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Approved Minutes

URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, November 12, 2024) URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, November 12, 2024 The Urban Transportation Commission convened in a REGULAR meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at the Permitting and Development Center in Austin, Texas. Vice Chair Brooks called the Urban Transportation Commission Meeting to order at 5:11 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Susan Somers, Chair Ruven Brooks, Vice Chair Daniel Kavelman Spencer Schumacher Justin Jacobson Arlin Alvarez Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Heather Buffo Melissa Ortiz Deshon Brown APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING on 10/01/2024. The minutes from the meeting of 10/01/2024 were approved on Commissioner Kavelman’s motion, Commissioner Schumacher’s second on an 7-0 vote; Commissioners Somers, Alvarez, Smith & Wheeler absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion on the cost of motor vehicle crashes to Austin taxpayers The commission received a presentation from Bill McCamley and Abigail Jackson, Transit Forward. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion and recommendation on Parking Code Amendments to 12-3 & 12-5 The commission received a presentation from Joseph Al-Hajeri, Transportation and 1 URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) Public Works with Lewis Leff, Interim Assistant Director Transportation and Public Works in attendance to assist in fielding questions. Amendment: Commissioner Somers’s motion, Commissioner Kavelman’s second on a 9-0 vote; Commissioner Smith & Wheeler absent. Approved on Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Brooks’s second on a 9-0 vote; Commissioners Smith and Wheeler absent. 4. Establish a Working Group to provide a recommendation to the Bond Election Advisory Task Force. The commission discussed and established a working group consisting of commissioners Schumacher, Kavelman, Alvarez and Somers. Approved on Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Somers’s second on a 9-0 vote; Commissioners Smith and Wheeler absent. Chair Somers adjourned the meeting at 7:08 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the 12/03/2024 meeting on Commissioner Somers’s motion, Commissioner Schumacher’s second on a (9-0) 2 URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) 2