* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] I AM. LET ME JUST OPEN UP THE AGENDA SCREEN. ALRIGHT. IT IS [Call to Order] THREE OH ONE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2020. THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING. I THINK THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO FROM THAT EMAIL IS ACTUALLY HAVE A ROLL CALL. UM, SO I WILL CALL PEOPLE BY THE TILES AS I JUST SORT OF GO THROUGH THEM AND PEOPLE CAN JUST SAY HERE, UM, COMMISSIONER CINDY, WHETHER BE THERE COMMISSIONER HENNESSY TO BE A TEST OF PEOPLE'S MIC HERE. COMMISSIONER SUMMERS, AIR CONDITIONER, KELLY DAVIS COULD SEE YA. UM, LET'S SEE, UH, MISSIONARY DANIEL ALVARADO. AND, UM, ON THIS COMMISSION NOW. ALRIGHT, CONDITIONALLY. AND THEN THERE IS CASEY. ALEXANDER'S THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE STAFF PERSON, CASEY ALEXANDER, EMILY. DO YOU KNOW WHO CASEY ALEXANDER IS? OR JIM DANA. SHE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNMUTE HERSELF, BUT, UH, CASEY IS WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, UM, STAFF. OKAY. AND THEN TOMORROW JIM DELL, HOW'S IT GOING? AUSTIN MOBILITY. THAT'S EMILY IN CITY HALL. IT SEEMS TO BE EVERYBODY ON MY LIST THAT I SEE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A FORM AND WE WILL CAUSE ME TO ORDER. FIRST ITEM [1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: AUGUST 5, 2020 MEETING] IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WHICH ARE SENT TO YOU IN AN EMAIL, UM, SEPARATELY. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE, IF YOU DO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES IN SECONDS? SECONDS? WHO WAS THAT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. UM, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, SAY AYE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND. IT LOOKS UNANIMOUS FROM WHERE I SIT. OKAY. AND MINUTES ARE APPROVED. MOVING ON TO, WELL, I GUESS I DIDN'T, HERE'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTARY IF THERE IS SOME, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTARY, EMILY? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. [2A. Nomination and Election of Officers – Discussion and Possible Action] THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I'M AN OFFICER, I CANNOT RUN THIS SECTION AND I THINK THAT MEANS DAN AND KELLY CANNOT EITHER. UM, NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. UM, I BRUSHED UP ON THE RULES. YOU CAN RUN IT. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL RUN IT. THAT IS FOR IF THAT'S COOL WITH EVERYBODY. OKAY. FIRST STEP IS TO TAKE NOMINATIONS. THERE ARE THREE POSITIONS, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND PARLIAMENTARIAN. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M LOOKING AT. OKAY. UM, SO ARE THERE NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR? UM, I'M WILLING TO DO IT AGAIN FOR A YEAR. I REALLY JUST WANT TO DO IT TO THE ELECTION, BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD RESIGN IN THE MIDDLE, BUT I LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN FOR HERE, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO DO IT, UM, AH, KEISHA FRANCO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST ON THE FIRST ITEM, NOMINATION AND LOOKS AT FOSTERS, ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR. I WILL STILL DOMINATE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER, DO WE HAVE TO READ THEM OR WE DO. YEAH. SHE'S THE PARLIAMENTARIAN. SO WE'LL TRUST THAT. OKAY. WELL I'LL NOMINATE MARIO. I'LL SECOND THAT, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE THEN I GUESS IT COUNTS AS CONSENT OR KELLY. DO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT? UH, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. OKAY. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF MARIO CHAMPION SERVING ONE MORE TERM IS CHAIR OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. SAY I RAISE YOUR HAND CLOSED ABSTENTION. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO VICE CHAIR. UM, DAN HENNESSY, DO [00:05:01] YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YEAH, MY TERM, THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND IN EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WITH A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER BEING ELECTED IN MY DISTRICT, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR A SECOND TERM. UM, SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER A NEW VEHICLE. HEY, DOES ANYONE WANT TO, SORRY. OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT NOMINATIONS DON'T NEED A SECOND. SO IF ANYONE WAS THINKING OF NOMINATING, BUT WASN'T SURE IF THEY GET THAT SECOND, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. DOES ANYONE WANT TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR NOMINATE? I JUST WANTED, I THINK SOME, ANOTHER MEMBER MAY HAVE CALLED IN. OH, I SEE. OH, I SEE ALEX. HEY, THANKS FOR COMING COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW. AND WHO IS CALLING USER FIVE ONE TWO SIX FIVE SEVEN. THAT IS ME. OH, OKAY. YOU SHOWING UP IN TWO DIFFERENT TILES. OKAY. OKAY. UM, WE'RE IN A NEW BUSINESS ITEM, A ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS. UH, DAN HENNESSY HAS DECLINED TO RUN AGAIN BECAUSE HIS COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE, UM, MAYBE CHANGING IN JANUARY AND HE'LL BE HE'S ANYWAY, HE'S NOT RUNNING AGAIN. SO IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO NOMINATE SOMEONE OR NOMINATE THEMSELVES FOR VICE CHAIR? DAN, CAN YOU TELL US HOW TOUGHER EASY IT WAS? MAYBE YOU WERE SOMEBODY IN A, SO ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES THAT MARIO HAS TO DO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO. AND LITERALLY YOU'D HAVE TO RUN A MEETING IF MARIO FAILS TO SHOW UP AND YOU CAN SEE BY HOW BADLY I FAILED AT IT THIS YEAR, THAT IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO NEEDED BEHIND YOU. GREAT. DID ANYBODY CALL, NOMINATE SOMEBODY? SOME WE NEED ONE, MAYBE, MAYBE CINDY, SUSAN. I WOULD NOMINATE MS. COMMISSIONER SUMMERS, IF SHE WOULD ACCEPT THAT HEARING, HEARING DAN DESCRIBED THE DUTIES. I THINK, I THINK I'D BE WILLING TO ACCEPT. IT'S MAINLY RUNNING THE MEETINGS, RIGHT? IF THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO, LIKE A REPORT ONCE A YEAR, IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO PROVE AGENDAS. IT'S NONE OF IT'S THAT HARD AND IT WAS MOSTLY RUNNING MEETINGS. THE ONLY OTHER THING IS TO PROVE AGENDAS AT A TIME AND HELP EMILY AND STAFF FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE QUORUM OR NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THE VOTING ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING. THIS IS THE SONGS AS MUCH AS CHAIR OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY HI, I'M ALGEBRA. CAUSE WE CAN'T SEE YOU. THERE YOU GO. IT IS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE POSITION WE HAVE, WHICH IS PARLIAMENTARIAN THAT IS CURRENTLY HELD BY KELLY DAVIS OR IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS. DO YOU WANT TO NOMINATE YOURSELF OR YES, I WILL NOMINATE MYSELF. AWESOME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. UM, WE WILL VOTE ON POINT KELLY DAVIS AS PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER THAT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL TO EIGHT. CHECKED OFF THE AGENDA. ALRIGHT. UH, [2B. 2019-2020 Annual Internal Review and Report – Discussion and Possible Action] TO BE THE ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE REPORT, IS THIS FOR DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU? I DON'T KNOW IF EMILY WANTS TO SHOW IT OR NOT, OR WHOEVER'S RUNNING IN THE SCREEN. YEAH, LET ME DO THAT. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEND THAT TO A CTM STAFF IN ADVANCE. OKAY. I'LL DESCRIBE IT. AND THEN MOVE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S BASICALLY A RESTATEMENT OF THE BYLAWS AND SORT OF OUR CHARTER STATEMENT AT THE END OR SOME SORT OF BOILER PLATE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND IN THE MIDDLE, NOW THAT WE HAVE IT, WE DO IT THIS WAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL A LITTLE WHILE, I'LL TALK THROUGH IT FOR JUST A MINUTE. IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR EMAILS. UM, THE, THE OPENING IS A RESTATEMENT OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, UM, WHICH HASN'T CHANGED, UM, TO CHANGE. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT PROCESS. WE DID SEVERAL YEARS BACK. IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR OR MORE FOR LEGAL TO PROVE IT. UH, THE SECOND IS REALLY A SUMMARY OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD FIND AT [00:10:01] AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/ATC. IF YOU CLICK IT ON THE AGENDAS, UM, THIS IS A LISTING OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR. SO ENDING IN JULY. SO THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO UP THROUGH JULY. UM, I THINK TO THERE, WHEN THIS GOES ONLINE, CAUSE WE BECOME LINKS BELOW THAT ARE THINGS THAT SHOWED UP ON OUR AGENDA, BUT FOR WHAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN THE LAST SECTION, OR IS IT KIND OF A SUMMARY OF, UM, UH, OTHER ACTIONS WE SOMETIMES ADD MOTIONS OR WE SOMETIMES, UH, EXTRA SUPPORT, BUT WE DIDN'T DO AN OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S JUST SORT OF SUMMARIZED THERE. AND THEN THE LAST PART IS OUR, UM, DO WE COMPLY WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT? WE DO. WE TEND TO, AND THEN NUMBER THREE IS A SIMILAR SENTENCE TO THE ONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL REPORTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. I COULD PASS THE TRANSIT SAFE, UH, YOU KNOW, STREET NETWORK FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES. IT WAS MICRO MOBILITY DEALING WITH PROJECT CONNECT. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REPORT. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ELEMENTS YOU WOULD WANT? ANY QUESTIONS, ANY, WHAT DO YOU NEED DETAIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? SO MOVE RIGHT. UM, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEWS? THEY, I ORIGINALLY ASKED AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, MOVING THIS THROUGH THIS AGENDA NOW ONTO THE ACTUAL MEAT OF THE AGENDA, THE, UM, ITEM TO SEE [2C. Draft 2020 Austin Climate Equity Plan – Discussion and Possible Action] DRAFT 20, 20 AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. THIS IS LIST OF SORT OF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND OR ZACK BAUMER AND, OR, AND, OR SUSTAINABILITY HERE. YUP. THIS IS ZACH BOMBER. I'M ON THE PHONE AS WELL AS, UH, SALINE RANDOLPH. WHO'S WITH ME FROM MY TEAM AND MARK COODER. OKAY. WELL, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SHARE A SCREEN AND WALK US THROUGH THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OKAY. SO SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO SHARE THEIR SCREEN AND WE'RE JUST ON THE PHONE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE GOT THE SAME SLIDE DECK PULL UP AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO, YEAH, YOU GOT IT. OKAY. SO I AM I'M ZACH BOMBER. MY, UH, MY, MY TITLE IS CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER. I'M WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW ON REVISING THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN. UM, I CAME AND SPOKE TO THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW, OVER A YEAR AGO. AND, UH, AND KELLY DAVIDS, WHO IS ON YOUR COMMISSION IS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, WHICH OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE PLAN. SO THE SUMMARY SLIDE, WE HAVE BEEN UPDATING THE CLIMATE PLAN, LIKE I SAID FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. UM, THE FULL DRAFT OF THIS NEW REVISED CLIMATE PLAN IS NOW OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S AVAILABLE ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN. THERE'S A SHORT VERSION AND A LONG VERSION OF A PLAN. AND, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. AND THEN WE'RE AIMING, UH, TO BRING THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION EITHER AT THE END OF OCTOBER OR IN EARLY NOVEMBER. SO TODAY WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AREAS OF INTEREST, UM, THE DRUG SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE PASSED A RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT FROM THIS PLAN. UM, AND YEAH. UH, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SORT OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHY WE'VE DONE IT AND WHAT WE FOCUSED ON IN THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN. AND THEN WE'LL HIT ON THE RECOMMENDED GOALS AND STRATEGIES, AND THEN WRAP UP AND WE'LL TRY TO GO PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE THIS CAN, THIS IS ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WHERE LIKE YOU TAKE AN HOUR, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS IN LIKE 15 MINUTES. SO, OKAY. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS 2015 COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN. UM, THE ORIGINAL AUSTIN COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN WAS CREATED IN 2014 AND 15, UM, CITY COUNCIL IN 2014, ADOPTED THE TARGET OF NET ZERO COMMUNITY-WIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2050. AND WE WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THE 2014 15 TIMEFRAME TO CREATE THIS PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2015. UM, THE THREE, THERE WERE REALLY THREE MAJOR SECTIONS OF THIS PLAN, ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION LAND USE, AND THEN MATERIALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A VERY LONG EFFORT. IT WAS OUR FIRST [00:15:01] ATTEMPT AT DOING SOMETHING THIS BIG AND BROAD. UM, IT HAD A LOT OF QUALITATIVE KIND OF ACTIONS THAT WERE REALLY MOSTLY KIND OF POINTED AT CITY DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND SO WE REALLY STRIVE TO MAKE IT MORE QUANTITATIVE THIS TIME AROUND AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED, UM, AND REALLY IMPROVE ON THIS. SO, UH, WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BASICALLY SAID THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS IT SHOULD BE UP SO FAST FORWARD TO SUMMER OF 2019, AND IT WAS TIME TO START PLANNING FOR THE REVISION OF ITS PLAN. SO NEXT SLIDE, HOW WAS THE PLAN CREATED? SO LAST SUMMER WE TOOK DIRECTION FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. THERE WAS A WORKING GROUP OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT HELPED GUIDE US IN, UM, IN SCOPING OUT WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE REVISION OF THIS PLAN. SO WHAT WE ENDED UP FORMING WAS ABOUT 24 CITY STAFF ACROSS THE CITY, OREGON STATE, UM, OVER 120 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE RECRUITED. UM, AND WE ESSENTIALLY JOIN THOSE GROUPS TOGETHER, CREATED A STEERING COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS FIVE ADVISOR GROUPS THAT BEGAN WORKING ABOUT LAST NOVEMBER, UH, TO CREATE THE NEW GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT WOULD BECOME THIS NEW, UH, AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. SO EACH ONE OF THESE GROUPS, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, ALL THESE ADVISORY GROUPS MET EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR TWO HOURS. UM, THEY'VE ALL MET LIKE 15 PLUS TIMES NOW. SO THERE'S BEEN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF COMMUNITY DONATED TIME TO CREATE THIS EFFORT. AND THE REAL THING, KEY KEY THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, BUT WE'VE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVING ON THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO CREATE THIS PLANNING EFFORT. UM, AND WE HAVEN'T USED CONSULTANTS. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE A SORT OF COCREATION PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY NEXT SLIDE, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE. SO, UH, OUR, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE IS THIS IS A DIVERSE SET OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO KIND OF BE MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THIS PLAN CREATION PROCESS. SO, UM, I JUST HIGHLIGHT THEIR NAMES BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN A TON OF EFFORT, UM, DONATED, YOU KNOW, LOTS AND LOTS OF THEIR TIME TO REALLY GUIDE, GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND DECIDING WHAT WE INCLUDE, WHAT WE DON'T INCLUDE AND MAKE BIG DECISIONS ABOUT THE PLANNING EFFORT. UM, SO IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE FOLKS EXCELLENT. A HISTORY OF INEQUITY. SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PLANNING PROCESS, UH, THE GEORGIA SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT WE NEEDED TO CENTER EQUITY AT THE HEART OF THIS PLAN REVISION. SO WE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND REALLY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE DO WE START? SO WE STARTED WITH LOTS OF DATA AND HISTORY HISTORY FROM OUR CITY AND, YOU KNOW, PRE 1928, 1928 MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, CREATING SEGREGATION IN OUR CITY, LEADING TO ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST CENTURY NOW, DRAMATIC GENTRIFICATION OCCURRING ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, MASSIVE ECONOMIC INEQUITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HEALTH AND EQUITIES THAT ARE NOW BEING, YOU KNOW, REALLY DISPLAYED DURING THIS TIME OF COVID-19. SO THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY COME TO CAME TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE INEQUITIES STARTED A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THEY ARE VERY MUCH PRESENT TODAY. AND, YOU KNOW, AS CITY STAFF WORKING ON AN ISSUE LIKE THESE THINGS CAN'T BE IGNORED AND THEY NEED TO BE AT THE CENTER. AND IN FRONT OF OUR MIND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A PLANNING PROCESS. SO NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE THIS IS A CLIMATE PLAN, SO WE'RE HERE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. UM, SO HUMANS HAVE BEEN BURNING OIL, GAS, UH, AND COAL FOR, YOU KNOW, 150 YEARS, UM, ADMITTING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF TONS OF CO TWO IN THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGING THE EARTH'S CLIMATE. UM, EARTH IS CLIMATE HAS ALREADY WARMED BY ONE DEGREE. LOBEL EMISSIONS HAVE NOT STARTED TO COME DOWN. SO THERE'S URGENCY MORE THAN EVER, UH, TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND REDUCE DURHAM MISSIONS DRAMATICALLY, QUICKLY. UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO ANOTHER TIE IN WITH EQUITY THAT'S BEEN, UH, THAT REALLY BECAME MORE AND MORE CLEAR IS THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW THE CLIMATE IS GOING TO CHANGE, IT IS GOING TO MEAN MORE EXTREME HEAT, MORE DROUGHT, MORE RISK OF WILDFIRE AND MORE, UH, INTENSE RAIN AND FLOODING EVENTS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE, THIS IS PART OF THE CLIMATE OF AUSTIN, AS WE KNOW IT, BUT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BECOME MORE INTENSE AND HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY, SO THAT WHEN YOU START TO THINK ABOUT WHO IS AFFECTED BY THOSE THINGS, AND HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED, IT BECOMES REALLY CLEAR THAT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THESE HAZARDS AND WILL EVEN [00:20:01] BE AFFECTED MORE IF THE CLIMATE CHANGES INTO THE FUTURE. SO IT'S KIND OF POSSIBLE TO NOT THINK ABOUT EQUITY ISSUES WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT CLIMATE. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE EQUITY. SO HOW THIS KIND OF ALL COMES TOGETHER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING RESEARCH AND WE HAVE THIS NEW SET OF DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO FIND AN EQUITY COME TOGETHER. UM, AND WE, UH, ALL PLAN PARTICIPANTS WENT THROUGH A ONE DAY CLIMATE EQUITY WORKSHOP THAT WE HIRED AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR, A GUY, A LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBER NAMED DR. TONY WARD. HE ORGANIZED US AND WE WENT THROUGH A FULL DAY OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND WHERE WE ENDED UP IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR HAVING A PLAN THAT FOCUSES ON ELIMINATING THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND THEN ALSO TRYING TO STRIVE TO ELIMINATE DISPARITIES THAT CAN BE PREDICTED BY RACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE WE END UP THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO ISSUES IS THESE VALUES IN THE CENTER. SO IF WE CENTER THE PLAN ON FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN AUSTIN AND STARTING WITH LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, PRIORITIZING THEIR HEALTH AFFORDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, COMMUNITY CAPACITY, JUST TRANSITION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IF WE REALLY ZERO ON IMPROVING THOSE THINGS, THEN WE WILL END UP GETTING TO, UM, ADDRESSING CLIMATE INEQUITY THROUGH THOSE SOLUTIONS. SO THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THIS AND THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT I CAME TO, YOU KNOW, AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A WHITE MAN, UH, AND MY SORT OF POSITION OF PRIVILEGE THAT THE CITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BY ME UNDER REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE'RE NOT PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING EQUITY AND ADDRESSING THESE INEQUITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, OR JUST PERPETUATING INJUSTICE, LIKE INJUSTICE EXISTS BUSINESS AS USUAL EXISTS, UH, WHICH CREATES INJUSTICE. AND WE HAVE TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT THIS AT EVERY STEP OF STEP OF THE WAY NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO, SO EMISSION MISSION. SO WHEN WE THINK COMMUNITY WIDE EMISSIONS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE EMISSIONS FROM ALL ACTIVITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS ALL THE ENERGIES AND ALL THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES, ALL THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, ENERGY TO MOVE EVERYONE AROUND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, THE TOTAL EMISSIONS FOR ALL HER ALL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WERE IN OUR BASELINE OVER 14 MILLION TONS PER YEAR. NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 13 MILLION TONS PER YEAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE PROJECT OUT INTO THE FUTURE, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY'S PLANS OF DECARBONIZING THE ELECTRICITY GRID, RETIRING FOSSIL POWER PLANTS, ADDING RENEWABLES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICITY IS GOING TO BE DROPPING DRAMATICALLY. SO VERY SOON THE LARGEST SECTOR OF EMISSIONS IS TRANSPORTATION. AND SO THAT IS USING THE GASOLINE AND DIESEL TO MOVE EVERYTHING AROUND THIS COMMUNITY. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING OUT INTO THE FUTURE. THE INITIAL GOAL THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL WAS NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050, IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND, AND AS PART OF ITS PLAN, NOW THAT THAT GOAL WILL BE MOVED, UH, SOONER AND MORE AGGRESSIVELY. SO NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED GOAL LINE HERE, THOUGH, THE DARKER LINE. SO NOW THE PROPOSED GOAL PROPOSAL IS NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2040 WITH A STEEP DECLINE, AND THEN TRYING TO GET TO NEGATIVE EMISSIONS BEYOND 2014. SO THIS WAS NOT ADOPTED BY COUNCIL YET. THIS IS JUST WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE. SO NEXT SLIDE. UM, SO ONCE WE THEN, YOU KNOW, KNEW WHAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON, WE HAD THIS, UM, CENTER OF EQUITY. WE REALLY HAD TO DETERMINE WHAT WERE WE GOING TO INCLUDE IN THIS PLAN OR VISION, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY, AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THERE ARE MANY CITY DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS ALREADY DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING, PASSING, YOU KNOW, CREATING EFFORTS THAT REDUCE EMISSIONS. SO A KEY TO THIS GROUP IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR. KAT METRO AND PROJECT CONNECT IS FULLY UNDERWAY. SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO CREATE A PLAN THAT FITS WITHIN THESE OTHER PLANS? DOESN'T OVERSTEP, DOESN'T LIKE OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, OVERRULE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AT ALL AT ALL TIMES, HOW DO WE FIGURE, HOW DO WE FIT THIS PLAN INTO THESE OTHER EFFORTS? SO WHAT WE FOCUSED ON THIS TIME AROUND, AND THESE ARE THE FIVE ADVISORY GROUPS THAT WE CREATED THAT WERE THESE COCREATION PLACES OF CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS, ELECTRIFYING TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND LAND USE, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN MORE SPECIFIC SPECIFICS, UH, NATURAL SYSTEMS, WHICH IS ALL OF THE TREES AND AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS AROUND US, AND THEN CONSUMPTION OF GOODS INTO SO NEXT SLIDE, UH, EQUITY PROCESS. UM, SO LEAN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT SLIDE. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CELINE RENDEN. [00:25:01] UM, THIS WAS THE EQUITY PROCESS THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR ALL ADVISORY GROUPS. IT IS ADOPTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE AND EQUITY, RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT, UM, WHICH IS WHAT THE EQUITY OFFICE USES FOR THEIR EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL. UM, SO WE ADOPTED THIS SIX OR SEVEN STEP PROCESS FOR ADVISORY GROUPS. UM, LIKE ZACH MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE A REQUIRED WORKSHOP FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND MAJOR IN EQUITIES HERE IN AUSTIN. AND TO ALSO LOOK AT, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY, UM, AND THIS HELPED THEM JUST, UH, IDENTIFY IMPORTANT CLIMATE AND EQUITY, UM, GOALS WITHIN THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF THE ADVISORY GROUP. UM, IF YOU GO, THANK YOU. NO, WE DON'T. SO FOR STEP FIVE AND FIVE B, UM, THAT'S WHERE THE EQUITY TOOL CAME IN AND I CAN FOLLOW UP FURTHER INFORMATION OF THAT EQUITY TOOL, BUT IT HIGHLIGHTS THE MAJOR THEMES THAT ZACH BROUGHT UP EARLIER AROUND HEALTH AFFORDABILITY, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND SO ON. UM, AND THAT WAS A SCREENING TOOL PROCESS, UM, WHERE HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS UNDER EACH THEME. AND THAT WAS CO-CREATED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SERVED ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE AND, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF IT. IS IT A BENEFIT? IS IT NO. IS IT A BENEFIT, IS IT HARM OR IS IT NO IMPACT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A HELPFUL TOOL TO KIND OF GET OUR ADVISORY GROUPS GOING TO THINK ABOUT AN EQUITABLE PROCESS AND TO THINK ABOUT, UM, HISTORICAL HARM THAT HAS HAPPENED FROM CITY PLANNING PROCESSES THAT HAVE NOT, UM, HAD EQUITY BAKED INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND HERE IS OUR COMMUNITY CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. IT'S ONE OF OUR MAJOR, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENTS AS A CLIMATE PLAN. WE SELECTED 12 INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS COMMUNITY CLIMATE AMBASSADORS, AND THEY WERE COMPENSATED TO FACILITATE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, AND THEY HAD THE FREEDOM TO KIND OF CHOOSE WHAT TOPICS THEY WANTED TO, UM, FACILITATE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY GROUPS. A LOT OF FOLKS FOCUSED ON CULTURAL CONNECTION, UM, AND OTHER OTHER FOLKS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LANGUAGE ACCESS AND SO ON. AND WE JUST HAD A PANEL LAST WEEK THAT WAS, UM, RECORDED AND IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR FACEBOOK, HAVE A FACEBOOK LIVE RECORDING. UM, BUT WE HAVE SIX AMBASSADORS GET TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR MAJOR TAKEAWAYS, BUT OVERALL, THE, THE INTERVIEW INTERVIEW REPORTS THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED IS REALLY INCORPORATING NOW FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND JUST ALSO REDEFINING KIND OF WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEANS. UM, WE JUST LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR AMBASSADORS AROUND DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS, SUCH AS LIKE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, DISABILITY JUSTICE. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CREATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR OFFICE, BUT ALSO TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND CITY OFFICES TO KIND OF TAKE THAT LEAD AS WELL, TO UNDERSTAND THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES AROUND INTERSECTIONALITY AND HOW WE HAVE TO BRIDGE THOSE CONNECTIONS, UM, AROUND CLIMATE DECISIONS. THANKS, WAYNE. OKAY. SO WE OBVIOUSLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON, ON THE PROCESS. UM, SO NOW TO THE DRAFT GOALS AND STRATEGIES. SO, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE THAT SAYS SUMMARY AT THE TOP SLIDE 15. SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, AND THEN THE FULL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE IS 18 QUANTITATIVE GOALS THAT WE'VE CREATED THAT ARE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY 2030 TO KEEP US ON TRACK. UM, AND THEN 75 STRATEGIES THAT FIT UNDERNEATH THOSE GOALS AND THE STRATEGIES OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO MAKE PROGRESS. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS HERE ON THE SHORT TERM. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE REALLY, UH, DUE TO THE EQUITY TOOL, WE ENDED UP CENTERING EQUITY SORT OF THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGY PROPOSALS. SO LOTS OF PRIORITIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS ON PRIORITIZATION OF INCENTIVES AND TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS AT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, TRYING TO GET TO THINGS THAT ADDRESS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UM, REALLY TRYING TO BUILD ON THIS CONCEPT OF ADJUST, TRANSITION, TRAINING JOBS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR NEW LOW CARBON SOLUTIONS, HEALTH BENEFITS, HEALTH BENEFITS, AND THEN ONGOING LEARNING AND STUDIES, BUT REALLY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. OKAY. SO THE FIRST AREA HERE IS CROSS CUTTING STRATEGY. I'M GOING TO, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, THESE STRATEGIES, THERE'S A LOT IN THIS, WHICH IS MUCH BETTER DIGESTED WHEN YOU SORT OF LOOK AT THE WHOLE TIME. SO I'M GONNA KIND OF GO QUICKLY. UM, SO THE CROSS CUTTING STRATEGIES ARE GREEN JOBS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP KIND OF ACROSS ALL AREAS, REGIONAL COLLABORATION ACROSS ALL AREAS BECAUSE THE CITY CAN'T DO THIS BY THEMSELVES. AND THEN [00:30:01] THINKING ABOUT HOW CARBON OFFSETS AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PULLING CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE FITS ACROSS THIS ENTIRE PLANNING EFFORT. YEAH. AND THEN, UH, SO NOW WE'RE ON NOW I'M ON SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS. GOT IT. SO IN THE, IN THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AREA, UM, THERE ARE FOUR GOALS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. SO THE FOUR GOALS ARE THE FIRST ONE IS AROUND, UH, DECARBONIZING BILLINGS AND GETTING TO NET ZERO CARBON BUILDINGS FOR ALL NEW BUILDINGS AND THEN EVENTUALLY EXISTING BUILDINGS, UH, PERCENTAGE BY 2030, AND THEN ALL EVENTUALLY BY 2040. AND THE SECOND ONE IS AROUND REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM REFRIGERANT LEAKAGE. SO IT'S KIND OF A HIDDEN UNKNOWN ISSUE, UM, OF THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN AIR CONDITIONERS AND REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS. WHEN THOSE CHEMICALS LEAK TO THE ATMOSPHERE, THEY CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE AS WELL AS COMPLETE THE OZONE LETTERS. SO ADDRESSING THOSE, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS RUN, REDUCING THE MRT BODY, CARBON FOOTPRINT OF BUILDING MATERIALS. UM, THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE WITH STEEL AND CONCRETE AND WOOD, THE BALANCE OF THOSE BUILDING MATERIALS WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS AROUND WATER, UH, REDUCING WATER DEMAND AND, UH, TRYING TO REDUCE THAT ENERGY WATER NEXUS. UH, THE NEXT SECTION IS TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE. SO, SO AS I SAID EARLIER, TRANSPORTATION IS THE VERY SOON TO BECOME THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THERE ARE TWO SECTORS FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION. UH, THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY WITHOUT THE USE OF CARS? SO, UM, ON THE PHONE IS MARK , WHO LED UP THIS ADVISORY GROUP. SO I'M GONNA LET YOU LET HIM WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THESE DETAILS. THANK YOU, ZACH. UM, SO YEAH, I'M MARK CORDERA AND I HELPED TO LEAD UP THE ADVISORY GROUP. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ON THE SLIDE. IT SAYS TRANSPORTATION LAND USE HAS A PICTURE OF A CAB. METRO BUS HAS A BUNCH OF LOGOS. UM, WE WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING CAT MECHO, CAMPO, LIVABILITY, AUSTIN PER DARE, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMUNITY POWER WORKSHOP. BUT WE ALSO WORKED WITH, UM, ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER GROUPS AS WELL. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK CLIMATE COALITION, AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, NELSON, NYGAARD, SEXIST DEMOCRATS WITH DISABILITIES, SUNRISE MOVEMENT, ET CETERA. AND OVER THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, WE REALLY HAD, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS EVERY TWO WEEKS, SOMETIMES A WEEKLY MEETINGS HAD WORKSHOPS AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS. WE CAME UP WITH FOUR OVERALL GOALS WITH STRATEGIES UNDERNEATH THOSE. SO LET'S JUMP IN NEXT SLIDE. SO MARK REAL QUICK. I SAID THEY HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VERSION OF YOURS THAT THIS PRESENTATION. SO THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT ONE SLIDE THAT HAS ALL FOUR OF THE GOALS ON IT. OKAY. OKAY. SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THEM. YEAH. UM, OKAY. SO GOAL NUMBER ONE IS THAT BY 20, 30, 80% OF NEW NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S GROWTH CENTER IN CORRIDORS. AND HERE IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON BASICALLY TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. ONE IS WHERE ARE LARGE EMPLOYERS GOING TO BE LOCATED? AND HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THAT INVESTMENT WITH LOCAL AMENITIES, SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS, HEALTH CENTERS, LIBRARIES, ET CETERA. AND HOW DO WE SORT OF WORK WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT IN, UM, GESTATION NETWORKS AND, UH, EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS FOR THOSE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO CREATING A MOBILITY HUBS AND THEN MANAGING PARKING AND PARKING IS BOTH FOR, UH, EMPLOYERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT CASH OUT PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE PROVIDE FREE PARKING FOR AMENITIES THAT ARE NEEDED BY COMMUNITIES SUCH AS HEALTH CENTERS, ET CETERA. NOW? SO THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS THAT IT IS INCLUSIVE. IT PROVIDES HEALTHY OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT. AND THEN IT PRODUCES AIR POLLUTIONS ON CARS AND MEXICO IS FOCUSED ON HOUSING. THIS IS REALLY BASED ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING BLUEPRINTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND IT'S BY 20, 30, 70% OF NEW HOUSING UNITS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S GROWTH CENTERS. AND THIS IS ALSO PER THE LAST GOAL CONNECTED TO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEAR AND HAS ACCESS TO AMENITIES SUCH AS HEALTH CENTERS, UM, DAYCARE, UH, GROCERY STORES, ET CETERA, UH, AND ENSURING THAT WE DO PROVIDE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. UM, THIS IS THROUGH LIKE LOOKING AT FUNDING AFFORDABILITY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ALMOST ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR AFFORDABILITY CAN STAY IN PLACE ENHANCING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE IN THOSE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES. [00:35:02] THE THIRD GOAL IS AROUND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT'S FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. SO THAT BY 2030 5% OF ALL DISTANCE TRAVELED BY PUBLIC TRANSIT IS ON THE BIKE SHARE PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND THIS IS THROUGH EXPANDING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSIT NOW, UH, LOOKING TO PROMOTE FREE TRANSPORTATION, WHERE WE CAN SPECIFICALLY PER COMMUNITIES WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, AND THEN LOOKING AT TRANSIT STOPS THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEM EASILY, THAT THEY'RE EASY TO FIND, AND THAT THEY HAVE A FAIR MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE THINGS ARE SET UP, UH, WE WANT TO REDUCE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND BURDEN ONTO THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE, UH, WHAT WOULD THEY NEED FOR DAILY NEEDS? AND THEN THE LAST CALL IS FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CALLED PEOPLE POWERED TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS OUR BICYCLES WALKING PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, BUT ALSO KNOW PENDING MEMBERS OF THE STROLLERS. AND HOW CAN WE REALLY MAKE THAT AN, A VIABLE OPTION IN AUSTIN? SO THAT BY 2030 4% OF ALL DISTANCE TRAVEL WOULD BE SOME KIND OF PEOPLE POWERED MODE. THIS IS BY PRIORITIZING BICYCLE NETWORKS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM BY ENHANCING EDUCATION, PROVIDING THESE SERVICES AND PROVIDING SORT OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES SO THAT COMMUNITIES CAN HAVE BICYCLES AS AN OPTION AND ALSO IMPROVING THE, THE URBAN LANDSCAPE, THE TRAIL, THE SIDEWALKS, THE CROSSWALKS, SO THAT ANYBODY EITHER IN A WHEELCHAIR OR JUST WALKING CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE, SAFE, AND NOT HAVE BARRIERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE PLACES FOR PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND DIVE GESTATION IS, IS A VIABLE OPTION WHEN IT'S NOT IN YOUR CAR. THANKS MARK. OKAY. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION. AND SO AS MARK SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY PRIORITIZED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRIP THAT DOESN'T USE A CAR OR THE TRIPLETS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS THE BEST SOLUTION HERE. UM, BUT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE STILL GOING TO BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND LAID OUT AND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. UM, SO THE GOALS HERE AROUND ELECTRIFYING THE REMAINING TRANSPORTATION. SO, UH, BY 2030, UH, AIMING FOR 40% OF TOTAL, IT WILL BE FOUR MILES TRAVELED IN THE CITY TO BE, UH, ELECTRIFIED. UH, AND THEN BY 2030, HAVING A COMPELLING AND EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED, DISTRIBUTED CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY. SO IT'S UBIQUITOUS AND CHEAP AND SIMPLE TO USE TO SUPPORT ALL THOSE VEHICLES. AND THEN FINALLY REALLY MAKING THIS A REGIONAL EFFORT FOR ELECTRIFICATION, UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE LONGEST COMMUTE AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMMUTES, UM, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SURROUNDING CITIES AND COUNTIES. AND HOW CAN THE CITY AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, SOON TO BE ZERO CARBON ELECTRICITY, SUPPORT THIS TRANSPORTATION TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, UH, AND REDUCE EMISSIONS. SO NEXT SLIDE OF FOOD AND PRODUCT CONSUMPTION. THERE ARE TWO FINAL SECTIONS HERE. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY. UM, SO FOR THIS SECTION, WE'RE AIMING TO LOOK SORT OF UPSTREAM. SO NOT AT RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING, WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF THE BIGGER PICTURE. SO THE FIRST GOAL IS AROUND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS FOOD SECURE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE, UM, DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT SUPPORT PRO CLIMATE PRO CLIMATE AND PROHEALTH FEEDS THAT ARE BETTER FOR PEOPLE'S BODIES AND BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SECOND ONE IS AROUND REDUCING, UH, THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASING. SO THINK PER SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES ON FROM UT AND LARGE CORPORATIONS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE STATE CAN HAVE A MASSIVE, UH, UPSTREAM IMPACT WHEN WE MAKE BETTER CHOICES AND MORE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES WITH PURCHASING. THEN THE LAST GOAL HERE IS AROUND SUPPORTING, UH, AT AN UPCOMING TARGET TO BE ADOPTED BY THE REVISED ZERO WASTE PLAN, AND REALLY TRYING TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND REUSE AND FIXING THINGS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THEN FINAL SLIDE IS NATURAL SYSTEMS. UH, THIS IS A BRAND NEW SECTION THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. UM, SO THIS IS ADDRESSING HOW DO OUR NATURAL SYSTEM, HOW DO WE PROTECT THE CARBON THAT IS STORED OUT THERE AND ALL OF OUR TREES AND ALL OF OUR SOILS, AND THEN HOW DO WE ENHANCE THE CARBON SEQUESTRATION ABILITY OF THOSE NATURAL SYSTEMS? SO AIMING TO PROTECT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF NATURAL LANDS, AIMING TO PROTECT, UM, LOTS MORE FARMLAND IN OUR FIVE COUNTY AREA AND REALLY SUPPORT REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ON THAT LAND. UH, THE THIRD GOAL IS AROUND DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF TREE CANOPY COVERING WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, AND REALLY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON AREAS THAT ARE VERY LOW NOW. AND THEN FINALLY, [00:40:01] UH, TRYING TO HAVE ALL CITY OWNED LANDS UNDER MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT RESULT IN NEUTRAL OR CARBON NET OR NEGATIVE CARBON, THIS CARBON EMISSIONS ON THEIR LANDS. BECAUSE IF YOU MANAGE LAND THE WRONG WAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE LIKE RELEASING THE CARBON. SO, UH, LAST SLIDE HERE SCHEDULE, UH, THE, THE DRAFT PLAN IS FULLY OUT FOR REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS COMMISSION, WE'RE PRESENTING TO LIKE 20 OTHER COMMISSIONS. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN, UM, ADDRESS COMMENTS AND FINALIZE THIS PLANNING EFFORT IN OCTOBER, AND THEN PRESENT TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER. SO, UM, THERE, SO I'LL JUST END IT THERE AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. AND IF YOU, WE, WE SORT OF LEFT IT OUT OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE ON, UM, MODELING EMISSIONS. AND WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A DASHBOARD WHERE YOU CAN MODEL DIFFERENT, UM, ACTIVITIES AND REDUCTIONS SCENARIOS. SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN LIKE NERDING OUT ON THAT, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, I'D BE GLAD TO FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, DO I SEE ANYBODY WANT TO RAISE A HAND MR. SUMMERS, I'M CURIOUS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS AROUND, UM, METRO REGION COOPERATION AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO FACILITATE THAT. UM, THIS COMMISSION, UM, HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, THE CAMPO, UH, PLANNING PROCESS, THE 2045, I THINK A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, RIGHT. BUT A PLANNING PROCESS AND A LOT OF WAYS THOSE MASTER REGIONAL PLANS SOMETIMES ARE REALLY, UM, ENACTING SPRAWL IN A LOT OF WAYS AND CONSTRUCTING NEW ROADS AND BUILDING OUT NOW, NOW, AND NO MATTER WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS FAR AS LIKE GETTING OUR, UM, UH, CONCENTRATING THINGS IN CENTERS AND DOING BETTER TRANSIT AND MORE BIKES AND LESS FREE PARKING AND LESS PARKING OVERALL, THE TYPES OF THINGS WE DO, IF WE'RE NOT PARTNERING AND GETTING SOME REFORMS, IT'S SORT OF THE MSA LEVEL WITH CAMPO AND THEIR PLANNING, AS WELL AS WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, PARTNER MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR REGION, WE'RE GOING TO BE, THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE GETTING IT. AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE NOT BUILDING A LOT OF HOUSING AND JOBS IN THE CITY, MOST PEOPLE ARE STILL GONNA BE GETTING ON THE ROADS AND RELEASING A TON OF CARBON AS THEY COME INTO THE CITY TO WORK AND PLAY AND LIVE AND DO THINGS. SO, UM, I'M CURIOUS, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO A LITTLE BIT, BUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE CONCRETE PARTNERSHIPS AND THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS PLAN TO, TO WORK ON THAT ISSUE? CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WE ALL SAY WE'RE GOING TO COOPERATE WELL, WE COOPERATE TO CREATE THE CAMPO PLAN AND THAT'S TAKEN US IN LARGELY THE WRONG DIRECTION. I THINK SO. SO LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND THAT'S A REALLY HARD QUESTION. UM, I MEAN, WE, WE ABSOLUTELY NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SAID. AND, YOU KNOW, IN MY, MY TIME AT THE CITY, LIKE I HAVE SPENT NO GOOD A TIME, A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO COLLABORATE WITH CAMPO, UM, AND NOT BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD, I THINK A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF CAMPUS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS, BUT IT WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MARGINAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER AVENUE THAT I'VE PURSUED OVER THE YEARS IS THROUGH CAP COG, UM, AND THEIR SORT OF REGIONAL, REGIONAL COORDINATION AROUND AIR QUALITY. UM, SO I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE IDEAS THAT WE WOULD START PROBABLY WITH THAT, THE CAP COG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, ALEXA OFFICIALS AND STAFF MEMBERS FROM SURROUNDING CITIES AND COUNTIES. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST TRY GETTING PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND GETTING PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET IT SO FAR. SO I MEAN, SOME OF THE IDEAS, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL IDEAS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS TRY TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE A SHARED MOTIVATION AND LIKE SOME CARROTS TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER AND ON THE SAME ABOUT THIS. UM, AND I, AND I DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS AND I DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE A SUPER CONCRETE PLAN RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS WITH, UM, STAFF AND CONNECTING AT THE STAFF LEVEL. AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR CITIES THAT SUPPORT THIS PLAN REALLY WILL HELP US LIKE PUT IN THAT WORK TO ACTUALLY TRY TO BUILD MORE COALITION AND SUPPORT AROUND THIS. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF, OF COMPLICATION [00:45:02] AROUND THE LAND USE ISSUES. UM, AND I THINK TRYING TO ALSO NOW BALANCE IN KIND OF THIS QUESTION OF ELECTRIFYING TRANSPORTATION, UM, FIGURING OUT HOW THAT FITS INTO THIS AS WELL. SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT A SUPER GOOD ANSWER. UM, AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN TRYING TO SUPPORT US AS WE TRY TO MOVE FORWARD BEYOND ADOPTION. AND THIS PLAN, I WANT TO SEGUE A LITTLE BIT TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT I HAD JUST SORT OF THE, UM, OKAY. SO I WANTED THE SLIDES, HE TALKS ABOUT A PLAN, A PLANS, AND IT REALLY HITS US THE SAME IDEA IS THAT I HAVE UNCLEAR, AND MAYBE THERE IS AN ANSWER. MAYBE THERE ISN'T AN ANSWER HOW THIS PLAN FITS INTO, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, HOW IT FITS INTO OTHER CITY PLANS, HOW IT FITS INTO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE TOLL ROADS, THE PEOPLE WHO MAY, YOU KNOW, PUDS OUT, UM, BEYOND EASTLAND PARK AND ET CETERA, RIGHT? SO YOU HAD THAT SLIDE, IT SAYS, PLAN A PLAN. IT'S GOT A LITTLE HEXAGON GRAPHIC OR WHATEVER, AND THEN IT HAS ANOTHER SET OF BULLET POINTS. WHAT IS THE LEGAL MECHANISM OF THIS PLAN, HAVING ANY INFLUENCE ON KIND OF ANYBODY, EVEN CITY CITY STAFF, HOW DOES THIS ADD LEGAL INFLUENCE ON PARK STAFF AND ADD STAFFING, PLEASE STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, LAND USE AND CODE COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA. YEAH. SO I, IT'S KIND OF A SENSOR. I MEAN, SADLY I'D SAY THAT THIS PLAN DOES NOT HAVE LEGAL MECHANISMS OR BINDING LIKE MEASURES WITHIN IT. UM, IT'S KIND OF THE VISIONARY LIKE DIRECTION, UM, TO GET US TOWARDS THIS LONGTERM ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. AND WE DON'T HOLD A LOT OF THE LEVERS. UM, BUT THIS IS SORT OF THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN LIKE SET UP BY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT COUNCIL KIND OF DIRECTS US AND ASK FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS IS THAT, UM, THEY LOOK FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW COULD WE GET THERE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DELIVER. AND THEN, AND THEN IT'S UP TO, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S UP TO EVERYONE TO SORT OF LIKE PICK THIS UP AND OWN IT, UM, BEYOND ADOPTION. HMM. ARE THEY REQUIRED TO PICK FROM THE RECIPES IN THIS BOOK, SO TO SPEAK, OR CAN THEY GO OFF BOOK AND DO THEIR OWN THING? IF THEY BUILD A FLEET, DO THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE AND SAY, OH, ACCORDING TO THESE REQUIREMENTS, 40% OF OUR NEW FLEET NEEDS TO BE ELECTRIC OR ET CETERA. YEAH. SO, SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE BUILT INTO THIS PLAN, BUT, BUT AGAIN, LIKE IT'S, IT WILL TAKE, UH, US HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. IT WILL TAKE CITY COUNCIL SAYING, LOOK, WE PASS THIS PLAN, HEY, FLEET, IT'S IN THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 100% ELECTRIC FLEET BY 2030. LIKE, HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? SO IT, BY, BY ADOPTING THE PLAN AND SUPPORTING THE PLAN, IT SETS THE GOALS AND THE FRAMEWORK, WHICH RIGHT. THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT IT DOESN'T LIKE THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS ONLY AS GOOD AS EVERYONE REFERENCING AND COMING BACK TO THIS PLAN. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON MY QUESTION WITH THE LAST TWO ANSWERS, BUT JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY, WHAT IS, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS YOUR ROLE, UM, MOVING FORWARD AFTER THIS PLAN IS ADOPTED? UM, HOW, UM, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT'S KIND OF LIKE KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THE PROJECTS AROUND TOWN TO SAY, HEY, YOU REMEMBER WE HAVE THE, UH, THE CLIMATE PLANT OR HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? YEAH. SO THAT'S, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SECTION ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING THAT'S IN THE FULL VERSION OF THE PLAN. UM, I THINK IDEAS THAT AFTER ADOPTION THAT WE LAST TIME AROUND WHEN THE PLAN, THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED FIVE YEARS AGO, IT KIND OF, IT WAS ADOPTED. AND THEN WE KIND OF LEFT IT UP TO DEPARTMENTS TO LIKE FIND THEIR OWN FUNDING AND IMPLEMENT THINGS. AND THEN NOT ONLY WENT SO FAR. AND SO, I MEAN, THIS TIME AROUND WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IS CREATE SORT OF LIKE A NEW ROUND OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT AFTER THIS IS ADOPTED AND CREATE IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING LIKE THE SPECIFIC TASKS AND SCHEDULE AND BUDGET TO GET MANY OF THESE THINGS DONE AND THEN, AND HAVE THOSE, THOSE PLANS AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, CREATED WITH DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO AVAILABLE FOR COUNSEL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, TO TRY TO DRIVE A MUCH MORE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THIS TIME AROUND, UM, THIS MORE TRANSPARENT AND LIKE MORE, UM, UH, MORE COMPLETE THAN JUST LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR LIKE HOW THINGS ARE GOING NEXT YEAR. SO, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY MUCH MORE WORK TO DO. SO IF YOU ARE, YOU, DIDN'T JUST PEYTON THIS PLAN THIS TIME AROUND, BUT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING BACK AND HELPING [00:50:01] ON IMPLEMENTATION, WE WILL, WE'LL TAKE YOUR RIGHT. WELL, I'M SURE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST OFFER THE IDEA THAT, UM, YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALL THESE ADVISORY GROUPS. UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, PEOPLE ON THE GROUND CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR THE PLAN AND KEEPING EVERYBODY'S FEET TO THE FIRE MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE, PART OF THE IDEA THERE WITH ALL THESE, UM, GRASSROOTS AND, UH, ADVISORY COUNCIL. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR, UM, COORDINATION. YUP. GOOD QUESTION. UH, ARE YOU STILL PLANNING TO, UH, TAKE THIS DRAFT TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER? YEAH. I MEAN, THE PLAN NOW IS THERE IS A COUNCIL BEING ON OCTOBER 29TH AND THEN THERE'S ONE ON NOVEMBER 12TH. UM, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKELY THAT WE'LL BE THERE ON NOVEMBER 12. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE TIMING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COMMENTS ARE, UM, BEING ACCEPTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH AND, UH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TIME IN BETWEEN THAT. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. PROBABLY YOU GUYS TO DIGEST THOSE COMMENTS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING AT 20 COMMISSIONS OR SOMETHING, UM, AND THAT THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY ADOPTED A RECOMMENDATION, UM, SUPPORTING IN SUPPORT OF, OF THIS DRAFT, HOPING THAT OTHER COMMISSIONS LIKE OURS WOULD DO THE SAME. WELL, THIS IS POSTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIONS WHEN WE GET TO IT. IF YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PROPOSE, I THINK PEOPLE WILL, WELL, I DON'T RIGHT NOW. UH, ACTUALLY, UM, IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME SO WE CAN DO THE MOTIONS THAT SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WE NEED TO MAKE A FULL RECOMMENDATION. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST IN THIS I'M MISREMEMBERING THAT, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, THE ACTION PORTION, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LIKE KIND OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK. SO AS A PERSON WHO LOVES DATA, AS I SORT OF READ THROUGH THIS, SOME THINGS JUMP OUT AT ME. UM, THERE'S THIS SLIDE ABOUT, UM, ELECTRIFICATION THAT SAYS, THIS TRANSLATES THE 460,000 ELECTRICAL VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. AND I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW REALISTIC IS THAT NUMBER. AND BY THAT, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE RATE OF THAT GROWTH? CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG PERCENTAGE OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLES BEING IN AUSTIN. AND DOES IT, IS IT NUMBER MAGICAL? DOES IT REALLY DEPEND ON THAT NUMBER? AND IF NOT EITHER SUPPORT THE NUMBER IN SOME MEANINGFUL WAY OR TAKE IT OUT WOULD BE MY ADVICE BECAUSE IT JUMPED OUT AT ME AS A, AS A, AS A WEIRD NUMBER. SO IF YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND AND FOR THAT, I WOULDN'T MIND KNOWING. YEAH. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO, A 460,000 IS THE NUMBER IS, IS MORE, WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE PROMOTE A NUMBER OF VEHICLES. SO THE GOAL IS THAT JUST IS THE TRANSLATION OF 40% OF THE EMPTY. UM, AND YEAH, AND WHY THAT NUMBER IS SO HIGH IS BECAUSE WHEN WE START MODELING OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THE STEEP REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, OUT 10 YEARS OUT, 20 YEARS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IN THE, THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, REALLY HIGH PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE, UM, OUT OF CARS OR ELECTRIFY THOSE CARS. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE BUILT THIS, WE BUILT A MODEL THAT HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, THESE SLIDER BARS, WHERE YOU CAN MOVE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES AND DIFFERENT ADOPTION CURVES. UM, AND, AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 10,000 VEHICLES ON THE ROAD IN THIS AREA ARE ELECTRIC OR BATTERY ELECTRIC. AND SO, YEAH, IT'S A DRAMATIC INCREASE. AND YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, AFTER 2020, LIKE IN THE 20, 26, 27 AREA, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE GETTING TO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE NEW CAR SOLD BEING ELECTRIFIED. UM, AND THAT'S AGGRESSIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO OUT AND WE WERE TO PULL, YOU KNOW, 10 DIFFERENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION CURVES RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE SOME THAT WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER LOW OUT TO 2060, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE SOME, THAT'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY CAR IS GOING TO BE ELECTRIC BY 2030. SO, UM, IT'S [00:55:01] KIND OF, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A HARD, IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO PREDICT. UM, BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF LIKE, IF WE HAVE THE ZERO CARBON ELECTRICITY THAT WE NEED TO STRIVE FOR THIS TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN, UM, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T LIKE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE NEAR MEETING THESE, THESE TARGETS. SO THAT'S KIND OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DO WE GET TO THIS AND HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? UM, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT'S AGGRESSIVE, BUT, UM, POTENTIALLY DOABLE. OKAY. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT. SO, UM, I'M ALL FOR DREAM OF, I HAD A DREAM PEOPLE LIKE PUSH AWAY TOO FAR AWAY, FURTHER THAN YOU THINK YOU CAN GET. UM, JUST, I GUESS BE PREPARED FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME QUESTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO DISTRACT PEOPLE WITH THAT EXACT NUMBER. BUT THEN ON A STRATEGY SIDE, I WOULD SAY THAT THE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME ABOUT NOT IN GREAT ABOUT THAT NUMBER IS HALF A MILLION VEHICLES HAS HALF A DOZEN VEHICLES. AND THE POLLUTION FROM THE, THE RUBBER TIRES, THE POACHING FROM THE JEW, THE WAY CARS WORK IS NOT GREAT. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICAL VEHICLES ARE BETTER THAN NO VEHICLES, BUT HALF A MILLION VEHICLES IS NOT GREAT. SO SOME PURE CLIMATE STANDPOINT TO BE REALLY BOLD, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE TAKE HALF A MILLION VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD? YOU KNOW, HOW COULD WE GET, YOU KNOW, A TRAIN SYSTEM THAT WORKS OR A BUS SYSTEM THAT WORKS OR ET CETERA. SO EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT, I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, REWORK YOUR STRATEGIES, BUT I THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ANSWER. YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY ARE YOU ADDING HALF A MILLION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES? WHY NOT? WHY IS THE GOAL NOT TO TAKE OFF A HALF A MILLION VEHICLES SO THAT OUT THERE, IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, IF NOT, THAT'S THE TIME. YEAH, SURE. UM, SO, SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 600,600,000 VEHICLES. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTION FROM TGI AND OTHERS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GETS UP TO 800,000 PLUS, UM, BEYOND 2030. UM, AND THEN WHEN WE DO THE MATH, UM, LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CAP METRO ON UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THEIR PROJECTIONS ARE. UM, AND IF THEY FULLY BUILD OUT PROJECT CONNECT AND WE FULLY GET IT FULL OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME, WE MAYBE GET TO 5% OF THE TOTAL VMT, UH, REDUCED. SO, SO THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT LIKE BY 2030, IT'S LIKE THE PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO MOVE AROUND. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE RE LIKE BEYOND 2030, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET A FIRST ROUND OF LIKE FULL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, LIKE SUPPORTED BUILD OUT, UM, THEN YOU COULD BUILD UPON THAT TO LIKE REALLY LIKE ESCALATE IT BEYOND THERE, BUT FOR THE TIMEFRAME OF 2030, UM, IT'S JUST, UH, THERE WASN'T A, YOU KNOW, A PLANER OR SOMEONE WHO, UH, LIKE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, REASONABLY BE ABLE TO GET LIKE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT, OF, OF ACTUALLY LIKE AVOIDED AND, UH, ELIMINATED TRIPS. I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS WHOLE MODEL FOR WHO WANT TO FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS MEETING, WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT AND SHOW YOU ALL THE DETAILS. YEAH. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I, I UNDERSTAND I'M COMPLETELY IN FAVOR OF AGGRESSIVE GOALS. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S EXCEEDING, BUT ALSO CREATING PLANS. I WORRY SOMETIMES THAT WE'RE CREATING PLANS THAT ARE NOT ACHIEVABLE IN SOME ROOM AND THEN MISSING OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE. AND SO ONE THING THAT, UM, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IN WHAT YOU PRESENTED, AND I HAVEN'T READ THE FULL REPORT YET, I WILL, BUT LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN A GOOD JOB, GREAT JOB DOING IS LOOKING AT THE STREET REAL ESTATE THAT WE HAVE NOW IN A AMERICA IN IMMEDIATELY PROACTIVELY REALLOCATING IT TO NON-CARBON MODES. LIKE WE DON'T, WE CAN DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE GO OUT AND CONVINCE PEOPLE AND BEG PEOPLE, OR TRY TO SCROUNGE UP MONEY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAMS. WE CAN JUST DO IT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALSO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO CAMPO, CAMPO GOVERNANCE AND CAMPO DECISION MAKING. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT CAMPO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HAS CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE JUST COMMITTED TO HUGE EXPANSION OF LIKE, IT'S NOT ALIGNED. WE HAVE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE IN OUR PLANNING HERE. AND SO ANYTHING [01:00:01] THAT YOUR STAFF CAN DO TO HELP MAKE OUR PROGRESSIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS GRAPPLE WITH THAT DECISION IN AN HONEST WAY, AND REDUCE THAT COGNITIVE DISSONANCE I THINK IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL. BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT ALSO COMES DOWN TO STREETS AND HOW WE'RE USING OUR STREETS, BECAUSE WE CAN REALLOCATE OUR STREETS IN A WAY THAT WE CAN DECIDE IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING CONVINCED. AND I HOPE WE WILL. I HOPE THE NEXT VEHICLE THAT I BUY WILL BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A BET THAT WE'RE TAKING, I WANT US TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR GOAL SETTING, BUT LIKE, LET'S LOOK AT OUR, OUR, OUR STREET REAL ESTATE AND HOW WE ALLOCATE THAT. AND THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE, AND THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE SOMETIMES MORE EASILY. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT AND EXPAND. AND I SEE IN A GOAL NUMBER FOUR OF YOUR NATURAL SYSTEMS, UM, STRATEGY, UM, YOU TO TALK ABOUT, UH, USING CITY OWNED LANDS, UH, TO RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACE. NOW, I THINK HERE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF LIKE MEDIANS AND OPEN SPACE, BUT, UM, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LARGE BRADWAY AREAS AND SPLIT SPACES WHERE THAT, UM, LIKE MR SUMMER SAID WE COULD RECLAIM RIGHT AWAY. UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN OUR NEXT ITEM HERE WITH THE HEALTHY STREETS. SO IT'S ALREADY ON MY MIND, UM, ESPECIALLY IN, IN TERMS OF A COVID, UM, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE, UM, POINT OF THE HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM. AND ACTUALLY THIS KIND OF RELAYS INTO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, DID YOU INCLUDE ANY, UH, IDEAS OR, OR MATERIALS ABOUT COLGATE OR, UM, ONGOING PANDEMIC OR, UM, ONGOING, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN, IN THIS, UM, PLAN IS, OR IS THAT KIND OF TOO LATE TO TACK ON AT THE END THERE? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WROTE AT ALL? YEAH, IT WAS INCLUDED A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, HEALTH BENEFITS AND THEN IN TERMS OF LIKE JOBS AND TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. SO I THINK THE CONNECTION WAS THERE. UM, BUT YEAH, LIKE IT WASN'T A, UM, YOU KNOW, FOCUS AND, OH, AND I GUESS THE LAST AREA WAS LIKE, UM, TRYING TO BUILD UPON THIS, UH, THE, THAT WE HAVE NOW WITH, WITH BEING REMOTE AND WORKING, YOU KNOW, OLIN ELIMINATING TRIPS BY VIRTUAL MEETINGS. UM, IT WAS KIND OF CONNECTED IN THOSE AREAS. GOTCHA. UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION. DID YOU, DID YOU GUYS INCLUDE ANY KIND OF STIPULATIONS ON HOW MAYBE PLUG INTO FUTURE LEGISLATION SUCH AS A GREEN NEW DEAL OR, UM, SOME SORT OF JOBS PROGRAM THAT MIGHT COME DOWN THE ROAD? UM, YOU KNOW, AND GOD WILLING THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO 'EM PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR PEOPLE AND MAYBE CREATE GREEN JOBS COMING IN IN THE FUTURE? YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE TRIED TO STAY AWAY FROM KIND OF LIKE THE POLITIZATION LIKE OF STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, I MEAN, I THINK DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER, LIKE A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN WILL GET A BOOST AND WILL BE, UM, COULD BE, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE SUPPORTED. UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE LIKE RELYING ON IT. THANKS. YEAH. THE COMMISSIONER SAID I HAVEN'T FOR DISCUSSION OR PETITION COMMISSIONER DAVIS IS SPINNING. THERE YOU GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME THOUGH? YES. UH, WELL I THINK THAT THE EVERYONE'S BROUGHT UP REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS AND POINTS, AND I'D LIKE TO INCORPORATE THOSE AS SUGGESTIONS. NOPE. SHE CUT OUT FOR ME, WHICH WOULD BE AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, BUT I GUESS THE COMMISSION WERE KIND OF SPECIAL AND WE COULD DO THAT ANYWAY, AS LONG AS IT'S BEFORE THE PLAN GOES TO COUNCIL. SO YOU BROKE UP FOR ME IN SORT OF THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SENTENCES. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HEARD IT. YOU WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN, KELLY? OH, I WANT TO TAKE THE RECOMMEND. I WANT TO TAKE THE, THE DISCUSSION HERE TODAY AND PUT IT INTO A RECOMMENDATION TO VOTE ON NEXT MONTH. OKAY. I I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT FOR SURE. UM, DO WE WANT TO MAKE AN EMOTION OF SUPPORT OR ANYTHING, OR DO WE JUST WANT TO SORT OF IN THIS DISCUSSION AND WE'LL JUST TAKE IT UP AGAIN AND GET IT ON OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH. YOU'RE GOOD WITH PICKING IT ALL UP NEXT MONTH. I SEE SOME [01:05:01] HEAD NODS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GIVEN THAT, UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS ONE OUT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SET WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT IF WE MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION NEXT MONTH, THAT IT'LL BE IN TIME FOR COUNCIL. IS THAT IF THEY'RE ON NOVEMBER THEN FOR SURE. CAUSE OCTOBER. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE IN TIME. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN, UM, KELLY, WE WILL LOOK TO YOU TO, UM, WRINKLE SOMETHING UP AND YOU CAN SEND IT OUT VIA EMAIL AHEAD OF TIME IF PEOPLE WANT TO WEIGH IN AND REMEMBER THAT, I THINK WE ARE DONE. THANK YOU, ZACH AND SALINE AND OTHERS. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. BYE BYE. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON [2D. Healthy Streets program update – Discussion and Possible Action] TO ITEM D HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM UPDATE AS ENLISTED FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. UM, PRESENTERS ARE NOT LISTED ON HERE. UM, M LINKEDIN AS A DEER. I'M SORRY, COME AGAIN. WHO ARE THE PRESENTERS? ARE THEY, UH, I BELIEVE LAURA DIRENZO, UH, IS ON THE LINE AND, UH, OUR ACTIVE AND SUPERVISORS AS A MANAGER, AS WELL AS ANNA MARTIN. UH, AND OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M HANDING IT OVER TO YOU AT THE STREETS PEOPLE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. THIS IS LAURA. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE, UH, AUSTIN HEALTHY STREETS INITIATIVE. UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE SHORTLY GETTING OUR SLIDE DECK UP, UM, FOR REFERENCE IN THE BRIEFING AND, UM, I'LL, UM, I'LL ASSUME SO UNLESS SAID OTHERWISE, BUT WE HAVE A FEW, A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU. UM, I'M LAURA DARREN FIELD, I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND STREET DESIGN DIVISION AT THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, OF LEADING THIS, UH, HEALTHY STREETS INITIATIVE FROM COUNCIL'S DIRECTION BACK IN, IN MAY, AND ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ABOUT IT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE WHERE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER THREE MONTHS INTO THE INITIATIVE AND CERTAINLY HAVE LEARNED QUITE A BIT, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, UM, AND HAVE LOT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. UM, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO KIND OF SET THE CONTEXT FOR, UM, THE CONDITIONS THAT WE WERE IN, YOU KNOW, AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UM, REALLY REACHED THE U S AND IT WAS APPARENT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY TO PROTECT OURSELVES THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND EMERGED AS ONE OF THE MAIN, UM, UH, BEHAVIORS THAT WE COULD DO AS A COMMUNITY TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE. AND WITH THAT, WE BEGAN TO SEE, UM, A NUMBER OF OUR PEER CITIES IN NORTH AMERICA, UM, LOOK, UH, WAYS THAT WE COULD UTILIZE STREET SPACE TO, TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE BEST PRACTICES. I THINK IN, IN LOOKING BACK AT THAT TIME IN MARCH, APRIL, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONLY, ONLY THE ADVENT OF SCOOTERS HAVE HAD WE, UM, SUCH AN ACUTE CHANGE TO THE, TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OVERNIGHT, REALLY WHERE WE WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, BACK TWO YEARS AGO FROM NO SCOOTERS TO ALL, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THEM. AND, AND THE CHANGE THAT THAT BROUGHT WAS, WAS VERY, UM, SIGNIFICANT. AND THEN LOOKING NOW, UH, BACK IN MARCH, UH, GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, NORMAL OPERATIONS TO REDUCTIONS OF OUR, OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUMES WENT DOWN AT ALMOST HALF OVERNIGHT. SO JUST IN A VERY ACUTE CHANGE IN GIVING US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT AT STREET SPACE MUCH DIFFERENTLY. UM, THE, THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, UM, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, TO THE NEED FOR PHYSICAL DISTANCING WAS TO PASS A RESOLUTION, UM, ESTABLISHING THE HEALTHY STREETS INITIATIVE WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF CREATING THAT SAFER SPACE FOR WALKING, BIKING, GETTING EXERCISE AS MANY OF THOSE OPTIONS WERE CURTAILED, UM, DUE TO SOME OF THE RISKS THAT COVID, UM, PRESENTS, UH, THAT WAS IN, IN MAY WITH THE DIRECTION TO IMPLEMENT THE FIRST BATCH, UM, WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE RESOLUTION. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, AND, UH, OF COURSE THAT, UH, CAN MAYBE PAUSE FOR ONE MINUTE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, WE DID, UM, RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF KEY PLACES WHERE WITH THE, UM, INCREASE IN USING OUR TRAIL [01:10:01] SYSTEMS TO GET BASIC PHYSICAL EXERCISE. THE, ONE OF THE FIRST EFFORTS WE DID WAS TO, TO MAKE THAT SPACE A LITTLE BIT MORE AVAILABLE ON THE VALLEY ROAD, OVER THE LONGHORN DAM. UM, THAT FIRST STEP WAS, UH, TO REMOVE THE CHANNELING FENCE AND TO TAKE THAT OUTSIDE LANE, UM, TO MAKE SPACE FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING, UM, WITH THAT REMAINS IN PLACE. AND IT IS A VERY, VERY POPULAR AND, UM, I THINK VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, UM, USE OF STREET SPACE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT, UH, PROCEEDED THE COUNCIL DIRECTION. UM, WE'LL GO NEXT TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE FIRST EFFORTS FOLLOWING THAT COUNCIL DIRECTION. UM, WE, WE WORKED QUICKLY TO TRY TO FIND STREETS THAT WOULD BEST MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND OFFER, UM, AN ALTERNATIVE TO SOME OF THE MORE CROWDED, UH, TRAIL SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS, UM, TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT OFFERED, UH, PHYSICAL DISTANCING THINGS LIKE BUFFERED AND PROTECTED, UM, SUNY PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR IN STREET TRAILS, UM, AS WELL AS PLACES WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OPTIONS TO GET, UM, TO GET THAT PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND ALSO STREETS THAT HAVE, UM, SOME AMOUNT OF CONNECTIVITY BENEFITS, UM, THAT ARE LONG ENOUGH TO OFFER, UM, A SAFER WAY TO GET TO AND FROM, YOU KNOW, BASIC ESSENTIAL SERVICES. AND THAT LED US TO THE FIRST FIVE MILES OF STREETS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND, UM, FRANKLY WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS NOT TYPICALLY OUR PRACTICE AS I THINK MANY OF, YOU KNOW, AND AS EVIDENCED BY THE VERY EXTENSIVE WORK OF OUR COLLEAGUES OVER AT SOFT SUSTAINABILITY, WHERE THE CITY IS VERY MUCH, UM, COMMITTED TO, TO COMMUNITY BASED WORK AND CONSULTATION WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CASE, IT NEEDED TO HAPPEN QUICKLY TO OFFER IMMEDIATE BENEFIT, UM, AS OUR COMMUNITY GRAPPLED WITH, UM, SUCH AN ACUTE CHANGE TO OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. UM, AND CERTAINLY DID, DID TAKE SOME FOLKS BY SURPRISE, UM, AND GENERALLY, UM, WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE WAY WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING, BUT, UM, OVER THE INITIAL WEEKS OF BATCH ONE, UM, WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF, UM, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON, ON THE FIRST, UH, FIVE MILES THAT WERE INSTALLED, UM, THAT WAS THROUGH A NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE AND OFFER, I THINK VERY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE KIND OF GLIMPSES INTO HOW PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO AND, UM, USING HEALTHY STREETS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, AS WE LOOK TO THOSE FEEDBACK TOOLS THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN BATCH ONE, WE, WE LEARNED A LOT VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND, AND THANKS TO THE NATURE OF THESE, UH, TYPES OF TEMPORARY CLOSURES. UH, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES, UM, IMMEDIATELY, EVEN WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF, OF THE HEALTHY STREETS GOING IN CHANGES, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT ALTHOUGH TRANSIT OPERATIONS, UM, WERE GENERALLY, UM, AVOIDED IN OUR SELECTION, A COUPLE OF STREETS DID HAVE ONE, UH, ROUTES THAT WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ONCE OR TWICE IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. AND I NEEDED ACCOMMODATION. UM, AS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT THERE, WE ALSO LOOKED AT WAYS THAT WE COULD BE A BIT MORE INVITING TO, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WERE ABOUT TO OPEN, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THE, THE FIRST BATCH WENT IN RIGHT BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. UM, AND WE DID HAVE SOME BUSINESSES THAT WERE JUST STARTING TO OPEN. UNFORTUNATELY, OF COURSE, WE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST FROM THERE. UM, BUT IN, UH, IN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UM, EMERGING, UM, ECONOMIC, UH, SECTOR OPENING, WE DID MAKE CHANGES TO, UM, TO BETTER MESSAGE ACCESS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, KEY DESTINATIONS ALONG THE ROUTES, LIKE, LIKE CEMETERIES AND PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SUBSEQUENT, SUBSEQUENT TO THE INITIAL, UM, INSTALLATION, WE DID HAVE EARLY VOTING OCCURRING AS WELL. AND SO MAKING THAT WE HAD SIGNAGE ABOUT POLLING PLACES THAT WERE OPEN A LOT ALONG THESE ROUTES IS AN IMPORTANT COUPLE OF IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY. UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, ON THESE HEALTHY STREETS TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE TO THROUGH THE ONLINE TOOLS, AS WELL AS THROUGH EMAIL AND PHONE. AND OTHER OTHER MEANS YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M PART OF THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION WAS ASKED US TO INITIATE AN, UH, FIRST BATCH AND THEN QUICKLY ITERATE AND LEARN AND, UM, LAUNCH ANOTHER WITH CONSULT WITH MORE CONSULTATION OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID AND USING TOOLS LIKE YARD SIGNS THAT SHOW, UM, A POTENTIAL HEALTHY STREET. WE LOOKED AT 12 ADDITIONAL MILES OF POTENTIAL HEALTHY STREETS AND ULTIMATELY CHOSE [01:15:01] FIVE, UM, FOR OUR SECOND BATCH, UM, IN JULY THAT INCLUDES, UM, BELFAST UP IN THE NORTH KIND OF EAST, UM, PART OF THE CITY, UH, DOWN SOUTH BETWEEN WILLIAM CANNON AND FLUTTER, AND THEN ALSO, UM, KIND OF THE CENTRAL NORTH AREA ALONG AVENUE G. UM, SO, UH, WITH THOSE THREE STREETS, IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST BATCH, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THAT, BUT, UM, MAYBE VERY FAMILIAR THE INITIAL BATCH THAT INCLUDED KOMAL PORTIONS OF WICKERSHAM LANE OLTORF AND, UM, FEET NEAR THE MABEL DAVIS PARK, AS WELL AS, UM, BOLDEN AVENUE AND GUARDIAN BIA. SO THAT MAKES UP CO-OCCUR WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT'S ABOUT 10 MILES. AND, UM, GENERALLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTHY STREETS WERE VERY WELL RECEIVED INITIALLY, OR, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY ONCE PEOPLE WERE REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON, UH, HAD VERY STRONG SUPPORT. UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE MIXED REACTION IN BATCH TWO. AND I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A COUPLE MORE SLIDES, BUT, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, JUST TO GIVE FOLKS A GLIMPSE OF HOW PEOPLE ARE USING HEALTHY STREETS. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT WE CALL OUR DATA STUDIO, WHICH IS A GREAT, UM, KIND OF COMPILATION OF ALL OF THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO GATHER, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GO ONTO THE HEALTHY STREETS WEBSITE AND RESPOND TO THE SURVEY, AND THEN INSTANTLY ALL OF THAT DATA IS AGGREGATED INTO THIS DATA STUDIO, UM, SHOW KIND OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, WHO WHO'S RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY, HOW ARE PEOPLE USING HOW THESE TREATS IS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AND THEN ALSO, UM, A NUMBER OF OTHER KIND OF METRICS AROUND, UM, SUPPORT AND, UM, AND, AND USE. AND SO HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN THE SCREENSHOT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE USING HEALTHY STREETS USE THEM BETWEEN, UM, ON A DAILY DAILY BASIS, A FEW TIMES, A FEW TIMES, UH, EXCUSE ME, SHE USED THEM TODAY A FEW TIMES A WEEK. UM, THEY'RE USING THEM FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WALKING AND BIKING, UM, AND THEY'RE GENERALLY USING THEM WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY. UM, SO THAT I THINK WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND, UM, SHOWS IN, IN THE FEEDBACK WE ARE RECEIVING. I THINK WE'RE UP TO A LITTLE MORE THAN, UM, A THOUSAND RESPONSES SO FAR WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF THE DATA STUDIO AND SHOWING KIND OF THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR HEALTHY STREETS. SO I THINK AT FIRST GLANCE, IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE VERY STRONG SUPPORT WITH THE BLUE COLOR ACROSS DIFFERENT ZIP CODES IN THE CITY. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SOME OF THE NUANCE IN THIS FEEDBACK. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE, WE HAVE, UH, OPPOSITION TO THE INITIATIVE IS IN ORANGE. AND WHEREAS OVERALL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE. WE ARE SEEING A FEW POCKETS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A, A MIXED REACTION, AND AS WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT WHAT WORKS IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF STREET THAT IS SUITABLE FOR, UM, A TREATMENT LIKE THIS, I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT IN THE FEEDBACK. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN BATCH NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A SERIES OF STREETS BETWEEN LILLIAN CANON AND SLAUGHTER IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY. THAT INCLUDES SOME STREETS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING MORE OR LESS AS A NEIGHBORHOOD COLLECTOR AND ARE QUITE WIDE AND DO HAVE SIDEWALKS. AND I THINK THAT, UM, SOME OF THOSE, THE COMBINATION OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS MAKE IT, UM, VERY CHALLENGING, I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT, UM, SOME OF THE, OF THE CHANGES THAT THE DEVICES HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT. UM, CERTAINLY NOT, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE BOARD NEGATIVE, BUT, UM, A MAJORITY OF FOLKS ARE CONCERNED WITH THAT PARTICULAR SETUP AND THAT'S CERTAINLY GIVEN US SOME PAUSE, UM, AS TO HOW USEFUL AND HOW WELL RECEIVED SOME OF THESE STREETS ARE SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. UM, AND THE OTHER KIND OF FASCINATING THING IS SOME OF THESE, UM, QUOTES HERE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT JUST ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE ONLINE MAP TOOLS. UM, ONE OF THE, I THINK MORE EXCITING PARTS OF THE HEALTHY STREETS INITIATIVE IS, IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE REALLY EXPANDED THAT INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ONLINE TOOLS. UM, LIKE, LIKE THESE INTERACTIVE MAPS I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND CHECK THEM OUT. THEY'RE REALLY FASCINATING TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK IN REAL TIME AND YOU SORT OF STACK UP MAYBE A COMMENT IN SUPPORT, A COMMENT, NOT IN SUPPORT, UM, AND FOLKS CAN READ EACH OTHER'S COMMENTS. OF COURSE IT'S ALL ANONYMOUS, BUT IT'S REALLY, UH, I THINK, UH, A FASCINATING WAY TO INTERACT, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, ON, UH, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE ARE COPING WITH CHANGE. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, I'LL, I'LL BRIEFLY, UM, WRAP [01:20:01] UP WITH, UM, WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH HEALTHY STREETS. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL AND, UM, TO SUM UP WHERE WE TAKE IT IN THE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO INITIATE THE PROGRAM, UM, BUILD ADDITIONAL BATCHES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND, UM, FURTHER LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE LESSONS LEARNED AND, AND TRANSLATE THEM INTO PERMANENT BENEFIT WHERE APPROPRIATE. AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING ALONG THOSE LINES IS TO LAUNCH A SLOW STREETS, PILOT, UH, AS PART OF OUR SIDEWALK AND URBAN TRAILS PLAN UPDATE. UM, WE'LL BE TAKING A SCOPE, IT'S A SCOPE AMENDMENT TO, UM, COUNCIL AND A FEW WEEKS TO ALLOW FOR THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IN THIS, IN THIS PLAN UPDATE, INCLUDING A PILOT TO, UM, LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN ADOPT THIS CONCEPT OF SLOW STREETS OR HEALTHY STREETS AS PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TAKING SOME IMMEDIATE LESSONS LEARNED. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS SLIDE IS THE, IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING SORT OF A PINCH POINT THAT'S MIDDLE BLOCK ON KOMAL, UM, AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN TRANSLATE THE EFFECTIVE, UM, BENEFIT THAT THOSE FOUR BARRELS AND FIND PROVIDE TO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT LOOK MORE, UM, AESTHETICALLY PLEASING BY WAY OF CURB WORK AND MAYBE EVEN A RAIN GARDEN OR SOME KIND OF NATURAL ELEMENT THAT HAS A DRAINAGE FUNCTION AND CAN SERVE THE SAME BENEFIT OF CALMING, UM, A PERSON DRIVING ENTERING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT. UM, AS IN THIS SITUATION HERE, MID-BLOCK ON KOMAL BETWEEN NOSTRAND AND THIS AND HASKELL IN THIS. OKAY. UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THE FIRST KIND OF WAVE OF, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR MY GROUP WILL BE IN INTRODUCING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN VETTING WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO DOVETAIL THOSE, UM, THOSE PROJECTS WITH SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED ON HEALTHY STREETS, AND THEN FURTHER AMPLIFY THAT FROM A PEDESTRIAN COMFORT PERSPECTIVE IN THE SIDEWALK AND URBAN TRAILS PLAN UPDATE AT THE SAME TIME, AS I MENTIONED WITH SOME OF THE STREETS WHERE WE MAY NOT QUITE HAVE HIT THE EXACT RIGHT FIT WITH THE SELECTION IN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND LEARNING FROM THAT, UM, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WINDING DOWN FLUX STREETS WHERE, UM, THE EFFORTS AROUND HEALTHY STREETS MAYBE ARE NOT QUITE THE RIGHT FIT, BUT, UM, KEEPING THOSE THAT, THAT REALLY ARE SERVING THAT IMPORTANT PURPOSE. MMM HMM. THEN FINALLY, JUST THE BEYOND, ALREADY ALERT FOR, UM, WHAT WE HOPE TO NOT BE THE CASE, BUT, UH, ANY TURN OF EVENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN ENCOURAGING TO SEE HOW COLLECTIVELY FOLLOWING THIS SURGE IN, UM, FROM MEMORIAL DAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THAT, UM, AS A COMMUNITY. AND WE WOULD HOPE FOR THOSE TRENDS TO CONTINUE, BUT SHOULD THEY NOT? UM, AND WE WOULD EVEN KNOW WHERE WE SEE SPOT LOCATIONS WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK CRITICALLY AT STREET SPACE, UM, TO MAINTAIN THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING. WE WOULD BE POISED TO LAUNCH ANOTHER BATCH OF STREETS. UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL, UM, ASK TO MOVE TO THE LAST SLIDE, WHICH IS OUR, UM, JUST REFERENCED TO THE EMAIL. UM, AND IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO ENCOURAGE, UH, YOUR NETWORKS TO, UM, GET INVOLVED AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON HEALTHY STREETS. UM, THE WEBSITE, THERE HAS A NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE WITH TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS AND ALSO APPRECIATE HOW, UM, THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY, UH, WORKING WITH AND REACTING TO HEALTHY STREETS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UM, UH, FROM ANNA MARTIN WHO'S, UH, HERE WITH US TODAY, AS WELL AS, AND COMMISSIONERS MARTIN, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER THIS ABOUT WHETHER YOU CAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I PERSONALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. I THINK I USE, UH, TWO OF THOSE HEALTHY STREETS, SIX TO SEVEN TIMES A WEEK, AND I REALLY CAN SEE A HUGE INCREASE IN COMMUNITY, A LOT OF ATTENTION OUT THERE, AND IT'S JUST REALLY ENCOURAGING AND VERY BENEFICIAL. SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S WORKED OUT GREAT. I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE, THE HIGHEST BAR, WHICH IS GREAT FOR ME, CAUSE HOPEFULLY THAT'LL LAST A LITTLE WHILE THE WORK YOU DID, I CAN CARE REALLY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. YEAH. I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH ON, BUT, UM, QUICK QUESTIONS FOR A SECOND. IT GOES FIRST. I HAVE SOME THAT I'LL DO AFTER YOU. [01:25:01] OKAY. UM, YEAH, FIRST I JUST HAVE A FEW GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HEALTHY STREETS, UM, INITIATIVE, UM, AND KIND OF SOME OF THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF IT. I, UM, UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON IT. IT'S BEEN AMAZING. I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE QUICK TURNAROUND AND THE LOW OR NO FUNDING, I GUESS. UM, SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE LIMITATIONS. AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. UM, I, I FELL FROM, I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF THE KOMAL, UM, HEALTHY STREETS, FIRST OF ALL. SO I, I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE JUST I'M THERE, YOU KNOW, TWICE A DAY, THREE TIMES A DAY, EVERY DAY. AND, UM, I THINK, ESPECIALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH INSTRUCTIONS FOR USERS OF THE STREET TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHO THEY, WHO THE SPACE IS FOR. WHAT IS IT DOING? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME SIGNS THERE SAY SLOW DOWN AND WALK, RIGHT ROLL. BUT I THINK IS A LITTLE VAGUE. I THINK MAYBE AT THE END OF EACH BLOCK, A SIGN SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS FOR. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THIS IS PRIORITIZING PEOPLE, NOT CARS. UM, THAT'S SORT OF LIKE REALLY DIRECT KIND OF COMMUNICATION WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL, UM, BECAUSE, UH, ESPECIALLY AS IT'S KIND OF GONE ON AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, PEOPLE ARE JUST STRIVING THROUGH THEIR SWALLOWING THROUGH WITH THEIR CARS. THEY'RE NOT REALLY ANY REGARD FOR PEOPLE AROUND, THEY'RE NOT YIELDING TO CYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIANS, UM, EXCEPT WHEN THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY LOST AS EFFECTIVENESS THAT WAY. UM, WITHOUT MINE, I THINK ONE REALLY IMPORTANT PHYSICAL ASPECT THAT YOU COULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED, UM, WAS, WOULD YOU HAVE A DIVERTER STREETS, SO TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM USING IT AS A THROUGH STREET? UM, I'VE SEEN IT IMPLEMENTED IN, IN, UM, PORTLAND ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AND I'M THINK WE HAVE SOME IN OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY PLAN IS TO, UM, BASICALLY EVERY FEW BLOCKS FORCE CARS TO TURN OFF OF THE STREET AND GO ON A PARALLEL ROUTE. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP TO DISCOURAGE, UM, CARS ON THOSE. AND THEN, UM, MY LAST THOUGHT JUST IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL DESIGN IS, UH, THE, UM, I THINK A LOT OF STREETS, UM, SUCH AS KEMAL, UM, BECAUSE THE USERS, IT WASN'T REALLY HELPFUL. IT WASN'T HELPFUL ENOUGH FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND IT WAS VERY ANNOYING FOR DRIVERS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I DON'T WANNA SAY COMPROMISE, BUT ONE IDEA IS IT'S SO WIDE ON COME. ALL THAT STREET COULD LITERALLY BE SPLIT INTO TWO, ONE HALF IS, UM, FOR USERS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, ONE HALF IS FOR DRIVERS, UM, THAT WOULD REALLY SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC AND, UH, WOULD CREATE A PERMANENT LINEAR DIRECT, UM, YOU KNOW, PATH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WHAT WE WEAVE AROUND. SO JUST SOME IDEAS THERE. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE SORT OF THINGS, BUT I WANTED TO USE MY BULLY PULPIT TO PUT THEM OUT THERE. UM, FINALLY, I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO, UM, EMPHASIZE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE THREE. I KNOW THINGS WITH COVID HAVE SORT OF LEVELED OFF, BUT I AM NOT OPTIMISTIC, ESPECIALLY WITH A UT RESUMING, UH, CLASSES AND FOOTBALL GAMES. SO I THINK, UH, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THAT ON THE READY AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO. UM, JUST HONESTLY, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST IMPLEMENT IT. UM, AND THEN I, UM, UH, HAVE SOME QUESTIONS NOW, LIKE WHAT ARE, SO MOVING FORWARD, YOU SAY SELECT WIND DOWN OF CERTAIN STREETS. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, WHAT, UM, WHAT'S THAT MEAN FOR, UH, OTHER, UM, PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT? UM, FOR INSTANCE, UH, WALK AUSTIN, WHICH FULL DISCLOSURE I'M ON THE BOARD OF WALK, AUSTIN JUST RECEIVED A GRANT FROM ARP TO SUPPORT, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTHY STREETS, BUT IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO WIND DOWN ALL THESE STREETS OR, UM, KARTELL IT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ROLE, UM, FOR THAT MOVING FORWARD? SO, UM, AND I ESPECIALLY WANT EMPHASIZE THE, UH, PLEASANT VALLEY, UM, HEALTHY STREET OR LANE OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I WOULD CALL IT ALMOST ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO WIND DIED DOWN AS PART OF YOUR SELECT STREETS. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FEEDBACK. IT'S, IT'S SUPER APPRECIATED. AND, UM, AND I'LL MAYBE ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE COMMENTS AROUND, AROUND KOMAL, JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE, THE CONDITIONS THERE. AND THEN ALSO, UM, SPEAK TO THE, UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT WINDING DOWN AND, AND THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, LIKE WALK AUSTIN. AND WE WERE CERTAINLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR EFFORTS TO, UM, GET CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, BACK, YOU KNOW, WHAT FEELS LIKE AGES AGO BACK IN APRIL AND MAY. UM, BUT YEAH, JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT WITH THE STREETLIGHT KOMAL AND, AND THE DIFFERENT, UM, KIND OF CHARACTERISTICS THAT IT SERVES, AND IT HAS BEEN [01:30:01] QUITE A CHALLENGE TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT AT THE VARIOUS BLOCKS. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT YOU DID SEE INITIALLY WAS KIND OF A RATHER DENSE KIND OF, UM, UH, COLLECTION OF DEVICES, RIGHT AT EVERY SINGLE, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCE TO A STREET TO TRY TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE, UM, THE WALKING AND BIKING PRIORITY FOR THAT STREET. I THINK, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE SIGNAGE AND EDUCATION MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN THE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDED SIGNAGE AT CEZAR CHAVEZ FOR EXAMPLE, AND CAN CONTINUE TO ITERATE ON WAYS TO BETTER EXPLAIN THAT. UM, AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, CERTAIN SECTIONS OF KAMALA WHERE WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPACE AVAILABLE LIKE A BUFFERED BIKE LANE, WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CARVE OUT SPACE, UM, FOR WALKING AND BIKING, AND THAT, THAT MIGHT IMPROVE THE COMFORT AND QUALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE, UM, OVER WHAT WE HAVE NOW. SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. UM, AS FAR AS, AS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, IN A, IN A WIND DOWN SCENARIO, I THINK WHAT WE'RE JUST ACUTELY AWARE OF IS, IS THE FEEDBACK IT'S, IT HAS BEEN A REALLY A SEA CHANGE TO HAVE SUCH INTERACTIVE TOOLS DEVELOPED AROUND THIS INITIATIVE. AND SO IT'S GIVEN US KIND OF A FRONT ROW SEAT IN HOW PEOPLE ARE REACTING, UM, TO, ESPECIALLY TO THE, TO THE SOUTHERN, UM, THE ONE DOWN SOUTH, UH, BETWEEN, UH, WHEN CANNON AND SLAUGHTERED AN EXAMPLE OF THE WIND DOWN WOULD BE TO LOOK AT SELECT, YOU KNOW, SELECT SEGMENTS OF THAT STREET, OF THAT SEGMENT OR THAT ROUTE THAT, THAT IS, UM, TO MAYBE TAKE DOWN SOME DEVICES. THERE WERE, UM, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AS WELL RECEIVED. AND FRANKLY, I THINK GIVEN THE, UM, JUST THE AMOUNT OF USE MIGHT, UM, BE BETTER DEPLOYED ELSEWHERE IN A BATCH THREE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ON STREETS WHERE THERE'S ZERO, UM, SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF UPTAKE IN, IN USE IN THE, IN THE SETUP TO BE CLEAR ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD. YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD LOOK TO MAINTAIN THAT. I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. UM, IT IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE EVEN WITHOUT THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. UM, AND THE SIDEWALK IS JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCING. UM, WE ALSO ANNOUNCED JUST THIS PAST. YEAH, JUST THIS PAST, UM, MONDAY WE ANNOUNCED OUR, UM, WORK TO INITIATE INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS ON PLEASANT VALLEY OVER THE DAMS, UM, BETWEEN SENATOR CHAVEZ AND ELMONT. SO THERE IS WORK THERE TO, TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INTERIM, UM, UH, SOLUTION THERE THAT WOULD, UM, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, MIMIC WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE TEMPORARY CONDITION. UM, SO, SO WE'RE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, YEAH, WE'RE VERY, UM, EXCITED FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE LAST WALK AUSTIN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, SUPPORT FOR, UM, THESE EFFORTS. UH, IT REALLY TAKES A COMMUNITY TO MAKE ALL OF THIS SUCCESSFUL. AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT, UM, REALLY TELLING THE STORY ABOUT HEALTHY STREETS, SO INITIATING, UH, AN EVALUATION INITIATIVE THAT WOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO, TO QUALIFY AND QUANTIFY THE WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS REACTED AND, AND EMBRACED AND USED AND, AND, UM, DEALT WITH THESE HEALTHY STREETS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TOGETHER, ALONG WITH THE BLOCK CAPTAIN PROGRAM, WHICH I DIDN'T SPEAK TO AN EARLIER, BUT MAYBE IT'S WORTH DWELLING ON FOR A SECOND. WE HAVE OVER 30 FOLKS AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVE, UM, ALONG THE STREETS, BETTER HEALTHY STREETS AND CONTRIBUTE DAY TO DAY WITH LETTING US KNOW WHERE I SET UP MIGHT BE, UH, NEEDS TO BE FIXED. SO SANDBAG THAT'S BUSTED MY NEED TO BE REPLACED, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN ALSO JUST BEING A BRIDGE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR, UH, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE ALONG THE STREETS. SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THE BLACK CAPTAINS EMERGE AND, AND FRANKLY, THAT'S THE GROUP THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH AS WE MOVE INTO THE FULL STREETS PILOT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAD, UH, HAD A LOT OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING AROUND THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY STREETS AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT. SO THOSE ARE SOME THOUGHTS ON, UM, ON OUR NEXT STEPS THAT I HOPE IS HELPFUL AND HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WHERE IT MIGHT BE, UM, USEFUL FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO COMO. GREAT. THANKS. YEAH. I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, I, UM, THOSE ARE ALL GREAT ANSWERS AND I, UH, I GUESS, UH, I THINK MY FINAL BIT OF ADVICE OR COMMENTS JUST, UH, TRYING TO NOT, NOT TRY TO RIDE THE, UH, RIDE THE FENCE, UH, SOME OF THE FENCE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS PROJECTS. I THINK THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN, WHAT WAS THE, I DON'T WANNA SAY FAILURE OF KOMAL, BUT THE SHORTCOMING IS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH CARS, PEDESTRIANS. IT REALLY WAS A LOT LESS EFFECTIVE [01:35:01] THAN, UM, LIKE YOU SAY, CHOOSING A ROAD WHERE THERE'S JUST NO PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FIRST PLACE, OR JUST CUTTING OFF CARS ALTOGETHER. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT AND MOVE FORWARD. I WANT TO JUMP IN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, MAYBE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UM, I GUESS THE FIRST PART I'VE ACTUALLY READ THROUGH A LOT OF THE RESPONSES AND 77, FOUR FIVE, WE, YOUR FRIENDS WHO LIVE ON THE STREET IS THE HEALTHY STREET. AND I THINK, UM, SO I GUESS THE, THE KIND OF THE OVERALL STATEMENT THAT I WILL SAY THAT THE CITY CAN HEAR IS THAT IT IS OKAY FOR THE CITY TO BE OPINIONATED BECAUSE THE CITY HAS AN OPINION AND IT IS REFLECTED IN CITY'S LAW AND ORDINANCE. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE AROUND, UM, UH, MODE SHARE AND ENCOURAGING BIKES AND FINDING WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND NOT IN CARS. AND WHEN I READ THOSE RESPONSES AND 77, FOUR, FIVE, SPECIFICALLY, MANY OF THEM ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET ABOUT THEIR CAR IS NOT THE TEAM OF THE SPACE. AND THOSE ROADS ARE WHITE WIDE ENOUGH. SO TO TAKE DANIEL'S COMMENT OR SUSAN CENTER'S COMMENT, IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TO SPLIT THAT ROAD AND BE FINE. YOU COULD TAKE 10 FEET OFF OF SOME OF THOSE ROOMS AND IT WOULD BE FINE. AND THE CITY HAS AN OPINION THAT SAYS, UM, WE WANT THIS OUTCOME AND STRATEGICALLY AND TACTICALLY, THAT IS A WAY TO GET THAT OUTCOME. AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY FREE AS HEALTHY STREETS SHOWED, OR IT'S A VERY, VERY LOW COST. SO I ALREADY ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND A WAY TO DEFINE RIGHT FIT IN A WAY WHICH DOES NOT GIVE UNDUE CREDENCE TO SQUEAKY WHEELS. YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST IGNORE PEOPLE, BUT YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO TAKE FIVE COMPLAINTS OR 10 COMPLAINTS. AND IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3000 PEOPLE AND SAY THAT THAT IS THE DECIDING FACTOR. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THAT, FINDING THE WAY TO DEFINE THE RIGHTS SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE AND STICKS TO THE OPINION THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS. AND CERTAINLY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS CONDITION HAVE, AND CERTAINLY NO SURPRISE. I DEFINITELY HAVE, I LOVE THE HEALTHY STREETS. I RIDE THEM ALMOST EVERY DAY THAT I CAN, WHICH IS PROBABLY FIVE DAYS A WEEK. UM, SO I THINK THEY ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. THE OTHER BIT THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE IS THAT THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PANDEMIC RELATED. THIS WILL COME UP IN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE. IT'S THE PANDEMIC MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TRIGGERING FACTOR, YOU KNOW, EARLY PANDEMIC. WE NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO. BAM. WE DID IT. I THOUGHT WE HAVE THAT ABILITY. AND THAT IS A AWESOME ABILITY THAT I DO NOT WANT THE CITY TO LOSE JUST BECAUSE CASES ARE TRENDING DOWN OR TRENDING FLAT. SO THEN I GUESS MY, UH, IT'S JUST A LOT OF, UM, ADVICE, SLASHER RANT. SO THINGS FOR LISTENING TO THAT, UH, I LOVE THE HEALTHY STREETS. I WANT THEM TO BE EXPANDED. SO GETTING THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY THEORY THAT HOWEVER WE DETERMINED, RIGHT. FIT WHEREVER STAFF DETERMINES, RIGHT. FIT, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING OUT A NETWORK, WHETHER IT'S RESOLVING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AN ABILITY TO EXERCISE OR TRANSPORTATION, IS THERE ANY THEORY THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE EXPANDED AND NOT WOUND OUT? HMM HMM. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T THINK OF IT AS A RANT ONE BIT. UM, YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HEALTHY STREETS, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY IT, IT SORT OF BREAKS ALL THE RULES. WE, WE NORMALLY HAVE, UM, A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY DELIBERATE AND, AND, UH, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS OF THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTS TO REALLY BUILD, BUILD AS MUCH CONSENSUS AS POSSIBLE. AND, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PROCEEDING ONCE, ONCE WE DO KNOW WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S GONNA WORK BEST FOR THAT STREET WITH, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS PERMANENT. AND WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY TEMPORARY MODULAR, CHANGEABLE, UH, THINGS WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING IT, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE AND REALLY THRILLING AND ALSO, UM, A LITTLE BIT SCARY I'LL ALL ALL AT ONCE. BUT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE W WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, USES OF THE STREET AS POSSIBLE AS WELL, AND TRYING TO OFFER AS MUCH BENEFIT ACROSS THE CITY AS POSSIBLE. SO IF THAT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BANDWIDTH NEEDS, OF COURSE THERE IS THE TIME WHERE WE HAVE GOT STEP OUT THERE DATE DAY TO DAY, CHECKING THE SETUPS AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE CORRECT PLACE. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT STABILIZED. WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY OUT JUST TODAY. YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN, UM, THE CREWS OUT THERE TO, TO REPLACE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SANDBAGS FROM THE STORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK WE REALLY DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THIS BENEFIT ACROSS THE CITY, UM, AT THE LEVELS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY AND STAFF WISE, AND THEN BE ABLE TO PIVOT, WE [01:40:01] ALREADY HAD TO SORT OF LET A FEW FOLKS, UM, CUT THEM LOOSE TO GET BACK TO THEIR REAL JOBS, IF YOU WILL. UM, IN SOME OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT LONG RANGE PLANNING WORK THAT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RESUME NOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER KIND OF HORIZON AND FOCUS ON, ON WHAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO DEVELOP, UM, WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A BALANCING ACT FOR SURE. UM, BUT ONE THAT WE CERTAINLY HEAR FROM Y'ALL, UM, UH, HERE AND, AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS A POPULAR PROGRAM THAT, THAT IS SERVING A PURPOSE. SO WITH THAT UNDERSTOOD, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN A READY POSITION TO, TO PROVIDE THAT BENEFIT WHERE IT IS MOST, MOST NEEDED AND MOST, MOST WELL RECEIVED. AND, UH, WHILE WE ALSO CONTINUE TO BUILD, UM, BUILD OUT THE, THE PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT I THINK IS, IS REALLY WHAT WE, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, 'EM CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. WE HAVE BEEN TO PUT OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MORE MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE WAYS. UM, PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS ARE, ARE REALLY FLOURISHING ACROSS THE CITY. SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF A MATTER OF BALANCING ALL OF THAT WORK WITH THE, WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANKS FOR ALL THE, UM, WE DO HAVE THIS LISTED FOR ACTION THAT I WANT TO GIVE A 15 MINUTE WARNING. UM, IS THERE DISCUSSION, OR CAN WE MOVE INTO THE RECOMMENDATION OR COMMISSIONERS? SO MAYBE NO MORE QUESTIONS, MARIO. THIS IS KELLY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. I, I CALLED IN, UM, SO HOPEFULLY MY AUDIENCE BETTER. SO THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS RECEIVED, WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THOSE THAT, UM, THIS INITIATIVE WITH TAKING AWAY CAR LANES OR THAT IT WAS JUST UNSAFE DURING THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO GATHER AND POSSIBLY INFECT EACH OTHER. YEAH, THANKS. GO AHEAD. OH YEAH. JUST TO BE CLEAR. UH, NONE, NONE, NONE OF, NONE OF THE LADDER THAT I'VE SEEN ANYWAY, IN TERMS OF CONCERN ABOUT GATHERING, UM, MORE OF, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY CHANGE TO ANY STREET, THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD. AND, AND TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, UM, AS THE DEVICES GO IN, INITIALLY, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE IS REACTION TO THAT AND, AND THAT TAPERS A BIT, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE LASTING, UM, CONCERN IS, IS JUST HAVING TO COPE WITH, UM, THE DEVICES IN THE STREET. THEY ARE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE DESCRIBED THEM AS RATHER BLUNT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY THE FINESSE THAT WE TRIED TO ACHIEVE WITH THE STREET DESIGN THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS. AND SO I THINK THE BLUNTNESS AND, UM, AND IT, IT, THEY ARE EFFECTIVE IN THAT WAY, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF, OF FLOWING, BUT IT, IT CAN BE A LOT TO COPE WITH. SO THAT, THAT CHANGE TO THE STREET IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE'RE THERE, WE'RE HEARING CONSISTENTLY AND IN CERTAIN, CERTAIN AREAS, NOT, NOT EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S MOVE THIS TO THE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS IN YOUR EMAIL, EMILY OR CITY HALL HOSTS WANTS TO SHOW THIS. I CAN HEAR IT. OKAY. STANDBY. SORRY. I'LL DO AN INTERPRETIVE DATE. WAIT, WELL, CAN I KIND OF JUST START WITH A COMMENT WHILE WE GET THAT PULLED UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO, I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AS WELL. UM, YES. UM, ONE ASPECT THAT I FEEL LIKE IS MISSING FROM THIS DISCUSSION SINCE THINKING ABOUT HEALTHY STREETS IS NOT JUST AS A TRANSPORTATION OR RECREATION, BUT ALSO RECLAIMING RIGHT AWAY, UH, FOR OTHER, UM, ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MAYBE EDUCATION OR, UM, OTHER KINDS OF NECESSARY GATHERING SITUATIONS, UH, WHERE OUTDOOR, UM, OUTDOOR MEETINGS IS THE ONLY FEASIBLE OR SAFE MANNER OF, OF, UM, GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO I I'M THINKING ABOUT, UM, IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S CLASSROOMS [01:45:01] NEED TO MEET OUTDOORS, BUT THEY LACK SPACE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME CHARITIES TO, UM, TAKE SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S UNUSED, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THOSE KINDS OF PURPOSES. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D WANT TO ADD THAT AS A RESOLVED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION HERE, BUT I THINK THINKING ABOUT THE HEALTHY SPEED STREETS IS NOT JUST AS PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE THROUGH, BUT ALSO PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BE. AND I THINK THAT CAN BE A GREAT USE OF THE PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY AS A PERMIT PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD. SO MAYBE THERE COULD BE ALREADY A PUBLIC SPACE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A VARIETY OF USES, NOT JUST EXERCISE AND TRANSPORTATION. WAIT, YOU'RE ON YOU. YOU'RE ON MUTE DANIEL. I APOLOGIZE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH. YOU HEAR MY, YOU HAVE MY COMMENT BEFORE. I DUNNO WHEN I PUT MYSELF ON A, YEAH. I HEARD YOUR COMMENT BEFORE AND I WAS JUST SORT OF SURPRISING AND I'M NOT SURE I THOUGHT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, UM, AMENDMENTS YET, BUT THAT I WOULD MAYBE ADD THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO GET RESOLVED. UM, OKAY. SO I THINK, UM, KELLY DAVIS IS THERE ARE JUST AMENDMENTS. UM, AND WE DO THAT AT A CERTAIN TIME. SO I THINK AT THE RECOMMENDATION TO EVEN DISCUSS IT, OR DO WE DISCUSS IT FIRST, SOMEONE NEEDS TO MOVE AND THEN A SECOND AND THEN DISCUSSION. OKAY. SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN THEN. UM, I GUESS MOVE FOR DISCUSSION. UM, I'LL SAY AGAIN. YES, NO, NO. DON'T MOVE DISCUSSION AND MOVE TO ADOPTED. OKAY. OH, I SEE. AND THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSION. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, I GUESS THEN I MOVED TO ADOPT THAT SINCE WE ARE RUNNING LOW ON TIME, I WOULD JUST GO, YOU KNOW, SECOND THAT MOTION. RIGHT. AND THEN IF WE WANT TO EDIT IT, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE EDIT IT. YES. YES. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO, UM, DANIEL HAS A SUGGESTION THEN EITHER IN THE WHEREAS OR IN THE RESOLVED, THERE'S A LINE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE BROAD, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BEYOND EXERCISE AND TRANSPORTATION, I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD FIT BEST IN THE RESULT. AND WHEREAS GRANDPA, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER LINE IS ABOUT, UM, FINDING FRIENDLY EXERCISE AND MULTIPLE MODES OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, BUT THAT'S FINE WITH ME. YEAH. WHEREAS, AND THEN, OR NOT, UM, AND KIND OF JUST STEAL THAT LANGUAGE. UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY YEAH. OPPORTUNITY TO RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACE FOR, UM, DANIEL FROZE FOR ME. MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK. IT'S NOT DUE TO ANY PUBLIC SPACE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE FOR, UM, ENGAGING, UM, YEAH. FOR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION. UM, I DUNNO, OUTDOOR DINING, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING I'M THINKING OF MY FEET HERE. OUTDOOR DINING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT DO REQUIRE SOCIAL DISTANCE. YEAH. YES. INCLUDING, INCLUDING HOW ABOUT, UM, ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES THAT NECESSITATE SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT BENEFIT FROM SOCIAL DISTANCING? YEAH. INCLUDING KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR DINING, OUTDOOR DINING AND, UM, ENTERTAINMENT. UM, MARIO, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE HERE FOR THIS. UM, BUT YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE TO GET THE COMMISSIONS, UM, INPUT ON SO-CALLED FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WHICH CAN BE DONE BY VOTE IF IT SEEMS CONTENTIOUS, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. LIKE YOU JUST SAY, DOES ANYONE, UM, HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CHANGE? OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CHANGE? OKAY. SO [01:50:01] THEN THAT WILL COUNT AS CONSENT. ALRIGHT. GIVEN IT IS FOUR 50, UM, IS THERE OTHER DISCUSSION, NOT THAT RUSH PEOPLE JUST TO BE AWARE OF THE TIME WE HAVE 10 MINUTES OF A DISCUSSION OR READY TO TAKE A VOTE. OH, I HAVE IN THE LAST SENTENCE THERE, WHO ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE REFERENCED REALLY? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO ACTUALLY HAS CONTROL OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE SENTIMENT BEHIND THAT LAST CLAUSE IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO MAKE HEALTHY STREET. YOU KNOW, IF PERMANENT THERE'S A PERMANENT HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM AND WHOEVER ADMINISTERS THAT, WHETHER IT'S ATD OR PARKS AND REC, OR WHY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOEVER'S, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COULD MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WITHOUT GOING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO SUGGESTED IN OTHER INSTANCES, LIKE, I THINK IT WAS TAXI CAB FRANCHISES OR ANOTHER COUPLE OF PLACES, THE WAY THE LAW WAS WRITTEN. IT HAD TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL EACH TIME, WHEREAS, OR MAYBE IT WAS MICRO MOBILITY, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IF ADMINISTRATORS IN THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT CAN MAKE THAT DECISION, JUST MAKE THINGS AS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS ARE. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. ALRIGHT. UM, SO KELLY, DO I JUST CALL THE VISIT OR DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION? THE, WE ALREADY DID THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION SEEKING HANDS, RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF A APPROVING RECORD, 2029, 1102 D OR MAY HEALTHY STREETS. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. IT IS AN ANISE. ALRIGHT, THANKS. Y'ALL. AND WITH THAT, THAT WRAPS UP ITEM TWO D I BELIEVE IS WORK ERA. UM, YEAH. TODAY. ALRIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, UM, STAFF FOLKS, AND, UH, GOOD LUCK WITH THE HEALTHY STREETS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. THANKS. OKAY. [3. STAFF AND COMMITTEE REPORTS] WE ARE NOW INTO STAFF AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, UM, DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UM, HELP YOU PUT, YOU, PUT YOURSELF ON MUTE, JUST UNNEEDED FOR THE VOTE. SORRY. THERE'S A MEETING NEXT WEEK. THE BIGGEST EMPHASIS SEEMS TO BE ON ADDING PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE, UH, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION TO THE COMMISSION. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A BRIEFING ON PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS DOWNTOWN. OKAY. OKAY. GEORGE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. OH, UM, I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED THAT WITH, UH, ZACH'S PRESENTATION EARLIER. I THINK SO. OKAY. UM, BY FULL ADVISORY, PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY TEND TO GO TOGETHER. SURE. REGULAR MEETING DATE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON LABOR DAY, BUT WE'LL PUT IT BACK TO NEXT MONDAY. UM, SO THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE TUESDAY AND AT BOTH YOUR KIND OF PLAN UPDATE, AND YOU'VE GONE ON MUTE MAYBE, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT, UH, ATD HAS CREATED FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S NOW ROLLED OUT, UM, CITY WIDE. OKAY. UH, CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE. UM, I CAN PROVIDE A TINY UPDATE IN THAT. I GOT AN, UM, KITCHEN TO GIVE REPORTS TO THEM ON THE MONTHLY COMMITTEE. SO IF SOMEONE'S MIC IS ON, UH, SO I WILL SHOW UP FOR FIVE MINUTES OR SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR NEXT MEETING, TO GIVE THEM A BRIEF, UH, LIST OF WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE MIGHT HAVE PASSED. AND WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION LIKE? AND THEN PROJECT CONNECT ADVISORY NETWORK, MAYBE NOW PROBABLY AMBASSADOR NETWORK, UH, MR. SUMMERS ON THAT ONE, DO YOU WANT TO, I THINK IT HAPPENED WITH ME. SURE. I ACTUALLY, UM, I THINK THERE WAS ONE IN AUGUST AND I MISSED IT. I'VE JUST BEEN NEW TO COMING BACK TO WORK. MY DAY JOB HAS BEEN SO CRAZY. UM, BUT, UM, [01:55:01] I, WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. I'M WONDERING IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE ELECTION TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A BIG BALLOT QUESTION AND SO, UM, I HOPE EVERYWHERE, MORE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED THEMSELVES, UM, ON THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS COMMISSION HAS SUPPORTED, UM, WHAT WAS ADOPTED ON THE, UM, AS FAR AS THE TRE ELECTION. AND SO WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN AND HOPE WE GET SOMETHING PASSED. AND THEN, UM, FROM THERE ON OUT, I ASSUME THAT HE CAN WE'LL CONTINUE IS SORT OF MAYBE A TEMPORARY ADVISOR. IT'S HARD TO, I'M NOT REALLY SURE. MAYBE WE'LL JUST TRANSITION TO THE ATP AND THAT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND I GUESS WE'LL HEAR MORE AS WE GO, BUT YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. FUTURE [4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] AGENDA ITEMS THAT I WANT TO PUT IN A QUICK REMINDER FOR MR. KELLY DAVIS TO COME WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR CLIMATE COMMUNITY PLAN FOR OCTOBER, UM, TO DO PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTIONS OF THINGS THAT ARE, UM, WHERE THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH, EMILY, DO YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT NOW? YOU MAY BE ON MUTE IF YOU'RE TALKING. I DON'T KNOW. I ACTUALLY HAVE, OH, I WAS JUST, I JUST SAID, NO, GO AHEAD. DEFINITELY HEARD ANYTHING. UM, ABOUT THE BURNET ROAD. UM, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY HOT BUTTON. I THINK THEY JUST RELEASED AN UPDATED, I HAVEN'T DIGESTED THIS IF A PATIENTS. SO THIS IS WITH THE MOBILITY MONEY. THERE WAS SORT OF A DRAFT PLAN THAT MAYBE DIDN'T QUITE ALIGN WITH THE ORIGINAL BARNETT CORRIDOR PLAN. UM, IT'S UP NEAR RIGHT NEAR WHERE I LIVE. SO I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY, THEY TOOK A SURVEY AND THEN THE SURVEY RESULTS CAME IN AND IT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP, I THINK WITH TEXTILE IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THEY OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY UP THERE ON BURNETT ROAD, NORTH OF WINNING THREE AND THEY RELEASED THE SURVEY DATA. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE SEE OURSELVES HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AND WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND IF THAT THEY'RE CHANGING, UH, THE PROPOSALS BASED ON THAT INPUT. UM, OR JUST TO GET A BIT ON THAT, UM, PERHAPS IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO IT'S TOO SPECIFIC, YOU COULD ASK FOR A COURT OR A PROGRAM JUST IN GENERAL, BUT EITHER YEAH, I WOULD HAPPY TO, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE BROAD AS WELL. UM, I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ATTENTIVE TO IS LIKE, IS THE BUILDOUT AND IMPLEMENTATION AND ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE QUARTER PROJECTS IN LINE WITH THE CORRIDOR PLANS? UM, YEAH, ESPECIALLY WITH THOUGHT INVOLVED. I COULD SEE THEM ROLLING THINGS BACK. OKAY. OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, THENA DAN, UM, KELLY IS, UH, ALEX ALONG THE LINES SOMEWHERE. OKAY. WELL, UM, I GUESS EMILY AND I WILL TRY TO EMAIL DAN AS WELL. IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO THROW AN EMAIL THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE AND, UM, IT'S FOUR 59 AND IT IS OUR LAST ITEM. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN ADJOURNED BY CONSENSUS IN TOWN THAT LIVES JUST DOWN THE STREET. SOME PEOPLE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HER DISCRETION. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.