City of Austin Mobility Committee met April 6

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City of Austin Mobility Committee met April 6.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Committee Members Present:

1. Mayor Pro Tem Ellis, Chair

2. Council Member Qadri, Vice-Chair

3. Council Member Fuentes

4. Council Member Kelly

5. Council Member Harper-Madison

Council Members in Attendance:

1. Council Member Alison Alter

2. Council Member Ryan Alter

Call to Order

Chair Ellis called the committee meeting to order at 1:27 p.m.

Public Communication: General

There were no speakers.

Approval of Minutes

1. Approve the minutes of the Mobility Committee meeting on March 2nd 2023.

This item was postponed.

Briefings

2. Update from the chair of the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) regarding recent UTC actions

No update was given.

3. Project Connect Light Rail briefing.

The committee received a briefing from Jen Pyne, EVP Planning & Risk Management (ATP), Lindsay Wood, EVP Engineering & Construction (ATP), Peter Mullan, EVP Architecture and Urban Design (ATP), Sharmila Mukherjee, EVP

Strategic Planning and Development (CapMetro), and Annick Beaudet, Mobility Officer (City of Austin).

4. Update on the City’s Strategic Mobility Outcome

No update was given

Future Items

5. Identify items to discuss at future meetings.

The following items were identified for future meetings:

a. Austin Core Transportation Plan.

b. Adjusting the August meeting dates.

c. Cypress and Shoal Creek project update.

Chair Ellis adjourned the meeting at 2:31 pm

https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=407756



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