2006 City of Austin Bond Election

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2006 City of Austin Bond Election

• Downtown Austin Alliance Priorities

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DAAs Top Three Priorities

• Great Streets
• Waller Creek Tunnel
• New Central Library

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What are Great Streets?
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What are Great Streets?
What are Great Streets?
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Great Streets Support the Revitalization of
Downtown

• Downtown is a neighborhood with a growing
  residential population.
• More and more retail businesses are looking at
  Downtown as the place to be.
• Millions of visitors to Downtown each year pour
  money into Austins economy.

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History of Support for Great Streets

• Supported by all R/UDAT reports 1992, 1997, 2000
• Program initiated and Parking Meter Fund
  established 1996
• Downtown Design Guidelines 2000
• Master Plan completed 2001
• Standards adopted for implementation 2002
• Downtown Retail Marketing Study 2005

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MLK Blvd.
Great Streets Projects
Completed Under Construction Planned Brazos
and Colorado Opportunity
15th Street
12th Street
11th Street
10th Street
9th Street
8th Street
ARCH
7th Street
Carr America
6th Street
Whole Foods
5th Street
Republic Square
Plaza Lofts
Frost Bank
Hilton
Marriott
4th Street
Convention Center
3rd Street
AMLI
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2nd Street
City Hall
CSC
CSC
Cesar Chavez
Town Lake
IH 35
Brazos
Nueces
Neches
Trinity
Lavaca
Colorado
Red River
West Ave.
Guadalupe
San Jacinto
Lamar Blvd.
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Congress Ave.
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Great Streets for Brazos and Colorado
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Great Streets for Brazos and Colorado An
Opportunity for Today
Eighth and Brazos
Fourth and Colorado
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Great Streets for Brazos and Colorado

• Both streets connect several downtown districts
  and existing Great Streets.

• Building Great Streets sidewalks now leverages
  public and private funds.

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Great Streets for Brazos and Colorado

• The improvements will eliminate many barriers to
  accessibility and improve pedestrian safety.

• Together with Congress and 2nd Street, these
  Great Streets create a framework for a Great
  Downtown.

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Great Streets for Brazos and Colorado

• Great Streets improvements will support many
  transit routes on both streets.

• Brazos and Colorado are potential routes for a
  Downtown circulation system.

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Cost Savings

• The project, without many Great Streets features
  would cost 4.6 million (Capital Metro 1/4 cent
  refund).
• To fully reconstruct the streets and include
  approved Great Streets improvements would cost
  12.1 million.
• Amount requested in bond money - 7.6 million
• To build later would be 1.5 to 2 times more
  expensive.

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Great Streets An Opportunity Today