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I WILL, UM,[1. Certification of Quorum – Quorum requirement is 11 members....................................................................................................... Commissioner Cynthia Long, Chair]
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT TWO OH FOUR AND WE ARE STILL HOLDING OUR VI MEETINGS REMOTELY, UM, ONLINE AND BY PHONE, UH, BASED UPON THE DECLARED, UM, EMERGENCY ORDERS, UM, BY THE GOVERNOR.AND, UM, WE I'LL READ THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY AND, UM, UH, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL, UH, SOMETHING ALONG PRESENT.
I'VE SEEN, UH, AN KITCHEN MAYOR, ADLER, COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR, COMMISSIONER BECKETT, COMMISSIONER DARDY, JUDGE BECKA.
UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN JIMMY FLANNIGAN YET, OR YOU HEAR COUNCILMEMBER? FLAME.
MY INTERNET IS OUT, SO I HAVE TO BE ON THE PHONE.
UM, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CANON FOR MAYOR HILL.
UM, MAYOR HOUSTON, COMMISSIONER JONES, COUNSEL BURMA TINEA.
MR. MITCHELL, MAYOR MORGAN, JUDGE OAKLEY, MAYOR ROSS COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONER SHAY COMMISSIONER TERRIA COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AND MAYOR VAN ARSDALE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF OUR POLICY BOARD TODAY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT WE, UH, WE HAVE, DO HAVE A QUORUM AND I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE
[2. Public CommentsIndividuals wishing to speak during Public Comments must contact the CAMPO office via email atTPBcomments@campotexas.org or call 512-215-9351 by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 8, 2020. A call orconfirmation email will be sent with information on how to offer comments. Speakers must adhere to thethree (3) minute time limit.]
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD UNMUTE ROSALIND FIRST, WE'LL GIVE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
ARE YOU READY TO HEAR? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
THANK YOU CHAIR FOR SOME LONG AND MEMBERS OF THE CAMPO BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON THE COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC 150 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY FARM THE ALEXANDER FARM IN CEMETERY, JUST SOUTH OF AUSTIN CITY LIMITS ON US.
ONE IN THREE, THE PROJECT THAT WILL AFFECT US IS TEXTILES US PUT ANY THREE FROM A STATE HIGHWAY 71 TO STATE HIGHWAY ONE 30 EXPANSION STUDY.
IT IS ALSO REFERENCED IN OTHER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE PAGES OF THIS MEETING, WHICH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION POLICIES WILL HAVE FUNDING DEFERRED FOR
PLEASE KEEP THE UNIFIED HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SCENARIO OF CENTRAL TEXAS FRONT OF MIND RECOGNIZE SINCE 1977, IF TRAVIS COUNTY'S OLDEST BLACK OWNED FAMILY FARM, THE ALEXANDER FORM COMPLETES THE HISTORY OF MCKINNEY FALLS STATE PARK BY DEMISTIFYING WHOSE HANDS BRED AND TRAINED THE MCKINNEY THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE ENTERPRISE THAT HELPS ON THE TEXAS REVOLUTION BUOYED BY GROUNDBREAKING DECADE LONG RESEARCH, THE ALEXANDER FARM AND OUR FAMILY PRESENTED HER DANIEL ALEXANDER STAND AS THE EMBODIMENT OF RACE HORSE MEN IN ANTEBELLUM CENTRAL TEXAS, THE ALEXANDER FARM SITE RETAINS NOT ONLY OUR ANCESTORS BODIES, BUT AN ANCIENT STANDING ROCK REMINDER OF THOROUGHBRED HORSE BREEDING, TRAINING AND RACING THAT CREATED A MIDDLECLASS OF SLAVERY FROM SKILLS THAT HAVE BEEN TRACED TO THE ARABIAN HORSE BREEDERS OF SENEGAL WEST AFRICA AND NORTHERN AFRICA.
AS UNDERTOLD AS IS DANIEL'S LIFE AS A THOROUGHBRED LEADER AT A TIME WHEN HIS SKILLS MAY 1ST WORD CELEBRITY LIKE NO OTHER HIS LIFE AS A PLANTER, DAIRY FARMER AND LANDOWNER WITH HIS WIFE, EMMA, WHY IS IT EVEN MORE DIVERSE AND THEREFORE BENEFICIAL MODEL FOR OUR MULTIRACIAL MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY CITY, STATE, AND NATION UNREST IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE LACK OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PARITY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS HAS ITS ROOTS IN SLAVERY IS VILIFICATION OF OUR PEOPLE.
WE CONTEND THAT THE AFRICAN, EXCUSE ME, THE ALEXANDER FARM CAN SHED AND MUST CONTINUE TO STAND AS A PRE CIVIL WAR, TACTICAL, TANGIBLE PHYSICAL REPUTATION OF THE RACIAL TYPES AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE NORMS THAT ARE NOW BEING PROTESTED ON OUR NATION STREETS EVER IN THE SHADOW OF THE EXTINCT DORMANT VOLCANO THAT IS PILOT MOB.
THE ALEXANDER FARM ALSO STANDS AS A PLACE FOR ONGOING GEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF 83 MILLION YEAR OLD EARTH FORMATIONS DATING FROM THE DINOSAUR AGE WHEN OUR FARM WAS THE BEACHFRONT OF TEXAS, ALI SAID TERRAINIAN VOLCANO.
AS THE ALEXANDER FAMILY CONTINUES TO EXPLORE OUR FARMS, ANCIENT DEAD ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY.
OUR LAND LEGACY SIMPLY MUST NOT BE BULLDOZED OVER OR OTHERWISE OBLITERATED BY A HIGHWAY OR ANY OTHER MISGUIDED ENCROACHMENT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I JUST ASK FOR A POINT OF INFORMATION AS TO WHICH PROJECT WOULD HARM THE ALEXANDER, UH, FARM? I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHICH ONE THAT IS.
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ONE 83 SEVEN, EXCUSE ME.YOU TECH SCOTT'S U S ONE 83 FROM A STATE HIGHWAY 71 TO STATE HIGHWAY ONE 30.
I WAS, I WAS TURN AND ANSWERING, SORRY.
AND, AND I WOULDN'T, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD A, UH, UH, A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT TEXTS, DOTS RESPONSES, AND HOW THEY VIEWED THIS.
IT SEEMS TO ME SUCH A HISTORICAL SITE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME CONSIDERATION IN THE PROCESS COMMISSIONER.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS PROJECT IS NOT ONE OF THE ONES WE'LL BE MAKING A MAINTAIN DEFER DECISION ON TODAY.
IT'S IT'S IN THE STUDY PHASE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIGURE AND STAGE.
AND HOW IS, IS NOT ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT IT IS ONE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A TELECONFERENCE WITH, UH, WITH THE ALEXANDER FAMILY AND GOING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND, AND TAKING ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE, WE'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF IT.
AND I'LL JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, UM, IF, IF, IF THE PLAN ULTIMATELY GOES THROUGH THIS FARM AND, AND DESTROYS SOME OF IT, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING IT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, KELLY DAVIS, YOU ARE NEXT SALLY DAVIS.
I'M A STAFF ATTORNEY WITH SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, UH, ON THE CHANGE IN, UM, THE MEETING TIME FROM 6:00 PM TO 2:00 PM ON MONDAYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THAT, UH, CAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN, I HOPE THAT, UM, HAVING THE MEETINGS EARLIER IN THE DAY, UH, WILL ENGENDER MORE ROBUST DELIBERATIONS.
YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE NOT, UM, AS, AS TIRED AND, BUT I, I DO WORRY ABOUT THE OP OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE, UH, THAT THEY CAN'T LEAVE THEIR JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK DAY TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS TO CAMPO.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE POLICY BOARD TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, BY PHONE OR BY VIDEO CONFERENCING EVEN AFTER, UM, PHYSICAL MEETINGS START AGAIN.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S A BIG COUNTY AREA.
IT'S SIX COUNTIES AND, UM, NOT EVERYONE CAN, CAN TRAVEL ALL THIS WAY.
AND THAT WAS TRUE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE MEETINGS WERE AT 6:00 PM.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY NOW, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST TRIED IT AS A PILOT PROGRAM AND IF IT GOT TOO DISRUPTIVE OR THERE WERE TOO MANY COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, SCALING IT BACK, BUT, UM, GOING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE, UH, ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO CONTINUE.
UM, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UM, WE ARE AS I'M ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS A COUPLE TIMES IN
I SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
UM, MS. JOSEPH, I HAVE YOU DOWN ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR, UH, THE AGENDA MINUTES AND THE EMAIL SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT, MADAM CHAIR, AND IT LISTED THE AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL.
SO DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON BOTH OF THOSE OR JUST PUBLIC COMMENTS? WELL, ARE YOU JUST LETTING US SPEAK ONCE TODAY? MADAM CHAIR? NO, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY IT IN MY NOTES.
I'LL SPEAK ON BOTH THE COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT RELATE TO PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH IS NOT ON YOUR AGENDA.
MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE GEORGE FLOYD TODAY AS THE PUBLIC VIEWING IS ONGOING SPECIFICALLY, I WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION
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TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING JOBS AND TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, BECAUSE THE JOINT MEETING IS ACTUALLY THIS WEDNESDAY BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.I WATCHED ONE OF THE VIDEOS FROM JULY 16TH, 2019.
IT WAS A CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM OVERSIGHT HEARING AND CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR CARTON.
HOLMES NORTON ASKED THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE PROJECT INCREASE OF 112%, BUT THEY REQUESTED A BUDGET CUT OF 40%.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET WAS ONLY ONE POINT $5 BILLION, BUT THE PROJECTS INCREASED FROM 25 TO 53, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO WANTS THE TAXPAYERS IN AUSTIN AND REGIONALLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO ASK FOR 50% OF PROJECT CONNECT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THE REGION TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S A FORCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT HEARING FOR YOURSELF, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF THE PROJECTS I'VE ONLY BEEN FUNDED AT 40% OR LESS, AND THAT CONGRESS WAS ACTUALLY ASKING FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, WHY THEY DON'T GO UP TO 50%.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT THE RESOLUTION FOR WEDNESDAY'S HEARING ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT, VISION PLAN, GENERATING 20,000 JOBS FOR 1 BILLION SPENT.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE 200,000 NEW JOBS AS A FORCE AS WELL, THE TEST IS ENTERPRISE ZONES HAVE NO BUSES ON IN THE NORTH, NORTH EAST AUSTIN AREA APPLIED MATERIALS, SAMSUNG DOMAIN ST DAVID'S AND APPLE.
NONE OF THESE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONES HAVE A BUS.
WE ARE TOLD THAT VISION, THIS VISION PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO GENERATE 20,000 JOBS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED ARE THOSE THAT ARE AFRICAN AND SOME OF THE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE NORTH OF NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER ARE NORTH OF US.
THE RESOLUTION ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT OF LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON SAMSUNG PARTS OF THE EAST OF SAMSUNG, THERE'S A HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PROPERTY.
SO IT'S NOT A DISPLACEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE HAVE 0.8 MILES WITH NO BUS STOP, BUT 51ST STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE LINE OF DEMARCATION.
IF THEY WOULD EXTEND THE BUS, THEY COULD REACH THE BLACK RESIDENTS, BUT INSTEAD THEY REMOVED THE BUS.
0.8 MILES WAS THE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO WALK THE HISPANICS IN SOUTH AUSTIN FROM WILLIAM CANNON TO PEREZ ELEMENTARY AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN GOT A SCHOOL TRIP, OR THERE IS 0.8 MILES TO GET THE BUS ON FM NINE 69 TO THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
CRAIG, WOULD MY POINT IN TELLING YOU THIS MADAM CHAIR IS THAT THESE INEQUITIES AND THIS BLACK LIVES MATTER COULD BE ADDRESSED IN REAL TIME.
[3. Chair Announcements …………………………………………. Commissioner Cynthia Long, Chaira. Permanent Time Change for Future Transportation Policy Board Meetings]
TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENTS.IF I COULD TURN MY TIMER OFF HERE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AT TWO O'CLOCK AND, UH, CERTAINLY FOR OUR REMOTE MEETINGS, UM, WE'VE NEEDED TO DO THAT, UH, TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE THE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, HAVE THAT ALL SET UP.
AND, UM, I AM GOING TO AT A FUTURE MEETING PROPOSED THAT WE PERMANENTLY SWITCHED TO TWO O'CLOCK.
UM, WE ARE, I THINK ONE OF THE REMAINING NPOS THAT STILL MEET IN THE EVENINGS.
MOST OF THE OTHERS MEET DURING THE DAY AND MOST OF OUR, UM, ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE BODIES.
I KNOW SOME OF THE CITY COUNCILS THOUGH, BUT, UM, SEVERAL OF THE CITY COUNCILS AS WELL AS THE FORT MEEKER ON THE DAY AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE MY PROPOSAL.
UH, AND, UM, WE, WE WILL, UM, VOTE ON THAT OFFICIALLY AT OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UM, THE GENERAL FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS IS THAT THEY LIKE, UM, THE EARLIER TIME, UM, IT'S DURING THE DAY, ARE WE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR IS THAT GOING TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN, THERE'S NOT A, IT'S JUST KIND OF UNDER MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE ANY, MY ONLY COMMENT IS I DO LIKE DOING IT EARLIER THAN THE SIX, BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAVE OTHER JOBS THAT WE HAVE TO BE AT, UH, WE'RE UNLIKE THE COUNTY OFFICIALS.
SO THE CITY OF PIXELS, IT'S NOT A SALARY POSITION THAT IT BEING DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY IS IF THERE'S SOME WAY FOR US TO DO IT, LIKE IT, MAYBE I DON'T FOUR OR SOME, BUT IT MIGHT BE EASIER ON OUR EMPLOYERS.
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YES.UH, I, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT BEING EARLIER.
UM, I, I DO THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE, AND I KNOW I PROBABLY ARE DOING THIS ALREADY, BUT JUST THE COMMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO COME AND DO PUBLIC COMMENTS TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT THROUGH EITHER THROUGH THE VIDEO OR THROUGH THE PHONE.
I THINK THAT IS A, A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT CAPABILITIES OF EITHER WAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WANTED TO SECOND WHAT THE MAYOR MORGAN SAID.
I THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UM, CONTINUE WITH DISSIPATION BY TELEPHONE, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO OPENING THIS UP FOR FOLKS.
IF I HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON
[4. Report from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair……..…...………… Mr. Mike HodgeMr. Hodge will provide an overview of TAC discussion items and recommendations to the TransportationPolicy Board.]
TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.AND JUST BY WAY OF REMINDER, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MUTING YOUR MICROPHONE.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, REPORT FROM, I BELIEVE THE TAX VICE-CHAIR TODAY.
I THINK WE HAVE JULIA CLEARY ON TO GIVE US A REPORT.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
I'M SO THE TECH MET ON MAY THE 18TH VIA WEBEX, WHERE WE HAD, UM, ONE ACTION ITEM IN ADDITION TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WHICH WAS THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 TO 2024, UH, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR TIP, UM, WHICH THE TECH UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
UM, ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WERE SOME MISSING INFORMATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY IT DID NOT REFLECT THE PROJECTS THAT WE DEFERRED, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE
UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, ADDITIONAL LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, WHICH WERE UNDERGOING, UM, UH, VERIFICATION AT THAT STAGE, INCLUDING, UM, THE CTO, TOMMY, UH, BARTON SKYWAY AND THREE 60 OPERATIONAL RAMPING IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES ANALYSIS, UM, AT THAT TIME WAS NOT UNDERTAKEN, UM, BECAUSE THE FINAL, UH, LIST HAD NOT BEEN ADOPTED.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JULIA.
[5. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on May 4, 2020 Meeting Minutes.................................................................................................................. Mr. Ashby Johnson, CAMPOMr. Johnson will present the May 4, 2020 meeting minutes and request Transportation Policy Boardapproval.]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE, UM, MINUTES WE MISS.UM, JOSEPH HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF THIS.
JOSEPH, ARE YOU STILL THERE? JERRY? CAN YOU HEAR, THANK YOU.
I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH MADAM CHAIR.
I'M JUST CALLING YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE EIGHT OF ONE 98 IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS WHERE IT HAS THE MINUTES.
IT HAS MY NAME, PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO OFFERED PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CAMPOS APPOINTMENTS TO THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE THE WORD ON TO STATE AGAINST, BECAUSE AS IT'S WRITTEN, IT SHOWS THE BOARD, THEN IT SHOWS MY COMMENT FOLLOWING.
THEN IT HAS THE ACTUAL MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND THEN COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN.
I DIDN'T SPEAK ON, I SPOKE AGAINST.
AND SO AS A TECHNICALITY ON USUALLY MEANS NEUTRAL, AND THAT WAS NOT WHAT MY POSITION WAS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY I WAS COMMENTING NOT TO BE LONG WINDED ABOUT CAP REMAP, REMAPPING, THE RACIST REGIONAL REMAP, WHICH UNDERGIRDS PROJECT CONNECT.
AND MY OPPOSITION WAS BASICALLY THAT THE CHAIRMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WERE DISPARATE IMPACTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF AUSTIN, BUT HE REFUSED TO REANALYZE THOSE ROUTES.
SO IF THE RECORD COULD REFLECT THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
MADAM CHAIR, OAKLEY I'D MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, AND THAT WOULD BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THE POSITION REFLECTED SECOND OREGON.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY JUDGE ERKELEY AND A SECOND BY MAYOR MORGAN.
IS THERE ANYBODY AGAINST THE MOTION HEARING NONE? UM, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
[6. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Funding Related to IH-35........................................................................................................ CAMPO & TxDOT Austin DistrictCAMPO and TxDOT representatives will provide a briefing on the scenarios developed after the May 27,2020 TPB Workshop and request approval of a draft Program of Projects to meet the $633 million target.]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.UM, I'M GONNA LET, UH, CAMPO AND TECH STOCK STAFF KIND OF PRESENT THIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE.
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TO GO FIRST ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, TEXTILE OR RYAN.AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO A VOICE MYERS FIRST TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE DID FOR, UH, BOTH THIS ITEM NUMBER SIX, AND THEN NUMBER SEVEN, AFTER THE TIP AND SPEAK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THE, UH, ANY INFORMATION WHERE WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC ON THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION FOR THE TWO AGENDA ITEMS HERE.
SO THEY COMMUNITY OUTREACH COVERS BOTH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, THE
SO AS A REMINDER, THE 2021, 2024 TIP PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, MARCH 20TH, AND WE EXTENDED THAT COMMENT PERIOD.
IT ACTUALLY JUST CLOSED LAST MONDAY, JUNE 1ST, THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE INCLUDED PROJECT LISTS, THE DRAFT HAD DOCUMENT, IT INCLUDED A LINK TO SEND IN COMMENTS BY EMAIL.
AND THEN AS THAT MAINTAINED DEFER LIST WAS DEVELOPED, THAT WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE.
UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE DID HAVE TO MODIFY THE OUTREACH TECHNIQUES THAT WERE USED, UM, SO THAT WE WERE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALSO, UM, STAYING IN LINE WITH THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, WHICH THIS BODY DID MODIFY SLIGHTLY BACK IN APRIL TO ALLOW US TO, UM, HAVE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC REMOTELY.
SO WE HAD SIX ROUNDS OF OPEN HOUSES.
WE DID THIS TWO SEPARATE TIMES.
SO, UM, WE DID THIS EARLIER IN APRIL FOR THE TIP PRIMARILY.
AND THEN AS THAT MAINTAINED A FURTHER LIST EVOLVED, WE DID A SECOND ROUND OF OPEN HOUSES IN LATE MAY, JUST AFTER THE POLICY BOARD HAD THEIR WORKSHOP SO THAT WE COULD UPDATE THE PUBLIC ON THAT MAINTAIN DEFER LIST.
WE ALSO ALLOWED A PUBLIC COMMENTS BY PHONE.
THIS IS NOT TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT IS DONE.
WE USUALLY DO MAIL EMAIL FAX, BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY ON THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE OPENED UP A PHONE PHONE LINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO SEND IN COMMENTS.
AND WE ALSO HAD A SPANISH HOTLINE IF PEOPLE NEEDED TO LEAVE COMMENTS OR REQUEST INFORMATION IN SPANISH THAT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TIP WAS HELD ON APRIL 6TH.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THE COMMENT PERIOD JUST CLOSED LAST MONDAY.
SO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, WE HAD OVER 200 COMMENTS AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT 15 PUBLIC COMMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THOSE WERE UPDATED TO THE MEETING AGENDA PAGE, UH, FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
SO IF THE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS OR ANYONE WATCHING WANTS TO SEE THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WE RECEIVED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THOSE ARE NOW ON THE CAMPO WEBSITE.
SO WHEN YOU RECEIVED COMMENTS SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING THE SIX 20 ANDERSON MILL INTERSECTION, WILLIAM CANNON, THE ONE 83 FRONTAGE ROAD AND ALSO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR, THE NORTHERN WALNUT CREEK TRAIL, WE ALSO RECEIVE COMMENTS SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH SUMMARY FOR BOTH OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS, THE OUTREACH SUMMARY, AND ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED IS IN THE PACKET.
SO THAT IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID FOR OUTREACH.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TURN IT BACK OVER TO RYAN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOOLEY'S BEFORE RYAN FIXED BACKDROP? AND I'M SURE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DORIS.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME, UM, SENSE OF THE, UM, THE NUMBER OR PROPORTION OF THE COMMENTS? I'VE CERTAINLY GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THE SIX 20 PROJECTS, AND I HAD ASSUMED THAT THEY HAD GONE TO ALL OF, UM, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE.
SO CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A SENSE OF THOSE COMMENTS IN RELATION TO OTHERS SHARE? UM, WE HAD, UM, IT WAS, UH, ABOUT, IT WAS I THINK ABOUT 85 COMMENTS FOR THE SIX 20 AREA.
AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH OTHERS? WAS THAT LIKE HALF OF ALL THE COMMENTS, THE QUARTER ROUGHLY IT WAS ABOUT HALF, I MEAN, WE HAD 200 TOTAL COMMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMENT PERIOD AND THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 85 OF THOSE ABOUT THAT INTERSECTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOYCE? JUST REAL FAST? WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COMMENTED ON
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THE NON TOLL FACILITY? THERE WAS, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 10 TO 12 OF THOSE.AND I DO WANT, UM, FOR THE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION, WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THIS REGION, COMMENTING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REMAIN A NON TOLD FACILITY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE REGION REQUESTING THAT.
AND ARE THOSE PART OF THE 10 TO 12? YES, SIR.
YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW MANY OF THE 10 TO 12 CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION? IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF THOSE.
SO WE GOT ABOUT SIX COMMENTS ON 35 LOCALLY ABOUT NOT BEING NON TOLD ROUGHLY ABOUT REMAINING AS A NON TOLD FACILITY.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, BRIAN, BACK TO YOU? THANK YOU.
IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT POLICE.
UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE, DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION FOR ANYONE WHO IS NEW TO THIS, UH, TO THIS ITEM, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A NEW BOARD MEMBER AS WELL, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
UM, SO ON APRIL 30TH, 2020, UH, THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AMENDED THEIR UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND THIS IS TO, UH, THEY DID THIS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL THREE POINT $4 BILLION WORTH OF FUNDING TO THE FOUR POINT $9 BILLION
UM, THIS, THIS INVESTMENT, UH, CAME WITH A REQUEST, UM, TO HELP THERE WAS A $934 MILLION FUNDING GAP, UH, TO, UH, REACH THAT POINT 9 MILLION, UH, CONSTRUCTION GOAL.
SO THE TTC AND TTC, THE COMMISSION HAS REQUESTED THE REPRIORITIZATION OF UP TO $633 MILLION WORTH OF CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS, UH, WITHIN THE CAMPER REGION.
UH, THIS, UH, UM, UH, SO THERE'S 165.5 MILLION IN CATEGORY SEVEN, UH, THAT CAMPO AND THIS POLY SPORTS SPECIFICALLY ARE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE TECH SIDE AUSTIN DISTRICT, UM, IS IDENTIFYING 472 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CATEGORY TWO, FOUR AND 12 PROJECTS.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THE REST OF THE FUNDING GAP, THE COMMISSION IS ALSO CONSIDERING ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $300 MILLION IN THE UPCOMING 2021 UTP, AND THAT WOULD COVER THE REMAINING DIFFERENCE AND GET THE CAPITOL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT COMPLETELY FUNDED, UM, THAT FOUR POINT $9 BILLION GOAL.
SO THE RE PRIORITIZATION REQUESTS, SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
I'M SORRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE REPRIORITIZATION REQUESTS.
CAMPO HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE TEXTILE ALISON DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY THE PRODUCTS TO DEFER UNTIL ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THIS HAS BEEN A FOUR MONTH LONG PROCESS, UH, THAT BEGAN BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN THE UTP AMENDMENT WAS, UH, UH, UH, MADE PUBLIC.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE, UH, CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN DISTRICT.
UM, ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT A DEFERRAL OF A PROJECT IS NOT A CANCELLATION.
UM, THERE IS, UM, SOMEWHAT OF A NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT DEFERRAL MEANS THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE NOT CANCELING PROJECTS.
THEY ARE SIMPLY BEING PUT ON HOLD.
UM, AND, AND USUALLY IT'S JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING IS GOING TO BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES.
UM, AND TYPICALLY WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE LAST STAGE OF A PROJECT.
UM, ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS KNOWS THAT IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS, UH, INCLUDES A LOT OF ENGINEERING RIGHT AWAY, ACQUISITION, UTILITY RELOCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, UH, AND PSMA, WHICH IS THE LAST STAGES OF ENGINEERING.
AND THIS IS A YEARS LONG PROCESS IN MANY CASES.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEFERRAL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
IN MOST CASES, I THINK ALL OF TEXTILE PROJECTS ARE, I THINK IN THE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION FUNDING ONLY, UM, THEY STILL DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
AND SO THESE PRODUCTS AND THE SPONSORS, BUT THE TECH SATA AND LOCAL SPONSORS CAN STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE EARLY STAGES AND GET THESE PROJECTS READY, UH, AND COMPLETE, UH, THE EARLIER STAGES OF THE PROJECT, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
YOU GOT THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE 4.9 BILLION.
UH, YOU'LL SEE, THE DARK BLUE IS THE THREE, UH, 3.9 BILLION THAT WAS, UH, RECENTLY ALLOCATED.
UM, BUT OUT OF THE 633 MILLION REPRIORITIZATION CAMPOS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT HUNDRED 60.5 MILLION, UH, THAT'S A 3% CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT.
AND THERE IN THE PURPLE YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE TEXTS THAT AUSTIN DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED, AND WHICH IS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY.
AND SO OVERALL THE PURPLE AND THE RED, UH, BETWEEN CAMPO, UH, THE CAMPER REGION IS, UH, CONTRIBUTING 13% TO THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE PROJECT OVER THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE,
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JUST THE OVERALL SCHEDULE.UH, I DON'T, I WON'T READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING, BUT I REALLY WANT, I WANT TO REITERATE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE SENT THIS OUT LAST FRIDAY FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF LOOK THROUGH, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT STARTED BACK IN FEBRUARY, UH, DURING THE UTP AMENDMENT DISCUSSION.
UM, AND THEN IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN AN EVOLVING PROCESS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE POLICY BOARD.
UH, WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING AND THEN MOST RECENTLY A WORKSHOP ON THE 27TH.
UM, AND THEN AS THE WASTE MENTIONED, WE ACTUALLY HAD A TWO AND A HALF MONTH LONG, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH PERIOD, UM, THAT TRY TO, AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, KEPT ADJUSTING AS THIS, UH, SITUATION EVOLVED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAD THE CHANCE TO COMMENT ON EVERYTHING THAT WAS OCCURRING.
AND I HAD TO GET THOSE COMMENTS TO THIS BODY THAT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SCENARIO DEVELOPMENTS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL SCENARIOS THAT THIS BODY IS SAYING.
UM, AND THE, THE CRITERIA THAT WE USED, UH, WAS APPLIED IN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICKLY FOR ANYBODY'S NOT FAMILIAR.
UM, WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE INITIAL LIST, WE STARTED AND LOOKED AT, UH, PRODUCTS THAT HAD THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT EXECUTED THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LOCAL SPONSORS AND THE STATE, UH, TEXTILE.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD A FEDERAL PROJECT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHERE THE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY RELEASED.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE AGE OF PRODUCTS.
UH, WE LOOK TO SEE IF PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED A LONG TIME AGO AND HAVE NOT BEEN MOVING FORWARD FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
UM, WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE, UH, UH, THAT, UH, PROJECTS HAVE TO MAINTAIN CONTINUAL PRIORS, UH, IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR AWARDS THAT WE LOOKED AT, WHETHER OR NOT PRODUCTS WERE OLD.
UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT LET DATES, UM, AND THEN EVALUATION SCORES, WHICH EVALUATED PROJECTS, UM, ON THE, USING THE 2018, UH, PROJECT AWARDING PROCESS THAT WE USED, UH, BACK IN 2018.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
CERTAIN PROJECTS HAVE, UH, CERTAIN UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DICTATED WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE MAINTAINED OR DEFERRED THE, THE PROJECT.
AND THEN, UH, THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS, UH, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I FEEL LIKE IN THIS PROCESS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, IS THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE SPONSORS THEMSELVES THAT ARE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION.
AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN THAT FEEDBACK, UH, ANY CHANCE WE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL LIST WAS DEVELOPED.
WE HAD A BETA VERSION OF THE INITIAL LIST THAT WENT OUT TO SPONSORS, AND THEN WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT, WHICH HELPS INFORM THAT INITIAL LIST.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN CONTINUALLY GETTING FEEDBACK, UM, EVER SINCE.
AND, UH, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE BASELINE SCENARIOS IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, LET'S SAY, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MENTION THAT WE DID HAVE A RANKING LIST, UH, THAT WAS DISCUSSED FROM THE WORKSHOP AND THAT ONLY LOOKED AT PRODUCTS AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION BASED SOLELY ON EVALUATION SCORES.
AND THEN ALSO AT THE WORKSHOP, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE DEVELOP A LET LIST.
NOW THIS LIST ITSELF WAS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON, ONLY ON THE, UH, ANTICIPATED, LET DATE OF THE PROJECT.
AND IT DID NOT LOOK AT ANY OTHER METRICS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THEN FROM THERE, WE ALSO DEVELOPED A BASELINE LIST BECAUSE THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WE GO BACK TO THE INITIAL LISTS THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED AND KIND OF WORK IN THE EVALUATION SCORES TO CREATE A, A RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO, UM, DO YOU WANT TO SAY THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE SCENARIO DEVELOPMENTS, I THINK ONE THING THAT WE'VE REALIZED THAT, AND WHILE WE HAVEN'T RECOMMENDED EITHER THE REC, UH, RANKING LIST OR THE LET LIST, IS THAT LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS WITH ONE METRIC ONLY REALLY LEAVES OUT A LOT OF CONTEXT.
UM, IT'S IT'S, ONCE PRODUCTS ARE FUNDED, IT'S A COMPLEX SCENARIO.
UH, EACH PROJECT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE, UH, SITUATION THAT WE TRY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE DEVELOP THIS LIST.
AND SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN AN EVOLVING PROCESS AND THAT WE TRY TO CREATE AS MUCH NUANCE IN THIS RECOMMENDATION AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE THINK THAT, UH, THE BASELINE SCENARIOS THAT WE DEVELOPED, UH, THE AB AND C REALLY KIND OF CAPTURE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED AND COLLABORATIVE DECISION ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE CURRENT SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, SCENARIO, BASELINE SCENARIOS, A, B AND C, WE HAD A NEW TARGET.
SO IN THE WORKSHOP WE WERE LOOKING TO THAT WE HAD ON THE 27TH, WE WERE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY A CLOSE TO $198 MILLION WORTH OF PRODUCTS TO DEFER AND, UM, AND TO MAINTAIN, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME CHANGES.
UH, THE AUSTIN DISTRICT REEVALUATED THEIR, UH, THEIR LISTS AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER SOME ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS ON THEIR SIDE.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGES AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY MAINTAINING MORE PRODUCTS THAN WE ARE DEFERRING.
UM, SO CURRENTLY WE'RE MAINTAINING, UH, 52% OF THE PRODUCTS OR 175 MILLION, UM, AND LOOK INTO THIS FOR 160.5, WHICH IS 48% OF ALL THAT TOTAL GOAL.
AND TO CONTRAST THAT WITH WHAT WE HAD LAST TIME, WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT 56% OF THE PRODUCTS, UM, AND
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MAINTAINING 44%, BUT NOW THAT'S FLIPPED SIGNIFICANTLY ACTUALLY.SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
UM, BUT SO OUR OVERALL TARGET, UH, AND DEVELOPING THESE SCENARIOS IS TO REACH THAT 160.5 MILLION TO FERTILE AND TO MAINTAIN A 175 MILLION OR THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS THE BASELINE SCENARIO.
SO THE BASELINE SCENARIO WENT BACK TO THAT INITIAL LIST THAT I'VE DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, AND THEN BASICALLY MODIFIED IT WITH THE ADDITIONAL DEFERRALS FROM TEXTILE.
UM, SO WE USE THAT BASICALLY AS THE JUMPING OFF POINT, UM, TO DEVELOP SCENARIOS A, B AND C, WHICH AUGMENT THE, AND TO MEET THAT TARGET GOAL, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SCENARIO A IS WHAT WE STARTED WITH.
AND THIS WAS LIKE THE RANKINGS LIST WHERE WE JUST TOOK AN EVEN PERCENTAGE, UH, FROM, UH, THE AVAILABLE CATEGORIES, STARTING AT THE LOWEST RANKED PROJECT.
UM, SO THE INITIAL LIST, I SHOULDN'T STEP BACK.
THE INITIAL LIST ONLY IDENTIFIED $140 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS TO DEFER.
UM, AND SO WE HAD A $20 MILLION DELTA, UH, TO MEET OUR GOAL.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THAT INITIAL LIST, AND THEN WE, UH, APPLIED THE EVALUATION SCORES FROM THE SCORING PROCESS, UH, IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THAT THE ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION TO ME THAT 160 POINT $5 MILLION GOAL.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU STEP BACK TO THE INITIAL LIST, WE HAD VERY, UH, AND IF YOU, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET BY CHANCE, THERE ARE NOTES IN THERE THAT, UH, WE HAVE SPECIFIC, UM, REASONS FOR EACH PRODUCT BEING MAINTAINED OR DEFERRED IN THE INITIAL LIST.
AND SO WE JUST AUGMENTED THAT BY USING THE EVALUATION SCORES.
AND SO USING THAT, WE APPLY TO 7.2% DEFERRAL RATE, UH, TO THE AVAILABLE CATEGORIES.
AND THAT WAS ONLY ROADWAY AND ONLY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THAT STILL HAVE PRODUCTS BEING MAINTAINED.
AND SO WE TOOK THAT EVEN 7.2% FOR ALL RIGHT, AND APPLIED IT.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET BASED ON SCENARIO A, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO BASELINE SCENARIO B WAS DEVELOPED AFTER WE, UH, IN RESPONSE TO SCENARIO A AND THE IMPACTS OF THE CUTOFF PRODUCTS.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE PARTIAL AMOUNTS THAT WERE, UH, THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PROJECTS, BOTH IN ROADWAY AND ACTUALLY TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEY JUST DIDN'T SEEM REASONABLE.
UM, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PARTIAL AMOUNTS AND THE ROADWAY CATEGORY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT CUTOFF WOULD HAVE, UH, ONLY LEFT $28,000 OUT OF A $12 MILLION PROJECT.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'D SPEND MORE ON PAPERWORK, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEND MORE THAN $28,000 ON PAPERWORK, JUST GETTING THAT AWARD, UM, PROCESSED.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS REASONABLE.
UM, AND ALSO THE AFTER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WERE MAINTAINED, ALL OF THOSE WERE MAINTAINED FOR VERY SPECIFIC REASONS.
UH, THE TWO LOWEST PRODUCTS ON THEIR HEAD SAFETY, UH, FUNDS TIE TO THEM.
THE SIJ 80 PROJECT, UH, HAS SIGNIFICANT SAFETY FUNDS, UH, FROM TEXAS THAT ALSO COMBINED WITH THE CAT SEVEN FUNDING AS WELL.
UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE RIVER LOOP PROJECT, WHICH HAS WON THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND WAS AWARDED ADDITIONAL CATEGORY 11 FUNDING.
UM, SO THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS HAD TO PR UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS OTHER THAN THE CATEGORY SEVEN FUNDING.
SO WE THOUGHT THOSE WERE, THAT'S WHY THEY WERE INITIALLY MAINTAINED TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DEFER THOSE, CONSIDERING THOSE, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE AVAILABLE ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
NOT ONLY DID IT SCORE REALLY WELL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO LEAD WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UH, THIS IS THE HOPKINS STREET PROJECT, AND WE DID NOT THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT.
SO KNOWING THAT IN SCENARIO B, UH, THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP, UH, DEVELOPING SCENARIO B.
SO WE ENDED UP JUST TAKING, UH, THE ADDITIONAL DEFERRAL AMOUNT INSTEAD OF WE DIDN'T TOUCH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
WE JUST PULLED IT ALL FROM ROADWAY CATEGORY.
AND THAT'S WHAT SCENARIO B IS.
IF YOU'LL GO TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND FINALLY WE HAVE SCENARIO C AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE.
UM, THERE WAS THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL LIST TO BE MAINTAINED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR IT YET.
UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE LATER, UH, AWARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT, WE WERE TREATING THAT PROJECT JUST LIKE WE TREATED ALL THE OTHERS.
IF IT DID NOT HAVE AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO, TO MAINTAIN IT.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.
AND SO WE DEVELOPED SCENARIO C IT IS EXACT SAME THING AS SCENARIO D IT'S SEPARATE INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR THE TDM PROGRAM, IF YOU'VE GOT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCENARIOS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, UH, AGAIN, UH, SCENARIO B AND C ARE THE ONES THAT WE FEEL LIKE ARE THE MOST NUANCED AND INCLUDE.
UH, IF YOU'LL GO BACK, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
BUT, UH, THE CHART THAT SHOWS THAT, UH, SCENARIO B AND C TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVERY ASPECT, UH, AND EVERY CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHEN DEVELOPING THIS LIST, WE, WE DO THINK IT IS THE MOST NUANCED APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND SO HERE, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND THE NEXT STEPS, UM, WE'RE SENDING,
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THERE'S GOING TO BE A VOTE ON THE REPRIORITIZATION OF THESE CAST SEVEN FUNDED PROJECTS.UM, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS IS THAT WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, LET THE SPONSORS, THEN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THERE'LL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS DECISION.
AND THEN PROJECTS THAT ARE SELECTED FOR DEFERRAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MAIN BODY OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND MOVED INTO AN ILLUSTRATIVE LIST WITHIN THE TIP.
SO IT'S, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY ON STANDBY WHILE, UH, AND SO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND AGAIN, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE LISTED AS THAT THEY SHOULD ALREADY CURRENTLY BE LISTED IN THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, AND SO HAVING IT BOTH IN THE APPENDICES AND IN THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ALLOW THE SPONSORS TO MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, THE FEDERAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THEY CAN STILL GET ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THE MOTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
UM, AND THEN SPONSORS WITH MAINTAIN PROJECTS, STILL HAVE TO SHOW CONTINUAL PROCESS, UH, CONTINUAL PROGRESS, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH THE QUARTERLY PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT.
UM, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY JUST THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ALL MAINTAINS.
I REALLY DO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THESE PRODUCTS WAITING IN THE RING OR WINGS WAITING TO BE REFUNDED.
UM, SO WE WILL BE, UH, DILIGENT AND WATCHING, UH, THE SPONSOR'S PROGRESS ON THE, ON THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE MAINTAINED.
UM, AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M SURE THERE THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM OF CATEGORY SEVEN PROJECTS, A AND SCENARIO C, UH, TO BE DEFERRED IN SUPPORT OF THE 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS PROJECTS.
I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF, UH, MARY.
YOU'LL SEE, THIS IS OAKLEY SECOND.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY JUDGE OAKLEY AND BY COMMISSIONER JONES.
UM, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND, UM, SO BEFORE WE GET INTO, UH, POLICY BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PUBLIC INPUT.
AND, UM, I WILL JUST CALL YOUR FIRST NAME, UM, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
UH, FIRST WEEK, UH, YES, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PLAN.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT I WONDER IF YOU WOULD PERMIT ME TO MAKE A SHORT STATEMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY? UM, VERY BRIEF.
UM, I WILL TALK LATER ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ITEM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR, UM, AT 35 IS, HAS BECOME A VERY CONTROVERSIAL LOCATION IN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M SORRY THAT MY INTERNET AT HOME IS NOT WORKING, BUT I CAN'T DO THIS ON VIDEO, BUT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING REALLOCATING RESOURCES FROM ACROSS THIS REGION AND FOR TEXTILES FROM ACROSS THE STATE ON A ROAD THAT HAS MEANT A LOT OF NEGATIVE THINGS FOR, FOR, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY.
AND I THINK WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE IF WE DIDN'T USE THIS MOMENT TO MENTION OURS, OUR COLLECTIVE SUPPORT FOR BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS WHO ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW, WHO, WHO USED
AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO MENTION THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY TO MY POLICY BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE STORY IN THE STATESMAN TODAY ABOUT THE, THE WILCO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THEIR BEHAVIOR, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT STAYS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
BUT, BUT FOR NOW, JUST IN THIS MOMENT, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
AND WHILE WE WILL DELIBERATE THE POLICY AND TRANSPORTATION INS AND OUTS OF THIS LATER, I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO GO A MOMENT FARTHER WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PLAN AGAIN.
UM, AND WE'LL MOVE ON, UM, AND GET THE PUBLIC FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK FOR POLICY BOARD, FURTHER DISCUSSION.
MY NAME IS VANESSA
I'M HERE TO SHARE MY OPPOSITION TO THE DIFFERING, UH, FUNDING FOR THE WILLIAM CANNON PROJECT.
THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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INDICATES AND ENVISIONS THIS AREA SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AS A FUTURE TOWN CENTER TOWN CENTERS, AS OUTLINED WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10,000 TO 30,000 PEOPLE AND HAVE BETWEEN 5,000 TO 20,000 JOBS.THIS AREA IS FAST GROWTH WITH OVER A THOUSAND HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE PAST YEAR WITH A PILOT PROJECT, THOUSANDS MORE RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO RELOCATE TO THIS AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
HERE'S THE CURRENT TULANE ROAD SUFFERS FROM HEAVY CONGESTION AND IS DANGEROUS FOR THE VEHICLES, BICYCLES, AND PEDESTRIANS.
I FIND THE DECISION ON THE DEFERMENT, ESPECIALLY UNFAIR BECAUSE MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR, I'VE EXPECTED.
AND PREVIOUSLY STATED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY OF 2021.
AND WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE CONVERSATION OF THE DEFERRAL FUNDING WHILE IN LISTENING TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
I RECOGNIZE, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT IF THERE WERE ONLINE WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE, BUT TO BE HONEST, MY NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THESE WORKSHOPS.
AND I FOUND OUT VIA AN ARTICLE AND THE AUSTIN MONITOR LAST WEEK, WHICH I THEN QUICKLY NOTIFIED MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND PER YOUR MEETING AGENDA PACKET, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE 27 EMAILS REGARDING THE DEFERMENT OF THE WILLIAM CANNON PROJECT.
SO I KNOW CAMPO HAS BEEN PUT IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MAJOR WORK DONE
PLEASE HELP MY AREA SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, COME UP WITH A PLAN TO FUND THIS VERY NECESSARY PROJECT, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS, TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR REGIONAL GROWTH.
THANKS AGAIN, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY.
COULD I MAKE US VERY SHORT COMMENT? YES.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WILLIAM KENNAN IS, IS NOT, UH, UP FOR DEFERRAL IN ALL OF THE SCENARIOS WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY.
AND ALSO OUR STAFF RECOGNIZED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY MADE, THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING OF MAINTAINING A WIND TENANT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON LONG AND THE CAMPO BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS RANDY LAWSON AND I LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN SUBDIVISION OF CANYON CREEK, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF ARM SIX 20.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS 1,293 HOMES AND AROUND 5,000 RESIDENTS.
AND I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MY AGE AWAY.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ANDERSON MILL SIX 20 OVERPASS PROJECT.
UH, EVERYONE IN THE SIX COUNTY CAMPUS AREA KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT
AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS CRITICAL PROJECT.
MY HOA WAS VERY PLEASED TO LEARN AT THE TPB AND AGREED TO A ROADWAY PROJECT SCORING CRITERIA AND RANKING LIST.
OUR AREA NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ABSOLUTELY OVER THE MOON WHEN THE RESULTS OF THE TPB PROJECT RANKING WAS ANNOUNCED AND THE BADLY NEEDED TO ENTER SOME MILL SIX 20 INTERSECTION OVERPASS PROJECT CAME OUT ON TOP OF THE RANKINGS AND WAS PLACED IN THE MAINTAIN FUNDING LIST AROUND MAY 27TH.
IT APPEARED THAT THIS LONG NEEDED IN A WAY OF MOBILITY PROJECT MOVES.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOW VERY DEVASTATED TO LEARN THAT A DIFFERENT CRITERIA MAY BE APPLIED AND MAY 27TH RECOMMENDATION TO MAINTAIN FUNDING ON THIS ANDERSON MILL SIX 20 PROJECT MAY POSSIBLY BE REVERSED AND PROJECT PLACED IN A DEFERRED FUNDING LIST AND POTENTIALLY DELAYED FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING MAY EVEN BE ALLOCATED TO OTHER AREA PROJECTS THAT SCORED MUCH LOWER ON THE TPB RANKING LIST.
AND I PERSONALLY QUESTIONED IF THAT'S A FAIR OUTCOME.
I THINK ALL THE CAMP CAMPO BOARD MEMBERS ARE LIKELY TO BE AWARE THAT THIS ANDERSON MILL SIX 20 INTERSECTION AS A LEVEL OF SERVICE RATING OF F.
AND IT SAID THAT RATING FOR MANY YEARS AS AN ABSOLUTELY FAILED INTERSECTION AT PEAK HOURS WITH SIGNAL LIGHT, WAIT TIMES MEASURED IN SEVERAL MINUTES, RATHER THAN SECONDS.
IT SEVERAL NEW COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE RM SIX, 20 QUARTER.
NOW OPENING UP OR IN THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL STAGE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, CONGESTION, AND SAFETY.
WE'LL BE TAKING A FURTHER HIT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE VERY LARGE CENTER AT FOUR POINTS RETAIL CENTER IS
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JUST NOW OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S GOING TO GENERATE UP TO 20,000 VEHICULAR TRIPS PER DAY, ACCORDING TO THE TA.AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, WITHIN A QUARTER MILE, UH, THE, UH, UH, ANDERSON MILL INTERSECTION THAT ARE IN THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL STAGE IN SUMMARY, WE'VE JUST LOCKED.
THEY ASKED THAT THE CRITICAL NORTH, UH, PART IN SIX 20 QUARTER, NO LONGER BIG NORD IN THAT CAMP OF BOAST TO MAINTAIN THE FUNDING ON THIS OVERPASS AND ALLOW THE PLAN TEXDOT CONTRACT TO LIT, UH, APPROXIMATELY 20, 24.
AND I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DUE CONSIDERATION OF THIS CRITICALLY NEEDED MOBILITY PROJECT IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.
THANK YOU, MR. LAWSON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, BRIAN TONTO.
UM, IF HE COMES ON, UH, AT THE END WE'LL WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO HIM.
WALT, ARE YOU ON CONFIRMING THAT? YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES.
YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES, MR. WALL.
THIS IS TOM WALSH FROM THE REDLINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE.
I'VE BEEN KIND OF, I'VE BEEN QUITE CONFUSED BY THIS PROCESS, RIGHT FROM THE GET GO.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT THE PRESENTATION BY RYAN EARLIER, I HEARD MOST OF IT, BUT THERE IS, THERE WAS A, A PROBLEM WITH THE LIVE STREAM ON THE CAMPER WEBSITE.
SO I MISSED SOME OF THE VISUALS FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I, AND I HEARD THIS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OR FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT LAST, AT THE LAST, UM, ONE OF THE LOT, THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, BUT THERE WASN'T REALLY CLARITY ON WHAT CRITERIA CREATED THE INITIAL LIST.
I MEAN, THERE WERE POINTS ABOUT WHAT SORT OF THINGS WENT INTO IT, BUT NOTHING THAT WAS TRANSPARENT AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WHATEVER WAS BAKED INTO THE INITIAL LIST ALSO THEN TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE BASELINE SCENARIO.
AND I WOULD HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS, THE THERAPIST THAT WAS TRANSPARENT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S EITHER NOT TRANSPARENT OR IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPLEX TO THE POINT THAT IT'S HARD TO EVEN DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF FAIRNESS AND LEGITIMACY THERE IS.
SO THE PROCESS, I, ONE THING THAT'S NOT BEEN MADE CLEAR, AT LEAST TO ME, AND I THINK OTHER PEOPLE SHARE THIS IS WHY WE WOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE LEAD DATE AND SIMPLY HAVE SAY THE FIRST 24 MONTHS OR FIRST 18 MONTHS A PROJECT BE MAINTAINED, UH, WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO COVER PROJECTS THAT WERE, UH, AFTER THAT DATE, AFTER TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
UM, AND THAT WAY, UH, WE WOULDN'T BE AFFECTING ANY PROJECTS.
UH, TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MOST SIMPLEST AND LEAST POLITICAL, UH, PROCESS.
UM, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE PAST 45 DAYS IS THAT SOME PEOPLE ON THE DIOCESE WHO DON'T LIKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND DON'T LIKE TRANSIT PROJECTS ARE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO OBFUSCATE THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO DELAY THOSE PROJECTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND I, I REALLY, WHEN I WRAP MY HEAD, TRY TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S AN ATTEMPT FOR A LEGITIMATE PROCESS.
IT JUST SIMPLY SEEMS ABOUT A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND OBFUSCATION.
I REALLY STRONGLY RECOMMEND STICKING WITH THE DATE LIST AND I'LL NOTE THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS LISTED AS DIFFERENT A LET DATE LIST ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A LET'S SAY, SO THAT SHOULD BE UPDATED.
UM, BUT IT WAS THE REDMINE METRO RAIL PROJECT THAT LAMAR, UH, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS ON THAT LIST AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO WITH A LEAD DATE LIST, UNLESS THERE'S JUST EXTREME EXCEPTIONS, UM, WITHIN THAT LIST, THANKS FOR ALL THE FIELD, THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LONG AND, UM, POLICY BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, I AGREE WITH, UM, WHAT MR. WALD WAS JUST SAYING.
I, UM, WAS LOOKING AT THE LIST OF PROJECTS AND SAW THAT, UM, IF CHOOSING THE METHODOLOGY OF FUNDING PROJECTS BASED ON LET DATES, UM, WOULD FULLY FUND ALL THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, UM, ITS TDM AND TRANSIT.
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UM, AND I, WE SUPPORT, UH, FULLY FUNDING.ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, UH, ROAD PROJECTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND ALTERNATIVE TO DRIVING CARS.
BASICALLY YOU GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.
I ALSO THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SERENDIPITY HERE THAT YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEFER, UH, THESE BIG, EXPENSIVE ROAD PROJECTS AT A TIME WHEN, UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH, UM, TELECOMMUTING AND THE CHANGES IN SOCIETY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT NOT BE THIS HIGH DEMAND DOWN THE ROAD FOR, FOR THESE BIG ROAD PROJECTS.
UM, SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND PRIORITIZING SAFETY, UM, FULLY FUNDING THE NORTH WALNUT CREEK, UH, TRAIL PROJECT, AND THE, UM, GREAT SEPARATION OF THE METRO RAIL RED LINE AT NORTH LAMAR, WHICH ON THE MOST RECENT, UH, SPREADSHEET HAS A LET DATE OF N A, BUT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE CAMPO 2040 PLAN WITH THE LEAD DATE OF 2019.
AND ACCORDING TO CAPITAL, METRO DOES HAVE A LET DATE OF 2020.
UM, SO, SO CORRECT INFORMATION WERE, WERE THERE, UM, I THINK THAT IT UNDER IN YOUR SCENARIO, THAT PROJECT WOULD, UM, MAKE THE CUT.
I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME, UM, THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU ALL POLICY BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE REGION.
UM, I'M,
AND, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE POINTS I HOPE CAN HELP WITH THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND THE KEY POINT IS IN THIS ATMOSPHERE WHERE WE ARE GOING THROUGH A, UH, THE COVERT CRISIS AND THE IMPENDING ECONOMIC CRISIS, UM, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MAXIMIZE THE JOBS BENEFITS OF THESE KINDS OF FUNDING DECISIONS.
AND, UM, WHEN PUBLIC FUNDING ON TRANSPORTATION, YOU GET THE GREATEST BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT CREATE, UH, 70% MORE JOBS PER DOLLAR SPENT THAN ROADWAY EXTENSION PROJECTS.
YOU GET ALMOST AS GOOD OF BANG FOR THE BUCK ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND JUST ANY PROJECT THAT IS FIXING OUR EXISTING STREETS.
AND THAT INCLUDES SAFETY PROJECTS BRINGING OUR EXISTING SYSTEM UP TO SAFE CURRENT SAFETY STANDARDS.
THE, THE WORST USE OF FUNDS IN TERMS OF CREATING JOBS IS ADDING ROADWAY CAPACITY.
UM, AND, AND SO I, I THINK IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT MUCH OF THE MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING, UH, WILL BE RESERVED FOR ADDING CAPACITY.
UM, THE, THE LEAST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SUPPORT THE AUSTIN REGION'S ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, A AND T WE SHOULD BE INVESTING THESE FUNDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND WE SHOULD BE INVESTING.
THE DATES IS CRUCIAL, AND WE SHOULD BE ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS FOR THE THINGS THAT WE CAN SPEND THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR AND NOT SET THE FUNDS, UH, OUTSIDE FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE HAVE BALANCED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
IT'S A REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT MOST PEOPLE IN OUR REGION DO NOT HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO WALK OR WHEELCHAIR BIKE, UM, IN THEIR, AROUND THEIR HOME OR IN THEIR DAILY LIFE.
UM, AND SO WE SHOULD FUND ALL THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED.
UM, I THINK THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSIT EMERGENCY VEHICLES SIGNAL PRIORITY IS ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCTS YOU HAVE.
AND IT'S A TERRIBLE SHAME TO UNSOUND THAT PROJECT, THIS FIXING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH TECH UPGRADES TO MAKE TRAFFIC FLOW BETTER, TO MAKE EMERGENCY VEHICLES, BE ABLE TO TWO PEOPLE HAVING HEART ATTACKS OR FIRES FASTER, AND TO MAKE OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM WORK BETTER IS A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE, REAL CLOSE.
UM, AND SO I THINK YOU SHOULD PRIORITIZE THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, AND FINALLY, THERE'S THIS ONE PROJECT, THE, THE UNNECESSARY FEEDER LANES ALONG A TOLL ROAD AT ONE 83, A 2000 FEET AWAY FROM THE EXISTING THREE, ONE 83 LANES, UM, IS THAT, THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE VERY MUCH OF A MOBILITY BENEFIT, UH, BUT NO INTENDED AS A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UM, BUT WITH THE IPHONE FIVE BEING OUR NUMBER ONE PROJECT, MR.
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FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR TIME IS UP.UM, NEXT WE HAVE MS. UH, STILL ON THE CALL, MS. JOSEPH.
MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE SAMSUNG PROJECT, BUT BEFORE I SPEAK ON THAT, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, MR. FLANAGAN, OUR, UH, DISTRICT SIX REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING BLACK LIVES MATTER.
UM, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO SAMSUNG, THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS ON PAGE 26 AND 28.
IT APPEARS THAT THE $14 MILLION PROJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PIONEERS PIONEER CROSSING WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND EXPANSION FOR THE BICYCLES.
HOWEVER, I WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO MY INTEREST IN THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INEQUITIES, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO FUND A PROJECT TO SAMSUNG, THAT IT INCLUDES PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS OR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES FROM DECILE AND PALMER TO SAMSUNG, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU KEEP THE PROJECT TO HARRIS BRANCH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE MINORITIES THAT ARE HOUSEHOLD ON HOMEOWNERS THERE.
I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT EAST VILLAGE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP HEARING TESTIMONY ABOUT JOBS.
IT'S A 425 ACRE DEVELOPMENT, 2,200 APARTMENTS, FIVE MILES, A HIKE AND BIKE, AND 150 ACRES OF TRAILS.
THERE'LL BE HOTELS AND GROCERY STORES, BUT THERE'LL BE NO TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE JOBS.
I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT AS YOU, AS IT RELATES TO THE TDM PROJECT, THE $375,000, THAT'S ON PAGE 26.
I AM UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER THAT IS FOR CAMPO, WHETHER THAT'S FOR CAP COG OR WHETHER THAT'S FOR MOVEABILITY, IF THAT FUNDING IS FOR MOVEABILITY, IT'S UNCLEAR WHY MR. RYAN ACTUALLY MENTIONED THE 12 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE NEEDED FOR HIM TO SCORE THAT CAME AFTER THE FACT, AND THEN THE APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED.
I OPPOSED THIS MONEY GOING TO MOVE ABILITY BECAUSE WAY BACK IN 2011, WHEN THEY FORMED, AND JUDGE BISCO WILL RECALL THIS THAT'S HOW FAR BACK IT'S BEEN.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
YOU DO HAVE SEATTLE AND OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER PLACES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE ROBUST INFORMATION ON TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND TOO, THAT YOU HAVE A CAR CENTRIC AREA OF THE REGION, AND THAT IS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
SO WHILE YOU TALK ABOUT TAKING CARS OFF THE ROAD, IF CAPITAL METRO KEEPS REFUSING TO PUT ANY TYPE OF TRANSIT IN THIS AREA, YOU ARE FORCING HOMEOWNERS AND TRANSIT DEPENDENT, RIGHT? AS QUITE FRANKLY, TO SIMPLY DRIVE THEIR CARS.
AND YES, MOVABILITY AND SAMSUNG ARE PARTNERS.
THE AVERAGE, UM, PARTNERSHIP, OUR MEMBERSHIP IS ABOUT $50,000.
I AM UNCLEAR AS TO WHY WE, THE TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY TO JOIN THIS FIVE OH ONE
SO I TOTALLY OPPOSED THEM GETTING THE FUNDS IF IT GOES TO CAMPO, IF YOU WANT TO SAVE DOLLARS, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION MY OWN I 35 DIVIDE SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS IN HARVARD JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY ON THE
AND IT'S SIMPLY AS CAN A TRUE COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP RAN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES ACCESS TO COLLEGE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE ROBIN STALLINGS CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, BRIAN TONTO IS BACK ON THE LINE IN THE QUEUE.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIKE, TEXAS, AND WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, UH, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, UM, LOTS OF MATERIAL, BUT IT JUST SEEMED SO OBVIOUS, UH, THAT SOME OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID THAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE LET DATE, UH, NOT ONLY ARE THERE SO MANY, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT SO MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE REGION.
UH, BUT THE, UM, BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE SOME JOBS, THE OBVIOUS NEED FOR, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UH, UH, SPACE, UH, HAS REALLY BEEN HIGHLIGHTED DURING THIS COVID, UH, TIME.
AND THE, IT FEELS LIKE THAT, UM, THE, OUR LOCAL PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN HIJACKED AND ALMOST EXTORTION.
YOU KNOW, YOU'LL ONLY GET THIS 3 BILLION IF YOU PUT IN YOUR 600 MILLION AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT INTENDED THAT WAY, BUT, UH, BUT WE'VE SEEN THE SAME THING SEEMS TO COME UP AROUND THE STATE AND FREQUENTLY AT SMALLER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, ONE COMMUNITY,
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THEY WERE, THE MPO WAS TOLD BY A TECH DOT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS, YOU KNOW, 20 OR 30 MILLION, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THE $6 MILLION IN THAT YOU WERE GOING TO USE ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.SO WE CAN PUT IN THREE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMPS.
SO IF YOU WANT THE 8 MILLION YOU GOT TO PUT IN THIS EXTRA 20 MILLION, IT SORT OF FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT WHEN WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LOCAL PRIORITIES.
AND, UH, AS OTHER SAID, THAT THIS IS THE WRONG TIME, UH, WITH, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE, UM, A CRISIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE LANE MILES AND TEXTS OUT.
MAYBE SAYING, IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT NOW, YOU'LL NEVER GET IT AGAIN.
WELL, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SO BAD IF IT'S NOT AN HAVE 35 THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH, IT WOULD REALLY BRING OUR COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT DOESN'T CUT A CAP AND COVER AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, HEAL OUR CITY.
SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD PLEASE PRIORITIZE, ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN WALNUT CREEK TRAIL.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A, A MAJOR CONNECTION THAT WOULD CONNECT TO OTHER EXISTING TRAILS.
EVENTUALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO COMPETE FOR THE GREAT JOBS WITH CITIES LIKE DALLAS, THEY HAVE A BIG LOOPS.
HOUSTON HAS BIG LOOPS, BUT AUSTIN DOESN'T AND THESE OTHER CITIES ARE CONSIDERABLY AHEAD OF AUSTIN ON TRAILS AND MULTI-USE TRAILS.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, STAY ON IT AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT PLANS, BUT WE SHOULDN'T GET THEM DIVERTED.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
I'M NOT I'M CHAIR AND POLICY BOARD MEMBERS.
I REALLY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
UM, AND, UH, BELIEVES MR. TONTO IS BACK ON THE LINE.
BRIAN, ARE YOU BACK CONNECTED? I AM COMMISSIONER.
I WAS HAVING AUDIO ISSUES HAD TO CALL BACK.
AND THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE DURING THIS TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD SPOKEN UP LAST MONTH AND YOU HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF US THAT ARE OUT ON THE SIX 20 CORRIDOR, UH, ABOUT THE EXTREME IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIZING PROJECTS OUT THERE IN WEST AUSTIN.
MAINLY BECAUSE THAT CORE DOOR IS ESSENTIAL, BOTH FOR SAFETY AND FOR MOBILITY, IT'S BEEN GRIDLOCKED TREE YEARS.
AND IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS OR SO, CAMPO HAS CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED IT AS A, AS A PRIMARY INPUT, WHETHER IT'S THE 2040 PLAN OR THE 2045 PLAN, OR THE INTERIM PLANS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IS CLAMORING FOR FIXES OUT HERE AND ANDERSON MILL AND SIX 20 IS THE NEXT BIG FIX.
IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR EVACUATION.
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND GIVEN ALL OF THAT, AND I'LL ALSO POINT OUT IT'S NOT REALLY ADDING NEW, YOU KNOW, ROAD MILES, LANE MILES, IT'S MAKING THE, THE ROAD THAT'S ALREADY THERE WORK, RIGHT? WE'RE PUTTING, TALKING ABOUT PUTTING AN OVERPASS AND UNDERPASS THERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE ROAD THAT'S ALREADY THERE WORKED FOR THE PEOPLE AND WORK FOR THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND WORK FOR THE REGION AS IT IS THE ONLY NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR UP THERE CONNECTING ALL THOSE, THE NORTH REGION FROM THE SOUTH REGION, FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TRAVIS IN THE SOUTHWEST.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WHEN THE SCORING CAME THROUGH, IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE RATE THAT I CAN ON THERE, RIGHT? THE NUMBER ONE RANK ROADWAY CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
SO THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR DOLLARS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE ALL THESE FUNDS, WHICH ARE VERY PRECIOUS, ALL THESE ROADWAY PROJECTS MATTERS.
ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS MATTERS, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE YOUR FUNDS, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO ENSURE THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS GET ADDRESSED, PLEASE.
AND I THINK WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS MAKING SURE THAT PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE, THAT WE'RE THE TOP RANKED.
AND WE SAID, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE RANKING AND WE'VE GOT IT.
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THIS THING GETS FUNDED.
NOT THAT THAT DATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN 2024, IF IT MOVES OUT 2025, 20, 26, EXTREMELY HURT OUR REGION, IT'S GOING TO HURT PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.
IT'S GOING TO RISK HEALTH AND WELFARE AND SAFETY.
SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCORES.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT DATES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT AS FUNDS BECAME AVAILABLE, OR IF THEY BECOME AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY CAN BE SPENT ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT HAVE A SOONER LET DATE.
WHEREAS IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN FUND OUR FUTURE AND WE CAN FIX THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE AS A REGION.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
UM, THAT'S ALL, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, AND JUST BY WAY OF A REMINDER, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR SCENARIO C.
ARE THERE, UM, I AM ASSUMING THERE ARE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM AND, UH, I WILL DO MY BEST TO TRY TO, UM, GIVE
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YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.I HAVE, UH, UH, A MOTION TO ADD TO THE EXISTING MOTION, AND THEN I HAVE A COMMENT.
WELL, THE MOTION I WANTED TO ADD TO THE EXISTING MOTION THAT, AND I HOPE IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS, UH, JUST HAS TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
UM, AND THAT IS, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO CONSIDERATION OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE S IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO SUGGEST IS A MOTION THAT READS WHEN THE TP, WHEN THE, WHEN THE POLICY BOARD NEXT CONSIDERS FUNDING FOR PROJECTS, THE POLICY BOARD WILL ASSIGN FIRST PRIORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OR IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING TO THE CAT SEVEN AND CAT TWO FOR 12 PROJECTS THAT WERE DEFERRED UNDER THIS ACTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, UNDER OUR VOTE TODAY, AND THEN CAMPO WILL MY ANALYST TO THE PROJECTS DEFERRED BY THIS ACTION.
SO I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THAT IN WRITING, AND I'M HAPPY TO READ IT SLOWER IF THAT'D BE HELPFUL, BUT I AM HOPING THAT THAT'S A, WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AS THE ORIGINAL MOTION MAKER IS, IS THAT IT WOULD SET POLICY THE ACTION OF WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD TAKE ON THIS ITEM.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS JERMAINE AND I'M FINE PERSONALLY.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ITS OWN AGENDA ITEM AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT AS A MOTION AFTER THIS MOTION, BUT I DO THINK IT'S DOMAIN I'M CHAIR.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT IN THE PRESENTATION WE RECEIVED, I BELIEVE MR. MILLER SAID IN ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT THE DEFERRED MEANS DEFERRED UNTIL MORE STATE OR FEDERAL MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE.
SO I HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS THE INTENT AND THE, AND THAT THE, THE, THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS NOT GERMANE, DOESN'T, DOESN'T FIT WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT.
SO IT IS YOUR FAITH, BUT IT IS NOT HAVING POLICY ON WHAT ACTION WE TAKE POLICY BASED ON ITS OWN AGENDA, NOT ON TASK RELATED ACTION ITEM THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I'M SAYING, YES, IT'S IN THE SAME FAMILY.
IT IS YOUR MAIN, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST IT, BUT I'M, DON'T THINK IT IS PART OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING I WAS HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THIS SPECIFIC ACTION, WHICH YOU'RE SAYING AS RELATED TO THIS SPECIFIC, UM, ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'D RATHER GET THEM SEPARATED.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT AS A SEPARATE MOTION IN A MINUTE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, TO DEFER IT TO ANOTHER MEETING.
SO, UM, UM, SO I HEAR THE MAKER OF THE MOTION SAYING FOR HIM, IT'S NOT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT I HEAR YOU SAYING THAT YOU CAN BRING IT.
UM, AFTER THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT FROM OUR COUNCILS, UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'M CHAIR, I THINK.
THE MAKER OF THE MOTION REALLY HARD TO HEAR YOU DON'T HEAR ME.
IF, IF THE OTHER POLICY BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, WOULD YOU MIND PLEASE MUTING? AND WE'LL HEAR FROM MR.
A MOTION SEEKS TO DEFINE THE MEANING OF THE TERM DEFERRAL.
IN MY OPINION, IF THE MOTION MAKER DOES NOT WANT TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION, IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE UP THE QUESTION IN A SEPARATE MOTION THAT MS. KITCHEN MIGHT MAKE TO SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, HERE'S WHAT WE MEAN BY DEFERRAL.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE.
MAYBE I HEARD IT WRONG, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT THE ALTERNATE MOTION OR WOULD BE FUTURE ACTION, THAT IT SETS MORE OF A POLICY FOR FUTURE.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT, THE WAY THIS AGENDA
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ITEM IS LISTED AND CHAIR, IF I COULD.UM, IF YOU ALL RECALL WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE, UM, WE, WE DID HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON, UM, DEFERRED PROJECTS.
IT WAS RELATED TO A POTENTIAL FUTURE STIMULUS BILL, BUT THAT WAS A SEPARATE ACTION.
SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, IF YOU WANT TO BRING THAT UP AS A SEPARATE ACTION UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM, UM, THAT WILL MAKE THAT A KIND OF A STANDALONE STATEMENT.
IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, UM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY MUTE AND UNMUTE.
AND WE'RE TALKING TO YOU, YOU TALKING ABOUT ME JUST BRINGING IT AS A SEPARATE MOTION UNDER THIS ITEM, AFTER WE FINISH GOING THROUGH THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE.
THEN THE SECOND COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS JUST A COMMENT AND THAT IS, UM, I WANT TO SPEAK TO, UH, WHAT I SENT OUT FROM SOME OF US WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON FRIDAY.
UM, BECAUSE I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR THINKING WAS.
I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IT AS EMOTION, BUT WHAT WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH IS, UM, WANTING WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING IS THAT WE APPROVE THE CAT SEVEN PROJECT LISTS ONLY FOR 2020 AND 2021.
AND THEN S PROPOSING THAT WE MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT PRODUCT X THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AFTER 2021 AT A LATER DATE.
THE REASON FOR OUR THINKING WAS THAT THAT PROPOSED APPROACH WOULD HA WOULD PROVIDE A WAY FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE NOW ABOUT NEAR TERM PROJECTS.
UM, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND, AND COMMIT TO THE STATE THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MAINTAIN, UH, AND DEFER PROJECTS THAT WE NEED.
I KEPT SEVEN, AND IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US TO, UM, FOR THE POLICY BOARD TO MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS, UH, ABOUT THOSE LATER PROJECTS, UM, AND NOT DEFER CAT SEVEN PROJECTS BEFORE IT BECAME NECESSARY.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE, IF WE DIDN'T APPROACH IT THAT WAY AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP DOING, AS IT APPEARS IS WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, DIFFERENT IN SOME NEAR TERM PROJECTS, UM, BY HOLDING BACK SOME DOLLARS THAT COULD BE SPENT NOW.
NOW, SINCE WE SENT THAT OUT, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, WITH TEXTILE AND, UH, WOOD TUCKER.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME LOGISTICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH, UH, WITH THE PROPOSAL.
I'M NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT AS A MOTION, BUT I DID, DID WANT TO SAY THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING, BECAUSE I WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT, JUST THAT WE, UM, THAT WE USE OUR MONEY ON THE NEAR TERM PROJECTS AND MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT LATER TERM PROJECTS AFTER, UH, WE HAVE, UM, MORE INFORMATION.
AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, IN MOVING FORWARD THIS WAY, I AM GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN, UM, IN A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN WE KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE HAVE MORE FISCAL CERTAINTY AT THAT TIME.
UH, I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.
ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? THIS COMMISSIONER? I'M SORRY, THIS IS COMMISSIONER SHEA.
UM, I, UH, I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT CRITERIA WAS USED FOR VERSION C UM, UNDER THE RANKING CRITERIA, UM, THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WAS THE SAME EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WAS USED ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I WILL LET MR. COLLINS ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS FOR COLLINS.
UM, SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE BASELINE SCENARIO.
THE RANKING, THE RANKING THAT WAS DONE USING, I HAD THOUGHT, UH, MARIANNE LORD ASKED FOR, UM, AN EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT, ALL THE PROJECTS YOU WERE SAYING, THE CRITERIA THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HADN'T BEEN SCORED.
AND, UH, THE WORKSHOP ON THE 27TH, WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY, HADN'T DEVELOPED A SCENARIO THAT IT USED THE EVALUATION OF SCORES EXCLUSIVELY.
AND IF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A SPREADSHEET WITH YOU, BUT IT'S, SO I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
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THAT, AND YOU AS PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION STAFF FELT THAT THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE SOLID CRITERIA, CORRECT? BECAUSE YOU DEVELOP THEM IN ORDER TO SCORE THE PROJECTS, CORRECT? YES.AND THAT, THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ESTABLISH.
WHAT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME IS WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR SEE, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT CRITERIA WAS USED TO COME UP WITH THIS LIST.
AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I THINK IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT, UH, ALL OF THE SIX 20 PROJECTS ARE NOW ON THE DIFFERENCE, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE DEFERRED TO REALISTICALLY.
UM, BUT CAN YOU JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA USED TO COME UP WITH VERSION C THAT WERE, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE ACTIVE MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR? SO VERSION C IS ESSENTIALLY AN AMALGAMATION OF EVERY, UH, CRITERIA THAT WE USED.
UH, SO THE INITIAL LIST WE DIDN'T USE, UH, IT'S BASICALLY BASED ON STARTED WITH THE INITIAL LIST, IS THAT THE CRITERIA WE USE TO DEVELOP THAT IS, UH, WE LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT A PROJECT HAD AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT.
SO ANYTHING THAT WAS FUNDED, UH, SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT IN PLACE, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN GETTING THE FUNDINGS RELEASED TO THE PROJECTS.
AND SO IF IT DIDN'T HAVE AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT TO BE DEFERRED.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT.
UM, IT, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, ALL OF WHAT YOU WALKED THROUGH ON THE SLIDE WAS YOU USED TO COME UP WITH.
UM, SO EVERY PROJECT ON THAT LIST FOR VIRGIN VERSION C MEETS ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA THAT YOU IDENTIFIED.
IT'S AN AREA A AND C ARE THE ONLY THREE SCENARIOS OUT OF THE SEVEN THAT WE DEVELOPED THAT INCLUDE ALL SEVEN CRITERIA.
UM, SO YEAH, NONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, THE FEDERAL FPAA AGE, LET DATE, NONE OF THAT WAS USED IN YOUR PRIOR, UH, SCORING CRITERIA IN THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
THE RANKING LIST DID NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE CRITERIA LISTED.
IT WAS JUST THE EVALUATION SCORE ONLY.
SO IF YOU PICKED A SET OF CRITERIA WITH WHICH TO PROFESSIONALLY EVALUATE THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, AND YOU NOW USE A SET OF CRITERIA, NONE OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE CRITERIA THAT YOU FELT IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION WAS THE RIGHT CRITERIA TO USE TO EVALUATE THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE DIDN'T USE THE EVALUATION CRITERIA INITIALLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE SCORES FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE, HADN'T DEVELOPED A SEPARATE LIST OF, UH, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP THAT INITIAL LIST.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK AND ACTUALLY SCORED THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT TOOL AND THOSE SCORES AVAILABLE THAT WE COULD ROLL IN, UH, TO THAT INITIAL LIST AND CREATE THE ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS.
AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE EVALUATION SCORES AND PROCESS THAT WE USE IN 2018 ARE USED FOR FUNDING PROJECTS.
AND IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLEX, I THINK, TO EVALUATE PROJECTS AFTER THEY'RE ALREADY FUNDED AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DEFERRING IT.
UM, SO IT'S, UH, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT, THERE'S A LOT MORE COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON PAPER ONLY, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING ON THE EVALUATION SCORE CRITERIA THAT WE DEVELOPED AND USE IN 2018, I IS PERFECT FOR THAT.
UM, I DO SEE THAT FEEDBACK IS THE FINAL CRITERIA BECAUSE THE SIX 20 PROJECTS DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST.
THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC WAS NOT A FACTOR ON THOSE PROJECTS.
IT'S A, I GUESS THE PUBLIC'S FEEDBACK IS FOR THE POLICY BOARD AND TO HELP THEM INFLUENCE THEIR DECISION.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS FEEDBACK, BUT WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS, BOTH WITH THE SPONSORS, UM, WHO'S, UH, JURISDICTIONS, THESE PROJECTS LIE IN, AND ALSO WITH THE TECHS OUT AUSTIN DISTRICT.
AND THEY'RE JUST BEEN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO THESE PROJECTS.
AND SO WE TRIED TO TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONTEXT.
WELL, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER CRITERIA.
WHEN WE VOTED LAST MAY TO GIVE UP 10 YEARS WORTH OF, UH, REVENUE FOR THE
IS THAT A CRITERIA ANYWHERE? I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE PROMISED THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE DUG DEEP AND GET THAT $400 MILLION.
THE PROMISE WAS MADE IN THAT MEETING AT SIX 20 AND ANDERSON MILL PROJECT, ALONG WITH THE
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT.
YOU HAVE AN OVERWHELMING, UM, REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
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UH, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE TRAFFIC DATA THAT SUPPORTS THE SIX 20 PROJECTS AND YOU HAVE A PUBLIC PROMISE THAT WAS MADE.UM, AND I'M, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD.
I THINK THERE, I THINK THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PROCESS WHEN THE SCORING LIST, WHICH USED THE PROFESSIONAL EVALUATIONS, PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE HOW THEIR PROJECT SCORED.
THEN WE HAD TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER FORMULA FOR DOING IT.
AND I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS PROCESS AND I, AND I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHANE, JUST PUT NOTE ON THE SCORING CRITERIA.
THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY BOARD ADOPTED.
THAT'S NOT THE STAFF'S CRITERIA.
THAT'S WHAT POLICIES WERE CREATED ON.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LATE OR SOMETIME IN 2017, UM, WHICH WE WROTE ON THAT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS I'M TRYING TO THROUGH AND SEE IF I SEE THE NUMBER ALTERED? THANK YOU.
UM, SO, UM, WHEN WE VOTED, UM, I THINK IT WAS IN APRIL, UM, TO SUPPORT
UM, I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT VOTE TO SUPPORT THE BROADER EFFORT, THE CHOICE OF WHICH PROJECTS THOUGH HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS TO CONDUCT REMOTELY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UM, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO SIMPLY STATE THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE LANDED IN ALLOCATING THE MONEY, AS I BELIEVE IT REFLECTS POLITICS MORE THAN PLANNING.
I HOPE THAT WE, AS, AS WE, AS A REGION NAVIGATE THE STRANGE ECONOMIC WATERS THAT WE ARE IN THAT WE WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER TOLLING AS AN OPTION TO HELP FUND THE MANY PROJECTS THAT THIS BODY MAY VOTE TO DEFER TODAY.
AND THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL STEP UP AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AS PART OF THE COVID RESPONSE.
UM, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT I COULD COULD RAISE, BUT I JUST, IN THE INTEREST OF RESPECTING EVERYONE'S TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM.
ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYBODY I'M MISSING THAT HAS A QUESTION OR A COMMENT ON EMOTIONAL? I SAW READING.
I THINK THAT ALL OF US CAN AGREE THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ALL HAPPY WITH ALL THE MACHINATIONS AND HOW WE GOT HERE TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE POLICY BOARD DRIVEN THIS ISN'T STAFF.
THIS IS US, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME CRITERIA AND THAT BEST FITS OUR IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES AND WHAT WE WANT DONE.
UM, I THINK THAT ALL OF US DEFINITELY WILL MAKE THE FACT, I THINK, YEAH.
UM, REGARDING THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS REGARDING SOME PROJECTS LIKE JANUARY SIX, 20 ANDERSON MILL, WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, CONCERNS OVER THERE WITH THAT AS WELL.
BUT I THINK WE ALSO AGREE AT THE SAME TIME THAT I, 35, THAT WAY, THAT HAS BEEN A BLIGHT WHEN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY FROM A TRANSPORTATION, BUT SOCIOECONOMIC STANDPOINT ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR REGION AS A WHOLE, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH, I MEAN, I SORT OF AGREE WITH WHAT THE PROPOSED PLAN IS RIGHT NOW.
AND I HEAR A COUNCIL ALSO TALK ABOUT TOTALLING SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH THAT AS WELL.
WE KNOW THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
AND WE KNOW THAT AT THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT A LOT OF IT ISSUES, GENTRIFICATION CONCERNS, SOCIOECONOMIC BARRIERS THAT HAD TO CLOSE WITH THAT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK FROM A VARIETY OF US REGARDING TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOLUTION IS THE ONE THAT WE ALL JUST HAVE TO AND LIVE WITH WITH IT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT SCENARIO C YOU KNOW, IF THE BATH OPTION OR THE OCCUPANT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO MORE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING FULL WELL.
AND AGAIN, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN SPOKE ABOUT THAT, THE EDIT PROJECTS THAT GO ON THE PIPELINE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK FOR THE FUNDING FOR THAT SPECIFIC CRITERIA RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO RETROACTIVELY FIX THAT IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATEAH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT I MISSED THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER, MADAM CHAIR, YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN I THINK, I, I THINK THAT'S YOUR VOICE, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE, THE COMMENTS ARE THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LONG
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AND GRUELING PROCESS TO GET HERE AND, AND, UM, UH, WE'RE RIGHT, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THESE ARE DECISIONS OF THE POLICY BOARD, UM, AND, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT, UM, LAY THE BLAME AT STAFF'S FEET WITH IT, WHERE, WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.HOWEVER, UH, THERE IS A NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE ITEMS AND ISSUES CLEAR AS EARLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, THAT WE HAVE A REPORTING AND BRIEFING STANDARDS.
UH, SO WE GET TO A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, UH, TOO MANY TIMES IN THE PROCESS WE'D GONE TO THE 11TH HOUR.
AND, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE 11TH HOUR AND WE HEAR FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAD LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WHO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER ARE NOT EXACTLY WHERE THEY EXPECT IT TO BE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO FALL BACK ON HOW DO WE BRIEF THE PUBLIC? HOW DO WE PREPARE THE POLICY BOARD? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE ISSUES ARE ON THE TABLE EARLY ENOUGH FOR US TO, UH, TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE FEEL ARE, ARE, UM, ARE EFFECTIVE.
AND, AND THAT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE SYSTEM OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE.
AND NOT THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE SUPPORTING A BUNCH OF TRANSACTIONS.
I THINK I WANT TO GET BACK TO, UH, TO THE DISCUSSION OF HOW WE PREPARE OUR BRIEFING PROCESS AND HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH MATERIAL EARLY ON, SO THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION.
AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, UM, BE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER.
I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, UH, THE INTERESTS OF, OF OUR URBAN AREAS, UM, ACTUALLY ARE ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES OF OUR SUBURBAN AND RURAL AREAS BECAUSE OF, UH, BECAUSE OF GENTRIFICATION AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF OUR FOLKS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE DOWNTOWN AND DO LIVE OUT IN MORE RURAL AREAS OR MORE SUBURBAN AREAS.
AND IF WE, AND IF WE, UH, STARTED EARLIER LAID THINGS OUT AND PLANNED REALLY WELL, I THINK THAT WE'D FIND OURSELVES, UH, UH, REALLY BUILDING A SENSE OF CAMARADERIE RATHER THAN A SENSE OF COMPETITION.
AND I'M AFRAID THAT IN TOO MANY INSTANCES WHERE WE SHOULD BE ALIGNED, UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY FIND OURSELVES OPPOSED, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE BEYOND THIS IN THE FUTURE AND REALLY ALIGN THE INTERESTS OF THIS REGION.
COMMISSIONER, I, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
UM, FOR LACK OF TIME, I DON'T THINK, UM, THE, THE TIME PERIOD THAT WE HAD, UM, WAS, WAS IN RESPONSE TO A PHENOMENAL, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO IT WAS MORE RUSHED THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER PROCESSES, UM, AND, AND OUR OTHER CALLS FOR PROJECTS, ET CETERA.
SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, BUT, UM, I THINK COUNCILOR MATEO'S COMMENT, UM, IS REALLY, SHOULD NOT BE LOST ON ANY OF US OF HOW SIGNIFICANT, UH, THIS IS.
CAUSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS, UM, A LIST OF ABOUT $160 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS, UM, IN A VERY MUCH BIGGER, UH, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SCENARIO.
AND, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO THANK, UH, CHAIRMAN BUG, THE GOVERNOR, SENATOR WATSON, UM, AND TUCKER IN HIS WORK, AS WELL AS, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECH SLOT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DID A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING, UM, TO GET US TO THIS PLACE.
AND I KNOW, UM, I APPRECIATE THE HEALTHY, UM, COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION.
UM, I CERTAINLY WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO TEXDOT, UH, MY SINCERE AND STRONG APPRECIATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT VOTE TO, UM, BASICALLY PULL ALL THOSE MONIES TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE STATE WAS NOT AN EASY VOTE FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE.
AND, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY VOTE FOR ANY OF US TO MAKE.
IT IS A, UM, A COMPROMISE ACROSS THE BOARD.
UH, NOBODY'S GETTING, UH, THE PROJECTS ON THE LIST, UH, THE COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT, THAT THERE'S NOT A POLICY BOARD MEMBER.
I THINK THAT WOULD STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS MY DREAM
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LIST.UM, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK AND TEXTILE ARTS STAFF WORK ON GETTING US TO THIS PLACE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE HERE.
AND, UM, I JUST, I WANT TO SAY SHOUT OUT TO STAFF ON BOTH SIDES ON BOTH TEXTILES, AS WELL AS, UH, CAMPO FOR YOUR HEART WORK.
AND I KNOW WE'VE SENT YOU THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS.
WE ASK A LOT OF STAFF OVER THESE LAST THREE MONTHS IN, IN TRYING TO GET US TO THIS PLACE, AND THEY'VE WORKED EXTRAORDINARY HOURS TO DELIVER LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.
SO I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO, TO
UH, CHRIS FLANAGAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET IN AND SPEAK, OKAY.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE CALLING, UH, UH, COUNSEL VERBALLY.
AND AGAIN, HE MAY BE MUTED CAUSE HE HE'S TRIED TO SPEAK.
AND HAS IT, ARE YOU MUTING ALL THE CALLERS? CAUSE YOU MAY BE MUTING COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN.
I AM NOT IN CHARGE OF ANY OF THAT.
SO, UM, GENERALLY A QUESTION TO STAFF WHOEVER'S MANAGING THE PHONES, UM, CONSULTANTS, OR, UM, IS THAT YOU JIMMY? I THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU.
YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO SPEAK UP, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON WAS COMING THROUGH, UM, UH, I I'VE MADE MY COMMENTS, UH, IN THE LAST, UH, POLICY BOARD MEETING.
UM, FOR ME, ULTIMATELY THIS CONFLICT COMES FROM THE VERY, UH, CONFUSING POSITION THAT WITHOUT OTHER EVIDENCE TEXDOT PUT US IN BETWEEN LAST MAY AND UH, THIS MONTH, WHICH IS TAKING THE VOTE THAT WE DID TO, UH, INCLUDE THE, YOU WANT TO BE THREE EXPRESS LANES AND THE SIX 20 INTERNATIONAL ROAD PROJECTS AS PART OF THE
AND WE ALL TOOK LAST NIGHT, PRETTY UNANIMOUSLY, UM, FOR THAT POSITION, WHICH INITIATED THIS WORK TO THEN LEAD US TO THIS CONCLUSION WHERE WE AREN'T TREATING THOSE TWO PROJECTS TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE NOT TREATING THEM SEPARATELY IS, IS JUST A DIFFICULT PLACE FOR ME TO SIT.
UM, UH, THE, THE, ONE OF THE THREE ACCESS ROAD, I'M SORRY.
I WAS PROBABLY SAYING EXPRESS LINES, BUT I'M IN ACCESS ROUTES, THE ACCESS ROAD, UM, PROJECT ON WHAT HE THREE IS, UH, AS, AS I HAVE SPOKEN TO, IT REALLY SENDS A MESSAGE TO THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.
AND I'M NOT SURE THOSE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE INTEND TO SEND.
UM, BUT, BUT BECAUSE BOTH BECAUSE THAT PROJECT STAYED THE OTHER PROJECT, DIDN'T GIVE HIM THE VOTE WE TOOK LAST MAY.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TODAY.
UM, MAYOR ADLER, I WANT TO, TO, TO SUPPORT THE COMMENTS YOU MADE ABOUT TECH STOCKS AND APPRECIATING MOVING
UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED ROADS.
UM, I STILL HAVE THE HIGH HOPES THAT WHEN THAT ROAD'S ACTUALLY BUILT, IT WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO DEMAND MANAGEMENT ON.
SO AS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY PROMOTE TRANSIT, UH, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT AND APPRECIATIVE THAT, THAT, THAT TEXTILE AND THE GOVERNOR AND COMMISSIONER BUG WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, AS THE, AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THE TIP, UH, AFTER WE TAKE THIS NEXT VOTE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO THAT TIP TO, TO GET APPROVED AND MOVE FORWARD.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SELECTION THAT WE'RE MAKING AT THIS POINT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WITH, UH, WITH THE COVID SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AND THEN TRYING TO GET PROJECTS UP QUICKLY, UH, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GREATER CONCERN.
SO I WILL PROBABLY I'M GOING TO VOTE.
NO, AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT WHAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK A YEAR FROM NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WITH ADDITIONAL TIME TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT EXIGENCY AND OTHERS MIGHT INDICATE THAT WE SHOULD SHOULD REVISIT.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.
THIS IS THIS, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
UM, I, UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.
UM, AND, AND, AND CHAIR, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US GET THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT
UM, I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE TIP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE
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THAT FORWARD.UM, I'M NOT AN, I, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO VOTE FOR THIS, UH, SELECTION OF PROJECTS BECAUSE AS I SPOKE EARLIER, I DON'T, UM, UM, I, IT'S NOT THE APPROACH THAT I THINK IS, IS THE ONE THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE US TAKE.
UM, AND, UM, IT ALSO RESULTS IN, UM, SOME NEAR TERM PROJECTS, INCLUDING OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, LIKE THE WALNUT CREEK TRAIL, UM, AND TRANSIT AND ITS NOT BEING FUNDED.
AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, VOTE FOR THIS LIST.
I THINK WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY FELLOW COUNTY, SO MEMBERS IN AUSTIN AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS IN TRAVIS COUNTY, WE'RE ABOUT TO, WE'LL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON A DIFFERENT MAINTAIN LIST, UH, TO GET MORE FUNDING TO A HIGHWAY THAT WILL BENEFIT AUSTIN MORE THAN ANYBODY, BUT YET THE COUNCIL MEMBER, TRAVIS COUNTY, CAN I VOTE? YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
SO LET'S GO FOLLOWING ALL THE OUTS SUBURB.
WELL, TO VOTE ON THIS, I MEAN, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE'LL TAKE THEIR CUT, BUT YET THE FOLKS THAT'S GOING TO BE BENEFITED THE MOST ARE GOING TO VOTE.
NO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT ABOUT THIS PROCESS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY WASN'T EVEN LISTED ON THE PIE CHART.
HOW MANY WILLIAMSON COUNTY PROJECTS IN CATEGORY SEVEN HAVE BEEN DEFERRED? THIS HAS BEEN A VERY POLITICAL PROCESS.
UM, COMMISSIONER SHADE, JUST AS A COMMENT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ON THE LIST TO DEFER OR MAINTAIN ANY WHO WAS TRYING TO, UH, I HEAR A VOICE, BUT I CAN'T TELL WHO IT IS.
THIS COUNSELOR I'M TRYING TO GET.
I'M SORRY AGAIN, I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T BE ON VIDEO TODAY.
UM, AND I, I WOULD, I APPRECIATE CHAIR.
UM, IF FOLKS WOULD LET CYNTHIA CALL ON US TO SPEAK SO THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ORDER.
UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE, MORGAN.
UM, I THINK, I THINK THIS
AND THE, I THINK THE, THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE ON THIS IS LESS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY SIT AND MORE ABOUT THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE PROJECTS WE DELIBERATE ON THIS BOARD ARE OUR REGIONAL, ESPECIALLY AT 35, SUPER REGIONAL IN THAT IT, IT REALLY BENEFITS SO MANY MORE FOLKS.
AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE ON 35, I DON'T THAT LIVE ALONG THE COMMUNITIES IN THIS AREA.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY SEE IT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU SEE IT.
SO IT IS, IT IS AN OPEN DEBATE, I THINK AS ONE I'M ACKNOWLEDGING, UM, IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK WE HAVE HEARD FROM EVERYONE THAT I CAN TELL HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN TELL WHO ALL IS ON HERE.
NO, UH, MAYOR ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR COMMISSIONER DARTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER FLANIGAN, THE CANNON COMMISSION COUNCIL MEMBER CANNON.
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DID YOU HEAR ME? YES.COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN JUDGE BISCO.
ARE YOU STILL ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I HAVE, IF SOMEBODY WAS YES, YES.
UM, I HAVE THREE, FIVE, SIX NOS AND 15.
SO, UM, MOTION PASSES 15 TO SIX.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION UNDER THIS SIDE.
LET ME GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
JUST ONE COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBER, BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION.
THE ONLY CATEGORY OF FUNDINGS THAT THIS POLICY BOARD GETS TO OFFICIALLY WEIGH IN ON IS CATEGORY SEVEN, UM, ON WHAT POTENTIALLY IT MIGHT COME THROUGH DIFFERENT.
SO THE OTHER CAT TO CAT FOUR AND OTHERS ARE TEXTILE, BASICALLY DISTRICT DISCRETIONARY.
SO I, I THINK THAT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOTION, I WOULD, I WOULD FOCUS IT ON CAT SEVEN.
I I'VE ALREADY CHANGED THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT.
THAT MIGHT ADDRESS WHAT YOU'RE RAISING.
SO, UM, IF I I'LL READ IT AGAIN.
SO, UM, SHALL I GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? YES.
MY MOTION IS WHEN THE POLICY BOARD NEXT CONSIDERS FUNDING FOR PROJECTS, THE POLICY BOARD WILL ASSIGN FIRST PRIORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OR IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING TO THE PROJECTS THAT WERE DEFERRED UNDER THE SECTION TO ACCOMMODATE AGE 35, CAMPO WILL MAINTAIN A LIST OF THE PROJECTS DEFERRED BY THIS SECTION.
DOES THAT GET AT WHAT YOU WERE RAISING? I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED IN TUCKER.
YOU CAN WEIGH IN IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO FOCUS ON CAT SEVEN, BUT FROM, FROM THE TEXT LIST OF TWO, FOUR AND 12, WE CAN COMMIT TO THAT, TO ADHERING TO THAT MOTION AS WELL.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE IT ON IT FOR CATS, THAT, AND ALSO I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT PHILOSOPHER TO CATCH HIM.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU COULD RESTATE IT ONE MORE TIME.
SO THAT'S THE POLICY WORK IN HERE AND AGAIN, WHEN THE POLICY BOARD NEXT CONSIDERS FUNDING FOR PROJECTS, THE POLICY BOARD WILL ASSIGN FIRST PRIORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OR IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING TO THE CAT SEVEN PROJECTS THAT WERE DEFERRED UNDER THIS ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE
AND I'M SAYING THAT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, AS TUCKER SAID, THAT, THAT THIS IS THE APPROACH THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR THE TWO, FOUR AND 12, BUT I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM YOUR CHAIR THAT WE, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT PART OF IT SECOND IN THAT MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYBODY AGAINST THE MOTION? OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S FOR THE MOTION.
AND SO MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Adoption of Draft 2021-2024 TransportationImprovement Program (TIP)……………………………….……………. Mr. Ryan Collins, CAMPOMr. Collins will present the Draft 2021-2024 TIP and seek adoption by the Transportation Policy Board.]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MR. COLLINS, DID YOU WANT TO DO THE PRESENTATION?[01:50:02]
THANK YOU.SO THIS ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON THE, UH, 2021 TO 2024 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, THIS IS JUST OUR REGULAR UPDATE.
UH, SO THIS IS A FOUR YEAR PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT, BUT, UH, PER FEDERAL REGULATIONS, WE DO UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT EVERY TWO YEARS.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, UNDER USING THE 20, 19 TO 2022, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BUT I'M ASKING FOR, UH, ADOPTION OF THE NEW ONE THAT WILL RUN FROM 2021 TO 2024.
SHE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO JUST A REMINDER THAT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS, UH, BASICALLY THE NEXT, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE PLAN.
SO AS THEY GET DEVELOPED AND GET FUNDED, UM, AND MOVE TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OR IMPLEMENTATION, THEY GET LISTED IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO IT SERVES A, UH, QUITE A FEW IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS.
UM, IT APPROVES AND ALLOCATES THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING TO THE PROJECTS.
THE LISTING ITSELF IS REQUIRED, UH, FOR, UH, A SPONSOR TO EXECUTE THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL PROJECT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT IS THOSE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS THAT ARE APPROVED BY OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT ACTUALLY RELEASES THE FEDERAL FUNDS AND OBLIGATES IT IN OUR, UH, FEDERAL, UH, BANK ACCOUNT, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, UM, IT'S ALSO REQUIRED FOR, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS APPROVALS AND THEN REQUIRED FOR THE LEDUC CERTIFICATION.
UM, SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AS THE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TIME ACTIVE, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2019 2022 TIP, AND THAT WILL REMAIN ACTIVE UNTIL THIS, UH, NEW TIP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS APPROVED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT TO OCCUR.
UH, SOMETIME THIS FALL, UH, TYPICALLY AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER IS WHEN OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS GO IN AND ACTUALLY APPROVE EACH PRODUCT INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, THAT'S LISTED HERE FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE PROGRAM CONTENT, UH, THIS IS THE, THE MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT ARE THE ACTUAL PROJECT LISTINGS.
UM, SO WE HAVE HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND THESE ARE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION OR THROUGH, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE ALSO INCLUDE LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, WE HAVE SOME THAT WILL BE INCLUDED, UH, FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S BOND MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM FOR 2016, UH, SUCH AS THE LAMAR AND BURNETT ROAD.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, UH, REDBUD TRAIL BRIDGE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PRODUCT FROM THE CTR RMA, UH, ON MOPAC, UH, WORLD.
WE'LL BE DOING SOME OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THESE ARE, UH, REASONABLY SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FUNDED BY PRIVATE, NON FEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO, UH, EXAMPLES OF THOSE ARE, UH, TEXTILES PROGRAM OF PROJECTS, UM, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL AS ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED, UH, DIRECTLY FROM THIS POLICY BOARD.
UH, WE ALSO INCLUDE TRANSIT PROJECTS AND THESE ARE PROJECTS WHOSE FUNDS ARE FILTERED THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
UM, LIKEWISE IT'S THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, THIS WILL INCLUDE, UH, THE PROGRAMS OF, UH, OUR TRANSIT AGENCIES, SUCH AS CAP METRO COURTS.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK AND, UH, SAN MARCUS, THEY HAVE SOME, UH, THEY RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THEIR, UH, TRANSIT OPERATIONS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE SOME GROUP PROJECTS IN THERE THAT IS LISTING THIS IN THE DEPENDENCIES OF THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, WE LIST THOSE THERE AS A COURTESY.
THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY AREN'T INDIVIDUALLY LISTED, BUT, UM, THESE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS OR EARLIER PHASES OF PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING.
SO, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS WILL BE LISTED HERE, OR, UM, IT'S JUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS PAVING AND PROJECTS OF THAT NATURE THAT DON'T REALLY ADD CAPACITY OR HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
THOSE WILL BE LISTED IN THE GROUP PROJECTS.
AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
SO WE HAVE FOUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE TRACK, UM, AND SET TARGETS FOR.
THIS IS PM ONE, WHICH IS SAFETY.
UH, THIS IS A TARGET WE SET ANNUALLY.
AND THEN EVERY FOUR YEARS, WE ALSO SET TARGETS FOR PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE CONDITIONS IN THE REGION.
UH, WE ALSO LOOK AT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, THE FREIGHT NETWORK AND CONGESTION NUMBERS.
AND THEN ALSO OUR TRANSIT AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO SET TARGETS FOR TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND WE TRACK ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE HAVE TARGETS LISTED WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS.
UH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE PROCESS IS THAT WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF AND DO AN ANALYSIS AND SEE HOW IT WILL BE IMPACTING OR ACHIEVING THE TARGETS THAT WE SET.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR TIP MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE REGULARLY UPDATE AND MAKE CHANGES TO.
UM, WE HAVE A TWO YEAR, UH, AMENDMENT PROCESS EVERY SIX MONTHS.
UM, ALL OF THESE RULES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND PROCEDURES, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
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PROCESS, WE STARTED THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME WE STARTED THE PREVIOUS ITEMS, UH, UM, TIMELINE THAT WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY.UH, WE, UM, UH, DEVELOPED THE ACTUAL DRAFT DOCUMENTATION ITSELF, UH, HAD SPONSORS SUBMIT PRODUCTS.
UH, WE THEN TOOK THIS OUT FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT LASTED FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, AS JOYCE MENTIONED EARLIER, IT CONCLUDED ON THE 1ST OF JUNE.
UH, IT'S BEEN TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TWICE, ONCE AS AN INFORMATION ITEM.
AND THEN, UH, THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE IT.
UH, THIS PAST MEETING HAS BEEN TO THE POLICY BOARD.
I THINK THE LAST TIME Y'ALL SAW IT WAS IN APRIL WHEN WE DID A PUBLIC HEARING ALONGSIDE THE, THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN, ASKING FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN ONCE Y'ALL APPROVE IT, WE UPLOADED IT INTO THE STATE DATABASE WHERE THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THIS TIP ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER NPOS, UH, UH, T PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND ONCE THAT'S APPROVED, UH, FWA AND FTA GO IN AND INDIVIDUALLY APPROVE THIS PRODUCTS AND RELEASE THE FUNDS.
I FIGURE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS, THAT, THAT, THAT PROCESS THAT WE END, THAT I'VE JUST DESCRIBED IS LISTED HERE.
IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SOME IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE KNOW IT WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WHEN WE GOT TO THIS ITEM AND WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THAT.
UM, SO WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, WE MARKED ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR DEFERRAL.
UM, BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN Y'ALL ARE APPROVING THE DRAFT DOCUMENT, THAT WAS IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FINAL UPDATE TO THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO Y'ALL NEXT WEEK.
UM, ONCE THIS HAS CONCLUDED, BUT IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE, UH, ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
SO THOSE WILL BE REFLECTED, UM, PROJECTS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR DEFERRAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING THOSE INTO, UH, AN ILLUSTRATIVE LIST AND THE DEPENDENCIES OF THAT DOCUMENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE UPDATE THAT WE'LL SEND OUT NEXT WEEK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THERE'S A FEDERALLY MANDATED PERFORMANCE MEASURE ANALYSIS THAT WE DO.
UM, SO ONCE WE HAVE THE FINAL LISTING, WE'LL TAKE THAT AND DO AN ANALYSIS AND GET THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL DOCUMENT AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE JUST WANT TO POINT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS OUT IS KIND OF A WEIRD SITUATION THAT WE HAD, UH, OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
AND THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES TO THIS ACTUAL DOCUMENT, BUT, UH, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD, UH, THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO FINALLY, UH, WE ARE ASKING, UH, STAFF AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE 21 TO 2024 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN?
UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DARDY.
SECOND BY JUDGE OAKLEY ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
UM, IS THERE ANY, EXCUSE ME, WAIT A MINUTE.
LET ME GO BACK TO MY LIST HERE, WHERE WE, UM, WE'VE GOT FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, YES, WE CAN.
I WANTED TO SPEAK AGAIN IN AND SUPPORTIVE BAXTER TRANSPORTATION.
UM, I HAD MENTIONED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING THAT AS IT STANDS, YOU CAN ACT WITH ALL DESTINATIONS AND PROPERTIES IN THE CAPITAL AREA BY MOTOR VEHICLE AND BY CAR.
UM, AND YOU CAN'T REASONABLY DO THAT, UH, BY TRANSIT, WALKING OR BIKING.
AND I THINK THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE DESTINATIONS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO ON A REGULAR BASIS IS CRITICAL.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO BUILD OUT THAT NETWORK, UH, FOR WALKING BIKING AND TURNS, IT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT WHEN WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE OPTIONS, UH, TO USE, TO GET TO THE PLACES WE GO ONLY ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF US HAVE ACCESS TO BEING ABLE TO DRIVE ON OUR OWN, WHETHER THAT'S BY AGE OR CAR OWNERSHIP.
AND, UM, YEAH, IT, IT REALLY IMPROVES OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THERE WAS A RESPONSE TO MY COMMENT THAT YOU CAN GET ALL THIS NATION'S LOCALLY, UH, BY CAR AT LAST MEETING.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT FEEDBACK, UH, CAUSE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, BUT YEAH, SO YOU CAN GET TO EVERY DESTINATION IN THE METRO AREA, UM, BE A MOTOR VEHICLE.
I DO AGREE THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ROADS THAT WOULD
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BE VERY HELPFUL TO ADD TO OUR REGION.UM, AND SO THAT I DON'T, I DON'T DISPUTE THAT.
I, I DO THINK, UM, THAT'S NO, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE OF DEPENDING ON THAT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY ROADS THAT WE SHOULD ADD, BUT, UM, BUT YOU CAN STILL GET TO THE DESTINATION.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BY ADDING ROADWAYS.
UM, AGAIN, THANKS VERY MUCH AND I'LL LEAVE THE FIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
I I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS ON SEVERAL OF THESE MEETINGS, I'VE BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH ALL THIS AND TOLD YOU WHAT I THOUGHT.
UM, AND I, I THOUGHT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE MOTIVATION FOR TRYING TO HELP, UH, CHANGE OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TOWARDS BETTER RESULTS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, THE REGION, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ENDING TRAFFIC DEATHS AND, AND THE, THE, THE CONSTANT EPIDEMIC OF TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES THAT HAPPENS ACROSS OUR REGION MUST BE THE TOP PRIORITY.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS TIP.
UM, SPECIFICALLY YOU GUYS WERE GIVEN THE TWO PAGE DOCUMENT FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION BACK IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH, AND IT EXPLAINED SPECIFIC THINGS THAT PITT MUST DO IN REGARDS TO SAFETY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE DRAFT SATISFIES THOSE THINGS AND IT CLEARLY DOESN'T, UM, PASSIONATELY TRY TO, UM, GIVE SAFETY AS A TOP PRIORITY.
UM, AND TH THERE ARE NOT, THE REGION REGION SHOULD BE FUNDING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE REGION, UM, AS A TOP PRIORITY.
UM, SO I HOPE WE CAN DO BETTER LATER.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S SUCH INTENSE EQUITY ISSUES IN THIS WORK AND SHOWN BY THE VOTE YOU JUST HAD WHERE 63% OF THE FUNDING WILL GO TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY FROM THIS MAINTAIN LIST, UM, THAT WILDLY DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OR JOBS IN WASTE IN THE COUNTY.
UM, AND WE LOOKED AT THIS TIP AND DIVIDED IT UP BY COUNTY.
UM, AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR BASICALLY WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND HAYS COUNTY TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THEY SORT OF DESERVE FROM A PER CAPITA BASIS.
UH, IF YOU, WE LOOKED AT IT BY PER CAPITA AND JOB BECAUSE OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THAT OUR HOUSES IN OUR JOBS AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY TRAVIS COUNTY IS GETTING ABOUT 140 MILLION LESS THAN IT SHOULD OVER THIS FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
UM, AND CALDWELL'S GETTING 70 MILLION LESS THAN IT SHOULD AND BURN IT.
IT'S GETTING 41 MILLION LESS WELL HAZE AND WILLIAMSON ARE GETTING 131 AND 98 MILLION MORE THAN THEY SHOULD GIVEN THEIR SHARE OF THE REGION.
UH, AND SO THAT KIND OF INEQUITY THAT'S FULLY BASED ON THE INEQUITABLE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, AND THE FACT THAT A MINORITY, UH, OF, OF, OF COUNTIES HAVE A MAJORITY CONTROL OF THIS BODY LEADS TO BAD DECISIONS.
AND WE ARE NOT SERVING THE PEOPLE OF OUR REGION THROUGH THIS INEFFABLE DECISION MAKING SYSTEM.
AND I HOPE YOU CAN FIX IT, UH, AND FIND A WAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, THE REGION TO HAVE BALANCED ACCESS AND SAFETY, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT VIA JOSEPH JOSEPH, ARE YOU STILL ON THE CALL? THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK MR. CROSSLEY FOR HIS PREVIOUS COMMENTS, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THESE INEQUITABLE DECISIONS YOU'VE MADE.
I WONDERED THE SAME THING AS IT RELATES TO AVERY RANCH, THE $75 MILLION, WHICH IS FM SEVEN THREE, FOUR PARMA LANE.
AND THERE AREN'T AS MANY JOBS I GET THAT APPLE IS ON THAT SIDE OF THE PALMER LANE, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND ONCE AGAIN, THAT SAMSUNG AND APPLIED MATERIALS, THE DOMAIN ARE IN THE NORTHEAST PRIMARILY, AND WE HAVE NO ACCESS.
SO IT IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE THAT THEY WOULD GET SO MUCH OF THE FUNDING.
MY COMMENT IS ALSO RELATED TO SAMSUNG BOULEVARD.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE PREVIOUS TIP 2019 AND 2022, IT ACTUALLY HAS THE $21 MILLION SAMSUNG, THE HARRIS BRANCH PROJECT, WHICH STARTED IN 2018.
SO THE QUESTION IS, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU REALLY FUND THE ROADWAY PROJECTS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN ON FM 734? I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE TOO, THAT THERE, THE SECOND PROJECT, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY $14 MILLION WAS ALSO IN THE TIP AND THE REVISION DATE WAS JULY 1ST, 2018.
AGAIN, WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY FUND THESE PROJECTS? I WOULD ASK YOU TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THERE WAS A PROJECT CONNECT LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE NORTH CORRIDOR STUDY.
AND IN 2014, YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT MO CANNON EXCITED ABOUT NORTH AUSTIN, WILL THESE JOBS STILL EXIST IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR THROUGH 2035? AND SO I WOULD JUST
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ASK THAT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE ARE INFORMED BY THE DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED, AS OPPOSED TO MAKING DECISIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN NOT FOLLOW.AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AND RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS TO GET TO THE JOBS.
AND SPECIFICALLY IS THREE MILES TO WALK TO SAMSUNG.
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.
AND LASTLY, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSIT PROJECTS, CAMERON DESSA IS IN THE 2045 REGIONAL PLAN.
BUT I DO NOT SEE IT REFLECTED IN EITHER OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THIS PROJECT WENT.
IT'S PART OF PROJECT CONNECT, ALLEGEDLY, BUT, UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE AREA NORTH OF US, ONE 83 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR 24 TO 30 YEARS.
AND SO IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE REGION TO PUT TRANSIT IN THE NORTHEAST AREA BECAUSE CAPITAL METRO QUITE FRANKLY, IS NOT GOING TO FUND ANYTHING IN THIS AREA.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS THROUGH A RACIALIZED LENS AS OUR COUNTRY IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT BLACK LIVES MEAN TO THIS, UH, THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST AWESOME.
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
HELLO, MADAM CHAIR, POLICY, BOARD MEMBERS.
I, UM, WAS LISTENING TO THE LAST VOTE AND SCRAMBLING TO LOOK AT THE DRAFT LIST THAT WAS, UM, INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA BACKUP TO NOTE THE CHANGES TO INFORM MY COMMENTS.
AND THEN AS I WAS LISTENING TO MR. COLLINS, I REALIZED, WELL, NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THIS.
Y'ALL WILL GET THE DOCUMENT, UH, NEXT WEEK, REFLECTING THE CHANGES BASED ON THE
UM, SO I WOULD SAY, I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE POLICY BOARD VOTING ON, UH, THE TIP TODAY WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHAT THE DOCUMENT WILL LOOK LIKE.
THE PUBLIC, CERTAINLY DIDN'T GIVEN THESE SEVEN SCENARIOS THAT WERE, UM, PART OF THE
UM, SO THAT JUST, UM, CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT, UM, I THINK IT, IT BEARS REPEATING THAT, UM, BACK IN APRIL, WHEN YOU HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UH, TIP AND THE 2045 PLAN, UM, THOSE WERE BUNDLED SUCH THAT, UM, UH, COMMENTER WOULD ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS PLUS AMENDMENTS TO THE CURRENT TIP.
UM, AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE GOING FORWARD THAT, UM, THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS AREN'T COMBINED IN SUCH A WAY, UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE BOTH REALLY BIG DEALS.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I, I LISTENED TO THE MAY 27TH WORKSHOP AND I, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE DISCUSSION YOU ALL HAD THEN, AND IN THE SPECIAL MEETING IN APRIL AND TODAY, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF DIFFICULT DECISION MAKING AND TRADEOFFS IS WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE 2045 PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, WHICH IS ARGUABLY, YOU KNOW, A BIGGER DEAL SINCE IT DEALS WITH $42 BILLION VERSUS 633 MILLION.
AND IF THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, MESSY, LONG AND INTENSE DELIBERATIONS WERE PART OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS, MAYBE I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS POSITION IN A CRUNCH TIME WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO MOVE AND, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE A PART OF THE LONG RANGE PLANS, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO MAKE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AND, UM, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DARDY AND A SECOND BY JUDGE OAKLEY ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT, UH, WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? I'M SURE THIS IS COMMISSIONER SHAY.
I'M GOING TO BE ABSTAINING AND THIS VOTE BECAUSE OF MY CONCERNS.
I RAISED THIS BUNDLES, ALL OF THAT TOGETHER ALSO, I'M GOING TO, I HAVE TO LEAVE AFTER THIS VOTE.
I'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED, SO
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THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW, APPRECIATE IT.UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE PALS SUPPORT MEMBERS? I'VE GOT ONE EYE.
GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER BECKETT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES THAT ARE BEING THROWN OUT HERE, UM, I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THE MATH.
UM, I'LL THINK IT TAKES HIGHER CALCULUS TO FIGURE OUT THAT FOUR POINT $9 BILLION IS GOING TO THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE A LITTLE OFF, ACCORDING TO MY WELL SIMPLE CALCULATOR HERE.
UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS HOUSTON, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO, ARE CONTRIBUTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND REGARDLESS OF THE PRISM THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT
AND SO THOSE DOLLARS NEED TO BE FACTUALLY REPORTED AS TO WHAT'S GOING IN TO THIS
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST IGNORE IT, YOU KNOW, IN BEDFORD COUNTY JUST DIVERTED EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IN OUR COUNTY ON, ON 70 $100 MILLION.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BECKETT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? OKAY.
I HEARD ONE ABSTENTION FROM COMMISSIONER SHAY.
UM, I'LL KIND OF GO IN REVERSE.
ARE THERE ANY THAT ARE VOTING? NO.
ANYONE VOTING? NO LAST CHANCE.
UM, WE WILL MARK EVERYONE ELSE AS A YES.
ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UM, WITH COMMISSIONER SHAY ABSTAINING.
[8. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Travis County Interlocal Agreement (ILA).................................................................................................................................. Mr. Ashby JohnsonMr. Johnson will briefly present the Travis County ILA and request Transportation Policy Boardapproval.]
UM, I WANTED TO, I, UH, AND I APOLOGIZE, THIS MIGHT BE PARTIALLY MY FAULT.I ASKED OUR COUNSEL IF HE HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND HE HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, I GUESS I'LL JUST ASK, UM, AND THIS IS, UH, I GUESS A BIT PERPLEXING TO ME.
THERE'S NO OTHER ENTITY THAT HAS AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT OR HAS ASKED FOR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH, UM, CAMPA.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ONE, MOST, MOST ENTITIES DON'T HAVE ONE WITH CAP COG OR MOST OF THE OTHER, UM, ENTITIES WE'RE ASSOCIATED WITH.
SO IS THERE ANYONE FROM TRAVIS COUNTY THAT CAN SPEAK TO THE NECESSITY OF THIS? UM, THAT'S UNIQUE TO TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO, UM, FOR NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UM, AND, UH, IF NECESSARY, TAKE THAT UP AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, SO, AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, SORRY.
YES, GO AHEAD AND JUDGE MISCO OKAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I WILL.
I COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER IN WRITING WITHIN A DAY.
I HAVEN'T PAID THE DUES AND THEY HAVEN'T PAID THE DUES FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR LOCAL IN PLACE.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO OTHER ENTITY THAT HAS AN INNER LOCAL WITH CAMPUS, SO THAT'S SORT OF ANOMALY, AND I WAS JUST NOT CERTAIN AS TO, UH, WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, WE'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL PULL THAT ONE FOR NOW.
UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP NUMBER 10 FOR TODAY.
UM, I BELIEVE NEAR, I'VE HAD TO, UH, TAKE OFF, UH, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THAT UPDATE.
AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW WE PLAN TO DO THAT.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IF THERE IS ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN, WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THAT, UM, IN THE PUBLIC PART OF THE MEETING.
UM, BUT, AND SO THERE IS NOT AN ITEM NUMBER 10, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
AND THEN COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER
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NINE.UM, ASHBY, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF REPORT FOR
[11. Executive Director’s Report on Transportation Planning Activities]
US ON ITEM NUMBER 11? UH, TODAY? THANK YOU.CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? SO, UM, I WOULD JUST FOLLOW UP A LITTLE FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND LET ME REMEMBER TO TURN MY CAMERA ON.
SO, UM, UH, I KNOW WHAT THE LAST OR LAST MEETING IN THE MEETING BEFORE WE, THE BOARD HAD, HAD, UM, REQUESTED, UM, A RED LINE COPY OF THE PLAN THAT INCLUDED, UH, LANGUAGE CHANGES.
WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT AND PUT IT ON SITE, BUT I THINK IT WAS AT THE MATERIALS.
THERE WAS A LINK TO IT IN THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THAT WAS ANOTHER FOLLOWUP THAT WAS IN THE MATERIALS AS WELL.
AND I WOULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THERE ARE DRAFT FEDERAL AROUND, UM, THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY A STIMULUS, UH, BILL FOR TRANSPORTATION.
UH, I HAVE NOT SEEN, UM, ALL OF THEM YET.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DRAFT BILLS YET, BUT I'M WORKING TO TRY TO GET A COPY OF THAT.
SO, UM, I WOULD NOT GIVE ANYBODY FALSE HOPE AND TELL YOU TO EXPECT A BILL BEFORE THE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.
UM, BUT, UM, PERHAPS A BILL, UM, AND THE FEBRUARY MARCH TIMEFRAME, UH, WOULD NOT BE AN UNREALISTIC THING IN MY EXPERIENCE FROM HAVING WORKED FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAYS.
SO WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, I'LL, I'LL PRINT IT BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU, ASHBY FOR THAT REPORT.
UM, AND, UH, JUST AS, UM, BY WAY OF ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 12, THERE IS A TAC
[12. Announcementsa. Next Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, June 22, 2020 – 2:00 p.m.b. Next Transportation Policy Board Meeting, August 10, 2020 – 2:00 p.m.]
MEETING ON JUNE THE 27TH TO, EXCUSE ME, JUNE THE 22ND.AND THE NEXT POLICY BOARD MEETING WILL NOT BE UNTIL AUGUST THE 10TH.
WE TRADITIONALLY, UM, TAKE OFF THE MONTH OF JULY.
UM, AND, UH, SO WE WON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST THE 10TH.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS OUR
[Items 9 & 13: 9. Executive Session …………………………………….……..….. Commissioner Cynthia Long, ChairThe Transportation Policy Board will recess to an Executive Session.a. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on CAMPO Executive Director’s EmploymentContract 13. Adjournment]
MODERATOR OF OUR WEBEX IS GOING TO, UH, KICK OFF, BASICALLY EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT A POLICY BOARD MEMBER.UM, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE TIM TUCKEY ON AS WELL.
UM, BUT FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF ALL THE OTHER, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE CALL.
SO, UM, IF, UH, I THINK STEVEN OR, UM, UH, LET'S SEE, WHOEVER'S DOING THAT.
IF YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY ELSE OFF THE CALL.
SO POLICY BOARD, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, UM, YOU WILL, UH, RECONVENE, LET'S SEE, IT'S FOUR 23.
WE WILL RECONVENE AT FOUR 30 ONCE.
UM, ALL'S GOTTEN EVERY BUDDY, UM, CLEARED OUT THAT WE NEED TO FOR THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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THANK YOU.SO, UH, WE ARE RECONVENING, UM, INTO THE REGULAR SESSIONS.
UM, IT WAS ONE ITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UM, I'M BRINGING UP ITEM, UH, TO DISCUSS THE TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CAMPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND THAT CONTRACT TO REFLECT A SALARY OF $212,000 ANNUALLY FIVE.
AND, UH, ANOTHER AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE, UM, ANNUAL LEAVE TO FIVE WEEKS AND, UM, HAVING IT EXPIRE IN AUGUST OF 2020.
I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE SECOND TO THAT? WHY IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY BEAT ME TO IT.
DALE, UH, MAYOR ROSS, UH, SECOND THE MOTION.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST, I WANT TO REFLECT THAT I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AND COMMISSIONER SHEA, UM, HAVE LEFT THE MEETING.
SO, UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE IS STILL ON.
UM, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IF THERE'S ANYBODY AGAINST TERRELL, I THINK, UH, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HAD TO LEAVE ALSO.
YOU SAID THAT YES, I WILL SUSTAIN.
SO AS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK.
SO, UM, THERE, UH, SO THE MOTION IS ON THE SECOND BY MAYOR ROSS.
AND JUST TO NOTE, TREVELYAN SHAY AND ALTAR HAVE LEFT AND, UH, JUDGE BISCO WAS GOING TO ABSTAIN.
UM, MARK ALL THE OTHER REMAINING POLICY BOARD MEMBERS AS A YES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION, UM, FOR OUR POLICY BOARD MEETING.
CAN I MAKE A REQUEST? UM, SURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION FROM ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THAT'D BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MR. GEORGE LLOYD.
I, IN FACT, UH, I'M GOING TO VIRTUALLY HAND THE GAVEL TO YOU AND LET YOU ADJOURN FOR US.
WOULD YOU HIRE A CHART IN HIS NAME TODAY AND MEMORY OF MANY RESIDENTS OF.