Mar 25, 2021 City Council Meetings

THAT'S 14 AND 25, 14 TO 25 WILL BE POSTPONED.

AND THEN, UH, UH, ALISON, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT POST GAUDY, I THINK.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SO APRIL THE EIGHTH FOR THE RECORD, YOU YES.

AND ANN'S GOING TO SURFACE THOSE CHANGES SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THEM.

UM, AND THEN, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UH, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER 27.

UM, I HAD ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT WITHDRAWING ITEM 27, AND I HAVE, UM, TWO LINES OF DIRECTION, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE FINE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION AND WOULD BE FINE WITH IT GOING ON CONSENT AS WITHDRAWN.

SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT.

UM, THAT WAY STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY.

IF YOU JUST HAVE TWO LINES, DON'T GO AHEAD AND DO IT RIGHT NOW.

SO BASICALLY THIS IS INVITING THE CHAMBERS TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL AND APPROACH AND ABSENT THAT, UM, STAFF HAS TO COME FORWARD WITH THE BASE MODEL THEY HAVE, UM, MANAGER IS THE US, YOU, YOU OKAY WITH US? WE ARE, YEAH.

LET ME FIND, SO I, UM, MOVED TO ON CONSENT, WITHDRAW ITEM 27, UM, AND I INVITE THE MECCA CHAMBERS TO ENGAGE IN A PROCESS OVER THE COMING MONTHS TO ENVISION A PATH FORWARD FOR HOW WE FUND AND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM CHAMBERS AND ADVANCING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN AUSTIN.

UH, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PLUG INTO THIS PROCESS WHERE APPROPRIATE AND ABSENT, MEANINGFUL PROGRESS BRING FORWARD THE BASE FUNDING MODEL TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER, 2021.

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SO THAT IS HOW 27 WILL BE HANDLED ON CONSENT TODAY.

WE HAPPY TO SEND THAT LANGUAGE TO AN ORGAN IF SHE WANTS, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND I THINK FOR THE RECORD, IT SHOULD BE, UH, INDEFINITELY POSTPONED SO THAT YOUR DIRECTION IS PART OF THAT ITEM AS OPPOSED TO YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO THE, SO THE, THE ITEM ART CONSENT IS TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE AND TO ADOPT THE DIRECTION LANGUAGE TO, UH, TO THE MANAGER.

UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF I HEARD YOU, UM, ON ONE 11 THERE'S AMENDMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALTRA I SEE THOSE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

DID YOU ALSO SAY AMENDMENTS BY A COUNCIL MEMBER? BECAUSE SO KEVIN MARK IS SORRY.

I HAD SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WERE POSTED FOR THE WORK SESSION, UH, ON TUESDAY.

AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE ALSO, UH, POSTED THE VERSION TWO OF ONE 11.

GOT IT.

THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS LOOKING AT THE RIGHT AND THAT'S A RED LINE VERSION.

THAT'LL SHOW YOU BOTH THE CASAR ABANDONMENT AS WELL AS THE ALTER AMENDMENTS SET UP AND INCORPORATED.

UM, MAY I HAVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE UPDATES, ONE I'D LIKE TO POSTPONE RATHER THAN PULL AND DISCUSS TWO I'D LIKE TO POSTPONE TO, UM, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

SO PERHAPS IT'S BEST TO, UH, POSTPONE IT INDEFINITELY AT THIS POINT AND BRING IT BACK AFTER, UH, AFTER I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY MEET WITH STAFF AND TALK ABOUT HOW BEST TO PROCEED IF NO ONE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE EMBEDDED ARTIST PROGRAM IS, AND THAT RELATES TO THE EDC ITEMS. SO IF WE COULD HANDLE THAT QUICKLY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IT'S A WHOLE, IT'S A BUNCH OF NUMBERS BEGINNING AT 19, I BELIEVE.

THE BEGINNING IT'S 19 THROUGH, UM, 24.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO PULL THEM AND HAVE STAFF WAIT AROUND IF THEY COULD JUST GIVE ME KIND OF A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT THE EMBEDDED ARTIST PROGRAM IS AND HOW THAT RELATES TO OUR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING.

THAT WOULD, I MEAN, OUR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES FUNDING, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

ONE 11.

UM, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF EMAILS WE'VE GOTTEN THIS MORNING.

AND SO THIS MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY SOMEBODY ELSE DOING AN AMENDMENT, BUT AT OUR WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING A, A TIMEFRAME AND SOME MORE DIRECTIVE LANGUAGE WITH REGARD TO NAVIGATORS.

I THINK I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER ALTARS SUGGESTED AMENDMENT.

I DON'T THINK IT DID THAT MAYOR.

DID YOU KNOW, HAS THERE BEEN AN AMENDMENT ABOUT THAT? NO.

I CAN QUICKLY IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SPEAKERS FIRST.

OKAY, GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE MOMENT.

THIS IS KIND OF A DISCOMBOBULATING GUY, SO THERE MAY BE OTHER CONSENT ITEMS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR THE MOMENT.

I THINK WE'LL ALL BE IN THAT PLACE.

UH, COUNSELOR KELLY.

UM, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 53.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

AND THEN MAY I GIVE YOU NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN IS VOTING? NO FOR SURE.

ITEMS 1217, 1829, 30 31 33 47 51 AND 52.

RECORD WE'LL NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, FOR, FOR ONE 11, UH, MARY, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT PROVIDING SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION DURING DISCUSSION.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WHEN YOU ANTICIPATED, WE MIGHT DO THAT APPROPRIATELY AND THEN WANTED TO ASK IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR YOUR STAFF AS YOU HAVE DONE SOMETIMES TO PUT THE ROUGH OUTLINE OF THE DAY ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

UM, CAUSE THAT WAS A LOT, UM, TO DIGEST AND FOLLOW.

UM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB SAYING IT, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE IT WRITTEN SO I CAN REFER TO IT.

WE'LL DO BOTH OF THOSE, UH, UH, ASHLEY, YOU'RE WATCHING YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

UH, AND, UH, UH, LET'S UH, I ANTICIPATE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO COMING FORWARD WITH AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO URGE, UH, INITIAL FOCUS ON THE NAVIGATOR.

SO LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ON ONE LEVEL WHEN THAT COMES UP, BUT HOPEFULLY WE EAT YOU, BUT I'VE BEEN SENT.

UM, UM, SUGGESTION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION, UH, IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ,

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UM, I'M FINE WITH POSTPONING.

IT, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF I'M FINE WITH POSTPONING INDEFINITELY.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT, WHAT SHE'S THINKING.

SO PERHAPS WE JUST NEED TO PULL IT.

LET'S PULL NUMBER TWO, AS WELL AS IT'S SHOWN FROM, IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS FINE WITH POSTPONING IT FOR, UM, ONE MEETING THEN PERHAPS SHE AND I CAN TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THE TIMING ELEMENT, UM, OFF OFFLINE.

THEN LET'S THEN, THEN I MET MY REQUEST TO POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING THOUGH.

MY REAL INTENT IS TO POSTPONE IT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, BUT SHE, AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

ANYBODY OBJECT TO HAVING, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, BEING SHOWN AS POSTPONING UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.

IF NOT, THEN THAT IS THE ACTION ON CONSENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

WE READY TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE SPEAKERS.

THIS IS EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE ZONING CASES AND THE TWO, UH, UH, UH, APD, UH, ISSUES, UM, WHICH WILL BE CALLED LATER IN THE DAY.

AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION SPEAKERS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE SPEAKERS FIRST.

WE'RE GOING TO RECESS TO HFC, TAKE THOSE SPEAKERS AND COME BACK OUT AND HANDLE CONSENT, UH, COUNCILOR TOVO MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

WE'RE WORKING TO BATCH PEOPLE TODAY.

I KNOW THAT WAS COMPLICATED AND IT WAS REQUIRED A LOT OF WORK.

AND THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF ALSO, UM, ASHLEY, UM, FOR SURE FOR FACILITATING THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

I I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T FOLLOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN OUR RAINY FOLKS ARE COMING FORWARD, BUT I DID WANT TO CALL MY COLLEAGUES ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT, UM, SHANNON HOLLY, ON MY STAFF HEIL ALL OF, OF THE CORRESPONDENCE WE'VE RECEIVED FROM RAINY RESIDENTS AND KATIE POWERS DID SEND THAT OUT LAST NIGHT.

I THINK IT'S IN THREE DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS.

AND WE DID THAT AT THE REQUEST OF SOME OF THE RAINEY RESIDENTS.

I, I, THEY HAD ASKED SEVERAL OF THEM SAID, COULD WE PLEASE FORWARD ON, COULD WE PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAD RECEIVED THEIR EMAILS? WHICH OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO EXCEPT IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

SO THAT WAS THE WAY WE HANDLED IT.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT 80 PAGES.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S IN THREE DIFFERENT FILES THAT KATIE POWERS SENT ALONG LAST NIGHT.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A RECORD OF, OF, UM, NEARLY A WHOLE OR PROBABLY ALL OF THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

I HAVE TO THAT POINT, UH, UH, CASPER, TOBY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UM, THERE'S A BROAD CONVERSATION THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE REALLY ON THE SUBJECT MATTER.

THAT IS PART OF ITEM 16, FOUR 74, 82, UH, 16 AND 74 BEING BASICALLY THE SAME THING, SAME MATTER, UM, UH, AND, UH, 34 BIGGER MATTER AND 82 BACON POWDER.

IT'S MY INTENT TO CALL ALL FOUR OF THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER WITHOUT EMOTION, BUT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT BROADER CONVERSATION AFTER WE FINISHED THAT BROUGHT A CONVERSATION, UH, THEN WE'LL DISCUSS EACH OF THOSE THREE CLAIMS, UH, SEPARATELY.

UH, IT WILL GIVE THE, UH, THE IP APPLICANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, UH, DO THAT.

THE OTHER SPEAKERS SPEAKING ON THOSE ITEMS, UH, WE'LL BE SPEAKING, UM, UH, IN THIS MORNING CALL A SPEAKERS.

DOES THAT WORK? IT DOES.

I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OF A CHALLENGING SITUATION.

IT IS A LONGEST POLICY DISCUSSION AND I, AND WE HAD LOTS OF STAFF ON THE CALL ON TUESDAY.

I APOLOGIZE THAT THEY WERE WAITING ALL DAY AND DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

BUT THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR CARVING OUT THIS PLAN.

AND AGAIN, THANKS TO SHANNON HOLLY.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ALL OF THAT COMPILATION.

I APPRECIATE HER DOING THAT.

AND WHAT I WANT TO BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE CLOCK AT THE SCHEDULE IS AFTER WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT THE VERY NEXT THING WE DO IS HAVE THE BROAD CONVERSATION ON THOSE FOUR ITEMS, BUT NOT THE SPECIFIC ACTION ON THOSE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.

IF EVERYBODY'S READY, THEN WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SPEAKERS TWO MINUTES ON THE AGENDA.

UH, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE 26? UH, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HFC SPEAKERS.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT DOES INCLUDE THE HFC.

SO WE JUST HAVE HIM BATCHED MAYOR, SO WE WILL TAKE THEM LAST.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT BATCH.

TAKE THAT BATCH LAST.

AND IN-BETWEEN BEFORE WE TAKE THOSE WHERE, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT PLACE, LET ME KNOW.

CAUSE I'M ON A RECESS, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONVENE THE HFC

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LET'S HEAR FROM, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE SPEAKERS.

THE FIRST WEEK, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS KATHY HENDRICK TURNER.

HI, THIS IS KATIE PINNERS TURNER, AND I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO, BUT IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

SO I WILL SPEAK AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHEN ITEM TWO IS ADDRESSED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO US, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL NEXT SPEAKER IS PAT VAL STAY.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME.

MY NAME IS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.

I WANT TO START BY EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR BEING THE AUTHOR OF THE BULL HOOK BAN THAT WAS PASSED IN AUGUST OF 2015, AND ALSO FOR PULLING ITEM TWO TODAY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS, SNITCHING.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR HER AMENDMENT, THAT IMPROVED COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S PROPOSED ORDINANCE BACK IN 2015, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, MAYOR ADLER, COUNCIL MEMBER COSTAR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA FOR VOTING FOR THE BULL HOOK BAN.

IN 2015, I AM HERE TO REQUEST AN ORDER TO APPROVE IMPROVE WHAT WAS ALREADY A VERY GOOD ORDINANCE THAT ACHIEVED THE DESIRED EFFECT OF BANNING BULL HOOKS.

YOU NOT PUT AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT WOULD STATE IN WRITING AS CITY POLICY THAT A BASEBALL BAT AX HANDLED PITCHFORK BULL HOOK OR DIVISIVE.

BACK IN 2015, THERE WERE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TRIED TO WEAKEN COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOGO'S PROPOSED BOTH OF BANDS.

THERE WERE 32 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN FAVOR OF THE BULL BAN, ONLY WRANGLING FELD ENTERTAINMENT WRANGLINGS PARENT COMPANY, AND A PRIVATE BUSINESS THAT USES ELEPHANTS SPOKE AGAINST THE BULL HOOK BAN.

PLEASE KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON ANIMAL CRUELTY BY REMOVING THE LANGUAGE IN STATE.

AND THEN THIS WILL BE A GOOD PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

IF YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH C, WHENEVER IT IS, YOU BRING IT BACK UP.

THE GOOD BULL HOOK ORDINANCE PASS IN 2015 WILL BE WEAKER THAN IT WAS BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW CRUELTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MARY COLLIE.

THANK YOU, SCOTT STRICKLAND.

THIS IS MARY KALE.

THANKS FOR, UM, MY TIME TODAY, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT MONTH.

I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH WHAT THE IMMEDIATE, UH, SPEAKER, JUST BEFORE ME SAID.

UM, I THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE INCLUSION OF, UM, SECTION C ON IT, IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY WEEKEND PROTECTIONS AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY.

I THINK SEE WHERE IT SAYS IT'S AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION THAT THE ANIMAL IS LIVESTOCK AS DEFINED IN CITY CODE WOULD, UH, MAKE A LOOPHOLE FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, GET OUT, BEING PROSECUTED FOR THIS.

UM, IF THEY USE BULL HOOKS, BASEBALL BATS, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE ANY KIND OF DEFENSE ANYWAY.

SO, UM, AX HANDLES PITCHFORKS, ET CETERA.

I THINK SECTION SEAT, SIGNIFICANTLY WEEKENDS THE ORDINANCE.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THAT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK UP BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KEEP THE STRONG LANGUAGE REMOVE AT SECTION C FROM THIS AND RETAIN A AND B.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

COULD I JUST MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

UM, FOR ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TO, AND URGING US NOT TO PASS THIS, WE HAVE AGREED TO POSTPONE IT OFF TODAY'S AGENDA, UM, AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT WEEK AND POTENTIALLY INDEFINITELY.

SO JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THAT IS THE ACTION THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO TAKE WITH THIS ITEM.

THANKS, PAUL SPEAKERS, CYNTHIA DOUGLAS, MS. DOUGLAS, PLEASE

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END MUTE.

CYNTHIA DOUGLAS.

I THINK SHE MIGHT BE AWAY FROM THE PHONE, RIGHT? CALL HER BACK.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PAT BOOKED UP.

OKAY, GOOD MORNING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, BAD BOOT TO HERE.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS.

UH, I HOPE YOU ALL ARE RECOVERING AFTER LAST MONTHS RELIEF EFFORTS.

AND I DO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THING.

THE MAYOR ADLER CITY MANAGER, CRON COUNCIL MEMBERS, HISAR RENTERIA AND ELLIS, AND ESPECIALLY MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MADISON FOR WORKING WITH OUR MUSICIANS AND EVENT VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE FOOD AND WATER.

THE THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL TEXAS IN NEED ADVERSITY DOES NOT DEFINE CHARACTER.

IT REVEALS IT.

AND I'M HUMBLED TO KNOW THAT WE COULD ALL COME TOGETHER DURING THIS CRISIS.

UH, I'LL BE BRIEF TODAY, AS YOU BEGIN TO EXPLORE CONVENTION CENTER FUNDING FOR VENUES AND EVEN BEGIN TO LOOK AT NEW FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDING SOURCES AND AS DISCUSSED DURING TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION, PLEASE REMEMBER US, THE MUSICIANS, VENUE, WORKERS, AND EVENT STAFF THAT NOT ONLY MAKE UP THE LARGEST VOTING BLOCK IN THE CITY, BUT APPARENTLY NOW THEY'RE THE LARGEST VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RELIEF WORKFORCE AS WELL.

UH, WE'RE STILL OUT OF WORK MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE CANCELLATION OF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST AND BESIDES THE AUSTIN MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF FUND AND CREATIVE WORKER RELIEF GRANT, WE ARE STILL SCRAPING BY TO SURVIVE.

SO LET'S GET THE LIVE MUSIC FUND UP AND RUNNING WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT.

SO THEN IT'S READY TO GO.

AND VENUES AND MUSICIANS ARE READY TO START PLAYING GIGS AGAIN, AND LET'S KEEP THAT MONEY LOCAL.

SO THE MUSICIANS AND LOCAL PROMOTERS ARE SUPPORTED MORE THAN LARGER AGENCIES AND TOURING ACTS LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO WE BUILD AN EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

UH, AS WE SAW LAST MONTH, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HERE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AS LONG AS WE CAN AFFORD TO BE HERE.

NOW THAT'S UP TO ALL OF US.

SO LET'S PUT IN THE WORK JUST LIKE WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING TOGETHER SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

LET'S STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE FORGED THROUGH FIRE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND SOMEDAY SOON, LET'S ALL RAISE A GLASS AND SING AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS TOGETHER WHEN THE MUSIC BEGINS.

THANK YOU TO THE LAST SPEAKER.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MEMBERSHIP, UH, IS REALLY AWARE OF THESE FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT SEEING IF THE CITY CAN ASSIST, UH, UH, FOLKS IN THAT, IN THAT INDUSTRY.

UM, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF MONEY AND, AND WE AUTO ENDEAVORED TO GET EVERYBODY AT OUR CITY THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PRIMED AND READY.

SO WHEN THE SBA OPENS UP, UH, APPLICATIONS, OUR WHOLE CITY, UH, IS HARVARD WITH ITS FINGERS ABOVE SAND AND GET HITS, AND THEN WE CAN BE IN THAT LINE AND HE GETS A REALLY GOOD WAY POTENTIALLY TO, TO BRING SOME MONEY IN HERE LOCALLY.

AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT I SAW YOU AT, AT THE AMERIPRO TIM'S, UM, UH, EVENT THAT YOU HAD AN ARMY PRESENT.

UH, IT, IT WAS APPRECIATED.

THERE'S THAT STRICKLAND? YES.

HI, SCOTT FRANKLIN HERE.

UM, I'M A, UH, UH, AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS MEMBER, UH, AS WELL.

I AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ITEM 31 TODAY.

UM, AND WE, UM, RELATION TO THE SAHARA LOUNGE, UM, BEING, UH, DENIED, UH, SAVES FUNDING FOR THE MISSING OF THEIR DIVERSITY AND EQUITY TRAINING, UM, WHICH, WHICH TREADS FIRED SOME A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT AGO.

UM, I HAVE KNOWN EILEEN FOR A WHILE.

UM, WHILE I HAVE NOT PLAYED THERE PERSONALLY AT THE SARAH LOUNGE, I, UM, SHE OPENED HER DOORS, UH, TO ME WHEN I WAS, UH, AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF AUSTIN TEACHING COLLEGE STUDENTS TO MAKE FILMS, UM, AND RECORD MUSICIANS THERE.

UH, I GOT TO KNOW HER OVER 11 WEEKS OF, UH, BEING IN THAT BAR.

AND, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT SHE IS AN AMAZING PERSON, VERY DOWN TO EARTH AND UNLIKE OTHER BAR OWNERS AND OFFICERS, SHE ACTUALLY WORKS HER ON BAR.

UH, THE IDEA THAT SHE WOULD BE DENIED, UM, SAVES FUNDING BECAUSE OF A MS. TRAINING, UM,

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WHEN, UH, SHE, UH, THE PATRONS OF THAT BAR ARE AS EQUALLY AS DIVERSE AS THE MUSICIANS THAT PLAY.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE LINEUPS, UH, IN TEXAS, I WOULD ARGUE.

UM, IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE, UH, AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

I CAN ALSO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH, UM, EILEEN IS WHITE AND SHE IS A BAR OWNER, UH, THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY WORKS VERY, VERY HARD, VERY, VERY DILIGENTLY, EVEN BEFORE COVID EVEN BEFORE, UM, BLACK LIVES MATTER BECAME A, UM, A MOVEMENT.

UM, SHE HAS ALWAYS WORKED TO INCLUDE AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE OF AUSTIN AT THAT BAR.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN DO TO REVERSE THAT DECISION, UM, SO THAT, UM, ACCESS TO THOSE SAVINGS FUNDS, THAT WOULD BE, UM, A GREAT, UM, UM, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THAT BAR AND FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW THE REST OF THE TIME, SONYA REESE TODAY, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SONIA .

I AM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 31.

THE SAHARA LOUNGE IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE WAY THE AUSTIN, TEXAS VENUES USED TO BE.

MOST OF THE TIME NEIGHBORHOOD, LOCAL VENUES ARE THE FIRST TO BE CAST ASIDE WHEN IT COMES TO GENDER GENTRIFICATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE A LOUNGE IS ONE OF THE FEW VENUES THAT REPRESENTS DIVERSE MUSIC GROUPS ON THEIR STAGES, AS WELL, AS, RATHER THAN RESIDENCY'S OF AFRICAN NIGHT.

PRESERVATION OF SUCH VENUES ARE KEY TO THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND GROWTH OF OUR AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSIC, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, THE SAHARA LOUNGE.

I WAS QUALIFIED FOR THE SAFE BOND.

I AM HERE TO ASK THAT IT BE ALLOWED TO, UH, BE A PART OF PROVIDING EQUITY TRAINING AND STRATEGIC STRATEGIC EQUITY PLAN REVIEWS FOR US AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES.

UH, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AGAIN, UH, JUST AS MY CONTENT'S CONSTITUENT HAD SPOKEN SCOTT STRICKLAND.

I YIELD MY TIME MAYOR.

I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO FLAG THIS ITEM.

UM, I, I KNOW THAT I HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL YESTERDAY FROM CODY COWEN ABOUT THIS MATTER AND FORWARDED ON TO RDD STAFF AND, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HALT RAB DID RESPOND TO ME YESTERDAY.

AND IF IT'S OF INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL, MAYBE WE COULD ASK HER TO, TO, UM, SHARE WITH US HER RESPONSE ONCE WE'VE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TODAY.

SPEAKER CYNTHIA DOUGLAS? YES.

NEXT SPEAKER IS REQUIRED BY THAT AS WELL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU OKAY.

UH, I WAS PLANNING TO SPEAK, UH, IN REFERENCE TO USE NUMBER TWO, BUT SINCE IT'S POSTPONE VALID RETURN AT THIS TIME.

I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JESSICA.

HI, UM, MY NAME'S JESSICA ELEY.

I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE ECHO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 40.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR GOOD DESIGNATING THIS TWO AND A HALF ACRES ON TILLARY IS PARKLAND.

UM, YOU'RE PRESERVING A 30 YEAR OLD PECAN GROVE AS A CITY ASSET.

THIS GOES A REALLY LONG WAY TO REPAIRING TRUST WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

JUST TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE LAND THAT HAD A BEAUTIFUL OLD STONE HOUSE THAT WAS DEMOLISHED WITHOUT A PERMIT.

UM, BUT MOVING PAST THAT, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS LAND DESIGNATED AS PARKLAND BECAUSE IT OPENS UP A BUCKET OF GRANTS MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US.

IF IT'S PARKLAND, UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET IS A BIG GREEN SPACE, BUT TECHNICALLY IT'S A WATER RETENTION POND AND MANAGED BY WATERSHEDS.

SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PREVENTED FROM MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT LAND.

UM, MOVING FORWARD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX THAT WILL GO IN THE TWO AND A HALF ACRES, UH, NEXT TO THE TWO AND A HALF ACRES THAT YOU'RE PRESERVING TODAY AS PARKLAND.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM,

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I'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF NAMES I WAS GONNA READ, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE A REALLY LONG DAY AHEAD OF YOU, SO I'LL SPARE YOU THAT.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR APPROVING THE PARKLAND OF ITEM NUMBER 40.

THANK YOU, CARLOS LEON.

SO CARLOS LEONE SOURCED AND FOREMOST, CAUSE ALSO SELL DEALS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAINST DR.

MARK S. SCOTT IS INTERIM HEALTH AUTHORITY ITEM 53 TO TRY NOT COUNSELING SOUTH BY CANCELING SOUTH BY BECAUSE OF ALL THE MONEY YOU'D EXPECTED TO BRING AUSTIN.

S SCOTT PUBLICLY SAID EARLY MARCH, 2020, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT CLOSING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OR OTHER ACTIVITIES IS GOING TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY SAFER.

SO THERE WAS MUCH EVIDENCE AT THE TIME OUTSIDE AUSTIN SHOWING THAT NOT SHUTTING SOUTH BY WOULD'VE MADE AUSTIN A DANGEROUS COVID 19 PETRI DISH THAN A SUPER SPREADER EVENT.

WHEN EVERYONE WENT HOME AFTERWARD, HE SAID, THEN THERE IS NOT STRONG EVIDENCE THAT CANCELING MASS GATHERINGS BREAKS THE CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION, AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE OF AIRBORNE PERSON TO PERSON SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

THE WOOL HAND, CHINA, WHERE THE BIO ENGINEERED BIO WEAPON COVID-19 CAME FROM HAD ALREADY LOCKED DOWN.

IT'S 11 MILLION RESIDENTS FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.

S SCOTT, DIDN'T FLIP TO SHUT SOUTH BY UNTIL FORCED BY MASSIVE PUBLIC PRESSURE, EVIDENCED BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF US PETITION SIGNING.

AUSTINITES USING COMMON SENSE TO SAY AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT.

THEN WE FOLLOWED THE CLASSIC HIPPOCRATIC OATH.

PAUL ROBBINS COUNSEL I'M PAUL ROBBINS.

S GOT SWORE TOO, BUT VIOLATED BY NOT WILLINGLY REFRAINING FROM DOING WRONG FROM FALSEHOOD NOW BY WRONGLY ADVISING YOU TO NOT FOLLOW GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 34, WHICH RIGHTLY EASES COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

ONE YEAR LATER, BASED ON THE DATA AS SCOTT IS VIOLATING HIS OATH OF OFFICE TO DEFEND, PRESERVE, AND PROTECT THE LAWS OF THIS STATE TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY.

SO HELP HIM GOD, THOUGH, AS SCOTT NOW SAYS, PEOPLE NEED TO CONTINUE WEARING FACE COVERINGS IN PUBLIC TO AVOID ANOTHER SURGEON CASES I ALLEGE HE HAS NOT MET HIS EVIDENCE-BASED BURDEN TO CONTINUE LEGALLY RESTRICTING OUR DEFAULT NATURAL LAW LIBERTY TO PUBLICLY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT FACE COVERINGS, WHICH I EXPECT JUDGE LIVINGSTON TO RULE TOMORROW.

MAYOR CABO ADLER IS ALSO A GUILTY GAS LIGHTER SAYING S GOD IS THE EXPERT TO WHOM OUR COMMUNITY AND TRUST OUR PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND THAT BEST SCOTT'S OPINIONS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT THOUGH.

THE TRUTH IS OPPOSITE JUST AS SENATOR DR.

RON PAUL TOLD FOWCHEE THE FRAUD THAT AT THIS POINT MASKS ARE FOR SHOW EXPOSING DEFEAT BASKETS, CONJECTURE BASED POLICY BY REMOVING AND REPLACING HIM.

NOW, SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE.

MY FIRST POINT SAID, I WANT YOU TO START LETTING CITIZENS SPEAK ON ISSUES IN THE MANNER WE ARE ACCUSTOMED.

YOU ARE LIMITING US TO ONE OR TWO MINUTES WHEN WE FORMERLY HAD THREE MINUTES, AND THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DEAL WITH COMPLEX ISSUES FURTHER.

YOU'VE BANNED CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AT YOUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR A YEAR.

NOW THE GOOD THING ABOUT CONSTRICTING CITIZEN COMMUNICATION IS YOU LIMIT THE TIME.

YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO UNINFORMED AND ABUSIVE PEOPLE, BUT YOU ALSO FAIL TO GET CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ESSENTIAL FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT.

IN THE INSUFFICIENT TIME THAT I HAVE LEFT, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THREE SHORTCOMINGS OF ITEMS FOUR, WHICH WE'LL STUDY BACKUP GENERATION FOR SECURITY HUBS TO HELP PEOPLE SURVIVE DISASTERS.

FIRST, I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT, BUT REMIND YOU THAT IN THE HORRIBLE FREEZE THAT JUST OCCURRED ALMOST NO ONE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO SECURITY HUBS.

EVEN IF THE SECURITY HUBS HAD BEEN EQUIPPED WITH BACKUP GENERATION, SECOND STORAGE BATTERIES ARE PROFOUNDLY EXPENSIVE.

THE WINTER OUTAGE, NOT MANY HOMES OFFLINE FOR DAYS.

A BATTERY BANK OF THIS SIZE MAY BE UNPRECEDENTED EVEN WITH DAILY SOLAR CHARGING, WHICH WILL ALSO BE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO INCREASE THE ERASER SIZE TO COMPENSATE FOR BAD WEATHER AND BATTERY CONVERSION LOSS.

YOU MIGHT EVALUATE AN ALTERNATIVE OF USING RENEWABLE DIESEL OR ANOTHER BIOFUEL WITH BACKUP GENERATORS, STEAD AND FOOD.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO HARDEN CITY FACILITIES WITH BATTERIES, MAYBE YOU SHOULD INCLUDE AUSTIN'S EMERGENCY CONTROL CENTERS.

THANK YOU, OLIVIA, OVER TURF.

MY NAME IS OLIVIA OVERTURN.

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I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.

HOWEVER, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO, THE MOUNT CARMEL APARTMENTS ARE WITHOUT WATER.

AGAIN, DUE TO A BUSTED WATER LINE BY CONSTRUCTION CREWS.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS AUDIT FOR ITEM NUMBER 67, THAT EVERY GROUP NON-PROFIT FUNDS FOUNDATION TRUSTS MUTUAL AID AND OTHER GROUP OR PROGRAM THAT PARTICIPATED IN WINTER STORM URI ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE AUDIT DURING WINTER STORM URI.

MANY OF THE NEWER ORGS THAT WERE IN ARE CURRENTLY USED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO ARE NOT LEGITIMATE ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY HAVE NO TAX EXEMPT OR FIVE OH ONE C STATUS.

THEY HAVE NO LICENSE INSURANCE OR BOND.

THERE'S NO TRACEABILITY OF HOW THEY USE DONATIONS OR FUNDING.

AND OFTENTIMES ARE THE SOURCE OF DONATION WASTE, INCLUDING WASTE FROM FOOD AND WATER DONATIONS.

STACKS OF WATER BOTTLES REPEATEDLY TAKEN WERE REPEATEDLY TAKEN TO AREAS WHOSE BOIL WATER NOTICE WAS LIFTED WHILE THEY EXTREMELY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND D ONE AND D TWO WENT WITHOUT CONTINUING TO ALLOW UNLICENSED AND UNREGISTERED GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THOSE THAT WERE USING THE WINTER STORM HUB AT THE MILLENNIUM COMPLEX LEAVES THEM ABSENT FROM BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

I FIND IT SURREAL THAT WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY AT THE MILLENNIUM COMMUNITIES LIKE MOUNT CARMEL THAT WERE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE MILLENNIUM, HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS B HUB FOR FOOD AND WATER DISTRIBUTION FOR THE EASTERN CRESCENT.

JUST LAST WEEKEND, I WITNESSED A NEWLY FORMED ORGANIZATION DON'T CLOSE TO 50 REFRIGERATED FRESH PRODUCE BAG ON THE SIDEWALK OF THE DUB SPRINGS FREE FRIDGE PROJECT.

IN DISTRICT TWO, WE NEED TO HAVE A NUMBER TO CALL OR A WAIT TO REPORT UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES.

WE DEFINITELY NEED OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO IMMEDIATELY STOP LEANING SO HEAVILY ON ORGANIZATIONS, TRUST AND COALITION WHO ARE NOT LEGITIMATE ON PAPER AND HAVE NO TRAINING.

WE NEED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO STOP RELYING ON ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THEIR OUTREACH AND TO STOP ADVERTISING FOR THEM THROUGH THEIR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE ORGANIZATION, NONPROFIT GROUP COALITION, OR ANY OTHER FOUNDATION OR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, CARMEN.

YANNIS.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD.

COMMUNITY EFFORTS HAVE TANGIBLE DEMANDS.

UM, SO I'M SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 67 AFTER ACTION REVIEW AS WELL.

UM, BUT WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT 64 WOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 8TH.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM DOVE SPRINGS AND OTHER HARD HIT AREAS OF THE STORM WHO PLANNED TO SPEAK THEN.

SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU ALL PUT SOMETHING BACK ON THE AGENDA.

SO YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE MEN, UM, I'M HERE THOUGH, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING THE RESILIENCE RESOLUTIONS OF 2019 AND 2020.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A THIRD ONE, UH, WITH RESILIENCE IN THE TITLE.

UM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE ARE STAFF MEMOS THAT WENT TO YOU ALL THERE AND COUNCIL IN 2019 AND 2020 THAT WERE BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR OWN STAFF CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK ABOUT, UH, YES, DISASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS, BUT MORE THAN THAT, CLIMATE PROOFING AND DISASTER PROOFING OUR CITY, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE THINGS, UH, LIKE THINGS LIKE BACKING UP POWER AT ULRIC WATER PLANT, UM, ORGANIZING COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAMS, WHICH WOULD HAVE AVOIDED A LOT OF THE ACCUSATIONS YOU'RE HEARING FROM PEOPLE LIKE MISS OVERTURN.

UH, THE GROUP SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THE SPRINGS WHO, UH, HAD TO TAKE A BUNCH OF MEALS.

LIKE MANY OF US DID FROM OTHER DISORGANIZED GROUPS WHO KIND OF DUMPED STUFF ON US.

AND DISTRIBUTION HAD TO BE ORGANIZED, ORGANIZED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON RESILIENCE, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY BUZZWORD OR JUST IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MANY EXPERTS AT THIS, BUT THERE WAS TONS OF UNNECESSARY CONFUSION, HEARTACHE, TRAUMA, SECONDARY TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH A DISORGANIZED RESPONSE.

OF COURSE, A LOT OF THE STUFF WAS UNPRECEDENTED, BUT YOU ALL, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER READY FOR THIS STORM.

SURVEYED RESILIENCE HUB LOCATIONS WERE PART OF THESE BACK RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HAVE ACTION PLANS FOR CLIMATE PROOFING, INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCING DISASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS.

IT'S BEEN DONE PIECEMEAL BECAUSE ONE PERSON IN YOUR EXECUTIVE CITY MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH NO TRANSPARENCY OF PROCESS AND NO COMMUNICATION TO YOUR OWN STAFF, LET ALONE COMMUNITY DO THIS BY YOURSELF.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT I WANT IS FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE PUBLIC THE CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER SELECTION, AND FOR YOU ALL TO COMMUNICATE PUBLICLY ABOUT THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS THE SAME.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE, I THINK, A VERY PUBLIC AFTER-ACTION REVIEW.

I THINK

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COUNCILMEMBER TOVO HAS A RESOLUTION IN THAT REGARD AND MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, I KNOW MR. ROBBINS SPOKE AND OFFERED SOME, SOME USEFUL CONVERSATION AROUND THE RESILIENCE HUBS, UM, SORRY, MY DOC.

IT WAS REALLY USEFUL TO YOU.

SO HE'S CHIMING IN, BUT, UH, THE ITEM ABOUT CREATING THE RESILIENT HUBS IS POSTPONED UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO WE HAVE TIME, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT, UM, CARMEN KNOWS THAT AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, TO TALK THROUGH THE RESILIENCE HUBS AT OUR FUTURE MEETING, KATHY MCMORRIS.

HAVE ASTRONOMICAL HOMELESS SITUATION, AUSTIN.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY SUCCESS BY SIX LEADERSHIP TEAM AND SUPPORTIVE AGENDA ITEM ONE 11, AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE A SPENDING FRAMEWORK THAT ADDRESSES PRIORITY CHALLENGES ON A TRANSFORMATIONAL WAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE QUALITY CHILDCARE PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY, YOUR SWIFT ACTION TO SUPPORT THE CHILDCARE SECTOR DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH CHILDCARE RELIEF FUNDING HELPED MANY PROVIDERS REOPEN OR REMAIN OPEN THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS, BUT THE CHILDCARE SECTOR WAS FRAGILE BEFORE THE CRISIS AND RETURNING TO THE STATUS QUO WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BEHIND.

WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT SYSTEM BY INVESTING IN KEY INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPLEMENTING FUNDING, TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING PROGRAMS AND INVESTING IN NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS IDENTIFIED GAPS.

OUR RECENT LETTER SIGNED BY MORE THAN 50 TEXAS BUSINESS LEADERS.

NOTED CHILDCARE IS A SMALL SILENT ENGINES THAT DRIVE TEXAS BUSINESSES.

IF OUR YOUNG CHILDREN CAN'T ACCESS QUALITY CHILDCARE, MUCH OF THE TEXAS WORKFORCE CAN'T RETURN TO WORK.

IT IS OFTEN THE MOST OVERLOOKED FOUNDATION OF OUR ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS IS NOT SUFFICIENT.

IT'S THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMS THAT INFLUENCE OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY AS THE MOST RAPID PERIOD OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TAKE PLACE FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE, WITH NEW INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDCARE INFRASTRUCTURE, WITHOUT NEW INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDCARE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL RETURN TO BEING A COMMUNITY THAT HAS INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND IN EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR CHILDREN OF COLOR, NO QUALITY CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORK NON TRADITIONAL FRAGILE CHILDCARE BUSINESSES, TRYING TO SURVIVE ON VERY SLIM MARGINS AND A CHILDCARE WORKFORCE HAS LOW WAGES.

THERE'S BUILT IN HIGH LEVELS OF FOOD INSECURITY AND POOR MENTAL HEALTH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECISION TO PRIORITIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL INVESTMENT AND TO RECOGNIZE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION AS ONE OF THOSE YOU MALLORY DIXON.

HI, THIS IS MALLORY GATESMAN.

I WAS NINE.

UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE, THE INHUMANE AND DOWNRIGHT DISTRESSING WAY APARTMENTS ARE NOW JUST NOW KICKING PEOPLE OUT DUE TO THE QUOTE, QUOTE, UNQUOTE FLOOD THAT HAPPENED OVER MONTHS AGO.

THIS WAS MY HOME FOR OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

MY APARTMENT HAS FLOODED TWICE AND EVEN MY CAR HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

HOWEVER, EVERY TIME WHEN I CALLED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES, I WAS JUST BULLIED TALKED DOWN TO AND BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

THEY MAKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE NO POWER.

IT'S SCARY, SAD, AND YOU FEEL HOPELESS THAT YOU HAVE NO ONE ON YOUR SIDE, NOT EVEN YOUR OWN CITY.

IT'S LIKE THE BIG FISH SWIM AND THE LITTLE FISH THINK.

UM, AFTER, ON MARCH 27TH, I HAD SOMEONE WALK INTO MY APARTMENT AND TOLD ME I NEEDED TO MOVE OUT ASAP AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME RELOCATE AND HAD NO UNITS AVAILABLE FOR ME, WHICH WAS A COMPLETE LIE.

BUT THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

THEY SAID THEY HAD A UNIT AVAILABLE STARTING APRIL 2ND.

SARAH, MY MANAGER WAS SO RUDE TO MY MOTHER AND I AND SAID, IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR EVERYONE, BUT SHE NEEDS TO MOVE OUT AND BUY SOMEWHERE ELSE AWAY.

AND WE WILL NOTE WE WILL NOT HELP HER.

SHE ALSO STATED THAT I MAY WALK AWAY FROM MY LEASE WITHOUT INDEPENDENTLY, WHICH I FIND PRETTY COMICAL SINCE I HAVE, THEY HAVE KICKED ME OUT, BUT I'M STILL SOMEHOW BONDED TO MY LEASE.

EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE THERE.

SHE COULDN'T EVEN GUARANTEE I WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK WITHIN 60 DAYS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT SINCE THIS, SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

IF IT WASN'T FOR MY MOM DRIVING SIX HOURS TO COME GET ME SINCE I HAVE SEVERELY PISSED AND I'M AT HIGH RISK AND HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY BACK TO NEGATIVE PLACES FOR ME TO RELOCATE WERE LIMITED DUE TO MY DISABILITY.

I WOULD BE A COMPLETELY HOMELESS.

AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE I KNOW I NEEDED TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE NO RIGHTS TO FIGHT OUR COMPLEXES ABOUT THIS.

AND OUR CITY IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.

WHEN AUSTIN TENANT COUNCIL CALL MY MANAGER, SHE TOLD ME, SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS THE RUDEST LADY SHE SPOKEN TO AND WAS NOT EMPATHETIC AT ALL.

SHE ALSO INFORMED ME.

NOW, THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO GET OUT OF MY LEASE WAS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO SIGN AN NDA SAYING I WOULD NOT DISCUSS THIS MATTER ANY FURTHER.

I'M ASKING YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THIS HOW YOU WANT YOUR RESIDENTS TO BE TREATED? WE ALREADY ASKED YOU, WE ALREADY

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AND THESE APARTMENT ISSUES ARE ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.

I WILL NOT STOP HERE.

I WILL BE GOING TO THE LOCAL NEWS AS WELL AS THE VIDEOS.

MONICA WAS MINE.

REMEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR OFFICES.

I'M SURE EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT.

AND IF YOU'VE SENT IT TO US, UH, WE WILL BE, UM, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK FOR THAT.

SPEAKER MONICA GUZMAN.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN.

THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR GOV GO AUSTIN VAMOS.

OFTEN SPEAKING ON ITEMS 67 AND ONE 12, THERE WERE DIRE CONSEQUENCES DUE TO LACK OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE UNEVEN APPLICATION OF THE ROLLING ELECTRICAL OUTAGES LOSS OF UTILITIES WITH LITTLE OR NO RELIEF, UNORGANIZED COORDINATION OF RELIEF EFFORTS, WORDING ON THE BOIL NOTICE, LACK OF CLARITY, LACK ENOUGH CLARITY THAT SOME RESIDENTS STOPPED BOILING WATER TOO EARLY WHEN CONDUCTING THE AUDIT, IDENTIFY GAPS REGARDING DEATH, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, STARTING WITH A LACK OF PROCESS AND TRANSPARENCY FOR GREETING THE POSITION OF THE CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER.

GUESS IT SHOULD NOT EXIST.

VISIT YEARS OF WORK DONE BY GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE GABA, WORKING WITH BOTH THE CITY AND RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, DATING BACK TO 2019.

GUESTS IDENTIFIED IN THE AUDIT MUST BE PUBLICLY COMMUNICATED TO CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

THE PROPOSED TASKFORCE WILL INCLUDE LISTENING SESSIONS, BUT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED RESIDENTS AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS.

AT THIS TIME.

CITY STAFF IS PREPARING BUDGET.

AS THE PROCESS MUST INCLUDE A COMMITMENT TO ELEVATE BUDGET PRIORITIES AND REQUESTS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR RESILIENCE, HUBS, DISASTER, PREPAREDNESS, INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES REGARDING ITEM ONE 12.

SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT, I HAVE BEEN A RENTER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

THE CITY NEEDS TO HOLD BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, NOT EITHER OR BOTH ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFORMING, SUPPORTING, AND ASSISTING TENANTS.

OKAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE NEXT GROUP, UM, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FAR END RAINY ITEMS. CURTIS ROGERS, PLEASE.

THE NEXT GROUP CONCERNS.

WHAT FAR AND RAINY ITEMS CURTIS ROGERS.

HI, MY NAME IS CURTIS ROGERS.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT BORDERS RAINEY STREET ACROSS .

I JUST WANT TO SPEAK, UM, AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THE ORDINANCE GRANTING ADDITIONAL FAR RATIO, ENTITLEMENTS.

YOU KNOW, AUSTIN NEEDS A LOT OF HOUSING NOW AND VOTING FOR THESE.

WON'T PROVIDE THAT OFF THAT HOUSING TODAY, BUT IT WILL PUT MORE HOUSING IN THE PIPELINE BECAUSE WE'LL LIKELY NEED IT.

WHEN THESE THINGS COME ONLINE AND THESE ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE WITH LESS PARKING, WHICH I THINK IS A PLUS BECAUSE LESS PARKING MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BE SUPPORTING MORE OF OUR ASP GOALS.

FEWER CAR OWNERS ALSO MEANS FEWER TRIPS, MORE LOCAL SPENDING CLOSER TO OUR 50 50 MODE SPLIT OUR CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS AND THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC.

PLEASE SUPPORT THESE.

WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN AUSTIN OF ALL TYPES.

THIS MIGHT JUST BE ONE TYPE, BUT IT ALL SUPPORTS OUR HOUSING GOALS.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

ABLESON HI, I'M SPEAKING TO ITEM 34.

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VISUALIZE YOUR HOME IN THE STREET THAT YOU LIVED ON.

AS YOU GREW UP, HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE? IMAGINE 1600 PEOPLE LIVING ON YOUR STREET.

INSTEAD WITH MANY TALL BUILDINGS, IMAGINE 10 CITY BLOCKS.

IT'S 1500 PEOPLE LIVING ON EACH STREET.

NOW PUT ALL 10 STREETS TOGETHER.

SO THERE'S ONLY TWO WAYS IN AND OUT AND IMAGINE A NARROW STREET WITH ONE LANE CARS IN EACH DIRECTION.

I JUST DESCRIBED THE ONE 10TH OF ONE SQUARE MILE CALLED RAINY.

AND THAT IS THE DENSITY OF 15 TO ONE FAR TODAY.

AND OVER THE NEXT MONTH, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS NOWHERE IN AUSTIN, THREE PROPERTIES WITH FARS OF 21 TO ONE 22 TO ONE 32 TO ONE THAT WILL BE OVER ONE AND A HALF TIMES.

THE MAXIMUM DENSITY CURRENTLY ALLOWED AND DESCRIBE THE BUS AT THE MAC WAS ITS NEEDED EXPANSION AND THOUSAND BAR VISITORS WEEKEND EVENINGS.

ALL THESE PEOPLE CAN'T GET AROUND SAFELY WITH STREETS.

SO NARROW BUSES CAN'T EVEN FIT.

PEOPLE, CROWDING THE BARS AND STREETS WITHOUT SIDEWALKS, FORCING PEOPLE TO WALK IN THE HIGHLY TRAVELED STREETS, THE MERCHANTS WOULD SEE VEHICLES HAVING TROUBLE EITHER.

NOW

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SPEEDILY SERVICING US.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE GUIDE DEVELOPMENT AND RAINING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

RAINEY HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU CITY COMMISSIONS, THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE SEVERAL TIMES HAD OVER 50 PEOPLE IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SHOWING OUR CONCERNS OVER 30 PEOPLE IN RANDY HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS OF CONCERN OF THE PAST THREE WEEKS HAS MENTIONED MY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA PEOPLE HAVE READY, ARE FRUSTRATED, UPSET, AND CONCERNED.

WE STILL, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR HOMES, OUR FAMILIES, OR SAFETY THROUGH ALL OF THESE ENERGIES.

AS A GROUP, YOU HAVE NEVER ACTED ON ANY OF OUR CONCERNS FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFE PLACE TO VISIT, TO LIVE AND TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN.

WE BEG YOU TO LISTEN TO US NOW, PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE ANY FOREST.

THE BUS 15 TO ONE 15 TO ONE ALLOWS PLENTY OF DENSITY AND HAS BEEN THE MAXIMUM IN AUSTIN FOR MANY YEARS FOR GOOD REASON.

THANK YOU, DUSTIN LADDER BACK, DUSTIN LADDER BACK, GREG ANDERSON AND LAUREN, AND HE TAKES COUNSEL EXCITED TO ALL BE TOGETHER SOON.

UH, MY NAME IS GREG ANDERSON.

I'M A D NINE RESIDENT AND I LIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO GROW AND TO WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS, ITEM 34, ITEM 74 AND 82 ALL LOOK TO REPLACE THREE BARS AND A CLOSED RESTAURANT WITH ONES IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

NEW HOUSING OFTEN MAKES SOME HOMEOWNERS UNCOMFORTABLE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS NIMBYISM IS IDENTIFIED AS A TOP THREAT TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY NATIONWIDE.

WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OF SUPPLY, MEANING LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS HAVE ALMOST ZERO CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT GOOD.

WE CAN VOTE THESE DOWN AND LIMIT NEW HOUSING AT THE COST OF RAISING TAXES ON THE REMAINING HOMES AND ENCOURAGING DISPLACEMENT ENCOURAGING SPRAWL, OR WE CAN GROW THE TAX BASE BY ADDING THESE RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AND DOING OTHER WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE THANKFULLY WORKING ON IN 2011.

WHEN THE HOUSING IN AUSTIN WAS SURPRISINGLY AFFORDABLE.

UM, THE HOUSING SKEPTIC RHETORIC OF THE DAY WAS LED BY MAKE DEVELOPMENT PAY FOR ITSELF.

SINCE THEN, IT SEEMS TO HAVE MORPHED INTO LET'S EXTRACT AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE AND THEN SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH MILLIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION, NOT ENOUGH MILLIONS FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, NOT ENOUGH MILLIONS IN ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER, NOT ENOUGH.

THIS ALL LEADS TO HUGE FAILURES IN HOUSING.

WE CAN CONSISTENTLY GIVE IN AND OPPOSE NEW HOUSING, BUT AT WHAT COSTS, UH, AUSTIN IS HURTING FAR TOO MANY WITH ANTI-CHANGE POLICIES.

LET'S AVOID PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM DEVELOPMENT TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING BY TRYING TO CHANGE THE RULES AT THE LAST MINUTE AND SUPPORT HOUSING BY PASSING ITEMS 34 74 AND 82.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND GOOD LUCK, GREG.

LODDER BACK OR DUSTIN.

YEAH, THANK YOU VERY TIME.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT, UM, ITEM 82, THE 1992 RAINY PROJECT.

UM, I THINK WE ALL CAN SEE THERE'S A MAJOR HOUSING SHORTAGE CRISIS.

UM, I LIVE IN VIEWER AND RECEIVE TWO TO THREE COLD CALLS A WEEK FROM BROKERS, UM, ASKING ABOUT SELLING MY HOME AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE WALKABILITY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST ASK, DID YOU CONTEMPLATE YOUR DECISION THAT YOU CONSIDER THE 20, UM, THE 20 UNITS THAT, UH, 90 92 IS, IS GIVEN TO, UM, BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU KNOW HOW THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED IF YOU, NO.

JAMES SCHUSSLER.

HELLO? YES, I'M UH, IN SUPPORT OF VITAMINS, UH, 16 AND 74 FOR THE RAINY STREET, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF SOME, UH, ONE STORY BUILDINGS AND TWO, UM, ALRIGHT, TOWERS THAT WILL ALLOW A HIGHER DENSITY AND, AND, UH, BETTER, BETTER TAXPAYERS FOR THE, UH, CITIZENS OF AUSTIN THAT WILL BENEFIT, UH, THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU,

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BEAR MAYOR.

MAY I ASK MR. , UH, MELISSA, IF HE LIVES IN RAINY, HE DIDN'T IDENTIFY WHERE HE LIVED IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROJECTS I LIVE ON EAST, UH, EAST ONE 27 EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE ACROSS THE RIVER.

AND, UH, MY GIRLFRIEND LIVES AT 43 RAINY STREET.

THANK YOU, JAMES STRATTON.

UH, AN AMENDMENT, A VERSION TWO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FOR THIS ITEM 66.

MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JAMES STRATTON RESIDENTS, CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN, AND A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AND I AM SPEAKING TODAY TO ENCOURAGE A YES, VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 34 AND ITS COMPANION ITEMS, 74 AND 82 AS A MEMBER OF THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

I VIEW THE DENSITY DEVELOPMENT BONUSES AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A MORE WALKABLE AUSTIN, A WALKABLE AUSTIN AS A HEALTHY AUSTIN AND THE 1000 PLUS HOMES TO BE ADDED BY THESE THREE PROJECTS WILL INCREASE THE ABILITY OF FOLKS TO ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF MOTION GIVEN TO THEM BY THEIR FEET.

THE MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WE CAN VISIT NETWORK AND COLLABORATE WITH ON FOOT WITHOUT CAR DEPENDENCY EASES THE DEMANDS ON AUSTIN'S ROADS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.

WHEN PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE BUILT NEAR THE CULTURE ECONOMY AND VIBRANCY OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AS ITEMS 34, 74 AND 82, ENCOURAGE THE BENEFITS OF A PEDESTRIAN POPULATION UNLOCK AMONG THEM DECREASE POLLUTION TO AIR IN HERE, AS WELL AS GREATER SOCIAL BONDS AMONG NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR ONE ANOTHER FOR A HEALTHIER FREER, LESS CAR DEPENDENT, AUSTIN, I ENCOURAGE A YES, VOTE ON THESE THREE ITEMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I YIELD BLAIR CAROL.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BLAIR CAROL.

UM, I LIVE DOWNTOWN IN DISTRICT ONE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE, ABOUT 35 FROM DISTRICT NINE.

UM, ALSO OWN A BUILDING ON, UH, SIXTH STREET IN DISTRICT NINE.

UM, FORMALLY LIVED IN THE RAINY DISTRICT AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 74.

UM, I JUST HAVE SOME REAL CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT NOT SUPPORTING PROJECTS SUCH AS THE RIVER STREET RESIDENCES AND THE OTHER PROJECTS IN THAT, UH, THAT AREA ULTIMATELY MEANS, UH, THIS PROJECT IS EXACTLY, I THINK WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.

WE NEED MORE HOUSING.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE INVESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS CITIZENS, NOT JUST, UH, PEOPLE DOWN THERE PARTYING I HAVE IN MY, MY VIEW, RAINEY'S LARGELY BECOME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE JUST KIND OF FLY IN DRINK, HAVE A BIG DAY OR NOT THEN LEAVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE KIDS AND IT'S HARD EVEN WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, EVEN ON THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH KINDA SOME OF THE STUFF GOING ON AROUND THERE.

UM, I DO THINK IT CAN STILL BE A GREAT TOURIST DESTINATION, UM, WHILE ALSO CREATING A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S LIVABLE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT BUILDINGS LIKE THIS AND THE OTHER ONES IN THE AREA THAT BROUGHT ALMOST 400 HOUSES FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL BE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, INVESTED IN RAINY AS A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS BUILDING'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO AN ALLEY THAT'S IN REALLY BAD CONDITION AS WELL.

UM, THEREFORE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL CONGESTION.

I BELIEVE THE BUILDING'S GOING TO BE, UH, ASSESSED ACCESS FROM EAST AVENUE.

FURTHERMORE, THE DEVELOPERS, UH, GONNA HELP FIND COMPLETIONS OF THE RAINY TRAILHEAD THAT WILL CONNECT THE HOCK AND BACK TRAIL.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND SOMETHING.

I KNOW MY FAMILY AND I WILL USE, UM, I THINK THERE'S A REALLY STRONG ECONOMIC ARGUMENT TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING AS WELL.

BUT I THINK JUST FOR THE TIME BEING, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFIT.

I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT RAINEY NEEDS AND WHAT THE CITY AT LARGE NEEDS FROM RAINY.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER DIRTY SIXTH AND I THINK IT'D BE A SHAME, UM, IF RAINY DEVOLVED IN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OF NOTHING BUT JUST BARS, I'M RG ALL TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, NOT JUST WORKS MANY DIRECT INCALCULABLE CITY BENEFITS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ITS IMMEDIATE AREA BENEFITS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND MY MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE PERSON CALLING IN AFTER IF THEY CALL IN ON THE NEXT GROUP ARE HFC SPEAKERS.

IF YOU CAN GIVE US A MINUTE, SORRY.

WHILE WE HAVE A BREAK, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, I POSTED,

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UH, I SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD TO SAY THAT THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THE WORK OF YOU AND YOUR CO-SPONSORS ON THIS ITEM, I, WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, ITEM 66 WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THAT, UH, UH, AMENDMENT VERSION TWO.

THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO EVERYONE AND POSTED, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE COLOR THAT WE ARE WAITING ON IS THE NOVIA JOSEPH.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE SHE IS AT.

I'M NOT.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, GO TO THE HFC, UH, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT, LOCATE HER IN THE INTERVENING PERIOD OF TIME, UH WE'LL WE'LL HEAR HER SPEAK THAT.

SO WITH THAT SAD AT 1109, I'M GOING TO RECESS THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR FOR THE, UH, OVERTURNED HERE SHORTLY AND ALSO AT 1109.

I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING TODAY IS MARCH 25TH, 2021.

UH, IT IS, AS WE SAID, 11, 10 MEETINGS BEING HELD BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

UH, A FORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS, UH, PRESENT.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, CHANGE AND CORRECTION TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

THERE WAS LAID BACK UP IN THE ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, UM, REGARDING TO, UH, HEAR FROM SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THESE SPEAKERS, WE WILL RECESS THE HFC.

MAYBE WE'RE BACK INTO THE COUNCIL MEETING.

WE ARE THESE SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SARAH ANDRE.

HI, ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON AUDIT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THESE OUT OF TURN THAT WAY.

UM, IF YOU DO, I'LL, I'LL PUSH IT.

YOU'RE SPEAKING THERE.

ANDRE.

I'VE BEEN A REP.

WELL, I'M, I'M ITEM FOUR ON THE AGE OF THE AGENDA.

WASN'T SURE IF YOU'RE TAKING THESE OUT OF CON ALL ONCE YOU'RE TAKING THEM ALL TOGETHER, YOU'RE FINE TO GO AHEAD.

VERY GOOD.

MY NAME IS SARAH 1991.

LIKE ANYBODY THAT'S LIVED HERE THAT LONG.

I THINK THE COST OF HOUSING IN AUSTIN AND THE COST OF LIVING SKYROCKETS.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS.

WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF LONGTERM AFFORDABLE UNITS.

LIKE THE ONES PROPOSED FOR CITY HEIGHTS.

I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THOUGH, AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRACTITIONER, I'VE GOT MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PUTTING THE PROJECTS LIKE THIS BE TOGETHER.

AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

WE HAVE MANY, MANY HURDLES AND THEY ARE VERY HIGH HURDLE TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.

AND SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COMES ACROSS, THERE'S NOT A SPECIAL MAGIC OR A SECRET, UM, WAREHOUSE OF LOW COST ITEMS OR LOW COST LABOR FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEAL.

WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT A MARKET RATE DEAL DOES WITH A LOT MORE SCRUTINY AND CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OR MAY HEAR TODAY.

THE CITY HEIGHTS TEAM HAS SPENT MANY HOURS WORKING WITH AREA RESIDENTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND MORE THAN JUST MADE ORDER AND MAKE IT MORE FRIENDLY TO THE AREA.

AND WE ARE BASICALLY AT THE FINISH LINE HERE.

WE WE'VE RUN A MARATHON.

IT'S BEEN A TWO YEAR MARATHON, AND THIS IS KIND OF OUR FINAL STEP BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE AND ACTUALLY START BUILDING THESE UNITS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

I URGE YOU NOT TO THROW, UH, TWO YEARS DOWN THE DRAIN AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS ITEM AND HELP US CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH, UM, THAT AUSTIN SO DESPERATELY NEEDS.

BEING ALONE UNDERTAKE, UH, FOR OUR TEAM TO PUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER TO THE HIGHS, WE'LL PROVIDE 179 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS .

I'VE REPRESENTED DEVELOPER, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, CITY HEIGHTS.

UM, WELL ALLOWS SIAM DIMENSIONED, UM, BESIDES

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UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE 2019 ON NOVEMBER, 2019.

THE PROJECT RECEIVED FUNDING, A FUNDING AWARD FROM THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ON 2020 IN ALL THOSE 2020 CITY HIGHS WITH SAFE, AVOIDING THOSE NUMBERS SOLUTION FROM THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

THE SITE WAS WITH SONG WITH EVEN UNANIMOUS APPROVAL BY THE CITY CALLED FULL BORE.

IN ADDITION, UM, THE PROJECT HAD BLUE TABLE READY, THE APPROVAL OF THE TAX CREDIT APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SEVERAL MEETINGS HAVE OCCUR, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING SAFETY.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVING, UM, TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

UM, THE ROLE WILL BE WIDENED WITH, UH, FROM 26 FEET, 40 FEET, Y UH, WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATED LANE, UM, TO ACCESS THE BUILDING, UM, DECELERATION LANE IT'S CALLED, UM, THERE WILL BE SIDEWALKS BUILT, UH, EXTENDING FROM ACROSS THE BUILDING, UH, AFTER THE PSI SIGNAGE, UH, WILL BE ADDED AND, AND, UM, THERE WILL BE PAVEMENT SIGNING AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO RESTORE THE PAVEMENT AND RESTORE IT.

UM, CITY HEIGHTS, UH, WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY OF ALL THINGS.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BOND.

I COULDN'T HEAR THE LAST PART OF WHAT THE SPEAKER SAID.

COULD WE ASK HER TO, SHE SAID THEY WOULD BE SIGNING SOMETHING.

I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.

MS. AM I ON? YES, NO, THE SIGNAGE WILL BE IMPROVED SIGNAGE ON THOSE ON THE ROAD, UM, WILL BE TO DO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS I'M AVAILABLE TO BE SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MY NAME IS GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR ADLER AND BOARD DIRECTORS.

MY NAME IS ANA PASTOR AT THE SOUTHWEST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.

AND I'M SPEAKING ON AN ITEM FOR THE CONTACT TEAM IS SURROUNDING AREA.

NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO RAISE MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON US AND THE PICTURE 55 AND OLDER ACTIVE RESIDENTS OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, NO PREP, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED TO THESE RESIDENTS PROPOSITION B COST RATES CITY OF THIS ROAD, BUT WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A START DATE OF THE STUDY.

THIS WILL BE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT BEING BUILT ALONG THE COAST CROPPING.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST SINCE THE MID 1980S FOR WHICH NO SIGNIFICANT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN WHICH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERS CONTINUE TO SAVE STEPS.

IF THEY STEP STANDARD ROAD.

RECENTLY, WE'VE BEEN DOWN THAT THREE MONTHS AGO IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THERE WILL BE TRAFFIC FATALITY AT THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

THIS DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD HAS ALREADY CUSSED THEM BACK UPON THEIR BARN, NEIGHBORS.

HOW MANY MORE LABS WILL WE SACRIFICE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? PLEASE ENVISION YOUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS AT DISNEY DEVELOPMENT, ED APPROVED THIS.

CAN WE COUNT ON YOU TO HELP US HELP THEM? CAN WE LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE STATE BACKS TO STICK FRANKLIN PARK TO THE RECREATION CENTER, TO THE NEW PENDING PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY, TO THE HEB AND PHARMACY TO THE EL RANCHO MEXICAN GROCERY STORE? WHAT DID WE HAVE ANOTHER WINTER SPORT HURRY? CAN WE LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE ELECTRICITY OR WATER? WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND ASK EACH OF YOU TO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL HELP US IN WHICH OF YOUR STAFF WILL BE YOUR DESIGNATED CONTACT PERSON.

SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT.

WE CAN REACH OUT TO, WE WILL DO THIS BECAUSE WE VALUE OUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THESE NEW NEIGHBORS.

IN CLOSING, WE SINCERELY WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THIS IN HER STEP, AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF WORKING IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IN PUPPET QUIRKS, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH US TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ALREADY CAUSED BY THE DEVELOPER.

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THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER SCHEER.

NEXT SPEAKER IS RAVALLI CASA HARU.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS .

I'M A TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH WTI.

I'M CALLING INTO PART OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THAT IS, UH, 4,400 AND APPLE'S CROSSING, UM, AND LOOKING AT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, UH, TO GO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, WHICH IS THE TURN LANES GOING INTO THE SIDE TO THE LEFT TURN LANE AND RIGHT TURN LANE INTO THE SITE AND THE PROPOSED ALWAYS STOP CONTROL AT UNCLE'S CROSSING AND VIEWPOINT DRIVE.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND IN ADDITION, THE, AS ANOTHER SPEAKER NOTED EARLIER, KNUCKLES CROSSING IS ALSO GOING TO BE WIDENED TO ENSURE IT MEETS THE URBAN STANDARDS.

SO THAT INCLUDES CURB AND GUTTER SO THAT IT MEETS CURRENT CODE AND ALSO BIKE FACILITIES AND SIDEWALK WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SIDE FRONTAGE.

AND IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE EGRESS, UM, THE SIDE IS GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO RIGHT TURNS ONLY.

I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL THESE, UM, ONSITE AND OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, THAT THE, THE PROJECT TEAM IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONCERNS ASSOCIATED FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE ARE BEING ADDRESSED ADEQUATELY.

GOOD, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.

UM, I AM CHRIS SHEER.

I'M THE COO OF MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS, AND I'M A PRINCIPAL PARTNER IN THE CITY HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

UH, AS MY COLLEAGUE HAD SAID BEFORE ME, WE STARTED AT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ON CITY HEIGHTS AROUND MIDDLE OF 2019.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF CLOSING ALL THE REQUIRED TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION AND ULTIMATELY DELIVER THESE UNITS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS NEVER EASY, BUT IT'S ALWAYS WORTH IT.

WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY FROM SPEAKERS ABOUT THE SEVERE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IN THE CITY AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT DOES DELIVER TO THE CITIZENS.

YOU KNOW, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND DEDICATION FROM A LARGE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS HAS WENT INTO GETTING THE PROJECT TO THIS POINT AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF STOPPED, PARTICULARLY FROM, UM, NACD, THE AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF.

WHO'VE BEEN, BEEN REALLY ENGAGED AND DILIGENT IN WORKING THROUGH THE MULTITUDE OF PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT GO INTO DEVELOPING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSET.

UM, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

THEY'VE OPERATED WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND MOST OF ALL, THEY THEY'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THAT'S INTERESTING HARD.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR COMMENTS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND CONCERNS, UM, MAYBE THERE'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT THEIR SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TODAY AND THE LINK THAT WE WENT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, LEVEL OF, OF SAFETY, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT HAS REALLY BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, KIND OF WHAT'S THE STANDARD LEVEL OF DUE DILIGENCE PERFORMED ON A DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S TODAY WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR APPROVAL ON THE FINAL BOND DOCUMENT THAT SO WE CAN PROCEED TO CLOSING CITY HEIGHTS HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL FROM THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR TO ISSUE THE STATE REVENUE BONDS.

THIS IS THE FINAL STEP OF HISTORICALLY, THIS IS A VERY ADMINISTRATIVE STEP IN NATURE.

UH, THE APPROVAL AT HAND TODAY SHOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON THE SITE PLAN TO DONATE OR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ITSELF.

WE KNOW, UH, THE OPPOSITION, UM, THAT HAS BEEN TODAY.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE HAVE MS. JOSEPH ON THE LINE AND, UM, IF APPROPRIATE, SHE CAN, SHE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON HFC AND CONSENT ITEMS AS WELL.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR HER FOR HFC FIRST, AND THEN SOON AFTER, UM, IF APPROPRIATE FOR THE OTHER ITEMS WE CAN WITH BIG, IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE.

WE'LL RECOGNIZE HER NOW TO SPEAK ON THE HFC.

WE'LL MOVE OUT OF THE HFC MEETING, JUST KEEP HER ON THE LINE.

WE'LL RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AND THEN SHE CAN SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS. GREAT TO KNOW ZENOBIA JOSEPH, THANK YOU.

MIRA COUNCIL MEMBERS AS ENOVIA JOSEPH MAYOR.

DID YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK ON ALL OF MY ITEMS? I APOLOGIZE.

I'M IN CITY COUNCIL AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

NOT A PROBLEM.

NO, JUST SPEAK ON THE HFC

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ITEM AND THEN STAY ON THE LINE.

AND THEN, UH, IN A MOMENT OR TWO, THEN YOU'LL SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ITEMS. OKAY.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M SYNOVIA.

JOSEPH.

MY COMMENT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

THAT'S THE 4% LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE LOPEZ HOUSE SITE.

IT'S THE LA VISTA.

THE LOPEZ I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP IN FAVOR OF THE 27 UNITS.

OF COURSE, IT'S THAT? UM, EIGHT OH NINE EAST NINTH STREET.

AND THERE THERE'S VERY LITTLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT AREA.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LITERATURE THAT I SENT YOU, OR SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO MR. MITCHELL, UH, TERRY MITCHELL'S PROPERTY, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO IT.

AND THOSE CONDOMINIUMS ACTUALLY RANGE FROM 300,000 TO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO IT WOULD BE IDEAL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FAMILY HELD OUT A REALLY LONG TIME BEFORE ACTUALLY SELLING OUT AND ALLOWING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT THERE.

SO I WOULD JUST URGE COUNCIL TO PASS THE ITEM.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

UM, YOU'RE ON MARCH 25TH, 2021.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS.

UH, HE HAD 1125, THE HFC, UH, MEETING, UH, WE'LL RETURN TO IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

I THINK IT'LL BE BRIEF, UH, BUT LET'S KEEP DOING, AS WE SAID THAT WE WOULD, UH, SO AT 1125 HERE ON MARCH 25TH, 2021, WE'RE RECESS MAY HFC MEETING, UH, HERE ALSO AT 1125 OR GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE, UH, OUR SIGNED-UP SPEAKERS.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE MARKER.

PLEASE CALL THE LAST SPEAKER IN THE MORNING.

SPEAKER SECTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAYOR, CAN YOU JUST LIST THE ITEMS THAT I SIGNED UP FOR? MY COMPUTER IS OUTSIDE.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

ITEM NUMBER 80 IS SPECIFICALLY MAINER APARTMENTS, AND I AM OPPOSED TO THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM UNIVERSITY HEALS LIBRARY.

IT'S THE RIGHT, UM, BY THE HEB OFF OF MAIN OR IN SPRINGDALE.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT'S 60% AREA MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, BUT WITHIN LESS THAN A MILE, APPROXIMATELY 0.9 MILES IS A RESERVE THAT'S SPRINGDALE, WHICH IS 60 AREA MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME AS WELL.

WHEN THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT ITEMS ARE WEST OF LOOP.

ONE, OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE 80% AREA MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME.

AND SO I DID ASK THE CITY CLERK TO SEND INFORMATION TO YOU.

AND THERE IS AN ITEM THAT'S OFF OF THE ACCESS ROAD ON ONE 83 THAT YOU APPROVED FEBRUARY FOUR, 2021.

AND IT SHOWS MIXED INCOME, 60 TO 80% AREA, MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME.

AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, 80% AREA MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS APPROXIMATELY $54,700.

AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAKE LESS THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S APPROXIMATELY A TEACHER SALARY OR THE SALARY OF A SOCIAL WORKER.

AND SO IT WOULD HELP IF THERE WAS SOME MIXED INCOME MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS.

I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU STOP SEGREGATING THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN CORNERS OF THE CITY.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL, UM, AS IT RELATES TO ITEM NUMBER 62, I THINK THAT'S JUST COMMISSIONED BYLAWS.

MY COMMENT IS SIMILAR TO A PREVIOUS SPEAKER, WHICH ASKS FOR A GREATER TRANSPARENCY.

I'VE ASKED YOU TO PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE OTHER SPEAKER, THAT HOUSE BILL 26, 83 BY REPRESENTATIVE CANALIS WAS HEARD TODAY AND STATE AFFAIRS.

AND I SPOKE TO HIS STAFFER.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT BILL IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO, UM, THE ELDERLY AND TO ALLOW GREATER ACCESS.

AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS I'M ENGAGED, I'M SITTING IN CITY HALL RIGHT NOW, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DIAL IN.

AND SO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WOULD NEED MORE HELP.

AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALICE,

UH, FOR ALL OF US, ALL THE SPEAKERS, ALL THE SPEAKERS.

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THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, VERY QUICKLY.

I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE H H F C MEETING.

UM, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD PULL 67.

I KNOW THAT I HAD POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, AND JUST THOUGHT WE SHOULD PULL THAT ONE SO WE CAN HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

WE'LL PULL 67 BY COLLEAGUES.

WHAT'S DO THE CONSENT

[Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

AGENDA AT THIS POINT.

UH, IT'S LOOKING TO ME LIKE ITEMS 1634.

THESE ARE THE PULLED ITEMS. I'M SAYING 16, UH, WHICH IS, UH, THEIR MAIN STREET FAR MATTERS, 60 34, WHICH IS THE SAME 37, UH, WHICH WILL BE HEARD AFTER SIX, UM, 39 AND 40, UM, WHICH WE HAVE TO HEAR AFTER THE HFC MEETING, UH, 43 53 AND 67 AND ONE 17, WHICH WILL BE HEARD AFTER SIX 66 IS AS AMENDED WITH THE VERSION TWO AMENDMENT AND ONE 11.

WE'RE USING THE VERSION TWO RESOLUTION, AND THEN THERE'S AN AMENDMENT THAT, UM, UH, , UH, POSTED, UH, THAT IS THE, UH, UH, FACILITATOR, UM, UH, NAVIGATOR AMENDMENT IS POSTED FOR PEOPLE TO SEE IT SAYS, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED PRIOR TO CONDUCTING THE OTHER CRITICAL WORK DIRECTED IN THIS RESOLUTION.

UH, CITY MANAGER SHALL PRIORITIZE STAFFING RESOURCES TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES IN IDENTIFYING AND APPLYING TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, STAFFING RESOURCES, DEDICATED TO THIS ACTION SHOW, MIRROR THE NEED AND DEMAND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THESE SERVICES.

I'M OKAY.

WITHOUT AMENDMENT.

DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED TO VERSION TWO OF ONE 11? OKAY.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN THAT'S ADDED TO ONE 11 OR REMAIN SERGEANT CONSENT.

UM, ONE LAST TIME, THE CONSENT AGENDA, I THINK AS ITEMS OLD AS 1634 37 39, 40 43, 53 67 AND ONE 17 .

YES, MAYOR.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I'VE ACCEPTED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON ITEM NUMBER ONE 12 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU STATE WHAT THAT AMENDMENT IS.

I HAVEN'T DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT ONE.

IT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE, 12 RELATED TO TENANT ASSISTANCE.

WHAT WAS THE AMENDMENT? I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO COVER IT.

UM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, IT IS TO, UM, INCLUDE AN URGING TO THE CODE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN TO ACCELERATE, UH, ENFORCEMENTS ON CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN UNLIVABLE CONDITIONS AND REPORT LIVING IN THOSE CONDITIONS.

SINCE THE, SINCE THE STORM, NO LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN TO DO REPAIRS.

AND SO IT BASICALLY LAYS OUT THAT, UH, IF THE CODE DEPARTMENT GETS A WRITTEN PLAN THAT THEY FIND ACCEPTABLE FOR REPAIRS, THEN THEY CAN ACCEPT THAT PLAN OR OTHERWISE THAT THEY SHOULD START BEGINNING THE, THE, UH, ACCELERATE THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET REPAIRS DONE, WHERE THEY AREN'T GETTING THEM.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED, HEARING NINE THAT GETS ADDED TO ITEM ONE, 12 AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE KITCHEN ON ITEM TWO, I BELIEVE SHE'S WITH US COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO HAD PULLED UP ON IT TO LET HER KNOW THAT, UM, I FIND WITH AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, IF THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTS TO BRING, YOU WERE MUTED.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I THINK THE HELL HAS LIKE TAKEN OUT MY PRINTER, MY COMPUTER, MY EVERYTHING.

UM, YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

I HAD MY VIDEO OFF AND MY MUTE APPARENTLY.

SO, SO JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT.

SO WE'RE BACK TO AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT AT NUMBER TWO, RIGHT.

AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH ABBY.

THIS IS AN ITEM FROM STAFF.

THE STAFF WANT TO ADDRESS THE, THE INDEFINITE POSTPONING OF THIS ITEM,

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MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE WERE CERTAINLY OKAY WITH THE POSTPONEMENT.

THIS WAS COMING FROM A COMMISSION.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE SOMEBODY BACK AT THAT APPROPRIATE TIME.

I THINK IT, MAYOR, IF I MAY HELP SPENCER, IT IS THE BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT YOU'VE SENT IT BACK TO AND THEY SENT IT BACK TO YOU.

SO I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, IT'S YOUR APPOINTEES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE, THE ITEM MORE SO THAN STAFF.

UH, COLLEAGUES, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO POSTPONE THIS INDEFINITELY? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING THIS ITEM? DEFINITELY.

AND MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT IS MY ATTEMPT TO, TO BRING IT BACK.

I THINK WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.

IT JUST IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SORT OUT.

NO, WITHOUT OBJECTION THEN ON THE CONSENT ITEM, NUMBER TWO IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.

COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATES, THE MOTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER? I JUST WAS WONDERING IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ONE 11 THAT WE HAD, AND NOW IT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT.

AND THEN MANAGER, WE ALSO HAD A REQUEST FOR STAFF, UH, TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THE HEART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

NOW, IF YOU COULD HAVE A STAFF MEMBER READY TO ADDRESS THAT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY, WE CAN KEEP THOSE, I CONSENT AS WELL.

YOU DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE.

I DON'T MY APOLOGIES.

THANKS TO KATIE POWERS FOR REMINDING ME, I HAD ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A QUESTION THAT GOT ANSWERED ABOUT IT.

TO, TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION, UH, WHICH I THINK IS REAL SUPPORTIVE AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE, UH, ON THE COURT.

SOUNDS GOOD MANAGER, NO LONGER NECESSARY.

A COUNSELOR MEMBER.

ALL THREE.

WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE 11? UM, YEAH, I THINK, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, THIS RESOLUTION AND I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR IT.

I THINK IT IS A IMPORTANT STEP FOR US TO TAKE AT THIS TIME TO PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DEPLOY, UM, THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING DOWN FROM THE AMERICAN, UH, RESCUE PLAN AND WAYS TO TACKLE SOME BIG PROBLEMS LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND CHILDCARE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD INSECURITY, AND TO DREAM BIG ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE THESE INVESTMENTS, HOW WE COULD MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS TIME AND BUILD BACK BETTER AS PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS, UM, AND NOT JUST GO BACK TO THE SAME.

UM, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT FOR MANY OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALMOST PROBABLY EACH OF THESE FOUR THINGS, THERE ARE PLANS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.

I THINK WE, UM, HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF HOW WE CAN, UM, SOLVE THESE.

UM, I DO NOT THINK THAT THAT DREAMING UP WHAT, UM, WE COULD DO TO ADDRESS THEM.

UM, WE'LL TAKE THAT LONG.

I'M REALLY HEARTENED BY THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY.

UM, THAT HAS A COMMON PART FOR BEING TESTED IN ADVERSITY, UM, WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER.

I THINK WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY, UM, BY COMBINING FORCES TO MAKE HUGE IMPACTS ON THINGS.

UM, I KNOW THAT I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND I ASSUME THAT EVERY COLLEAGUE ON THIS BODY IS, UM, SO I HOPE THAT, UM, WE CAN TAKE THIS STEP AND IF IT TAKES A COUPLE OF EXTRA WEEKS, THAT'S OKAY.

DATE COUNCIL, MEMBER TOGO'S AMENDMENT, UM, TO FOCUS US ON THE NAVIGATION, UM, IN THE INTERIM TO BRING DOWN AS MUCH OF THE OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS AS POSSIBLE.

UM, AND I WANT TO INVITE THE MAYOR IF YOU WOULD BRIEFLY SPEAK TO SORT OF THE PROCESS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FURTHER CLARITY, UM, TO STAFF WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK.

UM, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS BUILDS OFF OF THAT AND HOW THIS, UM, W WHAT SOME OF OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE IN THE PROCESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DEADLINES, ET CETERA, MOVING FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERED FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S SAID, UH, EVEN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, THERE'S A, AN APRIL 12TH DATE, UH, AND TO BE CLEAR, UH, MANAGER, UH, THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR KIND OF INITIAL, UH, WORK ON THE 12TH.

UH, IT'S NOT AN EXPECTATION THAT THE FRAMEWORK WILL COME BACK ON THE 12TH.

AND I THINK IF IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT IN THE, IN THE WORDING, BUT JUST TO MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, IT'S NOT AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS AND TALK TO THE COUNTY A LOT.

I'VE GOTTEN SOME INDICATIONS FROM, UH, JUDGE BROWN THAT, UH, HE IS EAGER

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UH, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, ON THE TROUGH, JUST TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AND TELL US HOW IT'S LOOKING, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, THE MEMBER BEING ADDED ON, ON MORE IMMEDIATE FACILITATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE SBA PROGRAMS WILL ACTUALLY CLOSE, UH, OR WILL OPEN, UH, SOMETIME, UH, IN, IN THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF APRIL.

UH, IF WE'RE TO, TO HELP PEOPLE GET ADDED TO THAT.

AS WE'RE AUTHOR.

UM, AND I DID WANT TO ADD, UM, ONE OTHER PIECES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE NAVIGATION, THIS ISN'T EXACTLY A NAVIGATOR PIECE, BUT JUST WANT TO, UM, CALL THIS OUT FOR OUR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TEAM.

UM, I HAVE REQUESTED A MEETING OF OUR JOINT COMMITTEE FOR AISD COUNTY AND THE CITY.

UM, THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO ONCE AGAIN, APPROPRIATE THE SCHOOL FUNDING, UM, FOR ITS OWN TAX PURPOSES, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, INVEST THOSE INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND, OR TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE FUNDING, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE EQUITY, UM, REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT IN LINE WITH ALL OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOLS, UM, THAT WERE APPROPRIATE, THAT WE WOULD BE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE FUNDS TO FLOW TO OUR SCHOOLS, TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, UM, GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND TO NAVIGATE, UM, THIS TIME.

UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT UNDER THE NAVIGATION.

SO I WILL JUST, UM, PROVIDE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST SAY IS THAT IF CITY MANAGER HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO, UM, HOW THIS MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED OR CONCERNS, UM, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT, UM, AND OPEN COMMUNICATION SO THAT, UM, WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS GOAL OF BEING VISIONARY.

UM, IT MAY BE A BIT OF AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, UM, AND BUILD OFF OF THINGS IN INTERESTING WAYS.

AND, AND I, FOR 1:00 AM OPEN TO THAT DIALOGUE AS APPROPRIATE MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL CERTAINLY BE BRINGING THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS.

AND AS THE PROCESS DOES MOVE FORWARD, THE DIALOGUE WITH THE COUNCIL WILL BE CRITICAL IN THAT.

OTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THIS, YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO PUTTING 53 BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF I COULD JUST ASK A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.

THEY'RE QUICK.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

UM, I WAS JUST HOPING THIS IS ABOUT EXTENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF DR.

S SCOTT AS THE INTERIM HEALTH AUTHORITY.

AND I WAS JUST HOPING THAT MAYBE CITY MANAGER KRONK COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE POSITION ISN'T FILLED YET AND WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND I MAY HAVE OUR HR FOLKS ALSO JOIN US, BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, UH, THERE WAS A BUDGET DECISION MADE, UH, IN THE LAST, UH, BUDGET, UH, CREATING A NEW POSITION CALLED THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.

AND THAT IS WHAT CURRENTLY DR.

IS FEELING.

UH, AS A RESULT, WE DO STILL NEED TO HAVE A HEALTH AUTHORITY.

UH, HE IS SERVING IN THAT INTERIM ROLE AND HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY, KNOWS FOR THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND A HALF, UH, IN GUIDING US THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.

UH, SO AS HE THEN MOVES INTO MORE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ROLE, WE WILL STILL NEED TO RECRUIT FOR A HEALTH AUTHORITY.

UM, BUT WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO HAVE HIM AS INTERIM FOR THE TIME BEING, UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS PROCESS, UH, WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS OF THIS INTERIM OR WHAT WE'RE FINALLY, WE'RE WORKING ON A MEMO TO JUST DESCRIBE THIS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.

CAUSE I THINK WE'RE GETTING A SIMILAR QUESTION FROM YOU.

AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS, UH, IN A BROADER LIGHT.

AND SO YOU CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK FROM CONSTITUENTS.

THAT'S GREAT.

I HAVE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PROCESS 53, GO BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YES, PLEASE.

53.

IT GOES BACK TO THAT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS.

LOSSES ON MANY LEVELS FROM THE ROUTINE OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES TO AN UNFATHOMABLE AMOUNT.

I WANTED TO GIVE SOME REMARKS ON THE IFC THAT I HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD FIRST, UH, ITEM NUMBER 66 RELATED TO COVID RESPONSE.

YOU KNOW, THIS MONTH MARKS A GRIM MILESTONE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY SINCE CODE COVID-19 SHUT THE WORLD DOWN A YEAR AGO IN MARCH, 2020, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED

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THAT'S MORE THAN HALF A MILLION LIVES ACROSS THE U S THIS PAST YEAR.

BUT AS WE LEARNED EARLY ON THIS PANDEMIC DOES NOT AFFECT EVERYONE.

THE SAME PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

THIS WAS CLEAR WHEN IT CAME TO TESTING ACCESS AND THEN LATER ON TO THE RATES OF INFECTION, HALF OF ALL THE DEATHS HERE IN AUSTIN AND IN TRAVIS COUNTY HAVE BEEN LATINOS AND DISTRICTS, WHICH IS OVER 70% HISPANIC, LATINO, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ALREADY 10 YEARS LESS THAN OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST, BUT NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THIS WE'VE LOST PART OF THE FABRIC THAT MAKES AUSTIN SO DIVERSE.

IT PAINS ME TO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OF THESE DEATHS WERE PREVENTABLE.

WHAT MEASURES COULD WE HAVE TAKEN SOONER TO PROTECT OUR MOST 80% OF THE DEATHS LOCALLY HAVE BEEN FROM BOOKSTORE OVER THE AGE OF 16.

WE HAVE A DUTY TO CHANGE COURSE, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT ITEM 66 WILL DO THAT.

AND WE CAN DO IT BY IDENTIFYING EXISTING RESOURCES AND ALLOCATING FUNDING FROM FEMA ASSISTANCE THAT QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY PRIORITIZING MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS FOR TESTING AND VACCINE ACCESS.

WE ELIMINATE BARRIERS SUCH AS THE D BRINGING THIS ALTERNATIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

OUR SENIORS ARE HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUAL AND MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THIS LIFESAVING SHOT WITH ALL OF THE ADULTS AND TAXES BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE.

IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS ON MONDAY, WE NEED TO ACT FAST TO ENSURE THAT OUR FOLKS AREN'T LEFT BEHIND THIS RESOLUTION, ALL CALLS ALSO CALLS FOR STAFF ANALYSIS FOR STAFF TO DO AN ANALYSIS, TO BRING INCREASED NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WITHOUT ADEQUATE FOOD ACCESS.

AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE SAME WAY AS A NATURAL DISASTER ITEM, 66 WILL ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES, SPECIFICALLY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR RESTAURANTS AND MUSIC VENUES.

IT ALSO OFFERS A WAY FOR US TO CREATE MORE GRANTS FOR THE ARTS.

IT WORKS TO EXPAND EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S AN AREA THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED MUCH ABOUT AND AN AREA THAT NEEDS MORE SUPPORT THAN EVER, AND IT WILL CREATE, UM, HOPEFULLY IT'LL CREATE ONLINE PLATFORMS TO CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY TO LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

UM, AND ONE THING TO MENTION THAT ITEM 66 WAS REALLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST DID A SURVEY IN THE LATIN X COMMUNITY AND OFFERED A SLEW RECOMMENDATION TO REALLY TAKES THAT WORK THAT THEY DID.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST, UM, AND TO THE AUSTIN LATINO COMMUNITY, UH, COALITION, THE AUSTIN LATINO COALITION HAS ALSO OFFERED, UM, SOME INSIGHT AND CREATING THIS RESOLUTION.

AND SO, UH, IT'S ANCHORED IN COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS MAYOR, PRETEND THAT NATASHA SHARPER MADISON COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOBO ELLIS AND KITCHEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

AND, UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THE, FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM.

ANOTHER ITEM I BRIEFLY WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD ON ITEM ONE, 12 AS IT RELATES TO TENANT ASSISTANCE.

THANK YOU TO MIKE KASAR MARIA ALTAR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND HELPING BRING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF US HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THE FEBRUARY STORM.

AND AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE PANDEMIC, THE WINTER FREEZE HIGHLIGHTED A NUMBER OF INEQUITIES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY WHILE MANY WENT WITHOUT POWER AND WATER FOR DAYS, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THAT, UM, THOSE LIVING IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES FELT THE AFTERMATH MUCH LONGER.

UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR FOLKS LIVING IN MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UM, AS WHAT THEY'RE TECHNICALLY CALLED, UH, WE'RE LEFT WITHOUT WATER WITHOUT RUNNING WATER FOR DAYS, UH, DUE TO BROKEN PIPES.

UM, AND SO I APPLAUD THE MANY LANDLORDS.

WHO'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED.

WE KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

SO IN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, WE ARE TELLING TENANTS THAT THEIR RIGHTS MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS HOMEOWNERS AND WHILE THERE'S PLENTY OF BACKSTOPS FOR LANDLORDS, THIS STORM ACCELERATED THE NEEDS FOR A TENANT ASSISTANCE ITEM.

ONE 12 HELPS IDENTIFY FUNDING AND RESOURCES.

SO TENANTS WILL BE BETTER PROTECTED AGAINST THE HAZARDOUS LIVING CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN AS A RESULT OF THIS DISASTER.

AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, AS I VISITED APARTMENTS TO SEE THE DAMAGE THAT WERE DONE IN MY OWN DISTRICT, UM, THE NEED IS SEVERE AND THE WORST PART, THE RESOURCES THAT WE COULD OFFER TO PROVIDE THEM ADEQUATE SUPPORT.

AND SO THIS, UH, RESOLUTION WOULD GO A LONG WAY AND PUTTING US ON A PATH FORWARD TO, UH, TO OFFER, UM, A SLEW OF TENANT PROTECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE.

AND LAST

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BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO MENTION ITEM 65.

UH, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE VF FOR BRINGING THE SPORT.

THIS IS THE, UM, THE TOHONO VIETNAM VETERAN MEMORIAL MONUMENT.

WE PLACED THAT CHICANO PARK, THE EVER DAWN PARK.

UM, THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS THE DAUGHTER OF A VIETNAM WAR VET AND, UH, AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF A, OF A MILITARY, UH, A MARINE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO.

UM, I THINK THAT HAVING THIS MONUMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY WILL GO A LONG WAY IN HONORING THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR VETERANS.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND YOU CAN COUNT ON MY SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT THE VETERANS MONUMENT AT CHICANO.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES AND REFRAME THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, JOHN'S HER CONCERN? UM, FIRST I WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, UH, I, I THINK MAYBE IT HAS TO BE ADDED, I'M LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE, SO MAYBE I'LL JUST GET CONFIRMATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I'VE POSTED A LETTER THAT I'VE SENT IN TO TECHSTOP ON I 35.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO FORMALIZE THAT MY LETTER WOULD ALSO BE ATTACHED IN X IN THE EXHIBITS.

THERE'S ALREADY A REFERENCE TO THE EXHIBITS TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY'S LETTERS.

SO, YES.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPORTANT RESOLUTION THAT I KNOW MATTERS TO EACH OF US.

UM, I, 35 BISECTS MY DISTRICT RIGHT IN HALF, AND IT HAS SERVED, UM, IN MANY WAYS AS A, AS A BARRIER AND A DIVIDER AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, THE, THE DESIGNS THAT I HAVE SEEN, THE PROPOSALS THAT I'VE SEEN FOR 35, UM, THREATENED TO, TO MAKE THAT BARRIER WIDER AND MORE LONG-STANDING FOR GENERATIONS.

AND SO I HAVE, UH, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE CURRENT SETS OF DESIGNS AND APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS BEING RAISED BY THE, BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE ISSUES RAISED HERE IN THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU TO YOU FOR, FOR WORKING TO MAKE THINGS, THIS VETERANS, ALL OF THE CO-SPONSORS THERE.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO ECHO MY THANKS TO COUNCILMEN AND DIDIA FOR HIS WORK ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND FOR INVITING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FERNANDEZ ON MOBILE VACCINES AND ALL THAT OTHER WORK.

I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

UH, I GOT A TEXT THIS MORNING FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH SAYING IF I DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET, HERE'S A GOOD LINE FOR ME TO CALL.

SO I APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT WORK.

AND THEN I TURNED ON MY FAVORITE SPANISH RADIO STATION AND THEY WERE ON THE RADIO AS SOON AS I STOPPED LOOKING AT MY PHONE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT CONTINUED OUTREACH.

AND I THINK WHAT'S IN YOUR RESOLUTION.

WELL, WE'LL ONLY MAKE THAT STRONGER.

UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE AUDIT AND RESILIENCE WORK LATER IN THIS WINNING COUNCIL MEMBER VOTE, BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK THERE AND MAYOR FOR THE RESILIENCE ATX RESOLUTION.

I WANT TO REALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU INCORPORATING MY AMENDMENTS AND JUST REALLY EMPHASIZE TO THE STAFF THAT WHILE WE PRIORITIZE WHERE THE FUNDS GO WITH THE COUNTY, I ALSO REALLY HOPE AND EXPECT.

WE CAN FIND WAYS THAT WE MAKE IT SO THAT EVERY BIT OF FUNDING THAT WE USE, WE TRY TO MAKE THAT LONGER TERM CHANGE WITH IT.

I JUST REALLY THINK THERE'S SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXAMPLES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TO NOT JUST TEACH PEOPLE SKILLS, BUT TO MOVE THEM INTO JOBS WITH UNION PROTECTIONS AND BENEFITS THAT WILL THEN THAT WILL HELP THEM LONG-TERM.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO IS OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR SUBSTANCE USE CARE.

THIS IS WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, BUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY.

HIS LAST BUDGET.

WE KNOW THAT YOU, EVERYONE I'VE SPOKEN WITH AT ABD AND EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL, I KNOW AGREES.

AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU CAN'T ARREST AWAY ADDICTION.

WE HAVE SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES, CITYWIDE, BUT WE CAN'T MEASURE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OR ADDRESSING THOSE CHALLENGES JUST BY ARRESTING MORE PEOPLE.

UM, AND IT'S THROUGH WORK LIKE THIS, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE STREET MEDICINE AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND CARE TO PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE HEALTHY AND MERCY.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ON THE DIOCESE, UM, WORKING HARD TO REALLOCATE SOME FUNDING THAT PREVIOUSLY WENT TO THINGS LIKE TRYING TO ARREST AWAY THOSE ISSUES TOWARD, UH, TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE AND SOLVING THOSE SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE SAFE AND HEALTHY THROUGH CONTRACTS LIKE THESE.

50, UH, WHICH ARE, UM, UH, UH, IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES.

UM, I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET US TO HANDLE FIVE ITEMS BEFORE WE GET TO A CITIZENS' COMMUNICATIONS.

SO WE GET TO GET SOME STAFF GOING, UH, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT WE NOTE SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, SO THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT PEOPLE RECOGNIZING IT.

BUT I AGREE WITH THE CARBONS BY MY, UM, HOLLY COUNTS, BARBARA COSAR, I WOULD ALSO NOTE, AND IT SPECIFICALLY ITEMS 49 AND

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I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THAT FUNDS THAT KIND OF PROGRAM.

UM, I THINK THAT ITEM NUMBER 51, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, ECUADOR FOR THE MOBILE FOOD SERVICES, UH, IS REALLY NEEDED.

AND I WANT TO THANK AND COMMAND, UH, ASHTON CUMBERBATCH, UH, FOR THAT ORGANIZATION'S INVOLVEMENT TAKING ON AN OLD, UH, UH, A REPURPOSED CAP METRO BUS, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET RESOURCES TO WHERE THEY'RE MOST NEEDED, I THINK IS GREAT.

UM, AND I, AND I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, CO-SPONSORS ON, UH, ON, ON NORMAL NEVIN.

UH, THEN THERE WERE MONEY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR GOT TO OUR KITCHEN AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT 30.

UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT, UH, I APPRECIATE COMING TO OUR KIDS SAID THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE STRATEGIC WITH, IF THEY A FUNDING LEVEL THAT WE'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN.

AND FRANKLY NO ONE IN OUR POSITION HAS EVER SEEN, UH, TO SEE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY TAKE SOME CHALLENGES OFF THE TABLE, UH, IS AN EXCITING ONE.

I'M ENCOURAGED WITH THE, UH, THERE'S OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, LEADERS, UH, WANTING TO, TO CONSIDER THIS AS WELL.

UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THOUGH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT IT DID.

CAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY USEFUL WORK, UM, UH, FOR US TO HAVE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES BY THOSE SUBJECT AREAS.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, DO EXACTLY EXECUTED WHAT THE COUNSEL INDICATED IT HAD.

WHAT DID IT HAVE ON THE FIRST GO ROUND? SO I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A CHANGE IN COURSE, BUT, UH, I STILL THINK THAT WORK'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE.

AND I STILL THINK THAT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH WITH THE SUMS, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY MANY OF THEM BY THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT, THAT MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO THANK, UH, DIANE GRAY AND, UH, THE STAFF THAT'S WORKING, UH, UH, ON THE SUBJECT WITH HOMELESSNESS, UH, AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME MANAGER YOU'RE COMING BACK TO US.

I THINK THAT, UH, IT COULD BE THAT THAT STARTS SURFACING AND DIANE CAN BECOMING THE COUNCIL WITH HER RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT, UM, UH, THE COUNCIL OUGHT TO DO WITH, WITH THAT KIND OF WORK, UH, SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AND THE TIMING I AGREE MAY DOVETAIL AND MESH REALLY WELL.

THE THOUGHT THAT, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THE FAILED STRATEGIES OF THE PAST BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE DON'T WORK, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE TO DO A DIFFERENTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

SO IT HAS TO, UH, UH, ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE OUT OF ENCAMPMENTS AND OUT OF TENTS BY ALIEN TO A BETTER PLACES.

AND THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL WAY, UH, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

I I'M REAL SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CAPITAL ? YEAH.

I HAD A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF VERY QUICK COMMENTS TO MAKE, BUT I DO HAVE, I THINK I JUST WANT TO, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, LET ME JUST STEP BACK AND SAY, THERE'S A LOT ON THIS AGENDA AND A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND FRANKLY, UH, SEVERAL, UM, ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO HAVE FULLER CONVERSATION AROUND.

AND SO I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE OUT REALLY HOW TO MAKE SPACE IN OUR WORK SESSIONS FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT MAKES OUR THURSDAYS REALLY CHAOTIC.

AND I THINK IN SOME CASES WE WOULD JUST GET TO A DIFFERENT PLACE IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M SORRY THAT I JUST REALIZED, UM, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE 12 AND PERHAPS I CAN REALLY SETTLE THEM VERY QUICKLY BY JUST ASKING MY COLLEAGUE, UM, I THINK THIS IS GREAT WORK AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF RENTERS.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS WORK.

THE COUNCIL HAS, HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK AND WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS IN PLACE AND DIRECTION TO THE, TO THE MANAGER ABOUT, UM, INCREASING FUNDING FOR TENANT ADVOCACY AND TENANT RIGHTS.

AND I, I THINK I CAN RESOLVE THIS PRETTY QUICKLY WITH JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INCREASING LEGAL SERVICES AND FUNDING, I ASSUME THAT YOU INTEND FOR THAT WORK TO BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OF THE OTHER EXISTING, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD.

THERE'S YOUR RESOLUTION, DOESN'T CITE A LOT OF THOSE EFFORTS.

AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THIS IS BEING DONE IN THE CONTEXT WITH, WITH ALL OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER MULTIPLE LAST BUDGET CYCLES, UM, TO REALLY FOCUS AND INCREASE OUR, OUR WORK ON TENANT ADVOCACY AND TENANT RIGHTS AND EVICTION PROCEEDINGS,

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AND, UM, REPRESENTATION FOR EVICTION PROCEEDINGS.

AND IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO ME HOW THIS IS GOING TO BUILD ON THIS WORK OR CHANGE IT, OR, OR WHAT YOUR INTENTION IS THERE.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A QUICK EXPLANATION, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IT DEFINITELY BUILDS UPON THE WORK THAT COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND, UM, WITH THE WINTER STORM RESPONSE, WE IDENTIFY SOME GAPS IN SERVICES AND A GREATER NEED, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.

UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH AUSTIN CODE AND THEIR TEAM AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.

AND, UM, AND SO WE, THIS RESOLUTION REALLY SETS THAT IN MOTION, UM, WHERE THEY CAN COME BACK TO US AND PROVIDE SOME STRATEGIES AND SOME ADDITIONAL DANCE FOR US TO BUILD UPON, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE.

SO IT IS IN CONJUNCTION AND IT REALLY JUST KIND OF SUPPLEMENTS, UM, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, EMERGENCY RELOCATION SERVICES WAS AN I, IT WAS AN AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, HAVING ALTERNATIVES FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN, UM, APARTMENTS THAT ARE DEEMED UNLIVABLE AND, UH, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO QUICKLY MOBILIZE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

AND SO REALLY IT'S JUST BUILDING OFF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

AND I, AND I AGREE WITH YOU HAVING BROUGHT FORWARD SEVERAL, UM, IFCS RELATED TO EMERGENCY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.

I GUESS WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO IS REALLY NOT, IS REALLY LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHY AT WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN TO EMBEDDING THAT WITHIN OUR CODE, BECAUSE WE HAVE PROVIDED DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER IN THE PAST ABOUT HAVING THOSE EMERGENCY RELOCATION, UM, THAT EMERGENCY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.

SO AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

I JUST, UM, NECESSARILY THAT IT, THAT IT FULLY CREATES THE CONTEXT, UM, WITHIN WHICH IT'S OPERATING, BUT I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORT AND WE'LL SUPPORT IT HERE TODAY.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK YOU AND I, AND MAYBE OTHERS CAN TALK ABOUT HOW IT FITS INTO THE, TO THE EXISTING WORK, SO THAT WE'RE SO THAT WE'RE REALLY AT, UM, PUSHING FORWARD AND, AND CLOSING THOSE GAPS, UM, RATHER THAN KIND OF DIRECTING OUR MANAGER BACK TO LOOK AT THOSE SAME AREAS.

AGAIN, THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO BE SURE OF MANAGER THE FIRST BIT RESOLVED IS, IS ASKING YOU TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS, ALLOWING THE CODE DEPARTMENT TO PROACTIVELY USE AUTHORITY TO SITE LANDLORDS WHO HAVE FAILED TO MAKE REPAIRS.

I WOULD ASSUME YOU DON'T NEED THAT DIRECTION.

THAT WOULD REALLY CONCERN ME IF OUR CODE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROACTIVELY SITE LANDLORDS OF SUBSTANDARD PROPERTIES OR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY REPAIRS THAT ARE NOT BEING MADE.

CAN YOU ASSURE ME THAT OUR CODE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS THAT AUTHORITY? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND, AND CERTAINLY I SEE THIS LANGUAGE, THAT'S JUST ENHANCING THE WORK THAT IS ALREADY AUTHORIZED BY OUR DEPARTMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER.

COULD YOU ADJUST THAT LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THAT? I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE IMPRESSION THAT OUR CODE DEPARTMENT CAN'T PROACTIVELY SITE LANDLORDS THAT ARE NOT MAKING REPAIRS.

UM, YES.

I'M HAPPY TO, TO STRIKE THE WORD PROACTIVELY.

UM, I THINK WHAT IT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE, UM, TO STRENGTHEN ITS ABILITY TO CITE, OR I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT AND COME BACK TO IT.

I JUST THINK IT'S, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE CLEAR WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT IS, AND WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED AND WHAT OUR CODE DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO.

SO, SO MAYBE WE COULD, UM, JUST TABLE THIS FOR A SECOND, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHERS, APPARENTLY MEDICAL PHRASE, COMMA AS, AS IS PROVIDED IN THE CODE KARMA.

I MEAN, THAT WORKS FOR ME.

I MEAN, CATHERINE PORTOBELLO TOPO, IS THAT TO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS? UM, IT'S, IT'S A HELP.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.

I DON'T, IT'S NOT MY JOB TO CALL ON YOU, BUT IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, THAT'S OUR SUGGESTION.

I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT ON CONSENT AND CAN KEEP GOING.

SO, UH, YOU HAD USED THE WORD STRENGTHEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST WORD IS PERHAPS THAT WERE IN THAT MANNER SUGGESTED WOULD WORK.

SO I THINK WITH ESTABLISHED ON THE RECORD, WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE, SO WE JUST NEED TO ADD A WORD OR TWO, SO, AND MORGAN.

SO YOU COULD AT LINE 38 THROUGH 41, JUST SAY THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO, UM, CONTINUE TO CITE LANDLORDS WHO HAVE FAILED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY WINTER STORM ERIE, AND JUST DELETE THE STUFF IN BETWEEN.

SO THAT WORKED FOR YOU GUYS.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR.

UM, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL

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MEMBER KITCHEN FOR YOUR WORK ON TXDOT.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TO THE, TO MANY OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

UM, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER FOR YOUR WORK ON OUR, AND, AND THANK YOU.

LET ME JUST WRAP UP BY SAYING THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, TO THE OUTCOMES OF IT.

UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THE FUNDING.

I, TO REGARD THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY INVEST THESE DOLLARS IN WAYS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US REALLY BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT, UM, OVER THE NEXT WEEKS AND REALLY FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT BEST PLAN IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MANAGER.

CONSENT AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US COUNCIL MEMBER.

JUST QUICKLY.

I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, ON THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL, UH, RAUL ROSA WAS THE ONE THAT CAME TO US AND ASKED TO FIND A LOCATION TO PUT A MEMORIAL THERE.

HE HAS TO GARDEN.

AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT.

HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS NOW, AND ALSO I HAVE TO TAKE MY COMMISSIONER A MANUAL, TREMENDOUS FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TO US.

IT'S THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE AIRPORT.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND, THE CONSENT AGENDA THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED TO NOVICE WITH FOLKS ON THE DICE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME ITEMS HERE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PASS WITHOUT DISCUSSION, BE ABLE TO LET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF GO.

I'M GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN CALL UP ITEM 69, 70 71 72, 73, 75 TO 81.

UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN, UM, MAY LOOK HERE AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT I HAD THE RIGHT NUMBER, UM, 69, 70, 71, AND THEN THAT WILL ENABLE US TO TAKE UP 39 AND 40 AND THEN 72.

SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS I'M GOING TO CALL NOW.

THE FIRST ONE UP IS A 69.

[69. Approve amendments to the bylaws for the Airport Advisory Commission.]

COMMISSION.

BYLAWS COUNTS OVER ALL THREE.

WANT TO LAY THAT OUT? SURE.

I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 69, UM, ITEM 69 APPROVED AS AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, UM, AND WAS APPROVED BY AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

UH, RECENTLY IT, THIS ITEM APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT ARE IN BACKUP ARE THE ONES APPROVED BY THE AFC AT OUR MOST RECENT MEETING IN JANUARY.

AND THEY CLARIFY THE PURPOSE AND DUTIES OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, RIGHT? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAL 69 PASSES.

I HAD A NUMBER 70 IS FOR THE HEALTH

[70. Approve the appointment of Selena Alvarenga, the jointly nominated appointee, to the Board of Directors of the Austin/Travis County Sobriety Center Local Government Corporation, doing business as the Sobering Center.]

AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, NOT THE SOBER, ET CETERA APPOINTMENT COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO YOU WANT TO LAY THAT OUT? SURE.

UM, OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, UH, HAS DONE NOW TWO ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS OF THIS IS FOR THE JOINT APPOINTMENT THAT WE SHARE WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND WE HAD VICE-CHAIR UM, QUINTUS YOU'LL I THINK I'LL ASK YOU TO JUST VERIFY WITH ME.

I BELIEVE THAT THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS AT OUR COMMITTEE.

UM, IT WAS THANK YOU.

UH, AND SO WE ARE FORWARDING THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, OF, UH, SELENA ALVARENGA FOR WE'RE AN APPOINTMENT ON THE SOBERING CENTER.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND SIDE MOTION, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED TO NOVICE ON THE DYESS.

UH, LET'S DO THE, UH, UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE, UH, AT, UH, 1207.

[Austin Housing Finance Corporation]

UH, AND I AM GOING TO CONVENE OUR RE RECONVENE THE, UH, THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

YOU'RE ON MARCH 25TH, 21, UH, AT 1207.

UH, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE AGENDA HERE, THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, MAYBE WE CAN GET YOU GUYS AT A BETTER POSITION.

ABSOLUTELY.

ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THAT THE REVISED RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS POSTED IN LATE BACKUP NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE, REMOVE ANY REFERENCES TO AUTHORIZING, UH, THE EXECUTION OF A GROUND LEASE.

THIS IS MANDY DE MAYO, AUSTIN HEALTH AND FINANCE CORPORATION.

YOU HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, WHICH I AM OFFERING FOR CONSENT.

THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PURCHASE PORTIONS OF TWO H S C PROPERTIES ONE AT 1127 TILLERY STREET AND AT 1212 SLOBBERING LANES.

UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PROVING THE MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS RELATED TO FINAL AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR CITY HEIGHTS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, 179 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON KNUCKLES CROSSING.

UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT

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THERE WILL BE NO GROUND LEASE ON THAT PROPERTY BETWEEN HFC AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER.

AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, IS AUTHORIZING AN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR UP TO $9 MILLION FOR A GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CALLED LOVELY STEADY LOPEZ.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, NO, NO.

UH, MAYOR I WAS GOING TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL A NUMBER FOR? UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PULLED ITEM ON THIS AGENDA THAT I'M READY TO MOVE US OUT OF THIS MEETING.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, EXCLUDING ITEM, PULLING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MAKING IT NOT PART OF THE AGENDA.

I THINK THAT MIGHT LET SOME PEOPLE GO.

I'M NOT SURE I GOT MY, WHAT I HAVE ON NUMBER FOUR IS PRETTY QUICK, SO.

IS THERE A SECOND? I MEAN, WE WRITE THE MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, POLL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT THERE VIA SECONDS.

THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS THE CONSENT.

NOW YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND TO POLL BEFORE WE MADE THE MOTION.

UM, BUT IT IS IN FRONT OF US NOW AND THE DISCUSSION OR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

THOSE OPPOSED TO MADNESS OF, OF THE BOARD.

UH, EVERYTHING IS APPROVED EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

HOW QUICK IS YOUR DISCUSSION ON EVEN NUMBER FOUR? OH, WELL I JUST WANT TO, UH, PUT ON THE RECORD WHAT WAS SAID TO US EARLIER IN TERMS OF THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE MADE FOR NICHOLS CROSSING, BUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SAID BY OUR STAFF, THEY WERE SAID BY SOMEONE WHO WAS, UM, WHO WAS TESTIFYING.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE INTENDED AND WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

IS THAT MADDIE? OH, ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THAT, UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN TEX HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER, UM, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO TALK ABOUT, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AS, AS, UM, MANY OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND SAFETY.

UM, AND YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY WIDENING THE ROAD, STOP SIGNS, UH, DIRECTIONAL, UM, UH, IN AND OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, UH, DEDICATED TURN LANE ARE ALL, UM, THINGS THAT, THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I WILL DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER FOR FULLER DESCRIPTION.

AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE TRANSPORTATION STAFF THAT ARE TRYING TO DO GET INTO THE ROOM THAT CAN CONFIRM THAT AS WELL, IF THAT'S OKAY.

IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG CONVERSATION, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO, TO DO IT LATER.

AND I JUST CAN'T ASSESS THAT.

UH UM, I GUESS THE ISSUE IS THE CAVALRY KITCHEN WANTED TO HAVE THE RECORDS SAY OR THE CITY, THE THINGS THAT, UM, MANDY TO ME, I JUST MENTIONED, UH, HOW'S OUR KITCHEN.

IS THAT, IS THAT THE LIST OF THING? UH, NO, SHE FORGOT ONE ITEM.

UH, WELL, WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD WAS FIRST WIDENING THE ROAD FROM 26 TO 42ND SIDEWALKS.

THIRD, THE TURN LANE THAT SHE MENTIONED, WHICH IS, UM, PARTIAL CENTER TURN LANE TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE CURVE.

THE THIRD ITEM, WHAT THE FOURTH ITEM WAS, UH, PAYMENT RESTORATIVE, THE FIFTH ITEM WAS A SIGNAGE.

AND THEN THE SIXTH, THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY THAT WE APPROVED AS PART OF THE BOND CATCH MY FLIGHT.

THIS IS THAT THE RIGHT LIST.

WELL, AND I WOULD ADD THE FOUR WAY STOP AT A VIEWPOINT THERE ITEM.

AND MANAGERS, STAFF, OKAY.

WITH THESE ITEMS. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM, UH, FROM BETTY, THE MAIL, MAYBE AS A DIRECT AT THE MADDIE, IS THAT THE RIGHT LIST SPENDING? UM, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

I WILL SAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOLKS ON THE LINE, AND SO I WANT TO DEFER TO THEM.

UM, BUT WE HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF THE SAME CONVERSATIONS I HAVE.

DID YOU HEAR THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED? ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

A MAYOR.

AND THAT IS A

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LIST THAT WE HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO BE SHOWING ABSTAINING ON ITEM FOUR.

I'VE PREVIOUSLY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF THE INCOME AVERAGING FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, AND WHY I SUPPORT INCOME AVERAGING AND PRINCIPLE.

I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR OPPORTUNITIES WITH HOW THE INCOME AVERAGING CAN RESULT IN SUCH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNITS AT 80% MFI IN THIS PROJECT.

YOU HAVE TO WITH THIS.

YES, I WILL.

WE WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO GIVE MY REMARKS ON WHY I'M VOTING.

NO.

OR IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK UP AT A LATER TIME, IT WON'T BRING IT BACK UP.

SO WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE A, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A SARAH MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE ADDED INTO THE RECORD COUNSEL.

IT MAKES THE MOTION, AS I REMEMBER AT 30 SECONDS DISCUSSION MY .

SO WITH THIS ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, AS YOU KNOW, THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS STATED BY STAFF HAS BEEN, UM, GOING AT LEAST FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE ZONING PERS, UH, CAME UP BACK IN 2016 AND, UH, OR THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT FIRST CAME UP IN 2016.

SO IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND THIS IS THE FINAL FINAL STAGE OF APPROVING THE FINANCING.

AND SO, UH, FOR MY PART, AS SOMEONE WHO'S NEW, UH, YOU KNOW, NEWLY ELECTED IS THAT I WAS VERY INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE ABOUT BRINGING MY COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF.

SO THANK YOU CITY STAFF, OR FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR ONGOING CONVERSATIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT, UM, STARTING WITH THE ZONING PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND I'M GRATEFUL, ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND SHARE THEIR VIEWS AND CONCERNS AROUND THE CITY HEIGHTS PROJECT.

I'M SO INFORMED BY THEIR FEEDBACK AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ON NEEDS FOR GREATER SAFETY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO STAND WITH MY COMMUNITY.

UH, SO I'VE MADE THE DECISION TO VOTE NO OPEN TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON THE MATTER AND SHOULD THIS FINAL FINANCING PROJECT GO THROUGH.

UM, AS IN THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AS I UNDERSTAND WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY THIS COUNCIL, THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UM, MY COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO COUNT ON ME TO ENGAGE ON THIS ISSUE AND TO HELP ADVOCATE AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GREATER SAFETY.

AND TO ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, UM, ARE ADDRESSED.

AND SO MOVING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THIS AREA.

THINGS LIKE PHARMACIES AND HEALTHCARE CENTERS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES PRIORITIZING SAFETY HAZARDS, SUCH AS ESTABLISHING THE FOUR-WAY STOP AT THE VIEWPOINT THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT NEED.

UM, AND, UH, AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE MY COMMENTS.

UH, UM, GOT SWIMMER POOL OF HER KITCHEN.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING AS A MAYOR.

WE NEED TO MAKE IT EXPLICITLY CLEAR THAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS FUNDING TODAY, WE WON'T BE STOPPING THE PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK THERE'S A NEW SET OF HEADLINES, SPOTLIGHTING AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS.

THAT'S THAT ONE YESTERDAY THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH OVER ASKING PRICE PEOPLE ARE PAYING.

UM, AND IT'S JUST, I MEAN, MORE THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY THAT THAT'S OF THOSE, UH, NUMBER ONES ON A LIST THAT I DON'T WANT AUSTIN TO HAVE, UM, TO BE KNOWN BY, TO BE KNOWN BY.

SO BEFORE THAT WE LEARNED THAT THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE HERE IN TOWN, UH, WAS AT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED BY RAMPANT DISPLACEMENT OR HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN WHEN WE DON'T DO NEARLY ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE GLARING LACK OF HOUSING SUPPLY IN OUR CITY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, ISN'T GOING TO BE THE SILVER BULLET.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

UM, AND AS COUNCILMAN, BEFORE THIS POINTED IT OUT, UM, IT'S BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE AN IMPORTANT LIFELINE FOR A FEW FOLKS.

SO, UM, AS FORMER MAYOR LEE LEFFINGWELL FAMOUSLY POINTED OUT, AUSTIN IS FACING A SILVER TSUNAMI, THANKS TO A RAPIDLY GROWING SENIOR POPULATION.

I THINK WE DESPERATELY NEED TO SECURE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE IN FIXED INCOMES ARE ON FIXED INCOMES AND WHO HAVE PARTICULAR NEEDS LIKE OUR SENIOR POPULATION.

THIS PROJECT, I BELIEVE IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I UNDERSTAND CONCERNS ABOUT CONCENTRATION OF LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES EAST AT 35 ALL TOO WELL.

I OVERSTAND, UM, BUT LOOK AT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAP AND YOU'LL SEE THAT DISTRICT ONE ENJOYS MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF INCOME RESTRICTED PROPERTIES.

I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OUR CITY'S HIGHEST OPPORTUNITY AREAS, BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN DRAGGING OUT FOR YEARS, UH, WHILE OUR HOUSING CRISIS HAS ONLY GROWN WORSE, THE ZONING FOR THE SITE IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

UM, THE SITE PLAN IS IN THE FINAL STAGE OF APPROVAL.

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THEY ALREADY HAVE THE ZONING.

IT WILL TURN INTO MARKET RATE HOUSING AND LOSE MANY OF THE HARD FOUGHT COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

HARD-FOUGHT AND I'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO FOUGHT SO HARD AND WORKED SO HARD WITH THE VARIOUS CITY OFFICES AND NEIGHBORS TO GET THIS TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

UH, I, UH, I GUESS LASTLY, I'LL SAY IT'LL TURN THIS MARKET RATE HOUSING.

UH, IT, IT WILL TURN INTO MARKET RATE HOUSING AND YOU KNOW, HOW I STARTED THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT US TO ALL BE VERY INTENTIONAL.

WE NEED MORE HOUSING, THAT'S ATTAINABLE AT EVERY INCOME LEVEL.

UM, AND I WOULD HATE TO PASS UP ON AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD GIVE US RARE, UH, CHANCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR SENIORS IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, NEAR PARKS AND SCHOOLS AND A GOLF COURSE, UM, UH, PROJECT CONNECT ROUTE, UH, AND THE UPCOMING BURKE STRUMS FOR URBAN TRAIL.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

IT'S ONE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPOSALS THAT I THINK WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO PASS UP.

THANKS MAYOR.

UM, UM, I'M GOING TO JOIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF ONE TESTING VOTING NO ON THIS, UM, ZONING CASE AND THE FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

I VOTED NO FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT SHE HAS IN THE PAST.

I AM CHEERED TO SEE THE WORK THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE ACCESS AND, AND THE SAFETY THERE.

THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT IN MY EARLY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION OF, UM, UH, LOWER INCOME FOLKS IN THIS SAME AREA.

AND, UH, WE HAD PROMISED OUR COMMUNITY YEARS AGO, PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAD, AND HIS COUNCIL HAD THAT WE WOULD DISPERSE THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IT'S JUST HARD THOUGH.

I RECOGNIZE TO FIND PLOTS OF LAND THAT ARE WITHIN THE, UM, THE PURCHASE PRICE TO ENSURE THAT YOUR BOND HOLDERS AND YOUR INVESTORS MAKE A NICE PROFIT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE INDUSTRY.

UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE ON THIS WOMAN AND HER OPPOSITION TO IT, AND JUST MAKE NOTE THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THERE IS A PROJECT THAT HAPPENS IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT IT'S HAPPENED TO ME IN THE PAST, BUT THEN AFTER THINGS ARE APPROVED AND THEY MOVE FORWARD, YOU DO, AS YOU NOTE, CONTINUE TO YOU, YOU TRANSFORM INTO THE WATCHDOG AND THE MONITOR AND THE OVERSEER TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS THAT WERE VOICED ELOQUENTLY IN ADVANCE, BUT WE'RE NOT, BUT WE'RE NOT EXITED TO, CAN SOMEHOW FIND SOME FOOTING IN THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

I DO THAT UP IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, PROBABLY MORE OFTEN THAN I WISH I WOULD, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY ON SOME HIGH PROFILE PROJECTS, UH, AND I'M NOW WORKING, UH, TO ADVANCE THEM APPROPRIATELY AND PROPERLY SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE A PART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE A SURE FEELING THAT YOU'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING, NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID IT, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO DISTRICT TWO, AND I APPLAUD THAT INSTINCT KIND OF SUPPORTS YOUR IN AND, UH, CONTINUING TO OPPOSE, BUT SHOULD YOU BE IN SOME ASSISTANCE WHEN THINGS ARE ON THE GROUND AND MOVING FORWARD, I'D BE HAPPY TO OFFER IT.

UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S OUR KITCHEN.

UM, YEAH, SO THIS IS, UM, I AM, UH, GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY ON THE SUBSTANDARD ROAD ARE GOING TO BE CARRIED OUT AS WE READ INTO THE RECORD.

SO I THINK THAT THAT IS CRITICAL AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PRENTICE, I STAND BY YOU TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

UM, AND, UM, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO DO THAT.

UM, IT'S A HARD ONE, YOU KNOW, I, I, UM, UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA.

UH, BUT I HAVE TO FALL ON THE SIDE OF HOUSING FOR SENIORS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WITH A YES, BUT AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, UH, AND ON THE RECORD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT SUBSTANDARD ROAD.

AND, UM, SO IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT THAT WILL OCCUR.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU, MISS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRONTIERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS AS WELL AS THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR,

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UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR PULLING THIS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I THINK THIS REALLY IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO ALL LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE DISTRICTS AND MAYBE EVEN CHANGE OUR VOTES.

ORIGINALLY, I HAD BEEN, I'D WRITTEN DOWN THAT I WANTED TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, BUT BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED IT IN AN OPEN FORUM AND I LEARNED FROM VANESSA HOW SHE FELT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HER DISTRICT, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO HER.

AND SO I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY BE VOTING.

NO, BUT THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WHICH IS WE DO NEED MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION ON CERTAIN ITEMS. AND I THINK THAT AS A BODY, WE SHOULD REALLY KEEP THAT FRONT OF MIND.

LIKE YOU GUYS WERE TOVA.

YEAH, THIS IS A HARD ONE.

UM, FOR ME, BECAUSE I DID, I DID NOT SUPPORT THE ZONING.

IT WASN'T UNANIMOUS.

IT WAS SEVERAL OF US VOTED AGAINST THE ZONING, UM, FOR ALL THE GOOD REASONS COUNCIL MEMBER FRONTEX THAT YOU'VE RAISED.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR, FOR THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CAME FORWARD TO ADDRESS, TO RAISE THEIR CONCERNS, WHICH WERE REALLY VALID CONCERNS, WHICH LED TO MY NO VOTE.

UM, HAVING SAID THAT AT THIS POINT, UH, AS, AS MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MEDICINE POINTS OUT IT, THE SITE DOES HAVE THE ZONING AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING, UM, OR THE DECISION BEFORE US TODAY THAT WILL PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING TO, TO ENSURE THAT THE UNITS REMAIN AFFORDABLE.

UM, I, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH MY PRACTICE, UM, IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL OF, OF SUPPORTING JUST NEARLY EVERY, EVERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING DECISION THAT'S COME BEFORE US.

SO I THINK YOU JUST GOTTA WAVE.

UM, SO ANYWAY, I'LL BE VOTING YESTERDAY.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO, TO REALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT YOU IN ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS THAT ARE OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA HAVE RAISED ABOUT, UM, MOBILITY AND, AND SAFETY, UM, AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE KINDS OF AMENITIES THEY NEED.

SO I HAD TO TAKE A VOTE SO WE CAN GET CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED THOSE VOTING NO, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR THIS POOL, UH, AND KELLY, THE VOTING AYE, THIS ITEM AND THE COUNCIL FOR ALTAR IS VOTING.

I'M NOT STANDING UP STATING, OKAY.

THREE AGAINST ONE ABSTENTION, SEVEN FAVOR, THIS ITEM PASSES.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS OR THE HFC AGENDA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE AAG FC MEETING HERE AT TWO 26.

I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, MAYBE HERE AT TWO 26 ON MARCH 25TH, 21.

UH, I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO DO ANY OF THIS OTHER QUICK ITEMS BECAUSE WE ARE ALMOST A HALF AN HOUR AND A LATER ON CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, MAN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU SAID TWO 26 IT'S 1226.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RECORD.

IT IS 26.

YOU WANT TO CALL THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS? FIRST SPEAKER IS PAUL ROBBINS.

UM, CLERK,

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PAUL, PLEASE UNMUTE.

HELLO? HELLO.

CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

UH, I'VE BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE IN AUSTIN SINCE 1977.

I AM ASKING YOU TO DIRECT THE CITY AUDITOR TO REVIEW LONG STANDING PROB PROBLEMS WITH CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY AUSTIN ENERGY.

SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THE MONTHLY BILL DISCOUNT PROGRAM IS GOING TO CUSTOMERS WHO OWN MANSIONS IN WEALTHY HOMES.

THIS PROBLEM WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION IN 2015 AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED IN THE SUMMER OF 2018.

YET IT IS STILL OCCURRING.

WHEN I REVIEWED THE DATA FROM LAST FALL, I FOUND 124 QUESTIONABLE CAP RECIPIENTS, AND I'M SURE THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES.

ONE OWNED A MANSION IN A GATED COMMUNITY ON FOUR ACRES WITH 7,100 SQUARE FEET OF STRUCTURES, A SWIMMING POOL, AND A TENNIS COURT.

I PROVIDED COUNSEL WITH AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THIS ESTATE.

50 OF THESE CUSTOMERS OWNED OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN REAL ESTATE, 28 OWNED STRUCTURES, LARGER

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THAN 3000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.

UH, 20 OUT 28 OWNED MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY.

18 HAD EXPENSIVE ADDITIONS, SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS.

WHY ARE THESE CUSTOMERS GETTING MONEY MEANT FOR THE POOR, UH, AFTER SIX AND A HALF YEARS, IT IS WAY PAST TIME FOR THE OFFICE TO REVIEW THIS AND OTHER PROBLEMS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM.

WHILE IT IS HARD TO JUSTIFY SOME OF THE MONEY IN THE MONTHLY DISCOUNT PROGRAM, GOING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.

SOME CAP FUNDING IS ALSO GOING FOR THE WRONG PURPOSE.

FOR INSTANCE, EVEN THOUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS ONE OF AUSTIN.

ENERGY'S MOST IMPORTANT GOALS, CAP ENCOURAGES WASTE IT AWARDS A 15% ACROSS THE BOARD DISCOUNT.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH IS USED.

THIS ALSO WORKS AGAINST EQUITY BY TAKING MONEY THAT COULD BE USED TO GIVE A HIGHER DISCOUNTS FOR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE MORE CAREFUL WITH THEIR CONSUMPTION REDISTRIBUTING CAP DISCOUNTS PAID FOR THE TOP TWO TIERS OF ELECTRIC USE WOULD GIVE ALL CURRENT CAP PARTICIPANTS ABOUT $60 A YEAR IN EXTRA DISCOUNTS.

UH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ENCOURAGING ENERGY CONSERVATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PROBLEM THE CITY AUDITOR NEEDS TO ADDRESS.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE NEED FOR AN AUDIT IN SHARPER FOCUS AT YOUR AUDIT IN AUSTIN ENERGY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

HOWEVER, CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS AT THESE COMMITTEES HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED FOR A YEAR.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EASILY RECTIFIED.

IF I MIGHT JUST ADD THAT WE DO HAVE CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS AT AUDIT AND FINANCE.

UM, NO ONE HAS TAKEN US UP ON THAT PLEASE.

UH, MR. ROBINS TALKED TO THE CLERK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT LIMITED.

LIKE MY FEBRUARY ONE ELECTION CORRECTION SPEECH TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.

SEEMED LIKE IT WAS CLOSE TO SPEAKER CARLOS LEON.

SO I CARLOS LAEL FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE OLDEST FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAINST THE BIDEN OBAMA CABAL ROBBING OF ROBBING US OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRUE.

2020 LANDSLIDE, VICTORY COUNTING EACH LEGAL LEGITIMATE VOTE ONCE ONLY WITH EQUAL WEIGHTING ONLY LIKE ONE DIVISION'S WEST VIEW.

AUSTIN APPEARS UNDER A HEX EXISTING AS MULTIPLE FALSE FEMINIST ANTI REALITY TV SHOWS IN A DISTORTED CHANGING SPACE AND TIME TWILIGHT ZONE PROTECTED BY SUPERNATURAL EVIL RUN BY UPSIDE DOWN ANTI-HUMAN ALIENS DOING STRANGER THINGS WITH MULTI-VERSE MATRIX SUPPORT FROM INTERDIMENSIONAL AI ABOVE AGENT SMITH'S PAY GRADE MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU PLANTS, FLUX WITH INSANE INFLECTION POINTS AND RIPPLES ONLY THE CHAIRMAN CAN FIX IN REALITY, THE EVIDENCE OF COORDINATED CRIMINAL LARGE-SCALE ELECTION FOG, BIG TECH CENSORSHIP, AND GLOBAL GASLIGHTING IS UNDENIABLY MASSIVE LIKE OBAMA BEFORE BY THE Z ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE.

ZOMBIE BIDEN LOST THE ELECTION, BUT IT'S ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT KENYAN.

OBAMA WON TWO ELECTIONS, BUT IT'S CONSTITUTIONALLY INELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE'S NOT A NATURAL BORN US CITIZEN BECAUSE AMENDMENT 20 SECTIONS THREE SENTENCE TWO SAYS IF THE PRESIDENT ELECTORAL I FAILED TO QUALIFY THAN THE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT SHALL ACT AS PRESIDENT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT SHALL HAVE QUALIFIED VP BIDEN, LEGALLY ACTED AS PRESIDENT WHILE OBAMA ILLEGALLY ACTED LIKE A PRESIDENT DURING OBAMA'S EIGHT YEAR FRAUD.

THAT'S WHY DURING THE 2008 VP DEBATE BIDEN SAID, OBAMA INDICATED TO ME, HE WANTED ME WITH HIM TO HELP HIM GOVERN.

SO EVERY MAJOR DECISION HE'LL BE MAKING, I'LL BE SITTING IN THE ROOM TO GIVE MY BEST ADVICE.

HE'S PRESIDENT, NOT ME.

DEEP STATE DEMONS BROKE SO MANY LAWS AND STATES THE CAPITOL INCURSION, BUT CALL US MAGA DEPLORABLES, DOMESTIC TERRORISTS FOR RIGHTLY GETTING ANGRY AND FIGHTING BACK TO RETAKE.

WHAT'S RIGHTLY OURS.

IT'S A RAZOR WIRE FENCING AND TROOPS AROUND THE CAPITOL ARE TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECT THEM FROM US BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GUILTY.

THE TREES IN THIS FBI DOES NOTHING TO THEM TRADERS, BUT AGGRESSIVELY PROSECUTES PATRIOTS, PEACEFULLY PROTESTING THERE BECAUSE VOTER ID SUPPRESSES VOTING FRAUD AND SWING STATES LIKE GEORGIA, ARIZONA, AND WISCONSIN ARE UNPACKING THEIR ELECTION FRAUD, GENERATING THEIR FALSE RESULTS THAT US SENATE MUST KILL HR.

ONE BEFORE NATIONALIZED AS ELECTIONS AND CODIFIES ELECTION FRAUD AND PERPETUITY TO RIG ALL FUTURE ELECTIONS AGAINST US SHRED OUR CONSTITUTION AND DESTROY AMERICA.

IT'S NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IT'S AGAINST US.

PEOPLE JUST AS FULL DISCLOSURE ABOUT ALL THE EXTRA TERRESTRIALS ON AND AROUND EARTH PAST AND PRESENT CAN FUEL THE GREAT AWAKENING TO DEFEAT THE GREAT RESET FUTURE FORWARD FOR HUMANITY.

FULL EXPOSURE OF ELECTION FRAUD CAN DO THE SAME FOR US AMERICANS

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THIS TRUTH BEATING TELLTALE HEART WILL GO ON AND ON LOUDER AND LOUDER UNTIL THE DEED IS ADMITTED AND UNDONE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE HE BELONGS, GOD BLESS AMERICA, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND US DEPLORABLES AND MAYOR ADLER.

WHAT PART OF 12:00 PM TIME CERTAIN FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION? DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOU SERVE ME? I DON'T SERVE YOU.

HELLO, MAYOR CITY LEADERS.

AFTER THAT, I AM SO HAPPY TO BE A DEMOCRAT HUMANITARIAN AND AUSTIN, TEXAS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AND HOW HARD YOU WORK FOR ALL OF US.

AND THANK GOD THAT BETHEL IS OVER THERE FIGHTING FOR OUR VOTING RIGHTS AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL.

I LOVE Y'ALL.

WE MISS YOU.

WE WANT TO SEE Y'ALL FACE TO FACE, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT Y'ALL ARE OUT EACH HEALTHY AND THAT YOU WORK YOUR BUTTS OFF FOR OUR CITY.

I JUST WANT TO BEGIN WITH THAT.

I JUST CAME THROUGH 14 FAMILY DEATHS AS A RESULT OF ALL THE MISINFORMATION THAT WE WERE GETTING IN OUR STATE.

WE LOST 14 FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, 10 OF THOSE DUE TO COVID AND WE'LL FEEL LIKE IN A LOT OF WAYS, WE CAME THROUGH A WAR ZONE IS WHAT WE DID.

BUT HOWEVER, MORE THAN MORE THAN THAT, NOW THAT THOSE HERE I HAVE, I AM REALLY INSPIRED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR PEOPLE.

AND THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL PROBLEM WITH, UM, UH, UH, THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN TOWED OUT HERE WITH, UH, WITH OUR GOVERNOR.

UM, UM, DAMN DANNY BOY, UH, DANNY, PATRICK, I'M SORRY, THOSE PEOPLE THERE, BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED TO A LOT OF US AS A COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE ONE RIGHT NOW.

UM, CITY COUNCIL, WOMAN, LESLIE POOL.

I MISS YOU TOO, GIRL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT THESE VETO LAWS WERE ABOUT THE HEAD, HIT THE GROUND, WHERE WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START TELLING PEOPLE THAT WE NEED THEM TO VOTE AS WELL.

SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, WHO WAS AMAZING AND WORKS EVEN ON HOLIDAYS OR WEEKENDS FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE AS WELL.

AND I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, CAUSE WHEN I'M IN A FIELD, SHE'S TALKING TO ME TOO AS WELL.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING THE COMPLETE INFORMATION WHEN THEY'RE MAKING A SOAP AS THEIR HOME.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEED SOME CHECKPOINTS, UM, CITY COUNCILMEN DEODORANT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PEOPLE AS WELL, UM, THAT WE NEED CHECKPOINTS, THAT, THAT GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS NOT TAKING, BEING TAKEN FROM THE PRIMARY TRANSACTION TO THE THIRD TRANSACTION.

WE GOT KILLED AS FAR AS CHANGES.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MLS REPORT AS WELL TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE SOLD OUT DURING 2020 AND 2021, NOT THE THOUGHT OF THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ALSO IN THE AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL, OUR PEOPLE DON'T READ THE AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL.

ANY THOUGHTS IN YET TWO ZIP CODES WERE MARKETED AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN OH TWO SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN TWO ONE.

YOU CAN GOOGLE THESE ZIP CODES.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T MARKET TO VULNERABLE ZIP CODES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL AND NOT GIVE OUR FAMILY THE CHANCES THAT THEY NEED.

ALSO, WHEN REPRESENTATIVES SPEAK WITH US IN EAST AUSTIN, THEY NEED TO GIVE US THE WHOLE PICTURE.

IF WE'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU PUT A PROTECTION IN PLACE, WE'RE BELIEVING THEM.

THEY NEED TO LET US KNOW THAT THAT WAS VETOED.

IN SOME WAY, WE WERE NOT TOLD THAT WE GOING FORWARD.

WE NEED OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO BE FULLY HONEST WITH US AGAIN.

DUE TO OUR ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH EUREKA AND ANY INVOLVEMENT SHOULD BE SEEN AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I MISS Y'ALL.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK FACE TO FACE.

WE LOVE Y'ALL SO MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT WAY, OLIVIA, OVER TURF.

HI, I'M BACK.

OLIVIA OVERTURN DISTRICT TWO ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2021, THE CITY OF AUSTIN APPROVED A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITY'S ROLE IN DISENFRANCHISING BLACK AUSTINITES OR PASS DISCRIMINATORY TACTICS ON THAT VERY DAY.

THE MT CAMERA ALL APARTMENTS OWNED BY EUREKA HOLDINGS SINCE 2008 AND LOCATED IN ROSEWOOD, A HISTORICAL BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT GAS FOR OVER SIX DAYS.

THE INK WAS NOT DRY ON THIS VERY RESOLUTION TO APOLOGIZE THE BLACK PEOPLE FOR THE CITY'S RACIST PAST.

I WAS AT MOUNT CARMEL APARTMENTS IN THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 4TH, WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO WAS DEPLOYED BY THE EOC VIA THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THE CITY WAS IN FACT AWARE OF THE SITUATION AT MOUNT CARMEL.

MANY RESIDENTS HAD NO IDEA WHO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER WAS AT THE TIME.

EVEN THEN THEY SCRAMBLED TO EMAIL MPT HARPER, MADISON, AND WERE LEFT IN A STATE OF PANIC, WAITING FOR RESPONSE.

THEY WAITED FOR OVER TWO WEEKS AND TO BE VERY CLEAR, EUREKA HOLDINGS, THE PROPERTY OWNER SINCE 2008 WAS ONE OF THE MAYOR PRO TIM'S LARGEST FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS TO HER CAMPAIGN BID THREE YEARS AGO, I AM ASKING THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON RECUSED HERSELF FROM ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY

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FURTHERMORE, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FIVE WEEKS, THE RESIDENTS HAVE REMAINED IN LIMBO TO ADD FURTHER INSULT TO INJURY, A SMALL HANDFUL COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO MISINFORM RESIDENTS OF THEIR RIGHTS SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT AND POTENTIALLY INHIBITED THE RESIDENTS OVERALL MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH WHILE PROVIDING NO SOLUTIONS OR ANSWERS.

NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

HAD THE CITY STEPPED IN TO NAVIGATE AND COMMUNICATE THE SITUATION WITH THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES.

SURELY THE CITY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FORCED PLACEMENT AMONG CHILDREN.

AS THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES ON THE MATTER DATING BACK TO THE HOLOCAUST, SURELY THE IMMEDIATE THING THE CITY COULD HAVE DONE WAS INVEST IN A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TRAUMA RESPONSE TEAM TO ASSIST THESE RESIDENTS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED AND PROVIDE TRAUMA-RELATED SERVICES.

THE ENTIRE SITUATION IS DEPLORABLE.

AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE VERY DISCRIMINATION BLACK PEOPLE HAVE LONG FELT IN THIS CITY.

MANY OF THE BLACK RESIDENTS PUBLICLY EXPRESSED THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISCOUNTED BY THEIR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SPONSORED RESOLUTION ITEM NUMBER 67 HERSELF.

IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN THE CITY'S CORE RUBS THAT DEEP THE CITY ALSO CO-SIGNED ON FORCING RESIDENTS TO USE INCARCERATION LIKE ACCOMMODATIONS ALL WHILE KNOWING THESE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE RELOCATED FROM THEIR HOME.

THE CITY FORCED THE RESIDENTS TO GO THROUGH THE VERY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT HAD REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

IN THE BEGINNING, I'M ASKING THAT THESE RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY ARE OFFERED A RENT MORATORIUM WHILE LIVING IN AN UNKNOWN MOTEL.

FOR 90 DAYS, I'M ASKING THAT A FULL INDEPENDENT AUDIT BE CONDUCTED ON THEM AS HANDLING OF THE SITUATION AT MOUNT CARAMEL.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR ASSISTING US WITH FACTS TO PASS FORWARD TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PROCESS BEFORE CLUB PARK CLUB AND JOE MEDINA FOR HELPING PROVIDE SOME RESPITE FOR THESE RESIDENTS DURING THEIR TIME OF NEED.

THANK YOU MAY MAN.

THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME.

I'D LIKE TO JUST START BY SAYING A LOT OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS CALLER SAID IS ABSOLUTELY SPOT AND I SHARE THE SENTIMENT, BUT SO MUCH OF IT IS EITHER MISINFORMED OR CATEGORICALLY UNTRUE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THERE'S NOBODY IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO BELIEVES THAT I KNEW THAT MEMBERS OF MY DISTRICT AND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT I LIVED IN AS A KID, SHE STRUGGLED WITHOUT ONE OF THE MOST BASIC UTILITIES FOR TWO WEEKS WITHOUT RESPONDING.

I'M SO GLAD THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ABSOLUTELY ELIGIBLE FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.

UM, I FOUND OUT ABOUT MOUNT CARMEL ON THE 2ND OF MARCH AND I FOUND OUT BECAUSE BERTHA DELGADO CALLED MY OFFICE.

THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE TO A MOUNT CARMEL RESIDENT WAS ON MARCH 2ND.

THE DAY I FOUND OUT AND ANGELA BENEVIDEZ GARZA GAVE ME CONTACT INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS.

SO I HAVE BEEN, UM, UNFORTUNATELY SORT OF NEGLECTING THIS AGENDA IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, I'VE SPENT HOURS, HOURS EVERY DAY.

EVEN THE WEEKENDS WORKING ON THE ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE THAT IS MOUNT CARMEL, WHICH BY THE WAY, 30 PLUS DAYS LATER STILL DOES NOT HAVE NATURAL GAS.

ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS THAT I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN MY TWO YEARS.

UM, AND I ONLY RESPOND TO THIS BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY TAKE OFFENSE TO ANY IMPLICATION THAT I HAVEN'T DONE EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE AND WITHIN MY POWER AND, AND FRANKLY, WITHIN MY JURISDICTION AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER, NO, I DID NOT KNOW.

AND NOW THAT I DO KNOW I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE GET A RESOLUTION.

THE INFORMATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S OFFICE PROVIDED, I ALREADY KNEW, BUT HADN'T BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO PROVIDE, SO I DIDN'T, I'M NOT BECAUSE I'M NEGLECTING MY DUTY.

SO I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ANYBODY LISTENING, WHO BELIEVES THAT I'VE NEGLECTED MOUNT CARMEL, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

THAT'S DISTRICT ONE, THE NUMBER ONE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.

AND I'M HAPPY TO GO PLAY BY PLAY WITH YOU.

UM, WHAT I'VE DONE, WHAT MY OFFICE HAS DONE AND WHO I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH DURING THE COURSE OF THIS DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

JUST DON'T GET ALONG, SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO HELP GET THE INFORMATION FROM SOMEONE ELSE.

AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I WAS NOT TRYING TO STEP ON YOUR TOES AT ALL.

DURING THAT PROCESS I'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF MY LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT OFTENTIMES IF, IF SOMEONE TALKS TO A CERTAIN PERSON AND FOR SOME REASON THEY

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AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO COORDINATING THAT YOU DID REACH OUT TO ME FOR THAT AND I MISSED YOUR MESSAGE.

SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THIS.

WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY FOR THAT.

THE RESIDENTS OF MOUNT CARMEL AND WE ALL WANT THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THEM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING THE EFFORT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA AND MAYOR.

I WOULD JUST THINK, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MEDICINE FOR HER REALLY HER CONTINUED WORK THROUGHOUT THE STORM, UH, TO WORK ON BEHALF OF HER CONSTITUENTS.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF MOUNT CARMEL RESIDENTS.

UM, THOSE OF US WHO, WHO ARE AWARE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, STANDING IN SUPPORT OF IT, I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN VERY PRO TAMRA HOLISTIC HERE, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICE HAVE BEEN DONE ALMOST ON A DOWN HOURLY BASIS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

IT'S, UM, QUITE AN EFFORT CAN LEADERSHIP YOU'RE SHOWING ON THIS MATTER.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NILAH SANKOFA, UH, GREETINGS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, MY I'M IAN, ARE YOU LACKING IN SANKOFA? I'M A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST DESIGNER, COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL ACTIVIST, AND A RITUAL SPECIALIST RESIDENT IN AUSTIN SINCE 1989.

UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING, UM, SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY CONCERNS BEFORE THIS BODY.

UM, IT'S KIND OF WEIRD NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO, UM, SO I HAVE A FEW KEY THINGS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT I HAVE, AND SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN ONE IS, UM, THE SUMMER BOX WITH OUR PROJECT THAT WAS IN, UM, MAYOR PRO TOWN, UH, UH, UH, HARPER MADISON'S DISTRICT, UM, WHICH STARTED IN THE, AT THE END OF 2018.

AND WASN'T JUST CANCELED THIS PAST JANUARY, 2021.

AND THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ENTIRE BODY IS WE'VE BEEN, HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING EXTENSIVELY, WAS, UM, UH, MIRACLE TOWN OFFICE AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, UH, CITY OFFICIALS, UH, ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

AND SO A LOT OF PROMISES WERE MADE, A LOT OF PUBLIC PROMISES WERE MADE AND, UM, THEN THE PROJECT WAS EVENTUALLY CANCELED AND WE WERE KIND OF, AS WE FEEL THOSE, UM, SELECTED AND INVITED, UH, TENANTS, THE COHORTS THAT WE WERE BASICALLY, UM, BRUSHED ASIDE, UM, AND GHOSTED ONCE THE PROJECT WAS CANCELED.

UM, I PERSONALLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO PREPARING TO MOVE INTO ONE OF THESE SOFT SPACES.

YOU HAVE TO GOOGLE BOXES, OUR PROJECT AUSTIN, AND, UM, LOST WE'VE ALL LOST REVENUES AND FUNDS AND, UM, EXPENSES ON SUPPLIES AND FINISH OUT, UM, PPP EQUIPMENT AND SOUL ON, UM, ONE OF MY 70 PLUS YEAR OLD APPAREL TECHS ENDED UP CONTRACTING COVID, UM, ATTEMPTING TO WORK IN THE SPACE AND AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS UNSAFE FOR HER.

AND, UH, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T IN THE SPACES THAT WE NEEDED TO BE IN.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT MAY BE REALLY, REALLY NEW, UM, OR, UM, UNFAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN A CITY PROJECT FOR SINCE 2018 WHEN IT WAS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT, HOW FAR BACK IT WENT TO GET IT APPROVED AND SO ON.

BUT I REALLY, REALLY NEED FOR A CITY COUNCIL, NOT JUST, UM, THE MAYOR PRO TOWN TO ADDRESS CANCELLATION OF THIS PROJECT, UM, WITH THE, THE, THE, THE, THE TENANTS, THE COHORTS IN A MORE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE WAY, UM, BECAUSE JUST TO CALL US AND TELL US THE COUNSELOR'S PRACTICE PROJECT WAS CANCELED AND, AND, AND MANY PROMISES WERE MADE TO US SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

AND NEXT SPEAKER IS THOMAS WHITMER GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.

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NOW, UH, I WENT EIGHT DAYS, UH, DURING THE ICE STORM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO BATHE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POTABLE WATER.

AND I ONLY REALIZED THROUGH THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN THAT IN 1964, THE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN BOUGHT FAIL SAFE EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD PROTECT THE WATER USERS FROM THE HAPPENSTANCE OF THIS LAST STORM.

SO REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT OF HOSPITALS FOR LACK OF WATER FOR BOILERS, UH, AND SUCH KINDS OF THINGS.

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A STORM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MANAGEMENT OF OUR WATER SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S THE MAYOR WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TURN ON THE SWITCH OR THE COUNCIL OR THE WATER FOLKS.

THE SECOND THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS BACK AGAIN, AROUND FIVE DECADES AGO AT CITY COUNCIL DETERMINED WE SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING THE SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION.

AND WE DIDN'T THEN DETERMINED THAT WE WINTERIZE THAT STATION WHO KNEW, BUT WE STILL OWN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE PORTION OF THAT STATION.

AND WE DIDN'T WINTERIZE IT IN 2021.

THIS COUNCIL, MOST OF YOU PURCHASED OR CONTRACTED FOR ELECTRICITY FROM A WOOD-BURNING UNIT AT NACADOCIOUS THE PINEY FOREST EITHER.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, THE TREES FOR THE FOREST, BUT THE COST OF THAT ELECTRICITY WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE WITH EXTREME.

SO WHAT DOES THE CITY COUNCIL DO? THEY BOUGHT THAT PLANT FOR $460 MILLION TURNED IT OFF.

AND APPARENTLY DURING THE ICE STORM, COULDN'T FIND A MATCH AND THEN COMES TO MIND THAT WE CONTRACT, WE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONTRACTS SETS THE COST, SETS THE DELIVERY FROM SIX SOLAR FACILITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND EIGHT WIND FARMS. WE HAVE NOT DEMANDED IN OUR CONTRACTS, NOT ERCOT OUR CONTRACTS AT ANY OF THESE FACILITIES BE PREPARED FOR WINTER REALIZATION.

AND LAST MONTH, AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS GOING TO CHARGE OUR CO-OP NEIGHBORS $9,000 PER MEGAWATT HOUR FOR ELECTRICITY THAT WE HAD AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM IN THE EMERGENCY.

THESE ARE ALL COUNSEL PROBLEMS. YOU CAN POINT FINGERS AT ANYBODY, BUT YOU DID NOT DO YOUR JOB TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.

THE LAST SPEAKER IS TIFFANY WASHINGTON.

HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TIFFANY WASHINGTON.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND I OWN A BUSINESS IN DISTRICT ONE.

I AM A LOCAL FARMER HERE, AND I AM CALLING TODAY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE WINTER STORM UREA EFFECTED MY BUSINESS.

I, AT THIS POINT, AND AT THIS TIME AND UNABLE TO COMPLETE AND FINISH MY SEASON BECAUSE OF THE STORM, ALONGSIDE OF THAT, I WAS COMPLETELY AFFECTED AND APPALLED BY THE RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UM, TO THE STORM.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY APPALLING TO ME AS A UNITED STATES, NAVY VETERANS AND BORN AUSTINITE, HOW UNORGANIZED AND HOW MISINFORMED SO MANY PEOPLE WERE WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS LEFT SO MANY PEOPLE OUT OR WEREN'T THERE, OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, OR HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS WERE NOT QUALIFIED TO RESPOND.

UM, AND I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE EARLIER CALLER, OLIVIA, OVER TO HER AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD TO SAY.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE GO BACK TO THE MARCH 4TH RESOLUTION OF THE APOLOGY TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY INSIDE OF THAT RESOLUTION.

IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, AUSTIN HAS DEPENDENT ON THE AGRICULTURE OF BLACK SLAVES AND BONDED SERVANTS.

AND I NEED TO KNOW WHY THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOES NOT HAVE ANY RESOURCES OR SUPPORT FOR BLACK FARMERS.

I NEED TO KNOW, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY I AM THE ONLY BLACK FARMER IN TRAVIS COUNTY, AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND AT LEAST NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS, AND WHY I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH RESOURCES SUCH AS WHATEVER OR WHOEVER THE BLACK AUSTIN COALITION IS.

I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING SUSTAINABLE, THE APARTMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE AND STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN

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VETTED THESE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO BE A RESOURCE FOR ME.

I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THAT.

AND I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HOW THEY HANDLED SERVICES FOR PEOPLE AT MOUNT CARMEL, WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING DISLOCATED.

WE HAVE FAMILIES, WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT CHILDREN, ELDERLY, WHO ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES AT THIS VERY MOMENT.

AND TO HEAR A MAYOR PRO 10TH, SAY THAT SHE KNEW THIS MARCH 2ND, BEFORE MARCH 4TH, WHEN THE NATIONAL GUARD HAD TO COME OUT AND TO KNOW SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GETTING THEM THERE.

AND TO ALSO KNOW THAT FOR THE LAST 30 DAYS, THERE'S BEEN NO GAS AND NOTHING IS BEING HANDLED.

I'M COMPLETELY APPALLED BY HOW THIS IS BEING HANDLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERS AS TO WHAT WENT ON FOR OUR CONSUMERS TO COME HERE AND I CONTINUE TO SPEAK AND CONTINUE TO SEEK ANSWERS.

THANK YOU ALL THE SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

IT IS FIVE MINUTES STILL BOND.

WE HAVE A SPEAKERS QUEUED UP TO SPEAK AT TWO.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLKS SPEAKING IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT, UH, MAY LEAVE OR WE WOULD OTHERWISE LOSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, UH, TAKE OUR LUNCH BREAK, COME BACK HERE.

ONE LIST OF THE SPEAKERS AND THEN DO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WHETHER YOU NEED US TO DO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE CALL THE SPEAKERS AND TO IT'S UP TO THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL MAYOR.

UH, IT WILL BE GREAT IF WE CAN DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS BEFORE THE DINNER BREAK.

IS THE, UH, AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, UH, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE OUR LUNCH BREAK AND THEN COME BACK HERE AND MAYBE WE COULD TAKE THOSE ITEMS THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE.

AND WE COME BACK AT ONE 55 IN THAT FIVE MINUTES.

I THINK WE CAN, UH, DISPENSE WITH, UH, SOME OF THE REMAINING ITEMS THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD HANDLE, UH, UH, QUICKLY 72, 73, UM, UH, MAYOR, ANY CHANCE WE COULD DO THOSE NOW, 75 TO 81.

ARE ANY OF THOSE FAST ENOUGH THAT WE COULD KNOCK THEM OUT IN, IN FIVE MINUTES? WELL, I'M HOPING SO, SO I WAS SACRED WORK.

COME BACK IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT BEFORE LUNCH AND SEE IF WE CAN KNOCK THEM OUT, I'M FINE DOING IT THAT WAY.

LET'S CALL THEM UP AND SEE IF WE COULD DO THAT.

UH, 72

[Austin Industrial Development Corporation]

UH, I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW AT 1256.

I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE, UH, AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, HERE ON MARCH 25TH, 2021, UH, AT 12:56 PM.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THREE ITEMS ON AN AGENDA.

UH, THE, UH, QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS, UH, IS, IS PRESENT.

UM, STAFF.

DO YOU WANT TO LAY OUT THE THREE ITEMS ON CONSENT? YES, MAYOR.

SO ELVIA WHOLE RAP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR ON CONSENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

APPROVING THE OFFICERS FOR THE AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COURT, APPROVING THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.

AND THE THIRD ITEM IS APPROVING THE BUDGET.

SO OUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE THREE ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND THE DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ITEM NUMBER 72, BUT I CAN HOLD OFF IF, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE FIRST.

UH, YES, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD.

AND, AND, WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE THREE ITEMS ON 72.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK AFTER WE TAKE THE VOTE.

I BET IT'S UP TO YOU.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SO I CAN MAKE MY COMMENTARY, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.

THOSE ARE FAVORITES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO, BUT I THINK WE JUST HAD THE MOTION A SECOND AGO.

I WAS IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSAGE.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THAT WAS A POSITIVE DATA MISSED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR, HARPER, MADISON.

DO YOU WANT TO VICE CHAIR? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK BEFORE WE ADJOURN? I'D LIKE TO PLEASE.

WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE CAN GET OUT OF THEM.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT PEOPLE CAN SCROLL RIGHT PAST, UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF SKIP OVER, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S IT.

THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

I THINK THIS ITEM COULD SERVE AS A MECHANISM TO HELP, UM, TO IDENTIFY UNDER-UTILIZED PROPERTIES MORE QUICKLY AND REALLY DETERMINE

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UM, ADDITIONALLY, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE AEDC, UM, AND ITS ABILITY TO ALLOW US TO REACT AT MARKET SPEED WHILE REALLY KEEPING THE PUBLIC GOOD FRONT AND CENTER.

SO I'M EXCITED.

WE'RE GLUING ON THE DESKTOP FOR THIS OLD TOOLBOX AND USING IT IN NEW WAYS AND LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

SOME 4%, UH, TAX CREDIT, UH, UH, INDICATIONS OF, UH, NOT OPPOSITION ITEM 75 THROUGH 81.

THANK YOU WITH THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING HERE AT 1259.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON MARCH 25TH, 21 AT 1259 COLLEGE.

WE HAVE

[Items 75 - 81]

UM, IS ANYBODY GOING TO NEED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? 75 TO 81? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS MAKES THE MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS, AND THE DISCUSSION MAYOR DO NEED TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH YES.

AND TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, APPROVE IT TO OPEN IN 12 MONTHS.

UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, SAY PARANTHETICALLY THERE, THERE WAS A MEMO THAT CAME OUT TO US ON THESE, UH, WERE STAFF INDICATED THAT IT'S WORKING WITH, UH, OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE AREA TO COME UP WITH A UNIFORM POLICY, UH, THAT MIGHT HELP, UH, PRIORITIZE OUR REVIEW OF THESE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT WE SET.

UH, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.

ANYTHING WE CAN BE DOING TO, TO, TO HELP ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UH, UH, THAT THAT REACHES DEEPLY.

WE SHOULD BE USING EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO US THAT EMOTION, THE SECONDARY, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED 75 THROUGH, UH, UH, 81, UH, ARE NOW PASSED.

[Items 39 & 40]

UH, WE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ON CONSENT, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN OUR CONSENT ITEM, NUMBER 39 AND EIGHT, NOVEMBER 40.

THAT NEED TO BE VOTED ON AFTER THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, WHICH WE JUST HAD.

UH, SO WE CAN NOW HANDLE, UH, ITEMS NUMBER 39 AND 40.

SO OUR MOTION TO APPROVE 39 AND 40 ON COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY BASED OF MOTION.

IS THERE A PSYCHIC, A MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS? AND HE'S DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF 3,040, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAIR.

THOSE OPPOSED TO ADAM IS, UH, ON THE DIAS 39 AND 40, UM, UH, PASS.

UH, I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE MAY TAKE US A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THEN IT WAS ONE OH ONE.

UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, EDITOR OR MANAGER, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE, THEY RECOGNIZED IT.

AND BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR WAS NOT HAVING OUR TYPICAL MUSIC AND PROCLAMATIONS.

AND I COULDN'T LET THIS MEETING GO BY WITHOUT FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THE SERVICE OF OUR POLICE, CHIEF BRIAN MANLEY, AND PRESENT HIM WITH A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE LORD.

AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SORT OF RECOGNIZE HIM AND HIS LEADERSHIP.

AS YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH, HE DID ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 30 YEARS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, HE HAS BEEN A LEADER THAT HAS BEEN STEADFAST AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.

AND AUSTIN HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE SAFEST COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY, UH, OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF DECADES, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD AND I RECOGNIZE, UH, WHAT HE WILL BE DOING NEXT IS UNKNOWN, UH, BUT WISHED HIM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THOSE FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

UH, BUT WITH THIS, I DID HAVE A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, WHICH I WILL READ NOW THAT SAYS FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN, HIS DEDICATION TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION AND POLICING COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AS CHIEF OF POLICE DURING A PERIOD OF PIVOTAL COMMUNITY CHANGE, BRIAN MANLEY IS DESERVING OF PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THEREOF ON THIS 25TH DAY OF MARCH, 2021.

AND I THINK BRIAN CHIEF HAS JOINED US TODAY.

AND SO I DID WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, BUT ALSO CREATE THIS SPACE FOR ALLOWING, UH, COUNSEL, UH, TO HAVE ANY REMARKS THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE.

YOUR PARTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACH TO THE CITY.

UM, I DO WANT TO, TO, TO ADD TO THAT CHIEF MADLY, UM, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, IT'S RARE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT, UH, UH, RISES THROUGH THE RANKS AND IS HERE, UH, UH, FOR AS LONG AS YOU AND HELP SHAPE, UH, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, SO GIVING

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AND, UH, I JUST WANNA TO COMMENT, UH, AGAIN, HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE BOMBER CAME INTO OUR CITY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT, UH, A CLOSER VANTAGE POINT, UH, TO NOT ONLY HOW OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS, UH, AND THE, UM, UH, DRAIN NUMBER OF JUST INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WE HAVE ON THE FRONT LINE.

UH, BUT, UH, SEE YOU THE NEED, UH, THE COLLECTIVE FEDERAL AGENCIES IN ADDITION TO THE LOCAL AGENCIES IN A ROLE QUITE FRANKLY, THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY YOURS TO TAKE WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THERE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY NORMALLY JUST STEP IN AND TAKE THAT ROLE, BUT EVERYBODY DEFERRED TO YOU.

UH, AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT.

AND, UH, IT JUST MADE ME VERY PROUD TO WATCH YOU, UH, IN YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR FORCE DURING THAT, THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

UH, SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THAT'S OVER CHIEF.

I, I TOO WANTED TO JUST UNDERSCORE THE MAYOR'S WORDS OF THANKS, AND TO ADD MY OWN FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR UNTIRING, UM, YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND I JOINED THE OTHERS WHO ARE, UH, WISHING YOU THE BEST IN YOUR, IN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE.

UM, AND I HOPE YOU HOPE YOU GET SOME TIME OFF, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR PASSION AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.

OKAY, CHIEF, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

AND, UM, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

I KNOW WE WERE LIKE-MINDED AND GETTING IT DONE, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD.

CHIEF MAINLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, YOU HAVE ALMOST WORKED FOR THE CITY AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ALIVE, AND THAT SHOULDN'T GO NOTICE, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP THE MORALE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS REALLY TRYING TIME HAS, HAS ALSO NOT BEEN GONE UNNOTICED.

AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE BLUEPRINT AND PATHWAY THAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD FOR YOUR ABSENCE.

AND ON A SIDE NOTE, THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME TO, TO HELP KIND OF GUIDE ME IN WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER, UM, GET INFORMATION FROM, FROM THE MEMBERS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ALSO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES.

UM, THIS RETIREMENT IS NOT THE END OF YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY, AND I'M PROUD THAT YOU HAVE, UM, INDICATED THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WAS THERE A KITCHEN OR ANY COWS BARN POOL, CHIEF MALE, MY WORDS TO THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE IN PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW MUCH I'VE BEEN APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH OUR OFFICES, UH, AND WITH OUR OFFICE SO MUCH AS THEIR A POOL.

AND THEN IT COMES FROM CHIEF MANLEY.

I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES IN THANKING YOU FOR YOUR LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, THANKS FOR PICKING AUSTIN TO DEVOTE YOURSELF TO AND COMMIT YOURSELF TO.

AND I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, IN THE TIME THAT YOU WERE INTERIM CHIEF AND THEN TO POLICE HERE IN AUSTIN AND FOR THIS DIOCESE HAVE BEEN REALLY TURBULENT TIMES.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S TIMES OF TURBULENCE THAT DO TEST OUR TRUE CHARACTER, AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR STRENGTH OF PURPOSE AND CHARACTER AND HANGING IN THERE AND STAYING TRUE TO THE COURSE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AND PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT THING THAT YOU DID TO BRIG OVER FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THE RE-IMAGINING TO GET US UNDERWAY WITH THAT, AND, UM, TO SET A GOOD PRODUCT KIT FOR ADDITIONAL AND INSIGHTFUL INHUMANE.

AND AUSTIN'S NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU CHIEF, YOU KNOW, YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM EVEN UNDER A JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND, AND DOING WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU.

AND I HOPE FOR THE BEST THAT YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD RETIREMENT BEFORE YOU ENDED UP TAKING A MESSAGE BACK.

CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU.

UM, CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION.

UM, AND I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.

UM, I KNOW THAT,

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU TO IMPROVE OUR CITY.

SOMEBODY TO CALL, MAKE SURE TO MUTE YOUR AUDIO, UH, CHIEF FAMILY, MAKE SURE TO MUTE YOUR AUDIO ON YOUR COMPUTER.

THAT'S REMEMBER ALICE.

I JUST WANT TO ADD, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND I DO HOPE YOU GET SOME TIME OFF TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, WHATEVER YOU DO NEXT.

GOOD LUCK.

AND NOW, CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE A CHANCE? I, SORRY, YOU'RE MUTED.

YOU'RE STILL MUTED.

W HERE'S LIKE THE BIG OPPORTUNITY AND WE CAN HEAR YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY TECH SYSTEMS WE GET IT'S WORTH PAUSING FOR A SECOND IN CASE THEY CAN CALL IN? NO, I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CALL IN BY PHONE, UM, SOMEBODY FROM CTM NEEDS TO MOVE THAT PERSON OVER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S UNDERWAY.

I KNOW WHEN I'VE CALLED IN, I OFTEN AM NOT ABLE TO TALK.

HE HASN'T CALLED IN YET.

WE'RE GOING TO PLACE THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE ID IN THE STAFF CHAT THAT DIDN'T DO THROUGH THE, HE TRIED TO CALL IN.

SO WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.

WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

I THINK WE'VE DONE IN SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT TIMES IS TO HAVE

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SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT TWO O'CLOCK.

MY AUDIO IS MUTED ON THE COMPUTER.

NOW, IS THIS WORKING WELL AFTER ALL THAT EFFORT AND WORK AND A TIME THAT YOU ALL COULD BE DOING OTHER THINGS ON? I SURE HOPE THAT I HAVE SOMETHING PROFOUND TO SAY NOW.

UM, I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF.

UH, I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ME.

UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT, UH, ANY OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE JUST, UH, THE, THE BRULEE, THE CULMINATION OF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THROUGH 30 YEARS.

UH, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE AS MANY OF YOU HAVE, UM, IN THOSE 30 YEARS, HOWEVER, WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED IS THE DETERMINATION, THE COMPASSION, THE PROFESSIONALISM, UM, AND, UH, REALLY JUST THE INTEGRITY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH BOTH THOSE IN UNIFORM, IN THOSE NOT.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES TOGETHER, BUT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT EACH AND EVERY TIME IT COMES THROUGH THEM, AND I THINK WE'RE BETTER FOR EACH AND EVERY CHALLENGE THAT WE FACED.

UM, YOU DO HAVE A DEPARTMENT TO BE PROUD OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE HONORABLY, AGAIN, THOSE IN UNIFORM AND OUR CIVILIAN TEAM THAT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT.

UM, AND SO I AM PLEASED THAT, UM, ALTHOUGH I AM LEAVING MY FORMAL ROLE WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THAT PRIOR TO MY DEPARTURE, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS THAT WERE GOALS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO HIT BEFORE LEAVING, UM, PRIMARILY GETTING THE ORGANIZATION READY TO BEGIN TRAINING AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO, WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT UNDERWAY.

AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT WORK BY COUNCIL WORK BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THEN ESPECIALLY SO MANY PROFESSIONALS THAT I HAVE AT THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING SO HARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

UM, I AM, UM, ABSOLUTELY, UM, THANKFUL FOR BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THIS ORGANIZATION.

UM, IT HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND, UM, I WILL TAKE MANY FOND MEMORIES WITH ME AS I MOVE ON TO WHATEVER MY NEXT VENTURE IS.

UM, AND I WILL TAKE MANY FRIENDSHIPS WITH ME AS WELL.

UM, I WANT TO WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURES, UH, KNOWING THAT YOU, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AND LEAD AND WHAT IS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY SHOW UP AND GIVE IT THEIR ALL AND DO THEIR BEST IN, UH, IN VERY DIFFICULT TIMES, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND, UH, BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT.

UM, MR. MANAGER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR FAITH IN ME.

UH, I THINK IT WAS ONLY A, A MERE MATTER OF WEEKS, UH, FROM YOUR ARRIVAL HERE IN AUSTIN, THAT YOU AND I WERE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME CRITICAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING OFFICERS, OR UNFORTUNATELY IN THE BOMBINGS THAT, UH, SHOOK OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND, UM, I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR YOU PLACING YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO SERVE AS YOUR CHIEF.

AND, UH, AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, I WILL REMAIN, UH, IN THE AREA AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST WHERE I CAN AND THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A PACKED AGENDA AND VERY LITTLE TIME, UH, TO SNEAK INTO LUNCH HERE.

SO, UH, I COULD TALK FOREVER AND I WON'T.

UM, BUT I WILL JUST END WITH, AGAIN, MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, CHIEF, THANK YOU, GOD SPEED.

UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, IT IS, UH, ONE 17.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS AND TAKE A LUNCH BREAK, COME BACK OUT HERE AND LISTEN TO SPEAKERS WHO WILL BE QUEUING UP, BEGIN TO GET TO, UH, DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT TWO BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE OVER 40 MINUTES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO RECESS NOW, ONE 17 COUNCIL WE'LL COME BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, WE'VE POSTED ONTO THE MESSAGE BOARD, THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE YET TO, UH, CONSIDER.

UH, SO WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE MESSAGE BOARD COLLEAGUES SEE YOU HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK.

I RECONVENED THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE TODAY, TWO OH SEVEN, UM, MARCH 25TH, 2021.

UH, WE HAVE

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UM, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THOSE SPEAKERS.

UH, WE'LL MAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED, UH, THAT WE CAN HANDLE QUICKLY, WE'LL

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HANDLE THOSE.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, ON EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAVE ONE 13, ONE 1487 AND 43 ARE THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOUR, ONE 13, ONE 1487 AND 43.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND HANDLE ANY OF THE ZONING CASES THAT, UH, LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT TAKE LONGER.

AND THEN SEE IF WE CAN GET INTO THE, THE, THE ITEMS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LEFT BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK COUNCILOR KITCHEN.

UH, DID YOU WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE AND SERVICE? YES.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE THANK MARYANNE NEELY FOR HER SERVICE ON THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

UH, SHE HAS RETIRED FROM THAT SERVICE AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS SERVING THE CITY.

AND SO, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE PROCLAMATION THAT I HAVE FOR HER, BUT I DO WANT TO READ JUST THE FIRST LINE, YOU KNOW, MARIANNE NEELEY SERVED ON THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION THROUGH THE DECADES FROM FOR MANY YEARS.

AND SHE WAS MY APPOINTEE TO D FROM DISTRICT FIVE, FROM 2015 TO 22 THINGS.

SHE TRULY HAS BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD OVER AREAS CONTAINING SENSITIVE RECHARGE AND CONTRIBUTING LANDS AS WELL AS CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ESSENTIAL TO THE RECHARGE OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND THE BARTON SPRINGS POOL.

SO SHE HAS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS AND MANY, MANY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER SO MUCH FOR HER SERVANTS.

UM, SHE'S BEEN ON SAY BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION, BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY, CLEAN WATER ACTION LCRA.

SHE'S A MASTER GARDENER.

UH, SHE'S A BOARD MEMBER OF ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN CONSERVANCY AND THE BARTON HILLS GARDEN CLUB.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY, THANKS TO HER, UM, AS SHE HAS MUCH DESERVED A RETIREMENT AT THIS POINT, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED, UM, AS ONE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS.

AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO SHARE THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND WITH HER.

UM, AS WE PROCLAIM MARCH 25TH IS MARIANNE NEELEY DAY.

YOU'RE ON MUTE MAYOR.

YOU GET PAID SHIT.

HOW'S MY KITCHEN.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

IT'S HARD TO EVEN THINK ABOUT, UM, UH, THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS CONTINUING WITHOUT HER AT THE HELM.

SHE'S BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THOSE FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER ON RETIREMENT AND THOSE KINDS OF RETIREMENTS KIND OF LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS FOR A MOMENT.

UH, THAT'S MY ROGER.

AND, UH, SOMEONE HAD THAT HAD SERVED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD WITH, UH, MS. UH, I REALLY WANT TO TAKE HER FOR ALL HER CIRCUMSTANCE.

SO, UH, WE, UH, ACCOMPLISH A LOT WHILE I WAS SERVING WITH HER.

WE RECREATED THE, UH, RETENTION PONDS AND, AND, UH, SO WE DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, INCLUDING WHAT MENTIONED THAT SHE IS JUST AN OUTSTANDING PERSON THAT HAD REALLY, REALLY LEFT THE CITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OR THE SHARED SOME I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

AND I WANT, THEY CUT HER OFF SO THAT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TO WHERE I COULD BE TIRED, STEPH'S REALLY GOOD AT HITTING HIS MUTE BUTTON FOR ME.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT, GO TO THE, UH, SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP AND THE TWO O'CLOCK CUTE.

UH, I THINK ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 20 IT'S, ABOUT THREE MINUTES, UH, UH, EACH AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

JERRY CLARK, IF YOU WERE RECOGNIZE OUR SPEAKERS, FIRST SPEAKER IS MEGAN MEISENBACH.

THIS IS MAKING MEISENBACH AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94 AND 95, THE MONTOPOLIS ACRES.

UM, I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS HAVE A VALID PETITION AND THEY REALLY DON'T WANT THIS, UM, LAND USE OF MULTIFAMILY AMONG THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO I HOPE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, UM, HONOR THEIR WISHES AND HONOR THEIR VAL SALAD PETITION.

OF THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FAC TECH TEAM, AND THE CONTACT TEAM IS OPPOSING THE REZONING OF 10, 13 TO 10 17 MONTOPOLIS DRIVE.

HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

THIS IS A SIGN THAT IN MASA AND I AM PRESIDENT

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THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY THREE.

WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER AND ADOPTED I'M ON TOP OF HIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IN 2001, WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF COMPROMISING, UH, WITH THE CITY.

AND WE SAID THAT WE WOULD AGREE TO HAVE MORE APARTMENTS, WHICH WE DIDN'T WANT, CAUSE WE ALREADY HAD PLENTY, BUT THAT APARTMENTS WOULD BE ESTABLISHED SOUTH OF EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

AND THAT THE HEART OF THE MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY WOULD BE PRESERVED PRESERVED WITH US BEING A FAMILY ZONING LATELY, WE HAVE BEEN UNDER SIEGE BY DEVELOPERS BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE TOP IS TELSA THAT'S COMING IN, UH, IS BRINGING IN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS OF BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE IN THE URBAN CORE, BUT ONLY BE 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM TESLA.

AND SO THIS IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR MONTOPOLIS COMMUNICATE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, TESSA CHAVEZ WAS THE FIRST COMMUNITY BID GENTRIFY, THEN THE HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN GO VALLEY JOHNSTON.

AND THE LAST ONE OF COURSE IS MONTOPOLIS, WHICH HAS 33% OF THIS POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT A 98% PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITY AND IS PREDOMINANTLY SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE.

AND THE UT STUDY ABOVE RUDY WOULD THE COUNCIL, UH, COMMISSION THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE ANYBODY, THEY SHOULD WORK ON SAVING THE TOPLESS.

AND SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE, UH, HONOR OUR VALID PETITION, WHICH WE HAVE AT 45% AND TO KEEP OUR SINGLE FAMILY ZONING INSIDE, UH, THE MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, JONATHAN DAVIDSON.

UH, HELLO, MY NAME'S JOHN DAVIDSON.

I LIVE ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE MONTOPOLIS ACRES, UH, PROPOSED REZONING PROPERTY.

I OPPOSED IT VEHEMENTLY IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DOING THESE ARE ALL THE CASES IN THIS AREA.

US AS NEIGHBORS HAS HAVE BEEN VILIFIED AS NIMBYS AND AS ANTI HOUSING AND DENSITY.

BUT IN REALITY, A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION INTO THE TYPES OF PERSONALITIES THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE, SHOW THEM TO BE IN MANY CASES, FOR INSTANCE, FIVE OH EIGHT, COME AROUND THE CORNER, UH, TO BE AN A BAXTERS AND, UH, PRO-TRUMP, UH, RAPIST MEMES ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRUST THAT DEVELOPER IN THE MONTOPOLIS ACRES CASE, THE DEVELOPER LIVES ON A HUGE PROPERTY IN WESTLAKE, RIGHT BY THREE 60, A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, SIX CAR GARAGE, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BEING TOLD TO PEOPLE THAT THOSE ARE DEVELOPED DEVELOPABLE PROPERTIES.

HE ALSO HAS A PROPERTY TAX PROTEST COMPANY THAT STATES ON ITS WEBSITE.

WE ONLY TAKE CUSTOMERS WITH HOUSES WORTH AT LEAST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

SO I THINK THAT I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ANY KIND OF ENTITLEMENTS, THE DEVELOPERS NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF VETTING THE DEVELOPER AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE THE KIND OF DEVELOPERS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN TRUST.

AND FOR THAT PURPOSE, I'M VERY AGAINST THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, ERIC PAULUS.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD.

INSULTING TO THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY CONTACT TEAM AND NOT BRING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUALLY PLAN TO DO.

HI, I'M URGING, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THE REZONING AT MONTOPOLIS ACRES.

UM, I THINK IT WILL BE A TERRIBLE FIT FOR THE MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT WILL FOREVER CHANGE THE COMMUNITY IN A NEGATIVE MANNER.

UH, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS WHY THIS REZONING WOULD BE A BAD IDEA FOR MONTOPOLIS.

UM, NUMBER ONE, IT WILL EXACERBATE THE ALREADY OUT OF CONTROL GENTRIFICATION GOING ON IN MY TOP LIST.

UH, TWO, IT WILL PLOP AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DENSITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT BUILT TO SUSTAIN THAT TYPE OF DENSITY.

AND THREE IT'LL CREATE MORE FLASH FLOODING PRESSURE IN AN AREA THAT'S PRONE TO SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING THAT THE CITY'S WATERSHED DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY HAVING A REALLY, REALLY HARD TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE.

UM, FURTHERMORE, I THINK THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO REFORM THE PLANNING PROCESS.

UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UH, AT THE MEETING WHERE THEY APPROVED THIS, THEY CITED AS THE MAJOR REASON SUPPORT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALTERING DEVELOPMENT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR A BUS STOP.

I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST RIDICULOUS.

UM, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING CONTACT TEAM MEETINGS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE I'VE BEEN TO WHERE DEVELOPER HAS COME TO SELL THE DEVELOPMENTS, THEY DON'T BRING DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR PROJECTS.

THEY BRING INFORMATION ABOUT ZONING CODES.

SO IT'S LIKE TOTALLY

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AND THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE MEETING I'VE BEEN TO NOT ONCE HAVE THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT ANYTHING, ANYTHING REAL OR SUBSTANTIVE, AND YET THEY CAN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN USHER IT THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.

UM, SO THIS PROPERTY WOULD GO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEWLY RENOVATED MONTOPOLIS REC CENTER.

SO I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IT WOULD SEND TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, IMMEDIATELY TURN AROUND AND START ALLOWING THESE HUGE COMPLEXES THAT WILL FOREVER ALTER AND DESTROY THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF MY TOP LIST.

UM, AS SOON AS THE SPOT TOUGHEST REC CENTER IS, IS FINISHED, I THINK IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MESSAGE TO SEND TO THE COMMUNITY.

NO IT AALIYAH.

HELLO? YES.

I'M KALI TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF 10, 13 MEN TOPLESS AND THE TOP OF THE TAKERS.

UM, THE RECENT WHERE THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE DEVELOPMENT WE SEE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE MORE WE'RE NOTICING, YOU KNOW, WHO IT'S ACTUALLY FEEL FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BUILT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT BUILT FOR OUR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES THAT HAVE GROWN UP HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILT FOR PEOPLE WITH MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE OTHER SPEAKERS SAID, IT DEFINITELY CHANGES OUR COMMUNITY, THE MAKEUP OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT WE WOULD WANT IS DEVELOPMENT THAT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY, SERVES OUR, UM, WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES THAT MAKE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, SO I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAIN TO THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, TO HONOR OUR VALID PETITION AND TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO BUYING SUCH PROPERTY SUCH AS THIS, YOU KNOW, LARGE LOTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MONTOPOLIS AND BUILD LOW-INCOME HOUSING, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN NO LONGER LIVE HERE, CAN NO LONGER PAY THEIR TAXES.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO MOVE AWAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, STAND WITH THE NEIGHBOR, HIM AND TOPLESS AND, YOU KNOW, HELP US FIGHT DISPLACEMENT.

IF YOU'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO THIS.

AND YOU WOULD OPPOSE, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, BACKUP OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, NIKA ARNOLD.

MY NAME IS NICO ARNOLD.

I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE HEALING PROJECT.

I'M 28 YEARS OLD, BORN AND RAISED AUSTINITE ORIGINALLY BORN ON THE EAST SIDE.

I'M GOING TO RESEND IT.

OTHER MEMBERS THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THE 1928 MASTER PLAN.

AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE 10, 13 MONTOPOLIS IT'S CAUSED THIS PLACEMENT.

IT FORCES INEQUITIES EQUITIES AGAINST US, AS IT ALWAYS DO.

IF Y'ALL ARE FOR US, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THIS IS FOR BLACK AND BROWN AND BEST DISTANCE, A RESOURCE HUB FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE THAT FACE THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE Y'ALL ARE AGAINST THEM.

THESE ARE FOR WHITE PEOPLE.

LET'S JUST BE CLEAR.

WHITE, SINGLE MOTHERS, BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FACES EVERYDAY AND DAILY.

WE STILL FACE THIS.

WE DON'T FORM.

AND I HOPE Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME AND FEEL THIS.

THE MAYOR, EVERY DISTRICT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND BEYOND MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL THIS, THIS IS NOT FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE OPPOSED THAT.

AND IF Y'ALL WERE FOR US, SHOW US, WE ARE SET UP.

WE ARE TIRED OF BEING DISPLACED, ABUSED, MISTREATED, NOT EVEN LIKE HUMANS.

WE DESERVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE TODAY.

AND WE ARE DEMANDING.

WE ARE NOT ASKING NO MORE.

EVERYBODY ON THIS CALL, WE ARE DEMANDING.

WE ARE OPPOSED OF IT BUILT INTO THE PROJECT AND THAT ALONE, IT COMES OUT OF FACE AND NO GAS AND WATER RIGHT NOW, NOT THE FUTURE WAS.

AND WE DON'T NEED THE DEVELOPERS THAT I FUNDED THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CITY REP.

WE DON'T NEED THAT.

AND WE NEED A LAW PASSED BY THAT.

SO THAT WASN'T HAPPENED.

SO OUR BABY FLAT GRANDKIDS FOR ALL OF US, WE ARE TIRED.

IT'S TIME FOR THE BLACK AND BROWN TO UNITE.

IF NOT READY UNTIL YOU GO TO THE HEALING PROJECT.ORG, IT'S A METAL EMAIL SO WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

I'M TIRED OF BEING ON THESE CALLS.

I JUST LEFT THE MARCH.

I'M READY FOR SOMEBODY.

THAT'S FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO BE ON BOY.

AND I SAY, NOT KNOW AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, TRAVIS MOORE, SOMEBODY THAT KNOW I PAINT THAT'S ON.

IT'S CALLED IT'S TIME FOR US TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND WANT JUSTICE.

WE WANT THE DEMAND.

THAT SHIT, EXCUSE ME, I'M TIRED, BUT WE OPPOSED IT.

AND Y'ALL, AIN'T EVEN GOT TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS CALL.

YOU KNOW, WE OPPOSE IT.

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IT'S NOT FOR US.

IT'S A GIFT GOING TO THIS PLACE OF IT'S PULLING UP.

IT'S DETERIORATING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE TO US.

THIS IS THE CHANCE TO POUR INTO US.

WE'RE DEMANDING YOU TO POUR INTO US AND I'M DONE IN PEACE.

TAKE HALL, MR. HALL, PLEASE UNMUTE.

HI, MY NAME IS NICOLE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, ZONING CASE PRIDE AND NUMBER 99 AT 49 11TH AVENUE.

UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TOGETHER A PLAN THAT WE THINK IS, UH, SENSITIVE TO THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WHILE ALSO CONTRIBUTING SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE CITY.

UH, IT'S BEEN A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, UH, GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CONCERNS PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF THE INPUT THAT THEY HAD ON THE PROJECT.

THAT'S IT FOR ME, DAVID BOYLE.

HI, THIS IS DAVID BOYLE.

UH, I'M A NEIGHBOR TO THE 49 O'CLOCK PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M HERE WITH, UH, ANTHONY DAY.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEIGHBORS, WE, UH, WERE BLINDSIDED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE ORGANIZING A VALID PETITION, UH, PETITION, EXCUSE ME.

UM, AS WE WERE GETTING THE SIGNATURES, THE DEVELOPER REACHED OUT.

SO WE, UH, UH, TALKING AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING, UH, A FENCE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEIGHBORS, A, UH, UPKEEP AND LIKING OF A POSSE WOULD GO THE BLUE CONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE, UH, TO THE SPRINGDALE POT AND TO SAVE THREE BIG OAK TREES.

UM, WE, IT LOOKS PROMISING, BUT WE ARE NOT DONE NEGOTIATING YET.

SO I JUST WAS CALLING TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A FIRST READING AND THAT Y'ALL, WEREN'T GOING TO FAST TRACK IT AND GO, UH, AND VOTE ON IT TODAY.

ANTHONY, YOU GOT ANYTHING TO SAY? UH, YEAH, I'M NEXT TO DAVID HERE.

UH, APOLOGIES FOR BOTH OF US BEING ON THE CALL, BUT I'M JUST, I'M REGISTERING.

I DO WANT TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL IN GENERAL, AS A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS WHERE WE'RE QUITE BUSY AND IT WAS SURPRISING TO US TO IDENTIFY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE SPRINGDALE AIRPORT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY WROTE A LETTER OF APPROVAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHECKING WITH ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT.

NO ONE SPOKE TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT BOARDED THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY, NOT THE DEVELOPER INITIALLY, NOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE ARE BUSY, BUT THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM, THE RESOURCES TO HAVE FULL-TIME PEOPLE TO PUSH SOMETHING LIKE THIS THROUGH.

AND I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UM, AT SOME POINT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS GETS DONE TO RE-EXAMINE HOW ZONING APPROVALS GET DONE WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHECKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE DIRECTLY BORDERING THE PROPERTY AS A RESULT, DAVID, MYSELF, AND SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS, AGAIN, TO FORM OUR OWN LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

UM, BUT I DO AGREE THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER DIRECTLY AND WE ARE REACHING SOME, UH, AGREEMENTS.

UM, ONE THING DAVID DID MISS OUT IS THAT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPER PAYING FOR TWO AND A HALF THOUSAND LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK.

UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, BUT I DO GET CONCERNED AS A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN ON THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE PROJECTS ARE GETTING APPROVED WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, UM, BEING CONSULTED.

UM, YOU KNOW, I SPENT THREE AFTERNOONS KNOCKING ON MY NEIGHBOR'S DOORS TO TALK TO THEM, TO GET A VALID PETITION, WHICH WE DO HAVE, BUT WE HAVE AGREED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT NOT TO FOLLOW THAT VALID PETITION WHILE WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATION.

AND AS DAVID SAID, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THIS YOUR REQUEST, THIS IS JUST A FIRST READING OF THIS.

IS THERE ANY RECHANGE? AND WHILE WE CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEVELOPER, THANK YOU, RACHEL.

MOCKLER IT JUST HAD TWO SPEAKERS THAT JUST BY WHERE THEY BOTH REGISTERED, WE ONLY KNOW OF THE FIRST, UM, WE, THE SECOND PERSON DID NOT MENTION THEIR NAMES.

SO THEY SPOKE WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES, I GUESS THEY SHARED RACHEL MUCHLER.

WE'LL TRY HER BACK.

GWEN

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JEWESS.

HI, THIS IS GWEN JEWESS WHEN JEWISH REGARDS REGARDS TO, UM, THE NORTH BLUFF PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER ONE OH FOUR.

UM, THE SOUTH CENTRAL, UM, CONGRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM IS WORKING WITH, UH, LEO BOHO, THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS ONLY BEING VIEWED ON A FIRST READING BASIS, AS WE DO NOT HAVE A DOUBT, UM, A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN PLACE.

WE ARE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AND, UM, SHE IS AWARE OF OUR CONCERNS AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL ALSO HAVE BACKUP MATERIAL ON THAT.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS IN PARTICULAR.

ONE IS THAT NORTH BLOCK IS A SUBSTANDARD STREET.

IT'S EXTREMELY NARROW.

THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS AND IT'S A SPEEDY CUT THROUGH FROM TO SOUTH CONGRESS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT, WHO WOULD NEED TO PARK ALONG THE STREET TO EITHER ACCESS THE FUTURE, UH, GREENBELT AREA, THE PLEASANT HILL TRIBUTARY, OR BE VISITORS TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON THAT, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT.

THE SECOND THING IS ABOUT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.

UM, IT'S, IT'S RATHER MATH STOUT FROM WHAT IT HAS BEEN.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONCERN IS EXPRESSED.

THE SECOND ITEM I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS, UM, NUMBER ONE, 10, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH LEAH ON THAT IS SIX THREE ONE ONE SOUTH FIRST STREET.

UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, I AM AGAINST THAT DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH LEAH FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND INVOLVED COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, VANESSA WEDNESDAYS AS WELL.

WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE, AND I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH THE PEOPLE, UM, WHO WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE MONTOPOLIS PROJECTS FOR THE SAME REASON.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UM, LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY AND WITH COVID AND, UH, THE ECONOMY, THE WAY IT'S BEEN.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA WHO ARE REALLY HURTING.

SO, UM, JUST DOING REPS REQUIRED ALREADY BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE 10% AT 80 MSI DOES NOTHING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.

WE REALLY NEED TO BE SEEING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 50 AND 60%.

AND THAT'S WHY IF WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE MSI FOR THAT PART OF TOWN, AS OPPOSED TO THE CITYWIDE MSI, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE MUCH LOWER.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH HER ON.

THE OTHER ITEM IS, UM, HOW WE MANAGE CONTRACTOR PARKING DORN, THE, UM, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.

THERE IS THE, UM, DEFUNCT HEB AT WILLIAM CANNON AND SOUTH FIRST STREET.

AND THAT WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR THE DEVELOPERS CONTRACTOR TO LEASE SOME PARKING SPACES RATHER THAN TO, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS IS.

SIX COMPLAINT SPECIFICALLY FOR JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD AND CRAIG WOOD BECAUSE THE BUS RUNS EVERY 60 MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS ENOVIA JOSEPH, MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEM 90, WHICH IS 62, 15 AND A HALF JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD.

IT'S SPECIFICALLY CHANGING THE ZONING FROM OUR TO A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING.

I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU BY STAFF AND THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE SEVEN.

IT TELLS YOU SPECIFICALLY THAT CONNECTIVITY IS BELOW STANDARDS.

IT TELLS YOU THERE'S A CAPITAL METRO BUS STOP WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET, BUT THAT IN A PEDESTRIAN WOULD HAVE TO WALK IN THE ROADS.

I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL TO THE LETTER BY THE COLONY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MS. SCOTT ON PAGES 23 TO 24, WHICH SPECIFICALLY SAYS WE OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL LEAD TO SEMI-TRUCKS WHIZZING PAST OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN AS THEY WALK TO AND FROM FOO ALONG, UH, ONE ROAD, ONE LANE ROAD, THESE ARE SEMI-TRUCKS AND THEY CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THIS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AT HIGHLAND PARK OR CASITA ELEMENTARY.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ALSO MENTIONED THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES.

WELL, LET ME JUST BE CLEAR, MAYOR.

I FILED A TITLE

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THERE IS NO ACCESS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN.

IT WENT TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEN CAPITAL METRO ADDED TWO HOURS TO THAT BUS ROUTE, BUT IT'S STILL UNSAFE.

AND SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO APOLOGIZE TO BLACK PEOPLE FOR AN EQUITIES FROM THE PAST.

IF YOU ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT BLACKS, THEN I WANT YOU TO PUT THIS PROJECT ON HOLD AND TO RECOGNIZE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES, THE CONCERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE SAME BLACK PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUPPORTED YOU, NAACP, ASHLYN, CUMBERBATCH, THEY WERE ALL COPIED ON THIS LETTER.

I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED THE FIRST READING ON THIS CASE, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A GRAVE INJUSTICE.

AND WHEN THE COLONY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THE PROJECT, AND YOU'VE ALREADY HAD ONE, YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TITLE, SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 COMPLAINT.

I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE.

YOU ARE WANTING FORTY-FIVE PERCENT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

AND THIS IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOU ARE NOT COMPLIANT WITH.

THE SPIRIT ARE THE LETTER OF TITLE SIX, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT BARBARA JORDAN ELEMENTARY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS AREA, ASK THE DEVELOPER HOW MANY TRUCKS WILL BE IN AND OUT OF THIS AREA UNTIL THERE IS A SIDEWALK IN SAFE PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE.

IT IS UNSAFE.

I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS WROTE TO ZERO CAPITAL.

METRO ALSO SETS THE PLACE AUGUST 22ND, 2016 ON OR ABOUT, AND IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT YOUR VISION ZERO GOALS.

AND SO IF YOU ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO THESE STATEMENTS THAT YOU KEEP MAKING THEM, PLEASE DON'T PASS THIS ITEM.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE A PAUSE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAFETY CONCERNS, SAFETY FIRST SAFETY, ALWAYS RHETORIC.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR, UM, MS. JOSEPH, EXCUSE ME, THAT, UM, MY OFFICE WORKED WITH, UH, WITH THE FOLKS DEVELOPING PROPERTY TO REMOVE THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DESIGNATION AND IT'S MIXED USE HOUSING INSTEAD.

UM, SO, UH, OUR TRANSIT FOLKS ARE LETTING ME KNOW NOW THAT JOHNNY IS GETTING PROP B UPGRADES.

IN WHICH CASE MS. JOSEPH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO LAUREN AND KAYLA AND THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE.

UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEIR, THEIR RESPECTIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES, YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT TO DISTRICT ONE.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, AND NIKKI I'LL MAKE SURE THEY GET IT.

MA'AM.

NEXT SPEAKER, RACHEL, PLEASE UNMUTE MORE.

YOU CAN'T YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

MY NAME IS MARIO CANTU CARE OF THE SOUTH CONGRESS CONTACT TEAM.

I WILL SPEAK ON TWO ITEMS, ITEM ONE OH FOUR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FOUR OH ONE NORTH LOFT.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LEAH BO JO, UH, WITH THIS, UH, PROJECT.

OUR MAIN CONCERN IS AS SOON WITH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A, UH, TRIBUTARY, WHICH IS, UH, ALMOST LIKE, UH, LIKE A CREEK AREA.

SO THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE INCREASED IN THE BACK PART OF THE HOMES THAT WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER, WHICH WOULD INCREASE MORE RAIN, MORE DRAINAGE.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH HER AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT PROJECT DOESN'T CREATE MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER AS YOU KNOW, MAJOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED VERY HEAVILY IN DISTRICT TWO.

SO THAT'S A CONCERN ALSO ITEM ONE 10, UH, 63 11 SOUTH FIRST STREET.

UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE AGAINST THE, UM, ZONING CHANGE ON THIS.

AND THE REASON WHY IS WE WANT THE 10% AT 50% MFI.

AND JUST REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY FOR 40 YEARS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 200 YEARS.

WHEN YOU START TO HEAR THE NUMBERS OF, OF 10%, UH, 80% MFI ALSO REMEMBERED THAT THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO IS NOT IN DISTRICT THREE.

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WE'RE NOT AT THE SAML SOUTH CONGRESS AREA.

WE ARE WITHIN A VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.

IN FACT, THIS PROJECT WILL BE IN THE BACKYARD OF MANY HOMES.

SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT AREA.

IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BALLGAME.

UH, WE ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY JUST PREVIOUS TO MINE, MYSELF SPEAKING, THIS IS A REALLY BIG ISSUE IN AUSTIN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE THIS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH LEAH.

LOJO SOME MORE IF NEEDED, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WOULD JUST REQUEST NOT TO PASS THE ZONING CHANGE ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, AS IT WAS STATED TO US, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT THEY CAN DO.

SO MAYBE WE MAY NEED TO GET ANOTHER APPLICANT FOR THIS PROJECT THAT CAN PROVIDE REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO US.

AND TO DISTRICT TWO, UH, VANESSA POINTED THE SAY COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AND WITH LEAH BOGIES, JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ON DAY ONE, WE DID OFFER HER THE 10% AT 50% NFI AND TIM, SORRY, 5% AT 55% AT 60, UH, SHE WOULD NOT, UH, TAKE ANY OF THAT.

AND THEN AS THINGS IN CONVERSATIONS OCCURRED WITH, UH, VANESSA, AND JUST WHAT PEOPLE LIVING AND STRUGGLING AND WATER SHORTAGES, FOOD SHORTAGES, CASH SHORTAGES, JOBLESS INDIVIDUALS, PEOPLE LOSING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND HAVING TO BE, OR BEING DISPLACED.

WE WE'VE NOTICED VERY HEAVILY THAT WE HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THESE NUMBERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN NOT JUST THIS DISTRICT, BUT WITHIN EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

JUST REMEMBER, WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO THINGS ALREADY.

WE'VE GOT COVID ON, ON, ON DECK.

AND WE HAD THE SNOW STORM ON DECK.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A THIRD, THIRD THING IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT CAN WE, IT, I REALLY STARTED DOING SOMETHING IN THE CITY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE HERE.

BYE-BYE CHRISTOPHER ZETO COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGERS, KRONK MAYOR ADLER.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE AGENT'S REQUEST FOR THE POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM ONE ZERO FIVE SUNRISE, MINNIE MARTIN REZONING.

THIS HAS BEEN A GRASSROOTS EFFORT AND IT'S TAKEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AWAY FROM OUR REGULAR LIVES.

PRIOR TO OBTAINING ILLEGAL PETITION, WE ATTENDED THE ZONING COMMISSION, PLANNING AND CANNABIS, THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OBTAINING OVER 60 UNIQUE SIGNATURES.

THE AGENTS, THE APPLICANT HAS NOTIFIED OF OUR OPPOSITE OPPOSITION PETITION, BUT DID NOT REQUEST A POSTPONEMENT.

HE ONLY DID SO ON LESS THAN 24 HOURS.

NOTICE WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE IN FACT ABLE TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES REQUIRED FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OR ILLEGAL PETITION.

WE FEEL THAT THERE WAS NO BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND PUBLIC INTEREST TO POSTPONE THIS ISSUE ANY FURTHER.

AND WE ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONDUCT ALL THREE READINGS TODAY.

WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE DOES NOT PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE IMAGINE.

AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USE THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ASSIGNED THE VALID CONDITION.

BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO SATURATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN ADDITIONAL ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT.

IF LIQUORS DESIRED, IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND WAREHOUSE LIQUORS ON SOUTH FIRST STREET, A LOCATION THAT IS ONLY 0.4 MILES AWAY FROM THE SUNRISE MINI MART.

THAT'S A ONE MINUTE DRIVE OR EIGHT MINUTE WALK.

GALINDO IS PREDOMINANTLY A REGGIE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS SAID TO HAVE QUOTE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAFFIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, GENERALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS IN QUOTE IN OBTAINING NEARLY 70 UNIQUE SIGNATURES WITH BOTH PETITIONS.

I HAVE LISTENED TO THE STORIES OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS IN THE ERA AREA, BUT WE ALL STRONGLY OPPOSE OPPOSE THE PROPOSED REZONING.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DECISION CHARLES PEPPER.

MY NAME IS CHARLES POPPER.

I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 1205 SAN ANTONIO STREET, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED THE PROPOSED REZONING CHANGE AT FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET ITEM ONE OH SEVEN BY PROPERTY SHARES AN ALLEYWAY WITH DELTA KAPPA GAMMA MAKING ABOUT 25 FEET FROM THEIR OFFICE.

I'VE BEEN A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR 25 YEARS.

PRACTICING IN THE COURTHOUSE AREA.

THIS AREA IS DOTTED WITH 100 YEAR OLD HOUSES THAT MOST HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO ATTORNEYS, OFFICES, AND OFFICES OF OTHER PROFESSIONALS LIKE

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DENTISTS AND CPAS.

THE AREA WEST OF GUADALUPE HAS NEVER FELT LIKE DOWNTOWN.

AND WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE ECLECTICS HOUSES AND OFFICES IN THE AREA, YOU'D SWEAR, IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN PUTTING IN A 360 FOOT SKYSCRAPER 12TH AND SAN ANTONIO WOULD CERTAINLY DRASTICALLY AND IRREVOCABLY ALTERED THE FABRIC OF THIS AREA.

I'VE OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS.

AND DURING THAT TIME I'VE WATCHED THE ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION BUILD A 60 FOOT STRUCTURE ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM ME AND ALSO TEXAS ASSOCIATION AND COUNTIES BUILT A 60 FOOT STRUCTURE ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE.

THESE BUILDINGS PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING SIX TIMES THEIR HEIGHT.

AS I SAID, I PRACTICE CRIMINAL DEFENSE.

MY PRACTICE HAS APPROXIMATELY 450 CLIENTS MADE MOSTLY UP OF MIDDLE AND LOWER INCOME.

AUSTINITES I TAKE PRIDE IN WORKING HARD TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF THESE LESS FORTUNATE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY.

I'M AFRAID THAT THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THIS 360 FOOT GIANT BUILDING NEXT TO ME, COULD MAKE IT MUCH HARDER FOR ME TO HELP MY CLIENTS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.

I TAKE PRIDE IN PROVIDING A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDING GOOD JOBS TO MY STAFF.

THAT ENVIRONMENTS CERTAINLY WILL BE TESTED AND TRIED FOR THEM TO ENDURE THE NOISE AND DISRUPTION THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY A 360 FOOT TOWER.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF URBAN DENSITY, BUT I, AS I THINK ABOUT IT, THE BIG BUILDINGS STARTING TO PERMEATE AREAS, WHICH ARE NOT DOWNTOWN, IT SEEMS MORE TO ME TO BE URBAN SPRAWL.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE WATCHED TWO 60 FOOT BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN 50 YARDS IN MY OFFICE, AND BOTH HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WEAVE THEIR WAY INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THE EXTRA 300 FEET ON TOP OF THE 60 FOOT LIMIT WHILE REACHING INTO THE SKIES WOULD RUIN THE TRANQUILITY AND COHESIVENESS OF THIS AREA.

IT WOULD DESTROY A SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE.

ONE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

IT AFFECT MY LAW PRACTICE ALONG WITH MAKING A BAD ENVIRONMENT FOR MY STAFF.

IT HURT MY OFFICE, HIS ABILITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.

MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN THAT VOICES OVER THE YEARS AS BIG MONEY INTERESTS TEND TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE ATTEMPT TO REZONE AND LET THIS BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD REMAIN WITHOUT BIG SKYSCRAPERS.

THANK YOU, BLAKE.

UH, YES.

MY NAME IS BLAKE LAB.

UM, I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE OH SEVEN FOUR 16 WEST 12TH.

I WILL, UH, FIRST, UH, COME IN TERRELL'S POPPER THERE FOR, FOR HIS TALK OR HIS WORK.

UM, THE NEIGHBORS TO THIS PROPERTY SUPPORT, THE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR DVU CONDITIONAL OVERSIGHT, UH, CO UH, UH, THEY'RE TALKING, CALLING OUT A 60 FOOT OF HEIGHT DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS IN LOUNGE IN LINE WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL, ALONG WITH THE CITY STAFF HAS SIDED THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THEY CAN ZONING REQUEST DETERMINATIONS THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR TAKING CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION HERE SEVERAL YEARS BACK, THE OWNERS OF PROVO FOR SAN ANTONIO STREET, WHICH ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY, ASKED FOR THEIR PROPERTIES TO BE REZONED, TO DMU ONE 20, THE CITY STAFF, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND THE CLOSE BY NEIGHBORS, ALL ADVOCATED FOR DV 60, WHICH REFLECTS THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN.

AND THAT WAS THE ZONING DISTRICT.

GIVE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BEFORE YOU, HOPEFULLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON, A BALLOT PETITION FROM THESE NEIGHBORS.

UH, IF WE'RE ASKING YOU ABOUT A PETITION SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT OF THE CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, DMES COE, 60 FOOT ENTITLEMENT ON BUILDING HEIGHT.

UH, ANYBODY THERE THERE'S TALK OF THE APPLICANT CAME TO YOU THREE WEEKS AGO, UH, WANTED TO HAVE ALL THREE READINGS AT THAT TIME.

YOU, YOU VERY GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED, UH, A THREE WEEK POSTPONEMENT.

WE'VE TAKEN VERY STRONG ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

WE PUT TOGETHER THE PETITION, UH, AND AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE VALIDATED LATER TODAY, OR AT LEAST TOLD YOU SHOULD BE TOLD THAT LATER STATE ISABELLA PETITION, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HAVE THE HEARINGS TODAY, AT LEAST FIRST READING WE'RE TO YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND TO SUPPORT THE BALLOT, THE TISSUE.

ONE OH EIGHT AND ONE OH NINE.

HOLLY REED, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS HOLLY REED WITH THE WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND DISTRICT 10 REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS

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UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING REQUESTS FOR MATISE CAFE AND TWIN LIQUOR STORE LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF SEVENTH STREET AND NEWMAN DRIVE.

UM, THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS REZONING CASE, NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR THE PROPERTY AND MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, CONTACT TEAM HAVE ATTENDED MULTIPLE MEETINGS OF THE WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE APPLICANTS SUPPORT, RETAINING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS.

CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

UM, WE WANT THESE EXISTING SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES TO REMAIN IN THIS LOCATION AS THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALTERING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS.

FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY COULD ENCOURAGE THE LOSS OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE COMMUNITY VALUES.

UM, THEREFORE WE DO NOT SUPPORT A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY AND ASK IF THERE MUST BE A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT THAT THE COUNCIL PLEASE RESTRICT THE NPA TO ONLY AREAS WHICH ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR THE REZONING AND REGARDING ITEM ONE OH NINE, THE REZONING REQUEST, UM, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE REORIENTATION OF THE EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THEIR CURRENT SPACES, REZONING FROM CF TO SEE US ONE NP, WE ASKED THE COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM ONE OH NINE FOR THE REZONING REQUEST.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL GOOD AFTERNOON.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR ADLER.

UM, I'M, I'M SPEAKING AS CHAIR OF THE CENTRAL WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM ITEMS ONE OH EIGHT AND ONE OH NINE, THE MARTY'S TWIN LIQUORS REZONING.

UH, BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE WITH APPRECIATION THAT Y'ALL HAVE HONORED MARIANNE NEELY WITH, UH, THE PROCLAMATION TODAY.

I'VE BEEN A BIG FAN OF MARYANNE'S FOR YEARS, AND, UH, IT WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR SHE WAS BEING HONORED.

UM, ACTUALLY IT JUST REMIND COUNCIL FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY Y'ALL HONORED HER HUSBAND, CRAIG SMITH FOR HIS ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.

SO, UH, THIS WAS A PRETTY HIGH POWERED, UH, PARKLAND NATION FAMILY BETWEEN MARYANNE AND CRAIG.

I AM JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CONTACT TEAM ON ITEM ONE OH EIGHT NINE TO SAY THAT WE SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE, BUT THE FLAMAN AMENDMENT, WE WOULD REQUEST THE DENIED.

UH, WE, WE THINK IT SHOULD BE RETAINED AS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

ACTUALLY, THE, THE APPLICANT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER AGREES, IT COULD ALSO BE RETAINED, BUT THE CITY STAFF IS INSISTING THAT A CHANGE IS REQUIRED.

AND SO AS A COMPROMISE, I UNDERSTAND THAT DRE RUST OVN IS PROPOSING A FLAMINGO AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE ZONING FOOTPRINT.

AND IF THAT IS A COMPROMISE, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO COUNCIL, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ACCEPTABLE TO, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM AS WELL.

SO WE ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY, SUPPORTING THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE WE LOVE MATISE AND WE WOULD SUPPORT A FOOTPRINT SLUM AMENDMENT IF FELT, IF THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE THIS TO EVERYBODY'S SATISFACTION.

THANK YOU ALL GOODBYE, TINA MILLER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

THIS IS KEENAN MILLER.

I'M CALLING IN FROM THE SOUTH KIND OF RISK COMBINED NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN CONTACT TEAM.

AND I'M PIGGYBACKING ONTO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, GWEN JEWESS, AND MARIO CANTU ABOUT THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE 10 AT 63 11 SOUTH FIRST STREET.

WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT FOR SOME TIME.

NOW AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIMPLE REASON OF AFFORDABILITY.

NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, IT'S GOING TO BE A FIVE STORY BUILDING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUILD RIGHT NEXT TO SINGLE STORY, SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, EARLY, UH, REPORT ON THE NEXT OF UNITS INCLUDES 22 EFFICIENCY, UM, 260 TOTAL APARTMENTS WITH 22 EFFICIENCIES, 99, ONE BEDROOMS, 26, TWO BEDROOMS, FIVE LIVE WORK UNITS, AND ONLY THREE, THREE BEDROOM UNITS FOR FAMILIES WITH, UM, THE OFFER RIGHT NOW, 5% 50 AND 5% 60 MFR THAT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR ANY OF THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS IN THAT, UM, AT THE REDUCED MFI FOR ANY THE FAMILIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST.

AND, UH, WHAT WE NEED IN THIS AREA

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IS HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT LIVE THERE, NOT HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE AT AUSTIN YET.

AND, UM, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR, UM, A PASS ON PROVIDING ADEQUATE PARKING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, CONSIDERING ALL OF THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING ISSUES THAT AREA CURRENTLY.

SO WE WOULD ASK THAT IF, UM, COUNCIL PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY WOULD ONLY BE AT FIRST READING.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, UM, NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPER.

UM, ULTIMATELY WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD DENY THIS ZONING REQUEST, UM, BUT WE WERE STILL WILLING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD AT A BETTER, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF, OF BUILDING SOMETHING IN THAT AREA FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT NEED IT.

THAT INCLUDES THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JONATHAN DAVIDSON.

UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THE MONTOPOLIS ACRES REZONING.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT CUT OFF OR NOT BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, I THINK, NEEDS TO IN FACT, RECRUIT DEVELOPERS FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, RATHER THAN JUST ESSENTIALLY LETTING ANYONE COME IN AND, AND DO SOME OF THESE MORE GENTRIFICATION CENTRIC, UM, DEVELOPMENTS.

I THINK THAT SOME OF THE WORK DONE, I KNOW IT WAS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON THE CHALMERS, UH, COURT AFFORDED AFFORDABLE ABILITY LEVELS ARE MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HERE.

UM, NOTHING'S EVER GOOD ENOUGH, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, BUT IT REALLY IS TRUE THAT IT HASN'T EVEN APPROACHED GOOD ENOUGH AS FAR AS PUBLIC TRUST, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IN FACT, WE'RE NEVER EVEN GIVEN ANY IDEA OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS EVEN ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I THINK THE DEVELOPERS NEED TO BE REQUIRED TO PUT MORE WORK INTO, UH, RENDERING, UH, PERHAPS, UH, MODELS SO THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN SORT OF GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY THEY WANT TO DO.

THESE BIG IDEAS.

WON'T DO THIS, BUT IT'LL ONLY BE THIS, OR WE'LL DO THIS, BUT IT'LL ONLY BE THIS IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

AND THESE ARE SUCH PERMANENT DECISION.

UM, I SEE HIM ON TOP LIST, JUST CHANGING BY THE HOUR AND IT'S IT LESS SCARY FOR ME, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME IS DAIRY AS HELL.

SO, UH, I STAND BY THEM AND I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF ONE OF THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THE ONES THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE WITH YOU.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE 2:00 PM SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU, JERRY.

YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? SURE, MAYOR.

UM, IF I MAY THOUGH, BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, I DO HAVE ONE ZONING CASE THAT I CAN OFFER FOR CONSENT ITEM 91.

UM, HOWEVER, WE WOULD NEED TO DO THE ANNEXATION

[73. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for the full-purpose annexation of approximately 24 acres located in Travis County near 8201 Thaxton Road, and authorize negotiation and execution of a written agreement with the owner of the land for the provision of services. The property is adjacent to Austin Council District 2.]

ITEM ITEM NUMBER 73.

SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, IF I CAN ITEM 73 AND GET A QUICK VOTE ON THAT, THEN I CAN INCLUDE THAT OUT IN CASE IN THE, UH, INCENTIVE AGENDA.

IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S GOOD.

OR DO YOU WANT TO CALL THEM BOTH MORE VOTE ON THEM TOGETHER? A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ASKING ME FOR A VOTE ON THE ONE BEFORE WE DO THE REST OF THEM.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO SEPARATE THEM.

I'LL DO IT VERY QUICKLY.

MAYOR THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, MAYOR CAPITOL I'M JERRY RESTAURANT WITH THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

SO ITEM 73 IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 24 ACRES LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY, NEAR 82 OH ONE TEXT AND ROAD, UNAUTHORIZED, SOME NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER OF THE LAND FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES.

SO IF I COULD JUST GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CLOSED PUBLIC CARRY.

UH, THAT'S OUR AT THIS MAKES THE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY SECONDS.

AND THE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

UH, IT'S OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL APPROVING.

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

FIRST ITEM OFFER FOR CONSENT IS ITEM NUMBER 88.

I CAN OFFER THAT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READING SET AS CASE C 14 H 2002 ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO.

NEXT ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 89.

THIS IS CASE NUMBER 2020 ZERO ONE ONE SIX.

I CAN OFFER HER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON THIRD READING, UM, COPS

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MEMBER KITCHEN HAS SOME ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.

UM, SHE HAS ASKED ME TO READ INTO THE RECORD, UH, AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL ON THIRD READING.

THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 REGARDING THIS PROPERTY ALSO KNOWN AS ATD MEMO SHALL BE KEPT ON FILE AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AT THE TIME THE SITE PLAN IS SUBMITTED FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY CITY STAFF MUST CONSIDER AND FOLLOW THE ATD MEMO IN MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, UNLESS THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC MITIGATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, PROVO PROPOSED THE COMPARABLE PROTECT THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO IDENTIFY THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FM 1626 PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORTS THAT ARE BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE ACTUAL PROJECTS BY TEXTILE OR OTHER AGENCIES AND IDENTIFY WHAT IS YET TO BE FUNDED SLASH PROGRAMMED IN THE FOUR YEARS SINCE THE REPORT WAS COMPLETED AND TO SUMMARIZE WHAT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR REQUIRED OR REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED DUE TO MITIGATIONS FROM THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS OF THE FM 1626 OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD, REZA LANE, SOUTH FIRST AREA IN THE PERIOD, SINCE THE FM 1626 PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT WAS COMPLETED ALSO TO IDENTIFY THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE FM 1626 OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD, PRESENT LANE SOUTH FIRST AREAS THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE FMI 1626 REPORT DUE TO INCREASED DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AND ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN ALSO TO INCLUDE THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE WORK AS WELL, UM, REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE MASTER PLANS IN THE AREA AND TO IDENTIFY MECHANISMS BY WHICH IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE AND TO IDENTIFY PREVIOUSLY FUNDED WORK MOBILITY, BONDS, AND PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORK AND IDENTIFY ANY FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN UTILIZED AND FOLLY TO REPORT THE WORKS OF THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 1ST, 2021.

WITH THOSE CONDITIONS THAT I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON THIRD READING MAYOR, IF I MAY GIVE LIKE A TWO SECOND COMMENT, BASICALLY THESE, THESE ARE, UH, THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT RELATE TO THE SAFETY OF ALL SAN ANTONIO ROAD, WHICH RUNS BY AKINS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THESE ARE THE SAME.

UM, THESE ARE THE SAME CONDITIONS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED WHEN WE PASSED IT.

AND WHICH NUMBER IS THIS TRUE? UH, THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER 89.

CATS.

REMEMBER KITCHEN MOVES PASSAGE OF 89 WITH THAT COMMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? UH, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED TO HAVE THEM ASSIGN ON THE DYESS 59 PASSES OR YOU GOT TO THAT SENT ITEM ON THE NO, NO, I'M SORRY, MAN.

I WAS JUST READING THOSE CONDITIONS.

I WAS TRYING TO KEEP THAT I CONSENT.

I WAS JUST READING THOSE CONDITIONS AND SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE OVERALL CONSENT NOW.

AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ITEM NUMBER ONE OH THREE, KC 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 52.

SO WE'VE ALREADY READ 88 THAT'S CONSENT APPROVAL FOR SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

SEE 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 91.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS I DID.

91 WAS RELATED TO THE ANNEXATION CASE.

IT WAS JUST APPROVED THE C 14 2020 ZERO ONE 38.

I CAN OFFER THAT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 92 IS K C 40 AND 2020 ZERO ONE 22.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 93 60 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 23.

I CAN ALSO OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 94 IS CASE, UH, LET'S SEE, NPA 2020 ZERO ZERO 5.01.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, APRIL 22ND RELATED CASES.

ITEM 95.

THIS IS, UM, THE RELATED ZONING CASE.

THIS IS THE POST-POLIO REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ALSO TO, UM, APRIL 22ND, 2021 IS CASE C 14, 2,020,000 HUNDRED AND 29.

ITEM NUMBER 96 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE ITEM AND REPLACED BY ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER, UM, ONE 15 ON THE AGENDA.

LIKEWISE, ITEM NUMBER 97 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

IT'S REPLACED BY ITEM ONE 16 ON THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 98, CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 21.

I HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THIS CASE TO APRIL 8TH, IT IS THE FIRST REQUEST.

I JUST NUMBER 99 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 35.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING, ONLY RELATED CASES.

I DIDN'T 100 CASE NPA 2021 ZERO ZERO ONE 5.0 FOUR.SH.

OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY I DIDN'T NUMBER ONE OH ONE CASE NPA 2020 ZERO ZERO 21.02.

THIS IS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT RELATED CASE ITEM NUMBER ONE OH TWO C 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 81.

ALSO

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THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ TO APRIL 22ND ITEM NUMBER ONE OH FOUR, KIDS C 2020 ZERO ONE 42.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY ITEM NUMBER ONE OH FIVE IS C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO APRIL 8TH.

IT IS THE FIRST REQUEST ITEM NUMBER ONE OH SIX K 14 H 2021 ZERO ZERO ONE THREE.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DIDN'T NUMBER ONE OH SEVEN 14 2020 ZERO ONE ONE TWO.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO MAY SIX.

IT IS THE FIRST REQUEST ITEM NUMBER ONE OH EIGHT IS CASE NBA 2020 ZERO ZERO 27.01.

UM, THIS IS THE TWIN LIQUORS MARTINEZ CASE, WHICH I SPOKE OF.

UM, I COULD OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH THE CONDITION, UH, THE, UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT I'VE WORKED OUT WITH, UM, ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT.

THE FLUM CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL WILL MATCH THE AREA OF THE REZONING CASE AND BE NO MORE.

TO SEE 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 24.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

AND THEN I REMEMBER ONE 10 IS C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 34.

ON THIS CASE, A COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES IS ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.

UM, SO THAT WOULD BE CASE WOULD BE PULLED FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE 15.

THIS IS THE ADDENDUM CASE NPA 2020 ZERO OH ZERO 25.01.

I CAN OFFER THIS PHRASE, THE CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

AND FINALLY I HAVE NEVER ONE 16 CASE.

UH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE CASE NUMBER FOR THAT.

THAT IS THE, UM, UNRELATED ZONING CASE FOR THAT ONE.

I CAN ALSO OFFER ITEM NUMBER ONE 16 FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

SO THAT LEAVES THE ORAL DISCUSSION CASE MAY OR BE IN THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE 10, WHICH HOUSE NUMBER FOUR.

THIS IS ASKED FOR MISS LEAH BO JO TO DO A, DO A PRESENTATION.

WELL, NUMBER ONE, A HUNDRED WAS A DEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

JUST ONE SECOND, MAYOR.

UM, OR I'M SORRY, I AM NUMBER ONE OH ONE.

YEAH, ONE OH ONE AND ONE OH TWO.

WE'RE BOTH DEPTH RIGHT BY THE CONSENT AGENDA IS EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ITEM ONE 10.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILS MEMBER RENTERIA MAKES NO COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, ALICE MAKES THE MOTIONS ARE SECOND TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY SECONDS, BECAUSE THAT AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US.

COUNCIL MEMBER THREE.

UH, YES.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, LET THE APPLICANTS KNOW THAT AN ITEM 95, ONE FIVE THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT.

IF THEY HAVE A VALID PETITION, I RECOMMEND YOU WORK VERY HARD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S MOST LIKELY NOT GOING TO PARENTS, BUT THE COUNCIL AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE WASTING YOUR TIME.

SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO THEM.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN UP VALLEY ITEMS THAT TISSUE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS EXTREME A VERY BIG EFFORT FOR HER TO GO OUT AND REACH OUT AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MY RECOMMENDATION.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCILLOR ALTAR.

UM, JERRY, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WHAT YOU PUT FORWARD FOR ONE OH EIGHT MAKES THE FLAT MATCH THE ZONING THAT IS EXECUTIVE JUST FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON A SOLUTION FOR THIS ISSUE.

THAT'S SORT OF OUR KITCHEN JUST CONFIRMING BIG SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS IF THAT 98 IS CONSENT POSTPONED.

98 98.

WE HAVE A POST-CALL REQUEST BY THE UPCOMING, APRIL 8TH.

IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

KASMIN ATLANTIS, UH, THE MEN TOPLESS ITEMS, 94 95.

IS THERE A DATE WHERE THAT WOULD COME BACK OR IS IT AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT? APRIL? I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, JERRY.

YEAH, NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING MAY OR THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTED APRIL 22ND FOR BOTH OF US.

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THAT'S OVER TOHO MAYOR.

I ANNOUNCED THIS AT OUR, AT THE OTHER RELEVANT, BUT I'M ACCUSED ON ONE OH ONE AND ONE OH TWO, WHICH I THINK ARE BEING OFFERED FOR INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

AND IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHETHER ONE OH SEVEN IS ON CONSENT.

THAT'S THE DELTA GAMMA CASE, BUT I'M ALSO RECUSED ON THAT AS WELL.

SO I MISSED WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I'M SURE THE CLERK HEARD IT.

SHALL I SAY IT AGAIN? I WAS JUST REMINDING, UH, THE DIOCESE THAT I'M RECUSED ON ONE OH ONE AND ONE OH TWO, WHICH ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT AND ONE OH SEVEN.

IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHETHER THAT WAS OR WAS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.

THAT'S THE DELTA GAMMA CASE, BUT I ALSO IT'S BEEN POSTPONED MASON.

I SEE.

SO DID, ARE THOSE STILL RECUSED, EVEN IF IT'S A POSTPONEMENT, I UNDERSTAND.

CONSENTED GEMINIS IN FRONT OF US AND MOVED AND SECONDED.

RIGHT? TAKE HIM OUT AS A FAVOR, THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED.

UM, WHILE WE'RE HERE, DO WE WANT TO, TO HEAR THE, UH, DESCRIPTION ON CONTENT OR GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES.

KENDRA FOR THIS? YES.

I REQUESTED A BRIEF OVERVIEW BY THE APPLICANT JUST AS YOU ALL MAY HAVE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, SHE SHARES SOME INFORMATION.

IS SHE AVAILABLE MAYOR THE STORY REST OF IT? YES, SHE IS.

I JUST REQUESTED A CTM THAT MOVE HER OVER.

SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON A CALL FOR A DIFFERENT CASE.

SO I THINK SHE'S STILL ON THE LINE FOR THAT DIFFERENT CASE.

I THINK WE CAN DO FOR THIS ONE.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS MORNING.

[110. C14-2020-0134 - 6311 South 1st Street - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 6311 South 1st Street (Williamson Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from community commercial-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning to community commercial-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-V-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant community commercial-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-V-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Owner: ND South First LP (Haythem Dawlett). Agent: Drenner Group PC (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719.]

UH, THIS IS LEAH MOJO.

AM I, AM I MOVED OVER? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GREAT TO, UH, I'M I'M LEAH BODO HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT IN THIS REZONING.

UM, FOR 63, 11 SOUTH FIRST STREET IS MY, IS MY PRESENTATION UP.

YOUR PRESENTATIONS APP.

FLOOR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED USES SOMEWHERE AROUND, UM, 260 UNITS.

UM, SO WE CAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO SLIDE TWO, UM, WHICH IS TO ORIENT EVERYBODY TO THIS SITE.

IT'S LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH FIRST AND EBERHARD LANE.

UM, JUST STOP JUST SOUTH OF STASSNEY LANE.

IT'S JUST UNDER FOUR ACRES AT 3.82 AND IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT LAND.

MOVING TO SLIDE THREE.

YOU CAN SEE A ZONING MAP HERE.

UM, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED GRM, U C O N P.

YOU CAN SEE OTHER GRM YOU NEARBY AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL VMU SITE TO THE NORTH.

UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM DID NOT GO THROUGH THE VMU OPT-IN PROCESS.

UM, BACK WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT PROCESS WAS HAPPENING IN 2007, 2008.

SO, SO ALL OF THE BMU PROJECTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HAPPENING THROUGH REZONINGS MOVING ON TO SLIDE FOUR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS ALREADY MIXED USE.

SO THERE'S NO CHANGE REQUIRED TO THE FLUM JUST THE ZONING CASES.

UM, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN SLIDE FIVE THAT THE SITE IS ADJACENT TO SEVERAL CAP.

METRO STOPS INCLUDING ROUTE 10, WHICH IS A VERY FREQUENT NORTH, NORTH, SOUTH AS WELL AS SOME EAST WEST.

SO IT'S AN EXCELLENT, UM, TRANSIT SERVED SITE FOR MULTI-FAMILY, UM, SLIDE SIX SHOWS THAT ARE, LIKE I SAID, OUR CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS ARE GRM, U C O N P.

WE ARE PROPOSING JUST TO ADD THE V.

SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT GR M U N P.

UM, THE CURRENT CEO INCLUDES PAWN SHOP SERVICES, AUTOMOTIVE WASHING, AND AUTOMOTIVE SALES.

UM, WE, WHEN, WHEN WE APPLIED, WE APPLIED WITHOUT A CEO STAFF ASKED US TO KEEP THAT CEO THAT WAS ALREADY THERE, WHICH WE ARE AGREEABLE TO.

UM, AND THEN WHEN WE WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE SEVEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUGGESTED THAT WE INCORPORATE SOME ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED USES THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE REQUESTING, WHICH WE ARE ALSO AGREEABLE TO.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ADDITIONALLY ADDED ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, BAIL BONDS, OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR SPORTS RECREATION, HOTEL, MOTEL, AND SERVICE STATION.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE EIGHT.

UM, THIS IS THE PROPOSED SORT OF SUMMARY OF OUR PROPOSED PROJECT, UM, UH, STANDARD VMU OVERLAY COMPLIANT PROJECT.

UM, THE HEIGHT IS 60 FEET THAT IS NOT CHANGING WITH THE ZONING.

UM, THIS, IT WOULD HAVE GROUND

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I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS IS STILL FLUCTUATING A LITTLE BIT AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME DESIGN.

UM, AND IT WOULD BE A MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS LOCATED ON A HIGH-FREQUENCY ROUTE.

UM, UH, LOOKING AT SLIDE NINE.

UM, THIS SITE IS ACTUALLY VERY SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE, UM, AS A, AS A GOOD LOCATION FOR A MIXED USE PROJECT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE 10, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS SORT OF THE IMPORTANT PART HERE FOR EVERYONE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE VERTICAL MIXED USE OVERLAY, UM, REQUIRES 10% AT 80% MFI.

UH, AND SO THAT IS WHAT THE CODE WOULD REQUIRE WITH THIS V UM, AS SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR MANY MONTHS, UM, TRYING TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT ON WHAT AFFORDABILITY IS APPROPRIATE HERE.

UM, WHAT WE HAVE COME TO, UH, IS 5% AT 55% AT 60 AND THEN 25% AT 80.

UM, AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN OF COURSE, THROUGH A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT, BECAUSE IT IS FURTHER THAN WHAT STAFF, UM, I WANT, SORRY, THEN WHAT CODE WOULD REQUIRE.

UM, BUT WE, WE ARE COMFORTABLE MAKING THIS COMMITMENT.

I, UM, I APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBOR'S EFFORTS TO, TO ASK FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE MAXED OUT AT THIS LEVEL AT THIS TIME.

UM, MOVING ON TO SLIDE 11, THERE HAS BEEN A FEW OTHER REQUESTS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE MADE, WHICH WE ARE AGREEABLE TO.

UM, ONE IS $25,000 TO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.

ONE WOULD BE, UM, COMMITTING TO AN ONSITE OUTDOOR PET FACILITY.

AND THEN ALSO A POINT OF CONSTRUCTION.

I'M SORRY, THE POINT OF CONTACT HER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PRETTY FAR AWAY.

UM, BUT WELL, SO, BUT AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE A DIRECT LINE TO THE NEIGHBORS AT THAT TIME, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES THAT COME UP, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO REACH SOMEONE AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.

UM, MOVING ON TO SLIDE 12, UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING SITE PLAN APPROVED ON THE SITE TODAY.

IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019 FOR MULTIFAMILY UNDER THE CURRENT MEU OVERLAY.

UM, THIS IS SORT OF THE, THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

UM, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THIS APPROVED PROJECT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY, UM, AFFORDABLE UNITS.

IT'S AN ENTIRELY MARKET RATE PROJECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE MOU DOES NOT REQUIRE AN AFFORDABLE COMMITMENT MOVING ON TO SLIDE 13, UM, AND PUT TOGETHER WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A HELPFUL SORT OF SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THESE TWO PROJECTS.

UM, JUST MOSTLY THINGS I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, BUT JUST TO SEE THEM SIDE BY SIDE, PARTICULARLY THE ALL MARKET RATE AS COMPARED TO THE AFFORDABILITY COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE HERE TO MAKE TODAY.

AND IN SLIDE 14, AS I SAID, THIS IS A, THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION.

AND I ALMOST HESITATE BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS SO HELPFUL IN SHOWING HOW THE UNITS BREAK OUT BY AFFORDABILITY LEVEL.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING THROUGH THE V WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.

I THINK THE ADDITIONAL UNITS IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND, AROUND, YOU KNOW, 100 GIVE OR TAKE.

AND UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 93 OF THEM WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE INCOME RESTRICTED.

UM, SOME OF THOSE ALREADY 80% I'VE HEARD.

AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOT AS INTERESTED IN THE 80% UNITS.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE INCOME RESTRICTED AT 80%.

THE 25% OF THEM WOULD BE AS WELL AS THE 5% AT 50 AND THE 5% AT 60.

AND THAT WOULD BE FOR A 40 YEAR COMMITMENT, WHICH IS THE STANDARD FOR RENTAL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE THAT MAY NOT BE AS SIGNIFICANT TODAY AS THEY WOULD LIKE, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE HELD INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, SO THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO SLIDE 15 AND JUST, UM, MY REQUEST HERE IS THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS OWN IN CASE WE DO HAVE STAFF SUPPORT.

WE DID GET, UM, FULL SUPPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT TODAY ON FIRST READING.

THANK YOU GUYS.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM ONE 10? YES.

CASPER, QUITE THIS I'M HAPPY TO.

AND ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS ON THE RESTAURANT.

I SUPPOSE, APPROVAL OF ONE TEN SECOND BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE FURTHEST YOU ADDRESS IT.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, UH, THE CONTACT TEAM AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE WORKING ON THEIR STRICT OF COVENANT.

AS SHE MENTIONED, THERE WAS A FEW OTHER ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT MIKE WORKED OUT.

UM, AND WHILE THIS DOESN'T GET BEAT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT, UH, 10%, 50% MFI, UM, THERE IS THE TIERED LEVEL OF 25% AT 80% MFI AND 5% AT 60 AND 5% AT 10%,

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AND I LOOK FOR I'M VOTING YES.

ON THIS.

AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SECOND AND THIRD READING.

THAT'S WHERE, IF, I GUESS IF I COULD JUST, SORRY, JUST START US OFF.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY THIS AS A PROVOCATEUR IS PRETTY ONLY CORRECT.

CORRECT.

AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING, YOU ALREADY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING CUSTOMER POOL.

UM, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, MS. BOGGIATTO APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE SIDE BY SIDE THAT'S IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, A NICE CHANGE TO THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION.

UM, THE 25,000 FOR, UM, SUPPORT FOR PARKS.

COULD YOU PULL UP THAT SLIDE? WELL, THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO PULL UP THE SLIDE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT NUMBER BETWEEN NOW AND THIRD MEETING.

UM, I CAN'T TELL IF LIKE, IS STILL ON MS. MOSIER, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK WITH? ME AND MY STAFF ABOUT I AM SALON, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF ABOUT IT.

I SHOULD POINT OUT THOUGH, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS WHEN I SHOWED THAT SCREEN, THAT THAT IS IN ADDITION TO OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL GIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO CHAT WITH ALABAMA.

IT, OF COURSE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND MAYBE BOOST THAT 25,000.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S ON TOP OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, BUT WE ALSO HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED THOSE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES SINCE WE LAST ESTABLISHED THEM, WHICH WAS SOME TIME AGO, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.

UM, AND SO LET'S, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SEE WHEN OUR BRAND IS FOUND FOR SUPPLEMENT THIRD, WE MIGHT, UM, THERE MIGHT BE A LARGER GIFT THAT Y'ALL COULD OFFER.

THAT'S GREAT IF THAT'S OKAY.

ALSO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FANTASY, DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? OKAY.

LET'S JUST THE LOVELY, THANK YOU.

MOTION IN FRONT OF US WHO DID SECONDED FIRST, ONLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE IN FAVOR.

THAT WAS OPPOSED TO THE ANIMIST ON THE DICE THAT PASSES.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

AND THAT GETS US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, IT APPEARS TO ME, DO WE HAVE ONE ITEM OR TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? 87 IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I THINK THERE MIGHT IS THAT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED, WE HAVE 87, WHICH WE HAD ON THERE.

AND THEN ITEM 43 HAS BEEN PULLED OFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER REQUESTED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, COUNCIL WERE ALTERED.

UM, MAYOR, IF, IF I MIGHT BE INDULGED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT ON, UM, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S CONCERNS ARE.

THIS IS A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.

UM, BUT I HAVE YET TO HEAR, UM, DIRECTLY WHAT HER CONCERNS ARE, WHAT SHE'S PROPOSING, UM, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IS, WE MAY NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THAT'S THE SAME PEOPLE AS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. SO IT BE GOOD TO DO THAT TOGETHER, BUT MAYBE WE COULD HEAR FROM HER, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU BEAR, PRETEND IF YOU WANT TO ARTICULATE YOUR BASIS FOR THE MOTION TO POSTPONE IT.

PROBLEM WITH ARTICULATION RIGHT NOW IS THAT I JUST THINKING BIT SORT OF MURPHY'S LAWS, SOME GENERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE PURCHASE.

UM, AND, UM, I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

LET'S TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THAT WE WERE HERE WITH BEGINNING WITH SPEAKERS AT SIX.

WITH THAT COLLEAGUES, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP TWO ITEMS PURSUANT TO FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN, TWO AND FIVE, 571.

WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO 87, UH, WHICH IS THE EXCHANGE LEASER VALUE, UH, INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE PRUDENCE, BECAUSE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND ALSO ITEM 43, UM, WHICH IS THAT YOU HAVE PARKLAND, UM, UH, ACQUISITION, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, WE'LL GO RIGHT ON OVER, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE MAY TAKE A SHORT BREAK, LET PEOPLE RUN TO THE RESTROOM, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT TO, UH, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING.

WHEN WE COME BACK OUT TO THE COUNCIL, MEETING THE ITEMS WE HAVE YET TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ITEMS, 43, ITEM 67, AND THEN THE FOUR, UM, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE THE ALLIE VACATION.

AND THEY FAR ITEMS THAT'LL BE PROCEEDED WITH A KIND OF A GENERAL CONVERSATION.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, APD ITEMS

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O'CLOCK TRYING TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK BETWEEN FIVE TO SIX, IF WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THERE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU GUYS ALREADY SET GO TO SESSION THREE 22.

THIS MEETINGS RECESSED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NOW RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON MARCH 25TH, 2021.

IT IS SIX 20.

UM, APOLOGIES TO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE SPEAKER, THE Q A STARTED SIX.

UH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING BACK HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE CARE OF A FEW ITEMS BEFORE WE GET TO THE SPEAKER QUEUE, UH, AND, UH, WANT TO ANNOUNCE OR OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

AND IN CLOSE SESSION, WE DISCUSSED REAL ESTATE MATTERS AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, ITEM 87 AND 43.

UM, BEFORE WE GET TO, UM, THE SPEAKERS FEW, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND, UH, UH, ENTERTAIN SOME THINGS THAT SHOULD BE QUICK.

IF THEY'RE NOT QUICK, THEN WE'LL HOLD THEM OFF UNTIL AFTER THE SPEAKERS.

UM, COUNCILMEMBER

[43. Authorize negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary to acquire in fee simple approximately 10 acres, situated in the James Coleman Survey No. 25, Abs. 169, located at 5903 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin, Texas, with approximately 1.39 acres subject to a Life Estate, from Steven Jerald Hough, Travers Alan Hough and Juanita Lynne Hough, successor trustees, under the T.E. and Juanita H. Hough Living Trust dated January 30, 1997, for a total amount not to exceed $3,515,490.00 including closing costs.]

ALTERED.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 43? YES.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL ON 43.

AND IF I HAVE A SECOND, I WILL MAKE A COUPLE OF, IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION OF 43 COUNCILOR POOLS? I CAN SAY I HAVE COUNSELOR ALTAR.

WELL, I'M REALLY DELIGHTED TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ACQUISITION TODAY IN MY DISTRICT.

UM, ALONG WITH THE OTHER PARKLAND ACQUISITIONS AND DISTRICTS ONE, THREE AND FIVE, WHICH WE APPROVED EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, PROVING SOME ADDITIONAL ONES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.

THIS ACQUISITION IS LOCATED ON BULL CREEK AND INCLUDES THE CREEK ITSELF, A MAGNIFICENT LIMESTONE BLUFF OVER THE CREEK, AS WELL AS SEVERAL TRIBUTARIES THAT FEED INTO THE CREEK.

ACQUIRING PARKLAND ON BULL CREEK IS A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS.

COUNCIL ADOPTED LONG RANGE PLAN, OUR PARKS, OUR FUTURE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2019.

THIS ACQUISITION WILL PROVIDE A SIGNATURE PARK AND SCENIC OVERLOOK FOR THIS TRAIL SYSTEM WITH VIEWS TOWARDS THE HILL COUNTRY, TO THE NORTHWEST.

IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A MAJOR TRAIL HEAD WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING AND TRAIL AMENITIES CURRENTLY LACKING ALONG SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE SUPPORT ON THIS IMPORTANT INVESTMENT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD AND CREATING A VALUABLE RECREATIONAL ASSET FOR AUSTINITES ACROSS THE CITY TO ENJOY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

THIS HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

DID I TAKE ABOUT THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED, KATHY, HOW ARE YOU VOTING HERE? I'M PUTTING YES.

AND I THOUGHT I HAD MY, UM, CAMERA ON.

IS THAT THERE WE GO.

UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE REVIEW, UH, COUNCILOR TOVO, YOU'VE POSTED SOME AMENDMENTS.

SO NOW I, IT IS UNANIMOUS.

I, THE, UH, DYESS THAT ITEM PASSES, UM, LET'S LOOK AT, UM, UH, UH, ITEM 67,

[67. Approve a resolution directing the City Auditor to conduct an audit of aspects of the City’s emergency response to the recent winter storm event, creating a task force consisting of representatives of certain city boards and commissions to receive public comments and recommendations concerning the response, and declaring the City Council’s intent to hold focused work sessions with community members and City staff regarding particular elements of the emergency response. (Part 1 of 2)]

YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOTION INCLUSIVE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS? YES, I WOULD.

AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR.

UM, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHERE EXACTLY YOU WANTED TO ADD THAT AMENDMENT.

UM, BUT I DID SORT OF SUMMARIZE IT AND ADD IT TO THE FIRST VIET RESOLVED, WHICH IS ABOUT THE COUNCIL REVIEW, NOT THE AUDIT COUNCIL MEMBER OUT ELLIS, UM, HAD ASKED A QUESTION THAT MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS MAYBE IN THE AUDIT, BUT IN ANY CASE I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL OF MY MOTION WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, GETS WHATEVER AUTHOR, SECOND SIDE MOTION.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR YEAH, COUNCIL NUMBER TOBO.

UM, I DID IN MY MESSAGE BOARD POSTS, SORRY.

IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REALLY CLEAR, WANTED TO PUT IT IN THE BURST TO BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, WHICH WAS THE AUDIT SECTION.

WE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE AUDITOR AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THAT ACTUALLY FITS WELL WITHIN THE SCOPE AND COULD REALLY WORK.

I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME REFERENCES TO COMMUNICATION, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH ISSUE THAT I THOUGHT CALLING IT OUT THIS WAY, MAKE SENSE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT'S STILL OKAY WITH YOU.

WE HAD A VERY, VERY SHORT DINNER BREAK.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, UM, LET ME JUST, LET ME JUST FIGURE OUT, UM, WHICH LINE TO PUT THAT ON.

SORRY, I'M DOING THIS WHILE HOLDING THE PHONE WITH ONE HAND,

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UM, SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR THEN I THINK WHAT COULD YOU PROPOSE THE SUGGESTION WHILE I'M LOOKING FOR THAT? UH, THAT WOULD TAKE THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE NOW INSERTED INTO THE FIRST VIET RESOLVED.

THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL REVIEW.

JUST, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THEN IS TO REVERT BACK TO MY ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, WHICH JUST SAID, COMMUNICATIONS, TAKE OUT ALL THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS RESPONSIVE TO YOUR AMENDMENT AND JUST MOVE IT DOWN TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE AUDIT SECTION.

AND MAYBE YOU HAVE THAT UP IN FRONT OF YOU AND COULD, AND COULD SAY WHICH LINE THAT WAS GOING TO, OR IS THAT, ARE WE ALL COMFORTABLE IF I JUST PROVIDE THAT AS DIRECTION? AND WE WORKED WITH THE CLERK TO INSERT THAT IN THE RIGHT SPOT LATER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S MEANING.

IF IT'S FINE WITH US, THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT APPROACH.

I DID.

I KIND OF TOOK YOUR LANGUAGE AND MERGED IT A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF MY OWN, BUT I THINK I STILL CAPTURED THE INCIDENT.

EXPLAIN IT ONE MORE TIME.

AND, AND, AND I'M LOOKING FOR, AND ON HERE AND I DON'T SEE IT.

I CAN SORT IT OUT QUICKLY IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, AND WE COULD JUST LAY THIS ON THE TABLE FOR A MINUTE AND COME BACK TO IT.

WOULD THAT BE MORE TIME? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE TO CONSIDER ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, I WANTED TO PROPOSE JUST A FEW WORDS TO CHANGE, JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEGUN, UH, THIS WORK AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING THIS WORK, INCLUDING THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, THE WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE AUSTIN ENERGY COMMITTEE.

SO ON YOUR BARE RESOLVED.

AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH, I REALLY LET ME JUST START BY SAYING, I APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION.

THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE NEED TO, TO DELVE INTO.

AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T CONSIDER THIS TO BE DUPLICATIVE.

I JUST THINK THAT, UH, TO RESPECT OUR STAFF'S WORK AND ALL OF OUR WORK, THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE SURE THAT, UH, WE COORDINATE AND THAT WE DON'T DUPLICATE.

SO, UM, SO WHERE YOU BE RESOLVED, SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF FOCUS CONVERSATIONS THAT GET RESOLVED.

UM, THIS IS THE DRAFT PLAN, AND I WANT, I'M WANTING TO, TO CAPTURE IN HERE THAT THIS WORK WILL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMITTEE WORK AND NOT DUPLICATIVE.

SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE THE DRAFT WORK PLAN AND SCHEDULE APPEAR AS EXHIBIT A AND WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE WORK OF VARIOUS, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEES IN THE ORIGINAL, I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

WHY WAS SHE GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE COUNSELING SESSIONS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE REVIEW OF THE DISASTERS.

UH, AND, AND WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT IS THAT WE WOULD ALL BE, YOU KNOW, GATHERING TOGETHER.

UM, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED IF I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO TO ALL OF THE, IF THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO EACH ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL.

AND I WONDER IF THEY CAN BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, THEN IF THE WATER COMMITTEE CAN BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS, WELL, THE MAYOR, WE HAVE A MAYOR, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

THE, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS SO FAR, WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING SO FAR AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED ON MARCH 31ST WITH US, THE AUSTIN ENERGY, WHICH HAS ALL OF US AS YOU KNOW, AND THE WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THAT THOSE WERE ATTENDED AND AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND.

SO I'VE ALREADY STARTED THIS WORK.

UM, AND THEN THE WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS MEETING IN APRIL AND WE'LL BE SURE AND COORDINATE THE WORK.

IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD.

I THINK I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN BEGUN.

UH, WE HAD A GREAT MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING THE OTHER DAY THAT LOOKED INTO, UM, AND STARTS TO PERCEPTIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

SO ALL I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA WORK TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT'S NOT, UM, REQUIRING PEOPLE TO GO TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND THAT'D BE GREAT.

I MEAN, TO, SO, SO IF WE CAN SCHEDULE WHEN THE MOBILITY OR, UH, HOUSING, OR IS DOING A HEARING ON THIS, LET'S SCHEDULE IT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PUT EXTRA DAYS ON OUR CALENDAR, BEYOND THE ONES WHEN WE'RE OTHERWISE MEETING AS A GROUP, THAT'D BE REALLY COOL.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT MAY HAPPEN IS THE COMMITTEES MAY HAVE THE TIME TO DELVE INTO, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF THESE ISSUES IN MORE DETAIL.

SO THAT CAN HAPPEN TOO.

ADD LANGUAGE.

I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT POINT FOR A SECOND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ORIGINAL INTENT YOU'VE MUTED,

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YOU'RE MUTED YOU'RE OFF.

I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS HAD, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS HAD FEEDBACK ON THAT POINT, BUT I'LL JUST SAY BACK TO THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PASSED THE AMENDMENT TO DO THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, THERE WAS LANGUAGE SAYING IT WOULD BE COORDINATED WITH THE COMMITTEES AND MY THOUGHT, AND MY DRAFT SCHEDULE ACTUALLY HAD SOME OF LIKE THE AUSTIN ENERGY CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AT THE AUSTIN ENERGY COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WERE ALL ATTENDING.

UM, THE CHAIR HAD OTHER ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA.

AND, AND AFTER CONVERSATION WITH CHAIR POOL, UM, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THAT WAS A PATH THAT WAS GOING TO WORK FOR HER.

SO I AM BACK TO, I SWITCHED GEARS NOW.

AND MY PROPOSAL TODAY IS THAT WE IS THAT WE TAKE EITHER ONE WHOLE DAY OR TWO HALF DAYS AND GO THROUGH THE WORK PLAN AS I'VE LAID OUT.

AND AS OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO TWEAK EITHER TODAY OR AFTER TODAY, UM, AND WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ALL TOGETHER.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT POINT, IF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES WANT TO TAKE ON DIFFERENT PIECES AND LOOK MORE IN MORE DEPTH, THEN THAT'S FINE.

BUT I, I JUST FELT LIKE THIS WAS EASIER THAN TRYING ONE.

I THINK WE, IT WOULD BE REALLY CHALLENGING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO GO TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT ARE TAKING UP THE ISSUE.

AND I THINK WE, MY INTENT IS REALLY TO HAVE ONE CONVERSATION AS A FULL COUNCIL AND TO DO IT, UM, IN AS TIME EFFICIENT MANNER AS POSSIBLE.

AND I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT I HOPE TO ACHIEVE HERE IN A MINUTE BEFORE WE VOTE.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE, I THINK AT THIS POINT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMITTEES MAY DELVE INTO AREAS IN MORE DEPTH, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD STICK TO THE PLAN OF HAVING, HAVING THIS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW TAKE PLACE WITH OUR WHOLE COUNCIL AND TO IT ALL OF A PIECE RATHER THAN PARSONS OUT.

AND IF THE WATER COMMITTEE OR ANOTHER COMMITTEE WANTED TO SET A COMMITTEE HEARING ON TOP OF THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE ALLOWED AS WELL.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

UM, UM, COUNSELOR KELLY, THANK YOU.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, UH, PRIMARILY FOR CITY MANAGER, AND I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE HE COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS TO MAYBE CLEAR SOME THINGS UP.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS RESOLUTION AND WHAT GAP IT FEELS OR DOESN'T FEEL.

AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AFTER THAT.

YOU'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY, UH, AFTER ACTION REVIEWS THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED BY OUR DEPARTMENTS, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR UTILITIES, AUSTIN, WATER, AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, BUT ALSO BY OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AS WE WOULD HAVE ANY, UH, ANY, UH, HISTORIC EVENT LIKE THIS.

UH, AND SO THOSE ARE BEING CONDUCTED, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE SPEAK AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY AS THAT GETS FINALIZED.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONES LOOKING AT THIS.

AND SO WE HAVE INITIATED THIRD-PARTY REVIEWS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, BOTH WITH OUR UTILITIES, UH, AUSTIN WATER AND AUSTIN ENERGY.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ALREADY HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS.

AND, BUT THEN STAFF AND I HAVE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE AUTHOR OF THIS AND ENSURED THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE COMPLIMENTING AND THOSE, UH, THAT DATA POINTS AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING FROM THESE REVIEWS WILL BE PART OF THIS PROCESS, CAUSE THAT HAS CRITICAL INFORMATION TO BE COMING FROM STAFF, UH, WITH ANY ADDITIONAL REVIEW.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT.

UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WILL DOING ANY OF THIS ADDITIONAL WORK TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OTHER INITIATIVES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE OR PLACE ANY ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON YOU OR YOUR STAFF? AND IF SO, WHAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS THE CONVERSATION EVOLVES WITH JUST DEFINING THE SCOPE OF THIS IFC AND THE RESOLUTION THAT IT ENTAILS, I KNOW THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS STILL GOING TO THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND, AND FURTHER REFINING FOR THE AUDITOR ON WHAT, UH, SHE WOULD, UH, IN HER CAPACITY.

UH, AND DEPENDING ON THAT SCOPE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD IMPACT POTENTIALLY, UH, THE ADDITIONAL, ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM STAFF.

SO IT'S, IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT OF WHAT THAT SCOPE OF WORK MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP US POSTED ON THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL, NUMBER 12 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD BE UNDUE BURDEN ON CITY STAFF TO, TO COMPLETE.

PARTS OF ALL THESE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THAT THE AUDITOR WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY TASKED WITH AND WHICH PARTS WOULD BE THE TASK FORCE OR THE COMMITTEES.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

UM, THAT'S WHY I HAD PULLED IT FOR THE WORK SESSION AND I WISH WE HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TOPICS.

I THINK WE WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT TWO MAIN CONCERNS WERE, HOW DOES THIS, UM, INTERTWINED WITH THE WORK THE AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY TASKED WITH KNOWING THAT, UM, WE DO APPROVE THE ANNUAL PLAN.

AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH

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AND SO I WANTED TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR THAT.

UM, JUST SO THAT I COULD REALLY SIGN OFF ON THIS AND SUPPORT IT AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THOSE PARAMETERS.

IS THAT STILL A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? I MIGHT HAVE TO ASK YOU TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK PART OF YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE AUDITOR.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR WHO CHAIRS THAT COMMITTEE, AND I HAVE ONLY HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION AND MAY, AND SHE MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.

UM, IN MORE DEPTH, I DO THINK WE WOULD, WE WILL NEED TO REFINE THIS WITH THE AUDITOR AT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND, AND ALL ARE, ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US IN THAT CONVERSATION, WHAT I'VE LISTED AS TOPICS OF INTEREST.

UM, AND I'VE ADDED THAT LANGUAGE AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE AUDITOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE PROBABLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE AUDITOR.

WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO HIT ALL THESE THINGS.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REFINE THAT.

AND MY INTENT HERE IS TO REALLY TALK AT THAT COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PIECES OF, OF THIS THAT ARE REALLY BEST HANDLED BY THE AUDITOR? WHAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE AS A COUNCIL IN OUR OPEN SESSIONS AND THE COMMUNITY IN THERE AT THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE ARE NOT LIKELY, UM, WHAT ARE THE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE NOT LIKELY TO GET? SO, YOU KNOW, MY, I THINK WE'LL USE THAT PREMISE TO REALLY REFINE WHAT THE AUDITOR IS LOOKING AT.

AND I DO THINK THAT, UM, THE AUDITOR WILL HAVE TO GET SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE, FROM THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TOPICS, WHAT, UM, HOW TO BALANCE THE WORKLOAD AND LIKELY ONE OR MORE AUDITS WILL BE DELAYED.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK CHAIR ALTER MIGHT, MIGHT, UM, HAVE MORE INFO TO ADD AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN CIRCLE BACK.

CAUSE I THINK YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION AROUND.

WELL, I DID NOTICE THAT THERE, THE CO-SPONSORSHIP AND THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF OVERLAP.

SO I FIGURED THERE WAS PROBABLY A THOUGHT PROCESS TO THIS AND WE JUST HADN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO REALLY TALK THROUGH IT.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD RESOLUTION WITH GREAT TOPICS THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT IS STAFF ALREADY DOING, WHAT IS AN AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE TAKING ON? JUST SO WE KIND OF KNOW WHO'S HOLDING WHICH PART OF THIS PROCESS SO THAT NO ONE GETS CONFUSED ALONG THE WAY AND DOUBLES UP OR FORGETS TO DO SOMETHING.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.

LIKE ME TO READ THAT LANGUAGE OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST DEAL WITH IT LATER ON THE TABLE? WE'LL PICK IT BACK UP.

UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UM, ADJUSTED PRETTY WELL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE FOR RAISING IT.

UM, AND THE AUDITOR IS ONLINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THINK THAT WE HAVE IT PRETTY WELL COVERED.

UM, I DID ASK FOR SOME AMENDMENTS BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FULL SCOPE.

UH, WE WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE ON THE 31ST.

AND WE HAVE SOME TIME ON OUR CALENDAR AS AUDIT AND FINANCE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND NARROW IT DOWN.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO, UH, BEGIN THAT SCOPING PROCESS, UM, AT THAT MEETING.

UM, WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE AUDIT PLAN FOR WHAT AUDIT OR AUDIT WILL NOT BE DONE AND WHICH ONES WE WILL BE SUBBING IN.

UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, COVID AUDITS MAY BE PREMATURE, UM, GIVEN THAT WE'RE STILL IN COVID.

UM, SO THOSE MAY BE ABLE TO BE BUMPED A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF TIME.

UM, AND WE HAVE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

UM, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT LEAST START THAT CONVERSATION AT AUDIT AND FINANCE.

UM, NEXT WEEK, UM, AS THIS EVOLVES, I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE UP TOPICS.

UM, IN AUDIT FINANCE, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE, UM, FOR AUDIT AND FINANCE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS, DEPENDING ON HOW THE BROADER, UM, QUESTIONS GO, UM, AND, UM, WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS GOING TO NOT BE A SHORT-LIVED PROCESS AND TO THE DEGREE THAT SOMETHING WOULD COME UP IN AUDIT AND FINANCE, THAT THE WHOLE GROUP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

WE NEED TO MOVE THAT ALSO TO THE WHOLE MEETING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE ON THEIR CHALLENGER, BUT CERTAINLY A DEEP DIVE ON ANY OF THOSE ISSUES ARE VERY AME FOR PEOPLE TO DO IN THEIR COMMITTEES.

IT'S SIX 40 NOW.

AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONGER CONVERSATION, I'M GOING TO LAY IT ON THE TABLE AND WE'LL PICK IT BACK UP AFTER WE HEAR THE SPEAKERS.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.

UM, ALSO I'M GOING TO LAY THIS BOARD ON THE TABLE FOR RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.

UH, WAS THERE A QUICK MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD HER THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE ON THE, UH, FAR ITEMS LEFT? THERE IT IS.

AND, UM, BEFORE WE TURN TO THAT, WOULD YOU, I COULD HAVE SOLVED THE AUDIT ISSUE IF YOU

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THAT'S FINE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR THOUGH.

I DID GET IT INTO THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL ADDRESS YOURS.

SO COLLEAGUES, UM, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I GET THE NUMBERS CORRECT HERE.

16 AND 34 AND 74 AND 82.

COLLEAGUES, I HAVE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BEFORE TAKING UP THESE ZONING CASES, WE'VE KNOW, UM, THE TIME CONSTRAINTS, UM, IN MULTIPLE MEETINGS NOW HAVE PREVENTED US FROM DOING THAT.

I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THESE CASES AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE, UH, FOR REASONS THAT I HOPE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS RELATES TO THE CAPS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE, ARE IN PLACE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM THAT THESE ARE PROPOSING TO EXCEED.

UM, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY CONVERSATION THAT WAS DEFERRED FROM 2014, ABOUT WHAT, WHAT BENEFIT SHOULD BE EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS WHEN PROJECTS ARE PROPOSING TO EXCEED THOSE CAPS.

HAVING SAID THAT WE HAVE A REALLY CHALLENGING MEETING TODAY HAD OF US.

AND SO I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM 16, UH, YES, THAT WE PASS.

UM, I, 34 ON SECOND READING AND THAT WE PASS ITEM 74 ON EIGHT AND 82 ON FIRST READING ONLY I AM BRINGING FORWARD AN EMERGENCY IFC TOMORROW TO AFFECT A CODE OF AMENDMENT THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT THESE PROJECTS PROBABLY.

UM, BUT WOULD, WOULD, UM, ADDRESS THIS POLICY ISSUE, WHICH I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT.

AND I AM ADDING, UM, ON OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, THE, UM, SORRY, I'VE SHOUTING IN THE BACKGROUND.

UM, I'M ADDING TO OUR WORK SESSION, OUR NEXT WORK SESSION AGENDA, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM TO TALK ABOUT FAR AS IT RELATES TO RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, TO BE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CONVERSATION.

SO THAT'S MY MOTION.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, YOUR MOVIE, UH, 60 BE POSTPONED TO 48 34 PASS ON SECOND READING.

IT'LL COME BACK TO US THAT ON FOUR EIGHT FOR FINAL ACTION TOGETHER WITH 1674 AND 82 PASSING ON FIRST READING ONLY, ALSO COMING BACK FOR FINAL ACTION ON FOUR EIGHT.

UM, YOU'RE GOING TO SET IT UP SO THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE AT THIS TIME, LET'S TRY TO ACTUALLY HAVE AT THE WORK CENTER I SCHEDULED AS A COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

SO IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE SAME, IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE AGENDA LINEUP.

AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO BRING ON AN IFC FOR A CODE CHANGE THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THESE TRACKS, BUT IT WOULD BE PER PERSPECTIVE AND THAT'LL BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA AS WELL.

WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES, UM, REACHING OUT TO ME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THAT'LL GO UP TOMORROW.

UH, SECOND TO THIS, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, KELLY SECONDS, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT'S OF OUR POOL? I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHY THE RAINY STREET ITEMS WOULD STILL BE DELAYED AND NOT PUT ON AN AGENDA.

IF THE CODE DISCUSSION IS FOR, IN MAYOR, YOU SAID FOR CASES THAT WOULD COME TO US AFTER THESE FOUR.

SO I THINK THERE MAY BE A DISCONNECT.

I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO MAY WANT THE CHANGES BE APPLIED TO THESE CASES.

AND I THINK MAYOR, YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK THEY, THEY WOULD BE, SO I NEED, I NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

I THINK WE, AND I THINK THE PART SAY THAT IN YOUR INTRODUCTION.

WELL, I MEAN, I'D PREFER THAT, LET ME SAY IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIX THE CODE AND HAVE IT APPLY, THEN I'M ALL FOR IT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, THAT'S THE CASE THEN? WHY WOULD WE NOT BE AGENDIZED IN THESE ALL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM EITHER ON APRIL 8TH OR SOME DATE IN APRIL, WHY I'M POSTPONING THEM TO APRIL 8TH? OKAY.

ALL I HEARD WAS THAT 16 WAS POSTPONED TO THE EIGHTH.

AND THEN YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE ALL IN THE WORK SESSION LINEUP.

THEY WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA LINEUP YET? NO, WE'RE, I'M PASSING.

I'M SUGGESTING WE PASS THEM ON SECOND READING AND FIRST READING RESPECTIVELY, THEY WILL COME BACK TO US ON THE EIGHTH.

ON THE SIXTH, WE'LL HAVE THAT POLICY CONVERSATION AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CODE AMENDMENT I'M BRINGING FORWARD.

BUT, UM, UH, GENERALLY IF IT'S, IF THERE'S NOT A BIG, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, I'M FINE WITH JUST PRO FORMA POSTPONING.

AND SO, BUT THEY WILL DEFINITELY BE ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS VERY MUCH, CATHERINE.

COSAR MARY.

I KNOW THESE AREN'T EXACTLY ZONING CASES,

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DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC IMPACT APPLICANTS? I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAPITAL COSTS ARE ALL ACCEPTED, ALL ACCEPTING OF THIS, UH, UH, PROPOSAL.

IS THERE SOMEONE THAT CAN CONFIRM THAT I SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANTS AND THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBER COBOS MOTIONS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR.

THOSE OPPOSED YOU ACTIONS AS DESCRIBED ARE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

THAT GETS US JUST THEN TO THE LAST TWO ITEMS, THE APD ITEMS. WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT ARE LINED UP, BUT BEFORE WE START A MAYOR PRO TEM, I DID PREPARE, I MEAN, THIS WASN'T THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOME FOR THESE RAINEY ITEMS, BUT, UM, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY FAVORABLE FOR ME, BUT I, I DID PREPARE SOME REMARKS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME ON THE RAINY ITEM.

WELL, I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE YOU TO DO IT LATER IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT AND WE CAN GET, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WANT TO GET TO THE SPEAKERS.

SO THAT'S SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

LET ME FORGET THAT, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET RECOGNIZED TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THEN I'M GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION THAT I WANTED TO HAVE IN THE REMARKS THAT I WAS TRYING TO MOVE THE CONVERSATION ALONG FOR THE EVENING, BY NOT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

AND BOTH OF YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE.

WE'RE GONNA, I'LL ENTERTAIN IT AT THE, OF OUR VOTE ON THE APD MATTERS.

AND YOU ALL CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO TELL THEM TO CALL BACK THE PAST.

I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE, UM, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE POSTPONED THOSE ITEMS. I WAS TRYING TO MOVE THEM FORWARD THOUGH.

THAT WAS NOT MY, UM, FAVORITE DISPOSITION THEM, BUT DID SO JUST TO MOVE US ON THE SEAT.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO RE, IF WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THEM, THEN I MAY, THEN I MAY WANT TO RESCIND THE VOTE WE JUST TOOK AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING, BUT OUR STAFF ARE, YOU KNOW, NEED, NEED A SIGN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO STAY.

ARE THESE FAIRLY ABBREVIATED TOPICS JUST AS EASILY POSTED ON FACEBOOK OR THE MESSAGE BOARD IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT WORTH ANY UNDUE STRESS, KATHY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH.

UM, I CAN POST MY REMARKS SALES WORK.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET THE SPEAKERS KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE EATING MY FOOD WITH MY VIDEO OFF, CAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO GET MY DINNER, BUT THAT I AM LISTENING.

I'VE GOT MY HANDY, UM, MICROPHONE.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL BE LISTENING.

DON'T YOU CALL SOME SPEAK LIKE SPEAKERS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE, FOR THE WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO GET CALLED ONE MINUTE EACH MAYOR.

I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY RUDENESS.

IF I KEEP MY CAMERA ON AND YOU'D STILL EAT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE DISMISSIVE.

UM, WE READY? OKAY.

CLERK, WHY

[Public Comment (Part 1 of 2)]

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS A SPANISH SPEAKER.

SO WE HAVE THE INTERPRETER ON THE LINE.

JACQUELINE.

ARE YOU AVAILABLE? OKAY.

FOUND THAT ROJAS.

BALLA HELLO? SEEING ONE MOMENT.

CAN I RESTART THE TIME? SORRY, I CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

THIS IS PROBABLY LATERAL CLASS COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE MAY.

IT'S TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE INTERPRETER.

IN A MEETING WITH, UH, YOU CITY MANAGER, UH, CRUNK WHEN WE MET MONDAY, UH, THOUGH THIS BLUEPRINT MAY BE VERY WELL INTENTIONED.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR.

MY NAME IS AND I'M A MOTHER, A MIDWIFE AND A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZER WITH CTU COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED RACIAL JUSTICE.

I'M CURRENTLY ALSO SERVING AS A REP FOR CTU ON THE CITY'S RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SPACES, TASK FORCE.

I'M ONE OF THE TWO CO-CHAIRS OF THIS TASK FORCE AND I'M HERE TO FORMALLY LODGE AN OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSAL AND BLUEPRINT TO RESTART THE APD CADET CLASS IN JUNE.

I'VE ALREADY TOLD THIS DIRECTLY

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IT WAS PULLED TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY, I THINK, UH, IN ABOUT 48 HOURS, ACCORDING TO YOU, UH, I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTENTIONALITY OF, OF SUCH A HUGE MOVE IN SUCH A RUSHED PROCESS.

I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, IN RELATION TO THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE ON JANUARY 20TH, AFTER TASK FORCE DISCUSSION, WE VOTED AND APPROVED A MOTION TO FORMALLY LODGE, AN OBJECTION TO ANY EFFORT BY THE CITY AND APD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY NEW CADET CLASSES UNTIL WE HAVE A LEVEL OF DEMONSTRATION OF PROOF OF A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT INCLUDES, UH, THE RATE OF KILLING OF RESIDENTS BY APD, THE DISPROPORTIONALITY AFFECTING BLACK CADETS AND THE, UH, AND OTHER ISSUES UNTIL SPEAKER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

NOT ACCORDING TO MY CAN I JUST FINISH UNTIL THEY FIND THE MISSION? THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ARIEL .

HI.

MY NAME IS ARIELLE AGAIN.

I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT THREE.

I AM A NATIVE AUSTINITE, A DOWNTOWN SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, ARTIST AND MUSICIAN.

AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE ITEM NUMBER 37 AS WELL IN 2020, THE CITY OF AUSTIN EMBARKED ON AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE OUR POLICING.

AND THIS CAME WITH THE EXPECTATION.

THERE WOULD BE A THOROUGH RE-IMAGINING OF THE TRAINING ACADEMY, BUT THE CURL REPORT AND THE KIDS THAT LITTLE HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED AT THE ACADEMY.

BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT THIS LAST YEAR HAS TAUGHT US IS THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES.

SPECIFICALLY THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, AUSTIN HAS BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND PRAISED FOR OUR APPROACH AND FOLLOW THROUGH OF REALLOCATING APD FUNDING TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

SO UPDATING APDS CURRICULUM PER CADET TRAINING IS CRUCIAL TO UPHOLDING THE PROMISE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MADE LAST YEAR.

AND I ASKED FOR THESE CHANGES TO BE MADE WITH INTENTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATE, AND QATAR'S AMENDMENTS DO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, BUT I DO ASK COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON REOPENING THE ACADEMY UNTIL THE PROPER IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO BORROW WISDOM FROM THE WEST POINT, CADET PRAYER MAKE US CHOOSE THE HARDER, RIGHT, INSTEAD OF THE EASIER WRONG.

I YIELD MY TIME.

JULIA VAUGHN ALEXANDER.

ACADEMY IS COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC.

MY NAME IS JULIETTE ALEXANDER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE.

AND ONE OF THE, AGAIN, BY REMEMBERING THOSE KILLED BY APD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF MANLEY'S TENURE MORGAN RANKIN, LANDON NOBLES, JASON ROKE, THOMAS SIMPSON ALVAREZ.

HE'S A RENE ALVAREZ.

LESLIE, FEEL RHONDA TELL IT'S HER VICTOR SANCHEZ AND SIERRA A QUANTAS JAYMAN GRIFFIN MARISE MASHONDA DASILVA, MIKE RAMOS, ALEX GONZALES AND JORDAN WALTON.

POLICE DID NOT KEEP THEM SAFE.

PLEASE DO NOT FUND OR RESTART A NEW APD CADET CLASS.

DON'T THE TRAY, OUR SHARED COMMUNITY PROJECT OF CREATING REAL SAFETY AND REDUCING RACIST HARM IN AUSTIN.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT TO RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND DON'T HAVE THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, EMMA CHEVALIER.

FINE.

MY NAME IS EMMA .

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND I AM STRONGLY AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 37.

UM, TOVO AND THE REST OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW YOU VOTE THIS YEAR.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT, UH, YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS AND DO NOT PASS, UH, TO FUND A NEW CADET CLASS.

UM, AND WE WILL REMEMBER HOW YOU VOTE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE NAMES, UM, THAT, OF THE, THOSE WHO WERE KILLED BY APD BY THE LAST SPEAKER.

UM, NO MORE POLICE.

HE PHONED THE POLICE AND ULTIMATELY ABOLISH THE POLICE.

APD IS A VIOLENT ORGANIZATION AND AGAIN, JUST LAST MONTH MURDERED ANOTHER YOUNG BLACK MAN JUSTICE FOR JORDAN A YIELD MY TIME.

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MY .

HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10.

MY NAME IS MARIA RAJA, AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR A LITTLE BIT, ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW, UH, BOTH AS A STUDENT AND NOW AS SOFTWARE ENGINEER.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITUATION AND, UM, KIND OF THE POLICE BRUTALITY OVER THE YEARS.

I THINK THAT BY TRYING TO START A NEW APD CUB CADET CLASS, UH, YOU'RE UNDERMINING THE WORK OF THIS RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AND THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY.

AND I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT PROCESS IS OVER AND, UH, KEEP THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS IN MIND BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, UH, THAT GROUP IS FOCUSING ON AN EQUITY LENS AND, UH, HAS MORE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AFFECTED GROUP.

MICHELLE EDWARDS.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

MY NAME IS OKAY.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE EDWARDS AND I'M A MOM AND A PROFESSOR AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST ITEM 37, THE TIMELINE OF THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED ABUSIVE WARRIOR FOCUSED US VERSUS THEM.

STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN, NOT JUST ADDING NEW POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOWS OR CHANGING THE TIMING OF A RENAMED FRIDAY SESSION.

HAVE ANY EXISTING TRAINERS EVEN BEEN REPLACED? HAS APD CHANGED ITS VIEWS ON DEESCALATION AND RACISM.

SOME PEOPLE WANT TO RUSH AHEAD AND BRING IN FRESHMEN.

CADETS, HOPING IT'LL TRANSFORM APD FROM THE INSIDE, BUT THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE AT THE BOTTOM OF APS HIERARCHY.

YOU NEED TIME TO CHANGE THE ACADEMY AND APD, AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO HEAR THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCES RECOMMENDATION.

THIS RESOLUTION IS UNFAIR TO THE POTENTIAL CADETS YOU'D BE BRINGING IN TO QUOTE, FIXED APD AND IT'S MOST IMPORTANTLY, UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHO'VE CONTRIBUTED TO TOO MANY REPORTS AND OVERSIGHT GROUPS ONLY TO HAVE YOU MOVE AHEAD WITH A BANDAID RESOLUTION LIKE THE FUND.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY WAY OF PULLING THE PLUG IF NEEDED STRUCTURAL CHANGES DON'T OCCUR.

THANK YOU, MONICA GUZMAN.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR DAVA GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR MONTHS.

RE-IMAGINING OUR HOLISTIC PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

FINALIZING PLANS FOR MULTIPLE LISTENING SESSIONS.

IN JANUARY, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SAID, QUOTE, WE HAVE PUBLICLY SAID THAT WE WON'T MOVE FORWARD AND RECOMMENDED AN ACADEMY.

IF WE'RE NOT READY FOR ONE UNQUOTE, ABD IS NOT READY.

YET.

LAST WEEK, CITY MANAGER CRUNK SENT COUNCIL A MEMO ABOUT A RE-IMAGINED POLICE CADET ACADEMY BLUEPRINT.

THE TASK FORCE STILL HAS MUCH WORK TO DO, INCLUDING FORWARDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

SO HOW CAN THERE BE ALREADY BE A RE-IMAGINED POLICE ACADEMY BLUEPRINT? THE CITY DROPPED THE BALL ON A TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY CENTER TO SELECT THE CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AND IS NOW DROPPING THE BALL ON THE PROCESS FOR RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.

OUR TRUST IN THE PROCESS HAS BEEN VIOLATED.

WE URGE COUNCIL TO STAND WITH THE TASK FORCE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND DEMAND A TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY CENTERED PROCESS.

STARTING WITH THE NUTSO TRANSPARENT PROCESSES FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE EXPECT THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS ISSUES HERE IN AUSTIN BEFORE MOVING ON TO HER NEW POSITION, ANNIE LESH.

HI, MY NAME IS ANNIE DAILY LASH.

I'M UH, I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT FIVE FOR BLACK LIVES.

I'M ASKING THAT YOU VOTE NO ON AGENDA ITEM 37 AND NO TO A NEW JUNE CADET CLASS APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE HAS HAD THE CHANCE TO PRESENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY, THREATENS THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

IT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT.

RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, HOW MANY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE AT THE HANDS OF POLICE BEFORE YOU WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR THE CHANGES THAT YOU PROMISED, KEEP YOUR WORD AND GIVE THIS PROCESS A CHANCE.

THANK YOU, LAURA.

SPRAGENS HELLO.

MY NAME IS LAURA SPRAGENS.

I'M A TEACHER FOR AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

I'M HERE AS A CONSTITUENT IN MR.

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DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE ISSUE OF REMATCHING PUBLIC SAFETY OF FOCUS.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT FIND A NEW APD CADET CLASS AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

IT COMPLETELY DISMISSES THE HARD WORK OF THE TASK FORCE, THE TRADE, THE COMMITMENTS YOU MADE LAST SUMMER AND THREATENS THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF CREATING REAL SAFETY AND REDUCING RACIST PURPORT SHOW THAT MAPD HAS SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITH RACE POLICING.

I PERSONALLY LIVE WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS OF WHERE ALEXANDER GONZALEZ WAS KILLED AT THE HANDS OF THE COP IN JANUARY.

I WALK PAST THAT MEMORIAL EVERY DAY, AND IT IS A SOBER REMINDER OF THIS WHOLE POLICING HAT ON BLACK AND BROWN BODY.

THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF POLICING NEEDS TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

AP IS IN NO WAY, READY TO TRAIN A NEW CADET AND PUT THEM TO WORK IN AN INSTITUTION THAT DOESN'T HARM PEOPLE.

NO NEW CADET.

I YIELD MY TIME, ANDREA BLACK.

HI, MY NAME IS ANDREA BLACK.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE.

I PARTICIPATED IN THE APD VIDEO COMMUNITY REVIEW PANEL AND I'M PART OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASKFORCE WORKING GROUP.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY.

OFTEN I ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST RESTARTING THE NEW APD CADET ACADEMY.

BASED ON MY CLOSE WORK IN THIS PROCESS, IT IS EVIDENT THAT ACE APD HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO BEFORE IT IS READY TO START TRAINING CADETS AGAIN, APPROVING A CADET CLASS BEFORE THE TASK FORCE HAS A CHANCE TO PRESENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.

RECOMMENDATION THREATENS THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND BETRAYS OR SHARED COMMUNITY PROJECT OF CREATING REAL SAFETY AND REDUCING RACIST HARM IN AUSTIN IS A WASTE OF FUNDS FOR APD TO START TRAINING CADETS PREMATURELY, WITHOUT A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT WE'RE TRAINING THEM TO DO.

THE CITY'S LIMITED FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR OTHER CRITICAL PRIORITIES, INCLUDING SUPPORTING RESIDENTS OF MOUNT CARMEL APARTMENTS WHO ARE STILL WITHOUT GAS, HOT WATER HEAT, 34 DAYS LATER IN COUNTING.

KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT TO RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, RESPECT THE PROCESS.

NO NEW CADET CLASS, JEN MARGOLIS.

HI, MY NAME IS JEN MARGOLYES FROM DISTRICT ONE.

I WANTED THE END BY REMEMBERING THOSE PEOPLE OF COLOR KILLED BY APD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

MORGAN RANKINS, LANDON NOBLES, JASON ROCA, THOMAS SIMPSON, ALL THAT IS TO GO TO NAIL, BUT AS LESLIE YOLANDA SALAZAR, VICTOR SANCHEZ AND SIERRA, UH, QUANTAS, JIM AND GRIFFIN MORRIS MASHONDA DASILVA, MIKE RAMOS, ALEX GONZALEZ AND JORDAN WALTON.

POLICE DID NOT KEEP THEM SAFE.

I'M A MEMBER OF TWO RPS WORKING GROUPS AND UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY.

AUSTIN.

WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU CITY COUNCIL TO INVEST THE TIME AND FUNDS WE ACTUALLY NEED TOWARDS REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING REAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

RESTARTING THIS CADET CLASS AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RPS TASK FORCE THREATENED THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE HAVE NO URGENT NEED FOR MORE CADETS.

WE DO URGENTLY NEED AN END TO RACIST POLICE VIOLENCE AND END TO RACIST DISPLACEMENT AND INVESTMENTS IN REAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY CARE IN AUSTIN.

APD IS IN NO WAY READY TO TRAIN NEW CADETS.

DON'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT TO RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.

EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD, RESPECT THE PROCESS VOTE NO ON 37, NO NEW CADET CLASS.

THANK YOU, ELIZA EPSTEIN.

ELIZA EPSTEIN, WHITE WOMAN MEMBER OF FOR BLACK LIVES.

SHE, HER PRONOUNS.

I LIVE ON THE LAND OF SO MANY PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE TOMBOLA AND GREECE COMA, CRUDO WHO STEWARDED IT FOR GENERATIONS AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT IT TODAY.

THERE'S POLICE REFORM AND THIS WEEK'S ABOLITION.

THESE ARE GROUNDED IN TWO PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT WORLDVIEWS.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITH A POLICE, A WORLD WITH JAILS, A WORLD WHERE ANYONE IS KICKED OUT, EXCLUDED, TOSSED AWAY DISPOSABLE.

SO I DON'T WANT A NEW CADET ACADEMY AND I DON'T WANT A NEW POLICE CHIEF, BUT TODAY'S ABOUT SAYING NO TO THE CADET ACADEMY, TO HONORING THE WORK OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY REVIEW PANEL, AS WELL AS MYRIAD, OTHER REPORTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTIFIED TODAY, WHO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF RACISM AND BIAS WITHIN APD IS RACISM AND BIAS RESULTS IN VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK BROWN, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN AUSTIN.

YOU COUNSEL COMMITTED TO RE-IMAGINE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUT TOGETHER A BEAUTIFUL AND DEEPLY INFORMED TASK FORCE TO DO THAT WORK.

YOU'VE PUT PEOPLE OF COLOR THROUGH MORE TRAUMA TO DO THIS WORK.

NOW YOU MUST WAIT.

THEN YOU MUST LISTEN.

THIS WORK ISN'T EASY.

YOU CANNOT BE READY FOR A CADET ACADEMY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO HAS TOLD YOU YOU'RE NOT READY.

IF YOU REALLY READ THE QUOTE REPORT, EVEN THEY SAY, YOU'RE NOT READY.

THANK YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT THERE START, BUT PRE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.

SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

MARK.

ANOTHER BETRAYAL, CARMEN YANAS PULIDO.

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YOU'LL NOTICE GOD IS CONNECTING THE WINTER STORM AND THIS ITEM ABOUT THE CADET, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THREATENED BY CLIMATE CRISIS AND ECONOMIC STRESS AS WELL.

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY FOR CLIMATE PROOFING.

THE CITY LATER TONIGHT, YOU'LL SEE YOUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ON VIDEO RESTATING THE COMMITMENT, NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW CADET CLASS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THEIR TASKFORCE DAYS BEFORE WE ALL LEARNED THAT THIS WAS COMING INTO YOUR AGENDA TODAY, THIS IS A SYMPTOMATIC SYMPTOMATIC OF PROBLEMATIC MANAGEMENT.

THERE WAS A POLICE SHOOTING DURING THE LAST RPS MEETING OR THE HAIL STORM LAST NIGHT, AND THERE WILL BE HEAT, EXTREME HEAT AND HURRICANES THIS SUMMER AND FALL RESPECTIVELY, YOU WILL FACE MORE POWER OUTAGES.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF MANAGEMENT'S INACTION AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.

THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND TAKING SHORTCUTS WITHOUT US COST LIVES, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MORE PROBLEMS IN A CITY THAT'S ALREADY HAVING TROUBLE FINANCING.

IT'S INFRASTRUCTURAL NEEDS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTERS.

DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT MUNICIPAL POLITICS IN CITIES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS, AUSTIN, AND BOULDER, BUT THEY KNOW ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD AND THEY KNOW THERE'S THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN TEXAS.

LIKE I SAID, WE CAN GET A LOT LOUDER AND WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER.

YOU'RE TELLING US EXPIRED, MOLLY HALTS.

HI, MY NAME IS MOLLY .

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE ISSUE OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY OF FOCUS.

PLEASE VOTE AGAINST A NEW POLICE ACADEMY CADET CLASS.

WE MADE PROGRESS LAST SUMMER WITH A REALLOCATION OF SOME OF THE POLICE BUDGET AND THE CREATION OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE VOTING TO FUND A NEW CADET CLASS WILL GO AGAINST THE COMMITMENT CITY COUNCIL MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO PRI PRIORITIZE, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF AUSTIN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

PLEASE ALLOW THE RPS TASK FORCE TO FINISH THEIR WORK AND PRESENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

BEFORE PUSHING FORWARD A VOTE FOR THE CADET CLASS SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU DO NOT VALUE THEIR WORK.

A MEMBER TO PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS SECURE HOUSING, ENOUGH FOOD AND ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND QUALITY EDUCATION.

NOT MORE POLICE KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT TO RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, RESPECT THE PROCESS.

NO NEW CADET CLASS.

THANK YOU, MARIANA TRESSA.

HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD.

OH, OKAY.

UH, MY NAME IS MARIETTA.

I AM A, UM, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.

UH, AND I AM CALLING, UM, TO ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THE AGENDA NUMBER, UH, 37, A BLUEPRINT THAT ASKS FOR FUNDING FOR A NEW APD CADET CLASS.

IT'S NOT IF THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, YOU ALL BROKE VARIABLE.

NO, WE'RE STILL LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AND SOME OF US ARE STILL LIVING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FEBRUARY SNOWSTORM AND JUST SO MUCH THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UH, WE DEFINITELY DESERVE A BREAK AND THAT INCLUDES NO POLICE.

UH, WHAT WE NEED IS DIRECT INVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT INCLUDES HOLISTIC INVESTMENT AND HOLISTIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'S THE MAGIC PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

I URGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE VOTE NO ON AGENDA ITEM 37 IN ORDER FOR US TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF ALL.

AUSTINITES NOT THOSE, NOT, NOT JUST THOSE THAT BENEFIT FROM POLICING.

THANK YOU, SHARON BLAKE.

THIS IS SHARON WEISS AND DISTRICT SIX.

PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING FOR AUTUMN 37, WHICH RESTORES THE POLICE GET A CAT CLASS.

I'VE HEARD FROM POLICEMEN THAT LARGE SECTORS OF THE CITY HAVE VERY FEW PLACE PATROL AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND MY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE A CRIME WAVE CURRENTLY WHERE WE FEEL UNSAFE.

I HAVE NOT EXPECTATION THAT MY WORDS WILL MAKE IT OUT.

OUTCOME DIFFERENCE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CALL TODAY.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

SUKI MCMAHAN, SUKI MCMAHAN, PLEASE UNMUTE RACHEL SHANNON.

RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE AGAINST ITEM 37.

MY NAME IS RACHEL SHANNON.

I'M A

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I'D LIKE TO REMEMBER THAT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, APD HAS KILLED AT LEAST 12 COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF COLOR.

POLICE DID NOT KEEP THEM SAFE.

THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE DOES NOT EVEN PRESENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL APRIL.

THIS MOVE THREATENED WITHIN THE TRAYS, THE ENTIRE RPS PROCESS.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE NINE 11 RPS WORKING GROUP THAT ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH AND ASSOCIATES HELD WHERE TEAM LEADER, RICK BROWN SHARED THIS PERSPECTIVE, QUOTE CHANGE HAS HAS TO COME FROM THE TOP.

FIRST CADETS CAN'T CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO CHANGE CULTURE AND THEN INCLUDE CADETS IN THAT PROCESS.

AND QUOTE, TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE DOES NOT START AT THE BOTTOM AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THE PROBLEM WON'T BE QUICKLY FIXED BY REARRANGING A FEW THINGS, STOP INVESTING OUR MONEY AND SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO FAIL.

THERE IS NO URGENT NEED FOR NEW OFFICERS.

THIS IS A FALSE SENSE OF URGENCY.

WE DO NOT NEED TO URGENTLY GROW A RACIST INSTITUTION THAT HAS NOT LEARNED HOW TO STOP KILLING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.

WE DO NEED TO BE URGENT ABOUT STOPPING RACIST POLICE VIOLENCE.

KEEP THIS COMMITMENT TO RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY RESPECT THE PROCESS FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, SUKI MCMAHAN.

I'M STICKING MCMAHON THE NINE AND I'M WITH AJC AND I OPPOSE ITEM 37.

THE TIME TO COME FOR THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AND OVERHAULING APDS TRAINING IN THE ACADEMY.

AND WE CAN'T ALLOW THE PROCESS TO BE SHORT CHANGED IN APRIL.

THE ECR WILL BEGIN ITS INITIAL REVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM.

AND ACCORDING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, IT IS ADEQUATE.

SHE REVIEWED ONLY ONE CLASS IN EACH AREA OF INSTRUCTION BY JUNE CALL WE'LL BE RELEASING COURSE ASSESSMENTS IN MID APRIL.

ONE OF WHICH IS AT 11 COURSE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION CURRICULUM.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ECR WILL ONLY REVIEW A SINGLE COURSE AND THAT 11 COURSE CURRICULUM LEAVING MOST SUBJECTS TOTALLY UNSEEN, AND JUST HOW MANY MORE MULTI-COURSE CURRICULUM OR IN THE TRAINING.

SO I'LL GIVE A NOD TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND CALCIUM.

THERE WERE CASAREZ AMENDMENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO BRING TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY INTO THIS.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE THE WORD RE-IMAGINED IN RELATION TO THE CHANGES AT THE ACADEMY, YOU MUST DON'T KNOW TODAY.

ALICE LANG CORTEZ.

THIS IS THE LAST LINK WHICH HAS FROM DISTRICT NINE.

UM, I ASKED YOU ABOUT NO ON ITEM 37 TODAY ON JANUARY 20TH, 20TH, 2021 AT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT PANEL PRESENTED TO THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE ON THE FINDINGS FROM THEIR REVIEW OF THE TRAINING VIDEOS FROM THE CADET ACADEMY.

UM, ENOUGH CONCERN WAS GENERATED AT THE MEETING FOR THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE TO FORMALLY LODGE, AN OBJECTION TO, UM, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY NEW CADET CLASSES UNTIL FIVE AREAS, UM, OF, UM, OF SHORT FALLING FROM THE CADET CLASSES WERE ADDRESSED, WHICH YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED AND SEEN TO GO AGAINST.

THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION PUT FORTH BY THE TASK FORCE WILL BE NOTHING SHORT OF EXPLODED IT AND PERFORMATIVE THAT VIDEO PANEL PUT IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF WORK TO REPORT BACK.

IT WAS COMPOSED OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS, MOST OF WHICH WERE BLACK WITNESSING AND EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO POTENTIALLY TRAUMATIZING AND DISTURBING POLICE CULTURE VIDEOS.

AND Y'ALL NOT HOLDING SPACE FOR THAT OR RESPECTING THOSE OUTCOMES OR THEIR ASS OUT OF A PROCESS THAT YOU ASKED FOR LIKE THAT'S VIOLENT, NOT VIOLENT, AND TO STEAM STEAM ROLL OVER THEIR VOICES AND THE WORK AND OPERATIVE EVERYONE ON HIS TASK FORCE ON MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT ADDRESSING THOSE MAIN CONCERN AND CONTINUING CADET CLASSES IS A BLATANT AND DISRESPECTFUL NELLY BELINA MEATUS HELLO? YES.

GO AHEAD.

HI, THIS IS BETHANY CARSON FROM DISTRICT FOUR.

UM, MY NAME IS NELLIE RAMIREZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTH AUSTIN AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.

I'M SPEAKING TO ITEM ONE 17, BUT ALSO MORE GENERALLY TO THE HIRING OF A NEW POLICE CHIEF.

I'M DISAPPOINTED AT THE SHORT NOTICE AND LACK OF INPUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE PROVIDED AROUND CHICAGO APPOINTMENT AS INTERIM CHIEF ANNOUNCING THIS DECISION A WEEK BEFORE MANLY OFFICIAL DEPARTURE, DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A FAIR PLAY.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.

AND THAT SHOULD INCLUDE THE PROCESSES THAT WE USE TO MAKE ALL OF OUR HIRES.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THINGS DO NOT ALWAYS FALL FOLLOW THE CONCISE TIMELINES THAT WE IMAGINED THAT THE FINANCE SUCH ACCOUNT COULD BE OUR INTERIM CHIEF.

FOR QUITE SOME TIME, I EMPLOY THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGERS TO CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT ACCOMMODATES FOR MORE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION THAT'S FOR TODAY'S VOTE ON ONE 17.

I ASKED THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST IT.

THE PIVOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY DECISIONS WE HAVE AHEAD OF US, WANT A MORE OPEN EVALUATION OF A CANDIDATE.

THANK YOU, BETHANY CARSON.

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I'LL BEGIN BY REMEMBERING THOSE PEOPLE OF COLOR KILLED BY APD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

MORGAN RANKIN, LANDON NOBLES, JASON ROCA, THOMAS VINCENT ALVAREZ.

HE'S OVERNIGHT ALVAREZ, LESLIE YOLANDA, AL-ASSAD VICTOR SANCHEZ AND SITA, UH, QUANTIS JAYMAN GRIFFIN, MAURICE MISHAWNA DE SILVA.

MAKE IT ALMOST ALEX CAN SELL THIS JORDAN WALTON.

POLICE DID NOT KEEP THEM SAFE TO HONOR THEIR LIVES.

FIRST STOP FUNDING.

WHAT CAUSED THEIR DEATHS? THE CONVERSATION OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IS NECESSARILY GROUNDED IN THE REALITY THAT POLICE WERE NEVER INTENDED TO KEEP COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SAFE IN A MONTH.

COUNCIL WILL HEAR CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR THE TASK FORCE, WITH WAYS TO CREATE HOLISTIC SAFETY FOR ALL AUSTINITES HEALTH, HOUSING, ECONOMIC RESOURCES THAT DON'T COME WITH.

A SIDE OF THINGS SHOULD MURDER.

I ASKED YOU TO WAIT AND FUND THESE THINGS.

A VOTE FOR CA FOR A CADET CLASS TODAY IS A VOTE TO RESCUE THE IMAGE OF POLICING, NOT TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU, SARAH.

HI, MY NAME IS SARAH WOMBLE AND I'M IN DISTRICT TWO.

I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH AJC AND I OPPOSE RESTARTING THE CADET CLASS.

THIS URGENCY TO RESTART THE ACADEMY DOES NOT OUTWEIGH THE OVERWHELMING DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A WHOLESALE CHANGE IN THE WAY OUR CITY DOES PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE CITY MANAGER'S TIMELINE DOES NOT LEAVE ADEQUATE TIME FOR A ROBUST REVIEW OF PILOT COURSES BECAUSE APD HAS REPEATEDLY DUG IN HIS HEELS AND FORDED REFORMS THROUGH SUSTAINED INACTION.

A COMMUNITY REVIEW OF PILOT COURSES IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL.

BRUSHING THE TIMELINE WITH ATD MOVED FORWARD WITH A CADET CLASS WITHOUT SHOWING ANY SIGNIFICANT, TANGIBLE PROGRESS OTHER THAN REMOVING INAPPROPRIATE VIDEO MATERIAL.

THE AMENDMENTS BY ALTERNATE CASAR ARE AN IMPORTANT AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS DEEPLY CONCERNING.

COUNCIL SHOULD VOTE AGAINST REOPENING THE ACADEMY IN ORDER TO BUILD COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE THAT THE PLAN HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT AND IMPLEMENTED.

THANKS NOEL DAVIS.

MY NAME IS NOEL DAVIS.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.

I ASK THAT COUNCIL VOTE AGAINST ITEM 37.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR WORD AND SUPPORT THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY TEXTS, TASKFORCE PROCESS, AUSTIN LEADERSHIP.

UH, THE APD LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY FOSTERED A CULTURE OF RACISM AND VIOLENCE.

AS OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SHARED.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO ENABLE THIS ABUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

APD LEADERSHIP IS PRACTICING WITH DR.

BERNAY BROWN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HAS IDENTIFIED AS ARMORED LEADERSHIP.

BROWN RECENTLY COMPLETED A SEVEN YEAR STUDY ON WHAT IS BRAVE LEADERSHIP AND APD LEADERS ARE SELF-PROTECTING REFUSING TO BE VULNERABLE.

THEY ARE LACKING TRUE BRAVERY.

SO DARING LEADERSHIP IS A COLLECTION OF FOUR SKILL SETS THAT ARE TEACHABLE, OBSERVABLE AND MEASURABLE.

AND DR.

BROWN HAS DEVELOPED THE DARE TO LEAD TRAINING PROGRAM.

I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE RECENTLY WITH A POLICE CHIEF FROM NORTH TEXAS, AND HE EXPRESSED HOW INCREDIBLY VALUABLE THAT TRAINING WAS.

SO PLEASE DIRECT APD TOWARDS BECOMING DARING LEADERS BEFORE YOU ALLOW THEM TO GUIDE NEW CADETS, PLEASE BE BRAVE, STAY COMMITTED TO THE TRUE RE-IMAGINING PROCESS AND STOP THE ABUSE.

RE-IMAGINE MEANS TO FULLY RETHINK THE TRAINING ACADEMY AND TO ENSURE THAT THE EFFORTS TRAINED THERE ARE NOT JUST A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED VERSION OF OUR CURRENT STATUS QUO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS COLE CUNO AND I'M A POLICY ANALYST FOR THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 37.

APD TRAINING STAFF HAS TAKEN GREAT STRIDES TO IMPROVE THE CADET ACADEMY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND THE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO RESTART ACADEMY.

STAFF HAS COMPLETED TEACHING EXCELLENCE AND RACIAL EQUITY WORKSHOPS.

NEW POSITIONS, SUCH AS THE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING MANAGER AND TRAINING SPECIALISTS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT CONTENT EXPERTS HAVE BEEN RECRUITED TO TEACH COURSES THAT FOCUS ON DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION.

AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE IMPROVEMENTS APD HAS MADE TO THE ACADEMY.

ON TOP OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, APD STAFF HAS AGREED TO IMPLEMENT EVERY ONE OF KROLL ASSOCIATES RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE NEW TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMATIONAL CADET ACADEMY WILL TRAIN CADETS WHO WILL CHANGE ABDS CULTURE FOR THE BETTER.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 37 AND THE CITY MANAGERS BLUEPRINT TO BUILD UPON THE IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY MADE IN THE CADET ACADEMY.

THANK YOU, MATT FOX.

HI, MY NAME IS MATT FOX.

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION AND DISTRICT FIVE FOR BLACK LIVES.

AND I OPPOSED RESTARTING THE CADET CLASS TO

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THE CALL REPORT INDICATES THAT LITTLE HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED AT THE ACADEMY THUS FAR.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE REPORT STATES QUOTE, IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE AT PRESENT TO BRING IN OUTSIDE CONTENT EXPERTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY VOICES IN QUOTES.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY ALARMING SINCE THE REPORT ALSO, AND I'LL QUOTE AGAIN, FOUND APD RELUCTANT TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF CIVILIAN INPUT AND JUST, AND WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF NON-POLICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING ACADEMIC EXPERTS, SUCH AS DR VILLENUEVA AND DR.

FERGUSON.

IF APD WON'T LISTEN TO COMMUNITY OR TO EXPERTS, WE CAN NOT TRUST THEM TO MAKE THE CHANGES WITHOUT ROBUST COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT.

AND THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

GIVING THIS PROPOSED TIMELINE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTER IN QSRS AMENDMENTS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS, BUT WE DO URGE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO TO REOPENING THE ACADEMY AND NO TO RUSHING AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROCESS, TAMMY .

HI, MY NAME IS TAMMY RESONANT OF BLOOD, PLEASE.

CALLING TO OPPOSE ITEM 37.

I'VE BEEN FALLING IN SUPPORTING THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCES, ITS CREATION LAST YEAR, THE SAME TASK FORCE AT THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY SPENCER KONG'S OFFICE HAS PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING.

I TRUST THE BOTH OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE WHO HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN WORK TO RESEARCH, LEARN AND ENGAGE WITH OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

JUST OVER A MONTH AGO, I WITNESSED THE TASKFORCE EXPRESS THEIR OVERWHELMING DISAPPROVAL OF THE NEW APD CADET CLASS, WHICH MEANS THERE SHOULD NOT BE A NEW APD CADET CLASS.

APA SERVES THE COMMUNITY.

WE MUST NOT FORGET THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HARM THAT THEY COMMIT THIS YEAR ALREADY.

WE'VE LOST ONE OF OUR OWN AT THE HANDS OF APD.

REST IN POWER.

JORDAN WALTON ATD HAS NOT CHANGED THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE.

THEY'RE WILLING TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE.

WE, THE COMMUNITY ARE THE ONES WORKING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CHANGES WE WANT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CHANGES.

RPS TASK FORCE ARE WORKING TO PRESENT.

I TRUST THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING.

THANK YOU, DONNA HOFFMAN.

HI, THIS IS DONNA HOFFMAN CALLING FROM THE HEART OF BOSTON'S AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT ON GREGORY STREET IN WHAT WAS, UM, GREGORY TOWN, A FREEDMEN'S TOWN, PLEASE.

SILENCE IS A DIRECT HISTORICAL RESULTS OF THE UNRESOLVED HISTORY OF SLAVERY.

AND WE HAVE TO, UM, CONTINUE IN THE PROCESS OF GROWING BEYOND THAT WAY OF TREATING, UM, HUGE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.

I SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED AND THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RESPECT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND INVEST IN NOW HELP SUPPORT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY, POVERTY IN HOMELESSNESS, HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE RECENT STORM AND, UM, DO NOT START UP THE NEW POLICE ACADEMY.

CONTINUE WITH THAT GOOD PROCESS THAT WE BEGAN LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU, EMILY SAWYER.

MY NAME IS EMILY SAWYER.

I'M A WHITE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR AND A VOLUNTEER WITH AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION.

I AM SPEAKING TODAY TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO OPPOSE ITEM 37, THE TASK OF FULLY AND TRULY RE-IMAGINING.

THE ACADEMY IS A SUBSTANTIAL ONE AND ONE THAT HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN IN EARNEST.

LET ALONE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE CAN BE READY TO START A NEW CADET CLASS BASED ON THIS VOTE.

AND THE TIMELINE TO REOPEN THE SUBSTANTIAL WORK NECESSARY DOES NOT EVEN SEEM TO BE ON THE HORIZON.

THE CITY CREATED THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE TO LEAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY SO FAR.

IT'S ONE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN NOT TO RECONVENE A CADET CLASSES.

THIS FISCAL YEAR VOTING TO REOPEN NOW UNDERMINES THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE AND THIS CARDS AND DISCOUNTS THE LABOR OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED VOTING AGAINST REOPENING.

THE CADET CLASS WOULD AFFIRMED THAT THE CREATION OF THE TASKFORCE WAS MORE THAN LIP SERVICE TO CREATING CHANGE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALTAR AND COSAR ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE THE REOPENING OF THE ACADEMY HAS DONE CORRECTLY AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

PLEASE VOTE NO TO STARTING A NEW COOKOUT CLASS.

THANK YOU, SAM KIRSCH.

DESPITE THAT I MAY SOON BE FORCED TO MAKE THE AGONIZING DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO HAVE SURGERY, TO REMOVE MY EYE ENTIRELY BECAUSE I HAVE DOUBLE AND DISTORTED VISION.

MAYOR ADLER, POTENT HARPER, MADISON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SAM KIRSCH.

I'M A MEMBER OF AUSTIN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA AND DISTRICT FIVE FOR BLACK LIVES.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 37 ON MAY 31ST.

I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A LESS LETHAL ROUND OF APD WHILE RUNNING AWAY AFTER PEACEFULLY PROTESTING.

AND I HAVE NOW HAD THREE SURGERIES IN TOTAL MOST RECENTLY IN OCTOBER WHEN MY RETINA DETACHED,

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THE COUNCIL MUST NOT ALLOW APD TO RESTART CADET CLASSES.

THE CITY HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

SO WHY WOULD THEY, SO WHY WOULD THE COUNCIL TRY TO RESTART CADET CLASSES AND PERPETUATE SYSTEMATIC POLICE BRUTALITY WITHOUT EVEN HEARING THE TASK FORCES RECOMMENDATIONS? THE COMMUNITY AUDIT REPORT OF THE POLICE ACADEMY FOUND SOME OF THE TRAINING MATERIAL IT WAS EVEN FOUND TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HOLLYWOOD MOVIES, SUCH AS THE LAST SAMURAI.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS VOTE.

NO ONE ITEM 37.

THANK YOU, LAUREN ODL.

HI, MY NAME IS LAUREN NORTEL.

I'M IN DISTRICT ONE AND I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH HAC.

I OPPOSE RESTARTING THE PET CLASS.

ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE TO THE ACADEMY IS BEING MET WITH RELUCTANCE.

ACCORDING TO THE CURL REPORT, APD LEADERSHIP HAS EXPRESSED ITS BELIEF TO CRAWL THAT A PARAMILITARY STRUCTURE IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF POLICE CULTURE RELEASED IN MAY, 2020, THE VNA OF A REPORT PINPOINTS THE PARAMILITARY STRUCTURE AS AN OBSTACLE TO CADETS, WORKING IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICE SERVICES MODEL.

APD HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON ITS BELIEF THAT THIS STRUCTURE AND DESPITE HAVING A YEAR TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES, CONTINUES TO USE ASPECTS OF THE PARAMILITARY STRUCTURE.

A CLOSE READ OF THE PARAMILITARY CRAWL REPORT CAN ONLY LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ACADEMY IS NOT READY TO OPEN DUE TO APDS SELF-INFLICTED DELAY AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S AMENDMENTS ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT A TRUE OVERHAUL OF THE ACADEMY CAN NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED ON THIS TIMELINE.

THANK YOU, CALVIN PLATES.

HI, MY NAME IS CALVIN KLEIN AND I HAVE DISTRICT 10.

UH, I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE ITEM 37.

UH, UM, AND THEN, UH, TO ADDRESS, I SAW COPS LAUGHING AT US, UH, MAYOR, I TERMINATED HIS CALL.

WE ARE, WE ARE CALLING HIM BACK SINCE WE COULDN'T MAKE OUT WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

NEXT SPEAKER IS SUE GABE GIRL.

UM, SO GABRIEL OF DISTRICT THREE, ANOTHER CADET CLASS WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND A WASTE OF TAXPAYER'S MONEY.

THIS IS NOT ON THE WORK LIST OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE AND WOULD NOT TRANSFORM NOR TRANSFER PUBLIC SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, NO AMOUNT OF POLICE TRAINING CAN UNDO EMBEDDED POLICE ATTITUDES.

NINE WORKING GROUPS ARE ADDRESSING AND DEVELOPING CREATIVE AND EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.

IT'S PAST TIME FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENTS TO GET ON BOARD, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST ADAM 37.

IT'S ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE WILL NOT GO BACK.

CALVIN KLEIN.

HI, UH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

MY NAME IS CALVIN KLEIN AND I'M FROM DISTRICT 10.

I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE ITEM 37.

IT WAS NOT MORE THAN JUST A YEAR AGO THAT I WAS IN THE STREETS, WITNESSING POLICE BRUTALITY MYSELF, UH, AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO YOU AT THAT TIME TO ASK YOU TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS IS NOT THAT ALL YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR IS DEFUND THE POLICE IN REMOVING TWO OF THE CADET CLASSES.

AND NOW YOU WANT TO REPLACE ONE AGAIN, WITHOUT EVEN HEARING FROM THE TASKFORCE.

YOU SET UP TO CHANGE THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS IN APD.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL MAKE IT BETTER.

IF YOU TELL PEOPLE RACISM IS WRONG AND STILL HAND THEM A GUN IN THE SAME CULTURE THAT HAS KILLED 12 PEOPLE OF COLOR.

IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR MORE POLICE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERA AND CALCIUM LEVEL CASAR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO AMEND THIS, BUT THERE IS NO AMENDING WHAT IS WRONG.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGAINST WHAT THIS, WHAT YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS HAS ASKED FOR.

PLEASE SERIOUSLY, REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ADJUST THESE FUNDS TO GO TO OTHER PLACES OTHER THAN THE POLICE ACADEMY.

WE DON'T WANT WOKE COPS.

WE DON'T WANT COPS AT ALL.

WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND DO BETTER AND NOT INVOLVE A VIOLENCE.

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NATHAN GRAVES.

HI, MY NAME IS NATHAN GRAVES.

I'M A MEMBER OF AUSTIN, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.

UM, AS A SOCIALIST, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLICE ARE THERE PRIMARILY TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY AND NOT TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE.

THIS IS WHY YOU SEE POLICE REMOVING HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM PORCHES OF BUSINESSES AND NOT, UH, NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH SERVICES THAT WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE DURING A FREEZE.

UM, UH, THAT SAID, UH, THIS THE AUSTIN LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, COMMITTED TO RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OVER THE STRENUOUS OBJECTIONS OF BRIAN MANLEY AND NOW BRIAN MANLEY AND APD OR PINKY PROMISING THAT THEY'VE TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF AND ARE READY TO TAKE CADETS.

NOW THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION.

PLEASE VOTE.

NO ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, DAVID JOHNSON.

MY NAME IS DAVID JOHNSON.

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE TEAM OF GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND I'M A SITTING MEMBER OF THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

ALL OF Y'ALL ARE RIDICULOUS UPON THE DICE.

I'M SO TIRED OF PLAYING.

YOU INVITED US TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROCESS THAT YOU SAID THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO CENTER THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.

YOU'VE COMPLETELY DISREGARDED IN A DISRESPECTFUL AND DISMISSING FASHION.

THE ONE AGREED UPON REQUEST.

I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION AND ALL OF THEIR FORMER COPS ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS SIMPLE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT AMENDMENTS.

I NEED YOU ALL TO PUT ON YOUR BIG BOY AND GIRL UNDERWEARS AND STAND WITH INTEGRITY.

ALL OF YOU, WE READ WHITE FRAGILITY, READ ABOUT INTERNALIZED DEPRESSION, REACH SOMETHING SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SITTING UP THERE THINKING THAT THIS IS OKAY TO TELL THE CITY WE WASTED YOUR TIME.

THIS WAS ALL A DOG AND PONY SHOW.

THIS WAS ALL AT CIRCUS TO DISTRACT YOU BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HEALING AND HELPING, THEN LET THIS CIRCUS BE A CIRCUITS.

AND FROM NOW ON, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THESE RODEOS WHERE YOU DISREGARD THE 35 TO ONE RATIO OF AGAINST WHATEVER PROMISES YOU'VE MADE, OKAY, RODNEY SIGNS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M CALLING .

MY NAME IS RODNEY.

I'M CALLING TO URGE A VOTE AGAINST ITEM 31 AS A MEMBER OF THE RE-IMAGINED TASK FORCE.

NOW, UM, I, I JUST RECALL THE NAME BEING REIMAGINED, PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT REMITTING, THE POLICE CADET ACADEMY.

IT'S UNFAIR TO NEW CADETS TO BE THROWN INTO THIS SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TASKED WITH FIXING THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY NOT DOING RIGHT BY THE CITIZENS OF US.

AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CHANGE IT FROM WITHIN THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

IT'S ALSO UNFAIR TO ALL OF US TESTS FOR WORK GROUP MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN DOING WORK FOR MONTHS FEEDING AFTER MEETING DAY AFTER DAY, UH, OVER AND OVER.

EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE WILL NOW APPARENTLY BE IGNORED.

AND AS A PARTICIPANT OF A RECENT, UH, INTERVIEW, UH, PROGRAM LAST WEEKEND, ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT WERE INTERVIEWED WERE SAYING THAT WHAT THEY NEEDED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES WAS MORE ASSISTANCE AND SPEED BUMPS, NOT MORE POLICE.

I WAITED THE REST OF MY TIME, BUT PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR ITEM 37 VOTE AGAINST CARRIE ROBERTS.

THIS IS CARRIE ROBERTS, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR BRINGING THIS ADAM AND RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

AND LOOK, I'M A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE AND THAT THE TASK FORCE IS WORKING ON A LOT OF IMPORTANT TOPICS, BUT NOT POLICE TRAINING.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO TASK FORCE WORK GROUP AND NO DISCUSSIONS BEYOND THE, UH, PRE COLE PRE CRAWL ASSESSMENT VOTE.

AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT FOR THE FIVE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THERE.

SO I DOUBT THAT ANY TASK FORCE TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING TO THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 20TH BECAUSE NO ONE'S WORKING ON IT.

AND FOR OTHER CALLERS, I RESPECT THEIR RIGHT TO DISAGREE ABOUT RESTARTING CADET CLASSES, BUT NOT MISLEADING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

I MEAN, AFTER SEVEN OUTSIDE REVIEWS AND MORE THAN THE YEAR SINCE THE LAST CADET CLASS STARTED, AUSTIN'S READY TO RESTART.

THE ACADEMY CURRICULUM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY OVERHAULED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED BY THE WORK REQUIRED IN THE CITY.

MANAGER'S BLUEPRINT, MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE, BUT AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS RILEY POINTED OUT, WE CANNOT FORGET HOW AND WHY WE GOT HERE.

AND I PROMISE YOU, WE WILL NOT THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ITEM 37 IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW HOW THE COMMUNITY REALLY FEELS

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JESSICA JOHNSON.

MY NAME IS JESSICA JOHNSON.

I'M AN ATTORNEY AT TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT AND A MEMBER OF THE NEW IMAGINED TASK FORCE OPPOSING ITEM 37.

THE SHORT TIMELINE FEEDS INTO APD STRATEGY OF INACTION TO PREVENT MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

THE CRO REPORT INDICATES THAT THE FOCUS IN REVISING THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN AN I QUOTE ON ENSURING THAT ALL COURSE CONTENT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE MANDATE MANDATED REQUIREMENTS AND VOTES AND NOT ON VITAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS FURTHER.

ONE OF THE VIEW CHANGES FOR THE PROPOSED PILOT IS SHORTENING IT FROM 32 WEEKS TO 28 WEEKS, POTENTIALLY PUTTING OFFICERS WITH LESS TRAINING ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN.

ANYTIME CRUNCH HAS BEEN CREATED BY APDS DECISION TO BIG IN APPEAL INSTEAD OF FULLY COMMITTING TO MAKING THE KIND OF CHANGES THAT WOULD PUT THE ACADEMY IN A PLACE TO REOPEN OPENING THE DOOR TO START THE ACADEMY CONVEYS THE MESSAGE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT SUCH AS THAT AS A TASK FORCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISCARDED BASED ON THE POLITICAL WILL OF CITY COUNCIL.

AND IT IS JUST RESPECTFUL OF THE LABOR OF MEMBERS OF THE TASKFORCE.

THANK YOU, ALICIA.

FORCE HAS A CHANCE TO PRESENT THEIR FULL RECOMMENDATIONS, THREATENS THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THEIR TRADE.

HI, MY NAME IS ALICIA TORRES.

I AM A MEMBER OF I SORT OF AUSTIN AND A MEMBER OF THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE AND THEIR SOLUTION OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A CADET CLASS BEFORE JUNE COMES AN ENTIRE MONTH BEFORE THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC TASKFORCE EVEN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE CENTERED ON HOLISTIC SAFETY AND NOT JUST POLICING CENTERED, UM, TO BRING UP THE HARD WORK IS BEING DONE.

CREATING THIS REIMAGINE PUBLIC TASK FORCE WAS NEVER ATTACHED TO PRODUCING A BETTER VERSION OF A CADET CLASS, WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE REFORMED THAT IS RUN AT THE CORE.

I URGE EVERYBODY UNDER DIET TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSAL SOLUTION ITEM NUMBER 37, BECAUSE AS MANY OTHER FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT UP ALREADY, AUSTIN IS NOT READY.

WE ARE IN THAT, THE CENTER OF THIS WORK, AND IF WE ARE PROUD AS A CITY AND YOU YOURSELF BENDING UP THERE, SAY WE ARE DOING THE HARD WORK, THEN ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN ACTION.

HELLO, RACHEL MANNY.

HI, MY NAME IS .

I AM A RESIDENT OF THIS ONE AND I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE THE, UM, ITEM 37.

I'D LIKE TO DISCRETE TWO OF THE THREE ITEM BULLET POINTS ON SENSE OF URGENCY OUT OF THE WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS BY KENNAMETAL CODE.

THE FIRST ONE CONTINUED SENSE OF URGENCY THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TAKE TIME, TO BE INCLUSIVE, ENCOURAGED PROTOCOL OR THOUGHTFUL DECISION-MAKING TO THINK LONGTERM OPEN SORT OF CONSEQUENCES ON THE SECOND OF FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN SACRIFICE ON POTENTIAL ALLIES OR QUICK OR HIGHLY VISIBLE RESULTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, SACRIFICING INTERESTS FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN ORDER TO WIN THE THREE FOR WHITE PEOPLE AS A DEFAULT OR NORM COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY IS WE ARE, UM, MOVING TO RESTART THE APD ACADEMY WHILE CO-OPTING THE LANGUAGE OF RE-IMAGINING AND TRANSFORMATION, WHICH IS SUCH A BETRAYAL OF THE WORK OF THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

THE WORK THAT YOU COUNSEL ASKED THEM TO DO, BUT CREATING PROCESS IMAGINATION TAKES TIME.

IT TAKES CREATIVITY, CREATIVITY, AND SUPPORT AND FAITH.

WE CAN WAIT, WE CAN BE PATIENT AND WE CAN GIVE THE COMMITTEES THE TIME TO DO THEIR WORK.

DON'T START TO APD CADET CLASS BEFORE THE TASK FORCE HAS EVEN COMPLETED THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU, BETH MOFFITT.

HI, MY NAME IS BETH MUFFET.

I'M HERE AS A CONSTITUENT IN PAGE ELLIS DISTRICT, DISTRICT EIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE ISSUE OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY OF FOCUS.

UM, PLEASE VOTE NO ON 37, DO NOT FUND A NEW APD CADET CLASS AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RPS TASK FORCE.

I CALLED THEM THESE MEETINGS AND NOW I'M HAVING TO DO IT AGAIN.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

THE CITY HAS ENGAGED THE TIME INTENSIVE LABOR OF A HOST OF DIRECTLY AFFECTED ORGANIZERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THEY PUT IN LONG HOURS TOGETHER, CRAFTING ENVISIONING A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE INSTEAD OF RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY.

AND NOW THIS LABOR IS BEING DISMISSED.

THE CITY'S MOVING TOWARD DESPITE ITS OWN PROMISES, PROVING A CADET CLASS BEFORE THE TASK

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OUR SHARED COMMUNITY PROJECT OF CREATING REAL SAFETY AND REDUCING RACIST HARM IN AUSTIN.

I WANT TO SAY NO NEW CADET IS NOT READY.

THIS IS THE BETRAYAL OF THE PROCESS.

THE CITY COMMITTED TO KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY, RESPECT THE PROCESS.

NO NEW TECH CLASS.

I YIELD MY TIME.

JASTROW GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS CORBY JASTROW PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

AUSTIN DOES READY TO RESTART THE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY.

APD TRITON STAFF IS COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS OUTLINED IN THE CITY.

MANAGER'S BLUEPRINT, FAILING TO RESTART CADET CLASSES WILL WORSEN THE STAFFING STRAIN ALREADY FACED BY APD, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS ARE OUTPACING PROJECTIONS.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE 150 POLICE POSITIONS CUT LAST YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED VACANCIES BY THE END OF MARCH.

THAT'S LESS OFFICERS THAN A CITY HAD A DECADE AGO.

OFFICERS ARE OVERWORKED AND THE DEPARTMENT IS STRETCHED THIN.

WE NEED MORE OFFICERS TO ADDRESS RISING CRIME AND THEIR SLOWER RESPONSE TIMES.

PLEASE SUPPORT AUTUMN 37 AND RESTART POLICE CADET CLASSES.

THANK YOU THERE.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

POINT RIGHT NOW TO CONSIDER ON THIS SIDE.

I THINK IT GETS US TO THE

[37. Approve a resolution relating to a reimagined cadet training academy for the Austin Police Department.]

I'M 37.

UM, WE NEED, UM, A MOTION AND SO REMEMBER ALTER AND MAKE A LOTION.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, PASSAGE OF THE BASE ITEM FOR 37 PLUS MY AMENDMENT.

THE BASE MOST DO IT SEPARATELY IF YOU PREFER JUST SOMETHING.

WELL HE'LL DO THEM TOGETHER.

THE BASE MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENTS AS POSTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? A COUNCIL MEMBER PULLS SECONDS.

HOW'S ABOUT MORE ALTER.

YOU WANT TO DRESS IT FIRST? SURE.

UM, I WOULD, UM, I'LL ADDRESS MY AMENDMENTS, BUT THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF, UM, MS. MUSKET AND KIDS SPEAK TO US BROADLY ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT AND, UM, THE NEXT STEPS ON THE CURL REPORT.

UM, JUST A DIFFERENT LOOK IN TERMS OF THE OUT, UM, THE OUTCOMES THAT HAPPENED WITH THE VIDEOS THAT WERE BEING SHOWN.

UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, BEEN GOING THROUGH A LONG PROCESS HERE AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS PARTS OF WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID TONIGHT, UM, THAT RESONATE WITH ME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE DONE THIS BETTER IN TWO WEEKS.

UM, BUT HERE WE ARE AND I BELIEVE THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND WHAT I'VE HEARD, UM, THAT THERE'S A SERIOUS COMMITMENT OF MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WE GET, UM, A PILOT 144TH ACADEMY, UM, THAT MEETS THE BEST POSSIBLE, UM, WAY FORWARD, UM, FOR US, UM, AND SETS US ON THE COURSE TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS INTO THE HUNDRED AND 45TH CADET CLASS AND BEYOND, UM, I'M PROPOSING THESE MEASUREMENTS, UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC NEED ADDITIONAL TOUCHPOINTS AND TRANSPARENCY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTATION AND THE PROCESS PROGRESS OF THESE REFORMS. UM, I HAVE LANGUAGE THAT CREATES GUARDRAILS AROUND THE BLUEPRINT AND MAKES CLEAR THE STIPULATIONS FOR BRINGING FORWARD A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND FOR STARTING THE HUNDRED AND 45TH CADET CLASS.

UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR FOR INDICATING HIS SUPPORT OF MY AMENDMENTS ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

UM, MY FIRST AMENDMENT IS TO ADD A WHEREAS CLAUSE, UM, THAT, UM, IS DIRECTLY PRETTY MUCH FROM THE CRO REPORT AND SAYS, WHEREAS THE CRO REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT ABSENT EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE STATED LONG-TERM MEASURES BE IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE HUNDRED AND 45TH CADET CLASS.

AND THEN, UM, I ADD IN THE B IT RESOLVED, UM, SEVERAL TOUCH POINTS AND TRANSPARENCY ITEMS. SO FIRST IS UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE ACADEMY.

REFORMS SHALL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN APRIL, 2021 AND MAY, 2021.

UM, THIS RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS EMBEDDED IN THIS A BIT OF A LEAP OF FAITH.

UM, BUT THAT LEAP OF FAITH REQUIRES THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF TO COME BACK AND FOR THE CROW REPORT TO

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COME BACK BETTER.

UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT THESE THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, IT LAYS OUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN INTERIM REPORT, INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS OBSERVATIONS OF THE HUNDRED AND 44TH CADET CLASS, UM, AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE ACADEMY.

AND THEN IT, UM, TAKES THE WHEREAS CLAUSE AND MAKES THAT INTO DIRECTION.

SO THAT ABSENT EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE CRO REPORT LONG-TERM MEASURES BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 140 FIFTH CLASS.

UM, AND WE WILL HAVE A STATUS REPORT ON THAT BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HUNDRED AND 45TH CADET CLASS, THEN LAY OUT, UM, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE 140 FOURTH CADET CLASS.

SOME THINGS THAT AT A MINIMUM WE WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO DO, UM, IN TERMS OF REPORTING AND THEN DATA COLLECTION, ET CETERA.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY IT SAYS THAT WE CANNOT HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE PILOT, 140 FOURTH CADET ACADEMY UNTIL AFTER THE CURL FINAL CROW REPORT IS PRESENTED ON THE SCHEDULED APRIL 20TH CITY COMMUNITY REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

UM, SO THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS.

UM, AND IF I, IF I CAN ASK MS. MUSKEGON, UM, IF, AND UNLESS IT'S THE CITY MANAGER WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO IT, UM, TO SPEAK TO, UM, THE BLUEPRINTS BROADLY AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE CURL REPORT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL START AND THEN PASS IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF OPPOSITE POLICE OVERSIGHT FOR OUR MUSCULAR.

THEN AGAIN, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO NOT ONLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD TO YOU TODAY, BUT THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PATH FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A RE-IMAGINED ACADEMY, UH, KNOWING THAT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL MAKE ALONG THE WAY.

UH, WE AGREE THAT THERE WILL NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL CHECKPOINTS.

AND SO SUPPORTING, UH, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU OUTLINED HERE, UH, IN YOUR AMENDMENT.

UH, BUT WITH THAT ALTERNATIVE OVER TO DIRECTOR, MUST'VE BEEN LEAVING THEIR COUNCIL FAIR MUSCATINE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, AND ALSO THE LEAD ON RESOLUTION 66, UM, CONCENT MEMBER ALTAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

I'LL START WITH CRO FIRST.

UM, THEY DO STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR REVIEW, UM, PART OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING.

THERE WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM COUNCIL FROM THE MARCH 2ND, UM, WORK SESSION.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO, UM, SOME, UH, POTENTIAL DISPARATE IMPACTS WITH WOMEN CADETS AND CADETS OF COLOR.

THEY'RE ASSESSING, UM, MORE OF THE CURRICULUM SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COURSES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THEIR DEESCALATION TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING.

UM, AND PARTICULARLY THIS HAS COME UP THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, UM, TRAINING AND WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE'VE HEARD THIS REPEATEDLY FROM COMMUNITY IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW AS A TRAINING ACADEMY OF WHAT HAPPENS TO KIDS ONCE THEY GRADUATE AND THEY'RE IN THE FIELD, DOES THEY POTENTIALLY NEGATE WHAT THEY LEARN IN THE ACADEMY? AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER PROGRAM BECAUSE CADETS HAVE TO, UH, GRADUATES WILL SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THE, UM, WITH THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CONTINUATION OF THE SAME TRAINING AND SAME EXPECTATION WHEN THEY ARE OUT IN THE FIELD.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE BLUEPRINT, I WILL TALK ABOUT IT GENERALLY SPEAKING, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT APD HAS TO OWN AND CAN SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY TO, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL HERE IS OPENING UP THE DOOR TO THE ACADEMY TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT.

UM, AND NOW WE ARE LITERALLY OPENING UP THE DOOR AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT INCLUDES MORE ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFIC, DIRECT ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY WITH CADETS BEFORE THEY START THE ACADEMY DURING THE ACADEMY.

AND AFTER THE ACADEMY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE CO-FACILITATION SO THAT CADETS ARE NOT ONLY LEARNING FROM THE INSTRUCTORS THAT WERE IN THE ACADEMY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ACADEMICS AND OTHERS OUTSIDE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD, SO THAT THEY HAVE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY, IN WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE ACADEMY.

WE'RE ALSO ADDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOT ONLY ACADEMICS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE ON THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM COMMITTEE.

AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO FORMALIZE THE VIDEO REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH WILL BE KEY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT THAT PANEL BROUGHT A PERSPECTIVE THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY THERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE,

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UM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATED TO PERSONS OF COLOR AND ADULT LEARNING, I THINK IS ALSO A KEY CHANGE, RIGHT? AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT DR.

CRINGING IS BRINGING, BRINGING SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE IN, RIGHT? IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE INSTRUCTION.

IT'S NOT ONLY WHAT CADETS ARE LEARNING, BUT IT'S HOW THEY'RE LEARNING IT.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT SITTING IN A CLASS FOR EIGHT HOURS AND LEARNING ABOUT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

IT'S ABOUT FACILITATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS DISCOURSE.

UM, THERE ARE PRACTICAL APPROACHES IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TEACHING IT THAT ALLOW CADETS TO PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION.

SO I THINK FOCUSING ON THE WAY IN WHICH, UM, CADETS ARE LEARNING IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, I KNOW THIS FEELS WARM, FUZZY, OR NOT AS, AS PARTICULARLY GENUINE TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT WE, WE DO HAVE TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE IN THE CHANGING, REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE GO FROM THAT WARRIOR MENTALITY TO THE GUARDIAN MENTALITY, AND ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE, UM, INCORPORATE THAT COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS IN THE, IN THE ACADEMY, AS OPPOSED TO THE US VERSUS THEM MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

AND THAT WAS RECOGNIZED FROM THE, UM, COMMUNITY VIDEO, A PANEL, UM, UM, REPORT.

AND SO AT A HIGH LEVEL, UM, THOSE ARE REALLY THE, KIND OF THE HA THE HIGH LEVEL, UM, PRIORITIES OF THE ACADEMY.

I'LL DEFER TO THE DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS, BUT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS COUNCIL MEMBER TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

WE ARE WORKING IN A CON, UH, CONCEPTUAL WAY OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS ACADEMY.

AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE IT IN ACTION TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES.

AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ITERATE IT.

SOME THINGS MIGHT WORK, SOME THINGS MIGHT NOT, AND WE HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION TO SEE WHAT IS LEADING TO THE CHANGE THAT FUNDAMENTALLY WE ALL WANT TO SEE.

WE MAY NOT AGREE ON THE DIRECTION, BUT WE KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE THE CHANGE.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO SEE IT IN PRACTICE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE GET THERE.

I KNOW OTHER FOLKS WILL HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, ADD ONE LAST THOUGHT HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT, UM, I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

WE HAVE ANOTHER VOTE, WHICH IS ON THE BUDGET.

UM, AND ANY VOTE WE TAKE TONIGHT IS AN ANTICIPATION THAT THE STEPS IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE FOLLOWED AND THAT THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH WE ARE ALL APPROACHING THIS, WHERE WE WANT TO CREATE AN ACADEMY THAT, UM, TRAINS, GUARDIANS AND NOT WARRIORS.

AND THAT IS REALLY, UM, SETTING US UP TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL RACISM THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, UM, AND TO HELP ALL EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY FEELS SAFE.

UM, SO THAT IS A REAL VOTE ON THE BUDGET THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THIS IS ALL STRUCTURED.

UM, IN THE END, AFTER WE VOTE TONIGHT, IN MY VIEW IS A REAL VOTE.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS CRITICAL, UM, THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT WORK ACCOMPLISHED, UM, BEFORE THEN, AND, UH, CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE SHORT TERM ELEMENTS OF THE CURL REPORT AND A COMMITMENT TO THE LONG-TERM BY THE END OF THE, UM, YEAH.

THAT THEY WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE 140 FIFTH.

CAN'T HEAR YOU.

MA'AM OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION, WHICH INCLUDES AGAIN, THE ALTER, UH, AMENDMENTS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, AND IT JUST HAS TO BE, UH, IT HAS TO DO ACTUALLY WITH, UM, SOME OF THE WORK STEPS.

SO, UM, SO, UM, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THESE, THE IT'S I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND MORE SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY THE SCOPE OF THE ACR AND THE SCOPE OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, VIDEO REVIEW PANEL AND WHAT I MEAN BY SCOPE.

I MEAN, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THERE ARE, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE WEIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, UM, IN READING THE BACK AND READING THE BLUEPRINT, I'M SEEING WORDS LIKE INPUT.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE ACR AND THE, UM, COMMUNITY VIDEO REVIEW PANEL HAVE THE, UM, THE SCOPE I SHOULD SAY, TO, TO WHAT ACTUALLY IS DONE WITH THE CURRICULUM AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY DONE WITH THE, UM,

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WITH THE VIDEOS.

AND I'M NOT CERTAIN WHO SHOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

REMEMBER, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DR.

ANN CRINGING BECAUSE SHE WILL BE LEADING BOTH OF THE ACR AND THE, UH, VIDEO PANEL.

SO MY BOTTOM LINE IS IF ONE OF THESE PANELS SAYS, SAYS, NO THING, UM, DOES THAT CARRY WEIGHT? I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU OUT.

I'M BEING TOLD THAT A BUNCH OF CALLERS WERE, UM, CUT OFF OR HUNG UP ON, AND I DIDN'T WANT US TO GET TOO FAR INTO THIS LINE OF DISCUSSION IF ULTIMATELY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS OFFER THOSE SPEAKERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

SO, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON YOUR RADAR.

WERE THESE SPEAKERS THAT WERE SPEAKING AND THEN WERE, AND WERE CUT OFF AFTER THEY HAD SPOKEN FOR A MINUTE OR WERE THESE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK? WEREN'T RECOGNIZED.

UH, CLARK, IS THERE A WAY FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DROPPED TO GET TO YOU? WE HAVE STAFF WITH US TOO, MAYOR ON THE SPEAKER, SORRY.

I HAD TO RUN BACK TO THE DESK.

WE ALREADY CLOSED OUT THE SPEAKER REGISTRATION SYSTEMS. THERE ISN'T A WAY FOR US TO, UM, CALL THEM IN.

HMM.

BUT, UH, BUT THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS THAT CALLED IN, DID THEY ALL GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK? YES.

ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT CALLED IN WERE ABLE TO SPEAK.

AND THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT HAD REGISTERED.

CORRECT.

EVERY TIME I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO.

I THINK IN THE PAST, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS HAVE THEM SEND THEIR REMARKS TO THE CLERK WHO DISTRIBUTES THEM TO ALL OF US.

AND SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO FEELS LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THEY REGISTERED IT NOW WE CAN'T, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO SEND IT, SEND THEIR REMARKS.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

IF YOU WILL, WHO HAD WE RECOGNIZED? I, I HAD ASKED A QUESTION IS MS. KRINGLE WAS ABOUT TO RESPOND TO IT.

HI ANN KANGAN, UM, AT AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS, UM, THAT I'M DOING NEXT WEEK IS MEETING WITH THE VIDEO CURRICULUM OF THE VIDEO REVIEW PANEL.

UM, AND WE'RE DISCUSSING WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, UM, FROM SORT OF SOME NOTES FROM PARA I'VE HEARD THAT SOME WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AND SOME WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO INVOLVED.

UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SOLIDIFY WHO IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON IN THAT PROCESS.

UM, BUT TO BE MORE DIRECT TO YOUR QUESTION WITHIN VIDEO REVIEW, WE'VE D NONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'VE, WE'VE STOPPED USING VIDEOS.

UM, AND ANY VIDEOS THAT WE USE FOR FUTURE ACADEMY CLASSES HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE VIDEO REVIEW PANEL.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ON THAT IS THAT WE, WE ARE NOT USING VIDEOS AND VIDEOS THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE WILL BE REVIEWED.

UM, EXCUSE ME, MR. GREEN, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT JUST TO FOCUS, DOES REVIEW MEAN APPROVAL YES.

APPROVAL.

UM, AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING DISCUSSION, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, I THINK PART OF THE, UM, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN THIS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN CONTEXT AS TO WHY THE VIDEO IS BEING SHOWN.

UM, WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING SORT OF QUANTITATIVE DATA BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, THINKING ABOUT IT SORT OF IN A CONTENT ANALYSIS WAY OF SAYING, OKAY, OVERALL PICTURE OF ALL THE VIDEOS THAT WE'RE SHOWING, ARE WE DISPROPORTIONATELY SHOWING, UM, INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT.

UM, OF CERTAIN GROUPS.

UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO START COLLECTING THAT, UM, FROM AUSTIN, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR SAMPLE.

UM, SO THAT'S FOR VIDEO REVIEW AND HOW WE SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD, UM, IN TERMS OF CURRICULUM REVIEW, THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW PROCESS.

SO WE'LL BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THE DIFFERENCE, I THINK, REALLY IS, AND CURRICULUM REVIEW IS THAT WE DO HAVE MANDATE BASED ON THE STATE.

THE PANEL OR WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ITSELF.

UM, SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS OR WHAT TYPE OF DIALOGUE OR FEEDBACK WE GET, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, INCORPORATE THAT IF IT INCLUDES TAKING OUT CERTAIN INFORMATION OR CERTAIN CONTENT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IF THERE WAS A VOTE DOWN THAT WE WOULD SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE OUR CURRICULUM THAT WAY.

HOWEVER, WE PLAN TO BE REALLY TRANSPARENT IN THE PROCESS.

AND SO IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY VOICE THAT IS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT OUR CONTENT OR HOW WE'RE DELIVERING SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'LL TRY AND ADDRESS IT WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN

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UM, BUT IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF DISCORD, WE WILL KIND OF MOVE IT FORWARD TO SEE, UM, IN A TRANSPARENT PROCESS, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF MY ANSWER FOR THAT IS THAT I THINK VIDEOS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UH, EH, EASY FOR ME TO SAY, HEY, IF THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS APPROVED, THAT WE WON'T BE SHOWING CURRICULUM, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING GIVEN THAT SOME CURRICULUM WE MAY BE TEACHING BASED ON T COLE.

I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE WITH THE CURRICULUM.

I WAS THINKING MORE OF, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL ITEMS OR ITEMS THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, GIVEN THAT THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE A BASE A BASE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK IN THAT SENSE, UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS WE'VE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS, RIGHT.

UM, HOWEVER, WE ARE, WE HAVE ADDED IN 30 HOURS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, TO WHICH WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY VOICES? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT THOUGH, IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES.

UM, SO WHAT TRAINING WORKS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF OUR REVIEW AS WELL.

UM, NOT JUST SAYING WHAT FEELS GOOD OR WHAT WE THINK ABOUT, UM, BUT ALSO WHAT ACTUALLY WILL IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO THERE IS BETTER EVIDENCE OUT THERE NOW THAN THERE WAS MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT WE'RE STAYING CURRENT ON, YOU KNOW, THE DEESCALATION TRAINING, UM, AND THE EVALUATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THAT, THAT SUPPORT DEESCALATION TRAINING AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING TRAINING THAT WORKS AS WELL AS TRAINING THAT MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ALLOWS OUR OFFICERS WERE RECRUITS AT THE STARTING EDGE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO GETTING THE SKILLS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND TO, TO DO POLICING WELL.

SO MY LAST QUESTION THEN IS, SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, UH, WITH REGARD TO CURRICULUM WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE CALLED OUT, UM, TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, WHICH IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.

I'M HEARING YOU SAY ALSO THAT, UH, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES RELATED TO DEESCALATION, CORRECT.

IS, IS, UH, IS AN EXPECTATION FOR THE CURRICULUM, UH, TO BE INCLUDED.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE DO HAVE DEESCALATION TRAINING, BUT JUST ALWAYS MAKING SURE AS I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT SORT OF VARIATIONS ON W YOU KNOW, THE DELIVERY, RIGHT.

UM, SO SOME OF THE PERF TRAINING, WHICH WE DO DO, UM, FOR DEESCALATION, BUT MAKING SURE IT'S UP TO DATE, UM, AND, AND ALL OF THE TYPES OF THINGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES OF EVALUATION, SOME HAVE BEEN MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, MO MORE SCIENTIFIC IT, SOME MORE SCIENTIFIC IN TERMS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL, WHILE OTHERS HAVE LESS SUPPORTED EVIDENCE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST REEVALUATE OUR TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE BEST TYPE OF DEESCALATION OR THE MOST CURRENT TYPES OF DEESCALATION TRAINING.

UM, SO, SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT WAS TRAUMA-INFORMED, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SORT OF A, UM, I WOULD SAY AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON AND MAKE SURE IS PART OF, UM, VARIOUS COMPONENTS, UM, IN OUR TRAINING.

UM, AND THAT, UH, RECENTLY IN CONNECTICUT, UM, IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, UM, I WORKED ON A SAKI BRAND, UM, AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO, AND, AND IN THAT PARTICULAR GRANT, THEY WERE DOING TRAUMA AND FROM TRAINING, BUT IT WASN'T PART OF POLICY.

SO WE'RE ALSO REALLY AWARE IN AUSTIN THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUR POLICIES RELEVANT WITH OUR TRAINING, SO THAT IT STAYS RIGHT ACROSS THE PROCESS THAT YOU DON'T JUST START AT THE ACADEMY, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE IT IN YOUR POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT OFFICERS CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE OF EVER KELLY.

MORE FLEXIBILITY, UH, IN, IN REGARDS TO SORT OF LEADING INTO THE EVALUATION AND GIVING US OPPORTUNITIES TO EVALUATE OUR ACADEMY AS WE CONTINUE TO DO PROGRESS.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR FOR BRINGING FORTH AMENDMENTS FOR US TO ALL CONSIDER IT, DEFINITELY THINK THAT THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND IDEAS FROM EVERYONE ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS CADET CLASS A SUCCESS.

I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF GAYE COULD GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON HIS, UH, IDEAS REGARDING THESE AMENDMENTS AND MAYBE HOW THEY MIGHT PLAY INTO THE NEW ACADEMY.

UH, LIKE A CAST MEMBER CHIEF OF STAFF TROY GAVE WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHOR PUT IN THAT WOULD, UH, BE, WOULD HIGHLIGHT AND ALLOW US SOME

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UH, I DO CONCUR THAT WE DO NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR SHORT AND LONG-TERM GOALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BEING DONE IN THE ACADEMY AND THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THOSE.

UM, LIKE I SAID, I REALLY DON'T REALLY SEE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE THAT WE REALLY NEED IN THE AMENDMENT.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IN REGARDS TO THE MONITOR OF THE CLASS, I DO THINK THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT KROLL AT DOING THE MONITORING OF THE PARTICULAR CLASS.

SO WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

AND MAYBE JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP I KNOW A LOT OF THE COLORS HAD CONCERNS OVER THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SO FAR VERSUS THINGS THAT HADN'T YET, AND SOME PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE.

COULD YOU MAYBE HIGHLIGHT TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE CHANGES THAT WERE BROUGHT UPON BECAUSE OF THE REPORT? ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, FARRAH DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

IT'S SORT OF HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE, UM, A TRANSFORMATIONAL ACADEMY WHEN WE START UP.

UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE COMMUNITY VIDEO REVIEW PANEL, IF I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PIECE THAT IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE IS THAT WE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE THAT REALLY PROVIDED DEPARTMENT A DIFFERENT VIEW, A DIFFERENT LENS, AND PROVIDED US, UH, A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING.

UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT IS THE, THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH US TO MAKE OUR ACADEMY BETTER.

I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO SORT OF MAKE THIS ACADEMY AN ACADEMY THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS A MODEL.

UH, SO, UH, FARRAH, I, AS I SAID, DID A GREAT JOB IN THE OTHER AREAS, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PIECE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THEIR COMMENTS.

CAUSE REMEMBER ALTAR, WAS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE YOU WANTED TO ASK ANYTHING FIRST MAYOR PRO TEM AND NOT, I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO GO FIRST.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD JUST ASK HIM CAUSE THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE.

I JUST WAS A, NOBODY WAS RAISING THEIR HAND.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR FARRAH, BUT IF, IF I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN A LOT, SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO FIRST, I WAS JUST GONNA, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I HAD COMMENTS, I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS IN MY HEAD AND MIGHT HELP THEM MY COMMENTARY.

SENSES, A PROTOTYPE FOR A MODEL ACADEMY THAT THE WHOLE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WHOLE STATE, UM, CAN LOOK AT.

IF YOU HAVE GENERAL QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

AND THEN I THINK OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE BRINGING AMENDMENTS IN THE LIKE, OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, SO MISS MUSKETT IN, I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE ROLE OF THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, UM, AND ALSO HOW SOON THEY WILL BE ON BOARD.

UM, AND IS THERE A COMMITMENT THAT THEY WILL BE ON BOARD BEFORE THE ACADEMY STARTS? HE HAS.

SO, UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS OR RECOMMENDATION FROM KROLL.

IT WAS CONTAINED IN THEIR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.

AND SO I WILL BE WRITING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THAT, UM, IN THE HOPES OF HIM, INCLUDING THAT IN KOHL'S, UM, CURRENT CONTRACT AND IN MY PRELIMINARY RESEARCH, I'VE BEEN MODELING AFTER CONSENT DECREE MONITORS, UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURL RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT ONLY THE SHORT TERM, BUT ALSO THE LONG-TERM, THEY WILL BE PARTICIPATING AND OBSERVING, UM, COURSES, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE ADULT LEARNING TECHNIQUES ARE BEING UTILIZED.

UM, THEY WILL BE INTERVIEWING CADETS.

THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH PD, UM, FACULTY, AND ALSO THE CIVILIAN STAFF THROUGHOUT THE PENDENCY OF THE PILOT CLASS.

UM, THEY WILL BE DOING THE, WHAT I ENVISION I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT YET, BUT WHAT I ENVISIONED IS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING PERIODIC UPDATES AND THEIR UPDATES, OBVIOUSLY, UM, SINCE THIS MATTER IS SO IMPORTANT, WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED ARE ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED.

UM, I DO, UM, BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE NEXT PILOT CLASS.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT KEY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT IT IS IN PLACE, UM, BEFORE A CLASS CAN, UM, CAN COMMENCE THANK YOU THE, UM, THE VALUATOR AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE CHECKPOINTS AND THESE, UM, ABILITY TO ADAPT, YOU KNOW, REALLY POINT TO THAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE HERE IN SOME

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UM, AND SOME OF US WE HAVE TO LEARN BY DOING, UM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE EYES ON IT SO THAT WE KEEP THE MOMENTUM.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT TAKING THIS LEAP OF FAITH TO GO FORWARD, UM, WITH THE STEPS TOWARDS THE ACADEMY IS ASSUMING THAT THE, UM, COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE CLASS CAN HAPPEN, ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

UM, AND I'M SURE EVERY ONE OF US ON COUNCIL WILL BE WATCHING.

AND AS YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY WILL BE WATCHING.

UM, AND SO WE DO NEED TO PLAN AHEAD IN ORDER FOR THE START OF THE ACADEMY.

UM, BUT WE HAVE TO, UM, BUILD IN THESE STEPS THAT I'VE PUT IN MY AMENDMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, UM, THAT ALLOW US TO HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND SEE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROMISING IS ACTUALLY, UH, BEING IMPLEMENTED.

UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T MAKE A MISTAKE AND THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO LEARN AND THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO PIVOT AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING REALLY BIG HERE.

IF THIS WAS EASY, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN US AS LONG TO GET STARTED AGAIN.

UM, AND I, MY HOPE IS THAT OUR NEW LEADERSHIP WILL, UM, BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROCESS AND, AND REALLY, UM, HELP US MAKE THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE PUSHING TO MAKE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL RUNNER, DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMES? YEAH.

MARY I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE AMENDMENTS THAT I LAID OUT TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.

THAT'S A GOOD START.

BOOZ IS AMENDMENTS.

ARE THERE SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, SECOND STEP.

THAT'S WHAT, WE'RE SORRY.

WE'LL ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK IF, UH, THE AMENDMENTS, UH, SQUARE WITH A LOT OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR HAS LAID OUT, IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IF, UM, THE ACADEMY IS GOING TO START IN THAT SHORTER TIMEFRAME, THAT EVERYTHING IN THE BLUEPRINT, UH, WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT BLUEPRINTS REALLY OCCUR, THAT WE PUT BELT AND SUSPENDERS ON THAT AND TRY TO BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST IN THAT PROCESS.

HAVING ADDITIONAL FOLKS, INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, BE, UH, BE IN THE ROOM, I THINK THE ONE OBSERVER WOULD BE GREAT.

MOVED AND SECONDED, UH, DISCUSSION.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS, IF I COULD, AND, AND, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO DIRECT THEM TO YOU OR TO SOMEONE ELSE.

UH, WE HAD THESE ON THE BOARD, UH, SO WE COULD GO OVER THEM.

UM, UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THEM AND THERE WERE TWO ELEMENTS OF, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT, THAT THERE WERE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT, UM, ONE WAS, UH, UH, HAVING PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY OBSERVING THE CLASSES WHILE THEY WERE GOING ON, UH, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT MIGHT HAVE ON THE DYNAMIC OF THE ADULT LEARNING SITUATION.

AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE, UM, 14 DAYS, UM, UH, PERIOD, UH, THAT TRIGGERED OR THE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, FOR FEAR THAT, THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE CADETS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO GEAR UP, UM, THAT, UH, DO, DO, DO THE COSAR AMENDMENTS WORK.

IF WE WERE TO SPECIFY WITH THE SECOND BULLET POINT THAT I KNEW, DIDN'T TALK ABOUT NUMBERS AT ALL, COSMETIC ASARA, BUT IF WE WERE TO SAY, UH, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, UH, ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT'S ABLE TO, UH, ABLE TO OBSERVE.

AND IF WE CHANGE FROM 14 DAYS TO 30 DAYS IN THE, UH, FOURTH, UM, UH, COMPONENT OF THIS OR THIRD COMPONENT, THIRD COMPONENT OF THOSE RATHER, UH, DOES THAT MEET THE, THE, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED? THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I'LL SAY THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE IS I BELIEVE THAT, UM, RAISING THE DATE TO 30 DAYS VERSUS 14 DAYS DOES IN FACT ALLEVIATED OUR CONCERN WAS MOSTLY FOR CADETS AND THINKING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME CERTAINTY, RIGHT? SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING, THEY NEED TO GIVE NOTICE THEY NEED TO ARRANGE FOR CHILDCARE OR CHANGE THEIR LIVES IN A CERTAIN WAY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE READY FOR THE CLASS.

AND, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT 30 DAYS IS REASONABLE.

IT ALSO, I THINK, COMPORTS WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE SET OUT FOR OURSELVES AND THE BLUEPRINT, UM, AND THE COMMITMENT THAT, UH, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE STEPS IN THE BLUEPRINT AND, UM, WOULD BE COMING TO YOU END OF APRIL OR MAY AND SHOW THAT PROGRESS IS THAT MOST FORWARD.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT 30 DAYS SUPPORTS OPERA HOPS, UM, ASK, UH, AC TROY GAY TO, UH, RESPOND AS WELL.

BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR CONCERN ON, UM,

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IT WOULD NOT BE A DISTRACTION, NOT KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HELD THAT WOULD WORK.

AND THE PLURAL WAS A BIT CONCERNING IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT REALLY FITS INTO, UM, A BROADER MODEL OF ADULT LEARNING.

SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH NOT TO HAVE FOLKS IN THE ROOM AS MUCH AS, UM, NOT TO BE A DISTRACTION AS PEOPLE ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF TROY, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO THAT.

UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT A SINGULAR OBSERVER IN ADDITION WITH CRO WOULD BE FINE.

I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THANK YOU, UH, UH, IN REFERENCE TO CROW WHEN THIS, THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED TO THEM, UH, RECENTLY, UH, I THINK A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND I, WITH THE ADULT LEARNING WITH, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY BEING ENGAGED AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE WITH OUR CADETS ABOUT NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY'S LIVED EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE CADETS.

SO, SO THEY CAN LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER.

I DO THINK BY HAVING PEOPLE IN THAT CLASS THAT ARE, UM, NOT PART OF THAT CLASS OR THAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAY, UM, MAY STIFLE CONVERSATION THAT WOULD BE HEALTHY AND NEEDED FOR, FOR THAT CLASS TO, TO GROW AND HAVE, HAVE THE UNDERSTANDINGS THAT THEY, THAT THEY TRULY NEED.

SO I'M NOT SAYING WE COULDN'T DO IT, BUT I THINK THAT TO HAVE A BETTER ACADEMY, UH, ONE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE IS, IS A COUNCIL MEMBER OFF TO THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AND TO BE THAT MODEL.

UM, BUT IF WE ARE ENGAGING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY POLICE ACADEMY TOGETHER, IT IS, IT IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT WILL BE, UH, RECOGNIZED AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED THAT MONITOR PER SE IN THERE.

UM, I GUESS, UM, I'M SORT OF BACK AND FORTH, BUT I WOULD PREFER NOT, BUT IT'S, UH, BUT DEFINITELY IF IT'S NEEDED, IT'S IT'S NEEDED AND ARE, AND ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, RECOGNIZING THAT I HAD HEARD THAT THE OBJECTION OR CONCERN WAS, UH, WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COULD CHANGE THE DYNAMIC IN THE CLASS.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM, PILOT CADET CLASS.

WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY HAVE A SINGLE COMMUNITY OBSERVER.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE CLASS? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING MAYOR THAT AS WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S THINKING ABOUT, UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WORKING WITH THE EVALUATOR TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE THEM TO DO.

I'M SURE THAT NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN THE, ALL OF THE EIGHT MONTH COURSES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

LIKE THERE WILL BE SOME COURSES THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS AND WORKING, UM, WITH THE EVALUATOR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO COULD DEDICATE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

UM, AND FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE VOLUNTEER TIME.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, UM, SOME KIND OF, UH, COMPENSATION FOR SOMEBODY WHO WOULD TAKE ON THAT ROLE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THINKING OF PARTICULAR COURSES THAT SEEM PERTINENT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO WORK IN CROLL.

AND I THINK WE COULD BE, UH, LOOKING AT THAT THROUGHOUT THE, SO I, I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE, YOU WANT TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF FOLKS, AND MAYBE THEY CAN COME UP WITH A SYSTEM BY WHICH THEY SAY, HERE'S EVERYBODY AGREES ON WHO THAT REPRESENTATIVE PERSON WOULD BE.

SO IN THAT REGARD THEN, UH, SO AS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS, I WOULD AMEND COUNCILMEMBER KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT IN TWO RESPECTS.

FIRST I WOULD MOVE THE 14 DAYS TO 30 DAYS.

AND THEN IN THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE OBSERVER, RIGHT AT THE END WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TOO.

AND I WOULD ADD THE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR A COMMUNITY OBSERVER AS APPROPRIATE KARMA AND TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS OF CO-OBSERVATIONS AND CALL EVALUATION AS WORKS ARE WHERE THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THAT YOU WOULD ACCEPT.

I THINK IF THAT'S GOING TO GET INTENSIVE SUPPORT, I CAN, I CAN DO THAT.

UM, AS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A PROCESS THAT WE'RE NOT FULLY DICTATING OR LAYING OUT HERE.

SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IS THERE SOME CLASSES WHERE IT'S, WHERE EVERYBODY AGREES IT'S BEST FOR THERE TO BE A PERSON, UM, OR IF SOMEBODY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST SET OF CLASSES AND THEN THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S DETERMINING OF IS BETTER FOR THE OTHER SET, UM, RUN THAT, THEN I WANT IT TO BE OPEN AND FLEXIBLE TO THAT.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO GUARANTEE IS THAT ON TOP OF, FOR EXAMPLE, KROLL PARTICIPATING, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A THREE PEOPLE, THREE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE

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AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT THAT IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN THAT PERSON, IF THEY'RE BUSY OR SOMETHING.

BUT I THINK THAT MAKES WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND PUTTING IT IN THE LANGUAGE AS APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW FOR A COMMUNITY OBSERVERS APPROPRIATE, UH, MEANS THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THE SYSTEM AND THE CLASSES AND, AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

DOES ANYBODY, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE TWO CHANGES BEING MADE TO THE COSAR AMENDMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION AS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOMO.

SO MY QUESTION IS, GOES TO THE 30 DAYS.

SO IF I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING IT RIGHT.

UH, BECAUSE, UH, COUNCILMEMBER KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT SAYS THAT, UM, CITY MANAGER SHALL NOT BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL TO THE CLASS, UNLESS UNLESS ALL STEPS ARE COMPLETE OR WILL BE COMPLETE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU START THE 140 FOURTH PILOT CLASS? YES.

I THINK IT HAS TO BE 30 DAYS AFTER THE BUDGET BUDGET AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU CAN START THE CLASS.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

THAT, THAT, THAT LINE REMAINS THE CITY MANAGER MAY ONLY COMMENCE THE CLASS AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HAD A REVIEW HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED.

I THINK, I THINK YOU TALKING, I THINK THERE'S TWO ISSUES.

THE FIRST ONE, THE CITY MANAGER MAY ONLY COMMENCE 145 CLASS IF ALL STEPS IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE COMPLETE.

IT'S THE FIRST SENTENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH.

SO, UM, SO THAT MEANS THAT, UH, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST, UM, SO I'M JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS IN PRACTICE.

UM, SO, AND I GUESS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL COME BACK TO US AND WE CAN MAKE IT CONTINGENT UPON COMPLETE EMAIL STEPS.

BUT AS SOON THAT, THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL GET A REPORT OR A ARE, THE STAFF WILL COME BACK TO US AND LET US SEE THAT, UM, THAT EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE, BUT JUST WANT TO, I THINK THAT THESE ARE, THIS IS A KEY POINT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS WILL ACTUALLY BE DONE BEFORE THE CLASS STARTS.

SO I THINK THE LANGUAGE HERE IS, IS GOOD.

AND I'M FINE WITH THE 30 DAYS, I'M JUST ASKING IN PRAC PRACTICALLY, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? SO MANAGER IS CERTIFY AS THE CLASSES BEGINNING THAT THE BLUEPRINT STEPS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

WE CAN, AND MAYOR COUNCIL, I MEAN, THESE ARE PART OF THE, THE REPORTING STRUCTURES THAT NOT ONLY WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE, BUT THAT HADN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THESE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL.

UM, I'LL ASK IF THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING MORE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE WAY IN WHICH WE'RE EVALUATING OURSELVES IS IF THOSE STEPS WOULD BE COMPLETE BEFORE COMMENCING IN THE CLASS, DO YOU MANAGE YOUR, AND THAT IS TRUE.

I THINK THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED ALL ALONG WHEN WE HEARD CURLS REPORT, THAT THAT WAS JUST A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT, UH, APD AND THEIR RESPONSE TO CROW REPORTS SO THAT THEY WOULD COMPLETE MOST OF THE ITEMS IN THE SHORT-TERM LIST BY MID APRIL.

SO WE ARE WANTING CROLL TO A FINISH OUT WHAT THEY HEARD AND THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU SHARED WITH THEM AT THE LAST MEETING, BRIEF FINISH UP SOME OF THE REPORTING THAT THEY HAD TO DO.

THEY MET WITH TIKO AND MET WITH OTHER FOLKS AS WELL, AND THEN SEE CERTIFY THAT, UH, APD HAD IN FACT COMPLETED THOSE SHORT-TERM MEASURES, WHICH IS WHAT REALLY IS GUIDING, UM, THE BLUEPRINT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE ANTICIPATE COMING BACK TO YOU, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL, UM, TO SHARE BACK THE FINAL CROWELL REPORT AND TO BE ABLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT THOSE MEASURES THAT APD SAID THEY WOULD FINISH ARE DONE.

SO WE ARE HOPING TO COME BACK AND THAT SHOULD STILL FIT WITHIN OUR 30 DAY TIMEFRAME.

COME, OR THE STEPS ARE COMPLETE, IT'D BE COMPLETE WITH.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT, MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.

SO, UM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS AMENDMENT LANGUAGE, UM, MY ONLY COMMENCE, IF ALL STEPS IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE COMPLETE, THERE WILL BE A STEP THAT STAFF COMES BACK AND PUBLICLY REPORTS TO COUNCIL THAT ALL ARE COMPLETE.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES, THAT IS OUR INTENTION.

AND IT IS THEN THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD TO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTERS A POINT.

IT IS A BIG MOMENT, UM, TO THINK ABOUT, UM, MOVING US FORWARD.

YES, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE, UH, THIS READS THAT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD

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CORRECT.

AND THAT THE BUDGET OF MEMBER WILL COME BACK WITH THE MANAGER'S REPRESENTATION THAT THEY'VE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND AN CALCIUM OR KITCHEN SCRATCHING IS IF THE BUDGET OF MEN WAS IMPROVED, WAS APPROVED ON THE BASIS THAT THINGS WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 DAYS.

WE'LL THERE IN FACT BE A CERTIFICATION AT THE END OF THE 30 DAYS THAT IN FACT THE BLUEPRINT WAS COMPLETED.

SO WHAT DOES CERTIFICATION MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN, UM, UM, THE MEMO TO COUNCIL OR COMING IN TALKING TO US? I, I I'D SAY I'M JUST TRYING TO BE REAL CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC.

WHAT DOES CERTIFICATION MEAN? SO THIS SORT OF AT A MINIMUM, BE A MEMO TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND HOW THEY WERE COMPLETED.

UH, AND THEN WE CREATE SPACE AT A WORK SESSION.

IT NEEDED TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT, BUT AT A MINIMUM, A REPORT THAT WOULD BE A, A WRITTEN DOCUMENT TALKING ABOUT THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THEREFORE THE CLASS CAN COMMENCE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ANY OBJECTIONS TO MY AMENDMENTS, TO KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT A MAYOR? YES.

HI.

I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE CHANGE TO THE SECOND BULLET, YOUR EDIT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASAREZ YES.

IT'S.

UH, IT WOULD BE ADDING LANGUAGE.

IT CONTINUES AS AN MA AND AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR SHALL BE INCLUDED TO OBSERVE THE ONE 44TH PILOT CLASS AND SUCH AN EVALUATOR, WHICH I THINK, IMAGINE WHAT MAY VERY WELL BE CRAWLED, UH, UH, SHALL WORK WITH A GROUP OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SUCH AS THOSE FROM THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, THE COMMUNITY VIDEO REVIEW PANEL COMMITTEE, PLEASE REVIEW PANEL TWO, AND THEN I'VE ADDED THE WORDS, ALLOW FOR A, A COMMUNITY OBSERVER AS APPROPRIATE AND TO ESTABLISH AND CONTINUE WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

I HAD A QUESTION ON ANOTHER PART OF HIS AMENDMENT THAT ON YOURS WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN MY AMENDMENTS TO KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT ARE NOW PART OF THE COSAR AMENDMENT BACK TO DEBATE ON THE QSR AMENDMENT COUNCIL NUMBER HALTER.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR.

I WANTED TO GET, UM, SOME, SORRY, YOU JUST MOVED.

IT WAS WEIRD.

UM, I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE FIRST PART OF THE LAST BIG RED SECTION WHERE YOU SAID THE CITY MANAGER MAY ONLY COMMENCE THE HUNDRED AND 45TH CADET CLASS AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EVALUATIONS REVIEW OF THE 140 FOURTH PILOT CADET CLASS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED.

UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT SENTENCE IS ALREADY IN MY AMENDMENT AND IT'S PROBABLY STRONGER IN MY AMENDMENT.

UM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON WHAT THAT FIRST HALF MEANS.

CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERPRET IT.

UM, AND THERE'S ONE WAY TO INTERPRET IT THAT I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.

AND ANOTHER WAY THAT I, THAT I WOULDN'T BE.

SO I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, IF THIS IS THE PILOT CLASS THAT WE WANT TO LEARN FROM.

UM, THEN I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE NOT LEARNING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT CLASS.

UM, OTHERWISE THEN YOU ARE, UM, OTHERWISE THEN IT'S THEN THE NEXT CLASS IS ESSENTIALLY ALSO A PILOT CLASS.

SO THE GOAL IS FOR THERE TO ACTUALLY BE SUBSTANTIAL LEARNING FROM THIS CLASS INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT CLASS, SO THAT WE'RE NOT TO THE NEXT CLASS WITHOUT HAVING LEARNED FROM THIS.

UM, AND SO EXACTLY THE TIMELINE AND THE PROCESS FOR THAT I HAVEN'T, UH, DIRECTLY SPECIFIED.

UM, SO I'M OPEN TO, TO FURTHER DEFINING THAT IN A WAY THAT ACHIEVES SUCCESS FOR, FOR THE EVENT.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY, CAUSE I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

UM, BUT I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE HAVE TO END THE 140 FOURTH CLASS AND THEN GO THROUGH LIKE A WHOLE EVALUATION AND WAIT THREE MONTHS EVALUATION AND THEN START THE NEXT CLASS.

UM, MY IMAGE OF WHAT WE ARE SETTING OUT IS NOT ONLY TO CHANGE THE ACADEMY, BUT ALSO TO CHANGE THE WHOLE PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE LEARNING AND WE'RE RE-EVALUATING AND FIXING THINGS AS WE GO.

UM, AND SO I WOULD EXPECT ALL OF THAT LEARNING TO BE PART OF IT.

UM, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SO COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING WE HAVE TO PAUSE AND WAIT THREE MONTHS AT THE END OF THIS ACADEMY, BEFORE WE CAN START THE 140,

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45TH ONE.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S THE FORMER INTERPRETATION AND NOT THE LATTER BECAUSE THERE'S SOME AMBIGUITY.

AYE, AYE.

AND THEY WOULD STILL DO AN EVALUATION.

I WOULD STILL EXPECT THEM TO DO AN EVALUATION AND INCORPORATE IT, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY WAIT TO START TO HAVE ALL OF THAT EX THE FINAL VERSION DONE.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DRAWN HERE, TWO, UH, TWO VERSIONS THAT ARE, UH, POTENTIALLY MORE, MORE ON THE FRONT SIDES OF AN EXTREME THAN WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

I WOULDN'T WANT US TO JUST SAY, WELL, WE WENT THROUGH THAT CLASS ALREADY.

WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THAT DAY ON THE ACADEMY.

SO WE'VE LEARNED WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN.

AND THEN THAT, THAT I THINK THAT THAT IS TOO LITTLE BECAUSE AT THAT, WHEN YOU'VE DESCRIBED, AS IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE REAL EVALUATION AND LEARNING THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT CLASS, NOR AM I SAYING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED A THREE MONTH PERIOD AT THE TAIL END OF THE 140 FOURTH.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO LAY OUT IS LESS OF A TIMELINE AND MORE OF A PRINCIPLE THAT, THAT OUR MANAGER AND FRANKLY, THE, THE TEAM, THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S SUPPORTING THE MANAGER ON THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY CONFIDENTLY THAT WE HAVE THE VALUE BEEN DOING EVALUATION OF A PILOT CLASS.

AND THAT, THAT HAS ACTUALLY DUTIFULLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN FURTHER CHANGES MADE FOR THE 140 FIT AS WE GO.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THIS AGAIN, I THINK DELIBERATELY DOES NOT LAY OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THAT, BUT RATHER A, A, A PRINCIPLE BY WHICH WE JUDGE, WHETHER THAT WORK'S BEEN DONE.

IS INTENDED TO BE, UH, CONSECUTIVELY AND, AND HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY SO THAT WE'RE NOT STARTING AT THE END OF IT AND TRYING TO LOOK BACK, BUT RATHER WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE PIECES AS THEY'RE BEING PERIODICALLY EVALUATED AND THEN ADDING THEM TO YOUR POINT IN THE AGGREGATE AT THE END OF THE ACADEMY AS WELL.

THAT, AND THE PRINCIPAL I SUPPORT, I WAS JUST WONDERING AS SMITH, A DOCTOR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO WHAT ELSE SHE'S THINKING OF IN TERMS OF EVALUATION.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, PART OF THE THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IN IS EVALUATION, UM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE CADETS FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO DO IT.

SO I'M ALREADY REACHING OUT TO ACADEMIC COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT AS AN EXTERNAL, RIGHT.

UM, SO THAT THEY, SO WE HAVE MORE OF AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD BE THEN REPORTING THE AGGREGATE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY RESOURCES ARE CONSTRAINED.

UM, SO THE, THE CONTRAST IS WE WOULD THEN BE DOING IT INTERNALLY, BUT THE METHODOLOGICAL SORT OF, UM, REPERCUSSION IS THAT WE MAY NOT GET THE SAME TYPE OF RESPONSES FROM THE CADETS ON TERMS OF, UM, THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCES.

UM, SO THAT'S USUALLY WHY I WOULD SAY PARTNERING WITH AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION OUTSIDE, UM, SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEIR RESPONSES ARE ACTUALLY ANONYMOUS.

UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS OF, UM, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON IT.

UM, HOWEVER, EITHER WAY WE'LL BE EITHER DOING IT INTERNALLY OR PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE EXTERNALLY SO THAT WE CAN, UM, PERHAPS GET, UM, BETTER RESPONSES FROM THE CADETS.

IT'S JUST A TRADE-OFF.

I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE A CLASS WAS GOING THERE WAS CONSTANT AND CONTINUAL EVALUATION.

I MEAN, AT THE END OF ANY DAY SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT CLASS, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE DID TODAY DIFFERENTLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE EVALUATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WHOLE CLASS IS OVER TO START THE EVALUATION TO GREG'S POINT, CATHERINE .

I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS PROBABLY THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT AFTER THE WHOLE ADEPT GLASSES OVER.

UM, BUT IN ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE EVALUATIONS THAT GET THAT CLASS PROBABLY COMES A YEAR LATER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, UH, CADETS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN OUT ON THE FORCE FOR A YEAR, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AND DEALING WITH BEING OUT A YEAR RELATIVE TO THE CLASS THEY JUST HAD.

SO I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE REALLY BLACK AND WHITE LINES TO BE DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO EVALUATION.

I THINK IT GOES BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S POINT THAT THE INTENT HERE IS THE PRINCIPLE OF LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY LEARN FROM THIS CLASS BEFORE WE DO THE NEXT CLASS, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN START LEARNING ON DAY ONE OF THE CLASS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE LEARNING WELL AFTER THE CLASS IS OVER.

THAT'S HOW I WOULD INTERPRET THAT AND, AND BELIEVE THE INTENT TO BE AS I VOTE, IF I MAY MAYOR JUST, UH, SORT OF INTERJECT A MOMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE HEARD DR.

SAY, UH, AT LEAST TO STAFF AND I, AND I BELIEVE THAT SHE CAN CLARIFY IF I'M WRONG.

THAT CERTAINLY THE EVALUATION

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AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I JUST TEND TO GET STUCK ON THE DETAILS OF WHO DOES THE EVALUATION TO ENSURE THAT THE DATA THAT WE ACTUALLY CAPTURE IS ACCURATE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT OUR CADETS FEEL THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

UM, AND SO, YEAH, NO, BUT IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, ABSOLUTELY.

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ACADEMY, UM, AND YOU KNOW, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW OFTEN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS VERY COMMITTED TO IS IMPROVING DATA SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP AFTER FIELD TRAINING.

UM, I GAVE A TALK EARLIER TODAY WHERE THIS WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS WE CANNOT ACTUALLY TRACK FROM WHO APPLIES TO WHO IS SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CAREER AND HOW THEY'RE DOING AND FIELD TRAINING, UM, AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.

UM, AND THAT IS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND SO I KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS VERY COMMITTED TO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT TYPE OF EVALUATION.

UM, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET, AS WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT OUR DATA SYSTEMS TO DO THOSE TYPES OF EVALUATIONS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL NUMBER KITCHEN, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

UM, I THINK THESE, THE STATEMENT THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SAR HAS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IS NECESSARY.

UM, I THINK IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE THAT WE WILL NOT START OUR NEXT CLASS UNTIL, UNTIL WE HAVE, UM, INCORPORATED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EVALUATION.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT STATEMENT IN THERE THAT THAT IS WHAT OUR PUBLIC, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPECTING.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD EXPECT OF A PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, IS A PILOT.

SO A PILOT MEANS WE DO IT, WE LEARN FROM IT.

AND THEN WE USE WHAT WE LEARNED.

UM, I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE IF WE WEREN'T GOING TO USE WHAT WE LEARNED BEFORE AND INCORPORATED IN THE 140 FIFTH CADET CLASS.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY GOING BACK ON MY PREVIOUS POINT AND I LOST CONNECTION FOR A WHILE.

SO I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER AS PART OF BRINGING THE, UM, BUDGET AMENDMENT BACK TO US, THAT HE CLARIFY TO US EXACTLY WHAT CERTIFICATION MEANS AT THE POINT THAT, UM, CITY MANAGER, AT THE POINT THAT YOU BRING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO US, YOU WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE 30, 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE BEFORE THE CLASS STARTS.

UM, AND THERE'LL BE A CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS MEANS.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THE BUDGET AMENDMENT COMES BACK TO US, BUT THIS IS, SO THIS IS A CRITICAL POINT FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND AND THE PUBLIC, TO UNDERSTAND THIS COUNCIL.

IN SOME WAYS WE'RE TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH, WHICH WE NEED TO DO, UH, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO, TO BE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR ON HOW WE KNOW BEFORE IT STARTS, UH, THAT THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.

SO CERTIFICATION CONCEPT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, BUT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT AS PART OF, OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BRING FORWARD TO US AS PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING A CERTIFICATION PROCESS MEANS.

EXACTLY.

AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A PROCESS THAT EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH AS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHEN ALL, WHEN ALL OF THESE STEPS ARE COMPLETE, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, CITY MANAGER, I CERTAINLY HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT JUST WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY THE REPORTS AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWING THE COMPLETION OF THESE ELEMENTS AND THE BLUEPRINT, UH, TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, THAT LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.

I, I, I GET YOUR POINT AND I UNDERSTAND, OKAY.

NUMBER ALTAR.

I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT THE LAST PART AND JUST SAY THAT, UM, I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPLE OF LEARNING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE, THE CLARIFICATIONS OF WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT THAT DIDN'T MEAN.

I I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PORTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DONE LEARNING WHEN THE HUNDRED AND 45TH, UM, CADET

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ACADEMY STARTS.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T GONNA BE AN ONGOING PROCESS.

THIS IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PROFESSOR AND YOU DO, YOU DO YOUR, YOUR SYLLABUS, YOU DO YOUR CURRICULUM AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP MODIFYING IT, AND IT CAN TAKE A LONG TIME.

AND THIS IS A LOT OF COMPLICATED MOVING PARTS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE LEARNED.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

UM, AND THEN I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO INVITE DR.

CRINNION AND, UM, CITY MANAGER, IF, IF WE NEED FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE APPROPRIATELY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GIVE CONFIDENCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE CAN KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN MEASURE IT, WHETHER THE ACADEMY IS, UM, WORKING, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER THERE ARE GRADUATE STUDENTS OR WHETHER THERE ARE FOLKS AT UT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT THAT THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ARRANGED THAT WE CAN SET UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME ACADEMIC STUDY OF THIS, WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT PAY FOR IT, BUT THAT MAY GIVE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY IMPORTANT DATA, UM, TO DO SOME WORK THAT COULD SHED LIGHT ON.

UM, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO INCORPORATE, UM, AS APPROPRIATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND IF WE NEED RESOURCES, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE FSR AMENDMENTS.

THAT WAS THE FRAME OF THE CONCERN AMENDMENT.

THOSE OPPOSED, LIKE THAT'S EVERYBODY, UH, WE HAVE THE MAIN MOTION IN FRONT OF US, UH, AS AMENDED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR WE VOTE.

COUNCIL BARBARA KELLY VOTES.

UH, MAYOR, I'M SORRY.

MYSELF AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO WERE AGAINST THEM ANYWAY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

NO.

WAS THERE ANOTHER, NO.

AS A MEMBER OF TALKING ABOUT, DID YOU VOTE? HOW'D YOU VOTE ON THE COSTAR AMENDMENT? IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S FROZEN.

I THOUGHT I SAW HER HAND GO UP.

SHE'S BACK YOU'RE MUTED.

YOU'RE FROZEN.

YOU'RE YOU'RE MUTED.

CAN YOU DO A HAND SIGNAL? SO ON THE, DID YOU VOTE FOR IT OR VOTE AGAINST IT VOTED FOR IT'S OUR MEMBER, RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER THE TENDER ONE, BECAUSE OUR EVENT PASSES NOW DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM 37 COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, JUST TO CLARIFICATION, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COSAR AMENDMENT AND, UH, TAX MEMBER ALTERS AMENDMENT.

SO WHEN THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER, I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE.

UM, I WOULD ASSUME THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S IS AMENDED ONTO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS.

SO, SO WE WOULD USE IN HIS LANGUAGE, UH, BUT IF YOU WANT, I CAN BE SPECIFIC IF IT'S SPECIFIC SO THAT WE OKAY.

SO, AND IT MAY JUST BE THE WAY THAT I AM READING THEM, BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS HAS, UM, HER LANGUAGE ABOUT THE INDUS, UH, INCORPORATING THE FINDINGS INTO REFORMS FOR FUTURE CLASSES SHE HAS AS FEASIBLE.

SO THE TERM AS FEASIBLE DOESN'T SEEM CONSISTENT WITH THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD, UH, BECAUSE AS MY WORKER, SORRY, DOESN'T DOES IT MODIFY HIS BY THE TERM AS FEASIBLE? SO I WOULD JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I'M NOT, UNLESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, I'M NOT SEEING WHERE IT SAYS AS FEASIBLE, BUT IN ANY RESPECT, YOU COULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO DO IT WHERE IT WASN'T FEASIBLE.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A CONFLICT THAT'S WHERE WE CAN START, WHICH BULLET, UH, IT'S W WHAT IT DOES TO ME IS IT, IS IT PUTS A MODIFIER ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE PILOT INTO THE ONE 45TH.

YOU INCORPORATE ALL OF OUR LONGTERM, UM, OUT ALL IN OUR LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO, SO WHAT, WHAT I MEANT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL REPORT FROM KROGER.

UM, AND THERE MAY BE, AS OF NOW WHAT THEY HAVE SAID, AND WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO, WHEREAS IN THE OTHERS, AS THEY'VE SAID THAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO THE ONE 45TH, UNLESS

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UM, SO WE DON'T, NO, NO, IT'S DEFINITELY HAVE THAT.

IT'S NOT IN THE CRUEL PART.

IT'S IN THE BULLET BEFORE THAT COUNSELOR, ARKANSAS.

I DON'T CARE IF WE TAKE OUT AS FEASIBLE.

MY, MY, MY STAFF CONSIDERED WHETHER WE WOULD ALTER REMIND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATIVES, BUT IN LOOKING AT IT, MY SENSE IS THAT THEY DON'T CONNECT ANYWHERE.

THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE MY LANGUAGE IS, SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC ARE STRONG, SOME PLACES WHERE ACTUALLY THAT'S THE CASE IN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS.

SO JUST LIKE WITH OTHER RESOLUTIONS, MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT EXPLICIT IS THAT SINCE THEY OVERLAP WHEREVER IT'S MORE SPECIFIC, THAT SPECIFICITY CONTROLS ANYWHERE, IT'S MORE STRESSFUL THAT, THAT HIGHER BAR CONTROLS.

AND THAT ACTUALLY APPLIES IN BOTH CASES.

AND SOME PLACES, COUNCILMEMBER ALTERS IT IS MORE SPECIFIC.

AND, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT WOULD BE THAT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY MANAGER YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT INTERPRETATION AND GUIDANCE.

I DEFER TO OTHERS IF THEY HAVE SOME SPECIFIC, UM, AREAS OF CONFLICT, BUT I THINK WE CAN READ IT THAT WAY.

AHEAD FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH I READ AS FEASIBLE WITH, OR WITHOUT THAT WORD TO BE THE SAME THING.

I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY.

MAYBE WONDERING WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO I REMEMBER, NO, THE BASE MOTION 37 IS NOW IN FRONT OF US AS AMENDED.

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

UH, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

HOLD ON.

ARE WE AT THAT AT THE FINAL LOAD HERE? I THINK THE NATASHA OTHERS WANT IT TO, BUT NEVER SAY I SAW HER NAME FOR EXAM.

RAISE YOUR HAND THERE.

PRO TEM.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I DO.

AND I ACTUALLY STILL HAD A QUESTION.

HOPEFULLY I HAVEN'T MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S LINE OF QUESTIONING.

AND I THINK I GOT KICKED OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK I HEARD, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW, AND WHEN DO WE ASSESS, UM, PROFICIENCY.

AND SO I, I THINK IF I'M GETTING THE FEELING THAT THAT WAS ADDRESSED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE HAVE LAID IT PLAIN.

WHAT DOES THIS ITEM DO? YOU KNOW? I HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS WHO THEIR COMMENTARY SEEMED TO INDICATE FOR ME THAT VOTING YES.

ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT SAYS WE ARE VOTING YES.

TO, YOU KNOW, HERE ON OUT TO RESUMING CADET CLASSES FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO, I GUESS I'D JUST LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO LAY PLAYING WHAT THIS ITEM DOES FOR THE FOLKS WHO, UM, WHO HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS TRUE MEANING.

TO CERTIFY THAT THEY WILL BE HELD? ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I THINK WITH THIS RESOLUTION, AS AMENDED SAYS, IS THAT IT IS ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CADET CLASS IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE CONTENTS IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE MET.

SO IF THE, THE, THE, UM, THE AREAS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE NOT MET, THEN A CADET CLASS WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO, UM, SO CENTRALLY, IT LAYS OUT THAT PATH THAT SAYS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, UM, WHERE YOU'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO ALLOW THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND SAYING, THIS IS THE PATH THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO ON.

AND IF WE CONTINUE THE PATH AND GET TO OUR DESTINATION, THEN THE CLASS CAN MOVE FORWARD.

IF WE DON'T GET TO OUR DESTINATION, THEN IN FACT THAT THERE IS NO CLASS, I APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE A QUICK, UH, AGAIN, UH, IN THE AMENDMENT, THERE WAS, UM, UH, OUR PHARMACIST SAID THAT THE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, SCOTT IMMEDIATE LEAST, UH, UH, FOUR TIMES, UH, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE BEFORE THE CLASS WOULD, UH, START, UH, IS THERE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO, TO, TO SCHEDULE AND HOLD THOSE NUMBER OF MEETINGS? UH, IT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT AT LEAST THOSE SCORE ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT, UH, THEIR, THEIR CALENDAR DID HELP.

IS THAT SUFFICIENT? IS THERE SUFFICIENT TIME TO DO THIS? JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THE TIMELINE.

IS IT FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE 30 DAYS PRIOR? OR IS IT FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE START OF THE ACADEMY CLASS BEFORE THE ACADEMY CLASSES, BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HELD THE MANAGER'S GOING TO NEED

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SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR CALENDAR THUS FAR, UM, IT'S BEEN FIVE TIMES EVERY TWO WEEKS, UM, WITHOUT FINISHING OUT NEXT WEEK, WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON ACADEMY, UH, ON THE, UH, ACADEMIC CURRICULUM REVIEW.

UM, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR, UM, ACADEMICS AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO I DO ACTUALLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE FEEL FREE, TO SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH ANY NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN.

SO WE CAN DO A LARGER SEARCH FROM THE SEARCH THAT WE'VE STARTED.

UM, BUT YEAH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO.

I JUST URGE YOU TO SCHEDULE THOSE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.

I DON'T WANT TO FALL VICTIM TO JUST A SCHEDULING.

ABSOLUTELY.

I HEAR YOU.

I ACTUALLY WASN'T QUITE DONE.

UM, AND THAT WE CAN REGAIN THAT TRUST.

AND W IN WHICH IS OPEN TO COME BACK TO YOU.

I APOLOGIZE.

NO WORRIES.

I DO, BUT SOMETHING I JUST RECOGNIZE IS IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH HER INTERNET.

I FEEL, UM, SUBSTANTIVE OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE SHE'S ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE FULL DIET IF WE CAN.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO, UM, LET ME SEE HOW I KNOW, SORRY, ONE SEC.

FOR SOME REASON, MY COMPUTER, MY COMPUTER DESKTOP KEEPS FREEZING.

AND SO, UM, I'M HERE ALSO ODDLY, ON MY PHONE.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN MY PHONE CAMERA OFF, BUT WHEN I WANT IT TO BE BACK, WHEN I WANT TO CONVERSE WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO MY PHONE, BUT, UM, I'M HERE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARY TIM, FOR THE, OF COURSE THE QUESTION.

WELL, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST SORT OF MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW, FINAL COMMENTARY THEN I, I, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS ITEM IF I'M BEING ENTIRELY CANDID.

UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

WHO'S ADDED THEIR VOICE TO THIS CONVERSATION THIS OVER A YEAR.

UM, WE ORIGINALLY PASSED MY RESOLUTION THAT CALLED FOR THIS REVIEW OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, TRAINING PROTOCOLS.

UM, AND WE SET A DEADLINE FOR JUNE OF 2020, AND THEN THE PANDEMIC.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DID HAVE THE SILVER LINING.

THEN IT GAVE US TIME TO REALLY FOLD OUR CADET TRAINING CONVERSATION INTO THE LARGER DIALOGUE ABOUT RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, SO I THINK WE'D BE DOING OURSELVES AND EVERYONE WATCHING A DISSERVICE.

IF WE DIDN'T TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER WHAT BROUGHT US HERE, I APPRECIATE THAT CHIEF GAYE POINTED THAT OUT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ONE OF MY FOUNDING PRINCIPLES IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS JUSTICE THAT TRIP HAS TO INVOLVE.

IT HAS TO INVOLVE RECONCILING WITH THE RACISM THAT CONTINUES TO LURK IN THE SHADOWS OF OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, UM, AND RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES IT SLIPS OUT INTO THE LIGHT AND FULL VIEW.

I THINK GETTING RID OF THE SO-CALLED BAD APPLES IS NOT THE FULL SOLUTION.

WE, WE HAVE REPORT AFTER REPORT AFTER REPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT TALK ABOUT OUR CULTURE OF BIGOTRY AND SEXISM.

AND I THINK I'M SUPER INSPIRED BY THE WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DESIRE TO RESTART CADET CLASSES IS DEEP AND, YOU KNOW, VERY PERSONAL FOR SOME FOLKS.

UM, AND I, I ABSOLUTELY RECOGNIZE WHY I ALSO APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CASA AND ALTAR.

I THINK THEY ADDRESSED A LOT OF MY CONCERNS, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CLEAR WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND DELIBERATION THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DECISION TO RESUME CADET CLASSES.

THIS IS ONE OF A TWO STEP PROCESS.

AND SO I I'M IN, I'M IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE.

WHEN THEY TELL US DON'T RESUME, WE'RE NOT READY.

WE HAVEN'T DONE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'VE EXPECTED FROM US.

YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

UM, I, I WANNA, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT I SUPPORT THEM AND THAT RATIONALE, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT FLIPPING THIS ONE SWITCH IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT THE END.

ALL I KNOW WE HAVE ONE MORE SWITCH TO FLIP, SO I'LL BE LISTENING CLOSELY WHEN THE TASK FORCE DOES TELL US WHAT THEY HAVE TO TELL US IN COMING WEEKS.

AND I THINK WHAT THEY SAY, UM, AND WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE SPENT SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME BEING A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION SAY, UM, ALL OF THAT IN BAD, MY DECISION, UH, ABOUT FLIPPING THAT SECOND SWITCH TO RESUME THE ACADEMY WE GOT HERE, LOSS, PHILOSOPHY TRUST.

UM, I, I REALLY THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE'RE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT, THAT WE CAN BE COLLABORATIVE,

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AND TRUTHFULLY, I'M NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED THAT WE'RE THERE YET.

UM, I DO THINK THE AMENDMENTS ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION.

COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THANKS, MAYOR.

I, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO, UH, AGAIN LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHAT GOT US HERE.

I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, FORMER CADETS THAT CAME AND TESTIFIED TO LESS NOW.

SO MANY MONTHS AGO THAT I THINK REALLY, UH, UH, SHAPED MY VIEWS ON THIS.

AND I THINK SO MANY VIEWS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO SO I APPRECIATE THEM COMING FORWARD.

UH, I APPRECIATE, UM, THE CHANGE THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, BECAUSE CERTAINLY THROUGH THESE PRESENTATIONS, IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE HAS BEEN CHANGED AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND NOW YOU MISS SCREEN HIM.

AND, UH, THE FOLKS AT CURL AND OPO AND EQUITY OFFICE AND EVERYONE THAT HAS WORKED TO CREATE, UM, SOME REAL CHANGE TO THIS POINT AND MORE PROMISE CHANGE HERE IN THE BLUEPRINT.

UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE TASKFORCE MEMBERS AND THEIR CONTINUED WORK.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT FROM THE MANAGER'S MEMO, THAT THESE DOLLARS, UM, THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED THROUGH US WOULD NOT COME FROM, UH, THE RE-IMAGINING SAFETY DOLLARS, NOR WOULD THEY COME FROM THE SERVICES WE'VE CHOSEN TO IMPROVE.

UM, AND SO I STILL THINK WE CAN GET AND RECEIVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE, ON THE BUDGET.

UM, AND, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TOWARDS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS DOESN'T, UH, SHORT CIRCUIT THAT, AND I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FOR ONE THESE AMENDMENTS AND TWO FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UM, TO, TO TAKE, MAKE THE HARD DECISION OF PAUSING THE ACADEMY FOR, FOR A SHORT WHILE.

UM, BECAUSE CLEARLY WITH CHANGES BEING MADE, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE HAD THESE CHANGES IF IT WERE NOT FOR, FOR THAT VOTE.

SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, THANK PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOTTEN US THIS FAR RECOGNIZED SOME OF THAT IMPORTANT WORK AND APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS BEING INCORPORATED.

I ALSO, ULTIMATELY, AND I'VE THE PEOPLE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL AN UNDER FORMER ROLES AT THAT MY BEST TO TELL THAT I, I'M STILL NOT A PLACE WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING, UH, THIS PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE SO MUCH OF THIS WORK I BELIEVE COULD HAVE GOTTEN DONE LEADING TO THIS POINT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE REALLY BROAD AGREEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE FULLY READY.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FOUR MEETINGS WITH THE CURRICULUM REVIEW TEAM.

UM, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST TO HAVE HAD THEM SORTED BEFORE, SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SAY LET'S TRY AND GET THEM DONE BEFORE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND THEN TO SAY, AND THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS CAN COME WITH 30 DAYS LEFT TO COMPLETE STEPS BECAUSE WE AREN'T THERE YET.

UM, AND SO I STILL DON'T FEEL FULLY COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE TIME NECESSARY TO GET THIS BAKED IN TIME FOR IT STARTING, I THINK WITH, WITH COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN JUST A FEW WEEKS, UM, THAT COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE FOLKS MAYOR, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UM, UH, THE IMPORTANT WORK IN THE BLUEPRINT AND THE IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS MADE OVER TIME.

UM, AND SO, UH, SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THAT WORD BECAUSE THAT IS, IT IS REAL WORK, EVEN IF IT STILL HASN'T GOTTEN ALL THE WAY THERE FOR ME YET.

AND I THANK YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR ME, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE IN CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR CLEANS DEPARTMENT AND OUR TASK FORCE WE'RE COMING TOGETHER.

AND FOR THE, FOR THIS COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, CUSTOMER KELLY AND I, THIS COUNCIL COMMITTED TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I KNOW THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND ONE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DEDICATED TO, UH, IT GIVES ME HOPE TO SEE THE COMMITMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE LAID OUT IN THE CALL REPORT AND TO SEE PROGRESS ALREADY MADE ON, ON THOSE RECOMMENDATION.

BUT WHAT DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME IS THAT THE TASK FORCE WAS NOT ENGAGED IN, IN THE BLUEPRINT AND THE LAYING OUT OF THE PATH FORWARD.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO WALK IN HAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

IF WE SET UP A COMMUNITY TASK FORCE STRUCTURE THAT THEY SHOULD BE EQUALLY AT THE TABLE AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LAY OUT THE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, BUT SO, AND AS, UM, COUNCIL OR MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON SAID, THIS IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

AND I KNOW THAT TODAY'S VOTE, UM, IS CONTINGENT ON THE NEXT BOAT, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY FUND THE NEXT ACADEMY.

SO FOR THIS BOOK, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN, UM, AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE

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PROGRESS DONE, UM, SO THAT I CAN GET TO A PLACE OF YES, AND, AND FUNDING THE CADET ACADEMY.

THANK YOU, UH, COLLEAGUES WHERE WE'RE, WHERE I AM ON THIS, THE CHIEF, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'M JUST MAKING SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME THERE.

UH, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGERS, THE SHOTGUN ASSISTANT CHIEF WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW THAT, UM, THE ONE, THE NEXT TIME IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP, IS TALKING ABOUT MY CONFIRMATION.

UM, AND, BUT I DID WANT, I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO JUST VOICE MY COMMITMENT, UM, TO, UH, TO MOVE THIS EFFORT FORWARD FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UM, FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED HERE, UH, I, I CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO REPEAT THEM, BUT JUST FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M IN LOCKSTEP WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THAT YOU HAVE MY KIPP, UH, COMMITMENT TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

IS THE WORK OF, UH, UH, OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE TASK FORCE, OUR STAFF PLEASE MONITOR, UH, THE EQUITY OFFICE HAS GOT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT A POLICE FORCE LOOKS LIKE WITH THOSE KINDS OF RESPONSIBILITIES REMOVED, UH, BETTER, BETTER, OR A DELEGATED.

YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE IT COLLEAGUES, UM, UH, BEGINNING WITH RECOGNIZING WHERE, WHERE WE STARTED WITH THIS AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK IT IS KIND OF REMARKABLE THAT, THAT IT WAS THE MAYOR PRO TEM, HIS ACTUAL MOVEMENT IN 2019.

UH, THAT SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM AND THAT THE, UH, UH, CADET CLASSES, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THAT NEXT A YEAR.

AND AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE GET, I THINK, THREE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE CADET CLASSES.

THE FIRST IS, IS THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO, UH, CUT THREE CLASSES.

WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THREE CLASSES AND, AND REPURPOSE THOSE DOLLARS TO TWO OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT WERE PRIORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND WE HAVE SEEN HOW THAT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN REDEPLOYED FOR, UH, MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION AND, UH, HOUSING, UH, SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN, UH, GET OUT OF, UH, TENTS AND OFF OUR STREET CORNERS AND, UH, HOUSING FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, SPOUSES THAT, UM, UH, ARE BEING THREATENED IN THEIR HOMES.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD, UH, REUSE OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT, THAT REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP A COMMUNITY THAT, UH, SAFE.

THE SECOND THING WE DID IS WE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THAT SAME ACTION, UH, THAT, THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING, UH, ANOTHER CASSETTE CLASS OR TWO, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR, UM, UH, 21.

UH, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING ANYTHING MORE THAN THIS ONE RIGHT NOW.

UH, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE INDICATED AT THE SAME TIME.

WE TOOK THAT EARLIER ACTION THAT WE WOULD, UH, THAT WE WOULD DO.

THE THIRD THING THAT WE DID BACK AT THAT BUDGET PROCESS WAS, UH, WE, WE, WE CUT SOME OF THE POLICE OF THE POLICE POSITIONS, UH, UNFILLED POSITIONS AT THE TIME OF WE CUT POLICE POSITIONS, UH, AND, AND RE DESIGNATED AND IDENTIFIED WHAT WAS OUR AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL COUNT, UH, AT THAT TIME.

UH, AND WE DID THAT, UH, AFTER HAVING REMOVED, UH, THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE, THAT WE CAN'T, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, EVEN WITH A 144TH CADET CLASS AND THOSE CADETS BECOMING POLICE OFFICERS, WE WILL STILL BE BELOW THE AUTHORIZED POLICE COUNT THAT WE SET AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WERE CUTTING THOSE THREE POLICE, GET THAT CLASSES.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WERE, WE WERE, WE WERE CUTTING POSITIONS, UH, ON THE, UH, ON THE POLICE FORCE.

SO THIS IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK BACK THEN, UH, BECAUSE IT SET UP, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN, I THINK, A PRETTY REMARKABLE, UM, UH, PROCESS TO, TO REALLY RE-IMAGINE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING AND THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT RECOGNIZES THAT THE TRUE AND REAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE OFTEN REQUIRES SOME MEASURE OF, OF DISRUPTION, UH, IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY DO REALLY FUNDAMENTAL WORK.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT REIMAGINING POLICING IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT VERY, VERY FEW OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, UH, AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY AS, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT OUR PLACE TO BE THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY DEALS WITH AND INTERSECTS WITH POVERTY.

OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT OUR POLICE TO BE OUR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE.

UH, AND, AND THIS

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NOW, THERE COULD BE A DAY WHEN WE DON'T NEED POLICE, AND I EAGERLY HOPE FOR THE DAY WHEN WE GET THERE, BUT THAT DAY ISN'T TODAY, UH, AND, AND THERE'S MUCH WORK TO DO, BUT YEAH, WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT MUCH WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN, BEEN DONE.

UH, WE HAVE THE REPORTS FROM, UH, DR.

M UH, VIENNA WAVE, UH, DR.

FERGUSON, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND AP EQUITY ASSESSMENT THAT THE, THE JAMES JOYCE CONSULTING REPORT, THE REPORTS FROM THE VIDEO REVIEW PANEL, UH, THE, THE, THE CVRP SUMMARY REPORTS PLUS THE WORK THAT, THAT AS BY THIS BLUEPRINT STILL HAS TO BE DONE, UH, BEFORE, UH, ANY NEW CADET CLASS, UM, UH, STARTS, UM, THE CITY MANAGERS BLUEPRINT, I THINK, RECOGNIZES THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT ALSO THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I THINK IT RECOGNIZES THAT CADETS REPRESENT PROBABLY OUR BEST CHANCE OF ADDING DIVERSITY ONTO OUR POLICE FORCE.

THESE CADETS CAN AND MUST BE THE CULTURAL CHANGE AGENTS, UH, IN OUR POLICE SCORES.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE IN APD, AND THAT INCLUDES HOW WE TRAIN AND HOW WE EDUCATE NEW OFFICERS.

AND WE NEED TO DO THAT WELL, AND WE ALSO NEED CADETS A NEW POLICE OFFICERS.

WE NEED TO DO BOTH, AND I BELIEVE THE BLUEPRINT TODAY, UH, MOVES US FORWARD IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY PROCESSES AND PERFECT THE PATHS NOT GOING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY YET.

AGAIN, THERE IS NO CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS DOING MORE THAN AUSTIN IN RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND FOR THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD.

I AM, AND I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I AM ALSO, UH, TORN ON THIS ONE, UH, BECAUSE I, I AGREE WITH THE INTENTIONS AND I THINK THERE ARE GOOD INTENTIONS HERE, BUT IN ORDER TO EARN THE TRUST, THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND SHOW RESULTS.

SO I WILL VOTE FOR IT TODAY, BUT ON JUST ON A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS, ONE, THIS IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

UM, AS PIN POINTED OUT, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IF I DON'T HAVE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS.

IN OTHER WORDS, I HAVE AN EXPECTATION.

I WILL HAVE AN EXPECTATION IN VOTING FOR THE, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE, WE HAVE EITHER COMPLETED, OR, OR I WILL HAVE SOME SURETY THAT I WILL KNOW THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETED.

AND I WILL KNOW WHAT THE, THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS.

SO FUNDAMENTAL THING HERE IS THAT, UM, AS, AS, AS EVIDENCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S AMENDMENTS, WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE IS THAT, UH, THE CADET CLASS WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL AFTER THE KROLL AMENDMENT, THE KROLL REPORT, AFTER THE FINAL CO PRO REPORT AND THE REPORT FROM THE, UH, TASK FORCE OR PRESENTED TO US.

AND THAT WILL NOT BE, UH, BEGUN UNTIL AFTER ALL OF THE, UM, ITEMS IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE MET.

SO THAT'S MY EXPECTATION.

AND SO I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO ME ON WHAT THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS, BUT I WILL VOTE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT MY EXPECTATION WILL BE AT THE POINT THAT, UH, A BUDGET AMENDMENT IS BROUGHT, BROUGHT TO US.

I WANT TO HAVE A, UM, UH, CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT'S TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE WILL KNOW THAT, UM, THE BLUEPRINT ITEMS HAVE BEEN MET BEFORE WE START THE CLASS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

OF AUSTIN, REGARDLESS OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WORK FOR SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN DEMORALIZED AND DEMEANED.

AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PROVIDING YOUR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.

I FEEL THERE ARE A FEW MORE FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO HUMANITY THAN EDUCATION.

WE RELY ON SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES TO ENLIGHTEN INFORM AND ENCOURAGE.

THEY ALSO PROMOTE GOOD CHARACTER AND BUILD BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

IN THE CASE OF OUR AUSTIN FLEX ACADEMY, THE EDUCATION IS TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN VILIFIED, SMEARED, BROKEN APART, AND SILENCED MORALE IN THE DEPARTMENT HAS PLUMMETED.

THESE OFFICERS ARE OUR EMPLOYEES, NO EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY

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AS THE POLICE HAVE BEEN THESE PAST FEW YEARS, I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND START WITH A NEW ACADEMY.

MAY TODAY BE A TURNING POINT HERE IN AUSTIN, AS WE FINALLY PASS FOR A DIVERSE AND COMPASSIONATE POLICE FORCE TO EDUCATE, GROW AND BE PROUD OF.

IT'S A FIRST SMALL STEP IN WHAT I HOPE WILL BE A MOVEMENT TOWARDS A REALISTIC APPROACH TO POLICING.

I COMMEND THE WORK THAT APD HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS TO IMPROVE THEIR CULTURE METHODS AND INFORMATION FLOW WITH THE ACADEMY.

I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE NO FURTHER DELAY OR NO FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON OUR CADET CLASS.

I HOPE THAT THE TIME IS NOW TO BRING FORWARD THE POLICE ACADEMY.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING BACK A TIME WHEN IT WAS PROTOCOL ON COUNCIL TO SPEAK HIGHLY OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE POLICIES IDEAS ARE OPPOSITE OUR OWN EVEN MORE.

SO IF THERE ARE EMPLOYEES OR VALUED PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THERE WAS ONE LAST PART THAT I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN ENTIRELY CLEAR ON WHEN I SPEAK IN TERMS OF THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

AND I'M USING THAT, THAT TERM AS THE PROCESS FOR, UM, PROCESS FOR CERTIFYING THAT THE BLUEPRINT ITEMS HAVE BEEN MET.

I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT CITY MANAGER, THAT THERE IS A, UH, PART OF THAT PROCESS INVOLVES THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.

UH, BUT I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO BE PART OF THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

AND SO WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

GOT IT.

ANYONE ELSE WANT US TO TALK BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR HELEN'S HAD HER HAND UP BEFORE TAKE YES.

SO, SO THAT PO MAY HAVE HAD HIS HAND UP.

SO WE'LL ALL LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

SORRY, GUYS.

UM, MY THOUGHTS ON THIS HAVE BEEN WELL EXPRESSED BY A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, PROBABLY THE MOST SIMILARLY TO HOW COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN KIND OF LAID IT OUT, UM, CAUTIOUS.

UM, THERE IS STILL WORK TO DO.

THERE'S STILL VOICES TO BE HEARD.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AFTER SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

SO, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO MAP OUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS OF FRAMEWORK AND THE BLUEPRINT, SOME GUARDRAILS THERE WILL BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND I'M ALSO VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THE CERTIFICATION WILL LOOK SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT LETTING GO OF SOME PROCESS THAT WE CARE ABOUT SO DEEPLY.

UM, SO I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY, KNOWING THERE ARE THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT TO TRULY GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY CUSTOMER ENTITY.

MA'AM, I'M ALSO GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, THIS ITEM.

UH, YOU KNOW, I FIRST CAME ON, I WAS, UH, A BIG ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITY POLICING BECAUSE WE IMPLEMENTED COMMUNITY POLICING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO OUR EVEN IMPROVED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MADE IT SAFER.

AND, UH, SO, UH, I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS NEW TRAINING AND ALEX, I WILL HAVE SIX HOURS TO HEAR THAT TAPE.

WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE THE TRAINING AND ALLOW THE CADETS TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THAT COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT.

THESE OFFICERS NEED TO GET OUT THERE BEFORE THEY GET INFLUENCED BY ANY OTHER, OTHER OFFICERS GET TO LEARN THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING OUT HERE.

AND I THINK IF WE DO IT AND NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. SO, UH, UM, I'M REALLY, REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS COULD BE A NEW POLICING.

AND, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MY SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS DONE THE RIGHT WAY.

IF NOT, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO BE IN AGAINST ANY MORE CLASSES.

UH, COMING TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I REALLY HOPE WE CAN MAKE EVEN MORE ROBUST.

ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK BEFORE I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER KIND OF TELLING ME WHERE ALTAR LESBIAN POLL AND COUNCIL MEMBER POLL, OH, HECK WHY NOT? THIS HAS BEEN A, A REALLY LONG ROAD.

I FEEL A SENSE OF OPTIMISM AND,

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I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.

UM, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR US AT THIS TIME.

AND I, I THINK OUR STAFF IS VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE DIOCESE ARE AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND OF EACH OTHER AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY AND THE PATH FORWARD FORWARD FOR OUR CITY.

IT'S BEEN HARD AND I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE SOME SUCCESSES THAT WE CAN ALL JOIN AND, AND BE PROUD OF.

AND SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITERATIONS THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE BRINGING TO US.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THERE'S WAY MORE AHEAD.

AND THIS IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FROM ME THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE HEAVY TASK THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

UM, I WANNA THANK OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS BODY, UM, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE ARE ON THIS JOURNEY OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND WE'RE DOING IT AT THE TIME THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC AND A CLIMATE CRISIS AND ALL SORTS AND A STORM AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE BEEN WILLING TO TAKE RISKS.

WE'VE BEEN WILLING TO SAY, WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WE'VE BEEN WILLING TO SAY THAT NOT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY FEELS SAFE.

UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ASK TOO MUCH OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION, UM, TO OUR OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME THE OFFICERS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE.

UM, TONIGHT'S MODE IS NOT THE FINAL VOTE.

UM, WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND I BELIEVE WHAT I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEARLY.

UM, AND I CONCUR WITH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT WE WILL NOT ADVANCE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT.

IF THE STEPS THAT ARE PROMISED IN THIS BLUEPRINT ARE NOT FULFILLED.

UM, AND THAT LET THAT BE AN INCENTIVE TO ALL WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THAT DONE, THAT WE MEAN BUSINESS.

WE, WE EXPRESS THAT IN AUGUST WHEN WE DIDN'T EXTEND THE OTHER CLASS.

UM, WE, WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH IF WE NEED TO, AT THE SAME, WE ARE EXPRESSING THAT WE ARE ON THIS JOURNEY AS A COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE MANY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET STAFFING BEING ONE OF THOSE.

UM, AND BY SAYING, WE MOVE FORWARD TODAY, WE'RE TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH, BUT WE'RE TAKING THAT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR APD, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT STEP ON THIS JOURNEY.

EVEN THE 144TH CLASS, IT IS A PILOT, THE 145TH CLASS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER NAME FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE OUR PILOT 2.0, IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LAUNCH TODAY IS A CULTURE AND A COMMITMENT AND A WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW US TO LEARN AND PERFECT AND GET IT RIGHT SO THAT WE CAN TRANSFORM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M EXCITED AND NERVOUS, AND I RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT THIS IS NOT A PERFECT PROCESS, BUT I THINK IT'S THE NEXT STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ON OUR JOURNEY.

ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, 37 AS AMENDED.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OPPOSED.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND COUNCIL.

REMEMBER COSARA VOTING.

NO, THOSE ABSTAINING.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAT.

THE MAYOR PROTON AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.

THIS THE OTHERS VOTING.

AYE.

IT PASSES, UH, EIGHT ONE TWO.

AND TAKE CARE OF, UM, ITEM A ONE 70

BUT IT WAS GOOD WORK.

WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS. WE REMEMBER, DON'T FORGET THAT WE LAID ON THE TABLE.

UM, THE, UH, UM, ONE SEVEN ONE 67 RATHER.

SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD

[117. Approve a resolution confirming the City Manager’s appointment of Assistant Chief of Police Joseph Chacon as Interim Chief of Police effective April 11, 2021.]

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MAY LOVE.

WHEN 17 A, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, NOMINATION, UH, COUNCIL, OUR POOL MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS, UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION COUNCILOR COSARA YOU PULLED IT.

DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS IT? YES, MAYOR.

UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR PATIENT'S CHIEF CHUCK ON, UH, HAVING TESTIFIED AT THE LEGISLATURE TODAY, UM, AND SPENT THE DAY AT THE CAPITOL AND THEN TO BE HERE TODAY ON, UH, WHAT I KNOW IS, UH, A SIGNIFICANT DAY FOR YOU.

UM, I, UM, I'VE, I'VE APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO, TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

UH, I CONGRATULATE YOU ON, ON BEING PUT FORWARD TODAY AND, UH, FOR CONFIRMATION.

UM, AND I JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, I'VE SENT SOME QUESTIONS OVER TO THE, UH, TO THE CHIEF AND, AND I JUST WANT, I KNOW THE ANSWER IS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ACTUALLY JUST ANSWERING YES.

TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS.

IT'S REALLY SHOWS YOU'RE LEADING IN TO THIS POSITION.

AND SO IT'S NOT A I'M I'M I'M, I AM FORECASTING THAT, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASK SOME NUMBER OF THE QUESTIONS HERE IN PUBLIC, JUST BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT VOTE.

AND I THINK IT, IT SETS FORWARD SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR SHARED PRIORITIES, AND I'M SURE AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AMONGST ALL OF US DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WE DISAGREE, BUT I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR COMMITMENT ON SOME OF THIS WORK.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I SENT, BUT JUST, BUT JUST SOME OF THEM.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT I EXPECT THAT IN MY FIRST THREE QUESTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH THE LPL.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT I EXPECT IN MANY CASES, YOU WILL AGREE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE OPO, BUT THEY WILL POTENTIALLY BE TIMES YOU DISAGREE.

IF THERE IS A POLICY RECOMMENDATION FROM OTO THAT YOU DON'T IMPLEMENT OR DON'T AGREE WITH, WILL YOU, IN THOSE CASES, SEND A MEMO TO COUNCIL EXPLAINING YOUR RATIONALE.

UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KSR, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND EVEN BEING CONSIDERED, I REALLY AM HONORED FOR THIS, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, UH, YES, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.

UH, PART OF OUR PROCESS, UH, WHEN, UM, THE LPO SENDS OVER A POLICY RECOMMENDATION, OF COURSE, WE, UM, WE FULLY VET IT CONSIDERATE TO SEE WHETHER IT WOULD, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES AND, UH, OR IF THERE ARE, IF IT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR SOME REASON.

AND, UM, I COMMIT TO SENDING BACK WRITTEN RESPONSES, UH, TO DIRECT DIRECTOR MUSTARD IN SO THAT SHE KNOWS, UH, EITHER YES, WE'RE GOING TO FULLY IMPLEMENT.

MAYBE WE CAN PARTIALLY IMPLEMENT, AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, OR THERE IS A DISTRICT AGREEMENT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UM, BOTH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS THE TOPIC.

AND IN THE END, IF WE JUST CANNOT COME TO TERMS, UM, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THE TOPIC IS.

AND THEN WE WOULD ISSUE A WRITTEN RESPONSE, WHICH OF COURSE IS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USEFUL WOULD BE IF THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE TO MATCH THEM TOGETHER, INTERMITTENTLY AND GET THEM OVER TO US SO THAT WE, SO THAT WE HAVE AROUND MY SECOND QUESTION RELATED TO OPO IS WILL YOU ENSURE THAT ALL QUESTIONS THAT OPO WANTS ASKED IN AN IAA INTERVIEW, IF THEY'RE PERTINENT QUESTIONS, THE INVESTIGATION INDEED DO GET ASKED? YES.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EASY ONE FOR, UH, FOR ME TO ACTUALLY COMMIT TO, BECAUSE IF IT IS A PERTINENT QUESTION, THEN IT SHOULD BE ASKED.

UM, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE OF COURSE, UM, DIFFERENCES IN OPINION ABOUT WHETHER, UH, WHETHER SOMETHING IS PERTINENT AND, UH, I COMMIT TO WORK WITH, UM, WAYFAIR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES SO THAT WE MINIMIZE THEM TO THE GRACE.

IT STANDS AND GET, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT HER OFFICE WANTS ASK, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ASKED.

YOU CAN WORK ON IN THAT MEMO, UH, HOW TO HAVE A, UH, UH, A PROCESS FOR WHEN THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHETHER A QUESTION IS PERTINENT OR NOT, HOW THAT WOULD GET HANDLED.

AND THEN, UH, MY THIRD AND LAST QUESTION RELATED TO THE OPO IS THAT ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED BY OPO ABOUT HOW INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS, HAS HANDLED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

CAN YOU WORK WITH OPO IN YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS, UH, AFTER BEING CONFIRMED HERE AS INTERIM CHIEF ON HOW TO DELIVER FIXES TO THOSE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND THEN DELIVER US A JOINT MEMO WITH YOUR STEPS MOVING FORWARD.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT MEMO, YOU COULD TALK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS ARE WORKED ON AS THOROUGHLY AS THOSE THAT ARE INTERNAL,

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IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DELIVER TO US IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OR WORK ON IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF, OF YOUR TIME? WELL, CERTAINLY FOR MY PART, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR A JOINT MEMO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR A DIRECTOR MUSKET IN, BUT I THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE, YEAH, I THINK SHE WOULD BE VERY AGREEABLE TO THAT AS WELL.

AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH HER ALREADY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD FIRST STEPS FORWARD.

UM, SO I DO THINK THAT BOTH OF US WOULD BE VERY AGREEABLE TO ISSUING, UH, A MEMO.

OF COURSE, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THOSE STEPS.

UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, THE SART.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME TO REALLY ADDRESS SEXUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT IN AUSTIN, WORKING ALONGSIDE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ADVOCATES, UH, THE DA AND MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE RECENTLY JOINED OR FULLY REJOINED MASSART.

I KNOW THAT SOME PART OF APD HAS BEEN AT LIKE VICTIM SERVICES, BUT THAT, UH, SCORN, UH, WAS, HAS, HAS NOT RECENTLY BEEN THERE.

WILL WE, UH, WILL YOU REJOIN THE, STARTS WITH SORT OF FAULT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING SCHOOL SWORE? YES.

UH, WE WILL BE REJOINING THE SARGE, UH, IN FULL, UM, AND, AND TO BE CLEAR, THE VICTIM SERVICES UNIT IN OUR FORENSICS DIVISION HAD, UH, IT NEVER STOPPED GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAINED A PRESENCE, UH, WHILE WE, YOU KNOW, UNDER, UM, THE LAST DA, WE, WE ACTUALLY WERE GOING TO TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS.

SO NOW WITH EVERYTHING BEING REJOINED UNDER ONE START, UM, YES, WE WILL BE REJOINING IN, IN FALL.

I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE APPROVED SOME SUBSTANCE USE CONTRACTS THAT BETTER GET AT THE ROOT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU CAN'T JUST ARREST AWAY ADDICTION, AND IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.

WHAT IDEAS MIGHT YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW DON'T SIMPLY GET SOLVED BY POLICING KNOWING THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BEST TO BRING US CONSENSUS ON THOSE CHANGES? UM, YES, I WILL COMMIT TO WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.

UM, SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANCE USE OFTEN INTERSECTS WITH SOME OTHER AREAS OF GREAT CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

AND, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, ON THE TRAVIS COUNTY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON, ON SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE CAN TRY AND INTERCEPT THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAVING THESE, ALL OF THESE TYPES OF ISSUES, INCLUDING SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES, UH, AT AN EARLIER, AT AN EARLIER POINT BEFORE THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHETHER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, INTERACTION WITH POLICE AT ALL, OR, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GO TO JAIL.

AND, UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM IS REALLY MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS ON, UM, SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS, INCLUDING, UM, EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOBERING CENTER HAS ACTUALLY BEEN EXPANDING, UH, THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS AREA TOO, BECAUSE MANY TIMES OUR OFFICERS WILL TRANS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INTOXICATED, NOT JUST ON ALCOHOL, BUT ON OTHER SUBSTANCES TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, GET THEM ENROLLED IN SERVICES AND GET THEM, LIKE I SAID, OUT OF THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE WORKS AS WELL.

SO I'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, UM, AND I'VE, I'VE INDICATED TO, UH, ALL THESE FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING WITH ON COMMITTEES THAT THAT IS ONLY GOING TO GET STRONGER AND, AND KIND OF REINFORCING THAT COMMITMENT.

THANK YOU, RYAN.

I HAVE TWO LAST QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, ON ISSUES OF, OF USE OF FORCE, WE KNOW THAT THE RPO HAS RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT.

CAN'T WAIT, AND THOSE GENERAL ORDER CHANGES.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS SHOOTING AT MOVING VEHICLES, LIMITING NO-KNOCK WARRANTS, UH, PRESSING FACIAL RECOGNITION AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT ON THESE SETS OF ISSUES.

THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE ON THOSE GENERAL ORDER UPDATES.

ARE YOU READY TO WORK ON THOSE GENERAL OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO BRING THOSE CHANGES IN A WAY THAT REALLY TRIES TO ACHIEVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CPRC THE DEPARTMENT OPO ALL OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, CAN YOU TRY AND DO OUR VERY

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UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTENT OF, UH, THE A CAN'T WAIT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME ON TRYING TO FIND THE WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM WITHOUT SACRIFICING PUBLIC SAFETY OR OFFICER SAFETY.

BOTH OF THOSE OBVIOUSLY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICE, UH, MODELS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED BY RESPECTED, UH, INSTITUTIONS LIKE PERF AND BY ICP, UM, THAT, THAT ARE HELPING TO DRIVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE, SO THAT IN THE END, WE WALK OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE CPRC, THE OPO AND APD CAN ALL SAY THAT THEY HAD A HAND IN AND THAT, UM, AND THAT, THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET BEHIND.

PUBLIC SECURITIES SHOULD BE DONE.

LAST, LAST QUESTION, RELATED TO, UM, TO THE BROADER REIMAGINING WORK IN THE WORLD, DOING, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO TRY AND FIND ALTERNATIVE RESPONDERS FOR APPROPRIATE NINE 11 CALLS THAT MIGHT BE BETTER HANDLED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE SWORN OFFICER OR THINGS THAT CAN BE BETTER AND MORE COST-EFFECTIVELY HANDLED BY CIVILIANS, THEREBY REDUCING THE WORKLOAD ON SWORN OFFICERS.

SO WHAT ARE SOME BIG OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE RE-IMAGINING SAFETY PROCESS WHERE YOU THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY BE MORE EFFECTIVE, THINK OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND REALLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE SAFE? YEAH, PROBABLY WOULD SAY THAT THE BIGGEST, UM, OPPORTUNITY IS IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH.

WE, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO, IT WAS DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

I BELIEVE THAT WE INSTITUTED AND STARTED OUR CRISIS CALL DIVERSION PROGRAM IN OUR, UH, CALL TAKING CENTER FOR NINE 11 CALLS.

AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS A FOURTH OPTION IN THE CALL TAKING SCRIPT WHERE WHEN IT'S ANSWERED, THEY SAY, UH, DO YOU NEED POLICE, FIRE EMS, OR MENTAL HEALTH? IF THEY SAY MENTAL HEALTH, THEY'RE DIVERTING TO, UP TO A COUNSELOR TO SEE IF WE CAN, AS I SAID, KIND OF DIVERT THAT RESPONSE AWAY FROM, FROM POLICE AND GET THEM WITH THE TRUE EXPERTS ARE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS WITH INTEGRAL CARE.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS THAT, UM, UH, WITH REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH, THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE TIMES IN THIS KIND OF PROGRESS AND THESE EFFORTS CONTINUE.

AND, UM, I DO THINK THAT, UH, THE MORE THAT WE CAN TAKE THOSE TYPE OF CALLS THAT ARE BETTER HANDLED BY PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE POLICE WHO TRULY HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND LET OUR GIVE OUR OFFICERS MORE TIME TO HANDLE, UH, THE MORE SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT WE KNOW IS HAPPENING, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR IT.

SO I, UM, I WILL COMMIT TO CONTINUING THOSE KINDS OF EFFORTS, THE CHIEF, UM, THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING JOB, AND I KNOW YOU'VE SERVED THE DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR A LONG TIME IN THIS WORK.

I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THOSE COMMITMENTS TO REJOINING THE SART AND ADDRESSING THOSE USE OF FORCE POLICIES, UM, AND, AND WORKING WITH US IN THESE INTERIM MONTHS ON THE REIMAGINING SAFETY PROCESS.

AND SO I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST AND WE'LL SUPPORT YOU IN THIS THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UH, THIS IS NOT AN EASY CITY PROBABLY TO BE POLICE CHIEF.

UH, IT'S A, IT'S A CITY THAT, THAT IS REALLY TRYING TO, TO, UM, TRULY, UH, DRAW ON A WHITEBOARD AND, AND ADVANCE AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT ARE NOT RUN OF THE MILL OR ALREADY INCORPORATED BY OTHER CITIES, BUT TO REALLY EXAMINE, UH, WHAT IT TAKES TO, TO TAKE AN ALREADY SAFE CITY AND MAKE IT EVEN SAFER.

UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT DRAWS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CRITICISM, UH, INCLUDING UP THE STREET HERE, UH, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PINK DOME.

UH, AND, AND AS THE POLICE CHIEF AND IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, IT'S, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT GIVEN THE CONTROVERSIES AROUND AROUND POLICY, UH, DERIVE I'VE FREQUENTLY SAID THAT, THAT IT, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AUSTIN BE SOMEONE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT ONLY IS WILLING TO EXECUTE THE COMMUNITY WILL FOR HOW

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UH, BUT, UH, BUT EXECUTIVE THAT, THAT SHARES IN, IN THE REASON FOR THAT, UH, AND THE BASIS FOR THAT, SO THAT IT GOES BEYOND JUST EXECUTING INSTRUCTIONS.

BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT BELIEVES THAT THERE'S AN IMPORTANT REASON TO DO THAT.

YOU TESTIFIED TODAY, UH, AT THE CAPITOL AS HOW OUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, ON QUESTIONS OF POLICING IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS, UH, ALTOGETHER FRIENDLY, UH, FOR THE CITY, UH, YET ITS EFFORTS HERE.

AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, YOU WERE GREAT.

UH, AND I THINK THAT, THAT THE WAY THAT YOU OPENED YOUR TESTIMONY IN TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF, OF FURTHERING THE COMMUNITY WILL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD TRUST, TO, TO TAKE A LOOK, BECAUSE AT SOME, AT, AT A BOTTOM LEVEL, THAT'S WHAT SO MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT, UH, IT'S HAVING EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY TRUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRUST THAT, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE KEPT SAFE, UH, TRUST THAT, UH, THE POLICE ARE THERE TO PROTECT THEM.

IT'S THE, THE, THE TRUST OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN, IN, IN OUR POLICE, AS OUR GUARDIANS IS, IS REALLY THE BASE VALUE THAT MAKES POLICING WORK.

UH, I, THE GRADUATE YOU ON THE PROMOTION, UH, AND THE NOMINATION I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO NOTE THAT THAT TODAY, UH, AGAIN, UH, YOU STEPPED INTO, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PLACE, AND, AND YOU WERE A WONDERFUL ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IT IS THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

CAN'T HEAR YOU, KATHY.

THE CHIPMUNK IS BACK.

HOW ABOUT THAT? I'LL BE VERY QUICK.

UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE JUST A LITTLE EARLIER AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ASSISTANT CHIEF SOON TO BE INTERIM CHIEF.

CHUCK HAHN'S WORK ON THE SOBERING CENTER BOARD.

I THINK YOU'VE BROUGHT TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THAT ROLE.

AND, AND I'VE HAD THE, REALLY THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU FOR A SHORT TIME IN THAT CAPACITY.

AND, AND, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOU STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE AS INTERIM CHIEF.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE IN THIS NEW CAPACITY.

I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE IN YOU, BUT ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER.

CASPER COUNTY.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU AS WELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF CHICAGO, AND SOON TO BE INTERIM CHIEF FOR REACHING OUT TO ME THIS WEEK.

I KNOW YOU REACHED OUT TO ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO START TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH US WILL BE IN, AND IT'S VERY POSITIVE, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH, AND THE TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE.

THANK YOU, UM, CHIEF TO CONE, UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, PLEASED TO SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION.

I DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK.

UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY TO REFLECT ON THE CONVERSATION WE JUST COMPLETED WITH RESPECT TO THE ACADEMY, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUST IS BROKEN IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT COMMITMENT YOU CAN GIVE US THAT APD WILL IMPLEMENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRULY TRANSFORM THE ACADEMY AND THE CULTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING US TO THIS 140 FOURTH, UM, CLASS PILOT, ISN'T GOING TO BE ON YOUR WATCH.

UM, COMPLETELY I SUSPECT GIVEN THE TIMING.

UM, AND YOU JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HEARD SOME RESERVATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND AS YOU STEP INTO YOUR NEW ROLE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

CERTAINLY I APPRECIATE

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IT.

UM, SO TRUST, IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY BUILT ON TWO PRINCIPLES.

UM, THE WAY THEY WERE COMMUNICATING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER THAT'S COUNCIL, WHETHER IT'S OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND EVEN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF.

UM, AND THEN THE TRANSPARENCY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE AND TO THE COMMENTS THE MAYOR KIND OF OPENED WITH, I MADE SOME, SOME COMMENTS, UH, AT THE, AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY, REALLY HIGHLIGHTING, UH, WHERE WE FELL SHORT AND WHY I THINK THAT, UM, MAYBE SINCE THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN BY, UH, BY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST YEAR HAVE, HAVE OCCURRED.

AND IF WE HAVE TO, WE REALLY HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE THE DEPARTMENT CAN DO BETTER AND THEN LAY OUT THAT PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE BLUEPRINT AND THE PLAN REALLY TO, UM, GET OUR ACCOUNTANTS GOING AGAIN IS ALL ABOUT UNDER MY WATCH.

UM, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BROUGHT ON SOME JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING DR.

ANCHORING TO, UM, IS BRINGING ALL READY IN HER SHORT TIME HERE, A VERY GOOD PERSPECTIVE AND, UM, AND KNOWLEDGE INTO THAT IS GOING TO INFORM THIS PROCESS.

UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SCRUTINY ON IT.

THAT'S A GOOD THING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LET IT VEER OFF TRACK.

SO I FELT VERY CONFIDENT THAT WITH, UH, THE COMMITMENT THAT THAT I'M MAKING AND THAT APD COLLECTIVELY IS MAKING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING THOSE GUARDIANS, THAT I KNOW THAT, THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO FAIL.

UM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR EXECUTIVE AND COMMAND STAFF GOING FORWARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT THE ACADEMY, YOU KNOW, AND THE TRAINING FOR CADETS.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT RIGHT AT THE START OF OUR CONVERSATION WAS THE PRIDE THAT YOU HAVE, UM, IN THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN APD, UM, AND YOUR CONFIDENCE, UM, WHICH I SHARE IN THEIR ABILITIES AND THEIR, UM, GOING OUT EVERY DAY AND RISKING THEIR LIVES AND SERVING, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A, HOW, HOW YOU WANT TO, UM, CONTINUE TO HELP THEM DEVELOP AS LEADERS AND AS GUARDIANS, UM, AND THEN ALSO SPEAK TO HOW YOU AS CHIEF AND YOUR EXECUTIVE GROUP ARE GOING TO MAKE EFFORTS TO LISTEN TO THE OFFICERS, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE GREAT IDEAS, THEY HAVE THOUGHTS, THEY HAVE INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE NOT ALWAYS OF LATE BEEN ABLE TO SURFACE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THROUGH A SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY BEEN HAVING, UM, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AT VARIOUS LEVELS, I'VE MET WITH THE COMMANDERS THIS WEEK.

UH, OF COURSE I'VE MET WITH EXECUTIVE STAFF TO LAY OUT WHAT MY PLAN AND MY VISION IS FOR HOW WE WILL, UH, REALLY IMPROVE MORALE.

WE WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, CREATE AREAS WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL EMPOWERED AND THAT WE ARE ESPOUSING TRUE SERVANT LEADERSHIP BY, UH, BY EMPOWERING THEM AND BY, UM, GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

UH, JUST THIS WEEK WE HAD, UH, MEMBERS, UH, AT VARIOUS RANKS STARTING WITH, UH, FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS ALL THE WAY UP TO COMMANDERS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, UH, THAT, THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON.

UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MONTHS THAT WILL BE VERY INTROSPECTIVE FOR OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES.

AND THEN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE GUIDANCE AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT I KNOW THAT OUR COMMAND STAFF HAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND PUSH DOWN THROUGH THE RANKS, UM, TO, TO THE OFFICERS ALL THE WAY TO THE LINE LEVEL.

UM, WE WILL BE INSTILLING THAT, THAT SERVANT LEADERSHIP MINDSET, UM, BY, BY CREATING WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, THE PRINCIPLES OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, WHICH REALLY ALL THAT MEANS IS JUST BEING VERY TRANSPARENT IN THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OWN FOLKS, UH, GIVING THEM A VOICE IN THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS A DEPARTMENT, MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DRIVE AND INNOVATE, BUT ALSO THAT THEY HAVE THE BUY-IN DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN EXPLAINING THE WHY ON WHEN SOMETIMES THINGS CHANGE.

UM, WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST ABOUT DOING THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ANY BIG ORGANIZATION.

COMMUNICATION WILL ALWAYS BE A CHALLENGE.

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SO THAT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF STRATEGIES THAT ARE REALLY LAYING OUT FOR OUR FOLKS VERY EARLY ON, TOO, ON HOW WE WILL DRIVE THAT CHANGE AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO DRIVE THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

ANYONE ELSE KIND OF SORRY, CALCULATE AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, I DON'T THINK HAS HAD A CHANCE TO GO YET.

I ALMOST DID IT.

UM, CIVILIAN AND SWORN LEADERSHIP ABOUT HOW WE ARE CHANGING UP SOME OF OUR PROCESSES, UH, ENTRY-LEVEL PROCESSES, UM, ON, ON DOCUMENTS THAT PEOPLE FILL OUT AND ON THE, ON THE, UM, THE INITIAL MEETINGS THAT THEY'RE HAVING AS THEY INTEGRATE IN AS A CITY EMPLOYEE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THAT THERE ARE STRONG STATEMENTS THAT SAY THAT HARASSMENT, RETALIATION, UM, RACISM, ALL OF THOSE ARE, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, UH, TEACHER CONE.

I, UH, I HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF HAVING HAD SOME VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE EMOTIONAL MATURITY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR A PERSON TO REMAIN PROFESSIONAL, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF, UM, TENSE CONVERSATIONS AND SOMETIMES, UM, UH, ON THE RECEIVING END OF CRITICISM.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, TO US HAVING A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

UM, AND SO I, I, I GUESS MY QUESTIONS KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED, BUT BECAUSE THOSE WERE SO, UM, UH, I GUESS NOT AS GRANULAR AS THE ONES I'D LIKE TO ASK, I'M GOING TO ASK SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST AND HAVE FOUND MYSELF WANTING TO MAKE SURE AREN'T THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.

SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU KNOW, THE FIFTH FLOOR, RIGHT? IT'S THIS, IT'S LIKE, UH, THE NEVER ENDING STORY, RIGHT? IT'S THE, IT'S THE PLACE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO IT'S, UH, IT, I DON'T KNOW.

IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A VERY DISTINCT SEPARATION.

UM, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE FIFTH FLOOR AND THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK IN THE FIFTH FLOOR, AND I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO FEEL LIKE, UM, A PART OF OUR CULTURE SHIFT HAS TO DO WITH SHIFTED IN THAT MENTALITY.

AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR OPINION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CULTURE AND IDEALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU.

I DON'T THINK THAT HAS EVER BEEN THE INTENT.

IT WAS VERY MUCH THE OUTCOME.

AND, UM, AND I RECOGNIZE FROM, AS YOU SAID, CRITICISMS THAT HAVE BEEN LEVIED AGAINST, AGAINST MYSELF AND OTHER MEMBERS OF, OF EXECUTIVE STAFF, UM, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVING THE DIVIDE OR ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.

BUT, UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP THAT WILL CHANGE AND I'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR, UM, ALREADY TO EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.

UM, WHETHER THAT IS IN MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE, IF ARE INVESTIGATIVE UNITS OR, UM, ON PATROL WITH OUR OFFICERS SO THAT THEY FEEL WE'RE CREATING, WE'RE CREATING SPACES AND AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS.

AND THAT HAS, I THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN LACKING TO GREAT EXTENT.

UM, OUR COMMAND STAFF IS FULLY ON BOARD WITH THIS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE, UM, THAT WAS THERE AND, UH, AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD WAY FORWARD.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE I HEARD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THIS LAST ESPECIALLY YEAR AND A HALF OR SO.

UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I KNOW ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SPOKE TO MORALE, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO POINT OUT THAT FOR SOME OFFICERS THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LOSS OF MORALE, THE LOSS OF THE LOVE OF THE JOB DIDN'T COME FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR CONSTITUENTS, IT CAME FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, IT CAME FROM THEIR COWORKERS, THEIR PEERS.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IN THIS SHIFT AND THIS ADJUSTMENT, THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE, WE MEAN, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITES WHO DO THIS JOB, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE BEST JOB AND ENJOY THEIR JOB, AND ALSO ENJOY THEIR COWORKERS AND NOT FEAR RETALIATION OR, UM, ABUSE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT'S A, A KEY COMPONENT TO OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT RE-IMAGINING AND I, AND I HOPE THAT AS WE ARE SEARCHING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, OF THAT, UH, CONCEPT TO KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE, INCLUDING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, NO, NO TOLERANCE WHATSOEVER FOR THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR.

UM, I, I HOPE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL CARRY IT AND, AND EVEN THE LEGACY THAT THEY PICK UP, I HOPE TO BE.

UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING, I WAS TALKING WITH CIVILIAN,

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AND SO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY SIGN, CHECK A SAYING THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND THAT THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY IT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE INSTITUTING A CULTURE NOW THAT FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT THAT THEY COME IN, THEY KNOW WHAT THE GROUND RULES ARE AND THAT IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

AND FOR OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, THAT TO, TO HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF ACTIVE BYSTANDERS SHIP BY STANDARD SHIP, TO IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY WILL CALL IT OUT.

AND I THINK THAT HAPPENS, UM, THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR MUSTARD IN WITH THE OPO IS VERY AWARE THAT MO MANY MORE, UM, INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINTS ARE GENERATED INTERNALLY THAN EXTERNALLY, UH, WITH OUR OWN OFFICERS OR SUPERVISORS CALLING OUT WHEN THEY SEE POLICY VIOLATIONS LIKE THAT AND OTHERS THAT OCCUR.

SO, UM, WE CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO, TO MAKE OURSELVES BETTER.

I THINK THAT THE, UM, THE, THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE HAS, HAS WORN ON THEIR MORALE AS WELL.

I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET IT FROM TELEVISION AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND, UH, AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH FOR THE LAST NINE TO 12 MONTHS AND NOT HAVE IT AFFECT YOU AS WELL.

BUT I CERTAINLY TO YOUR POINT, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I WISH YOU LUCK.

THANK YOU FOR KITCHEN OCCASION.

UM, I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO, UM, TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE AUSTIN'S CARES PROGRAM.

I MEAN, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS A VERY INNOVATIVE PROGRAM.

AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY PUTS US AT THE FOREFRONT OF ADDRESSING, UM, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE.

SO IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A FOURTH, FOURTH OPTION.

UM, AND SO, UM, AND I, AND I KNOW I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE THAT ARE PART OF THAT AUSTIN CARES PROGRAM.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS GUIDING IT TO THIS POINT.

UM, AND FROM YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER ON, I'M SURE WE CAN TRUST YOU TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE DIFFERENT, THE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT WERE RECENTLY MOVED BACK ONTO PATROL, IF THERE WAS ANY PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD TO PUT THE SPECIALIZED UNITS BACK OR NOT, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU HAD PLANS FOR.

I'M NOT SURE THAT, THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE BACK IN PLACE UNDER THIS INTERIM PERIOD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF MOVES.

SO, UM, THERE ARE NO SHORT TERM PLANS TO, TO MOVE PEOPLE BACK TO THOSE POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.

UM, THE REASON WE MOVED THEM THERE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH PATROL OFFICERS TO HAVE ADEQUATE, UM, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS ON PATROL WITH, WITH GOOD RESPONSE TIMES.

AND, UH, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT PUBLIC SERVICE FOR NINE 11 CALLS.

UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DOWN THE ROAD, UM, AS WE HAVE OUR ACADEMY CLASSES, RUN IT AGAIN.

AND, UM, AND WE START TO REFILL THE RANKS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE OFFICERS BACK TO THOSE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS THAT WE HAD TO MOVE THEM FROM.

UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE A LONGER TERM BASIS.

UH, APPROVING THE NOMINATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE HOPE IS, IS THAT WITH THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN WITH HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND, AND GETTING BETTER MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, UH, AND THE OTHER WORK WE HAVE, UH, THAT, UH, UH, SOME OF THE WORKLOAD AND SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE FORCE WILL ALSO CHANGE.

UH, AND, AND, AND THAT WILL ALSO HELP, UH, WITH, UH, ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE OFFICERS THAT YOU NEED WHERE YOU NEED THEM? ANYTHING ELSE? LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH,

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THOSE OPPOSED.

I THINK IT IS EVERYBODY.

UH, SO 11.

OH, THAT PASSES.

UM, YES, YOU CAN THROW A POLL.

DID YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNSELOR OVER TABBA WAS ABLE TO REGISTER? OH, SHE IS SHE'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, NINE, 10, 11, ALL 11 AS PER PRESENT MANAGER.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, JUST A WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR THIS CONFIRMATION TACOMA AS THE INTERIM CHIEF FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS? AGAIN, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER LEADER TO ALLOW US TO NAVIGATE THIS AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM AT THE HOME FOR THESE SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE LOOK FOR OUR PERMANENT CHIEF.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU, CHIEF CHECON FOR TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBLE CONGRATULATIONS.

GETS US TO THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH WE HAD TABLED, UH, FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA TO COME BACK WITH SOME WORDING FOR US.

THAT

I THINK I HAD, UM, UH, 67.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

LOST YOUR CAFFEINE.

EVERYBODY ELSE TURNED OFF YOUR, COULD YOU, UM, WE CAN HEAR YOU THEN.

THIS IS UNDER CASIO TODAY.

UM, SO I CAN HEAR MYSELF ECHOING, SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN JUST SPEAK SLOWLY.

UH, THOSE COMMISSIONS LOOK TO THE PERSON THEY'LL IDENTIFY TO SERVE ON THIS, I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST AN URGE THAT IT'D BE BE SOMEBODY WHO TAKES THAT TASK ON WITH THAT IN MIND.

SO YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW.

NOW I CAN HEAR YOU THROUGH MY PHONE.

ALRIGHTY.

I SENT AROUND, UH, OR KATIE POWERS SENT AROUND THE AMENDMENTS THAT REFLECT THOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER THE AUDITOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR.

THOSE ARE ALSO POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, AND I CAN JUST KIND OF QUICKLY POINT OUT WHAT THOSE ARE.

UM, THIS IS A SECOND ROUND OF THEM.

SO IGNORE THE FIRST SHEET THAT YOU GOT THIS MORNING.

IT WOULD JUST UPDATE, UPDATE THE EXPECTATION OF HOW WE'LL HAVE THESE SESSIONS.

AND SO I HAD ENVISIONED KIND OF A DAY LONG EXPLORATION.

I KNOW I RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SUGGESTION FROM A CO-SPONSOR THAT INSTEAD OF ONE DAY, THAT THESE BE SCHEDULED AS TWO HALF DAYS.

AND SO I THINK I WOULD SUGGEST YOU LEAVE IT OPEN AS TO WHICH OF THOSE WORKS OUT.

I'M FINE WITH TWO HALF DAYS, AND THAT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO SCHEDULE.

AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE JUST ALLOW OUR STAFF TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS WELL FOR OUR, WHAT WORKS WELL FOR OUR COLLECTIVE SCHEDULES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT, THOSE, THAT PERIOD OF TIME SCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO THE NEXT EDIT EDIT TO LINES 41 THROUGH 43, JUST REFLECTS THE AUDITOR'S REQUEST.

UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER SUGGESTION TO THAT.

WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPECT THE AUDIT TO COVER ALL OF THOSE AREAS OF INTEREST, BUT THAT THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF INTEREST FROM WHICH WE'RE GOING TO REFINE THE SCOPE.

AND AGAIN, MY INTENT HERE IS TO HAVE EACH OF THESE THREE PIECES REALLY SERVE A DIFFERENT FUNCTION FOR PIECES WHEN YOU COUNT THE CITY MANAGERS AFTER ACTION REPORT.

SO THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, THE CITY MANAGER IS DOING AN AFTER ACTION REPORT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE HAVING OUR OWN REVIEW THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO TASK THE AUDITOR WITH AN EXPLORATION OF WHAT, WHAT HER OFFICE IS REALLY MOST CAPABLE OF DOING, WHICH IN MANY CASES IS DIGGING DEEPER AND TALKING WITH STAFF AND, AND LOOKING AT LOOKING AT OUR OPERATIONS IN A WAY THAT WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO, UM, AS A COUNCIL AND, AND ALSO LINING THAT UP WITH BEST PRACTICES AND OTHER AREAS.

SOME OF YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME WITH REALLY CURIOUS FACES.

CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? OKAY.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THAT IS THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE I'VE, I'VE LAID OUT.

UH, AND OF COURSE MY SPONSORS HAVE AS WELL LAID OUT A DESCRIPTION OF THAT.

AND I WANT TO JUST SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES TALKING ABOUT WHAT I ENVISIONED FOR THAT PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF, A LOT OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE PROVIDING US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I SPOKE TO THIS A LITTLE BIT ON TUESDAY.

I REALLY ENVISIONED THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE AS A LISTENING BODY.

AND, AND AS,

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I, I SEE THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE AS A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE INVOLVED AS VOLUNTEERS OR WERE IMPACTED, UM, IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY AND WATER CRISIS WHO HAVE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

UH, I REALLY SEE THAT BODY AS A SESSIONS TO HAPPEN FOR THAT TESTIMONY TO BE HEARD.

AND THAT THAT COMMISSION WILL THEN RETURN TO US NOT A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT REALLY INSTEAD OF A NARRATIVE, A REPORT THAT ACCOUNT THAT PULLS TOGETHER WHAT SOME OF THE COMMON THREADS ARE, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE THEMES ARE THAT AROSE FROM, FROM THE TESTIMONY AND ACCOUNTS THAT THEY HEARD OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES AND UNIQUE VOICES THAT HAPPENED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR TESTIMONY, SO THAT THEY'RE REALLY HANDLING A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION, AND FRANKLY ALSO GIVING SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND SHARE AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEIR ACCOUNTS OF WHAT WAS FOR SO MANY, A REALLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

SO I THINK THAT WILL INFORM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND INFORM THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE DO IN RESPONSE AND THE KIND OF WAY IN WHICH WE DEVELOP REDEVELOP AND BUILD ON OUR RESILIENCE PLANS.

AND I THINK THAT KIND OF COVERS THAT I WOULD ALSO, UM, AND HAVE INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION IN REC, UH, AN ALTERNATE WAY OF PEOPLE PROVIDING TESTIMONY THROUGH OUR SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PUBLIC PORTAL, AND ALSO A REQUEST, A SPECIFIC REQUEST, THESE MATERIALS.

SO THAT THE SOUNDS THEN THE MINUTES, AND THEY, UM, BOTH, BOTH THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PORTAL, AS WELL AS THE MEETINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY TASK FORCE HOLD AND THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE BECOME PART OF AN AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, UH, FILE FOR THIS CREATED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

SO THAT WE ALSO HAVE A KIND OF FORMAL DOCUMENTATION OF, OF THIS, UM, EXPERIENCE.

SO I'LL STOP THERE FOR A MOMENT.

I'M SURE THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THOSE ARE, I THINK THAT CAPTURES THE AMENDMENTS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT THE FOUR DISTINCT AREAS, THIS REVIEW.

AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNSEL, REMEMBER KITCHEN.

OH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR EARLIER.

SPEAKING ABOUT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IS THAT IS THE, THE DEFINITION OF THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT IS SOMETHING I THINK THE WHOLE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON JUST AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS, HAS SPOKEN TO ALL OF THESE OTHER SUBJECTS, BEING SOMETHING THE WHOLE COUNCIL SHOULD BE, UH, WEIGH IN ON.

I THINK THAT THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL WEIGH ON, WEIGH IN ON.

SO I THINK PARTICIPATING IN THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHEN IT COMES UP, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS NEXT WEEK, UH, WILL BE A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT.

SO I PLAN ON PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSELOR ELLIS, THEY ARE JUST COMMENTS.

I, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS AND, UM, THE SPONSOR CO-SPONSORS AND ANYONE WHO MADE AMENDMENTS, GETTING IT TO A PLACE WHERE WE ALL KIND OF UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT DOES.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF IT.

UM, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A CUMBERSOME TASK AND SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NECESSARY AND NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

SO THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ALTAR.

UM, AND THAT WE NEED TO FIX.

UM, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT, UM, WITH THIS ITEM, UM, THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK FROM THE STORM.

UM, THE CITY MANAGER IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY EARLIER TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON ON THE STAFF SIDE THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN THOSE COME BACK, WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, BE DISCUSSING THOSE AS WELL.

BUT THOSE WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.

UM, ONE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I SERVE ON AUSTIN ENERGY AS DOES EVERYONE IN AUSTIN WATER AND EXPECT THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN THOSE FORUM AS WELL.

UM, AND THINGS THAT WILL BE DONE IN AUDIT AND FINANCE AS WE, YOU KNOW, MOVE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND GET THROUGH CERTAIN, CERTAIN THINGS.

UM, SO I THINK THIS SHOULD BE VIEWED AS THE START AND WHERE WE START.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND THINGS AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UM, STARTLING.

UM, AND I, I'VE BEEN DOING SOME LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS AND I'VE ALREADY FOUND SOME THINGS THAT ARE SHOCKING TO ME THAT I WANT TO LOOK DEEPER, DEEPER INTO,

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AND SO I JUST, I APPRECIATE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP, BUT I, I'M NOT UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THIS WILL BE THE END AND BE ALL FOR A TREMENDOUS EVENT THAT HAD SUCH A BROAD, UM, IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THESE PUBLIC FORUMS AND THIS PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CIDER? IS THERE A MOTION? I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY TOOK A MOTION BEFORE, BUT IN CASE WE DIDN'T BACK AT THE BEGINNING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS THE MOTION.

AND I WAS SECONDING IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

AND IF WE DIDN'T, WE HAVE NOW TOTAL MAKING AN EMOTION ALTER SECOND.

AGAIN, IT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENTS? YES.

COUNCILOR TABLEAU.

I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, RIGHT.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

THIS IS AS I, AS I KIND OF HINTED AT TUESDAY AND I'LL JUST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THEY'RE ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO, TO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, UM, AND WHAT WE SAW DURING THE STORM AND THE RESPONSE AND THE PREPARATIONS BEFOREHAND.

MY HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL BE THAT THIS WILL START US ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT WILL ALSO, UM, HAVE HELP US IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT WE WANT THE MANAGER TO ADDRESS IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT.

AND SO I REALLY WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE EXHIBIT A THAT WAS CIRCULATED AS PART OF THIS AS WELL.

IT'S IT'S, UM, I DID KIND OF A FIRST PASS AT THAT AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENT OR INPUT FROM OTHERS.

I DID THE BEST I COULD TO KIND OF SUM UP, UH, TO GO THROUGH AMENDMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAD BROUGHT IN THOSE EARLY SESSIONS AND COMMENTS THAT I'D HEARD YOU MAKE AND CONSTITUENT FEEDBACK AND OTHER KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE PUBLIC OR QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE MYSELF TO COMPILE THAT WORK PLAN FOR THAT DAY OR THOSE TWO HALF DAYS.

AND I'VE DIVIDED IT INTO TWO KINDS OF TWO KINDS OF TOPICS.

AND THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR THIS SUGGESTION.

SO SOME WOULD BE TOPICS.

THE BOLDED ITEMS ARE TOPICS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND.

SOME ARE THEM ARE LONGER TOPICS.

SOME OF THEM ARE SHORTER TOPICS.

AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUES ARE REALLY ONES THAT I SEE, UM, RAISING SO THAT THE MANAGER UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR ADDRESSING THOSE IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT.

AND, AND ALL OF IT IS ABSOLUTELY, UH, UNDERTAKEN WITH, WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THESE ARE JUST CURSORY GLANCES AT THESE.

AND I'M TRYING, I TRIED AND DEVELOPING THAT CHART TO REALLY HIT ON WHAT I SEE AS, AS SOME OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GO FORWARD AND MAYBE DEVELOP SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR THAT THE MANAGER, OR RIGHT FOR THEM THE INFORMATION TO COME BACK FROM THE MANAGER AND THE AFTER ACTION REPORT TO INFORM KIND OF OUR FUTURE OUR FUTURE WORK, BUT RATHER THAN JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, HAVING THOSE KIND OF INITIAL CONVERSATIONS AND, AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO ASK SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE AREAS, I THINK WILL HOPEFULLY BE VALUABLE.

MAYOR'S MUTED, THE OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THE TOWBAR AMENDMENTS, THE MAIN MOTION HEARING.

NOW THEY'RE INCLUDED ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM 67, THOSE ARE FAVORITES.

TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS NECESSARY.

CANCER POOL.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND MAYBE THIS IS MAYBE THIS IS MORE RHETORICAL THAN TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME DUPLICATION OF EFFORT.

CERTAINLY WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAVE THE INTENT TO REVIEW WHAT WENT DOWN AND HOW, HOW THINGS CAME TO BE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER.

I GUESS, JUST BEFORE I VOTE ON THIS.

CAUSE I, I, WE CONCERNED ABOUT LAYERING MORE AND MORE AND MORE WORK ON TOP OF OUR, OUR STAFF.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN THESE CRISES COME AND WE DON'T TAKE ANYTHING OFF OF OUR PLATE OR THEIR PLATE, WE SIMPLY ADD MORE AND MORE DETAIL AND A DEEPER DIVE AND WE DON'T ADD STAFF.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT CAPACITY.

UM, SO I, I, I WANT TO BE SURE.

I MEAN, THE PART THAT I HAVE PLEDGED TO TAKE ON ME IS THE, UM, THROUGH THE AUSTRIAN ENTITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH ALL THE REST OF YOU GUYS, CAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY THE WHOLE TO CONTINUE TO PUT TOPICS ON OUR AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT.

AND I EXPECTED THAT WOULD BE A TWO-WAY STREET THAT STAFF WOULD COME TO US WITH THEIR REPORTS ON THINGS THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW TO ASK FOR.

WE WOULDN'T KNOW TO ASK FOR, BUT THAT THEY WOULD, AND THEN WE WOULD ALL WORK IN COLLABORATION TOGETHER TO,

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AND I, AND I ALSO AM VERY AWARE THAT I CAN'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHEN INFORMATION ON, ESPECIALLY ON THE TECHNICAL NATURE THAT I WILL NEED AND WE WILL NEED TO HEAR FROM AUSTIN ENERGY WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM MY EARLY CONVERSATIONS, JUST OVER THE PAST.

I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MONTH NOW.

THERE'S A LOT THAT WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, BUT WE WON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR AWHILE.

SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT TAKING THE DATES OFF OF THINGS CAUSE THAT, THAT CAUSED ME SOME CONCERN.

UM, AND SO THAT WAS GOOD.

SO JUST IN GENERAL, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT STEP TO RETREAD GROUND THAT THEY'VE ALREADY WALKED.

THEY MAY ALREADY, BECAUSE THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS BE PREPARING THIS INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO US.

AND AN AFTER ACTION REPORT IS AFTER ALL THE KINDS OF THING THAT THAT ONE NATURALLY WOULD DO, EVERYBODY'S DOING IT.

IF THEY HAVE A SENSE OF, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY REASONS.

SO ON THE ONE HAND OF BEING BOTH ACKNOWLEDGING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ON THE OTHER HAND BEING POTENTIALLY SO PRESCRIPTIVE AS TO INHIBIT THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OF OUR HIGHLY RESPECTED STAFF.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FALLING IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THEIR PROFESSIONAL ABILITY AND INITIATIVE OR CIRCUMSCRIBED, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IT IN WHAT IS FRANKLY, OUT OF SUPER IN MY MIND, SUPER COMPREHENSIVE LIST, BUT THEN I'M NOT WORKING AT AUSTIN WATER AND I'M NOT WORKING AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HOUSE.

AND BY DEFINITION, OUR JOB IS UP HERE.

IT'S NOT DOWN IN THE DAY-TO-DAY DETAILS BECAUSE WE'RE SETTING POLICY.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THE WORK THAT WE ARE ASKING IN ITEM 67 OF THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, TO THE EXTENT THAT, THAT WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THAT CAN LEAD US IN WAYS TO IMPROVE POLICIES.

UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT, BUT I DO WANT TO DRAW SOME BRIGHT LINES BETWEEN TELLING THEM HOW TO RUN OPERATIONS, AS OPPOSED TO SETTING LEVEL POLICIES WHERE WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND FINDING THE BUDGET AS NECESSARY TO DO THAT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS TELLING STAFF HOW TO RUN OPERATIONS, BUT I, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN GET PRETTY FAR DOWN INTO THE WEEDS.

AND THEN THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR US ACTUALLY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD TO RESOLUTION ON THINGS.

AND, AND THAT MAY BE WHY PEOPLE THINK GOVERNMENT IS SLOW AND PROBABLY TALKING OUT IN A COUNCIL MEETING IS ALSO A SLICE DOWN, BUT I REALLY HAVE TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT IT FOR SOME WEEKS NOW.

UH, THERE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF THE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO MAYBE JUST OFFER ANY, ANY RESPONSE, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

IT COULD JUST BE A RHETORICAL.

UM, BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT, THAT YOU WANTED TO OFFER, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL, I'LL AT LEAST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT I'M HOPING THAT COMES FROM THIS IS A SCOPING OF THIS WORK, BECAUSE I THINK BOTH, BOTH HOW IT'S DESCRIBED AS THE DISCUSSION ON ISLAND FINANCE WITH THE CITY AUDITOR AND SCOPING THAT, BUT EVEN THE EXHIBIT A, UH, IT'S A LOT OF TOPICS THAT COULD CERTAINLY TAKE A LOT OF TIMES.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH TONSIL, MY BRICK TOBO AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE A MANAGEABLE, UH, A LIST OF, OF QUESTIONS THAT EITHER STAFF WOULD BE RESPONDING TO, OR CERTAINLY, UH, THAT ARE JUST PUTTING OUT THERE.

SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO YOUR POINT COUNCIL MEMBER OR CUSTOMER POOL, THAT WE AREN'T DUPLICATING THEM, THE EFFORTS AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAS THE CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD HEAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY SOME THINGS UNFOLDED DURING THE STORM.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK I NEED TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE.

I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT BEING IN THE WEEDS ON OPERATIONS.

I MEAN, WE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS CARVE OUT SOME SPACE, SOME SIGNIFICANT SPACE, NOT AS MUCH SPACE AS WE'LL NEED TO GET INTO, INTO LOTS AND LOTS OF DETAIL, BUT WE NEED THE SPACE TO ASK OUR, OUR MANAGER AND HIS STAFF

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AND THAT'S THE INTENT OF CHARACTER.

SO WE CAN'T REALLY, WITHOUT KNOWING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WE CAN'T CRAFT GOOD POLICY OR KNOW WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT.

AND SO I SEE THIS AS THE BEGINNING OF THAT CONVERSATION, THE AFTER ACTION REPORT WILL PROVIDE US WITH MORE OF A RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION AS WELL, THE AUDIT AND THE COMMUNITY WORK.

BUT I GUESS, COULD YOU PROVIDE ME WITH SOME EXAMPLES OF WHERE IT, IT APPEARED TO BE DIVING INTO OPERATIONS? UM, I MEAN, I COULD PICK ANY ONE OF THE TOPICS AND IMAGINE THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD ENSUE COULD ACTUALLY GET US DOWN TO, UM, TO OPERATIONS AND WHY WASN'T SOMEBODY ONSITE TO DO X OR SOMEBODY HEARD THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN THE WAY THEY THOUGHT IT WAS? YEAH.

I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF, I MEAN, THERE'S NO ACT.

AND SO I, I LIKED KNOWING THAT WE WILL SCOPE THIS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUTCOMES AND RESULTS AND ACTION, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE STEPS TO TAKE IN ORDER TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE LEARNING LESSONS FROM THAT LATEST CRISIS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING TO GUARD AGAINST IS THAT WE STRAY INTO AREAS OF OPERATIONS.

WELL, I, I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR SOME, I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATIONS, UM, IN SOME AREAS, YOU KNOW, AND I, I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY CAUSE YOU WERE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPOR AN OPPORTUNITY IN A COUNCIL MEETING TO TALK MUCH ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD APPROACH THE STORM AND THE RESPONSE, I MEAN, ONE WAY WOULD BE FOR, FOR EACH OF US TO BRING FORWARD DIFFERENT IFCS.

I HAVE PROBABLY SIX I COULD BRING FORWARD RIGHT NOW.

THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY OF TRYING TO GET AT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.

UM, IT JUST SEEMED TO ME THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WAY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WAS ALL TOGETHER AND ASKING QUESTIONS, OUR STAFF, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION, AN IFC THAT WOULD MAKE PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE SHOULD DO OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS PRIOR TO EMERGENCY, UM, WEATHER EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, I GUESS, I GUESS I'M JUST STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT TO UNDERSTAND, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT REALLY WHAT IS CARVING OUT SPACE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND JUST HAVING A FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE TOPIC BY TOPIC, UM, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS RELATED TO THE STORM AND ASKING OUR STAFF SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS AND THEN HIGHLIGHTING AREAS THAT WE WANT THEM TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT.

SO I DON'T SEE IT AS DUPLICATIVE.

I SEE IT AS, AS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION THAT CONTINUES AND NOT AFTER ACTION REPORT.

CAN'T REMEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, YES, THIS IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER, UH, CITY MANAGER, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS FOR THIS, UM, THESE MEETINGS.

UM, I TOO AM CONCERNED THAT WE NOT BE DUPLICATIVE.

HERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, UM, TO GET INTO AND AS EVIDENCED BY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIST THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO PUT TOGETHER.

UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT I TAKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT, THIS WILL NOT BE THE FIRST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THIS.

WE HAD A TWO HOUR MEETING AND THE WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHERE WE, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT IN GREAT DETAIL, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THE EXHIBIT, A, UM, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO REDO THOSE THINGS.

THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED.

AND SO, AND, AND, UM, AND SO I WELCOME, UH, HAVING THESE SESSIONS THE WAY THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS SUGGESTED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND HER NOT TO CHARACTERIZE THESE AS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, SINCE WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ALREADY.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ASK OUR STAFF TO PETE, THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE MEETINGS WHERE ALL OF US WERE PRESENT.

SO I WANT TO USE THIS TIME TO REALLY DELVE INTO SOME AREAS THAT WE HAVEN'T YET TALKED ABOUT AND THEN TO DELVE INTO, INTO SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL.

SO ANDREW, WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UM, THE AGENDA, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO BE A RESOURCE FOR THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF DECIDING WHAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT.

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AND WE'RE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING IT'S AFTER 10, YOU GOT TO TAKE A VOTE ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE ABOUT READY TO TAKE A VOTE COUNCIL OVER TOBO.

I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW BEST TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA.

I GUESS I WOULD REQUEST THE MANAGER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, WE'VE, WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT A, THAT IS THE WORK THAT I'M PUTTING FORWARD AS THE TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.

AND, AND I HA IF, IF IT'S ON THE WORK PLAN, UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT IN ONE OF THE TWO MEETINGS WE'VE HAD IT'S BECAUSE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT EITHER I OR OTHER COLLEAGUES HAD THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO.

SO IT MAY BE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN A VERY LIMITED FASHION, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVED, OR OTHERS BELIEVED THERE WERE STILL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED.

SO, I MEAN, I WILL, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH THE MANAGER ABOUT, ABOUT THAT WORK PLAN AND HOW IT CAN BE, UM, ALLOCATED INTO MANAGEABLE CHUNKS, BUT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I CREATED A WORK PLAN SO THAT WE HAD, UH, A SCHEDULE.

SO IF IT COMES BACK VERY DIFFERENT OR, OR IS REALLY FORMULATED AS A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS ON, ON OTHER SUBJECTS, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY SERVING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH I'M BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION.

I MEAN, I, I INTEND FOR IT TO REALLY BE KIND OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER, AND IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT WORK PLAN AND, AND MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, THEN, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

BUT OTHERWISE I WOULD EXPECT TO JUST PUT IT PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING HERE TODAY.

I HAVEN'T JUST LIKE MY SENSE IS, IS THAT, THAT, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT ON THE WORK PLAN.

AND IF WE HAD A FULL CONVERSATION ABOUT EACH ONE, WE WOULD BE AS YOU AND I DISCUSSED WHATEVER, WE'D BE THERE FOR DAYS POTENTIALLY IF EVERYBODY OR THE COUNCIL WANTED TO, TO, TO ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BOLDED SOME THINGS AND, AND, AND NOT OTHERS IS A WAY TO EMPHASIZE.

I ALSO THINK THAT WHERE WE HAVE THIS MAY VERY WELL BE ASKING QUESTIONS THAT THAT MANAGER MIGHT NOT KNOW ANSWERS TO YET, UH, BECAUSE HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IS A AFTER ACTION PLAN.

UH, SO IN PART, I THINK THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS WORK, UH, MAY BE JUST TO IDENTIFY ISSUES FOR THE MANAGER THAT SAYS, HEY, AS YOU'RE DOING YOUR AFTER, UH, EVENT ANALYSIS, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT, THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, THAT YOU COVER IN YOUR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE OF CONCERN TO EITHER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSTITUENCY.

UM, AND I THINK IN PART IT'S GOING TO BE ITERATIVE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S A LOT THERE.

UH, AND, AND PROBABLY MORE THAN WE COULD DO INTO HALF DAYS OR A FULL DAY.

UM, IF EVERYBODY REALLY WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION OR TWO ABOUT EACH OF THOSE THINGS, SO PART OF IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SELF CONTROLLING CASPER KITCHEN.

I HAVE A SUGGESTION WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, W I, I DIDN'T, I THINK WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO ALSO IS JUST SHARE WITH CITY MANAGER AND MAYBE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE IF WE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE, UH, THE TOPICS AND THE SCHEDULE AS IT'S PUT TOGETHER, SO THIS IS DESIGNED SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US, SO THAT WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IN THIS SETTING.

SO WE MAY, SOME OF US MAY HAVE IDEAS THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING ON IT NOW, BUT RATHER TRY, RATHER THAN TRYING TO BUILD THAT AGENDA IN A COUNCIL MEETING, MAYBE WE CAN JUST, UM, SHARE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS WE HAVE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND OR WITH A CITY MANAGER, AS HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER THIS, UH, WORK SESSIONS FOR US.

ONE OTHER SUGGESTION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE REVIEWS AND WORK THAT WE WILL BE DOING AS STAFF, AND THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, UH, AND THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO EVEN INCLUDING, UH, FROM THIRD PARTIES AS INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS, UH, THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSED AT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME AND EVEN THROUGH DIFFERENT MEMOS, BUT AS PART OF A COMPILATION, IF YOU WILL.

UH, SO THAT IS INFORMING SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.

YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE GOING INTO THE DIFFERENT AFTER-ACTION REVIEWS THAT CITY WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH, WHICH MAY HELP, UH, FURTHER DEFINE THE SCOPE OF SOME OF THE ELEMENTS

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THAT ARE IN THE CFC.

SO HAVING A KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT REVIEWS THAT STAFF IS ALREADY UNDERTAKING.

HI, IT'S 10 22.

WE WANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS.

ARE WE READY TO VOTE? LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM 67, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.