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Public Projects Review • Mission • Who are we? • Goals • Process Mission Our mission is to properly steward financial resources of capital and publicly funded projects by providing a timely and collaborative permitting review process. Who are we? Who are we? • Projects • Publicly Funded • Critical Infrastructure • Schools • Convention Center • Airport Expansion Development Program • Parks • Austin Light Rail Goals • Facilitate collaborative conversations between Design Teams and COA Code Review subject matter experts while Design Teams proactively develop site plans, providing code guidance along engineering milestones. • Provide Design Teams with consistent review expectations and project review timelines. • Collaborate across partner departments and host inclusive meetings. • Discuss the possibility for waivers, variances, Alternative Methods of Compliance, and Alternative Equivalent Compliance. Goals • Utilize consultations to reduce the amount of back-and-forth communications with Review Staff. • Work through the “Heartburn Issues”; discuss potential responses to comments to ensure resolution. • • Increase transparency of the site plan review process by providing recorded meetings, meeting minutes with “next steps”, and dedicated Project Coordinators functioning as single points of contact. Identify best permitting paths for projects. Process Flow Chart Thank you! Tera Villaret, Capital Program Consultant, 512- 974-2361 or tera.villaret@austintexas.gov