Sep 02, 2021 City Council Meetings

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION MR. JONES WHILE YOU'RE HERE, UH, ON THIS ISSUE, I, UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPER STAFF AND THEY MAY SPEAK TO IT LATER THAT GETTING A LOCAL INCENTIVE HELPS YOU PULL DOWN A STATE INCENTIVE.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

HAVING THE MIXTURE OF BOTH IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, INCENTIVES AVAILABLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FRANKLY AROUND THE WORLD ARE LOOKED AT AS ESSENTIAL.

I MET WITH EXECUTIVES IN LOS ANGELES ABOUT THIS SERIES, A VICE-PRESIDENT WHO TOLD ME DIRECTLY THAT THE INCENTIVE MIX WOULD BE, UM, CRITICAL TO THEIR DECISION TO COME TO AUSTIN AS WELL.

IN SO FAR AS THE LOCAL COMMITMENT HELPS PULL DOWN THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE LOOKS TO SEE WHETHER THE LOCALS ARE PARTICIPATING OR NOT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LAST YEAR, UH, COUNCIL GAVE, UH, AS PART OF THIS THREE 80 PROGRAM, ABOUT $140,000.

AND THAT HELPED PULLED OUT A STATE, UH, UH, INCENTIVE OF JUST UNDER $10 MILLION, ABOUT $5.4 MILLION.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I, I AM REAL APPRECIATIVE THAT, UH, UH, THAT THE, UH, PRODUCT OF THE PROJECT, UH, UH, HAPPENS HERE THAT JARED PADDLE LUCKY WHO'S IN AUSTIN NATIVE, UH, JUST KEEPING THE SHOW HERE.

UH, SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE EXPRESS THAT APPRECIATION.

UH, I GREW UP AT A HOUSE COLLEAGUES WITH, UH, WITH THREE GIRLS.

SO GILMORE GIRLS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, UH, I GREW UP WITH, UH, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY HE WAS CENTRAL TO THAT.

AND, BUT THEN 15 YEARS RUNNING, UH, WITH SUPERNATURAL, UH, FILLED HERE, IT, IT SPAWNS A LOT OF CREATIVES THAT OUR CITY BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AT OUR CITY, UH, TO, TO ACTUALLY PLAY AT ROOTS IN THE CITY, RAISE FAMILIES IN THE CITY, UH, HAD CREATIVES.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, WHAT ARE THE SECTORS THAT WERE IN DANGER OF LOSING, UH, IN THE CITY.

SO BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT I THINK IS, IS, IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO IF YOU EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION FOR, FOR JARED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS THE STAR OF THESE SHOWS OF HIS NEW SHOW, UH, HE HAD A SIGNIFICANT, UH, CLOUT IN DECIDING WHERE IT WOULD BE CITED AND HOW IT WOULD BE DONE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MR. MAYOR, AFTER 15 YEARS OF FLYING TO VANCOUVER, UH, AFTER THAT SUCCESSFUL SERIES, HE TOLD THE PRESIDENT OF THE CW, WHEN HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO NEXT? HE SAID, I WANT TO SLEEP IN MY BED AND HAVE BREAKFAST WITH MY CHILDREN AND THEN GO TO WORK FROM HOME.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID IN DEVELOPING THIS.

OKAY, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES DID IT AGAIN? YES.

MEREDITH I HAVE A QUESTION.

I ASSUME THAT THIS, ISN'T THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF THAT WE'VE NOW STARTED TO DISCUSS, BUT I DO HAVE JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR REACHING OR THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.

I WANT TO BE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THE ANSWER, THE, THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED TO THE MAYOR.

SO IN OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LOCAL INCENTIVES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE STATE GRANT FOR THE STATE INCENTIVES.

SO I ASSUME YOUR RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR IS REALLY ABOUT, UM, NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT JUST THE BREADTH OF THINGS THAT THE FILM COMMISSION AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL BE WE'LL BE REVIEWING.

IS THAT CORRECT? MY UNDERSTANDING, AND OF COURSE I'M NOT THE PRODUCER OF THIS SHOW, SO I, I'M NOT APPLYING, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, IT IS NOT REQUIRED ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT FROM A EXECUTIVE POSITION AT A MAJOR, UH, PRODUCTION COMPANY OR A STUDIO, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PORTFOLIO OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO HAVING THE STATE INCENTIVE AND THE CITY INCENTIVE DOES REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MAKING THE FINAL DECISION.

UM, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS NOT, I MEAN, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE IT IS REQUIRED THAT THERE BE A S A LOCAL PARTICIPATION TO BRING DOWN STATE FUNDING.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY ALL HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT POINT.

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I'M DELIGHTED THAT WALKER, TEXAS IS GOING TO BE FILMED HERE.

AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE WHO, WHO WORK ON IT.

I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

IT DOES NOT DIMINISH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING OR THAT WALKER TEXAS IS DOING, BUT I AM GOING TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF STAFF LATER.

SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PULL THIS ITEM, MAYOR, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER STAFF COUNCIL OVER KELLY.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME APPRECIATION AND PUSH IT FORWARD YOUR WAY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AT AUSTIN STUDIOS.

I'VE TAKEN CLASSES THERE.

I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN CLASSES THERE.

THE WORK THAT YOU PROVIDE IN THE TRAINING FOR THE COMMUNITY IS IMPRESSIVE AND GREAT.

AND IF YOU COULD THINK DOUG GRAY FOR ME AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CREW OVER THERE, AND YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC CONTRACT THAT AFS HAS BEEN RUNNING.

THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME AND EXPANDING IT FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TOGETHER WITH SHOWS LIKE THIS, TO BECOME THOSE LIFELONG, UH, CAREERS BASED HERE AND NOT ELSEWHERE.

SO THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO MEET A GOOD HANDFUL OF CREW MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A STANDING SET IN MY DISTRICT AT 7 0 7 ST JOHN'S AND THEY GRABBED COFFEE, UH, WHERE I TEND TO GRAB COFFEE IN THE MORNING.

IT'S JUST BEEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT STANDING SET IN THAT PRODUCTION, IN THOSE JOBS, UH, UP IN MY DISTRICT AND, AND JUST WANT TO THANK THE EVERYDAY FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOING THAT WORK IN THE INDUSTRY.

SO THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND ANECDOTALLY, I JUST FOUND OUT, UH, TWO OR THREE SENIOR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE MOVED BACK TO AUSTIN FROM ATLANTA.

THEY HAD BOUGHT HOUSES AND MOVED AND THEY'VE COME BACK TO AUSTIN.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE OF THOSE PEOPLE AT COFFEE.

I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SNEAK PEEKS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO IN THE SHELL FROM THEM AND THEY'VE STAYED.

TIGHT-LIPPED SO GREAT.

YOU SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR A CAMEO.

IT WAS A LONG DAYS.

IF YOU LIKE WATCHING PAINT, DRY BEAT, BE AN EXTRA ON A TV SHOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE'RE REALLY HAPPY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT ITEM WILL BE PULLED IN DISCUSSED LATER.

UH, LET'S HAVE, UH, UH, REGINALD SMITH.

COME ON DOWN.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS REGINALD SMITH.

I'M THE FOUNDER AND CHAIR OF BUILDING PROMISE USA.

AND I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING, THE RE-ENTRY HUB.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A, A VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AS A PERSON WHO HAS TRANSITIONED FROM JAILS AND PRISONS, MYSELF, I'M AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS THAT PEOPLE FACE WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO REINTEGRATE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING, UH, REENTRY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT, THAT NEED THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ON BEHALF OF MY BOARD AND MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, CARL HUNTER, THE THIRD, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY IN THIS WAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOU.

WELCOME BACK TO CHAMBERS MR. SMITH.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR PUSHING OUR CITY, UH, TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER FOR OUR REENTERING COMMUNITY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS AT THE LEGISLATURE, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.

LAST NIGHT, I CONTINUE TO TRY TO KEEP, UH, BAN THE BOX POLICIES IN EFFECT THAT I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED ON FOR SO LONG.

AND I WANT TO ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK AND THINK THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF THE STAFF FOR TAKING THIS, THESE FUNDS THAT, UM, THAT HAVE, WERE ALLOCATED AS PART OF A RE-IMAGINING PROCESS TO, TO ACTUALLY REDUCE HARM, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN REDUCE RECIDIVISM BY, BY BEING BETTER AT HAVING RE-ENTRY SERVICES HERE.

AND SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK THE, THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DID IN THE BUDGET BACK IN 2020 IS STARTING TO BEAR FRUIT AS WE BRING THESE SORTS OF PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CHAMPIONING THE CAUSES OF FOLKS IN REENTRY FOR MANY YEARS.

AND I JUST WANT TO FINALLY SAY THAT BP USA REALLY LOOKS FORWARD TO HELPING PUT A REAL DENT IN FOLKS CYCLING BACK INTO JAILS AND PRISONS.

WE HOPE WE CAN HELP THEM ON A SUCCESSFUL TRAJECTORY IN LIFE, AND WE HOPE TO ELIMINATE THE NEED TO BUILD MORE JAILS AND PRISONS.

AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM I KNOW WAS, UH, WAS A REAL LEADER ON BRINGING THAT AMENDMENT FORWARD TO US BACK IN THAT 2020 BUDGET PROCESS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO YOU AS WELL.

PERSON WHOSE FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE LOOKS LIKE MINE, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FAMILY IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN SO MANY WAYS ON SO MANY LEVELS.

I APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF I'M RECOGNIZED AS WELL, I'M SORRY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF I'M RECOGNIZED AS WELL, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. SMITH A QUESTION AS WELL.

UM, AND SO THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASA, UH, THAT DEFINITELY IS IT'S NEAR AND DEAR.

IT'S A CAUSE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A

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UM, I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO VERY BRIEFLY, UM, TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT OUR RECENT DISCUSSION, ABOUT A PROJECT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO AUSTIN THAT YOU'RE DOING IN HOUSTON.

UM, I THINK SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO AROUND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND REMOVING BARRIERS THERE, I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO DO THAT WORK FROM A WORKFORCE PERSPECTIVE.

SO LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPACE IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WANT TO DUPLICATE, UM, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, UH, TIRES AND BODY SHOP AND HOUSTON, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME BARRIERS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT WE DO FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST REAL QUICK TALK ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IN HOUSTON.

AND I THINK SOME OF THE WORK THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MOVING FORWARD IS HELPED TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE DOING THE KIND OF WORK YOU'RE DOING AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO PRODUCE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

UM, SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

UH, YES.

UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS REFERRING TO A COMPANY IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION CALLED IN COURAGEOUS INDUSTRIES, PBC FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION.

WE'RE IN USED IN SIMPLY BECAUSE WE, THE CHALLENGES TO FINDING SPACE HERE IN AUSTIN WOULD JUST INSURMOUNTABLE.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IT IS A COMPANY THAT'S OWNED BY FOLKS THAT HAVE JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT.

WE STARTED A TIRE STORE WHERE WE EMPLOY FOLKS THAT HAVE JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT OR CHALLENGES TO EMPLOYMENT.

AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER THEM PEER SUPPORT ON THOSE JOBS BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRANSITIONING INTO, BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE, THAT THEY MIGHT LACK SOME OF THOSE SOFT SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY NOT ONLY TO GET A JOB, BUT TO KEEP A JOB.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT THEM TO HAVE A CAREER LADDER.

SO I MEAN, A CHANGE IN TIES IS GREAT AND WE PAY A GOOD WAGE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS WANT MORE OUT OF LIFE.

THEY WANT A JOB THAT THEY CAN BUY A HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

AND SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN HOUSTON.

WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH EUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO BRING IN OTHER TRADES THAT WE CAN HELP FOLKS LEARN SUCH AS A SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION OR, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO DO THAT HERE IN AUSTIN.

IF, IF YOU COULD, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD HELP US IN THAT REGARD, WE ARE READY TO INVEST OUR RESOURCES IN AUSTIN.

WE JUST NEED AUSTIN TO INVEST IN, IN COURAGEOUS INDUSTRY.

HAROLD MACMILLAN MORNING.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE, UH, IS, UH, UH, COLIN, UH, HOULIHAN.

NO.

WHAT ABOUT THE CITY OF VASQUEZ? HAROLD MACMILLAN.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MAYOR PORTEND AND COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS HAROLD MCMILLAN.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 48.

UM, AND FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO MAYOR PRO 10 HARPER MADISON, UH, FOR HELPING US DRIVE THIS RESOLUTION THROUGH THE PROCESS AND COMING TO YOU WITH FIVE CO-SPONSORS.

SO I THINK THAT NAMES WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THAT.

UM, I WROTE THAT RESONANCE RESOLUTION.

I WROTE THAT, UH, I'M VERBOSE.

SO IT WEIGHED IN AT LIKE 15 PAGES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ 15 PAGES, IT'S A LOT CLEANER.

UH, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THE, THE ITEM IT IS WORKING WITH THE CITY TO REINFORCE THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CULTURAL HISTORY, ARTS AND CULTURE OF CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT AND ADDRESSING A NEED FOR A PROFESSIONAL MIXED USE ESTABLISHMENT.

THERE, UH, THAT'S A CULTURAL CENTER AND I SAY PROFESSIONAL, UM, MEANING NOT A CITY FACILITY, BUT SOMETHING THAT OPERATES LIKE THE INDUSTRY DOES 24 HOURS A DAY ARTISTS, WHEN THEY'RE PAINTING, THEY DON'T DO NINE TO FIVE.

THEY NEED ACCESS TO THEIR STUDIO TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IF THEY NEED IT.

AND

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IT'S A WHOLE PACKAGE OF, OF PROGRAMMATIC THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE QUITE PROUD OF.

UH, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSE ARTS CULTURE WORKS, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CREATIVE COALITION.

UM, MY ORGANIZATION RUNS KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD.

THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD IS OUR LANDLORD THERE AND HAS BEEN, WE'VE BEEN ON THAT VACANT LOT, UH, I THINK 14 YEARS NOW.

AND I ALSO LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THERE.

SO I'M IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

I'VE BEEN A STUDENT OF URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, SOCIAL POLICY WAS MY FIRST TRIP THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL.

UH, SO I'M NOT PEDESTRIAN ABOUT THIS STUFF.

AND WHEN YOU READ THAT PROPOSAL, THAT RESOLUTION, YOU SAW THAT, THAT, BUT THE ISSUE, THE BIG ISSUE ABOUT ALL OF THAT LANGUAGE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO DO TO BE DONE IS REALLY ABOUT THE LEGACY OF URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS AND THE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, UM, IN AUSTIN AND I'M VERBOSE, I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I WON'T THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UH, THIS WORK REPRESENTS AT THIS POINT, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROVIDED POSITIVE INPUT AND SUPPORT.

AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK, UH, I THINK MR. MCMILLAN IS BEING, UM, A LITTLE TOO HUMBLE.

UM, YOU SAID A VERY LONG TIME, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OVER A DECADE IN THE MAKING OF, OF US, YOU KNOW, GET INTO THIS PLACE WHERE SAYING THAT WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID TO ME WHEN I WAS MAKING MY ROUNDS IN CAMPAIGN, AND YOU GO, ARE WE EVER GOING TO HAVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CULTURAL DISTRICT ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING? AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I CERTAINLY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT OVER A DECADE OF WORK HAD GONE INTO CREATING THE LANGUAGE AND THE SPACE AROUND THIS ECOSYSTEM.

THAT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR ADVOCACY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR CULTURAL ARTS.

UM, I THINK WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU, IT'S EASY FOR POLICYMAKERS TO REALLY OVERLOOK THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, OF USING OUR, OUR POWERS AS YOU WILL, UM, TO, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE AND PERPETUITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF US IN THAT WAY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR DEDICATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND 10 YEARS, YES.

BUT TO BE VERY CLEAR, I CONCEIVED AND WROTE UP THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT AROUND 2000.

WOW.

THE CITY ADOPTED IT IN 2007 AND WE'RE BACK HERE.

I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW THOUGH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE GET IT, THEY'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

AND WE MARSHALED A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO DO THE NEXT PHASE OF HARD LIFTING, YOU KNOW, THE HEAVY WORK.

WE APPRECIATE YOU LAYING THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. MCMILLAN.

NO, THAT WAS HER OVER 30 YEARS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I, UM, I'M A PERSON THAT GREW UP THERE ON, ON, UH, OFF 11TH STREET, ON 10TH STREET OR ON LYDIA AND, UH, AND I'M 71 YEARS OLD.

SO I, I KNOW VICTOR BELL, CHARLIE PLAYED HOUSE, YOU KNOW, I WENT AND HANGED OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL MY YOUTH GROWING UP THERE AND WHILE I LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO, AND I SEEN WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL, WHICH WE CALL IT URBAN REMOVAL.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN BRING THAT BACK.

AND, AND JUST THE, THE INJUSTICE AT THAT HALF HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE BECAUSE I LOST ALL MY FRIENDS AND FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH US.

AND I COME THIS DAY ON, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY WENT OFF TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY GOT, THEY MOVED TO.

BUT, UH, THERE WERE NO BENEFITS, NOTHING.

IT JUST SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WERE RENTERS THERE AND THEY JUST TOLD THEY HAD TO MOVE.

NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.

FUNDING FOR ANYTHING JUST BUYING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT, TO THAT AREA THERE.

AND IT'S JUST SAD.

IT NEVER BEEN BACK THE WAY IT USED TO BE.

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I'M SORRY, MR. MCMILLAN, THIS ISN'T FOR YOU CTM.

IF YOU'RE LISTENING, I NEED A HAND WITH MY COMPUTER.

UM, I'M NOT, I'M UNABLE TO USE MY MOUSE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, STACY WILLIAMS HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK WHILE YOU'RE COMING DOWN AS BONNIE RAMSEY HERE? YOU'LL BE NEXT.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

HELLO.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS STACY WILLIAMS. I AM A MEMBER OF THE EAST AUSTIN CREATIVE COALITION.

I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HAROLD FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IN THE RUNNING OF EVENTS AND THINGS THAT KENNY DORM'S BACKYARD AND SOME OTHER THINGS DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM 48, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

UM, REALLY I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR HEARING.

FINALLY, AS FAR AS A UNIT GOES, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS TO THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN WILLING TO HEAR, BUT NEVER AS A UNIT LIKE THIS, WHERE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY BE TANGIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, NOT JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE HISTORY.

THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND EFFORTS ACTUALLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO LINK ARMS WITH THE CITY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE CITY LIKE THE ADVERSARY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY.

MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OVER AUSTIN, THERE'S THESE MICROCOSMS OF LITTLE CULTURAL THINGS THAT ARE JUST DESPERATE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT JOEL WOULD EACH TAKE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE CAN DO IT AND THE CITY IS BEHIND IT.

AND WE WANT TO PRESENT AS A DIVERSE AND WELCOMING CITY FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE BASTION FOR CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON MAYOR PRO TIM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

NEXT SPEAKER.

UH, BODY RAMSEY WHILE MS. RAMSEY IS COMING DOWN.

IS CLIFFORD GALLARD HERE? NO.

WHAT ABOUT MATTHEW? BROADMAX.

BE BUILT AND, UM, ALL IN THE GUISE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, ZAID? UH, THE DIE ZANE DIED? NO.

UH, WHAT ABOUT, UH, LILY? UH, RARE SUCH.

HE'LL BE UP NEXT.

GO AHEAD.

MA'AM YES.

UH, MY NAME IS BONNIE RAMSEY AND I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY FROM KENNY DURHAM'S BACK YARD FOR 24 YEARS.

AND WHEN I MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I WAS PART OF, UM, I THINK IT WAS PHASE ONE OF, UM, ANDREW'S INHALE, UM, THE REVITALIZATION PROJECT, AND I WAS GIVING GRANTS BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND A FEDERAL GRANT.

AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A HOMEOWNER.

THERE WAS NO WAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HELP AND ASSISTANCE, AND I FEEL BLESSED AND COUNT MY BLESSINGS EVERY DAY.

UM, I HAVE IN THE MEANTIME WATCHED, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BE REVITALIZED AND THE CULTURE DECIMATED, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT IS BEING CHIPPED AWAY AND PROMISES BEING MADE BY VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND PROMISING US THAT THIS BUILDING OR THAT PARCEL WOULD NOT BE DESTROYED OR PRESERVED.

AND IT WAS, UM, DESTROYED OR ANOTHER BOX WOULD

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AND, UM, IT WAS VERY DISTURBING FOR ME TO WATCH IT OVER THE PAST 24 YEARS.

AND, UM, WHEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS, WAS BUILT, WE AGREED TO THAT.

AND NOW THERE'S, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT I'M AWARE OF REMAINED VACANT RIGHT ACROSS FROM KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD.

SO THIS IS THE LAST STAND THAT I SEE TO PRESERVE CULTURE.

AND, UM, IT JUST SEEMS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, LIKE BEFORE THE DEVELOPERS WERE OFF THE RADAR AND THEY CHIPPED AWAY AT ALL THE CULTURE AND IT'S ALL GONE AND HAROLD IS SO HUMBLE.

UM, I CONSIDER HIM A LIVING LEGEND AND, UM, I JUST RESPECT HIM SO MUCH FOR WHAT HE'S DOING AND WHAT HE'S BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND DILIGENTLY, UH, JUST TRYING TO DO.

AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF HIM.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST CONSIDERING IT AND LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

BOSTON IS WATCHING AND THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW.

NOW THAT WE'RE BACK IN CHAMBERS, COME TO CHAMBERS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, MS. , WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN IS, UH, AUSTIN, UH, HEISTER HERE.

WHAT ABOUT THE AUSTIN? BARRY.

BARRY? WHAT ABOUT, UH, DOUG YOUNG? I SAID, I GET THAT'S A ZONING CASE.

UM, THAT IS ONLY CASE BE CALLED THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, IS LEAH BHOGAL YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY.

UM, THAT WOULD GET US THE HFC SPEAKERS IS RACHEL STOWED HERE.

AND WHAT ABOUT MARK GILBERT? HEY, WE'LL CALL THOSE PEOPLE JUST A SECOND.

WHAT COULD NEED TO BE DUE TO CALL THOSE? GO AHEAD.

HERE I AM LILY.

AND I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 50 LIGHT POLLUTION IS A, WE HAVE COME TO LIVE WITH SOMETIMES THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE NOT EVEN VISIBLE DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS FOR US.

THIS IS SAD, BUT FOR BIRDS, THIS CAN BE DEATH DURING MIGRATION AND IN MASSIVE NUMBERS.

THE SOLUTION IS LITERALLY AS SIMPLE AS THE FLICK OF A SWITCH AND IT'S NOT ENERGY OR TIME CONSUMING WORK.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY, TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS CAN REDUCE THE MORTALITY RATES OF BIRDS BY SIX AND 11 TIMES AND FALL AND SPRING MIGRATIONS.

WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT POLLUTION IN SCHOOL, WE LEARN ABOUT OIL IN RIVERS, BUT WHAT WE CAN ALL SEE EACH DAY CLOSE TO HOME IN THE CITY IS LIGHT POLLUTION, WHICH IS JUST AS DESTRUCTIVE AND A LOT EASIER TO STOP TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AND TELLING PEOPLE WHY THE TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE POLLUTION THAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

BIRDS HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WATCHING THE BIRDS OUTSIDE EACH DAY DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO ME.

EVEN DURING TIMES LIKE WINTER STORM ORI, WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE WORLD WAS TURNING UPSIDE DOWN, THE BIRDS WERE STILL THERE.

THE BIRDS WE SEE ARE OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE, EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ISN'T ONE AND THEY SHOW US WHAT MARVEL'S NATURE HAS WENT IN.

THE CITY NATURE MIGHT SEEM FAR AWAY.

WHEN I LOOK OUT MY WINDOW, I WON'T SEE A WHITE TAIL DEER, BUT I MIGHT SEE A WHITE DOVE.

RACHEL CARSON WROTE HER FAMOUS WORKS OUT SPRING.

SHE ARGUED THAT BIRDS ARE NATURAL INDICATORS OF AN ECOSYSTEM'S HEALTH AND WROTE ABOUT THE HORRORS OF THE SPRING DEVOID OF BIRD SONG.

HER BOOK WAS CALLED SILENT SPRING.

AUSTIN HAS CONSIDERED THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND THE LIVING BIRDS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT BY SEEING IN THE SONGS WHERE THEY'RE MIGRATING OR NOT, LET'S SAVE THE BIRDS.

THINK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, NOT A QUESTION NECESSARILY.

I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR BRAVERY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO THAT PODIUM AND THEY FORGET THEIR WORDS AND THEY AREN'T CONFIDENT AND YOU WERE EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, LACKING CONFIDENCE.

AND SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT AND I COULDN'T HELP, BUT NOTICE YOU HAVE ON A SCHOOL UNIFORM.

WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AT VAN RICHARD SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS.

FANTASTIC.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE COME TO CHAMBERS.

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IT'S FANTASTIC.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

ONE MOMENT.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

I THINK THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TALK TO YOU TOO, DR.

KELLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO SPEAK BEFORE US TODAY.

I HAVE A SEVENTH GRADER MYSELF AT HOME, AND SHE'S REALLY SCARED OF COMING UP HERE AND TALKING.

SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR PRO TEM SENTIMENTS AND SAY THAT IT WAS A DELIGHT TO LISTEN TO YOU.

SPEAK WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS AT SCHOOL TO COME TO IOWA.

ANYONE ELSE? YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

AND I WOULD JUST NOTE, AND THEN IT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

SO THANKS VERY MUCH AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE REAL FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PROCESS.

UM, WE OFTEN MAKE DECISIONS IN PART BECAUSE OF THE TESTIMONY THAT PEOPLE, THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GIVE US.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR CLASS DAY.

I KNOW YOU'RE IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.

THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO, TO COME AND TO TALK ABOUT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE ON OUR AGENDA.

ALL OF ALL OF THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HELPS US MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO STAY ENGAGED.

SO THANKS.

THANKS FOR DOING SO.

WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT SIGNED UP ON CITY COUNCIL BATTERS HERE THIS MORNING THAT WE DIDN'T CALL.

GOING TO CONVENE THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD THEN AND RECESS FOR JUST A MOMENT.

THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I'M

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting (Part 1 of 2)]

UM, TODAY IS, UH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021.

THE TIME IS 10 44.

UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE, UH, CORPORATIONS, UH, UH, DIRECTORS HERE.

UH, I WANT TO, UH, CALL SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS RACHEL STONE HERE? NO IS, UH, MARK GILBERT EAR.

YOU OUGHT TO SPEAK, YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEAK.

GREAT.

UH, ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE US ASIC PRODUCTS CORPORATION? I HAVEN'T CALLED.

ALSO AT 10 45, I BROUGHT A RECONVENE THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UH, HERE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 WIDE, 10 45, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD, THE, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS.

SO NOW THAT WE'VE CALLED ALL THE SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.

WE'LL RECONVENE IT LATER IN THE DAY TO TAKE, UH, ACTION.

UH, AND UH, HERE AT, UH, 10 45

[Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)]

UH, WE WILL REPEAT LATER WHERE WE CALL THE OFFICER HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

THAT ITEM AID WAS WITHDRAWN REPLACED WITH ITEM NINE AND THAT ADDENDUM NUMBER ONE, UH, IS, ARE WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH A DEAD ITEM BY, BUT WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT AGENDA LATER, YOU HAVE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, I REMEMBER ONE THE MINUTES, UH, WE'RE APPROVING THE WIDES ON AUGUST 10TH, 2021.

AND JUST THAT I REMEMBER 18 IS WITHDRAWAL TO REPLACE WITH ITEM 72.

ITEM 25 IS WITHDRAWAL REPLACEMENT, ITEM 73, ITEM NUMBER 34 RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSIONER TO SEVEN OH VOTES ON COMMISSIONER MICHAEL'S MOTION, VICE CASTLEBERRY SECONDED WITH COMMISSIONERS MUST GROW FISHER, UH, TO RITA ABSENT AND WITH ONE VACANCY, I DON'T REMEMBER.

39, UH, INCLUDES DISTRICTS SIX.

IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS LISTED ITEM NUMBER 41, I'M GONNA READ INTO THE RECORD THAT WE ARE TODAY.

REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE AUSTIN ROSEWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITION ONE, JIM BURNS HER TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2023, POSITION SIX NELSON LINDER FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2023, POSITION AID QUINCY DODD LAB FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 POSITION DIED FRANCIS JORDAN FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

UH, AS THAT IS POSTED, UM, ITEM NUMBER 54 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 14TH, UH, 2021.

I DON'T REMEMBER.

76, UH, ADS, A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH TOVO AS A SPONSOR, WE ARE PULLING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.

ITEM 13 AND ITEM 71 M H S C LAID BACK UP WHERE WE GET TO HFC.

WE'LL POINT OUT

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THAT ITEM.

NUMBER ONE, ITEM NUMBER SIX, A MEMBER, A TAB HAVE BACKUP, BUT DID THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? WE HAVE A BACKUP AT 8 10, 13 39 41 46, 48, 54, 55, 60 60 WIDE, 64 AND 75 COLLEAGUES.

IS ANYONE PULL ANYTHING OTHER THAN THOSE TWO ITEMS COUNCIL OVER TOVO MARY YOU'VE CAPTURED 13.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO PULL EIGHT AND 19.

I HAVE QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.

EIGHT AND 19.

YEAH, EIGHT 19.

AND YOU CAPTURED 13 AND I'VE, AS I SAID, QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THREE OF THOSE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE? DEPAUL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 51 67 THROUGH 74 AND ITEM NUMBER 76.

UH, WE'RE PULLING ITEMS EIGHT, 13 AND 19 AND 71.

SARAH MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION COUNTS, BARBARA ELLIS SECONDS COUNCIL, YOU WERE TO READ INTO THE, TO THE RECORD, UH, FILL IN THE BLANK.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL CINDY CROSBY LAW DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE A PAYMENT OF 2 MILLION, 250,000 TO SETTLE THE ROCA VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT.

THIS IS ITEM 15 ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.

THIS LAWSUIT ARISES OUT OF AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ON MAY 2ND, 2017 INVOLVING JASON ROCA AND OFFICER JAMES HARVILLE AND EXCHANGE FOR THIS PAYMENT.

PLAINTIFF'S, I'LL BE IN A ROCHA AND VICENTA ROCA INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIRS AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF JASON ROCA.

AND ON BEHALF OF ALL WRONGFUL DEATH, BENEFICIARIES OF JASON ROQUET, WE'LL EXECUTE A FULL AND FINAL RELEASE, WHICH WILL RELEASE OFFICER JAMES HARVIL AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE MAY 2ND, 2017 INCIDENT AND DISMISS THEIR LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE CITY AND OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

ITEM 15, THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER 15.

ALSO COLLEAGUES WERE PULLING ITEMS 43, 44 AND 45, WHICH ARE THE COMPENSATION ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE CAN COME OUT AND ACT ON THOSE.

SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED DISCUSSION.

BEFORE WE VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COULD YOU PLEASE REFLECT MY VOTES AS NO ON 10 15, 22, 23, 28, 29 31 42 69 AND 73.

SO NOTED IN THE RECORD.

STAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS AND WE'RE MISSING A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UH, THERE'S VOTING.

I COUNT TO OUR POOL.

I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA.

TOWARD OPENING THE STREET TO ENABLE BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE AND ACCESS FOR THE CRESTVIEW STATION COMMUNITY.

I CAN'T BE SURE IF, IF I COULD BE HEARD ON MUFFLED, UM, LET ME TRY THIS.

UM, THERE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT I'M BRINGING TODAY.

THEY'RE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, OFFER, UH, UH, SOME SHORT REMARKS ON ITEM 50.

I WANT TO THANK THE TRAVIS COUNTY AUDUBON FOR THEIR LIGHTS OUT CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT OUR BIRD POPULATION DURING BOTH THE FALL AND SPRING MIGRATION PERIODS.

WITH THIS RESOLUTION, WE JOINED TRAVIS COUNTY IN TURNING OFF NON-ESSENTIAL LIGHTING IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS FROM 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM FOR THE PERIOD, THE FALL PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER FIVE TO OCTOBER 21, 29 THAT'S PEAK MIGRATION.

AND WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN IN THE SPRING FROM MID MARCH TO MID MAY.

WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US IN THIS EFFORT.

NIGHTTIME LIGHTING CAN DISORIENT THE BIRDS THAT ARE MIGRATING AND THEIR USUAL MIGRATION PATH AND MAKE THEM VULNERABLE TO COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS, AN ADDED BENEFIT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO TURN IT OFF.

THE LIGHTS IS ENERGY CONSERVATION AND POLLUTION REDUCTION.

I, UM, I WANT TO THANK LILLY RAREST NICHE, AND I'M SURE THAT I HAVE MANGLED YOUR LAST NAME.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

I WANT TO THANK LILY, A STUDENT FROM THE ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS FOR COMING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.

AND I SEE SHE'S STILL OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU, LILY.

AND MY THANKS TO MY CO-SPONSORS WHO JOINED ME IN THIS RESOLUTION AND TO THE ENTIRE DIOCESE FOR SUPPORTING TRAVIS COUNTY AUDUBON'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR BIRD POPULATION.

AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON ITEM 74, WHICH IS THE EASY WIND TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND THIS IS BEFORE WE APPROVE IT.

I'M EAGER TO SEE THE DATA THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF WILL BRING US AS PART OF THIS STUDY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE

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I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THE GATE PREDATES THIS COUNCIL.

IT WAS INSTALLED ACTUALLY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO IN 2011 WITH THE KRESGE STATION ZONING ORDINANCE CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED BY THE DEVELOPER AT THE TIME WERE FOCUSED ON THE NEGATIVE AFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CARS ON AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD OVER TIME.

IT HAS ACTUALLY IMPEDED PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THAT WAS NOT THE INTENTION AT ALL OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2011.

THE GATE HAS ALSO RECENT IN THE RECENT PAST ATTRACTED VANDALISM OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.

NO ONE ON THIS DYESS SUPPORTS OR ENCOURAGES DAMAGE TO, OR DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.

AND I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THAT POINT.

THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THIS SITUATION NOW DEVELOPING IS THE COMMUNITY BUILDING HAPPENING WITH CRESTVIEW STATIONS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND AS THE RECOGNIZED VOICE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE RESPECTFULLY ENGAGED WITH CITY STAFF AND WITH MY OFFICE.

AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AND I SUPPORT THIS ACTION AND THE PILOT STUDY, WE WILL APPROVE ON CONSENT HERE TODAY.

THE STUDY IS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH NEW TRAFFIC DATA THAT WILL BE GATHERED THAT IS BEING GATHERED ON MORO, WHICH RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO EASY WIND AND HAS MULTIPLE SPEED MITIGATION DEVICES ALREADY INSTALLED FROM MEDIUMS AND SPEED BUMPS TO BIKE LANES AND EXTENSION A NEW EXTENSION OF THE SIDEWALKS FROM NORTH LAMAR TO WATSON.

SO I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR JOINING ME ON THIS STUDY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS THAT WE WILL HEAR SOON FROM OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE REAL FAST, MYSELF, A MANAGER, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

UH, AS I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES, ESPECIALLY AT CATALOG POINT, THOSE ACCOUNTS I REMEMBER AT THE RIO ARE THIS IS TO A FUN DUAL LANGUAGE PRE-K, UH, IN THE DELL VALLEY, UH, ISD FOR FAMILIES THAT, UH, OTHERWISE WERE ELIGIBLE OR QUALIFIED.

UH, AND, AND I JUST THINK ONE, THIS IS IMPORTANT PROGRAM JUST BY ITSELF, UH, BUT IS, UH, EVIDENCE I THINK OF, OF HOW, UH, THE CITY IS INTERNALIZING, UH, THE CALLS TO, TO PUSH FOR EQUITY PARTICIPATION AND ACCESS, UH, IN WAYS THAT, THAT THE CITY JUST DIDN'T DO, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO.

SO REAL PROUD TO BE VOTING.

I VOTED FOR, FOR THAT TODAY AND THEN MANAGER WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS 2022 OR 24, WHICH ARE CONTRACT EXTENSIONS FOR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.

I RAISED THE SAME ISSUE I'VE RAISED THE OTHER WEEK.

WE HAVE TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EXTENSIONS INCLUDE TERMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THE DATA THAT IS NECESSARY TO REALLY EVALUATE THE SYSTEM OVERALL, KEEP EVERYBODY WORKING FOR IT.

I KNOW THAT, UH, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, UH, GRAY, UH, IS, UH, ANTICIPATING DOING THAT, PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE GET, UH, BUT I AM, UH, UH, PLEASED TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT IS VOTING TO EXTEND THOSE CONTRACTS FOCUSED ON HELPING, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE VOTE COLLEAGUES KITCHEN, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO NOTE, UH, SO MUCH GOOD BEING DONE IN THIS CONSENT AGENDA AND I CAN'T HELP, BUT REFLECT ON THAT.

GOOD AS PART OF WHAT REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY CAN DO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE FAIR VOTERS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN A BODY THAT IS TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WE HAVE ON THIS AGENDA HOUSING FOR, FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HOUSING FOR ADULTS, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HOUSING FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS PRE-K FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN SUPPORT FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR SO LONG RE-ENTRY SERVICES FOR PEOPLE, UH, COMING BACK INTO OUR CITY, AS WE WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS AND THAT JUST ON A BACKDROP OF STATE LAWS GOING INTO EFFECT THAT RESTRICT VOTING RIGHTS OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND UNCONSCIONABLE ATTACKS ON THE RIGHT TO ABORTION CARE OR THE ABILITY TO CARRY A GUN OPENLY WITHOUT A LICENSE.

THESE AREN'T THINGS THAT I THINK THE MAJORITY OF TEXANS OR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WANT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK YOU SEE SOME OF THIS BEAR OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DISTRICTS THAT ARE FAIR.

WE DON'T HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX.

AND WE CONTINUE

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TO SEE, I BELIEVE RULE BY, BY A VERY SMALL MINORITY OVER THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.

AND SO, UM, THAT MAKES ME EVEN MORE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR SYSTEM OF DEMOCRACY AND AUSTIN, WHERE WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT PATH FOR THE MOST PEOPLE.

AND SO WHILE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MANY OF US ON THE DYESS FEELS SUCH A HEAVY WEIGHT TODAY.

I FIND HOPE IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE AS WE TO DO OUR BEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WEB DESIGN AND COUNCIL ROBERT KELLY.

UM, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 37 IN A REQUEST TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

THIS RELATES TO A, UM, CONTRACT FOR THE, UM, AAC, THE, THE, OUR, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER.

SO, UM, I'M WANTING TO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ITEM WAS NOT BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION.

SO I'M JUST ONE CITY MANAGER TO ASK YOU TO, UM, AS THIS GOES FORWARD, JUST TO CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSION AND, UM, AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT IT.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME CONCERNS AND IT WAS, UH, AN ISSUE THAT WASN'T BROUGHT TO THEM.

CAN, CAN WE DO THAT? CAN WE ASK THE STAFF TO BRING IT TO THEM? I'LL CERTAINLY LET STAFF KNOW THAT.

SURE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA REFLECTS VERSION THREE OF ITEM 48.

UM, COLLEAGUES, I'M EXCITED TO SEE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT COME FORWARD, WHICH IS OUR EXPANSION OF QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR OUR FAMILIES IN DEL VALLEY.

UM, THIS AGREEMENT BUILDS OFF THE DIRECTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD DURING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD, AND THIS WILL HELP US EXPAND ACCESS TO DUAL LANGUAGE FULL DAY PRE-K, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING.

I'M ALSO WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ALSO JOINED US AND THEY WERE INSPIRED BY OUR, OUR INVEST, OUR COMMITMENT, AND THEY ARE ALSO ALLOCATING 750,000, UM, FROM THEIR ARPA FUNDS.

AND SO WE'LL SEE AN EVEN BIGGER INVESTMENT IN EXPANDING ACCESS TO PRE-K.

UM, AND WITH THIS FUNDING THAT THE CITY IS DOING, AND THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT TRAVIS COUNTY IS ALSO, UM, JOINING US IN THIS EFFORT BECAUSE AS Y'ALL KNOW, DEL VALLEY IS IN THE CITY, AND IT'S ALSO IN THE COUNTY, UM, WITH THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE FUNDING, WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND, UH, DUAL LANGUAGE PRE-K PROGRAMS AT FIVE CAMPUSES THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING AN IMPACT FROM OUR COMMITMENT AND THOSE CAMPUSES INCLUDE COLLINS ELEMENTARY DEL VALLEY ELEMENTARY, HORNSBY GILBERT, AND POP THEM.

AND WHAT WE'VE KNOWN IS THAT FOR FAR TOO LONG, OUR FAMILIES IN DEL VALLEY HAVE LACKED ADEQUATE ACCESS TO CHILDCARE OPTIONS.

AND WITH THIS FUNDING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP FAMILIES NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH LONG WAIT LISTS OR HAVING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE TO QUIT THEIR JOB TO BE ABLE TO STAY HOME, TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS.

AND SO THIS REALLY BRINGS US ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING SURE THAT DEL VALLEY IS NO LONGER A CHILDCARE DESERT.

AND IT'S ALSO, FOR ME, THIS IS A PERSONAL PRIORITY AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO HEADSTART AND IS A RECIPIENT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PRE-K I KNOW FIRSTHAND THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY, WHAT IT CAN DO AND SHAPING AND CHANGING ONE'S LIFE.

AND SO THIS ONE HITS CLOSE TO HOME AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT IT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF STAFF IN DEL VALLEY ISD STAFF, OR DRAFTING THIS AGREEMENT SO QUICKLY, UM, AND GETTING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ALSO WANT TO THANK UNITED WAY SUCCESS BY 16 FOR BEING A CONSTANT CHAMPION AND PARTNER IN THE FIGHT FOR INCREASED QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS. UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO, UM, MY PREDECESSOR, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES AS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE REALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD OFF THE WORK OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME BEFORE US.

AND IN THIS CASE ARE NOW COUNTY ATTORNEY DELI GARZA.

UM, ALSO WORKED ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND, UH, REALLY SERVED AS THE FOUNDATION.

UM, SO MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT HER AND HER TEAM WERE ABLE TO DO.

UH, AND THANK YOU TO OUR, MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE DAY IS TODAY FOR MAKING SURE THAT CHILDCARE WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS AND IN INCLUDING THIS IN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND I SPOKE EARLY CAUSE APE WAS PULLED ACTUALLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT ITEM.

A AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISLEADING PEOPLE ALSO NUMBER 48.

I THINK THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES BEING DISCUSSED OUR BAT.

UH, SO I KNOW WE JUST VOTED TO APPROVE THAT ARD CONSENT.

UM, UH, DO WE WANT TO RECONSIDER THAT SO WE CAN PULL THAT LATER? I WOULD RATHER NOT PULL IT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WHICH BASICALLY IS COLLEAGUES.

I BELIEVE THAT THE AGENDA OFFICE HAS SENT OUT AN UPDATED DRAFT OF ITEM 48.

THIS DRAFT REFLECTS EDITS PROPOSED BY THE B.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE

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I CAN'T QUITE DO THAT.

SO THE LOGISTIC WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, I THINK IS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO AS TO TAKE 48 OFF SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES, THAT WE COULD COME BACK AND PUT IT.

THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECONDS THAT ANY DISCUSSION ON THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BEFORE WE FINALIZED THAT WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

I DON'T MEAN TO MOVE PAST THAT OTHER PEOPLE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECONSIDERING THE VOTE OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED IT SHOULD ANATOMIST WITH EVERYONE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR OFF I'M NOW GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT ADD A TO THE PULLED ITEMS, ITEM NUMBER 48.

SO IT'S 8 13, 19 43, 44 45 ALSO NUMBER 48 AND 71.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ITEM PULL CUSTOMER GETS HARVICK'S EMOTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECONDS, THAT DISCUSSION WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL THE COMMENTS PEOPLE MADE EARLIER WITH RESPECT TO THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO BE SHOWED VOTING.

NO ODDS STILL REMAIN THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THOSE OPPOSED OTHER DIETS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OFF CONTINUING NOW, PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT THAT WAS APPROVED AND REGARDING THE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEIGHBORS.

I ALWAYS ADMIRE THE WAY YOU RUN SUCH A TIGHT SHIP.

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO TALK ON ITEM 74 FOR A MOMENT.

UM, THE MAYOR SPOKE IN HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ABOUT DIVISION IN OUR CITY, AND IT CAN COME IN SEVERAL FORMS, INCLUDING PHYSICAL BARRIERS.

I APPRECIATED THE COMMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE GATE AT CRESTVIEW PREDATING THIS COUNCIL AND, UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM TO OPEN THE GATE IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND FACILITATE MOBILITY, ESPECIALLY ALL IMPORTANT FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES AT A SITE, WHICH HAS BECOME INEXPENSIVE SAFETY HAZARD.

HAVING COST A CITY OVER $15,000 IN MAINTENANCE AND HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF NEARLY 384 CAR WRECKS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT ITEM AND INVITING ME TO CO-SPONSOR IT WITH YOU.

THANKS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I ALSO APPRECIATE HOW WELL YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF US.

UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 47 IS FOR THE TRAIL OF LIGHTS, UM, WHICH IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF MY DISTRICT.

UM, I KNOW THAT OVER THE YEARS NOW WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC.

IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH KNOWING WHICH EVENTS ARE GOING TO PROCEED AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO BRING THIS ITEM FOR THE SECOND TIME.

I'M NOT HAPPY THAT I HAVE TO BRING IT A SECOND TIME, BUT I AM HAPPY TO SPONSOR AND THANKFUL TO MY CO-SPONSORS FOR ALLOWING THE TRAILER VICE FOUNDATION TO MAKE SOME FINAL DETERMINATIONS IN THE FUTURE ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN IN-PERSON OR A DRIVE THROUGH EVENT.

SO I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR HOLIDAYS IN THE WAYS THAT THEY HAVE DONE YEAR OVER YEAR AND APPRECIATE THE FOUNDATION FOR BEING CREATIVE AND FLEXIBLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WE ALSO HAVE ITEM NUMBER 32 ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ONGOING REPAIRS OF OUR MOON TOWERS.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT, UM, MOON TOWERS ARE SOMETHING THAT MAKES AUSTIN VERY SPECIAL.

AND I BELIEVE WE ARE THE LAST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO STILL HAVE MOON TOWERS.

SO I KNOW THEY'RE VERY SPECIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD CONTRACT TO BE CONTINUING ON WITH AS, AS WE ENJOY THINGS THAT ARE VERY SPECIAL TO AUSTIN.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION IN FRONT OF US, MOVED IN SECOND, DID ALL THE KIDS WELL, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO HAVING NOW PAT, TO GET THAT EVERYBODY'S MADE THEIR CARBIDES COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU MAY A PRO TEMP SPEAKER, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LAST PERSON IN IN-PERSON PROCLAMATIONS.

I GOT, UH, TO HAND OUT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS WHEN I GOT TO STAND RIGHT OVER THERE.

AND, UM, DECLARE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2020 TO BE MRS. BARBARA SCOTT DAY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, WE MIGHT AS WELL CALL SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 OR 2021 ANOTHER MRS. BARBARA SCOTT DAY.

SHE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST TIRELESS, VIGOROUS UNRELENTING CHAMPIONS.

ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY COULD EVER SEE HER DRIVE TO MAKE THE CITY FINALLY STOPPED.

NEGLECTING COLONY PARK HAS BEEN LONG AND GRINDING.

AND TODAY IT'S BEARING SOME OF ITS MOST TANGIBLE FRUIT YET WHAT'S BEFORE US WITH THESE COLONY PARK ITEMS. TODAY IS AN INNOVATIVE STRATEGY THAT TAKES CENTRAL HEALTH PLANS FOR COLONY PARK HEALTH CLINIC OUT OF ITS HOLDING PATTERN.

WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE, THOSE PLANS WERE CONDITIONED ON THE CITY, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY VISION, BUT MRS. SCOTT AND HER NEIGHBORS, AND

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SHE'S NOT ALONE.

SHE'S GOT AN ARMY BEHIND HER, MRS. SCOTT AND HER NEIGHBORS WORKED WITH THE CITY STEP WITH CENTRAL HEALTH, WITH CORTELLIS AND MY OFFICE TO COME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION THAT JUMP-STARTS THE CLINICS CONSTRUCTION.

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO WISHES.

WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS A LONG TIME AGO.

UH, THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, OUR COMMUNITIES BEING INEQUITABLY INVESTED IN LEAVE SOME PARTS OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, FAR MORE PREPARED THAN OTHERS.

BUT EVEN THOUGH HOPEFULLY THE PANDEMIC WILL BE IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR.

BY THE TIME THIS CLINICS DOORS OPEN, THERE ARE OTHER HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT THAT IT WILL HELP TO ADDRESS.

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT DAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR MRS. SCOTT AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE STOOD BOTH BEHIND AND BESIDE HER.

AND I AM TRULY, TRULY PROUD TO SEE THIS ITEM MOVING FORWARD TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, I THINK THOSE ARE SORRY, MARIN.

I JUST, THAT FELT AS BEST PRACTICE WHEN WE HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT SETTLEMENT TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

THESE ARE ALWAYS SO HARD FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE INVOLVED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE MOST DIFFICULT, THE MOST TRAGIC IS FOR, FOR THE ROCHA FAMILY.

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THERE'S NO GOOD WAY TO DO THESE, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE REACHED A SETTLEMENT TODAY.

THAT'S SAD.

WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF CONSENT ITEMS, COLLEAGUES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO

[Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]

INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I TOLD THAT WE CAN HAVE, WE HAVE A CHOICE.

WE COULD EITHER DO EXECUTIVE SESSION REMOTELY.

WE COULD ALL GO BACK TO OUR OFFICES OR AS A GROUP, WE COULD GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE DID IT ALL REMOTELY? OKAY.

IF THERE'S NOT AN OBJECTION, THEN WE'LL DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAY.

SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP WATER ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 7.

ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED ITEM 71, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, ORDERING THE ELECTION, UH, WITHOUT THE OBJECTION HERE AT 11 TAD, WE'LL GO DO THAT.

UH, WE'LL BE BACK MOMENTARILY.

WE CAN TAKE THAT ACTION ON 71, UH, SO THAT THE STAFF CAN BEGIN ITS WORK.

SEE YOU ALL REMOTELY.

MAYOR WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING AND FINANCE FOLKS.

UM, I CAN PUT NUMBER EIGHT BACK ON THE ACCOUNT.

UH, COUNCIL AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA.

GREAT.

RESOLUTION FOR A PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED CALLED LIVE, MAKE APARTMENTS THAT'S FOR $9 MILLION.

ALL RIGHT GUYS.

UM, UH, WE'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, CLOSED SESSION.

WE DISCUSSED THE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 71.

WE'RE RECONVENING, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEETING, UH, HERE AT 1156.

UM, AND WE HAVE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOLKS WITH US.

SO I'M GOING TO RECESS THIS MEETING.

UM, WELL, BEFORE I DO, CAUSE WHEN WE'RE TOPO, YOU SAID I REMEMBER

[Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

EIGHT WAS READY TO GO.

LIKE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER IN FRONT WANTS TO MAKES THE MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SECOND SET.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

IT WAS A FAVOR OF ITEM.

NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED.

UH, I'M SHOWING COUNSEL PEPPERS, UH, ALTER, UH, OFF THE DIOCESE.

THE OTHER'S VOTING AYE PASSES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECESS.

THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 1156 AND ADD 1156.

WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting (Part 2 of 2)]

THE AUSTIN RECONVENE.

HE ALSO HAS LIKE FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, MEETING.

UM, WE HAVE A CORE, UM, UH, PRESENT, UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON.

I WANT TO PUT IN THE RECORD THAT THERE'S LATE, UH, UH, UH, BACKUP, UH, ON US AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEMS ONE, SIX AND EIGHT.

WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE, ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK.

YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR MANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

THERE ARE NINE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND A NUMBER ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE APPROVING INDUCEMENT RESOLUTIONS OR UPCOMING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS WHERE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.

THE FIRST ONE IS FOR $25 MILLION OR A PROJECT, A SENIOR PROJECT CALLED PROJECT CREEK.

IT IS IN DISTRICT ONE.

AS YOU NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS LATE BACKUP A MEMO THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR THIS ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER SIX THERE RELATED ITEM.

NUMBER TWO IS AN INDUCEMENT

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THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR $30 MILLION IN PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS, UM, FOR A PROJECT TO BE CALLED LIBOR TODD AUSTIN.

AND THAT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR UP TO $45 MILLION.

THIS IS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RBJ TOWER TO BE KNOWN AS THE REBECCA THAT IS IN DISTRICT THREE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS APPROVING A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ME MANDY TO MAYO TO REPLACE REBECCA GLO FOR A VARIETY OF, UM, EIGHT HFC, NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ITEM.

NUMBER SIX IS APPROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A NEW NONPROFIT CORPORATION AFFILIATE H F C ARBORS NONPROFIT CORPORATION.

AGAIN, THERE IS LATE BACKUP AS YOU NOTED PREVIOUSLY, OR THIS, UM, PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT ITEM.

NUMBER SEVEN IS THE SERVICE AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT IS RELATED TO CITY COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER 14, WOULD YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVE THIS MORNING ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AS YOU NOTED, HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND THERE IS A LATE BACKUP MEMO EXPLAINING THAT AND ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, AS, UH, PUT FORTH IN AN ADDENDUM IS THE APEC AMENDED EIGHT H FC OPERATING BUDGET FOR THOSE UNCONSENTED.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THE CONSENT AGENDA WOULD BE ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I GOT TO REMEMBER RENT TO RHEA MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECONDS AND DISCUSSION THAT'S NUMBER THREE.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO THINK THAT THE STAFF OR HOW THESE STAFF ARE THIS, DID YOU NOTICE THIS, UH, THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF REAL DEEP AFFORDABILITY IN MY DISTRICT.

I HAVE TWO PROJECTS, ONE IT ON GARDNER AND THE OTHER ONE ON TILLARY AND, UH, IT, IT, IT'S, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR, WITH OUR LAND THAT WE OWN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE OFFERING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, HOW IN THE 50, 40 AND SOME 30% HIM AT FIVE.

SO THIS IS REALLY A GREAT THING AND A REALLY A GREAT FOR MY DISTRICT OR FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF LOW REAL DEPO AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.

GREAT.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT WAS BOSE.

THAT'S YOUR DAD OF THIS, EVERYONE ON THE DIOCESE WITH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER, UH, OFF THE, UH, OFF THE DAYS, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF ALL OUR BUSINESS LOSSES PRICING CORPORATION.

YOU GUYS ARE ON, ON SCREEN WITH US EVER SO BRIEFLY AS WE GO THROUGH THESE CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT ACTUALLY GOES BEHIND.

THESE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS, PRETTY, PRETTY PASSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ASSISTANCE COMING FROM THE CITY REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, AS WE, AS WE MOVE AND HELP FACILITATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I THINK THIS STATISTIC, UH, THAT I HAD FOR THE, FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY WAS THAT IN OUR FIRST YEAR, I THINK THERE WERE ZERO PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WERE BROUGHT ON ON THE SECOND YEAR, LIKE 40.

AND WE'VE DONE LIKE 600 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THAT'S YOUR GUYS' WORK.

SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THAT WITH THAT.

UH, THE BEATING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS DONE.

IT'S A JOURNEY.

IT IS, UH, UH, 1159 AND AT 1159, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2021.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER COLLEAGUES.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL THAT SPEAKER, UH, NOW, UH, AND THEN BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, MAYBE WE CAN HANDLE A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS THAT I THINK WE'LL BE DONE IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.

AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE TIMING FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AND RETURNING.

REMEMBER WE HAVE SPEAKER SIGN-UPS ONGOING RIGHT NOW FOR THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE BEST ESTIMATE IS, IS THAT, UH, WE WON'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL.

THE SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS, UM, UH, SUGAR TENON HAIR IS SUGAR TENANT HERE.

TO CALL A ANGELA BENEVIDEZ GAZA THAT I UNDERSTAND MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL HER NAME.

I'M GOING

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IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS' COMMUNICATIONS, UH, SPEAKER, UH, THAT I HAVE, UH, OVERLOOKED.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON CITIZEN COMMUNICATION COLLEAGUES.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE A COUPLE MORE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA.

WE HAVE SOME

[53. Conduct a public hearing to consider a resolution authorizing and directing the Director of the Parks and Recreation Department to act on the City’s behalf and work with the National Park Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in connection with the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program and to apply for an ORLP grant for up to $3,125,000, to be matched by the City, to partially fund the cost of the Montopolis Pool Replacement project. 53.]

NON-CONSENT ITEMS THAT MAYBE WE CAN HANDLE HERE QUICKLY.

UM, WHAT ABOUT THE ITEM NUMBER 53, ITEM NUMBER 53 IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PARD GRANT.

I'M GONNA TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN CALL 53, 4 54 55 54, BY THE WAY WAS JUST POSTPONED.

UH, SO WE JUST WANT TO STATE THAT PUBLICLY THE PUBLIC HERE GUARD, THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN IS BEING POSTPONED TO A, UM, UH, 10 14, BUT, UH, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE ON PART ON 53 AND THE ANNEXATION, UH, ISSUE 55 PERMANENT WORK ON SOME RESUME? YES.

AND YOU'RE BRINGING IN STAFF TO SPEAK TO THESE OR NO.

A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 71? THAT WAS OUR POOL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A ONE? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON 53 OR 55? WE CALLED SPEAKERS THIS MORNING.

NO ONE ANSWERING THAT CALL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND ITEM NUMBER 53 GUYS.

REMEMBER AFTER READ MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 53, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OH.

AS OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ORGANIZER, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATE OFF 54 IS BEING POSTPONED TO 10 14, ITEM NUMBER

[55. Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance for the full-purpose annexation of approximately 28.3 acres located in Travis County near 11122, 11204, 11208, and 11216 Cameron Road, and ratify an agreement with the owner of the land for the provision of services. The property is adjacent to Austin Council District 1.]

55.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MAKES A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THAT'S OVER ALICE.

SECOND STATE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

ANANYMOUS OVER DYESS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER, UH, GONE COLLEAGUES.

I THINK THAT LEAVES US THE, UH, PULLED, UH, ITEMS, UM, 13, 19, UH, 43 THROUGH 45 AND ITEM NUMBER 48, 8 71 HAS BEEN HANDLED TO THIS POINT AS, AS NUMBER EIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY THINK THOSE THINGS WILL GO QUICKLY AND IT WAS PULLED ITEMS? OH, WE DIDN'T DO 71 YET.

SORRY, I'M ANTICIPATING, LET'S DO THAT ONE.

I THINK THAT ACTION NOW, UH, DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE

[71. Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20210811-010 ordering a special municipal election regarding funding, staffing, training, and oversight of the Austin Police Department; and declaring an emergency. ]

MY CATHERINE REMEMBER POOL BOOZE OF ADOPTION OF THE LANGUAGE THAT THE STAFF HAS PROVIDED TO US.

AND IS THAT LANGUAGE POSTED THAT WENT BACK UP? YES.

IT'S NOW POSTED IN BACKUP.

IT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT TRACKS PRETTY, UH, UH, UH, EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPREME COURT HAD, UH, UH, SUGGESTED, UH, AS PART OF THEIR, UH, ORDER, UH, TO US.

UM, SO WE HAD MOVED AND SECONDED COUNCILOR COSAR MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE COURTS SAW THAT IT WAS A KEY FEATURE TO INCLUDE THE NEARLY A POTENTIAL $600 MILLION COST.

UH, I APPRECIATE THAT IT WOULD SEEM THAT IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO NOT INCLUDE THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT REMAINS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THIS ITEM ON THE BALLOT.

I DO, I AM TROUBLED, UH, THAT, UM, SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WE ARE BEING ORDERED TO PUT ONTO THE BALLOT, UM, IN MY VIEW AS MISLEADING, UM, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE, IN THE ORDER FROM THE SUPREME COURT THAT EXPLICITLY ARGUED THIS POINT.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO PUT ON THE BALLOT THAT THIS WOULD ENHANCE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHEN I REVIEW THE PROPOSITION SUBMITTED, UH, TO ME, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING TRULY ABOUT ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE PUT FORWARD THE INITIAL BALLOT LANGUAGE, WE PUT FORWARD SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST OBJECTIVE.

IT DIDN'T

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SAY WHETHER SOMETHING WAS BETTER OR WORSE OR ENHANCED OR NOT ENHANCED.

IT JUST SAID WHAT THE BALLOT MEASURE ACTUALLY DID.

AND SO, UH, I AM TROUBLED THAT, OF THIS PRECEDENT OF BEING TOLD TO PUT SOMETHING ONTO THE BALLOT THAT IN MY VIEW, MISLEADS VOTERS, BECAUSE WHEN I READ THAT THE ITEM, AND I THINK WHEN MOST FOLKS HAVE RELIED ON THEM, THEY WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE'S ANYTHING, FOR EXAMPLE, ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

AND THIS WAY THAT DOES EXPLAIN THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS.

AND I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A COMMUNITY FOR US TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE NOT MISLED ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT FOR THE CAR MAN, WHEN THIS CAME UP FOR US BEFORE I TALKED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE AT LENGTH, UH, UH, PROBABLY SPOKE ON IT LONGER THAN I NORMALLY DO ON THINGS TO, TO REALLY LAY OUT KIND OF THE THINKING.

AND AT THAT TIME I INDICATED THAT I THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THIS WAS THE FISCAL IMPACT.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S 300 TO $600 MILLION OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, THE, THE IMPLICATIONS THAT HAS FOR THE BUDGET IS SO LARGE THAT I SAID THAT I THOUGHT PERHAPS THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND SALIENT FEATURE.

AND THE SUPREME COURT AGREED, UH, AND SAID THAT THE OMISSION OF THAT AND THE LANGUAGE WAS MISLEADING AND INADEQUATE UNDER THE LAW.

UH, SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPREME COURT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE MOST SALIENT FEATURES STILL, UH, INCLUDED DO I HAVE SOME OF THE RESERVATIONS, UH, EXPRESSED, UH, OTHERWISE.

AND I THINK THAT GOING FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE DO BALLOT LANGUAGE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT SO THAT, UM, UH, WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING AND INTEND TO SIGN WHAT THEY SIGNED.

WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT INDICATED THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR NAME ON PETITIONS IS AS THIS ONE WAS BEING COUNTED.

BUT I THINK ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS ARE FOR DISCUSSION FOR A LATER DAY.

I SUPPORT THE MOTION AS WELL AS REMEMBER THERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE BALLOT IS COULDN'T HAVE A POTENTIAL MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET.

WE ARE GOING TO BE, WE ARE THAT WE COULD FACE HAVING TO CLOSE LIBRARIES.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR PARKS WILL GO NEGLECTED AND, UH, UH, SO, UH, AND THEY MIGHT EVEN BE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO LAY OFF SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN UP IN THE END, BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO RELAX ME, VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE, UH, BUT, UH, I, I DO HAVE DEEP RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS, UH, BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT THERE, CAUSE IT'S SO MISLEADING TO OUR PUBLIC, BUT, UH, AND I GUESS WE JUST HAVE A JOB AND TO EDUCATE OUR VOTERS OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON.

SO, SO, UH, JUST WANT TO LET THE, UH, OUR, OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON US.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS, THANK YOU.

UM, JUST ALSO WANTED TO SHARE MY SENTIMENT THAT I'M GLAD THAT THE COURT UPHELD THE FISCAL NOTE PORTION OF THIS PROPOSITION.

I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT AUSTINITES KNOW THE FISCAL IMPACT THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BETWEEN $271.5 MILLION ALL THE WAY UP TO POTENTIALLY $598.8 MILLION.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT HOW THE FISCAL NOTE WITH THIS PROPOSITION, UM, AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AND HOW THAT WOULD TIE OUR HANDS AS LOCAL POLICY MAKERS.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT MAKING CUTS.

AND SO THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN HAVE FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THIS, UH, PROPOSITION AND A POTENTIAL PROPOSITION AND WHAT IT WOULD CAUSE, UM, THE BETTER.

AND TO ME AGAIN, IT'S THAT, THAT FISCAL NOTE, UH, BETWEEN 271 MILLION TO 598 MILLION, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE LANGUAGE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, VERY HAPPY THAT, UM, SEVERAL OF YOU AGREE THAT WE NEEDED A FISCAL NOTE ON THIS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK MOVING FORWARD, IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO PUT A FISCAL NOTE ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE AT COUNCIL, SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE CHOICES THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE HAVE ON OUR BUDGET AND OTHER ITEMS. AND I THINK IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF

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VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

READY TO TAKE A VOTE COLLEAGUES, THINK WE NEED A SECOND.

DID IT GET, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF A POOL MOVED IT.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? THAT'S WHERE, WHEN COSAR SECONDS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM 71, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED.

ADAM IS SORT OF A DICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OFF.

YEAH, I CAN NOW MOVE APPROVAL

[19. Authorize negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 2 to an agreement with Young Women’s Christian Association to provide mental health services for the Asian and Pacific Islander and LatinX communities, to add funding to the 12-month term of October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 and one 12-month extension option each in an amount not to exceed $100,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $300,000.]

ON ITEM 19.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOBER WAS PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 19.

IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECONDS? AND HE DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

I HAD PULLED THIS ITEM AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR CITY, FROM OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IT, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS, UM, I HAD PULLED A SIMILAR KIND OF CONTRACT LAST WEEK THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HARVEST FOUNDATION, UM, WAS BEING CONTRACTED TO, WITH, TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

AND SO THE QUESTIONS I ASKED OF STAFF, UM, HAVE ELICITED THE INFORMATION THAT ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT THEY USED IS THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE APPLYING HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE PRIORITY POPULATION.

AND THEY ALSO, AND AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THE YWC HAS BEEN TRAINING EXISTING PROVIDERS AND STAFF AND HIRING MULTI MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL STAFF TO BETTER SERVE AA BI COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THEY ALSO WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE WORKING.

THEY'RE GETTING REFERRALS FROM, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AUSTIN AREA, INCLUDING ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF AUSTIN AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, HAVE CONTRACTED WITH, WITH AF WITH ESSA, UM, TO, TO, UM, PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE CLIENTS THEY SERVE.

AND SO THEY, I GUESS I WOULD ASK MANAGER, I THINK IN SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT ARE NEW CONTRACTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MIGHT, MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE ORGANIZATION WE THINK OF AND PROVIDING THESE SERVICES.

IF, IF WE COULD GET THAT CLEARLY OUR STAFF HAVE LOTS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM, AND RATIONALE THAT'S GONE INTO THE SELECTION OF THESE PARTICULAR VENDORS.

IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT IN OUR BACKUP INFORMATION, I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP.

I MEAN, IT WAS, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE, THE, THE, UM, PEOPLE DELIVERING THESE SERVICES ARE, ARE, UM, HAVE BEEN TRAINED APPROPRIATELY, HAVE A RANGE OF LANGUAGES.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL, ALL, I THINK THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT, THAT I CERTAINLY WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE FOLKS WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH HAVE, SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT CONTRACT AND SUPER IMPORTANT SERVICES.

UM, FIRST IDENTIFIED AS, AS A REAL GAP BY OUR ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION.

SO GLAD TO SEE THIS CONTRACT MOVING.

ALL RIGHT, TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM 19, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DYES AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERED, GONE, COUNCILMEMBER TOPO, THE OTHER, I THINK 40 PEOPLE, 45 OR AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION 48.

I THINK THERE'S STILL LANGUAGE TO BE POSTED.

THAT MEANS ITEM NUMBER

[13. Authorize negotiation and execution of a creative content incentive agreement with Eye Productions Inc. for an amount not to exceed $213,910.]

13.

CAN WE DO ITEM NUMBER 13? WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I BELIEVE WE DID GET A DISTRIBUTION OF A THIRD DRAFT OF MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER.

MEDICINE'S 48.

SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT OR NOT, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY JUMP RIGHT INTO 13, 2 13 AND MAYOR PRO TEM CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT DRAFTS.

THE CRITERIA WE'LL MAKE PROGRAMMATIC REVISIONS FOR COUNSEL'S REVIEW IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE THAT TOO, BEFORE WE BREAK.

SO MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR OUR STAFF.

UM, I'M, I'M NUMBER ONE, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE WAGE REQUIREMENTS.

SO IN THE FIRST RESPONSE, NUMBER ONE, LET ME SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I, WE HAD SOME TESTIMONY EARLIER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AUSTIN FILM STUDIOS, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT'S TERRIFIC THAT WALKER TEXAS IS BEING FILMED HERE.

UM, UM, USUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT IN MY, IN MY LEADERSHIP, ON THIS COUNCIL AND IN MY SUPPORT FOR MANY OF Y'ALL'S INITIATIVES ON THIS COUNCIL, I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE A REQUEST THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE EMBEDDED WITHIN TODAY'S ACTION AND MAY NEED TO COME SEPARATE, BUT I SEPARATELY.

BUT I DO THINK, I THINK THIS PROGRAM NEEDS SOME UPDATES.

IT APPEARS THAT IT'S NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2014, THE CRITERIA THAT ARE ONLINE REFERRED TO HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2014.

BUT THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A RANGE OF WAYS IN WHICH I THINK THIS PROGRAM REALLY NEEDS RETOOLING.

THE STAFF HAVE INDICATED IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT THEY ARE ANALYZING

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I DON'T KNOW IF OUR STAFF CAN TELL US WHAT THE TIMELINE IS ON THAT REVIEW AND UPDATE.

SHALL I DIRECT MY QUESTIONS TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER COUNCIL MEMBER? WE DO HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY CONSOLS TO HELP FACILITATE THE RIGHT.

SO FIRSTLY, UM, DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN THIS WILL BE UPDATED? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND OTHER STAFF IS RODNEY GONZALES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND OTHER STAFF IS READY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMELINE TO THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICY.

WE CERTAINLY WELCOME, UH, COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.

AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DO THAT OTHER FUTURE WORK SESSION BRIEFING TO LISTEN TO COUNSEL'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE CREATIVE CONTENT, UH, PROGRAM AND POLICY CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE DESIRED.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN WORK ON THOSE AND THEN MODIFY THE POLICY ACCORDINGLY.

UM, AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE, WE'VE GOT INTERIM DIRECTORS, SYNOVIA HOPE GRAB HERE, AS WELL AS CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER VERONICA VERSINNO HERE.

AND WE'VE ALSO GOT OTHER STAFF CALLED BRANDON HERE.

YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC ANALYSIS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING REALLY.

I'M JUST LOOKING FOR AT THIS MOMENT, A TIMELINE ON, ON WHAT YOUR CONTEMPLATED REVIEW IS.

SO NOW HAVE YOU EVER CALLED, DO WE HAVE THAT TIMELINE? GOOD AFTERNOON.

SONYA WILL BE A WHOLE RANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

YES, WE ARE WORKING ON HOPEFULLY TO, CAN YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE? YES.

SO WE HOPE TO BRING IN AN UPDATED POLICY WITHIN THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND SHOULD GET THAT IN FOR REVIEW WITHIN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2021.

SUPER THANK YOU.

UM, SO IN THE FIRST, THE FIRST TIME I ASKED THE QUESTION, THE ANSWER THAT WE GOT BACK IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER REAFFIRMED THAT THE CREATIVE CONTENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM GUIDELINES STIPULATE $11 AN HOUR FOR A VIDEO GAME AND VISUAL EFFECTS PROJECTS.

WHEN I QUESTIONED THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CITY LIVING WAGE POLICY FOR THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENTS, THE ANSWER CAME BACK THAT LET'S SEE THAT.

UM, I THOUGHT I SAW A REFERENCE TO THE ACTUAL INCENTIVES INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS.

OH, HERE IT IS.

WHILE IT, WHILE THE CREATIVE CONTENT GUIDELINES, STIPULATE $11 EDD REQUIRES THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S CURRENT LIVING, LEGIT LIVING WAGE.

SO CAN YOU JUST VERIFY FOR ME WHETHER WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING OF THOSE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THIS? AND LET ME ALSO JUST PREFACE FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

WE'VE ONLY GIVEN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, WE'VE ONLY GIVEN FIVE OF THESE.

UM, MOST OF THEM WERE IN THE 22 WERE IN 2014.

ONE WAS IN 20 0 6, 20 16.

AND THEN, AND THEN, UM, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THREE THAT WE'VE DONE IN 2022 TO I PRODUCTIONS, WHICH IS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.

BUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE WAGE? WHAT ARE THE WAGE REQUIREMENTS I WILL LIKE FOR CAL BRANDON TO SPEAK TO THE WAGE REQUIREMENTS.

SO NADIA KYLE BRAND AND PROGRAM MANAGER, UH, WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, THE WAGE REQUIREMENTS ARE AS THEY ARE STIPULATED WITHIN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THAT ALL INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS MUST PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES AT LEAST $15 PER HOUR, WHICH IS LIVING WAGE.

AND IT MUST ALSO, UH, PAY OR IT MUST PAY THE UNION WAGES.

UH, SO OUR AGREEMENTS ARE TRACKING WITH WHAT THE BROADER, UH, POLICY IS AROUND LIVING WAGE.

MOOT POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY VIDEO GAMES, BUT I DO THINK THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THESE HAVE BEEN, UM, VIDEO GAMES, BUT SO BASICALLY THE, THE INFORMATION ONLINE IS JUST A BIT OUTDATED.

WHAT YOU'RE REQUIRING IS THE LIVING WAGE, CORRECT.

WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING IS LIVING WAGE, AS YOU NOTED A MAJORITY OF THE DEALS THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

AND BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE DEAL FLOW, WE ARE, UH, REALLY REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

AND, UH, AS SYNOVIA MENTIONED, WE DO INTEND TO UPDATE THAT VERY SOON, GIVEN THE INCREASED DEAL FLOW.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK TO THAT QUESTION AND CORRECTING IT BECAUSE, AND I WONDER IF I, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS IN THE Q AND A PORTAL, BUT THE SECOND ANSWER ABOUT THE WAGES, UM, REALLY MORE, MORE ACCURATELY CAPTURES IT.

I THINK THE FIRST ANSWER TALKS ABOUT IT STILL AS $11 AN HOUR.

IT WAS ONLY IN MY FOLLOW-UP THAT THAT WAS CLARIFIED THAT ACTUALLY WERE REQUIRING NOT $11 AN HOUR, BUT 15 AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A

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UH, I, I DO WANT TO NOTE, WE HAVE INCENTIVIZED A CERTAIN AFFINITY, WHICH, UH, WAS INCENTIVIZED FOR CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE, UH, WHICH IS A VIDEO GAME.

OH, I SEE MY, MY APOLOGIES.

AND THAT WAS IN 2016, CORRECT.

UM, HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS PARTICULAR FILM INCENTIVE, IF WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET WAS A LOWER AMOUNT.

SO, UM, I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT LOCAL SPEND AND I'M CONCERNED, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE ANSWER.

SO LOCAL SPEND IN THE RCA AND IN THE CRITERIA APPEARS TO BE APPEARS TO BE, UM, APPEARS TO BE DEFINED.

AND YOU'VE CLARIFIED THIS IN MY QUESTION SIX, IT IS DEFINED AS AUSTIN MSA RESIDENTS.

SO TRAVIS HAZE, WILLIAMSON BASS DROP IN CALDWELL COUNTIES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN THE CALCULATION THAT YOU'RE USING IS BASED ON LOCAL, YOU'VE DESCRIBED IN FIVE, THAT IT'S BASED ON LOCAL WAGES IS LOCAL ALSO DEFINED AS THE FIVE COUNTY REGION.

AND SO LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT.

I, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S ONE AREA THAT NEEDS LOOKING AT, BECAUSE I'M, I, WE HAVE SUCH SCARCE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN, IN YOUR RIGHT NOW AND IN YEARS TO COME.

AND I, I WOULD REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IMPACT IS ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SINCE WE'RE USING CITY OF AUSTIN, TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD BE USING CITY OF AUSTIN TAX DOLLARS JUST TO S TO, TO, UM, PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR SOMETHING THAT IS AND USING AS THE CALCULATION AS A PRIMARY NUMBER IN THAT CALCULATION, WHAT THE FIVE AREA, WHAT THE FIVE COUNTY SPEND IS.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE US, LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT AS A CONCERN AND AN AREA WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE REVISION AND PERHAPS AT, AT THE WORK SESSION OR IN A SUBSEQUENT MEMO SUBSEQUENT TO TODAY, SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY LOCAL SPEND WAS DEFINED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WAS CAPTURING THE BENEFIT TO COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN AND, UH, AND AREAS, GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN, BECAUSE IN THE END, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A PROJECT WE'RE PROVIDING A $213,000 INCENTIVE FOR, UM, SUMMARIZING THE NUMBERS.

THESE AREN'T THE EXACT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S PROVIDING BY OUR OWN ESTIMATES, DIRECT AND INDIRECT REVENUE OF 260,000.

SO THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S A VERY SMALL, UM, AND SPEND HERE LOCALLY.

I MEAN, THE, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT INCENTIVE COMPARED TO THE REVENUE IT'S TAKING IN, IT'S VERY CLOSE, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING, WE'RE PROVIDING A $213,000 INCENTIVE FOR WHAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE A $260,000 BENEFIT TO OUR CITY.

SO THAT GAP IS PRETTY, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

UM, AND I THINK WITH OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, WE SHOULD APPRECIATE SET THE THRESHOLD HIGHER.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? NOBODY APPEARS, I MEAN, IS ANYBODY FOLLOWING THAT? THAT'S NOT USUALLY THE WAY WE, WE CHARACTERIZE IT.

WE DON'T USUALLY SET OUR INCENTIVES SO CLOSE TO THE EXPECTED REVENUE.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS, IS CLEARLY HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE WAY LOCAL SPEND HAS BEEN DEFINED.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD, WE'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT OUR BUDGET SESSION.

AND I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THIS IN THE Q AND A, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING THE ANSWER.

SO WHEN WE TALKED DURING THE BUDGET, I ASKED A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES RESERVE FUND.

AND I ASKED OUR STAFF TO CLARIFY WHETHER ALL OF THE FUNDING IN THAT PROPOSED BUDGET LINE WAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS REIMBURSEMENTS TO CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS THAT HAD MET THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THE ANSWER THAT WAS RETURNED TO ME WAS YES.

AND SO I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION HERE IN THE Q AND A, AND, UM, AND IT, AND THE ANSWER WAS YOU ASKED AGAIN, HOWEVER, I JUST DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING HERE BECAUSE CLEARLY ALL OF THAT MONEY WAS NOT ALLOCATED TO CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.

THERE WERE SOME OTHER PORTIONS IN HERE.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

THE SECOND I HAVE IS THAT IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE IN HERE ALIGNED FOR FILM INCENTIVES OF THE 150,000.

AND YET WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE A, UH, $213,000 INCENTIVE PAYMENT.

SO WHERE IS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING? SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND BETTER THE ANSWER THAT I RECEIVED DURING OUR BUDGET QUESTION DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND THEN TO,

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.

SO THERE'LL BE A WHOLE RABBI AGAIN, AND YES, WITHIN THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE RESERVE FUND, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS.

AND WHEN I RESPONDED, I RESPONDED SPECIFICALLY TO THE CHAPTER THREE 80.

AND SO ALONG WITH THE CHAPTER THREE 80 PAYMENTS WITHIN THE FUND ARE ALSO OTHER FUNDS RELATED TO A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LOCATION, ENHANCEMENT ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH AS PART OF THE CHAPTER THREE 80 REWRITE.

AND SO THOSE FUNDS ARE ALSO HELD WITHIN THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE RESERVE FUND.

AND AS PART OF THE BUDGET APPROVAL FOR THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE HAVE A LINE IN THERE, UH, WHERE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

SO TO CLOSE THE GAP, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO POSSIBLY ADJUST ONE OF THE OTHER LINE ITEMS. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE WILL MAKE THE PAYMENT.

THANKS FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I HAD ASKED, SO THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING WAS ABOUT CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.

I DIDN'T ASK THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE WERE, AND IT WAS ACCURATE FOR THE CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS THAT ALL OF THAT MONEY WAS SPOKEN FOR.

THE QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK WAS WHETHER THERE WAS OTHER MONEY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES RESERVE FUND, THOUGH.

I THINK I DID ASK THE QUESTION GENERALLY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES RESERVE FUND, BUT THE ANSWER, UM, WAS ACCURATE FOR CHAPTER THREE 80.

IT JUST DIDN'T SPEAK TO THE OTHER FUNDING THAT WAS IN THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES RESERVE FUND THAT WAS NOT ALREADY ALLOCATED OR DUE BACK.

I MEAN, AND THE REASON THIS WAS RELEVANT IS BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND TRYING TO WELL UNDERSTAND THEM.

AND SO THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN AREAS, UM, THAT WERE NOT YET ALLOCATED.

AND SO I'M SORRY, I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE, SO ONE OF THE OTHER LINE ITEMS HERE WILL NEED TO BE REDUCED TO PROVIDE THIS FILM INCENTIVE.

AND THAT IS CORRECT.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE, WHERE THAT MONEY WILL COME FROM? WHICH OF THESE LINE ITEMS? SO IT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM CAPACITY BUILDING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LOCATION, INCENTIVE, OR MANUFACTURING UPGRADE LOAN PROGRAM.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WILL, WHERE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL COME FROM? WE'RE STILL MEETING INTERNALLY TO DETERMINE WHICH PROGRAMS COULD ABSORB THE CUT.

UM, THAT GIVES ME SOME PAUSE MANAGER.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY FROM ONE OF THE OTHER LINE ITEMS AND IT'S WITHOUT KNOWING WHICH ONE IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY IT.

SO I GUESS, I GUESS I'LL PRO PROVIDE DIRECTION, UM, THAT IT, THAT IT NOT COME FROM WORKFORCE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW AND SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED IN.

SO, UM, OR, OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL HAS PRIORITIZED, NOT THAT THE OTHER ONES AREN'T, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT IT HERE ON THE DAYAS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE UP A $63,000 GAP, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T COME FROM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

AND CAN I ASK PLEASE THAT WE GET A FOLLOW-UP MEMO ON WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS IDENTIFIED? WE CAN PROVIDE A FOLLOW-UP MEMO.

I BELIEVE THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 13.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS SECONDS, THAT AND DISCUSSION.

LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

THERE IS DISCUSSION IN THAT.

I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT STIPULATION PART OF THE DIRECTION AND ALSO REQUESTS THAT WE COME, THAT WE HAVE A WORK SESSION SCHEDULED, OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'VE BASICALLY MADE MOST OF MY POINTS AT THIS POINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WANT TO HAVE THAT WORKFORCE TO WORK, UM, WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OR NOT AT A WORK SESSION.

I WOULD SAY TOO.

I THINK THE OTHER, THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT.

ONE IS THAT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS MUST NOT HAVE BEGUN PRODUCTION BEFORE APPLYING FOR AND BEING APPROVED.

I ASSUME THAT WE'RE WAIVING THAT TODAY FOR THE PROJECT BEFORE US, BUT THAT MIGHT TO BE ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER AS YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECT BY LINES OF, UM, IN TERMS OF REVISION.

SO AGAIN, I'M OPEN TO HAVING A CONVERSATION AT WORK SESSION OR JUST TO PROVIDING MY THOUGHTS DIRECTLY.

OF THE MOTION NOW, UH, IT GETS OVER ELLIS.

AND W AND THE, THE ONE ELEMENT, THE DIRECTION TO KNOCK OUT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, INCLUDING THAT AS A FORMAL DIRECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HEARING? NONE THAT IS PART

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I JUST DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING.

AND CERTAINLY THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS COMPREHENSIVELY.

UM, BUT SINCE THIS IS ALREADY SO FAR DOWN THE LINE, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KEEP IT MOVING FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, BUT DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, THOSE BEING HIGHLIGHTED TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

AND I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME.

I MEAN, I, I, THIS, AS I'VE INDICATED RAISES SOME REAL NEED FOR REVISION FOR ME.

UM, AND, AND, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING THESE REALLY SCARE SUBSIDIES, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT TODAY FOR THE SAME REASON, BECAUSE IT IS FAR ALONG AND THEY'RE WORKING PRIMARILY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES.

UM, THANK YOU, MANAGER, WHO HAS HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO A WORK SESSION, WE COULD DO THAT.

BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU KNOW, A MEMO TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS QUESTIONS, LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THOSE OPPOSED.

SO YOU'VE HAD THEM AS ON A DICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER, UH, CON COLLEAGUES THAT LEAVES US THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE COMPENSATION ISSUES.

COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM.

ARE WE READY TO VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 48? I ACTUALLY JUST GOT A NOTE ABOUT IT.

SO LET ME READ WHAT THIS SAYS.

JUST A MOMENT, UM, THIS THROUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVEL, IT SAYS, BUT SENT OUT BY THE AGENDA OFFICE AT 11:07 AM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONE WORD THAT WE ARE EITHER CONSIDERING STRIKING OR, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, UH, A TYPE OF, SO I THINK THERE'S ONE THING THAT STILL NEEDS REPAIRED.

SO LET'S HANDLE THAT AFTER LUNCH, WE'LL COME BACK AND HANDLE 48 THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO OR A PUMP HOLE, RATHER.

SORRY.

I'M WONDERING, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, IF THE WORD THAT YOU CAUGHT IS ON LINE 1 0 3, I THINK IT SAYS THE WORD SHOULD BE RESPECTIVE.

NOT RESPECT.

APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 48? WOULD THAT, WHAT ADDITIONAL CHANGE, UH, WHERE IT'S RESPECTED? I RESPECT EVERYONE, UM, WINE.

I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP TOO.

ARE WE READY TO THEN, UH,

[48. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to determine strategies necessary to implement various supportive and place-making actions for the African American Cultural District; explore ways of using the Live Music Fund to support the long-term sustainability of African American culture-based music industry projects located or produced within the District; and develop a plan to solicit proposals for the development of the 1100 Block of E.11th Street. (Part 1 of 2)]

WHAT'D YOU SAY? 103.

ARE YOU READY OR DO YOU WANT MORE TIME FOR THIS READY? A MAYOR PRO TEM MOVES, PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 48.

IT'S VERSION THREE.

I THINK IT'S IN BACKUP WITH THAT WORD, WORD CHANGE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANY DISCUSSION.

LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAIR.

THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OFF TAKES CARE OF THAT ITEM.

ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES, UH, IT IS, UM, UH, 1236.

UM, ALL WE HAVE LEFT REALLY ARE THE ZONING CASES AND THE COMPENSATION CASES, WHICH ARE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, FIRST, UM, WE COULD BREAK UNTIL TWO THROUGH THE SPEAKERS THAT TO HANDLE THE KIDS SAID THE JETTA, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE EVERYTHING, AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TAKE ACTION.

I'M JUST THINKING THAT IF WE TAKE AN HOUR FOR LUNCH, IT GIVES US AN AWKWARD 15 MINUTES.

I'M NOT SURE THAT IT REALLY GIVE US TIME TO DO ANYTHING AND THE SPEAKERS WILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

SO LET'S DO THAT.

UH, WHEN WE HAVE A FLEXIBILITY TODAY TO DO THAT.

SO, UH, HERE AT, UH, 1236, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE WILL RECONVENE AT TWO, WE WILL TAKE, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, FOR THE, HOPEFULLY WE HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA ON ZONING.

THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEMS 43 44 AND 45.

AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND TAKE ACTION.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.

SO YOU GUYS HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK CASPAR, ALICE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I THINK YOU SAID ADJOURN AND MEANT RECESS.

RECESS.

YEAH, WE'LL BE COMING BACK.

WE APPROVED, UH, LAST SESSION HAD, UH, UH, ANOTHER CHANGE INTO IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS HERE.

TWO O'CLOCK 2021, UH, IT'S 2:05 PM.

UH, BEFORE WE DO THE, UH, SPEAKERS CALLED A TWO O'CLOCK ONE HOUSEKEEPING MATTER ITEM, NUMBER 48 THAT

THERE WAS AGREED BY THE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE POSTED VERSION.

UH, SO, UH, UH, I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OUR OTHER VOTE FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM NUMBER 48, UH, TO, TO RECONSIDER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY, SECOND TO MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION

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THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED APPEARS TO BE AN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OFF.

NOW THAT IT'S BACK IN FRONT OF US, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU WANT TO MOVE PASSAGE OR ITEM NUMBER 48 WITH, WITH THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT I'D LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 48 WITH THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT BY MARIETTA.

I'VE BEEN MOVED A SECOND OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS DISCUSSION AS OUR KITCHEN.

UM, SO MIRANDA, I'M ASSUMING THAT, UM, I'M FINE WITH THIS LANGUAGE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SOME CLARIFICATION, CAUSE I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT'S INTENDED.

IT SAYS CONSIDER THE CURRENT PROGRAMS AND CAPACITY THE AEDC, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN THE AEDC THAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO, OR THAT WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON DOING.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE NOT INTENDING TO, TO REPLACE THOSE PROGRAMS, RIGHT? NOT AT ALL.

IT JUST DIDN'T SAY THAT IF THEY HAD EXTRA CAPACITY, I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING ON THIS IS YOU'RE NOT PRECLUDED FROM BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THEM TOO.

AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH THEM, MAYBE THERE'S EXPERTISE THERE THAT THEY COULD LAND, BUT CERTAINLY NOT TO TAKE THEM OFF TASK OR THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN.

WE VOTED TO DIRECT THAT BOARD TO DO.

AND NOT DIVERT FUNDING THAT WERE DEDICATED FOR OTHER THINGS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE EDITOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS POSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DIET OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OFF, UH, COLLEAGUES.

I'M GOING TO, UM, UH, TURN, UH, THE CHAIR OVER TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS CALLED SPEAKERS.

I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT OR 10 SPEAKERS TO CALL.

YOU CAN HANDLE THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA.

I THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS THE KIDS SET.

UH, SO THEN, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TIME, WE CAN TAKE EVERYBODY INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD REMOTELY FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE THREE PERSONNEL MATTERS.

UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR ME IF YOU'RE ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT AND YOU CAN COME BACK OUT, PASS THOSE THREE ITEMS IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UH, AND THEN, UH, DURING THE MEETING, I WILL TRY TO GET BACK AS QUICKLY AS I CAN PROBABLY BE JUST ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK ISH.

UH, BUT ON THESE ITEMS, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT TO GO FORWARD.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

MAYOR PRO TEM YOU'RE YOU'RE NICE.

I SEE THAT JERRY'S UP THERE.

WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO SPEAKERS, CORRECT.

UM, IN WHICH CASE WE'RE GONNA GO

[Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)]

TO SPEAKERS.

IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS AUSTIN FEISTER.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHO IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FIELDING D ONE CONSTITUENT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGAL EFFECT OF PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT IMPACTS OUR PROPERTIES.

SECOND SPEAKER.

UM, MY LIST IS AUSTIN BARRY UM, AND THEN WE HAVE PATRICK HUCK I CAN TAKE THIS OFF I'M SO I CAN TAKE MY MASK OFF TO SPEAK YOUR LEVEL OF COMFORT.

SORRY.

THAT'S THAT'S UP TO YOUR LEVEL OF, OKAY, GREAT.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M PATRICK HO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT, AND ONE OF ITS TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN CONTACT TEAM, THE ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS MONTH MARKS EXACTLY A DECADE SINCE I BECAME A 12TH STREET HOMEOWNER AND A RESIDENT WITHIN THE URP NCCD AREA, NEAR THE CORNER OF 12TH AND KOMAL.

MY REMARKS ARE ON BEHALF OF OCEAN LEADERSHIP, SUCH AS CLIFTON VAN DYKE, WHO CANNOT BE HERE IN PERSON TO ADDRESS YOU.

THEY SENT YOU A GOOD WISHES AND WISDOM AND ALL YOUR ACTIONS TODAY, AND HOPE YOU JOIN TO HOPE TO JOIN YOU ON OCTOBER 14TH, VIA VIDEO TELECONFERENCE OCEAN, THANKS YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS.

THESE DRAFTS HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS IN COMING TO YOU.

THEY REPRESENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF COMMISSION, STAFF AND COMMUNITY TIME.

THAT INCLUDES THE URP AND PLANNING COMMISSION WHO STROVE TO CARRY FORWARD.

THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE IN.

SO MANY OTHER SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS STRIVING TO SET THE QUARTERS UP, NOT JUST FOR IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BUT FOR DECADES.

THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN GO INCREDIBLY WELL OR SIDEWAYS IN THIS FINAL REVIEW.

THESE COMPLEX DOCUMENTS ARE THE REGULATORY DRIVERS FOR SUCCESSFUL INCLUSIVE REVITALIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF QUARTERS THAT CARRY SO MUCH HISTORY COURSING THROUGH THE SIX RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF CENTRAL EAST.

IT BASICALLY BASICALLY COMES DOWN TO TIME AND ATTENTION, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT NEW EYES MIGHT BRING BIG UNANTICIPATED PROPOSALS.

LIKE WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM SURFACE TUESDAY AT WORK SESSION, SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT AT ANY LEVEL OF PRIOR REVIEW BEEN DISCUSSED OR EVEN RAISED WHEN WE MET WITH HER ON MONDAY AND ASKED ABOUT POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION, WE ANTICIPATE THERE MIGHT BE MORE AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO COMMIT TO PREVIEWING AND PREVIEWING AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS AMPLE TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION, PLEASE DO NOT DROP BIG SURPRISES ON OUR COMMUNITY OR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY ON ISSUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED.

FINALLY, WE URGE YOU TO PLEASE DO ALL.

YOU CAN EXPAND PUBLIC TESTIMONY, OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN ISOLATION AND THOSE WHO MUST MINIMIZE OUR POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO COVID AS IT WOULD PUT THEM THERE.

ELDERLY, ELDERLY LOVED ONES ARE UNVACCINATED MINORS AT RISK.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OR REQUEST FOR SAFER OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN TIMELY POSTING OF SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN FULL WITH YOU ON OCTOBER 14TH.

SHOULD YOU PROPOSE, POSTPONE THESE ITEMS? THANK YOU.

I BELIEVE THE LAST NAME IS ZANE.

I CAN'T PRONOUNCE OR I'M SORRY.

THE LAST NAME IS ZANE.

IT LOOKS LIKE C H I N.

LAST NAME IS F I D A I NOPE.

AND WHICH CASE I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE NOT ON MY LIST.

UM, WHAT ITEMS WHERE YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR? I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SIGN UP.

I'D LIKE TO USE ABOUT, I'M SORRY.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT FALSE SCREEN.

LET ME, HOW DO I HANDLE THAT? GIVE IT TO THE CLERK.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVER IT AND GIVE YOUR NAME TO THE CLERK WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING YOU GO AHEAD AND COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

YOU ARE MY NEIGHBOR.

I SEE.

UH, SO I KNOW WE, WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 12TH STREET TOGETHER.

UM, THANKS EVERYONE FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AS PREPARED AS I WOULD LIKE TO BE TODAY.

UM, I W I WAS HOPING THERE'D BE MORE FOLKS, UH, SPEAKING I'M, I'M AFRAID THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK FOR SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT ON 12TH STREET, UM, IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THOSE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CARE THERE, AND I'M, AGAIN, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED MORE FOLKS AREN'T HERE TODAY.

UM, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, AND HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.

UM, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND, AND I'LL ECHO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAYING THAT WE'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.

WE'D LIKE TIME TO MEET WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND, UH, UNDERSTAND WHAT, HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT US.

UM, AS FAR AS BUILDINGS, MY, MY PROPERTY BACKS UP TO 12TH STREET, 12TH STREET.

UM, I LIVE ON 13TH STREET, SO I SHARE AN ALLEY WITH 12TH STREET.

UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SETBACKS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.

UM, ON A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL STREET, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 35 FEET OF STREET WAY.

YOU'VE GOT A 20 FOOT SETBACK FOR HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN SPACE WHEN YOU BUILD A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY UP TO AN ALLEY WITH VERY LITTLE SETBACK.

AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THIS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS STREET, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTING RESIDENCES UP AND DOWN 12TH STREET.

SO I JUST LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, CONSIDERATION OF THE, UM, TRASH IN THE ALLEYWAY THAT THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

UH, ALSO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY, THESE RESIDENCES ARE GOING TO HAVE DIRECT VIEWS INTO THE BACKYARDS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO MAYBE DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION OF HIGHER LEVEL WINDOWS.

UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO DENSITY.

I THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, THAT'S NOT SUCH A BAD THING.

IT'S JUST, WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF HOW, HOW IT'S DONE AND THAT IT'S DONE, RIGHT.

AND WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I KNOW NATASHA KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THE HISTORY IS.

AND I WANT THERE TO BE A SENSITIVITY ON 12TH STREET TO THE CULTURE THAT WAS THERE BEFORE US.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU, MEGAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, DON'T FORGET TO GO OVER TO THE CLERK.

BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WAS ANYBODY ELSE ANTICIPATING SPEAKING MAYOR PRO TEMP? YES.

UM, I BELIEVE DOUG YOUNG ALSO REGISTERED TO SPEAK, BUT HE WASN'T CALLED OH, 64.

ALL RIGHT, FOLKS WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO

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UM, SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 DOT OH SEVEN, FOUR OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING, MAYBE I'M WRONG.

WE'RE THINKING THAT MAYBE WE WEREN'T TAKING UP ZONING FIRST.

I'M SORRY.

THE CONSENT AGENDA OF ZONING POTENTIALLY.

I THOUGHT HE SAID, I THOUGHT HE SAID SPEAKERS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I THINK, I GUESS.

ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS NOT ON CONSENT? I THINK THEY'RE ALL CONSENTED, WHICH WE COULD JUST DO IT FAST IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

AND THEN IT WOULD BE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I DO SEE SOME, UM, RAISING THEIR HANDS.

I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND NO INTENDED TO, OR NO, THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE NOT.

SO IS THE INTENT THAT WE'RE, UM, I THOUGHT THAT SINCE, UM, SINCE ALL THE CONSENT WE COULD HAVE JERRY RUN THROUGH THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THAT WAS MY THOUGHT.

BUT THEN ALSO TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, TOWBOATS QUESTION, ARE FOLKS INTERESTED IN WHETHER THE, ARE THE FOLKS IN THE BACK? DO WE HAVE A SIMILAR MISTAKE WHERE FOLKS WEREN'T ABLE TO SIGN UP AND DID WANT TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ZONING CASES? YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

OH, SORRY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR MISTAKE OF ANY OF THE OTHER FOLKS IN THE CHAMBER MEANT TO SIGN UP JUST LIKE THE EARLIER SPEAKER DID, IS ANYBODY IN THE CHAIR YOU RESPONDED? YEAH.

THAT MIGHT INCLUDE MR. YOUNG THEN, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE TAKING UP ALL THE ZONING CASES NOW.

GO OVER TO, TO JERRY TO GO THROUGH THESE ZONING CASES.

MR. YOUNGSON APPLICANT, IF WE NEED HIM, SO, OKAY.

I COULDN'T HEAR HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T IN THE MICROPHONE.

IN WHICH CASE, UM, AS PER THAT REQUEST, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WILL, UM,

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR ATTENDING COUNCIL.

I'M JERRY REST OF AND WITH THE HOUSING PLAIN DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? UH, TAKE YOU THROUGH TODAY'S ZONING AGENDA.

OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 16.

NO, JUST A MOMENT.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR JERRY? OKAY.

I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE.

YOU GUYS CAN ALL HEAR.

OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 60, CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 0 33.

THIS IS THE 11TH STREET NCCD.

THIS IS THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 61, KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 37.

THIS IS THE 12TH STREET NCCD ALSO RELATED TO ITEM 54, WHICH WAS POSTPONED EARLIER.

AND THIS CASE IS ALSO A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO OCTOBER 14TH.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 62, KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 1 6.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM NUMBER 63 IS CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 1 0 5.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 64 IS KC 14, 2020 0 1 31.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, ITEM NUMBER 65 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 1 0 7.

ON THIS CASE, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CONSOLE.

THE APPLICANT HAS OFFERED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.

THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CROSSWALK AND HANDICAP RAMPS AT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE BOULEVARD AND MCKINNEY FALLS PARKWAY, AS WELL AS THE TEN-FOOT SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF FALLS PARKWAY.

AND THIS PROJECT, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A LETTER TO MYSELF, THE SITE PLAN CASE MANAGER, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN.

AND WITH THAT, I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 65, ITEM NUMBER 66.

THIS CASE HR 2020 1 0 8 5 7 3 1 AS WELL AS HR, 2020 1 8 5 7 3 9.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.

AND THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 75, 14, 2019 0 0 59.

AND I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL THOSE NUMBERS.

THANK YOU, JERRY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, IS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ZONING CONSENT AGENDA LOOKS LIKE UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AT THE DYES PER TENANT COUNCIL.

NOW WITH THAT, I ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP THREE

SO THE CITY

[Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)]

[02:00:01]

ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5 1, UM, UH, OH SEVEN FOUR OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY CODE OR THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO, UM, NUMBER 56, CONSIDERED COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY CLERK, 57 CONSIDERED COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY AUDITOR AND 58 CONSIDER, UH, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK.

IS THERE ANY JACKSON OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE ITEMS ANNOUNCED I'M HEARING THEM, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION 2 21, AND I BELIEVE WE OPTED FOR VIRTUAL IF I HEARD CORRECTLY.

SO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN, LET'S SAY FIVE MINUTES.

HE CONVENED THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WE WERE IN CLOSED SESSION.

UH, HERE IT IS THAT, UH, 4 0 8, UH, WHILE WE WERE IN CLOSED SESSION, UH, WE TOOK UP AND, UH, HANDLED ITEMS, UH, 56 57 AND 58.

WE HAVE A QUORUM WE'RE NOW BACK OUT IN A REGULAR SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UH, CONSIDER ITEMS 43 44

[Items 43 - 45]

AND 45.

SO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, HELP US.

THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE THREE BLANKS IN NUMBERS, 43, 44 AND 45.

YOU'VE DONE THE CALCULATION FOR US.

HEY, IS WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT GOES IN THE BLANK AND 43 FOR THE CITY AUDITOR? IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL SALARY OF 179,961 AND 60 CENTS.

WHAT ABOUT FOR 44 CITY CLERK? $153,608.

1 53, 6 0 8.

AND WHAT ABOUT 4 45? THEY'VE BEEN DISCIPLINED COURT CLERK, 150, $9,598 AND 40 CENTS.

FILLING IN THE BLANKS THAT WAY.

IS THERE SOMEONE THAT MOVES PASSAGE OF ITEMS? 43, 44 AND 45? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, KELLY HOW'S THERE, UH, MOVED AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION, UH, ON THOSE THREE, UH, THOSE THREE ITEMS HAVE PRO TIME.

I CAN'T SEE YOU.

DO YOU, DO, YOU WOULD JUST CHECK AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? THANKS FOR ASKING.