* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          [CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:05]
          2:00 PM WE ARE HERE, UH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026 AT, UM, AUSTIN CITY HALL, ROOM 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          UM, I'M GONNA CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ORDER. 
          UM, OUR FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS TODAY. 
          WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUR MAX OF FIVE SPEAKERS. 
          TWO OF THOSE SPEAKERS ARE HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, THREE ARE HERE TO COMMENT ON AN, UH, AGENDA ITEM ITEM FIVE. 
          SO I'M GONNA TAKE THE TWO SPEAKERS IN ORDER THAT SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THE OH YES. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          THANK YOU, UM, VICE CHAIR SO MUCH. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I'M JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE HERE TODAY. 
          UM, I'M SUSAN SUMMERS. 
          I'M THE CHAIR. 
          I'M HERE. 
          UH, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER, OUR VICE CHAIR HERE. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER COMAN, OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER BROWN, I SEE YOU. 
          WE DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          CAN YOU HERE? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER BFO IS WALKING IN THE DOOR. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER CHEN HERE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER JACOBSON. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER PRASAD. 
          NOT HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER SOREN. 
          NOT HERE. 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL GO FORWARD NOW, AS I WAS TRYING TO SAY WITH THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          AND I'LL CALL UP OUR FIRST SPEAKER, PHILIP WILEY, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          PERFECT. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME'S PHIL WILEY. 
          I'VE LIVED DOWNTOWN FOR OVER 33 YEARS, AND FOR THE LAST YEAR I'VE BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS TRYING TO SHARE A CONCEPT OF, UH, MOBILITY ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTER. 
          UM, RECENTLY THERE WAS A EUREKA MOMENT, WHICH MEANS I FOUND IT. 
          SO, UH, THE COOKBOOK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NOW BE TALKING ABOUT THE COOKBOOK. 
          IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPACT AND CONNECTED IS ACTUALLY DEFINED IN THOSE 400 PAGES, AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAYS AND WHAT IT MEANS. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA START BY JUST DOING A QUICK READ OF THE DEFINITION OF COMPACT COMMUNITY IS ONE IN WHICH HOUSING SERVICES, RETAIL JOBS, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTHCARE, SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND OTHER DAILY NEEDS ARE WITH WITHIN A CONVENIENT WALK OR BICYCLE RIDE OF ONE ANOTHER. 
          CONVENIENT WALK OR BICYCLE RIDE OF ONE ANOTHER. 
          THAT IS THE DESIGN POINT. 
          AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A METRIC TO EMULATE WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          AND THAT IS THE CENTER PLUS ONE HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER. 
          TO CONTINUE. 
          A COMPACT COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED BY COM. 
          A COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ENCOURAGES HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES, AND COMMUNITY INTERACTION ALLOWS FOR MORE EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES. 
          SO I AM A BIG, UH, TRANSIT, UH, ADVOCATE MYSELF, HUGE FAN OF PROJECT CONNECT, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS SUPPORTIVE. 
          IT ISN'T THE PRIMARY GOAL. 
          AND, AND, UH, SO AS WE CONTINUE ON, UM, THIS, OH, I GUESS I HAVE THE CONTROLLER TODAY. 
          AND, OH, THERE WE GO. 
          OKAY, THERE WE GO. 
          THIS ONE WE WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO ANOTHER TIME. 
          IT'S, IT'S, UH, STATISTICS. 
          I HEAR A LOT OF TIMES THE AVERAGE PERSON WON'T WALK MORE THAN 10 MINUTES TO TRANSIT. 
          WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? UM, THE, THE GROUP THAT'S COMPARABLE TO OUR DAA DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE IN SEATTLE SAYS THAT 10% OF THE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WANNA LIVE DOWNTOWN. 
          AND ABOUT 10% OF THE PEOPLE DO LIVE DOWNTOWN. 
          THAT'S A DIFFERENT GROUP APPARENTLY, THAN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLY WILLING TO WALK HALF A MILE. 
          THE NEXT CHART IS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, THAT'S A KEEPER FOR YOU ALL. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET IT, LOOK AT IT, STUDY IT THERE, THERE WON'T BE A TEST ON IT, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR SECOND, UM, GEN PUBLIC SPEAKER ON THE GENERAL ITEM. 
          SANTIAGO 
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GREETINGS COMMISSIONERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, MAINLY HERE TO, UH, MAKE A REQUEST TO FIND SOME SPONSORS FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, AND PARTICULAR TO, UH, DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES, PARKS BOARD, UM, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S SEEN THE HEADLINES. 
          I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF FEST FESTIVAL, BEACH FOOD FORCE, UM, WITH CONCERNS FOR, UH, THE I THREE FIVE EXPANSION. 
          UH, NEWS SPLIT OUT YESTERDAY, UH, SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES, UM, THAT AUSTIN WATER FAILED IN COMMUNICATING, UM, UNTIL A MONTH AGO THAT THEY ARE GONNA BE TRENCHING A 48 OR A 15 FOOT DIAMETER, OR 1515 FOOT WIDE TRENCH THROUGH THE NEW, UH, EXPANSION PHASE TWO OF THE FOOD FOREST. 
          UM, AND WE WERE GIVEN UNTIL, UH, A WEEK FROM NOW, UM, TO RESPOND TO THAT. 
          UM, SO IF I CAN GO TO THE SLIDE 11 ON THIS. 
          AND THEN, UM, THIS IS SORT OF CONTEXT. 
          THIS IS I 35, UH, AUSTIN WATER IS MOVING A, UH, TWO FOOT DIAMETER WATER LINE THAT'S A BLACK LINE, UM, THAT WILL GO ACROSS THE RIVER AND IS GOING INTO EAST AVENUE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE GREEN LINE UP NEXT TO THE FOOD FOREST AT, UH, WALLER AND N HERNANDEZ. 
          THAT IS A TEMPORARY 48, UH, INCH DIAMETER WASTEWATER, UM, DIVERSION. 
          UH, SO THE ENGINEER IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 TO THE PARKS BOARD, UH, SAID THAT THEY WERE, THEY WANTED TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ALONG, UM, WALLER, BUT THE DROP THAT I, UH, THAT TEXTILE WANTS TO DROP, UM, WALLER, SO THEY CAN'T DO THAT. 
          SO THEY'RE TRENCHING THROUGH THE FOOD FORCE. 
          AND SO WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO DO A ROAD VACATION, UM, OF WALLER AND NA HERNANDEZ FROM JUST THOSE TWO BLOCKS RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW THE, THE UTILITIES TO BE PLACED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, INCLUDING OUR CONVERSATIONS AND MITIGATIONS WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AND SOLVE A PROBLEM WITH AUSTIN WATER. 
          UM, THEY, WE WERE TOLD IN SEPTEMBER THAT THAT ROAD WOULD BE CLOSED FOR 30 DAYS. 
          UM, WE, THE ROAD, THOSE TWO ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED CURRENTLY TODAY, AS WELL AS EAST AVENUE FROM NASH HERNANDEZ. 
          UH, AND THAT IS GOING ON FIVE MONTHS NOW. 
          UM, I DON'T EXPECT TO GET THE ROAD, THE ROAD BACK. 
          UM, AND I WANT TO SEE A MOBILITY STUDY DONE, UM, TO HELP DIRECT, UH, THIS WHOLE AREA TO CONNECT TO THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY TO HELP DIRECT THEM FOR HOW TO CONNECT TO THE NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS. 
          UM, YEAH, SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR A CO-SPONSOR. 
          I'M NOT GONNA HANG OUT TOO LONG THROUGH THE MEETING. 
          UM, BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY INTEREST OR CAN RESPOND DIRECTLY NOW, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UM, AND THERE'S TWO MORE SLIDES AND THOSE SHOULD BE IN YOUR EMAIL. 
          UM, SO I HAVEN'T BEEN IN MY EMAIL FOR JUST A SECOND, BUT DID YOU, YOU SENT THESE MATERIALS OR THEY WERE SENT TO US VIA EMAIL? I'LL GET THEM OVER TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU CAN BE CONTACTED AT? THAT MAY BE THE EASIEST SINCE WE'RE STARTING OUR MEETING. 
          YEAH, I'LL SEND YOU A DIRECT EMAIL. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU COULD PLEASE. 
          YOU SEE ME ON THAT AS WELL, I'D LOVE TO BE ON THAT THREAD. 
          UM, SO I ALSO, UM, THOSE OF US ONLINE, WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE, UH, SLIDE CONTENTS. 
          IS THAT WHY I, I WILL, UM, EVERYTHING THAT THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS COME THROUGH ME, I WILL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WILL BE BLIND COPIED ON THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN IF THE PERSON WHO PRESENTED WOULD LIKE TO BE COPIED ON THE EMAIL, I CAN DO THAT AS WELL. 
          DOES THAT WORK? OKAY. 
          SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW THAT IT GOT THERE. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT ARE OUR TWO SPEAKERS ON A GENERAL SUBJECT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE INTO 
          [1.  Approve the minutes of the Urban Transportation Commission Regular meeting on 1/6/2026. ]
ITEM ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES COMMISSIONERS. 
          YOU DO HAVE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP ONLINE AS WELL AS ON PAPER. 
          IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THOSE AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT MEETING MINUTES. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENTS? SEE NONE. 
          I'LL MOVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THOSE MINUTES. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS CIRCULATED. 
          PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, 
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THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT BRINGS US NOW TO OUR DISCUSSION 
          [2. Long Range Population Forecasting. Presentation by Lila Valencia, City Demographer, Austin  Planning.]
ITEMS. FIRST IS ITEM TWO, WHICH IS LONG RANGE POPULATION FORECASTING PRESENTATION BY, UH, LILA VALENCIA, THE CITY DEMOGRAPHER OF AUSTIN PLANNING. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. 
          I'M LILA VALENCIA. 
          I'M THE DEMOGRAPHER AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          I OVERSEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA DIVISION AT AUSTIN PLANNING. 
          AND TODAY I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT A PROJECT THAT OUR TEAM LED, UM, STARTING BACK IN MAY, 2024. 
          UH, IT'S CALLED THE DELPHI TRENDS AND IMAGINE AUSTIN FORECAST CAST. 
          UH, SO FIRST I'LL START BY GIVING YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT. 
          AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE DELPHI TRENDS AND IMAGINE AUSTIN FORECAST, WE ALSO TYPICALLY CALL IT THE DTI FORECAST. 
          UM, DELPHI, OF COURSE, UH, REPRESENT THE METHOD OF DECISION MAKING THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE STAFF AND THE WORK GROUP, UH, WHEN THEY WERE DECIDING HOW THEY WERE GOING TO FORECAST, UM, THE POLYGONS THAT WE OUTLINED, UH, THE DELPHI METHOD WAS PRODUCED BY, UH, OR DEVELOPED BY THE RAND CORPORATION IN THE 1950S. 
          IT IS, UM, AN EFFORT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS TO NAVIGATE SORT OF UNKNOWN, UM, DECISION MAKING OR DECISION MAKING IN UNKNOWN, UH, AREAS, RIGHT? AND IT WAS DEVELOPED BY I RAND IF FOLLOWING, UH, WORLD WAR II, SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UH, THE IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY AROUND DEFENSE. 
          BUT IT'S APPLIED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, AND THAT'S THE METHOD THAT WE USE. 
          AND THAT'S THE D IN, UM, DTI, UH, T STANDS FOR TRENDS. 
          AND IN THIS CONTEXT, UH, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TRENDS IN POPULATION CHANGE. 
          AND THEN THE I STANDS FOR IMAGINE AUSTIN, AND THAT THAT, OF COURSE IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT OUTLINES THE VISION FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND, HISTORICALLY, THE DEMOGRAPHER PRODUCES CITY LEVEL POPULATION PROJECTIONS THAT IDENTIFY HOW MUCH THE ENTIRE CITY IS ANTICIPATED TO GROW IN THE FUTURE. 
          YEARS BACK, CITY STAFF IDENTIFIED A NEED TO KNOW WHERE WITHIN THE CITY GROWTH COULD BE EXPECTED, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE NOW CALLING SMALL AREA FORECASTS. 
          AND THEN FOLLOWING THE FIRST DTI IN 2012 AND ITS UPDATE IN 2017, STAFF FURTHER IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MORE CONSISTENT FORECASTS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO WHEN THE DETAILED 2020 CENSUS DATA WERE AVAILABLE, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED A NEW METHOD OF POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND INITIATED THE NEXT UPDATE OF THE DTI FORECAST. 
          NOW, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND JUST GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICKLY. 
          'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PROJECTIONS AND FORECASTS, BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE? RIGHT. 
          AND SO IN THIS SENSE, ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE PROJECTIONS PRODUCED, UH, BY THE CITY DEMOGRAPHER ARE PRODUCED AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND THE FORECAST WERE PRODUCED FOR SMALL AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          MORE GENERALLY. 
          THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROJECTIONS AND FORECAST IS THAT PROJECTIONS USUALLY INVOLVE THE PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS AND SCENARIOS OF, OF PROBABLE GROWTH. 
          UM, AND FORECASTS REALLY LEAN INTO WHAT'S THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO TO TAKE PLACE. 
          SO IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL DESCRIBE THE PROCESS AND PROJECT TIMELINE FOR THE DTI FORECAST. 
          AND SO, STARTING IN MAY, 2024, WE HELD INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENTS TO GAUGE INTEREST AND RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS FOR THE DTI FORECAST WORK GROUP. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL DATA ASSETS THAT COULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO INFORM THE FORECAST. 
          AND THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA TEAM COMPLETED TWO PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE DTI FORECAST. 
          THE FIRST WAS THE HOUSING UNIT VERIFICATION ANALYSIS. 
          LET ME SEE IF I'VE MOVED ON TO SUMMER. 
          I'M PRESSING THE, THE SLIDES, BUT IT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          UM, SO IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA TEAM PUT TOGETHER TWO PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE THE FOUNDATION OF THE DTR FORECAST. 
          AND THE FIRST WAS THE HOUSING UNIT VERIFICATION ANALYSIS, WHICH PROVIDED BLOCK LEVEL COUNTS OF HOUSING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND THE SECOND WAS THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS DEVELOPED USING A DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD KNOWN AS THE COHORT COMPONENT METHOD. 
          UH, AND THIS METHOD APPLIES BIRTH, DEATH, OR 
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SURVIVAL AND MIGRATION RATES TO VARYING, UH, OR VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, COHORTS TO PRODUCE THESE, UH, PROJECTIONS. 
          I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN ADVANCE THE SLIDES. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          UM, THE FOLLOWING POPULATION PROJECTION SCENARIOS WERE PRODUCED. 
          USING THIS METHOD, WE EVALUATED A SET OF PROJECTIONS THAT KEPT MIGRATION CONSTANT TO MIGRATION RATES EXPERIENCE BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020 THAT GAVE US OUR 2010S MIGRATION SCENARIO. 
          UM, GIVEN THAT MIGRATION TO AUSTIN HAS REALLY SLOWED DOWN SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE PRODUCED ANOTHER SET OF PROJECTIONS THAT ASSUMED HALF OF THE MIGRATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 2010S, AND THAT GIVES US OUR HALF 2010S MIGRATION SCENARIO. 
          WE ALSO PRODUCED PROJECTIONS THAT ASKED, WHAT IF AUSTIN EVOLVED BEYOND A URBAN MIGRATION PATTERN OF GROWTH, WHERE WE ATTRACT A LOT OF WORKERS, YOUNG WORKERS TO THE CITY, BUT AS SOON AS THEY AGE AND START TO GROW FAMILIES, THEY MOVE OUT. 
          AND SO ESSENTIALLY WE ASSUMED A NET ZERO MIGRATION FOR CHILDREN AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS TO REALLY KIND OF EXPLORE THAT, UM, LESS URBAN, MORE SUBURBAN, UM, GROWTH PATTERN. 
          AND THAT IS OUR HIGH MIGRATION SCENARIO. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE PLOTTED OUR PREVIOUS SET OF PROJECTIONS THAT REALLY USED A SIMPLE LINEAR EXTRAPOLATED METHOD, AND THAT'S OUR PRIOR PROJECTION SCENARIO. 
          CONSIDERING RECENT SLOWER GROWTH TRENDS, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA TEAM RECOMMENDED THE HALF 2010S MIGRATION SCENARIO FOR THE DTI FORECAST. 
          THIS PROJECTION INDICATES AUSTIN COULD GROW TO OVER 1.3 MILLION BY 2060, EXPANDING BY OVER 300,000 PEOPLE OR MORE THAN THE TOTAL POPULATIONS OF ROUND ROCK, GEORGETOWN AND LEANDER. 
          COMBINED IN FALL OF 2024, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA TEAM PRODUCED EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS AND BEGAN TO PRODUCE DATA TOOLS TO FACILITATE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION DURING OUR WORKSHOPS. 
          EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION ARE ALSO HIGHLY CORRELATED, AND SO WE LEVERAGED OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND PRODUCED EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS USING AN EMPLOYMENT TO POPULATION RATIO METHODOLOGY. 
          THESE PROJECTIONS INDICATE, UH, THAT EMPLOYMENT IN AUSTIN WILL GROW TO NEARLY 1.25 MILLION JOBS BY 2060. 
          LET ME SEE IF I CAN SHOW THEM HERE. 
          YEP. 
          1.2, UH, 5 MILLION JOBS BY 2060, ADDING MORE THAN HALF A MILLION JOBS DURING THAT TIME. 
          SO ONCE WE HAD THE CITY LEVEL DATA INPUTS, UH, WE NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE SMALL AREAS TO WHICH WE WERE GOING TO ALLOCATE THE EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS. 
          OUR METHOD FOR CREATING THESE, UM, SMALL AREAS, OR WHAT WE CALL THE DTI POLYGONS WAS TO BUILD UP FROM 2020 CENSUS TRACKS, UH, COVER ALL OF AUSTIN'S JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING FULL AND LIMITED PURPOSE, AS WELL AS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. 
          WE AIM TO MAINTAIN AN AVERAGE POPULATION, UM, OF ABOUT 10,000 TO MAXIMIZE STATISTICAL RELIABILITY. 
          AND THEN WHERE WE COULD, WE KEPT AREAS COMPACT, CONTIGUOUS, AND AVOIDED SPLITTING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING AREAS. 
          PICTURED HERE ARE SOME OF THE DATA DASHBOARDS THAT WE PRODUCED, UM, TO HELP THE DTI WORK GROUP MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. 
          THESE INCLUDED INITIAL ALLOCATIONS OF PROJECTED POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS SOME CONTEXTUAL DASHBOARDS CONTAINING GIS DATA ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS LIKE PARKLAND AND FLOODPLAINS, LAND USE AND ZONING CATEGORIES, DEVELOPMENT DATA LIKE ACTIVE PERMITS AND SITE PLANS, PLAN MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AND EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN A PROPENSITY FOR CHANGE INDEX. 
          THAT DEV WAS DEVELOPED BY THE DTI WORK GROUP THAT REALLY BROUGHT TOGETHER SEVERAL, UH, DATA SOURCES TO SHOW HOW LIKELY EACH POLYGON WAS TO EXPERIENCE POPULATION CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. 
          THEN IN THE WINTER OF, UH, ANPR OF 2025, THE DTI WORK GROUP WAS CREATED, AND THIS INCLUDED STAFF FROM ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITH EXPERTISE IN LONG RANGE PLANNING, UH, CURRENT AND, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE DTI WORK GROUP PARTICIPATION, UH, PARTICIPATED IN 13 WORKSHOPS. 
          AND THESE FIVE DEPARTMENTS, UH, PICTURED HERE ARE AUSTIN WATER, AUSTIN. 
          FIRE PLANNING, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WERE THE MOST HIGHLY ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          THE WORK ENTAILED REVIEWING THE INITIAL POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTION ALLOCATIONS, UM, TO THE 122 
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DTI POLYGONS, THE CONTEXTUAL DASHBOARDS AND PROPENSITY FOR CHANGE INDEX. 
          AND THEN THEY WERE ASKED TO SELECT A GROWTH CEILING AND GROWTH CURVE FOR EACH OF THE POLYGONS. 
          ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED ALL OF THE, UM, ALL, OR WE ALLOCATED ALL OF THE PROJECTIONS TO THE POLYGONS, THE FORECAST WAS THEN CONTROLLED TO THE POPULATION CONTROL TOTAL THAT WAS, UM, OUTLINED IN THE INITIAL POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS. 
          SO I'LL SHARE THE FINDINGS OF, UH, THE DTI FORECAST WITH YOU NOW. 
          I'LL START FIRST WITH POPULATION, AND THEN I'LL COVER EMPLOYMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO OVERALL, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S POPULATION IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY OVER 300,000, BETWEEN 2020 AND 2060, AGAIN, TO A TOTAL POPULATION OF 1,000,333, UH, 36,769 RESIDENTS. 
          UH, THESE MAPS THAT ARE PICTURED HERE REFLECT AUSTIN'S FORECASTED POPULATION DENSITY, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGHOUT THE CORE, ESPECIALLY INITIALLY IN THE EARLY DECADES OF THE PROJECTIONS HORIZON, BUT REALLY CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST. 
          BY 2060, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND DOWNTOWN AND EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE ARE FORECASTED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST POPULATION DENSITIES BY 2060. 
          OF THESE, THE WEST CAMPUS AREA IS FORECASTED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY BY FAR, WITH MOST OF ITS GROWTH OCCURRING BY 2030. 
          DOWNTOWN IS ALSO FORECASTED TO SEE THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN POPULATION DENSITY OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. 
          AND THEN THE AREAS SURROUNDING THE PLANNED PHASE ONE AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PROJECT IS ALSO FORECASTED TO CONTINUE TO DENSIFY. 
          IN THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN, I'M GONNA CLICK IT, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE SORT OF A TIME LAPSE OF THE POPULATION DENSITY CHANGES ACROSS THE PROJECTIONS AND FORECAST HORIZON. 
          LET ME GO BACK SO YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE A LOOK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, HERE WE FOCUS ON TOTAL POPULATION BY DECADE, THE POLYGONS FORECASTED TO HAVE THE GREATEST POPULATION GROWTH EXTEND FROM THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE CITY TO THE MOST EASTERN EDGE OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND INTO BASTROP COUNTY. 
          TOGETHER, THESE AREAS ARE FORECASTED TO GAIN SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION WITH SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FORECASTED TO OCCUR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. 
          AND THEN THE AREA ON THE BORDER OF NORTHEAST AUSTIN, JUST NORTH OF THE SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR PLANT IN EAST OF DESSA, ALSO STANDS OUT, UH, FOR ITS FORECASTED POPULATION GROWTH. 
          THIS AREA IS FORECASTED TO EXPERIENCE HIGHER POPULATION GROWTH THROUGH 2040, BUT THEN CONTINUES TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE PROJECTIONS HORIZON, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE SLOWLY. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, THIS SET OF MAPS HERE LOOKS AT THE POPULATION CHANGE. 
          SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT TIME LAPSE AGAIN. 
          AND NOW I'LL SHARE WITH YOU SORT OF TOTAL, UH, FORECASTED NUMERIC CHANGE IN THE POPULATION BETWEEN 2020 AND 2060. 
          UM, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH SHOWN IN THE, UM, DECADE OR, UH, THE POLYGONS, UM, THAT WERE ALSO ADDING A LOT OF GROWTH, UH, OR HAD THE HIGHEST, UH, TOTAL POPULATION, UM, GAINS. 
          AND THESE AREAS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT SOME AREAS WITHIN THE CITY, SUCH AS COLONY PARK, DELL VALLEY, AND THE AREA AROUND AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO GROW. 
          THERE'S A SMALL AREA IN BASTROP COUNTY THAT'S FORECASTED TO HAVE THE FASTEST GROWTH OF ANY DTI POLYGON. 
          AND REALLY THIS IS, UH, UM, DUE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S STARTING OFF WITH A VERY SMALL BASE INITIALLY, SO IT HAS VERY RAPID GROWTH. 
          UM, YEAH, SO THERE'S JUST MUCH MORE ROOM TO GROW THERE. 
          SO NOW I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THE EMPLOYMENT FORECAST MORE THAN, UH, 500,000 ADDITIONAL JOBS ARE PROJECTED TO BE ADDED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, REACHING A TOTAL OF 1,245,703 JOBS BY 2060. 
          DOWNTOWN, OF COURSE, STANDS OUT AS A STRONG JOB CENTER LEADING WITH THE MOST JOBS, ADDED ABOUT 80,000 HIGHEST TOTAL JOBS IN 2060 WITH 190,000. 
          AND THEN ALSO GREATEST JOB DENSITY, UH, BY A LARGE MARGIN. 
          THE JOB CENTERS WITH, UH, THE NEXT HIGHEST DENSITY FORECAST IN 2060 ARE LOCATED EAST AND WEST OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS. 
          AND THEN OTHER DENSE NODES OF FORECASTED JOBS IN 2060 INCLUDE THE TRIANGLE AND HIGHLAND AREAS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THAT NORTH LAMAR CORRIDOR. 
          OVER HALF OF DOWNTOWN'S, UH, DOWNTOWN'S JOB GROWTH IS FORECASTED TO TAKE PLACE BY 2030. 
          SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT DECADE WITH DOWNTOWN AND HIGHLAND, UH, 
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CONTRIBUTING NEARLY 20% OF ALL JOB GROWTH BETWEEN 2030 AND 2020. 
          I'M SORRY, 2040. 
          AND NOW HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TIMELAPSE MAPS. 
          OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THESE SLIDES, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE CLOSELY. 
          AND THEN NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TOTAL JOBS BY DECADE, THOUGH THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS DENSE THAN SOME OF THE AREAS WE WERE LOOKING AT AROUND DOWNTOWN AND THE UNIVERSITY. 
          THE NORTH BURNETT GATEWAY AREA IS ALSO FORECASTED TO HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF JOBS, A TOTAL TOTAL JOBS OF, UM, ABOUT 70,000 PLUS BY 2060. 
          THE FASTEST JOB GROWTH IN THIS POLYGON IS FORECASTED TO OCCUR THROUGH 2030, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY SLOWER GROWTH IN SUBSEQUENT DECADES. 
          UH, SIGNIFICANT RATES OF JOB GROWTH ARE FORECASTED OUTSIDE THE CITY AS WELL. 
          MOST, NO, MOST NOTABLY IN THE DECKER LANE AREA IN EAST AUSTIN, AND THEN OUT TO THE EASTERN BORDER OF TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF DECKER LANE. 
          THE COLONY PARK AREA IS ALSO FORECASTED TO SEE RAPID JOB GROWTH IN 2040S. 
          AND THEN THE AREA SOUTH OF LOYOLA LANE IS FORECASTED TO HAVE THE GREATEST JOB GROWTH LATER IN THE PROJECTIONS HORIZON AROUND 2050. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL AREA OF JOB GROWTH THAT'S FORECASTED TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHWEST REGION AROUND THE ROBINSON RANCH AREA. 
          AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE TIME LAPSE OF THAT, UH, JOB GROWTH. 
          AND NOW WE'LL FOCUS ON THE NUMERIC CHANGE IN JOBS AND THE PERCENT CHANGE IN JOBS AS WELL. 
          AND SO OVERALL, THE DTI FORECAST SHOWS STRONG GROWTH IN THE CITY'S CORE WITH CURRENT, UM, JOB AND POPULATION CENTERS CONTINUING TO GROW OVER EACH DECADE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, THE FORECAST INDICATES, UM, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT JOB AND POPULATION GROWTH THAT WILL BE EMERGING IN AREAS WITHIN AND BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS, ESPECIALLY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          UH, WE DID A, UH, A SPECIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE, UM, LIGHT RAIL LINE. 
          AND WHAT WE FIND FOR THE, FOR THE LIGHT RAIL LINE, UM, IS, IS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WHERE THEY ADD NEARLY 100,000 NEW RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR BY 2060. 
          YOU'LL RECALL THIS IS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL GROWTH THAT'S PROJECTED AND FORECAST FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, DURING THIS TIME. 
          AND THEN OVERALL, POPULATION DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS FORECASTED TO INCREASE FROM 7,043 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE TO 11,084 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. 
          BUT IN THE LIGHT RAIL LINE AREA, THE DENSITY IS LIKELY TO INCREASE FROM 9,206 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE TO OVER 14,329 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. 
          NOW, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          THE FULL REPORT OF THE FINDINGS, DASHBOARDS, GEOSPATIAL LAYERS, AND OTHER RESOURCES AT OUR AUSTIN DEMOGRAPHICS ONLINE HUB AT AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          UM, THIS COLLECTION IS IN OUR LIBRARY UNDER POPULATION HISTORY AND PROJECTIONS. 
          AND I'VE ALSO LINKED TO THE STORY MAP COLLECTION IN THE PRESENTATION SLIDES. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, REMARKS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE REMAINING TIME. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP. 
          I, UM, DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW, SO I'M GONNA TURN TO COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FORECAST METHODOLOGY. 
          I THINK OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THOSE PROJECT CONNECT NUMBERS, BUT, UH, MORE BROADLY HOW YOU'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE ZONING CHANGES THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE. 
          SO JUST USING THE, THE PROJECT CONNECT AS AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT? WE HAVE THIS, UH, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM ACROSS THE, THE CORRIDOR. 
          ARE THOSE FORECASTS BASED ON THE ADDED ZONED CAPACITY WE HAVE NOW BECAUSE WE CAN INCREASE HEIGHTS, BUILD MORE UNITS? OR IS THERE AN ASSUMPTION THAT LIKE 75 OR 65% OF THAT FOR OF THAT POSSIBLE ZONED CAPACITY WILL ACTUALLY BE ACTUALIZED? YEAH, SO YOU'LL NOTICE FROM THE TIMELINE WE WRAPPED UP OUR FORECAST RIGHT BEFORE OR AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS ENDING. 
          AND SO THERE ARE, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME NEW LEGISLATION THAT WE CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR, RIGHT? SO FOR INSTANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONED AREAS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN OUR FORECAST. 
          BUT ALL OF THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, DENSITY BONUSES AND OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, UH, OTHER ORDINANCES RELATED TO INCREASED DENSITY AND GROWTH WE HAVE INCORPORATED INTO THE, THE PORT, UM, THE PROJECTIONS AND THE FORECAST. 
          IS THERE AN ASSUMPTION, LIKE, IS THE INCREASE IN POPULATION JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE IS INCREASED ZONED CAPACITY THERE THAT WE CAN 
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BUILD MORE, OR IS THERE SOME ECONOMIC MODELING, ASSUMING THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT NEW CAPACITY WILL BE BUILT? SO THE PROJECTIONS ARE A PURELY DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD, AND SO THEY LOOK AT HISTORICAL TRENDS IN FERTILITY, IN MORTALITY, AND IN MIGRATION. 
          MIGRATION TYPICALLY IS WHAT INCLUDES SOME OF THAT, OR ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF THE ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT WE COULD SEE. 
          BUT THERE AREN'T ANY SPECIFIC ECONOMIC MODELS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. 
          AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS GETTING AN ECONOMIST COMING ON BOARD PRETTY SOON. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TEAM HOPES TO BE ABLE TO DO, ESPECIALLY AROUND EMPLOYMENT, IS TO PARTNER WITH THAT ECONOMIST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, JOBS AND OTHER KINDS OF MODELS THAT WE COULD USE TO PRODUCE THOSE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS. 
          BECAUSE OUR EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS WERE REALLY BASED ON AN EMPLOYMENT TO POPULATION RATIO. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY HEAVILY LEANING INTO THAT DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD OF PROJECTIONS. 
          AND THEN THE INDIVIDUALIZED FORECASTS OR THE SMALL AREA FORECASTS THEN DO TAKE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PLANNED AND, AND CURRENT PLANNING AND LONG RANGE PLANS INTO ACCOUNT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, KNOWN PLANS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THE ALLOCATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE. 
          BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE CONTROLLED TO THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER BECCA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. 
          UM, SO MAYBE YOU JUST ANSWERED IT, BUT MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE IF THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION OF HOW REMOTE JOBS IMPACT THE EMPLOYMENT PREDICTIONS? YEAH. 
          SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DURING THE WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS, UH, INCLUDED REMOTE WORK, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED, WE PROJECTED JOBS INSTEAD OF WORKERS. 
          AND SO THAT ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT HOW MANY JOBS WERE GOING TO BE IN THE REGION, EVEN IF THOSE PEOPLE WERE COMMUTERS THAT WERE LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          NOW, WHETHER THOSE COMMUTERS ACTUALLY COME INTO WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK VERSUS ONE DAY A WEEK OR EVEN LESS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING, DURING THOSE WORKSHOPS. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THINGS LIKE WATER AND, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER SOMEBODY'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, UH, 20% YEAH. 
          IN THE OFFICE AND OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL NEEDED. 
          AND SO WE REALLY ASSUMED THAT ALL OF THOSE WORK, ALL OF THOSE JOBS WOULD BE HELD BY OFFICES THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. 
          AND SO WE'RE REALLY ASSUMING THAT THOSE WORKERS WILL BE IN THE OFFICE AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, AND THEREFORE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE NEEDED THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THOSE, UH, JOB PROJECTIONS ARE ASSUMING THAT, THAT THERE IS A PHYSICAL HUMAN PRESENT. 
          LIKE AT SOME POINT IT'S RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA, NOT JUST THEY'RE COMING TO WORK AND THEN LEAVING, RIGHT. 
          RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA OR COMMUTERS THAT ARE COMING INTO ONLY WORK. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, TOTAL POPULATION IN THE DOWNTOWN, IS THAT RESIDENTS PLUS, UH, LIKE COMMUTERS, OR IS THAT JUST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POPULATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS. 
          WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKERS, WHETHER THEY LIVE THERE OR COMMUTING. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          COMMISSIONER KAMAN, UM, I THINK I, I DON'T KNOW THIS AREA SUPER, SUPER WELL. 
          SO I HOPE I DON'T SOUND RIDICULOUS ASKING THIS, BUT DOES YOUR FORECAST, UM, MODELING AND HOW DOES IT INTERACT WITH LIKE WHAT THE STATE DEMOGRAPHER DOES AND WHAT THE POPULATION FORECASTS THAT HAPPEN AT THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION? AND ARE, IS YOUR INFORMATION SHARED ACROSS THESE GROUPS? OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT RELATIONSHIP WORK BETWEEN THE THREE PEOPLE DOING? YEAH, SO, UM, SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF PROJECTIONS. 
          UM, CAMPO ALSO HAS THEIR OWN SET OF SMALL AREA FORECASTS. 
          THE TEXAS DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER ONLY PRODUCES, UH, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, AND THEY DON'T PRODUCE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS. 
          THEY ONLY PRODUCE POPULATION PROJECTIONS, AND THEY ONLY PRODUCE THEM AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          AND SO THERE ARE NO SMALL AREA FORECAST OR PROJECTIONS COMING OUT OF THAT BODY WHEN THEY ARE PRODUCING THOSE PROJECTIONS. 
          BOTH PARTIES, UM, RELY ON, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, SPECIFICALLY THE DEMOGRAPHICS TEAM, BUT ALSO OTHER CITY STAFF TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THEIR METHODS AND THEIR FIGURES. 
          UM, ONE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR METHODOLOGY AND THOSE OUTTA THE TEXAS DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER, AS WELL AS CAMPO AND EVEN CAP COG, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY PRODUCE, UM, PROJECTIONS 
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AS WELL, IS THAT THEY TYPICALLY TEND TO RELY ON THE LAST DECENNIAL CENSUS FOR THEIR INITIAL POPULATION BASE THAT IS USED AS A LAUNCHING PAD FOR FUTURE GROWTH. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOUND THAT THE CENSUS BUREAU UNDER COUNTED OUR POPULATION IN 2030. 
          AND SO WE DID OUR OWN INTERNAL ANALYSIS TO ESTABLISH THAT 2020 BASED POPULATION. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE ARE USING AS THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH. 
          AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, EVEN IF OUR, OUR METHODS ARE SIMILAR, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE WE ARE USING A DIFFERENT BASE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT SOME GRANT WORK, UM, REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, CAMPOS, UH, PROJECTIONS ARE USED. 
          WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INPUT ON WHERE WE ARE SEEING GROWTH AND HOW MUCH GROWTH WE'RE SEEING TO BE ABLE TO CONVERGE THOSE PROJECTIONS AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          BUT WE, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM A DIFFERENT POPULATION BASE, BUT WE HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT OURS IS MORE ACCURATE THAN THEIRS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS REALLY A LOT OF GREAT DATA. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT, LIKE OUR CHOICE OF ROUTE FOR PROJECT CONNECT THROUGH THOSE MAJOR CENTERS. 
          THAT'S REALLY REASSURING. 
          DOES THIS INFORMATION, LIKE WHERE DOES THIS ALL GO IN LIKE A PROACTIVE WAY TO PRESENT? BECAUSE I COULD IMAGINE THAT THIS COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IN, UH, THE CITY AND, UH, THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, BUT ALSO WITH JUST LIKE, OUTSIDE GROUPS. 
          LIKE MOVABILITY WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE, IF THAT'S A GROUP THAT I THINK OF THAT WOULD LOVE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO DOES, DOES THIS PRESENTATION AND UH, REPORT HAVE A ROAD SHOW GOING ON TYPE OF VIBE? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? MM-HMM . 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, THAT REMINDS ME, I, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CITY STAFF THAT REVIEWED THIS WORK, WE ACTUALLY SHARED THE INITIAL DRAFT WITH A NUMBER OF EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO WE SHARED IT WITH CAP METRO, WE SHARED IT WITH, UM, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
          UM, WE SHARED IT WITH THE AUSTIN DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE RESEARCH, UH, TASK FORCE, WHICH INCLUDES FOLKS FROM, UM, FROM A OR, FROM COSTAR, FROM AT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, UM, I'M SORRY, IN PARTNERSHIP. 
          YES. 
          UH, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THERE WERE OTHER GROUPS. 
          WE SHARED IT WITH A ISD, SO WE SHARED IT, WE TRIED TO SHARE IT WITH UT, WE NEVER, UH, WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH THEM, BUT, UH, WE SHARED IT WITH A NUMBER OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS THAT THEN PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE EITHER THEY THOUGHT THERE COULD BE MORE GROWTH OR, OR, OR LESS GROWTH. 
          YOU KNOW, ANY CONCERNS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE DID SHARE IT WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, FINALIZED THE WHOLE THING, WE SHARED IT BACK OUT WITH THEM AS A FINAL PRODUCT. 
          UM, WE'VE PRESENTED TO SOME OF THOSE GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE FINAL PRODUCT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED. 
          IT IS A PUBLIC FACING, UM, YOU KNOW, COLLECTION. 
          AND SO IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A, A FEW, UH, EXTERNAL PRESENTATIONS ON IT AND, UH, A FEW INTERNAL SO THAT ALL OF THE PRACTITIONERS WITHIN THE CITY KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND READY FOR THEIR USE. 
          BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED IN A, IN A INDIVIDUAL, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COMMISSIONER CHEN. 
          HI. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO GET TO LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THAT. 
          UH, BEFORE I GET INTO MY QUESTION, I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE DATA CORRECTLY. 
          SO FROM WHAT YOU PRESENTED, IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE MOST OF THE JOB, MOST OF THE POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPECTING IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE, EAST OF I 35. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? DID YOU HEAR ME? SORRY? I SAID CORRECT. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND I THINK IN THE SLIDE WHERE YOU'RE PRESENTING JOB GROWTH, A LOT OF THAT SEEMED LOCALIZED AROUND SORT OF THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR OF AUSTIN AND NORTHWEST AUSTIN. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? TO AN EXTENT. 
          WE ALSO SAW SOME EMERGING, UH, JOB CENTERS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE COLONY PARK AREA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE DONE ANY SORT OF STUDY OR RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE EAST WEST MOBILITY IN AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE GREAT NORTHWEST CORRIDORS LIKE MOPAC I 35 AND THE NEW PROJECT CONNECT RAIL THAT'S BEING PUT IN. 
          BUT IF WE'RE EXPECTING A HUGE POPULATION BURST ON THE EAST SIDE AND MOST OF THE JOBS TO BE GROWING IN THE CENTRAL AND WEST SIDE, THEN HOW ARE WE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND FROM EAST TO WEST? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          AND IT'S NOT, UM, WE DID NOT PUT 
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TOGETHER A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? WE'RE HOPING THAT BODIES LIKE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHOSE WORK IT IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO POLICY MAKERS CAN HELP US TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NOTICED AS WELL. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE PRODUCED AS A, AS PROJECTIONS AND AS A FORECAST, UM, AREN'T NECESSARILY EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY MAY WANT TO SEE, RIGHT? AND SO WE DO SEE A LOT OF EXPANSION IN NOT VERY, NOT IN CURRENTLY NOT VERY POPULATED AREAS OR IN NEW, YOU KNOW, SORT OF EMERGING, UH, JOB CENTER AREAS. 
          BUT IF THAT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY DESIRES TO SEE, THEN THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY INTERVENTIONS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF, IF IT, IF THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE MORE GROWTH IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE CITY, RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE CONNECTING EAST AND WEST, I THINK MAKE COMPLETE SENSE. 
          BUT ALSO, IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO SORT OF DRIVE MORE OF THAT GROWTH, UM, AND MAKE IT LESS DISPERSED AND MORE COMPACT AND CONNECTED, THEN WE COULD TRY TO DO THAT RIGHT THROUGH OTHER IN, UH, MEANS AND INTERVENTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THAT HELPS A LOT. 
          COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, THIS IS MY SECOND OPPORTUNITY HEARING, VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION 'CAUSE I, I ALSO SERVE ON THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY WANNA SAY LIKE THE SECOND TIME HEARING THIS AGAIN, I'M REALLY STRUCK AGAIN BY THIS CHART WHERE YOU MADE THE DETERMINATION OF PROJECTIONS AND THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE CHOICE THAT HAS TO BE MADE ABOUT THE SCENARIO. 
          OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF US IN THIS ROOM MAY HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE 2010S IN AUSTIN, WHICH WAS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT CAN BE EXAGGERATED. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY EYE POPPING LEVEL OF CHANGE, BUT I DIDN'T FIND IT THAT DISRUPTIVE. 
          I FOUND IT ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITING, UH, AT THAT TIME. 
          SO, UH, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU THINK ABOUT CHANGE, BUT UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          THE ONE THING THAT YOU SAID, BOTH IN THAT PRESENTATION AND THIS PRESENTATION IS WHAT IF WE HAD A SCENARIO WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THEIR FORTIES WITH KIDS DECIDED TO STAY IN AUSTIN VERSUS MOVE OUT TO THE SUBURBS. 
          AND THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT RESONATES WITH ME , SO, UH, QUITE A BIT. 
          SO I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO MAKE THE PROJECTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT IN ORDER TO EVEN START THE PROCESS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND THEN THOSE DECISIONS CAN THEN SHAPE OUR PLANNING. 
          SO IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT FEEDBACK LOOP AND THINK ABOUT THE VISION FOR WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY JUST A COMMENT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND, BUT, UM, I REAL, AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE IT SEEING THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. 
          'CAUSE I, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU TAKE SOMETHING NEW FROM IT. 
          I'LL LOOK AROUND ONE MORE TIME. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR OUR PRESENTER? SEE NONE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY, THAT IS 
          [3.  Curb Management Study. Presentation by Joseph Al-Hajeri, Parking Enterprise Manager,  Austin Transportation and Public Works. ]
GONNA BRING US TO DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE CURB MANAGEMENT STUDY. 
          THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY JOSEPH AL ALGERI FROM, UH, PARKING ENTERPRISE MANAGER FROM AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UTC COMMISSIONERS CHAIR. 
          UH, I'M LEWIS LEFF. 
          I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          I'M HERE CO-PRESENTING WITH JOSEPH AJARI, WHO'S OUR PARKING ENTERPRISE MANAGER. 
          ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT ARE HERE. 
          UH, RYAN ROYAL, WHO'S BEEN A KEY CONTRIBUTOR FROM OUR PARKING ENTERPRISE AS A PROGRAM MANAGER, AS WELL AS ROBERT RAMON WITH JMT, THE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE HELPING US DEVELOP THE PLAN. 
          CURB MANAGEMENT'S AN INTERESTING LITTLE NICHE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SPACE. 
          UH, IT'S, AS YOU DIVE DEEPER INTO IT, YOU REALIZE THE COMPLEXITY THAT HAPPENS AS PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME DEMANDS FOR THE SAME SPACE, THE SAME PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, PUBLIC SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          AND WHAT WE TRIED TO DO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE COMPETING DEMANDS, UM, GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT INPUT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY AND WHAT MIGHT BE COMING IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO JOSEPH TO GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES AND WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU LEWIS. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. 
          JOSEPH HORI PARK ENTERPRISE MANAGER FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ALLOWING US TO GO THROUGH THIS AND GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE. 
          UM, SO A LITTLE, UM, AGENDA HERE. 
          JUST GO DO SOME BACKGROUND, UM, UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY ITSELF, UM, GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE MILESTONES. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE THAN WHAT WE GAVE THE PRESENTATION TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE BACK IN DECEMBER. 
          UM, WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF OUR CURB TYPOLOGIES, WHICH IS A, UH, A FRAMEWORK WHICH WE'LL GO OVER. 
          AND THEN, UM, NEXT STEPS IN TIMELINE. 
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SO, UH, QUICK BACKGROUND, UH, UH, PRELIMINARY COUNSEL REQUESTED TO LOOK AT, UM, CONDUCT A STUDY WAS BACK IN 24. 
          UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT, UM, MAY OF 25. 
          UM, AND WE HAD THE PROJECT KICKED OFF, UH, LAST YEAR, JUNE OF 2025 WITH A 12 MONTH TIMELINE. 
          UM, REALLY THE FOCUS HERE WAS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT PROVIDED CLEAR GUIDELINES AND, UH, FLEXIBLE USER-CENTRIC SOLUTIONS FOR CURB SPACE. 
          UH, THE PLAN AIMS TO ADDRESS THE DIVERSE AND OFTEN CONFLICTING DEMANDS ON CURB SPACE, AS LEWIS WAS ALLUDING TO. 
          UH, PRIORITIZING USES TO REDUCE CONFLICTS, MEET PRIMARY NEEDS AND PLAN FOR FUTURE CHANGES WITH THE GOAL HERE TO CREATE AN OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK RATHER THAN JUST A PLAN DOCUMENT. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD CONTINUE TO LIVE AND CONTINUE TO BE USED OVER TIME AS THE CITY GROWS AND THE CURB SPACE CHANGES. 
          SO, UH, GOING TO OUR SCOPE OF WORK HERE, REALLY TASK ONE, FOCUSING ON OUR LITERATURE REVIEW AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURB TYPOLOGY FRAMEWORK, WHICH I'M GONNA GET INTO IN A SECOND. 
          AND, AND LOUIS WILL GO INTO A DEEPER DIVE HERE SOON. 
          UM, INVENTORY OF OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ANALYZE UTILIZATION DATA, UM, WITH THE FOCUS OF TASKFORCE COMING OUT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE CURB MANAGEMENT PLAN DOCUMENT THAT HAS A, A RANGE OF TOOLS AND, AND A FRAMEWORK FOR US TO USE, UM, TO OPERATIONALIZE AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE CURB SPACE DEVELOP, UM, AND PRIOR, PRIOR PRIORITIES CHANGE OVER TIME FOR THOSE USES. 
          SO WHAT IS A F UH, TYPOLOGY? UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY A FRAMEWORK THAT, THAT CATEGORIZES CURBS INTO SEVERAL USE TYPES THAT HAVE DISTINCT SET OF CURB PRIORITIES. 
          UH, THEY CONSIDER LAND USE, THE STREET NETWORK, UH, THE ACTUAL STREET CHARACTERISTICS, THE RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE THE MOST IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER NEEDS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS TO IDENTIFY THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          UH, AND REALLY QUICKLY, JUST, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE FROM A CITY OF ATLANTA, CURB SPA, UH, CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT STUDY THAT KIND OF LAYS OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND, AND WE TOOK AS A BLUEPRINT FOR US TO USE AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS STUDY. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE WE ACHIEVED SO FAR, UM, WE'VE DONE, UH, LITERATURE AND A PEER CITY REVIEW, UM, WHICH REALLY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT CITY, BUT POLICIES LIKE ASS AND P, UM, THE ACT PLAN, UH, UH, TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A TX WALK, BIKE ROLL AS AS TO NAME A FEW. 
          UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT AGENCY POLICY REVIEWS, SO OF COURSE NATO, CURB APPEALS AND ITTE, UH, DOCUMENTS FOR CURB MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER GUIDES AS, AS A COUPLE THERE. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO DID SOME PEER CITY REVIEW OF RECENT, UM, CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS LIKE THE CITY OF ATLANTA, LIKE I SHOWED RECENTLY, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, BOULDER, TO NAME A FEW. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UM, DID SOME INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT. 
          UM, WE'VE TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, EX EXTERNAL, UH, STAKEHOLDERS LIKE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, CAPTAIN METRO T AND OTHERS. 
          UM, WE, UH, ALSO DID A CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT SUMMIT, WHICH WAS A REALLY AWESOME, UM, TIME FOR US TO MEET WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS AND REALLY DIG DEEPER INTO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE, UH, INTERACTING WITH THE CURB SPACE ITSELF. 
          WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM SEATTLE AND THEIR CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES. 
          UH, WE HAD INTERACTIVE POLLING AND WE HAD SOME BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE AND REALLY ASKING, YOU KNOW, CRUCIAL QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT PAIN POINTS OR FRICTIONS WITH CURB SPACE MANAGEMENT, AND WHAT CURB RELATED CONFLICTS OR CHALLENGES ARE YOU CURRENTLY SEEKING OR SEEING WHEN YOU WORK? UM, AND WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THAT. 
          UM, OF COURSE, DATA COLLECTION, WE DID EIGHT STUDY LOCATIONS, UM, BASED OFF OF DIFFERENT, OUR DIFFERENT, UH, CURB TYPOLOGIES, UM, AND DID SOME VIDEO AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER DATA COLLECTION THERE AS WELL. 
          IF WE HAD PARKING METERS, WE GOT TRANSACTIONAL DATA AND, AND OTHER STUFF. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL ANALYZING THAT AND GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DID SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, SO ONLINE INTERCEPT SURVEYS, UM, TO GET SOME, UM, CONTINUED FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE PUBLIC. 
          SO I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO LEWIS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO A COUPLE OF CAVEATS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO SOME, SOME NERDY DETAILS HERE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THIS. 
          UH, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE PRELIMINARY, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME SAY DRAFT. 
          UH, WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEFINING WHAT THESE TYPOLOGIES MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR AUSTIN, WHAT'S SPECIFIC TO AUSTIN IN OUR CONTEXT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS PLAN. 
          UH, SO THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
          I, I THINK WE REALLY VALUE THE INPUT OF THIS COMMISSION AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS, UH, DIALOGUE TODAY AS WELL AS ANY FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS THIS STARTS TO GET REFINED MORE OVER TIME. 
          UH, AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE TOO IS THAT THESE ARE REALLY INFORMED BY OTHER ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND CODES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, RIGHT? THESE ARE NOT GONNA CHANGE HOW A STREET IS DESIGNED, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UH, THAT'S REALLY ALREADY BASED ON ADOPTED POLICIES AND PLANS AND ADJACENT AND ONGOING CONCURRENT CONVERSATIONS AND, AND PROCESSES AROUND THAT. 
          SO WHAT THIS IS, IS REALLY INFORMING 
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HOW WE OPERATE AND HOW WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK TO MAKE DECISIONS AROUND THE USE OF CURB SPACE MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF A CURB TYPOLOGY IS TO HELP US MAKE DECISIONS WITH THE KIND OF A DEFENSIBLE FRAMEWORK. 
          IT'S ALSO A COMMUNICATION TOOL, BEING ABLE TO UNDER DE DESCRIBE AND ASSIGN THOSE PRIORITIES FOR THE CURB SPACE BASED ON THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND ATTRIBUTES THAT WE'VE SEEN AND, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DATA AND SOURCES AND INFORMATION THAT WE'RE USING TO DEFINE THAT. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S DRIVING MORE OF THE SHORT AND MIDTERM DECISIONS AROUND THAT AND HOW WE ALLOCATE THE CURB FOR THE VARIOUS PURPOSES THAT MIGHT BE PAID PARKING FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT MIGHT BE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING, THAT MIGHT BE LOADING AND DELIVERY ZONES OR VALET ZONES. 
          THOSE THINGS MIGHT CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY AND WHAT THE DEMANDS LOOK LIKE, MIGHT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BASED ON MODAL PRIORITIES FROM THOSE ADOPTED PLANS THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT. 
          UH, ACCESSIBILITY AND, AND A DA SPACES. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPETING KIND OF DEMANDS FOR THAT SPACE, AS WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED A FEW TIMES. 
          AND THIS IS A FRAMEWORK TO HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OVER TIME, REALLY LOOKING AT AND INFORMED BY LAND USES ACTIVITY AT THE CURB AND MODAL PRIORITIES THAT ARE ALREADY ADOPTED THERE. 
          SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UH, THE FIRST FEW DRAFT CURB TYPES, DOWNTOWN, STATE OR PRIVATE ENTERTAINMENT OR DINING, REALLY, IF YOU WOULD, UH, THESE ARE KIND OF DRIVEN BY THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE SEE. 
          AND THESE ARE SPECIFIC, WE'LL START WITH DOWNTOWN, REALLY CHARACTERIZE BY THE DENSITY THAT WE KNOW OF DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? UH, DENSE OFFICE, RETAIL, A LOT OF MIXED USE, UM, UH, BUILDINGS AND LAND USE THERE. 
          IT ALSO HAS KIND OF TIGHT RIGHT OF WAY SPACE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, 80 FEET THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE ALL THAT MOBILITY, THE TRANSIT, MOBILITY, BIKING, PEDESTRIAN GOALS THAT WE'VE GOT. 
          UH, UNDERSTANDING THERE'S STILL A DEMAND FOR SERVICES TO BE DELIVERED AT THE CURB. 
          UH, ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES OF THAT DOWNTOWN, LIKE A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT ON FOURTH STREET OR OR SECOND STREET DISTRICT. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE COMPETING DEMANDS BY TIME OF DAY CHANGE OVER TIME AS WELL. 
          AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT STATE OR PRIVATE USE, UH, REALLY THE UNIVERSITIES AND UM, AND SOME OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE GROVE OR, OR SOUTH LAMAR, KIND OF ALAMO DEVELOPMENT. 
          THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN KIND OF PRIVATE STREET NETWORKS, BUT ALL OF THAT STILL HAS AN IMPACT IN SOME OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE ADJACENT SIDE STREETS REALLY BEING A, A COMPONENT HERE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 
          EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS THERE, THERE'S STILL AN IMPACT TO THE ADJACENT PUBLIC SPACE THAT'S THERE AS WELL. 
          UM, THINKING ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SPECIALIZED, TIME DEPENDENT CURB NEEDS, IT MIGHT CHANGE BY THE TIME OF DAY OR DAY OF THE WEEK. 
          YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT MAJOR EVENT VENUES, UH, NIGHTLIFE DISTRICTS, CULTURAL DESTINATIONS WHERE THOSE DYNAMIC CURB ALLOCATIONS MIGHT NEED TO ADAPT TO SOME OF THOSE HIGH VOLUME PERIODS. 
          THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS THAT SERVE THOSE KIND OF LARGER CROWDS AND, AND WHERE THOSE, UH, EVENT LOAD IN AND RIDE SHARE SURGES, MICRO MOBILITY STAGING MIGHT HAPPEN, EXTENDED EVENING HOURS MIGHT HAPPEN. 
          SO THE RED RIVERS, THE RAINY STREETS, WEST SIX, EAST SIX, MAYBE EVEN MAINOR ROAD COULD BE DEFINED IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          SO WHERE WE SEE THAT KIND OF DENSITY OF THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS, UM, IS WHAT WE SEE IN THAT CATEGORY THERE AS WE GET TO THE NEXT TWO, UH, HIGH DEMAND MOBILITY CORRIDORS AND MODERATE DEMAND. 
          THIS IS REALLY WHERE IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE, THE CRITICAL HIGH VOLUME ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND A LOT OF THOSE ROADWAYS DON'T EVEN HAVE PARKING ON THOSE ROADWAYS. 
          IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE SIDE STREETS. 
          IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE OFF STREET PARKING THAT'S ADJACENT TO THOSE. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HIGH DEMAND, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT ROUTES. 
          UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE FUTURE TRANSIT LANES MIGHT BE BASED ON PROJECT CONNECT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN THE EARLIER PRESENTATION. 
          UH, LIMITED OFF STREET PARKING INCREASES THAT RELIANCE ON THE CURB FOR LOADING OR FREIGHT OR TRANSIT OPERATIONS. 
          AND IT'S USUALLY KIND OF A SHORT DURATION STAY FOR SOME OF THOSE USES. 
          SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT AND AND RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR MAJOR ARTERIALS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON NORTH OR SOUTH LAMAR, LOOKING AT ML CABLE OF OUR MAYBE SOME SECTIONS OF, OF RIVERSIDE OR GUADALUPE. 
          SO THE MODERATE DEMAND IS, IS A SIMILAR CATEGORY, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS INTENSIVE. 
          UH, THE VOLUMES MIGHT NOT BE AS STRONG, BUT IT STILL MIGHT REFLECT SOME OF OUR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BIKE NETWORK. 
          UH, IT'S GOT STEADY TRANSIT ACTIVITY, BUT MAYBE IT RELIES A LITTLE BIT LESS ON THE CURB FOR SERVICE ACCESS BECAUSE IT'S GOT SOME GREATER DENSITY OF THAT OFF STREET PARKING. 
          SO, UH, THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE 38TH STREET OR INFIELD, UH, ANDERSON LANE WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES AND, AND BUILDINGS THAT HAVE OFF STREET PARKING THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AS OPPOSED TO ON STREET HAVING THAT DEMAND BE THERE. 
          THEN THE LAST FEW CATEGORIES REALLY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC TO THE LAND USE, UH, DRIVEN TYPES AND, AND THINKING ABOUT THE, HOW WE ALLOCATE THAT SPACE, BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE A PARKS OR OPEN SPACE THAT HAS ITS OWN KIND OF, UH, NETWORK WITHIN THE PARK ITSELF, BUT WE'VE GOT LOCATIONS LIKE SOMEWHERE NEAR PEACE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, OR SOMETHING NEAR ZILKER WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME ROADWAYS THAT STILL HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR SOME OF THAT DEMAND THAT HAPPENS PARTICULARLY DURING EVENTS AT 
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SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD AVENUES WOULD BE MORE OF A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES, THINKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'VE GOT HOUSES AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE CORNER WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME RESTAURANTS AND SOME DESTINATIONS LIKE CAFES OR, UM, CORNER STORES, YOU KNOW, DRY CLEANING, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS MIGHT BE, UH, SOME MIXES OF THE KIND OF RESIDENTIAL USES, BUT TYPICALLY SINGLE FAMILY OR MAYBE LOW RISE RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND SO THAT BLENDING OF THE HOUSING AND THE, AND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS, THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE, UM, 43RD AND AVENUE H AND THAT DUVAL CENTER THINKING ABOUT, UH, NORTH LOOP WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE YOU'VE GOT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GET DEFINED BY SOME OF THAT BUSINESS AREA NEARBY. 
          AND THE LAST CATEGORY IS LOCAL STREETS. 
          YOU KNOW, TYPICAL AUSTIN RESIDENTIAL, KIND OF VERY LOW VOLUMES, MOSTLY JUST PEOPLE COMING TO AND FROM THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. 
          UH, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ON THE CORNER AS WELL, BUT EVEN WITH THOSE STREETS, WE'VE GOTTA THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE DEMANDS MIGHT BE BECAUSE YOU STILL GOT THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU'VE GOTTA ACCOMMODATE PLUMBERS OR ELECTRICIANS OR PEOPLE DOING SOME HOUSE RENOVATIONS, UH, SMALL DELIVERIES, YOU KNOW, STILL GET YOUR AMAZON AND UPS DELIVERIES, YOU STILL GOT VISITORS THERE. 
          YOU MIGHT HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES THAT HAVE A HIGH DEMAND A CERTAIN TIME. 
          SO EVEN ON THOSE LOCAL STREETS, WE'VE STILL GOT SOME COMPETING, COMPETING DEMANDS DEPENDING ON, UH, HOW DENSE THAT RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS ON THAT STREET. 
          SO AS YOU NOTICE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT LIMITED, WHICH IS TOUGH TO SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU DEFINE A WHOLE CITY WITH JUST EIGHT CATEGORIES? WELL, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE OVERLAPPING TYPOLOGIES, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE, THE PRIMARY TYPOLOGY, IF YOU WILL, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A MIX OF EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A STREET, KIND OF THE MAPPING EXERCISE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, TRYING TO USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES INCLUDING CAP METRO RIDERSHIP, INCLUDING PARKING TRANSACTION DATA, SOUND PERMIT DATA, UH, STREETLIGHT AND REPLICAS, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LARGE DATA SOURCES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT, UM, UH, ACTIVITY BEYOND JUST VEHICULAR TRAVEL, TABC, ALCOHOL SALES DATA. 
          UH, ZONING IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, EVEN ON ONE, YOU KNOW, THREE BLOCK AREA OF ONE STREET, YOU MIGHT HAVE A MIX OF ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATIONS, DINING DESTINATIONS, BUT REALLY SOME NEIGHBORHOOD AVENUE KIND OF FEEL BASED ON HOW THOSE TYPOLOGIES ARE, ARE DEFINED. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE, AGAIN, IN THE EARLY STAGES WE'RE, UM, GONNA BE HAVING TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STATING HERE IS THAT EVEN AS THESE GET FINALIZED, THESE ARE NOT GOING TO IMMEDIATELY CHANGE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE ROADWAYS, RIGHT? THESE ARE A STARTING POINT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE, THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES, THE LAND USE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE DATA. 
          ANYTIME THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GO OUT AND DO SOME DIFFERENT CURB REGULATIONS, WE'D BE GOING TO THAT AREA, ENGAGING WITH THE AREA, UH, MAKE  MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON. 
          IS THAT YOU? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          , EXCUSE ME, . 
          I HAD A FUN RINGTONE FOR THOSE, UH, WATCHING AT HOME. 
           LITTLE SOUNDTRACK TO THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO BEFORE ANY, UH, CHANGES MADE ON THE GROUND, OBVIOUSLY WE'D GO AND ENGAGE, WE'D BE DOING ADDITIONAL DATA COLLECTION SPECIFIC TO THAT STREET TO UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID TO INFORM THE TYPOLOGIES WITH, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT LOCATIONS AND SEEING THROUGH VIDEO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW MANY DROP OFFS ARE HAPPENING, HOW MANY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DROP-OFFS ARE HAPPENING, HOW MANY, UH, GROCERY DELIVERY TRUCKS THAT ARE KIND OF BLOCKING A TRAVEL LANE ARE HAPPENING. 
          WHAT, WHAT DOES IT REALLY LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SPECIFICALLY? BUT THIS GIVES US THAT FRAMEWORK, THIS GIVES US THAT STARTING POINT TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IT IS. 
          AND OVER TIME THIS MIGHT CHANGE, RIGHT? IF SIX MORE VENUES POP UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, WE MIGHT NOW HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT INSTEAD OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AVENUE. 
          SO THAT'LL CHANGE THINGS OVER TIME TOO. 
          SO REALLY, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S ADAPTABLE, FLEXIBLE, GIVES US THE CHANCE TO HAVE A STARTING POINT AND THEN ADAPT IT FROM THERE WITH ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          UH, THAT WAS TO CHANGE MY CAT'S LITTER BOX. 
          UM, . 
          ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. 
          UM, REALLY, SO WE, WE WE'RE GONNA REVIEW OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, UM, AND THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A PUBLIC SURVEY THAT CLOSED, UM, YESTERDAY, UM, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT. 
          NOW THAT, JUST TO ADD SOME CONTEXT TO THAT, THAT THAT SURVEY WAS ORIGINALLY EXTENDED. 
          IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END JANUARY 16TH. 
          WE HAD SOME ISSUES THERE. 
          WE EXTENDED IT TO JAN JANUARY 26TH, AND THEN FINALLY  ONE LAST EXTENSION TO YESTERDAY. 
          UH, WE HAD 527 PARTICIPANTS SO FAR. 
          SO WE'LL START GOING THROUGH THAT, UM, AND REALLY HELP US GET SOME, UM, GOOD FEEDBACK ON, ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT, RIGHT? AND, AND FINALIZING THESE EXISTING CONDITION ANALYSIS AS WELL, WE'LL ALL JUST KIND OF COME TOGETHER, INCLUDING WHAT WE GET FEEDBACK HERE TODAY TO REFINING THOSE 
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TYPOLOGIES, WHICH WE LOOK TO DO HERE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, MARCH TIMEFRAME. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL DO INITIAL DRAFT PLAN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BE DONE HERE APRIL, MAY, AND WITH THE FINAL DRAFT HERE IN JUNE. 
          AND FROM THAT, WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I AM GONNA ASK, SO YOU POINTED TO THIS VERY CLEARLY, BUT IT CAN BE A LITTLE MIND BOGGLING SOMETIMES HOW EVERYTHING FITS TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT SORT OF DICTATES HOW WE BUILD THE STREET BASED ON, IS IT LEVELS OF STREET? IS THAT THE RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THE LEVELS, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? YES. 
          ASS AND P LEVELS. 
          UM, YES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PLANNING WHERE WE'RE REDOING STREETS AND MAYBE WE'RE GONNA REMOVE SOME CURB CUTS, OR WE'RE GONNA BUILD A SHARED USE PATH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THIS, THE CURB STUDY. 
          AND SO ALL OF THOSE FIT TOGETHER. 
          AND, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, LIKE, MY FEAR IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY LAGGING BEHIND WHAT'S ON THE GROUND WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE ON STREETS. 
          SO LIKE, WE KNOW PLACES LIKE SOUTH LAMAR COMES TO MIND, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE A LOT OF THAT, AND NOW IT'S STARTING MORE ON NORTH BURNETT, WHERE A LOT OF THAT HAS FLIPPED TO MORE DENSE TYPE OF HOUSING. 
          UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, NOW FOR BLOCKS AT A TIME YOU'LL BE PASSING MORE LIKE VMT, UH, VERTICAL, UH, MIXED USE, V-M-U-V-M-T-V-M-U, TOO MANY VMS , UM, VMU VERTICAL MIXED USE TYPE OF BUILDINGS. 
          UM, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THEN YOU HIT SOMETHING THAT HASN'T REDEVELOPED. 
          AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHERE I'M GETTING AT THERE IS THAT LIKE, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE SOUTH LAMAR OR BURNETT, THOSE ARE PLACES WHERE WE KIND OF THINK OF THOSE AS PROBABLY LIKE HIGH ACTIVITY MOBILITY CORRIDORS THAT ARE PRETTY BUSY AND THEY'RE MOSTLY FOR MOVING THROUGH. 
          BUT I JUST, I JUST FEEL THAT LIKE, OVERALL, AND NOT EVEN GETTING INTO ALL THE SIDE STREETS THAT MIGHT COME OFF BURNETT ROAD OR SOUTH LAMAR JUST PICKING ON THOSE TWO STREETS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I I, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE ON THE GROUND MORE IMMEDIATELY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE WAY WE'RE MANAGING THE CURB? THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PROCESS FOR US TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, CONDITION WHERE WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          BUT LET'S BE, BE REAL. 
          LIKE PARKING IS AT THE CORE OF ALL OF THIS, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE SEE IS THOUGH, THAT'S WHERE THE LIVE EXPERIENCE HAPPENS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE SEE RPP, WE SEE COMMERCIAL LOADING ISSUES, UM, ALL THOSE ARE INTERSECTING, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION POINT. 
          SO WE CAN START SOMEWHERE, UM, THAT WILL BE EVER EVOLVING. 
          SO ONE TYPOLOGY OR OVERLAPPING TYPOLOGIES FOR ONE CORRIDOR MIGHT BE THAT FIRST CONVERSATION POINT, BUT IT CREATES THE CONDUIT FOR THE FUTURE FOR US TO NOT ONLY SPEAK TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AS A LIVING EXPERIENCE ON THE STREET ITSELF, BUT AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AS OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE WORKING IN THE AREA THAT ARE PLANNING FOR FUTURE GROWTH TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TAP INTO THAT, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS. 
          IT'S NOT A PLAN JUST TO SIT THERE, BUT IT IS REALLY AN OPERATIONAL DOCUMENT SO THAT WE CAN DIVE DEEPER INTO THOSE, THOSE CHANGES. 
          SO LIKE, ONE CORRIDOR MIGHT HAVE A TYPOLOGY THAT WE START TO SEE IT'S WORKING GREAT. 
          THE DATA'S SHOWING THAT VIDEO DATA, TRANSACTIONAL DATA, OTHER DATA POINTS. 
          WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW WE START TO SEE, YOU KNOW, GROWTH IN THAT AREA. 
          WE SEE SOME CONCERNS AND, AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE COMPETING INTERESTS. 
          NOW WE CAN START MAKING ADDITIONAL CHANGES BY MAYBE EVOLVING THAT TYPOLOGY TO THE NEXT TYPOLOGY, RIGHT? AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE CAN REALLY PLAN AROUND THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO, TO TRY TO HAVE THAT MORE CONVERSATION POINT, UM, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I THINK I'D ADD TOO IS JUST, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TIMING ELEMENT TO THIS, RIGHT? LIKE, WE'VE GOT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE'VE GOT OUR TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA, MAN, WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS THAT DEFINE HOW DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR AND WHAT KIND OF, HOW THAT SPACE WILL BE USED ON THE PRIVATE SIDE. 
          WHAT WE MANAGE FROM THE PARKING SIDE IS THE OPERATIONS OF IT, RIGHT? HOW, HOW DOES IT ACTUALLY PLAY OUT ONCE IT'S BUILT, ONCE THE PEOPLE LIVE THERE, ONCE THE STORE OPENS, ONCE THE DELIVERY TRUCKS ARE COMING ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF THIS ITERATIVE BACK AND FORTH. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE GOT THE SHORT TERM KIND OF MEDIUM TERM ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH SIGNAGE. 
          IF WE NEED A DELIVERY ZONE ADJACENT TO THAT BUILDING, WE CAN DO THAT ON THE SIDE STREET. 
          WE CAN PUT UP A SIGN PRETTY QUICKLY HOW THEY REDEVELOP THE SITE OVER TIME. 
          THAT WILL BE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S THIS BACK AND FORTH OF HERE'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THE POLICY CHANGE WAS MADE, NO PARKING MINIMUMS IS GONNA HAPPEN, WHAT'S THE IMPACT GONNA BE ON THE STREET? AND HOPEFULLY OVER TIME WE SEE THAT KIND OF LONG-TERM IMPACT THAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH, UM, SOME OF THOSE GOALS THAT WERE SET OUT. 
          BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT'S ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN MANAGE AND OPERATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER KAMAN, UM, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE WHAT SHE WAS SAYING 
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AND JUST GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD AND WE HAVE THESE DRAFT CURB TYPES. 
          I, THEY SOUND, IT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME, UM, JUST FROM A, YOU KNOW, A CURSORY, UH, READ OF ALL THIS AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS PLAN. 
          IS THIS PLAN GONNA LOOK LIKE HAVING DIFFERENT TOOLS AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, LOOK AT A SIDE STREET OFF OF A MAJOR ACTIVITY CORRIDOR AND JUST HAVING, OH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, AND SO THIS IS THE CURB TYPE THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR A HUNDRED FEET OF THIS, WE WANNA PRICE THIS AMOUNT AND HAVE A DELIVERY ZONE AND JUST HAVE SORT OF THESE PRESET IDEAS COMING OUT OF THERE. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE POINT IS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, USING THOSE LIVED EXPERIENCES, USING WHAT WE'VE SEEN ALREADY WITH DATA, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THOSE, THOSE TYPOLOGIES AND SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE THE CURB TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE FOR THAT STREET. 
          UM, THE, THE, THE TYPOLOGY ITSELF GIVES US A STARTING POINT, AND THAT STARTING POINT THEN ALLOWS US TO PLACE THE CURB TOOLS THAT WE NEED. 
          SO IT COULD BE A MIXTURE OF LOADING ZONES OR FIVE MINUTE ZONES, OR MAYBE IT'S A VALET THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THESE LOCATIONS. 
          IT GIVES US A STARTING POINT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND INCLUDING THE SIDE STREETS LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN SOUTH CONGRESS WITH HYBRID. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE SEE THAT THE ABILITY TO, TO MORPH THOSE BASED OFF OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, USING TYPOLOGIES AS A STARTING POINT AND THEN MOVING FROM THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, IT'S, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, LIKE THAT BACK AND FORTH THAT HAPPENS WITH LBC CHANGES AND THEN THE NEED TO, OR LIKE, LIKE CHANGES TO THE SITE AND THEN HOW THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THE CURB SPACE THAT'S AROUND IT. 
          WHERE IN THAT PROCESS WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH? LIKE, IF THERE'S A MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S ON SOUTH FIRST, YOU KNOW, LIKE ELIZABETH AND MARY ARE GOING TO BE, BE, BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AND THE CURBS ARE GONNA BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY THERE. 
          SO, AND I'M JUST SORT OF PULLING THAT JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TO BE AS LIKE, WERE YOU HOPING TO BE ON THE FRONT END OF THAT SO THAT IT'S JUST LESS DISRUPTIVE IN GENERAL, THAT THE TOOLS ARE IN PLACE BEFORE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS FINISHED? YEAH, UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          AND LET ME REAL QUICK, LEWIS, I THINK ONE OF THE, THE THINGS I'VE BEEN HEARING SINCE I STARTED HERE 15 YEARS AGO IS HOW CAN PARKING BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THESE PROCESSES? AND IT'S SOMETIMES VERY HARD TO BE PROACTIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE MOVE IN SPACE AT SOME POINT, EVEN WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO PLACE WITH THE CURB TYPOLOGIES, I THINK IT GIVES US A BETTER ADVANTAGE OF THAT, RIGHT? REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND IT COULD BE A PRELIMINARY WITH STAFF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PLANS AND SEEING HOW THAT COULD CHANGE CURB SPACE, BUT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THOSE LIVE EXPERIENCE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU SAID HERE, RIGHT? AND, AND UNDERSTANDING AS WE SEE THOSE, THOSE CHAINS OCCUR, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT. 
          SO THE, ORIGINALLY, THE FIRST TYPOLOGY ALLOWS FOR THAT. 
          AS WE SEE DEVELOPMENT GROW, WE KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND WE SAY, OKAY, WHAT CHANGES CAN OCCUR? IT COULD BE THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AS A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN. 
          MAYBE IT'S WITH LOADING HAPPENING ON SITE, OR MAYBE IT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE USE OFFSITE, MAYBE CREATE A LOADING ZONE. 
          UM, OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S A HOTEL AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE, UH, TNCS OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED THERE. 
          WE CAN JUST BASED OFF OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO LEARNING AS WE GROW AND BEING, TRYING TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN, UM, USING TYPOLOGIES AND THEN MOVING AFTER THAT. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          AND JUST GETTING BACK TO THE TIMELINE, RIGHT? SO THE, THE SITE PLAN WOULD BE, UM, SUBMITTED AND THEY'D BE REVIEWED. 
          WE'VE GOT A TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP THAT WOULD SEE WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS MIGHT BE. 
          THERE'S A STREET IMPACT FEE THAT WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA NEED A NEW SIGNAL IN THAT LOCATION 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, VOLUME OR WHATEVER THAT IMPACT MIGHT BE AND WHAT THOSE MITIGATIONS MIGHT BE. 
          UH, WE ARE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN, WE CAN BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT. 
          BUT A LOT OF IT, IT REALLY DOES COME OUT TO, UH, AFTER THE FACT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN, WHEN THE BUSINESSES HAVE STARTED, OH YEAH, THERE'S THIS ONE THING THAT KEEPS HAPPENING. 
          OKAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT. 
          SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SOMETHING KIND OF, HOW CAN WE BE NIMBLE AND GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IN THE TIME? AND THAT'S, AGAIN, WHERE THIS IS AN ADAPTABLE FRAMEWORK. 
          WE CAN GO OUT THERE WITH SHORT AND MIDTERM DECISIONS. 
          AND THEN LONG TERM, IF WE SEE THAT PATTERN PLAY OUT IN MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS, WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, THIS, THIS REVIEW NEEDS TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THIS PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, I, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO HEAR, AND I THINK THAT THIS REPORT IS JUST REALLY MOVING US IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          ONE LAST THING, UM, WITH SIGNAGE AND MARKING AND EVERYTHING. 
          UM, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, THE, SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT A SIGN FOR PARKING AND IT'S THIS MUCH TEXT, IT'S LIKE NINE LIKE LAYERS OF TEXT. 
          HAVE YOU THOUGHT AT ALL ABOUT HOW, UH, YOU CAN FOR THESE DIFFERENT AREAS OR THESE DIFFERENT CURB TYPES MAYBE MAKE IT LIKE MORE IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THAT CURB OR ANY NEW COLORS THAT WE MIGHT SEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GONNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO RON ROYAL OVER THERE BECAUSE HE'S CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THIS 
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AND HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIGN DESIGNS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. 
          UM, IT CAN BE VERY COMPLICATED, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FLEX ZONING AND USE OF THE CURVE SPACE OVER TIME, YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC HOW TO USE THAT ZONE. 
          AND WE WE'RE CONSTANTLY SEEING THAT, RIGHT? WE LOOK INTO DATA, ARE WE REISSUING MORE CITATIONS FOR THAT LOCATION? IS IT UNCLEAR PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO USE IT? WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST FRAMEWORK FOR A SIGN THAT COMMUNICATES THE EASIEST TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CHANGE IN NEEDS OF CURB SPACE USE. 
          UM, SO YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION CLEARLY, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING SIGNS TO CLEARLY READ, LIKE TIME CHANGES AND THINGS AND USING COLORS. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE TO DO FOLLOW STATE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO SIGNAGE. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THAT TOO AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH THOSE GUIDELINES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER S SHEMA, THANK YOU. 
          UM, REALLY EXCITED IN THE DIRECTION YOU GUYS ARE GOING. 
          I'M SORRY YOU GUYS HAVE TO SPEND SO MANY TUESDAY NIGHTS HERE, BUT YOU GUYS, YOU JUST HAVE THE COOLEST THINGS, RIGHT? AND WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT 'EM. 
          UH, SO I THINK IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE TO HAVE KIND OF CONTEXT DEPENDENT STRATEGIES, AND I LOVE HOW ACTIONABLE THAT IS. 
          BUT, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN HERE, THIS IS WHY I WANNA ASK THE QUESTION, BUT WHEN I'M MISSING IS KIND OF AN OVERARCHING VISION, SPECIFICALLY ON PARKING OF WHAT OUR PARKING STRATEGIES ARE AND REALLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF PARKING IS, RIGHT? SOMETIMES WE USE PARKING FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, SOMETIMES WE USE IT FOR COMMERCE PER PURPOSES. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          SO HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT MORE BROADLY ABOUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF PARKING IS IN EACH ONE OF THESE TYPES AND DISTRICT DISTRICTS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOP THIS, THAT IS A PART OF THAT PROCESS, RIGHT? WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF, UH, SIDE STREETS FOR, FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND, AND THE NEED FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS BALANCING THE NEED FOR BUSINESSES THAT NEED PARKING, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE, OR HISTORICALLY, I DON'T HAVE OFFSITE PARKING, RIGHT? SO, UH, AS LEWIS WAS GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THESE AREAS AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT DOES, UM, OFF STREET PARKING LOOK LIKE IN THESE LOCATIONS? WHAT DOES ON STREET PARKING LOOK LIKE IN THESE LOCATIONS? DO WE HAVE PAID PARKING ALREADY? UM, DO WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR, UM, TURNOVER, RIGHT? PARKING ON A CURB SPACE? WE CAN LOOK AT IT TWO WAYS, RIGHT? ONE OF THEM IS WHAT IS THE USE CASE FOR IT? DOES IT NEED TO BE A TEMPORARY SHORT USE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT? UM, OR IS IT STORAGE, RIGHT? STORAGE IS PARKING, WE PARK THERE, WE STORE IT THERE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THEN THEY LEAVE. 
          UM, AND SO REALLY WE LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. 
          SO WHAT IS THESE TOOLS THAT ARE GONNA BE DEVELOPED ALONG THE WAY AS WE DO, WE DEVELOP THE, THE CURB TYPES AND THE, AND THE TYPOLOGIES TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT THE DEMAND IS, IS NEEDING, AND PARKING IS AN ELEMENT OF THAT, RIGHT? AS WELL AS MOBILITY AND HOW TO ACCESS THE AREA BASED OFF OF THOSE NEEDS. 
          UM, BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, PARKING IS, IS DEFINITELY IN THE CONVERSATION OF UNDERSTANDING HOW WE DEVELOP DEMAND TYPES OF IT, PAID PARKING OR OTHER THINGS FOR SPECIFIC AREAS. 
          AND, AND JUST TO BUILD ON THAT TOO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS A LITERATURE REVIEW, RIGHT? THE CONSULTANT TEAM READ ALL THE PLANS AND POLICIES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED AS A CITY, THE AS AND PS GOT A PARKING CHAPTER, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          BUT IT LEADS WITH SAFETY. 
          AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN, CERTAIN POLICIES AND PLANS THAT ALREADY KIND OF REFERENCE WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, FROM THE GET GO PARKING, PAID PARKING DOWNTOWN STARTED FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? YOU WANNA HAVE TURNOVER FOR SUPPORTING THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE PARKING FOR SIX HOURS AND JUST BEING THERE AND NOBODY ELSE HAS ACCESS TO THAT SPACE AND THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, GO AND, AND FREQUENT THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          THAT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME AS WE'VE EVOLVED KIND OF OUR THINKING AROUND WHAT TRANSPORTATION IS, WHAT, UM, HOW IMPORTANT SAFETY IS IN THAT AND KINDA THAT REALM OVERALL. 
          AND THEN HOW WE WANNA USE THAT PUBLIC SPACE TO THE BEST ABILITY TO ENSURE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE, WHICH MIGHT BE ACCESS TO PARKS, MIGHT BE ACCESS TO BUSINESSES, MIGHT BE ACCESS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THOSE BUSINESSES TO HAVE THE SERVICES AND GOODS DELIVERED THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. 
          SO A LOT OF IT IS ECONOMIC BASED. 
          A LOT OF IT IS, I THINK, MOBILITY GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET AND DEFINED ALREADY, AS WELL AS JUST THE OVERALL PRIORITY OF SAFETY OVERALL. 
          SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A KIND OF MIX AND MULTIPLE LAYERS WITHIN THAT, BUT I THINK WITH THE LITERATURE REVIEW, THAT'LL INFORM SOME OF THAT CURB DIRECTION IN AUSTIN THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT OVERALL PLAN AT THE END. 
          YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          I, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC THINGS IN THE PLAN AS WELL, JUST TO GUIDE CONVERSATIONS AS THEY GO FORWARD. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION OFF OF THAT IS, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR CURVE? BECAUSE I THINK OUR CODE, OUR CODES AND OUR RULES HERE CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IS, IS A MERCHANT A A STAKEHOLDER ON AN ADJACENT STREET? DOES A RENTER HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS A PROPERTY OWNER? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT ANSWERS DEPENDING ON WHAT PARKING STRATEGY OR CURB STRATEGY WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE KEY ELEMENT, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED. 
          EVEN WE HAVE, UM, AUSTIN WATER, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT INTERACTS WITH THE CURB AT SOME, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRASH COLLECTION, WE HEAR ABOUT A BUNCH ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE THE KEY UNDERSTANDING OF LIVED EXPERIENCE TO GIVE US THESE INFORMED DECISIONS ON HOW TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK, 
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RIGHT? TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WALKED STREETS AND I DID INTERCEPT SURVEYS, RIGHT? IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. 
          UM, WE WANTED TO GET ONLINE SURVEY TO GET MORE, UM, THE, THE, THE SUMMIT THAT WE DID HAD, UM, VALLEY OPERATORS AND, AND, UM, DELIVERY COMPANIES THAT, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH THE CURB AND THEY HAD SPECIFIC PEOPLE SPEAK TO THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE ON THOSE CURB SPACES, RIGHT? AND THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE AND SEE, UM, THOSE ARE REALLY THE KEY POINTS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE AND FRAME THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS USING SOME OF THE TOOLS WE HAVE THROUGH THIS, THE, THE, THIS, THIS STUDY AND TAKING THOSE ON TO CONTINUE AFTER THE STUDY. 
          AS WE DEVELOP THOSE, THE, THE FRAMEWORKS ARE PUT IN, PUT IN PLACE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO, FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDERS TO, TO, UH, EVOLVE THE CURVE SPACE AS IT GROWS. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN LAST QUESTION. 
          ARE YOU GUYS ANTICIPATING TAKING THIS FOR, TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OR IT BEING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AS SMP? NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF MORE OF A OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK. 
          UH, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH COUNCIL. 
          WE WENT TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. 
          UM, GLAD TO COME BACK HERE AGAIN, AS, AS THIS PLAN DEVELOPS AS WELL. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK THE INTENTION OF THIS IS NOT THAT IT'S A ADOPTED PLAN NECESSARILY, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY MORE OF AN INTERNAL DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO GET THAT PUBLIC INPUT, THAT STAKEHOLDER INPUT, SPECIFIC INPUT FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS LIKE Y'ALL AND, UH, AND COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE, AND THEN INFORM THAT PLAN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OVER TIME, UH, WITHIN THAT PLAN ITSELF. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK IF WE DO AN UPDATE TODAY S AND P TO REFERENCE ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE MEANTIME, IN BETWEEN THE LAST ADOPTION. 
          ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTERS? ALL RIGHT, SEE NONE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND I, I WOULD, I THINK WHEN WE GET THE FUTURE ITEMS, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO BE LOOPED IN ON ANY FUTURE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU HAVE READY FOR US. 
          SO, ALL RIGHT, 
          [4. Sixth Street Design. Presentation by Anna Martin, Assistant Director, Austin Transportation  and Public Works. ]
EVERYONE. 
          THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UM, OUR LAST DISCUSSION ITEM FOR TODAY. 
          UM, I DO HAVE ONE NOTE, IT'S THE SIXTH. 
          SO THIS IS THE SIXTH STREET DESIGN, UH, PRESENTATION BY ANNA MARTIN, WHO'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THIS ITEM IS A, A DISCUSSION ITEM. 
          IT'S IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A RELATED ACTION ITEM. 
          SO I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THIS IS GONNA BE REVIEWING AND QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION, UM, OF ABOUT SIXTH STREET DESIGN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, APPROVE A, A POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION IN THE NEXT ITEM. 
          ITEM FIVE. 
          SO THIS IS ITEM FOUR. 
          THIS IS THE DISCUSSION ITEM. 
          WE'RE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT ON FIVE YES. 
          AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON FIVE. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          I WAS THINKING I WAS COMING AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. 
          MY NAME'S ANNA MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SIXTH STREET. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          OKAY, A QUICK AGENDA. 
          I'M GONNA START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAFETY PILOT THAT'S BEEN GO ONGOING FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 
          TALK ABOUT THE PER PROCESS. 
          THAT'S THE, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT PROCESS. 
          UH, REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE PUT FORWARD, TOUCH ON THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK, UM, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN NEXT STEPS. 
          OKAY, SO I WANNA BACK UP A LITTLE BIT TO THE SIXTH STREET SAFETY PILOT. 
          THIS WAS A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL INITIATIVE, UM, STARTED BACK IN LATE 2024 WITH THE OVERALL GOALS TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 2024, SIXTH STREET WAS REOPENED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, I'M SORRY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, WHICH IS A BIG CHANGE. 
          SO FOR YEARS, A PD, UM, WAS IMPLEMENTING, UM, SAFETY CLOSURES DURING ENTERTAINMENT HOURS ON THOSE NIGHTS, A TPW. 
          SO TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS SUPPORTED THE SAFETY PILOT BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A TEMPORARY STREET REDESIGN THAT WIDENED THE PEDESTRIAN AREAS BY REPURPOSING A TRAVEL LANE AND REPURPOSING A PARKING LANE, UM, TO INCREASE THAT PEDESTRIAN SPACE. 
          WE HAVE ITERATED ON THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. 
          WE STARTED WITH TEMPORARY FENCING THAT QUICKLY DETERIORATED WITH THE CROWD. 
          UH, THE CROWDS THERE, UH, MOVED TO WATER BARRICADES, WHICH WERE A VERY TEMPORARY MEASURE. 
          AND FINALLY, OVER THE SUMMER, PUTTING THESE CONCRETE BARRICADES, THE CONCRETE BARRICADES ARE INTENDED TO STAY IN PLACE FOR THE MIDTERM, SO IT COULD BE TWO OR THREE YEARS UNTIL WE HAVE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT THE LONG-TERM PLAN. 
          UH, WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE KIND OF COME ALONGSIDE WITH US. 
          UM, THEY COMMISSIONED A LOCAL ARTIST TO PAINT THE BARRICADES, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE 
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RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE, UM, OF THOSE BARRICADES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. 
          SO A PD HAS ROUTINELY BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE STREET OPEN ON WEEKEND, UM, NIGHTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SATURDAY NIGHTS. 
          AND AROUND MIDNIGHT. 
          THE PEDESTRIAN LOADS JUST GET TOO HEAVY AND EXTEND, KIND OF SPILL BEYOND THE BARRICADES. 
          SO THEY'VE JUST, FOR SAFETY, THEY'VE BEEN CLOSING THE STREET LATE ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, AS WELL AS ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, NEW YEAR'S EVE, HALLOWEEN GAME DAYS. 
          UM, FROM THE TPW SIDE, WE'VE BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND CRASH DATA. 
          UM, THIS WAS A BIG CHANGE IN THE CROSS SECTION, REDUCING A TRAVEL LANE, TAKING AWAY A PARKING LANE. 
          WE'VE ONLY SEEN ABOUT A 30%, 32ND INCREASE IN TRAVEL TIME AND PEAK HOURS, WHICH WAS, IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH ALL OTHER DOWNTOWN STREETS, WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT IN MORNING OR AFTERNOON, RUSH HOUR IN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE'VE HAD NO REPORTED BIKE OR PEDESTRIAN CRASHES OR ANY INJURY CRASHES DURING ENTERTAINMENT HOURS WHEN THE STREET IS NOW OPEN COMPARED TO WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. 
          IT'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY STILL TOO SHORT OF A TIME TO HAVE ANY SORT OF LONG-TERM CONCLUSIONS, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY PROMISING. 
          SO, BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE SAFETY PILOT, WE STARTED A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY TO PLAN FOR LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO SIXTH STREET. 
          SO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS THE PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, AND DEFINE FUTURE ELEMENTS OF THE STREET. 
          UM, AUSTIN'S HISTORIC SIXTH STREET IS ONE OF AUSTIN'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE STREETS. 
          THIS NINE BLOCK AREA WEST OF I 35 IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AND IS ONE OF OUR CITY'S KIND OF PREEMINENT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS HOME TO A NUMBER OF BORROWERS, CLUBS, AND VENUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR MUSIC AND CULTURE SCENE. 
          SO, BUILDING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PRESENTED IN THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH GREAT STREETS, THE CITY IDENTIFIED THREE DESIGN ALTERNATIVES, UH, FOR LONG-TERM FOR SIXTH STREET. 
          EACH ALTERNATIVE TREATS, UM, BIKE, SCOOTER LANES, P SPACE, CURB ACCESS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT ALL THE OPTIONS KEEP SIXTH STREET ONE WAY WESTBOUND FOR VEHICLES. 
          UM, COMMONALITIES, UH, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SIDE, BUT THERE'S SOME COMMONALITIES AMONGST ALL THREE ALTERNATIVES THAT I'LL WALK THROUGH. 
          AS I MENTIONED, ALL THE ALTERNATIVES KEEP, UM, SIXTH STREET ONE WAY, WESTBOUND WITH TWO VEHICULAR LANES. 
          ALL THE OPTIONS, UM, INTRODUCE, UH, SHADE TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. 
          THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BALLERS IN BETWEEN THE SHADE TREES, UH, TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS LINE OF PROTECTION, UM, FOR OUR DENSE PEDESTRIAN AREA. 
          AND ALL THE ALTERNATIVES INCLUDE CURBSIDE ACCESS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS DENSE, UH, AREA OF STOREFRONTS. 
          UM, SO NOW I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALTERNATIVE ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND HOW THEY DIFFER. 
          SO ON THE SCREEN IS ALTERNATIVE ONE. 
          UM, AGAIN, TWO WESTBOUND VEHICULAR LANES. 
          WE HAVE, UM, SCOOTER OR BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, SO EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND. 
          UM, CURB ACCESS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY CURB INSETS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, AND THAT COULD BE USED FOR VALET DROP OFF PICKUP ZONES, DELIVERIES, AND THE USE OF THAT. 
          UM, KIND OF SPEAKING TO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT JO, WHAT JOSEPH AND LEWIS TALKED ABOUT COULD VARY BLOCK TO BLOCK. 
          IT COULD ALSO VARY BY TIME OF DAY. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THAT FLEXIBLE BEHIND THE CURB SPACE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A RETAIL DISTRICT. 
          UM, THERE'S 14 FEET AVAILABLE ALONG THE NORTH CURB WHERE THERE'S THE CURB INSETS 22 FEET AVAILABLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE THE CURB INSETS ARE PRESENT ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          THERE'S NOT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUOUS LINE OF STREET TREES. 
          THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE. 
          UH, MOVING TO ALTERNATIVE TWO, UM, VERY, UH, SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS. 
          AGAIN, TWO WESTBOUND VEHICLE LANES. 
          WE HAVE A WESTBOUND SCOOTER BIKE LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          A CURB ACCESS LANE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AGAIN, COULD BE USED FOR VALET LOADING. 
          OTHER USES, UM, THIS OPENS UP A BIT MORE SPACE FOR THAT PEDESTRIAN ZONE AND RETAIL ZONE. 
          UM, A LITTLE OVER 20 FEET AVAILABLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, AND 22 AND A HALF FEET AVAILABLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          AGAIN, BOLLARDS, UM, WOULD BE PLACED BETWEEN TREES FOR THAT CONTINUOUS LINE OF PROTECTION. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          UM, THIS ALTERNATIVE, UM, PROVIDES THE WIDEST PEDESTRIAN REALM OF THE THREE OPTIONS. 
          UM, AND IT'S MOST SIMILAR TO THE PILOT THAT WE ARE, 
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UM, USING TEMPORARY MATERIALS RIGHT NOW TO TEST OUT. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE A CURB ACCESS LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          AGAIN, FOR A VARIETY OF USES. 
          WE'D HAVE 25 FEET AVAILABLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET OUTSIDE OF THE CURB ACCESS LANE FOR SIDEWALKS AND FURNISHING ZONES. 
          AND THAT COULD BE USED FOR BENCHES, UH, CAFES, QUEUING ZONES, OR ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK WIDTH. 
          AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER TWO, BOERS ARE POSSIBLE AND NEW STREET TREES ARE POSSIBLE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, ALTERNATIVE THREE HAS THE WIDEST PEDESTRIAN REALM. 
          IT'S ALSO THE CLOSEST ALTERNATIVE WE HAVE TO WHAT WE'RE TESTING IN THIS STREET RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WE COLLECTED FEEDBACK IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          UM, WE HAD TWO WORK SESSIONS WHERE WE BROUGHT TOGETHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, THAT OWN PROPERTY OR, OR OPERATE A BUSINESS ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UM, SO WE WORKED WITH THEM AND TOGETHER WITH THE EAST SIXTH STREET PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO LAUNCHED A PUBLIC SURVEY, UM, IN THE FALL, SEEKING FEEDBACK ON THREE ALTERNATIVES. 
          THERE WERE SOME, DEFINITELY SOME COMMON THEMES WE HEARD THROUGH THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK. 
          THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE FOR A SAFER, MORE PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED SIXTH STREET WITH EXPANDED SIDEWALKS, TREES, AND JUST ROBUST SUPPORT OVERALL FOR SUPPORTING THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND EVENTS. 
          THERE IS A TENSION BETWEEN REDUCING CAR LANES, UM, INCORPORATION OF BIKE LANES OR NOT, UM, AND MAINTAINING, UM, DELIVERY AND PARKING LOADING ZONE NEEDS. 
          UM, WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME THEMES ABOUT MAXIMIZING THE PEDESTRIAN SPACE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAD SOME FOLKS, UM, APTLY SAY THAT, UM, DON'T DO ANYTHING, JUST CLEAN IT UP RIGHT NOW AND LEAVE US ALONE . 
          SO WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL, THAT, UM, UNLESS WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE UNDERLYING ISSUES OF DOWNTOWN, THAT YOU COULD INVEST ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD AND PEOPLE STILL WOULDN'T WANNA GO THERE. 
          SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A THEME WE HEARD FROM THE SURVEY AS WELL AS FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESS SLASH PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          SO, GETTING TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, SOME OF THE KEY DATA POINTS THAT WE CONSIDERED WAS THAT SIXTH STREET HAS, THE EAST SIXTH STREET IN PARTICULAR HAS THE HIGHEST PEDESTRIAN DENSITY IN DOWNTOWN. 
          IT ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF BUSINESSES, UM, STOREFRONTS IN THIS ZONE. 
          SO FOR COMPARISON, THERE'S TWICE AS MANY STOREFRONTS ON EAST SIXTH STREET. 
          THEN ON SECOND STREET, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR OTHER DENSE SORT OF RETAIL, UM, STREETS, UH, JUST DOWN THE WAY WE HAVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED RATHER THAN REDEVELOPED, WHICH LIMITS OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF HARNESS THAT DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, WE HAD A PILOT PROJECT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER A DIVERSE SET OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMS, UM, ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, AS WELL AS BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE ON THE BEST, UM, USE OF, YOU KNOW, STREET SPACE. 
          UM, AND WE, AND THERE WAS ALSO A RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE A DENSE URBAN GRID WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT MODAL FOCUSES FOR DIFFERENT STREETS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF A COLLECTION OF THE DATA POINTS THAT WE CONSIDERED. 
          SO AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE FACTORS, CITY STAFF RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE THREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN. 
          THIS ALTERNATIVE PROVIDES THE WIDEST PEDESTRIAN ZONES, TWO WESTBOUND TRAVEL LANES, AND A FLEXIBLE CURB LANE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET FOR LOADING AND DELIVERIES WIDE. 
          AND UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS ARE ESSENTIAL ON SIX STREETS, HIGH DENSITY AREA FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND STOREFRONTS. 
          AND SO THESE GENEROUS PEDESTRIAN ZONES SUPPORT A VISION FOR A PED FOCUS DISTRICT THAT SERVES AS A DESTINATION FOR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN DAY AND NIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEY ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE SEE, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE PEAK NIGHTTIME HOURS. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST TO SUM UP HERE, THE, AGAIN, ALTERNATIVE THREE, UH, 25 FOOT BACK IS, UH, CURB SPACE, UM, WHICH IS FAIRLY CLOSE. 
          IF YOU THINK ABOUT COMP, I LIKE COMPARISONS, RIGHT? SO SECOND STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET HAS 32 FEET BACK OF CURB. 
          THE SOUTH SIDE HAS 19 FEET BACK A CURB. 
          YOU NOTICE THAT THE RETAIL USES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          SO AGAIN, WITH THE AMOUNT OF STOREFRONTS THAT WE HAVE ON SIXTH STREET, MAXIMIZING THAT SPACE WAS ONE OF THE KIND OF THE CRITICAL INPUTS TO THIS DECISION. 
          UM, AGAIN, SAFETY BALLARDS, UM, HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH A PD AND WE THINK WOULD BE A NICE FEATURE, UH, TO PROTECT THIS DEN ZONE OF PEDESTRIANS DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS. 
          UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH 
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A PD AND OUR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS, UM, ON ENTERTAINMENT ZONE MANAGEMENT. 
          THAT CONTINUES NOW WE'RE MEETING MONTHLY, UM, AS THIS PILOT HAS BEEN UNFOLDING. 
          SO NEXT STEPS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO PUBLISH THE FINAL, FINAL PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT THIS WEEK THAT'LL GO ONLINE. 
          UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INITIATING, UM, THE FIRST STEPS FOR DESIGN FOR THE SIXTH STREET OPTION. 
          AND AGAIN, TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK WE HEARD FOR THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS FROM THE ACT PLAN IN GENERAL, THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR, UM, PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A, WE'RE DOING PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW FOR SEVENTH STREET. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT FIFTH STREET. 
          WE HAVE UPCOMING CHANGES PLANNED FOR FOURTH STREET. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS OR A LOT OF STUDIES GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          AND THE, THE DENSE URBAN STREET GIVES GIVES US OPPORTUNITIES TO PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT STREETS FOR DIFFERENT USES. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO RIGHT TO COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER, SO YOUR QUESTIONS GREAT. 
          UM, I'LL DO, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I THINK I'LL GO ONE AT A TIME, UH, FOR YOU. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, I, I, I, I'M VERY CURIOUS 'CAUSE THESE, THIS HAPPENS A LOT WHERE, UM, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A FLASHPOINT THING, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          CITY COUNCIL WANTS US TO RELOOK AT THIS. 
          IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 
          IT HAPPENS WITH CONGRESS, RIGHT? WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE'S FOCUSED ON THIS ONE CORRIDOR. 
          AND, AND I REALLY WANNA UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FROM TPW STANDPOINT. 
          IT'S KIND OF HOW I SEE IT. 
          YOU'VE GOT OUR A SMP PLAN, OUR BIKE PLAN THAT SAY SIXTH STREET SHOULD HAVE TWO PROTECTED BICYCLE LANES ON EITHER SIDE, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK FROM THE OPEN HOUSE, WHICH OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED A, UH, PROTECTED BIKE LANE. 
          AND THEN THAT THIRD BUCKET YOU HAD, AND I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR SURE, BUT I, I, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL REPORTED, THE ON THE GROUND STAKEHOLDERS, THE MERCHANTS WHO WANTED THAT CAFE SPACE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          SO YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES. 
          HOW IS TPW WEIGHING THOSE IN COMING TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE ACT PLAN, STRONGLY SUPPORTED ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SPACE IN DOWNTOWN ON EVERY SINGLE STREET. 
          UM, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT, EVERY SINGLE EAST, WEST STREET HAS 80 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND YOU CAN'T DO, YOU CAN'T PRIORITIZE EVERYTHING ON EVERY STREET. 
          SO IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES ON FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH AND FOURTH. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES COMING TO THIRD AND FOURTH WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND THE RELOCATION OF THE CROSSTOWN BIKEWAY. 
          UM, SO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES ON OTHER STREETS, LOOKING AT THE DENSITY OF RETAIL AND STOREFRONTS ON SIXTH STREET, THE OPPORTUNITIES, REALLY THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEASING, WHAT MAKES, UH, THE, THOSE RETAIL SPACES ATTRACTIVE, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL THOSE FACTORS THAT ARE SO CRITICAL TO OUR CITY RIGHT NOW AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S WORKED. 
          UM, SECOND STREET IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THIRD STREET. 
          BOTH ARE GREAT STREETS. 
          I LOVE BIKING ON THIRD STREET. 
          I LOVE SHOPPING ON SECOND STREET. 
          UM, AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH TOGETHER AS WELL. 
          UM, FROM THE BIKEWAY CONNECTIVITY PERSPECTIVE, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THE TEAM ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY WILL BE RELOCATED FROM THIRD STREET TO FOURTH STREET, BRINGING IT CLOSER TO SIXTH STREET. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE A GRADE SEPARATED CROSSING OF I 35. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE LAB CONTINUES EAST OF 35, SO THAT FOURTH STREET CONNECTION IS GONNA BE THE REALLY KIND OF, UM, WORLD CLASS SPINE OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          WE'RE ALSO MAKING IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE JUST STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON CONGRESS AVENUE, UPGRADING THOSE BIKE LANES TO PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 
          AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT THE POWER OF SIXTH STREET, REALLY IS THE CONNECTION ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST SIDE. 
          AND SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT SIXTH STREET FROM CONGRESS TO LAMAR AND THEN, UM, ULTIMATELY FROM LAMAR PAST MOPAC. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING BIG PICTURE, BUT TRYING TO, UM, REF REFLECT THE ACTIVITY IN THE BUSINESS AND THE RETAIL INTEREST AS WELL. 
          I KNOW I HAD ONE QUESTION, BUT I KIND OF HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, I KNOW IT'S SHOCKING. 
          UM, BUT, OKAY. 
          SO YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE BICYCLE CONNECTION, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT KIND OF A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE POINTING TO IN THIS, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PROTECTED BICYCLE FACILITY. 
          AND I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KIND OF JUST LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN MAP AND THERE'S NOT ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED MORE THAN ONE FULL EAST WEST CONTINUOUS BIKE LANE IN AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKE LANE. 
          YES, IT'S MOVING UP TO FOURTH, BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, THERE'S NO OTHER 
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STREET THAT CROSSES BOTH LAMAR AND I 35, RIGHT? SO IT WAS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS BIKE LANE FROM LAMAR TO I 35 AND ACROSS, RIGHT? GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? WHAT, WHAT KIND OF PROTECTED FACILITY ON WHAT STREETS ARE WE LOOKING AT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH EAST TO WEST ACROSS DOWNTOWN ON A BICYCLE ON THAT NORTH SECTION AS CONTINUOUSLY AS POSSIBLE? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION. 
          EVERYONE. 
          WE, I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE I 35 REBUILD. 
          THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          IT'S GONNA DRAMATICALLY CHANGE WHAT THE CONNECTIONS TO AND ACROSS I 35 LOOK LIKE. 
          THE BEST PLACE TO CROSS IS GOING TO BE AT FOURTH STREET. 
          THAT WILL BE YOUR GRADE SEPARATED, NO CONFLICT CROSSING. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE CROSSING RIGHT NOW, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT SIGNALED AND THAT'S WHERE THE BIKE PATH IS. 
          BUT WE THINK FOURTH STREET WILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT SPINE, UM, NORTH, SOUTH ON I 35, THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING CHERIES PASS. 
          THOSE CONNECTIONS WILL BE THERE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, FOURTH STREET. 
          WE'RE STUDYING SEVENTH STREET RIGHT NOW, AND WE THINK THERE'S MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITY ON FIFTH STREET AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET TO CONGRESS, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AGAIN AT FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET AS A COUPLET. 
          SO, BUT JUST AGAIN, RIGHT SEVENTH STREET, I DON'T THINK CROSSES I 35 IN THE CAPEX AT LEAST. 
          WELL, MAYBE IT GOES TO I 35. 
          I DON'T THINK IT CONTINUES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN I THINK NINTH, RIGHT? DOESN'T HAVE, IT ALSO JUST DOESN'T CONNECT TO LAMAR. 
          SO HOW, AGAIN, LIKE I HEAR JUST SO MANY PEOPLE SAY LIKE, THE REASON THEY DON'T BIKE MORE IS 'CAUSE OUR NETWORK IS PIECEMEAL RIGHT FOR THEM. 
          IF THEY WANNA GET ACROSS TOWN ON A BICYCLE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THAT FAR, THERE'S NOT A GOOD EAST WEST CONNECTION FOR THEM TO DO THAT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE STORY OF ALL OUR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN THE NORTH SIDE OF AUSTIN. 
          WE JUST HAVE POOR EAST WEST CONNECTIONS, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT LAST COUPLE OF BLOCKS CROSSING LAMAR AND CROSSING 35? BECAUSE AGAIN, I, I ASSUME TB W'S PLAN IS STILL TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE ENTRY TO DOWNTOWN ON A BICYCLE THAN FOURTH STREET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH, CERTAINLY. 
          UM, FOURTH STREET WILL BE THE MAIN ONE THAT IS THE GRAY SEPARATED CROSSING. 
          THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE I 35 REBUILD TO HAVE BETTER CROSSINGS THAN WE HAVE TODAY. 
          BUT I WOULD SEE, I WOULD SAY I 35 IS KIND OF A BIG CONNECTION POINT AS WILL CONGRESS BE. 
          AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH, YOU'RE PROBABLY ON FOURTH STREET OR, OR YOU COULD BE ANY OF THOSE NORTHERN STREETS, BUT HAVE TO KIND OF JOG OVER. 
          AND I, I GUESS THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN IS THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THIS LEADS TO. 
          BUT I'D SAY EAST OF 35, THERE'S NOT PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON SIXTH STREET EITHER. 
          NOR IS THERE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THE STREETS ARE SO SMALL. 
          WELL, I THINK THE ASS AND P DOES CALL FOR IT, BUT YEAH. 
          YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S NOT IN OUR NEAR TERM PLANS. 
          I'LL SAY THE, THE, THE, THE LAB CONTINUES TO KIND OF EXPAND TO THE EAST AND, UM, WE'RE FOCUSED ON RELOCATING THE LAB TO FOURTH STREET IN DOWNTOWN. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'LL MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          THIS IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT QUESTION AND I DON'T, MAYBE OTHERS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT I HAVEN'T. 
          SO, SO NOW ON SIXTH STREET, IT'S, IT'S PRIMARILY A NIGHTTIME ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          DURING THE DAY. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S MAYBE A COUPLE RESTAURANTS OR LIKE EVENT SPACES, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON IN THE DAY ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, LIKE THE CAFE SORT OF SUGGESTS THAT THE VENDORS, THE BUSINESSES, THE MERCHANTS, THE LANDLORDS, PROPERTY OWNERS ENVISION A COMPLETE, LIKE, STILL HAVING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT HAVING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF DISTRICT THAN WHAT IS THERE NOW. 
          IS THAT, LIKE, IS THERE AN EXPRESSED INTENT OR PLAN THERE IN TERMS OF USES WITH THE CITY OR, UH, WHAT HAVE THE VENDORS EXPRESSED? ARE THEY, I MEAN, BACK AND BACK LIKE WHEN AUSTIN WANTED TO BRAND ITSELF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, THAT WAS SIXTH STREET, RIGHT? AND LIKE, I MOVED TO AUSTIN PROBABLY ON THE VERY TAIL END OF THAT. 
          YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN BANDS WERE MAYBE STILL PLAYING A LITTLE BIT ON SIXTH STREET, BUT NOT SO MUCH AT THAT POINT, UM, THEY'D MOVED ON. 
          SO, UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF, I MEAN, IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE SECOND STREET? I MEAN SECOND STREET IS GREAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M A LITTLE, ANYWAY, I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S ACTUALLY PLANNED FOR THAT. 
          THE GOALS FOR SIXTH STREET ARE TO HAVE IT BECOME AN 18 HOUR OF THE DAY STREET. 
          AND SO MAYBE YOU SEE SOME COFFEE SHOPS, SOME RESTAURANTS OPEN FOR LUNCH, AND THEN EXTENDING THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME ENTERTAINMENT HOURS. 
          THERE IS A, A RETAIL 
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OWNER THAT HAS PURCHASED A LOT OF THE PROPERTY ON SIXTH STREET THAT'S CURRENTLY LEASING TO DIFFERENT VENDORS. 
          SO I THINK WE WILL START TO SEE DIFFERENT USES COME TO SIXTH STREET, WHICH WILL BE GREAT. 
          WE WANT THAT STREET TO BE ACTIVE AND, AND SAFE AND POPULAR DURING THE DAY AS IT IS AT NIGHT. 
          UM, ONE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT, UM, THESE, THESE ARE JUST RENDERINGS. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE JUST RENDERINGS, BUT THEY SORT OF SHOW AN ASPHALT STREET. 
          IS ARE WE GONNA STAY WITH SORT OF THE BRICKY COBBLESTONEY? WHAT ARE WE, IS THAT, IS THAT THESE ARE JUST, YEAH. 
          RE THESE ARE, THAT'S A DESIGN DETAIL WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO YET. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I RATHER ATTACHED TO THE, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS? YEAH. 
          COMMISSIONER BUFFET. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PRESENT TO US. 
          WE CLEARLY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I WISH THE CURB GUYS HADN'T LEFT. 
          I HAVE, HAS THIS, UM, DESIGN CONSIDERATION AND PROPOSAL HAD ANY OVERLAP WITH THEIR STUDY OF THE CURB USE IN THIS AREA? I'M SPECIFICALLY WONDERING ABOUT, UM, THIS PARKING LANE, LIKE WHAT, UH, PROPORTION OF IT WOULD BE LOADING AN UNLOADING ZONE VERSUS PARKING? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING AND, UM, I WOULDN'T, I WON'T SAY WE'VE COME TO AN OUTCOME YET, AND IT COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT BLOCK BY BLOCK. 
          WE'VE HEARD FROM, FROM THE RETAIL OWNER THAT'S BRINGING IN SOME, HOPEFULLY BRINGING IN SOME RESTAURANTS. 
          THERE'S A VERY STRONG DESIRE FOR SOME VALET AND THEN OTHER USES WE KNOW NEED TO LOAD DURING THE DAY. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'LL BE A BALANCE AND IT COULD CHANGE OVER TIME. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY CURRENTLY SO MUCH LOADING UP AND LOADING HAPPENS ON SIXTH STREET? NOT IN THE ALLEYWAYS, THE ALLEYS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION AND SOMETHING WE'VE EXPLORED IN DEPTH. 
          THE ALLEYS ARE NARROW, THEY'RE 20 FEET WIDE AND ALL OF THE TRASH AND RECYCLING BINS ARE LOCATED IN THE ALLEY, WHICH MAKES THEM EVEN NARROWER. 
          THERE'S ALSO GREASE TRAPS AND UTILITY BOXES AND POLES. 
          REALLY, I, I, I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE USED AS IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR KIND OF ROUTINE DAILY DELIVERIES. 
          IS IT BECAUSE THE TRUCKS WON'T FIT OR BECAUSE IT'S SO UNPLEASANT THAT NO ONE WANTS TO DRY? I DON'T THINK THE TRUCKS WOULD FIT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, UH, OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          UM, MY, THE REASON I'M ASKING, I, I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GET INTO COMMENT MODE JUST TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS. 
          UM, MY, AS A PERSON WHO IS, UH, VERY IN FAVOR OF BICYCLE LANES EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE, UM, SIXTH STREET IS SOMEWHERE THAT I WANT TO GO TO, NOT JUST GO THROUGH AND NOT HAVING A BIKE LANE THERE TO, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, DESIRE TO, TO CREATE MORE PEDESTRIAN SPACES AND THINGS LIKE CAFES AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONGREGATE AND MEET AND ENJOY THE SPACE, UM, SAFE FROM TRAFFIC. 
          UM, BUT WITHOUT BIKE LANES, THERE'S CLEARLY NOT GONNA BE ANY BIKE RACKS HERE. 
          AND SO I WOULDN'T WANNA RIDE MY BIKE TO SIXTH STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT MY BIKE WHERE I CAN SEE IT. 
          UM, AND I FEEL THAT WAY. 
          THERE ARE SOME PLACES ON SECOND STREET WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT I, I KIND OF FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT EVERYWHERE DOWNTOWN IS THAT, UM, AT LEAST COMING HERE, THERE'S A BIKE RACK RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE NO ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOUR BIKE TO BE THE WAY TO GET TO A PLACE, NOT JUST TO GET A THROUGH A PLACE. 
          UM, AND SO I FEEL THAT THIS PLAN SORT OF NEGLECTS THAT AS AN OPTION AND FURTHER PILES ONTO THE, SOME OF THE POINTS THAT COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER MADE ABOUT, UM, THE AS SMP AND TRYING TO HAVE OTHER WAYS OF TRAVELING. 
          SO MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT THERE'S JUST GONNA BE A BUNCH OF UBERS CLOGGING UP BOTH THE TRAFFIC AND THE UNLOADING ZONE SLASH PARKING ZONE. 
          UM, BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO BIKE LANE, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME FOR US TO GET OUR OTHER PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GET HERE EXCEPT BY CAR. 
          UM, SO IT'S NICE THAT THERE'S ALL THESE GREAT PLACES TO GO, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO GET THERE FROM SOME OTHER VENUE. 
          UM, UH, SO I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BE PLANNED IN LIKE, AT THE SAME TIME AS WHATEVER IS SUPPOSEDLY BEING ASSESSED ON FIFTH OR SEVENTH STREET BECAUSE AT SEVENTH STREET IS A DISASTER FOR, UH, BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIANS. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY LANES. 
          UM, SO IT SOUNDS TO ME, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, LIKE YOU JUST DESCRIBED, THAT'S LIKE A FUTURE PLANNING THING, BUT IT SEEMS SHORTSIGHTED TO NOT HAVE THOSE BE PLANNED TOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN BE SORT OF IN CONJUNCTION, I WOULD SAY SEVENTH STREET, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, SEVENTH STREET IS MAYBE MORE NEAR TERM THAN SIXTH STREET. 
          WE HAVE TO CHANGE SEVENTH STREET AHEAD OF I 35 COMING THROUGH WITH THEIR BOULEVARD DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING TO SET THAT CROSS SECTION AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH TDOT AND WHO WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          BUT THERE WILL BE A FUNDING COMMITMENT FROM TXDOT. 
          WE HAVE, WE'RE THE SEVENTH STREET IN THAT SECTION 
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WILL GO TO TWO WAY. 
          ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST CROSSING I 35 OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE WHOLE STRETCH? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE LIMITS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT IT, IT EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS, UH, TO THE WEST OF I 35. 
          IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR BIKE LANES THERE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TBD. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THERE A, A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD COMING UP FOR THAT OR NOT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'RE FAR ENOUGH ALONG YET. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THERE HAS BEEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS YES. 
          OR WE JUST GOT THE FEEDBACK ON MAIL TERMS? YES. 
          WE HAVE PUBLICS FEEDBACK ON SIXTH STREET. 
          WE'VE KIND OF CLOSED THE BOOK ON SIXTH STREET ACTIVELY. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVENTH STREET. 
          SO HOW IS SEVENTH STREET MORE IN THE NEAR TERM? WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES TO SEVENTH STREET TO ACCOMMODATE THE I 35 PROJECT, AND WE'VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO TDOT. 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR SIXTH STREET AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THIS IS A PLAN. 
          DO I SEE WE HAVE FUNDING FOR SEVENTH STREET THOUGH. 
          WE  I'LL SAY LOADED QUESTION. 
          TEXDOT HAS MADE A COMMITMENT. 
          WE, THEY, THE STREET HAS TO CHANGE FUNCTION TO SERVE THE I 35 PROJECT. 
          UM, THE CITY IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE TO MAKE IT A BETTER STREET. 
          UM, BUT IT WILL BE CHANGING AND WE'RE STUDYING THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL CONCLUDE MY QUESTIONING. 
          COMMISSIONER KAMAN, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO PRESENT. 
          UM, TWO QUESTIONS OR JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA FUNCTION BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A IMPORTANT CORRIDOR, UM, HAVE OR THE WITH VALET, HAVE YOU TALKED AT ALL WITH THE MERCHANTS ALONG SIX THREE ABOUT NOT EACH OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL VALET, BUT HAVING A VALET FOR THE BLOCK OR FOR THE TWO BLOCK PERIOD? YES. 
          AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A DISTRICT VALET THAT'S FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW. 
          I'M GONNA FORGET THE NAME OF THE CROSS STREET. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS A VALET SERVING MULTIPLE BUSINESSES ON SIXTH STREET. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, DO YOU HAVE A, UH, TARGET SPEED FOR THESE? BECAUSE, UM, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BIKING AND SCOOTERING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY MEANT FOR VEHICLES MM-HMM . 
          AND I ASSUME THAT IF WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALTERNATIVE THREE, YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT AND YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          DO YOU HAVE A TARGET SPEED? 'CAUSE WE HAVE, THESE ARE 11 FOOT WIDE LANES MM-HMM . 
          WHICH I DON'T, WE CAN, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, UH, TOPIC, BUT, UM, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ANY OF THESE MARKS OR LIKE SHARE THE, SHARE THE ROAD OR ANY OF THESE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? MM-HMM . 
          A LOT OF THAT CAN BE AFFECTED THROUGH SIGNAL TIMING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WITH A DENSE URBAN GRID, UM, AND ONE WAY STREETS. 
          AND SO EVEN WITH THE SAFETY PILOT, WE ADJUSTED SIGNAL TIMING SO THAT IN THOSE ENTERTAINMENT HOURS YOU CAN'T FLY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 
          YES. 
          WE WANT EVERYBODY MOVE SLOWLY. 
          WE ALSO INCREASE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING TIMES AT ALL OF THOSE CROSS STREETS. 
          SO THOSE CHANGES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          UM, I CAN'T NAME A TARGET WE HAVEN'T STARTED TO DESIGN YET, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE OUR TARGET SPEED WOULD BE LOWER THAN 25 PROBABLY IN THE 20 MILE AN HOUR ZONE. 
          AND WE WOULD RELY HEAVILY ON, UM, SIGNAL TIME. 
          AND YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          THERE'S ALSO BEEN DISCUSSION AND I BELIEVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM MAYBE ANOTHER, UM, ENTITY ABOUT RAISED CROSSWALKS, ELEMENTS LIKE THAT MM-HMM . 
          THAT WE ARE, WE CAN CONSIDER. 
          AND, UM, WHAT'S A RAISED CROSSWALK WHEN YOU GET TO THE, UH, END OF THE A RAISED CROSSWALK? YEAH. 
          OH, DID YOU SAY RAISED OR RAISED? RAISED. 
          RAISED. 
          RAISED, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN, INTERRUPT YOU. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PARKING ZONES, WHEN YOU GET TO THE EDGE OR THE INTERSECTION, ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE LIKE A BULB BOUT OF THAT CURB SO THAT IT IS THAT YOU NARROW THAT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND REDUCE AND LIKE, UH, REDUCE THE RADIUS FOR THE TURN? THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IN THE PILOT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE THE MM-HMM . 
          THE PARKING LANE COULD ALSO, I GUESS BE A THROUGH LANE IF YOU WERE A DRIVER. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A DESIGN DETAIL WILL LOOK AT. 
          I HOPE YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, ON THE SIXTH STREET PER. 
          UM, WHY DID Y'ALL DECIDE TO, TO END IT AT 35 AND NOT LOOK ONTO THE WEST SIDE? WE, WE WERE FOCUSED ON THIS, UM, NINE BLOCK CORRIDOR HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT'S JUST HAD A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED THAT, UM, A PD AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS. 
          SO WE TRIED TO KEEP IT FOCUSED AND HOPEFULLY THAT LEADS TO A KIND OF A FUNDABLE CONSTRUCTABLE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER BUFFET WAS SAYING AND I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT BICYCLE LANES NOT BEING 
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INCLUDED, I THINK THAT DOES DEFINITELY TAKE AWAY THE, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVE OF MANY CYCLISTS AND NOT ONLY, UH, YOU MENTIONED USING THE FOR TREE BRIDGE TO CROSS, BUT NOT JUST ACROSS THROUGH DOWNTOWN, BUT TO VISIT DOWNTOWN. 
          I DO WORK DOWNTOWN, ACCESS THAT AREA A LOT, AND THERE'S REALLY NO KIND OF WAY FOR BICYCLISTS TO EVEN ACCESS THE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE DURING LUNCHTIME OR DURING THE DAY BEFORE ENTERTAINMENT HOURS. 
          SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT FACTOR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR BUSINESSES THINKING ABOUT BICYCLE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ADDITIONAL BUSINESS. 
          I ALSO JUST QUICKLY LOOKED AT GOOGLE EARTH WHILE WE WERE, WHILE WE WERE TALKING. 
          I DO SEE SOME ALLEYWAYS THAT DO HAVE SOME PRETTY WIDE BODY TRUCKS IN THERE. 
          SO I DO QUESTION ABOUT THE UTILITY OF THOSE. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE'S SOME KIND OF RESTAURANT CAPABILITIES, BUT, UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH, LIKE HOW MUCH OF THE IMPACT OF, I KNOW YOU SAID THIS ISN'T FUNDED YET, BUT KIND OF HOW MUCH THE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, DELIVERIES BE, UH, TAKING UP THAT ROADWAY. 
          WAS IT A HUGE CONCERN OR WAS THERE STILL ALLEY USE FOR A LOT OF THEM? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. 
          JUST, JUST HOW MUCH OF A, I GUESS HOW MUCH FEEDBACK DID Y'ALL GET FROM BUSINESS OWNERS IN TERMS OF NEEDING THE STREET FOR DELIVERIES AS OPPOSED TO THE ALLEYWAYS? WE HEARD A LOT OF THAT, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY FOR Y'ALL PICKING ALTERNATIVE THREE AS YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, KIND OF WAS THERE A, WAS THERE A MATRIX OF BUSINESS OWNERS KIND OF, UH, FEEDBACK WEIGHING MORE THAN LIKE GENERAL PUBLIC? OR WAS THERE, WAS THERE A DECISION TO BE MADE ABOUT IT WAS NOT, UM, IT WAS NOT A VOTE , IT WAS NOT A POPULAR VOTE BY THE PUBLIC OR BY THE BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEEDBACK, UM, THAT WE WEIGHED VERY CAREFULLY, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, ENDED ON THE SIDE OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE DENSE PEDESTRIAN, I'M SORRY, THE DENSE PEDESTRIAN LOADS AS WELL AS THE DENSITY OF STOREFRONTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE, THE NEED, THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF, UM, BACK OF CURB SPACE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THAT POINT. 
          I THINK A LOT OF US, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM AND REQUESTS OF YOU, WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BICYCLE LANES MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOT TO, NOT TO DIMINISH WHAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS SAY, BUT I THINK JUST TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FULL PUBLIC'S, UH, INPUT ON THE PROJECT. 
          I HAVE TWO MORE, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR OTHERS. 
          YOU Y YEAH. 
          COMMISSIONER CHEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AYE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          REALLY HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO HOW TPW WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS. 
          YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, UM, AS PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE ALSO CHANGED THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS TO MM-HMM . 
          BASICALLY AS A TRAFFIC CALLING MEASURE TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLES. 
          IS THAT AN ALL DAY THING OR JUST DURING PEAK HOURS? I BELIEVE IT WAS FOCUSED ON THE PEAK HOURS. 
          I'M SORRY, I WON'T SAY PEAK HOUR, PEAK ENTERTAINMENT HOURS TO BE CLEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE BOTH THE CURRENT AND NEAR TERM USAGE OF SIXTH STREET IS REALLY INTENDED TO BE SORT OF A THOROUGHFARE DURING THE DAY AND MORE OF A DESTINATION THAT WE WANT TO ALLOCATE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIAN AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT NIGHT. 
          AND SO ONE THING THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SIXTH STREET AS SORT OF THIS CYCLIC SYSTEM THAT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN TRANSIT AND DESTINATION, WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT TO USE SOME OF THE SIDEWALK SPACE DURING THE DAY WHEN WE GET LESS PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FOR ALLOWING ADDITIONAL THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH THE DEDICATED BIKE LANE WITH THAT INCREASED SAFETY? I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT STREET. 
          THE, THE GOAL IS FOR THIS TO BE A, A BUSTLING STREET 18 HOURS OUT OF THE DAY. 
          AND SO YES, THE AM PEAK COMING INTO DOWNTOWN CHARACTERISTIC MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, BUT NOT SO MUCH THAT IT WOULD INFLUENCE THE STREET DESIGN. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TWO WESTBOUND TRAVEL LANES NO MATTER WHAT. 
          I'M, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, UM, BUT I THINK WE DO EXPECT THE STREET TO CHANGE AND BE, NOT BE AS SLEEPY, UM, AS IT IS NOW THROUGH THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON. 
          SO, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CONSIDERATION IS REALLY SINCE IN ALL OF THESE DESIGNS, THE R UM, LANE AND PARKING SPACE IS THE SAME REALLY, IT COMES DOWN TO HOW MUCH OF THE 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY IS SPENT ON PEDESTRIANIZATION VERSUS BIKE LANES. 
          AND SO IT SOUNDS 
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LIKE WHAT'S BEING PRIORITIZED HERE IS EFFECTIVELY THEN JUST ANTICIPATING A FUTURE WHERE SIXTH STREET IS NO LONGER A CYCLIC DESTINATION, BUT ONE THAT IS ACTIVE AND POPULAR AT ALL TIMES OF DAY. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. BUFFET, YOU SAID YOU HAD A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT SAID, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO, IF THE STREET, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SAFER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT AND WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED CHANGE THAT CREATING MORE SIDEWALK SPACE WILL DO? 'CAUSE IN MY MIND, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE MORE LOITERING OR OTHER THINGS IF THERE'S JUST MORE SPACE. 
          SO WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SAFETY PLAN? THE, IT'S REALLY A MULTI-DEPARTMENT INITIATIVE. 
          THERE'S NOT ONE INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAN REALLY INFLUENCE US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON ITS OWN. 
          UM, THERE IS A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL TEAM HEADED UP BY, UM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JOHN FORTUNE. 
          WE MEET MONTHLY TO DISCUSS ISSUES ON SIXTH STREET. 
          AND SO THAT'S EVERYONE FROM A-P-D-E-M-S-T-P-W, AUSTIN, RESOURCE RECOVERY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THERE'S A JUST A, A CROSS SECTION OF FOLKS THAT ARE HYPER-FOCUSED ON IMPROVING SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON SIXTH STREET. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE EVERYBODY. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE PIECE. 
          UM, BRINGING DIFFERENT USES TO THE STREET IS, IS, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE PIECE OF THIS. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN AS A DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL MISSION. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT WORKING SESSIONS WITH, UM, OWNERS AND OPERATORS. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT PROPORTION OF CURRENT OPERATORS ARE ALSO THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY ARE TENANTS OF? I, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR THE OWNERS WHO ARE NOT OPERATORS, THEY'RE LEASING OUT TO OTHER BUSINESSES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT PROPORTION, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE INFLUENCE OF ANY ONE OWNER. 
          LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S ONE OWNER THAT HAS PURCHASED A LOT OF PROPERTY, AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BILLIONAIRE BOOGEYMAN, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER STORIES ABOUT HOW THAT'S GONNA INFLUENCE THE CHANGES TO SIXTH STREET. 
          AND, UM, I LIKE THE SOUND OF CAFES, BUT IF IT'S LIKE ONE DEVELOPER WHO'S LIKE, I HAVE A, A VIEW OF THIS SCOPE OF BUSINESSES THAT SHOULD BE HERE VERSUS LIKE THE CURRENT TENANTS, UM MM-HMM . 
          LIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF, HAS, DID THAT HAVE ANY SORT OF OUTWEIGHED, UM, OR OUTSIZED, UH, IMPACT ON THIS DECISION? I'LL SAY FROM WHAT I GLEANED WORKING WITH THIS GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS THE PAST YEAR, IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE ON A LOT OF THINGS. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THEY ALL AGREE AND ALL STRONGLY SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          INTERESTING. 
          THANKS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER. 
          I THINK THIS ONE, I THINK THIS ONE SHOULD BE SHORT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION IN MY MIND. 
          SO THE IDEA OF A 16 HOUR STREET THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, AND HOW A SIDEWALK CAFE ENABLES THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT AS LONG AS THIS IS STILL AN ENTERTAINMENT CORRIDOR, RIGHT. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FREE FLOWING, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. 
          IS THE CITY GONNA REQUIRE THAT STREET FURNITURE TO BE REMOVED? 'CAUSE OTHERWISE, I COULD REALLY SEE A SCENARIO WHICH THAT, THAT STREET PATIO INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHATEVER IT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT CREATES KIND OF BOTTLENECKS AND NARROWS THE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IN A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN TIMES AT NIGHT, IT CAN GET REALLY, REALLY PACKED THERE. 
          THAT SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. 
          YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK IF YOU WERE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT USES TO BLOCK OFF, YOU KNOW, 12 FEET FOR PATIO SPACE AT EVERY PROPERTY WE WOULD SEE SORT OF CONGESTION ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          I, I, I THINK THAT THE LONG TERM HOPE IS THAT WE'LL START TO SEE A DIVERSITY OF USES THAT WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN DONE IN, IN NIGHTTIME, AND, UM, THAT THOSE CAFES CAN BE FULL OF PEOPLE OR THE BARS CAN USE IT AS SEATING, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I FEEL LIKE I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S, SO THIS IS ONE THING THAT I STRUGGLE WITH BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU WANNA DO PLANNING, WE LIVE IN THE SOCIETY WE LIVE IN, AND THERE'S GONNA BE PUBLIC INTERESTS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS AND DIFFERENT, OBVIOUSLY THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, I MEAN, I MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 2005. 
          THE SIXTH STREET THAT I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN NOW. 
          BUT I THINK THAT I SEE WHY THEY WANNA MAKE IT INTO A MORE COMPLETE PLACE THAT FEELS SAFER. 
          THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 18 HOURS A DAY. 
          AT THE SAME TIME. 
          I DO FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, EVEN JUST WHY THIS IS COMING UP NOW AT THIS MOMENT, SOMETIMES I'M LIKE WONDERING A LITTLE BIT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS NOW. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I GUESS 
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WHAT WHERE I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I, I, I STRUGGLE A LOT IN THESE PLANNING PROCESSES, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR MOST BELOVED COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, IS WHAT IS WHO, WHO, WHAT'S, WHO'S THE DRIVER. 
          AND IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE REALLY, IN SOME WAYS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD ARE MAKING ME THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY MOVING AWAY FROM THIS BEING A NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, PEOPLE COULD SIT AROUND THE TABLE ALL DAY AT THE CITY HALL AND SAY, WE WANT A NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT ON SIXTH STREET, AND IF THE PEOPLE THAT LIKE OWN THE PROPERTIES AND WANNA RUN BUSINESSES DON'T WANNA DO THAT, WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, UNLESS CITY OF AUSTIN'S GONNA GO START NIGHTCLUBS, WHICH I, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT. 
          LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT THERE'S THAT INTERCHANGE THERE. 
          BUT, UM, I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ALMOST STUFF OPERATING ON TWO LEVELS ABOUT WHAT THIS SPACE IS REALLY GOING TO BE LIKE. 
          AND, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I FIND MYSELF CONFUSED. 
          THE THING I JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO IS THAT LIKE, IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SAFELY GET TO THESE PLACES, THEN YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM WAYS TO GET THERE, WHICH SEEMS TO ME WHY YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE THE BIKES. 
          I JUST, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH ANY CONCEPT THAT SAYS WE NEED TO DRIVE REALLY, REALLY DENSE PEOPLE SOCIALIZING, ACTIVITY, EXCITEMENT, AND NOT ACCOMMODATE FOR BIKES. 
          I JUST LIKE, IT DOESN'T REALLY, I MEAN, I HEAR YOUR, THE POINTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, BUT IT STILL JUST DOESN'T QUITE ADD UP FOR ME, I HAVE TO SAY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A COMMENT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND. 
          UM, IS ANY COMMISSIONER WHO HASN'T SPOKE OR ASKED A QUESTION HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WERE THERE, UH, SORRY. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          UH, WERE THERE, WERE THERE DIRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, CRITIQUES OF THE BICYCLE LANES FROM BUSINESS OWNERS FOR ALTERNATIVE THREE? LIKE, THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT THEM. 
          I WOULD SAY WE HEARD CRITIQUES AND SUPPORT FROM ALL SIDES CRITIQUES, OF COURSE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, EVEN IN THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WE HEARD, WE LOVE BIKE LANES, BUT SIXTH STREET ISN'T THE RIGHT FIT. 
          SO AGAIN, WE HEARD MIXED FEEDBACK ALL AROUND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE MIGHT BE AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR QUESTION AND COMMENT, WHICH WOULD CONCLUDE ITEM FOUR, UNLESS I HEAR ANYTHING FROM SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY. 
          THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. IT'LL NOW TAKE US INTO 
          [5. Approve a recommendation to Council on Sixth Street Rebuild.]
ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE RELATED. 
          APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL ON THE SIXTH STREET REBUILD. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND IMMEDIATELY CALL UP OUR THREE PUBLIC COMMENT FOLKS, THANK YOU FOR WAITING WITH US, UH, OVER TWO HOURS ALREADY. 
          SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, COMING OUT HERE. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA START, UM, WITH JOSH GOLDENBERG, UH, CHAIR SUMMERS. 
          BEFORE WE, BEFORE THEY START, I JUST WANT, I SORT OF KNEW, SO I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIVE PERSON MAX. 
          COULD YOU, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE FOLKS WHO AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEAK. 
          COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT EXISTS OR, OR IF YEAH, I MIGHT LOOK AT MY STAFF MEMBER TO HELP ME. 
          THAT IS A, IN OUR AGENDAS, UM, SET BY THE CLERK. 
          AND SO, UM, IN INTEREST OF TIME, ESPECIALLY AT EVENING MEETINGS, THEY, THEY TEND TO HOLD TO THE FIVE, FIVE SPEAKERS. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, I CAME DOWN HERE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S ONE THING I CAN SAY TOO, IF, UM, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU THAT WANNA COME TO SPEAK, PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO SIGN UP, BECAUSE IF WE GET TO FIVE BEFOREHAND, I'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO CITY HALL TO FIND OUT THAT, THAT THE SPEAKER LIST IS FULL. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT FIVE TOTAL FOR THE WHOLE MEETING OR PER ITEM? 'CAUSE WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING AND NOW WE HAVE MORE. 
          YEAH, WE, WE USUALLY HOLD IT AS FIVE TOTAL. 
          I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLERK TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO BE DOING IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SOME OF THE SPEAKER RULES HAVE JUST SORT OF EVOLVED WITH DIFFERENT GUIDANCE AS WELL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          SO I, I'M NOT, I, I WILL SAY THOUGH, I THINK THE FIVE MAXIMUM ONLY APPLIES THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING. 
          I DON'T THINK WE, I THINK WE CAN LIMIT THE TIME, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS SPEAKING ON AN ACTION ITEM. 
          I GUESS CITY COUNCIL CERTAINLY COULDN'T DO THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THEY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK IN THAT OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THINGS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          I THINK UNDER TOOMA WE NEED TO ALLOW ANYONE ACTION. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE IT SAYS THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP PRIOR TO THE MEETING WE'RE BEING CALLED TO ORDER WILL BE ALLOWED A THREE MINUTE ALLOTMENT TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR GUIDING ITEMS NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S UNDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK IF YOU'RE ON AN ACTION ITEM. 
          ON AN ITEM. 
          AN ITEM, OKAY. 
          I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          UH, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY, I'M MORE IN FAVOR OF PEOPLE SPEAKING FOR SURE. 
          UM, I WOULD SAY WE'RE GONNA WANNA WA WE HAVE QUITE A BIT WAYS TO GO ON OUR AGENDA, SO LET'S ALL BE MINDFUL OF OUR TIME AS WE GO FORWARD COM. 
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THAT'S FOR US COMMISSIONERS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JOSH GOLDENBERG IS IN FRONT OF US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS JOSH GOLDENBERG AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, REPRESENTING MYSELF AS WELL AS AURA. 
          UH, AURA IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING HOUSING, ABUNDANCE, PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND SAFE STREETS FOR WALKING AND BIKING. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF BIKE LANES ON SIXTH STREET AND STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE CONVI OF THIS COMMISSION'S DRAFT RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE BIKE LANES WILL IMPROVE SAFETY, HELP BUSINESSES AND ALIGN SIXTH STREET WITH A VMT REDUCTION GOAL, VMT REDUCTION GOALS AND VISION ZERO. 
          UH, AS A PERSON WHO LOVES BIKING AS A WAY TO GET AROUND, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE BIKING ON ALL OF OUR STREETS. 
          IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE CITY MUST INVEST IN A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF PROTECTED BIKE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE RATHER THAN JUST A SCATTERING OF BIKE LANES, WHICH DON'T CONNECT AND MAKE IT HARDER TO STITCH TOGETHER FULL TRIPS USING A COMPLETELY PROTECTED ROUTE. 
          UH, THIS IS WHY THE INCLUSION OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON SIX IN THE SIXTH STREET REDESIGN IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          IT PRIORITIZES ACTIVE MOBILITY ON A HIGH PEDESTRIAN, ON, ON A, IN A HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREA, AND WOULD BE A ONE STEP TOWARDS CREATING A FUTURE CONTINUOUS CORRIDOR FROM EAST OF I 35 ALL THE WAY TO MOPAC, WHICH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE ON ANY OTHER STREET. 
          WHILE THERE IS VALID CONCERN THAT A BI BIKE LANE ON SIX IS NOT NECESSARY, BECAUSE BIKE LANES COULD GO ON NEIGHBORING STREETS, THE LACK OF A LANE ON SIX WOULDN'T PREVENT, PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BIKING OR SCOOTERING DOWN IT. 
          INSTEAD, IT WOULD ME MERELY MAKE IT MORE DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO DO. 
          WITH THE INCLUSION OF BIKE LANES, THERE WILL NOT ONLY BE SAFE, BE A SAFE AREA FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES AND SCOOTERS, BUT ALSO A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, UH, INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED ONTO THE ROAD OR SIDEWALK, SCOOTERS WILL HAVE A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO TRAVEL. 
          UM, AND ALL OF THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING CITY POLICY AND MOBILITY GOALS. 
          AUSTIN HAS MADE AMBITIOUS, UH, MODE SHIFT GOALS, WHICH WON'T BE ACHIEVED IF WE DON'T DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF A CAR SAFER. 
          AND, UH, VISION ZERO WILL BE COMPROMISED IF WE DON'T ADEQUATELY PROTECT ALL USERS OF ONE OF AUSTIN'S MOST ICONIC STREETS. 
          AS A YOUNG PERSON, I WANT TO GROW TO LIVE IN AN AUSTIN WHERE GROW UP TO LIVE IN AN AUSTIN WHERE BIKING IS A FEASIBLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          THAT MEANS ENSURING OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTINUOUS EAST WEST PROTECTED BIKING CORRIDOR THROUGH DOWNTOWN ISN'T WASTED AS A MEMBER OF THE GENERATION, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS DECISION FOR THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          I HOPE THAT WE CAN CAP CAPITALIZE ON THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW SO THAT 30 YEARS FROM NOW WE AREN'T HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY WE DIDN'T ACT ADD BIKE LANES TO SIXTH STREETS SOONER IN ADDITION TO BIKE LANES. 
          I HOPE THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE SIXTH STREET REDESIGN WOULD, UH, ALSO ENDORSE A TWO-WAY CONVERSION ON SIX, UH, PAIRED WITH CONVERSIONS ON NEIGHBORING STREETS TO REDUCE CONGEST THE MORNING CONGESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHICH HIGH SCHOOL? I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR. 
          WHICH HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? UH, ST. 
          STEPHENS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          COOL. 
          COOL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GONNA BE ADAM GREENFIELD. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS. 
          ADAM GREENFIELD, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAFE STREETS AUSTIN. 
          HOPE YOU ARE BRAVING IT THROUGH THE COLD THIS EVENING, . 
          UM, SO WE ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT, UH, PROTECTED BY LANES ON SIXTH STREET. 
          AND IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT SUPPORT FROM OVER 50 BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS AT DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER LIST. 
          UH, ALSO IN SUPPORT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS HAS BEEN SAID, THIS IS IN THE EXISTING BIKE PLAN, THE A SMP PROJECTS OR CALLS FOR A FIVEFOLD INCREASE IN BICYCLING BETWEEN 2019 AND 2039. 
          IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA GET THERE WITHOUT TURNING OVER EVERY LUCRATIVE STONE WE CAN IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, INCLUDING SIXTH STREET, THE ONLY WESTBOUND CONTINUOUS ROAD BETWEEN I 35 AND MOPAC. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO JUST REASONABLE, UH, ANY SCENARIO THAT THE CITY IS ENTERTAINING FOR SIXTH STREET PROJECTS CALLS FOR A, A WIDE EXPANSION OF SIDEWALK SPACE. 
          UH, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A A POSITION ON OPTION ONE VERSUS TWO, BUT JUST COMPARING OPTIONS TWO VERSUS THREE REALLY. 
          WITH, UH, OPTION THREE, WE ARE SAYING WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH A A DRAMATIC EXPANSION SIDEWALK SPACE. 
          WE WANT EVERYTHING AT THE, AT THE EXPENSE OF A WHOLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, LASTLY, SIXTH STREET IS UNIQUE. 
          THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BIKE LANES ON SIXTH STREET, WHETHER IT'S FOURTH, FIFTH, THIRD OR SEVENTH, 
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OR ANY OTHER STREET. 
          UH, IT HAS UNIQUE CONNECTIVITY VALUE. 
          IT'S ALSO A DESTINATION. 
          WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET THERE. 
          WE WANT IT TO BE A FAMILY FRIENDLY DISTRICT. 
          AND, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UH, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BIKE AND SCOOTER ON SIXTH STREET. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? ARE WE GONNA MAKE IT SAFE OR ARE WE GONNA PUT THEM IN DANGER ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE, IS PROJECTED TO BE A PREMIER DESTINATION 18 HOUR STREET. 
          SO, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE, THE COMMISSION'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, LET'S GET BIKE LANES ON SIXTH STREET. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NEXT IS AMY DELUNA. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, MY NAME IS AMY UNA. 
          I AM ON THE BOARD OF AURA IN AUSTIN FOR EVERYONE. 
          AND I AM IN FAVOR OF ADDING BIKE LANES TO SIXTH STREET. 
          I'VE LIVED DOWNTOWN FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW, AND I CAN COUNT ON MY HAND THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE VISITED SIXTH STREET. 
          I USUALLY WALK OR BIKE TO GET AROUND DOWNTOWN IN CENTRAL AUSTIN. 
          AND THE MAIN REASON I DON'T VISIT SIXTH STREET IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO BIKE OVER THERE. 
          IF THERE ARE BIKE PATHS ON SIXTH STREET, I WOULD VISIT MORE OFTEN. 
          WHEN THE DEDICATED BIKE LANES OPENED ON CONGRESS AVENUE, I BEGAN VISITING PLACES ON CONGRESS MORE OFTEN. 
          NOW, MY EYE DOCTOR IS ON CONGRESS. 
          I GET COFFEE AT HOUNDSTOOTH AND GRAB TACOS FROM TACO DELI OR RARE CRUZ. 
          WHEN THE NEW BIKE AND WALKING PADS OPENED ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD BETWEEN LAMAR AND 51ST STREET, I STARTED VISITING THAT AREA MORE OFTEN. 
          I SHOP AT A PF THRIFT STORE, VISIT THE COFFEE SHOPS NEAR A CC HIGHLAND, AND I CAN EASILY BIKE UP TO THE BUSINESSES AROUND CRESTVIEW STATION. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO GO VISIT THE MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD, GET A BURGER AT CASINO EL CAMINO. 
          GO SEE A SHOW AT LV VITA ROOM, OR ESTHER'S FOLEYS, HAVE A COCKTAIL AT MIDNIGHT COWBOY, OR PICK UP A CHICKEN SANDWICH AT HAPPY CHICKS. 
          BUT I DON'T DO ANY OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
          BIKING ON SIXTH STREET, THE PLAN TO GO FORWARD WITH NOT ADDING BIKE LANES IGNORES THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE TO THE SIXTH STREET DESIGN FROM THE SIXTH STREET SURVEY LAST FALL OF 3,700 RESPONSES, 74% OF RESPONDEES SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVES WITH AT LEAST ONE BIKE LANE. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE ON OUR STREETS, WHETHER THEY'RE WALKING, BIKING, TAKING THE BUS, DRIVING, OR USING SOME OTHER METHOD TO GET AROUND. 
          SO PLEASE SUPPORT A DESIGN OPTION WITH, UM, ONE OR TWO BIKE LANES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO I THINK I HAVE AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON THAT WANTED TO SPEAK, OR MAYBE TWO. 
          JUST ONE. 
          JUST ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU COME UP AND JUST, UH, TELL US YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES? YES. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          I'M CUTTER GONZALEZ. 
          I'M, UH, THE HOST OF URBAN AUSTIN REEDS. 
          AND I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW TIME IS PRECIOUS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT SHE SAID, , THANKS. 
          WELL, THAT WAS INDEED BRIEF. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS. 
          THAT TAKES US NOW INTO OUR ITEM. 
          UM, DO, UH, THERE WAS A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS CIRCULATED. 
          UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? UM, I MOVE ADOPTION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          , THANK, SORRY, I COULDN'T THINK OF THE WAY TO SAY THAT FOR A SECOND. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER KAMAN, DO YOU WANNA WALK US THROUGH IT? YOU PREPARED, LARGELY PREPARED THIS, SO. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          UH, THIS IS RECOMMENDATION, UM, ABOUT OUR FEELINGS AND, UM, ON THE, THE, THE, THE ALLOCATION OF RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SIXTH STREET HERE. 
          SO WE FOCUS A LOT IN THIS, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER FOR HIS ADDITIONS TO THIS. 
          UM, THIS STREET IS VERY COMPLICATED AND IT IS THAT IT IS A ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO A MAJOR THOROUGH FARE. 
          UH, IT EXTENDS FROM LAMAR TO 35, UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER STREETS, AND THAT IT'S BEEN LISTED IN A LOT OF OTHER VARIOUS CITY OF AUSTIN PLANS, INCLUDING THE 2001 GREAT STREETS MASTER PLAN, THE BIKE PLAN, UM, AND, UH, A SMP AS, UH, A STREET THAT SHOULD PRIORITIZE, UM, AMONG OTHER USES CYCLISTS. 
          UM, THERE ARE 400, UH, THERE IS 521,445 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS THAT WERE COUNTED IN 2025, UH, GOING, UH, ALONG FOURTH STREET AT WALLER 
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CREEK, ALONG THE LAB. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOOSING A METHOD OTHER THAN A CAR TO GET DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND WE SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AROUND AUSTIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH REDUCED PARKING AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE LESS CAR DEPENDENT. 
          UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BIKE LANE IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES, BUT ON SCOOTERS AS WELL. 
          UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE SCOOTER ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          WE DON'T WANT THEM TO, AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT WE EXPECT IN THIS AREA, WE DO FEEL LIKE THE SCOOTER USAGE IS ALSO, UH, GOING TO FACTOR INTO OUR DECISION ABOUT HOW WE WANT THIS TO LOOK WITHOUT THAT CLEAR DELINEATION BETWEEN WALKING AND BIKING. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A LOT OF, ALL OF THIS IS IN THE, UH, THE WAREHOUSES, THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE. 
          UH, COUNCILS ALSO ISSUED A JOINT RECOMMENDATION, STRONGLY RECOMMENDING, RECOMMENDING ALTERNATIVE ONE AND TWO. 
          AND, UM, THE RESULTS FROM THE PUBLIC SURVEY, UH, SUPPORTED THIS. 
          UM, SO CAN I ASK ON THAT, WHEREAS THERE IS THAT, IS THERE A TYPO THERE THAT, THAT IS A TYPO? AND THAT WAS ENTIRELY MY FAULT. 
          NOT DANIEL'S. 
          IT SHOULD SAY, UH, RECOMMENDING ALTERNATIVE ONE AND OPPOSING ALTERNATIVE THREE INSTEAD OF TWO ON THAT FIRST, I THOUGHT, WHEREAS IN THE SECOND ONE THOUGHT, CAN THAT JUST BE A TEXT ON IT? YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GET TO OUR RESOLVE RESOLUTION HERE, WHICH IS WE ADVANCE EITHER ALTERNATIVE ONE OR TWO AS A PREFERRED STREET DESIGN ON THE SIXTH STREET MOBILITY AND REVITALIZATION PROJECT, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT, UH, A TBW TO DEVELOP A DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK, UH, TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC ON HOW IT WEIGHS ALL THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND PLANS AND SURVEYS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON MOBILITY PROJECTS. 
          UM, I WANT TO JUST PUT THIS OUT HERE FOR DISCUSSION. 
          I ALREADY HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I WANNA MAKE. 
          UM, I'M NOT OKAY. 
          DISCUSS, LET'S MOVE TO DISCUSSION HERE, , AND THEN I WILL, I'LL, I'LL, I WANT TO HEAR SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS AND MOVE FORWARD. 
          I WANNA SAY, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS RECOMMENDING ALTERNATIVES ONE AND TWO. 
          I PERSONALLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS THAN I FEEL LIKE MANY ON THE DA DO. 
          AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE I AM COURAGEOUS IN EXPRESSION THAT LIKE, THIS IS COMPLICATED AND I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND THAT I THINK THAT THERE, UH, WELL THE, THE BEST STANDARD FOR PEOPLE ON MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES IS A CURB PROTECTED LANE. 
          I THINK THAT LIKE, IF WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OR THAT WAY, YOU DON'T, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT SAFER, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AS SAFE AS THE BIKE LANES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT MY, UH, AMENDMENT IS GONNA FOCUS ON. 
          SO, JUST, JUST A PREVIEW, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW HOW I'M FEELING. 
          I WILL VOTE FOR MY OWN RESOLUTION THOUGH, . 
          YEAH, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, THIS WHOLE THING WITH SIXTH STREET, I MEAN, AND I HAVE NOT, I, I DIDN'T FOLLOW ALL THE PIECES AND STEPS AND PROCESS OF IT. 
          UM, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE WERE DOING THE ACT PLAN, THE AUSTIN COURT TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WAS SETTING FORTH SORT OF HOW ALL THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK TOGETHER AND HOW, UM, MAYBE EVEN SORT OF A PRIORITY MATRIX OF WHEN WE WOULD PROPOSE THEM, WHEN WE WOULD BUILD THEM OUT AND IMPROVE THEM. 
          UM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENTION AROUND CONGRESS AND THEN SUDDENLY, LIKE SIXTH STREET BUBBLED UP. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME LIKE, PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ON SIXTH STREET THAT ARE UNIQUE AND MAYBE, UM, SOMETHING FOLKS AT THE CITY REALLY WANNA WORK ON. 
          MAYBE THERE'S SOME, UM, ENERGY AMONG THE LANDLORDS AND THE MERCHANTS. 
          BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S SORT OF BUBBLED UP FOR ME OUT OF NOWHERE. 
          AND JUST HOW THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE IS A LITTLE CONFUSING. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M DEFINITELY NOT A PERSON TO SAY, OH, THOSE DEVELOPERS, LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE DID 30 YEARS OF POLITICS IN AUSTIN. 
          IT WAS LIKE RANTING ABOUT DEVELOPERS AND WE DIDN'T REALLY ACHIEVE ANYTHING GOOD WITH THAT . 
          SO , UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY ONE TO, TO SAY OR THINK THAT, BUT, UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY IN FAVOR OF IT BEING SAFER OF IT BEING MORE OF A 18 HOUR STREET. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF NIGHTLIFE STILL IN, IN SIXTH STREET. 
          I THINK, UM, I DUNNO, MAYBE I'M CRAZY FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT I JUST FIND CONFUSING AND, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, SO I, I'M REALLY IN, I I'M WITH YOU, DANIEL, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY A LITTLE BIT MM-HMM . 
          IS THAT LIKE, I FEEL THAT, I FEEL REALLY UNSURE WHERE THIS ALL CAME 
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FROM IN A SENSE. 
          AND I FEEL THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY ADVOCATING FOR ONE OR TWO VERSUS ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          AND SO I REALLY WANNA HOLD SPACE FOR THAT. 
          AND I REALLY THINK IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A SAFER 18 HOUR SPACE, THAT, THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S REALLY OBVIOUS THAT THAT'S WHERE THE BIKES WOULD GO  WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT PARTICULAR SPACE. 
          BUT I WOULD BE OPEN TO YOUR AMENDMENT, LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE GONNA ADVOCATE REALLY HARD AND NOT GET ALTERNATIVE THREE, UM, AS A COMMUNITY. 
          BUT I WOULD BE DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF, OF YOUR AMENDMENT THAT YOU SORT OF PROPOSE, IF YOU CAN WORK THAT UP. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, I HAVE A AS WELL. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL PROPOSE IT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT, UH, I, WHAT I FIND FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, THE WHOLE PLAN OF THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE MAKING THESE STREET BY STREET DECISIONS AND PRETENDING THAT WE'RE MAKING THEM IN A VACUUM. 
          AND WE'RE NOT, LIKE THEY, THEY AFFECT ALL THE STREETS AND HOW EACH OF THESE STREETS WAS SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE. 
          THE ACT PLAN HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED. 
          AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIXTH STREET, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NINE BLOCKS OF SIXTH STREET HERE. 
          UM, WHERE THERE IS PROJECT CONNECT, THERE'S THE ACT, UH, PLAN, AND THAT THERE IS THIS 35 CORRIDOR, UH, CORRIDOR, UM, THAT IS MASSIVELY CHANGING. 
          AND WE FIND OUT TODAY THAT SEVENTH IS GOING TO BE TWO-WAY, AND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY PROJECT MOVING FORWARD TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE 35. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT IS, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THE FRAMEWORK TO DECIDE WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THERE. 
          AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAYBE NINTH STREET AND THEN FOURTH STREET, OR EVEN SEVENTH STREET BEING THESE OTHER BIKE CORRIDORS GOING EAST WEST FROM LA, UM, LAMAR, OR I THINK IT'S WEST AVENUE THAT SEVENTH STREET SORT OF FIZZLES OUT AFTER. 
          UM, AND FOURTH AND FOURTH STREET IS THE SHORTEST STREET DOWNTOWN. 
          SO, UH, I, I DO UNDERSTAND. 
          YES, I, I AGREE WITH ALL THAT. 
          IF I COULD, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          SORRY. 
          I, I JUST, YEAH, I WANNA CONCUR WITH ALL THAT BECAUSE I AM FRUSTRATED, PARTICULARLY WITH THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY MOVING, I MEAN, LIKE, WE JUST FINISHED THAT, IT FEELS LIKE, ANYWAYS, THAT, THAT JUST GOT COMPLETED. 
          AND SO IT FEELS LIKE JUST SUCH A WASTE TO CONTINUE TO SHUFFLE THAT AROUND. 
          AND AS A, AS A WAY TO SAY, OKAY, WELL WE HAD IT, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE IT, BUT NOT LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA ADD TO IT. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT BETTER. 
          WE'RE JUST GONNA SHIFT IT AND IT'S JUST GONNA CAUSE MORE CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I, I'M FRANKLY FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS ENTIRE CITY'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT WAY, BUT A LOT OF THINGS. 
          BUT I, UM, ANYWAYS, I DROVE TO FREDERICKSBURG THIS WEEKEND AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT GIANT PART OF TWO 90 WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, WHICH WAS FURTHER FRUSTRATING IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST MONTH ABOUT MOPAC. 
          SO, UM, I AGREE THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING ADDED TO THIS THAT IS ALSO RECOMMENDING, UH, I, I, I APPRECIATE THIS FINAL PARAGRAPH, UM, THAT'S RECOMMENDING THAT THERE'S A, UM, A MORE STRUCTURED APPROACH TO UNITING THESE DECISIONS. 
          'CAUSE IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIXTH STREET WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT SEVENTH STREET AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY SUPPOSED TO MAKE US FEEL BETTER ABOUT NOT HAVING BIKE LANES. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SUGGEST AN AMENDMENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A TEXT EDIT, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHEREAS THE, WHEREAS CLAUSE ABOUT 63% OF RESPONSE TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ONE. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S LIKE FOUR OTHER DATA POINTS THAT REINFORCE THAT, THAT I JUST WANTED TO ADD. 
          SO WOULD THAT BE AN AMENDMENT OR A TEXT EDIT? IT'S AWESOME. 
          THAT'S AN AMENDMENT AND, UM, OKAY. 
          IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT AMENDMENT, UH, I CAN START WRITING. 
          YEAH, JUST WRITE, IT'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF I CAN JUST COMMENT TOO ON THE PIECE THAT WE'VE BEEN TOUCHING ON IN TERMS OF PROCESS AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF WANTED TO ADDRESS WITH THAT SECOND BE FURTHER RESOLVED, IS I FEEL LIKE PART OF THE REASON THERE WAS SO MUCH PUBLIC BACKLASH IS THAT THERE WAS A, A SENSE THAT OUR EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. 
          RIGHT? THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN SAYS BIKE LANE HERE, THE, THE BIKE PLAN SAYS BIKEWAY HERE, THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE ACT PLAN SAID BIKE WAY HERE. 
          THE PUBLIC COMMENT OVERWHELMINGLY SAID BIKEWAY HERE. 
          AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS THIS IMPORTANT CONTINGENT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAD REASONS FOR NOT WANTING THE BIKEWAY THERE. 
          RIGHT? BUT, AND, AND I THINK ANNA DID A, A FANTASTIC JOB KIND OF EXPLAINING TP W'S REASONING BEHIND THIS, RIGHT? EVEN IF I DON'T AGREE WITH IT A HUNDRED PERCENT, I, I THINK WHEN THE VIOLATIONS, WHEN THE EXPECTATIONS ARE VIOLATED, THAT'S WHAT LEADS TO PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, THEY JUST DID THIS FOR ONE DEVELOPER WHO'S POWERFUL HERE. 
          RIGHT? I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, ESPECIALLY ON THESE FLASHPOINT ISSUES OF SETTING UP WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHAT'S BEING TAKEN IN TO CONSIDERATION IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE PLANS WE HAD BEFORE. 
          YOU KNOW, MODELING THAT OUT FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF A COMPROMISE, 
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YOU KNOW, MAYBE BEING MORE FORWARD ABOUT A SEVENTH STREET OPTION. 
          I THINK IF ALL OF THOSE THINGS WENT INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS SHARP OF A BACKLASH THAT WE'VE SEEN RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH THERE. 
          WELL, AND I, I DIDN'T MEAN TO BRING UP THE DEVELOPER POINT TO JUST BE ANNOYING ABOUT DEVELOPERS, BUT THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT BUSINESSES TURN OVER ALL THE TIME. 
          LIKE THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE DIFFERENT IN 10 OR 20 YEARS. 
          BUT THE, I MEAN, WE HAD A COMMENTER COME WHO'S BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 33 YEARS. 
          LIKE WE, I I FEEL LIKE IT COMPLETELY OVERLOOKS. 
          YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TO LIKE DESIGN THE PERFECT BUSINESS ON SIXTH STREET, BUT LIKE, EVEN IF ALL THOSE BUSINESSES TURN OVER, THAT PROPERTY WILL STILL BE VALUABLE FOR ANOTHER BUSINESS TO DO SOMETHING WITH. 
          AND THEY WILL MAKE THE MOST OF THAT SPACE THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOUNDING LIKE IT HAS JUST SUCH AN OVERWHELMING IMPACT WHEN THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS, LIKE DECADES LONG ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS, IS FRUSTRATING. 
          NO, I, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I, I WANNA REALLY EMPHASIZE, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE OUT OF LINE FOR THAT. 
          UM, IF I DON'T WANT ANYTHING I SAID TO BE CONSTRUED AS THAT, AND I THINK THAT IT'S PROBLEMATIC WHEN SOMEONE MAKES AN INVESTMENT AND BUYS A LOT OF PROPERTIES ALONG A LOT OF CORRIDORS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CORRIDORS THAT COULD BE COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT UP TONS OF PROPERTY ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH, YOU KNOW, UNSPECIFIED PLANS FOR WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH IT. 
          THAT'S A BUSINESS INVESTMENT THAT THAT PERSON IS TAKING THAT MAKES A RISK. 
          RIGHT? SO LIKE, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE OWNS A LOT OF LAND, LIKE I'M REALLY NOT SOUNDING LIKE I USUALLY SOUND, BUT LIKE IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM WHAT WOULD THEY WANT. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW? AMEN, SISTER. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY EXIST TO FACILITATE THEIR BUSINESS PLANS. 
          SO, UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT IS, IS TO BALANCE THE INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO , UM, YES. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR AMENDMENT READY? YEAH. 
          I'M GONNA OFFER AN AMENDMENT. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA GO IN BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, RESOLVED CLAUSES. 
          SO BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT IF ALTERNATIVE THREE IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, A TPW WILL INSTALL ALTERNATIVE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS SIGNALS, TIME TO REDUCE VEHICLE SPEEDS, CLEAR SIGNAGE INDICATING A SHARED VEHICLE AND BICYCLE RIGHT OF WAY, INCUR BULL BELTS AT INTERSECTIONS. 
          I SAID SUCH AS TO MAYBE THAT'S, SO THAT'S IT. 
          UH, AND I SAID SUCH AS JUST TO SAY THAT THESE ARE SOME IDEAS, UM, I LIKE THOSE IDEAS, SO THAT'S WHY I SAID THEM. 
          GREAT. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. 
          UM, SO WE'VE READ THAT AMENDMENT OUT, UM, ANY, WE KIND OF ALREADY PREUSS IT MM-HMM . 
          BUT ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COMMISSIONER CHEN? YEAH, COMMISSIONER CHEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FITS IN THE SAME AMENDMENT OR POTENTIALLY AS ANOTHER ONE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'D BE OUT OF PLACE TO SAY THAT IF ALTERNATIVE THREE WERE TO BE ADOPTED, THAT WE WOULD WANT A TPW TO BASICALLY, UH, ENSURE THAT SEVENTH STREET DOES GET A BIKE LANE AS AN ADJACENT UP. 
          AS AN ADJACENT OPTION. 
          I THINK I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE AND I'M KIND OF OF DRAFTING IT RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO IF WE, IF WE CAN COME BACK, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT OUR BRAINS TOGETHER AND WORK ON THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          MINES PERFECT. 
          SOUNDS GREAT. 
          AWESOME. 
          I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU MIND IF THERE NO, IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION? COULD YOU READ IT JUST ONE MORE TIME? ABSOLUTELY. 
          BE IT FOR THE RESOLVED THAT THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT IF ALTERNATIVE THREE IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, A TPW WILL INSTALL ALTERNATIVE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS SIGNALS, TIME TO REDUCE VEHICLE SPEEDS, CLEAR SIGNAGE INDICATING A SHARED VEHICLE AND BICYCLE RIGHT OF WAY AND CURB BULL BOUTS AT INTERSECTIONS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S TO GO BETWEEN THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT. 
          ALL THOSE OF, UM, AMENDING THE RECOMMENDATION AS READ OUT. 
          PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER AMENDMENTS BUBBLING UP HERE WORKING, WAITING ON FOLKS TO PREPARE THOSE FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I THINK I'VE GOT MINE, I'VE GOT IT WRITTEN OUT SO THAT DANIEL CAN ADD IT STRAIGHT IN. 
          UM, 
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SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND AMEND IT HOWEVER WE WANT, UH, MOTION TO AMEND THAT WE ADD A BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT WOULD BECOME AFTER THE ONE DANIEL JUST ADDED, BUT BEFORE THE LAST BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SAYS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE UTC RECOMMENDS A TPW ADVANCE, LET'S SAY IMMEDIATELY ADVANCE A DESIGN FOR A CONTINUOUS PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY BETWEEN SEVENTH AND 11TH STREET THAT CROSSES BOTH I 35 AND NORTH LAMAR WITH NO MORE THAN ONE REDIRECTION. 
          UM, AND DO I HAVE A SECOND SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT? I'LL SECOND. 
          SO JUST TO EXPLAIN WHY I DIDN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY SEVENTH STREET IS 'CAUSE ONE SEVENTH STREET JUST DOESN'T CROSS, UH, UM, LAMAR, SO THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A REROUTE SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM THE FLEXIBILITY FOR, FOR HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME, RATHER THAN IT NECESSARILY BEING CLOSE TO SIXTH STREET, IS THAT SOMEWHERE NORTH OF DOWNTOWN WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS EAST WEST FACILITY THAT PEOPLE CAN USE. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I BIKE DOWNTOWN, IF I'M GOING TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF DOWNTOWN, I LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH UNIVERSITY AREA, UM, YEAH, I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          BUT IF I'M GOING TO ANY PORTION OF THE NORTHERN SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS ALSO WHERE I HAPPENED TO WORK, I'M NOT GONNA GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THIRD OR FOURTH STREET AND THEN COME BACK UP ON CONGRESS. 
          THAT'S WAY TOO FAR OF A DETOUR. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S NINTH, EIGHTH, SEVENTH, UH, SOMEWHERE ALONG THERE, WE NEED SOME SORT OF CONNECTION THAT GETS PEOPLE FROM WEST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN ACROSS TO THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, UM, AND HOPEFULLY LINKING UP WITH ADDITIONAL, UH, PROTECTED, UH, BICYCLE FACILITIES FROM THERE. 
          UM, AS I'M WRITING THIS DOWN, I JUST WANT TO, UH, ASK IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT SAY EAST WEST, LIKE AN EAST WEST CONTINUOUS. 
          OH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I GUESS IT SHOULD ALSO SAY, IT SHOULD SAY THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER ONE THAT IF ALTERNATIVE THREE IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ONCE THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ONCE IT'S CLEANED UP. 
          DOES THAT, DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE IN TERMS OF, UH, GETTING ACROSS WHAT WE WANT ON BICYCLE FACILITIES? YEAH, I LIKE THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU MIND IF I READ OFF OF THAT TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? MM-HMM . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO AMEND THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT, ADDING A BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED IN THE SAME POSITION THAT READS, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE UTC RECOMMENDS THAT IF ALTERNATIVE THREE IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, A TVW ADVANCE A DESIGN FOR EA, AN EAST WEST CONTINUOUS PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY BETWEEN SEVENTH AND 11TH STREETS. 
          THAT CROSSES BOTH I 35 AND NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD WITH NO MORE THAN ONE REDIRECTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          COOL. 
          AND I GUESS I SHOULD ALSO SAY WHAT I MEAN BY NO MORE THAN ONE REDIRECTION IS THAT IT ONLY GOES TO A DIFFERENT STREET ONCE. 
          SO YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, IF AT WEST STREET IT CURVES DOWN AND THEN GOES ON SIXTH STREET, THAT'S ONE. 
          IF IT NEEDS TO CURVE UP AND GO ON NINTH STREET, THAT'S ONE AS WELL, RIGHT? SO THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING BICYCLISTS AND SCOOTERS TO JUST CONSTANTLY BE GOING UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN TO GET ACROSS DOWN LIKE THE LAB CURRENTLY. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I LIKE THAT. 
          ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS AMENDMENT, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER BUFFET, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, MARTY, FOR I DO. 
          I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND? UH, SORRY, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY? DO I READ THE WHOLE THING OR DO I JUST SAY MOTION TO AMEND? YOU SAY, YOU CAN SAY IT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT YOU CAN SAY I MOVE TO AMEND AND THEN YOU CAN JUST READ IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I MOVE TO AMEND THE PART ABOUT THE DATA IN FAVOR OF ALTERNATIVES. 
          ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 
          AND I CAN READ THE FULL THING NOW. 
          UM, THE AMENDMENT READS AS SUCH. 
          SO, UH, ON THE SECOND PAGE, THIS THE SECOND PARAGRAPH TO BE CHANGED TO, AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL TEXT ADDED. 
          UH, AND SORRY, THIS IS KINDA LONG, BUT I WAS TRYING TO BE THOROUGH. 
          WHEREAS THE SIXTH STREET SURVEY RESULTS IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT FOUND 50% OF THE 3,723 RESPONSES STRONGLY SUPPORTED, AND 13% SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVE ONE, WHICH INCLUDED BY SCHOOL SLASH SCOOTER LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF SIXTH STREET AS WELL AS CURB INSETS FOR VEHICLE ACCESS. 
          AND WHEREAS 19% STRONGLY SUPPORTED AND 36% SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVE TWO, WHICH INCLUDES ONE BICYCLE SLASH SCOOTER LANE. 
          AND WHEREAS 54% OF RESPONDENTS CHOSE ALTERNATIVE ONE IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION, IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THESE THREE ALTERNATIVES, WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER? AND WHEREAS 47% STRONGLY DO NOT 
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SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          AND WHEREAS THE TOP TWO ANSWERS TO HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET AROUND SIX STREETS SELECT, ALL APPLY ARE WALKER OR RUN 72% AND BICYCLE 49%. 
          SO IS THAT, THAT'S EDITING. 
          SO ON THE SECOND PAGE, UHHUH, THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, YOU'RE EDITING THAT AND THEN YOU'RE ADDING DOWN TO, ARE YOU DELETING WHERE THE ONE WHERE IT SAYS, WHEREAS THE SIXTH STREET SURVEY RESULTS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT FOUND ONLY 27% OF THE RESPONSES SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          ARE YOU DELETING THAT ONE? SO BASICALLY NO, IT WOULD BE INSERTING SO, SO EDITING THE SECOND ONE AND THEN THE OTHER, WHEREAS, AS I SAID, JUST GOING AFTER IT AND BEFORE THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LIKE YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE WHEREASES THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          LEADING UP TO IN BETWEEN, IN BETWEEN. 
          SO THAT OTHER ONE ISN'T DELETED AND OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          I GOT IT. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD MASH THEM ALL INTO ONE BIG WEAR ADS OR SEPARATE 'EM. 
          SO I SEPARATED 'EM FOR, I'LL SECOND THE AMENDMENT. 
          I CAN READ IT AGAIN IF IT'S HIRED. 
          YEAH. 
          COULD YOU READ IT AGAIN? YES. 
          UM, WHEREAS THE SIXTH STREET SURVEY RESULTS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT FOUND 50% OF THE 3,723 RESPONSES STRONGLY SUPPORTED, AND 13% SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVE ONE, WHICH INCLUDED BICYCLE SCREW LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF SIXTH STREET, AS WELL AS CURB INSIGHTS FOR VEHICLE ACCESS. 
          SO I BASICALLY JUST, IT SAYS 63% ARE JUST SPLIT UP THE STRONGLY UNSUPPORTED. 
          UM, THEN THE ADDITIONAL WHEREAS ARE, WHEREAS 19% STRONGLY SUPPORTED AND 36% SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVE TWO, WHICH INCLUDES ONE BICYCLE SCOOTER LANE, AND WHEREAS 54% OF RESPONDENTS CHOSE ALTERNATIVE ONE. 
          IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION, IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE THREE ALTERNATIVES, WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER? AND WHEREAS 47% STRONGLY DO NOT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          AND WHEREAS THE TOP TWO ANSWERS TO HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET AROUND SIX STREET SELECTS ALL THAT APPLY ARE A WALK OR RUN 72% AND BICYCLE AT 49%. 
          I AM GOOD WITH THAT. 
          IT STAMPS, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S NOT THE MOST ELEGANT LAYOUT. 
          MY COMPUTER'S NOT YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND. 
          TRYING TO GET IT DONE. 
          I'M OKAY WITH IT. 
          I WERE, IT SEEMS A LITTLE NOISY TO ME. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S VALID. 
          ESPECIALLY I FEEL LIKE THE, THE, THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WERE LINKED AND IT'S, IT IS A, A BIG REPEAT OF A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT IS ALREADY HERE. 
          FAIR. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, I DON'T, THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          I'M ONE COMMISSIONER OUT OF ALL OF US, SO I DO SAY THAT I, I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT NOT ONLY WAS THERE HIGH SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE, I, WELL, I, I WAS SWAYED BY OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO MENTIONED THAT LIKE 70% OF RESPONDENTS CHOSE ONE OR TWO, OR CHOSE AT LEAST ONE BIKE LANE. 
          UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS MEANINGFUL. 
          UM, BUT ALSO THAT THERE WAS THE, THE ALTERNATIVE THAT GOT THE LARGEST DO NOT SUPPORT, UH, STRONGLY DO NOT SUPPORT VOTE WAS ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS DATA IS SO CLEAR AND IT'S SO CONFUSING THAT WE ARRIVED AT, UM, THAT FOR THE, FOR THE SAKE OF ALLOWING IT TO READ CLEARLY. 
          WHAT IF WE JUST ADDED THE, WHEREAS THAT MENTIONS THAT 74% OF PEOPLE CHOSE EITHER ALTERNATIVE ONE OR TWO AND THAT 47 REJECTED ALTERNATIVE THREE? YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT COULD BE ONE WHERE AS INCLUDED. 
          UH, YES. 
          I THINK TECHNICALLY IF WE JUST COUNT THE STRONGLY SUPPORT, THEN IT'S 69%. 
          UM, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE 70 SOMETHING CAME FROM, BUT IF THAT IS OKAY WITH EVERYONE, I CAN, I CAN DO THAT. 
          UH, DID, DID YOU FOLLOW WHAT I JUST SAID? NO, I'M LOST. 
          NO, I'M LOST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, EACH, EACH ALTERNATIVE HAS STRONGLY DO NOT SUPPORT, DO NOT SUPPORT NEUTRAL SUPPORT, STRONGLY SUPPORT. 
          SO SOME OF THEM ARE ADDING UP THE SUPPORTS AND STRONGLY SUPPORTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IF WE ARE, IF WE ARE JUST SAYING, UH, IF WE ARE DISCOUNTING THE STRONGLY SUPPORT CATEGORY FOR ALTERNATIVES ONE AND TWO, ADDING THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER IS 69%. 
          SO IT COULD READ THAT 69% OF THE RESPONSES, UH, STRONGLY SUPPORTED AT LEAST AN ALTERNATIVE WITH AT LEAST ONE BIKE LANE. 
          IE ONE OR TWO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT JUST REMIND ME. 
          UM, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. 
          COULD SOMEBODY HAVE RESPONDED STRONGLY SUPPORT OR BOTH? THOSE FOR BOTH. 
          YEAH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK THEY COULD HAVE. 
          SO I THINK YOU CAN STRONGLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE OPTIONS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, I DUNNO IF THE MATH IS MATH THING. 
          YEAH, THAT'S THE KIDS SAY, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I SPLIT THEM ALL UP SEPARATELY INSTEAD OF ADDING 
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THEM BECAUSE SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT DO THAT. 
          MAKES SENSE. 
          'CAUSE WE DID ADD THEM IN ORIGINALLY. 
          I'M FINE TO GO THROUGH YOUR ORIGINAL AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT. 
          I I THINK IT'S PEOPLE SKIMM THESE ANYWAY, SO ESPECIALLY THE EZ CLASSES. 
          YEAH. 
          A VERY WISE COUNCIL STAFFER ONCE TOLD ME, DON'T SWEAT THE WAREHOUSES. 
          SO I THINK . 
          YEAH. 
          ANYWAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE DID HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. 
          UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION TO AMEND, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'VE GOT 1, 2, 3, 4. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S FAILING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ALL THOSE OPPOSED? YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE FURTHER AMENDMENTS, LET'S, UM, TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM OVERALL. 
          AND JUST SO FOR, UH, OUR LOVELY DISCUSSION OR LOVELY STAFF LIAISON DOING THE MINUTES LATER, THE VOTE ON THAT THIRD AMENDMENT WAS FOUR THREE, YES. 
          FAILED BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GET SIX. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE BACK TO THE BASE. 
          I WILL ASK IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE. 
          AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT TAKES US THROUGH ITEM FIVE. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO CAME OUT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, 
          [6. Approve a recommendation to Council regarding the Central Texas Regional Mobility  Authority (CTRMA) South Mopac project. ]
THIS TAKES US TO ITEM SIX, UM, APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL REGARDING THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, C-T-R-M-A SOUTH MOPAC PROJECT. 
          THE REASON THIS CAME UP, WE PASSED THIS LAST MONTH AS A RECOMMENDATION TO C-T-R-M-A. 
          IT WASN'T POSTED AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. 
          AND SO THE CITY CLERK REMINDED US THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T LISTED AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, THAT WE COULDN'T TELL COUNCIL ABOUT IT. 
          SO, WAIT, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? ? MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE EXTREME. 
          SO IT WAS, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          OUR ITEM, OUR POST-IT LANGUAGE WAS WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO C-T-R-M-A, NOT TO C-T-R-M-A AND COUNCIL. 
          AND SO WHEN WE PUT IT IN THE SYSTEM AS A COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, WHEN NATALIE GOES TO UPLOAD COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE'S A SYSTEM IN WHICH SHE DOES THAT, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIES THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN I CAN ALSO GO AND SPEAK TO THAT AT MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          YES. 
          THE CLERK LOOKED AT OUR POST-IT LANGUAGE AND SAID, YOU WERE ONLY MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO C-T-R-M-A, NOT TO COUNCIL, SO YOU CAN'T UPLOAD IT IN THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, NOR SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT IT AT MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          I AM NOT A LAWYER. 
          SO , SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE AS THIS IS A COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, MAINLY SO THAT IT CAN GO IN THE, IN THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, UPLOAD SYSTEM. 
          THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT BE NOTIFIED, AND I CAN ALSO MESSAGE IT TO THEM IN THE NEXT MOBILITY COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S ALREADY APPROVED FOR C-T-M-R-M-A. 
          SO WHENEVER IT'S, IT'S THE SAME, YEAH, IT'S THE SAME EXACT THING. 
          NOTHING HAS CHANGED. 
          WE'RE NOW JUST ALSO RECOMMENDING COUNSEL ALSO KNOW THIS, BE IT KNOWN COUNSEL THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS. 
          SO DID I EXPLAIN THAT CLEARLY, NATALIE? YES, YOU ABSOLUTELY DID. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, I WILL JUST SAY IT WAS, IT WAS POSTED LAST MONTH AS PUBLIC COMMENT TO C-T-R-M-A. 
          UM, THIS MONTH IT'S POSTED AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO YOU'RE BASICALLY RATIFYING A VOTE IF IT PASSES? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO WE NEED ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? WE, WE DID THIS IN DEPTH LAST MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST GONNA CALL, UH, A VOTE ON THAT FOR APPROVING THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          YES. 
          THERE'S NO BASE MOTION. 
          OH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD HELP, WOULDN'T IT? IT PROBABLY TAKE, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? UH, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          SO I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE, UM, ON THIS RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. 
          SO WE'LL GET THAT UPLOADED TO COUNCIL. 
          I'LL COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. 
          AND OF COURSE, FROM LAST MEETING, WE STILL HAVE THAT READY TO GO WHENEVER PUBLIC COMMENT ON MOPAC SOUTH OPENS UP. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO 
          [7. Approve proposed changes to Urban Transportation Commission By-laws. ]
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN, APPROVE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION BYLAWS. 
          WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? SO THE, WE'VE JUST GOT A FUN DAY OF BUREAUCRACY HERE. 
          UM, THE, UH, WE WANTED THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, WELL, THE CLERK'S OFFICE ASKED US TO GET THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A LOOK 
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AT IT. 
          UM, THEY DID SEND ME THEIR, UH, PROPOSED EDITS AND THOUGHTS, UM, EARLIER THIS MORNING. 
          UM, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS THEY MADE IN THAT, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. 
          UM, SO IN THE ISSUE OF NOT HASTILY PASSING, UH, BYLAW AMENDMENTS, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT OR I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE MARCH MEETING, AND I PROMISE WE WILL DO IT THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          I WILL SECOND THAT. 
          UM, LET'S TAKE A QUICK VOTE ON POSTPONING. 
          ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVE PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR BYLAWS TILL MARCH MEETING. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, WE STILL DO HAVE QUORUM. 
          SO THAT DOES PASS. 
          UM, AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ OFF THE DAYS. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THAT DOES BRING US TO, UM, THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, 
          [8. Approve the creation of a working group to produce a recommendation regarding the 2027  Austin Transportation and Public Works budget. ]
APPROVE THE CREATION OF A WORKING GROUP TO PRODUCE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE 2027 AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS WORKS BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, AS Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER, UM, WITH THE NEW BUDGET PROCESS, I GUESS THIS IS OUR, IS THIS OUR SECOND, THIRD YEAR? THIRD YEAR, UH, WITH THIS MODEL? UM, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE BUDGETARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, THE CITY BY OUR MARCH MEETING. 
          SO THAT, UM, IS OUR NEXT MEETING AT THIS POINT. 
          SO, UM, WE, UH, THIS WOULD BE NOT FOR LIKE BOND, BUT FOR JUST LIKE THE ANNUAL BUDGET TO CLARIFY THAT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WE WERE GONNA CREATE A WORKING GROUP, UM, AND FOR A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE NEW TO THE BODY, A WORKING GROUP, UM, IS A SUB QUORUM, SO IT CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN FIVE MEMBERS, IT CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE MEMBERS. 
          UM, THOSE IN THE SUB QUORUM WORKING GROUP CANNOT TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE WORKING GROUP ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE THAT WOULD GET YOU INTO TOMA UH, VIOLATION TERRITORY. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. 
          BUT THOSE IN THE WORKING GROUP SUB QUORUM CAN, UM, MEET. 
          IT'S, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO TOMA. 
          THEY CAN EMAIL, THEY CAN GET TOGETHER FOR COFFEE, PLAN THINGS OUT, UM, AS AS MUCH AS THEY WANT. 
          SO, UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT WORKING GROUP? COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER WOULD BE, I WILL RAISE MY HAND ON MY WILL. 
          I WILL FOLLOW THROUGH THIS COMMISSIONER VAO . 
          I'LL DO IT, BUT I CANNOT TAKE THE, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. 
          I DON'T WANT TO, I CANNOT TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. 
          THAT'S TOTALLY FAIR. 
          AND I, WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY, SINCE WE'RE POSTED FOR DISCUSSION, A SLIGHT VENTURE INTO DISCUSSION HERE, I THINK GIVEN THE CURRENT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY TBW IS MOSTLY AN ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT, SO THAT SETS THEM APART FROM THE REST OF THE BUDGET. 
          BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT FISCAL STANDING OF THE CITY, I WOULD IMAGINE THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A LOT LESS WISH. 
          LISTY, WE WANNA FUND THESE PROJECTS THAN PAST ONES. 
          SO PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED AND DELIBERATE, MEANING IT WON'T BE AS BIG OR LONG PROBABLY, UH, IS, THIS IS A QUESTION PROBABLY FOR, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DALE. 
          UM, IS THE BUDGET PROCESS ALSO WHERE THE ALLY, THE WAY THEY DECIDE HOW THE TOUGH IS BROKEN UP TOO? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I, I WAS GONNA STEP BACK IF OTHERS WERE REALLY JAZZED TO BE ON THIS WORKING GROUP, BUT I, IF IF OTHER, IF WE HAVEN'T MET FIVE, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ALSO BE ON IT, SO, BUT I WANT TO, DO WE NEED FIVE OR IS IT JUST UP TO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE FIVE. 
          IT'S UP TO FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, UH, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS OFF THE DAIS, UM, WITH YOU ON, WE'RE STILL AT FOUR, SO WE COULD ADD ANOTHER COMMISSIONER IF THEY WANT TO. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AFTER THIS, I MEAN, OKAY. 
          UM, YES. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY, YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE OPERATING BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, THAT FOR THE MARCH DEADLINE? YEAH. 
          AND NOT THE BOND NOT RELATED TO THE BOND? NO, NOT THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          OH, THANK THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          THANK, YEAH. 
          YES. 
          THEN YES. 
          TOUGH. 
          THE TOUGH RATE THAT, UM, COUNCIL ADOPTS IN, UM, LATER AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, AUGUST. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IS GOING TO BE, UM, PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          IT, IT IS PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT WORKING GROUP OF FOUR OR SHOULD WE WAIT? I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP THE MEETING. 
          I GUESS WE SHOULD, WE CAN, IF WE'RE AT, UH, UH, FOUR, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD HIM LATER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE, HE'S WALKING IN RIGHT NOW. 
          OH, HE'S WALKING IN RIGHT NOW. 
          DO YOU WANNA BE ON THE BUDGET WORKING GROUP? SURE. 
          . 
          ? OR IS THAT, IS THAT A PROBLEM? NO, THAT'S GREAT. 
          YEAH, THAT'LL BRING US TO OUR SUB QUORUM OF FIVE. 
          UM, I WAS JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT A WORKING GROUP IS NOT SUBJECT TO TOOMA BECAUSE IT'S A SUB QUORUM. 
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UM, THEY CAN WORK ON ISSUES, PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A WORKING GROUP, THAT'S YOU, UH, YOU CANNOT TALK TO ANYBODY OUTSIDE THE WORKING GROUP ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT. 
          UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC MEETING WHERE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED. 
          SO, COOL. 
          UM, I'LL JUST, UH, I'LL GUESS I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION TO CREATE THE WORKING GROUP TO, UH, PROVIDE, PRODUCE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE 2027 AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET WITH MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONER BUFFO, UH, VICE CHAIR SCHUMACHER PARLIAMENTARIAN, KAMAN, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AND MYSELF, CHAIR SUMMERS. 
          UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. 
          WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. 
          AND LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER CHEN MAY HAVE JUST DROPPED OFF, BUT WE, THERE WE GO. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          WE'RE ALL THERE. 
          UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY, SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS AND INTO OUR COMMITTEE UPDATES. 
          UM, IF, UH, NUMBER 
          [9. Update from Commissioner Chen from the Downtown Commission regarding actions taken  at the January 21, 2026, meeting.]
NINE IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS COMM UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER CHEN REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JANUARY 21ST, 2026 MEETING. 
          UH, ONE ACTION WAS TAKEN TO FORM A WORKING GROUP TO WORK WITH THE DOWNTOWN CITY PLANNING GROUP, BASICALLY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE GROUP AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK THE OTHER WAY. 
          IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE A, UH, QUARTERLY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DOWNTOWN CITY PLANNING GROUP TO GO TO THE COMMISSION MEETING, UH, AND PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECEIVE RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTLY. 
          BUT UNTIL THEN, THE WORKING GROUP WILL BE TAKING THAT ROLE. 
          A SECOND ACTION WAS TAKEN TO ADOPT A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT, UM, ALL DOWNTOWN STREETS BE CONVERTED TO TWO WAY. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          HUH, INTERESTING. 
          , THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. 
          UM, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER PRASAD FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JANUARY 28TH, 2026 MEETING. 
          UM, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER PRASAD IS NOT HERE, UM, I THINK THAT WE WILL SKIP THAT ONE. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE THAT UPDATE. 
          UM, ITEM 
          [11. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Bicycle Advisory Council regarding  actions taken at the January 20, 2026, meeting.]
NUMBER 11 IS AN UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER REGARDING THE, UH, FROM THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNSEL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THEIR JANUARY 20TH, 2026 MEETING. 
          YEAH, SO THE, UH, BAC PASS ONE RECOMMENDATION, IT'S A FAIRLY LONG 12 PAGE RECOMMENDATION ON, UH, UM, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO I 35. 
          I WILL SAY IT, IT IS A INTERESTING READ, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A CURSORY GLANCE, JUST TO LEARN KIND OF HOW FAR WE ARE, LIKE HOW ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. 
          A LOT OF THE I 35 DESIGN IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SHARED YOUTH PATH. 
          SO, UM, WORTH TAKING A LOOK THERE. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, SO NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 12, 
          [12. Update from Chair Somers from the City Council Mobility Committee regarding actions  taken at the January 15, 2026, meetings. ]
WHICH IS A UPDATE FROM MYSELF, CHAIR SUMMERS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THEIR JANUARY 15TH, 2026 MEETING. 
          I'LL BE VERY CANDID WHEN I'M NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          I ACTUALLY DON'T, UM, UH, ATTEND OR PAY THE MEETINGS. 
          BUT I WILL QUICKLY, UH, GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE AGENDA. 
          SO THEY HAD, UM, UH, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          THE ITEMS THAT SEEMED MOST IMPORTANT, THEY HAD A LOCAL MOBILITY ANNUAL PLAN UPDATE, UM, UH, THEIR ONGOING MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND, UH, PROJECTS, WHICH THEY NORMALLY HAVE A CAMPO 2026 CAMPO CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO. 
          UM, UH, FUNDING REQUESTS LIKE A FEDERAL FUNDING REQUEST THING. 
          AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THAT MEETING. 
          UM, SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH ITEM 12. 
          AND THEN FOR, UH, PROJECT 
          [13. Update from Chair Somers from the Community Advisory Committee for Austin Transit  Partnership Board regarding actions taken at the January 8, 2026, meetings. ]
CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THAT'S ITEM 13. 
          LET ME SAY THIS MORE CLEARLY. 
          UH, UPDATE FROM MYSELF. 
          CHAIR SUMMERS FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JANUARY 8TH, 2026 MEETING. 
          UM, OH MY GOSH, THEIR WEBSITE IS HORRIBLE ON MOBILE. 
          I CANNOT EVEN, I DON'T EVEN, AND I'M LIKE, HELP DO THOSE AGENDAS AND I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WE DID. 
          AM I ON THE INTERNET ON THIS? LET ME SEE. 
          I AM. 
          OKAY, LET ME DO THIS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAD THEIR, UM, THEIR WEBSITE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, , WHAT DID WE DO? YEAH, SO WE WERE SEEDING NEW MEMBERS. 
          SO WE HAD HAD, UH, THEIR MEMBERSHIP PROCESS SEATS NEW MEMBERS EVERY, 
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BASICALLY EVERY TWO YEARS INTO, IN, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, LIKE, SO THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING FOR A BUNCH OF MEMBERS. 
          SO WE HAD, UM, BASICALLY, UM, STAFF FROM CITY OF AUSTIN, CAP METRO AND A TP SORT OF EXPLAIN CURRENT GOINGS ON AT ALL OF THOSE. 
          UM, THE THREE, UH, JOINT PARTNERS. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A PRETTY, UM, I THINK PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LIGHT RAIL UPDATE. 
          UM, I IMAGINE THAT THAT, UM, IS GONNA BE CYCLING THROUGH, UM, SOME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT, UM, AS WELL FOR US, UM, NEXT ROUND. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE UPDATE ITEMS AND INTO FUTURE AGENDA 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEMS. UM, SO, UM, WE HAVE A LIST HERE FOR MARCH. 
          IT DOES INCLUDE THE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES THE BUDGET. 
          UM, UM, LET ME ASK THIS BECAUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, STAFF PRESENTING TO US ABOUT THE TOUGH, THE TRANSPORTATION USER FEE AND LITERALLY EXPLAINING IT TO US LIKE WE'RE BABIES. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT DO? HOW IS IT SPENT? HOW IS IT? BUT LIKE, SO, SO WOULD THIS BE A, I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE EITHER TO DO IT WITH, IF WE COULD DO IT WITH BUDGET IN MARCH, IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND I REALLY WANT STAFF TO UNDERSTAND. 
          I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME TENTATIVENESS ABOUT EXPLAINING TO US, BUT IT'S REALLY, IT'S NOT LIKE, NOT REALLY APOL, IT'S REALLY A 1 0 1. 
          IT'S NOT A POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TOUGH, I MEAN, THE BUDGET THING WILL OBVIOUSLY GO INTO A POLICY, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY JUST WANT EVERYONE ON THE, UH, BODY TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. 
          DO YOU THINK IF WE COULD GET THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          I WANTED, I WAS ABOUT TO SUGGEST THIS. 
          ALSO, IF WE CAN'T GET IT, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE IT IN APRIL OR MAY. 
          JUST 'CAUSE I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE SORT OF BASE UNDERSTANDING OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IN THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, I'M JUST, I THINK IT'S ALREADY ON THIS LIST SOMEWHERE, BUT I'M JUST SORT OF REMINDING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANNA HAVE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE YOUR UPCOMING, THIS ISN'T FOR MARCH, BUT PER OUR BYLAWS, WE DO DO OFFICER ELECTIONS IN APRIL. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE THAT, THAT OUR ANNUAL OFFICER ELECTIONS ARE SLATED FOR APRIL. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT LIGHT RAIL. 
          IF MARCH WOULD BE, UM, AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO COME OUT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DUE FOR THEM, THAT THAT MIGHT, MIGHT BE GOOD. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, ON LIGHT RAIL, THEY JUST GOT THEIR FT A YEAH. 
          APPROVAL. 
          SO I THINK IT COULD BE EXCITING. 
          AND THAT MEANS THEY'RE NOT HOLDING THEIR BREATH AND MAYBE MOVING FORWARD TO SOMETHING. 
          I THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNING BIG CONTRACTS YEAH. 
          IN QUARTER ONE, SO, SO I CAN SHARE, UM, I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH LEANNE, UM, EARLIER TODAY. 
          UH, I AM AIMING FOR APRIL. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, A TP TO COME OUT, BUT WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING FOR MARCH UNTIL MAY. 
          SO THERE IS A CHANCE I COULD UPDATE YOU LATER AND SAY, HEY, THEY'RE READY TO COME IN MARCH. 
          UM, OR WE MIGHT HAVE TO SHIFT TO MAY, KIND OF, DEPENDING ON ATP'S AVAILABILITY. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. 
          SO I WOULD SAY TRANSPORTATION USER FEE, AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL, WE PROBABLY NEED, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE ITEM IN ADDITION TO BUDGET AND MAYBE A TOUGH PRESENTATION IN THE TRANSIT. 
          AND LIKE, I THINK, I FEEL LIKE THREE ITEMS, LIKE GOOD DISCUSSION ITEMS IS KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, LIGHT RAIL CAME UP, BUT OF THE LIST THAT WE HAVE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S LIKE REALLY ARISING FOR PEOPLE OR SOMETHING NEW THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST? I'VE GOT NEW STUFF. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, I HAVE TWO THINGS I'D LOVE TO FLAG FOR THE AGENDA. 
          FIRST IS WHENEVER THE CURVE MANAGEMENT STUDY REPORT COMES BACK, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE APRIL, MAY, THERE'LL BE A, A PUBLIC COMMENT WINDOW AT SOME POINT. 
          I'D LOVE TO JUST LEAVE SPACE FOR US TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT. 
          I'M GOING TO GUESS THERE'LL PROBABLY BE APPETITE ON THE COMMISSION. 
          MAYBE THERE ISN'T, BUT I, I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO LEAVE THE SPACE FOR THAT IN EITHER APRIL OR MAY. 
          UM, THE SECOND THING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE, UM, IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT SOMETHING IN CODE THAT WE'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN IS PARKING, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A, A GOOD NUMBER SET UP IN THE PAST, LIKE TWO OR THREE YEARS. 
          SO I, I WOULD LOVE A PRESENTATION JUST KIND OF WALKING THROUGH, HERE'S HOW MUCH THEY'VE SPENT, HERE'S WHAT THEY PRIORITIZED ON. 
          I'D ALSO LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE, AND, AND WHETHER, UM, IT'S GOT GOOD PARTICIPATION AND, AND, AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MAKEUP OF IT IS, WHO'S PARTICIPATING, AS MUCH DETAILS AS WE CAN GET AT JUST LIKE HOW THEY'RE FUNCTIONING. 
          I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD REVIEW PERIOD TO SEE HOW THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF BATCHES OF NEW P MDS ARE WORKING. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE WROTE THAT DOWN. 
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AND WE HAVE ON HERE ALSO SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING, LIKE THE CAP AND STITCH THE LIGHTING PLAN. 
          UM, I, I HAVE AN IDEA THAT YEAH, WE HAVEN'T EVER HAD THEM IN HERE, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING IS MAYBE SOMEONE FROM A PD COMING IN AND TALKING TO US ABOUT SOME ENFORCEMENT STUFF THAT THEY'VE TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT IN THE NEXT FEW ISH MONTHS, I THINK COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY INTERACT WITH THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE THAT OFTEN. 
          YEAH. 
          ONE THING THAT I'M GONNA ALSO DO, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABLE TO TURN INTO AGENDA ITEM, BUT THERE WAS A RECENT, UM, I ASKED THEM, I DON'T THINK THEY COME, I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THEY HAVE A PRACTICE OF COMING TO COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONS, BUT THERE WAS A CITY, UM, AUDITOR'S REPORT ABOUT SPEED UHHUH . 
          AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS GONNA WORK WITH NATALIE TO, UH, THE AUDITOR KINDLY SENT THAT MY WAY. 
          'CAUSE I WAS, I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR THAT, UM, AUDIT. 
          AND, UM, SO I WAS ONE OF THE INPUT POINTS. 
          AND SO, UM, HE'S, UH, THEY KINDLY SENT THAT TO ME, AND SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK NATALIE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT OUT. 
          TOMA FRIENDLY TO EVERYBODY. 
          SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT THE IDEA OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP. 
          WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT'S ACTUALLY COME UP A COUPLE TIMES AND TALKED ABOUT THOSE MATTERS. 
          SO, UM, UH, THAT, THAT COULD BE INTERESTING. 
          YEAH. 
          NOT A HUGE PRIORITY, BUT, UH, CAPTAIN STITCH IS MAKING THE ROUNDS AGAIN IN THE PUBLIC WORLD, AND THERE WAS A, I THINK IT WAS CHRONICLE ARTICLE ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS, UM, SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON IT. 
          SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE VALUABLE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA ALIGN WITH THE BOND TOO, AS WE GET CLOSER. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S REALLY, WE'VE DONE OUR INPUT ON THE BOND, LIKE THAT'S DONE, BUT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I AGREE. 
          THAT COULD BE SOMETHING, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING MAKING ROUNDS TO BOARDS, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING. 
          AND I JUST SHOT MY HAIR TIE. 
          UM, ANY OTHER, ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE, WE GOT A GOOD LIST. 
          WE'LL TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN QUEUE UP FOR, UH, MARCH. 
          WE'VE GOT TWO THINGS PRETTY SOLIDLY THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL THEN IF WE, OH YES, THANK YOU. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SUB WORKING GROUP IS FORMED OR THIS WORKING GROUP IS FORMED, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, ANYTHING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO TODAY, WE'LL BE SEND THOSE QUESTIONS TO NATALIE AND WE'LL GET THOSE ANSWERS TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT THAT CAN HELP WITH Y'ALL'S DELIBERATIONS. 
          THE, UM, BUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO , SO, UM, WE WON'T BE RECOMMENDING ANYTHING. 
          WE WON'T BE ADVOCATING THAT'S Y'ALL'S REALM TO DO THAT PIECE. 
          UM, BUT OUR BUDGET WILL COME OUT AND IT'LL BE THE PART OF THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET AND WHATEVER'S IN THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          BUT JUST GLAD TO HELP FACILITATE WHAT WE CAN. 
          IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL CLARIFICATION TOO. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, YOU GREAT REMINDER WHILE WE'RE HERE, CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE? THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          WE WILL SEND THAT OUT TO YOU, . 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STEPS THAT ARE ALREADY SET UP. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'LL SEND THAT OUT TO YOU. 
          WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          MOST BROADLY, LIKE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS BY MARCH. 
          AND THEN THE CITY ADOPTS THE BUDGET IN LIKE AUGUST. 
          AND THE CITY HAS A LOT OF, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL, UH, GROUP MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER TO PREPARE FOR THE BUDGET, UH, FINALIZING THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE CAN LIKE MAKE A, A SECOND OR EDITED RECOMMENDATION AS THOSE DISCUSSIONS UNFOLD? WE USED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS MUCH LATER IN JUNE AND THE CLERK, UM, JUST THERE WAS, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T REALLY EFFECTIVE. 
          IT WAS TOO LATE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN COUNCIL'S BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY WE NOW DO IT IN MARCH. 
          NOW. 
          IDEALLY, MAYBE WE WOULD'VE STARTED OUR WORKING GROUP EVEN BEFORE YEAH. 
          TODAY. 
          BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          COOL. 
          WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST ON THAT THOUGH IS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ULTIMATELY GO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE CITY COUNCIL PORTION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'LL OFTEN DO IS THE THINGS WE ADVOCATED FOR IF THEY DIDN'T MAKE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, I'LL SEND THAT TO MY COUNSEL OFFICE BEING LIKE, HEY, IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR MOBILITY THINGS, THESE ARE GOOD THINGS THAT MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UM, AND UNLESS I SEE AN OBJECTION, I WILL A, UH, AD ADJOURN US, NOT A AGENDA US ADJOURN US AT 8:06 PM NICE.
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