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MOBILITY35 AESTHETICS Aesthetics Working Group 1 December 1, 2015 Mobility35 Aesthetics 12/01/2015 Introduction & agenda 1 Introductions and project overview 2 Activity: What is the corridor to you? 3 Discussion of project elements;

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December 1, 2015

Aesthetics Working Group 1

MOBILITY35 AESTHETICS

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Introduction & agenda

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Introductions and project overview Activity: What is the corridor to you? Discussion of project elements; working dinner Activity: Identifying corridor assets Discussion of themes and impacts Activity: Survey development 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Design team members

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Aesthetics working group invitees

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  • ADAPT
  • Art in Public Places (City of Austin)
  • Austin Community College – Highland Campus
  • Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Austin Independent Business Alliance
  • Austin Neighborhoods Council
  • Austin Parks Foundation
  • Bicycle Advisory Council (City of Austin)
  • Bike Austin
  • Central Health
  • The Congress for the New Urbanism - Central Texas
  • Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA)
  • Friends of Austin Neighborhoods
  • Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Hays County
  • Huston-Tillotson University
  • Keep Austin Beautiful
  • Mexic-arte Museum
  • North Central I-35 Neighborhood Coalition 2

(NCINC2)

  • Organization of Central East Austin

Neighborhoods (OCEAN)

  • Pedestrian Advisory Council (City of Austin)
  • People Organized in Defense of Earth and her

Resources (PODER)

  • Real Estate Council of Austin
  • Reconnect Austin
  • The Trail Foundation
  • Travis County
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Urban Land Institute Austin
  • Waller Creek Conservancy
  • Williamson County
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Overview of the Mobility35 corridor

  • Program limits:

SH 130 (north of Georgetown) to Posey Road (south of San Marcos)

  • Program always evolving: 25-30

active projects

– Planning studies – Environmental/schematic and design – Construction

  • TxDOT cannot accomplish a

program of this magnitude alone

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Goal of the Aesthetics Working Group

  • Goal is to create guidelines for

aesthetic concepts along the corridor and within the existing I-35 right-of-way (ROW)

  • Final product will be an

aesthetic guideline document

  • The project is not:

– Part of the NEPA environmental process – A discussion about the “caps”

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Project limits

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Woodland A Ave. Ri Riverside D Dr. 6th

th St.

t. ML MLK Jr. B Blvd. d. Airp rport B Blvd. 51st

st St.

t. US 290 290 US 18 183 Rund undberg L Ln. n.

Cesa sar Chavez S St.

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Example aesthetic guidelines - Kyle, Texas

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Aesthetics Working Group schedule and goals

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Meeting 1

December 1, 2015

  • Project overview
  • Corridor assets
  • Themes

We are here

Meeting 4

Summer 2016

  • Determine

preferred draft concept

Meeting 5

Summer 2016

  • Review final draft
  • f refined

preferred concept

Meeting 2

Winter 2016

  • Develop up to

three potential aesthetic themes

Next steps

Fall 2016 Design team develops:

  • Final working group

summary report

  • Final aesthetic

guideline document

Meeting 3

Spring 2016

  • Develop up to

three draft aesthetic concepts

Public input needed! Take online survey

  • Dec. 3, 2015

to Jan. 15, 2016 Additional

  • utreach
  • pportunities

Spring/ Summer 2016

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Other plans for the area

  • Airport Boulevard Corridor

Development Program (2014)

  • Austin Strategic Mobility Plan

(2014)

  • Downtown Austin Plan (2011)
  • East 51st Street Vision Plan

(2012)

  • Imagine Austin Comprehensive

Plan (2012)

  • Mueller Design Book (2004)
  • National Strategy to Promote

the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators (2015)

  • Plaza Saltillo
  • Reconnect Austin
  • The University of Texas at

Austin Medical District Master Plan (2013)

  • Waller Creek District Master

Plan (2010)

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Activity: What is the corridor to you?

  • What are the community assets?
  • What assets are missing from the map?
  • Do you notice any themes? Which areas?

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Structural elements to remain US 183 Interchange

  • Some textured walls
  • Segmental construction of

US 183

  • Southbound US 183 to

southbound I-35 flyover

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Structural elements to remain US 290 Interchange

  • Retaining walls
  • More than one aesthetic

treatment exists

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Structural elements to remain 51st Street

  • Turnaround and overpass
  • All northbound retaining

walls

  • Southbound retaining wall

(segment with exposed aggregate)

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Structural elements to remain Upper Decks between MLK Blvd and Airport Blvd

  • Bridge structure including

columns

  • More than one aesthetic

treatment exists

  • Some exposed aggregate

walls particularly between mainlanes

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Structural elements to remain Lady Bird Lake Bridge

  • Bridge structures
  • Northbound and

southbound retaining walls (segment with exposed aggregate)

  • Boardwalk

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Activity: Identifying corridor assets

  • What community assets are most important or

influential to you?

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Activity: General themes and a concept of place

  • Community
  • Multi-cultural
  • History
  • Technology
  • Music
  • Capital city
  • …
  • …
  • …

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What can be impacted by the Aesthetics Working Group? Examples:

  • Hardscape
  • Landscape
  • Retaining wall aesthetics
  • Bridge aesthetics
  • Barriers
  • Illumination

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Retai aining w wall t ll treat atment with l landscape Retai aining w wall a ll aesthetics Pedestrian an r rail Illuminat ation

  • n

Columns

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Aesthetics Working Group schedule and goals

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Meeting 1

December 1, 2015

  • Project overview
  • Corridor assets
  • Themes

Meeting 2

Winter 2016

  • Develop up to

three potential aesthetic themes

We are here

Next steps

Fall 2016 Design team develops:

  • Final working group

summary report

  • Final aesthetic

guideline document

Meeting 3

Spring 2016

  • Develop up to

three draft aesthetic concepts

Meeting 4

Summer 2016

  • Determine

preferred draft concept

Meeting 5

Summer 2016

  • Review final draft
  • f refined

preferred concept

Public input needed! Take online survey

  • Dec. 3, 2015

to Jan. 15, 2016 Additional

  • utreach
  • pportunities

Spring/ Summer 2016

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Activity: Survey development

  • Purpose: Public input for themes discussion

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Aesthetics Working Group 2

  • Public outreach survey will be open from December 3rd 2015 to

January 15th 2016

  • Three (3) outreach opportunities in December 2015
  • Potential meeting dates: Feb. 2nd through 10th 2016
  • Meals
  • Feedback on tonight (notes)

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We need your help

  • Identify elements from other transportation corridors and

identify what you like prior to Aesthetics Working Group Meeting 2

  • Drive the I-35 corridor and think about various themes
  • Take the survey or visit one of the three traveling outreach
  • pportunities
  • Visit with each of your organizations about the Mobility35

aesthetics project

  • Encourage community members to take the survey

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Stay involved:

Web: www.My35.org/Capital Facebook: www.facebook.com/TxDOT Twitter: @TxDOTAustin Email: info@mobility35.org