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Approved Minutes

URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, May 7, 2024) URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, May 7, 2024 The Urban Transportation Commission convened in a REGULAR meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at City Hall in Austin, Texas. Chair Somers called the Urban Transportation Commission Meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Susan Somers, Chair Ruven Brooks, Vice Chair Daniel Kavelman Spencer Schumacher Heather Buffo Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Melissa Ortiz Athena Leyton Deshon Brown Edward Smith APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING on 4/2/2024. The minutes from the meeting of 4/2/2024 were approved on Commissioner Somers’s motion, Commissioner Brooks’s second on a 7-0 vote; Commissioner’s Alvarez, Wheeler, and Smith absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Update on I35 Cap and Stitch The commission received a presentation from Michelle Marx, Transportation and Public Works 1  URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, May 7, 2024) 3. Update from Capital Delivery Services with attention to Corridor Program community engagement and communication in relation to corridor construction plans The commission received a presentation from Eric Bailey, Deputy Director, Capital Delivery Services DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 4. Discussion and approval of a Right of Way vacation of 2015 Whitis Ave and 2010 University Avenue The Commission received a presentation from Joseph Fotinos, Transportation and Public Works Approved on Commissioner Somers’s motion, Commissioner Schumacher’s second on a 9-0 vote; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. 5. Discussion and approval of a Right of Way vacation of an Alley between 2001-2011 Whitis Avenue and 2000-2001 University Avenue The Commission received a presentation from Joseph Fotinos, Transportation and Public Works Approved on Commissioner Brooks’s motion, Commissioner Schumacher’s second on an 8-0 vote, Commissioner Somers recusing; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. 6. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on dockless micromobility regulations and transportation-related rule making Amendment 1: Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Buffo’s second on a 9- 0 vote; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. Failed on Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Buffo’s second on a 2-1 vote; Commissioner Kavelman opposing, Commissioners Ortiz, Somers, Smith, Leyton, Brooks and Brown abstaining; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. Reconsidered the Vote on Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Buffo’s second on a 7-1 vote, Commissioner Smith opposing, Commissioner Brooks abstaining; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. Amendment 2: Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Brooks’s second on a 7-0 vote, Commissioners Smith and Brown abstaining; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. Approved on Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Somers’s second on a 7-0 vote, Commissioners Smith and Brown abstaining; Commissioners Alvarez and Wheeler absent. Chair Somers adjourned the meeting at 8:18 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the 6/4/2024 meeting on Chair Somer’s motion, Commissioner Schumacher’s second on a (9-0) vote. 2 URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, May 7, 2024) 3