Apr 22, 2021 City Council Meetings

I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR, UM, INDULGING THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I HOPE THAT WE CAN REMEMBER THOSE LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, 36,000.

THAT'S THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE EACH YEAR BEFORE THE DAY ENDS TODAY, AN ESTIMATED 100 LIVES IN OUR NATION WILL BE LOST AND CUT SHORT.

EACH OF THOSE DEATHS WILL LEAVE SURVIVORS AND MANY OF THOSE DEATHS WILL HAVE BEEN PREVENTABLE.

THESE AREN'T JUST NUMBERS AND STATISTICS, AND WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL.

THIS HAPPENS IN AUSTIN, TOO.

ON SUNDAY, WE LOST THREE PEOPLE, AMANDA BRODERICK, ALYSSA BRODERICK, AND WILLIE SIMMONS.

THE THIRD, AS WE PAUSE TO GATHER TO REMEMBER THEM THIS MORNING, LET'S ALSO CONSIDER THAT TODAY HUNDREDS OF MORE FAMILIES ACROSS OUR NATION WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SHOCKING PAIN AND GRIEF OF GUN VIOLENCE.

LET US ALSO PLUS FOR A MEMBER, THOSE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS ALL THE SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR NATION.

AS WE MOURN, LET US ALL RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO BE RELENTLESS IN PURSUING A WORLD WHERE WE PREVENT DEATHS LIKE THESE WITH COMMON SENSE REFORMS TODAY, WE LIFT UP OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS, BUT WE ALSO TAKE ACTION AND EMPLOY EACH MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND EACH MEMBER OF OUR ELECTED BODIES TO CONSIDER THE SIMPLEST STATUS AND FIND THE COURAGE TO JOIN US IN WORKING TO PREVENT THEM IN THE FUTURE.

I WOULD NOW ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER AMANDA ALYSSA AND WILLIE, ALONG WITH OTHER VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

I GOT TO SAY MY COMMENTS TILL WE GET TO, UH, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT DEALS WITH GUN VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MOVING THAT'S ITEM 59, WHICH WE'LL CONSIDER SHORTLY, UH, TODAY HAS WE'RE GETTING READY TO START.

THIS MEETING IS ALSO EARTH DAY.

UH, ARE THEY, UH, UH, AROUND THE, AROUND THE WORLD? UM, A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS INDICATED DESIRE JUST TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS QUICKLY.

AND I WANT TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

I GOT TO OUR POLL.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I DID THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, KELLY ALSO IN THERE NOT SAY WORD REVERENCE.

IN 2015, AND I'M A MEMBER OF NLCS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.

SO TODAY IS EARTH DAY.

IT'S THE 51ST YEAR FOR EARTH DAY.

THE FIRST ONE WAS APRIL 22, 1970.

TODAY I'M CELEBRATING EARTH DAY IN A NEW WAY WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO RESTORE US TO A PATH DEDICATED, TO MAKING PROGRESS ON OUR CLIMATE GOALS.

I CALLED IN ON TUESDAY AND JOINED A CALL WITH TRANSPORTATION, SECRETARY BOOTY, JUDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, GURU, UM, UH, GINA.

AND I'M MISSING HER LAST NAME, WHICH IS REALLY EMBARRASSING.

MAYOR TURNER WAS ON THE CALL MAYOR TURNER FROM, FROM HOUSTON.

HE WAS ON THE CALL TOO.

AND THE CONVERSATION AMONG THESE LEADERS WAS ALONG THE LINES OF NECESSITY OF ACTION IN ALL ARENAS TO CLOSE IN ON OUR GOALS, LOCAL STATE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TO ACHIEVE POLICIES THAT ENSURE A HEALTHY PLANET IN ALL RESPECTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I WAS INSPIRED IN 1970 AS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE BY AMERICA'S FIRST EARTH DAY.

I AM NEWLY INSPIRED BY EFFORTS, LOCAL AND GLOBAL, INCLUDING BY SUCH FINE ORGANIZATIONS AS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND EQUALLY A GROUP THAT HAS AS ITS FOCUSED SUSTAINABILITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

I ATTENDED THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE COP 21

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I RECENTLY RENEWED THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S MEMBERSHIP IN ITALY AND PAID FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF ITS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP.

AND I'M LOOKING TO THE WORK THAT WE LEAD ON HERE IN AUSTIN TO DEEPEN AND EXTEND OUR REACH AS A ROLE MODEL TO CITIES WITH THE PROGRAMS BASED IN SCIENCE AND BEST PRACTICES.

SO WE CAN ADVOCATE MORE DEEPLY THE NEED FOR FACT-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES GLOBALLY.

THE WORK IS HARD.

UM, THE PROGRESS IS SLOW, BUT WE HAVE THE HEART AND WE HAVE THE DETERMINATION TO NOT JUST ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, BUT TO SURPASS THEM AND START TODAY.

WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

THANK YOU TODAY.

I'M WEARING THE DRESS OF MRS. A FUN LOVING, FICTIONAL CHARACTER FROM THE PBS SERIES, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS THAT HELPED INTRODUCE ME TO THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORLD AND OF USING SCIENCE AS A TOOL TO HELP US MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT OUR LIVES AND THE WORLD AROUND US.

ALTHOUGH SHE'S A FICTIONAL CHARACTER, THE POSITIVE EFFECT WE PERSONALLY CAN HAVE ON OUR WORLD IS AS REAL AS IT GETS.

LET'S CONTINUE TO CONSERVE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT NOT TRANSFORM OUR CITY AND SOCIETY COMPLETELY.

NOT ALL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, HELP HUMANS.

WE NEED TO FACTOR IN HOW MANY MORE REGULATIONS WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR THINGS TO GET BUILT TODAY ON EARTH DAY, I WANT TO HELP HUMAN FAMILIES PROMOTE A STRONG ECONOMY AND A THRIVING ENVIRONMENT.

LET'S ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF OUR NATURAL WORLD ON THIS BIRTHDAY, AUSTIN AND KIDS.

IN THE WORDS OF MRS. FRIZZLE TODAY, I WANT TO REMIND YOU TO TAKE CHANCES, MAKE MISTAKES AND GET MESSY.

SO LET'S WORK QUICKLY AS WE, AS WE CAN TODAY

A CHANGE IS ONE OF THE, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF THE DEFINING CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME.

THIS EARTH DAY, I'M REFLECTING ON OUR COMMUNITY'S COLLECTIVE WORK TO MAKE OUR CITY MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT.

CLIMATE IS TOP OF MIND, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, AS WE FACE TO STORE CLIMATE EXTREMES AND THE VULNERABILITIES THAT COME WITH THEM, IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES THAT INTERSECT WITH AND EXACERBATE GENERATIONAL, SYSTEMIC RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUITIES.

PRIVATE ACTION LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EACH PERSON, BUT IN OUR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS MAKE AUSTIN THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS.

AND ONE OF THE MOST CLIMATE RESILIENT AS A MEMBER OF THE CLIMATE MAYORS AND THE C 40 CITIES, I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AND ITS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS WE MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON OUR GOALS.

LIKE THE ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2050 IN FACT IS EARTH DAY.

LET'S RESOLVE TO MEET THAT GOAL EVEN FASTER.

WE ARE READY TO MOVE INTO THE MEETING COLLEAGUES.

I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON APRIL 22ND, 2021.

UH, THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED, UH, REMOTELY.

UH, IT IS 10:15 AM.

UH, WE'RE GOING DO, UH, THE, UM, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS.

UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING, UH, UH, HOLD I HAVE RIGHT NOW, 1820 AND 39.

I'LL DO THAT IN A MOMENT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SPEAKERS TO SPEAK.

WE'LL CALL THEM NEXT AT THREE MINUTES EACH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN TAKE CARE OF, UH, BEFORE THE NOON HOUR.

UH, AT NOON WE HAVE, UH, FOUR, UH, UH, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, HOW MANDINI BELIEVE THE DINESH JUST BEFORE, UM, HOPEFULLY THEN AN HOUR AFTER, UM, UH, THAT WORK'S DONE.

WE CAN RECONVENE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET A LOT DONE, HOPEFULLY, MAYBE EVEN IN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION OR COME OUT TO FINISH WORK.

WE NEED TO DO HANDLE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN GET TO, UH, ZONING.

WE HAVE FOUR SAYS YOU CAN CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS AT 2:00 PM.

IT'S THE INTENT TO CALL THE 30 ZONING SPEAKERS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE SIGNED UP ON LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN POSTPONED OR WILL BE POSTPONED.

SO WE MAY NOT NEED TO HEAR FROM ALL OF THOSE SPEAKERS.

UH, WE NEEDED TO WORK QUICKLY.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE LOSING, UH, UH, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HERE THIS EVENING, UH, BEGINNING AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND THEN OTHERS, UH, PULLING OFF AFTER THAT.

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CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS, UH, TODAY, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ON A SIX O VOTE WITH COMMISSIONER BRANDMAN OFF THE DYESS COMMISSIONERS, UH, BABIAK FRAIL AND ANGRY, ABSENT ONE VACANCY ITEM, NUMBER THREE, UH, BEING, UH, POSTPONED, UM, UNTIL, UM, UH, MAY 6TH 21.

I'M ALSO SAYING THAT ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS ALSO BEING POSTPONED UNTIL MAY SIX 21, ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, ON APRIL 13TH, 2021 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE AIR PARTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON A VOTE OF EIGHT ZERO ZERO TWO, ITEM SEVEN ON APRIL 13, 21 RECOMMENDED BY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION VOTE OF EIGHT SYRUP TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NINE EIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON APRIL 7TH IS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON A 700 VOTE WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, MICHAEL ABSENT AND THE COMMISSIONERS LEANNE PENN RECUSING ITEM NUMBER NINE ON APRIL, 1920 21 RECOMMENDED BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION ON A VOTE OF SEVEN OH WITH COMMISSIONERS HAYDEN AND READ OFF THE DYES AND COMMISSIONERS TUTTLE AND RE ABSENT HAVING 25 ON APRIL, 1920 21, AND RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION ON A SEVEN O VOTE COMMISSIONER'S HAYDEN AND READ OFF THE DYES COMMISSIONERS TITLE AND RE ABSENT ITEM NUMBER 26, UH, ON APRIL 19TH, 2021 RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION ON A 700 VOTE.

THE COMMISSIONER'S HAYDEN AND READ OFF THE DIASEND COMMISSIONERS, TUTTLE AND RAY ABSENT.

UH, I THINK THERE'S A DRAFT OF THE CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS THAT HAD THAT AS 36.

IT SHOULD BE 26 AS I JUST READ.

I AM 31 POSTPONED TO MAY 20TH, 2021 ITEM 38, UH, SPONSORS, UH, KIND OF COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS ADDED AS A SPONSOR TO THAT ITEM HAD A NUMBER 38 POSTPONED TO MAY 6TH, 2021 ITEM NUMBER 59.

UH, I'VE BEEN HAD A CO-SPONSOR TO THAT ITEM.

I'M SHOWING THREE ITEMS SO FAR ARE BEING PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18 BY TOVO.

I HAD NUMBER 20 BY AUTHOR, UH, AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 39.

UH, I THINK BEING PULLED BY THE, BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, LAID BACK UP, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX 2036 38, 47, 50 51 A AND 52 ALSO, UH, THERE'S LAID BACK UP AND, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION ITEM NUMBER ONE.

UH, IF YOU ALL CAN HELP ME REMEMBER TO READ THAT WHEN WE OPENED THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT OUTSIDE, APPRECIATE IT.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, 20 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

ONE OF THOSE SPEAKERS IS SPEAKING BOTH ON CITY COUNCIL AND ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

SO SHE'LL SPEAK LAST AND SPEAK ON THE CITY COUNCIL MATTER.

AND THEN WE'LL RECESS.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.

SO SHE HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK OR RECESS THAT MEETING, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE GET THE SPEAKERS? THAT'S ANOTHER PICTURE.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO SHOW ME AS PULLING ITEM 22 ALSO, BUT ADAM 20 ALSO, BECAUSE I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

TO THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS, UM, ARE APPROPRIATE TO UPDATE THE UPDATE AND CALIBRATE, UM, OR TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THOSE INTERIM FEES THAT WERE DONE FOR US BY ECO NORTHWEST AND BRING BACK ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES IN AUGUST.

COUNCILOR TOVO THANK YOU.

UP BEFORE THE SPEAKERS START.

I JUST WANTED TO CALL MY COLLEAGUES ATTENTION TO THE REVISED DRAFT THAT I CIRCULATED THIS MORNING, AND IT'S ALSO POSTED ON THE COUNCIL MESSAGE BOARD.

AND SO I'LL JUST, UM, SUMMARIZE IF I COULD, THE CHANGES, I THINK THERE WAS, THERE WERE, UH, A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND WHAT CODE AMENDMENT WAS BEING INITIATED.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE FROM THE REVISED LANGUAGE THAT THE LANGUAGE TO REPEAL HAS BEEN STRUCK FROM THE RESOLUTION.

SO NOW IT SAYS WE ARE INITIATING A CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND.

UM, THERE WAS ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, UH, LATER IN THE DRAFT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE FEES THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US SOON, LIKE IN THE NEXT OF WEEKS, UM, WOULD BE INTERIM FEES.

AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED DIRECTING OUR MANAGERS ARE TO ENGAGE

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THAT WAS, THAT LAST PIECE WAS CAPTURED ALREADY IN THE RESOLUTION, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WERE SEEING IT AND MOVING OUR FEES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE RATHER THAN TAKING AND TAKING THEM OUT OF ORDINANCE.

THOSE WOULD BE UPDATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT I THINK THAT CLARIFIES SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GETTING.

SO AGAIN, THE THREE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AND THIS IS POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, REMOVING THE LANGUAGE REPEAL, UM, TO MAKE, I MEAN, THAT LANGUAGE WOULD GO AWAY IF THE DECISION IS TO AMEND, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A CODE INITIATION PROCESS.

I THINK THAT TOO WAS SOMETHING THAT THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT.

UM, WE WOULD BE INITIATING A CODE AMENDMENT JUST ON THE PIECE OF THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM THAT SPEAKS TO PROJECTS THAT REQUEST TO EXCEED FAR.

AND THOSE WOULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS OF GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND CONVERSATION.

THEN COMING BACK TO US FOR REVIEW AND CONVERSATION.

SO REPEAL IS GONE.

UM, THE WORD INTERIM HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED BEFORE THE TWO FEE WAIVER CONVERSATIONS WITH REGARD TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

AND THEN THERE'S AN, A DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL DIRECTION AT THE BOTTOM ASKING OUR MANAGER TO UPDATE THOSE FEES AND RETURNED TO US IN AUGUST WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU'RE MUTED MAYOR, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

IF I BELIEVE I HEARD YOU, THE MAYOR, YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59.

I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD CALL THAT SO I CAN SPEAK ON IT AS WELL.

WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT.

YOU CAN JUST GO AND SPEAK TO IT, RIGHT.

AND WE'LL DO THAT, UH, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCILOR COSAR, AS IT RELATES TO THE APRIL AIRPORT ITEMS, WHICH I THINK ARE GETTING POSTPONED ON CONSENT.

I HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THE DATE AND THEN ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S GETTING BROUGHT BACK.

I THINK IT MIGHT TAKE LONG ENOUGH THAT IT MIGHT BE WORTH PULLING AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO HAMMER THAT OUT ON CONSENT.

HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THOSE ITEMS DO YOU WANT US TO PULL? UH, THE, THE LOAN IN PARTICULAR, WHICH I GUESS IS A LOAN AND THE BYLAWS, I SUPPOSE.

CAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO, UH, THOSE TWO, YEAH.

IT'S NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FIVE.

SO THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE SLATED TO BE POSTPONED IN A WORLD AND I'LL PULL ITEMS THREE AND ITEMS FIVE, AND TO BE CLEAR, I SUPPORT THEM.

I JUST WANT TO DISCUSS TO, TO WHICH DATES AND WHAT'S COMING BACK WHEN THEY COME BACK.

UH, CANCER POOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALDER.

SO I TOO WANT TO PULL ITEMS THREE AND FIVE.

I HAVE A COMMENT ON THREE AND A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON FIVE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT FOR THOSE TO BE PULLED, TO MAKE THOSE OKAY.

AND THEN I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO COUNCILMEMBER ALTERS ITEM 59.

THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT.

THAT WAS OVER ALTAR.

AHEAD THEN AND GET THE SPEAKERS.

I'LL SPEAK TO ITEM 59 LATER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL FOLKS ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A REVISED VERSION IN THE BACKUP, UM, THAT WAS SENT, UM, THIS MORNING WE WERE WRITING THIS VERY QUICKLY FOR MONDAY.

SO THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TO IT.

IT'S ALL IN THE SAME SPIRIT, UM, WITH A LOT MORE OF THE DETAIL BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH GUN VIOLENCE TO, TO REFERENCE.

THANK YOU, CANCER KITCHEN.

I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT I WOULD ALSO, UH, IN THIS, UH, I THANK COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'LL BRING IN FORWARD BESIDE THEM 15 MILLION, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR.

THEIR RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO

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IF THE CLERK IS WITH US, CALL THE SPEAKERS, UH, CALL THE, UH, SPEAKER LAST.

WHO'S ALSO SPEAKING ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MATTER.

TO KEEP THEM OUT OF JAIL AND IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CARLOS LEON.

SO CARLOS LEONE FIRST AND FOREMOST, GOOD.

THE FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO ITEM 24 THAT GOT MATERIALS, SAY LIFE, A NEW WILL PROVIDE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS, COUNSELING, MENTORSHIP, AND SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TO MINERS TO REDUCE HARM AND VIOLENCE,

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THEREFORE MAKE SURE INTERACTING WITH POLICE ONE-ON-ONE IS PART OF LIFE, A NEWS CURRICULUM.

SO THEIR STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH APD TO MINIMIZE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES AND MAXIMIZE POSITIVE RESULTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY GET PULLED OVER IN A VEHICLE, TELL THEM TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND TAKE THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION, KEEP LIGHTS AND SEATBELTS ON AND KEEP HANDS STILL IN PLAIN VIEW AT NIGHT, TURN ON INSIDE CABIN LIGHTS BEFORE SLOWLY REACHING FOR OPENING.

ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE COPS SAVE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AND WHERE IT IS.

WE ADULTS DO ALL THIS TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TO POLICE.

WE ARE NOT ENEMY AND WE KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THEIR JOB IS.

TEACH TEENS WHAT TO SAY WHEN AND HOW TO SAY IT AS WELL AS WHAT NOT TO SAY.

AND WHEN MODEL CLARIFYING QUESTIONS LIKE AM I BEING, AM I FREE TO GO TO HELP THEM LEARN EXERCISE AND DEFEND THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, FOLLOWING THE LAW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE.

ANY LAW BREAKING COP OR GOVERNMENT AGENT HAD MINNESOTA DANTE RIGHT KNOWN AND FOLLOWED THESE UNWRITTEN RULES.

OFFICER KIM POTTER WOULD NOT HAVE SHOT HIM FROM THE OFFICER'S RELEASED BODY CAM FOOTAGE DRIVING WHILE BLACK DID NOT GET DANTE KILLED PHYSICALLY RESISTING ARREST FOR AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT BY QUICKLY AND AGGRESSIVELY GOING BACK INSIDE HIS CAR WITHOUT WARNING DID VIDEO REPLAY SHOWS.

DANTE WAS TRYING TO FLEE BY DRIVING AWAY.

HOWEVER, IN CHAOTIC REAL-TIME POTTER, PROBABLY WORRIED DANTE WAS GOING BACK FOR A GUN, A REASONABLE FEAR IN THAT SITUATION, STILL IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, HIS SKIN COLOR AND GENDER MAY HAVE SUBCONSCIOUSLY TRIGGERED A LATENT BIAS AGAINST HIM IN HER CAUSING HER TO GRAB HER GUN THOUGH.

SHE SAID AND THOUGHT KAESER WASN'T HAND BECAUSE THAT SAY CANIK SLIPPERY.

SLOPE IS STEEP AND DEEP LIFE.

A NEW SHOULD WORK WITH APD AND OUR OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT TO AVOID IT IN AUSTIN.

SO THE LAW ABIDING PUBLIC AND COPS GET HOME SAFE EVERY NIGHT.

WHENEVER POSSIBLE, COPS SHOULD EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO VERBALLY RESPOND BEFORE READING YOU YOUR RIGHTS AND CUFFING YOU.

IF THE ARREST IS WONG, RIGHTLY OVERTURN IT IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION FORUMS LIKE THIS ONE TO SPEAK OUT AND DISSEMINATE EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE PUBLICLY ON RECORD TO WIN IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, FILED COMMENDATIONS TO REWARD AND KEEP GOOD COPS AND COMPLAINTS TO PUNISH AND REMOVE BAD COPS FOR OUR SAFETY BECAUSE ALL LIVES MATTER IN JESUS NAME.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSTITUTIONAL LAUNCH AND ABOVE ALL OKLAHOMA COMPANY.

GOD'S WORD PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE 2020 ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE DEFEND THE SECOND AMENDMENT DEFEAT CLIMATE CHANGE TYRANNY AND MAXINE WATERS SHUTS YOUR BIG UGLY EVIL VIOLENCE INCITING MOUTH OUT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MO MASSOUD GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL.

AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS MONA FOOD, THE CEO CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE I'M CALLING TODAY OR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 15 FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO OPERATE EMS SERVICES IN THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY LIMITS.

WE ARE EAGER TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVICING THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PEGGY MORTON.

PEGGY MARTIN.

WE WILL CALL HER BACK.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CATHERINE AND GOODWIN.

THIS IS CATHERINE GOODWIN.

DID YOU JUST CALL ME? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

UM, MY NAME IS KATHY GOODWIN AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS AT THE WHOLE THREE HOURS OF THE MEETING OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THAT.

UM, I CONTINUE TO BE ASTOUNDED BY THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

THEY HAVE TOLD US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN VERY CONCRETE AND PRACTICAL WAYS TO CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY BY DECRIMINALIZING TRAFFIC ERRORS, BY DECRIMINALIZING THE USE OF PUBLIC SPACES AND BY THE CRIMINALIZING, THE TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL

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THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE POLICE STRUCTURE CREATED IN 1865, WHICH IS STILL IN PLACE IN MANY WAYS WHOSE ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS TO CONTROL AND PUNISH EX SLAVE TO A STRUCTURE THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND RESPECTS THEM NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, A SYSTEM THAT HELPS CADETS AND CURRENT POLICE OFFICERS TO CONFRONT THEIR OWN RACISM AND TEACHES THEM ABOUT BLACK TRAUMA, WHITE TRAUMA AND POLICE TRAUMA.

PLEASE ACT NOW TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THE TASK FORCE HAS WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE.

THANK YOU, PEGGY MORTON.

HELLO? YES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

HELLO MAYOR ADLER AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'M PEGGY MORTON AND I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 40 YEARS, 25 OF THOSE IN THE SAME HOUSE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, JUST LAST FRIDAY.

A GROUP OF US APPRECIATED OUR TIME MEETING WITH COUNCIL, WOMAN PAIGE.

TELL US ABOUT THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'S I'M HERE TO SPEAK ENTHUSIASTICALLY FOR ITEM 20 TO REVAMP CITY FUNDING AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATION.

PARTICULARLY FOR COMMUNITIES WHO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES THAN ENGLISH AND ALL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

THEY, FOR THE MOST PART HAVE BEEN FORCED INTO THE LOWEST PAYING JOBS IN OUR CITY WITH THE LOWEST LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, AND ACCESS TO FOOD SECURITY AND CITY SERVICES.

WHILE THE CITY WASTES TOO MUCH MONEY, PAYING THE POLICE TO SURVEIL THEM, THREATEN THEM AND USE UNNECESSARY FORCE ON THEM.

IT'S TIME.

EXCUSE ME.

WE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR MY FELLOW AUSTIN RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE SAME PRIVILEGES I HAVE AS A WHITE WEST AUSTIN WOMAN.

I HAVE TO SAY, AS A WOMAN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, I HAVE FOUGHT FOR MY RIGHTS WHILE RECEIVING LOW PAY AND NOT SEEING ENOUGH ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO LOOK LIKE ME.

FORTUNATELY, I'VE LEARNED MUCH VOLUNTEERING IN OUR IMMIGRANT AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED COMMUNITIES COMPARED TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN AUSTIN.

MY LIFE HAS BEEN A CAKEWALK.

MY GREATEST TEACHERS HAVE BEEN THOSE I'VE MET OVER MY LAST 11 YEARS OF RETIREMENT.

PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO HAVE INVITED ME INTO TRAININGS WITH UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY, AUSTIN, AND SOLIDARITY WORK TO STOP UNJUST DEPORTATIONS, GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR IMMIGRANTS PURSUING POLITICAL ASYLUM.

AND TO HONOR THE DEERE CONTRIBUTIONS FORMERLY INCARCERATED FOLKS BRING TO AUSTIN.

I WANT YOU MAYOR ADLER, COUNCILWOMAN, PAIGE JEALOUS AND ALL CITY COUNCIL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES CITY STAFF AND THE DIVERSITY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS TO SMALL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED AND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP.

THEY ARE BETTER INFORMED THAN I AM.

AND I WANT YOU TO TRUST AND FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'VE READ THEM AND APPRECIATE THE BACKGROUND AND REASONING.

THEY'VE EXPLAINED QUITE THOROUGHLY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO AUSTIN, IMPROVING OUR CITY TO MAKE IT SAFE, A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING MY GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS AND PARENTS WHO ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, MY FRIENDS OF COLOR, REMIND ME TO BE BETTER, NOT BITTER.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL MUST STRIVE FOR.

ONCE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, STUART STUART.

SHE, HER SUBTLER ON INDIGENOUS LAND D FIVE RESIDENT

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MEMBER OF FOR BLACK LIVES.

AND I'M DOING WHITE SUPREMACY, AUSTIN.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US THIS MORNING.

AND I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING, BUT AS KATHY GOODWIN AND THE LAW AND PEGGY MARTIN SAID MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE TASK FORCE MEMBERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY INVESTED HOURS AND WEEKS OF THEIR TIME TO THINK THROUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SAFE IN THIS CITY.

AND THEY GAVE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INCLUDED INVESTING MONEY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE EXISTING POLICIES AND GENERATIONS OF STRUCTURAL RACISM HAVE FOSTERED HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY, LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND A DEARTH OF LIFE SUSTAINING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY'VE ASKED YOU TO INVEST IN 10 NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS IDENTIFIED BY THE TASKFORCE, MANAGED BY LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY'S EQUITY OFFICE AND COLLABORATION WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

THEY'VE LAID OUT HOW TO SPEND MONEY, $10 MILLION IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN SEVEN TO $9 MILLION ANNUALLY AND THE 10 NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS TO ADDRESS BOTH SHORT-TERM NEEDS AND WITH COMMUNITY INSIGHT TO PLAN FOR LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITIES.

I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THIS, I KNOW THAT YOU READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I KNOW THAT SOUNDS BORING TO LISTEN TO AGAIN, ESPECIALLY FOR ME, THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS WORK NO BETTER.

THEY GAVE VERY PROFOUND AND THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT LISTENING AGAIN, LIKE WE CAN STOP.

WE STOPPED CALLING.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ASKED, BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND ACTING ON WHAT THEY THINK THAT'S ONE STEP IN A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY, BUT PROCEEDING WITH CREATING BUDGETS WITHOUT PRIORITIZING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD PROVIDE A REMEDY TO THE POLICY-DRIVEN INEQUITY THAT CONTINUES TO HARM BLACK AND BROWN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S WRONG, IT'S UNJUST AND IT'S NOT FORGIVABLE.

I THINK THE TASK FORCE AGAIN FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK.

AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE HONOR IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANNA.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

YEAH, YOU CAN'T.

ABUNDANCE EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST RICH NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, MY NAME IS HANNAH STEWART AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE.

I'M A MOTHER, FORMER EDUCATOR AND MEMBER OF STREET FORUM, TEXAS ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE AND UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY, AUSTIN.

AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND NATASHA HARPER MADISON.

UM, I FOLLOWED THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC TAPE, PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR DOING THIS WORK THAT WILL BE VITAL TO TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY INTO ONE THAT PROVIDES REAL SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL AUSTINITES.

EVERYONE WANTS TO FEEL SAFE, SHARE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO LIVE WITHOUT FOOD OR HOUSING INSECURITY.

I WANT THIS NOT ONLY FOR MY CHILD, BUT FOR BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN TOO.

FOR ALL PEOPLE.

I WANT BLACK AND BROWN PARENTS TO NOT HAVE TO FEAR EACH TIME THEIR CHILD LEAVES THE HOUSE.

THESE ARE BASIC THINGS THAT A CITY CAN PROVIDE FOR ITS CITIZENS.

IF IT CHOOSES TO ALLOCATE MONEY FAIRLY INSTEAD OF UPHOLDING RACIST POLICIES THAT PERPETUATE THE OPPRESSION OF BLACK AND BROWN CITIZENS, IT CAN PROVIDE THESE THINGS.

IF IT CONTRACTS THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE FOR ROLES THAT PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY APD HAVE PROVEN OVER AND OVER THAT THEY DO NOT KEEP AUSTINITES SAFE.

THEY TERRORIZED SURVEYOR HARASS UNTIL THEY WASTE PUBLIC MONEY.

AND OVER TIME TERRORIZING PEACEFUL PROTESTORS, THE FACTS ARE IN STOP PAYING A RACIST VIOLENT INSTITUTION AND START INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE THROUGH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SERVICES, EMS, FAMILY VIOLENCE, SHELTER, AND PROTECTION, VIOLENCE, PROTECTION PREVENTION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT AND LIFT UP OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY OPPRESSED AND CONTINUE TO FACE DISPLACEMENT FROM RAPID AND RUTHLESS GENTRIFICATION.

WE DEMAND CITY COUNCIL NOT MOVE ON ANY MORE BUDGET ITEMS WITHOUT FIRST CENTERING AND PRIORITIZING THE FUNDING OF THE RPS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION, A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT AND BETRAYAL THAT COUNCIL MOVED TO REINSTATE THE CADET CLASS.

AND IT'S CONSIDERING GIVING MONEY BACK TO APD BEFORE RECEIVING, BEFORE RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PROCESS, THEY COMMITTED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO SEE HOW RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND ACTED ON.

AND IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE NOT BEING IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENTED, WE ASKED FOR TIMELINES FOR, FOR IMPLEMENTATION, BE MADE PUBLIC AND REASONS FOR POSTPONEMENT.

THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL MAKE THE CITY BETTER FOR EVERYONE.

IF YOU'RE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MONEY, YOUR OWN FAMILY AND PROPERTY, THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY BENEFIT YOU OVER THE STATUS QUO.

ULTIMATELY IT WILL SAVE PUBLIC MONEY AND CREATE A CULTURE OF SAFETY, BELONGING, AND

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THAT'S BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES AS WE DIG INTO THIS TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE WORK.

THANK YOU ROBIN.

GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE.

I'M HERE TO FORMALLY OPPOSE THE GAS RATE HIKES YOU WILL BE VOTING ON TODAY.

ITEMS 32 AND 33.

HERE'S AN OVERVIEW IN ROUND NUMBERS, RESIDENTIAL GAS CUSTOMERS IN AUSTIN, UH, AMOUNT TO ABOUT HALF OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS.

UH, AND IN ROUND NUMBERS, THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL GAS BILL IN THIS AREA REPRESENTS ROUGHLY HALF OF THE COST OF AN AVERAGE AUSTIN ENERGY BILL OVERALL RESIDENTIAL GAS BILLS IN THIS AREA REPRESENT ABOUT 125 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH IS A QUARTER OF WHAT AUSTIN ENERGY GROSSED IN RESIDENTIAL BILLS IN 2019.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A TRIFLING SUM IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS GAS SERVICE, WHICH JUST APPLIED FOR ANOTHER ANNUAL RATE INCREASE REPRESENTS ABOUT 95% OF GAS CUSTOMERS.

THE BALANCE ARE SERVED BY TWO COMPANIES HERE TODAY ASKING FOR THEIR ANNUAL RATE INCREASES BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021 AT MOST, UH, WILL RECEIVE A 36% RATE INCREASE.

THAT IS THE GROSS AMOUNT FROM WHICH THE COMPANY DERIVES ITS PROFITS CENTER POINT WILL RECEIVE AN 13% RATE INCREASE, TEXAS GAS SERVICE JUST APPLIED FOR A 25% RATE INCREASE AVERAGE INFLATION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS 4%.

THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE.

IF AUSTIN ENERGY OR AUSTIN WATER ASKS FOR A 25% OR A 36% RATE INCREASE, THIS WOULD DOMINATE THE HEADLINES AND COUNCIL ATTENTION.

WHEN GAS COMPANIES ASKED FOR THIS KIND OF RATE HIKE, THE CITY'S REGULATORY BUREAUCRACY APPROVES THEM ON AN ALMOST ROUTINE BASIS.

THESE THREE GAS COMPANIES HAVE HORRIBLY REGRESSIVE RATES THAT DISCOURAGED CONSERVATION AND HURT THE POOR.

THESE COMPANIES PROVIDE INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO HELP THE POOR WITH THEIR BILLS, THEIR AUSTIN AREA, CARBON EMISSIONS AMOUNT TO ABOUT 20% OF THE EMISSIONS FROM AUSTIN ENERGY.

YET THEY ARE YET, THERE IS NO PRACTICAL PLAN TO PRODUCE THEM.

THIS DOUBLE STANDARD CANNOT STAND AGAIN.

I URGE YOU TO HAVE A CITY COMMISSION REVIEW.

THESE COMPANIES, RATES AND POLICIES, AND URGE YOU TO OPEN THEIR FRANCHISES UP FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS WHEN THEY ARE UP FOR RENEWAL.

MORE THAN 540 MILLION, HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS MORNING TO SPEAK.

I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF AGENDA 37, THE RESOLUTION TO ASK THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS FEDERAL COVID RELIEF.

MONEY IS INTENDED FOR K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION ALONG TO DISTRICTS, BOTH IN AUSTIN AND STATEWIDE.

MY NAME IS LYNN BOSWELL.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10.

I'M AN AUSTIN ISD PARENTS.

I AM A CO-LEADER OF JUST FUNDED TEXAS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND I AM A TRUSTEE OF AUSTIN ISD.

UM, THESE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS CAME IN THREE DIFFERENT BILLS, ONE IN MARCH OF 2021 IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

AND WHEN IN MARCH OF 2021, UM, THE REMAINING TWO, THE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED HAVE $17.9 BILLION, A BILLION WITH A B FOR K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS IN OUR STATE IN AUSTIN, THE IMPACT WILL BE 241 MILLION TO SCHOOLS TO PAY DIRECTLY FOR COVID RELATED COSTS LIKE IMPROVING VENTILATION AND BUILDINGS, OFFERING EPIDEMICS SUPPORT TO STUDENTS STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA, CREATING, UH, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT NOT ONLY SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT CAN SERVE AS A SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE AND FAMILIES IN OUR CITY AND MORE, UM, REGIONALLY IN THE AUSTIN METRO AREA, THE AMOUNT THAT IS DUE TO SCHOOLS FROM THESE USE BILLS IS

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UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE FIRST THREE ALLOCATIONS HAD $1.3 BILLION, THE STATE PLANTS STATE MONEY.

THEY GAVE 1.3 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOLS AND THEN WITHHELD AND EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING FOR A NET ZERO GAIN TO SCHOOL.

THAT IS NOT WHAT CONGRESS INTENDED, UM, ADVOCATES STATEWIDE, INCLUDING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AUSTIN, AUSTIN ISD, AND OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS AND DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS STATES AND FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY ARE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THIS MONEY BECAUSE SCHOOLS AS INTENDED, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTER A COUPLE NUMBER, ALTERS WORK TO CREATE THIS RESOLUTION, TO SEE CLEARLY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE HEALTH OF OUR CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THAT MONEY THAT COMES TO OUR SCHOOL TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES AND ALL OF THESE WAYS IS ALSO MONEY THAT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE RESCUE PLAN.

THESE ARE THE SAME PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT OFFERED PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HELPED OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LARGE BUSINESSES AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THEM LOCALLY.

THEY ARE THE SAME PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE OFFERED EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES IN THE FORM OF CHECKS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEY'RE THE SAME BILLS THAT HAVE FLOATED MONEY DIRECTLY TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, AND CITY, CITY, AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS HAVE YET TO SEE THIS MONEY.

UM, THANK YOU TO COUPLE NUMBER ALTAR, COUPLE NUMBER TOVO COME FROM THE RULE.

UM, AND COUNCIL NUMBER FONTEZ FOR SUPPORTING THIS FOR SPONSORING THIS AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING IT JAEGER.

CITY MANAGER TO DO A MARKET ANALYSIS AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ALL THE ITEMS WITH IT.

HELLO.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR ADLER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LAURA YEAGER AND I AM A CO-FOUNDER ALONG WITH LYNN AND AL SMELTER, UM, OF JUST FUNDED TX.

I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THAT GROUP AT THIS TIME.

UH, WE'RE A GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY GROUP THAT STARTED HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT IT'S PARENTS AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE NOW FIGHTING TO IMPROVE FUNDING FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR SPONSORING AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FUENTES POOL UNTIL THOUGH FOR CO-SPONSORING THE RESOLUTION AGENDA, ITEM 37 RECOMMENDING THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND THE TEA ENSURE ALL SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FLOW TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS INTENDED.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALTER'S ONGOING ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SUFFICIENT SCHOOL FUNDING FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR CITY.

AS LYNN MENTIONED, THREE ROUNDS OF FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR TEXAS K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS, TOTALING $19.2 BILLION.

THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 1.3 BILLION WAS USED AS SUPPLANT STATE FUNDS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT THEM THE SECOND ROUND OF 5.5 BILLION AND TWO THIRDS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLANS.

12.4 BILLION ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO TEXAS AND INTENDED TO GO TO SCHOOLS.

BUT NON HAS BEEN SENT ONLY TEXAS IN NEW YORK OF ALL THE STATES IN OUR COUNTRY.

ONLY TEXAS IN NEW YORK HAVE FLOWED ZERO ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO SCHOOL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE HOUSE, BILL THREE IN THE 86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, TEXAS MOVED UP FROM 43RD IN PER STUDENT FUNDING TO MAYBE 41ST OR 40 SECONDS, BUT THAT LEAVES US STILL AMONG THE BOTTOM 10 STATES IN FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ADDITIONALLY, MORE THAN 60% OF TEXAS STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND HAVE GREAT NEEDS, WHICH HAVE BEEN FURTHER EXACERBATED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE GOVERNOR IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR SCHOOLS.

IT IS URGENT THAT REMAINING $17.9 BILLION, THE FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS INTENDED FOR SCHOOLS BE SENT THROUGH TO THE DISTRICTS IMMEDIATELY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND FOR WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT AUSTIN AND ALL TEXAS STUDENTS RECEIVE IMPORTANT RECOVERY DOLLARS.

THANKS AGAIN, KENDRA GARRETT MORNING.

MY NAME IS KENNY GARRETT.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HELPING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 39.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A MEMBER OF PLENTY OF COMMUNITIES, AND I'D LIKE TO REITERATE OUR CONCERNS FROM THE LETTER WE SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WE AGREE THAT THE IN LIEU FEES FOR BOTH THE DOWNTOWN AND READY TO SEE JESSE BONUS PROGRAMS NEED TO REVISE TO MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS STATED IN THE SECOND, BE IT RESOLVED SECTION.

UM, HOWEVER, WE STILL DON'T SUPPORT THE REPEAL OR AMENDING TO THE CITY CODE, UM, 25 TO FIVE 86 B6, WHICH IS SOME SIZABLE VERSUS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR ADDITIONAL FAR, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT ANY CHANGES THAT WOULD INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY REDUCE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. ALSO LOOKING AT THE REVISED RESOLUTION.

UM, I'M A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THE NEED FOR INTERIM REVISIONS.

UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE SUGGESTED THAT WOULD BE DIRECTING THE

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AND THIS CAN BE RESOLVED BECAUSE IT'S PURELY JUST A DOWNTOWN, JUST THE BONUS PROGRAM AREAS.

UM, AND THEN JUST FINALLY, I'M KIND OF READING FROM OUR, FROM OUR LETTER.

UM, IF THE COUNCIL IS TO INITIATE AND THEN THEN TO THE DISPUTE BONUS PROGRAMS, WE JUST ASKED THAT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL DISNEY BONUS PROGRAMS, WHICH WITH PROPOSED CHANGES ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TO ENSURE AFFORDABLY GOALS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC CALKINS BLUEPRINT AND LOOSIES ARE SET APPROPRIATELY AND REVISED PERIODICALLY TO MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND INCLUDES EXPANDING TENANT PRODUCTION FOR RENTERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

HAVE A GOOD DAY, MICHELLE THEN HYPED GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY EARTH DAY.

MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE .

I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF URBAN DESIGN WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE TODAY.

I'M THINKING ABOUT ITEM 39 THAT COULD INITIATE CHANGES THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND THE RAINY STREET DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

AND PRESENTING RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO ITEM 39 THAT ARE JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THESE SIX ORGANIZATIONS.

THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, THE AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS, THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER AUSTIN AND ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS YESTERDAY.

A LETTER WAS SENT TO YOU OUTLINING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE REQUEST THAT YOU ONLY PASS ITEM 39.

IF YOU MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE RESOLUTION, RETAIN A METHOD FOR PROJECTS TO EXCEED CURRENT FBR CATS WE MOVE OR EDIT THE FIRST BE IT RESULTS CLAUSE TO ENSURE THAT ANY FUTURE CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE SECTION 25 TO FIVE 86, SUBSECTION B6 DO NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMS WHICH COULD RESULT IN FEWER MARKET HOME MARKET RATE HOMES, FEWER AFFORDABLE HOMES AND LESS FUNDING COLLECTED TO SUPPORT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CALIBRATE BEFORE UPDATING FEES CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT TO UPDATE THE 2019 CALIBRATION MODEL USING CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND THE CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND ONLY AFTER THIS NECESSARY WORK IS COMPLETED RETURNED TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST WITH A NEW SET OF FEES.

WE BELIEVE THESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY.

IF COUNCIL AND 10 FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS TO BE A VIABLE OPTION, REVISED FEES SHOULD ONLY BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN THEY ARE RECALIBRATED AND MODELED THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION STUDY.

THIS ALLOWS THE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS NEW MARKET TRENDS AND NOT TO DIMINISH ACTUAL YIELD.

IF THE FEE IS SET TOO LOW, THE RISK IS THAT THE CITY MAY NOT GENERATE AS MUCH FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

IF THE FEE IS SET TOO HIGH, THE RISK OF GREATER THE DEVELOPER MAY CHOOSE TO BUILD LESS OR TO BUILD ELSEWHERE RESULTING IN THE CITY, LOSING OUT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES AND THE LONGTERM TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE EXPORTED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND COVER CRITICAL SERVICES.

YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE SUPPORT A DELIBERATE CALIBRATION PROCESS.

IT SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY THIRD-PARTY CONSULTANTS, UNDERSTAND AND APPLY CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.

IT SHOULD BE TESTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY USING REAL DATA AND PERFORMANCE.

IT MUST RECOGNIZE THAT COSTS AND RISKS INCREASED WITH ADDED DENSITY, AND IT SHOULD ONLY BE DONE AS FREQUENTLY AS STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THE EFFICIENT USE OF TIME AND FUNDING AND PREDICTABILITY THAT CURRENT RECOMMENDATION IS EVERY THREE YEARS, DOWNTOWN DENSITY FEES ARE DEDICATED TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

IT MUST CONTINUE TO BE DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY TO LOW BARRIER APPROACHES TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.

NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE PREFER THIS FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS BUILDING NEW HOMES RATHER THAN PERHAPS VOUCHERS.

WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SCOTT TURNER, HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS SCOTT TURNER.

AND, UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 39.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10.

UM, WE'RE IN A HOUSING EMERGENCY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND IN GENERAL, DOING ANYTHING TO LIMIT OUR HOUSING SUPPLY, UH, DURING THIS TIME IS LIKE THROWING GAS ON THE FIRE OF AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY.

UH, SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UH, THE RESOLUTION HAD BEEN AMENDED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T DOING SOMETHING TO LIMIT OUR HOUSING SUPPLY.

UM,

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I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ECO NORTHWEST, UH, CALCULATIONS, UH, FROM 2019 DURING CODE NEXT.

UH, THERE WERE ONLY TWO MEETINGS AT THE END OF CODE NEXT WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO REVIEW THOSE MODELS.

UH, I WAS AT BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS, THERE WERE SOME ACKNOWLEDGED ISSUES WITH THE MODEL BASED ON A MORE HOUSING FRIENDLY CODE.

UH, BUT THAT PROCESS, THAT CODE CODE NEXT ENDED A FEW DAYS LATER.

UH, SO AFTER YEARS OF WORK, UH, THOSE NUMBERS WERE, WERE CALIBRATED FOR ANY CODE AND IF THEY'RE NOT CALIBRATED, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MAXIMIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, AND, AND CLEARLY MAXIMIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS OUR GOAL HERE.

UH, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, DEVELOPERS HAVE TO PARTICIPATE FOR IT TO WORK.

10% OF EVERY PROJECT IS A LOT MORE BONUS HOUSING THAN 15% OF TWO PROJECTS.

SO THE SUCCESS OF A BONUS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO USE IT.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO INCORPORATE THOSE KINDS OF PARTICIPATION GOALS IN THE RESOLUTION TODAY.

UH, CALIBRATION IS JUST ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY BONUS PROGRAM, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION AND IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

I THINK IT'S THE CITY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BONUS PROGRAM.

UH, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST, UH, BECAUSE IT HAS A FAMIL RECALIBRATION PROCESS, UH, THAT HAS INCREASED FOR BOTH PARTICIPATION AND THE, THE OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVER TIME.

UH, THE REST OF THE BONUS PROGRAMS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN PROGRAMS DON'T NECESSARILY MAXIMIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY AREN'T REGULARLY RECALIBRATED.

UH, I THINK THE RAINY STREET BONUS PROGRAM, UH, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR CALIBRATION AND THE IMPACTS IT CAN HAVE.

UH, SO IN MY OPINION, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO TODAY TO MAXIMIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TO INCLUDE A FORMAL RECALIBRATION PROCESS IN YOUR RESOLUTION.

BECAUSE IF WE HAD HAD THAT FOR DOWNTOWN IN 2013, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE BONUS HOUSING BY NOW.

AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM WOULD, WOULD ALREADY BE WORKING.

UH, SO PLEASE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.

LET'S, LET'S GET THIS RIGHT.

AND LET'S, UH, LET'S SET IT UP.

DON'T JUST PICK A NUMBER.

UH, LET'S SET IT UP, LET'S CALIBRATE IT AND THEN RECALIBRATE IT OVER TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG ANDERSON, GOOD MORNING COUNSEL, HAPPY EARTH DAY AND HOPE.

WE'RE ALL RELYING ON TRANSIT, WALKING AND BIKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

CALLING ABOUT ITEM 39.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AND ANGST AROUND THIS ITEM.

I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT THERE IS LITTLE TO NO DESIRE TO ADD FAR CAPS BACK ON THE DOWNTOWNS.

THERE'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.

IT'S HARD ENOUGH ALREADY TO BUILD AN AUSTIN, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY NO REASON TO CONTINUE MAKING IT WORSE.

SO GLAD THAT THAT PORTION HAS BEEN, UH, STRUCK.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN STRIKE THAT WHOLE FIRST, BE IT RESOLVED AND NOT, UH, NOT ADOPT OUTDATED FEES.

UH, WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF LAND REMAINING DOWNTOWN FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AS THE SITES GET SMALLER AND MORE EXPENSIVE, WE MUST NOT ADD ADDITIONAL LIMITS TO AUSTIN'S OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, THE REST OF THE RESOLUTION IS BEST DONE IN AN IMPARTIAL, NOT POLITICAL WAY THAT DOESN'T IGNORE THE REALITIES OF THE MARKET.

IT MAKES ZERO SENSE TO USE FEES FROM 2019.

WHEN WE ALL STOPPED, WE WOULD SHAKE OUR OPPRESSIVE LAND USE CODE AND BEFORE USE CODE.

AND BEFORE COVID SENT OFFICE VACANCY AND SUB LETTABLE SPACE, SKYROCKETING AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY PLUMMETING.

SO IGNORE THIS REALITY IS TO WILLFULLY, WANT TO STOP DEVELOPMENT, WHICH DOESN'T DO ANY OF US ANY GOOD.

LET'S GET A THIRD-PARTY PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING GROUP TO COME IN AND HELP DO THAT CORRECTLY.

UM, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GRANDFATHER, FOLKS ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE.

GOOD DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, WORK TO ENTICE DEVELOPERS TO UTILIZE THESE TOOLS.

AND WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR RULES MIDSTREAM BECAUSE WE SUDDENLY DON'T LIKE THEM.

UM, UM, PEOPLE WILL PUT DEALS TOGETHER ON THE BEST INFORMATION THEY HAVE AND TO CHANGE THE RULES HALFWAY THROUGH CHIPS AWAY AT BEST AT THE TRUST WE NEED TO BUILD INTO THESE PROGRAMS, VERY HAPPY.

THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAR AND HARPER MADISON HAD REACHED OUT TO THE BROAD HOUSING COMMUNITY ABOUT EITHER IMPLEMENTING THE REST OF NACD, HIS MEMO, OR FINDING OTHER SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING COST DISASTER UNFOLDING AROUND US.

I HEAR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS LATER CHIMED IN ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WITH INTEREST IN BEING A PART OF THAT.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL BE HONEST ABOUT HOW BAD OUR SUBURBAN ORIENTED RULES SUCH AS COMPATIBILITY PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ARBITRARY HEIGHT LIMITS ARE FOR THE DENSITY BONUS YIELD CITYWIDE, AS WELL AS OUR CRITICAL NEEDS FOR MORE MARKET RATE HOUSING.

IN A NUTSHELL, IT MUST BE AN HONEST EFFORT TO MAXIMIZE DENSITY BONUSES AND NOT SECRETLY PROTECTING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING.

HOW MANY AREAS IN AUSTIN NEED TO BE COMPLETELY UNAFFORDABLE TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF AUSTINITES BEFORE WE TAKE THIS CRISIS MORE SERIOUS? I'M NOT SURE.

UM, HOPEFULLY ZERO, HOPEFULLY WE'RE

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READY.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE ALL THERE.

SO, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE.

AND AGAIN, HAPPIER DAY.

LET'S DO IT.

MICHAEL CARGILL, NICOLE GOLDEN.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'M NICOLE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS DESCRIBED SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF IDENTITY NINE, CALLING ON OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEADERS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH COMMON SENSE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEASURES.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU ON THE DIAL AS WELL, AND YOU KNOW OF MY LONG-TIME WORK WITH MONSTER MAN TO ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA.

YOU KNOW, UM, THOUGH A STATE PREEMPTION LAW HAS MADE IT REALLY CHALLENGING FOR YOU AS LOCAL LEADERS TO ENACT THE SAFE GUN LAWS.

WE SO DESPERATELY NEED.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY MATTERS.

IT MATTERS TO THE WOMEN, MOTHERS AND SURVIVORS LEADING THE MOVEMENT DESPITE HARASSMENT BY AN EXPERIMENT.

IT MATTERS FOR THE THREE PEOPLE MURDERED NEAR MY HOME ON SUNDAY.

AND TWO, MY NEIGHBORS, HIS CHILDREN WERE HIDING IN NEARBY BATHROOMS AND IT MATTERS TO THE LEFT ONES OF THE 100 AMERICANS SHOT AND KILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS COUNTRY.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, AUTHOR, TELEPHONE, ELLIS CASAR, AND THE ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS AND TO YOUR DEDICATED STAFF FOR TAKING A FAN TODAY TOGETHER, WE CAN END THE DEVASTATION OFFEND VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU ALL MICHAEL CARGILL.

THIS IS MICHAEL CARGILL OWNER OF CENTRAL TEXAS GUN WORKS.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION.

UM, WHEN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND IS I'M OWNER OF A GUN STORES.

I TEACH THE LIKES OF GARY HANDGUN COURSES TEACH GUN SAFETY.

WE ACTUALLY USED THE MOST CABLE.

MY SCORES WAS OUT OF ANY GUN STORE IN ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, SO WE ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE.

UH, IT IS NOT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY REGULATE FIREARMS THAT IS RESERVED FOR THE STATE AND FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE STATE LEVEL TO ACTUALLY REGULATE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A PREEMPTED LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD.

PARS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH THINGS.

UH, SO WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A LAW AGAINST THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE CITY LEVEL ACTUALLY, UH, INTERACTING WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH NEW LAWS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, IT'S VERY CLEAR ON WHAT YOU CAN, YOU CANNOT DO HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARMS, WHEN IT COMES TO GUNS, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HE'S LEGAL WITHOUT A LICENSE EVER.

HE AIN'T GONNA TO YOUR VEHICLE.

YOU CAN HAVE ONE, YOU CAN HAVE ONE IN YOUR VEHICLE WITHOUT A LICENSE THAT'S LEGAL.

UM, WHEN IT COMES TO A LICENSED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE THE CLASS, THE, TO LEARN GUN SAFETY, THE APP APPROVED THEIR PROFICIENT WITH A FIREARM AND SIT IN THE CLASSROOM IN ORDER TO CARRY A FIREARM.

THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES, UH, AROUND THIS CITY, UH, TYPICALLY ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS, WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN A CLASS.

PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ALREADY STARTED THEIR, THEIR SPREE ON CRIME AT A YOUNGER AGE WOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN A CLASS OR ANYTHING OF THAT.

AND SO WHAT'S COMING UP WITH LAWS TO AFFECT PEOPLE WITH A LICENSE OR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

ONLY THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TARGET, YOU KNOW, THE LAW ABOUT, AND PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS.

AND SO LET'S NOT FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THAT.

LET'S FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM AND NOT THE TOOLS.

GUN IS A TOOL.

PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE WITH KNIVES, CAMERAS.

WE JUST WE'D HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN STABBED IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE IN ONE WEEK IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE HAD MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVING VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND WERE SUBJECT TO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN THIS CITY IN ONE WEEK, A MONTH OF MARCH.

BUT WE DON'T FOCUS ON GOING TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP AND TRYING TO BAN

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YOU TARGET THE DEALERSHIP.

INSTEAD WE FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE VEHICLE, WHETHER IT'S ALCOHOL OR WHETHER IT'S, UM, ON THEIR CELL PHONES.

SO WE FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE, NOT THE TOOLS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN COMMIT CRIMES WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOOLS.

ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME'S MICHAEL CARGILL, OWNER OF CENTRAL TEXAS GUN WORKS THE LAST SPEAKER.

I MEAN, THAT CONSENT IS ZENOBIA JOSEPH JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEMS 17 AND 21, WHICH I'M AGAINST AND ITEM 23, WHICH I AM FOR ITEM 17 IS SPECIFICALLY THE $1 MILLION ELBOW IN SUMMARY TUNNEL CONTRACT, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE ON $1,000 PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY WINTER STORM.

YURI.

MY OPPOSITION IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE FACT THAT SINCE THE RISE OF FUND RELIEF IN STATE OF EMERGENCY ELBOW IN SUMMARY, TONTO HAS THE BENEFIT OF A FUNDING STREAM THROUGH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN NONPROFITS.

I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ELWYN WAS THE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT ON KUT JUNE 1ST, 2020.

AND THEY SPECIFIED THAT THEIR POPULATION IS 90% LATINO, 93%, OR UNDER 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, AS IT RELATES TO NUMBER 21, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY THE WORKING SPACE EASEMENT.

MY OPPOSITION IS BECAUSE OF IT'S SPECIFYING THAT IT'S A NORTHEAST DESERT DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION TO THE NORTHEAST AREA, APPLIED MATERIALS, HARRIS, BRANCH, AND SAMSUNG, AND THERE'S A NEED TO ACTUALLY PLAN HOLISTICALLY AND TO RESTORE THE $4.7 MILLION PRO UH, PROJECT CONNECT METRO RAPID ON PARMER LANE BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE TO SERVE THAT AREA.

AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 23, I AM FOR THE, UM, THE EXTENSION CONTRACT FOR FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES, WHICH IS A 30 DAY EXTENSION, 600, $4,800 FOR THE COVID RELIEF.

SO IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING.

I WILL JUST CLOSE BY.

I'M CALLING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT MAYOR PRO TEM NATASHA HARPER MADISON TWO DAYS AGO WENT AND TESTIFIED BEFORE THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

AND SHE MENTIONED THE HARRIS COUNTY LAWSUIT, WHICH IS A US DISTRICT COURT RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.

BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND I QUOTE NO PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES SHELL ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, BE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN BE DENIED THE BENEFITS OF, OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION UNDER ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING LATER TODAY, HOMELESS ISSUES, AND YOU WILL RELY ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AS YOU ARE RELYING ON OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE STILL WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS IN THE AREA, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY SPECIFIED IN ITEM 21.

AND THAT THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN THAT IS DISCRIMINATORY BY DESIGN.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THESE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO RECTIFY THIS WRONG.

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

THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

LET'S GO AHEAD.

EXCUSE ME HERE AT 1111 AND RECESS, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN ALSO AT 1111 HERE ON APRIL 22ND, 2021.

[Austin Housing Finance Corporation]

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING A COURTROOM OF THE DIRECTORS ARE PRESENT.

I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A BACK-UP LATE BACK UP AN ITEM.

NUMBER ONE, UH, ON OUR AGENDA.

IT'S THE MINUTES.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, TODAY ON THE AGENDA.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE.

AND IF THE CLERK WOULD PLEASE CALL HER SPEAKER, JOSEPH,

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THANK YOU, MIRA COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

AGAIN, MY POSITION ON THESE TWO ITEMS TWO AND THREE ARE SEATED NEUTRAL.

IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD, I WOULD ASK YOU TO CHANGE THE POSITION TO AGAINST I HAVE SINCE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTATION.

AND I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT KAREN POINT AUSTIN IS THAT 56, 12 SPRINGDALE ROAD THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RESERVE AT SPRINGDALE.

THE RESERVE AT SPRINGDALE IS 292 UNITS, 60% AREA, MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME.

AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO BUS STOP THERE.

THE 300 ROGGIE LANE BUS WAS ELIMINATED JUNE 3RD, 2018.

THERE'S NO SCHOOL TRIPPER TO PECAN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND NATASHA HARPER MADISON'S MOTHER LIVES NEAR OR ON ROGGIE LANE.

AND SHE HAS DONE NOTHING TO ASK CAPITAL METRO TO RESTORE SERVICE.

THERE THERE'S A PICKUP ZONE, BUT IT'S ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT IT'S PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

SO IT'S 30% TO 50% AREA MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME, AND YOU'RE CREATING POCKETS OF POVERTY.

THE LAST TIME I TESTIFIED, I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE PUTTING ANOTHER PROPERTY OF 60% AREA, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM THE RESERVE AT SPRINGDALE, WHICH IS ACROSS FROM UNIVERSITY HILLS LIBRARY, PLEASE DIVERSIFY AUSTIN.

SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL IS THREE 15 MAINER IS OFF OF THE AREA, WHICH IS ROCKY LANE AS WELL.

AND EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD BE 270 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT BLANTON ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAVE TO WALK ONE MILE TO THE MUELLER AREA.

SO THE BUS SYSTEM SERVES THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WEALTHY IN MUELLER, AND THIS WOULD SERVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOW INCOME.

BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF SPACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF LOOP ONE.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN, TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.

I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU NEED A MAP OVERLAY SO THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE WEST OF MOPAC.

AND YOU ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE AREA MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME WHEN IT'S WEST OF MOPAC, IT'S 80% AREA, MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, LARGELY IT'S 30 TO 60% AREA MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WHICH IS ABOUT A $12 AN HOUR JOB ON THE ARE BELOW, UM, WHICH IS EAST OF, UH, .

I ALSO WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN PROJECT YEAR 2019, ALL OF THE NINE PROJECTS WERE EAST OF .

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PROPERTIES INDIVIDUALLY, IT APPEARS THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND YOU START TO PUT THE OVERLAY, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU HAVE VERY FEW ITEMS ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE WEST OF LOOP ONE.

AND SPECIFICALLY, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE ON THE LAKE LINE LINE, THE METRO RAPID ACTUALLY IT'S ONLY 128 UNITS.

WHEN YOU GO EAST OF , YOU START TO SEE 300 UNITS, ALMOST 300 OR 390 UNITS.

SO YOU HAVE MORE DENSITY AND THAT'S AN EQUITABLE.

SO LET ME JUST CLOSE BY QUOTING PRECEDENT.

SO THE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SIDING OF MOST LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, AND THESE PROPERTIES WERE PREDOMINANTLY IN BLACK COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS.

AND THIS IS THE HOLDING IN THAT CASE IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS VERSUS INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT.

THIS WAS IN 2015 JUSTICE, ANTHONY KENNEDY DELIVERED THE COURTS FIVE, FOUR DECISION, AND IT HELD THAT DISPARATE IMPACT CLAIMS ARE COLONIZED WELL UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU MIRROR TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE DISPARATE IMPACTS BECAUSE WE UNFORTUNATELY ARE CONCENTRATING POVERTY BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE 60% AREA MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME, AND BELOW THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION TO TRYING TO GET 3000 PEOPLE HOUSING THREE YEARS TO THE AREA WEST.

WEST OF MOPAC.

I THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.

YES MA'AM.

WHILE WE'RE HERE, THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON THIS, UH, UH, AGENDA.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL THREE CONSENT ITEMS. YES, THERE THEY ARE.

YOU MENTIONED, THEY'RE LIKE BACKPACK OR THOSE ITEMS. THE SECOND ITEM IS APPROVAL AND INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION OR ACTIVITY ON FINANCING.

YOU WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE? I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

MANDY, DO YOU WANT TO LAY THEM OUT? ABSOLUTELY.

THERE ARE.

THIS IS MY AUNTIE TAMARA AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA.

THE FIRST IS A CLIPPING MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH FROM THE BIRTH ON APRIL EIGHT.

THERE IS, AS

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$20 MILLION FOR A PROPOSED OBJECT ON SPRING ROAD.

IT'S A SENIOR, 130 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT THAT SUPPLIED, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FOLKS BETWEEN 30 AND 60%, MAYBE INCOME.

UM, AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM IS AUTHORIZING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF AN ALMOST HALF ACRE PARCEL AT 30 PARTS OF THE MAIN ROAD.

UM, WE ARE UTILIZING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS GOING BACK.

SO SHE IS, UH, $1.1 MILLION IN CLOSING COSTS.

HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSENT COLLEAGUES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL NUMBER TOVO SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER? TOHO NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEXT IT'S WITH REGARD TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE PARCEL.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S ALSO AN INTENT TO PURCHASE AN, UM, A PARCEL FROM, UM, FROM PUBLIC WORKS, BUT, AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THE TRACK THAT'S ON, ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THAT IS NOT A DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL IS A PRIVATELY HELD, UM, PARCEL, UM, THAT WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF, OR $1 MILLION, 1.1 MILLION WITH CLOSING COSTS.

THEY'RE IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF THE SLIGHTLY LARGER PARCEL.

AND OUR INTENTION IS TO DO EIGHT LAND ASSEMBLAGE AT THAT OUTPATIENT.

WELL, UM, AS IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PROCESS, I'M VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW OUR GOING, HOW THE CITY DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO VALUE THAT LAND.

BASICALLY WHAT PRICE TAG IS GOING TO BE ON IT.

IS IT GOING TO BE THE, THE, THE PRICE AT WHICH THEY ACQUIRED IT OR WILL IT BE MARKET PRICE? UM, WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE, WHEN WE HAVE A CITY DEPARTMENT PURCHASING, UM, BORROWING LAND TO IT.

WHAT IS AN ESSENCE AND OTHER CITY ENTITIES? IT'S NOT AS A CITY, OBVIOUSLY THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS IT ISN'T A CITY DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS A CITY ENTITY.

SO JUST, UM, JUST A NOTE THAT I'D LIKE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AS WELL.

I, I HOPE THAT WE'RE GIVING THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE TO OUR, WHEN IT'S BEING PURCHASED BY, UH, ANOTHER CITY ENTITY.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT NOW, WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT, I BELIEVE THAT PARCEL WAS PURCHASED WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MECHANISM WE WOULD USE TO, OR JUST, UH, TO DEFEAT THOSE BONDS SUPER WELL, THANK YOU.

THIS IS, UH, AN EXCITING ACQUISITION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HEARING NONE.

LET'S TAKE A YES.

COUNSELOR AUTHOR HFC.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THE HOUSING, HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND IS ONE 30, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, IT IS A UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS.

I'LL PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE WAY, BEING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 39, 52 TO 50 AND 59, ONE THROUGH 39, 52 TO 56 AND 59 TO FOUR ITEMS ARE THREE AND FIVE, 18 AND 20 AND 39TH.

I'M THEN GOING TO ADJOURN.

THE, UH, HOUSE ALSO HAS AN FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 1121, AND WE WILL RECONVENE HERE ON APRIL 22ND.

THE, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'VE HAD ALL OUR SPEAKERS SPEAK.

NOW I'M SHOWING THE POOL ITEMS. I'M SHOWING

[Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATES, THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER RENTA RHEA SECOND SET.

AND THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER, FITSCHEN REITERATED SOME OF THESE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSENT TO POSTPARTUM.

SO I THINK, I THINK YOU READ THOSE IN, RIGHT? YES.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WE DID IF IT WASN'T, UH, OTHERWISE ON THE CHANGES IN CORRECTION, BUT WE HAVE ITEM 31 THAT'S BEING POSTPONED.

WE HAVE ITEMS 38,

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SO IT WAS BETTER BEING POSTPONED.

THREE AND FIVE HAVE BEEN PULLED AND THOSE ARE POSTPONEMENT.

YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THREE ITEMS. I WAS WONDERING THOUGH, IF WE CAN, UM, MAKE OUR REMARKS ON 59 COLLECTION, LIKE ONE AFTER ANOTHER SO THAT IT'S NOT PUT TOGETHER IF OTHER FOLKS WANT TO, OKAY.

DENIABLE ASK OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON 59 AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO SPEAK ON OTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO ONE JUST HAS TO LOOK AT THE HEADLINES TO SEE AUSTIN IS NOT ALONE IN ITS STRUGGLE WITH GUN VIOLENCE.

ON AVERAGE, OVER 3,350 GUN-RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN TEXAS EACH YEAR AND THE UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REPORTS LIKE GUN VIOLENCE SAVES OVER 30,000 LIVES ANNUALLY WITH ITEM 59.

WE AS A COUNCIL WILL BE SAYING LOUD AND CLEAR TO OUR FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTEDS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY.

THIS ISN'T NORMAL COMMON SENSE.

GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS BOTH POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE ANY MORE TIME.

I'VE LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I'VE HAD TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESS GRIEF OVER ANOTHER SENSELESS ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE WHILE IN OFFICE.

I DID SO AFTER LAS VEGAS, AFTER SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, AFTER PARKLAND, AFTER SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL, AFTER TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE, AFTER THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN VIRGINIA BEACH, AFTER GILROY DAYTON AND EL PASO, AND AFTER EACH OF THESE MASS SHOOTINGS, WE FOUGHT WE'D MOURNED ENOUGH FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TO TAKE ACTION, BUT THEY DID IT NOW.

I STAND HERE AFTER BOULDER, INDIANAPOLIS, AND YES, AUSTIN AND DISTRICT 10, THE NUMBER OF MASS SHOOTINGS THIS CALENDAR YEAR IS SIMPLY OVERWHELMING.

IT CAN'T EVEN COUNT THEM AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT DON'T HAVE CLEAR ANSWERS.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE ISSUES.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE TO LEARN OR FIGURE OUT.

WE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS GUN.

VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, AND WE NEED OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEADERS TO TREAT IT AS SUCH WITH THIS ITEM.

WE DIRECT OUR CITY MANAGER TO ENSURE WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO HAVE A ROBUST FIREARM SURRENDER PROTOCOL.

AND IT ALSO CALLS ON OUR STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS TO ACT IN ACTION IS SIMPLY UNTENABLE.

I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY THANKING MY CO-SPONSORS MAYOR AD THERE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COSAR ELLIS AND TOVO AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN AND POOL.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF, KURT CADENA MITCHELL FOR OUR PAST WORK TOGETHER, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING THE TASK FORCE ON GUN VIOLENCE AND THE CREATION OF OUR OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WHICH CAME OUT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT TASK FORCE TODAY FOR ALYSSA, FOR AMANDA AND WILLIE, LET'S REMAIN RELENTLESS IN PREVENTING MORE SENSELESS DEATHS AND INJURIES WE'VE ASKED FOR HELP BEFORE WE WILL KEEP ASKING, BECAUSE THE IMPACT IS REAL.

BUT IMPROVING ACCESS TO FIREARMS FOR ADULTS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS AND WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES CAN BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

THIS WEEK'S INCIDENT AT THE ARBORETUM WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A TRAGEDY.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT APD IS REVIEWING THEIR CLASSIFICATION OF CALLS SO THAT ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS ARE CLEARLY LABELED AND JUDICIOUSLY USED.

SO AS NOT TO CAUSE UNNECESSARY PANIC, I RESPECT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THE HARD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER THIS RESOLUTION, HOWEVER, AND FIRMLY BELIEVE WE'VE RUN INTO TROUBLE HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL.

WHEN WE TRY TO WORK AGAINST RIGHTS THAT OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS MAKE FEAR ARE FOR ALL AMERICANS.

THERE IS AN EXPLICIT RIGHT MENTIONED IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

AND THAT IS THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS FOR LAWFUL SELF-DEFENSE.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO AFFECT FIREARMS POLICY, THEY WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THEIR FEDERAL AND STATE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION TO REPRESENT THE WORK WE SHOULD BE DOING ON A MUNICIPAL LEVEL.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD TO REFLECT I'M VOTING NO ON THIS TODAY.

THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

UM, PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES AND STEAL GUNS NEED TO FACE CERTAIN JUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF A STRONG COMMUNITY, A ROBUST POLICE FORCE FOCUSED DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND A FAIR AND HUMANE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

CRIMINALS JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT LAWS,

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THANK YOU GOD THINGS WHERE WE'RE 122 DAYS INTO 2021, AND WE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED 156 MASS SHOOTINGS NATIONALLY.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 17 ALONE IN TEXAS THREE IN AUSTIN, UH, INCLUDING THIS PAST WEEKEND WHERE THREE PEOPLE TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES.

AS WE NOTED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, I BELIEVE IT IS PROPER AND IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY TO EMPLOY OUR TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR, AND THE LAWMAKERS TO ACT NOW TO ENACT COMMON SENSE, GAMBLER FORUM, ADOPT RED FLAG LAWS, DO WHAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO, SERVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

SINCE THESE PROPOSALS ARE, ARE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED.

WE SEE NATIONALLY THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO URGE JUDGES TO REMOVE FIREARMS FROM THOSE THAT ARE POSING A THREAT FOR THE BRODERICK AND THE SIMMONS FAMILIES.

THIS SIMPLE ACT ALONE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PREVENTED THEIR LOSS JUST AS IT COULD HAVE SAVED AND WILL SAVE COUNTLESS OTHERS.

WE MUST DO BETTER.

THIS IS A PLAY GOING ON OUR SOCIETY BEING MUCH TREATED AS THE DEADLY SCORCH THAT IT IS COLLEAGUES.

ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ITEM, LET'S OPEN UP NOW, THEIR CONSENT AGENDA, OTHERWISE COUNCILOR ORKESTAR.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS ITEM.

AND TO ALSO TO, TO REMIND US OF OUR CONTINUED WORK AND COMMITMENTS AS A CITY, UH, WE, UH, FUNDED, AND THIS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE SHOWN TO REALLY REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE BEFORE IT HAPPENS, BECAUSE WE KNOW SO MANY SHOOTINGS ARE PREVENTABLE AND WE DON'T HAVE ROBUST PROGRAMS LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES DO, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME.

AND SO I URGE MANAGER THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT WE ALL WORKED ON TOGETHER IN THE BUDGET.

UH, AND WE ALSO, I BELIEVE IN MAY, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD FUNDING FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, SHELTER AND PROTECTION, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, AND I KNOW IN MY OWN DISTRICT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF PEOPLE CALLING INTO OUR EXISTING FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAMS, AND THERE'S A WAIT LIST AND THERE ISN'T SPACE.

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THEY FEAR FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH AND SAFETY.

UM, AND OUR CURRENT NON-PROFIT PROVIDERS HAVE TO RANK HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO POTENTIALLY GETTING KILLED, TO DETERMINE WHO COMES OFF THE WAIT LIST.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE CONTRACTS AND FUNDING FORWARD HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THIS COUNCIL ALL COMING TOGETHER TO DO THAT WORK.

SO WE MUST URGE THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE HAVE TO, UH, ACCELERATE AND EXPAND WHAT WE CAN DO HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AS WE MORE IN THE VICTIMS OF THESE MURDERS.

UM, AS I REFLECT ON THE FAMILIES AND VICTIMS THAT I'VE MET IN MY OWN, UH, IN MY OWN DISTRICT, UM, BECAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY MURDER IS AS TOO MANY AND THE INCREASED NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS UNACCEPTABLE.

AND WE HAVE TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN AND WE NEED HELP FROM EVERY LOCAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT TO DO IT.

AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO DOING IT TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU ALL TO ALL THE CO-SPONSORS AND TO EVERYONE ON THE DAYAS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE OUR EMOTION AND THE SECOND TIME THEY CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE CONVERSATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THERE PER TIME.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

I APPRECIATE BEING RECOGNIZED.

UM, I, THERE JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANTED TO SPEAK TO BRIEFLY ON THIS ONE, ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS A SUPER EXCITING PROJECT.

UM, STAFF PROVIDED MY OFFICE WITH SOME RENDERINGS AND SOME DESIGNS, AND I HAVE TO SAY THESE ARE SOME REALLY SORELY NEEDED

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IMPROVEMENTS.

RED RIVER IS SUCH A VITAL PART OF AUSTIN'S IDENTITY.

UH, THE PANDEMIC REALLY HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE GUT PUNCH TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE RED RIVER, WHAT IT IS.

UM, THEY'VE SPOKEN US AND WE'VE HEARD THEM.

AND WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

IT'S, I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE MAKE IT A SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE.

UM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO HAMMER HOME THAT, UM, THE NEED TO GET THIS WORK DONE, UM, IS IMPORTANT, BUT TO GET IT DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION IS IMPORTANT.

UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET TO SEE THE FLOOD GATES OPEN SOON.

UM, AND THE MOMENT WE HIT THAT HERD IMMUNITY THAT DR.

S SCOTT TALKS ABOUT AND OUR HEALTH EXPERTS DECLARE THAT IT'S SAFE TO REOPEN THOSE BARS AND CLUBS THAT HAVE BEEN SECOND WIND FOR THE PAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T NEED ANY EXTRA DISRUPTION, UH, FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT GOES ON LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

SO I HOPE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT ANY UNNECESSARY DELAYS.

FAR AS THAT ITEM IS CONCERNED.

UM, ITEM 55 REPRESENTS A GREAT STRATEGY TO LEVEL FEDERAL, UH, TO LEVERAGE RATHER FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP US GET CLOSER TO OUR 50 50 MODE SPLIT GOAL.

OVER THE YEARS, WE, AS A CITY HAVE BEEN ON A ROLL WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTING IN SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE MO MODES OF GETTING AROUND.

UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY'RE EACH IN SPECIFIC PARTS OF TOWN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE ALL OVER AUSTIN WILL BENEFIT FROM THEM.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT THE NEEDS FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS ARE STILL PRETTY GREAT ACROSS THE CITY.

AND THESE TWO ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE UP FOR CONSIDERATION JUST BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, STAFF WORK WITH MY OFFICE TO DRAFT LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE COMPLETION OF COLONY LOOP DRIVE.

UH, THAT MISSING SEGMENT OF THE STREET IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO BUILDING OUT THE COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY VISION.

UM, THAT VISION IS ALL ABOUT MAKING MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN A HISTORICALLY UNDER INVESTED IN PART OF TOWN.

AND IT WILL UNLOCK THE BIG MOBILITY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE GREEN LINE AND METRO RAPID EXPO LINE.

SO ALL THIS TO SAY OUR NEEDS ARE BIGGER THAN OUR BALANCE SHEETS, UH, BUT I HOPE WE'LL ALL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DIG, UH, BETWEEN THOSE SEAT CUSHIONS AND FIND THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE UNANIMOUSLY AFFIRMED ARE OUR PRIORITIES.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOTO.

UM, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANT TO BUILD OFF OF YOUR COMMENTS IN RELATION TO ITEM 55, THE BURKE'S FROM SPUR, MOST OF WHICH IS IN DISTRICT TWO AND AS A TIER ONE URBAN TRAIL, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, MUCH NEEDED FUNDING TO HAVE THIS EAST TO WEST CONNECTION.

AND IT'LL PROVIDE MY NEIGHBORS HERE IN DISTRICT TWO VITAL CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT SCHOOLS, EMPLOYMENT SCENARIOS, AND THE LIKE.

AND, UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN MY DISTRICT CROSSROAD AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH FUNDING TO BRING SAFETY MUCH NEEDED SAFETY, UM, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT AREA.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ITEM 55 AND HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR GREAT.

DISTRICT, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT IT'S TAKEN A WHILE.

UM, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM 34 FOLLOWS UP ON THE RESOLUTION THAT I BROUGHT, UM, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, OR TO WAIVE THE FEES FOR THE BANNERS.

AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION AND MOLLY ALEXANDRA IN PARTICULAR FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS PROJECT.

IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER PARTNERS SHE WORKED WITH, I THINK THE BANNERS THAT ARE RECOGNIZING GOVERNOR ANN RICHARDS AND PROVIDING INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES UP AND DOWN CONGRESS AVENUE ARE JUST REALLY, UM, A WONDERFUL, A WONDERFUL, UM, AN INSPIRATIONAL SET OF MOMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW, AND WE, AND MUCH NEEDED.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE YET, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THAT WALK ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE AND ENJOY THEM.

AND I ALSO AM EXCITED.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE MANAGER, UM, I'M ALL EXCITED.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT RESOLUTION WAS TO ASK OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE FOUNDATION ON DIFFERENT IDEAS, TO REVITALIZE AND TO PROVIDE, UM, ADDITIONAL EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME DOWNTOWN AND RETURN TO DOWNTOWN AND SAFE, UM, AND PUBLIC AND SOCIALLY DISTANT, UH, WAYS.

SO THANK YOU AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE REST OF THAT WORK.

ITEM 11, AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, ARE THERE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG RED RIVER IN THE RED RIVER CULTURAL

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UM, THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT WAS PASSED IN 2013 AND CREATED IN 2013 AND REALLY BEGINNING RIGHT AROUND THEN, UH, THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION AND BUSINESS MEMBERS STARTED TALKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND IDENTIFYING, UM, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF, ESPECIALLY NICOLE POD, A POD LO UM, WE'RE REALLY CREATIVE.

A PIECE OF LAND, UH, THAT WE HAVE THAT HAS LONG BEEN DORMANT THAT HAS TEAMED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN SOUTH AUSTIN AND THE AIRPORT WITH PEDESTRIAN BIKE AND POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE TRANSIT OPTIONS.

INNOVATIVE WAY TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLACEMAKING AND DIFFERENT STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU, NICOLE, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, THANK YOU, CODY COHEN OF THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THAT OF YOUR MEMBERS, AND REALLY IDENTIFYING AND HELPING, UM, HELPING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CREATE A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THAT AREA.

WE DID DO A SERIES OF A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN BOTH 2017.

I BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT AND THEN IN 2019 BROUGHT ANOTHER AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE WORK STILL HADN'T HAPPENED AND STILL HADN'T BEEN FUNDED.

AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD.

UM, SOME OF THAT WORK ALREADY HAS HAPPENED, BUT THIS WILL, THIS WILL PUSH, PUSH FORWARD SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL PIECES.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE USING THE GREAT STREETS FUNDING AS THE COUNCIL DIRECTED.

SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT WHEN WE, WHEN WE'VE HAD NOT FULLY FUNDED AND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD DIRECTED BACK IN 2017, YOU JOINED ME IN SUPPORT FOR USING GREAT STREETS FUNDING FOR THAT.

AND THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE, UM, FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING TRACKING THE PROGRESS.

THE CITY HAS NOW CREATED A WEBSITE, UH, RED RIVER AREA IMPROVEMENTS WEBSITE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN TERMS OF PLACING TRASH CANS AND DOING SOME OF THE OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AND, UH, INCLUDING MURALS AND SOME OTHER REALLY GREAT THINGS AND WITH MORE TO COME.

SO THANK, THANKS TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ADVOCATING FOR THAT.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BY RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR HER LEADERSHIP, UM, BOTH ON, ON, UM, ITEM 59, BUT ALSO THE OTHER WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR TODAY'S ACTION, INCLUDING THE RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

I KNOW THAT WILL, THAT WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITY BECOME SAFER.

AND CERTAINLY THIS WEEK HAS, HAS REALLY EMPHASIZED TO ALL OF US, BUT I HOPE TO MANY AT OUR STATE LEVEL, THE NEED FOR COMMON SENSE, GUN REGULATIONS AND MUCH STRONGER PROTECTIONS TO KEEP ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAFE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

JUST WANT TO TOUCH REAL BRIEFLY.

I HAVE NUMBER 11.

I WANT TO JOIN THE OTHER VOICES.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, OF MARKETO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WORKING ON THE RED RIVER DISTRICT ISSUES OVER TIME.

UM, I'VE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THOSE ON THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, BUT THE CALL TO TRY AND GET THIS WORK DONE MANAGER BEFORE THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND, OR WE'RE WE'RE, I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS WORK WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, UH, IN THOSE AREAS.

UH, SO I WOULD URGE THE STAFF TO, TO ACCELERATE THAT WORK.

UM, ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR THE RESOLUTION ABOUT EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH MONEY, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR JUST AISD ALONE FROM CONGRESS, MENTAL AUGMENT EDUCATION FUNDING BEING USED BY OUR STATE TO CUT EDUCATION FUNDING SO THAT IF THE FUNDING REMAINS LEVEL, INSTEAD OF, AS CONGRESS INTENDED IS, IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.

UH, AND, AND THAT MONEY SHOULD BE PUT TO THE AUGMENTING AND ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE BY CONGRESS.

AND THEN FINALLY CREDIT TO OUR COMMUNITY ON THE ITEM NUMBER 22, IT'S A THREE PURCHASES AND THE BARTON SPRINGS RECHARGE RESORT RECHARGE ZONE, UH, THAT IS HAPPENING NOW JUST BECAUSE OF THE POPULAR VOTE AT THE BOND ELECTION, UH, FOR THIS PURPOSE.

UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR ITS WORK ON THAT ISSUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

YEAH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 55.

I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT AND, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT AMERIPRO TIM AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF ONE TO SAID THERE, THERE, IT IS EXCITING TO HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THESE PROJECTS AND OTHER PROJECTS.

UM, THE BOOKS FROM SPUR IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN CHAMPIONING FOR SOUTH AUSTIN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT.

AND, UM, THANK YOU, YOU AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTUS, UM, FOR YOU, FOR ALL GIRLS WORK SUPPORTING THIS, THE BERKS FROM SPUR REPRESENTS

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SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS NEXT STEP, UM, UH, TO, UM, AND ARE ABLE TO, TO, UM, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

UM, SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY, AND FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, TO WALK WITH MY SOUNDBAR FELLOW SOUTH AUSTIN, UM, COLLEAGUES, AS, AS WE KNOW, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO BE DONE TO, TO BRING THAT, UH, PROJECT TO FRUITION.

UM, AND THEN ALSO I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO WITH THE MAYOR SAID WITH REGARD TO 22, I DON'T REMEMBER 22, IT'S HUGE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE, UH, WATER QUALITY LANDS.

UM, AND SO WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, IN TERMS OF ORDERS AND THE, UH, DESIGNATION OF THE FUNDS, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO I'M WANTING TO CALL THAT OUT ALSO.

UH, CATEGORY THREE.

UH, YES, MA'AM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE FUNDS FOR THE PURSE STRINGS SPUR.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE SOME OF THE EXTRA MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFTOVER ON OTHER TRAILS AND PARKS, BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALSO TRY TO, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO GOING TO COMPLETE THE TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH EAST AUSTIN.

AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE TRAIL AND GO UNDERNEATH THE AIRPORT ALL THE WAY TO TAILORING.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT WHEN METRO, WE DESIGN THE HEADQUARTERS, THERE TYPICALLY ARE PLANNING TO MOVE TO DOWNTOWN THAT WE COULD CONNECT THAT TRAIL AND COMPLETED ALL THE WAY TO THE ARMSTRONG TRAIL SO THAT WE COULD CONNECT THIS A, THIS TRAIL WILL CONNECT THE WHOLE CITY.

IT WOULD COMPLETE THE LOOP THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND BOSTON.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A CHEAP CHARTER TIP WAY UP GOING TO THEIR JOBS AND BUYING A BICYCLE.

UH IT'S UH, IT'S UM, IT'S AN EXCELLENT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY, UH, SAVE YOU TIME TO GET TO WORK, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, HELP YOU IN YOUR HEALTH BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WILL BE DOING.

SO THIS IS REALLY GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

IT'S 15 BEFORE NOON.

UH, I'M GONNA NEED TO STEP OFF ABOUT, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT TIL, UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF, I GUESS, TWO OR THREE THINGS, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UM, QUICK ON THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA AS YOU GO INTO YOUR KNOWN SITCOM.

UM, MAYBE THEN COMING BACK ONE OR ONE 15 TO HANDLE THE PULLED ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND A COUNCIL MEMBER OLDER.

I WOULD JUST LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON ITEMS TWO 16, 1724 AND 59.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, EVERYONE.

AND STUDENTS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND I'LL TRY TO BE, UM, QUICK, I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO NUMBER TWO AND TWO, UM, 37.

SO ITEM TO AUTHORIZE IS, UM, ESTABLISHED AS A PILOT PROGRAM AND ISSUES, UM, INCENTIVES FOR ALTERNATIVE ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS FOR LARGE NEW COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO ADVANCE THESE EFFORTS AND TO OUR STAFF.

WHO'VE BEEN WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

I THINK THESE PILOTS AND INCENTIVES CAN BE A TREMENDOUS CATALYST TO OUR OTHER AMBITIOUS EFFORTS TO ENSURE WATER REUSE.

UM, I DO THE WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INDICATE TO AUSTIN WATER STAFF AND TO MY FELLOW AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THAT I'D LIKE US TO GET REPORTS AND UPDATES ON THIS PROCESS AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, UM, THAT WAS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD REGULARLY HEARING ABOUT THESE AT THE AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO, UM, ITEM 37 AND THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBERS, FUNDUS TOVO IN POOL.

UM, AND TO THANK TRUSTEE BOSWELL AND LAURIE YEAGER FOR PROVIDING KEY DETAILS ON THE SCHOOL FUNDING SITUATION.

IT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT A LOT IS AT STAKE, $18 BILLION FOR OUR STATE SCHOOLS

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WE'RE TALKING AT LEAST A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR AISD ALONE, AS HAS BEEN SAID.

IT'S ABOUT 240 MILLION TO HELP OUR TEACHERS AND KIDS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS WITH THIS RESOLUTION.

WE SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF AUSTIN, THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS.

THESE FUNDS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.

THEY'VE BEEN NEEDED FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.

THEY WILL FUND SAFETY AND VENTILATION IMPROVEMENTS, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SCHOOL NURSES, TECHNOLOGY, AND ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS AND PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS.

THESE FUNDS WERE SENT TO TEXAS FROM TWO VERY DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.

AND TEXAS IS ONLY ONE OF TWO STATES NOT DEPLOYING THESE FUNDS AS INTENDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THESE FUNDS AS WAS MENTIONED, WILL BE SPENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY WILL MULTIPLY OUT TO HELP US RECOVER FROM COVID AND PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC WAYS.

SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES JOINING WITH ME IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 37, SO THAT WE CAN LEND OUR VOICES TO THE MANY CALLS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FUNDING REACHES OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU, PROBABLY READY TO MOVE ON TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT.

AGENDA THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

JEANETTE WAS ON THE DIOCESE.

I DON'T SEE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY.

UH, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND WITH THE NOTATIONS? GOOD AND MAYOR PRO TEM AS WELL.

UH, SO IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DYES THAT CONSENT AGENDA.

I WOULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD, UM, THAT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 41 WAS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

ONLY WE HAVE NOW TAKEN PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY.

UH, SO THERE'S NO ACTION FOR US ON ITEM NUMBER 41.

UH, I'M GONNA TURN THE, THE DAY IS OVER TO YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AND SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE ACTION ON ITEM, UM, UH, 47 AND 57, AND THAT SHOULD GET YOU TO SIT DOWN SPEAKERS AT NOON.

AND THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, YOU COME, WE COME BACK AT ONE-ON-ONE 15 TO HANDLE ALL ITEMS EVERY TIME I TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO YOU.

BEAR WITH ME FOR JUST A MOMENT.

SO AS PER THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEMS NUMBER 47 AND 57 BEFORE WE TAKE SIT-COM AT NOON.

THE TIME IS 1150 AND ON ITEM 47, WHICH IS THE, UM, A FARMER IS THIS SPRINGDALE PUD ITEM TO JUDAH, PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE TITLE 25 REZONINGS PROPERTY LOCALLY KNOWN AS 10, 11 AND 10 17 SPRINGDALE ROAD.

UM, IT'S AT BONNIE CREEK IN TANNAHILL BRANCH, UH, WATERSHEDS.

SO THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS TO RE SORRY.

EXCUSE ME.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK MAYBE THE MAYOR MISSPOKEN, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO ITEM 57 BECAUSE A 47 IS FOR OUR TWO O'CLOCK I SURE.

SO I AM 57 IS A REFERRAL FROM A COUNCIL COMMITTEE.

AND SO SEVEN, I SHOULD NOTICE TIME CERTAIN FOR 2:00 PM.

[57. Approve a resolution appointing of members to the municipal civil service commission.]

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR 57 BECAUSE IT WAS FROM THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, IF YOU LIKE.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, COUNCILMEMBER ALTER MAKES THE MOTION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO ITEM 57 IS APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

UM, AND SO AT THE MOST RECENT AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES FOR THE MCS COMMISSION.

WE SELECTED THREE NOMINEES AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT MCKENZIE FRAZIER AND ANDY MORMON TO NEW FULL TERMS AND KEVIN MULLIN TO FILL THE REMAINDER TERM OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE SERVICE CHAIR, UM, OR THE MOST RECENT CHAIR, PAMELA LANCASTER'S POSITION.

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THAT'S LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, SECOND, THE MOTION.

AND I WANT TO BE, I AM, YES, I WANT A SECOND.

IT, AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT, UM, MR. MULLEN IS GOING TO SUCCEED AS PRESIDENT.

IT JUST HAPPENS THAT PAMELA LANCASTER WAS CHAIRING THAT, UH, MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

I ACTUALLY THINK MY NOTES ARE WRONG.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERESA WISELY IS FAIR AS WISELY AS CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF PAMELA LANCASTER WAS THE CHAIR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UM, SO IT SHOULD BE THE MOTION SHOULD BE TO APPOINT MCKENZIE, FRASIER AND ANDY MORMON TO NEW TERMS AND KEVIN MULLIN TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF PAMELA LANCASTER'S POSITION.

CORRECT? YEAH.

AND THAT'S YEAH.

AND THAT'S THIS AN ERROR ON MY NOTES.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 57 HERE, NET OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY, UM, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT APPLIED.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY OTHER, UM, VOLUNTEER POSITION IN THE CITY THAT TAKES AS MUCH TIME ON AS MUCH COMMITMENT AS THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE.

IT IS CRITICAL FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

UM, AND JUST WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO DID APPLY, UM, AND ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

UM, IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN PURSUING THIS PERMISSION IN THE FUTURE, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPENING NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, NUMBER 57, UM, IF YOU'RE ALREADY TO TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, UH, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WE ARE UNANIMOUS ON THE DAYAS WITH MAYOR ADLER OFF.

UM, AND WE'LL JUST TAKE IT UP SITCOM RIGHT AT I'M SORRY, ANNE MORGAN.

I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING TO GET, I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE'S OFF IT MUST BE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

UM, MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR ARE OFF THE DIET, OTHERWISE A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 57.

I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE IT SINCE WE'RE TAKEN UP SIT-COM RIGHT AT NOON.

AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN TAKE UP IN THE INTERIM.

UM, ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE TAKE ON SUCKA HEARING? NO OBJECTIONS.

I'LL SEE YOU GUYS BACK KEEP RIGHT AT NOON.

I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND START TO TAKE OUR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

TWO.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUORUM AGAIN.

[Public Comment (Part 2 of 3)]

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS DUSTY MONROE.

NOW WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED GREAT EXPOSURE THROUGH KX AND SPECTRUM NEWS AND OTHER ONLINE OUTLETS, BUT IN ORDER TO SCALE AND REALLY MAKE A BIG IMPACT, WE NEED THE CITY'S HELP IN HIRING ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.

HI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

UH, MY NAME'S DUSTY MONROE AND UH, I'M THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF HUMANIZED AUSTIN.

UM, WE'RE A BRAND NEW FIVE OH ONE C3 NONPROFIT TECH STARTUP HERE IN THE CITY.

AND WHILE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS HAVE PROPOSED SOME REALLY FANTASTIC IDEAS TO ASSIST THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

I FEEL LIKE MANY OF THESE SOLUTIONS ARE RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HUMANIZED AUSTIN CAN HELP CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND HELP REMOVE MANY OF THE STIGMAS THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION HAS ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

UM, SOMETHING I READ RECENTLY FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, THEY RELEASED A STUDY THAT SAYS, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC PERCEIVES THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS BEING NOT FULLY HUMAN.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND, NOT FULLY HUMAN AND OUR GOAL AT HUMANIZED AUSTIN IS TO CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION AND HOPES THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL EMBRACE SOME OF OUR CITY LEADERS, FANTASTIC IDEAS, AND WE CAN PUT AN END TO THIS CRISIS TOGETHER.

UM, SO, SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES HUMANIZE AUSTIN DO? OUR APPROACH IS SIMPLE.

WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE SELECT HOMELESS PARTICIPANTS AND ONLINE PROFILE ON OUR PLATFORM THAT CONTAINS A VIDEO OF THEM TELLING THEIR STORY, WHICH IS OFTENTIMES VERY HEARTBREAKING.

UM, A BUTTON WHERE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS CAN HIRE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS AND A BUTTON WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN DONATE TO THEM IN A TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTACTLESS WAY.

UM, ONE THING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AS WE ALSO GIVE OUR PARTICIPANTS A CUSTOM SIGN WITH A QR CODE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SCAN, UM, THAT TAKES THEM TO THE PAGE, OR WE GIVE THEM ALSO BUSINESS CARD SO THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE AND KIND OF RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THEIR STORY.

SO WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR PARTICIPANTS TO TELL THEIR STORIES THROUGH OUR PLATFORM, TO HUMANIZED HOMELESSNESS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HUMANIZED AUSTIN.

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UM, WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR VARIOUS FUNDS AND GRANTS TO THE CITY, BUT REALLY JUST WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS TODAY THROUGH THIS MEETING IN HOPES OF MAYBE CATCHING THE EAR OF A PASSIONATE CITY LEADER WHO MIGHT WANT TO ASSIST.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, HUMANIZE AUSTIN.COM, UM, TO GET IN CONTACT WITH US TODAY.

UH, AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

AM SPEAKER JUST A MOMENT.

I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS.

I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU FURTHER.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU, MS. KITCHEN.

THANK YOU, SPEAKER.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ETHAN SMITH.

HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I HAVE PROVIDED A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS, A COUPLE OF PAGES, TWO PAGES FROM MY THESIS, WHICH WILL BE READY IN PROBABLY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

UM, AND IT'S THE TIME SENSITIVE PORTION IT'S UM, MY THESIS IS ABOUT HOUSING AND EQUITY AT UT AND, UM, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER AS A PIECE OF LEGAL JARGON OR RACE NEUTRAL ALTERNATIVE THAT OBTAINS THE BENEFITS, WHICH FLOW FROM DIVERSITY ON CAMPUS.

AND, UM, ULTIMATELY, UM, THAT WOULD, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING MORE HOUSING, IF THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE AUTO ADMITS FROM, UH, LIKE THE THIRD WARD IN HOUSTON, WHO ARE SELF-SELECTING OUT OF ATTENDING UT AND GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON OR TEXAS SOUTHERN, THIS WOULD, UM, I BELIEVE IT WOULD RAISE THE RATES OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT DECIDE TO COME TO UT, WHICH IS THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE.

UM, AND SO I KNOW IT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.

WHAT DOES A ABOVE MARKET, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AT HEALTH SOUTH HAVE TO DO WITH THAT? I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAVE A DEAL GOING FORWARD.

I DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

UM, AND IT, THIS SHOULD WORK FOR EVERY PARTNER.

UM, AND IT'S KIND OF MEANING THE, THE PUBLIC, UH, DEVELOPER WOULD MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY AND THE CITY AND THE STATE WOULD BOTH UNLOCK ADDITIONAL, UH, EQUITY BONUSES.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ENTER THE MARKETPLACE OF FREE IDEAS WITH THIS ONE, UM, AND COMPETE WITH THE IDEA OF A MSI AS A WAY OF GETTING EQUITY.

IT CERTAINLY IS A WAY I BELIEVE IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST GET TWICE THE EQUITY.

YOU MIGHT GET 10 TIMES THE EQUITY, SO I HOPE YOU'LL CHECK IT OUT.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REGISTER MY SUPPORT FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH KENNY DURHAM STOCKYARD THAT MAKES THAT A REAL FOCAL POINT OF POSITIVITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO MAKE SENSE TO PEOPLE.

UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IN HER OFFICE AND ALSO, UM, KURT IN COUNCIL MEMBER ULTRA'S OFFICE.

AND, UM, I WAS A PART OF A VERY SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN THE BLACK PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AT UT AND PRESIDENT HARTSELL.

AND I'M UPBEAT THAT SOMETHING POSITIVE IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT.

AND, UM, I'M PLEASED THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING, UM, HOUSING AS A PRIORITY.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE UPDATE AND OH YEAH.

ONE MORE THING.

UM, THE TIMETABLE AT UT EVERYTHING'S LEADING UP TO AUGUST, IT'S LIKE A FLOWER THAT BLOOMS EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE GOT A NEW PRESIDENT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE RAISING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WHAT STORE HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET THE BOOKS ARE OPEN AS FAR AS GETTING IDEAS IN THERE.

SO I WOULD ASK EVERYTHING WITH BRECKENRIDGE, SIDETRACKS AND HEALTH SOUTH, JUST WAIT UNTIL AUGUST AND THEN ALL THE IDEAS WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, ETHAN.

NEXT SPEAKER, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE NEW SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT COLLEAGUES.

I BELIEVE THAT BERNIE SAYS TO, UM, OUR LUNCH BAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

AND I THINK THAT'LL BE FINE.

COME BACK AND TAKE A POOLED ITEMS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT AFTERWARDS FOR LUNCH.

I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR WAS EXPECTING THAT WE DO.

AT ONE 15? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

WELL, I'M SORRY.

YOU WERE PROBABLY ABOUT TO SAY THIS IS AT ONE 15 THAT WE SAID I WAS JUST, WHAT TIME DID WE COME BACK

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I THOUGHT HE SAID ONE, BUT IT'S 1209 NOW.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE US 50 MINUTES.

SO WHY DON'T WE DO ONE 15.

BUT NO OBJECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 1209.

SO YOU GUYS DO ON APPETIT.

TODAY'S AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 22ND, 2021.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE.

IT IS ONE 20, UM, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN PASSED.

AND SO WERE THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

UH, THAT LEAVES US THEN JUST THE, UH, UH, FOR, UM, UH, PULLED ITEMS OF FIVE, BUT THREE AND FIVE AND THEN AN 18 AND 20 AND 39.

WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, LET'S SEE HOW RAPIDLY WE MOVE AT TWO O'CLOCK.

WE'LL TRY WHEREVER WE ARE TO, UH, TO, TO PULL BACK IN AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TO, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO SPEAKERS.

UH, BUT LET'S BEGIN THEN WITH THE POLL ITEMS, UM,

[3. Approve a resolution approving amendments to Austin-Bergstrom Landhost Enterprises, Inc.’s bylaws to designate the number of directors, allow the hiring of a compensated president, with limits on the president’s authority, and specifically to include without limitation that the City shall be entitled to approve any management or franchise agreement pursuant to which the property of the corporation is managed or operated.]

[5. Authorize the negotiation and execution of a loan agreement and related documents with Austin-Bergstrom Landhost Enterprises, Inc., to address hotel operating expense shortfalls and certain required administrative expenses under the 2017 Bond Indenture for calendar years 2020 through 2022, as a result of the financial impact of COVID-19 on the hotel enterprise, in an amount not to exceed $2,600,000.]

THREE AND FIVE WERE PULLED BY COSAR START AS LOCK COUNCIL AND I ALSO PULLED THEM.

AND THEN I'LL JUST LAY OUT MY, MY GENERAL QUESTIONS WITHOUT YOU NECESSARILY ASKING THE STAFF TO ANSWER YET, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND I DON'T KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF, IF HER QUESTIONS MIGHT BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, BUT MY PRIMARY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE OUR WORK SESSION, I HEARD THAT, UH, UH, THE HOTEL OPERATOR HAS OFFERED TO BE WITH THE UNION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, UH, THROUGH SEVERAL MEETINGS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HATCH OUT AND EASIER ON THE COUNCIL'S TIME IF ANY OF THOSE ISSUES GET WORKED OUT BETWEEN PARTIES, UH, BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK.

SO MY PRIMARY QUESTION IS WHAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE OF, UH, BRINGING THE ITEMS BACK AFTER THOSE MEETINGS HAVE CONCLUDED, UM, UH, THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, RATHER THAN BRINGING IT BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I'M MOSTLY INTERESTED ON THE IMPACT, UH, OF THAT.

UM, AND WHICH PARTIES MIGHT BE IMPACTED SINCE MY UNDERSTANDING IS A LOT OF THE LOAN PAYMENTS ARE EITHER COMING TO THE CITY OR GOING TO THE HOTEL.

AND IF THE HOTEL OPERATOR IS HAVING THESE MEETINGS, THEN I, UM, I'D BE INTERESTED IN WHETHER WE JUST REACT.

UM, BUT COUNCILMEN, I ALSO LEAVE IT TO COUNSELOR POOL TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON TUESDAY AND I WANTED TODAY TO CONFIRM NEXT STEP IS POSTPONING ITEM THREE, AND WE'LL, UH, RETURN WITH BYLAWS THAT WILL REFLECT THE NEW LANGUAGE, LIKE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR HAS LINED UP, UM, THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT COUNTS CAUSE I HAD LINED UP ASIDE FROM TALKING WITH, UH, THE UNION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE NEW LANGUAGE REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL ON NOT ONLY ANY NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, BUT ALSO ON ANY EXTENSIONS OF THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.

AND I USED, I DO THINK THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT OUR UNION FRIENDS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND THEN I WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING TO GET THAT DONE.

AND I AM OPEN TO A DATE, UH, THAT MAY BE COUNSELING ARE MY OFFER, UH, FOR THAT ONE.

AND ALSO FOR ITEM FIVE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BOTH OF THESE ITEMS RIGHT NOW? JUST, OR JUST THREE? BOTH.

BOTH ITEMS. OKAY.

SO ON ITEM FIVE, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF POSTPONING.

THIS ONE AS WELL, SEVERAL QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN POSED AND OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON RESPONDING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME REVIEWING THE RESPONSES.

AND AS I SAID ON TUESDAY, AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES, WE NEED MORE TIME TO BE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO VOTE ON THIS LOAN AND THE LINE OF CREDIT THAT'S CONTEMPLATED.

SO I'D SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL TIME PASSED MAY SIX FOR THAT REVIEW.

I ALSO MENTIONED ON TUESDAY THAT, AND THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF AT AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE FINANCIAL STATE AND THE STABILIZATION PLAN FOR THIS HOTEL AND ESTABLISH A REGULAR RECORDING FRAMEWORK FOR ABL AT THAT COMMITTEE.

AND THEN MORE GENERALLY I'M WORKING TO ENSURE REGULAR REPORTING TO COUNCIL THROUGH AUDIT AND FINANCE FOR ALL OF OUR QUASI GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT LIVE STABLISH MORE TRANSPARENCY AND, AND GOOD RELATIONSHIPS.

I'M SEEKING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THESE ENTITIES AND A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE TO SEE WHERE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ARE AMONG THEM FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW.

AND THEN THAT'LL BE A DISCUSSION ON A FRAMEWORK FOR REGULAR OVERSIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER METOVA YOU'RE MUTED

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NOW.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC AND I'M REALLY GLAD ARE DOING THE WORK ON IT.

SO THAT'S, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS.

UM, DO YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE IN THAT CASE TO WAIT ON ITEM THREE FOR THE MOMENT SINCE IT'S ALSO RELATED TO THE STRUCTURE OF THAT ORGANIZATION? YES.

OH THREE AND FIVE.

I WAS LOOKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR FOR A POSSIBLE DATE SOMETIME AFTER MAY SIX, MAYBE.

I MISSED THAT PIECE THAT WE WERE POTENTIALLY POSTPONING THREE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY.

I THINK THAT I AM NUMBER THREE AND FIVE ARE MOST BY STAFF TO BE POSTPONED, SORRY.

UM, BEING PROPOSED, BOTH BEING PROPOSED BY STAFF TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE MAY 6TH MEETING.

AND, AND I THINK WE'RE PULLING IT TO, TO SEE IF, UM, THAT'S THE DATE THAT, THAT WE WANT IT TO COME BACK AT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE OPERATIVE QUESTION, UH, IN FRONT OF US, MY PRIMARY STAFF WAS, UH, OF THE, UM, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE HOTEL OPERATOR IS GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE UNION OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH OF MAY.

WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE END OF MAY OR BEGINNING OF JUNE, UH, GIVEN THAT IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE PAYMENTS ARE GOING TO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO WHILE THEY'RE MEETING, WOULD THEY, IS THERE AN IMPACT OF NOT APPROVING THIS UNTIL THEY'RE DONE MEETING? OKAY.

SO THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FOR STAFF IS, IS WHETHER THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE ITEMS AND THERE'S, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE LANGUAGE THREE, WHICH ISSUES FIVE, I THINK, HAS BOTH ALONE AND A CREDIT LINE, AND WHETHER THERE ARE DIFFERENT SENSITIVITIES WITH A LOAN OR WITH A CREDIT LINE AND THE PART OF ACCOUNTS AREN'T COSARA IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TIE IS BETWEEN CAUSE I'M JUST MISSING IT, I, BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOAN IN, UH, IN THE CREDIT LINE THAT, THAT NEEDED TO BE WORKED OUT, UH, BEFORE WE SHOULD CONSIDER EITHER THE GOVERNANCE OR THE, AND THE GOVERNANCE THING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AMENDED TO, UH, SAY THAT BOTH EXTENSIONS AND MANAGER CONTRACTS COME TO COUNCIL.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT COMES WITH A, A LONGER DELAY, WHETHER IT MAKE, WHAT IS IT IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT DEAL WITH THE LOAN AND THE CREDIT LINE, UH, AND, AND WHETHER THOSE TWO THINGS SHOULD BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.

UM, AND WHETHER WE SHOULD BE POSTPONING TO A DATE CERTAIN OR POSTPONING IT UNTIL THE BOARD THINKS THEY'RE READY TO COME BACK TO US, GIVEN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THEN LET THEM PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.

SO I HAVE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, MAYOR, THIS IS BETHANY AFT I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

IS RATHER THAN SPENDING TIME GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES HERE, UM, MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL IMPACT IF THE BILLS ARE DUE PRIMARILY TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING THE MEETINGS, IS THERE, IS THERE A IMPACT OF NOT BRINGING THIS BACK UNTIL THAT MONTH OF MEETINGS IS DONE? I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S YOUR PREFERENCE, BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES, IF ANY, IS OF BRINGING THIS BACK AFTER THAT MONTH OF MEETINGS.

UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY, UM, W FOR THE ITEM, NUMBER THREE SECTION WILL HAPPEN AND WE AGREE TO THAT.

SO WE WILL BRING THAT TO THE APRIL BOARD TO APPROVE IT AND BRING IT BACK FOR, UH, COUNCIL, AS FAR AS NUMBER FIVE.

UM, THE POSTPONE THAT WE REQUESTED YESTERDAY WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE Q AND A THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH LAW DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US SOME MORE CLARITY ON THEM SPECIFICALLY.

UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INTEGRATE IT BACK TO ME SIX ON THE DATE, IF, IF I NEED TO DELAY FURTHER, I WILL DEFINITELY.

BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO STAY FOCUSED ON BRINGING IT BACK TO MAY SIX BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VENDOR CONTRACTS AND MANY VOICES TIED TO THAT LO AND AMANDA WERE DOING, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, THE MEETINGS WITH THE UNION, WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THOSE.

AND WE PUT HER UP ON THE CALENDAR YESTERDAY.

WE MET WITH THE UNION RIGHT BEFORE OUR COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK.

AND AS FAR AS OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE WAS NO OTHER REQUESTS FOR FOLLOW MEETINGS WITH THE UNION OR ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY HAD, THAT THEY BROUGHT UP TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A BALANCE OF MORE, JUST STICK TO THE AGENDA, TO THE SCHEDULE FOR MAY SIX.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO KEEP, CONTINUE TALKING TO THE UNION, BUT, UM, WE HAD ALREADY ADDRESSED THEIR ISSUE OF DOING THE EXTENSIONS ON ITEM NUMBER, AND DEFINITELY THE QA ADDRESSED A LOT OF, UH, ANSWERED A LOT OF THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND THEN I'LL BRING BACK WHAT LAW DEPARTMENT GIVES ME ON THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON MAY 6TH, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND.

I THINK MY PRIMARY QUESTION IS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, A MONTH WORTH OF MEETINGS.

AND MY QUESTION

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JEEZ, OH, SORRY.

UM, WE GET PENALTIES OR LATE FEES, UM, ASSESSED ON, UM, THERE'S ALSO PART OF THIS COMING BACK TO THE CITY FOR PAYMENT THAT WE HAVE DEFERRED FOR AWHILE THAT WE OWE TO THE CITY BACK.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE FRANCHISE FOR THE HILTON.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF HOLDING THE HOTEL, UM, HOSTAGE BECAUSE OF, UM, THE MEETINGS WITH THE UNION.

AGAIN, WE, WE PROVIDED THE MEETINGS FOR A MONTH LONG TO JUST CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE UNION, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC FROM THE UNION THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS WITH THE HELTON STAFF OR THE HELTON OPERATIONS.

SO, BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT UNION IS ASKING.

UM, I, DON'T NOT SURE IF POSTPONING MUCH LONGER WE'LL DO ANYTHING GOOD EITHER TO THE DISCUSSION.

ONE SUGGESTION MAYOR COUNCIL, LIKE I MAY IS JUST TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY AND THAT'S WAY IF IT'S READY BY THE SIXTH, WE CAN CERTAINLY POST IT FOR THAT.

AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE IN, IN MOVING THAT FORWARD.

UM, IF IT'S READY FOR THE NEXT CYCLE, WE WILL POST THEN, BUT IT ALLOWS THAT FLEXIBILITY.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT THINKING MANAGER, MICHIGAN, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF THE AMOUNT? SO, CAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF IT IS JUST PAYING BACK OURSELVES AT THE CITY, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR JUDGMENT AND OUR CALL AS FAR AS LATE FEES, THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE HOTEL, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE AGREED TO MEET OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH, THE HOTEL WOULD STILL CHARGE LATE FEES.

UM, EVEN WITH THIS MONTH DELAY DURING THE TIME IN WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.

SO NOT THE ITEMS I AM, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LIST OF ALL THE INVOICES AND WHAT LATE FEES COULD BE POSSIBLY.

I WILL.

THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHEN I CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT INVOICES ARE OUTSTANDING TO WHICH VENDORS SPECIFICALLY.

SO I CAN BRING THAT BACK BECAUSE WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW IN OUR POSTPONE DECISION, WHAT THE W IF THE FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO HAVE THAT MEETING ARE STILL CHARGING US LATE FEES WHILE THAT'S DETERMINED OR NOT, BECAUSE MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WHILE THEY HAVE THOSE MEETINGS AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEY'RE NOT CHARGING US LATE FEES FOR MEETINGS THEY'VE OFFERED TO HAVE, UM, IS THERE AN IMPACT OF US, BUT LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LINE OF CREDIT AND THE LOAN, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE LINE OF CREDIT BEFORE US FOR SOME TIME, WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT? UM, I KNOW TWINKIES ON THE CALL ORDER.

MAY NOT NEED THE LINE OF CREDIT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IN OUR PROJECTION, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET WAS THAT THE OPERATOR WERE TO ON CASHFLOW POSITIVE BY JULY.

I MEAN, I CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT.

UH, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS, AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS KIND OF MISSING A LITTLE BIT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE HOTEL, THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH CASH TO GET US THROUGH JANUARY, FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

AND WE MET WITH, AND THE RATING AGENCIES, AND THAT WAS THEIR ASSESSMENT TOO.

SO THE ONLY REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE OPERATIONS AND THE LIGHTS ON AT THE HOTEL WAS ALL THESE DEFERMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE PARTIES WERE WILLING TO MAKE LIKE GREG AND THE LEGAL TOWNSVILLE ON THE BILLS THAT THEY WERE GETTING.

HEY, AND SO HILTON IS THE MAJOR VENDOR THAT WE OWED THE MONEY TO NOW.

UM, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY CHARGED US $3,000 IN LATE FEES.

I MEAN, I'M NOT TALKING, THIS IS THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WHICH IS BOINK AND PROSPERA HAS ACTUALLY OFFERED A 50% CUT ON THEIR MANAGEMENT FEE FOR SIX MONTHS, UH, JUST TO HELP THE HOTEL.

SO ALL THESE BILLS HAVE BEEN DUE FOR ALL THIS TIME.

AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE CAME UP WITH THIS RESILIENCY PLAN, SO THAT FINALLY THE, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL WE'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP ON ALL OF THESE BILLS.

UM, SO I MEAN, THE QUESTION IS WE WILL INCUR MORE LATE FEES.

I MEAN, THERE COULD BE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN PAID FOR A YEAR CAN STOP OFFERING THEIR SERVICES.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHY THEY WOULD CONTINUE, BUT, UM, SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU POSTPONE INDEFINITELY, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF CONSEQUENCES.

IS THERE A DIFFERENCE ON THE LINE OF CREDIT VERSUS THE LOANS TO PAY PAST DUE INVOICES? YES.

SO, SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE HOTEL

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BUT IN MARCH, SINCE THE TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT HAS PICKED UP ENOUGH, AND THE OCCUPANCY RATE AT THE HOTEL HAS IMPROVED, WE ACTUALLY TURNED CASHFLOW POSITIVE IN MARCH.

SO THE, THE REASON WHY WE OFFER THE WHOLE $2.6 MILLION IS IN CASE THERE'S A OCCURRENCE IN THE PANDEMIC.

AND THERE IS NO FURTHER HESITANCY ON PEOPLE TO TRAVEL AND STAY AT HOTELS.

THIS, THIS LINE OF CREDIT WAS JUST IN CASE THE HOTEL NEEDED TO DRAW.

UM, SO THAT'S IT.

AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN NEED IT, THAT LINE OF CREDIT.

AND WE HOPE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE AIRPORT.

I'M NOT ON THE ABLE BOARD.

UH, THERE'S NOT ONE PENNY THAT I WANT TO GIVE TO THE HOTEL IF I DON'T HAVE TO FROM THE AIRPORT.

RIGHT.

UM, SO WE ARE, WE WILL REVIEW THOSE PROCESSES.

THE, THE HOTEL IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A THREE MONTH FORECAST AND JUSTIFY WHY THEY WOULD NEED ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OTHER THAN THIS INITIAL AMOUNT TO PAY OFF THE PAST DUE BALANCES ON THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PATH THAT WE INTEND TO TAKE POINT FORWARD, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS, UM, COLLEAGUES, HOW MUCH CERTAIN HAS SAR AS TO WHETHER THE PEOPLE WE OWE THE MONEY TO AND HAVEN'T PAID, OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION OR NOT IN THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK THAT SOME OF THE MONEY WE'RE PAYING TOO IS TO PROSPERO WHO IS THE CONVERSATION I BELIEVE, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YES.

THAT IS RIGHT.

SOME OF IT IS.

NEEDED BASIS ANYWAY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE THE LINE OF, WE CAN HAVE THE LINE OF CREDIT BEFORE US IN JUNE.

AND THEY HAVE TAKEN A 50%, UM, UH, DEDUCTION FOR, UH, UH, IN THE MANAGEMENT FEE FOR SIX MONTHS.

AND THAT EXPIRES ACTUALLY AS OF MARCH OF 2021.

AND THEY'VE OFFERED TO BE IN THAT CONVERSATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH.

YES, YES, YES.

COOL.

SO MY QUESTION IS, IF WE WERE TO SAY, AS THE MANAGER SUGGESTED THAT YOU COULD COME BACK TO US WITH THE LOAN ITEM, IF THERE'S AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE THAT SUDDENLY REQUIRES THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE BILLS GET PAID QUICKLY, THAT YOU BRING THAT BACK TO US.

UM, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD BRING BACK TO US THE LOAN DOLLARS THAT ARE DUE TO PROSPERO.

IF THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE UNION, MY MY SENSE WOULD BE THAT IF THEY'RE TRYING TO TALK FOR A MONTH, THAT THEY SHOULD TALK FOR A MONTH AND NOT SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT, THE CONVERSATION BECOMES MOOT.

UM, IF, IF SUDDENLY THAT BILL IS DUE, THAT HAS BEEN, UM, THAT EVERYBODY HAS WAITED ON BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THAT THE LINE OF CREDIT THAT YOU BRING THAT BACK TO US, UM, IN JUNE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHERE, WHERE THE LINE OF CREDIT DOESN'T SEEM EXIGENCE FOR MAY WHILE THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING.

SO BRING IT TO US IN JUNE AND THE LOAN, IF SOMETHING COMES UP, BUT SUDDENLY YOU SAY, LOOK, THIS ACTUALLY HAS TO GET PAID THIS MONTH, EVEN THOUGH CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND YOU BRING IT TO US, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD BRING TO US THE PROSPERO LOAN DOLLARS IF THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONVERSATION.

BUT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A, A FOOD VENDOR OR SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY COME UP THAT THEY NEED PAYMENTS, AND IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT.

YOU JUST BRING US THAT, THAT PIECE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE, BUT YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE OPERATIONAL TYPE OF VENDORS, WE ARE PAYING ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, UH, THE OPERATING REVENUES THAT ARE BEING GENERATED AT THE AIRPORT OR, UH, ET CETERA.

SO THE, THE BILLS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING ARE JUST THESE ADMIN FEES, YOU KNOW, THE HILTON HOTEL, FRANCHISE FEES AND THE ROYALTY FEES AND THE PROSPERA MANAGEMENT FEES, UH, THE GREG MILLIGAN'S, UM, UH, CONSULTING FEES, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS OVER 12 MONTHS PAST DUE AND THE LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT'S ALSO 12 MONTHS PAST YEAR.

THOSE ARE THE BIG ITEMS I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, THOSE ITEMS ARE FAIRLY SMALL.

IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND, AND ACTUALLY THE, THE CITY RENT IT'S, IT'S LOWER ON THE FLOW OF FUNDS THAT WITHOUT EVEN MEETING THE, YOU KNOW, FILLING THE, THAT SERVICE FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND, WE CAN'T EVEN PAY THAT.

SO THE FLOW OF FUNDS DICTATES WHAT WE CAN PAY.

UH, SO, BUT, BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, THE LINE OF CREDIT, DEFINITELY, UH, I MEAN, I, I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T DEFER THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT, LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT'S ON AN AS

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WE COULD HAVE THE, UM, THERE'S THE FIRST MEETINGS THAT THEY CAN MEET DURING MAY.

WE COULD HAVE THE, THE, AND THEN THE FEES OR THE LOAN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TO HILTON AND TO PROSPERA WHO ARE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS IS MY GUESS IT'S THE HOTEL.

UM, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD DEFER WHILE THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.

AND THEN THERE IS THE, UH, MR. MILLIGAN WHO I HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE IN THE Q AND A ARE THE QUESTIONS ON THE RECUSAL ITEM THAT HOPEFULLY GET ADDRESSED AND THEN, UH, ATTORNEYS THAT I, THAT I DON'T KNOW.

UM, UH, BUT I THINK THAT IF, IF THERE WAS AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH THEY NEEDED TO BE PAID, YOU COULD BRING THAT YOU COULD BRING THAT TO US, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE ISSUE IS, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTORNEYS.

GOTCHA.

SUE US OR DEMAND THAT THEY WANT IMMEDIATE PAYMENT? OR IS THERE, IS THERE ANY RISKS? I MEAN, HILTON HAS DEMANDED IMMEDIATE PAYMENT AND WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A, ONE OF THE OLDEST PAYMENT OF IT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF APPEASE THEM, UH, FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WAS PAST DUE.

I I'M, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED AS WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE? I, YOU KNOW, OUR, IF WE GIVE THEM A LOAN, IF WE BACK THE LOAN AND THEY IT'D PAY THEIR PAYMENT, IS, IS THAT THE GOAL IS THAT WE'RE GONNA REACH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, OR WHY, WHY ARE WE DELAYING THIS? SO JUST A UNION CAN NEGOTIATE WITH, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE NEGOTIATING THIS WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND WHAT, WHAT IS THERE GO WONDER WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO? I, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS ONE ON MAY SIX, BUT I STILL WANT TO KNOW WHY, WHY ARE WE WANT TO DELAY IT TO THE END? WHAT KIND OF NEGOTIATION ARE THE GOING THROUGH? AND IF IT REALLY OUR POSITION TO DO THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE UNION AND THE MANAGEMENT, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED THERE.

SO, UH, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE STAFF IS THAT THE UNION DOES NOT REPRESENT THE HILTON EMPLOYEES.

SO THEY DO NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HELTON.

SO WE, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE ISSUE THAT THE UNION IS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AND ASK FOR, BECAUSE WE HAVE COORDINATED SEVERAL MEETINGS AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CONFUSE OR SOMEONE CAN, IT LIKE ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S, WHAT'S REALLY THE PROBLEM IS.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I'M NOT, I WASN'T IN THOSE MEETINGS, NOR AM I IN ANY SET OF NEGOTIATIONS.

I CAN REITERATE WHAT I SAID AT MERCK SESSION.

MY QUESTION OR CONCERN IS WHEN WE, UM, EX EXTEND A LINE OF CREDIT USING PUBLIC CREDIT AT LOW INTEREST, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BENEFIT.

THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO AND DO TO HELP A COMPANY.

AND, AND WE WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

AND I THINK THAT'S A FINE THING TO DO.

IT'S JUST WHEN THE QUESTION, WHEN THE QUESTION COMES UP ABOUT WHO IS WHERE THE BENEFIT IS OVERWHELMING GOING TO, AND IT IS, UH, THE HOTEL OPERATORS AND THE HOTEL NATIONAL FRANCHISE CHAINS, UH, AND THE CONSULTANTS, UM, WHEN WE'RE IN AN ECONOMY WHERE TOURISM EMPLOYEES HAVE TAKEN A REALLY HARD HIT, UM, I, I DEFER AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET MORE OUT OF IT FOR THE FRONTLINE WORKING STAFF.

UM, AND IF THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY A HARM IN HOLDING OFF FOR AWHILE TO SEE IF CONVERSATIONS CAN ACTUALLY LEAD TO BETTER CONDITIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC, AS THINGS IMPROVE IN TOURISM, THAT I'M HAPPY TO SEE HOW IT GOES, UH, BECAUSE IT STILL HASN'T BEEN CLEARLY.

I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE CLEAR SENSE OF WHAT WE LOSE BY WAITING FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAIN PEOPLE WE'RE PAYING OUT OF THIS LOAN ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UNION.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE'RE PAYING AND THEY'RE WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS FOR A MONTH.

AND SO I'D RATHER PAY THE MONEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH, RATHER THAN BEFORE THEY HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

SO THAT'S IT.

AND, AND, UH, OUR, WE ARE ANY RISK AT THE HOTEL AT REST OF, UH, UH, ANY KIND OF EIGHT FEET OR, OR ANY KIND OF SUIT THAT THESE, UH, UH, THESE, UH, MANAGEMENT THAT OWNS THE HOTEL THERE IN THE FRANCHISE WAS WITH THE, UH, THE HOTEL TWO MINUTES TO HYATT.

ARE WE AT RISK WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND, AND

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AND THEY'RE ALSO CHARGING LATE FEES.

WE'VE INCURRED $3,000 IN LATE FEES ALREADY, UH, TO HILTON.

UM, OUR, OUR HOPE WAS WITH THE LOAN AND THE PAYMENT TO THEM.

WE CAN ASK THEM TO WAIVE THOSE LATE FEES.

IF WE MAKE A ONE-TIME PASSED YOU PAYMENT ON, ON ALL, EVERYTHING THAT IS DUE.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT, THE OPTIONS THAT THEY PROVIDE US.

AND CAN YOU BRING US THAT INFORMATION ON MAY SIX? SURE, MAN, I THINK WE HEAR IT ALL MAKES SENSE, AND WE'RE STILL NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE STAFF.

THEN WE CAN DEFER IT TO THE END OF IT.

BUT I WOULD, I, I MARRIED CONCERNED IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PAID LATE FEEDS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE BENEFITS OF DELAYING IT, BUT, UH, IT FITS, UM, UH, I LIKE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION SO I CAN SEE IT.

WE PUT ON MAY 6TH, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT AGENDA.

YOU CAN ALSO COME TO A MEETING BETWEEN THE HOTEL AND THE UNION.

WE'VE ASKED THE UNION TO COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC AGENDA OF ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.

AND WE CAN ALSO LEAVE THE COUNCIL ON THAT MEETING SO FORTH.

WHAT HAPPENED, I GUESS, MY POINT, THIS THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE AIRPORT AND THE TEAM THERE FOR INITIATING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UNION AND PROPOSING THOSE, THOSE FOUR MEETINGS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I FELT REALLY COMFORTABLE AT THE VERY LEAST POSTPONING THE ITEM TO, UM, TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE AIRPORT.

SO I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE TO DELAY IT, TO DO THE THIRD MEETING.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAID THAT HE, I THINK THAT'LL ALSO GIVE US SOME TO ENSURE THAT WE, AS THE COUNCIL ARE FULLY BRIEFED ON, ON THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS REALLY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UNION'S CONCERNS AND ISSUES ARE AS WELL, AND HAVE THEM CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE AIRPORT.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE THIRD MEETING.

IT'S, IT'S A WALKING MOTION.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE MOTIONS FIRST BEFORE YOU DEBATE AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOUR DEBATE THOUGH, WITH RESPECT TO YOU WERE SAYING, YOU'RE YOU'RE, YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR A POSTPONEMENT TO WHEN, TO THE JUNE 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T ADD, SORRY.

IT DOES IT, DOES IT, DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO DIVIDE THESE THINGS UP? I MEAN, I'M JUST UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DEALING HERE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE LOAN IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN, UH, THAN, UH, THAN A LINE OF CREDIT.

UM, AGAIN, THERE ARE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING COVERED BY THE LOAN THAT ARE PARTY TO THE CON TO THE CONVERSATIONS.

UM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD NOT DO THE LOAN SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE CAN GET PAID.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT STAFF'S HEARD THE, KIND OF THE, THE CONVERSATION HERE, BUT I'D BE OKAY, JUST POSTPONING THESE THINGS INDEFINITELY AND SAYING, DON'T BRING THIS BACK UNTIL THEY'RE READY AND BRING US AND FEEL FREE TO BRING US BACK THE LOAN SEPARATE FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE LINE OF CREDIT.

AND I'M JUST HAVING SOME OF THE SAME TROUBLE.

I THINK THE COUNCIL ALREADY IS JUST, I, WE JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THE TIES ARE.

SO I SUPPORT A POSTPONEMENT.

UM, I'M JUST KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE WITH US, NOT PAYING FOR PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW AREN'T EVEN PART OF THE DEAL.

AND THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BYLAW CHANGE WAS JUST TO FIX THE RECUSAL ISSUE.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHENEVER THEY FIXED THE RECUSAL ISSUE, THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD BRING THAT BACK WITH, UH, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE, IN THE ALSO HAVING TO HAVE EXTENSIONS COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

SO I'M UNCLEAR AS TO WHY WE WOULD BE POSTPONING THAT UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES ,

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I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY MAYOR ON THE BYLAWS.

I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION THAT HAS TO GO TO THE APRIL BOARD AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM.

AND IT WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL THEN.

AND IF I MIGHT RECOMMEND AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OR WITHDRAWAL OF ITEM FIVE WOULD HELP US RECRAFT THE QUESTIONS AND COME BACK JUST AS SOON AS THEY ARE ABLE TO BE, UM, PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

THAT'S WHAT I STARTED.

HEY, THE REASON FOR THE BYLAWS COMING BACK AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TAIL END ITEMS IS IN CASE ANYTHING IN THE CONVERSATION REQUIRES A CHANGE IN BYLAWS.

IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT STEMS FROM THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY AGAIN, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE HARM AND, AND STILL WAITING TO SEE THE HARM IN WAITING, EXCEPT FOR POTENTIALLY, UH, LATE FEES BEING INCURRED BY THE PARTIES THAT ARE NEGOTIATING WITH DURING THAT MONTH.

COUNCIL MEMBER FOR OTHERS WILL MAKE A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY.

THERE WE GO AND SPEAK.

YOU WILL SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER WRITER'S MOVES TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY ITEMS THREE AND FIVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL DISCUSSION GUIDES.

ORCAS ARE OKAY.

I'D BE INTERESTED.

MY, MY, MY ISSUE IS WHEN IT'S INDEFINITE, ARE WE SENDING DIFFERENT MESSAGES AS A COUNCIL ABOUT WHEN TO BRING IT BACK? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, I STILL THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR THERE TO BE SOME INDICATION TO THE STAFF ABOUT IF IT'S INDEFINITELY POSTPONED, WHEN TO BRING ITEMS BACK.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY ATTORNEY SUGGESTED THAT IF WE INDEFINITELY POSTPONED THE BYLAWS, THEY COULD BRING IT BACK.

AS SOON AS ABEL IS DONE TAKING THEIR VOTE.

BUT I'M INTERESTED IN THOSE BYLAWS LIKELY COMING BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH, LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE UNION IN CASE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COME UP WHERE WE MIGHT NEED A BYLAWS SHIFT.

SO THAT'S, I, I COUNSEL MY FRIENDS SAYS I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE MOTION BEING INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

I JUST WORRY THAT WE WON'T HAVE RESOLVED AS A MAJORITY HERE, HOW INDEFINITELY IT SHOULD GO.

AND WHEN IT SHOULD COME BACK, PART OF THAT SEEMS TO DEPEND ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS, RIGHT.

BUT IF I KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS, I WOULD KNOW BETTER.

SO I THINK GIVING THE INSTRUCTION TO THE, TO THE STAFF, IT'S INDEFINITE, BUT MAY TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING BACK A LOT OF LINE OF CREDIT AND THERE'S STUFF IN PLAY.

KEEP THAT IN MIND ABOUT WHEN YOU BRING THAT BACK TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING BACK PILE.

IF THERE ARE PENDING PILE OF PAGES OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BYLAW CHANGES, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND, AND, AND LET US KNOW THAT, THAT TO ME, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO AVOID HAVING THAT SAME CONVERSATION WE HAVE HERE AGAIN.

AND I THINK WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO HELP US AVOID THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.

YOU GUYS WERE PULLED AS YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

COUNSEL, MAYBE WE COULD GO AHEAD AND CALL THE BIRD AFRICA.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE VOTE? YEAH.

MY SUGGESTION IS COULD WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION INTO THIS THAT WE SHOULD JUST BRING EVERYTHING BACK ON JUNE 3RD, BECAUSE BY THEN THE CONVERSATION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT THEN THE INDEFINITENESS MEANS YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK IF IT'S REALLY EXIGENCY AND EMERGENCE BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS SHIFTED OR CHANGED.

I MEAN, I JUST WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT PROSPERO WHO'S IN THESE CONVERSATIONS WOULD SUDDENLY RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA, UH, ACCELERATE THIS AND, AND BE ADVERSARIAL IF THEY'VE OFFERED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH.

UM, IF, IF THE ATTORNEY IS INVOLVED, KNOW THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND THEY CAN WAIT TILL JUNE 3RD.

BUT IF IT BECOMES REALLY EXIGENT AND EMERGENCE, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY PARTY TO ALL OF THIS, IF THE STAFF FINDS THAT REALLY EMERGENT, I GUESS THEY COULD BRING THAT BACK.

BUT THE POINT BEING LET'S SET THE GOALPOST AT JUNE 3RD.

UM, UM, BUT YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK EARLIER IF IT'S, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT LIKE IT'S A REAL EMERGENT TYPE SITUATION, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT EVERYTHING COMES BACK ON JUNE THREE.

I CAN JUST SAY, I CERTAINLY HEAR THAT.

AND, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE, THAT THE PARTIES INVOLVED ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD AND HAVE HEARD THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.

ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING COUNCIL WORKERS ARE ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FRONT OF US POSTPONE THOSE TWO

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ITEMS INDEFINITELY.

IT'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I GET UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS, POSTPONED INDEFINITELY, BRING IT BACK CONSISTENT WITH THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HEARD AND THE WORK COULD BE DONE.

GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

NEXT ITEM IS

[18. Authorize negotiation and execution of a legal services agreement with Hornberger, Fuller, Garza & Cohen for legal services related to real estate contract negotiations for the acquisition of a warehouse for Austin Energy, in an amount not to exceed $175,000.]

ITEM NUMBER, UH, 18.

UM, REMEMBER TOHO YOU PULLED THAT ONE, I THINK.

UM, I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS THAT PICK UP INFORMATION.

DIDN'T INDICATE VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS ITEM.

SO I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A, AND I HAVE SOME FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS I'M STILL TRYING, AS I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE Q AND A, THIS IS A LAW, A LEGAL AGREEMENT TO HELP NEGOTIATE A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.

UM, SO MY QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A ASKED WHAT KIND OF WAREHOUSE WE'RE SEEKING, WHY, WHAT KIND OF PARAMETERS, UM, WHAT EXISTING CITY PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND WHY WE'RE ENGAGING A LAW FIRM TO ASSIST WITH A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION RATHER THAN USING THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE OFFICES.

SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT STAFF.

UM, IN OUR BACKUP, INCLUDING THE 17 FACILITIES PLAN PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE BEFORE THE AA COMMITTEE, CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HEAR YOU.

OH, SURE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN OR JUST PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF? YOU CAN PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF, BUT IT'S, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHO ARE.

PROCESS, UH, THAT WE'D DONE WITH THOSE FACILITIES.

SO, AS I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE BACKUP, UH, THIS IS TO CONSOLIDATE SEVERAL WAREHOUSE.

THE INTENT IS TO CONSOLIDATE SEVERAL WAREHOUSE FUNCTIONS AT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT TRACKS WITHIN THE AA PORTFOLIO.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO EACH ONE.

IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

SO THE R THE R CA TALKS ABOUT, UM, EXECUTING TO GET THE, FOR THE REAL ESTATE OR DO, WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS? THERE'S BEEN AN RFP, AND NOW THERE ARE TRACKS OF LAND.

IS THAT RIGHT? IT TALKS ABOUT RESPONDENTS BEING IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CITY, PREDOMINANTLY NORTH AND SOUTH WITH SOME CENTRAL.

SO ARE THERE PARTICULAR LANDOWNERS THAT ARE, OR A PARTICULAR TRACKS OF LAND THAT ARE NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE DO HAVE THAT ALEX STEELE, WHO WILL START, AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER STAFF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER IT.

CAMARON COUNCIL ALEX SCALE OFFICER FOR THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

WE ISSUED, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY ACTUALLY FOR, UH, SEVERAL YEARS ON LOOKING FOR WAREHOUSE SPACE, UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, LANDING ON MOVING TOWARDS AN RFP TO FIND THEM THIS WAREHOUSE AND SURFACE YARD SPACE.

AND SO WE ISSUED AN RFP, UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

UM, WE RECEIVED PROPOSALS, UH, AT THE END OF JANUARY OF 2021, AND THEN HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THOSE PROPOSALS, UH, TO WHERE WE WE'VE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO TWO LOCATIONS, UH, AND WORKING ON FINAL EVALUATIONS ON, UH, TWO OF THOSE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.

OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO, TO BRING AN ITEM TO COUNCIL, UM, AT SOME TIME, HOPEFULLY, UH, EITHER IN MAY OR JUNE, UH, FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, AS WE WOULD POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ONE OF THOSE PROPOSALS.

I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.

THANK YOU, MR. GALVIN, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE AG COUNCIL COMMITTEE, BACK IN 2017, IT DISCUSSED THE RFP.

DO YOU KNOW WHY IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO ACTUALLY DO THE RFP? SO ORIGINALLY WHEN WE, WHEN, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY CAME TO THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES FOR LOOKING FOR SPACE, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO SEE IF THERE WAS POTENTIAL TO EITHER BUY OR LEASE TO PURCHASE, UM, THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES, OR EVEN LOOKING AT CITY ON LAND AS WELL.

SO WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.

UM, WE HAD ACTUALLY WERE PLANNING ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LEASE TO PURCHASE LOCATION, BUT WE DECIDED THAT GOING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO FIND THIS WAREHOUSE SERVICE YARD SPACE WOULD BE THE BEST PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

ESPECIALLY AS WE HAD FOUND SUCCESS WITH OUR PDC AND AUSTIN ENERGY HEADQUARTERS, UM, UTILIZING THAT A SIMILAR

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SO WHEN IT, UM, THE ANSWER BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WERE CONSIDERED, YOU'VE NOTED A FEW HERE, JOHNNY MORRIS KRAMER, EAST RIVERSIDE AND GROVE WERE CONSIDERED AS WELL AS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.

WHAT IS THE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, I BELIEVE THAT REFERS TO ONE OF THE LEASE TO PURCHASE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD GONE OUT, UM, AS A, TO SEE IF WE COULD LEASE A PROPERTY AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE, UM, WELCOMING TO A LEASE TO PURCHASE OPTION.

I SEE.

SO WHEN I, YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST NOTE THAT WHEN, WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO US FOR A POTENTIAL PURCHASE, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND THE ANALYSIS THAT WENT BEHIND, UM, THE DECISION NOT TO PROCEED ON ONE OF THE CITY OWNED TRACKS.

I JUST THINK AS A MATTER OF COURSE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING, WHY WE'RE PURCHASING MORE LAND RATHER THAN USING SOME OF OUR EXISTING LAND.

AND IT'S, IT MAY BE LOCATION.

THE VALUE OF SOME OF THESE ARE IN, UM, KIND OF PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND MAYBE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE ISN'T WAREHOUSE.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD AND THOUGHTFUL AND, AND RIGHT DECISIONS.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THINKING IS.

AND, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHEN THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ACQUISITION.

SO ONE THING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT IT TALKS ABOUT, THERE IS A COMMENT THAT THE NEED TO REPLACE OPERATIONS AT RYAN DRIVE NECESSITATE A SHORT, A SHORT, I THINK IT MEANT TO BE SHORTER TIMEFRAME, WHICH THE P THREE APPROACH HAS PROVEN TO DELIVER.

CERTAINLY THAT'S THE CASE.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING EVALUATED FOR THE RYAN DRIVE, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS WAS A, THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT HAS GONE ON AT LEAST SINCE 2013.

UM, WHEN I BROUGHT THE FIRST RESOLUTION TO LOOK AT REDEVELOPING RYAN DRIVE, AND, AND THAT WAS FOLLOWING UP ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM A TASK FORCE BACK IN 2002, TO LOOK AT RENOVATING RENOVATING RYAN DRIVE.

SO IT'S NOT THIS ISN'T, IT'S NOT NEW, UM, THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER AND BETTER USE FOR RYAN DRIVE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THAT AT THIS POINT, WE NOW HAVE TO PUT SPEED IN.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT BEGINNING WORK.

IN FACT, I KNOW BACK IN 2013, OUR MANAGER AND OUR, UH, GENERAL MANAGER AT III WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT LOCATIONS FOR THE POLE YARD AND THE RECLAMATION CENTER.

I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT NAME FOR THE, THE WORK THAT GOES ON THERE, THE RECLAMATION CENTER.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PAST WORK AND THAT PAST ANALYSIS OF WHERE THOSE TWO FUNCTIONS SHOULD GO.

UM, AND WHY AND WHY IN 2021, EIGHT YEARS LATER, THERE'S NOW AN URGENCY THAT, THAT JUST DOESN'T NEED TO EXIST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SINCE THE DAY THE CRESTVIEW STATION WENT ON, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP, RAN UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE POLE YARD.

IT WAS THAT CONVERSATION STARTED RIGHT ABOUT, ABOUT HOW WE COULD USE THAT TRACK NEXT TO IT.

UM, FOR, FOR PURPOSES, THAT WOULD BE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AT REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, UM, RE SUPPORT IS THAT THE PULL YARD ISN'T.

SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PROPOSALS UNDER UNDERWAY AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT 2017 RESOLUTION THAT KICKED OFF THE WORK OF, OF REALLY GETTING THAT PROCESS STARTED.

AGAIN, I THINK I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WITH AN EXTERNAL LAW FIRM.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN WE DID THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDINGS WASN'T THAT WAS THAT DONE WITH AN EXTERNAL LAW FIRM, OR WAS THAT JUST DONE WITH, I KNOW WE HAD AN OUTSIDE PARTY, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS CVRE ELLIS, AND IT WAS MY SENSE THAT THAT MODEL WAS GOING TO SERVE AS KIND OF OUR FUTURE MODEL.

SO, IN WHAT WAYS IS THIS PROJECT DIFFERENT OR SIMILAR AND WHY ARE WE GOING IF WE'RE GOING A DIFFERENT PATH IN TERMS OF THE ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE WE'RE ENGAGING.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY PLEASE? OF COURSE.

AND I KNOW, UH, KATE FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT IS ON THE, ON THE LINE, SO SHE COULD CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG.

UM, BUT WE DID USE, UH, UH, OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO HELP US WITH THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UM, PROCESS AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN ENERGY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.

SO BOTH OF THOSE USED, UH, OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO HELP US BECAUSE OF THE SPECIALIZATION IN THIS, UH, NEW P THREE APPROACH.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER OUTSIDE COUNSEL FIRM THAT HAS THAT EXPERIENCE TO HELP US DOWN THIS PATH.

OKAY, THANKS.

THE RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION IN THE Q AND A TALKED ABOUT THE AUSTIN ENERGY BUILDING.

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SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THE P IF THE, IF WE DID JUST THIS VERY SAME SORT OF THING WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THAT ISN'T, THAT IS USEFUL INFORMATION, IS THAT ACCURATE THAT IT WAS IT THE SAME FIRM OR A DIFFERENT FIRM? IT WAS A DIFFERENT FIRM THAT WE USE FOR THE PDC THAN WHAT WE USE FOR THE AUSTIN ENERGY, BUT SIMILAR KINDS OF EXPERTISE.

CORRECT.

I DON'T APOLOGIZE IF YOU DON'T, YOU MAYBE HAVE THAT.

I DO ACTUALLY, UM, THE COST FOR THE TWO FIRMS THAT WE UTILIZED FOR THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, WAS ABOUT THE SAME, THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

ONE ENDED UP, I BELIEVE ABOUT $20,000 MORE, UM, AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE UTILIZE THIS PROCESS.

AND SO THERE WERE, UM, ADDITIONAL COSTS AND KIND OF THE LEARNING CURVE OF EDUCATING THE CITY TO UTILIZE THIS PROCESS.

UM, WE'RE USING THE SAME FIRM OR WE'RE PROPOSING THE SAME FIRM HERE THAT WE USED FOR THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING FOR AUSTIN ENERGY.

AND WE EXPECT TO SEE A, UH, A COST SAVINGS, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR A SMALLER CONTRACT HERE, BECAUSE THE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECT FROM THAT FIRM NOW HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH THE DOCUMENTS AND THE CITY PROCESSES.

OKAY, GREAT.

I'M PREPARED TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WAS GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST IT BY THE WAY, JUST BECAUSE I HAD, SO I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS IS VERY COMPELLING AND USEFUL INFORMATION COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO WAS, AND UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND I GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA SO SHE CAN MAKE THAT PORTION, UH, AND MOST PASSAGE OF 18.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT CANCER? OH, SECONDS THAT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF 18.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE, UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA ON, UH, SONY SO THAT WE CAN CALL SPEAKERS.

I THINK IT'S EVERYONE ON THE DIET.

SO THAT PASSES HOLLY'S WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON OVER TO, UM,

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WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE BOARD AGENDA THAT WE'LL NEED TO RETURN TO THAT BEING ITEM NUMBER 20 AND ITEM NUMBER 39.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, JERRY, YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA JUST ONE MINUTE BEFORE HE GETS MOVED OVER.

HEY JERRY.

HI.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE GO TO THE SPEAKERS? WE DO HAVE, I THINK A COUPLE OF POSTPONEMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

LET'S DO THE CONSENT OF JENNIFER SO THAT SPEAKERS KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S GOING TO GET POSTPONED.

WILL DO.

ITEM NUMBER 43 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 34.

THIS ITEM HAS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAY SIX.

ITEM NUMBER 44 IS CASE NPA 2021 ZERO ZERO ONE 5.04 DOT S H.

I CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, I DIDN'T NUMBER 45 IS K 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 30 FIVE.SH.

I CAN ALSO OFFER THIS RELATED CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND, THIRD READINGS, WHERE THOSE CASES, WHICH A PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN.

I HAVE ITEM NUMBER 46, K C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 52.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DIDN'T NUMBER 47 WILL BE DISCUSSION CASE.

THIS IS A SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD ITEM NUMBER 48 CASE NPA 2020 ZERO ZERO ZERO 5.01.

THIS CASE HAS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, THE RELATED ZONING CASES, ITEM NUMBER 49, C 14, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE.

THIS IS ALSO AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT.

I DIDN'T NUMBER 50 K C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 31.

THIS CASE HAS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ON MAY SIX, 2020.

AND FINALLY, ITEM 51 IS CASE C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE.

THIS CASE I CAN OFFER FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

JERRY, THANK YOU.

THAT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, 43 THROUGH 51, ALL OF WHICH ARE BEING OFFERED ON CONSENT.

ONLY 47 IS ALL POSTPONEMENTS ON 43, 48, 49 AND 50, AND THEN DISCUSSION COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO TO SPEAKERS.

COMING UP ON 43, HE'S GOING TO COME UP ON MAY SIX 50 ON MAY 6TH.

I THINK WE HAVE

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30 SPEAKERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.

UH, BUT IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN POSTPONED, UM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK ON THE DAY WHEN IT'S

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AND AT THIS POINT, NO REASON TO SPEAK UP 48 OR 49, CAUSE IT'S BEING INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.

UM, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THINGS THAT WILL BE BEFORE US WILL GIVE US SOME TIME BACK.

UH, THE CLERK WILL WELL, I'LL TAKE US THROUGH NOW SPEAKERS.

MAYOR THE FIRST SPEAKER AND THESE ARE TRYING TO GO IN ORDER OF ITEM NUMBERS FOR SPEAKERS.

MARIO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, JUST TO APPRECIATE THE POSTPONEMENT TUFTS NUMBER OF VANESSA POINTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TALKING NEGOTIATES.

WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES.

THAT'S OKAY.

AT ONE POINT COLLEAGUES, I THINK THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE.

THAT NUMBER COULD CHANGE.

HELLO? YES.

GO AHEAD.

THIS IS GLENN JEWESS AND I AM, UM, IN AGREEMENT THAT WE POSTPONE THE SITE AND AS WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE APPLICANT AND THE CONTACT TEAM TO GET TO A MORE SATISFACTORY, UH, AGREEMENT ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ANTHONY MCGREGOR.

MCGREGOR MAYOR ONE SECOND.

OH, IS THAT BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

I WAS JUST SPEAKING.

AND THEN I REALIZED THAT YOU COULD HEAR ME, UM, SORRY, JUST CALLING IN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND NOW WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH SOME RESTRICTED COVENANTS.

THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M JOINING THE CALL IS JUST TO COMMEND THE DEVELOPER FOR ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS, HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND ACTIVELY PUTTING SOME PLANS IN PLACE TO ALLEVIATE OUR CONCERNS.

UM, TODAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HAPPY ENOUGH TO SAY THAT WE ARE WILLING TO LET THIS DEVELOPMENT GO THROUGH AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

SO FOR WORKING WITH, ESPECIALLY THE MED PRETENSE TEAM, UM, LAUREN, SHE DID A GREAT JOB IN HELPING EDUCATE THE NEIGHBORS ON SOME MORE, UH, INTERESTING LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO KNOW AND JUST GENERAL CANCER REGULATIONS.

SO, UH, THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED.

THAT'S IT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CARL MCLENDON, MYRA MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS CARL MCLENDON, THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM 46.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

OTHER THAN IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO SPEAK ON THAT.

THIS IS PROPOSED FOR CONSENT THOUGH.

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JEREMY, JEREMY KITZMAN.

HI.

UM, I'M CALLING IN ABOUT ITEM 47.

UM, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK, UH, AGAINST IT, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE HEIGHT VARIANCE THAT'S BEEN GRANTED.

I BELIEVE THE, UH, BUILDING WITH FINGER POKES IS ABOUT 90 FEET, WHICH IS WAY OUT OF SCALE IT'S EVERYTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TALL BUILDINGS.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BE AN MB.

WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE LIVING, UH, HOUSING OFFICES IN AUSTIN, BUT THE DEVELOPER HASN'T WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE ANY OF THE PUBLIC AMENITIES LIKE A BOARDWALK ON THE PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT FILLS A VERY KIND OF BACKYARD DEAL.

UM, NOT BEING, UM, UM, PRESENTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A HISTORICALLY, UM, BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO IT SEEMS A LITTLE FISHY THAT THIS GIGANTIC DEVELOPMENTS BEING PUT INTO PLACE WITHOUT MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AND REQUEST THAT THE DEVELOPER WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE QUITE AN EYESORE WITHOUT REALLY ANY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY WANTS.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THAT ITEM.

THANK YOU, HARRISON HUDSON.

THIS IS HARRISON, THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PROJECT.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR MY SON ON ITEM 47, YOU'RE WITH THE APPLICANT, YOU SAID YES, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

WHY DON'T YOU HOLD OFF WHEN WE CALL THAT ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME ON THIS CALL.

I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 47 SCREEN GAIL GREEN PROJECTS, UH, MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE THE CLOSEST FAMILIES TO THE SPRINGDALE GREEN DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS OF ONE OF THOSE ADS, ONE OF THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, I AM ASKING THAT YOU FULLY SUPPORT IT.

I'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE TEAM THAT IS PROPOSING THIS DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND WE HAVE SEEN IT GO THROUGH MANY EVOLUTIONS AND PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOW AT A POINT WHERE THE COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT GREATER, UH, THAN ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN POSSIBLE.

AND IT WOULD BE CLEARLY SUPERIOR TO WHAT WE WOULD GET OTHERWISE AS MENTIONED, I LIVE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROPERTY AND HAD BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE HEIGHT VARIANCE OF 90 FEET, UH, AND ALSO IN LOCALIZED FLOODING SOLUTION.

AS THERE WERE TWO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT WE FACE IN OUR BLOCK, SPECIFICALLY AROUND FLOODING MITIGATION AND DRAINAGE CAPACITY, MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING ISSUES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, DRAINAGE OF THE ERA WAS NEVER GREAT, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE RECENTLY IN OUR HOUSE SPECIFICALLY MINE, UM, ACTUALLY FLOODED AND WAS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE UNTIL THIS POINT, THERE HAS BEEN NO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS PROVIDED TO US UNTIL NOW, IN WHICH PART, THE SPRINGDALE GROUP HAS ACTUALLY WORKED TO FORMALIZE A PLAN TO ALLEVIATE THE WATER SITUATIONS THAT WE ALL ENCOUNTER.

THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS COMMITTED TO A REAL SOLUTION FOR THESE PROBLEMS, WHICH CREATES A COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT IS GOING TO HELP SEVERAL FAMILIES AND SEVERAL OF THE BLOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE MANY POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THIS PROGRAM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO.

WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THIS GROUP MANY TIMES AS MENTIONED PRIOR, BUT THERE ARE DOING THINGS TO INCREASE OUR NATIVE TREE PLANNINGS.

THERE ARE REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE WORKING ON A PIPELINE REMOVAL.

UH, THEY'RE CREATING STORM WATER CAPTURE AND REUSE.

THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STRATEGIES.

THERE IS A GREEN WATER QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN, IN ADDITION TO THEM PUTTING MONEY AND INVESTING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY, THE GLOBAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AN URBAN TRAIL PLAN SAUCEDO STREET, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT I LIVE ON FLOODING AND SOLUTIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND SO OVERALL I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT HAS MANY POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES.

UM, I KNOW THERE WAS SOMEONE ON THE TALL PRIOR THAT SAID THEY FEEL THAT THIS GROUP HAS NOT BEEN, UM, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMICS AND THEY HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY TO GET MORE PEOPLE'S INSIGHTS.

UH, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

WE'VE BEEN A PART

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OF THESE DISCUSSIONS IN AN ONGOING FASHION, AND ULTIMATELY THEY ARE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING ISSUES THAT SO MANY OF US FACE WHO ARE DIRECTLY NEAR THIS PROPERTY, THAT I PERSONALLY HOPE THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT IT SO THAT THERE WAS A BENEFIT NOT JUST TO MYSELF, BUT TO ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE DEALING WITH WATER ISSUES THAT THE CITY CAN'T GET TO JESSICA ELLIE.

HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA ELEY.

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

UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, AS YOU CAN HEAR, THERE'S A BIT OF A DISAGREEMENT.

THERE IS NOT NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT FOR A 93 FOOT BUILDING.

NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WANT 93 FOOT BUILDINGS.

WE LIKED THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, BUT NOT THE HEIGHT.

WE FEEL LIKE IF CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO ALLOW THIS HIGH FIXED STEP OPTION, IT'S GOING TO START A PRECEDENT AND START MAYBE A SECOND DOWNTOWN IN OUR BACKYARD.

AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS PROJECT AND ALLOW 93 FOOT BUILDINGS, IT SHOULD BE DONE WITH MORE CONSCIOUSNESS AND A BETTER PLAN FOR WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, RATHER THAN JUST LETTING THIS PROJECT ROLL THROUGH.

I LOVE THE FLOOD MITIGATION.

I LOVE ALL THE, THE CLEANUP THAT THEY'RE DOING.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THOUGH THAT, THAT THOSE ARE BASICALLY AMENITIES FOR WHOEVER'S RENTING THAT OFFICE SPACE.

THE PUBLIC'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY LIFT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY'RE SPENDING ON A LEAD CERTIFIED BUILDING.

WELL, THE PUBLIC'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

SO WHEN THE DEVELOPER IS FLASHING THE $6.7 MILLION OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AND DRILL DOWN.

A LOT OF THIS IS JUST STUFF THAT WATERSHED WOULD MAKE THEM DO ANY WAY AND ISN'T NECESSARILY AN ADD ON.

SO JUST TO REITERATE, THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT FOR A 93 FOOT BUILDING IN OUR BACKYARD.

OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT THAT.

THEY CAN BUILD 60 FEET.

THAT'S PLENTY.

AND IF THIS DEVELOPER CAN'T MAKE IT WORK AT 60 FEET, I PROMISE YOU THE NEXT ONE WILL.

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE SURROUNDED BY CRANES.

YOU CAN'T TELL US THAT ANOTHER DEVELOPER'S NOT GOING TO COME ALONG AND MAKE IT WORK WITH THE CODES THAT ARE IN PLACE ALL OVER THE CITY.

I DON'T SEE WHY THIS DEVELOPER SHOULD GET THE EXCEPTION AND BE ABLE TO BUILD HIGHER THAN WHAT EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER IS ALLOWED.

SO PLEASE BE THOUGHTFUL AND BE CONSIDERATE WHEN YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW THIS EXCEPTION, I, I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU ALLOWED THE CASE, BUT NOT THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION.

IT'S, IT'S FINE.

IT'S JUST ABOUT THE HEIGHT.

THANK YOU, BEN RAMIREZ.

I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE JOHNSON TERRACE GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING, CONTACT TEAM, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVE OF SONOS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AREA.

OUR POSITION ON THE PROJECT WOULD SUPPORT THE CURRENT ZONE HEIGHT OF 60 FEET AND ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT AT THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF 93 FEET.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT I WAS REASONABLY INFORMED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN RETRACTED, THAT MAKING THAT BACKUP, MAKING THE BACKUP THAT MUCH MORE CONFUSING AND NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY STATED THAT THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PROJECT HAS NO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM ANY SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAMS. ON THE CONTRARY, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAMS THAT HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE PROPOSED 93 FEET.

THERE IS A CONSENSUS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT ONLY AT THE, AT THE CURRENT 60 FEET.

IT IS MY BELIEF BY THAT, BY THE COUNCIL SIDING WITH THE COMMUNITY, IT WOULD INCREASE COMMUNITY COMPETENCE AND THE SYSTEM OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CONTACT TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO BUILD AND AUSTIN THAT WE COLLECTIVELY PATIENT THE LACK OF COMPATIBILITY IS ALSO A CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE NEAREST COMPATIBLE BUILDING WOULD BE AT PLAZA SAFIA, WHICH IS 73 MILES AWAY.

UH, COMPUTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO MATCHING THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.

800,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.

WHAT GOOD WOULD THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION DO FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT? IF THE AREA CAN ONLY BE UTILIZED BY THE TENANT? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PUBLIC ACCESS AS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT SHOULD BE A MANDATORY, IT CAN, UH, CONSIDERING A GLOBAL WARMING HOUSING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS ARE ONLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.

SO I'LL SAY THE STREET FLOODING SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A BARGAINING CHIP WHEN I WAS AT SPRINGDALE GENERAL OR THE CITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM, UH, THAT THEY CREATED.

I VISITED THE SITE YESTERDAY AND SAW LARGE TREES BEING KNOCKED DOWN, WHICH DOES NOT SEEM LIKE, UH, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN ENTERED SITE PLAN YET.

THERE'S ALSO A CONCERN FOR SETTING PRECEDENTS, CREATING THE DOMINO EFFECT THAT WOULD MAGNIFY THE EVER SO

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PRESENT GENTRIFICATION THAT IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW IN DISPLACING.

SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, IT FEELS LIKE A DOWNTOWN PROJECT SHOULD BE BETTER LEFT DOWNTOWN AND NOT IN OUR WORKING HOUSE ON AN, OUR WORKING CLASS, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

NEIGHBORS AND I ON SOUTH BAKER STREET, DO ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

NO IT LES.

HELLO, I'M CALLING ON ITEM 48.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PASSPORT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

UH, SO I'M JUST, UH, THANKING THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT STOOD WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND EXPRESS THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, UPSELLING.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS THAT SIGNED THAT VALID PETITION.

UM, I WANT COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT WHENEVER THESE DEVELOPERS COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY TRY TO ENRICH THEMSELVES BY DISPLACING OUR NEIGHBORS, WE WILL FIGHT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE COST MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVED IN THOSE HOUSES THAT WERE DEMOLISHED, BUT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE AFFECTED.

RENT PRICES WOULD RISE, PROPERTY TAXES, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE A STRONG COMMUNITY AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT.

WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE ASKED COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, BECAUSE WE OPPOSED THE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I HOPE THAT COUNCIL CONTINUES TO STAND WITH THIS, UH, WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORKING CLASS, BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, OR THE MOST EFFECTED, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE LOW INCOME HOMES FOR OUR WORKING FAMILIES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STANDING WITH US AND WE KEEP FIGHTING.

THANK YOU, KRISTIN GORE BELL.

HI EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS KRISTIN BARBELL AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PROPOSAL ON ITEM 47.

UM, FOR CONTEXT, I LIVE AT 1100 SOUTH DATA STREET, WHICH MEANS THAT I AM THE ABSOLUTE CLOSEST HOUSEHOLDS TO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S LITERALLY GOING TO BE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.

UM, THIS IS WHY MY NEIGHBORS AND I ALSO TOOK A DEEP INTEREST IN JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROJECT GETS DONE RIGHT FROM THE START.

UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SITE, UH, SEXUALLY JUST GIVEN THE HISTORY OF IT BEING A TANK FARM.

UM, AND THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN IN ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING TO GET OUR FEEDBACK AND REALLY INTEGRATE THAT INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE'VE MADE THREE REQUESTS, ALL OF WHAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEVELOPER.

UM, FIRSTLY ASSETS TO DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE FOR A STEP-DOWN IN HEIGHT, CLOSE TO OUR HOME.

SO WE DO SUPPORT THE FULL 93 FEET OF THE HEIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE SITES, BUT ONLY ASSET.

IT SAT DOWN TO 75 FEET OF HEIGHT BETWEEN THE 85 FOOT AND TWO, 140 FOOT FROM MY PROPERTY LINE.

SO THAT STILL PROVIDES THAT INCREASE IN HEIGHT THAT THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER NEEDS, UM, BUT ALSO HELP PROVIDE A TRANSITION TOWARDS THE SMALLER HOUSEHOLD ALONG PLACEDO BEHIND SPRINGDALE.

UM, OUR SECOND REQUEST WAS FOR STREET TO NOT SERVE AS AN ACCESS TO THE SITE.

SO GIVEN THAT WE ARE A VERY SMALL COLDWELL STACK, UM, THAT IS AGAINST THE DEVELOPER'S PLANS AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE ORIENTING THE SITE TOWARDS SPRINGDALE ROAD INSTEAD.

AND FINALLY, WE GET ASKED WITH THE DEVELOPERS HELP PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO THE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT MY NEIGHBORS AND I ALL ALONG, LET'S SAY THE STREET EXPERIENCED TODAY.

AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD MAYBE A BIT FROM THE SAM YULE EARLIER, BUT, UM, FOR SOME BACKGROUNDS, OUR HOUSE, UM, PLUS SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE ALONG THE FATAL STREETS DO BACKUPS SPRINGDALE GENERAL, WHICH WAS BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT STORMWATER DETENTION WORKS, IT COLLECTS STORMWATER FROM OVER SEVEN ACRES OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THEN RELEASES ALL OF THAT GREAT WATER INTO OUR BACKYARD, UM, OR IN THE CASE OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, DIRECTLY INTO THEIR HOUSES.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND DAMAGE, AND HONESTLY, EVERY TIME IT RAINS, WE'RE SORT OF JUST PREPARING, UH, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO, UM, TO THE YARD, TO THE AIR CONDITIONING, ET CETERA, UH, TO PREPARE FOR ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL FLOODING THAT MIGHT COME OUR WAY.

AND IT'S ABOUT THE START OF THIS.

WE GET OFF THE DEVELOPER FOR THE NEW SPRINGDALE GREEN PROJECT TO HELP US FIND A SOLUTION TO THESE FLOODING PROBLEMS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US, UH, REALLY IN-DEPTH WITH THE EXISTING SPRINGDALE GENERAL SITE DEVELOP A PLAN TO DIVERT THAT STORMWATER, UM, INTO A DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WITH THESE THREE REQUESTS, ALONG WITH THE LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THEY PASS ALONG TO US AND OFFERED, UM, MY

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UM, WE BELIEVE, OR WE DO LIVE CLOSER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, THEY ARE ALSO OFFERING SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ON FROM IT, UM, TANK FARM.

SO AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU DO VOTE TO APPROVE THE, UH, SPRINGDALE GREEN P D AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

NOW YOU'RE THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS REGISTERED TO, UM, USE THEIR TIME TO SHOW A VIDEO COUNCIL.

MICHAEL GOT THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS REGISTERED TO, UM, USE THEIR TIME TO SHOW A VIDEO.

THEY ARE MICHAEL GARDENY, DANIEL, WOODROFFE KENDALL BUSY AND JEANETTE THE ELLIA.

SO, UM, THEY HAVE 12 MINUTES FOR THIS VIDEO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, MICHAEL SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 47, THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS WHO WILL BE SPEAKING WITH YOU ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THIS PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT OFFERS, AND THEN MICHAEL WHALEN WILL BE GIVING THE FULL APPLICANT PRESENTATION LATER ON BEFORE THAT.

HOWEVER, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PROPOSAL AND SOME BACKGROUND ON THE SITE, AS YOU'RE LIKELY AWARE, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON A FORMER TANK FARM SITE, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AIRPORT AND SPRINGDALE.

THE PUD SEEKS TO ADDRESS THIS ENVIRONMENTALLY CHALLENGING HISTORY THROUGH AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, SUSTAINABLE BUILDING, AND LANDSCAPING AND OTHER KEY NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS STAFF, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS TO THE PROPERTY ALL RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, I WANT TO DISCUSS THE SITE'S HISTORY.

THIS IS THE SITE AS IT EXISTED IN 1940, JUST PRIOR TO BECOMING A TANK FARM OVER THE SUBSEQUENT DECADES, IT WAS TURNED INTO A TANK FARM WHERE OIL COMPANIES STORED FUEL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING CHEMICALS.

AND IT WAS STILL EXPANDING EVEN AS LATE AS THE 1980S, RIGHT HERE, I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE END OF SALSEDO STREET, WHICH IS IN THE TOP RIGHT OF OUR ARIEL.

THIS IS 1984.

AND WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT BY 1987, A LARGE NEW TANK HAS BEEN ADDED RIGHT NEXT TO NEARBY HOMES.

IN FACT, THE TANK FARM COMPANIES WERE POISED TO EXPAND YET AGAIN IN THE EARLY NINETIES, WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS THESE ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUITIES, HEAD ON AND CLEAR OUT THESE DAMAGING CHEMICALS, THEY SUCCEEDED.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE TANK FARMS ARE GONE THOUGH.

THIS SITE WAS STILL IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.

EVEN TODAY.

WHEN MUCH OF THE SITE HAS BEEN REMEDIATED, IT STILL STANDS AS A LEGACY OF AUSTIN'S ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING PAST.

WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT A PLAN THAT WE BELIEVE WILL MAKE A BREAK FROM THIS PAST AND MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT RESTORES THE SITE'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY IS SUSTAINABLE AND OFFERS A NUMBER OF KEY HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS.

AND WITH THAT ALTERNATE OVER TO DANIEL WOODRUFF, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM ESTEEMED COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DANIEL WOODROFFE.

I'M THE PRESIDENT AND DESIGN DIRECTOR OF DWG, A LOCAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT IS HANDLING THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ON THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD.

I'LL BE SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE COMMITTING TO AS PART OF THIS POD, WHICH WILL HELP RESTORE THE SITE'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND BIODIVERSITY.

ONE OF THE KEY STRATEGIES WILL BE TO RESTORE 15 ACRES OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE CREEK AND FLOODPLAIN AREAS, WHICH WILL BE IN ACCOMPLISHED WITH OVER 400 CANOPY TREES, OVER 2000 UNDERSTORY TREES AND SHRUBS AND HERBACIOUS PLANTS.

AND IMPORTANTLY, WITH AN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON THE SITE TODAY, SUCH AS JOHNSON, GRASS, JAPANESE HUNTERS, HONEYSUCKLE, AND A SIGNIFICANT LEGACY FROM STRAND THAT ARE IMPACTING THE SITES NATIVE BIODIVERSITY.

OUR PLAN WILL HELP TO RESTORE THIS NATIVE BIODIVERSITY AND TO ENABLE IT TO FLOURISH.

AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE SITE STILL HAS OLD PIPES AND CONCRETE REMNANTS FROM THE TIME THAT IT WAS A TANK FARM.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE WILL BE CLEARING THESE OUT, HELPING CORRECT THE SITE'S INDUSTRIAL PAST.

WE'RE ALSO COMMITTING TO A 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMIT A REDUCTION FROM CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS.

SPRINGDALE GREEN WILL ALSO BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATIVE LANDSCAPING TECHNIQUES PROVIDING ONE OF THE LARGEST USES OF SILVER CELL'S STRUCTURAL SOILS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SERVING 15 SIGNIFICANT TREES.

SILVER SELLS A LARGE MODULES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE RATHER LIKE LARGE EGGSHELLS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY SUPPORT HEALTHIER, TRUE GROWTH BY PROVIDING AN UNCOMPLICATED

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HEALTHY SOIL SYSTEM FOR THE ROOTS TO GROW IN OFTEN URBAN SETTINGS END UP RESTRICTING SOIL AREAS AND IMPACTING HOW, HOW TREES GROW AND DEVELOP.

BUT THE SILVER CELLS HELP CREATE THE SPACE NEEDED WITH THAT AND COMPACTED SOIL UNDER THE PAVED AREAS AND ALLOWS FOR MORE ROBUST GROWTH AND SIGNIFICANTLY HEALTHIER TREES.

IN ADDITION, OUR PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE TREE MITIGATION ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT CODE OTHERWISE REQUIRES.

50% ABOVE BASELINE.

NOW PERMIT ME TO HAND IT OFF TO KENDALL BUSY WITH KIMBERLY HORN, TO TALK ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND LANDSCAPING THEIR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS KENDALL BUSY, AND I'M AN ENGINEER WITH KENLEY HORN WHO IS HELPING DESIGN THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD.

I'LL BE SPEAKING WITH YOU ABOUT SPRINGDALE GREEN, SUSTAINABLE BUILDING LANDSCAPING AND WATER QUALITY STRATEGIES.

ONE OF OUR MAJOR STRATEGIES WILL BE TO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE WITH A 600,000 GALLON CISTERN THAT ALLOWS US TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR IRRIGATION WATER THROUGH CAPTURING RAINWATER AND AC CONDENSATE.

THROUGH THIS STRATEGY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET AT LEAST 50% OF ALL IRRIGATION NEEDS THROUGH RECYCLED WATER, WHICH HELPS SUPPORT AUSTIN'S WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.

SPRINGDALE GREEN WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN MULTIPLE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE US TO MEET HIGH STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, OPERATIONS, ENERGY USAGE, EFFICIENCY, AND MORE.

WE WILL BE ACHIEVING A THREE-STAR AUSTIN ENERGY AND GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM STANDARD AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OR LEAD CERTIFICATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTING GREEN STRATEGIES, SUCH AS BUILDING ENERGY, PERFORMANCE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, ADVANCED ENERGY METERING, AND MORE.

WE WILL ALSO BE UTILIZING INNOVATIVE WATER QUALITY STRATEGIES, AND WE'LL BE MANAGING OUR ENTIRE WATER QUALITY VOLUME.

100% OF IT THROUGH THESE FORWARD LOOKING AND INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, INCLUDING RAIN GARDENS AND WATER QUALITY POND PLANTAINS.

THE CURRENT STANDARD IS FOR TREATING 50% WATER QUALITY VOLUME THROUGH GREEN WATER QUALITY CONTROLS.

WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE FULL 100%.

I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO JANETTE DELIA MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JEANETTE DALEA AND I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT J-PAL COMPANY, WHICH OWNS A SITE AND HAS PUT FORWARD THE SPRINGDALE GREEN VISION.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES THAT YOU'VE JUST HEARD ABOUT, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL HELP CORRECT FOR THE SITES PAST, AS A TANK FARM.

WE ALSO REALIZED THAT THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, INCLUDING HOUSING, PARKLAND AND FLOOD MITIGATION.

AND I WANTED TO DISCUSS THE WAYS WE WILL HELP DELIVER ON THOSE PRIORITIES AS WELL.

FIRST WE KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE CITY IN THIS CASE BECAUSE OF THE SITES PASS AS A TANK FARM, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROHIBITS HOUSING, ANYWHERE ON THE SITE.

INSTEAD WE ARE PROPOSING AN OFFICE PROJECT AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN OFFICE PROJECT, WE STILL RECOGNIZE AUSTIN'S FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO WE WILL MAKE A $700,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY'S HOUSING TRUST FUND.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL DONATE $75,000 TO THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY, WHICH WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE FOR LONG TIME EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

ANOTHER KEY NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFIT INVOLVES HELPING FIX PREEXISTING LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES.

EARLY ON, WE LEARNED THAT NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE EXPERIENCING PRE-EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS ON SADO STREET.

AND WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO INCLUDE A COMMITMENT TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. WE HAD PROPOSED AN INTERFACE AND TRANSFER FROM THIS TANNEHILL CREEK WATERSHED THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO ALMOST DOUBLE THE SIZE OF OUR DETENTION FACILITIES IN ORDER TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL STORM WATER, TO RELIEVE THE FLOODING ISSUES IMPACTING RESIDENTS TODAY, TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL RECEIVE STORMWATER FROM APPROXIMATELY 7.4 ACRES OF OFFSITE AND PERVIOUS COVER.

THIS REPRESENTS 19% OF THE ADJACENT DRAINAGE BASIN.

WE WILL ALSO HELP THE CITY BUILD OUT ITS URBAN TRAILS NETWORK.

THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS AN EXISTING URBAN TRAILS PROJECT IT'S WORKING ON JUST SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY AND WE WILL CONTRIBUTE $250,000 TO HELP THE CITY BUILD THAT OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND FINALLY, WE WILL CONTRIBUTE $125,000 TO THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION TO HELP FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEARBY GO VALLEY PARK, PROVIDING BASKETBALL COURT, LIGHTING, BENCHES, ADA COMPLIANT, RAMPS, A SOFTBALL BACKSTOP, AND MORE I'LL TOLD THESE STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS ARE SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING.

AND OUR TEAM HAS VALUED THESE COMMITMENTS AT MORE THAN $6.7 MILLION AS MICHAEL WHELAN.

WE'LL DETAIL FOR YOU LATER, BUT BEYOND JUST THE NUMBERS.

AND SPEAKING AS YOUR HONOR, WE'RE PROUD OF THE VISION WE'VE PUT FORWARD.

WE FOUND THIS SITE OVER A YEAR AGO AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE LEARNED ABOUT IT WAS ITS HISTORY AS A TANK FARM AND THE WAY THAT HISTORY IMPACTED ABOUT THE SITE ITSELF

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AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT WAS OUR STARTING POINT.

AND FROM EARLY ON, WE STARTED THINKING THROUGH WAYS WE COULD ADDRESS THE SITE'S HISTORY AND CHALLENGES, THE PROPOSAL YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AS A RESULT OF THAT EFFORT, IT'S BEEN A COMPLICATED PROJECT TO WORK ON, BUT ALSO A COMPELLING ONE.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT HAS COME THROUGH IN OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THE SPRINGDALE GREEN TIDE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, MICHAEL.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU,

[Zoning Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

COLLEAGUES.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, HANDLE HERE ON THE AGENDA.

FIRST, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

LIKE I SAID TO JEDDAH IS 43 THROUGH 51 47 HAS BEEN BOLD.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT SONY AGENDA THAT WAS OVER IN THE READ TO RHEA MAKES IT THE EMOTION, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS.

IN DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE CAN SET THE AGENDA AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED KATHY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR VOTE, KATHY.

ARE YOU THERE STILL GOT YOU.

VOTING AYE.

UH, YOUR DATA BESIDE THE DIOCESE, HOW THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES WHILE WE'RE HERE.

WE JUST HAVE THE ONE ITEM LET'S

[47. C814-2020-0104 Springdale Green PUD -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1011 and 1017 Springdale Road (Boggy Creek and Tannehill Branch Watersheds). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from community commercial-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning and rural residence-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (RR-CO-NP) combining district zoning to planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning. The ordinance may include exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. Staff and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: AUS Springdale LLC (Phillip A. Verinsky). Agent: Armbrust and Brown, PLLC (Michael Whallen). City Staff: Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122.]

GO AHEAD AND HANDLE 47.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO NOW CONSIDER THAT, UH, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE APPLICANT AND GIVE, UH, THE APPLICANT FIVE MINUTES TO START US OFF JERRY, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU NEED TO SAY FIRST OF THIS ITEM, NO MATTER I WAS JUST GOING TO LAY OUT TO YOU A CASE NUMBER REAL QUICK.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT'S A C 14, C EIGHT 14, 2020 ZERO ONE ZERO FOUR, REQUESTED ZONING FROM GRM, UCL, AND P AND R N P TO P U D AND P FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10, 11 AND 10 17 SPRINGDALE ROAD.

UH, THE PROPERTY IS 30 ACRES LOCATED AT SPRINGDALE AND AIRPORT AND THE STUFF THAT I WAS GOING TO COVER, I BELIEVE HAS LARGELY ALL BEEN ALREADY BEEN COVERED BY THE, UH, PRESENTATION YOU JUST HAD.

SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

IS, UH, THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE FOR US? YEAH.

MICHAEL WHALEN HERE.

IF SOMEBODY COULD LET ME KNOW WHEN THE PRESENTATION IS VISIBLE, THAT'D BE GREAT.

REMEMBER ALL THROUGH.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE WE WERE GETTING STARTED? OKAY.

HOW'S OUR KITCHEN.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE APPLICANT MAY BE PLANNING ON FUNDING TOO, BUT IF I COULD JUST STATE IT, MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE SPECIFY, THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE, UM, TO THE GREEN SPACE, UH, ON THE, UM, ON THE SIDE.

IS THERE CLERK WORKING TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION? YES.

DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION, MR. WAYLON? I DID.

I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED ME TO RESPOND NOW, BUT I CAN QUICKLY BE THE TCQ PROHIBITS PARKS, PUBLIC PARKS ON THIS SPACE.

IT IS BEEN REMEDIATED TO THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS, UH, BUT RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PROHIBITED AND THAT BROAD CATEGORY INCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC PARK SPACE OR PUBLIC SPACES, UH, AS HAS BEEN.

AND I MIGHT, I MIGHT ADD AND UNFORTUNATELY, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT HAS BEEN THERE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSFORM.

BUT, UH, BUT THAT IS A PIECE OF IT THAT THAT, UH, IS PROHIBITED.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN BE ON ARE THOSE THAT ARE WORKING AT THE, IN THE OFFICE BUILDING.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BY REGULATION? UNFORTUNATELY, YES, THAT IS THE, THAT'S THE RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY.

GO AHEAD.

THE SITE LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE AIRPORT IN SPRINGDALE WAS USED FOR DECADES AS A TANK FARM, WHERE OIL COMPANIES STORED FUEL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING CHEMICALS SLIDE FOUR TODAY.

MAYOR MAYOR PROTON AND COUNCIL MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AS OUR SPEAKERS DISCUSSED EARLIER, SPRINGDALE GREEN IS A PROPOSED OFFICE PROJECT COVERING OVER $6.7 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS SUCH AS FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARKS AND URBAN TRAILS.

AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE THAT PUBLIC PARKS ARE PROHIBITED AT THE SITE STAFF PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS ALL SUPPORT THIS PUD AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDED IT.

UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT SLIDE.

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HOWEVER, WHILE THE SITE HAS BEEN REMEDIATED, AS YOU CAN SEE IT STILL BEARS MANY OF THE SCARS FROM ITS TIME AS A TANK FARM.

OUR PUD SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE FROM THIS SITE, FOR THIS SITE THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROGRAM OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND LANDSCAPING PRACTICES.

SLIDE FIVE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS SITE SITS IN AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CENTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO.

IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDORS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE WALKING DISTANCE FROM A PROJECT GREEN, EXCUSE ME, PROJECT CONNECT GREEN LINE RAIL STATION.

UH, THIS IS NOT IN THE GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM AREA.

IT IS IN THE EAST MLK COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM AREA, UH, THAT HAS TAKEN A NEUTRAL POSITION GIVEN THE SUPPORT BY THE CLOSEST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, TWO OF WHOM YOU'VE HEARD FROM TODAY, SLIDE SIX.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS PUD WOULD HELP DELIVER ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS VISION FOR MANAGING GROWTH AND IT WOULD DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS SUPERIOR.

SO WHAT DOES THAT SUPERIORITY MEAN IN PRACTICE SLIDE SEVEN, WE'VE ORGANIZED OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS INTO THREE THEMES, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS.

YOU HEARD ABOUT THESE IN DEPTH EARLIER, SO I'M JUST GOING TO PROVIDE A QUICK RECAP FOR EACH THEME.

SLIDE EIGHT FIRST SPRINGDALE GREEN WILL COMMIT THE APPLICANT TO AN EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM THAT HELPS CORRECT FOR THE SITE'S HISTORY AS A TANK FARM SLIDE NINE.

THIS INCLUDES, THIS INCLUDES 15 ACRES OF CREEK AND FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION WITH THOUSANDS OF NEW TREES.

ONE OF THE LARGEST USES OF SILVA CELLS IN THE CITY OF TO DATE REMOVAL OF INDUSTRIAL REMNANTS AND INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT NATIVE BIODIVERSITY AND THOUSANDS OF TREE PLANNINGS ALL AT A TOTAL VALUE OF NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS SLIDE 10.

IN ADDITION TO CORRECTING FOR THE SITES PAST SPRINGDALE GREEN, WE'LL ALSO CHART A NEW SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE PROPERTY.

NEXT SLIDE.

IT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH AN AMBITIOUS WATER CAPTURE AND REUSE SYSTEM FEATURING A 600,000 GALLON SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS A PROJECT TO MEET AT LEAST HALF OF ALL LANDSCAPING NEEDS ON THE SITE.

IT ALSO COMMITS TO A HUNDRED PERCENT INNOVATIVE WATER QUALITY INTO AN AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING THREE-STAR PROJECT SLIDE 12.

FINALLY, WE WILL BE OFFERING MEANINGFUL HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS TO HELP MEET OTHER CITY GOALS AND PRIORITIES SLIDE 13.

THESE INCLUDE HELPING FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO PRE-EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODING PROBLEMS, WHICH YOU HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE CITY'S FLOOD PRO SYSTEM TO SEE HOW PRONE TO FLOODING THIS AREA, THIS ENTIRE 41 ACRE DRAINAGE AREAS, FUNDING PARKS, AND URBAN TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY TO PROVIDE A PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE TO LONGTIME EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS FOR A VALUE OF OVER $1.5 MILLION IN SLIDE 14, ALL TOGETHER.

THIS PACKAGE OFFERS A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER $6.7 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE OCCUR UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING.

THESE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING AT 60 FEET, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE LIKE 15 TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THREE TYPES OF CODE MODIFICATIONS.

THE REALLY THE MAJOR MODIFICATION WE'VE REQUESTED IS THE ABILITY TO DO 93 FEET OF HEIGHT, WHICH IS A SIX STORY OFFICE INSTEAD OF A FOUR STORY OFFICE ON OUR, UH, ON THE BUILDINGS.

THIS IS THE MAJOR CODE MODIFICATION THAT HELPS MAKE EVERYTHING ELSE POSSIBLE.

AND AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THE CLOSEST EFFECTED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, UH, SUPPORT THIS SLIDE 16, WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED AN INCREASE IN THE WIDTH OF A PORTION OF THE TRAIL WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF SUPPORTS THIS SLIDE.

17.

FINALLY, WE ARE ASKING TO CODIFY SEVERAL SUB CHAPTER II ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT COMPLIANCE.

THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKED OUT WITH STAFF AND APPROVED BY STAFF THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.

WE'RE SEEKING TO HAVE THOSE CODIFIED SLIDE 18.

SO THE SPRINGDALE PUD OFFERS EXTENSIVE AND MEANINGFUL CON COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND REQUESTS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF TARGETED CODE MODIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.

SLIDE 19 AS A RESULT, WE HAVE EARNED THE SUPPORT FROM CITY STAFF, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED THE CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY AND WHO ARE MOST EFFECTED BY OUR ONE MAJOR REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT WITH THAT I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

I WOULD ALSO SAY WE DO CONCUR AND ARE, AND HAVE AN AGREED TO THE, SO I SAY THOSE WERE A RESIDENT'S REQUESTS FOR THE STEP DOWN AND FOR THE PROHIBITION OF ACCESS TO , WHICH IS AN EXISTING UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, UH, ORDINANCE.

I, YES, THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, A VERY DIFFICULT DEVELOPMENT, BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT THERE OUT OF THAT.

THANK YOU, CAST MEMBER IN 3M.

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AND ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, AS YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS A TANK SITE THAT YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL JET FUEL THAT GOT INTO OUR DRINKING AND INTO OUR WELL WATER.

AND IT WAS DISCOVERED BY A PERSON THAT LIVED DOWN JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THERE, UH, JUST SOUTH OF TAMPA, WHERE HE WAS USING WELL WATER TO WORK HIS GRASS AND, UH, WHERE YARD THEY STARTED DYING.

SO THAT'S WHY THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WAS IN DEMAND OR BE REMOVED FROM THAT AREA.

WE ALSO ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF HE CANNOT PICK UP ANY KIND OF, UH, HOUSING ON THAT PIECE OF LAND OR SO CONTAMINATED, INCLUDING SO, AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS UNDEVELOPED EVER SINCE THEY MOVED THE TANK FARMS OUT, AND THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP THAT LOCATION.

UH, I, I REALLY, I KNOW THAT THE FEAR OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T LIKE THE DENSITY AND I TELL PEOPLE THAT ARE NEXT TO A 200, BUT REBECCA JOHNSON, JAVIER.

SO, UH, I, I NEVER NOTICED THAT IT WAS THAT TALL, BUT IT HAD 16 FLOORS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S SPLITTING NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS SALES CAME TO ME, UH, AT LAST YEAR AND ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE THEIR LAND WAS FLOODED AND THEY COULDN'T DO, THEY OWN TWO LABS THERE THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

SO, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO TO HELP THIS FAMILY OUT.

AND THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT SOLUTION WHERE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND, UH, BUYING OUT THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE HOUSES THAT WE HAVE THERE.

SO, BUT I, LIKE I SAID, I, I WOULD, MY COLLEAGUE'S CASE, I WOULD AT LEAST POKE THAT WE CAN GET IT ON THE FIRST READING SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ANSWER.

SO IT GIVES THE DEVELOPER AND THE CONSTITUENTS, UH, TIME TO LOOK IT OVER AND SEE IF THEY COULD COME TO A CONSENSUS.

COUNCIL, MEMBER, KITCHEN.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE HEIGHT.

UM, 93 FEET, I HAD USUALLY THOUGHT OF AS MORE THAN SIX STORIES.

SO CAN YOU DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR US AND LET US KNOW IF, IF THE REQUEST IS FOR SIX STORIES OR IF THE REQUEST IS FOR 93 FEET, OR JUST EXPLAIN THAT, THAT FOR ME, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S AN OFFICE, SO YOU'RE TYPICALLY, UH, MULTI-FAMILY TYPICALLY WILL HAVE A FLOOR TO CEILING OR FLOOR TO FLOOR AREA OF 11 AND A HALF TO 12 AND A HALF FEET OFFICES TO IS, UH, 14 AND A HALF FEET TYPICALLY.

AND, UH, WHICH GETS YOU TO 87.

AND THEN THE GROUND FLOOR IS TYPICALLY 17 FEET, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL THREE FEET WE'VE ASKED FOR 93 BECAUSE TOUGHER GRAPH BECAUSE THE CITY MEASURES HEIGHT BY THE NATURAL GRADE ALONG THE BUILDING.

AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SLAB, IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER IT WILL BE MEASURED AS 90 FEET OR IS AT 93 FEET, IT WILL BE SIX STORIES, BUT IT'S THE, THE HEIGHT NUMBER IS A RESULT OF THE WAY THE CITY MEASURES, UH, HEIGHT.

AND IF IT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS, BUT THAT'S YEAH, NO, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

IT IS SIX STORIES THOUGH.

WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD DO A FOUR STORY OFFICE.

UM, AND SO THIS, OR A FOUR OR A SHORT OR SHORTER SEAT, YOU KNOW, FLORIDA'S CEILING FIVE STORY OFFICE.

UM, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIX STORY OFFICE.

HEARING OPEN OR TO THE BOYS TODAY? THE PUBLIC HEARING? I, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP IT PUBLIC HERE AND OPEN IT.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? CAUSE WE WENT THROUGH, YEAH, I MOVED, WE PASS IT ON A FIRST READING.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE QUESTION, UM, JUST FURTHER AND THEN BRING IT BACK ON, ON MAY 6TH.

OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC

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I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT IT, BUT ACTUALLY YES, LET'S KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CATHERINE, WITH THE RHEA MOVES TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING ONLY KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION GALA MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND SIDE MOTION.

UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER? YES.

SORRY, MARY.

THIS IS A TREE RESTAURANT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SETBACK FROM SAUCEDO, UH, MR. WAYLON HAS AGREED TO THE 75 AND THEN TO THE 93 FEET.

YES, IT INCLUDES THOSE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALICE.

YOU'RE THE FIRST RAISE YOUR HAND.

I APPRECIATE BEING RECOGNIZED.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR THE APPLICANT OR I SEE OUR, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER CHRIS HARRINGTON ON, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE, THE FLOOD PLAIN ISSUES.

UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER CURRENT ZONING WOULD NOT BE WHAT THE APPLICANTS ARE DOING, WHICH IS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING SITUATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS PUD AND AN ADDED COMMUNITY BENEFIT COUNCIL MEMBER LSU, CORRECT.

IT WOULD BE NOT JUST COMPLYING WITH NO ADVERSE IMPACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE NECESSARY, UM, DETENTION FACILITIES, BUT, UH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP RESOLVE THE EXISTING LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEM THAT IS OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THIS COULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, JUST KNOWING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO UPDATE OUR FLOODPLAIN MAPPING QUITE OFTEN THESE DAYS AND THAT OVER THE LIFE OF A BUILDING AND THE WAY THAT IT WOULD EXIST IN, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULD WEIGH THAT IN, IN THEIR PLANNING AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MORE THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE FLOODING ISSUES, THE BETTER AND MORE RESILIENT WE CAN BE AS A CITY.

SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, UM, ABOVE AND BEYOND APPROACH TO FLOOD PLAIN MITIGATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE APPROACHED IT IN A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MARY.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY SO EARLIER, BUT, UH, ON THIS SIDE OF MY FINGER, LIKE IT'S SO FITTING THAT WE GET TO VOTE ON THIS PROJECT ON EARTH DAY.

A PLOT OF LAND IS THE POSTER CHILD OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.

AND HE STOPS IN, UH, MUCH LIKE MY COLLEAGUE.

SOME OF HER DIARRHEA SAID, UH, 30 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE NOTORIOUS TANK FARM.

AND I FIND THE NAME SUPER IRONIC BECAUSE NOBODY WAS USING THIS LAND TO GROW FOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR NOURISHMENT.

UH, THIS WAS GAS AND OIL STORAGE AND THEY JUST POISONED THE GROUND AND POLLUTED THE AIR.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE IT, WHETHER IT WAS, UH, BLACK OR BROWN PEOPLE, UH, OR INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SOMEBODY DECIDED A LONG TIME AGO THAT, THAT WE WOULD JUST PUT EVERYTHING, UH, AT THE WASTED ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR 35.

UM, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THINGS GO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO FOR NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS THAT PROPOSAL THAT REDEEMS THIS FORMER BROWNFIELD SITE, I THINK IT HELPS TO EXPAND OUR URBAN TRAIL SYSTEM AND MORE SO IT PAYS INTO ACCOUNT OUR, UM, IT PAYS INTO RATHER OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND PROVIDES TAX ASSISTANCE TO EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME.

SO THIS SITE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE IT STATES AS A TOXIC STORAGE SITES.

I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT, UH, THIS OUTCOME, YOU KNOW, IS ONE THAT WE'RE, I'LL GO FOR IN FIRST READING TODAY AND, AND A GREAT OUTCOME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DAY TO JERRY IN THE, IN THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE PART OF THIS.

DID YOU ALSO INCLUDE THAT, UH, UH, UH, THERE'S NO ACCESS OUT TO ASSOCIATES? YEAH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO THAT BETTER.

DOUBT TO LATE ADDITIONS OR NO ACCESS.

THIS I'LL SAY OUT.

AND THE STEP BACK IN THE HEIGHT OF 75 TO 90 IS ALREADY AGREED BY THE AFRICAN ONE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THE, UH, BIKE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SPRINGDALE, UH, SPRINGDALE AND THE, UM, POTENTIAL FOR THE UP TO $700,000 IN MONEY FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, THE ULTIMATE DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY BUILD.

UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND THEN CATS OVER KITCHEN, YOUR MOOD.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR JERRY JERRY.

CAN YOU HELP US IDENTIFY ON THE CHART, WHAT YOU SEE AS KIND OF THE TOP BENEFITS, THE TOP COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE EXAMPLES OF SUPERIORITY THAT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED BY CURRENT CODE? ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR PERSON, I WOULD SAY, UM, ONE WOULD BE THE REDUCTION IN PREVIOUS COVER FROM 80% DOWN TO 50%.

UH, THE OTHER WOULD BE THE INCREASE IN OPEN-SPACE FROM SIX ACRES UP TO 20 ACRES.

UM, AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THE INTERNAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON THAT OPEN SPACE.

UM, AFTER THAT, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE

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BUT IF THEY BUILD THE MAXIMUM THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE PROPOSED PILOT, IT WOULD BE $700,000.

AND THOSE ARE ALL ELEMENTS THAT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED BY THE TIER ONE PROVISIONS NOR BY THE TIER TWO.

THESE ARE OUR TIER TWO, AND THEN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE TIER THREE.

TIER ONE IS NOTHING THAT I MENTIONED.

PARDON? WHAT DO YOU MEAN AS TO YOUR CHAIR? YEAH, I GOTCHA.

NONE OF IT.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ARE NONE OF THEIR TIER ONE, WHICH ARE ALL THEIR BASIC REQUIREMENTS.

I MIGHT, I MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK AND FORTH ON THAT PARTICULAR POINT TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BEFORE SECOND READING, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO ASKED MY QUESTION.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.

SO, UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THERE WOULD BE NO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT? UH, THERE WOULD BE NO ONSITE, SORRY, THERE'D BE NO ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF COURSE THE SITE'S NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF THE PAST.

THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED A CERTAIN ENTITLEMENT UNDER THE PROPOSED PART OF A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND IF THEY ACHIEVE THAT MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH THEY BUILT, YOU KNOW, THE MAXIMUM THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IN THE PUD, THAT WOULD BECAUSE OF TIER THREE, BECAUSE IT EXCEEDS THE BASELINE REQUIREMENT, BASELINE REQUIREMENT OF THE EXISTING ZONING WOULD RESULT IN A $700,000 PAYMENT TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.

WE WOULD WAIT TO SEE IF THEY BUILT THAT AMOUNT BEFORE WE GOT THAT CHECK.

SO THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO CASH A CHECK RIGHT NOW, RATHER.

WE SEE.

SO I, I ASKED HIM, WELL, I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S FAIR.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE, MAYBE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, RIGHT.

I APOLOGIZE.

UH, THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IS WHAT TRIGGERS THE, UH, CONTRIBUTION.

THE ADDITIONAL, SO THERE'S THREE TIERS IN THE, THE, UM, THE POD PROCESS, RIGHT? THERE'S THE TIER ONE, UM, WHICH ALL PAUSE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH.

AND THIS ONE IS THERE'S TIER TWO, WHICH IS THE, THE, UH, TOTAL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT ARE SUPERIOR TO STANDARD CODE.

AND THEN THERE'S TIER THREE, WHICH IS THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT.

SO TIER ONE IS REQUIRED OF ALL PUDS AND TIER THREE IS REQUIRED OF ALL POSITIONS ABOVE THE BASELINE.

SO THE TIER THREE, THE, THE UP TO $700,000 PAYMENT THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED UNDER TIER THREE, UH IT'S THAT INCLUDED IN THE TIER TWO SUPERIORITY, BUT IT IS OF COURSE, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ONLY DO WITH THE BUD BECAUSE OF STATE LAW.

SO THE SUPERIORITY ITEMS I WOULD SAY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PAYMENT, BUT, UH, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ONLY DO THROUGH THE PUD PROCESS.

RIGHT.

BUT IT SAID IT, BUT IT SAID AT A LEVEL IT'S EQUIVALENT TO THE HEIGHT, NOT A LEVEL THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER THE PET ORDINANCE.

SO, SO WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT CONTRIBUTING WHAT'S REQUIRED, NOT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OVER AND ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE PARK, THE CONTRIBUTION AND THE 125,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEARBY PARK? WELL, OF COURSE WE COULD HAVE REQUIRED.

THAT'S NOT REQUIRED BY CITY CODE NOW.

THAT WON'T VIOLATE THE LAW AND THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON THIS PROPERTY, CERTAINLY, UH, OPEN TO DOING THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION, THEN IT MIGHT BE, I GUESS IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM TWO NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE JOHNSON TERRORIST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MENTIONED WAS THE CONCERN THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND, UM, SO THERE'S THAT, AND THEN THEY EXPRESS CONCERNS WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.

AND SO MY QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT IS, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE YOU WORKED WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN, IF THIS FIRST READING, CAN YOU SPEND ADDITIONAL TIME AND DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S A PATH TO, UH, TO WORKING WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD GET THEM TO A POINT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY THINK THEY COULD SUPPORT? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

UM, CERTAINLY, UH, OPEN TO CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION WITH GO VALLEY, UH, ACROSS, UH, FROM THE AREA WE'VE MET WITH GO VALLEY, UH, AT LEAST ONE TIME ON THIS PROJECT DURING THE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT, UH, PERIOD, UH, MADE MYSELF AVAILABLE AND HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.

UH, I'M, UH, DEFINITELY OPEN TO IF THEY'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, THAT WE COULD, UM, PROVIDE

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I, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF THINGS AND, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STATS ON HERE, AND THEY CAN TELL YOU THAT SILVA CELLS AND TREES ARE NOT REQUIRED UNDER, UH, TIER ONE, TWO OR THREE AND REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES IS NOT REQUIRED, UH, ALONG WITH THE CISTERN AND GOING FROM, TO START AT THREE STAR, WHICH IS A T THESE ARE ALL TIER TWO ITEMS NOT REQUIRED.

SO THE $6.7 MILLION DOES REPRESENT A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED, CERTAINLY NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, UM, AT ALL.

UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION WITH GO VALLEY.

I'M AVAILABLE, I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE ANY DAY, ANY EVENING FROM NOW UNTIL WE HAVE IT BACK HERE ON MAY SIX AND WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO THINKING ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT, UH, UH, THE OWNER COULD CONSIDER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY CONCERN IS.

I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE.

I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT I, BUT I'M HEARING THAT THEY ARE, WELL, OF COURSE, THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, BUT IT IS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE MOST, UH, IMMEDIATELY, UM, A BENEFIT TO, TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, IN THE OFFICE PARK.

SO I HEAR THE CONCERNS OF NEIGHBORS ABOUT THAT.

I ALSO HEAR THAT SOMETHING THAT IS OF TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS PERHAPS A LEVEL THAT IS REQUIRED AND REALLY NOT MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

SO I AM, UH, I CAN SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD ON FIRST READING, BUT, UM, I, I, I WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT IT PAST THAT IF THERE CONTINUES TO BE, UM, CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS A MEMBER ALTAR.

QUESTION FOR JERRY.

UM, THAT'S FOR THIS PUTT DRAFTED.

UM, SO FOR ME, I SEE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SOME MERITS IN THIS PROJECT, PARTICULARLY, YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FORM THIS TANK FARM IN, INTO A PROPERTY THAT CAN BE AN ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT ABSENT AN ORDINANCE IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO REALLY US, UM, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WILL BE DELIVERED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'RE BEING, UH, PRESENTED WITH, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

AND I THINK THERE ARE MANY GOOD THINGS THERE.

UM, I WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO UNDERSCORE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD SAID ABOUT TRYING TO FIND WAYS FOR THOSE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, IF WE'RE GONNA CALL THEM COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

UM, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, THOSE, AND, AND I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT PIECE OF IT YET.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FOR THIS VOTE.

BEN MOVING IN SECONDED, PROVE ON FIRST READING, ONLY KEEP THE, UH, HEARING OPEN, UH, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, ELEMENTS OF THE JURY.

READ INTO THE RECORD, READY TO TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT WAS OPPOSED WHO WAS ABSTAINING, KITCHEN AND ALTER AND WENT THIS ABSTAINING, THE OTHERS VOTING AYE PASSES.

ALRIGHT.

COLLEAGUES, JERRY.

THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WAS OFF.

WITH THE RECORD, REFER TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

KELLY WAS NOT WITH US.

ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING, UH, POOL ITEMS THAT WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH YET THE MOUNTAIN OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, THEREAFTER THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, THIS WAS PULLED, I THINK BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER THAT'S REMEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, COLLEAGUES THAT GETS US NOW TO, UH,

[20. Approve an ordinance creating the Emergency Communications Department; amending the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Austin Police Department (APD) Operating Budget (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to transfer out 222.0 full-time equivalent positions and decrease funding in the APD Decouple Fund by $16,085,640, which transfers the positions and funding for the Emergency Communications Division to the new Emergency Communications Department; amending the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 APD Operating Budget (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to transfer out 62.5 full-time equivalent positions and decrease funding in the APD Decouple Fund by $17,020,863 and the APD Reimagine Safety Fund by $7,163,697, which transfers the positions and funding for the APD Alarm Administration Unit to the Development Services Department, transfers APD Human Resources to the City’s general Human Resources Department, transfers the APD Public Information Office to the Communication and Public Information Office, transfers APD Facility Maintenance to the Building Services Department, transfers APD Finance to the Financial Services Department, includes varying transfers in accordance with the APD staffing plan and zero-based budget review, decreases the transfer from the General Fund to the APD Decouple Fund by $33,106,503, and decreases the transfer from the General Fund to the APD Reimagine Safety Fund by $7,163,697, and increases funding in the amount of $23,632,770 for the Austin Police Department to transfer funding to the Support Services Fund for the decoupled units and adjust the budget in accordance with the APD staffing plan and zero-based budget review, and increases the transfer from the General Fund to the Development Services Fund by $551,790; amending the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Support Services Fund Budget (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to transfer in 56.5 full-time equivalent positions and increase funding in the amount of $2,357,848 to the Human Resources Department, $548,540 to the Communication and Public Information Office, $1,880,723 to the Building Services Department, $16,447,189 to the Financial Services Department; and amending the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Development Services Fund (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to transfer in 6.0 full-time equivalent positions and increase funding in the amount of $551,790 to the Development Services Department.]

I PULLED IT OFF.

ALSO.

WE BOTH PULLED IT, BUT I'M HAPPY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALL TO BE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

UM, IT WAS AVAILABLE.

UM, TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT.

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SO HOLD THIS ON.

UM, TUESDAY, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENGAGED IN A VERY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL, BUT ALSO COMPLICATED EXERCISE TO BE RETHINKING HOW WE'RE ORGANIZING SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WORK.

UM, AND THIS IS A AMENDMENT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRANDS.

UM, AND I WANTED TO PULL THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING.

UM, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF, UM, MISINFORMATION AND MS. CHARACTER OF WHAT WE VOTED ON IN AUGUST, UM, AND THIS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE IT IS TRICKY IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN RETHINKING HOW WE RESTRUCTURING, UM, THE DEPARTMENT A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED AND CAN EASILY BE MISINTERPRETED.

AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, I WANTED TO ASK ED, UM, TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, I WILL NOTE THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON FOR THE REVISED BACKUP AND I WANT TO THANK ADAM AND HIS STAFF FOR WORKING THROUGH.

AND I THINK SOME OF RAY'S STAFF OF WORKING THROUGH QUESTIONS ON THE PIECES OF THE DATA WITH ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD A CLEAR GRASP OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.

UM, SO A PIECE OF ITEM 20 REFERENCES, A PASS THROUGH COMPONENT WHERE MONEY IS TRANSFERRED INTO THE APD, PUDGE IT AS PART OF ITS ALLOCATION TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

SO I'VE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS BUDGET POLICY AND HOW IT WORKS SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND IT? I CAN, I WILL CERTAINLY TRY A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

AND, UM, IT, IT, IT DOES GET A BIT INTO THE, UH, UNDER THE HOOD OF THE BUDGET AND BUDGET WONKINESS, BUT LIKE ALL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOLLOWS A, A, UM, A FUND ACCOUNTING APPROACH TO STRUCTURING OUR BUDGET.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF FUNDS, A GENERAL FUND, AUSTIN, ENERGY, AUSTIN WATER, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, LOTS OF FUNDS.

WE ALSO HAVE INTERNAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS LIKE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND LIKE THE BUDGET OFFICE AND LIKE THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

THERE HAS TO BE A MECHANISM TO ALLOCATE THOSE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS OUT TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED.

THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET HAS GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE DO THAT ALLOCATION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT RESTRICTIONS ON COSTS THAT WE REIMBURSE.

UM, THOSE COST ALLOCATION PLANS ROUTINELY GET AUDITED, INCLUDING BY AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE, UH, FAA WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT INAPPROPRIATELY ALLOCATING COSTS TO THE AIRPORT.

OF COURSE.

SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF WONKY AND IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS A STANDARD APPROACH IN OUR BUDGET.

WE TAKE THESE COSTS AND ALLOCATE THEM OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS IN THESE DECOUPLING ACTIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING A LOT OF COSTS OUT OF THE DECOUPLE FUND AND INTO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

THERE ARE COST CENTERS BEING MOVED INTO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPONENT OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOW BECOME PART OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND REPORT TO ME, THE HUMAN RESOURCES PERSONNEL WILL REPORT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BUILDING SERVICES, ET CETERA.

SO BY MOVING THOSE FUNCTIONS OUT OF THE DECOUPLE FUNDS AND INTO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND, WE'VE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, BUDGET, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ALLOCATED COSTS HAVE TO GET, UM, ALLOCATED BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT THEY'RE SUPPORTING IN THIS CASE TO, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE GUIDELINES I TALKED ABOUT.

SO IN THIS CASE, THOSE FUNCTIONS ARE SUPPORTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THERE'S A LINE ITEM IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET THAT'S CALLED TRANSFER TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

THAT LINE ITEM WILL BE GOING UP, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF UNEXPECTED RESULT OF ALL OF THIS, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THOSE STAFF ARE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

THAT IS A, A LINE ITEM.

THAT'S A TRANSFER TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NO CONTROL OVER THAT LINE ITEM.

IT IS AUTOMATICALLY BY OUR CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.

ONE 12TH OF THAT LINE ITEM IS ALLOCATED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND EVERY MONTH.

AND SO, UM, I MAY HAVE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE ON ALL THAT WALKING US, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU DURING

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HIS PARENTS.

HE'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON TO LAY THAT OUT.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GO OVER IT AGAIN IF I'VE LOST SOME FOLKS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO KIND, KINDA SUMMARIZE A LITTLE BIT, UM, AT THAT AT THE END OF THE, OF THE DAY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SUPPORT SERVICES STUFF WORKS, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE LITTLE NUMBERS, THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF CONTRACTS, UM, THAT ARE MOVING OVER TO FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT AFFECT THE NUMBERS.

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD IT ALL UP, THAT ARE JUST BEING MOVED OVER, GOING BACK INTO APDS LINE, IS THAT CORRECTED? THAT'S CORRECT.

THERE'S TWO LARGE CONTRACT, AND THERE'S ALSO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY THAT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOLKS IN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY MANAGE THOSE CONTRACTS.

AND SO ALL THOSE CONTRACTUAL DOLLARS ARE ALSO MOVING INTO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SO, SO, BUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THIS MOVE WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES PORTION, WHICH IS MOVING HR FUNCTIONS, FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS, PIO FUNCTIONS, UM, AND FACILITIES FUNCTIONS, UM, AND THEN, UM, THE ALARM ADMINISTRATION, WE WILL SEE A LINE ITEM AND APDS BUDGET FOR SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WILL GO UP THE 17,081,555, I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT NUMBER FOR THAT.

IT'S IN THAT BALLPARK.

IT'S IN THAT BALLPARK AND YOU WILL SEE THAT LINE ITEM GO UP, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A TRANSFER OUTLINE ITEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO CONTROL OVER, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE THERE FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES.

AND THEN, BUT WE WILL SEE OVER 200 FTE POSITIONS BEING MOVED OUT PD THAT IS CORRECT.

YOU'LL SEE THEIR POSITION COUNT, GO BY DOWN AND GO DOWN BY MORE THAN 200 POSITIONS.

AND THE POSITION COUNT OF ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS YOU LISTED WILL GO UP EQUIVALENTLY.

A THIRD PART THAT IS TRANSFERRING, UM, THE FDS AND THE MONEY, UM, FOR DOING THE SUPPORT SERVICES PIECE OF IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS US, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD ASKING WHETHER WE ARE ORGANIZING OUR RESOURCES IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY CENTRALIZING THOSE FUNCTIONS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES AS IS DONE FROM MOST OTHER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

UM, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING MECHANISM TO DO THAT.

AND I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, AS ANOTHER WAY OF TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN AUGUST, WE KIND OF HAD FOUR BUCKETS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AS WE WERE TAKING THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, UM, FOR POLICE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WERE GOING TO BE.

UM, WE HAD ONE BUCKET THAT WAS THE PD BUCKET.

WE HAD ONE BUCKET WHERE THE THINGS THAT WE WERE REINVESTING AND THOSE LARGELY DIDN'T GO INTO APD, THEY WENT TO THINGS LIKE EMS AND FOR, UM, THE, THE SHELTER AND FOR SUBSTANCE USE AND FOR THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH KINDS OF STUFF.

THEN WE HAVE THE DECOUPLE FUND, WHICH IS MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WHICH WERE THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT AS A BOARD MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED UNDER A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD THE FOURTH BUCKET, WHICH IS THE RE-IMAGINED BUCKET, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE MONEY TODAY THAT'S COMING OUT OF THAT SECTION.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SOME DECISIONS TODAY ABOUT WHERE WE THINK THESE SERVICES CAN BE BEST FUNCTION.

AND THEN WE'RE TAKING THE ACCOUNTING STEPS TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS ONE COMPONENT OF IT.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE PIECE OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND AGAIN, IN NONE OF THESE CASES, ARE WE SPENDING ANY LESS MONEY ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THESE FUNCTIONS, WE ARE MOVING WHERE THEY ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND THE REPORTING STRUCTURES FOR THAT.

SO THE OTHER BIG PIECE HERE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE ARE CREATING AN EMERGENCIES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

UM, YOU STILL WILL CALL NINE ONE ONE.

ALL THE PEOPLE IN NINE 11 ARE STILL HIRED IN NINE 11.

THEY WILL BE MOVING OVER INTO THIS EMERGENCY, UM, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THAT 16,085,640 IS COMING OUT OF THAT DECOUPLE FUND AND BEING MOVED INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WE STARTED WITH, WE HAVE A FIRST PART THAT IS CREATING THIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, A SECOND PART THAT IS TRANSFERRING THE FDS AND THE FUNDING, UM, TO DO THAT.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE

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UM, AND THEN WE'RE TELLING IT WHICH FUNDS, THESE ARE COMING OUT OF OUR DIFFERENT BUCKETS.

UM, AND THEN WHERE THEY'RE, THEN WE'RE ADJUSTING THE SUPPORT SERVICES BUCKETS FOR HR AND FINANCE, ET CETERA, SO THEY CAN TAKE ON THESE ROLES.

AND THEN THERE IS A PIECE OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT'S GOING TO DSD SO THAT THE PERMITTING FOR OUR ALARMS CAN GO INTO THERE.

WE WERE SPENDING EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.

ALL THE PEOPLE ARE HIRED, WE'RE DOING THE SAME PUBLIC SAFETY FUNCTIONS.

THE HOPE IS THAT OVER TIME, THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO US, DELIVERING BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY AND GAINING EFFICIENCIES, BUT AT THIS STAGE, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

UM, AND I WOULD JUST INVITE, UM, NURIA WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, TO CONFIRM IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT, OR IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

I THINK THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES WITH MOVING THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INTO THAT DEPARTMENT THAT ALLOW US TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW THIS FITS INTO WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID IN AUGUST, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, NURIA RIVERA, VANDER, MY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

UM, I THINK LEE, UH, AD LAID OUT ALL THE WONKINESS AS HE ONLY HE CAN DO IN SUCH A GREAT FASHION, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, AND I WILL SAY THAT AS WE, AS STAFF HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT DECOUPLING, IF YOU WILL REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT, UM, THAT PERHAPS OTHERS IN THE ENTERPRISE COULD DO REALLY ALLOWING, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HONE IN ON THEIR CORE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS.

AND AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE THERE IS MORE CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT OTHER FOLKS COULD BE CALLED UPON TO DO CRISIS RESPONSE.

UM, BUT THIS STARTS THE GROUNDWORK FOR THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS OWN STANDALONE DEPARTMENT THAT COULD REALLY BE THOUGHT OF, UH, BROADER AND BE BRINGING IN SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATIONS.

UM, WE HEARD FROM THE TASK FORCE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO, UH, DEPLOY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL THE CURRENT SERVICES REMAINED, UH, AS THEY ARE.

AND EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE AS ALWAYS IN CALLING NINE ONE ONE FOR WHATEVER THEIR EMERGENCY NEED IS.

UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO JUST ASK, UM, ADD, IF YOU COULD PLEASE WRITE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROVIDE THAT IN A SHORT MEMO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY CLEAR IN THE RCA AND THEN WITH THE CHANGES, UM, THAT WERE MADE IN THE NUMBERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE REVISIONS.

UM, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING.

SO WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE.

THIS DOES STILL CHANGE, WHO IS THE MANAGEMENT, WHATEVER STRUCTURES.

UM, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION I THINK FOR MARIA ABOUT, UM, SORT OF THE RE-IMAGINING PROCESS.

UM, ONE OF THE AREAS I DIDN'T, DON'T SEE IN THIS, AND I'M NOT SEEING AS PART OF THE FORMAL PROCESS IS THE STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY WELLNESS CENTER.

SO PART OF IT IS RUN BY APD PART BY AFD AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS THE WELLNESS CENTER PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO, UM, DECOUPLING OR RE-IMAGINING.

AND ARE THERE ANY APD FTES ASSIGNED TO THE WELLNESS CENTER? I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

I BELIEVE THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES, WE HAD TO START SOMEWHERE, RIGHT.

AND SO, AS WE PRIORITIZED, WE HAD NOT YET GOTTEN TO THE WELLNESS CENTER AND DISCUSS WHAT NEEDS APD MIGHT HAVE.

UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD SOME EARLY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE MORE, BUT FOR NOW WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE ADMINISTERED REALLY EASIER TO IDENTIFY.

UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CAME UP FIRST, BUT WE WILL BE GETTING TO THAT WITH AN ANALYSIS WITH PD IN THE FUTURE.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, UM, STAFF FOR GOING THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS AND STUFF WITH US SO THAT WE COULD, UM, MORE CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THANK YOU, CATHERINE KITCHEN.

UM, YES.

UH, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS HELPFUL.

UM, EXPLANATION.

I APPRECIATED

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THAT.

UM, SO, UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE, UH, FOR AN AMENDMENT, SO, UH, MAYOR I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION FIRST AND THEN EXPLAIN IT.

I THINK THAT'S THE ORDER.

YEP.

THE THIRD ONE RELATES TO CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPTIONS, AND THE LAST, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR ONGOING COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION.

SO IT'S POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND ALSO IN YOUR BOXES AND THE IS TO THE, UM, TO THE BACK ORDINANCE AND IT RELATES TO THE SECTION, UM, FIRST SECTION ABOUT EMERGENCY LEAVE THE CREATION OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE AMENDMENT TO LINE 33 IS TO ADD TO THE END OF THE CLAUSE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE, UM, THAT RELATES TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT TO ADD TO THE END OF THAT CLAUSE IN LINE 33, INCLUDING OPTIONS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS EMERGENCY CALLS.

SO THE WHOLE ITEM READS JUST SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE THAT, AH, HA THIS IS THE BULLETED LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO IT READS RIGHT NOW, RECEPTION OF ALL NINE 11.

HE CALLS FOR THE CITY AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CALLS TO EITHER EITHER THE APPROPRIATE CITY, PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS, OR OTHER DISPARATE DISPOSITION, AS DETERMINED BY THE NATURE OF THE CALL.

AND THEN HERE'S WHAT I'M ADDING, INCLUDING, UH, OPTIONS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS EMERGENCY CALLS.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THE AMENDMENT IS TO DO ONE IN AN ADS, THE WORDS, CRIMINAL ADS, AFTER THE WORDS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO IT, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDINANCE.

AND THEN JUST BY WAY OF EXPLANATION, WHAT THIS DOES, IS IT JUST, IT CLARIFIES THE INTENT THAT, UM, UH, THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO AND THAT, UM, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ON.

SO IT CLARIFIES AND MAKES IT CLEAR IN THE LANGUAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT, UM, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, IT CLARIFIES THAT THIS, UH, AND IT CLARIFIES, AND IT ALIGNS WITH THE PURPOSE THAT THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO DISPATCH TO EMS FIRE AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR NINE ONE, ONE EMERGENCY CALLS AS WELL AS TO APD IT ALSO, UM, IT ALSO RECOGNIZES, UH, THE BUDGET DIRECTION THAT WE ALL VOTED ON, UH, LAST, UH, AUGUST TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY CALLS, THAT INITIATIVE, WHICH WE ARE, WE HAVE NAMED AUSTIN CARES IS IN PROGRESS.

UM, AND I HAVE REQUESTED A STATUS UPDATE TO COUNCIL AT AN UPDATE UPCOMING WORK SESSION ON THE STATUS AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE ON AUSTIN CARES.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, AND THIS LANGUAGE HELPS CLARIFY ALSO THAT AUSTIN CARES IMPLEMENTATION WILL CONTINUE AS DIRECTED BY COUNCIL LAST AUGUST.

SO AGAIN, THE, UM, USING NINE ONE ONE, UM, FOR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR BUDGET DIRECTION LAST AUGUST TO MAKE, UM, TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO AUSTIN CARES, WHICH IS OUR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS, UM, THE WORK OF THE RE-IMAGINING, UH, AUSTIN TASK FORCE.

UM, I WANT TO TALK TO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF IN JUST A MINUTE ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS ON THAT, UH, TO ANALYZE AND BRING BACK TO COUNCIL OPTIONS RELATED TO RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY, I'M FOCUSING IN HERE ON THE ONES RELATED TO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

SO YOU CAN SEE PAGE 50, 57 OF THE TASK FORCE REPORT THAT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO NINE ONE ONE, AND NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE.

UH, MANY OF THESE, UM, REITERATE AND BUILD ON AND IMPROVE THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL DID, UH, LAST AUGUST.

AND AS IN THE WORK THAT'S CONTEMPLATED WITH AUSTIN CARES.

SO, UM, THE TASK FORCE REPORT RECOMMENDS I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAIL, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SECTION OF THE TASK FORCE REPORT MAKES FOUR BROAD RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO NINE ONE, ONE, UH, CALLS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

THE FIRST, THE DIVERSION OF THE MAJORITY OF NINE 11 CALLS AWAY FROM POLICE AND TOWARDS APPROPRIATE FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE, UM, CONTEMPLATION OF INCREASED CAPACITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONDERS AND TRAINING FOR NINE 11 DISPATCHERS.

THE SECOND ONE RELATES TO A RECOMMENDATION AROUND A NON-POLICE CRISIS LINE AND A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM.

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SO MY QUESTION, UH, FOR, UM, ACM ARIANO HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, JUST, I WANTED TO ASK HIM FOR THE NEXT STEPS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO CONSIDERING AND BRINGING BACK OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE RELATING TO THE NINE 11, UH, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THAT, UM, STAFF WILL BE WORKING, UH, CONSIDERING ANALYZING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRINGING BACK OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, UM, UH, ACM, ARRA, ARIANA, SPEAK TO THAT, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN LAY OUT THOSE NEXT STEPS AND IN GENERAL, WHAT YOU THINK THE TIMELINE FOR THAT IS.

LET'S BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT A COUPLE HOUSE, LET'S CLEAN THIS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AMENDMENT CAN BE AMENDING SOMETHING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 20 COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MAKES THAT MOTION IS SECONDS BACK.

COUNCIL KITCHEN HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AMENDMENT SECOND AMENDMENT RESPONDED.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, RAY ARIANA ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE TASK FORCE AND CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ONES YOU ENUMERATED RELATED TO, UH, THE NEW, TO BE ESTABLISHED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS, THE, UH, REMATCH AND CMOS, UH, REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES MYSELF, UH, AND WHO WILL BE, WHOEVER WILL BE STEPPING INTO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, NORDEA BEND BYTES, A PLACE AS WELL AS INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SHIN JONES, WE AS A GROUP, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING, UM, STAFF MEMBERS, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMING UP WITH THE BEST WAY WE CAN EVALUATE AND FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO BRING THOSE, UH, BACK IN ORDER SOMEWHERE ARE GOING TO BE RELATIVELY SHORT TERM, OTHERS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EVALUATION TIME AND WILL BE LONGER LONGER-TERM, UH, WHAT I CAN COMMIT TO IS, AND CERTAINLY WE'LL DEFER TO ANODEA, UH, IS THAT WE WILL TAKE A LOOK IN UPDATE COUNCIL, UH, WHEN WE START TO GET A HANDLE ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND CERTAINLY I CAN, UH, FOCUS MYSELF ON THE ONES HAVING TO DO WITH THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, BUT LET'S SEE IF, UH, UH, NURI HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT BY MAY.

THANK YOU, RAY.

I THINK YOU'VE COVERED IT ALL.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING PER WORK GROUP, OUR, UM, PROJECT TEAMS WITH STAFF.

WE HAVE SENT THAT REPORT OUT TO THE PERTINENT STAFF.

WE WILL BE, UH, COMING BACK TO THE MANAGER WITH SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS, AS WE GATHER THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT, UM, ACM ARIANA WAS MENTIONING.

WE'LL KIND OF CONTINUE TO GUIDE THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO OF ALL THE WORK GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT MOVES FORWARD.

UM, LETTING SOME, UH, CREATING EACH OF THOSE WORK GROUP TEAMS INTERNALLY WITH STAFF AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE, UH, ARE EXCITED TO ACTUALLY DIG INTO SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UH, WE WILL BE, UH, AS, UH, ACM, ARIANA MENTIONED AS SOME ARE, UM, QUICKER TO COME TO AND ANALYZE.

AND AS WE GET THOSE MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL CERTAINLY, UM, BRING THOSE, UH, TO THE MANAGER AND TO COUNSEL THOSE THAT WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW, AS WELL.

SO WE WILL BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CREATING THIS NEW EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, IT'S TIMELY, INAPPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TASK FORCE AND THOSE FOUR BUCKETS I READ OUT AS THEY RELATE TO THE NINE 11 AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS. JUST MAKE SENSE AS WE'RE STANDING UP THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT CARRIES OVER THE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE, UH, AND CONTINUES THE EFFORT TO IMPROVE UPON THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE.

BUT IT ALSO MAKES SENSE TO CONSIDER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR TASK FORCE AS IT ALL RELATES TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, RESPONSE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY, OR ON THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT?

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I WAS WONDERING IF CHIEF CHICKEN HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT AND HOW IT MIGHT HELP THE OVERALL RESOLUTION? UM, I WOULD SAY I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY MANAGER, JOSEPH CHUCKO AND I'M THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE.

UM, I WOULD, I THINK IT'S SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD AMENDMENT.

UM, IT WOULD ENHANCE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW THAT EFFORT WOULD CONTINUE UNDER, UM, KIND OF A DIFFERENT UMBRELLA AND DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP, BUT, UH, NONETHELESS WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND, UH, AND OUR OFFICERS.

UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT PENETRATION COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, TOTAL CAM.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS A FAIRLY KITCHEN MEMBER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE THAT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE THAT GETS US TO 20 AS AMENDED DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO THEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANT TO ASK, UM, EITHER OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OR CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE STAFF IS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND REALLY EXPRESSING THAT IN, IN DETAIL.

I AGREE.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MESSAGE THIS, UM, ACCURATELY AND TRANSPARENTLY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I SEE AS THE MAIN CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE TODAY.

UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE SAY FIVE MAJOR FUNCTIONS, UM, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, ALARM, HUMAN RESOURCES, PIO, AND BUILDING SERVICES, WHICH CURRENTLY RESIDE WITHIN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL NOW EITHER GO TO THEIR OWN STANDALONE AREA IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OR BE, UM, INCORPORATED WITHIN SIMILAR DEPARTMENTS.

SO APDS HR WILL GO TO HR PIO TO CENTRAL PIO.

IS THAT, IS THAT A CORRECT SUMMARY? YES.

COMES MEMBER.

AND IS IT ALSO CORRECT TO SAY THAT JUST TO REEMPHASIZE A POINT THAT WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHOR SAID, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME STAFF WHO ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMING THOSE ROLES, PERFORM THEM JUST UNDER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT.

SO THE CPIO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS THAT CURRENTLY RESIDE WITHIN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL, WILL MAINTAIN THEIR JOBS.

THEY WILL BE, UH, WITHIN A DIFFERENT REPORTING STRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE CENTRALIZED PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND IN FACT, IN THE CASE OF CPIO, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CREATED A DIVISION WITHIN CPO OF PUBLIC SAFETY, REALLY, TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT THEY ARE OFFERING, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND SO THE, IT IS, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS AS BUDGET NEUTRAL OVERALL, GOT IT.

BUDGET AS A COLLECTIVE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT, WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND THE IMPACT BECAUSE SUPPORT SERVICES COMPLICATES THAT.

SO YEAH, I CAN JUMP IT ON THEN EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS A BUDGET NEUTRAL AMENDMENT.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELDER, I THINK YOU, YOU ALLUDED TO THIS, UM, CITY MANAGER, IS IT YOUR EXPECTATION THAT OVER TIME, BECAUSE THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ARE WORKING WITHIN, UH, DEPARTMENTS WHERE THERE WILL HOPEFULLY BE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE THAT WE WILL SEE COST SAVINGS? POTENTIALLY.

CERTAINLY THAT'S PART OF OUR CONVERSATION AS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

AND SO AS WE LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES AND EFFICIENCIES AND HOW THOSE MIGHT PLAY OUT INTO COST SAVINGS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE EFFORTS.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO SEE WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHERE THIS KIND OF RESTRUCTURING MIGHT ALSO BE, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF OUR OVERALL MISSION AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OF, OF PERFORMING, UM, OF ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESSES AND, AND LOOKING FOR COST SAVINGS WHERE WE HAVE THEM.

SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND THEIR OWN HR STAFF AND SOME OTHER FUNCTIONS.

SO, UM, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER AS YOU'RE PREPARING THE BUDGET FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS KIND OF, UM, TRANSFER OF, OF STAFF AS WELL.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

ORCAS ARE NOT THE MAYOR, BUT I'M SORRY.

GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT, I DON'T HAVE NUMBER 20 COUNTS.

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HE WAS THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEY GOT SMOKEY, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAN.

I APPRECIATE THAT THEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL, UM, RECOGNIZED, UH, WHAT A, WHAT AN IMPACTFUL WEEK IT WAS.

SO THE, THE VERDICT THAT CAME IN AND THIS WEEK FOR DEREK CHOP AND THERE WAS A CASE OR THAT CASE RATHER, UM, IT, IT, IT WAS ONE STEP FORWARD AND THEN MUCH LONGER JOURNEY TOWARDS JUSTICE.

UH, PART OF THAT JOURNEY INCLUDES OUR LOCAL EFFORTS TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING INTERESTING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK WAS WEEK MY OFFICE GOT A CALL FROM FRANCE.

UM, THEY WERE FASCINATED BY THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

AND WE'RE VERY CURIOUS HOW, UM, WE WERE, UM, WE WERE SO COURAGEOUS AS TO TAKE THE BOLD STEPS THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO RE-IMAGINE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, SO PEOPLE ARE NOTICING AND I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE THE CASE AND HOPEFULLY CLOSER TO HOME.

UH, SO LAST YEAR WE HAD THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TELLING US THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE CHANGE.

WE RESPONDED THIS ITEM REALLY IS JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FRUITS OF THAT ACTION.

UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY BELIEVES THAT THIS IN ANY WAY IS OUR DESIRE TO DIMINISH THE ABILITY OF OFFICERS ON THE STREET TO RESPOND AND DO THEIR JOBS.

IT, IT HELPS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ZERO IN ON, ON ITS FOCUS.

AND I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALLUDED TO THAT.

I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT IT PROMISES TO MAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE MORE FLEXIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO MORE AUSTINITES, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS THE GOAL FOR ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. I HOPE SO.

I'M THANKFUL TO CITY STAFF AND THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM AND TASK FORCE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR BRINGING THIS RECOMMENDATION FORWARD.

MERRICK.

I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CHIEF FOR HIS COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S AMENDMENT AND TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR RAISING IT, JUST BECAUSE, UM, IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO EMPHASIZE.

AND I THINK AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO BUILD WITH, UH, COMING OUT OF THIS VOTE.

UH, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE ON THE DAYAS, UH, AND THEIR TIME HERE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE AND GETTING THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

I JUST FEEL I SAW OLD EMAILS OF OURS, I THINK WAY BACK OVER FIVE YEARS ON THIS ISSUE.

AND OF COURSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF YEARS OF WORK TO DO, BUT THERE'S JUST WAYS THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IMMEDIATE, UH, VIOLENCE AND IMMEDIATE THREATS FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE THERE WHEN THERE'S A FIRE FOR, FOR FIRE TO BE THERE, WHEN SOMEONE IS ADDRESSED, IT HAS ADDICTION ISSUES.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT WITH CARE.

UM, AND, AND WHEN THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR US TO REALLY TRY TO FIND THAT WE GET THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE THAT KEEPS EVERYONE SAFER, UH, BE THAT BEING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I THINK AN COMMUNICATIONS, UM, DEPARTMENT THAT REALLY PAIRS THE RIGHTS RESPONSE, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT AND TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE, UH, LEADING ON IT, UH, HERE TODAY IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND SHOULD BE NOTED.

AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE CHIEF FOR HIS, FOR HIS OPENNESS AND HIS RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S AMENDMENT.

THANK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER FOR AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR, FOR LEADING ON IT ACROSS SO MANY DEPARTMENTS.

AND OF COURSE OUR DEPARTING DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, NURIA YOU, UH, HAVE I'VE DONE SO MUCH AND EVEN YOUR SHORT TIME HERE WITH US.

AND SO WE WILL, WE'LL MISS YOU FOR MANY REASONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PARTICULAR SHOUT OUT ON, ON THIS ONE.

SO THANKS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, NUMBER 20 CLINICS.

AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU YES OR PER TIME, NOT A COMMENT, BUT A QUESTION IT'S SORT OF A RANDOM ONE.

UM, DO OUR FOLKS IN DISPATCH WHERE, UM, PD UNIFORMS, I'VE SEEN SOME FOLKS THAT I KNOW IN DISPATCH WEAR UNIFORMS, BUT I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS ALSO A CHAPLAIN.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.

DO THEY ALL WEAR UNIFORMS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ARE, UH, PEOPLE IN DISPATCH DO NOT WORRY, DO NOT WEAR POLICE UNIFORMS. THEY DO WEAR, UM, SHIRTS THAT HAVE LOGOS INDICATING THAT THEY WORK THERE, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE TRADITIONAL POLICE UNIFORMS. THANK YOU.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 20.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

COMMUNICATED TO YOU, CHIEF.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATORS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE SWITCH AND HOW THEY MIGHT FEEL ABOUT IT, OR IF THAT'S BEEN COMMUNITY

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UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME, UH, ADDRESSING BOTH THROUGH A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THAT I SENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AT THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND THEN SPENT, UH, AND WENT, UH, FOR EVERY SHIFT, UH, DAYS, EVENINGS AND NIGHTS, UM, MEETING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, TO REASSURE THEM AND HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROCESS REALLY MEANT FOR THEM AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD NOT SEE A LOT OF CHANGE IN THEIR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS THAT THIS REALLY IS, UM, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING KIND OF IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT FOR THEM WOULD, WOULD NOT MEAN A LOT OF CHANGE IN THEIR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

SO I DID SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME OUT THERE, UM, TALKING TO FOLKS AND, AND JUST KIND OF REASSURING THEM.

AND I'LL JUST TURN TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THAT WE ALSO HAD OUR HR TEAM OUT THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

AND SO TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, THESE ARE REALLY CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAVING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO WE WANTED TO, UH, DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE EFFORTS, FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO EVERYBODY.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THOSE NEAR YOU ONLY BECAUSE WE WON'T BE SEEING YOU MUCH LONGER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CALL YOU OUT AND ACHIEVE, UH, FOR HELPING WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HAVE GONE TO THE EMPLOYEES AND PROUD TO REASSURE THEM THAT, UH, THEIR, THEIR JOBS, THEIR FUNCTION, THEIR ROLES, THEIR MISSIONS, UH, ALL REMAIN THE SAME.

YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING AFTER A YEAR'S DISCUSSION ON THE ISSUE OF POLICE, BUDGETING AND FUNDING HERE, WE ARE TAKING A SUBSTANTIAL ACT CONSISTENT, UH, FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH, UH, UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL DID, UH, LAST BUDGET SESSION.

UH, AND, AND FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE FUNCTIONS REMAINED, THE PEOPLE REMAIN THE SPAR RANGE, BUT THEN, BUT HOPEFULLY IN A, IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY THAT WILL OVER TIME PERVADE ADDITIONAL RETURNS TO TAXPAYERS IN A, IN A WAY THAT, THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE RIGHT PLACES IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE THE COMMUNITY THAT MUCH MORE SAFE.

SO WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REASSURE THE EMPLOYEES, IT'S RE IMPORTANT TO REINSURE THE REASSURE THE PUBLIC.

UH, BUT ALSO JUST TO, TO NOTE THAT, UH, THAT THIS IS THAT THIS IS THE, THE, THE, THE WORK OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN AT ALL STAGES AND IN INCREASING EFFICIENCIES FOR TAXPAYERS AND SAFETY FOR, FOR EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE THEN THOSE IN FAVOR OF EDITOR OVER 20, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DAS COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRONTWAYS IS OFF THE DIAS.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER OF WHITE.

THIS IS OFF THE DIOCESE MAYOR PRO TEM, WHERE YOU JUST ALERTING ME TO THE FACT THAT I COUNTED WRONG.

GOING TO BE READY TO DO THEIR BIG EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WITH A, WITH A NINE TO ONE TO ONE BOAT, UH, THIS PASSES HERE TODAY, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS LEFT.

LET'S GO AHEAD.

ITEM NUMBER 39, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CLOSE OUT THE MEETING THEREAFTER I NUMBER 39 WAS THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES, MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE OF CO-SPONSORS IS OFF THE DIOCESE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FONTUS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO REVERT, IF IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO REVERSE PERFECTLY, PERFECTLY AMENABLE TO DOING THAT.

UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT THEN.

RIGHT? THE STAFF

[Executive Session]

WE WILL JUST NEED A FEW MINUTES TO GET DOWN THERE AND GET SET UP.

NOT A PROBLEM.

MEMBERS PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UH, UH, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTES TO LET, UH, UH, HAVE MORGAN SET UP AND AT FIVE TILL FOUR, UH, WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, UH, CITY, COUNCIL'S NOT GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN ONE.

THE GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL'S GOT TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS RELATED ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM 58, WHICH IS THE SCOTT V. AUSTIN CASE.

THAT OBJECTION HERE AT THREE 49, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TAKE CARE OF THAT MATTER.

COME BACK OUT.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT IN FRONT OF US AND ITEM NUMBER 39 HAS CONTINUED TO WORK QUICKLY.

CAUSE I THINK WE'LL START LOSING COUNCIL

[04:25:01]

ARE WE READY? WE'RE READY.

WE HAVE TO COVER IS ITEM NUMBER 39.

YOU'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION.

WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM 58 DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOUR 44.

UH, LAST ITEM

[39. Approve a resolution initiating a code amendment to repeal or amend City Code section 25-2-586 (B)(6) and directing the City Manager to place on the May 6 Council agenda an item revising in-lieu fees applicable to the Downtown Density Bonus Program and Rainey Density Bonus Program.]

UH, THIS WAS PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, SO ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO, UM, ITEM NUMBER 39, AN AMENDMENT FOR, UH, ONE, TWO POTENTIALLY.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ROBUST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM AND, UH, ISSUES RELATED TO IT, BOTH ON THE DIASEND AND WITH EACH OTHER, UM, OFF THE DYES WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, I LIKE PROBABLY MANY OF YOU I'M RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS, UM, FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND THE VARIOUS ITERATIONS AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE WILL BE.

SO I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD, UM, THE INPUT FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES ALSO, AND OTHER HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE ASKING US TO REMOVE THE FIRST BE IT RESOLVED AND REVISE OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM HOLISTICALLY.

SO AS OPPOSED TO SINGLING OUT ONE ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT TRULY MAXIMIZES COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

UM, AND SO THAT'S PRIMARILY MORE OR LESS, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ALSO PRIMARILY MORE OR LESS WHY WE PUT THIS ONE.

UM, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE SO MUCH TO HELP PASS THAT 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND AND DEVELOP OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. UM, THEY HAVE THAT HANDS-ON KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO NAVIGATE THE POLICIES THAT WE CREATE.

SO TO ME, THEIR INPUT REALLY DOES CARRY A LOT.

IN MY CASE, I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT.

I'LL COME BACK TO, LET ME, LET KATHY LAY THIS OUT.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE REVISED VERSION THAT I DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING.

CAN I GET A SECOND? I WILL SPEAK TO IT.

GO AHEAD, KEVIN.

SO WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY, IN MY OPINION, NOT PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE STRONGEST POSITION WE CAN WITH REGARD TO THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS.

UM, AS I INDICATED THIS MORNING, I BELIEVE THE EDITS THAT I'VE MADE REALLY ADDRESS, UH, THE ADDRESS, THE LACK OF CLARITY THAT GAVE RISE TO SOME OF THE CONFUSION I KNOW, AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS.

I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE ALL RECEIVED A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE, INCLUDING FROM SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOLKS WHO WEREN'T AWARE THAT THEIR NAMES WERE INCLUDED ON, ON SOME OF THE LETTERS.

UM, BUT IN MANY CASES, WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK AND EXPLAIN WHAT REALLY, WHAT THE INTENTION OF THAT FIRST PROVISION WAS DOING, I THINK THERE'S, UM, THAT HAS REALLY HELPED.

SO AGAIN, THAT FIRST CHANGE IS TO REMOVE REPEAL OR SUGGESTING AGAIN, THAT IN THE CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THEN AGAIN AT CITY COUNCIL IS WHAT, UM, WHETHER WE SHOULD USE THE SAME CALCULATION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CODE OR A HIGHER CALCULATION WITH REGARD TO PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEKING TO EXCEED THE FHR CAP.

UM, THE LAST COUPLE CHANGES ARE INSERTING THE WORDS INTERIM AND BEFORE REVISION, AND THEN MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS COMING BACK, UM, THAT THE FEES WILL COME BACK NO LATER THAN AUGUST 26, 2021.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ACHIEVED SEVERAL THINGS THAT I, THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN GOALS, MANY OF US HAVE SHARED FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, ONE IS THAT IT UPDATES THE METHODS OF CALCULATION, WHICH RIGHT NOW ARE SET TO 2013.

THESE WERE DONE IN 2013.

YOU KNOW, WE USE THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE, WE USE THESE DOLLARS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

WE ALSO USE THEM FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE USING 2013 NUMBERS, UM, TO PUT TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOCTORS THAT ARE COMPETING WITH 2020 MARKET PRICES.

[04:30:01]

THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE, THE SETTING OF, OF COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AT A ZERO RATE.

UM, AND I'LL JUST QUOTE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMO FROM MARCH, MARCH, 2019, WHICH ADDRESSES THIS QUESTION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FEE BEING SET AT ZERO IN RECOMMENDING THAT WE CHANGE THE FEE FROM ZERO, THEY MADE THE COMMENT AND THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THE CITY HAS LIKELY FORGONE FORGONE REVENUE DUE TO THIS ADMISSION AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DO SO IF A NON-RESIDENTIAL FEE IS NOT ADOPTED.

SO I AGREE THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS THAT SHOULD BE EXAMINED.

ONE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

AND I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR US SINCE, BEFORE I SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL, AS SOMEBODY WHO, WHO, UM, ALSO HELPED PASS THE 2018 BONDS, BUT ALSO HELPED PASS AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER HELPED PASS THE FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS BACK IN WHATEVER YEAR THAT WAS, UM, I BELIEVE STRONGLY ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND OUR OTHER BONUS PROGRAMS SHOULD BE REQUIRING MORE ON-SITE HOUSING.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN LOOK ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHEN WE EXAMINE THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, AS I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

AND SO LET ME STEP BACK.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY STAKEHOLDERS WANT TO SEE CHANGES TO OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. I HAVE LONG BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR MAKING THOSE CHANGES TO AND SPONSORED THAT EARLY RESOLUTION.

I THINK IN 2014, LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMS SO THAT WE COULD GET RECOMMENDATIONS BACK FROM OUR STAFF AND MAKE THOSE REVISIONS IN A DATA DRIVEN WAY.

AND THAT GOT KIND OF ENCAPSULATED WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THUS HAS NOT YET MOVED FORWARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE FOR THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, SOME OF WHOM ARE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE CHANGES, I AM, I AM VERY HAPPY TO UNDERTAKE THAT WORK AND TEND TO BRING FORWARD ANOTHER IFC INITIATING THAT WORK AND HOPE THAT, THAT, UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT WORK WILL HELP SUPPORT THAT.

BUT I DO, I DON'T THINK THAT BROADER BODY OF WORK SHOULD PREVENT US FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE CHANGES TODAY, WHICH ARE, ARE MUCH, MUCH NEEDED.

UM, AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE DESIGN COMMISSION IS ALSO INTERESTED IN THIS AND HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN, IN LOOKING AT OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AS THEY WERE KIND OF THE GATEKEEPER OF THAT ONE.

AND SO THERE THEY ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING WORK ON THAT, ON THAT FRONT.

UM, I CAN SAY MORE AND MIGHT, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR OTHER OR AMENDMENTS THAT THAT WILL, UM, SUGGEST MAKING HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA STOP AND SAY OUR CURRENT FEES RIGHT NOW.

I MENTIONED THE COMMERCIAL IN LIEU FEE IS SET AT ZERO.

THE RESIDENTIAL FEES DOWNTOWN ARE SET AT $3, $5 AND $10.

AND THESE ARE AGAIN, DATING BACK TO 2013.

IT IS IN MY OPINION, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THESE CHANGES AS SOON AS WE CAN.

I HOPE NOW, LET ME COME THEN BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON EVERETT, TIM, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT? I DID.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I ALSO APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER REALLY LAYING THAT OUT.

I APPRECIATE THAT SHE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME OF THOSE ADVOCATES, BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

I MEAN, I'M ALSO STILL CONTINUING TO GET INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, OUR SHARED DESIRE TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE THE PROGRAM TO BE THE, UH, THE ABSTINENCE, IT CAN BE.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT.

SO THAT'S TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THAT FIRST, BE IT RESOLVED AND HAVE US COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVISIONS TO THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DOESN'T GET US TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO AT IT.

THERE'S BEEN AN AMENDMENT OFFERED TO STRIKE THE FIRST RESOLVED CLAUSE.

UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT, OUR SECOND AMENDMENT? DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR AMENDMENT ANY FURTHER HIS OR HER GRANDSON? NO.

I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, COBOS RESOLUTION, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WITH MY AMENDMENT.

I HOPE IT'S UNDERSTOOD IT.

IT REALLY DOES BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE SHARE THE VISION IS WE NEED TO RECALIBRATE, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT FIRST BE IT RESOLVED.

[04:35:01]

IT'S, IT'S THE ONE THAT GIVES ME OKAY.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COSARA AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

YEAH, LET'S BE CLEAR HERE ABOUT AS WELL ON THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, SPEND OUR TIME IN A WAY.

I THINK THAT REALLY GETS US THE CHANGE WE NEED.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR PRO TIME.

I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK YOU SAID WE WANT A MORE, UH, MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVISION OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS.

UH, I'D HEARD IN THE PAST, YOU'D HAVE MENTIONING OUR DENSITY, BONUSES, CITYWIDE, AND MORE BROADLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND BANDWIDTH FOR OUR STAFF FOR THIS DIOCESE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE ARE GETTING BACK TO TALKING ABOUT REVISIONS TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THIS FIRST BE IT RESOLVED, KICKS OFF AMENDMENTS TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND I WANT US TO SIT BACK FOR A SECOND AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A DIES ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO START AND WHAT WE WANT TO GET DONE.

I THINK THAT HEARING EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO FIX OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS IS, MIGHT BE ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE START.

UM, BUT JUST PICKING THIS ONE UP, UM, JUST THIS ONE SECTION, I THINK IT COULD, IT COULD PULL TIME AND RESOURCE WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A BIGGER TASK AT HAND.

SO AGAIN, I DO WANT TO REITERATE WANTING TO LOOK AT DENSITY BONUS CITYWIDE.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE GOT FROM THE, UM, FROM THE STAFF AND WHAT I WOULD TOLD US TO, IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT WORK IS THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE, WE COULD BE SHORT ABOUT 7,500 AFFORDABLE UNITS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EXPANDED THOSE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, UM, THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 25,000 ACRES IN OUR CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY INELIGIBLE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS THAT WE COULD MAKE ELIGIBLE, UH, TO GENERATE THAT NEARLY 8,000 INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY, I THINK THE, FOR ME, IF I WAS TO GO SEND THE HOUSING STAFF TO GO BACK TO WORK AND TO LOOK AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUSES, I WOULD WANT TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE 25,000 ACRES RATHER THAN, UM, THEN, UH, WHICH WOULD ENCAPSULATE THIS SECTION, UH, WOULD ENCAPSULATE DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO REALLY GET US MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK IF WE'RE GOING TO START KICKING OFF TEXT AMENDMENTS THIS YEAR AS OUR KITCHEN.

UM, SO MAY I APPROACH HIM? I'M NOT SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR AMENDMENT.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE.

CAN YOU TELL ME SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOUR AMENDMENT IS AGAIN? JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BETTER.

YOU'RE JUST GETTING THE FIRST BIT RESOLVED.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

NOT THE SECOND OR THIRD.

I'M SORRY, NOT THE SECOND AND THIRD BIT RESOLVED.

JUST THE FIRST ONE, CORRECT WITH THAT.

CORRECT.

AND WHAT DOES YOUR AMENDMENT SAY? EXACTLY? JUST STRIKES.

IT JUST COMPLETELY STRIKES IT.

DOESN'T REPLACE IT WITH ANYTHING.

JUST STRIKES IT.

CORRECT.

AND TELL ME WHAT THAT ACCOMPLISHES, LET ME PULL UP AND I'LL READ THE LANGUAGE.

YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

I HAVE 75,000 TABS OPEN.

I MEAN, IF I MAY, I, IF YOU'RE ASKING COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, WHAT THAT BE IT RESOLVED, ACCOMPLISHES, IT WOULD INITIATE THE AMENDMENT.

AND SO ELIMINATING, IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE INITIATION OF THE CODE AMENDMENT TO LOOK AT THAT PORTION OF THE CODE THAT SPEAKS TO PROJECTS THAT EXCEED THE CAP.

SO IT WAS THAT WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD NOT BE ASKING OUR PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE SHOULD APPLY A HIGHER LEVEL OF CALCULATION AND THUS GET MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEKING TO EXCEED THE FIR CAP.

WHAT YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR THINKING IS AND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH BY, BY TAKING OUT THIS FIRST ONE.

I, I THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

TO-GO, I'M TRYING, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BY DOING THAT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM, LET ME JUST EXPLAIN FURTHER MY QUESTIONS.

SO I HEAR THE DESIRE TO GO BEYOND THE, UM, GO BEYOND THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBO MENTIONING THAT A CERTAIN TENT AT A LATER DATE TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

SO, AND IT MAY BE THE INTENT OF OTHERS ALSO, WHICH, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT, UM, HOW DOES STOPPING THIS? I MEAN, I DON'T SEE THOSE.

I DON'T SEE THOSE THINGS AS COUNTER TO EACH OTHER.

IT SEEMS THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND THEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, INITIATE THOSE CHANGES FOR THE OTHER ITEMS, I MEAN, FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHY, UH, MY PRETEND, I'M NOT SURE

[04:40:02]

THAT'S WHAT TRYING UNDERSTAND.

AND YOU SPOKE TO IT.

YOU, YOU ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO DO IT COMPREHENSIVELY.

THAT'S MY ENTIRE INTENTION COMPREHENSIVELY, BUT THAT OKAY.

I'M UNDERSTANDING BETTER.

THAT'S THAT'S OKAY.

I HAVE A I'M UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL IT CAN BE DONE COMPREHENSIVELY, CORRECT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING A REASON TO WAIT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS SUGGESTED, AND THEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, ALSO MOVE FORWARD ON THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I'M WILLING TO ENTERTAIN.

UM, A RESOLUTION FROM OTHERS IS AS SOON AS SOMEONE BRINGS ONE FORWARD, UH, ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PROGRAMS, I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WERE BLEEDING THEM ALL, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO WAIT FOR THE DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THEM TAKEN UP SEPARATELY.

THE NEEDS OF OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ARE DISTINCT AND UNIQUE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WORTH IT'S OWN CONVERSATION, UH, AROUND THE CALIBRATED FEES AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT, KEEPING IT SEPARATE JUST FOR UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING PURPOSES, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH, YOU KNOW, HAVE ALL THE MERIT TO BREAST TO REVIEW, AND IT'S NOT LIKE I WANT TO REVIEW THEM.

UM, BUT FOR THAT REASON, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING THEM SEPARATE.

SO AS I LOOK AT THIS, I WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND THEN THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS MATTER TO US, UH, ESPECIALLY AS WITH REGARDS TO THE RECALIBRATION ISSUE.

I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR THAT AND JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND THE FACT THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG, I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN INTERVENING.

UH, SO I'M NOT LIKE POINTING FINGERS, BUT I THINK IT'S THE RECALIBRATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET TO.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT, UH, UH, CATHOLIC OCTOBER THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THAT, THAT I GUESS WE'LL GET TO A SECOND.

IF ANYBODY RAISES THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'VE RAISED, UM, UH, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE JUST GOING WITH THE LDC FEE, UH, JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT NEEDS THE ACTUAL RECALIBRATION.

UM, AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO DO IT THIS WAY COULD HAVE TWICE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM STAFF IS THAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT, UH, AND TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

BUT IT'S THE RECALIBRATION EFFORT IN AUGUST THAT I REALLY LOOK POINT TO.

UM, I'M ON A SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT FROM, FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM THOUGH ON THE FIRST SECTION, UM, BECAUSE I, I, EVEN, IF WE WERE JUST TO FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AND NOT JUST THE QUESTION OF THE CAP ISSUE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS THAT PROBABLY NEED TO BE PART OF THAT SAME CONVERSATION.

UH, AND, AND, UH, I LOOKED TO SEE IF I COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT THE POSTING LANGUAGE IS REALLY NARROW, SO WE CAN'T.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.

I APPRECIATE, UH, CUSTOMER TOBA AND THE OTHER OFFERS AND AUTHORS AND HELPING US MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECALIBRATION.

AND I HOPE WE TAKE, UH, QUICKLY LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN BONUS EITHER BY ITSELF.

UH, SEPARATELY IS ANTHEM MEMBER OF WENT AS INDICATED OR WITH THE OTHERS, BUT NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE QUESTION OF THE, OF THE CAP DIVISIONS, HOW MUCH SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE MAYOR PRO THAMES AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THE FIRST BE IT RESOLVED.

UM, ALSO VERY MUCH DO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO ADDING IN THAT RECALIBRATION WITH ECO NORTHWEST.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, UM, AND WILL ALLOW ME TO HAVE MORE FAITH THAN SOME OF THE NUMBERS BEING RIGHT-SIZED AND CALIBRATED TO OUR CURRENT, UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.

UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO COUNCIL IN THE MEANTIME.

AND SO I THINK IT GETS A LITTLE CLOUDY IF WE AMEND, AMEND OR CHANGE B6 WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO CHOOSE THE NUMBERS AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE MAYOR PRO TIMES AMENDMENT OR THE DISCUSSION

[04:45:01]

MAY PRETEND.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS BEING, UH, THAT I WAS CLEARLY ARTICULATING THE INTENT THERE.

AND SO WHEN I SAY SEPARATE, AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS I BELIEVE ISOLATING THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF CODE IS THE THING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PROBLEMATIC IN FRONT OF US IS THE AMERIPRO TIMES AMENDMENT, A FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER 30.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW IT'S, UH, IT'S THE TIME IT'S GOING TO CHANGE WHERE THE, UH, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH THE, UH, THE REVISION OF THE FEEDS BY AUGUST, OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UM, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE MOTION HAS US COMING BACK EARLIER THAN AUGUST WITH THE LDC NUMBER, AND THEN BY AUGUST WITH THE, WE CALCULATED NUMBER.

SO TWO NUMBERS COMING BACK BY AUGUST EACH ONE BEING ADOPTED WHEN IT COMES BACK OR THE DISCUSSION I COUNCIL WERE ALTERED.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FOR HER LEADERSHIP, OR ALMOST A DECADE NOW, FISHING ON THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AND BEING PART OF THE GROUP WHO, WHO LED ON THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME IT WAS CREATED, AS I UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, THERE WERE FOLKS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA AND THAT IT WAS GONNA SKY WAS GONNA FALL, ET CETERA.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THAT I'M, THAT ARE, THAT I HAVE IN MIND.

WHAT IS THAT DOING? A CODE AMENDMENT IS THE PROCESS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND CRAFT A PRODUCT THAT WORKS TOWARDS ALL OF OUR GOALS.

SECONDLY, IS THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE AN APPROVEMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GET TO PERFECT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN WE ARE.

WE ARE.

UM, AND THERE ARE SOME CLEAR STEPS THAT WILL GET US TO BETTER.

THEY'RE NOT PERFECT.

THEY'RE NOT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.

THEY DO NOT TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES ALL OVER THE CITY.

WE ARE LEAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AS WE GRANT THESE ENTITLEMENTS ALL OVER THE CITY, UM, AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AT CERTAIN PLACES WHERE WE, WE WANT TO HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS ALONG OUR QUARTERS, ET CETERA, BUT WE SHOULD TRY AND DO BETTER.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO PERFECT WITH THIS VOTE TODAY, OR THE DISCRETION ON THE PAPER ATTEMPTS TO MIMIC CATS, MEMORY, KITCHEN.

THE OTHER THING THAT I'M THINKING IS, UM, I HEAR THE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, ABOUT LOOKING AT, UM, THINGS IN ISOLATION, BUT I ALSO, I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT AS COUNCIL MEMBER OF POINTER SAID TO, UH, WE'LL BE DRILLING DOWN NECESSARILY FOR EACH ONE OF THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS, BECAUSE THERE ARE DISTINCTIONS AMONGST THEM.

SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING IN ISOLATION EITHER BECAUSE THIS IS INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO ONE OF THE DENSITY, UH, INITIATING THE PROCESS FOR AMENDING ONE OF THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING ANYONE FROM, FOR GOING AHEAD IMMEDIATELY AND BRINGING UP THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR THESE OTHER DENSITY PROBLEMS, BONUSES.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

SO I DON'T THINK, I MEAN, AND THAT DOESN'T THE STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE THESE UPS TO CAN SEQUENTIALLY EITHER.

UM, ONCE THESE ARE INITIATED, THEY WILL NATURALLY GET TO A PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT TOGETHER WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE AND LOOKING AT THE DISTINCT ISSUES WHERE IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN, I JUST, I JUST DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DELAY.

UH, IT'S REALLY, REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS LIKE A TOP PRIORITY FOR US.

I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MOVE ON THIS K FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT, READY TO TAKE A VOTE.

LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MAYOR PER TIMES.

AMENDMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UM, I HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR ALICE, UM, PRO TIM AND ME, THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, GET LOOKS TO BE THE BALANCE OF THE DYESS FOUR TO SEVEN.

THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT PASS FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, 39, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

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UM, SO I WANTED TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO WOULD YOU OPPOSE ADDING SOME LANGUAGE? SO AFTER AUGUST 26, 2021, AND THAT THIRD IT RESOLVED, UM, I I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER ADDING WITH AN ITEM FOR ACTION, AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO ADOPT THE RECALIBRATED AND MODELED IN LIEU AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AND RAINY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. I THINK I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT, HOW THAT CHANGES WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN HERE.

UM, MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION, WELL, IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN I GUESS I'LL TURN TO OUR STAFF, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE, THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD BE AMENDING WITH OUR INTERIM FEES.

AND SO WHEN THOSE COME BACK TO US IN OCTOBER 26TH, THOSE WILL BE THE FEES THAT ARE COMING, COMING BACK TO US.

SO CAN YOU, UH, MAYOR PRETEND, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH YOUR SUGGEST IT WOULD HELP IF, IS IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD? IT WOULD ALSO HELP ME TO BE ABLE TO READ IT.

NO, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH THAT ALSO, I ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

SO WHILE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND MAYBE I ASKED MY QUESTIONS, I CAN SEND THIS LANGUAGE OVER TO YOU.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING TO BE A LEGAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OF QUORUM.

SO, UM, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT ANYWAY.

MAYBE IF YOU READ IT AGAIN, I CAN CONCENTRATE ON IT, BUT COULD YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS, WHAT ARE YOU, DO YOU REGARD THAT AS, UM, SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'M SAYING HERE? OR CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH THE RATIONALE FOR THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE? SURE.

I THINK BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT STAFF CAN COME BACK WITH AN ITEM TO AMEND THE FEES.

AND I JUST THINK THE CURRENT LANGUAGE ISN'T ENTIRELY CLEAR.

SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A POINT OF CLARITY.

SO I, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR BUDGET ADOPTION DAY IS, BUT ARE THE FEES.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION ABOVE IS TO REMOVE THE REVISED FEES INTO THE CITY FEE SCHEDULE.

SO WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE APPROVING ANY CHANGES TO THOSE FEES UNTIL WE APPROVE THE BUDGET AND THE CITY FEE SCHEDULE.

AND SO THE INTENT WAS TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK FROM, TO ASK OUR STAFF, TO UPDATE IF NECESSARY, UM, TO UPDATE THOSE FEES, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, CALIBRATE THEM, UPDATE THEM, AND THEN WE WOULD APPROVE, WE WOULD APPROVE ANY, WE WOULD APPROVE THOSE FEES IN THE BUDGET.

SO IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE INTERIM FEES, THAT WOULD BE THE DAY THAT WE MAKE THAT CHANGE, WHICH ACTUALLY MAYBE BEFORE AUGUST 26TH.

UM, SO YOUR LANGUAGE IS RETURNED TO COUNSEL NO LATER THAN AUGUST 26TH, 2021.

WHAT WAS THE REST OF IT? UM, KATHY, CAN YOU MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE A LITTLE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU JUST THANK YOU.

SO AUGUST 26, 2021, AND THE THIRD BEAT RESOLVED THAT'S THAT I DIDN'T ADD THAT LANGUAGE.

THAT'S YOUR LANGUAGE.

SHE'S ASKING WHAT LANGUAGE YOU WANTED TO ADD AT THE END OF THAT WITH AN ITEM FOR ACTION, AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO ADOPT THE RECALIBRATED AND MODELED IN LIEU, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES FOR, AND THEN IT JUST GOES ON TO SAY FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND RAINY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. AND I, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS.

I JUST THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M PROPOSING MAKES IT MORE CLEAR.

SO I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT IT IS THAT YOUR THIRD BE RESOLVED SAYS.

I WAS JUST ATTEMPTING TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR, I THINK.

CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? SORRY.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY HERE.

UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR LEGAL IS PART OF THAT ALLOWABLE UNDER OUR POSTING, NOT ALLOWED UNDER OUR POSTING.

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IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO UNMUTE.

UM, IF YOU'RE ASKING WHETHER THE, THE AMENDMENT FROM TOVO IS, OH, I'M SORRY.

THERE WE GO.

I'M ASKING WHETHER THE MAYOR FOR TIMES AMENDMENT IS UNDER THE POSTING BECAUSE IT HAS THE REIGN PORTION IN IT AS WELL.

SO THE RAINY PORTION IS, IS MENTIONED IN THE POSTING AS WELL.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE LANGUAGE.

SO IF I'M HEARING YOU, RIGHT, THE THINKING IS TO CLARIFY, WHAT'S INTENDED HERE ALREADY.

YOU MENTIONED, YOU SAID, COULD YOU READ THAT LANGUAGE THAT SAYS SOMETHING AND MODELED, IT SAYS ADOPTED OR UPDATED AND MARVELED, OR WHAT, WHAT WERE THOSE TWO WORDS TOGETHER? IT SAYS RECALIBRATED AND MODEL.

RECALIBRATED AND MODELS.

SO THIS IS JUST A, UH, A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA, OR PERHAPS IT'S FOR STAFF.

THOSE TWO ASPECTS OF THE TASK THAT STAFF WILL HAVE TO, TO, UM, TO DO CONTEMPLATES MODELING AND RECALIBRATION.

SO DOES THAT GO TOGETHER? IS THAT THE SAME THING? IS THAT WHAT THEY, THEY WOULD BE DOING OR IS IT INTRODUCED THE SECOND STEP PERHAPS THAT'S FOR, UM, FOR STAFF? DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE ON THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION? MODELING FORECASTING? I THINK ERIC IS TRYING TO COME OFF MUTE.

I CAN SEE HER TRYING TO GET OFF MUTE TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU, THAT HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.

UM, SO IN, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND AS PART OF THE QUESTION OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RECALCULATED AND MODELED PUTTING IT, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE ONE IN THE SAME, BUT ERICA, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR AD SETS NOT WORKING, IF YOU WANT TO JUST TRY THE BASE.

UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.

UM, SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, UM, I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT I WOULD DEFINE THOSE AS DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I THINK I WOULD NEED TO HEAR MORE FROM THE MAYOR, PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S THINKING IN TERMS OF THE DISTINCTION.

THE RECALIBRATE AND MODELED IN LIEU AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND NOT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND RAINY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. OKAY.

AND SO IN MY MIND'S EYE WITH THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, UM, THE DIFFERENCES THAT THIS AMENDMENT, UM, DIRECT STAFF TO BRING AN ITEM FOR THE FEES TO BE UPDATED, AS OPPOSED TO JUST DELIVERING A REVISED REPORT.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHEN THEY RETURN BACK ON AUGUST 26, ARE THEY COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ADOPT AND MAKE PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE? AND I THINK THE INTENT CORRECTLY, COUNCILOR TOTO WAS YOUR INTENT THAT THEY COME BACK ON AUGUST OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL TO AMEND THE FEE SCHEDULE.

AND I, AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE LANGUAGE, I WAS ALSO UNCLEAR ABOUT THE MODELING PIECE.

AND SO THAT ONE JUST GIVES ME A LITTLE PAUSE.

I DON'T, I DON'T.

UM, YEAH, BUT IF IT'S, IF BASICALLY THAT'S PART OF WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING DURING THE WEEK DURING THE RECALIBRATION, THEN I'M OKAY WITH, INCLUDING IT.

I WOULD ASK THE MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T PRESUME THAT THE FEES THAT WERE, THAT WE WOULD BE PASSING IN THE MEANTIME WILL NECESSARILY NEED TO BE CHANGED.

UM, YOUR LANGUAGE, I THINK, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT.

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T.

HE DID IT AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE, AND TO OFFER SOME CLARITY WHEN I SAY MODELING, I MEAN, TESTING.

UM, AND THEN, OKAY, SO THE NOTE WITH AN ITEM FOR ACTION, AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO ADOPT THE RECALIBRATED IN A SECOND AND READ IT MORE SLOWLY, SAY WHEN, GO AHEAD, READ THE FIRST ITEM FOR ACTION.

AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO ADAPT

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SO I WOULD SAY, LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD GO HANG ON HERE.

ONE SECOND.

UH, THAT'S TRUE.

YOU WERE RAISING YOUR HAND.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO TO REQUEST A RETURN BY DATE OF AUGUST 26TH AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AFTER THE BUDGET ADOPTION.

SO IF THE INTENTION IS FOR IT TO COME BACK BEFORE BUDGET ADOPTION, WE WOULD WANT TO AMEND THAT DATE TO REFLECT EARLIER BUDGET ADOPTION IS RIGHT 11TH THROUGH 13TH.

WILL YOUR IFC BE COMING BACK TO US ON, ON MAY 6TH SO THAT THE REST OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS CAN BE DISCUSSED, UM, UM, AND MAYBE CATCH UP TO, OR YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED WITH, UH, THE, THE ANALYSIS ON SECTION B SIX, IS THAT WHAT YOU INTENDED? WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO PULL IT TOGETHER.

UM, AND SO I, I THINK THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH A NUMBER THAT WE HAD BEEN A DATE THAT WE HAD BEEN TOLD WAS REALISTIC FOR THAT RECALIBRATION.

AND SO IT'LL JUST HAVE TO BE AFTER THE BUDGET AND LESS THAT YOU THINK IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO BUDGET ADOPTION.

I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THAT AS A POTENTIAL GOAL.

I THINK WE WON'T KNOW PRECISELY UNTIL WE'RE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE PROCESS.

UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE PROBABLY PREFERABLE TO UPDATE THE FEE SCHEDULE WITH THE BUDGET, JUST TO GET A PART OF THAT ANNUALIZED PROCESS.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH JUST ADDING THE WORDS NO LATER THAN AUGUST 26TH, 2021 OR AT BUDGET ADOPTION, IF POSSIBLE.

UM, YEAH, OR JUST, OR JUST NO LATER THAN AUGUST 26TH.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

IT SAYS.

UM, AND IN TIME FOR BUDGET BEFORE, PRIOR TO BUDGET ADOPTION OR PRIOR TO BUDGET APPROVAL, IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU PROBABLY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT PRIOR TO BUDGET APPROVAL, IF POSSIBLE HEARING NONE, THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED, LET'S CONTINUE ON WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING.

I THINK THERE WERE SOME OTHER PEOPLE COMMENTING, BUT IF, IF I MAY, UM, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ADDING IN LANGUAGE AND RETURN TO COUNSEL.

LET'S SEE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RETURNED TO COUNCIL NO LATER THAN AUGUST 26TH, 2021, OR PRIOR TO BUDGET APPROVAL, IF POSSIBLE.

SO LET'S SEE RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH AN ITEM WITH IF, WITH, IF NECESSARY AN ITEM FOR ACTION, NO LATER THEN ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT PROBABLY THE PERFECT PLACE TO PUT IT, BUT THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO HERE ON THE FLY.

WE CAPTURE RECAPTURE THE PIECE WITH AN ITEM FOR ACTION, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, IT DOESN'T PRESUME THAT THEY'LL NEED TO BE CHANGES IT'S THERE MAY BE BASED ON AN ANALYSIS, BUT IT SAYS WITH AN ITEM FOR ACTION, SORRY, I'M TYPING IT UP AS, UM, THAT ITEM FOR ACTION.

UM, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 26, 2021 OR PRIOR TO BUDGET APPROVAL, IF POSSIBLE.

AND THAT I THINK GETS US AROUND AROUND THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ALL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE MODELING IS OR NOT, OR JUST IF THE INTENT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POSTED FOR ACTION, IF WE NEED TO BE POSTED FOR ACTION.

I THINK THAT ACCOMPLISHES IT DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION THEN TO THE, UH, CHANGE IN LEARNING AS CATS OVER TOHO JUST RENT EARING NINE THAT'S INCORPORATED.

IT GETS US BACK TO THE MAIN THING COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, YOU'VE GONE ONTO THE BULLETIN BOARD TO, TO INDICATE, AS YOU MENTIONED, JUST TO GO, UM, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS FOR A GREATER LOCA, DEAD DEAD DENSITY BONUS THINGS.

YES, YES.

ARE AS I'VE LET LOTS OF FOLKS KNOW IT'S MY INTENTION TO, TO BRING FORWARD AN IFC TO INITIATE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, UM, OR THE CHANGES THAT WERE DESCRIBED BY OUR STAFF AND RECOMMENDED WITH ALL OF OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. IF WHAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS STAFF IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE REVISION OF THE SECTION B SIX, THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY, THAT IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE DOWNTOWN, UM, UH, DENSITY BONUS, UH, AS PART OF THIS, UH, CONVERSATION,

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UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, AND I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT BE ON MAY 6TH, BUT REMEMBER THE CODE AMENDMENT IS NOT THE CODE AMENDMENT IS NOT COMING BACK TO US ON MAY 6TH, THE FEES ARE COMING BACK TRUE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ON MAY 6TH, WE DO SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS STAFF AS IT'S CONSIDERING THE CODE AMENDMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS IS CONSIDERING THE CODE AMENDMENT WITH RESPECT TO B6.

ALSO, ISN'T ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN BONUS.

IN OTHER WORDS, I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE B6 COME BACK BY ITSELF.

THE ANALYSIS OF THAT, I WANT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BROADER DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, IT MAY VERY WELL BE A LONGER PROCESS TO DO DENSITY BONUSES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, AND WHAT MY QUESTION IS IS THAT SINCE I'M NOT ABLE TO TALK TO YOU OUTSIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION, CAUSE I'M NOT IN YOUR FORUM, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO THAT, WHETHER THEY NEEDED TO BRING A SEPARATE IFC TO, TO HAVE THE REST OF THE DOWNTOWN BONUS BEING LOOKED AT AT THE SAME TIME THAT B6 IS BEING LOOKED AT, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, DO THEY NEED TO BRING THEIR OWN IFC ON MAY 6TH OR WILL YOUR IFC ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? UM, MAYOR I TH I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS, IS PARSING OUT THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AND TRYING TO, UM, INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT ON OTHER ELEMENTS OF IT IN MAY.

AND I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO DO THAT, UM, TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL WITHIN MY DISTRICT AND I'VE ANNOUNCED MY INTENT TO, TO BRING FORWARD THOSE REVISIONS.

AND SO I WILL, I WILL DO MY BEST.

IT IS, YOU KNOW, FIVE 25 ON FRIDAY AND THOSE HAVE TO POST TOMORROW.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL BE ON THE SIXTH OR NOT.

UM, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY ENDEAVOR TO GET IT, TO GET IT MOVING FORWARD SO THAT IT COULD BE PAIRED UP IF THAT SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT APPROACH OR WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE CRITERIA? CAUSE I'M STILL STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE BOARD POSTS THAT YOU HAD.

I'D SEEM TO ADDRESS TENSITY BONUSES MORE GLOBALLY IN THE CITY.

UH, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO IS TO, IS TO PICK CERTAIN ISSUES WITHIN DENSITY BONUSES, AS YOU DID ON THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, OR WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING SOMETHING BACK THAT SAYS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT DENSITY BONUSES, AND THEN COME BACK TO US WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

MY INTEREST IS IN GETTING TO COUNCIL.

AND THAT'S A, I MEAN, A OVERALL ANALYSIS OF DENSITY BONUSES, I THINK IS GREAT.

WHAT W W IN PARTICULAR, IF THE DOWNTOWN BEND CITY POWERS IS GOING TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY THAN THAT, AND THE DISCUSSION OF B6 IS GOING TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY THAN THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS CAN BE CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE CONSIDERING B6.

SO THAT SEEMS TO ME, IF STAFF'S GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON THE B6 DISCUSSION THAT WE GET TO THEM QUICKLY TO SAY, AND ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE DOWNTOWN BONUS SO THAT IT CAN BE A MORE FULL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN BONUS.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT'S GREAT.

IF I WANT TO VOTE FOR THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, OR THAT'S NOT THE INTENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.

CAN YOU GIVE ME MAYOR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT? IT'S FIVE 30.

YOU SAID PEOPLE WERE LEAVING.

I'M JUST GETTING A LITTLE CONCERNED.

IF WE'RE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS HERE TODAY? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND POST AN IFC TO DO THAT, BUT I WILL WITHDRAW IT.

I HAVEN'T HAVE DICTATED.

I WILL, I WILL BRING FORWARD REZA.

I WILL.

I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

YOU'RE ASKING ME IN THE COURSE OF THIS CONVERSATION TOO, TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE IFC, THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE A DRAFT OF.

UM, CERTAINLY FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD SAY IN WITH REGARD TO THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE ONSITE RATHER THAN JUST FEES IN LIEU.

I THINK WHEN THEY APPLY TO RAINY STREET, THEY SHOULD, IF THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AND THEN THE RAINY STREET PROGRAM, AND THEN

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THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AGAIN, I THINK WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, THOSE SHOULD BE ONSITE UNITS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT, THAT, YES, UM, I'M ABSOLUTELY PREPARED TO BRING FORWARD IN IFC TO INITIATE CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN'S DENSITY BONUS, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND MY QUESTION.

AND, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PERIOD, THE CONVERSATION, THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE JUST SAID, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT THINGS FOR US TO DISCUSS THERE OTHER ELEMENTS TOO.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND LET ANYBODY BRING UP ANY ASPECT OF IT THAT THEY WANT TO, OR STAFF ABLE TO BRING UP ANY ASPECT OF IT THAT THEY WANT TO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO PREJUDGE WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE OR NOT BE APPROPRIATE.

SO, SO, SO THERE'S REALLY, I DON'T, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO PICK PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS THAT YOU ALSO WANT THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.

I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS IN ITS ENTIRETY, ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF IT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER.

UM, AND THAT WAS THE QUESTION, AND THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE TO DO.

UM, AND IF THAT'S NOT, BUT I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO EITHER.

I'M JUST ASKING, CAUSE I CAN'T ASK YOU OUTSIDE OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WELL, MAYOR YOU COULD, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN MY SUB QUORUM ON THIS ITEM, BUT A MORE GENERAL ITEM YOU CERTAINLY COULD BE.

IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE INDICATING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE EFFORT, UM, TO BRING FORWARD THE, EITHER THE WORK THAT I DESCRIBED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, HAPPY TO CONSIDER YOU AS A CO-SPONSOR.

I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

APPRECIATE THAT.

HAVE IT.

THIS IS A GREAT ANSWER.

MY QUESTION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME TOMORROW TO, UM, I'LL POST ON THE MESSAGE BOARD HERE IN A MOMENT, WHAT IT IS, IS MY CONCERN.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE, ON THE, ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME, THAT ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER THIS THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS WITHOUT PICKING SECTIONS.

AND SO THAT IT CAN CATCH UP TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT B6, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS THAT'S ALL.

AND, AND IF THAT'S YOUR INTENT, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO VOTE FOR YOU DOING THAT.

UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO TOO.

UH, WE'RE NOW STILL, I THINK IN THE DISCUSSION OF ADAM ADAM 39, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM.

I, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE RIGHT BEFORE, TAKE THE VOTE ON THIS, UH, DENSITY BONUS CHANGES.

MA'AM THIS QUESTION IS FOR STAFF.

UM, I I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK WHAT, WHAT, OR MAYBE IF THERE ARE OF IMPLEMENTING FEES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CALIBRATED FOR THE CURRENT CODE AND CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THOSE RISKS? SO WITH RECALIBRATION, THERE THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK OR, OR NOT HAVING RECALIBRATION.

THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK THAT THE FEES COULD BE TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE INTERIM FEES IN PLACE OR JUST A FEW MONTHS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY RIGHT, UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL ONLY BE IN PLACE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE RISKS, THERE ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED, ALTHOUGH IN AN IDEAL WORLD THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD ALWAYS BE CALIBRATED, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT POSSIBLE MAYOR.

I DON'T THINK MY WAS ANSWERED.

UM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THERE ARE RISKS, BUT DIDN'T RESPOND TO WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE SPACE THAN NECESSARILY GETTING THAT CLARITY.

I JUST, UM, SO MARY GETS HERE CALLED THEM HERE.

I'D JUST LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION AT THIS POINT.

I THINK WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT, UM, UH, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO THE INITIATIVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER TOBER BROUGHT HER, SHE'S ACCEPTED THE ONES THAT SHE'S GOING TO ACCEPT.

AND I THINK IT'S GETTING LATE AND I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE IT'S PAST FIVE 30 AND

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BUT I WOULD URGE THAT IT MAY GO AHEAD AND PUT THE, UM, CONVERSATION TO THE SIDE AND MOVE FORWARD.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO OFFER? DOES, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOTION ON OUR, YOU EMOTION TO CALL THE PREVIOUS QUESTION TO CUT OFF DEBATE, TO TAKES A TWO THIRDS VOTE? I DO NOT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT COMES FROM A ROCKSTAR.

I HAD EMOTION.

UM, I'M TRYING TO LAY IT, ARREST THE PIECE THAT WE HAVE JUST SPENT SOME TIME ON BECAUSE I THINK THE ANSWERS ARE THERE AND WE'VE ALL GOTTEN THE ANSWERS AND THOSE ARE THE ANSWERS.

SO IF WE COULD MOVE ON, THAT WOULD BE GREAT MAYOR.

I HOPE MY AMENDMENTS IS SEEN AS FRIENDLY.

IT'S BEEN, UH, EMAILS TO EVERYONE BY KATIE POWERS.

UM, AND SO I WOULD MOVE THAT AMENDMENT, UM, TO SORT OF WRITE DOWN WHAT OUR GOAL IS WITH MAKING THIS CODE AMENDMENT.

AND I'LL TRY TO LAY IT OUT VERY BRIEFLY WHEN I GET A SECOND.

I DON'T THINK IT'LL TAKE LONG.

DID YOU READ WHAT YOUR AMENDMENT WAS? IT'S JUST BEEN EMAILED.

I'M HAPPY TO, TO READ IT IF THAT'S USEFUL.

IT, IT, UH, IT ADDS TO THE END OF THE FIRST BIT RESOLVED, WHAT I THINK IS OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL, UM, WITH THE CODE AMENDMENT, WHICH SAYS WITH THE CA RECALIBRATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY, BRO, IT HAS PROGRAM IN LIEU FEES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES, THE AMENDMENTS SHALL MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

OKAY GUYS, REMEMBER AMENDMENTS ARE SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT AIR PROTIME SECOND SET.

AND I'M REALLY FLEXIBLE ON, ON WORDING JUST TO BE CLEAR HERE.

I THINK THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN ARTICULATED BY THE SPONSOR OF THE CO-SPONSORS IN, BY ALL OF US ON THIS ITEM.

UM, WHILE WE OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT, IN WHICH ORDER WE WANT TO START CODE AMENDMENTS, UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS CAN BE IMPROVEMENTS AND I THINK IT'S USEFUL FOR THE STAFF AND FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR US TO WRITE DOWN, UH, THE, THE GOAL OF THE CODE AMENDMENT AS WE AMEND THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE WHATEVER WORDING CHANGES.

I'M JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE THE INTENT THAT I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM, FROM EVERYONE.

UM, YES.

I HAVE A CONCERN, UM, WITH THE FIRST PORTION OF THE AMENDMENT, THE WIDTH, THE CALIBRATION, THE RECALIBRATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IN LIEU AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES.

UM, YOU'RE INSERTING THIS IN A SECTION THAT'S TALKING ABOUT A CODE AMENDMENT AND I HOPE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'LL CONSIDER WITH REGARD TO THAT CODE AMENDMENT AND THAT WE WILL TOO, IS THAT PERHAPS WHEN YOU GET BEYOND THE FAR AS IT'S CURRENTLY LAID OUT IN THE CODE, THAT THOSE WOULD BE ON-SITE REQUIREMENTS.

SO, UM, I, I COULD NOT ACCEPT THE FIRST PART WITH THE RECALIBRATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS FEES.

IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THE CODE AMENDMENT IS WAITING FOR THAT RECALIBRATION, WHICH WOULDN'T BE DONE UNTIL THE REST OF, UH, UNTIL AUGUST.

UM, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMENDMENT SHALL MAXIMIZE, UM, PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH OF COURSE IS JUST REALLY RESTATING WHAT THE CALIBRATION IS DOING.

AND THEN I WOULD ADD, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO THAT, I WOULD SAY, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HOUSING VOUCHERS, BECAUSE THE FUNDING DOESN'T, DOESN'T JUST GO TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

IT ALSO GOES TO HOUSING VOUCHERS.

SO I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, AS YOU SAID, IT'S REALLY JUST RESTATING SEVERAL PARTS OF YOUR AMENDMENT ARE JUST REALLY RESTATING OUR RESTATING THE INTENT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, SO I HAVE I'M OKAY WITH I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

YOU'RE ALSO RESTATING THE PROCESS THAT THE ANALYSIS THAT GOES INTO THE CALIBRATION, WHICH IS OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY, BUT I'M OKAY WITH IT.

SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD ACCEPT AS FRIENDLY THE AMENDMENT SHELL MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HOUSING VOUCHERS.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, I THINK THAT WHAT WE LOSE WITH THE FIRST WORDS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU SAID WE SHOULD ALL EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE, WHICH IS AS WE CHANGED THE PROGRAM, UM, IT'S, WE'RE ALSO CHANGING THE FEES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THOSE NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, UH, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO MODEL WHAT THE IDEAL, UH, AMOUNT OF ENTITLEMENTS ARE AND WHAT ANY STAIRSTEPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE

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AS THE FEES.

AND THE SECOND BIT RESOLVED ARE SHIFTING.

UM, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT CHALLENGE AND WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE THAT CHALLENGE ON.

SO I'M HAPPY TO, TO GO WITH THE LANGUAGE AS YOU'VE STATED HERE.

ANY OBJECTIONS AND LANGUAGE STATED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, TOA HEARING THEM THEY'RE INCLUDED, AND THEN IT GETS US BACK TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 39, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM 39, THOSE IN FAVOR OF 39, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE THAT AS BEING ANONYMOUS ON THE DICE COUNSELOR POOL, I HAD SOME THINGS I WANTED TO SAY TO THE RECORD IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

OKAY, GREAT.

I FULLY SUPPORT ADJUSTING OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS BOTH DOWNTOWN AND ACROSS THE CITY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO START HERE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PIECES TODAY, AS SOON AS WE CAN, BECAUSE IN THAT WAY WE CAPTURE AS MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FOR BRINGING THE ITEM FORWARD.

AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR HER PASSPORT TO CRAP.

THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE STAND POISED TO IMPROVE UPON TODAY, WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE WE ARE WITHOUT HER COMMITMENT TO SERVE IN OUR CITY AND THE HOUSING COMMUNITY WITH MORE RESOURCES AND FUNDS TO GAIN MORE RESTRICTED UNITS AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY THAT I, I WAS SOMEWHAT TAKEN ABACK BY THE RELUCTANCE EXPRESSED BY SOME OF THE HOUSING GROUPS TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM IN ACHIEVING THEIR MISSION, PARTICULARLY THE CODE AMENDMENT COURTS, AND THAT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT.

SO I ASKED MY STAFF TO CONTACT SOME OF THE FOLKS WHOSE NAMES WERE ON A COUPLE OF LETTERS FROM HOUSING GROUPS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STATED OBJECTIONS TO THE ITEM.

WHAT MY, WHAT MY STAFF FOUND FROM TALKING TO THESE FOLKS WAS THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE NAMED IN THE LETTERS NOT ONLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE LETTER, BUT THEY WERE NOT IN FACT, OPPOSED AT ALL TO THIS INITIATIVE, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WAS BRINGING.

FOR EXAMPLE, HERE'S WHAT WALTER MOREAU WROTE TO US THIS AFTERNOON.

AND I THINK KATIE SENT AROUND A COPY OF HIS LETTER.

WALTER WRITES, I AM WRITING TO CLARIFY THAT FOUNDATION COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THE INTENT OF ITEM 39 TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION, BUT THE POSITION OF AHC DOES NOT REFLECT THE POSITION OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC PROCESS TO MAKE THE PROGRAM A SUCCESS.

SO GOING FORWARD, I, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE CATHOLIC AND WE'RE FULLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO HEAR FROM A GROUP THAT THE MEMBERS ARE INFORMED ABOUT LETTERS TO COUNCIL, AND THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF GROUPS WITHOUT ADVISING THE GROUPS THAT THAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT THE GROUPS ARE INDEED SUPPORTIVE OF POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING EXPRESSED.

I'VE HEARD SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AS EXPRESSED IN SOME OF THESE LETTERS THAT WE NEED TO WAIT AND BRING THE ENTIRE RAFT OF DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS TO COUNCIL BEFORE WE CAN TOUCH EVEN ONE WE'VE TAKEN THE VOTE.

SO WE HAVE LAID THAT ISSUE TO LAST, BUT FOR THE RECORD, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE AS COUNCIL MEMBER TURBO HAS POSTED ON THE MESSAGE FORWARD, BRINGING FORWARD THE REST OF THESE PROGRAMS TO BE UPDATED AS WELL.

IT WOULD BE PERFECT AS SOMEONE ALREADY SAID EARLIER TODAY, IF WE WERE DOING ALL OF THAT, RIGHT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD THAT WE CAN AND HAVE DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM TODAY.

UM, MITZI, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, AND MAYBE LOOKING AT AN OLDER DRAFT, BUT THEN THE TOVO AND THEN THAT IT JUST MAY 20TH IS THE ITEM LOOKS LIKE A TYPO SAYING MAY 22ND.

JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT MAY 20TH IS, IS THE MEETING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.

THAT IT'S POSTED AN ITEM FOR MAY 20TH.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT CHANGE WILL BE MADE AS TO WHAT WE JUST PASSED.

CAUSE I WAS, UH, OR THE DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER 30.

I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. UH, UH, ALSO, UM, UH, LOOKING INTO THE, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, UH, ON OTHER ISSUE, I JUST FELT LIKE THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET IT OVER, GET, GET THIS OVER THE, THE, THE, UH, AND, AND LOOK INTO THE, UH, IF WE'RE WE'RE LEAVING ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW EITHER WAY, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'LL MEET TO ADDRESS AND VISIT THE, UH, THE OTHER DOWNTOWN 10TH STREET.

AND SO I'D BE WILLING TO CORRESPOND.

YOU GOT CO-SPONSOR IF THAT WOULD COME BACK, COME UP.

TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AS SHE'S REQUESTED, AND THEN I'LL RAISE THAT ISSUE.

HOPEFULLY NOT.

I'M GOING TO REACH OUT

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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDREA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MY STAFF HAVE REMINDED ME THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA.

UM, AND SO THAT'S THE LIKELIER TIME THAT I'LL BE DOING SO NEXT FRIDAY.

COOL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, COSAR MARIN, AND I, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LAID TO REST THE QUESTION OF, OF WHERE TO START OR NOT TO START.

AND IT'S, I THINK IN THE END PART OF MY SENSE, UH, LOSING THE VOTE ON THE FIRST BIT RESOLVED MOVING FORWARD IS THAT IT'S A GOOD, I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD THAT WE GET STARTED ON, ON LOOKING AT CHANGES TO THE, TO THE CODE, UH, AND TO FIND PLACES THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON IT.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR HERE, JUST BECAUSE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, UM, BROADENING THIS AND BROADENING OUR WORK THAT I, I DON'T, I'M NOT AS INTERESTED IN JUST GOING AND RECONFIGURING OUR EXISTING DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. UH, WHAT I MEAN, JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE DENSITY BONUSES, NEEDING REVISION IS ALL OF THESE PLACES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM AT ALL.

SO YOU CAN'T EVEN CALIBRATE IT TO DO A LITTLE BETTER.

YOU CAN, UH, JUST HAVE ONE AND YOU ARE ALREADY DOING MUCH BETTER.

AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS SHOWED US THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS PROGRAM, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE ONE.

SO I CONCUR WITH THE IDEA OF NOT LETTING THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD THAT MIGHT AS WELL BE A REPLACEMENT NAME FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE TIME AND VOTE AFTER VOTE.

AND I'M READY TO DO THE WORK ALONGSIDE Y'ALL TO FIND PLACES WHERE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT EXACTLY PERFECT, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM AT ALL RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE GETTING ZERO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ZERO MARKET RATE HOUSING, UH, ZERO INCREASED TAX BASE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED.

AND SO, UM, FOR ME, WHEN I SAY WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT THIS CITYWIDE, I DON'T MEAN LET'S CONTINUE TO POUR UP SOME OF OUR LIMITED TIME INTO JUST CALIBRATING OR WORKING A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE EXISTING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. I REALLY WANT TO, UH, TO HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT WHEN WE ARE WORKING ON SOME NUMBER OF CODE AMENDMENTS.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAD THE MOST CONSENSUS DURING THE LDC REWRITE.

AND I'M, I'M INTERESTED, TRULY INTERESTED THIS YEAR IN FINDING SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN ALL COME AROUND TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

GIVEN REALLY JUST THE SEVERE HOUSING PRICE SPIKE WE'VE WITNESSED HERE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

ALRIGHT.

I THINK WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, CATHERINE WERE ALTAR THEN THE MEDICAL TERM.

UM, SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO ON THE MESSAGE FOR IT.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO JOIN YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, AGAIN, TODAY, AS THERE IS A TERRIFIC TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMPONENT.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TALK OR WE LEAVE VERY TIME? UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO JOIN THE EFFORT, UM, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, REALLY JUST TO BE SORT OF FRONT AND CENTER AS WE MOVE THROUGH IT AND HAVE A SONG BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

UM, I, UH, I HAVE GIVEN US A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT AND PUT SOME EFFORT INTO THE FOLLOWING REMARKS.

AND SO I KNOW, ALTHOUGH, UM, SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED US TO WRAP IT UP, UH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH MY COMMENTS AND HOPEFULLY THEY GIVE A CLEARER PICTURE AS TO WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THIS CONVERSATION, UM, ABOUT THE ISSUE OF IN ALL THE PLACES IT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT WE ALL AGREE.

THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IS LONG OVERDUE FOR A TWEAK.

UM, LOOKING AT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAP, YOU'LL SEE A TON OF NEW ONSITE INCOME, RESTRICTED UNITS AND WEST CAMPUS, BUT BARELY ANY DOWNTOWN.

AND IF THE FEE IN LIEU IS SO LOW THAT A NEW TOWER IS ONLY COVERING THE COST OF A HANDFUL OF OFFSITE AFFORDABLE UNITS, WE KNOW WE CAN GET BETTER.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL NOT TO KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS.

WE WANT THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO BE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH FOR, TO WANT TO USE IT, BUT ALSO TO MAXIMIZE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE GET.

SO, AS THE MAYOR SAID BEFORE, THESE TALL TOWERS ARE LIKE A MUNICIPAL PIGGY BANK.

EACH ONE TRANSLATES TO AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TAX BASE THAT HELPS US PAY FOR PARKS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.

SO EACH HOUSING UNIT BUILT DOWNTOWN IS ONE THAT ISN'T BUILT, UM, AND A BRAND NEW CAR DEPENDENT SUBDIVISION AND OUR PRISTINE HILLS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

WE TALKED SO MUCH THIS EARTH DAY ABOUT CLIMATE REALITY.

UM, IT'S ONE THAT PROVIDES BUYERS, ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO PURCHASING AN EAST AUSTIN HOME AT 50 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE LISTING PRICE.

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AND TO REMEMBER THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY TAKING A DISPROPORTIONATE TOLL ON BLACK GROUND AND LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, FRANKLY, FLOODS IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, WINTER STORMS, UM, WITH OUR POWER WATER GAS OUTAGES THAT HAD UNDER INVESTED AREAS OF TOWN, WAY HARDER THAN THOSE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO TO LOWER OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS TO BUILD COMPACT CONNECTED, WALKABLE, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING AND WHERE NOT EVERY TRIP REQUIRES A CAR, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT HITS ALL THOSE BUTTONS.

AND THE MORE OF IT WE CAN INDUCE THE BETTER.

THE FIRST TWO STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT SCORECARDS CAME UP THIS WEEK.

THE GOAL IS TO BUILD 60,000 NEW INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS BY 2028.

AND THE FIRST 20 YEARS, IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, WE CAME UP WITH LESS THAN 5,000 AT THIS PACE WE'LL FALL SHORT OF THE GOAL BY MORE THAN HALF THINGS LIKE OUR 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND AND AFFORDABILITY ON LOCK WILL HOPEFULLY HELP BOOST THE PEDAL A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE METAL, BUT I'M WORRIED THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE THE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO REVISING EACH OF OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS WILL UNRAVEL WHAT WE COULD OTHERWISE OR WHAT COULD RATHER OTHERWISE BE A POWERFUL TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TO NOT ONLY HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, BUT TO EXCEED THEM.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES AND RESIDENTS TO TAKE ON THOSE COMPREHENSIVE REVISIONS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF VIGOROUS CONVERSATION AND NOT COMPLETE AGREEMENT, BUT I AM, I AM.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE INITIATED, INCLUDING, AND ESPECIALLY THE FEES ARE GOING TO YIELD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS AND HOPEFULLY MORE UNITS DOWN THE ROAD.

UM, AND SINCE THE STRATEGIC BLUEPRINT CAME UP, I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IS REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION.

I WAS REALLY TO SEE THAT DISTRICT NINE IS NOT THAT THIS IS A COMPETITION, BUT WE ARE LEADING THE PACK AT ACHIEVING 127% OF OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR WITH 462 UNITS.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR PULLING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.

IT REALLY GIVES US A SNAPSHOT OF, OF WHERE WE'RE SEEING THOSE UNITS COME ONLINE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, COLLEAGUES.