* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] UH, THIS [CALL TO ORDER] I AM VICE CHAIR SPENCER SCHUMACHER, AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. UH, WE ARE IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM AT CITY HALL IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. UH, OUR CHAIR, SUSAN SUMMERS, WILL BE HERE WITH, UH, US IN A MINUTE. UH, SHE HAS THE MOST UTC EXCUSE EVER, SHE, MR. BUS STOP, AND IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER . BUT SHE'LL BE JOINING US MOMENTARILY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON SIGN UP. UM, NICHOLAS LITTLEJOHN. IT APPEARS HE IS NOT HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, THE APPROVAL OF LAST MEETING'S MINUTES. THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING, UM, AND YOU CAN FIND THEM IN YOUR PACKET. I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A SECOND TO REVIEW THEM. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SECOND. WELL, ALL RIGHT. I GUESS, LET ME MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING. MINUTES SECOND. WONDERFUL. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. AND, UH, JUST WANT TO CHECK, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ARE YOU THERE? AND I AM REALIZING I FORGOT TO CALL THE ROLE. SO INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THAT, LET'S JUST RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER KAMAN IS HERE. COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER IS HERE. COMMISSIONER BUFFO IS HERE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS ONLINE. COMMISSIONER PRASAD IS ONLINE. COMMISSIONER BROWN IS ONLINE. COMMISSIONER CHEN IS ONLINE. COMMISSIONER JACOBSON IS ONLINE, AND CHAIR SUMMERS WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY. UH, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. UH, AND [2. Special Events Overview. Presentation by Maria Alonso, Program Manager, Austin Center for Events and Annette Martinez, Division Manager, Austin Transportation and Public Works.] THEN THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM, A SPECIAL EVENTS OVERVIEW. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARIA ALONZO WITH THE CENTER FOR AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS. AND ANNETTE MARTINEZ. AND ANNETTE MARTINEZ. THANKS FOR JOINING US. DO YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION? HELLO URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. I'M MARIA ALONZO, SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I AM JOINED HERE BY, I AM ANNETTE MARTINEZ. I AM THE DIVISION MANAGER OVER THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS IN AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. AND WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE AUSTIN CENTER OF YOUR EVENT DOES, AS WELL AS JUST A GENERAL SPECIAL EVENTS UPDATE. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU GUYS ARE WITH IT, SO I WAS GONNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR PROCESS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME NUMBERS THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE FOR YOU. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. QUICK LITTLE AGENDA OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS. UM, I, THERE WAS SPECIFIC ASK FOR THE DOWNTOWN MORATORIUM, UH, UPDATE, AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. SO WHAT IS THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS? IT'S ACTUALLY DEFINED BY CODE IN CHAPTER FOUR 20 AS A COMPRISED OF EMPLOYEES WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT REGULATE PERMIT AND HOST SPECIAL EVENTS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A LENGTHY LIST OF FOLKS THAT, UH, REVIEW PERMITS AND HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AROUND SPECIAL EVENTS. UH, THE APPLICATION COMES IN THROUGH THE REGULAR PERMITTING PORTAL, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S THROUGH, IT GETS DISSEMINATED TO ALL OF, TO MOST OF THESE, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS. UH, I ALSO DON'T WANNA FORGET ANY OF OUR OUTSIDE AGENCIES. SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE PRESERVATION BOARD WITH CAP METRO AND WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION, UH, TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION AS THEIR, A LOT OF THEIR PROPERTY IS DOWNTOWN. AND THAT IS USUALLY WHERE MOST OF THE EVENTS ARE. YES. OKAY. SO THE QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AN APPLICATION COMES IN, THE ONLY BIG REQUIREMENT FOR THAT IS A SITE PLAN. AND SO THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A HAND-DRAWN NAPKIN, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE. AND AS LONG AS IT HAS SOME BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF LOCATION, OF TENTS OR GENERATORS OR JUST DEFINES THE SPACE IN A WAY THAT IS GIVING US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE EVENT WILL LOOK LIKE, WE WILL PUSH IT FORWARD. ONCE THAT'S PUSHED FORWARD, UH, WE PUT IN AN APPLICATION [00:05:01] FEE. ONCE THE APPLICATION FEE IS PAID, THEN THAT'S WHEN, BASED ON ALL OF THE WAYS THAT THEY, UH, ANSWER THAT APPLICATION, THAT'S WHO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL HAVE THEIR REVIEW PROCESSES, FIRE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS, TRANSPORTATION WILL HAVE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS. AND ONCE THOSE ARE ALL MET AND THEIR FEES ARE PAID, THEN WE ISSUE THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TIERS. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT DEADLINES. WE PROBABLY, THE MOST THAT WE GET ARE THOSE TIER TWOS WITH A 30 DAY CALENDAR DATE DEADLINE. UM, THERE ARE PEAKS IN THE YEAR, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COMING SLIDES, BUT USUALLY WE, PEOPLE DO ABIDE BY THE 30 DAY, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT COME IN LATE. AND WE'LL TAKE AN APPLICATION UP TO 21 DAYS, UH, LATE, BUT WITH A LATE FEE. PERFECT. OKAY. NOW WE CAN GET INTO SOME SPECIFICS ON TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, JUST AS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE PERMIT IN OUR DIVISION, WE PERMIT STREET AND SIDEWALK CLOSURES FOR AN EVENT, SPECIFICALLY PARKING SPACES THAT ARE RELATED TO A SPECIAL EVENT. AND WE ADDITIONALLY DO FILM PERMITS IN OUR DIVISION GO TO THE IMPACTS. AND THEN YOU WANNA START WITH THIS ONE? WE JUST HAVE SOME NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT THE APPLICATIONS LOOK LIKE THAT WE'RE SEEING. YEAH. SO THIS IS THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER R ZERO BECAUSE THOSE HAVE NOT COME IN YET. UH, BUT WE ARE BRACING OURSELVES FOR WHAT WE CALL THE FALL FESTIVAL SEASON. AND THIS IS USUALLY, UH, AROUND AUSTIN CENTER, UH, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL, UH, OR FORMULA ONE. AND THEN GENERALLY, BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL AND AUSTIN, THAT'S WHEN THINGS SPIKE PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, AND YES, THERE IS A STEADY INCREASE FROM, UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UH, FY 24 WAS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. UH, AND THERE WAS, BECAUSE IT INCLUDED 23, THERE WAS THIS WEIRD INCREASE IN EVENTS RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR THAT WE SAW THIS LIKE BIG SPIKE IN PEOPLE WANTING TO HAVE EVENTS. UM, BUT YEAH. OKAY. CAN I ASK ON THIS SIDE REAL QUICK? OF COURSE. SEEING A GIANT JUMP IN MARCH 25 TO 26 YEAH, I, I'M GUESSING THAT HAS TO BE SOUTH BY RELATED, AND IS THAT RELATED TO CLOSURE OF, OF THE CONVENTION CENTER JUST LEADS TO MORE THINGS ON THE STREETS? NO, ACTUALLY I THINK THERE'S JUST BEEN A GENERAL SPIKE IN EVENTS IN GENERAL. UM, AND, BUT IT IS WHAT WE ALSO CALL, WE, WE HAVE A SPRING FESTIVAL SEASON AND FALL FESTIVAL SEASON. MM-HMM . AND THOSE COME THROUGH LIKE AROUND FEBRUARY. AS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BIT RIGHT BEFORE THAT 30 DAY DEADLINE. UM, IT COULD ALSO BE, THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EVENTS THAT WERE ON THE STREETS THIS YEAR THAT PROBABLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH IT. DON'T FORGET THIS ONE'S YOURS. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. BUT I THINK THIS APPLICATION IN GENERAL, RIGHT? LIKE SURE. YEAH. AND THIS IS BY DATE RECEIVED. SO LIKE THE CORRECT APPLICATIONS FOR EVENTS IN MARCH WOULD COME IN IN OCTOBER THOUGH, BECAUSE SIX MONTHS, NO, IN 30 DAYS. SO LIKE, USUALLY FOR A LARGE EVENT LIKE SOUTH BY, OH, WELL SOUTH BYS WOULD COME IN. THEY USUALLY DO IT ALMOST A FULL YEAR AHEAD OF TIME. OKAY. SO LIKE, WE ALREADY HAVE THE ONE FOR, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR SOUTH BY, ACTUALLY WE DON'T, BUT IT SHOULD BE COMING ANYTIME SOON. OKAY. YEAH. I SEE 180 CALENDAR DAYS FOR LARGE EVENTS, RIGHT? MINIMUM, RIGHT? YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO OF THOSE NUMBERS, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE ANY TRANSPORTATION REVIEWS, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE ABOUT HALF OF WHAT ALL OF THE ACE RECEIVES. SO WE ALSO CREATED A, UM, HEAT MAP IN TERMS OF WHERE THE EVENTS ARE HELD. SO WE WENT THROUGH CALENDAR YEARS 23 THROUGH WHERE WE, WHEN SO FAR IN 26. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CITYWIDE IN TERMS OF WHERE THE MAJORITY OF EVENTS ARE HELD THAT HAVE A STREET CLOSURE. THE SECOND MAP WE HAVE IS IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC STREETS THAT ARE MOSTLY USED. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE DOWNTOWN CONGRESS AVENUE AUDITORIUM, SHORES AREA, ZILKER PARK, UH, UT CAMPUS IN THE STADIUM BECAUSE OF FOOTBALL GAMES AND MOODY, [00:10:01] UH, CONCERTS. THEY ALL HAVE STREET CLOSURES. AND THEN, UH, WEST CAESAR CHAVEZ IS VERY POPULAR FOR RUNS AND RACES. AND NOW WE'LL GO INTO MORATORIUM. SO THE MORATORIUM STARTED IN 2014 AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY CREATED BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WERE COMING AND THERE WERE ALREADY A LOT OF EVENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING DOWNTOWN. SO THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS AND TRANSPORTATION GOT TOGETHER AND CREATED THIS MORATORIUM. IT USED TO BE UPDATED ANNUALLY, AND AS OF 2023, IT WAS DONE INTO INFINITE CONTINUATION. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S NEVER GONNA BE NEW EVENTS DOWNTOWN, IT JUST MEANS THAT THERE HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REVIEW ON KIND OF ANY CONFLICTS THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING TOWARDS THE AREA. THEY HAVE TO GET PRE-APPROVED TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, STREETS THAT THEY MIGHT WANNA BE AT. SO IT'S NOT THAT THERE IS A, IT IS A MORATORIUM, BUT IT IS A A IN ORDER TO DO A BETTER REVIEW OF THOSE PROPOSED EVENTS, ESSENTIALLY. AND SO HERE IS THE KIND OF THE, THE THREE STEPS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WHICH IS, LIKE I WAS SAYING, UH, APPROVAL FROM OUR OFFICES. BOTH OF THEM HAVE TO APPROVE AND USUALLY THEY'LL COME THROUGH EITHER AN INBOX LIKE THROUGH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS INBOX SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE THIS IDEA OF WANTING TO CLOSE DOWN CONGRESS. AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH AND ASK THEM ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON WHAT THEIR PROPOSED EVENT IS. AND I WILL COLLABORATE WITH ANNETTE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING. OR IT'LL COME THROUGH AS AN ACE APPLICATION. AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL DO LIKE A MORE FORMAL REVIEW, BUT BEFORE PASSING IT INTO REVIEW, REVIEW FOR THE DEPARTMENTS, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE AFFECTED PARTIES HAVE APPROVED THEIR CLOSURES ESSENTIALLY. AND HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WAIVER PROCESS. SO IF I COULD ASK ON THIS, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN DECIDING TO REJECT? WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME, I DON'T NEED THE NAMES TO SAY, BUT WHAT ARE SOME REASONS YOU'VE REJECTED SOME THAT ASK FOR AN EXCLUSION IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS? SO WHEN IT GOES THROUGH A TPW REVIEW, WE ASK THE AREA ENGINEER OF WHATEVER AREA THE CITY THIS IS GONNA BE AFFECTING. UM, TYPICALLY THEY'RE DOWNTOWN ASKS THAT WE GET AND THAT AREA ENGINEER REVIEWS THE PROPOSAL. UM, WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED A MEETING WITH THEM. WE KIND OF REVIEW THE TIMING OF THE YEAR. UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA COME IN AND ASK FOR A STREET CLOSURE IN MARCH OR OCTOBER, IT'S GONNA BE MORE CHALLENGING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE OF THE ALREADY EXISTING NUMBER OF CLOSURES THAT WE HAVE. UM, SO IN THE PAST THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE DENYING FACTOR. WHETHER THE AREA ENGINEER FEELS WE CAN HANDLE IT AND STILL MAINTAIN MOBILITY FOR THE CITY OR IF IT'S JUST GONNA BE TOO MUCH. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SAY NO. AND HOW DOES THAT DIFFER FROM THE REVIEW YOU WOULD DO NORMALLY IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THEY WANTED TO CLOSE DOWN FIRST STREET WAY OUTSIDE THE D SEAT, IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME. IT WOULD JUST BE A DIFFERENT AREA ENGINEER THAT WE ASK AND, AND WHATEVER AREA IT IS, SAME. AND USUALLY THOSE APPROVALS WOULD COME AFTER THE APPLICATIONS PROCESS, BUT EVEN FOR US, EVEN BEFORE WE REMOVE, MOVE IT INTO AN ACTUAL REVIEW, IF IT'S WITHIN THAT DSI, WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY'RE APPROVED AHEAD OF TIME SAYING YES, EVERYBODY'S COOL WITH IT. SO THERE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT. 'CAUSE THIS IS A DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC MORATORIUM. CORRECT. SO COULD YOU MAY, I THINK MAYBE I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT HIS ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION YEAH. THERE, BECAUSE HE ASKED, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THAT SOMETHING ON 51ST STREET WOULD BE REVIEWED AND YOU SAID NO. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE MUST BE IF THERE'S A, SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO DOWNTOWN, I THINK JUST AS A SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, THAT IT DOES REQUIRE A VIEW BY THE AREA ENGINEER REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT IS WITHIN THE CITY. UM, THIS IN TERMS OF THE DOWNTOWN MORATORIUM IS WITHIN THE AREA THAT WAS SHOWN ON, IN, ON THE MAP. THERE WE GO. THAT'S THE SPECIFIC DOWNTOWN MORATORIUM AREA. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY LARGE. UM, THOSE GET, I WOULD SAY AN ADDITIONAL, UH, REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE IT'S AT. AND BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE WE GET MOST OF OUR ASK FOR EVENTS. UM, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S IN MAYBE THE 51ST AREA THAT'S COMING UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT A NEW EVENT AS WELL. WE WENT THROUGH SIMILAR PROCESS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY [00:15:01] IS STILL ABLE TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY DURING THESE EVENTS THAT OCCUR. SO SIMILAR PROCESS, BUT JUST MORE STRICT CRITERIA FOR THE DOWNTOWN OR YEAH. SORT OF DOUBLE. WHY IS IT, IT'S 'CAUSE IT, LIKE I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S A MORATORIUM FOR DOWNTOWN. MAYBE WE JUST DON'T GET HARDLY ANY REQUESTS FOR 50. I MEAN, THE FACT TO USE 51ST STREET IS AN EXAMPLE I THINK IS NOT THAT COGENT. IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE AN EXAMPLE HE PULLED, RIGHT? YEAH. LIKE HOW IS IT REVIEWED DIFFERENTLY FOR DOWNTOWN VERSUS OTHER STREETS? UH, CHAIR AL BUA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO GENERALLY IN DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE REVIEWING AN APPLICATION, THAT PARTICULAR EVENT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH OTHER EVENTS, BUT SAY LIKE IT'S, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY EVENT APPLICATION. SO IT'S LESS INTENSE IF THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR AN EVENT, SAY ON 51ST STREET. SO IN DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY OF EVENTS, THE VOLUME OF EVENT APPLICATION, WE NEED TO DO EXTRA STUDENT IN DOWNTOWN. SO WHAT WE MEAN BY MORATORIUM IS THAT THE PROCESS FOR THINGS DOWNTOWN IS THAT THEY'RE JUST SUBJECT TO A MORE STRINGENT REVIEW. AND IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OR WHATEVER, IT'S, WE'RE JUST CALLING IT A MORATORIUM JUST TO INDICATE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT OF A PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL 2014 INTENT. I, THERE WAS JUST A, FROM WHAT I CAME IN 20, WHAT YEAR IS THIS? 2016. UM, AND THERE WERE JUST A LOT MORE, FROM WHAT I RECALL, CLOSURES OF LANE, LIKE LANE CLOSURES FOR HOTELS BEING BUILT OR THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE ON CONGRESS OR THEY WERE ON THOSE SIDE STREETS. AND SO ANY NEW DOWNTOWN STREET CLOSURES WERE PART OF WHY THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WEREN'T CONFLICTING WITH THESE EXISTING, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AND THAT, I WOULD ARGUE IS STILL SOMEWHAT THE CASE, IS THAT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. BUT I WILL LET Y'ALL ANSWER THAT. SORRY, GETTING OFF BY THE WORD TIME. YES. CORRECT. I THINK THE WORD MOR MORATORIUM ACTUALLY CONFUSES THE POLICY. LIKE I, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. SO LIKE YOU, THERE'S, I ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDES 16, WHEREAS THE LIST OF RECENT EVENTS THAT WERE APPROVED, UM, AS NEW EVENTS. AND SO LIKE WHAT I, LIKE, I'M A BIG, UM, I REALLY STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE DOWNTOWN STREETS BELONG TO US ALL, NOT JUST, UM, AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DO NEED TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN IN THEIR CARS, BUT LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT EVENTS ARE SUCH A IMPORTANT PART OF THE WAY THE CITY BREATHES AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO STIFLE THOSE IN ANY WAY. RIGHT. AND IN A SENSE, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN I FIRST LIVED HERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, F1 RIGHT? OR THERE WASN'T A FALL FESTIVAL SEASON, MAYBE, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE WAS LIKE WHAT PECAN STREET OR SOMETHING. BUT LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, GROWN IN THE TIME THAT I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN. AND SO WHAT I, ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD IS, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE EVENTS IN THIS LIST ARE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE A ONE TIME HIT THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO THOSE EVENTS. BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA SAY AFRO TECH. LET'S SAY AFRO TECH IS THE NEXT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, OKAY. AND THEY WANNA COME BACK YEAR TO YEAR. IF SOMEBODY GETS APPROVED ONE YEAR AND THEN WANTS TO MAKE THAT A CONTINUOUS EVENT, WOULD THAT THEN VARY? LIKE, ARE THEY, ARE THEY GONNA BE, ARE THESE NEW EVENT APPLICATIONS GONNA BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN EXISTING EVENTS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR YEARS AND YEARS IN INCLUDING PRIOR TO THE MOR MORATORIUM IN TRANSPORTATION? WE'LL STILL REVIEW 'EM IN THE SAME WAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ACE HAS, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT IN EXTENSIVE DETAIL IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS. UM, BECAUSE ACTUALLY ALL OF THESE ARE ONE-OFFS. EVERYTHING ON THE LIST IS A WOLF. SURE. UM, I, THE ONLY EXAMPLE THAT I CAN THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS MAYBE THE TEXAS TRIBUNE BLOCK PARTY. AND WE DID TREAT IT WHERE THEY, WHAT THEY, THEY'RE LIKE THREE YEARS AND THEY'RE GONE AND THEY'RE GONE. YEAH. IT JUST, IT'S A REALLY EXPENSIVE PROCESS. UM, THIS NOT, NOT JUST EXPENSIVE, IT'S JUST A VERY TIME CONSUMING HIGH PRODUCTION VALUE PROCESS TO CLOSE DOWN ANY STREETS DOWNTOWN. SURE. I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT, I THINK IS THAT WE DON'T WANNA STOP THE NEXT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FROM GERMINATING, RIGHT? LIKE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO LIKE IF, AND [00:20:01] THERE'S ALL LIKE, IF THE NEW EVENTS ARE GETTING A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN PRE-EXISTING EVENTS, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE NOT REALLY, I I THINK I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE WORD MORATORIUM. LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL BE QUIET. UM, THE MORATORIUM WENT INTO PLACE IN 2014 AND I DO APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE I MISSED PART OF THE PRESENTATION. I CAME IN LATE. UM, BUT WAS THAT A CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OR WAS THAT STAFF POLICY THAT THE MORATORIUM WAS ESTABLISHED? WAS THAT DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL? I DON'T, I WAS HERE IN 2012. I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS, UH, CITY COUNCIL DRIVEN OR NOT. I DO REMEMBER THE GENESIS OF THIS. THIS WAS ALSO PART OF A TRAFFIC CONGESTION ACTION PLAN THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN ABOUT 2015. AND PART OF THE ISSUES LIKE, UM, MARIA AND ANNETTE WERE SAYING IS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. FIFTH STREET WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, QUITE A FEW HIGH RISES GOING IN OUR, UM, SKYLINE WAS CHANGING QUITE A BIT. AND SO ALL THAT TOGETHER WAS MAKING MOBILITY AND DOWNTOWN DIFFICULT BOTH FOR, UM, PEOPLE TO GET THERE TO THE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT, THAT LIVE THERE AND THE VISITORS TOO. SO IT WAS TRYING, AND THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM TRIES TO DO AS BALANCE ALL OF THOSE NEEDS. SO THEY'LL SEE LIKE THE FOLKS THAT COME IN HERE, THERE'S PROBABLY LISTS OF OTHERS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO WORK BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE ONE AT A SPECIFIC STREET AND A LOT OF TIME THE TEAMS WILL WORK WITH THEM TO SAY, ALRIGHT, CAN'T DO IT HERE BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA SHUT DOWN LIKE NORTH SOUTH MOBILITY IN THIS AREA OF TOWN, BUT YOU COULD DO IT OVER HERE. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY THAT WE BRING TO IT. AND WE TRY NOT TO BE DREAM CRUSHERS 'CAUSE FOLKS COME WITH SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND WE WANT TO INCUBATE THAT NEXT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, ESPECIALLY HERE IN AUSTIN. UM, BUT IT'S EVEN GETTING MORE CHALLENGING IN WHAT THE GROUP HAS DONE, UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS WITH ALL THESE LONG LINEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMING, THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF EVENTS THAT HAVE TO CROSS AIR, ESPECIALLY THE RACES. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THAT. BUT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS WITH I 35 PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S REALLY THE DIFFERENCE. WE'RE STARTING FROM A POINT OF NOT A, OF MORATORIUM TO SET AN EXPECTATION THAT WHEN YOU COME IN, ALL RIGHT, IT'S AN EXCEPTION TO GET IN SO THAT WE'RE, SO THAT THEY KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT DOWNTOWN IN, IN THE MEMO, EXPLAINS THE REASONS WHY AND SO FORTH. YOU MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPED. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. IT DID. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WONDER NOW WE'RE, WE'RE 13 YEARS ON AND, AND THIS IS A THOUGHT, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO, TO, UH, RESPOND TO IT AS WELL. UM, I, WHAT I WORRY IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THE WORD MORATORIUM MM-HMM . AND SEE THAT AND SAY, WELL, I CAN'T DO IT. RIGHT. MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE INTENTION. I THINK IT TOTALLY MAKES MORE SENSE TO BE MORE SELECTIVE IN THE DSI. LIKE CLEARLY THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE BIGGEST RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS. BUT I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO REPLACE THE MEMO WE HAVE NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF JUST BEEN EXPANDING ON WITH, YOU KNOW, A LIST OF CRITERIA WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT WHEN YOU PROPOSE ONE IN THE DAB. YES, WE'RE GONNA BE STRICTER AND MAYBE WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING ALONG RED RIVER STREET INSTEAD OF CONGRESS. SO WE'RE SPREADING OUT THESE RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS ALSO MAYBE SHOWING LOVE TO SOME OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN THAT MIGHT NEED IT. UM, RIGHT. SO THAT WE'RE NOT STOPPING THE NEXT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST. WE'RE NOT STOPPING THE NEXT EVENT. WE'RE MAKING SURE DOWNTOWN'S ACTIVATED WHILE STILL ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME GOALS WE HAVE TODAY. YEAH, I, OH, I, I, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE WORDING OF IT. 'CAUSE IF THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITY, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TURN ANYONE AWAY, BUT I COULD DEFINITELY SEE YOUR POINT OF MORATORIUM. ALRIGHT. THAT MEANS I CAN'T HAVE MY EVENT DOWNTOWN AND MY DREAM IS CRUSHED. SO, UM, I THINK BY COMING BACK GREEN CRUSHED , WE'D, WE'D LIKE TO IT A LOT. AND THIS IS FRANCES HARGROVE THAT SAID SHE WAS KNOWN AS DREAM CRUSHER. YES. UH, BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE, OH, ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. THAT'S CRAZY. UM, BUT BECAUSE SAFETY REASONS AND THINGS, BUT ANYHOW, UM, BUT YEAH, WE'LL GO BACK, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORDING AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT TO WHERE, HEY, STILL COME TALK TO US AND WE'LL SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. AND MAYBE NOT STARTING FROM THAT POINT OF AN EXCEPTION BASED OR MAYBE STILL STARTING FROM THERE, BUT JUST DIFFERENT WORDING ON IT. UM, BUT, BUT, UM, ANY FEEDBACK OR, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO I GUESS CALL ATTENTION TO THE RAINY STREET CLOSURE THAT'S COMING IN OCTOBER. SO THAT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE RAINY STREET BUSINESS. I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR NAME RIGHT NOW. I'M SO SORRY. UM, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEY'VE WANTED TO ACTIVATE RAINY NOW THAT A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS LIFTING AND HOW THEY WANNA BRING MORE BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF DOING, UH, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING LIKE A [00:25:01] FARMER'S, LIKE A MARKET WHERE THEY'RE, THE FOLKS ON CERTAIN SIDES OF THE STREET ARE PUTTING TENTS OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR PATIOS AND THEN WELCOMING PEOPLE IN. AND SO THE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT ONCE, IF, IF IT WORKS WELL THE FIRST TIME, THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT DIDN'T GO GREAT AND THEN PIVOT ON THAT. BUT THEY DO WANNA HAVE SOME SORT OF RECURRING CLOSURE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP THEM FIGURE THAT OUT. RIGHT. LIKE, THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF WHY WE'RE HERE. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M ONLINE. PEOPLE JUST UNMUTE IF YOU HAVE A . OKAY. I THINK THAT MIGHT CONCLUDE OUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I AM HERE NOW. UM, I'LL TAKE OVER THE MEETING, I GUESS FROM OUR VICE CHAIR. WELCOME. THANK YOU. UM, [Items 3 & 4] ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO, UM, OUR DISCUSSION ACTION ITEMS. FIRST IS ITEM THREE, WHICH IS APPROVING RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR 2026 DASH 0 7 1 4 2 2 LM THREE OH FIVE EDWIN LANE. WE'LL CALL OUR STAFF UP HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO US. UH, YEAH. ARE THEY RELATED? I HAVEN'T, YEAH, ARE. OKAY. UM, WHY DON'T YOU WALK US THROUGH BOTH, UH, GO AHEAD AND WALK US THROUGH BOTH ITEMS THREE AND ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS APPROVING THE RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR 26 7 4 7 LM 8,700 HERTZ LANE. UM, SO IF YOU COULD TAKE US THROUGH BOTH PRESENTATIONS AND THEN WE CAN DO QUESTIONS AND WE'LL VOTE SEPARATELY ON THEM I GUESS. BUT, UM, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE US THROUGH BOTH AT ONCE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MOST EFFICIENT. WONDERFUL. I'LL BE HAPPY TO. HELLO, UH, COMMISSIONERS. I'M JOSEPH TINOS AND THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT GROUP UNDER LAND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THESE TWO RIGHT OF WAY VACATIONS TO YOU THIS FINE EVENING. UH, WE'LL START WITH OUR RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR 4 0 4 0 5 EDWIN LANE. UM, OH, YOU DO. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, FILE NUMBER, UM, 2 26 0 7 1 4 2 2 LM. UM, WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, IT IS IN THE TWO MILE ETJ, HOWEVER, UM, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AN ANNEXATION OF IT. UM, SO I DO NOT ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT IT FALLS UNDER. UH, I JUST, IT WASN'T THE TWO I YOU JI DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW. WE'LL FIND OUT. UM, SO, UM, GOING NEXT WE'VE GOT, UH, A BUDDING PROPERTY OWNER WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL RETURN TO, WILL BE DEEDED TO IF APPROVED BY COUNSEL, AND THAT A BUDDING PROPERTY OWNER IS THE DOG'S HEAD LAND JV LIMITED. AND THERE IS A, UH, LITTLE LOCATION MAP THERE TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHERE IT IS. UH, OFFICE 71, THERE'S 180 3 THAT'S SOMEWHAT HELPFUL. UM, IT IS A PAVED, DEVELOPED RIGHT OF WAY. ONCE AGAIN, HERE'S A LITTLE LOCATION MAP SHOWING KIND OF WHERE IT IS. 4 0 5 EDWIN LANE WAS THE ADDRESS THAT WAS CHOSEN, UH, TO REPRESENT IT. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A IMAGE HERE OF THE PROPERTY STREET VIEW. AGAIN, IT'S DEVELOPED, IT'S PAVED, IT'S RIGHT THERE. UM, AND NOW THE NITTY GRITTY, UM, WE'VE GOT THE VACATION TRACT IS APPROXIMATELY 5,003, UH, EXCUSE ME, 5,000 3 3 0 7 ACRES. THAT'S 232,205 SQUARE FEET. WE HAVE SENT OUT PROPERTY NOTIFICATIONS TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AND 300 FEET OF THE AREA. UM, AND AS OF THIS MEETING, NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. UM, ALL THE AFFECTED CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ALL REVIEWED, UH, AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY VACATION. ALL APPROVED, NO CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVALS OF THE MASTER COMMENT REPORT, BUT THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO, UM, CONDITIONS. THE MASTER COMMENT REPORT WAS, UH, RECENTLY UPDATED WITH NO CONDITIONS AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE PRESENTATION, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT AS WELL. UM, WHEN ASKED THE DEVELOPER HOW THE AREA WAS TO BE DEVELOPED, THE ANSWER WAS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. THERE IS A SITE PLAN SHOWING HERE, SP 2 2 6 0 1 4 7 D AND OF COURSE WE'VE GOT ME ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS FROM LAND MANAGEMENT ON, UH, HOW WE DID THE RIGHTAWAY VACATION. UM, I'M JOSEPH TINOS. I CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. I'M JUST GONNA KEEP GOING ON THIS. YEP. OKAY. [00:30:11] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. IS THIS, IT'LL BE, UM, FOUR. YEAH, IT'S THE, THE NEXT ONE NOW. OKAY. YEAH. AH, OTTS, RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND RIDEAWAY VACATION, UH, IS 8,700 OTTS LANE. AND IT IS, OOPS. OKAY, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. UM, SO IT'S, UM, FILE NUMBER 20 26 0 7 1 4 0 7. UH, ONCE AGAIN, SAME AREA. SO IT'S IN THE TWO MILE ETJ, BUT ANNEXED BY THE CITY. UM, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER IS THE SAME AS, UH, EDWIN, THE DOG'S HEAD LAND JV LIMITED. YOU'LL SEE THERE THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA, SHOWING WHERE EXACTLY IT IS MORE OR LESS. BASTROP HIGHWAY IS THERE. THERE'S ED BLUESTEIN, COLORADO RIVER, UM, 8,700 ERGOTS IS A PAVED, DEVELOPED RIGHT OF WAY. YOU'LL SEE IT THERE IN THE ORANGE, UM, THERE, AND THERE'S A PROPERTY STREET VIEW AND IT IS, UM, 126,437 SQUARE FEET. UM, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET AT THE VACATION WERE SENT PUBLIC NOTICES ON JUNE 10TH, JUST LIKE EDWIN. NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS DATE. AND ALL AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL HAVE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. UH, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVALS OF THE MASTER COMMENT REPORT, UM, THERE IS NO, THERE ARE NO CONDITIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THESE FRONTLINE MASTER COMMENT REPORT, SO IT'S ALL CLEAR. UH, ONCE AGAIN, WHEN WE ASK THE DEVELOPER HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP THE VACATED AREA, THE ANSWER WAS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND THE SITE PLAN IS THE SAME AS WELL AS B 20 26 0 1 4 7 D AND OF COURSE I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROCESS OF RIGHT AWAY VACATION. UH, BUT ANY OTHER DETAILS, I WILL ASK FOR SOME ASSISTANCE. GREAT, THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY SEE SOME QUESTIONS. UM, I'LL GO WITH, UH, VICE CHAIR SCHUMACHER. YEAH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THE APPLICANT. MM-HMM . JUST ON THE GREEN ONE. COME UP WITH YOU. COME ON UP. THERE ARE CHAIRS AND MICS. COME ON UP HERE. ANDY, YOU LAYING ? THANKS AND SORRY IN ADVANCE. YOU GOTTA BE HERE ON A TUESDAY NIGHT. UH, NO, THIS IS GOOD. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. UM, MY NAME'S RICHARD SETTLE. I'M HERE. I'M WITH ARM AND BROWN. I HELP PROCESS STUFF. AMANDA MORROW. HELLO, I'M AMANDA MOR. I WORK WITH RICHARD SETTLE AND ALSO GET STUFF DONE. YEAH. TOO. GET LOTS OF STUFF DONE. AND ANDY PASTORS WITH ENDEAVOR. HELLO, HOW ARE Y'ALL? HI. AND THEY OWN THE LAND AROUND IT. UM, I WANNA TAKE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE 10 SECONDS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH UPAL AND JIM AS A HEAVY USER OF THE SYSTEM, THESE GUYS ARE THE BEST AT, AT WHEN, WHEN THERE'S A WEIRD THING, LIKE A MORATORIUM OR SOMETHING, THERE'S ALWAYS A MEETING AND, AND IF THERE'S POSSIBILITY TO BE SAFE, THERE'S ALWAYS A WORKAROUND. SO YOU HAVE REALLY TWO GOOD PEOPLE HERE. WELL, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. AND I WISH I WAS AS EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AS YOU ARE. I'M VERY EXCITED. . YOU'RE VERY EXCITED. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOKED THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY VACATION. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD TO ME. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS I THINK NEXT MONTH WE'RE GETTING THE A SMP ROAD NETWORK LAYOUT FOR THE DOG HEAD, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. UM, WE'RE HOWEVER, GIVEN OFF A, A BIG CHUNK OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WE HAVE THERE. I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT ROAD NETWORK PROCESS AND THE NEGOTIATIONS THERE. SO I GUESS IF I, WE JUST HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA NEED THAT RIGHT OF WAY COME NEXT MONTH WHEN WE START CONSIDERING THE AS SP ROAD OUT, THAT'D MAKE ME FEEL A LOT BETTER. I CAN ASSURE YOU, YOU WON'T. IF I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL UP, WE'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. I'LL SHOW YOU A VERY ROUGH, LET'S GO. IT'S PROBABLY THE LAST SLIDE I'LL SHOW YOU KINDA WHERE THIS IS. SO IMAGINE 2,600 ACRES TO IMAGINE THE SIZE OF THIS. IMAGINE BETWEEN, UH, MOPAC AND I 35. YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING LATE? YES, PLEASE. THE LAST ONE. LAST ONE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN OPAC I 35 LADYBIRD LAKE AND NORTH OF CAMPUS, SAY 30TH STREET, 29TH. 30TH. THAT'S [00:35:01] HOW BIG 2,600 ACRES IS. SO IT'S REALLY BIG. THIS IS THE, UH, ROADWAY NETWORK THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AGREEMENT THAT REPRESENTS THE COMING CONVERSATIONS. WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A SMP AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU THINK, WELL THIS DOESN'T LOOK VERY GRID-LIKE. WELL, THESE ARE THE MAJOR STREETS. THERE'LL BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STREETS. BUT THESE ARE THE BIG ONES. YOUR EYE IS DRAWN TO THE MIDDLE OF A TRACK THAT IS THE 300 ACRE SITE WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING USER THAT WANTS TO BE, AND THE LITTLE LIGHT LITTLE LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT IS, UH, HER GOTS. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IS ALL THESE ROADS WILL CONNECT AND WILL HAVE A GRID. IT JUST HAS TO GET AROUND THE 300 ACRE SITE. NO, IT'S THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. THIS, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHERE IT GOT. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'LL STILL HAVE A GRID TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH AND TO EAST OF THE WEST. NO, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S THIS IS THE, LIKE THE, THE WHAT? IT'S GONNA GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT'S THE PROPOSED POSSIBLE STREET GRID THAT WILL BE DEBATED IN THE PUBLIC FORUM AND APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED OR ADJUSTED. OR NOT ADJUSTED OR THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION STARTS. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT MEANS THAT THE VACATION YOU'RE REQUESTING IS ALREADY NOT A PART OF THAT PROPOSED STREET GOOD. IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING. THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE TWO, UH, PLACES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CONTIGUOUS OR THEY'RE JUST ADJACENT? THEY ARE. UM, THEY'RE, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE PERPENDICULAR. PERPENDICULAR? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, I'LL SHOW YOU. BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONNECTED. THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NOT LIKE A GAP BETWEEN THEM. THAT'S CORRECT. THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH THAT. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. LEMME TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT SO MUCH INFORMATION ON THIS. IT'S, IT'S MIND BOGGLING HOW BIG A DEAL THIS IS. YEAH. AND, AND IT'S, WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU BECAUSE IT, IT WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED BY CONSENT. 'CAUSE THE CURRENT LAW IS THEY CAN'T, THE CITY CAN'T ANNEX WITHOUT THE REQUEST OF THE LANDOWNER. ANDY REQUESTED ANNEXATION, WHICH THEN BRINGS US IN AND WE GET TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU GUYS. OTHERWISE WE'D JUST BE DEALING WITH THE COUNTY. THERE'S A GOOD IMAGE RIGHT HERE OF, UH, EDWIN AND OTTS, HOW THEY MEET. YEAH. NOW I DIDN'T REVIEW ALL THE MASTER COMMENTS, BUT I DID SEE THERE'S ELECTRIC ON OTTS, THERE'S A POWER LINES, BUT I ASSUME THERE'S A PLAN FOR THAT SO THAT, THAT GUY'S AT THE CORNER, HIS CURRENT FEED IS OFF THE CORNER OF DALTON AND OTTS. MM-HMM . AND HE'S A FRIEND AND A TENANT OF DOGHEAD. WE'RE GONNA MOVE HIS SERVICE AROUND AND HE'S SIGNED A LETTER, SENT A LETTER TO EVERYBODY SAYING HE'S COOL WITH IT AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA CUT HIS POWER OFF. HIS POWER WILL JUST COME FROM ANOTHER DIRECTION. SURE THING. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO WATER WASTEWATER LINES. CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT WHAT THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IS? I CAN'T SAY A WHOLE LOT. SO WHAT'S GOING ON IS THERE'S A LARGE COMPANY, IT'S A FORTUNE 100 COMPANY THAT WANTS TO DO AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PLANT. UM, WE'RE COMPETING WITH ANOTHER STATE TO BRING THIS FACILITY. UM, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY. THE ONLY INCENTIVE THEY ASK IS CAN WE GO FAST ON GETTING THEM PERMITTED? UM, THEY MAKE US SIGN AN NDA THAT THEY GET OUR CARS, OUR DOGS, OUR FAMILY, OUR, THEY GET EVERYTHING IF WE DISCLOSE WHO IT IS. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO IT IS, BUT I THINK WE CAN SAY NOT A DATA CENTER, NOT WEAPONS MANUFACTURING. RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S AND, AND NOT, NOT A TESLA ORGANIZATION. . OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OVER THERE. YEAH, MR. KAMAN, I WAS JUST GONNA MOVE TO APPROVE. OH, OKAY. I, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WE GOT PEOPLE. . YOU TIRED OF MY BS? WE HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER CHEN MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION FOR US. YEAH, I THINK IN LINE WITH THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAIN OF THOUGHT, I ALSO WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE EXPECTED ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THIS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY? SO THIS SITE OF THE 2,600 ACRES IS A FORMER SAND AND GRAVEL MINING OPERATION. AND IT'S, UH, UNDER RECLAMATION NOW THAT THE SAND AND GRAVEL MINING HAS KIND OF WOUND DOWN AFTER 50 YEARS. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IT BACK. SO THERE [00:40:01] WON'T BE, THE NET ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WILL BE POSITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING IN THE HOLES WITH CLEAN FILL. THIS PARTICULAR MANUFACTURER IS NOT A SMOKE STACK INDUSTRY, NOT A WATER USER, NOT A DISCHARGE. SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS EVERYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN OUT HERE IS A NET POSITIVE WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THE LAND BACK TOGETHER. UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STORY IS, IS THERE'S SIX AND A HALF MILES OF RIVER FRONTAGE THAT GOES AROUND THE DOG'S HEAD WAY AWAY FROM THE ROAD YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SETBACK AND TRAILS ALONG THE ENTIRE SIX AND A HALF ACRES, OR SIX AND A HALF MILES, I'M SORRY, THAT WILL CONNECT EVENTUALLY TO THE DOWNTOWN TRAIL SYSTEM. SO WE'LL HAVE A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM COMING FROM DOWNTOWN WHERE YOU COULD LITERALLY GET ON A BIKE OR RUN OR WHATEVER AND, AND GET OUT HERE FROM DOWNTOWN. THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS TO SAY. THERE WON'T BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OTHER THAN POSITIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A UTILITY IMPACT, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT DATA CENTERS USING UP BEAN WATER, PRODUCING EXTRA WASTE WATER, DRIVING UP ELECTRICITY RATES. SO WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE UTILITY IMPACTS OF THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY? WE'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF TALKS WITH AUSTIN ENERGY. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THESE BIG HUGE USERS WHERE YOU HAVE TO CLEAR IT WITH ERCOT AND GET A, TO BUILD EXTRA CAPACITY FOR THIS. THE, THEY, THEY VIEW THAT THEY HAVE CAPACITY. WE JUST HAVE TO BRING THE POWER LINES TO IT. AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU READ ABOUT IN THE PAPER AS ONE OF THE BIG MEGAWATT USERS AND WASTEWATER. WASTEWATER WILL BE MINIMAL, ISN'T IT, ANDY? FOR THE, IT'S, IT'S NOTHING UNUSUAL. IT'S BASICALLY BATHROOMS FOR WORKERS. OKAY. AND LAST THING I WANT TO CHECK ON RIGHT, IS, YOU KNOW, UM, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PLAN THAT'S BEING APPROVED FOR THIS, IS THERE ANY SCENARIO WHERE THE INTENDED MANUFACTURING FACILITY COULD BE SWAPPED OUT FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT BASED ON THE PERMITTING, RIGHT? LIKE, IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEY DECIDED TO BUILD SOMETHING DIFFERENT, OR IS THIS LIKE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED? LIKE WE ARE BUILDING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GONNA BUILD. SO THEY DON'T OWN ANYTHING YET. WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY COME HERE, THEY PICK THIS LOCATION AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. WHEN THIS WAS VOLUNTARILY ANNEXED, UM, WE WENT THROUGH A LENGTHY PRO PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE CITY PLANNERS. THIS IS, UH, UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ZONED MXD, WHICH IS MIXED USE. IT COULD BE IF, IF THIS USER DOESN'T COME HERE, IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF USES. I SEE. THE DOG SAID IS ESSENTIALLY A CLEAN SLATE. GOT IT. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OF MY ATTENDEES ONLINE, JUST UNMUTE YOURSELF IF YOU NEED TO, BUT WE MAY BE READY TO TAKE A MOTION. UM, WE'LL TAKE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO EACH ONE SEPARATELY IF WE'RE GONNA DO THE MOTIONS THERE. I THINK WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD. YEAH, WE SHOULD DO EACH ONE SEPARATELY. COMMISSIONER PRASAD, COMMISSIONER PRASAD HAD A QUESTION. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO RIGHT AHEAD. JUST CHECKING. ARE YOU ALL, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES. OKAY, GREAT. UM, UH, JUST, UH, ONE, ONE BRIEF QUESTION, UM, TO THE TENANTS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES. UM, WHEN, WHEN DOES YOUR NDA EXPIRE? WHEN DO WE KNOW WHO THE TENANT WILL BE? ANDY. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT EXPIRES, BUT IF, IF ALL THINGS FALL INTO PLACE AND THERE ARE DEADLINES THAT HAPPEN AT THE END OF JULY, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT THE COMPANY WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION AND MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. COMMISSIONER PERZA, THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS? UH, YEP. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? CAN Y'ALL JUST SAY YOUR NAMES AGAIN? I'M RICHARD SUTTLE. OKAY. I'M ANDY, PASTOR AMANDA MORROW. OKAY, THANKS. I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR 20 26 0 7 1 4 2 2 ON EDWIN LANE. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER THREE. I WILL SECOND THAT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEE NONE. WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT HOW WE GET LIGHT RAIL TO THE DOG SIDE AS WELL. YES. WE, WE WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO WHEN YOU WANNA GET EXCITED ABOUT STREET GRIDS AND LAYING THINGS OUT. PARKING. YEAH, PARKING. PLEASE COME BACK. WE CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. [00:45:01] UM, LITERALLY IS A CLEAN SLATE. . MM-HMM . AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE. AND THAT AGAIN IS ON THE EDWIN LANE. ITEM THREE PIECE, UM, TO APPROVE THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE. UM, THOSE OPPOSED, UH, LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER 10. AM I CORRECT IN SAYING YOU'RE NOT RECORDING A VOTE? I AM NOT RECORDING VOTE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ABSTAINING. ALL RIGHT. THAT DOES CARRY, I BELIEVE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO THE, I WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR. I'LL, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE OFFICIAL NAME OF IT, BUT I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR 8,700 HERTZ LANE. I'LL SECOND. GREAT. ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT ONE. ITEM FOUR. UH, THE HERTZ LANE VACATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR, UH, SAY AYE. OKAY. LOOKING LIKE EVERYONE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND I'M GONNA, COMMISSIONER CHEN RECORDING YOU IS ABSTAINING AGAIN, CORRECT? THERE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES US THROUGH ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK Y'ALL FOLKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. YEAH, NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER? ABSOLUTELY. PROBABLY NEXT MONTH. I WAS JUST SAYING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING YOU. WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN THE, IN THE DOG'S HEAD. SO, COOL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. YEAH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, [5. Establish a Working Group for a recommendation regarding amendments to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan.] EVERYONE. THAT DOES TAKE US TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP, UH, FOR A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN. YEP. YOU WANNA TALK US THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE. YEAH. SO, UM, THIS IS ALSO RELATED TO THE DOG HEAD. SO, UH, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE A SMP STREET NETWORK AMENDMENT, SORRY, THE AMENDMENT TO THE A SMP, TO LAY OUT THE STREET NETWORK FOR THE DOG'S HEAD IS COMING TO US NEXT MONTH. IS THAT STILL CORRECT, NELLY? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. COOL. UM, SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY, SO, UH, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW IT AHEAD OF TIME. THAT WAY WE CAN HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, IN AUGUST SO WE CAN KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING. UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO BE ON THE WORKING GROUP. UH, WE CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE. LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER KAMAN IS INTERESTED. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO TWO MORE PEOPLE. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE ON SAID GROUP? YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE PROBABLY DOING THIS FROM A GOOGLE DOC, PROBAB. MAYBE WE'LL MEET IF IT'S LIKE REALLY COMPLICATED, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME INDICATION OF WHAT'S COMING FROM STAFF BEFORE THE MEETING. HOPEFULLY. UH, HOW FAR AHEAD? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANNA STRESS THEM OUT AND, YOU KNOW, TELL 'EM WE NEED IT NOW. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE MEETING, WE WILL SEE WHAT STAFF IS GOING TO PRESENT. UM, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL HAVE SOME THOUGHTS AND WILL BE PROACTIVELY REACHING OUT TO US. UH, AND WE'LL CREATE THE BASE RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO WORK OFF OF, UH, AS A COMMISSION. UM, I WOULD IMAGINE, AGAIN, MOST OF IT'LL BE DONE BY EMAIL AND GOOGLE DOC AND, SORRY, WHICH MEETING? WHEN? THIS WOULD BE THE, THE AUGUST MEETING? AUGUST, WHICH IS, UM, AUGUST 4TH. AUGUST 4TH. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S MY ANNIVERSARY. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU. CONGRATS. UH, I'LL, YEAH, SURE. JULY'S LIGHT. I, I'M WILLING TO BE, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW AVAILABLE I'LL BE, UM, BUT I'M WILLING IF NO ONE ELSE, I DON'T WANNA PREVENT SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT I'M WILLING TO BE ON IT. JUST MORE CONSULTATIVE. BUT I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO LIKE WRITE A TON, I DON'T THINK. BUT I, I'M WILLING TO BE ON IT. UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO BUMP ME, I WOULD HAPPILY BE BUMPED THIS TIME. SO ANYONE, ANY TAKERS AND LOOKS LIKE, NO. OKAY. SO THAT GIVES US, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER, KAMAN, UH, FERNANDEZ AND ME. IS THAT RIGHT? COMMISSIONER SUMMERS? IS THAT FIVE? FIVE AND BUFFALO. AND BUFFALO. IS THAT ENOUGH? DO WE, DO WE EXCEED? NO, THAT'S FIVE. THAT'S FIVE. EXACTLY. DO WE, DOES IT NEED TO BE UNDER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE NO, 'CAUSE FIVE IS STILL, IT JUST HAS TO BE A SUB QUO. YEAH. YEAH. YOUR QUORUM IS STILL GONNA BE SIX REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY ACTIVE COMMISSIONERS' SET. STILL FOR FIVE. WE COOL. [00:50:01] OKAY. OKAY. SO AGAIN, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. SO MY MOTION IS TO FORM A WORKING GROUP FOR A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO AUSTIN'S STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN. THAT'LL STILL BE COMING BACK AT OUR AUGUST, UH, REGULARLY CALLED MEETING. UM, AND THE MEMBERS OF THAT WORKING GROUP WILL BE VICE CHAIR SCHUMACHER, COMMISSIONER KAMAN, COMMISSIONER BUFFO, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AND MYSELF. SECOND. GREAT. ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I WILL CALL FOR APPROVAL OF THAT MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU NEED US FOR RESOURCES ON YOUR WORKING GROUP, ALL YOUR WHOLE GROUP KNOWS HOW TO FIND THIS. YEAH. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. YOU ALL RIGHT. [6. Discussion and adoption of the Urban Transportation Commission Annual Report.] ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. THIS DOES TAKE US INTO, UM, DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION. ITEM SIX, I SHOULD SAY, FOR A TXN ITEM SIX, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND ABDO ADOPTION OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT. UM, THAT WAS, UH, I THINK IT'S IN THE PACKET. IS IT IN THE PACKET? I'M LIKE STRUGGLING WITH MY PACKET TODAY. I DO NOT KNOW. YES, IT'S IN THERE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME. UM, SO I WROTE THIS, UH, IT DID POST IN THE BACKUP IN ADVANCE AND NOT AS SOON AS I WANTED. I LITERALLY, BEFORE NATALIE WENT ON VACATION, I SAYS LIKE, HERE'S THE REPORT AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY ATTACH IT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE OFFICE OFFICE MOMENTS THAT WE ALL HAVE. SO IT IS HERE, UM, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, I GUESS I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND THEN WE CAN AMEND IT. I, I HOPE YOU, WE DO AMEND IT, BUT THE, LET ME JUST MOVE APPROVAL AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL WALK US THROUGH, UH, THE ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT, UM, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE NEW. SO THE FIRST PORTION, UM, THIS DOES REVIEW THE TIME PERIOD FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 TO, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2026. UM, THE FIRST PORTION OF THE MEETING AS REQUIRED IS JUST OUR, UH, OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT PER CODE. SO YOU CAN REVIEW THAT. UM, AND SO, UM, AND ULTIMATELY WHAT I'M DOING IN THIS REPORT IS ASSESSING WHETHER WE'VE MET THE MISSION OF, UH, OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION, BASICALLY. SO I DESCRIBE WHAT WE DID. SO I DESCRIBED ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID. I LISTED AND LINKED ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE, AND THEN OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN, WHICH ARE THINGS LIKE RIGHT OF WAY VACATIONS, UH, OFFICER ELECTIONS AND THINGS OF WORKING GROUPS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE DID. SO THOSE ARE ALL THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW. UM, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S THE PRESENTATIONS WITH NO ACTION AND DISCUSSIONS AND BRIEFINGS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, OUR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN. UM, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT UNDER ITEM TWO, I DID DETERMINE THAT WE MET OUR, UH, WE COMPLIED WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT THIS YEAR, . I HOPE THAT YOU'LL AGREE WITH THAT. UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WE DID, WHERE I PROBABLY DID NOT DO THE GREATEST JOB IS ON ITEM THREE, WHICH WE ASKED LIST OUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND I AM GONNA BE EXTRAORDINARILY CANID WITH YOU. I JUST CARRIED OVER WHAT WE HAD FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH PROBABLY MEANS I MISSED SOMETHING THAT MAY BE NEW. AND I WOULD BE DELIGHTED FOR Y'ALL TO ADD MORE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR OUR UPCOMING YEAR. THAT WOULD BE, UH, GREAT IF WE WANTED TO REVISE, EITHER DELETE SOMETHING THAT WE HANDLED OR WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN ANYMORE OR ADD ANYTHING. AND IN A PERFECT WORLD, I WOULD'VE REMEMBERED TO PUT THIS FOR DISCUSSION IN JUNE. SO YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME IN JUNE WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO WRITE ON HERE, BUT I DID NOT REMEMBER THAT THIS YEAR. SO, UM, WE'LL JUST KEEP WORKING ON IT. SO ANYWAY, ANYTHING WE WANNA AMEND OR EDIT THERE, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT AS AN AMENDMENT. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. UH, ON HERE YOU HAVE WRITTEN THE CONTINUE TO EXPANSION OF METRO RAPID. IS I, DOES AUSTIN CURRENTLY HAVE ANY INITIATIVES FOR BRT? 'CAUSE AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, AS FAR THE WAY CAP METRO WORKS IS WE STILL DON'T HAVE DEDICATED LANES FOR BUSES, RIGHT? LIKE METRO RAPID JUST MEANS BUSES COME MORE FREQUENTLY. SO, SO METRO, BUT RAPID BUS OR BRT, I THINK KIND OF EXISTS ON A SPECTRUM, RIGHT? AND SO YOU CAN, LIKE, THERE'S A FORMAL STANDARD FOR ACTUALLY RANKING, UM, BRT, LIKE THERE'S LIKE SILVER STANDARD GOLD STANDARD, AND THERE'S BASICALLY LIKE YOU JUST CHECK BOXES. LIKE DOES IT HAVE OFF BOARD FAIR PAYMENT? DOES IT HAVE DEDICATED LANES? LIKE, UH, I JUST NAMED TWO THAT I KNOW TO BE IN THAT. BUT, UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT CAP METRO SHOULD BE AIMING FOR MORE OF WHAT WE CALL THE GOLD STANDARD BRT, WHICH I DON'T REALLY THINK METRO RAPID, UM, GETS TO, UM, IN [00:55:01] THE PROJECT CONNECT, UM, PLAN THERE IS DEFINITELY, SO WE JUST ACHIEVED LIKE THE FIRST TWO METRO RAPID NEW LINES, THE, UM, EIGHT 20 AND 8 37. DO I GET THE EIGHT EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHT EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN? I'M SORRY I CAN'T DO THINGS TODAY. EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN. SO THOSE JUST HIT THEIR FULL FREQUENCY THIS PAST MONTH. BUT IN THE PROJECT CONNECT PLAN, THERE IS MORE METRO RAPID PLANNED NOW. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOLD LINE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AN OPEN QUESTION. UM, COMMISSIONER CHEN, LIKE IF, IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL METRO RAPID LINES, I THINK I WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN ADVOCATE FOR BUILDING THEM TO A HIGHER BRT STANDARD OR EVENTUALLY UPGRADING SOME OF OUR OTHER BRT TO EVEN HIGHER STANDARDS. I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY, UM, CO LIKE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE, UH, PURSUING THAT. UM, I DO THINK THAT, UM, WE KIND OF DO CONSIDER METRO RAPID BRT. IS IT LIKE BRAZILIAN BRT? DEFINITELY WAY NOT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ADEQUATELY ABOUT THAT? I, I THINK SO. UM, THERE WAS KIND OF A IMPLIED FOLLOW UP, WHICH WAS WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD INTEGRATE AS AN OBJECTIVE AND KIND OF ADVANCING OUR T STANDARD OF WHAT WE HAVE IN AUSTIN. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS LIKE NOT SOMEWHAT ALREADY ENCAPSULATED BY THE FIRST BULLET POINT, BUT ALSO NOT ENTIRELY. I, I, I WOULD BE TOTALLY DOWN FOR ADDING SOMETHING ABOUT TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS AS A SEPARATE BULLET. I WOULD DEFINITELY ADVOCATE FOR IT BEING A SEPARATE BULLET THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK I LIKE PROJECT CONNECT DOES NEED TO BE AT LIKE OVERSIGHT OF PROJECT CONNECT SINCE THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE THREE PARTNERS, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT LIKE THING FOR US TO BE DOING JUST GENERALLY. UH, BUT THEN TRANS ENHANCEMENTS AND BUS LANES ARE ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. I MEAN, UH, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, LIKE, UH, WE WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THE, THE BUS LANES. THE UCC WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE FIRST BUS LANES IN GUAD AND LAMAR WAY BACK, BACK WHEN, UH, THE ONES ON SAN JACINTO AND TRINITY, UM, ALSO CAME BEFORE US BEFORE. SO, UM, YEAH, I, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TOTALLY AS A, AS A SEPARATE BULLET. I, I WOULD ALSO SAY LIKE ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE HEARD ABOUT LIKE THE TRANSIT PLAN 20, 30, 35. AND SO LIKE WE SAW SOME INITIAL CONCEPTS AROUND WHAT COULD HAPPEN ONCE LIGHT RAIL COMES ONLINE. AND I MEAN, THAT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED, BUT LIKE ONE OF THE CONCEPTS WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE LET'S SAY MAYBE NOT TAKING A POSITION ON THIS YET, BUT ONE OF THE CONCEPTS WAS THE METRO RAPIDS, LIKE THE 8 0 1 8 0 3 COULD FEED INTO THE ENDS OF THE LIGHT RAIL SO THAT PEOPLE GET OFF THE METRO RAPIDS AND GET STRAIGHT ONTO THE LIGHT RAIL. WELL, ON THAT, UNDER THAT SCENARIO, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE START THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE UPGRADE THE, THE SERVICES ON THOSE METRO RAPIDS TO BE REALLY GREAT FEEDERS OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER NEW METRO RAPIDS TO CONTINUE UPGRADING THEM AND GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO SORT OF GOLD STANDARD BRT OR IF WE END UP DOING THE GOLD LINE, WHICH IS PART OF THE, UH, A BRT THAT'S CONTEMPLATED IN THE PROJECT CONNECT PLAN, WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN ADVOCATE TO DO THAT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S AN UPGRADE TO WHAT CURRENT METRO RABBIT IS. SO MAYBE, UM, I DO THINK THERE'S A GREAT BULLET POINT TO BE ADDED, MAYBE ABOUT TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS, BUT, UM, MAYBE WE COULD SAY NOT JUST EXPANSION OF MANTRA EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF METRO RAPIDS, LIKE TO JUST SAY LIKE, WE WANT TO KEEP PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON THAT BRT. SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A QUICK AMENDMENT ON THAT. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS ALMOST LIKE TEXTUAL, BUT UM, WE'LL DO IT AS AN AMENDMENT. UM, EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF METRO RAPID, DOES THAT CAPTURE WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT? MAYBE? YES, I THINK IT DOES. I ALSO AGREE WITH VICE-CHAIR SCHUMACHER THAT AN ADDITIONAL BULLET POINT OF TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS MORE GENERALLY IS GOOD AMENDMENT. GREAT. IF I COULD ALSO JUST LIKE, SINCE THIS IS THE ANNUAL REPORT AND A GOOD TIME REFLECT, I THINK THIS IS ALSO A GOOD ENCAPSULATION BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEBATES WE HAVE HERE IS WHAT IS OUR ROLE WITH CAP METRO? 'CAUSE CAP METRO IS NOT A CITY ENTITY. UH, BUT THE STREETS ARE THE CITY STREETS FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHT? YES. SO TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS ARE INHERENTLY THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S RESPONSIBILITY. UH, MAYBE NOT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN BECAUSE WE OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO I THINK THEREFORE IS WITHIN THE UTCS PURVIEW TO BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BUS LANES, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR RIGHT OF WAY. GREAT. OKAY. SO MY SUGGESTION THERE WAS WE'RE GONNA QUICKLY AMEND THE FIRST BULLET POINT TO SAY CONTINUED EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF METRO RAPID. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? GREAT, THANKS COMMISSIONER A SECOND. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE COMMISSIONER [01:00:01] CHEN THERE, UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST QUICKLY CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING END ENHANCEMENT ON THAT BULLET POINT. GREAT. THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. I HAVE A REALLY ANNOYING AMENDMENT. I I'M SURE IT'S NOT THAT ANNOYING. I I'M SURE IT IS. I, I KNOW THIS SEEMS SYMBOLIC, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I WOULD LOVE TO LIST VISION ZERO AND REDUCING TRAFFIC DEATHS FIRST, JUST 'CAUSE I DO THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL. YES. OKAY. I'M GET BEHIND THAT. THAT IS YOUR MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, AMEND THE ORDER SO THAT VISION ZERO AND REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES COMES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST ON BULLET POINT NUMBER THREE ON THAT LIST. I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOVING THE BULLET POINT ORDER PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ARE SAY, AYE, WE ARE UNANIMOUS ON THAT. I HAVE, UM, SOME THINGS TO ADD. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE, WELL THIS ISN'T PROJECT CONNECT. UM, I FEEL LIKE THE, THE, I DON'T HAVE A LANGUAGE IDEA YET, BUT THE, GOSH, I'M CHOKING ON MY TONGUE. UM, THE, HOW WE'RE USING DOWNTOWN SPACES HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT THEME AND I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING OF SIXTH STREET AND THE CONGRESS AVENUE URBAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. UM, I MAYBE THAT'S INCLUDED IN SORT OF LIKE OVERSIGHT, BUT IN, UM, I AM THINKING ABOUT DOG HEAD TOO. THAT'S NOT DOWNTOWN, BUT LIKE PROACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUSIVE TRANSIT ACROSS SHARED SPACES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WHERE WOULD THAT, YEAH, IF I WERE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE, UM, ENHANCING TRANSPORTATION IN THE PUBLIC REALM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE YEAH. YEAH. I, I I JUST FEEL LIKE WE KEEP COMING BACK TO CONVERSATIONS OF LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE THESE SPACES MORE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL OF OUR TRANSIT MODES? WELL, IT ALSO RELATES TO THE LIVING STREETS AND, YEAH. AND THE, THE ONE WE DID A WHILE BACK ABOUT, UM, LIKE STREET FURNITURE AND, UM, YEAH. THINGS LIKE THAT. LET'S, LET'S CHEW ON HOW TO ENCAPSULATE THAT. I, I THINK YOU'VE REALLY GOT SOMETHING THERE. UH, WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE, UH, CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR STREET DESIGN THAT IS COMPLETE AND SAFE FOR ALL ROAD USERS? YEAH. SO LIKE, TRYING TO THINK. UM, YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO ADD AS WELL. NOT JUST MAKING IT SAFE FOR ROAD USERS, BUT ALSO THE WORD I'M THINKING OF IS INVITING, RIGHT? AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, HAVING ADDITIONAL SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PLANT TREES TO PROVIDE COVER, I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, ON LIKE A HUNDRED PLUS DEGREE DAYS, CYCLING DOWN THE ROAD IS, OR EVEN WALKING DOWN THE ROAD IS OFTEN DIFFICULT OR, YOU KNOW, PROHIBITIVE FOR SOME PEOPLE. I LIKE THAT. WHAT ABOUT COMFORTABLE AND SAFE FOR ALL ROAD USERS? I'M, I'M WRITING ABOUT INVITING, LIKE, I LIKE INVITING, YEAH. PROACTIVE ADVOCACY OF INCLUSIVE AND INVITING, UH, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS IN SAFE, THE PUBLIC REALM HERE, HERE, UH, A PROACTIVE ADVOCACY FOR STREET DESIGN THAT IS SAFE, INVITING AND ACTIVATED FOR ALL USERS OF THE PUBLIC REALM. I LIKE IT. I WANT INCLUSIVE IN THERE, BUT I LIKE THAT. OKAY, LET ME, LET ME RESTATE THAT ONE MORE TIME. PROACTIVE ADVOC. SO MY AMENDMENT WOULD BE ANOTHER BULLET POINT. PROACTIVE ADVOCACY FOR STREET DESIGN THAT IS SAFE, INVITING, INCLUSIVE, AND ACTIVATED FOR ALL USERS OF THE PUBLIC REALM. THAT'S MY MOTION. COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN BY ACTIVATED? YEAH. SO ACTIVATED MEANS MEANS THAT, UM, LIKE FOR ME IT'S THINGS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, POROUS ENVIRONMENTS ON THE EDGE OF THE STREET SO THAT THE, LIKE THERE'S NOT A HUGE CONCRETE WALL AS YOU'RE WALKING ALONG A STREET THAT WE'RE HAVING THINGS LIKE LIVING STREETS OR WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY WITH SPECIAL EVENTS IS SOMETIMES WE CLOSE THE STREETS BECAUSE WE'RE ACTIVATING THEM 'CAUSE PEOPLE CAN WALK AROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT. MM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. MM-HMM . I LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO I [01:05:01] MADE THAT MOTION. I THINK IF THERE'S A SECOND I'LL SECOND IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. I CAN READ IT OUT ONE MORE TIME. YES. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF US. SO IT IS PROACTIVE ADVOCACY FOR STREET DESIGN THAT IS SAFE, INVITING, INCLUSIVE, AND ACTIVATED FOR ALL USERS OF THE PUBLIC REALM. OKAY. THAT'S OUR MOTION. LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. ALL IN FAVOR? GREAT. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. OF THOSE PRESENT TEAM, DID WE GET OUR TRANSIT LIKE A SEPARATE BULLET POINT FOR TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT? DO WE NEED THAT? I, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, IF, IF COMMISSIONER CHEN FEELS SATISFIED WITH WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT CAP METRO. MM-HMM . UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S ALSO THAT ONE AT THE END, STAYING UP TO DATE ON REVIEWING INFRASTRUCTURE. I, I THINK THAT'S CLEAR ENOUGH. OKAY. UM, YEAH, I'M SATISFIED. OKAY, GREAT. I WONDER IF WE NEED THE BULLET ON, UH, CHANGES TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL. HAVE WE EVER GOTTEN AROUND TO THAT? I, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT JUST AS A ROAD MARKER, THAT WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. I I HEARD WHISPERS OF SUCH CHANGES FOR MANY YEARS NOW. I KNOW WHENEVER THEY COME, I'LL BE VERY EXCITED. IS THAT TOO IN THE WEEDS FOR THIS BODY? NO. NO. NO. ALL RIGHT. . GREAT. ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS BULLET LIST OR ANY PART OF THE REPORT? UM, UNDER NUMBER ONE MM-HMM . UH, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN, IT SAYS FORMATION OF A WORKING GROUP TO UPDATE THE COMMISSION'S BYLAWS. WE DID UPDATE THOSE BYLAWS, DIDN'T WE? SO SHOULD THAT SAY FORMATION OF A WORKING GROUP AND PASSING OF UPDATES TO I THOUGHT THAT I DID. WE PUT IT OFF APPROVAL OF COMMISSION BYLAW CHANGES IS THE, WHERE IS THAT? UH, IT'S LIKE FOUR FROM THE BOTTOM. OH, JK. NEVERMIND. IT'S ON THERE. THANK YOU THOUGH FOR CHECKING THAT. YEAH, I CAN JUMP IN REAL QUICK AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON BYLAWS. UM, THE JULY 22ND MEETING FOR THE, UH, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CANCELED. SO I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS SOON AS I KNOW WHEN WE GET BACK ON AN AGENDA. HEY, THE LAST TIME THE UTC TRIED TO AMEND THE BYLAWS, IT TOOK 10 YEARS. SO IF WE CAN DO AN UNDER A YEAR, THAT'LL BE GREAT. , I'M WORKING ON IT . SO, SO IN OTHER WORDS, BARLOW, THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE DID PASS OUR, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BUT THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE IT IS ACTUALLY FINAL MM-HMM . SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. YEAH, NO PROBLEM. ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? UM HMM. I LIKE THAT WE KEEP THE GENERALIST LIKE OUR SPECIFIC GOALS AS A BOND YEAR BECAUSE YEAH. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE, UM, ON THIS THEN IF I SEE NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE, UH, UH, ANNUAL REVIEW AS AMENDED. PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, THAT DOES APPEAR TO BE UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT. GOOD JOB. WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS GETS TO THE CITY CLERK AND CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE HAVE MET OUR STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO REVIEW OURSELVES, UM, EACH YEAR. MAY I JUST MAKE SURE TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS THREE AMENDMENTS? YES. SO THE, AND I'LL GET YOU THE, I'LL EDIT THIS AND GET IT TO YOU, BUT IT'S THREE AMENDMENTS. ONE IS, UM, NOT IN ORDER, BUT WE MOVING VISION ZERO TO THE FIRST BULLET POINT, ADDING AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE METRO RAPID FOR, UH, PHRASE THERE. AND THEN THE LAST NEW BULLET POINT, AND I'LL, I'LL GET YOU THE WORDING ON THAT. OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SO I CAPTURE IT. AND THE THIRD AMENDMENT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER BUFFET THE SECOND ON THAT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, OF COURSE. ALL [7. Update from Commissioner Chen from the Downtown Commission regarding actions taken at the June 17, 2026, meeting.] RIGHT. THAT DOES TAKE US INTO OUR COMMITTEE UPDATES. SO ITEM SEVEN IS GOING TO BE UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER CHEN ON FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JUNE 17TH, 2026 MEETING. NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AT THAT MEETING. OKAY, GREAT. NEXT IS ITEM EIGHT, [8. Update from Commissioner Prasad from the Joint Sustainability Committee regarding actions taken at the June 24, 2026, meeting.] AND THAT'S GONNA BE AN UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER PRASAD FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE, UH, JUNE 24TH, 2026 MEETING. UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST A KINDA [01:10:01] LOGISTICS, UH, DISCUSSION. THEY SET UP WORKING GROUPS, UM, AND I AM ON THEIR TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP CENTERED AROUND, UH, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE CITY FLEET, ENCOURAGING PUBLIC TRANSIT USE AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. UM, SO THAT'S THE ONLY ACTION OF NOTE, UH, FOR THIS BODY. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, NEXT [9. Update from Commissioner Kavelman from the Pedestrian Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the July 6, 2026, meeting.] IS UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER KAMAN FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING, UH, ACTION FROM, LET ME START OVER. ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER KAMAN FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JULY 6TH, 2026 MEETING. NO ACTIONS TAKEN. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, AND [10. Update from Chair Somers from the Community Advisory Committee of the Austin Transit Partnership Board regarding actions taken at the June 11, 2026, meeting.] THEN LAST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE FROM ME. UH, NUMBER ITEM 10, UPDATE FROM CHAIR SUMMERS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JUNE 11TH, 2026 MEETING. AND LET ME JUST PULL THAT UP REAL QUICKLY. UM, WE DID NOT HAVE, UM, ANY ACTION ITEMS TO SPEAK OF, UH, BUT WE DID HAVE A REALLY ROBUST, UH, TWO GREAT DISCUSSION ITEMS ABOUT IMAGINE AUSTIN AND THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT SCORECARD, WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW, BUT, UM, NO ACTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THAT DOES [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS AND TAKES US INTO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE HAVE, AS USUAL, WE HAVE OUR SUPER HELPFUL, UM, GRID OF THOSE. UM, I'LL JUST WALK US THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE. SO, UM, AUGUST IS ACTUALLY REALLY PACKED IN A SENSE, AND I, AND I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY, UH, SORT OF NOTED HERE, MAYBE WE WANNA MOVE SOMETHING TO SEPTEMBER, BUT WE HAVE I 35 SMALL MOBILITY PLANNING, THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION, TAXI, PETTED, CABS, LIMOUSINES AND SO ON, UH, THE A SMP AND DOGS HEAD PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE, UM, HOPEFULLY A COORDINATING RECOMMENDATION FOR, FROM THIS BODY, FROM THE WORKING GROUP FOR AMENDMENTS, FOR THE DOG'S HEAD TURS. SO THOSE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED, UM, ITEMS. UM, AND UH, SO I NOTICED THERE'S A THING ABOUT MAYBE MOVING GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO SEPTEMBER. UM, JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UPCOMING THE CAP AND STITCH UPDATE. THOSE ARE THE MOST LIKE, SORT OF TIMELY UPDATES, UM, BUT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO ABOUT AUGUST OR WHAT THINGS YOU WANNA HEAR IN OCTOBER OR SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER I SHOULD SAY. OR MAYBE THERE'S NEW THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST. AS ALWAYS, I WOULDN'T MIND HEARING FROM GROUND TRANSPORTATION IN AUGUST JUST AHEAD OF LIKE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER SEASON. UM, BUT I DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT. WE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD A MONTHS WHERE WE'VE HAD THREE ROBUST PRESENTATIONS. I THINK IT DOES TAKE US, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW, HOW LONG WE WANT THE MEETINGS TO BE. WE'RE GONNA END PRETTY EARLY THIS MONTH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE GO HOUR 15, THEN GO TWO HOURS AND 30. YEAH, YEAH. I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I ALSO SEE RECOMMENDATION ON PETTY CALS HIGHLIGHTED HERE. ARE THOSE RELATED OR THAT WAS SOMETHING, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT? I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING OVER THE SUMMER, BUT WAS MORE A, A ROBUST, UH, DISCUSSION THAT NEEDED TO BE HAD THAN I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. BUT IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT, UM, WE CAN, I JUST, I MEAN, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ALREADY, IT WASN'T TOP IT WASN RELATED TO THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THING. OH, OKAY. IT WAS MORE OF A, UM, WE WERE IN THE SUMMER LOOKING AT LIKE WHAT PARTS OF TPW HAVE WE JUST NOT HEARD FROM IN A WHILE. IT'D BE GOOD TO TOUCH BASE WITH. AND AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS WAS ONE, AND THEN THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE, , BUT MAYBE WE'LL HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND GET EXCITED TO TAKE UP THE PETTY CABS SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. I, YEAH, I THOUGHT, YEAH, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S RELATED. YEAH, I'M, I'M MOSTLY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT ONE. UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON MY MIND. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING WOULD BE, BUT ONE IS, UM, WHAT, AFTER WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SIXTH STREET DECISION AT THAT MEETING, THE PERSON WHO WAS HERE, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, HAD TALKED ABOUT A CHANGE TO SEVENTH STREET THAT HAD JUST BEEN BROUGHT UP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY, IF ANYONE HAS HEARD ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THAT. UM, SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT ONE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WARRANTED FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS, AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT AFTER WE RECENTLY HEARD THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BRIDGE ON MARTIN SPRINGS GOING INTO ZILKER PARK, I SAW A BUNCH OF SOCIAL MEDIA [01:15:01] ACTIVITY ABOUT NOT WANTING TO, UM, UH, A BUNCH OF LOCAL PEOPLE WANTING, WANTING TO NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THAT BRIDGE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE. AND, UM, THAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME AFTER HEARING WHAT I THOUGHT WE HEARD FROM THE ENGINEERS ABOUT WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR SAFETY FOR THAT BRIDGE. SO THAT'S THE THING I'M WONDERING ABOUT. I THINK THAT THAT BRIDGE IS GONNA JUST, THERE'S GONNA BE A A POINT WHERE THEY COME AROUND AND THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL, I THINK IS, I I, AND WE DID SAY WE WANNA KEEP FOLLOWING THAT ISSUE. AM I CORRECT? WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF APPROVAL PROCESS THROUGH COUNCIL FOR THAT BRIDGE? I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY, I DON'T KNOW HOW LIKE THAT SEEMS, CAN YOU GUIDE US THROUGH THAT? YEAH, SO COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE DESIGN AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIDGE. OH, OKAY. AND SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PIECE THERE, AND WE CAN SHARE BY EMAIL JUST THAT PROCESS OF WHAT THEY'VE LINED OUT AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WILL BE OCCURRING. COOL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OR THAT WE, I NEED TO SAY, WE, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN COMMENT ON THE NEPA PROCESS TOO, OR AT LEAST WE DID THAT ON PROJECT CONNECT. I THINK WE DID IT ON ON 35. SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO JUMP IN AND SAY, WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND NEPA IS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. I GOT YOU. DON'T WORRY. IT'S THE FEDERAL PROCESS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THERE'S FEDERAL MONEY INVOLVED TO REVIEW ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. COOL. COOL, COOL, COOL. THANK YOU. I I DO THINK THAT WE COULD WEIGH IN ON THAT IN THE, IN THE NEPA PROCESS OR OTHERWISE. LIKE, I, I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING, EVEN IF, IF THE TEAM WANTS TO COME BACK AND THEN ENGAGE DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PHASE WITH US, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF THEY DON'T HAVE TIME, WE CAN ALSO ALWAYS SELF-COACH OURSELVES ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO I'M, I'M, I'M ALWAYS AWARE OF THE LIKE, QUICK BACK TO BACK THINGS JUST WANNA BE HELPFUL IF THAT'S YEAH, ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT. DO WE WANNA ADD THE NEPA PROCESS FOR THAT AS A POSSIBLE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? YEAH, DO DO WE KNOW IF IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OR PROBABLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT? NOT AN IMPACT STATEMENT. I HEARD. I THINK IT'S, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S AN ASSESSMENT. YEAH. I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY DO A DIS FOR THAT. UH, YOU KNOW, I NEVER SAY NEVER, BUT, UH, MAYBE IF WE JUST WANNA PUT IN, IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR, UM, UH, IS IT BARTON CREEK BRIDGE? IS THAT WHAT WE CALL IT? ZILKER BRIDGE, UH, IT'S CALLED, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE BARTON SPRINGS BRIDGE? BARTON CREEK. BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE. THERE WE GO. BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS WE'RE MISSING? DO Y'ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE? IF WE WERE TO SEE AND HAD A LONGER JUNE MEETING, HOW WOULD THE COMMISSION FEEL ABOUT THAT IF WE KEPT ALL OF OUR ITEMS? AUGUST YOU MEAN? YES. DID I SAY, DID I SAY JUNE? JUNE LORDY. SURE. I WILL SAY TWO OF THEM ARE REALLY ONE ITEM, RIGHT. THE, AND I DO THINK IT'LL BE LONG, BUT THE DOGS HAD PRESENTATION THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE THING. YEAH, I, I COULD EASILY SEE IT TAKING AN HOUR, BUT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. THE ONE, THE ONLY THING IS IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT IN MASS TO SPEAK TO US. IT DOES OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN. LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, I JUST DUNNO HOW, I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HOW HOT BUTTON THAT IS. I THINK WE COULD HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. UM, BUT I'M, I WOULD BE SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE JUST KEEPING THEM ALL. WHAT IS THE SMALL MOBILITY PLANNING FOR I 35? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WOULD BE LIKE HOW THINGS LIKE, UM, THE STREETS THAT CROSS I 35 OR THE BIKE LANES ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS OR THE BIKE LANES THAT GO OVER THE FRONTAGE ROADS. IS THAT THAT TYPE OF THING? IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT. OF THAT I 35 SMALL MOBILITY PLANNING. IT'S GONNA BE ALL THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, THE MOBILITY, THE SPECTRUM MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN PUT THERE. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK, WE HAVE IT ON THE LIST AND TALK TO OUR TEAM ABOUT COMING TO PRESENT. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'LL BE CHUNKY ONE TIME. THAT MIGHT BE CHUNKY. LET'S JUST, I MEAN, WE COULD PUT OFF GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO SEPTEMBER. YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD IF WE HAVE TO. WHY DON'T YOU AND I, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING UPCOMING TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA AND WE CAN CHAT ABOUT MORE LIKE WHAT YOU THINK AND IF WE NEED TO PUSH IT, WE CAN. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I THINK WE MEET TUESDAY NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN, WE CAN HAMMER OUT ALL THE DETAILS THEN. YEAH. I JUST DON'T LIKE TO, SOMETIMES WE'VE PUSHED SOMETHING AND THEN WE LOSE AN ITEM AND THEN WE HAVE LIKE YEAH. SO I, I GET NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. ALL THE ITEMS THAT SAY TBD ON THE PROPOSED DATE, THAT'S BECAUSE WE COULD CHOOSE WHEN THEY ARE OR WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY CAN COME OR LIKE, AREN'T SOME OF THESE LIKE ON THE, ON A SORT OF ROTATING BASIS LIKE CAMPO AND ? YEAH. SOME OF THEM ARE THERE JUST AS REMINDERS. SOME THINGS MIGHT BE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT FOR A WHILE MM-HMM . OR, UM, AND WE NEED TO REMOVE THEM OR MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA POP UP IN ANOTHER TWO MONTHS, SO MM-HMM . [01:20:01] UM, IT NEVER HURTS TO LOOK THROUGH THAT, BUT, UM OKAY. YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF LIKE FUTURE GOALS WE'VE STATED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BECOME TIME SENSITIVE YET. OKAY. I WILL SAY, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF CLEAN THIS UP, I THINK WE CAN TAKE OUT THE CAMPO ONE BECAUSE UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT'S REFERRING TO. I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WE ADDED LIKE A YEAR AGO AND JUST AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S CAMPO AND PALMER LANE. YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE RELEVANT. BUT THE CAMPO ONE AT THE JUST GENERAL MIDWAY UP. YEAH. RIGHT. MAYBE KEEP THE MORE SPECIFIC ONE AND JUST GET RID OF THE KIND OF RANDOM ONE THAT SAYS CAMPO. YEP. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SOMETIME THIS FALL, BUT AGREED. I KNOW THEY'RE INVOLVED. THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'RE MISSING? OKAY, JUST, UM, CHAIR, JUST ONE. WE DID ADD FOR NEXT JUNE SOME PRE-DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ANNUAL PLAN SO THAT WE KEEP THAT ON THE AGENDA. SO, UM, Y'ALL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND Y'ALL ARE AWESOME. MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER. APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA? IF NOT, UH, SEE NONE. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND I'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING WITH NO OBJECTION AT 6:25 PM NICE. THANKS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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