Aug 10, 2020 CAMPO

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND LET ME GO TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM

[2. Public Comments]

UM, WE HAVE, UH, TWO THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, AND WE'LL GO TO DAVID KING FIRST.

ON BEHALF OF MY ANCESTORS, MY SIBLINGS, AND COUNTLESS DESCENDANTS OF DANIEL AND EMMELINE ALEXANDER, I'VE SHARED A BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE ALEXANDER FARM WITH POLLET BOB AS THE LEGACY ERIC ACREAGE OF 173 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY FARMING IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? UM, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND SO I CAN GET MY TIMER.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND, UH, AND OKAY, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN, MR. KING, YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M CALLING TO PLEASE URGE YOU NOT TO CHANGE THE CAMPO BOARD MEETINGS FROM NOON TO 2:00 PM.

THIS TIME CHANGE WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BLACK AND LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH INEQUITABLE AND INFREQUENT TRANSIT SERVICES COMPARED TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN WESTERN CENTRAL AUSTIN.

I'M ALSO URGING YOU TO PLEASE ENSURE THAT CAMPOS TRANSPORTATION POLICIES ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MAJOR TRANSIT INVESTMENTS AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FACILITATE INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SMALL COMMUNITY BASED BUSINESSES LOCATED ON OR NEAR TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT CAMPO TRANSPORTATION POLICIES PRIORITIZE ROBUST AND SUSTAINED DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION FUNDING FOR ALL MAJOR TRENDED INVESTMENTS AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION MUST BE PRIORITIZED TO HELP SUSTAIN THOUSANDS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES SCORES, THE SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO TRANSIT CORRIDORS IN AUSTIN.

PLEASE ESTABLISH A CAMPO TRANSPORTATION POLICY THAT PROHIBITS THE USE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS FOR MARKET RATE MIXED USE DENSITY BONUS DEVELOPMENT.

COPIOUS EVIDENCE HERE IN AUSTIN SHOWS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS FACILITATE INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SMALL COMMUNITY BASED BUSINESSES WHILE THEY PRODUCE VERY FEW HOUSING UNITS AND VIRTUALLY NO BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE TO FAMILIES EARNING AT OR BELOW 60% MEDIAN AREA OF MEDIAN INCOME, PLEASE ENSURE THAT CAPITAL POLICIES ACKNOWLEDGED THAT TRANSIT PROGRAMS BASED ON AREA MEDIAN INCOME ARE IN EQUITABLE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES OF COLOR, THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES.

AND AUSTIN IS ROUGHLY $45,000, WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR AUSTIN TRANSIT RELATED HOUSING PROGRAMS BASED ON AREA MEDIAN INCOMES AT ROBUST 60% DO NOT SERVE OR BENEFIT MOST LOW INCOME BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES IN AUSTIN.

THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES EMBEDDED IN OUR TRANSIT RELATED HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXTENSIVELY DESIGNED TO EQUITABLY SERVE FAMILIES OF COLOR.

PLEASE EXPAND THE CAPITOL TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTS FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT.

THESE COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE FULL VOTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE AND FACILITATE EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION POLICIES AND TRANSLATE RELATED ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, MR. KING.

UM, AND, UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.

UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND NOISE.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE.

UM, ALEXANDER CAS BARAK.

YES.

GO AHEAD AND BEGIN YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.

THANK YOU BOARDS FOR HEARING ME EACH MONTH AS I REQUEST AND RECEIVE TIME TO COMMENT PUBLICLY.

AND ON THE RECORD

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I'VE NOTED THAT THE ALEXANDER FAMILY HISTORY HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN TEXAS SINCE 1977.

AND THAT OUR FAMILY PROGENITOR DANIEL ALEXANDER WAS ALREADY A SEASONED AND NATIONALLY KNOWN RACE, HORSE BREEDER AND TRAINER WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT TO MCKINNEY FALLS TO BUILD THAT FOUNDING TEXAS THOROUGHBRED ENTERPRISE IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE'S 86 MILLION YEAR OLD SUBTERRANEAN VOLCANO.

AS WE, THE ALEXANDER FAMILY HAVE UNEARTHED MORE DANIEL'S STORY WE'VE DISCOVERED OUR GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER SINNY WHOM DANIEL WAS ABLE TO KEEP WITH HIM BECAUSE OF HIS NATIONAL HORSE BREEDING ACTION, THE SAME TALENT AND BACKBREAKING WORK THAT MADE HIM A LANDOWNER BEFORE SLAVES WERE LEGALLY ALLOWED.

PERSONHOOD ALSO ALLOWED HIM TO KEEP HIS FAMILIAL TIES.

THEY WERE OFTEN MEANINGLESS, EVEN THE MOST BENIGN SLAVEHOLDERS, THAT SAME STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE HAS BEEN SHOWN BY HISTORIANS TO UNDERGROWTH HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE ALEXANDERS OF VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY, WHO FIRST BROUGHT THOROUGHBREDS TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1786 AND ARE NOW RECOGNIZED AS THE FOUNDING FAMILY OF THOROUGHBRED RACE, HORSE BREEDING IN AMERICA.

OUR ANCESTORS ARE BURIED IN THE ALEXANDER CEMETERY NEXT TO AND PART OF THE ALEXANDER FARM ON US.

ONE 83 AT COTTON MOUTH CREEK IS TEXTS DOT PROJECT C S J ZERO ONE FIVE TO HYPHEN ZERO ONE, HYPHEN ZERO EIGHT SIX.

THE EXPANSION OF US ONE 83 BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY 71 AND STATE HIGHWAY ONE 30 IS ALLOWED TO ENCROACH UPON THE ALEXANDER FARM CEMETERY.

THEIR BLACK LIVES THAT OF MY ANCESTORS WILL NOT ONLY NOT MATTER IN THE EYES OF TEXAS, BUT THEIR BONES OFTEN PLACED IN UNMARKED GRAVES MAY BE UNNECESSARILY DISTURBED, IF NOT BULLDOZED AS WELL.

IT'S CITY LEADERSHIP DREAMS OF ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND INEQUITY THAT HAVE BEEN BAKED INTO AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

SINCE THEIR BEGINNINGS, WHEN DANIEL ARRIVED WITH THE MCKENTY'S, THEN BLACK FARMS MUST MATTER.

RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT MORE THAN 95% OF FARMLAND ONCE OWNED BY BLACK FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH HAVE BEEN LOST OR HAS BEEN LOST SWALLOWED UP BY CORPORATE CONGLOMERATES OR OUT AND OUT STOLEN FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM.

SINCE LEARNING THAT THE POLLS U S ONE 83 EXPANSION ROUTES ALEXANDER FAMILY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE REQUESTED IN MEETINGS AND COMMENTS THAT ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR THE U S ONE 83 EXPANSION BE EXAMINED.

OUR PRIMARY HOPE AND DESIRE IS THAT TECH STOCK WILL CONSIDER ANY ALTERNATIVE ROUTE THAT DOES NOT DEPRIVE TRAVIS COUNTY, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WHERE THE NATION OF ITS MORE INCLUSIVE HISTORICAL TOUCHSTONE IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THE ALEXANDER FARM IN CEMETERY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

HELLO? ARE YOU THERE? YES.

DID YOU HEAR MY COMMENTS, MS. JOSEPH? I BELIEVE WE HAVE YOU ALSO ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU READY TO START? I'M SURE IF WE GOT QUESTIONS, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME ALEXANDER HAS SPOKEN TO US AND ASKED US TO INTERVENE TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF HER FAMILY CEMETERY.

AT WHAT POINT IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO ASK TECH STOCK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MADAM CHAIR I WAS GOING TO, I WAS JUST GOING ADD MY APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I JUST NOTICED THAT IT WAS THE THIRD TIME.

I WAS JUST SEEING IT FOR EITHER FOR A FUTURE MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE CAN GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, WHAT I WILL DO SINCE IT'S NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN'T DISCUSS THAT TODAY, BUT I WOULD, SINCE IT'S A TECH STOCK RELATED PROJECT, I WOULD ASK OUR CHECKS DOT DISTRICT ENGINEER, UM, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT PROJECT, TO THE POLICY.

THANK YOU, MAN.

I DIDN'T MEET HIM, MR. SHAY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

UM, WHEN SOMEONE RAISES AN ISSUE LIKE THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT, EVERY, UH, UNABLE UNDER THE RULES TO GET ANY POINT OF INFORMATION CLARIFICATION ON IT, ARE WE REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO EVEN GET ANY INFORMATION? UM, I BELIEVE THAT UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY POSTED AS AN AGENDA ITEM, UM, WE CANNOT DISCUSS IT AND I'M GONNA LET TIM, OUR ATTORNEY IS

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ON THE LINE, UH, TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.

BUT, UM, AT THIS POINT WE'VE, AND, AND CERTAINLY THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ANY MEMBER OF THE POLICY BOARD OR VICE VERSA.

UM, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, BUT, UM, I'VE ASKED IN TUCKER, UH, I THINK YOU'RE ON THE CALL AND, UM, HER THAT REQUEST, I AM A CHAIR LONG AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH A PROJECT UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO THIS POINT THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TUCKER.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME AS WELL, ASHBY'S AWARE OF IT TO NASH PASS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT.

HE'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT TOO, AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU, TECH RECOURSE AND TALK A, A TUCKER IN ADDITION TO A PROJECT UPDATE, COULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE DISTURBANCE OF THE FAMILY CEMETERY THAT MRS. ALEXANDER HAS DRESSED US ABOUT NOW FOR FREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS? ABSOLUTELY.

WE'VE, WE'VE MET WITH TUCKER TUCKER, IF YOU CAN HANG ON, IT'S NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

SO IF YOU WOULD HOLD OFF AND GIVE US AN UPDATE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, I JUST DON'T WANT US RUNNING A FOUL OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT BY GETTING INTO THE SESSION AT THIS POINT.

CAN WE JUST GET A RULING FROM THE ATTORNEY, A COMMISSIONER'S COURT? WE ARE ABLE TO GET POINTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT ITEMS THAT THE PUBLIC RAISE.

IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S FACTUAL POINTS OF INFORMATION.

SO IF WE COULD GET INFORMATION FROM OUR ATTORNEY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S ALLOWED IN THESE MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

WE WILL DO THAT FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU ON THE CALL TRYING TO LOG IN? OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE HER ACTUALLY ON, I'M SORRY FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.

UM, SO WITH THAT, WE WILL, UM, MOVE ON, UH, I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS POINT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, OH, AND BY THE WAY, UM, I THINK MAYOR HILL HAS JOINED US AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ALTER.

SO THE ONLY ONES I HAVE MISSING TODAY ARE COMMISSIONER BECKETT AND MAYOR ROSS AND COMMISSIONER PAVILION.

[4. Report from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair]

SO DO WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE TAC? THIS IS CHAD MCCOWEN, CAMPO STAFF TO REPORT ON THIS ITEM.

UM, OKAY.

THE TAC DID NOT MEET IN JULY, HOWEVER, IN PLACE OF THE TAC MEETING ON JULY 20TH, CAMPO FACILITATED A WORKSHOP BY WEBEX FOR TEXTILES, UM, IN FEDERAL HIGHWAYS TO PRESENT MODIFICATIONS TO THE NHS, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, WHICH REPRESENTED BY TEXDOT AND THEIR CONSULTANTS AT JACOBS.

THE WORKSHOP IS OPEN TO ALL TAC MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THIS FORMAT WAS CHOSEN IN PLACE OF A FORMAL TASK MEETING AS ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF AGENCIES HAD REQUESTED ANY NHS CHANGES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CHAD FROM THE TAX UPDATE? OKAY.

I'M HEARING NONE.

WE HAVE NO NEED FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

UM,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AND, UM, I HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, MS. ALEXANDER .

I BELIEVE YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.

YES, I AM MADAM CHAIR.

UM, THE ALEXANDER FAMILY ASKED THAT THE CANCEL BOARD AMEND THE WRITTEN MINUTES OF JUNE EIGHT, 2020S MEETINGS TO INCLUDE THE CAMP OF BOARD MEMBERS STATEMENT OF NON-SUPPORT FOR ENCROACHING UPON OR BULLDOZING LAND AT THE ALEXANDER FARM AND CEMETERY.

AS A RESULT OF TECH STOCKS, U S ONE 82 EXPANSION, SPECIFICALLY HER QUESTION AND EXCHANGE WITH TECH STOCKS ENGINEER, AND HER STATEMENT MAY BE HEARD AT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS INTO THE MEETING RECORDING.

UM, SPECIFICALLY THE QUOTE IS FOR THE RECORD.

IF THE PLAN ULTIMATELY GOES THROUGH THIS FARM AND A STORE, SOME OF IT, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT.

WE'RE ASKING THAT THAT BE PLACED IN THE WRITTEN MINUTES.

UM, I I'M SORRY.

I MISSED THE FIRST, SORRY, YOU SAID SAID THAT, UM, THE ALEXANDER FAMILY IS ASKING THAT THE BOARD AMENDS THE WRITTEN MINUTES OF THE JUNE 8TH MEETING TO INCLUDE THAT STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD MEMBER WHO SAID FOR THE RECORD, IF THE PLAN, SO I'M SORRY.

MY QUESTION IS WHICH BOARD MEMBER, BECAUSE WE CAN'T ATTRIBUTE THAT TO SOMEBODY THAT, UNLESS WE KNOW WHO IT IS, THAT'S KIND OF MY PROBLEM.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND EXTREMELY NAIVE.

I DON'T KNOW THE VOICES OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THEIR NAMES.

SO UNFORTUNATELY

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IN THE AUDIO RECORDING, THERE IS NO NAME IDENTIFICATION FOR THE PERSON WHO MAKES THAT STATEMENT.

SORRY.

I BELIEVE I MADE THAT STATEMENT.

OH, GREAT.

HI.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER SHEA ARE, UM, ARE YOU AMENABLE TO INCLUDING THAT STATEMENT IN THE MINUTES? YES, I AM.

I WOULD LIKE THE MINUTES TO REFLECT MORE DETAIL SPECIFICALLY THAT STATEMENT.

SO, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO, UM, I'M SORRY, MS. SPIRIT, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM? NO, MA'AM NO.

MA'AM SIMPLY THAT WE WOULD LIKE THAT IN THE WRITTEN MINUTES.

IT'S ALREADY IN THE AUDIO VISUAL VERSION, BUT WE'D LIKE IT IN THE RENT BENEFIT THAT ALL HOSPITALS.

UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES WITH THAT AMENDMENT JUDGE GLEE MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MAYOR MORGAN ON A SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL.

UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE MUTE YOUR, UM, YOUR SPEAKER, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MEETINGS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

UH, LET ME JUST DO THIS IN REVERSE.

IS THERE ANYBODY AGAINST THE MOTION? OKAY, SO WE, UM, WILL, UH, UH, AND ASSUME THAT ALL ARE IN FAVOR.

SO THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE MEETINGS FROM THE JUNE 8TH MEETING PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSS THAT TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE, UM, MOU BETWEEN CAMPO, THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK AND TEXTILE.

AND I BELIEVE MR. COLLINS HAS THIS ONE.

YES I'M.

SO ITEM SEVEN, I KNOW IT WAS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT, UM, SO THIS IS BASICALLY AN MOU.

SO ANY TRANSIT PROVIDER ON THAT, UH, DIRECTLY RECEIVES 53 OH SEVEN FUNDING, UM, IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UM, IN REGARDS TO PLANNING THE, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESS.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE, UM, WITH, UH, CAPITAL METRO.

AND NOW THAT ROUND ROCK HAS TAKEN OVER TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND BECOME A DIRECT RECIPIENT OF THREE OH SEVEN FUNDING.

UH, WE HAVE THIS, UH, STANDARD MOU.

UM, IT'S BASICALLY JUST A COLLABORATION AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE ON THE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

UM, IF YOU RECALL, UH, WE HAVE TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE ADOPT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH, UH, WITH ROUND ROCK.

AND SO THIS MOU, IT'S A, IT'S A JOINT MOU BETWEEN, UH, THE CAMPO POLICY BOARD, UM, THE TRANSIT PROVIDER, UH, THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK IN THIS CASE, AND THEN, UH, AS WELL AS DOT.

UM, SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, JUST A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY IT'S, UH, UM, JUST BASICALLY A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER.

AND IT ALSO ENSURES THAT THEY HAVE A, UH, PLACE, UM, STATE OF ROUND ROCK ALREADY HAS REPRESENTATION BOTH ON THE TECH AND THE POLICY BOARD, IF THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

UH, PRIOR TO THAT, THIS MOU WOULD SPELL THAT OUT, BUT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

UM, BUT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE, UH, MOU.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PRONOUNS? OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT, MAYOR MORGAN, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, WHO WAS THE SECOND POLICE JUST CAME FIRST.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

UM, ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO THIS THE SAME WAY.

IS THERE AGAINST THIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES, UM, BUT FOR NOW, AND PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT MEETING, AT LEAST WE'LL BE DOING IT VIA WEB CHAIRMAN.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

THERE'S ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

UM, MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU ON THE CALL YET? THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

I'M REFERRING TO THE LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFIES PERMANENTLY CHANGING THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD MEETINGS START TIME IS 2:00 PM.

YOU'VE RELIED ON TRANSIT AS A, IT RELATES TO THAT JUSTIFICATION.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE BUSES DO RUN AT SIX

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O'CLOCK.

UM, YOU HAVE 6:00 PM, AND THEY ONLY RUN ONCE AN HOUR BETWEEN SIX AND 10:00 PM.

THAT INFORMATION ONLY APPLIES TO THE BLACK ROUTES.

AND SO I DO FIND IT DISTURBING THAT THAT WOULD BE THE JUSTIFICATION.

I AM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO ATTENDS THE MEETINGS, AND I'VE NOT HAD A PROBLEM ATTENDING THE MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS ON THE BUS.

UM, AND I DON'T USUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING HOME.

EITHER COMMISSIONER SHAY BROUGHT ME HOME ONCE IT WAS BAD WEATHER DAY.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, I USUALLY JUST CATCH THE BUS.

I DO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ITEM THAT DID PASS IN AND THINK IT'S GERMANE.

I DIDN'T SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO, AS THEY PASSED THEIR RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT CONNECT, IT ALSO SPECIFIED LEAVING THE EXISTING LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUTS BUS NETWORK AS IT IS THAT IT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.

AND SO I DO FIND THAT DISTURBING AS WELL.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT ELSE TO SAY TO YOU OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I PROVIDED MY INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.

I DIDN'T GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT THE TREASURY THAT'S CARE ZAC FUNDING RELATED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DEEPLY DISTURBING.

THE MAYOR IN HIS ADDRESS ON WEDNESDAY BASICALLY SAID THAT PROJECT CONNECT ONCE FULLY BUILT WILL BRING MORE FREQUENT AND RAPID TRANSPORTATION TO JOBS, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHCARE FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BLACK AND BROWN HOUSEHOLDS.

AND THAT IS JUST MISLEADING.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIDERSHIP AND COVERAGE AND RIDERSHIP IS WHEN YOU THINK LIKE A BUSINESS AND YOU CHOOSE THE TARGET AUDIENCE, WHICH WOULD BE THE WHITE MILLENNIALS THAT TOOK THE SURVEYS FOR CAPITAL METRO.

AND THE COVERAGE IS WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE MEETINGS OR GETTING TO SCHOOL AND WORK IN THE GROCERY STORES.

AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

I JUST WOULD SAY IN CLOSING THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT I SEE FIXING THIS PROBLEM SO THAT YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME AT NAUSEUM SISTER CAPITAL METRO REFUSES TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM IS TO REMOVE COMPLEMENTARY KITCHEN FROM THE BOARD AND WAIT COOPER THE CHAIR, SINCE YOU APPOINTED BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY'VE DONE NOTHING MORE THAN RESOLUTIONS, BUT THEY'VE NOT BEEN WILLING TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CIRCLE OF 47 OH 2.1 B, WHICH IS THE TITLE SIX GUIDELINES THAT REQUIRE THEM TO REANALYZE THESE ROUTES AND IMPLEMENT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

AND THAT REFERENCED THAT I MENTIONED IS OCTOBER 1ST, 2012.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF IT.

THANK YOU MS. JOSEPH.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANYONE ELSE SIGN UP FOR THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM.

AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

UM, THIS RELATES TO, AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN, UM, EATING AT TWO O'CLOCK SINCE WE WENT VIRTUAL.

UM, AND THERE'S BEEN, THERE WAS ACTUALLY DISCUSSION BEFORE, UM, COVID-19 ABOUT MOVING THE MEETING TWO O'CLOCK WE'VE, UM, DISCOVERED THAT THAT, UH, IT WORKS OUT WELL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE'S CATS AND, UM, STAFF AS WELL AS PARTICULARLY RIGHT NOW MAKING, UH, THE, HAVING THE TECHNICAL STAFF AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE MEETING.

UM, BUT, UH, I WANTED TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT OTHERS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE MEETING TIME.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS FOR ONE, THIS IS OAKLEY I FOR ONE, LIKE THE MOVE TO TWO O'CLOCK, AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL IN THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL, THERE WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS DONE ON THE DIFFERENT NPOS AND THE VARIOUS TIMES THAT THEY MEET ACROSS THE STATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

YOU HAD A QUESTION, IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO THE LOCATION, IF THERE'S BEEN ANY, UM, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR THE EXTENT TO, WHICH IS ANY, UH, NEED FOR CHANGE IN THE LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE TOOL.

YEAH, THERE, THERE, UH, THE CURRENT LOCATION CAN ACCOMMODATE US AT TWO O'CLOCK.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY, UM, ON WHEN THEY LIKE REOPENED FOR THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE, UH, SHOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE US IN, UM, IN A MANNER THAT WE DEEM AS SAFE.

UM, WE ARE ALSO

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COMMISSIONER, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYOR VAN ERSTWHILE IS STILL ON, BUT HE HAD RAISED A CONCERN IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT A TWO O'CLOCK WAS DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD FULL TIME JOBS OUTSIDE OF THEIR, UM, UH, POLITICAL OFFICES.

UM, AND I FELT THERE WAS A SUGGESTION FOR POSSIBLY MOVING IT TO 4:00 PM.

UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF THAT OPTION CAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO STILL MEET DURING THE WORKDAY, BUT IT WOULDN'T BREAK UP THE WORK DAY AS MUCH AS A 2:00 PM MEETING.

DOES.

UM, IS, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING OR, SO I DO RECALL YOU MADE THAT COMMENT.

YEAH, I WILL.

THANK YOU, BRIDGET.

UM, AS LONG AS WE'RE IN ZOOM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TWO OR FOUR IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I THINK WHEN WE GO BACK TO IN PERSON, IT IS HARDER ON THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN, UH, UNPAID, UH, ELECTED OFFICES.

AND WE HAVE OTHER JOBS TO JUST BE TAKING TIME OFF OF OUR JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF, HEY, NOPE.

THAT SOUNDS, I THINK DURING COVID AND ZOOM, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHETHER IT'S TWO OR FOUR.

I DO THINK WHEN IT GOES BACK TO IN PERSON MEETINGS THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE, THOSE ARE THOSE OFFICIALS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEIR JOB IS.

IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR THOSE OF US TO HAVE JOB.

I'VE GOT A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

UM, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT'S SAFE TO GO BACK TO, UM, LARGE IN PERSON MEETINGS? I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP WITH SOME OF THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND CONGESTION ISSUES THAT SOME FOLKS MAY HAVE.

UM, AND IT'S CERTAINLY MORE CONVENIENT.

UM, SO WOULD OUR FUTURE MEETING, UM, PLANS ALLOW FOR PARTICIPATION VIA WEBEX OR WHATEVER, UH, VIRTUAL METHODS ARE AVAILABLE? UM, I THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT NUMBER ONE.

I THINK THE STATUTE ALLOWS IT AS LONG AS THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT IN PERSON.

UM, TIM CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT.

BUT I THINK ACTUALLY THE TRAVIS COUNTY ATTORNEY RULED ON THAT AWHILE BACK AND THEN THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION DID THAT EFFECT.

UM, BUT I THINK THE CHALLENGE WOULD BE THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT JUST FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE SINCE WE'RE NOT CAN A PATIENT AND WE SET UP AND TEAR DOWN, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE, THE CAPABILITIES OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, IF MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THAT ON THE, THE CHECKLIST TO LOOK AT.

SO, UM, WHAT I WANT YOU TO ANSWER MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S MEETINGS IS THAT WE CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE IN FORCING AND VIRTUALLY, AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A, UM, QUORUM TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT UNDER THE, UNDER THE CURRENT GOVERNORS DIRECTIVE UNDER THE PANDEMIC DISASTER DECLARATION.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER.

I WAS REFERRING TO, UM, PRIOR TO THAT, THE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS THAT TO OCCUR, UM, UH, I, I BELIEVE THE NON PANDEMIC MODE, I THINK IT REQUIRES MAJORITY BE PRESENT.

I HAD OUR CHAPTER IN GENERAL COUNSEL, LOOK AT THIS ABOUT A MONTH AGO, TIM, IF YOU PLEASE WEIGH IN, IF YOU ARE UP TO SPEED ON THAT, FEEL FREE IF TO PLAN, ARE YOU STILL THERE, TIM? YES.

I'M HERE TO HEAR ME AND WE DO NOW.

GOVERNORS, ASSUMING THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATIONS SPIRE, AT SOME POINT, I SUSPECT HAVING SAID THAT, UM, THAT ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT'S GOING TO GET CONTINUED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

UM, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.

UM, UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S CURRENT DECLARATIONS WERE PERMITTED TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HAVE BEEN DOING.

UM, UNDER THE PRIOR LAW, I DO NOT BELIEVE, UH, WE COULD, IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME CHANGES IN THE LAW IN ORDER TO HAVE A MIXED THING OR CONTINUE A FULL ZOOM MEETING.

UM, AFTER THE

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THIS IS A GOVERNOR'S AUTHORIZATION OF A ZOOM MEETINGS, UH, AND THEN MIXED MEETINGS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND I SUSPECT ALSO IT WILL BE TAKEN UP, UH, FIRSTHAND IN THE SESSION.

THAT'S WHY IN JANUARY OF 2021 COMMISSIONER SHEA, YOU Y'ALL HEAR ME.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU GO AHEAD.

IT'S GARBLED UP.

I BELIEVE OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY HAD, UM, ADVISED US THAT WE HAVE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT PARTICIPATE, UM, VIRTUALLY IN LONG BEFORE THE GOVERNOR ISSUED THE EMERGENCY ORDER.

SO IT'S THE LAW DIFFERENT FOR CAMPO? UM, I WILL CHECK WITH YOUR, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, UM, AND GET A READOUT ON THAT, UH, POSITION.

THAT'S NOT MY INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW PRIOR TO THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION.

I CERTAINLY WILL.

I CERTAINLY WILL TAKE UP YOUR, AND MAYBE GERALD CAN WAIT BECAUSE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S MEETINGS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS COMMISSIONER, UM, AND, AND TIM, YOU MAY NOT BE UP TO SPEED ON THIS.

I DID HAVE OUR ATTORNEY LOOK AT IT.

THE, THE STATUTE SAYS THAT IF A MAJORITY PRIOR TO COVID, IF MAJORITY OF THE BODY IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT, THEN OTHER MEMBERS MAY JOIN VIA, UM, SOME KIND OF VIDEO CONFERENCING MEANS IS THE WAY THE STATUTE, UH, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND THAT WAS, UH, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL LOOKED INTO THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

SO WITH ALL THAT, WELL, MAJORITY CORRECT, MR. LONG IS NOT A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

YES.

FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT.

SO FOR OUR PURPOSES, NOT A SIMPLE MAJORITY, BUT A, IT HAS TO BE A QUORUM OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE BASELINE THAT I'M MAKING TOO.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE, IF THE DECLARATION WERE NOT IN PLACE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM IN PERSON.

YOU COULD HAVE OTHERS JOIN IN, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF A COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE EVERYONE A QUORUM PHYSICALLY THAT, SO TIM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT BRIDGE MY APOLOGY.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT BRIDGET WAS TRYING TO CONVEY IS WHETHER OR NOT IF WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN PERSON BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY IN FACT, START GTL, UTILIZE THESE NEW MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

WE'RE PLEDGED I THINK ALLEGEDLY.

SO I THINK THAT DOES HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND I KIND OF LIKED THE FOUR O'CLOCK IDEA PERSONALLY.

AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT, UM, MAYOR MORGAN BROUGHT UP THE FACT ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CALL AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, VIA EXAM OR CALLING AND WHATEVER DURING THE DAY, FACILITATING HELP, UM, LEFT IN THE BROOKLYN, SOME OF OUR PUBLIC FROM THIS AND IN THIS STUFF FROM THERE AS WELL.

SO IS THE, THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS TO, UM, AND JUST ONCE AGAIN, A REMINDER, PLEASE MUTE YOUR MIC FOR PHONES.

UM, I'M HEARING A BUNCH OF PAPER SHUFFLING IN THE BACKGROUND.

UM, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF, ESPECIALLY OUR WEBEX SUPPORT, UM, WE ARE UTILIZING IT SUPPORT THAT, UH, IS AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY.

AND SO MY, MY CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE.

UM, AND, AND, UH, SO AS LONG AS WE'RE USING THIS PLATFORM, UH, FOR THE NEAR TERM, WE REALLY DO NEED TO MEET EARLIER IN THE EVENT THAT WE RUN AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK, WHICH, UM, I'M HOPING WE'RE NOT DOING AGAIN ANYTIME SOON, BUT, UH, THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR A FEW TIMES.

UM, SO WHAT MY PROPOSAL LET'S LOOK AT IT THIS WAY IS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, MEET, UH, VIRTUALLY OR PARTIALLY VIRTUALLY THAT WE KEEP IT AT, UH, TWO O'CLOCK AND THEN, UH, DIFFERENTLY.

UH, IF WE, AT THE POINT IN TIME THAT WE RESUME FULL TIME IN PERSON MEETINGS LIKE THAT IN FORM OF EMOTION.

I AGREE.

THIS IS OAKLEY AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO MEET AT TWO O'CLOCK, UM, WHEN, UH, AND THEN AT THE POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE, UM, MOVE BACK TO IN PERSON OR TO, UM, PARTIAL THAT, THAT WE LOOKED PERHAPS AT A FOUR O'CLOCK, BUT KEEP IT AT TWO O'CLOCK FOR NOW.

SO THE MOTION

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WE CAN ALWAYS READDRESS IT.

CHERYL, CAN WE BE ASSURED THAT THIS, UM, THE, UH, ON A FUTURE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA ONCE WE WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE MEETING.

CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, I CAN DO THIS.

THIS MEANS IF WE DO THIS IN PERSON, I'VE GOT LEE, SAN MARCUS AT NOON, AND I KNOW THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MY PREDECESSOR TO HAVE TO TAKE OFF A HALF DAY IN ORDER TO MAKE A MEETING.

SO JUST WANTED TO GET THAT IN THERE.

UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE'LL DO THIS IN REVERSE ANYBODY.

UM, OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

ALREADY HEARD FROM HER.

ALRIGHT.

UM, ANYBODY AGAINST THE MOTION? OKAY.

UM, THEN WE WILL ASSUME ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CAMPO NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM NETWORKS.

[9. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Amendments to the CAMPO National Highway System (NHS) Network]

MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION A FOLLOW UP ITEM NUMBER THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER BY MR. CHAD, A STATEWIDE EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

WE ARE LOOKING AT FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO SEE IF ANY MODIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.

IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS FLIGHT OVERALL TIMELINE FOR THIS STUDY.

UH, WE STARTED THE STUDY, UH, BACK IN WINTER OF 2018.

WE FIRST MET WITH CAMPO ON JANUARY 18, 2019.

AND THEN WE HAD SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WITH THE STAFF AND ATTACKED WOULD WAS ALSO COMPLETED IN SUMMER OF 2019.

BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE GOT FROM CAMPO, WE HAD SUPPLEMENTAL EVALUATIONS AND ALSO GOING TO GET A REVIEW WITH EFFECTIVELY, AND THEN THE REVISED MODIFICATIONS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AGAIN WITH THE TAC TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JULY 20TH, 2020.

THAT IS WHAT IS MENTIONED IN ITEM NUMBER FOUR EARLIER.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GET THE POLICY BOARD APPROVAL ON THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL WITH THE ATTACK ON JULY 20TH.

WE JUST HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION HERE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS, UH, PASS IT ON TO CURTIS JONES TO DISCUSS THOSE DETAILS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

GOT IT.

YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, BREAK IN ACTION THERE.

UH, AS AKILAH SAID, I'M CURTIS JONES, I'M THE, UH, THE, UH, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THE PRESENTATION OFF FROM HERE.

UM, SO BASICALLY THE NHS EVALUATION PROCESS, WHAT WE DID, WE TOOK, UH, SOME MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS IN FOR THE NHS NHS INCLUDED.

WE WANT IT TO SERVE MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS OR INTERMODAL FACILITIES SERVE LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL NEEDS AND CONNECT LARGE REGIONS ABILITY ACROSS A REGION, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE OUTLINE AREAS AND THE URBAN CORE WE WANTED TO, WE WANTED TO AVOID RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND PROVIDE LIMITED ACCESS TO SURROUNDING LAND USES AND DIRECT INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS SUPPORTED BY LOWER PERFORMANCE DATA IN REVIEW OF THE REGIONAL SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY.

SO, UH, WHAT WE DID IS, UM, WE LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM AND WE WANTED TO ADD THREE CORRIDORS

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AND REMOVE 24 DOORS.

UH, AS FAR AS THE INTERMODAL FACILITY WANTS TO REMOVE 20, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR MOTOR FACILITIES ON THE SYSTEM THAT NO LONGER SERVE TRAFFIC.

AND THAT'S A PARK AND RIDE IN THE ROBERT MUELLER AIRPORT.

UM, WHERE WERE YOU ON THE PROCESS? SO THE MPOS STAFF, UH, THE MPO STAFF LED THE REVIEWS AND THE NHS MODIFICATIONS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STUDY TEAM, TEXT, DIAGNOSE HWA, FINAL REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE.

WE COORDINATED A REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

AND AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE ARE NOW IS, IS, IS WHERE YOU COME IN TO POLICY BOARD, SUPPORT ME ON PO CONCURRENT STATEMENTS AND WE'LL PROVIDE OFFICIAL CONCURRENT STATEMENTS IN FRONT OF HIM, OF AN MPO LETTER, A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE MODIFICATIONS.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE MEETING, HERE'S MY INFORMATION.

YOU CAN CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL OR CELL PHONE.

UM, I WON'T, BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE OFFICE NOW, BUT YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON MY MOBILE PHONE.

UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS AND THE BOARD HAS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ITEMS? OKAY.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MATEAH IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE AGAINST THE MOTION? ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL ASSUME THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, UM, ITEM FOR MINE.

ITEM 10 DISCUSSION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO THE 2019, UM, TIP AND THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

MOVING ON.

LET'S SEE.

LET ME GET BACK TO

[10. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Amendments to the 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Program and 2045 Regional Transportation Plan]

OF THE TIP IS THAT IT, UH, IN ORDER TO BE CERTIFIED FOR CONSTRUCTION LENDING, THE PROJECT HAS TO BE LISTED IN WHICHEVER ONE THAT CURRENT TIP IS.

UH, THIS IS, UH, RYAN COLLINS WITH CAMPUS STAFF.

IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, SO THIS IS A, UM, OUT OF CYCLE AMENDMENT REQUEST THAT WE'VE BROUGHT ON BRINGING TO THE POLICY BOARD.

UM, SO WE'VE RECEIVED THREE REQUESTS FOR OUT OF CYCLE OF AMENDMENTS AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROCESS THOSE THROUGH THE QUICK ACTION OPTION, UM, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN.

UM, AND JUST TO REITERATE, WE DO HAVE, UH, WE REGULARLY AMEND BOTH THE TIP AND THE LONG RANGE PLAN.

UM, MOST OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

WE DO IT IN THE SPRING AND ALSO IN THE FALL.

UM, AND THAT'S USUALLY AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS WHERE WE TAKE APPLICATIONS AND THEN TAKE THE NIMITZ OUT FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

UM, AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH A COUPLE OF ROUNDS, UH, TO THE POLICY BOARD AND ALSO TO THE TECH.

UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE QUICK ACTION OPTION.

OCCASIONALLY WE WILL RECEIVE AMENDMENT REQUESTS THAT ARE URGENT IN NATURE, UM, TYPICALLY HAS TO DO WITH SOME FEDERAL OR STATE REQUIREMENT OR DEADLINE THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, UH, THAT REQUIRES THE AMENDMENT.

AND THAT'S THE CASE HERE WITH THESE THREE AMENDMENTS.

UM, WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS, UH, SUBMITTED FROM THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS.

UM, THEY ARE LOOKING TO TRANSFER SOME FTA, UH, 53 39 FUNDS.

THESE FUNDS WERE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED TO CARTS BACK IN 2016.

UM, BUT AS SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW, SAN MARCUS HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN OVER, UM, TRANSIT OPERATIONS IN THEIR CITY.

UM, AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO PURCHASE A PAIR OF TRANSIT BUS.

UM, THE, THE KICKER WITH THIS ONE IS THAT THOSE FUNDS ACTUALLY LAPSE AT THE END OF THIS FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING TO AMEND THAT, THAT, UH, THOSE FUNDS INTO THE CURRENT, UH, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THAT IS THE 2019 2022 TIP.

UM, THAT IS ACTIVE UP UNTIL, UH, THE NEW TIP IS, UH, IS APPROVED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

UM, THAT IS THE NEW TIP IS THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN ON JUNE 8TH.

UM, THAT'S THE 21, 2024 TIP.

UM, BUT SO WE'RE STILL CURRENTLY OPERATING ON THE 1922.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO AMEND THIS PROJECT, UH, AND TO THAT, UM, AND, UH, JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT IT, UH, HAS HAD A PREVIOUS PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, THIS, UH, FUNDING WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED UNDER COURTS, UH, BACK IN THE 2017 2020 TIP.

UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER AND TEXTILES.

UH, THIS IS A SAFE HOUSE, THE SCHOOL PROJECT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO LET, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ROLL THIS PROJECT OVER, UM, FROM THE CURRENT TIP INTO THE NEW TIP TO ENSURE THAT THE LISTING IS LISTED IN THE CURRENT, UH, TIP AT THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WEDDING.

UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS

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UM, AND BECAUSE THIS ONE IS, UH, THIS PRODUCT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO LEAD IN THAT TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN THE 20, UH, THE 20 1922 TO, UM, AND POTENTIALLY IT'S 21, 2024 TIP THAT IS CURRENTLY WAITING FEDERAL APPROVAL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE.

SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PROACTIVELY ROLL THIS OVER INTO THE NEW TIP, UH, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THAT, UH, PROJECT IS LISTED, UH, WHEN IT GOES TO CONSTRUCTION.

UM, THIS PROJECT JUST TO REMINDER, UH, WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE 2019 2022 PROJECT CALL AND TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BACK IN 2018.

UM, SO IT DID GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2018.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO HAVE A, AN AMENDMENT FROM TEXAS AND HAYS COUNTY.

UH, THIS IS FOR THE FM 2001 CORRIDOR.

UM, THIS, UH, PROJECT IS, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING IT BE ADDED TO THE, UH, LONG RANGE IN 2045, UH, LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, TO THE BROADWAY LISTINGS.

UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY LISTED IN THE 2035 LONG RANGE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE 2040.

UM, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S UNDERGOING, UH, BASICALLY FINALIZING THE NEPA PROCESS.

UM, THEY'VE DONE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON IT AND ARE COMPLETING THE FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR THE FONZIE.

UM, AND IN ORDER FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS TO BE COMPLETE, IT DOES HAVE TO BE LISTED IN THE CURRENT PLAN.

UH, SO WE ARE, UH, LOOKING TO ADD THE, UH, THIS PROJECT TO THE 2045 LONG RANGE PLAN.

UM, ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT NONE OF THEM IMPACTS FISCAL CONSTRAINT, UM, AND NONE OF THEM ALLOCATE FUNDING.

THESE ARE ALL FUNDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY, UH, SELECTED AND, AND ALLOCATED EITHER BY THIS POLICY BOARD.

UM, AND AS FAR AS THAT, AND THE LONG RANGE PLAN LISTING THAT PROJECT IS, UM, PARTIALLY FUNDED, BUT NOT COMPLETELY FUNDED, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, AND ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS DO FULFILL SOME, UH, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY DON'T INVOLVE ACTUALLY ALLOCATING ANY FUNDING.

SO, UM, THAT KIND OF, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THESE THREE, UH, ITEMS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, AND AGAIN, I DO WANT TO, UH, MENTION THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THE IRREGULAR FALL AMENDMENT CYCLE.

UM, WE WILL BE OPENING IN THAT OPENING DATA LATER THIS MONTH, BUT ALL OF THESE HAVE IMMINENT, UH, THESE THREE PRODUCTS HAVE IMMINENT, UH, ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH, UH, AN OUT OF CYCLE AMENDMENT.

SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UH, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE SLIDE, UM, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTION 2028 10.

MADAM CHAIR, MR. COLLINS.

UM, I MESSED UP ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.

GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION MOVE APPROVAL.

UGLY MOVES APPROVAL.

WHO'S WHO WAS THE SECOND JONES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD.

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER SHAY, UM, UM, DOES THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DEFERRED AND MAINTAINING LISTS THAT WE HAD SUCH EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS OVER IT'S A $48 MILLION PLUS PROJECT THOUGH? THE, UM, UH, TO, I CAN'T SEE THE SCREEN AGAIN, BUT THE, UM, OH, I'M CHANGING IT TO A FOUR LANE, $48 MILLION PROJECT.

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE ANY FISCAL IMPACT? I'M NOT CLEAR ON THIS, THIS PROJECT IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED RIGHT NOW.

IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY IT'S REQUIRED TO BE IN THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE'RE AMENDING THE TIP TO ADD IT TO THE CORRECT.

AND DOESN'T, ISN'T THE CHIP FISCALLY CONTRACT CONSTRAINT.

DON'T YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY IDENTIFIED YES.

FOR THE TIP.

IF YOU'LL, UH, IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE FM 2001 PROJECT IS EXCLUSIVELY, UH, BEING, UH, ADDED TO THE 2045 RTP.

IT IS NOT CURRENTLY LISTED IN THE CURRENT TIP.

UM, AND WE'RE NOT ADDING IT TO THE TIP BECAUSE IT IS NOT FUNDED AT THIS POINT.

IT IS ONLY GOING THROUGH THIS TIP AMENDMENTS IS TIP END PLAN.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, PRESENTATION ON POTENTIAL OPEN ROADS POLICY FOR THE CAMPER REGION.

AND SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT THE, THE FIRST TWO THAT HE LISTED ARE THE TIP AMENDMENTS, THE, UM, AND THE, THE THIRD ONE, WHICH YOU JUST ASKED ABOUT COMMISSIONER SHAY IS THE, UM, PLAN UPDATE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I'M SEEING NONE.

IS THERE ANYONE AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 10? OKAY.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE

[11. Presentation on Benefits of a Potential Open Roads Policy for the CAMPO Region ]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

MY NAME IS TOM FELLER.

I'M WITH KINLEY, CORN AND ASSOCIATES HORN IS WORKING WITH CAMPO AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 2018, UM, INCIDENT REGIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THAT REGIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

MANY OF THOSE WERE SPECIFIC TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND TEXTILES.

UH, BUT THERE WERE SIX OVER, UH, OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AS A, THESE WERE FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE FELT LIKE HAD THE POTENTIAL FOR BENEFITS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE HOW WE DEAL WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND NON HAZMAT SKILLS IN THE AREA, HOW WE DEAL WITH LARGE VEHICLE CRASHES AND MOVING THOSE OFF THE ROADWAY.

BUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN THE BEGINNING WAS DEVELOPING AN OPEN ROADS POLICY.

THE IDEA OF AN OPEN ROADS POLICY IS IT AFFIRMS THE COMMITMENT OF THE REGION TO HAVING QUICK SAVE CLEARANCE OF ROADS.

AND WE THINK THAT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE SOONER WE CAN MOVE INCIDENTS OFF THE ROADWAY, THE SOONER WE CAN SENSE OFF OF THE ROADWAY, UH, THE SOONER, UH, THE, THE MORE SAFE THOSE INCIDENTS BECOME, WE'RE ABLE TO GET FIRST RESPONDERS OUT OF THE ROADWAY.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT, OFF THE ROAD AND ANYONE THAT'S COMING UP ON THAT INCIDENT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE WHERE WE'VE SUDDENLY FOUND OURSELVES STOPPING ON A ROAD, UNEXPECTEDLY, HOPING THE PERSON BEHIND US DOESN'T RUN INTO US THE SOONER WE CAN REDUCE THOSE CUES LIKE THAT, THE SAFER WE CAN MAKE THOSE INCIDENTS.

YEAH, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT POLICY.

UM, GENERALLY IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD.

UH, WE MODELED IT ON WHAT MANY OTHER STATES HAVE DONE AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, WHERE WE FELT LIKE THEIR OPEN ROADS POLICIES WERE EFFECTIVE.

ESSENTIALLY.

IT SAYS THAT WHENEVER A ROAD OR IS BLOCKED, UH, THAT RESPONDERS SHALL REOPEN THE ROADWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN AN URGENT MANNER, SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND INCIDENT RESPONDERS REMAINS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND MUST BE PRESERVED.

AND WE THINK THE TWO OF THOSE GO HAND IN HAND VERY WELL, YOU KNOW, OPENING ROADS QUICKER ALSO MEANS SAFER FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR RESPONDERS.

UH, THE POLICY SETS TARGETS, UH, THE OVERALL TARGET IS TO CLEAR INCIDENTS, ALL INCIDENTS FROM THE ROADWAY WITHIN 90 MINUTES.

AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL WHAT'S CALLED THE NATIONAL UNIFIED GOAL, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GOAL, UH, OF FIRST RESPONDERS TO TRY TO CLEAR INCIDENTS, INCLUDING FATAL INCIDENTS.

WITHIN 90 MINUTES, WE WANTED TO SET SOME MORE SPECIFIC GOALS FOR FREEWAYS, WITH A GOAL TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

AND THAT MEANS BEING UNSEEN AND PROVIDING TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THEN CLEARING ROADWAYS ON CLEARING FREEWAYS WITHIN 60 MINUTES.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE GREAT DATA RIGHT NOW TO SAY, HOW REALISTIC IS THAT? SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY AND WITH SOME OTHER PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT DATA COLLECTION, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF IF THAT 60 AND 30 MINUTES IS REALISTIC AND THE HOPE IS OVER TIME, WE CAN BRING THAT DOWN, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START BASED ON THE DATA WE DO HAVE.

AND BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN ELSEWHERE IN THE NATION, IT DOES INCLUDE AN EXPECTATION THAT AGENCIES REGULARLY TRACK AND ASSESS THEIR TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE.

AND WE THINK THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF THE STRATEGIES, THE PROGRAMS, THE TRAINING THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED IN THE REGION ARE BEING EFFECTIVE.

THE PLAN ALSO DETAILS SOME SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AGENCIES IN THE CAMPO REGION, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE, AND A MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ROAD, MAINTAINING AGENCIES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TEXTILE, CTR, RMA COUNTIES, AND CITIES, UH, AND THE REGIONAL, UH, TIM GROUP, WHICH IS CALLED AIM HIGH.

UH, SO WE DO IDENTIFY SOME SPECIFIC ROLES, BUT GENERALLY, UH, THE KEY THING IS THAT WE'RE ASKING AGENCIES TO WORK TOGETHER AND SET A PRIORITY TOWARDS QUICK SAFE CLEARANCE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THE NEED FOR AN OPEN ROADS POLICY.

UH, WE FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE REGION IS GROWING AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, UH, IS GOING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING CAPACITY OF ROADWAYS OPEN, UH, EVEN MORE CRITICAL.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT WHETHER YOU'RE IN A VEHICLE, WHETHER YOU'RE ON A BUS, UH, EVEN IN SOME CASES, COMMUTER RAIL THAT COULD BE BLOCKED BY INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AT TRACKS.

SO CLEARING INCIDENTS IS A KEY THING FOR MOBILITY IN THE REGION.

WE KNOW IN THE CAMPO REGION, THE GREEN LINE AT THE BOTTOM, THE CRASH RATE PER A HUNDRED MILLION MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED HAS BEEN INCREASING, UH, TRENDING

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UPWARD OVER THE YEARS.

UH, OBVIOUSLY A KEY PARTS OF THAT IS HOW CAN WE REDUCE THE CRASHES IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT TOWARDS THAT FUNDING, LIKE THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS CITIES AND STATES, UH, IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER EFFORTS LIKE TEXTILES ROAD TO ZERO, WHICH IS AIMED AT REDUCING OR ELIMINATING FATALITIES ON ALL TEXAS FOR OUR WAYS BY THE YEAR 2050.

HOWEVER, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA MAKE MISTAKES.

UM, VEHICLES ARE GOING TO BECOME DISABLED.

UM, PEOPLE WILL BE DISTRACTED.

DEBRIS WILL FALL ON THE ROADWAY.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE COUNT AS INCIDENTS BECAUSE THEY WALKED THE ROADWAY.

SO UNFORTUNATELY WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS, UH, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WAYS TO IMPROVE AND OPEN THE ROADS QUICKER.

WE GOT TRAFFIC INCIDENTS IN URBAN AREAS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 25% OF CONGESTION THAT GOES UP TO ABOUT 50% AND MORE RURAL AREAS.

UH, SO A KEY WAY TO ADDRESS CONGESTION IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THESE INCIDENTS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE KNOW IN THIS REGION WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 35, UH, IN THE COMING YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE LIMITED CAPACITY DURING CONSTRUCTION OR THERE'S TIMES WHEN ROADS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ARE VERY LIMITED.

WE'LL SEE TIMES WHEN THERE'S NOT SHOULDERS AVAILABLE.

AND WE'LL SEE TIMES WHEN FREEWAYS ARE CLOSED DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE DETOURING.

ANYTIME WE LOSE LANE IN THOSE SITUATIONS, IT BECOMES THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND SAFELY IN ORDER TO TRY TO KEEP SOME, UH, SOME SENSE OF MOBILITY IN THE REGION.

SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT, UH, PROGRAMS, TRAINING PROCEDURES THAT WE CAN DO SOON IN ORDER TO BETTER PREPARE FOR THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF .

UH, WE THINK THAT START TO, THIS IS THE OPEN ROADS POLICY SETTING, A REGIONAL PRIORITY TO KEEP ROADS OPEN.

THE KEY THING ABOUT THE OPEN ROADS POLICY, IT DOES SUPPORT EXISTING AND PLANNED PROGRAMS. UH, THINGS LIKE THE HERO, THAT WAY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS THAT I HEAR HERO TRUCKS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT CAMPO CURRENTLY FUNDS.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AND CONTINUE TO USE OF THAT THINGS LIKE SCITECH, THAT COMBINED TRANSPORTATION, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, OR TEXTILE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN, FOREIGN POLICE, TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF WORKED TOGETHER TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS QUICKLY.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, GOALS THAT WERE SET IN THE REGIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN TO FURTHER IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE INCIDENTS.

AGENCIES, ET CETERA, THAT ARE NEEDED TO, UM, MORE SEVERE CRASHES OR, UM, AS, AS THE CHAIR.

NO, UM, OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE HOPING, UH, ONE BY STARTING WITH THE POLICY AND THEN CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE REGIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF TRAFFIC INCIDENT SCENES, UH, REDUCE SECONDARY CRASHES, REDUCED CONGESTION AND DUE TO TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AND BE BETTER PREPARED TO DEAL WITH, UH, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WITH CONSTRUCTION COMING UP, AND WE WANT TO HAVE CLEAR AND REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW RESPONDING AGENCIES DEAL WITH INCIDENTS, UM, HOW WE MEASURE, UH, OUR ABILITY TO CLEAR THOSE INCIDENTS, UH, AND LOOK TOWARDS IMPROVING THAT ABILITY AND SPEEDING UP, UH, CLEARANCE DURING INCIDENTS AND NEXT TIME.

OH, AND, UH, FINALLY JUST WANTING TO, UH, TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS, UM, OPEN ROADS POLICY FITS IN WITH OTHER LAWS AND OTHER EFFORTS, UM, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE TEXAS LAW SIDE OF THINGS, UH, LAWS LIKE THE AUTHORITY OF REMOVAL LAW, WHICH ALLOW AUTHORITIES TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM, UH, ROADWAYS WITHOUT HAVING A LIABILITY TO BASICALLY PUSH THINGS OFF TO THE SIDE AND QUICKLY OPEN ROADS, THE DRIVER REMOVAL LAW, THE MOVE OVER AND SLOW DOWN LAW.

WE THINK THE OPEN ROADS POLICY WORKS VERY WELL, UH, WITH THESE, UM, IT FOLLOWS PRECEDENTS.

WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER STATES.

UH, WE'VE SEEN STATES FROM, UH, WASHINGTON TO NEVADA, TO TENNESSEE, TO GEORGIA, TO FLORIDA THAT HAVE OPEN ROADS.

POLICY, TEXAS IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THEIR OWN STATEWIDE, OPEN ROADS POLICY.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TEXTILE STATEWIDE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IN DEVELOPING THE OPEN ROADS POLICY FOR CAMPO.

THERE'S NOT A TIMEFRAME YET FOR WHEN THAT OPEN ROADS POLICY WILL BE SET.

IT WILL PROBABLY INVOLVE DPS AND TEXTILES.

UH, AND WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A POLICY FOR THIS REGION, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND LEVEL OF CONGESTION WE EXPECT TO SEE.

UM, SO WE THINK CAMPO CAN LEAD THE WAY, UH, AS FAR AS WE'VE SEEN, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A, ANOTHER MPO OR REGION THAT DEVELOPED A PLAN.

UH, THE OTHER OPEN ROADS POLICIES WE'VE

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SEEN HAVE ALL BEEN WINE.

WE DO SEE THINGS LIKE IN GEORGIA, THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION DID PASS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT GEORGIA STATEWIDE LAW.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT MANY OTHER PLACES, BUT WE FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW GIVEN THE, THE LEVEL OF CONGESTION AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING THIS AS A PRIORITY FOR THE REGION, UH, AND LOOK TO HAVE AN OPEN ROADS POLICY SET.

AND THEN THAT SHOULD WORK HAND IN HAND WITH MY POLICY IF THAT'S IMPLEMENTED SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE NEXT LINE.

AND I THINK THAT WRAPPED IT UP.

AND, UM, TOM, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO ASHBY IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON MY WAY TO THE MEETING TODAY.

I GOT TO SEE THIS IN ACTION AS I WAS COMING SOUTH ON ONE 83.

UM, THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER ON A MOTORCYCLE, KIND OF HAD GOTTEN IN FRONT OF THE TRAFFIC AND WAS ZIGZAGGING BACK AND FORTH TO CLEARLY SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN.

AND MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THERE'S A WRECK AHEAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT WAS DOING IT VERY EFFECTIVELY.

IT'S SLOWED IT, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE AT 65 HAD GOTTEN US DOWN TO ABOUT 40 DOING IT IN A VERY SAFE MANNER.

AND THEN WE CAME UP ON ANOTHER, THE MOTORCYCLE POLICE OFFICER, THIS WAS AROUND DUVALL AT THIS POINT, WHO WAS CLEARING DEBRIS OUT OF THE ROADWAY.

AND, UM, IT, IT WAS JUST, UH, I MEAN THE WHOLE THING PROBABLY TOOK LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS THIS BIG STRAP.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF TWO BY FOURS THAT WOULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A WRECK.

AND SO IT WAS IT'S TIMELY DISCUSSION BECAUSE I EXPERIENCED IT ON MY WAY HERE.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THE TWO, UM, MOTORCYCLE POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE APD THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT THIS AFTERNOON.

SO, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TIMING.

I'M ACTUALLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UM, I WOULD JUST SAY AT THIS POINT, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? I WOULD JUST SAY AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL TODAY.

UM, THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS TO TAC, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING AND DISCUSS THIS WITH TAC.

AGAIN, WE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE WITH PAC, BUT, UM, AS, UM, TOM SAID, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BEFORE WE REALLY GET STARTED ON THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY RECONSTRUCTION, UH, WORK.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE, UM, UM, EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO US TO GET THROUGH THAT PROJECT.

UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER REGIONS, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE, UM, INTERSTATE IS RUNNING THROUGH REGION.

WE DON'T HAVE A BELTWAY, UH, RUNNING THROUGH THE REGIONAL, WE CAN REROUTE, SO WE HAVE TO USE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.

SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE BRINGING THIS, THIS ITEM ITEM FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU, ASHBY.

UM, DOES, WHILE WE STILL HAVE TOM AVAILABLE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF HIM? I'M SURE THIS IS CONCERTIA, I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS.

UH, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT, UM, I'M, UM, I DON'T NEED A LONG EXPLANATION, BUT I KIND OF THOUGHT THIS WAS ALREADY THE LOG ON THAT YOU HAD TO TRY AND QUICKLY REMOVE, UM, ACCIDENTS OR, OR WHATEVER SEEM TO INDICATE UNDER THE SUPPORT'S EXISTING TEXAS LAW, THAT THESE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT TOM? YOU WANT TO TRY, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THE DRAFT OF A LAW ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES A DRIVERS.

IF YOU'RE IN A CRASH AND YOU CAN SAFELY REMOVE YOUR VEHICLE, THAT YOU MOVE IT OUT OF THE TRAVEL WAY, AND IF IT'S ON A FREEWAY, YOU REMOVE IT AND MOVE IT TO OFF THE FREEWAY.

UM, SO THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC LAW.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITH THE POLICY IS ESSENTIALLY A COMMITMENT FROM, UH, UM, TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES FROM FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, ANY WAY TO IMPROVE INCIDENT RESPONSE.

UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THE INCIDENT SCENE QUICKER, UM, DOING THE INVESTIGATIONS IS, IS FASCINATING AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UH, THINGS LIKE TOW OPERATORS TO, UH, PUT IN PLACES LIKE THE HEAVY TOW POLICY THAT ARE PROGRAMMED, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO TRY TO GET, UH, HEAVY TOW VEHICLES THAT ARE QUALIFIED INTO A SCENE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

UM, SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SORT OF A BROADER OVERALL PROGRAM TO TRY TO REMOVE INCIDENTS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

WHEREAS THE DRIVER REMOVAL LAW PUTS THE, PUTS THE BURDEN ON DRIVERS TO GET THEIR VEHICLES OUT OF THE ROADWAY IF THEY ARE ABLE TO SAFELY DO SO.

IT DOESN'T ADDRESS ALL OF THE RESPONSE FROM FIRST RESPONDERS, FROM TRANSPORTATION

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AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY TRYING TO DO THINGS, TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY THAT AND MOVE THAT OFF THE ROAD.

SO WE PREVENT OTHER CRASHES.

MY SECOND QUESTION, I'M SORRY, PATRICIA, THIS IS ASHLEY.

I WANTED TO ADD ONTO THAT.

OH, I'M SO ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS POLICY IS, UM, UM, I'M USING, UM, A SPILL AT THIS POINT, NOT HAZMAT, BUT LET'S SAY THERE'S A, THERE'S A TRUCK THAT'S CARRYING FRUIT AND IT, UM, IT OVERTURNS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THERE'S NO CONSISTENT POLICY ABOUT HOW TO CLEAN OR THAT SPILL UP AND GET THE ROAD, UH, OPEN AGAIN.

SO NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU CAN'T SELL THAT FRUIT AGAIN, UH, AFTER IT'S TURNED OVER.

AND WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO GO OUT, THE CARRIER HAS BROUGHT IN PEOPLE THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC STOPPED ON THE ROADWAY FOR HOURS, TRYING TO BRING SOMEBODY IN TO SCOOP THEIR FRUIT UP AND GET IT BACK INTO THE TRUCK, UH, IN HOPES THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT SOMEWHERE AND SELL IT AGAIN.

AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST, UM, SET UNIFORM, UM, GUIDELINES.

SO FOLKS HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO, AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY SPEED, UM, YOU KNOW, OPENING THE ROADWAYS UP AGAIN AND ALSO DO SAFE AND SAFE MANNER.

I GOT IT.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT AT SIX 20, WHICH WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE, SIX 20 IN COMMITTEE, TRUE WHEN THE ESD SIX, UM, FIRE TRUCK DRIVER, UH, HAD A MEDICAL, UM, INCIDENT PASSED OUT AND THE FIRE TRUCK CROSSED OVER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SMASHED INTO SEVERAL CARS, THEN RULED OVER AND KNOCKED OUT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.

AND I THINK BROUGHT DOWN SOME OF THE POWER LINES, UH, AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, IT, I THINK IT TOOK OVER EIGHT HOURS TO CLEAR THAT ACCIDENT.

AND THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY FOR MANY PEOPLE TO GET TO AND FROM HOME, UH, ALONG SIX 20.

SO, UM, UH, THAT, I MEAN, I, I STILL DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR EXACTLY WHY THAT TOOK SO LONG, EXCEPT IT WAS A VERY COMPLEX AND, UH, DANGEROUS ACCIDENT, BUT, UM, WOULD THIS HELP CLEAR UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT MORE QUICKLY? THAT JUST SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS TERRIBLY COMPLICATED? CAUSE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE LANES OF TRAFFIC.

I'D HEARD.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ELECTRICAL WIRE ACROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC AS WA AS WELL.

SO, UH, HOW MIGHT THIS NEW POLICY HELP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT? HORRIBLE SIX 20 CONFIGURATION ACCIDENT? I THINK THROUGH, THROUGH A POLICY LIKE THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.

SO EVEN THOUGH, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PARTICULAR CRASH RESULTED IN A FATALITY.

UM, ANYTIME THERE'S A MAJOR CRASH LIKE THAT, THAT INVOLVES SERIOUS INJURY, A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT ON INVESTIGATION.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE USING DRONES OR SOME AGENCIES IN THE REGION, NOT ALL WE'LL COME BACK AND DO AN INVESTIGATION LATER, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENING OR ON THE WEEKEND WHEN TRAFFIC IS LIGHTER.

UM, CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES.

SO WHETHER THAT'S, UM, IF WE NEED A HEAVY RECORD TO GET OUT THERE TO GET THE FIRETRUCK UPRIGHT IN AND OFF THE ROAD, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT, IF THAT WAS A DELAY IN TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT OUT THERE TO MOVE THE FIRETRUCK.

UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, I DO KNOW, I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT WERE OUT.

UM, SO IN THAT CASE, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE TEXTILE AND NOT CITY OF AUSTIN SIGNALS THAT WENT OUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEED TO TRY TO GET THE MAINTENANCE CREWS OUT THERE WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT QUICKLY.

UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT OVERALL COMMITMENT FROM A HIGH LEVEL TO SAY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE THE HIGHEST.

ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES IS TO OPEN THAT ROAD, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, LEAVING THAT ROAD CLOSED FOR HOURS, CREATED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION, BUT ALSO JUST CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EVERY DRIVER OUT THERE.

UM, SO I CAN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN FASTER, PARTICULARLY WITH THINGS LIKE THE ELECTRICAL LINES, BUT TRYING TO IMPROVE POLICIES AND COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN GET ALL THE, ALL THE RESPONDERS OUT THERE QUICKLY.

UM, SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS IN A VERY LINEAR FASHION AND INVESTIGATION HAS DONE, THEN A TOW TRUCK COMES OUT AND LOSE THE VEHICLE.

THEN THE REPAIRS ARE DONE TO THE ROADWAY.

A LOT OF TIMES WE FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE DONE, UM, IN COORDINATION WITH EACH OTHER AND WE CAN BE MOVING A VEHICLE.

WE CAN BE BRINGING IN ANY EMS. WE COULD BE STARTING TO DO REPAIRS IF IT'S SAFE TO DO SO ON DAMAGE LIKE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SO TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO THAT QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENT, I THINK IS WHAT THIS CALLS YOU SUPPORT.

SO THE HOPE THAT IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE, THAT'S GREAT.

AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD CASE STUDY.

ALTHOUGH I LEARNED HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE CRESTANI FISHING ACCIDENTS LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CASE STUDY TO LOOK AT BECAUSE WE'D HEARD A LOT OF CONFLICTING AND DIFFERENT ANSWERS AS TO WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO CLEAR.

UM, AND A NUMBER OF THEM WERE THINGS THAT YOU JUST CITED.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CASE STUDY.

AND

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WE THANK YOU.

UM, IS THAT MAYOR HOUSTON? YES, MA'AM.

IT IS.

AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS.

I WOULD WANT TO HEAR FROM, UM, URGENCY PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, W W W WHAT ARE REALISTIC ONES THAT I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE TWO SAN MARCUS POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE INJURED, UM, AND COME BACK, BUT WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL WAS ONE WHO LOST MOST OF HER LEG.

AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BONES BROKEN BECAUSE SHE WAS PULLING SOMETHING OUT OF A ROADWAY.

AND ANOTHER ONE OF OUR OFFICERS WHO HAD SOME VERY SEVERE INJURIES, HE'S NOT BACK ON DUTY YET.

AND WON'T BE FOR QUITE AWHILE WAS THE SAME THING, PULLING SOMETHING OUT OF A ROADWAY.

CLEARLY THEY WERE PULLING THINGS OUT, TRYING TO PREVENT FUTURE ACCIDENTS, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT SO, YOU KNOW, HURRY, HURRY.

I MEAN, IF THEY HAD WAITED FOR SOMEBODY TO COME BEHIND THEM, THEY HAD THEIR FLASHERS ON, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFER FOR THEM.

SO THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST ANSWER IS, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS ARE NOT BACK AT WORK.

REALLY WANT TO CLEAR THE ENTIRE INCIDENT.

IS THAT A YES, MA'AM, TONY'S VERY QUICK.

TWO QUICK COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK YOU, LOOKING AT YOUR MOOD BOARD, THE COMMISSIONERS YOU'RE NUMBER TWO REGARDING THE REGIONALIZATION OF A HEAVY TOW PROGRAM IS YOU'RE ANYTHING AKIN TO THAT ANYWHERE ELSE I HEARD YOU MENTIONED IN PASSING GEORGIA, BUT I FOUND THAT QUITE INTERESTING TO HAVE A REGIONAL CONTRACT FOR AN EXPEDITION OF A SPECIFIC HEAVY VEHICLES REGARDING TOWING.

UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THAT.

UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS HAVE PRE-QUALIFIED PROVIDERS THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE, UM, THE TYPES OF HAVING RECORDS THAT ESSENTIALLY VERY LARGE TOW TRUCKS, THE CRANES AND THE TRAINING, AND THAT'S A KEY PART IS HAVING THE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY, UM, MOVE, YOU KNOW, LARGE SCALE TYPE CRASHES THAT HAVE HEAVY VEHICLES, UH, BE ABLE TO DO THAT QUICKLY.

UM, YOU MENTIONED, OR AS YOU SAID, WE DIMENSIONED GEORGIA.

UH, THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE TIME PROGRAM, UH, THAT DOES PROVIDE, UH, SOME INCENTIVES TO HAVE FOR HEAVY CRASHES TO CLEAR THOSE QUICKLY.

UM, GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE THOSE MAY COST IN THE, PROBABLY IN THE TENS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PER YEAR TO IMPLEMENT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAN SAVE BY TAKING INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVE HEAVY VEHICLES THAT OFTEN CAN TAKE HOURS TO REMOVE, UM, AND REDUCE THAT INTO SOMETHING MUCH SHORTER, UH, WE THINK HAS BEEN VERY WELL WORTH IT FOR THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE, UH, IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND THE COST, UM, HOW THAT WOULD WORK, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE THE, RIGHT NOW WITH TEXAS, THE TYPES OF PROVIDERS THAT HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING, UH, TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY LIKE THAT? UH, THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AVAILABLE, PARTICULARLY AGAIN DURING, UH, 35 CONSTRUCTION.

EXCELLENT.

AND MY SECOND COMMENT WAS PROBABLY NUMBER FIVE REGARDING THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE DATA.

UM, I'LL BE FRANK.

I FOUND THAT DISCONCERTING TO SAY THE LEAST THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE NOW, ARE WE JUST SEEING A HODGEPODGE REGARDING THE ACTUAL, UM, COLLECTION OF DATA AT SPECIFIC SITES REGARDING ACCIDENTS? AND IS THERE A BASELINE CRITERIA THAT'S FIT WITH THAT OR IS IT JUST A, UM, ONE OR TAKES ALL, EVERYTHING ELSE GRABBED BACK BAG REGARD TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH GARDNER, BECAUSE YOU WOULD THINK THAT AT MINIMUM YOU'D WANT SOME SORT OF DISCERNIBLE BASELINE TO BUILD ARTICULATE, WHAT'S OCCURRED A SPECIFIC REC FOR FIJI, YOU KNOW, FOR, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT LAWSUITS AND OTHER THINGS WITH THAT AS WELL, JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, COLLECTION WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSIT, BUT WHAT ARE YOU SEEING NOW AND HOW, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN IMPLEMENT CAN HELP NECESSITATES ACTUALLY HAVE A, A REGIONALIZATION OR AT LEAST SOME SORT OF UNIFORMITY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT? SURE.

UM, THERE, THERE IS STATEWIDE, INCLUDING IN CENTRAL TEXAS, UM, SOME VERY GOOD CRASH DATA.

THERE'S A SYSTEM THAT TEXTS THAT OPERATES CALLED THE CRASH RECORD INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR CHRIS HAS EXCELLENT DATA IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF CRASHES, THE, THE SEVERITY OF IT, UM, AND THE LOCATION OF IT.

AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING HOTSPOTS FOR CRASHES.

HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T COLLECT INCIDENT CLEARANCE TIMES.

SO WE KNOW CRASHES.

WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WE KNOW HOW SEVERE THEY ARE.

WE KNOW THE CAUSE OF THEM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO CLEAR THEM.

THE ONLY RELIABLE SOURCE OF DATA WE'VE SEEN RIGHT NOW IS THROUGH TEXTILES WITH THEIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.

WHEN YOU SEE THE CAMERAS OUT THERE AND THE HERO TRUCKS, WHEN THEY RESPOND, OR THEY COVER AN INCIDENT WITH THEIR CAMERAS OR WITH THEIR TRUCKS, THEY DO REPORT.

UM, HOW LONG WHEN THAT INCIDENT OCCURRED AND HOW LONG BEFORE THE ROAD IS CLEARED, AS WELL AS BEFORE THE ENTIRE INCIDENT SCENE IS CLEAR.

THE GOAL WAS ULTIMATELY OBVIOUSLY TO GET THE ROADS CLEARED, BUT WE

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SO PEOPLE AREN'T RUBBER NECKING.

SO THERE'S NOT THE DANGER THAT SOMEONE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD COULD GET HIT.

UM, TEXTILE HAS VERY GOOD DATA WHERE THEY HAVE COVERAGE, UH, AND THAT'S REALLY ONLY THE FREEWAYS, THE INTERSTATES AND FREEWAYS IN, UM, THE MORE URBAN AREAS.

UH, WE ARE TRYING TO ADD TO THAT CHRIS DATA THAT'S USED AROUND THE STATE, UH, FIELDS THAT PEOPLE WOULD START TO, UH, IDENTIFY WHEN THE ROAD WAS CLEARED.

AND WHEN THE INCIDENT WAS CLEARED, DPS DOES THAT IS A, UM, IS A REGULAR POLICY, BUT MANY OF THE CITIES THAT COLLECT CRASH DATA, DON'T CURRENTLY DO IT, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT AROUND THE STATE.

AND I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE US MUCH BETTER DATA IN TERMS OF KNOWING HOW LONG IT'S TAKING THE CLEAR INCIDENCE, UH, IN CENTRAL TEXAS, W WE CAN CERTAINLY LEAD THE WAY IN CENTRAL TEXAS WITH OUR NPO DOING THAT.

UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, FROM THE POLICY BOARD ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? UM, I WILL, UH, HE DOESN'T KNOW IT, BUT I'LL VOLUNTEER ONE OF OUR CONSTABLES WHO WAS A FORMER ROUND ROCK PD PERSON WHO DID A LOT OF THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS.

AND, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'M SURE OTHER POLICY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD VOLUNTEER, BUT I'LL, UH, VOLUNTEER CONSTABLE SHARON TO, TO HELP, UM, WITH ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS.

AND HE CAN CERTAINLY HELP COORDINATE, UM, AS WELL.

AND, UH, SO UNLESS

[12. Update on FY 2019 Audit Finding Results ]

THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON OUR 20 FYI 2019 AUDIT FINDING RESULTS.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS LISA, BUT THEY'RE BOTH STAFF.

UM, TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING THE, UM, FISCAL YEAR 2019 AUDIT RESULTS.

THE AUDIT WAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL CLEARLY HOUSE.

UH, WE HAD A CLEAN, UM, THE AUDIT WAS PERFORMED BY WHAT THEY BUY OR VENDOR PC.

AND TODAY WE HAVE MR. ARCHIE WHO WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND HERE'S MR. .

HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU.

I WANT TO BE VERY BRIEF, BUT OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I CAN ANSWER THEM NOW.

UM, SO WE COMPLETED OUR AUDIT.

YOU RECEIVE WHAT WE CALL A CLEAN OPINION, IN OUR OPINION, YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY MATERIALLY, CORRECT? IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, BECAUSE YOU RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING.

YOU, UH, WE HAVE TWO OTHER REPORTS THAT ARE IN THAT FINANCIAL STATEMENT DOCUMENT.

BOTH OF THOSE TWO REPORTS TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS.

ONE IS INTERNAL CONTROL, AND TWO IS COMPLIANCE.

THERE ARE OUR FINDINGS OR RESULTS FOR SIMILAR.

WE ARE NOT AWARE OF INTERNAL CONTROL, WEAKNESSES OR DEFICIENCIES, SO THERE'S NONE REPORTED THERE.

AND IN OUR OPINION, YOU COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS, AND WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY OTHER DOLLARS.

THOSE ARE AS CLEAN AS THOSE REPORT GETS.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, UH, WE ISSUE A DOCUMENT CALLED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE, AND THAT IT'S ABOUT TWO OR THREE PAGES, FAIRLY BRIEF, IT'S ALL STANDARD, REGULAR INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUDIT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT OR HIGHLIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF, UM, MR. ? OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND CONGRATULATIONS, THERESA AND YOUR TEAM.

UM, I KNOW, UH, IT, UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK, UH, TO GET TO SUCH A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THIS COMMISSIONER SHEA.

UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ANSWER IT WITH THIS, UH, AUDIT FINDING, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING OVER TIME, THE GROWTH IN THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE AUDITOR IS ABLE TO SET UP A TIME, I GUESS, JUST TO KNOW HOW MUCH OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, I THINK WE CAN GET THAT UPDATE FROM ASHBY AT, UH, WE'LL WE'LL GET A BUDGET UPDATED OUR NEXT MEETING.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM,

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NUMBER 13, ASHBY THAT YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE US.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

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THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO I HAD A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO COVER TODAY.

THE FIRST IS, UH, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION BILL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FAST ACT.

SO THE FAST ACT IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

AND, UM, IN MY OPINION, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT CONGRESS WILL APPROVE A NEW, UH, FEDERAL REAUTHORIZATION TRANSPORTATION BILL THIS YEAR.

UM, THERE'S ONLY BEEN A HOUSE VERSION THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED SO FAR.

UH, I AM NOT AWARE OF A SENATE VERSION.

THE HOUSE VERSION DID NOT GET, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.

UH, I DON'T THINK IT WENT TO THE FULL HOUSE FOR VOTE YET.

UH, AND WITH THE ELECTION COMING UP, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE ANYTHING MOVE FORWARD THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING OUT OF OUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND, UM, UH, OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON, UH, IS THAT A CONTINUING RESOLUTION OF THE CURRENT BILL IS HIGHLY LIKELY, UH, AND WE'RE HEARING THAT A CONTINUING RESOLUTION OF ONE YEAR, UM, IS PROBABLY WHAT WILL GET PASSED BEFORE THE CURRENT BILL, UH, EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK BACK AT, UH, FAST AG AND THE TWO PREVIOUS, THE TWO PRIOR BILLS, UH, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CONTAINED RESOLUTIONS, UH, BEFORE A NEW AUTHOR REAUTHORIZATION BILL KICKED IN.

SO, UM, I WOULD EXPECT, UM, THAT WE'LL PROBABLY WE'LL SEE, UH, AT LEAST TWO, UH, CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS TO EXTEND THE FAST ACT BEFORE WE SEE A NEW TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION BILL, UH, TAKING PLACE.

UM, ALSO WE ARE HEARING, UM, MORE AND MORE ABOUT A POTENTIAL FOR A FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION STIMULUS BILL.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, UM, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, HAVING WORKED IN DC FOR ALMOST 11 YEARS, UM, WE'RE ALMOST INTO THE ELECTION SEASON, UH, FOR THIS YEAR, I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE IS BILL THIS YEAR.

YES.

IS THE EARLIEST WE WOULD SEE ONE WOULD BE FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY MARCH.

UM, WE ARE HEARING, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

I'VE HEARD SOME FOLKS THROW AROUND, UH, A TRILLION WITH A T.

UH, I'VE ALSO HEARD OF BILLIONS, BUT NOT HOW MANY BILLIONS.

UM, SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING, UH, ON A DIGITAL STIMULUS BILL AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGH OUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS IS ASKING CONGRESS TO CONSIDER, UM, PROVIDING THOSE, UM, FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS THROUGH THE CURRENT, UH, UH, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FORMULA PROCESS.

SO THAT'S THE METHOD WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE.

I CATEGORY SEVEN MONEY THROUGH.

UM, WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT CONGRESS, UM, UM, TEMPORARY LIST HAS BEEN THE REQUIREMENT FOR A 20% MATCH.

SO FOR YOU AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, IF THIS MONEY CAME THROUGH AND THEY HONORED WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME UP WITH A MATCH AND WE CAN GET THE PROJECTS OUT THE DOOR THAT MUCH FASTER AND HOPEFULLY, UM, UH, GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.

UM, WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT, UM, THIS MONEY COULD ALSO BE USED ON THE MAT AS MATCHED FOR MONEY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.

SO, UM, WON'T HAVE ANY, UM, ANY PARTICULARS ON THAT ONE ANYTIME SOON, BUT, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

UM, THEN, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO SWITCH TOPICS FOR A MINUTE, WE'VE HAD A FEW PHONE CALLS, UH, FROM SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ASKING ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP, UH, POTENTIALLY FOR THIS FALL, UH, FOR CAMPO.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD KNOWS IS THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE MAINTAIN, THE FIRST LIST, UM, PARTICULARLY THE DEFERRED PROJECTS, UH, ON THE LIST.

UH, THE BOARD DID ASK STAFF TO COME UP WITH, UM, SOME PROCESS FOR PRIORITIZING THOSE DEFERRED PROJECTS.

UH, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND HOPEFULLY, UH, APPROVE, UM, NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

UM, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH TAC ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE HOPING TO DRAFT SOMETHING UP IN THE NEXT, PROBABLY 45 DAYS.

UM, THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ASKING THE BOARD PROBABLY NEXT MONTH, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH A, UM, SEPARATE CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, 53 10 MONEY.

THIS IS THE ROLL, UH,

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TRANSIT MONEY THAT WE'D NORMALLY DO A CALL FOR.

UM, THEN AS YOU HEARD, RYAN MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR, UH, LONG RANGE PLAN AND TIP AMENDMENT, UM, CALLS THIS FALL, UNLESS WE HEAR FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PROCESSED RIGHT NOW.

UM, THAT WOULD NOT BE HIGHLY UNUSUAL SEEING THAT WE JUST ADOPTED THE LONG RANGE PLAN IN MAY, AND WE JUST JUMPED AT THE DO TIP IN JUNE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOLKS IF THEY NEED SOMETHING TO BE PROCESSED AT THE FOLLOWUP PAYMENT CYCLE, IF NOT, THEN WE MAY, UM, UH, FOREGO THAT AMENDMENT CYCLE UNTIL THE SPRING 2021 AMENDMENT CYCLE.

THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD, UM, SOME PHONE CALLS FROM, UM, BOARD MEMBERS ASKING ABOUT TEXAS UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

AND, UH, WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT AND I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, AS CHAD, UH, TO COVER THAT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CHAD, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT TEXTILE IS SET TO TAKE ACTION ON THE, UM, DELTA ON THE FUNDING FOR AT THIS MONTH'S MEETING.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK CHAD TO, TO COVER THE UTT ITEM.

THANKS THAT'S ME.

UM, YEAH, CAMPO STAFF HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO REVIEW THE DRAFT 2021 UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

THE UTP TEXTILES 10 YEAR PLAN TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS PROJECT WAS FULLY FUNDED.

UH, THE UPDATED 2020 UTP THAT WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR STILL HAD A $934 MILLION FUNDING GAP, 633 MILLION OF THAT FUNDING OF COURSE CAME FROM THE REPRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS THAT THIS BOARD AGREED TO.

AND ITS LAST MEETING ON JUNE 8TH.

UM, THE REMAINING FUNDING DELTA 300, 1 MILLION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 2021.

UTP IS CATEGORY 12, UH, STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDS AGAIN, INDICATING THE HIGH PRIORITY OF THIS, UM, CORRIDOR IN THIS PROJECT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, UH, AND THE STATE, UM, REGARDING THE DRAFT UTP, A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING WERE HELD IN JULY WITH A COMMON PERIOD THAT BEGAN ON JULY 10TH.

AND WHICH CONCLUDES TODAY, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE 2020 UTP AT ITS, UH, AUGUST 27TH MEETING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE NOT ASKED ME.

UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I'M HEARING, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY, SORRY.

COULDN'T SEE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YEAH, SO, SO I SHOULD JUST, YOU JUST SPOKE TO THIS, BUT YOU TALKED IN TERMS OF FALL PLANNING ACTIVITIES, UM, INCLUDING THE DEFERRED PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

UM, IS THERE ANY MORE DETAIL THAT YOU WANT TO SUGGEST AT THIS POINT? OR IS THIS THE PLACEHOLDER, LET US KNOW, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT.

THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER AT THIS POINT COUNCIL MEMBER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO VISIT, UM, BOTH WITH TECH AND WITH BOARD MEMBERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS POTENTIAL FALL PLANNING ACTIVITIES, AND THOSE ARE JUST FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES ON, UH, AND MAYBE THEY'RE JUST IN THE NATURE OF BRIEFINGS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND CIRCLE BACK AROUND ON WHERE WE ARE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, THE ANALYSIS THAT TECHSTAR DID, UM, UH, ON THE, UM, AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO QUARTER.

THE CAPITAL ALAMO STUDY.

RIGHT.

WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S AT AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE'S ANY NEXT STEPS OR NOT.

SO YES, MA'AM, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT BACK NEXT MONTH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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