Question smoothstep and movetowards combination

i have an object that needs to rise on y axis and also move towards another object at the same time, the 2 lines are below

transform.position = new Vector3(0, Mathf.SmoothStep(minimum, maximum, t), 0); // VERTICAL LIFT

transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, target.transform.position, step); // MOVE TOWARDS OBJECT

i cant just use the move towards as the rising object has to reach its level while the move towards is still going then stay at the same y axis while still moving towards object

if both lines are uncommented only the smoothstep works and the movetowards does not, is there a way to combine this into one working function?

thank you

 

Maybe use vector3.lerp?

 

cant believe the second i posted thread it occurs to me i am constantly setting x and z to 0. in the smoothstep, need to replace with transform.position.x and transform.position.z my bad brain