Shoal Creek Boulevard

Report on LUT meeting from City Representative

from Julie Strong, Public Works Department, City of Austin

On February 13, the Land Use and Transportation Subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend Shoal Creek Boulevard restriping Option 3 to Council. The latter option was favored by stakeholders in the fall balloting process. Option Three provides for 10-foot shared-use shoulders for parking and cycling on both sides of the street, and 10-foot vehicle lanes, one in each direction. In other words, the existing configuration of the roadway between 38th Street and Foster Lane will remain as it is today.

LUT subcommittee picks Option 3

submitted by Kerry Kimbrough

At its regularly scheduled meeting tonight (Mon Feb 13), the Land Use and Transportation subcommittee of the City Council once again took up the issue of Shoal Creek Blvd striping. You may recall that, in its previous meeting, LUT tossed in a new monkey-wrench by voting to ignore the stakeholder ballot and to proceed instead with a new design “bake-off”. But the dough didn’t rise. There will be no “pilot project” on SCB after all.

After two hours, SCB was the last item on the agenda, and committee members were ready to take care of business. Yes, there will be a pilot project, but on some other unspecified street, not SCB. Its primary sponsor, Brewster McCracken, declared his hope that when this pilot project is concluded, we can all revisit SCB with new lessons learned. Sondra Creighton, Director of Public Works, was there to declare her intention to bring a proposal for a pilot project to full Council in March. So much for that.

Committee Recommends Just Removing the Islands

What follows is a posting to the Allandale Listserve regarding the outcome of yesterdays Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting regarding the restriping of Shoal Creek submitted by Jack Kern. The Statesman also had an article in today's paper about the outcome of the meeting, "Council likely to ax curb islands."

At its 2/13/06 meeting, LUT voted unanimously to recommend to full Council that option three be implemented on SCB.  "Finish removing the curb islands and leave all the striping as is" is a rough quote of the short term instructions to staff.

SCB on Agenda for Monday's Meeting

LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILL MEET ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006, AT 3:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL, 301 WEST SECOND STREET, IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AUSTIN, TEXAS

The City Council Land Use and Transportation Subcommittee may go into a closed session under the Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071, of the Texas Government Code, to receive advice from legal counsel on any item on this agenda.

 Call Meeting to Order
1. Citizen Communication (3 minutes to speak)
2. Staff Update on Design Standards Codification
3. Briefing and Possible Action on the Vertical Mixed Use Interim Ordinance
4. Presentation from the Planning Commission Subcommittee on the Austin 2035 Town Centers Plan
5. Staff Update on the Downtown Plan RFQ
6. Briefing and Possible Action on Changes to Parking Garage Dimensions and Standards
7. Briefing and Possible Action on the Shoal Creek Striping Plan

Adjourn

LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILL MEET ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006, AT 3:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL, 301 WEST SECOND STREET, IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AUSTIN, TEXAS

The City Council Land Use and Transportation Subcommittee may go into a closed session under the Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071, of the Texas Government Code, to receive advice from legal counsel on any item on this agenda.

 Call Meeting to Order
1. Citizen Communication (3 minutes to speak)
2. Staff Update on Design Standards Codification
3. Briefing and Possible Action on the Vertical Mixed Use Interim Ordinance
4. Presentation from the Planning Commission Subcommittee on the Austin 2035 Town Centers Plan
5. Staff Update on the Downtown Plan RFQ
6. Briefing and Possible Action on Changes to Parking Garage Dimensions and Standards
7. Briefing and Possible Action on the Shoal Creek Striping Plan

Adjourn