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URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, March 4, 2025 The Urban Transportation Commission convened in a REGULAR meeting on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Austin City Hall, Boards and Commissions Room 1101, 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 Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Diana Wheeler Deshon Brown Justin Jacobson PUBLIC COMMUNICATION Larry Akers APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING on February 4, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of 2/4/2025 were approved on Commissioner Schumacher’s motion, Commissioner Somer’s second on a 7-0 vote; Commissioners Smith & Buffo absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion regarding guiding principles for the 2026 Bond. The commission received a presentation from Michelle Marx, of the Transportation and Public Works Department. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on the Austin Core Transportation Plan. Public Speaker – Adam Greenfield with Safe Streets Austin 1 DRAFTURBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) The commission received a presentation from Cole Kitten, of the Transportation and Public Works Department. Commissioner Kavelman moved to approve the recommendation and Chair Somers seconded the motion. Amendment 1: Chair Somers moved to amend the recommendation to add a first Be It Resolved that reads, “Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Urban Transportation Commission recommends that Austin City Council adopt the Austin Core Transportation Plan with some potential revisions,” and Commissioner Wheeler seconded the motion. The motion was approved on a 7-0 vote with Commissioner Buffo and Commissioner Smith absent. Amendment 2: Commissioner Schumacher makes a motion to strike the 3rd Be It Resolved (originally the 2nd Be It Resolved) and add the following: Be It Further Resolved, that the UTC recommends the ACT plan continue the protected bike lane on Red River Street from 7th Street to 12th Street, as contemplated by the 2023 Bicycle Plan and the active project listed in the 2025 Local Mobility Annual Plan, to ensure a continuous protected bicycle facility that connects with the protected bike lanes on Robert Dedman Drive; and”. Commissioner Kavelman seconded the motion, and the motion was approved on a 7-0 vote with Commissioner Buffo and Commissioner Smith absent. Amendment 3: Commissioner Shumacher makes a motion to amend the 6th Whereas to strike "an" and add "a new" on-street, high-quality North-South bicycle facility. Chair Somers seconded the motion, and the motion was approved on a 7-0 vote with Commissioner Buffo and Commissioner Smith absent. The vote on the main motion as amended passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioner Buffo and Commissioner Smith absent. 4. Discussion and approval of a recommendation to the Bond Election Advisory Taskforce from the UTC working group established November 12, 2024. Commissioner Schumacher’s made a motion to indefinitely postpone this agenda item and Chair Somers seconded the motion. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Smith and Buffo absent. 5. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on I-35 frontage road crossings and pedestrian crossings. Public Speaker – Adam Greenfield with Safe Streets Austin Chair Somers moved to approve the recommendation and Commissioner Schumacher seconded the motion. Chair Somers made a motion to insert the word “proposed” before “caps” in the 2nd and 3rd whereas clauses, the word “proposal” in the 7th whereas after the word “project,” and the word “Commission” in the first Be It Resolved. Commissioner Kavelman seconded the motion, and the motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Smith and Buffo absent. 2 DRAFTURBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) The main motion as amended passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Smith and Buffo absent. 6. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on the Austin Light Rail Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Public Speakers – Marad Yesreb Larry Akers Yannis Banks, Austin Transit Partnership Commissioner Schumacher’s moved to approve the recommendation and Chair Somers seconded the motion. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Smith and Buffo absent. 7. Discussion and approval to amend the 2025 Urban Transportation Commission calendar with an alternate date and meeting venue in November 2025. Chair Somers moved to approve November 5, 2025, as the replacement meeting date for the November Urban Transportation Commission meeting, which will be located at the Austin Energy headquarters. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Schumacher and passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Smith and Buffo absent. COMMITTEE UPDATES 8. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Downtown Commission regarding actions taken at the February 19, 2025, meeting. Commissioner Schumacher presented this update to the commission. 9. Update from Commissioner Wheeler from the Joint Sustainability Commission regarding actions taken at the February 26, 2025, meeting. Commissioner Wheeler presented this update to the commission. 10. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Bicycle Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the February 18, 2025, meeting. Commissioner Schumacher presented this update to the commission. 11. Update from Commissioner Kavelman from the Pedestrian Advisory Council regarding actions taken at the March 3, 2025, meeting. Commissioner Kavelman presented this update to the commission. 12. Update from Chair Somers from the City Council Mobility Committee regarding actions taken at the February 20, 2025, meeting. Chair Somers presented this update to the commission. 13. Update from Chair Somers from the Community Advisory Committee for Austin Transit Partnership Board regarding actions taken at the February 13, 2025, meeting. Chair Somers presented this update to the commission. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 3 DRAFTURBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) Chair Somers shared the upcoming planned items for the April meeting: • • 2025 Regional Transportation Plan Open House presentation 2016 Bond Corridor Program Quarterly Update • UTC Budget recommendation • Officer Elections • Right of Way Vacation for 6400 ½ Burleson Road For the May meeting, the planned items are: • ETOD Update • Living Streets Update Commissioner Kavelman requested the following item for the May or June meeting: • 2035 10-Year Plan from Cap Metro Chair Somers adjourned the meeting at 7:33 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the April 1, 2025, meeting on Council Member XX's motion, Council Member XX's second on an X-X vote. 2 DRAFT