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[Call to Order]
IT'S 10 OH FOUR ON, UM, THURSDAY, APRIL EIGHT, 2021.THIS IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT'S BEING CONVENED VIRTUALLY.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, WE STILL HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE COMING TO, UM, TO, TO, TO SIGN ON.
I CAN SEE ALISON IN THE AN'S BOX, BUT NOT DOWN KATHY WAS WITH US, BUT HAD A CONNECTION ISSUE AND WAS COMING BACK AND ALLISON, UM, JOINING US AGAIN AND OUR KITCHEN'S ON HI, I'M BACK LIKE A CHIPMUNK.
I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY, BUT PO RIGHT NOW MY COLLEAGUES LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UM, AT THE AGENDA AND IN FRONT OF US, UH, TODAY.
THIS IS THE SPANISH INTERPRETER.
SHOULD WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? I JUST DID IT A SECOND AGO.
UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AND THE DATE AND ANNOUNCED THAT WE HAD A QUORUM PRESENT.
UH, SO WE'RE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD KIND OF COLLEAGUES WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A FIRST, THE CHANGES AND CORRECTION.
WE, THOSE IN THE VR RECORD, UM, ITEM 21 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSIONER ON THE NINE ZERO VOTE WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, MITCHELL ABSENT ITEM 28, UH, IS ADDING COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AS A CO-SPONSOR ITEM.
NUMBER 46 IS BEING POSTPONED TO APRIL 22ND, 2021.
THE ITEMS THAT WERE SHOWING AS, UH, BEING, UH, UM, UM, YOUR JOB BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERED OR ITEMS FOUR AND 11, AND ALSO ITEMS 10 AND 12.
UM, THE, UM, LAID BACK UP, WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS IN ITEMS FIVE, 12 AND 26, 26, THE, UH, LATE BACKUP, UH, UPDATED THE WAIVER LANGUAGE AT THE, UH, AT THE BOTTOM.
UH, IT ALSO NOTED THAT, UH, JENNIFER RAMOS IS BEING APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE AND NOT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
WE ALSO HAVE LAID BACK UP IN ITEMS 28, 41, 42, 44 48.
REMEMBER THE REMIND ME LATER, WE HAVE LAID BACK UP AND, UH, ALLISON, HOW AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION ITEMS ONE AND TWO, THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, FOR US TODAY, OR, UM, ITEMS ONE TO 29 AND ALSO FOR TWO 46, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO US THIS MORNING.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, UH, THE SPEAKERS HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SPEAKERS OF THE SIGN UP ON CITY OF AUSTIN BUSINESS.
AND THEN THE CLERK'S GOING TO LET US KNOW WHEN, UH, WE HAVE JUST THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOLKS WANTING TO SPEAK ON THOSE ISSUES.
THE COUNCIL MEETING COULD BE IN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE, THOSE SPEAKERS AND RECESS THAT MEETING COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UH, AND THEN THE, UH, PULLED ITEMS. IF WE'RE ABLE, IF WE HAVE TIME, WE CAN TAKE OUT THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ZONING CASES THAT WE CAN ALSO TAKE UP.
THE ATTEMPT IS TO BREAK THE LUNCH BETWEEN UH TWELVE-ISH AND, UH, AND ONE, UM, WE CHECK AND SEE WE HAD, UM,
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AND THEN WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY, WHICH IS THE, THE PERSONNEL DISCUSSION, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE MANAGEMENT.ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, UH, UH, HEAR FROM, UH, SPEAKERS THIS MORNING, YOU HAS CAPITAL REGARDLESS, GROSSO, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, THREE SPEAKERS OF NOTE PASS APARTMENT, HOUSE.
MA'AM UM, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE SPONSOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS ITEM 28 WHEN IT CAME TO US.
UH, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD DISCUSSED ADDING LANGUAGE ABOUT, UM, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEING ADDED IN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF REPEAT THAT CONVERSATION THAT HAD HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I, I DID, UH, UM, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT IN THE REVISED BACKUP.
UM, THAT'S A CO-SPONSOR, I'M SURE IT IS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON IT.
IT IS, BUT WHEN WE GET TO IT, I'LL SHOW YOU.
OH, NO, I, I CAN TELL YOU NOW ONE-ON-ONE, UH, ONLINE IS ONE OH EIGHT TO ONE OH NINE.
I'VE ADDED IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
FOR THAT ADDITION, WE HAVE THREE AMENDMENTS.
I'M TRYING TO THINK IT'S 28 STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAD AN AMENDMENT FROM CASSANDRA.
WE HAD AN AMENDMENT FROM TOVO OF KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT, AND THEN WE HAD AN AMENDMENT TO A RE WHEREAS CLAUSE FROM, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ANY OF THOSE THREE AMENDMENTS HEARING? NO OBJECTION HEARING THAT OBJECTION.
BUT, UM, BUT THE LATEST ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WAS ME SLIGHTLY TWEAKING COUNCIL MEMBER ELBOWS, INCLUSION OF MY AMENDMENT OF MY AMENDMENTS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY'S LOOKING AT.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS JUST BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED.
I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, SO LET ME CHECK IT OUT.
UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT AFTER WE HEAR FROM SPEAKERS AND I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT CAN STAY ON CONSENT AND WE CAN SORT ALL THAT OUT.
AND CELTS MEMBER ALTARS IS, UM, FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY TO ME.
I THINK THE LANGUAGE ON THE MOTION SHEET HAD A, UH, SLIGHTLY AMENDED, THE SLIGHT, THE, NOT THE MOST, NOT THE LATEST DRAFT, BUT IT SHOULD WORK FINE.
UM, ANYWAY, AND EXACTLY THE PLACE SHE HAD SUGGESTED.
WE'LL CALL THIS ITEM UP AND DISCUSS IT AFTER THE SPEAKERS AND MORGAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY? I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I WASN'T SURE THAT THEY ALL MADE IT A GOOD BACKUP SINCE SOME OF THE CHANGES WERE FROM TODAY.
SO IT'S, WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD'S REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE THAT WE'RE USING JUST NOW AT THE MOMENT, UH, CATTLE WERE AUDREY.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I'LL ALSO WANT TO ADD SOME DIRECTION.
UM, I'LL PROBABLY END UP PULLING 28 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PIECES AT THIS POINT AND PEOPLE WANT TO TALK THROUGH THE CONSENT AND THEN TWO 28.
UM, THE FACT LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND PULL 28, BUT WE'LL DO THAT FIRST.
YOU CAN GO FAST FOR FOUR 28 AS WELL.
UM, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COULD YOU PLEASE REFLECT ME VOTING? NO.
ON SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, 1730 31 AND 32.
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RIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS THREE MINUTES EACH.
UM, UH, WE'LL UH, HOLD OFF ON THE, UH, ON THE, UH, APPLICANT ON THE PULLED ITEMS, UM, 11 AND FOUR, 10 AND 12, UH, UNTIL WE CALL THOSE ITEMS. UH, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, CLERK, IF YOU'RE WITH US.
UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND IF WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT NEEDED INTERPRETATION, WE CAN CERTAINLY CALL THEM FIRST IF THAT'S HELPFUL.
MA'AM UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS.
UM, THE INTERPRETER, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
THE FIRST SPEAKER, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LATITIA ONE SECOND.
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ONE SECOND.MY NAME IS LETICIA D AND I LIVE, I LIVE IN SIX, EIGHT, SEVEN FOUR ONE.
UM, AND I'M A RESIDENT AND I'M AFFECTED.
UH, SO YOU'LL NOTICE
UH
I LOST, UH, ELECTRICITY IN NOT ONLY ME, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
UM, MAYBE
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NOTICE.
THEY COULD HAVE MADE IT, TELL US A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE SO THAT WE COULD PREPARE WITH FOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH
UH
THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR INFORMATION.
JUST PLEASE JUST LET THEM KNOW, LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.
THAT'S ALL THE NEXT SPEAKER IS FRANCIS.
SHE'S GOING TO DO IT IN ENGLISH.
I'M A TIME RESIDENT OF DUST SPRINGS IN A CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMUNITY LEAD ORGANIZER WITH
I AM A RESIDENT WHO HAS EXPERIENCED, SEEN MY NEIGHBORS FULL OF MUD WITHOUT FOOD MEDICINES OR MISSING THEIR BASIC NECESSITIES IN IT IS AFTER, AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, I PUT MY PASSION INTO TRAINING RESTAURANTS TO BE READY FOR A DISASTER, BUT I CAN'T DO
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IT FULLY BECAUSE OF THE GAP OF NOT HAVING THE CITY CONNECTED WITH RESIDENT'S RESPONSE.I WANT TO MENTION THAT I AM ALREADY SURVIVING, ADAPTING AND THRIVING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.
I AM ALREADY RESILIENT IN TRAUMA TRAGEDY THREATS AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES BECAUSE I ENFORCED TO BOUNCE BACK.
IT'S TIME TO EQUIP YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS TO BE RESILIENT, BUT ALSO BE SUSTAINABLE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28.
THIS AGENDA ITEM IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT.
TO BUILD A PLAN THAT IS HOLISTIC, EQUITABLE, AND FAIR, WHERE THE RIGHT FIT IT'S AT THE RIGHT SET OF DEPARTMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND RESIDENTS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN MITIGATING FLOOD FLOODING, INFRASTRUCTURE, HEAT, WILDFIRE, AND NOW ICE.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THERE IS, THERE NEEDS TO BE RECIPIENTS HUBS WITH SENDING ORDERS TO OPEN WITHIN COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS SCHOOL CHURCHES, REC CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND OR ANY BUILDINGS WITH SPACE TO SHELTER PEOPLE.
EACH HUB NEEDS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH WATER SNACKS, AND IT'S AS IT IS SUCH AS TYLENOL, TOILETRIES, AND MINOR, BUT MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES IN A DISASTER EVENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE STANDING ORDERS FOR CASE MANAGERS, FOR ASSESSING AND COME UP WITH A FOLLOW-UP PLAN FOR, UM, MENTAL HEALTH IN SHORT AND LONG-TERM TRAUMA CAUSED BY THE EFFECT.
BUT, UH, UM, THE CLIMATE, UH, EVENT, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS WITH THE ABILITY TO REGISTER PEOPLE ON MEDICAL ACCESS PROGRAMS OR AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OR ANY RESOURCES NEEDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE TEAMS WHERE THE ABILITY TO WRITE SCRIPTS OR MEDICATIONS FOR THE RESTAURANTS IN THE SHELTER HAVE FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR COPAYS.
WHEN THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD IT, RESIDENTS NEED TO BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE READY, KNOW WHAT AREAS GET FLOODED? WHAT AREAS ARE DESERT ISLANDS AND WHERE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WE NEED TO INVOLVE THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE PLAN IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THE IN BEING RESPONSIVE.
AND I THINK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS SUPPORTING THIS ITEM AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO SPEAK NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY.
WE WILL TRY TO RECONNECT WITH HER.
NEXT SPEAKER IS PERLA
IS THAT ANY SEPARATE? UH
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO OPEN IT NOW.
HI, MY NAME IS PERLA HERNANDEZ.
MY ZIP CODE IS SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN FOUR FOUR.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE DISASTER THAT HAPPENED, UH, AND
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AND, UH, WHERE I LIVE, UH, I'M A RESIDENT, SO I WAS AFFECTING NOT ONLY ME, BUT OTHERS.UH, WE RUN OUT OF FOOD, WATER.
OH,
WE RUN OUT OF WATER, OUT OF FOOD.
SOME OF US WE GET BY BY BALLS, SO THERE WAS NO SERVICE.
AND, UM, WE HAD NO FOOD AND NO WATER AND, UH, WE'RE STILL AFFECTED, SOME OF US ARE STILL AFFECTED BY THE, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY TOOK TOO LONG TO GET, UH, PEOPLE HELP.
SO WHAT REALLY, WHAT WE NEED IS FOR THE SEEDS TO BE PREPARED FOR DISASTER WOULD REALIZE THAT THEY ARE SEEN, WAS NOT PREPARED FOR DISASTERS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY SEND US MAYBE A TEXT OR SOME SORT OF ALERTS THROUGH, UH, THROUGH OUR PHONE AND FOR AUSTIN, FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN FIND SHELTERS THAT ARE PREPARED WITH FOOD AND WATER FIGURE
AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOME SORTS OF RECORDS SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.
SO YEAH, THE SPEAKER TIME IS UP.
SO WE'RE ASSUMING SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEAK.
SO THE LAST SPANISH SPEAKER IS IRENE
I LIVE IN SITCOM SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN FOUR FOUR.
AND I'M UM, I AGREE WITH ARTICLE 28, UH, JUST
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I WAS, IT WAS A LOW, I HAD MY MOTHER I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF $2.
I HAD ONE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING.
MY DAUGHTERS ARE TRAUMATIZED BY IT.
I HAVE NO ELECTRICITY, NO FOOD.
UM, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, WERE HELPING EACH OTHER.
SO I WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO COULD, WHO COULD GIVE ME SHELTER AND FOOD.
UH, SO WHEN IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THE CITY TO BE PREPARED, UH, WITH SHELTERS AND MAYBE THEY CAN SEND US MESSAGES, UM, THROUGH PHONE AND AT LEAST BE A LITTLE BETTER PREPARED FOR A DISASTER, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY, WE, WE COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO RESPONSE.
UH, ONLY THE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER.
UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, OKAY.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE SHELTERS, UM, THAT WE COULD, MAYBE YOU COULD USE AN ALERT, LIKE THE AMBER ALERT, WHERE WE COULD GET MESSAGES.
AND THE REALITY OF IT IS WE LIVE MORE IN OUR CELL PHONES THAT WE WATCH TV.
SO IT WILL BE A BETTER WAY AND BLOCK WAITING, HAVE ELECTRICITY.
SO WE, IF WE COULD KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE, IT WILL BE BETTER.
I WAS VOLUNTEERING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE WERE KIDS AND PEOPLE, UH, ELDERLY WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY FOOD.
AND THE CITY REALLY TOOK A LONG TIME, UH, TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THEM.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE VERY PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.
MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 28.
IF YOU'RE READY FOR THE HSE AGENDA, ARE ALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS ON HFC OR IS IT JUST, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE AGE OF SPEAKERS NOW, MARY, IF WE COULD DO THE H S C SPEAKERS NOW, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER INTERPRETER, A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER FOR THIS MEETING.
AND RECESS THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WE'LL COME BACK AND LET'S CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING ON THIS, UH, APRIL 8TH, 2021 AND IS 10 33.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT.
I WORK IN MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING, UH, UH, SPEAKERS.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS AND COME BACK TO THE, UH, TO THE AGENDA.
UH, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE IS A LATE BACKED UP IN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, MEETING ITEMS ONE AND ITEM, UH, TO A REVISED FISCAL NOTES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE SPEAKERS.
AND THEN WE'LL RECESS THE, THE HFC MEETING AND COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND VICE-CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
CAN YOU TAKE THE CHAIR IF NEEDED BEFORE I GET BACK, I NEED TO STEP AWAY FOR JUST A MOMENT.
YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPEAKERS MAYOR WE'RE WE'RE UM,
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MOVING OVER THE SPEAKER ONE SECOND.IF SHIRLEY CAN PLEASE TURN HER CAMERA ON.
I'VE GOT THE CAMERA TURNED ON.
WE STILL CAN'T SEE SHIRLEY ON CAMERA.
UM, WELL I, UM, I CAN SEE MYSELF.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, SHIRLEY CROSLAND YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES NOW THE INTERPRETER IS ON THE LINE AS WELL.
UM, I, UM, UH, MY NAME IS SHIRLEY CROWDS, FLAN.
UM, I LIVE AT, UH, ARBORS AT, UH, CREEKSIDE AND, UM, I AM, UM, FOR THE, UM, UM, ITEM ABOUT ARBORS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UM, WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO SPEAK AND BE SILENT BECAUSE I, I, I DON'T SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING, SO I HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW.
MS. MS. CROSSLINE, JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
THE INTERPRETER IS INTERPRETING.
WE CAN HEAR YOU AND THE INTERPRETER ASL INTERPRETER IS INTERPRETING YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UH, UH, CHANGING THINGS AT ARBORS BECAUSE, UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS AND OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, I'VE SEEN BOTH THE BUILDINGS AND THE PROPERTY AND THE SERVICE SLOWLY, DETERIORATING EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND, UM, WE'VE, UH, THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL RELUCTANCE TO, UM, REPAIR THINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND A GENERAL RELUCTANCE TO, UM, DO GOOD PERMANENT REPAIRS.
UM, SO, UM, THE PARTICULAR THING I WANT TO, TO, UH, TELL YOU ABOUT TODAY AT THE MAILBOXES FOUR BUILDINGS, FOUR AND FIVE, I LIVE IN BUILDING FIVE AND, UM, SOMEONE, UH, VANDALIZE THE MAILBOX THAT'S LAST YEAR IT'S FOR MOST OF THE YEAR.
UM, THE OFFICE TRIED TO HANDLE THE MAIL, DISTRIBUTING THE MAIL TO US, UH, BECAUSE, UM, UH, EVERYONE SAID THAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS RESPONSIBLE AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING TO REPAIR THEM FOR MONTHS AND BUMPS.
WE, UM, UH, THEN IN DECEMBER THEY WERE WORKING AGAIN FOR, AND IN JANUARY THEY WORKED AND THEN IN FEBRUARY THEY WERE VANDALIZED AGAIN.
AND THE, UM, UH, I SAW THE FRONT OF THE MAILBOX, UM, IN THE OFFICE AND, UM, IT WAS CLEARLY ONE CORNER WAS BENT.
ALSO THE FRAME THAT THE FRONT FITS INTO, UM, TO COVER THE BOXES, UH, IS BENT.
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SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.UM, AND THERE'S APPARENTLY THERE'S NO NOTHING DONE TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAKE.
NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JEAN LATRELLE.
WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE SPEAKER ONE SECOND.
UM, YEAH, MY NAME IS JEANNIE LATERAL AND I LIVE AT THE ARBORS AND CREEK SIDE.
I LIVED THERE AT ARBORS GOING ON SIX YEARS OR IN MY SIXTH YEAR.
AND, UH, ONCE TO SUPPORT BOTH THE ITEMS THAT ARE UP, UM, MAINLY THE MONEY AT THE PRICE TO BUY OUT A PARTNER THAT WE HAVE NOW, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP US.
UM, THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTIVE, THEY'RE RUDE, AND THEY JUST COME IN OUR APARTMENTS WHENEVER THEY WANT TO.
THERE IS KNOWN AS THE KEY NOTIFICATION IS THE POUNDING ON THE DOOR AND THEY COME IN AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY DISTRESSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND IT'S REALLY DISTRESSING WHEN THEY JUST WALK IN, THEY OPEN THE DOOR AND COME IN.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE MONEY, TO BUY OUT THE PARTNER THAT WE HAVE NOW AND THE MONEY TO GET OUT, IT WOULD BE TO REHAB ARBORS, UM, THEY'RE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT.
IT USED TO BE A REALLY GREAT PLACE AND IT CAN BE IN, WE JUST NEED SOME MONEY TO INVEST INTO IT, AND WE NEED SOME VISA MANAGERS, SO THAT LIKE THE POINT OF ENTRY, UH, DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, WHERE IF SOMEBODY WALKS IN ON YOU, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SCARY.
UM, AND WE ALL HAVE SECURITY HERE AND WE'RE ON OUR OWN.
WE'RE ON OUR OWN THROUGH THE ICE STORM THAT HADN'T BEEN FOR BOSTON AND, UH, DEFENSIVELY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD'VE DONE.
I DON'T THINK SOME PEOPLE WOULD SURVIVE BECAUSE, UM, EVEN IF WE HAD HAD NO ISSUE, THE STORM WAS GOING TO BE THAT BAD.
UH, MOST OF US ARE ON LIMITED INCOME AND KANSAS PICK UP AND GO GET STUFF.
SO WHEN YOU HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT AND THERE WASN'T ANY COMING ME HELP AFTERWARDS, AND THERE WASN'T ANY COMING, YOU STILL HAVEN'T BUILT PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING TO WHERE THE ROOF STAYED IN WHEN FLOODING POKED FOR OAK.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST NOW GETTING STUFF DONE, FIX IT, BUT THEY DID NOT GET PERMITS FROM THE CITY TO, UH, FIX ANYTHING.
SO THEY'RE ACTING LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD TO INCLUDING THE CONTRACTOR.
ANYWAY, I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF SCATTERED, SORRY.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I IT'S IMPORTANT BOTH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE UP AND ALSO, UM, I HOPE THAT THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO SEND THEM TO, WE HAVE WORKED HARD FOR FOUR YEARS TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET A NEW PARTNER IN HERE.
AND, UH, UH, REHAB IS NECESSARY FOR THE APARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, IN TOTAL RE REHAB OF EACH APARTMENT.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING WITH A LOT OF BAD STUFF.
WE HAVE OVENS THAT TURN ON BY THEMSELVES AND,
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UM, YOU KNOW, THE CARPETS ARE 16 YEARS OLD AND SO YOU CAN CLEAN THEM.YOU CAN'T HIT THE CLEAN OUT PAD PAD UP TO THE TOP.
AND I KNOW I'M REPEATING, UM, SPEAKER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
NEXT SPEAKER IS PAM ROGERS, MS. ROGERS ROGERS.
TIPSY SPEAKERS, UH, VICE DIRECTOR, UH, US AND I'M BACK.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE, HOW, UH, BEFORE WE, OUR RECESS, THIS MEETING TO GET BACK TO, UH, SPEAKERS AND THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, CATHERINE, UH, DIRECTOR, SORRY, YOU RAISED YOUR HAND AND YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JUST BEFORE THE TENANTS LOG OFF, GIVEN THAT WE MIGHT, UM, NOT TAKE THE ITEMS UNTIL A LITTLE LATER.
I JUST WANT YOU TO APPRECIATE THEM CALLING IN AND WORK.
THEY'RE ON THE BORDER OF BEING AND THE MAYOR PRETENDS DISTRICT.
I KNOW SHE'S DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK THERE, BUT, UM, BUT I WANT TO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO THEM THAT THEY'D COME IN JUST TO SAY, THANKS TO SUPPORT THESE ITEMS, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE WORKED REALLY LONG TIME TO, TO MAKE THIS SORT OF IMPORTANT CHANGE.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO, TO THINK BOSTON FOR THEIR WORK ALONGSIDE THOSE TENANTS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
AND I THINK WORKER'S DEFENSE WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR WORK, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE AT THOSE APARTMENTS DURING THE, DURING THE STORM.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN.
MY NAME IS PAM ROGERS AND I RESIDE AT 10 26 CLAYTON LANE HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, BETTER KNOWN AS THE ARBORS AT CREEKSIDE.
I'M A RETIRED BUSINESS OWNER AND FORMER HOMEOWNER, AND I CHOSE ARBORS AS MY RETIREMENT HOME ALMOST NINE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO CALL HOME, BUT NOW I'M ASHAMED TO TELL ANYONE WHERE I LIVE THERE'S MOLD IN AND AROUND THE APARTMENT AND CEILINGS, VANCE WAS AND CARPETING AND SO BAD.
IT HURTS YOUR EYES AND NOSE PATIO, AND CAN CEILINGS COMING LOOSE WITH DRYWALL TAPE HANGING DOWN YOU'RE IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR RESIDENTS TO NEVER COMPETE EXHAUSTION AND THE LAUNDRY ROOM, NO WORKING ACS, APARTMENT ACS BREAKING DOWN FOR DAYS, OR SOMETIMES WEEKS AT A TIME, I PERSONALLY BOUGHT A WINDOW ACH, A LOWER THE TEMPERATURE IN MY APARTMENT ELEVATORS, BREAKING DOWN, LEAVING RESIDENCE STRANDED ON THE UPPER FLOOR FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, UNABLE TO MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
THE LAST TEST AND INSPECTION WAS OCTOBER, 2020, OUR ALARMS GOING OFF IN A BUILDING SO OFTEN THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BECOME COMPLACENT AND STEEL FIREPROOF DOORS ARE STUCK AND THE CLOSED POSITION CAUSING US TO PROP OPEN PROP THEM OPEN WITH DOORSTEP.
OUR MAILBOX IS BROKEN INTO OR COMPLETELY RIPPED UP WELL, IT'S AN UNSECURED AREA THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO NON-RESIDENTS AND THREES, A LOT NON-WORKING SECURITY GATE, OUR VEHICLES STOLEN OR BROKEN INTO THE EASY BUILDING EASILY PULLED OPEN WITHOUT HAVING TO USE A SECURITY CODE.
WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE LAUNDRY CARD MACHINES THING RIPPED OFF THE WALL IN THE OFFICE LOBBY AGAIN? NO, THE CHARITY TEACHERS ANYWHERE, A SWIMMING POOL THAT KEEPS FAILING COAT AND INSPECTION.
LAST YEAR, I SAW TAD COLD SWIMMING IN HER, OR MAYBE IT WAS MOSQUITO LARVAE.
MY HOPE IS THAT THIS ACTION OR THIS DIRECTION
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THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS ARE LIVING ON MAINTENANCE BE REPLACED.AND I SAID THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH RESPECT OR DIGNITY IN QUITE SOME TIME.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU RECOGNIZE ME.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASA BEAT ME TO IT, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT IT TO RECOGNIZE JUST HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR FOLKS SHOWING UP TO SHARE THEIR TRUTH WITH US.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TRICKY ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
I HAVE A, FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT MY PREDECESSOR DID AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DIAS TODAY HAVE BEFORE I GOT THERE.
AND IT'S AMAZING HOW, UH, SPEAKING OF RESILIENCE, THIS COMPLEX THAT'S DESIGNED FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR SENIORS, UH, HAS REALLY STRUGGLED TO PROVIDE LIKE THE LAST CONVERSATION, A DIGNIFIED PLACE TO LIVE, UM, UH, WHAT THEY DESERVE.
AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW WITHOUT THE CONSTANT SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY OF, OF BOSTON, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I CAN PERSONALLY SPEAK TO HAVING WORKED WITH DIRECTLY, UM, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, WHERE I FINALLY FEEL SOME HINT OF OPTIMISM ABOUT WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BARBERS.
SO, UM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SELF ADVOCACY.
IT, UM, IN A LOT OF WAYS IS WHY THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG, MUTED MAYOR.
AND WITH THAT AT 10 51, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS, BUT I WAS IN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON APRIL 8TH, UH, 2021, 10 51.
AND LET'S CONTINUE TO HEAR SPEAKERS, UH, ON ZONING AGENDA.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA OLSON.
HI, MY NAME IS LAURA OLSON AND I'M AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EQUITY DIRECTOR FOR
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28 AND SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK TO SCHOOLS AS RESILIENCE HUBS, AISD PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE ARE ALL NOW LIVING THROUGH.
WE SAW THE WINTER STORM, HOW SCHOOL COMMUNITIES SCRAMBLED TO COORDINATE CRISIS RESPONSE.
AND WE THANK EVERYONE WHO STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT AND RESPOND FOR AUSTIN.
AS EASTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES MADE UP OF RESOURCEFUL, RESILIENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENDORSED DISASTER BEFORE IT WAS STRESSFUL, TRAUMATIC, AND EXHAUSTING, AND MANY ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE IMPACT OF THIS ON TOP OF THE PANDEMIC ON TOP OF PRE PANDEMIC POVERTY AND INEQUITY, A GREATER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE WITH THE CITY IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
AS SCHOOL HUBS ARE DEVELOPED, PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS AND INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TRAVIS COUNTY AND AISC SETTING DISTRICT POLICY STANDARDS FOR CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER.
FOR ALL AISD SCHOOLS PRIORITIZE TITLE ONE CAMPUSES WHERE CAMP COMMUNITY IS GREAT.
WE NEED AND WANT PREPAREDNESS TRAINING AND ARE MOST IMPACTED BY DISASTERS, GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND EXISTING COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS MUST ADVISE THE CREATION OF STANDING ORDERS FOR CAMPUS CRISIS RESPONSE PLANS BEYOND FIRE TORNADO AND ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS TO INCLUDE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE COMMUNICATION PLANS TO REACH EVERY FAMILY AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MUST BE IN EFFECT.
EACH CAMPUS MUST ALSO BE REQUIRED AND TRAINED TO HOST TRAUMA INFORMED DEBRIEF CONVERSATIONS.
FOLLOWING AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT, WILL EMPLOYEES MUST RECEIVE TRAUMA INFORMED, PREPAREDNESS TRAINING TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN FAMILIES DURING AND FOLLOWING CLIMATE DISASTER INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARENTS SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AND EQUIP THEM WITH HIGH QUALITY TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT CRISIS RESPONSE.
ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN EQUITY OFFICE AND AISD EQUITY OFFICE TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE AND TRANSPARENT SCHOOL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE DOING SO WITH LANGUAGE ACCESS AND COMMUNITY INCLUSION AS DESCRIBED IN COUNCIL MEMBER.
KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT IS ESSENTIAL.
THANK YOU FOR APPROVING ITEM 20.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
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EXCELLENT.MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ AND I'M COOL.
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ AND I'M A SCHOOL HEALTH EQUITY ORGANIZER AT GABA.
AND I'M GOING TO ECHO SIMILARLY TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE LAURA OLSON EXPLAINED HERE TODAY.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28 AND THE DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, HUBS, OUR SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY AUSTIN ISD CAMPUSES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE'RE NOW LIVING THROUGH THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM CRISIS SHOWED US AGAIN HOW MANY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WORK TOGETHER TO COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO STEPPED UP TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
WE ALSO OBSERVED OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESPONSE TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, FOUR OR FIVE, MANY SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE A CENTRAL HUB LOCATE LOCATION CLOSE BY TO DIRECT FAMILIES TO SOME ADMINISTRATORS DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SET UP ASSISTANCE AT THEIR SCHOOLS.
SOME FAMILIES WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO THEIR CLOSEST SCHOOL-BASED HUBS.
THERE ARE MANY WINTER STORM STORIES AND LESSONS YET TO BE COLLECTED FROM AIC.
AND THIS IS IMPERATIVE TO THE FORMATION OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY HUBS.
I SERVED FOR AISD FOR 17 YEARS AND MY ROLE AS A PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST WITH MORE THAN WHAT WAS PRINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE CRISIS AND TRAUMA RESPONSE WAS ALMOST A DAILY PLIGHT OF MY DUTY PRE PANDEMIC AT MOST TITLE ONE SCHOOLS YEAR PSS IS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR FAMILIES.
AND USUALLY THE FIRST STAFF MEMBER CALLED WHEN IT INVOLVES A FAMILY IN NEED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND CLIMATE CRISIS, PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS CONTINUE SUPPORTING WITH DIRE RESOURCES LIKE RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION TO FOOD, PANTRY, RELOCATION AND HOUSING ISSUES AND EMPLOYMENT WITH PLANNING, FUNDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY IS BE RESILIENT.
TUBS CAN BE READY FOR THE MAY FLOOD THE SUMMER EXTREME HEAT, THE AUGUST HURRICANES AND MORE, BUT IT WILL TAKE DISTRICT LEVEL POLICY AND STANDARDS ALONG WITH WORKING WITH SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY AT EACH CAMPUS WHO KNOW BEST WHAT WORKS FOR THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND NEIGHBORHOOD AT SCHOOL HUBS OR DEVELOP.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST POSITIONS AND EQUIPS THEM WITH HIGH QUALITY TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER IMPLEMENT CRISIS RESPONSE.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE MOBILE ON AN OFF CAMPUS.
SOME HAVE LIMITED TECHNOLOGY ACCESS AND RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY NEED CAN BE DELAYED.
IS THERE ALSO THE ONLY STAFF MEMBER ON A SCHOOL SITE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN PARENT ENGAGEMENT DIGITALLY AND IN-PERSON AS AVAILABLE.
THE PANDEMIC HAS FURTHER AMPLIFIED THE DIGITAL NEED AND GAP IN PARTICULAR FOR STAFF WHO PROVIDE CRISIS AND TRAUMA RESPONSE, ROOF SUPPORT, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I HOPE I CAN GET OUT.
GREG COMMUNITY LEADERS ON EXISTING COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS MUST ADVISE THE CREATION OF STANDING ORDERS EMBEDDED THEIR EXISTING BAKER.
MAY I GIVE US ONE SECOND? WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
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MONICA.WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU THE NEXT GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
MY NAME IS
I'M SPEAKING TO SUPPORTIVE ITEM 28 REGARDING ESTABLISHING RESILIENCY HUTS.
THIS IS A NIPPER TO HOPE WOULD RESULT IN AN OPERATIONAL AND ACTIONABLE OUTCOME AND NOT JUST ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT GETS FILED AWAY AND FORGOTTEN IN REVIEWING THE DRAFT RESOLUTION.
I HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION AND THAT IS TO ADD EXTREME CODE ON LINE SEVEN OF THE DOCUMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CO-SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU.
HERE'S WHAT, WHEN YOU GET TO DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS FAILURE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WINTER ABOUT THE WINTER STORM CRISIS ACKNOWLEDGED THE HISTORY TO THIS INITIATIVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN PRIOR WITH SOLUTIONS IN YEARS OF WORK WITH DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.
PLUS THE WORK AS THE FLOOD MITIGATION TASK FORCE, WE NEED TO NOT TALK TO YOU OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER STORM CRISIS.
WHERE WAS THE EOC? WHAT WILL BE DONE TO CORRECT ISSUES IDENTIFIED.
WE NEED AN ACTION PLAN AND TO OPERATIONALIZE THE PLAN, WE NEED A TIMELINE FOR THIS.
WE ALSO NEED YOU TO ENGAGE ALL THE PUBLIC SECTORS AND BRING IN THE PRACTICE SECTOR.
IF NEEDED THE PUBLIC SECTORS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
WE NEED YOU TO CONDUCT REELS AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FROM LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THESE TRAILS.
WE LOOK TO YOU THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES, BUT IF THE COMMUNITY WOULD LEARN THINGS ON OUR OWN, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU.
WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS, ACTUALLY A GROUP OF US IN DEATH SPRINGS IS MEETING LATER TODAY, RECORDING THE WINTER STORM.
PLEASE ENGAGE US TO HELP AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
DURING THIS CRISIS, WE ENGAGE THE NONPROFIT GROUPS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS ENGAGE US AS RESIDENTS.
DURING THIS WINTER CRISIS, WE SOMEWHAT ESTABLISHED A MINI NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER.
WE HAD TO RELY ON OUR CELL PHONES, WHICH WE HAD TO CHARGE IN OUR CARS.
WE TAKE QUICKLY ESTABLISH A TELEPHONE TREE NETWORK LIKE BACK IN THE OLD DAYS TO CHECK IN DAILY WITH EACH OTHER.
WE KNOW WHO OUR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS ARE.
THOSE WITH LANGUAGE BARRIERS, THE ELDERLY, THOSE WITH MEDICAL NEEDS AND THOSE WITH THE NEED FOR MEALS ON WHEELS SERVICES.
WE ALSO KNOW NEIGHBORS WITH RESOURCES, THOSE WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES AND WHO GET GROCERY BRANDS FOR US AND MOVED US TO SAFER LOCATIONS.
SOME OF US HAVE EMERGENCY KITS, BUT NOT THE WINTERIZED VERSION.
WE NEED HELP UPDATING THE KITS AND GETTING THEM TO THE RESIDENTS IN CLOSING.
YOU'RE STEPPING ON THE CITY STAFF THAT REALLY STEPPED UP IN SPITE OF THEIR PERSONAL CRISIS DURING THE WINTER STORM.
THESE ARE TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
ADDITIONALLY, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU, YOUR STAFF AND THE CITY STAFF WHO HAVE ALREADY MET WITH US TO WORK TOWARDS IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKER WHO CALLED BACK.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE INTERPRETER ON THE LINE.
SO THEY GET THREE MINUTES STREP.
ARE YOU READY? YES, I'M READY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANHELICA GUTIERREZ.
IS IT
UH, I WAS AFFECTED, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND I HAD NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER.
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NICE.NOW MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY WOULD BE TO PASS ALONG INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS
I WILL ALSO LIKE TO SEE, UH, SHELTERS THAT ARE PREPARED FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN WE NEED THEM.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
SO WE ARE CALLING YOU MAKE SURE TO ANSWER THAT PHONE CALL.
I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR GABA THOUGH.
OFTEN INVOLVES OFTEN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28 LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR HOSTED A WINTER STORM DEBRIEF FOR RESIDENTS WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONAL AND CITY OF RECORDS.
EXCUSE ME, CITY OF AUSTIN REPRESENTATIVES, LISTENING RESIDENTS GAVE LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTER COORDINATING AND ORGANIZING RESPONSE AND RELIEF EFFORTS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO ACCESS TO WATER AND FOOD.
LOTS OF UTILITIES COMMUNICATION FROM AND WITH THE CITY ABOUT RESOURCES, COMMUNITY LED RESPONSE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
AND AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, DID HE LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE ACKNOWLEDGED GAPS ISSUES.
AND AS MOVING FORWARD, THE CITY MUST COLLABORATE WITH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU HAVE DEPARTMENT CHAMPIONS ON THE FRONT LINE, ENGAGING WITH AND BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY, WATERSHED PROTECTION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE EQUITY OFFICE KNOW WHERE IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
YOU MUST ENSURE DEPARTMENT LEADERS ARE LISTENING TO THEIR DEPARTMENT CHAMPIONS.
THIS NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.
THIS SEASON'S DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP MUST ELEVATE THESE PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO REASSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE SEE YOUR ACTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP SPECIFICALLY, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAS TO LEAD THIS WORK.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A HEADSTART AND A FRAMEWORK, AND THEY KNOW WHO IS AT THE TABLE AND WHO IS MISSING.
COMMUNITY MUST BE ENGAGED TO CREATE STANDING ORDERS FOR RESILIENCE.
HUBS, GABA WILL BE THERE AND WE CAN BRING OTHERS IN AS WELL.
TAKE ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED AND MAKE THEM INTO STANDING ORDERS AND PROTOCOLS WITH NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE KEY PEOPLE.
YOUR FRONTLINE WORKERS MUST BE ENGAGED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND AT AISD SCHOOL STAFF, NONPROFIT, VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS, NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON, POLICE OFFICERS, AND FRONTLINE CITY STAFF FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THEY ALREADY HAVE LESSONS LEARNED AND KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE NEXT DISASTER.
THE PEOPLE FOR THE CRISIS RESPONSE THEY ALREADY DO, BUT CODIFY ORDERS.
SO THINGS ARE PREDICTABLE AND PLANNED.
TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR FRONTLINE STAFF AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AS WHAT PEOPLE NEED, SHORTER HOURS, BETTER HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, ET CETERA.
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THIS WORKS TAKES A CUMULATIVE TOLL.NOW, WHILE I AM FINISHED WITH MY PLAN COMMENTS, I WANT TO ADD THE CHALLENGES ENSURING ON HELICAL GUTIERREZ WAS ALLOWED TO ADDRESS COUNCIL, WHICH TOOK JUGGLING MESSAGES, EMAILS, AND MORE THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE, WHAT DID THE, UH, RE-IMAGINING POLICE PUBLIC SECURITY TASK FORCE OR GROUPS LAST NIGHT? I'M SORRY ABOUT MY BEING TONGUE TIED, EVEN MY OWN CHALLENGE.
AND THEN YOU HEARING ME SPEAK AND I AM TECH SAVVY AND SPEAK ENGLISH.
THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AS TECH SAVVY OR ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 28.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS 25 30 AND 32.
NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL, BY THE WAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
UH, AND, AND THE GROUP THAT'S WORKING TO NOW TRY TO GROUP SPEAKERS BY, UM, UM, ITEM NUMBER IS NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT AS THIS PROCESS HAS WORKED OUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL, UH, FOR, UH, BOTH THE SPEAKERS AND FOR THE COUNCIL, PLEASE, PAUL ROBBINS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SOME MEMBERS.
I AM SPEAKING TODAY AS AN ATTORNEY WITH SOS AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE OAK HILL ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF ITEMS 30 THROUGH 32, BECAUSE WE NEED THE CITY'S HELP TO PROTECT OAK HILL.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT VOTING AGAINST THESE EMINENT DOMAIN ITEMS WILL NOT STOP THE HIGHWAY EXPANSION PROJECT.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF ME SPEAKING ON THEM.
SOMETIMES WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, YOU GOT TO MAKE A LEMON DROP MARTINI.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE TODAY.
THE REASON I'M SPEAKING ON THESE ITEMS IS TO DAYLIGHT IMMINENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT ARE, UM, THAT WE'RE BEING FACED WITH AT, IN THE OAK HILL COMMUNITY.
DESPITE DRASTIC CHANGES IN COMMUTING PATTERNS, RESULTING FROM THE PANDEMIC AND TO ONGOING LAWSUITS BY ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS.
TEXTILE IS FORGING AHEAD WITH ITS 12 LANE MEGA HIGHWAY PROJECT THAT WILL TEAR THROUGH THE HEART OF OAK HILL, THE HIGHWAY, WHICH FEATURES BOTH ELEVATED AND EXCAVATED SEGMENTS.
WE'LL DESTROY PARTS OF WILLIAMSON CREEK CUT THROUGH THE EDWARD DOCKER FOR CONTRIBUTING ZONE AND REMOVE OAK HILLS NAMESAKE HERITAGE STREET, ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.
A TXDOT CONTRACTOR IS NOW PROPOSING TO BUILD A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT ON THE ACC PINNACLE CAMPUS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO HOUSES AND APARTMENTS, CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS, AND OF ARTICULAR MATTER THAT THEY RELEASED HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY LINKED TO HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS, SUCH AS RESPIRATORY ISSUES AND CERTAIN CANCERS.
SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THIS HIGHWAY DESIGN.
SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE OUTSPOKEN AGAINST HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS, GENERALLY RECOGNIZING THEIR NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NEED YOUR ACTION VOTING AGAINST THESE ITEMS, OR EVEN POSTPONING THEM MIGHT ONLY BE SYMBOLIC IN NATURE, BUT IT WOULD SHOW TXDOT THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WILL NO LONGER BE SILENT.
WE NEED OUR CITY LEADERS SPEAKING OUT TO SAY THAT THEY WILL FIGHT TO ENFORCE OUR ZONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ON THE CLINICAL CAMPUS TO PREVENT THE BATCH PLANT.
WE NEED OUR CITY LEADERS DEMANDING THAT TEXTILE ADJUSTED AS I SCALE BACK THE DAMAGE TO WILLIAMSON CREEK AND THE AMOUNT OF EXCAVATION ALONG TWO 90 HARRIS COUNTY RECENTLY SUED TXDOT OVER TO PLANT OUR 45 EXPANSION.
LET'S DO THAT HERE, BOTH WITH THIS PROJECT IN OAK HILL AND THE OTHER DISASTER PROPOSED WITH
PLEASE STOP MAKING IT EASY FOR TXDOT.
THANK YOU, PAUL ROBBINS, PAUL, WE'RE GOING TO DISCONNECT YOU.
WE WILL BE CALLING YOU RIGHT BACK.
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HELLO? CAN YOU ME? HELLO COUNCIL ON TALL ROBBINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE, I'M HERE TO PROTEST THE PENDING GAS UTILITY RATE HIKE ITEM 25, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, TEXAS GAS SERVICE WAS GRANTED A RATE INCREASE.IF THIS INCREASES APPROVED GAS RATES, THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY WILL HAVE INCREASED 25% SINCE 2019 WITH TAXES.
THIS IS $72 A YEAR FOR THE AVERAGE AUSTIN RATE PAYER, BUT IT GETS WORSE IF GAS RATES INCREASED BY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THEY INCREASED THIS YEAR.
AT THE END OF THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR RATE PERIOD, GAS RATES WILL INCREASE 57% REPEAT 57% OR $165 A YEAR.
AT THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR RATE PERIOD, AUSTIN RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS COULD COLLECTIVELY BE PAYING $32 MILLION IN RATE INCREASES ANNUALLY.
THE GREATER REGION WILL BE PAYING EVEN MORE.
MEANWHILE, IT IS INEVITABLE, ALMOST INEVITABLE THAT GAS FUEL COSTS WILL GO UP BECAUSE OF THE WINTER STORM.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS STILL RELATIVELY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE GAS COMPANY HAS BUDGETED SUCH A RIDICULOUSLY INSUFFICIENT SUM FOR LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE.
THAT IT COULD BE CONFUSED FOR SATIRE WHILE TEXAS GAS SERVICE IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
SOME BLAME CAN BE LEVELED AT THE CITY'S DOCILE REGULATORY BUREAUCRACY.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS COUNCIL CAN DO TO BEGIN TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS. FIRST, GIVE THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OR ANOTHER CITY COMMISSION, THE ABILITY TO REVIEW ALL ASPECTS OF A GAS UTILITY.
THE INCREASED OVERSIGHT WILL OVER TIME CREATE A BETTER CHANCE FOR FAIR RATES.
SECOND, PASS A RESOLUTION STATING THAT WHEN THE GAS COMPANY'S FRANCHISE BEGINS RENEGOTIATION TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THE CITY WILL ASK FOR BRIDGE FROM COMPETING UTILITIES.
IF TEXAS GAS SERVICE REALIZES IT HAS TO COMPETE, IT MIGHT JUST BECOME MORE FISCALLY PRUDENT.
ONE FINAL NOTE, I END MY SPEECH ON ANOTHER TOPIC, SUPPORTING MY NEIGHBORS AGAINST ITEMS 30, 31 AND 32 UNTIL AWAI IS FOUND TO KEEP A CONCRETE PLANT OUT OF OAK HILL.
UM, MY NAME IS CAROL SAYS I AM A RESIDENT OF 7,300 CALL BROWN LANE IN KILL.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS.
AND AS SUCH, I HAVE BEEN PART OF A MANY ACTIVITIES IN OUR AREA.
I AM CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE OLD HALF BOARD, AS WELL AS A BOARD MEMBER OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SOUTH WIND MILL RUN, AND A PAST MEMBER OF THE ACC COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I HESITATE AND REFERRING TO BY CONNECTION WITH ACC BECAUSE I WAS BLINDSIDED AS WERE MY NEIGHBORS.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT A CONCRETE PLANT WAS BEING NEGOTIATED AT THE ACC PINNACLE SITE.
THIS IS SO CLOSE TO OUR HOMES, BUT NOT JUST IN MEASURABLE DISTANCE.
IT HAPPENS TO BE DOWN WIND FROM THESE HOMES.
AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN IMPACTED BY A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HELP HAPPEN EITHER AT ACC OR IN THE AREA BETWEEN INCLUDING THE 2011 OAK HILL PINNACLE WILDFIRE.
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NO OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS, BUT WE HAD TO DIG IN AND DISCOVER IN THE RECORDS OF THE ACC OR THE TRUSTEES THAT THEIR ONLY APPROVAL OF THIS SITE WAS TO PERMIT THE CHANCELLOR, TO NEGOTIATE WITH TXDOT, FOR USE OF THE PARKING LOT FOR EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE PURPOSES, NO MENTION AT ALL OF A CONCRETE PLANT.SO WE HAD A LARGE TURNOUT OF NEIGHBORS AT THE ACC BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING LAST MONDAY.
SO VERY HEARTRENDING TESTIMONY ABOUT SMALL CHILDREN PLANS FOR A SAFE RETIREMENT HOME NEIGHBORS WHO SUFFERED FROM SERIOUS HEALTH IN ILLNESSES, PARTICULARLY RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
AND OUR RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THE EXTENT OF HAZARD FROM A CONCRETE PLANT, EVEN A SO-CALLED WET CONCRETE BATCH PLANT AS A BUILDING OF THIS HIGHWAY IS STILL BEING CHALLENGED IN COURT.
THERE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO CO CO COURT CASES STILL OPEN UNDERNEATH.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TXDOT COMPLIED WITH THIS OBLIGATION FOR REAL INPUT FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THIS DESIGN.
BUT APART FROM THAT, WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT ON THE SIDING OF A CONCRETE PLANT.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT ANY ACTION ON EMINENT DOMAIN ISSUES OR ANY OTHER LAND USE ISSUES COMING THROUGH CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL CERTAIN THINGS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
AND SPEAKER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
OKAY, MAYOR, THE NEXT GROUP ARE FOR THE FAR RAINY ITEMS, 10, 11, AND 12.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CARSON NEILSON.
UM, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK I GOT PUT ON THE WRONG LINE.
UM, HERE IN, IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT SPEAKER IS DUSTIN LAUTERBACH.
I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF A ITEM 12, 1992 RAINY.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS IN THE CITY.
I RECEIVED IN MY PART OF TOWN MULE OR DISTRICT NINE, THREE TO FOUR CALLS A WEEK FROM REALTORS WHO WANT TO PUT MY HOUSE IN A BIDDING IN A BIDDING WAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, W WHAT MAKES MOST SENSE AS HIGHLY HIGH DENSITY, URBAN LIVING, REDUCING, UH, REDUCING ISSUES ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO PROMOTING WALKABILITY, UM, JUST HERE IN SUPPORTING THE PROJECT AND THINK THAT COUNCIL SHOULD APPROVE THE PROJECT, UM, AS, AS THE DEVELOPERS REQUESTED.
UM, HELLO SAID J T AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF, UH, ITEMS, UH, 10, 11 AND 12, I THINK THOUGHT, UH, THE DENSITY BONUS, UH, SHOULD BE APPROVED.
AND AS THE CALL IS BEFORE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS, UH, DENSITY, UH, PROGRAM IS A, IS A BRIGHT STAR AND WALTER ARE FAIRLY DIRE STATE OF, UH, WELL, OUR, OUR GREAT BOOMING, UM, METROPOLITAN AREAS, WHICH, UH, AUSTIN IS REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE ONE OF THEM.
AND, UH, I'M, UH, I MEAN, YOU COULD STILL MAKE STUDENTS, UM, SO YOU CAN ALL MAKE RESEARCH.
IT'S ONLY STARTING TO DOCUMENT REALLY THE, THE MASSIVE COSTS FROM THE MISALLOCATION OF STAFF HOUSING AND JOB SITE.
I JUST WANT TO CITE THIS ONE PAPER BY THE SAVED FROM CHICAGO AND MARISSA FROM BERKELEY IN 2019, UH, W WHICH SHOWS DOT OUR OUTPUT IS 38% LOWER, UH, SORRY, 36%, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MISMATCH.
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OF HAVING THIS HIGH DENSITY AND PRODUCTIVE PLACES LIKE AUSTIN, THEY, THEY REALLY EXTEND JUST HAVING GREATER ECONOMIC OUTPUT.AND AS PEOPLE MENTIONED BEFORE, IT ALSO INCLUDES HAVING A, A LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT.
BUT BEYOND THAT, IT MEANS THAT THE EMPLOYERS HAVE FELT LESS MONOPSONY POWER, THAT WE HAVE MORE CHOICES OF GO TO WORK FOR HIGHER WAGES.
THERE'S MORE COMPETITION IN TERMS OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE, THAT THE PRICES ARE LOW AND THE QUALITY IS HIGH.
AND JUST THE SHEER VARIETY, JUST FANTASTIC.
AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE PEOPLE COMES GREATER CONGESTION AND POLLUTION AND CONFLICTS ABOUT THE EVENTS OF NOW THE PLAN TO USE THE SUPPLANT LAND ON THE GROUND WILL ALWAYS BE SCARS, BUT WE CAN ALLEVIATE THIS BY INCREASING THE TRANSPORT OPTIONS I'VE BEEN BUILDING HIGHER, SO LEAVING MORE AND NOT LESS SPACE FOR ALL THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE CITY.
SO I'M REALLY IN FAVOR OF ITEM 10, 11, AND 12, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT AUSTIN IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION WHERE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ALLOWING THESE DENSITY BONUSES AND ALLOWING US TO, TO BUILD AS HIGH AS THEY CAN REALLY BRINGS THESE BENEFITS OF DENSITY THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AND MAYBE A BIT SELFISHLY FOR MYSELF WILL LOWER MY EVENTS.
UH, MAYOR, MAY I ASK THE SPEAKER A QUESTION? UM, THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I KNOW I CAUGHT THAT YOU WERE A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT.
DID YOU INDICATE, ARE YOU A RAINY STREET? DO YOU LIVE IN THE RAINY STREET AREA? SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER.
HE, UM, IS HE ALREADY DISCONNECTED IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN GET THEM BACK ON THE LINE? UH THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BLAIR CAROL BLAIR, PLEASE.
SO MY NAME IS LYRIC CARROLL, AND I CURRENTLY LIVE.
HI, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT WHEN I'M, BUT I OWN A BUILDING IN DISTRICT NINE.
WHAT TO RUN MY LAW FIRM OUT OF, AND I'VE LIVED IN DISTRICT NINE, PRETTY MUCH, MOST OF THE PAST DECADE.
UM, I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE RIVER STREET RESIDENCES PROJECT, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 11.
UM, AND THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEKING TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AND INVEST IN AUSTIN.
I SUPPORT THE PROJECT BECAUSE HOUSING PRICES ARE A FUNCTION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
WHILE WE, AS A CITY DO NOT HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER DEMAND.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT SUPPLY.
SIMPLY PUT, WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE.
IT WILL SUPPLY HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN AN AREA WHERE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS WILL BE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, LOW IMPACT, AND HIGH TAX PAYING RESIDENTS ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ADDING OVER 20 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, ADDING 1.2 MILLION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, DONATING OVER 400,000 TO FINISH A LOCAL PARK AND INVESTING SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THE, A DILAPIDATED ALLEY BETWEEN EAST AVENUE AND RAINY, UH, THIS PROJECT, OTHERS, LIKE IT ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND WE NEED TO PROMOTE THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS.
UM, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE AND APPROVE THIS PROJECT AND OTHER THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED PROJECTS THAT HAS HOUSING AND INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX GON ACTUALLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE NEXT, UM, GROUP IS FOR THE EMS ITEM.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX GONZALES, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR MY NAME IS ALEX GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UH, I'M CALLING WITH REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 34, AND I AM IN FAVOR OF CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE BEING APPROVED FOR THEIR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
I'M CURRENTLY A STUDENT HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND VOLUNTEER WITH DIFFERENT HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
A COMMON CONSENSUS AMONG THE HOSPITALS IS THAT WHEN YOU NEEDING TO TRANSFER NON-EMERGENT PATIENTS AND EVEN SOMETIMES EMERGENT PATIENTS, IT IS TAKING WAY TOO LONG AND CAUSING A BACKLOG IN OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS AND ULTIMATELY, UH, JEOPARDIZING THE PATIENT'S HEALTH.
A LOT OF HOLES WERE FOUND, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FREEZE AND ALSO DURING THE LAST YEAR THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC.
I THINK THE CURRENT AMBULANCE PROVIDERS ARE OVERWHELMED AND CANNOT HANDLE THE VOLUME THEY'RE CURRENTLY GETTING.
SO THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE SOME
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HELP FOR THEM.UM, ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, UH, VOTE IN FAVOR OF CITY, AMBULANCE SERVICE, BEING APPROVED FOR THEIR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR FIRST FEEDING APPROVAL OF ITEM 34, I WOULD APPLICATION TO PROVIDE NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORT SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I STARTED CITY AMBULANCE IN 2006 AND BUILT THE FOUNDATION ON PATIENT CARE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO EXCEED OUR PATIENTS AND PARTNERS EXPECTATIONS.
FOR INSTANCE, OWN OUR AMBULANCES OUT EQUIPPED AND STAFFED AT THE MEDICAL CARE UNIT LEVEL, ALLOWING US TO HANDLE ANY LEVEL OF CARE THAT COMES INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE FREEZE.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FEW AMBULANCE PROVIDERS THAT DID EMERGENT AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS AND TRANSFERS PATIENTS THROUGH THE WARMING CENTERS.
TODAY, WE OPERATE AT ABOUT 85% OF THE STATES, INCLUDING DALLAS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS, AND ALSO CORPUS CHRISTI, MIDLAND AND ODESSA.
WE DO NINE 11 AND CRANE COUNTY AS WELL LOCALLY.
WE OPERATE IN AUSTIN, METRO, BUT NOT WITHIN THE LIMITS.
THE CITY LIMITS GRANTING THIS FRANCHISE WOULD ALLOW US TO EXTEND OUR SERVICE RANGE FOR AUSTINITES AND THREE 80 MORE JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY.
DURING THE FREEZE, WE HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS FROM FACILITIES LOCATED IN AUSTIN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNABLE TO HELP DUE TO NOT HAVING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
WE FEEL STRONGLY AS DID THE EMS, I BY THE BOARD AS THEY AND OMINOUSLY APPROVED US, THAT THERE WERE, THERE WOULD BE GREAT BENEFIT TO ADDING ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE TO THE CITY.
AND GRANTED THIS FRANCHISE WOULD NOT COST TAXPAYERS OR THE CITY, ANYTHING.
IT WOULD BE CITY AMBULANCE RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY WITH OTHER THREE PROVIDERS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE NOW, OR IN THE FUTURE.
ONCE AGAIN, CITY AT ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IT WAS AN HONOR AND HOPE THAT YOU VOTE TO APPROVE.
I WOULD APPLICATION ON FIRST READING.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
WHAT ELSE DID I SAY? GOOD MORNING TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, I'M A CON TO DATE, UH, BASICALLY REGARDS TO ITEM 34.
AND, UH, AND BASICALLY, UH, LET ME TELL YOU THE REASON WHY A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT.
I HAD MY MOTHER IN A NURSING HOME AND SHE FELL AND SHE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
AND, UH, WHAT HAPPENED WAS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE WAITED ABOUT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS FOR THE AMBULANCE TO ACTUALLY GET THERE ON SCENE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, I'M BASICALLY CURRENTLY I THINK THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND THE AMOUNT OF AMBULANCES OUT THERE IS THEY JUST BASICALLY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AND THEY'RE UNRELIABLE.
UM, SO LIKE ALL THE DATA BASICALLY IS SAY THAT I'M A FAVOR ON THE 34, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF HAVING SO MANY AMBULANCE SERVICE BEING APPROVED TO FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU NEED AS MANY AMBULANCES AS YOU CAN.
YOU NEED THAT LIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS TO BE ACTIVE ALL THE TIME.
TWO HOURS IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A WHOLE LOT OF YOUR TIME.
UM, I AM ALSO CALLING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 34 AND MUCH LIKE THE EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THE GUY'S NAME WAS RUBEN WHO CALLED BEFORE ME.
I ALSO HAD A PERSONAL PROBLEM AND HAD TO WAIT A VERY LONG TIME, THREE HOURS FOR AN AMBULANCE.
SO I AM DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF APPROVING, UM, ITEM 34 AND GRANTING PERMISSION TO CITY AMBULANCE TO HAVE A FRANCHISE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
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SPEAKER IS NOME RODNEY.I'M A GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AND THEN BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
I'M CALLING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF BY THEM 34, UH, CITY AMBULANCE.
I'VE BEEN THEIR MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND I CAN CERTAINLY ATTEST TO THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE ORGANIZATION, TO THE MEDICAL SOUNDNESS OF THEIR CARE AND TO THE PROTOCOLS THAT THEY USE FOR EMS TALK, KNOCK ALL THE MEDICS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I WILL TRAIN, AND THIS ORGANIZATION HAS SAVED MANY LIVES, UH, WITH VERY STRONGLY FIELD OF BOLTON FAVORS APPROPRIATELY.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT PARTICIPATED COLLEAGUES.
UH, WE HAVE 25 MINUTES BEFORE WE'RE SCHEDULED TO DO A CITIZEN, UH, COMMUNICATIONS ON THE
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CONSENT AGENDA.IT'S ITEMS ONE THROUGH 29, 44 THROUGH 46.
I'M SHOWING PULLED ITEMS OF FOUR AND 11, ALSO 10 AND 12, ALSO 28.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND YOUR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO BE SENT ON ITEM NUMBER 27, RIGHT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 24.
UM, I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU RIGHT.
UM, ITEM 28 WAS POLLED, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
I HAVE A VERY, VERY BRIEF AMENDMENT THAT I THINK THE ARTHUR'S ALIGNS WITH THE AUTHORS THAT I'VE POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND I JUST SENT AROUND.
SO THAT'S JUST A HEADS UP ABOUT THAT ON 28.
ON 28, BUT IT'S PULLED SO THAT'S FINE.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, REQUEST THAT YOU LET US KNOW AGAIN, WHICH ITEMS ARE PULLED AND I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU GOT A POLL FROM ME FOR ITEM FIVE.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT ITEM FIVE.
SO THERE ARE THE THREE, UH, UH, BONUS CASES, WHICH ARE FOUR AND 11, ALSO 10 AND 12.
ALSO BEING PULLED IS FIVE BY COUNCIL OVER TOBO AND 28, THE OTHERS ONE THROUGH 29 AND 44 THROUGH 46, UH, ARE CONTINUING ON.
I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW ME VOTING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR, THAT CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RICHTER, RHEA OFF THE DESK.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE, UH, UM, UH, PULLED ITEMS. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER YOU'VE PULLED UP FOUR 11, 10 AND 12.
DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE? UM, I THINK I NEED ANOTHER MINUTE ON THOSE.
WE WERE WAITING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL BACKUP, SO I NEED, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT THE RIGHT INFORMATION THERE.
IF I MAY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST, I THINK FIVE WILL BE QUICK AND 28 MIGHT BE TOO.
UM, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT IF YOU RECONVENE THAT, THAT MIGHT BE QUICK TOO.
AND I, MY GUESS IS THAT THE RAINY CASES ARE GOING TO TAKE US MORE TIME AND WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO KNOCK THOSE OUT BEFORE LUNCH, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY KNOCK ALL THE REST OF IT OUT.
AND I WASN'T SURE THAT'S WHY I CALLED HER JASPER ALTO, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND IN ANY EVENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTERNATIVELY KATE, SO SHE'S NOT READY THAT YOU NEED SOME INFORMATION BEFORE WE CAN GO FORWARD ON THOSE.
SO WE'LL THEN MOVE TO THE OTHER PULLED ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.
AND LET'S SEE IF WE COULD RUN THROUGH THOSE.
DID WE GET THROUGH THEM QUICKLY? I HAVE NUMBER
[5. Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Economic Development Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Iconic Venue Fund (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to transfer in and appropriate $2,400,000.00 from the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Austin Convention Center Capital Fund (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to provide relief funds to stabilize Austin’s tourist economy and address the loss of iconic venues and businesses that promote tourism and the hotel and convention industry.]
FIVE KINDS OF EVERY TABLEAU, JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION.WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WORK SESSION WHEN IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
THE LAST ONE, I KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER PITCHING, YOU INDICATED YOU HAD SOME, UM, ISSUES THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON WITH STAFF.
AND I WENT, WANTED TO CHAT, TOUCH BASE AND
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SEE IF THOSE HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT.BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GET A CONFIRMATION FROM OUR STAFF THAT IN APPROVING THIS TODAY, WE'RE NOT APPROVING, WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY EXCLUSION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NONPROFIT THAT WOULD FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO THAT MAYOR OR REQUEST ONE OF THE STAFF, UM, FOR THAT PIECE.
AND THEN I WANTED COUNCIL MEMBER KEISHA TO VERY QUICKLY SPEAK TO THE OTHER PIECE, YOU KNOW, AS THE CONTEXT FOR THIS IS THAT IN SOME OF OUR OTHER GRANTS AIMED AT, AT VENUES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SOME OF OUR REALLY WORTHY APPLICANTS WERE TOLD BY STAFF THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO APPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THOSE FOR FOR-PROFIT I THINK, I THINK WE REALLY WELL ANYWAY, LET'S NOT GO THERE AGAIN, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE SOME OF OUR, THE VENUES, UH, CANNOT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
SO STAFF, IS THERE A LIMITATION TO NONPROFITS FOR THIS PARTICULAR FIRE? THE TWO AND A HALF BILLION.
SO THERE'LL BE A WHOLE RAB ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT NON-PROFITS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL? YES.
UH, WE DID, UH, WORK OUT THE LANGUAGE AND SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS THE REVISED PERSON THAT'S IN THE BACKUP.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM NUMBER FIVE? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO OKAY.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE APPROVAL, BUT I'M GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, CAUSE IT WAS HER RESOLUTION AS ARMOUR KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION COUNTS.
REMEMBER TOBO SECONDS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND UM, WITH THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY, UM, FROM THESE DOLLARS.
UM, AND I, I JUST APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING WITH US TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THAT WAS OUR KITCHEN AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
THIS WAS GENERATED FROM AN IDEA THAT SHE RAISED A WHILE BACK AND WANTED TO THANK HER AND MY CO-SPONSORS ON THE ICONIC VENUE RESOLUTION.
NUMBER FIVE, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M SEEING ALL THE HANDS RAISED FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.
[28. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to engage city departments, the Austin Independent School District, Travis County, and the community to conduct an assessment of potential resilience hub locations to serve as emergency shelters and community spaces; to study and plan for providing these critical facilities with redundant power and water capability; and report back to the Council with necessary budget recommendations, funding strategies, and intergovernmental agreements to accomplish these goals.]
PICK UP ITEM NUMBER 28.UM, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOVO HELPED ME MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE, WHY DON'T I MAKE A MOTION, UM, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL OF DRAFT TWO AS POSTED IN THE BACKUP WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT I CIRCULATED MORNING, WHICH AMENDED COUNCIL MEMBER CAUSE SARS LANGUAGE.
IT'S GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS NOW.
AND I CAN EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE.
AND I'LL ALSO INCLUDE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S AMENDMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE THE EXTRA WORD AROUND.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHOR'S AMENDMENT, IS THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR MOTION AS WELL? OR DOES ANY MEMBER IT'S OKAY.
ARE ALL THOSE ITEMS IN BACKUP AT THIS POINT? UM, IF I BACK UP, YOU MEAN ON THE WEBSITE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE, WE JUST GOT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ONES THAT HAVE CIRCULATED THIS MORNING, BUT I CAN, IF I GET A SECOND, I CAN TALK ABOUT, I CAN QUICKLY RUN THROUGH WHAT THEY ARE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER SECONDS THAT AND FOR THE RECORD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND THEM.
UH, I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO GET THE CLERK, THE, TO PUT THEM INTO THE BACKUP SO WE CAN SEE THEM.
UM, BUT, UM, IN RECOGNIZING WE NOW HAVE, UH, 17 MINUTES AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH THROUGH, AND THERE'S AN AGREEMENT ON ALL THESE, JUST ENOUGH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO, TO BE ABLE FOR SOMEONE READING THE RECORD TO BE UP.
SO, AS I SAID, WE'RE WORKING WITH DRAFT RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
CASARA HAD PUT SOME AMENDMENTS ON THE, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD COUNCIL MEMBER ARE.
I MADE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THOSE.
YOU SUGGESTED SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, UM, WORDING TODAY.
I'VE INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE CIRCULATE, INTO THE AMENDMENT I CIRCULATED TODAY.
SO IT'S, IT IS NOTED THIS MORNING AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR AND DATED APRIL 8TH, RATHER THAN APRIL SEVEN.
SO THAT'S THE WAY YOU WOULD KNOW THE LAST VERSION.
I MADE AN ERROR IN THIS AND I HAVE AN EXTRA WORD AROUND, SO PLEASE STRIKE THAT.
AND THE ONLY THING I DID TO CHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE OF THIS MORNING IS TO ADD AN S TO NATIVE LANGUAGES.
I ALSO AM HAPPY TO ACCEPT, UM,
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COUNCILMAN OF YOUR KITCHEN KITCHENS WORDS TO INCLUDE RESPONSE PLANNING AFTER INSURER.SO IT WOULD READ, BUT ALSO ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH COMMUNITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE RESPONSE PLANNING.
WELL, WELL ACTUALLY I CAN, ALL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS RESPONSE PLANNING.
SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS WORKING INTO THE SENTENCE IN A WAY THAT SET UP COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONNEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES.
UM, SO I THINK I WOULD JUST HAVE IT IN THERE WITH EACH COMMUNITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE RESPONSE PLANNING WITH REGARD TO COMMUNICATIONS.
I THINK I NEEDED TO ADD THAT AND HAS HER COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS HER HAND UP, SO MAYBE SHE WANTS TO JUMP IN THERE.
OH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
AND THEN WE GO TO, AND HERE AND ONE SECOND YOU'RE SAYING HANDS IS OKAY, BUT YOU'RE SAYING ADD THE WORDS WITH REGARD TO AFTER THE WORDS, RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THESE AMENDMENTS BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL INVESTED IN AND LIKE WE, WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT ELEMENTS.
I WOULD SAY THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF, OF THE RESOLUTION COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS OF RESPONSE PLANNING.
UM, AND THERE ARE REFERENCES IN LINE 62 OR LINE 62, UM, TH THE IMPORTANCE AND THE IMPERATIVE OF HAVING THOSE BE MULTI-LINGUAL, UM, RESOURCES.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHAT WE'RE ADDING IS, DOES, UM, ALREADY APPEAR IN THE RESOLUTION.
I'M HAPPY TO ADD IT, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO ESSENTIAL PURPOSE IS RESPONSE PLANNING.
WE GOT TO TINKER WITH THAT LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT COUNSELING, BECAUSE, SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE REVISED DRAFT V2, WHICH IS POSTED BACK UP AND NOTED ON 47, PLUS THE TOVO AMENDMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS POSTED ON FOUR EIGHT PLUS THE ALTAR AMENDMENT, WHICH HAS SHOWN BEING POSTED ON FOUR EIGHT PLUS THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT, WHICH IS NOT POSTED YET, UH, BUT WAS ON THE, UM, UH, WAS IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD HERE THIS MORNING AND COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN? YEAH, IT'S ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
AND I KNOW KATIE'S ABOUT TO SEND IT AROUND IF SHE HASN'T YET.
SO IT'S THE ONE THAT'S ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, EXCEPT THAT THE WORD WERE CHANGED AND THAT COUNCIL IS PROPOSING WAS, UH, WHERE IT SAYS, UM, A RESPONSE.
IT SHOULD HAVE THE WORDS WITH REGARD.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A BETTER SUGGESTION.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SAY THERE IS, BUT ALSO ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH COMMUNITY AND RESPONSE PLANNING TO ENSURE ADEQUATE COMMUNICATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHERE I REALLY THINK IT BELONGS.
UM, SO I THINK THE RECORD IS PRETTY CLEAR ON THAT.
UH, UM, AND MORGAN, ARE YOU, WAS THAT ENOUGH TO GET IT FOR YOU? UM, HOPING THAT, UH, THE LAWYER WHO'S GOT THIS AS LISTENING AS WELL.
SO I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE JUST DO THE KITCHEN ONE, ONE MORE TIME, THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, WITH THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE WITH THE AMENDMENT.
AT LINE ONE 28, UM, THERE WOULD BE THE INSERTION OF A NEW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED CLAUSE, AS IT APPEARS ON THE AMENDMENT SHEET DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING, APRIL 8TH, WHICH WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S AMENDMENTS WITH MY EDITS TO THOSE.
UM, AND THE LANGUAGE WOULD READ AS SUCH THE CITY'S EFFORTS SHOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE NECESSARY FACILITIES PLANNING, BUT ALSO ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH COMMUNITY AND RESPONSE PLANNING TO ENSURE ADEQUATE COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONNEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES.
SO FROM THE AMENDMENT SHEET I DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING DATED APRIL EIGHT, IT'S 2021.
WE ARE ADDING THE WORD AND RESPONSE PLANNING AFTER COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE CUTTING THE WORD AROUND BEFORE COMMUNICATIONS.
THAT WAS JUST A STRAY PROBLEM.
UM, AND THAT'S THAT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
AND LIKE, THAT'S VERY CLEAR ALL THESE ARE IN BACKUP.
WE NEED THE CLERK JUST TO PUT WHAT SHE HAS ALREADY CIRCULATED AS THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT IN THE BACKUP WITH ALL THOSE CHANGES.
DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO ANY OF THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING ADDED? AND THEN I AM GOING TO HAVE A FEW SUPER QUICK COMMENTS AND THAT'LL BE FINE.
UH, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS REMEMBER TOBA, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS A SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
I APPRECIATE A COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBO BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR IT.
I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO MY AMENDMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
UM, MY AMENDMENT JUST AMENDS A WHEREAS CLAUSE.
UM, BUT IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IN OUR CLIMATE
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EMERGENCY DECLARATION IN AUGUST OF 2019, WHICH I SPONSORED AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THAT RESOLUTION CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY RESILIENT FOBS TO SERVE AS SHELTERS, EVACUATION CENTERS AND DISASTER RESPONSE HELPS DURING CLIMATE EMERGENCIES.UM, AND SO I WANT TO OFFER SOME DIRECTION TO GO ALONG WITH PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM.
I'VE POSTED THE DIRECTION ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ IT FOR THE RECORD.
I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL BY MAY 7TH, 2021, AND UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION RESOLUTION PASSED BY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 8TH, 2019.
AND THE SECOND PART IS THAT ONCE THAT REPORT IS COMPLETE, THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD PROVIDE TO COUNCIL OR REVIEW OF WHICH PIECES OF THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION RESOLUTION, IF FULLY IMPLEMENTED, MIGHT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR PREPAREDNESS AND OUR RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI.
UM, THIS REVIEW CAN BE OFFERED AS PART OF THE AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR STORM YURI IF THE CITY MANAGER PREFERS.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE CALLED FOR THIS WORK IN AUGUST OF 2019.
UM, AND HAD IT BEEN IN PLACE, IT WOULD HAVE SERVED US WELL, WHETHER THE CITY CAN GET STUFF DONE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME REMAINS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IS A QUESTION, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE HAD PRIOR DIRECTION LEADING TO THIS.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IN REVIEWING THE CLIMATE DECLARATION, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PIECES THERE THAT SPEAK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR THE KIND OF CLIMATE EMERGENCIES THAT WE EXPERIENCE WHEN WE HAVE AN EXTENDED COLD PERIOD IN STORM, LIKE WE HAD WITH WINTER URI.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE DIRECTED.
UM, I DIDN'T PUT THIS IN THE, UM, THIS DIRECTION, BUT I WILL JUST NOTE THAT THE CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ALSO HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS AS DOES THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN THAT WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED YET.
UM, I DON'T KNOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THE TIMING MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RIGHT.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, JUDGE ANY OF THAT PER SE.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR AFTER ACTION REPORT.
THE ONE THAT CITY MANAGER IS LOOKING AT, UH, BECAUSE IF WE MAKE PLANS AND WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THEM, WE WILL NOT BE MORE RESILIENT.
UM, AND WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THIS AND GO BACK AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE LESSONS OF STUFF WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED AND WE'VE ALREADY NOTIFIED AND, AND ADVANCE THEM.
ARE YOU OKAY AND UNDERSTAND THAT DIRECTION? YOU OKAY WITH IT? I AM ERIN COUNSEL.
THAT WAS BEFORE THIS, I TOOK MY VIDEO OPPOSITE OF UN-MUTING.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR INVITING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY.
UM, A COMMUNITY HAS, UH, IS A RESILIENT COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL NATURAL DISASTERS AND HISTORICAL FLOODING EVENTS, UM, AND TO ECHO AND REALLY BUILD OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR IS SAYING.
THERE IS A REAL NEED COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ACTIONS AND KNOWING THAT THIS COUNCIL TOOK ACTION OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, CALLING FOR THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HAS IN A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, WE WERE IN A DISASTER AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE CREATIVE.
IT IS NOT OKAY THAT WE ARE LETTING THIS TYPE OF POLICY DIRECTOR GO BY WITHOUT ACTUAL TANGIBLE MOVEMENT ON IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE AT RISK LIVES ARE AT STAKE.
AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WHEN WE LOOK TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR ON HAVING AN UPDATE IN MAY ON MAY 7TH, UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY SUPPORT BECAUSE HAVE YOU HEARD TODAY ON CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM MY DEAF SPRINGS COMMUNITY WHO, AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY VOCALIZED TO ME THAT COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTIONS AND NOTHING GETS DONE.
AND SO I REALLY HOPE TO BE PART OF THE COUNCIL THAT, THAT BRINGS FOR THAT ACTION THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK THIS RESOLUTION AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST WANTING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR MULTI-LINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND UTILIZING OUR EMERGENCY TEXTS RESPONSE SERVICES.
WE ARE LIVING IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT ARE DISPOSABLE AT OUR DISPOSAL AND USE THEM, UM, AND NOT JUST SEND
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ONE TEXT MESSAGE OR ONE COMMUNICATION.IT HAS TO BE ONGOING AND WITH UPDATES AND TIMELY INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO SET UP A HUB IN DOVE SPRINGS.
WE SET UP AN OVERNIGHT SHELTER AND DEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOVE SPRINGS.
BUT YOU HEARD TODAY FROM, FROM CALLERS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE INFORMATION, IT WAS THERE.
SO WE ARE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE AHEAD.
AND I, AND I'M, YOU CAN COUNT ME IN ON, ON THAT WORK.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS GETTING INCORPORATED IN, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THOSE.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS AS WE GO THROUGH OUR WINTER STORM SESSIONS, BUT AS WE PREPARE TO GO THROUGH THOSE SESSIONS, I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN AND CLEAR HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS THAT STEPPED UP TO DO WHAT THEY DID.
I MEAN, SO MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SLEPT OVERNIGHT AT THE EOC, SLEPT OVERNIGHT AT CITY HALL, MADE HUGE SACRIFICES, UM, DURING, UH, THE STORE TO SAVE LIVES AND KEEP THINGS GOING.
AND I DON'T LAUNCH WHEN WE BRING UP, UH, THE CRITIQUES THAT WE DO NEED TO BRING UP FOR IT TO GO UNHEARD OR FELT SOME FEELING OF NOT APPRECIATION.
I THINK THAT THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY FELT ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE, ON THE DIET, BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND PART OF WHY I REALLY WANTED TO CALL OUT NOT JUST THE FACILITIES PLANNING WAS BECAUSE IN SO MANY OF THE WARMING SHELTERS, WE HAD SO MUCH, THERE WAS SO MUCH PRE-WORK THAT CLEARLY NEEDED TO BE DONE THAT IN MY VIEW WAS JUST NOT FULLY W THAT WAS NOT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MEMBERS OF MY STAFF THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WHEN BATHROOMS WENT DOWN AT A WARMING CENTER, THAT WE WERE CALLING TDS WAS SHIPPING PORT-A-POTTIES TO THE CENTERS.
AND I APPRECIATE I'M STEPPING UP AND DOING THAT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE CITY COUNCIL AIDS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS BATHROOM FACILITIES THAT ARE RESILIENCE HUBS, UH, SOMETIMES NOT KNOWING WHO THE POINT PERSON WAS AT A WARMING SHELTER.
SO NOBODY THAT WE COULD CALL IT, THE EOC COULD TELL US IF THERE WAS WATER OR NOT.
AND SO I GOT I ON FOOT, WENT TO THE WARMING CENTERS TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS ENOUGH WATER.
AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS THEY WEREN'T BLANKETS.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOUSES WITHOUT POWER WALKED OVER WITH ME WITH BLANKETS TO THE WARMING CENTERS.
AGAIN, I DON'T SEE THESE THINGS AS A CRITIQUE OF THE EXCELLENT AND HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF THAT SPRUNG UP TO GET THESE THINGS GOING, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR IT TO BE BETTER NEXT FOR US TO REALLY CALL OUT THAT JUST HAVING THE BUILDINGS ISN'T ENOUGH THAT WE REALLY NEED THE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE PERSONNEL AND THE SUPPLIES AND A TRACKING SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN DO THIS MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY NEXT TIME.
UM, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, UH, THE SPONSORS HERE REALLY ELEVATING THIS EARLY ON AS A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS, AND NOW I THINK MORE THAN EVER, WE CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE WHY THESE RESILIENCY HUBS ARE SO CRITICAL.
UM, AND WHY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WENT AS JUST SO PERFECTLY STATED, WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW SOME REAL ACTION AND REALLY GET THIS DONE, BECAUSE I THINK FOLKS CAN SEE ONE WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT.
AND THEN TO, UH, HOW MUCH WORK WE HAVE LEFT TO DO TO REALLY MAKE THESE, THE KINDS OF HUBS THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THEM COULD REALLY UTILIZE.
BECAUSE FRANKLY, ON MY PART, I'LL JUST SAY NOW, SOMETIMES I WAS WORRIED ABOUT COMMUNICATING TO TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT THESE HUGS WERE AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW IF WE HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE OR SUPPLIES OR SUPPORTS AT A PLACE TO GET PEOPLE THERE.
UM, AND THEN SOMETIMES ONE OF THEM IN MY DISTRICT CLOSED DOWN AND HALF OF THE STAFF THAT I SPOKE WITH THOUGHT IT WAS STILL OPEN AND HALF DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT HAD CLOSED.
IT'S THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT, AGAIN, UM, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO REFLECT ON WHILE IT'S FRESH SO THAT WE CAN GET IT RIGHT.
UM, AGAIN, WITH THE DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE WORK SO FAR, BUT WE, BUT PART OF OUR JOB IS TO CRITIQUE OURSELVES AND THEN DO BETTER.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER RENTED AGAIN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO VERY, VERY BRIEFLY SPEAK TO MY AMENDMENT TO INSERT RESPONSE PLANNING AND CITY MANAGER.
I WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT JUST TO, UH, TO MAKE A POINT.
I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOBY TOBO, I AGREE WITH HER THAT SHE HAS REFLECTED THAT IN HER RESOLUTION, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF IT.
AND THE POINT JUST IS THAT, UM, WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENGAGED IN THE RESPONSE PLANNING, AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL
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CREATION OF THE, OF THE, UH, RESILIENCE HUBS.AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS HAVE A ROLE IN PLAN SHOULD HAVE A ROLE IN BOTH PLANNING, THE RESILIENCY HUBS, HOW THOSE HUBS ARE ACTUALLY DEPLOY DURING EMERGENCIES AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AS NEIGHBORS IN THE, IN THE RESPONSE.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE THAT MAYBE HAS BEEN MISSING IS THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORS IN THE RESPONSE AND CONNECTING THAT ALTOGETHER.
AND SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, RESOLUTION, I THINK, TO, TO MAKE THAT POINT, UH, TO YOU CITY MANAGER.
YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ON, UH, ON THE, UH, I ALSO WANT TO BE A SPONSOR BY THE WAY, BUT WHEN I READ ON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ABOUT THESE CORPORATIONS THAT MADE A KILLING OFF OF IT, HOW THEY PLAN TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME KNOWING THAT THIS, UH, FRANK WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH AND BROUGHT IN TRAILERS, BUT EXTRA GENERATORS, THEY MADE SURE THAT WELDERS WERE ON HAND TO MAKE SURE IN CASE ANY PIPE BUSTED.
UH, I MEAN, TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THE STORM HITS AND THEY WALKED AWAY WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AWAY AT OUR EXPENSE, YOU KNOW, AT OUR UTILITY CUSTOMERS EXPENSE.
AND IF IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT, UH, WHEN I READ THAT WAS VERY ALARMING TO ME THAT J R V S FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT CAME IN TO HAVE PLANTS IN OUR STATE, THAT PLAN FOR THIS WHOLE EVENT TO COME AND WAS ABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR PLANNING WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROFIT THAT THEY MADE OFF OF US.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT, UH, CITIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY AND PREPARED FOR LAND OR POWER PLANTS.
I MEAN, WHEN THEY HAD TRAILERS COMING IN AND HIRING WELDERS AND, AND ALL KINDS OF SPECIALISTS TO STAY THERE AT ONSITE, UH, AND WE HERE IN AUSTIN DID NOT PLANNED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN.
I KNOW IT'S ONCE IN A LIFETIME, BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE, ARE ANNOUNCED AND TO PREPARE.
AND, UH, IT JUST CAUGHT US ALL PREPARED.
AND, UH, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ROPE, THE PROMISE OF ROLLING OUT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THE ROLLING BLACKOUT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND THEN THE MESSAGE THAT WAS PUT OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK ONLINE ON TUESDAY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND THESE KIND OF MESSAGES THAT RELAYS OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THEY BELIEVE IT.
AND THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL JUST, UH, THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE UP THE NEXT DAY.
WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, HUNKER DOWN AND SPEND ANOTHER NIGHT AND, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UH THAT'S THAT WAS THE DISAPPOINTING THAT BETTER.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND A MESSAGE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY IS IMPLEMENTED IF DONE THE RIGHT WAY OR ELSE DON'T SAY ANYTHING, JUST SAY, THIS IS THE SHELTERS YOU HAVE TO GO TO AND ANNOUNCED THAT.
AND PLUS, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE PUTTING, THEY PUT THAT MESSAGE ONLINE.
WELL, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENERGY, YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRIC.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
I HAD TO GET MY OLD TRANSISTOR RADIO JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SPEND HOURS IN MY CAR, TRYING TO CHARGE UP MY CELL PHONE SO I COULD COMMUNICATE WITH MY STAFF.
SO WE REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE, AND I HOPE THAT MANAGEMENT TAKES THIS VERY SERIOUS.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ADDRESS TOTAL? YEAH.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES SPRAWLED OUT ALL THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE COMMENTS AND, UM, AND ALL OF THE PREVIOUS WORK, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT REALLY QUICKLY, BUT IN JUST A SECOND, I DID WANT TO SAY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, I REALLY LIKED YOUR DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT, AS WE DO OUR REVIEW AND THE AUDITOR DOES THERE WOULD BE YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER DOES THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT HAVE SOME OF THOSE PREVIOUS PLANS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
AND I JUST WANT TO CALL MY COLLEAGUES' ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT A ON OUR WORK PLAN DOES SPECIFICALLY ASK NOT
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FOR THE SAME, NOT THAT IT DOESN'T DUPLICATE THE, UM, THE WORK THAT THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR JUST PROVIDED, WHICH I SUPPORT BECAUSE IT IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.UM, BUT IT DOES ASK AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, IT DOES ASK YOU CITY MANAGER AS WE'RE HAVING THAT COUNCIL CONVERSATION TO PLEASE LET US KNOW IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN, WATER, EOC, UM, HOW, HOW, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2018 CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN FOR CITY ASSETS AND OPERATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THE STORM? I DO THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE HAVING THOSE WORK SESSIONS, I THINK WE'LL ALL SEE THAT WE CAN'T COVER ALL THE TOPICS IN EXHIBIT A.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT RATHER THAN IN THAT COUNCIL CONVERSATION.
BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT AT THOSE PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND SEE WHICH OF THOSE, UM, WHICH OF THOSE WERE IMPLEMENTED.
I WANTED TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, THE RESOLUTION AND TO GIVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT THANK YOUS.
AND AGAIN, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK, BUT I DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT A BIT.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THIS WAS WORK THAT MY OFFICE HAD UNDERTAKEN QUITE A WHILE AGO AND, AND WAS ACTUALLY A RESOLUTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AND ALMOST ALMOST COMPLETE, UM, PRIOR TO THE WINTER STORM.
AND, AND IT'S KIND OF PARTNER WORK IS COMING FORWARD HERE SOON ON FOOD SYSTEMS. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT BUILDS ON A LOT OF OTHER GOOD WORK, BUT ALSO THAT IT IS, IT IS WORK WE'VE HAD IN PROGRESS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WE ALL GOT A REALLY UPFRONT, UM, VERY VIVID VIEW OF HOW RESILIENCE HALVES GETTING THOSE ACTUALLY, UH, FROM THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS INTO, INTO LIFE, UM, COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN, UH, IN AN EMERGENCY, SUCH AS THE ONE WE HAD.
THERE WERE, I KNOW WE ALL WERE GOING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS DURING THAT.
AND WE HAD TREMENDOUS WORK FROM OUR CITY STAFF DOING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING SAVING LIVES, UM, THROUGH THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING.
AND I HOPE THAT OUR REVIEW PROCESS AND OUR AFTER-ACTION REPORT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, FOR ALL OF US ON THE DIOCESE, BUT ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES WERE.
BUT THERE WERE ALSO, UM, LOTS OF INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO FILL SOME OF THE GAPS THAT, THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAW.
ONE OF THEM RELATES REALLY CLOSELY TO THIS.
AND THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE IN DAY, DAY TWO OR SO OF NO ELECTRIC IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I TALKED WITH OUR CITY STAFF, AND THEN I SPOKE, I JUST MADE A PHONE CALL TO AISD AND SAID, HEY, ARE THESE SCHOOLS AND THESE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE HAD OUTAGES, ARE ANY OF THEM STILL ONLINE? AND, AND THAT WAS HOW, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR, AND, AND KITCHEN, AND, AND PULL AND OTHERS, AND IDENTIFYING WHAT SOME OF THOSE AREAS WERE THAT WEREN'T YET SERVED BY WARMING CENTERS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UM, SOME OF THOSE NEW WARMING CENTERS THAT JOCELYN AND LEE AND, UH, MERCHANTS IN, I BELIEVE.
SO I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE POWER OF THOSE, UM, FACILITIES, WHICH ARE IN COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE, OUR EOC HAD SET UP AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS HAD SET UP.
UM, BUT THERE WERE COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT AND CLARKSVILLE AND TRAVIS HEIGHTS WHERE WE COULDN'T LOCATE ANOTHER FACILITY THAT, THAT STILL HAD POWER.
SO THIS KIND OF PRE-PLANNING, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE JUST CRITICAL TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WELL PREPARED TO, TO MEET, UM, THE NEXT CRISIS, UH, AND THAT WE'RE DOING SO WITH, WITH, UM, ABSOLUTELY IN A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS.
AND WE'VE HAD, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY ROLE IS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF, OF THE RESOLUTION AND OF RESILIENCE LABS IS TO REALLY CENTER THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY.
I CITED AS DID COUNCIL MEMBER, COSAR THE WORK OF THE URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK, UM, THEIR CONVERSATION, THEIR, THEIR PAPER ON RESILIENCE HUBS IS ACTUALLY SUBTITLED SHIFTING POWER TO COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING COMMUNITY CAPACITY.
THIS IS WORK THAT HAS TO BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEEDS AND FORMING THE NETWORK OF RESPONSE THAT ALLOWS THOSE NEEDS TO BE MAD BECAUSE AS WE SAW WITH THE WINTER STORM, THAT THAT IS GOT TO BE A HYPER-LOCAL RESPONSE.
I KNOW I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF SHIFT TO MY THANK YOUS.
UM, THANKS TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME DOWN TODAY AND FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT JUST FOR THEIR FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO BUILD A RESILIENT COMMUNITY, UM, AND THEIR, AND THEIR WORK AND SUSTAINING THEIR NEIGHBORS THROUGH SEVERAL DISASTERS.
UM, GALVEZ LEADERSHIP AND DOVE SPRINGS HAS REALLY BEEN TREMENDOUS.
AND I THINK WILL BE A GREAT, A GREAT MODEL FOR US AS THE CITY MOVES FORWARD IN WORKING WITH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BUILD RESILIENCE HUBS, UH, THE RESOLUTION TODAY AS, AS OTHERS HAVE NOTED, DOES DEFINITELY BUILD ON THE WORK OTHERS HAVE DONE,
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UM, INCLUDING THE WORK OF OUR CITY AND OUR, OUR, OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.UM, AND OF COURSE THE WORK OF GABA, UH, THE WORD, OH, THIS COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED PREVIOUS DIRECTION AND PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS AS HAS BEEN DECIDED.
UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOUR WORK ON THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING, UM, HAS BEEN REALLY FOUNDATIONAL FOR THIS, UM, AS HAS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION, WHICH IS CALLED OUT AS WELL.
AND THE RESOLUTION I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST THANK SHANNON AND HOLLY SHANNON, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS A POLICY SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON MY STAFF, UM, AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2011 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PERIOD WHERE SHE WENT TO WORK FOR THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY ON CLIMATE AND THEIR CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING.
AND SHE ACTUALLY WORKED TO HELP DEVELOP, UM, THE, THAT DOCUMENT, UH, THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN FOR CITY ASSETS AND OPERATIONS ALONG WITH GREAT STAFF ACROSS OUR CITY.
UM, AND SO SHE HAS, FROM THAT POINT, REALLY CONTINUED, CONTINUED HER INTEREST IN RESILIENCY.
AND, AND IT IS HER IDEA TO REALLY LOOK TO SCHOOLS, UM, AS, AS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
SHE'S DONE TREMENDOUS WORK ON THIS RESOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOTS OF OTHER FOLKS, INCLUDING ASHLEY RICHARDSON AND MY OFFICE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE, UM, SHANNON HAS, HAS MET WITH THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY, THE CONCENTRATE PROJECT.
I ASKED AISD GABA, JIM WALKER AT UT SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM, OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHO IS CRITICAL AND HAS DONE SOME CRITICAL FOUNDATIONAL WORK IN THIS AREA AS WELL, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND MANY OTHER MANY OTHER LEADERS.
UM, WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH AND THIS RESILIENCE HUB RESOLUTION AND LISTED OUT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE PART OF THAT RESILIENCE HUB THAT IS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WORK HAS TO BE DRIVEN AND LED BY THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
I THINK ONE KEY DIFFERENCE IN THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT IT DOES HAVE SOME PRETTY CLEAR TIMELINES.
AND SO WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS, WE ARE DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THE FUNDING FOR SIX PILOT RESILIENCE HUBS, AND PROVIDE US BY JUNE WITH A PLAN FOR HOW WE WILL ROLL OUT RESILIENCE HUBS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS CITY.
SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE CONSIDERABLE WORK ON THIS FRONT, AS I MENTIONED IN DOVE SPRINGS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
BUT I KNOW IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WINTER STORM, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT DOING THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY PLANNING.
AND AS I LOOK AT OUR BOARDS AND RECOMMENDATION OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS, MANY OF THEM ARE, ARE POINTING TO THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS TOO.
SO THE TIME IS REALLY RIGHT, I THINK WHILE, UM, ALL OF US HAVE THAT EMERGENCY IN OUR MIND TO, TO REALLY, UM, LOOK TO THOSE CITY FACILITIES OR PUBLIC FACILITIES OR COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SEEING HOW WE CAN EQUIP THEM TO REALLY HAVE THE KINDS OF RESOURCES IN PLACE THAT WE NEED.
I WANT TO SAY THOUGH, TO THOSE, THESE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE RESOURCES IN TIMES THAT ARE NOT, UM, EMERGENCIES AND CRISIS, AND WE'LL SERVE AS COMMUNITY HUBS TO PROVIDE NEEDED RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, ALL THE TIME SOME OF THEM ALREADY DO.
OF COURSE, OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SINCE THAT MOVEMENT THAT STARTED HERE, UM, IN THE 1970S AND A LOT OF OUR, OUR PLACES OF WORSHIP, UM, ALSO SERVE IN THAT WAY.
SO THIS IS REALLY JUST ENHANCING WHAT IS ALREADY A, UH, A WONDERFUL ASSET THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE WORK, UM, THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND REALLY THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MOVING THIS FORWARD INTO ACTION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE PER SHARE.
EVERYBODY'S OH, MANAGER JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA ON THIS AND, UH, ENGAGEMENT OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS CRITICAL CONVERSATION.
AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THIS HISTORIC STORM AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOLLOWING WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD, WE WILL BE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE AFTER ACTION, UH, DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN AND MUST DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS LAYS OUT A BLUEPRINTS OF ONE OF THOSE AREAS, AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS ENGAGED DISCUSSION.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, LET'S TAKE A, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM 28, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE IT BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, ON THE DESK.
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UM, IT IS NOW 1214, SO LET'S GO AHEAD TO THE THREE SPEAKERS WE HAVE ON CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.UM, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE CORPORATION ITEM,
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SO WE CAN LET THAT STAFF, UH, UH, GO AND THEN WE'LL TAKE OUR LUNCH BREAK.UM, IF THE CLERK WOULD CALL THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS FOR THEIR THREE MINUTES.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I'M A REGISTERED NURSE, AND I WANT TO SHARE A STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON A SATURDAY LAST MONTH.
UM, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT A VACCINATION CLINIC.
AND WHILE I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 35 AND SEVENTH STREET, I SAW A HOMELESS MAN TALKING TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STARTED TO PROCEED TO THE LIGHT, AND AS I PASSED HIM, HE STRUCK MY SIDE MIRROR WITH HIS FIST AND SHATTERED THE MIRROR.
I STOPPED MY CAR AND I SAT, SAT THERE.
UM, I PULLED OVER, THERE WAS A WENDY'S PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE, AND I CALLED NINE ONE ONE.
AND AS I WAS SITTING THERE IN MY CAR, WAITING FOR THE POLICE TO COME, I REALIZED THAT THIS MAN WAS ALSO IN THE PARKING LOT, HARASSING OTHER CARS AND BANGING ON THE WINDOWS, UM, ON THE WENDY'S DRIVE, DRIVE THROUGH MIRROR, UM, DURING MY WAIT FOR THE POLICE, IT FELT LIKE AN HOUR.
SOME OF HIS WORDS TO ME WERE I WILL CRUSH YOUR GOALS.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK THOSE WORDS, BUT YOU CAN GUESS DURING HIS AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT RAGE, MY ATTEMPT TO DEESCALATE HIM AND PROVIDE THE HELP THAT I THOUGHT HE NEEDED WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
ONCE THE POLICE ARRIVED, THEY TOOK MY REPORT, QUESTION HIM AND RELEASED HIM BACK ON THE STREET.
I'M HEARTBROKEN TO SEE WHAT WAS ONCE THE BEST CITY IN OUR STATE IS NOW MOUNDS OF SPILL.
THEY GRUNT TRASH, SQUALOR FIRES, HUMAN WAY, DISCARDED NEEDLES, ROACHES, AND RATS.
IF THE CITY OF BOSTON, WHERE MY HOSPITAL UNIT, IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHERE MY FLOOR, I WOULD BE FIRED AND I WOULD LOSE MY LICENSE IMMEDIATELY FOR MISMANAGEMENT AND COMPROMISING PATIENTS' SAFETY.
HOW IRONIC THAT ON A DAY, I WORKED TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE AND VACCINATED, BUT MY OWN LIFE WAS THREATENED.
AND MY PROPERTY DAMAGED ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR COMPLICIT AND NEGLIGENT DISREGARD FOR MY OWN SAFETY, BY ALLOWING HOMELESSNESS INCLINED TO OVERTAKE OUR CITY.
BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST THE CAMPING BAN, I'VE LEARNED THE CZAR POOL, HARPER, MADISON KOBO ALTER FOR WINTERS KITSON, AND ELLA SHOULD EACH REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST TO REPAY MY MIRROR.
SO I HAVE SUBMITTED A BILL AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS, WHICH BY THE WAY, WOULD ONE EVEN BEGIN TO COVER THE COST THAT I'VE ENDURED SINCE THIS HAPPENED.
LADY, BIRD JOHNSON FACE AS SHE LOOKS UPON WHAT WAS ONCE IT HAS EXPIRED.
WE LOST THE SPEAKER IF HE CAN GIVE US A MINUTE.
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OKAY.I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TODAY.
UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT, UM, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UH, MISLABELING, THE CAUSE OF SOME DAMAGE, UH, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WE HAD A, UH, COLD EVENT IN, UH, IN FEBRUARY AND KNOWINGS OF TEXANS, UH, LOST POWER, UM, THIS LOSS OF POWER CAUSED DAMAGE AND HOMES ALL OVER TEXAS.
UM, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE CAUSE OF THAT DAMAGE IS THE LOSS OF POWER.
UM, BUT IT'S BEING LABELED AS BEING CAUSED BY COLD DAMAGE.
UM, AND SINCE IT'S BEING LABELED AS COLD DAMAGE, INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE ABLE TO, UH, DENY THE CLAIMS IN MANY CASES.
UM, I LOOKED AT GOING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, UH, TO TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GET THEM TO HELP ME, UNFORTUNATELY, ON THEIR MAIN PAGE, THEY HAVE A, A STATEMENT THAT READS WE CAN'T SETTLE DISPUTES WHEN YOU AND THE COMPANY DISAGREE ABOUT FACTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN'T DETERMINE WHETHER DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY A STORM OR NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THAT THAT MADE ME THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE FRUITLESS.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO TO HELP AT LEAST THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, UH, GET INSURANCE RELIEF, UM, BY FORCING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO LABEL THE DAMAGE CORRECTLY AS BEING CAUSED BY THE LOSS OF POWER AND NOT BY BEING, UH, COLD.
UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE.
UM, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO ANSWER THEM.
UM, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS MORE DETAILS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, TALK TO ANYONE DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, TO GET, GET MORE DETAILS.
THAT CONCLUDES NOON CITIZENS, COMMUNICATIONS, SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU, STAFF, UH, MA UH, MANAGERS, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION STAFF WITH US W SECOND TO MOVE OVER.
I'M WRITING TO, UM, SO I HAD TO RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, HERE ON, UH, UM, APRIL 8TH, 2021.
UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO COME BACK HERE AT, UM, ONE 30, UH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF A FEW ITEMS BEFORE WE CALL THE ZONING SPEAKERS AT, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, UH, ZONING SPEAKERS, UH, UH, AT THAT POINT THAT WOULD BE FOR THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA.
MY HOPE IS AT ONE 30, MAYBE WE CAN TACKLE THE, UH, POLLED, UH, ITEMS WHEN YOU COME BACK AT ONE 30.
UH, AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE THEN INTO HERE, THE SPEAKERS ON THE ZONING, DO THE CONSENT AGENDA, CONTINUE WITH THE PULLED ITEMS AND THE FOUR NINE CONSENT ITEMS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE RELATIVELY QUICK.
UH, AND THAT WILL GET US THEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I'M GOING TO THEN CONVENE A MEETING OF THE AUSTIN.
THIS IS MANDY TO MAIL AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
[Austin Housing Finance Corporation]
I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AND IT'S BEEN RECESSED.IT IS, UH, 1223 STILL, UH, APRIL, UM, UH, EIGHTH 2021.
UH, YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH MANDY OR CONSENT AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY.
THERE ARE MANDY DE MAYO, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER ON THE AGENDA.
WE DID HEAR AT THREE SPEAKERS EARLIER WHO WERE RESIDENTS OF THE PROPERTY THAT ARE AFFECTED.
UM, THIS IS RELATED TO A PROPERTY AT NUNEZ.
ARBORS AT CREEKSIDE, TWO ITEMS, UM, THAT APPROVED, UH, ONE IS TO PURCHASE THE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS AND THE OTHER IS FOR NEEDED REPAIRS AND SOME OPERATING EXPENSES.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS 1.2, 5 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TWO IS 750,000.
THESE ARE BOTH RELATED A PROPERTY AFFORDABLE PROPERTY OWNED BY AN AFFILIATE OF EIGHT H S C A.
THE PROPERTY IS 176 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT WAS PLACED IN SERVICE IN 2001.
AND WE ARE, UH, REPOSITIONING THE PROPERTY FOR A RECAPITALIZATION AND, UM, SOME MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE EARLIER, UH, AS WELL AS PASTA, UM, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION AT THE FARM.
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THAT'S GOOD.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, BOTH ITEMS, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, UH, HARPER MADISON MAKES THAT MOTION SECOND BY COUNTY BY DIRECTOR CASAR AND DISCUSSION.
UM, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR STUFF, AND THEN A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.
UM, MANDY, IS IT ACCURATE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT $750,000 WORTH OF NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THESE APARTMENT? SO THAT IS OUR ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.
UM, THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME SIGNIFICANT MORE LONGTERM CAPITALIZATION NEEDS FOR KIND OF PUTTING THIS INTO TWO DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
ONE IS MORE SHORT TERM REPAIRS, AND THEN ONE IS MORE A LONG-TERM APPROACH.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO RECAPITALIZE THE PROPERTY, RESYNDICATE, THE TAX CREDITS, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF.
UM, SO ACTUALLY, UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT, ABOUT HOW LONG THERE HAD BEEN ISSUES AT, AT THE PROPERTY.
AND I ACTUALLY, UM, MY STAFF AND MY OFFICE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS SINCE I THINK ABOUT 2013 WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE NAME PRIMROSE APARTMENTS.
UM, AND BEFORE PASTA, BEFORE WE HAD PASTA AS A, AS THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNER, THEY ARE NOW IN EMPOWERING TENANTS AND WORKING WITH THEM TO ADVOCATE ON DIFFERENT ISSUES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I FULLY SUPPORT THE PURCHASE.
I DO WANT TO SAY, I, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, FOR A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PURCHASE.
AND I SO APPRECIATE THE, THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME TODAY TO SPEAK TO THEIR EXPERIENCES THERE ON THE REAL NEEDS.
WE HAD, UM, UH, SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS REGARDING CREATING A STRIKE FUND FOR MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS.
I DID ONE COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA I BELIEVE YOU DID ONE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THE RESPONSE FROM HOUSING IS THAT THAT WAS NOT, UM, THAT WAS NOT THEIR PREFERENCE FOR, FOR INVESTMENT OF BOND DOLLARS.
I THINK IT'S STILL A VERY VIABLE, A VERY VIABLE CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AS A COUNCIL ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS.
I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT WITH OUR BOND DOLLARS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT TEST CASE WHERE WE ARE USING, UM, WE ARE, UH, PARTICIPATING THE OWNERSHIP PIECES THAT WE, THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY OWN ON THIS PROPERTY, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE AND REALLY HAVE AN ENHANCED, ENHANCED LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE, BUT AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND STANDARD OF APARTMENT FOR, FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE.
SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THAT REASON.
I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED AND WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHEN WE HAVE THESE RELATIONSHIPS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANY OF THEM WHERE THE CITY IS ACTUALLY A PARTNER.
UM, WHEN THERE'S SUCH A LONG HISTORY OF ISSUES IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THAT HOUSING AND THE NEED FOR REPAIRS, I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS EARLIER BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT A LOT OF THAT BIG BILL FOR 750,000, MAYBE MORE DOLLARS MIGHT'VE BEEN AVOIDED WITH, WITH THEM EARLIER ACTION.
I THINK OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS ALL ALONG BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THOSE RESIDENTS AND THEIR NEED FOR BETTER MAINTENANCE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A SOLUTION TO TWO RESIDENTS.
I HELPED HIM OVER TOPO THAT, THAT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
I DO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT AHSE OR AFFILIATES OF AGENCY NON-PROFIT AFFILIATES, UM, ARE CURRENTLY PARTNERS, EITHER GENERAL, UM, PARTNERS OR, UM, MANAGING MEMBERS OF 10, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST PARTNERSHIPS.
IT ACTUALLY WAS OUR SECOND PARTNERSHIP.
UM, AND WHAT THE ACTION TODAY IS ALLOWING US TO DO TO BUY OUT THE, UM, INVESTOR PROGRAM, UM, IS TO MAINTAIN GREATER CONTROL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S A FORCED IN MULTIPLE STEPS WHERE WE WILL BE REPOSITIONING THE PROPERTY, UM, DOING SOME SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INTO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIPS, UM, HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY SELECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHO WE ARE CHOOSING TO PARTNER WITH, UM, FOR SOME OF THESE VERY REASONS AND, AND LESSONS LEARNED.
I THINK THIS IS JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, TRANSACTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
AND YES, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT.
UM, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES AT THE PROPERTY FOR A TIME.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN MULTIPLE STEPS TO REALLY MAKE SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN BOTH THE ASSET, UM, AND THE, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ONSITE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT, MINDY.
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ELSE ON THIS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.I THINK THAT IS ALL OF US WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
KELLY'S NOT ON THE SCREEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES IS OFF THE GREAT THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT WAS NOVEMBER 30TH.
YOU KNOW WHAT KATHY HAD BROUGHT UP MY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO BROUGHT UP.
UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED A, UH, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE STRIKE FUND AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY IF THERE'S POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE, UH, USING BOND MONEY OR ALSO, AND, AND, UH, TO, TO PURCHASE SOME OF THESE OLDER TAX CREDIT APARTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT HERE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW THERE'S A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, OUT THERE THAT A NONPROFIT, UH, IMPLEMENTING THEIR PROGRAMS. SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN MAYBE FINDING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND IF WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE, UH, MAYBE HAVE ONE AT THEIR PUBLIC HOUSING COMPONENT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND HOW WE CAN REALLY IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM CITYWIDE, WHERE WE COULD REALLY HELP OUT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THESE OLDER APARTMENTS TAX CREDITS ARE COMING UP AND I COULD SEE THAT THOSE ARE UNITS LOSING THOSE SOLD OUT IN THE MARKET.
AND I KNOW THERE COULDN'T BE A LOT OF IT.
DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? I WAS GOING TO SAY JUST WHAT, WHAT COMES FROM RENTERIA WAS REFERRING TO IS THAT MIGHT BE A CONVERSATION FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE POTENTIALLY.
AGAIN, WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
AND I DO WANT TO ASSURE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WRENCH, RHEA THAT WE ARE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH A PORTABLE CENTRAL TEXAS, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT THAT OVERSEES THE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, ALIGNMENT WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND ACQUISITION, UM, OF EXISTING MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, UH, POTENTIALLY WITH EXPIRING TAX CREDITS.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CONVERSATION AT THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.
I LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE AUSTIN HOUSING CONSERVANCY.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, IT IS 1232.
I AM GOING TO ADJOURN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, UH, COLLEAGUES.
I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN AN HOUR AT ONE 30, UH, AND WE WILL, UM, SEE IF WE CAN, UH, HANDLE SOME OF THE OLD ITEMS BEFORE WE CALL SPEAKERS TO CROSS OVER TOBO MERRILL WAS JUST GOING TO SEE IF ANY OF THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS WERE QUICK ONES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND.
I DUNNO, I KIND OF LOOKED AT THOSE.
I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL IF THE EMINENT DOMAIN IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, WE HAVE AN AMBULANCE TRANSFER AND REALLY THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE SAY LET'S GO BACK HERE AT, UH, AT ONE 30, WE'LL PICK IT UP THEN.
I WAS RECESSED AS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, APRIL 8TH, 2021 BEING HELD REMOTELY.
YOU'VE TAKEN OUR LUNCH BREAK NOW AND WE'RE BACK.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TO THE DEGREE THAT WE NEED THEM.
IF IT IMPACTS THE, UH, UH, VOTE.
I THINK WE'RE MISSING RIGHT NOW.
LESLIE POOL, A GREAT CASAR ITEM.
[34. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance on first reading regarding the application submitted by Viking Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a City Ambulance Service, for a non-emergency transfer franchise under City Code Chapter 10-2.]
34 IS THE FRANCHISE FROM THE NON-EMERGENCY AMBULANCE TRANSFERS.IS THERE A MOTION TO, UM, UH, APPROVE ITEM 34 AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THE MOTIONS OR SECOND
ANY DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED IT'S EVERYONE ON THE DIAS, CATHY.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO VOTE THOSE VOTING AYE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TOVO POOL ED COSAR, UH, OFF THE DIOCESE, UH, IT PASSES LET'S
[Items 30 - 32]
PICK UP, UH, ITEMS 30, 31 AND 32 WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS 30, 31 AND 32 BIG NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEMS. IS THERE[02:30:02]
MOTION TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEANING FOR THE PUBLIC USES DESCRIBED, UH, THERE IN, UH, IN A MOTION TO PASS ITEMS, 31 32 30 31 AND 32, NOT THE MEMBER.UH, ALICE MAKES THE MOTION AGAINST, BUT I'M HER RENT.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN COUNCILOR ELLIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF REMARKS.
I'M A REALLY APPRECIATE MY CONSTITUENTS COMING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY.
MY ASSESSMENT IS AND MR. ROBBINS, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UM, THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT GOING ON.
UM, I'M NEAR THAT AREA AND IN RELATION TO THIS PROJECT, AND I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH REPRESENTATIVE VICKY GOODWIN'S OFFICE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS ADDRESSED AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL NATURE OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR DECISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACC.
UM, SO WHAT'S AHEAD OF US TODAY IS EMINENT DOMAIN ITEMS FOR THE WATER UTILITY RELOCATION, WHICH AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY IS ABOUT THE AUSTIN WATER BEING ABLE TO REPAIR AND REPLACE WATER LINES OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF, OF A HIGHWAY PROJECT.
AND SO, BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ISSUES OF THE SAME PROJECT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WATER UTILITY RELOCATION, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED.
UM, AS MANY OTHERS ARE IN THIS AREA ABOUT THE CONCRETE BATCH PLAN.
AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE.
UM, YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT AND MY TEAM'S COMMITMENT TO, UM, WORK, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT DECISIONS ARE LEFT TO BE MADE.
SO WE DO HEAR THOSE CONCERNS, UM, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.
YEAH, I, I JUST, UM, I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'LL BE ABSTAINING.
I I'VE HAD CONCERN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ON THE PLANS FOR THE OAK HILL AREA AND I JUST, I JUST CAN'T, UM, SUPPORT THIS WITH THE SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW ON WHERE OAK HILL IS.
I WOULD, I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UM, THE TEXTILES, UH, COULD, COULD COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE W WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE WANTING TO SEE IN THAT AREA.
UM, I DO RESPECT THE, UM, UH, AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS DONE.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING HARD FOR HER COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER FOR THAT.
UH, FOR ME, UH, AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST GOING TO NEED TO ABSTAIN.
SO THINK ABOUT THOSE CUSTOMER OUT THERE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, IF WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH ON THE CONCRETE PLANT ISSUES TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED IN THAT WE ARE NOT INTRODUCING, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICALS, ET CETERA, INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY, UM, TO SUPPORT YOU IN THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO FOR THIS TODAY BECAUSE I THINK THIS SUPPORTS OUR UTILITY AND THAT WORK.
UM, I THINK THE, THE LARGER QUESTIONS ARE, ARE BETTER ADJUSTED IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT.
LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY IS VOTING.
NO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS ABSTAINING.
UM, KATHY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO VOTE? OKAY.
AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH COSAR OR POOL WITH US.
SO THAT'S I'M I THINK I'VE NOW BEEN ON MUTED.
THANK YOU TO CTM FOR DOING THAT.
WOULD YOU MIND JUST CLARIFYING, WOULD YOU MIND CLARIFYING, UM, I LOST YOU THERE FOR A BIT AND CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY WHICH ISSUE WE'RE ON AND WHAT THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE? THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEMS 30, 31 AND 32, WHICH ARE THE THREE EMINENT DOMAIN.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I HEARD SOME OF THE COMMENTARY AND ASSUME THAT WAS IT.
HOW ARE YOU VOTING? WE HAD FOUND SOME MORE BECAUSE OUR SECOND JOHN, I CAN STILL PASS AS I HAVE.
I HAVE TWO VOTING AGAINST TOVO AND KELLY.
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COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.THERE ARE SEVEN VOTES IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER.
HOW DO YOU MEAN 60 VOTES IN FAVOR COUNCIL MEMBER CONCERN.
HOW DO YOU VOTE? I WASN'T ABLE TO HEAR THE DEBATE BECAUSE MY INTERNET WAS OFF.
DOES THIS PASS WITH A SIX VOTE MAJORITY OR DOES IT NEED TO COME BACK? IT'S A RESOLUTION.
SO IT PASSES WITH SIX VOTES AND THE LIQUIDS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, WHO ABSTAINED ON THE ITEM AND COUNSELOR POOL IS OFF THE TABLE.
SO I, YEAH, SO I COUNT SIX VOTES IN FAVOR, ONE STANTION ONE OFF THE DIOCESE AND TWO VOTING.
NO, IS THAT RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE TO OFF THE DIETS? CAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR BECAUSE OF THE CORRECT TOO OFTEN.
SO I THINK THAT VOTE COUNT IS SIX IN FAVOR.
WELL, SIX IN FAVOR TO VOTING NO, TO OFF THE DYES AND ONE ABSTENTION.
SO IT'S SIX AND THEN TWO TO ONE ITEM PASSES.
SO THEN LET'S, UH, UH, I THINK THAT GETS US HERE TOO.
UM, AND WE'VE HANDLED EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE, UH, FAR RELATED CASES.
UH, SO LET'S CALL THOSE IN TURN.
I'M GOING TO CALL JERRY UP, UH, TO, TO BRING EACH IN FRONT OF US.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED TO THAT WERE NEEDED CLARIFICATION AND THE Q AND A, UM, THERE WERE SOME INACCURACIES I'M WAITING TO HAVE THOSE CLARIFIED.
JERRY, ARE YOU IN A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO CLARIFY THOSE QUESTIONS? MAYOR? I BELIEVE, UM, I JUST RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM SOME MEMBERS OF MY DEPARTMENT AND I SPOKE TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS EIGHT A MOMENT AGO, AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM, TO, TO WORK THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
SO DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE NOT IN A PLACE TO TAKE UP, UH, 10, 11 AND FOUR AND 12 AT THIS POINT? UM, FROM THE STAFF SIDE, WE ARE MAYOR EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR ASKED FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
WE RESPONDED TO THOSE QUESTIONS YESTERDAY.
UM, I SPOKE TO HER AIDE, UH, YESTERDAY EVENING AND THEY HAD SOME, HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, THIS MORNING WORKED THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES, UH, IN THOSE NUMBERS.
SO THAT IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.
DO WE WANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT HERE? CANCER WERE ALTERED TO, TO LAY OUT THE CASES AND, AND, AND HEAR FROM IF FOLKS WANT TO LAY OUT THE KEY.
IF YOU WANT TO LAY OUT THE CASES, THAT'S FINE.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE VOTING UNTIL I CAN GET ACCURATE NUMBERS FROM THE STAFF ON, UM, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND THE VARIATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED AS I LAID OUT IN MY QUESTIONS, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THE BONUS MEANS IN PRACTICE, RELATIVE TO WHAT IS REQUIRED AND RELATIVE TO WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING, ET CETERA.
UM, AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT IT ALSO ACROSS THE THREE.
UM, THESE WERE VERY BASIC QUESTIONS AND I DON'T HAVE ACCURATE ANSWERS YET, SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR IT UNTIL I AT LEAST HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT I HAVE REQUESTED.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND LAY IT OUT AND LET'S HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, WE CAN DECIDE IN A MOMENT WHETHER WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO VOTE OR NOT.
SO JERRY, YOU WANT TO LAY OUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I'M NUMBER FIVE.
MAYOR IS ACTUALLY HANDLED BY, UM, UM, SORRY.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I'M SORRY.
UM, WELL WE CAN DO 11 AND FOUR.
SO NUMBER FOUR IS I BELIEVE BEING HANDLED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT IS RELATED TO THE RAINY ITEMS, BUT IT IS AN ALLEY VACATION.
AND SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, I'M ABLE TO PRESENT, BUT I CAN PRESENT NUMBER 10, 11, AND 12TH.
I DON'T WANT TO PRESENT FOR, FOR, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON, ON MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE VOTE ON FOUR AND 11 VIRTUALLY AT THE SAME TIME, POSSIBLY WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THEM THAT WAY.
WHY DON'T YOU LAY OUT NUMBER 10? WE'LL DO THAT.
[10. Approve third reading of an ordinance granting additional floor-to-area ratio entitlements to the project at 82 and 84 North IH-35 Service Road Southbound in accordance with the Downtown Density Bonus Program under City Code Section 25-2-586(B)(6). (Part 1 of 2)]
IS TO PROVE ON THIRD READING, THE ORDINANCE GRANTING ADDITIONAL FLORIDA AREA ENTITLEMENTS TO THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 82 AND 84 NORTHUM, JUST TO WALK THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE NUMBERS ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, THIS IS A 0.4 ACRE PROPERTY.
THEY ARE REQUESTING TO GO TO A 21 TO ONE FLORIDA AREA RATIO OR FAR IT IS THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL PROJECT,
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WHICH WOULD HAVE 284 UNITS.UH, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AS REQUIRED BY CODE IS FOR THE, UM, FLOOR AREA RATIO, OR FAR OVER 40 FEET.
THE RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM KICKS IN THE RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WOULD KICK IN UP TO AN FAR OF EIGHT TO ONE.
THE RAINY STREET, A DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM REQUIRES ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT A LEVEL OF, UM, 5% OF THE UNITS AT 80% MFI.
THEREFORE FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, UNDER FOUR UP TO 81 FAR THEY'RE PROPOSING 5,421 SQUARE FEET OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AS A PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
THAT WOULD BE THE FAR BETWEEN EIGHT TO ONE AND 15 TO ONE.
THEY WOULD COMPLY WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR A FEE AND LIMIT OF OPTION.
THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING 42,000, ABOUT $425,000 FOR A FEE IN LIEU OF, FOR THE FAR FROM 18 TO ONE TO 21 TO ONE, WHICH STARTS FROM 15 TO ONE TO 21 TO ONE, WHICH IS WHERE THE COUNCIL AUTHORITY KICKS IN, WHICH IS WHY THIS CASE IS BEFORE CONSOLE UP TO THE 15 TO ONE.
IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
HOWEVER, FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY WANT TO GO TO 21 TO ONE FAR.
SO WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS FOR THE AREA BETWEEN 15 TO ONE AND 21 TO ONE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO USING THE RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
UM, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE, UM, OFFERING TO DO IN LIEU OF CONTINUING THE FIELD LU UNDER DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS.
THEY ARE SUGGESTING TO GO BACK TO THE RAINY STREET PROGRAM FOR THAT, FOR THE AREA THAT'S UNDER THE, UM, COUNCIL AUTHORITY, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO THEY ARE PROPOSING ANOTHER 3,564 SQUARE FEET OF ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AN ADDITIONAL $272,000 FEE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WAY THAT THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WORKS AND THE, UH, RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WORKS.
SO, UM, TO SUMMARIZE, THEY'RE PROPOSING 10, UM, UNITS OF ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $700,000 IN FEES TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, IN ADDITION, THEY ARE REQUIRED, UM, AS A PART OF THE SITE PLAN, NOT A PART OF THE COUNCIL APPROVAL HERE, BUT JUST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT $437,000 OF PARKLAND FEES, $180,000 OF IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED BY THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO AN ADJACENT ALLEY.
SO, UM, IT'S BASICALLY A, THE CODE REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL ABOVE 15 ONE FAR.
AND WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS TO USE THE RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM FOR THE ADDITIONAL AREA, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THE PROJECT BASICALLY HAS RAINEY STREET DENSITY PROMISE PROGRAMS, THEN DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
AND THEN AGAIN, RAINEY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM FOR THAT, WHERE THE, UM, THE EXTRA AMOUNTS, UH, WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE, OR WE, I CAN LAY OUT THE SIMILAR NUMBERS FOR THE OTHER TWO IT'S UP TO YOU, MAYOR.
UM, IS THE APPLICANT WITH US WHILE COMING ON, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER RE TALK TO US ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THAT YOU HAVE YET TO YET? UM, SO IN THE Q AND A, I ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VARIOUS TIERS MEANT FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS AND WHERE THEY WENT.
UM, AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ANSWERS THAT WE DON'T THINK ARE CORRECT.
UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE PIECES THAT THEY CORRECTED, SO THEY, UM, CORRECT, BUT I MEAN, IT GETS SO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS MERITS, NOT USEFUL UNTIL I GET THE ANSWER BACK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE RIGHT.
AND, UM, MY STAFF IS GOING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR STAFF.
I THINK PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THE Q AND A AND SEE WHICH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I ASKED, BUT, UM, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH IT LINE BY LINE TO GO OVER WHAT WAS RIGHT AND WHAT WAS WRONG.
I CAN'T, UM, I DON'T THINK I CAN COMMUNICATE IT IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE USEFUL FOR COUNCIL.
UM, BUT I THINK THESE ARE BASIC ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT EACH BONUS LEVEL, AND THEY SHOULD BE ANSWERED.
AND IN THE RECORD PROPERLY, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM, OKAY.
IS THIS, AND THE STAFF AT THIS POINT HAS SUGGESTED THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND YOUR STAFF IS DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S TRUE.
IT IS, UH, EIGHT MINUTES TO TWO.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST TO GIVE ALEX A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE QUESTIONS AND TALK TO OUR STAFF.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A STAND DOWN HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE ZONING
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SPEAKERS AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, AFTER THE ZONING SPEAKERS, WE CAN HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN COUNCIL, COUNSELOR ALTO, HOPEFULLY BY THEN, UM, YOU'LL HAVE A FEEL FOR WHETHER THEY'RE STILL OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS OR NOT.AND IT'S AT THAT POINT THAT WE'LL TAKE THE, UH, APPLICANTS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO NOW COUNCILMAN POOL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL GET THE CORRECTED ANSWERS.
WE HAD NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NOT ACCURATE AS WELL.
AND SO I APPRECIATE ALISON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, BRINGING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DIOCESE.
WE CAN GET ALL THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT, UM, PRETTY MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF PUBLISHES WHATEVER DIFFERENT ANSWERS THERE ARE IN THE Q AND A, SO THAT THE PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY HAS THE ANSWERS INCLUDING US.
AND THAT WAS PART OF WHY I WANTED TO GET IT CORRECTED TO, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEBATING AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE RECORD ACCURATE FROM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'LL COME BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK AND WE'LL HEAR ZONING SPEAKERS THEN.
SO YOU GUYS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE HAVE A CORE DRUMS. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT TWO OH TWO ON APRIL 8TH, 2021.
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THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA.UH, AND THEN WE'LL DOUBLE BACK FOR THE ITEMS FOR THE RECORD, UH, IN CASE IT WAS NOT CLEAR BEFORE ITEM NUMBER 46 IS POSTPONED TO APRIL 22ND.
NOW, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT, I SUPPOSE, ON TO A, TO A, TO A DATE, UH, CERTAIN, UM, SPEAKERS, WHEN YOU COME UP, I UNDERSTAND THAT ITEM 42 HAS A REQUEST FOR THE APPLICANT TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY AND THAT ITEM 48, UH, HAS A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO POSTPONE UNTIL MAY 6TH.
UM, I ANTICIPATE BOTH THOSE THINGS HAPPENING, COMING FROM THE APPLICANT.
UH, SO, UM, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THE LINE TO ADDRESS 42 AND 48.
UM, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE POSTPONEMENT IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 42 IS VERY, TO BE INDEFINITELY POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT 48 UNTIL MAY SEX PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT ONE ON BASICS.
IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP PAIR AT THE MOMENT, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT CALLED IN FOR ITEMS 38 AND 39 MODULE TWO, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WELL, THERE'S MORE YOU CAN TO SHARE OF THE SOUTH CONGRESS CONTACT TEAM.
I JUST WANTED TO PASS ON THAT ON ITEM NUMBER 38, FOUR OH ONE NORTH PLUS THAT WE DO SUPPORT.
AND WE DID SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO BO JO REGARDING, UH, THIS PROPERTY.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR TWO CONCERNS WAS MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT WOULD BE ADDED LATER ON TO THE BACK OF THESE RESIDENCES, UH, DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE PLEASANT HILL TRIBUTARY, WHICH IS A CREEK, AS YOU KNOW, DISTRICT TWO DOES HAVE, UH, FLOODING ISSUES AND MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE PAST.
AND WE WANT TO TRY TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE.
THE SECOND THING, WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEAL SOME, UH, FUNDING FOR THAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO $5,000 FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THAT PROPERTY, TO, FOR THE FUNDING TO BE USED TOWARDS THE PARK AREA THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT AS WELL.
ITEM NUMBER 39, 63, 11 SOUTH FIRST STREET.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT, UH, SUPPORT THAT ZONING CHANGE.
AND THE REASON WHY IS WE REALLY ARE ADAMANT ABOUT THE 10% 50 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT MAYBE TO THE TRUST FUND, UM, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU JUST KIND OF HEARD EARLIER ABOUT SINGLE MOM WITH A KID OR TWO KIDS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE CITY.
AND THEN ALSO NOTE, UH, DEBT WITH, UH, LOWER INCOME MFI.
I THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES TO WHO DO WE WANT LIVING IN THESE, UH, UNITS? I MEAN, WE HAVE A HOMELESS SITUATION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TREADING WATER ON THE HOMELESS SITUATION FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A ONE BIG TSUNAMI.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BIG OLD BOWL OF SOUP WHERE EVERYBODY'S SPINNING AROUND AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND HOUSING.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE WAY THAT WE CAN FIND HOUSING.
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MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM HOMELESS INTO A UNIT, WITH A JOB AND HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE ON, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A DISTRICT WHO IS IN MUCH NEED FOR, FOR THIS AS WELL AS EVERY OTHER DISTRICT WITHIN AUSTIN.SO THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE'RE STICKING TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING.
UH, AND WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALL CULTURES IN LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITHIN AUSTIN.
OH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER WHO CALLED IN KAREN CANARD.
AND THESE ARE NOT THE, UH, OKAY.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE INCORRECT ITEM.
I MEAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT TRUE.
ITEM NUMBER 48 IS STILL ON, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MAY SIX.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO MAY SIX BY THE APPLICANT, BUT WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON THE ITEM YET.
WE HAVE A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO POSTPONE UNTIL MAY 6TH.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THE POSTPONEMENT IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, I THINK THAT, UH, OUR CLIENT, UH, KAREN CAN ART, UH, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT ARBOR JEAN HOLDINGS.
UH, MY CLIENT, UH, IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT.
UH, THEY'VE UH, BELIEVED THAT THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE SITE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THIS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO THEY WOULD OPPOSE THE POSTPONEMENT.
AND WHO ARE YOU REPRESENTING? I'M SORRY.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT STARTED THE BALLOT PETITION, UH, ON THE ZONING CASE.
IT'S NOT THE APPLICANT JUST TO A NEARBY OWNER.
OKAY, MAYOR, WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
CHRISTOPHER'S BAIDO HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THE REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT FOR ITEM 48.
UH, THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S SECOND REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT.
UNLIKE THE APPLICANT WHO WAS USING A PROFESSIONAL AGENT, THIS IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT AND WE CANNOT KEEP ATTENDING COUNCIL MEETINGS DURING WORKING HOURS.
UM, WE PARTICULARLY MADE OUR POSITION CLEAR TO THE AGENT AND HE HAS NOT BEEN AMENABLE TO OUR PROPOSALS.
WE SPOKE WITH MR. WHITLAM ON MARCH 24TH REGARDING OUR POSITION, AND HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO.
FURTHERMORE, HIS COUNTER PROPOSAL IS INSUFFICIENT AND IGNORES OUR REQUESTS.
WE HAVE ABROAD WATCH THE SUPPORT FROM THE SUPER MAJORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE BUFFER ZONE.
AND IN OUR VIEW, IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH MR. RATLIFF AND BELIEVE THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS FOR A VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVE USES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CARE FOR.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL TO DENY MR. WHITLEY'S REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT.
I THINK THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE.
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YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 36.THIS IS CASE NPA 2021 ZERO ZERO ONE 5.04 S H.
THIS IS THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO APRIL 22ND, 2021 RELATED CASES.
ITEM NUMBER 37 K C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 35 DOT S H.
THIS IS ALSO A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT APRIL 22ND, 2021.
ITEM NUMBER 38 IS K C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 42.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, ITEM NUMBER 39 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 34.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND READING, ONLY FOR THOSE CASES WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 40 K C 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 89.
THIS IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO MAY SIX.
ITEM NUMBER 41 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 46.
THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT
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TO JUNE 3RD, 2001.ITEM NUMBER 42 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 21.
WE DID RECEIVE TODAY MAYOR AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ON THIS CASE.
SO THAT'S INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF 42.
43 WAS HOSTED ON THE AGENDA BY MISTAKE AND IS BEING WITHDRAWN BY THE STAFF AND ITEM NUMBER 48 ON THE AGENDA.
THIS CASE C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN.
THIS IS THE SUNRISE MINI-MART CASE THAT THE, UH, TWO OF THE SPEAKERS JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
WE HAVE A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO MAY SIX, WHICH WAS RECEIVED THIS TODAY A LITTLE BEFORE LUNCH.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE LET'S PULL THE POSTPONEMENT OFF THE CONSENT.
IT APPEARS EVERYTHING ELSE IS, UM, CONSENT.
UH, THAT WOULD BE ITEMS 36 37 38 39, 40 41 42 AND 43 BEING WITHDRAWN.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER READ THE RHEA MAKES THE MOTIONS OR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LS SECONDS, A NEW DISCUSSION STAKE, A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I SEE KATHY, UM, WE MISSING ANYBODY.
I WAS COUNTING 10, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE.
I'M NOT SAYING THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHORS, THE ONE THAT THAT IS MISSING.
ON A 10 ZERO ONE VOTE, THE WORD BEING COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER BEING OFF THE DESK, THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA PASSES, UH, LET'S CONSIDER NOW THE, UH, UH, THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ON NUMBER, ITEM, NUMBER 48 IS THE, UH, APPLICANT WITH US OR ME? MAYOR.
THIS IS JIM WHITLAM ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, MAYOR.
UH, THE REASON I ASKED FOR THIS POSTPONEMENT AT THE LAST MINUTE IS, UM, WHEN WE, BEFORE WE EVER FILED THIS CASE, WE WENT TO THE GLENDO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF REZONING, THE LINDO SUPPORTED IT.
AND IN FACT GAVE US A LETTER WHICH IS PART OF, UH, PART OF YOUR PACK YET IN SUPPORT.
UM, IT THEN WENT THROUGH STAFF REVIEW, STAFF SUPPORTED.
IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND IT.
THE DAY BEFORE IT WENT TO COUNCIL, A PETITION CAME IN BEFORE THAT THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO WROTE A LETTER.
I ATTEMPTED TO MEET WITH THAT PERSON.
HE SENT ME A TEXT AND SAID, IF YOU STEP ONE FOOT ON MY PROPERTY, I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU'RE TRYING TO HURT ME.
AND I'M GOING TO RESPOND WITH FULL FORCE ACCORDINGLY.
SO HE AND I HAVE NOT SPOKEN, UH, UH, I, UH, THEN GOT IN CONTACT WITH CHRIS WHO WAS ON THE PHONE A LITTLE EARLIER.
HE TOLD ME, UH, WE DISCUSSED IT AND HE SAYS, WELL, GEE, JIM, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE SAYING MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED, IT MIGHT AFFECT OUR, UH, OUR OPINION, UH, IF YOU REALLY ARE GOING TO REDO THE ENTIRE STORE, BUT WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING.
SO I IMMEDIATELY GOT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, HE HIRED AN ARCHITECT, DREW UP SOME RENDERINGS AND WE PRESENTED THOSE AS SOON AS THEY WERE READY, UH, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND.
AND THEN THEY SAID, WELL, THIS DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT CHANGES OUR POSITION.
SO THIS MORNING, AFTER TALKING WITH THE MAYOR PRO TIM'S, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, I DID FILE A REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE, UH, I DO WANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THESE PEOPLE.
THEY TOLD ME IN AN EMAIL THAT THEY'D BE OPEN TO OTHER USES OF THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ENOUGH TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M NOT TRYING TO CRAM ANYTHING DOWN SOMEONE'S THROAT.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER FILED THE REQUEST FOR CS ONE ZONING.
IF WE HAD ANY INKLING THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY OPPOSITION TO IT.
WHEN, WHEN WE FILED IT, THERE WAS FULL SUPPORT.
NOW THAT THERE'S OPPOSITION, I'M WILLING TO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE.
I'M WILLING TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE USES, BUT,
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UH, IT TAKES, IT TAKES SOME TIME WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING.THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THAT'S 130.
YES, JIM, UH, THE MENTORING, THERE WAS TWO POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS BY THE APPLICANT.
CAN YOU TELL, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE, THE FIRST POSTPONEMENT REQUEST WAS, UM, WE, WE, FIRST WE HEARD OF THE BALLOT PETITION WAS ONE DAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO I ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT SO THAT I WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE FILING THE PETITION.
I FINALLY WENT DOOR TO DOOR UNTIL I FOUND SOMEBODY THAT KNEW WHO THE PROPERTY MANAGER WAS AND GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER.
AND, AND WE TALKED, UH, SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, THEY ASKED ME FOR, UH, SOME, SOME RENDERING, SOME PLANS THAT SHOWED HOW THE PROPERTY WOULD BE REDEVELOPED.
WE IMMEDIATELY GOT BUSY, GOT THOSE DONE.
OF COURSE IT TAKES MORE THAN A DAY THAT TO DO A RENDERING FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND, UH, UH, PRESENTED TO HIM AS SOON AS IT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME AND DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE.
I CONTACTED THEM REPEATEDLY BY EMAIL.
AND THEN THEY, THEY DID SAY, HEY, THIS DOESN'T CHANGE OUR POSITION.
AND I SAID, WELL, LET'S TALK, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND THEN AS I SAID, I SPOKE WITH LAUREN AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM'S OFFICE THIS MORNING.
AND, UH, AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO SAID, LOOK, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD CONSIDER POSTPONING THIS, WHICH I, I SAID, YEAH, I AGREE.
AND, UH, I SPOKE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
HE IS WILLING TO FORGO THE LIQUOR STORE IDEA, AND HE'S LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVE USES FOR THE PROPERTY.
HE HAD A LAUNDROMAT THERE, BUT NOBODY USES IT ANYMORE.
IT'S VERY, UH, IT'S, IT'S BECOME A SORT OF A HANGOUT.
HE HAS TO HAVE VIDEO CAMERAS IN THERE AND WATCH IT BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE OR TWO CUSTOMERS IN THERE, HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, USING IT AS A HANGOUT.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.
HE WANTS TO RUN A GOOD BUSINESS AND, UH, UH, HE'S WILLING TO PUT, HE TOLD ME TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS PROJECT AS A REDEVELOPMENT.
WELL, JIMMY, DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, HE'D BE WILLING TO TAKE THE LIQUOR STORE OUT OF, OFF THE TABLE? OH, IT IS OFF THE TABLE.
WELL, I MOVED TO, TO POSTPONE IT SO THAT THEY CAN WORK IT OUT.
IT'S A REALLY ACTIVE LITTLE CORNER THERE AND I, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS DONE.
AND IF, UH, IF WE, UH, THE OPPOSITION THAT I HEARD WITH THE LIQUOR STORE, THEY, THEY FELT LIKE THERE WAS ENOUGH ON EITHER SIDE, HALF A MILE DOWN, EITHER WAY, THERE WAS LIQUOR STORE.
SO, UH, IF WE COULD, IF THEY, UH, IF YOU CAN GO AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND A POSTPONEMENT.
AND DO YOU, DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO WORK IT OUT? YEAH.
I, I THINK THAT IN ONE OR TWO MEETINGS, WE CAN REACH A GENERAL AGREEMENT AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY A LOT CLOSER THAN THEY THINK THEY, I THINK WHAT THEY WANT IS JUST NO REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I WILL AGREE.
NO
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A VALID PETITION.
IF I CAN'T CONVINCE THEM, THEN THEIR PETITION WILL REMAIN VALID.
I'VE HAD BALLOT PETITIONS IN THE PAST AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TOGETHER.
AND I ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE THAT FILED A PETITION THAT THEN LATER SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING AFTER WE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT.
I WOULD HOPE THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND THEN COUNCIL, OUR POLL.
I WASN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE COMMENTARY NECESSARILY.
I WANTED TO SECOND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, RENTER RIAS MOTION TO POSTPONE THE IDEA.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO TREATING IT THAT WAY? AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA MOVES TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM IT'S CONTINUOUS DISCUSSION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, I THINK WAS NEXT AND THEN COUNSELING.
SO A QUESTION, UH, AND MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. ROSS TOVAN,
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UM, WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, IN, UH, IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER RITAMARIE IS QUESTION, UH, IF I HEARD IT CORRECTLY, I THINK I HEARD THE APPLICANTS SAY THAT THE, THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE LIQUOR LICENSE, UH, WAS, UM, WAS OFF THE TABLE.AND SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN, I MEAN, THIS, THE WAY I'M READING, THIS IS IT'S A REQUEST FOR, UM, TO GRANT COMMERCIAL LIQUOR SALES, CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT THAT'S THE REQUEST FOR ZONING.
SO IF THAT'S OFF THE TABLE, CAN THIS ITEM COME FORWARD WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT? OR DO THEY HAVE TO FILE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY? I'M HEARING WHAT COUNCILMAN MEMBER RENTERIA WANTS TO DO? AND I SUPPORT THAT.
I'M JUST NOT SURE IF THEY CAN DO IT THE WAY IT'S POSTED THIS WAY.
CAUSE REMEMBER THEY COULD, THEY COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING WHAT THEY'RE ASKING OR ANYTHING LOWER THAN THAT IN TERMS OF THE ZONING HIERARCHY.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE CURRENT PROPERTY, THE EXISTING ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS A COMBINATION OF CS AND L R UM, THEY WERE REQUESTING CS ONE, WHICH IS THIS SPECIFIC CATEGORY THAT ALLOWS FOR LIQUOR STORE.
AND SO WHAT I HEARD MR. WEIGHTLIFTER SAY IS THAT YOU WOULD NO LONGER BE PURSUING THAT CS ONE ZONING.
UM, BUT THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS ALL RNCS.
SO AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING HIGHER THAN THE CS, ONE THAT HE WAS ALREADY ASKING FOR, YOU CAN ASK FOR SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSIONS CAUSE OUR POOL, I'M SORRY.
MY QUESTION TO JERRY, UH, TO MR. RESTAURANT WAS ALONG THE SAME LINES.
IF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY AND THE LIQUOR PERMITTING THE LIQUOR, AND THAT IS NOW OFF THE TABLE.
WHY WOULD WE DELAY? IS THERE SOMETHING TO VOTE? AND IF THERE IS, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WOULD BE DELAYING? WELL, COUNSELOR, OF COURSE THE MOTION IS ON THE POSTPONEMENT, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE, WHAT OTHER POSSIBILITY, WHAT OTHER POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS ARE THERE ON THIS PROPERTY, AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW? UM, GIVEN IT, IT ALREADY HAS CS AND LR.
UM, I GUESS GR IS A POSSIBILITY IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
UM, BUT, UM, I CAN'T COMMIT TO WHAT THE STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND ON THAT UNTIL AFTER WE SAW THE, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REQUEST.
BUT, AND MY QUESTION THEN THANKS, MR. WEST.
AND THEN MY QUESTION FOR MR. WICKLIFFE WAS, IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS IN FRONT OF US IS BECAUSE YOU WERE LOOKING TO GET THE, UH, THE APPROVAL FOR THE LIQUOR LICENSE.
YES, MA'AM THE RE THE ORIGINAL, UH, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO ADD A SMALL LIQUOR STORE, UH, 1200 SQUARE FEET, RIGHT OFF HIS SIDE OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
UM, THE NEIGHBOR, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS IN SUPPORT.
THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN VERY CLEARLY NOW THAT THEY ARE, UH, THEY ARE NOT IN SUPPORT.
AND, UH, I'M WITHDRAWING THIS, UH, THIS, UH, PROPOSAL.
SO I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT REDEVELOPING THE PROPERTY.
SO WOULD THIS BE AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT THEN THAT YOU WOULD BE REQUESTING? NO, MA'AM, IT'S A 30 DAY POSTPONEMENT.
AND THEN BACK TO STAFF, UM, IT CONCERNS ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE PARODY BETWEEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH REGARD TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOL WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE, I GUESS IT'S 300 FEET.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCES AND THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THAT, SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE GET A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
I HAVE ON OCCASION, NOT VOTED, UM, AGAINST, UH, ALLOWING AN ALCOHOL WAIVER NEAR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT THAT WAS ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND BASICALLY AS A CROW FLIES IS WAY DIFFERENT FROM HOW YOU ACTUALLY WALK THERE FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE DISTANCE FOR ME WAS, WAS IN QUESTION, BUT I, I CAN SEE THIS AS A CLEAR CONFLICT BETWEEN, UH, THE RULES THAT ARE SET OUT FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD.
I THINK THE ALCOHOL AVAILABILITY IS PROBABLY EQUALLY UNATTRACTIVE TO THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILIES OF THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS THEY CERTAINLY ARE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THAT ISN'T SPECIFIC THAT ISN'T JUST THIS CASE.
THAT'S A, UH, A BROADER POLICY ISSUE, CITY MANAGER.
IF WE COULD MAYBE DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR LAW DEPARTMENT FOLKS, THANKS.
THEN WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A SECOND TO POSTPONE THIS.
WHAT IS THE DAY? THIS WOULD BE POSTPONED TO JURY MATRIX.
MAYOR POSTPONE THIS TO MAY SIX, KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ABSTAINING,
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KATHY, HOW ARE YOU VOTING? I THINK, I THINK IT'S, I, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE EVERYBODY VOTED FOR THE POSTPONEMENT.UH, I'M NOT SEEING KATHY AND I'M NOT SEEING ALISON WITH KATHY AND ALISON OFF THE, UH, THIS, UH, UH, MOTION TO POSTPONE, GIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN PASSES, RIGHT? THOSE ARE ALL THE ZONING CASES.
SO WE HAVE THAT GETS US AT THIS POINT BACK TO THE, UH, FAR CASES.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO ALISON AT THIS POINT THERE.
IF I MAY PROVIDE AN UPDATE, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTRA WAS MEETING WITH SOME OF THE, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WAS CLARIFIED.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE, THE STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING NOW ON, UM, COMING UP WITH THAT ANSWER.
I JUST TEXTED ALICE AND ASKING HER WHAT THE ETA WAS.
SHE HAD TEXTED ME, UH, UH, CONFIRMING THAT RATHER THAN JOINING US FOR THE ZONING CASES.
SHE WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS, WHICH IS WHERE SHE'S BEEN.
UM, DO WE WANT TO, UH, TO, TO RECESS AND GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALISON FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO TWO 27, LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT HERE.
UH, O I ASKED JERRY ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE VACATION, THE AREA VACATION VACATE OF THE ALLIE.
AND WHAT IS, UH, WHAT, WHAT THAT'S ENCOUNTER ARE THEY GOING TO PUT ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING OVER THE ALLEY? YES.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IS IT'S.
THE, IS ACTUALLY AN ITEM FROM THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND THE ATD IS INVOLVED AS WELL.
BUT YES, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S A VERY REAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I THINK THAT THEY CAN SPEAK MORE TO THE SPECIFIC STUFF IF THAT'S OKAY.
LET'S TAKE A, UH, A RECESS HERE.
LET'S, UH, COME BACK AT QUARTER TO THREE.
THAT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET AHOLD OF, UH, UH, ALISON AND SCHEDULED THAT TIME, BUT WE'LL TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS AT TWO 28.
I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT THREE 56 ON APRIL EIGHT, 2021, TAKING A BREAK.
WE'RE BACK DOING THIS REMOTELY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, UH, PAUL WANTS TO CHANGE HER VOTE ON ITEMS 30 TO 32.
UH, SHE WAS, UH, UH, OFF THE DIET.
I HAD SENT ME A TEXT THAT I DID NOT SEE UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE WAS TAKEN, SAYING SHE WAS COMING BACK.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RENT, THE REO WHO VOTED YES.
UM, IS MAKING A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
SO AS TO ALLOW THE VOTE TO BE RETAKEN, SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL CAN BE MOVED FROM OFF THE DIETS TO A VOTE.
UH, NO, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE THE VOTE, UH, SIX.
UH, THREE, NO ONE OFF THE DIOCESE AND ONE ABSTENTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT HAPPENING HEARING NONE.
THAT IS THE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CO'S HAND WAS RAISED, BUT I WONDER IF SHE WAS YOU DID, SHE WAS TRYING TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TBA.
YOU WANT US TO PAUSE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE OTHER ITEMS? OKAY.
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UH, THEN LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO THE LAST ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.I THINK WE WERE AT ITEM NUMBER 10, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, YOU HAD ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL NUMBERS OR BETTER NUMBERS OF REVISED NUMBERS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.
I THINK THAT HAS HAPPENED NOW, UH, WITH A Q AND A, UH, UPDATE, I GUESS IF IT'S A Q AND A UPDATE, UM, THAT'S BEING POSTED OR HAS BEEN POSTED SHORTLY, UH, ONLINE.
ALISON, YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT THESE NUMBERS? SURE.
AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE TIME.
UM, TO GET MY QUESTIONS, UM, CLAIRE, THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS CLARIFIED.
UM, I HAD ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A, UM, AND I HAD PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE INITIAL ANSWERS THAT CAME BACK CONTAIN A NUMBER OF INCONSISTENCIES AND ACCURACIES AND NON-RESPONSIVE ANSWERS THAT I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO VOTE
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ON THIS TODAY.UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF TO GET THINGS RIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, TAKING A PAUSE, UH, FOR US TO GET THOSE ANSWERS.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN ACCURATE RECORD TO THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTED ON THESE ITEMS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE REEXAMINING THIS PROGRAM IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
UM, SO FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THE INITIAL Q AND A RESPONSES, AND I THINK ONLY MY QUESTIONS WERE IN THE Q AND A, UM, ARE NOT AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF HOW THE BONUSES FUNCTION.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THE REVISED ANSWERS AND CHART, UM, HELP TO LAY THINGS OUT.
UM, AS I, AS I BROADLY SPEAK ABOUT MY QUESTIONS, I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I BELIEVE THAT AS A DIOCESE, WE AGREE THAT THE EXISTING BONUS REQUIREMENTS ARE TOO, AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREATER CLARITY SO WE CAN MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES.
UM, THE DECISIONS BEFORE US TODAY ARE DISCRETIONARY.
UM, AND WHEN I SET OUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BASIC, I FOUND THAT FORWARD AS WE WOULD, LIKE, WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW WAS WHAT IS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM? WHAT WERE THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE THIRD TIER FOR THESE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, GIVEN, UM, THEIR FOOTPRINT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER THE APPLICANTS HAD MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR APPLICANTS HAVE TOLD US THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, THAT THEY ARE EXCEEDING THEM.
AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT AND I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT THEIR ASSERTIONS.
HOWEVER, I WANTED TO VALIDATE EXACTLY HOW, AND TO WHAT EXTENT EACH OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF OUR BONUSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOW GOT THE ANSWERS AND SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THEY SHOULD EXAMINE THE REVISED SET OF RESPONSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE DO ANY FURTHER DELIBERATION, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANSWERS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER IN THE CHARTS THAT THEY WANT TO PAUSE.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ITEMS THEMSELVES, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOHO, CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THE RECORD AND ALSO AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, I HAVE TO CONFESS, I JUST GOT IT.
I'M TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR SOMEBODY TO WALK US THROUGH THESE ANSWERS, WHETHER THAT BE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OUR STAFF.
IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS TO LOOK AT, AND SO I'M READING THROUGH IT, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DIGEST.
IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE STAFF COMMENT ON IT TOO.
I UNDERSTAND KIND OF A RELATIVE THAT THESE ARE QUESTIONS NOT AS TO WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, BUT KIND OF THE, THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, UH, THAT, UH, YOU WERE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT HAD BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY? YEAH.
SO, UM, THE, I CAN JUST TELL YOU AT LEAST WHAT THE DIFFERENT PARTS ARE AND THAT'LL HELP.
SO THE FIRST CHART IS, UM, WHAT THE APPLICANTS SUBMITTED.
SO THIS IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEFORE US, THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS WHAT IF THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO, UM, THE FEE AND LOU FEE AND LOU, AND THEY WANTED TO GET THE THIRD TIER, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? UM, AND THEN THE NEXT CHART IS THAT WHAT IF THEY ONLY DID FEE LOU AND THE GREEN BUILDER PIECE? UM, SO I'M TRYING, THIS IS DISCRETIONARY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE NOW ARE TOO LOW.
UM, THE APPLICANTS ARE COMING IN AND SAYING THAT THEY'VE EXCEEDED THESE.
AND SO THEREFORE IT'S WORTH SUPPORTING THEM, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BASE AMOUNT WAS TO BEGIN WITH.
AND SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE WERE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE THEY'RE ASKING FOR, FOR THE, UM, AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PAYING IN ADDITION TO GET THE THIRD TIER, WHETHER IT'S THE AMOUNT THAT JUST MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS IT.
UM, AND, UM, THE APPLICANTS CHOSE TO DO SOME ONSITE.
UM, SOME OF THEM CHOSE TO DO GREEN BUILDER.
UM, AND SO, AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGES.
SO IT'S NOT ALL SORT OF APPLES TO APPLES.
UM, AND I, JERRY CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE, TO THE GORY DETAIL.
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BUT I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM MEAN? I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S WORKING RIGHT NOW AND W WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING UNDER THE MINIMUM OF THE PROGRAM FOR, IF YOU LOOKED IN THE SECOND CHART, YOU COULD GET 90,000 SQUARE FEET, MORE OF DENSITY FOR A PAYMENT OF 451,000, FOR INSTANCE.UM, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT I'LL LET, UM, JERRY CAN EXPLAIN MORE, UM, THAN THAT, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT MAYOR THAT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN'T HEAR JERRY EITHER.
SO, SO ALL CUSTOMER MARKETER AND CUSTOMER KITCHEN, UM, I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT, WHAT CUSTOMER WALTER JUST SAID.
WELL, WE LOOKED AT WAS, UH, WHILE WE WERE ON THE BREAK WAS THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
UM, THEY ARE CHOOSING TO DO WHAT I'M CALLING A SANDWICH, RAINY STREET, DENSITY BONUS, DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, AND RAINY STREET.
ON TOP OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T DO RAINY FOR THAT THIRD TIER? WHAT IF THEY DID DOWNTOWN BONUS, WHICH DOES LEAVE THE OPTION FOR FEELING LIEU OFF, OR DOES IT LEAVE THE OPTION FOR, UM, ON-SITE UNITS AT 120%, THEY CHOSE TO DO THE RAINY STREET, UH, INSTEAD FOR THE THIRD TIER, WHICH DOES REQUIRE THE ONSITE UNITS.
AND IT'S AT 80% RATHER THAN ONE 20.
SO WE WERE JUST COMPARING WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENTIRELY FEE VERSUS USING RAINY FOR THE THIRD TIER AND HOW MUCH ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ARE WE GETTING VERSUS HOW MUCH FEE WOULD WE GET IF THEY DID JUST DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, UM, AND COMPARING THE TWO, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOU, YOU RAISING THESE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL, UH, INCIDENT TO THE ANTICIPATED, UH, IFC FROM, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.
AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THIS POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CALIBRATING AT OUR WAY, THAT WE GET EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN GET, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION, THESE FOLKS COULD HAVE DONE LESS, UM, MORE FEE IN LIEU AND LESS ONSITE UNDER THE EXISTING ORDINANCES.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE OUGHT TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER WE FIXED THAT.
UM, I'M STILL GONNA SUPPORT THESE, THIS ITEM GOING FORWARD.
UH, BUT I THINK IT DOES POINT THE ANALYSIS DOES POINT OUT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT FURTHER ANALYSIS ROSARY.
IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, MAYOR, I DID MY QUESTION ANSWERED.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU JUST ONE SECOND.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE SPREADSHEET OR THE CALCULATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED, UH, WE HAVE A PLANNER WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ALEX RADKE ON THE LINE WHO CAN ANSWER ANYTHING IN MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL.
JERRY MAY HAVE SAID THAT WHILE I WAS LOGGING BACK ON, BUT JUST IN CASE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT WE HAVE THAT RESOURCE.
I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, I MEAN, ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF PUTTING THIS ON THE RECORD IS SO THAT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO US, BUT, BUT ALSO TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UH, SO I'M A DIRECTOR TO LOVE, BUT PERHAPS, PERHAPS YOU WOULD BE THE PERSON TO ANSWER OR THE PERSON ON YOUR STAFF.
DON'T JUST WANT THE NET NET OF THIS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF THESE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL, IF I AL THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE UNDER ONE SCENARIO THAN ANOTHER, BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL AFFORDABLE SQUARE UNITS AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
JUST GIVE US THE BOTTOM LINE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY SITE, AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE WOULD GET IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, IF THEY WERE USING ONE OF THESE OTHER OPTIONS, I WOULD ASK ALEX, JUST COMBINE THAT INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHAT THESE CHARTS COMPARE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS, UM, ALEX RADKE CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME.
SO, UM, I'LL DO MY BEST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, UM, TO, TO
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YOUR QUESTION.UM, REALLY, I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL WITH BOTH THE SCENARIOS, UM, THAT, UM, ALTER ASKED US TO LOOK AT, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE ONSITE, UM, THAT ADDITIONAL ABOVE THE RAINY STREET, UH, WAS TAKEN OUT.
SO I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THAT WOULD ABOUT HALF THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WOULD BE ON SITE, JUST A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE THERE.
UM, AND THEN AS YOU CAN TELL, JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THE FEE IN LIEU DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT AS MUCH VARIATION, UM, BETWEEN LEAVES.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE KIND OF, AGAIN, TO Y'ALL'S POINT, THERE CAN BE SOME DIFFERENT TWEAKS THERE, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS HERE.
UM, THERE'S OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IN THIS CASE, UM, TWO OF THE PROJECTS HAVE CHOSEN TO USE, UH, SOME COMMUNITY BENEFIT CREDIT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME OTHER SCENARIOS TOO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED UNDER THIS THERE.
I WANTED TO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT JERRY SAID.
UM, SO JERRY, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT THEY WERE USING RAINY FOR ONSITE.
UM, DOES RAINY REQUIRE ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE THIRD TIER? NO, FOR THE THIRD TIER THIRD TIER AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO RAINY, THEY ARE DOING RAINY, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE ONSITE.
SO THERE, YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TIER ONE TO THE TIER THREE, BUT RAINY, LIKE, I MEAN, CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVISING THESE BONUSES AND THE BONUSES THEMSELVES DO NOT REQUIRE UNDER THE THIRD TIER THAT THEY DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IF THEY WANTED TO QUALIFY THEIR ON-SITE HOUSING TO QUALIFY, UM, IN EITHER CASE THEY COULD BE DOING IT AT 120% MFI AND IT WOULD TECHNICALLY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY MAY NOT WANT TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH THAT, BUT TECHNICALLY IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT CORRECT WOLFORD TIER ONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIER THREE FULL QUESTION IS ABOUT THIS WHOLE QUESTION BEFORE US TODAY IS ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO GRANT THEM THE EXTRA BONUS OF TIER THREE.
THAT IS THE DISCRETIONARY THING THAT IS BEFORE US FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT ALL OF THEM, BUT IF I'M TRYING TO EVALUATE, WHAT ARE THEY GIVING ME MORE FOR TIER THREE, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR ON-SITE FOR TIER THREE, WHICH CORRECT.
AND I CAN, I JUST MAKE A POINT ABOUT OUR LANGUAGE.
SO THERE ARE TIERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE INDICATED IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FAIR TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND THE CONVERSATION, BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY DEFINED AS A TIER THREE.
I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE CAP.
SO I WOULD JUST FRAME IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AND I GUESS I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S THE TIER OF THE DENSITY.
BUT SINCE WE HAVE LIKE FORMAL TIERS IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, I JUST WANTED TO DISTINGUISH, OKAY, THIS IS NOT DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THEM, BUT THANKS.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING STUFF.
AND WHEN WE SAY WHAT THEY'RE GIVING AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, AND IT WORKS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BECAUSE IF WE SAY IT'S REQUIRED AND THEN THEY'RE JUST GOING FROM 4,820 TO 80, THAT DOESN'T LOOK THAT MUCH, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO IT AND NOW THEY'RE DOING IT, I MEAN, IT JUST MATTERS WHAT THE BASE IS FOR THIS DISCRETIONARY DECISION.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 10? I HAVE SOME OTHER REMARKS IF THEY'RE OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10? UH, COUNSEL MARK KELLY MAKES THAT MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO, TO THAT MOTION, ALGEBRA POOL SECONDS, THE MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL ALTER? I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GO FIRST? IT WAS, SHE WAS ONE OF THE EMOTION MAKERS.
HI AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, NO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT ALL THREE OF THE CASES AND, UM, CONSIDERING A FEW FACTORS.
UM, I AGREE WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD AND I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR
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BRINGING UP THE RECALIBRATION.CAUSE I, I DO THINK COUNCIL SHOULD RECALIBRATE THE PORTION OF THE CODE THAT ALLOWS THE FAR EXCEPTIONS SO WE CAN ADJUST THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO MEET THE CURRENT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.
THIS HAS TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST WITH, UM, WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CHANGE PRETTY FREQUENTLY HERE IN THE CITY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM OUR DISCUSSION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SUPPORT AND, AND THAT WE SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO COMPLETE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S RESOLUTION TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS WILL BE POSTPONED.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMING BACK TO, I THINK THAT'S ON APRIL 22ND, THESE THREE CASES EXCEED CODE REQUIREMENTS.
MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE THEM TO, BUT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS, THAT'LL ASSIST WITH COMPLETING SIGNIFICANT BUTLER TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND OTHER AMENITIES.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE WORK OF, OF THE, UH, APPLICANT OF THE PARTIES, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HELPING TO FUND, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BUTLER TRAIL.
AT LEAST TWO OF THEM HAVE ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE ROAD.
THAT'LL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT WOULD COME FROM OUR APPROVAL OF THESE PROJECTS.
I'M ALSO ENCOURAGED BY THE COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR GALLERY SPACE THAT SPAN OFFERED BY THE 82 AND 84 35 PROJECT.
AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE AREA WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO FIX THE DENSITY PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT, UM, IT DOES NEED TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS MUCH BETTER, AND I OBVIOUSLY AM READY TO DO TO HELP WITH THAT WORK.
THANKS THE APPLICANT STANDING BY IN CASE THE APPLICANT WANTED TO SPEAK, OR IF ANYBODY HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, COUNCILMEMBER TOVO, CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS JERRY, I THINK FOR JERRY ON QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE EACH PROJECT WOULD REALIZE BY PARTICIPATING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE BONUS PROGRAM, THERE'S A RESPONSE THAT SAYS THE HOUSING STAFF DOES NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS TO CALCULATE THE POSSIBLE BONUS FAR BETWEEN THE RAINY STREET, 40 FEET AND THE EIGHT TO ONE FAR CEILING FOR THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND SOMEONE, ONE OF OUR STAFF ON THE LINE, I BELIEVE TWO DAYS FOR THEIR QUESTION.
SO, UM, THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IN THAT CHART WAS BASED OFF OF THE, UM, DENSITY BONUS APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH ARE SPECIFIC TO THE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE DON'T ASK FOR THAT PARTICULAR INFORMATION THAT I WOULD, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO CALCULATE THAT PIECE.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, TRY MY MATH.
I THINK IT'S BEST IF THAT COMES FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S AN EXPERT ON THAT.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UM, I'LL JUST REMIND MY COLLEAGUES.
WE'VE GOTTEN 80 PAGES OF COMMUNICATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY FROM 80 INDIVIDUALS, BUT 80 PAGES OF COMMUNICATIONS AS THEY ACCOUNT AS OF OUR LAST MEETING, UM, FROM RAINY RESIDENTS, MOST OF WHOM WERE EXPRESSING THEIR REQUESTS THAT WE VOTE AGAINST THIS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE RAINY BECAUSE OF THE RAINY DISTRICT IS, IS EXPERIENCING SUCH HUGE CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO MOBILITY.
BUT I WOULD SAY GENERALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA, UM, IS NOT, HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH THE INCREDIBLE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND IT'S CAUSED SOME REAL CHALLENGES FOR, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING THERE.
UM, I, SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE TALKED.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LETTERS THAT, THAT WERE SENT OUT AS BACKUP AT THE LAST MEETING, RESIDENTS HAVE TALKED ABOUT FIRE FIRETRUCKS AND EMS HAVING DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING, UM, THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE A BIG CITY LIKE, UM, NEW YORK OR CHICAGO OR OTHER PARTS OF OUR DOWNTOWN, WHICH ARE LAID OUT ON A GRID FASHION, RAINY STREET IS NOT A GRID.
AND IT HAS SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO INGRESS AND EGRESS THAT IT IMPACTS NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS OF RAINY, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO THE MAC.
UM, AND USING THAT, UM, THAT GEM OF A FACILITY, UH, MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE REALLY HAVE BEEN FEW, FEW ACTUAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS ROLLED OUT AND RAINY.
AND SO FAR OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF, I KNOW, UM, AFTER LOTS OF CONVERSATION THROUGH THE YEARS, A E-COM, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID WORK WITH A E-COMM TO GET, TO GET SOME PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS.
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FROM YOU, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR TIMELINE ON THOSE? UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS DISTRICT, I CAN TELL YOU, I, I HAVE HEARD FOR REALLY, SINCE WE SWITCHED TO THE DISTRICT BASED SYSTEM, LOTS FROM RAINY RAINY DISTRICT ABOUT THE, REALLY THE IMPACT AGAIN, OF, OF, UM, THE RAPID PACE OF REDEVELOPMENT AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SIMPLY ISN'T KEEPING UP WITH IT.UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, THIS IS
AND I WOULD ADMIT THAT YES, THERE ARE CHALLENGES, MOBILITY CHALLENGES CURRENTLY IN THE RANGER DISTRICT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE COMPLETED THE MOBILITY RAINY MOBILITY STUDY THAT RECOMMENDED US OUT IN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS EXTENDING THE RADIO VERY STRAIGHT FOR THE SOUTH THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY.
AND OTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS TO EXTEND RAINY STRAIGHT ALL THE WAY UP TO A CESAR CHAVEZ.
THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE IN THE RENTED DISTRICT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER.
THERE WAS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION TO BEING IN TRANSIT IN THE RENTED DISTRICT.
SO LIKE WE HAVE THAT SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ALSO PRESENTED A PLAN FOR THE EXTENSION OF RED RIVER STREET TO THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.
UH, BUT HONESTLY LIKE ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE HAVE TO MATTER REALIZE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT ON THE SAME NOTE, WE DO NOT HAVE A CLEAN SLATE IN GREENWICH STREET.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE HAVE, UH, SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED, UH, ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE FUTURE RENEWABLE EXTENSION, UH, TO THE SOUTH, UH, WITH ONE OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT TO GET ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SO ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MOBILITY STUDY THAT NEEDS, UH, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO REALLY IMPLEMENT THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CURRENT, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
SO THAT IS TO SAY THAT, UH, YES, WE HAVE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, BUT ON THE SAME NOTE, WE NEED THE REAL ESTATE, BASICALLY THE RIGHT OF WAY TO REALLY DO THE IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
UH, THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FROM ATD IS NOT REALLY VISIBLE TO PUBLIC BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION FIRST TO, UH, HAVE THE FOOTPRINT FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S A REAL, THANK YOU FOR THAT DESCRIPTION.
I CITY MANAGER, WE REALLY NEED A SOLUTION FOR THESE RESIDENTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE, THESE ARE RESIDENTS WHO MOVED DOWNTOWN.
THERE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST, FIRST, UM, PEOPLE TO MOVE BACK DOWN TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AND HELP THE RESIDENTIAL FEEL, UH, IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST CITE AGAIN, WE HAVE 80 PAGES OF COMMUNICATIONS FROM THEM, ALMOST ALL OF THEM URGING US NOT TO GRANT THESE EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND.
WE HAVE HEARD THESE CONCERNS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND, AND WE ALWAYS GET BACK TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK CAN HAPPEN IN THE SHORTER TERM.
UM, BUT WE, WE REALLY NEED A PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
SO IT IS, WE'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS ASKING US TO PLEASE, UH, PLEASE PASS A MASTER PLAN FOR THE RAINY AREA, WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION, TO SOME EXTENT, UM, I, I REGARD A E-COMM STUDY AS, UH, A MASTER PLAN I DID AT REACH OUT TO ATD, OR MY STAFF DID PROBABLY A WEEK OR SO AGO ASKING IF THEY, IT IS, THIS IS THIS THE PLAN THAT, THAT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO USE, IS THIS, DO YOU REGARD THIS AS A MASTER PLAN OR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND WE'VE, WE'VE NOT HEARD A RESPONSE.
SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION.
UM, UH, NOW IS THIS, IS THIS THE PLAN THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT? AND HOW SOON CAN WE GET, HOW SOON CAN WE GET A CONFIRMATION OF THAT AND A REAL TIMETABLE, UM, AND SOME SENSE OF WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FROM TO DO ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED COUNSEL TO INITIATE? OH YEAH, PLEASE.
IN FACT, I WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU TO, BUT I'M, UM, I'M FEELING
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UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I'M NOT ENTIRELY, WOULD YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME FOR ME AGAIN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BERETTA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RESPOND.
REMEMBER, AS WE ARE REVIEW ALL THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME INTO THE RAINY DISTRICT, WE DO CONTINUE OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, AND ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE MITIGATION FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR ANY DISTRICT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER $2 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I DESCRIBED.
AGAIN, I WOULD ADMIT THAT THE CHALLENGE IS WE NEED THE RIGHT OFFICE TO REALLY HAVE THE FOOTPRINT FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE GAINED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AS WE DO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS WITH ALL THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THEN WE CAN GO TO THE IMPLEMENTATION.
I WOULD ADMIT THAT THERE ARE SOME QUICK WINS IN THE GRANITE DISTRICT, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THOSE.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, UH, THE MOBILITY STUDY THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED WITH AIR-CON, THAT IS REALLY OUR PLAN FOR THE RANGER DISTRICT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONFIRMING THAT.
SO W I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO SOME KIND OF FORMAL ACTION, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, AND MAYBE LAYING OUT A TIMETABLE.
SO MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BARBARA, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT FORM THAT, THAT TAKES.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION.
I DO WANT TO JUST GO BACK TO ONE THING REGARDING THE MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
SO YOU'RE SO NO, PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO NOW, UM, I BROUGHT FORWARD A RESOLUTION THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THIS COUNCIL, SUPPORTED BY THIS COUNCIL TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN AREA, UM, ON A PILOT BASIS OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN OUR TRANSPORTATION AND OUR APD STAFF WENT OUT THERE TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION ON THE WEEKENDS, THEY AGREED THAT THERE WERE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CHALLENGES AND SOME, AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS IN THAT AREA, THE HIGH NUMBER OF VEHICLES, THE POTENTIAL FOR VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN, UM, INTERACT NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS, INCLUDING WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE ACCIDENT IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, THE REALLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN SUCH A SMALL AREA WITH SO LITTLE INGRESS AND EGRESS IN TERMS OF STREET, IS THAT AN ACCURATE SUMMATION OF THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE AT THAT TIME? UH, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE HAVE DONE A PILOT STUDY FOR A PEDESTRIAN ALI OR PETITION BICYCLE ONLY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN DISTRICT.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL, UH, PILOT THAT WE HAD DONE.
AND AGAIN, THAT, UH, BICYCLE ALL THE RAINY STREET IS PART OF THE PLAN OR PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IN THERE.
AGAIN, LIKE IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE EXTENSION OF THE RED RIVER IS STRAIGHT INTO THE RENTER DISTRICT PLUS EXTENSION OF RAINEY STREET ALL THE WAY TO CESAR CHAVEZ, TO OPEN UP SOME CAPACITY AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR OUR HOUSING STAFF, BUT AS I SAID, I'LL, I'LL TAKE A PAUSE IN CASE ANYONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT TRENDS ABOUT MOBILITY.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND GIVE LEAH A CHANCE TO, TO ADDRESS THIS AS THE APPLICANT, SHE WITH US, I AM HERE.
YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I WILL ONLY GIVE IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO.
I THINK EVERYONE IS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT.
UM, JERRY DID DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING BEFORE THE BREAK.
UM, SO I WILL JUST MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS UNLESS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO GIVE MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, SIMILARLY TO SEE THE PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT.
CONTINUING DISCUSSION OR PRETEND.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, ABOUT, UH, MOBILITY ALSO.
SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE BY WAY OF OUR, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD A PROGRAM, UM, THAT WAS SUSPENDED THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THAT ACT PLAN.
UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT MAY BE COMING BACK IN WHICH CASE, I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THIS RAINY AREA IN THAT ACT PLAN.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE THE RAINY MOBILITY STUDY THAT WAS PART OF THE ACT PLAN.
AND WE HAVE RECENTLY REINITIATED THE ACT PLANT TO INCLUDE THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE RAINY DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN LIKE IT, THERE WAS A PAUSE IN THE ACT AND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, UM,
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DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES, UH, DOING THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NOW THAT WE ARE SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO SOME NORMALCY, WE HAVE, WE INITIATED THE SCOPING OF THE ACT PLAN.AGAIN, THE MOBILITY STUDY THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED.
IT'S PART OF THE ACT PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THAT WAS LIKE WHAT THEY END UP, UM, ON MOBILITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE OUT A COMMENT THAT I SUPPORT A COUNCIL MEMBER, TOGGLES CALLS OR IMPLEMENTING THE, A CON PLAN AND REALLY WORKING HARD TO FIND SOME RESOLUTION TO THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, BY THE MANY CONSTITUENTS WHO'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO, TO SPEAK WITH US.
ANYONE ELSE ON TRANSPORTATION? YES.
UM, I, I DID WANT TO ASK OUR HOUSING STAFF, UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO CALCULATE, I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF US ASKED YOU TO, BUT DID YOU RUN A CALCULATION OF WHAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES AND LOU WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THEY HAD BEEN CALCULATED UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION UNDER THE REVISED FEE THAT OUR CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDED? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE RAN THAT CALCULATION RIGHT NOW, UH, OR THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO RUN THOSE NUMBERS.
DO WE, UH, ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION DIRECTOR, TRUE LOVE.
UM, WHAT MECHANISM WILL OUR CITY USE? THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT USE PLANNING AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT USE TO ENSURE, SORRY, I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THAT NAME.
I'VE ONLY JUST STOPPED CALLING IT LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT AFTER MANY NAME CHANGES.
UM, WHAT MECHANISM WILL YOU USE, WILL YOUR DEPARTMENT USE TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THE UNITS, IF THIS DISCRETIONARY STONING IS APPROVED, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE WORTHY PIECE OF THE BUILDING THAT EXCEEDS THE CAP WHERE THERE ARE CONTEMPLATED OR, OR PROPOSED TO BE SOME ONSITE UNITS, WHAT MECHANISM DOES THE CITY HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE ONSITE UNITS VERSUS A FEE IN LIEU? DO WE HAVE ANY MECHANISM GIVEN THAT THOSE ARE NOT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CODE AS IT'S CURRENTLY CONFIGURED? ALEX, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? PARDON? MY INTERNET CONNECTION IS BREAKING UP A LITTLE, SURE QUESTION.
MAYBE A QUESTION THAT WE ALSO NEED TO CALL ON LAW TOO.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT IS THE MECHANISM THAT WE WILL USE TO ENSURE THAT THE UNITS ARE ONSITE RATHER THAN, UM, NOT RIGHT FOR THE PIECE WHERE THE APPLICANTS, UM, TO, TO USE JERRY'S ANALOGY, IF YOU GO, OR AN ICE CREAM CONE ANALOGY, IF YOU GO BEYOND THE, INTO THE DOWNTOWN, AND THEN YOU'RE BACK UP TO THE RAINY AGAIN, WHERE THERE UNITS PROPOSED TO BE ONSITE.
WHAT'S THE MECHANISM FOR ENFORCING THOSE AT THAT TOP, UM, WHICH ARE, ARE IN THE PIECE OF OUR, IN THE PIECE OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, EXCEEDS THE CAP UNDER THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT BREAKING UP OUT OF PROJECT.
IT HAS REACHED A STAGE WHERE IT WOULD HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, R C SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE ARE AT PLANNING ON TALKING TO LOFT.
DO YOU MIND REPEATING THE FIRST PART OF WHAT YOU SAID? I HEARD THE CONCLUSION BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THE OTHER PIECE.
I THINK ALEX, YOU'RE HEARING ALEX, I THINK YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT NOT HAVING ENCOUNTERED THIS BEFORE IN A PROJECT.
WOULD YOU MIND JUST REPEATING THAT PLEASE? I THINK WHAT ALEX WAS SAYING IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS.
AND SO WE WILL BE, UM, DEVELOPING THE MECHANISMS, UH, POTENTIALLY, AND WE'LL CONSULT WITH LAW AS WE MAY NEED TO.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON IT WITH AN ANSWER TO THAT.
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QUESTIONS? I DO NOT.AT THIS TIME, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE MECHANISM IS.
I I, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH US.
THANKS FOR THAT CAST MEMBER HALTER.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT, UH, APPLIED UP, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, ALL OF THEM, THERE MAY BE NEW INFORMATION.
UM, BUT FIRST I WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, STAFF ALSO UPDATED ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS ONE AND EIGHT.
UM, AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK THEM TO SEND THOSE ANSWERS OUT TO EVERYONE AND TO POST THEM AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT THE RECORD REFLECTS, UM, THOSE ANSWERS.
UM, BROADLY SPEAKING, HAVING DOVE INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I WAS ANTICIPATING OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS, UM, IT'S REALLY CLEAR TO ME THAT THE MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ARE WHOLLY INADEQUATE AND THE PROGRAM ABSOLUTELY FAILS TO TAKE COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMENSURATE WITH THE VALUE OF THE INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS THAT THE PROGRAM PROVIDES.
I HAVE NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, THOUGH, THE APPLICANTS FOLLOW THE RULES AND AS THE RECORD REFLECTS, THEY ARE PROVIDING COMMUNITY BENEFITS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ARE ABSOLUTELY INSUFFICIENT, OR THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND THEY HAVE EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO RELUCTANTLY SUPPORT THESE CASES TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THE WAYS THE APPLICANTS HAVE WORKED TO CONTRIBUTE BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, WITH RESPECT TO HOUSING AND ESPECIALLY PARKS SUPPORT.
AND I WANT THAT WORK AND THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE RECOGNIZED POSITIVELY.
IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT THAT OUR PROGRAM IS INSUFFICIENT.
I'M ONLY SUPPORTING THESE ITEMS TODAY THOUGH, BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE REFORMING THE PROGRAM, UM, IT DESPERATELY NEEDS REFORM.
HOWEVER, IN THE FUTURE, I WILL NOT SUPPORT BONUSES UNTIL WE HAVE INCREASED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WORK BEING DONE SWIFTLY.
MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND MAYOR PER TIME.
UM, I ALSO HAD SOME, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE ITEMS AND WE'RE TAKING THEM ALL UP TOGETHER THOUGH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT? NO, FOR TAKING THEM UP INDIVIDUALLY.
OH, WELL, I'LL HOLD OFF IN THAT CASE.
NUMBER 10 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL COUNCIL MEMBER KOREA, WHERE I DO HAVE THAT SAME CONCERN IF MY COLLEAGUE ALTER STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, AND
NOW, UH, I DO WANT TO SEE THIS STUDY, BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE DIRECT THIS AREA AS MUCH ANYMORE.
CAUSE THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED PROPERTIES LEFT TO DEVELOP THERE.
I THINK THAT SAYS THE JOB IS FINISHED TO RAINEY THAT LAST PIECE.
AND THERE'S A FEW PIECES ON THE FURNITURE ROAD, BUT MOST OF IT IS PRETTY MUCH DEVELOPED.
UH, AND I I'VE BEEN A MANAGER THAT YOU REALLY LOOK TO FOR THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEED AND THE ROADS AND I DRIVE THROUGH THERE, BUT I WILL NEVER GO THROUGH THERE ANY AFTERNOON, LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING.
BUT, UH, UH, IT'S MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I USED TO HANG OUT AT WAS ALL MY FRIENDS.
SO IT'S VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND I WORKED OVER 24 YEARS TO SEE THEM HAD GET THE UP.
AND I REALLY WANT TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THIS VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER SECTIONS OF TOWN AS PRESSURE GROWS, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH AUSTIN ACROSS THE, UH, LATE BY THE AMERICAN STACEY OLD AMERICAN STATESMAN BUILDING.
SO, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE GETS TO, UH, THE FIRST ATTENTION CAUSE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE TO RETROFIT ANY OLD STRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO CREATE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE DON'T LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AND THE BOULDERS THAT WE NEED, WE ARE VERY LIMITED ON, UH, WHAT WE, UH, IT'S CHANGED FOR DENSITY, COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
SO, UH, WE'RE IN DESPERATION HERE IN THE CENTRAL AUSTIN AREA.
SO, UH, THIS IS VERY, VERY NEEDED FUNDING THAT WE NEED.
AND I'M GLAD THAT THE, UH, THE DEVELOPERS ARE OFFERED MORE THAN
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IS REQUIRED, BUT I THINK THEY WILL ALSO KNOW THAT WE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR IT IF THEY DIDN'T TAKE OUR KITCHEN.I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE DISCUSSION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT THE DEVELOPERS TO HAVE GONE TO AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE WITH US RIGHT NOW.
UM, I HAVE TWO CONCERNS THOUGH, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME.
UM, I DO THIS THING THAT THE, THAT THE AMOUNT THAT IS REQUIRED IS JUST INSUFFICIENT.
AND, UM, AND SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, IF YOU SAID THE NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED IN THE AREA REGARDING SAFETY AND MOBILITY, AND THAT'S THE SECOND REASON I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, I WAS REMINDED AND I APPRECIATE THIS, UM, THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN VERY RIGHTFULLY NO LONGER USES THE TERMINOLOGY MASTER PLANS, UM, IN, IN OUR, IN OUR EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE, UM, ELEMENTS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM FROM OUR LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS OUR PRACTICES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CITY MANAGER, BRINGING FORWARD THE COMM RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAVING US APPROVE THEM IF THAT'S THE NEXT STEP OR ACTING ON THEM OR IMPLEMENTING THEM AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO REMINDED ME OF THAT? I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN AND, AND OTHERS.
UM, THIS IS, AS I INDICATED FOR ME, AN AREA THAT IS IN NEED OF SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMMEDIATE SAFETY UPGRADES AND MOBILITY UPGRADES.
UM, BUT THE OTHER, THE OTHER POINT IS THE ONE THAT I KNOW WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT AS WE CONSIDER MY IFC HERE IN, UH, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THAT IS THE FACT THAT, UM, WE'RE USING OUTDATED, WE'RE USING OUTDATED NUMBERS FOR THIS.
WE HAVE ULTIMATE DISCRETION HERE BEFORE US TODAY.
THE REASON THEY'RE BEFORE US IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR OUR APPROVAL TO EXCEED THE CAPS, AND I APPRECIATE, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE APPLICANTS, UM, AND THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH MY STAFF AND THE INFORMATION THE WAY IN WHICH THEY HAVE, UM, INCLUDED ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL THAT BEING SAID, I DO, I DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT CONSIDERING A PROJECT CONSIDERING THESE EXCEPTIONS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE USING OUTDATED NUMBERS, UM, AND THAT WE NEVER HAVE AS A COUNCIL CONSIDERED, WHAT BENEFIT SHOULD, HOW BENEFITS SHOULD BE CALCULATED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE EXCEEDING THE CAP.
BUT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SUBSTANTIALLY BEHIND THE TRUE, THE VALUE, UM, THAT OUR CONSULTANTS SAID WE SHOULD BE RETAINING FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THAT $12.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING THOSE FEES HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.
AND TODAY I'M, I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS OR THE OTHER, THE OTHER TWO REQUESTS TO EXCEED THE EXCEPTION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THEN, UH, FOR APPROVAL, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED I'M SEEING, UH, TOBO AND KITCHEN.
NO, I'M SEEING THE OTHERS VOTING.
UH, THIS ITEM PASSES NUMBER 10,
[11. Approve second and third readings of an ordinance granting additional floor-to-area entitlements to the project at 60 East Avenue and 61 and 69 Rainey Street in accordance with the Downtown Density Bonus Program under City Code Section 25-2-586(B)(6).]
11 VERY QUICKLY.I WANT YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT 11.
ITEM 11 IS TO PROVE ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS AND ORDINANCE GRANTING ADDITIONAL FAR ENTITLEMENTS TO THE PROJECT AT 60 EAST AVENUE AND 1661 RAINY STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM UNDER CITY CODE, SECTION 25, TWO FIVE 86, B SIX.
UH, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE RELATED ITEM ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE AERIAL, UH, RIGHT AWAY VACATION, WHICH, UH, IS, UH, AN OFFICE REAL ESTATE SERVICES ITEM.
UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE I COULD RUN THROUGH THE NUMBERS, UM, ON, UM, ITEM ALIGNMENT AS I DID ON ITEM 10, BUT IN SUMMARY, UH, THE PROJECT WOULD BE PROVIDING 25 ONSITE, UM, AFFORDABLE UNITS AND PROVIDING $1.2 MILLION TOWARDS THE, UH, THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
IF YOU'D LIKE, I COULD BREAK THEM OUT BY FAR, THE COUNCIL CHOOSES.
IF SOMEONE NEEDS THAT TO LAST FOR THAT, I WERE CALLING UP ITEM NUMBER 11 AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, THE RIGHT AWAY ISSUE AS WELL.
IS THERE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS FOR AN ITEM 11? THAT'S IT? YEAH, IT'S KIND OF OCTOBER.
MUST WE TAKE THEM TOGETHER? I'M GOING TO VOTE DIFFERENTLY ON THESE.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL.
AS I TOLD HIM WAS PROVEN THE VITAMIN BEFORE, IS THERE A SECOND TO
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THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECOND SNACK, TRYING TO DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF WRITING FOUR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.I'M SEEING IT UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE THAT GETS US ITEM NUMBER 11.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11 AS A MEMBER OF THE REIA MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS.
IS THERE A NEW DISCUSSION? LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
I THINK THE PAST DISCUSSION ALSO APPLIES TO THIS AS WELL.
NUMBER 11, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, KITCHEN INTO A VOTE NODE.
PUTTING NO, THE OTHERS VOTING.
THAT PASSES ON SECOND AND THIRD READING.
[12. Approve second and third readings of an ordinance granting additional floor-to-area ratio entitlements to the project at 90 and 92 Rainey Street in accordance with the Downtown Density Bonus Program under City Code Section 25-2-586(B)(6). 12. Strategic Outcome(s): Economic Opportunity and Affordability.]
MAYOR, UH, ITEM 12TH.IT WOULD BE TO PROVE ON SECOND, THIRD READINGS AND ORDINANCE GRANTING ADDITIONAL FAR ENTITLEMENTS TO THE PROJECT AT 90 92 RAINY STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BOSE PROGRAM UNDER CITY CODE, SECTION 25, TWO FIVE 88 66.
UM, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS TWO PROJECTS.
UH, IN SUMMARY, WE'LL BE PROVIDING 20 AFFORDABLE ON-SITE UNITS AND AT $1.3 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOUSING CRESTLINE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS ITEM? NUMBER 11, UH, 12 COUNCIL MEMBER ALLIS MAKES THE MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, TRUMP SECOND VOTE THOSE GUESTS PER TIME.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? WERE YOU VOTING? NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'VE, I'VE RESERVED MY COMMENTS TO THE END, CAUSE I WANTED TO TAKE HIM UP SORT OF AS A SUITE OF OPTIONS.
UM, THEY THEY'RE ALL APPLICABLE TO MY COMMENTARY SPEAK NOW BEFORE WE VOTE OR YOU CAN, I RECOGNIZE YOU SPEAK AFTER WE BOUGHT RICHARD.
SAYING A VOTE ON THAT NUMBER 12, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN AND TOVA VOTING.
IT PASSES, UH, COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK I'D LIKE THAT.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I SAW IT, IT SAYS A SUITE OF OPTIONS.
CAUSE MY, MY COMMENTARY YEAR, MY THOUGHTS HERE SORT OF GENERALLY LIE IN THAT, THAT DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
SO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2011, IT MAKES NO BONES ABOUT THE VISION FOR THE RAINEY STREET DISTRICT.
IT CALLS FOR THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF DENSITY AND THE SESSION OF DOWNTOWN.
UM, I THINK WE STRUGGLE A LOT ON THIS DICE TO DETERMINE WHERE INCREASED DENSITY IS APPROPRIATE.
BUT HERE IN MY MIND, EYE IS ONE INSTANCE WHERE WE HAVE PRETTY CLEAR GUIDANCE.
UM, BRAINY IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT ISN'T ENCUMBERED BY A CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR.
IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE FEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE COMFORTABLY WITHOUT HAVING TO OWN A CAR.
UM, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE BLUE LINE IS COMPLETED.
UH, THE MORE HOUSING WE CAN BUILD HERE, IT GIVES MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A WALKABLE, COMPLETE COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR FUTURE GOALS.
IT ALSO MEANS THAT LESS HOUSING.
UM, IT ALSO MEANS LESS HOUSING THAT GETS BUILT ON UNDEVELOPED GREENFIELDS THAT ARE FAR FROM JOBS AND STORES AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE NEED, WHICH JUST COMPOUNDS OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. SO IN RAINING, LOTS ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN IN MOST OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN.
IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, WOULD REQUIRE MORE FAR TO ACHIEVE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND THAT'S A KEY ELEMENT FOR ME.
ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE ONSITE AFFORDABILITY THROUGH THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S RARE THAT WE SEE DOWNTOWN PROJECTS WITH ON-SITE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THE ADDITIONAL FAR MAKES THAT POSSIBLE FOR THESE PROJECTS.
ONE BIG PART OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN THAT I THINK NEEDS A LOT MORE WORK IS THE VISION OF A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES FOR PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.
ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE ON SITE AFFORDABILITY IN DOWNTOWN IS ALWAYS WORTH EXPLORING.
I DO THINK HOWEVER THAT WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THAT ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ISN'T THE ONLY COMMUNITY BENEFIT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND FEES IN LIEU ARE THE ONLY MONEY THAT WE EXTRACT FROM DOWNTOWN TOWERS.
THESE BUILDINGS PROVIDE MILLIONS IN TAX BASE THAT HELP FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY STREET IMPROVEMENTS, LIBRARIES, AND PARKS LIKE WE DISCUSSED TODAY.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT OUR CURRENT BONUS PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE RECALIBRATED.
UM, I'VE ALSO LOOKED FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION AND THE MEANTIME, HOWEVER, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE VOTE, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THESE SITES WILL BE DEVELOPED THE DECISION BEFORE US IS A MATTER OF LIMITING HOUSING SUPPLY SUPPLY THAT WE CRITICALLY NEED, WHICH WE WILL CREATE MORE EXPENSIVE UNITS OR OPTING FOR PROJECTS THAT OFFER COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUCH AS ON-SITE AFFORDABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
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TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND FUNDING FOR TRAILS AND LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS EXPERIENCED TRANSITIONAL GROWTH AT WARP SPEED.
AND I KNOW THAT'S BROUGHT SOME GROWING PAINS, BUT INVESTMENTS ARE CATCHING UP AND I DO APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH THAT THESE PROJECTS TOOK WHEN CONSIDERING RAINEY'S MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
ULTIMATELY WHAT WE DO WITH
SO I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND OUR HOUSING NEEDS.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THESE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND HOUSING ISSUES TOGETHER.
UM, WE'VE HAD A HOUSING CRISIS.
THAT'S BEEN IMPACTING PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME AND AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES THAT I HEAR ABOUT FROM MY CONSTITUENTS.
BUT I THINK ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHICH WE PAID FOR MICK AND THE WINTER STORM AND SO MANY OTHER ISSUES, IT'S BEEN HARD TO GET THIS BACK ONTO THE FRONT BURNER FOR US TO START DOING WORK ON.
AND IN THOSE EXACT SAME MONTHS, THE CRISIS HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH WORSE.
I JUST A WEEK DOESN'T GO BY WHERE I DON'T HEAR FROM A FRIEND OR A CONSTITUENT WHO JUST LOSES THEIR HOUSE A CASH OFFER JUST TO TAKING THEIR HOUSE OUT FROM UNDER THEM WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO HOLD ONTO WHERE THEY ARE.
I MEAN, I TELL FOLKS, EXTEND YOUR LEASE, FIND A WAY TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE, STAY PUT, BECAUSE IT IS JUST GETTING SO BAD OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE.
AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO, BUT IT JUST FEELS INTENSELY EVEN MORE INTENSELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADDRESS BOTH THE HOUSING SUPPLY ISSUES AND GETTING AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUBSIDY FOR PEOPLE THAT MARKET ISN'T GOING TO SERVE TO GET BOTH OF THOSE DONE.
AND I THINK WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRACKED.
I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THE YEAR WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO REOPEN THE CONVERSATION TOWARDS FIGURING OUT HOW BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES TOGETHER.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S A HARD ISSUE AND IT'S A HARD THING FOR US HISTORICALLY TO ALL, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THIS, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS HEARD US TALKING ABOUT SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THIS NEEDS TO START ELEVATING ITSELF AS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS AS OUR KITCHEN.
UM, YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA, UM, AND MACRO TERM.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US CARES ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US CARES ABOUT HOUSING AND DENSITY.
YOU KNOW, OUR VOTES HERE DO NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE EITHER AGAINST HER FOR, UH, DENSITY AND I DON'T, I'M NOT SUGGESTING ANYONE SAID THAT ON THE DYESS, THE IT'S THE NUANCES THAT ARE IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO STRUGGLE WITH AND THINK THROUGH, AS YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, AND FIND A WAY TOWARDS, UM, GETTING IN A BETTER POSITION FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBO BRINGING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AS LOOKING AT RECALIBRATING THESE BONUSES, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN, WE'RE ALL HERE UNDERSTANDING, YOU SAID COUNCIL MEMBER HUIZAR.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT OUT.
THAT WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND WE'RE IN A CRISIS RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY.
SO MY VOTE A IS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE FEELING THAT WE'RE GETTING ENOUGH.
I RESPECT EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, GOING FORWARD AND SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE ON, BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT DISAGREEING ON IS HOW IMPORTANT, UM, AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS.
AND WE'RE NOT DISAGREEING ON WHERE DENSITY IS APPROPRIATE.
UH, I WOULD JUST, UH, TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION, I THINK IT TOUCHES ON WHAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPOKE TO, UH, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, I THINK WE OWE AN OBLIGATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO FINISH WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, WORK.
UH, AND I THINK, UM, UH, RIGHT AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DONE THIS KIND OF THING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, WITH A HEALTH ISSUE.
AND, UH, AS WE, AS WE GET INTO, UH, UH, MAY AND JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, MY HOPE IS THAT IN THAT TIMEFRAME WERE ABLE TO FASHION A, UM, UH, A STEP FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, ONE THAT MOVES US
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FORWARD AND MAYBE DOESN'T, UH, BRING INTO THE DISCUSSION, THE ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO NOTICE AND, UM, UH, PETITION RIGHTS.UH, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AS A GROUP THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE TO SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THIS.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, AT THE VERY LEAST DO THAT, BUT WE SHOULD DO THAT SOONER THAN LATER, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
OKAY GUYS, WE HAVE ONLY THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT'S LEFT.
UH, SO HERE THAT WAS MEMBER TELEPHONE.
SO I AM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE POSTPONE TODAY, AND I'M ACTUALLY TINKERING WITH THE POSTING LANGUAGE A BIT AND IT'LL GO UP TOMORROW.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS RECONSIDER THAT ELEMENT, RECONSIDER THAT ITEM FOR TODAY, UM, AND ACTUALLY WITHDRAW IT.
AND WE ARE GOING TO REPOST IT TOMORROW WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POSTING LANGUAGE.
SO MY MOTION IS, UH, HAVING VOTED FOR THE POSTPONEMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I AM GOING TO MOVE THAT WE RECONSIDER, UH, THAT IFC ONCE I FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, SO THAT YOU CAN WITHDRAW IT.
BUT I'VE LOST THAT PAGE ON THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO WANTS TO FILE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 46, UH, SO THAT SHE CAN WITHDRAW IT, UH, IN LIEU OF POSTPONING.
IT, IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO THAT SAYING NO OBJECTION ON THE DICE.
THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT WE RECONSIDERED THAT VOTE AND THAT INSTEAD OF POSTPONING IT, THE COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO JUST LET IT BE WITHDRAWN.
ANYTHING ELSE? BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL NOW
[Executive Session]
GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.UM, THE TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE SEVEN FOUR OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED ITEM 47 CITY.
UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL NOW GO AT FOUR 56, UH, WHEN WE ARE DONE, UH, UH, THE DISCUSSION I'LL COME OUT BY MYSELF TO, TO, TO CLOSE OUT OUR, OUR MEETING TONIGHT, UH, COLLEAGUES LET'S TAKE, UH, THREE OR FOUR MINUTES, LET PEOPLE DO A RESTROOM BREAK.
UH, BUT THEN, UM, UM, MOMENTS AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK LET'S, LET'S ALL BE TOGETHER AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
WE DISCUSSED PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 47.
I WAS THE LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS FOR TODAY.
SO HERE AT 6:40 PM, I AM ADJOURNING THE APRIL 8TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.