Jan 15, 2026 Mobility Committee

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM SCOTT JOHNSON.

I'M SCOTT JOHNSON HERE TO TALK ABOUT DISTRACTED DRIVING MORE.

I FOUND OUT SINCE WE LAST SPOKE IN DECEMBER, THAT THE CITY DOES, DOES HAVE A DRIVER PROGRAM THAT IS LISTED IN THERE TO DO THINGS SUCH AS NOT USE THEIR MOBILE PHONE TO BE SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE BLUETOOTH CAPABILITY, THAT THEY'RE USING IT TO NOT WEAR HEADPHONES AND TO NOT USE TWO-WAY RADIOS.

HOWEVER MANY DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT IN PLACE THEIR OWN POLICY STARTING IN THE TWO 2010S.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN THE CITY GOES TO MAKE POLICY, WHICH I HOPE WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE PROPOSED WORKING GROUP ON DISTRACTED DRIVING THAT I TALKED ABOUT TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THAT WE NEED TO WALK THE TALK.

AND THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU MIGHT, IF YOU GET A VISION ZERO PRESENTATION FROM STAFF JOEL MEYER, SOMEONE, THEM THAT QUESTION.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S CHALLENGING TO IDENTIFY DISTRACTIONS WHEN THERE'S NO CAMERA IN THE CAR.

THERE MAY NOT BE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE CAR, BUT THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS I THINK CAN BE VERY VALUABLE.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK THEM IF THEY COME IN YOUR NEXT MEETING, THE MEETING AFTER THAT, ABOUT WHAT'S THE CITY DOING TO IDENTIFY DISTRACTED DRIVING AMONG THOSE WHO DRIVE IN THE CAMBRIDGE MOBILE TELEMATICS, UH, REPORT.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT THE STAFF USE FROM TPW IT LISTED THE AWARENESS PIECE IS BEING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR CHANGE.

IT ALWAYS IS WHEN YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING THAT THE, THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T DO SOMETHING TO, UH, LIMIT IT SIMPLY BY, UH, ENFORCING IT.

THERE'S HAS TO BE AN ENFORCEMENT AND AND AWARENESS PIECE.

HOPEFULLY BOTH OF THOSE CAN GO HAND IN HAND.

WE, WE NEED TO DO BETTER THERE.

AND THEREFORE THAT'S GONNA BE THE MAIN INITIAL FOCUS OF THIS PROPOSED WORKING GROUP ON DISTRACTED DRIVING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO Y'ALL ABOUT.

SO THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ITEM BEING DISCUSSED FURTHER WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER, HOPEFULLY OF 2026.

NUMBER ONE IS GOING TO BE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

ITEM

[1. Approve the minutes of the December 4, 2025, Mobility Committee Meeting.]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LANCE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, SAY, AYE.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR THOSE OF US IN ATTENDANCE.

UM, MAYOR PROAM VELA HAS STEPPED OFF THE DAIS JUST FOR THE RECORD, BUT HE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS

[2. Briefing on a Municipal Maintenance Agreement with Texas Department of Transportation. ]

A BRIEFING ON THE MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ALSO KNOWN AS TDOT.

AND I HAVE DIRECTOR MENDOZA HERE TODAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

RICHARD MENDOZA, DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND I'M ALSO JOINED BY MS. AMIKA BOSE, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER.

AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT TO YOU TODAY IS A UPDATE TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO ESTABLISH A NEW MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS GONNA OUTLINE ALL THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TDO FACILITIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE, THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE CITY OF OF AUSTIN.

SO THIS IS WORK THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME.

UM, AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, THE LAST TIME A MMA WAS EXECUTED, ADOPTED, AND EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WAS IN 1986.

AND SO IT HAS BEEN REVISED A NUMBER OF TIMES.

HOWEVER, THOSE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED ONLY TO REFLECT THE

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ADDITION OF NEW HIGHWAYS, REVISED HIGHWAYS, CHANGES IN THE CITY LIMITS, AS WELL AS ABANDONED ROUTES.

ACCORDING TO THE, UH, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, TXDOT REQUIRES A MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH ALL MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE STATE THAT IS CROSSED BY STATE HIGHWAY.

SO THIS MMA BASICALLY ALLOWS FOR STATE ASSISTANCE ON REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ON THOSE ROUTES THAT CROSS INTO MUNICIPALITIES AND THOSE ROADWAYS.

AS I STATED BEFORE, OUR CURRENT MMA WAS LAST EXECUTED IN 1986.

AGAIN, IT'S BEEN REVISED MULTIPLE TIMES.

HOWEVER, OUTSIDE OF REVISIONS THAT ONLY COVER NEW HIGHWAYS, CHANGES IN CITY LIMITS, IF THERE ARE CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND OR RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN MAINTENANCE ASPECTS, THAT REQUIRES A NEW MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE STATE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU HERE TODAY.

THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFORT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING.

AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, TEXAS, UH, I MEAN, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN LEADING A MULTI-DEPARTMENT REVIEW AND COORDINATION AMONGST, UH, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS WITH THE STATE TO ARRIVE AT THIS UPDATED, UH, AGREEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO THE NEW MMA WILL COVER MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE T DOT ON THESE PRIMARILY, UH, FOLLOWING ASSET ITEMS. THEY INCLUDE OUR PAVEMENTS AND BRIDGES TO INCLUDE RESURFACING, REHABILITATION AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE COVERING MOWING, SWEEPING LITTER, DEBRIS REMOVAL, SNOW AND ICE CONTROL, HERBICIDE SEATING LANDSCAPE, AND, UH, TREE MAINTENANCE, ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITHIN THE CITY STREET LIGHTING OR ELIMINATION, INCLUDING POLES, CONDUIT AND SERVICE REPAIRS, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES, RAIL REPAIRS, GRAFFITI, CONCRETE REPAIR, AND MUCH OF THE NEW SHARED, UM, UH, SHARED USE PATHS THAT YOU'RE SEEING BUILT NOW AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL STATE RIGHT OF WAY.

I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON THE GENERAL CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THIS, UM, NEW MMA.

SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE, UH, UPDATED GENERAL CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO THE NEW AGREEMENT INCLUDES REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC CODE NUMBERS FOR TRAFFIC REGULATORY TREATMENTS SUCH AS SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

IT'S A LOT CLEARER AND MORE DEFINITIVE IN THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THESE SPECIFIC ASSETS THAN WHAT WAS, THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 86 AGREEMENT.

THE NEW AGREEMENT ALSO DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN CONTROLLED AND NON-CONTROLLED HIGHWAYS.

SO BASICALLY THESE ARE FREEWAYS SUCH AS I 35 AND MOPAC VERSUS THE STATE SURFACE ROUTES SUCH AS NORTH LAMAR AND EAST MLK.

YOU'LL SEE NUANCES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THESE TWO CATEGORIES OF STATE FACILITIES, UH, WITHIN THE CITY FOR GENERAL CONDITIONS.

BEGINNING WITH DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, THE STATE RETAINS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THEIR STATE RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL AS THEIR STATE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.

THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL DRAINAGE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OUTSIDE OF THAT STATE RIGHT OF WAY.

ONE CAVEAT THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION, AND THIS IS PARTICULAR SUCCINCT TO THE I 35 CAPEX PROJECT, WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING A LARGE DRAINAGE TUNNEL, AND OUR WATERSHED DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED FOR ENHANCEMENTS OR BETTERMENTS TO THAT PROJECT, IS THAT WHEN THE CITY DOES SEEK A BETTERMENT TO THAT STATE INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION, IN THAT CASE, THE CITY WILL ASSUME MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL BETTERMENTS IN EITHER WATER QUALITY OR WATER DETENTION FACILITIES.

THE NEW AGREEMENT ALSO CONTAINS LANGUAGE REQUIRING ALL NEW PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT OF 1992.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS BECAUSE THE CURRENT MMA PREDATES OF THE A DA ACT OF 1992.

SO ALL MAINTENANCE NEW FACILITIES RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS, CURB RAMPS, HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE A DA ACT

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AND WE ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THAT PEDESTRIAN NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS AND OTHER ACCESSIBILITY ITEMS SUCH AS A DA RAMPS AND NOW SHARED USE PATHS.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS UPDATES IN THE NEW MMA.

UH, NEXT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, CITY AND STATE RESPONSIBLE ROLES, UH, BEGINNING FIRST WITH THE NON-CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS WITHIN THE, UH, CITY INCORPORATED LIMITS AND AS DEPICTED ON, UH, THIS MAP ON THE RIGHT.

SO, UM, WHAT'S NEW HERE IS MAINTENANCE AND CLEANUP ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES, CITY ORDINANCES SUCH AS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, GRAFFITI ROADSIDE VENDORS, NO PARKING AREAS.

SO THIS IS A NEW CAVEAT IN THE MMA THAT WAS NOT COVERED IN THE FORMER MMA, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE STAYED THE SAME, UH, FOR THE CITY.

UM, ALL STREETLIGHTS ON NON-CONTROLLED ACCESS, UH, HIGH, UH, STATE FACILITIES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE, OF THE CITY.

AND THEN AN ADDED LANGUAGE IS THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MAINTENANCE AND, UH, REPAIRS ON ANYTHING NOT SPECIFICALLY DELINEATED AS A STATE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MMA STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NON-CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS, OR THEY REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE TRAVEL SURFACE AND SHOULDERS.

THIS INCLUDES THE, UH, PAVEMENT, RESURFACING PAVEMENT, RES STRIPING.

UM, NEW IS THEY ASSIST IN MOWING, SWEEPING ICE CONTROL AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY IF STATE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.

THIS WAS FORMERLY A RESPONSIBILITY, UM, BORN BY THE STATE AND THE FORMER MMA.

HOWEVER, RECENTLY WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT DURING WINTER STORM EVENTS, THE CITY IS MORE ADEPT TO RESPOND QUICKER TO ROAD TREATMENTS, THEN THE STATE IS ABLE TO, KNOWING THAT THE DISTRICT IS 13 COUNTIES AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE ROADWAY.

ALSO, STATE RESPONSIBILITY ARE THE TRAFFIC SIGNS.

THEY DO RETAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON STATE ROUTES, SPECIFICALLY FARM ROAD 16 26, 18 25 FARM ROAD 2304, UH, RANCH TO MARKET ROAD 2244, RANCH TO MARKET ROAD SIX 20 AND 360.

THEY DO THIS IN THE FORM OF A COMPENSATION TO THE CITY.

TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS SIGNAL, UH, CREWS ACTUALLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE SIGNALS.

UH, YOU'LL FIND THESE, UH, ALONG THE MAJOR STATE CORRIDORS, NORTH LAMAR, SOUTH CONGRESS, MLK, UM, BUT THEY DO, UH, COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR THAT MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS ON THE CONTROLLED ACCESS, UM, FREEWAYS.

SO IN THE CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS, UM, THAT'S THE ACCESS ROADS WHERE YOU HAVE SIGNALS, CITY OPERATES AND MAINTAINS THOSE SIGNALS.

UH, AND WE GET A PAYMENT FROM THE STATE FOR THAT MAINTENANCE.

BUT ON CONTROLLED ACCESS, THESE ARE THE FREEWAYS, UH, SERVE.

IT CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY ON AND OFF RAMPS, UH, NOT BY DRIVEWAY CURB CUTS.

UM, FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UH, STATE AND HIGHWAY SYSTEM, THE CITY RETAINS RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UH, BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.

WE RETAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANUPS IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL CORD CODE ORDINANCES.

UH, UH, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE PERFORM ALL OF THE SIGNAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WITH COMPENSATION FROM THE STATE, AND WE ALSO OPERATE ALL THE, UH, ELIMINATION AND STREET STREETLIGHTS ON THESE CORRIDORS.

AND A LOT OF THIS IS THE, THE STREETLIGHTS ARE COVERED UNDER A SEPARATE ELIMINATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TDOT AND AUSTIN, UH, ENERGY.

AND THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER, UM, COMMENT IS INTRODUCED ALL OTHER DUTIES NOT DELINEATED AS STATE RESPONSIBILITY.

ESTATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UH, CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITIES REMAINS THE TRAVELED SERVICES SURFACES LIKE, UH, PAVEMENTS, FOUNDATIONS, ALL THE MAIN LANES, RAMPS AND FRONTAGE ROADS TO SUPPORT PROPER VEHICLE, UH, LOADS ALL TRAFFIC SIGNS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND HIGHWAY ROUTING.

SIGNS REMAIN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF T MOWING, LITTER, CLEAN CLEANUP, AND SNOW AND ICE CONTROL ON THE CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TDOT

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AND THEY CAN ASSIST OUTSIDE OF THOSE BOUNDARIES.

UH, AND UPON REQUESTS FROM THE CITY ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS, AS WAS STATED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, UH, OF CITY RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THEY ALSO CONDUCT ALL SCHOOL SAFETY DEVICES AND MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE FACILITIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES AND THE TRAVEL SURFACE AND SHOULDERS.

SO IN CONCLUSION, THE UPDATED MMA DOCUMENT, UH, AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, PROVIDES CLARITY, RESPONSIBILITY IN AN EASIER TO READ FORMAT GOING FORWARD.

IT REMAINS LARGELY THE SAME.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY BUDGETARY IMPACT TO OUR DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, UM, MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO THIS UPDATED MMAI DO WANT TO APPLAUD, UH, MY, UM, PARTNER DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN WATER WATERSHED, AUSTIN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PARD, UH, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT AND UPDATING THIS MMA.

UM, IT WAS A LONG TIME COORDINATING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF MAINTAINING THIS CRITICAL, UH, MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TXDOT TDOT'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNER, UH, WITH US AS WE HAVE DELIBERATED AND NEGOTIATED BACK AND FORTH ON THE NEW MMA.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, MY FIRST QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COVERED IT, IS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL OR WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, CAN READ IT WORD FOR WORD? YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS ON THE JANUARY 22ND AGENDA.

I CAN POST THE UPDATED AGREEMENT, UH, AS BACKUP, UH, ONCE WE EXECUTE IT, THEN, THEN GOES TO TDOT FOR THEIR SIGNATURE AT THE DISTRICT ENGINEER'S OFFICE.

GOTCHA.

LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THEN BEFORE NEXT WEEK, AND I'VE GOT A HARD COPY.

OH, GREAT.

UM, SO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE YEARS, LIKE I KNOW SPECIFICALLY UNDERPASSES CAME UP A FEW YEARS BACK, MAYBE IT WAS 20 19, 20 20, AND IT WAS MOSTLY BECAUSE TXDOT HAD BEEN MAINTAINING THOSE AND THERE WAS THIS AGREEMENT WITH CERTAIN UNDERPASSES LISTED, AND THEN THEY KIND OF JUST SAID, WE'RE NOT FUNDED TO DO THIS ANYMORE, OR IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR OPERATIONAL PLAN ANYMORE.

UM, BACK THEN THERE WAS ACTUALLY A MAP OF LIKE EXACT UNDERPASSES AND INTERSECTIONS.

DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT EXIST FOR THIS CONVERSATION? SO WE KNOW LIKE, WHERE ARE ALL THE DRAINAGE PLACES WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MAINTAINING? YES, WE DO HAVE THAT MAP.

UM, THE MAPS WILL BE MADE, UH, ATTACHMENTS TO THE MMA.

UM, IT'S NOT REALLY CALLED OUT WHERE OUR CITY STREETS CROSS UNDER THE STATE HIGHWAYS.

WE COULD DO SOME MORE MAPPING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE, UH, FOR YOU.

BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE FORMER AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR STATE ASSISTANCE IN SWEEPING LITTER CONTROL, VEGETATION CONTROL OUTSIDE THE CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS PER, UM, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY AS RESOURCES ALLOW MY RECOLLECTION BACK IN 2019 IS TXDOT USED TO DO THAT AT OUR REQUEST UP TO THAT POINT BECAUSE THEY HAD THE RESOURCES AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL, UM, UH, CLEANUP CONTRACTS.

UH, THEY DID EXPERIENCE THAT YEAR, UH, A SIGNIFICANT, UH, STORM EVENT IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE DISTRICT.

THEY HAD TO DIVERT, UM, MAINTENANCE FUNDS OVER TO CAPITAL FUNDS TO RESTORE, I THINK THE ANO BRIDGE, UH, GOT WASHED OUT AND THAT WAS WHAT LED THEM TO NOT ASSIST IN THOSE UNDERPASS CLEANUPS.

WE AS A CITY THEN OF COURSE WE ASSUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY, UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS A, A HEALTH AND SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT WE NEEDED TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR.

AND SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, CASE STUDY EXAMPLES.

I'LL ASK JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCOPE IS.

YOU KNOW, FOR 2026, LET'S TAKE THE GREENBELT TRAILHEAD ENTRANCE AT MOPAC AND 360.

WOULD THE CITY NOW BE THE POINT PERSON TO GET THOSE CLEANED UP IF SOMEONE MAKES A REPORT LIKE THAT? IF THAT IS ON TXDOT RIGHT AWAY, WE CAN REQUEST THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THAT MAINTENANCE AND IF THEY HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UM, THEN THEY WOULD ASSIST US IN THAT.

OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TPW AND PAR WORKING WITH THE TEXAS, UM,

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DISTRICT MAINTENANCE.

SO MATT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE EXACT LINE IS, WHERE THE ROAD ENDS AND WHERE THE GRASS BEGINS, BASICALLY.

UM, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND THEN IN CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD, LIKE WITH THE NEW DRAINAGE TUNNEL THAT IS BEING BUILT FOR I 35, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT TECH DOT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY MASSIVE? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS NOW ON THE HOOK FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF? SO THE MMA, UH, SPELLS OUT THAT TXDOT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.

AND SO I KNOW THEY ARE GONNA OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE BASE, UH, TUNNEL DESIGN.

UH, I AM AWARE THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT FOR SOME BETTERMENTS TO THAT FACILITY, NAMELY AT THE OUTFALL TO TREAT WATER QUALITY.

SO ANY ADDITIONS ON TOP AND BEYOND THE STANDARD TXDOT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THEN THAT THOSE ITEMS WOULD COME TO THE CITY TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE.

AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE, THE DRAINAGE AND THE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM I 35.

THEY ARE BEING TUNNELED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH TRAILS AND PARKLAND TO TRY TO GET, UH, THE OUTFLOW WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

SO THAT'S STILL GONNA BE TEXTILES MAINTENANCE, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES GO OUTSIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUMP ON ANYBODY ELSE'S QUESTIONS, SO I WANNA OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS WE HAVE.

LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LANE.

UM, I, I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON THE ISSUE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND CHARLES RAISED ABOUT THE MAP AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF CLEAR BOUNDARIES BETWEEN TEXT DOTS AND THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES.

UM, I ALSO WANT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK IT HAS TAKEN TO GET THIS TO US.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST CITY ISSUES I BEGAN TO FOLLOW WAS THIS MAINTENANCE OF THESE TEXT DOT RIGHT OFS.

AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS BRIEFING.

UM, I ALSO KNOW FROM THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR, IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE CLEAR BOUNDARIES.

AND I WOULD ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE SINCE WHAT WE ARE PASSING AT THE MEETING IS OUR BINDING COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT, TO HAVE THAT BE ATTACHED TO THE BACKUP, THAT MAP AND WITH THE CLEAR BOUNDARIES SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE SIGNED AND THEY KNOW WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE SIGNED.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT ELIMINATES SOME GRAY AREA FOR THE FUTURE.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT? SO THE ACTUAL RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARIES, WE'D HAVE TO DO QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH IN.

UM, OKAY.

SO I'LL PUT THAT PIECE ASIDE IN MAPS.

UM, EVEN IF WE HAD A MAP WITH XS ON IT MM-HMM .

I MEAN, 'CAUSE CURRENTLY THERE IS GRAY AREA, RIGHT.

WE'VE HEARD SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ANSWERS TO.

AND THE INTENTION OF THIS IS TO CREATE A CONTRACT THAT'S AND CLEARLY LAID OUT.

SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I THINK IT WOULD WORK BETTER OKAY.

TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS OF COMMITTING.

UM, AND IF NOT, I JUST WELCOME IT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

SO HOWEVER THAT WORKS OUT.

THE MAPS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THE MMA IS BASICALLY A MAP SHOWING THE DELINEATION OF THE ROUTES AND THE BOUNDARIES MM-HMM .

UH, WHEN, IF THERE IS A, UM, A DISAGREEMENT MM-HMM .

OR A NEED TO DEFINE WHERE THAT BOUNDARY ACTUALLY EXISTS MM-HMM .

THEN WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN GO AND DO PROPERTY DEED SEARCHES MM-HMM .

OF THAT MATTER TO SHOW THE EXACT RIGHT OF WAIT LINE.

BUT IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN WE REACH THOSE CONFLICTS.

UH, TYPICALLY WE WORK PRETTY GOOD WITH TEXTILE ON A CONTINUING BASIS.

UM, WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEIR ROUTES ARE AND WHERE OUR STREETS ARE .

UM, YES, INTERESTING TIMES.

I AGREE, BUT AS LONG AS THERE IS ACTUALLY AN ATTACHMENT OF A MAP AS A STARTING POINT, THERE WILL BE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, IF, UM, AFTER THIS IS SIGNED, UH, TEXT TXDOT DOESN'T ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN SOME ASPECT OF THIS THAT IS INCLUDED IN ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, WHAT'S THE RECOURSE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY? WE WOULD ELEVATE THAT.

UH, IF I'M HAVING, IF I'M HAVING, UM, CHALLENGES WITH THEM OWNING UP TO THEIR SIDE OF THE AGREEMENT MM-HMM .

THEN THAT GETS ELEVATED UP TO THE, UH, DISTRICT ENGINEER THROUGH MY CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WE SIT DOWN, WE, WE WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE WHATEVER ISSUE THERE IS MM-HMM .

UH, AT STAKE, UH, PREVENTING THEM TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY OR NOT, OR NOT QUICKLY ENOUGH.

CONTRACTS THAT CAN BECOME PROBLEMATIC.

UM, IT'S NOT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GONE SMOOTHLY IN THE PAST.

UM, I MEAN, I IMAGINE, AND FROM WHAT YOU SAID, UM, THE EASIEST TIME TO RESOLVE CONFLICT IS BEFORE YOU'RE IN IT.

AND THE QUIETEST AND SIMPLEST TIME IS TO WORK IT INTO THE AGREEMENT.

AND SO I'LL JUST RAISE FLAG THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SOME LAID OUT RECOURSE THAT'S A FREQUENT DEFICIENCY IN

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AND I'D ALSO SUGGEST PERSONALLY, ALTHOUGH NOT A LAWYER, JUST PLAYING ONE ON THE D FOR A MOMENT, UM, I, UM, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IT WORKS WELL TO HAVE THE TYPE OF RECOURSE WHERE IF IT'S NOT MAINTAINED, WE DO IT AND BILL YOU, SO JUST IDEAS.

I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS.

UM, NO, BUT THE, THE AGREEMENT HAS RUN THROUGH REVIEW FROM, UH, BOTH, UH, LEGAL, UM, OFFICES FOR BOTH THE CITY AND TEXTILE MM-HMM .

I JUST REMEMBER WHEN THE, SOME THINGS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, OF COURSE IS PARTIALLY THE REASON I'M MENTIONING AS WELL.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TYPES OF ROADS WE'VE GOT.

THE CONTROLLED ACCESS, THE STATE HIGHWAYS, AND THE NON-CONTROLLED ACCESS DEFINED.

YOU GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF NORTH LAMAR BEING A STATE SURFACE ROUTE THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED.

UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT PARM WOULD PROBABLY BE SIMILAR TO NORTH LAMAR.

WHAT IS SIX 20 IN THIS CHARACTERIZATION? SIX 20 IS NOT A CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY AT THIS POINT, SO IT WOULD BE NON-CONTROL.

THERE ARE STILL DRIVEWAY AND LOCAL STREET ACCESS DIRECTLY ONTO THAT FACILITY, ABSENT AND ON OR OFF RAMP CONTROLLED ACCESS.

AND SO FOR THAT TYPE OF ROADWAY OR THESE SURFACE ROADS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TEXTILE IN THE, IS IT THE TEXTILE NETWORK THAT DOESN'T, FOR EXAMPLE, CURRENTLY HAVE SIDEWALKS? UM, AND NOT REALLY TYING THIS TO ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT MORE LIKE WHAT'S TYPICAL.

UM, SO IF THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE BUILT MM-HMM .

BEFORE IT BECOMES GOVERNED BY THIS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, UM, WHO, WHO TYPICALLY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST, IS THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT TEXDOT TYPICALLY OR TDOT UP TO ITS LEVEL OF STANDARDS AND THEN AUSTIN FOR THE REST OF THE COST OR? RIGHT.

SO FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TDOT HAS, UH, AS A MATTER OF, UH, PRACTICE INCLUDED BIKING PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE FORM OF SHARED USE PATHS ON ALL THEIR PROJECTS.

IF YOU DRIVE DOWN SOUTH, UH, I 35, YOU'LL SEE THE ADDITION OF SHARED USE PATHS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE ACCESS ROADS.

UH, SO THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION IS, IS ON TXDOT.

THAT'S TYPICALLY THE LARGEST MAINTENANCE.

A HUNDRED PERCENT.

IF I WANT A WIDER MM-HMM .

THAN 12 FOOT SHARED YOUTH PATH, AND I WANT A SEPARATED BIKE LANE AND PED 20 FEET WIDE, THEN THE CITY WILL PAY THAT DELTA MM-HMM .

BUT, UH, UH, REGARDLESS MM-HMM .

ONCE IT'S BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED, AND ACCORDING WITH THIS MMA, UH, THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PEDESTRIAN FACILITY TO VEGETATION CONTROL.

UM, BURDEN, UH, ON PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IS KEEPING CLEAR OF OVERGROWTH AND, AND BRUSH.

SO ON THE TDOT PROJECT THAT HAS, UH, BEEN POSTPONED ON SIX 20 MM-HMM .

UM, JUST TO CARRY THIS THROUGH, UM, THAT, IN THAT CASE TDOT WILL, WILL PAY THE BASE COST OF SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES AND WE WILL PAY FOR UPGRADE COST.

CORRECT.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO WORK THAT OUT.

UM, I CAN PAUSE AND WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S TIME FOR ME TO COME BACK IF YOU'D LIKE.

WE CAN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO.

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I'M GOOD TO GO.

AND ACTUALLY I HAD, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, WITH OUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF EARLIER TODAY, SO, GOOD.

GOOD TIMING ON THAT.

UM, HOW MANY MORE QUESTIONS DID YOU HAVE? I CAN LIMIT IT TO LIKE TWO, IF THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH, I, I DO HAVE A DRAINAGE RELATED QUESTION AS WELL.

UM, SO AS I UNDERSTAND HOW THE DRAINAGE IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, HOW THAT DISTINCTION IS MADE, I ALSO KNOW THAT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS, WE OFTEN ENCOUNTER NEW DRAINAGE ISSUES.

AND CERTAINLY I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS, UM, WITH NO EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION ON WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS, UH, CONCERN THAT PERHAPS, UH, 180 3 AND THE VARIOUS UPGRADES OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE BEEN AND CURRENTLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT C-T-R-M-A WORK THAT'S ALMOST DONE, UM, CREATING SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

AND SO I THINK THAT TEXT.IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTING THE INITIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT IS ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S ACCURATE.

UM, WHEN THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE NATURAL, UH, FLOW OF WATER AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN IF AFTER IT'S COMPLETE, IT'S DISCOVERED THAT DRAINAGE IS INADEQUATE, IS THERE RECOURSE THAT ALLOWS AT LEAST COST SHARING TO RESOLVE ANY FOUND DRAINAGE ISSUES? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE AWARE WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE.

I, UM, DO KNOW THAT 180 3 ON, ON THE EAST MM-HMM .

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THERE WAS NO DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING OUT THERE.

UM, I, LET ME CONSULT WITH MY AUSTIN WATERSHED DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

SURE, YES.

ON THAT.

I DO KNOW WE DO A BETTER JOB NOW OF COORDINATING DESIGNS AND, UH, DRAINAGE PLANS MM-HMM .

TO ENSURE NO ADVERSE IMPACT.

UH, CLEARLY AS REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, WE'RE NOT GONNA DESIGN ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S A CITY ENGINEER OR TEXT OUT ENGINEER THAT'S GONNA ADVERSELY IMPACT ANY, ANY LOCAL RESIDENT OR CAUSE A A RISK.

UM, AND HE'S UP TO SPEED ON THE AREA THAT I AM THINKING ABOUT.

AND IT'S NEAR 180 3 ON CAL PATH, SO THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION, THAT WOULD JUST BE A CONVERSATION AND THE NEGOTIATION WITH, WITH THE T DOT.

I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S AT LEAST CONTEMPLATED AND HOW IT WAS NEGOTIATED OR AT LEAST ELEVATE THE QUESTION.

UM, AND THAT, THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.

UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME THAT TEXT DOT, THIS IS RELATED TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS AND WHO PAYS FOR IT, BASICALLY.

SO, UM, I RECALL WHAT YOU REFERENCED IN TERMS OF AROUND 2020 WHEN TEXT DOT CEASED TO, UM, ADDRESS HOMELESS TENTS UNDER THEIR HIGHWAYS, UH, IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TXDOT HAS RESUMED IN HOUSTON, UM, PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.

UM, AND I RAISED THIS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PREFERENCE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IN WAYS THAT WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR VALUES AND OUR PROGRAMS. UM, BUT IT'S NOT A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND SO IF IN FACT THEY HAVE ADDED IN HOUSTON IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I WONDER IF THERE'S SPACE TO REQUEST SOME, AT LEAST SOME COST SHARING FROM TDOT MM-HMM .

UM, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT AT LEAST CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSTON EXAMPLE.

MOST CERTAINLY.

I, I WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME, UM, STARTING THAT CONVERSATION WITH TDOT AGAIN.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT IT HAPPENED AROUND THE TIME THAT THE HUD MONEY CAME IN TO ANOTHER, BECAME A LOT OF FOCUS ON, UM, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S CONTINUED, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A CONTACT FOR YOU ON THAT, BUT THANK YOU.

NO, UM, IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT TDOT DOESN'T DO ANY, UH, CLEANUPS.

THEY DO STILL MAINTAIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY ON THE CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAYS.

THEY'VE JUST, UM, STOPPED CLEANING WHERE CITY, UH, ROADWAYS PASS UNDER OUR RIGHT OF WAY THAT PASSES UNDER THEIR ELEVATED FACILITIES.

I'VE GOT JUST ONE LAST QUESTION BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER LANE HAD MENTIONED A-C-T-R-M-A PROJECT.

ARE THOSE STILL FALLING UNDER THE SAME PARAMETERS BECAUSE IT'S TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY? OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER UNDERSTANDINGS WITH AN RMA THAT IS COLLECTING TOLLS? DO THEY HAVE MORE MAINTENANCE POWER SINCE THEY HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR IT? WHAT DOES THAT CONVERSATION LOOK LIKE? THIS AGREEMENT'S ONLY BETWEEN THE, UH, THE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I KNOW THE RMA, UH, SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS LIKE, UH, THE, UH, THE MANAGED LANES ON NORTH MOPAC AND 180 3, THEY'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, AND ANY AGREEMENTS AROUND MAINTENANCE, THEY TYPICALLY ASSUME THAT MAINTENANCE ON THEIR FUNDED PROJECTS.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY ASK OF THE CITY, THEY WOULD COME FORWARD WITH A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

SO THERE'S NO EXISTING AGREEMENT TODAY THAT SPECIFIES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CT RMAS HIGHWAYS? I'LL HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT.

'CAUSE I DO KNOW ON NORTH LAMAR THERE'S SOME SOUND WALLS, UH, THAT THEY MAINTAIN AND THEY BUILD WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE THAT THEY INSTALLED OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROJECT LIMITS BECAUSE OF, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, FEEDBACK THAT WE MAINTAIN.

INTERESTING.

ON THAT NOTE, I THINK THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS.

I DID WANNA PROVIDE JUST A VERY QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THIS ITEM THAT IS ON FOR THE 22ND.

UM, WHAT IS IN BACKUP IS JUST A VERY SHORT, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL BLESSES MANAGEMENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO REALLY DIG INTO MAPS, LANGUAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN PULLED FOR WORK SESSION, BUT, UM, I HOPE THERE'S NOT TOO MANY QUESTIONS SINCE I KNOW THAT I DIDN'T PULL IT FOR WORK SESSION.

OF THE MEETING AND THEN DO FUTURE ITEMS. SO ON THAT NOTE, LET'S MOVE INTO

UM, ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO ANNOUNCE WHAT ORDER I WILL BE TAKING THE REST OF THESE ITEMS UP.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, THE BRIEFING ON 2026, LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN.

BUT THEN I THINK I WANNA TAKE UP FIVE AND SIX, THE BRIEFINGS BY MEMORANDUM AT THAT POINT AND COME BACK FOR FOUR AT THE END.

THAT IS THE, THE STANDING DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON THE MOBILITY ISSUES THAT EVERYONE'S BEEN WORKING ON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WE'LL TUCK THAT ONE AWAY AT THE END

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[3. Briefing on the 2026 Local Mobility Annual Plan (LMAP). ]

THE 2026 LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, MY NAME IS ANNA MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR, UM, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.

I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF OUR 2026 LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN .

OOPS.

LET'S SEE.

UM, I BELIEVE EACH OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS.

UM, BUT AS A QUICK REFRESHER, UM, WE BEGAN THE LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS BACK WITH THE, UH, 2016 MOBILITY BOND.

SO OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, LARGE MOBILITY BOND, THE 720 MILLION 137 MILLION OF THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. SO NAMELY SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, URBAN TRAILS AND VISION ZERO ADDITIONAL FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS VIA THE 2018 AND 2020 BONDS AS WELL.

SO WE USE AN ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS TO COLLABORATE ON AND FORECAST OUT PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN TO WORK ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

THIS ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO BE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, ON THE USE OF THESE BOND FUNDS.

AND DOING THIS ANNUALLY ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO BE FLEXIBLE AND OPPORTUNISTIC TO LEVERAGE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UM, WORK WITH CAP METRO AND REALLY JUST BE RESPONSIVE TO THE DYNAMIC, UH, NEEDS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

AND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE IS THAT EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS SHARES DATA ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM OR THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

WE HOLD A WORKING CHARETTE TO REVIEW OVERLAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, WE COLLABORATE TO CREATE THE L MAP, UM, AND THEN WE RELEASE THAT DOCUMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE TAKE CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK ON THIS DOCUMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, THE PLAN, UM, THE 2026 PLAN WILL BE PUBLISHED BY JANUARY 31ST.

IT BECOMES OUR WORKING PLAN FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THIS PROCESS BEGAN BACK WITH THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND, UM, WAS REALLY THE PILOT OF THE L MAP, AND THE EXPECTATION WAS SET AT THE TIME THAT WE WOULD MEET AN EIGHT YEAR DELIVERY TIMEFRAME.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THIS ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS THAT BRINGS OUT FLEXIBLE SMALL SCALE PROJECTS HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THOSE GOALS.

UM, OF THE 137 MILLION, 95% HAS BEEN DELIVERED WITH, UH, PROJECTS ON THE GROUND.

UM, THE REMAINDER THAT'S NOTED HERE FOR URBAN TRAILS IS A GRANT MATCH THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR BERGSTROM SPUR WEST.

ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, HAVE REACHED THE, UH, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF 90% OF THEIR SPENDING.

AND FINALLY, TO OUR MOST RECENT, UM, 2020 BOND, UM, THE EXPECTATION AT THE TIME WAS THAT WE WOULD SPEND THESE FUNDS WITHIN SIX YEARS FROM THE FIRST PROJECT BREAKING GROUND.

SO THAT PUTS OUR DEADLINE, IF YOU WILL, UM, TO BE MARCH, 2027.

UM, WE HAVE BUILT UP, WE'RE REALLY ON OUR 10TH YEAR, NINTH, 10TH YEAR OF DOING THIS NOW.

AND WE'VE BUILT UP THE PROCESSES AND CAPACITY TO DELIVER AND WE EXPECT TO MEET OR EXCEED THE 2027, UH, TIMELINE.

OUR SPENDING TRACK TO DATE, UM, IS ON POINT.

AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, MOST OF THE PROGRAMS WILL BE AT 90% SPEND IN EITHER FISCAL YEAR 26 OR 27, UH, RECENT HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA TALK, UM, FOR EACH PROGRAM ABOUT WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 25 AND THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD AT FOR 26.

UM, BUT JUST THE RECENT HIGHLIGHTS.

WE, WE COMPLETED A NEW ROUNDABOUT AT PLEASANT VALLEY AND TERRY, UM, MID 2025.

UM, WE COMPLETED A VIOLET CROWN TRAIL EXTENSION IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

UM, WE HAD RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SAY FOR US TO SCHOOL, UM, PROGRAM OF PROJECTS.

AND WE HAD A BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, UM, WITH ALL THE KIDS THERE, WHICH WAS GREAT.

UM, AND WE COMPLETED SAFETY LIGHTING ON MCNEIL ALSO IN DISTRICT SIX.

UM, I LOVE TO GET THE CHANCE TO, TO TOUCH IT, TO TALK ABOUT THE LONGHORN DAM BRIDGE.

IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE RECENTLY, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE SO CLOSE TO, UM, A RIBBON CUTTING THERE, ANTICIPATING THAT HAPPENING AT THE END OF JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY, WHICH IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

SO HAPPY TO REPORT ON THAT.

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CERTAINLY SEEN PROJECTS IN YOUR DISTRICT, MOST LIKELY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, MAYBE ON YOUR STREET AS WELL.

SO LOOKING AHEAD AT 2026, WE HAVE OVER 200 PROJECTS PLANNED.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE LARGELY EXPENDED 16 AND 18.

SO THIS IS COMING FROM THE 2020, UM, BOND FUNDS, UM, IN THE SAFETY VISION ZERO BUCKET.

UM, IN 25, WE COMPLETED SIX MAJOR INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECTS, FIVE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, UM, NINE NEW SIGNALIZE CROSSINGS AND THREE STREET LIGHTING PROJECT.

UM, A BIG HIGHLIGHT OF 2025 WAS COMPLETION OF OUR VISION ZERO 10 YEAR REPORT, WHICH HAS SHOWN SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN CRASHES, INJURIES, AND FATALITIES WHERE AUSTIN HAS INVESTED IN SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE REPORTS SHOWED, FOR EXAMPLE, A 38% REDUCTION IN SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES AT THE VISION ZERO MAJOR INTERSECTION PROJECT LOCATIONS.

SO LOOKING AHEAD FOR 2026, AND AGAIN, THIS MAP WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

UM, WE'RE FORECASTING WORK ON, UH, PARKER LANE, MONTOPOLIS, UM, AND PON DRIVE AMONG OTHER LOCATIONS.

AND A SUBSET OF THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS, UM, A FOCUS AREA ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, UH, WITH THE GOAL TO BUILD SAFETY CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

OUR DATA ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THAT ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE CROSS COST REDUCTIONS ARE IN LINE ABOUT 17 MILLION, WHERE WE HAVE BUILT PET CROSSINGS.

SO IN 2025, UM, SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS ARE ON EAST 12TH STREET, UH, SPRINGDALE BETWEEN MLK AND MANOR NORTH LOOP, UM, HARGRAVE AND LAKEWOOD AND WALLACE.

SO UPCOMING WORK IN 2026, WE'LL BE DOING ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS ON EAST 12TH STREET, UH, DUVAL STREET IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.

AND, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON NORTH LOOP, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

YOU PROBABLY SEE THEM AND ANYTIME YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY, WE HAVE ALMOST TWO DOZEN CREWS WORKING AROUND TOWN AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

AND 25, THEY COMPLETED 48 MILES OF NEW AND REHABILITATED SIDEWALKS.

UM, AND INCLUDED IN THAT WERE A THOUSAND NEW CURB RAMPS.

SO FOR 2026, UM, WE HAVE WORK PLANNED, UM, ON EM, FRANKLIN CONVICT HILL, AND VARIOUS, VARIOUS OTHER ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UM, WORK AT ABOUT TWO DOZEN SCHOOLS IN 2025, UM, NAMELY BLAZER, BLUE BONNET TRAIL, BOONE, BRENTWOOD, CLAYTON.

THAT'S JUST THE FIRST THREE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET.

I COULD KEEP GOING.

UM, IN 2026, UM, WE'LL BE HITTING MORE CAMPUSES, UM, AND WORK WILL BE AT BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DELL VALLEY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE A IDEA SCHOOL ON RUNDBERG, UM, AND MANY OTHERS.

AND FOR URBAN TRAILS IN 25, UM, THE TEAM COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF A SHARED USE PATH ON CAESAR CHAVE STREET, UH, FROM SAN ANTONIO TO SANDRA MARTA.

UH, THEY WORKED ON PORTIONS OF THE BERGSTROM TRAIL ALONG VINCENT, UH, MOAN TRAIL PHASES 1, 2, 3 A AND FOUR, UM, AND THE COMPLETION OF THE ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDENS SHARED JUICE PATHS, UM, FOR 26, UM, URBAN TRAILS HAS NUMEROUS PROJECTS IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, UM, COUNTRY CLUB CREEK, UM, A SEGMENT OF BERGSTROM SPUR AND ANOTHER SEGMENT OF THE RED LINE TRAIL.

THE BIKE WAYS PROGRAM LAST YEAR, UH, INSTALLED 13 MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES, THREE MILES OF NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAYS, HALF MILE OF SUSE PATH, SEVEN PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS, AND 24 ENHANCED BUS STOPS.

SO SOME OF OUR FOCUS CORRIDORS FOR 2026, UM, INCLUDE A SEGMENT OF SOUTH FIRST STREET, UH, NEAR AKINS HIGH SCHOOL, UH, CONTINUED WORK ON CAMERON ROAD, BURNS MEADOW AND OTHERS.

AND FINALLY, UM, OUR TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, UM, HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING FUNDS TO MULTIMODAL BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, TRANSIT ONLY LANES DOWNTOWN ON SAN JACK, SAN JACINTO, AND TRINITY STREET.

UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER, UM, ACCESS, UM, RELATED PROJECTS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY GET TO BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

OKAY, SO ONLINE, AND I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE A LINK TO THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER COMPLETE OR IN CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY OUR MOBILITY BONDS SINCE 2016.

UM, THE UNIQUE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THESE BONDS HAS ALLOWED US TO WORK ALL OVER THE CITY.

AND AS A CITIZEN, UM, YOU'VE

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SO, UM, JUST THE, THE SCOPE, UM, AND BREADTH OF THIS PROGRAM HAS JUST ALLOWED US, UM, TO REALLY KIND OF GET IN THERE AND SERVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS AND IMPACT PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY TRAVEL.

AGAIN, HERE'S THE LINK TO OUR MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN.

THE 2026, UM, REPORT AND INTERACTIVE MAP WILL BE PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 31ST.

HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH EITHER ANY OF YOUR OFFICES AFTER THAT DATE TO DISCUSS PROJECTS, UM, OR ANSWER QUESTIONS.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS PRESENTATION.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY MAJOR HIGHLIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW HOW MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED.

I KNOW THE BIG ROAD ONES TAKE A LOT LONGER AND THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO THEM, BUT BEING ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOR US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT, THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE AND THEY'RE BEING USED AND THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THEM.

UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD SEND US YOUR, YOUR NOTES? 'CAUSE YOU WENT THROUGH IT SO ELOQUENTLY, AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO INCLUDE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IN A NEWSLETTER.

UM, SO I WANNA BE ABLE TO KIND OF COPY WHAT YOU SAID AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, SHARE THAT OUT OR LINK TO THE VIDEO SO PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, I WILL SAY ONE THING, 'CAUSE I KNOW YESTERDAY AT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, COUNCIL'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS INTO WHEN AND HOW AND HOW MUCH TO DO.

WHEN WE ASKED THE VOTERS TO APPROVE OUR GO BONDS LIKE THIS, UM, MY CHIEF OF STAFF HAD LUCKILY RUN DOWN SOME NUMBERS.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, NAMED PROJECTS VERSUS WHAT I CALL BUCKETS.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE CAN BE A BENEFIT TO DOING EITHER STYLE.

YOU KIND OF HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE AS YOU'RE DOING THESE BONDS, WHICH ONE MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

BUT IN, UM, 20 16, 80 3% OF THEM WERE NAMED PROJECTS.

AND SO WHILE IT'S GOOD TO LOCK IN PLACE EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA GET DELIVERED, IT CAN PROVIDE SOME ISSUES.

WHEN THERE'S COST OVERRUNS OR DELAYS OR PARTS OF PROJECTS END UP NOT GETTING COMPLETED, THOSE DOLLARS CAN'T BE REALLOCATED AS EASILY AS IF YOU NAME THEM IN BUCKETS.

AND SO 83% OF THE 20 $16 WERE NAMED PROJECTS, BUT WHEN WE BUILT THE 2020 BOND, ONLY 34% WERE NAMED PROJECTS.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ENHANCING THE PROGRAMS AND THE PLANS AT THAT POINT.

SO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES NETWORKS, SAY FOSTER TO SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE HAD REALLY FOCUSED ON.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S BENEFITS TO EITHER SIDE, BUT BEING MINDFUL OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF DOLLARS, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL DECISIONS, IS GONNA BE SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION I HAD FOR NOW, AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAS HER HAND UP.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THINKING, SO FOR A PROJECT LIKE, YOU KNOW, A WALTER E. LONG, FOR EXAMPLE, WHATEVER GOD BLESSING OF A PARK, YOU KNOW, BOND FUNDING, WE CAN GET TOGETHER THERE, JUST RECOGNIZING WALT LONG BUILD, IS IT OVER 3000 ACRES OF REGIONAL PARK AND THE 10TH LARGEST METRO IN THE CITY? IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY TO DEVELOP IT, SO IT'LL BE A LONG LEGGED PROJECT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TWO PEOPLE IN A ROW, UM, SORT OF SPOKE TO WHAT WAS BUBBLING IN MY HEAD.

I, I WAS SITTING HERE SORT OF IMAGINING WHAT AN INTERACTIVE SORT OF MAP OR INFOGRAPHIC WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU CLOSE BY SAYING THAT ON THE 31ST OF JANUARY, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS INTERACTIVE MAP.

ONE OF THE REASONS, YOU KNOW, IT CAME TO MIND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TAKING SO LONG AND BECOMING SO DAUNTING THAT, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPLETE YOU, OH CRAP, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT .

YOU KNOW.

AND SO I THINK FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT LIKE DISTRICT ONE, A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS WILL INEVITABLY LANGUISH BASED ON THE ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE THEM GIVEN NEED, UH, IMMEDIATE NEED.

UM, AND SO THAT SAID, I WAS THINKING, UH, FOR DISTRICT ONE STAFF, I WAS THINKING THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE, THE THINGS THAT DID GET DONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY MENTION TO 12TH STREET PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT AND HARGRAVE AND MANOR, I'M, I'M SURE THE FOLKS IN, IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, UM, AND BE ABLE TO SAY PROUDLY THAT SOMETHING'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

UM, THERE WAS A SLIDE WHERE, UM, UM, SO SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL TRANSIT PROJECTS, UM, I FORGET EXACTLY, THERE WAS A, AN EXPRESSION YOU USED TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING ABOUT REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.

IT, IT COULD, DO YOU REMEMBER HAVE BEEN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE DO INCLUDE INVESTMENTS FROM WHETHER IT'S METRO RAPID OR NEW CAP METRO SERVICE OR PROJECT CONNECT.

WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THOSE IDEAS SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER COMPLETE PROJECTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

WELL, SO THE REASON IT CAME TO MIND IS I WAS THINKING, SO YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GUYS LISTED 16 BOND, 18 BOND MM-HMM .

20 BOND, WHATEVER THE THING IS.

I WAS JUST

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AND SO JUST SORT OF WONDERING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WALT LONG WERE TO GET 2026 BOND DOLLARS, WE'LL STILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE BOND DOLLARS IN 46, YOU KNOW, FORESEEABLY.

SO I, I GUESS I JUST SORT OF WONDER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THE LONGER LEGS OF A PROJECT, LONGER ONES, OR JUST REGIONALLY, NOT DEAD CENTER AUSTIN PROPER, HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK OF THOSE THINGS? HOW DOES THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOLLOW ALONG WITH THOSE THINGS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

WE DO HAVE A CAPITAL EXPLORER, UM, BOND PAGE WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN KIND OF NOSE AROUND AND GO INTO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND LOOK AT TIMELINES.

I WOULD SAY FROM THE LOCAL MOBILITY PLANNING PROCESS, UM, IF I KNEW THERE WAS A, A BIG INVESTMENT COMING FOR WALTER LONG PARK, WE WOULD WANT TO THINK AHEAD AND SAY, WHEN THAT OPENS, HOW DO PEOPLE GET THERE? YEAH.

AND ARE ALL, ALL THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY PIECES IN PLACE SO PEOPLE CAN DO THAT SAFELY.

SO THAT'S HOW WE WOULD THINK ABOUT IT FROM OUR PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I, I THINK IT'S JUST, IT'S MORE LIKE MAYBE THINKING FROM THE OFFICE'S PERSPECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, I, I LARGELY HAVE SUCCESSION IN MIND AND SO MAKING CERTAIN THAT WHEN AND IF IT'S TIME FOR US TO LEAVE OUR POSTS THAT WE'RE MAKING CERTAIN TO LEAVE GOOD INFORMATION IN THE QUEUE FOR OUR SUCCESSORS.

SO THAT'S SORT OF MY MINDSET WHEN I'M SEEING A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS.

BUT THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE.

UM, I ALSO AM INTERESTED IN A COPY OF THOSE NOTES.

UH, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.

UM, UM, STATE THREATS TO SCHOOLS, UM, I, WE'VE PREVIOUSLY, UH, RAISED, I'VE PREVIOUSLY RAISED THE QUESTION IN ABOUT THE HANDLING OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY ETJ IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND I KNOW THAT IS AN ISSUE IN AT LEAST ALL THREE OF OUR DISTRICTS AT VARIOUS AMOUNTS.

WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT? LIKE WHAT'S YOUR PREFERRED, 'CAUSE I'M SURE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT QUITE FOR THIS, BUT YOU LISTED OFF SOME SCHOOLS AND THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT FITS IN WITH THAT ETJ CONSIDERATION FITS IN.

YEAH, I, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THAT WOULD PROBABLY TO BRING, BRING BACK AT ANOTHER MEETING OR JUST MEET IN YOUR OFFICE WITH OUR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL STAFF THAT REALLY COULD DIVE INTO WHERE ARE THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON THE BOUNDARIES AND HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE KIDS CAN GET TO SCHOOL REGARDLESS OF THE CITY LIMIT BOUNDARIES.

UM, I'LL TALK WITH YOU BRIEFLY AFTER.

UM, AND THEN ON THE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS ON PAGE 15, , UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, AND I AM GONNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE AS AN ILLUSTRATION, UM, ON MCNEIL DRIVE BETWEEN 180 3 AND PALMER LANE.

UM, IT IS, IT APPEARS ON THE HIGH INJURY ROAD NETWORK IN VARIOUS WAYS.

THERE'S A PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

UM, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING NEARBY AND THERE ARE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

UM, AND IT IS A REALLY SI SIGNIFICANT ARTERIAL THAT PEOPLE DO WALK DOWN TO GET TO THE ONLY BUS LINE IN THE DISTRICT.

UM, IN MY UNDERSTANDING FROM ALL THE AMAZING INFORMATION Y'ALL HAVE PROVIDED BEFORE IS THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE SIDEWALK PROJECT, THERE WILL NOT BE A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK, UM, ON I THINK EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET, UM, JUST, AND THE ISSUE IS DRAINAGE.

RIGHT.

AND SO, UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET SAFELY TO BUS STOPS, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN EXAMPLE TO ME FOR SAFE ACCESS TO BOTH BUS STOPS AND SCHOOLS, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PATTERNS ARE OUT THERE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID TALK EARLIER OR IN THE AUDIT, I THINK IT WAS IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING THAT ABOUT, UM, THE CHANGING SIGNAL TIMING WHERE IT IS A SIGNALED INTERSECTION TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.

MADE DURING THAT MEETING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING THAT HASN'T DELIVERED YET.

I'M WONDERING IF THIS TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT CATEGORY HAS EVER OR COULD CURRENTLY, OR WOULD IT NEED REVISION TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE ADDING A FLASHING BUTTON FOR A CROSSWALK MM-HMM .

WHERE IT IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THAT SAFE ACCESS.

AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IS THIS CATEGORY THE TYPE OF THING THAT COULD BE USED TO FUND IF THAT WERE A SOLUTION THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT STREET OR ANOTHER? YES.

UM, AND THEN I'VE GOT JUST ONE MORE, UM, ALSO REFERRING BACK TO YESTERDAY'S AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND THIS IS MORE TO DO WITH THE DELIVERY CAPITAL DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND DELIVERIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COMMENT

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AND THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT MAYBE NOT BRINGING FORWARD ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, MOBILITY OR TRANSPORTATION.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS I KNOW THAT THE WORK IS ONGOING ON THE STAFF SIDE, THAT, UM, THERE I HAVE OBSERVED, MY STAFF HAS OBSERVED THAT THERE IS A, A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE SPENDING PATTERNS BETWEEN LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS LIKE THE SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS AND VISION ZERO VERSUS REGIONAL MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SLOWER.

SO LIKE YOUR TEAM, THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GETTING THOSE LOCAL MOBILITY FUNDS OBLIGATED AND DELIVERED.

UM, AND I ONE THINK THAT THAT DESERVES RECOGNITION AND, AND PERHAPS IN THE BOND PLANNING WE CAN SUCCEED IN CONSIDERING THAT AS A DIFFERENT, SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT CATEGORY.

'CAUSE WE CERTAINLY KNOW WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE BEHIND SOME OF THOSE AREAS LIKE HOW SIDEWALKS ARE BEING HANDLED OR WHATNOT THAT MIGHT, MIGHT NEED MORE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

IT APPLIES TO A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE IN THIS PLAN AND I HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE A HELPFUL PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH TO LOOK AT THE BOND PLANNING AS WELL.

IS GONNA TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, BRIEFING BY MEMO, THE 2026 CAMPO CALL FOR PROJECTS.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE DAIS ON THIS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT INTERACTIVE MAP AND GETTING TO TOOL AROUND AND SEE WHAT, UH, BENEFITS WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR DISTRICT.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT, THAT

[5. 2026 CAMPO Call for Projects memo dated December 11, 2025.]

IS THERE A PRESENTATION RUNNING DON'T ALL JUMP AT ONCE? , WHILE THEY'RE GEARING UP TO COME UP? I, I'LL ADMIT THAT.

VERY CHILDISHLY.

I WAS IMAGINING THAT INTERACTIVE MAP HAVING LIKE A LITTLE DUDE WITH A BACKPACK LING DOWN THE ROAD, , LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANIMATED IN MY HEAD.

THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

MADAM CHAIR.

YES.

IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL SEE A BRIEFING BY MEMO REGARDING THE, UH, PROCESS AND, UM, CURRENT STATUS OF AN ANTICIPATED APPLICATION TO THE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR NEXT CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, UH, FUNDING.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED, UH, WITH CAMPO STAFF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MORE STRINGENT CRITERIA THEY WILL BE EVALUATING THESE APPLICATIONS UNDER, AS WELL AS WITH MANY OF OUR AREA AGENCY PARTNERS, UH, TO ENSURE THERE'S NO, UH, ANY, UH, LEVERAGING OR SUPPORTIVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, WE HAVE DRAFTED A CANDIDATE LIST OF PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AND POSTED, UH, TOMORROW IN BACKUP FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE JANUARY 22ND COUNCIL MEETING FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION TO CAMPO AROUND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY $4 MILLION IS ESTIMATED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THREE SUCCINCT PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CALL AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY TO SEEK FEDERAL FUNDS TO MEET, UH, MANY OF OUR MOBILITY NEEDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SOUNDS GREAT.

I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY MEETING WITH ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT THAT LIST IS, AND SO I APPRECIATE, UM, GETTING TO REVIEW THAT LIST AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE BEING SUBMITTED ON IT.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW THAT FINAL LIST TOMORROW.

COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION ON THURSDAY THE 22ND, AND THEN STAFF WILL SUBMIT IT TO CAMPO BY 5:00 PM ON THE 30TH, CORRECT? THAT'S THE TIMELINE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE BRIEFING? NO.

UM, FIRST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME YOU'VE SPENT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.

I I DO JUST HAVE ONE, WHICH IS FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED.

AND THEN IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE CAMPO FUNDING, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THOSE PROJECTS? ARE THEY, YEAH, WE'LL KEEP THOSE IN OUR PLAN.

CIP MM-HMM .

FOR, UH, ANY FUTURE POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR FUTURE, UH, CAPITAL BOND PROGRAMS. OKAY.

BRIEFING BY MEMO AUSTIN, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2027 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS.

SOUNDS GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

AND THEN MAYBE DON'T GO TOO FAR 'CAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS ANOTHER

[6. Austin Government Relations Fiscal Year 2027 Congressional Community Project Funding Requests memo dated December 12, 2025.]

MOUTHFUL.

WE TRIED TO KEEP THAT POSTING LANGUAGE AS BRIEF AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA ASK MY CHIEF OF STAFF, PAIGE WARNER, UH, TO COME GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM.

WELCOME.

OR WE HAVE A GA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE HERE.

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SO THANK YOU FOR THE BAILOUT.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

ERICA Z, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UM, OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, UM, WITH, UH, ALSO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OVER THE GRANTS DIVISION.

FANTASTIC.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE MEMO.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE IT A BRIEF HIGHLIGHT.

UM, I WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF SOMEONE LAYS IT OUT EVEN AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, IT MIGHT OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION IN CASE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO ASK.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, THE AUSTIN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE, WE, UM, UH, CREATED THE MEMO, AND THIS IS KIND OF A PROCESS THAT WAS INITIATED LAST YEAR WHERE WE DID A COFFER PROJECTS ACROSS THE, UH, ACROSS TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN THEN SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST FOR, UM, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING.

AND SO PRIOR TO US, UH, CREATING THE MEMO AND SENDING IT OUT, WE TALKED WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES, UH, KASSAR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS Z'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF SOME OF THEIR PRIORITIES SO THAT WE CAN THEN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH, UH, THE DEPARTMENT AHEAD OF THEIR, OF THEM SUBMITTING THE, UH, THE PROJECT REQUEST.

AND SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE TIMELINE FOR THAT, UM, WE SENT OUT THE MEMO AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, HELD A WORKSHOP ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER WHERE WE THEN SHARED THAT INFORMATION AS MENTIONED FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES AND JUST TO GIVE, UM, FOLKS AN, AN IDEA OF WHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED FOR THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING AND ALSO TO UPDATE THEM ON KIND OF THE PROCESS AND, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PREVIOUS, UM, CYCLES, BUDGET CYCLES FOR THE OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE SUBMITTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

UM, AND SO THE DEADLINE TO GET THOSE SUBMITTED IS JANUARY 16TH.

UM, SO THAT DEPARTMENTS CAN GET THOSE SUBMITTED.

AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO AFTER THAT IS REVIEW THOSE, TALK TO THE DEPARTMENTS, ALSO TALK TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES ABOUT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN IDENTIFY THOSE THAT WILL BE PRESSING FORWARD, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

AND IT'S ALSO ALIGNED WITH, UM, SOME OF THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FROM THE CITY AS WELL.

MY ONE HIGH LEVEL QUESTION IS ABOUT NOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, THE MAPS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

WHAT DOES THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE? IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN SUBMITTING THEM THROUGH THOSE CONGRESS MEMBERS? BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE IN THE SAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN AUSTIN.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE, BUT, BUT NOW EVEN MORE SO, THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SURPRISED BY WHICH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THEY'RE IN AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ADVOCATING FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AT A FEDERAL LEVEL.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE CHANGES IN DISTRICTS AND JUST HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION OF WHAT AUSTINITES WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED BY CONGRESS? YES.

AND SO, UM, TYPICALLY WHAT, SO, UH, THE, IN THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TWO, UM, TWO BRANCHES, IF YOU WOULD.

SO THERE'S A GRANT DIVISION AND THERE'S A LEGISLATIVE DIVISION.

AND SO, UM, OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM, UM, CARRIE LEADS THAT CHARGE AND WE HAVE REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.

AND IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, UM, IT WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

UM, SO, UH, WE KNOW NEXT YEAR THAT DELEGATE SHARED THAT HE WILL NOT BE, UM, UM, HE WILL NOT, UM, BE GOING AGAIN FOR, UM, REELECTION.

AND SO, UM, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONGRESSIONAL SEASON, HE WILL ALSO HAVE, UM, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS THAT HE CAN THEN SUBMIT FORWARD.

AND SO IN TERMS OF SHARING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE CITY AND ALSO TO OUR RESIDENTS, WE WILL, UM, PRE, UH, CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE SAME, UM, COMMUNICATION SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE, SENDING OUT MEMOS ABOUT THE INFORMATION, AND THEN ALSO HOLDING SESSIONS AS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS AND SO THAT WE CAN FIELD QUESTIONS AND UH, TO, UH, TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, UM, AS, AS NEEDED.

I KNOW, UM, REP MICHAEL MCCALL IS ALSO NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION THIS ROUND, AND SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO SOUTHWEST AUSTIN THAT WILL HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP FOR US.

AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT US IN THE RESIDENTS GOING FORWARD.

AND WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE MAPS IN MY OFFICE RECENTLY, AND THERE IS, THERE IS ONE DISTRICT THAT TOUCHES SOUTH AUSTIN THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO MATAGORDA BAY.

SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT CONGRESS PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE TO BALANCE AND LOOK AT FOR THEIR CONSTITUENCIES AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO GET, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO, UM, THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT, SO WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL, UM, OR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS, THAT'S FOR ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.

AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO STATE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS ON THE STATE SIDE.

AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO KEEP, UM, THE CITY, UH, THE COUNCIL, UM,

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? LET'S GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LANE.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE.

AND ON PAGE ONE, THE FIRST BULLET POINT, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO A LAST MINUTE RULE CHANGE THAT ENDED UP EXCLUDING NONPROFITS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CYCLE.

UM, DO YOU, IS IT THE TYPE OF THING THAT WILL JUST STAY LIKE THAT UNTIL THERE'S ANOTHER RULE CHANGE? SO IT'S KIND OF A PER SEMI-PERMANENT CHANGE AT THIS POINT? UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.

BUT I CAN, UM, CLARIFY AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, REPORT BY THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RELATED TO ONGOING MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION.

I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR OUR QUESTIONS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.

[4. Report by the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department related to ongoing mobility programs and projects in the Central Texas region, including construction and service updates.]

ALSO CALLED THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

YOU SURE IT'S NOT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, ? NO.

LOOKS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT .

I'M SORRY.

NOT ANYMORE.

UH, IT'S BEEN A BUSY DAY.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL FIND THE, UM, MOBILITY COMMITTEE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, AND, UH, THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS, SOME OF THE, THAT WAS COVERED, UH, AT A HIGHER LEVEL IN THE L MAP PRESENTATION BY, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARTIN.

BUT HERE ON THE FIRST PAGE, WE'RE ANNOUNCING AND CELEBRATING THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE VISION ZERO LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAM, 2018 BOND FUNDED, UM, VISION ZERO PROGRAM.

SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM.

UH, PARTICULAR NOTE IS THAT OUR DATA SHOWS AT THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, COMPLETED THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE SEEING A 38% REDUCTION OVER PRECONDITION IN SERIOUS INJURIES IN FATAL CRASHES.

SO, VERY VALUABLE WORK.

THIS IS, UH, SAVING LIVES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IN THE TURN, IN THE FORM OF PROCESS, WE ARE REPORTING AND IMPROVEMENT IN HOW WE HANDLE RESIDENTIAL, UM, PERMIT REVIEWS.

AS YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO OR A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, OUR, OUR COUNCIL ADOPTED THE HOME INITIATIVE ALLOWING, UH, UP TO THREE DWELLING UNITS PER, UH, SINGLE PLATTED PROPERTY.

UH, WHEN WE DID THAT, WE DISCOVERED THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEWS, UH, WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE WORKFLOW TO ENSURE ADEQUATE DRIVEWAY AND SIDEWALK AND ALLEY, UH, ACCESS, UH, TO SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE.

WE HAVE SINCE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE EMBEDDED NOW IN THE WORKFLOWS, BOTH SYSTEMATICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY.

AND WE'VE ALSO MADE PROCESSES, UH, LINKED UP SOME PROCESSES TO MAKE THESE REVIEWS QUICKER.

SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, MARS, AS WELL AS MY STAFF IN LAND MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR, UM, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, THIS IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, THIS GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS MEETING OUR AFFORDABILITY, UH, GOALS.

ALSO A PROJECT UPDATE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

THIS ONE'S AROUND ZILKER ELEMENTARY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

A PARTICULAR NOTE HERE IS THIS IS JUST NOT A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM FUNDED PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO, UH, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND BIKEWAYS PROGRAM.

SO THIS SHOWS THE GREAT, UH, TEAMWORK, UH, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ACROSS PROGRAMS TO DELIVER A MORE WHOLESOME COMPLETE PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR CURB MANAGEMENT STUDY, HOW TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT USE OF CURB SPACE AROUND OUR CITY.

THIS IS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE, OF COURSE, IN OUR HIGHER URBAN DENSE AREAS.

AND WE ARE IN THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW WITH AN OPEN, UH, SURVEY FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE, UH, USE OF THAT CURB SPACE.

WE CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAP METRO AND MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE STREETS FOR TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT IS A SUMMARY OF PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED SINCE THE LAST MEETING.

AND THEN WE'RE SAVING, I, I THINK PRETTY MUCH THE, THE BEST FOR LAST.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PICTURE OF MY BOSS RIGHT THERE.

TWO BOSSES, UH, FIVE BOSSES, SIX BOSSES, AUSTIN, UH, UH, AIRPORT.

THEY CONTINUE TO JUST, UH, BLOW IT OUT OF THE WATER, UH, BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND, UH, UNDER BUDGET.

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AND THEN A GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, A GREAT CORPORATE SPONSOR FOR OUR CITY.

UH, IT'S GOING TO REAP GREAT DIVIDENDS FOR OUR AIRPORT, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXPANSION, UH, PLAN.

SO THAT COMPLETES THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

THANK YOU ALL.

FANTASTIC WORK.

THANKS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE FOR THE DIRECTOR ON THE UPDATE? LOOKS LIKE IT WAS QUITE THOROUGH.

OH, YOU DO HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.

KRISTA HAS A COMMENT.

I WAS SO REMISS ON THE EARLIER PRESENTATION TO NOT EXPRESS MY GREAT EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE MAP AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH , AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE OTHER UPDATES IN THERE TOO.

I DON'T MEAN TO SLIDE YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND ALSO A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT RESIDENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW FREQUENTLY IT OCCURS, BUT I HAVE SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE BUILT IN THE THIRTIES, FORTIES, AND NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE DIVIDING LOTS, UM, CONSTANTLY COMING UP WITH THESE RESIDENTIAL RIGHTWAY CONCERNS.

CONSIDERATIONS.

AND SO TO SEE THAT WE'RE COMPREHENSIVELY TAKING A LOOK AT IT, SO MUCH OF OUR CITY WAS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO MORE MODERN UPDATES TO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THAT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I REALIZED WAS CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS COMING UP MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY AS PEOPLE ARE REDEVELOPING.

SO I, I APPRECIATE SEEING THAT.