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Commissioners Court Discussion Items and Public Hearings

October 11, 2011 Voting Session: Item 9 - DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE WORK TO DATE BY BROADDUS & ASSOCIATES ON THE CENTRAL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN REFINEMENT AND GIVE DIRECTION REGARDING ADDITIONAL WORK.
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August 23, 2011 Voting Session: Item 18 - DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE BROADDUS & ASSOCIATES CENTRAL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PHASE II WORK TO DATE INCLUDING:
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  1. CIVIL AND FAMILY COURTHOUSE (CFCH) CONCEPT OPTIONS OVERVIEW; AND
  2. CLARIFICATION OF INTENDED USE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE CFCH CONCEPT OPTIONS AND MASTER PLAN PHASING SCHEMES.

August 16, 2011 Voting Session: Item 22 - RECEIVE PRESENTATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE BROADDUS & ASSOCIATES CENTRAL

  1. CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PHASE II WORK TO DATE INCLUDING:
  2. A CIVIL AND FAMILY COURTHOUSE (CFCH) PROGRAM SUMMARY;
  3. CFCH SITE ANALYSIS;
  4. CFCH CONCEPT OPTIONS OVERVIEW; AND
  5. CENTRAL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PHASING SCHEME.

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June 7, 2011 Voting Session: Item 11 - APPROVE MODIFICATION NO. 9 TO CONTRACT NO. PS090041RV, BROADDUS AND ASSOCIATES, FOR CONSULTING SERVICES, TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL CAMPUS STUDY FOR A NEEDS ANALYSIS AND FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

November 23, 2010 Voting Session: Item 20 - RECEIVE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON PRESENTATION FROM BROADDUS AND ASSOCIATES REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON THE MASTER PLAN SCENARIOS FOR THE CENTRAL CAMPUS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND MASTER PLAN. (This item was voted on after the November 23, 2010 Commissioners Court Meeting Executive Session discussion.)
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September 30, 2010 Work Session: Item 2 - RECEIVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS PLANNING SCENARIOS DEVELOPED BY THE BROADDUS AND ASSOCIATES TEAM FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN.
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September 28, 2010 Voting Session: Item #14 - Consider and take appropriate action regarding the Data Center program for the Central Campus Needs Assessment and Master Plan.
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September 21, 2010 Voting Session: Item #23 - Receive presentation from the Broaddus and Associates team regarding the data center program for the central campus needs assessment and master plan and take appropriate action.
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August 31, 2010 Voting Session: Item #31 - Receive presentation from the Broaddus and Associates team regarding the Civil and Criminal courts program for the central campus needs assessment and master plan and take appropriate action.
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August 26, 2010 Work Session: Item #1 - Discuss Heman Marion Sweatt Courthouse analysis and stacking concepts.
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August 24, 2010 Voting Session: Item #6 - Consider and take appropriate action on the remaining parts of the blocking and stacking alternatives for 700 Lavaca proposed by the Broaddus team as a part of the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan. ( See August 17, 2010 backup)

August 17, 2010 Voting Session: Item #7 - Consider and take appropriate action on the blocking and stacking alternatives for 700 Lavaca proposed by the Broaddus team as a part of the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan.
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August 10, 2010 Voting Session: Item #17 - Discuss and take appropriate action related to planning assumptions to be used by Broaddus & Associates for the development of the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan including:
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  1. Parking permits and zoned parking will be used to maximize County assets by up to a 20% increase in utilization in the future.
  2. Travis County will, over time, reach a 5% reduction in demand for parking through the use of alternative modes of transportation;
  3. Existing resources throughout the area will be maximized to offset the need to build additional structure parking for visitor and juror parking in the central campus; and
  4. Parking structures developed for visitor and juror parking will be pay to park operations constructed through partnerships that serve the area of the potential garage, not a single use garage.

August 3, 2010 Voting Session: Item #14 - Discuss and take appropriate action related to planning assumptions to be used by Broaddus & Associates for the development of the the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan including:
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  1. A pilot initiative regarding parking permits and zoned parking to be used to maximize County assets in the future.
  2. A target of 5% reduction in demand for parking through the use of alternative modes of transportation; and a recommendation to use existing resources throughout the area to offset the need to build additional parking structures for visitor and juror parking.

July 13, 2010 Voting Session: Item #6 - Consider and take appropriate action related to the parking assessment findings from Broaddus & Associates for the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan including:
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  1. Existing conditions inventory and utilization
  2. Benchmarking;
  3. Preliminary need projections for the 25-year planning horizon;
  4. And key planning assumptions for the 25-year planning horizon.

June 29, 2010 Voting Session: Item #15 - Consider and take appropriate action related to the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan scenario evaluation matrix.
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June 15, 2010 Voting Session: Item #17 - Receive briefing and take appropriate action related to the community outreach listening session findings for the Travis County Central Campus Master Plan.
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May 13, 2010 Public Hearing - Public hearing for broaddus and associates to provide an overview of the travis county central campus master plan process and receive community input.

March 9, 2010 Voting Session: Item #26 - Consider and take appropriate action regarding various matters related to the Downtown Central Campus Master Plan, including:
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  1. Phase Two steps for the master planning process as outlined in the County's contract with Broaddus and Associates;
  2. Proposed community outreach process;
  3. Proposed collaboration diagram to help guide the process;
  4. Proposed contract modification for named project executive; and
  5. Other related items.

February 2, 2010 Voting Session: Item #17 - Receive update from Broaddus and Associates concerning the Phase I Central Campus Needs Assessment and Master Plan study and approve the following for planning purposes:
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  1. Staffing Projections
  2. Adjacency Matrix
  3. Space Allocation Needs.

January 12, 2010 Voting Session: Item #4 - Receive update from Broaddus and Associates concerning the Central Campus Needs Assessment and Master Plan study including review of space standards, staffing projections and summary space programming information for all county offices and departments.
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November 17, 2009 Voting Session: Item #24 - Consider and take appropriate action on downtown master plan needs analysis, staffing projections and adjacency requirements for County offices and departments.
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October 15, 2009 Work Session: Item #1 - Receive update from Broaddus and Associates concerning the Central Campus Needs Assessment and Master Plan study including the needs analysis, staffing projections and preliminary adjacency information for all county offices and departments and take appropriate action.
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August 11, 2009 Voting Session: Item #28 - Approve report on the results of the Travis County Central Campus Needs Analysis and Master Plan Visioning Session held June 23, 2009 including follow-up comments from the Commissioners Court work session on July 23, 2009.
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July 23, 2009 Work Session: Item #2 - Discuss the results of the Travis County Central Campus needs analysis and Master Plan visioning session held June 24, 2009.
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May 19, 2009 Voting Session: Item #37 - Approve Contract Award for Consulting Services for the Travis County Central Campus Study for a Strategic Needs Analysis and Facilities Master Plan, to Broaddus and Associates.
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TAX RATE: TRAVIS COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3.5 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $9.12.