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Project Connect Update Parks and Recreation Board January 25, 2022 AGENDA Introductions 1. 2. Project Connect Update 3. Potential Impacts to Parkland 4. Next Steps 2 Project Components 3 Program Sequence Plan 4 INTEGRATED PROGRAM DELIVERY PARTNERSHIP Orange Line Blue Line Tunnel Green Line – Phase 1 Facilities MetroRapid MetroExpress Neighborhood Circulators Customer Tech Red Line – Phase 1 Permitting Right of Way Coordination Utility Design and Coordination Active Transportation and Traffic Coordination Anti-Displacement Investments 5 5 City of Austin Project Connect Office • Within Management Services Dept, reporting to ACM Gina Fiandaca (Mobility Outcome Portfolio) • FY22 Budget approved – 18 FTEs (12 new) for the office to expand coordination efforts • Mission: To connect communities by supporting the delivery of the city’s high-capacity transit system with a focus on collaboration, innovation, technical excellence and efficiency. • Goals: o Build a team that unifies City departments to support, facilitate and approve technical aspects of Project Connect within the City of Austin’s purview to support overall project schedule o Identify and improve utility criteria, in partnership with City of Austin utility departments o Identify and improve capital project permitting processes, in partnership with the Development Services Department and other departments o Coordinate the City of Austin National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) participating agency process and monitor its implementation 6 Orange Line – Corridor Overview Note: Station locations and names subject to change Blue Line to Airport 7 Blue Line – Corridor Overview Note: Station locations and names subject to change Blue Line Project – Corridor Overview 8 ORANGE & BLUE LINE – KEY MILESTONES (2021 – 2022) April 2021 Summer 2021 Summer 2022 Summer 2022 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Notice of Intent Complete 15% Design Enter FTA Project Development Summer 2022 Winter 2022 Initial FTA Rating Complete 30% Design and Cost Estimate Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Draft 30% Design and Cost Estimates 2023 - Beyond End of EIS and 30% Design Comment Phase Final EIS (FEIS) Complete FTA NEPA Record of Decision (ROD) 9 Reimagining the Public Realm Minneapolis Dallas, Texas Angers, FR Minneapolis Denver Dallas 10 A HIGH-QUALITY MOBILITY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL 11 Transit & Placemaking Minneapolis Dallas, Texas Minneapolis Denver Dallas 12 Transit & Placemaking LEED Certified Facilities – Julia Carson Transit Center (IndyGo) Art in Station Design – Hollywood / Highland (LA Metro) 13 Orange Line Potential Parkland Impacts (South) Property Name South Boggy Creek Greenbelt Meadow Lea Pocket Park 3 Williamson Creek Central Greenbelt South Austin Island Long Center Vic Mathias Shores Shoal Beach Republic Square Wooldridge Square 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dept PARD PARD PARD PARD PARD PARD PARD PARD PARD Anticipated Impact *No Impact Minor permanent impact Minor permanent impact Potential minor permanent impact *No Impact *No Impact *No Impact *No Impact *No Impact Orange Line Potential Parkland Impacts (North) Property Name Dept Anticipated Impact Triangle Commons Neighborhood Park PARD Minor permanent impact Red Line Trail DPW Minor permanent impact Heron Hollow Pocket Park Northern Walnut Creek Greenbelt Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park PARD Minor permanent impact PARD Minor permanent impact PARD Minor Permanent Impact 1 2 3 4 5 Butler Trail CoA Easement Permanent overpass above trail Blunn Creek Trail City of Austin Property Name Republic Square Brush Square Waller Beach Blunn Creek Norwood Tract Country Club Creek Trail Airport Commerce Pocket Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dept PARD PARD PARD PARD PARD Anticipated Impact *No Impact *No Impact Permanent impacts *No Impact *No Impact Permanent at-grade impact City of Austin Permanent at-grade impact PARD Permanent at-grade impact Blue Line Potential Parkland Impacts Recent Community Engagement on Potential Parkland Impacts • Community Design Workshop on the Blue Line Bridge over Lady Bird Lake (10/12/21) • Community Meeting about the Waller Creek Boathouse and potential alternate site for future facilities (1/12/22) • Ongoing engagement and collaboration with Norwood Park Foundation, The Trail Foundation, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy • Ongoing collaboration with Watershed Protection Department and other city departments 17 Blue & Orange Line Working Groups North: Orange Line •North Line •North Lamar East: Blue Line •South Shore •East Riverside •North Guadalupe •Metro Center/Airport •Drag South: Orange Line Central Alignment: •St. Edward's to Stassney •Downtown (BL/OL) •South Line •SoCo (OL) 18 Next Steps • Project Connect Team will continue to identify potential Impacts as part of the 30% Design and NEPA Process • Avoid impacts to parkland wherever possible • All potential impacts to parkland will be documented as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) • For unavoidable impacts, identify mitigation, including improvements to impacted parks • Project Connect team will review potential significant parkland impacts and mitigation with Parks Board (Spring/Summer 2022) • PARD will review designs with Parks Board for any significant parkland impacts / modifications (2023 and beyond) • PARD will review temporary construction impacts as we get closer to construction 19 Thank you! 20