COME IN RESPECT OF THEIR TIME, UH, IN FEBRUARY.
I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO STILL GATHER ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM UTC.
UM, UM, BUT, UH, I THINK THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE SEEING IF WE CAN GET STAFF OUT.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE LATE ON THAT, SO I'M JUST HOT FLAGGING THAT ONE IS ONE I'D LIKE TO ADD FOR, UH, FEBRUARY POTENTIALLY.
AND I, I, I ALSO, WITH JUST AWARENESS, I HAD SOME FOLKS CALLING ME FROM THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK ASKING US TO TAKE THAT UP.
SO, UM, YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
AM I TRIPPING THAT, LIKE ARE WE ALL TRIPPING ABOUT HOW THAT TURNED OUT? UM, WELL WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION ON THAT OR JUST, SO WE CAN'T REALLY TAKE THAT UP.
I THINK, UM, YOU'RE INDICATING THAT YOU ALSO THINK IT'S A GREAT FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? I DO, YEAH, I DO.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE UNCONFUSED.
OTHER, OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THIS DOCKET? I WASN'T, SORRY.
I'M SO SORRY I WASN'T LISTENING.
UM, CURB MANAGEMENT STUDY, THAT'S NEXT MONTH.
IT, IT'S LOOKING PROMISING, BUT THEY'RE, THEY THEY FINISHED IT, THE REPORT? NO.
BUT I THINK THE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, PRESENTATION ON 180 3 IS STILL MY HIGHEST PRIORITY.
YEAH, WE, UH, DEFINITELY, I MEAN I THINK ONE THING ABOUT THESE HIGHWAY PROJECTS IS LIKE I SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE, I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S JUST GETTING IN THERE EARLY WOULD FEEL GOOD AND THIS ONE IS STILL VERY, VERY, VERY EARLY, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, AND WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TRYING TO GET, THEY'RE NOT THAT EASY TO PIN DOWN, SO I, NATALIE'S BEEN TRYING, SO WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL KEEP ON THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? I'M LOOKING AROUND FOR, UM, VIRTUAL ATTENDEES AS WELL.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE DOWN HERE KIND OF
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IN A, LIKE LONG-TERM TBD DOCKET AND, UM, OH, I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW TOO THAT I DO HAVE A STANDING MONTHLY MEETING WITH NATALIE NOW FOR AGENDA DISCUSSION.SO, UM, WE JUST NEED TWO PEOPLE TO GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.
OF COURSE, IF IT REQUIRES STAFF, THEN WE HAVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN COORDINATE.
NOT REQUIRES, BUT IF WE WANT TO INVITE STAFF, WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM.
BUT, UM, MAYBE SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES STAFF, BUT, UM, THAT'LL AFFECT THE TIMING OF THINGS.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE, IN THE LOWER LEVEL THAT YOU WANNA BUMP UP, YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST KIND OF EMAIL ME AND CHECK ON THE STATUS.
OR IF YOU KNOW OF SOMETHING THAT'S ABOUT TO COME DOWN THE PIPELINE WITH ONE OF THESE ITEMS, YOU CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH US AS WELL.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THAT DOES TAKE US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
UM, SO IF THERE IS NO FURTHER OBJECTION, THEN I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:11 PM.