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[CALL TO ORDER]
WE HAVE QUORUM HERE AS LONG AS OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER'S ATTENDING ONLINE.OUR CAMERA ON, WE ARE READY TO GO.
UM, IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2026 AT 5:03 PM WE'RE HERE IN CITY HALL, UH, ROOM 1, 1 0 1 AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
UM, BEFORE WE START OUR CALL TO ORDER, I DO WANNA REMIND OUR COMMISSIONERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED FOR QUORUM AND ATTENDANCE AND HAVE YOUR VOTES COUNTED AS WELL.
YOU DO NEED TO, UM, EMAIL OUR STAFF LIAISON, NATALIE, UM, RIGHT NOW
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY EMAILED NATALIE AND YOU'RE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE DO THAT SO THAT WE'RE SURE WE HAVE QUORUM AND THAT YOUR VOTES WILL COUNT.
UM, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE ROLL CALL.
I AM CHAIR SUMMERS, I AM HERE.
UM, VICE CHAIR SCHUMACHER HERE.
UH, OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN COMMISSIONER KAMAN HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER PRASAD HERE, UH, FOR AWARENESS.
COMMISSIONER SORUM HAS, UH, ROLLED OFF THE COMMISSION.
SO, UM, WE WILL, UM, WE MAY DO A CHECK AT THE END AS WELL FOR OUR, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEXT MEETING NEXT MONTH, QUORUM WILL ME HAVE A CHAT ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT IS OUR, UM, OUR ROLL CALL.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
AS ALWAYS, OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.THESE ARE ON, UM, GENERAL TOPICS.
SO THESE ARE TOPICS THAT ARE NOT, UM, UH, POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, UH, TO SPEAK TO US.
AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO IN ORDER OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
UM, IF SHE RETURNS BEFORE WE FINISH, I, I'LL CERTAINLY ALLOT HER HER TIME.
UM, THEN I THINK THE NEXT ON OUR LIST WOULD BE ELIZABETH LEVINS.
APOLOGIES IF I DIDN'T GET THAT RIGHT.
UM, AND YOU CAN, UM, JUST PRESS THE BUTTON TILL IT'S GREEN AND THEN YOU'LL, UM, UH, BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD ONLINE AS WELL.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS, UM, ELIZABETH LEVINS, AND I LIVE ON HER GOSLING IN THE DOG HEAD AREA.
UM, I SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING THAT CREATES, UM, OPTIONS, REDUCES CONGESTION AND IMPROVES CONNECTIVITY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE AUSTINITES.
HOWEVER, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF EXISTING RESIDENTS.
SO THERE'S AN, THERE'S AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT THAT PROPOSES FUNDING FUTURE TRANSIT ENHAN ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH THE DOG'S HEAD TEARS, INCLUDING EVALUATION OF A LIGHT RAIL AND HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT CONNECTIONS.
IF THE, IF THIS AREA DEVELOPS AS ENVISIONED, TRANSIT SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT THAT CONVERSATION CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE IMPACTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MAY HAVE ON EXISTING RESIDENTS.
MANY OF US ARE BEING ASKED TO TRUST A PLANNING PROCESS WHILE KEY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED.
WE STILL LACK INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC STUDIES, A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF FUTURE RIGHT-OF-WAY NEEDS AND CLARITY ABOUT HOW TRANSPORTATION AND TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE COULD AFFECT EXISTING HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN, IN MY CASE, CONCEPTUAL PLANS SHOW A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL ALIGNMENT THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY RUN THROUGH MY PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S NOT AN ABSTRACT PLANNING EXERCISE.
IT IS MY HOME RESIDENTS HAVE REPEATEDLY OFFERED ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD ACHIEVE THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION GOALS WHILE MINIMIZING NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS.
AND WE HOPE THAT ALTERNATIVES ARE CONSIDERED BEFORE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS BECOME TIED TO INFRASTRUCTURE ALIGNMENTS THAT PER PERMANENTLY AFFECT HOMEOWNERS GOOD TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, SHOULD CONNECT COMMUNITIES, IMPROVE MOBILITY, AND AVOID UNNECESSARY DISPLACEMENT OR HARM TO RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PROPERTY IMPACTS RIGHT OF WAY EXPANSION, SAFETY, FLOODING, AND TRANSPARENCY.
YET MANY REMAIN, MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNRESOLVED.
I'M NOT ASKING, UM, THIS COMMISSION TO, OR THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I'M JUST ASKING THAT THIS COMMISSION ENSURES TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IS DONE RESPONSIBLY.
PLEASE, UM, PLEASE ENSURE THAT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVES BOTH FUTURE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME.
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CONSIDERATION.SO, I, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU REAL QUICK AND, AND ALSO JUST SAY, UM, SO A LOT OF THOSE MORE MINUTE, UH, TOPICS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ROADS WILL GO, WHERE THE HIKE AND MIKE TRAILS WILL GO, WILL COME IN THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN THAT WILL LAY OUT THE ROAD AREA AND THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY, BEFORE IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL.
PROBABLY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE MEETING.
BUT, SO WE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME YOU BACK WHEN, UH, THIS BODY IS LOOKING AT A PRESENTATION OF THE FULL ROAD LAYOUT TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS WHAT YOUR CONCERNS WOULD BE ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL ROAD SEGMENTS.
AND WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT WAS? I'M GONNA YIELD STAFF 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT SAY.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FULLY SET IN STONE, BUT I DO EXPECT TO SEE THAT IN AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
UM, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN FOLKS COME OUT AND SPEAK TO US.
SO WE REALLY VALUE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GARRETT TONGUE.
COME ON UP AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO LIVE ON HER GO'S LANE.
UM, I'M REALLY REASSURED TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU'D WELCOME R AS THE PUBLIC'S FEEDBACK REGARDING THIS.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE AN AGENDA.
ITEM FOUR IS REGARDING THE DOG'S HEAD.
AND WE'RE ALL FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT.
WE'RE ALL FOR THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, BUT WE JUST WANNA HAVE A SAY, UM, BECAUSE THE WAY THIS PROJECT WAS RUSHED THROUGH COUNCIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, WE HAD 48 HOURS NOTICE.
UM, AND THE CURRENT PLANS CALL FOR WIDENING OUR, WIDENING OUR STREET TO 92 FEET, WHICH HAD PUT A CURB ON MY PORCH.
YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH THEIR LIVING ROOMS. AND WE WEREN'T GIVEN ANY NOTICE.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY THE CITY WILL SEND OUT A LITTLE MAIL OR SOMETHING WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROPERTY'S AFFECTED.
BUT ANYHOW, I JUST WAS, UH, ASKING THAT WHEN THIS DOES COME ACROSS YOUR DESK THAT YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS, THOSE THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED.
UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE JUST WANT IT, UM, DONE THE RIGHT WAY AND CONSIDERATELY WITHOUT DISPLACING, NOT JUST US, BUT OUR NEIGHBORS.
A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR GENERATIONS.
UM, I'M GONNA CALL ONE MORE TIME FOR XENOBI JOSEPH IF SHE IS HERE.
SINCE SHE'S NOT, SHE'S ALSO SIGNED UP ON ITEM FOUR.
UM, AND SO WE CAN, UM, SEE IF SHE'S HERE BY THAT TIME.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
GONNA MOVE US NOW INTO OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.THAT WAS NOT SPECIAL CALLED, WAS IT? IT MAY BE A HOLDOVER 'CAUSE OUR, WE HAD A SPECIAL CALLED IN MARCH, BUT UH, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REGULAR MEETING.
URBAN TRANSPORTATION, REGULAR MEETING ON 5 5 20 26.
UM, THOSE ARE IN THE PACKET AND THEY WERE CIRCULATED ONLINE.
IF FOLKS NEED A, A MOMENT TO REVIEW, BUT, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THERE.
THAT'S, UH, MOVE, UH, MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KAMAN.
ANY DISCUSSION OR CORRECTIONS, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE MEETING IN THE MINUTES? LOOKS GOOD.
I'LL CALL, UH, SEEING NO COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE TO APPROVE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE.
THAT'S GONNA BE UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESIDENT.
COMMISSIONER CHEN IS OFF CAMERA, SO I'M GONNA CALL HIM, UM, OFF THE DAIS FOR THAT.
[2. Curb Management Plan Update. Presentation by Joseph Al-Hajeri, Parking Enterprise Manager, Austin Transportation and Public Works.]
OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS, UM, NUMBER TWO, UM, THE CURB MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION UPCOMING BY JOSEPH ALHAJI FROM, UH, THE PARKING, UM, AUSTIN PARKING ENTERPRISE MANAGER AT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.
I WORK CLOSELY WITH JOSEPH AND HIS TEAM, AND HE'S GONNA BE DOING MOST OF THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE WERE LAST HERE IN FEBRUARY TALKING ABOUT KIND THE MIDWAY POINT OF DEVELOPING A CURB MANAGEMENT PLAN.
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THAT TIME WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WORKING WITH THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR CITY STAFF.AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS A, A CITYWIDE POLICY INFORMED FRAMEWORK THAT'S GONNA GUIDE HOW CURB SPACE WILL BE ALLOCATED, REGULATED, AND ADAPTED OVER TIME.
IT ESTABLISHES A, A CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR BALANCING THE COMPETING DEMANDS OF THE CURB.
WE ALL KNOW THERE'S PARKING AND PASSENGER LOADING, FREIGHT DELIVERY, EMERGENCY ACCESS.
WE'VE GOT WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSIT ACCESS, MICRO MOBILITY, BIKE AND PET ACTIVITY.
SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPETING DEMANDS.
AND THIS WILL GIVE US THAT CHANCE TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THE CITY GOALS RELATED TO SAFETY, MOBILITY, UH, EQUITY AND CHOICE.
UH, IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH NEW POLICIES.
THAT POLICY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE A S AND P.
AND SO THIS IS NOT A POLICY DOCUMENT.
THIS IS PROVIDING US THAT OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO ADMINISTER AND IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED INTO OUR DAY-TO-DAY CURVE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.
IT ALSO PROVIDES US A COMMON LANGUAGE TO USE, UM, DEFINING A SET OF TYPOLOGIES DECISION LOGIC THAT'LL BE APPLIED ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTEXT WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS APPEAR AND NEED SOME MANAGEMENT APPROACHES.
AND THAT'LL SUPPORT BOTH NEAR TERM AND OPERATIONAL DECISIONS, UM, AND LONGER TERM POLICY AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OVER TIME.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF DEFINE WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO JOSEPH.
JOSEPH HORY PARK ENTERPRISE DIVISION MANAGER AT TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I THINK LEWIS LAID IT OUT PERFECTLY, SO I'M JUST GONNA GET RIGHT INTO IT.
UM, LITTLE QUICK BACK, UH, BACKGROUND, UM, JUST KIND OF A RECAP OF WHAT WE DID AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING, UM, TO HAVE A FINAL DELIVERABLE IN EARLY JULY 20TH, 2026.
UM, AND REALLY KIND OF, UH, WHAT LEWIS MENTIONED THERE, THE FINAL DELIVER WILL BE A, A PLAN THAT PROVIDES PROCESS AND TOOLS FOR STAFF TO CONSIDER WHEN CHANGING CURBSIDE REGULATION.
THIS PLAN DOES NOT DICTATE ANY PARTICULAR AREAS REGULATIONS, BUT GIVE US US A FRAMEWORK TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE IS AN EXAMPLE FROM A CITY OF ATLANTA CURB SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I DO WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WAS A STUDY TO REALLY FOCUS ON CREATING A, A FRAMEWORK.
BUT MOST OF THE STUDIES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST OR IN, IN OTHER CITIES, FOCUSED ON ONE SMALL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN THEIR CITY, USUALLY A DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, OR AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHERE WE TOOK THIS ON AS HOW DO WE CREATE THIS AT A SCALE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE CREDIT TO OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, JMT AND JOURNEY FOR REALLY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A REALLY GOOD PROCESS, UH, TO GO THROUGH.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE WE DONE SINCE, UM, UM, THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE TO YOU.
SO WE REALLY REFINED THAT TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK.
UM, WE SHOWED YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND WE REALLY TOOK THIS TIME, UM, TO CREATE THE ANALYSIS OF CURB ACTIVITY, LAND USE AND MOBILITY FUNCTIONS TO REFINE THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE'VE COMPLETED AN EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, UM, WITH, UH, DATA, UH, DATA SUPPORTED, UH, IDENTIFICATION OF CORE ISSUES TO ADDRESS, UM, WITH SOME OF THE SAMPLE LOCATIONS THAT, UM, UH, THAT WE, WE TOOK DATA FROM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY LOOKED AT HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, ASSIGN A, A A PROCESS AND AN APPLICATION TO THIS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SCALE IT OUT TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN REALLY FOCUS DOWN TO WHAT ARE OUR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, UM, AND, AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
UM, AND WE PUT A CONCEPT OF FRAMEWORK APPLICATION AND PILOTS AND, AND A PHASED ROLLOUT.
SO, UM, FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE HERE, UM, THIS WAS KIND OF A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THREE PRIMARY DRIVERS AND THE, THE CURB TYPES WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CONDENSED AND FOCUSED IN WHERE NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT NINE CURB TYPES FOCUSED ON FOUR AREAS OF PRIMARY DRIVERS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY, UH, FOCUSING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY BLOCK WITH UNIQUE CONDITIONS.
AND EFFECTIVE CURB MANAGEMENT STILL RELIES ON PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, SITE SPECIFIC EVALUATIONS.
SO THIS TYPOLOGY DOES NOT IDENTIFY THE MAIN, UH, FORCES DRIVING CURB DEMAND AT ANY LOCATION, UM, AND DOES HIGHLIGHT WHERE CERTAIN CURB USAGE SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED, BALANCED OR LIMITED.
UM, FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, THE MULTIPLE FACTORS IN, IN HIGH PRESSURES AREAS.
UM, THESE ARE AREAS OF, OF HIGH ACTIVITY.
UM, YOU HAVE MOBILITY FOCUSED STREETS.
THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHPUTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH MAIN FOCUS OF, OF MOBILITY THROUGH THOSE CORRIDORS WITH SOME SUPPORTING ADJACENT SIDE STREETS, UM, THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE AFFECTED SPILLOVER FROM THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND THEN YOU, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE YOUR ACTIVITY, UH, DRIVEN TYPES WHERE YOUR MAIN ENTERTAINMENT, DINING, BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL, UM, AND LOCAL STREETS.
UM, SO WE'VE WORKED ON THIS FLOW CHART, AND THIS FLOW CHART REALLY EXPLAINS, UM, A STREET SEGMENT, HOW A STREET SEGMENT MOVES THROUGH THE, THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO ARRIVE AT A PRIMARY CURB TYPE.
UM, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHETHER THE CURBSIDE LANE, UH, PRIMARILY SUPPORTS MOVEMENT OR ACCESS.
UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WHETHER MULTIPLE MAJOR PRESSURES OCCUR AT THE SAME LOCATION.
UM, AND REALLY IS THERE MULTIPLE ACTIVITY TYPES IN THE AREA THAT CAUSE THOSE PRESSURES, WHETHER THOSE CURB EXPERIENCES SPILL OVER FROM, UH, NEARBY HIGH ACTIVITY AREAS INTO LOCAL STREETS.
UM, AND THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND INTENSIFY, UH,
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INTENSIFY CURB ACTIVITY, UM, REALLY FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST A SINGLE USE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY SOURCE, UM, WE WOULD LOOK AT LIKE A, A PARKS, UH, UH, LOCATION WHERE, UM, MAJORITY OF, OF THE DRIVER IS THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION.SO WE TOOK IT AND SCALED IT OUT TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, SO THIS TYPOLOGY FRAMEWORK CAN BE APPLIED CITYWIDE, UM, BASED OFF OF THOSE CRITERIA.
AND SO THIS KINDA GIVES YOU A SMALL EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE LAND USE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON A MAP AND, AND BEING ABLE TO PUT ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER, UM, BASED OFF THOSE SPECIFIC FACTORS THAT WE HAVE FOR CURB ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'LL GO INTO SOME EXAMPLES NOW.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, UM, IS, UM, MAIN FOCUS ON A PRIMARY MOVEMENT, UH, NORTH LAMAR 24TH STREET, AS YOU SEE THERE, UM, THESE AREAS ARE, ARE FOCUSED ON MAJOR CITY CORRIDORS WITH HIGH TRANSIT AND FECAL THROUGHPUT.
UM, THEY MIGHT HAVE ADJACENT SINGLE USE ACTIVITIES OUT THERE, LIKE YOU SEE, UH, THE PARK.
UM, BUT THEIR, THEIR PRIMARY, UH, USE IS, UH, MOBILITY THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR.
UH, THERE'S NO, UM, CURBSIDE PARKING TYPICALLY, THOSE ARE SUPPORTED ON THE SIDE STREETS OF, OF THOSE MAIN CORRIDORS.
I WILL SAY, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS LITTLE OUTLIER THERE WHERE YOU SEE THIS LITTLE GREEN MARK, UM, OVER THERE ON THE SIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, A PART OF APPLYING ANYTHING, SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING CITYWIDE, WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE RECOGNIZE AND, AND THAT WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THIS IS HOW WE'VE CREATED A WAY TO FORM FACTOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT INTO PLACE.
SO MULTIPLE HIGH PRESSURES, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THESE ARE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HIGHER NEED TO ACTUALLY MANAGE PARKING AND, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES LIKE LOADING, VALET, OTHER THINGS.
UM, THE, THE LAND USE IS THERE, THE ACTIVITY CENTER'S THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MULTIPLE COMPETING DEMANDS.
UM, AND THERE'S CLEAR
AS WELL AS THE NEEDS FOR, UM, UH, CURBSIDE USE, FLEXIBLE APPROACHES TO MATCH CHANGE IN DEMAND THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UM, AND AND INTO THE EVENING ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE HERE IN NORTH SIXTH STREET, UM, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, THE CORRIDOR PROVIDES ACCESS TO MAJOR ACTIVITIES, UM, AS WELL AS SIDE STREETS.
BUT, UM, THERE ALSO COULD BE OTHER ASPECTS LIKE INSET PARKING OR OTHER THINGS THAT THAT, THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE NEEDED.
UM, SO THERE'S JUST A HIGHER ACTIVITY OF NEED TO MANAGE THESE LOCATIONS.
HERE WE GO, SUPPORTING SIDE STREETS.
SO THE SUPPORTING SIDE STREETS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AN AREA THAT, UM, YOU SEE SPILLOVER.
SO YOU HAVE A HIGH ACTIVITY CENTER, UM, AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAS A SPILLOVER ONTO THE SIDE STREETS.
IT COULD BE A RESIDENTIAL STREET, IT COULD BE, UM, UM, A STREET THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE SOME LIMITED OFFICE USE OR OTHER THINGS.
BUT, UM, REALLY THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AREA IS THE MAIN CORRIDOR ACTIVITY THAT HAS COMPETING DEMANDS THAT THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, UH, SPILLOVER INTO THE SIDE STREETS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'LL SEE THINGS LIKE RPP AND OTHER THINGS IN THESE AREAS.
UM, RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING FOR THAT, UM, ACRONYM.
UM, SO WE JUST WANNA, UH, NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT MAIN STREETS.
THESE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT ARE, YOU'RE SEEING THE HIGH DEMAND OR THE DRIVEN TO THESE, THE ACTUAL STREETS ITSELF.
IT'S AN ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, ADJACENT STREET.
THE HIGH PRESSURE COMMUNITY DEMAND THAT'S, THAT IS, IS CAUSING A SPILLOVER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR SINGLE USE, UM, SPECIFIC AREA.
SO, UM, AS YOU SEE IN THE, THE, UH, PICTURE HERE, KINGSBURY STREET, UM, THAT'S WHAT I SPEAKING TO, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE, UM, THE STREET MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER SPECIFIC NEEDS, MAYBE RESIDENTIAL NEEDS PARKING, BUT THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THAT ROADWAY ITSELF, UM, IS THAT PARK RIGHT.
UM, WHERE WE SAY 90% OF THE TIME PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE THERE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME AUXILIARY 5% HERE AND THERE FOR THOSE OTHER NEEDS, BUT THE PRIMARY DRIVER IS THAT SINGLE ACTIVITY USE ITSELF.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE LABELED JUST A VERY SPECIFIC, UM, ACTIVITY TYPE FOR LAND USE ACTIVITY.
SO EXISTING CONDITIONS, ANALYSIS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS.
UM, WE ALREADY KNOW THERE'S, UH, CONFLICT CONCENTRATION.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEMAND IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT DID IT REALLY SAY THROUGH SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE PICKED UP? RIGHT? WE KNOW TIME OF DAY IMBALANCE, YOU KNOW, WHERE CURB DEMAND IS TIME VARIABLE, BUT CURB REGULATIONS AND SPACE ALLOCATION DO NOT CONSISTENTLY ADJUST TO MATCH THOSE PEAKS.
UM, ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THAT, UM, IS YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, REGULATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE TIME OF DAY.
SO THAT COULD CREATE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE COMPLEXITY AND BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE CURB AND THAT IMBALANCE THAT YOU SEE.
UM, WE HAVE A STORAGE VERSUS MISMATCH, RIGHT? WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, IN SOME AREAS UNRESTRICTED AND FREE PARKING AREAS
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SHOW THE LONGEST TO WELL TIMES, UM, WHICH JUST REINFORCES THAT PRIMARY CURB USES, UH, VEHICLE STORAGE EVEN IN HIGH DEMAND AREAS.UM, WHICH THAT THE DATA REALLY INFORMED US OF THAT.
UM, COULD YOU, I THINK I WASN'T FOLLOWING THAT LAST SENTENCE.
COULD YOU KIND OF RESTATE THAT FOR ME A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY? LIKE THE, THAT OBSERVATION? I'M SORRY.
UH, STORAGE VERSUS MISMATCH VERSUS ACCESS.
SO UNRESTRICTED AND FREE PARKING AREA SHOW THE LONGEST TO ALL TIMES, UM, WHICH JUST REINFORCES THAT PRIMARY CURB USE IS, IS VEHICLE STORAGE, UM, EVEN IN HIGH DEMAND AREAS.
SO WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, YOU KNOW, UM, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE MANAGED PARKING IN SOME AREAS AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, WITH CAPACITY, YOU'RE STILL HAVING HIGH DWELL TIME FOR, FOR PARKING.
SO ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS TO DO CURB MANAGEMENT IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THOSE DESTINATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTING TO GET TO THE SAME LOCATION.
SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT PRICING BE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL TO HAVE THAT TURNOVER.
SO THE OCCUPANCY IS AT THAT 85% ISH LEVEL.
UH, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS TO SUPPORTING THOSE BUSINESSES IN COMMERCIAL AREAS OR PARKS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THAT BE PRIMARILY WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST LEAVING THEIR CAR FOR, YOU KNOW, HOUR AND A HALF AND TAKING THEIR TIME TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PRICING STRATEGY IN PLACE, IT HELPS TO CREATE THAT TURNOVER THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SO EVERYONE'S GOT A CHANCE TO ACCESS THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO I'M JUST, JUST CHECKING MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO BASICALLY THAT EVEN WHERE WE HAVE LIKE A METERED PARKING, COMPARING THAT TO SOMEPLACE THAT HAS UNRESTRICTED PARKING, THE DWELL TIMES ARE PRETTY COMPARABLE.
LIKE, PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE NOT CHARGING ENOUGH.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE 78 VERSUS 91, IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE A 20% DIFFERENCE MM-HMM
UM, SO SOMEONE'S STAYING 20% LONGER WHEN THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY HAVING TO PAY OR, OR CAPTURE THAT FULL COST OF WHAT THEIR PARKING, UH, ACTUALLY IS, IS COSTING THAT LOCATION.
SO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO MANAGE THE PARKING THROUGH EFFECTIVE PRICING AND, AND HAVING THAT PRICING BE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL, THAT GIVES US THE CHANCE TO REALLY PROMOTE THE ACCESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING PEOPLE STORE VEHICLES FOR LONGER.
I, SORRY IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO GET WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.
SO FROM THOSE, THESE THINGS, CONDITIONS TO, UH, MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THE CORRIDOR AND, AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL ACTION.
SO KIND OF LEWIS SPOKE TO IS PRICING AND CURB ALLOCATION.
ARE WE SEEING HIGH, YOU KNOW, A NEED FOR, UH, PASSENGER PICKUP AND DROP OFF, YOU KNOW, CHANGING, UM, THAT PRICING TO, UM, UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, UM, TIME OF DAY BASED MANAGEMENT, SO IT COULD BE PROGRESSIVE OR DYNAMIC PRICING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON SIMP, SIMPLIFYING, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX REGULATIONS WHICH CAUSE MORE, UM, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO USE THE CURB.
SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT CLARITY, UH, TO HAVE MORE CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, UM, AND SHIFT CURB USE TOWARD ACCESS AND TURNOVER, LIKE LOUIS SAID.
UM, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE DATA TO, TO REALLY ALLOCATE WHAT THE NEED FOR THAT USE AREA IS.
UM, AND, AND, AND REALLY GETTING A GOOD IDEA OF HOW TO TAKE ACTION FOR IDENTIFIED, UM, MISMATCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURB ACCESS.
SO WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS? UM, REALLY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WE'RE COMPLETING OUR STAKEHOLDER REENGAGEMENT PROCESS NOW, UM, FROM THE TIME WE, WE INITIALLY STARTED THE STUDY, UM, GETTING SOME FEEDBACK ON, UH, ITS INITIAL ROLLOUT.
UM, WE'LL FINALIZE OUR PROJECT DELIVERABLES, REALLY.
THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CURBSIDE, UH, MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE COMPLETE, UM, IN EARLY JULY.
THAT WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDY ITSELF, UM, AS WELL AS A PROCESS THROUGH THESE TYPOLOGIES THAT WE'VE CREATED TO, UM, MORE OF A BUSINESS PROCESS FOR US STAFF TO, TO, UM, START WORKING THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS OVER TIME.
UM, TAKING THOSE, UH, STUDY LOCATIONS THAT WE, WE, WE TOOK ON.
SOME OF THOSE ARE LIKE E SEVENTH AND UM, UH, RED RIVER, UM, AND DOING PROOF OF CONCEPT, RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE COLLECTED THE DATA, WE KNOW WHAT THE CURB TYPOLOGY IS, UM, SO KNOW LET'S MAKE THOSE CHANGES, TALK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE AREAS AND SEE IF WHAT ARE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE AND WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER ACTUALLY MEETS THOSE GOALS.
UM, COLLECTING DATA AGAIN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH SKILL THIS TO THE REST OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE SEE, UM, IN THE CITY AS THEY DO COME UP.
UM, AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THIS DONE, UM, COMPLETED IN EARLY JULY, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THAT PROCESS, UM, OF IMPLEMENTATION, THE FRAMEWORK, UM, THEREAFTER.
YEAH, I, I'LL HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE COMPLETED SOME MAPPING,
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SO LIKE A LOT OF THIS IS LIKE A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, RIGHT? FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS AND LOCALES, UM, UM, THE, OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CORRIDORS.UH, AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME MAPPING HERE THAT WE SEE, BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY THIS IS NOT REALLY A PLAN.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THE FRAMEWORK AND THE DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES, THEN WE CAN GET INTO DIFFERENT LOCAL AREAS AND LIKE FIGURE OUT, AND YOU MENTIONED SOME LIKE RED RIVER AND EAST SEVENTH AND LIKE, START OFF WITH THOSE, WITH ADJUSTING THE CURB MANAGEMENT GOING, AND YOU WOULD, I ASSUME, GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK MAYBE SOME OF THESE PLACES SORT OF FEEDING INTO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE LATER, LIKE MOVE INTO LIKE A PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DISCUSSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT WOULD BE, AND HOW WOULD THAT ROLL OUT? WOULD THAT BE BASED ON THE MAPPING THAT YOU DID OR GROUPS COULD COME TO YOU? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE WHAT WOULD BE THE STEPS OUT AFTER THIS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
I THINK, UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
YOU KNOW, I, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARKING ENTERPRISE, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, A LOT OF THE TIMES PARKING ISSUES ARE, ARE VERY REACTIVE IN NATURE, RIGHT? WE DON'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO BE PROACTIVE.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO START TO BE SOMEWHAT PROACTIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE PLAN GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, CURB TYPES COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND IT GIVES US A PROCESS TO START THAT.
ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT AREA THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THESE INITIAL EIGHT STUDY LOCATIONS.
WELL, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND COLLECT THE DATA THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE'VE LEARNED WHAT THOSE STEPS COULD BE FOR THE DATA WE NEED TO COLLECT.
UM, AND THEN USE THAT TO UNDERSTAND IF OUR CURVE TYPES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS INITIAL PROCESS ACTUALLY MEET WHAT THOSE ACTUAL, THE DATA ANALYSIS SHOWS.
IF NOT, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE ENOUGH TO MAYBE POTENTIALLY CHANGE THAT TYPOLOGY FOR THAT LOCATION BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
NOT ONLY JUST THROUGH, YOU KNOW, QUANTITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE DATA, BUT QUALITATIVE DATA FROM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD SPEAKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK OUR FIRST STEP IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, INITIAL, UM, DATA ANALYSIS FOR THESE LOCATIONS THAT WE DID THROUGH THE STUDY, SEE IF THAT MEETS THOSE NEEDS, UM, WORK THROUGH OUR, UH, BUSINESS PROCESS THROUGH THAT, UM, AND START IDENTIFYING HOW WE, WE TAKE THAT ON IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
THIS COULD BE IDENTIFIED ALREADY THROUGH CONFLICT DEMAND THAT WE RECEIVED A BUNCH OF CSRS FOR, OR, UM, OTHER, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING CONFLICTS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ONE SPECIFIC FORM FACTOR THAT WE'LL SAY, OH, WE'LL START IN THIS CERTAIN AREA AND THEN WE'LL START TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY HOW WE, YOU KNOW, UM, IMPLEMENT THIS PROCESS.
YEAH, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE DYNAMIC.
I MEAN, THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY.
I, I THINK WE MAY HAVE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE YOU AND I SORT OF OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF THIS COMMISSION, BUT I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER AT, AT LASA HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS LIKE A SITUATION WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A HIGH SCHOOL THERE FOR YEARS, BUT THEN SORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CHANGED AND THEN LIKE WE KEEP CHANGING THE BUSING OR MAYBE THERE'S NOT EVEN GONNA BE ANY BUSING FROM A ISD NEXT YEAR.
AND THERE'S LOTS OF VERY NEW DRIVERS, INCLUDING ONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD.
YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY ON THE GROUND WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LOVE TO BELIEVE THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ULTIMATELY AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY, BUT
BALANCING IT IS DIFFICULT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
TRYING TO BALANCE ALL THE COMPETING DEMANDS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WITH THIS PLAN IS THAT IT ACTUALLY GIVES US A PROCESS AND A DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK TO FOLLOW CONSISTENTLY.
'CAUSE WE GET IT ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE A NEW ICE CREAM SHOP, A NEW WINE BAR, SOMETHING ELSE OPENS UP AND IT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF THE PARKING IN THAT AREA.
IT CHANGES HOW THE NEIGHBORS FEEL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
THE, THE CHANGES TO CITY CODE ABOUT PARKING MINIMUMS IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AROUND PARKING AND AROUND LAND USE, AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE IMPACTS PLAY OUT ON THE, ON STREET PARKING.
AND IT'S, IT'S GOT A LOT OF IMPACT THERE.
AND SO THIS GIVES US THAT CHANCE, AS JOSEPH MENTIONED, WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH EIGHT LOCATIONS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ENTERTAINMENT OR DOWNTOWN OR, UM, SOME NEIGHBORHOOD AVENUES.
SO THAT GIVES US THAT CHANCE TO GO BACK AND SEE, OKAY, IF WE FOLLOW THIS PROCESS, WHERE DO WE LAND? AND WHAT DOES THAT DO? SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE A STARTING POINT.
SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THOSE STEPS AND HAVE ALL THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURB REGULATIONS THERE.
AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROBABLY COULD USE A, A NEW LOOK AT THE CURB REGULATIONS THAT ARE THERE TODAY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT USING THIS AND IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN.
AND I, I ALSO, JUST TO COMMENT, I THINK THIS IS VERY BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY AREA IS GONNA BE A CANDIDATE FOR A-P-T-M-D, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE, BUT LIKE, SOME AREAS DO NEED SOME DYNAMIC FIXES BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND OR NEW, NEW, A NEW COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT THIS DOES HOPEFULLY SET A FRAMEWORK FOR US TO BE MORE NIMBLE GOING FORWARD, WHICH I THINK IS, WITHOUT HAVING
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TO DO A BIG MASTER PTMD PLAN IN EVERY LOCALE OR SOMETHING.SO, UM, I WILL LOOK AROUND FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO DRILL DOWN ON SOMETHING YOU GUYS STARTED TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THE ACCESS PART, RIGHT? SO I THINK YOU GUYS, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE'VE SEEN YOU HAVE REALLY DRILLED DOWN ON WHAT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE CURB IS, WHICH THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S HALF THE BATTLE, RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS, I THINK THE QUESTION THIS PLAN HAS TO ANSWER, AND IT'S THE TOUGHEST QUESTION, IS ACCESS FOR HOOP, RIGHT? SO I WANNA DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
SO LIKE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PARK AND RESIDENTIAL STREET WHERE THERE'S A PARK ON ONE SIDE AND A RE YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THE OTHER, ARE WE PRIORITIZING ACCESS FOR THE HOMES OR FOR THE PARK IF IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD AVENUE? ARE WE PRIORITIZING ACCESS FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACES OR FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USES? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE IT COMES UP EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE TO BALANCE THOSE COMPETING DEMANDS, RIGHT? AND WE'VE, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS OVER ON AS A PARK FIELD OVER NEAR, UH, PEACE PARK, RIGHT? THEY, THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT WERE NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS ON THE STREET SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF TRASH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF NOISE, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING THE PARK EVEN AFTER HOURS WHEN THE PARK'S SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED, WE WOULD JUST WANNA DO 24 7 RPP.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE.
WE ENGAGE WITH SOME OF THE PARK USERS AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO VISIT THIS PARK.
THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS.
AND SO GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO LAND ON A LITTLE BIT MORE REASONABLE HYBRID APPROACH WHERE WE HAD RPP IN THE EVENINGS OVERNIGHT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE PARK WAS CLOSED.
BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WORK WEEK DIFFERENT THAN ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEMAND IS COMING THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN REALLY POINTS TO IS THAT EACH PLACE IS A LITTLE BIT CONTEXT SPECIFIC.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON FROM ALL THE PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE THERE, AND THEN USING THE TYPOLOGY AS THE STARTING POINT.
WE CAN SAY, WE CAN KIND OF STRESS TEST IT AND WE CAN GO COLLECT DATA AND OBSERVATION, BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL SET OF INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DECISION ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH BALANCING THOSE COMPETING DEMANDS AND, AND NEEDS IN THE AREA.
AND THEN IF I CAN ASK A BIT OF A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, IT'S KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SUPPORTING STREET, SOMETHING THAT HAS A MAJOR USE ON A NEARBY STREET, ARE WE CONSIDERING MAJOR USES TO ONLY BE NON-RESIDENTIAL? OR DOES THIS PLAN CONTEMPLATE THAT MAJOR USES COULD BE RESIDENTIAL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I, I, I BELIEVE WE WENT DOWN THAT ROUTE AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY IMPACT TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT WE WERE MAJOR MAINLY LOOKING ACT ACTIVITY TYPES ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS, UM, BASED OFF OF THOSE SPECIFIC CURB TYPE USES, RIGHT? ACTIVITY CENTERS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT'S AFFECTING THAT, YOU KNOW, MAIN ROADWAY AND THERE'S SPILLOVER EFFECTS, THEN WE WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE THE SUPPORTER STREET.
BUT IF THE SUPPORTER STREET ITSELF HAS A MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT WASN'T REALLY CONSIDERED IN THAT PROCESS, SO IF THERE'S A MAJOR STREET THAT HAS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ON IT AND IT'S CREATING SPILLOVER TO A SUPPORTING STREET, WOULD YOU ALL PUT THAT IN THAT BUCKET? OR BECAUSE IT'S RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, WOULD YOU NOT PUT IT IN THAT BUCKET? IT, IT WOULD LIKE TO GO IN THAT BUCKET OF SUPPORTING STREET? 'CAUSE THERE'S A SPILLOVER EFFECT, RIGHT? THAT THE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO A LOCATION ALONG THAT KIND OF MAJOR ACTIVITY CORRIDOR OR MINOR ACTIVITY CORRIDOR.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOT PARKING ALONG THERE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING THAT SUPPORTING STREET ON THE SIDE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT DEMAND IN SOME WAY.
AND SO WHEN THAT DEMAND GOES BEYOND JUST THE MAJOR CORRIDOR ADJACENT STREET AND IT KEEPS GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN IT STARTS TO HAVE THAT SPILLOVER EFFECT AND, AND IT IMPACTS THE ABILITY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA TO USE THAT SPACE.
SO THIS IS WHERE, UM, IT'S MORE OF AN ART THAN A SCIENCE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT EXACT PERFECT.
AND AS JOSEPH MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU DO IT CITYWIDE IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A STARTING POINT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GET THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT POP UP THAT AREN'T EXACTLY ACCURATE TO THE LOCATION.
SO IT'S A STARTING POINT FOR US.
WE'LL COLLECT DATA, WE'LL HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AS SPECIFIC NEEDS COME UP OR AS SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE NEEDED, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY REFINE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA BASED ON THAT CONTEXT.
YEAH, I, I WILL CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE, THE FINAL PLAN OR DRAFT SAYS ON THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO THE TIGHTEST SITUATIONS IS WHEN WE'RE PITTING A RESIDENTIAL AREA AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND CHOOSING WINNERS AND LOSERS BETWEEN RESIDENTS BASED OFF OF WHAT TYPE OF BUILDING THEY LIVE IN.
SO THAT I, I WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT PART WITH INTEREST.
IF, IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
I THINK THERE'S A TENSION IN A LOT OF OUR CITY PLANNING WHERE, UM, RESIDENTIAL IS A WORD THAT WE USE.
IT'S REALLY CODED FOR SINGLE FAMILY, WHEREAS A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS DO.
I, I MYSELF LIVE IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND I AM A MOM AND I'M RAISING KIDS IN AUSTIN THAT WERE BORN IN AUSTIN AND I AM A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, BUT LIKE, SOMETIMES LIKE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING KIND OF GETS CODED AS LIKE, NOT RESID LIKE, IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T FALL NEATLY INTO THE CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SOMEHOW IN SOME WAYS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS WITHIN PLANNING.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO SORT OF DRAW ATTENTION TO THOSE MOMENTS, UM, TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
LIKE A HUGE NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE
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IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, AND SO THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING TYPOLOGY.IT'S JUST ONE THAT HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS OR COULD HAVE DIFFERENT CURB MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND, UM, THOSE FOLKS STILL HAVE VISITORS OR THROW BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR THEIR KIDS OR, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.
UM, OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, COMMISSIONER KAMAN.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROCESS.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THE, WE'RE GONNA BE, NOT ALL OF THESE, WE WANNA HAVE IT BE LIKE STREAMLINED AND NOT HAVE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT TYPES.
BUT SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS LIKE, NOT ALL ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING DISTRICTS ARE CREATED EQUAL, AND SOME ARE CLEARLY GONNA HAVE LIKE, EXTREMELY HIGH DEMAND, ESPECIALLY DURING SOMETIMES, AND SOME WILL JUST HAVE MODERATE, BUT YOU STILL NEED PRICING.
ARE YOU CONSIDERING, UM, HAVING DIFFERENT PRICING LEVELS OR LIKE A DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THAT WITHIN THE, UH, UM, THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS SO THAT YOU'RE CORRECTLY MATCHING THAT WITH DEMAND? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR SURE.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, AS, UH, DONALD SCHU FAMOUSLY SAID, RIGHT, PRICING NEEDS TO BE EXACT, RIGHT? AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ART, IT'S A SCIENCE, AND YOU HAVE TO, TO KIND OF PLAY WITH THAT TO UNDERSTAND EACH NEED OF THAT AREA.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING RIGHT THROUGH OUR CURRENT PRICING, UH, UH, PROCESS AND, AND STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
UM, AND AS WE START TO COLLECT MORE DATA AND THEN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS, DEPENDING ON THAT MISMATCH AND ACCESS IT THROUGH THE DAY, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK AT THAT? UM, DOES IT NEED, YOU KNOW, MORE SPACE FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING MORE AVS GO IN THAT LOCATION OR MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, TNCS GOING INTO THAT AREA.
UM, I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS WILL, WILL PLAY IN A FACTOR OF HOW WE DETERMINE PRICING.
UM, AND THEN UNDERSTANDING WHAT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING MORE DATA AND, UM, MORE CONSISTENTLY WILL HELP US, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, I'M LOOKING AROUND OTHERS WITH QUESTIONS.
HEY, I COULD GO ONLINE ON THIS, BUT I'LL JUST SHAME MYSELF.
UM, ALSO CONGRATS ON THE DOWN SHOOT QUOTE, YOU, UH, DEFINITELY KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE HERE.
UM, I LOVE THAT WE'RE ADDING, TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE LOADING AND PICKUP DROP OFF ZONES.
I'VE BEEN BANGING THAT DRUM FOR A WHILE.
I ALSO LOVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIMPLIFYING ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING IN OUR DISTRICTS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST CONFUSED ABOUT PARKING AND THEY'RE TIRED OF THE, YOU KNOW, MEGA SIGNS WHERE THERE'S FIVE.
UH, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY GONNA BE INTRODUCING KIND OF MORE REGULATIONS, RIGHT? LIKE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PICKUP DROP OFF LOADING ZONES.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE CHANGING IT BASED OFF OF TIME, WHICH ADDS TO THAT AS WELL.
SO HOW ARE WE BALANCING THOSE TWO THINGS OF ADDING THINGS AND ALSO WANTING, MAKE IT SIMPLE? YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY THE, THE TIGHT ROPE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WALK, RIGHT? UM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S RECOGNIZING I THINK IN THE INDUSTRY AROUND PARKING, THAT YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE TIMING BASED ON WHEN THOSE DEMAND PEAKS ARE, RIGHT? WE SAW SOME OF THE CHARTS EARLIER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY, DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE CERTAIN DEMAND IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE VERY QUIET SOME OTHER TIMES.
AND SO FINDING THAT BALANCE OF HAVING FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE WITH SIGNAGE THAT ISN'T CONFUSING OR, UH, HAVING
WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER I THINK PERFECTLY TODAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES.
WE DID SOME LITERATURE REVIEW AND LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES.
WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES FROM SOME OTHER PLACES.
UM, BUT SOME OF IT MIGHT JUST HAVE TO BE KIND OF A APP BASED DYNAMIC BASED ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO SOME TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT I THINK WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PHYSICAL SIGNAGE.
AND THEN, UH, UH, LAST THING I'LL ASK IS, UH, WHEN CAN I GET MY HANDS ON THE DRAFT AND START READING IT? YEAH, WE, WE JUST GOT OUR HANDS ON THE DRAFT
UH, SO WE ARE, UH, ACTIVELY IN REVIEW PHASE RIGHT NOW AND, UH, HOPING TO GET TO THAT FINAL DRAFT BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE A DRAFT WITH Y'ALL THAT GET INTO THAT FINAL STAGE OF REVIEW AND, AND FINALIZING THE PLAN.
AND THEN IF I COULD ALSO, THIS IS THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, I PROMISE.
UH, I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE WHERE, UH, A PLAN GOES UP TO THE MOBILITY COMMISSION, OR SORRY, MOBILITY COMMISSION, MOBILITY COMMITTEE, OR EVEN COUNCIL, JUST AS LIKE A, HEY, BY THE WAY, WE ADOPTED THIS PLAN.
UH, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC HAS SEEN IT AS WELL, SO THEN PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTIONS.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD GIVE THE DRAFT PLAN AND PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND THE ABILITY TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK AND COUNCIL AS WELL, UM, I THINK THAT PROCESS TENDS TO WORK A LITTLE BETTER.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, I THINK WITH THE TIMELINE OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE 'CAUSE SUMMER AND BUDGET AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE PRESSED BY COUNCIL TO GET A PLAN DONE WITHIN A YEAR, AND WE'RE GONNA BE AT A YEAR AND TWO WEEKS, I THINK.
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UH, WE, IF WE DELAYED THAT BY A FEW MONTHS, WE MIGHT NOT BE MEETING THAT TARGET THAT WE COMMITTED TO.SO WE'LL TRY TO FIND THAT BALANCE AND WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES DIRECTLY THAT HAVE HAD THE MOST INTEREST AS WELL.
UH, JUST REALLY QUICK, IS THERE A GOAL TURNOVER RATE OR AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU WERE AIMING FOR ON ANY OF THESE STREETS? I THINK WE, I MEAN THE TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, 85%, YOU KNOW, OCCUPANCY LEVEL, IF YOU START TO SEE THAT, UM, TYPICALLY IS THE MAIN TARGET.
UM, AND THEN IF, IF IT GOES HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER SOLUTIONS OR PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE EXTENDING THEIR TIME BEYOND THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT, BUT 85% IS TYPICALLY THE, THE STANDARD, UM, FOR WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES, LIKE 85% OF SPOTS OCCUPIED.
I'M GONNA CHECK IN ONE MORE TIME ON MY ONLINE FOLKS.
I ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE, I'M TRYING TO SEE ALL Y'ALL.
YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST START TALKING IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I THINK THAT MIGHT CONCLUDE OUR QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
[3. Parking Transportation Management Districts Overview. Presentation by Joseph Al-Hajeri, Parking Enterprise Manager, Austin Transportation and Public Works.]
THIS WILL LEAD US INTO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS, UH, A PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S OVERVIEW.AND I THINK WE'VE GOT OUR SAME TEAM WITH US HERE FOR THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
YEAH, APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO PRESENT ON THIS AS WELL.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF INTEREST LATELY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS AN EXCITING PIECE OF OUR OVERALL PORTFOLIO AS WELL.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY DEFINE AN AREA AND REINVEST BACK INTO THAT COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE PROCEEDS THAT COME FROM METERED PARKING.
UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN KIND OF EVER EVOLVING AND, AND STARTED SOME OF THE LOCATIONS STARTED EVEN 10 PLUS YEARS AGO.
UH, BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS EVOLVE AS FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST A CONCEPT AND THEN GETTING STARTED TO ACTUALLY HAVING FUNDS THAT HAVE STARTED TO ACCUMULATE IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS.
UH, BUT WITH THAT LONG TIMEFRAME, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES, UH, TO BE FRANK ABOUT JUST HAVING CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD FORMAL PROCESS OF SPENDING THOSE FUNDS AS THEY, AS THEY FINALLY DID ACCUMULATE.
SO WE'RE, UH, GOING THROUGH A LOT OF REVIEW RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TODAY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, GOING OVER JUST A QUICK, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM HISTORY.
WHAT I'LL BE SPEAKING TO IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, PARKING DISTRICT, UH, ORDINANCES.
ONE OF THAT IS THE, UM, UH, PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT, UM, ITSELF, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, 12 DASH SIX OUR CODE.
UM, AND WE HAVE OUR PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS 12 DASH SEVEN.
UM, SO OUR PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, REALLY STARTED OFF AS A, A FEDERAL GRANT, UH, FUNDED PROCESS WHERE WE PILOTED ONE LITTLE SECTION IN WEST CAMPUS, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT BENEFIT COULD LOOK LIKE.
THAT LED TO US HAVING A, AN OFFICIAL, UH, ORDINANCE IN 2011 THAT WAS CREATED.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THE WEST CAMPUS PARK BENEFIT DISTRICT WAS ADOPTED.
UM, AND THEN 2013 THAT WAS, UH, EXPANDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE AREA ITSELF EXPANDED AND DURING THAT TIMEFRAME WE, WE LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOME JUST OVERALL CHALLENGES, UM, WHERE WE CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW, A, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ORDINANCE THAT GAVE US THE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, WORK WITH, UH, BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT'S, AND, AND, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR.
AND SO WE CREATED THE PARKING, UM, UH, AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, WHICH IS THE PTMD ORDINANCE IN 2014.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT REALLY IS A, UH, PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT? SO THE REALLY, THE PURPOSE, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, LEWIS ALLUDED TO, UM, IS, UH, CREATING A DISTRICT WHERE WE REALLY FOCUS ON MOBILITY AND PARKING, UM, NEEDS, UM, IN A DISTRICT THAT'S COORDINATED THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHERE WE PUT IN, UH, PAID PARKING AND, AND THAT PART OF THAT IS 51% OF THAT, THAT PAID PARKING REVENUE, LESS CITY EXPENSES, UM, ARE, UH, PUT INTO AN ACCOUNT TO USE FOR MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, UM, AN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, NEW ON STREET, UH, PAID PARKING SPACES OR 200 OFF STREET PUBLIC PAID PARKING SPACES.
UM, AND, UH, REALLY THOSE PROJECTS CAN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, FILLING IN SIDEWALK APPS, UM, SIGN UP REHABILITATION, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ISLANDS, STREET TREES, UM, UM, REHABILITATION, UM, MOBILITY STUDIES THAT LEAD TO PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
SO IF THE STUDY'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, DONE, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIES, UM, WITHIN THAT TO HAVE A, A ACTUALIZED PROJECT COMPLETED.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, OH, I THINK, I THINK I SKIPPED A SLIDE.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A DISTRICT COORDINATION PROCESS.
SO, UH, JUST A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN WE SET UP A DISTRICT, UM, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS, EITHER THAT'S INITIATED THROUGH A COMMUNITY OR THROUGH OUR DIRECTOR THROUGH SOME OTHER MEAN, UM, OF GETTING WORKING
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WITH THE COMMUNITY.WE CREATE A COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER REVIEW, UM, BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ROCKS STUDENTS APPLICATION PROCESS TO GET ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
THAT APPLICATION ACTUALLY BECOMES THE ORDINANCE FOR ITSELF, FOR THE DISTRICT.
THAT INCLUDES THE BOUNDARIES WHERE WE INITIALLY START FOR PAID PARKING AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES AND THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, UM, FOR THAT INITIAL APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, THAT THEN ONCE THE, UH, ORDINANCE IS COMPLETED, UM, AND THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, WE THEN MEET WITH THAT EITHER SAME C YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP, OR THEY IDENTIFY PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT, UM, THEM THROUGH, UM, A A COMMUNITY BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER BOARD THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, WHEN THEY WENT TO INITIATE A PROJECT, THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY IN, UM, PROPOSE THAT TO, UM, THE CITY STAFF.
WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT THROUGH INITIAL APPROVAL PROCESSES INTERNALLY, UM, THAT IT INITIALLY GETS SIGNED OFF BY A DIRECTOR FOR, UH, PROJECT FUNDING.
UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, SOME THAT LOUIS ALLUDED TO IS JUST CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION.
UM, AND I'LL GET TO SOME OF THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE INDIVIDUAL SLIDES FOR EACH DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING A COMMUNITY BOARD AND, AND PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME COULD BE VERY HARD TO GET, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION.
UM, THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE DISTRICTS, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN FOR 10 YEARS IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL FUNDS TO USE FOR PROJECTS.
IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE, UM, AND, AND CHANGES TO THE CURB SPACE AND, UM, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN TO CHARGE A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION AND, AND, AND COORDINATION EARLY ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN, THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD WANT TO SEE.
UM, UH, FOR SOME, UM, UM, MORE CONSISTENT BASIS AS WE GOT INTO LATER INTO THE PROGRAM.
HERE ARE THE, THE FIVE DISTRICTS WE HAVE HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN GOING FROM WEST CAMPUS.
JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT YOU'LL SEE THE 20 11, 20 13, UM, FOR THE WEST CAMPUS'.
UM, INITIAL 2011 AND THEN EX UH, EXPANDED BOUNDARY IN 2013.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE, WE SEE WEST CAMPUS HERE, UM, WITH COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.
UM, UM, THIS IS OUR LONGEST STANDING, UH, DISTRICT WE HAVE, UM, THAT'S COMPLETED, COMPLETED PROJECT THERE.
80 A RAMPS ALONG WEST 25TH, UM, AND A AND A GREAT PROJECT ON WEST 25TH USING A NEW MATERIAL CALLED PLEI PAY FOR A SIDEWALK.
UM, IT'S AWESOME 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO GO AROUND HERITAGE TREES AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, BUT NORMALLY THE, THE COST TO DO THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, TO GO AROUND IT WOULD BE MORE, UM, THIS IS STILL, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THE INITIAL PROCESS AND, AND WE'RE ANNOUNCING WHETHER WE COULD USE THIS FOR OTHER AREAS.
BUT THIS WAS A GREAT ADDITION TO BE ABLE TO USE PARKING DISTRICT FUNDS FOR THIS.
UM, OTHER PROJECT THAT WE GOT GOING ON ARE THE TREE GRATE RESTORATION, UM, WHERE WE HAVE TREE GRATES THAT EITHER GET PUSHED UP BY THE ROOTS THEMSELVES, SO THAT CAUSES, YOU KNOW, SOME TRIPPING HAZARDS AS WELL AS IT CAUSES ISSUES FOR THE TREE ITSELF.
IT'S CALLED GIRDLING, UM, WHERE IT COULD, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY AFFECT THE HEALTH THAT TREE.
UM, AND SO THE, OUR TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED HARD TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THAT NEED TO, TO BE TREATED AND, AND WORKING THROUGH, UM, HAVING THOSE FIXED.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO START A PROJECT, UM, WITH SOME SIDEWALK REPAIR AND A DA RAMPS, UM, WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED IN THE AREA AND THERE'S SOME NEEDS TO BE SOME REHABILITATION ON SOME OF THESE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA.
A LOT OF THESE FUNDS IN THIS AREA ARE, ARE, UM, ARE ALSO BEING, UH, DEDICATED FOR FUTURE USE, POTENTIALLY FOR BIGGER STREET SCAPE, UH, PROJECTS, UH, LIKE ALONG WEST 26TH STREET FOR MORE, UH, UH, FOCUS ON LIKE, UM, GREAT STREET SIDEWALKS AS WELL AS LIGHTING AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION THERE.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE, IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW THE NUMBER, IF YOU GIVE US, YOU KNOW, WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE WHAT THE KIND OF FINANCIAL PICTURE LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? LIKE, DO THEY HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE BANK? DO THEY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK? DO THEY BRING IN $10,000 A YEAR? DO THEY BRING IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR? UM, IF YOU HAVE THAT CONTEXT FOR EACH ONE, I'D BE DEFINITELY INTERESTED.
UM, I'LL, I'LL GET THE, UH, NUMBERS AND MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK HERE, UM, IN A SECOND ONCE I GET IT PULLED UP.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE INACCURATE INFORMATION ON 'EM.
UM, SO, UH, MOVING ON REALLY QUICKLY TO EAST AUSTIN.
UM, AGAIN, UM, REALLY HAVE THAT COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION HERE.
SO ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS HERE IS, UM, WE HAVE A PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
YOU TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, A BUSINESS DISTRICT, UM, AND EAST AUSTIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
SO AT THE TIME THAT THE APPLICATION WAS, UH, FORMED AND APPROVED, IT WAS THE SAME TIME THAT WE HAD TO CREATE A EAST SIXTH STREET, YOU KNOW, UM, A BUSINESS DISTRICT, IF YOU WILL.
WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM A, A MAJOR DEVELOPER AND A COUPLE OF SMALL, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES AT THE TIME.
UH, BUT REALLY THERE WASN'T A CENTRALIZED MERCHANT DISTRICT THERE.
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VERY HARD TO, TO MAINTAIN BUSINESS REPRESENTATION THERE.UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME PROJECTS COMPLETED.
UM, 500 BRUSHY STREET PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WAS DONE.
UM, THERE WAS A 600 MINNESOTA STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT, 80 A FOR THE INTERSECTION THERE.
THAT WAS A PART OF A BOND FUNDED, UH, PROJECT THAT NEEDED SOME EXTRA FUNDS TO BE COMPLETED.
UM, AND HASKELL STREET, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS IN 2023.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME FUTURE PROJECTS THERE, EAST, UM, EAST FOURTH STREET SIDEWALK THAT WAS JUST APPROVED AS WELL AS THE EAST FIFTH STREET RAIL CROSSING AT CHALMERS, WHICH IS A, A BUILD GRANT, UM, A PART OF THAT.
AND SO WE, WE HELPED OUT WITH, UM, THAT THERE, UH, MILLER, PTMD.
UM, SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER ONES.
SO THIS IS A, A MAJOR PLAN COMMUNITY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE PROJECT COORDINATION HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAT YOU SEE THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE, IT WAS JUST THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, UM, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR THE PTMD, THE VERY BEGINNING UNTIL THE TRANSFER TO, UM, THE MUELLER PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION AND MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, WAS THERE WITH REPRESENTATION.
AND SO NOW THAT WE CAN START REALLY PLANNING FOR FUTURE PROJECTS, THEN AREA THAT SAID, WE'VE STARTED THAT PROCESS.
WE USE ONE, UH, FOR ONE PROJECT, 51ST ARTILLERY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THERE, YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE.
UM, AS WELL AS WE STARTED TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN THE AREA WITH SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND POTENTIAL BIKE RACK EXPANSION.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT, THAT COMMUNITY BOARD TO, TO REALLY IDENTIFY FUTURE PROJECTS AS WE GO ON.
UH, COLORADO RIVER AREA, PTMD.
THIS IS A LESS KNOWN ONE, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY THIS CAME ALONG.
SO WE HAVE, UH, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN THERE, THAT IS ACTUALLY, WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH A ISD, UM, THAT IS A PRIVATE ROADWAY THAT WE GIVE ACCESS TO.
THEY HAD SOME CHALLENGES THERE FOR, UM, UH, ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND SO THEY, THEY APPROACHED THE CITY TO START MANAGING THEIR PARKING THERE.
UM, WHEN THAT OCCURRED, WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY, UH, TO MANAGE PARKING TO THE WEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE UNMANAGED PARKING THERE AT THE SAME TIME HAVING MANAGED PARKING LOT EVEN AT AUSTIN.
THIS IS HOW THE PTMD WAS CREATED.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING PTD WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING.
UM, IT'S VERY SMALL NUMBER OF SPACES, I THINK JUST ABOVE THE A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, SPACE THRESHOLD.
UM, AND SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROJECTS, UM, COMPLETED THERE YET.
UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE ACTUAL APPLICATION ITSELF FOR TRAIL EXPANSION AS WELL AS TRAIL MAINTENANCE.
UM, BUT IT, WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY GET TO THAT POINT AND FIGURE OUT OTHER IDEAS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GENERATE MORE REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT SOUTH CONGRESS, PTMD.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOTTEN THE MOST NEWS AS LATELY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION THERE, UH, VERY ACTIVE BOARD.
UM, AND SO AS THE, THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN GENERATED THERE UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS, UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING COMPLETED, UM, UH, WHICH WAS ACADEMY DRIVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT, UM, UM, WHICH GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN SO QUICKLY.
ALL THE OTHER P TDS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, HAVE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY GOOD WHILE TO GET SET UP AND, AND GOING.
SO TO HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UM, A, A GROUP THAT REALLY PUSHED TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE FAST AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT THOSE CITY RESOURCES TO, TO GET THE PROJECT DONE WAS AMAZING.
UM, AND NOW WE ARE WORKING ON FUTURE PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE EVA STREET, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS, UM, THAT WILL BE PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS ALONG EVA STREET ITSELF, UM, AND NEW AND REHABILITATION SIDEWALKS, UM, IN THE AREA.
AND WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON IDENTIFYING MORE, UM, AS THAT GROUP REALLY HELPS IDENTIFY THE NEEDS IN THAT AREA.
SO WHAT ARE OUR REALLY NEXT STEPS? UM, WE'RE REALLY GONNA FINALIZE UPDATED DISTRICT COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES.
AS LEWIS ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES OVER THE YEAR, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CREATE A, A MORE CENTRALIZED PROCESS AND CONSISTENT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS IN THE AREA.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE PLAN FOR THOSE NEEDS AS WE START TO CHANGE CURB REGULATIONS, AS THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ALLUDED TO, UM, AND REALLY START REALLY FILL IN MISSING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION.
UM, UPDATING EXPAND PTMD INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OUR, OUR WEBSITES.
UH, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S NOT A FULL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT DISTRICTS ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE INDIVIDUAL PAGES SPECIFIC TO THOSE LOCATIONS, WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR DISTRICT.
WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW WHERE THEIR PARKING DOLLARS ARE GOING, HOW THEY'RE BEING USED, AND HOW TO REPRESENT THAT, THAT THAT DISTRICT ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, HEY, I HAVE A PROJECT, OR I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT THEY NEED TO COORDINATE THROUGH THEIR COMMITTEE, UM, AND THEN CREATE AN ANNUAL DISTRICT REPORT.
UM, WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OUT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT,
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UM, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO SPELL OUT HOW THAT DISTRICT IS MOVING, HOW IT'S WORKING, AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WITHIN, ALONG THAT DISTRICT.UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROGRAM PROGRAMMATICALLY WORKING ON TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE PUBLIC FACING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, OUR, OUR PARKING DISTRICTS.
IF YOU CAN FIND THE FUNDING FOR EACH.
UM, I'LL LEAD US OFF WITH A FEW QUESTIONS.
AND A LOT OF THESE ARE, UM, PRETTY FAST QUESTIONS, I THINK.
UM, SO, UM, ON THE, I GUESS IT'S SLIDE FIVE, UM, THE DISTRICT COORDINATION PROCESS.
IT SAYS PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED BY THE PTMD ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, TPW STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO MY QUESTION THERE IS, WHAT IS THE PTMD ADVISORY BOARD? YEAH, SO THE PTM, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE PTMD ADVISORY BOARD IS JUST A, A, A STAKEHOLDER GROUP FOR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT TYPICALLY TO GIVE AN IDEA, UM, ON EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SLIDES, IT'LL SHOW WHO THAT, UH, REPRESENTATION IS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, EAST AUSTIN, YOU HAVE EC CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
YOU HAVE A BUSINESS DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION.
UM, SO ANYWHERE WE HAVE THOSE BOUNDARIES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR BUSINESS MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONS, WE TAKE REPRESENTATION FROM THEM.
I THINK I JUST WAS OVERREADING THAT SOMEHOW.
UM, SO FOR WEST CAMPUS, I DID HAVE, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON EACH OF THE DISTRICTS OR SOMETIMES COMMENTS FOR THE 'CAUSE I SEE THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.
HOW DO YOU INCLUDE STUDENTS IN THAT PROCESS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THAT DISTRICT ARE STUDENTS.
I KNOW FOR A WHILE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S STILL ACTIVE, THERE WAS A WEST CAMPUS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS STUDENT FOCUSED, BUT OUR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS INCLUDED IN THOSE ADVISORY BODIES.
UM, SO IN, IN THE FIRST, UM, PARK AND BENEFIT DISTRICT, UM, THAT WASN'T, UM, PUT INTO PLACE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO IT WAS, UM, UNO, UM, WHICH IS, UM, UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR REPRESENTATION, UH, WAS THE MAIN REPRESENTATION.
THAT'S WHY THE, THE PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, ORDINANCE WAS CREATED TO HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION, A PART OF THAT.
UM, NOW THERE'S BEEN IDEAS TO EXPLORE HOW WE, UH, HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION, UM, FOR WEST CAMPUS AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUS STAFF TO, TO LOOK INTO.
UM, BUT THAT WAS A PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WOULD MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING WORTH EXPLORING BECAUSE I MEAN, I, I THINK EVERY, IT'S GREAT, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS MIGHT SAY.
THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS MIGHT SAY.
THEY MAY SAY THE SAME THING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WORK WITH STUDENTS, SO, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM FIGURE OUT WAYS TO INCLUDE THEM.
THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY, IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING THEM OUT.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT FEELS TRICKY, BUT ONCE YOU REACH THEM, THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU A LOT OF THINGS PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO, UM, THEY KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE, SO THAT'S GREAT FOR THEM.
UM, I GUESS, UH, I'M GONNA SKIP AROUND.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO ON THE COLORADO RIVER AREA ONE, I MEAN, ONE OF THE, ONE THE THINGS THAT I WONDER IS LIKE, LOOKING AT THOSE SPACES, IT'S SO MUCH LIKE CIVIC SPACE AND BACK TO OUR PRIOR CONVERSATION ABOUT SPILLOVER, LIKE, I JUST WONDER LIKE HOW MUCH SPILLOVER THERE IS FOR SOME OF THESE USES OR NEEDS UP TO THE NORTHERN PART.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, NORTH THE NEIGHBORHOODS JUST DIDN'T DIRECTLY NORTH, SO MAYBE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO LIKE, CONSIDER A BOUNDARY EXPANSION, BUT LIKE, IF REALLY THERE'S LIKE THAT FEW SPACES AND LITTLE REVENUE, LIKE MOVING IT NORTH, COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO EXPLORE FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, JUST A, I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.
UM, I THINK, UM, ONE THING WITH MUELLER, I GUESS WE SAY MILLER NOW, I STILL SAY MUELLER, WHATEVER.
UM, I THINK I STRUGGLE WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT.
LIKE WHEN IT WAS CREATED, I WAS VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, AREN'T WE JUST BUILDING THAT PERFECTLY? THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ALREADY BE PERFECT, LIKE IT SHOULD BE RIGHT
SO I THINK LIKE, UM, I MEAN, WHEN THAT WAS CREATED IN 2015, I WAS ALREADY WORKING IN THESE ISSUES AND IT DEFINITELY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AT THE TIME FOR LIKE, HOW, WHY, WHEN, HOW, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT JUSTIFIED, BUT I THINK LIKE TO ME ALSO, IT'S AN ISSUE.
LIKE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY 51ST AND TILLY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, LIKE A LOT OF THE ISSUES ARE ACTUALLY ACCESSING INTO MUELLER, RIGHT? LIKE, PEOPLE WHO ARE, LIKE, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WERE DONE AT THE TIME THAT MUELLER WAS STARTED THAT WERE NOT CONDUCIVE TO ACCESS, UH, TO MUELLER.
AND I THINK NOW WE CAN LOOK BACK ON LIKE, WHAT, WHY THAT WAS DONE AND WHAT FOLKS THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.
AND NOW PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY CAN'T I ACCESS THIS BETTER?
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WELL, BECAUSE 15 YEARS AGO MAYBE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE HERE OR SOMETHING.SO ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A TRICKY ONE.
AND I DUNNO HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY'RE PULLING.
AND I THINK SPENCER'S QUESTION ABOUT LIKE HOW MUCH REVENUE EACH HAS.
IF YOU COULD UPDATE IT, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT I THINK THAT IS A TRICKY ONE.
BUT I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT, LIKE, I DO THINK GETTING INTO MUELLER SOMETIMES IS ACTUALLY TRICKIER THAN ONCE YOU'RE IN THERE.
SO LIKE, I DON'T, IT'S JUST ANOTHER COMMENT AND, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, JUST FINALIZING THE FINANCIALS HE'S ABOUT TO REPORT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT ACTUALLY WAS SOME, SOME GOOD FORESIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE HEAVY DEMAND COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD YEAH.
TO BE ABLE TO PARK AROUND THE PARK TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS RESTAURANTS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A GARAGE THERE, A COUPLE GARAGES.
UM, AND SO THEY, THEY KNEW FROM THE GET GO THAT THEY NEEDED TO MANAGE THAT PARKING WELL, AND SO THEY WANTED THAT REINVESTMENT INTO THEIR COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT STAY WITHIN THAT, THAT BOUNDARY.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT TOO, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT ANYTHING THAT WE DO AS A CITY IS EVER PERFECT THE FIRST TIME, AND IT NEVER LASTS MORE THAN A FEW YEARS EVEN WHEN WE DO IT ALL.
UH, THERE'S ALWAYS NEW THINGS LIKE, LIKE, UH, RFPS WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE USED A LOT BACK IN 2015.
AND PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS, MAYBE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING.
YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN BUILT REALLY WELL, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE REHAB NEEDS, YOU KNOW, COMING UP.
AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE NEEDS, I THINK, FOR INVESTMENT.
AND SO HAVING THAT COME FROM VISITORS TO THE AREA TO BE ABLE TO REINVEST IN THAT COMMUNITY, UM, I, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE FUNDS OVER TIME AND THEN HAVE THAT BE THE SOURCE OF FUNDING AS OPPOSED TO COMING FROM SOME OTHER SOURCES THAT WE'D HAVE TO MAKE UP ELSEWHERE.
AND I'M, I'M DEFINITELY AWARE OF THAT.
I MEAN, LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TALK ON THIS COMMISSION AS WELL IS LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, IS LIKE STREET TREES, LIKE REPLACEMENT OF STREET TREES, MAINTENANCE OF, LIKE, THOSE, THOSE ARE ALSO THINGS THAT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING COULD FUND.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS WELL.
UM, MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE LIKE, ARE THERE ANY NEW PTMD ON THE HORIZON THAT YOU'RE IN DISCUSSION WITH? OR, UM, ARE, ARE YOU ACTIVELY IDENTIFYING NEW PROJECTS? ARE YOU PRETTY MUCH WAITING TILL FOLKS COME TO YOU? LIKE, UM, WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON? ARE THERE ANY NEW PROJECTS COMING? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE HAVEN'T EXPLORED NEW PTMD AREAS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE NOT IN, IN CURRENT DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR GROUP IN THE AREA FOR NEW, UH, MDS.
UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON PROJECT LISTS FOR EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICT LOCATIONS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY THROUGH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESENT POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL AS TAKING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER BOARDS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THEY WANNA LOOK INTO.
SO WE'RE TAKING BOTH OF THOSE AND THAT PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, PROCESS IS TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ON THIS AND AS A TEAM AND HAVING SOMETHING MORE CONSISTENT SO THAT ANNUALLY WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ON A, A PROJECT PLAN AND A PROJECT LIST KNOWING THAT THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT'S OUR HOPES TO GET TO IT HERE, UH, SOON.
UM, I GUESS, DO Y'ALL HAVE THE FINANCIALS? MAYBE I WANNA SHARE THAT AND THEN WE CAN GO TO MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I WILL, I WILL ADD A CAVEAT TO THIS, THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THIS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, FUND, YOU KNOW, UH, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, UNDERSTANDING HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDS GET ALLOCATED EACH FISCAL YEAR TO DO THIS PROCESS.
SO, UM, WHAT I'M REPORTING NOW, YOU KNOW, MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS TO 'EM, BUT, UM, I, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK WITH ACTUALS.
UM, SO I'LL GO, I'LL START OFF WITH WEST CAMPUS.
UM, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, UM, IS ABOUT AROUND 1.2, UH, MILLION.
UM, BUT THERE'S OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO CURRENT PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING THE WITH, UH, THE TREE GRAPE, UH, UH, UH, PROJECT THAT I WAS MENTIONING, AS WELL AS A SIDEWALK PROJECT.
SO SOME OF THOSE FUNDS ARE LIKE ENCUMBERED, IS THAT LIKE THE, OF THE 1.2 MILLION, SOME ARE ALREADY ENCUMBERED ON THOSE PROJECTS, IS THAT YEAH.
UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, THE NEXT ONE WAS EAST AUSTIN.
UM, AND I'M GOING THROUGH THIS.
UM, SO, UM, THERE'S ABOUT 1.2 AS WELL AVAILABLE THERE.
UM, AND I'LL SAY THESE NUMBERS DON'T INCLUDE ALL, UM, UH, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, UH, FY 25, JUST THOSE WHATEVER WAS GENERATED IN FY 25.
UM, IT WON'T BE PUT INTO THE ACCOUNT UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE PUT INTO THE ACCOUNT.
UM, ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE WAS SOUTH CONGRESS, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT, UM, LET'S SEE, SORRY, THAT'S THE LOADING UP.
UM, AGAIN, FUNDS FROM FFY 25 STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PUT INTO THERE.
UM, BUT WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE IDENTIFIED AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE
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LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS TO GET TO THAT FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO.AND SOUTH CONGRESS HAS ALSO JUST SPENT A TON ON, ON NEW PROJECTS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND THEY'LL LIKELY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK COME AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1ST.
'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ACCELERATE SOME OF THAT FUNDING THAT'S COLLECTED EVEN THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BE PART, PART OF THAT OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WE'RE DOING A YEAR AND A HALF, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR A FULL YEAR OF COLLECTION.
SO THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE OVER A MILLION COMING TO THEM OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, AND THEN FOR MILLER OR MUELLER, UH,
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S ABOUT 300,000, SO ABOUT 700,000 THAT THEY HAD AVAILABLE BEFORE WE STARTED DEDICATING SOME OF THOSE.
AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE USED.
WE, WE LIKE TO GET AHEAD OF THINGS AND THAT MONEY COULD BE PUT BACK INTO INITIAL, UH, PROJECT FUNDS FOR THEM TO USE.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE.
UM, COLORADO RIVER, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, AND I WANT TO, I DON'T HAVE A FULL ACTIVE, UH, NUMBER FOR THIS, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA SAY IT'S ABOUT $5,000.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES THERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE FUNDS OUT.
I'LL LOOK AROUND FOR SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL DETAILS.
I THINK, UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BOTH FROM LIKE, JUST THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY MODEL, BUT ALSO, UM, I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE MORE, UH, PARKING, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, RIGHT? I THINK THEY'RE GREAT FOR COMMUNITIES AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT IN THE LATE 2010S AND ONLY ONE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT? SO, UM, I THINK WHEN I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THEM, UH, I KIND OF GET FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES.
ONE WHO ARE KIND OF UNREALISTIC ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH IN A PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND THEN TWO, THOSE WHO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND SAY, AH, IT'S CHU CHANGE, YOU WON'T ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.
SO AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT'S NOT, AND WHAT'S REALISTIC FOR, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, I THINK COULD HELP IN THAT.
UM, WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS, UH, I, I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEES WORK.
SO ARE THESE FUNCTIONING LIKE COMMISSIONS, RIGHT? ARE THEY MEETING MONTHLY, QUARTERLY? ARE THEY TAKING VOTES ON, ON WHAT, UM, PROJECTS THEY WANT TO SEE? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUPS, I WOULD SAY.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS THERE IS, WE, THE INITIAL PLAN SET WAS TO, TO MEET QUARTERLY.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE DISTRICTS, UM, IT, IT DID MEET QUARTERLY.
WE WERE MEETING QUARTERLY, THEN WE STARTED GETTING CANCELLATION NOTICE.
OH, WELL WE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING, JUST, YOU KNOW, SEND US AN EMAIL WITH UPDATES.
RIGHT? UM, AND THAT BECAME ORDINARY AS THE FUNDS STARTED TO BUILD UP, THEN THEIR QUESTIONS BECAME, AND THERE WAS THIS PROCESS IN LEARNING, I THINK FOR STAFF, WAS WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY USE PROJECT FUNDS ON? AND SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT LEGAL PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN WE DEDICATE FUNDS? 'CAUSE WE WOULD GET SOME, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
UM, AND SO THAT TOOK SOME TIME TO, TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THE FUNDS BECAME AVAILABLE, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED GETTING MORE REQUESTS.
AND SO WE PUT IN A PROCESS, UM, WHERE THERE WAS A, UH, UH, A WAY FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD TO SUBMIT A PROJECT REQUEST.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD, THERE WERE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH.
ONE OF THOSE WAS TO, DID THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, GET REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? DID THEY GO TO, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND DID THEY PRESENT THEIR POTENTIAL PROJECT? AND DO THEY, CAN THEY SHOW RECEIPTS OF THAT? UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD WRITE UP A PROJECT SCOPE AND THEN THEY WOULD SUBMIT THAT TO US.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THAT ALONG, UM, AND GET INITIAL DESIGN COSTS, ALL THAT, UM, AND GO THROUGH ENGINEERING APPROVALS ON OUR INTERNAL SIDE.
SO REALLY THE, THE ADVISORY BOARD THERE IS TO HELP IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR PROJECTS ITSELF, BUT I THINK THE REAL GOAL FOR IT WAS TO CREATE A CONDUIT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING NEEDS AND, AND DIRECT ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, STAFF.
UM, SO NOT JUST ONLY FOR PROJECTS.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S A SIGNAGE ISSUE OR MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO, UM, A TRANSPORTATION STUDY, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF CERTAIN CITY STAFF FOR, WE CONNECT THOSE DOTS.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, PIECES TO THEM THAN JUST LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE THIS FUNDING AVAILABLE, CAN WE USE IT FOR PROJECTS? THAT'S HELPFUL.
AND THEN, SO I'VE SEEN SOME, YOU KNOW, I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOUTH CONGRESS, RIGHT, WHERE IT'S CLEAR LIKE, Y'ALL ARE LOCKSTEP WITH THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, RIGHT? LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE A SHARED VISION, YOU'RE EXECUTING IT, THE, THE WHOLE THING'S GOING WELL.
AND I'VE SEEN SOME OTHERS, WHICH I WON'T NAME, WHERE, WHERE THERE'S A CLASH BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, UH, STAFF WANTS AND SAYS IS POSSIBLE AND, AND WHAT THE, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS OUT OF IT.
SO I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE LESSONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEXT ONE COMES OUT AND WE'RE STRUCTURING THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHAT'S
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THE LESSON FOR CREATING A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP SO WE CAN REPLICATE THE SUCCESS OF SOUTH CONGRESS? AGAIN, I'LL TAKE THE FIRST SHOT AT IT AND JESSICA CAN JUMP IN, BUT I, YOU KNOW, BEING RELATIVELY NEW, UH, TO THE PARKING SPACE IN MY ROLE, UM, I'VE SEEN THEM EVOLVE OVER TIME.AND, AND I THINK WHAT'S WORKED REALLY WELL WITH SOUTH CONGRESS IN PARTICULAR IS THAT YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE HEAVILY ENGAGED.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES REALLY WELL.
UH, WE'VE PROVIDED CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL REPORTS TO THEM.
THEY'VE HAD PROJECT IDEAS, WE'VE COME WITH PROJECT IDEAS.
THERE'S A CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS AROUND THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, SCOPE AND PROJECT COSTING AND, AND THEN GETTING INTO THE, INTO THE, UH, PROJECT DELIVERY PHASE.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT, THAT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER REALLY PLAYS REALLY WELL, UM, WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME ISSUES, LIKE, UM, EVEN TO THE CHAIR'S POINT EARLIER, IT'S LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME GROUPS THAT WEREN'T PART OF THE INITIAL FORMING ORDINANCE THAT NOW WANT TO BE INVOLVED, BUT WE ALREADY WENT TO COUNCIL AND THEY ESTABLISHED THESE ARE THE GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF IT.
AND SO HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OVER TIME, IF NEW GROUPS FORM NEW BUSINESS DISTRICTS, NEW RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, TEAMS, NEIGHBORHOODS, HAVING THAT ABILITY TO HAVE ALL OF THAT VOICE BE PART OF THAT, I THINK WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL.
AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT, UH, CONSISTENT MEETINGS HAPPEN, CONSISTENT SHARING OF INFORMATION, AND THAT EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEY'VE GOT THAT VOICE IN THAT PROCESS.
I THINK ALL OF THAT COMING TOGETHER IS REALLY WHAT MAKES THESE WORK.
AND, AND YOU ACTUALLY ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH, SO WE GET THAT, UH, LIST, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL GETS IT TOO, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE PRESENTED WITH A NEW PTMD, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ONLY A FEW OF US HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST ONE, BUT, UH, THERE'S THAT INITIAL LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THAT, THAT BECOMES AN ORDINANCE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADD SOMEONE IN AFTER, NOT OFFICIALLY, RIGHT? NOT FORMALLY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FORMALIZE MORE OF THESE PROCESSES NOW AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK TO THAT WITH THE SIX THAT WE'VE GOT NOW, WE WANNA MANAGE THESE REALLY WELL AND GET UP TO THE SPEED WITH THOSE.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, I THINK HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR DIFFERENT VOICES TO JOIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CODIFY THAT NECESSARILY.
BUT I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CORE MEMBERSHIP OF, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, THOSE THAT WILL BE THERE LONGSTANDING THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, AND THAT WILL BE THERE LONGSTANDING.
BUT THEN HAVING SOME FLEX SPACES, MAYBE ON THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO HAVE VOICES THAT, UH, WANNA BE AT THE TABLE TOO.
AND, AND WE'LL ALWAYS TAKE INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO EAST AUSTIN, SOMEONE'S GOT AN IDEA, WE'LL TAKE THAT INPUT, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE LIST, THAT'S ON THE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? UM, BUT BRINGING THAT ALL TOGETHER, I THINK IT HELPS TO HAVE THAT FORMALIZED PROCESS AND HAVING SOME SPACES FOR MULTIPLE VOICES TO BE PART OF THAT.
AND, AND SO MY LAST THING HERE, JUST SO I CAN KIND OF CRYSTALLIZE, SO WE SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY, WHAT I'M THINK I'M GETTING FROM THIS IS THAT THE WAY THEY'VE EVOLVED, WE SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY THINK OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS EACH STAKEHOLDER GETS ONE VOTE, THEY VOTE ON WHAT PROJECTS THEY WANT, BUT RATHER THIS IS AN ADVISORY GROUP YOU'RE CONSTANTLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH TRYING TO FIND THE CONSENSUS AS TO WHERE TO GO FORWARD.
I, I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, RIGHT? WE WANNA BUILD CONSENSUS.
WE, WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME OPINION ABOUT WHERE THE NEXT INVESTMENT SHOULD BE, OR SOME PEOPLE SAY, LET'S GET SIDEWALKS DONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, LET'S SAVE UP THE MONEY SO THAT IN THREE YEARS WE CAN DO THIS BIG PROJECT, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, AND WE WANNA TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AS BEST WE CAN.
BUT THE MORE VOICES IN A ROOM TYPICALLY STARTS TO LEAD TOWARDS A CONSENSUS OF HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY IN INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT OR USE OF THOSE FUNDS OVER THERE.
I'M LOOKING AROUND FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS ONLINE FOLKS.
THAT MIGHT CONCLUDE OUR QUESTIONS THERE.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO US FOR TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
DOUBLE WHAMMY, ALWAYS SOME OF OUR FAVORITE.
I I REALLY GET EXCITED ABOUT PARKING.
IT'S LIKE REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS.
SO, UM, YOU HAD A, IT WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION AND PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL WANNA HEAR CONTINUE UPDATES ON BOTH OF THESE, UM, ITEMS AS WE GO FORWARD.
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DOES TO CONCLUDE OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, AND IT TAKES US INTO OUR ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.UM, NAMELY INTO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS, UM, APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING FUNDING TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH THE PROPOSED DOG HEAD TAX, DOG'S HEAD TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
WE'VE HEARD THIS WORD BE USED A FEW TIMES TODAY, TS SO THAT'S WHAT THAT STANDS FOR.
UM, I DO HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S NOT A STAFF PRESENTATION, I, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR COMMUNITY SPEAKER ON THAT ITEM.
AND I, I BELIEVE SHE IS HERE WITH US, UH, MS. OPIA JOSEPH.
SO, UM, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN, UM, COME AND SEE US.
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THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH, LET ME MAKE MY COMMENT SPECIFIC TO THE GREEN LINE AS IT RELATES TO THE RESOLUTION.I JUST WANNA CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION BACK IN 2017 AND ALSO 2018 CAPITAL METRO BRIEF, BOTH TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND THEY MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY THAT THE GREEN LINE WAS NEVER FUNDED.
UH, PROBABLY DON'T EVEN NEED MY SLIDES THERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU INSTEAD TO FOCUS A RESOLUTION ON THE DATA AND THE NEEDS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
SO THE EXISTING NEEDS, I GET THAT THIS SAYS PROJECT CONNECT.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SLIDE THAT GIVES ME PAUSE WHEN YOU MENTION THE GREEN LINE AND PROJECT CONNECT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THIS IS ACTUALLY NORTH LAMAR AND YEAGER LANE.
AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR A SPECIFIC RESOLUTION THAT ALIGNS WITH THE ITEM 26 THAT WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, MAY 28TH, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND TITLE SIX IMPLEMENTATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A ZONING CASE BACK ON APRIL 10TH, 2025.
IT SAID THAT THAT AREA IN NORTH LAMAR WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL, WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT TRUE.
IT WAS 24 TO 30 YEARS, AND THEN WHEN IT WAS SCALED BACK JULY, UH, JUNE 3RD, JUNE 6TH, 2023, IT ACTUALLY ONLY GOES UP TO CRESTVIEW.
AND THE FIRST PHASE, UM, IT STOPS INITIALLY AT HYDE PARK, AND THEN IT WOULD NEVER REACH NORTH OF US, 180 3.
SO IT GIVES ME PAUSE WHEN GREEN LINE IS MENTIONED AND IT'S UNFUNDED.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN, TO BE EQUITABLE IN YOUR DECISIONS.
I DID LOOK UP YOUR BYLAWS AND THE ORDINANCES THAT FORM THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOCUSED ON, UH, PEDESTRIANS COVERAGE, NOT JUST RIDERSHIP.
AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, APRIL SLIDE ABOVE WHERE YOU WERE ACTUALLY BRIEFED ABOUT THE CORRIDOR UPDATE, UH, FROM MR. BAILEY ON THE FIRST.
AND YOU'LL LOOK AT NORTH LAMAR AND YOU'LL SEE IT, THE CONDITIONS, THE MID-BLOCK STOPS, YOU CAN'T EVEN CROSS THE STREET.
AND THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AUGUST 5TH, 2025, THAT'S HIM PICTURED THERE.
HE TOOK A, DID A RECON, BUT STILL NO INVESTMENT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
THE $3 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED IN 2018, BUT IT'S DISINVESTMENT, AND YOU'LL SEE THE RUSTY TRASH CAN.
THERE'S NO REAL TIME INFORMATION.
I TOOK THIS LAST NIGHT OVER AT NORWOOD TRANSIT CENTER, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GOT $6 MILLION FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
THE MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVED IS FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, AND IT'S ACTUALLY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FROM IIJA, THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT.
AND SO IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH TITLE SIX OR 88.
IT'S JUST A NETWORK TO REMIND YOU THAT THE INVESTMENT IS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL AND NOT NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT, I AM GONNA PAUSE ONE SECOND AND JUST CHECK WITH MY STAFF LIAISON ABOUT SOMETHING REAL QUICKLY.
WE DO HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP FOR ITEM FOUR, AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD, UM, UH, NOT IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UM, THAT SPEAKER.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, KATIE CAM IS, DO I HAVE THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH, SO IF YOU JUST COME UP, YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY MIC, PRESS THE BUTTON TILL IT'S SCREEN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, ACCEPTING MY LATE SIGNUP.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE IN MUELLER.
UM, FOR BACKGROUND, I HAVE A MASTER'S IN PLANNING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING AND A PHD IN CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRANSPORTATION.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON TODAY'S ITEM, UH, BECAUSE I WANT TO INSPIRE Y'ALL TO EXPAND THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE DOG'S HEAD AN EXAMPLE OF VISION ZERO.
AND I SAW THE PRELIMINARY CROSS SECTIONS AND THE ROADWAY DESIGN,
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AND WE ARE MISSING OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT MUCH BETTER THAN MUELLER, MUCH BETTER THAN COLONY PARK, UM, TO ACTUALLY PRACTICE VISION ZERO, UH, EVERY INTERSECTION, BE A ROUNDABOUT EXPANDING MOBILITY OPTIONS SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST WALKING, BIKING CARS AND BUSES, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE AT CITY COUNCIL.WE HAVE OTHER MOBILITY MODES THAT ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR AROUND THE US AND EVEN HERE IN AUSTIN, SUCH AS LOW SPEED VEHICLES, GOLF CARTS, E TRIKES, THOSE DEFINITELY DESERVE DEDICATED SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RESOLUTION THAT'S VERY INCLUSIVE OF THOSE MODES.
UM, AND LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT SO THAT ALL THIS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BEING BUILT IS ZERO INJURIES, ZERO FATALITIES, ZERO CRASHES.
UH, I WANNA END WITH, UM, IT WAS SUPER FUN TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION ON PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICTS.
I WAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFFER THAT TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO WRITE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANT TO GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING TO START THE FIRST PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OF 20 YEARS LATER THAT IT'S SO POPULAR AND STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN I ALSO WANNA ADD REGARDING TRANSIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT THE MISSING MOBILITY MODES WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW SPEED VEHICLES AND GOLF CARTS.
UH, I DID A, SPEAKING OF GRANT PROGRAM,
AND, UH, THEY WERE SU VERY POPULAR THERE.
UM, AND I COLLECTED SURVEYS FROM PEOPLE OVER 600 SURVEYS, AND PEOPLE LOVED IT.
THEY WAS LIKE, THIS IS RIGHT SIZED.
IT'S HUMAN SCALED, THEY LOVE IT.
SO, UM, EXPANDING KINDA THE TRANSIT OPTIONS AND DOC'S HEAD WOULD BE AMAZING AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UM, WE'RE NOT, UM, HOW SHOULD I SAY, LIKE, SUPPORTED BY STAFF PRESENCE ON THIS ITEM NECESSARILY.
SO THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS INITIATED, UM, FROM OUR OWN BODY AND COMMISSION, UM, BASED ON STUFF GOING ON.
I'M GONNA, UM, I'M GONNA LOOK TO COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER TO FACILITATE US THROUGH THIS ITEM A LITTLE BIT.
SO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS CIRCULATED.
IT SHOULD BE IN THE BACKUP THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, BUT IF YOU COULD, UM, I GUESS MAYBE GIVE US A MOTION AND, AND WALK US THROUGH, UH, YOUR MOTION.
YEAH, AND I, I ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION I CAN WALK US THROUGH REAL QUICKLY.
BUT I'LL START BY MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UM, I THINK IF WE CAN PROJECT THE PRESENTATION, IT MAKES SENSE TO START FROM THAT.
AND I'M GONNA START BY SAYING I PUT THIS ON THERE, BUT THESE GRAPHICS ARE MY OWN.
UH, AND NOBODY AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT CAP METRO OR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP HAS LOOKED AT THIS, TOLD ME IF IT'S GOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY.
SO WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, I'M GONNA WALK US BACK AND WALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF TIMELINE.
'CAUSE THIS ALL HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF WHERE THOSE BLACK LINES ARE, THAT'S AN AREA, UH, CALLED THE DOG'S HEAD.
UH, THIS IS THE AREA RIGHT BY, UH, THE, THE AIRPORT.
UH, IT'S MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL, FORMER MINING LANDS.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AS WELL AS WE'VE HEARD.
UH, AND IT IS NOT A PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, THIS AREA IS PART OF UNINCORPORATED TRAVIS COUNTY, SO IT CURRENTLY PAYS NO TAXES TO THE CITY.
UH, A DEVELOPER IN AUSTIN HAS PURCHASED THE BULK OF THE LAND IN THIS AREA.
UH, THEY CAME TO COUNCIL AND SAID THEY HAVE A, UH, MAJOR TENANT WHO WANTS TO BUILD, I BELIEVE THEY SAID SOMETHING IN THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY THAT IS NOT A, UH, DATA CENTER AND NOT A DEFENSE MANUFACTURER.
SO MIGHT AS WELL SAY THAT OUTTA THE BEGINNING.
UH, AND, UH, IT WAS A FORTUNE 100 COMPANY.
AND THEN THEY WANT TO USE THAT AS KIND OF THE ANCHOR FOR THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDS A, A, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND IT.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WOULD INCLUDE NEW TRAILS, WOULD INCLUDE NEW PARKS, UH, AND OF COURSE SOME SPACE FOR THAT, UH, INDUSTRY AS WELL.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ASKED BACK IN JULY, UH, WHEN THAT WAS, MAY, UH, MAY 21ST TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER.
AND, UH, ANNEX BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ANNEXING THIS LAND.
SO IT BECOMES PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WHAT WILL COME NEXT IS A, UH, TAX SETTING UP A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN JULY, UH, FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS PORTION OF THE TAX CODE.
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UH, WHAT THIS ALLOWS THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO DO IS LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY WE WILL BE GETTING IN TAXES FROM THIS FULL DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT'S BUILT OUT, WHICH THEIR ESTIMATE, IF WE GET THIS TENANT IS $3.5 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AND TO HELP BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED TO CREATE THIS NEW PART OF OUR TOWN, WE CAN BOND OUT AGAINST THAT.SO THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING IN THIS TURFS IS NOT COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND OR SOMETHING.
WE NEED TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO APPROVE IN A BOND, BUT RATHER SOMETHING WE CAN DO BY PAYING FOR FROM FUTURE TAX REVENUES.
THERE'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS FOR HOW YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO GET INTO THAT.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO ADD, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A BIT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, THERE WILL BE A STEP AFTER THIS, WHICH IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ASS MP TO DETERMINE THE ROAD LAYOUT.
AND THAT'S THE POINT IN WHICH WE'LL DETERMINE WHERE THE TRAILS WILL BE, HOW WIDE THE STREETS WILL BE, WHAT THE STREET LAYOUT IS.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS A VERY DRAFT SKETCH OUT PROPOSAL THAT STAFF GAVE TO CITY COUNCIL IN JULY.
THAT'S NOT THE FINAL PROPOSAL.
OUR UNDERSTANDING, I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, IS WE'LL BE SEEING THAT IN AUGUST.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAN HAVE THOSE BROADER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE OUT OF THIS.
UH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR CITY.
UH, THIS AREA IS 711 ACRES, SORRY, NO, 2,614 ACRES, WHICH IS ALMOST FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN MUELLER.
UH, DISTANCE-WISE, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE FROM REPUBLIC STATION AS NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER.
SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SERVE WITH TRANSIT.
AND NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION I HAVE UP THERE, YOU'LL SEE I'VE OVERLAID AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PHASE ONE IN THE BLUE, AND THEN THE DASH LINE INDICATES THE PRIORITY EXTENSION.
AND THEN THE CAP METRO GREEN LINE, WHICH IS FUNDED BY PROJECT CONNECT, IT'LL BE FUNDED BY THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AFTER THE LIGHT RAIL IS BUILT OUT.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, AND, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE POINTING THIS OUT AS WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA WORK IN.
PEOPLE MAY WANT TO VISIT THE TRAILS, UH, AND WE'RE SO CLOSE TO TWO MAJOR TRANSIT INVESTMENTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
SO THE QUESTION THEY ASKED, UH, THE DEVELOPERS WERE, WAS, COULD WE USE SOME OF THIS MONEY TO BUILD TRANSIT INVESTMENTS THERE? UH, WHETHER THAT BE LIGHT RAIL, WHETHER THAT BE SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, AND THE ANSWER THE, THE DEVELOPER GAVE WAS, UH, WE WILL NOT BUILD IT IN A WAY THAT PRECLUDES FUTURE INVESTMENT.
UM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANNA GIVE THAT ANSWER AT THIS POINT.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE LESSONS FROM MUELLER IS THAT WE BUILT OUT, WHICH MUELLER WAS ALSO BUILT USING A TOURS.
UH, WE BUILT OUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, BUT DIDN'T THINK ABOUT WHAT THE TRANSIT WOULD BE, HOW WE'RE GONNA FUND IT, AND WHERE IT WOULD GO.
AND, UH, THIS MONTH WILL BE THE FIRST MONTH WE HAVE FREQUENT RAPID TRANSIT IN MUELLER, AND IT'S ABOUT A 10 MINUTE WALK.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THE DENSEST PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK THE LESSON FROM MUELLER, AND ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS GONNA BE FOUR TIMES BIGGER THAN MUELLER IS, WE SHOULD LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN BUILD IT AROUND TRANSIT.
NOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THIS TURS HAS TO DO, RIGHT? IT NEEDS LAND RECLAMATION.
YOU HAVE TO BUILD OUT THE STREETS, THE SEWER SYSTEMS, RIGHT? YOU NEED TO DO FLOOD CONTROL.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF $3.5 BILLION OF POSSIBLE INVESTMENT HERE, UH, IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD TRANSIT INVESTMENTS HERE.
UM, SO NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN.
THIS IS WHAT, LET'S SAY EXISTING CONDITIONS WILL LOOK LIKE IF WE, IF WE DON'T ADD ANY TRANSIT INVESTMENTS.
NOW, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SCREEN, THIS WOULD BE AN IDEA OF WHAT A METRO RAPID LINE COULD LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? SO PERHAPS THIS IS WHEN WE SAY IN THERE THAT WE WANT CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT A METRO RAPID OR HIGH FREQUENCY CAT METRO BUS ROUTE, CONNECTING THE DOG HEAD TO THE CAT METRO GREEN LINE IN THE AIRPORT.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S HARD TO SEE THE STATIONS ON THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT WOULD CONNECT TO THE FUTURE SPRINGDALE STATION, KIND OF GO ALONG 180 3 AND YOU COULD WRAP IT THROUGH THE DOG'S HEAD AND THEN CONNECT THROUGH THE AIRPORT.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, METRO RAPIDS AREN'T CHEAP.
THE THE LAST TWO WE FUNDED FOR PROJECT CONNECT, I THINK COST AROUND $60 MILLION IN AND OF THEMSELVES, RIGHT? UH, AND GAP METRO'S BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE KIND OF AT THE LIMIT OF WHAT THEY CAN FUND WITH STAGNANT SALES, TAX REVENUE, UM, FOR THE ABILITY TO, UH, UH, BRING ON ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS BEYOND WHAT'S IN TRANSIT PLAN 2035.
SO IF WE WANT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD HIGH FREQUENCY BUS, UH, ROUTES THAT CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE GREEN LINE AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE AIRPORT, AND THEREBY THE LIGHT RAIL, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER NOW, RIGHT? UH, THIS ALSO WOULD'VE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF GIVING A REALLY NICE CONNECTION TO THE AIRPORT FROM THE GREEN LINE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S ADDED BENEFITS THERE AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, THE ROUTE COULD LOOK LIKE ANYTHING.
THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE SNAKED AROUND THE LIGHT RAIL TO GET IT INTO THE DOG'S HEAD AREA.
UM, THIS ADDS ABOUT AN EXTRA MILE BEYOND WHAT THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT FOR, UH, UH, THE PRO
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PROPOSED AIRPORT EXTENSION WOULD LOOK LIKE.UH, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY SOME ISSUES HERE, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOTTA CROSS THE HIGHWAY, UH, THREE TIMES INSTEAD OF, UH, JUST ONCE.
AND, UH, THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT IDEAL, RIGHT? UH, BUT IT WOULDN'T ADD THAT MUCH TIME.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT RIGHT NOW THE AIRPORT EXTENSION WOULD BE ENTIRELY ELEVATED, AND WE KNOW ELEVATED IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ELEVATED FOR IF WE MOVE IT INTO THE DOG HEAD, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD BUILD IT AT GREAT.
UH, AND IF WE BUILD IT AT GRADE, IT MAY ACTUALLY BE KIND OF CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERABLY, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO IF WE BUILD THE AIRPORT EXTENSION ENTIRELY, UH, UH, ELEVATED, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO USE THAT TUR FUNDING TO BUILD PART OF THIS EXTENSION, WHICH KIND OF SHORTENS THE RUNWAY.
WE NEED, NO PUN INTENDED, TO GET THE LIGHT RAIL TO THE AIRPORT.
OKAY, THAT'S THAT PRESENTATION, WHICH AGAIN, IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, NOT OFFICIAL IN ANY WAY.
UH, AND SO I BASICALLY ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE RESOLUTION.
IT'S A PRETTY SHORT RECOMMENDATION.
UM, IT SAYS, UH, CITY STAFF BEFORE, UH, UM, WE HAD THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON THE TOURS AND WHAT'S IN IT.
LET'S JUST DO AN ANALYSIS OF, OF WHAT TWO POSSIBLE, UH, UH, HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT OPTIONS WOULD BE, UH, WHETHER IT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TOURS, UH, AND WHETHER THAT WOULD ADD ANY ADDITIONAL VALUE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU PUT A LIGHT RAIL STOP THERE, UH, THAT ONLY INCREASES THE VALUE, UH, OF THOSE MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEXES THEY MAY PUT IN, RIGHT? UH, AND THEN THE LAST BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE JUST SAYS THAT WE ASK THAT THEY, UH, PRESENT THESE OPTIONS REPORT BACK ON THEIR FEASIBILITY, UM, PRIOR TO THE JULY 23RD, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT REALLY COMMENTING ON THE TURS ITSELF, WHETHER WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S OUR PLACE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT A LAND USE BODY, WE'RE NOT LAND USE EXPERTS.
UH, BUT AS A TRANSPORTATION BODY, IT'S SAYING, ALL RIGHT, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, UH, LET'S MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT SERIOUS TRANSIT INVESTMENTS, UH, BEFORE WE DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA INVEST THIS MONEY.
ANY QUESTIONS? I LIKE THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, AND I, I WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, OUR SPEAKERS COMING HERE.
AND, UM, I THINK BEYOND EXPANDING THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ACTUAL AS SMP UPDATE PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THOUGHT VISION ZERO, UH, STATEMENT THERE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, AND, AND I'LL A HUNDRED PERCENT ECHO THAT.
YEAH, CERTAINLY I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAW THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FROM CITY STAFF AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE CONCERNS FROM THAT.
I THINK THEY'VE INDICATED IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT WHEN WE SEE IT IN AUGUST MM-HMM
UH, BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, YEAH.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BODY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY FOR THIS TO MOVE QUICKLY, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE CERTAINLY NEED TO BE THINKING LONG TERM ABOUT OUR DECISIONS AND WHETHER WE'RE CREATING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WE WANT.
AND, UH, WHY I FEEL LIKE THIS IS IN A MORE APPROPRIATE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE TO GET THAT INTO THE PROPOSED A P UPDATE OR AMENDMENT, GET THESE IDEAS CONSIDERED IN THAT DRAFTED PROCESS.
I JUST WANNA ECHO SOME OF THE REMARKS SHE MADE, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER ABOUT, UM, MUELLER.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY SUCCESSFUL THINGS ABOUT THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD AND INJ GOING THERE.
AND, UM, BUT IT REALLY, REALLY IS, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT OF A BLACK MARK ON US THAT WE BUILT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SORT OF SOME TRANSIT CONCEPTS OF LIKE, OH, MAYBE TRANSIT COULD GO HERE, MAYBE THERE COULD BE LIGHT RAIL, MAYBE THERE COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, RAPID BUS, BUT LIKE, IT WAS NEVER REALLY FULLY PLANNED AND BROUGHT OUT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIKE, WE'RE GETTING THAT LITERALLY THIS MONTH.
AND I KNOW, UM, LOTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN LIKE WINDSOR PARK AND THINGS WHO HAVE LITERALLY KNOW THAT I DO THIS WORK AND HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR YEARS SAYING LIKE, WHY HAVE WE NOT HAD THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, RAPID LINE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISED AND WHY THIS AND WHY THAT? AND THERE'S SOME REASONS WHY I CAN POINT TO OR EXPLAIN WHY MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED.
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME THINGS THAT LIKE, REALLY AREN'T EXPLAINABLE WHY WE DIDN'T DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB ON SOME OF THIS FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN DID WE START BUILDING MUELLER 2007 OR 2008? I THINK.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT LIKE, TO NOT INCLUDE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT YOU CAN HAVE AROUND AIRPORT LIGHT RAIL EXTENSIONS, BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS REPEATEDLY STATED LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE STATED THEY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT PAYING FOR IT IS PROBLEMATIC THAT LAST FEW MILES TO GET FROM THE CURRENT ENDPOINT TO THE PRIORITY EXTENSION AT THE AIRPORT, I'VE BEEN
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GOING AROUND SAYING THINGS LIKE, WELL, I THINK THE AIRPORT SHOULD PAY FOR IT.OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I, I KEEP SAYING THOSE THINGS ALOUD, BUT THIS COULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK, UM, I, I REALLY THINK IT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT REALLY SAYING NECESSARILY IF WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T APPROVE THIS, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFACTORIAL THINGS GOING ON IN THIS AREA, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE IT, I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY.
UM, I IT IS, IS LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY BEYOND THE PALE FOR ME THAT WE WOULD APPROVE IT AND NOT BE ABLE TO FUND TRANSIT THROUGH THE THES.
LIKE THERE'S JUST SUCH A CENTRAL PART OF OUR AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
LIKE I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN LOOK ME IN THE FACE AND TELL ME THAT THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
UM, BASED ON ALL OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND GOALS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE STATED AS A CITY AND ALSO THE DEMONSTRATED NEED WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT PLANS NOW TO SOMETHING SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS POINTED OUT IS THAT SOME OF THESE PLANS ARE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AWAY.
I THINK THAT THE AIRPORT ONE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS REALLY, IF THIS DOES PASS AND TRANSIT WAS INCLUDED, LIKE WE CAN GREATLY ACCELERATE THE AIRPORT EXTENSION AND THE MORE MONEY WE CAN SAVE THE PROJECT CONNECT THERE, THE MONEY CAN GO TO OTHER PROJECTS LIKE FINISHING THE LIGHT RAIL QUICKLY AND GETTING TO THE GREEN LINE AND THOSE THINGS.
SO, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE SHOULD BE PROBABLY BUSES CONNECTING, LIKE YOUR MAP WAS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, BUT
SO, UM, I, UM, DEFINITELY, I JUST REALLY WANNA REITERATE, LIKE I, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO DISCUSS WHEN THERE'S A STREET GRID PLAN OR OTHER MOMENTS WHERE IT MIGHT BE GOOD OR CONTINGENT ON US TO COMMENT ON ANY TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO AVAIL THAT OPPORTUNITY IF IT COMES IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST, UM, A SINGLE FOCUS, UH, MOTION THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF SCOPE.
LIKE IF WE APPROVE THIS PLAN, THEN WE, IT'S REALLY WE MUST DO TRANSIT.
LIKE WE JUST, WE JUST, WE HAVE TO LIKE, THAT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY, IT'S, IT'S CRAZY NOT TO HONESTLY.
UM, SO, UM, I THINK, UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, MOTION.
UM, BUT AS STATED THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THAT TODAY NECESSARILY, BUT IF WE DO APPROVE IT, I THINK TRANSIT NEEDS TO BE A CENTRAL PART OF THE PLANNING AND FUNDING.
I'LL LOOK FOR ANY OTHER, YEAH, COMMISSIONER.
YEAH, I, I, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE CHAIR.
UM, I THINK, UH, I'M ASSUMING THIS LAND WHEN, IF IT IS ANNEX WILL, WILL PROBABLY BE IN DISTRICT TWO DOWN WHERE I REPRESENT.
AND TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS ARE GONNA ALWAYS BE ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA.
I THINK IT GREATLY EXPANDS ACCESS TO OUR CITY AND, UM, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT AS WELL.
I THINK THIS, THIS IS JUST A START, WHAT COMMISSIONER KAPLAN SAID, UH, HAVING INPUT ON THE AS SMP, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE OUR, OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
AND I THINK WHAT OUR SPEAKER SAID, MENTIONING OTHER ALTERNATE MODES OF MOBILITY WAS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE LIKE YOU MENTIONED MUELLER 20 YEARS AGO, THEY WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT THE HIGH RAPID USE OF THAT AREA.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO START THINKING A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE BOX.
AND WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD STUDENT, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTIVISTS COME AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THINGS ABOUT 15, 20 YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE.
SO I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
I AM LOOKING TO OUR COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT NEGLECTING ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US TODAY.
I THINK THAT MAY CONCLUDE OUR DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE AND WE HAD A SECOND THERE, SO IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I MAY BE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, UM, FOR THE REC TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT.
AND, UM, WELL WE'RE ABOUT TO BE ON FUTURE ITEMS, SO I WILL, UM, WE WILL, I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN FUTURE ITEMS. OKAY.
UM, I'M GONNA GO TO COMMITTEE UPDATES.
[4. Update from Commissioner Chen from the Downtown Commission regarding actions taken at the May 20, 2026, meeting.]
HAVE A SLIGHT NUMBERING ISSUE HERE.I THINK WE HAVE TWO ITEM FOURS.
I'M GONNA JUST SAY, SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S LISTED AS THE SECOND ITEM FOUR, UH, FOR OUR, UH, UH, IT STAFF.
UH, I'LL LET YOU FIGURE THAT OUT FOR US.
BUT, UM, THIS ONE IS THE UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER CHEN FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REGARDING ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN AT THE MAY 20TH, 2026 MEETING.
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THAT MEETING.PARDON ME? NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AT THAT MEETING.
UM, THEN WE HAVE UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER
[5. Update from Commissioner Prasad from the Joint Sustainability Committee regarding actions taken at the May 13, 2026, meeting.]
PRASAD FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE MAY 13TH, 2026 MEETING.UH, I'LL HAVE TO CATCH US UP, UM, AS A CUMULATIVE UPDATE NEXT TIME AROUND.
I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING, BUT UM, I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AT THIS ONE, BUT I'LL FEED BACK NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
[6. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Bicycle Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the May 19, 2026, meeting.]
UM, UH, NUMBER SIX UPDATE FROM COMMU COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER REGARDING ACTIONS, UH, FROM THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE MAY 19TH, 2026 MEETING.UH, BAC PASSED TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, FIRST WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY ABOUT IMPROVING AND, UH, IMPROVING SWEEPING AND MAINTENANCE OF BICYCLE LANES.
AND, UH, THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT HIGHLIGHTS OF OF BIKE LANES THAT NEED A LITTLE MORE TENDER LOVING CARE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE DEBRIS THAT CAN ACCUMULATE THERE.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT, UM, INTERIM ACTIVE MOBILITY FUNDING IN A SUPPLEMENTAL BOND PROPOSAL, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WE'RE HAVING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE HAVING.
[7. Update from Commissioner Kavelman from the Pedestrian Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the June 1, 2026, meeting.]
THEN WE HAVE A UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER KAMAN FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JUNE 1ST, 2026 MEETING.UM, JUST SOME PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS, BUT NO ACTIONS TAKEN.
[8. Update from Chair Somers from the City Council Mobility Committee regarding actions taken at the May 14, 2026, meeting.]
IS NUMBER EIGHT, AN UPDATE FROM ME, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE UH, MAY 14TH, 2026 MEETING.I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK TO OUR STAFF LIAISON IF YOU COULD UPDATE, PROVIDE THAT UPDATE FOR US POSSIBLY.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY DID TAKE AN ACTION ON THE CALENDAR AND THEY WILL NOT BE HOLDING A JULY MEETING.
SO THE NEXT MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, THEY ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM TXDOT ON THE CAPEX PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING TO REVIEW.
[9. Update from Chair Somers from the Community Advisory Committee of the Austin Transit Partnership Board regarding actions taken at the May 14, 2026, meeting.]
FROM ME CHAIR SUMMERS FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE MAY 14TH, 2026 MEETING.SO WE DID, UM, WORKING GROUP APPOINTMENTS.
WE ALSO HAD A DRAWING BY LOTS FOR, UH, TERMS OF THE MEMBERS.
'CAUSE WE, WHEN WE HAVE VACANCIES, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO TWO OR FOUR YEAR TERMS. AND WE DID OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT UPDATE THAT WAS VERY EXCITING.
SO I RECOMMEND YOU REVIEW THAT.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS AND TAKES US INTO OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO, UM, WE WILL LOOK AT THESE HERE QUICKLY.UM, ONE THING THAT WE UM, I HAVE BEEN AT A REALLY, REALLY SINCE SPRING BREAK IN THE MARCH MEETING HAVE JUST BEEN HAVE VERY LITTLE PERSONAL CAPACITY.
LIKE AM I JUST LIKE HASHTAG MOM THINGS REALLY
SO, UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LOT BETTER THIS SUMMER.
SO IF YOU ARE OWED AN EMAIL FROM ME, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER AND YOU CAN TEXT ME 'CAUSE I'M USUALLY BETTER THERE.
BUT I REALLY THINK IT'LL GET A LOT BETTER THIS SUMMER AND I'LL BE BACK TO MY NORMAL CAPACITY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF MY, WITH THE SCHOOL ENDING, A LOT OF MY CRAZINESS JUST WRAPPED UP.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO WANNA, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME, I BELIEVE YOU WERE COLLECTING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT QUORUM FOR OUR JULY MEETING.
UM, AND WHERE ARE WE STANDING WITH THAT? ARE WE, BASED ON THE RESPONSES I RECEIVED, I WOULD EXPECT AT LEAST SEVEN TO BE AVAILABLE FOR JULY.
UM, I, I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM, UM, COMMISSIONER JACOBSON AND, AND COMMISSIONER KAMAN WAS GOING TO GET BACK TO US WITH MORE INFORMATION AT HIS EARLIEST CONVENIENCE SO HE CAN GO.
SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE OKAY FOR OUR JULY MEETING.
SO WE ARE SCHEDULED THE TWO MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE USUALLY THE MOST AT RISK ARE JULY AND AUGUST.
UM, UM, SO IF SOMETHING CHANGES IN YOUR AVAILABILITY, I JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LET NATALIE KNOW AND THEN WE CAN WORK FORWARD FROM THERE.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE OKAY FOR THAT MEETING.
AND I DO THINK IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ITEMS. SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE ITEMS AND AGENDA THINGS THAT WOULD KEEP US ACTIVE, MY INCLINATION IS ALWAYS TO KEEP THAT MEETING IN THE SUMMER AS LONG AS WE HAVE QUORUM.
SO, UM, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE HERE WE HAVE UM, SOME THINGS, A SPECIAL EVENTS OVERVIEW, UM, MAYBE ANOTHER SHOT AT THE A S AND P AMENDMENTS FOR THE DOG'S HEAD.
WHETHER THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR JULY OR AUGUST,
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I THINK IS AN OPEN QUESTION RIGHT NOW.WELL, I, I THINK SO IT, I'LL LET STAFF CHIME IN AND AND CLARIFY HERE.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO US IN AUGUST AND SOMETIME AFTER THAT MEETING IS WHEN THEY WOULD GO TO COUNCIL.
SO THEY WOULDN'T GO TO COUNCIL BEFORE OUR AUGUST MEETING.
THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT AS WELL.
SO YEAH, AS LONG AS THAT'S THE CASE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
UM, HEARING THE STAFF PRESENTATION AUGUST AND ALSO DOING THE RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME AND THEN I'M SURE THEY'LL PROBABLY GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL AFTER THAT.
AND THAT'S THE USUAL PROCESS THAT TOTALLY WORKS FOR ME.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY BUSY AUGUST BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE DOG'S HEAD PRESENTATION, GROUND TRANSPORTATION, I 35 MOBILITY PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE CAP AND STITCH UPDATE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE IN THE FALL, PERHAPS OUR SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER MEETING.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER SORT OF THINGS.
SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE DOCK FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AND NOW I SHOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH NATALIE HERE NOW THAT I'M, MY SCHEDULE'S CLEARING UP AND LIKE SEE IF SOME OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT I MEAN HELP, HELP ME HERE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE MOVED UP OR SEEN OR DROPPED, IF YOU COULD Y'ALL NOTICE ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW.
UH, I DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING THAT HAS DENSITY BONUS UPDATES WHEN THEY TOUCH THAT THEY JUST MISSED ON HEIGHT.
UH, MESSED WITH THE HEIGHT LIMITS AND STUFF.
THEY PASSED THAT COUNCIL SO IT DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE ANY OF THE STREETS SCAPE STUFF.
YEAH, THEY DID A SEPARATE ITEM ON STREETSCAPES THAT IS GONNA COME BACK IN A LONG TIME WHILE THEY MESSED WITH THE UM, LVC ON SUB CHAPTER E ELEMENTS.
AND SO I GUESS YOU CAN DROP THE DENSITY BONUS UPDATES AND IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS UNTIL THEY PROBABLY HAVE ANY SORT OF UPDATE TO SHARE WITH US.
BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE SOMETHING.
THEY, THEY JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION ON LAST THURSDAY, SO, YEAH.
SO I, UM, CURIOUS FOR OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS.
BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE DOG'S HEAD, UH, AS SMP AMENDMENTS AND WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION WE DO ON THAT.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE JULY MEETING TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP ON THAT? SO WE HAVE PEOPLE DESIGNATED, MAKE SURE WE STAY UNDER QUORUM.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE'S LIKE A ROBUST DISCUSSION, UM, AND PARTICIPATION FROM THIS BODY.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEST PRACTICE.
SO I THINK FOR JULY THEN MAYBE, MAYBE CREATING A WORKING GROUP TO DISCUSS THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECTS OF DOG.
THE AS SMP AMENDMENTS FOR DOGS HEAD COULD BE GOOD.
UM, I ALSO, JULY WE'RE, LOOKS LIKE JULY IS ALSO OUR, UM, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.
OUR, OUR CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
WE JUST SAW THEM LAST MEETING.
I THINK WE, WE GOT OUT OF ORDER WITH THEM, SO I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO UPDATE THIS UNLESS YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE THEM BACK FOR.
UM, I REMEMBER THIS HAD ORIGINALLY STARTED ON UPDATES ON CORRIDORS, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED THOSE QUARTERLY UPDATES.
AND SO LAST MONTH WAS ABOUT BRIDGES.
SO IT, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT CORRIDORS NEXT MONTH AS PART OF OUR QUARTER.
WE SAW THEM ON CORRIDORS NOT TOO LONG AGO EITHER, DIDN'T WE? APRIL.
BUT LIKE, I THINK AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL, LIKE ANOTHER CORRIDOR UPDATE POTENTIALLY, UM, LIKE I THINK WE DO WANT THAT AT LEAST A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT EXACTLY QUARTERLY, IT'S OKAY.
WHEN WE FIRST SAID QUARTERLY UPDATES ON QUARTER PROGRAMS, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
THAT'S WHEN THEY LIKE RESHUFFLED, THEY MOVED OVER TO CDS.
I'M, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S TIME TO MOVE THAT TO SEMI-ANNUAL.
IT'S MOSTLY JUST PROJECT UPDATES.
AND THEY, THEY'LL BE WILLING TO COME AS NEEDED TOO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S TIMELY.
DO WE NEED TO DO OUR ANNUAL PLAN IN JULY? YES.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE ANNUAL PLAN SHOULD BE JULY.
UM, I, UH, IF I HAD HAD MORE FORESIGHT, I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD AN ITEM IN J JUNE TO UM, UH, DISCUSS AND COLLECT IDEAS FROM THE COMMISSION ABOUT THE ANNUAL PLAN SO THAT I CAN INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE ANNUAL PLAN.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT FORESIGHT THIS YEAR 'CAUSE I'VE JUST BEEN LIKE REALLY SLAMMED.
UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE SHOULD TAKE UP THE ANNUAL PLAN, UH, NOT ANNUAL PLAN.
WHY DO I KEEP SAYING, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, SO I WILL PREPARE THAT FOR THE JULY MEETING.
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I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY, THE PIECE THAT I REALLY NEED HELP FROM THE COMMISSION IS, UM, AROUND THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR GOALS.LIKE I CAN ADEQUATELY SUMMARIZE LIKE WHAT WE DID THE PAST YEAR, BUT LIKE, UM, WHAT YOUR GOALS WOULD BE IS NOT JUST MY IDEAS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE WHOLE COMMISSION'S IDEAS.
SO IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF LIKE PARTICULAR GOALS OR SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE WANNA TAKE UP IN THE NEXT YEAR, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY INVITE Y'ALL TO EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND THEN, UM, JUST ONE-ON-ONE.
AND THEN I CAN, UM, UH, INCORPORATE THOSE INTO MY REPORT AND I WILL PREPARE THAT, UH, TO BE READY FOR THE JULY MEETING AND WE'LL TAKE THAT UP.
AND THAT IS A REPORT, UM, THAT'S, UH, BY CITY CODE REQUIRED THAT WE FILE THAT, UM, WITH THE CITY, UH, YEARLY AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE.
I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY LIKE THE, UH, ENFORCEMENT ITEMS, LIKE THE DISTRACTED DRIVING OR PARKING ENFORCEMENT, I THINK ARE THINGS THAT MAYBE, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO, THEY'RE NOT TIME SENSITIVE AT ALL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ABOUT AS PARTICULARLY DISTRACTED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND I ALSO DON'T WANNA FORGET, I THINK THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FOLLOW UP ON THE STREET TREES, SO I'M JUST KIND OF NOTICING THAT AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS NOT CAPTURED IN HERE OR THINGS THAT, UM, WE CAN, I WOULD JUST SAY TOO, SINCE I 35 IS REALLY LIKE VISIBLY IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM I 35 ABOUT SAFETY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
I, I STILL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE TEXT DOT COME PRESENT TO US ABOUT THAT IF WE COULD GET THEM HERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT THAT IS CHALLENGING.
AND IF I COULD ASK, WHAT IS THE, UM, BOND SUPPORTIVE PROJECT CONNECT ORDINANCE? THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE TWO YEARS AGO AND I THINK WE CAN MAYBE REMOVE NOW BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY TIMELY.
THE, THE IDEA WAS A RECOMMENDATION AROUND WE, THERE WAS A PROJECT CONNECT ORDINANCE LIKE TWO YEARS AGO NOW THAT WAIVED A LOT OF THE, UH, LIKE PERMITTING REVIEW FOR, UH, PROJECT CONNECT TO HELP SPEED IT UP.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO TRY TO DO THE SAME THING, UH, FOR BONDS.
I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR IT.
I, I THINK NOW IS NOT THE APP'S TIME FOR IT AT ALL, BUT THAT WAS THE IDEA.
IT WAS LIKE AROUND THINGS WHERE DIFFERENT CITY UNITS ARE BLOCKING TRANSPORTATION, NOT BLOCKING, THAT'S SO NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WHERE, WHERE THE CITY, DIFFERENT UNITS OF THE CITY ARE SORT OF, OF LIKE HAVING CONFLICTS AROUND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT I THINK IT'S NOT THE MOMENT THAT WE MAYBE IN TWO YEARS.
I KNOW I'M TURNING TO MY ONLINE FOLKS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND? THINGS YOU WANT? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHEN, UH, I THINK CAMPO AND TDOT JUST WRAPPED UP THE PALMER LANE CORRIDOR STUDY.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THAT AND WHAT THE FINDINGS FOR.
WE WILL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
I ALSO SAY WE HAVE COMMENTED ON CAMPO STUDIES BEFORE COMMISSIONER CHEN, SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR AREA.
SO I'LL, I'LL YIELD TO YOU, BUT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING IF YOU WANNA BRING FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT AND WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THEM PRESENT, KEEP THAT IN MIND, LEARN MORE, AND THEN DO A REC.
IF WE'RE NOT READY TO DO A REC AT THE MOMENT THEY'RE PRESENTING, THAT'S ALSO, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN TEE UP THAT WAY, IF THAT WORKS FOR US AS WELL.
LEARN MORE AND THEN WORKS FOR ME.
UM, BUT ARE THERE ANY WEED OUTS, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS AROUND, UH, VISION ZERO HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON FOR OUR COMMISSION THAT'S GET LIKE A MONTHLY YEAR, WE GET AN ANNUAL UPDATE FROM THEM.
AND DO WE USUALLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, USUALLY I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AROUND SEPTEMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD JOEL HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW.
LIKE WITHIN THE LAST LESS THAN NINE MONTHS.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW UPDATES, BUT I CAN, I CAN CIRCLE BACK.
I, I THINK OUR, SO I JUST LOOKED, OUR LAST VISION ZERO UPDATE WAS DECEMBER 2ND, 2025.
I DO THINK THAT'S WHEN WE USUALLY DO ANNUALLY WE GET, WE GET AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THEM FOR SURE.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ANOTHER, GET THAT BEFORE THE YEAR'S END WHENEVER IS, I THINK IF IT'S, IS IT NORMALLY DECEMBER? IS THAT YOUR RECOLLECTION? THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
YEAH, I JUST TO, UH, PUT CONTEXT ON THAT.
UM, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH A SERIOUS, UM, INJURY AS A RESULT OF A, UM, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN MARCH, OH MY, UM, I'M KIND OF
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CURIOUS TO HEAR, 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA IN VISION ZERO, I'M NOT SEEING MY ACCIDENT REFLECTED IN THERE.UM, SO IT'S LIKE I KIND OF WANNA CHASE DOWN MY OWN BLIP, BUT I'M ALSO JUST CURIOUS TO HEAR HOW THE DATA'S RECONCILED.
I MEAN, UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK, I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON REFINING AND IMPROVING THAT, SO, UM, I, AND NOT GREAT THAT YOU EXPERIENCED THAT.
BUT, UM, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WORK THAT WE DO AND THAT THAT OFFICE DOES.
SO I THINK, UM, DEFINITELY PRIORITIZING, HEARING FROM THEM ON THEIR, THEY DO LIKE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES ALL THEIR DATA.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, UM, A GREAT THING TO MAKE SURE HAPPENS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CALL, UH, THIS MEETING TO, UH, ADJOURN, UH, WITH NO FURTHER OBJECTION AT 6:59 PM TWO.