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AND HE'S HERE, BUT HE'S JUST STEPPED OUT.
THE ONLY PERSON WE CAN'T SEE RIGHT NOW IS HIS COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOVO SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO CAN YOU HEAR US SEE US? GOOD MORNING, CITY HALL.
CAN ANY OF YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
AND YOU HEAR US? UM, MARY YOU'VE ASKED, I'M READING YOUR TRANSCRIPT.
UM, YOU'RE ASKING IF I CAN HEAR YOU.
I CAN'T THROUGH THE PORTAL WHERE I'M TRANSMITTING, BUT I HAVE YOU, I HAVE YOU ALL UP ON A DIFFERENT COMPUTER SO THAT IF YOU TALK OVER THERE, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR US, UM, MAYOR, I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR US, KATHY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH US TODAY, REMOTELY AS IS THE MAYOR PRO TAM.
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COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU'RE NEEDED, UH, A MOMENT PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MAY, RIGHT? I DO.I NEED JUST A MINUTE TO GET ORGANIZED ON THAT FRONT.
UM, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU WILL JUST PERMIT ME ONE MORE MINUTE.
AND I WILL, WHILE I'M, WHILE I'M PULLING THAT UP.
I DID WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M VIRTUAL.
UM, AND THAT IS THAT I HAD HOPED HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, IN PERSON AGAIN, AS I WAS ON TUESDAY.
UM, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD, UH, STARTED EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF, UM, A VIRUS ON TUESDAY.
HOPEFULLY NOT COVID, BUT WE ARE STILL AWAITING TEST RESULTS.
SO IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I ALSO HAD MYSELF TESTED AND I AM, I AM FINE.
SO, UH, THOSE OF YOU WAS AROUND ON TUESDAY CAN TAKE, CAN TAKE, UM, SOME MEASURE OF COMFORT IN THAT.
AND AGAIN, MY FAMILY IS, IS ISOLATING UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
SO THANKS OR THANKS CTM FOR MAKING THIS OPTION AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF US.
DO YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION YOU WANTED TO READ? YES, MAYOR, I JUST, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL ISSUE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT I WILL BE READY TO DO THAT SUPER SOON.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THAT.
[Call to Order]
GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER HERE ON THURSDAY, JULY 29TH, 2021.THIS IS THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, MOST OF THE, THE COUNCIL IS, UH, PRESENT AND ON THE DIETS, WE HAVE THE MAYOR PRO TAM AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
UH, AND I AM READY WHEN YOU ARE MAYOR.
[Additional Item 2]
SO MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO COLLECTS, UH, HER ITEMS. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TAKE A[00:05:01]
MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPROMISED.AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LUPUS OR CANCER, UM, OR ANY OF THE ABOVE ITEMS. UH, AND I, I HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE APPROACHED STAGE FOUR, I COULDN'T THEORY BEING WEARING THIS MASK, UM, OR I CAN JUST STAY HOME AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE OPTED TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPTION TO DO SO.
AND I APPRECIATE THE MODELING THAT YOU'RE BOTH DOING.
UH, WE'VE HEARD REPORTS TODAY.
UH, AGAIN, REAFFIRMING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN OUR HOSPITALS IN ICU'S, UH, ALMOST, UH, ALL OF THEM ON VACCINATED.
UH, FOLKS, THE RISE THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, IN OUR NUMBERS, UH, HAS TAKEN US THREE WEEKS.
DO WHAT LAST YEAR WAS TAKING US 10 WEEKS TO DO.
I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS A PANDEMIC OF THE UN-VACCINATED, UH, THAT, UH, IS AT THE BASE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AND DATA ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VACCINES AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINES, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT OF NOT TAKING THE VACCINE IS HAVING ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, GENERALLY, UH, IN THE CITY WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THAT CHOICE NOT TO GET VACCINATED.
SO I APPRECIATE THE MODELING COUNTS.
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REMEMBER TOHO DO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR PROCLAMATION? I DO.YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS ON TUESDAY, AS WELL AS TODAY.
I THINK THE NUMBER OF, OF BREAKTHROUGH CASES, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHERS ARE, ARE REALLY OF CONCERN.
UM, SO THIS JULY IS A NATIONAL CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT TIME TO, TO LEARN, UM, MORE ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN WITH THE VARIETY OF CONDITIONS THAT FALL WITHIN IN CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL WITHIN THE CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL CATEGORY.
UM, AND TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION AND, AND RECOGNIZING ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART, AND THAT IS AUSTIN SMILES.
AND THEY DO GREAT WORK BOTH HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS IN LATIN AMERICA.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF, OF OUR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, VIETNAM THAT WHEREAS ONE AND 700 CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE.
AND THESE CHILDREN CAN FACE DIFFICULTIES WITH FEEDING, WITH SPEECH BREATHING AND HEARING AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.
AND WHEREAS IN RESPONSE TO THAT NEED LOCAL PLASTIC POSITIONS AT THE AUSTIN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FORMED AUSTIN SMILES IN 1987 TO PROVIDE SURGICAL AND POST-SURGICAL CARE TO CHILDREN BORN WITH THIS CONDITION, BOTH IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AS WELL AS IN LATIN AMERICA, SINCE THEN, AUSTIN SMILES HAS EXPANDED ITS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS TO SERVE MORE THAN 800 LOCAL CHILDREN ANNUALLY AND HAS CONDUCTED OVER 100 MEDICAL MISSION TRIPS.
AND WHEREAS JULY IS NATIONAL CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL AWARENESS MONTH.
AND THIS NATIONAL AWARENESS MONTH AIMS TO EDUCATE OUR NATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEFT CARE AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE WORLD WHO STRUGGLE WITH THIS CONDITION.
DURING THIS MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE CHANGING WORK OF AUSTIN SMILES MISSION AS THEY HELP TO EMPOWER LOCAL CHILDREN WITH THIS CONDITION AND BRING MANY OF AUSTIN'S FINEST MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO LATIN AMERICA EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE LIFE CHANGING SURGERIES AT NO COST TO FAMILIES.
AND NOW, THEREFORE I, KATHY TRAVEL ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ADLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, JULY, 2021 AS NATIONAL CLEFT AND CRANIO FACIAL AWARENESS MONTH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
SO THANKS AGAIN TO THE GREAT WORK THAT AUSTIN SMILES DOES AND MANY OF THEIR, THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND PHYSICIANS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO IF YOU HAVE, HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UM, ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND I'VE HAD, UM, LOTS OF CONTACT WITH THEM THROUGH THE YEARS AND, AND AS WELL HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO TRAVELED ON ONE OF THOSE MEDICAL MISSIONS.
AND REALLY THE WORK THAT I DO IS, IS LIFE-CHANGING AND POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING AS WELL FOR THE CHILDREN WHO BENEFIT.
SO THANKS AGAIN, AUSTIN SMILES.
[Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 3)]
LET'S, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS 1 19 1 THROUGH ONE 19, ALSO ONE 70 THROUGH 1 77 AND ALSO A 180 2.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WITH US THIS MORNING.
SO AS SOON AS I READ IN THE, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THOSE SPEAKERS.
WELL, FIRST CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE REMOTE AND WE'LL CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE, UH, HERE FOR US TO
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TALK TO, UH, THIS MORNING.UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 106 PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ONE MINUTE EACH, UH, AS WE GET THROUGH THAT, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND ALSO THIS AFTERNOON ON ZONING.
SO A FAIR AMOUNT OF OUR DAY'S GOING TO BE SPENT HERE WITH SPEAKERS.
UM, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
SOON AS I GET THE CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS READ INTO THE RECORD, WE'LL HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, IF ANYBODY HAS AN AMENDMENT THAT THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WE'LL PULL THE ITEM.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT NEW EVIDENCE, WE'LL PULL THE ITEM.
IF WE'RE JUST FILLING IN A BLANK OR BREAKING A MOTION FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HANDED OUT THERE, THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO IT.
UH, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS ANYTHING, UH, AS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
LET ME READ THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS ITEM.
NUMBER FIVE HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AUGUST 26TH, 2021.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, IS RELATED TO ITEM 19.
UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS RECOMMENDED, UH, BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON A VOTE SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER MICHAEL REFUSED RECUSED.
NOW COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, ABSENT WITH TWO VACANCIES ITEM NUMBER 14, RELATES TO ITEM 22.
ITEM NUMBER 19 RELATES TO ITEM.
ITEM 19 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON A VOTE OF EIGHT ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, ABSENT IN TWO VACANCIES ITEM 22 IS RELATED TO ITEM 14.
ITEM 28 IS WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH ITEM 1 79.
ITEM NUMBER 30 IS WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH WHITE AND 180 ITEM 37, WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH ITEM ONE 70, ITEM 38, WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH ITEM 1 71 ITEM NUMBER ONE 12, POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021 ITEM ONE 17 IS WITHDRAWN ITEM.
NUMBER ONE, 19 HAS ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS ITEM NUMBER 1 27 IS POSTPONED TO AUGUST 26TH, 2021 ITEM 1 46.
AS A RESULT OF REVISED BOUNDARY.
I HAD A NUMBER A 1 61, A VALID PETITION HAS BEEN FILED AN OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING REQUEST.
ITEM 1 78 IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, IS BEING PULLED OFF A CONSENT.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE, AND WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS ON THAT ONE.
ITEM NUMBER 27 IS PULLED TO BE HEARD WITH ITEM 1 79.
ITEM NUMBER 29 PULLED TO BE HEARD WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, 80 ITEM 54 AND 55.
I HAVE PULLED, I HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO THOSE, BUT WE'RE PULLING THOSE, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PUTTING THESE UNITS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US LIKE ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, UH, SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION.
WE STARTED ON TUESDAY WITH, UM, UM, DIANA GRAY, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE 19 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
I ITEMS 1 71 71 ARE PULLED TO BE HEARD WITH ITEM 1 29.
WE HAVE SOME LATE BACKUP IN ITEMS, 26, 27, 31 32 40 46, 57 65 96, 1 11 1 17 1 25, 1 37, 1 38, 1 41, 1 43, 1 44, 1 46, 1 47, 1 51 51, 1 53, 1 55, 1 61, 1 62, 1 63, 1 65, 1 67 AND 1 74 COLLEAGUES.
UH, CLERK, IF YOU'RE READY, CAN YOU, UH, CALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS WE HAVE ON REMOTE MAYOR? EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL 26 FOR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
AND MAYOR, I NEED TO, I NEED TO PULL, UM, I DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT 1 77 AND WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A COUPLE OF THOSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I KNOW WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON IT THURSDAY.
I JUST HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE CIRCUIT, I AM ABOUT TO CIRCULATE.
SO LET ME BACK UP, UM, THE ST JOHN'S ITEM, I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
UM, MY INTENDED I'VE TALKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR AND I'M MAKING SOME EDITS BASED ON THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM.
AND WE'LL CIRCULATE THAT HERE SOON.
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ON CONSENT.I JUST WANT TO CALL MY COLLEAGUES ATTENTION TO THAT.
UM, AND LET'S SEE, THERE MAY BE ONE OTHER THING, AND I BELIEVE I'M, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT ITEM BECAUSE I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT.
SO THAT ITEM, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? ST.
JOHN'S IT'S A 26 HAS BEEN PULLED.
AND I MAY HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM.
I'M GOING TO PULL A LET YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT 1 77 I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THINGS.
READ IN ON ITEM 52 FOR THE, THIS IS SETTLEMENT.
WE WANT TO READ THAT IN, FILL IN THE BLANK WITH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
YES, MARY, TODAY, I'M HERE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE A SETTLEMENT OF $271,000 TO SETTLE THE LIM VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT IS RELATED TO AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 3RD, 19 2019, DR.
LYNN TOBIN LIM WAS INJURED AND HIS MOTORCYCLE WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH THE CITY VEHICLE IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS PAYMENT, THE CITY WILL OBTAIN A FULL AND FINAL AGREEMENT FROM DR.
LIM THAT RELEASES THE CITY AND ITS EMPLOYEES FROM ANY CLAIMS THAT WERE OR COULD HAVE BEEN ASSERTED IN THE LAWSUIT.
AND A LOT OF DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVED PAYMENT BASIS.
SO THOSE BLANKETS FILLED IN THAT WAY ON 52 AND REMAINS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL THREE, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOUR AND 82.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL TAKE LONG.
UM, AND THEN 1 0 3, I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE WHICH I CAN EITHER PULL OR WE CAN POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND THEN FOR, UM, YEAH, HANG ON A SECOND, FOUR AND 82 YOU'RE PULLING.
AND THEN WHAT WAS THE NEXT ONE? 1 0 3.
I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING IF POSSIBLE.
AND I CAN EITHER PULL THAT TO DO THAT, OR YOU CAN JUST POSTPONE IT, PULL IT OUT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN, UM, I WANT TO PULL 43 PLEASE.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO PULL ONE BECAUSE I, THERE MAY BE ONE MINUTE THAT I NEED TO POST FILM, BUT I NEED TO CHECK ON THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO PULL ONE FOR 43 82 AND 1 0 3, PULL ONE, ONE IS THE MINUTES BECAUSE I'M, I'M HOPING I CAN GET IT DONE, BUT IF I DON'T, THEN I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS AND YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THEM, IF WE CAN DO THEM SEPARATE FROM CONSENT, WE HAVE AN ENORMOUSLY LONG AGENDA AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND FOR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING.
AND I THINK WE COULD TAKE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT CONTROVERSIAL UP QUICKLY AND GO THROUGH THEM, BUT IT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT MORE TRANSPARENT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WAY, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT HAVE SOMETHING OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO THAT.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST CALL OUT, WE'LL KEEP IT, OUR KIDS.
IT, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION OF IT WHERE THERE'S CONFUSION, WE'LL PULL IT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
UM, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR CAN WE KEEP IT ON CONSENT IF WE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT, THE WAY THAT YOU'VE ASKED.
SO MY WHOLE POINT IS THAT THIS IS AN ENORMOUS AGENDA AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING TO FOLLOW EVERY LITTLE BIT.
AND I AM REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON WHEN WE'RE VOTING FOR 43.
I HAVE A LATE QUESTION THAT WAS IN BACKUP THAT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE ANSWER YET.
THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO BE IN THE RECORD AND READ IT INTO THE RECORD THAT DOES NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE, UM, CONSENT.
SO WE'LL DO IT REAL QUICKLY AFTER WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL MOVE REAL FAST.
REALLY, REALLY FAST ITEM ONE 14.
I WANT TO ADD $500 TO THE WAIVER FOR THE SUNSHINE CAMP, UH, RUN FOR THE SUNSHINE RUN EVENT AND, UM, REALLY QUICK, A, AN IMPORTANT, THANK YOU ON THE SHOP, THE BLOCK ITEM ONE 16.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT INCORPORATING SOME OF THE BEST LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM SHOP THE BLOCK PROGRAM.
AND THE COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS WHO HELPED GUIDE THE PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY SHANNON HOLLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE TO THE CITY STAFF AND TO THE COMMUNITY ON SHOP THE BLOCK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT OUR STAFF COMES BACK WITH THIS FALL.
[Public Comment (Part 1 of 3)]
THANKS.WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW SPEAKERS.
FIRST SPEAKER IS KRISTIN DURHAM.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, KRISTIN DURHAM, PLEASE UNMUTE APOLOGIES.
UM, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS KRISTEN DURHAM.
I'M A SEVEN YEAR RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.
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VERY PROUD OF OUR EFFORTS TO STAND UP TO REPUBLICAN GOVERNORSHIP OF THIS STATE.UM, I PRIDE MYSELF ON LIVING IN A PROGRESSIVE CITY.
I AM TESTIFYING AGAINST GIVING MORE MONEY TO APD.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT NEED MORE MONEY.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS THAT NEED THAT FUNDING.
UM, WE HAVE PURPOSELY AND, UH, PASSED DEFUND, UM, UH, ACTS IN AUSTIN.
AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE AND BEG YOU TO PLEASE NOT GIVE MORE MONEY TO APD.
I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN ANIMALS AND MEMBER DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.
THIS NOVEMBER DEVICES BALLOT PROPOSAL FROM ITS BULK AND REACTIONARY WILL FORCE THE CITY TO INCREASE AP BUDGET.
THESE INCREASES WILL BE RE BE REVERSIBLE DUE TO TEXAS
I CAN BARELY AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW, AND WE DO NOT AFFORD FOR A CITY TO DIVERT VITAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES AWAY FROM THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED.
CITY COUNCIL WAS APPROVE THE BUDGET AND MAINTAIN POLICE SPENDING AT THE MINIMUM LEVEL REQUIRED THE HB 1 90 0 AND NO MORE AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT THROUGH ANYTHING AFFORDABILITY.
I'M AN ATTORNEY LIVING IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL ABOUT POLICE BUDGET, UM, THAT THE RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED ON APRIL 20TH, 2021 BY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED AND OTHER GROUPS.
UM, I FELT COMPELLED TO SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY THAT COMMUNITY SAFETY IS ESSENTIAL, AND I WANT MY CHILDREN AND MY NEIGHBORS AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY TO BUILD FAITH.
AND THERE WAS APPALLING ABUSE BY APD OFFICERS DURING RACIAL JUSTICE PROJECT.
LAST SUMMER, I KNEW THE CITY WOULD TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AND THE NEED FOR CHANGE BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THIS COUNCIL.
UM, I JUST WANT TO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAND BY YOUR INCLINATION, UM, IN THAT REGARD, UM, TO SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, GROUP HAS COME UP WITH THE CITY HAS TO ENSURE THAT YOU COULD BE CULTURE AND PRACTICES CHANGE REALLY DRASTICALLY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE LAID BARE LAST SUMMER.
UM, AND THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
UM, I WAS PROUD TO SEE OUR CITY INITIALLY MOVED TO SHIFT SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF THE POLICE BUDGET.
UM, I WISHED I'D BE, I HAD BEEN DONE INITIALLY IN A MORE PERMANENT WAY RATHER THAN RECOMMENDATION, BUT I JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, UM, AND ALLOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HANDLE MATTERS THAT ARE BETTER LEFT OUT OF THE, THESE PLEASE.
I AM REGINA ROGOFF AND I AM CEO OF PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC.
PEOPLES IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER WITH 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SERVING LOW-INCOME UNINSURED AND UNDERSERVED.
WE ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IS A PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME.
AND BY HERSA, OUR FEDERAL FUNDER IS A HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES, REDUCER, AND A HEALTH CENTER QUALITY LEADER FOR CHOOSING AMONG THE BEST OVERALL CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES AND SPACING PEOPLES AMONG THE TOP 10% OF ALL COMMUNITY CLINICS.
NATIONALLY, OUR FLAGSHIP CLINIC IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR AT 1101 COMMUNICABLE, COASTAL EAST OF 35.
AND JUST NORTH OF TWO 90 PERSONALLY, I RESIDE IN DISTRICT NINE.
PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE ART 59,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY OPENED IN APRIL, 2016.
AND WITHIN FIVE YEARS WE CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVE PATIENT REQUESTS FOR SERVICE THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE.
IF I COULD JUST ASK THIS ROLL OFF OF WHAT SHE WAS, UH, WHAT HER LAST, VERY LAST THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER SHE'S BEEN DISCONNECTED.
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HELLO, THIS IS SUKI MCMAHON.I'M THE SENIOR POLICY DIRECTOR AT AJC.
I WANT TO ADDRESS TODAY AN ISSUE THREATENING THE CITY'S BUDGETARY DISCRETION RIGHT-WING PETITION THAT COULD LEAD TO NOVEMBER UNLESS JANE REQUIRES OFTEN TO ENSURE AT ALL TIMES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TWO SWORN OFFICERS PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS, OR ABOUT 2050 OFFICERS BASED ON THE CURRENT POPULATION.
ALONG WITH OTHER STIPULATIONS THAT REQUIRE MORE HIRING.
THIS MEANS HUNDREDS, MORE POLICE HAVE TO BE HIRED NEXT YEAR, AND THEN ONGOING HIRING TO KEEP THE COP TO RESIDENT RATIO AT TWO PER 1000, THE CITY'S POPULATION WILL INCREASE AT LEAST 1.2, 5% EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND THAT'S A MINIMUM OF 12,500 MORE RESIDENTS EACH YEAR AND 24 NEW OFFICERS EACH YEAR SIGNAL TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU'RE MEANING COMMITTED TO REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IN AUSTIN WITH THE ISSUES BUDGET, BUT KEEPING IT AT THE LEVEL REQUIRED BY HB 1900 AND NOT A PENNY OVER AND CONTINUE TO FUND ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN AUSTIN.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, LAUREN.
HI, I'M LAUREN NORTEL AND DISTRICT ONE TAKING ON ITEM ONE 30 AND I AM THE LAWN CHAIR WITH AJC.
WE WANT TO ADDRESS A POTENTIAL SERIOUS RISK TO YOUR DECISION-MAKING SHOULD THE NOVEMBER BALLOT ITEM PASS, FORCING THE CITY TO INCREASE THE COP TO RESIDENT RATIO IN OUR CITY.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ROUND OF AUSTIN BASHING FROM REPUBLICANS WHO THINK THEY CAN FEARMONGER THEIR WAY BACK INTO POWER IN THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.
WE SUPPORT THIS CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION TO STEER US TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUR ACTIONS LAST YEAR TO EMS EXPAND THE DELIVERY OF TREATMENT INSTEAD OF PUNISHMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS, EXPLORE CIVILIAN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, EXPAND ACCESS TO FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTERS, AND MORE WAS GOOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN FROM IT.
YES, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HB 1900 FINE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FURTHER AND YOU SHOULD TAKE HEART.
AND THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING IN THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ELSEWHERE FOR YOUR BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY VISION.
SO I'M DONNA CARTER WITH CARTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 26.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF AND TO THE DEVELOPER TO FIND WAYS TO INCLUDE A ST JOHN COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN WITHIN THE OVERALL PROPOSAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A RESPONDENT TO THE ORIGINAL RFP, UH, CARTER DESIGN AND CAPITAL A AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM CONNOR LATER PROVIDED A PLAN FOR INTEGRATING COMMUNITY BENEFITS INTO AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE SORRY, WE WERE NOT SELECTED, BUT I FEEL THAT THE PLAN IS STILL VIABLE AND THAT THERE WERE, UM, UH, PARTNERS THAT WERE, UH, WE HAD ENGAGED INCLUDING HOUSTON TILLOTSON AS PART OF A COMMUNITY HALL EFFORT.
AND SO I JUST STAND HERE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THESE BENEFITS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN ST.
JOHN'S HISTORIC COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED.
WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RETURN TO ST.
JOHN AND MAKE IT, UM, A CONTINUED VIABLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY WITH OFTEN.
MY NAME IS RICHARD SMITH AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AUSTIN'S POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY STAFFED AT LEVELS, NOT SEEN SINCE THE MID TWO THOUSANDS OR EARLIER.
I APPLAUD THE DESIRE TO INCREASE STAFFING AND RESOURCES OF NINE ONE ONE DISPATCHER CALL CENTERS, AS EXPRESSED AT TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION.
THE POLICE RESPONSES TO NINE 11 CALLS ARE OFTEN NON-EXISTENT OR UNACCEPTABLY LONG, AND WE NEED ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS TO TIME TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS, ABSENT SIGNIFICANT FUNDING OF OFFICER RETENTION AND RECRUITING THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS NEEDED TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT.
OUR CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE.
TWO POLICE ACADEMY CLASSES ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT WE NEED MORE CLASSES.
AND CERTAINLY NOT FEWER CLASSES LAST 1 45 AND A MODIFIED CLASS.
1 46 ALSO NEED TO BE STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASE FUNDING OVER THE MANDATED MINIMUM AND STRONGLY URGE COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN THAT INCREASE ALWAYS ASAR.
MY NAME IS
OUR CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN RE IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND WE ASKED COUNCIL TO BUILD ON THESE EFFORTS AND FUND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AS THEY CONSIDERED THE PROPOSED BUDGET DUE TO THE STATE MANDATE LAID OUT ON HB 1900.
WE ASKED COUNCIL TO DECLINE INCREASING THE APD BUDGET.
INSTEAD WE JOINING OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ASKING THEM ANY NEW FUNDING
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FOR THE DEPARTMENT BE REVIEWED IN LIGHT OF COMPETING COMMUNITY NEEDS BY AUTHORITIES FUNDING, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT HOMELESSNESS AND EMERGENCY REGULANCE ASSISTANCE EFFORTS, INCLUDING ADDING STAFF CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THESE INITIATIVES.WE ASKED TO CREATE A SLIDING SCALE ESTATE IN BUBBA PLANNING PROGRAM AND AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, EXPAND THE DENIM STABILIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, EXPAND EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT DENTISTS ARE PROTECTED AT LEAST ONE FTE WITHIN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION DIVISION FOR DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION NAVIGATOR.
YOU CAN CONNECT COMMUNITY RESOURCES FTES FROM THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE THROUGH THE HPD DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION DIVISION FOR
THANK YOU, CRYSTAL ERICKSON COLLINS.
MY NAME IS CHRISTELLE ERICKSON COLLINS.
WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACH THAT CENTERS COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF COMMUNITY HARM.
WE NEED COMMUNITY-BASED OR RAPID RESPONSE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE GROUPS, SUCH AS 10,000 FEARLESS FIRST RESPONDERS LIFE, A NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND PERFECT MANNER.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FIRST RESPONSE AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES THAT GET AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND AUSTIN.
AT LARGE TODAY, I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER THE WAYS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND WOULD BEST SERVE TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS BY SHOWING UP WITH A WHOLLY DIFFERENT VIBE THAN GUN WIELDING POLICE OFFICERS, TRACY HAIM.
I'M A LONG-TIME RESIDENT LIVING IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON A PROPOSED BUDGET.
I'M CALLING ON AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO RENEW AND EXPAND THE AUSTIN COOPERATIVE COACHING AND TRAINING PROGRAM AND TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR COOPERATIVE BUSINESSES, COLLAPSE OUR BUSINESS MODEL THAT STEM FROM AND RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS, MAKING THEM MORE FLEXIBLE AND ABLE TO RESPOND TO CHALLENGES LIKE THE PANDEMIC AND PLUS PANDEMIC RECOVERY.
THEY ARE THE BASIS FOR OUR PEOPLE CENTERED ECONOMY AND ECONOMY THAT PROMOTES EQUITY AND PEOPLE OVER PROFIT COSTS WITH THE NEEDS OF WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RATHER THAN SHAREHOLDERS WHO MADE NOT EVEN LIVE IN AUSTIN.
THIS MEANS THAT THEY'RE INHERENTLY MORE LIKELY TO PROVIDE HIGHER WAGES FOR WORKERS, FEEDBACK AND BENEFIT.
I'M CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE INVESTMENT IN COOPERATIVE AND TRAINING TO START CO-OPS AS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS BY RENEWING FUNDING.
DELILAH LAWYER, COMO DELILAH, PLEASE UNMUTE ELIZA EPSTEIN.
MY NAME IS ELIZA EPSTEIN AND I AM A MEMBER OF, FOR BLACK LIVES AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF UNDOING WORDS OF PHARMACY, AUSTIN.
I REALLY, I DON'T HAVE FORMAL THING TO SAY RIGHT NOW, BUT Y'ALL INVESTED ALL THIS TIME AND ALL THIS ENERGY AND RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AUSTIN WAS TAKING STEPS FORWARD TO DEFUND POLICE POLICE THAT WE KNOW ARE VIOLENT AND DISPROPORTIONALLY VIOLENT AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE CAN THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SAFE.
I KNOW THAT THE STATE IS PUTTING DOWN RESTRICTIONS ON THE WAY WE CAN CAN USE THE POLICE BUDGET, BUT THERE'S NO REASON TO INVEST MORE IN A POLICE BUDGET THAN WE HAVE TO.
AND THERE ARE WAYS TO MOVE WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE OF A POLICE BUDGET AND MAKE IT ACTUALLY ABOUT SAFETY.
YOU HAVE SO MANY GOOD RECOMMENDS IN THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
DELILAH LOYAL COMO, PRESS ONE.
TO LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGE, PRESS TWO, TO MARY CHISM.
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MY NAME IS MARY CHISHOLM.I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M VOLUNTEERING WITH AJC TODAY.
AND I ASKED YOU TO THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE TERM TERMS OF THE IMPACT THAT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STAFF CAN HAVE ON OUR SAFETY.
YOU WILL HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT A POLICE PRESENCE REDUCES CRIME.
PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY INCREASE IN FOOT TRAFFIC FOR THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOLKS ALSO REDUCES CRIME STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF POLICE ARE RARELY MEASURED AGAINST THE IMPACT OF SOME OTHER KINDS OF INTERVENTION.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOUR CONSTITUENTS DEMAND IT TO LEARN HOW MUCH SAFETY WILL BE ADDED TO THE AUSTIN EXPERIENCE BY ADDING RANGERS, EMS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND OTHER KINDS OF HELPFUL FOLKS.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE RE-IMAGINED TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU REPLACED LAKE POLICE WITH EMS. IF EMS STEPHANIE POLICE, THEY SHOULD CALL IN PATROL OFFICERS, JUST LIKE THE POLICE DO WITH EMS. EMS CAN BETTER HANDLE HEALTH EMERGENCIES, COMMON AMONG THOSE RECREATING ON BOATS OR NEAR THE WATER.
WE SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION AND ESTIMATED 1.4 MILLION.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JONATHAN.
BUT ONE TIME I CALLED THE POLICE FOR HELPING US.
THEY NEVER SHOWED UP AFTER THREE HOURS.
I FINALLY CALLED 9 1 1 AGAIN, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE SORRY, BUT POLICE WERE TOO BUSY TO CALL IT.
AND THIS WAS THREE YEARS AGO, DRIVING BACK HOME.
I SAW IT NOT ONE BUT FOUR POLICE SUV PARKED IN THE VARIOUS USUAL SPOTS WHERE THEY SET OFF EAST RIVERSIDE.
THIS IS LESS THAN A MILE DRIVE.
THEY USUALLY SET OFF RIVERSIDE ALL NIGHT WITH THEIR ENGINES RUNNING WE NEEDED WAS THAT ONE OF THOSE SPOTS OR POLICE WAS ASKING ME WHAT? WALKING HOME.
OH, THE POLICE NEVER SHOWED UP.
BUT ONE TIME I CALLED YOUR HELP.
THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WERE CERTAINLY THERE TO PLACE ME IN A TOTAL DENIAL.
HE SAID THE CRIME SITTING IN A PARK AFTER HOURS, I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH THESE EXPERIENCES.
WHAT THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME IS THAT IT'S NOT THE CONTENT OF YOUR ACTIONS.
UM, IT'S, UH, WHERE YOU ARE AND ON WHAT SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
UM, AND I'VE GROWN UP IN A SOCIETY THAT HAS OVERFUNDED LEASED AND MILITARIZED POLICING AND UNDERFUNDED, COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, ET CETERA, THAT HAS DEEPENED THIS DIVIDE AND CREATED A WORLD IN WHICH NOT THE CONTENT OF YOUR ACTIONS.
IT'S WHAT TYPE OF THE TRACKS YOU'RE WALKING ON AND WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
I'M A SKINNY WHITE MAN DETAINED.
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING VIOLENT.
AND, UM, AMELIA
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX AND POLICY ANALYST FOR THE TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT.
BRING OPPOSITION TO ITEM 96, AS IT EXTENDS PROP YOUTH VIOLENCE AGAINST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE FORM OF TREATMENT CLEANUP.
AND THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS CRAMP UP CAMP HAVE RESULTED IN NON ABANDONED PROPERTY BEING TAKEN BY RELIEF ENTERPRISES AND DESTROYED, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL BELONGINGS AND TEST RELIEF.
ENTERPRISES IS ALMOST ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE BOTH MEAN TICKETS FOR CAMPING.
ONE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS DEPLETED JUST LAST WEEK, I WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS BEING CITED FOR EXCESSIVE CLUTTER.
YOU CANNOT STAND ON ASSISTANT AND HAVE SEVERE MOBILITY ISSUES.
AND WHAT'S BILL GIVEN A TICKET, DESPITE THE CITY'S ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFYING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE SHELTER OR HOUSING AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
WHETHER SOMEONE HAS A DISABILITY, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY.
YOU'VE GOT TO SLEEP IN OUR CLASS THAT REALLY ENTERPRISES IN THE CITY.
AND THEN THE CONDUCT EXPLICITLY PROTECTS FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO BELONGING TO THE SURVIVOR THEATER AND IF NOT THE CONTRACT SHOULD, AND THE FUNDS SHOULD GO TOWARDS REAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS LIKE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY CARE WORKERS THAT WILL ACTUALLY UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY AND DIGNITY OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, STACY MANZANO.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM 1 24 FROM DISTRICT FIVE WITH M KITCHEN SPECIFICALLY AROUND LBG TAX CREDITS TO PURCHASE LAND NEAR ON BRANT ROAD.
I'VE LIVED IN PARKSIDE AT SLAUGHTER CREEK FOR 12 YEARS AND, UM, I HAVE FOUR MAIN TOPICS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
AND THAT IS THAT THE ROAD IS UNSAFE.
THERE IS NO WALKING OR AREAS TO ACTUALLY ACCESS ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IT'S UNSAFE FOR ANY TYPE OF TRAVEL.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP THAT THE AREA ITSELF IS COVERED IN TREES AND AROUND NATURAL WATERWAYS.
THAT COULD BE BETTER SERVED AS A PARK OR COMMUNITY AREA AS THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN THE AREA AND BUSINESSES TAKING UP SPACE.
SO THERE'S NO ACTUAL COMMUNITY AREA TO COME TOGETHER.
SO I'M IN THAT POSITION OF THE PLANT.
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THANK YOU.UH, MAYOR, COULD I MAKE A CLARIFICATION PLEASE? UM, I JUST WANT TO LET THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER KNOW AND OTHERS THAT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS TAX CREDITS AND, UM, UH IT'S UM, I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE CONCERNS AND I SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU'VE MENTIONED, BUT THE VOTE TODAY IS NOT ON ZONING AND IT IS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT DEFINITIVE IN TERMS OF, UH, WHETHER THAT PROPERTY WILL BE REZONED OR NOT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.
KENDRA, GARRETT, KENDRA, PLEASE UNMUTE ROBERT FOSTER.
I'M A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE, THIRD GENERATION OFF SITE, AND I'M JUST CALLING TO, UM, OPPOSE THE EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO THE POLICE BUDGET.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE STUCK BETWEEN A ROTH THING, HB 1900 AND A HARD PLACE SAYING THE PROPERTY TAX STEP, BUT $8.5 MILLION INCREASE.
GIVEN THOSE TWO SITUATIONS SEEMS EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE AND WILL RESULT IN CUTS TO OTHER SERVICES.
AND ALSO GO, WE GOT RID OF MANLY, UM, TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT SIZED HUMAN IN THE ROOM, UH, KING CASSIDY'S STILL THERE.
SO I DOUBT WE'RE GOING TO SEE ANY CULTURAL CHANGE IN APD THAT SHOULD BE NEEDED BEFORE WE GIVE THEM ANY MORE FUNDING.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING BRAVE.
BEVERLY LASAR CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH AJC, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THEIR REQUEST.
YOU HEARD FROM THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION LAST WEEK THAT YOU ADD A THIRD CADET CLASS, DO NOT DO THAT.
IT WOULD BE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
THIS IS A MOMENT WHEN YOU NEED TO STAND AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU STOOD FOR LAST YEAR, A BETTER POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH REAL TRAINING REFORM FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AUSTIN NOW HAS A CIVILIAN GROUP REVIEWING THE CURRICULUM.
THIS HAS RESULTED IN CHANGES TO EVERY UNIT REVIEWED THAT THAT GROUP STARTED LATE AND WILL RECEIVE ONLY A FRACTION OF THE MATERIAL.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT CROLL IS LOOKING AT ALL THE MATERIAL.
THE CHRO'S REVIEW COMES MUCH MORE FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE WHILE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED AUSTIN COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE ON THE SAME MATERIAL.
CURRENTLY, AJC HAS BEEN TOLD THAT THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS THE CURRENT CADET CLASS, WHICH WILL FINISH IN JANUARY.
THEN AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF EVALUATION, A NEW CADET CLASS WILL LIKELY START IN FEBRUARY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED BELOW.
JOY PENSACOLA UTL IN AMERICA, PROFESSOR OF NURSING, A LEADER IN CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFACE AND BOARD MEMBER OF CAPITAL IDEAL.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR OWN GOING YOUR WEB SUPPORT OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY LONG-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS LIKE CAPITAL IDEAL GRADUATES OF THESE PROGRAMS RECEIVE ASSOCIATE DEGREE, A DEGREE IN NURSING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER AREAS.
THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE STARTING SALARY OF $50,000 ANNUALLY, 80% OF TABLA.
YOUR GRADS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 70% OF THEIR CHILDREN ENROLL IN COLLEGE DIRECTLY.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CAPITAL IDEAS AND PUT WILLIAMS THAT BREAK THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY QUINN BRETON.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM ONE 30 AND ITEM 1 76.
UM, ON BEHALF OF ITEM ONE 30, I'D LIKE TO URGE THE CITY TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO REIMAGINE
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POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND NOT APPROPRIATE SO MUCH MONEY, UM, TO GIVE TO THE SAME POLICING INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SYSTEMICALLY VIOLENT TOWARDS, UH, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IN REGARDS TO ITEM 1 76.UM, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST SENATE BILL ONE AND HOUSE BILL THREE, AND, UM, FIGHT FOR VOTER RIGHTS AND TO GET THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVED, UH, IN A DISCOURSE, UH, TO HOPEFULLY GET THOSE BILLS REMOVED.
UH, HI, SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY.
I'M A PHYSICIAN WITHIN THE SAFETY NET HOSPITAL SYSTEM HERE IN AUSTIN, AND I CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVER THE LAST 15, 16 MONTHS.
IT'S PRIMARILY INVOLVED CARING FOR THOSE HOSPITALIZED WITH SEVERE COVID ILLNESS, INCLUDING RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A WORSENING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
OUR PATIENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND IN PARTICULAR, OUR, OUR LOW INCOME, UH, COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, THEY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE.
I WANT TO PUT FORWARD THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME TO INVEST IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.
WE DO NOT NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON INVESTING MORE IN POLICING.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON INVESTING IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.
AND SPECIFICALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT HIRING MORE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER NETWORK AND TRAINING HUB.
UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE FRONTLINE, PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS.
THEY HAVE, THEY DEVELOP CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY'RE ABLE TO FEEL TRUST DETECTIVE LIAISON WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS OF HELPING GET FOLKS VACCINES.
I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS 57.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE SUPPORTS THE 90 DAY EXTENSION OF THE LAND USE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR THE TOWN LAKE PROPERTY.
OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP EVERY PET IN OFFICE SAFE, MAINTAINING OFFICE STATUS AS THE SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA FOR HOMELESS PETS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE NEXT 90 DAYS TO WORK ON OUR LONGER AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THANKS THE COUNCIL OFFICERS FOR WORKING WITH US THIS WEEK, KEITH YOUNG, UH, GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL, UM, LIKE MANY OF YOU, I WAS DISHEARTENED TO SEE HOW STILL 1900 PAST THE STATE CAPITOL OR EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
AND WHILE THIS DOES HAMPER THE PLANS WE EXCITEDLY SET OUT FOR LAST YEAR, IT SHOULD NOT BE MISCONSTRUED AS THE DEATH.
NOW OF THE BOLD VISION WE SHARE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE AUSTIN DIVISION OF AN AUSTIN THAT KEEPS THE PEACE BY PROACTIVELY INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S PREVENTING YES, PREVENTING CRIME.
I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET BY HOUSE BILL 1900.
ONE MORE SENTENCE TO THE POLICE BEARING IN MIND THAT ANY INCREASES CANNOT BE WALKED BACK IN LATER YEARS AND FURTHER DEVIATION FROM THE VARIATION WE AGREED TO LAST SUMMER, THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS GROSSLY OVER-FUND UNDERFUNDED.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
UH, THESE OVERSIGHTS MUST BE REMEDIATED BEFORE ANY BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR HAS RATIFIED THAT HE CAN COUNSEL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SARAH.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 30, UM, IMPORTANT POINT TO RAISE UP TWEETS ABOUT THE NEED TO ASK THE GOVERNOR TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY, TO KEEP THE FORENSICS LAB INDEPENDENT WITHOUT PENALTY, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST LAB SERVICES ARE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS ALL KINDS OF CRIMES AND TO RECOGNIZE CHANGES IN SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE AND KEEP THE LABS UPSTATE.
WE ALSO URGE THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST A WAIVER FOR OUR NINE 11 SYSTEM MAKING IT A DIVISION OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RATHER THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WOULD ELIMINATE DUPLICATION REDUCE OVERALL RESPONSE AND GENERALLY MANAGE LIMITED EMERGENCY RESOURCES.
HOUSTON HAS HAD AN INTEGRATED INDEPENDENT 9 1 1 CENTER FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AND AUSTIN SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO CONTINUE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH SUCH COMMON SENSE REFORMS.
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SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO REQUEST AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT HIS PROGRESS IN SEEKING A WAIVER FOR FORENSICS AND NINE 11 DISPATCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1900.THANK YOU, EMILY, PLEASE UNMUTE LAURA GRAND FORTUNA.
HI, THIS IS LAURA GRAHAM FOR TUNA FROM DISTRICT TWO.
UM, PLEASE DON'T GIVE ANY MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT COULD USE THAT BUDGET ALLOCATION.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, CITY PARK THIS YEAR, WE HOPE TO FINALLY SEE THE CITY INVEST IN PARK RANGERS WHO CAN IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF OUR PARKS, UM, AND ACT AS EDUCATORS AND AMBASSADORS PARK RANGERS.
AUSTINITES WONDERING, OH, I SEE POLICE.
IS THIS PARK SAFE? UM, FULLY STAFFING UP OUR PARKS WITH PARK RANGERS.
WE'LL TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I ASK THAT YOU FIND AS MANY AS POSSIBLE IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND COMMIT TO MORE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE SHOULD ALSO SPEND MONEY DOING TOWARDS YOUTH PROGRAMS, UM, AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE PARKS.
TO LISTEN TO JONATHAN IKIN YES.
BEFORE I SPEAK, I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT JEANETTE IS GOING TO PLAY ON THE, FOR THE VIDEO BEFORE MY TIME STARTS.
CAN YOU JUST LET ME KNOW JEANETTE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT VIDEO PLAYING AND THE TIME TO GET INTO PLEASE? OKAY.
MY NAME IS JOHN AYKAN AND I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKSIDE SLAUGHTER CREEK SITUA, WHICH ARE THE PROPERTY LINE WITH TWO ON SEVEN GRANT ROAD.
UM, THE REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 1.4 FOR THIS VIDEO THAT IS PLAYING THROUGH NOW, WHICH IS THE DRIVE ON BRANT ROAD.
THE VERY GOOD HELPERS PROPOSING BUILDING 200 APARTMENT UNITS ON YOU'RE NOT EXPECTED TO KNOW ALL AREAS, BOSTON.
THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS DEALING WITH MY GOAL IS TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EASIEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREA AND SITUATION.
I HAD A CALL WITH NAN KITCHEN.
LAST WEEK, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NIPPING CONCERNS WITH DURING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ANYTHING GOES FORWARD REGARDING DECISIONS.
THEIR SHARED CONCERNS INCLUDE WILDLIFE FLOODING, TRANSPORTATION ACCESS.
THERE'S NO CLEAR PLAN BY THE DEVELOPER TO ADDRESS ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
THE DEVELOPER LG CLEMSON WANTS TO HELP SERVE THE POPULATION, BUT HOW CAN THAT BE ONE THAT HAD ZERO CONCERN WITH HOW THEY MUST WALK 0.7 MILES TO A BUS STOP ON THIS ROAD YOU ARE SEEING WITH NO CHILDREN, NO SIDEWALK AND YOUR NONEXISTENT LIGHTING.
I FORMALLY REQUESTED DELAY POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM 1 24.
SO COUNCIL MAY RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO, THERE IS NO CONFUSION ABOUT SPENDING TAX, BUT THAT'S MAYBE ONCE EXCEPT THIS OFF THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE TOPIC AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL, OBJECTIVE ITEM 1.4 AND WOULD LIKE MY TIME TO CONTINUE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THIS VIDEO UNTIL IT EXPIRES.
I'M JODY LANE AND I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM ONE 15 FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE TEST WILL BE THREE FLOOR FROM 2012 TO 2014.
MYSELF AND OTHERS SPENT TWO YEARS MEETING WITH LONGTIME EAST AUSTIN, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM THAT THE HOLLY POWER PLANT BROUGHT UPON THEM.
IT WAS THEN THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE SPECIAL ROLE OF GUARDIANS TO FORTIFY HEALTHY CONNECTIONS IN THE PREDOMINANTLY LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE FOUND THAT FOOD BROUGHT DISPARATE VOICES TOGETHER, WHICH LED OUR TEAM AND SUPPORTERS TO GROW AND EXPERIMENTAL FOOD FORESTS.
THAT RIGHT NOW IS STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES, SUPPORTING LOW INCOME SENIORS AT THE RBJ CENTER AND PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD ACCESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES ALL AND FREE FOOD.
THIS PROJECT IS A VIBRANT LESSON, ABUNDANCE SUCCESS.
AND THROUGH THE HELP OF FRUITFUL COMMENTS, OUR FISCAL SPONSOR, WE ASKED YOU TO APPROVE THE EXPANSION OF THE FOOD FOREST AND HARVEST BY 500% HARVEST THAT GOES TO THERAPY AND A PANTRY
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AND OTHERS.WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON SUPPORTING OVER 80 FOOD FORESTS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN TO CREATE, TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND SELF ABOUT CELEBRATE DIVERSITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME FOR PROMOTING HEALTHY FOOD EDUCATION.
GOOD MORNING, UH, COUNCILORS AND MAYOR.
JOHN'S NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 26.
SO ST JOHN'S HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BOTH THE LACK OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
AND ALSO LIKE WHAT BOARD WATSON'S FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO CURRENTLY LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN GREYSTAR AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN PROVIDE FOR BOTH 560 UNITS, 280 OF WHICH WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE MAKING 50% OF THE
NOT ONLY THAT, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO BEGIN BUILDING THIS NEXT YEAR.
SOMETHING THAT IS RARE IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES AND CERTAINLY IN THIS AREA.
AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ALLOWING THIS AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY, UH, GET THIS DEVELOPMENT STARTED, BUT ALSO TO GIVE INDICATION TO A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
AND SO IT WOULD BE APPROVED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAN WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE BOTH MORE HOUSING AND WAYS TO STOP THE AREA.
AND FOR YOUR TIME, PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING TO APPROVE THIS NEGOTIATED PROCESS.
STEPHANIE PARK, HI, I'M STEPHANIE PARK AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION ITEM ONE 19 ON COUNCIL'S AGENDA IS THE STEP IN EXTENSION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO SEND A RESIDENT.
YOU MISSES THE RENT PAYMENT, A 60 DAY NOTICE, UM, APARTMENT RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS DO NOT SUPPORT THE EXTENSION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY PUT INTO PLACE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO HELP ALLOW ANY RENTER THAT WAS ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED BY COVID-19 TO FIND RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE.
UM, AMPLE ASSISTANCE IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE.
THE CITY HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN RURAL ASSISTANCE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS SENT AN ADDITIONAL 36.7 MILLION.
ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO MAINTAIN HOUSING STABILITY IS FINDING IT.
AND SINCE THIS ORDINANCE PASSED IN MARCH OF 2020, SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN ADDITION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY AND STATE FUND.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FEW BARRIERS, UM, TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN OFTEN IN JUNE, UM, OUR IS WE'VE ADDED 2300 JOBS INTO YEAR 7% CRYSTAL
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL LAURA, AND I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT TWO.
I WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT POLICING.
POLICING IS DETRIMENTAL TO HEALTH CARE AFTER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH.
AND PERSONALLY, MY MENTAL HEALTH IS PRETTY LOW.
ACCORDING TO APD, THEY ARE RESPONDING TO APPROXIMATELY 90% OF MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS.
I, SOMEONE WHO'S HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME WHILE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS WAS NOT THE ANSWER.
A POLICE OFFICER IS NOT JUST, IT'S NOT THEIR PERSON.
YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO YOU IN THESE TYPES OF EMERGENCY MEADOWS, MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE REPORT ON REPORTED ON APDS PRACTICES AND MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE NEED TO IMPROVE TRAINING FOR NINE 11 DISPATCHERS INCREASED COORDINATION WITH EMS AND TELE-HEALTH ACCESS TO CLINICIAN AND CREATE IMMEDIATE CARE BEFORE AND AFTER INPATIENT ADMISSION FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, NONE OF THESE VOLTS INCREASING APDS BUDGET.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO DESPITE LET'S SAY AUSTIN NOW, PLEASE.
WE DO NOT NEED TO BE INCREASING YOUR BUDGET.
WE NEED TO BE REALLOCATING, RESPOND INTO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SERVICES PART, LITERALLY ANYTHING THAT APD THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M A PARAMEDIC FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I WORK IN THE MUELLER STATION.
I'VE BEEN A PARAMEDIC HERE FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, MY HUSBAND ALSO WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A 12 FTES PER AMBULANCE HERE AND A HUGE STAFFING CRISIS.
UH, THE STAFFING IS THE WORST.
I'VE SEEN IT ALMOST NINE YEARS.
WE'RE TIRED FROM THE ICE STORM AND WE JUST, I MEAN, THE CALL INCREASES WHEN WE'RE, SHORT-STAFFED, IT'S INCREASED FATIGUE, WHICH INCLUDES THIS TURNOVER.
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GOOD MEDICS.MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN THE POSITION OF ASKING MY PARENTS TO DRIVE SIX HOURS TO WATCH OUR KIDS.
AND WE GET CALLED IN FOR MANDATORY OVERTIME.
AND WE JUST NEED, WE NEED THE BUDGET FOR MORE STAFF PLEASE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TODAY.
ELIANA RUBIN MAYOR, IF I MAY, THAT LAST COLOR, UM, CAN WE ASK THAT PERSON TO SEND US THEIR INFORMATION PLEASE? YES.
THAT LAST CALLER WOULD SEND IT THAT INFORMATION SPED REQUESTED.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND I AM JUST ADDING MY OPPOSITION TO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO APD.
UM, NOT ONLY DOES APD AND POLICE IN GENERAL, DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM AND HARASS PEOPLE OF COLOR, POOR PEOPLE AND UNHOUSED PEOPLE TREATING ANY QUOTE-UNQUOTE CRIME PROBLEMS IN OUR CITY WITH MORE POLICE IS FOCUSING ON THE SYMPTOMS RATHER THAN UNDERLYING PROBLEMS. THE MONEY YOU'VE INCREASED THE APD BUDGET WITH WOULD MUCH BE BETTER.
IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER THAN ADDRESSING THE ROOT PROBLEMS, UM, OF LIKE QUOTE UNQUOTE CRIME LIKE ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES, HOUSING HEALTHCARE.
UM, PLEASE DON'T INCREASE APD APD BUDGET ANYMORE AND FOCUS THAT ATTENTION ON THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TESTS, TASK FORCE NEEDS, AND PROPOSALS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSICA WOLF.
MY NAME IS JESSICA WOLF, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BETTER BUILDER AND POLICY WORKERS DEFENSE AND I'M TESTIFYING AND SUPPORTIVE ITEM 26.
WE FIRST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAR AND HIS STAFF FOR ALL THEIR TIME AND ENERGIES THAT RECEIVE AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE ST.
MANY OF OUR MEMBERS LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THAT AREA, THIS PROPOSAL WILL PROVIDE JUST THAT WITH BEING A THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CITY.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN 2019 TO INCLUDE STRONGER CONSTRUCTION WORK PROTECTION FOR ALL FEATURES, THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS, AND THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBER, QATAR EMPHASIZE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD FOLLOW BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS, PREVAILING WAGES, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS, ARE WE DEMONSTRATING THAT IT'S CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO HIRE CONSTRUCTION WORKER STANDARDS.
IF THEY WANT TO BUILD ON THE SITE WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD SAFE JOBS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL IN THEIR CAREER.
WE KNOW THE UNSAVED AND HARDWORKING CONDITIONS, CONSTRUCTION WORKER SPACE IN OUR STATE.
CAN WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE THIS COMMITMENT TO ST.
JOHN'S DEVELOPMENT, BOTH ON FRONT OF YOU TODAY WITH THE RFP DEADLINE ALREADY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS PASSES SO OUR COMMUNITIES CAN RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I LISTENED TO FOR, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH AJC.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW BUDGET PRIORITIES IN SOLIDARITY WITH PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY FUNDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
POC ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PRIORITIES ARE TO ENSURE THAT AUSTINITES THREATENED WITH THIS PLACEMENT, HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES BY EXPANDING STAFFING, TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NAVIGATING EXISTING SERVICES AND CONDUCTING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLANNING AS PART OF PROJECT CONNECT, AS WELL AS CREATING SERVICES TO HELP LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOMEOWNERS APPLY FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND DO ESTATE PLANNING.
POC ALSO HAS EVICTION PREVENTION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE PRIORITIES TO ENSURE TENANTS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES, STAY PROTECTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC BY BOTH EXPANDING LEGAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RENTER HOUSEHOLDS FACING EVICTION AND EXPANDING RENTAL EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDING.
I ASKED YOU TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE STAFF SERVICES AND PROGRAM FUNDING TO KEEP RESIDENTS HOUSE IN AUSTIN AND PREVENT AUSTINITES FROM EITHER RELOCATING DUE TO DISPLACEMENT OR EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY.
MY NAME IS MADDIE BRATT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS TO REFUND THE POLICE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT WITH HV 1900, BUT TO SEE EXCESS FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THEM AFTER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PASSIONATE DEMONSTRATIONS IS NOT ONLY JUST HEARTENING, BUT DISINGENUINE.
WE'VE LOST DOZENS OF UNARMED, NONVIOLENT PEOPLE TO RECKLESS AND RACIST VIOLENCE FROM APD.
AND TO CONTINUE TO PUMP MONEY INTO THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO CONTINUE
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TO FUND THESE MURDERS AND THE TRAUMA THAT COMES WITH THEM.UM, THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY FORCE NEEDS ABOUT $30 MILLION FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND YOU GAVE THEM ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOLLOWED CCU GRASSROOTS
ADDITIONALLY, TO EMS WHO IS UNDERSTAFFED AND IS ACTUALLY SAVING LIVES.
UM, AND THE CO-OP BECAUSE I WANT TO ECHO WHAT TRACY SAID DEEP ON THE POLICE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
I'M FROM CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH AJC AND, UH, DSA.
UH, LAST SUMMER, THE CITY STOOD UNITED IN ITS DECISION TO END POLICE VIOLENCE AND REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WORKING CLASS.
AUSTINITES WHEN IT INVESTED IN ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT GOAL AND PROTECT SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.
BUT DESPITE THIS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS ATTEMPTED TO DIVIDE US.
WE KNOW THAT EVERY DOLLAR WE PUT INTO APD NOW WILL PERMANENTLY BE TAKING AWAY A DOLLAR FROM OUR SCHOOLS, OUR HOUSING AND OUR HEALTHCARE, AND MANY OTHER CALLERS HAVE STATED.
SO IT'S TIME TO STAND UP TO SAVE.
AUSTIN KNOWS PUNITIVE SO-CALLED SOLUTIONS AND APPROVE A BUDGET THAT MAINTAINS THESE FUNDING AT THE MINIMUM LEVEL REQUIRED BY HB 1900 AND NO MORE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR OUR VALUES AND OUR CITIES THAT WE'VE LITERALLY PAINTED ON OUR STREET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY, JESSICA RAMIREZ.
I MEET IS I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, I VERY PASSIONATELY OPPOSE THE, UH, FUNDING OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE'S AWARE OF ALEX GONZALEZ JR.
WHO WAS MURDERED BY AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD INTENSE ROAD RAGE ON JANUARY 5TH, THE DAY BEFORE THE INSURRECTION GOP TRICKLED DOWN LAWS THAT FEAR MONGER AND PRODUCE THE SEPARATION AND OUR COMMUNITY IS OVERWHELMINGLY INSULTING, DEGRADING AND SEGREGATING A COMMUNITY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING AUSTIN WEIRD IS KEEPING AUSTIN RACIST.
PLEASE STOP HURTING OUR COMMUNITY, DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT THE WHITE THING.
IF YOU ARE REALLY CHRISTIAN, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT JESUS WAS ACTUALLY A POOR HOMELESS LOVE.
THY NEIGHBOR, PASSIONATE HUMAN, WHO CARED FOR HIS COMMUNITY, NOT ONE THAT WANTS TO POLICE THE HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, REGULATE OUR COMMUNITY JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY LOOK.
IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU GUYS DID.
I'M COMPLETELY CONFUSED IN WHY I ACTUALLY HAVE TO DESPITE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES, COCAINE HAMILTON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
SHOWCASE HAMILTON, AND I AM HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY REGARDING ITEM 26, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ST.
I'M THE FOUNDER OF RISE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.
A 5 0 1 C3 ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZATION CREATED TO DISMANTLE INEQUITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
I FORMED RISE IN 2018 AND HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME OPENING AND IT'S BECAUSE, UH, THE MARKET RATES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE JUST TOO HIGH TO OPEN UP.
AND SO I'M SHARING MY STORY WITH YOU TODAY BECAUSE IT SHOWS WHY WE NEED TO INCLUDE, UH, THE PROPOSAL WITH CAPITAL A, TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT SERVICES IN THE ST.
I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE THE ST JOHN'S NEIGHBORHOOD IS A CHILDCARE DESERT, AND YOU CAN CHANGE THAT BY AGREEING TO ALLOW CAPITAL A BENEFIT PROPOSAL TO BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREYSTAR.
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, ASHLEY BENNER.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE AND VOLUNTEER WITH AJC.
I OPPOSE ANY INCREASE IN THE POLICE BUDGET AND WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE MANY WAYS TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES TO CRIMES BY SHIFTING TASKS FROM SWORN TO NON-SWORN STAFF AND ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY
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POLICE RESPONSE WITHIN THE CURRENT STAFFING, UM, ELIMINATE WELFARE WELFARE CHECKS AND CIVILIANIZED THESE BY INVESTING IN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO CONDUCT CHECKS AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SERVICES, CIVILIAN CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS, AND NON-SWORN STAFF WHO REVIEW LITMUS AND SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WILL IMPROVE INVESTIGATIONS WITHOUT ADDING MORE POLICE.WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAVE HIS STAFF AT APD LOOK INTERNALLY TO BEST USE THE RESOURCES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND COME BACK WITH A REPORT ABOUT HOW TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF EFFICIENCY AND PROPER DELEGATION AND ALLEGATION OF TIME AND RESOURCES BEFORE THROWING MONEY AT A PROBLEM.
HI, MY NAME IS KENDRA GARRETT AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER AND ELIZABETH ST.
I WOULD LIKE TO URGE EACH OF YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 26.
THIS PUBLICATION NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY FOCUSED AND INVOLVED AND WILL CREATE MUCH IN HOUSING WORKFORCE AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES.
NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY DO HAVE THEIR OWN PLAYER AND VIBE, BUT UNDER INVESTMENT IN UNDER-RESOURCED SHOULD NEVER BE PART OF ITS CHARACTER.
THIS PROJECT STRIDES TO THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE VERB IT'S HISTORY AND LEGACY ELEMENTS SUCH AS THESE US, THIS ONE MAKE A BIG STRIDE TOWARDS MEETING THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY'S HOUSING GOALS WHILE CREATING THAT DIVERSE, AFFORDABLE, AND SIMPLICITY THAT WE IMAGINED IT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT IT'S HERE AND WE'RE EAGER TO SEE WHERE WE ARE EAGER TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME MAYOR BEFORE YOU START MY TIME? WILL YOU BE TAKING COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET AUGUST 11TH, 12TH OR 13TH? YES.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BUDGET.
NO, IT'S POSTED ONLINE AUGUST 11TH, 12TH, AND 13TH AS NEEDED.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW BEFORE I START MY COMMENTS, WHETHER TO SPEAK TODAY.
THERE'LL BE THE ABILITY TO MAKE COMMENT WHEN WE TAKE ACTION IN AUGUST.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEM ONE 18 FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT'S ACTUALLY SPECIFIED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER THAT CLOSED ON JULY 16TH, 2021 SPECIFICALLY THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFIES HOUSING VOUCHERS, RESIDENTIAL COUNSELING, OR HOUSING NAVIGATION TO FACILITATE HEALTH HOME, MOVE TO HIGH LEVELS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND MOBILITY.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK HER TO INCLUDE THE HIGH LEVELS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AS PART OF THE HOMELESS, UM, RESOLUTION, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE BUDGET, I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THE CITY MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO REPORT BACK ALL THIS FIRST, THE COUNCIL, AS IT RELATES TO THE BLACK EMBASSY.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE BLACK PROBLEMS AND THE APOLOGY THAT YOU MADE ON MARCH 4TH, 2021.
AND TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET WITH THAT AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY, YOU HAVE $30 MILLION BETWEEN THE CITY AND TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE NEED STILL FOR TRANSPORTATION TO GET PEOPLE TO THE JOBS.
IT'S $4.7 MILLION FOR THE PALMER METRO RAPID $945,000 FOR A TWO 40 RUTLAND.
AND THAT MONEY CAN COME FROM THE $8 MILLION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MENTIONED AS IT RELEASED THE EIGHT SPEAKER.
OH, MS. JOSEPH MAYOR, JOSEPH DISCONNECTS.
MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? YES, I AM COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
DO YOU HAVE, UM, HAVE YOU SENT TO, UH, HAVE YOU SENT US AN EMAIL WITH THAT SUGGESTION? UH, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT, UM, I WRITE IN THE SUMMARY OF THE, UH, THE FORM ITSELF.
SO THE CITY CLERK SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST FORWARD YOU MY REGISTRATION FORM.
IT DOES HAVE THIS SPECIFIC PROVISION, UH, THE THING WHICH IS ACTUALLY THERE, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO FUND SO THAT IT CAN GET TO YOU AUTOMATICALLY.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, DID YOU ALSO SEND US AN EMAIL ABOUT IT? YOU MAY HAVE, I'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 150 SITTING, WAITING TO BE.
I CAN ACTUALLY SEND YOU A SEPARATE EMAIL, BUT JUST, UM, IF YOU NEED IT FOR LIKE A QUICK REFERENCE, SHE CAN SEND THAT TO YOU NOW IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE QUEUE.
UM, BUT I CAN ACTUALLY SEND YOU A MEMORANDUM AND GIVE YOU WHAT MY SUGGESTION IS.
I IMAGINE THE CITY CLERK CAN GET THAT TO ME QUICKLY.
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QUESTION AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.UH, COLLEAGUES, I'VE GOING TO RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GOING TO, UH, CONVENE THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETINGS SO THAT MS. JOSEPH CAN SPEAK OUR BAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, SO, UH, TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS BEING ADJOURNED.
I MAY BE BEING RECESSED HERE AT 1125, AND
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I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER HERE ON JULY 29TH, 2021, THE, UM, UH, AT 1125, THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, WE'RE GOING TO DAN RECESS, THE MEETING.WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP, UH, AFTER WE HANDLE THE, THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, CLERKED, WE HAVE, UH, EDDIE SPEAKERS, UH, I THINK WE HAVE MS. JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M AS ENOVIA JOSEPH, MARY.
I JUST REALLY HAD TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEM.
NUMBER THREE IS WHAT I REGISTERED FOR ITEMS TWO AND THREE ON THE AGENDA ACTUALLY HAD $500,000 FOR THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF COUNCIL WAS GOING TO MATCH THAT AMOUNT.
UM, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE LINE ITEMS FOR THE $500,000 FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT IS THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, IT APPEARED THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS THE ONLY PROVIDER THAT WOULD BE GIVING THIS RESOURCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO MEET ASSISTANCE IN THE TRAVIS COUNTY AREA.
AND SO IF STAFF COULD JUST EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, HOW THAT PROCESS WILL WORK AND APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SERVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION OBVIOUSLY TO RECEIVING THE FUNDING.
UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST MY TECHNICAL, UH, COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.
COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE MEETING, GLOUCESTER HANSLEY FINANCE CORPORATION HERE AT 1127.
IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS CLERK, WE HAVE ANYBODY OUTSIDE.
I HAVE TO SPEAK ALL THE SPEAKERS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO THEN RECESS THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 1127.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO RECONVENE
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THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 1127.UH, WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO COLLEAGUES TO, UH, IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.
I HAVE A LIST I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND CALL THE SPEAKERS ON WHO GUEST SPEAKERS WE'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE, UH, IS, UH, UH, SYLVIA BLANCO HERE.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP? YOU HAVE ADMITTED TO SPEAK WHILE YOU'RE COMING DOWN.
YOU'LL BE ON DECK WITH, UH, WHEN SHE'S DONE IS LAURA CORTEZ HERE.
YOU'LL BE UP THIRD AFTER THE TWO PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND YOU DON'T NEED TO QUEUE UP.
I DON'T NEED THE FOR PEOPLE TO, AS THE STACK, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER.
CAN YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU? AND, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS WAS, UH, MORE OF A TEAM GROUP TYPE OF A PRESENTATION.
NOT SURE IF THAT COULD BE, UH, ACCOMMODATED, BUT IF NOT, I'LL CALL YOU, I'LL CALL YOU ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ATLER AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SYLVIA BLANCA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH GREYSTAR ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FOR THE ST.
JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 84 YEARS, HAKA HAS EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SOME OF AUSTIN'S MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES WHILE SAFE STABLE HOUSING IS A CRITICAL SAFETY NET.
IT'S ALSO A SPRINGBOARD FOR ACCESS TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH CARE, AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE HAKA HAS A SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE IMPACTFUL RESIDENT SERVICES.
JOHN WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM THAT VILLAGE OF PARTNERS THAT HAKA BRINGS TO THE TABLE FROM AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, COMPUTER LITERACY, JOB TRAINING PARTNERS, SUCH AS A CARE TEAM WILL TAILOR SERVICES BASED ON NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES WHO WILL CALL ST.
JOHN HOME THROUGH HAKA LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY OF THE HOUSING UNITS IS ALSO ASSURED FOR AT LEAST 99 YEARS TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE AFFORDABILITY BREAKDOWN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, RON COLE, WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AGAIN, ORDER.
SO MY APOLOGIES, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE? CAUSE WE, WE USUALLY CALL PEOPLE IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGN UP.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, UM, A FEW FROM GREYSTAR,
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UH, SEVERAL FROM THE, UH, OUR CONSULTING FOLKS.AND, UH, AGAIN, ONE MORE PERSON FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WHO IS THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT YOU HAD? WELL, UM, IF WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, SET IT UP THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO CHECK OFF A NAME OFF MY LIST.
WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT DEREK DEREK, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO IN THAT ORDER? IS THAT WHAT NEXT DEREK BROWN? I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP ONE MINUTE AND IS LAURA CORTEZ NEXT? OKAY.
MR. MAYOR, MY NAME IS DAVID WALSH.
UM, AND THEN IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE, COULD WE PLEASE HAVE DEREK BROWN AFTER THAT? UM, AND THEN MR. RON COLWELL WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
DO WE HAVE MR. WALSH SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DAVID WALSH? I SEE YOU.
GREAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
I'M A DEVELOPER WITH GRAY STAR.
WE APPRECIATE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THIS IMPORTANT REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND ARE ENTHUSIASTIC TO HELP DELIVER ON THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF THIS SITE FOR THE ST.
I BELIEVE OUR TEAM WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CORTEZ CONSULTING AND TBG IS WELL EQUIPPED AND EXPERIENCED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REFINE THIS PLAN TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS AND DESIRES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HAKA HAS A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE.
CORTEZ CONSULTING IS VERY EXPERIENCED BRINGING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS AND WILL ENSURE DIVERSE INPUT INFLUENCES.
THE EVENTUAL DESIGN DBG IS ALSO AN EXPERIENCED CITY PARTNER CREATING GREAT PUBLIC SPACES FOR CONGREGATION RECREATION AND EDUCATION MEMBERS FROM OUR PROPOSING TEAM ARE HERE TODAY TO TOUCH ON A FEW KEY POINTS AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS NEXT UP IS MR. BROWN.
I'M THE SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR AT GRAY STAR IN AUSTIN.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED AND COMMITTED TO CREATING A GREAT ASSET, UM, UH, FOR THE ST JOHN COMMUNITY FINANCIALLY, THE PROPOSAL, OUR TEAM SUBMITTED REQUIRES NO UPFRONT CITY SUBSIDY, NO TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, UH, AND NO NEW DEBT ISSUANCE FURTHER.
UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, WE WERE PREPARED TO PAY THE FULL $11 MILLION REQUIRED TO PAY OFF THE EXISTING DEBT AT LAND CLOSING THROUGHOUT THE NEGOTIATION OF THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO EXPLORING OTHER CITY PRIORITIES AS OUTLINED IN THE MOTION SHEETS.
WE WILL LEAN ON OUR GREATEST PARTNERS, ST ST.
JOHN'S NEIGHBORS AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO GUIDE THE PROGRAMMING.
AND WE WILL CONTINUALLY EVALUATE AND REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU AND THE ST.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, RON COLE, UH, WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, SIR, WHAT'S YOUR DAY, PLEASE? MY NAME IS RON COLWELL.
MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M RON COLWELL, VICE-PRESIDENT OF ASSET MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SHARE TWO KEY POINTS WITH YOU ALL BUILDING ON THE AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT.
THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED CALLED 580 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS TO BE DEVELOPED AT WHICH A MINIMUM OF 280 UNITS WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
112 UNIT OF THESE UNITS WILL SERVE RESIDENTS AT 50% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, 141 UNITS AT 60% AND 27 UNITS.
AT 70%, THESE UNITS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY AMONGST ALL THE BUILDINGS AND FLOOR PLANS, MAKING THEM INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE MARKET RATE UNITS.
AS MS. BLANCA STATED IN HER MINUTE TIME, THE AFFORDABLE COMPONENT WILL BE SECURE FOR 99 YEARS.
GUARANTEEING THE LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY FOR THE PROJECT AND THE LONGTERM SECURITY AND STABILITY FOR ALL THEIR TENANTS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH GREYSTAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD A PROJECT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
YOU ALL STILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON SINCE THE SITE HAS BEEN PULLED QUESTIONS.
I MAY HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU WHEN Y'ALL ARE DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN PROBABLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION OVER, OR IF I COULD GET ASSISTANCE TO THE FOURTH SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME PLEASE? THE CLICKER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR SLIDE.
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ALLOW TO CORTEZ WITH CORTEZ CONSULTING.MY NAME AGAIN IS LAUDER CORTEZ AND OUR TEAM WITH QUARTEZ CONSULTING IS HONORED TO BE SELECTED AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT FOR THE ST.
IT IS OUR GOAL TO BUILD UPON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR THIS PROJECT AND ENSURE FAMILIES FEEL A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND ARE INVOLVED.
WE WILL COORDINATE MULTIPLE CHECKPOINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO STAY ENGAGED AND INFORMED.
WE WILL EXPLORE WHAT COMMUNITIES ARISE, SUCH AS HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE AND INTEGRATE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ALREADY OUTLINED INTO OUR WORK.
WHAT OUR TEAM AT CORTEZ CONSULTING HAS LEARNED IS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ISN'T ABOUT ONE FIRM OR WHEN PROJECT IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR DESIRE AND NEEDS TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.
WE PLEDGE TO HONOR THE RICH HISTORY OF THE ST JOHN COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO SEE THAT THE DIVERSE VOICES OF THE CHILDREN, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN THE ST JOHN'S COMMUNITY WILL BE HONORED.
AND I CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, JUSTIN FROM TVG PRAYER.
AS I SAW IN YOUR, UH, COMMUNICATION EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT YOU INTEND TO SET UP A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU'RE SELECTED, CAN YOU GIVE US A FEW SENTENCES ON THAT PLEASE? YES.
WHAT'D YOU GO AHEAD AND JUST LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON SORT OF WHAT THAT COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR US NOW.
I COULDN'T HEAR YOU VERY WELL.
SO YOUR QUESTION, COULD YOU REPHRASE YOUR QUESTION ALL WORKING THROUGH THAT, THAT THE MASKS INTO MICROPHONES THING I RE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU OR FOR OTHER FOLKS ON THE TEAM, BUT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM YOUR TEAM YESTERDAY.
I THINK EVERYONE ON THE DIET THAT MOVING FORWARD, YOU WOULD SET UP A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO HELP THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD.
COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT YOU WOULD, HOW YOU ENVISION THAT COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD DOING ITS WORK? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR WORK IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY VOICES, THOSE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY LEADERS WHO ALREADY PARTICIPATE IN ENGAGEMENT, THAT THEY ARE PART OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THEM AT THE TABLE AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
AND SO WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER BY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UH, MEMBERS THAT MAY COME FORWARD THAT SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND PUT TOGETHER AN ADVISORY BOARD TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INCORPORATING THIS INTO OUR WORK.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN LINDA BARRY.
CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? THANK YOU.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BUILD UPON THE EXISTING ST.
JOHN AND STRENGTHEN THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE OVERALL PARK, PARCEL TO THE COMMUNITY.
THROUGH ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT, THE TEAM WILL FURTHER DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK PLAN WITH THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE SPACE WHILE COMPLIMENTING AND HONORING THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE BUILDING UPON THE EXISTING PARK FEATURES PARK ENHANCEMENTS COULD INCLUDE SHADE, WALKING TRAILS, IMAGINATION DRIVEN, SPLASH PAD, AND OTHER COMMUNITY INSPIRED PLAY ELEMENTS.
THE EXPANDED PARK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEATURES SUCH AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN WITH THE ABILITY TO CONNECT AND GROW TOGETHER.
WE ENVISIONED THIS AS A COMMUNITY DESTINATION FOR THE ST.
JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE WITH CHURCH EVENTS, FARMER'S MARKETS AND OTHER DESIRED COMMUNITY EVENTS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, FIND INTEGRATED AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THE HISTORY AND EDUCATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERS.
AND THIS IS A BIG THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THAT THE FINAL SPEAKER ON FROM THE FAMILIAR ZONE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES? FIRE SLIDE, PLEASE.
COULD I ASK MR. COLDWELL TO COME, COME UP BRIEFLY? I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRESENTATION.
MY FRIEND SENT THIS OFF, LIKE I CAN TALK BETTER.
AND WHOEVER FROM YOUR TEAM IS APPROPRIATE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON AS WE TAKE UP THE ACTUAL ITEM.
UH, BUT WHILE WE HAVE YOU ALL HERE, UM, WE'VE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PROPOSED ALL OF THE PROPOSALS WERE, WERE REALLY EXCELLENT.
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APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK.WE DO HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM ONE OF THE OTHER TEAMS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEIR BENEFITS.
AND I WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHETHER, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR PROPOSAL, WHETHER WE COULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT WHETHER HEALTHCARE AND CHILDCARE AND EXPANSIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY SPACE AND POTENTIAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IF ALL OF THAT, UM, ARE, ARE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THROUGH THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROCESS.
IF, IF YOUR TEAM IS SELECTED, I'M SURE I CAN SPEAK FOR OUR WHOLE TEAM UNTIL YOU ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN, UM, COLLABORATE AND PRODUCE HERE.
UM, IT'S HARD TO, TO, TO, TO DO SOMETHING IN A DRAFT.
AND I THINK, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL, AT LEAST AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL AS ALL THOSE POINTS THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE WOULD BE VERY EXCITED TO INCLUDE ANY AND ALL OF THEM IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ALL SCORED VERY HIGHLY ON MANY OF THE AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY ON THE, ON THE DESIGN AND THE AMOUNTS OF HOUSING, UM, THE SCORE WAS SOMEWHAT LOWER.
AND SO ARE WE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH WITH EACH OTHER ON A PATH TO GET MORE SPACE, MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE, POTENTIALLY MORE HOUSING, UH, ESPECIALLY IF WE PARTNER TOGETHER THROUGH THE CITY'S PROGRAMS TO GET DEEPER AND MORE AFFORDABILITY, DO YOU SEE A PATH TOWARDS US GETTING, GETTING THERE ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES LIKE DESIGN THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING, THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AND THE, AND THE DEPTH? ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF THE KEY WHEN WE WERE VETTING THIS PARTNERSHIP OUT PRIOR TO EVEN SUBMITTING THE RF RFP, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE PICKED A DEVELOPER PARTNER THAT HAD THE ABILITY TO BE CREATIVE, FLEXIBLE, AND, AND KNOWING THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES IN SOME, SOME TWEAKS TO THIS DRAFT PLAN.
AND I THINK ABSOLUTELY THEY HAVE THE BANDWIDTH AND THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND, AND CATER THIS PROPERTY TO, YOU KNOW, TO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I THINK WE'RE VERY, VERY OPEN TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND JUST SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOWED TO TALK THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, ANY OF US, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE GRACE OF, OF JUST ASKING TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE COMMUNITY GROUPS BEFORE YOU SPOKE.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHER SIGNED UP, UH, THE URBAN LEAGUE PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC, HOUSTON TILLOTSON CHILDCARE CENTERS.
UM, IF WE MOVE FORWARD AND NEGOTIATING WITH YOU AS THE PARTNER, WOULD YOU WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE IN THE PROJECT WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY BASED IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 100% FOR SURE.
AND I KNOW MS. CORTEZ WILL BE ENGAGING IN THAT AS WELL.
AND I KNOW HOW THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS ALREADY WITH MANY OF THESE PARTNERS WILL CERTAINLY OPEN, OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT.
AND I FAILED TO MENTION THE ST.
JOHN REGULAR BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY BEFORE IT BECAME THE ST JOHN'S SCHOOL.
AND THEN LATER AT THE HOME DEPOT.
AND I THINK THEY WOULD BE A CRITICAL PARTNER IN RESPECTING THE HISTORY OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT LAND IN THE COMMUNITY.
MR. CALDWELL, YOU AND I KNOW EACH OTHER, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO MEET THE FOLKS AT GREYSTAR BEFORE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PIECE OF LAND WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE FELT THAT WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED OUR GOALS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE IS DISTRUST IN THE CITY.
AND SO I KNOW YOU AND JUST REALLY URGE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LET THE COMMUNITY DOWN HERE AND INSTEAD CREATE SOMETHING WE CAN BE REALLY PROUD OF.
AND I'M REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THERE WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'LL SHARE YOU, OUR TEAM WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE, WE WILL, WE WILL GIVE IT OUR BEST AND I KNOW WE'LL SUCCEED.
I'M SORRY IF I MAY, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO OFFER MY ABSOLUTE SUPPORT.
UM, UH, MY COLLEAGUE HAS WORKED ON THIS PROJECT FOR SO LONG AND DID SUCH A GOOD JOB AND CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEING VERY CAREFUL AND MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I, ONE JUST EDIFY HIM.
AND AS WE APPROACH THIS PART OF THE PROJECT WHERE, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE OTHER POINTS OF CONSIDERATION, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO PUBLICLY SAY, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU DID SO GOOD.
AND YOU WERE DOING SO WELL AND
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YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
I RECOGNIZE FULLY WHAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND TOTALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE MINDFULNESS, ALL THE THOUGHTFULNESS.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, I, I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE STILL NEED TO CONSIDER, BUT THAT SAID THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL AND SO MINDFUL DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS, I THINK YOU'VE DONE WELL AND, AND BRAVO, ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT THIS AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE 39 MORE SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THE HOPE WAS TO GIVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
WE ALSO HAVE THE 10 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK FOR US TO, TO, TO DISCUSSING.
AND AT THAT TIME WE COULD ASK PEOPLE OTHER QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS, UH, UH, JASON HASKINS RIGHT HERE.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, KENNY CONNOR? COME ON DOWN.
DO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE WHILE YOU'RE COMING DOWN? IS, UH, UH, UH, KEEM MCLENDON HERE? UH, KIM MCCLENNAN? NO.
WHAT ABOUT AMY? RAMPY AMY RAMPY? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, RICHARD SUBTLE RICHARD SUBTLE? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, JOANNE MO MULLAH ANYWAY.
YOU'LL BE UP NEXT STEP TO THE SPEAKER.
HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I'M CONNOR KENNEY PRINCIPAL WITH CAPITAL A, UH, HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HERE IN AUSTIN.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT ST.
UH, WE HAD PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP, HOUSING, AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR A COMPETING PROPOSAL.
UM, BUT WE HAD ON THAT TEAM OF SOME PEOPLE YOU'VE HEARD FROM TODAY, PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC RISE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, CARTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES, OR SCENARIO, URBAN LEAGUE GUADALUPE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND COMMUNITY POWERED WORKSHOP.
UM, WE HAD, UH, CONSULTED HEAVILY WITH A LOT OF NEIGHBORS COURT OVER THE UT STUDY THAT WAS COMMUNITY DRIVEN, STARTED COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS CAME UP WITH A GREAT PACKAGE THAT HIT MANY OF THE ITEMS AND COUNCIL MEMBER TURBOS AND KOSSAR'S EMOTIONS THAT THEY POSTED ONLINE, UH, HEALTHCARE CHILDCARE, A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLANNING PROCESS, ET CETERA.
AND I JUST, UH, WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKS WITH GREYSTAR, AND WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY BRING IN THE AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP HOUSING, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY ALL OF THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS.
WE GOTTA WORK IT OUT, BUT, UH, WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE A SUMMARY OF ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WERE IN OUR PLAN.
UH, JOANNE MARLIN WAY, UM, IS PACKED MAYOR.
I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING HERE, BUT MR. UH, MR. KENNEY REFERRED TO, UH, A SUMMARY OF THE BENEFITS, MAYBE THAT WAS JUST DISTRIBUTED ON THE DIOCESE.
YES, IT WAS DISTRIBUTED ON THE DYING DAYS.
SO IF SO, UM, IS IT, COULD WE ASK OUR CITY STAFF TO, UM, GET IT TO THOSE UP TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM? AND TO ME, UM, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR REFERENCED THIS EARLIER FOR THESE KINDS OF SOLICITATIONS, THAT THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF PROPOSALS CAN'T COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY CAN ONLY COMMUNICATE IN PUBLIC SETTINGS, SUCH AS THIS ONE OR THROUGH THE DESIGNATED STAFF PERSON.
SO I WOULD ASK OUR DESIGNATED STAFF PERSON, UM, IF SHE COULD PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MAYOR PER TIME AND I GET, GET THAT, UM, IT'S GOOD CLERKS.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THEY'RE ON DECK, I THINK IS A PAT, UH, HOW'S THE DRESS YOU'LL BE UP TO BEST, RIGHT? HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS JOANNE
UM, I'M SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO ITEM 57.
I REQUEST THAT WHEN NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO PLEASE KEEP THIS ISSUE THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IN MIND.
THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER DEPENDS ON AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO DO THEIR PART, WHICH IS TAKING 3000 ANIMALS A YEAR FROM AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER PER THEIR CONTRACT.
THEY ARE TAKING MUCH LESS THAN THAT.
UM, AND I HAD GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION'S WEBSITE,
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UM, INSTEAD OF TAKING THE FULL REQUIRED AMOUNT OF ANIMALS, THEY'RE TAKING ANIMALS FROM AROUND TEXAS AND USING CITY PROPERTY TO HOUSE THEM WITH APA, USING THE CITY PROPERTY.THAT SHOULD MEAN THEY SHOULD SERVE AUSTIN AND ITS HOMELESS ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER STRUGGLES WITH SPACE TO HOUSE ANIMALS ON ALMOST A REGULAR BASIS.
PLEASE HOLD AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO THEIR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
UH, IS, UH, IS TIM ANDERSON HERE? YOU'LL BE UP NEXT.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS PAT
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO A THREE MONTH EXTENSION, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED.
WILL APA BE ALLOWED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THEY TAKE FROM AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THEY TAKE FROM ALL OTHER, FROM OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS CONTRACT TO BE NEGOTIATED WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING CHANGED FROM THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND HOW WILL IT IMPACT US THE LAMAR BEACH PLAN APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2016 REQUIRED APA TO RAISE $24 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW SHELTER AT LADY BIRD LAKE, THERE SHOULD BE A PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT REQUIRING APA TO REPORT HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED AND THE TIMETABLE FOR WHEN THEY WILL RAISE THE FULL AMOUNT.
IS AMY CRAFTSMAN HERE? AMY? CHRISMAN OKAY.
GOOD DAY, PASTOR TIM ANDERSON TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.
I'M A LEADER WITH CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFACE CTI THROUGH MY CHURCH AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT I DIRECT.
AUSTIN CITY LUTHERANS, WHERE WE ENGAGED ALSO TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS FRIENDS.
WE NEED AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO LEAD.
AS HOMELESSNESS HAS BECOME A CRISIS.
YOU HAVE $84 MILLION AVAILABLE AND FEDERAL MONEY TIED UP.
HOWEVER, IN A CONTINGENCY FUND, WE IMPLORE YOU TO START USING THE 23 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE DEDICATED.
AND ADDITIONALLY RELEASED THE 84 MILLION TO SCALE UP EFFORTS TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN, FAITH COMMUNITIES, AND CTI LIKE MY OWN.
HAVING CONTINUED TO DO THEIR PART, TO SEE THAT THE HUNGRY ARE FED AND THE UNHOUSED ARE SHELTERED, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT SENT US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT THEY HAVE SENT IT TO YOU.
OUR ELECTED LEADERS, IT'S TIME FOR AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL LEAD, TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESSNESS, AND WITH THIS BOLD ACTION TO SHOW COUNTY LEADERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND PHILANTHROPISTS, THAT THEY CAN ALSO FOLLOW IN THIS PATH SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN ALL FIGHT HOMELESSNESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE INSISTENCE.
AND I FEEL AS I THINK WE ALL DO THE SAME URGENCY YOU DO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S MONEY BEING SENT OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW FROM FEDERAL PROGRAMS. UH, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AT THIS POINT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT, UH, I HAD A GREAT IS HELPING TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE URGENCY OF, I APPRECIATE THAT MESSAGING.
WE HAVE A SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME IDEA THAT WE GOING TO WANT TO WAIT FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS TO KICK IN AND THE COUNTY, BUT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD BECAUSE THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN YOU RUN FOR ELECTION AGAIN, MOST LIKELY.
AND THEN THOSE OF US WILL REMEMBER THAT YOU TOOK THE BOLD ACTION AND MADE THE RIGHT STEP AT THE RIGHT TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND AUSTIN.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE OTHER PARTNERS THERE, IT'S NOT DELAYING GETTING ANY MONEY OUT.
UH, IS, UH, UH, UH, AMY PLACEMENT HERE.
ONCE YOU COME ON DOWN AND WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING IS NICHOLAS.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, BARRY CATALINA? YOU'LL BE NEXT.
I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH AJC I'M.
UH, I LIVE IN THE DISTRICT NINE.
I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING ON VARIOUS ACUTE PSYCH FLOORS AND ACT TEAMS IN, IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN AND EAST NEW YORK.
RECENTLY, I MOVED BACK TO AUSTIN AND MY FIRST JOB WAS AT ASHWIN A FORENSIC UNIT.
I'M HERE TO ASK FOR THE FUNDING TO INVEST
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IN ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE RESPONSE, TO CAUSE THAT ARE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED.AND, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THERE TO BE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ACT.
IN FACT, TEAMS OUTSIDE OF THE UMBRELLA, THE LARGE UMBRELLA OF INTEGRAL CARE.
I THINK THIS DIVERSIFICATION IS NECESSARY.
UM, ACT TEAMS PROVIDE INTENSIVE SERVICES TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, AND ALSO WHO EXPERIENCED CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND INCARCERATION.
THE GOALS ARE TO, TO, UM, CIRCUMVENT, UM, REPEATED HOSPITALIZATIONS AND REDUCE INCARCERATION, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, LESS LASTLY, THERE ARE NO, THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO POLICE TO MAKE THEM THE, THE OPTIMAL RESPONDERS TO THESE CALLS.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICE STILL COMING IN UNIFORM AND ARMED IS A HISTORICAL POWER DYNAMIC THAT, UM, INSIGHTS, A HUGE TRIGGER.
UH, KEVIN BARRY, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION AS THE LAST SPEAKER.
UM, THE, THE LAST SPEAKER, UM, GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO ENLIGHTEN US ABOUT HOW YOU THINK WE AS A BODY COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SERVICES.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A PARTICULAR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET POWER OF ATTORNEY.
UM, AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I WORRY ABOUT.
AND THEN I WORRY ABOUT THE, THE RANGE, RIGHT? UM, HOW WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, GIVEN YOUR MEDICAL EXPERIENCE.
I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO, IF YOU CAN'T RESPOND, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR SETTING, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO JUST REACH OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I, AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU, IF THEY SAY POLICE, FIRE EMS, OR MEDICAL HEALTH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
SO I'M JUST, I'M WORRIED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY SERVICES IN WHICH CASE, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY.
UM, AND THEN IF WE COULD TALK OFFLINE IT, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE BE DOING BETTER? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
I THINK THAT, UM, WITH ACT TEAMS, UM, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO MEET REGULARLY AT LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT CHOOSE TO RECEIVE THESE SERVICES.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT ARE, ARE NOT ENOUGH TREATMENT CENTERS FOR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR YOUTH THAT I KNOW THEY'RE EXPANDING ADULT CHILDREN AND FOR ADULTS.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, I WORKED AT PATHWAYS TO HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, WHICH IS A HOUSING FIRST MODEL.
AND THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CONCERN IS WHERE WHERE TO, TO, TO PROVIDE HOUSING.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IN PERSON OR EMAIL, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT ASHES, UH, DESIGN AND RECOMMENDATION DOES STRESS THAT TRAVIS COUNTY NEEDS TO INVEST MORE ON INTIMATE, INTERMEDIATE CARE, WHICH ACT IN FACT TEAMS ARE, THEY ARE INTERMEDIATE CARE AND IT, IT IS A VERY INTENSIVE CARE AND IT IS, IT'S A MODEL THAT INCORPORATES HARM REDUCTION, UM, AS WELL AS MEDICAL CARE, UH, VOCATIONAL SUBSTANCE USE AND ALSO, UM, MEDICAL CARE AND, UM, TRAUMA FOCUSED CARE.
I, I THINK THAT INTEGRAL CARE HAS THE, THE TEAMS, ALTHOUGH MY CONCERN IS I DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE FULLY OPERABLE.
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER TEAMS AND FUNDING FOR OTHER TEAMS, NEW TEAMS, UM, TO, TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE ACT SERVICES.
THIS IS A MODEL THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT THE FUNDING IS NOT COMPLETE.
I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YOU SAID ACT, IS THAT AN ACRONYM? YES, IT IS.
I MEANT TO EXPLAIN THAT EARLIER IT'S ACTIVE MEANS ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT AND IT'S, UM, YOU MEET THE PERSON WHERE THEY'RE AT.
IF THEY'RE AT THE SHELTER, IF THEY'RE AT THE HOSPITAL, THEY'RE ON THE STREETS, UM, UH, WHERE WHEREVER THE CLIENT IS THAT YOU, YOU NEED TO MEET THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS TO, TO, UM, TO DISCUSS THEIR GOALS AND TO DISCUSS THEIR CARE IN RELATION TO, UM,
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THEIR, I HAVE EVERYONE THAT'S ON AN ACT TEAM THAT RECEIVES ACT SERVICES HAVE SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS.COMMUNITY TREATMENT FACT IS, UM, FORENSIC, ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT AND THEIR INSURER.
UM, AND I DO THINK A PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CAPABILITIES AND THE EXPECTATION OF ACT IN FACT, TEAMS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN, IN REGARDS TO A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THERE NEEDS TO BE THIS AWARENESS OF WHAT AN ACT TEAM, A SUCCESSFUL ACT TEAM AT DYNAMIC ACT TEAM THAT HAS LOOKED AT THEIR OWN CLINICIAN BIASES CAN DO FOR THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION.
BUT I THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
AND I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.
AND I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN, AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL.
I AM THE COMMUNITY IMPACT DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN CENTRAL TEXAS SINCE 1924, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO REDUCING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF ALL AMERICANS BY FUNDING, INNOVATIVE MEDICAL RESEARCH, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HEALTHY LIVING AND FIGHTING FOR STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES.
ONE OF OUR MAIN PRIORITIES HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS NUTRITION SECURITY, AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR ALL.
ACCORDING TO OUR 2020 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION HAS HIGHER RATES IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGES FOR LACK OF HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS, WHICH IS DEFINED BY THE USDA AS LIVING MORE THAN HALF MILE FROM THE CLOSEST SUPERMARKET OR GROCERY STORE.
FOOD SECURITY IS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND WE SUPPORT THE ELEMENTS AIMED AT IMPROVING ACCESS, INCLUDING FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS, AND EMERGENCY RESILIENCE.
WE ESPECIALLY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE FOOD SYSTEM PLAN TO ENABLE THE CITY TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES AT ITS DISPOSAL TO MANY FAMILIES LIKE ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS TO BUY HEALTHY MEALS.
WE ARE TO THE COUNCIL TO CATE RESOURCES IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO ADDRESSING THESE CRITICAL NEEDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
WHAT WAS YOUR NAME PLEASE? KATHLEEN.
UH, IS, UH, UH, JEFFREY CLIMATES HERE.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN AND SPEAK WHILE MR. CLEMONS IS COMING DOWN? IS, UH, DREW, UH,
NOW, GIVE ME ONE, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
UM, SO MY NAME IS JEFFREY CLEMENS.
UM, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COLLEGE STUDENT COMMISSION.
UM, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 31, UH, WHICH IS, OR ONE 30, WHICH IS THE BUDGET.
UM, AND, UH, UH, BUT MOSTLY IN FAVOR OF AN AMENDMENT BY A COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, UM, TO CREATE A COLLEGE FOOD INSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, THE AMENDMENT GREW OUT OF A RECOMMENDATION.
OUR COMMISSION PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY.
UM, AND HAS THE PURPOSE OF ALLOCATING $25,000 FOR A PILOT PROGRAM, UH, WHERE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE CITY'S FIVE CAMPUSES, UH, CAN APPLY TO ESTABLISH NEW PROGRAMS THAT COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
UM, ALTHOUGH I CAN TELL YOU A NUMBER OF STATISTICS RELATED TO FOOD COLLEGE, FOOD INSECURITY, SUCH AS THE FACT THAT ON AVERAGE, ABOUT ONE IN FOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS, UM, SAY THAT THEY GET AT LEAST ONE MEAL A DAY FROM A FOOD PANTRY OR A SIMILAR PROGRAM.
UM, I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AS A STUDENT, UM, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE AT UT ARLINGTON, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY NOT IN AUSTIN, BUT I THINK IT STILL APPLIES.
UM, I WAS FORCED TO GO HUNGRY AS I CAN NOT PAY FOR A MEAL PLAN.
UM, AND WITHOUT, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR REACCESS TO CAMPUS FOOD PROGRAMS, UM, I WENT HUNGRY MORE NIGHTS THAN I LIKE TO ADMIT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, UH, DREW DELA SANTOS.
IS, UH, UH, KATIA, UH, HARRISON HERE? NO.
UH, WHAT ABOUT, UH,
UH, WHAT ABOUT, UH, SUE GABRIEL OR YOU MS. GABRIEL? OKAY, YOU'LL BE UP NEXT.
I'M WITH DISTRICT I'M FROM DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY CALLS TO KEEP THE POLICE BUDGET TO A MINIMUM AS DICTATED BY STATE LAW AND SUPPORT INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND SOLUTIONS.
AND I'M ALSO HERE AS A PART OF AUSTIN COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
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YOU GUYS FOR INVESTING AND FUNDING, COOPERATIVE, BUSINESS, COACHING AND TRAINING.UM, AND ALSO, EXCUSE ME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO RENEW THE FUNDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CO-OP BUSINESS CLASSES.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CO-OPS ARE COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, CO-OPS RESPONDED WHEN WINTER STORM URI HIT COLLECTIVE CAMPAIGNS HELPED IN ORGANIZING CLEAN WATER DROPS AND BLACKSTAR CO-OP DISTRIBUTED CLEAN WATER FROM THEIR BREWERY STORMS. LIKE THIS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND CO-OPS ARE VITAL IN FACING THE ONGOING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE POST PANDEMIC.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT COOPERATIVES BY CAN CONTINUING FUNDING.
NO, I'M SO GABRIEL, I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CCU, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, ICE OUT OF AUSTIN AND TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE.
IT IS CLEAR FROM LAST WEEK'S CONSOLE MEETING THAT YOU ARE NOT LISTENING INSTEAD OF DOING THE RIGHT THING BY INVESTING IN REAL COMMUNITY SAFETY, YOU ARE PROPOSING TO MASSIVELY INFLATE THE APD BUDGET.
YOU DO NOT GET TO CLAIM THAT YOU ARE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHEN YOU ARE REINVESTING IN THE SAME FAILURES.
WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO BETTER IF YOU GO THROUGH WITH THIS 4 MILLION FOR THIS 4.5, WHATEVER IT IS, THIS ALMOST $5 MILLION APD BUDGET, THERE WILL BE NO GOING BACKWARD.
WE ARE AGAINST THIS BUS THAT THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL YOU DON'T GET TO USE HB 1900 AS AN EXCUSE TO CONTINUE.
AUSTIN'S HISTORY OF OPPRESSION.
UM, IS RICK GALVIN HERE? COME ON DOWN COLLEAGUES WE HAVE ABOUT 23 OR FOUR MORE PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON WHO'S HERE.
AFTER THE KUBOTA, AFTER THIS SPEAKER, I'VE GOT TO GO TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WHICH HAS TED SPEAKERS AT THREE MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO STAY AND IT GETS WHAT COULD BE THE LAST, UH, 20 SPEAKERS, OR YOU WANT TO START WHERE WE COME BACK, BUT I'LL LET YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WHILE WE'RE LISTENING TO THIS SPEAKER, GETTING READY TO GO TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
MY PRONOUNS ARE HE HIM? I'M THE CENTRAL TEXAS CAMPUS ORGANIZER FOR TEXAS RISING, WHICH IS A YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, ORGANIZATION HERE IN AUSTIN AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT UT AUSTIN.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET AND IN FAVOR OF COUNSELOR ALBERTO'S AMENDMENT TO CREATE A COLLEGE FOOD INSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM, A SENIOR AT UT AUSTIN.
I'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS NOW GOING INTO MY FOURTH YEAR.
UM, SEVERAL STUDENTS STRUGGLING FROM FOOD INSECURITY WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF DINING DOLLARS, WHEN THAT THE DORMS OR WHETHER THEY'RE OFF CAMPUS, UM, AND RUNNING OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE THE COST OF HOUSING IS TOO HIGH.
UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS OF ALL COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN AUSTIN ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CITY AND THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO STUDY AND LIVE IN AUSTIN OR THE FEAR OF GOING HUNGRY.
AND I KNOW THAT VERY WELL BY, UH, WORKING WITH STUDENTS AT U ST.
EDWARDS, UT AUSTIN AND HT THROUGH TEXAS RISING.
UH, METOVA HIS AMENDMENT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM FOR HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL APPROVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, CLERK, IF WE COULD, UH, LET'S UH, GO TO COMMUNICATION.
10 OF THEM HAVE SIGNED UP AND THEY HAVE THREE MINUTES.
EACH FIRST SPEAKER IS ALICE VALLA SEC.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP THEM.
AND I MENTORED A LAWN MOWING BUSINESS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THEY ONLY HIRE HOMELESS PERSON.
SO THEY GO OUT AND PICK UP THEIR EMPLOYEES, SLEEPING UNDER UNDERPASSES AND ON THE CONCRETE BEHIND DUMPSTERS AND THEN STORM DRAINS.
AND SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAD CARS THAT THEY LIVED IN.
SO THE GOAL WAS TO MOVE THE PERSONS FROM THE STREETS TO APARTMENTS OF SOME SORT.
SO DURING THE THREE YEARS, THESE ARE MY TAKEAWAYS.
MY LESSONS LEARNED THAT HAVING A JOB IS REALLY GOOD.
IT GIVES A PERSON AN IDENTITY, A STRUCTURE, HOPE MONEY MEDITATION HELPED QUITE A BIT.
AND I WAS KINDA SURPRISED ABOUT THAT.
UM, GAMBLING LEGAL AND ILLEGAL WAS A PROBLEM.
UM, IT'S VERY HARD TO WORK WITH PARANOID OR SCHIZOPHRENIA PERSONS, CAUSE IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO FOCUS.
UM, I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MY EMPLOYEES OR THIS COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES WORK BETTER BY GIVING THEM THINGS LIKE SLEEPING BAGS AND CLOTHES AND FOOD AND,
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UH, PILLOWS, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT.AND I PROBABLY GAVE IT, UM, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.
UM, THE, THE BIG, THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS WHAT I'VE FOUND THAT MOST OF THE HOMELESS PERSONS HAD A LONG-TERM DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEMS, AND THAT HURT THEM THE MOST.
IT JUST, IT JUST, IT WAS SO BAD.
UM, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SPEND THEIR MONEY ON DRUGS RATHER THAN HAVE FOOD FOR THE NEXT DAY AND THEY COULDN'T SAVE MONEY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T SAVE AHEAD.
SO MY FAILURE RATE WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I GOT A LITTLE BIT CLOSE, BUT I HAD A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE.
UH LONG-TERM I COULD HELP SHORT TERM, BUT NOT LONG TERM.
UM, SO I, I SENT THE CITY COUNCIL SOME DOCUMENTS THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE USEFUL, UH, TO LOOKING INTO TO HOW TO REALLY HELP, BUT THE, THE BIG PROBLEM IS, UM, IT'S NOT HOMELESSNESS.
THE BIG PROBLEM IS AS DRUG ADDICTION.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY KNOW THEM REALLY WELL TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER DANIELS.
YEAH, WE GOT TO THE POLICE CHIEF TO TAKE OFFICE, BUT DON'T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WE LOOKED BACK SIX MONTHS LATER, THEY GETTING THAT JOB BACK.
WE NEED TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY DONE.
IT WAS ONE OF US WHO GET SHOT.
WE AIN'T NO GETTING TIME FOR IT.
THEY DON'T, THEY JUST GET IT FINAL TERMINATION AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
I FEEL IT SHOULD BE MORE, MORE ACTION TAKEN BESIDES TERMINATION.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, JOHN IKIN HELLO, JEANETTE AGAIN, BEFORE MY TIME BEGINS, CAN YOU PLEASE START THE VIDEO I'VE PREPARED FOR YOU, WHICH IS THE DRIVING OF GRANT ROAD.
AND LET ME KNOW WHEN THAT TIME IS PARKER BRANT.
UM, SO I'M A CITIZEN OF AUSTIN AND I'M ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE, UM, OF THE BORGEN PROJECT.
AND I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY GO INTO WHAT IT IS WE DO AND WHY I THINK AUSTIN WOULD BENEFIT FROM SUPPORTING US IN OUR MISSION.
UM, WE'RE A NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT GROUP THAT LOBBIES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FOREIGN AID WE SENT ABROAD.
THIS STEMS FROM OUR BELIEF THAT IN THE FIGHT TO END POVERTY, THE RICHEST AND MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH SHOULD BE DOING MORE.
UM, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS A PROTECTION AND EXPANSION, THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET.
SO WE ALSO FIGHT FOR LEGISLATION THAT HAS SIMILAR OUTCOMES, SUCH AS LIKE THE REACH, EVERY MOTHER AND CHILD ACT, WHICH HAD PASSED WOULD HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF OVER 600,000 WOMEN OF 15 MILLION CHILDREN BY 2030.
NOW YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW THIS IS HELPING TO END GLOBAL POVERTY AFFECTS AUSTIN.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE A MULTIPLE WAYS FOR STARTERS, AUSTIN IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN TERMS OF BUSINESS AND THE AMOUNT OF LIKE TECH COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING HERE.
AND THAT TRENCH HAS LITTLE SIGNS OF STOPPING.
AND WHEN WE HELP PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY ABROAD KNOWN NOT ONLY IS IT A FORM OF ALTRUISM, UM, BUT IT'S AN INVESTMENT.
IT WILL MAKING A DOLLAR 90 A DAY CAN BARELY MAKE ENDS, MEET MUCH LESS PURCHASE A SAMSUNG PHONE, USE GOOGLE, OR GET A DELL LAPTOP.
WHEN A COUNTRY'S PURCHASING POWER INCREASES, IT CAN BUY AMERICAN GOODS, AMERICAN TECH, AND THEN HELP INCREASE THE PROSPERITY, UM, OF PLACES SUCH AS AUSTIN.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS AS WELL, SUCH AS FEWER PEOPLE MAYOR, UM, JOHN IKIN CALL DROPPED.
SO HE IS BACK ON THE LINE, JOHN IKIN
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OKAY.SO WE'RE TRYING, WELL, WE TRY TO RECONNECT WITH EVERYONE ELSE THERE.
THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS REC UH, REQUESTED IN PERSON IS RUBEN RIVERA CLEMENTE.
DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO READ THAT.
MY NAME IS RUBEN RIVERA HEIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD TOUCH IT.
MY NAME IS RUBEN RIVERA, HYPHEN CLEMENTE, SENIOR.
I WANT YOU TO SEE WHO I AM BECAUSE I'M THE ONE HAD BEEN SENDING YOU EMAILS AND MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR AND GREG CASAR, MY COUNCIL MEMBER, AS WELL AS OCCASIONALLY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO ALL TO TEXAS.GOV.
I'M THE ONE HAD BEEN HARASSED BY THE POLICE OVER A DECADE FROM THE CRIME UNIT BECAUSE OF DISH.
RECENTLY, JUNE 9TH, I FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COMMANDER IN THREE LIEUTENANTS.
THE REASON WHY I FILED AGAINST THE THREE LIEUTENANTS IS BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WANTED TO KNOW WHO'S THE ONE THAT'S OVER THE POLICE OFFICES.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN I FINALLY COULD PLAY A SERGEANT HECTOR COMPOST FROM INTERNAL AFFAIR INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE LIEUTENANT RETIRED.
NOW I'M NOT HERE TO, TO I'M JUST SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY'RE USING SO MUCH MANPOWER FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, HARASSING ME, I'VE BEEN THREATENED, I'VE BEEN ASSAULTED.
YOU KNOW, MY WINDSHIELD WAS SMASHED ON MY VEHICLE.
GOT THE UPPER HAND IS ME AGAINST, I DON'T KNOW, I GOT 36, 3000 OF THEM RECORDED VIDEO AS WELL AS PICTURES.
AND THAT ONCE CAN THESE OFFICERS CONFESS THAT THEY ARE POLICE, THEY WANT TO LIE AND DECEIVE AND I'M TIRED OF IT.
WHEN, WHENEVER YOU SEE ME STOP EMAILING YOU STOP CALLING YOU THAT ME, THEY STOP HARASSING ME.
AND LIKE THIS ONE OFFICER SAID THAT, UH, THEY SENT SOME INDIVIDUAL TO MY APARTMENT SAYING THAT, WELL, I HEARD YOU BEEN INVESTIGATED AND INVESTIGATION.
I'M FORWARD TO AN INVESTIGATION, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
IS IT TRUE THAT A PERSON HAD FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER IS A CRIME.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE OVER DECADE OVER DECADE, LOOK AT MY EMAILS ARE CLEMENTE 2, 1, 3, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE WHO I AM.
I'M TIRED, I'M FED UP WITH IT.
THE POLICE CAN DO BETTER WITH ALL THIS CRIME RISING, YOU KNOW? AND I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY UTILIZE SO MUCH MANPOWER FOR ONE PERSON.
IT'S JUST A WASTE, COMPLETE WASTE.
ANYWAY, LIKE I SAY, HECTOR COP OR SERGEANT HECK THE CARPALS.
HE'S THE ONE TAKING THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
AND LIKE I TOLD HIM, I KNOW IT NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
CAUSE THE POLICE ALL ABOVE THE LAW.
AND I CAN SAY THAT JUST LIKE THAT ONE TIME IN, UH, I HAVE TO SAY THIS ONE TIME WHEN THEY STOLE SOME ITEMS OUT OF MY VEHICLE.
AND I WAS TOLD BY THE 9 1, 1 CALLER WHO TALKED TO HER SUPERVISOR AND INFORMED ME LIKE, QUOTE, NO ONE IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE YOUR ACCUSATION BECAUSE YOU'RE CHOOSING A POLICE OFFICER QUOTE, UNQUOTE, MAYOR.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE CALLERS THAT DROPPED AND HE HAS ONE MINUTE LEFT.
BRETT, IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH YOUR MESSAGE, PRESS ONE, TO LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGE, PRESS OR NOT.
SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PRESENT.
ETHAN SMITH UP NEXT IS ANTHONY WALKER.
UM, YEAH, THIS IS SO ESSENTIAL.
I'M SO GLAD TO BE MEETING IN PERSON.
I CAN SPEND A LITTLE TIME, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THIS IS MY EQUITY IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS THAT EVERY THREE MEETINGS OR SIX WEEKS, I GET TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND, UM, I, UH, I GET SO MUCH MORE EQUITY WHEN I CAN SEE PEOPLE'S FACES AND TALK TO THEM AND MAKE A
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HUMAN CONNECTION.THAT THING THAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING FOR SO LONG.
UM, SO THIS IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT GENTLEMAN THAT JUST CAME UP AND FOR EVERYBODY.
I DID A THESIS ON HOW UT GENERATES HOUSING AND EQUITY POLICY.
AND THE REASON I COME TO CITY COUNCIL IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ENGAGED IN A NEGOTIATION OVER THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACT, WHICH IS, UH, A OF, UH, CAPITAL IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
AND, UM, I STUDIED THIS EXTENSIVELY, THE PROCESS IN THE EIGHTIES AND THE SIXTIES AND THE THIRTIES.
I KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THAT THING.
ACTUALLY, THE REAL HISTORY OF THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACT IN THE SIXTIES IS, UH, IT'S SEALED.
I TRIED TO DO AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST ON IT.
IT'S IN THE SEPTEMBER, 1964 MEETING.
AND, UM, THEY STILL WOULDN'T RELEASE IT TO ME, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING EVEN THOUGH IT'S SO LONG AGO.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH Y'ALL.
I WANTED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UH, I KNOW THIS AFFECTS A FEW DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
I'M TRYING TO GET UT TO BUILD HOUSING AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WONDERING, OH, WELL, WE CAN'T GET THEM TO DO IT.
HOW DO WE GET IT TO DO IT? YOU GUYS COULD DO IT.
UM, I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS HERE.
HELL SOUTH, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH SOUTH UNTIL IT'S DONE, DONE, DONE, DONE, DONE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE LEVERAGED THERE.
YOU COULD GET A MAJOR MULTIPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET WITH, UH, NFI, UM, BY, WELL, I WANT TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT IT, BUT YOU COULD ALSO PUT THAT ON THE LEDGER AGAINST THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOLF COURSE, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A, IT'S LIKE A MASTER YODA THING THERE'S DO OR NOT DO THERE'S NO TRY.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THE SAME MUNI FOLKS NECESSARILY GONNA, I DON'T THINK IT'S SET IN STONE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY FOR IT.
AND EVERYBODY'S JUST, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A MESS.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WORTH PRESERVING.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS TOWN WORTH PRESERVING.
THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PRESERVING THERE'S A FRONT HOUSE AND A BACK HOUSE WHERE I LIVE, FOUR PEOPLE LIVE THERE.
I WON'T TELL YOU HOW LITTLE, BUT THE WAY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING, A DEVELOPER WOULD COME IN REDEVELOP THAT FOR A TRIPLEX.
SO YOU GET TWO MORE PEOPLE, BUT ALL SIX OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY PAY ABOUT TWICE WHAT WE'RE PAYING.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAY.
I HOPE YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR RECONNECTING ME BEFORE MY TIME BEGINS.
CAN YOU HAVE MY VIDEO SUBMITTED PLAY? AND THEN LET ME KNOW WHEN MY TIME BEGIN.
MY NAME IS JOHN AND I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS THAT HAVE SLAUGHTER CREEK HOA, WHICH BEARS THE PROPERTY LINE, THE 2 0 1 7 PLANT ROAD BECAUSE VIDEO'S PLAYING WITH THE DRIVE ON BRANTFORD.
THE BARE-BONES DEVELOPERS PROPOSING BUILDING THE 200 APARTMENT UNITS ON AT ONE MINUTE 25 SECONDS INTO THE VIDEO.
THERE WAS A BICYCLE WITH SOME OF THE DANGEROUS WHO HAD AND HOW THEY ARE POSING A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS DUE TO THE ROADS CONDITION.
A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HIS INADEQUATE ROAD IS 26 ACRE THICK WOODED PARTS OF LAND.
AND COULDN'T LOOK FOR HERITAGE TREES, MULTI HUNDRED YEAR OLD OAK TREES AND ACTIVE FLOOD PLAN, INCLUDING A 25 YEAR OLD, A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAN SURROUNDING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THREE SITES AT THE EXPENSE OF WILDLIFE IS SITUATED BETWEEN TWO LARGE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS ON A TWO LANE ROAD THAT IS DETERIORATING HAS NO SHOULDS.
THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, ONLY 20 FEET TOTAL WITH ZERO ADEQUATE LIGHTING, NO LANE DIVIDERS AND MULTIPLE HILLS AND BLIND SPOT TO GET TO THE BUS STOP 0.7 MILES AWAY.
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YOU MUST WALK DIRECTLY ON THE ROAD.I FEEL THERE IS AN IMMENSE NEED FOR INCREASED HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE IN THIS CITY.
HOWEVER, IT MUST BE AT THE RIGHT LOCATION THAT PROVIDES ACCURATE, BUT THE CITY IN A SAFE WAY, THIS SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE IN ANY SENSE OF THE WORD AND BECOMES GLARINGLY OBVIOUS.
WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO EXAMINE LOCATIONS FROM THE VERY FIRST ALBUM WITH LGG, THEY'VE REPEATEDLY FIGURED HOW THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH BRANDVILLE.
WHEN WE ASK, HAVE YOU DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD YOURSELF AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE, BANTERED QUOTES.
WHEN WE ASKED IF THAT WAS SAFE FOR A CHILD ON A BICYCLE DIRECTLY ANSWERED QUOTE, I DO NOT FIND IT SAFE FOR A CHILD TO RIDE A BICYCLE.
WHEN WE HAVE TO LTG FEEL THAT YOU'RE TAKING THEM TO SAFETY AND CONSIDERATION OF THE POPULATION YOU HOPING TO SERVE AT THIS LOCATION REGARDING TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S INSIDE AN ACTIVE FLOODPLAINS, LITERALLY PART OF THEIR SITE PLAN, AN ENTIRE FOUR-STORY BUILDING WITH MULTIPLE APARTMENT UNITS.
PARKING LOT IS INSIDE THE ACTIVE FLOODPLAIN ITSELF.
WE ASKED LDG AT THE VERY BEGINNING, HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF BEING A BOLTZMANN? THEY SAID, QUOTE, ALL OUR BUILDINGS WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE FEMA FLOOD PLAIN.
THE LG MADE THIS STATEMENT AFTER THEY ALREADY HAVE YOUR SITE PLAN.
THEY DO NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND FLOOD PLAN.
THEY HAVE GIVEN MULTIPLE SIGNALS THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO STICK THE CITY WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT BILLS AND THE ROADWAY.
IF IT PROVES INADEQUATE LATER, WE EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF THE DETERIORATING ROADWAY AND THAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITE TO AND FROM THE SITE WILL DETERIORATE EVEN FURTHER.
THEY SAID, QUOTE, IF THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE IT DOES CONTINUE TO DESTROY IT, OR YOU THINK THERE IS DISRUPTING IT OR MAKES IT WORSE.
I THINK IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT MORE AMMUNITION TO PUT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND SAY, I THINK IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE THIS RAILWAY CONCLUDING.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF POOR CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY HYPOCRISY MYSTERIES REGARDING THE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT TOLD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS SIMPLY SAYING WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
ANYONE LISTENING WANTS TO HEAR.
SO WHAT THEY ARE TELLING YOU AND MUST QUESTION THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY ARE MAKING TO YOU ABOUT ISLAMIC GENTLEMAN.
AND THERE'S ALSO ASK YOURSELF COUNSEL, WHEN LGC HAD YES, I DO.
IN REGARDS TO THEM FEELING, THEY'RE TAKING A SAFETY CONSIDERATION OF THE POPULATION THEY ARE HOPING TO SERVE.
HOW CAN THIS BE TRUE WITH THE POINTS THAT LAID OUT FOR YOU? IT CAN'T END.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT FAIR FOR OUR COMMITTEE.
I OBJECTIVE CITY OF BOSTON GRANNY TAX, BUT IF THIS IS ALL THERE AS THIS IS OUR TAX DOLLAR, AND IF THERE'S IMPROVEMENT OR ISSUES LATER WITH THE BELLMONT, MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS WOULD UTILIZE YOUR CARE OR REMEDY ANY SITUATION BECAUSE DEVELOPERS SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OF ALL INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
CONSIDERING THEY ARE GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX CREDITS ON THEIR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PROFITS, UPWARDS OF $48 MILLION TAX CREDITS SHOULD BE BETTER UTILIZED FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SAFER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE DO NOT GRANT TAX RATES AT THIS TIME TO LBJ TO THE SITE.
I REQUESTED DELAY ON 0.1 24, SO WE CAN GET YOU SOME MORE COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE SITE.
AND I OBJECT TO THE ITEM 1 24.
THANK YOU, ANTHONY WALKER, CAROL HARRISON, LAFAYETTE.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS MAYOR.
RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH COLLEAGUES.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS, MAYBE AS, UH, UH, ABOUT 20, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S HERE.
DO WE WANT TO JUST POWER THROUGH SEEMS TO BE THE WILL.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ABANDON GARCIA HERE.
AND WHILE MS. GARCIA IS COMING DOWN, IS BOBBY GARZA HERE? BOBBY GARZA? NOT HERE.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, ISABELLE HERRERA? YOU'LL BE ON DECK IF I MAY.
YOU GUYS, UM, IF WE COULD TAKE FIVE MINUTES JUST FOR A QUICK, A BRIEF RECESS, UM, AFTER MS. GARCIA, COULD WE JUST TAKE FIVE MINUTES? WE'LL DO THAT AFTER, AFTER MS. GARCIA.
MY NAME IS AMANDA GARCIA AND I'M A STUDENT AT UT AUSTIN AND AN ORGANIZER AT TEXAS RISING.
AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA IS FOOD INSECURITY AMENDMENT TO THE CITY BUDGET.
AS A STUDENT WHO SUPPORTS MYSELF, THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS DAYS WHERE I GO WITHOUT A MEAL.
AND THE ONLY MEAL THAT I HAVE IS THE ONE PROVIDED BY MY WORKPLACE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'M LUCKY THAT MY WORKPLACE OFFERS FREE MEALS.
HOWEVER, THE CASE IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR MOST STUDENTS.
MOST STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY LIKE MYSELF, A RESEARCH GROUP ON UTS CAMPUS REPORTED THAT OF THE 50,000 STUDENTS AT UT AUSTIN.
ONE IN FOUR STUDENTS DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.
THAT'S 12,500 STUDENTS WHO GO EVERY DAY, NOT KNOWING WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.
AND I'M SURE YOU CAN ALL AGREE THAT EVEN ONE STUDENT FACING THIS ISSUE IS ONE TO MANY.
THE ALREADY HARSH ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC WAS ONLY MAGNIFIED DURING THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM, WHERE STUDENTS, MYSELF INCLUDED, STRUGGLED TO FIND HOUSING AND FOOD.
THE FACTS OF WHICH ARE STILL FELT BY THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS AUSTIN.
WHAT WE WITNESSED THAT WEEK OF THE WINTER STORM, THE INSECURITY, THE FEAR, THE ANXIETY, THAT'S WHAT THEY FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WHAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SNOW EVERY DAY.
WE FACE FOOD INSECURITY EVERY DAY, HOUSING INSECURITY EVERY DAY.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS PROPOSITION TO THE BUDGET.
SO AUSTIN STUDENTS CAN GO BACK TO DOING WHAT THEY DO SHOULD BE DOING BEST BEING STUDENTS.
IT IS, UH, UH, 1230, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
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WE'LL BE AT RECESS HERE FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE, FINISH UP THE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH, UH, FIVE MINUTES.AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, UH, SPEAKERS AFTER WE CALL THE LAST SPEAKER WHO WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE WOULD BE, UH, UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, UM, PROBABLY GARZA IS NOT HERE.
SO, UH, ISABELLE HERRERA COME ON DOWN ON DECK IS, UH, UH, LINDSAY HUTCHINS.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, CHAZ MOORE? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, KATIE AND NEURON HALL? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, TATUM OWENS? YOU'LL BE ON DECK.
UM, MY NAME IS ISABELLA AND I'M A RISING SENIOR AT ST.
EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY RIGHT OVER ACROSS THE LAKE.
UM, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON THE BUDGET IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY'S AMENDMENT TO CREATE A COLLEGE FOOD INSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.
I'M ATTENDING A PRIVATE INSTITUTION AS A FIRST-GENERATION STUDENT HAS SHOWN ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THAT LOW-INCOME STUDENTS ARE THROWN UNDER THE BUS AT THE BENEFIT OF THEIR MORE PRIVILEGED COUNTERPARTS.
UM, WHILE I LIVED ON THE SU CAMPUS, THERE WERE MANY DAYS WHERE I COULDN'T FOCUS ALL MY ENERGY ALL MY TIME UNTIL LIKE ALL MY ASSIGNMENTS, ALL THE THINGS LIKE I ACTUALLY NEEDED TO DO IN COLLEGE, UM, BECAUSE I WAS HUNGRY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.
UM, AS A BUSY, BUSY COLLEGE STUDENT, UM, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ENSURE THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON.
WE'LL ENSURE THAT COLLEGE CAMPUSES CAN COMBAT INSECURITY FOR THEIR STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN OUR NEXT MEAL IS ON TOP OF WHEN ALL OF OUR ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOGA'S AMENDMENT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE PROBLEM.
THAT IS MUCH TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED, AND I AM EAGER FOR YOU TO SUPPORT IT.
KATE MOMENTS COME ON DOWN, UH, IS, UH, UH, JOHNNY, UH, ROOF HERE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT UT OR, UM, WHAT'S SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE I'VE BEEN WITH.
UH, I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT COUNCILMEN COUNCIL MEMBER TABOS, UH, COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY FUND AS WELL.
AND I'M A PART OF, ONE OF YOUR MOST VULNERABLE CONSTITUENCIES, YOUNG STUDENTS FOR SOME OF US.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME PROVIDING FOR OURSELVES.
AND AS THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THIS POPULATION IS ONE OF AUSTIN'S MOST VIBRANT AND LOUDEST.
WE TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE DESERVE TO BE REPRESENTED.
AND I THINK THAT THIS FUND CAN DO THAT.
I COME FROM A HOUSEHOLD WHERE I NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SUBJECT FOR MYSELF, BUT WHEN I MOVED TO AUSTIN, I DISCOVERED THE ANXIETY OF PRODUCING MY OWN FOOD.
I HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM WHERE IF I NEED THE HELP, I CAN FIND IT, BUT SO MANY DON'T HAVE THIS OPTION.
AND IF YOU VISIT DATA DOT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, AND LOOK UP THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY, YOU'LL FIND THAT IT LIES AROUND 18%.
HOWEVER, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE COLLEGE CAMPUS AREAS, THERE'S CLEARLY INADEQUATE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND LOW PROXIMITY TO HEALTHY FOOD.
THEREFORE, THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS NOT US AS ONLY STUDENTS, BUT AS RESIDENTS IN NEED OF A RESOURCE.
IS, UH, UH, AS MR. RIVIERA, IT'S COMING DOWN, IS WALLACE COLIN HERE? YOU'LL BE UP NEXT.
UH, YEAH, SO, UH, MY NAME IS JOHNNY ROOFIE.
I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH TEXAS RISING, UH, AND A COLLEGE STUDENT RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN.
UH, I'M HERE TODAY ALSO, UH, NO SURPRISE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF A COUNCIL MEMBER TO-DO'S AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO HAMMER IT ON THE POINT THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT OFTENTIMES IS UNDER-DISCUSSED AND OVERLOOKED.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS WAS MY FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE.
I MOVED HERE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.
UH, SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD TO PROVIDE FOR MYSELF.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MY FAMILY BACK IN EL PASO, UH, WAS STRUGGLING BECAUSE THAT COMMUNITY WAS HIT VERY HARD BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UH, SO AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND FOOD WAS THE LAST THING ON MY MIND, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THE CASE FOR A LOT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.
UH, THIS DEFINITELY IMPACTED MY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
IT IMPACTED HOW I RELATED TO MY COMMUNITY.
AND I'M POSITIVE, UH, THAT IF WE GIVE THIS AMENDMENT THE TIME THAT IT DESERVES THAT IF THIS COUNCIL PUTS EFFORT INTO ENSURING THAT STUDENT HUNGER AND STUDENT POVERTY IN GENERAL, UH, IS BEING DISCUSSED AND BEING ADDRESSED, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SEE BENEFITS NOT ONLY THE ACADEMIC WORLD, UH, BUT IN THE WAY THAT STUDENTS RELATE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
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THAT THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS SUPPORT IT.IS, UH, UH, BLOODY AT OFFERED HERE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'M THE CEO OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO, UH, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST SOME ADDITIONAL UNMET NEEDS FUNDING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, TO THE TUNE OF A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION.
UM, THE FUNDING WE'RE REQUESTING WOULD SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FTES, AND DESIGN FACILITIES, AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, PARTICULARLY THE TURNER ROBERTS ANNEX ROOF PARK, RANGERS PARK, RANGERS PARK RANGERS, THE YOUTH CADET PROGRAM, PARDES OUT OF SCHOOL, TIME AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, RESURFACING COURTS, AND BALL, FIELD MAINTENANCE.
THESE ARE NOT SEXY, NEW THINGS.
THEY'RE PRETTY BASIC THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC USE.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THESE REQUESTS.
MAYOR PRO 10 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU IN PERSON TODAY.
WOFFORD, I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR PARKS PARTNERS, UM, TO ECHO COLIN'S REMARKS.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE $5.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE $1.2 MILLION FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE EXPANSION FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AS A MOTHER OF THREE, I AM IN REALITY ABOUT THE COST OF CHILDCARE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME FOR OUR YOUTH.
AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVISIT THE PRESENTATION THAT STAFF MADE TO THE PARKS BOARD, UM, ABOUT, UH, THEIR ACTUAL PHYSICAL CAPACITY TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS.
AND YET THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO SO.
UM, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO FUND THE ENTIRE 5.4 MILLION, BUT I'D REALLY TODAY WANT YOU TO FOCUS THAT ATTENTION ON THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE SERVING OUR CHILDREN BETTER.
IS, UM, CHARLIE BAADER HERE? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, ERICA ELLIOTT? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, ZADEN? UH, MS. PEREZ? NO.
WHAT ABOUT RUBIN RIVERA? CLEMENTE? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, ETHAN SMITH? NO.
WHAT ABOUT ANTHONY WALKER? NO.
WHAT ABOUT CAROL HARRISON? LAFAYETTE? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, METALINE ACKERY CHERYL? NO.
WHAT ABOUT CHERYL THOMPSON? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, SARAH? UH, THE SOY? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, LORRAINE ATHERTON? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, VAJRA UH, GO? YEP.
CLARK, I THINK WE HAVE CALLED ALL THE SPEAKERS.
IF ANYONE HERE THINKING THAT THEY SIGNED UP, ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT IS 1248.
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WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RECESS AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE CONSENT AGENDA JUST TO CONFIRM THE THINGS THAT I'M SHOWING, BEING ON THE POLLED ITEMS ARE ITEMS 1 4, 8, UH, 26, 27, 29, 43 54 55 82, 1 0 3 ALSO, UH, UH, 1 19 1 71 71 AND 1 77, 1 18, UH, HAS AN AMENDMENT THAT'S IN BACKUP.[02:30:01]
IT WAS GIVEN TO EVERYBODY JUST ADDS THE PHRASE.I SAID I WAS GOING TO WORK SESSION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT AMENDMENT THAT'S WHAT'S ON CONSENT.
UM, I JUST DISCOVERED THAT FIVE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT WE SUBMITTED ON MONDAY FOR FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS WERE NOT ANSWERED.
UM, DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT, UM, WE LOOKED AT THEM AND THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT I DEFINITELY NEED THE ANSWER FOR BEFORE I VOTE AND THAT'S ITEM 76.
SO LET'S PULL 76, OUR COLLEAGUES.
UM, MAYOR, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO PULL 1 75.
I JUST KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT THAT ONE EARLIER AND WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE THAT ONE GO ON CONSENT.
I HAD SUBMITTED A MOTION SHEET FOR AN AMENDMENT.
ALL RIGHT, THEN MAYBE IT CAN GO ON.
YEAH, I DID SEE THE MAYOR PRO TEM, HOW TO AMENDMENTS ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AS WELL, THE CONSENT, BUT WE'LL MAKE IT FAST.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TAKING UP 26 WHEN WE CAME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ARE WE STILL ON THAT PATH? YES.
THERE WAS SOME OTHER GLITCH, BUT, UM, MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, IN, IN LIGHT OF THE HUGE NUMBER OF ITEMS WE HAVE ON HERE AND THE HUGE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS FLYING AROUND EMOTION SHEETS AND INCLUDING MULTIPLE ONES FOR ME, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS I NEED TO PULL FROM CONSENT WHEN WE COME BACK.
BUT IF WE COULD TAKE JUST TWO MINUTES TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH, IF PEOPLE COULD JUST LET US KNOW WHAT AMENDMENTS ARE OUT THERE AND WHAT, WHICH ARE NOT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST DO THE COMPLETE LIST AGAIN, THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITEMS ADDED AS YOU WERE TALKING.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO READ THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN POLLED, AND IF PEOPLE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD, IF THEY COULD JUST QUICKLY DON'T EXPLAIN THEM DON'T ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST IDENTIFY THAT YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT AND THEY'VE BEEN POSTED.
THE ITEMS THAT I'M SHOWING, BEING PULLED ARE 1, 4, 8 26, 27, 29, 43, 54 55, 76, 82, 1 0 3, 1 19 1 71 71 AND 1 75 AND 1 77 MAYOR.
I'M SO SORRY, BUT THAT WAS SO FAST.
I COULDN'T MAKE SURE I'LL DO IT MORE SLOWLY.
ITEMS ITEM 1, 4, 8 26, 27, 29, 43 54 55, 76 82, 1 0 3, 1 19 1 71 71, 1 75 AND 1 77.
AND SO PEOPLE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PENDING.
I WANT PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT A, JUST WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN BINS TO COWS OF EVER ALTERED.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO CLARIFY THE PULLED ITEMS FIRST MAYOR BEFORE WE HIT HIT THAT NEXT SECTION? YOU MEAN TO READ THE LIST AGAIN? NO, I, I, UM, NEED TO ADD 24 TO THAT LIST.
AND PREVIOUSLY I HAD WRITTEN DOWN ONE 14 HAD BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
WAS I WRONG ON THAT SCORE? WE DO.
SHE JUST ADDED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTING
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MY APOLOGIES.AND I NEED TO SAY, AND THAT CUES ME TO SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR ON THE MESSAGE BOARD ALSO, UM, ADDED TO THAT FEE WAIVER AND COWS OVER ALL THERE.
YOU WANT TO, YES, I ADDED 500 ON THE FEE WAIVER.
I WAS JUST WAITING TILL WE MADE COMMENTS ON CONSENT LATER.
UH, NOW IF ANYBODY HAS AMENDMENTS AND WANT TO IDENTIFY THEM SO WE CAN ALL FIND THEM DURING LUNCH, THAT'S RUBBER ALTAR.
SO FAR FOR ITEM ONE, I DON'T HAVE AN AMENDMENT, BUT FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE, I WAS PULLING IT.
I JUST WANT TO POSTPONE THE JUNE 10TH, UM, MINUTES AND PASS THE REST OF THEM.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST EASIER IF WE DO THEM SEPARATE, THAT'LL BE QUICK ITEM FOUR.
UM, THIS IS THE RECYCLING CONTRACT.
I HAVE DIRECTION FOR THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS THAT I POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.
UM, AND THEN FOR ITEM 82, I HAVE DIRECTION ON THE MESSAGE BOARD THAT I POSTED 1 0 3.
I WANT TO JUST BRING INTO THE RECORD AND SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN 76, I WILL, UM, NEED TO ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN AMENDMENT AT THIS, WHICH NUMBER WAS 76.
SO YOU ANTICIPATED THE AMENDMENT, BUT DON'T HAVE IT YET.
OR YOU JUST DOING THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTION, TO KNOW IF I NEED ANSWERS AT IT MANAGER, IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET ANSWERS, THAT'D BE GREAT COUNTS OVER THE KITCHEN.
NO, THAT I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD TO ITEM NUMBER 43.
COUNCIL MEMBER, JURY POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA.
AND I ARE WORKING ON ONE SEVEN AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
GRANDPA DISCUSSED THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS? YES.
IF YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THESE MOVING PARTS I WANTED TO, UM, ON THE SUNSHINE RUN ITEM ONE 14, I WANTED TO LET THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND FINANCE KNOW THAT I WANT TO UP MY CONTRIBUTION TO $500 UP AT 2,500 OR UP AT AN ADDITIONAL FEE UP IT TO 500 IT'S RIGHT NOW LISTED AS THE 250.
AND I WOULD LIKE THAT NUMBER TO READ 500.
ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? UH, I THINK THAT SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAD SOME AMENDMENTS TO 1 75 THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED.
SO PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK FOR THAT MAYOR.
I HAVE CIRCULATED MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SHEETS ON A VARIETY OF ITEMS. UM, AND I BELIEVE THE LAST VERSION OF, OF ALL OF THESE ARE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD APOLOGIES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AS MANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AS ARE COMING IN.
I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A LOT OF GRACE HERE TODAY WITH, UM, 100 MORE THAN 180 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, OUR COMMUNITY, AND SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, RAISING QUESTIONS.
UM, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M JUST IN CHARGE OF THIS? SO ITEM NUMBER 54, WHICH IS THE DAYS IN, I HAVE CIRCULATED EMOTION SHEET THAT I BELIEVE WELL, UH, CIRCULATED EMOTIONAL SHEET, 1 75, THE DOWNTOWN SAFETY RESOLUTIONS SAY FOR SIXTH STREET RESOLUTION, UM, HAS AN AMENDED VERSION AND THIS WAS ALREADY IN THE BACKUP, BUT JUST TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IT, MY IFC ON THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION CENTER HAD A VERY BRIEF, A VERY SMALL AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE, UM, IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS.
AND THAT WAS POSTED IN THE BACKUP.
I DID CIRCULATE A COUPLE VERSIONS OF MY DIRECTION FOR THE ST JOHN PROJECT.
AND THAT SHOULD ALSO BE IN YOUR INBOX NOW, TOO.
AND THAT'S A, AN ITEM NUMBER 26.
THERE WAS THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION.
THE MENTAL HEALTH ITEM WAS, UM, 1 74.
AND BECAUSE THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE, WERE PUT IN BEFORE THE POSTING DEADLINE YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE THAT WAS, I BELIEVE THAT IS JUST AVAILABLE ON THE WAY.
YES, IT'S STAYING AT STAYING ON CONSENT.
THERE WAS A SIMILAR AMENDMENT POSTED ON ONE 18 THAT STAYING ON CONSENT AS
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WELL.I FORGOT TO MENTION ON I DON'T NUMBER ONE 13, SHE'S A WAIVER.
UH, IT'S THE, UM, REIMBURSING CERTAIN FEES FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS POOL PASSES.
UM, MY FIVE CO-SPONSORS AND I PUT IN, UH, DOLLARS TO THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL 550 SHORT.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO ADD TO THAT, I WOULD INVITE YOU TO, OKAY.
REMEMBER WHAT? THIS IS? 5 50, 213 WAIVER.
I, UM, DO WE, SO DOES THAT CLEAR THE BALANCE? BECAUSE I HAD INTENDED TO CHECK WITH MY OFFICE ON HOW MUCH I HAVE LEFT AND TO YEAH.
FIVE 50 GIVES IT CALVES EVER KITCHEN.
YOU NEED ANY MORE? WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO IT, I'M SURE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE, UM, LET ME SAY, I'LL SAY LIKE ONE 50.
I'VE HEARD TOBO ADDS AN ADDITIONAL ONE 50.
O'CLOCK WE READY? HOW LONG ARE YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A BREAK AT TWO O'CLOCK WE'RE GOING TO START CALLING ZONING SPEAKERS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE AS MUCH AS WE COULD HANDLE BEFORE WE CALL ZONING SPEAKERS.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY TILL, TILL TILL TWO AND START WHEN WE COME BACK WITH ZODIAC SPEAKERS BEFORE WE DO THE KIDS AT, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK EARLIER? THAT TWO O'CLOCK WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, UH, 40 SPEAKERS.
I THINK THAT ARE SORRY, UP ON ZONING AT THREE MINUTES.
EACH, IF THEY ALL SPEAK THAT'S ABOUT TWO HOURS OF SPEAKERS FOR ZONING.
UH, WELL JUST FOR ME, MY PREFERENCE IS TO TAKE THE TIME FOR LUNCH AND COME BACK AT TWO.
I'M SEEING PEOPLE SHAKE THEIR HEAD.
EVERYBODY WANTED TO COME BACK EARLIER THAN TWO.
THAT'S ROVER AUTHOR AND COME BACK AT ONE 30, BUT I'VE EVERYONE WANTS TO, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
THE PARKS ARE, MARY HELPED ME.
WHEN ARE WE TAKING UP EXECUTIVES THEN? WHAT ARE WE PLANNING TO GIVE IT TO CONCENTRA AFTER WE, I MEAN, LATER IN THE DAY, UNDERSTOOD.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE DOING IT OVER LUNCH FOLKS WOULD RATHER NOT TAKE UP LUNCH WHILE WE DO EXACTLY.
NO, I THINK PEOPLE WANT A LUNCH BREAK.
UM, IN THAT CASE THEN COULD WE TAKE OUT 26 AFTER, UM, AFTER ZONING SPEAKERS NOW? CAUSE WE HAD LIKE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'VE ORDERED IT TO HAVE ALL THAT, RIGHT? NO, NOT ANY MORE.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO HEAR 26 ON EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY.
WHEN WE, AFTER WE DO CONSENT, AFTER WE DO CONSENT, WHICH WOULD BE AFTER ZONING SPEAKERS, AFTER ZONING SPEAKERS, I WANT TO CLEAR THE CONSENT TO LET STAFF GO BY BOTH THE REGULAR AGENDA AND ALL THE ZONING AGENDA.
SO AFTER WE CLEAR THOSE TWO CONSENTS, THEN WE CAN TAKE UP 26 AND I WOULD URGE YOU AS WE'RE CONSIDERING 26 TO, TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE JUST TONS OF STUFF ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
UH, SO TWO O'CLOCK OR 1 45, 2 O'CLOCK ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE IN RECESS NOW UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK WE'LL COME BACK HERE, TAKE UP SPEAKERS.
THEN THE TWO CONSENT AGENDA IS RUN RECESS TO SPEAK, UH, ON, UH, ZONING.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO, UH, DO ZONING CONSENT WHILE WE HAVE JURY HERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE REGULAR CONSENT, UH, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE REGULAR CONSENT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS THAT HAVE NO DISCUSSION.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THINGS.
WE'LL MOVE THROUGH VERY, VERY FAST.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ST JOHN'S, UH, MATTER, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE.
COME BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HANDLE THE, UH, THE, THE PULLED ITEMS FROM THE REGULAR AGENDA.
AND THEN DO THE POLLED ITEMS. I THINK THERE'LL BE TWO OF THEM ON ZONING.
SO IF THE CLERK WOULD BEGIN TO
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CALL, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE REMOTE SPEAKERS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL DO ANY THAT ARE WITH US.THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CHIP HARRIS.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE THREE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
CITY'S PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN THIS CASE AND WRITTEN A COMPELLING REPORT, RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS OF GROWTH, BUT COGNIZANT OF ITS
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POTENTIAL, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, CITY STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OFTHIS PROPERTY FAILS TO MEET ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR MSX I'M IN SUPPORT OF STAFF'S APPROPRIATE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF
OVER THE PAST DECADE, CITY OF BOSTON HAS GROWN ABOUT 24%, BUT THE CRESTVIEW COMMUNITY HAS GROWN BY 100% LEAVING.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS HORRIBLY BEHIND, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC ISSUES.
THE CITY'S REPORT RECOMMENDS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 60 FEET.
OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA OF COMPARABLE SIZE, SUCH AS THE PEARL AND DARK BOWL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT WITH A 45 FOOT HEIGHT.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS 60 FEET FOR THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK RUTH LAUER.
I'M EVEN, UH, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT 1609 MATTHEWS LANE.
I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OWN A DUPLEX ON MATTHEWS LANE.
I SPEAK TODAY FOR BOTH MYSELF AND MY LONG-TERM TENANTS AND THE CITY TEACHER, BIG REQUEST FOR REZONING.
WE'LL REMOVE THREE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOMES FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ADD UP TO 12 CONDOS, CROWDED ONTO A HALF ACRE AT THE BOTTOM OF A FIELD WITH DRAINAGE ONTO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY DENSE DEVELOPMENTS PLANNED FOR SOUTH AUSTIN WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE STORM WATER AND RUNOFF.
THE FEBRUARY, 2017 CITY OF AUSTIN AUDIT REPORT ON THE SLED BUYOUT PROGRAM FOUND THAT RETROACTIVELY BUYING FLOODED HOMES RESULTS IN HIGHER COSTS FOR THE CITY OF THE NINE BUYOUT AREAS LISTED IN THE REPORT.
SIX ARE IN WE'RE IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
OVER 300 HOMES ON ONION CREEK WERE BOUGHT.
IN ADDITION 25 HOMES FLOODED BY WILLIAMSON CREEK OFF STASSNEY LANE.
MUCH OF THIS FLOODING WAS CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION AND INCREASED IMPERVIOUS COVER UPSTREAM FROM THE FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS, WILLIAMSON CREEK, WHICH SLOWS INTO ONION CREEK IS THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR RUNOFF FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I WANT IT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE EXCHANGING HERE.
YOU'RE GRANTING DEVELOPERS, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE NOW IN EXCHANGE FOR POTENTIALLY LOSING PROPERTIES TO FLOODING IN FUTURE, THE CITY WILL BE FORCED TO BUY EXPENSIVE LOTS BACK AND LOSE THE LONG-TERM TAX REVENUES THAT A MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BRING.
I ASKED THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER AND BUILDING ON THIS LOT BE LIMITED.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S OFFICE ON A MORE FUNCTIONAL PLAN FOR THIS LOT.
PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THE REQUEST AND UNTIL WE CAN CONCLUDE THESE DISCUSSIONS, THANK YOU FOR MY CONCERN.
I REMAIN OPPOSED TO DENSE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
MY NAME IS JEFF DICKERSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR.
THEY GET PRETTY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE INCREASED DENSITY BY THIS SIDE, THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND AREA HOMEOWNERS THAT STUDIED THE IMPACT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT REGARDS TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE, INITIAL CITY STAFF REPORTS, AS WELL AS THE BECAUSE DOCUMENTS SUGGEST THAT NONE OF THESE FACTORS WOULD BE AN ISSUE.
BUT IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
IF THE AFRICANS WERE TO REDUCE THE DENSITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND SAFETY ISSUES, AND THE CITY STAFF PROPERLY ADDRESSED THE STORM WATER AND INSUFFICIENT
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ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES, THEN IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE MATTRESS LANDING ASSOCIATION TO AFFIRM THE APP CLUTCH REQUESTS, TO MASK THE CONSIDERATION FOR EIGHT UNITS, TWO STORIES HIGH, THE ADVOCATES AND STAFF DOES NOT ADDRESS THE CURRENT DANGER WHERE THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT MATTHEWS, WHEREVER CROSSING, WHERE SAFETY COMES TO THE STREET.IF THERE'S TO BE HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CORRESPONDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TO THIS AREA.
I HAVE GIVEN YOU SLIDES, WHICH I DON'T SEE BEING SHOWN HERE, BUT ON SLUDGE TWO AND THREE, IF THEY WERE SHOWN, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WHERE THE ROADS COME OUT AT THE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE ON SMACK DAB, RIGHT INTO THE CONES AND BROUGHT INTO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
THE INITIAL DOCUMENTS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF IS FLAWED AND SHOULD BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE PROPER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO SITE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S FOUR THINGS TO KNOW AGAIN, I'LL MOT SLIDE FOUR, AND, BUT THAT PAST ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THIS AREA INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION OF ONSITE WATER CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES ON THE APPLICANT SIDE AS WELL.
THIS PROCESS OF PRECISE WATER CONTAINMENT CONSTRUCTION SPEAKS TO THE WEEK AND INHIBITION OVERALL STORMWATER PLANNING DESIGN THAT IS NECESSARY TO ALLEVIATE CURRENT AND FUTURE EVENTS IN THIS LOW LINE AREA.
IT MIGHT ALSO BE IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AT EVERY TIME YOU APPROVE WATER CONTAINMENT UNDER THE LAND YOU ARE BACK TAKING AWAY BUILDABLE SITES.
THAT IS A SHORT TERM THINKING.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT IS REALLY PROPER FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY NAME IS LULU FRANCOISE AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 0 2 3 DOT S H 1701 EAST ANDERSON LANE, WHICH IS A PROPOSED 67 FOOT HIGH APARTMENT BUILDING COMPLEX.
I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS BUTTERMILK CREEK FROM THE LOT THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO BE REZONED, UM, AT 76 0 2 COUPLE CO IT'S MY HOPE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND VIDEOS PROVIDED TO YOU BY THE RESIDENTS OF CORNETTO HEALTH, BECAUSE THEY OUTLINED ALL THE CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN FAR GREATER DETAIL THAN CAN BE PRESENTED IN TWO MINUTES.
MY, UH, OUR FOUR AREAS OF CONCERNS ARE SECURITY AND TRESPASSING THAT WE'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING WITH EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS ALONG BUTTERMILK CREEK PRIVACY, AS WELL AS THE EROSION AND, AND, AND SLOW IN BECKMAN CREEK DOWN DOWN TO BUTTERMILK CREEK CAUSED BY FLOOD WATERS THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEERING REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU IN THE PACKET OF INFORMATION AS CONCERNED CITIZENS, WE FOLLOWED THE RULE AND COLLECTED AND SUBMITTED ER'S OPPOSED TO THIS PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST.
THESE SIGNATURES ADDED UP TO 29.5% OF ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT FELL WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY FAR GREATER THAN THE REQUIRED MINIMUM 20% THRESHOLD TO BE CONSIDERED A VALID PETITION IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE, TO HAVE THIS DEVELOPER CHANGE THE SCOPE OF HIS REQUEST AT THE LAST MINUTE, SO THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION FELL TO ONLY 8.41 8.41% TO ENSURE THAT THE MAJORITY OF SIGNATURES SIGNATURES WOULD BECOME INVALIDATED IS BEYOND DIRTY BUSINESS.
THE CITY'S OFF THE SEA OF AUSTIN'S PLANNING PROCESS SEEMS TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOPER AND WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM TAX PAYING RESIDENTS, THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF CLOSED ADORE POLITICS.
THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT BRINGS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T GO AWAY.
THEY BECOME, THEY CAN BECOME EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER KNOWS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH ANY DESIGN HE WANTS SINCE THE CITY HAS GIVEN HIM THE GREEN LIGHT TO DO SO.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC AS IT RELATES
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TO THE SERIES EROSION OF BUTTERMILK CREEK THAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING.THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD NOT REWARD THIS DEVELOPER BY APPROVING THIS ZONING REQUEST.
IF YOU DO, IT OPENS THE DOOR TO ALL DEVELOPERS TO FOLLOW THIS SAME TYPE OF DIRTY BUSINESS PRACTICE.
WE ARE TAX-PAYING CITIZENS AND OUR VOICES AND CONCERNS SHOULD BE HEARD ABOVE DEVELOPERS WHOSE ONLY GOAL IS TO MAKE A PROFIT.
AND I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE IN THIS ZONING REQUEST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
HELLO? CAN YOU GUYS SEE ME? YES.
MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, HARPER, MADISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ALSO CO-CHAIR OF THE EAST MLK COMP COMBINED CONTACT TEAM.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY AGAINST THE CASE NUMBER C 1 4 20 20 0 0 89.
THE REZONING OF 12 0 1212 0 2 AND 1208 SPRINGDALE ROAD.
WEREN'T RUN G R M U N P TO G R M U V P AS I AM NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT COMPATIBLE TO THIS RONNY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS SINGLE-FAMILY.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF EIGHT, POTENTIALLY 90 FOOT HIGH MIXED USE BUILDING WITH A THREE TO FOUR STORY PARKING GARAGE BEING BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED BEHIND SEVERAL HALLS, WHICH ARE READY TO DEAL WITH WATER FLOW AND FLOODING ISSUES.
THIS AG ZONING UP ZONING, EXCUSE ME, WITH INCREASED IMPERVIOUS COVER AND UNDERGROUND PARKING WOULD RALLY RADICALLY INCREASE FLOODING WATER FLOW DESTROYED THE GREEN SPACE, OUR HOMES.
AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO THERE, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE HUGE DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE STORM, WATER DRAIN, AND SO MANY MORE ISSUES.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO OUR HISTORICALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY, WHICH STILL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT UNMARKED GRAVES ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE GRAVEYARD BOUNDARIES.
ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THAT PETITION HAS NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED AS VALID, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT THE SIGNATURES OF THE REGISTERED OWNER VIA TK, THE CITY SHOULD REALLY COMMIT TO THE STUDY.
THAT CONCLUDES THAT THERE ARE NO GRAPES LOCATED OUTSIDE THIS PARCEL.
THE TECHNIQUE USED BY THE YOUTH IN THE STUDY WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK WELL IN THE CLAY.
THEY ONLY LOOKED AT A SMALL AREA, FOUND LOTS OF ANOMALIES, BUT ONLY THAT TO A CERTAIN DEPTH INCLUDE CONCLUDED THAT THE NOT ONLY WEREN'T GREAT.
AND THEN THIRDLY, THERE WAS NO CONTROL FOR THIS STUDY.
THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS, SO FEATURES ON THE PROPOSED LAND, WHICH ARE SPRINGS AND WETLANDS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE OVERALL AFFORDABILITY OF THE HOME APARTMENTS PROPOSED FOR THIS BILL TO BE BUILT.
THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A PIECE OF A LARGER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH 25 PLUS HOMES WITH PRICING UP TO 70,000.
PLUS THE DEVELOPER AT THE LAST MINUTE PULLED OUT THE 41, 20 EAST 12TH DEVELOPMENT.
I SAID THAT WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES, VALID, EXCUSE ME, SUFFICIENT SPYING, VALID PETITIONS AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT.
OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS STAYED STEADFAST THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS BECAUSE OUR LEVEL OF CARE, PRIDE AND RESILIENCE WE HAVE FOR OUR AREAS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR PUSH FOR EQUITY AND PRESERVATION BECAUSE OF THE INJUSTICES THAT ARE STILL PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE EAST SIDE, WE LIVE HERE AND WE THRIVE HERE.
PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT REAL DEFINED COMMUNITY BENEFITS, A VALID PETITION ALONG WITH ADDRESSING CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND AFFORDABLE TIME LIBBY LINTON.
UM, MY NAME IS LIBBY LUNCHEON.
I AM A ENGINEER PICKED AUSTIN ENGINEERS AND MY COWORKER SARAH IS ALSO AT THIS MEETING IN PERSON.
AND WE ARE JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK AT ITEM NUMBER 1 46, WHICH IS AT 1701 EAST ANDERSON LANE.
I HAVE TWO CASES ON SPEAKING ON BECAUSE I SIGNED UP FOR TWO THINGS, BUT FIRST ONE IS THE BURNETT ROAD REZONING TO,
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UH, MF TICK.AND I'M SPEAKING FOR THE BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE TWO CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AND WE PUT THIS IN A LETTER, UM, WHICH YOU ALL RECEIVED.
ONE IS THAT IT SETS A PRECEDENT FOR A SPECIAL SPOT ZONING.
THERE IS NO, THERE ARE NO TRACKS KNOWN FOR 90 FEET BETWEEN 45TH AND ANDERSON LANE.
AND SO THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THIS ONE LOT.
IT IS VERY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND IT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OCCUPY A LOT OF BURNETT ROAD.
THE SECOND REASON IS IN THE TRAFFIC REPORT WRITTEN ON YOUR OWN STAFF.
THIS TRACK IS IN THE CENTER OF THE STREET.
THEY SAY THERE ARE THREE CURB PESACH SESSION BURNET ROAD, DEPENDING ON TIME OF DAY AND DAY OF WEEK, FULL ACCESS AND EQUAL TO THE PROPERTY MAY BE DIFFICULT.
EIGHT T D STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND THE PROPOSED ZONING FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS.
HIGHER DENSITY IS IT WOULD CREATE SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONFLICT, ESPECIALLY IN THE PEAK PERIOD.
THE BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF
THE SECOND ITEM I'M SPEAKING ABOUT IS IN THE EAST MLK NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BARBARA MACARTHUR, BUT I AM VP OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.
WE SUPPORT MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT AUSTIN.
FOR THIS CASE, I'M ASKING SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE WITH THEM TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROPERTY HAS STEEPED IN SPRING AND IS IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA.
AND IT'S APPROXIMATE TO THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY IN AUSTIN, BETHANY CEMETERY AND THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN THE CEMETERY BOUNDARIES, WHICH COULD INDICATE OVERLAPPING WHILE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR WAS DONE.
THEY CONCLUDED THAT THESE WERE NOT GRAY, BUT NOTHING IN THIS STUDY SHOWED WITH THE ACTUAL GRADES ON THE SITE LOOKS LIKE.
SO THERE WAS NO CONTROL FOR THIS ANALYSIS.
IF NOT A BIG ASK FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR YOU TO DENY THIS ZONING, TO ADD THE BMU TO THE EXISTING GR IT WILL BE A BIG MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU IGNORE THEIR OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED REQUESTS FOR YOU TO DENY THIS REZONING AND ONE OF THE REMAINING HIGHEST BLACK CENSUS TRACKS AND AUSTIN.
THANK YOU, JANICE RANKIN, ARE YOU CALLING FOR JANICE? RANKA YES.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE THREE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM JANICE RANKIN AND LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 1 44, SEEKING M F SIX UP ZONING OF 71 13 BURNET ROAD FROM ITS COMMERCIAL ZONING TO HIGHEST DENSITY.
TODAY, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUPPORT THE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT DECISION OF MODERATE DENSITY RECOMMENDED BY THE SENIOR PLANNER ON ITEM 1, 4, 4, 4, MF FOR ZONING AND REQUIRE PROTECTIVE COVENANTS FOR THE CROSS FEW NEIGHBORS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS FOR THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS STREETS.
THEREFORE I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 1 44
THE TROUBLE IS THE APPLICANT IS BALKING ON MSR AND REFUSING TO OFFER PROTECTIVE COVENANTS TO THE CRISPY NEIGHBORS, UNLESS THEY AGREE NOT TO OBJECT TO THE MF SIX, THE APPLICANT'S REFUSAL TO AGREE TO MS. FOUR ZONING ALONG WITH PROTECTIVE COVENANTS IS COERCIVE AND PLACES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, AND AN INTOLERABLE POSITION.
THERE'S SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH THAT PICTURE, THE TOWNSVILLE SHOULD ASK ITSELF.
AND THE APPLICANT, WHY IS COMPATIBLE IN THAT FOR ZONING, NOT SATISFACTORY INSUFFICIENT.
THIS OPTION FOR 71 13 BURNET ROAD IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND IT WAS NOT EXPLORED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING 71 13 BURNET ROAD NOW HAS COMMERCIAL ZONING, WHICH OFFERS THE SAME HEIGHT AS MS FOR A 60 FOOT MAXIMUM.
THE APPLICANCY IS W CART COULD AND SHOULD OFFER PROTECTED COVENANTS TO THE NEARBY CRESTVIEW THAT RESIDENCE IN EXCHANGE FOR MS. BOAR, SINCE IT WOULD BRING MORE NOISE AFTER DARK LIGHTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAN COMMON COMMERCIAL ZONING, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS REFUSED.
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THE APPLICANT IS NOT ENTITLED TO THE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE THOUGHT IN REGARD TO INNES FIXED UP ZONING, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED.THE COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW ON THE APPLICANT'S MS. SIX UPSTANDING REQUEST AND INSTEAD FIBER, THE MS. FOUR ZONING RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY SENIOR PLANNER.
THE MF FOUR ZONING ALONG WITH PROTECTIVE COVENANTS FOR NEARBY RESIDENCES WOULD DEMONSTRATE BETTER STEWARDSHIP BY THE COUNCIL ALL THE WAY AROUND AND STILL WOULD ALLOW NEW APARTMENT HOUSING.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF CRESTVIEW, BRENTWOOD, AND ALLENDALE FOR MF FOUR WITH PROTECTIVE COVENANTS.
THERE'S NO JUSTIFIABLE NEED TO CREATE AN MF SIX MARKER AT 71 13 BURNET, AND WE DON'T NEED AN APARTMENT TOWER THERE.
REMEMBER THIS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE TO THE 1 44, THE 7 103 BURNET ROAD APPLICATION REPRESENTS A CHOICE FOR THE COUNCIL BETWEEN RESPONSIBLE MFA RECOMMENDED BY THE SENIOR PLAN OR COERCIVE MF SIX DEVELOPMENT THAT OVERRIDES THE SENIOR PLANNERS RECOMMENDATION.
MY NAME IS GABBY GARCIA AND THE PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH BASTA BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING TENANT ACTION.
UM, WHERE A PROJECT IN AUSTIN DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING, ORGANIZING TENANTS TO EDUCATE IT TO I'M SORRY TO EFFECTUATE THE RIGHTS.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 66 ON EXTENDING EVICTION PROTECTION THROUGH MY WORK.
I ENCOUNTER TENANTS WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER DEALING WITH THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE WINTER STORM.
THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE OFTEN HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS FOR APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED WHILE LANDLORDS PRESSURE AND THREATEN THEM TO SELL FEDEX.
WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE STRESS IMPACTS BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THAT EXTENDING THE CHIN PROTECTION PROTECTIONS CAN EASE SOME OF THAT BURDEN BY GIVING TENANTS THE TIME THEY NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I'M SURE THAT COVID 19.
DOES THAT BECOME WORSE? IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO PROMOTE HOUSING STABILITY AS WE'RE SEEING THE CASES AND AUSTIN SPIKING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MELANIE DICKSON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
THERE ATLER FROM MAYOR PROTEAN AND TOM, UH, HARPER, MADISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MELANIE DIXON AND I'M CHAIR FOR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CULTURE FOR THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM.
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A POSTPONEMENT AND AS AN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 41 CONCERNING THE 12TH AND SPRINGDALE RESIDENTS, BUT PURPOSES OF HISTORICAL SURROUNDINGS OF BETHANY CEMETERY AND PROCESS FOR CONFIRMING A VALID PETITION AND AMPLE DECISION OF DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPER TO DISCUSS BENEFITS.
WHILE I SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO ITEM 1 41 ON THE AGENDA, I CAN'T HELP.
BUT TO MENTION ITEM ONE 17, THAT THE CEMETERY AND HISTORICAL LANDMARK AS THESE TWO ITEMS ARE SO INTRICATELY INTERTWINED, UNANIMOUSLY, WE VOTED TO OPPOSE THE V REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER URBAN ATX AND PROCEEDED WITH CITY GUIDELINES.
WE FOLLOWED THOSE PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMITTING A BALLOT PETITION JULY 23RD, 2021 FIVE DAYS BEFORE COUNCIL, WE LEARNED THAT ONE SIGNATURE, THE ONE SIGNATURE NEEDED FOR VALIDATION WAS INVALID WITHIN VALIDATES OUR OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
WE ARE VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROCESS.
AS WE WAITED FOR A CITY OF AUSTIN'S DETERMINATION, CITY STAFF WAS NOT HAD, HAS NOT EXPLAINED THE LEGAL RATIONALE BEHIND THEIR DECISIONS TO NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS THE ONLY POSITION WE SIGNED UNTIL WE SEE SUCH AN EXPLANATION IN WRITING THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD NOT APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE.
WE ASK MAYOR ATLER MAYOR PROTIUM HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT TO SUPPORT THIS UP ZONING.
WE ASK FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO ASCERTAIN A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR PETITION.
WE ASKED THAT WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS AND CONCERN, UH, CONTROLS THAT MEET OUR CONCERN.
WE ASKED THAT WE LOOK MORE INTO WHAT IS CALLED CONSTRUE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE MLK REQUEST.
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HELLO COUNCIL AND MAYOR I'M JOE REYNOLDS, UH, POSE ITEM 1 44, THE OVERZEALOUS S F SIX ZONING REQUESTED FOR 71 13 BURNIN.
WELL, MORE THAN DOUBLE PROBLEM TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS, AS OPPOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM THE SF FOUR STAFF RECOMMENDED ZONING DOUBLE THE DANGER FOR RESIDENTS.
I HAVE SENT YOU BACK IN MATERIAL ABOUT THIS ON A CONCISE SOUND OUT WITH A MAP, SHOWING IT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF
SF SIX IS GRANTED ON A THOUSAND TRIPS, EXCEPT IF THAT'S A FOUR.
THIS INCREASE IS RECOGNIZED BY THE APPLICANT WHO NEGOTIATED A SHARED ACCESS ROUTE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OF THE NEIGHBORING SHOPPING CENTER.
THIS ROUTE FAILS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FIRST BECAUSE THE TERMS ARE SO CONSTRAINTS IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR TRUCKS SUCH AS THOSE MOVING HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS TO USE IT.
SECOND, IT PUTS THE SHOPPING CENTER CUSTOMERS IN GREAT DANGER.
WHEN A POSSIBLE THOUSAND CARS WILL DROP YOUR CREDIT PARKING LOT USED BY PEDESTRIANS MOMS WITH BABIES, DOGS AND DISTRACTED SHOPPERS.
THE BACKUP PICTURES CLEARLY SHOW THIS.
THE APPLICANT ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THE TRAFFIC EXIT ZONE TO BURN IT DIRECTLY FROM 71 13 IS A PROBLEM.
THE TRAFFIC CAN ONLY GO NORTH ON BURNET.
AND SINCE THE LEFT TURN LANE BLOCKS TURNING SOUTH, THIS IS ALSO SHOWN IN THE BACKUP.
BURNETT IS TOO NARROW FOR YOU TURNS.
SO THIS TRAFFIC IS SENT ONTO GREENLAWN.
WE'RE IN ABOUT EIGHT SECONDS AS THEY HINDERED GREENLAWN DRIVERS CHOOSE ONE OF THREE DANGEROUS EVENTS.
FIRST, A U-TURN AT THE GREENLAWN DIRTY INTERSECTION, OR SECOND DRIVING DOWN A NARROW RESIDENTIAL STREET, PAST 30 TO 50 HOMES, AND FINALLY USING A HOME'S DRIVEWAY TO TURN AROUND.
MY HANDOUT SHOWS THESE ON A MAP.
IF THE REQUESTED SF SIX IS GRANTED ABOUT 500 CARS PER DAY, WHEN DEPARTING THE TRACK WILL PERFORM ONE OF THESE RISKY MANEUVERS IN DANGER AND RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY AND PETS, REZONING TO THE SF FOUR LEVEL ADVOCATED BY THE STAFF REDUCES THE NUMBER OF TRIPS AND ALLOWS ONSITE CHANGES TO ADDRESS THE TROUBLES.
THE CHANGES AVOID THE LEFT TURN LANE.
NO TRAFFIC IS FORCED INTO NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ASKED YOU TO DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY, PUT THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS ABOVE THE DESIRES OF CSW CART.
YOU ARE ASKING FOR A SPECULATIVE REZONING SO THEY CAN SELL TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER.
YOU THROUGH YOUR OATH HAVE AS MUCH AN OBLIGATION TO CONTROL ZONING AND PROTECT AGAINST TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
AS YOU DO TO PROTECT FLOOD INJURY.
WHEN RESTRICTING FLOODPLAIN ZONING, PLEASE FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS
THE DEVELOPER FOR ITEM 1 46 OF THE AGENDA.
UNDER SOME CREEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, A SONY CHANGE TO GR M FEE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
AND HE'S RECOMMENDED BY YOUR STAFF FOR APPROVAL.
WE'RE PROPOSING AN A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE, 89 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
ALL THE UNITS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO AN AVERAGE OF 60% MFI.
FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE COMMITTED 5% OF THE UNITS TO THEY CONTINUE NOT CARE PROGRAMS WITH, WITH ECHO ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESS COALITION.
WHAT WE BOTH FAUNA WAS SONY CASE FROM THE JUNE 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO A LOT OF TIME TO MEET WITH THE POOR NATURAL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT WATER MILK BUTTERMILK CREEK.
AND TO THAT EFFECT, WE WILL FOLLOW ALL THE CITY'S REGULATIONS REGARDING WATER QUALITY STORM WATER TREATMENT, AND THE TENSION DRAINAGE AND FLOOD PLAIN.
WITH WITHOUT FOLLOWING THIS REGULATION, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO OBTAIN OUR BUILDING PERMIT.
THEREFORE WE CAN GUARANTEE WE WILL MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND OR IMPROVE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS FROM THE SIDE INTO THE WATER MILL CREEK WATERSHED, THE WA THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALSO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, YOU WILL SEE IN OUR PRESENTATION FROM OUR DESIGN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT HAVE THAT SPREADSHEET PROJECT.
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THERE ARE SOME NEXT SYSTEM LIKE THE RATE MISMANAGED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.WE ARE PROPOSING OUR PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A STRICTER REGULATED BY THE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT OR THE TEXAS HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DURING THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD PERIOD WITH ANIMAL FILE REVIEWS AND PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS.
UM, EVERY THREE YEARS, FURTHERMORE AFFORDABILITY ON LOCK IMPULSES, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND CONTROLS TO THE PROJECT.
UH, WITH REAL ESTATE PRICES IS SKY HIGH IN THE CDO, EH, AUTHOR SPIN.
OUR PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE URGENT NEEDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CD FOR HARD WORKING FAMILIES.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF OUR STONING CASE.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER FOR QUESTIONS.
MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M SPEAKING, UH, REGARDING ITEM 1 41, THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, REZONING FOR 12TH AND SPRINGDALE.
I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE ZONING REQUEST.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE PECAN SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE SITE, ALSO OF THE EAST MLK, UM, CONTACT TEAM.
AND WE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAVE FORMED A DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE FORMED THIS DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE COMMITTEE BECAUSE SO MANY LARGE TRACKS OF LAND ARE BEING PURCHASED FOR DEVELOPMENT EAST OF I 35, WITHOUT REGARD TO HISTORICAL VALUE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE REQUESTS OF THE RESIDENTS FOR INCREASE RETAIL, GROCERY STORES, PHARMACIES, UH, COMMUNITY SPACES, UH, AND FOR THE, UH, TENDENCY OF MANY DEVELOPERS TO ZOOM IN IMMEDIATELY ON, UH, EXTENSIVE, TALL AND BROAD BUILDINGS THAT, UM, TAKE UP A GREAT DEAL OF, UH, COVER IMPERVIOUS COVER.
WE ARE ALREADY IN DANGER OF FLOODING.
UM, NOT ONLY TANNAHILL BRANCH, WHICH IS THE AREA BY THIS SITE, BUT ALSO ABOVE WHERE, UH, MY HOUSE IS LOCATED, UH, FORT BRANCH BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF MULTI HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY REGARD TO 12TH AND SPRINGDALE.
I WANT TO CITE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BLACK HISTORY, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THIS AREA.
THE FACT THAT THE BETHANY CEMETERY SITE HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY EXPLORED IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING, UH, AND MORE WORK WOULD NEED TO BE DONE.
UH, SECONDLY, THIS, THEIR PROPOSED ZONING WOULD MEAN SIX STORIES, WHICH FAR EXCEEDS THE HEIGHT OF ANY OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA.
UM, AND, UH, THE, ALSO THE LACK OF AFFORDABILITY CONSIDERATIONS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALREADY DISPLACING LONG-TERM, UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, FAMILIES OF COLOR WHO ARE NOW HAVING TO MOVE OUT WEBER, VILLE, MAINER, AND EVEN FURTHER TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR HOUSES.
WE DO NOT WANT TO DISPLACE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
SO I STRONGLY URGE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE OBJECTIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SPOKEN EARLIER TO HOLD OFF ON THIS REZONING UNTIL A SATISFACTORY PLAN CAN BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS AND THOSE IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M THE PRECEDENT OF THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SIX TENTHS OF AN ACRE AT 1609.
MATTHEWS LANE IS BEING REZONED WITH 12 THREE-STORY UNITS PROPOSED.
WE HAD AN OFFER OF TEN THREE STORY UNITS THIS AFTERNOON, OR THIS MORNING BESIDES TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS DRAINAGE IS ANOTHER PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
WE HAVE MET WITH WATERSHED AND DRAINAGE FOLKS.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE NEED TO REPORT TO 3, 1 1 IN ORDER TO BUILD UP THE DATABASE.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT WE ARE NUMBER 26 ON THE LIST OF PLACES IN NEED OF FLOODING REMEDIATION.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTS OF NARROW RURAL
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ROADS WITH NO CURBS OR SIDEWALKS.WATERFLOW IS HANDLED BY BARK, DITCHES AND REMEDIATION IS CLEANING OUT THE DITCH.
THE 1609 PROPERTY IS NEXT TO RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE CROSSING PROPERTIES FROM MEN CHECKUP TO THE WEST AND ALBERT ROAD TO THE EAST STRAIN TOWARDS THESE TRACKS.
WILLIAMSON CREEK WATERSHED ARE SEPARATED FROM BOGGY CREEK, APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE SOUTH OF 1609.
THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS HAS NO DRAINAGE TREATMENT UNTIL WILLIAM CANNON, WHERE THERE'S A POND AT THE STORAGE FACILITY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM 1609 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
TWO MORE FOR SOUTHBRIDGE VILLAS, ONE FOR 7,509 MEN CHECKUP.
AND ONE PLAN FOR 23 UNITS SITE AT 1903 KILGORE, WHICH IS NEXT TO MANCHESTER.
FOLLOWING THE TRACKS FROM MATTHEW'S LANE TO WILLIAM CANNON, DITCHES OF INCREASING SIZE EXISTS FOR DRAINAGE AND LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY AND OTHERS IN THE AREA OF THE TRACKS ARE INDEED THE LOW POINT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AS ASSURED AS FIVE OF 10 PROPERTIES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS ARE CURRENTLY FOR SALE OR SOLD RECENT REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG MATTHEWS LANE TO THE EAST HAS FOUR UNITS PER ACRE ON TWO ACRE, LOTS WITH DRAINAGE PONDS AS WELL.
THE 1105 AREA HAS TWO AND A HALF ACRES, BUT ONLY ONE ACRE IS OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD, PLAIN.
AND WE'VE WORKED TOWARDS COMPROMISE.
THE FOUR UNITS WE VIEW THE 10 THREE-STORY UNITS PROPOSED A 1609, A SUCCESSIVE AND INITIALLY RECOMMENDED SIX TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
WE ARE AMENABLE TO SIX THREE-STORY UNITS OR EIGHT TWO-STORY UNITS.
THE EIGHT MINUTES WOULD BE MUCH MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THOSE WHO LIVE NEARBY.
IT WOULD INCREASE THE AFFORDABILITY AND PROVIDE FOR GREATER DIVERSITY.
WE DID WORK ON A VALID PETITION ABOUT ON FORTUNATELY WE ONLY ACHIEVED 16.45, AS MANY OF THE OWNERS DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA.
MY NAME IS KAREN FERNANDEZ AND I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 67, THE 1609 MATTHEWS LANE PROJECT.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND THE DEVELOPERS TO TRY TO COME TO A CONSENSUS REGARDING THE APPROPRIATE ZONING.
UM, TO THAT END, WE MET WITH STAFF ON JULY THE 20TH, AND IT BECAME APPARENT VERY QUICKLY THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF OUR UNIQUE FEATURES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE VERY NARROW ROADS WITH NO SIDEWALKS, CURBS OR DRAINAGE THROUGHOUT WHEN, UM, WE ASKED IF THE CITY, IF THEY COULD COME AND TALK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH US TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PLACE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WE WERE ON THE LIST, NOT FOR THIS YEAR OR NEXT, BUT PERHAPS THE YEAR AFTER, UM, WHEN WE DISCUSSED OUR FLOOD MAP THAT WE PROVIDED, THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT USE OUR INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO CALL 3 1 1.
SO TO THAT END, WE PUT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I MYSELF CALL 3 1, 1 THE NEXT DAY TO REPORT THAT I DO HAVE FLOODING EVERY TIME WE GET RAIN.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT UNLESS IT WAS FLOODING AT THE TIME, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE AS THE REPORT.
SO MY QUESTION I HAVE FOR CITY IS, UM, WHO, WHAT, WHO IS GOING TO REPRESENT US.
UM, I WOULD EXPECT THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD, AND THAT YOU ALL WOULD LOOK OUT FOR US.
THOSE LONG-TIME RESIDENTS, UM, VOTERS, CONSTITUENTS, TAXPAYERS, UH, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS AT THIS POINT IS TO HAVE LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER UNTIL THE INFRASTRUCTURE LACK OF THAT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ADDRESSED.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING THESE DENSE, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO JUST INCREASE THE FLOODING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIVE HERE.
BLAKE BURKE, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, I'M BLAKE BIRCH, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 1 63 FOR THE GOODNIGHT RANCH PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT TWO.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE LAST YEAR.
AND WHILE OVERALL, I DO AGREE WITH THE DENSITY OF HOUSING AND RETAIL THAT'S PROPOSED.
MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT THE PLAN DOESN'T DO ENOUGH WITH THE DENSITY THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED, WHICH COULD HAMPER THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AREA.
FOR YEARS, WHEN WE BOUGHT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WAS A PROMISE OF BUILDING OUT A LIVE WORK PLAY AREA WITH CENTRALIZED COMMERCIAL THAT CONNECTS THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH AND PROVIDES A HUB OF ACTIVITY FOR SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AFTER DIGGING.
AND I FOUND THAT FOR THIS AMENDMENT, UH, IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 2014, UH, HAS MADE A LOT OF CHANGES ALONG THE WAY.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD UP TO A 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AND FOUR AND A HALF THOUSAND DWELLING UNITS.
THE CURRENT, UH, AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED HAS 635,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AND OVER 6,000 DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE PUT THAT IN THE PERSPECTIVE THEY'RE ASKING FOR 39%
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MORE PEOPLE, BUT A 50% REDUCTION IN OVERALL COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR COMPARISON.MUELLER IS THIS SIMILAR SIZE OF 700 ACRES AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF DWELLING UNITS, BUT IT HAS A 3.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL THAT IT'S APPROVED FOR.
SO GOODNIGHT RANCH WILL HAVE LESS THAN 20% OF THAT SAME AMOUNT, UH, THAT, UH, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE QUANTITY, BUT IT'S THE QUALITY WHERE THE PLAN ITSELF IS ACTUALLY SPREAD THE RETAIL OUT, WHICH REDUCES WALKABILITY.
THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO BANKS, DOCTORS, AND RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA AND FEWER JOBS IN DISTRICT TWO THAT DON'T REQUIRE A CAR ACCESS.
UH, IN MY OPINION, THE PLAN IS NOT CURRENTLY IN LINE WITH IMAGINE AUSTIN, THE IDEAL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
AND THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE GOODNIGHT RANCH AREA, BUT RATHER FOR SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AS A WHOLE, UH, THE AREAS TOYS FOR GROWTH WITH NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EASTON PARK AND BRADSHAW BRADSHAW CREEK, AS WELL AS HOUSES BEING BUILT NEAR THE TESLA GIGAFACTORY.
CURRENTLY, ANYTIME THAT MY FAMILY OR ANYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TO GO OUT SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CROSS BY 35.
THERE'S VERY FEW RESTAURANTS, SERVICES, HANGOUT SPACES ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH EAST BOSTON AREA.
YOU DO HAVE TO GO TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
UH, SOUTHEAST AUSTIN NEEDS A CENTRALIZED HUB THAT IS WALKABLE BIKEABLE AND AVAILABLE VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORT THAT PEOPLE CAN MEET AND DO ENTERTAINMENT, UH, E AND NOT ACTUALLY REQUIRE YOU TO CROSS
I PROPOSE ULTIMATELY, UH, THAT TO THE PLAN, UM, UH, ACTUALLY MATCHED THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.
AND THAT WAS, UH, INITIALLY, UH, SLATED AT 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET INSTEAD OF THE 635,000 THAT'S BEING REQUESTED RIGHT NOW, IF APPROVED AS IS, THE AREA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RETAIL UNLESS ANOTHER AMENDMENT COMES TO PASS.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS EASILY ACHIEVED BY, UH, FORCING ANY OF THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY BUILT IN THE AREA TO HAVE RETAIL AT THE BOTTOM, UH, CREATING MORE CENTRALIZED DISTRICTS FOR, UH, THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE.
IT WILL PROVIDE A MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE OVERALL HOUSING PROPOSED, BUT A HUGE IMPACT SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AREA FOR YEARS TO COME.
THIS IS MEGAN MEISENBACH AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41, WHICH IS THE 12TH AND SPRINGDALE RESIDENCY.
THERE'S SO MUCH BACKUP INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED TO IT AND ONLY THE DEVELOPERS ARE, UM, FOR US.
I THINK THE, UM, THE OWNERSHIP, THE CEMETERY IS UNDER REVIEW AND NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION.
ONE MORE IT'S BEEN POSTPONED, BUT I THINK I'M NOT A POSTPONEMENT.
THE WAVES, THE HUMAN GRACE IDENTIFIED THAT MIGHT BE NEXT TO IT, YOU KNOW, FAIR STUDY.
I DON'T THINK THE STUDY WAS INCOMPLETE DUE TO EITHER DENIED REQUEST OR, UH, I ASK FOR PUMPS 1 41.
HI, THIS IS TYLER BANKY, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING FOR THE BLOCK ON SOUTH LAMAR, UM, AT, UH, 2,700 SOUTH LAMAR TWO, UH, SIX, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE, LIKE AUSTIN'S GOING THROUGH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND IT SEEMS THAT WE NEED ALL THE HOUSING UNITS WE CAN GET, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE LABELED SOMETIMES AS AFFORDABLE, OR EVEN IF IT'S LIKE THE NEW, LIKE LUXURY APARTMENTS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, UM, BECAUSE THOSE LUXURY APARTMENTS BECOME FOR TODAY BECOME TOMORROW'S AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DECADES.
UM, COME UP POST ANY HEIGHT LIMITS FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
I THINK HERE'S THE HEIGHT LIMIT.
UH, I BELIEVE 75 FEET WOULD END UP JUST GIVING US THE BOATS, BUT THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS, UM, UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS WITH THE APPLICANT CAN PROVIDE.
AND, UM, IT, YEAH, IT, IT BASICALLY, BECAUSE IT LIMITS THAT LIKE THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IF MORE HOUSING IS NOT CREATED, THEN WE'LL INEVITABLY SEE, UM, ASTRONOMIC RENT, UH, AS SEEN IN OTHER LARGE METROPOLIS, LIKE CALIFORNIA COMES TO MIND, UH, RIGHT.
UH, TOO MANY DEVELOPERS, LIKE NEW DEVELOPMENTS CHOKED OUT AND THEN EVENTUALLY RENTS RISE TO AN UNTENABLE LEVEL, AND THEN IT LEADS TO WORSENING HOUSING.
UM, SO IT'S ALL DEEPLY CONNECTED.
UM, AND IN THIS CASE WHERE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A SAFETY CONCERN, MUCH LIKE THE VALID CONCERNS BROUGHT UP BY OTHER PEOPLE HERE, UH, FOR FURTHER FOR THE OTHER, UM, TOPICS, RIGHT? LIKE THERE, I DON'T MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NOT SOME ISSUE SAY WITH FLOODING.
SO TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO GO
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AHEAD WITH.UM, WELL, IT DOES DECREASE SOME OF THE WALKABILITY.
I DO THINK, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE LIKE, UH, WOULD BE TO ADD COMMERCIAL UNITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE APARTMENT, UM, THAT WE GET A MIX OF BUSINESS AND, UM, RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
UM, BUT IF NOT, I WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT WE HAVE MORE HOUSING FEED BUILT IN GENERAL THEN, UM, THEN LESS, THANK YOU, JASON.
MY NAME IS JASON
UM, I HAVE NEW HIRE AND MUCK MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ALSO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
UH, WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT MCDONALD'S AND PARTNERS IS THEY'RE AN AMAZING COMPANY THAT STAYS WITH THEIR WORD.
THEY'RE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, AND THEY'RE THE ARM OF MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS, UH, MCDONALD PROPERTIES AND THEIR NATIONAL HOUSING INVESTMENT, UM, FARM THAT'S LOCATED IN ADDISON, TEXAS, UM, MCDONALD PARTNERS AND MCDONNELL PROPERTIES IS DEVELOPED AND OWNED AND OPERATED OVER 10,000 UNITS IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS MISSION IS TO CREATE AND PRESERVE HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE AMERICA'S WORKFORCE AND SENIORS OF SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND A PLACE TO CALL HOME WHILE IMPLEMENTING HIGH VALUE RESIDENT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO ENSURE TENANTS AS SATISFACTION IN A WAY UP MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS, COMPANY VISION IS TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT, AND WE VALUE THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND THE INPUT FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS WILL BRING THE VOICE OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS GOALS.
UM, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OUR TEAM HAS MET WITH THE CORNETTO HILLS AND CREEKSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND WE HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.
AND SIMILARLY, WE RECEIVED OPPOSITION IN OUR OWN, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF CITY HEIGHTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH, WITH THEM TO HELP KEEP US INFORMED OF THE PROJECTS, PROGRESS AND COLLABORATE AND WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND BECOME SO THAT IT CAN BECOME OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS PROJECT WORKS OUT, GAUCHE.
I LIVE IN EUROPE NOW, SO IT'S LATE AT NIGHT FOR ME.
UH, I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 1 62 C 14, 2019 0 0 5 9.
AND, UH, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, SOME, UH, STRIPE, A COMPANY CALLED STRIPE IS TRYING TO BUILD A GAS STATION ON 71.
AND THEY BOUGHT ALL THE LANDS ON THE, ON 71.
THERE IS A STREET CALLED BC AVENUE, WHICH LEADS TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND ON BOTH SIDES OF BC AVENUE, THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
UH, STRIPE TRIED VERY HARD TO BUY THOSE LANDS ALSO BECAUSE I WON QUITE A FEW PROPERTIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT MORE THAN 10 PROPERTIES THEY OWN, AND THEY COULD NOT BUY FROM SOME OF THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 50, 60 YEARS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CREATED IN 1949 AND TAKEN OVER BY THE CITY IN 19 2001 STRIPE WAS ABLE TO BUY ONE OF THE LORDS.
AND I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU CAN ALL SEE THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU OR NOT, BECAUSE I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING FROM HERE, BUT NOW THEY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HUNDRED AND 50 FEET FRONTAGE ON 71, THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD OUR ENTRANCE TO THE GAS STATION BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CONVERT A RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THEY HAVE TORN DOWN THE HOUSE ALREADY INTO A DRIVEWAY TO A GAS STATION BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL HOMES, WHERE THERE ARE BOTH WHAT THEIR OCTOGENARIAN, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES, UH, MEMBERS.
UH, I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY'RE DOING IT IN THEIR RIGHT MIND.
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DISCUSSION WITH THEM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE AGREED THAT THEY WILL BE HAVING, I MEAN, I SUPPORTED THEIR REZONING WITH THE CONSIDERATION THAT THEY WILL NOT BE BUILDING A DRIVEWAY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.AND WHAT HIS DRIVEWAY WILL BE DOING IS THAT THIS WILL BE DRAGGING 71 TRAFFIC FROM HIGHWAY 71 INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO INTO A GAS STATION.
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A HOUSE AND SOMEBODY TELLS YOU NOW BEHIND YOUR HOUSE AND NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE WILL BE GAS STATION DRIVEWAYS.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT NOISE, THE POLLUTION, I KNOW THEIR STRATEGY THAT THEY WANT.
AFTER A FEW YEARS, THESE HOUSES OWNERS ARE GOING TO SELL THE HOUSE AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUY THOSE SALTS.
SO, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY TO APPROACH THE PROBLEM.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BUY OUT THAT OWNER AT A MUCH HIGHER PRICE IF THEY ASK FOR IT.
SO I WOULD REQUEST YOU TO LOOK INTO CASE 1 62, BECAUSE THERE ARE ALSO SOME COMPATIBILITY ISSUES OF TWENTY-FIVE FEET COMPATIBILITY.
THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NEED TO HAVE, UH, FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
UH, TH THOSE ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED AND IT IS BEING DONE, RIGHT.
UH, I'M A RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN.
AND THE COURSE OF THE MONTH LEADING UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING FOR 71 13 BURNET ROAD, I REACHED OUT THE RESIDENTS ON AND AROUND THE BURNER ROAD CORRIDOR TO GATHER SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT IN ALL 126 NEIGHBORS SIGNED ONTO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, UH, UH, THE SITE ON BURNET, WHICH IS AN IMAGINED AUSTIN CORRIDOR AND TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK, AND IS RATED VERY WALKABLE AND VERY LIKABLE.
UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD 33 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, AT 60% MFI, UH, THE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MIXED INCOME FAMILIES TO LIVE IN A HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREA.
UH, AUSTIN HAS A GOAL OF 110 ANNUAL AFFORDABLE UNITS ALONG THE BURNETT ROAD CORRIDOR.
AND 25% OF THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS SUCH AS CRESTVIEW.
THE AVERAGE IS 15 A YEAR ALONG BURNET, AND THE ONLY, AND ONLY 9% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
UH, THIS ONE PROJECT WOULD DOUBLE THAT, UH, THIS PROJECT IS A STEP TOWARD MEETING OUR HOUSING TRANSIT AND CLIMATE GOALS OF THE CITY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING OUR NEW NEIGHBORS.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ADD COMMENTS TO THIS PETITION.
UH, AND I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT REALLY DRIVE HOME HOW MUCH SUPPORT THIS PROJECT HAS.
UH, ONE WOMAN LEFT COMMENTS SAYING I'M A SINGLE MOM.
AND I GREW UP IN THIS AREA AND DEFINITELY AM AT 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR BEING A DENTAL ASSISTANT.
I CAN NOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN AND FIND IT VERY UNFAIR.
MY SON HOPES TO GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO, AND I LOVE THAT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING ANYWHERE ELSE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
UH, WHEN I LIVED IN CRESTVIEW, I USED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS SITE COULD BE USED FOR SO MUCH MORE.
NOW I LIVE JUST A BIT NORTH OF HERE AND HOPING SOMEDAY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE A BIT FURTHER SOUTH.
AGAIN, WE DESPERATELY NEED HOUSING, PLEASE APPROVE THIS PLAN AND ZONING.
UH, I LIVE OFF BUCK BURNET AND I BIKED BY THIS VACANT LOT OF EMPTY COMMERCIAL SPACE.
THIS IS THE PERFECT LOCATION TO BOTH BOOST AUSTIN'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBJECTIVES AND REVITALIZE THIS PART OF BUTTON BURNET WITH MORE RESIDENTS TO FREQUENT THE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WIN FOR HOUSING BUSINESSES AND MAINTAINS THE BEAUTY OF THIS AREA.
UH, ANOTHER PERSON SAID I LIVE IN CRESTVIEW CLOSE TO THIS LOT.
THIS WILL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT ON THE CURRENT SITE USE AND MAKE MY WALKS ON BURNET AND MUCH MORE PLEASANT.
UH, I HAVE EMAILED THE PETITION TO ALL OF YOU.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THROUGH IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT, BUT THE OVERWHELMING MESSAGE IS THAT THIS PROJECT IS A BOON FOR NOT ONLY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS PROJECT GET BUILT.
THAT WE'LL SEE MY THING, SUSAN.
UH, HI, I'M SUSAN MOFFITT SPEAKING FOR THE MCCALLUM HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ITEM NUMBER 1 53, THE GROVER PROJECT.
I KNOW EVERYONE'S BEEN WORKING UNDER REALLY CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, BUT DESPITE BEING REGISTERED TO BE NOTIFIED, WE WERE NOT ACTUALLY NOTIFIED OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON THIS CASE.
SO THE COMMISSIONERS WERE UNABLE TO CONSIDER OUR TWO REQUESTS, WHICH ARE IN YOUR BACKUP FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT SEEKS IN UPS ZONING TO ALLOW A GREATER NUMBER OF UNITS.
BUT AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANY OF THESE WILL BE AFFORDABLE.
MANY AISD FAMILIES AND STAFF STRUGGLED TO REMAIN IN AUSTIN DUE TO RISING HOUSING COSTS.
SO AS A CONDITION OF REZONING, WE ASKED THAT AT LEAST 10%
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OF THE PROPOSED 300 RENTAL UNITS BE AFFORDABLE AT 60% MFI TO CAMPUS ACCESS MCCOWEN CURRENTLY RELIES ON STREET PARKING ON GROVER TO MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS.ADDITIONALLY, MACALLAN IS HOME TO THE DISTRICT WIDE FINE ARTS ACADEMY, WHICH ENROLLS ROUGHLY 500 STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
MANY OF WHOM MUST DRIVE TO ATTEND THIS ACCLAIM PROGRAM, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT OFFER BUS SERVICE.
AND YES, WE HAVE TRIED FOR YEARS TO GET BUSES, BUT AISD SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDING, A SIMILAR 300 UNIT PROJECT BY THE SAME DEVELOPER JUST OPENED THIS MONTH AT THE CORNER OF GROVER, ALSO DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM MACALLAN.
AND WHILE WE SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING IMPACTS OF ADDING YET ANOTHER 300 UNITS TO GROVER.
BOTH PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE GARAGE PARKING FOR TENANTS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT'S OFTEN EASIER FOR TENANTS OR THEIR VISITORS TO PARK ON THE STREET, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORKERS VEHICLES WHILE THE PROJECT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE LOSS OF THIS ON-STREET PARKING ON GROVER WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPEDE CAMPUS ACCESS FOR MANY MCCALLUM STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS.
THEREFORE WE ASKED THE CITY TO COMMIT TO INSTALLING SIGNAGE ON THE STRETCH OF GROVER, ADJACENT TO MCCALLUM'S RESERVE STREET PARKING FOR SCHOOL USE ONLY.
AND WE ASK THAT THESE SIGNS BE IN PLACE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PRECEDENT FOR THIS AT THE FORMER PEASE ELEMENTARY, AND THAT IT WILL REQUIRE AN MOU BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT, WHICH WILL BE SEPARATE FROM THIS ZONING CASE.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE STAFF BEGIN THE MOU PROCESS WITH AISD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS OVERVIEW JOSEPH, MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEMS 39, I MEAN 1 39 AND ONE 40.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A MEMORANDUM IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL THAT SAYS THIS ITEM IS BEING POSTPONED.
CAN YOU JUST TELL ME IF IT IS THERE ONE SECOND? OKAY.
HERE, I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE 1 39 1 40 PLUS PART REQUESTS FROM THE STAFF DISAPPEAR FOR A SECOND.
SO I WON'T SPEAK TO THE MERITS OF THE CASE IF IT'S BEING POSTPONED.
UM, THIS IS, UH, I'LL JUST READ OUT THE SUBJECT.
IT'S URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE EAST 11TH AND 12TH STREETS, URBAN RENEWAL AREA MODIFICATION, NUMBER 12.
AND IT'S THE MEMO SAYS IT'S BEING POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 21.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE POSTPONEMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER AS IT RELATED TO THE BLACK EMBASSY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN AREA THAT YOU DIRECTED HIM TO LOOK AT.
I WOULD ASK YOU BETWEEN THE TIME THIS ITEM COMES BACK TO COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEETING WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I LEARNED THAT BELLY EFFORT IS ACTUALLY MOVING TO EAST 11TH AND IT SAYS ON THEIR WEBSITE, BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I ACTUALLY LEARNED ABOUT BELLY AFRICA FROM A HOMELESS MALE BELLY DANCER NAMED JACOB WHO RIDE THE 3 92 AND THE 3 83 BUS ROUTES.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT NOT EVERY HOMELESS PERSON WANTS TO PICK UP TRASH, THEY HAVE SKILLSETS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO ASK THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ONES IN PARTICULAR, WHAT THEIR SKILLSETS ARE AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FUNDING THINK OF ART FROM THE STREETS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE AN 11TH STREET AREA IS THAT YOU HAVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL INHERITANCE FACILITY IN THE DEDRICK HAMILTON HOUSE.
AND SO YOU'VE HEARD A LOT FROM OTHER PEOPLE TODAY ABOUT THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE VIRTUALLY RATIO OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.
I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE 2021 V UH, PBS JUNETEENTH, JAN BURRY DOCUMENTARY, WHICH REFERRED TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN IS URBAN RE MOVEABLE PLAN.
AND, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM IS IN THAT VIDEO.
AND SHE SAYS, THAT'S WHAT HER MOTHER CALLED IT AS WELL.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION BEFORE I CLOSE THAT I DID SEND AN ITEM ONE 18, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, BUT IN DIRECTLY RELATED BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING, IT'S A COUNCIL MEMBER TOTAL AND THE SPONSORS.
AND SO I JUST WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND THE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'D BEEN APOLOGIZED TO AD NAUSEUM, AND THAT YOU APOLOGIZE FOR THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY
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1928 PLAN BACK WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSTON WAS THERE AND YOU'VE APOLOGIZED MARCH 4TH.AND THIS RESOLUTION FROM MARCH 4TH ACTUALLY ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE 11TH AND 12TH STREET, UM, FOR THAT.
AND AS IT RELATES TO 12TH STREET, THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS, UM, THE UNLIMITED FLORIDA AREA RATIO IS DISTURBING BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT IN WEST AUSTIN OR CENTRAL AUSTIN.
UM, AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM STEPHAN WICKS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS
I DON'T WANT IT 41, THE 12TH AND SPRINGDALE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I'LL START WITH A FOOL'S ERRAND, WHICH IS A FEELING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MORAL GROUNDS.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T REALLY REGISTER FOR YOU DOLLAR BILLS OR WHAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT, UH, THERE'S A SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THIS PART OF AUSTIN, PARTICULARLY.
AND, UH, I SEE THE APPROVAL, UH, UH, MAXIMUM DENSITY ZONING HERE.
UH, THE CONTINUATION OF THAT, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, THE CITY HAS REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNATURE OF TWO SPIRITS ON BEHALF OF BETHANY'S CEMETERIES.
UM, THEY'RE FINE TO USE HER AS A CONTACT FOR ANY OTHER OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE VALID PETITION, THEY REJECTED FOR A SIGNATURE, UH, BETHANY CEMETERY IS A LOT THAT IS A COMMUNITY LOT.
IT REPRESENTS THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY, CULTURAL HISTORY AND, UH, TO ATTEMPT TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY.
UM, NOW I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT SOME PRACTICAL THINGS AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT, UH, FLOODING, UH, TO INCREASE THE ZONING AND DECREASE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
I HAVE A CITY DRAINAGE OR ANYTHING THAT RUNNING THROUGH MY BACKYARD THAT ALREADY COLLECT WATER AND TRASH FROM THE INTERSECTION AT 12TH AND SPRINGDALE.
I DO NOT WANT IT TO ALSO BECOME A DRAIN ENDS FOR AN ENTIRE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, HOUSING TOWER.
UH, AND THAT IS WHAT IT WOULD BE TOM, IF, UH, IF THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES THROUGH ALSO PARKING, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LOGIC IS BEHIND, UH, ADDING A V AND DECREASING REQUIRED PARKING, BUT, UH, THERE IS NO STREET PARKING IN THIS AREA, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE A HUNDRED PLUS UNITS GOING IN, BUT RETAIL ARE EXPECTED TO PARK THEIR CARS.
UH, WE DO HAVE TWO BUS ROUTES HERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT MELINDA BARSOL IS MAYOR.
WE, UH, LOST CONNECTION WITH THE VENDOR.
COLA HOST MEETINGS, $7 29 DOT 2000 WE'RE BACK ON.
SO YOU'RE REESTABLISHING IT NOW.
HELLO? IS THIS MELINDA? YES, THIS IS MELINDA.
AND I'M SPEAKING WITH REGARD TO THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ON SPRINGDALE ROAD, RIGHT BESIDE HISTORIC BETHANY CEMETERY.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT ENOUGH DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN PERFORMED, UM, IN REGARD TO ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEYING OF THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN BETHANY AND THE PROPOSED SIDE OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, ARCHEOLOGICAL DESKTOP SURVEY, AND A GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEY THAT DIDN'T ACTUALLY PENETRATE TO A DEPTH THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE BURIED OR ANYONE IS VERY, IS INSUFFICIENT, UM,
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TO IT'S INSUFFICIENT.SO I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL POSTPONE ANY DECISION MADE IN REGARD TO, UM, APPROVING THIS, UM, REZONING IN ADVANCE OF THOROUGH ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION OF WHO IS IN FACT AUTHORIZED TO SIGN A PETITION, A VALID PETITION IN BEHALF OF BETHANY CEMETERY.
WE, UM, LOST ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WHEN WE WERE DISCONNECTED.
WE'RE TRYING TO RECONNECT WITH HIM.
HE WOULD HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, NOT SURE IF HE'S THE LAST SPEAKER, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO IN PERSON.
STEPHEN WIX, IF YOU WERE SATISFIED WITH YOUR MESSAGE, PRESS ONE, TO LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGE.
I GUESS WE CAN PROCEED TO IN-PERSON.
UM, AND BY THE WAY, UH, YOU AND THE OFFICER DOING JUST A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THIS, UH, UH, PROCESS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN.
SO THANK YOU ALL WE HAVE, UH, UH, COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP IN PERSON IS MATT ALINE.
COME ON DOWN WHILE YOU'RE COMING DOWN.
IS CHERYL THOMPSON HERE? CHERYL THOMPSON? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, SARAH? UH, SO YOU'LL BE UP NEXT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
MY NAME IS MADELINE ACKERY AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 1 41, THE SPRINGDALE AND 12TH CASE.
AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE U S AND I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY IN THE CITY.
HOWEVER, IT, IT MUST BE CORDONED IN COORDINATION WITH THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED HERE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CREATED A PETITION AND IT HAD BEEN SIGNED BY OUR SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS IN DOING SO.
WE EXPRESSED OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS VERTICAL PLANNING, THE CITY VOIDED OUR PETITION.
ONLY A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS HEARING, BY CLAIMING THE SIGNATURE WE GATHERED FROM BETHANY CEMETERY.
WHY WAS THE SIGNATURE DISMISSED BY HAVING OUR PETITION DISCOUNTED AND DISREGARDED? IT ELIMINATES ANY VOICE WE HAVE.
NOW, THIS HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED NEIGHBORHOOD IS BECOMING POPULAR.
THE CITY WANTS TO SUPPORT GROWTH, BUT AT WHAT COST TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS, AT LEAST HEAR OUR STORY AND CONSIDER WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WANT BY KEEPING OUR PETITION VALID.
IF WE TRY TO MAKE OUR OPINION HEARD THROUGH THEIR PROPER CHANNELS, BUT THESE CHANNELS ARE DISMISSED.
IT MEANS WE'RE COMPLETELY DROWNED OUT BY THE OTHER OPINIONS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE POWER.
I STAND HERE TODAY TO STATE THAT I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS RIGHT, AND I OPPOSE THE VERTICALS ZONING PLANS.
MERIT LOOKED LIKE, UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS YOU CALLED THAT WASN'T HERE MIGHT BE HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF MS. THOMPSON, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN? COME ON DOWN.
AND THEN AFTER MS. THOMPSON, UH, UH, SARAH, DON'T WORRY.
GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CHERYL THOMPSON AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CORE NADIA HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ITEM NUMBER 1, 4, 6.
UM, WE ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNED, UM, REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN THAT'S IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, WE ASK YOU ALL AS A, AS A COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ACTUALLY SAFEGUARD AND BE THE BACKDROP BACKSTOP FOR ANY, UM, THING THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE AS AFFORDABLE.
WE ARE ALL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
THAT PARTICULAR UNIT IS A GOOD IDEA.
IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION.
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IS VERY LOW MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY IN THAT AREA.CHILDREN HAVE TO WALK, UH, RESIDENTS, WHOEVER, WHETHER THEY'RE OLD PEOPLE OR CHILDREN, THEY HAVE TO WALK TO GET TO TRANSIT.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO NAVIGATE A, A CORNER THAT HAS A GAS STATION THAT HAS MANGLED MANGLED, UH, SIDEWALK DEALS.
PLEASE LOOK AT THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 11, SLIDE 11 OF THE OVERVIEW POWERPOINT, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK THROUGH A FOUR CORNER.
I MEAN, A CORNER, UM, UM, GAS STATION WITH, UH, DRIVERS COMING IN AND OUT ON BOTH SIDES.
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY HEARD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MANGLED SIDEWALK, MANGLED BARRIERS OR THE SIDEWALL, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS NOT A FARFETCHED CONCLUSION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, CHILDREN WOULD HAVE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO GET TO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES.
THERE ARE NO GOODS AND SERVICES IN THAT AREA.
THERE ARE NO GOODS AND SERVICES IN THAT AREA.
WHERE DO YOU GO TO THE STORE WITHOUT GETTING ON THE BUS? YOU CANNOT WALK.
IF THE CHILDREN MISS THE SCHOOL BUS, HOW DO THEY GET TO SCHOOL? THE CHILDREN IN THAT AREA, THE CHILDREN, THE SMALL CHILDREN GO TO ANDREWS ELEMENTARY AT LAYOLA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TWO 90, THE MIDDLE-SCHOOLERS GO TO WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL AT
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO WE'RE ALL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE SURROUNDED WITH IN ONE, WITHIN ONE MILE OF OUR RADIUS, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE, WE, WE ARE SURROUNDED AND WE SUPPORT OUR INCOME-BASED FAMILIES AND, AND UNITS.
HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS NOT THE ONE, THE APPLICANT IN THEIR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS APPLICATION.
THEY REFERENCED THE VIRGINIA BROWN RECREATION CENTER, 21 TIMES 21 TIMES IN 15 PAGES.
THEY ARE HEAVILY RELYING ON THAT AS AN OUTDOOR FACILITY FOR THESE CHILDREN, THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS REASONABLE FOR DAMMIT FOR THEM TO SORRY FOR THEM TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.
I'M JUST SAYING, PLEASE LOOK AT IT.
LET'S NOT BE ALL ABOUT BEING LIKE ADDICTS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ANYTHING THAT SAYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOUR WEBSITE SAYS SAFE AND AFFORDABLE.
IF IT'S NOT SAFE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE MY SIZE 16 INTO THE SIZE 10 PANTS.
COME ON DOWN ON DECK IS LORRAINE ATHERTON IS LORRAINE ATHERTON HERE? LORRAINE ATHERTON? NO.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, MYRA? YOU WILL BE UP NEXT.
I'M WITH PIP DAWSON ENGINEERS.
AND I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ANDERSON CREEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING CASE 1 46.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE LIBBY LINTON WAS ON THE PHONE EARLIER.
WE'RE JUST HERE TO ADDRESS ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS THAT COME UP.
UM, WE DO FULLY INTEND WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO COMPLY WITH ALL CITY OF AUSTIN REGULATIONS REGARDING DRAINAGE AND, UM, CRITICAL WATER, QUALITY BUFFERS, FLOODPLAIN, UH, CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.
WE WILL ADHERE TO THE ATLAS 14 STANDARDS AND, UM, REDUCE FLOWS TO PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE SITE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
SO OUR LAST SPEAKER, RHONDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME IS MYRA GAP AND I'M HERE WITH BENCHMARK LAND DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE, MAYBE I SHOULD ASK, IS THIS MY SIX MINUTE OR THREE MINUTE WINDOW FOR PRESENTING ON THIS CASE? IS THE APPLICANT.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES AT THAT THEN I'LL RESERVE TIME FOR THEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
[Zoning Consent Agenda]
DO THE CONSENT AGENDA ON ZONING.HI, I'M JERRY RESTHAVEN WITH THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE TO OFFER YOUR CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
FIRST ITEM I CAN OFFER IS ITEM 1 37.
CAN YOU SEE 14, 2020 1 0 0 1 1.
UM, I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION RELATED CASES, ITEM 1 38, CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 11.
UM, THIS IS OFFERED TO APPROVE THE PLANK MISSION RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE RESTAURANT GENERAL AND RESTAURANT LIMITED BE PERMITTED USES AS OPPOSED TO CONDITIONAL USES ITEM NUMBER 1 39 IS KC 14, 2020 1,933.
THIS IS A POSTPARTUM REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021, ITEM ONE 40 K C 14, 2020 1 0 0 37.
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ALSO STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS.NUMBER SECOND, ITEM NUMBER 1 41 IS C 14, 2020 0, 0 89.
THIS IS THE 12TH AND SPRINGDALE RESIDENCE.
UM, MAYOR, WE HAVE A POSTPONE REQUEST ON THIS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEPTEMBER 2ND.
THIS IS THE SECOND REQUEST AND THE APPLICANT MS. ELLIS GLASGOW IS OPPOSED TO THAT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 1 42 IS CASE NPA 2020 100 0 1 7 0.01.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS RELATED CASES THAT MORE THAN 43 KC 14 72, 0 32 RCT.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON OTHER RELATED CASES.
OPT FOR THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 45 CAUSE C 14, 2020 1 0 0 1 7.
THIS IS THE POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO AUGUST 26.
NUMBER 1 46, C 14, 2020 1000 ZERO HUNDRED 23.
THIS IS THE INTERSECT CREEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING CASE.
THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION CASE ITEM NUMBER 1 47, THIS CASE, UH, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE CASE NUMBER, BUT, UH, IT CAN OFFER THAT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 1 48.
IT SAYS NPA 2020 1 0 0 7 0.01.
UH, THIS IS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, I HAVE NUMBER 1 49, CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 0 79.
ALSO OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
I'VE NEVER ONE 50 CASE NPA 2020 0 0 2 0.01.
THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBOR, AUGUST 26.
I HAVE NUMBER ONE 60 ONCE I WENT 51.
THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE AUGUST 26 APPLICANT, NOT IN DISAGREEMENT.
I DIDN'T WANT A 52 CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 0 78.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO PULL REQUESTS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO AUGUST 26.
NUMBER CASE NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 1 53 CAN SEE 14, 2020 1 0 0 19.
THIS CASE I OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY I AM NUMBER 1 54, CASEY 14, 2020 184TH.
THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, I HAVE NUMBER 1 55 IS HIS CA 14 97 0 0 1 0.14.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
I DIDN'T WANT 56 K C 14, 2020 1 0 0 60.
OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY ITEM 1 57, CASEY 14, 2020 ONE HUNDRED A HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR.
YOU CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS AT A NUMBER ONE 14, C 14, 2020 0 1 44.
THIS IS THE CASE AT 2,700 SOUTH LAMAR COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I UNDERSTAND IS REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 26.
I'M NUMBER 1 59, CASEY 14, 2020 100 HUNDRED 45.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, RIGHT MAYOR? YES.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THAT'S CONSENT POSTPONEMENT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN ONE 60 IS KC 14, 2020 ONE HUNDRED, A HUNDRED FORTY SIX.
OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL AND ALL THREE READINGS.
THIS IS UNDERSTAND THE CUSTOMER PER POINT TEST.
WE'D LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS CASE TO AUGUST 26.
IS THAT ALSO A CONSENT POST OF POSTPONEMENT? YES.
MAYOR, IF I MAY ALSO, UM, MR.
I HAD THAT DOWN FOR A DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT MAYOR PRO TEM.
OKAY, SO THAT TAKES US BACK TO, I BELIEVE 1 62 IS CASE C 14, 2019 0 0 59.
THIS CASE IS FOR READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON FIRST READING ONLY ITEM NUMBER 1 63 C 8 14 0 4 0 180 7 0.0 TWO.SH.
THIS IS ALSO READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON FIRST READING ONLY I DIDN'T NUMBER 1 64, CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 0 9.
THIS IS POSTPONE REQUESTS BY THE STAFF TO AUGUST 26.
I HAVE NUMBER 1 65, CASEY 14, 2020 0 1 49.
THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
I HAVE NUMBER 1 66, CASEY 14 H 2020 1,997.
THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, WITH THE ADDITION OF, UH, A PROHIBITION, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT IS FREE TO, TO A MAXIMUM OF NO MORE THAN 10 UNITS.
ITEM NUMBER 1 68, CASEY 14, 2020 131.
IF NOT FOR THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM 1 69, C 14, 2020 1 0 0 32.
THIS CASE I CAN OFFER FOR CONSENT TO PROVE ON ALL THREE READINGS.
AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS UNDER NUMBER 180 1, KC 14, 2020 100 HUNDRED 59.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING
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ONLY WHAT WAS THE A COLUMN ONE SIXTY ONE, ONE SIXTY ONE WAS A POST-CALL REQUEST BY CUSTOMER POINT AS TO AUGUST 26TH.WHAT WAS 61 61 60 WAS CONSENT RAY FOR ALL THREE READINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SOMEONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 1 62 WHO CAME ABOUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STAYING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
DOES SCRUB STILL WANT TO SPEAK IF THAT STAYS ON CONSENT THAT WAY? SORRY, BUT HE ALREADY SPOKE EARLIER.
THE VERY LAST SPEAKER CAME UP AND ASKED IF THIS WAS HER THREE MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ITEM 1 63.
THAT'S WHAT I, AND THAT ONE IS A CONSENT AGENDA FOR FIRST READING AND I WANTED TO SEE IF SHE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK.
UM, AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 1 47.
YOU DIDN'T READ IT IN THE CASE NUMBER.
I THINK THAT'S C 14 2 0 2 1 DASH 0 0 3 6.
JUST WANT TO GET THAT IN THE RECORD.
REMEMBER ALTAR THAN CATEGORICAL.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR 1 46 AND 1 47.
LET'S PAY FOR A CUSTOMER FOR 1 46.
I HAD THE CASE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND 1 47.
I HAD A CONSENT FOR ALL THREE REELS.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD TRIED TO HAVE SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER TAVO OKAY.
I HAD TO POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBOR TO AUGUST 26.
AND SO IT'S ON CONSENT FOR PRESSED VOMIT.
SO THE ONLY, SO THE CONSENTED AGENDA ZONING CASES, 1 37 THROUGH 1 69 AND ALSO 180 1.
AND THE ONES WE HAVE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION ARE 1 41 AND 1 46.
THERE'S REMAINING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HAS OUR POLL 1 41 IS FIRST A DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL CONSIDER THE MARRIAGE.
IF THE CASE DOES NOT GET POSTPONED 1 41 OF 1 46 OF THE 200 POLLED, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A MEMBER POOL MAKES A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL WERE ELLIS SECONDS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS MEMBER KITCHEN AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL COUNCIL MEMBER POOL CAN GO FIRST.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS ABOUT ITEMS 1 42 43 AND 44.
THAT'S THE 71, 13 AND 71 15 NORTH BURNETT ROAD CASE.
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT ZONING CASES, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPER WHO WORKED TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE CONSENSUS AND AGREEMENT ON THIS PROJECT.
THE EARLIER ITERATION OF THIS CAME TO US ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND IF NOT, FOR A SNAG IN THE LAND SALE WOULD HAVE PASSED SMOOTHLY.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS VERSION IS EVEN BETTER AND WILL, UH, IT HAS MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
IT'S HEIGHT LIMITED TO 75 FEET AND HAS MORE COMPATIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHILE I HEAR THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF BURNET ROAD, I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF THE PARTIES, WE HAVE BOTH THE DENSITY AND THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE NEED FOR OUR TRANSIT CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS BETTER BUFFERS FOR, UH, NEARBY HOUSEHOLDS.
I'M PLEASED THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS KIND OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIVE WORK ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, INCLUDING ITEM 1 53, THE GROVER AND ROOSEVELT CASE.
MY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKED HARD ON BOTH OF THESE CASES.
UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST POINT ABOUT THE GROVER ROOSEVELT CASE BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, WE HAD AT LEAST ONE, UM, SOME REMARKS FROM AT LEAST ONE CITIZEN.
SO I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WHILE THE PARKING ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US IS NOT PART OF THE ZONING CASE.
MY STAFF IS ENGAGED ON THE REQUEST FOR SIGNAGE ALREADY AND TO THE REQUEST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD PARTY BEFORE COMING BACK TO US ON SECOND AND THIRD READING, WHICH WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR COLLABORATION WITH MY TEAM.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 1 67.
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I APPRECIATE, UM, THE WORK OF, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, AND THE DEVELOPER COMING TO SOME AGREEMENT ON THAT.ONE IS GOING ON CONSENT NOW WITH A CO FOR MF TWO AND A 10 UNIT LIMIT.
I'M HEARING ALSO THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA.
THERE IS SOME WORK HAPPENING WITH CLEARING OUT THE STORM WATER, UH, AREAS, UM, STORMWATER PIPES NEAR THERE, BUT ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND WE BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, UM, THOSE NEIGHBORS, UH, IN MY OFFICE WITH THE STAFF.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S MY FLIGHT THIS, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF COMMENT ON THE GOOD NIGHT PEDIMENT MINT, WHICH IS ITEM 1 61.
AND JUST TO SHARE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.
IT HAS A DIVERSE MIX OF HOUSING TYPES, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL CIVIC AND OPEN SPACES.
WE HAD A COMMENT EARLIER FROM A CONSTITUENT WHO MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COMMERCIAL RETAIL SPACE.
AND I CERTAINLY WELCOMED THAT.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FROM THE ORIGINAL PUD, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WAS DONE NEARLY 16 YEARS AGO, THIS AMENDMENT WILL BRING AN INCREASE OF AROUND 360,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL SPACE.
SO WE WILL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT THERE.
UM, AND I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO A POTENTIAL CAP METRO PARK AND RIGHT AT THIS SITE, ALONG WITH A NUMBER NUMEROUS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, THIS IS ON FIRST READING, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS ON CONSENT FOR FIRST READING.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, THAT'S EVERYONE, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TOW IN THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA ON ZONING? LET'S DO
[Consent Agenda (Part 3 of 3)]
THE, UH, UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA ON THE REGULAR, UH, UH, CALLED DID I MISS SOMETHING? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, NOPE.UH, THIS IS, UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH ONE 19 AND ONE 70 THROUGH 1 77 AND 180 2.
THE ITEMS THAT I'M SHOWING AS BEING POLLED ARE 1, 4 8 24, 26, 27, 29, 43 53.
I'M SORRY, 54 AND 55 76 82, 1 0 3, 1 19 1 71 71, 1 75 AND 1 77.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 1 41, 1 41 IS NOT A, THIS IS WE'RE NOW CALLING THE IRREGULAR AGENDA.
I HAVE A COMMENT NOW ON 24, BUT I DON'T NEED TO PULL IT.
I GET A MOTION VERSUS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
REMEMBER ELLIS MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA I DO HAVE COMMENTS, BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO ADD 24 BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, SO THAT NUMBER 24, I'D ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT IS AN EXPENDITURE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS MAKING TO SUPPORT ACL LIVE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE YEARS ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER DOLLARS AND HOW WE CAN USE HOTEL OCCUPANCY DOLLARS.
AND MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THERE IS MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE.
THEN, THEN, UM, THEN WE HAVE SOMETIMES EXERCISED AND IN, AND ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO SUPPORTING SOME OF OUR LOCAL MUSIC VENUES THAT WE KNOW, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PERFORMANCE VENUES, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW ARE BIG DRAWS FOR THE CITY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO, I, AT THIS POINT, ALL I WANT TO DO IS JUST CALL MY COLLEAGUE'S ATTENTION TO THAT ITEM AND THAT EXPENDITURE,
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I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT IN FRONT OF ME, UM, OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF THE OPERATING.AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE DESIGNATION FOR MUSIC.
UM, IT IS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THAT WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD DIFFERING OPINIONS ON HOW FLEXIBLE SOME OF THIS FUNDING IS.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT AT LEAST THE OPERATING FUND MONEY APPEARS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN WE MIGHT'VE HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE IN THE PAST AND SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
AND THAT HAS, THAT IS AN EXPENDITURE THAT, UM, HAS BEEN MADE SINCE 2009 COUPLE OTHER THINGS I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY ON 65 AND 66, UM, THIS IS THE CHARITABLE FEEDING PERMIT SYSTEM.
UM, A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO WHERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I PROVIDED DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER THAT THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FOOD POLICY BOARD WORKING GROUP REGARDING CHARITABLE MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR NEW, LATE ESTABLISHED, UM, CHARITABLE FEEDING ORGANIZATION PERMITTING SYSTEM.
AND I ALSO DIRECTED THE MANAGER AT THAT TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT PROVISIONAL WAIVERS WERE GRANTED FOR MOBILE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, FOR MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, AND ONE TIME FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS THAT COULD BE OCCURRING BEFORE JULY, 2021.
SO THAT THOSE COULD GO FORWARD BEFORE WE TOOK THE ACTION THAT WERE CONTEMPLATED TO TAKE TODAY.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THESE ON THE AGENDA.
IT HAS THIS ACTION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE HAS THE SUPPORT OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.
UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE OUT A REALLY SINCERE THANKS TO OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SO MANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY ON THIS EFFORT.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, A VERY GOOD PATH FORWARD.
UM, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE SUNSHINE FUND RUN.
THIS IS A GREAT SUMMER CAMP, UH, FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN FOSTER CARE, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MEET THE FREE AND REDUCED SCHOOL MEALS, INCOME, ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT LONG STANDING LONG STANDING CAMP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND THEY DO GREAT WORK.
SO THANKS AGAIN TO CO-SPONSORS AND OTHERS.
THE SOBERING CENTER IS ON NUMBER ONE, SOMEBODY FOUR IS STILL ON CONSENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? MAYOR? WHICH NUMBER 1 74, I SHOW IT STILL ON CONSENT.
THIS IS, UH, AN IFC THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD WITH MY CO-SPONSORS TO, TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS ALREADY INITIATED TO LOOK AT AT CREATING A MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
AND THEY HAVE INITIATED THE WORK TO LOOK AT, TO LOOK AT SUCH A PILOT AND TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE SOBERING CENTER MIGHT SERVE AS AN INITIAL LOCATION FOR TESTING GROUND FOR THAT KIND OF PILOT.
I KNOW THAT WE ALL RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE EXPRESSING, UH, AS IN MY CHARACTERIZATION, I'M NOT READING DIRECTLY FROM THEIR LETTER, BUT SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT OF THE DIVERSION PROGRAM, SOME ABOUT USING THE SOBERING CENTER.
AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE, AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT AS A MEMBER OF THAT SOBERING CENTER BOARD, I'M GOING TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHETHER THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION I AM REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF MOVING FORWARD AND CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT BUILDS ON SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS DONE THROUGH THE YEARS ON THAT, ON THAT AREA.
AND THAT 1 74 IS VERSION TWO, THAT'S BEEN POSTED AND GIVEN TO EVERYBODY PRIVATE PREVIOUSLY.
AND THANKS MAYOR FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR, UM, CO-SPONSORSHIP AND YOUR AMENDMENTS TO THAT ONE.
MAYOR CLERK AND COUNSEL, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT AND NO VOTE ON ITEMS 49 AND 176 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WANTED TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE ITEMS AS ALWAYS.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THAT FOR WANT OF MORE TIME, UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT, UM, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AFTERNOON ITEM 17, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN REALIZING THE EXPANSION OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.
UH, THE CONTRACT WE WERE ABOUT TO AWARD US TO THE SAME COMPANY THAT DID PREVIOUS WORK AT THE ARC.
SO I'M PLEASED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE NEW TO THE SCENE AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE FUTURE THEY ARE SEE IS AN INVALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET.
AND I KNOW THAT MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE EXCITED TO SEE US TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL FOLLOW AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT STEPS.
SECONDLY, I WANTED TO NOTE ITEM 36, WHICH IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY IMPACTED BY COVID.
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THAT CAME OUT OF OUR RECENT SPENDING FRAMEWORK FOR THE AR THEY RP, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE QUICKLY.UM, I KNOW SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY ARE DESERVING AND NEED ACCESS TO THIS SUPPORT.
I BELIEVE APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 2ND.
SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE ELIGIBLE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY.
AND THEN LASTLY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE ITEM 56, WHICH IS A PARKLAND ACQUISITION ITEM IN COUNCIL MEMBER.
CASAREZ DISTRICT FOUR FUNDED BY PARKLAND, DEDICATION FEES, VOTER APPROVED BONDS, AND A MODEST WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTION.
WHEN WE COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, IT WILL PROVIDE A WALKABLE PARK TO OVER NEARLY 3000 RESIDENTS.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS AND OTHER REALLY CRITICAL ACQUISITIONS OF PARKLAND ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH ARE PART OF WHAT'S CON CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN AUSTIN.
THOSE WERE THE COMMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE.
AND I JUST WANT TO FLAG AS YOU'RE PLANNING THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, I BELIEVE I HAD PULLED 1 0 3, THE CITY MANAGER JUST INDICATED STAFF WAS FINE WITH ME POSTPONING THAT, WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
UM, SO IF YOU, I, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE POSTPONEMENTS ON CONSENT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO AMENDMENTS OBJECTION TO 1 0 3 BEING POSTPONED AND THEN HEARING I'M ONE OF THE POLICE MOTORS ISSUE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT ON CONSENT AND POSTPONE IT.
W W YOU CAN STILL MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR YOU WANT TO, YOU WOULD MAKE THE QUESTION BEFORE WE AGREE TO POSTPONING IT.
THEN IT STAYS PULLED AT THIS POINT.
THAT I WILL JUST, UM, NOTE FOR, I THINK THAT ITEM 4 82 AND 1 0 3 AND PROBABLY 43, BUT CERTAINLY FOUR 80 TO 103 COULD BE DONE IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.
IF WE WANT TO LET, WE'LL GET THERE, UH, CATCH MY FLIGHT.
I JUST HAD A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE ON ITEM 1 76.
I BELIEVE EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT HAS A DUTY, NO MATTER THE SCOPE TO PROTECT THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY THRIVES.
WHEN ALL VOICES ARE HEARD IN OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, YET TODAY WE SEE A RISE IN VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS THAT TAKE US BACK TO DARKER TIMES IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE BROKE QUORUM FOR THE SECOND TIME IN MANY MONTHS, PREVENTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF HOSPITAL THREE AND THE ADOPTION OF SENATE BILL ONE, TEXAS HOUSE BILL THREE IN SENATE BILL ONE WOULD SILENCE MANY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHERE WE NEED MORE AMPLIFICATION OF VOICES, NOT LESS.
AND IT'S DURING TIMES LIKE TODAY, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS KNEW.
AND HE SAID, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE MUST GET IN GOOD TROUBLE, NECESSARY TROUBLE AND HELP REDEEM THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
AND SO TODAY'S RESOLUTION CALLS OUT THESE TEXAS VOTER SUPPRESSION BILLS AND ADDS OUR CITIES VOICE TO THE VOTING RIGHTS FIGHT OF OUR LIFETIME.
MY OFFICE, ALONG WITH LOCAL PROGRESS HAS ENGAGED OTHER CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND HAS RECEIVED PROMISING NEWS THAT NUMEROUS CITY COUNCILS, AS WELL AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURTS ARE CONSIDERING BRINGING FORTH SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS.
AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE GOOD TROUBLE EXPECTED FOR THOSE TO WHOM CONGRESSMAN LEWIS PASSED THE TORCH AND LIGHTING THE WAY TO FIGHT AND THE FIGHT FOR FREE AND FAIR ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX.
I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR JOINING ME IN THIS EFFORT.
THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER COSTAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR HER CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP ON VOTING RIGHTS ISSUES.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO MY PREDECESSOR COUNTY ATTORNEY, DAHLIA GARZA FOR HER IMPORTANT WORK AND ADVOCACY FOR VOTING RIGHTS DURING HER TIME ON THE DAYAS, ESPECIALLY IN ESTABLISHING THE TEXAS VOTE DATES.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK BRIE FRANCO AND THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK WITH MY OFFICE, ESPECIALLY CHRISTIAN DITA, OUR POLICY DIRECTOR ON BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION AND THEIR STEADFAST DEDICATION AND PROMOTING OUR CITY'S INTERESTS.
YEAH,
THIS EXPANSION WOULD GIVE US, ARE GOING TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MOBILE KITCHEN SET UP AIR ONSITE, TO TEACH OUR RESIDENTS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS THERE AT REBECCA BANE JOHNSON, THE, UH, HOW TO COOK THE QUALITY FOOD THAT WE'RE GROWING IN OUR GARDEN.
UH, AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM, TO TEACH OUR YOUNG FOLKS THE, UH, THE VALUE OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD COMING FROM THAT FOOD PART AND TO IDENTIFY ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS FOR OUR, OUR YOUNG, OUR YOUNG STUDENTS
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THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF HEALTHY EATING.SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, A TEAM, SHOULD I SAY? AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MY CO-SPONSORS AND MY POLICY AIDS DEFINITELY BETTERS WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS ITEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW SOME ATTENTION TO ITEM 92.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING BUNDLE OF CONTRACTS THAT, UM, THAT PERTAIN TO CAVES AND CAVE GATING.
IT INCLUDES SOME RESTORATION AND SOME SURVEY FOR A SPECIES THAT WILL BE LIVING IN THE CAVES.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR ME, MOSTLY BECAUSE A LARGE PORTION OF MY DISTRICT HAS BALCONIES CANYON LANDS AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS.
AND SO WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT CAVE GATING AS A PROCESS IS THAT IT MAINTAINS SAFETY SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T END UP ENTERING CAVES UNNECESSARILY OR GOING ON AN ADVENTURE AND GETTING THEMSELVES HURT.
UM, BUT IT DOES ALLOW THESE ECOSYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN WATERFLOW AND PROTECTION FOR THE ANIMALS THAT NEED TO GO IN AND OUT OF THOSE CAVES.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCITING.
THAT'S ON THIS AGENDA AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONTRACTS BEING EXECUTED.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON CONSENT THIS TIME THAT I THINK ARE PRETTY, UH, PRETTY EXCITING, UH, AND IT GETS THAT DOESN'T GET NOTICED A LOT, BUT I THINK THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL HERE IS REFLECTING THE PRIORITIES IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE ITEM 1 18, 1 74, ITEM 23, AND I EXPECT 44, 54 55 TO PASS HERE THAT ARE BEING PULLED JUST TO HELP US HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION.
UH, UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO BE WORKING ON.
AUSTIN PARKS ITEM 13, I AM 56 AND ITEM 67, ALL REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACTIONS TO, TO IMPROVE SYSTEM.
KEEP IT EXPANDING ON HOUSING ITEMS, 46, 49, 50, UH, AND, UH, UH, I THINK, UH, ITEM ONE 19, UH, ULTIMATELY TODAY, BUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE 1 76 VOTING RIGHTS.
I SAID PROUD, AND THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT THIS BRINGING THAT ITEM 17, UH, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER ITEM 82 FUNDING FOR KEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL LONGSTANDING PARTNER AND HELPING KEEP OUR SHARED PUBLIC SPACES, UH, UH, CLEAN.
I APPRECIATE ITEMS ONE 16, EXTENDING THE SIDEWALK, CAFE AND STREET PATIO PROGRAM.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAS BEEN DOING IN THIS REGARD ITEM 24, UH, UM, HELPING TO, TO, TO PRESENT AND, AND KEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS PUBLIC ACCESS TO AUSTIN CITY LIMITS THROUGH KLR YOU AND AUSTIN PBS.
SO A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ON OUR AGENDA THAT JUST DON'T ALWAYS GET NOTICED, BUT EMOTION IS SECOND.
IS THAT THE GENDER? MAYBE YOU CAN'T SEE ME.
UM, AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE ADVOCACY OF COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UM, FOR THE ASIAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T RECOGNIZE IF THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE MAKING THIS VERY NECESSARY INVESTMENT AND WOULD LIKE TO JUST SECOND HER, UM, HER KIND AND THOUGHTFUL SENTIMENT.
SO, YES, UH, JUST IF I COULD BACK THAT UP AND THEN HALF OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SAID, IF I COULD JUST OFFER MY, MY SECONDARY SENTIMENT, UM, INCLUDING, UH, FOR THE ASIAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ FOR BRINGING 1 27 TO THE DIOCESE FOR US TODAY TO VOTE ON.
NO, BUT I WANT TO JUST SEND A MESSAGE OUT THAT REPRESENTATIVE SLAWSON AND REPRESENTATIVE HALL AT THE STATE HOUSE.
AND WHEN EVERYBODY'S READY TO COME BACK, THEY'LL GET A WARM WELCOME.
THOSE ARE FAVOR THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE NOTATIONS NOTED.
YOUR ANATOMY IS ON THE DYES ALL VOTING.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK WE COULD TAKE CARE OF, UH, QUICKLY HERE ON THE NON-CONSENT, UH, AGENDA.
SEE IF WE COULD WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS AND QUICKLY, UH, GET, UH, A LOT OF STAFF ABLE TO LEAVE ITEM NUMBER
[120. Approve amendments to the bylaws for the Environmental Commission.]
ONE 20 FROM AUSTIN, UH, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION BYLAWS, UH, CASPER ALTER.[04:30:01]
YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION THEN REAL BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.UM, MAYBE PASSAGE OF ITEM ONE 20, WHICH APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, ESSENTIALLY THIS IS REMOVING COMMITTEES THAT ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
UM, THE COMMISSION WOULD PREFER TO HOLD WORKING GROUPS ON THOSE TOPICS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
UH, STAFF CONCURS WITH THESE AMENDMENTS AND THE AFC PASSED THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER POOL SECONDS THAT, UH, MOTION, UH, AND THE, UH, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED SHE ANANYMOUS BOTH THOSE, UH, HERE AND, UH, AND, AND NOT HERE, SORRY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KASAR OFF THE DIETS.
[Items 121 & 122]
A 1 21, 1 22.AND WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS, 1 21 AND 22 BEING NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION MATTERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USES, UH, DESCRIBED THEREIN? IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MAKES THE MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, RIGHT? THE REIA SECONDS THAT LEAD TO DISCUSSION.
LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, UH, OFF THE, UM, OFF THE DIETS, I'M ON A RECESS, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 3 58.
I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.
IF WE CAN DO THAT STAFF READY TO DO THAT.
[Austin Housing Finance Corporation (Part 2 of 2)]
HERE, UH, ON, UH, JULY 29TH, 2021, WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE THE, UH, HOSTILE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.UH, WE HAD ALREADY, UH, UH, CONVENED IT.
WE'RE NOW COMING BACK TO HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY.
MAYOR PAT MANDY DE MAYO, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 10TH HFC BOARD MEETING.
THE SECOND AND THIRD ITEMS ARE RELATED TO TWO ITEMS THAT ALREADY PASSED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, 46 AND 47.
THOSE ARE ITEMS TWO AND THREE ITEMS. TWO, UH, IS AMENDING, UH, AHF C'S OPERATING BUDGET.
AND ITEM THREE IS, UH, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HFC AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, AND THOSE ARE TWO ACCEPTED FLOYD, THE $500,000 IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE TEXAS TEAM, THAT PROGRAM I OFFER THESE ITEMS ON CONSENT.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, SECONDS THAT MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE US HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? I DO.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY RELATES TO THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, PROVIDING MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO INCOME ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS IMPACTED BY COVID AND IT CAN PAY UP TO SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS FOR ALL, OR PART OF AN ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
UM, SO THE QUESTION I WOULD LOVE TO DAYLIGHT TODAY IS WHEN WILL THE FUNDS BE AVAILABLE AND WHAT WILL THE PROCESS BE LIKE? SO THAT EAGER HOMEOWNERS KNOW, UM, EITHER WHAT WEBSITE TO GO TO, OR WHAT TYPE OF, UH, KICKOFF DATE THAT YOU ARE EXPECTING FOR THESE SURE.
UH, ASSUMING THAT THESE ITEMS PASS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2021.
SO THIS COMING MONDAY, UM, THERE WILL BE AN ONLINE, UM, APPLICATION IS THROUGH AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/EIGHTEEN X AND A, AND THAT'S AUSTIN, TEXAS MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO GET THERE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, UH, WHICH IS AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/HOUSING.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO CALL OUR MAIN NUMBER, WHICH IS 5 1 2 9 7 4 3100.
WE WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS AND WE'LL NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT REALLY LIMITED FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY, WE DO ONLY HAVE $500,000.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 65 INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, AND THOSE ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS ARE HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 80%
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OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, UM, WHO WERE FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY COVID NIGHT.AND DID YOU SAY FIRST COME FIRST SERVE OR WOULD IT BE A LOTTERY ASSESSMENT? IT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE OR, UM, ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
WE ALREADY HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH WITH SOME OF OUR EXISTING, UM, HOMEOWNERS WHO WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH THROUGH, UH, SOME HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, THROUGH OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UM, SO YES, IT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST, SIR, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE, UH, BUT THAT IS NOT GUARANTEED.
IDEALLY WE WILL LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM AND PERHAPS AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE THROUGH, UM, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN OR FUTURE FEDERAL, FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, WE WILL DANCE.
THAT'S VERY EXCITING THAT THAT SYSTEM ASSISTANCE IS BECOMING AVAILABLE.
UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE OF HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE EVERYBODY VOTING FOR IT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY OFF THE DYES, UH, SO THAT PASSES AND WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE AND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE AT 4 0 3.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT WHILE WE HAVE THESE FOLKS HERE.
I THINK THAT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 1 24, WE HAVE THE SAME FOLKS THAT, UH, ARE, ARE WITH US.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL, UH, THAT 1 24 IS A RESOLUTION.
I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON JULY 29TH, 2021.
IT IS 4 0 3 CONTINUING ON IN OUR AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
[124 Conduct a public hearing related to an application by LDG Fox Hollow, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Fox Hollow, located at or near 2117 Brandt Road, Austin, Texas 78744, within the City; and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, application, and allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds.]
NUMBER 2024.UH, UH, WE GAVE SPEAKERS AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, SPEAK, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, PASS THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IS THAT THE CORRECT MOTION STAFF THAT IS CORRECT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO PASS THE RESOLUTION TO NO OBJECTION, COSMIC KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, UH, KAISER POLL SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION CATS OR KITCHEN? UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, UM, ON BRANT ROAD THAT, UM, YOU ALL HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM, UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, I THINK THEIR CONCERNS ARE APPROPRIATE, BUT I THINK THEIR CONCERNS GO MORE TOWARDS THE ZONING CASE THAT WILL BE COMING IN FRONT OF US.
THERE ARE SOME SAFETY ISSUES, UH, WITH BRANT ROAD, YOU SAW THE VIDEO THAT, UH, SOMEONE, UM, TESTIFIED ABOUT.
SO I AM WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THE, UM, UH, AND THE DEVELOPER ON TO AS WELL AS CITY STAFF TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, UH, WHICH I EXPECT I'LL BE BRINGING UP WHEN THIS ZONING CASE COMES TO US.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I SUPPORT, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH, UH, AUTHORIZING THESE TAX CREDITS.
I THINK THAT, UM, ASSUMING WE CAN WORK OUT THE ISSUES AROUND SAFETY IN THE ROAD, THIS WILL BE A GOOD PROJECT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SLOW DOWN THE TAX CREDIT PROCESS.
MAYOR, IF I MAY, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING ME WITH ME BEING YOU.
UH, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, SHUT DOWN MY VIDEO FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.
UH, THERE'S A CONTRACTOR HERE AT MY HOUSE.
UM, BUT I I'M LISTENING JUST SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THE 1 24, CAUSE I THOUGHT I MISHEARD YOU TO STAY 24.
JUST SO FOR THE RECORD IT'S YES.
THIS IS A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE, UH, NO OBJECTION, RESOLUTION THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM OFF THE, OFF THE DIAL UP SHE'S THERE AND SHE VOTES.
UH, WE HAVE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ON AUSTIN ENERGY RATE AND FEES.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN TODAY.
UH, LATER I THINK AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, THERE'LL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO TALK ON THE DAY THAT WE TAKE THAT ACTION, BUT THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT WE
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GAVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY.UH, SAME THING ON ITEM NUMBER 1 26, UH, AUSTIN WATER GROWTH RELATED PROJECTS.
THIS WAS A HEARING ONLY, UH, AND AGAIN, WE, UH, A, UH, PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.
[127 Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-9 (Water and Wastewater) relating to establishing new requirements for water conservation in the implementation of the Water Forward Plan, including expansion of the reclaimed water connection requirement, water benchmarking, and mandatory onsite water reuse for certain new developments. 127.]
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WATER FORWARD ITEMS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS BEING POSTPONED TILL AUGUST 26TH.THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 1 27 8, OBJECTION TO THAT POSTPONEMENT HEARING NONE IT'S POSTPONE THAT WAY.
THIS IS THE, UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY RATES.
AGAIN, NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN TODAY, BUT THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING, UH,
[Items 129, 170 & 171 (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM NUMBER, UM, UH, 1 29.I'M NOW GOING TO CALL UP WITH ITEMS ONE 70 AND 1 71.
THIS IS THE, UM, UH, PUBLIC, UH, UH, HEARING, UM, ON THIS ITEM.
ALSO CONCERNS THAT ONE 70 AND 1 71.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEMS? 1 29, 1 70 AND 1 71.
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER COSARA MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION NOW LET'S REMEMBER AUTHOR SECONDS.
ANY DISCUSSION VOTE ON THESE THREE ITEMS, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM ALSO VOTING.
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT I'D LIKE TO BRING TO 1 71.
DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THAT ONE BACK AGAIN IN A SECOND? YES, PLEASE.
NOW LET'S HOLD TO 1 29, 1 70 AND 1 71.
I REMEMBER ONE 30 PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.
WE GAVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SPEAK IN MANY DID ITEM, NUMBER 1 78,
[178. Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance adopting the twelfth modification to the Urban Renewal Plan for the East 11th and 12th Streets Urban Renewal Area to align with proposed amendments to the East 11th and 12th Street Neighborhood Conservation Combining Districts.]
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN.POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 2ND.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? POSTPONEMENT HEARING NONE THAT'S POSTPONED.
[Items 179 & 27]
1 79 IS THE EAST SIXTH STREET PID.UH, WE HEAR THAT WITH ITEM NUMBER 27.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 1 29 AND 27? I'M SORRY.
79, 1 79 AND 27 AS ROCKSTAR MAKES A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? CAUSE NUMBER THREE, A SECOND SET.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE ITEMS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE IT BEING EVERYBODY VOTING IN FAVOR.
SO THOSE TWO ITEMS PASS THAT GETS US TO 180,
[Items 180 & 29]
UM, UH, WHICH WE'RE HEARING WITH ITEM NUMBER 29, THE SOUTH CONGRESS PID.UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE, THESE TWO ITEMS 180 AND 29 AND MEMBER CASSARA MAKES THE MOTION.
I WAS TRYING TO MOVE APPROVAL SINCE IT WASN'T MY DISTRICT, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO MOVES A PASSAGE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
COSAR ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE TWO ITEMS, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, THOSE TWO ITEMS PASS UNANIMOUSLY, EVERYONE ON THE DIOCESE.
UH, SO I THINK THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THOSE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 29 WITH, UH, ITEMS, UH, ONE 70 AND 1 71.
AND MY APOLOGIES MAYOR, I MISSPOKE.
IT WAS 1 75 THAT I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR.
1 75 AS A PULL ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[Items 129, 170 & 171 (Part 2 of 2)]
US IS A 1 29 AND ITEMS ONE 70 AND 1 71.THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YEAH, IT'S JUST MOVING A PRINCIPAL IN THERE.
WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, WE WERE ALL RESET TO TAKE THE VOTE WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM STOPPED US.
SO LET'S TAKE THE VOTE NOW ON APPROVING ITEM 1 29, 1 70 AND 1 71.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT IS AGAIN UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, EVERYONE ON THE DAS.
[26. Authorize negotiation and execution of an exclusive negotiation agreement with Greystar Development Central, LLC, for terms governing a master developer contract for the redevelopment of 7211 N IH 35 (the former Home Depot) and 7309 N IH 35 (the former Chrysler Dealership), known as the St. John Site. (Part 1 of 2)]
THE NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IS THE ST JOHN'S MATTER 26, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HANDLE THE COLD, UH, ITEMS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY, I MEAN, I'M LITERALLY WILL TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO GET THROUGH THREE ITEMS, THEN A BUNCH OF STUFF.
MAY I WAS GOING TO ALSO, THIS IS KATHY TURBO.
I WAS ALSO GOING TO SUGGEST WE TRY TO KNOCK OUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE PULLED FROM CONSENT.
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I THINK SOME OF IT, YEAH, I'M FINE WITH DOING THAT IF PEOPLE WON'T OBJECT, BUT LITERALLY IF IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, A MINUTE OR TWO TO DO THESE THINGS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THEM OFF.SO WHO HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO JUST AS FAST AS THE ONES WE JUST WENT THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Austin City Council special called of June 7, 2021, joint special called of June 8, 2021, work session of June 8, 2021, regular meeting of June 10, 2021, and budget meeting of July 22, 2021.]
ITEM ONE, WHICH IS THE MINUTES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ALL THE MINUTES, EXCEPT FOR JUNE 10TH, I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE ADOPTION OF THE JUNE 10TH MINUTES TIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.THEN A MOTION TO ADOPT ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT JUNE 10TH, POSTPONE THAT, UH, TO CALL WHEN IT'S CALLED, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[4. Authorize negotiation and execution of amended service schedules, including revised pricing and revenue to the City, to the single-stream recycling contracts with Texas Disposal Systems and Balcones Resources.]
OUR ITEM FOUR, UM, THIS IS THE CONTRACT WITH RESPECT TO RECYCLING.IT'S A KIND OF A MID CONTRACT RESET.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF FOR THOSE NEGOTIATIONS AND MOVE APPROVAL OF NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND I THINK THE AUTHOR DIRECTION, NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IT'S IN BACK UP.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT I WANT TO STATE IT OUT LOUD.
CAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE POINT, RIGHT? SO, UM, IN THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO FURTHER THE CITY'S ZERO WASTE GOALS AND MINIMIZE THE CITY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES BECOME AVAILABLE.
THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO EXPLORE ALL AVENUES, TO RECYCLE MOST MATERIALS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN NEGOTIATE TERMS THAT PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE FOR AUSTIN'S RATE PAYERS AND THREE NEGOTIATE TERMS THAT ALLOW FOR STRONGER PROOF AND TRANSPARENCY THAT ARE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS ARE BEING RECYCLED RATHER THAN PLACED IN LANDFILLS MANAGER.
I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF IS OKAY WITH THIS DIRECTION.
UH, IS THERE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MOVES, PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR WITH THAT DIRECTION IN PLACE AND IT IS, IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR SECONDS, HAVE YOU DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND IF I CAN DO 82, IT PASSES.
GO AHEAD AND BRING US THE NEXT ONE.
[82. Authorize negotiation and execution of three multi-term contracts with Keep Austin Beautiful; Town Lake Trail Foundation d/b/a The Trail Foundation; and TreeFolks, Inc.; to provide education, clean-up and beautification services, each for up to five years for total contract amounts not to exceed $4,000,000, divided among the contractors. (Note: This solicitation was reviewed for subcontracting opportunities in accordance with City Code Chapter 2-9C Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program. For the services required for this solicitation, there were no subcontracting opportunities therefore, no subcontracting goals were established).]
82 BEFORE I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS IS AGAIN, REALLY QUICK DIRECTION.I JUST WANT TO MOVE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE EDUCATION CLEANUP AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AND CREATE SPACE VIA THE CONTRACT AS APPROPRIATE FOR EXPLORING THOSE POSSIBILITIES.
PASSAGE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 82 WITH THAT DIRECTION AND PLACES ARE SECOND TO THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF 82 AS AMENDED WITH THE DIRECTION.
THOSE OPPOSED IT IS UNANIMOUS.
UH, EVERYONE, UH, VOTING TO, TO APPROVE FOR 1 0 3.
[103. Authorize award of a contract with Overseas Parts Distributing Inc. d/b/a Alamo BMW, to provide police motorcycles, in an amount not to exceed $361,760. (Note: This solicitation was reviewed for subcontracting opportunities in accordance with City Code Chapter 2-9D Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program. For the goods required for this solicitation, there were no subcontracting opportunities; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established).]
I JUST WANT TO POSTPONE IT, BUT IF COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS QUESTION AS LONG, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OUR QUESTION.IF YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW, IF IT'S REALLY SHORT.
UM, SO, UH, WELL THERE'S TWO PARTS TO IT.
ONE, WHAT DAY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT POSTPONING IT TO, UM, THAT 26TH OF AUGUST? AUGUST 26TH.
AND THEN, UM, IS THERE ANY CONCERN WITH, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE FINE, BUT I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH STAFF.
THERE'S NO KIND OF TIMELINE THAT WOULD CONCERN US ABOUT POSTPONING IT TO THE 26TH.
THERE IS NO CONCERNS AT THIS POINT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY YOU WANTED TO POSTPONE IT.
UM, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ASK TODAY? UM, NO.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED TODAY.
WELL, I JUST BEEN ON CATCH OUR KITCHEN.
WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY HAVE FULL CONVERSATIONS.
SO CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE NATURE OF YOUR, OF YOUR QUESTIONS COUNSELOR MORE OFTEN? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFINE THOSE, BUT, UM, WE'VE DONE GENERALLY IF A COUNCIL MEMBER ASKS FOR MORE TIME ON A CONTRACT THAT I'M NOT OPPOSING IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND TALK WITH YOU LATER.
I DON'T HAVE THAT, ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT, RIGHT HERE THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE ON THE BACK.
SOMETIMES PRIOR TO AUGUST 26TH, IF YOU COULD, UH, DAYLIGHT THE ISSUES OF THE PEOPLE.
NO COUNCIL MEMBER AT 30 A MAYOR.
I, I THINK THAT WE HAD VOTED ON ITEM 1 77.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT I'VE BEEN PULLING? WE HAVE PULLED.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 1 0 3 TO 8 26.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION
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AS WELL AS OUR SECONDS AND DISCUSSION, THOSE ARE FAIR TO THE POSTPONEMENT.THAT'S EVERYBODY ON THE DYESS? UH, 1 0 3 IS POSTPONE.
SHE MAY, I, I, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT.
MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED IN THE Q AND A, SO.
SO CHANGING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY VOTES.
NO, ON THE POSTPONEMENT COUNCIL, OUR KITCHEN.
I JUST WANT TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF A COUNCIL MEMBER ASKS FOR POSTPONEMENT TO SUPPORT IT.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, I THINK IT'S ALSO FAIR TO LET US KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION'S ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IMPLIED BY THE, BY THE POST-MOMENT HERE OTHER THAN JUST GIVING THE COUNCIL MEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, UH, UH, THAT, THAT SHE, SHE MIGHT HAVE A REASON I SUPPORT THE POSTPONEMENT.
UH, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE VOTE ON THE POSTPONEMENT IS NINE IN FAVOR, ONE AGAINST AND ONE ABSTENTION.
UH, SO NOW THAT TAKES CARE OF ITEM NUMBER 1 0 3, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ITEM
[43. Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer to execute the Interlocal Agreement for Terms of Joint Powers Agreement on Transfer of “November 2020 Proposition A” Property Tax Revenue with the Austin Transit Partnership as part of the implementation of Project Connect.]
43.UM, SO I KNOW 43 IS RELATED TO THE ATP AND TRANSFERRING, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER A TAX REVENUE.
UM, AND I ASKED A LATE Q AND A QUESTION I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS ADDED TO THE RECORD.
THIS WAS NUMBER FOUR UNDER MY QUESTIONS FOR 43.
IT WAS DISTRIBUTED A BIT EARLIER TODAY.
UM, AS OFTEN HAPPENS WITH OUR Q AND A RELATED TO AN ITEM THAT INVOLVES OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE OTHER ORGANIZATION, UM, OFTEN ANSWERS THE Q AND A.
UM, SO THIS ANSWER WAS DRAFTED BY GREG CONNOLLY, WHO IS NOW THE ATP CFO.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO PUT THE FULL ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, UM, IN THE MINUTES.
AND THEN I WANT TO JUST READ, UM, ONE SECTION OF IT, OF WHAT THE ATP LEADERSHIP CLARIFIED IN IT.
WHAT WAS WRITTEN WAS AS WE LOOK AHEAD, ATP IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE REQUIRED CITY RESOURCES TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM ADVANCES, ATP VIEWS, THE PROJECT CONNECT SUPPORT TEAM AT THE CITY AS A KEY INTEGRAL PARTNER IN THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN I WILL BE HAPPY TO MOVE PASSAGE OF 43 UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT WAS PASSAGE OF ONE FOR THE KITCHEN.
IS THAT OKAY? DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? BECAUSE REMEMBER KITCHEN WAS PASSAGE OF 1 43, BUT WITHIN THE AMENDMENT, I'M SORRY, PASSAGE ITEM 43, BUT WITH AN AMENDMENT INCLUDED, YOU WANT TO READ THAT IN A MINUTE TO THE RECORD, JUST CAUSE VERSIONS OF IT FIRST OFF, LET ME THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALL THROUGHOUT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP GET THINGS ON THE RECORD.
AND SINCE THAT CAME BACK TO US IN AN EMAIL WAS NOT IN Q AND A, THAT THAT WAS, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO I'LL JUST READ THE, UH, AMENDMENT INTO THE RECORD.
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WILL ENCOMPASS THE TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND ATP, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE TRANSFER TAX REVENUE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS ARRANGEMENTS FOR STAFFING AND RELATED COSTS AND GRANT AGREEMENTS RELATED TO ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.
AND THAT, UH, AMENDMENT IS ADDED TO THE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED CLAUSE THAT BEGINS THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION CUTS MEMBER POOL SECONDS THAT MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT ALSO IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS AND THIS ITEM 43 PASSES.
AND I UNDERSTAND MANAGER, THE STAFF WAS OKAY WITH THAT CHANGE.
JUST WANTED TO RECORD TO REFLECT THAT.
UM, WERE THOSE, ALL THE ONES YOU HAD US HANDLING REALLY QUICKLY? I MEAN, I THINK 76 MIGHT TAKE 10 MINUTES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WELL, LET'S COME BACK TO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME WITNESSES ON ST.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOVO ACTUALLY LEAVING AT FOUR 30, SO LET'S
[26. Authorize negotiation and execution of an exclusive negotiation agreement with Greystar Development Central, LLC, for terms governing a master developer contract for the redevelopment of 7211 N IH 35 (the former Home Depot) and 7309 N IH 35 (the former Chrysler Dealership), known as the St. John Site. (Part 2 of 2)]
HOLD OFF AT THIS POINT AND LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO THE ST JOHN'S COME, COME.AS WE, UM, I'LL, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
WHEN WE, UH, TALK TO OUR WORK SESSION ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME AND TESTIFY, I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION FOLKS THOUGHT THEY COULD COME IN PERSON AND SET UP ON THE KIOSK.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE, SOME QUESTIONS.
SO WE STICK WITH OUR RULES SO THEY CAN TALK.
SO IF MISS VAN BRACO WOULD COME UP FIRST, I'D JUST BE INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS SOMEONE WHOSE FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SO LONG AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PROCESS AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
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AWESOME.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HAVING ME HERE.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DIETS.
I'M A MOM AUSTINITE BORN AND RAISED IN SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN FIVE TWO.
I AM A COMMISSIONER REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I AM ON THE COMMUNITY STRATEGY TEAM FOR DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL.
I AM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY.
AND MY FULL-TIME JOB IS DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AT PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC, WHICH IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THAT SITS IN THE ST JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I OBVIOUSLY LOVE AUSTIN, UM, AND I FIND A LOT OF PASSION AND DEVOTING WORK, UM, IN MY VOLUNTEER TIME TO AUSTIN, UM, IN THE SAME BREATH I CANNOT AFFORD, AFFORD TO LIVE IN AUSTIN.
UM, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE DEVASTATION FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO BUY A HOUSE.
AND MY MORTGAGE BROKER TOLD ME THAT I COULDN'T LIVE IN 7, 8, 7, 5 2, LET ALONE AUSTIN PROPER.
UM, AND SO ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO IN MY CAPACITY AT PCC AND EVENTUALLY, UM, IN ALL OF MY DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR AND THE REST OF THE TEAM AND SAINT JOHN RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THE CLINIC TO WORK ON THIS PROCESS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS PUT IN AS WELL AS OTHER STAFFERS AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS EFFORT TO PUSH AND CENTER DISPLACEMENT AROUND THE PROPOSED CHANGES AS WELL AS DISPLACEMENT, UH, FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISPLACED.
UM, THOUGH THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE SEE DOES NOT REFLECT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE.
I DO FEEL THAT PASSING, THIS IS WHAT THE ST JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NEEDED AND WANTED FOR GENERATIONS.
UM, THIS IS THE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE.
UM, MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS READY AND WILLING TO WORK WITH A, THE DEVELOPER THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PASS ON TODAY.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO VOTE THIS THROUGH AND CONTINUE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
THANK YOU, MR. MCLENDON, AND, AND, UH, MS. WILLIAMS, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT BOTH WANT TO COME ON UP AND JUST PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY NAME IS THELMA WILLIAMS. I'M KNOWN IN THE SAINT JOHN AS GRANDMA WISDOM.
I HAVE A LOVE YARD, UH, IN THE ST JOHN'S.
MY, MY FOCUS IS ON, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS, UH, TELLING THEIR STORY SO THAT THE KIDS WILL KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND THE STRUGGLES THEY HAD SO THAT THEY CAN WALK ALL THOSE STRUGGLES AND BE BETTER.
MY OTHER FOCUS IS ON THE CHILDREN.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG MEN AND ST.
JOHN'S NOT HAVING, UH, JOBS, MAYBE SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG MEN, UH, AROUND ST.
JOHN WAS ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA AND WENT TO PRISON, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE THE WRONG COLOR.
AND, UH, THEY'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE YOUNG MEN COMING OUT OF PRISON AND BEING ABLE TO GET TRAINED IN SO THEY CAN GET A JOB.
A LOT OF THEIR FAMILIES ARE STILL IN AUSTIN READY TO WELCOME THEM BACK, BUT THEY NEED TO WORK.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS TO PASS SO THAT IT WILL HELP ENHANCED ST.
JOHN AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD THERE I AM FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, LIVED IN ST.
I WAS THE FIRST ABORTION COUNCIL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'VE HAD LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
AND SO THE SOCIAL ISSUES OR MY GREAT CONCERN, AND I THINK MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
I THINK FOR GOD, FOR G UH, GREY AT CASAREZ, HE'S LISTENED.
HE'S BEEN A FANTASTIC COUNCIL, MAN.
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE IN ST.
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HISPANICS.WE REALLY, REALLY HAVE ENJOYED THE HARD WORK THAT HE PUT INTO THIS EFFORT.
CAN I JUST SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT MS. WILLIAMS HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS? IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER, BUT I DID KNOW HER WORK AT A PREVIOUS LIFE.
AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, INVISIBLE IN AUSTIN, WE'LL TELL, WELL, A LOT OF ST JOHN'S STORY TOO.
I THINK SOME OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE IT AND, AND INVISIBLE IN AUSTIN.
UM, ELLA AND I TALK ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER QUITE A LOT.
AND AFTER MR. MCCLELLAN, THEN JUST COME ON UP.
I CAME IN, UH, AND MS. MITCHELL BR THOUGH THE LAST PERSON THAT CAME IN, UH, TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, THANKS FOR HEARING ME COUNSEL.
UH, MY NAME IS JACKIE MCLENNON, UH, RELATIVE TO GRANDMA WISDOM.
I'M THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT I DO CARE A LOT ABOUT MY COMMUNITY.
I WAS HERE, UM, FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK THE WINTER OF 2017 TO KIND OF START THE PROCESS OF, UH, DEVELOPING, UM, THIS, UH, PIECE OF LAND, UH, AT THE TIME IT WAS THE MOST, NO I HAD SEEN IN THE AUSTIN, BUT LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT A FEW YEARS FROM NOW IT'S EVEN MORE SNOW AND I'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND I, UH, AT THE TIME THE WHOLE HOME DEPOT WAS KIND OF A SYMBOL OF BLIGHT AND NEGLECT IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU SAW AND IT WAS OVERGROWN FILLED WITH TRASH CANS.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK UP TO THIS POINT TO KIND OF TURN THAT AROUND, UM, GO DOOR TO DOOR AND NEIGHBORS, UH, GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE HERE.
AND I'M EXCITED THAT THIS PROPOSAL, UM, HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING SOMETHING AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR.
BUT I THINK THE MULLION FOCUS FOR THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE, UH, FINDING A TERMS THAT WOULD INVOLVE RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S VERY POSITIVE THAT, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT THERE THAT WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, BUILDING HOUSING, BUILDING RETAIL, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL MORE TO BE DONE.
AND I THINK THERE IS THE FIRST STEP OF GETTING THIS PROCESS STARTED, BUT I PERSONALLY, WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE MORE IN TERMS OF A RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN STARTING THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THAT FLEET.
I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE BLACK LEADERS COLLECTIVE.
UM, I'M A MOTHER WHO'S VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HER BLACK LITTLE GIRL WOULD LOOK AT AND WHAT AUSTIN LOOKS LIKE FOR HER LITTLE GIRL.
UM, WHEN SHE'S OF AGE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, I LIVED IN A VERY DIFFERENT EAST AUSTIN GROWING UP.
SO THIS ST JOHN'S REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS VERY, UM, IT, IT RAINS DEAR TO ME.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO ENSURE, AND I ARE REST ASSURED KNOWING THAT CASARA IS LEADING THIS EFFORT.
UM, BUT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME AND MINE, WHICH IS EQUITY, UH, WHICH IS LIBERATION FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAVE GROWN WARY BECAUSE, AND, YOU KNOW, AND KNOWING THAT THE INTENT MAY BE THERE, THE WORDS MAY BE THERE.
UM, BUT, UM, WHEN IT'S NOT ON PAPER, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON PAPER, UM, IS ALL THAT MATTERS, RIGHT? WHAT THE POLICY LOOKS LIKE.
I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A RIGHT TO RETURN AND RIGHT, UM, TO STAY, UM, CLAUSE AND THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PIECE.
I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, PROGRAMS, CONSTRUCT THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS FOR, UM, BLACK AND BROWN, UM, AND AS WELL AS WOMEN, UH, BUSINESSES, I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A PERSON OF COLOR WHO WILL BE LEADING THE INITIATIVE ON THE CONSULTING PIECE, UM, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, I DO WANT TO KEEP THAT ENERGY, UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEY IN
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ZERO N ALL THE WAY ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, NOT JUST TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT TO HAVE DIVERSE CITY ON THIS PROPERTY.UM, SO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE I'M, I'M FOR IT.
UM, I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT ST JOHN'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THE HISTORY WILL BE TOLD, AND THAT'S A PART OF, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, I ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER LOOKING AT PROJECTS FROM OUR PAST, SO THAT WE LEARN FROM WHAT'S BEEN DONE, UM, LEARN FROM WHAT, UH, WHAT MAY NOT HAVE WORKED SO WELL WITH PROJECTS SUCH AS THE MUELLER PROJECT AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT KIND.
UM, THE BLACK LEADERS COLLECTIVE IS ZEROING IN RELATIVELY HEAVY ON, UM, HOUSING, ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ON PRESERVATION.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU DON'T JUST TAKE OUR PROPERTY AND MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT IS FOR OTHERS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE US.
WE ASK THAT YOU STOP GENTRIFICATION.
AND, UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE, UM, EXCITED TO BACK CASAR, WE KNOW THAT IT'LL TAKE EVERYONE THERE TO, UH, PUSH IT FORWARD AND TO COMMIT TO THAT TYPE, THAT LEVEL OF INTENTIONALITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I WOULD, I WOULD MOVE PASSAGE OF THIS WITH MY DIRECTION AND I COULD ADD COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S DIRECTION, OR, UM, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN HERSELF, I I'M FINE WITH GOING AND DOING IT EITHER WAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA MOVES PASSAGE OF THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, 26 WITH THE DIRECTION THAT HE HAS, UH, PUBLISHED AND IS IN, UM, IN, IN BACKUP.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? AMERIPRO TAB SECONDS, THAT MOTION, IS THERE A DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO DO YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED NOW? I DO.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE OF THE DIRECTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND THE LAST VERSION IS VERSION THREE.
IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR INBOX IS AT 1144, APOLOGIES FOR THE MULTIPLE VERSIONS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA.
AND I HAVE HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.
UM, AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD THE DIRECTION CONTAINED IN HER VERSION THREE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT AFTER CASSARA SECONDS? IT, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING INCLUDED? MARY JUST WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER OF TOBA, AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEM, BUT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO SAY THEM OUT LOUD HERE.
UM, I SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE, UM, NEGOTIATING FOR ONSITE HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE.
I THINK THAT THAT IS GREAT IN YOUR LANGUAGE COUNCIL MEMBER, TOPO, YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, DISCUSSION WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT HOW THIS ALIGNS WITH THEIR VISION.
I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WILL, WILL APPRECIATE AND WANT CHILDCARE THERE, BUT YOUR INTENTION WITH THIS IS THAT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL BELIEVED THERE SHOULD BE CHILDCARE, THAT, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IT.
BUT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ACTUALLY WANT THESE THREE OTHER USES BECAUSE WE'VE FIGURED OUT CHILDCARE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THAT IS STILL OUR OPTION.
UM, BUT THAT THE BASELINE WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE CHILDCARE IS WHAT THE STAFF WILL BE NEGOTIATING FOR.
THERE IS THAT YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU, YOU HAD, UM, RAISED THAT ISSUE WHEN WE TALKED.
AND THAT WAS ONE REASON WHY THE LANGUAGE REGARDING CHILDCARE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED FROM THE, THE, WHEN I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, IT NOW SAYS IT SHOULD BE A REQUIRED USE AND DISCUSS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, HOW THIS USE ALIGNS WITH THEIR PRIORITIES FOR SERVICES AND AMENITIES, ET CETERA.
SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE INTENTION.
I THINK WE SHOULD PERCEIVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CITY ON LAND, WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT IF THERE'S RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON A TRACK, THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A HIGH-QUALITY CHILDCARE, IF IT'S AN AREA THAT NEEDS IT.
AND WE CERTAINLY HEARD TESTIMONY FROM SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TODAY THAT, THAT THEY REGARD THIS AS, AS AN ERA, AS A CHILDCARE DESERT.
UM, BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS WITHIN, UH, THE DISCUSSION OF THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, AND JUST THE WAY YOU SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE IN CONVERSATION ALONGSIDE OTHER IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT.
UM, ALSO YOU HAVE A LINE THAT SAYS THE COUNCIL MAY ADD TO THIS DIRECTION, UH, BY AUGUST 26TH.
UM, OF COURSE THE COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS ADD TO THE DIRECTION AT ANY GIVEN COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WITH ADDING THIS LANGUAGE, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE, UM, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE QUICKLY WITH THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS IS THAT, OF COURSE, IF THINGS COME UP, UH, WE COULD POST AN ITEM OR ASK THE MANAGER TO POST AN ITEM IN AUGUST, BUT YOU DO INTEND FOR THE STAFF TO GO AND START NEGOTIATING THIS DEAL IMMEDIATELY.
UM, BUT YOU'RE JUST PUTTING NOTICE OUT THERE THAT POTENTIALLY
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IN AUGUST, IF SOMETHING COMES UP, WE COULD GIVE FOR THE DROUGHT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.UM, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A HUGE AGENDA THIS WEEK, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING TO, TO READ EVERY PART OF IT AS CAREFULLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO IN CONVERSATION WITH YOU WAS, IT WAS, UM, YOU RAISED AS A PRIORITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR THIS, WORKED ON THIS PROGRAM AND, AND DEVELOPED IT AND, AND, UM, HELPED SHAPE IT FOR SO LONG.
AND SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD TODAY, AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO THAT DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN LOOKING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIGN AN NDA SO THAT WE CAN SEE NOT JUST THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED, BUT AS WELL, THE OTHER PROPOSALS, AND THERE IS A GREAT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS NOT BEING MADE PUBLIC THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS.
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED, UM, IN MY SHAREPOINT, IN MY ACCESS TO IT THAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO, UM, SIGN THE NDA IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO AND ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE NOT BEING RECOMMENDED TODAY, JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE, SOME OF THE VALUES THAT, THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE A FULL PICTURE AND CAN REALLY MOVE FORWARD AS CAREFULLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT I DON'T ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO SUGGEST, UM, NOR MAY I HAVE ANY IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO SINCE WE ARE MOVING, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY, PRETTY QUICKLY IN TERMS OF, UH, WHEN WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION, THE REALLY DETAILED INFORMATION, AND WHEN WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON IT.
UM, MAN, IF I MAY RECALL, I'M TRYING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WERE WITH RESPECT TO OUR TOES.
I THINK WE AGREED TO PUT THEM ON WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEY WERE ADDED, AND THEN YOU CLARIFIED SOME POINTS, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE ANY OBJECTION TO A COUNCIL MEMBER SHOVEL HIS DIRECTION, BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NONE, THAT DIRECTION IS NOW PART OF THE PATIENT MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF MY DIRECTION, BUT I DON'T MIND HEARING QUESTIONS FIRST FROM HER.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT NDA IS.
SO IF WE COULD JUST SAY WHAT THAT IS A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE KELLY, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR WORKING OVERNIGHT TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA I GOT, MOST OF THEM ANSWERED.
AND SO THAT DEFINITELY SAVED US QUITE A BIT OF TIME TODAY.
COULD COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TALK ME THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL USES LANGUAGE IN YOUR MOTION SPECIFICALLY, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET MORE CLARITY ON THE PART WHERE IT SAYS, ENSURE THAT ANY COMMERCIAL AMENITIES BE FINANCIALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOMES AND SOLICIT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT SERVICES ARE PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE IN THIS LOCATION.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR THAT.
AND SO THIS REALLY GETS, GETS TO THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT, THAT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR HAS, HAS REALLY LED ON AND BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN.
AND I NEGLECTED WHEN I STARTED MY CONVERSATION TO REALLY THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT AND IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH MULTIPLE OTHER CITY-OWNED, UM, TRACKS AS THEY BEGAN TO BE REDEVELOPED.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL ON THE ST JOHN TRACT OF HAVING, HAVING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THAT REDEVELOPMENT THAT ACTUALLY SERVE THE NEEDS OF, OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY PROCESS WILL WE'LL IDENTIFY SOME NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND OTHER KINDS OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE PARTICULARLY FILLING GAPS IN THAT AREA, OR THAT ARE, THAT ARE SERVING THE BASIC NEEDS OF THOSE WHO LIVE THERE AND, AND ARE NOT JUST REALLY NICHE, HIGH-END LUXURY, GOOD STORES, BUT THAT THEY ARE, UNLESS THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY SUGGESTS THEY WANT, BUT, BUT REALLY NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL SERVICES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THAT COMMUNITY PROCESS HAPPENS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT IS A, A HARDWARE STORE MAYBE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER KIND OF, OF LOCAL SERVICE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY INTENT THERE.
THAT IT'D BE THAT IT REALLY BE AIMED TO SERVE THE POPULATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, ARE NOT JUST IN LIVING IN THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND READING BACK THE HISTORY
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THAT A LOT OF THOUGHTFULNESS WAS PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA FOR THAT AND LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US TODAY.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE THAT QUITE A BIT.
WE CONTINUE TO BE IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER 26.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION MAYOR? OH, SORRY.
DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON YOUR DRESS? I DID.
I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR AND THANKS TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE HEARD FOR YEARS ADVOCATED FOR A REALLY GREAT DEVELOPMENT ON THIS TRACT.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD.
A COUPLE OF POINTS ON THE MOTION SHEET THAT I JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO CAME FORWARD AND SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR THIS TRACK.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT GREYSTAR AND HAKA AND THE VOTE OF THE VOTE WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THOUGH.
I CANNOT UNDERSCORE ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT I THINK IT IS TO IT'S ESSENTIAL APPROVAL BY COUNCIL FOR THOSE UNITS TO REALLY SHIFT TO MORE MULTI BEDROOM UNITS SO THAT THE PREPONDERANCE OF UNITS ON THIS TRACK ARE NOT ONE BEDROOM AND STUDIO UNITS.
SO PLEASE, UM, PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD ACHIEVING THAT AIM.
IF WE, IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE ASK THIS ALL THE TIME OF OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, THAT THEY INCLUDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT THEY INCLUDE MORE MULTI BEDROOM, THAT THEY REALLY HAVE, UM, HAVE THE KIND OF HOUSING WE KNOW WE NEED IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TO RETAIN NOT JUST, UM, SINGLE FOLKS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE WITH CAREGIVERS, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN.
SO PLEASE WORK HARD TO REALLY SHIFT THAT BALANCE.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS EARLIER WE HAD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT, UH, WAGES.
AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE, I THINK IT WAS, UH, SOMEONE FROM WORKERS DEFENSE TESTIFIED TO THAT.
THE IFC, I HAD BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL TASK, TO HAVE THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS, UM, BE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT, I THINK COVERS THAT PROVISION.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
I'LL DO HELPED SHAPE IT, INCLUDING OUR STAFF.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE SECOND
UH, TWO THINGS, ONE, IT, UH, IT CODIFIES THE ASK FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY BOARD AS WAS OFFERED TODAY DURING TESTIMONY.
AND THEN TWO, IT MAKES VERY CLEAR THAT OUR STRONG, OUR STRONGEST PREFERENCE IS FOR, UH, FOR A CITY LEASE, UM, AND, AND NOT FOR A SALE, BUT THEN IT DOES MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ULTIMATELY, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR THIS TO NO LONGER BE AN ABANDONED, UH, HOME DEPOT, BUT FOR US TO GET ALL OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE WANT.
SO IF IT'S IN FEASIBLE, UM, FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT IN FURTHER DIRECTION, UM, OR IF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WOULD FALL APART, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
UM, ULTIMATELY PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND, UM, IS, IS VERY STRONGLY PREFERRED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT HAKA IS ALSO A PUBLIC AGENCY, BUT THAT CITY OWNERSHIP IS THE, IS THE, IS THE MAIN OPTION.
UH, BUT IT DOES NOT SAY THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS DEAL IF, IF THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH, I THINK I'VE JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THIS.
MY LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE STRONGER, AND I THINK THAT IF WE NEED TO, WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE PROPOSALS COME TO COUNCIL, HAVING TWO DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE PATHS, ONE BEING LEAST ONE BEING SALE, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR OUR STAFF TO NEGOTIATE FOR THE BEST DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THAT CITY ASSET.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, IF ABSOLUTE, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE LEASING OUR LAND AND NOT SELLING IT, I THINK IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY ON THOSE, ON THOSE TRACKS, UM, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP.
SO I, WHILE I TAKE YOUR POINT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT PROVIDE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PROTECTION, GIVEN THAT THAT TAKA IS A PUBLIC ENTITY, YOU KNOW, JUST KNOW THAT IF IT COMES BACK AND STAFF SAY IT CAN'T BE A LEASE, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL RETHINK RETHINK THE PROPOSAL.
I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO OWN THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THAT WE, WE NEED, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, BRITNEY TO INSERT THE COUNCIL INTO THE PROCESS OF, OF THESE REAL ESTATE REDEVELOPMENTS OF CITY-OWNED TRACKS.
AND I WILL BE MOVING FORWARD IN AUGUST ON SOME KIND OF, UM, ON BRINGING AN IFC THAT REALLY ESTABLISHES THAT BECAUSE I, AND LOOKING BACK AND TALKING WITH STAFF ABOUT WHY THE RFP
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EVEN ALLOWED FOR THE SALES OPTION, THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE IFC HAVING DONE.SO I, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT THE IFC AND LOOKING AT SOME OTHER IFCS ABOUT THE ST JOHN'S TRACK, I DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE TO SELL IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT REALLY EVEN ENTERED INTO THE CONVERSATION.
I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE FASTER TODAY, SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THERE'S A OF EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT A SALE OF THIS TRACT IS GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT A SALE OF IT.
AND I'M GOING TO URGE YOU ALL NOT TO EITHER BECAUSE WE'RE A POOL.
THANKS JUST A, A QUICK, UM, WORD OF SUPPORT FOR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS TALKING ABOUT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING FROM A PRINCIPAL POLICY POSITION.
I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON TO THE LAND THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN OWNS, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE END, WE, WE, UM, WE BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM IT FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE.
SO I'M GLAD WE'RE NOT MAKING THAT FINAL DECISION TODAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD WITH THE VARIOUS APPLICANTS, UM, THEY WERE TOLD THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE, AT LEAST IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A SALE.
SO THERE WASN'T ANY CERTAINTY OFFERED BY THE STAFF.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT QUESTION OPEN AND LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFULLY AT RETAINING THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP.
I WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SECOND, SOME OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER, THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING STEP FORWARD TO AN AREA THAT I WOULD HAVE HOPED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH MUCH SOONER.
AND I APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CARS CAUSE OUR DOG AND LEADERSHIP IN, IN KIND OF MOVING, MOVING THIS FORWARD.
UM, I DO WANT TO CHIME IN THOUGH ON THE LEASE VERSUS STALE, AND JUST SAY TOO, WHEN WE LOOKED THROUGH, UM, THE VARIOUS IFC, SOME OF WHICH WE WERE INVOLVED WITH SOME OF WHICH I THINK PREDATED MY BEING ON COUNCIL, EVEN, UM, WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE CONTEMPLATED A SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T FAVOR SALE, I FAVOR A LEASE AND I'M GOING TO REALLY NEED TO SEE THE LANGUAGE THAT JUSTIFIES A SALE, UM, AS PART OF THAT RFP, WHICH MAYBE WE CAN NOT DEAL WITH TODAY, BUT I JUST, I REALLY DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO ON THAT.
AND, AND I HEARD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR THAT'S HIS PREFERENCE TOO.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY VERY FAR FAR APART ON THAT.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SENTIMENTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, UM, AND ALL OF THE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED BY THIS PROJECT.
UM, I THINK OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF US WOULD, WOULD PREFER NOT TO SELL THE LAND, BUT I WOULD JUST HATE TO GIVE UP ON THE HOUSING AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE GREEN SPACE THAT COULD BE REALIZED THROUGH THIS.
UM, SO I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE NEGOTIATION CONTINUES AND EVALUATING THAT INFORMATION AT A FUTURE POINT IN TIME.
IT SEEMS LIKE LEASE IS THE PREFERENCE, BUT, UM, AT THIS POINT I'M NOT A HARD, NO, DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS LOOK LIKE, UM, IF THE ENDS UP LEANING MORE TOWARDS SALE, OKAY.
BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF, UH, EXPLAIN WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
I WOULD, I, UM, UH, SUPPORT WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, PARTICULARLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN SALE.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SUPPORT A SALE, JUST GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF PRESERVING, UM, THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE FOR AFFORDABILITY INTO THE FUTURE.
WE REALLY HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT MY PERSPECTIVE IS.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO JUST ALSO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY TOUGH, THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS BRINGING THEM FORWARD.
I THINK, UH, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS ARE, ORCAS ARE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST, I GUESS FROM VINCE BEFORE YOU WERE ORIGINALLY ELECTED, UH, SOME THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME TO, TO, TO BRING THEM OUT.
UH, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST A GREAT PIECE OF WORK FOR THE CITIES OR CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
I, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT IF YOU EXTEND A LEASE PERIOD OUT FOR A LONG-TERM NATURE, THAT IN THE BAR KIT HAD ECONOMICS, IT IT'S TREATED THE SAME VIRTUALLY.
UH, SO MY HOPE IS, IS THAT THE, HOW THAT GETS DETERMINED HERE.
AND I THINK A LOT OF US ON THE DAYAS REPEATEDLY HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW, UH, THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO GET INTO, TO A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T SELL PROPERTY, BUT JUST KEEP IT SO THAT IT'S ALWAYS POTENTIAL TO BE A PUBLIC
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USE OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.UH, CALVES FABRIC, SORRY, WE'RE CLOSE THIS OUT.
SO I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST READ THE LANGUAGE.
CAUSE I THINK THIS, UH, IS THE, IS THE SENTIMENT EXPRESSED HERE ON THE DIOCESE, BUT IN MY MOTION IT SAYS THAT IN THE FINAL AGREEMENT, THE MANAGER SHOULD NEGOTIATE FOR A LONG-TERM LEASE RATHER THAN A SALE.
AND THAT IF THE MANAGER CANNOT ACHIEVE A LONGTERM LEASE IN THE MDA, OR IF SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT RESULTS IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE MANAGER SHOULD REPORT THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SEEK FURTHER DIRECTION.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT, THAT LAYS OUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID HERE.
UM, THE, THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT IN THAT IT IS, UH, OVER $10 MILLION IN THE HOLE FROM THE, FROM THE BEGINNING HAS A BUILDING THAT IS UNUSABLE THAT WE PURCHASED AT A PRICE WHEN IT WAS USABLE.
AND SO THEN WE WENT THROUGH AN RFP DURING A PANDEMIC AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SO IT IS A CHALLENGING PROJECT.
UM, AND SO THAT IS WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG PREFERENCE, BUT THEN LEARN MORE AS WE BETTER UNDERSTAND.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS GIVES THE DIRECTION TO, UH, TO GREYSTAR AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT, OF WHERE THE COUNCIL IS COMING FROM AND THAT PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY AND PERMANENT, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, JUST TO WRAP UP, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG MEETING, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK SO BETA ON MY STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WORKING SO DILIGENTLY ON THIS.
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THANKED ME, BUT, UH, IT'S REALLY, MY OFFICE IS WORKING.
YOU'VE BEEN THE LEAD PERSON ON THIS.
UM, I TH THE STAFF HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING SO HARD, CHRISTINA INQUIRE, UH, UH, CHRISTINE FRONTAL, UH, SUSANA
AND OF COURSE, UH, THE NEIGHBORS AND THE MINISTERS AND THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO, UM, WHO HAVE TAUGHT US SO MUCH AND PUSHED US TO GET TO THIS POINT, UH, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE TO MAKE US REALLY PROUD OF THIS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL REAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE, BUT THIS IS, UM, THIS IS I THINK, A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION ONE THING, SORT OF AS HOUSING CHAIR THAT HAS LESS TO DO WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT SOMETHING TO LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM, FOR ALL OF OUR HOUSING WORK, THE DEAL BEFORE US IS A SIGNIFICANT WIND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES HERE AS WE WORK ON OTHER PIECES OF LAND, SOME OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL NONPROFITS IN TOWN WHO DO INCREDIBLE WORK, THEY OFTEN REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AFFORDABILITY.
I MEAN, WE ALL REALLY WORK TO BRING SUBSIDY TO THE TABLE.
LOTS OF DAYS OF HER LIVES UP HERE ON THE DICE.
BUT I DID ASK THE STAFF TO PULL THE FACTS ABOUT TWO OF OUR MOST RECENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS FROM NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS THAT WE LOVE.
AND IN THOSE CASES, THOSE LAST TWO BIG FAMILY UNIT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT 150 LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS PER PROJECT.
UH, IT TAKES ABOUT $20 MILLION WORTH OF SUBSIDY PER PROJECT.
THAT'S A MIX OF OUR DOLLARS AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
SO THAT'S 150 HOMES, 20 MILLION IN SUBSIDY.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GETTING 280 LOW-INCOME HOMES.
SO NEARLY TWICE AS MANY HOMES FOR ZERO AND CITY SUBSIDY.
PLUS WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS AND PARK DEVELOPMENT.
WE KNOW THAT TO DEVELOP NEARLY FOUR ACRES OF OPEN SPACE COSTS, A LOT OF MONEY.
THE SPLASH PAD IN AND OF ITSELF IS USUALLY A ONE TO $2 MILLION INVESTMENT.
AND WE ARE GETTING NEARLY TWICE AS MANY HOMES BECAUSE WE CONTROL THIS CITY LAND, UM, THAT ARE LOW INCOME, UH, AT ZERO SUBSIDY TO THE CITY.
AGAIN, SUBSIDY IS NOT A BAD THING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DEDICATED A LOT OF OUR CAREER AND TIME TO BRINGING MORE SUBSIDY TO THE TABLE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING SOME DOLLARS TO THE TABLE TO IMPROVE THIS PROJECT, GET US MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN DEEPER AFFORDABILITY.
BUT BASICALLY ON THIS PROJECT, WE ARE STARTING WITH ZERO SUBSIDY AND 3,280 LOW-INCOME HOMES.
SO WE CAN ONLY GO UP AND GET BETTER FROM THERE ON TOP OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NON-PROFIT SPACE AND OPEN SPACE AND, AND CHILDCARE YOU'RE IN ALL OF THE REST.
SO AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY'S VISION, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS SORT OF A FEDERAL PUBLIC AGENCY BRINGS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED PUBLIC AGENCY BRINGS TO THE TABLE AND WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE.
I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN GET A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A COMMUNITY, GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO STAY, GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO COME BACK AND INVEST IN A COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE SO OFTEN WE'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN INVESTING IN A COMMUNITY AND GENTRIFICATION, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE CHOOSING BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER HERE.
WE CAN, CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN PLACE AND IMPROVE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TOO LONG NEGLECTED.
SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND SUPPORT ON THIS.
HI, JUST TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 26, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED
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THAT PASSES COLLEAGUES THAT IS ALMOST FIVE O'CLOCK.NOW, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF A COUPLE BORE THESE ITEMS. NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF AT THIS DIFFICULT PLACE.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE THROUGH DINNER.
COMING BACK OUT ARE THE, UH, ARE THE, ARE THE OTHER SIDE? SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO GET TO ZONING CASES UNTIL, UH, AFTER, UH, DINNER, UH, MAYBE WE COULD COINCIDE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OVERLAP AND WE COULD DECIDE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL TIME WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK, UH, BEYOND THAT.
[8. Approve a resolution adopting a maximum proposed property (ad valorem) tax rate that will include an increase of 8% for the operations and maintenance of the City that the City Council will consider for Fiscal Year 2021-2022; and setting the date that the Council will hold the hearing and adopt the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 property (ad valorem) tax rate (Suggested date and time: August 11, 2021, Austin City Hall, 301 West Second Street, Austin, TX and via electronic means as authorized by Governor Greg Abbott for participation in Open Meetings).]
MIGHT WANT TO DO OUR ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER EIGHT.UM, I, WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO DO THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS FROM STAFF.
I HADN'T HEARD WE HAD THE NUMBERS YESTERDAY.
YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS NOW? THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, YES, WE DO HAVE THE NUMBERS AND, UM, I HAVE JUST TWO SECONDS AGO SENT THEM TO YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THEM, UH, THE FIRST NUMBER, IF YOU GO, IF WE WERE TO GO AT 8 CENTS, THE, THAT RATE.
YES, THAT IS 55 POINT 42 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION.
AND IF WE WERE TO GO AT THREE AND A HALF, IF YOU ULTIMATELY ENDED UP DECIDING A RATE THAT SAID 3.5% ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE 53 POINT 59 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION.
I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED MYSELF.
WE'LL BE LEFT OUR SIDE FOR THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS WE'RE WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SET AT THIS POINT, A MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE.
I'M GOING TO READ THE SCRIPT HERE JUST A SECOND.
UM, BUT THIS IS NOT DECIDING WHAT THE TAX RATE IS.
IT'S IT'S SETTING WHAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER THAT WE COULD ULTIMATELY USE WHEN WE DO SET THE RATE SOMETIME IN, IN AUGUST.
UH, WELL NOW WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER EIGHT RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
AND THE DATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE TAX RATE.
UH, WE HAVE A, A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022 AND SET THE DATE.
THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR OF 20 21, 20 22 PROPERTY TAX RATE UNDER STATE LAW, A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THE MAXIMUM THAT THE CITY CAN ADOPT, UH, AND NOT EXCEED THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE DURING A YEAR IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A DISASTER THAT CAUSED PHYSICAL DAMAGE, WHICH THIS YEAR A STORM WINTER STORM FURY SET BY STATE LAW IS THE 53.5.
FIVE IT'S, 55.4, 2 CENTS PER HUNDRED.
UM, WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO SET IT AT THAT RATE.
UH, WE COULD SET IT AT A LOWER AMOUNT FROM THAT, UH, IN AUGUST, IF WE WANTED TO, THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE SET AS THE MAXIMUM NOW, UH, BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION, UH, TO, TO ADOPT, I WANTED TO KNOW, UH, WHAT THE SEDIMENT OF THE COUNCIL, UH, IS ON THIS ISSUE.
MAYOR, I DON'T ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE SETTING THE MAX RATE, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS BETTER FOR US SINCE THIS IS A PRO FORMA THING TO CONTINUE THE CULTURE OF KEEPING THIS A DEEP POLITICIZED.
IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S JUST US SETTING.
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM RATE? UM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, UH, COUNCILS YEAR IN AND YEAR AFTER FROM NOW WOULD THEN BE, FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO DEBATE SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN, UM, I JUST THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, CAUSE WE'VE TAKEN A VOTE ONCE ALREADY ABOUT SETTING THE MAXIMUM RATE.
SO I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL, UM, TO EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
SO EARLIER WE TOOK ACTION THAT SET THE MAXIMUM RATE AT THE MAXIMUM WE COULD DO
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WITHOUT AN ELECTION, UH, SO THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN THAT, UH, FLEXIBILITY.THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN THE CULTURE AND PRACTICE OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL SINCE, UH, HERE IN, IN, IN RECENT TIMES, UH, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE WILL ULTIMATELY ADOPT THAT RATE OF FACT, THE MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET DOES NOT USE THAT RATE, UH, BUT IT, BUT IT PRESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, AND THE FLEXIBILITY.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE 55 POINT 42 CENTS FOR A HUNDRED.
WELL, WHAT I MEANT WAS WE'RE BUILDING, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? AND AGAIN, WE ALREADY, WE VOTED ONCE ALREADY TO SIT NEXT TO THEM, RIGHT? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, LILA FIRESIDE.
AGAIN, IF I MAY, WHAT YOU DID WHEN YOU TOOK THAT INITIAL ACTION WAS TO DIRECT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR THE DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE TO CALCULATE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
AND NOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS COME BACK AND GIVEN YOU THOSE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
AND WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY, WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS BEGIN NOTICING THE HEARINGS PROPERLY WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION IN THEM.
I THINK THAT'S, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING FOR THE PUBLIC OTHERWISE.
SO TRY AND TRY TO ABIDE BY THE RULES THAT THE STATE HAS PRESCRIBED FOR US, COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR.
SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE THE RULES, ET CETERA.
I'M GOING TO BE, IF, IF THE BODY MOTIONS TO GO WITH THE 55.4, 2 CENTS, AS I DID IN JUNE, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THAT.
I'M UNCOMFORTABLE GOING UP TO THAT LEVEL.
UM, SO THAT'S, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT I'M BEING CONSISTENT WITH MY VOTE.
I WOULD SUPPORT THE MOTION GOING TO THE 55.42.
UH, IT DOES NOT SAY WHAT IT IS WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I LIKE KEEPING WITH THE PRACTICE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK IT SERVES TO POLITICIZE THAT QUESTION.
UH, AND, AND I HAVE, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT.
IN FACT, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY ADOPT A BUDGET AT THAT RATE.
UH, BUT I, BUT I THINK THIS IS MORE PROCEDURAL THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
COUNCILMEMBER COSARA, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR EMOTION MAY BACK THEN UNDER STATE LAW, A VOTE ON THE MOTION REQUIRES A MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE AGAIN.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT AS BEING THE 55 CENTS AND 40 55 POINT 42 IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SETTING, THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE? THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022 AT 55.4, 2 CENTS PER 100 VALUATION.
I, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE ME, BUT I WAS, I WAS RAISING MY HAND.
I HAVE A QUESTION SINCE, SHOULD I WAIT FOR THE MOTION AND THE SECOND AND THEN ASK, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA MAKES THAT MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM.
I APPRECIATE BEING RECOGNIZED.
UH, MS. FARSIDE JUST, UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, GIVEN YOUR, UM, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, IT IS, IS THIS THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST WE GO, OKAY.
HISTORICALLY WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU, UM, DO THE MAXIMUM RATE AS THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM RATE, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO DOWN.
AND IF YOU NEED SOMETHING ABOVE THE 3.5%, YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO CONSIDER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY RECOMMENDED, UH, TO GIVE YOU THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF OPTIONS THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT RATE WHEN YOU DO THIS MAXIMUM PROPOSED RATE.
OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
ARE WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE THE ROLL.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 55.4, 2 CENTS PER A HUNDRED EVALUATION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22 BUDGET, UH, AND, UH, TAX RATE APPROVAL MEETING IN AUGUST WITH THE CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW SO THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE IS RECORDED.
MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TIM HARTFORD.
NO COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
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NO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.I DON'T WANT ANY VOTE OF, UH, UM, THE MOTION TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 55.42 CENTS PER A HUNDRED VALUATION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHEN ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 21, 20 22 PASSES ON A VOTE OF NINE TO TWO.
FOR THIS RESOLUTION, WE ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE THE DATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 PROPERTY TAX RATE.
THE PROPOSED TIME DATE LOCATION IS AUGUST 11TH, 2021 HERE IN CITY HALL, 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS AT 10:00 AM WITH THE VOTING TO CONTINUED TO AUGUST 12TH AND 13TH.
IF NECESSARY, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY OR IN PERSON.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SET THE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION AS PROPOSED TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 PROPERTY TAX RATE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MOVES APPROVAL OF THE MOTION AS PROPOSED.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS? THAT MOTION, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE THE VOTE.
UH, THIS IS THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, RIGHT? ISN'T IT ALL PART OF THE SAME RESOLUTION.
THIS IS TO SET THE TIME AND DATE AND LOCATION TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR OF 20 21 22 PROPOSED TAX RATE.
I'M JUST CONFUSED BECAUSE THE BACKUP HAS IT AS ONE RESOLUTION, BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE TWO SEPARATE VOTES ON THE FIRST PART OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE SECOND? I'M FINE.
LET'S CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEY.
LET'S CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEY.
UM, THE, UM, THE DATE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
UM, IT IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSISTENT AND VOTE.
NO, BECAUSE YOU VOTED NO ON THE FIRST PART OF THE RESOLUTION.
IS THAT ALL THEY'RE DOING NOW IS TAKING A VOTE TO SET THE TIME AND DATE FOR THE WEB FOR WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION TO SET THE RATE.
YES, BUT IT, IT, IT IS MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION.
AND SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S POINT, IF SHE HAS ALREADY VOTED NO ON THE, ON PART OF THE RESOLUTION TO BE CONSISTENT, SHE WANTS TO HAVE HER VOTE B.
NOW WHAT I WAS DOING WAS I WAS CALLING US SEPARATELY.
WE HAD A MOTION THAT WAS MADE FROM THE DAYAS.
THE FIRST MOTION WAS TO ADOPT THE, UH, THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE.
YES, WE DID IT HERE, ORALLY ON THE DAS.
AND THEN WE TOOK A ROLL CALL VOTE IN THE PAST.
CAN I NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I MEAN, AS I HAVE TO SET THE TIME AND DATE TO BE, AS WE PROPOSE AUGUST 11, 20, 21 AND CONTINUING TO THE 12TH AND 13TH HERE AT CITY HALL.
SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW ON THE SECOND VOTE.
THAT, THAT IS A SECOND PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT IS I'VE SEVERED THE TWO.
SO THAT THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE VOTES IN TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS.
CAN I DO THAT? I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST CREATE ANOTHER RESOLUTION WHEN IT'S ONE ITEM THAT'S BEEN POSTED IN ONE PARTICULAR WAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MATTERS.
IF THE, I WAS TRYING, I WAS TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SET THE HEARING AND NOT CREATE AN AMBIGUITY AS TO WHAT THEY WERE VOTING ON OR NOT VOTING ON.
I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT AS TWO ITEMS. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SPLIT IT.
NO ON THE LOCATION, YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE, LET'S SPLIT THOSE TWO THINGS.
SO THE PEOPLE ARE NOT TIED TO ONE VOTE ON THE OTHER SINCE THE LAW TREATS THEM SEPARATELY.
SO, OKAY, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN A VOTE ON THE FIRST PART.
SO NOW WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON THE SECOND PART, BUT WITHOUT A ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO IF THIS IS ACTUALLY THE VOTE ON THE FIRST PART THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON, ON IT AS WELL.
OR ELSE WE'RE ABOUT TO PASS A RESOLUTION WITHOUT A ROLL CALL VOTE.
WELL, UNDER THE STATE LAW, THE MAXIMUM TAX THAT TAX RATE IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE, RIGHT? THAT THE HEARING DATE DOESN'T NEED NECESSARILY NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE, THEN WE'RE GOOD.
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THAT MAYOR.I'M HAPPY TO ABSTAIN ON THE, ON THE, THE DATE.
IF THAT'S EASIER, I'M JUST CONFUSED.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THIS, AND I DON'T HAVE TO PUT BOTH OF THINGS IN THE RESOLUTION.
THE RESOLUTION FIRST HAS THE 55.42 CENTS PER 100 VALUATION.
THE SECOND PART OF THE RESOLUTION HAS THE, UH, DATE SET.
UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT AUGUST 11TH, CONTINUING TO TROPICAL 13, LET'S NOW TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION THAT HAS BOTH OF THESE TWO ELEMENTS.
MAY I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT SAYING IT THAT WAY SATISFIES OUR REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH US DOING IT THIS WAY FOR THE STATE LAW PURPOSES? YES, SIR.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR ADLER.
HEY PASSES ON A VOTE OF NINE TO TWO.
UH, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS THAT WE'LL HOLD OFF ON RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS ITEMS IN FRONT OF US.
[76. Authorize an amendment to an existing contract with Avenu Government Systems LLC, for continued payroll and human resource management system maintenance and support, for an increase in the amount of $856,000 and to extend the term by five years, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $2,091,580. (Note: This contract was awarded as a sole source and is exempt from City Code Chapter 2-9C Minority Owned and Woman Owned Business Enterprise Procurement program).]
NUMBER 76 COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.UM, IS SOMEONE FROM, I GUESS, HUMAN RESOURCES HERE CAN BE BROUGHT OVER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND AVAILABILITY.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS.
I'M DIANA DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT ITEM 76 IS FOR? YES, IT IS THE CONTRACT TO RENEW OUR AGREEMENT FOR OUR PAYROLL APPLICATION BANNER, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE CITY'S PAYROLL SYSTEM GOING, GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
SO YEAH, THE REASON THAT I PULLED THIS AND WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS WAS, FIRST OF ALL, I HAD A BIT OF A DELAY IN GETTING SOME QUESTIONS FOR TOTALLY REASONABLE PROBLEM WITH EMAIL.
UM, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ELECTRONIC TIME SHEETS.
UM, WE'VE HAD BUDGET AFTER BUDGET THAT TELLS US THAT WE'RE SWITCHING TO A HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND WE HEAR LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT BANNER.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO DO THIS AMENDMENT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AS CHAIR OF AUDIT AND FINANCE BEFORE.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE SYSTEMS. I, I CAN, I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY BUDGETS WHERE WE'VE BEEN SAID, WE'VE GOT THIS, THIS IS A BIG CAPITAL THING.
WE EVEN THIS YEAR, UM, AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, GOT A CHANGE TO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A BIG OBSTACLE, WHICH WAS MAKING INVESTMENTS, UM, WHEN WE'RE MOVING TO THE CLOUD.
SO WE GOT IT THAT TO BE ABLE TO BE DEBT FINANCED.
AND SO I'M VERY FRUSTRATED THAT WE YET, AGAIN, HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS SYSTEM.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS AT WORK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE TIMELINE FOR THE ELECTRONIC TIME SHEETS, WHICH I KNOW IS SLIGHTLY SEPARATE FROM THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES AND WE NEED TO HAVE A 21ST CENTURY SYSTEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT THE UK G DIMENSIONS, DIGITAL TIME SHEET APPLICATION.
WE HAVE ROLLED IT OUT TO OUR FIRST PILOT GROUP OF ABOUT 600 EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE ABOUT STARTING NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE ROLLING OUT TO THE NEXT THOUSAND EMPLOYEES TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TRAINING IN PLACE AND READY TO GO AS WE THEN CONTINUE TO ROLL IT OUT TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
SO THAT IS IN PLAN IN THE PLANS RIGHT NOW AND UNDERWAY.
AND WE PLAN TO COMPLETE THAT BY THE END OF 2023.
UM, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE NEED TO ROLL INTO THIS, PARTICULARLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY GROUPS THAT WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET.
SO THAT IS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE THE PILOT GROUP AS WE CAN, SO THAT THEN WE MAKE THE, GET AS MANY PEOPLE
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ONTO THE SYSTEM AND THEN PICK UP THOSE EXTRA PIECES ALONG THE WAY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.AS WE HAVE IT PLANNED, THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, RFP WAS PUBLISHED, I BELIEVE MONDAY.
SO IT IS ON THE STREET AS WE SPEAK.
UM, AND SO THAT PROJECT IS BEING LED BY HRD AND THERE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES.
AND WE WERE WAITING SO SIGNIFICANTLY FOR SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DEBT FUND, UH, AN ONLINE SOLUTION.
AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO MAKE THAT A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT WE DID PASS BUDGETS THAT HAD CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THAT SYSTEM, AT LEAST TWO OR THREE BUDGETS GO.
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MONEY? AND I KNOW IT WAS A CAPITAL BUDGET, SO IT COULD BE OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, BUT IT STILL WAS NOT PRESENTED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO TAKE THIS LONG.
DO I BELIEVE THAT THAT COUNCIL USED THOSE FUNDS FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE? AND I WOULD ASK THE BUDGET TO POTENTIALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE WAS ABOUT $6 MILLION SET ASIDE, BUT THOSE FUNDS WERE TAKEN AND USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE I BELIEVE LAST YEAR.
IF SOMEONE FROM FINANCE CAN GET ME MORE OF THAT INFORMATION, UM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE FOR MY COLLEAGUES, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SEXY PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR CITY.
AND WE LOSE A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE LEGACY SYSTEMS LIKE BANNER, UM, THAT ARE NOT FUNCTIONING WELL FOR THE CITY.
UM, I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY A UNIVERSITY 20 SOME YEARS AGO AND HAD BANNER AND WE HAD ELECTRONIC TIME SHEETS.
SO I'M A LITTLE, I'M STILL REMAIN CONFUSED ON THIS.
AND I, UM, REALLY WOULD LIKE A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO GET THIS DONE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF SYSTEMS THAT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE HAVE LEGACY SYSTEM AFTER LEGACY SYSTEM.
AND YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T, IT, WE CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT THESE LEGACY SYSTEMS, SO WE CANNOT GET IT DONE WHEN IT IS THE CORE FUNCTION OF OUR SELVES AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THIS BECAUSE IT IS SO CRITICAL FOR US AS A WELL RUNNING ORGANIZATION TO HAVE THESE SYSTEMS UPDATED.
THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX PROJECTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE UNIQUE, UH, WORKFLOWS AND SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
UM, BUT I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR, UH, VERY PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO GET THAT DONE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE TIMELINES AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED TODAY.
AND IF I COULD JUST UNDERSCORE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE LEGACY SYSTEMS ARE THERE.
I'VE SPENT SOME TIME TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM AND WHY WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ASKING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, IN 2017 WHEN I CAME IN AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ELECTRONIC TIME SHEETS.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT NEEDS TO MOVE FASTER.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A METHOD, YOU KNOW, TO DO THIS.
IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.
UH, YES, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH A COMMITTEE AND OTHER WAYS IN, IN STAYING ON TOP OF THIS ISSUE AND CITY MANAGER, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT, YOU MIGHT ALSO GO BACK AND LOOK, WE PASSED A SMART CITY, UH, INITIATIVE MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, THAT WAS A FIRST STEP IN ASSESSING, UH, WHERE WE WERE, THAT'S A RESOLUTION THAT I PASSED AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT WAS TO ASSESS WHERE WE WERE FROM A CITY-WIDE PERSPECTIVE ON, UM, TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND ONE PIECE OF IT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE AWAY FROM PAPER-BASED SYSTEMS SO THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
SO THAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS JUST ENDED AND NOTHING CAME FORWARD FROM THAT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER STAYING ON TOP OF ONE ASPECT OF THAT.
AND, UH, IN OTHER ASPECTS TOO, I THINK SHE'S BEEN DOING MORE THAN THAT, BUT, UM, BUT YES, I, I TH I THINK I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT OVERALL ASSESSMENT.
AND BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, THE CONVERSATION WAS WE NEEDED A PLAN IN PLACE ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE FOR ADDRESSING TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, UH, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT, UM, JUST CONTINUING WITH A PAPER BEST BASED SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW A FEW THINGS HAPPEN HERE AND THERE, WE WORKED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY TO HELP US ON A FEW THINGS, BUT SYSTEMATICALLY I'M NOT AWARE OF US REALLY HAVING A PLAN.
AND IF WE DO, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON.
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OKAY.FURTHER DISCUSSION OR THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM 76 COUNTS? REMEMBER AT THE REBATES, EMOTIONS ARE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE, SECOND DISCUSSION MAY I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING, BUT I DO WANT TO REGISTER DISCOMFORT.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS.
UM, AND I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ABSTAINING 10 0 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER STADI, UH, THAT MOTION PASSES NUMBER 76.
[119. Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20210506-065 to extend the applicability period and expiration date in Ordinance No. 20200326-090, which relates to requiring notices of proposed eviction.]
LET'S MOVE TO, UH, UH, IDA ON, UH, ON THE EVICTION.I THINK IT IS, UH, I HAD ARBOR ONE 19 COUNCILOR KELLY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM.
DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT? YES.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WILL BE THE SEVENTH EXTENSION OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH NO CHANGE IN LANGUAGE AND THE SITUATION REGARDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION AND EVICTION DIVERSION HAS DRASTICALLY EVOLVED SINCE IT WAS FIRST, UM, BROUGHT FORWARD ALSO AUSTIN ENERGY RESUMED SERVICES, CONNECTIONS ON JULY 14TH WITH THE EXPLANATION GIVEN THAT EXPANDED ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO STRUGGLING CUSTOMERS.
I JUST REALLY HAVE TO TAKE PAUSE HERE AND WONDER WHY WE'RE NOT BEING CONSISTENT IN RULES ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT REALLY MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT WE WOULD BE EXPANDING THE EVICTION ORDINANCE, BUT INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED IN ALL WAYS RELATED TO THEIR WELLBEING.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO, UM, I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE PASSENGER MIRROR.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECOND SET, ANY DISCUSSION? UM, I SUPPORT YOUR MOTION.
THAT'S WHY WE, UM, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO BE DOING AS WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUT OF OUR COVID RELIEF MEASURES.
LET'S HOPE WE CAN SUSTAIN MEASURES, PULLING OUT OF COVID.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A PRETTY CONSIDERABLE PROBLEM HERE RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT IT REALLY IS A, A PANDEMIC OF JUST THOSE THAT ARE CHOOSING NOT TO GET VACCINATED, HOPEFULLY THOUGH THEY'LL CHANGE THAT.
UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THIS HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME THAT, UH, OVER TIME, AND IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THIS HAS GONE ON SEVERAL TIMES, BUT AS IT'S BEEN GOING ON, IT'S BEEN EVOLVING, I THINK, A JUNCTION WITH THE ORDERS THAT, UH, UH, I'VE ISSUED WITH RESPECT TO EVICTIONS AND JUDGE THE COUNTY JUDGE, VARIOUS JUDGES HAVE ISSUED WITH RESPECT TO EVICTIONS, UM, THAT, UH, HAVE, UH, BADE THAT, UH, MONEY'S MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO LANDLORDS, UH, THAT HAVE TRIED TO USE THE MONEY AS AN INCENTIVE TO GET PEOPLE, TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEIR LANDLORDS, TO WORK THINGS OUT, BUT ALSO TO, UH, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS IS NOT A PRACTICE, UH, POLICY THAT CAN CONTINUE INDEFINITELY AND WON'T, UH, SO TO GIVE PEOPLE NOTICE THAT THEY, THEY REALLY DO NEED TO, TO MAKE AN AGREEMENTS OR PLANS AS WE, AS WE, AS WE MOVE OUT OF THIS.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST EVICTION RATES IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST MORTALITY RATES FROM COVID IN THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PROTECTING, UH, UH, PEOPLE.
SO I SUPPORT YOUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
OF COURSE, THIS, YOUR ORDERS ARE A CRITICAL PART, IF NOT THE MOST CRITICAL PART OF MAKING THIS WORK AND THIS, UH, ALONGSIDE THE RENEWAL OF YOUR ORDERS AS WELL.
WE'LL PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF BACK RENTS TO APPLY FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND CATCH UP COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR COMMENTS, UH, AND UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE YOU AND OTHERS ARE COMING FROM.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT, AND I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE THAT IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO RAMP THIS DOWN.
UM, THE, THE QUESTION IS JUST AT WHICH STAGE IN THE PANDEMIC SHOULD WE DO SO, UM, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE CASES GO BACK DOWN.
WE'D LIKE TO, UM, FEEL CONFIDENT THAT EMPLOYMENT IS GOING TO REMAIN STABLE ON THE RISE, UH, WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR THEIR BACKGROUNDS, BUT IN THIS STAGE, IN THE PANDEMIC WITH CASES RISING, I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE.
UM, IN MY VIEW, TO EXTEND THOSE EVICTION PROTECTIONS, BOTH AT THE, UH, AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVELS, UH, AS THE MAYOR AND COUNTY JUDGE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, AND THE HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, WITH THE HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CLEAR PEOPLE'S BACK RENT, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET THEM ON THEIR FEET.
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ISN'T JUST ABOUT PEOPLE NOT HAVING JOBS.NOW, IT REALLY IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE BACK AT WORK, BUT ACCUMULATED FIVE OR SIX OR $7,000 WORTH OF BACK RENT AND ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THAT AND WOULD HAVE TO CARRY THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY OUR, OUR PROGRAMS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO HELP CLEAR THAT RENT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION.
THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ABSTAINING.
UH, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, KELLY ABSTAINING.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OFF THE DYESS.
UH, SO WITH A DINE 0 1, 1 VOTE, UH, THIS ITEM, UH, UH, PASSES.
[174. Approve a resolution expressing support for Travis County’s efforts to study the opportunities for creating a mental health diversion pilot program in collaboration with the Austin-Travis County Sobriety Center.]
AND MOVE TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 1 74.IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME THAT I MAY HAVE USED THE WRONG NUMBER EARLIER IN SORT OF CORRECT THE RECORD.
IF I DID EARLIER, WE PASSED 1 74 VERSION TWO.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE VERSION THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE PASSED.
THEY CONTAINED THE ADDITION TO THE VERY LAST PAGE OF RESOLVE CLAUSE THAT GETS US THEN
[175. Approve a resolution relating to comprehensive strategies and immediate and longer-term actions to create a safer Sixth Street environment for all.]
TO 1 75 NOW, UM, I THINK THAT THE, UM, THIS WAS, UH, TOLD BY, UH, THE MAYOR PRO 10, UM, IT'S AN IFC FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.IS THERE A PREFERENCE TO WHO LEADS US OFF? DO WE WANT TO HEAR WHY IT WAS PULLED BY? I THINK YOU BOTH PULLED IT.
SO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA FIRST, HER EMOTION, MAYBE I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE VERSION.
NUMBER THREE, WHICH COLLEAGUES SHOULD BE IN YOUR INBOX AT 2 46.
I HAVE ONE SLIGHT EDIT TO MAKE WHEN WE, WHEN THE TIME'S APPROPRIATE, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOHO MOVES PASSAGE OF ITEM 1 75, VERSION THREE A, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS THAT MOTION A DISCUSSION COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM.
I AM, I, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION, SO EXCUSE ME, MY ALLERGIES AND NOT BEING MY FRIEND TODAY.
UM, I, I WANT TO CLARIFY THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION THAT THE RESOLUTION PERTAINS TO.
UM, LIKE THE DEFINITION COMES FROM CITY CODE, UH, CHAPTER NINE, TOO.
UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PREFERENCE WHERE IT'S INCLUDED, UM, WHEREVER TOBO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE SEES FIT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IN LINE FOUR, WHEREAS SIXTH STREET, AS DEFINED AS THE AREA THAT BEGINS AT THE INTERSECTION OF
AND, UM, AND THEN MY SECOND AMENDMENT IS LINE 1 25.
I'D LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS POTENTIAL MAN USE CHANGE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION.
IN WHICH CASE, I'D SAY ENGAGE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND IMPACTED STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS LAND USE REGULATIONS ALONG SIXTH STREET, TO DETERMINE WHETHER CHANGES MIGHT FOSTER MORE DIVERSE USE ALONG THE HISTORIC EVER BROUGHT TO HIM.
THIS HAS BEEN HANDED OUT, UH, TO PEOPLE, UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS AND THESE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS SECONDS, THEM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THESE AMENDMENTS BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NON THESE AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED THAT GETS US TO THE BASE MOTION THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE, MAN, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE AREA, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR.
I, UH, ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS ALSO ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA HERE ON SIXTH STREET AND FIFTH AND FOURTH IS HOW MANY JUVENILES WE HAVE ON THE STREETS THAT LATE AT NIGHT.
AND IT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME.
AND ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED LEGISLATION, THAT WE'RE GOING TO PERMIT PEOPLE TO OPEN CARRY THEIR GUNS ANYWHERE.
AND MO A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE NOW CONSIDERED ITSELF RESTAURANTS, AND YOU CAN CARRY GUNS.
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO CARRY GUNS INTO THESE SO-CALLED RESTAURANTS THAT WE KNOW IN THE TRUE SENSE THAT THEY ARE BARS, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BINGE DRINKING, A LOT OF ALCOHOL INVOLVED.AND ONE OF MY FEAR IS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE SHOOTINGS GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
AND WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF JUVENILES 17 AND UNDER THAT ARE HANGING OUT THERE ON THOSE STREETS.
AND MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT ONE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET KILLED OR SHOT.
AND THAT IS WHAT WORRIES ME THE MOST.
AND I'M GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALSO LOOK INTO CREATING A CURFEW.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ALL-DAY CURFEW, BUT AT CERTAIN TIME AT NIGHT, SOMEWHERE AROUND MAYBE 10, 11, O'CLOCK, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE DOWN HERE BECAUSE MOST OF THESE SHOOTINGS AND INCIDENTS HAPPEN LATE AT NIGHT, NOT DURING THE EARLY EVENINGS AND EARLY NIGHT.
SO, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE WORDING FOR ME YET ON THIS.
SO, UM, MIKE WOULDN'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTION THAT THEY ALSO LOOK INTO AND COMING BACK WITH INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT A POLICY IF IT'S REALLY NEEDED, UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND MOVED IN SECOND AND MY PRO TEM.
SO ARE WE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE, OR SHOULD I TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER LITHONIA OFFLINE? IT'S NOT PART OF THIS.
I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS INDICATING HIS DESIRE FOR FUTURE ACTION, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE NOT PART OF THIS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE IT DULY NOTED THAT I THINK CURFEW IS A BAD IDEA.
UM, I COULD ARTICULATE THAT MORE ELOQUENTLY WITH MORE TIME TO DO SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER
I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF HANDS UP NOW.
UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO PERFUSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN A MORE HISTORIC CONTEXT WITH A LITTLE MORE DATA.
UM, BUT THE REASON THAT I ALSO THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PULL AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.
I THINK THIS VERSION THREE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU READ MY MIND AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS.
I THINK IT GETS CLOSER TO WHAT I WAS THINKING.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, AND PART OF THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP.
CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AMONG ALL PUBLIC SAFETY ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO DO THINGS BEST, UM, IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTIONED, UM, THE LAST VIET RESOLVED THAT DOES SAY, UM, TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL BY OCTOBER 30TH, UM, I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL WAY THIS WAS WRITTEN THAT KIND OF ASSUMED THAT MAYBE REOPENING WAS THE WAY TO MAKE, UH, SIXTH STREET SAFER.
UM, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A DECISION THAT I WOULD WANT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS TO BE MAKING.
SO I'D, I'D WANT TO CONSULT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROTOCOLS, THEIR PLANS, HOW THEY STAGE FOR WEEKEND EVENTS, UM, THE TYPES OF INTEL THAT THEY MAY HAVE INFORMATION WAY BEFORE WE KNOW INFORMATION.
UM, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION.
THEN IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TELLING THEM WHETHER THINGS SHOULD BE OPEN OR CLOSED AT CERTAIN POINTS, THAT WE'RE REALLY RELYING ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND I PROBABLY ULTIMATELY WOULD JUST PREFER IT TO BE UP TO THE CHIEFS OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT TO DO WHAT THEY FEEL IS BEST.
AND SINCE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO.
SO I'M FINE WITH APPROVING THIS AND MOVING FORWARD IN THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WAY VERSION THREE, UM, HAS, HAS CHANGED.
UM, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE I VOICED THAT HERE TODAY SO THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US, PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF HOW I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS MAYOR, BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE NEXT COMMENT.
CAN I BETTER UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES FROM, UM, I'M NOT SURE I'M UNDER, I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING.
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THAT, RIGHT.IT DIRECTS THEM TO EVALUATE WHETHER THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND COME BACK W AND CERTAINLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF ARE NOTED AS PART OF THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
SO I'M JUST NOT, I'M NOT COMPLETELY FOLLOWING.
AND IT MAY JUST BE THAT THE WAY I READ IT AND THE WAY YOU INTENDED ME TO READ IT, MIGHT'VE BEEN JUST SLIGHTLY MISSED ALIGNED MISALIGNED.
UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE UPON FIRST READING THAT THERE WAS AN INTENT TO MOVE TOWARD HAVING THE STREET OPEN.
AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR APD AFD AND EMS ARE MAKING THAT DECISION.
I FEEL LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT EVENTS, IF THEY HAD FELT THAT OPENING THE STREET WOULD HAVE MADE THINGS MORE SAFE, THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT ACTION.
SO I JUST, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, UM, THAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THEIR ADVICE AND THEIR GUIDANCE ON, ON HOW THEY CAN BEST PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ON A STREET LIKE SIXTH STREET, WHICH I KNOW IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
UM, SO IF I MAY, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN.
I HAVE SUPER DEEP RESERVATIONS ABOUT ANY TALK OF ENDING THE WEEKEND CLOSURES OF SIXTH STREET TO CARDS AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VISION ZERO AND ROAD DEATHS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR STREETS ARE SAFE FOR ALL USERS.
I THINK REOPENING A HEAVY, HEAVILY PEDESTRIANIZED CORRIDOR TO CARS SEEMS LIKE MOVING IN THE REVERSE.
I THINK IN TERMS OF LIMITING VIOLENCE, IT COULD BE CUTTING OFF OUR NOSE TO SPITE OUR FACE, HONESTLY, PER THE LATEST APD REPORTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN 48 HOMICIDES THIS YEAR.
THAT'S 48, TOO MANY, AND WE URGENTLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T SHRUG AT THE 68 TRAFFIC DEATHS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON OUR ROADS THIS YEAR.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT BY ALLOWING MORE CARS ON STREETS, WHERE WE HAVE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE ON FOOT, ON BIKES, ON SCOOTERS AND WHERE WE KNOW THAT MANY DRIVERS ARE NOT ENTIRELY SOBER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO THINK OF WHAT HAPPENS ON SIXTH STREET ON THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT CLOSURES, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CLOSING IT TO CARS.
BUT I THINK WE'RE ALSO OPENING IT TO PEDESTRIANS.
I THINK WE'RE PROVIDING A TEMPORARY PUBLIC PLAZA TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO DOWNTOWN TO MEET THEIR FRIENDS, TO LISTEN TO MUSIC, TO ENJOY ALL OF THE MOST FAMOUS NIGHTLIFE SPOTS IN THE WORLD THAT AUSTIN HAS TO OFFER.
I THINK THAT YES DOES COME WITH ITS OWN ISSUES, BUT I HOPE WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WITHOUT REINTRODUCING TRAFFIC, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, TO A SPACE WHERE WE HAVEN'T HAD IT SINCE THE NINETIES.
AND IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, THE LAST TWO DAYS, THE LAST TWO DAYS ALONE HAS MADE ME PERSONALLY HATE CARS.
I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO WALK, ROLL BIKE, DO ANYTHING BUT DRIVE CARS.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL WAS FIRST.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY MAKING THIS CHANGE.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ASK FOR INPUT AND, AND TO ANSWER THE VERY ISSUES THAT ARE BEING RAISED HERE TODAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL SPEAK MORE TO THIS.
UM, IN MY, IN MY COMMENTS, LET ME JUST POINT MY COLLEAGUES TO THE MULTIPLE OTHER THINGS THAT THE RESOLUTION IS ATTEMPTING TO DO AND IS INITIATING AN ANALYSIS OF, WITH THE INTENT TO LOOK AT, AT CREATING A SAFER SIXTH STREET, BUT I'LL ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, I'LL ADDRESS THIS, THIS PART.
UM, YOUR DIRECT QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL IS, IS, UM, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS NO, IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT REOPENING THE STREET.
IT IS ASKING OUR STAFF TO LOOK AT A RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN MADE NOW SEVERAL TIMES TO SEE WHETHER, WHETHER THAT IS A WORTHWHILE AVENUE TO LOOK AT.
UM, AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD BE THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SEE IN PLACE? OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO DO
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ANYTIME SOON, GIVEN THE CROWDS THERE.SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THIS IN MULTIPLE NEWS INTERVIEWS AND OTHERS.
I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT, YOU KNOW, AS THE SPONSOR OF THE RAINY STREET, UM, MEASURE THAT CREATED THE PILOT TO CLOSE UP THE STREET, I AM SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF NUMBER ONE, MAKING SURE THAT PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES IN HIGHLY PEDESTRIAN AREAS CAN DO, CAN WALK AND MOVE AROUND SAFELY.
I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE OF CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE AND TO MOVE SAFELY, BUT WE NEED, WE NEED OUR, UM, INTER DEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT, AT HOW TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE WIDE SWATH OF STREET IS ALSO CREATING SOME REAL CHALLENGES TO SAFETY.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN THERE, NOT JUST, UM, A REQUEST TO LOOK AT WEATHER STREET, UM, RE RETHINKING THE STREET CLOSURE, OR THE FULL STREET CLOSURE IS APPROPRIATE, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALK.
THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT HAS, HAS ARISEN AND BEEN CONSIDERED, BUT NOT MOVE FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER WIDENING THE STREET SIDEWALK ALLOWS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO MOVE SAFELY FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITHOUT CREATING THAT LARGE STREET SPOT, THAT'S CREATING SOME CHALLENGES.
UM, IT ALSO SUGGESTS TALKING, LOOKING AT CREATING SEATING IN THE STREET, OTHER WAYS OF UTILIZING THAT SPACE, THAT COULD BE SAFER, YOU KNOW, ONE, AND I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LEAVE.
UM, I KNOW OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS TO MAKE LATER, BUT I MEAN, THE VIOLENCE ALONG SIXTH STREET IS NOTHING NEW.
AND I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ALL OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER.
ONE OF, UM, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, A 31 YEAR WOMAN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WAS SHOT DEAD, UM, IN A FIGHT BECAUSE OF A FIGHT THAT INVOLVED MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE.
UM, ALONG SIXTH STREET, IT HAPPENED RIGHT AT THE AREA WHERE WE HAD INSTALLED ONE OF OUR NEW PUBLIC WATER FOUNTAINS.
AND ALL OF THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT SHE WAS THERE TRYING TO GET A DRINK OF WATER DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THIS FIGHT BROKE OUT AMONG 60 PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SITUATION, WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ALONG SIXTH STREET, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, NONE OF, UM, MOST OF THESE IDEAS ARE IDEAS THAT I HAVE INITIATED AND MY CO-SPONSOR SELF INITIATED ANALYSIS ON AND THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I, I JUST REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE, UM, SUGGESTIONS THAT, THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ASKING FOR OUR STREETS TO SUDDENLY BE REOPENED WITHOUT, WITHOUT DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S EVEN AN APPROPRIATE ACTION.
UM, AND DOING SO ON ANY KIND OF FAST TIMEFRAME IS JUST, WOULD JUST BE INACCURATE.
HAS ANYBODY NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THE CHAT THAT WANTS TO
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON OR SHARE THAT WE SHOULD CAUTION OURSELVES BEFORE CONSIDERING ANY TYPE OF JUVENILE CURFEW.
WE KNOW THAT THAT TYPE OF POLICY, DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OUR YOUTH CAN BE OUT AT NIGHT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
PERHAPS THEY ARE WORKING A JOB TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY, OR PERHAPS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT SIMPLY HAVING THIS TYPE OF POLICY IN PLACE, UM, IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THESE TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, JUST BASED ON AGE ALONE.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE COMMENTARY ON, ON THAT ASPECT.
I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK UP AS YET.
I APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOVA BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION ON SIXTH STREET.
UM, I HAD ONE SMALL AMENDMENT THAT I DIDN'T PREPARE CAUSE I JUST THOUGHT OF IT, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE, UH, A NO-BRAINER FOR, UH, ON PAGE FOUR IN THE LISTS OF THE FOLKS FOR THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
CAN WE PLEASE ADD OUR NEW OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION? UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES THERE AND YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE A KIND OF PROJECT, UM, THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO ENGAGE IN AND THE KIND OF EXPERTISE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE FROM THE NATIONAL NETWORK THAT, THAT VIOLENCE PREVENTION OFFICE IS PART OF, I THINK COULD BE VALUABLE.
SO, UM, PERHAPS WE COULD ADD THAT.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO, INCLUDING THAT OFFICE IN THE LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ERIC PART IN ADDITION, I'M SORRY.
I SAID, I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ADDITION AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD WITHOUT OBJECTION.
AND THEN I WANTED TO JUST SAY, CAN I SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS RAISING? I UNDERSTOOD THIS RESOLUTION TO BE KIND OF INITIATING A PROCESS FOR THAT EVALUATION TO HAPPEN, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHY
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I'M GOING TO SUPPORT SUPPORT THIS.UM, CAUSE I THINK WE, WE DO NEED TO FOCUS IN AND, AND TRY TO ADDRESS, UM, THE SITUATION.
UM, I DO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN IN LINES OF RAISING THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I DON'T HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS EFFECT.
I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE.
IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS, UM, COORDINATED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AND TO ADDRESS ACCESS TO GUNS, ET CETERA, UM, WHICH HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO MANY, BUT NOT ALL OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN AT SIXTH STREET.
THOSE SITUATIONS ARE REALLY DIFFERENT IF THERE'S NO GUN PRESENT FOR THEM.
UM, AND, UM, THE RESOURCES THAT ONE NEEDS TO RESPOND, IF THERE IS NO GUN ARE REALLY, UM, DIFFERENT.
SO I THINK THAT SHOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE SOLUTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA IN THIS RESOLUTION AND I WAS ORIGINALLY ENCOURAGED TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT BASED ON FEEDBACK I'D GOTTEN IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I LATER WITHDREW IT AND I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THAT.
THE AMENDMENT WAS TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF A FOCUSED JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE FOR THE EAST SIXTH STREET, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SERVICE DISTRICT.
MY HOPE IS THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF NEEDED, WE CAN HAVE A COMPASSIONATE DATA-DRIVEN DISCUSSION IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE REALLY SERVING THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY BY ALLOWING THEM TO FREQUENT THE CITY'S ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT NIGHT, OR WHETHER THAT PERMISSIVENESS IS PUTTING OUR CHILDREN AT UNDUE RISK OF TRAFFICKING AND OTHER CRIMES, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE RISING CRIME.
WE'RE SEEING DOWNTOWN JUST BEFORE I HAD WITHDRAWN MY AMENDMENT DATA WAS PROVIDED TO ME FROM APD CALL RESPONSES THAT DID NOT SUPPORT THIS CONCEPT THAT SAID I WOULD LIKE TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER RENTS, READ TO KNOW THAT I DO AGREE WITH HIM ON SOME OF WHAT HE HAD SAID.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
AND AS A MOTHER MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND THAT OFTEN REQUIRES US TO SET RULES FOR OUR OWN PROTECTION.
I'M ENCOURAGED BY LINE 1 0 3 AND 1 0 4 IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT SAYS, DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH EARLIER FINDINGS OR ASSERTIONS ABOUT UNDER AGE PRESENCE ON SIXTH STREET AND UNDER AGE DRINKING REMAIN TRUE TODAY.
WE HAVE TO REMAIN FACT-BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN IN OUR APPROACH TO SOLVING PROBLEMS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THIS AND CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY DATA POINTS FOR FUTURE ACTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND READY TO VOTE PROCESS
UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, IN TERMS OF PROBLEMATIC DRINKING BEHAVIOR, UM, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS IN MY DISTRICT AND IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PROBLEMATIC UNDERAGE DRINKING BEHAVIOR, THEN I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR US TO ADDRESS THEM ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO HOPEFULLY NOW THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ON THE DICE TOGETHER, UM, MY COLLEAGUE AND I GET TO, UH, NOT BREAK QUORUM AND TALK ABOUT THIS IN A WAY THAT WE COMPREHENSIVELY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMATIC UNDERAGE DRINKING, THEN WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN JUST SIXTH STREET AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEM ALL.
SO I, MY HOPE IS THAT WHILE IT CAN APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION, MY HOPE IS THAT WE GET TO HAVE A FULL FACING COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROBLEMATIC UNDERAGE DRINKING BEHAVIOR AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN MAYOR PRO TEM UP.
I'M NOT, ARE YOU DIRECTING THAT COMMENT AT ME? OH, NO, NO, NO.
I'M SAYING IN GENERAL, LIKE AS A BODY, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, AS A BODY, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, I WANT US TO HAVE A FULL, A FULL BLOWN, FULL FACING CONVERSATION.
IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU, BUT I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, GIVEN YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, I THINK HE KNOWS SOME THINGS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT I'M FROM THIS CITY I'M FROM HERE.
I KNOW SIXTH STREET, I KNOW, 14 YEAR OLD ME ON SIXTH STREET.
SO ALL THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONVERSATION IS AS EVOLVED AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE.
AND I CERTAINLY AM NOT DIRECTING ANYTHING IN YOUR DIRECTION.
I'M SAYING AS A BODY LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, A FULL FACING CONVERSATION.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS MY QUESTION REALLY WAS, I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS PROMPTING THAT COMMENT FROM YOU IF IT WAS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ASKING, UM, FOR THAT TO BE, UM, TO COORDINATE WITH TABC ON ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR CURBING UNDERAGE DRINKING.
I DIDN'T, AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CERTAINLY THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR THAT.
UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THE EARLIER REPORTS DID TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MENTION SEVERAL PEOPLE SUGGESTED ACTUALLY THAT THERE'D BE A REFERENCE
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TO THE SOBERING CENTER AND, AND ITS POTENTIAL ROLE ON SIXTH STREET.AND I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY HAPPENING.
THAT WAS A REALLY EXCITING ANYWAY, LET ME STEP BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BOTH UNDERAGE DRINKING AND WAYS TO REALLY, UM, SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE DRINKING AND EDUCATE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF BINGE DRINKING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT THE SOBERING CENTER IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF THAT IN ADDITION TO ON SIXTH STREET, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH UT CAMPUS AND OTHER COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO DO SO AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE NOT MENTIONED THE SOBERING CENTER IN TERMS OF SIXTH STREET ACTIVITY BECAUSE THEY'VE STARTED A PILOT PROGRAM OF ACTUALLY PARDON ME BEING ON SIXTH STREET ON THE WEEKENDS, THROUGH PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP, THEY ARE PRESENT ON SIXTH STREET.
THEY'RE EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUT, UM, ABOUT THE DANGERS OF BINGE DRINKING OR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING SAFE RIDES HOME, BUT ALSO ABOUT TAKING CARE OF, OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE IN THEIR PARTY, WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE SOBERING CENTER SERVICES RATHER THAN GOING HOME TO AN EMPTY APARTMENT, GOING TO THE SOBERING CENTER, WHERE THEY COULD BECOME SOBER, UM, IN A SAFE FASHION.
AND, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CONNECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NEED IT DIRECTLY TO A VAN THAT TAKES THEM TO THE SOBERING CENTER.
SO THERE'S GREAT WORK GOING ON WITH REGARD TO THE SOBERING CENTER.
YOU'RE ON SIXTH STREET AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT ITS CONTINUANCE.
UM, I DID WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK EDIT AND REALLY I COULD HAVE DONE THIS WITH YET ANOTHER DRAFT, BUT HAVING SENT OUT SO VERY MANY TODAY, I JUST NEEDED, I NEEDED TO GIVE MY STAFF AND THE AGENDA, UH, OUR, MY FABULOUS STAFF AND A FABULOUS AGENDA STAFF, A BREAK, AND JUST DO IT AROUND THE DAYAS I'M ON PAGE FOUR OF SIX.
UM, ONE OF THE STAFF HAD ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ON NUMBER TWO, AND THIS IS THE POINT ABOUT LIGHTING.
SO MY POINT HERE IS THAT THE LIGHTING ISSUE IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN AND SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IMMEDIATELY UPGRADING THE LIGHTING, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A BRIGHTER SPACE AGAIN AND AGAIN, AS I SOUGHT STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND POURED THROUGH THESE OLDER REPORTS, UM, LIGHTING CAME UP.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE SENTENCE, UM, TO HERE IS AS FOLLOWS, JUST REVERSING THE QUESTION AROSE WHETHER THE TEMPORARY LIGHTING WAS A MANDATE OR IF IT WAS A MANDATE, IF, IF DEEMED NECESSARY.
SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE SENTENCE A LITTLE BIT BY STARTING AT SAYING, USE TEMPORARY LIGHTING AND UPGRADE EXISTING LIGHTING AS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE DRAMATICALLY BRIGHTER SPACES ALONG THE SIXTH STREET CORRIDOR.
I BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY TO DO BOTH.
UM, THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE EXISTING LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE CAN, CAN JUST BE MANAGED IN A WAY WHERE IT'S BRIGHTER EARLIER.
UM, APD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THE LIGHTING BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.
WE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THAT'S HAPPENING AND AT WHAT TIME THAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK IT'S HAPPENING FROM ONE TO THREE, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, UM, RE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE TEMPORARY LIGHTING AND MANAGER.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY IMPROVE SAFETY IN THAT AREA.
AND THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE EXPERIMENTAL.
LIKE WE TRY THESE AND WE SEE WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, UM, FROM TRYING THOSE LIGHTING STRATEGIES, AS WE DID OVER ON SEVENTH STREET AND IN THE ALLEY NEARBY WHERE THERE WERE CRIMES HAPPENING TOO.
UM, ALSO LOOKING AT, AT SOME OF THE PILOT OPTIONS IDENTIFIED IN ITEM THREE, AS I MENTIONED, SIXTH STREET HAS, YOU KNOW, IT IS, WE HAVE SEEN, UH, A RASH OF REALLY TRAGIC VIOLENCE ON SIXTH STREET AND IT, IT MADE MOVING THESE, THESE ISSUES FORWARD IMPERATIVE, AS I'VE, I'VE TOLD THIS STORY MULTIPLE TIMES NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE DAYS AFTER THAT TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING WHERE ONE INDIVIDUAL LOST HIS LIFE AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE CRITICALLY INJURED THIS JUNE, I HAPPENED UPON A COMMENT ON FACEBOOK REFERENCING THESE TWO OUTSIDE CONSULTANT REPORTS THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT AGAIN.
AND THEN I GOT THE REPORTS AS WELL AND STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED FROM TIME TO TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT WAYS TO CREATE A SAFER SIXTH STREET.
UM, SOME OF THOSE CHANGES HAVE MOVED FORWARD, LIKE HAVING RESTROOMS AND, UM, CREATING, CREATING SOME OTHER CHANGES.
AND, AND MANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD.
SOME OF THEM I'M NOT SUGGESTING DO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, OTHERS, I THINK FAIR EVALUATION, BUT SOME OF THE KEY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONVERSATION IN THE PUBLIC HAS REALLY GOTTEN FOCUSED ON THE STREET CLOSURE.
IT'S GOTTEN FOCUSED ON A COUPLE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT SOME OF THE MAIN, SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE ARE THE CREATION OF AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO REALLY WORK TOGETHER.
ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT NOW, UM, ARE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF SIXTH STREET, WORKING TOGETHER, UM, LED BY THE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES DIVISION TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE IMPROVE SAFETY.
ABSOLUTELY THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS DOING SOME CRITICAL WORK AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
I REALLY APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND CREATING THAT OFFICE.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN,
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AS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED GUN VIOLENCE IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES ON SIXTH STREET.AND THERE IS A WAREHOUSE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION SHOULD BE PART OF THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SO MUCH OF THE SAFETY, UM, FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS AND US AUSTIN VISITORS WILL COME FROM THE IDEAS THAT, THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE OPP.
HOWEVER, I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GO MAKE, MAKE SIXTH STREET SAFER THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES.
AND THROUGH THE LOOK AT CREATING A NIGHTLIFE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, AS OTHER CITIES HAVE AT LOOKING AT HAVING A LICE, AN ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE, AS SOME OTHER PLACES HAVE AND INCREASED COORDINATION WITH JDBC TO REALLY LOOK AT UNDERAGE DRINKING AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES.
I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE LAND USE CHANGES THAT MIGHT HELP DIVERSIFY THE USES.
AND I KNOW ONE OF THE MAJOR PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG SIXTH STREET IS, IS VERY EAGER, UM, IS VERY EAGER TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ARE GOING TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO CO-SPONSORED THIS, THANK YOU TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN, OR HAVE SHARED THEIR EXPERTISE ON THIS.
AND OF COURSE FOR OUR CITY STAFF, WE'RE THERE FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND THEIR INPUT.
OUR CITY STAFF HAVE, HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED SOME OF WHAT IS NOTED AS DUE IN AUGUST.
AND THAT IS, UH, THE, THE NOTE ON NUMBER FIVE.
SO ON NUMBER FIVE, WHERE WE'VE ASKED THEM TO GO THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COME BACK AND LET US KNOW I HAVE GOTTEN, I HAVE GOTTEN SOME UPDATES ON THAT.
AND SO SOME OF THAT WORK IS ALREADY DONE.
MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED FOR ME TO SHARE PUBLICLY FOR ME TO PUT IT ON THE MESSAGE FORWARD OR SHARE WITH MEDIA THAT THE TWO REPORTS, THOSE WERE NOT CITY REPORTS.
AND SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OR THE PERMISSION TO DO SO, SO APOLOGIES.
UM, BUT I DID TRY TO CAPTURE THE MAJOR ELEMENTS THAT I THOUGHT OUR STAFF SHOULD, SHOULD LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD.
IS IT YOUR INTENT THAT THE AS NECESSARY PHRASE MODIFIED BOTH TEMPORARY LIGHTING ED, ED, THE EXISTING LIGHTING? UM, IT IS, BUT LET ME SAY TO OUR MANAGER THAT I, I THINK WE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH REPEATED COMMENTS ABOUT HOW DARK IT IS DOWN THERE THAT I, I WOULD, I WILL BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE CAN'T AFFECT ANY, UM, I NOTICED, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH TEMPORARY LIGHTING.
SO MANAGER, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY I'LL, I'LL KEEP THE AS NECESSARY AS, UM, MODIFYING BOTH, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE SEVENTH STREET RESOLUTION.
IF, IF WE CAN AFFECT ANY CHANGES WITH THIS RESOLUTION, I'M JUST GOING TO BRING FORWARD ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE UNTIL, UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE GET A SAFER SITUATION DOWN THERE, KIND OF IN THIS CASE, A BRIGHTER SITUATION SINCE, UM, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR DISCUSSION SO FAR HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THAT AS A REAL, AS A REAL KEY STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING SAFETY.
CAUSE REMEMBER TOVO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU ON SPONSORSHIP.
READY TO TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
IT IS NOW COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM.
DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? I DID IT FOR NO OTHER REASON.
I REALLY AM JUST STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE.
UM, I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE.
I JUST STILL HAVE SO MANY MORE QUESTIONS IF FOR NO OTHER REASON.
I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE LIGHTING ON 11TH AND 12TH STREET FOR A DECADE.
I MEAN, I, I'M JUST STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE HAVING SO MUCH ATTENTION TO ONE AREA TOWN.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT CATHERINE KELLY, HANG ON ONE SECOND.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED THAT MAYBE A MAYOR PRO TEM COULD BRING IT FORWARD AND WE COULD RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. OKAY.
SO I WOULD CALL THE VOTE THEN TEN ZERO ONE.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT COUNTS OVER, TOVO SURE.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY SUPPORT TOO, TO MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MADISON.
IF SHE WANTS TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE, I CERTAINLY THOSE, I CERTAINLY WILL SUPPORT IT.
I WANT EVERY AREA OF OUR TOWN TO BE VERY, TO BE SAFE AND TO BE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN THRIVE AND WHERE THEY CAN BE SAFE BOTH IN THE DAY AND THE NIGHT.
THE REASON SINCE YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY WE'RE FOCUSING ON SIXTH STREET IS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN, BECAUSE IT IS A SITUATION THAT IS OF CONCERN.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UM, THERE ON THE EVENINGS.
I CITED WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CONSTITUENT LAST SUMMER.
WE KNOW WE'VE HAD A RASH OF SHOOTINGS,
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FATAL SHOOTINGS THERE, THIS, THIS, UM, THIS LAST, THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND I JUST DON'T EVER WANT TO AWAKEN AGAIN, UM, TO THE NEWS THAT I DID THAT JUNE MORNING, WHERE WE HAD HAD A MASS SHOOTING IN AN AREA SO CROWDED, UM, THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT OR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED, AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE ON THE SCENE WERE ABLE TO, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO EITHER THE, THE EMS WHO WERE, WERE WAITING OR DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL.AND OF COURSE, AS WE KNOW, UM, ONE YOUNG MAN LOST HIS LIFE AND, AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE, WERE TRAGICALLY WERE CRITICALLY INJURED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I JUST, UM, THE REASON WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS AREA OF TOWN IS BECAUSE IT, IT, UM, HAS SHOWN, HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF NEEDING MORE ATTENTION AND NEEDS TO BE A SAFER PLACE.
I'VE DONE WALK AROUND WALKABOUTS WITH, WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS DOWN THERE DURING, BEFORE AND DURING AND AFTER BAR CLOSING.
AND, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE NEED TO WORK HARDER TO MAKE IT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU.
AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES IF THEY IDENTIFY AREAS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ALSO NEED ATTENTION.
I ALWAYS HAVE IN MY 10 YEARS ON THIS DYESS, AND I CERTAINLY WILL IN THE FUTURE, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT CREATING A SAFER COMMUNITY, SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VERY MUCH IS I BELIEVE YOU MEAN IT.
AND, AND I WILL, I WILL RETRACT MY ABSTENTION AND I WILL VOTE FOR THIS ITEM, BUT WE, WE GOT TO TALK, I MEAN, GIVENS, I MEAN, OKAY.
LET'S JUST, IF WE COULD PLEASE JUST TALK, MOVING FORWARD.
HAVING TO CALL THE VOTE TEN ZERO ONE WITH THE STENT.
UM, EVER ATTRACTED MY ABSTENTION.
DID WE JUST VOTE ON THAT OR WE DID
IT IS A LITTLE AFTER SIX DOWN.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, STILL THE HOMELESSNESS DISCUSSION TO HAVE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE PARKLAND ISSUE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME OUT, VISIT OUR THAT WE HAVE TWO ZONING CASES STILL TO, UH, DECIDE.
UH, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SMITH AT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DECIDING IF WE HAVE ENERGY TO HIT THE THIRD ITEM, I'M GOING TO CALL IT JUST IN CASE, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE WILL.
UH, IT IS SIX O'CLOCK NOW, DO YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHILE WE'RE BACK THERE, WHAT KIND OF DINNER BREAK WE WANT TO TAKE AND THEN COME BACK OUT, LET'S DO THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN, AND THEN WE CAN THAT'S OKAY.
THEN WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS THAT.
[Additional Item 4]
BUT BEFORE WE, UH, DO THAT MANAGER ABOUT, I GIVE YOU, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I COULD HAVE A, UH, JOSE OR, UH, SEQUEIRA WILL COME DOWN, UH, JUST FOR A QUICK MOMENT.UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANT THAT IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THIS IS HIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER 37 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WITH PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO READ A QUICK TRIBUTE THAT DIRECTOR, JORGE MORALES RECENTLY SENT THE CITY STAFF, UH, DURING HIS TENURE.
JOSE HAS HELPED WITH INCREDIBLE INITIATIVES IN OUR WATERSHED, UH, DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE WRITING OF THE DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL, THE WATERSHED DRAINAGE MASTER PLANS, AND FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY WATERSHED IN OUR COUNTRY.
JOSE HAS BEEN A LONG ADVOCATE OF GETTING COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ENGINEERING THROUGH INTERN OPERA INTERN OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH EVENTUALLY CULMINATED IN A FORMAL WATERSHED INTERN PROGRAM.
HE LED THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM FOR WATERSHED, AND HE HAS BEEN THE FACE OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RELATED ANNEXATIONS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
JOSE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MANY AND VARIED.
AND WITHOUT HIM WATERSHED PROTECTION WOULD NOT BE THE ORGANIZATION.
LET'S SAY PLANS TO RETIRE AND TAKE SOME TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND RELAX.
HE DOESN'T PLAN TO LEAVE AUSTIN.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM AROUND AND CONTINUING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
SIR, YOU REFLECT AND EMBODY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.
AND THE 37 YEARS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE ARE SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HAD YOU AS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT
I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS AND I'LL BE HALF OF THE COUNCIL.
YOUR FINGERPRINTS HAVE BEEN ON SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SO CRITICAL, UH, TO THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, UH, ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR THE GIFTS YOU'VE GIVEN.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY.
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YOU'VE DONE.YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH, UM, WITH ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BY FLOODING ISSUES AND ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S RESPONSIVENESS AND ALL OF YOUR WORK AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
[Executive Session]
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP, UH, TWO OR THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7.WHEN THE GOVERNOR CODE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO 1 33 SMITH V CITY OF AUSTIN, ALSO 1 77, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION, UH, ABOUT PREPARING AN ORDINANCE TO ORDER A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 FOR THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 1 36 WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ARE THE, UH, ITEM, UH, DOWNSTAIRS? NO OBJECTION HERE AT 6 0 7.
WE'LL GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I APOLOGIZE TO ZONING FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US ALL DAY AT OUR, THE FEW ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LEFT.
I WILL ENDEAVOR TO CARVE OUT AS SOON AS WE CAN.
WE'RE IN RECESS, WE'RE HEADING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND, UH, WE'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
WE DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS 1 33 AND 1 77.
WE DID NOT DISCUSS 1 36 COLLEAGUES WERE BACK OUT.
THIS IS, UH, HOW I WOULD PROPOSE.
WE LET'S QUICKLY WORK ON 54 AND 55.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT PUTTING THOSE INTO CONTEXT TONIGHT.
UH, BUT OUT OF THE BUDGET MEETING ON TUESDAY BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOTTA BE PART OF THE STAFF PRESENTATION AT THAT POINT.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THERE, BUT LET'S TAKE CARE OF 54 AND 55 HERE.
THEN WE'LL GO TO THE TWO ZONING CASES.
FIRST 1 41, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT, UH, AND THEN MERITS IF, IF IT DOESN'T GET POSTPONED AND THEN 1 77, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND DO, UH, UH, THE PARKLAND CASE 1 77.
SO 54 AND 55, THEN 1 41, THEN 1 46 AND THEN, UH, 1 77.
[Items 54 & 55]
SO 54 AND 55.UM, DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MOVE, UH, PASSAGE OF 54 OR 55 COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UH, MAKES THAT MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER LS SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION ON 54 AND 55 COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO YES, MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT, UM, MY AMENDMENT, MY DIRECTION IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE, AND IF THAT'S THE MAKER'S, UM, INTENT AND THIS INFORMATION THAT I PASSED AROUND A FEW VERSIONS OF IT, IT JUST REALLY CODIFIES THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE HAVE HAD WITH, WITH ESCALATE AND WITH SOME OF THE PARENTS THERE AND SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA APP.
AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY AT OUR STAFF FOR, FOR THAT CONTINUED WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT ANYWAY, TO THE MAKERS OF THE MOTION, DOES YOUR MOTION INCLUDE MY MOTION SHEET? LET ME JUST MAKE IT, LET ME, LET ME MAKE THAT AS A FORMAL MOTION, PLEASE.
UH, ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING, UH, UH, COUNCIL NUMBER TOWBOATS LANGUAGE IN ITEM NUMBER 54? UM, YES.
I REALLY LIKED THE DIRECTION THAT SHE'S GIVEN THERE AND I THINK THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO, UH, INCLUDING THE KATHY TABOS DIRECTION OF 54 HEARING? NOT IT'S INCLUDED IN 54? YES.
IS WE THE THIRD THING WE DO? OKAY.
NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 54 AND 55 AND 54 INCLUDES THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, AS THE DIOCESE CONSIDER HAVING A DEDICATED HEARING ON HOMELESSNESS, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE OFTEN HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN AN ABBREVIATED
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FORMAT WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, JAM PACKED WITH THE, AN AGENDA WHERE WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.AND I KNOW WE'RE COMING UP ON A BUDGET SESSION, BUT WE ARE IN A CRISIS MODE RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING OUR UNHOUSED BE PHASED IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH, UH, THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS LAYING OUT IN RESPONSE TO PROP B IS ABOUT TO COME UP ON OUR, UH, DEADLINE THERE AND WITH THE STATEWIDE BAN, UH, COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, REALLY, WE JUST HAVE A MATTER OF WEEKS AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME DEDICATED SPACE AND NOT JUST OUR CITY COUNCIL.
WE SHOULD CONSIDER HAVING A JOINT MEETING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, WITH OTHER PARTNERS, INCLUDING CENTRAL HEALTH, EVERYONE THAT HAS A ROLE IN IT.
SO WE COULD HAVE, CREATE A SPACE TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL AND MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD AS, AS A COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE HEAL INITIATIVE, UM, AND TO TALK THROUGH ALL OF THE CHANGES IN OUR RESPONSE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A GENERAL FEEDBACK FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE ON TUESDAY.
CAUSE I THINK THAT, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THROUGH.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTATION IS.
I MEAN, WE PASSED A BALLOT MEASURE THAT SAID THAT, UM, UH, PEOPLE COULD NOT, UH, UH, TENT THE WAY THEY WERE, UH, WITHOUT, UH, BEING TOLD THEY NEED TO NEED TO MOVE.
UH, AND, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY THE, THE MANAGER IS, IS ROLLING OUT ENFORCEMENT OF THAT AND IT'S COMING DUE.
AND THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO THOSE PEOPLE GO? THERE'S NOT A PLACE FOR 2000 PEOPLE TO GO.
UH, IF THERE WAS, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE PLACE WE'RE IN TO START OFF WITH IT, THE RESOURCES WERE THERE TO FIND PLACES FOR 2000 PEOPLE TO GO.
IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE HAPPENED.
WE DO HAVE SOME LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND, UH, AND IN FACT, WE'RE PUTTING MORE RESOURCES TO IT AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO STUFF AND REALLY GRAND FASHION.
WE CAN EITHER SPEND IT ON, ON, ON, UH, IMMEDIATE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION TO WHERE PEOPLE GO, UH, OR WE CAN INVEST THAT MONEY IN, IN ALSO SHORT TERM BRIDGE TYPE THINGS, BUT THEY GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.
SO I THINK THAT THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS ON TUESDAY IS WHAT IS THE RELATIVE MERITS OF THOSE TWO THINGS? I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR MONEY AND INVESTED IT ALL IN BUILDING, UH, UH, SANCTIONED CAMP AREAS.
UH, THEY STILL HAVE CHALLENGES WITH HOMELESSNESS YEARS LATER BECAUSE JUST PUTTING PEOPLE IN A SANCTIONED CAMP AREA, DOESN'T, DOESN'T HELP ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT YOUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UH, THAT YOU GIVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT OR SUBSTANCE USE, UH, ISSUES, UH, IS NOT VERY EFFICIENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.
UH, WE DO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN DOING GREAT WORK AND THEY'RE 90, 95% SUCCESSFUL.
UH, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE THAT SUCCESSFUL ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE, THE GREATER TIES TO, TO, UM, UH, HOUSING, NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT ALSO RAPID REHOUSING.
UH, WE, WE WERE ALREADY HAVING SUCCESS IN SOME OF THOSE, THE HEAL INITIATIVE.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSES WITH, UH, WE HAVE A MOTEL STRATEGY THAT WE'RE HAVING SUCCESSES WITH THAT WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE IN THE COMBINATION OF THE HEALING THAT IS WORKING.
SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHERE DO PEOPLE GO? IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO, TO DEAL WITH TWO YEARS AGO.
UH, THERE WAS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WENT AND BASICALLY IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MOVING AROUND CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ORDINANCES WERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE ORDINANCES HAVE RETURNED TO, FOR ME, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF TENTS AND INTO PLACES THAT HELPS ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T GO RIGHT BACK AND WHERE WE MAKE SMART USE OF TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND THEM IN A WAY THAT GETS PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
I THINK WE NEED TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCES AS THE PUBLIC, UH, VOTED TO DO, BUT I, BUT I HOPE THAT WE DON'T TAKE ALL OUR AVAILABLE MONEY AND SPEND IT ON SOMETHING THAT GIVES US AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER, BUT, BUT HELPS CREATE A LONGER TERM CHALLENGE AND DIGS US JUST EVEN DEEPER INTO NOT BEING YOUR HANDLE A CHUNK.
BUT I HOPE THAT MANAGER, I HOPE THAT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING ON TUESDAY AND THAT THE YOU AND THE, UM, UH, HOMELESSNESS, UH, OFFICER WILL BE HELPING TO LAY OUT WHAT THE CHOICES ARE.
WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICES? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR? OKAY.
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YES, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, FRONTEST YOUR COMMENTS? I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNED ME ON TUESDAY, WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND WE TOOK UP THE ISSUE, UM, VERY, IN A VERY BRIEF FASHION, WE WERE HEADED TO DO THE SAME HERE TONIGHT, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF TIME.UM, WHICH IS WHY I SUGGESTED TO THE MAYOR THAT WE CARVE OUT SOME SPACE OUTSIDE OF TODAY'S MEETING TO TRY TO HAVE A FULLER CONVERSATION.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU AND THE MANAGER HAVE COME UP WITH, UM, SOME TIME TO DO THAT ON THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL HAVE LOTS OF INPUT AND QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND I'VE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AND WE JUST START SIMPLY OUT OF TIME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT ON TUESDAY AND WE'LL BE DISAPPOINTED.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN TODAY.
UM, IT IS NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXPLORATION AND COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND WANT YOU TO GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
IT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T DO THE SUBJECT JUSTICE WITHOUT AS MUCH AS WE HAVE BEFORE US HERE THIS EVENING REMAINING.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT IS BECAUSE WE PLAY SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY ON IT THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING IT UP AGAIN TODAY.
I JUST WANNA, UM, ADD, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK AND, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE.
WHO'S MADE THEIR COMMENTS SO FAR.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DISCUSS NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO IN COUNCILMEMBER QUANTAS, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR IDEAS RELATED TO A LARGER CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY AND PERHAPS OTHERS.
SO I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT NEXT NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE A PATH FORWARD THERE SO MUCH MORE TO BE SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME FOR DOING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATIONS NEXT WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, IN FRONT OF US ARE ITEMS 54 AND 55.
UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE TWO ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ALL HERE.
SO IT'S, EVERYBODY'S VOTING I 54 AND 55 PAST THAT GETS
[141. C14-2020-0089 Twelfth and Springdale Residences - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1200, 1202, and 1208 Springdale Road (Tannehill Branch Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from community commercial-mixed use-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-NP) combining district zoning to community commercial-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-V-NP) combining district zoning. Staff and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant community commercial-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-V-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: JJ&B Investments, LLC (Brent Ellinger, Janet Ellinger, and Joseph Malone). Agent: Alice Glasco Consulting (Alice Glasco). City Staff: Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122.]
US THEN TO THE FIRST ZONING CASE.THIS IS THE 12TH IN SPRINGDALE MATTER.
JERRY, YOU WANT TO CALL THIS ONE? SO JURY REST OVER WITH THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, UH, THE MLK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT OF THIS CASE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND.
IT IS HER SECOND REQUEST AND THE APOKYN IS OPPOSED.
AND ELLIS GLASGOW IS THE AGENT FOR THE CASE.
YOU CAN SPEAK TO HER POSITION.
UH, CATHERINE, HER HARPER, RIGHT.
IS, IS THIS IN YOUR DISTRICT MAYOR PRO TEM? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO DO.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND RESPECT THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, UM, DESIRE FOR POSTPONEMENT.
YOU REMEMBER HARPER MADISON MEAN MADE A PRETEND PROPER MADISON MOVES TO POSTPONE THIS? IS THERE A DATE MAY OR CAN I SPEAK TO IT? YES.
ARE YOU MOVING TO POSTPONE TO A DATE? CERTAIN, SO AS IT REGARDS TO THE POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS, IF I COULD JUST SPEAK TO IT, UM, EXCUSE ME, ACTUALLY, GIVE ME A SECOND.
UM, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO MUTE MYSELF FOR JUST A SECOND.
DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FIRST? YES, PLEASE.
IS THE, UH, APPLICANT WITH US? HELLO? HI.
MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALICE GLASGOW REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
SO THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SECOND REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT AT THE JUNE 3RD MEETING.
THE REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT WAS TO JULY 29TH IN ORDER TO COORDINATE HOW TO JUST STUDY THE, UM, SITES SOME MORE AND REACH OUT TO US FOR MEETING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
THEY NEVER WOULD REACHED OUT TO US TO MEET, UH, JULY 19TH.
UH, WE SAID, YES, WE'RE WILLING TO MEET IF THEY COULD SEND US THEIR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME SO WE CAN BE PREPARED TO ANSWER, BUT THEY DID NOT DO THAT.
SO TO BE PERFORMANCE REQUESTED IS A SURPRISE TO US BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF MAY 25TH, THE, UM, THAT
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THE, UH, BEFORE THAT MEETING THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD REACHED OUT TO THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION, UH, AT TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.THEY SEND A LETTER TO COUNCIL AT URGING YOU TO DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO POSTPONE THE CASE UNTIL WE HAD DONE SOME, UH, UH, A STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF CEMETERY, BURIAL PIPES ON OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE VOLUNTEERED TO GO AHEAD AND HIRE AN ARCHEOLOGIST AND GEO TECHNO JILL GEOSCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT A, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF OSTRACIZED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT ACQUIRED BY CITY CODE, THE CITY DOES NOT REGULATE, UH, BURIAL SITES OR CEMETERY AS LINE, JUST MATTER.
WE FOUND THIS CASE APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS AGO.
SO WE'LL BE NODDED FOR 12 MONTHS.
THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT PROVIDES ALL THE INFORMATION, THE ASTROLOGICAL ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY DR.
UH, WE, UM, SO WE ARE READY TO GO.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THIS CASE, UH, WITH SOME, UM, UM, VOLUNTARY AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT AND THE VMU.
SO WE'VE LEFT TO BE HEARD TODAY.
AND, UH, THE CASE IS READY FOR ALL THREE READINGS.
WE, UM, HAVE A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AS, AS ADJUSTED BY LAW BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY CANNOT ACCEPT A FOOTBALL HOUSING, UH, AT
AND, UM, SO, UM, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE THE PRESENTATION TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SINCE MY PRESENTATIONS ARE ALREADY UP SO THE SECOND SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE LOCATION OF OUR SITE STRUCTURE TOO, AND TRY TO HAS A BUILDING THAT IS, UH, VACANT.
IT IS BOATED UP, UH, IT'S OWNED GR AND YOU NP, UH, TRUCK TWAN TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT TRACT OF TRACK.
TWO WAS PART OF THE REZONING WE HAD
AND WE HAD HOPED THAT WITH THAT WITHDRAWAL, THEY WOULD SUPPORT OUR REZONING OF TRACK TWO TO GR, UH, M U V NP.
UM, BETHANY CEMETERY IS BEHIND IT.
THE CONCERNS WERE THAT, UH, THE BOUNDARIES WERE, UH, ENCROACHING INTO OUR SITE HOURS, ARCHEOLOGIST, UH, UH, ROPED TO THE TEXT OF HIS TOTAL COMMISSION AND PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION TO CONFIRM.
AND THEY WROTE BACK ON FRONTING THAT THE CEMETERY BOUNDARIES DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT EXTEND INTO MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY.
UM, THE NEIGHBORS ALSO ASKED US TO LOOK INTO FLOODING PROBLEMS. THERE ARE FOUR HOMES THAT ARE ON, UM, SOUTH OF TRAPPED, ONE THAT EXPERIENCING FLOODING.
I REACHED OUT TO THE DIRECTOR OF WATERSHED PROTECTION AND, UH, HE AND HIS STAFF DETERMINED THAT YES, THOSE HOMES DO FLOOD AND IT'S DUE TO INADEQUATE FLOODING MITIGATION THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE, OR MAY NOT HAVE CONDUCTED MANY YEARS AGO, AND THAT THEY WOULD APPRECIATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM BECAUSE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROPERTY ACTUALLY CAN ALLEVIATE FLOODING.
THAT IS BEING EXPERIENCED THAT TODAY, UH, THROUGH REGIONAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, IT'S VOLUNTARY ON OUR PART, OR WE CAN HAVE DETENTION PONDS ON OUR SITE, BUT, UH, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION STAFF WOULD PREFER, OR WOULD LIKE FOR US TO VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO PARTICIPATE INDIGENOUS TOMWATER WATER MANAGEMENT SO WE CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING.
SO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS SEEMED A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT EXISTING ZONING IS, WHO THINKS ZONING IS GRM YOU, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 60 FEET.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS M U WITH A V OVERLAY.
THE V DOES NOT CHANGE THE BASE HEIGHT, COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS APPLY TO THE SITE.
AND THOSE CANDIDATES ALSO DICTATE THE HEIGHT BASED ON YOUR SETBACKS AWAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY ZONING OR USE, UM, GR AND YOU DOES NOT REQUIRE COMMERCIAL ZONING DOES NOT REQUIRE MIXED USE.
WE CAN DO 100% RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND WE CAN ACHIEVE SEVEN, SIX UNITS.
HOWEVER, UNDER GRM UV THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE 126 UNITS.
AND COMMERCIAL SPACE IS MANDATORY.
THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS HAVE TO BE UNDER THE V ORDINANCE, HAVE TO BE 10% OF THE UNIT AT 80% MFI AT
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 10% AT 60% MSI AS VOLUNTEERED BY OBSTACLES.
THEY WERE ADVISED BY LAW THAT THEY COULD NOT REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE TWO TO DEVIATE FROM THE VI THAT REQUIRES 80% MFI.
THERE'S A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN YOUR BACKUP THAT WE CAN RECORD AFTER THIS CASE IS APPROVED TO PROVIDE 10% OF A UNIT THAT'S 13 UNITS AT 60% MFI.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE 66 UNITS, THE CONFERENCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DESIGNATED SPRINGDALE AS AN ACTIVITY CORRIDOR, WE SHOULD BE CHARACTERIZED BY VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND TYPES OF BUILDINGS, INCLUDING MIXED USE BUILDINGS THAT USE MLK COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN VISION IS THAT, UH, UM, THIS SIDE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A MIXED USE SITES TO SERVE LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEEDS.
MS. CROSS, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE? YES.
UM, I CONCLUDE, I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT THIS CHART SHOWS YOU THAT THE, THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.
YOU DON'T USE ALL RESIDENTIAL, NO COMMERCIAL REQUIRED.
THE V ALLOWS ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND IN EXCHANGE, THE STATE REQUIRES WE PROVIDE HOUSING 10% OF THE UNIT, AND IT HAS TO BE AN EXCUSE IF MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORS AND WITH A REZONING CHANGE, WE CAN PARTNER WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION TO ALLEVIATE.
SO THE MO SO THE MOTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS FIRST READING ONLY, UH, MY APOLOGIES.
UM, YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME MY, MY SITUATION.
UM, BUT THE MOTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS FIRST READING.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR, ADDISON MOVES PASSAGE OF THIS, UH, UH, ITEM ON FIRST READING ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? THAT'S OUR POLL SECONDS THAT AND THE DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MS. GLASGOW FOR, UM, THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
ADDING THAT V TO THE EXISTING ZONING, UM, IS GOING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES WITH ALL THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT THE V AFFORDS A COURSE.
AND, UH, THERE ARE NO INCREASES IN THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS, REALLY.
AND WE ARE GOING NOW TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO HAVE 10% OF THEM BE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND I UNDERSTAND, AND MS. GLASGOW CAN CONFIRM THIS, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT MOVED, UM, FROM 80% MFI TO 60% MFI AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT COUNSEL IN THE POOL.
AND WE DO HAVE A RECEPTIVE COVENANT ALREADY IN YOUR BACKUP TO, UM, THE DOCUMENTS THAT THANKS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR, UH, MAKING THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ON FIRST READING.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, A GOOD PROJECT AND I, AND I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT AND SUPPORT IT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS. YES.
AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M GONNA PRETEND THAT YOU WANT TO COME AT FIRST.
UH, CHAIR, UH, YOU, YOU SELECT AS YOU SEE FIT.
I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA LET YOU CLOSE, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
UM, WELL, SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THE ARCHEOLOGICAL REPORT AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN VERY PATIENTLY WAITING SINCE APRIL TO HAVE THEIR CASE TAKEN UP BY COUNSEL.
UH, WE GENERALLY GIVE EACH PARTY ONE POSTPONEMENT EACH AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIRS.
SO TO BE FAIR TO THE APPLICANT, UM, WHILE ALSO AFFORDING NEIGHBORS TIME TO REVIEW THE REPORT, I'M VERY HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY ON FIRST READING, UM, ONLY, AND TO RECONSIDER THE CASE ON AUGUST 26, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED.
AND I THINK, UM, MS. GLASGOW ALREADY SPOKE TO SOME OF THOSE, BUT I'M VERY EMPATHETIC TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CEMETERY.
IN FACT, MY TEAM AND I HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AT THE REQUEST OF THE MLK NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO BRING FORWARD AN ITEM THAT WOULD TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF BETHANY CEMETERY TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO, TO ENSURE ITS PRESERVATION AND CARE IN PERPETUITY.
HOWEVER, I WOULD DREW THE ITEM.
UM, I REDREW THAT ITEM RATHER, UM, WHEN THOSE SAME RESIDENTS INFORMED US, THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS MY OFFICE THAT ENCOURAGED THE APPLICANT TO DO AN ARCHEOLOGICAL
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SURVEY, UH, WHICH WAS NOT REQUIRED, UM, ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY, BEFORE IT CAME TO COUNCIL THAT SAID, THESE CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THESE, UM, THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESSES.IF THERE'S SOMEONE IN CASE CASES NOT APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL MOVE FORWARD TO DEVELOP THE SITE UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING THAT WOULD STILL ALLOW THEM TO BUILD UP TO 78 UNITS WITH NO REQUIREMENT THAT ANY OF THEM BE AFFORDABLE.
UH, THE BUILDING COULD BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE ONE PROPOSED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING CHANGE, BUT IT WOULDN'T COME WITH ANY OF THE PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE EXISTING FLOODING IN THE AREA DENYING THIS REZONING WILL STOP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE, BUT IT WILL COST US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE SOME HIGHLY WELCOMED COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF IT.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST, THAT THE NEIGHBORS WILL WORK WITH MY OFFICE AND THE APPLICANT TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT PRODUCES THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, UM, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, A VERY APPROPRIATE APPROACH, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO ASK QUESTIONS AND EXPLORE THIS A BIT MORE, BUT IT DOES MOVE THE CASE FORWARD.
SO, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE 1 41 ON FIRST READING, COMING BACK TO US AT THE MEETING THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT HERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY IS NOT HERE OFF THE DICE, OTHERS VOTING.
[146. C14-2021-0023.SH Anderson Creek Affordable Housing-Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1701 East Anderson Lane (Little Walnut Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from limited office-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-CO-NP) combining district zoning and rural residence-neighborhood plan (RR-NP) to community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: 183 Apartment Site Ltd. (Patricia Ivy). Agent: Thrower Design (A. Ron Thrower). City Staff: Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122. (Part 1 of 2)]
TO ITEM NUMBER 1 46, WHERE THE SHARED RESTROOM, THE HOUSING AND PLAYING DEPARTMENT.AGAIN, UH, THIS CASE IS C 14, 2020 0 0 0 2 3 DOT S H.
THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1701 EAST HENDERSON LANE IS A 4.2, TWO ACRE TRACT CURRENTLY ZONED LOC L N P AND R AND P.
THE REQUESTED ZONING IS TO G R N P A.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS, AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN THIS CASE THAT, UM, THE PETITION IS NO LONGER VALID AND ALSO THAT, UM, DESPITE THE REQUESTED GR P ZONING, THE APPLICANT'S INTENTION IS TO CONSTRUCT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER THE AFFORDABILITY ON LOCK PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER GRMP ZONING, UM, WITHOUT AN MDU OVERLAY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, YES, COUNSELOR POOL.
THANKS, MR.
I DON'T SUPPORT THOSE SORTS OF ACTIONS JUST TO BE REALLY PUBLIC ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, THAT IS, UH, CREATING A SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLE FOR ME IN, UH, SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, UH, APPROVE, UH, AS ITEM 1 46? SORRY.
IS THERE A SECOND AS A MEMBER AT 30 SECONDS AT ANY DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM.
MA'AM AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH MY SITUATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I TALK A LOT ABOUT THE DECADES OF CAR-CENTRIC PLANNING HERE IN AUSTIN AND HOW IT HAS REALLY TRULY LED US TO SOME LESS THAN GREAT OUTCOMES.
THIS ITEM BEFORE US IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE A SEVERE HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS CITY, AND WE ALL NEED THE AFFORDABLE UNIT.
WE CAN GET, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS KIND OF PROJECT, IT, IT HAS TO PENCIL UP.
UM, YOU NEED CHEAPER LAND AND SOME OF THE CHEAPEST LAND WE HAVE IN AUSTIN, RIGHT ALONG WITH THE MANY MILES OF FREEWAYS, WE LAID OUT ACROSS OUR CITY.
IT'S CHEAP BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS CREATED BY THOSE FREEWAYS NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, ZEBRA WALKABILITY.
SO I'M CONFLICTED WHEN I GET THESE PROPOSALS MUCH LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, UM, TO PUT HOUSING FOR OUR MOST ECONOMICALLY
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MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS IN THIS DIRTY, DANGEROUS LOCATION.AS I SAID, THOUGH, WE NEED ALL THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WE CAN GET IN THIS CASE.
I'M GLAD THE DEVELOPERS AS AGREED TO PROVIDING AN EASEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY BEHIND THE PROPERTY THAT COULD LET TEACHER RESIDENTS SAFELY WALK OR BIKE ON CAMERON ROAD.
BUT I DO HOPE ONE DAY SOON, WE'LL TALK ABOUT CHANGES THAT CAN BE MADE SO THAT WE ARE PUTTING LOW INCOME HOUSING IN THE LEAST DESIRABLE LOCATIONS IN TOWN.
ONE WAY TO GET THERE IS TO FINALLY ADDRESS OUR OUTDATED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN A WAY THAT LETS MORE PEOPLE LIVE IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
ANOTHER WAY IS TO UPDATE THE SCORING CRITERIA FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS AND EXPENSIVE CAR DEPENDENCE CREATED BY PUTTING HOUSING ON HIGHWAYS AS IT STANDS.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY DON'T DALLAS, MY AUSTIN, I CAN'T HELP, BUT TELL THEM.
WE LITERALLY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE IN WHICH CASE MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL THREE READINGS, UM, WITH A PUBLIC TRAIL EASEMENT DONATED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN PRIOR TO THE FIRST CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING ISSUED FOR RESIDENTIAL.
HI FOR RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN THE CREEK AREA FOR CONNECTIVITY TO FUTURE TRAILS, TO ADJACENT PROPERTY ALONG THE CREEK AREA.
UM, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION ON FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 1 46.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED EARLIER CUSTOMER POOL BY SAYING THAT I ALSO DON'T SUPPORT TACTICS THAT ARE USED TO STRATEGICALLY INVALIDATE VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
YES, KATHY EVER AUTHOR, UM, ONE CLARIFICATION, UM, THIS ITEM IS IN MAYOR PROTONS DISTRICT AND SHE JUST MADE A MOTION.
IS THAT THE SAME AS YOUR MOTION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT CAUSE I'M IN THE SAME BOAT.
IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
PUENTES I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE BODY, WE'RE GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER THE MED PRO TAB MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, SO IT'S MAYOR PRO TEM THIS MOTION TO PASS ASIDE AND THANK YOU.
THAT'S MY ROLE TO HER, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER IS SORRY.
AND THEN IF I CAN MAKE MY COMMENT, UM, SO I'VE VOTED IN FAVOR OF CASES THAT HAVE A VALID PETITION AND I VOTED AGAINST CASES THAT HAVE A PETITION FOR ME.
I ALWAYS TRY TO EVALUATE EACH CASE AS IT COMES, BUT I DO HAVE A LONGSTANDING POSITION OF OPPOSING CASES WHERE A VALID PETITION HAS BEEN BROKEN BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF A ZONING CASE FOR MUCH THE SAME REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN CITED BY MY COLLEAGUES.
I BELIEVE IT'S A DISSERVICE TO PUBLIC TRUST WHEN NEIGHBORS FOLLOW A PROCESS AND HAVE THE RUG PULLED OUT FROM THEM AT THE LAST MINUTE.
WELL, I THINK THIS CASE DOES HAVE SOME MERITS BASED ON MY POSITION ON WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A DEVELOPER PRACTICE.
WE SHOULD DISCOURAGE I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS CASE.
IN THE VERY PRETENTIOUS MOTION THERE WAS MENTION OF THE EASEMENT, UH, COUNSEL.
YOU WANT TO JUST ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICKLY? YES.
MAYOR LEE SIMMONS FOR THE LAW DEPARTMENT, UH, GENERALLY CODE DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ACCEPT A TRAIL OR A TRAIL EASEMENT AT THE TIME OF ZONING.
THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, PERHAPS A PRIVATE COVENANT, UH, BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE.
UH, BUT ACCEPTING THE TRAIL IN THIS CASE UNDER CODE AND STATE MALL, UH, IT'S NOT LEGALLY FEASIBLE.
IT'S NOT LEGALLY WHAT YOU SAID.
SO IS THIS MOTION TO APPROVE IT ON ALL THREE READINGS OR WAS IT SHORT OF ALL THREE READINGS? WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS ISSUE THERE? THE CASE IS READY FOR ALL THREE READINGS, BUT AS YOU WERE JUST HEARD FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAIL EASEMENT ASPECT OF IT, BUT THAT ASIDE THE CASES READY FOR ALL THREE READINGS, MAYOR PRO TEM LEGOS INDICATED THAT WE CAN'T MAKE PART OF THE MOTION, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE EASEMENT TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT ON SOMETHING LESS THAN THREE READINGS,
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UH, TO COME BACK.SO I WONDER, I KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY OUR LAST ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING, BUT I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO, AT THE VERY LEAST ADD A FEW MINUTES TO TALK TO MY STAFF.
WHAT, WHERE DOES THIS STAND RIGHT NOW? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY READINGS APPROVED ON THIS YET? NO MATTER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS, UH, AND, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LONG BREAK, I THINK.
[177. Approve a resolution directing the City Clerk to prepare an ordinance to order a special municipal election to be held on the November 2, 2021 uniform election date on the question of authorizing the City Council to convey approximately 9 acres of parkland located at 2525 S. Lakeshore Blvd, also known as Central Maintenance Complex (CMC), to the successful respondent of a public bidding process in exchange for 1) the conveyance of land, cash or cash equivalent, or a combination of land and cash or cash equivalent, that is of equivalent or greater value than the appraised value for CMC, 2) the cost of or construction of a new maintenance facility to house PARD maintenance staff on existing parkland, and 3) the funding for the restoration and remediation of Fiesta Gardens Maintenance Yards, or other conditions.]
UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO, UH, UH, THE OTHER REMAINING ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM 1 77, UH, ON ITEM 1 77 COUNTS YOU AUTOMATE CAUSE REMEMBER THREE JOINED, MAKE A MOTION.KIND OF TRYING TO REMEMBER THE ONE IT USED TO WORK, BEEN A GOD SO LONG.
IN FACT, THEY FOUND A PETRIFIED BANANA AND I WOULD LAUGH.
UM, I MOVED TO PASS ITEM 1 77.
UM, WE HAD A REQUEST FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AT, UH, THEIR MAINTENANCE YARD.
I BELIEVE THE NAME OF THE STREET IS, AND UH, WE LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD, 25, 20 5,000 EXTRA BOULEVARD.
IT'S AN OLD MATRESS UNIT THAT WOULD BUILT THERE IN 1991.
UH, IT HAS, UH, OUTGROWN THAT NINE ACRES AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT WE PUT IT UP FOR SALE.
SO WITH THE ABILITY OF HAVING IT, SO IN WITH THAT, THAT MONEY BUILD A BRAND NEW MAINTENANCE, UH, FACILITY AND ALSO, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY ALSO ALSO GETTING 50 PLUS ACRE OF RIVERFRONT PROPERTY ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER.
WE PASSED THIS AND GIVE IT TO THE VOTERS SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE A DECISION IF THEY WANT TO SELL THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME LANGUAGE HANDED OUT.
IS YOUR MOTION, INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE THROUGH THE HAND IT OUT ON THE DYESS FOR THE BEAVER SOFT CLAUSE VERSION TWO ITEM 77, VERSION TWO.
I'M GOING TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
DOES THAT RUN OUT OTHERWISE, DO YOU NEED A SECOND? I'M SORRY, WHAT DO YOU NEED A SECOND? I'M GOING TO READ THE LANGUAGE PERSON.
THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY CLERK TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE TO ORDER A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 UNIFORM ELECTION DATE ON THE QUESTION OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONVEY APPROXIMATELY NINE ACRES OF PARKLAND LOCATED AT 25 25 SOUTH LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD, ALSO KNOWN AS CENTRAL MAINTENANCE COMPLEX CMC THROUGH A PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS.
THE CITY WOULD CONVEY TO LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR COAL AND 1 49 ACRES OF LAND WITH WATERFRONT CONTIGUOUS TO AN EXISTING CITY PARK OR OTHER LAND THAT CITY DEEMS ACCEPTABLE THAT IS OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE CMC TO THE COST OF OR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO HOUSE PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF ON EXISTING PARKLAND AND THREE FINDING FOR THE RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION OF THE LAND.
CURRENTLY BEING USED AS AT FIESTA GARDENS AS A MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
IS THERE A SECOND HERE? UM, MY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A D OR A MAYOR OR, OR LAW.
I, OH, WE WERE TRYING TO MERGE WHAT WAS POSTED WITH ALSO THE MINIMUM, UM, BEING THIS 49 ACRES OF LAND.
AND I THINK WHAT WAS POSTED WAS LAND OR, OR, OR LAND OR ITS CASH EQUIVALENT.
UM, I THINK WAS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY POSTED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ASK FOR IS AT A MINIMUM THIS 49 ACRES OF LAND, OR IF SOMEBODY HAS GOING TO DO BETTER THAN THAT, THEY'D HAVE TO BRING BETTER LANDS OR IT'S CASH EQUIVALENT, I THINK IS WHAT WAS POSTED.
SO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME PROPOSED LANGUAGE.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY HAD AGREED TO, BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHAT, OKAY, SO JUST FOR FORMAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THIS LANGUAGE
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THAT WE ARE BASED.I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S REMEMBER POOL SECONDS, THAT MOTION.
SO THAT'S IN FRONT OF US COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR ARE YOU PROPOSING A CHANGE? I WOULD HAVE PROPOSED THAT CHANGE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT EVERY, WHERE PEOPLE WERE, BUT I WANTED TO CHECK IT TO MAKE SURE I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PROPOSE THE CHANGE TO ADD THE CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT AS WAS, AS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED AS AN OPTION.
SO DO YOU WANT ME, CAN I READ THE LANGUAGE? YES.
SO, UM, THE CITY WOULD CONVEY THE LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR, AND THIS IS WHERE IT WOULD HAPPEN.
1 49 ACRES OF LAND WITH WATERFRONT CONTIG, WITH WATERFRONT CONTIGUOUS TO AN EXISTING CITY PARK OR OTHER LAND.
THE CITY DEEMED ACCEPTED ACCEPTABLE.
THAT IS AN EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE CMC OR CASH EQUIVALENT OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE CMC OR CASH EQUIVALENT OR CASH EQUIVALENT OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE EQUAL CASH OR EQUIVALENT OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE.
THEN THE APPRAISED VALUE, CMC CMC KARMA, AND THEN TWO.
SO MAYOR THAT STILL LEAVES OUT COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA DON'T WANT TO JUMP IN, BUT I THINK THE DIRECT, THE POINT YOU WERE RAISING THAT IT LEAVES OUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, IT STILL LEAVES.
I THINK IT STILL LEAVES OUT THE CLAUSE THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL, WHICH WAS THE COMBINATION OF LAND AND CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT.
I THINK WE'RE STILL MISSING A PHRASE THOUGH.
I THINK THAT IT WAS TIED WITH, UM, A COMBINATION SAYS OR COMBINATION OF LAND AND CASH.
SO IT WOULD SAY, OR CASH EQUIVALENT OR COMBINATION OF LAND AND CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE IN THE APPRAISED VALUE TO CMC YES.
OR CASH EQUIVALENT OR COMBINATION OF LAND AND CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE OF CMC.
THAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT?
SO I, I KNOW THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING THE RFP, SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO HAVE PARKLAND, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE DIAS THINKS THERE WOULD BE VALUE IN SAYING THAT IT WAS, OR OTHER LAND, THE CITY DEEMS ACCEPTABLE AS PARKLAND THAT IS OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE.
UM, I MEAN, TO ME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GETTING LAND THAT CAN BE USED AS A PARK.
UM, SO I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST LANGUAGES CAUSE IT, NOW WE NEED TO PUT IT IN TWO PLACES, BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
SO LET'S HOLD OFF TO THAT AMENDMENT BECAUSE THAT'S IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, JUST FOR A MOMENT LET'S DISPOSE OF THE COSAR, UH, AMENDMENT FIRST, BECAUSE YOU WERE AMENDING A DIFFERENT SECTION, DIFFERENT LINE.
WELL, IT WOULD BE THAT SAME LAW WOULD CAUSE IT'D BE, CAUSE IF IT WAS CASHED OR LAND EQUIVALENT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAID CASH OR CASH, COME ON OR COMBINATION OF LAND AND CASH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO KEEP REPEATING IT AS PARKLAND, BUT WHERE YOU COULD SAY IF THAT'S WHERE YOUR INTENT, BUT IT'S NOT PARKLAND WHEN THEY HAND IT TO US.
TAKE US TO AN EXISTING PARK OR ANOTHER LAND AND CITY BEAMS ACCEPTABLE AS PARKLAND.
THAT IS OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE.
THEY PRAISE BAY, THE STEAM IS C OR CASH OR EQUIVALENT, UM, OF CASH EQUIVALENT
OF SUCH LAND AND CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENT, UH, GREATER THAN ANY PRAISE OR ANY OF THE CMC.
SO I PUT SUCH IN FRONT OF THE LAND THE SECOND TIME IN THE FIRST TIME PUT IN AS PARKLAND THAT'S OKAY.
I, I, IF, IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT WORKS, MY CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LAND THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING WOULD BE USED AS PARKLAND SINCE WE'RE GIVING UP.
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ANY OBJECTION TO THAT CHANGE HEARING ON THAT CHANGES INCLUDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, YOU'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE MAYOR.I HAD SOME DISCUSSION, BUT I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF.
UM, STAFF, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR OUR LEGAL STAFF OR FOR OUR PARK STAFF.
IF WE WANTED TO DO A LONG-TERM LEASE ON THIS TRACK, WOULD THAT ALSO REQUIRE A VOTE? UM, FROM THE PEOPLE I, I BELIEVE IT DOES.
SO WHAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S LEAST AS AN ALIENATION OF, OF REAL ESTATE RIGHTS.
AND SO WOULD CONVEY, UM, DOES CONVEY MEAN THROUGH SALE OR LEASE AND WHERE I'M GOING FROM.
I MEAN, WHERE I'M GOING TO IS THAT I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER, UM, DOING A LONG-TERM LEASE ON THAT TRACK RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL SALE.
AND SO WOULD THAT NEED TO BE IN THE, IN THE BOND LANGUAGE AS AN OPTION OR JUST CONVEY, CAPTURE BOTH OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES OR IF I WANT TO, I GUESS THE UPSHOT OF IT IS, DOES CONVEY CAPTURE BOTH OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES OR SHOULD I MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO SAY CONVEY OR LEASE OR, OR WHEN WE'RE DOING A LONG-TERM LEASE, ARE WE IN ESSENCE CONVENIENT? I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY LEASE.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I'M THINKING ABOUT IT AND I'M, WASN'T IN THE SUB QUORUM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THAT OPTION.
UM, IF WE ARE MOVING, IF THE VOTERS SUPPORT THIS AND WE MOVED FORWARD WITH, WITH DOING AN RFP ON THIS PROPERTY, WE MIGHT WANT TO SEE, WE MIGHT WANT TO SEE OPTIONS FOR A LONG-TERM LEASE ON THIS LAND RATHER THAN AN OUTRIGHT SALE.
SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WHO SPONSORED THIS COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER VIA, UM, IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT LANGUAGE.
AND IF WE DON'T, IF WE CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THAT PIECE OF IT TONIGHT, UM, WOULD WE HAVE AN OPTION OF ADDING IT TO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US? YES, SIR.
IT MEANS TO GO OF BUILDING WHOEVER'S LEASING HAS GOT TO BUILD A BRAND NEW PARKING MAINTENANCE YARD AND DO THE IMPROVEMENT OF FIESTA GARDEN GARDEN.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEN I WOULD LOOK INTO THAT, BUT IF THEY COULD NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, THEN I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH LEASING THAT LAND BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO GET A NEW MAINTENANCE YARD.
WE HAVE OUTGROWN THAT, AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO THE TAXPAYERS AND THEM FOR A BOND ELECTION WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SELL THAT PIECE OF LAND AND GET A NEW MAIN THIS YARD.
I BELIEVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF SETTING THIS UP.
IF WE PASS THIS TODAY, THIS GIVES DIRECTION TO STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE WILL COME BACK TO US ON THE 11TH, 12TH OR 13TH.
WE COULD CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AT THAT POINT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
SO LONG AS THE POSTING LANGUAGE, WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US IS BROAD ENOUGH TO LET US DO THAT.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE CONVEY OR LEASE AT THIS POINT, BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK STAFF TO GIVE US AS BROAD A POSTING LANGUAGE, AS WE CAN GET RECOGNIZING THAT WE MAY WANT TO DO WORK AND HAVE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE HAVING HERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING OR LEASE NEXT TO CONVEY HEARING NONE THAT CHANGES MADE FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID AS THE PRACTICE OF WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO.
I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THE LANGUAGE AND THAT WE ARE NOT AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE TRYING TO ADOPT LANGUAGE THAT IS SUDDENLY DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
UM, I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS LANGUAGE RIGHT, AND PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE WORTHWHILE.
SO I'M NOT SAYING NO CHANGES, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND HAVE OUR STAFF LOOK AT IT AND BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF LEGAL STAFF, ET CETERA, AS, AS NEEDED.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
THAT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAD WANTED TO SAY EARLIER.
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WITH THE LEAST PORTION.I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION.
UM, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION AS WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS, YOU KNOW, I, UM, SUPPORT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, HAVING THIS BE AN OPTION THAT THE VOTERS CONSIDER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MOVING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD TODAY AND COMING BACK WITH BALLOT LANGUAGE SEEMS TO ME TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PARTICULAR PROPOSAL AND EDIT INCLUDE SOME ELEMENTS AND, AND THAT IS A GOOD CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, TO HAPPEN.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THOUGH THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PRETTY VALUABLE ASSET.
THIS IS A PIECE OF CITY OWNED LAND THAT IS NOT BEING USED FOR ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, BUT IT IS, BUT IT COULD BE, AND IT'S A VALUABLE ASSET AND IT IS, UM, GOING TO BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST AND IN THE TAXPAYER'S BEST INTEREST FOR US TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL ON THAT PROPERTY AND REALLY TO, TO GET THE HIGHEST, THE ABSOLUTE, HIGHEST VALUE OUT OF IT.
AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER ELEMENTS IN HERE THAT ARE ALSO IMPORTANT, SUCH AS, UH, THE REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION OF THE LAND AT FIESTA GARDENS, AS WELL AS THE NEW FACILITY.
I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM VALUE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE LINE ABOUT IT BEING EQUAL OR GREATER THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD IN MY MIND BE A VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, BOTH AT REACT CURRENTLY VALUE THE, THAT, THAT WE ACCURATELY APPRAISE THE VALUE OF ANY TRACKS THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH THAT RFP PROCESS, AS WELL AS, UM, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACCURATELY VALUING THIS TRACT.
UM, IT IS AN AREA WHERE SEVERAL PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN REZONED.
I THINK THERE'S ONE VERY CLOSE BY THAT WAS REZONED FOR AN INCREASED HEIGHT IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY UP TO ABOUT 120 FEET.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE IN A POSITION OF DOING A LONG-TERM LEASE OR A SALE OF THE LIGHT OF OUR LAKE SHORE TRACT, UM, THEN I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE APPRAISED AND VALUED AND SOLD OR LEASED, UM, AT A PRICE REALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS ARE ON NEARBY TRACKS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE, GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO THE EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, CERTAIN INCENTIVES THAT APPLY.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF TWO POINTS.
ONE, I WOULD WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT VALUE OUT OF ANYTHING THAT'S BEING OFFERED TO US.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT VALUE OUT OF OUR PROPERTY, THAT WE'RE ACCURATELY VALUING WHAT COMES TO US SO THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ST.
JOHN PROPERTY, THE ST JOHN'S TRACK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HEALTH SOUTH TRACT, I'VE INDICATED A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I'M GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH AS SOON I HOPE ON SETTING UP THAT COUNCIL WORK GROUP.
SO WE CAN REALLY MAKE SOME CODIFY, SOME CHANGES TO HOW WE, HOW WE, HOW THE COUNCIL IS INVOLVED IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
THIS IS MOVING, MOVING US IN A DIRECTION OF POTENTIALLY HAVING A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION ON THIS TRACK.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PROVIDE THE DIRECTION IN TODAY'S MOTION THAT BEFORE AN RFP IS RELEASED, IF THIS PASSES, UM, IF THIS, IF WE VOTE, I GUESS THERE ARE A LOT OF IFS HERE.
IF WE SET THE BALLOT LINE, IF WE CALL AN ELECTION AND SET THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, AND THIS PASSES, I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A ROLE IN APPROVING ANY RFP THAT GOES FORWARD INVOLVING THIS TRACK SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION OF THEN, UH, EVALUATING DIFFERENT PROPOSALS AND SAYING, GEE, WE WISH WE HAD DONE THIS.
OR WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THIS, BUT WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THE RFP.
WE'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION NOW MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, AND I DON'T DESIRE TO BE, TO BE IN IT AGAIN.
SO MY DIRECTION WOULD BE THAT THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL WOULD BE INVOLVED IN APPROVING ANY, ANY RFP ON THIS TRACT PRIOR TO IT BEING RELEASED.
AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, WE ALWAYS HAD THE INTENTION OF DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE IT WRITTEN HERE IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT, THAT EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN THERE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE EQUAL TO THE APPRAISED VALUE OR GREATER, AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR BIDDING.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A MAINTENANCE BRAND, NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES IN AND GET THEM OUT OF THIS VERY OVERCROWDED FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN, WHERE TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE.
YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF THAT AREA.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND WE'RE, AND, AND WE'RE SPINNING.
AND I WASTED A LOT OF RESOURCES AND TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY BY HAVING THESE EMPLOYEES CONCENTRATED RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT THIS.
I BOUGHT THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE
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THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE AT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AT THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND GET THEM TO AN AREA WHERE IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD AND GO OUT AND DO THEIR, THEIR JOB.AND THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE FOCUS THAT I'M DOING ON THERE.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, AND IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE TAXPAYERS A DIME.
AND THAT'S, WHAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT, BEAUTY OF IT.
AND THEN CLASS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO RESTORE FIESTA GARDENS, TO ITS ORIGINAL APPEARANCE WHEN IT FIRST OPENED UP IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, PUTS IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN WHATEVER RFP OR BIDDING PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION.
IS THERE THAT, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS INCLUDED COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING TO TACK ONTO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER REAGENT SAID ABOUT FIESTA GARDENS.
AND THAT IS THAT IF WE REMOVE THAT MAINTENANCE FACILITY FROM THAT SITE ON THAT PARKLAND, THAT'LL BECOME PARKLAND AND PUBLIC ACCESS, AND WE'LL EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF, OF PUBLIC SPACE, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT THERE ON THE RIVER.
AND, AND THAT, I LOVE THAT ASPECT OF THIS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION OF THE MAINTENANCE YARD, NOT GETTING RID OF THE MAINTENANCE YARD.
WELL, THAT'S NOT, WHAT DID WE CHANGE OVER THE LAND? OKAY.
LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS WITH ALL THE DIRECTION OF THE CHANGE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M LOOKING LIKE EVERYBODY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS.
UH, SO IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND IT GETS US TO ONE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA NOW, UH,
[146. C14-2021-0023.SH Anderson Creek Affordable Housing-Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1701 East Anderson Lane (Little Walnut Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from limited office-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-CO-NP) combining district zoning and rural residence-neighborhood plan (RR-NP) to community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: 183 Apartment Site Ltd. (Patricia Ivy). Agent: Thrower Design (A. Ron Thrower). City Staff: Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122. (Part 2 of 2)]
RIGHT BACK TO ZONING CASE 1 46, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.HOW DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED? UM, I'M SORRY, HOW DO YOU WANT TO SEE A WAVING HAND? I WAS ASKING YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, HOW YOU WANTED TO PROCEED COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I HEARD YOU, BUT THEN I SAW A WAVING HAND.
SO CATHERINE NOW WANT TO TALK FIRST? UM, YES, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO DO SO.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, UH, NOT FOR ALL THREE READINGS, IF WE COULD DO FIRST READING ONLY.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD DEFER TO A SITE PLAN FOR THE TRAIL EASEMENT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MR.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF WE COULD DO FIRST READING, UM, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, UM, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT PART, UM, THEN I, I I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DO FIRST READING ON LEE.
THE MAYOR PRO TEM POSES, WE ADOPT OR APPROVE 1 46 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT ONLY ON FIRST READING, I THINK SHE WANTS TIME TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE EASEMENT, WHICH THIS WILL GIVE HER TIME.
IS THERE OKAY FOR US TO CHANGE THE MOTION THAT WAY, ANY OBJECTION, THEN THAT IS THE MOTION.
WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE MAYOR.
I HAD A COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE.
UM, UM, I WANTED TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT, UM, I TOO, AS OTHERS HAVE, UH, COMMENTED, UM, IN VERY DISTURBED ABOUT SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR, UH, AND ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN THAT BREAK VALID PETITIONS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
I THINK IT, UM, CHANGES THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME.
UH, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AND IT DISTURBS ME GREATLY.
UM, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, UM, MUCH LIKE YOU AND SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I CANNOT GET PAST THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN A TRUE BLUE HOUSING CRISIS.
AND IF WE CAN GET AFFORDABILITY IN HOUSING, I DO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR CONCERNS AND THAT OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES.
BUT IF YOU WOULD OFFER ME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THROUGH FIRST READING, UM, I, I PROMISE YOU, I WILL TRY
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MY BEST TO ALLEVIATE YOUR CONCERNS.MOTION SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FLINT.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY, ALSO DISTURBED, TROUBLED BY THE TACTICS THAT WERE LAID OUT TONIGHT.
AND, UM, I HAD COME IN AND I AM GOING TO VOTE IN SUPPORT ON FIRST READING BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THIS IS A 100% AFFORDABLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND AT 60% MFI, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
AND SO I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT, BUT AGAIN, JUST GOING TO REITERATE THAT THE INVALIDATION OF SIGNATURES IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
I JUST, AS I GOT TO TELL YOU, LIKE WE ARE STRUGGLING, WE NEED HOUSING HOUSING.
UM, I KNOW IN SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, THERE WERE REFERENCES TO DEBRIS AND LITTER IN BUTTERMILK CREEK.
AND I KNOW WHEN WE, UH, WHEN I AND MY OFFICE DID WORK ABOUT THE CLEAN CREEKS CREW TO GET THAT GROUP ESTABLISHED, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT WATERSHED PROTECTION, UM, GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT DEBRIS IS CLEANED UP.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT SCORED HIGH ON A LITTER INDEX SCORE DATA THAT WE HAD DONE DURING THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON WATERSHED PROTECTIONS RADAR TO, TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE TAKING THIS UP RIGHT.
FIRST READING ONLY IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AT FIRST READING, ONLY THOSE IN FAVOR.
IT'S I HAVE, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, COUNTS OVER LS COUNCIL MEMBER.
THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, POOL AUTHOR, AND, UH, KELLY, THOSE ABSTAINING AND CATHERINE KITCHEN.
ALSO THOSE ABSTAINING, KATHY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I GOT YOUR VOTE VOTED.
SO SIX, FIVE, THIS PASSES ON FIRST READING.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.
UH, TUESDAY WE HAVE A BUDGET SESSION.
WE ALSO HAVE A JOINT SESSION WITH, UH, COUNTY STARTING AT NINE O'CLOCK AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, THE BUDGET PLAN COUNTS, BARBARA ALTER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON THURSDAY.
UM, IF OBVIOUSLY THE COVID SITUATION IS CHANGING THAT BRIEFINGS, NOT GOING TO BE SHORT AND AS OUR ONLY DAY TO REALLY DIVE INTO THE BUDGET, UM, BEFORE WE START FROM A BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, AND EVEN JUST FOR PEOPLE TO LAY OUT WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW THEY WANT TO PROPOSE, OR THAT THEY WANT TO ASK FOR.
SO THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS CLARITY ON STUFF.
IF HE WERE TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER PROPOSAL FOR AN UPDATE, I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR US TO HAVE TIME.
WE ALSO WERE NOT ABLE TO DO ONE OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE NEED TO DO WHEN WE'RE BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT WEEK TO HAVE THAT TIME.
WE ALSO MAY NEED TO TALK ABOUT BALLOT LANGUAGE AND YOU THAT PROCESS, UM, MOVING FORWARD, I DON'T KNOW WHICH DAYS THE BEST, BUT IT IS UNREALISTIC FOR US TO DO ALL OF OUR BUDGET IN HALF A DAY AND HOMELESSNESS.
SO IMAGINE IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD PLEASE AND CHECK WITH THE OFFICES, SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO POST.
I THINK IF IT'S GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY, WE KIND OF HAVE TO POST, UH, CERTAINLY MONDAY MORNING.
SO PROBABLY TOMORROW, UH, AND THE ITEMS TO PUT ON THAT WOULD BE THE BUDGET WOULD BE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM WE DIDN'T GET TO TODAY, POTENTIALLY, UH, BALLOT MEASURES, IF IT'S TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK BALLOT LANGUAGE, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT DECIDING UNTIL THE FINAL FINAL WEEK.
UH, AND IF ANYBODY WANTED ANYTHING ELSE, MAKE SURE YOU REACH OUT TO THE, TO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE TO, TO LET THEM KNOW.
AND WITH THAT HERE AT, UM, 10 0 1, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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