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Equitable Transit-Oriented Development ETOD and Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee 2/21/2024 Agenda Background Next Steps 1 2 3 ETOD and Imagine Austin Background 1 From Transit-Oriented-Development (TOD) to Equitable TOD Equitable TOD works towards building equitable outcomes through proactive actions to ensure that everyone, especially historically marginalized communities of color, can benefit from transit connectivity. Roadmap Step 1: Establish Framework ETOD Policy Plan Accepted by City Council on March 9, 2023 ETOD Study Released Sept. 2023 ETOD Policy Plan • Builds on the FTA-funded ETOD Study. • Provides a comprehensive policy framework to guide future development around the Project Connect system. • It helps the Austin community ensure that the results of Project Connect support residents of all incomes and backgrounds, especially those that have been disproportionately burdened by transportation and land use decisions. ETOD Goals transportation 8 ETOD Station Area Typologies If a station has… …and is… …and has experienced… More Residents Today Historically Exclusionary or Low Displacement Rapid Change More Residents Today Historically Exclusionary or Low Displacement Slow Change Fewer Residents Today Historically Exclusionary or Low Displacement Rapid Change Fewer Residents Today Historically Exclusionary or Low Displacement Slow Change More Residents Today Vulnerable to or Experiencing Displacement Rapid Change More Residents Today Vulnerable to or Experiencing Displacement Slow Change Fewer Residents Today Vulnerable to or Experiencing Displacement Rapid Change Fewer Residents Today Vulnerable to or Experiencing Displacement Slow Change ETOD and Imagine Austin 2 Council Action on March 9, 2023 – Resolution no. 20230309-016 Imagine Austin and ETOD • ETOD typologies consider existing population, recent growth and economic development, and displacement risk of households. ETOD typologies also speak to types of growth most needed for equitable outcomes in a station area • Incorporating ETOD Typologies into Imagine Austin allows for: • Updating IA Compliance Checklist • Formal consideration in zoning and neighborhood plan amendment case review • Demonstrating alignment and transit-supportive policy to the Federal Transit Administration Imagine Austin and ETOD • The amendment to Imagine Austin will include: • The methodology through which staff developed the 8 ETOD Typologies • The 8 ETOD typologies and their descriptions • The ETOD typology map • A preface that provides context about the application of the typologies and their map to Imagine Austin Next Steps 3 Imagine Austin- ETOD Amendment Timeline Briefing and Possible Action at CPJC Feb 21, 2024 (today!) Planning Commission Hearing and Possible Action March 12, 2024 City Council Hearing and Possible Action May 30, 2024 (Tentative) Questions? Warner.Cook@austintexas.gov Lucy.Hall@austintexas.gov