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ARE WE GOOD TO GO ON? ATX N YES, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
[CALL TO ORDER]
COMMITTEE.UM, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER NOW.
WE HAVE VICE CHAIR, KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, ALISON ALTER AND KITCHEN, AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MADISON JOINING US TODAY IN ADDITION TO OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TODAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO DAYLIGHT FOR MY COLLEAGUES ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE UPDATE FROM ME, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GINA FIE, AND DACA.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT ITEM UP AT THE END.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
[1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting of March 11, 2021.]
GET STARTED WITH APPROVING ITEM.NUMBER ONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES MOTION MADE BY VICE CHAIR, KELLY AND SECONDED BY A MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON, ALL IN FAVOR THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[3. Two-Year Progress Report on Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP) Goals and Actions. (45 minutes).]
NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR TWO YEAR UPDATE ON THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, UH, ROBERT SPILLER DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
I'LL BE KICKING OFF THIS PRESENTATION IF WE COULD, UH, OF THE 50.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY SEVERAL FOLKS.
UM, LEEANNE CONTI IS ON HERE, UH, AS HIS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, GINA FIDANKA.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO PRESENT, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A YEAR AGO ON APRIL 11TH, 2019, ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AGO, UH, THAT COUNCIL, UH, APPROVED, UH, OUR S AND P.
AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UH, WE'VE SEEN A LOT HAPPEN, INCLUDING A PANDEMIC AND, AND, UH, PRETTY MOMENTOUS, UH, INVESTMENT DECISION BY COUNCIL, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, TRANSIT AS WELL AS OTHER MOBILITY, UM, IMPROVEMENTS IN TOWN.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO CELEBRATE IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, TO CELEBRATE THAT TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY, IF YOU WILL, UH, TO REALLY START THAT MESSAGE OFF, WE HAVE A VIDEO, UH, THAT INCLUDES A STATEMENT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRONK, AS WELL AS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, GINA FIDANKA THAT I'D LIKE TO PLAY FOR YOU.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO COME BACK ON AND PRESENT SOME INFORMATION, FOLLOWING THAT, TO APPROVE THE S AND P ON SECOND AND THIRD READING ON APRIL 11TH, 2019, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HEAD.
AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THE AUSTIN TRUST EGYPT MOBILITY PLAN, A ROADMAP TO GUIDE OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DECISION-MAKING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THE ASM P ESTABLISHED AN AMBITIOUS 50 50 MODE SHARE GOAL TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MANAGE CONGESTION.
AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, THIS MEANS IN 2039 HALF OF AUSTINITES WILL GET TO WORK WITHOUT DRIVING ALONE IN A CAR.
THEY WILL MAKE THAT CHOICE TO TELEWORK WALK, BIKE CARPOOL, OR TAKE TRANSIT INSTEAD, ACHIEVING A BETTER MIX OF COMMUNITY AND CHOICES IS THE ONLY SUSTAINABLE WAY TO SUPPORT AUSTIN'S GROWTH.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE COMING HERE TO WORK OR PLAY FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AS MANY OPTIONS AS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THEIR IMPACT ON CONGESTION, TO SUPPORT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT AUSTIN HAS TO OFFER IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE ITS ADOPTION CITY OF AUSTIN MOBILITY, OUTCOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE WASTED NO TIME SETTING THE ASM P INTO MOTION.
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A NEW STREET IMPACT FEE PROGRAM TO HELP FUND ROADWAY CAPACITY PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION ON A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO AUSTIN'S TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, WHICH WILL MODERNIZE OUR STREET DESIGN STANDARDS.
WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING CRITICAL SAFETY MEASURES QUICKLY USING THE TOOLS WE ALREADY HAVE.
AUSTIN'S VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS INSTALLING EFFECTIVE LOW COST SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON 13 HIGH INJURY ROADWAY SECTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING SPEED LIMIT CHANGES AND TRAFFIC CALMING TREATMENTS THROUGH A RE-IMAGINED DATA DRIVEN SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AS THE CITY, WE'VE COMPLETED DOZENS OF SPOT IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE THE SPEED AND RELIABILITY OF OUR EXISTING BUS SERVICE WHILE PARTNERING WITH CAPITAL METROS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR AND IMPLEMENT PROJECT CONNECT.
NOT ONLY OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD OUT THE ROBUST ROADWAY NETWORKS ENVISIONED IN THE S AND P WELL UNDERWAY, BUT AUSTIN VOTERS ASKED US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR URBAN TRAIL BIKEWAY AND SIDEWALK NETWORKS BY APPROVING PROPOSITION B THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY BOND IN 2020, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENTLY
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TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN, VISIT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/ASM P TO SEE OUR PROGRESS AND VIEWER ACTION ITEM DASHBOARD.OUR VISION FOR OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION.
FUTURE IS AMBITIOUS, BUT WITH YOUR HELP, AUSTIN, WE'RE GETTING THERE TOGETHER.
IF WE COULD MOVE BACK TO THE SLIDESHOW.
UH, SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRESS ON THE MODE, SHARE GOAL SOME OF THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN OVERVIEW IN UPDATES ON TOP 10 STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY, UH, DEPLOYING RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF OUR STRATEGY IS TO MOVE FROM WHAT WE CALL RIGHT NOW, A 26 CITY TO A 50% CITY, REALLY MOVING TO A MUCH MORE MULTIMODAL DIVERSE USE OF OUR TOOLS FOR TRAVELING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY 2039.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE STRESSED WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS, THIS CONCEPT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SIZE OF THE PRIDE PIECE IS IN THE FUTURE IN 2039, REALLY, UH, ARE DON'T MATTER.
AS LONG AS WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES ON GETTING 50% PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR PRIVATE VEHICLE, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? YOU KNOW, IT BECAME PRETTY EVIDENT PRETTY QUICKLY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
THAT NO MATTER WHAT INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN TRANSIT OR NEW ROADS OR COMPLETING ROADS, WE REALLY CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH DEMAND THAT OUR CITY AND OUR REGION IS SEEING.
AND THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR SUCCESS TO, TO KEEP SOME, UH, UM, LEVEL OF MOBILITY AND, AND REALLY SANITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE IS TO REALLY GET PEOPLE, TO USE A MUCH WIDER VARIETY OF MODES TO GET AROUND.
AND SO REALLY THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE, UM, WAY TO, TO GROW INTO THE FUTURE, BUT MAINTAIN MOBILITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PANDEMIC OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I KNOW I'M NOT TELLING ANYONE ANYTHING GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND OUT IS THAT PEOPLE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TELEWORKING, AND WE REALLY GOT A REAL BIG ADOPTION OF TELEWORKING.
AS YOU KNOW, MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS WENT FROM FULLY IN THE OFFICE AND NOT REALLY HAVE A TELEWORK PROGRAM TO COMPLETELY REMOTE WORKING.
AND WE'VE HEARD THAT SAME THING FROM OTHER COMPANIES, IN FACT, THAT DON'T EVER SEE THEM COMING BACK THEMSELVES, COMING BACK A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, TO IN-OFFICE WORK OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, NOW THAT THAT PRESENTS SOME OPPORTUNITIES GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF MEETING THIS MODE SPLIT, IT ALSO PRESENTS SOME CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD.
AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DATA THAT WE LOOK AT HERE, RIGHT? IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO ONE OF THE MAJOR OR PRIMARY
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE BASE OUR MODE SPLIT BASED ON THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY FROM THE US CENSUS.
AND SO THAT DATA POINT WILL BE LAGGING.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS STILL SHOWS, UH, UH, 2019 DATA.
THAT'S THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAVE, AND IT SHOWS THAT 26% SORT OF THAT STARTING LINE POSITION, BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS WE CAN MEASURE IT.
AND THIS IS JUST A CLIP OUT OF OUR, UH, ONLINE WEBSITE THAT WE WILL KEEP ACCURATE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T REALLY TELL THE WHOLE PICTURE.
WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, WE USE OTHER DATA POINTS TO INFER HOW WE'RE DOING IN A SENSE.
AND SO ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS, IS TRAVEL TIME.
HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIME? I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT HERE IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GREEN LINE.
THE GREEN LINE IS, UM, UH, PRE PANDEMIC.
AND AS YOU SEE, AS WE SEE THE OTHER LINES, WE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN PRE PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIMES THAT CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE ON THE ROADS, FEWER VEHICLES ON THE ROADS.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU HAVE EVEN EXPERIENCED THAT DURING PANDEMIC.
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE USED TO GETTING TO DURING THE SUMMER IN SHORT ORDER, UH, AND NOT BE CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW, TRAFFIC, I WILL TELL YOU VOLUMES ARE COMING BACK AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
UH, THEY'RE ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL.
UH, THEY'RE AT ABOUT 80% OF NORMAL VOLUMES, BUT THEY'RE STILL DOWN.
AND I THINK THAT HOLDS SOME PROMISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD SOME OF THESE TRENDS AS WE GO FORWARD.
UH, AND SO CLEARLY PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING LESS.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS CAN WE CONVINCE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE IN THESE TRAVEL PATTERNS, REDUCING THEIR OVERALL TRAVEL, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS OR A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, TO CONTINUE
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TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE OUTCOMES.NOW WE DON'T FULLY YET KNOW WHAT TRAVEL IS BEING REDUCED.
AND SO WE CLEARLY SEE SOME CHANGES IN PATTERNS, MAYBE EVEN YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THESE CHANGES IN PATTERNS.
YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTIONAL PEAKS SEEM DIFFERENT ON SOME ROADS THAN THEY USED TO BE.
UH, CERTAINLY THERE IS A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T SEE PREVIOUSLY, WE SAW MUCH MORE PEAKING IF YOU WILL, UH, IN THE MORNING AND EVENING PEAKS.
UH, BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING MORE, UM, TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WHICH MAY MEAN THAT IT'S THE NEW ECONOMY THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DELIVERIES, ET CETERA, THAT ARE SORT OF KEEPING THAT VOLUME UP.
BUT YET OUR SYSTEM IS STILL ABLE TO BETTER HANDLE THAT, UH, THAN IT WAS PRE PANDEMIC.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE, EXCELLENT.
OH, ONE OF THE AREAS, HOWEVER THAT WE SEE THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE STILL DOWN FROM THE PANDEMIC IS IN TRANSIT.
UH, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY PEOPLE, UM, UH, CHOSE NOT TO USE TRANSIT BECAUSE OF FEAR, UH, OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE CORONA VIRUS.
UH, I'M CONVINCED WHEN I TALKED TO MY PEERS AND OTHER CITIES THAT THIS WILL RETURN THAT RIDERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO RETURN.
UM, A LOT OF THE SLACK HERE WAS TAKEN UP BY, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL SLACK IS WHAT I MEANT, UH, IS TAKEN UP BY TELEWORKING AND WALKING AND BIKING.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE MODES OF TRAVEL.
CLEARLY, THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE USING OUR STREETS AS PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
UM, BUT WE, I THINK THE TRANSIT WILL RETURN AS, UH, THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO OPEN UP.
AND SO I'M NOT YET CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THAT WE WILL BE, UH, COMMUNICATING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AS AGAIN, UH, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BECOME VACCINATED AND THAT WE, UH, START TO OPEN UP THE ECONOMY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, USE TRANSIT AND CARPOOLING VANPOOLING MORE THAN THEIR PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE.
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER SIDE EFFECT IN A SENSE OF THE PANDEMIC IS, UM, MANY OF US, EVERYONE I TALKED TO SUDDENLY HAS MORE MONEY IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SPENDING IT.
AND ONE OF THE MAJOR EXPENSES WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE USE THEIR DISPOSABLE INCOME ON IS THAT PRIVATE VEHICLE.
AND SO AT THAT PRIVATE VEHICLE STAYING PARKED LONGER, THEY'RE USING LESS FUEL, THEY'RE DRIVING LESS.
UM, I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN REBATES ON MY INSURANCE.
UH, CAN WE CARRY THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT, THAT, UH, BENEFIT OVER IN TO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, TO USE TRANSIT, TO KEEP SAVING THOSE FUNDS BY NOT USING THEIR PRIVATE CAR, UH, WOULD BE ONE THING THAT WE'LL BE STRIVING TO DO OVER THE NEXT MONTHS.
AND AS I'VE BEEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN HUGE GAINS IN TELEWORKING.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE PARTNER WITH MOVABILITY, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE ONE OF THE FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND TRENDS AND COMMUTING PATTERNS, AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, SURVEY, UH, THEIR EMPLOYER PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS, UH, EMPLOYEES IN THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AREA.
AND ONE OF THE STARTLING THINGS IS THAT THEY FOUND THAT 86% OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT THEY, THEY ASKED, UH, HAVE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING REMOTELY, UM, BY AND FAR THE COMPANIES THAT I INTERACT WITH THROUGH THE MOVABILITY, UH, REPORT THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT LOSE PRODUCTIVITY, THAT IN MANY CASES THEY'VE GAINED PRODUCTIVITY.
AND SO, UH, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE RETHINKING ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT USE TELEWORKING INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, MOST OF THAT PIE THERE, WHICH IS A PIE CHART SHOWING INTEREST IN TELEWORKING, UH, LESS THAN A QUARTER OF FOLKS WANT TO RETURN FULL-TIME TO THEIR OFFICE.
NOW, I THINK THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT INTERESTING HERE IN AUSTIN, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING QUICKLY AND THERE'S COMPANIES THAT STILL WANT TO COME TO AUSTIN.
SO EVEN AS COMPANIES START TO MAYBE SHRINK THEIR FOOTPRINTS, WE MAY GET MORE COMPANIES MOVING HERE TO AUSTIN AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE TELEWORKING AS WELL, BUT THAT EXACTLY IS THE PHENOMENON THAT WE WERE, UH, ALERTING FOLKS TO THE NEED TO MOVE TO A MORE MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO COMMUTING, UH, BECAUSE AS THAT GROWTH OCCURS, WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
SO WITHOUT I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO LEANNE, UH, SHE'S REALLY BEEN THE STEWARD OF A S AND P OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS AS WE'VE MOVED INTO IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SEVEN MAJOR STRATEGIES AND WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THE ITEMS IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, UH, THAT WE COMMITTED TO DO THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, AND TO GIVE YOU SOME PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
SO LEANNE, HEY, THANK YOU, ROB.
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YOU.THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL FOR LETTING US PROVIDE, UM, THIS UPDATE TO YOU ON OUR TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN ADOPTION.
UM, JUST THE, I'M GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE AS REMINDERS OF WHAT THE PLAN INCLUDED.
I THINK ROB DID A GREAT JOB TALKING ABOUT OUR MAJOR MOTIVATION FOR, UM, FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS AND OUR GOALS OF BEING A, A MULTI-MODAL 50 50 MODE CHAIR CITY.
UM, AND SO WE DID THAT IN, IN, UM, IN A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COVERING TOPICS, UM, FROM TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TO SUPPLYING AND OPERATING OUR SYSTEMS, UH, TO THE EFFECTS THAT THE WAYS THAT WE GET AROUND HAVE ON OUR HEALTH AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE PLAN CONTAINED, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO HELP US, UM, GET TO THAT GOAL.
SO WE HAVE 155 INDICATORS, UM, WHICH ARE SPECIFIC MEASURES OF OUR GOALS, WHICH WILL HELP US KNOW HOW WELL WE ARE ACHIEVING THEM.
UH, MANY OF THOSE ARE, UM, OVERLAPPING WITH OUR, UH, STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 20, 23 MEASURES.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, UM, UH, DOING THAT MEASUREMENT AND PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT REPORTING, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO IMPLEMENTATION, UM, PAST, PAST THIS YEAR WHERE THERE'S ALSO 127 POLICIES, WHICH ARE, UM, STATEMENTS THAT WILL HELP US GUIDE AND DETERMINE OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE DECISIONS, THERE ARE 279 ACTION ITEMS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, AS WE HAVE A DASHBOARD TO SHOW YOU OF THE STATUS OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, BUT THOSE ARE THOSE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IN, UM, SUPPORTING OUR POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS.
THERE ARE THREE PRIORITY NETWORKS, WHICH WE DESIGNATED FOR ROADWAYS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND OUR BICYCLE SYSTEMS TO SHOW WHERE THOSE MODES SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS.
UH, THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK MAPS THAT IDENTIFY POSSIBLE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY MAY PURSUE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAP, WHICH IS OUR INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR STREETS AND THEIR FUTURE CONDITIONS.
UM, AND THAT ALSO HELPS US, UM, IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, UM, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN.
UM, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE ALSO HAD, UM, INCLUDED 10 TOP STRATEGIES TO HELP US REACH THAT 50 50 MODE SHARE GOAL.
AND AS PART OF THIS TWO YEAR PROGRESS REPORT, WE WORKED WITH STAFF IN OUR MOBILITY OUTCOME DEPARTMENTS AND OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR PARTNER TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES TOGETHER UPDATES ON OUR PROGRESS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO I'M GOING TO, TO GO THROUGH AND GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON EACH OF THE STRATEGIES.
SO GOING TO SLIDE 13, UM, THE FIRST TOP STRATEGY IS ABOUT REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES, SERIOUS INJURIES, UM, BY FOCUSING ON OUR SAFETY CULTURE AND BEHAVIORS.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIORS, UM, THOSE ARE WE'RE ALLUDING TO THOSE FATAL FOUR CONTRIBUTING, UM, BEHAVIORS THAT WE SEE LEADING TO THE MOST, UM, SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES IN AUSTIN FAILURE TO YIELD DISTRACTION, SPEEDING AND INTOXICATION.
UM, AND SO IN, IN DOING THAT, THAT FOCUS, WE HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED 13 HIGH INJURY ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, OUR VISION ZERO TEAM, UM, HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE FOUR IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR ROAD USERS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE SIGNAGE THAT HAS GONE UP, UM, INDICATING THAT A CERTAIN ROADWAY IS A HIGH INJURY ROADWAY.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO DETERMINED A NEW STRATEGY FOR SETTING SPEED LIMITS, UH, AND SELECTED 14 TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS TO COMPLETE BY 2021.
AND IN TERMS OF OUR REGIONAL ROADWAYS, UH, ONE EXAMPLE IS THE CITY COLLABORATED WITH TXDOT, UM, ON PEDESTRIAN BARRIERS ON I 35.
AND WE ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE REDESIGN OF
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO REGULARLY RUN, UM, BILINGUAL AD CAMPAIGNS, FOCUSING ON RAISING AWARENESS OF THOSE FATAL FOR BEHAVIORS THAT LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES.
AND OFTEN I'D LIKE TO ADD LEANNE TO THAT, THAT THOSE PEDESTRIAN BEAR, UH, BARRICADES
UH, IT, IT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE DISTRICT ENGINEER THAT THAT'S NOW BEING USED BY TEXTILE IN OTHER URBAN AREAS, AND IS QUICKLY BECOMING SORT OF A, UH, A QUICK AND EASY DESIGN STANDARD, UM, FOR USE ELSEWHERE.
SO, UM, OUR ACTIONS HERE ON VISION
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ZERO, I'VE HAD A REAL POSITIVE INPUT AT THE PLACES AS WELL.YOU GO TO SLIDE 14, THANK YOU.
UM, SINCE THE PLAN'S ADOPTION.
UM, SO THIS TOP STRATEGY IS MOVING MORE PEOPLE BY INVESTING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SINCE THE PLAN'S ADOPTION, THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO HAVE COLLABORATED ON MORE THAN 20 PROJECTS TO ENHANCE THE SPEED AND RELIABILITY OF OUR EXISTING SERVICES.
UM, AND IN 2020, AS YOU'LL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY OF AUSTIN VOTERS APPROVED 19 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IDENTIFIES AND WORKED WITH CAPITAL METRO TO MAKE THOSE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND ALSO IN 2020 VOTERS APPROVED THE INITIAL INVESTMENT PROJECT CONNECT, INCLUDING RAIL SERVICE, EXTENDED EXPANDED BUS SERVICE, PARKING RIDES, AND MORE NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS THIS NEXT TOP STRATEGY IS MANAGING CONGESTION BY MANAGING DEMAND.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK, UH, AS ROB TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS REALLY, UM, SHOWN THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MANY PEOPLE DON'T GET ON THE ROAD AND DRIVE FOR WORK AND WHAT EFFECT THAT HAS ON OUR CONFESSION.
UM, BUT IN, IN 2019, UH, THE CITY LAUNCHED GET THEIR ATX, WHICH IS A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY.
UH, AND IN 2020, THE SMART TRIPS OFTEN PROGRAM THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH CAPITAL METRO ON, UM, AND WHICH PROVIDES, UH, RESOURCES AND TRIP PLANNING, SUPPORT, UH, REACH, UH, EXPANDED ITS REACH CITYWIDE.
UM, AND AS AN EMPLOYER, I'M TALKING ABOUT FLEXIBILITY FOR, FOR STAFF, UH, TELEWORKING AS AN EMPLOYER, THE CITY HAS, IT IS INVESTING IN SOFTWARE TO ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES MORE FLEXIBILITY, UM, TO TELEWORK AND THEN HOTEL AND OFFICE SPACES, UM, RATHER THAN HAVING A DESIGNATED SPACE, UH, THAT THEY MAY NOT BE AT EVERY DAY IN THE OFFICE.
UM, AND THOSE ARE, THAT'LL BE INITIALLY ROLLING OUT AT ATDS OFFICES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND, UM, TO, TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
UM, AND PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, UM, TRANSPORTATION INVESTED IN A FLEET OF ELECTRIC BIKES FOR USE BY OUR STAFF TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, MID DAY TRIPS TO MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THE PANDEMIC HIT CREATED A PROGRAM TO LOAN OUT THOSE E-BIKES TO OTHER STAFFERS THAT MAY BE STILL NEEDED TO TRAVEL INTO THE OFFICE, UM, DURING THAT TIME, AND AS ROB MENTIONED, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MOVABILITY TO HELP LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UM, INCENTIVIZE CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE REMOTE WORK, UM, EVEN AFTER THE NEED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND, UM, GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
16, THE STRATEGY IS BUILDING OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS ACCESS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ON OUR BICYCLE SIDEWALK AND URBAN TRAIL SYSTEMS. UM, THESE, UH, PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT TO IMPLEMENT, UM, THEIR PLANS THROUGH, UH, THEIR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THE 2016 AND 2018 BONDS, WHICH ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE DELIVERING MILES OF NEW PROJECTS AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE ARE ON TARGET TO REACH OUR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, BICYCLE NETWORK GOAL TO COMPLETE, UH, 50% OF THE NETWORK BY THIS FALL.
AND IN 2020 AUSTIN VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITION B, WHICH INCLUDES $220 MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO FUND MORE SIDEWALK BIKEWAY AND URBAN TRAILS PROJECTS SO THAT, UM, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, DELIVER MORE AND MORE OF THOSE SYSTEMS. UH, SLIDE 17, PLEASE, WHERE, UH, THIS STRATEGY IS STRATEGICALLY ADDING ROADWAY CAPACITY TO IMPROVE TRAVEL EFFICIENCY IN 2019.
UH, THE CITY COMPLETED PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORTS FOR NINE SUBSTANDARD STREETS AS PART OF THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN IN THE 2020, UM, PROPOSITION B VOTERS APPROVED 53 MILLION TO FUND THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THOSE STREETS.
SO, UH, THAT WILL BE A WAY TO DELIVER THOSE, UM, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN A PREVIOUS PROGRAM.
AND ALSO THIS, UH, YEAR, THE CITY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE, OR LAST YEAR SPEAKING IN 2020S.
UM, THE CITY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE ANDERSON MILL ROAD PROJECT AND CONTINUES TO WORK WITH TXDOT ON OTHER REGIONAL MOBILITY PROJECTS, UM, TO ADDRESS CONGESTION AND SAFETY.
AND, UM, IN DECEMBER THIS PAST DECEMBER CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED OUR STREET IMPACT FEE PROGRAM ORDINANCES TO HELP THOUGHT A FUTURE ROADWAY CAPACITY, UH, PROJECTS NECESSITATED BY GROWTH AND NEW DEVELOPMENT.
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THIS IS A STRATEGY OF CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER HEALTH.UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR, MUCH OF THIS WORK HAS CENTERED ON OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, UM, AND WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS, THE CITY COLLABORATED WITH FORD MO MOBILITY AND GOOD APPLE ON A NINE MONTHS STAY HOME, STAY HEALTH, THREE HEALTHY GROSSI GROCERY DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAM TO DELIVER PRODUCE AND PANTRY ITEMS TO THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO FOOD INSECURITY DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENTS JOINED THE CITY'S COVID 19 RESPONSE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ASSISTING IN, IN, IN TRAFFIC CONTROL AT TESTING AND VACCINE LOCATIONS, AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AT PPE DISTRIBUTION EVENTS.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE HEALTHY STREETS INITIATIVE, UH, DESIGNATED SEVERAL STREETS IN AUSTIN FOR ACTIVITIES, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WALKING LIKE ROLLING BICYCLING, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND DATA FROM THIS PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO A, UM, OR SLOW OR SHARED STREETS, UM, PROP PROGRAM THAT WILL BE, UM, PART OF THE SIDEWALK, URBAN TRAILS AND BIKE PLAN UPDATES, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AS A, AS A PROJECT BETWEEN ATD AND PUBLIC WORKS.
AND STAFF ALSO SUPPORTED THE SHOP, THE BLOCK PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL INITIATED TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO HAVE, UH, MORE OUTDOOR SPACE FOR DINING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS ABOUT ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY BY LINKING HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, UM, MILESTONE ON THE STRATEGY LAST YEAR WHEN, UM, THE PROPOSITION INCLUDED 300 MILLION FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT HOUSING STRATEGIES.
UM, AN EQUITY TOOL IS CURRENTLY BEING CO-CREATED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP GUIDE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT, UM, IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO, TO DISPLACEMENT FROM CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
UM, AND ATV ALSO TOOK ON A LARGER ROLE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESSES AND FORMALIZED, UM, A, AN AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL METRO, WHERE THEY ARE MORE INVOLVED IN, UM, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW WHEN A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION COMES IN, THAT'S NEAR OR ON A STREET WITH CAPITAL METRO SERVICE TO MAKING SURE THAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSIDERED AS POTENTIAL MITIGATION FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT WHEN THEY COME IN RATHER THAN, THAN RETROACTIVELY.
UM, AND ALSO IN 2019 COUNCIL ADOPTED THE AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED DEVELOPMENT BONUS PROGRAM, UM, WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN RECEIVE WAIVERS, UH, TO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR PROVIDING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING, UM, AND ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES ARE, UM, ARE PROVIDED WITH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF, UM, A QUARTER CERTIFIED TRANSIT.
AND NEXT SLIDE, THIS STRATEGY IS RIGHT-SIZING AND MANAGING PARKING SUPPLY TO MANAGE DEMAND, UH, LOTS OF, UM, ACTIVITY AND THE STRATEGY AS WELL.
ATD CONVERTED ALL OF OUR PARKING PAY STATIONS TO A PAY BY PLATE SYSTEM WHERE USERS ENTER THEIR, THEIR LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AT A KIOSK RATHER THAN RECEIVING A STICKER, AND THEN PUTTING THAT ON THEIR VEHICLE TO DISPLAY DURING THEIR PARKING SESSION.
UM, AND IF YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO TO THE KIOSK ATD LAUNCHED, UH, PARK ATX APP IN 2019, WHICH IS, UM, AN APP THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PAY FOR PARKING AND MANAGE THEIR SESSION REMOTELY.
UM, AND WE BECAME THE FIRST CITY IN 2020 TO ACTUALLY GIVE PEOPLE THE OPTION OF PAYING FOR PARKING DIRECTLY THROUGH, UH, GOOGLE MAPS.
WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM, UH, SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE ASN P MORE THAN 20 GARAGES HAVE JOINED THE PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, PROVIDES MONTHLY PARKING PASSES, UM, THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR SERVICE AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES WHO WORK A NICE DOWNTOWN AND WE'VE REVISED OUR PARKING TIME LIMITS TO A UNIFORM MAXIMUM AND LINKED, UH, THE TIME SPENT TO A NEW VARIABLE, UM, PARKING FEE STRUCTURE AND DO MORE AS THE NEXT SLIDE IS DEVELOPING SHARED MOBILITY OPTIONS WITH DATA AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.
UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL METRO, UM, WAS FORMALIZING AN AIR LOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, AND AUSTIN D CYCLE WAS REBRANDED TO METRO BIKE UNDER THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP AND PLANS ARE IN MOTION TO EXPAND THE FLEET AND THE NUMBER OF STATIONS AND TO FULLY ELECTRIFY THE FLEET.
YOU'VE SEEN ROLLOUT OF SOME OF THOSE ELECTRIC BIKES ALREADY.
UM, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH CAPITAL METRO IN CONNECTING TRANSIT TO MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES THROUGH, UH,
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A SINGLE FARE OR PAY CARD.UM, SO THAT, THAT FIRST, LAST MILE TRANSFER IS AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THE CITY HAS ALSO PUBLISHED, UM, AN INTERACTIVE SHARED MOBILITY OPERATIONS MAP, DISPLAYING, UM, WHERE PARKING IS AVAILABLE FOR SHARED MOBILITY, UM, DEVICES, PERSONAL BIKES AND SCOOTERS, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, ELECTRIC SCOOTER CHARGING STATIONS AND MORE THAT IS AVAILABLE RESOURCE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND UT AUSTIN RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, UM, THIS YEAR TO RE TO CREATE A MICRO MOBILITY HUB IN THE JORDAN ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD AS A PILOT.
UM, AND, AND, UM, WE'LL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE MICRO MOBILITY HUBS IN AUSTIN.
AND LASTLY, ON SLIDE 22, UH, BUILDING AND EXPANDING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, UM, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CITY STAFF WERE FREQUENTLY AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, AND LED, UH, OPEN HOUSES, THINGS LIKE SMART TRIPS, TRANSIT ADVENTURES, AND PROJECT ACTIVATION EVENTS, LIKE THE UPPER BOGGY CREEK BASH AND THE ZACH SCOTT CELEBRATION.
UM, HOWEVER, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD TO GO TO MORE REMOTE METHODS, UM, AND HAVE DONE SO WITH, UM, EXAMPLES SUCH AS THE SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, AND, UM, THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM OFFICES COPY ON THE COUCH INTERACTIVE WEBINARS, UM, REGARDING THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM AND, AND, UH, 2020 SMART TRIPS USED SOME GRANT FUNDING AWARDED BY BLOOMBERG AMERICAN CITIES CLIMATE CHALLENGE, UH, TO HOLD TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY WORKSHOPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF A BIKE EQUITY ALLIANCE, UM, PROVIDING FREE BIKES, SAFETY GEAR, AND TRAINING TO RESIDENTS EARNING BELOW, UH, 50% OF AUSTIN'S MSI.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IF WE GO TO, UM, THE LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT A TWO YEAR REPORT THAT WE HAVE PUBLISHED ONLINE.
UM, AND IF, IF, UM, WE COULD NAVIGATE ACTUALLY TO THE WEBSITE, UM, THERE, SO THAT WE COULD, UM, JUST KIND OF SCROLL THROUGH AND SHOW PEOPLE WHAT'S AVAILABLE ON A S AND P WEBSITE.
UM, THE, WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I PRESENTED.
AND IF YOU CLICK ON VIEW, WE SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU SEE THE, THE TWO YEAR HIGHLIGHTS, BUT IF WE CLICK ON THE ACTION ITEMS DASHBOARD, THAT'LL JUMP YOU DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU'LL SEE, UM, AN INTERACTIVE TABLE, UM, WITH THE STATUS OF ALL 279 ACTION ITEMS IN THE PLAN.
UH, AS OF, AS OF THE REPORTING OF THIS 49% OF THOSE ITEMS ARE EITHER COMPLETE OR ONGOING AND 21% ARE IN PROGRESS TO COMPLETION.
AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE THAT, UM, THAT TABLE THERE, AND IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND THAT FURTHER AND REALLY DIG IN, THERE'S A BUTTON BELOW THE TABLE THAT SAYS VIEW LARGER VERSION, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO A NEW WINDOW WHERE THE ACTION ITEMS ARE ORGANIZED BY CHAPTER, AND YOU CAN, UM, DIVE INTO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO WE HOPE THAT THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO UPDATE THIS.
AND, UM, WE, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
UM, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO ROB, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, AGAIN, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS.
WE'RE EXCITED, THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND, AND, UH, KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, STILL SOME BIG STEPS TO TAKE.
AND SO, UH, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, UH, NOT JUST THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE STEPS INTO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF FUNDING OR ORGANIZATIONALLY AS WE, WE REALLY STRIVE TO MAKE THAT 50 50 GOAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU LEADING BY EXAMPLE, TO TRYING TO ENCOURAGE TELEWORKING.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE FLOOR IN CASE MY COLLEAGUES COVER IT.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL WRAP UP AT THE END.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR? THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE CLARITY AND THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN THE EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUR GOALS BE MET AND, AND REALLY KIND OF TRACK THINGS.
UM, I AM A PAYING CUSTOMER OF GOOD APPLE, SO IT'S A BUY ONE, GIVE ONE
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PROGRAM.AND, UM, EVEN AS A PAYING CUSTOMER, I'M ENJOYING, UM, THE BENEFITS OF THAT, THAT PROGRAM.
AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO ADD MORE VEGETABLES INTO THEIR DIET OR, UH, FOR SOME CELLS TO TRY THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CUT, THAT IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND A HIGH QUALITY, UM, PRODUCE.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE P BECAUSE IT HAS THE AIR QUALITY, UM, GOALS, I THINK AS PART OF THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SENSE WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PATTERNS DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOW THAT IMPACTED OUR AIR QUALITY? I, I RECALL THAT WE, UM, SIGNED A CONTRACT TO DO SOME ANALYSIS.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTED OUR AIR QUALITY AND WHETHER WE ESCAPED THE BULLET OF NON-ATTAINMENT, UM, BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR, UM, I I'D BE WILLING TO WAGER THAT WE, WE ARE STILL IN ATTAINMENT, UH, BASED ON THE LAST YEAR.
I BELIEVE IT'S THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE, BUT LEANNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THAT? I DON'T, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, BUT WE CAN HAPPY TO, TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON, ON OUR STATUS, BUT I KNOW OUR, OUR PARTNERS THAT CAP COG, UM, ARE, ARE THE ONES THAT PROBABLY, UM, INFORM US THE MOST OF, OF THE, OUR STATUS AND OUR WORK WITH CAMPO.
SO HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFO OTHERWISE ON THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE SHIFTS IN MODE FROM PANDEMIC, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? NO, I, I THINK THAT, THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WITH, UH, THE, UH, BETTER TRAVEL TIMES AND THE LOWER VOLUMES IS, IS, UM, THE DRIVERS THAT ARE DRIVING ARE TENDING TO DRIVE FASTER, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR SAFETY, UH, CRITERIA.
AND SO I THINK YOU WILL, UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND WORKING TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR TIME AND SLOW DOWN, UH, RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT TO THIS, TO, TO THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT, A COUNCIL MEMBER WE'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT, UM, INTERESTS ME A LOT WITHIN THE SMP AND WE HAVE THIS SORT OF NATURAL EXPERIMENT GOING ON.
UM, AND I, I BELIEVE THERE WERE MEASURES AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME ACTIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING ABOUT ATTAINMENT VERSUS NON-ATTAINMENT IS IF WE DON'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, IT BECOMES A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND FOR MOBILITY TO ACHIEVE THE S AND P GOALS.
UM, AND THEN I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS DOING THINGS FOR, UM, THINKING ABOUT HOW TO EXTEND TELEWORKING INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, I WAS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM BEING ON IN PART, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TELE COMMUNITY AND STUFF, BUT, UM, I HAD A ITEM, UM, IT WAS THE RESOLUTION WHERE WE ESTABLISHED THE ESSENCE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, WHERE WE ALSO CALLED ON THE CITY MANAGER TO UPDATE OUR TELEWORK POLICIES, UM, IN LIGHT OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC.
AND AT THE TIME WE DID THAT, WE DID ANTICIPATE WE WOULD STILL BE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS A YEAR LATER FROM THERE.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S WORKING, UM, BECAUSE ONE THING WE DO CONTROL AS THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY.
WE HAVE BEEN A LEADER ON THAT AND A NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS, UM, AND FOLKS DO LOOK TO US FOR OUR EXAMPLE, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, WOULD BENEFIT FROM THOSE.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THAT TELEWORK POLICY AND HOW THAT'S PLAYING OUT? YEAH.
UH, I, I CAN SPEAK TO HOW, UH, MY DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING.
UH, TELEWORKING HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR AND WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, ENCOURAGE TELEWORKING, OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL EMPLOYEES CAN TELEWORK OR OUR FIELD CREWS, UH, CANNOT TELL THE WORK.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONLY A PORTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE'VE INVESTED IN A PROGRAM, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UM, RESERVE, UH, UH, WORKSPACE AT OUR WORKPLACES, UH, ON A PART-TIME BASIS, MEANING THAT IF I CAN HAVE MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES SHARING THE SAME CUBE OR OFFICE, UH, YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED SOME KIND OF SCHEDULING.
AND SO WE'RE PILOTING THAT PROGRAM.
WE BOUGHT A, UM, INITIAL LICENSE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO EXPAND THAT OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO A, UH,
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UM, OUR SECOND FACILITY TO START THAT UP AS, AS FOLKS START TO COME BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE.UH, AND THEN THE NEXT PLACE WE'LL BE MOVING A TEST TO A, UM, A PILOT AT A MULTI-USE BUILDING, A CITY BUILDING THAT HOUSES, BOTH DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THE SOFTWARE IS NOT DIFFICULT.
IT'S, IT'S ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND PROCESSES THAT YOU HAVE TO WRAP AROUND THAT TO MAKE IT WORK SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS IF PARKING IS CONTROLLED BY A, UH, ID, UH, THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY'S ID.
HOW DO YOU GET THOSE TWO USERS AND SO FORTH? UM, SO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THAT.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ASKING ME FOR OUR TELEWORKING PROGRAM, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL FIND OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT'S COMMUNICATED BACK.
CAUSE I MEAN, WE ARE GETTING TO A TIPPING POINT HERE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE POLICIES IN PLACE.
AND EVEN IF IT'S INDIVIDUAL BY DEPARTMENT, UM, I THINK THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT TO OFFER IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND OTHER THINGS, AND WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR DSMP PROCESS AND HOW WE ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN ATTEST FOR MY DEPARTMENT, OUR AUSTIN ENGINEERING STATION DEPARTMENT, WE ARE GETTING AS MUCH IF NOT MORE WORK DONE.
UH, ACTUALLY I'M HAVING TO, UH, COUNSEL SOME EMPLOYEES TO QUIT WORKING AFTER HOURS BECAUSE IT'S JUST EASY TO KEEP GOING.
AND, UH, SO, UH, IT, IT'S AN INTERESTING, A NEW SET OF CHALLENGES, AN EMPLOYMENT PERSPECTIVE TO DEAL WITH.
IT'S NOT THE ONES THAT I EXPECTED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK A FEW OF MINE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSIT.
I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, BRINGING THAT FORWARD, MR. MILLER, AND JUST TO SHARE AS YOU DID THAT, UM, THAT, UH, FULLY EXPECT TRANSIT USE TO, UH, TO PICK BACK UP, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, UM, UH, KENT METRO HAD EXPERIENCED, I THINK WAS 18 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP AND THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED THE OTHER DAY AS YOU PUT FORWARD, MR. SPILLER SHOWS THAT IT'S DOWN.
BUT THE THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT IF YOU DIG INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BELOW, THEY ALL RELATE TO COMMUTING IN SOME WAY.
SO OUR COMMUTER, UM, UH, USAGE IS DOWN AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT, BUT SOME OF OUR ROUTES, UH, CONTINUE TO BE, TO BE IN FULL USE, UH, AND MAYBE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT VERY MUCH.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THEY'LL JUST MENTION RIGHT NOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
AND AS YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU MUST SHARE, THIS IS THAT CAP METRO HAS, UM, AS A WHOLE LONG LIST OF, UM, PROTECTIONS THAT PUT IN PLACE FOR BUS RIDERS AND THE MOST LATELY, THE LATEST ONE RELATES TO THE AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM ON BUSES, WHICH THEY'VE COMPLETED NOW, WHICH IS, UH, AN YET ANOTHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR THOSE RIDING BUSES.
SO, UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, THAT SERVICE CONTINUING TO PICK UP AS YOU, AS YOU SAID, MR. SPELLER.
SO, YEAH, AND YEAH, YES, COUNCIL IRENE.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE OUR COORDINATION WITH CAP METRO DURING THE PANDEMIC IS THEY'VE ADDED BUSES ONTO SOME OF THEIR ROUTES THAT ARE THEIR MOST FREQUENT ROUTES HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE FREQUENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SPREAD OUT SOCIALLY DISTANCE INSIDE THE BUS EVEN FURTHER, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, THAT'S REQUIRED US TO, IN A SENSE, DIAL UP THE PROOF THAT PRIORITIZATION ON SOME OF OUR CORRIDORS.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO KEEP THEM SPACED OUT AS BEST WE CAN OR HANDLE, UM, BUSES, MULTIPLE BUSES TOGETHER, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DEMAND.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CABINET TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, MEET THOSE NEEDS.
SO, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT YEAH, I DO EXPECT LIKE YOU, THAT DEMAND WILL COME ROARING BACK AT SOME POINT WHEN OUR ECONOMIES FULLY REHABBED.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ALTER THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF MY STAFF AND CHATTED ME THAT THE, THERE THERE'S A UT PROFESSOR, UM, THAT'S PUBLISHED HIS DASHBOARD ON SOME LOCAL DATA, UM, UH, AND AIR QUALITY IS INCLUDED AND IT'S WWW DOT COVID-19 ATX.NET.
AND THEN ALSO THE CAP COG IS DOING AN AIR QUALITY STUDY, UH, TO STUDY THE IMPACTS DURING COVID.
UM, AND THE FIRST REPORT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DUE, WE THINK IN MAY.
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SO, UM, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS COORDINATING, UM, WITH THEM ON THAT.UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION BRIEFLY AS, UM, THE COUNCIL APPOINTEE TO THE CAP CLUB, CLEAN AIR COALITION, I WOULD LOVE TO GET WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OF THE METRICS NI UM, ATTAINMENT SITUATION.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT DIRECTOR SPILLER DIDN'T HAVE EITHER, BUT, UM, I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I CAN HAVE ABOUT IT.
UM, AND I, I LOVE THE INCLUSION OF THE HEALTHY STREETS IN THE PRESENTATION.
I'VE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO PROUD OF THE WAY THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY CHAMPIONED THAT.
UM, I KNOW THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF EXPERIENCES, HOW DO WE CREATE SAFE PLACES FOR FAMILIES TO MOVE ABOUT, UM, HOW DO WE ADDRESS SPEED MITIGATION? SO THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE, ARE CERTAINLY HAPPENING.
UM, AND SO I, I REALLY LOVE THAT BEING MENTIONED.
UM, MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO STEM AROUND WHAT METRICS EXACTLY DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IS, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.
DO WE HAVE A LOCAL ONE TOO THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT FAMILIES CAN SHARE WITH US ABOUT THEIR COMMUTING HABITS? UM, COUNCIL? YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS AS ROBUST AS THE COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND THAT, UM, THAT I WOULD POINT TO IS STATISTICALLY, UM, VALID.
UH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE DONE SURVEYS IN THE PAST THAT ARE, UM, UH, SELF IDENTIFIED, MEANING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T RANDOMLY SELECTED NECESSARILY THAT THEY, THEY SELF-SELECT TO RESPOND TO.
I CERTAINLY WE'D DONE SOME SURVEYS, BUT NOTHING ON A COMPREHENSIVE LEVEL AS THE, UH, WE NEED DATA BASE THAT WE USE.
UH, WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS A WEAKNESS GOING INTO IT, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE, EVERY SO YEAR WAS WE GET ESTIMATES ON IT.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY WE REALLY TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE OTHER MEASURES TO GET A GOOD READ OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD HAVE REAL TIME.
I'M NOT SURE WE CAN GET REAL-TIME DATA ABOUT SCORES.
I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE ALL OF THE, WE CAN, BUT I KNOW IT CAN BE CUMBERSOME TO TRY TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND HAVE IT BE USEFUL AND HELPFUL, UM, IN OUR PLANNING.
UM, AND MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITH MAYBE SOME OF OUR LARGER EMPLOYERS, DO WE HAVE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED MOVEABILITY, UM, I WORK WITH THE CLEAN AIR FORCE, WHICH ENCOURAGES PEOPLE NOT TO IDLE IN COMPANY VEHICLES AND TO KIND OF BE VERY MINDFUL OF HOW THEIR, HOW THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE AFFECTING AIR POLLUTION.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS WHERE WE COULD BE PROACTIVE ABOUT REACHING OUT TO EMPLOYERS TO TRY TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT HOW TO STANDARDIZE IT AS HOW IT COULD WORK? UM, TOTALLY TRY TO GET THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAFFIC TO, TO LAST, RIGHT.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PRIMARY WAYS AS YOU'VE MENTIONED IF ABILITY, UH, WHICH IS A COLLECTION, UH, OF THE INTERESTED OR THE WILLING, UH, WHICH MOST COMPANIES ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THEM BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TO BUILD PARKING AND TO, UH, FUND THAT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE.
AND USUALLY IT'S NOT REVENUE GENERATING FOR, FOR OUR COMPANY.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PAYING ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO $75,000 SPACE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE ASSUMING THAT'S A STRUCTURED SPACE, SO IT'S EXPENSIVE.
SO THERE'S A NATURAL BUILT-IN OPPORTUNITY AND MOVABILITY REALLY CAPITALIZES ON THAT.
WELL, UM, AND WE COMMUNICATE OUT WITH THAT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE MAYOR'S CHALLENGE AND OTHER CHALLENGES THAT THEY DO.
UM, THERE'S CERTAINLY ANOTHER WAY THAT WE COMMUNICATE, ESPECIALLY TO NEW COMPANIES AND DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN.
AND THAT'S TRUE, UH, WITH TIA TRANSPORTATION, IMPACT ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BY TRANSPORTATION.
UH, AS THAT HAS MOVED OVER INTO THE PURVIEW OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON BUILDING TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLANS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OR THE, UH, THE BUSINESS STRATEGY.
UH, AND THOSE WILL START TO, UM, UM, PAY DIVIDENDS IF YOU WILL, AS THOSE COMPANIES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES START TO POPULATE.
UM, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, W WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE, SORT OF THE BENEFIT YET, UM, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION, UH, PRETTY ACUTE CONVERSATIONS ON THAT.
UH, THE COMMUNITY DEFINITELY HEARS THAT AS DOES THE NEW BUILDINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BIG NEW DEVELOPMENTS,
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UH, ARE EAGER PARTICIPANTS, UH, TESLA, AS I UNDERSTAND HIS IS JOINING THE MOVABILITY BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN REDUCING THEIR COMMUTE FOOTPRINT.UH, I MEAN THE END, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT MEANS BETTER EMPLOYEE-BASED SPECIALTY PHARMA MANUFACTURING AND HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY, UH, AND CERTAINLY FOR, UH, BIG EMPLOYERS LIKE THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO PRIMARY WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WELL.
AND DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION LATER IN YOUR MEETING TODAY ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, AND THAT'S ONE PLACE WHERE THOSE PDN, UM, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, ARE, ARE BEING, UH, CODIFIED, UM, IN, IN OUR RULES.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PLACE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THOSE GUYS OKAY.
AND THAT IS REALLY GREENFIELD AREA FOR CITIES TO GET INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY INNOVATIVE, I THINK ON THE PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, REALLY BUILDING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THAT TD AND THINKING.
SO WE'RE PRETTY, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT WE'RE PRETTY, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS IT STARTS TO PAY DIRT, IF YOU WILL.
IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT FIRST TWO YEARS FOR THIS STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
AND, UM, DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY AS IT CONTINUES.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO NEED THAT SUPPORT.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN MOVE ON TO
[4. Briefing on the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) Grants for the Project Connect Green Line and Orange/Blue Lines. (20 minutes).]
THE NEXT ITEM, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE A BRIEFING ON THE FEDERAL EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT GREENLINE AND THE ORANGE, ORANGE, AND BLUE LINES.I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET US STARTED.
IT LOOKS LIKE CHARMELLA IS ON THE LINE AS WELL.
UM, SO MILA MUKHERJEE WITH A COUPLE OF METRO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DELIVERING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME OPENING REMARKS.
UM, WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ADOPTED, UM, FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT, INITIAL TRANSIT INVESTMENT, AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF, UM, IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL METRO ON MULTIPLE INITIATIVES RELATED TO THAT INVESTMENT.
UM, ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES IS REALLY LOOKING AT DOING LAND USE AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, UM, ADJACENT TO THE CAPITAL METRO PROJECT CONNECT CORRIDORS.
UM, AND ONE ASPECT OF THAT PLANNING IS, UM, AN EXCITING, UM, ANNOUNCEMENT, PRESENTATION THAT SHINOLA HAS TO SHARE TODAY RELATED TO MONEY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPETITIVELY FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT, UM, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, AND SEVERAL OF THE QUARTERS OF THE PROJECT PLAN.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHARMILA AND SHE WILL WALK YOU ALL THROUGH A PRESENTATION, UM, ABOUT THAT, THAT GRANT AND THE EXCITING PARTNERSHIP WE'RE EMBARKING ON.
AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US ON THE LINE FROM THE CITY THAT CAN HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.
MILA TREMBLE AND MUKHERJEE, UM, UM, EBP PLANNING AND DEVELOPING AT CAP METRO, AND, UM, JUST WANTING TO SORT OF CHIME IN TODAY ON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, KIND OF ON A POSTSCRIPT ON ROB'S PRESENTATION.
CLEARLY SMP SETS THE STAGE FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND IT ALLOWED US TO BE COMPETITIVE IN A FEDERAL PROCESS.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, AND ALSO MENTIONED THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON OUR RIDERSHIP AS WELL.
THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW TODAY, OUR FEBRUARY NUMBERS.
AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE A TRICK OF SLOWLY TRICKLING UP AND WE'RE ABOUT 48% OF OUR PRE COVID RIDERSHIP, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN MANY OF OUR NATIONAL, UM, MOSTLY BUS ONLY, BUT ALSO BUS WITH SMALL RAIL COMPONENT PEERS.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE STILL FEEL FUTURE FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT IS BRIGHT.
AND IN AUSTIN WITH PROPERTY PASSING, WE ARE EMBARKING ON A VERY EXCITING, UH, PATH.
AND THIS EQUITABLE TOD IS JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS, ONE OF THE WAYS TO SORT OF GET THERE MORE EQUITABLY AND HAVE A BALANCED FUTURE FOR AUSTIN.
SO, UM, TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND WE
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WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRULY BRING THIS MESSAGE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO DELIVER AND TRANSITORY INTO DEVELOPMENT, UM, GUIDELINES, FRAMEWORK, UPDATE TO OUR TOOLKIT AND STATIONARY OR PLANS THAT ARE EQUITABLE.WE COMPETED IN, AS STEVIE MENTIONED, IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE FEDERAL 2D PLANNING GRANT.
AND 900,000 WAS THE HIGHEST AWARD.
UH, WE GOT THAT WITH, UH, TWO OTHER, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES ACROSS UNITED STATES.
SO WE WERE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND OUR LOCAL SHARE FOR THAT IS $350,000.
SO OUR OVERALL BUDGET IS 12.0, SORRY, NOT 12 1.2, TWO, $5 MILLION.
IT'S A TRUE PARTNERSHIP THAT I FELT THAT WE ARE EMBARKING ON WITH CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UH, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOUSING AND PLANNING AND EQUITY OFFICE.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON, YOU SEE THE CORRIDOR ON, ON THE RIGHT.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON A 12 MILE NORTH LAMAR WATERLOO AND RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR WITH 13 STATIONS AMONG BLUE AND ORANGE LINE, THE DOWNTOWN STATIONS, PLEASE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED AND THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED FOR VERY SPECIFIC REASONS.
THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED.
SO WE'RE MOST COMPETITIVE, UM, IN FEDERAL GRANTS PROCESS.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT, UM, CONCENTRATED RESOURCES ON THE STATION AREAS THAT HA CLO TO USE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND A BETTER PATH FORWARD DOWNTOWN STATIONS HAVE THEIR OWN ITS DOWNTOWN MARKET FORCES ARE DIFFERENT.
AND CITY OF BOSTON HAS DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK ALREADY ON THE TOD COMPONENT THAT WE COULD BUILD OFF OF THAT.
SO OUR IDEA WAS TO NOT DUPLICATE, BUT BUILD OFF OF THAT.
WE'RE EMPHASIZING ON DEFINING ETO OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK, BOTH IN OUR, WITH MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO HOW WE FRAME THE STUDY AND THE PROCESSES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, ESPECIALLY KEEPING IN MIND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HIGHER RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT.
AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CONSISTENT WITH A $300 MILLION DISPLACEMENT FUNDING THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE, UM, AND AS PART OF PROPERTY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO HERE'S A SNAPSHOT ON ETO PROCESS AND PLANNING AND POLICY OUTCOMES.
THE ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS PROCESS WOULD IT'S.
I WANTED TO GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE LEFT FOR THAT AND THE PLANNING AND POLICY OUTCOMES ON THE RIGHT, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
AND WE ARE, WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH A LOT OF WORK.
OUR BACKGROUND WORK FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, SINCE WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT TO WORK WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS, TO UNDERSTAND BEING CONDUCTED, TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY, UM, FEELINGS AROUND THIS STATION LOCATIONS, WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED AND CREATE A BASELINE FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, NOT JUST ON WHAT EXISTS ON THE STATION AREA, UH, LOCATIONS, PHYSICALLY, OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS, UM, THAT'S OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF OUR KEY COMPONENT.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO LEAD TO ONE OF THE DELIVERABLE.
THAT'S THE POLICY TOOLKIT, THE CAPITALIST STATION SELECTION.
THIS IS ENTIRELY DONE IN HOUSE TO SYNTHESIZE ALL THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
CITY OF BOSTON HAS DONE VERY GOOD WORK TOWARDS THAT.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLD THAT IN AND PROVIDE THAT AS WE ARE, UM, GETTING READY TO ENGAGE A CONSULTANT IN THIS PROCESS, PLANNING AND POLICY OUTCOMES.
I AM NOT GOING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT YOU CAN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT.
THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE THROUGH DATA COLLECTION COORDINATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH, WITH THREE KEY DELIVERABLES THAT THIS PROCESS WOULD LEAD US TO ONE WOULD BE AN UPDATE TO CAP METROS TO THE POLICY TOOLKIT.
THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE LAND USE INTUITY LAND, NEW STRATEGIES, OR ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY IT TO OTHER PARTS OF OUR SERVICE AREA AS WELL, BASED ON THE PROTOTYPES AND STATIONARY, UH, PLANS, UH, FOR THOSE STATIONS THAT ARE LISTED.
SO STRATEGIES, SO STRATEGIES TO LEVERAGE TRANSIT INVESTMENT.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY FOCUSED ON BUILDING RIDERSHIP.
I MEAN, WITH HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE LIVE NEAR TRANSIT, UM, AND ACCESS TRANSIT EQUITABLY.
SO ACCESS TO HIGH CAPACITY AND FREQUENT TRANSIT CHOICES FOR SAFE MULTIMODAL MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR HOUSING, FOR ALL INCOMES AND HOW TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
UM, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITY CENTERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THE DELIVERABLES, I THINK I ALREADY MENTIONED THEM.
THEY'RE STATIONARY OF PLANS, VALUE CAPTURE, AND INNOVATING, INNOVATIVE FINANCING TOOLS TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE OUTCOMES AND ETO
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ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS.AGAIN, CAP METRO DOESN'T OR ATP THAT WE DO NOT HAVE LAND USE AUTHORITY.
THIS WOULD BE BASIS OF RECOMMENDATION TO CITIES, BOSTON.
SO HERE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THESE ARE ONLY HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, GROWTH AND MARKET FORCES EXIST.
AS YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THE, UM, GROWING UP ECONOMY AND PEOPLE MOVING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF UNITED STATES AND ABROAD TO AUSTIN.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT THE GROWTH AND MARKET FORCES IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS GOING TO, UH, HELP US GET TO A MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR AUSTIN.
EARLY PLANNING AROUND EQUITY WOULD FOR EQUITY, EQUITY, FOCUS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER BIG COMPONENT THAT I DIDN'T MENTION THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH UPON HERE, THE INTEGRATED APPROACH WITH ENGINEERING AND NEPA PROCESS.
SO MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH NEPA PROCESS.
IT'S THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT BASED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW AND EXPANSION OF PROJECTS.
IT IS THE MARKER THAT NEEDS TO BE ACHIEVED.
AND WITH EIS, THAT IS A RECORD OF DECISION THAT ALLOWS A PROJECT TO GET INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, AND, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, A LARGE PRODUCT LIKE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE WOULD BE QUALIFIED TO BE IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS NEW STARK'S PROCESS FOR BOTH ORANGE AND BLUE LINE AND THIS ETO STUDY.
AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT ARE CRITICAL TO RECEIVING A HIGHER LEVEL OF LAND USE HIGHER LEVEL OF RANKING IN LAND USE, UM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY MEDIUM OR HIGH FOR A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE FEDERAL GRANTS PROCESS.
HERE'S A QUICK TIMELINE LINE OF NEXT STEPS AND AGAIN, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT BEGINS AND IT'S CONTINUOUS THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROCESS.
EXISTING CONDITION IS THE KIND CONDITIONS.
THAT'S THE TIMELINE THERE, DATA D DEVELOPING AND COORDINATION IT'S, UM, ESSENTIALLY KIND OF COMING UP WITH THE 2D DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, TYPOLOGIES PROTOTYPE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES LEADING TO THE POLICY TOOLKIT, LAND USE STRATEGIES AND STATIONARY PLANS.
UH, WE ARE, THIS IS AGAIN THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE BRANDS.
WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
UM, THIS HIGHLIGHT OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM, THE SAME DECK HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ATP BOARD, AND CAP METRO, UM, SORRY, UM, CAMPBELL, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND TODAY IT'S MY PLEASURE TO KIND OF, UM, SHARE THIS WITH THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE AND OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GRANTS.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, HOPE THAT THAT MEANS ENSURING FUTURE SUCCESS THAT'S OF OUR ABILITY TO GET FEDERAL GRANTS IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS THEY WANTED TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, SO MY QUESTION, UH, FOR CHARMELLA IS WHAT ARE THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN ETO D PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LIGHT, UH, FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LIGHT RAIL MINES AND THE GREEN LINE COMMUTER CORRIDOR.
UM, THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE, THE CONTEXT IN THE PLANNING CONTEXT AS IS THE CONDITIONS OF THE CORRIDOR PHYSICALLY ARE DIFFERENT AND THEREFORE MARKET PRESSURES AND GROWTH CONDITIONS AND PROJECTIONS ARE DIFFERENT.
BUT I WOULD SAY I JOINED, UH, CAPITAL METRO ABOUT 15 MONTHS AGO AND LINE TO THE, UM, STUDY WAS, UM, ONGOING AT THE MOMENT.
AND THAT IS ALSO, UH, THAT WAS ALSO FUNDED WITH TIVITY PLANNING GRANT.
UM, I, I THINK, UM, THIS IS HOW I WOULD SAY THIS.
WE LEARNED A LOT FOR THE GREEN LINE TIVITY PROCESS, THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED SOME VERY, UM, CRITICAL MILESTONES IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY, HOW CITY AND CAP METRO WOULD WORK TOGETHER.
BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE THE, UH, VERSION 2.0, IF NOT 3.0 IN OUR, UM, KIND OF COORDINATION DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION BETWEEN CITY PLANNING PROCESS AND CAP METRO ATP COORDINATION.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THIS PROCESS DELIVER IS MAYBE I'M A LITTLE IDEALISTIC, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEST CITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
THEY ARE INTEGRATED REALLY WELL EARLY ON AS WE GO OUT AND SECURE A CONSULTANT FOR THAT.
SO GREENLINE HAS, UH, THE, THE CONDITION LAUNDRY
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LINE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND DEVELOPING PRESSURES ARE STRONGER ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, BUT, BUT THE, SOME OF THE PLANNING PROCESSES ARE SAME WHERE THE OUTCOMES COULD BE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE, AND THE STRATEGIES ARE ON STATION LOCATIONS AND, AND THE PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I MUTED MYSELF.
I NOT QUITE, BUT I'M GOING TO THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO ARTICULATE IT AND GET WITH YOU OFFLINE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION OR A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DEZ.
SO MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE, THE 12 MILE FOCUS ON THE NORTH LAMAR UP TO THE RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR.
CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THE, EITHER THE RATIONALE BETWEEN SELECTING THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE LINE, AND THEN ALSO YOU COULD LAYER IN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ON THIS SLIDE TOO, THE EMPHASIS ON THAT EMPHASIS OF THIS GRANT, MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS TO DEFINE ETO D OPPORTUNITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT HIGH-RISK WERE DISPLACEMENT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET MORE CONTEXT ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU COULD TOUCH ON THE CATALYST STATIONS, SELECTION WITH THE SELECTION FOR THE CATALYST STATIONS BE ON THAT DESCRIBE 12 MILE LINE THAT IS PART OF THE GRANT, OR IS THE, WILL THOSE THAT OPEN TO THE ENTIRE PROJECT CONNECT THAT? SO I WILL ANSWER THE LAST QUESTION LAST PART OF THE QUESTION FIRST ON THE CATALYST STATIONS ON THE CORRIDOR THAT'S PROPOSED ON THIS GRANT.
AND I, I, I, THE GRANT IS, UM, AGAIN, UH, TARGETED AS STEVIE POINTED OUT.
IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS TO, UM, APPROACH THIS VERY, UH, IMPORTANT TOPIC.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ALL ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA IN PROJECT CONNECT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A STRONG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ORANGE LINE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE STUDY AREA BECAUSE THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS AND SPECIFICALLY THE COMPETITIVENESS, FORTUITY PLANNING, PILOT GRANTS NATIONWIDE, UM, THERE'S, UH, UM, A GENERAL THAT REALLY REQUIRES, UM, THERE'S AN OPTIMUM SEGMENT, THE MOST DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP-ABLE SEGMENT OF A CORRIDOR.
IT ALSO APPEARS TO, UM, RANK REALLY HIGH, UM, IN THE, IN THE GRANTS, UH, SCHEME OF THINGS.
AND WE ACT AS WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE APPLICATION, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THE MARKET PRESSURES AND THE NEED TO HAVE THIS PLAN IN PLACE TO PREPARE US BETTER, TO GET INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITICAL FACTORS SELECTING THE SEGMENTS AND FOCUSING ON THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED A MORE DETAILED PLAN.
SO THAT AREA THAT WAS SELECTED FOR THE GRANT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST DEVELOPABLE PARTS OF THE LINE.
AND AGAIN, I WANTED US TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT, UM, THIS IS AT THE TIME OF PREPARING THE APPLICATION WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE GRANT APPLICATION AND KEEPING IN MIND OUR COMPETITIVENESS IN THE NATIONAL SCENE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THE GRANT.
AND WE STILL BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE MARKET PRESSURES ARE GREAT, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, GETTING READY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, KIND OF EMBARK ON THIS STUDY, AS WE ADD OUR LOCAL FUNDING MATCH THIS, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN THE SCOPING PROCESS.
SO IT WOULD ALLOW US TO FINE TUNE IT WITHIN REASON AND WITHIN, WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS, BUT THE CORRIDOR WOULD BE REVIEWED AS A WHOLE ALSO FOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND MARKET FACTORS.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, JUST AS A FOLLOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH ON, UH, EXPLAINING THAT ASPECT OF, UH, THE, THE SCOPING.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT THOUGH, FOR US TO HAVE A MORE SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTH PART OF THE, UM, OF THE ORANGE LINE.
CAUSE THE TYPE, WHAT, WHAT THE FOCUS OF THIS IS EVEN IF, EVEN IF THE SOUTH AREA WAS NOT THE BEST AREA FOR A FEDERAL GRANT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
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IT WOULDN'T BE AN, AN AREA THAT NEEDS THIS SAME KIND OF REVIEW.SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD SPECIFICALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, OR IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TYPE OF IT'S SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION THE MAYOR PRO TEM ASK? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TYPE OF ANALYSIS AND PLANNING THAT WOULD OCCUR FOR THE SOUTH PART OF THE ORANGE LINE AS WILL OCCUR FOR THE NORTH LINE NORTH PART? SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED THE THREE DELIVERABLES, THE DELIVERABLES BULLS BEING THE STATION PLANNING, THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THERE WAS A THIRD THAT I'M FORGETTING, BUT YOU MENTIONED THOSE THREE AS DELIVERABLES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WOULD YOU NOT ALSO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE GREEN LINE AND FOR THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ORANGE LINE? SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AT THE MOMENT, THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY GOOD DAY AND, UH, GREAT HOUSE ARE BOTH ONLINE AS WELL.
NO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION ON GREEN LINE WAS OUR FIRST TIVITY STUDY THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT CAP MEASURE, UM, HAS, HAS DONE.
SO I WOULD SAY WE, WE ADDRESSED WE, THAT WAS OUR, OUR FIRST THAT GREENLINE TOD PLANNING GRANT GRANT WAS OUR FIRST SUCCESS IN THIS REALM AND KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF THAT.
NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON ORANGE AND BLUE LINE.
WE DO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GREEN LINE TOD STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO MERE PROTONS EARLIER POINT, I WAS FOCUSING MORE ON THE DELIVERABLES FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS SEGMENT AS OPPOSED TO RAIN LINE.
AND THAT IS A NATURE OF THAT, UM, SORT OF MARKET FORCES THAT, THAT THE CONSULTANT THOUGHT WOULD BE IN PLACE.
SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION ON THAT, BUT MOVING ON TO THE SOUTHERN, UM, SEGMENTS OF THE ORANGE LINE, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND IT AS HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A PROGRAM LEVEL CORRIDOR LEVEL APPROACH FOR BOTH OF THE, BOTH OF THE LINES.
SO, ONE WAY AGAIN, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TOD CAP, METRO TOD TOOLKIT, WHICH I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT ON THE COME UP, UH, OFF MUTE AND KIND OF CHIME IN ON THE MERITS OF TOD TOOLKIT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE UPDATED AS PART OF ONE OF THE DELIVERABLES THAT'S GOING TO APPLY TO THE OVERALL CORRIDOR, UM, FOR, YEAH, SO, AND ANNETTE, DO YOU WANT TO CHIME IN, AND THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO DELIVERABLES AND HOW THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO THE OVERALL CORRIDOR AS WELL? UH, SURE.
UM, CHAIR, UH, COUNSELING FOR DAY WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH METRO FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH, WITH, UM, FOR PROJECT CONNECT, AS YOU KNOW, AS WE STARTED ON THAT, UM, ASAP AND PROJECT CONNECT, WE STARTED AT THAT SAME TIME.
UM, AND WE, WE HAVE ALWAYS RELIED ON, UM, THE TOOLKIT THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY, UM, PREVIOUS 2D PROGRAMS AT CAPITAL METRO THAT, THAT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON WHAT WE CALL A PLANNING INVENTORY OF, UH, WHERE POTENTIAL STATIONS COULD BE.
UM, ALONG WITH PROPOSED HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDORS, WHETHER IT BE BRT OR WHETHER IT BE RAIL.
UM, OF COURSE IN THE BEGINNING OF, UM, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, MOST OF, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN WE STARTED THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING OF THE S AND P IN PROJECT CONNECT, WE WERE MODE AGNOSTIC AT THAT POINT.
AND WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT, UM, BUILDING THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY ON, ON WHAT THE ARCHIVE HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT SYSTEM SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO WE'VE ALWAYS RELIED ON THAT TOOL AS, UM, SORT OF, UM, TO USE A PHRASE THAT, UM, HOUSE MEMBER ELLIS JUST USED SETTING THE STAGE, THE TOD TOOLKIT SETS THE STAGE IN A MORE SPECIFIC WAY.
WE'RE PLANNING, UM, AROUND A PROPOSED STATION, BUT SHE'D WERE COMPLIMENTARY TO ANY EXISTING.
AND THIS IS WHERE STEVIE COULD JUMP PROBABLY AFTER ME ANY EXISTING, UM, SMALL AREA PLANS, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO, WE WANT TO PRESERVE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT THE EXISTING PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE NEWER PLANS WITH THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS THAT WERE DONE VERY WELL.
AND I KNOW THERE'S ONE FURTHER NORTH THAT PROBABLY IS ADJACENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I THINK IT IS ADJACENT IN THE SCOPE OF THIS GRANT.
UM, AND SO, UH, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION OR, OR PLEASE REPEAT IF I CAN, IF I, IF I CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE CLARITY TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH UPDATING THE TOOLKIT AND, UM, THE PLANNING THAT EXISTS AND PLANNING THAT MIGHT BE COMING FORWARD.
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SO, SO I THINK I UNDERSTOOD, UM, WHATI, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S AN INFORMS IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY AND THEY CAN INFORMS, BUT IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T DETERMINE SPECIFICALLY HOW SOMETHING MIGHT BE DEVELOPED.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, UH, SHERMILLA SAID THE SCOPING IS STILL UNDERWAY AND THERE IS WIGGLE ROOM AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF US BEING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY IS TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UM, I SEE IT AS MOSTLY AN INVENTORY, THE, THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN USED THAT I, THAT I SAW BEFORE IS READINESS.
LIKE HOW READY IS THE AREA TO SUP TO SUPPORT HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT? AND THAT INCLUDES MULTIPLE FACTORS.
UM, OF COURSE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT IS, IS GOING TO BE KEY, BUT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS AS WELL.
UM, BUT NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE DETERMINING HOW IT SHOULD JUST BE DOING THE INVENTORY.
AND THEN THROUGH SMALL AREA PLANNING, YOU TAKE THAT INVENTORY AND YOU USE THAT AS DATA INPUT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS TO HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT? IF WE, IF OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP, OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SYNC THOSE TWO TOGETHER? STEVIE'S UM, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
IF I COULD JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR BECAUSE I'M CONSCIOUS OF TIME, AND I'M ALSO CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE AND NOT NECESSARILY THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, BUT JUST A LITTLE KIND OF EXTRA CONTEXT ON SMALLER AID PLANNING AND HOW THIS GRANT FITS IN.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED CITYWIDE AND ALL OF THE PROJECT CONNECT CORRIDORS SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT DEFINITELY AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF A NEED AND ALL OF THE CORRIDORS TO DO.
UM, GOOD LAND USE PLANNING, YOU KNOW, IN CON IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TRANSIT INVESTMENT THAT CAN BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, UM, SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT GOALS AND SUPPORT DEVELOPING LAND USES THAT CAN SUPPORT THE TRANSIT INVESTMENT AND VICE VERSA.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT NEED, UM, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS DEFINITELY CONTINUING AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL ABOUT HOW TO DEVELOP A WORK PROGRAM FOR SMALL AREA OF PLANNING THAT WILL MEET THAT NEED.
AND THIS FTA GRANT IS REALLY JUST ONE REALLY FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PROVIDING AUSTIN WITH $900,000 FOR TO HELP SUPPORT A PROJECT, UM, TO MOVE TOWARDS MEETING THAT NEED, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL OF HOW WE DO LAND, USE PLANNING, SUPPORTING THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM.
SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT ASSURANCE.
UM, AND WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SORT OF THE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS IN THE SOUTH CONGRESS CORRIDOR THAT I THINK WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL, UM, WORK PROGRAM FOR SMALLER AREA PLANNING IN CONCERT WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX.
SO I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WANTING TO MOVE ON, SO I DON'T WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO PUT A PIN IN THIS THEN, UM, AND JUST SAY THAT, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLAN FOR SOUTH CONGRESS AND I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER OF WENT US WOULD TOO.
AND WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? WHAT IS THE TIMELINES? THAT KIND OF THING? I'M NOT SURE WHO'S THE WHO THE RIGHT STEP PERSON IS TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE A C COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTAS, DON, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE THING I REALLY WANT, I REALLY WANT TO SEE A TIMELINE AND THEN JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PATH IS THERE.
AND THEN, SO MY FINAL COMMENT THEN WOULD JUST BE THAT, UM, I WAS, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WAS PLEASED TO SEE IN YOUR LANGUAGE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THE MENTION OF THE CAC, UH, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL IS, WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING, I BELIEVE IN THE LAST WEEK, UH, LAST WEEK IN APRIL.
AND SINCE YOU'RE, UM, I'M SURE THAT THE IDEA IS TO, TO SHARE THIS, ETOD PLANNING WITH THE CAC, UM, AT THAT FIRST MEETING, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR TIMING FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THEIR RADAR SCREEN.
SO JUST MAKING THAT CONNECTION FOR YOU SHARMILA.
NOW, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT NO, BUT THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
EVERYONE ELSE, THE CAC IS GETTING UP AND RUNNING THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEIR FIRST MEETING IS THE END OF APRIL.
SO THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT TO, TO PUT ON THE RECORD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INTEREST AND ALL THE PASSIONS.
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VERY GOOD POINTS ARE BEING MADE HERE.I'LL JUST JUMP IN AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAVE, UH, ANOTHER, UM, ENDING QUESTION, UM, IN THIS TYPE OF PLANNING, WHAT IS THE CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER MULTIMODAL, UM, OPTIONS, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING A GAP SOMEWHERE WHERE MAYBE A TRAIL OR A CONNECTION OF A SIDEWALK OR OUR BIKE LANE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THESE TRANSIT LINES, WHAT CONSIDERATIONS BEING DONE FOR THAT? SO THAT IS ENTIRELY, UM, THIS IS A VERY VALID POINT AND WE HAVE EVERY STATIONARY A PLAN THAT THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WE'RE NOT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR DEVELOPABLE, THE ARE THE SEGMENT THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
IT'S, UM, REASONABLE TO FOCUS ON WITHIN THE BUDGET AND, UM, THE, THE GRANT AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE GRANT THAT I, I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT THE TOD PLANNING GRANT THE, FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WAS, UM, 6.9 MILLION AND WE GOT 900,000 OF THAT.
UM, SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SORT OF KEEP THAT IN MIND AND UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL, UM, GRANTS AVAILABILITY AND TO COMPETE FOR, FOR OUR SHARE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SHARE WITHIN THAT.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE GOING WITH, WE WERE TO PROVIDE A 20 MILE CORRIDOR FOR THIS BRAND, JUST FROM TECHNICAL ASPECT, IT WOULD NOT SEEM REASONABLE BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF ANALYSIS THAT'S NEEDED AND YOU BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT THAT KIND OF ALLOWED ME TO MAKE THIS, GIVE THIS LARGER CONTEXT THAT STATIONARY OR PLAN WOULD INCLUDE PUBLIC SPACE RECOMMENDATION, ANY MULTIMODAL TRAIL TRAIL, INTRODUCE PATH RECOMMENDATION, ALONG WITH IT.
AND IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN PHYSICAL DESIGN, BUT MORE WELLNESS AND LIVABILITY LEVEL RECOMMENDATION.
BUT TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY, WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE CORRIDOR AND HOW MANY STATIONS AND HOW MANY PROTOTYPES AND THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL WE CAN DO WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS CONTEXT.
NOW, UM, AS STEVIE POINTED OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I WENT INTO THE MIND, THIS IS ONLY ONE WAY TO HAVE A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PART OF THE CORRIDOR.
THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR ENTIRE PROJECT CONNECT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IS THE TOD TOOLKIT THAT WOULD REALLY FORM THAT, UM, GREATER APPLICABILITY IN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY FORM THE BASIS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER CORRIDORS INITIALLY.
AND THEN WE HOPE TO BE COMPETITIVE IN FUTURE FOR OTHER GRANTS WHERE, SO WE CAN DO MORE FOCUSED STUDY ON THOSE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU WANT TO FINISH OUT THIS, THIS ITEM FOR US? CAUSE THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW SOME OF THESE, UH, POLICY AREAS JUST KIND OF STICK WITH YOU.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S JUST BEEN NON AT ME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT JOBS AS POLICY MAKERS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ANY RATHER TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS SHAPED, UM, WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK OF EQUITABLE INTENTIONS.
AND YOU IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN WATCHED OF DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO THEY'RE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY DEPEND ON TRANSIT, AREN'T GOING TO BE CUT OFF, UH, FROM THE TRANSIT ONCE IT BECOMES THIS FIRST-CLASS ASSET, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A MAJOR ONE MAJOR TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT CAN HELP US FIGHT DISPLACEMENT AND REIGN IN ON AFFORDABILITY AND REALLY SET OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM UP FOR SUCCESS.
AND NOBODY WILL BE SURPRISED WHEN I SAY THAT IS HOUSING.
WE NEED HOUSING, HOUSING, HOUSING, AND MORE HOUSING FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS, MIXED USE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, BUT HOUSING, WE NEED IT SO BAD.
IT, NONE OF THIS WORKS WITHOUT IT, YOU KNOW, SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PILOT MOVE FORWARD AND MUCH LIKE MY, UH, MY COLLEAGUES POINTED OUT AND TO REALLY EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING FORWARD AN ETO D UM, AND MORE ABOUT WORK TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
UM, AND I, I REALLY, I APPRECIATED THE PRESENTATION, BUT THE LAST COMMENTARY FROM MS. GREENHOUSE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THOSE ARE, THAT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT FOR YOU.
AND WE BELIEVE OUR MITCHELL RAPID ARE ALSO STRONG BONES AND THAT'S FEEDER INTO OUR LARGER LINE SYSTEM.
SO THE IDEA FOR THE TOOLKIT IS TO BE, TO EXTEND OUT AND BE ABLE TO SORT OF TAKE THAT PROTOTYPE DOWN OUR BRT DROUGHTS AS WELL.
SO I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.
THANK YOU TO ALL THREE OF YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC.
[5. Briefing on the Transportation Criteria Manual Update (10 minutes).]
UM, I WILL THEN MOVE US ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL UPDATE.[01:25:09]
UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR VICE-CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE UPDATES ON THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL UPDATING PROCESS, I'M OPEL BARUA AND THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.UH, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE TRANSPORTATION PRETORIA MANUAL UPDATING PROCESS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP IN THAT PROCESS.
AND, UM, WE HAVE CONTRACTED THE PUBLIC EVENTS, HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
AND NOW DANIELLE MORIN, WHO IS MY COLLEAGUE, UH, SHE, SHE'S A PROJECT MANAGER OF THIS PROJECT AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE DETAILED STEP AND, UH, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THAT PROCESS FOR US? I AGREE, THANKS FOR HAVING US.
UM, SO AS PEOPLE MENTIONED, MY NAME IS DANIELLE MOREN.
UM, I'M A PROJECT COORDINATOR HERE WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THE TCM PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO JOINED WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AT KIMLEY-HORN, UM, IN CASE THERE WERE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO TO START OFF, UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR CURRENT TCM WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1980S.
UM, OBVIOUSLY A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN, UM, WHICH HAS NECESSITATED AN UPDATE TO, UH, THIS VERY TECHNICAL DOCUMENT.
UH, THE TCM IS A CRITERIA MANUAL THAT IS USED, UM, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, SO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS A CODE THAT TRIGGERS A TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION AND THE TCM, UH, HOLDS THE ACTUAL DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED DURING THAT PROCESS.
THE TIMELINE ON THE PROJECT, UM, OVERALL, THE TCM HAS BEEN REALLY IN DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER TWO YEARS, UM, AND ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH, UH, WHEN WE FIRST ROLLED OUT OUR AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE, UH, THAT GUIDE HELPED US FINE TUNE SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS MANUAL.
UM, IN 2019, THE CITY ADOPTED THE SMP, WHICH INCLUDES MOBILITY GOALS THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO THIS UPDATE.
UH, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DRAFTING, UM, GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, DURING THE TWO YEAR PERIOD TO COME TO THE DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE TODAY, UH, IN NOVEMBER, UH, STAFF PUBLISHED A SPEAK-UP OAKTON WEBSITE, WHICH ALLOWED FOR AN INFORMAL PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
UM, AND THAT WAS REALLY IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT.
AND WE HEARD WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UM, SO CURRENTLY WE ARE, UH, WE POSTED ON FEBRUARY 2ND FOR THE FORMAL ROLE POSTING PROCESS, SO THAT KICKED OFF OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW.
UM, WHAT THAT IS IS WE, UH, REVIEWED THIS DOCUMENT ALONGSIDE ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THEIR SIGN OFF, TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE ROLE'S POSTING PROCESS.
UH, WE'RE STILL IN THAT PROCESS, WE'VE GOT, UM, A COUPLE ISSUES TO WORK THROUGH WITH SOME CITY DEPARTMENTS ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT, UM, WE'LL THEN BE ABLE TO POST FOR THE FORMAL PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
SO THAT'S A, A 31 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD DURING WHICH TIME THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS TO STAFF, UM, WHICH WILL THEN BRING US FORWARD THROUGH, UH, THE ROLES ADOPTION PROCESS.
SO TO RECAP, WE POSTED OUR DRAFT DOCUMENT, UM, FOR THAT INFORMAL PUBLIC REVIEW OPPORTUNITY THIS PAST NOVEMBER, UH, WE ENDED UP RECEIVING OVER 1200 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UH, WE USE THAT, UH, WE USE THOSE COMMENTS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY TO THEN REFINE OUR DRAFT BEFORE WE, UH, PROVIDED ANOTHER DRAFT FOR THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW PERIOD.
UM, DURING THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, UM, WE FOUND FIVE MAJOR THEMES, WHICH I CAN GO OVER QUICKLY IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO SECTION TWO OF THE TCM, UH, WE DONE A LOT OF COMMENTS RELATED TO SIDEWALK AND BIKE ZONE PLACEMENTS.
UM, SO WE HAVE ADDED AN ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATION, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO FLIP THESE ZONES, UH, IN CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS.
UM, I WILL POINT OUT THE CURRENT TCM.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO, UM, PROVIDE ANY SORT OF FLEXIBILITY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH LOTS OF WAIVERS.
SO THAT'S A GREAT BIG IMPROVEMENT IN THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, WE RECEIVED COMMENTS RELATED TO SOIL REQUIREMENTS FOR FRUIT TREES.
SO WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL, UM, DETAILED TO REFLECT APPROPRIATE SOIL VOLUMES RELATED TO FRUIT TREE HEALTH, UM, SECTION SECTION THREE AND FIVE INCLUDED CONCERNS RELATED TO THE SMOOTHNESS
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AND DESIGN OF BIKE FACILITIES.UM, IN THAT SECTION, UH, SECTION STICKS, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, COMMENTS RELATED TO FUTURE RAIL, UH, TRAN RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE ADDED SOME PLACEHOLDER LANGUAGE.
UM, ANY ENGINEERING DESIGN CRITERIA THAT COMES FROM PROP AA WILL SUPERSEDE, UH, THE TCM DESIGN REQUIREMENT.
UM, SECTION NINE, WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS RELATED TO STRUCTURED PARKING, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO WE'VE RESPONDED TO THOSE COMMENTS BY INCLUDING A SEPARATE DESIGN CRITERIA, UH, FOR PART STRUCTURED PARKING AS WELL AS EXEMPT EXEMPTION FOR THOSE, UM, STRUCTURES.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE DID, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE THREE IMPACT FEES.
UM, WHEN WE POSTED OR INFORMAL PUBLIC REVIEW STREET IMPACTS VIEWS WERE NOT YET ADOPTED.
SO WE HAVE, UH, GONE BACK AND ADDED, UM, LANGUAGE IN THERE, WHICH OUTLINED HOW FREEDOM PACK FEES, UH, KIND OF FIT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL, UM, IN OUR INTER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW PHASE, HOWEVER, UM, MOST OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF THE MAJOR COMMENTS DURING THAT PHASE.
UM, LET'S SEE, SECTION ONE, WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH DSD TO PROVIDE, UM, A WAIVER SECTION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE USERS, UH, BETTER INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW AND WHEN TO APPLY FOR WAIVERS.
UM, AND THE CRITERIA THAT STAFF WILL USE WHEN REVIEWING THOSE WAIVER REQUESTS.
UM, SECTION TWO, UH, LANGUAGE HAS BEEN ADDED TO CLARIFY THAT ANY DESIGN CRITERIA RELATED TO THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM WILL SUPERSEDE DESIGN CRITERIA AND THE TCM.
UH, WE ALSO WORKED CLOSELY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH DSD AND AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, TO CRAFT UPDATED CRITERIA RELATED TO THREE TREES.
UM, SO WE NOW WILL HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE BACK OF CURB OPTIONS, UM, TO ALLOW FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLANT STREET TREES WHEN AS UTILITIES, UM, MAYBE IN CONFLICT, UH, WE'VE ALSO WORKED UPDATE STREET LEVELS, ONE AND TWO CROSS SECTIONS, UH, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND WE'VE ADDED RACE BICYCLE LANES AS THE STANDARDS FOR STREET STREET LEVELS, TWO THROUGH FOUR, A SECTION THREE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE A NEW BIKE FIGURES, WHICH WILL BETTER REFLECT ACTUAL DESIGN SPEED.
UH, SECTION THREE WILL INCLUDE LANGUAGE WOULD CLARIFY AS TO ANY DESIGN CRITERIA RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECTS WILL SUPERSEDE, UH, DESIGN CRITERIA.
AND THE TCM SECTION SEVEN HAS BEEN ADDED EDITED TO REFLECT, UM, BETTER SAFETY AND INCLUDE SMALLER CORNER CORNER RADIO AND EXISTS IN THE CURRENT QCM TODAY.
UM, AND WE ALSO, UM, INCLUDED LEFT TURN RESEARCH IN FROM LOTS WHICH ACCESS MULTILINE STREETS WITH A SPEED OF 35 MILE PER HOUR OR GREATER.
AND THEN LASTLY, AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE PAST SLIDE, WE GOT LOTS OF COMMENTS ON THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
SO WE'VE CLARIFIED THAT LANGUAGE TO BETTER REFLECT HOW THAT FITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, WE, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR INTER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW DISCUSSIONS WITH A COUPLE OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT PHASE, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT OR GO BACK AND MAKE OUR FINAL EDITS AND THEN SUBMIT FOR THE FORMAL 31 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
UM, AFTER THAT REVIEW PERIOD STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY FINAL EDITS BEFORE WE SUBMIT OUR FINAL DRAFT CCM DOCUMENTS WITH CITY MANAGER FOR REVIEW AND ADOPTION, HOPEFULLY, UM, EARLY THIS SUMMER.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, JUST SO, UM, HAS OUR SPEAK-UP AUSTIN WEBPAGE.
UM, WE PLAN ON PROVIDING UPDATES AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ATD NEWSLETTER, AS WELL AS OUR STAKEHOLDER EMAIL LIST.
UM, AND ANY QUESTIONS CAN ALWAYS BE SENT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION CM THAT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND I THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE DATES THAT THAT WILL BE OPEN? IS IT OPEN RIGHT NOW FOR THE, THE, THE WEBSITE OR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WE CAN'T POST FOR PUBLIC REVIEW UNTIL WE RECEIVED SIGN SIGN-OFF FROM ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE, UM, LAST MINUTE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, WITH SOME CITY DEPARTMENTS BEFORE WE CAN FINALIZE THE DOCUMENT AND THEN POST PUBLICLY.
SO I'M HOPING, UM, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL BE POSTING OUT OF CYCLE.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY JUST DEPENDENT ON ONE.
WE CAN GET THAT THOSE LAST MINUTE NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED.
AND IF YOU COULD MAYBE JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE KNOWS WHEN THAT DATE AND HOW LONG IT WILL BE OPEN, WHETHER IT'S A 30 DAY, 60 DAY, 90 DAY
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COMMENT PERIOD, JUST SO WE COULD HELP KIND OF AMPLIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT IT'S TIME FOR INPUT AGAIN.THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHAT'S IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COVERED IT.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO, TO RUN US THROUGH THAT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS CRITERIA MANUAL, SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
[6. Update from the chair of the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) regarding recent UTC actions from the 3/30 and 4/13 meetings. (10 minutes).]
ALL RIGHT.AND WITH THAT, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR OUR UPDATE FROM THE URBAN TRANS CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME A CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE STATE BOSTON URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT OUR LAST MEETING.
WE HAD, UM, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION AROUND THE EITHER IN FIVE CAPITAL EXPRESS, A SCOPING THAT'S.
THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, I IT'S TO HIT A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS, UM, AT URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WE SEEMED PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION.
UH, SOME, I DIDN'T SAY FULL ELABORATION THAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN TEXTILE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS PROPOSED A, UM, QUITE A SET OF MEANINGFUL COMMENTS.
IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN TEXTILES RESPONSE IN PARTICULAR, IN OUR PROPOSAL OR A RECOMMENDATION.
WE, UM, ASKED THE TEXTILE, ADOPT THE REVISED STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND NEED THERE'S PROPOSALS BY CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND SUBMITTED BY AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE ASKED THAT THEY, UM, LOOK AT THE PASSAGE OF PROJECT CONNECT IN THE TAX DISTRICT AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BOND AND SEE IF THOSE CAN BE INCLUDED IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY.
UM, WE ALSO, AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINKERS IN THE CITY WHO HAVE AS MUCH SKILL AND AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS THE PEOPLE AT TEXTILE.
AND THEY PUT IN THE EFFORT TO COME UP WITH A LEGITIMATE PROPOSALS.
AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANY MENTION OF THOSE WITH TEXTS THAT A RESPONSE.
SO THINGS LIKE THE RETHINK 35 AND THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE AND THE RECONNECT AUSTIN, UH, PROPOSALS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH ON QUITE EXTENSIVELY, JUST APPEAR TO DISAPPEAR WHEN IT COMES BACK FROM TEXTILE.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THE TEXTILE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN WORK TO, UM, ENSURE THAT THAT COLLABORATION IS COLLABORATIVE AND THAT THERE IS SOME RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORT THAT GOES IN FROM CAMPO AND TEXTILE.
I MEAN, CAMPO AND SAVE AUSTIN AND AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS CITIZENS.
AND IN THIS PROCESS OVERALL, LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED HOW HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS DECIDED TO PURSUE OTHER AVENUES TO TRY AND STOP A SIMILAR EXPANSION OF OUR CORE DEPARTMENT HARRIS COUNTY.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT THAT FAR ALONG YET, BUT IT DID GIVE US, UM, GOING TO FEELINGS THAT THERE ALREADY SOME POSSIBLE ROUTES TO ENSURE COLLABORATION MEANS COLLABORATION.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S A VERY QUICK SUMMARY.
AND THEN THE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW ARE WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IN THE LAST MEETING OR TWO, I THINK YOU HAD TRIED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS.
DIDN'T DIDN'T YOU HAVE AN ITEM WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN TXDOT AND THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE PASSED OUR, UM, WE, WE PASSED OUR RESOLUTION IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT MARIO, BUT WE PASS A RESOLUTION, UH, WHICH, WHICH REALLY TOOK THE VARIOUS COMMENTS THAT DIFFERENT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD SIGNED ONTO THE TEXTILE AND WHICH CAPTURED THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE UTC HAD BEEN MAKING ABOUT, UM, ABOUT I 35.
UH, BUT, UM, BUT I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE, WHAT APPEARS TO BE LACK OF, WELL, CERTAINLY LIFE, A LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY, RESPONSIVENESS THAT WE WOULD PREFER.
SO, UM, SO I HEAR THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE.
UH, WE NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND, I THINK TO OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE TECHSTAR TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, BUT THIS IS AS YOU, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THIS IS EARLY ON IN THE PRO IN THE, UH, PROJECT, WHICH MEANS THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY LOUD AND CLEAR WITH TXDOT, THAT WE WANT TO SEE SOME
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RECOGNITION OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING.SO, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF STAFF.
AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WE'VE WORKED ON LETTERS FROM TXDOT AS WELL TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS DOCUMENT.
UM, ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, CONTINUED TO MR. CHAMPION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY MUCH AT THE FOREFRONT OF MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS AND WE DO NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN POINT TO ENSURE THAT AS, AS THE PROJECT PROCEEDS THAT IT'S, IT'S DONE.
SO IN A WAY THAT IS A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT, UM, DEGRADATION OF OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR DISCUSSION, IF I CAN JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT, THERE IS A MANEUVER BY THE HARRIS COUNTY, AND AGAIN, WE'RE MAYBE A LITTLE TOO EARLY, BUT IT'S A MANEUVER SEEMS TO HOLD WAY, WHICH IS THAT, UM, THE REPRESENTATION ON THE CAMP OF BODY, UM, DOES NOT REFLECT THE IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE.
SO SORT OF, IF YOU COULD SORT OF IMAGINE IN LIKE A SENATE KIND OF WAY, LIKE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA, NUMBER SENATORS VERSUS OTHERWISE AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REPRESENTED IN THE CAPITOL EQUIVALENT AROUND HARRIS COUNTY.
UM, AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GAINED SOME TRACTION A BIT.
I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY A STATUTORY EARLY FOR THAT, BUT, UM, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS, UM, TO, TO LONG ROAD.
SO I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.
I WANT TXDOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITY OPTION THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD.
UM, I KNOW ON CAMPO THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER
AND I HAVE ALSO SEEN, UM, SOME COMMENTS MADE IN JEST ABOUT IF YOU LIVE IN AUSTIN, YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO AVOID GETTING ON
SO THAT, THAT CONVERSATION'S DEFINITELY BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME.
THANKS FOR JOINING WITH US TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
[2. Update from Assistant City Manager Gina Fiandaca on the City's Strategic Mobility Outcome. (10 minutes).]
OUR LAST AND FINAL ITEM WILL BE AN UPDATE FROM CITY MANAGER, GINA AT THE END DACA ABOUT THE MOBILITY'S STRATEGIC OUTCOMES.UM, WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH MY REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR, UM, FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE HEARD, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR THE MOBILITY OUTCOME.
UM, UH, WE'VE UH, SORT OF HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORT, UM, THE, UH, SORT OF, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS CERTAINLY A HIGHLIGHT FOR US AND THIS $75 MILLION INVESTMENT IS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN OUR SOUTH TERMINAL TO DATE.
AND THAT SORT OF SPEAKS TO THE RESILIENCY OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY HERE IN AUSTIN AND HOW STRONG OUR, OUR AIRPORT, UM, IS, AND, AND EMERGING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
UM, LAST WEEK WE DID HIGHLIGHT IN OUR LETTER TO TXDOT AND AS YOU JUST HEARD THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY VOICES AS WE APPROACHED EITHER 85, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH THIS CHAMPION MORE THAT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER.
WE'VE OFFERED THAT LETTER AND WE'VE MET WITH ALL OF YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND OUR TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT IS EARLY IN THE PROCESS, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PERSPECTIVE IS AS HEARD AND APPRECIATED BY TXDOT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PARTNER WITH TXDOT, AS THEY APPROACH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE ON, AT THE CAPITAN STAGE.
AND SO THERE TEND THEM EFFORTS, BUT, UM, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE APPROACHED PROJECT CONNECT IN TERMS OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF THAT INVESTMENT, UM, THIS IS IT, THIS IS THE POTENTIAL TO BE JUST AS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE BASED ON THE REPORT OR WHAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE FROM THE TEAM, PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THAT IS SORT OF GUIDING THE MOBILITY POLICY AND PRINCIPLES.
UM, YOUR BACKUP REPORT THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA WEBSITE IS VERY HELPFUL AND FULL OF GOOD INFORMATION.
UM, I PARTICULARLY LOVE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S DOING ON, UM, NEAR THE LONGHORN DAM ON SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY AND SEEING, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS BEFORE THE HEALTHY STREETS RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED.
SHOWING THAT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY THINKING THIS WAY IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS ABOUT HOW TO INCREASE MOBILITY AND SAFETY AS PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND TOWN.
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AND SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THERE'S SOME INTERIM MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE, UM, STARTING ON MONDAY.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? ALL RIGHT.
[7. Identify items to discuss at future meetings.]
LAST THING IS IDENTIFYING FEATURE ITEMS. I THINK WE TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF REALLY IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING TOPIC SINCE MAY IS BIKE MONTH.I'M HOPING TO GEAR OUR AGENDA AS THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE AROUND BICYCLES, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER MOBILITY OPTIONS.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GATHER, WE'RE STILL KIND OF PUTTING SOME IDEAS ON PAPER.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT AGENDA MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND SOME OF THE COOL TOPICS WE MIGHT GET TO COVER NEXT MONTH.
ANY OTHER TOPICS YOU CAN ALWAYS GET WITH ME OFFLINE TOO? AND WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.
IT IS NOW 2:48 PM AND WE FINISHED AHEAD OF TIME.
HOPING THAT IN YOUR HEART, WE'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY.