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URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, April 1, 2025 The Urban Transportation Commission convened in a REGULAR meeting on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at Austin City Hall, Boards and Commissions Room 1101, Austin, Texas. Chair Somers called the Urban Transportation Commission Meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Susan Somers, Chair Daniel Kavelman Heather Buffo Arlin Alvarez Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Spencer Schumacher Deshon Brown Ruven Brooks, Vice Chair PUBLIC COMMUNICATION Scott Johnson APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING on March 4, 2025. Minor edits were made to include Commissioner Alvarez in the list of commissioners absent at the March meeting. The minutes from the meeting of 3/4/2025 were approved on Chair Somer’s motion, Commissioner Kavelman’s second on a 7-0 vote; Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion regarding the 2016 Bond Corridor Construction Update. The commission received a presentation from Eric Bailey, Capital Delivery Services. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion and approval of a recommendation on the CAMPO 2050 Regional Transportation 1 DRAFTURBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) Plan. Public Speaker – Miriam Schoenfield The commission received a presentation from Cole Kitten, of the Transportation and Public Works Department. Amendment 1: Commissioner Brooks moved to amend the recommendation to change the 2nd to last Whereas clause to read “CAMPO did not use UrbanSIM in the same way” and Chair Somers seconded the motion. The motion was approved on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. Chair Somers moved to approve the recommendation and Commissioner Buffo seconded the motion. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. 4. Discussion and approval of a Right of Way Vacation for 6400 ½ Burleson Road. The Commission received a presentation from Christopher Bueckert, Transportation and Public Works. Chair Somers’ made a motion to approve the right of way vacation for 6400 ½ Burleson Road, and Commissioner Schumacher seconded the motion. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. 5. Discussion and approval of a Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget recommendation from the Urban Transportation Commission. Public Speaker – Adam Greenfield, Safe Streets Austin Commissioner Schumacher facilitated discussion on this recommendation. Amendment 1: Chair Somers moves to make an amendment to add a fourth bullet point to read “increase the annual maintenance budget for sidewalks and urban trails from $5.4 million to at least $7.5 million, providing staff discretion in which program to allocate the newly available funds.” Commissioner Kavelman seconds the motion and the motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. Amendment 2: Commissioner Schumacher moves to make an amendment in the third bullet point to strike the word “sixty-five” and to replace with the word “additional.” Chair Somers seconded the motion and the motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. Commissioner Schumacher moved to approve the recommendation and Chair Somers seconded the motion. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. 6. Discussion and possible action regarding officer appointments to the Urban Transportation Commission. Chair Somers facilitated a discussion regarding officer appointments. Chair Somers made a motion to approve the following officers for the next year: Susan Somers – Chair, 2 DRAFTURBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) Spencer Schumacher – Vice Chair, and Daniel Kavelman – Parliamentarian. Commissioner Alvarez seconded the motion. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. 7. Discussion and possible action regarding an appointment to the Joint Sustainability Committee (one vacancy). Chair Somers moved to indefinitely postpone this item to the June meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Alvarez and passed on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Prasad and Jacobson absent. COMMITTEE UPDATES 8. Update from Commissioner Schumacher from the Downtown Commission regarding actions taken at the March 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 March 26, 2025, meeting. Commissioner Schumacher presented this update to the commission. 10. 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. 11. Update from Chair Somers from the City Council Mobility Committee regarding actions taken at the March 20, 2025, meeting. Vice Chair Brooks presented this update to the commission, as he attended the Mobility Committee on behalf of the commission. 12. Update from Chair Somers from the Community Advisory Committee for Austin Transit Partnership Board regarding actions taken at the March 6, 2025, meeting. Chair Somers presented this update to the commission. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Chair Somers shared the upcoming planned items for the May meeting: • ETOD Update – Warner Cook, Planning Department • Living Streets Program update – Matt Macioge, Transportation and Public Works • Right-of-Way Vacation for 11632 Saint Thomas Drive – Christopher Bueckert, Transportation and Public Works Commissioner requested the following item for the June meeting: • Discussion of the UTC Annual Report The committee discussed topics for future meetings as agendas allow. Topics included: 2 DRAFT URBAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING MINUTES (Tuesday, September 3, 2024) CapMetro 2025 Transit Plan, Vision Zero/Distracted driving, NACTO Lanes, Safe Routes to Parks, Safe Routes to Schools, TPW Division overview briefings. Chair Somers adjourned the meeting at 7:23 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the May 6, 2025, meeting on Council Member XX's motion, Council Member XX's second on an X-X vote. 2 DRAFT