Approve a resolution requesting the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) reconsider its Finding of No Significant Impact for the MoPac South Project (Project), prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act, and consider a project alternative that aligns with City environmental and mobility plans and policy; and directing the City Manager to assist CTRMA with developing this City-aligned project alternative, identify infrastructure improvements to reduce the need for or scope of the Project, collaborate with Capital Metro Transportation Authority and CTRMA to advance new park and ride facilities along MoPac Expressway, and submit comments for the MoPac South Draft Environmental Assessment Public Hearing.

This resolution asks the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to take a harder look at the MoPac South Project — specifically, to reconsider its Finding of No Significant Impact and prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement under federal law, while weighing an alternative that better fits Austin's environmental and mobility plans. It also directs the City Manager to help shape that City-aligned alternative, look for infrastructure fixes that could shrink the project's footprint, work with CapMetro and CTRMA on new park and ride facilities along MoPac, and submit comments at the project's public hearing. For anyone who drives, bikes, or lives near the MoPac corridor, this shapes how a major highway expansion moves forward and how closely it's studied.

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