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[Proclamation 1]
YOU KNOW, USUALLY, UH, WHEN I'M GIVING THESE A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS, OFTENTIMES THEY'RE GOING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE, ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND THAT THAT'S THEIR JOB.AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LONG STANDING HISTORY IN THE DEPARTMENT, OR HAVE DONE THAT KIND OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
BUT I THINK THAT TODAY WE'RE HONORING A SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF, OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, AND, AND INVESTMENT IN, IN THE SPIRIT AND THE, AND THE CULTURE, UH, THAT IS A COMMUNITY HELPING TO SHAPE, UH, HOW WE, HOW WE KEEP THINGS THAT ARE REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PLACE AND, AND CARRY THEM FORWARD.
UH, AND, AND I LOVE THAT, UH, TODAY I HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, UH, IN THAT CONTEXT TO, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO, TO AROMA.
SO HERE IT IS, THIS IS A CITY OF AUSTIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR HAVING BEEN AN EXEMPLARY AMBASSADOR FOR AUSTIN AT ALL 34 AUSTIN FC INAUGURAL CAMPAIGN MATCHES HOME AND AWAY IN 2021.
WE THANK HER FOR EXEMPLIFYING THE VALUES OF THE LOAD'S VR DAYS AND AUSTIN FC COMMUNITY, UH, ROMANTICIZE DESERVING A PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.
THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THEREOF.
THIS NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR, 2021 SIGNED BY, UH, STEVE ADLER MAYOR, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IMPORTANT RECOGNITION, WELL EARNED, THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR PROMOTING THE TEAM, BUT THE TEAM IN SO FAR, HAS IT PROMOTES THE CITY.
AND WHILE YOU HAVE LIKE A TV CAMERA AND STUFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, EVERYONE THAT'S HERE, EVERYONE.
THAT'S PART OF THE AUSTIN SOCCER COMMUNITY, AUSTIN COMMUNITY, LOW SPARE DAYS.
MY FAMILY, MY, MY BROTHER'S HOME IS HERE.
AND, UM, I JUST, YEAH, I COULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN FORTUNATE FOR ME TO HAVE GONE TO ALL THESE GAMES, BUT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO DO IT WITHOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING RIDE AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT SEASON AND, AND JUST THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EVERYTHING FOR ME.
SO THANK YOU TO AUSTIN AND THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER AND THE CITY, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND, AND GO AUSTIN FC.
THEY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR HELPING TO BRING THE TEAM HERE AND WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR THE CITY ISN'T FOR US IN PARTICULAR IS, IS, HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID WAS THAT YOU WANTED THESE, THE STADIUM TO BE THE, A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY COULD BE TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT AUSTIN HAS BEEN HAS BEEN THE MOST DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, UH, CREATIVE, EXCITING PLACE.
AND, AND I SAID, IF I GOT UP HERE, I WAS GOING TO SAY, IT'S ALSO MAGICAL.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THANK YOU, VELMA FOR EXEMPLIFYING IT ALL FOR US, IT MEANS A LOT.
IT TRULY IS ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IN THE TERM AND BRING HELPING PARTICIPATE.
UH, BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY DELIVERED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT TWO 30 IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN I, AND I, AND, AND ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON IS THE 74.
DID YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE STAGE DIFFERENT THING? THIS THING'S KIND OF IN THE WAY, DO YOU WANT US TO LIKE MOVE TO A CORNER? YEAH.
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READY? READY? I THINK SO, RICHARD, YEAH,[Proclamation 2]
WORLD AIDS DAY WAS DECEMBER 1ST.WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION TODAY TO, TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, UH, DEDICATION OF DECEMBER 1ST, UM, PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS WORLD AIDS DAY BEGAN 33 YEARS AGO ON DECEMBER 1ST, 1988, AND CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT WAY TO COMMEMORATE THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVANCES THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HIV.
AND TO REMIND US THAT HIV HAS NOT GONE AWAY AND THAT MUCH MORE HAS YET STILL TO BE DONE.
AND WHEREAS IN THE AUSTIN AREA, THERE WERE 247 NEW HIV CASES IN 2019 AND OF THE 6,708 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1010 ARE UNAWARE OF THEIR STATUS, AND WHEREAS TO HELP STEER THE RESPONSE TO THE HIV CRISIS AND ENSURE THE BEST CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE HIV PLANNING COUNCIL,
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ALONG WITH THE AUSTIN ALUMNI CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FAST-TRACK CITIES AND ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC INITIATIVES AND WISHES TO COMPLIMENT LOCAL EFFORTS WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATE ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC.AND WHEREAS THE HIV PLANNING COUNCIL, THE AUSTIN ALUMNI CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY ARE COMMITTED TO ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC BY 2030.
NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 1ST OF THE YEAR, 2021 AS WORLD'S AIDS DAY IN AUSTIN.
THIS IS A REAL IMPORTANT, UH, UH, BOTH OF YOU.
YES, YOU, YOU WANT TO GO HERE YOU GO HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I'M ROBIN BLACKMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED WORLD AIDS DAY IS ONE OF OUR NATIONAL INITIATIVES FROM OUR GRAND CHAPTER.
OUR LOCAL CHAPTER HAS BEEN HERE IN THE AUSTIN AREA FOR 90 PLUS YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF THE EFFORTS IN AIDS FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE ARE, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WITH, UH, SARAH KESHA SMOTHERS, WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE A RECOGNIZABLE IMPACT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THIS COMMITMENT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE FIGHTING WITH THE CITY AND THIS EFFORT.
I'M W I SERVE ON THE HIV PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE AUSTIN AREA AND, UH, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE PROCLAMATION AND YOUR WORK.
UH, YOU WILL REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU SIGNED ONTO THE PARIS ACCORD ABOUT ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC, UH, WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE HARD AT WORK.
THE COMMUNITY IS AT HARDER WORK, REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT AND, UH, WORKING ON SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, UH, TO MAKE THAT COME A REALITY.
THE ALSO THE GOOD NEWS, UH, UH, TODAY AND, AND THE DAYS TO COME IS THAT, UH, HIV DOES NOT HAVE, UH, AIDS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A DEATH SENTENCE.
UH, MANY PEOPLE, WE ARE NOW SEEING A GENERATION WHERE PEOPLE WILL NOT DIE FROM HIV OR AIDS, BUT WILL DIE FROM BEING OLD AGE.
UH, AND TH AND THAT, UH, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT, UH, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN, IN OUR, UH, CITY AS WELL AS IN OUR COUNTRY.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, UH, COMMITMENT, UH, TO THIS CALL.
UH, AS I TALKED ABOUT US BEING IN THE FIGHT, BUT TONIGHT AT SIX 30, WE WILL HAVE A, UH, ZOOM, A VIRTUAL AIDS AWARENESS ACTIVITY.
SO IF YOU CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, UH, AUSTIN ALUMNI, CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA, PLEASE JOIN US IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
AS WE JOINED IN THE FIGHT TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT, UM, THE EFFORTS AROUND HIV AND ENDING THIS EPIDEMIC IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
[Call to Order]
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I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER TODAY IS DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.IS IT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE'RE HOLDING THIS MEETING HERE AT THE AUSTIN CITY HALL? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
IS THAT CORRECT? HAVE EVERYBODY HERE? I THINK THE PEOPLE OFF THE DYES RIGHT NOW, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS RENT THE, THE, UH, UH, AND CATHERINE KELLY IS HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA PARTICIPATING REMOTELY IN THE HALLWAY? GREAT.
UH, WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY HERE, SO WE CAN PROCEED, UH, COLLEAGUES.
I'M GOING TO READ IN THE, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, UH, INTO WHAT WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS BEING POSTPONED TO, UH, JANUARY 27TH.
AND THAT'S HOW IT WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 39 IS BEING WITHDRAWN AND THAT'S HOW YOU WILL NOT BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL SPONSORS AND TOBO ITEM NUMBER 62 ADDS A COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AS A SPONSOR.
WE HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED, UH, BY, UH, COLLEAGUES, NUMBER EIGHT, PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
NUMBER 14 HAS TO BE TAKEN UP AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 69, ITEM 44, UH, HAS TO BE TAKEN UP AFTER ITEM 90.
I CAN'T COME UP BEFORE 2:00 PM, UH, ITEMS NUMBER 45 AND 49 HAVE BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
COSAR ITEM NUMBER 62 PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND ITEM NUMBER 64 PULLED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
WE HAVE SOME, UM, LAID BACKUP IN ITEMS, UH, 6 8, 9 13 47 55 62 63 64 67.
AND, UM, AND 69, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, I DON'T NEED TO PULL THIS, BUT I WILL HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION ON 57 ON 57.
UM, I URGE EVERYBODY THAT HAS AMENDMENTS TO, UH, TO, TO POST THEM SO THAT A COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM.
I THINK WE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ON 62 AND 64 THAT I'VE SEEN ON ITEM NUMBER 68 HOUSING, HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION.
UM, ALL HAS, WHAT'S BEEN POSTED, BUT NOT HANDED OUT.
I'M NOW HANDING OUT IS, UH, UH, AND A DIRECTION, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 68.
I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, ITEM FROM THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
BUT I WILL TRY TO, UH, UH, ADD THE DIRECTION THAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT AND BEEN, UH, BEEN POSTED.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE, UM, UH, SPEAKERS THIS MORNING, UH, AND, UM, THIS AFTERNOON THEY'RE GOING TO BE A THREE MINUTES EACH, UH, SPEAKING, UH, SPEAKING TIMES.
I WANT TO, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I'M PASSING OUT A MOTION SHEET RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO ADD DIRECTION ON ITEM 56.
IF WE COULD PASS THAT ON CONSENT.
UM, WE'LL LET EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS THAT THEY WOULD NEED THE, TO PULL ITEM 56.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, WE NEED TWO MORE COPIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER.
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AT THE END OF THE DOTS.I THINK WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE AGENDA TODAY.
I I'M GOING TO NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING TODAY AT, UH, UH, 5 55 TO FIVE 15.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET DONE BEFORE THEN OTHERWISE.
UH, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE, UM, UH, PULL UP, UH, SPEAKERS? SORRY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT SHEET HERE TO PASS SHORTLY.
UH, BUT AS YOUR TEAM TRIES TO THINK OF WHAT SHORT ITEMS MIGHT BE AND WHICH ONES MIGHT BE LONGER ITEMS IS WHAT MAY BE.
THIS ONE MAY NOT BE THAT SHORT.
WE'RE READY TO DISCUSS THEM TOGETHER.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, UH, YES, I'M GOING TO ADD AS WELL.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE AGENDA ON THAT.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN JUST ONE SECOND, UH, ON THE, UM, UM, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON, ON THE, WHAT WERE THE ISSUES WE WANTED TO DO TERS AND PERSONNEL, UH, TODAY.
UH, SO WE'LL DO THE EXACT SECTION IN TERMS BEFORE WE, WE CONSIDER THAT ITEM.
UH, GO AHEAD AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL DO THAT ONE FIRST SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DONE.
WE WILL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, HARD, BEGINNING HARD.
UH, I HAVE ONE TO THREE, UH, TODAY, SO WHEREVER WE ARE ONE O'CLOCK, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON PERSONNEL.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A SET HARD START FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE'RE DISCUSSED PERSONNEL AT THAT POINT.
IF WE CAN DO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE THAT ON TOURS, WE WILL, IF NOT TOURISTS WILL BE LATER.
UH, I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT, UH, OUR MAYOR PRO TAM.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK BEFORE I DID.
I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THE, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM SERVICE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, THIS, UH, THIS YEAR.
UH, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY, UH, SEES THE WORK OR SOMETIMES HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, IN MEETING PREP AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN A REAL ASSISTANCE, UH, IN THAT REGARD.
I ALSO THINK IT'S BEEN REAL SIGNIFICANT THIS YEAR, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, INTRODUCE YOU AND TALK ABOUT YOU IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY, UH, AS THE, AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, I THINK, UH, UH, AS A, UM, UH, A WOMAN OF COLOR BLACK WOMAN IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN SO MANY CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HELD ABOUT A SYSTEMIC RACISM ABOUT, UH, INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, BEING ABLE TO SEE YOU IN THIS ROLE, I THINK HAS BEEN IMPORTANT GENERALLY.
AND CERTAINLY TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT KIND OF POSSIBILITIES OR OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THE, IN THE WORLD.
UH, BUT I THINK IT WAS REAL IMPORTANT TO YOU IN THIS POSITION.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY, UH, IN THIS REGARD, I'M ON OUR RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE GONE FIRST CAUSE YOU TOOK ALL MY TALKING POINTS.
UM, IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN ONE OF MY VERY, VERY KIND COLLEAGUES BROUGHT ME A PRESENT THAT THIS IS THE LAST ONE, RIGHT.
AND IT, IT OCCURRED TO ME EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, I WAS TALKING TO MY AUNTS.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE UP THERE ON THAT DIET.
THEY'RE SO PROUD OF ME AND I LOVE IT.
AND IT OCCURRED TO ME DURING THE COURSE OF ONE OF THOSE GUSHING SESSIONS THAT I LET ALONE ME, NOT AN ACADEMIC, NOT A POLITICIAN.
I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND, AND DID MY BEST GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS.
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AM SITTING UP HERE ON THIS DIOCESE AND THE 11TH LARGEST CITY OF THE NATION AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM.I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT AUSTIN IS PROGRESSIVE IN A LOT OF WAYS.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF A COUNCIL THAT WAS PROGRESSIVE IN THAT WAY, BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF, OF HOW WE INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER UP HERE, I'M UP HERE AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US YOUNG PEOPLE TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHO NOBODY EVER TOLD THAT THEY COULD DO THIS.
THEY'RE WATCHING US AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN BECAUSE I DID.
AND I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
[Public Comments (Part 1 of 3)]
HI COLLEAGUES THEN.UM, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START CALLING, UH, SPEAKERS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
I, EVERYBODY HAS THREE MINUTES.
YOU CAN SPEAK ON ONE OR MORE ITEMS IF YOU WISH.
UM, THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, I THINK IS A SAMUEL FRANCO.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SOMEONE AND I'M A, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THIS MORNING THAT WHILE I DO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, THE VIEWS PRESENTED TODAY ARE STRICTLY MY OWN AND NOT THOSE OF THE BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND OUR CITY STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A FINANCING AND PROJECT PLAN FOR THE CHAIRS IN SUCH A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
I RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE LEVEL OF WORK THIS INVOLVES, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH A COMPLEX DOCUMENT IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS DOCUMENT, HOWEVER, IS THE LACK OF MENTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN ADOPTED BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IN 2016, CLEARLY OUTLINED A 20% GOAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN PRESENTED BY STAFF HAS NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL OR ARE LIGHTING ANY MONEY FROM THE TOUR'S FUNDS COLLECTED TO REACH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS LAID OUT IN THE VISION PLAN.
CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CODE CLEARLY OUTLINES THE USE OF TERSE FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EITHER IN DISTRICT OR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
SO THE LACK OF INCLUDING THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME, WE ALL KNOW THE UNFORTUNATE, THE UNFORTUNATE HOUSING CRISIS WE ARE FACING.
SO FOR US NOT TO BE USING EVERY TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TO HELP TACKLE THIS PROBLEM IS ONCE AGAIN, VERY CONCERNING TO ME, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE SOME FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVEN IF IT IS JUST A BLANKET AMOUNT, THE DETAILS OF WHICH CAN BE WORKED OUT IN THE FUTURE TO HELP REACH OUR 20% 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL.
MY LAST COMMENT CONCERNS THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE TERRORS AND POTENTIALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
IT HAS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL BE THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED USING THESE FUNDS COLLECTED FROM A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TOURS.
ALTHOUGH NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THE TOURIST PROJECT PLAN, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE $300,000 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS BEING USED TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
HOWEVER, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN PUT TOGETHER BY THE ORIGINAL CONSULTANT WHO HELPED THE STRUCTURE, WHO HELPS STRUCTURE THE ADC.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, IT CALLS FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THAN THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS PLAN TO WORK, WE'RE GOING TO NEED GREAT STAFF AND PLENTY OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS, RESPONSIBLY PRODUCTS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY FUND THE TOURS.
SO LET'S NOT SHORTCHANGE OUR ADC STAFF AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR THEM TO DO THEIR IMPORTANT WORK AND SUCCEED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
UH, JUST SO THAT JUST WANT TO RESPOND REAL QUICKLY TO WHAT YOU SAID ON THIS ITEM NUMBER, UH, BEFORE YOU DO, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS OF THESE AND THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN REDUNDANT.
THERE'S SOME CHANGES, BUT NO, BUT WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS THIS, UH, WE HAD, UH, ASKED FOR THE, THE, THE THURS TO BE SET UP THIS CALENDAR YEAR, UH, SO THAT WE COULD LOCK IN THE AVAILABILITY TO GET CERTAIN VALUES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA PASS THIS TODAY, I HOPE, OR, OR ON, ON MONDAY THE 20TH, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY VOTE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT FOR ANY PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF THE PLAN.
UH, I SAW THIS AS MORE, A, A PLACEHOLDER TOOL TO BE ABLE TO LOCK IN VALUES WITH A FULL ANTICIPATION THAT WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING EVERY ELEMENT OF THIS PLAN IN A DELIBERATE WAY, THE PERCENTAGES, THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S NOT WHAT, WHAT IS INCLUDED AS THE, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOME, ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO MY YES, VOTE ON THIS TODAY, OR ON NEXT MONTH, THEY SHOULDN'T BE READ AS AN ENDORSEMENT AS TO ANY
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OF THE ELEMENTS, BECAUSE I THINK BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON ANY OF THE ELEMENTS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM, INCLUDING, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT.SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST A, FOR ME, IT'S JUST A LOCK IN THE VALUE I FULLY ANTICIPATE AND WILL, WILL REQUEST FOR MY PART, A FULL CONVERSATION NEXT YEAR ON ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARITY KIT.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCES THAT GO INTO THIS PLAN AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSING.
HOWEVER, IN THE TIER ONE, TIER TWO TIER THREE COSTS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE PLAN, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND FOR US NOT TO INCLUDE THAT AS ONE OF OUR BENCHMARKS, ONE OF OUR GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOT MONEY TO, TO ME SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT MONEY AND THE EVENTUAL DIRECTION OF WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD GO.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF WE JUST AT LEAST ALLOCATE SOME FUNDS TO THIS BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO AT LEAST TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS JUNCTURE IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANY OF THOSE ELEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S IN OR NOT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD TO ME, FOR ME, NOT MATERIAL.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD THROUGH THE YEARS WITH MY STAFF.
I KNOW YOU'RE A TIRELESS ADVOCATE AND, AND, UM, HAVE JUST PUT A LOT OF ENERGY BEHIND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
AND I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD BE AT A PLACE TODAY WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING, MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT, WITHOUT, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE REALLY CONTINUED TO SEE THIS AS THE VISION FOR THAT AREA.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT OTHERS, I THINK I ANNOUNCED THIS ON TUESDAY, BUT I AM PLANNING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IN THAT TIER ONE.
AND I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO REVISIT THIS AND IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, BUT WHETHER WE PASS IT TODAY OR, OR ON NEXT MONDAY, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BELONGS IN THAT TIER ONE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SET THAT AS A VERY CLEAR BENCHMARK FOR THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE EXPECT IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT, AND I THINK I'M BRINGING ONE RELATED TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT FOR SURE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND MAKE SURE IT GETS INCLUDED.
I JUST WANTED TO FIND THAT I NEED TO PULL ITEM FOUR, PLEASE PULL ITEM FOUR.
WHAT IS THAT ITEM? IT'S AN SCR REQUEST.
I'M AGAIN, TO REQUEST POSTPONEMENT, BUT, UM, OKAY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT, UH, I SEE, AND I'M NOT SURE I'M WORKING OFF THE RIGHT THING OR NOT.
SO LET ME KNOW IF I'M IN THE WRONG PLACE.
ITEM NUMBER 55, I THINK HAS SCOTT STRICKLIN, UH, MAYOR.
UM, I, UM, I SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTARS PULLING ITEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THREE, TWO THEY'RE THEY'RE RELATED THREE AND FOUR.
JOHNSON MEMBERS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR CITY MANAGER.
UM, SPEAKING OF ITEM 55 IN REGARDS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL WOMAN ELLIS I'M ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TASKS IS TO RECOMMEND EXECUTING LEGISLATION OR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
AND SEVERAL WORKING GROUPS HAVE BEEN FORMED AS A RESULT AS THE COMMISSION AND THE WORKING GROUP HAVE CONTINUED THEIR WORK.
IT'S BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE ARE, THAT THERE ARE LOBBYING EFFORTS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND OUTS AND FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES TO TILT THE SCALE IN THEIR FAVOR, CIRCUMVENTING EFFORTS FOR THIS COMMISSION, THIS BODY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
UNDERSTANDABLY PART OF THIS IS POLITICS, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT LEE'S ACTIONS, HOWEVER, SMALL AND GRANULAR ARE UNDERMINING THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION WAS SET OUT TO DO SO TODAY I AM HERE TO KINDLY ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM ANY ENTITY, UM, THAT IS RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, OR FROM MUSIC MAKES AUSTIN ANYONE FROM USING MAKES AUSTIN AS A WHOLE, OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT IS IN YOUR EAR.
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THAT THIS COMMISSION IS DOING, NEGATING THE WORK AND ASKING FOR THEIR OWN POLICIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED.I WOULD KINDLY ASK THAT YOU REFER THEM BACK TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION SO THAT WE MAY HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND ADDRESS THEM ACCORDINGLY.
IF THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE IN YOUR EAR, I WOULD KINDLY ASK AND ENCOURAGE THAT THOSE COMMISSIONERS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH THE WORKING GROUP OR THEIR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHILE WE ARE ATTEMPTING.
BUT WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING HERE HAS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, THEREFORE IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT THE, THAT THIS COMMISSION TAKE ALL THINGS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THESE FUNDS SPENT.
AND I ASSURE YOU, WE WILL DO JUST THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO KNOW.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TIME OVER THE HOLIDAY TO ASSESS OUT ALL THE CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL VOICES AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF BOTH VENUES AND MUSICIANS IN ITS TOTALITY.
WE NEED TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT.
YOU CAN SUPPORT US IN HELPING MAKE PROPER RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU BY ALLOWING FOR THOSE THAT ARE SPEAKING TO YOU TO RELAY THOSE CONCERNS TO US.
IN ADDITION, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT, IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY FIND PERTINENT TO US, MAKING OUR DECISION, WE WELCOME YOU TO ALSO TALK TO US AGAIN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO MAKE THE ABSOLUTE BEST DECISION THAT WE CAN WITH THE INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE.
BESLEY WE WELCOME YOUR CONCERNS AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I THINK THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS, UH, GREG ANDERSON ANDERSON.
YOU CAN SPEAK ON 56 AND OR ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU'D LIKE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
LET ME SPEAK ON 56 AND 64 TODAY, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE ARE WORKING ON THE TITANIC WHILE LAYING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
EVERY TIME WE CRACK OPEN THE OLD LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THAT'S FAILING US IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON.
APPEARS TO BE HOUSING RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T START WITH ADU ITEM, UM, REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO KIND OF OPEN UP IN CCDS AND AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE SOMEBODY CAN HAVE A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, AND THAT LOT COULD BE WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND ALL THEY CAN BUILD IS A 4,500 SQUARE FOOT, SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT EXISTS IN ALLENDALE AND OTHER PLACES IN AUSTIN WHERE WE DON'T ALLOW YOU TO USE.
AND SO THERE'S TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS ONE.
WE CAN PROMOTE ADS AND TWO, WE CAN ALLOW THEM RIGHT TODAY.
WE ALLOW THEM KIND OF BARELY, BUT IMAGINE IF WE PROMOTED THEM, WHICH IS NOT QUITE WHERE THIS RESOLUTION GETS US.
UM, I SENT YOU GUYS A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE AUSTIN INFIELD COALITION AND OTHER GROUPS THAT BUILD A LOT OF INTERVIEWS.
IT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF WE CAN KINDA TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS MFA CHART, YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, SO A FAMILY OF FOUR OR ANY 100% MFI CAN AFFORD A HOME TODAY, A MEDIUM PRICE HOME, AS LONG AS THEY'RE SHOWING UP WITH 300,000 IN CASH.
SO LET'S LOOK AT, THIS IS ITEM 56.
AND FOR SOME REASON, I'M NOT GETTING THIS TO GO FORWARD.
CAN YOU GO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME? OKAY.
SO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ALLOWS US TO BUILD THIS SPRAWL A NOT SO GOOD AT ALLOWING US TO BUILD MISSING MIDDLE OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT WE ALLOW THIS OLD RULE COMPATIBILITY TO TRIGGER ON THESE TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
SO PRETEND THIS IS A VMU PRO BMU U2 DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, INITIATING THAT ALONG.
ANY MAJOR CORRIDOR IN AUSTIN, LOOK AT ALL THE HOUSING UNITS.
THANKS TO TRYING TO PROTECT THE LEAST AFFORDABLE PRODUCT TODAY, WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN CENTRAL AUSTIN.
SO COMPATIBILITY AGAIN, JUST A 100% UNSUSTAINABLE THING THAT COSTS US SO MANY THOUSANDS OF HOMES.
IF YOU TRY AND HIT 60 FEET ON ANY OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, YOU'RE DESTROYED.
LIKE YOU CAN'T EVEN TRY THE MINT BEAM U2.
SO W WHAT ARE WE LEAVING? MAYBE 3% OF OUR SITES CAN HIT VMU TOO, BUT YET WE WANT HOUSING.
AND YET WE SAY, WE'RE OKAY WITH HOUSING ON THE CORRIDOR, BUT WITH COMPATIBILITY.
AND THAT JUST DOESN'T QUITE ADD UP YET.
SO THIS IS IF WE HAD A HUNDRED FOOT SETBACK, AND OF COURSE THE NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THIS CAUSE WE'D HAVE TRANSITIONAL ZONING AND WE'D ALLOW FOR A LOT OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, WHICH WE DON'T ALLOW IN AUSTIN, WHICH WOULD ALLOW A LOT MORE FORMS OF HOUSING THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO A BROADER RANGE OF INCOME EARNERS THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT YET AS A CITY.
SO, UM, NEXT LINE, MAYBE YOURS WORKS BETTER THAN MINE.
SO, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF CRUSHING ALL OF OUR CORRIDORS WITH THIS RULE OF COMPATIBILITY AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE I SLIDE.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE PRODUCED HOUSING, YOU KNOW, AT A GREAT RATE UNTIL THE 1984 CODE, AND THEN IT'S REALLY FALLEN OFF SINCE THEN COUNTED BY PER THOUSAND.
AND THEN OUR, OUR FIRST LATINO COUNCIL MEMBER KIND OF PREDICTED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE TRY AND GO LOW DENSITY IN THE CITY BY ZONING.
AND IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
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WE ZONED OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF WE CAN CHANGE THIS.SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE COMPATIBILITY, WE CAN.
NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, UM, MANUEL HERNANDEZ.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, MAXWELL COHEN.
UH, WHAT ABOUT, UM, UH, RITA WALLACE, BRITTLE WALLACE? NO.
UM, PAUL ROBBINS MANA GOOD MORNING COUNSEL.
MY SPEECH REGARDS ITEMS 65, WHICH SETS A HEARING FOR CENTERPOINT ENERGY TO ASK CITY COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO WASTE MONEY ON GREENWASHED MARKETING PROGRAMS, MASQUERADING AS ENERGY CONSERVATION FIRST UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT, NATURAL GAS, UTILITY COMPANIES NATIONWIDE ARE UNDER SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
THEORETICALLY, THIS IS A GOOD THING IN PRACTICE.
SOME OF THESE UTILITIES ARE PROMOTING GREENWASHING IN A HAIL MARY ATTEMPT TO PROVE THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH ENERGY.
CONSERVATION CENTER POINT IS PROMOTING EXPENSIVE APPLIANCES THAT WILL RARELY PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING, AND THEY ARE DOING IT WITH RATE PAYER MONEY SKIMMED OFF THE BILL WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY UTILITIES ARE PROMOTING EXPENSIVE PILOT PROGRAMS FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS THAT EVEN IN THE BEST CASE, WE'LL HAVE MARGINAL PARTICIPATION BECAUSE OF SKY HIGH PRICES AND LOW RESOURCE AVAILABILITY.
COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO STOP THIS SECOND.
YOU WILL BE TOLD THAT THIS IS JUST A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM.
OTHER CITIES LOOK TO AUSTIN AS A MODEL FOR CONSERVATION, WE HAVE DONE IT FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS AND DONE IT WELL AS A ROLE MODEL, AUSTIN SHOULD REJECT FRIVOLOUS CONSERVATION SPENDING BEFORE IT'S EVER STARTED.
WHEN ENVIRONMENTALIST PROMOTE GREENWASHED PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, WE LOOK FOOLISH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT I WAS HOPING TO AVOID THIS PARTICULAR CONTROVERSY.
I PERSONALLY ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT A CENTER POINT EXECUTIVE TWICE TO RECOMMEND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS THIS PROGRAM COULD BE CHANGED.
I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS UTILITY PROPOSAL IS A CONTINUED FAILING ON THE PART OF THE CITY'S REGULATORY OFFICE.
THE OFFICE IS ALREADY ALLOWING TEXAS GAS SERVICE TO MISSPEND $1.8 MILLION A YEAR ON GREENWASHED CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. WE DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THIS MISTAKE.
SO I'M SAYING THE CONSENT AGENDA BEING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 66, EXCUSE ME.
DID YOU FALL OFF, UH, ITEMIZED SPEECH SPEED READING? I HAD A NUMBER 42 AND A SEVEN.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU ON MY LIST, BUT WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN, SIR? I'LL LET YOU SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, VIRTUALLY 42 47.
IT'S A MAN IN THE HALLS OF JUSTICE OVER HERE IN AUSTIN IS GREAT TO BE BACK OVER HERE.
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I'M HOPING THAT I WILL, UH, UH, EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE ITEMS OF THE AGENDA THAT I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON.NUMBER 40, TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF LINE OF DUTY ILLNESS.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR AUSTIN FIRE, FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS GENTLEMAN IS AN ASSET TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TO HIS FAMILY.
PLEASE GIVE IT TO HIM AND, AND EXPEDITIOUSLY PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 57, HAS IT AS DEALING WITH APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS OFFICE IDENTIFY POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE OFFICE AND RETURN TO A COUNCIL TO COUNCIL WITH A REPORT BEFORE APRIL, 2022.
UH, WE DO, I KNOW YOU HAVE MONEY OVER THERE.
I WISH I COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE SOME MONEY TO THIS.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US VETERANS TO HAVE AN OFFICE NOW, AS BIG AS AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BIG NOW AND KNOW IS KNOWN NATIONWIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD VETERANS OFFICE TO GO TO.
I GO TO, UH, OTHER PLACES IN NORTH AND IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, UH, UH, JOURNEY.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW IS THIS IS PLEASED SUPPORTED EXPEDITIOUSLY, FORTIFY WAR, PLEASE.
WELL, ACTUALLY THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON, UH, HOUSING.
UH, PLEASE WE CAN DO BETTER ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COSARA I HELPED YOU GET ELECTED.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE HERE ON THE DAY AS, UH, AND THE FIRST TIME I WORKED ON YOUR CAMPAIGN, UH, MAYOR, LAST TIME I WAS AGAINST YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, A 38,000 VOTES WITHOUT ANY MONEY IS DAMN GOOD.
YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, IS IT PLEASE, PLEASE, THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS, THE POOREST OF THE POOR NEED, TRUE BLUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
OH, IF I WERE GOING TO DO THIS, NO DO IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS RIGHT NOW THAT DESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES SO THEY CAN SURVIVE A SURVIVE MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK OVER HERE.
AND, UH, I JUST, UH, I FEEL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I'LL BE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY THE DAY I DIE AND I KNOW I HAVE GOOD, UH, UH, DEATH SERVICES.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE LEAVING, UH, THE EARTH WHENEVER GOD WANTS ME TO, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW.
PLEASE EXPEDITIOUSLY DO THESE THINGS, CITY MANAGER.
WHEN I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU, BE THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO HUG YOU AND KISS YOU.
WE NOW NEED EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COHESIVELY.
UH, ANY, UH, OTHER PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HERE IN PERSON TODAY? AM I MISSING ANY NAMES OF PEOPLE IN PERSON? MAYOR? WE HAVE A FEW FROM HFC.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS.
THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOW AT, UH, 10 52 HERE ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.
I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UH, UH, DIRECTOR'S MEETING HERE ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.
WE'RE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE TIME IS 10 52 AND ALL THE DIRECTORS ARE PRESENT.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO US TODAY.
I'M GOING TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE.
UH, SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER ONE WAS STEVE, UH, UH, SHIRAZ.
UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A G AND DC.
UH, THAT ORGANIZATION HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE IN.
AND, UH, I, UH, BACK IN WEB A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MY STREET, WHICH ARE, WHICH IS FATHER JOSEPH NOTICE, WE, UH, ACTUALLY KNOW EACH OTHER FROM WAY BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER AND WE WERE STILL LIVING WITH OUR PARENTS.
I GREW UP IN, WAS BORN IN D SIDE.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AND, UH, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN REFUND THEM ALL OF WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP GOING FORWARD.
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OVER THERE AT RE UH, FATHER JOE SARNO'S WHEN THEY HANDED US THE KEYS AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S ALL ABOUT.AND, UH, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT, UH, YES.
AND, UH, CAUSE, UH, LIKE I SAID, I WAS RAISED AND BORN IN THE EAST SIDE AND I LIVE MAYBE EIGHT BLOCKS FROM WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
AND UH, MOST OF THEM, SOME OF MY FRIENDS LIVE ON THAT STREET.
SOME OF MY SON'S FRIENDS LIVE ON THAT STREET AND, AND DAUGHTERS AND, UH, THIS IS A GOOD COMMUNITY THERE THAT WE LIVE ON.
CAUSE WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO PLEASE, UH, KEEP REFUNDING THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND THEN SPEAKING, UH, ON, UH, ITEM TWO, UH, WALTER TOMORROW, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M WALTER MOREAU, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE TANNAHILL SITE, UH, WHICH IS ITEM TWO ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE AGENDA.
UM, IT WAS COMPETITIVE, BUT WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO BUILDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES.
WE'RE, WE'RE MOSTLY BUILDING TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS, UM, WHICH WE THINK IS MAKES PERFECT SENSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM NORMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, AND NOT JUST HOUSING, BUT UH, A HUGE LEARNING CENTER.
IT WILL BE OUR 15TH CENTER, UM, TO SUPPORT THE KIDS THAT ARE ENROLLED THERE, HAVE A FOOD PANTRY, HAVE HEALTH PROGRAMS, HAVE THE SIGNATURE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, TO BUILD 32, UM, HOMES FOR SALE.
UM, I THINK WHAT STANDS OUT WITH OUR PROPOSAL IS OUR TRACK RECORD THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF AUSTIN AND GMDC FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, WE'VE PROVEN OURSELVES NOT JUST TO BUILD A GREAT COMMUNITY, BUT TO OWN IT AND OPERATE IT FOR DECADES AND DECADES OVER TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP.
UM, I DID SEE THE MOTION SHEET FROM THE MAYOR AND THAT'S ACCEPTABLE WORKS FOR US.
UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, CANCER POOL.
AND THANKS WALTER FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW THAT THE REPUTATION THAT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES HAS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TREMENDOUS AND THAT, UM, EVERY DAY YOU WORK REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN IT AND YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE WAY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT YOU HAVE 15 OF THEM ATTACHED TO A NUMBER OF YOUR, UM, OF YOUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
TO ME, IT REMINDED ME A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UH, WITH REGARD TO HOMELESSNESS AND OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COME IN, NOT JUST WITH A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SHELTER, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT HELP THEM, UM, TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND TO INCREASE THE, UM, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
AND I KNOW HOW DEDICATED YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE AND HAVE BEEN TO PROVIDING THOSE SORTS OF PRETTY FUNDAMENTAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO THE GOOD FOLKS WHO HAPPEN TO EITHER RENT OR LIVE IN, UM, OWN, UH, STRUCTURES THAT THAT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES HAS, UM, PUT ON THE GROUND FOR US.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THEY, UM, THE WORK THAT YOUR GROUP DOES HAS A LONG TRAIL OF SUCCESSES AND IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THANKS TO THE GUADALUPE, UM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOLKS FOR THEIR CONTINUED GOOD WORK AS WELL.
UM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, MR. MARA MOREAU, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE TO THE MAYORS AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD ONES AND I SUPPORT THEM.
AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY AND I PUT SOME QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD, UM, EARLY CHILDCARE CENTERS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WITHIN YOUR SCOPE AT THE MOMENT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD CONSIDER HAVING SOME WE'RE? UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO BUILD A CHILDCARE CENTER.
WE JUST OPENED A WITH OPENDOOR PRESCHOOL, A CENTER AT LAUREL CREEK ON NORTH LAMAR.
THEY'RE CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW TO FUND, TO BUILD AND TO OPERATE.
UM, WE WERE REALLY CAREFUL IN OUR RESPONSE TO THIS COMPETITION TO PROPOSE WHAT WE KNEW WE COULD DELIVER ON.
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THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.I KNOW SOMETIMES THESE PUBLIC COMPETITIONS, YOU MIGHT ASK FOR A, B AND C AND YOU GET D AND F BUT THEN, AND THEY WIN AND THEN THEY RENEGOTIATE AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
SO IF WE COULD FIGURE IT OUT, WE'D DO IT WELL.
AND I KNOW NORMAN HAS A PRE-K THREE PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT IS MAYBE NOT A NEED IN THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY, BUT IF YOU COULD CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO KNOW FROM THAT YOUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THEIR LEARNING CENTERS TEND TO BE OPEN TO, OR AT LEAST SOMETIMES OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE THE CASE WITH THIS? YES.
ALL OUR LEARNING CENTERS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND FREE PROGRAMS AND THAT'S ESSENTIAL.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITH, UH, BOTH THE RAF GABER FAMILY CENTER DOWN THE ROAD, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF CHILDREN, UH, WOMEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER THAT IS RUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY.
AND SO I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS AN AMENDMENT HERE.
IF I SOUND A LITTLE SCATTERED IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE A JACK HAMMER IN OUR EAR AND HAVE SORT OF FOR DAYS NOW RUNNING.
UM, BUT ANY CASE WITH THAT DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK THERE'S SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENT ASKS THAT YOU, THAT YOU AFFIRMATIVELY OUTREACH TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE ENTITIES TO SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF, OF SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE SHELTERING THERE TO RECEIVE PERMANENT HOUSING DOWN THE STREET IN YOUR FACILITY.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO ALSO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, IN TERMS OF USING THE LEARNING CENTER AND POTENTIALLY I KNOW THEY HAVE A, UM, CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
THERE MAY BE SOME NICE, SOME NICE SYNERGIES THERE FOR FAMILIES AT YOUR DEVELOPMENT AT, WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THAT, UM, THAT ARE YOUNGER, THAT HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER.
AND WE PARTNER WITH THE RATHGEBER VILLAGE ALREADY IN PASSAGES PROGRAM, AND WE'RE A KIND OF A PIPELINE FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THAT TRANSITIONAL SITUATION INTO A PERMANENT HOME.
AND, UM, WE LOVE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND THANKS, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, COULD YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS? I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A FEW SPECIAL INITIATIVES, UM, INCLUDING WITHIN YOUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES.
WE, UM, WE HAVE FAMILY COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE MOSTLY TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM, AND RIGHT NOW 160 APARTMENTS ARE IN WHAT WE CALL OUR CHILDREN'S HOME INITIATIVE FOR FAMILIES, WITH KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS.
UM, WE'RE OVERWHELMED BY THE DEMAND.
WE GET TWO OR THREE APPLICATIONS EVERY DAY.
UM, AND OFTEN ONLY HAVE ONE OR MAYBE TWO APARTMENTS A WEEK THAT OPEN UP, UH, IT'S INTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR TWO YEARS TO HELP WRAP AROUND THE SERVICES WITH THAT FAMILY AND HELP THEM TO ADDRESS CHILDCARE AND HEALTH ISSUES.
OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO REALLY HELP THE FAMILY BOOST THEIR INCOME, UM, TO GET TO A SUSTAINABLE INCOME THIS YEAR IN THOSE 160 APARTMENTS, WE HAD OVER A 90% SUCCESS RATE OF FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO GRADUATE AND GET TO THAT LEVEL.
AND FOR KIDS THAT'S SUCH A HUGE IMPACT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE SO THEY CAN STAY IN THAT APARTMENT.
THE RENT WILL GO AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS TO AN AFFORDABLE LEVEL.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT EMPTY APARTMENT ROLLS INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S SUSTAINABLE ON THAT BASIS.
WE HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROGRAM FOR SINGLE ADULTS, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS OR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
UM, UH, WE'RE BUILDING ZILKER STUDIOS NOW, AND WE JUST OPENED WATERLOO TERRACE UP BY THE DOMAIN.
I MIGHT SHARE WITH COUNCIL WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED LEASING WATERLOO TERRACE A YEAR AGO, WE HAD OVER 1300 PEOPLE APPLY FOR 135 APARTMENTS.
AND A MONTH AGO WE JUST STARTED LEASING LAUREL CREEK IN COUNCIL MEMBER PULLS DISTRICT ON NORTH LAMAR.
AND WE HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LIVING THERE FOR 88 APARTMENTS.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE FIRST FOUR FAMILIES IN RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
WE WERE GOING TO HAND OUT KEYS STARTING DECEMBER 1ST, BUT THESE FOUR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR WERE HOMELESS, UH, STAYING IN THEIR CAR OR THE SHELTER SORT OF GETTING THEM IN BEFORE THANKSGIVING WAS HUGE.
AND NONE OF THESE FAMILIES WERE IN THE SYSTEM.
NONE OF THEM WERE BEING COUNTED.
IT JUST, UM, THEY NEEDED AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND MADE SURE THEY WERE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE AT LAUREL CREEK.
UM, SO WE HAVE OUR 7,000 RESIDENTS THIS YEAR ABOUT A THOUSAND WE'RE FORMERLY HOMELESS.
SO WE'RE THANK YOU FOR, UM, THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT IN WITH THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
I KNOW I KNOW MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE GREAT WORK THAT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES DOES.
AND I, I THINK MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT NECESSARILY HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN BEEN HOMELESS OR FAMILIES WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN HOMELESS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN HOMELESS.
SO I THINK AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, IT'S JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO HIGHLIGHT IN YOUR WORK.
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YOU VERY MUCH.I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY LIKE THE NATIONAL, UH, A BEST PRACTICE, UH, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU DO AND, AND, AND A BIG FAN OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE DIRECTION.
UH, I ALSO, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE WAY THAT FOUNDATIONS COMMUNITIES HAS ALSO STEPPED FORWARD AT A TIME WHEN, UM, UH, THE PRIORITY OF DEALING WITH, UH, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS THAT, UH, THE ORGANIZATION HAS STEPPED UP TO, TO HELP FILL GAPS.
YOU'VE TAKEN OVER, UH, UM, MANAGEMENT AND HELP ON A PROPERTY WHEN, UH, UH, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, AVAILABLE OR WILLING OR ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT.
AND YOU HAVE, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH, UH, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, AND US, UH, AND THEN, UM, UH, MAKING THE, THE COMMITMENTS TO THE, THE, THE, UH, TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, UH, DATA COLLECTION EFFORT NOW THAT I THINK WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THINGS.
CAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE REAL IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS DOING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RENT, THE RHEA THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
YEAH, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I'M HAVING, I KNOW, I THINK THOSE OF US ON THIS SIDE OF THE DIOCESE IN PARTICULAR ARE JUST HAVING A SUPER HARD TIME HEARING WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.
IF, IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST SORT OF SPEAK UP, UM, A LITTLE BIT LOUDER THAN WE MIGHT ORDINARILY DO AS A MOM, I CAN, I'M USED TO LIKE MULTIPLE NARRATIVES GOING ON AND LOTS OF NOISE AND I CAN POWER THROUGH, BUT I JUST CAN'T.
I JUST CAN'T REALLY HEAR, WELL, WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING.
I UNDERSTOOD AND MAYOR, UH, WE DO HAVE THE SAME FOAM ON THIS SIDE, SOUTH FEARED PEOPLE HUNG THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO ANYWAY, UH, I, I REALLY WANNA, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WALTER AND, UH, IN WATERLOO FOR DECADES.
I MEAN, WE GO BACK ALMOST 30 YEARS IF NOT LONGER.
AND, UH, I'VE KNOWN THE WORK THAT, THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS DONE AND NOT ONCE HAVE I EVER HEARD ANYBODY EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANY OF THEIR PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, DONE, UH, EVEN NO ONE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL THE COMPLAINTS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, PEOPLE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF THE, UH, TAKING IN HOMELESS INTO THESE, UH, AND BUILDING HOUSING FOR THEM AND, AND, AND APARTMENTS AND, AND BUYING BUILDINGS.
BUT AFTERWARDS IT'S, I MEAN, PEOPLE JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HOW PEACEFUL AND SAFE THAT WHOLE AREA AROUND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, UH, PROJECTS.
AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT SHE WILD LOOPY ALSO.
I MEAN, BETWEEN Y'ALL AND WHY LUPA AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, YOU ARE THE BEST ORGANIZATION THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR AUSTIN.
AND I SAY, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY THANKS TO ALL THIS GROUP, THAT ABBALLA MY PEOPLE, THAT SHE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, WORKFORCE PEOPLE THAT Y'ALL HAVE HELPED.
IT'S JUST AN AMAZING WORK AND, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY GODSEND TYPE OF WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO PILE ON AND ADD MY, UM, AND MY THANKS AND MY APPRECIATION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE, UM, THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUR, UM, UH, A NUMBER OF YOUR HOMES IN, UM, IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I HAVE THE UTMOST TRUST IN WHAT YOU DO AND, UM, AND REALLY, REALLY JUST APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UM, I HAVE NO CONCERNS WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE PLACES THAT YOU BUILD FOR PEOPLE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE STORIES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TELL US, LIKE YOU JUST DID, UH, IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO.
WE HAVE HERE IS MARK ROGERS AND THEN JULIAN, WHO HAD THAT MORNING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MARK ROGERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE Y LOOPING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR THE EVALUATION PROCESS THEY DEVELOPED FOR TANNAHILL THE TANNAHILL RFP.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE CRITERIA IN AN RFP THAT RECOGNIZES THE TREMENDOUS
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VALUE OF ENGAGING A TEAM THAT HAS A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING AND IMPLEMENTING GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCE POLICIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.UH, G AND DC HAS BEEN PROVIDING RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO THE FAMILIES OF EAST AUSTIN SINCE 1984, DOZENS OF EAST AUSTIN FAMILIES PURCHASED PURCHASED HOMES FROM THE, FROM JDC, EVEN BEFORE WE DEVELOPED THE FIRST COMMUNITY LAND TRUST HOME IN 2012.
NOW WE HAVE 28 COMMUNITY LAND TRUST HOMES IN EAST AUSTIN AND 83 MORE IN DEVELOPMENT.
AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY.
INITIALLY POTENTIAL BUYERS HAD A VERY TOUGH TIME WRAPPING THEIR HEAD AROUND THE IDEA OF OWNING A HOME WHILE NOT OWNING THE LAND.
SO IT WAS ONLY AFTER WE FINISHED THE FIRST FOUR HOMES ON FATHER JOE'S, THEN OTIS STREET, THAT INTEREST STARTED TO GROW, AND MAN DID IT GROW RIGHT NOW? WE'VE GOT OVER 140 POTENTIAL HOMEOWNERS, UH, IN OUR WAIT LIST.
AND ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS GENERATIONAL TIES TO 7 8, 7 0 2 7 8 7 2 1 AND 7 8 7 4 1.
SO IF YOU WANT SOME IDEA OF WHAT G AND D C IS HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AT TANNAHILL WILL BE LIKE VISIT FATHER JOE STREET.
AND I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS BEEN THERE WHEN WE FINISHED HOMES IN COLLABORATION WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
MR. KETOSIS IS ONE OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS THERE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE, NET ZERO ENERGY, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES WITH A MARKET VALUE OF ABOUT A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS.
THE G AND D C HAS SOLD FOR BETWEEN 100,220 $5,000 TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS ALL FROM EAST AUSTIN SEEING IS BELIEVING.
AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT G AND DC'S BEST MARKETING STRATEGY HAS BEEN WORD OF MOUTH.
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
JULIA'S RIGHT THERE ON DECK IS, UH, RACHEL STONE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, AND I OVERSEE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TODAY HAS ALREADY BEEN KIND OF COVERED BY WALTER AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL ASKED, BUT I'LL JUST HIT ON A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS.
I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT ALL OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR NORMAN CROSSING ARE BASED ON PROVEN WELL-ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT ARE 25 OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
EVERY DAY, WE SERVE HUNDREDS OF KIDS AND STRUCTURED EDUCATION FOCUSED AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. UM, AND, AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
UH, OUR KIDS HAVE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED ABOUT A 3.4 GPA OVER THE YEARS, AND WE HAVE A DATA SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT OTHER NEEDS THAT THAT STUDENTS HAVE AROUND READING OR MATH OR EVEN COUNSELING.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THOSE THINGS TOO.
UM, IT IT'S, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT ONLY FOR RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY, UM, OPEN TO HEARING FROM PRINCIPALS AND OTHER AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS AT SCHOOLS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY IDENTIFY SOMEBODY THAT THEY KNOW COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT KIDS WHO COULD USE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, THEY REFER THEM TO US, AND WE DO ALL WE CAN TO MAKE ROOM IN OUR PROGRAMS TO BRING THEM IN.
AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT AT NORMAN CROSSING.
UM, THERE WAS SOME MENTION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND WE DO HAVE TWO PRE-K, THREE PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE, UH, IN OUR FACILITIES.
AND THOSE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AISD AND LIKE ANY TRUE PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, WE, AND THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO THAT.
AND WE'VE HAD HUGE SUCCESS IN KIDS BEING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN.
AND YEAH, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED THAT NORMAN DOES HAVE A PRE-K THREE PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO THINKING ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD.
UM, AND THEN WE DO LOTS FOR ADULTS.
YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR CENTERS HAVE ESL CLASSES.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CHILDCARE SO THAT, SO THAT ADULTS DON'T FACE ADDITIONAL BARRIERS.
WE ALSO HAVE A WHOLE RANGE OF HEALTH PROGRAMS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONSITE FOOD PANTRIES.
WE DO LOTS OF STUFF AROUND HELPING PEOPLE MANAGE CHRONIC DISEASES LIKE DIABETES.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE FITNESS CLASSES LIKE ZOOMBA AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF LASTLY, WALTER HAD MENTIONED THAT ABOUT 10% OF THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE SERVING FAMILIES.
WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL RECEIVE INTENSIVE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS.
AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF OVER THE YEARS IS OUR 90% SUCCESS RATE AND HELPING FAMILIES WHO'VE BEEN HOMELESS TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM
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HOUSING STABILITY.UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND ADDITIONAL WAYS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY THRIVE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED TO FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES OVER THE YEARS AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT NORMAN CROSSING.
YOU'LL BE UP GRANT, UH, THANKS TO COUNCIL FOR HAVING US.
I'M THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR THESE RFP OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO, YOU KNOW, AS A FUNDRAISER AT GMDC, IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW TO ACCESS LAND AND HAVING THESE, THIS ABILITY TO, UM, BUILD ON, ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN RFP OUT IS JUST, UM, REALLY HELPFUL TO US AND REALLY HELPING US MOVE OUR WAITLIST.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK MESSAGE FROM ONE OF OUR HOMEOWNERS WHO SENT THIS IN TO US.
I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH THREE CHILDREN AND ONE INCOME.
I AM PROUD TO SAY I'M A FIRST-TIME HOMEOWNER.
THANKS TO JAN DCS HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM.
I WAS AT A PLACE WHERE I WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HOME DUE TO THE OWNER, SELLING THE DUPLEX, MY FAMILY AND I HAD BEEN LIVING IN FOR NINE YEARS.
I WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE AND MOVE INTO MY OWN HOME.
LAST CHRISTMAS, 2020, MY MOM CALLED IT MY CHRISTMAS MIRACLE, MY CHILDREN AND I WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO OUR NEW HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
JAN DC GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE NOT ONLY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE MY OWN HOME, BUT A HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOME.
I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MY CHILDREN WITH A HOME.
THEY CAN SAY IS THEIRS, AND TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WHICH I HAD FEARED, I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE DUE TO AFFORDABILITY.
SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF SITTING IN MY YARD ON THE GRASS, LOOKING AROUND AT MY HOUSE AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD TELLING MYSELF, WOW, I DID IT.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT JAN DC AND THEIR STAFF AND THEIR MISSION HAS DONE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO MY FAMILY AND TO MANY OTHERS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, YOU ALL, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FOR THE FAMILIES, WE CAN HELP WITH THIS UPCOMING PROJECT.
MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M FAYEZ KEZI CEO OF THE CIVILITY GROUP.
THAT INCLUDES OUR ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND CAPITAL A HOUSING.
UH, WE'RE DOING SOME VERY EXCITING WORK AND AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
BUT TODAY I WANTED TO KICK OFF OUR TEAM AND DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FOUR 30 AT 1110 HILL.
YOU CAN SEE THE TEAM ON THE SCREEN.
MOST OF WHOM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE VERY CREDIBLE AND DOING INCREDIBLE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE READ, IMAGINE AUSTIN COVER TO COVER.
AND I SUBSCRIBED TO THE CONCEPT OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES.
OUR PROPOSAL SEEKS TO COMPLETE THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE VERY BEST NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
THE AREAS SURROUNDING 30 AT 11, 10 HALL IS A FOOD DESERT, HEALTHCARE DESERT AND CHILDCARE DESERT.
OUR PROPOSAL LEVERAGES AND COMPLIMENTS THE EXISTING ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE ALL-DAY PRE-K THREE AND PRE-K FOUR AT NORMAN SIMS AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AFTERSCHOOL CARE WITH DAILY PICKUP AND DROP OFF NEXT DOOR.
I'M A PART OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND G AND DC FAN CLUB, BUT THEIR, THEIR PROPOSAL PROVIDES A SIMILAR NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AND ALMOST DUPLICATES THE ALREADY AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL CARE.
BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE HUGE OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION PROVIDES TO FULFILL THE CHILDCARE HEALTHCARE AND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS NEEDS OF THE EXISTING AND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND TO SUPPORT OR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM LIKE OUR PARTNERS DO.
AND KEN, OUR PROPOSAL WAS SCORED BY STAFF AND RANKED VERY COMPETITIVELY IN THE OVERALL RANK IN THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY WITH THE SCORING RUBRIC THAT STAFF USED.
WE BELIEVE THAT WHILE COUNSEL HAS COMMUNICATED THAT PRIORITIES AROUND EARLY CHILDCARE AND FOOD ACCESS ON CITY PROPERTIES, THE RFP SCORING DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR THEM, BUT IT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO DECIDE THE MOST APPROPRIATE CONCEPT FOR THIS LOCATION.
UM, I SAW YOUR POST COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS, BUT I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST CONSIDER ADDING, UH, EARLY CHILDCARE AND HEALTHCARE AND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS AND HOUSING FOR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THIS LOCATION.
I AGREE WITH WALTER THAT THIS, INCLUDING THESE PROGRAMS IS DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT OUR FINANCIAL MODEL CREATIVELY, CREATIVELY UTILIZES MARKET RATE UNITS TO SUBSIDIZE AND FUND THE CHILDCARE PROGRAMS,
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HEALTH CARE, AND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON OUR TEAM PROVIDE.UM, THE SPEAKERS THAT FOLLOW ME ON OUR TEAM WILL DIVE INTO DETAILS ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND HOW THAT FULFILLS THE NEEDS IN THIS AREA.
THEY MAY REPEAT WHAT I'VE ALREADY SAID, BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND IT CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH.
YOU GREGORY SMITH AND THEN ROGER CANADA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE OSS REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY.
WE ARE A MEMBER, A PROUD MEMBER OF THIS TEAM, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, THE PROPOSAL FOR ATTENDING HILL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 25 YEARS.
WE OWN AND MANAGE OVER 65,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE.
AND OUR PARTNERS HERE, AS YOU AS SEE, AS A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF FOLKS, UH, DYLAN, UH, PROVIDING, UH, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS A VERY DIVERSE SERVICE DELIVERY TEAM.
UH, JUST AS WE'VE STARTED TO FOCUS ON PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COLONY PARK LAKESIDE AREA, THIS AREA IS, UH, IS ANOTHER EXPANSION OF WHAT THE ULTIMATE REALIZATION IS DOING.
UH, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
UH, WE WILL BE A CO-DEVELOPER OF THE, UH, OWNERSHIP HOMES THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED ON THE SITE, AS WELL AS A CO-DEVELOP OF THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING A RETAIL SPACE TO THIS AREA THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT EXISTING, AND IT IS BEING SUB SUBSIDIZE.
UH, AS YOU WOULD KNOW THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE SUFFERED AND GONE ON AS A RESULT OF, UH, HAVING AFFORDABLE SPACE.
AND I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT, UH, THIS PROPOSAL HERE AND I WILL GIVE A KUDOS TO A FOUNDATION OF COMMUNITY AND JEN DC, I'VE KNOWN BOTH OF THEM FOR THREE DECADES, MYSELF, OVER THREE DECADES.
OUR PROPOSAL, I WOULD THINK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE, WHEREAS PROVIDING SOME SERVICES THAT ARE GREATLY NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY, AS THEY MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CHILDCARE AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, UH, UH, HEALTHCARE FOOD ACCESS, AND OF COURSE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WOULD SAY THAT THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT THERE AND THAT ARE GREATLY NEEDED.
AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THOSE THINGS CONSIDERATION, UH, AS YOU, UH, DELIBERATE, UH, WHICH PROPOSES BEST FOR, FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UH, SITE.
UM, MAYOR, I JUST, I HAD A PREVIOUS SPEAKER, I BELIEVE ATTRIBUTED YOUR EMOTION SHEET TO ME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I WASN'T, I THINK NEITHER OF US DID AT THE TIME, BUT THE, THE MOTION SHEET THAT'S UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD IS ACTUALLY A NEW YEAR.
ADLER'S MY NAME IS ROGER CANOLA.
SO I REPRESENT THE NATIONAL HOUSING PROVIDER FOUNDATION, WHICH IS NHP FOUNDATION.
AND WE ARE THE NONPROFIT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, OUR MISSION DOES PER RESERVE AND PRODUCE SERVICE, ENRICHED HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN, UH, FOR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
AND, UM, AT AGU NHP, WE SEARCH AND IMPLEMENT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ACT AS A BLUEPRINT, PROVIDING GENERATIONS TO COME WITH HOUSING THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A ROOF.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS BROUGHT THIS TEAM TOGETHER AND WORKED WITH A CAPITAL A FOUNDATION TO BRING THIS TEAM TOGETHER.
UM, WE FOUNDED IN 1989 AND EACH PILLAR REALIZED EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS.
PRE-VISIT PRESERVING AND CREATING AN, UH, A VALUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A NONPROFIT, UH, NOT, NOT PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
AND HP OPERATES WITH A CHARITABLE MISSION, A BUSINESS LIKE A FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE.
UM, WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1989 AND OVER THAT PERIOD, WE'VE DONE OVER A HUNDRED, UH, MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES CONTAINING OVER 25,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND LOCATED IN OVER 15 STATES, INCLUDING TEXAS AND TEXAS WE'VE PROVIDED, UM, CURRENTLY 11 OH 1,150 UNITS, UH, IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING TWO PROJECTS, ONE OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ONE OF THE SENIOR HOUSING, EXCUSE ME.
UM, WE ALSO DO CLASS A PROPERTIES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN HIGH MARKET AREAS.
UM, WE TRY TO DO THIS WITH AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT AND WE ARE LONG-TERM SUPPORTERS OF HOUSING.
ONCE THE AFFORDABILITY BEER, HE GOES AWAY, WE STILL WANT TO BE THERE FOR YOU AND BE THERE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
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AND IT'S PEER EAP HAS EARNED A REPUTATION FOR DELIVERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SHELTERS AND FORMS, STRONG COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CLEAN, SAFE, AND GREEN WITH SOLID ACCOMPLISHMENTS.WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE WORK HERE IN THE FUTURE AND WITH THIS GROUP.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO DO YOU HAVE ANY PROJECTS YET IN THE AUSTIN AREA? NO, WE DO NOT.
THAT'S ONE THING WE REALLY LIKE TO DO, BUT WE'RE DOING A LOT IN HOUSTON.
UM, CURRENTLY I DO, I DO APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO THIS MARKET GUYS.
I THINK THAT'S A BENEFIT IN THE MARKET IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLAYERS AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR MULTIPLE AND MORE PLACES.
UH, SO I, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INVOLVEMENT, UM, UH, AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROJECT GETS AWARDED TO YOU PLEASE, UH, UH, CONTINUE WITH YOUR, UM, UM, MOVE TO THIS MARKET AS WELL.
UH, NICOLE JOSLIN AND THEN CONNOR KENNAN.
UM, MY NAME IS NICOLE JOCELYN.
I HAVE SERVED THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AS AN ARCHITECT PLANNER AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS.
I'VE RECENTLY JOINED THE TEAM AT CAPITAL A HOUSING AS THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY DESIGN.
AND AS MY COLLEAGUES AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO BUILD ON THE EXISTING ASSETS OF THE NORMAN SIMS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE DEEP GAPS PERPETUATED BY HISTORIC UNDERINVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN THE AREA ANALYSIS THAT THIS TEAM PROVIDED, THIS COMMUNITY HAS LITTLE ACCESS TO SUBSIDIZED HEALTHCARE CENTERS, MAKING IT A HEALTHCARE DESERT.
IT IS ALSO AN AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE DESERT WHERE RESIDENTS FACE EXTREME DIFFICULTY FINDING HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
IT IS ALSO A HEALTHY FOODS DESERT WITH THE CLOSEST GROCERY STORE LOCATED OVER A MILE AWAY FROM THE SITE.
WE CAN ALSO SEE THAT THIS COMMUNITY, UH, BEARS THE BURDEN OF AN ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IS WORN BY FAMILIES IN A DEMONSTRATED HIGH POVERTY AREA.
AT THE ROOT OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE RECOGNITION AND BELIEF THAT IT TAKES MORE THAN HOUSING UNITS TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL CAN THRIVE.
AND IT IS TIME THAT WE ASK FOR MORE ROBUST CONSIDERATION OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE IN OUR DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS BELIEF HAS MANIFESTED IN A PROPOSAL THAT SEEKS TO DEEPLY ADDRESS HISTORIC UNDERINVESTMENT BY NOT ONLY PROVIDING HOUSING UNITS, BUT ALSO THE AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT EXISTING MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVE ALREADY FOR.
AND THAT NEW MEMBERS WILL NEED TO THRIVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION.
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
UH, CONNOR, KENNY CAPITOLA HOUSING TOOK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MODEL.
UM, IT'S NO, IS THIS WE ADVANCED TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THERE WE GO.
UM, SO THE, UH, THE WAY THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO ALL THESE GREAT AMENITIES AND SERVICES IS BY INCORPORATING MARKET RATE HOMES INTO THIS MIX.
UH, 40 OF OUR HOMES WILL BE MARKET RATE.
UM, BUT 78% OF OUR UNITS ARE MULTI BEDROOM, INCLUDING 30% OF THE UNITS IS THREE BEDROOM.
UM, AND THE IT'S REALLY THOSE BENEFITS, WHICH ARE MORE TEAM WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT I THINK DROVE THE OVERWHELMING PREFERENCE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THIS ZIP CODE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT A LACK OF SERVICES THERE ARE IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE, UM, WE WOULD ALSO REQUEST IF WE'RE ABLE TO, TO DO, UH, INCOME AVERAGING FOR OUR OWNERSHIP HOMES, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO GO UP TO, UH, AS HIGH AS 120% MFI.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A TEACHER IN AISD AND YOU HAVE A PARTNER WHO MAKES EVEN PART-TIME WAGES, UH, NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THAT'S EARLY.
UM, YOU WERE INELIGIBLE TO, UH, FOR THOSE 80% MFI UNITS.
SO YOU NEED INCOME AVERAGING TO BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR THOSE UNITS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO BRINGING, WE GAVE WAY BELOW MARKET RATE TO A LOCAL BLACK OWNED BUSINESS TO OPEN A FRESH FOODS, FOCUS, GROCERY STORE, UM, UH, WHO'S COMMITTED TO NOT DOING A USUAL KIND OF CONVENIENCE MARKET.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A HALF I'M SORRY, TWO MORE SLIDES.
AND THEN WE HAVE A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED TO IMPROVE THE CAMPUS PARK NEXT DOOR, WHICH INCLUDES A SPLASH PAD AND A SHADE OF BASKETBALL COURT THAT CAN DOUBLE AS OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS
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FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.UM, AND THEN JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC, COULDN'T MAKE IT DOWN.
WE HAVE A FIVE TO 6,000 SQUARE FOOT FULL SERVICE HEALTHCARE CLINIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING FOR THEM ON THIS SITE.
UM, THAT'LL BE FOCUSING ON MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, UM, WHICH WILL BE THE ONLY FQHC ANYWHERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES.
UH, JOANNA, JOSH KING PALITO, AND THEN ON DECK IS, UH, UH, SHIRLEY VAN BRACHY GOOD MORNING.
UM, MY NAME IS JOHANNA HOSKIN.
POLITA WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
WE TRADITIONALLY ARE NOT IN THIS CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO INCREASE OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD FOOTPRINT AS PART OF THIS COLLECTIVE IMPACT PROPOSAL CHILDREN REMAIN THE POOREST AGE GROUP IN THE US.
71% OF CHILDREN ARE BLACK INDIGENOUS AND LATIN X OR 90% ARE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX, ONLY 39% OF CHILDREN FROM HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOW INCOME BEGIN KINDERGARTEN, READY TO LEARN AND SUCCEED.
AND MORE THAN ONE IN THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX, LIVING IN TRAVIS COUNTY LIVE IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
WHEN FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO REFERRALS, SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IN WALKING DISTANCE FROM THEIR HOMES, THEY CAN THRIVE.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES TO RAISE HEALTHY CHILDREN.
CIS HAS OVER 40 YEARS PROVIDING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, BASIC NEEDS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
ASPIRE IS A TWO GEN MODEL WHO HAS SUPPORTED FAMILIES FOR 26 YEARS.
OUR PREVENTION MODEL PROVIDES HOME VISITS.
YOU SEND PARENTS AS TEACHERS, ADULT EDUCATION.
THAT INCLUDES ESL GD WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING CLASSES.
OUR FAMILIES MOVE OUT OF ISOLATION WHERE PARENTS CAN BE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER AND HOPE TAKES ROOT ASPIRE CHILDREN START SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN, READY, KINDERGARTEN READY.
AND THEY OUTPERFORM THEIR PEERS FOUR YEARS AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
THIS PROPOSAL ALLOWS CIS TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ONTO THE NORMAN SIMS CAMPUS TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT CRISIS INTERVENTION, MENTORING, AND TUTORING.
FOLLOWING OUR NATIONAL INTEGRATED STUDENT SUPPORT MODEL RESEARCH HAS PROVEN THAT THAT A CHILD'S EARLY YEARS FROM BIRTH TO KINDERGARTEN ARE THE MOST CRUCIAL AND CAN IMPACT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
IF WE WANT HEALTHY CHILDREN WHO ARE READY FOR SCHOOL AND LIFE, WE NEED TO BUILD VILLAGES THAT REMOVE BARRIERS, REDUCE STRESSORS, AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES TO THRIVE IN A SAFE, STIMULATING, AND CARING COMMUNITY.
UH, AND AS MY APPOINTEE ON THE CHARTER CONTRACT, I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU.
WHEN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, HUH? UH, BITCHY ABOUT THE, UH, UH, YOUR, YOUR, ONE OF THE PROPOSALS TO DO A HEALTHY GROCERY STORE, IF THAT I CAN EARLY, EARLY.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF GROCERY STORES ARE YOU GOING TO BE A COMMERCIAL OR, YEAH.
UH, SO IT'S A LOCAL OWNED BUSINESS, TES CONCESSION.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEY'VE COMMITTED TO FOCUSING ON HEALTHY FOODS AND FRESH FOODS, WHICH ARE NOT IN THE MOST PROFITABLE, UH, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE GAVE THEM CRAZY DISCOUNTED RENT.
I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IF IT'S, UH, UH, WHAT KIND OF CONTROL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER THE, UH, THE GROCERY STORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE, ARE SELLING HEALTHY FOOD, IT'S BUILT INTO THEIR LEASE.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKERS FOR OUR KITCHEN.
YOU, UH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT INCOME AVERAGING AND COULD YOU JUST REPEAT THAT? I DIDN'T CATCH THE WHOLE THING.
WERE YOU SPEAKING WITH REGARD TO TEACHERS OR WHAT? EXPLAIN THAT MORE TO ME.
SO WE HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH EDUCATION AUSTIN AND HAVE PROMISED THEM A 30 RENTAL AND 30 OWNERSHIP HOMES SET ASIDE FOR AISD STAFF.
UM, FOR TEACHERS THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, UH, AVERAGE OR THE STARTING SALARY FOR AN ASD TEACHER IS $51,000.
UM, IF YOU ADD IN THINGS LIKE A MASTER'S DEGREE AND WHATNOT, BY THE TIME, UH, IF YOU'RE A FAMILY WITH TWO KIDS, IF YOU'RE A TEACHER AND YOU HAVE A SPOUSE WHO MAKES MORE THAN LIKE $13,000, YOU'RE ABOVE THAT 80% MFI INCOME LEVEL, AND YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE OWNERSHIP, UH, HOUSING THAT'S MOSTLY BUILT IN AUSTIN BECAUSE IT'S RESTRICTED AT THAT 80%.
SO THEY USING INCOME AVERAGING.
WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES UP AT THAT ONE 20,
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AND THOSE FOLKS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSES ANYWAY IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.BUT BECAUSE OF AVERAGING, IT ALSO CREATES OPPORTUNITIES LOWER ON THE INCOME SPECTRUM SO THAT IT STILL COMES IN AT AN AVERAGE OF 80, BUT JUST MORE OF A SPECTRUM.
SO THE AVERAGE SPEAKS TO YOUR, THE NUMBER OF UNITS AT 80% AVERAGES AT 80%, UH, RATHER THAN YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING PARTICULARLY DIFFERENT IN HOW YOU COUNT THE INDIVIDUAL'S INCOME.
CONTINUING ON, UM, IS, UH, UH, JOHANNA JOSQUIN POLLITO HERE.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, CHERYL? I AND BRICKELL.
SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT FOR PEOPLE.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, JASON IN DOW? COME ON DOWN AND THEN KELLY WHITE, GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MAIN SPRING SCHOOLS.
WE'RE AN 80 YEAR OLD CHILDCARE ORGANIZATION.
NON-PROFIT THAT WORKS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AUSTIN IN DISTRICT NINE.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN LAST WEEK A REPORT FROM THE U S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IT SAID THAT TEXAS HAS LACK OF INVESTMENT IN CHILDCARE IS COSTING THE ECONOMY $9.4 BILLION A YEAR.
IT'S ALSO COSTING THE STATES $1.8 BILLION IN TAXABLE REVENUE.
AS YOU KNOW, TEXAS DOES A FAIRLY POOR JOB OF INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD.
UM, MUCH OF THAT IMPACT IS SEEN HERE IN AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY AS AUSTIN GROWS THIS, UH, SITE.
THIS PROPOSAL IS HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT ISSUE TO CHIP AWAY AT SOME OF THE LACK OF CHILDCARE AND INVESTMENT IN CHILDCARE THAT EXISTS IN THE STATE AND HERE IN OUR REGION.
AND THE NORMAN SIM COMMUNITY IS A CHILDCARE DESERT THAT NEEDS THIS SERVICE.
AND THIS PROPOSAL PROVIDES THAT IN A WAY THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A NONPROFIT TO COME IN AND SERVE AT RISK CHILDREN AGES ZERO TO FIVE.
LET ME GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND.
MAINSPRING SERVES A HUNDRED CHILDREN TODAY, MOSTLY LOW INCOME CHILDREN.
OUR WAITLIST IS 500 DEEP RIGHT NOW.
IT IS THE GREATEST THAT IT'S EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
THE NEED IS SIGNIFICANT, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE NEED FOR SLOTS, CHILDCARE SLOTS, BUT IT'S DOING SO IN A HIGH QUALITY WAY, A WAY THAT WORKS WITH KIDS WHO COME FROM TRAUMA FROM THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM FROM POVERTY WAYS THAT PROVIDE NUTRITION IN THE SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS, A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES WRAPAROUND FAMILY SUPPORT TO HELP THEM FIND HOUSING, TO PROVIDE THERAPY AND MORE MAINSPRING HAS BEEN A SINGLE LOCATION FOR DECADES, BUT TODAY WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO GREAT IN AUSTIN.
SO I HOPE THAT AS A COUNCIL AND A MAYOR YOU'LL CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES A CORE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN.
GOSH, FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'M SITTING OUT THERE AND JUST BEING SO GRATEFUL TO Y'ALL.
I AM THE CO CEO AT THE SAFE ALLIANCE, AND, UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE NORMAN VILLAGE SIMS PROPOSAL.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ODD SINCE THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT WE ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY IN PARTNERSHIP ALSO WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.
SO I AM IN NO WAY SPEAKING AGAINST THAT PROPOSAL, UH, WALTER, WHEN HE SPOKE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, RATHGEBER VILLAGE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT IS OPERATED BY THE SAFE ALLIANCE.
SO THAT'S A DEEP PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
UM, WHAT WE KNOW THOUGH IS HOUSING IS CRITICAL.
IT'S CRITICAL TO SAFETY AND OUR MISSION IS STOP ABUSE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, WE SEE TOO MANY VICTIMS IN PARTICULAR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, TOO MANY VICTIMS THAT ARE STAYING IN VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING THE CHOICE OF A ROOF OVER THEIR CHILDREN'S HEADS OR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE SEE WOMEN THAT ARE RAPED
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AND THEN, UH, WHILE LIVING IN THEIR TENTS AND THEY COME IN AND THEY RECEIVE SUPPORT AND A EXAM, AND THEN WE RELEASE THEM BACK TO THEIR HOME, A TENT IN THEIR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.I COULD TELL YOU HORROR STORIES.
UM, OUR WAITLIST YESTERDAY JUST CHECKED YESTERDAY.
OUR LIST WAS, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT I DO REMEMBER THE STARTLING FACT THAT WE HAD 18 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT HAD A, UM, A SCORE CAMPBELL DANGER ASSESSMENT.
WE, MOST OF THE PROGRAMS IN THIS COMMUNITY USE THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ASSESSMENT.
WE HAD 18 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT HAD A SCORE OF 18 PLUS ON THE CAMPBELL DANGER ASSESSMENT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT VERY, VERY HIGH RISK FOR LETHALITY.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S FRIGHTENING, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
AND I THINK, I DON'T THINK IT GOT PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I THINK YOU ALL DID SOMETHING THIS MORNING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THAT, RIGHT? SO ENORMOUS, THANK YOU TO Y'ALL FOR THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE AN ENORMOUS, ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE FOR LOTS AND LOTS OF FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WHAT ABOUT THE NORMAN? WHY ARE, WHY AM I HERE WITH THE NORMAN VILLAGE SIMS PROPOSAL? IT'S BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IS THAT I SEE WE ARE A PART OF IT AND WE SEE THAT NOT JUST ME, IT'S SAFE.
WE SEE THAT IT ADDRESSES COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS IN A VERY HOLISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE WAY.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
IT'S VERY MUCH ABOUT BUILDING UP A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A COMMUNITY AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THAT SUPPORT.
WE, WE, WE ARE EMBEDDED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, AND WE, UH, SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
AND MARY, I THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE THIS WHITE TO CALL UP ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WHEN WE GO BACK.
I THINK THAT HER, SHE SIGNED UP FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AND SHE SIGNED UP FOR HFC AND I THINK SHE WAS MERGED, BUT THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE FOLKS THAT WE HAD SIGNED UP HERE IN PERSON.
WHY DON'T YOU CALL THE, WERE FOLKS SPEAKING REMOTELY, MARY, I THINK, DO WE WANT TO GO SINCE WE DID HAVE THAT MISTAKE, MAYBE WE COULD ASK US WHY HER TESTIMONY COVERED IT, BUT SHE WAS SIGNED UP FOR THE GENERAL MEETING, BUT WE DIDN'T CALL HER UP.
WHICH NUMBER ITEM NUMBER WAS AT THAT IS THE SHELTER ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, ITEM NUMBER 59.
MY STAFF SHOT ME A NOTE THAT SHE WAS REGISTERED FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE GOT HER.
I THERE'S NO ONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59.
AND I, AND I, AND I THINK, UH, UM, EARLIER THIS MORNING WE HAD A SPEAKER THAT WASN'T SIGNED UP.
I THINK HE SIGNED UP AFTER NINE 15.
IT WAS A NINE, 15 CUTOFF FOR TIME.
WE NEED TO POST THAT ON THE MACHINE OR SOMETHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
UH, AND IF THE CLERK'S OFFICE COULD REACH OUT TO THAT EARLIER SPEAKER TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNOWS GOING FORWARD, THAT YOU NEED TO SIGN UP BY FIVE 15 TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK NINE 15 RIGHT THERE, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK, UH, HERE IN PERSON.
UM, AND THEN IT'S THE DAY BEFORE I THINK, OR TWO DAYS BEFORE IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, UH, REMOTELY, BUT IT'S POSTED WHAT THE RULES ARE.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REMOTE SPEAKERS? OKAY.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RUSSELL FRAZIER.
AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE OUT OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.
SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND RECESS US AS A FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 1143 ON DECEMBER 9 21.
AND I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, UH, SPEAKERS.
THESE ARE THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
I RESIDE, UH, AND, UH, TRAVIS HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SOUTH RIVER CITY CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THE BUILD-OUT PROCESS WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA.
AND SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I'M GLAD TO SEE, AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT COUNCIL TAKING UP THE TEARS PROPOSAL
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FOR THE STW WATERFRONT AREA.UM, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, THE RELATED, UH, PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN, UH, IT SEEMS THE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE TIER ONE PROJECTS HAVE AN ESTIMATED START DATE OR ANTICIPATED START DATE TO 2022 NEXT YEAR AND PUBLIC REALM COST OF OVER $80 MILLION.
SO PLEASE ACT NOW TO ORGANIZE THIS EFFORT.
ALSO, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT PEOPLE WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE URBAN CORE AREA, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MILES OF CITY HALL AND STRIPE, IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A WATERFRONT PUBLIC AREA TO BE PROUD OF, UH, THINK OF, UH, THE EFFORTS, UH, BACK IN THE UNBELIEVABLE, THE 1960S AROUND TOWN LAKE, THE HIKE AND BIKE PATHS, UH, THE PLANTING OF TREES, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, THAT WORK HAS CARRIED ON INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, INTO THIS CENTURY.
A CITY OF ATLANTA ENGAGED IN A MAJOR REDESIGN OF THEIR LARGEST CITY PARK IN THE EARLIEST EARLY 20TH CENTURY OR A CENTURY AGO, UH, THE SONS OF FREDERICK LAW, OLMSTED DESIGN, THE PARK OR THE CITY OF ATLANTA.
AND IT IS NOW, UH, A CENTRAL SOCIAL AND CULTURE MAGNET, A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND PLEASURE FOR THE SURROUNDING URBAN CORE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY HERE AND, UM, AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING TRITE, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE RECENT, UH, SUNDAY, I NOTICED THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE FEATURED OUR FAIR CITY AT OUR PROFITABLE GROWTH, WHICH WE'RE ALL AWARE OF.
UM, ALL EYES ARE ON US AND, AND WHAT YOU DECIDE TODAY OR THIS YEAR, OR DURING, DURING YOUR TERM AS, UH, ON THE COUNCIL WILL, WILL BE CARRIED INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU, YOU POSSIBLY HAVE THE MOST CHALLENGING, UH, PUBLIC, UH, PACIFIC SERVICE JOBS IN THE COUNTRY, NOT WITHSTANDING, UH, THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY OR THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE CHIEF.
SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU AND WISH YOU A WANT TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT OF THE TEARS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
I, I PROBABLY COULD I GET THIS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH RIVER CITY CITIZEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING ABOUT 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT AT 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS QUOTES.
WE AGREE, BUT ALSO NEEDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LARGE EMPLOYERS TO HELP CUT OUR TRAFFIC CONGESTION PEOPLE EARNING 50 TO 60% MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME, INCLUDING MANY GOVERNMENT NONPROFIT, ACADEMIC, SMALL BUSINESS SERVICE WORKERS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
IT FLEE OUR CITY BECAUSE OF LACK OF AFFORDABILITY AT BARCC HAS NUMEROUS AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OLDER HOMES, 80 YEARS AND MULTIFAMILY HOMES TODAY.
HOWEVER, WE DISAGREE WITH FEE AND BLUE ALTERNATIVE FOR DEVELOPERS WHO RECEIVE GREATER ENTITLEMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS, 20% OF A UNIT SHOULD BE ONSITE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS BOARDWALKS AND CLIMBING WALLS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AN ALTERNATIVE TO BUILDING ONSITE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND QUOTES.
SO THE YOU'VE ACCLAIMED TO ALLOW MORE DENSITY ON THE THREE OR FIVE SOUTH CONGRESS GET MORE TEXTS, BUT YOU SHOULD BE COLLECTING MUCH MORE TAX ON THIS PROPERTY.
NOW IT'S GROSSLY UNDERVALUED AT $4 MILLION AN ACRE.
I SINCERELY DOUBT THE OWNER WOULD ACCEPT MY OFFER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A QUARTER ACRE AND LADY BIRD LAKE.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE VALUED AT $888.
WHAT WE RESIDENTS SAW ARE IMPROVEMENTS MORE THAN DOUBLE LAST YEAR.
IF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WERE APPRAISED FAIRLY COMPARED TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO LOWER THE RATES FOR RESIDENTS.
THIS IS AGREGIOUS IN EQUITY MAKES HOME OWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE BECAUSE IT HELPS DISQUALIFY BORROWERS AND YOUR HEART.
YOU WANT LESS HOMELESSNESS, BUT YOUR TAX POLICIES CREATE MORE.
ALSO THE VISION AGREED TO 4%, RATHER THAN 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE THE STATEMENT TRACKS BUILD OTHER COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO CHARGE MORE RENT.
BUT WHEN THE OWNER ASKS FOR SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER JETS, HE GOT 4% FIGURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED PROPORTIONATELY.
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THE CITY COLLECTS $450,000 FOR 4% OF UNITS THAT WILL EASILY SELL FOR ONE TO $20 MILLION, EACH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL NEVER GET BUILT.LET THEM DEVELOP A BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS.
ON-SITE WITH 0% CONTRIBUTION FROM TAXPAYERS.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY CAN BUILD AT THE CURRENT LEGAL DENSITY.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OF COURSE, I'M ALWAYS CAUGHT OFF GUARD EVERY TIME YOU'LL CALL ME ON THE VIRTUAL, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON SEVERAL ITEMS TODAY.
UM, I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH, GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE.
UM, AND I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS I WANTED TO SPEAK ON, INCLUDING I'M GONNA START, I THINK WITH N 64 HERE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, ITEM 64.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE GETTING SOME THINGS DONE FROM THE CODE NEXT DAYS, THAT ALMOST ALL OF US COULD AGREE ON.
UM, THIS DOESN'T PRESERVE, UH, HOUSING IN THE, UM, MARKET SENSE, BUT IT DOES FACILITATE A PRODUCTION OF LOTS OF MORE UNITS, UM, THROUGH ADU IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T THREATEN OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY IS A TACTIC, UH, THAT HELPS A CERTAIN SECTOR OF THE POPULATION.
BUT I JUST WANT TO, UM, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE ACTION AND ADD THIS TO THE TOOLBOX BECAUSE YOU CAN, RIGHT NOW THAT SAID, THIS IS LIMITED REALLY AS AN OPTION TO WORKFORCE HOUSING BRACKET, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER INCOME THAN THOSE WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED THE FASTEST FROM AUSTIN.
SO YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES THAT SORT OF LOWER INCOME RENTERS, INCLUDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE DOVE SPRINGS AND JORDANS AND THE ACRES WHERE GABA WORKS.
PEOPLE REALLY WANT THE OPTION FOR PREFAB MANUFACTURED, HOUSING AND TRAILERS TO BE ALLOWED ON SINGLE FAMILY.
LOTS, BECAUSE FOR MANY OF THEM, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY ACCESSIBLE OPTION FOR A LOT OF WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
IF YOU CAN'T ADD THIS INTO THE REVOLUTION, NOW I ENSURE I URGE YOU TO CHAMPION A SEPARATE POLICY.
THAT MAKES SENSE, UH, THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE ON ITEM 62.
I'M A LOT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
SUPPOSE A REQUEST FOR AN ANALYSIS OF PRODUCING HOUSING.
IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD GRAB THIS REVOLUTION, START OVER WITH SOMETHING LIKE A BASIC ORIENTATION OF MARKET AND DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMICS, MARKET, DISRUPTION, AND CAPITAL ABSORPTION FRAMEWORKS, NONE OF WHICH IS REFLECTED HERE.
IF YOU CARE TO IMPROVE PRICES FOR THOSE IN NEED OF HOUSING OR MITIGATE HARM IN THE CURRENT REAL ESTATE FRENZY, THEN DON'T PASS A RESOLUTION LOADED WITH DISTRACTIONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH REDUCING THE COST OF HOUSING.
ANY HOUSING EXPERT IS GOING TO TELL YOU, THIS IS A DEMAND ISSUE THAT HAS TO DO WITH MASSIVE INVESTMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF IT.
WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO DISRUPT THE MARKET.
SO YOU PUT SOME REGULATORY TOOLS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK HERE, OUR HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCE, OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES AND BUILDING TYPES.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE AUSTIN LIVABLE AND REPRESENT OUR FEW REGULATORY TOOLS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE HOUSTON, TEXAS, ESPECIALLY NOT IN A CLIMATE CRISIS.
I CAN'T HELP IT REVIEW THE COMMENTS OF MR. ANDERSON EARLIER RELATED TO MISSING MIDDLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BECAUSE WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HE MEANS TO NEW BUYERS WITH YOU HEARD HIM $300,000 IN CASH FOR A HOUSE, NOT CREDIT CASH.
INCREDIBLE HOW EASILY THE TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETS CO-OPTED ISN'T IT PROTECTING SO MUCH EXISTING MISSING MIDDLE? UM, I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS ON, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UH, SHE SAID SHE HAD OTHER COMMENTS I WANTED TO, BUT SHE GOT CUT OFF.
SO DID WE ALLOW HER TIME? CAUSE SHE WAS TALKING ON MORE THAN ONE ITEM.
CERTAINLY ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL CAN CALL HER BACK TO DO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO CALL HER BACK TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT SHE WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
WILL THEY BE CALLING HER BACK? YES, WE'RE ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS ASKED YOU TO CONTINUE, UM, MAYOR THE CALL WAS DISCONNECTED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HER A CALL BACK IN A MOMENT.
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CURRENTLY WE HAVE AMANDA, AMANDA GUESTS.MY NAME IS AMANDA LVL AND I, UM, LIVE HAS THIRTY TWO ZERO THREE MCCALL LANE NEAR, UM, SOUTHBOUND I 35.
UM, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED JET FUEL TANKS, UM, THAT WILL BE BUILT, UM, WELL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD NEAR OUR HOME, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY, UM, 430 FEET AWAY FROM OUR HOMES.
UM, W A LOT OF US DO NOT WANT TO WANT IT THERE.
UM, WE REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO MOVE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH WISE, SAFETY WISE.
UM, A LOT OF MY COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN THERE.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN, THERE HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR COMMUNICATION.
NONE OF MY COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT LIVE OFF OF MCCALL LANE OR THEORY NOR DO MY NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME WERE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS OR NEVER AWARE OF ANY OF THIS WHATSOEVER.
UM, THEY WERE NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY KIND OF NOTIFICATIONS AND, UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, NO LETTERS OR ANYTHING.
I, UM, BASICALLY WALKED, UH, TO EVERYBODY'S HOMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD AND MADE THEM AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THEY WERE VERY SURPRISED WHAT WAS GOING ON AND, UM, ONE ACTION TO BE TAKEN BECAUSE THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY HOME.
AGAIN, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 430 FEET AWAY FROM OUR HOMES.
I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IF YOUR FAMILY, YOU WALKED OUT OF YOUR DOOR AND YOU SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT TO HAVE THAT, UM, NEAR HOME.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT THIS HERE.
A LOT OF MY COMMUNITY ARE SPANISH SPEAKING, SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNEDUCATED.
UM, THEY'RE SCARED, YOU KNOW, SO THERE WAS LACK OF COMMUNICATION THERE.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT MOST OF US FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND WE WERE NOT GIVEN THE PROPERTY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OUT BECAUSE OF OUR LANGUAGE BARRIER.
UM, SO WE ASK THAT YOU MOVE THIS AWAY FROM OUR HOMES.
WE ARE, WE HAVE RESIDENTS THERE.
WE JUST HAD A SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM THAT.
UM, KIP WAS, UM, THEY'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF THIS.
I MEAN, JUST IMAGINE IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, HOW SCARED THESE CHILDREN WOULD BE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY TOO, AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM NOT TO BE AWARE, UM, THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR TODAY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BRITA WALLACE.
I AM AN AUSTIN INTEL COALITION BOARD MEMBER.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION.
WE ARE A GROUP OF PRIMARILY INFILLED BUILDERS AND OUR MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE SMALLER SCALE HOUSING AROUND TOWN.
IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS THAT ARE BUILDING ADU.
THE AUSTIN MENTAL COALITION SENT AN OPEN LETTER TO YOUR OFFICES, AGREEING THAT REFORMING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO IMPROVE THE ADU ORDINANCE IS ONE WAY TO HELP WITH THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES YOU'RE SEEING IN AUSTIN.
OUR DESIRE FOR BROAD REFORM TO THE ADU, OUR DESIRE IS FOR BROAD REFORM TO THE ADU POLICY, THAT RESULTS IN A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF BAYVIEW BEING BUILT AROUND AUSTIN.
WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THAT ADS HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF LBC REFORM AND ARE HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THIS RESOLUTION ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT RESOLUTION WILL NOT RESULT IN A NOTICEABLE CHANGE TO THE MEMBER OF ADU THE CRM TAB, THE PROTOTYPE INCENTIVIZES DEVELOPERS TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE THE PERMIT PROCESS AND COMPLEXITY FOR 80 YEARS MAKE SOME MORE COMPLICATED THAN SIMPLY BUILDING WHAT THEY HAVE.
WE NEED DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD 80 YEARS BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US.
WE NEED 80 YEARS EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST WEREN'T EXISTING HOUSES PRESERVED.
WE NEED A SIMPLIFIED PROCESS, NOT JUST FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BUILD AN ADU.
AND WHEN YOU GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND DESIGN THE ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO OFTEN AS HOUSING STOCKS FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD A LARGE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, THE LDC IS COMPLEX, AND THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL GROUPS, INCLUDING OURS
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THAT HAVE WORKED HARD TO PROVIDE LISTS OF SIMPLE TARGETED CHANGES THAT WOULD HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF 80 YEARS BEING BUILT.WE WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICES AND THEN DEVELOPING ROBUST 80 YEAR REFORM.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO THE PRESERVATIONS ON IT.
I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE LVC REWRITE, COMBINED THE GOALS AND SUBTLE DENSITY WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UM, A FEW THINGS I NOTICED SF TWO AND SF THREE WERE SEPARATED FOR THE PRESERVATION THAT HAS TO BE USEFUL.
AND YOU'D SAID INCLUDE AT THAT 30 PER FEW REASON, THAT'S UP TO TENDS TO HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND IS GENERALLY NEWER HOUSES.
SO THE IMPACT OF A PRESERVATION BONUS ONLY ON VERY, VERY LOW SECOND NOTES, OLDER HOMES WITH HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND INTEGRITY ARE GOING TO BE A SEPARATE.
SO IF WE WENT TO PRESERVE THOSE FROM EXCEPT FOR NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED, I HOPE THE PRESERVATION BONUS IS NOT ONLY TARGETING CIRCLE FEES.
LASTLY, I THINK THE POINT ABOUT THE WORDING OF THE PRESERVATION DONOR, IT WILL NEED TO HAVE STRONG PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND MORE THAN WITHIN THE LBC.
I HOPE THE CITY REACHES OUT TO PRESERVATION AUSTIN FROM WARREN, BUT, AND IN PARTICULAR, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE FRONT THE SIDE.
SO I COULD TO A DEGREE THAN THE LA LDC TO MAINTAIN HISTORICAL INTEGRITY.
ALSO THE PRESERVATION DONOR BESIDES THE PRESERVATION ASPECT NEEDS TO HAVE ENOUGH OF A BONUS IN A FORM OF THREE IN IT.
OTHERWISE THE APPEAL OF SIMPLY TEARING DOWN AND BUILDING $2 MILLION MAINTAINS WILL BE WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE IF THE PROCESS TO USE THE PRESERVATION BONUS IS OVERLY DIFFICULT.
SO TO SUMMARIZE THREE POINTS AND YOU HAVE TO APPLY TO AREAS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE HISTORICAL PROPERTIES, WHICH IS STEP THREE, NUMBER TWO, IT NEEDS TO HAVE MORE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION THAT WAS SEEN BEFORE.
AND THREE, THE BONUS NEEDS TO BE A TRUE BONUS IN THE FORM OF PER UNIT AND NOT WEIGHED DOWN BY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OUTSIDE OF PRESERVATION, BUT IS ACTUALLY A VIABLE COAL TO BE HERE.
UM, AND I WANNA, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WORKING IN THE PRESERVATION BONUS AND THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.
WE HAVE CARMEN YANNIS, BELIEVE THEM BACK ON THE LINE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME.
UM, I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE ISSUES ON THIS ITEM 62.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, LET'S NOT JUST TALK ABOUT PEOPLE MOVING IN TO AUSTIN WHO HAVE $300,000 OR HALF A MILLION IN CASH.
UH, BUT ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN THOSE TO BOTH STAY HERE AND COME IN WITH LESS BUYING POWER OR RENTING, UM, POWER.
AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO WASTE TIME IF WE FILL THIS WITH EXTRANEOUS PIECES ABOUT MARKET RATE PRODUCTION, UM, IT, THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY OPPORTUNISTIC AT WORST IT'S ILL-INFORMED AT BEST AND OPPORTUNISTIC AT WORST, BECAUSE IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO SHAPE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING PRICES INTO A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE REGULATION AND EASE EXTRACTION OF WEALTH FROM OUR CITY.
WE NEED BETTER SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF TERMS OF VALUE CAPTURE.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT PRODUCTION, SERIOUS SUBSIDIES WITH CITY OWNED, LAND FUNDING AND PRIVATELY OWNED LAND AND FUNDING SOURCES, UM, ON ITEM 66, I REGISTERED AGAINST THE ITEM THINKING AT FIRST IT WAS THE REVOLUTION ITSELF ON VMU.
AND JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND A HEARING.
UM, AND I AM STILL SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE THAT POTENTIALLY UNDERMINE, UH, THE VERY PRINCIPLES, NOTIFICATION, AND PROTEST THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY OF US AND ON WHICH THE LAWSUIT, WHICH HAS, UM, UPHELD, UM, OUR PROTESTS AND NOTIFICATION, RIGHT.
UM, I WOULD JUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS SENDING AND WHAT NOTIFICATION IS GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR ALL OF THE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED PROPERTIES AND THAT PENUMBRA, A WORD I LEARNED FROM A LAWSUIT, UH, SURROUNDING THOSE PROPERTIES SURROUNDING EACH.
IT SEEMS A LITTLE MESSY TO NOTIFY EVERYONE.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL COULD WE'LL CONSIDER THAT IMPLICATION AS WELL AS THE MESSAGE THAT SOME OF THIS COULD BEND US BECAUSE WITH THE PROPOSED MOVE OF OUR LAND USE COMMISSIONS OUT OF CITY HALL, IT FEELS LIKE A POTENTIAL HIT TO PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN SOME OF OUR MOST CRITICAL DECISION, IF IT DOES PASS.
UM, WELL, THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.
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THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT NORTH AUSTIN AND THE PARTS OF THE EASTERN CRESCENT THAT ARE OFTEN REALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN DISTRICT FOUR IS OUR MOST DIVERSE AREA.SOME OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN THE CRESCENT, THE PLEASE DON'T TREAT IT AS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE THAT'S NOT THREATENED BECAUSE THE AREA THAT YOU ALL HAVE THIS BROWNING AND GRADY SPOT CASE IN IS IN UPROOTED STUDY, CHARACTERIZED AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS PLACEMENT AND EXPERIENCING ACCELERATING GENTRIFICATION.
THOSE ARE ALL TERMS. THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA, THANKS TO THE LONGTIME ENGAGEMENT OF NEWCOMERS AND EXISTING NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL AREA TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT.
SO WHEN YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF SPOT ZONING, WITHOUT HUGE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, IT ACCELERATES GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN THESE AREAS.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE BETTER THAN THIS, AND I WANT YOU TO RECONSIDER AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE THIRD READING TO MITIGATE THE HARM AND DO DO WELL BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN NORTH AUSTIN.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MORNING.
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COLLEAGUES.I'M LOOKING AT THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 66.
UH, THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED ARE 3, 4, 8, 14, UH, 44 45 49, 60 62 AND 64.
SORRY, MAYOR, WOULD YOU DO THAT ONE MORE TIME? I APOLOGIZE.
NO PROBLEM COULD SEND AGENDA ITEMS. ONE THROUGH 66, THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 3, 4 8, 14 44 45 49, 60 62 AND 64.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THREE BACK ON.
THREE IS BACKBOARD NO LONGER PULLED MIRROR.
UH, CAN I CLARIFY, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? DID YOU SAY YOU JUST, I THOUGHT YOU HAD PULLED 57.
I, I HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE ON 57.
I DON'T NEED TO PULL IT OFF WITH CONSENT.
UM, AND MAY I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO A COUPLE OF COMMENTS? WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE THEM AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE VERY FAST QUESTIONS RELATED TO 15 AND 31.
I THINK I CAN STAY ON CONSENT IF, IF WE HAVE STAFF WHO CAN JUST QUICKLY CLARIFY SOMETHING IN THE Q AND A OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO ITEM 57.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF US IN THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR AWHILE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE SPONSORS AND CO-SPONSORS ON THAT ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WAS BARBARA ALICE MAKES THE MOTION, UM, COUNTS.
AREN'T QUITE THIS SECONDS AND DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA FOR BRINGING, UM, ITEM NUMBER 57, UH, WHICH RELATES TO, UM, THE VETERANS AFFAIRS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, NEEDED THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I WANT TO URGE OUR STAFF TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY.
UM, AS WAS CITED IN HIS RESOLUTION.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE NOT RESULTED THAT REALLY HAVE NOT RESULTED IN.
UM, WELL REALLY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED, I GUESS, WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT.
AND, UM, HE CITES ONE THAT I HAD WORKED ON, UH, ABOUT, UH, CREATING A VETERAN RESOURCE CENTER.
AND THE LAST REPORT I HAVE ON THAT IS OCTOBER OF 2019.
AND SO, UM, AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A REPORT DONE, A ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.
AND I HAD THOUGHT THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED A LOCATION FOR, UM, A CENTER AS WELL AS, UM, A RESOURCE CENTER.
AND, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THEN, AND FRANKLY, I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP ON IT.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER, RENTER, MARIA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I THINK IT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION AND, UH, REALLY NEEDS TO BE EXPEDITED SINCE WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT, EXCUSE ME.
THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN FIRST AND FOREMOST, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I'M VOTING NO ON ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.
UM, MUCH LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 52ND OR 57, WHICH IS THE CITY
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MANAGER EXPLORING ESTABLISHMENT OF A VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS OFFICE.I FULLY INTEND TO SUPPORT THAT ITEM.
I WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA AND OTHER CO-SPONSORS OF THAT ITEM.
AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING VETERANS SERVICES OFFICE HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT WHEN THIS IS APPROVED, IT WILL FURTHER HELP THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S COMMITMENT TO OUR VETERANS WHO GIVE SO MUCH TO US IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY ALLOWS US AS A CITY TO GIVE BACK TO THEM AND HONOR THEM IN A WAY WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO THINK PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND OUR PREVIOUS MAYOR FOR THE SUPPORT AND WORK THAT THEY DID IN RELATION TO VETERANS ALSO, UM, ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I KNOW HOW HARD COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WORK WITH HER ON THOSE ISSUES.
HER DISTRICT IS UNDERSERVED IN TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WHICH DESPERATELY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I APPRECIATE HER THOUGHTFULNESS ON THE MOTION SHEET AND LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF ADDING THAT TO THAT ITEM.
MOVING FORWARD, THOUGH, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE NEED CODA TO COME TO THE TABLE IN ORDER TO FURTHER OUR EFFORTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF EVENT ATTENDEES AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH CODA IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR SHARED GOALS.
FINALLY, EARLIER FOR ITEM NUMBER 56, I PASSED OUT EMOTION SHEET TO ADD DIRECTION RELATED TO A SERIES OF TWO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS AND GATHER FEEDBACK WITH A REPORT OF THAT FEEDBACK TO COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT MY INTENTION HERE AT ALL TO SLOW DOWN THE EFFORTS OF THE RESOLUTION.
AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS WILL ALREADY NATURALLY OCCUR THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WANTING TO DOCUMENT THE ENGAGEMENT READINGS IS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT WE MIGHT BE RUSHING THIS PROCESS, AND I JUST WANT TO DOCUMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS PUBLICLY.
SO I HOPE IT CAN BE CONSIDERED AND PUT ON CONSENT.
UM, COLLEAGUES WE HAVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 61, WHICH IS ABOUT THE PROPOSED A JET FUEL STORAGE FACILITY IN SOUTH EAST AUSTIN.
AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UH, THIS ITEM, UH, CAME TO MY ATTENTION FROM NEIGHBORS LIVING NEAR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
THEY BROUGHT FORWARD CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING THE JET FUEL TANKS LOCATED IN THE AREA, WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WOULD BE FROM THIS JET FUEL STORAGE SITE.
UM, AS WELL AS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF RELOCATING STORAGE FACILITY AND FOR SOME BACKGROUND ON, UM, HOW WE GOT TO THIS PLACE, THIS, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN NOVEMBER, 2018, VOTED ON THE AIRPORT EXPANSION PLAN, A $4 BILLION EXPANSION PLAN THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES.
AND AS PART OF THAT VISION PLAN, THERE IS A NEED TO EXPAND OUR JET FUEL CAPACITY.
UH, CERTAINLY OUR AIRPORT, OUR AIRPORT IS BOOMING RIGHT NOW AND WE, UM, HAVE INCREASED DEMAND FROM THE AIRLINES ON JET FUEL STORAGE.
SO AS PART OF THE EXPANSION, THE AIRPORT IS LOOKING AT WHERE THEY CAN, UM, INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE AIRPORT EXPANSION PLAN, THERE WERE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS CONDUCTED.
UM, BUT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE AIRPORT WERE NOT NOTIFIED OR DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE ON THE MATTER.
AND SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS THAT IT CALLS FOR US TO REOPEN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED.
IT FORMALLY, UH, DIRECTS, UH, CITY STAFF TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT IT REALLY HONES IN ON HOW THAT COMMUNICATION THAT OUTREACH HAS DONE.
YOU KNOW, FOR MANY OF US WHO LIVE IN SOUTHEAST, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIGITAL DIVIDE.
AND SO WE CAN'T JUST RELY ON ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS.
SO IT SETS OUT LOOKING AT, UH, HAVING MAILERS, YOU KNOW, GOING DOOR TO DOOR, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
IT ALSO ASKS FOR US TO, UM, LOOK AT, TO REVIEW THE FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE SITE LOCATIONS AND TO REPORT THIS INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN A DETAILED WAY.
UH, IMPORTANTLY, IT ALSO ASKS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY RELATED TO THE AIR AND WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF THIS NEW, UH, JET FUEL STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE AIR AND WHAT WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS, UH, JET FUEL SITE, AS WELL AS WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL HARMS. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION D UH, SETS OUT TO DO.
I WANT TO THINK, UM, MA OH, AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY, IT ALSO ASKS FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER HAVING THE SERIES OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS, UM, AND REPORT TO US.
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SESSION THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM, AS A COUNCIL, WE'LL HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ON THIS TOPIC, UM, WHERE WE CAN, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING CONSIDERED ALSO, UM, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND ALL OF THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, IN VERY, OH, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.SO A LOT HAPPENING, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, I WANT TO THINK THE DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS WERE TAKING THE TIME TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, UM, SO THAT I COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE ON YOUR BEHALF.
I WANT TO ALSO THINK THE CITY AND AIRPORT LEADERSHIP FOR TAKING A PAUSE, UH, FOR US TO HAVE THIS OUTREACH PROCESS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU ALL FOR, FOR JUMPING ON BOARD AND, UM, TO THAT, UH, SO WITH THAT, THERE IS ONE MORE COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS ON THE VETERAN'S OFFICE.
ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
CERTAINLY, UM, THERE IS AN INCREASED NEED FOR US TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WORK CONTINUE.
UM, THE VA CLINIC IS LOCATED IN D TWO, SO WE KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH OUR VETERANS.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO, TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THAT RESOLUTION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT A STAFF IS SUGGESTING THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, UNTIL, UH, JANUARY 27TH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? THAT'LL STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN BEING POSTPONED TILL JANUARY 27TH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UH, ON THE DIRECTION THAT, THAT YOU'VE GIVEN, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC DOES FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OVER TO COMMENT ON THAT AND THAT WE GET, UH, THE COUNCIL GET AT THE TIME THAT IT MIGHT CONSIDER THIS, UM, UM, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WERE RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WHEN MY QUESTION IS THIS, UH, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WOULD A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THE TWO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING COMMITTEE, IF IT DECIDED TO TAKE IT UP, QUALIFY AS ONE OF THE TWO, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AT LEAST TWO THAT HAPPEN IN THAT FORM OR OTHER FORMS, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE.
I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE AND HAVE A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WAY.
UH, I'M FINE WITH, UH, ADDING THAT, UH, KAISER WERE ALTERED.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I'M HAPPY TO INCLUDE YOUR AMENDMENT.
I'LL TAKE THIS OFF CAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR MYSELF.
SO YOU PROBABLY CAN'T HEAR ME, UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'VE BUILT INTO THE PROCESS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE'VE GONE ABOVE WHAT IS NORMALLY DONE IN SAYING THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A HEARING AT THE HOUSING COMMUNITY HOUSING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE MORE THAN TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT INTO THE PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN EACH OF THOSE STEPS IS, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE A HEARING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR AMENDMENT OR JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US, UM, DISAGREE WITH THE NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC INPUT AS WE FORWARD.
THIS RESOLUTION IS SIMPLY INITIATING THE PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING IT.
I BELIEVE THAT BY BRINGING THIS FORWARD, WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THAT PROCESS IS SO THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE EAST MORE.
AND WHEN YOU SAY CATS EVER ALTER MORE THAN TWO, UH, I THINK THE, SO THE THIRD COULD EASILY BE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
SO IT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NORMAL PROCESS HAS IT GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OUR RESOLUTION ACTUALLY SPECIFIES THAT IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE COUNCIL'S HOUSING COMMITTEE BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD BE THE THIRD.
UH, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED, UH, HEARING NO OBJECTION, UH, THAT GETS, UH, INCLUDED, UH, IN THAT, UH, ITEM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER RENT-FREE I THINK HE MARIN AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING A REVOLUTION IN 57, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR VETERANS, UH, UH, AND MADE A COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTRY AND THEY SERVE, UH, PROBABLY AND BRAVELY AND, AND WE REALLY, UH, UH, UH, UH, DO THEY DO THERAPY, THE SERVICE THAT, THAT, UH, THEY NEED, AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES, AND WE REALLY NEED TO START TO REACH OUT TO OUR VETERANS.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOUND THAT ARE, UH, THAT HAVE COME BACK THAT HAD PHYSICAL AND, AND, AND, UH,
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UH, INJURIES AND, AND COMBAT INJURIES THAT NEED THESE TYPE OF SERVICE.AND, UH, BUT ALL OF OUR VETERANS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD PROBABLY SERVED EIGHTIES TYPE OF SERVICE AND, AND W I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ALL OUR VETERANS HERE IN AUSTIN.
CONSENTED AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR, CASAR, TOPO.
UM, JUST TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S AMENDMENT IS A DIRECTION, UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, COUNCIL ASKED ME TO DO THAT.
UM, SO I WANT TO SPEAK FIRST TO TWO ITEMS, UM, THAT I'M SPONSORING FIRST IS, UM, 56 AND I'M PROUD AND EXCITED TO HAVE CO-LED.
AND CO-AUTHORED THIS ITEM WITH MAYOR ADLER, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY CO-SPONSORS.
THIS ITEM IN MY VIEW TAKES AN IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT STEP TO INCREASE HOUSING CAPACITY BALANCE WITH PROVIDING COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN THE FORM OF ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR CODE WITH MINIMAL CONTENTION AND MAXIMUM IMPACT.
AND I'M PLEASED THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS STEP TODAY, ITEM 58.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING AND ADOPTING, ADOPTING.
THIS IS AN ITEM WHICH ENSURES OUR CODE ALIGNS WITH STATE LAW TO PROVIDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITH THE SAME BUFFER ZONE FROM ALCOHOL SELLS ABSENT A WAIVER AND CONFIRMS THAT DAYCARE SHOULD BE TREATED AS STATE LAW INTENDED, WHICH IS THE SAME AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ALSO WANT TO COMMENT ON THREE OTHER ITEMS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE RADAR, BUT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
ONE, I HIGHLIGHT ITEM 20, WHICH IS A CONTRACT TO UPGRADE AUSTIN ENERGY STORM CENTER SOFTWARE, AND PART OF A BROADER PROJECT AT AUSTIN ENERGY TO IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDRESS ISSUES AND FRUSTRATIONS ILLUMINATED DURING WINTER STORM URI.
UM, THE OUTAGE MAP AND THE TEXT PROCESS WHERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD THE MOST ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROCESS, UM, A HAS COMPLETED SEVERAL RELATED ACTION ITEMS AS OF QUARTER THREE OF THIS YEAR, INCLUDING UPDATING OUTAGE, TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS, INCORPORATING NESTED OUTAGE MESSAGING, ENSURING THAT THE SYSTEM REFLECTS OUTAGES AT A CUSTOMER LEVEL.
THIS ITEM WILL SPECIFICALLY ADVANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN MAPPING INTEGRATION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE USER INTERFACE, AND MORE, UM, I THINK THIS INTERFACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HOW WE COMMUNICATE IN A TIME OF POWER OUTAGES.
AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE TAKING SOME LESSONS FROM WHAT WE LEARNED AND IMPROVING THAT SYSTEM ITEM 29 IS A CONTRACT FOR LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING ON CITY LANDS.
UM, THIS ITEM IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE 2019 WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS AUDIT, WHICH I HAD REQUESTED, AND THIS IS GOING TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME MORE RESILIENT.
THIS PLAN WILL GUIDE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING CAPACITY TO RESTORE THE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH OF OUR NATURE, PRESERVES AND PARKLAND NATURAL AREAS, AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE OVER THE COMING DECADES.
THIS PLAN WILL ALSO ASSIST THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER IMPORTANT PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN WATER, AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, AND OTHERS, TO BETTER ALIGN THEIR EFFORTS TO COOPERATIVELY MANAGE AND RESTORE NATURAL AREAS AND THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO ALL AUSTIN RESIDENTS.
THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR ACHIEVING OUR AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN, WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER ADD $500,000 TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AND THIS IS, UM, BUILDING ON WORK THAT I INITIATED LAST MAY WITH RESPECT TO THE COVID RELIEF TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR NONPROFITS.
AND THIS SPECIFICALLY, UM, REACHES OUR ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS.
UM, THESE WILL GRANTS WILL PROVIDE $20,000 TO ELIGIBLE ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS.
AND WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE WILL HAVE FUNDED EVERY ELIGIBLE APPLICANT WHO APPLIED TO THE PROGRAM THIS SUMMER, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AS THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC CONTINUE.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF US AND THANKFUL TO OUR DIETS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS RELIEF FAST.
AS I HEAR FROM OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH THEIR AID, WE ARE MANAGING TO GET OUR AID OUT TO FOLKS WHILE THEY NEED IT THE MOST.
AND I, AND I'M PLEASED WITH THAT.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN FOR INVITING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THE ITEM TO FURTHER SUPPORT OUR VETERANS HERE AT THE CITY AND THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS COMMISSION FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS ITEM TODAY.
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MEMBER.I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN DEZ FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE ITEM, UH, RELATED TO THE AIRPORT FUEL STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF MEETINGS OVER THERE, AND I KNOW THAT BOTH YOU AND OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR KNOW, SHARE THE GOAL OF TRYING TO DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT LOOKING, TAKING A PAUSE AND LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE PLACES IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, FINDING A BETTER PLACE FOR THIS, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST IF THE, UM, IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT'LL TAKE EVERYBODY PUTTING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND DOING THAT HARD WORK TO SEE IF THERE IS, UM, AS A WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS IN THE PLANT.
UH, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
YOU LEFT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE OFTENTIMES DON'T, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT AS MUCH, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH WORK HAPPENING THERE, RUNNING THAT FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE DECLINE IN TRAVEL AND IN THE PANDEMIC IS NOT EASY WHILE WORKING ON A MASTER PLAN FOR EXPANSION, UH, NOT EASY WORK.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, DIRECTOR, AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE SHARE THE GOAL OF SEEING HOW IT IS THAT WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY EXPAND THE AIRPORT WHILE TAKING CARE OF THESE RESIDENTS, UM, AND ADDRESSING THE AIR QUALITY ISSUES AND SAFETY ISSUES AROUND THE FACILITY.
SO THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS FOR, UM, YOUR ADVOCACY, UH, ON THIS AS WELL.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL CALLING IN, UH, THEN THE LAST THING, UH, MAYOR IS I DO THINK BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION AROUND SIGNING UP FOR HFC VERSUS FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, I DID WANT TO GIVE MS. WHITE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 59.
IF I COULD JUST CALL HER UP WITH A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, YOUR EXISTING SHELTER CAPACITY, AND THEN WHAT THE VOTE TODAY WILL, UH, WE'LL DO TO EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY IN OUR CITY.
UM, SO THIS IS GOING TO ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE OUR SHELTER CAPACITY, WHICH IS, UH, UH, IT'S GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO DO THIS IT'S.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S DOING IS I THINK ABOUT IT, AND THIS IS A HOMELESSNESS AND HOMICIDE PREVENTION EFFORT THAT'S BEING PUT FORTH NOW BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG CASAR, WHO HAD MET WITH US SOMETIME BACK AND SAID, LET'S FIGURE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHERS HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO HELP, UH, IT, THIS IS AGAIN A TIME WHERE THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS LEADING.
I LOVE THAT IT STARTED THIS MEETING BY, UM, THE RECOGNITION THAT, UH, THAT, THAT OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, NATASHA HARPER, METTA MADISON, ONE OF OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS, THAT, UM, THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS SHOWN IN, IN NAMING A BLACK WOMAN AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS SHOWING EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AND, UH, IT'S, UH, SETTING AN EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN, IT'S SAVING LIVES.
AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT WILL BE CARRIED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
SO I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE, YOU ARE, YOU'RE DOUBLING OUR SHELTER CAPACITY.
I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE DIOCESE FOR HAVING WORKED ON THIS THROUGH MULTIPLE BUDGET SESSIONS.
I WANT TO THANK THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE FOR WORKING REALLY HARD TO FIND THE BEST LOCATION AND THE BEST BUILDING FOR THIS.
UM, IN EAST AUSTIN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT, UM, THAT KELLY AND JULIA SAT DOWN IN MY OFFICE AND STARTED READING TO ME SOME OF THE SITUATIONS PEOPLE WERE IN ON THE LIST, UM, AND SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
AND I'M JUST SO PROUD, UM, THAT BEFORE I LEAVE, I'VE GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO, TO, TO WORK ON THIS AND FINALLY GET THIS DONE.
SO I APPRECIATE IT AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO VERY QUICKLY CONVERTING THIS SPACE INTO SHELTER SPACE.
SO WE CAN PULL A LOT OF FOLKS OFF THAT WAIT LIST THAT ARE IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A CONFLICT, SO I THINK I'M ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM ON CONSENT, BUT, UH, MY WIFE, DIANE IS ON THE BOARD OF, UH, SAFE.
SO, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE.
UH, SO THERE'S TO CREATE THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT I, AND MY FAMILY SUPPORTS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I THINK WAS THE PERSON WE HAD CALLED ON NEST TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AS I INDICATED, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF ON ITEM 1531, PLEASE.
I HAD ASKED A QUESTION IN, IN THE QUESTION ANSWER ABOUT WHAT THE THREE DEPARTMENTS, WHERE THAT HAD THE HIGHEST DAMAGE, UM, THAT WAS BEING COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE POLICY.
THIS IS AS A RESULT OF OUR WINTER STORM, AND THE ANSWER CAME BACK, BUILDING SERVICES, AUSTIN, WATER, AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
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AND I WONDERED IF WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DOES ACT, HOW MUCH OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DAMAGE WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO, UH, ZACH SCOTT DAMAGE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING HERE TODAY ON OUR AGENDA, YOLANDA MILLER, DEPUTY PROCUREMENT OFFICER, UH, WE CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU OR SOMEONE FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE ON GREAT, UH, WHILE WE'RE AWAITING THAT ANSWER.UM, AND, AND WE CAN, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT NOW, UM, COUNSEL, I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT WE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH SAC SCOTT.
IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY AMENITY.
I'M SUPER GLAD THEY'RE ON OUR CITY OWNED LAND AND, AND THAT THEY OPERATE THERE IN ASKING, OH, I WAS SURPRISED IN THE BACKUP TO LEARN THAT THE CITY PAYS FOR SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, INCLUDING CUSTODIAL COSTS AND THINGS.
AND SO I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER ABOUT TO WHAT EXTENT WE DO THAT FOR OTHER OTHER ENTITIES OPERATING ON CITY OWNED LAND, AND IT SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT INCONSISTENT.
AND SO I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT, NOT TO SUGGEST WE GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE WHAT IS A, AS I UNDERSTAND A 40 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH SAC SCOTT, BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CONSISTENCY AND HOW WE WORK WITH, UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON OUR CITY ON LAND.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE, AS WE LOOK TO SETTING UP THAT COUNCIL WORK GROUP, UM, TO LOOK AT HOW WE USE OUR CITY ON LAND AND HOW WE ADDRESS OUR OWN CITY FACILITY NEEDS AND HOW WE WORK WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY BRING BENEFIT TO BROADER COMMUNITY FROM THOSE RESOURCES.
I THINK WE ALSO JUST NEED, WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR POLICIES, UM, AND, AND ENSURE CONSISTENCY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE SEAHOLM GARAGE AND THE CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE BUSINESSES TO ACCESS THE CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE ARE ABLE TO GET, I THINK, TWO HOURS OF FREE PARKING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS SEE HOME.
I MEAN, WE JUST NEED, WE NEED CONSISTENCY IN HOW WE INTERACT WITH, UM, WITH THOSE PARTNERS.
CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION CALLS MY, AND I DO SEE DIRECTOR MCNEILLY.
DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND THE ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER TO-DO'S QUESTION AND DIRECTOR MCNEELY.
THE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD THE QUESTION I WAS WONDERING.
UM, SO THE, THE QUESTION I HAD ASKED IS WHETHER THAT INSURANCE POLICY OF OUR DEDUCTIBLE, THE CITY'S DEDUCTIBLE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER OCCURRENCE.
AND SO FOR THE WINTER STORM, OUR DEDUCTIBLE ARE, I CLARIFIED THAT THE Q AND A, THAT OUR DEDUCTIBLE WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR ALL OF THE CITY FACILITIES.
AND THE TOP THREE WERE NOTED AS BUILDING SERVICES, AUSTIN, WATER AND PARKS AND REC.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF, HOW MUCH, WHETHER THERE WERE OTHER FACILITIES THAT FALL WITHIN THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DAMAGES OR WHETHER ZACH SCOTT WAS, I MEAN, ZACH'S GOT, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY THE WINTER STORM.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT IF THE DAMAGE, THEY, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE DAMAGE THAT THEY SUFFERED COMPRISE, HOW MUCH OF THE PARKS AND REC DAMAGES IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ZACH SCOTT? SO, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DOES NOT MANAGE THE RELATIONSHIP, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH ZACH SCOTT THEATER.
AND SO THEREFORE I AM UNAWARE OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET, IF IT WASN'T ATTRIBUTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CLAIM, I'M UNAWARE OF THE PERCENTAGE, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT THE ANSWER FOR YOU SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE SOME CLEAR INFORMATION.
AND THEN I CAN ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT OTHER CLAIMS WERE MADE BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE ADDRESS AS A CITY, HOW WE CRAFT A MORE RESILIENT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO FACE SOME OF THE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH INCREASED FREQUENCY, I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US, INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT THE DAMAGES IN THOSE TOP THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE DURING THE WINTER STORM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE USEFUL INFO.
SOME OF THAT EXISTS, I THINK, IN OUR AFTER-ACTION REPORT, BUT NOT IN A, NOT IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER WE'LL DO.
AND THEN MAYOR, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE TALKED, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, OUR HFC ITEM AND I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE VOTED ON THAT ONE.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET INTO THAT MEETING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, AND THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT MAYBE STAFF WILL NEED TO ANSWER AFTERWARD.
I HAD ASKED HER FOR THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION PLAN, THAT'S PART OF THE CIRCUIT OF AMERICAS FORMULA ONE RACE, AND WE GOT BACK, WE GOT BACK JUST ONE PARAGRAPH OVERVIEW.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S MY QUESTION TO STAFF IS
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IS THAT THE COMPLETE TRAFFICKING HUMAN TRAFFICKING PLAN OR IS THAT JUST THE OVERVIEW AND THEY NEGLECTED TO PROVIDE THE REST OF THE MATERIALS? SO I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO HOLD IT UP TODAY, UM, ON CONSENT TO GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN IT AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL REMEMBER.WE DID PASS A COUNCIL RESOLUTION ABOUT REALLY EXPANDING OUR EDUCATION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
UM, ASHLEY RICHARDSON ON MY STAFF HAS ATTENDED SEVERAL SESSIONS, SEVERAL INTENSIVE SESSIONS WITH THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON'S OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN REALLY ADDRESS TRAFFICKING BROADLY AND USE THE RESOURCES THAT WERE CREATED IN HOUSTON.
AND SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THAT WORK MOVE FORWARD AND WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS PLAN IS KIND OF A, A MODEL FOR HOW WE WORK WITH OTHER MAJOR EVENTS WITHIN OUR AREA.
SO IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT STAFF CAN PROVIDE, THAT WOULD BE USEFUL, BUT ALSO MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO FLAG YOU.
AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK THAT RESOLUTION SORT OF HALTED, UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD.
I HAD HOPED I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BRING ANOTHER RESOLUTION ON TOP OF THAT ONE, BUT I, I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT STEP, UM, TO REALLY GET THAT EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OUT.
I WILL SAY SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, UM, I APPRECIATE OUR AIRPORT, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE, THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD POSTER CAMPAIGN GOING ON NOT TO ABOUT TRAFFICKING, UM, BOTH IN TERMS OF WAGE STAFFED, AS WELL AS, UM, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UM, WITHIN, UM, SEX, SEX TRAFFICKING.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR AIRPORT FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR CITY CAN REALLY EXPAND THOSE EFFORTS, UM, MUCH AS HOUSTON.
DOES YOU REMEMBER? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE HAS BEEN ALREADY DISCUSSED, BUT ITEM NUMBER 25 IS ABOUT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT, UM, WILL BE IMPROVED IN DISTRICT DATE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE IN OUR CURRENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM THAT, UM, THE WATER UTILITY IN PUBLIC WORKS ARE BEING VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT REPLACING THAT BEFORE SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND IT BECOMES AN URGENT REPAIR.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS, A HANDFUL OF WHICH ARE IN DISTRICT DATE IN OAK HILL, LOST CREEK MAPLE RUN AND WEST CREEK, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION, I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER BEFORE MOVING THIS FORWARD, BUT I NOTICED THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM, 24, WHERE OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WERE ACCOMPANIED WITH BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AS WELL AS, AS THE PROJECT WAS TAKING PLACE, THERE WAS GOING TO BE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN RECREATING THOSE STREETS IN WAYS THAT ARE, UM, FRIENDLY WITH BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE MAY ALREADY EXIST.
AND SO THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE FOR THESE PROJECTS AND DISTRICT DATE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, STREET SAFETY INITIATIVES AS THIS CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING.
SO I DON'T NEED THAT ANSWER BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH ITEM 25, BUT IT JUST CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AS A REALLY CREATIVE SOLUTION TO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE ONLY GOING ONCE.
WE'RE DOING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AND CREATING THAT CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO ALTER ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF ITEM NUMBER 29.
SO I WON'T GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S HUGELY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR OUR, UM, LAND AREAS AND OUR PARK SPACES TO BE GETTING THIS WILDFIRE RISK RESILIENCE IN PLACE.
NOW I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S, IT'S VERY NECESSARY, ESPECIALLY IN THESE PLACES THAT HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR THIS WILDFIRE MITIGATION.
SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD TODAY.
UM, ITEM 56 IS THE ONE I WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT'S THE M APPROVE A RESOLUTION INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE.
UM, AND I, I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THE ITEM, UH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
UH, ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL IS A STEP FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WON'T BE A SILVER BULLET, UM, TO MEET OUR HOUSING GOALS, BUT AT LEAST IT WILL RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT OUR OUTDATED ZONING RULES HAVE HISTORICALLY SUPPRESSED LOCAL HOUSING SUPPLY BY MAKING THESE RULES LESS EXCLUSIONARY, WE CAN HELP HOME BUILDERS CREATE MORE HOUSING FOR MORE PEOPLE AND MORE PARTS OF TOWN APPROVING THIS ITEM AS A SMALL STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE RULES SUCH AS COMPATIBILITY WILL DILUTE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS CHANGE UNTIL WE STOP TREATING APARTMENT BUILDINGS AS A THREAT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE THE COMPACT AND CONNECTED
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CITY THAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMAGINES, AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER TO SUPPORT OUR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRANSIT INVESTMENTS.AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FALLING SHORT OF OUR HOUSING SUPPLY GOALS THAT WE ADOPTED IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.
SO AGAIN, I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND I AM THANKFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
I HOPE PASS PASSING IT THOUGH.
DOESN'T SOMEHOW DOUSE ANY OF OUR RECENT SENSE OF URGENCY TO TRULY ADDRESS AUSTIN'S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
YOU COULD SEND AGENDAS IN FRONT OF US, UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 66 PULLED OR ITEMS 8 14 44 45 49, 60 62 AND 64.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED THAT UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE.
A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS COLLEAGUES.
FIRST BEGINNING OF JANUARY, WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK MUSIC DURING LUNCHTIME.
UH, SO WE HAVE THAT, UH, PROCLAMATIONS WE'LL MOVE TO FIVE 30, UH, ON THE SCHEDULE, THOSE TWO CHANGES.
AND AS I SAID EARLIER, COLLEAGUES, I, UH, NEED TO LEAVE TODAY OF A SIX, 15 OR SIX 30 FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON DC FOR THE CYBERSECURITY, UM, UH, OVERSIGHT GROUP.
UH, MY HOPE IS BEFORE I LEAVE TO CALL UP SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, THAT I THINK I NEED TO BE HERE FOR WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE FOR, WITH YOUR INDULGENCE.
AND THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 60 62 AND 64, AS WELL AS ITEMS 69 AND 1460 IS THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.
64 IS THE ADU AND 69 AND 14 ARE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT MATTERS.
WE CAN'T CONSIDER THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT MATTERS UNTIL WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION WHATSOEVER.
UM, AND, UM, UM, I WOULD PROPOSE NOW WE CALL THE TWO COMMUNITY PUBLIC, UH, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE THEM.
I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE BEGIN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ONE O'CLOCK AND WE EAT LUNCH WHILE WE'RE BEGINNING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION SO THAT THEY RUN CONCURRENTLY.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT ARE COMING FOR TWO O'CLOCK, THERE'S ONLY ONE DISCUSSION MATTERS TO DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT.
I THINK, UM, MIGHT HAVE 30 MINUTES WORTH OF SPEAKERS FOR THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DECIDE WITH THE, UH, POSTPONEMENT, UH, ISSUE.
UH, BUT IF WE CAN, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE ITEMS SO THAT I CAN BE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS TO GET THOSE DONE.
UH, AND IF THERE'S MORE TIME THAN I'LL BE HERE FOR OTHER ITEMS AS WELL, CATHERINE AND TOBO YEAH, VERY QUICKLY, MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT WE CONSIDER HOW THE MUSIC AT NOON IS IMPACTING MUSICIANS AND WHETHER IT'S, UM, ENCOURAGED WHETHER THAT IS A CONVENIENT TIME FOR THEM TO COME AS WE SWITCH IT FROM FIVE 30 TO THE NOON HOUR.
AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE PROCLAMATIONS MOVING BACK TO FIVE 30.
UM, I DID ALSO WANT TO ASK ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL, ARE WE, IF SOMEBODY COULD TELL US WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE POSTED TO CONSIDER IT ON THE 20TH, THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL AND I'M SORRY, NOT WHETHER WE'RE POSTED, BUT WHETHER IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, THE PROCESSES HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, COMPLETED.
SO AS TO BE ABLE TO POST IN THE STATES BEEN ON MONDAY, UH, WHICH WILL BE THE SEVEN DAYS ADVANCED NOTICE.
SO THE HEARING ON THE 20TH WORKS, UM, UH, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO POSTPONE, UM, AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE DO THAT, AND THAT WOULD OBVIATE THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT THE SUBSTANCES MATTERS TODAY.
UH, BUT I THINK THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM ON THIS THAT WILL DO THANKS.
AND I THINK I WAS SOMEONE WHO URGED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT DIDN'T APPEAR TO NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, OR SHOULDN'T BE DISCUSSED ON THE DIOCESE.
AND I AM NOT SURE, LET ME JUST SAY, GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN A BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH TODAY, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES TODAY.
IF WE ARE TAKING UP THE ISSUE IN A WAY THAT'S BROAD ENOUGH TO PRESERVE OPTIONS FOR US, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY TACKLE THAT EXECUTIVES UNCOMFORTABLE TACKLING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, AT A LATER DATE, AS LONG AS WE'VE PRESERVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT PROPERTY WITHIN.
OKAY, JOEY, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED OF ME.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO ANSWER BACK WHEN, BEFORE COVID TIMES, I BELIEVE THAT WE USED TO HAVE IT IN VACATION BEFORE OUR MEETINGS.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY PLANS TO BRING THAT BACK.
WE HAD MOVED AWAY FROM AN INVOCATION JUST TO A MOMENT OF SILENCE OR REFLECTION AND, UH, BUT I WASN'T GOING TO CERTAINLY PUT AS A WILL ACCOUNT SO WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, UM, NOT TO TAKE UP MORE TIME, BUT, UM, THE, THE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE HERE FOR SOUNDS
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GOOD AS WE TAKE THEM UP, I WOULD SUGGEST WE CONSIDER HOW LONG THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE.I DON'T EXPECT A 60 TO TAKE AS LONG AS THE OTHERS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE COULD TAKE THAT ONE FIRST, SO I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S MY EXPECTATION AS WELL.
UM, UH, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE
[Public Comments (Part 2 of 3)]
GOING TO NOW TAKE THE, UH, UH, NOON PUBLIC SPEAKERS.UH, SO THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT I WOULD, UH, CALL WOULD BE ALEXA, UH, CLAIRE AND CAROL ANN ROSE KENNEDY IS ON DECK.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ALEXIA AND I'M WITH BOTH ADDED PEOPLE, ORGANIZE A DEFENSE OF EARTH AND HER RESOURCES, A GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION BASED IN EAST AUSTIN OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY PROJECT.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE SOME OF OUR FINDINGS AND OUR WORK, THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY MISSION IS TO PROTECT, RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE WILD AND SCENIC STRETCH OF RIVER THAT RUNS FROM LONGHORN DAM TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY LINE IN ORDER TO DO SO.
WE ARE BUILDING A GRASSROOTS LED COALITION, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ADVOCATE FOR A COMMUNITY CENTRIC VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE RIVER CORRIDOR.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE SENT OUT MAILERS HELD ZOOM MEETINGS, GONE DOOR TO DOOR NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE COLORADO, AND TALKED TO COUNTLESS FOLKS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SCIENTISTS AND LAWYERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.
WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS FROM THE IMPACT OF NOISE DUST AND TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH AGGREGATE OPERATIONS AND THE BUILDING OF TESLA TO TRASH DUMPING, WATER, PRIVATIZATION, AND FEAR OF DISPLACEMENT WITH THE NEW WAVES OF GENTRIFICATION FROM HER GOD'S LANE TO AUSTIN'S COLONY AND BEYOND THE WEBER THEY'LL PARK.
WE HAVE SEEN CONTRASTING IMAGES OF PASTORIAL, BEAUTY, AND SHOCKING NEGLECT, A FAMILY OF FOUR SWIMMING JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM SOAPY WATER DISCHARGE, A BALD EAGLE NEST IN A SYCAMORE TREE OVERLOOKING A FILLED IN FORMER GRAVEL PIT, BARELY CONTAINED BY FAILING BERMS, A HERD OF COWS IDLING ON SEVERELY ERODED RIVERBANKS, AN OLD ISLAND OF OLD RUSTY 18 WHEELER TIRES WERE FISHERMEN STILL LIKED TO CAMP.
WE ARE PREPARED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND INJUSTICES ALONG THE RIVER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THESE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE RIVER OF WANT IS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE A CLEAN AND SAFE PLACE FOR THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN TO LIVE, GROW, WORK, AND PLAY.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT.
THE RIVER HAS SUFFERED FROM AGGREGATE MINING EROSION OF THE BANKS AND DUMPING A TRASH, BUT RETAIN SOME OF ITS NATURAL ECOSYSTEM IN MANY AREAS.
HOWEVER, AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS WORSENS, WE HAVE TO CHOICE TO MAKE WHAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THIS CRUCIAL AND BEAUTIFUL NATURAL HABITAT.
TODAY, I INVITE ALL OF Y'ALL AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LONG-TERM PROCESS OF GUIDING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE RIVER CORRIDOR WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE PRIMARY SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH Y'ALL IN THIS COMING NEXT YEAR TO PROTECT THE RIVER.
I WROTE THIS SONG IN 2008 IN MEMORY OF JENNIFER GALE.
OH, IT WAS DARK OUT SILENT NIGHT.
I'LL STILL MAKE THE THREE MINUTES.
I WHOLLY FRY EIGHT OH, ELLIS DOOR THINGS RAW.
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I PLAYED AROUND YOUNG VIRGINS.TAKE MY HAND, YOU KNOW? OH, YOU SLEEP BEING IN HEAVENLY PD, SEES MUSLIMS AND BLACKS, CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.
COME WITH ME, YOU KNOW? OH MY GOD.
COME WITH ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SMILE.
TAKE MY HAND, YOU KNOW? OH, YOU SLEEPING AND THEN ONLY TIME'S UP, RIGHT? IT IS.
[Executive Session]
ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES.UM, UH, IT IS, UH, ALMOST 10 TO ONE AT ONE O'CLOCK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HAS MEMBER TO YOU PULLED ITEM NUMBER 16.
DID YOU HAVE, UH, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANDLE HERE? I DON'T THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT IN FIVE MINUTES, BUT WE PROBABLY CAN HANDLE IT IN 15.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BREAK, UH, QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE AMENDED LANGUAGE OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO DISCUSS IT? I DON'T HAVE AMENDED LANGUAGE.
SO LET'S, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
LET'S TRY TO ACTUALLY BE THERE AT ONE O'CLOCK SHARP TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED COUNSEL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP, UH, UH, THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7.
ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO 14 AND 69, UH, WHICH IS THE TERM PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 4.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED ITEM 72 WHEN WE'RE BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, UH, CATHERINE METOVA WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TIME, IF ANY, TO PUT AGAINST THESE ITEMS. UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION.
NOW LET'S GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, I DON'T, I THINK SO, BUT WE MAY TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE OTHER ONE, SO I YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT HAVE EVERYBODY THERE.
UM, YOU DON'T NEED EVERYBODY THERE.
THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE, WE DON'T NEED THEM FOR WE'LL JUST TALK, YOU KNOW, TIMING.
UM, SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'LL SEE YOU GUYS AT ONE O'CLOCK WHERE EVERY LUNCH WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, WHILE WE WERE, UH, GONE, WE, UH, UH, IN CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION, WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO 14 AND 69.
UM, WE REALLY DIDN'T GET TO THAT, TO THAT MATTER.
UH, BUT WE DID DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 72, ITEM 72.
[Items 14 & 69]
UH, I MOVE, WE POSTPONE ITEMS 14 AND 69 TO SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON DECEMBER 20TH.IS THERE A SECOND TO THE POSTMAN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, A SECOND STAFF? THAT'S BARBARA KELLY.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? I JUST, I STRONGLY FEEL THAT POSTPONING WILL GIVE US, UH, A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC IN THE FUTURE OF, OF THAT TERMS AREA, AND REALLY ALLOW US TO DIG DEEPER INTO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE AND TO GAIN CONSENSUS AMONG THE COUNCIL BODY IN DOING SO IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH TOBO AND, UM, OFF THE, UH, OFF THE DYES, THOSE TWO ITEMS POSTPONE TILL THE 20TH, THAT
[88. C14-2021-0009 - 1725 Toomey - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1725 Toomey Road (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from general commercial services (CS) district zoning to multifamily residence highest density (MF-6) district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence highest density (MF-6) district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: Forwarded to Council without a recommendation to lack of an affirmative vote. Owner/Applicant: 1725 Toomey LLC. Agent: Drenner Group PC (Amanda Swor). City Staff: Kate Clark, 512-974-1237. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning case. District(s): District 5]
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GETS US THEN TO A ZONING.THERE IS ONE DISCUSSION ITEM ON ZONING.
I'M GOING TO CALL THAT ITEM FIRST, LET ONE SPEAKER SPEAK ON EACH SIDE OF THAT POSTPONEMENT, WE'LL TAKE A BOAT.
UH, AND THEN THAT WILL TELL US WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AT THAT POINT.
UH, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, SO THAT SPEAKERS KNOW WHETHER THEY NEED TO SPEAK OR NOT.
SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO JUST BE ON CONSENT AND OTHERWISE TO GET APPROVED.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, UM, ITEM 88 IS THE DISCUSSION.
POSTPONEMENT IS C 14 20 21 0 0 0 9 IS THE CASE OF 1725.
TO ME, WE DO HAVE DANIEL SEWELL, I BELIEVE IS HERE TO SPEAK TO AN INDEFINITE POSTPONE REQUEST.
AND AMANDA SPORE, WHO'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE CASE HAS BEEN POSTPONED EIGHT TIMES THUS FAR ON THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST I BELIEVE BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PREVIOUS REQUESTS WERE BY THE STAFF.
AFTER OUR KITCHEN, UH, MAYOR AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS.
UM, I WILL BE, UH, IT'S MY INTENT TO SUPPORT MOVING THIS ITEM ON FIRST READING.
SO WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GET TO THAT POINT OF SPEAK TO, OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
THE SPEAKER WHO WANTS TO POSTPONE THIS MATTER INDEFINITELY.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN ON DECK WILL BE THE APPLICANT.
UM, REALLY ALL THE TENANTS HERE ON, ON SITE, UM, I'M REPRESENTING A TENANT GROUP.
UM, I'M REPRESENTING ABOUT 17 OF THEM AND WE'RE, WE'RE NO, THERE THERE'S NO LEASE AMENDMENTS.
WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR, UH, ANY PROGRESS BECAUSE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CALL IT BY POSTPONEMENTS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE TIME IS IT IS THE LAST MINUTE, UM, UPDATES TO LIKE, LIKE LEASE AMENDMENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY THAT THIS, THIS JOB, UH, THERE'S A REZONE OF AN OCCUPIED SPACE.
UH, IT WAS BROUGHT ON TO US, UH, BY THE, BY SEEING THE SIGN ON THE, ON THE SITE.
AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S A VERY UNCOMMON PRACTICE WHEN DEALING WITH TENANTS AND IT'S BEEN NOTHING, BUT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AS FAST AS IT CAN GO.
AND SO IF THIS DOES PASS ON FIRST CONSENT, THE, UH, THE, THE OWNER CAN LEGALLY, UH, DO A 30 DAY TO VACATE.
AND SO THERE'S NEW TENANTS THAT ARE JUST SIGNING UP, UH, WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO.
AND WE JUST GOT THEM TO AGREE, TO TELL NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING UP THAT, UH, THERE'S POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THERE'S NO ANSWERS AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET PUSHED, NOT MUCH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FROM, YOU KNOW, LOCAL REPRESENTATION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TENANTS THAT I'M REPRESENTING IS, IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY THIS, THIS PROJECT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT REEKS OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OF TOO MUCH INVOLVEMENT AND, UH, AND THEY'RE SCARED AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
AND SO, UH, SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFICULT TOPICS WITH IT AND A TREE, AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D BE, OBVIOUSLY I'D BE WILLING TO BRING IT DOWN, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT SHOULD BE POSTPONED.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, LEGALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT PASSES ON FIRST READING TOMORROW, IT COULD BE 30 DAYS.
AND THAT I BELIEVE WAS THEIR INTENTION, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BY NOT TELLING US WHEN IT W UH, WHEN THIS REZONE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE SIGNS CAME UP.
AND, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE FACE OF DISPLACEMENT, I THINK, UH, UH, POSTPONEMENT TO AT LEAST ALLOW THE TENANTS AND THE ONES I SPEAK FOR, UH, SOME TIME TO BREATHE AND ALLOW SOME PROPER LEASE AMENDMENTS TO COME IN, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH BOSSA, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE SIGNS OR EXECUTED A TEMPLATE OF A CONTRACT IT'S THEY'RE, THEY'RE BLANKS, AND THEY'RE FROM BOSTON.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, DEBORAH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE END OF SCORE WITH PRINTER GROUP.
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS CASE MOVE FORWARD TODAY.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE OVERALL TENANTS ASSOCIATION.
THERE ARE LEASE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND ARE IN PLACE,
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AND WE HAVE AGREED TO THE REQUESTERS POSTPONEMENT TWO SEPARATE INCIDENCES COUNCIL, AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD TODAY.I THINK THE COUNSELOR MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, UH, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LEASE AGREEMENTS AND THERE ARE, THEY'VE BEEN SIGNED.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THE SPEAKER HAD SAID THAT IF IT, IF IT PASSED TODAY THAT THE CLOCK WOULD START, BUT PASSING ON FIRST READING, IT WOULD STILL COME BACK TO US FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT.
WOULD THIS BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO, I GUESS, IN, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO, AND YOU TELL ME IF THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO WHY I'M OPPOSING THE POSTPONEMENT, UH, AND WHY I WILL, UH, AFTER THAT BE SUPPORTING, MOVING FORWARD ON FIRST READING.
SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE MR. SEWELL, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE, AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE TENANTS WHO LIVE THERE.
NOW, THIS IS A, UM, THIS IS AN OLDER APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE A TENTATIVE LIVED THERE FOR SOME TIME AT THE COST OF LIVING THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND TO ME IS NOT, IS NOT HIGH CONSIDERING WHAT'S AROUND IT.
UH, AND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE IS IT'S BASICALLY A DEMOLITION IN THE BUILDING OF A TALLER, UH, UH, A TALLER, UH, RENTAL COMPLEX.
SO IT'S BEEN A TOUGH ISSUE AND THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATION.
UM, I AM, AND WE HAVE POSTPONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I AM COMFORTABLE OPPOSING THE POSTPONEMENT AND MOVING FORWARD ON FIRST READING, ONLY SUBJECT TO A RANGE OF REQUIREMENTS AND AGREEMENTS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO, THAT I WILL BE READING INTO THE RECORD WHEN I MAKE A MOTION ON TO APPROVE IT ON.
FIRST ON FIRST READING IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, UH, JUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU QUICKLY WHAT THOSE ARE, AND I'LL TALK TO MORE DETAIL LATER, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, AN AGREEMENT AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS CHANGED THEIR APPLICATION TO LIMIT THIS TO 75 FEET, NOT THE ORIGINAL 90 FEET.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO AGREEMENTS IN PLACE RELATED TO, UH, THE LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH THE EXISTING TENANTS, UM, AND AGREEMENTS IN PLACE RELATED TO PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AS WELL AS SOME AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH REGARD TO, UM, WITH REGARD TO SOME, SOME OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, SO I'M SOMEBODY, OR SHOULD I READ ALL OF THOSE RIGHT NOW OR NOT YET? THE READER, WHEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT I WANT TO ASK, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE DYESS TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM 88, HEARING NONE, IT'S GOING TO STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
ON FIRST READING, I WANT THE SPEAKERS TO HEAR, UH, WHAT IS THE, UH, UH, INTENTION ON THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA, UH, IN CASE THEY CHOOSE NOT TO SPEAK.
IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THEIR EVENTS IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED TO ANOTHER DAY.
IF SOMEONE SPOKE TO AN ITEM THAT'S BEING POSTPONED, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE POSTPONEMENT, NOT TO THE MERITS OF THE, UH, OF THE MATTER.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROPOSED MOST MOMENTS FOR TODAY.
THOSE WOULD BE, UM, ITEM NUMBER 79, WHICH HAS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE JANUARY 27TH.
THAT'S THE ROGERS LANE'S CASE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 80 HAS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT BY THE APPLICANT.
THAT'S THE CASE ON NORTH I 35, UM, ITEM 81 HAS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JANUARY 27TH.
THIS IS A CASE ON JEFFERSON ITEM NUMBER 82 AND 83 ARE RELATED.
THEY'RE BOTH THE RAYJEAN ROAD CASES.
THEY BOTH HAVE A POSTPARTUM REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT.
I'M SORRY, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE JANUARY 27TH ITEMS, NUMBER 84 AND 85 OF POSTPONE REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL BECAUSE OUR JANUARY 27TH AND, UM, THOSE COMPLETE THE CASES THAT WE HAVE NON CONTESTED POSTPONEMENTS ON.
SO THE ITEMS YOU'RE GOING TO BE POSTPONED ARE 79, 80 81 82, 83, 84 AND 85.
IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE CASES, YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO THE MERITS TODAY BECAUSE THOSE MATTERS ARE GETTING POSTPONED ON CONSENT.
THE ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT FOR SOME FORM OF APPROVAL
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AND WOULD BE 76, 77, 78, 86, 87, 88, 89 AND 90.UH, AND MARY, I THINK MR. HAD MENTIONED THAT THE NAMES OF SEVERAL OF THOSE STREETS, BUT 84 AND 85 IS GRADING BROWNIE.
I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED UP.
OF COURSE, FOLKS HAVE FULL RIGHT TO SPEAK ON IT, BUT THE INTENT IS TO POSTPONE IT TO JANUARY.
SO THERE COULD BE CONVERSATIONS ON AFFORDABILITY WITH, UH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THE DYESS LAST TIME DECIDED THAT IF PEOPLE SPOKE ON A QUESTION THAT WAS BEING POSTPONED, THEY COULD ONLY SPEAK TO THE POSTPONEMENT, NOT TO THE MERITS.
AND I WAS ASSURED THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD HELP SUPPORT, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, REQUEST.
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UH, SO LET'S SEE WHO WE HAVE, UH, THAT WISHES TO, UH, TO, UH, SPEAK.WOULD YOU CALL THE ONES THAT CALL THEM BOTH, PLEASE? BOTH LISTS.
MARY, DO YOU WANT ME TO START WITH THE REMOTE SPEAKERS? NO.
I STARTED WITH THE ONES THAT ARE HERE, PLEASE.
FIRST IDENTIFYING WHAT, WHICH ITEM THERE'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON.
I HAVE MARIA BOWEN ON ITEM 79.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE QUESTION OF POSTPONEMENT? WHETHER OR NOT THIS CASE SHOULD BE POSTPONED IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE POSTPONED, WHICH MEANS THE MERITS WILL BE DISCUSSED ON A DIFFERENT DAY.
I WAS REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD SUFFICIENT INFORMATION AS TO HOW THIS WHOLE PROCESS WORKS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOTTA BE POSTPONED ON CONSENT.
SO THAT MEANS, I'M SORRY THAT DOESN'T THERE MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK.
SO JUST COME BACK ON THE 27TH, CORRECT.
PREPARED TO GO FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD READING.
HE'S WAIVED AS OFF ITEM 88, WE HAVE DAVID PIPER AND GARY HAMILTON CASES BEING POSTPONED.
DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE POSTPONEMENT? 88, 88? IT'S NOT POSTPONE, I DON'T KNOW, 88 WITH NOT POSTPONE.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOING FIRST READING.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ADA ON THE MERITS, RIGHT? YES.
IT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FIRST READING TODAY.
I'M DAVID PIPER, THE SECRETARY OF THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CASE, UH, WHICH IS, UH, BEHIND CHEWY'S RESTAURANT.
THE CITY NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE CAN GET SO MUCH MORE PUBLIC GOOD OUT OF DEVELOPABLE LAND THAN MF SIX PROJECTS AND UNDERCUT OPTIONS SUCH AS AFFORDABILITY ON LOCKED VMU AND OTHERS.
IF THIS MF SIX REZONING CASE IS APPROVED AND GIVES AWAY THE HEIGHT BONUS, WE SHOULD EXPECT NEW INVESTORS TO FORGO VMU AND SMART HOUSING APPLICATIONS.
IF SIX REZONING WITH MINIMAL AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, WHY WOULD INVESTORS PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABILITY? IF THEY CAN GET INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO INCLUDE VMU OR SMART HOUSING OPTIONS? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR 4 BILLION I'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER BMU AND SMART HOUSING OPTIONS MAY NOT BE A FIT FOR CURRENT OWNER'S PLANS AT 1725.
TO ME, HOWEVER, THE CITY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO FACILITATE SPECULATIVE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS.
IF THEY ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, THIS LANDS UP FOR SALE FOR 33,000,001 ACRE.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS REZONING CASE AND ALLOW BETTER PROJECT TO MERGE.
THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST, OTHER VIABLE, RELATIVELY NEW RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.
LITERALLY NEXT DOOR TO 1725 TO ME WERE BUILT AT 60 FEET.
THERE'S NO GOOD REASON TO GRANT A HEIGHT INCREASE AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH HAS SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE AREA LEAD TO MUCH HIGHER HOUSING PRICES IN THE AFTERMATH AND QUASH.
ANY HOPE FOR VMU OR SMART HOUSING OPTIONS IN BUTLER SHORES.
THIS IS WHY THIS SELLING CASE HAS FAILED TO GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM ANY PREVIOUS BOARD OR COMMISSION.
A HERITAGE PECAN WAS REMOVED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PROPERTY.
ITS REMOVAL FREED UP A SIZABLE SPACE.
THE DSD COVER SHEET FOR TREE REMOVAL APPLICATION HAD THE BOX CHECK THAT STATES THE TREE REMOVAL IS NON-DEVELOPMENT RELATED.
SUBSEQUENTLY THE CITY ARBORIST'S OFFICE STATED IN AN EMAIL THAT THE TREE PERMIT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
IF THEY HAD KNOWN A REZONING REQUEST WAS IMMINENT REGARDING
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THE TENANT'S AGREEMENT WITH THE APPLICANT.THIS REZONING EFFORT HAS BECOME THE TUMI ROAD HOSTAGE CASE.
GIVE ME MY REZONING AND NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO THESE TENANTS.
THE TENANTS DESERVE A BETTER DEAL.
THEY GAVE THEIR FAIR CONSIDERATION IN THE FORM OF NON OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CASE.
IT'S WRONG THAT THE APPLICANT IS PUTTING THE TENANTS IN THE POSITION OF GETTING NOTHING.
UNLESS THE ZONING GOES THROUGH THE TENANTS HAVE NO CONTROL OF THAT, AND HE SHOULD RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THEIR CONSIDERATION OF THE NON OPPOSITION THEY'RE GIVING THE CONTINGENCY OF THE SUCCESSFUL ZONING OUTCOME HAS DIVIDED A TENANCY, TENANTS, CNA, AND MANY OTHERS.
DOES THE SECOND SPEAKER WHEN TO SPEAK? NO.
NEXT SPEAKER IS AN ITEM 89 EUGENE SUTTON.
I'M PRESIDENT OF THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MISSES ON ITEM 89, AGENDA ITEM 89 TIME CONSTRAINTS AND PROCEDURAL ERRORS ON MY PART, OR PREVENTING A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FROM BEING ACHIEVED ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE AGREED TO THE FOUR UNIT ORDINANCE, BUT IT ALSO WISH FOR BINDING AND PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED PLAY.
SO PLACEMENT OF THREE UNITS ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE UNIT ON EAST SIDE TO BE ONE STORY.
THE DESIGNATION OF SF FIVE ALLOWS FOR A SINGLE DRIVEWAY FOR THE UNITS, INITIAL NUMBERS ON THIS 2.5 ACRE SITE WHERE A 10 FLOOD PLAIN ISSUES EXIST ON 1.5 ACRES AND FLOODING IS NOTED BY PETITIONERS ON THE WESTERN PART AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FOUR UNITS MAY AGE, FUTURE CONCERNS, NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST OF THE NEWLY DEVELOPED FOUR UNIT TWO AND A HALF ACRE 1103 MATTHEW'S LANE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD REZONING PROCESSES ARE UNDERGOING ARE ONGOING IN THE AREAS.
OLDER RESIDENTS ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL GAIN ON PROPERTIES RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE ACRES.
A RULE OF THUMB ON BALLOT PETITION GATHERING IS EVOLVED INTO THOSE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE GREATER THAN THE AVERAGE ACREAGE ARE LEAST LIKELY TO SIGN AN OLDER APPROVED DEVELOPMENT OF 231 CONDO SOUTH STONE.
BEGAN CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY HAS AN EXISTING PRIVATE COVENANT ALLOWS FOR SEMI-TRUCK TRAFFIC ON OLDER NARROW UNDEVELOPED ROADWAYS ENTRANCE VIA DITMAR FOR CONSTRUCTION IS AWAITING THE COMPLETION OF A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE OVER SOUTH BULKY CREEK REZONING ISSUES IN THE PAST YEAR INCLUDE 1609 MATTHEWS, SIX TENTHS OF AN ACRE WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OF 10 UNITS, NINE 11 AND NINE 15 DITMAR ONE AND A HALF ACRES INITIAL UNIT REQUEST OF 34.
PETITIONER'S ABOUT THE NUMBER DOWN TO 20 AND TWO ISSUES ON KEEL BORE, WHICH FEEDS INTO MANCHESTER SITE PLANS OF APPROVED FOR 1903 IN 1905 KULE BAR WITH 23 UNITS ON 9, 10, 7 ACRE, AND A CURRENT REZONE ISSUE AT 1905 KULE BAR WITH A 20 UNIT REQUEST ZONING COMMISSIONER KING SPOKE REGARDING DOCUMENTED FLOODING ISSUES ON THESE PROPERTIES.
OUR ASSOCIATION ASSISTED IN THE DITMAR REZONE AS IT ABUTS OUR AREA AND DOCUMENTED FLOODING WAS EXPRESSED BY PETITIONERS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMON THEMES ARE EXACERBATED BY NON-EXISTENT INFRASTRUCTURE, DOCUMENTED FLOODING AND WATERSHED ISSUES.
THERE'S MULTIPLE LARGE AND SMALL RETENTION PONDS SURROUNDING THE AREA AND EXCESSIVE UNIT NUMBER REQUEST BAR DITCHES ARE OUR SOLUTION TO DRAINAGE, TO DEVELOPMENT JUST BEYOND OUR BOUNDARIES APPEARS TO BE NON-REPRESENTATIONAL AND ANY PLAN REZONED SHOULD BE REVIEWED IN THAT CONTEXT.
FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY HANGS INTO DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE CITY NEEDS AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
OKAY, MARY, WE HAVE FIVE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON EITHER ITEM 84, 85, WHICH ARE BOTH BEING POSTPONED.
LET'S FIND OUT IF IT DO WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES AND DO THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON THE QUESTION OF POSTPONEMENT? UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MO MONA KNOLL ON ITEM 84.
UM, YEAH, THIS IS MONA AND I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD POSTPONE.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE AHEAD WITH THE THIRD READING AND MAKE A DECISION.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
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HELLO? YES.I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE POSTPONEMENT AND NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD POSTPONE.
THIS HAS BEEN POSTPONED SEVERAL TIMES.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR OVER NINE MONTHS.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS FOR PROVIDING OVER SAFRA RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CONTINUED BETWEEN OUR REP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNICATION.
WE SPENT OVER NINE MONTHS ON THIS AND ARE STILL BEING IGNORED.
UH, PROPOSING 10% OF THE UNITS AT STAFF RECOMMENDATION EQUALS TO ABOUT FOUR UNITS AT THE APPLICATION REQUESTS AT FULL CAPACITY WOULD BE A MAX OF SEVEN UNITS.
THIS IS LESS THAN 10 UNITS OVERALL.
THIS MAKES ZERO IMPACT TO AFFORDABILITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND DISTRICT MORE RESIDENTS IN THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE DISPLACED AND WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED IN AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE, WE, WE SIMPLY DON'T WANT ANY MORE, UH, POSTPONEMENTS AND WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE VOTED ON AND, UM, HASHED OUT TODAY.
DOES THE NEXT SPEAKER WANT TO SPEAK ON A POSTPONEMENT MONICA GUZMAN ON ITEM 84, 85? EXCUSE ME.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS CASE SHOULD BE POSTPONED? OKAY.
I'M DECLINING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE POSTPONEMENT.
UM, I AM SPEAKING TO REITERATE MY POSITION AND, UH, THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION POSITION OF NON OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BOBBY RIGNEY ON ITEM 88 OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 33 YEARS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR HEARING MY OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CASE AT 1725, TO ME IN BUTLER SHORES, WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS LOCATED BEHIND YOU IS RESTAURANT IN MY YOUTH.
THIS CASE IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR LACK THERE UP.
AND IT'S THROUGH HEIGHT LIMITS, ALLOWING HEIGHT FORDS, CLEARLY SPECULATIVE PROFIT.
THIS IS MY PLEA TO NOT ALLOW THAT VALUE ADDED HEIGHT WITHOUT SITTING FORCE AFFORDABILITY CONDITIONS.
AND I THINK A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AND IS, IS WORKING ON THAT AT THE FIRST READING.
BUT WHAT I'M WANTING IS PLEASE TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS AFFORDABILITY.
AND JUST 10% OF THE UNITS SETTLEMENT SIDE FOR THE 60% IN UP BUYING OR THE OWNER CAN ACTUALLY BE QUITE SATISFIED WITH THEIR EXISTING ZONING.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD TO THIS COUNCIL WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION I NEED TO ADD THE ZONING CASE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF EXACTLY WHAT THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY WAS CREATED TO PROTECT AGAINST AN OVARY TOP BUILDING THAT WOULD LOSE OVER BARTON CREEK.
THE SIX FOOT HIGH ALREADY ALLOWED IS ALREADY TALL DONE WITHIN TOAD.
PLEASE NOTE THIS WATERFRONT OVERLAY HEIGHT LIMIT IS THE LOWER OF 96 FEET OR THE BASE ZONING, WHICH IS 60 FEET.
IN THIS CASE, TWO BUILDINGS IS IN BUTLER STORES HAVE 96 FEET ZONING, BUT THEY ARE BOTH PUD DISTRICTS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM MSX ZONING.
THOSE PDS ARE DIRECTLY ON SOUTH ARC AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS OPEN SPACE MIXED USE PUBLIC ACCESS NEARBY ARDENT PLACE.
COMBOS ARE 75 FEET TALL IN THE REAR, BUT THE OWNERS OF THAT PROJECT TRADED THEIR 15 FOOT OF EXTRA HEIGHT AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING FOR KEEPING THE FRONTAGE ON BARTON SPRINGS ROAD LIMITED TO TWO STORIES.
PART AND PLACE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC USE TRAIL CONNECTING BART SPRINGS ROAD BACK TO THE ROAD.
THESE DEVELOPERS ALSO KICKED IN ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY TO THE MARY LEE FOUNDATION ON SOUTH TAMARA THAT ALLOWED THEM TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND RENOVATE THE FOUNDATION'S ENTIRE CAMPUS.
THE 1725 TUNA CASE APPEARS TO BE PURELY SPECULATIVE ZONING.
IT'S ONE ACRE PROPERTY IS LISTED FOR $32 MILLION IN HOPES THAT THE 50% HEIGHT INCREASE ALLOWED, BUT IN THAT SIX AND THAT'S THE ZONING WOULD ACCELERATE THE PRICE WITH ALL OTHER DEVELOPER PROPERTIES ALONG TUMI ROAD IN BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, SUCH AS SHADY GROVE CON GRO TRAILER COURT, AND THE ICONIC RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE COME TO DEFINE THE AREA BESIDES 227 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE MARY LEE UNION'S ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD IS HOME TO OTHER LARGE DEEPLY
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AFFORDABLE PROJECTS FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AT 1508 SOUTH LAMAR.UH, DUPONT STUDIOS ON SOUTH MARA IS ANOTHER FOUNDATION COMMUNITY THAT SILVER EMBRACES AND PATHWAYS IT'S OAK PLACE.
RICH PLACE WAS RECOGNIZED AND VISITED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF HOUSING THAT IS OF OTHER BMU UNITS AT 60% IN IT BY HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ABANDON WHAT'S WORKING TO KICK OFF AN EXCLUSIVE LUXURY HOUSING.
OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE SPEAKING TO THE REASON TO OPPOSE.
AND I GET BACK TO BALANCE OF ANY OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.
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COLLEAGUES LET'S HANDLE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA HERE.MIRA CONSOLE, JURY RESTAURANT.
AGAIN FROM THE HOUSING PLAN DEPARTMENT, THERE IS ONLY CONSENTED AGENDA TO SAY IS ITEM NUMBER 76, KC 14, 2020 1 0 1 48.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 77, THIS CASE NBA 2020 111.02.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 78 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 1 60.
TO OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 79 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 1 27.
THIS IS POSTPONE REQUESTS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JANUARY 27TH, 2022.
I HAVE NUMBER 80 IS KC 14, 2020 0 1 43.
THIS IS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ITEM NUMBER 81 IS C 14, 2020 100 137.
THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JANUARY 27TH, 2022.
I DIDN'T NUMBER 82 IS NPA 2020 0 0 1 5 0.03.
THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE JANUARY 27TH, 2022, ITEM 83, A C 14, 2020 0 1 50 POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBOR, THE JANUARY 27TH, 2022.
I'M NEVER 84 IS CASE NPA 2020 1 0 0 26 0.01.
THIS IS POSTPONE REQUESTS BY CUSTOMER BECAUSE OUR JANUARY 27TH, 2020 2 86, TO SEE 14, 2020 1 0 0 39.
THIS IS ALSO A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY CUSTOMER BECAUSE ALREADY JANUARY 27TH, 2022, ITEM NUMBER 86 IS NPA 2020 1 0 0 23 0.01 DOT S H.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, ITEM NUMBER 87 IS CASE C 14, 2020 1,133 DOT S H.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM NUMBER 88, THIS CASE C 14, 2020 1 0 0 0 9.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING AND CUSTOMER KITCHEN.
DID YOU WANT ME TO READ THOSE CONDITIONS OR WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THEM AGAIN? SHOULD I DO THAT NOW? MAYOR, I HAVE A LONG LIST.
UH, WHY DON'T YOU START WITH YOURS, JERRY, AND THEN I WILL READ THE REST OF THEM.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT, A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
THE SECOND ONE IS A RESTRICTION ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UM, I WILL HAVE TO BE WORKING WITH A LOT DEPARTMENT ON THAT BEFORE WE COME BACK FOR A SECOND AND THIRD READING BECAUSE OF SOME LEGAL ISSUES THERE.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS THE DESIRE TO HAVE, UH, SOME PUBLIC AMENITIES, UM, NEAR THE TRAILHEAD ON THE PROPERTY WHERE IT ABUTS THE NEW TRAIL HEAD ON LADY, BIRD LAKE.
AND AGAIN, I'LL BE WORKING WITH A LOT DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT ONE.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A RESTRICTION AS MUCH AS IT'S AN ADDITION.
SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
UH, SO, UM, COLLEAGUES, THERE'S BASICALLY THREE BUCKETS OF AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED ON THAT ALLOWS US TO, OR ALLOWS ME TO AGREE TO GO FORWARD ON FIRST READING ONLY THE FIRST BUCKET IS THE ONES THAT JERRY JUST REALLY READ OUT.
AND THAT IS A MAXIMUM OF 75 FEET, A PROHIBITION ON STRS.
SO NO STRS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK OUT ON HOW THAT'S, HOW THAT'S CAPTURED.
THE THIRD ONE IS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE VEGETATIVE BUFFER, UH, IN THE AREA, ALONG TO ME, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, THAT IS THE AREA ALONG TO ME ROAD, RIGHT AT THE CORNER WAS STIR ZIG, WHICH MEANS IT IS LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE, FROM WHERE THE TRAIL IS.
SO THE CONCEPT HERE IS TO ALLOW FOR AN AREA THAT THE PUBLIC CAN USE.
THAT'S A GREEN SPACE AREA THAT PRESERVES THOSE PECANS, THREES, THEIRS, AND, UH, REALLY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVATES AND SUPPORTS THE LADYBIRD TRAIL, TRA UH, LADY BIRD, LAKE TRAIL HEAD, OR THAT MAY BE ACTIVATED AS A LANDSCAPED AREA, PRESERVING THE EXISTING TREES AND PROVIDING NEW VEGETATION.
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SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON HOW THAT LANGUAGE IS CAPTURED.SO THAT'S ONE BUCKET OF THE THREE BUCKETS OF THE AGREEMENTS.
THE OTHER TWO BUCKETS ARE, UM, IN RELATION, BOTH OF THEM ARE RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE, UM, OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE TENANTS, UH, THE EXISTING TENANTS.
SO FIRST OFF WITH REGARD TO MOVING FORWARD AROUND AFFORDABILITY, THESE WILL, THESE WILL BE CAPTURED IN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT WILL BE ENFORCED THROUGH HOMEBASE.
UM, AND THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WILL BE SIGNED BEFORE SECOND AND THIRD READING.
AND LET ME JUST MAKE IT CLEAR.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS ON SECOND AND THIRD READING AND LESSON UNTIL THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS, UH, OR LESSON UNTIL THOSE THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE CARRIED THROUGH.
SO, SO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT FOR THIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS A RESERVATION OF 15% OF RENTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT UP TO 80% MFI FOR A PERIOD OF 40 YEARS.
AND, AND, UM, WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A MIX OF THOSE BEING FAMILY FRIENDLY.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO PRESERVE THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT NOW EXIST AT THIS SITE.
UH, THIS IS A SITE WHERE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING AT THIS SITE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE UNDER MARKET RATE.
UM, SO THAT'S TO PRESERVE THAT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS WILL BE RENTAL UNITS.
THERE ARE ALSO REQUIREMENTS AROUND OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS OF A 5% AT UP TO 80% MFI.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A RIDER RETURN FOR THE CURRENT, UM, BARTON TENANTS.
UH, THERE'S AN MOU THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT IN THE BARTON, UH, TENANTS THAT LAY OUT THE RIGHT OF RETURN.
UH, THERE'S ALSO NOTIFICATION THAT'S OCCURRED AND CONTINUING TO OCCUR, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, THE PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE'S ALSO, THERE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT A LEASE AGREEMENT.
THE APPLICANT HAS SIGNED LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH THE EXISTING TENANTS AND TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ENCOMPASS, THEY ENCOMPASS A RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR VARIOUS THINGS THAT TOTALS $2,750.
UH, THE OTHER COMPONENT IS A 10% CAP ON RENTS GOING UP EACH YEAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
THERE'S ALSO NO RENT FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION.
AND I ALREADY MENTIONED THE RIGHT OF RETURN.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER, UM, ASSOCIATED KINDS OF, UM, ASPECTS OF THAT AGREEMENT, BUT THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY ASPECTS OF IT, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, AND THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED TO ME ROAD BEFORE WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, TIMMY ROAD IS ONE OF THOSE ROADS THAT IS, UM, IT'S GETTING A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UM, IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.
AND SO THE, UH, RESIDENTS ALONG TO ME ROAD RIGHT NOW, PRIMARILY BARTON PLACE OR INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO TALK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS, AS THE APPLICANTS ON WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, TRAFFIC ISSUES ON THE ROAD.
SO, UM, SO IN CLOSING TO ALL THAT, I WANT TO JUST SAY, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS HAS BEEN, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE.
YOU HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT THINGS WERE HANDLED, UH, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT TENANTS FEELING LIKE THEY WERE, UM, BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
YOU HEARD ABOUT CONCERNS RELATED TO TREE REMOVAL.
UH, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A GREATER LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAN WE WOULD HAVE UNDER VMU A GREATER LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY.
UM, THEN, THEN THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, TO ASK FOR UNDER VEE, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
SO I FEEL LIKE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE TENANT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE THAT WERE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE TENANTS AND THE APPLICANT.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE THE COMBINATION OF THE 15% LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT'S DESIGNED TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING, UH, AFFORDABILITY THERE, UH, COMBINED WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, A WARRANT MOVING FORWARD ON FIRST READING.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, IF THESE DO NOT, UM, MATERIALIZE IN A SIGNED ENFORCEABLE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THEN I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT ON SECOND AND THIRD, THE CONSENT AGENDA COLLEAGUES
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IS ITEM 76 THROUGH 89.I'M GOING TO CALL 98 SEPARATELY IN JUST A MOMENT.
MAYOR, IF I COULD READ IT UNITE IN REAL QUICK, OKAY.
WE STOPPED AT ADA 88, 89 IS CASE C 14 IN 2020 0 1 21.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR A CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.
WE'LL GET BACK TO 90 AFTER WE DO 45.
COULD I COME IN ON THAT ONE ALSO? OKAY.
THAT'S ONE THAT YOU ALL MAY RECALL.
THAT'S ALSO THE DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, WE PASSED IT ON FIRST READING, UH, WITH A LIMITATION TO FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
SO THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN THE ORDINANCE.
UH, WE ALSO, UM, LET'S SEE, SORRY.
W WE ALSO, UM, THERE WAS ALSO, WE PASS IT ON FIRST READING IN AND ASKED TO, UH, TO MOVE SECOND AND THIRD TO THIS TIME, BECAUSE THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT HAS NOT PANNED OUT.
UH, BUT THE, UH, APPLICANT DID AGREE TO TWO OF THE THREE REQUEST, UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS FOR SINGLE DRIVEWAY.
THE OTHER ONE IS FOR, UM, A LIMITATION ON STRS.
AND SO, UM, SO, UH, MY EXPECTATION IS I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THOSE TWO ITEMS HAD BEEN AGREED TO BY THE APPLICANT.
WE HAVE THE CONSENT ITEMS, WHICH ARE, UH, UH, HERE ON ZONING ITEMS, UH, 76 THROUGH 89.
IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT'S BEEN WENT? THIS MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSE ANANYMOUS ON THE DYES.
[Items 44 (Part 1 of 2) & 90 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONSIDER TWO ITEMS, UH, ITEM 44 AND ITEM NUMBER 90, THIS RELATED TO THE PILOT KNOB.UH, WE'VE HAD NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AND HEARING.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER WENT? THIS MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THESE TWO ITEMS COUNTS MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
CAN I TALK ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT AND COLLEAGUES.
I HAVE, UM, A MOTION SHEET ON THE TABLE THAT SHOULD BE PASSED OUT TO EVERYONE.
UM, DO I READ THE LANGUAGE FIRST OR I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S HOLD OFF ON THIS ITEM AND LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 64 AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM 90 AND THE LIKE, OKAY.
[64. Approve a resolution relating to policies and programs that encourage affordable housing development and preservation, and to financial opportunities and regulatory options that may encourage or facilitate the development of accessory dwellings; and initiating amendments to Title 25 (Land Development Code) relating to accessory dwellings. Sponsors: Council Member Kathie Tovo, Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Alison Alter, Council Member Leslie Pool, and Council Member Ann Kitchen]
ALL RIGHT.UM, THIS IS THE, AND I'M SORRY, 44.
WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP THE ITEMS THAT I NEED TO BE HERE FOR.
CAUSE YOU COULD PASS THE PAD ITEMS WITHOUT ME HERE.
SO I'M GONNA LET THAT ONE GO IN CASE I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT.
LET'S CALL UP THE ADU ITEMS, ITEM 64 COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND MAYOR.
UM, WE STILL HAVE TO CLOSE OUT THE HFC AGENDA.
SO MAYOR I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE VERSION THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, THE VERSION OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING.
DID THAT VERSION OF A NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IT TOO? I THINK.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION COUNSEL OR POOL SECONDS THAT MOTION, UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO THIS.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER KOBO THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU MAYOR? I, I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO REALLY CAREFULLY LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.
UM, THOUGH I DID, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY SKIN, ALL OF THEM, I WOULD SUGGEST.
SO WHY DON'T I, WHY DON'T I LAY OUT? UM, JUST A, A QUICK SUMMARY OF THIS.
I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY.
WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING TO, AS WE CAN THOUGH, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BE IN CONTROVERSY IF WE CAN.
SO IF YOU COULD LAY IT OUT REALLY QUICKLY, MY PREFERENCE, LET ME SAY, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS RESOLUTION DOES PROVIDE, UH, DOES, DOES RESPOND TO SOME OF THE, THE COMMUNITY REQUESTS THAT WE HEARD TO EXPAND THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN SINGLE FAMILY CATEGORIES THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR THOSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AMPLE TIME DURING OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THERE WAS NOT WHAT I WOULD REGARD AS A COMMUNITY CONSENSUS AROUND SOME ELEMENTS OF IT, INCLUDING PARKING REQUIRE PARKING WAIVERS OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
AND SOME OF THE MORE, UM, SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS THAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE TABLE TO LATER.
UM, BUT, BUT THERE DID SEEM TO BE STRONG SUPPORT FOR ALLOWING FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND CATEGORIES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY ALLOW THEM.
THERE ALSO WAS, UH, WE'VE WE'VE ALSO BENEFITED FROM SOME RESEARCH SUGGESTING THAT REALLY THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
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TO BUILDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IS ACCESS TO CAPITAL.AND SO WHEN I BROUGHT FORWARD THE RESOLUTION, I THINK IT WAS LAST SPRING THAT THAT ASKED OUR STAFF TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS.
UM, THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT.
SO THIS RESOLUTION ALSO DIRECTS FURTHER ACTION IN THAT REGARD.
IT, IT INITIATE THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP, UM, SOME FINANCIAL INCENTIVES THROUGH OUR CHAPTER THREE 80 POLICY THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR AN ACCESS PROVIDE FOR, UM, SOME ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE INCOME.
AND YOU'LL SEE, AS THE LAST VIET RESOLVED, REALLY WHAT IS WHAT I WOULD REGARD AS A PLACEHOLDER, WHICH IS ENGAGING.
IT DIRECTS THE MANAGER TO ENGAGE FINANCING ENTITIES, TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIRD-PARTY LOANS.
THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WAS DIRECTED IN THAT INITIAL RESOLUTION.
WE GOT BACK, UM, SOME INFORMATION FROM STAFF SUGGESTING THAT THERE, THERE ARE NOT ANY IMMEDIATE ANSWERS TO THAT PARTICULAR CONCERN IN JANUARY, I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD PROBABLY JANUARY, POSSIBLY EARLY FEBRUARY, A SUBSEQUENT IFC, EXPRESSING SOME IDEAS, LAYING OUT SOME SPECIFIC IDEAS, UH, THAT THE CITY COULD ENTERTAIN THAT I THINK WOULD, WOULD ADDRESS BOTH THIS ISSUE OF PUTTING INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE THIRD-PARTY LENDERS THAT ARE INTERESTED, BUT ALSO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED BY THE GREATER AUSTIN HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN HAVING THE CITY TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN CONNECTING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH LOCAL LENDERS.
AND SO I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JOIN THOSE IN, IN ONE PROGRAM AND I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD AN ISD THAT DOES THAT.
SO IT'S IN THIS RESOLUTION, BUT I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE WORK.
WE'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF FEEDBACK ON DIFFERENT THINGS.
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE US TO CONTEMPLATE WITH REGARD TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
I THINK ONE CONCERN I'VE HEARD IS THAT THIS DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE IT TO.
UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE.
I WOULD SUGGEST THE APPROACH I'VE TAKEN HERE IS TO DO WHAT IS WITHIN TO DO, TO DO TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD ACTIONS TODAY, WHERE I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND A COUNCIL CONSENSUS TO DO SO.
IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE THE ONLY THING WE EVER DO WITH REGARD TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, AS I INDICATED, I'M COMING BACK AT ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS WITH SOME FURTHER ACTION RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND I THINK THERE ARE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE REMAINING TO BE HAD SOME OF WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED, UM, MIGHT WORK REALLY WELL AND THERE MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FOR IT IF WE CAN.
A LOT OF IT HINGES ON HOW CAREFULLY WE ARE ABLE TO OUR CITY STAFF ARE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME PROVISIONS THAT REALLY PROTECT THAT REALLY MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT PRIMARY STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE PRESERVED.
THEN I THINK WE ARE ABLE, I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE OTHER MEASURES THAT, THAT, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SOME OTHERS HAVE SUGGESTED AT THE MOMENT, I STILL HAVE CONCERNS.
AND I THINK OTHERS DUE TO THAT CHANGING LOT SIZE, UM, GOING DOWN AND LOT SIZE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT OF, OF LOWERING HOUSING COSTS.
IN FACT, IT DRIVES THOSE COSTS UP.
AND SO A LOT DEPENDS ON THAT PRESERVATION ON THOSE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT IN THE NATURE OF BOTH IN, IN, OUT OF CONCERN ABOUT OUR TIMING HERE TODAY, BUT ALSO, UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT, WHAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT IN OUR HOUSING CONVERSATIONS LAST WEEK, AN INTEREST IN REALLY MOVING FORWARD, WHERE WE HAVE CONSENSUS AND TRYING TO KEEP THE DIALOGUE PRODUCTIVE, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DON'T GET MIRED DOWN IN SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER.
LSU HAD SUGGESTED ONE THAT WAS A ONE WORDING CHANGE.
I THINK, I THINK IT HAS ALREADY NOW REFLECTED IN, IN THE VERSION THAT I HANDED OUT THIS MORNING TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHAT WE ARE ASKING STAFF TO DO IS TO COME BACK TO US WITH A, WITH A STREAMLINED DEFINITION THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
SO IF YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT ONE, I THINK YOU'LL, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT CONCERN.
I WILL JUST SAY I HAVE SEEN THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO I WILL JUST WITHDRAW MY AMENDMENT SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING ALONG.
I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOW.
I APPRECIATE YOU SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, UH, THE, THE WORK SESSION OF THE DAY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE THINGS WE COULD GET NINE VOTES ON.
OBVIOUSLY I'D LIKE FOR US TO GO FURTHER THAN
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THIS.I THINK THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO MYSELF, INCLUDED OTHER POSSIBILITIES TO EXPAND ON THIS, BUT, AND I'M READY TO CALL ANOTHER WORK SESSION FOR US TO, TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE IDEAS AS WE DID LAST WEEK, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS TODAY.
AND AS I HAD COMMITTED, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAS A NINE VOTES, UH, IN SUPPORT TODAY.
UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS PROCESS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE MOVE FORWARD IN A CONSENSUS KIND OF WAY AS WE, AS WE DISCUSSED.
SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 64, UH, ANY AMENDMENTS OR DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR OKAY, MARY, UM, AS WE'VE JUST REALLY BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY, I HAD SOME CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS, BUT OUT OF THE SPIRIT OF SPEEDING THIS UP, AND THEN ALSO NOT GETTING TOO DEEP INTO THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS AN INITIATING STEP.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF POTENTIALLY I COULD VOICE MY TWO QUESTIONS HERE.
AND IF THE SPONSOR AND THE MANAGER UNDERSTOOD SORT OF MY CLARIFYING POINTS, WE, I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE TO DO AMENDMENTS IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, BUT, BUT ONE POINT WAS JUST THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ADD, UH, 80 USE, BUT THE GOAL OF WHAT WE WOULD BE GETTING BACK HERE WOULD NOT BE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ANYONE WERE ABLE TO HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THE POINT WOULD BE PRIMARILY TO MAKE IT SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER THAT THE UNITS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD, THAT YOU COULD BUILD THEM, BUT WE WOULDN'T WANT THE UNINTENTIONAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE TO BE THAT ULTIMATELY, AND A PLACE YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO ANY LESS.
OUR GOAL IS TO ADD, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ADD MORE HOUSING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE SPONSORS AND CO-SPONSORS SORT OF, UM, ULTIMATE INTENT SO THAT THE MANAGER COULD KNOW AS THEY CRAFT THIS, THAT THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE HEADED.
SO I THINK THE SCENARIO YOU'RE DESCRIBING OR THAT YOU WAS IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND AS YOU, AS WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT INVOLVES THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
WE DESCRIBED THE OTHER DAY IN THE WORK SESSION WHERE, UH, A SINGLE FAMILY THREE LOT THAT IS 15,000 SQUARE FEET CAN HAVE A GUEST HOUSE IN A, AND ALSO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
UM, HAVING WRESTLED WITH THAT A BIT, I AM NOT SURE WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER EXAMPLES MIGHT FALL WITHIN THAT MY GUESS IS IF THAT'S THE ONLY SCENARIO THAT IS, UH, IF THAT, IF THOSE LOTS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE CAPTURED BY THAT KIND OF PEACE, THAT THERE, THAT THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, STRONG AGREEMENT TO, TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT ARE GOING TO FALL WITHIN THAT, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE STRUCTURED THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HAVE THE MANAGER COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH LAYING OUT ALL THE OPTIONS, NOT JUST THOSE THAT RESULT IN THE SAME NUMBER, WHICH IN THAT CASE WOULD BE THREE.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE NEED THAT INFORMATION LAID OUT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON SINGLE FAMILY, THREE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, SO THAT THERE ARE NOT SURPRISES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF EMAIL OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH CODE AMENDMENTS AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE A SIGNIFICANT, UM, NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ASKED US NOT TO, WITHOUT THEIR DIRECT INPUT.
AND SO I, UM, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT THAT INFORMATION CLEARLY FOR PEOPLE BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION WITH REGARD TO SINGLE FAMILY THREE, AND WHAT HAPPENS ONCE WE ELIMINATE DISTINCTIONS AMONG THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND SO I WENT, I WENT ALL OF THE OPTIONS, BOTH THOSE THAT PRESERVE THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS, WHICH IN SOME CASES ON SINGLE FAMILY, THREE WOULD BE THREE UNITS THOUGH.
THOSE ARE NOT AT THE MOMENT THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THOSE ARE, ARE NOT THREE UNITS, UH, THAT A HOMEOWNER OR A PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO RENT.
SO BY PASSING THIS, WE COULD HAVE OPTIONS BEFORE US WHERE THE NUMBER OF UNITS GO AT IS ALLOWED ON A PROPERTY.
IT GOES DOWNWARD, I GUESS IT COULD ALSO HAVE THE OPTION WHERE THE PROPERTY UNITS GO UP, UH, AS WELL.
I MEAN, I'M, I READ THIS TO THE MAIN THRUST OF THIS IS TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT IN SF ONE IN SF TWO AREAS THAT ARE BASICALLY A PRESERVATION ISSUE.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
I MEAN, ON SR, I THINK IT WOULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE YOUR, IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T DECREASE IT.
IT'S PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPTION THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY INITIATING THE AMENDMENT IN SINGLE FAMILY.
THREE, WE'RE NOT INITIATING ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN INFORMATION REQUEST.
MY POINT IN SF ONE IN SF TWO, THE FIRST SECTION, THAT'S THE ACTUAL EYES PART OR ASKING TO INITIATE ACTION TO BE DONE, THAT DOESN'T RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF UNITS.
THEN THERE'S A NEXT BE RESOLVED CLAUSE THAT TALKS
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TO .AND IT'S JUST ASKING STAFF TO COME BACK AND EVALUATE WHETHER THOSE POSITION PROVISIONS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO SF THREE, BUT WE'RE NOT INITIATING ANYTHING IN SF THREE.
AT THIS POINT, I REALLY SUPPORT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESERVATION BONUS ITEM.
I THINK IT IS REALLY A, A PLACE WHERE THERE'S BROAD CONSENSUS.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON IT.
I THINK THE IDEA OF THERE BEING MORE UNITS WHILE YOU PRESERVE THE FRONT HOUSE AND WHERE THE BONUS FUNCTIONS, WHERE YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE HOUSE DOWN TO THE STUDS, BUT YOU ACTUALLY REALLY ARE KEEPING THE FRONT HOUSE IS SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE BROAD AGREEMENT AND HAVING A BONUS OR INCENTIVE FOR THAT, I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
SO I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT WHERE I'M UNCOMFORTABLE AND I'VE HAD POSTED THE AMENDMENT THINKING THAT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR WAS THAT THE OTHER OPTION THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO US WOULD EITHER ADD HOUSING OR MAKE IT EASIER TO ADD THE HOUSING THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST MAKING IT EASIER TO HAVE THE HOUSING YOU'RE ENTITLED TO.
I AM CONCERNED, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO VOTE NOW.
SO I MIGHT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS ALLOWED ON A LOT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, AND SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS PART OF, I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW THAT I WOULDN'T PROPOSE, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON THAT AT ALL.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THEM TO COME TO US WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
AND ARE WE TAKING, ARE WE NOT TAKING ACTION THAT SAYS TO START CODE AMENDMENTS, THAT WOULD COLLAPSE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE DOING IT, WE'RE DOING IT IN A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
SO NO WE'RE NOT INITIATING ANY CODE AMENDMENTS, RIGHT? TO COLLAPSE THE DEFINITION.
WE'RE ASKING THE MANAGER TO COME BACK TO US BY FEBRUARY OUTLINING WHAT THOSE DEFICIENT DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE AND HOW THEY WOULD IMPACT BOTH THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE ALLOWED AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF STRUCTURES, WHICH WILL BE DIFFERENT, UNDERSTOOD ON DIFFERENT ON DIFFERENT SIZED, SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS.
SO WITH, I MEAN, THAT PIECE IS STRICTLY A COME BACK TO US, OUTLINING MULTIPLE OPTIONS.
AND SO SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT HE PRESENTS MAY WELL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF, OF UNITS, BUT WE AREN'T INITIATING ANY CODE AMENDMENTS TO DO SO WE ARE NOT INITIATING ANY CODE AMENDMENTS TO DO SO.
AND I WOULD JUST, BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR DOWN THE PATH, SEVERAL TIMES NOW IT'S BEEN STICK STATED THAT WE'RE NOT THE HOUSING AND SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO, AND I WANT TO BE EXTREMELY CLEAR WE'RE INITIATING CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD INCREASE.
SO I THINK THE LANGUAGE WE'RE USING IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, WE ARE INITIATING TO THE EXTENT WHAT WE ARE INITIATING IS LIMITED TO THE CHAPTER THREE 80 SF ONE AND TWO WE'RE INITIATING SF ONE AND TWO WE'RE INITIATING PRESERVATION BONUS AND SF ONE AND TWO.
AND THEN WE WERE TAKING A LOOK AT COLLAPSING OR CHANGING A FEW CATEGORIES IT, WHICH WOULD BE ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, RIGHT? AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS COULD RESULT IN FEWER UNITS BEING ALLOWED THAN ARE ALLOWED TODAY.
SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS MAY RESULT IN THE SAME AMOUNT.
SOME OF THEM MAY RESULT IN MORE AMOUNTS.
THAT'S THE IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY ENTITLEMENTS, HOWEVER, RIGHT.
I MEAN, IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS AT LANE, BUT SINGLE FAMILY, I MEAN, IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY ENTITLEMENTS TO RENT OUT PLACES THAT PROBABLY, BUT TH THE DIRECT QUESTION ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION THAT CATHERINE WERE KASAR WAS ASKING IS THE ONLY THING WE'RE INITIATING IS SF ONE, UH, WHERE WE'RE ADDING UNITS.
THAT WAS THE FIRST RESOLVE CLAUSE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
THAT'S THE 1, 2, 3 FOURTH RESOLVE CLAUSE THAT JUST ASKS FOR INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE APPLIED THAT TO SF THREE, AND ALSO ASKING THAT IT TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE IMPACT ON THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON SF THREE AND ON, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGER'S GOING TO GO AND DO THIS WORK.
AND WE JUST WANT THEM TO HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT OUT OF THIS WORK AND MY SENSE, AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
IF THE STRONG SENSE HERE IS THAT WE'RE SENDING THE MANAGER TO DO IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ADD MORE UNITS ON THE LOT.
UM, AND THAT IT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ONE IS ALLOWED TO BUILD ON.
YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS, THE SAME WAY SOMEONE WOULD LOOK AT MAKING A SMALLER LOT SIZE OR REDUCING PARKING.
THERE MAY VERY WELL BE PEOPLE ON THE DICE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE, BUT AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION TO DO THAT.
I WOULDN'T SUPPORT ACTION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
SO IF WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN A WORLD WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND CONSENSUS, THERE WOULDN'T BE CONSENSUS FOR THE SCENARIO THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY ON THE DIOCESE
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AT ANY POINT EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENTITLED ON ANY, ON ANY TRACT, IN ANY CATEGORY.I THINK, I THINK HE MEANT TO, AND HE SAID, TIE US ON HIM.
I THINK HE SAID, DIAS ON ACCIDENT THERE.
SO TO THAT END, THE ONLY THING WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
SO, SO I THINK THE QUESTION THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE RAISED IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO, TO, TO RAISE AND, AND, AND DISCUSS NOTHING HERE IS GOING TO REMOVE OR INITIATE THE REDUCTION OF ANYONE'S ENTITLEMENTS, CORRECT COUNTS OVER TOTAL COUNTS.
REMEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I THINK OF WHAT I'VE DECIDED TO DO.
MY STAFF AND I HAVE DECIDED TO DO IS BRING BACK AN IFC THAT REALLY ADDRESSES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE THINK ARE MISSING.
UM, THAT SAID THOUGH, I VERY MUCH THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF CONSENSUS AND EXPEDIENCY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER DOING THE SAME.
THAT SAID, THOUGH, I REALLY THINK THAT THE AUTHOR OF THIS, UM, ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
ESSENTIALLY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS AVOID A LOT OF MY DISTRICT, ONE RESIDENTS, NOT HAVING ACCESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUBSTANDARD LAWS BECAUSE OF THE DRIVEWAY REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT SPECIFICALLY AFFECT VERY UNIQUE POCKETS.
UM, BUT I THINK THESE ITEMS WILL HELP TO RELIEVE IN WHICH CASE, UM, IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE WE CAN, I CAN BRING THAT ITEM FORWARD AND I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT IT.
AND IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION ON THESE KINDS OF ITEMS, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
THERE'S A MOTION IN FRONT OF US.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? SHE WOULD CALL THEM JUST VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA SAID.
THE MAYOR SAID ALSO THAT THERE IS NO INTENT HERE OR ACTION HERE THAT WE WERE TAKING TODAY.
AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR IT, UM, IN THE WRONG WAY, NOBODY ON THIS DIES.
AND THERE WAS NO INTENT IN WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS, UM, RESOLUTION THAT REDUCES THE ENTITLEMENTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HELIS YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE HERE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MY, IT WAS, IT WAS NOT MY READ OF THIS.
THAT THAT WAS THE POINT OF IT.
I JUST HAD A SENTENCE TO MAKE THAT EXTRA CLEAR AND TO SORT OF AVOID AMENDMENTS.
I WANTED THAT REITERATED BY MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE.
SO MANAGER, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY CLEAR TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THAT THE GOAL IS, IS TO ADD MORE HOUSING OR MAKE IT EASIER TO ADD THE HOUSING YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ADD, OR THE REACH OF THE HOUSING THAT CAN BE DONE.
COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS ECHO APPRECIATION FOR BRINGING THE TOPIC UP JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT THIS IS AN EXERCISE ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING ADS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS WITHOUT INADVERTENTLY HAVING IMPACTS THAT NO ONE HERE IS, IS TRYING TO DO TODAY.
SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE US BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY BEING AN ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD JUST KEEP ON OUR MIND, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WILL COME BACK TO US.
TOVO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND HER MANY RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO ADS, WHICH I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, OVER THE YEARS TO CO-SPONSOR YOUR WORK, AS WELL AS WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA ON THE FAMILY HOME SET INITIATIVE.
I WANT TO JUST, I WANT TO REITERATE A POINT THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO MADE EARLIER THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR AFFORDABILITY CONVERSATION, SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR SOME OF US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU PRESERVE THE HOUSES SO THAT WHEN YOU ALLOW THE, TO USE YOU, DON'T INCENTIVIZE DEMOLITION AT THE SAME TIME IS REALLY A KEY PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE BEFORE WE CAN CONSIDER ADDING MORE DENSITY AND MAKING SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
UM, WE DID NOT SUCCEED IN THE DRAFT THAT WE HAD BEFORE US BEFORE AND COMING UP WITH A REAL PRESERVATION INCENTIVE.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE WAYS FORWARD THAT WE COULD DO THAT.
AND THEN IF WE COULD DO THAT, WE COULD OPEN UP A LOT OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES FOR FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS FOR 80 USE.
BUT WHEN WE ADD EVERY BELL AND WHISTLE TO EVERYTHING, WE DON'T SOLVE A CORE PROBLEM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS OF CONCERN.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PROBLEM I WOULD SAY IN HERE AND THERE, THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT, BUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A CONCERN IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THE 80 YEARS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST CREATE SDRS
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THAT ARE USED, UM, IN CERTAIN WAYS THERE ARE SOME STRS THAT ARE USED TO HELP PEOPLE STAY AT HOME.AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER, OTHER KINDS OF SITUATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH SOME OF THE INVESTORS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO WE NEED, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES LEGALLY AND IN OUR SETUP.
AND ONCE WE CAN FIGURE OUT CLEAR MECHANISMS TO DO THAT, THEN WE CAN CONSIDER A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, BEEN BROUGHT UP.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOTTEN LOST IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS IS THAT EACH OF US ARE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THAT IS JUST AS YOU HAVE A CONCERN MAYOR PRO TEM ABOUT THE SIZE OF LOTS THAT YOU FEEL REALLY STRONGLY, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OTHERS HAVE THESE OTHER THINGS.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PRESERVATION.
I'M JUST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, UM, BEEN SOMETHING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING, THIS, THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OF THOSE OF US WHO WERE CO-SPONSORING, THAT HAS BECOME MORE CLEAR.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND, UM, AS WE'RE TRYING TO COME TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD ON THINGS WHERE THERE'S CONSENSUS, SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE RESOLVED FOR US TO GET TO THE OTHER PIECES EFFECTIVELY AND AT THE LEVEL SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME WITH US ON THIS JOURNEY.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON 64 OF THOSE IN FAVOR 64, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAL 64 PASSES COLLEAGUES.
I'M, AS I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE STAFF ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, ITEM HERE MOMENTARILY.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE LONG FOR US TO PASS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THE DIRECTION THAT I PROPOSE.
SO I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS POINT, UH, HERE AT, UH, 4 48 ON DECEMBER 9TH, 21.
[Austin Housing Finance Corporation]
I AM GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.DO WE HAVE STAFF HERE FOR THAT? OKAY, GOOD.
I BROUGHT A CONVENIENT ALSO HAS YOUR FINANCE CORPORATION HERE ON THIS RIG.
I WANTED TO RECONVENE THE MEETING.
WE WERE IN RECESS HAPPENING TAKING SPEAKERS, UH, UH, EARLIER.
UM, WHAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MANDY DEMAYO, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THE FIRST IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 18.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT YOU'VE HEARD SPEAKERS FROM THIS MORNING IS AUTHORIZING STAFF AND THE BOARD WITH THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND ITEM IS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OR OTHERWISE A QUALIFIED RESPONDENT TO DEVELOP THE 7.96 ACRE TRACK ON ANATEL LANE.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM SPEAKERS THIS MORNING ON THAT TOPIC.
AND THE THIRD ITEM IS AUTHORIZING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN 11 MONTH CONTRACT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR HAKA OR THEIR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, IN AN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES THERE, ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THE DIRECTION THAT I HAVE POSTED AND WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER TWO HEARING? NO OBJECTION THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO MAKES A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, RENTERIA SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL, NUMBER TWO.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE, UH, TWO ELEMENTS.
I WANT TO SAY WE HAD SOME GREAT PROPOSALS FOR THIS TENANT HEALTH TRACT AND, AND THAT TO ME IS VERY EXCITING THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE TALENTED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS HERE IN AUSTIN AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WANTED TO BE A PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE, THAT THOSE RESIDENTS HAD THE KIND OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND AMENITIES THAT THEY, THAT THEY DESERVE.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THEM TODAY AND TO SEE THE PROPOSALS REFLECTED.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ONE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY A THANKS WORD OF THANKS TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR, FOR DOING TWO REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE COURSE OF THIS PROPOSAL, MULTIPLE IMPORTANT THINGS.
BUT TWO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE IS HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
I THINK THAT IS JUST, UM, TERRIFIC.
I THINK IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE HAVE SET FORWARD AS GOALS FOR AWHILE NOW OF REALLY MAKING SURE THAT AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ESPECIALLY AROUND AROUND PLANNING AND HOW, UM, SOME INTENTIONALITY AND SOME THOUGHT TO THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE'RE ENCOURAGING CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
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NEARBY SCHOOLS.AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF HOUSING WOULD BEST SUPPORT NORMAN ELEMENTARY AND USE THE GREAT RESOURCES AT NORMAN ELEMENTARY IN TERMS OF THEIR PRE-K THREE PROGRAM.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THEY OFFER IS JUST EXACTLY THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO BE MOVING.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST CELEBRATE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS TO USE OUR PREFERENCE POLICY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT IN PLACE.
UM, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US PRIORITIZING OUR HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WITH LONG-TERM GENERATIONAL TIES.
THAT'S UM, THESE ARE ALL VERY GOOD DIRECTIONS FOR US TO BE MOVING.
SO, UH, I ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL APPRECIATIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A WIDE VARIANCE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT COULD BE PRODUCED, UH, AND I APPRECIATE STAFF GETTING AND DIGGING INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
I DO THINK IN THE FUTURE, IT'S GOING TO BE REAL IMPORTANT TO INVOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS OFFICE MANAGER, UH, AND DIANA GRAY IN CONSIDERATION OF TRACKS LIKE THIS AND REVIEWS, AND THEN SETTING UP WHAT THE, UH, CRITERIA ARE TO BE USED.
I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY COC UNITS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS THAT, UM, UH, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THAT OFFICE HAS GIVEN THE COUNCIL.
THERE'S A LOT OF UNITS, THE COMMUNITY'S GUIDE TO HAVE TO FIND.
SO WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE OUGHT TO HAVE AS ONE OF THE STATED GOALS, UH, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, CONTINUING CARE, UM, UH, UH, UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THESE SITES.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SITE THAT'S ESPECIALLY REAL PROXIMATE TO, UH, THE RATH GABER CENTER, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING IN SHELTERING AND THEN WANTING TO MOVE OUT, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GAVE US THIS PROPERTY OR SOLD IT TO US WAS TO HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND HAVE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE.
SO WE HAVE FAMILIES IN THE WRATH GABER THAT ARE GONNA MOVE OUT INTO A HOME, AND IF THEY CAN MOVE INTO THIS, THEN THEIR CHILDREN CAN STAY IN THE SAME SCHOOL.
THAT'S MEETING THE OBJECTIVES THAT, UH, IN, IN PART THAT THE, THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, HAD.
SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF UNITS PART OF IT, I WOULD INVOLVE, UM, UH, THAT OFFICE, UH, IN SETTING UP THE, THE, THE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THAT THAT ARE, THAT ARE REAL DESIRABLE FOR US TO HAVE, I THINK, NEED TO, TO TRY TO WORK THEIR WAY INTO THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE USING AS INDICATED IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE DIRECTION.
AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK ONE THING TO, TO CONSIDER, AND I THINK IT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH, UH, DIANA GRAY IN THE ROOM.
WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE CAPACITY IN OUR CITY.
UH, WE KNOW THAT AS WE WERE TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE HOTELS, THAT WE WERE LIMITED OUT OF LOCAL CAPACITY AND, AND ARE OVERBURDENING OUR HISTORIC, UH, PARTNERS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO, TO REALLY DO THINGS IN WITH NEW FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING IN AND TO JUST WAIT REALLY HEAVILY PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE IS NEVER GOING TO HELP US INCREASE CAPACITY IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE SCALE AND NUMBER THAT WE, THAT WE WANT.
SO THERE'S A BENEFIT JUST IN HAVING NEW PEOPLE INVOLVED, BRINGING IN THE URBAN LEAGUE, WHO HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO HAVE TO REALLY GET INVOLVED.
I KNOW THEY WERE ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS ALONG WITH GUADALUPE ON ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS NOT, UH, RANKED.
I WAS NOT SELECTED ONE, BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO TRY TO PROMOTE THAT TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE DEVELOPER FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY, BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL CAPITAL THAT OUR CURRENT DEVELOPERS MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO IN THE LONG RUN.
WE'LL DO THEM A REALLY GOOD THING FOR OUR CITY.
SO WE OUGHT TO NOT COUNT AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM BEFORE, BUT MAYBE GIVE THEM EXTRA POINTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITY FOR US TO DO STUFF AT SCALE.
SO, UM, I URGE YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS TOO.
ALRIGHT, MOVED AND SECONDED ON THE CONSENT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, TOBO I APOLOGIES FOR NOT MENTIONING THIS EARLIER.
SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION TUESDAY ABOUT THE CHILDCARE PIECE AND THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE STAFF AND THE Q AND A THAT, THAT THE RFP WAS RELEASED AFTER MY RESOLUTION REQUIRING THERE BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHILDCARE WITHIN A PROPOSAL.
AND SO MANAGER, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHETHER YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL IFC TO EXTEND THIS PROVISION TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE FLOWING THROUGH OUR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, OR WHETHER THE POLICY WE'VE PASSED IS SUFFICIENT.
AND YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME IF YOU WANT.
IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TODAY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A PROACTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT, ABOUT CITY OWNED LAND.
IF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE CHILDCARE REQUIRED, AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL UNDERSTOOD.
I WANTED TO TALK TO THE STAFF AND WE'LL GET BACK TO THEM.
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IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP AND LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU ARE HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN IFC OR NOT DEPENDING ON YOUR ANSWER, BUT, BUT I DO WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S ALWAYS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.IT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION BECOMES ABOUT OCTOBER.
CAUSE I I'M CONFUSED NOW WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS, WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU DOING, AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, UM, CHILDREN AT RISK, LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE ZIP CODES IN THE AREA TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE HAD CHILDCARE DESERTS.
THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT VERY MANY KIDS IN THE ZIP CODE OR WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, BUT SOMEONE TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AS PART OF THIS, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, RIGHT? AND THE RESOLUTION WE PASSED DIDN'T INSIST THAT THERE ALWAYS BE A CHILDCARE AS PART OF THE RFP, BUT THAT IF THEY WERE NOT, IF STAFF WERE NOT INCLUDING IT, THAT THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT AND WHY.
AND THAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE REASON THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTERS IN THE AREA.
AND SO WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT, BUT THAT THERE'D BE, YOU KNOW, A, AN INTENTIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND HER.
LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS AMONG THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEIR CONSENT AGENDA PASSES ALL THREE ITEMS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
THE NEXT ITEM WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP IS ITEM NUMBER 62.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT TIME YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ALMOST.
I MEAN, REALLY SOON, I'M TRYING TO FINISH DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ON SOME OF THESE THAT I NEED TO BE VOTED FOR.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ME HERE FOR THE MUD AGAIN.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ME HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 60, BUT LET'S SEE ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 62 PRO TAM.
AND YOU NEED TO ADJOURN THE HFC.
I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 4 58, UH, HERE ON, UH, DECEMBER 9TH, UH, 2021.
I AM GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.
[62. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to perform an analysis of the cost of producing housing in Austin and to identify potential options for reducing this cost. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison, Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Paige Ellis, and Council Member Gregorio Casar]
UH, WE'RE GOING TO PULL UP NOW ITEM NUMBER 62, MAYOR PRO TEM.AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD.
WE HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN AUSTIN.
WE ALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF OUR MOST PRESSING, UH, CHALLENGES, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO GET TO WHAT WE NEED.
SO FOR YEARS NOW, IT'S JUST BEEN GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AT THIS POINT.
NOTHING WE AS A COUNCIL CAN DO ANYTHING, UH, TO SOLVE IT OVERNIGHT.
I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THAT ALSO.
SO LOTS OF FACTORS ARE INVOLVED HERE.
UM, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HOUSING SUPPLY, NOT KEEPING UP WITH DEMAND.
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HIGHER INCOME EARNERS, MOVING INTO THE CITY AND BIDDING UP.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STAGNANT WAGES AND, AND WORKFORCE IN GENERAL.
UM, I THINK WE HAD V WE KNOW WE HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF CONTROL.
I THINK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES DO A GOOD JOB AT TALKING ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE STATE THAT WE LIVE IN.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING WE DO HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER IS HOW MUCH OUR LOCAL RULES AND PROCESSES ADD TO THE COST OF HOME BUILDING CLASS THAT ENDED UP NO DOUBT BEING PASSED DOWN TO RENTERS AND TO HOMEOWNERS, IF OUR OWN PRACTICES AND POLICIES ARE GOING TO ADD TO THAT HIGH COST OF HOUSING IN AUSTIN, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT, AND WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND FIX IT, MY TEAM, AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF ON THIS ITEM.
I, YOU KNOW, LAUREN HARTNETT IN MY OFFICE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS ITEM.
IT BUILDS UP, EXCUSE ME, AND BUILDS UPON DIRECTION THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AROUND OUR STREET IMPACT FEES, UM, AND TO HELP, TO HELP COMPLIMENT, UM, SOME OF THE FEE REVIEW WORK THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS WORKING IN MIDDLE-CLASS AUSTINITES THAT ARE FACING THE CHOICE BETWEEN SKYROCKETING RENTS OR LIVING IN THE SUBURBS, HOMELESSNESS, DISPLACEMENT, WHEN NEW HOUSES, NEW, BIG HOUSES REPLACED SMALLER, OLDER HOUSES TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
ALTER'S POINT ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR HOUSING STUFF.
YOU GUYS, EVERYTHING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE RULES WE FOLLOW RIGHT NOW, THE STATUS QUO THAT WE FOLLOW RIGHT NOW, HAVING THIS COMPREHENSIVE COST DATA REALLY LAID OUT FOR US, I THINK WILL BE ABSOLUTELY VITAL IN THE WORK THAT WE AS POLICY MAKERS KNOW WE HAVE TO DO TO HELP TO TACKLE THIS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
I INCORPORATED COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS AMENDMENT, UM, THAT WAS POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.
AND AN UPDATED VERSION THREE THAT WAS SENT OUT THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH I BELIEVE MIGHT ALSO CAPTURE THE INTENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS.
UM, AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH STAFF OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT, UM,
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RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM AS A PART OF THIS ANALYSIS.HOWEVER, IF THEY DO, I DO SEE THE WISDOM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CONTEXT TO WEIGH THEM CAREFULLY.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS ADDITIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VERSION THREE OF ITEM 62 WITH THE ADDED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
THAT'S A TALKING MOTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW IT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME HERE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? I GOT TO REMEMBER READ THE RIASEC AND SAID, AH, LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM NOW.
I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU INCORPORATING THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAD HAD POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.
UM, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY YET POST MY AMENDMENT THAT WHAT MY DIRECTION THAT WAS WITH, UM, ANN'S DIRECTION.
UM, SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS MEANT BY THAT, I'M, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, I NEED TO, I'M GOING TO NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT GOES TOGETHER WITH THE FULL RESOLUTION, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAS SORT OF INTENDED TO, AND IT MIGHT, THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO DO THIS, OKAY.
I JUST, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO STAFF THAT I'VE BEEN PLANNING TO ASK, AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A WAY TO MASH THEM TOGETHER IN THE WAY THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED.
UM, CAUSE I HADN'T, I HADN'T, I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT YET AND I HADN'T PROPOSED IT YET CAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR HERE.
UM, I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT STAFF HAD TO SAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN INCLUDED MY DIRECTION, UH, BEFORE I WAS READY TO SHARE IT, ALTHOUGH I STILL STAND BY THE DIRECTION.
I JUST, I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT PART OF THE, PART OF THE BACKSTORY.
SO IF I COULD ASK, UM, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THAT I THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING MY FIRST AMENDMENT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LOOK AT, UM, MY DIRECTION.
UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT IS OFTEN THE CASE.
WE HAVE SHARED GOALS AND OUR CONVERSATION IS REALLY ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR MYSELF WHAT THIS ITEM WILL DO AND HOW WE CAN BEST ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.
I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF THAT HAVE GIVEN ME SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THIS ITEM.
AND I WANT TO SURFACE A FEW OF THOSE ELEMENTS WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, I THINK THESE WILL BE SHORT QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. TRUE LOVE AND SHE'S STILL AROUND.
UM, I KNOW SHE HAD A CONCERT TICKET TOO FOR HER KID, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL AROUND AS WELL AS MS. LUCAS.
WHEREAS HE WILL, UH, IS NOT HERE, BUT UH, MAINLY TO MAYO CITY, BOSTON UNITED WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, SO FOR, FOR BOTH OF YOU, UM, MAYBE WE'LL START WITH MS. LUCAS.
UM, WHAT COULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT ANY SENSE YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME ABOUT THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF ADVANCING THIS ITEM? BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY EMOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FORECAST WHAT THE TOTAL COST MIGHT BE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCOPES OF WORK AND WE MAY WANT TO REPORT OUT, UM, IN DIFFERENT REPORTING STRUCTURES RATHER THAN ONE WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
I DO THINK THAT, UM, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT THE COST WILL BE ONCE WE GET THE FINAL RESOLUTION APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN PROVIDE AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HIRE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO DELIVER THAT INFORMATION.
MR. AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ONLY AT TWO ABSOLUTELY ECHO, UH, WHAT DIRECTOR LUCAS JUST SAID? WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERNAL RESOURCES, UM, BUT A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GATHERED REALLY NEED TO COME FROM EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS.
MR. MAYO, CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE PLEASE? I'M SO SORRY.
WE HAVE, UM, THAT I WAS JUST ECHOING WHAT DIRECTOR LUCAS SAID THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA INTERNALLY, UH, TO OUR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, BUT WE WILL NEED TO RELY ON SOME EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENTATION.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE FOR THE, FOR THE INITIAL PROPOSAL BEFORE WE ADD THE AMENDMENTS? WE HAVEN'T RESEARCHED THAT YET BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS THE KIND OF DATA THAT WE'RE NORMALLY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING.
AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO US FROM PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS, RESEARCHERS.
AND IS THAT INFORMATION FREE TO US OR DOES IT HAVE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? SO WE'D BE WORKING WITH ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS A BOR HBA
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AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHERE'S THE BEST SOURCE TO GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AND WHAT THE COSTS MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH.HAVE YOU SEEN A PURE CHAIRMAN FOR THIS SCOPE OF WORK BEFORE WE DID REJECT TO THE PURCHASING OFFICE TO GO THROUGH THEIR CONTRACTS THAT THEY ISSUED TO KIND OF GIVE US A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF A COMPARABLE TYPE OF SCOPE OF WORK.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD THIS EXACT ONE, BUT THEY MAY HAVE HAD SCOPES OF WORK THAT HAVE THIS LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY TO SEE NOT ONLY WHAT THEY COST, BUT HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THE CONTRACT IN PLACE AND HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THE RESULTS BACK.
AND WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT THE TIME AND THERE THERE'S STILL, THEY JUST GOT THE REQUEST FROM US YESTERDAY, SO THEY DO NEED SOME TIME TO QUERY THEIR DATABASE.
UM, I THINK WHEN WE TALKED THIS MORNING, YOU HAD ESTIMATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
THAT WOULD BE FOR PROCUREMENT PROCESS ONCE YOU RELEASE AN RSP.
UM, WILL THIS ITEM HAVE ANY IMPACT ON YOUR STAFF'S CAPACITY TO ADVANCE OTHER PREEXISTING COUNCIL OBJECTIVES OR DIRECTION? IT'S CERTAINLY, UM, COULD MANY OTHER STEPS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS INITIATIVE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN OTHER COUNCIL INITIATIVES AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSESS AND MAYBE REACH OUT TO COUNCIL FOR PRIORITIZATION OF WHICH OF THE THINGS WE'D WANT TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD FIRST, MR. MAYOR, NOTHING TO ADD TO WHAT THE DIRECTOR LUCAS SAID.
SO THERE ARE TRADE-OFFS OF MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND CHOICES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PRIORITIES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE A CONSULTANT.
UM, HOW WOULD YOU RANK THIS IN YOUR PRIORITIES OF THINGS YOU WOULD WANT YOUR DEPARTMENTS TO BE WORKING ON WITH RESPECT TO POSITIVELY IMPACTING AFFORDABILITY FOR AUSTINITES? WELL, WE TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THERE'S 13 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN GETTING A PLAN THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ACTUALLY HAVING A PERMIT ISSUE.
THE BIGGEST IMPACT THAT I THINK WE COULD MAKE IS REALLY LOOKING AT OUR PROCESSES AND WHAT ADDS TIME, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR FEE SCHEDULE AND WHAT WE'RE CHARGING, UM, OR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO STREAM FINE LOWER COSTS AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.
SO THAT WOULD, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE, UM, A PRIORITY FOR US.
AND DSD HAS ALREADY BEGUN THAT WORK.
AND WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO ALSO PARTNER WITH US TO DO THAT SAME KIND OF WORK AS WELL.
THOSE WOULD BE, UM, DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE THE PURVIEW OF COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMPACT AS A, UH, AS A CITY ORGANIZATION, BUT IT DOES BRING US SOME AWARENESS OF WHERE THE REAL COST DRIVERS EXIST IN THE, UH, HOUSING PRODUCTION PROCESS.
MR. AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, UH, ONLY THAT THE DATA THAT WOULD BE GATHERED THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR A VARIETY OF OUR DIFFERENT, UM, INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS, UM, INCLUDING OUR HOUSING MARKET STUDY, WHICH OCCURS EVERY FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING OUR ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING, YOU'RE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WE UNDERTAKE AS A DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THIS DATA, UH, COULD CERTAINLY BE VERY FRUITFUL IN, IN THAT RESEARCH.
HOW WOULD YOU RANK IT THOUGH IN YOUR PRIORITIES? WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, PRIORITIES ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, INCLUDING IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I CAN'T SPECIFICALLY, I THINK IN OUR PLANNING DIVISION, INCLUSIVE PLANNING, I CAN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY WHERE IT WOULD FALL IN TERMS OF RANKING.
UM, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY.
SO, UM, IF, IF WE HAVE A SHARED, YOU KNOW, I STARTED OUT BY SAYING, I THINK WE HAVE A SHARED GOAL AND THE QUESTION IS SORT OF HOW DO WE GET THERE? AND, YOU KNOW, IF OUR GOAL WAS TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR FROM STAFF ABOUT POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR REDUCING, UM, HOUSING COSTS AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, INVOLVE DATA TO DO WELL, WOULD THIS BE THE SCOPE OF WORK YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OR WOULD THAT SCOPE BE DIFFERENT? I THINK THE SCOPE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
I DO THINK SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE ARE GOING TO BE INFORMATIVE SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE FULL COST TO BUILD AN AUSTIN.
BUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPACT WOULD REALLY BE AROUND THE TIMES TO PROCESS PERMITS AND THE FEES THAT WE CHARGED FOR THAT.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE REGULATIONS THAT DRIVE THAT TIME AND THOSE FEES TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME RECONSIDERATION ON WHAT WE DO.
MR. MADDEN DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
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NO.SO, UM, GIVEN ALL OF THESE THINGS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THEM, WHAT I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE WAS, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT ENDED UP ON MS. KITCHEN SHEET.
UM, BUT, UM, WHICH IS REALLY TO KIND OF PUT A PAUSE ON SAYING, DO EVERYTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION, BUT ASKING THEM TO KIND OF PROVIDE A SCOPE OF WORK, TO STUDY OPPORTUNITIES, TO REDUCE, TO REDUCE PERMITTING TIME FOR NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO REDEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN, THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION SHOULD CONSIDER STAFF CAPACITY OPPORTUNITY COSTS AND IDENTIFY WHETHER THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL IMPACT STAFF'S ABILITY TO ADVANCE OTHER PRE-EXISTING COUNCIL PRIORITIES OR DIRECTION.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT OUR STAFF CAN HELP US CRAFT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO, WHICH WOULD GET US INFORMATION WE CAN USE TO IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING PRODUCTION IN OUR CITY, UM, WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THEIR CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT OUR OTHER EXISTING PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.
SO I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY REALLY IMPORTANT KERNELS IN HERE THAT WOULD GET IMPORTANT THINGS DONE.
UM, BUT I, BUT I FEEL LIKE I WOULD REALLY NEED A, I NEED THAT TOUCH BASE BACK OF, OKAY, THIS IS THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE WOULD DO, AND THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST AND, AND, AND USING THE RESOLUTION AS INSIGHT.
BUT IF WE PASS IT AS A RESOLUTION, THEN THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES, WHETHER THEY'RE, WHETHER THEY PROVE USEFUL OR NOT.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO DO, TO DO BOTH, BECAUSE I THINK THIS COULD GET REALLY EXPENSIVE AND COULD, UM, COULD, UM, DETOUR US IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL, UNDERSTAND.
THE LANGUAGE IS ON, UM, KITCHEN'S MOTION AND I THINK SHE HAS OTHER DIRECTION THERE.
UM, I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THE WAY THAT, THAT YOU PROPOSED IT, MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO, SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF WE COMBINE THEM, WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF WHAT STAFF ARE DOING, IF, IF IT'S STILL THAT THEY'RE COMING BACK AND CHECKING AND WE'RE SEEING IF IT'S THE RIGHT SCOPE, ET CETERA, UM, THEN WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT.
I JUST, IF THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF IT THAT WHEN THEY GO TO SCOPE, IT ARE GOING TO MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL DECEMBER OF 22, WHEREAS SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD HEAR BACK IN JUNE OF, OF, OF 22 TO TAKE ACTIONS BEFORE BUDGET TIME AND, AND OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT AND BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE CHOICES AND THE, AND THE TRADE-OFFS.
UM, AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT.
I, AGAIN, I, I, I UNDERSTAND AND HEAR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL GET US TO THE SAME GOAL.
SO I HAVE TO SAY, I AM, I'M DISAPPOINTED AT THE LEVEL OF INCONSISTENCY THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BRING TO THIS DIOCESE, WE ALL HAVE TO COMPROMISE SOMETHING ORDER TO GET THE THINGS DONE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATIONS WE WERE HAVING DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS? HAVE WE SPECIFICALLY SAID, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO COMPROMISE SOMETHING.
UM, THE LAST ITEM WE DISCUSSED, YOU SAID EXPLICITLY, WE HAVE TO DO IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.
WELL, I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE STEP FORWARD.
AND SO, I MEAN, I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.
LIKE IT IS WHAT THE DIRECTION THAT'S THERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT AUSTIN'S GROWING AT A RAPID PACE AND WE NEED TO INVEST TIME AND EFFORT INTO SUPPORTING THAT GROWTH.
COLLECTIVELY, THIS BODY HAS AGREED THAT WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS.
HOUSING IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
I WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FOR HER THOUGHTFUL, THOROUGH AND HARD WORK ON THIS ITEM.
FINALLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AS WE DIVE DEEP INTO HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY AS PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND APPRECIATE THE MAYOR PRO TEM WORKING SO HARD ON IT AND THE, AND THE GOOD FOLKS IN HER OFFICE.
UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT HARD WORK AND I THINK IT'S, IT IS COMPREHENSIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE, I'VE BEEN UP HERE TOO IN TIMES TRYING TO GET SOMETHING BIG, DONE WITH A RESOLUTION.
AND SOMETIMES WE, YOU KNOW, RELY ON STAFF AND THEIR EXPERTISE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR BRILLIANT MINDS TOGETHER AND TO COME UP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
AND SO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SUCCEED IN THIS INITIATIVE AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS INFORMATION BACK AS, AS SOON AS STAFF IS ABLE TO COMPILE ALL OF THE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE ARE ALL TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER UP HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING HOUSING
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MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.I THINK THAT'S A VALUE THAT WE ALL SHARE, UH, MAYOR.
UM, SO, UM, THE DIRECTION I BROUGHT FIRST OFF, LET ME APOLOGIZE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
I JUST, I WOULD'VE JUST PUT MY SECOND PARAGRAPH EXCEPT I DIDN'T THINK IT MADE SENSE.
AND SO I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HER INTENT WAS, BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MADISON, MY INTENT WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE PARALLEL.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD GO ALONG WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU HAVE.
SO, UM, SO MY THOUGHT WAS THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, IN ADDITION TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS STAFF COULD COULD FACTOR IN AND COME BACK SOONER IS, YOU KNOW, UM, SCOPE OF WORK RELATED TARGET, YOU KNOW, HONING IN ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHY I ADDED THE, THE, THE, UM, SECOND PARAGRAPH.
CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD ASK STAFF TO LOOK FOR.
SO, SO THAT MY INTENT WITH THIS, AND, AND AGAIN, I, I OBVIOUSLY, I SHOULD'VE JUST WRITTEN IT WITH THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
UM, BUT, BUT I WASN'T, UH, I WAS NOT IMPOSING IT INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE EXISTENTIAL CHARGE IN FRONT OF US OTHER THAN, AND THEN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME THINGS BY CONSENSUS WITH RESPECT TO THE CODE AND EDU'S, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WORK.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THESE THINGS TOO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING DECISIONS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IN AUGUST.
WE'RE GOING TO WANT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCOPE IS REALLY BIG, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, MANAGER, IF WE PASS THIS THE WAY THAT IT IS, I WOULD EXPECT YOU AS YOUR STAFF GOT INTO IT TO YOU.
IF THIS, IF WHEN YOU GET INTO THIS, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT SCOPE OR IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ORDER, OR IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PRIORITY.
OR IF YOU HAVE A BETTER WAY, I THINK YOU CAN READ THIS AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT IS THE, THE, THE INTENT, BUT JUST LIKE STAFF COMES BACK TO US AND SAYS, LOOK, YOU TOLD US TO GET THIS DONE BY FEBRUARY 30TH.
IT'S WE NOW SEE, THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY BETTER.
IF IT HAPPENED THIS WAY AND YOU SEND US A MEMO AND IF PEOPLE OBJECT TO IT, THEY CAN RAISE THAT OR BRING THAT UP.
I AM COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THIS THE WAY THAT IT IS UNDERSTANDING MANAGER.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU IF, IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO US IN IMPLEMENTING THIS, IF THERE WAS A BETTER WAY, A FASTER WAY, A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, OR IF IT GAVE RISE TO CHOICES AND PRIORITIES THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF AS WE SIT HERE, BUT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK YOU COULD TAKE ALL THE DISCUSSION FROM THE DICE AND TARGETED BETTER THAN US TRYING TO, TO, TO WORD SMITH AROUND THAT, UP HERE ON THE DAY.
IS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU COULD DO? I MEAN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY REASONABLE AND CERTAINLY OUR PRACTICE, UH, WITH ANY RESOLUTION THAT DOES PASS, IF THERE ARE OTHER APPROACHES THAT NEED TO BE RAISED TO THE COUNCIL, WE BRING THOSE TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ACM GONZALES WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR DIRECTION, MAYOR, KEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GET IT ALL THIS ONE SHOULD SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THE, THE, THE, THE, THE AMENDMENT TO SAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO MAKE THAT PART OF IT.
I WASN'T DIRECTING THAT, THAT YOU'RE DIRECTING IT MORE THAN COUNCIL MEMBER ALDERS, OR THE THOUGHT THAT WE GET ENDED UP HERE TODAY, NOT HAVING PASSED THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T WORDSMITH ALL THE KINDS OF CONSIDERATIONS.
WE WOULD WANT THE MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, WHICH COMES OUT AS DIRECTOR ASSISTANT, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALEZ, AND TO ECHO WHAT SHAFT HAS SAID AND WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THE INFORMATION WE'VE NOT HAD THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION BEFORE IN A CONSOLIDATED MANNER.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE BITS AND PIECES OF THIS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT EXISTS.
AND AS A DIRECTOR, LUCAS HAS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WILL SCAN WHAT WE HAVE AND BRING THAT TO THE TABLE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT OTHER SOURCES ARE OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY POSSESS AND BRING THOSE FORWARD.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NEED OTHER INFORMATION, THEN WE WILL LOOK TOWARDS THE CONSULTANT TO BRING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD AT EVERY MAJOR STEP.
I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THERE IS A GOOD UPDATE TO PROVIDE TO COUNSEL, WE WILL DO THAT.
SO THAT WAY IT'S SUBSTANTIVE IN NATURE.
AND SO THAT WAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE INFORMED AS WE PROGRESS WITH, UH, PRODUCING THIS INFORMATION.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON, UH, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW THINGS I'M SURE THAT WILL PRESENT, UH, UH, THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO STAFF.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WE DO.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND WE WILL WORK THIS IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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AMENDMENT OR OUR STAFF DISTRIBUTED AN AMENDMENT FOR ME THIS MORNING THAT I THINK CLARIFIES A NEXT STEP THAT I HOPE WILL BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, FOR, FOR THE SPONSOR.UM, THE PRIOR TO INITIATING THE WORK OR ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS AND NO LATER THAN MARCH 1ST, 2022, THE MANAGER SHALL RETURN TO COUNSEL WITH THE FOLLOWING A DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING INFORMATION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS THAT PROVIDE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE RESOLUTION, AN ESTIMATED COSTS FOR CONSULTANT CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS CALLED FOR IN THIS RESOLUTION AND AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STAFF HOURS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS REQUIRED TO ASSIST IN THIS EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS CAPTURES, IT MAY OVERLAP A BIT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER AMENDMENTS, BUT I THINK IT JUST VERY CLEARLY LAYS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO THE WORK, COME BACK TO COUNCIL, LET US KNOW WHAT INFORMATION IN YOUR ASSESSMENT, WHAT INFORMATION YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, WHAT INFORMATION YOU NEED TO, TO ACQUIRE AND WHAT YOUR ESTIMATED COSTS ARE FOR ACQUIRING THAT THROUGH CONSULTANTS.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT YOU WOULD BE USING, WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM, AND THE QUESTION AND ANSWER IS DERIVED FROM FEES.
AND SO AS WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT FEES AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF WHERE THEY'RE SET, I THINK WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS EXTREMELY MINDFUL OF HOW WE'RE USING THOSE FEES AND THEN THIRDLY, AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF, OF STAFF HOURS AND COSTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HEARD FROM STAFF, I MEAN, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION CLEARLY EXISTS AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COMPILING IT.
BUT I THINK THIS, THIS QUICK STEP TO JUST COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND LET US KNOW WHAT EXISTS, HOW MUCH YOU THINK IT WOULD COST TO DO TO HIRE CONSULTANTS FOR THE PIECES OF INFORMATION YOU DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AND HOW MANY STAFF HOURS ESTIMATED, UM, THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY AMENDMENT.
I THINK IT CAPTURES, I THINK IT RESPONDS TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT SIZE AND SCALE AND SCOPE AND OVERLAP.
SO MAYOR PRO TEM, I HOPE YOU WOULD ACCEPT THAT AS FRIENDLY AND I PUT IN THERE MARCH ONE, BUT I'M OPEN TO ANY DATE THAT SEEMS REASONABLE FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE IS ASKING IS TO BE KEPT IN THE LOOP.
AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, WITH US COMING BACK TO THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE WITH AN UPDATE ON A PLAN AND SCOPE PRIOR TO EXECUTING A CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT THE WORK.
I SAID COUNCIL GENERALLY NOT JUST THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, BUT I UNDERSTAND, SO IS THIS AN OBJECTION TO THIS AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL PORTOBELLO? I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION, MAYOR.
OBJECTION TO ANYBODY ELSE, HAVE AN OBJECTION.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE TOHO AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT ANYTHING ELSE CONSIDERED ON THIS OR VOTED ON THIS CANCER POOL? THANKS.
I HAD A QUESTION FOR, UM, DENISE AND I GUESS FOR MANDY SINCE ROSIE ISN'T THERE AND THEN I WANTED TO SPEAK TO STOUT MY AMENDMENT.
I LOOKED THROUGH THE, UM, VERSION THREE, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM AND, AND, UM, I THINK I SEE WHERE YOUR EDITS REFER TO THIS, BUT IT WASN'T EXPLICIT.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE, SINCE YOU HAD BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF MY DIRECTION ON TUESDAY, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND SO FORTH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE WHICH I'VE PASSED OUT AGAIN, UH, AND WE HAD LAW GO THROUGH IT CAREFULLY AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS FITTING IN WITH THE, UH, CAPTION.
UM, SO, UH, WHILE I ASKED THE QUESTION AND Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT THE UPDATED AMENDMENT THAT I'VE PASSED OUT, THAT I HOPE WILL BE VIEWED AS, AS FRIENDLY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHEN YOU SAY UPDATED, IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THAT, YEAH, THIS IS, LET'S SEE THE WORDS AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS WERE ADDED IN, RATHER THAN THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS.
AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HANDED OUT ON THE DESK THAT HAD YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE FIRST.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SEVEN WORDS, THAT'S THE VERSION THAT THE CATS ARE A PROLIFIC THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I WOULD ADD IT FOLLOWING, UM, LINE 95.
SO ON THIS PAGE IS THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE ADDING THE WORDS THAT ARE IN RED AND NO, IT'S THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE THE P BECAUSE NONE OF THIS WAS INCLUDED.
SO WHEN YOU SAY THE WHOLE THING, YOU MEAN THIS, THIS PARAGRAPH, THAT'S THE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED IN ADDITION TO, AS PART OF THIS ANALYSIS? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT WAS THREE PARAGRAPHS UNDER THERE.
YOU'RE SEEKING TO ADD AS WELL AS THE ADDITION YOU'RE TAKING TO HEAD TO NEW RESOLVE CLAUSES AS SHOWN UP.
AND THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST, MY FIRST AND SECOND ARE SOME WORDING CHANGES,
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WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND UNDERLINED IN RED.SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND HOUSING FOLKS, BECAUSE I, I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS ALMOST DAILY ABOUT PERMITTING REVIEW AND APPROVAL DELAYS, AND THEY OFTEN POINT TO CERTAIN BOTTLENECKS IN THE PROCESS.
MANY OF THE BOTTLENECKS I UNDERSTAND ARE DUE TO STAFFING CAPACITY, AND COUNCIL HAS TRIED PRETTY, UM, PRETTY HARD TO, UM, ADD TO THE FTES IN PARTICULAR FOR DSD.
WE DID THAT LAST YEAR, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT WE RISK FURTHER PERMITTING DELAYS WITH THIS, UM, HOUSING STUDY EFFORT.
SO I WANTED TO CHECK WITH OUR STAFF ONE MORE TIME TO ASK THIS QUESTION WITH YOUR CURRENT CAPACITY IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM OUR DIRECTORS, HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE SCOPE THIS STUDY TO GET AT IDENTIFYING THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TRULY ARE WITHIN THE CITY'S PURVIEW.
AND SO THANK YOU COUNSELOR, BUT POOL, SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT ARE IN THIS RESOLUTION REPRESENTS WORK THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND SO THAT DOESN'T CREATE AN EXTRA BURDEN ON STAFF.
THERE ARE SOME NEW ELEMENTS THAT ARE INTRODUCED IN HERE, AND UNTIL WE CAN DRILL DOWN TO FIND OUT REALLY WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK IS GOING TO BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO DO THIS WORK AND PERFORM THIS ANALYSIS, WE'RE UNABLE TO REALLY TELL YOU TODAY, UM, WHAT THE IMPACT IT WOULD BE ON STAFF AND EXISTING.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT, HOW, HOW YOU ANSWERED AN EARLIER QUESTION.
I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON STAFF AND, UM, THE CAPACITY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN LIGHT OF THE OTHER MANY, UM, ASSIGNMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT OUR DSD AND HOUSING STAFF HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, IS THE MAYOR STILL WITH US? I'M THE CHAIR NOW? I'M THE CAPTAIN NOW? VERY GOOD CAPTAIN.
UM, I BELIEVE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ME? NO, I WAS JUST COMING BACK TO THE, TO THE AMENDMENT.
I THINK I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' HAND AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOES.
I HAVE JUST A VERY QUICK FRIENDLY QUESTION.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN EXTRA WORD IN HERE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK RIGHT BEFORE, UM, THE END OF THE FIRST SENTENCE AND OTHER SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE REGULATIONS, IMPACT HOUSING PRICES.
SO IT STARTS WITH, AT THE BEGINNING, LOOK AT HOW THESE THINGS IMPACT HOUSING PRICES.
I THINK THE, THAT RIGHT AFTER REGULATIONS MIGHT NEED TO GO OUT JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SMOOTHER.
DELETE THE WORD THAT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE PERTAIN TO HOUSING PRODUCTION HAS BEEN STRUCK.
YEAH, I THINK SO WHERE YOU TOOK OUT PERTAIN TO HOUSING PRODUCTION, MAYBE TAKE OUT THAT PERTAIN TO HOUSING PRODUCTION.
I THINK THAT FLOWS, I READ IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND GOT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AND WAS LIKE, I THINK THE WORD THAT JUST NEEDS TO ALSO BE REMOVED TO MAKE IT CONCISE YEAH.
SO I'LL, I'LL GO OVER IT AGAIN.
BUT AT THE BEGINNING WHERE IT SAYS, LOOK AT HOW, AND THEN LISTS A BUNCH OF THINGS, UM, COST OF PRODUCTION, HOUSING REGULATIONS, OPEN-SPACE PARKLAND GOES DOWN THE LIST, UM, AND OTHER SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE REGULATIONS IMPACT HOUSING PRICES.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
ARE YOU SATISFIED? CAN'T REMEMBER ELLIS? YES.
SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT YOUR RESOLUTION ADDRESSES MAYOR PRO TEM OR RAISES IS THE HERMITING PROCESS.
AND I THINK WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY COUNCIL MEMBER LS.
I THINK YOU SPOKE TO THIS AS WELL, AND I WONDER, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES UP A LOT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT, THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ENOUGH TO REALLY ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HEAR ABOUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO THROW UP INTO THE DIOCESE.
I KNOW THE MANAGER, THE MAYOR MENTIONED MAYBE SCHEDULING ANOTHER DAY TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING.
I WONDER IF WE SHOULD SET ASIDE PART OF THAT DAY TO MAYBE IN MAYBE HAVE A BIT OF A PUBLIC HEARING, IF THAT SEEMS REASONABLE ON THAT SUBJECT SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, PROCESS SUGGESTIONS, PERMIT SUGGESTION, SHARING OF EXPERIENCES.
UM, BUT TO REALLY FOCUS IN MORE NARROWLY ON, ON WHAT SUGGESTIONS, THOSE WHO INTERACT AND ENGAGE WITH OUR PERMITTING PROCESS AND OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MIGHT SUGGEST BEYOND CODE CHANGES BEYOND NO OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.
SO, ANYWAY, I JUST PUT THAT OUT FOR COMMENTS.
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I APPRECIATE MAYBE LATER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HANDLE THAT EITHER THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING OR THROUGH INVITING PEOPLE TO PROVIDE US WITH WRITTEN TESTIMONY AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT THE SUBJECT.SO WE CAN COME KIND OF PREPARED TO, TO HAVING REFLECTED ON IT, TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR CITY STAFF AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT DIRECTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD.
THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR TIME TO INVITE, INVITE PEOPLE, TO PROVIDE WRITTEN TESTIMONY IN ADVANCE, AND THEN USE THE TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER TO REALLY TALK WITH OUR TALK AMONG OURSELVES AND WITH STAFF AND TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT THE PUBLIC HAVE MENTIONED.
I, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T DIDN'T THINK THIS ONE IFC WOULD BE THE END.
I'LL BE ALSO AT, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT'S TOTALLY NECESSARY.
I STILL WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS ITEM FORWARD TODAY.
AND I WASN'T SUGGESTING THAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE, I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT IT HAS A ROSEN.
IT HAS ARISEN FROM, FROM THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING AROUND YOUR RESOLUTION.
AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO JOIN ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, SPONSOR A, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IN THE NEW YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS THE, THE COMBINING IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IN THE BASE MOTION, SO MAYBE I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
UM, I DID BRING UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POSTS THAT I WAS DRAFTING SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, UM, WHICH WOULD BE A DIFFERENT, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
SO I WILL, UM, PUT THAT FORWARD.
UM, THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO INCLUDE DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS ON THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS ANALYSIS, THE ANALYSIS SHOULD INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO IDENTIFYING THE IMPACT OF COMPLIANCE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ADOPTED BY OUR UTILITIES.
THIS COMPONENT OF THE STUDY SHOULD INCLUDE A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES.
I E LARGE CORPORATE DEVELOPERS, INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS, ET CETERA.
THE FINDINGS FROM THIS COMPONENT OF THE STUDY SHOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION ON COMMON EXPERIENCES AND BOTTLENECKS IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE MY STAFF SHARE THAT LANGUAGE WITH THE CLERK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN GET IT UP IN TIME FOR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.
IF THAT WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, I AT THIS LATE DATE AND WITHOUT HAVING SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, I'D REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO JUST MOVE FORWARD VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO JUST MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AGAIN.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR INFORMATION.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN ASKING FOR INFORMATION TODAY.
SO I THINK WHEN, UH, WHEN THE CITY MANAGER COMES BACK AS, AS, UH, THE MAYOR SUGGESTED THE CITY MANAGER IS ABLE TO COME BACK TO US AND INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC IMPEDIMENT TO US MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT'S EFFICIENT.
AND COST-EFFECTIVE THEN I THINK THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK THROUGH.
BUT I JUST GOT THAT ON THE DICE, AND I'D RATHER NOT MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THAT AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, COUNSEL, MY BROTHER AT THE VA.
YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE JUST FREAKING OUT ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE BEEF AND HOW IT AFFECTS HOUSING HERE IN AUSTIN.
I MEAN, LET'S, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDS THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR HOUSING, AND IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE IN AUSTIN, SO THEY CAN STAY HERE.
THEN I WOULD FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY WOULD BE WELCOME AT HIM TO GET THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GIVE IT TO THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME HOW, HOW WE'RE JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH RESISTANCE TO GET THIS INFORMATION.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, AS I STATED AT THE BEGINNING, I THINK WE SHARE A COMMON GOAL.
I, MY CONCERN IS ABOUT WHETHER AS DRAFTED, THIS IS GOING TO GET US THE INFORMATION AS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND AS A TIME EFFECTIVE MANNER FOR US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO USE THAT INFORMATION IN TIME FOR BUDGET AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE, TO TAKE ACTION.
UM, AND SO IT IS NOT THE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE FEES AND THE COSTS THAT'S OF CONCERN.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER A PROCUREMENT PROCESS, HOW YOU SET IT UP TO ACTUALLY ANSWER IT AND TO SEE WHETHER THE INFORMATION AS STRUCTURED IN THIS WILL COME BACK, UM, IN THE MOST USEFUL MANNER.
I THINK WE'VE, YOU KNOW, LANDED WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, THE OBJECTION IS NOT TO THE INFORMATION IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET THERE IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
AND I'VE HAD DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND I'M TRYING TO INPUT THOSE INTO, UM,
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THE CONVERSATION.WE'VE HAD VERY LIMITED ABILITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE HOLIDAY AND WITH BACK-TO-BACK COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, I, I'M FINE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT, UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR BY THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE ISSUES WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND THEY HAVE BEEN ADDING, ADDING COSTS.
UM, I'M SURE IT WILL COME UP, UM, REGARDLESS IN THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE RAISING ARE TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO SPEED IT UP SO THAT WE GET MORE USEFUL THINGS.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSPARENCY OR THE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE COSTS ARE OR AN UNWILLINGNESS TO LOOK AT AT THE FEES.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR WITH THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, W IT'S JUST NOT A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION OF, OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER, KITCHEN.
SO I'M JUST FOR CLARITY, I THINK, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, ACCEPTING THE VARIOUS, UM, MOTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
I THINK THOSE COMBINED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND GIVE US BACK, UH, INFORMATION ON AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT TIMELINES.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I THINK, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, WE'VE, YOU'VE, WE NOW HAVE INCORPORATED YOUR THIRD VERSION, RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOT YOUR THIRD VERSION.
WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVA HIS AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, AMENDMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS AMENDMENTS, AND LAST AMENDMENT, BUT THE OTHER ONE, WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, I, I, I LOOKED AT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S AMENDMENT, BUT I HADN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THAT AS A NINE.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT, OH, DID YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? I'LL SPEAK TO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST TRYING, I WAS JUST LISTING WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE, SO I WOULD, I WOULD TAKE AWAY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, AMENDMENT I'D LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
I JUST THINK IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS POSTING LANGUAGE, IN WHICH CASE I'D BE HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR FOR AN IFC THAT YOU BRING FORWARD THAT WILL BE FOCUSED AROUND THE INFORMATION IN THIS AMENDMENT.
MAYOR PRO TEM THAT'S MY PROPOSAL.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE RAN IT THROUGH LOSS.
SO AS CG WAS SLATED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FIT WITHIN THE, UM, THE GERMANE S OF THE, UH, POSTING LANGUAGE AND THE REST OF THE, UM, RESOLUTION.
AND ALSO WHY I TALKED ABOUT IT IN SOME DETAIL ON TUESDAY.
I, I, UM, I SUPPOSE WE COULD PUT IT TO A VOTE, BUT IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD ACCEPT IT AS A FRIENDLY AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR.
I DON'T, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SEEKING TO REQUEST.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A PART OF THIS RESOLUTION.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY YOU DON'T SEE IT AS A PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, IT'S NOT, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THAT IT WASN'T JERMAINE, THAT IT WASN'T ALLOWED BY THE SCOPE OF THE CAPTION.
AND IT, IT IS PERMITTED THROUGH THE SCOPE OF THE CAPTION, THE SCOPE OF THE SPONSOR.
I DON'T SEE IT BEING A PART OF THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THE, THE INFORMATION THAT I'M SEEKING FROM YOUR RESOLUTION AND THE STUDY THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE EXPANDED AND THE INFORMATION I'D LIKE TO BE SURE THAT WE COLLECT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THIS IS A SEPARATE RESOLUTION THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT.
WELL, WE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, SO THERE ISN'T ANY, AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, LIKE TWO MONTHS FROM NOW.
AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE OVERALL PERSPECTIVE AND FRANKLY, UM, MY SUPPORT FOR YOUR RESOLUTION RESTS ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE PIECE THAT I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
SO I, I THINK IT WOULD, I DON'T THINK WE CAN, WE CAN'T WAIT ON THIS UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAIT ON THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE CAN ABSOLUTELY NOT.
SO I ASKED ONE LAST TIME, I ALREADY SAID TWICE.
UM, SO THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, ITEM 62 AND ADDING THESE PARAGRAPHS I PASSED OUT, TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY, PASSED OUT TODAY, UH, AFTER LINE 95, AS IN, UH, THAT'S REFLECTED IN MY MOTION SHEET THAT HAS THE YELLOW, UH, HIGHLIGHTING IT, DOESN'T SAY VERSION TWO, BUT IT SHOULD.
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A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO INCLUDE THE MOTION THAT SHE PUT FORWARD.UM, IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SECONDS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? UH, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO, UM, HOW I, WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS.
I THINK IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, IT GOES TO THE, THE SPIRIT OF THE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS TO GATHER INFORMATION, NOT AMENDMENT THE SPIRIT OF THE RESOLUTION, EXCUSE ME, UH, TO GATHER INFORMATION.
AND IT'S JUST POINTING OUT SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ASPECTS OF THE ANALYSIS THAT RELATE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO OPEN SPACE AND PARKLAND DEDICATION ALSO RELATE TO TRANSPORTATION AND RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION, WATER, QUALITY, STORMWATER HERITAGE, AND PROTECTED TREE PRESERVATIONS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT ALSO SPEAKS TO, UM, IT ALSO SPEAKS TO HEALTH AND EQUITY DISPARITIES, UM, UH, INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT.
SO TO ME, IT JUST IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PLUS IT ADDS TO THE INFORMATION WE'RE TRYING TO SEEK HEATHER ROSE OUT OF THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOLUTION'S GOAL IS TO GET, TO GET US ALL THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE IMPORTANT PIECES OF INFORMATION.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER , AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
MAY I PRETEND, UM, I'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ME AND MY OFFICE AND FOR THE DISTRICT THAT WE SERVE.
AND SO HAVING ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP ENSURE THAT I'M MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THIS MOTION SHEET AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS CHANGED, BUT SOME OF THE WORDING IS JUST FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE GO FROM PERTAINING TO HOUSING, HOUSING PRODUCTION TO IMPACTING HOUSING PRICES.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT THAT CHANGES THE OVERALL FEEL OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING FORWARD.
AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION SHEET WITH THE COUNCIL NUMBER.
I'M SORRY, THE MAYOR PER TIME.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, PLEASE, I'M STRUGGLING JUST A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF SORT THROUGH THIS.
UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT I WAS LESS FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, I, I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, UM, BETWEEN LINES 90 AND 92, THAT DOES TALK ABOUT PARKLAND AND TREE MITIGATION AND, AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE HOW I'LL VOTE TO INCLUDE IT OR NOT, BUT IF IT DOESN'T GET INCLUDED, I WOULD LOVE TO ALSO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.
CAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BIT OF ANALYSIS TO WORK WITH.
IT COULD JUST HELP A LOT OF THE, THAT WE DO ON THIS DIOCESE AND JUST TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THE, THE HOUSING STUDY IS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON HOW OUR REGULATIONS IMPACT HOUSING PRICES AND IT'S, WE HAVE LOTS OF REGULATIONS AND THIS AMENDMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPREHENSIVELY LOOKING AT ALL OF THE REGULATIONS THAT DO HAVE IMPACTS ON HOUSING PRICES.
QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, IS A REALLY BIG ONE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN OUR CITY AND THAT THEY LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE IN OUR CITY.
AND OUR REGULATIONS HAVE, UH, GO A LONG WAY TO ENSURING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, OUR WATER REGULATIONS, OUR CLEAN AIR REGULATIONS, UM, THE PARKLAND THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE PROVIDE, EVEN OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, SIGNALING SYSTEM HELPS WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENSURES THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT REGULATIONS WE CAN INFLUENCE, AND THAT HAVE DIRECT IMPACTS ON THE COST OF HOUSING IN OUR CITY, WE, WE REALLY DO HAVE TO THROW THE NET REALLY, REALLY WIDE.
AND SO THAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THINGS, UM, TO QUANTIFY THE VALUE AND STATE OF AUSTIN'S NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AUSTIN'S URBAN FORESTRY REPORT, UM, THAT THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RELEASED BY TEXAS A AND M THAT TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS 2021 PARK SCORE INDEX HAS A RANKING FOR AUSTIN.
THERE'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THE AREAS OF OUR TOWN THAT HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE TREE CANOPY IN EAST AUSTIN IS PRETTY SPARE COMPARED TO WEST, AND WE KNOW, AND EVEN CENTRAL, AND WE KNOW THAT THE TRANS EVAPORATION, UM, ABILITIES OF OUR TREE CANOPY, CLEAN THE AIR, FILTERS, THE AIR AND COOLS OUR BODIES AND POOLS OUR STREETS.
AND THAT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE THING.
IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY THING.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO VERY COMPREHENSIVELY, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FULL PACKAGE, UH, SO
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THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND WEIGH THE VARIOUS, UM, COSTS AND BENEFITS.AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU DON'T THINK, I THINK THIS IS A BAD AMENDMENT.
I JUST THINK THE FEES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN YOUR AMENDMENT ARE ALREADY CAPTURED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT I WROTE.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE HEALTH DISPARITIES COMPONENT IT'S A CRITICAL IMPORTANCE, BUT IT'S NOT COST RELATED.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IN THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY COST RELATED ITEMS. SO I THINK THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS ANALYSIS.
NOT THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE ANALYZED, IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, BUT NOT IN THIS ANALYSIS IS ALL I'M SAYING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PULLS AMENDMENT ME, LET ME, LET ME TRY IT THIS WAY.
THEN I, I, I THINK THAT I HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THIS, BUT IN AN EFFORT TO BE CONCILIATORY, LET ME TURN TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ASK HIM AS FAR AS DIRECTION WITH REGARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF THE HEALTH AND EQUITY DISPARITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY EITHER.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE LACK OF, OR ACCESS TO, OR PRESENCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, INCREASED HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS OR THE LACK OF CANOPY OR PARKLAND DEFICIENCY, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL ALL OF, WILL THESE ITEMS BE INCLUDED IN THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF IS GOING TO CONDUCT.
AND SECONDLY, UH, DO THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM BROUGHT, WHERE SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS AMENDING HER RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE MY AMENDMENTS.
IS IT SUFFICIENT BEFORE I RESPONDED? I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THE AUTHOR HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT APPROACH.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU JUST WANT TO SEE IF THE AUTHOR HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON THE APPROACH THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS OFFERING.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING WITHOUT HEARING FROM STAFF ON JUST HOW THEY MIGHT INCLUDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AS DIRECTION VERSUS, UH, FORMAL AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THE APPROACH HAD BEEN THAT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS, SO THAT'S OUR PREFERENCE FOR CLARITY, BUT I'LL HAVE RACISM, GONZALEZ CHINA.
WELL, I'VE READ THROUGH YOUR MOTION.
AND I CONCUR WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THE STUDY AND AS THERE'S COUNCIL DIRECTION TO LOOK AT THIS, UH, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US MAKE ANY MAJOR MOVES ON ANY PROPOSED FEE REDUCTIONS WITHOUT TAKING THOSE CONSIDERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT.
SO WE WOULD DO IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, CINDY MANAGER, I AGREE.
SO, SO THAT ALSO ANSWERS MY SECOND QUESTION, WHICH IS DO THE EDITS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM INDICATED WERE AN EFFORT TO EMBRACE MY AMENDMENT.
ARE THEY, IS THAT SUFFICIENT THEN THE SIDES, THE DIRECTION THAT I'M GIVING FROM THE DYESS? CAUSE I THINK IT SAID LINES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK WHERE YOU MADE THE CHANGES, WAS IT LINES 54 TO 59? I WILL ADMIT I HAD A HARD TIME FINDING WHERE, WHERE YOUR AMENDMENT WAS.
I DID A WORD SEARCH EVEN TO FIND SOME OF THE WORDS LIKE WATER QUALITY AND STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS.
AND I COULDN'T FIND THEM IN, IN YOUR AMENDED VERSION, WHICH IS WHY I CAME BACK AND SAID THAT IT WASN'T SUFFICIENT.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT? NOW I CAN GET MY STAFF TO FIND THOSE LINE NUMBERS.
I MEAN, I DID A WORD SEARCH, BUT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT LINES 54 TO NINE, BUT YEAH, IF IT'S ANY, IF IT'S ANYWHERE ELSE, I DIDN'T FIND THOSE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE WORDS ANYWHERE IN IT, IN YOUR VERSION THREE AT ALL.
I THINK THAT THE LINES 54 OF THE 59, WHERE MY AMENDMENT THAT SHE INCORPORATED INTO THE BASE THAT I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, WHICH IT'S 53 54.
SO THE PART THAT IS IN RED ON YOUR THING, THAT WAS MY AMENDMENT WAS THE 54 TO 50 AND I HAD A PROBLEM THAT YOU ACCEPTED.
SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT IT'S IN HERE.
ARE YOU ASKING WHETHER OR NOT THE LAST, THE LATEST ITERATION THAT YOU HAVE HAS MY AMENDMENT IN IT, RIGHT.
YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU, UM, EARLIER TODAY YOU SAID THAT MY AMENDMENT, WHAT VIEWED IT AS A FRIENDLY, YOU AGREED WITH ELEMENTS WITH EVERYTHING I HAD WRITTEN AND THAT YOU HAD MADE CHANGES THAT WERE IN VERSION THREE TO ACCOMMODATE MY LANGUAGE.
AND SO I DID A WORD SEARCH JUST TO FIND, CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AFTER LINE 95 AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THERE.
SO I DID A WORD SEARCH AND I COULDN'T FIND
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ANY OF THEM.SO FOR CLARIFICATION, WHAT IT'S WORTH IN MY MIND'S EYE, YOUR AMENDMENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTARS, AMENDMENT MIRRORED, ONE ANOTHER, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS AND MIMIC CAPTURED YOUR INTENT.
AND SO WE APPLIED THAT AMENDMENT.
WE READY TO MOVE ON? I THINK WE'RE READY TO TAKE A, UH, SORRY, JUST, JUST SO, SO, SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, SO THE WORDS POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, UM, ARE INTENDED TO, TO CAPTURE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAS IN HER AMENDMENT RELATED TO, UM, PARKLAND, DEDICATION, TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT AWAY, WATER QUALITY STORM WATER SURE.
IN HERE, BUT IT'S NOT SO SPECIFIC.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STAFF WAY MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN I THINK HERS DOES.
AGAIN, I'M NOT CONTESTING THE IMPORTANCE OF HER AMENDMENT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T ACCEPT IT.
I'M JUST, I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT THE, WELL, OKAY, SO, UH, CITY MANAGER, I I'M, I'M HEARING FROM, FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S GOT THE LANGUAGE IN HERE RELATED TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT.
AND I'M ALSO HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL THAT SHE SPECIFIED A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UH, I CAN SUPPORT THIS, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S THE INTENT AND BASED ON WHAT ACM GONZALEZ SAID, I WOULD HEAR THAT AS THE, THE BREADTH OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SPECIFIED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ENVIRONMENT MEANS COVERS THE BREADTH OF THE KINDS OF THINGS SHE'S GOT IN HER AMENDMENT.
SO THAT, WELL, I WAS TRYING TO CLARIFY, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT GET US PAST THIS IMPASSE, BUT PERHAPS WE'RE PAST THE IMPASSE.
UM, SO I'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND IF NEED BE, BUT I DID ALSO WANT TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER THE AMENDMENT YOU READ, AND I HAVEN'T FOUND IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SAID YOU WERE POSTING IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, BUT IT DEALT WITH, I THINK VERY MUCH THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH REGARD TO HAVING A FOCUS COUNCIL CONVERSATION.
AND SO I WONDER IF ONE WAY TO REALLY GET AT THAT MIGHT BE FOR YOU TO ALSO CO-SPONSOR AND HELP SHAPE.
MAYBE THE THREE OF US CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE THAT SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS SO THAT WE INCORPORATE THOSE ELEMENTS, UM, IN THE, IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU PROPOSED, DOES THAT SEEM WORKABLE SHARPIE? I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ARE WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER? WELL, SINCE MY MOTION IS STILL ON THE TABLE, I THINK, UM, GIVEN THE RESPONSE I GOT FROM ACM GONZALEZ AND THE AFFIRMATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AND THIS DISCUSSION, I'LL PULL DOWN MY MOTION AND, UM, AND WE'LL SEE, WE'LL JUST SEE STAFF SEE WHAT STAFF DOES AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INPUT.
SO I'VE PULLED DOWN MY MOTION.
SO PROCEDURALLY, UM, MS. THOMAS, UH, DO I NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO TAKE THE MOTION OFF THE TABLE? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, BUT SHE PULLED IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER.
THANK YOU SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT ONE.
CAN I GET A SECOND TO PULL COUNCIL MEMBER? YES, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
YES, THERE WAS, IT WAS A VETERAN THROUGH.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM 62.
I COUNT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, AND THE MAYORS.
SO IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH THE MAYOR OF THE DYES.
SO THE REST OF OUR EVENING, WE HAVE PULLED ITEMS, WHICH IS NUMBER, UM, PUT BY KATHERINE RIVER, FRONT THIS 45 AND 49, WHICH IS ABOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
PULL BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CASA, UM, ITEM NUMBER 60, PULL BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
A COUNCIL MEMBER ULTRA PULLED IT PULLED BY OUT THERE.
THAT'S NEVER ALTERED IN WHICH CASE.
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AND THEN ON NON-CONSENT WE HAVE ONE AND THEN TWO LAST ZONING.[8. Approve a resolution to authorize the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee to act on behalf of the City for the Texas Major Events Reimbursement Program for the purpose of conducting economic studies, submitting applications, and submitting any required funding to the Texas Office of the Governor for Formula 1 U. S. Grand Prix events to be held at the Circuit of the Americas facility. Strategic Outcome(s): Economic Opportunity and Affordability. District(s): District 2]
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND START WITH NUMBER EIGHT.UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUNFEST WOULD YOU LIKE TO LAY IT OUT FOR US? YES.
NO, THE ITEM THAT WE PULLED THE COTA ITEM.
THAT SHOULD BE REALLY QUICK ONE.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS THE AUTHORIZING CEYLON TO DO, TO SUBMIT FOR THE APPLICATION OF FORMULA ONE WITH THE MERCK FUNDING WITH THE STATE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING WORK SESSION, AND SO THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO, UH, PRESENT THIS MOTION.
AND SO IN TALKING WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM, THIS MOTION STANDS BEFORE YOU AS A AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WILL DIRECT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER TO DO AN UPDATE TO THE EXHIBIT.
AND, UH, SO THAT IS THE MAIN CHANGE HERE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER CHANGES INCLUDED THAT WE ALSO, UM, SPECIFIED WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR YOUR QUESTION IN THE Q AND A THAT DETAILS, THE WORK THAT, UM, CODA HAS DONE IN REGARDS TO YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
AND SO THIS WOULD EXPAND THE YOUTH, THE YOUTH PROGRAMS TO BE STEM FOCUSED AND ALSO LIST OUT PARTNERING WITH DEL VALLEY ISD AIKEN, HIGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND OTHER NEARBY SCHOOLS.
ALSO THE THIRD MAIN UPDATE HERE IS A SPECIFICITY AROUND THE DISABILITY ACCESS TASK FORCE.
UM, CODA HAS COMMITTED TO CREATE ONE, UM, FOR THEIR EVENTS.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU CODA FOR THAT COMMITMENT.
AND SO THIS, UM, UPDATES THE LANGUAGE SO THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR EFFORT OF THAT DISABILITY ACCESS TASK FORCE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
SO THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE BY COUNCILMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ALL IN FAVOR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE LANGUAGE ON THE YOUTH PROGRAMS CHANGES TO EXPAND.
YES, IT SHOULD BE EXPANDING IT.
SO THEY WOULD ADD THIS AS AN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY EXHIBIT A THAT HAS THE LANGUAGE AROUND YOUTH PROGRAMS SO IT WOULD BE ADDED INTO THE EXHIBIT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO EXPAND BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ALREADY IN PLACE NOW, SOME OF THE STEM, I MEAN, THEIR PROGRAMS ARE STEM EDUCATION.
WOULD YOU OBJECT TO JUST SAYING BEFORE THE CODE OF FUNDED, EXPANDED AN EXPANSION OF CODA FUNDED, WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU? OKAY, THANKS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO MORE THAN THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING WITH, THANK YOU.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLINT.
THIS, YOU ACCEPT THAT SMALL CHANGES FRIENDLY.
AND WHICH CASE ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM? IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH MAYOR ADLER OFF NEXT STEP.
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WE HAVE ITEMS 45 AND 49 PULL BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASA.I THINK I HANDED OUT THE MOTION SHEET, UM, EARLIER, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT FOLKS GET THIS SHEET.
WELL, I WILL, UM, I'LL MOVE, UH, ITEMS 45 AND 49 WITH, UM, WITH MY AMENDMENT AND THEN I CAN SPEAK TO IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS.
SO THE WAY THAT THIS ITEM IS, UH, LAID OUT IS, IS DIFFERENT THAN AS STAFF HAS, UH, POSTED IT.
UM, AND RIGHT BEFORE I, UH, SPEAK, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WANTED TO SIGN UP ON THE ITEM, BUT WERE UNABLE TO.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHETHER, UM, UH, YOU WANT IT TO SAY JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE I LAY OUT THIS ITEM? YES, PLEASE.
FROM THE FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT.
IT'S LATE AND FOLKS, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM.
SO IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US YOUR JUST A MINUTE OR TWO OF THOUGHTS, THANKS FOR WAITING.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR FOR PULLING THESE ITEMS, AS WELL AS OFFERING AN AMENDMENT FOR SETTLEMENT, RATHER THAN CONTINUING ON A PATHWAY FOR LITIGATION.
UH, FOR BOTH OF THESE CASES, WE ARE SUPPORTIVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS OF EXCESSIVE FORESTS AT PROTESTS THAT HAVE GONE ON ANSWERED AND THE CITY NEEDS TO START PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES WHO
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HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE ABSOLUTE WORST TRAUMA, TERROR, LOSS OF ABILITIES, AND EVEN LIFE FOR PRACTICING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.MANY OF YOU SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE POLICE BRUTALITY TAKING OVER A CITY, AND YET THERE HAS BEEN SO LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND CITY AS A WHOLE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS HAPPENING LATER THAN PREFERRED.
UM, THIS AMENDMENT IS TRULY A STEP TOWARDS ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND SO I ASK THAT YOU ALL, PLEASE SUPPORT IT.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UM, SO, SO THE ITEM IS TO HAVE CONTINUE OUR LEGAL SERVICES WITH RICHARDS RODRIGUEZ AND WHO WE'VE WORKED WITH FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY ARE, UH, A REALLY EXCELLENT, UH, LAW FIRM, BUT THE, MY AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT PAID TO THEM, NOT WE WOULD PAY THEM FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
WE WOULD PAY THEM FOR THE CONTINUED WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT MY AMENDMENT HAS IT SO THAT WE DO NOT PAY FOR THE COST OF TRIAL, NOR DO WE PAY FOR THE FULL COST OF DISCOVERY, BECAUSE IN MY VIEW, AND THIS IS NEWS, NOT TO ANYONE ON THE DICE, BUT JUST CONSISTS AS A PUBLIC ITEM.
IN MY VIEW, WE SHOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE SETTLEMENT IN THESE CASES RATHER THAN, THAN GOING TO TRIAL.
SO IF WE APPROVED THE ITEM, THE WAY THAT IT IS POSTED BY THE STAFF, IT WOULD AUTHORIZE EXPENSES ALL THE WAY THROUGH TRIAL.
IN MY VIEW, WE NEED TO DO RIGHT BY THESE INJURED YOUNG MEN IN THEIR FAMILIES, RATHER THAN SPEND RESOURCES, FIGHTING THEM IN COURT.
THESE YOUNG AUSTINITES DESERVE AN APOLOGY AND HELP WITH THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE, UH, APPROVE THE ITEM AS LAID OUT HERE, IT WILL ENCOURAGE SETTLEMENT OF THESE LAWSUITS RATHER THAN CONTINUED LITIGATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, CASA, ANY FURTHER COMMENTARY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
UM, SO , I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT IN WHICH YOU'RE OFFERING THIS.
I'M FAIRLY UNCOMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD, AS DEFINITIVELY AS THIS IS LAID OUT WITHOUT HAVING A LEGAL EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE TODAY.
UM, I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A WAY, UM, TO AUTHORIZE THOSE AMOUNTS TODAY THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND THEN PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK TO US IN JANUARY, UM, WITH A LEGAL SESSION AND AS APPROPRIATE THE APPROPRIATE TIME, IF WE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO FIND RESOLUTION THAT IS, IS RIGHT, BUT WITHOUT HAVING THE BENEFIT OF A LEGAL SESSION WITH THE LATEST ON EVIDENCE AND OTHER THINGS, WHICH WE CANNOT HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OUT HERE, I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE COULD FIND A WAY FORWARD.
THAT WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.
LIKE IF WE REJECTED, THEY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD TO SETTLEMENT EITHER.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE LANGUAGE FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, THAT WAY THEN MAKING A DEFINITIVE STATEMENT WITHOUT REALLY HAVING THE LEGAL INFORMATION THAT I THINK WE NEED TO, TO, TO MAKE THIS, UH, A FINAL DECISION IF I MAY CUSTOMER FOR CASA.
I THINK THAT THAT IS A REASONABLE, VERY REASONABLE DIRECTION FOR US TO AUTHORIZE IT AS LISTED HERE IN THE MOTION SHEET AND ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN JANUARY.
UH, WE WOULD NEED THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION EITHER WAY IF WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE SETTLEMENT.
UM, AND SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD THIS WAY, THIS INDICATES THAT IT WOULD BE OUR DESIRE NOT TO GO TO TRIAL AND INSTEAD, UH, TO SPEND OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, HELPING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, RATHER THAN FIGHTING THEM IN COURT.
AND THEN IT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OF COURSE, AT THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE COULD MAKE WHICHEVER DECISION WE WANTED TO GOING FORWARD BASED ON THE, ON THE FACTS AND INFORMATION THAT WERE DELIVERED TO US.
I WOULDN'T HAVE JUST RESPOND TO THAT IF I COULD.
UM, ONE OTHER PIECE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ELIMINATING.
WE'RE JUST ONLY AUTHORIZING THIS AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.
CAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHICH PIECES WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE'D JUST BE CHANGING THE AMOUNTS TO THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UM, AND THEN WE COULD TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
UM, I DID WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER OR LEGAL IF THEY COULD SPEAK, IF THAT I JUST MADE THAT UP AS A WAY FORWARD, GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE HAD TODAY.
SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, TO CONSULT WITH YOU IF THAT IS A APPROPRIATE WAY TO, TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT.
CAUSE I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT LEGAL EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD, UH, WE COULD JUST, YOU COULD JUST OFFER THIS AS A, AN ITEM WITH THE
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TOTAL AMOUNTS THAT ARE IN THE AMENDED MOTION.AND THEN IN JANUARY WE COULD BRING BACK, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IF YOU'D BE AMENABLE TO THAT, IF YOU'D BE AMENABLE TO THAT, MR. CASA, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD.
I THINK IT GETS US TO THE SAME PLACE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO OFFER ARBITRARY NUMBERS.
AND SO WE WORKED WITH A LOT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS REFLECTED SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK IF WE JUST HAVE THOSE REDUCED NUMBERS WHERE WE'VE REDUCED THE AMOUNTS IN THE, OF LIT OF LEGAL COSTS IN THE WHOLE CASE AND REDUCE THE LEGAL COST AND THE EVANS CASE, I THINK THAT DOES SEND THAT SIGNAL THAT, UH, WE ARE RATHER THAN JUST TRYING TO SPEND RESOURCES ON LITIGATION, TRYING TO SETTLE THE CASE AND, AND USE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES TO HELP THESE YOUNG AUSTINITES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
UM, I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL AND I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A MOMENT, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF, IF WE, AS A CITY, AS A COUNCIL HAS EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THIS MOTION SHEET BEFORE, OR IF IT WOULD SET SOME SORT OF PRECEDENT FOR US MOVING FORWARD, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, MEGAN RILEY, FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER BEEN IN A POSITION TO NECESSARILY AMEND A PROPOSED CONTRACT.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE, WHEN WE BRING FORWARD THESE CONTRACTS, WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AND CALCULATE AN ESTIMATED OF WHAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY TO TAKE A CASE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TRIAL.
AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS, UM, BREAKS IT DOWN INTO, UH, PHASES RATHER THAN, UH, COUNCIL APPROVING THE FULL AMOUNT AT THIS MOMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
WE WERE PRETEND, I THINK I HAD COUNCILMAN OR COUNCIL MEMBER TEBEAU THEN COUNCIL MEMBER .
AND JUST, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S QUESTION.
I THINK WE, I THINK IT IS NOT, I THINK IT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WHEN SOMETIMES WE'RE PRESENTED WITH CONTRACTS FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS AND WE HAVE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MORE AND WE SAY, NO, WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE YEAR SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO, UM, I THINK, UH, MEGAN RILEY SAID IT, IT, IT, IT KIND OF HITS IT IN PHASES.
AND I THINK THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE DONE THAT AT LEAST RECENTLY WITH A LEGAL CONTRACT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, WE REASSURED YOU DO IT A LOT WITH OTHER KINDS OF CONTRACTS.
CASAZZA WHERE THEY, WHAT, I'M SORRY.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE STILL CAN'T COME TO A SETTLEMENT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WE CAN.
I MEAN, I STILL, I'M KINDA CONFUSED ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION ABOUT THE WHOLE THING IS, YOU KNOW, BY DOING THIS, THAT WE COMMITTED TO, TO HAPPEN, TO PAY THE SETTLEMENT AS MUCH AS WHAT THEY'RE DEMANDING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, RENTER, RITA.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF, IF WE'RE UNABLE TO MEET A CERTAIN PHASE IN, IN THE CASE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A CASE GOING TO TRIAL.
WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO COUNCIL AT A LATER POINT AND EITHER SEEK MORE MONEY OR SEEK SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION RELATED TO THE CONTRACT.
SO D HAVE WE TRIED TO GET, GO INTO A SETTLEMENT ON THIS CASE, BUT THE W THE CITY ALWAYS TRY THE GOAL IN ANY CASE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF US IS ALWAYS TO SEEK POTENTIAL RESOLUTION.
UM, SO THIS, THESE TWO CASES ARE NO DIFFERENT.
THE SPECIFICS, UH, OF WHAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN, WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE IN PUBLIC, BUT CERTAINLY I CAN CONFIRM THAT THAT'S ALL, SO THIS AMOUNT HERE WOULD THAT COMMIT US TO GO TO TRIAL THE AMOUNT, UM, BOTH REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, REQUEST FOR COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S AMENDMENT IS TO PAY, UH, THE, THE, UH, RICHARD'S FROM, UH, THEY REPRESENT THE CITY IN BOTH CASES ON ANY LEGAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE CASES THAT ARE FILED IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT.
SO THERE'S REQUIREMENTS, UM, IN THEIR REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND SO THE AMOUNTS ALLOW THAT WORK TO GO FORWARD PROSPECTIVELY AND IT WOULD INCLUDE POTENTIAL SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS.
SO BASICALLY WHEN THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE OSI HAS, IT'S JUST HOW MUCH THAT WE WORK, HOW MUCH THE AMOUNT IS, HOW MUCH WORK THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THE AMOUNT IS HOW, HOW THE POTENTIAL FOR HOW MUCH WE WOULD PAY THE, THE LAWYERS GOING FORWARD.
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SO, I MEAN, THE LAWYER HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING WORK ON THIS IS HERE SAYING THAT.SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASSETTE, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, WHERE DID WE LAND IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER COUNCIL MEMBER WALTER, LET ME KNOW IF THIS CHECKS OUT WITH YOU, BUT WE WOULD PASS MY EMOTION WITHOUT THE, UM, REALLY SPECIFIC FINAL BULLET POINTS WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE COST OF TRAVEL AND THE COST OF DISCOVERY, AND INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING THE, THE NUMBERS.
AND SO THIS MOTION WOULD SAY WE WOULD PASS ITEMS 45 AND 49, BUT INSTEAD OF AUTHORIZING $438,000 IN LEGAL COSTS, UM, IN 45, WE WOULD AUTHORIZE, UM, UH, UH, 249,000.
AND RATHER THAN, UH, AND 49, IT BEING UP TO 760,000, IT WOULD SAY 550,000.
AGAIN, I THINK TO COUNCIL MEMBER OF NTDS QUESTION TO ACTUALLY PASS A SETTLEMENT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO VOTE TO SETTLE.
THIS WOULD JUST REDUCE THE AMOUNT WE ARE COMMITTING, UM, TODAY TO, UM, TO LITIGATION AND LAWYERS WITH THE INDICATION THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF WE WEREN'T SPENDING TAXPAYER RESOURCES FIGHTING THIS LAWSUIT.
AND INSTEAD COME BACK IN JANUARY FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO SEE IF WE CAN SETTLE THE CASE, BOTH CASES.
WAS THAT A QUESTION THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE COMPLETING? SO, OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT MOTION WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN COME BACK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONVERSATION IN JANUARY.
SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
DO WE NEED TO ADJUST THE MOTION GIVEN THAT THE LANGUAGE IS ADJUSTED OR DO I NEED TO JUST DETERMINE FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPT THOSE MODIFICATIONS TO THE NUMBERS? BASICALLY, IF THEY VOTE AS COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA DID STATE WITH THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE NUMBERS WOULD BE, SO THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.
THAT'S THE SAME NUMBERS AS WE LAID OUT, JUST THE EXPLANATORY, EXTRA WORDS THAT ARE REALLY JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS.
WE JUST WANT INCLUDE THOSE EXTRA WORDS AND THE MOTION AND THEN ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO ITEMS 45 AND 49 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM.
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH THE MAYOR OFF, NOBODY ELSE WITH THE MAYOR OFF THE DICE.
SO WE HAVE ONLY A FEW ITEMS LEFT.
[Items 44 (Part 2 of 2) & 90 (Part 2 of 2)]
44 AND 90, AND THEN 60 AND 67, UM, 4,490.WE'LL PROBABLY GO THE FASTEST ARE Y'ALL COMFORTABLE TAKING THOSE UP.
MY MINE ONLY TAKE TWO MINUTES.
'CAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE ONE WHERE YOU'RE JUST OFFERING DIRECTION OR THE TWO WHERE YOU'RE JUST OFFERING DIRECTION AND THEN THE FUN MAY PRETEND I'M OKAY.
SO WE'RE READY FOR 44 AND 90 BUCKS.
UH, HI, MARY PROCUREMENT COUNCIL UNDER ARREST OVER THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS, UH, TO CONDUCT THIRD READING OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO ANNEX.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED IN ZONING CASE ITEM NUMBER 90.
THEY'RE ALL LOCATED IN THE PILOT MOB, PILOT MO SORRY, PILOT KNOB, BUD, NUMBER ONE, UM, AND FORTH.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE RELATED ZONING CASE, WHICH IS ITEM 90, WHICH IS C C EIGHT 14, 2012, 0 1 52 0.02.
AND THAT CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ON THIRD READING, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTAS HAS SOME DIRECTION SHE'D LIKE TO GIVE US ON ITEM 90.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION.
AND THIS HAS BEEN EMAILED TO EVERYONE.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM, I NEED TO READ OUT THE ENTIRE MOTION, THE DIRECTION, AND I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
DO I NEED TO READ OUT THE DIRECTION? I WOULD SAY SO PART AB OF ORDINANCE NUMBER PILOT KNOB, PUD ORDINANCE CONTEMPLATES AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LAND OWNER TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY FOR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS.
THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO PROPOSE TERMS FOR AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL ACHIEVE PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY.
IN PART EIGHT B OF THE PILOT KNOB PUD ORDINANCE, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE AN ITEM AT THE UPCOMING COUNCIL AGENDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT THAT ACHIEVES PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY FOR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, SUBJECT TO THE PILOT KNOB PUTT ORDINANCE NO LATER THAN THE FEBRUARY 17 TO 2022 MEETING DATE.
AND IF I GET A SECOND, I CAN GIVE SOME RATIONALE.
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TAKING A LOOK AT THE PILOT NUB PILOT KNOB PUTT HISTORY IS CERTAINLY HAS TAKEN SOME WORK.AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEARING WITH US AS WE'VE TAKEN THIS ITEM ON SEVERAL OF SEPARATE READING CONSIDERATIONS AND PART OF OUR REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE'S NOT AN A, THERE'S NOT A HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THIS MOTION TODAY WILL KICKSTART THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEED FOR FUNDING OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PILOT KNOB, WHICH IS THE HUGE SUBDIVISION IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, ALSO KNOWN AS EASTERN PARK.
UM, AND, UH, SO THIS WILL SET THAT IN MOTION.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION I, OR THE AMENDMENT.
I WANT TO JUST ADD THE DIRECTION THAT IT ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANY, IF THERE ARE ANY FEE WAIVERS OR ANY OTHER CITY COSTS AT THOSE BE REALLY CLEARLY OUTLINED, UM, AS WELL, OR YOU DON'T HAVE.
AND I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, AND I GUESS BEFORE, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TOO MUCH TO THE APPLICANT, IF I COULD JUST CONFIRM WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT DIRECTION IS CLEAR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CONSOLE US.
I DIDN'T WRITE IT UP AS A FORMAL DIRECTION, BUT I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.
AGAIN, JUST GIVEN THE CONTEXT HERE AND THE PATH WE WENT.
SO WENT DOWN WHERE WE DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF THE FEE WAIVERS THAT WERE INCLUDED WITHIN, WITHIN THAT PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY, UM, PERMANENT INCOME RESTRICTION.
UM, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION MADE REALLY CLEAR TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO TAKING ANY KIND OF ACTION ON IT.
IT'S JUST INCIDENT MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALES, YOUR DIRECTION IS CLEAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SUTTLE.
AND MY QUESTION IS, UH, TO SEE IF THE LAND OWNER IS AMENABLE TO REVISIT THE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT.
YES, MY NAME'S RICHARD SUTTLE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF BROOKFIELD, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, AND YES, THE, THE, THE LAND OWNER IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY TWO THINGS.
ONE, THERE IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT.
IT'S JUST THE COMPONENT OF CONTINUED AFFORDABILITY IS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN FINISHED UP.
SO WE HAVE FORD ABILITY BUILT IN TO THE MUD IN THE PAD, BUT PENDING FINDING A FUNDING SOURCE, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
THIS BROOKFIELD IS CLEARLY EXCITED, ACTUALLY EXCITED TO ENTER INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL MEMBER TAVAS DIRECTION, THIS WOULD NOT BE AGREEING TO ANY FEE WAIVERS OR EXPENDITURES WITH RESPECT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WITHOUT IT COMING BACK TO US.
AND WITHOUT OBVIOUSLY IDENTIFYING WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCE IS LIKE, IF THIS IS DIRECTION, GO SEE IF YOU CAN DO MORE THAN I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMING BACK TO US.
CONCEPT LIBRARY WOULD, THIS IS JUST DIRECTING US TO GO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO SEE IF THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTION.
WE CAN COME UP WITH ANY ACTUAL, UM, ITEM WOULD, WOULD BE BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE APPROVAL, ANY AGREEMENT.
SO MS. PART OF IT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, SO THIS ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBO HOW ARE YOU VOTING? WE'RE UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH MAYOR FRO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM
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NUMBER 67 AND WHICH I SAID, I THINK THIS ONE WILL GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY.THIS ONE WAS SPONSORED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S US DISCUSSING AND APPROVING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES.
UM, AND I HAVE A HANDY-DANDY LIST HERE.
DON'T NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE.
I DON'T NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, CORRECT FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES ITEM.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO SUPPORT ONE.
THE COUNCIL APPOINTS SHERRY STEDMAN
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AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE TERM BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.UM, PART TWO, THE COUNCIL APPOINTS THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS ASSOCIATE JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF AUSTIN.
UM, FOR THE TERM BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES ARE AS LISTED MICHAEL COFFEY, BARBARA GARCIA, ALFRED JENKINS, TANISA JEFFERS, PATRICK MCNELLIS, GEORGE THOMAS, AND STEVEN VIGOR RITO PART THREE, THE COUNCIL APPOINTS ASSOCIATE JUDGE MICHAEL COFFEE TO SERVE AS THE JUDGE OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT PART FOR THE JUDGE.
THE COUNCIL DESIGNATES ASSOCIATE JUDGE DENISA JEFFERS AS THE OVERNIGHT MAGISTRATE JUDGE AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL BOOKING FACILITY.
PART FIVE, THE COUNCIL APPOINTS THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUBSTITUTE JUDGES FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 FERDINAND CLARIPHY BRIAN GUETTA, CHRISTINE HARRIS, SCHOLTZ, OLGA SEELIG, PAMELA SIGMAN, AND RYAN KELLIS TURNER.
BELINDA HERRERA, STANLEY KERR, RONALD MYERSON, KENNETH AND JOHN EAGER.
UM, PART SIX FOR THE TERM BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
THE COUNCIL DOES NOT APPOINT TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
ANY PERSON NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED BLESS YOU IN THIS ORDINANCE? PART SEVEN COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE IS $79 AND 3 CENTS PER PER PAY PERIOD, ANNUALIZED AT $164,382 AND 40 CENTS PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES, PART EIGHT, COMPENSATED SHIN FOR AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE, INCLUDING THE JUDGE OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT AND THE OVERNIGHT MAGISTRATE FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL BOOKING FACILITY IS $68 AND 55 CENTS PER PAY PERIOD, ANNUALIZED TO $142,584 PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES.
PART NINE COMPENSATION FOR A SUBSTITUTE JUDGE IS $65 AND 72 CENTS PER HOUR PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES.
YOU WANT TO JUST REALIZE THAT THERE IT SAYS, YEAH.
SO THE FIRST TWO, DIDN'T SAY PER HOURS, IT PER PAY PERIOD.
SO SHOULD I GO BACK AND AMEND THOSE FOR THE RECORD? I'M SURE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SAVE PER HOUR.
I'M CERTAIN, UM, IN WHICH CASE, SO PART SEVEN SHOULD SAY PER PAY PERIOD AND PART EIGHT SHOULD ALSO SAY PER PAY PERIOD.
SO AGAIN, FOR PART NUMBER NINE, COMPENSATION FOR A SUBSTITUTE JUDGE IS $65 AND 72 CENTS PER HOUR PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES, COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE, ASSOCIATE JUDGES AND SUBSTITUTE JUDGES DURING THE TERM BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 IS SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT AS PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 DASH OH FOUR SEVEN.
UM, PART 11, THE PRESIDING JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS PART A PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON TERMS APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME EXEMPT CITY EMPLOYEES, PART B PARTICIPATION IN THOSE GROUP, BENEFITS, PLANS AND PROGRAMS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER A SECTION THREE B OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PERSONNEL POLICIES UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.
EXCUSE ME, MAY I APPROACH HIM? YES, I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION FROM STAFF THAT'S INDICATING THAT THESE ARE NOT, THESE MIGHT NOT BE THE CORRECT PAYMENT AMOUNTS.
IS THERE ANYONE, UM, IS THERE A STAFF MEMBER WHO CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A VERSION THREE OR USING VERSION THREE.
I'M READING THE LATEST VERSION I RECEIVED.
SO IF I NEED ACCESS TO VERSION, NOPE.
I HAVE ITEM UNDER SIX, NUMBER 67, VERSION TWO IS THE LAST ONE I HAVE, SORRY, AM OREGON INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
I THINK WE CAN GET THE CORRECTED VERSION AND GET IT TO YOU.
I THINK IT'S IN THE BACKUP AND I'LL DO THAT.
AND THEN WOULD IT BE SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO GO BACK SINCE I'VE NAMED THE NAMES? WOULD IT BE SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO JUST GO BACK AND GO OVER THE PAYROLL COMPONENTS? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I'LL JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT, I'M SORRY.
MAYOR PRO TEM ON, UH, WHEN YOU CALLED ITEM 40, I DON'T 90 AND 14, IS THAT ARE THOSE 44 AND 44 90? THE RECORD'S NOT CLEAR, A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAR THAT WE VOTED ON A 44.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TAKING THE ITEMS UP TOGETHER.
IS THAT NOT THE CASE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS? HE DID TAKE THEM UP TOGETHER.
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YEAH.DO YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION, IN WHICH CASE WE CAN MOVE OVER TO ITEM NUMBER 16.
IN WHICH CASE WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 60 AND WE'LL HOLD OFF ON ITEM NUMBER 67 UNTIL WE GET THAT UPDATED INFORMATION.
UM, I DIDN'T, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 60, I'M SORRY BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EXTENSIVELY THE OTHER DAY, SO I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN THAT, UM, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT BRINGS UP ITS OPTIONS.
SO IT HAS THE CITY MANAGER, UH, DEVELOPS IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING OPTIONS TO EXTEND PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.
AND IT HAS, UH, THOSE OPTIONS COMING BACK TO US IN 30 DAYS.
AND, UM, IT ALSO SPECIFIES CONSULTATION WITH THE PROFESSIONALS FROM EACH OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE PART OF THAT.
UM, DEVELOPING THOSE OPTIONS THAT'S WITH FIRE, POLICE AND EMS. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD, UM, I KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE WE'VE GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE MEMOS WE JUST RECEIVED.
UH, SO THAT, BUT THAT DOES NOT, UM, THAT DOESN'T COVER THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THIS RESOLUTION.
I ALSO KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS AND REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND COST, WHICH I THINK IS APPROPRIATE.
AND THOSE COSTS WILL BE COMING BACK TO US AS WELL AS THE, UH, OTHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMMATIC PROGRAMMATIC OPTIONS ARE FOR US FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING PERSPECTIVE AS WRITTEN, THIS WILL COME BACK TO US WITH ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS.
I EXPRESSED MY INTENT THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I FELT LIKE THESE BENEFITS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BENEFITS AND SHOULD NOT BE IN PART OF THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
HOWEVER, THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY.
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS IT SAYS THESE OPTIONS WILL COME BACK TO US.
SO IF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT, UM, MAY WANT TO SEE THE COST OR MAY FEEL LIKE THEY WANT WERE MORE DISCUSSION, WHETHER THEY, BEFORE THEY DETERMINE FOR THEMSELVES, WHETHER THEY WANT THIS TO BE PART OF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THIS DOES AND DOESN'T DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IT DIRECTS FOR THE INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO US, UM, IN 30 DAYS.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT.
UM, I STAND BY WHERE I WANT TO BE WITH THIS, WHICH IS I DON'T.
I THINK THIS IS THESE BENEFITS ARE A BASIC, UM, WELL, I, I CONSIDER BENEFITS A BASIC HUMAN, RIGHT? AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, AND FOR ME THAT TRANSLATES INTO NOT, NOT TRADING THEM AS PART OF NEGOTIATIONS, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT OTHERS MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY AND WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO US ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THANK YOU.
UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT YOU LAID THAT OUT, UM, AS THE OPTIONS.
AND, UM, I, UM, YOU KNOW, I AM CONCERNED THAT AN IDEA AND A REQUEST THAT WAS FOR PREGNANCY LEAVE AND VERY LIMITED BASIS HAS, UM, CHANGED INTO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER.
AND WHILE I, UM, IN A PERFECT WORLD WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE PARENTAL LEAVE.
UM, WE STILL OPERATE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE OUR, UM, SWORN EMPLOYEES AS PART OF, UM, A NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
AND IN THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, THEY HAVE NEGOTIATED VACATION BENEFITS AND OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE WAY OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE BENEFITS THAT OTHER STAFF HAVE.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE US MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WHEN THE OPTIONS COME BACK.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A FULL SENSE.
I REMEMBER THAT WE RAISED SOME OF THESE ISSUES DURING, UM, NEGOTIATIONS, UM, WHEN WE DID IT IN 2017 AND 2018, AND WE WERE TOLD THEY DIDN'T WANT THESE BENEFITS.
I MEAN, ULTIMATELY THESE ARE COSTS AND THERE, THERE ARE SOME, SOME TRADE-OFFS.
UM, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL THREE, THE TWO OF THE THREE UNIONS, BUT AT THE TIME WE DID THE NEGOTIATIONS, ALL THREE UNIONS WERE LED BY MEN AND THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY INTERJECT SOME BIAS IN FAVOR OF, OF CERTAIN, UM, SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO, TO, TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT OVER TIME.
UM, BUT I DON'T FULLY, WE GOT SOME, WE GOT SOME COSTS THE OTHER DAY THAT SUGGESTED ABOUT $2 MILLION, UM, WHICH IS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN PROVIDING TWO FIREFIGHTERS WITH PREGNANCY LEAVE, WHICH SEEMED
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TO MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE.AND I WANT TO INTERROGATE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, NOW, UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE, SO, SO I GUESS I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT WHEN YOU BRING THESE OPTIONS BACK, THAT ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS CAN BE JUST DOING PREGNANCY LEAVE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT AND DOING THE OTHER PART AS, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, AND THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCES AND THE BENEFITS.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS VACATION LEAVE, THAT'S EXTRA ACCRUING OVER TIME.
IT IS EQUIVALENT TO BEING ABLE TO USE THAT.
UM, FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THERE ARE PROTECTED UNDER FMLA WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THE OTHER, THE OTHER STUFF.
SO I JUST NEED MORE INFORMATION BEFORE I WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS.
I'M NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD WOULD HAVE PARENTAL LEAVE MUCH LONGER THAN THE SIX WEEKS.
UM, AND I WOULD INVITE, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY MANAGER OR MR. GSI OR MS. HAYES OR ANYONE ON THE TEAM WANTS TO ADD FURTHER INFORMATION THAT WE THINK WE HAVE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING REAL OPTIONS AND IT'S NOT A SORT OF A FATAL COMPLETE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
AND I THINK WE NEED A LEGAL SESSION ON THE NEGOTIATIONS.
SO MANAGER OR YOUR STAFF, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES UP.
IT HAS ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE ON THE TABLE AND APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN GAVE IN INTRODUCING THIS, UH, RESOLUTION.
UM, BECAUSE THAT QUESTION OF, SHOULD THIS BE BARGAINED OR NOT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO GET FURTHER DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON.
UH, BUT, UH, MR. DECIDE, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, UH, DEVIN DECIDE A LABOR RELATIONS OFFICER, NO CITY MANAGER.
I THINK, I THINK YOU SAID IT ALL.
SO, UM, SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
I DO WANT TO, I'M GOING TO RESIST, UM, UH, DISCUSSING THE MERITS ANYMORE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I DO WANT TO THANK BOB NIX FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
HE, HE IS A MAN AND, AND MEN DO RECOGNIZE PARENTAL LEAVE IMPORTANCE TOO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT FOR THAT.
AND, UM, AND THEN JUST SAY THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DISCUSS, AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO ALL INFORMATION BEING IN FRONT OF US WHEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I NEED TO CLARIFY JUST BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE, BECAUSE MY PARTNER IS A FIRST RESPONDER.
I'M GOING TO NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE.
UM, IN WHICH CASE IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 61, 2, IT APPEARS TO BE UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH MAYOR ADLER OFF.
AND I HAVE THOSE UPDATED NUMBERS.
SO STARTING WITH PART SEVEN WHERE THE COMPENSATION INFORMATION BEGINS.
PART SEVEN COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE IS SIX, $6,322 AND 40 CENTS PER PAY PERIOD ANNUALIZED $164,382 AND 40 CENTS PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES, PART NUMBER EIGHT COMPENSATION FOR AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE, INCLUDING THE JUDGE AT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT AND THE OVERNIGHT MAGISTRATE FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL BOOKING FACILITY IS $5,484 PER PAY PERIOD ANNUALIZED A $142,584 PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES COMPENSATION FOR A SUBSTITUTE JUDGE IS $65 AND 72 CENTS PER HOUR PAID IN ACCORD WITH NORMAL CITY PAYROLL PRACTICES.
UM, PART NUMBER 10 COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE, ASSOCIATE JUDGES AND SUBSTITUTE JUDGES.
UM, DURING THE TERM BEGINNING, JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 IS SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT AS PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 DASH OH FOUR SEVEN PART 11.
THE PRESIDING JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS, A PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ON TERMS APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME EXEMPT CITY EMPLOYEES, PART B PARTICIPATION IN THOSE GROUP, BENEFITS, PLANS AND PROGRAMS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER A SECTION THREE B OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PERSONNEL POLICIES UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY PART C ACCRUAL OF 7.67 HOURS OF PAID VACATION LEAVE PER PAY PERIOD 24 PAY PERIODS PER YEAR WITH A MAXIMUM ACCUMULATION OF 400 HOURS PART D IF ELIGIBLE SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY IN THE SAME AMOUNT AND UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS AS FULL-TIME EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY WHO ARE NOT COVERED UNDER A STATE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM, PART 12, THE TERM VACATION LEAVE, AND PART 11 HAS THE SAME MEANING GIVEN TO
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THAT AND PART A I'M SORRY, GIVEN TO THAT TERM AND PART A OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PERSONNEL POLICIES PART 13 PART 11 OF THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPLY TO SUBSTITUTE JUDGES.SUBSTITUTE JUDGES MAY PURCHASE MEDICAL AND DENTAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE THROUGH THE CITY'S GROUP HEALTH CARE PROGRAM.
THE CITY SHALL NOT SUBSIDIZE MEDICAL OR DENTAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR SUBSTITUTE JUDGES.
SUBSTITUTE JUDGES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR EARNED SICK DAYS AS PROVIDED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 1 8 0 3 0 1 DASH OH ONE SEVEN OR 14.
A SUBSTITUTE JUDGE SESAR SHALL SERVE ONLY AS SCHEDULED BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE.
THIS ORDINANCE IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
AND SO HOW DO I, SORRY, THE VERSION THREE.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? UM, OVER POOL, MOST VERSION THREE COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS.
CAN WE, UM, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR WERE UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE ON OUR VERY LAST ITEM WITH MAYOR ADLER OFF AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET ME MAKE SURE I DON'T PREMATURELY GAVEL US OUT.
THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, IS ADJOURNED AT 6:37 PM.