Aug 17, 2022 Austin City Council Budget Adoption

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE TODAY ON, UH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2022.

TIME IS 10 20 WE'RE AT, UH, AUSTIN CITY HALL IN THE, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, WE HAVE AN AGENDA TODAY THAT HAS, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE MOSTLY, UH, UH, BUDGET, UH, RELATED IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET, UH, ITEMS, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS PARKLAND DEDICATION.

I HAVE NUMBER 12 IS THE LICENSE PLATE READER.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AS I POSTED YESTERDAY WITH COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS TODAY, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY WAS, UH, IT WAS OVER 60.

SO AS I POSTED, WE'RE GOING TO DO A MINUTE, UH, FOR EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING SO WE CAN HEAR FROM PEOPLE, BUT SO THAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAS TIME TO DO WORK TODAY AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS, UH, FIRST, UH, AT THE, UM, UH, CONCLUSION OF THE, UM, UH, SPEAKERS.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP, UH, ITEMS THAT CAN BE DISPOSED OF QUICKLY BEFORE WE DO THE BUDGETS SO THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THOSE.

IT'S GOING TO BE MY SUGGESTION COLLEAGUES THAT WE POSTPONE THE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ISSUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AND THEN WE POST IT ON THE LICENSE PLATE, REALLY READER, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AS WELL.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE IN THE STAFF QUESTIONS, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT THAT'S GENERALLY GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION ITEM.

NUMBER 11 IS THE ELECTION ORDINANCE.

WE CAN'T VOTE ON THAT UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE DONE THE, UH, THE DECISION ABOUT THE TAX RATE.

UH, SO 11 IS GOING TO GET PUSHED BACK AND WE'LL DO THOSE THINGS LATE, BUT WE WILL ALSO DO THE, A HOUSING BOND 13, UH, THAT'S THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS ITEM 15, THE HFC AND 16.

SO IT'S MY INTENT AFTER WE HEAR FROM ALL THE SPEAKERS TO SEE IF YEAH, UH, WE CAN HANDLE 13, 14, 15, AND 16, AND, AND TWO AND 12, WE MIGHT HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO FREE UP THAT TIME WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT AND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST KIND OF A QUICK, UH, QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH, UH, STAFF, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT, UH, OR QUESTIONS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, UH, HELP, UM, UH, VOTE.

UH, AND AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND ENGAGE, UH, UH, FEELING WHERE PEOPLE ARE.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN PROBABLY WITH THE THRESHOLD QUESTION ON TALKING ABOUT PAY.

UH, CAUSE I THINK IF WE HAVE A KIND OF A CONSENSUS OR AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE WITH RESPECT TO THE PAY, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US A LOT OF INDICATION ON HOW MUCH MONEY IS IS LEFTOVER.

UH, IF WE WERE TO DO THE, UH, EMPLOYEE PAY, UH, AND I'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS, THANK YOU CHANGED YOUR PROPOSAL THIS MORNING.

UH, CASPER POINT THIS FROM YOUR GROUP TO, TO TRY TO DO SEVEN, UH, UH, AND TO DO WHATEVER COMPRESSION IS AVAILABLE AT THE $7 MILLION PLACE, WHICH WOULD SEEM TO ALLOW SOME, IF NOT ALL, MAYBE ALL, BUT IF NOT, THEN SOME, UM, THEN I'M NOT SURE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE HAVE LISTED THAT WE'RE REALLY THAT FAR OFF WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IS LEFT, BUT OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS AT ONE MINUTE EACH, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF AND MOVE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO GET US TO LUNCH, UH, IF WE CAN DO ALL THAT BY LUNCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY MAYOR, SORRY THAT I DIDN'T TOTALLY FOLLOW YOUR OUTLINE PROPOSED OUTLINE, BUT I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY QUESTIONS AT THE END, AND I WOULD JUST KNOW THE QUIET, THE KIND OF QUICK BUDGET QUESTIONS OF STAFF, QUICK BUDGET, QUESTIONS, OR STAFF.

I WAS SAYING THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS AND THEN I THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS LIKE THE HOUSING BOND CONTRACT WITH VOTERS, THE HFC MEETING, THE MUELLER LAND ISSUE.

THEN PROBABLY QUICK QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THROUGH THAT, UM, BEFORE LUNCH, BECAUSE SOME OF, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THROUGH THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PROCESS, AND THEY CAME IN SOME YESTERDAY, SOME FRIDAY, UM, AND THEN READING THROUGH THEM, THEY GENERATED SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT THEY ALSO, AND LET ME JUST SAY IT IS SUCH A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF WHO WORKED ON IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IT'S ALL REALLY VALUABLE.

SOME OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION I THINK CAN POINT US TO SOME POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

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SO I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE QUICK ANSWERS SO THAT WE CAN TWEAK OUR, OUR AMENDMENTS, UM, ACCORDINGLY.

AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES BASED ON SOME OF THE NEW, NO, AND THAT WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ANNOUNCED.

WE'RE GOING TO DO COUNSELING ON KELLY.

UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LAYING OUT THE DAY, THE WAY THAT YOU DID.

UM, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT I'M AMENABLE TO POSTPONING THE LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.

WE HAVE HAD THAT RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I HAVE POSTPONED IT AS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO NOW TO DISCUSS DURING THE BUDGET.

SO I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THAT AFTER WE HEAR FROM SPEAKERS AND MAYBE EVEN AFTER LUNCH, IT COULD EASILY BE THAT IT'S ON THAT TIMING.

SO LET'S BEGIN WITH, UH, PEOPLE CALLED IN.

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I THINK THAT, UM, WE WANTED START WITH THE REMOTE SPEAKERS AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, THOSE THAT NEED AN INTERPRETER TO ASSIST.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS A SPANISH SPEAKER.

SO WE HAVE THE INTERPRETER ON THE LINE.

JACQUELINE.

CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH.

UH, FIRST SPEAKER IS ONE FEDERAL MUNOZ AND HE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THAT'S.

MY NAME IS .

GIVE ME A SECOND SHOWING ME AND I LIVE IN AND I'M PART OF THE LABOR .

I'M HERE TO PROPOSE IT AND SUPPORT THE LIBRARY CARDS FOR THE CITY.

I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR YEARS WHAT WOULD, WHAT THAT CARD WOULD DO FOR US AND THE BENEFIT IT WOULD GIVE US A PICTURE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND ADDRESS FOR EVERYBODY.

WE COULD PUT IT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS WITHOUT HAVING THAT IDEA IS IMPEDES THEM, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS VITAL RESOURCES, WHETHER YOUR BROTHER HE CAN TAKE THEM, THEY CAN TO BE ARRESTED.

AND THEN WITH CONTEXT TO THE AUTHORITIES OF IMMIGRATION.

SPEAKING OF WHEN, WHEN THE ONLY CRIME WAS MONICA TO DRIVE WITHOUT AN ID, CAN I SEE US NEXT SPEAKER IS AMELIA CASAS FOR ITEM FOUR AND 12.

AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE AN INTERPRETER, WE DOUBLE THE TIME, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME GO AHEAD.

EVICTION, LEGAL SUPPORT, AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HIGHER WAGES FOR OUR CITY, EMPLOYEES AND MEDICS IN FUNDING FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ALL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND SOLUTIONS THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESPERATELY NEEDS.

MY NAME IS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX AND POLICY ANALYST WITH THE TEXTS, REFER TO FRIENDS PROJECTS, SPEAKING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND POSTPONEMENT AND ITEM 12.

FIRST, WE WANT TO THINK OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN FOR THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, WE ARE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUDGET, AMENDMENTS FUNDING, NECESSARY,

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SPEAKING TO THE POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM 12.

WE OPPOSE ALP OURS BECAUSE THE MONEY FOR THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS COMMUNITY ITEMS LIKE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WAGES.

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE FREQUENTLY USED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO COLLECT COURT DEBT, MAKE PETTY ARRESTS AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

WE ALSO KNOW FROM THE EXPERIENCE THAT APD FREQUENTLY VIOLATE THE POLICIES SET BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO ANY RESTRICTIONS COUNCIL SETS ON ALP ARE, WOULD NEED TO BE CAPTURED IN AN ORDINANCE TO HAVE FULL EFFECT.

I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND PAST THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET ITEMS AND FULL AND POSTPONE ITEM 12.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TRENTON HENSON.

UH, HI, MY NAME IS FRAN ANDERSON.

I'M A LEADER AT ST.

AISHA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH CALLING ON BEHALF OF CENTRAL TEXAS INTERSTATE BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IN CENTRAL TEXAS GOES UP AND WAGES REMAIN FLAT.

THE BUDGETS, THE WORKING FAMILIES ARE BEING SQUEEZED HARD, BUT GOOD NEWS.

THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND FOR 2023 WILL HAVE $1 BILLION IN IT.

COUNCIL CAN PERMIT DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES WITH 5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

COUNCIL CAN PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES WITH 10 MILLION FOR MOBILE HOME REPAIR, OR THEY MUST INCLUDE THIS IN THE BOND AT $20 AN HOUR.

THIS COUNCIL CAN BEGIN TO PROVIDE A LIVING WAGE.

THE CITY'S LOWEST PAID WORKERS, AND BY RESTORING 300,000 IN FUNDING CUTS FOR LONG-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS BY CAPITAL IDEA, COUNCIL CAN LIFT GENERATIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY.

THE MATH WORKS WHEN BUDGETS ARE TIGHT.

THESE ARE THE CRITICAL PROGRAMS CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO FUND CENTRAL TEXAS CENTER, FAKE CALLS ON CITY COUNCIL TO BUDGET FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

THANK YOU, LAUREN.

ORTEL I'M FULL.

HI, MY NAME IS BORNE ORTEL.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE.

UM, I AM TAKING TODAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COALITION WHO BUILT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THE PIECES OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET FUNDED, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE EVEN FILED AMENDMENTS TO FUND THESE NEEDS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE FULL PACKAGE IS WHAT WE NEED, UH, THE FULL $74 MILLION, THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE LEADER, CONTRACT RENEWAL THAT COSTS $114,000 SHOULD NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED.

THIS TECHNOLOGY PUTS FOLKS AT RISK OF THEIR DATA AND IDENTITY AS BEING USED IN APPROPRIATELY.

SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT MAKE US SAFER RESOURCES.

DO THOSE FUNDS SHOULD GO TOWARD THE TOTAL FUNDING OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, AND OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS LIKE ONGOING EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION PREVENTION SUPPORT FOR AUSTINITES SPEAKING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND FREE KEPT METRO AFFAIRS AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS.

IT'S UP TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ACT COURAGEOUSLY AND FULLY FUND THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET PLAN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NISHA DOVEY.

HI MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS NISHA.

DID THEY? AND I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR AS WELL AS FUND I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEM FOUR.

WELL, SOME HAS PROVIDED DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ABORTION FOR TEXANS FOR 21 YEARS.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY AND SUPPORTIVE SAME FUNDS AS AMENDMENT TO ADD $200,000 IN ONE-TIME FUNDS FOR REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

AND ALSO IN SUPPORT OF CMLS AS WRITER DIRECTING THE USE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FUNDS.

WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET CALLS FROM PROGRESSIVE ADVOCATES, INCLUDING THE CALL TO TAKE THE FIRST VOTE ON THE $20 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE AMENDMENT.

THE RECENT DECISION IN THE DOBBS CASE FROM THE U S SUPREME COURT HAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED ACCESS TO ABORTION IN TEXAS.

IF YOU ARE AN AUSTINITE AND NEED OF ABORTION CARE TODAY, YOU MUST DRIVE OR FLY TO OTHER STATES AND TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES AND SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVEY THE DEPTH OF THIS CRISIS.

IN THE SHORT TIME, WE HAVE APPRECIATED THE STEADY SUPPORT FOR ABORTION ACCESS FROM THIS COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE SHOWN TIME AND AGAIN, WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

WHEN WE GOVERNED FROM OUR VALUES, PLEASE CONTINUE TO TAKE STRONG ACTION AND SUPPORTIVE ABORTION ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.

THANK YOU, ROSEANNE, MARIA PURIM.

HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS SUZANNE RE-AFFIRM.

I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT JANE'S DUE PROCESS.

A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS ANYONE IN TEXAS WHO IS UNDER 18 CONFIDENTIALLY ACCESS ABORTION AND BIRTH CONTROL.

KTP IS ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN GRANT FUNDING.

THE PRACTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES ALONG

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WITH OUR SUB GRANTEES FUND TEXAS CHOICE IS BE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AMENDMENT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 200,000 IN ONE TIME FUNDS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' WRITER DIRECTING THE USE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FUNDS USE DUE PROCESS ALSO SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET CALLS FROM PROGRESSIVE ADVOCATES, INCLUDING THE CALL TO KEEP THE FIRST VOTE ON THE $20 AN HOUR MINIMUM WITH JIM AMENDMENT THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR ABORTION ACCESS IN TEXAS FROM THE SIX WEEK ABORTION BANNED AT THE EIGHT, THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V.

WADE BY THE U S SUPREME COURT.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE.

AND WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THESE LAWS AND COURT DECISIONS ONLY HARM WOMEN AND PEOPLE WHO CAN BECOME PREGNANT, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IS A POOR PART OF OUR LIFE.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING THE FUNDING TO PROTECT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES.

THAT TEXT THEME.

THANK YOU, LINDSEY.

IGNATOWSKI HEY, MY NAME IS LINDSEY AND THIS HOUSE CAN FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND PROUD DSA MEMBER.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, UM, I FEEL ONE MINUTE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET PEOPLE TO SPEAK.

SO IF WE WANT TO SAVE TIME IN THE MEETING, THIS MEETING STARTED 21 MINUTES LATE THAT'S 21 CITIZENS THAT COULD HAVE WEIGHED IN AND HAD THEIR OPINIONS.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, I DID WANT TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE NOW WE'LL COMPROMISE AND SHIFT THE GOALPOST TO FOCUS ON $20 AN HOUR, UH, AS THE CITY LIVING WAGE.

SO I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PASS THAT WITHOUT TOO MANY DIFFICULTIES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDUS, UM, MADE A CHANGE TO HER PROPOSAL.

UH, THERE WAS $7 MILLION FIGURE MENTIONED.

SO I WANTED TO ASK, UM, IF SHE COULD PERHAPS EXPLAIN THE IMPLICATIONS AND WHAT THAT MEANS.

I KNOW ME AND SEVERAL OTHERS DIDN'T CATCH THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, EMPHASIZE TO VOTE NO ON THOSE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC APPETITE FOR THESE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE GRACE ACT TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN AUSTIN.

SO IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, THEN WE NEED TO NOT HAVE THESE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, WHICH WOULD EFFECTIVELY UNDO A LOT OF REPRODUCTIVE PROTECTIONS.

SO, UM, YEAH.

AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE A REALLY QUICK SUMMARY OF THAT CHANGE FOR US IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO HOW THIS SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? YES.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT MY MOMENT IS, YOU KNOW, SEEKS TO RAISE THE WAGE TO $20 WITH A $7 MILLION ALLOCATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT SHOULD ADDITIONAL FUNDS BE NEEDED TO USE ANY SURPLUS AND SALES TAX, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER, UM, DIRECTIONS TO, TO STAFF.

SO MY AMENDMENT STILL KEEPS IT AT US RAISING THE LIVING WAGE TO $20, UH, BUT IT JUST CHANGES THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE DURING THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

AND I BELIEVE WE'LL BE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENTS HERE SHORTLY AFTER CITIZEN, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, NEXT SPEAKER DAVID KING.

AUSTIN MUCH RATHER SEE US SPEND OUR MONEY ON THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT, UM, RESIDENTS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER PLANNING AND RESILIENCE, HUBS, AND EXTREME WEATHER SUPPORT.

UH, PLEASE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION AND AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AND PRESERVATION.

AUSTIN, PLEASE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AFFORDABILITY AUSTIN TO REJECT AUSTIN.

ENERGY'S PROPOSED INCREASES IN CUSTOMER SERVICE FEES AND RATES.

PLEASE SUPPORT A PEOPLE'S BUDGET WHERE AT LEAST 75% OF THE TOTAL CITY BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY HELP AND SUPPORT VULNERABLE FAMILIES, LOW INCOME FAMILIES, FAMILIES OF COLOR, MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES, AND SMALL COMMUNITY BASED BUSINESSES IN AUSTIN INCREASE IN RECALIBRATE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT THESE ANNUALLY TO HELP ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT PAYS FOR ITSELF AND OFFSET DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS INACTIVE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, AND INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND DEDICATED DEDICATION FEES AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF DEDICATED AT LEAST 5% OF THE GENERAL FUND ANNUALLY FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY HELP LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL COMMUNITY BUSINESSES BECOME RESILIENT AND AVOID INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT THAT WOULD EQUATE TO 55 MILLION IN THE CURRENT, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COLLEGE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

HI, MY NAME IS SAM JASMINE, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, AND ALSO CALLING ON A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO, UH, WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR THE, UH, AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER.

UH, PROPOSAL DON'T NEED TO BE SPENDING MONEY ON THIS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT

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THANK YOU, ELENA CDN GLEN'S BOWS ELENA, PLEASE UNMUTE.

GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ELENA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIZE.

I'M CALLING YOU TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING VITAL FUNDS TO THE UNHOUSED AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY THROUGH A CITY COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL PERSON APPOINTED AMENDMENT TO FUND TENANT RELOCATION AND SEE COUNCIL PERSON VILLAS, UM, AMENDMENT TO INCREASE OR FURTHER OFFER RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

UM, THERE IS A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY IN, UH, SOUTH AUSTIN CONGRESS, UH, A COMMUNITY COUNCIL THAT PERSONALLY FOUGHT FOR, UM, THAT AFTER FIGHTING OFF THAT LAND DEVELOPERS AND DWAYNE 19 HAS LOST THEIR FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR CHAIRS.

THEY CONSIDERED A SANCTUARY BY MANY FOR UP TO 21 YEARS.

UH, AND HIS DEVELOPER CAME IN THIS PAST DECEMBER AND BOUGHT THE LAND FOR SO-CALLED LUXURY MOBILE HOME.

THE LAST OF THIS CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE EVICTED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THIS KIND OF STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND OFTEN SCOTT TURNER.

HELLO, I'M SCOTT TURNER.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER AUSTIN.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE PROPOSED DOUBLING OF THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND FEE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, HIGH FEES.

LIKE THIS ARE A REGULATORY BARRIER TO HOUSING RAISING COSTS AND REDUCING SUPPLY BECAUSE AS A BUILDER, YOUR CHOICE IS TO EITHER PAY THE FEE OR PASS AND PASS IT ON OR NOT TO BUILD NEITHER.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF AUSTIN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

I'D LIKE TO ASK WHY WE NEED TO CHARGE SUCH A HIGH FEE WITH SUCH A STEEP INCREASE EXCLUSIVELY FOR NEW PARTS WHEN OUR PARKS ARE DOING PRETTY WELL.

ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND I'LL READ FROM PAGE 68, THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS A RATIO OF 10 PARK ACRES FOR 1000 RESIDENTS FOR CITIES AND AUSTIN'S POPULATION RANGE PARK.

THE GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE A RATIO OF 24 ACRES OF PARKLAND FOR EVERY 1000 RESIDENTS.

AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2021 PART HAD APPROXIMATELY 18 PARK ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY'S 2021 COMMUNITY SURVEY.

74% OF RESPONDENTS WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE ARE DESPERATE FOR PARKS THE WAY WE ARE DESPERATE FOR HOUSING, I'D ASK YOU NOT TO INCREASE THE PARKLAND FEE AND INSTEAD TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT OUR FEES, WHICH ARE ALREADY THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS OUTDATED AND OUR YEARS LONG APPROVAL PROCESS HAVE ON AFFORDABILITY AND ATTAINABILITY AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP RESTORE HOUSING SUPPLY WHILE BALANCING OUR NEED FOR PARKS.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, RYAN.

JORDAN MIDDLEBROOKS, JORDAN MIDDLEBROOKS, CONNOR BROPHY, GOOD MORNING.

THEY ADLER FROZEN MILER AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M KIND OF BROPHY HE HIM.

AND TODAY I'M SPEAKING IN COMPLETE OPPOSITION OF ITEM 12 TO REJECT THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE LEADERS WITHIN AUSTIN MASS PEOPLE TO VOTE AGAINST THAT AND 12, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE APD TO TRACK AND SHARE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THOSE SEEKING ABORTIONS

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TO OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WILL HELP THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN.

UNDERMINING GRAZES PROTECTION IS NOT SHOWN TO BE A PROVEN ASSET, INCLUDING CRIMES AS DESPITE AUSTIN'S CRIME VOLUME BEING IN LINE WITH NATIONAL AVERAGES.

WE HAVE SEEN A YEAR OVER YEAR DECREASE IN CRIME CLEARANCES BY THE APD.

AND THIS INCLUDES THE YEARS THAT THE POLICE BUDGET HAS CONTINUALLY EXPLODED AS WELL AS THE YEARS, THE ALP OURS WERE ORIGINALLY USED FROM 2016 TO 2020.

IT SHOULD ALSO NOT BE AN INVASIVE TOOL GIVEN TO THE APD TO COMPENSATE FOR THEIR SHORTCOMINGS.

AS A DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FULLY FUNDED WITHOUT BEING FULLY STAFFED OR FULLY TRAINED TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF IT IS REINSTATED PER ITS CODE, IT CURRENTLY HAS A FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF OVERSIGHT.

SO UNTIL AUSTIN HAS HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT, THE APD WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTE IMPUNITY TO SWEEP ANY INFRACTIONS UNDER THE RUG.

SO PLEASE ALL COME TOGETHER AND VOTING IT'S ITEM 12.

THANKS YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, RYAN AND Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW.

YES, WE CAN.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS RYAN BADER ROAST.

MOST PEOPLE WILL KNOW ME AS GUMBO AND I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS.

I'M CALLING YOU FROM DISTRICT FIVE TODAY AS A PROUD MEMBER OF SB 16, 24 AND THE AUSTIN CHAPTER, THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.

AND BEFORE YOU DECIDE ON ANYTHING ELSE TODAY, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU PASS THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, INCLUDING $20 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND AMENDMENTS FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FUNDING WORKERS RUN THIS CITY AT EVERY LEVEL, NOT BOSSES, NOT LANDLORDS, NOT THE BIG TECH COMPANIES, MAKING THEIR MINI PILGRIMAGES HERE AND NOT ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF CAPITAL.

SO UNTIL SUCH A TIME, AS THE CITY STANDS UP FOR ITS MOST WORKERS AND PAYS THEM A LIVING THRIVING WAGE, AND THIS, THIS BALLOONING INFLATION CRISIS, WON'T BE A GREAT CITY FUND WORKERS FUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND EMS AND FUND THE BEAT FURTHER VOTE, NO IN ITEM 12 REGARDING AOPR.

SO WHENEVER IT EVENTUALLY COMES ACROSS THE DOCKET, OR JUST KEEP POSTPONING IT INDEFINITELY, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD VOTE TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO ABD WHEN THEIR VIOLENT AND RACIST ACTIONS HAVE CAUSED THE CITY, NEARLY $14 BILLION IN DAMAGES JUST LAST WEEK.

AND THAT'S TO SAY NOTHING OF THE VILE AND HORRIFYING INVASIONS OF PRIVACY AND THE EXTREME SURVEILLANCE SURVEILLANCE, THE LPRS WOULD GIVE TO AN UNACCOUNTABLE INSTITUTION AND INSTITUTION THAT IS HARDLY DONE ITS QUOTE UNQUOTE JOB IN TWO YEARS OUT OF SPITE, BECAUSE THEY RIGHTFULLY CAME UNDER SCRUTINY IN 2020, THE SURVEILLANCE WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BLACK PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF MARGINALIZED, GENDERS, PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS, AND MANY OTHERS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE THIS WHITE MEN, BUT NO ON LPRS WHEN THEY COME UP.

THANK YOU, CRYSTAL ERICKSON COLLINS.

HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTELLE ERICKSON COLLINS.

PLEASE DON'T VOTE TO FUND LICENSE PLATE READERS.

WE KNOW THAT THIS KIND OF DATA HAS BEEN MISUSED AND CAN BE CONFUSING.

AND THAT OFTEN HAS A HISTORY OF UNFAIRLY SURVEILLING AND PLEASING PEOPLE OF COLOR.

LET'S SHIFT THAT MONEY AWAY FROM AN ALREADY OVERFUNDED NON-COMPLIANT POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO THE SERVICES THAT WILL KEEP US SAFER, LIKE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION AND EMS. RECENTLY, MY DAUGHTER WAS FORCED OUT OF HER APARTMENT OF SEVEN YEARS.

SHE'S BEEN DOING HER BIT TO AUSTIN'S COMMITMENT TO BE A NO TILL CITY AND HER FOSTER DOGS BARKED THE APARTMENT MANAGEMENT BEGAN FINDING HER $10 PER DAY AND ON TOP OF A PREVIOUS INCREASE IN RENT, SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO STAY.

LET ME TELL YOU HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND AN APARTMENT IN AUSTIN ON WAGES OF $16 PER HOUR.

PLEASE RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $20.

THANK YOU, PHYLLIS KNOTGRASS MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ON ITEM 13, I'M PHYLLIS SNODGRASS, CEO OF AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND TO BE PLACED ON A NOVEMBER 22 BALLOT.

WE'RE SEEING A RECORD NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR HOUSING.

THE NEED IS GREATER THAN EVER, AND WE ALL KNOW THIS.

WE MUST TAKE ACTION.

NOW WITH THE BOLD INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS HAVE BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL TO HELP US GET A MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES BUILT HERE IN AUSTIN.

WE CANNOT TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL.

WE NEED THESE FUNDS NOW TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR HARDWORKING AUSTINITES PLEASE VOTE.

YES FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND.

FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVISION IS ADVOCACY THAT ARE SUPPORTING A 20, 20 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

OH, Y SAYS, ARE THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? MY NAME IS AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE POSITIVE WORKS OFTEN.

WE ARE PART OF THE COALITION OF OVER 30 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO PLACE A 10 $50 MILLION BOND ON THE NOVEMBER, 2020 BALLOT.

AND WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS THAT FOCUSES ON PROVIDING DP AFFORDABLE AND LONG-TERM HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AUSTINITES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AUSTIN IS FACING A HOUSING CRISIS WITH HOME PRICES, EVENTS, REACHING RECORD HIGHS AS A COMMUNITY.

WE MUST ACT NOW WITH A BOLD INVESTMENT TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY.

CONSIDERING THE SUCCESS OF OUR B RESPONDS.

WE KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS ARE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY, CREATING JOBS AND GENERATING BILLIONS OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

THESE BONDS, THE KEY ROLE IN HELPING US FIGHT GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT AND KEEP US IN A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CITY.

HOUSING WORKS ALSO SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET AND BASED BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM MARIN BOUNCES THAT WOULD EXPAND HOW THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL AND EXPAND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOMI MERCADO, NOMI MERCADO, PLEASE UNMUTE C C WHEN ARE THE SEE ME.

NOBODY HAS NO OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THE TRANSLATOR IS STILL ON THE LINE REAL QUICK.

I'M HERE.

OH, WONDERFUL.

JACQUELINE.

WOULD YOU MIND TRANSLATING? THIS IS JACQUELYN.

THE INTERPRETER I'LL COMMUNICATE WITH ONCE.

NO, I MEAN JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.

MY NAME IS DAWN MERCADO.

I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR 28 YEARS.

YES .

AND I'M CALLING TO GET THE PROPOSAL OF THE $20.

YEAH, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 28 YEARS AND I'M STILL AT $18.

AND WITH THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

I'VE SEEN MY BILL IS $500 AND I'M ASKING TO PLEASE YOU GO, I STAY AT, UH, AT LEAST TO $22.

WITH THE SITUATION AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

ALL I ASK IS FOR MY SALARY TO BE ADJUSTED.

THANK YOU, RACHEL SHANNON, NANCY LOPEZ, CANTU.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS NANCY LOPEZ CAN TOO.

I'M ALSO A CITY EMPLOYEE SINCE 2008.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF RAISING THE WAGE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.

I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD WHO GOES TO SCHOOL HERE IN DEL VALLEY BECAUSE I LIVE 40 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN.

I ALSO HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD THAT'S ATTENDING DAYCARE.

I CANNOT AFFORD DAYCARE.

IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOES NOT INCREASE OUR WAGE.

I ALSO ASK THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON LOOK INTO INCREASING THE BENEFIT CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES.

I WORK IN THE CITY AND I HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CITY AND I NEED HELP IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COME TO WORK AND PROVIDE SERVICE FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THANK YOU, RACHEL.

SHANNON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

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I JUST GOT PASSED OVER.

GOOD MORNING THERE.

I LEARNED COUNCIL MEMBERS IS RACHEL SHANNON.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT ONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT THUS FAR IN THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET AND THAT YOU MAXIMIZE THE FUNDING OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY SERVE THOSE MOST IN NEED IN THE CITY, INCLUDING OUR OWN WORKERS.

WE DON'T NEED MEAGERLY FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO FAIL, THAT WE CAN DISCARD THEM WITHOUT EVER GIVING THEM A REAL CHAMP.

WE NEED ROBUST INVESTMENT AND NOT IN COSTLY, UNNECESSARY ALP OUR SURVEILLANCE AT THIS CRITICAL POINT FOR GROWING AND GROWING OFTEN, WE NEED ONGOING EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION PREVENTION.

THE FULL 12 MILLION IS NOT TOO MUCH FOR THAT.

A LIVING WAGE FOR CITY WORKERS STARTING WITH A $20 MINIMUM ROBOTS, INCLEMENT WEATHER PLANNING AND SHELTERING, WHETHER IT'S NOW A MULTI-SEASONAL THREAT AND HERE TO STAY.

WE NEED TO PLAN AS SUCH AND THAT'S FOR CAPITAL METRO FOR A CITY BUILT ON BEING A NEXUS OF IDEAS AND NEW TECHNOLOGY AND A UNIQUE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

THE LACK OF BASIC SERVICES SUCH AS FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS INEXCUSABLE.

THIS IS A BASELINE NEED FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS AND DURING A WORSENING ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE, IF WE CAN PAY 14 MILLION TO BAIL OUT APD BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN DEVASTATING AND EXPENSIVE MISBEHAVIOR AND MISMANAGEMENT, AND WE CAN RISK TRULY INVESTING IN EFFORTS TO MEET THE ACTUAL STATED NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

PLEASE FULLY FUND THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.

NOW THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE WITH US TODAY THAT HAVE CHILDREN? DO WE HAVE ANYONE WITH CHILDREN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE ON? IF YOU DO, YOU CAN COME DOWN NOW AND SPEAK.

IF NOT, WE'LL GO BACK TO THOSE SPEAKERS.

THESE WOULD BE SPEAKERS WITH CHILDREN.

UM, SPEAKER, BEFORE YOU GO, MAY OR MAY I ASK, UM, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE OFFERING THAT, BUT I WONDER IF FOLKS, WITHOUT KIDS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHY YOU WOULD OFFER THAT WE HAVE SOME RESTLESS CHILDREN, UH, WITH US HERE TODAY.

UH, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THOSE RESTLESS THE CHILDREN, THE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE ENTERTAINED WITH US ANY LONGER THAN THEY THAN THEY NEED TO BE.

SO IF THOSE SPEAKERS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

UM, MY NAME IS KEVIN WELCH.

I'M A RESONANT HOMEOWNER, TAXPAYER DISTRICT EIGHT.

I'M ALSO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT EFF AUSTIN.

WE'RE A LOCAL DIGITAL CELEBRITIES ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.

UM, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH SOME COUNSEL ABOUT ITEM 12, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, BUT I WANTED TO COME DOWN TODAY AND, UH, JUST URGE YOU ALL TO, UM, PLEASE REJECT THE RESOLUTION AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, THERE ARE FAR MORE LEGAL SAFEGUARDS THAT NEED TO BE IN THIS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AT ALL, UM, FOR ONE THING, YOU CANNOT HAVE MOBILE LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THEY'RE TOO EASY TO POLITICIZE.

YOU CAN PLACE THEM IN PLACES THAT CAN CRIMINALIZE ACTIVITIES.

THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS YOU ALSO CAN'T HAVE THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS WITH THIS DATA.

IT'S INCREDIBLY PONED TO LEAKS IN THE UK, ALL NATIONAL LICENSE PLATE READER.

DATA WAS A LEAK JUST TWO YEARS AGO.

SO YOU CAN NOT WORK WITH THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS WITH THIS.

IT IS VITAL.

THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT HAS REAL TEETH TO REGULATE THIS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE OVERSIGHT ACT PASSED THIS FALL.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK, I ALSO HAVE BROUGHT A SHEET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'VE DISCUSSED ALREADY, SOMEWHAT COUNSEL THAT I WOULD LOVE IF STAFF COULD HAND OUT TO COUNCIL TO EDUCATE THEM FURTHER ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE BARE MINIMUM DELAY THIS ISSUE UNTIL YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REACH SEARCH IT FURTHER.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M SORRY, SIR.

I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU MENTIONED THAT.

WHAT WAS THE W WHAT WAS THE CHANGE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT DIDN'T ALLOW THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS FOR THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY? WAS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? UM, YES.

LIKE THE DATA CANNOT BE HELD BY VENDORS LIKE VIGILANT SOLUTIONS.

THE DATA MUST ALL BE WITH THE CITY OF BUNCHA.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN HERE.

YOU, UH, YOU SAID YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY DISTRICT DATE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT ON IT, BUT I DO WANT TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF ADVICE TO OFFER ON THIS.

AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO COME DOWN HERE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU FURTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SOME OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON YOUR STAFF I SHOULD CONNECT WITH, I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TO THEM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU JUST LIKE I'VE ALREADY DONE WITH SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THAT'S GREAT.

LET ME COME GIVE YOU A BUSINESS CARD SO WE CAN CONNECT.

AND MAY I SERVE ONE MORE? YES, SIR.

HOLD ON.

TRY NOT TO TAKE UP TIME.

GOT A LESBIAN READERS, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING PRIVACY, WHO WHO'S YOUR, WHO'S YOUR GUIDE? I MEAN, THE TRUTH IS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS GOTTEN INTO A HUNDRED PERCENT, RIGHT.

NO, NO WORRIES.

UH, DOES, WHAT IS YOUR MODEL LEGISLATION LIKE IF THERE WAS A STATE, A CITY THAT

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BUT THE PEOPLE WHO BY FAR DONE IT, THE BEST IS THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THEY HAVE A DATA RETENTION POLICY, NO HIT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.

ALL DATA IS WIPED, ERASED, NOT CAPPED IF THERE'S NO HIT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, I GO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

JUST SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR FOLKS ABOUT HOW THE THREE MINUTE THING WORKS.

I MEAN, BECAUSE ON ITS FACE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT YOU WOULD NEVER USE IT.

I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, IF, IF DATA IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR THREE MINUTES, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE, IT MEANS THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME THAT IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE FELONY OR WARRANT OUT ON THE LICENSE PLATE, YOU CAN ALREADY KNOW THAT WITHIN THREE MINUTES AND THE LONGER THE DATA IS KEPT, THE HIGHER, THE RISK OF IT GETTING LEAKED OR INAPPROPRIATELY USED, LIKE THE ONLY SAFE DATA IS DATA NOT COLLECTED AT ALL.

BUT IF YOU MUST COLLECT IT THE SHORTER TIME, THE SAFER.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UM, IF THERE'S A WARRANT, THOSE WHO ARE THAT'S ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM, SO IT'S, IT'LL BOUNCE IT OFF.

I MEAN, I'M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR A LIVING.

YOU CAN LITERALLY, IF THERE IS ALREADY IN THE DATABASE, THE LICENSE IS ALREADY FLAT.

YOU CAN KNOW IN A COUPLE SECONDS.

OH, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FLAG IT ALREADY.

AND YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP THAT RECORD.

IF THERE WAS NO HIT, THEN THE PUBLIC'S NEED IS NOT ENDANGERED.

I WAS THINKING THAT YOU, WHAT YOU MEANT WAS YOU COLLECTED.

AND THEN SOMETIME LATER SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND CHECK AGAINST IT, BUT YOU CAN AUTOMATE THOSE HITS.

YOU CAN.

AND, UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD NOT ANOTHER REASON TO NOT KEEP IT AROUND US, POTENTIALLY POST HOC FISHING FOR CRIMES THAT WERE NOT ACTIVELY BEING INVESTIGATED AT THE TIME, BASICALLY BUILDING A CASE AFTER THE FACT.

SO, YES.

UM, YOU CAN TOTALLY KNOW IF THERE'S A BOARD ON THE LICENSE PLATE WITHIN THREE MINUTES.

THAT'S NOT A HARD TECHNICAL PROBLEM.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

UM, SO, SO WHEN, SO WHEN APD WAS TALKING TO US AND WE ASKED ABOUT, UH, THE, THE QUICK WIPE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY OR WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES, THEY SAID THAT ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS, UM, UH, WITH THIS DEVICE IS IF THEY IDENTIFY THAT THEY'RE A CRIME AND NOW THEY HAVE EVIDENCE AND THEY NOW HAVE A SUSPECT FOR A CRIME THAT OCCURRED LAST THURSDAY, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEN.

AND THEY WANT TO NOW BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT THAT PERSON WAS IN THAT AREA AT THAT TIME TO, AND ALSO TO CHECK AND SEE IF THAT PERSON WAS IN THAT AREA AT THAT TIME, UH, THAT IF IT WAS WIPED, THEY WOULDN'T, THEY, THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THAT FUNCTIONALITY.

UM, I, I DO HEAR THAT, THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL POLICIES, YOU HAVE TO WEIGH BENEFITS WITH RISKS.

AND I DO THINK THE RISKS OF LONGER AND LONGER DATA RETENTION FAR OUTWEIGH THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS.

AS I SAID, UM, YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP, BUT IN 2020 IN ENGLAND, LITERALLY THE ENTIRE NATIONAL AOPR DATABASE WAS LEAKED YEARS OF RECORDS OF EVERY DRIVER EVERYWHERE THEY'VE GONE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU DON'T SPEND THAT AS, AS SURVEILLANCE TO BE QUITE FRANK, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO TRAVEL FREELY IF THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED A CRIME AND 99.9, 9% OF PEOPLE, THESE SYSTEMS REGISTER HAVE NOT COMMITTED A CRIME.

UH, MY NAME IS RODNEY SUTTON AND I W I'M A CITY AND MY NAME IS RODNEY SUTTON.

AND I TOO AM A CITY EMPLOYEE.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN SINCE 2020.

UM, HERE WE GO AGAIN, I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES.

UM, WELL, MY ANSWER IS FOR YOU TO DO BETTER THAN THE FAST FOOD PLACES.

UM, MY JOB WAS DO BETTER THAN A FAST FOOD PLACE BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING AT PEOPLE OFFICE UP TO $18 AN HOUR.

SO $20 AN HOUR WOULD BE A GREAT HELP FOR THE CITY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, HE CONDITIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND OUR TRUCKS CAN BE OVERWHELMING.

UM, WE GOT PEOPLE THAT PASS OUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, UM, IN OUR TRUCKS AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.

UM, THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIX THESE ISSUES AND THE ISSUES HAVEN'T BEEN FIXED YET.

THEY KEEP GIVING US A RUN AROUND EVERY YEAR.

WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

THEY SAY, THEY'RE GOING TO FIX IT WHEN THE WINTER COMES, THEY LIKED OFF THE TABLE.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ELEMENTS THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR US AS EMPLOYEES.

UM, THE TRASH AND RECYCLING BUSINESS IS THE SIX MOST DEADLIEST JOB IN THE WORLD.

AND NUMBER FIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO I THINK THAT DESERVING AS SEDATIVE BY ITSELF BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO FOR THE CITY, BUT TO KEEP THE CITY

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MOVING.

BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE, IF WE DO NOT PICK UP TRASH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT, THAT COMES FROM NOT PICKING UP TRASH, RACCOONS, POSSUMS, AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL.

OH YEAH.

DAYCARE IS ESSENTIAL.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

AND THANKS FOR COMING DOWN TO TALK TO US TODAY, COUNSELOR TOVO AND I JUST WANT TO, YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO ECHO THAT.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAME, OH, IT'S OKAY.

I I'LL JUST SAY IT FROM HERE, BUT, UM, WHEN YOU CAME DOWN IN JUNE, YOU MENTIONED THE SITUATION WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE ARR TRUCKS.

AND I KNOW MY OFFICE FOLLOWED UP ON IT.

I KNOW, ASKED ME HAS FOLLOWED UP ON IT.

AND WE'RE IN REGULAR TOUCH WITH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND SOME OF THE OTHERS WHO ARE, UM, IN PURCHASING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN IS.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW IMPACTFUL YOUR TESTIMONY WAS AND THAT WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE, UM, ALL OF YOU, UM, THAT IT, IT MATTERS.

AND I APPRECIATED YOU RAISING THAT.

UM, AND IF YOU WANT MORE DO, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KIND OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM ARR ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, UM, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW, AS I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE, THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, BUT THEY'RE WAITING ON SUPPLIES.

THEY'RE HAVING SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, BUT AS YOU SAID, IT'S A, IT'S NOT A NEW ISSUE THIS YEAR.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY'VE GOTTEN A PROTOTYPE FOR A UNIT THAT WOULD BE ON TOP OF, OF THE GUARD OF THE TRUCKS TO PROVIDE SOME AIR CONDITIONING.

AND I THINK THAT PILOT WORKED OUT WELL, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY INTEND TO BUY, TO BUY THEM FOR THE OTHER TRUCKS AS WELL.

SO, UM, REST ASSURED AS LONG AS I'M ON THE DYES, WHICH ISN'T ALL THAT MUCH LONGER, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA KEEP ON TOP OF IT.

BUT AGAIN, I KNOW ASKED ME HAS BEEN A REAL, A REAL STRONG ADVOCATE AND IS ALSO FOLLOWING UP.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SUTTON, WOULD YOU MIND LETTING THAT YOUNG MAN DO HIS CIVIC DUTY AND PUT HIM IN THAT CHAIR AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK AND THEN I'M GOING TO SEND MY STAFF TO GET YOUR INFORMATION SO I CAN SEND THESE TO YOU.

YOU GOT TO BACK AWAY.

THEY'RE DEAD.

HE'S NOT GOING TO BREAK NOTHING.

I PROMISE.

AND WHILE HE'S HERE, WOULD YOU ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF YOU GOT TO FIX IT ALL.

ANYONE ELSE WITH, UH, UH, CHILDREN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, THEN LET'S GO BACK TO THE, UH, REMOTE SPEAKERS.

UH, APD HAS A HISTORY OF, UH, OF USING SURVEILLANCE.

NEXT UP IS BRITTANY BAYS MORNING.

UM, MY NAME IS BRITTANY BAYS.

I'M HERE AS THE CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION.

WE ARE NON-PROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS, HOUSING AND POLICY EXPERTS, AND OTHER INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

OUR MEMBERS WORK TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, REPAIR HOUSES OF LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS AND PROVIDE QUALITY AFFORDABLE RENTING RENTAL HOUSING, AS WELL AS EMPOWERING LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO BEGIN SUCCESSFUL.

FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 13 AND THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR PLACING THE $350 MILLION BOND ON THE BALLOT.

YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THAT'S FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT 30%, A LITTLE BIT LOW OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE CREATION OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS RIGHT NOW IN TEXAS, THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION IS NOTING THAT FOR EVERY 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE AT 30% OF MY FIRE BELOW IN TAXES NEEDING AN AFFORDABLE HOME, ONLY 22 OF THOSE AFFORDABLE HOMES EXIST AND OUR OWN STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT IN AUSTIN ESTIMATES ACCOUNT OF 60,000 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOMES OF WHICH SO FAR, WE'VE ONLY BUILT ABOUT 70 TO 200 OF THOSE.

SO THIS BOND PROVIDES CRUCIAL LOCAL FUNDING THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THIS ISSUE, GREG BOSLEY.

HI, MY NAME IS GREG BOSLEY.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND I'M A MEMBER AUSTIN DSA AND THE TEXAS STATE EMPLOYEES UNION.

UM, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN SUPPORT A MOVE AWAY FROM A FALSE MODEL OF SAFETY THAT'S BASED ON SURVEILLANCE AND INCARCERATION AND TOWARDS A MODEL THAT GUARANTEES EVERY PERSON'S RIGHT TO HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION, GOOD JOBS, GOOD UNION JOBS AND RECREATION.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE THAT CLEAR DURING THE LARGEST MASS PROTEST AND AUSTIN'S HISTORY, THE ELECTION OF JOSE GARZA, UM, AND LAST YEAR'S REJECTION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE POLICE BUDGET AT THE BALLOT.

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WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE USED THE AUSTIN REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER TO SPY ON, UM, ACTIVISTS, UH, SPOT ON EVENTS, CELEBRATING BLACK CULTURE AND, AND INCLUDING THE CARVER MUSEUM'S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON WAS A SPEAKER, UM, LICENSE PLATE READERS WOULD BE USED, UH, BY APD TO SURVEIL BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE COULD BE USED TO SURVEIL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS.

AND I URGE YOU TO REJECT ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SURVEILLANCE TOOL.

UM, UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO .

UM, THE UNION THAT'S RALLYING OUTSIDE, UH, FOR LIVING WAGE AND INCREASED THE WAGES OF CITY WORKERS, INCLUDING YOUTH WORKERS, WHO WE KNOW FROM PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE OFTEN PROVIDED JORDAN MIDDLEBROOKS.

JORDAN, ARE YOU WITH US, PLEASE UNMUTE FRANK.

HI, MY NAME IS FRANK ON NOVEMBER OF SAY, AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEES UNION, UH, AND LATINS OUT DISTRICT ONE.

I'M CALLING, UH, BECAUSE I AM, UH, SENDING IN SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY COURSE WITH ALL MY FELLOW PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND ASKING THAT YOU RAISED THEIR WAGE, THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $20 AN HOUR, THE CITY IS GETTING INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE AND WE NEED THAT FUNDING TO SURVIVE.

UM, PERSONALLY, I AM TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO LEAVE DOWN, UM, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A VERY STRESSFUL COUPLE OF MONTHS.

IF YOU REMEMBER FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MY MOM HAS BEEN, UH, IN AND OUT OF THE ER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO LEAVE TOWN WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR POWER IS GOING TO STAY ON.

UH, SO WHAT I AM ASKING IS THAT INSTEAD OF PUSHING BUDGETING TO, UH, THINGS LIKE APD, PUSHING, BUDGETING TOWARDS THINGS LIKE ALP LPRS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO FIND YOU, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE EFS GUIDE SAID THE BEST DATA, SAFEST DATA IS THE BIG DATA THAT IS NOT COLLECTED.

UH, WE NEED TO INVEST FOLLOWING THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGETS AND PROVIDE HEALTHCARE, SAFE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND GREAT JOBS FOR ALL OF US THAT ARE IN THE CITY.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT THING BY JORDAN MIDDLEBROOKS.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES, WE ARE.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.

ALRIGHT, PERFECT.

UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

UM, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BUDGETS, I HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THE WORK BEING DONE TO INVEST IN OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

UM, AND SO I SUPPORT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF THINGS LIKE INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE OF OUR EMS WORKERS, PROVIDING FUNDING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES IN NEED OF SUPPORTABLE HOUSE OR OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO SPEND THIS TIME TALKING ABOUT, UM, BUDGET SPECIFICALLY AROUND AUSTIN ENERGY AND OUR ENERGY PORTFOLIO.

UM, ONE BIG TOPIC THAT KEEPS COMING UP AS A FAYETTE POWER PROJECT, WHICH WE HAD PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO DECOMMISSION.

UM, THIS YEAR TO DATE THERE'S BEEN NO PROGRESS SHARES.

THERE'S BEEN NO INFORMATION SHARED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT OUTSIDE OF THE DECISIONS WHO NO LONGER, UM, SHUT DOWN THE PLANT THIS YEAR.

SO I DO WANT TO ASK OF COUNCIL TO NOT APPROVE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FAYETTE POWER PROJECTS, BECAUSE THIS IS MISALIGNED FROM WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

AND IT'S ALSO MISALIGNED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE AND AUSTIN BEING A PROGRESSIVE CITY.

UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.

AND JUST ONE MOMENT I'LL SWITCH TO IN PERSON.

FIRST SPEAKER IS ALICE WOODS FOLLOWED BY ALICIA TORRES.

HI MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M ALICE WOODS.

AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 13 ON BEHALF OF SAGE BROOK DEVELOPMENT, OWES TO INDUSTRIES AND SGI VENTURES, THREE TEXAS-BASED WOMAN OWNED

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WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PLACING THIS $350 MILLION BOND ON THE BALLOT AND CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE 2018 HOUSING BOND, SAGE BIRKIN OWES TO HAVE BUILT 226 AFFORDABLE UNITS AND HAVE ANOTHER 262 IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT FOR A TOTAL OF 483 AFFORDABLE UNITS CREATED THROUGH THE USE OF HOUSING.

BOND DOLLARS ARE THREE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE RELYING ON CITY FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A VOLATILE CONSTRUCTION MARKET WITH INCREASING INTEREST RATES ARE STARTING CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR, JUNE, WEST AND SAISON NORTH, BOTH IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH WILL DELIVER A COMBINED 162 AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR FAMILIES.

KATIE LOFTS LOCATED IN DISTRICT NINE, HANCOCK NEIGHBORHOOD WILL START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR, AND WE'LL DELIVER 100 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THOSE EXITING HOMELESSNESS.

THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS ARE ONLY POSSIBLE WITH GAP FINANCING FROM THE CITY, AND WE NEED A NEW SOURCE OF FUNDS TO CONTINUE SERVING THOSE MOST IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU, ALICIA TORRES, AND THEN ANA ISABEL GARCIA, ALICIA HERE.

WHAT ABOUT ANA ISABEL AFTER ANA THEN CAROL GUTHRIE.

ONE OF THE S HELLO.

MY NAME IS .

I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I AM A MEMBER LEADER OF WORKERS DEFENSE.

I AM HERE TO SUPPORT ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS IN THE CITY BUDGET SPECTRUM AT WORKER'S DEFENSE.

WE, THE MEMBERSHIP HAVE SPOKEN FOR YEARS ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT AN ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD WOULD BRING TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER OF IN THAT ASPECT.

UH, LACK OF ID CAN PREVENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACCESSING VITAL RESOURCES, AND IT COULD LEAD TO A PERSON'S ARREST AND CONTACT WITH IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.

THIS LIBRARY CARD WOULD BENEFIT THOSE WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE WHO ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, LGBTQ FOLKS, AND ELDERLY FOR THOSE REASONS.

AND MORE OF THESE LIBRARY CARDS WOULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NO MATTER THEIR STATUS OR CIRCUMSTANCES, CURRENTLY IT IS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN A RENEW, AN ID THROUGH THE CONSULATE AND THESE LIBRARY CARDS ARE ANOTHER WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.

WE ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER CITIES AND VOTE FOR ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS.

UH, MAYOR, COULD I JUST QUICKLY SAY THAT, UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, WINTER'S FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS, AND, UM, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MENTION THIS BEFORE.

I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND MAYOR, UH, I, TO SAY THE SAME THING, I REALLY APPRECIATED.

I AM A IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY WHO HAS SEEN MY CLIENTS STRUGGLE TO GET A VALID IDS.

THE CAN BE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

THANKFULLY THERE'S A MEXICAN CONSULATE IN AUSTIN, BUT IF YOU'RE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL VERY FAR TO IN, IN, IN COURT, A LOT OF COSTS TO GET A USEFUL AND WORKING ID.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE AT IT AS A CO-SPONSOR.

AND JUST ONE MORE THING.

I REALLY APPRECIATE WORK AS DEFENSE, BRINGING THE VOICES OF IMMIGRANTS AND THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY TO TESTIFY ON THE MANY ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE US.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT 23 IN GABA, DO THE SAME THING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE

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THAT.

WE ALWAYS HAVE THE VOICE OF, UH, UH, THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN SPANISH HERE AT, AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO THANK YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY WITH US, UH, JUST TO, TO, TO BOOKMARK, UH, COUNCILMEMBER XR AND I, AND OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL WERE EXPLORING AND PUSHING THIS IDEA SIX YEARS AGO, AND THEN IT DIDN'T PROCEED BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT CREATING A DATA FIELD THAT COULD BE, YOU COULD ACTUALLY ENDANGER PEOPLE THAT WE WERE INVITING TO, TO SIGN UP.

SO NOT FOR US TO DISCUSS NOW, CAUSE WE'RE IN, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMUNICATION.

BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE QUESTION ANSWER, PERIOD, WE CAN GET YOU OR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TOTAL.

AND JUST, UM, YEAH, I, I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION AND I BELIEVE MAYOR PRO TEM COLE HAD INTRODUCED IT.

AM I RIGHT IN THINKING THAT, THAT SHE HAD, I THINK SHE DID IT.

I THINK WE BROUGHT IT BACK AS A GROUP, LIKE A YEAR OR TWO LATER.

AND THEN YOU, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE LASTS LONG BEYOND OUR TENURE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO, TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THE OTHERS WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE ALSO WORKED ON THIS ISSUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRONT, AS I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD AGAIN AND MAYOR THANKS FOR YOUR PAST WORK.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THIS WILL, WILL MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.

SPEAKER CAROL GUTHRIE FOLLOWED BY CHIAMA A CORO, UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE.

UM, YOUR EMPLOYEES NEED $20.

WE APPRECIATE THE 18, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T GET THEM THERE.

SO I HOPE WHEN YOU DELIBERATE TODAY, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES AS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND GET THEM THAT $20 VOTE.

FOR $20.

THE PROPOSED POLICE BUDGET AND, UH, INCREASE IN FAVOR OF INCREASING RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES.

AND GOOD LUCK, UH, CORO.

I'M GLAD TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU.

I MISS CASA AND UH, KISHI, AND AT LEAST HE STAY HERE.

UM, I'M TALKING ON MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY DO NOT HAVE REPRESENTATIVE.

THEY DO NOT HAVE INCOME TO ASPHALT.

THEY DON'T DO ABORTION.

THEY DON'T COME FROM OTHER COUNTRY.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT PEOPLE.

IT COULD BE YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, THE CUTEST AMONG THEM.

AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I THANKED YOU ALL EVERY SUCH IN MY KITCHEN, TWO AREAS, SIRI NEEDS TO FOCUS ON BUDGET THAT WAS ECONOMICAL AND NON ECONOMICAL.

WE KNOW THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING BAD.

WE ARE NOT PUSHING MONEY TOO MUCH.

WE'RE CORING DOWN THINGS, BUT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TO BE SPONSOR THIS VERY BUDGET BECAUSE I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.

AND I DO NOT KNOW IF I'M GOING TO WIN AND I'VE BEEN DOING SO MUCH 18,000 PLUS PLATE OF FOOD.

EVERY DAY I COME OUT THERE AS A STRICTNESS.

I'VE NEVER FAILED YOU UP.

I NEED, I NEED AT LEAST 6 MILLION TO BUY A PROPERTY OR GIVE US ONE OF THE PARKS, THE ONE ON OAK SPRING, OR FIND A CITY PROPERTY BECAUSE CRISIS MY COMIC GAME, NUCLEAR BOMB IS ALL OVER THE WHOLE NEWS, BUT I DID WELL WITH CORONA VIRUS.

I WAS WRITING I RESEARCH, BUT I STILL TOOK MY PLATES FOR YOU ALL.

YOU ALL DO THAT.

PUT MENTAL HEALTH ACADEMY AND I'LL TALK TO ANY OF YOU THAT IS INTERESTED TO HELP ME BECAUSE I NEED, UM, AUSTIN, MY ALLIANCE, I NEED PARK AND RECREATION AND I NEED TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NOW HANDLE THE FUNDING FOR US.

THANK YOU, CONNOR.

MICKLEY FOLLOWED BY FABIOLA BARRETO MAY OR MAY I TO THE LAST SPEAKER MS. SOCORRO.

I SEE THAT.

YOU ONLY SAID YOU MISSED THE COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, BUT I MISSED YOU.

IT'S A, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN CITY HALL AND SEE FAMILIAR FACES AGAIN.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.

MY NAME IS CONNOR AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.

I'VE VOLUNTEERED WITH A LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, NONPROFIT AND I AM PERSONALLY CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT

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MY TIME WITH THIS NONPROFIT, I HAVE WITNESSED OCCUPIED PROPERTIES WITH RIPPED OUT WALLS, BLACK MOLD IN INSECT, INFESTATIONS, WATER LEAKING OUT OF THE AND SHAKY FOUNDATIONS.

SO MANY OF THESE LIVING SPACES SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY CONDEMNED AFTER THE FREEZE YET HERE THEY ARE STILL STANDING WITH PEOPLE, LIVING IN THEM.

WHEN RESIDENTS COMPLAINED TO MANAGEMENT, THEY USUALLY TEND TO EITHER BE IGNORED OR RETALIATED AGAINST A COMPLEX.

I IS VISITED ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

I HAD LEARNED THAT THE MANAGEMENT CALLED THE POLICE AND THE CITY CODE DEPARTMENT, ONLY A REAL OUTLET.

THESE POOR PEOPLE HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THESE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY TOOK THE CITY'S ASSISTANCE WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE, BUT IT WAS NON, UH, THE RESIDENT THAT I WAS PAIRED UP WITH WAS MADE TEMP, HOMELESS TEMPORARILY WHILE THEIR PROPERTY WAS BEING FIXED BY THE SHADY LANDLORDS THAT RAN THE PLACE DURING THE FREEZE.

UM, COMING BACK UP THERE, LIVING IN A TENT WAS NO EASY FEAT.

AND I, UH, NOW LIVE IN A PLACE AT A RAISE RENT 20% LAST YEAR.

AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, DO NOT ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE ALLOCATED TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, FAVIOLA BARRETO AND THEN FRAN TATTOO.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS FABIOLA BARRETO AND I AM THE AUSTIN POLICY COORDINATOR AT WORKERS DEFENSE.

AND I'M HERE TO STAND BEHIND THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.

AND WE'RE ALSO HERE SUPPORTING ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS.

IT IS PAST TIME THAT WORKERS IN THE CITY BE PAID TO LIVE IN THE CITY.

OUR MEMBERS ARE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND THEY ARE QUICKLY MOVING AWAY FROM AUSTIN AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD IT ON LOW WAGES.

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON CITY CONTRACTS WOULD BE DIRECT BENEFICIARIES OF A $20 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASING THE LIVING WAGE IS AN EQUITY ISSUE AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING.

THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AS FOR THE LIBRARY CARDS.

OUR MEMBERS HAVE SAID IT BEST.

THIS HAS BEEN AN INITIATIVE THAT MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR, FOR YEARS AND FINALLY SEEING IT BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL, WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT TO THE FINISH LINE.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP ALL MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY VERIFY THEIR IDENTITIES.

WHEN GETTING ANOTHER FORM OF ID COULD BE DIFFICULT.

THIS IS NOT NEW.

WE WOULD BE TAKING THE LEAD OF OTHER CITIES, SUCH AS SAN ANTONIO, SAN MARCOS HARRIS COUNTY, AND SOON DALLAS.

WE URGE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

THANK YOU, FRAN TATTOO.

AND THEN JANET MCLAREN.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS FRAN T2.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE HILL COUNTRY.

SO LIVE JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

HOWEVER, AS A HOMEOWNER AND A TAXPAYER AND AN OUTREACH VOLUNTEER, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

UH, MOST SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION, UH, FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, ALL THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH POSSIBLY ADDICTION AND, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR ON THEIR BEHALF.

I AM TODAY IN SUPPORT OF OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.

AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE 30 SECONDS JUST TO NAME ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR ANYONE LISTENING, WHO MAY NOT KNOW THEY ARE ACCESS TO ACTIVISM ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAW CENTER, AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE OF OUR CRIME SURVIVORS FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE DISTRICT FIVE FOR BLACK LIVES, AUSTIN DSA EQUITY ACTION, FRIENDS OF ROSEWOOD FUND, TEXAS JOYCE GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP HOUSING WORKS INDIVISIBLE AUSTIN.

UH, MAYOR, UM, MA'AM AS PART OF, AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS WRITER, UM, I INTEND TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO PART THAT, UH, ROLLER DERBY IS PART OF WHAT WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT, AND THEN ALSO HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AFTER THIS.

I YIELD MY TIME, JANET MCLAREN AND THEN ENJOY KESELOWSKI.

HELLO COUNCIL, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN ROLLER DERBY COMMUNITY.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT COVERING THE, UH, THE PRACTICE SPACE THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED TO, UH, OUR ROLLER DERBY SKATERS AND OTHER SKATERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA FOR PROPOSING THE BUDGET WRITER AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN AND TOA FOR SUPPORTING IT.

I ALSO WANT TO RAISE THE FLAG THAT IT DOESN'T QUITE GO FAR ENOUGH BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT SPACE UP ON 51ST STREET.

IT'S A CONCRETE SLAB, AND THIS WRITER DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO PRIORITIZE SHADE.

UM, WE MIGHT JUST GET LEFT OUT WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND BASKETBALL COURTS, ET CETERA IN THE CITY.

AND THIS, THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY NAMED IN THIS WRITER, WE MIGHT JUST NOT EVEN BE THERE.

I WANT TO MAKE THE CASE TO, TO SPECIFY THAT FOR THAT AUSTIN ROLLER DERBY COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY BECAUSE WITHOUT AUSTIN, THERE WOULD BE NO ROLLER DERBY IN THE WORLD.

UM, THIS IS A CORE PART OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING PART OF THE CITY.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN AND ASK YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE WRITER,

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I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT MEANS.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL JOY AND THEN LIEN.

MONTE.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M JOY WITH AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, CHIEF MISSION OFFICER.

UH, I'VE TALKED TO YOU A LOT OF Y'ALL ON ZOOM LATELY, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

UM, I'M JUST HERE TODAY AND, UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR, OUR LETTER THAT WAS ALSO SIGNED BY 17 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND, UM, SOME HIGH NEEDS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, I WANT TO THANK THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE SPECIFICALLY A MAYOR PRO TEM ALTERS NUMBER FOUR, IMPLEMENT PARDES SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING PROGRAM.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER IS INVESTING IN NATURE PLAY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS MODERNIZING PARK FACILITIES, SECURITY AND ACCESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELOZ NUMBER FOUR PARK FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PART OF FACILITIES.

UM, ANYWAYS, UH, THESE, UH, WE WORKED WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND PARTNERS TO REALLY PRIORITIZE WHAT WERE THE, WHAT WERE THE TOP NEEDS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET.

SO I, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THOSE AS WELL AS TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER ITEMS THAT, UM, HAVE NOT, UH, BUT ADDED AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE LYNN MONTY, AND THEN PAUL ELRICH.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I LIKE AGAIN, TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE BUDGET.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE $18 MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL TO $20 PER HOUR.

AS WE STAND HERE, WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS TO PROVIDE SHELTER, FOOD, AND INSURANCE FOR THEIR FAMILIES WHILE THE 4% INCREASE AND THE ONE-TIME STIPEND WAS NICE.

IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.

YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW, OR WE ARE WORKING HARDER TO FILL THE STAFFING VACANCY.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING VERY LITTLE APPRECIATION.

THANK YOU, PAUL ELRICH, AND THEN MARIA OODA.

UM, MY NAME IS DR.

EHRLICH.

UH, I AM AN INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR CHITO.

UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET AND AGAINST POLICING LICENSE PLATE READERS.

I BELIEVE IN FUNDING PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT FUNDING FOR OPPRESS OPPRESSION AND INCARCERATING PEOPLE, A $20 AN HOUR LIVING WAGE AND A $10 MILLION, UM, RENT RELIEF WOULD PREVENT MY PATIENTS ON THE EDGE OF HOMELESSNESS FROM FALLING INTO A TRAP EVERY DAY.

I SEE COUNTLESS PATIENTS THAT CANNOT AFFORD THEIR MEDICATIONS CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE OFF TIME FROM WORK FOR A HYSTERECTOMY THAT CAUSES THEM CHRONIC UTERINE BLEEDING AND ANEMIA CAN NOT AFFORD DIALYSIS AND THEREFORE RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR CHRONIC DIALYSIS AND CATHETERIZATION, UM, CANNOT AFFORD REHABILITATION FOR ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE, UH, METH, AND DO NOT HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO RECEIVE THAT.

AND MANY OF THEM FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS, UM, AND LIVE IN SCENARIOS THAT WOULD, COULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PREVENTED.

UM, AS 40% OF ALL HEALTH IS DETERMINED BY SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT A $10 MILLION RENT RELIEF WOULD REALLY HELP MEAN FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I ALSO CAN, ADDITIONALLY, LASTLY, I CAN, I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER THEIR FUNDING FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AS PROPOSED BY REP REPRESENTATIVE .

THIS IS NOT A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER.

THIS IS JUST A QUESTION EITHER FOR MY COLLEAGUES OR FOR THE AGENDA OFFICE OR THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET LOTS OF AMENDMENTS AND REVISED REVISED AMENDMENTS REVISED DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE GETTING TWO FILES PER EACH OF THOSE.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT THOSE TWO FILES ARE ALWAYS THE SAME, THE PDF AND THE, AND THE EXCEL SHEET IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING, WE'RE JUST GETTING AN EXCEL VERSION AND A PDF OF ANY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING SENT OUT AS YELLOW COPIES.

DOES ANYONE KNOW THEY LOOK THE SAME WHEN I OPENED THEM, BUT I HAVE ABOUT NINE OF THEM SITTING IN MY BOX.

SO IT'S JUST, I JUST THOUGHT I'D QUICKLY ASK AND CAN YOU TRY AND FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT AND THEN LET US KNOW.

OKAY, THANKS.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND FOR THE PUBLIC, WE'RE JUST LIKE WE'RE DISTRIBUTING COPIES AND WE'RE GETTING THEM, AND IT'S JUST, JUST TRYING TO MANAGE ALL THAT

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INFORMATION.

UM, CASEY, CASEY, CASEY ROBERTS FROM THE AGENDA OFFICE.

OKAY, MARIA OANDA AND THEN ALICIA TORRES.

MY NAME IS .

I AM A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

I AM ALSO A GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLAR, AND I AM A POLICY FELLOW WITH THE, UM, TEXAS CENTER FOR EDUCATION POLICY.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, ACADEMIC QUIETLY, WHICH I AM A PROJECT MANAGER AND SUPPORT FOR, UM, DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPS, WHICH IS, UM, WHAT THE COMMISSION OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.

SO THE FUNDING WOULD GO TO A NEW EDUCATION COORDINATOR, UM, TO CONTINUE WITH OUR ACADEMIA, UM, QUIETLY PROGRAMMING, UM, AS YOU KNOW, GENTRIFICATION, THE CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS DECREASED DRASTICALLY PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING.

UM, AND SO IT HAS DEEPLY IMPACTED THE EMERGENT, BILINGUAL BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS HERE IN AUSTIN, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO, UM, THESE FUNDS WOULD GREATLY SUPPORT, UM, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGHOUT AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, ALICIA TORRES, AND THEN MIKE CONTI.

HELLO.

UM, MY NAME IS LISA TORRES.

I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK COUNCIL TO VOTE, NO ON ITEM 12 OR THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER.

I'M HERE TO ASK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ELLIS TO STAND WITH COMMUNITY WITH COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND TO PUT THEIR SUPPORT, UM, FOR THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, AT THE, YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THE ONLY SAFE DATA IS NO DATA COLLECTED AT ALL.

UH, WE VOTED AS A COMMUNITY.

WE SAID THAT THIS DOES NOT MAKE US FEEL SAFE IN 2020.

AND SO I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO NOT BELITTLE THOSE EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE IN 2020, DO NOT RENEW THE LICENSE, UM, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM.

UH, WE ALREADY SAID AS A COMMUNITY THAT IS, DOES NOT MAKE US FEEL SAFER.

UM, $114,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.

I CAN NAME COUNTLESS REASONS OR COUNTLESS ITEMS THAT THIS COULD BE, THAT THIS MONEY COULD BE PUT TO USE FOR IN PARTICULAR.

I WANT TO SAY THAT THOSE 114,000 SHOULD INSTEAD BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS ENDING THE RATES ON OUR, UM, ON HOUSE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY SHOULD STAY, GO TO CREATING HARM REDUCTION RESOURCES AND INCREASING INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS IN AUSTIN, THINGS THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN UPLIFTED, UM, AND ALSO, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ENHANCED LIBRARY PROGRAMS, THAT THING I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE PILOT PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, IN SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE CREATED WITH COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES FOR LEADING THOSE EFFORTS, MIKE CONTI AND THEN MONICA GUZMAN.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MIKE CONTI.

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE, A PROUD MEMBER OF ASH, ME 1624.

AND I'M THRILLED TO BE IN MY FIRST YEAR AS A AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATES.

UH, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY COWORKERS WHO KEEP OUR LIBRARIES SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL, OUR BUILDING AND GROUNDS STAFF AND OUR SECURITY STAFF ARE AMONG THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS AT THE CITY.

THESE WORKERS WHO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR PUBLIC SPACE, WHO DEAL WITH THE MESSIEST AND MOST DANGEROUS OF SITUATIONS HAVE A RIGHT TO STAY IN THE CITY.

THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE, TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE AND NOT JUST TO SURVIVE, BUT TO FLOURISH.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES, ON THE $20 LIVING WAGE.

UH, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CHECKING OUT MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO WIN A HISTORIC HOUSING BOND IN NOVEMBER.

SO, SO MUCH FOR, UH, CHAMPIONING THE WORKING CLASS WHO CARES FOR THE CITY, MONICA GUZMAN AND THEN NO ALIAS.

WITHIN FISCAL 23, SPECIFICALLY ON RESILIENCE HUBS IN THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS FUND ALL SIX HUBS WITH BECCA PELL AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRAINING STIPEND MULTI-LINGUAL CLIMATE NAVIGATORS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROVIDE EMERGENCY TOOLKITS FOR BLOCK CAPTAINS TO ACCESS AT THE HUBS, PROVIDE TRAINING AND DEVICES TO BLOCK CAPTAINS ACROSS THE CITY PARKS AND GREEN SPACES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION.

MARION COUNCIL, I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR AT GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN.

WE URGE COUNCIL TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET INVEST IN ADDITIONAL 12 MILLION TO EXPAND THE GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND MAY INVEST IN AN ADDITIONAL 12 MILLION AND CONTRACTS FOR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR TENANTS AND HOMEOWNERS FACING DISPLACEMENT OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO ENSURE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SPEND DOWN THE REMAINING 3 MILLION FROM ARPA FUNDS

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WHEN ACCESSIBLE TO CARETAKERS INVEST 150,000 IN NATURE-BASED PARK PROGRAMMING, SPECIFICALLY TO ADVANCE CCC AND THE CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR BILL OF RIGHTS TO PROVIDE INCLUSIVE MULTI-LINGUAL PARK PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES IN AUSTIN.

AS EASTERN CRESCENT ALLOCATE 25,000 TO PILOT, A MOBILE VERSION OF EXISTING EARLY CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD PARK PROGRAMMING TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO MORE EASILY PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY HOME-BASED PROVIDERS WHO OFTEN LIKE XS AND PROGRAMMING PARKS INVEST A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN PARK COMMUNITY GARDENS, SPECIFICALLY THE NORTH AUSTIN YMCA I'LL I'LL END IT HERE.

YOU CAN REFERENCE THE GOVERNOR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED TO YOU LAST FRIDAY.

NO WAY, LES, AND THEN RACHEL STONE.

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M NOEY AALIYAH.

I'M IN DISTRICT THREE FROM MONTOPOLIS.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE $20 LIVING WAGE FOR CITY WORKERS.

UH, THIS WEEK I MADE A POINT OF VISITING, UH, MY NEIGHBORS, MY FRIENDS THAT WORKED FOR THE CITY AND ASKING THEM WHAT A $20 LIVING WAGE WOULD MEAN TO THEM.

UM, A LOT OF THEM, THE FIRST THING THEY LED WITH WAS A RELIEF OF THEIR STRESS, UH, FOR PAYING THEIR BILLS, UH, PAYING FOR CHILDCARE, UM, PAYING THEIR RENT PAIN, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S, UH, BEEN INCREASING IN OUR CITY.

SO A $20 LIVING WAGE WOULD DEFINITELY HELP ALL OF OUR WORKERS, OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS IN OUR CITY.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT, UH, I SUPPORT THE INCREASE IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, FUNDING, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, ENHANCE LIBRARY CARDS.

THANK YOU, VANESSA WENT THIS FOR THAT.

UM, AS AN IMMIGRANT, UH, GROWING UP UNDOCUMENTED HERE IN AUSTIN, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE NECESSARY, UH, NECESSITY OF HAVING AN ID AND HOW HARD IT IS WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO AN ID.

UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT RACHEL STONE AND THEN SCOTT COB.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RACHEL STONE.

I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT ONE AND PERSONALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET AND AGAINST ITEM 12 A AND THEN I'D LIKE TO PUT ON MY HAT AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 13 FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS.

UH, JAN DC HAS A LOT OF PROJECTS COMING UP IN THE PIPELINE THAT RELY ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS, PARTICULARLY TO REACH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE MAKING UP TO 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AROUND 112 COMMUNITY LAND TRUST HOMES IN THE PIPELINE.

AND, UH, BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP IS THESE ARE REALLY THE ONLY FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WHILE SOME OF MY PROJECTS HAVE UP TO 10 SOURCES IN THEM.

AND THE BONDS ARE FILLING A MUCH NEEDED GAP FOR OUR OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER SOURCE BESIDES THESE BONDS.

SO THEY'RE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IF WE WANT TO SEE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE IN, UH, IN THE CITY WHO CAN NOT AFFORD MARKET RATES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SCOTT COB, AND THEN SELENA Z.

SO I'M WONDERING IF ANYONE UP THERE HAS EVER HAD TO GET UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND IT GOES, STAND OUTSIDE A NONPROFIT IN ORDER TO GET EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE BECAUSE YOUR CITY JOB DOES NOT PROVIDE YOU DENTAL CARE.

I THINK IF YOU HAD HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, YOU WOULD OFFER IT AN AMENDMENT WHERE THE 150 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY RECEIVING HEALTHCARE THROUGH THE CITY WHO CANNOT BUY DENTAL INSURANCE TO ALLOW THEM TO BUY DENTAL INSURANCE 150 PEOPLE, YOU WOULD HELP FOR COST OF $70,000.

OTHERWISE I'LL SEE YOU OUTSIDE MY NOSE TO CHRISTIE IN FEBRUARY, MAYBE 5:00 AM.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA FOR THE OFFERING THE AMENDMENT FOR THE FULL-TIME LIFEGUARDS.

IF YOU DO THAT, I GUARANTEE YOU PARDON SWINGING SPOOL WILL NEVER CLOSE AGAIN ON TWO DAYS OF THE WEEK, UH, STARTING AS I DID THIS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S AN AMAZING THING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, BONUSES FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE PAY RAISE.

IF YOU DO ALL THOSE THINGS, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GREAT SUMMER NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU

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VERY MUCH.

CELINA Z AND THEN JOE PALO CALLED MOLLY.

HI COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SELENA AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN EMS ASSOCIATION.

UM, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, AS I'VE BEEN SHARING, UM, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY 23% SHORT STAFFED, UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE RISING CALL VOLUMES, UM, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS PLACED ON THE CITY.

UM, THEREFORE I REALLY THANK Y'ALL FOR MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS AND WRITERS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TO HELP US, UM, CHIP AWAY AT THIS PROBLEM.

UM, FIRSTLY, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WAY IT'S EXPANDING AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, FUN DOES, UH, AMENDMENT FOR GOODNIGHT RANCH AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY'S AMENDMENT FOR CANAAN CREEK, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BUILD THESE STATIONS.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE BUILDER HAS SAID IF THESE STATIONS ARE DELAYED FURTHER, THAT THEY WON'T WORK WITH US.

AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO ONLY GO UP.

UM, AS SOON AS, UH, GOOD NIGHT RANCHES BUILT, UM, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC, MENTAL HEALTH RESPONDER THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY LOCATIONS FOR THEM SOUTH OF THE RIVER.

UM, I ALSO SUPPORT THE AIRPORT PILOT.

UM, I HAVE WAITED AN HOUR AT THE AIRPORT TRYING TO, UM, GET IN AND ALSO TO WAIT FOR THE PLANE TO LAND AND WE NEED RESOURCES OUT THERE.

UM, SO THAT, UH, THE AMBULANCES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, UH, AND I ALSO SUPPORT, UM, AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS I SUPPORT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS OR EXCUSE ME, PROTIME ALTERS AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE NOT CREATING THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE GETTING ALL THE REVENUE THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO.

UM, AND SO NOT ALSO CREATING A FURTHER BURDEN ON THE CITY.

UM, AND FINALLY, AND I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING ALL THIS TIME.

UM, I DO REALLY SUPPORT THE WHOLE BLOOD AND SIMULATION CENTER, UM, WITH A RISING GUN VIOLENCE.

UM, WHOLE BLOOD IS A NUMBER ONE WAY THAT WE CAN STOP DEATHS IMMEDIATELY.

UM, OUR FOLKS THAT ARE EMBEDDED, UM, WITH THE OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES CAN GET TO GUNSHOT VICTIMS WITHIN THREE MINUTES AND PROVIDE WHOLE BLOOD.

UM, AND THAT SIMULATION CENTER WILL ALSO ALLOW THEM TO, UH, TRAIN TOGETHER.

UM, IT ALSO ALLEVIATES OUR STAFFING CRISIS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS, UM, OUR FOLKS TO GET THROUGH TRAINING MUCH QUICKER, UM, WITH A HIGH FIDELITY SIMULATION CENTER.

UM, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE.

UH, LET ME JUST SAY FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE, UH, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE ON THE DIASPORA, THEY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, BUT WE ALL REALLY APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AT EMS. SO, UM, SO I'M GLAD YOU SPOKE TO THE WHOLE, WHOLE BLOOD.

I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY.

SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED BOTH IN TERMS OF, I THINK THERE'S DOLLARS FOR, UM, SOME EQUIPMENT AND THEN ONGOING DOLLARS, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

AND MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND TEXAS HAVE EMPLOYED IT AND WE HAVE DONE A PILOT PROGRAM AND I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE LIVES BEING SAVED.

UM, I THINK THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE SHOOTINGS DOWNTOWN, UM, WHERE OUR RTF, UM, RAPID, UM, UH, EXTRICATION TEAM, UM, WERE ABLE TO GET WHOLE BLOOD ON REALLY QUICKLY.

UM, AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE CASUALTY RATE, UM, AND I'D LOVE AT SOME POINT FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM THEM AND HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE, UM, AMAZING, UH, ACTUAL LIFE-SAVING THAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, IT ALSO, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSE BLOOD FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, LIKE CROHN'S OTHER THINGS.

AND SO GETTING WHOLE BLOOD, UM, QUICKLY ALSO SAVES LIVES AND BRAIN CELLS BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING CIRCULATING BLOOD AS OPPOSED TO JUST NORMAL SALINE OR OTHER TYPES OF FLUIDS.

UM, YES.

CAUSE WE'RE COUNTING YOU AND SELENA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

I REALLY APPRECIATED LEARNING FROM YOU AND DRAFTING THAT AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM AND ALSO FOR THE SIMULATION LAB.

I THINK THOSE ARE VALUE ADDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND FURTHER OUR MISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY TO SPEAK ON THAT.

GOODNIGHT RANCH DOES NOT COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

HOW WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE THE, THE EMS RELATED REQUESTS? UM, SO I THINK THAT THE BILLING WRITER WILL PAY DIVIDENDS.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT A GREAT COMPONENT OF THESE AMENDMENTS IS THAT MOST OF THEM DON'T COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THE AIRPORT PILOT THAT COMES FROM, UM, THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE, I BELIEVE, BUT IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

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THE BILLING WRITER, UM, WILL PAY, I MEAN, PAY FOR ITSELF WITH THE INCREASED REVENUE.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY FEW IMPLICATIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND.

SO HOW WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE THE ONES THAT ARE GENERAL FUND? SO I THINK, I THINK THERE'S THE WHOLE BLOOD, THERE'S THE MANNEQUIN SIMULATION SIMULATION.

TO ME IT'S HARD BECAUSE ONE HELPS US WITH STAFFING AND ONE HELPS US SAVE LIVES.

SO WHICH MISSION DO WE GO WITH? UM, I I'VE JUST SEEN WONDERS WITH WHOLE BLOOD THAT'S MY, I HAVE SEEN THAT BE DEPLOYED AMAZINGLY ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND SO, UM, I REALLY HOPE WE CONTINUE THAT PROJECT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS, UM, NORTHEAST TO, TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THE OLDER HEADQUARTERS.

UM, AND SO I, I DO THINK THERE ARE ALSO POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH ACC.

UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OKAY.

AND, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A, KIND OF LIKE A SPEED ROUND OF QUESTIONS WITH STAFF AT THE END OF THIS.

AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RELATES TO WHAT WOULD BE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE, FOR THE AIRPORT, IF THAT WAS A GENERAL FUND REQUEST, AS OPPOSED TO A, UH, AIRPORT REQUEST.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IS A QUESTION THAT I'VE WANTED TO TEE UP, BUT IF IT WAS, HOW WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE THE AIRPORT AS COMPARED TO THE WHOLE BLOOD? YEAH, I THINK THAT WITH THE AIRPORT, UM, SO WE, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSION THERE AND SO THE AIRPORT PAYS FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO BE THERE.

UM, THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR MEDICAL REASONS.

AND SO WHENEVER THERE'S A MEDICAL CALL, WE ALWAYS CALL AN OUTSIDE FIRETRUCK AND AN OUTSIDE AMBULANCE.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THAT KIND OF SUPPORT.

UM, IF IT HAD TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, TO ME, IT IS A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OUR DOLLARS.

UM, THE AIRPORT COULD ALMOST JUSTIFY HAVING AN AMBULANCE THERE AND A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

SO OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST PAYING FOR THREE PARAMEDICS AT PEAK TIMES.

UM, IT'S JUST MUCH MORE EFFICIENT THAT WAY, AND THEY CAN DO TRIAGE, UM, MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE THERE BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE PERSONALLY RESPONDED TO THE AIRPORT MANY TIMES AND A LOT OF THEM, THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT FROM AUSTIN.

AND SO WE KNOW EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WELL, THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN EACH DIFFERENT, ER, THIS IS HOW BUSY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW AND HELP THEM EVEN PLAN THEIR LIVES AND GET THEM IN AND OUT OF AUSTIN FASTER OR TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE CARE.

SO IF IT'S JUST GENERAL FUND THING, APPARENTLY THERE WERE, THERE WAS THE MANNEQUIN, THE WHOLE BLOOD, UH, AND, UH, UH, THE AIRPORT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE BETWEEN THE MADIGAN, THE WHOLE BLOOD, THE MANNEQUIN FIRST, I MEAN THE WHOLE BLOOD FIRST AND MADIGAN.

WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THE AIRPORT IF IT WAS A GENERAL FUND? YES, WHOLE-BLOOD AIRPORT.

UM, THE SIMULATION CENTER.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

AND THANK YOU.

I GUESS WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT, UM, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IT MAKES SENSE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AVIATION THE AIRPORT PAYS FOR IN TERMS OF YOUR EMS PILOT.

THEY SHOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF THE AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED TOO LATE OR IF THERE'S PUSHBACK, BUT THEY PAY FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION.

THEY REALLY SHOULD PAY FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE EXPANDING, IT WILL BECOME MORE CRITICAL.

SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR TO OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY PAY FOR.

AND THERE, THEY, THEY, I THINK 10 YEARS AGO THEY EVEN PURCHASED AN SRU, UM, AND HAD SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT AT THAT TIME, UH, I FORGET EXACTLY WHY, BUT WE COULDN'T WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS.

UM, AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT, BUT HISTORICALLY THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.

AND IT WILL CALL EXENTA, WE'LL DISCUSS THIS WHEN WE CONSIDER MY AMENDMENT VEGETABLE, BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE BEES FOR, TO PAY FOR THIS EMF FOR THE FTES AND MY AMENDMENT, UM, THOSE ARE ASSESSED TO THE AIRLINES.

SO THE AIRLINES WILL BE PAYING FOR THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO BE CLEAR, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY.

I THINK SHE CLARIFIED, HONESTLY, THE ONLY HESITATION I HAD WAS THE, I KNOW THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PRESENCE RIGHT AT THE AIRPORT.

AND THAT WAS THE ONLY KIND OF, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO EMS CALLS TO STAY KIND OF BASICALLY READY FOR ANY KIND OF AIRLINE EMERGENCY, WHICH AGAIN MAKES A WORLD OF SENSE TO ME.

UH, I THINK THAT REALLY JUST THANKED ME STRONGLY IN FAVOR TO BE CLEAR, THEY DO COME.

THEY JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, CAN YOU CLEAR US? CAN WE GO? AND THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DO REQUIRE ANOTHER FIRETRUCK TO BE THERE.

I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE CHANGING, BUT THEY HISTORICALLY REALLY DO NOT LIKE TO SIT ON MEDICAL CALLS.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE PANIC ATTACKS AND THE HEALTH CONCERNS.

AND I MEAN, AGAIN, UH, AND I KNOW OUR, OUR WE'RE DOING, WE CAN AT THE AIRPORT, IT'S A VERY CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT, VERY STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT NOWADAYS.

I MEAN,

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AND SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT.

AND, AND I, UH, I JUST THINK IT'S, UH, IT MAKES A WORLD OF SENSE TO HAVE PARAMEDICS THERE.

LIKE I SAID, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE LIKE INTENSE DAYS WHERE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH CHAOS, YOUR LABOR DAY OR MEMORIAL DAYS, YOUR, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS SEASON, YOUR THANKSGIVING KIND OF TIME.

UH, SO, AND OUR PRESENCE HAS ALSO MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEBODY CATCHING THEIR FLIGHT AND NOT IF THEY WERE HAVING, UM, LIKE I HAD SOMEBODY WHO FELL AND BRUISED HER RIBS AND WE DID A REALLY GOOD ASSESSMENT AND SHE WAS LIKE, OKAY, I CAN GO AND MAKE HER FLIGHT HOME.

UM, AND, UH, ANOTHER PART OF IT IS HAVING A ROOM.

UM, OFTENTIMES IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UM, CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK, BUT MAYBE IT IS MORE RELATED TO PANIC.

UM, AND SO I'VE HAD TO DO VERY PUBLIC EKG ON PEOPLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LIFT UP THEIR SHIRT AND DO THESE IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENTS.

AND SO IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A ROOM WHERE WE COULD TAKE PEOPLE, HAVE PRIVACY AND BE ABLE TO DO A REALLY GOOD ASSESSMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, THEY'RE FEELING FAINT, YOU KNOW, WHEREAS A QUICK KIND OF REVIEW BY EMS COULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, CALM THAT SITUATION DOWN AND SAVE EVERYBODY A LOT OF TIME AND HEADACHES.

SO I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I REMEMBER ONE TEST FOR BRAIN NIGHT, UH, AND BY WAY OR ADD, UM, JUST BY WAY OF A HEADS UP, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO EXPLORE.

UH, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE, THE, THE MOVE TO THE $20, UH, AND IN DOING THAT, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS CRITICALLY AND RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND SEE IF WE COULD CUT THINGS BACK AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO ON THESE.

I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE QUESTION ANSWER, PERIOD, IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE EMS OR FIRE.

ALSO SPEAK TO THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RAISED, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT UP HERE.

AND THESE THINGS ARE ALL REALLY GOOD THINGS.

THE ONLY THING WE KNOW FOR SURE IS WE CAN'T DO THEM ALL AS THE PROPOSED, AND THAT'S WHY WE TRIED TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE, AND, AND, AND TO THE QUESTION THAT YOU STARTED WITH, THERE IS NOTHING OUT OF TIME.

SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, WE CAN DO THAT.

MITCHELL, AND THEN KATE GRAZIANI.

NEXT SPEAKER, JOHN PAULO, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL FLOYD.

OH, GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP ON COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING, UH, A $20 MINIMUM WAGE.

THIS IS A GAME CHANGER.

THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, THAT IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT THE PROGRESSIVE VOTES ON COUNCIL OR ARE TAKING LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

UM, I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT FOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FLENDAS IS AMENDMENT ADDING 200, A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE CONTRACT FOR COLD WEATHER SHELTERS.

AND THIS IS SMALL COMPARED TO THE ASK THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, WHICH WAS $3 MILLION FOR COLD-WEATHER SHELTERS, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN GET INTO THIS NEXT CONTRACT BEFORE THE WINTER COMES AROUND IS IMPORTANT.

IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE'VE HAD TWO VERY TRAUMATIC WINTERS AS A COMMUNITY WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO SCRAMBLE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.

THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY CAPABLE OF SOLVING.

SO I HOPE THAT THIS TIME AROUND, WE CAN TAKE A STEP TOWARDS ACTUALLY AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY INVESTING IN COLD WEATHER SHELTER.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL FLOYD, AND THEN CATHY MITCHELL.

HELLO, I'M MICHAEL FLOYD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE, A MEMBER OF ALL SAINTS SOPHISTICAL CHURCH.

AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFAITH CENTER OF TEXAS.

THAT OUR FAITH HAS BEEN WORKING FOR FAMILIES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND WE ARE HERE ONCE MORE TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR CITY BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT, A BUDGET MUST BE JUDGED ON HOW IT SERVES THE FAMILIES MOST NEED.

AT THIS POINT, THIS SPECIFICALLY ENTAILS THREE THINGS.

FIRST, EVEN DISPLACED BY RISING RENTS.

THE BUDGET NEEDS TO INCLUDE AT LEAST THE 5 MILLION ADDITION TO RAIL ASSISTANCE PRESENTS BY COUNCILMAN MEMBER.

AVAILA SECOND, IN VIEW OF THE ONGOING NEED FOR JOB TRAINING, THE LIFTS, STRUGGLING FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY.

THE BUDGET MUST KEEP WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING AT ITS PRESENT LEVEL TO AVOID A $300,000 SHORTFALL FOR SUCH HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS AS CAPITAL IDEA.

AND THIRD IN VIEW OF HOW HARD AUSTIN AUSTIN'S CRITICALLY NEEDED, LOWEST PAID WORKERS, STRUGGLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

THE BUDGET NEEDS TO INCLUDE A 20 MINUTE $20 MINIMUM, HOURLY WAGE CENTRAL TEXAS EDIFY OF CALLS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A MORAL BUDGET THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF BECAUSE IT SERVES THE FAMILIES MOST IN NEED.

THANK YOU, KATHY

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HOW MANY MORE SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? THREE.

OKAY, GOOD MORNING.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET COALITION.

AND I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE $20 MINIMUM WAGE AND THAT YOU TAKE IT UP FIRST.

UH, WE, I, I SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS, AS MANY OF US HAVE COMBING THROUGH THE AGENCY BUDGETS KIND OF SHAKING THE COUCH UPSIDE DOWN TO SEE WHAT QUARTERS WE COULD FIND.

AND THE THING THAT REALLY LEAPED OUT FOR ME HAVING, YOU KNOW, JUST LITERALLY RUN MY EYES OVER THE ENTIRE GENERAL REVENUE FUND IS THE NUMBER OF A, OF DEPENDENT OF DEPARTMENTS WHERE VACANCIES HAVE REALLY CHANGED THE EQUATION WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY VACANCIES THAT THE WHOLE FUNDING STRUCTURE IS FRANKLY, OUT OF WHACK PROGRAMS ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD.

SERVICES ARE NOT BEING DELIVERED AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE DOLLARS.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THIS ON AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE THE CITY DELIVERING THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL EXPECT IN OUR PARKS AND IN OUR POOLS AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

AND, YOU KNOW, ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT IN OUR ANIMAL SERVICES, IN OUR, YOU KNOW, ADOPTION PROGRAMS, BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES DEPENDS ON HAVING THE EMPLOYEES IN PLACE DOING THEIR JOBS.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE $20 AMOUNT IS THE FIRST IMPORTANT STEP TO GETTING US THERE.

AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER WAYS WE NEED TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES.

WE HAVE, YOU HAVE SEEN OUR LIST, UH, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE WANT, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU, KATE GRAZIANI AND THEN IT'LL FEEL YOU AS ABOUT THE IT'S KATE OR OPHELIA HERE, BELIEVE MISS ABOUT THE HEAD TO HEAD HOME, THEN MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE REGISTERED.

THEN WE'LL ALL HAVE JUST SORT OF BETTER EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

LET'S TALK, UH, AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO CAME DOWN TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT CAME TO SPEAK THAT, UH, UH, WHICH HAS SPEAK THAT WE HAVE NOT CALLED? CERTAINLY THE ITEMS ON OUR, UM, UH, AGENDA TODAY, ALLOW ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND, AND, AND HAS NOT HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY A N NOON.

UH, THERE'S A, UH, PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING THAT I THINK SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO ATTEND.

UH, THE NEXT THING WE WOULD DO, I THINK RIGHT NOW IS JUST ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

DO WE WANT TO BREAK FOR ONE AND, AND COME BACK, DO WE WANT TO START WITH, WITH QUESTIONS AND JUST LET COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT TO LEAVE, LEAVE? UH WHAT'S UH, WHAT'S PEOPLE'S PREFERENCES.

WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO.

I HOPE WE'LL ASK OUR QUESTIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE, WE JUST GAIN A LOT FROM HEARING, HEARING THOSE, AND THEN WE WON'T BE BACKTRACKING, UH, YES, CANCER AND POOL.

I HAD HOPED TO, UM, ATTEND THE, UM, THE EVENT ON MOBILITY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO IT'S THE LUNCH IN PEACE AND THE SPEAKER, BUT I'M GOING TO STAY HERE AND DO THIS WORK.

SAME OTHER PEOPLE, COUNCILMEMBER, UH, MAYOR COLLEAGUES.

I PREFER FOR US TO BREAK FOR LUNCH, AND THEN THAT'LL ALLOW SOME OF US WHO ARE ATTENDING THE LUNCHEON TO ATTEND, AND THEN FOR US TO COME BACK, UM, IN AN HOUR OR SO, SO THAT WE CAN PICK UP AS A FULL DAY IS OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, HER MEDICINE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

SO THE VALUE FOR ME OF HAVING THE LUNCH HOUR TO CONTEMPLATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION, UM, WOULD HAVE BEEN VALUABLE.

SO I JUST WONDER IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AFTER WE ASK OUR QUESTIONS FOR US TO MAYBE BREAK ONE MORE TIME.

YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY KINKS IN THE DAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CUSHION IN BETWEEN EVERYBODY ASKING THEIR QUESTIONS AND US RESUMING DELIBERATIONS.

I THINK SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT.

OKAY, YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT, THAT ACTUALLY RAISES SORT OF A GENERAL QUESTION.

I MEANT TO ASK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, MY, MY ASSESSMENT IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINISH TODAY.

AND SO THAT MAY, THAT MAY ALSO, I THINK, UM, ALLOW US TO STRUCTURE OUR DAY SO THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN THAT TIME.

BUT IF THAT'S OTHER FOLKS CONSENSUS, MAYBE WE COULD JUST KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO TO TODAY AND WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND THEN, AND

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DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO IT? OKAY.

WE'LL PICK THAT BACK UP LATER TODAY, UH, AIR PRO 10, THIS IS OUR BUDGET DAY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS, SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY.

HOW MANY COLLEAGUES NEED TO LEAVE? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE WITH THIS? BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S WAITING.

I MEAN, THIS IS OUR, THIS IS OUR BUDGET DAY.

UM, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO LEAVE THAT YOU STILL LEAVE, UM, THAT THIS IS, SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOB.

I THINK IF A BULK OF CLIENTS WANTED TO STAY, I WOULD PROBABLY STAY AS WELL.

COUNSELOR ALICE, I HAD DECLINED THE INVITATION SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS DAY ONE OF BUDGET.

AND I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE'D HAVE A MOMENT TO GET AWAY.

SO I KNOW THIS IS WHERE WE START FIGURING OUT WHERE'S OUR QUESTIONS.

WHERE ARE THE AMENDMENTS? I KNOW THERE'S UPDATES COMING THROUGH.

UM, EVEN THOUGH I CARE PASSIONATELY ABOUT MOBILITY AND SERVE ON A LOT OF BOARDS ABOUT MOBILITY, LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, I, I HAD DECLINED THE INVITATION JUST BECAUSE IT'S DAY ONE BUDGET.

EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT INFORMATIONAL SESSION, UH, MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO, TO STAY AND BE PART OF THE QUESTION, UH, SECTION, I, I DO THINK OUR STAFF DO HAVE TO HAVE LUNCH AT SOME POINT.

SO IT WASN'T A MATTER OF NOT PRIORITIZING THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LONG FEW DAYS AHEAD OF US AND THAT WE NEED BREAKS.

AND SO IT MADE SENSE TO ME TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK AND ALSO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON, UH, REGIONAL MOBILITY.

BUT IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE DAY IS I'M HAPPY TO STAY AND BE PART OF THE QUESTIONING SECTION OF STAFF, UH, AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT CONVERSATION, I THINK WAS PROBABLY THE, THE BEST WAY I THINK PART OF IT'S THE TIMING ISSUE, UH, IF WE STAYED HERE NOW, SO THAT WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS OR COUNSEL, THEN WHEN WE TOOK THE LUNCH BREAK, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS, WHICH I THINK MIGHT HELP US, UH, THE BETTER WAY, UH, COMPETING PRIORITIES, WHERE WE WOULD THEN GO STRAIGHT INTO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WE CAN USE STAFF AND GET THAT INFORMATION BACK COMES FROM OUR KITCHEN.

UM, YEAH, THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

I SHARE WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID AND AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE MOBILITY LUNCH, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO DO AS YOU SUGGEST MAYOR.

SO, UM, I, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, ASK THE QUESTIONS AND THEN BREAK FOR LUNCH.

UM, I'M ALSO HEARING WHAT I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON ASKED, UH, WE MAY NEED SOME TIME LATER IN THE DAY BECAUSE, UM, AFTER WE ASK QUESTIONS, UM, AND KIND OF START OUR PROCESS, I WOULD HOPE THAT TODAY WE COULD, WE COULD ADDRESS THE, WHAT I HOPE IS OUR FIRST QUESTION, WHICH RELATES TO THE $20.

OKAY, GOT THAT.

AND WE HEARD THAT, CAN WE PICK THIS CONVERSATION UP LATER? GOT IT, APPRECIATE THAT.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS THIS, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

LET'S SEE HOW MANY QUESTIONS WE CAN GET IN.

THERE WERE SOME EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HIT, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UH, I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY NOTICED.

THERE'S ALSO, UM, UH, A QUESTION ABOUT THE THERE'S A LICENSE PLATE READER QUESTION THAT'S BEEN SAID.

I THINK I'VE JUST SEEN SOMETHING THAT COME ACROSS.

THERE'S A LIBRARY CARD QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED.

UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST GENERAL ANY SCHEDULING ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS.

WE MIGHT WANT TO HIT THAT TOO.

SO LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS AND LET'S DO THIS.

LET'S EVERYBODY ASK A QUESTION.

YOU CAN ASK, FOLLOW UP TO YOUR QUESTION AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND WE'LL JUST KEEP ROTATING IT THROUGH, UH, UNTIL EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED FOR THAT 11, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE TOP OF MIND FOR THEM.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THAT, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AFTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION, I'M OKAY WITH THE POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM NUMBER 12 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER AT THAT TIME.

SO THAT MIGHT HELP US THEN.

UM, IF YOU WOULD CHECK BACK, I DON'T KNOW WHO ASKED HER TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WOULD SEE IF WE CAN POSTPONE THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S WHERE KELLY.

UM, IF STAFF, ADAM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU OR CARRIE, YOU ARE CARRIED TODAY.

DAYLIGHT, THE QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO ASK SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT STAFF PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND GARY FOR THE MOMENT, AND WE DO HAVE STAFF, OF COURSE, WATCHING THE MEETING AND READY TO JOIN VIRTUALLY AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF LAG TO GET FOLKS MOVED OVER.

UM, DEPENDING UPON YOUR QUESTIONS, THAT'D BE FINE.

IT MAY HELP TO MAYOR.

IF WE, I MEAN, IF THERE WAS A SENSE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WANT THE EMS CHIEF ON, IF THERE WAS A SENSE OF WHICH DEPARTMENTS WE THOUGHT THE QUESTIONS WERE COMING FROM, WE COULD HAVE THEM MOVED OVER.

PREEMPTIVELY.

LET'S DO THIS BEFORE WE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

LET'S JUST GO DOWN THE DSN.

LET'S HAVE PEOPLE

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YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO THESE QUESTIONS, UH, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF IS, UH, IS THERE.

SO LET'S JUST GO DOWN BY US.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ANY ANSWERS YET.

WE'RE JUST GONNA TRY TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN ALOUD SO THAT ED AND STAFF CAN HUMANS.

BUT JUST THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO SAY, WHICH DEPARTMENTS WE THINK WE NEED, MAYBE FOR THAT, OR A QUESTION IN CASE, IN CASE THAT THAT INDICATES WHO IN THAT DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE THERE.

SO ANYBODY WANT TO GO FIRST? DOWN'S OUR POOL.

JUST REAL QUICK.

THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ASKING, I'M WANTING TO ASK, UM, QUESTION ABOUT, UM, E UH, SIMULATION TRAINING AND WHOLE BLOOD, UM, HEAL SHELTER.

UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT ADA RESTROOMS. UM, SO THAT'S PARKS AND LET'S SEE, SOBERING CENTER QUESTION.

IS THIS HOW YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? OR DO YOU WANT TO, TO PERFECT.

IF YOU THINK ASKING THE QUESTION FURTHER DIRECTS PEOPLE, YOU CAN DO THAT IF THE SOBERING, IF YOU THINK THAT'S EFFICIENT THAN, AND LET ME GO BACK UP MY LIST AND SEE WHAT I WOULD, I OVERLOOK TWO REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO THE CO-LOCATION AT THE AIRPORT.

THERE WAS A QUESTION ON WHAT YEAR THE FUNDING WAS AND WHETHER IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE NEW SOUTH TERMINAL, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON ONE SIDE, WE MAY WANT TO CORRELATE CO-LOCATED ON THE SOUTH TERMINAL TO, UM, SO I GUESS, AND THEN, UH, I THINK I GOT SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ON THE SIP ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN HERS, I THINK.

SOMEONE ELSE WANT TO, LIKE, QUESTIONS GETS MORE POINT THIS, I THINK HR WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT MY QUESTIONS WILL BE CENTERED ON LIVING WAGE AND THE CONFESSION CALCULATION.

NO, THAT'LL BE THE FOCUS OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MADISON.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY QUESTIONS WILL BE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ITEM.

UM, THE CONSERVATION CORE ITEM, SOBERING CENTER ITEM, UM, THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST ITEM.

AND THEN I ALSO, UH, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION FROM HR.

SO WHAT ELSE WANT TO DO, LET SOME QUESTIONS.

YES, THAT'S, , I'M NOT SURE THAT MINE WILL BE QUESTIONS, BUT MY AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ARE RELATED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND HR SLASH BUDGET.

SO I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE BACK END WITH THOSE FOLKS, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE MINE WOULD BE.

AS A MEMBER OF THE VIA, ARE YOU, MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ON THE CODE, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST POSITIONS AND WHY THE, THE NEED AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

ALSO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WITHDRAW THAT I'M GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, NOTIFY LAST NIGHT THAT THE PROGRAM COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR POSITION AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE RECLASSIFIED BACK TO THE VETERANS SERVICE.

AND THAT I ALSO JUST SO DOES THAT MEAN WE DON'T NEED THE VETERANS? WE CAN TAKE IT, WE DON'T NEED IT BY ONE OF THE NEED, THE POSITION THAT THAT COULD BE RECLASSIFIED.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS, UH, HOUSED EITHER UNDER THE MANAGEMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR ANOTHER MORE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS.

I WANT TO OFFER A DIRECTION ON THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE VA PERSON, BUT IT DOESN'T JUST DOESN'T HAVE A COST ANY LONGER.

THANK YOU FOR DAYLIGHTING THAT OTHER QUESTIONS PEOPLE WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT.

HEBRON.

IS IT? AND SHE'S THE OTHER ONE WAS THE DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING ITEM THAT I HAVE SOME.

UH .

YEAH, PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CAPTURE ALL OF MINE, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE ASSET FORFEITURE AND IMPACT FUNDS AND IN PARTICULAR ITEM TWO 16, THAT THE RESPONSE TO TWO 16, I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A REFERENCE TO A SPECIAL AND, UH, LOWERCASE SPECIAL FUND WITHIN APD THAT WAS RETURNED IN PART OF THE RESPONSE TO AN EARLIER QUESTION.

I'LL FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE THAT IS.

I HAVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS RESPONSES TO 1 16, 1 17, AND ONE 20.

I HAVE A VERY GENERAL, VERY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT VACANCY SAVINGS.

I THINK THOSE ARE MY TOP LEVEL ONES AT THE MOMENT.

I HAVE A SLEW ABOUT CODE, BUT THOSE WILL COME UP IN THE CONTEXT OF MY MINUTE.

UH,

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UM, COUNTS OUR KITCHEN, BARE PROTON COUNTS.

R KELLY COUNCIL.

UM, I, I SHARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED LEVEL MENTIONED THOSE AGAIN.

UM, LET'S SEE.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HEALS SPECIFICALLY.

UM, I HAD ASKED, UM, BUDGET QUESTION RELATED TO THE, THE PLACEMAKING THAT MAY BE ANSWERED.

I HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET.

I'M GOING TO LOOK TO SEE IF IT WAS ANSWERED.

SO THERE'S THAT ONE.

UM, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO HARM REDUCTION, UM, A BUDGET ITEM IN, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE DAC OR NOT.

AND THEN I HAVE SOME CODE QUESTIONS ALSO, AND THEN ALSO SOME COVERAGE QUESTIONS, WHICH I THINK WILL BE COVERED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE WAGE THERE, THEIR BENEFITS RELATED TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE.

JUST REMEMBER KELLY, I THINK YOU WERE NEXT.

UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PARK FUNDING THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK.

MAY HAVE HEARD HIM.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LISTED.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TALK WITH HR ABOUT THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE ESTIMATES CLEAR FOR THE ENTERPRISES, FOR THE PROPOSED LIVING WAGE INCREASE AND TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE ANY RELATED, UM, ENTERPRISE FEE INCREASES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED WITH THAT.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT SIDE OF THINGS.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE CREATIVE SPACES APPROACH, AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THERE WAS A AMENDMENT BY TOBA THAT I WAS ON RELATED TO THE EXEC.

AND THERE WAS ANOTHER $500,000 THAT WAS ADDED THAT I WAS NOT CONSULTED ON.

AND I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, UM, APPLYING THAT MONEY.

I DO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR ATEC, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I SUPPORT THAT PIECE OF THE FUNDING.

UM, AND THEN, UM, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, THERE IS A FEE UPDATE THAT WE JUST GOT AND IT INDICATES THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL FEES OF, FOR, UH, COMING OUT AGAIN, UM, THAT WERE NOT THERE BEFORE.

AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE FEES ARE FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE COVERING.

I'VE ALSO SENT A, I'VE ALSO SENT AN EMAIL QUESTIONS I MIGHT GET THAT, UM, ANSWERED.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT.

UM, I HAD MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, UM, WORKFORCE, UM, AND THE FUNDING, AND I THINK I HAVE STRAIGHT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I AM GOING TO WANT TO PROVIDE A RIDER WITH DIRECTION ON THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR LONGTERM, UM, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS STILL GOING TO BE GOING TO THAT, THAT RFP STILL HAS TO GO OUT.

THEY'VE DONE THE ONE FOR THE AR THE ARPA MONEY, BUT NOT THE ONE FOR THE REGULAR MONEY.

UM, SO IT'D BE JUST SOME BROAD GUIDANCE FOR WHEN THEY DO THAT, DO THAT RFP, BUT WE'RE STILL DRAFTING THAT.

ABC IS ONE OF MY GREATEST PRIORITIES, UH, FOR ME IN, IN THIS PROCESS.

UH, BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN, DO YOU WANT TO GO AGAIN? I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT TO MENTION, I DO HAVE A, A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT YES.

I WANT TO MENTION THAT.

OKAY GUYS, WE'RE AVAILA COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR PARKS.

UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE LIFEGUARD FTES AND, UH, TRYING TO GET THE COST OF PIN DOWN ON THAT.

UH, AND THEN AS WELL AS JUST A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON THE HVAC SYSTEM, UH, WITH REGARD TO HOUSING, UH, ABOUT THE $5 MILLION AMENDMENT AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE USED IN THEIR PREFERRED, UH, DIRECTION ON, ON HOW THEY WANT TO, UH, ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY, BASICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE JUST STARTING OUT AND THERE MAY BE, UH, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE QUITE READY AT THIS POINT TO SAY, LIKE THIS MUCH IN THIS PART, THIS MUCH IN THIS PART, THIS MUCH IN THIS PART.

SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.

AND THEN FROM, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY AND OR PUBLIC HEALTH WITH REGARD TO THE FED POWER PLANT, UH, ITEM IN THE, IN THE TESTING, UH, AGAIN, JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

LIKE WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HAVE AND WHAT WOULD A GOOD STUDY LOOK LIKE? THOSE ARE THE, UH, ANSWERS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO GET, UM, UH, OKAY.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE SECOND ROUND, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, UM, UH, THAT I, I WANT TO, UH, UH, HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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AND, AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO DO IT.

I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.

UM, BUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, MAYBE THERE'LL BE GENERAL FUND MONEY.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.

I HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT, SO CIVILIANIZING THE SIX SWORN FTES IN THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, UH, AND IF THERE'S BEEN AN ANSWER TO THAT, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.

UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS OF NOT ADOPTING A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PARKLAND FEE.

NOW, IF THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, CAN WE, AND THIS IS JUST LEAVE IT BLANK, UH, AND COME BACK AND HANDLE THOSE AS WE CONSIDER THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE ON THE, ON THE FIRST, UM, I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT THE STIPEND.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO UP TO THE $20 AN HOUR, DO WE STILL NEED THIS TYPE? AND I'VE NEVER REALLY HEARD FROM HR, WHETHER THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL OR AT WHAT LEVEL? SO THAT STIPEND ISSUE, I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT EMS AT THE AIRPORT THAT WERE RAISED EARLIER BY, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS AND, AND THE THINGS THAT, UH, UM, UH, MS UH, SCHEER, UH, UH, TALKED TO US ABOUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT ALREADY RAISED BY OTHER PEOPLE, AUSTIN ENERGY RATE ON TAX IMPACT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ISSUE, BUT MAYBE TO HAVE HIM HERE FOR A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT HOW THAT WAS HANDLED HISTORICALLY.

AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN RAISED, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER , UM, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS.

WE'VE, WE'VE HIT THAT ON THE $20, BUT DOING IT AT 7 MILLION, WHETHER THE, WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE WITH THAT AND THE PROGRESSION, I WANT TO KNOW WE'VE BEEN HANDED OUT A FEE SCHEDULE THAT HAS CHANGES IN IT.

UH, I WANT US TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

IF THERE ARE CHANGES MOST RECENT CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO ELEVATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY SEES THEM AND UNDERSTANDS THEM, THE STAFF HANDED OUT A POWERPOINT, AND I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR WHEN WE GET THE STAFF PRESENTATION, UM, UM, WHICH WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME AFTER THE, THE QUESTIONS.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT'S NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY DISCUSSED, OR IF IT'S JUST GIVING US IN PRESENTATION FORM THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE, IN THE WORKFORCE SESSIONS.

UH, I ALSO WANT, UH, APH TO TALK ABOUT THERE'S AN ITEM IN FRONT OF US THAT DEALS WITH THE ANTI HATES, UH, CAMPAIGN, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO.

UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO ON ANY HATE CAMPAIGN IS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT ARE ALONE OR MY NEED HELPER ASSISTANCE.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE APH TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

CAUSE I'VE HANDED OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE THAT CAMPAIGN.

ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, UH, UH, ELEVATING THAT THAT EFFORT IS MY QUESTIONS, UH, CANCER POOL, UH, HANG ON A SECOND.

I'M GOING DOWN MY LIST HERE.

THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL ONE AND IT'S, UM, THE ONE ON SOCIAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS IN THERE.

AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO THAT THINK IT'S TOVO EIGHT.

AND THEN DID YOU WANT ME TO MORE EXPLICITLY SAY WHAT MY QUESTIONS ARE OTHER THAN JUST THE TOPICS? I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THEY'RE COVERED IN THIS ED, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW, UH, COUNSELOR ELLIS.

I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, WHAT MR. COBB HAD RAISED ABOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR DENTAL AND POTENTIALLY VISION.

IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A POLICY ADJUSTMENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGETARY IMPACT.

UM, I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

I THINK THERE'S A Q AND A THAT SOMEONE ASKED THAT THERE'S AN ANSWER ON THAT.

IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER FANTASIES.

HOW'S THAT BACK IN, I THINK IT'S IN THE A HUNDRED RANGE OF QUESTIONS.

AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IT'S LIKE 70 OR $80,000 BUDGETARY IMPACT.

JUST SORT OF OUR, I'M JUST NOTING MY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEED ROUND OF, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

A COUPLE MORE, AND THESE ARE SUPER QUICK ONES, UH, OR WILL BE HOPEFULLY, UH, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN PID POSSIBLY I MIGHT HAVE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT MAY BE IT.

NO, I'M SORRY.

UH, PARKS, UM, PARKS FEE QUESTION.

UM, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENHANCED ID CARD FOR THE LIBRARY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

SO I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.

AND MAYOR, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S AMENDMENTS.

THIS IS

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SO, SO IT'S NOW 1225.

MY QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE TAKE A 30 MINUTE BREAK TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO KIND OF RALLY STAFF AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST ORDER TO KIND OF APPROACH THIS.

UH, AND YOU GUYS CAN GET A LITTLE LUNCH TOO, AND THEN RECONVENE AT ONE OR ONE 15.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE QUESTIONS PROBABLY THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN PROBABLY HAVE AN EXTENDED BREAK WHERE WE CAN VISIT WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED THIS MORNING IN SUB FORUMS. YES.

CAN I ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT STIPENDS AND, UM, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, UM, UH, OUR HR DIRECTOR DOESN'T, UM, PHYSICALLY LOCK ME IN A CLASS WHEN I ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THIS, CAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BUDGET RELATED, BUT IT'S A QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT FOLKS ARE ASKING, UH, OR SAYING, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I MAKE.

IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE OFFICE, IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT FUEL COST AND CHILDCARE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THEY'RE THINKING OF OTHER WAYS IN ORDER TO NOT GET TO 20.

UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IN A WAY THAT IT DOESN'T SORT OF MOCK UP THE QUESTION.

SO I'M GONNA, UM, DIRECTOR HAYES.

I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU HOW TO ASK THAT BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, AS YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE STIPENDS, IS THERE SOME POINT OF CONSIDERATION AROUND THE VALUE OF BEING ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME AND HOW THAT CHANGES PEOPLE'S EXPENSES? UM, I'M GONNA PICK YOUR BRAIN ABOUT HOW TO ASK THAT QUESTION AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND CODE, THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP THAT, YOU KNOW, A SERIES OF, UH, EMERGENCIES CAME UP AND WE NEVER CLOSED THE LOOP ON THE CONVERSATION AROUND CODE UNIFORMS. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME IMPLICATIONS, FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ABOUT UNIFORMS. UM, SO I, I'M GONNA SNEAK A QUESTION IN TO Y'ALL DURING THE BREAK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO JUST A HEADS UP TO BOTH DEPARTMENTS THINKING.

UH, YES, MA'AM AT THE TIME, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TELECOMMUTING, I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW I WAS GOING TO POST THIS THE MESSAGE BOARD, BUT WITH ALL THE BUDGET STUFF, I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.

CAUSE IT WOULD GET LOST.

BUT AT OUR AUDIT AND FINANCE COUNCIL MEETING AT AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THIS STRATEGIC FACILITIES GROUP AND THERE'LL BE BACK ON THE, UM, RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WENT TO REHAB BEFORE THAT I CO-SPONSORED, UM, ABOUT THE TELECOMMUTING AND ALSO ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, CAMPUS AND OTHER THINGS RELATED TO PLANNING, UM, THAT WON'T GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED TODAY, BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR FOLKS AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY FOR THAT, BY THE TIME BEING 1230, THAT'S A RECESS UNTIL ONE 15, WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL DO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BREAK.

ONE 15.

IT'S COME BACK TO ME ONE 15, CUT BACK HERE FOR QUESTIONS WITH A STAT UH, 1 37, OR WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THIS MEETING HERE TODAY ON AUGUST 17TH, 2022.

UH, WE'VE GIVEN STAFF JUST A, A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS TO GO THROUGH.

UH, THEY'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANCE TO ORGANIZE WORKING AS WORKING QUICKLY WITH VERY LITTLE NOTICE, UH, AND I'VE SUGGESTED IN ORDER FOR US TO DEAL WITH THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO FOLLOW, THEIR SUGGESTED ORDER HAS BEEN POSTED, UH, SO THAT STAFF OR THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE ORDER IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE GENERALLY FOLLOWING TOPICS.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THESE QUESTIONS.

WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A BREAK, UH, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE TIMING FOR THOSE THINGS.

WHEN WE COME BACK, UH, THEN, UH, ADD, UH, I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU AND YOUR LIST IS, UH, HR.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT OFF YOUR WORK, HARRY.

CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT, EMAIL IT TO ME.

DID YOU POST THAT SCHEDULE? NO.

I THINK THAT WHAT THE MAYOR'S REFERRING TO IS ED IS JUST GONNA GO THROUGH ABOUT WHICH ORDER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS COME IN.

AND SO HE'S LETTING THE, THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS KNOW, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU COULD EMAIL THAT TO ME, I WILL POST IT TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.

PERFECT.

AND THEN THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL

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AND WE'LL POST THANK YOU.

JOY.

WE'RE READY FOR YOU TO START.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

JOY HAYES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, COUNSEL.

WE MET LAST TUESDAY, UM, AND BETWEEN TUESDAY AND TODAY, WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS THAT, THAT SPAN OF VARIETY OF CONCERNS RELATIVE TO THE PAY RECOMMENDATION AND OTHER SCENARIOS FOR WHICH YOU'VE PRESENTED TODAY.

LET ME FIRST JUST THINK OF A TEAM WHO'S LITERALLY BEEN WORKING SEVEN DAYS STRAIGHT SINCE WE MET TO TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS TODAY, AS WE BRING UP THE PRESENTATION AND MOVE TO SLIDE TWO, I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THIS VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION.

I'M WANTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HEARD THE SAME INFORMATION.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE ASKED RELATIVE TO THE PROPOSED LIVING WAGE AT $18, THE QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL SCENARIOS OF 19 AND THE $20 ESTIMATES FOR ALL FUNDS.

THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WANTED ME TO BREAK DOWN COSTS RELATIVE TO GENERAL FUND AND FOR ENTERPRISE AND TOTAL CITY COSTS.

AND SO IN ALL SCENARIOS, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.

I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RANGES.

WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS INCLUDED IN THOSE RANGES? UM, AND WE'LL TALK YOU THROUGH THAT.

I WANT TO COME BACK TO COMPRESSION BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS COMPRESSION HITS, AND I THINK SOME ARE REALLY WANTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT COMPRESSION ISSUES WE WERE ADDRESSING IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE PROVIDED IN THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING TO YOU TODAY AND WHAT COMPRESSION ISSUES ARE NOT ADDRESSED IN THOSE.

YOU ALSO ASKED US TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO STEP OUTSIDE OF OUR HR NORM TO COME UP WITH SOME POTENTIAL METHODOLOGIES TO ADDRESS PAY EQUITY.

WE ALSO HAD ONE RELATIVE TO TWO STIPENDS.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT SCENARIO WITH YOU AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY A HARD TO FILL POSITIONS AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE PAY RANGES.

AND SO WE ASKED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, CAUSE IT, IT, THERE IS SOME INTERCONNECTED INFORMATION AND THEN WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

UM, AND I'VE ATTEMPTED TO PUT IN HERE, EVERYTHING I GOT FROM YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL.

SO AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS, THIS SLIDE WAS A PART OF THE PRESENTATION WE MADE ON TUESDAY.

UM, AND JUST KIND OF WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE QUESTION OF COMPRESSION.

DOES THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED DO THE SCENARIOS WE'VE PROVIDED ADDRESS COMPRESSION IS THE GENERAL QUESTION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF COMPRESSION.

IT'S NOT REALLY JUST ONE AREA.

AND SO, UM, WHEN THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EMPLOYEE AND THEIR SUPERVISOR, THAT'S COMPRESSION, IF THERE'S A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE WHERE PAY SCALES ARE IMPACTED AND THE LEVEL OF COVERAGE NEEDS TO BE COVERED, THAT WILL ADDRESS COMPRESSION, HOW MUCH WE NEED TO PUT IN BETWEEN EACH PAY GRADE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EQUAL.

AND THERE'S ENOUGH.

THE MARKET RATE OF A JOB INCREASES IN THE EMPLOYERS THAT WE BRING IN ARE MAKING MORE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A POSITION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR FIVE YEARS, YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME PERCENT INCREASES, BUT IF THE MARKET GOES UP AND SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE COMES IN AND THAT PERSON HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF YEARS OF SERVICE YOU DO, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING INTO IT WITH A HIGHER MARKET, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE MAKING MORE THAN YOU WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S COMPRESSION.

THE MARKET RATE FOR STARTING SALARIES INCREASES FASTER THAN THE ORGANIZATION CAN AFFORD TO GIVE RAISES.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE COMPRESSION.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW IN THE SCENARIOS WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU IN THE NUMBERS.

WE'VE GIVEN YOU OUR PLANS, ADDRESS COMPRESSION AMONG SOME BOARD MINUTES AND SUPERVISORS AND AMONGST LEVELS, BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS COMPRESSION AMONGST PEERS.

SO IN ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS, YOU MAY VERY WELL HAVE CITIZENS EMPLOYEES THAT COME TO YOU TO SAY, HEY, THE CROSSING GUARD IS MAKING EQUIVALENT TO THE MARKET VALUE OF, OF MY POSITION IN THIS SPACE.

THAT MAY BE TRUE BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO CREATING A MARKET, WE'VE ALSO NOW PRIORITIZED THE INCREASE OF LIVING WAGE, WHICH MAY COMPRESS THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS INTO A SMALLER GROUP BECAUSE WE'RE ELIMINATING THOSE JOB FUNCTIONS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NATURALLY JUST ADDRESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS HERE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS IT FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS ONE IS THE EIGHT, THE $18 LIVING WAGE WON'T STAY ON IT LONG.

WE'RE JUST SHOWING THIS ONE BECAUSE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO UNDERSTAND

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WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE BY ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT AND CITY-WIDE.

AND SO WE'VE JUST ANSWERED THAT QUESTION BY BREAKING THOSE NUMBERS OUT FOR YOU HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE COST.

AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS IS BUILT INTO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, BUT IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT NEXT CLIENT.

SO THERE WERE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A $19 LIVING WAGE, TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WOULD MOVE UP TO 19.

IT WOULD BE A 27% INCREASE VERSUS THE 20% REGULAR EMPLOYEES WOULD MOVE UP.

AS WE'VE GIVEN YOU IN THE METHODOLOGY, WE'RE NOT TAKING, IF YOU'RE IN ZONE ONE, NOW THEN YOU WILL GO TO ZONE ONE IN THE NEW METHODOLOGY.

BUT IF LIKE, IF YOU'RE IN ZONE TWO, WE WILL JUST GUARANTEE THAT AS WE CHANGE THE PAY GRADES, YOU ARE AT LEAST AT THE ENTRY OF ZONE ONE, MAKING SURE YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT PAY GRADE, THAT IS OUR METHODOLOGY.

AND THIS IS THE RANGE THERE'VE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THESE RANGES AND HOW, HOW CAN YOU GET ANY MORE PRECISE THAN WHERE YOU ARE? OF COURSE, I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THESE INCREASES.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME SOME SPACE AND FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FIGURE THAT OUT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY THE RANGE IS THERE.

AND SO WHAT WE SHOW YOU HERE BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE DID WITH THE $18 AN HOUR, YOU SEE WHAT THOSE RANGES ARE LOOKING AT.

THE TOP OF THE RANGE BEGINNING WITH GENERAL FRONT IS 6.7 MILLION 2.3 FOR ENTERPRISE, AND THEN THE CITYWIDE COST WANT TO ANSWER ANOTHER QUESTION, THAT'S COME UP RELATIVE TO THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY THERE SEEMS TO BE A LARGER PERCENT INCREASE IMPACT TO THE ENTERPRISE WHEN WE'RE AT THE 18, THEIR LIMITED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND THOSE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MAKING THAT AMOUNT.

AND SO THERE'S A LESS OF AN IMPACT, BUT THE HIGHER WE GO IN THE MINIMUM, THE LIVING WAGE, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO IMPACT THE LARGEST POPULATION OF EMPLOYEES AND THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN OUR ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS.

UM, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO, IF WE GO TO 19 OR 20, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT TO FEES AND THOSE QUESTIONS MR. VINO CAN CAN ADDRESS.

WE'RE JUST SIMPLY FOCUSING ON THE STAFFING COMPONENT OF IT.

SO THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR 19.

UM, WHAT I TRIED TO DO FOR THE 19 AND 20 IS PROVIDE PROS AND CONS BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP.

NEXT SLIDE KIND OF TAKES YOU THROUGH THOSE.

I WON'T STAY ON IT LONG.

UM, OF COURSE THE HIGHER WE GO, THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE DESIRED LIVING WAGE FROM BOTH OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, THE COMMISSION AND FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AT THE LOWER END.

AND AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE POSITIONS, UM, THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO BE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE BIGGEST ISSUES RELATIVE TO RECRUITMENT, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT, THAT THESE STRATEGIES WILL HAVE THE CONS TO THIS IS THAT, UM, IT'S LESS THAN THE LIVING WAGE RESOLUTION.

UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PAY SCALES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ALTERED TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED LIVING WAGE.

I BELIEVE WITH THIS ONE, THE $19 WE'LL HAVE TO GET RID OF ANOTHER PAY GRADE.

SO INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF TWO, UH, THREE, IS IT THREE, INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF TWO, WE'LL GO TO THREE.

SO THREE PAY GRADES WILL BE DROPPED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE OTHER ONES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS IT MEANS TO ME, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE WHEN THIS PROCESS IS OVER TO GO BACK AND CREATE THE PAY SCALES, NOT BASED ON MARKET, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME EQUITABLE SPACE BETWEEN THEM AND THE LESS NUMBER OF PAY SCALES I HAVE, THE MORE I HAVE TO COMPRESS THEM.

UM, AND SO THAT IS JUST SIMPLY A, UM, TASK AND CHALLENGE FOR HR TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, THAT PROCESS.

BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT DOES REMOVE THREE PAY GRADES.

UM, AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO COST AND REZONING THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE.

UM, AND SO IT ALSO GIVES US LESS OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES.

BUT AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, IT'S ABOUT CREATING AND SUSTAINING A LIVING WAGE THAT YOU THINK EMPLOYEES CAN AND HA CAN HAVE IN ORDER TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

UM, IT WILL INCREASE, PAY AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE PAY SCALES, UM, BUT IT WILL NOT CREATE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASES FOR THOSE IN THE MIDDLE AND AT THE TOP OF THE PAY SCALES.

UM, AND SO, SO WE DO WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO, FOR THE DOLLARS AN HOUR, OUR NEXT SLIDE JUST SPEAKS TO THE $20 LIVING WAGE.

I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF YOU ALL ON THIS ONE, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A 33% INCREASE.

UM, THIS WOULD REMOVE FOUR PAY GRADES FROM OUR CURRENT PAY GRADE SYSTEM.

UM, AND WE WOULD WANT TO JUST POINT OUT WITH THIS ONE, UM, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, DO WE REALLY NEED THE FULL RANGE AND, AND WHAT REALLY IS A PART OF THAT? AND SO WE CAN TALK THROUGH THAT.

I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A NEW AMENDMENT THAT SUGGESTS $7 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE

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IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RANGE.

UM, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH MONEY.

I CAN'T SAY AS OF NOW, BUT CERTAINLY AS THE AMENDMENT IS WRITTEN, UM, DEPARTMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST.

I KNOW, AS IT IS WRITTEN, WE WOULD USE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

MR. VAN NINO CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE OF WHAT I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS TREND.

I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IN THIS FACE, WE'RE GOING TO GO UP ON THE, ON THE RATES AND WE'RE GOING TO HIRE EVERYBODY AND POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE FIELD AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN POSITIONS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO NEED THE FULL SCOPE OF BUDGETED MONEY FOR THESE POSITIONS VERSUS IF THEY KEEP A HIGHER VACANCY RATE.

UM, AND SO CERTAINLY IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE A TREND OF HARD TO RECRUIT POSITIONS, THAT COULD BE POTENTIAL VACANCY SAVINGS THERE THAT COULD ADJUST FOR THE ADDITIONAL MILES ACROSS THE CITY.

I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AND WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IS THAT GOING THE 33% UP ON THE LIVING WAGE? UM, EVERYTHING WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WHAT 19 WOULD STILL BE THERE FOR THE $20.

I ALSO WANT YOU TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE NOW GOING TO CREATE SPACE WHERE YOU MAY HEAR MORE EMPLOYEES WITH SOME CONCERNS MID-LEVEL TO OUR RANGES.

AND AT THE TOP, FOR INSTANCE, A CROSSING GUARD WILL BE MAKING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN ANOTHER POSITION THAT IS ALREADY MARKETED AT $20 AN HOUR.

WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS OVER TIME, BUT I CANNOT ADDRESS THAT ULTIMATE, UH, COMPRESSION ISSUE FOR PEER TO PEER IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

NOW, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO SUMMARIZE THIS WOULD BE THE CITY HAS MADE A DECISION TO PRIORITIZE THAT LIVING WAGE AND MAKE OVER TIME, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO CALIBRATE THE OTHER PAY SCALES TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

UM, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT OVER TIME, UM, AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OF EMPLOYEES THAT LOOK AT IT FROM A PEER TO PEER SPACE.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY WHERE I WOULD GO.

I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR, UM, CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD ABOUT THE $20 IS, IS $7 MILLION ENOUGH.

AND MY ANSWER IS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN WORK WITH THAT AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

UM, AND CERTAINLY AS DIRECTED IN, UM, THE, THE, THE AMENDMENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER COME BACK OR HAVE DEPARTMENTS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THEY WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO COVER IT.

SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS, I WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT UNTIL NEXT SUMMER, RIGHT.

BECAUSE THOSE POSITIONS, UM, WE HIRE FOR SUMMER.

AND SO IT, IT WILL TAKE US SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT, UM, AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THE BIGGER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED IS WHAT'S IN YOUR ASSUMPTIONS, HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THESE RANGES AND WHAT'S INCLUDED.

AND SO I'VE ASKED REBECCA, UM, TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHEN WE COME UP WITH THE 19 AND $20 ASSUMPTIONS THAT CREATE THE RANGE.

AND LET ME REMIND YOU, I DON'T HAVE A RANGE FOR 18 BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY HAD THE TIME TO KIND OF GO IN AND DO THE WORK ALSO FOR 19 AND 20 MORE FOR 20, THE 19, YOU MAY IMPACT FAMILIES.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPERATOR, AN OPERATOR LEAD AND A SUPERVISOR, IF NOW THE OPERATOR POSITION IS NOW GOING TO BE CONDENSED INTO A PAY GRADE, RIGHT AT, OR RIGHT BELOW THE LEAD, I'LL NEED TO MOVE THE LEAD AND THE SUPERVISOR TO HIGHER PAY GRADES.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT COMPRESSION ISSUE, UH, IS ADDRESSED.

AND SO THAT IS ALSO WORK THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO.

UM, AND I'LL LET REBECCA KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT LED TO THE RANGES THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, HELLO, REBECCA KENNEDY AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO AS JULIA MENTIONED, THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WE LOOK AT, WHAT ARE THE PAYSCALE IMPACTS LOOKING AT DROPPING THOSE PAY GRADES, AND THEN SPREADING OUT THE IMPACT LIKE JULIA JUST MENTIONED, ONCE WE MOVE EVERYBODY FROM THE PAY GRADES WERE DROPPING UP TO THAT LOWEST PAY GRADE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, WE THEN HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OTHERS IN THOSE FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ENOUGH DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HIGHER ENTRY AMOUNT FOR THOSE PAY GRADES AND BRINGING UP OUR EMPLOYEES TO THAT, THAT MINIMUM ENTRY, IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY THERE, UM, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, TAKING THOSE EMPLOYEES TO THE NEW GRADE OR TO THE HIGHER ENTRY OF THE CURRENT GRADE, UM, LOOKING AT THE HIGHER LIVING WAGE RESULTS IN THE, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS BRING EVERYBODY UP INTO EITHER THEIR NEW GRADE OR THE ENTRY OF THE, THE CURRENT GRADE, AND THEN APPLY THE 4% ON TOP OF THAT.

SO AS WE MOVE UP IN THE LIVING WAGE, THAT 4% WILL BE GREATER.

OUR TEMPORARY WORKFORCE.

WE LOOK AT ANNUALIZED HOURS FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, AND WE REALIZE THESE VARY GREATLY.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE VARIABLES THAT ALSO COMES INTO THIS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON THAT, LOOKING AT HISTORICAL TRENDS, BUT AGAIN, IT'S HARD.

WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW THESE, UM, WORKERS WILL BE USED AND SO THEY COULD BE USED MORE.

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AND THEN THAT WOULD DRIVE UP OUR COSTS, OUR VACANCY RATE, UM, AS OUR VACANCY RATE DECREASES OUR LABOR AND COSTS INCREASE.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER VARIABLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN A COUPLE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS IS, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES, SOME OUT OF THE BOX THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS PAY THAT'S EQUITABLE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST IMPACTING THOSE AT THE LOWER END OF THE PAY SCALE.

SO WE DID COME UP WITH SOME AND THE NEXT ONE, UM, THE ONE WAY, THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE COULD ADDRESS ALL VERSIONS OF EQUITY WOULD BE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME INCREASE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU GAVE, AND THIS EXAMPLE IS BASED ON THE 18, IF EVERYBODY, IF YOU GO FROM 15 TO 18 FOR LIVING WAGE, LET'S SAY EVERYBODY GOT A 3% INCREASE THAT WOULD ERADICATE ANY LEVEL OF COMPRESSION CONCERNS AT ANY POINT.

UM, HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE THE COSTS FOR THAT WOULD BE PRETTY EXORBITANT.

AND SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, AND THIS IS I'M REALLY SPEAKING TO YOU, AND I'M SPEAKING TO EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT'S WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO VALUE AND RETAIN ME, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH.

THE REALITY IS OUR METHODOLOGY ENSURES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMPRESSION IS ADDRESSED, BUT THE PEER TO PEER, UH, COMPRESSION WOULD ONLY BE ADDRESSED IN CREATING A SPACE WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD GET THE SAME THING.

SO IN THIS SCENARIO AT A $3 FLAT INCREASE, WE WOULD ELIMINATE OR REPLACE THE 4% ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE WOULD JUST GET $3.

THE SCALES WILL REMAIN EQUITABLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S MOVING UP.

AND SO IT WOULD BE MINIMAL WORK.

UM, AND IF I CLOSE MY EYES AND DREAM REALLY, REALLY HARD OF THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT, THIS WOULD BE IT.

BUT OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE TO OPEN MY EYES TO THE REALITY OF COSTS THAT THAT WOULD BE IN ORDER TO DO THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT CREATING THAT EQUITY? AND TO THIS EXTENT, TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT IF WE DID IT BY PERCENTAGE? UM, AND THIS IS THE, THE, THE, UM, PROS AND CONS TO THAT I'VE, I'VE ALREADY KIND OF, KIND OF GONE OVER THOSE.

UM, THE NEXT SLIDE SPEAKS TO THE SAME THING.

IF EVERYBODY GOT A 20% INCREASE, 18, 15 TO 18 IS 20%.

IF YOU DID A 20% ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, THIS IS THE COST IN THE FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $3.

IT WOULD CREATE A POSITIVE IMPACT OF THOSE AT THE LOWER END, BECAUSE $3 IS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SALARY TO THOSE AT THE LOWER END THAN IT WOULD BE TO THE TOP OPPOSITE OF THAT.

IF YOU WENT WITH A PERCENTAGE, THOSE AT THE TOP, WHAT RECEIVED MORE BECAUSE 20% OF A LARGER SALARY WOULD BE MORE THAN THE SMALLER.

AND SO DEFINITELY WITH A FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, THAT WOULD BE AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE AT THE LOWER END AND WITH A PERCENTAGE AMOUNT, THERE WOULD BE THOSE AT THE TOP THAT WOULD HAVE SOME BENEFIT, BUT IN BOTH OF THESE CASES, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT DOESN'T CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S AN UNSUSTAINABLE AMOUNT BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T JUST GIVE YOU THOSE DIRECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EQUITY.

NEXT SLIDE.

I THINK I'VE GONE THROUGH MOST OF THESE, UM, AND ONE OF THE KEY POSITIONS AND SOME OF THIS MATTERS, AND SOMETIMES WITH LIVING WAGE, IT JUST DOESN'T.

UM, BUT OUR ENTIRE MARKET SYSTEM IS BAY.

I MEAN, ENTIRE PAY SYSTEM IS BASED ON MARKET.

SO THE MORE VARIABLES THAT ARE CONSIDERED THAT ARE NOT MARKET RELATED, THE MORE WE HAVE TO CREATE SOME EQUITY, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT AS WE GO INTO THIS BUDGET, I'M GOING TO OVER MARKET AND THAT MAY BE FINE.

THE MARKET MAY CATCH UP WITH US AND GIVE US SOME OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO DEFINITELY WITH THIS ONE, IT WOULD PLACE MOST POSITIONS SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF MARKET.

AND AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I'M ALMOST DONE MARKET MATTERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ENSURE EQUITY.

SO EVERYBODY IS HIRED DURING THE RIGHT JOB, MAKING THE RIGHT AMOUNT, MINIMIZE THE RISK OF LITIGATION WITH PROCEED IN EQUITY AND SALARIES, UM, TO THE REQUEST FOR STIPEND.

AND THIS IS THE LAST SCENARIO WE HAVE.

UM, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO WHAT WE COULD THINK AND DO OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

LISTEN, WE'RE SO THIS IS SO OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY THINK AND DO.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OUT OF BOX MINDSET WITH THIS ONE, BUT IT WOULD BE ASSUMING THAT TEMPORARY IS MOVED TO $18 AN HOUR.

WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE, FROM THE TUESDAY MEETING IS SOME DISCUSSION OF, IS IT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO PUT THE TEMPORARIES AT THE SAME SALARY AS REGULAR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO COMPETITIVELY GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO RECEIVE IT WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE 8% TO RETIREMENT, UM, WITH THIS PLAN, UM, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A STIPEND PLAN WOULD BE FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES TO GO UP TO THEIR PAY GRADE, TO DO THE 4%.

AND WE COULD GIVE A $1 STIPEND, WHICH WOULD BE A LIVING WAGE STIPEND TO EMPLOYEES, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO AN $80 PER PAY PERIOD, UM, COSTS JUST FOR LIVING WAGE.

THEN FOR THOSE HARD TO RECRUIT POSITIONS, YOUR 9 1 1, AND THE OTHER POSITIONS ARE FOR WHAT YOU CONCERNED ABOUT.

WE COULD DO A $2 BI-WEEKLY

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STIPEND.

NOW THE $1 AND $2 WOULD BE BASED ON THE JUSTIFICATION THERE FOR MANY OF YOU ALL $19 AN HOUR AND $20 AN HOUR IS REALLY MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO BE.

SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE PERMANENT FUNDS THAT ARE IN THERE THAT ARE BAKED IN THE FTE, WHICH WOULD GIVE US MORE OPPORTUNITY AND OUTTA YEARS TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS RELATIVE TO COST AND VALUE OF POSITIONS.

SO HERE WOULD BE THE COST.

NOW, THE WAY WE CALCULATE IT, THIS IS THAT I WENT THROUGH AND ATTEMPTED TO VERY QUICKLY, UM, IDENTIFY OUR HARD TO RECRUIT POSITIONS AND BUDGETED THIS BASED ON THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD BE TO GIVE THOSE IN THOSE TITLES, $2 VERSUS A $1.

I WILL BE HONEST AS WE BAKE THIS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE THE ABILITY FOR DEPARTMENTS TO SAY, HEY, I'M NOT IN YOUR EQUATION.

I THINK $2 WOULD HELP ME JUST MAKES THE ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE HARD TO FEEL POSITIONS ARE THOSE THAT HAVE 10 OR MORE VACANCIES IS THE METHODOLOGY I USE TO RUN THESE NUMBERS.

UM, SO THE, THE, THE $80 STIPEND FOR GENERAL FUND, AS YOU CAN SEE THE ENTERPRISE AND ACROSS THE BOARD, THE $60.

UM, AND SO THE FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE TO WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY PROJECTING, BUT IT WOULD GIVE US BETTER OPPORTUNITY IN OUTER YEARS TO DO IT.

IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS EFFECTIVE TO HAVE IT AT 19 OR 20, IF IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND YOU WANT TO KEEP IT, WE WOULD ABSORB IT INTO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT SEE A LOSS, UM, BUT IT WOULD GIVE YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY TO REALLY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE STRATEGIES ARE EFFECTIVE MOVING FORWARD.

NOW, I WILL SAY IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO REALLY STAY AT $20 AN HOUR, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THE STIPEND BECAUSE THE STIPEND REALLY ONLY BENEFITS YOU IN SPAIN BECAUSE OF COSTS WOULD ONLY BENEFIT YOU.

IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT AN ALTERNATIVE TO GET EMPLOYEES TO AT 19 OR $20 RATE WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE THAT FORM OF COMMITMENT.

BUT IT IS AN OPTION THAT WE LOOK AT FOR STIPENDS THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THE BROADER CONCERNS AS YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE OF THE STIPEND PROS AND CONS.

I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE STIPEND, UM, IT KEEPS US IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED.

UM, UH, AND THE ANALYSIS DONE IS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU DIRECT PRICES VERSUS RANGES, BECAUSE WE DIRECTLY KNOW WHICH EMPLOYEES WE'RE ADDING TO, THAT IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE FUTURE BUDGET.

IT PROVIDES A SEPARATION FROM TIMPSON, REGULAR TEMPS WOULD STAY AT 18.

REGULAR EMPLOYEES WOULD GO TO 19 WITH THE $1 STIPEND THEY WOULD BE AT 19.

AND THEN YOU COULD REALLY DIRECT YOUR HEART TO RECRUIT FUNDS TO HEART, TO CAREER RECOUPED POSITIONS AFTER $2, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO A MINIMUM OF $20.

UM, THE MARKET CAN BE EVALUATED FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AND ROLL THAT INTO THE BASE OR CONTINUE WITH A STIPEND, DEPENDING ON YOUR CHOICE.

THE CONS TO THIS PLAN IS IT COST SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE $20 LIVING WAGE, BUT ALL EMPLOYEES WOULD SEE AN EQUITABLE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD, BEYOND WHAT THEY SEE IN THE CURRENT METHODOLOGY.

UM, IT'S MUCH LESS THAN THE $3 FLAT FEE, UM, AND IT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS RETIREMENT.

SO THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE ACTUAL COST FOR THAT MONEY, BECAUSE WHEN IT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN YOUR PAY, WE DON'T CALCULATE THE 8%.

SO EMPLOYEES WOULD SEE THAT, UM, AND THE HIGHER COST FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND, IT IS A HIGHER COST BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING SUCH A MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

THEY HAVE A CRITICAL IMPACT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO I'VE GOT THREE SLIDES, AND THIS IS KIND OF TO THE QUESTION COMES FROM, FROM THE ALTAR AND OTHERS WHO JUST SIMPLY ASK THE QUESTION WHERE ARE, WHERE ARE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS.

UM, AND SO THIS IS BASED ON THE JULY 30TH POOL.

AND I LOOKED AT THOSE POSITIONS WHO HAD 10 OR MORE, THE TOP POSITIONS, YOU'LL SEE HERE BEGINNING WITH THE NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKER AT 44.

AND ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT YOU SEE A COLUMN TWO GIVES YOU THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AS OF JULY 30TH, COLUMN THREE PROVIDES YOU THE PAY GRADE.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE QUESTION WE HAD LAST WEEK, WHERE ARE WHAT PAY GRADES ARE IMPACTED BY THESE VACANCIES.

AND ARE WE GOING TO IMPACT THEM WITH THIS PLAN FOR 18, 19 OR 20? I WILL POINT OUT AT THE $20 PLAN.

I BELIEVE THE IMPACT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO PAY GRADE 19.

UM, AND YOU DO HAVE SOME POSITIONS.

IT WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I CAN PROVIDE THESE, THESE TO YOU.

YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE POSITIONS, IT, UM, I THINK OUR ENGINEERS AND SOME OTHER POSITIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE LIVING WAGE, OUR BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANTS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE GO FROM SLIDE TO SLIDE, THOSE VACANCY NUMBERS DO GO DOWN.

UM, HOWEVER, I WILL NOTE, UM, THAT IN SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, YOU'RE AVIATION AND OTHERS, UM, I DON'T WANT TO START PICKING AND CHOOSING NOW

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THEIR JOBS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL ABILITY FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I DON'T WANT THE LOWER VACANCY NUMBERS TO SUGGEST THAT THAT THERE'S LESS OF A NEED IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE TAKES YOU DOWN.

AND FINALLY, THIS GIVES YOU THE FULL SCOPE OF POSITIONS BASED ON THOSE WITH 10 OR MORE VACANCIES AS LOVE, UM, THE JULY 30TH DATE.

UM, I ALSO PROVIDED YOU IN THE NEXT COLUMN, WHAT THE CURRENT ENTRY TO THOSE ARE.

IF YOU'LL GO BACK TWO SLIDES FOR ME FOR THE ORIGINAL ONE, THANK YOU.

YOU'LL SEE THE ENTRY OF THOSE, UM, AND WHERE THE NEW PROPOSED ENTRY WOULD BE.

SO EVERYONE IN THOSE TITLES WOULD BE AT LEAST AT THE ENTRY OF THE ZONE AT THE 18.

AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS OVERALL, IT DOES SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE POSITIONS ARE IN PAY GRADES BELOW THE 20, WHICH MEAN THAT THAT MANY, MOST OF THESE EMPLOYEES WILL BE IMPACTED, BUT THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL ONES THAT ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THIS, BUT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE 4%.

I'D ALSO JUST PROBABLY END WITH THE REALITY AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT 4% IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UM, ACROSS THE BOARDS THAT WE HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

UM, AND SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE 4% MAY NOT ADDRESS ALL OF THE COMPRESSION AS WE DISCUSSED.

IT DEFINITELY HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT IS BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

UM, I PROVIDED HERE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND THIS OUT.

WE WERE LITERALLY TWEAKING IT AS YOU WERE LISTENING TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

SO WE COULDN'T GET IT OUT TO YOU BEFORE, BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO GET IT ALL DONE DURING THIS MORNING'S PERIOD.

BUT THIS BASICALLY KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL COST TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UM, THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU.

SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS GIVES YOU THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

IT GIVES YOU OPTIONS AS YOU'VE REQUESTED, AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE COULD TO JUSTIFY THE RANGES FOR THE, FOR THE 19 AND THE 20.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS FOR HR AS BIRTH WITH THIS.

I APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

HAYES.

AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD BE EMAILING THIS PRESENTATION SO THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE POSITIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS YOU MADE.

UM, I DID WANT TO NOTE FOR ME, WHEN I THINK ABOUT EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY, HAVING AN ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE, THAT WOULD BE A QUALITY FOR ME TO ME, EQUITY IS TAKING A LOOK AT WHO OF OUR WORKFORCE HAS BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY RISING COSTS AND ENSURING THAT THEY ARE BETTER POSITIONED TO GET TO THE FLOOR OF $20 PER HOUR.

THAT IS TRULY AN EQUITABLE STRATEGY, IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE WHO ARE NOT AT THE SAME PLAYING FIELD.

AND WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, OUR CITY, BOSTON EMPLOYEES ARE BELOW MARKET WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, ACC RAISING THEIR MINIMUM WAGE TO $20 INTEGRAL CARE IS AT $20.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS MORNING AT THE RALLY THAT WE HAD WITH WORKERS, UM, IN AISD TRUSTEE SAID THAT SHE INTENDS TO TAKE THIS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ASK FOR, FOR HIGHER PAY.

SO WE'RE ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS WOULD HAVE A GREAT IMPACT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASS AND THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, FOR, FOR ADOPTING UNANIMOUSLY, THAT RESOLUTION IN THAT REALLY PRIORITIZE AND DEFINED, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE LIVING WAGE AS A PRIORITY FOR US THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

AND IT WAS DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON OUR LOWEST WAGE EARNERS.

AND, AND THAT WAS THE SCOPE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE A REINVESTMENT IN THE WORKFORCE WITH A 4% ACROSS THE BOARD, INCREASED ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAKE NO MISTAKE.

EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IS GETTING A 4% BUMP TO THEIR PAY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, SOME OF THE POSITIONS ARE, ARE SEASONAL AND WE WOULDN'T SEE, WE WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO FILL THEM AT THIS HIGHER RATE OF $20 UNTIL THE SUMMER.

SO WE DON'T TRULY KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO ALLOCATE FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO BRING US TO THAT $20.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

AND SO ONE QUESTION I HAD IS AROUND, UM, COMPRESSION AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW WE GOT TO THE, UH, 5.5 RANGE TO 10 MILLION.

UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR MEETING WITH US.

UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THAT IN GREATER DETAIL, I JUST STILL HAVE SOME LINGERING QUESTIONS.

UM, AND I, AND I THINK IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUE SAAS TO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU FACTORED, HOW DO WE GET THE 5.5, UH, PART OF THE FORMULA INCLUDED, UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AND FACTORING IN THE AMOUNT, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT THEY WOULD WORK.

UM, WHEN I WENT BACK AND REVIEWED THE MEMO, I SAW THAT OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE

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LISTED BETWEEN THE 18 TO $20 RANGE, UM, THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTING BY RAISING THE WAGE.

IT WAS ABOUT 775 EMPLOYEES OF WHICH A PORTION OF THEM TEMPORARY.

UM, BUT I JUST, I COULDN'T FACTOR IT.

COULDN'T GET THE MATH.

AND HOW, HOW Y'ALL GOT TO THAT 5.5 MILLION NUMBER.

SO COULD YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH, I THINK FOR EVERYONE'S AWARENESS, HOW, HOW THAT COMPRESSION NUMBER WAS FACTORED? DO WE HAVE MR. DOOR HERE? OH, PERFECT.

SO WHEN WE INITIALLY LOOKED AT THAT NUMBER, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE 9,000 PLUS EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR THE CITY, AND WE REVIEW THE DATA BASED ON OUR UNCOVERED EMPLOYEES AND WHERE THEY FALL CURRENTLY.

SO THAT 5.5 NOT ONLY INCLUDED THE TEMPORARIES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR REGULAR EMPLOYEES AND HOW MUCH IT TAKES TO GET THEM UP TO THE, THE, THE BASE WAGE FOR THE NEW PAY SCALE.

SO THAT WAS BASED ON ALL EMPLOYEES AND NOT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE, OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE MAKING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN 18 AND 20, THAT ARE TEMPORARY, I SEE 132 AT 18 AND 38 AT 19.

SO ABOUT 200 EMPLOYEES.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST, I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW, EVEN IF WE LOOKED AT THE HIGHER NUMBER 775 EMPLOYEES, WHY IT WOULD TAKE FIVE TO 10 MILLION TO BRING 700 AND SEVENTY-FIVE EMPLOYEES UP TO $20.

I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHEN YOU MAKE ANY MOVEMENT TO ANY EMPLOYEES, AS AN IMPACT TO ALL EMPLOYEES, AND I THINK THE RANGE ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE MOVING UP, BUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO BE ALL THE OTHER MOVEMENTS THAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.

UM, THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL COMPLEXITIES TO IT.

I'LL LET OUR NEW FOUND SUPERSTAR.

HE WROTE, UH, BRIAN DOOR, WHO IS A NEW COMMON NAME NOW COME AND KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, TO THE COMPLEXITY OF HOW THE RANGES ARE DEVELOPED AND WHY IT'S MORE THAN JUST LOOKING AT THE TEMPS THAT ARE MOVING.

UM, WHEN WE GIVE YOU THE RANGE, THANK YOU, BRIAN DOR COMPENSATION MANAGER, UM, THAT NUMBER THAT YOU'RE QUOTING THAT 700, SOME ODD EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BETWEEN $18 AND 20 THERE'S WELL, OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EARNING LESS THAN $18.

SO THAT COSTUME WOULD BRING THEM LIKE THE ORIGINAL COSTUME, BRINGING THEM FROM 18 TO 20, I'M SORRY, 15 TO 18.

AND THEN NOW THAT THEY'RE AT 18, THAT COSTING ALSO INCLUDES THOSE, NOT JUST THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CURRENT CURRENTLY EARNING 18.

SO WAIT, RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN.

SO OF THE EMPLOYEES, SO EVERYONE WHO IS AT, I GUESS, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE AT BETWEEN 18 TO 20.

CAUSE THE FACT OF THAT, THE AMOUNT THAT I'M TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON IS WHAT ADDITIONAL REVENUES OF A GENERAL FUND DO WE NEED TO ALLOCATE AND COLLEAGUES, I'M LOOKING AT PAGE THREE OF THE AUGUST 3RD MEMO THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO THERE ARE ON THE FIGURES THAT WE PRODUCED PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS 2,272 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EARNING BETWEEN 15 AND WELL THAT'S $17.

SO ANOTHER 500 EMPLOYEES ON TOP OF THAT.

SO 2,700 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EARNING LESS THAN TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ARE EARNING LESS THAN $18 RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT? BUT THAT, BUT THAT NUMBER, THE COST FOR THEM TO GET TO 18 WAS ALREADY FACTORED IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

BUT THE COST TO BRING ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD INCLUDE THEM TO BRING THEM FROM 18 TO 20, NOT JUST THE 700 WHO ARE CURRENTLY EARNING 18, BECAUSE IF WE WERE IN THAT SCENARIO, NOW THERE ARE 2,700 PLUS THE 700 EMPLOYEES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHO ARE EARNING $18 OR BETWEEN 18 AND $20.

ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP.

WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT JUST BRINGING THEM UP TO 18.

AND THEN THE ONES WHO ARE 18, BRINGING THEM UP TO 20, BRINGING THEM ALL TO 20.

SO EVERY DOLLAR HIGHER YOU GET, IT'S A LARGER AND LARGER GROUP OF EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE ONES THAT ARE BELOW THAT, THAT ORIGINAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO IT'S OKAY.

SO IT'S THE 2,700 EMPLOYEES THAT YOU FACTORED IN TIMES THAT THEY WOULD WORK FULL-TIME HOURS OR VERSUS PART-TIME HOURS.

THAT WAS THE BASE NUMBER YOU USE IN YOUR CALCULATION.

WE USE THAT AS A PROXY FOR OTHER IMPACTS.

BUT YEAH, THAT WAS THE, THE, THE FIGURES THAT WE USED AND NOT NECESSARILY FULL-TIME, BUT WORKING FULL ANNUALIZED HOURS.

NOT NECESSARILY 40, I'M SAYING, UM, A 20 HOUR, 20 HOUR WEEK EMPLOYEE WORKING INSTEAD OF SIX MONTHS, THEY WORK A FULL YEAR, SOME SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE THERE.

1,040 PART-TIME IS BUDGET THAT'S BUDGETED FOR SOMEONE FULL-TIME THOUSAND 40 HOURS IS FULL-TIME OR IS THAT PART-TIME THAT'S 20 HOURS A WEEK.

SO, BUT IT WOULD BE BASICALLY IF YOU FACTORED A HALF, A PART-TIME HOURS WOULD BE

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SO IF YOU'RE TAKING 2,700 EMPLOYEES UP TO DOLLARS TO GET TO $20 FLOOR WAGE, RIGHT.

THAT IS THE CALCULUS, YOU TIMES THAT TIMES THE 20, THE 10 40, BECAUSE YOU FACTOR THAT PART-TIME NO, SORRY.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO MATH ON HERE.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING ON THE DAY OF IT'S IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT.

BASICALLY WHAT IT IS IS WHEN WE NORMALLY COST OUT THE TH THE EXPENSES FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

UM, I THINK I DID THE NUMBER YESTERDAY, TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ON OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE RIGHT NOW.

UM, THEY'RE BUDGETED IN THE, IN THE NRA HRMS AS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 26 HOURS PER WEEK IS THEIR BUDGETED HOURS.

THAT'S ON AVERAGE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE 40 HOURS A WEEK.

SOME OF YOU HAVE FIVE HOURS A WEEK, BUT ON AVERAGE THEY'RE THAT, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS BUDGETED 20 HOURS A WEEK, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY COME IN 20 HOURS A WEEK.

THEN THEY MAY COME IN MORE, A LOT LIKELY THEY COME IN LESS.

UM, WHEN WE ANNUALIZE ANY COSTING FOR EMPLOYEES, WE S WE TAKE THEIR HOURLY WEEK, THEIR HOURLY, UH, THE WEEKLY HOURS.

AND WE MULTIPLY IT BY 52, OR WE DOUBLE IT MULTIPLIED BY 26 FOR PAY PERIODS.

UM, BUT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT GENERALLY IN HISTORICALLY INTENDED TO BE WORKING FOR 26 PAY PERIODS OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE SUMMER SEASONALS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WHAT I WAS EXPLAINING IN OUR MEETING WAS THAT FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, WE TAKE THEIR WEEKLY HOURS AND WE ESTIMATE THAT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, ANY ONE EMPLOYEE WOULD WORK HALF OF THEIR BUDGETED HOURS EXTRAPOLATED OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A 20 HOUR EMPLOYEE WORKING, UM, SIX YEAR OR SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, OR IT MIGHT BE WHERE IT MIGHT BE A 20 HOUR EMPLOYEE WORKING 10 HOURS, REALLY, INSTEAD OF THE 20 BUDGETED OVER A FULL YEAR, IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.

UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT'S JUST AN HOUR AS A HISTORICAL AVERAGE THAT WE'VE USED AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

UM, AND I THINK IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF FACTORS THAT, UH, DIRECTOR HAYES AND, AND REBECCA KENNEDY MENTIONED THAT, UM, IT'S NOT JUST TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

I IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD IMPACT A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WHO MAY BE ABLE TO ATTRACT MORE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

THEY MAY GET HIRED EARLIER IN THE SEASON.

THEY MAY STAY TO THE END OF THE SEASON.

UM, SOME POSITIONS THAT MAY HAVE REMAINED VACANT OVER A LONG PERIODS OF TIME MIGHT GET FILLED SOONER, BUT THAT IS ALSO LIKELY TO HAPPEN OR POSSIBLY CAN HAPPEN AMONGST REGULAR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY HIGH RATE VACANCY RATE.

UH, MAYBE THAT GETS FILLED AS WELL.

I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO COST THAT OUT, BUT THE, UM, THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, IT WAS A GOOD PROXY.

I, I I'D IMAGINE BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A SET OF EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR 20 HOURS A WEEK FOR 26 PAY PERIODS OUT OF THE YEAR.

UM, AND HISTORICALLY WE'VE SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THAT WAS A GOOD AREA THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE COULD USE THAT A FINGER ON.

SO IT'S, IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN JUST SAYING, HEY, THEY'RE WORKING PART-TIME AND NOW THEY'RE WORKING.

FULL-TIME I WASN'T SAYING WE'RE TAKING ALL THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AND SAYING, THEY'RE WORKING 20, 80 A YEAR.

NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL.

I'M JUST SAYING THEY MAY BE WORKING CLOSER TO THE 26 HOURS OF PAY, UH, 26 HOURS A WEEK.

WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE THE AMOUNT WOULD NEED TO BE, IF THAT IS YOUR DESIRE TO GO TO THAT, TO THAT AMOUNT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I'M WAY BACK HERE BEHIND THEM, BUT I THINK IT'S A, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THERE'S TOO MUCH COMPLEXITY TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE RUN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE EXACT NUMBERS WITH THE LIMITED TIME WE HAVE.

I DEFINITELY THINK WHAT W WHAT I'VE, I'VE HEARD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TRY TO DO IS TO TRY TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS REALISTIC WITHIN THE RANGE THAT YOU HAVE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE WITH SOME UNDERSTANDING, UM, AS YOU'VE LAID OUT THE $7 MILLION, IT MAY BE ENOUGH, BUT AS YOU KNOW, JUST AS YOU'VE HEARD AND THE COMPLEX ANSWER THAT THEY GAVE, IT'S A SCIENCE, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS EXACT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN US TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME LEVEL OF PREDICTION AS TO WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE.

I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS IS MORE HISTORIC IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT, RIGHT.

WE'VE TYPICALLY GONE UP 50 CENTS, 25 CENTS.

AND SO THE PROJECTIONS ARE EASIER TO FIGURE OUT BETTER TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWN VARIABLES TO THE MARKET AND TO OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE.

AND SO WE DO WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE DIRECT EXACT AMOUNTS FOR THE 19 AND 20.

UM, AND WE WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU.

OF COURSE, NOW IT'S HR IS BUDGET.

WE SAY, GO AT THE TOP OF MOUNT CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT CERTAINLY WE'LL HAVE TO YIELD TO YOUR JUDGMENT AS TO, BASED ON THE REALITIES OF THESE COMPLEX EQUATIONS,

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AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMPLEXITY AND COLLEAGUES B VERSION TO THE LIVING WAGE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE PASSED OUT YELLOW COPY VERSIONS TO EVERYONE ON THE DAY IS, UM, WOULD SEEK YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF DOES NEED TIME TO GET A BETTER, MORE PRECISE AMOUNT OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO INCREASE WAGES FOR OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS.

UM, THIS ONE SEEKS TO CUT A MIDDLE PATHWAY BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE 7 MILLION OF OUR AVAILABLE ONGOING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYTHING, IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED, THAT WE WOULD USE ANY SURPLUS TAX REVENUES THAT COME IN, UM, OVER THE PROJECTED AMOUNT FROM JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND REALLY MOVING FORWARD INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, AS NEEDED UNTIL WE ADDRESS ANY GAPS.

I THINK THAT REALLY GIVES US ENOUGH TIME FOR STAFF TO HAVE THOSE DEPARTMENTAL CONVERSATIONS AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN IF WE POST ALL 1800 PLUS POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN OCTOBER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FILL THOSE OVERNIGHT.

SO THE FISCAL IMPACT OF RAISING THE WAGE WILL BE REALIZED OVER A COURSE OF MANY, MANY MONTHS.

UM, SO THIS ELISE GIVES US GIVE STAFF THE DIRECTION NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THIS EFFORT AND US THE TIME TO, TO ASSESS WHAT, UM, EXACT AMOUNT IS NEEDED.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES.

I WANT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

UH, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS, UM, WORKING ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE DECK YOU JUST WENT THROUGH IS VERY HELPFUL.

UM, SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SAY I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE MIDDLE GROUND.

UH, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR A RANGE.

AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, IN TERM IS IF YOU'RE HR, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THE TOP RANGE, BUT WHAT MAKES SENSE TO ME IS A MIDDLE RANGE, UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT YOU JUST DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

AND SO TO, TO MY MIND, THE 10 MILLION IS REALLY ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UH, AND I'M COMFORTABLE FEELING LIKE THAT'S MORE THAN WE NEED, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WINTERS HAS DONE IS SHE'S PROVIDED A BACKUP, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CASE THE 7 MILLION.

SO MAYBE IT'S NOT QUITE ENOUGH.

UM, SHE HAS WRITTEN INTO HER AMENDMENT, UM, AN APPROACH FOR A BACKUP.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, EMPHASIZE THE, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH COMPRESSION AND EXPLAINING THAT, UH, I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SCOPE, THIS AMENDMENT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO ANSWER EVERYTHING.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO WORK, TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON OUR LOWEST WAGE OF WORKERS, WHICH AS A POLICY MATTER, OUR STATEMENT IS THAT WE NEED TO RAISE OUR WORKERS.

SO THEY'RE MAKING, UH, CLOSER TO A LIVABLE WAGE.

AND THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THIS.

I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING INTO, I'M GETTING INTO ADVOCATING.

WHAT IS, WHAT IS INCLUDED AS YOU EXPLAINED, IS COMPRESSION.

AND I PROBABLY WON'T GET THE TERMS, RIGHT, BUT IT'S COMPRESSION WITHIN THE LEVELS.

UH, IT'S NOT COMPRESSION ACROSS PAY RAISES, I MEAN, PAY, PAY, PAY TYPES OR PAY RATES.

UH, BUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER POINT IS, UH, MENTIONED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL OF OUR WORKERS AND THE 4% IS DESIGNED TO DO THAT.

AND THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER PROVISIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT ARE DESIGNED TO DO THAT.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

ALSO.

I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, JUST EMPHASIZE ANOTHER PART OF COUNCIL MEMBER WENTWEST AMENDMENT.

WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS PART, BUT IT IS IN HERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND THAT IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN EACH YEAR TO REACH A LIVING WAGE OF 22 PER HOUR.

AND THAT JUST GOES BACK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK WHEN WE WOULD, THE LAST TIME WE RAISED THE LIVING WAGE, THERE WAS A THINKING THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR, UH, BECAUSE SO THAT WE WEREN'T IN A POSITION TO, TO HAVE SUCH A BIG GAP.

SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, EMPHASIZE IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU GET PAST ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT NOW, BUT AS YOU GET PAST ALL THIS, WE NEED TO BUILD INTO OUR PROCESS AND APPROACH, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO GET CLOSER TO THE LIVING WAGE EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR, FOR YOU AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT THAT IS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT ALSO.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT, SO IT'S JUST MOSTLY, MOSTLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A, A MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, POLICY CHANGE.

AND I REALIZED WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS NOW,

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UH, BUT I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS ANYWAY, ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE FIVE AND THE 10 ARE IN TERMS OF A RANGE.

AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO YOURS, WHEN WE DID THE LAST LIVING WAGE, WE DID HAVE A SEVEN YEAR PLAN.

UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW IN THE YEARS THAT WE STOPPED, WE DID OTHER INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE.

SO I DEFINITELY THINK MOVING FORWARD HRD IS GOING TO RECOMMEND AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE.

SO WE NEVER GET BACK TO A SPACE WHERE YOU'RE LEANING TO DO A 20 TO 33% INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT AT THAT POINT.

SO WE ALSO ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT LOOKING AT PLANS THAT MAKE SURE EVERY YEAR WE COME BACK WITH AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE THAT MOVES US, MOVES THE PENDULUM FORWARD TO THE, TO THE HIGHER AMOUNTS.

AND YOU WILL SEE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM US AS WELL.

PARTICULARLY WITH THE CURRENT COST, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AT THE SAME TIME AND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND PART OF THAT HARD, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S A BIG PART OF THE BUDGET AND YOU HAD COUNCILS IN THOSE YEARS THAT HAD LOTS OF THINGS THAT WERE REAL IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT I REMEMBER, UH, UH, WHEN THE TEN ONE COUNCIL FIRST CAME IN, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK AND STUDY AT THAT POINT BY THE PRIOR COUNSEL LEADING UP TO LIVING WAGE AND THE NUMBERS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BACK THEN REALLY IDENTIFIED A LIVING WAGE THAT WAS IN THE LOW TWENTIES.

UM, AND IT WASN'T EVEN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE TEENS WITH RESPECT TO WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I AM SUPPORTIVE, UH, LET'S SEE, UH, THE, THE BUDGETS LOOKING HERE, BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF GOING TO 20.

UM, UH, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, UH, IN PART, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN THE CITY MOVES THAT DIRECTION AND AIS ARE ACC AND INTEGRAL CARE, THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING TO OUR COMMUNITY GENERALLY IS WE WANT TO GET WORKERS, UH, SO THAT THEY PUT IN A FULL DAY'S WORK, THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE TO GET MULTIPLE JOBS.

AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PUT A FULL DAYS OF WORK IN AND THEN STILL NEED SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OR PUT IT IN A FULL DAY'S WORK IN NEAR TO SUBSIDIZE ANYTHING.

AND BECAUSE WE ENDED UP PAYING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BELOW A LIVING WAGE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UM, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, THAT I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

I HAVE A QUESTION IF WE WERE TO DO 20, AND IF WE WERE TO HOLD CONSTANT WITH THE $7 MILLION, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU TO DO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE.

WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE COMPRESSION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE AT ALL IN STARTING THIS IN JANUARY, AS OPPOSED TO STARTING AT AN OCTOBER? UM, WOULD THAT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL? I MEAN, IT STARTS AT LATER, SO WE WOULDN'T GET ANY GETTING TO THE 20, THERE'D BE A THREE MONTH DELAY IN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU INITIATED IT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE WHERE THEY ULTIMATELY NEEDED TO BE, UM, OR NOT.

UM, DOES THAT, DOES THAT ADD ANYTHING IF WE'RE STILL APPROPRIATING THE SAME $7 MILLION? I, I WON'T BE HERE FOR THE APPROPRIATION IN JANUARY WHEN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT COMES BACK TO THE, TO SEE MORE OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE OR OTHER THINGS IF IT'S NEEDED, BUT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT ENSURES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR PEOPLE AND NOT CONTINGENT OR DEPENDENT ON, ON WHAT A FUTURE COUNCIL MIGHT DECIDE.

DOES IT, DOES THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT AT ALL? SORRY, SORRY.

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

WOULD YOU HOLD OFF IN YOUR PROPOSAL FOR ALL PAY INCREASE UNTIL JANUARY, OR WOULD YOU WANT A 4% IN OCTOBER WITH A $20 AN HOUR? I MEAN, WHAT IN YOUR SCENARIO, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE WAIT FOR THE FULL PLAN IN JANUARY? WELL, I'M HAPPY YOU CHANGED IT FROM MY PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY WASN'T A PROPOSAL.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A SCENARIO.

MY QUESTION IS WITH THE VARIABLES THAT WE HAVE, IF WE WERE TO DO 20, AND IF WE WERE TO DO SEVEN, IS THERE A BETTER WAY FOR US TO DO THIS THAN THEN? JUST THE WAY THAT IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW WITH HOW WE'RE DOING THE 4% AND OUR DOING THE, THE, IF WE STILL WANT TO DO THE 4%, I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT WOULD, SO WHAT WOULD THE WORLD LOOK LIKE IF I START, IF I CLOSE MY EYES AGAIN? SO I THINK FOR US, ANYTIME YOU GIVE US MORE TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR IT.

UM, I THINK ANYTIME YOU DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION, THERE'S GOING TO BE COST SAVINGS TO DOING THAT.

UM, I THINK FOR HRD AND FOR PAYROLL AND FOR THOSE OF US RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION, I WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY DO SO MANY ACTIONS PER PAY PERIOD.

UM, AND SO CERTAINLY JANUARY, IT WOULD CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY IF I WERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE EMPLOYEES, FOR WHICH WE TALK TO ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS, I WOULD SAY THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD WANT US WANT TO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY,

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UM, SO MY TEAM WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU GAVE US TO JANUARY TO IMPLEMENT, BUT I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE BOTH THE LIVING WAGE AND THE ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UM, THE BUDGET I'LL YIELD TO ED, AS IT RELATES TO ANY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO FEASIBILITY OF PAY.

IF, IF THEY HAVE A POSITION THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SHARED MAYOR.

AND DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT SINCE THE QUESTION WAS DIRECTED TO YOU, I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF.

YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, STAFF HAS PROPOSED A RANGE OF 5.2 TO $10.4 MILLION.

CLEARLY.

UH, IF THERE'S ONLY $7 MILLION ALLOCATED TO $20, IMPLEMENTING IT IN JANUARY, REDUCES THE RISK THAT WE MAY END UP GOING OVER, RIGHT? UH, $7 MILLION WITH A JANUARY START DATE FINANCIALLY IS ABOUT THE SAME AS, AS, UM, $20 AN HOUR WITH A, WITH AN OCTOBER START DATE.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THE FULL $10.4 MILLION BEHIND IT.

BUT JUST MAYBE LESS FINANCIAL RISK, LESS THAN CERTAINTY, WHICH FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE ONE ADVANTAGE.

GOOD INFORMATION.

I UNDERSTAND YOU DO POOL.

I THINK REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE OCTOBER ONE OF THIS YEAR IMPLEMENTATION DATE, WHICH SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME, THEN STAFF STILL HAS THE TIME TO DO THE WORK BETWEEN NOW AND THE 1ST OF JANUARY TO WORK THROUGH THINGS THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING ANYWAY.

AND WE WILL HAVE PUT IN, IN PLAY AND, UH, OFFICIALLY THE INCREASE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE REALLY PINNING THEIR HOPES ON.

AND I, I TRUST AND I KNOW THAT THAT THE GREAT TEAM AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE, THE, THE WORK IN AS TIMELY, A FASHION AS THEY CAN AND WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE, THE VARIOUS UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL ARISE.

I DON'T THINK DELAYING TO JANUARY ONE OF 20, 23 WILL DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR KEEP OUR STAFF WAITING FOR A PAY RAISE THAT THEY ARE REALLY COUNTING ON.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WHEN WE DO THE LIVING WAGE INCREASE AND THEN THE 4% THAT DOES PUT OUR EMPLOYEES AT AN ADVANTAGE, THE METHODOLOGY WE HAVE FOR YOU IS TO RAISE THE LIVING WAGE AND THEN ADD THE 4% TO THE NEW WAGE.

AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THOSE IN TANDEM SO THAT THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THE ABILITY FOR THE INCREASE.

COLLEEN HAS FOCUSED ON QUESTIONS, NOT ARGUMENT.

NOW WE HAVE NINE MORE AREAS OF STAFF TO GET QUESTIONS TO.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY HR QUESTIONS? HOW'S OUR KITCHEN.

AND THEY MAY APPROACH HIM.

SO THIS QUESTION GOES TO SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR.

UM, I THINK MY QUESTION IS I I'M READING THE PROPOSAL AS YOU KNOW THIS.

SO IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE, SORT OF THAT BACKUP THAT COMES IN ABOVE PROJECTIONS, I'M READING THIS AS GIVING THAT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW TO CITY MANAGER.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE CITY MANAGER WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO US AND ASK US IF WE COULD USE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SAY THEY COME BACK TO US AND SAY, WELL, WE THINK WE NEED 7.5 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK US, WE DON'T VOTE.

THEN WE'RE VOTING NOW TO SAY THAT IF WE HAVE, UM, IF IT, IF IT COMES IN ABOVE PROJECTIONS, WE CAN USE, UM, THE SALES TAX.

SO MY QUESTION IS, I THINK IT'S TO ADD, UM, I, SORRY.

I THINK MY QUESTION TO ADD IS I AM, I AM READING AND I THINK THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER.

QUINTA'S INTENT IS I'M READING THE LANGUAGE HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, UH, CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUES, SUCH AS SALES TAX REVENUE THAT COMES IN ABOVE PROJECTIONS TO COVER THE COSTS, UH, SHOULD THE COST BE DETERMINED TO BE HIGHER THAN 7 MILLION? SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS LANGUAGE IN YOUR MIND WOULD AUTHORIZE YOU ALL TO GO AHEAD AND USE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

AND IT WOULDN'T TAKE ANOTHER VOTE FROM COUNCIL, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT ARE SPECIFIED HERE.

TO WORK WITHIN THEIR APPROPRIATION.

CAROLINE BUDGET OFFICER.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WOULD DEFINITELY, IF, IF 7 MILLION WAS APPROPRIATE TO US, THEN WE WOULD MAKE THAT WORK WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

WE WOULD LOOK AT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD CHARGE THE DEPARTMENTS TO MANAGE WITHIN THEIR APPROPRIATION.

AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT AVAILABILITY, SO THERE MAY BE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO, UM, THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH OVER THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATION AVAILABLE, BUT WE WOULD ASK DEPARTMENTS

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AND THAT YEAR BASED ON WHAT'S APPROVED IN THE BUDGET AND, AND DETERMINE HOW THEY WILL END THE YEAR BASED ON THAT.

YES, BUT MY QUESTION IS THE LANGUAGE IN HERE AUTHORIZES USING ANY ADDITIONAL SALES TAX THAT'S OVER.

SO I'M READING THIS TO AUTHORIZE YOU TO USE A 7 MILLION PLUS IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UM, IN SALES TAX.

AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT AVAILABLE.

SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND, AND IDENTIFY WHAT AVAILABLE SALES TAX WAS AVAILABLE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE A NEED TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT OR APPROPRIATION BECAUSE WE WOULD WORK WITHIN OUR CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO VERIFY IS THAT THIS AMENDMENT HERE, THE APPROPRIATION IS A 7 MILLION PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL, A SALES TAX OVERAGE.

SHOULD THERE BE SOME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS UNDERSTOOD THAT WAY.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DENTIST INTENT.

AM I CORRECT? THAT THAT'S THE INTENT.

THAT IS MY INTENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY HERE.

IF WE ARE TASKING OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE, DO WITH THE APPROPRIATION, THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS DOING SOME SORT OF VACANCY SAVINGS, I AM ASSUMING, BUT THE ATTEND IS THAT IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED, UM, THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO USE ANY SURPLUS AND SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THE JULY PAYMENT, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO ONCE WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET IS APPROVED BASED ON THAT AMOUNT.

IF THERE IS A NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET BASED ON THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE MAKING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX THAT COMES IN FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, ANY SALES TAX THAT COMES IN IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, THAT WILL GO TO CLOSE OUT FISCAL YEAR 22 BOOKS.

WE WILL LOOK AT HOW THOSE, HOW THOSE SALES TAX THEN ROLL INTO OUR APPROPRIATION AND OUR RESERVES.

AND SO THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR US TO COME BACK TO APPROPRIATE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE, THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED FOR AN AMENDMENT.

IF DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS WITHIN THEIR CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS, ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED IN FISCAL YEAR 23 FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.

THANK YOU BOTH QUESTION.

THE QUESTION I THINK IS NOT.

SO ONE AVENUE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IS DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TRY TO WORK WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AND MOVE STUFF AROUND WITH VACANCY SAVINGS OR OTHERWISE THAT CAN HAPPEN.

BUT AS FAR AS ACTUALLY USING INCREASED SALES DOLLARS, THAT EXCEED ESTIMATES, UH, THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR CAN THEY, UH, UH, CAN THE MANAGER JUST, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A QUESTION.

I THINK THAT THE, THAT OUR BUDGET OFFICER HAS EXPLAINED IT WELL, IF THEY GO ABOVE THE BUDGET THAT YOU APPROVED, IT'S $7 MILLION RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO, IF IT HAS TO GO ABOVE $7 MILLION IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF $20 AN HOUR, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.

WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET A BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.

CAN I, CAN I PHRASE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, MAYORS THAT, OKAY.

AND WE'LL GO TO POOL, BUT I THINK THAT WAS THE QUESTION I HAD AROUND, BUT I THOUGHT I FELT WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE MAY, OR THE QUESTION YOU ASK IS, IS THE ANSWER.

BUT I THOUGHT I WAS ASKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

I MEAN, I'M NOT READING THIS TO AUTHORIZE 7 MILLION.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN IS NOT LEGAL THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT.

IT JUST CAN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL SALES TAX MONEY THAT SHOWS UP IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, THAT REALLY IS NEEDED TO AFFECT THIS, THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT, UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE.

BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND COUNSEL WOULD BE TELLING US IS YOU CAN'T QUITE DO IT THAT WAY.

YOU CAN DO IT SO LONG AS YOU STAY WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.

BUT IF YOU NEED MORE THAN THE $7 MILLION CUMULATIVELY ACROSS THE SYSTEM, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN APPROPRIATION OF, AT SOME POINT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME OR A MANAGER'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME AND SAY, THERE'S MORE MONEY HERE.

CAN WE PUT IT TO THE OTHER THING? AND I JUST NEED TO ADD TO WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, CAUSE YOU'RE CORRECT, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN CUMULATIVE ACROSS THE SYSTEM OF THIS $7 MILLION.

WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE IT TO DEPARTMENTS.

SOME OF IT, FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF IT WILL GO TO PARK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE LOW WAGE TEMP EMPLOYEES.

COUNCIL WILL APPROVE A BUDGET FOR PART A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT OF A BUDGET FOR PART CITY STAFF UNDER CHARTER CANNOT GO BEYOND THAT AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY.

IF YOU APPROVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR PART INCLUSIVE OF THE $20 AN HOUR, LIVING WAGE, IF NEEDS TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL UNDER THE CHARTER MAYOR.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY SAYING UP HERE IS WE WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE FIRST ALLOCATION OUT OF THE BOX, ANY ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT MAY COME OUR WAY AND THAT ARE OFFICIALLY BOOKED AND AVAILABLE TO BE APPROPRIATED, THEN PUSHING FORWARD WITH THE, UM, AS TO FILL THE GAPS ON THIS $20, UH, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH THE COMPRESSION PIECE.

POOL.

AND I THINK

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SO IT'S BEING PRIORITIZED.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY CLEAR ON IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL BEHIND THAT ON THE DICE.

OTHER HR QUESTIONS HERE FOR 10.

I HAVE I'M LIVING WAGE QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO HAVE OTHER HR QUESTIONS.

SO LET ME KNOW WHEN I SHOULD DO THOSE OTHER ONES.

UM, SO, UM, HOW MANY OF OUR GENERAL, HOW MANY GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE SWORN? WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF 8,485 GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES OUT OF THAT.

THERE ARE 3,211 SWARM.

WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THIS IF YOU'D LIKE TO US TO EMAIL IT TO YOU.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, SO I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE SET OUT, UM, IN JUNE THAT WE WANTED TO PUT A PRIOR PRIORITIZE, UM, INCREASING WAGES AND INVESTING IN OUR STAFF.

UM, OUR GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, HAS 3000 ROUGHLY OUT OF THE 8,500 THAT ARE SWORN, WHO ARE NOT IMPACTED BY ANY OF THESE MOVES.

AND WHAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC SAFETY CONTRACTS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, LIVING WAGES ALSO FOR, FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.

SOME OF WHOM ARE MAKING BELOW $20 AT THIS POINT, UM, IN EMS, AS WE KNOW SOME WHO ARE MAKING FAR, FAR ABOVE THAT.

UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PLANNING AND PREPARING AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDING SET ASIDE.

AND, AND WHILE THIS AMENDMENT SAYS TO, TO DO THAT, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY PROVIDE ANY MONEY ADDITIONALLY, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUTLINED.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE CAN ASK THIS IN, IN, IN PUBLIC SESSION WITH THE NEGOTIATING, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST, I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT AS WE MAKE THESE CHOICES, UM, TO LIFT UP THOSE WHO ARE MAKING THE LEASE, THAT WE ARE ALSO TAKING THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO, TO PLAN FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, WHERE WE REALLY HAVE LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS IN MANY CASES OUT THERE.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH TAKING THIS STEP IF I FELT LIKE WE HAD ADDRESSED THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE.

UM, SO LET ME THINK ABOUT HOW TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

AND WE CAN HAVE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING LATER, CAUSE IT MAY IMPACT SOME OF THE CHOICES WE MAKE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE OTHER, THE OTHER FUNDING THAT WE MAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS, THIS CHOICE POSSIBLE.

UM, SECOND, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE IS AN IMPACT ON OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UM, AND THAT'S NOT COSTLESS IN ORDER TO FUND THAT WE HAVE TO OFTEN RAISE FEES.

UM, WE HAVE NOT HEARD YET WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE ANY FEES, UM, THIS YEAR FOR THE ESTIMATE.

SO CAN WE, UM, HEAR WHAT, WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE FEE STAGE AND THEN FIND OUT I HAVE TO RAISE A FEE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS STEP.

UM, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IS THERE WILL ONLY BE AN INCREASE TO THE TUB.

A 15 CENT INCREASE TO THE TOUGH FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

ALL THE OTHER ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT INCREASE, UM, WITHOUT DOING THE RATE CHANGE.

SO THAT IS ABOUT ANOTHER $2 A YEAR FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

IS THAT FOR A RAPIERS 15 CENT PER MONTH? YES.

LET ME GET THERE.

SO IT'S, IT'S A 1 8, 180, A DOLLAR EIGHT PER YEAR, A DOLLAR $8 80, A DOLLAR 80 PER YEAR.

UM, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND ALONE.

AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'M LEARNING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WITHIN OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS WHO ARE ON THAT LOWER WAGE.

AND SO IT HAS A LOWER IMPACT.

AND AS WE MOVED FROM 18 TO 20, THERE, THERE'S MORE, UM, IN, I ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACANCY RATES IN THE Q AND A,

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UM, THOSE RATES VACANCY RATES IN, IN PRACTICE, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS ESTIMATED FOR THE VACANCY SAVINGS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WERE, WERE WELL ABOVE THE 10%.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU ASSUME FOR THE VACANCY RATES? BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING AS IF THIS WILL, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL HELP US RECRUIT, ET CETERA, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE VACANCY RATES, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD HAVE, BECAUSE THEY STILL WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY OCTOBER 1ST, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE OPEN, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHICH I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ABOUT VACANCY SAVINGS AND HOW WE BUDGET FOR THEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CONCEPT BEING, WE HAVE, UM, I THINK JULIA SAID 8,000, REBECCA SAID 8,000 OR SO GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES.

CLEARLY.

THEY'RE NEVER ALL FILLED AT ONE POINT IN TIME.

IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR JOBS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

PEOPLE PROMOTE UP TO HIGHER PAID JOBS AND THEN THERE'S A VACANCY CREATED.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FILL THEM.

WHAT WE DO BROADLY FOR VACANCY SAVINGS IS TO LOOK AT A THREE-YEAR TREND OF WHAT THEIR VACANCY SAVINGS WERE LIKE, WHAT THEIR VACANCY LEVELS ARE.

AND IT VARIES A LOT BY DEPARTMENT.

SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO FILL THEIR POSITIONS, HAVE LOWER TURNOVER, ABLE TO FILL THEM MORE QUICKLY.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER AND DO A LOT OF INTERNAL PROMOTIONS.

AND SO THEY HAVE A HIGHER PERPETUAL VACANCY RATE, BUT WE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL TRENDS AND THAT'S HOW WE BUDGET FOR VACANCY SAVINGS.

WHAT WE DON'T DO IS TO TRY TO CHASE THE VACANCY SAVINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACK OF VACANCY SAVINGS.

OUR GOAL IS FOR WHEN WE AUTHORIZE POSITIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS TO FILL, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE POSITIONS LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO ON OUR BUDGET, WE'RE CONSERVATIVE ON THOSE ESTIMATES.

AND SO TYPICALLY DEPARTMENTS WILL EXCEED THEIR VACANCY SAVINGS NUMBERS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY END UP USING THAT SAVINGS FOR OTHER THINGS.

THEY USE IT TO HIRE TEMPS.

UM, THEY USE IT TO PROVIDE INCENTIVE, PAYS.

THEY USE IT TO BRING ON CONSULTANTS.

THEY USE IT FOR OVERTIME.

UM, SO JUST BECAUSE YOU MIGHT SEE ON A REPORT THAT THERE'S THIS VACANCY SAVINGS IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT RE ISN'T REALLOCATING THOSE SAVINGS TO MEET THEIR SERVICE NEEDS AND NOT IN AN, IN ANOTHER FASHION, AGAIN, EITHER THROUGH TEMPS OR OVERTIME OR SHOOT CONSULTANTS, UM, OR TO MEET OTHER DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS, RIGHT.

BUT EARLY IN THE YEAR, THEY MAY NOT BE REALLOCATING THAT AS MUCH, ABSOLUTELY EARLY IN THE YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR EARLY IN THE YEAR, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTS, YOU WILL, WE'LL GENERALLY REPORT THAT WE'RE PROJECTING.

WE'RE GOING TO END THE YEAR AT THE SAME AS OUR BUDGETED LEVELS, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH DATA.

BUT AS WE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER ALONG IN THE FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING OUR YEAR END ESTIMATES FOR HOW MUCH SAVINGS WILL THE DEPARTMENT IN AGGREGATE HAVE SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS COME FROM VACANCIES.

SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS COME FROM OTHER AREAS, UM, DEPARTMENTS END UP SPENDING MORE MONEY ON, ON THINGS IN SOME AREAS AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO, AND THEY SAVED MONEY IN OTHER AREAS.

SO, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET'S A PLAN.

UM, IT'S CONSTANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING WORKED OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WE'RE, AS DEPARTMENTS ARE REACTING TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

BUT WHEN WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER, WE'RE ESTIMATING BOTTOM LINE SAVINGS FROM ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS, HOW MUCH SAVINGS DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM EACH DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN THAT BECOMES A KEY BUILDING BLOCK.

WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME SAVINGS AND MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT TO ONE-TIME NEEDS.

A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET STAFF, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO ESTIMATE THOSE YEAR-END SAVINGS.

UM, BUT THOSE SAVINGS ARE ALL BAKED INTO THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN OUR 14% RESERVE LEVEL.

SO THERE WILL BE A VACANCY SAVINGS PROBABLY STILL IN THAT FIRST QUARTER THAT IF WE HAVE TO REALLOCATE MORE MONEY, I MEAN, I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH AS MANY OF THE PIECES HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A, A BIG SHIFT THAT HAS RAMIFICATIONS IN VERY COMPLEX WAYS.

AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT IF WE'RE TAKING THIS STEP, THAT WE, WE HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH SOME OF THESE, THESE PIECES, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE VACANCY RATE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HIGH.

SOME OF THOSE ARE THE SWORN, BUT EVEN SOME OF THE NON-SWORN ARE, ARE ABOVE 15%.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE LAST REPORT OUR SAW SAW OUR CITY-WIDE VACANCY RATES, MAYBE 15.9%, WHICH IS ELEVATED.

UM, IT'S TYPICALLY IN THE LOW DOUBLE DIGITS, BUT IN THIS CURRENT LABOR MARKET, UM, I CAN, I CAN BRING DOWN A TON OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE WOES THEY'RE HAVING, TRYING

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TO FILL POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.

UM, UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I HEAR THE SAME THING FROM MY COUNTERPARTS AT TRAVIS COUNTY.

AND OTHER AGENCIES IS HIRING RIGHT NOW IS A REAL CHALLENGE.

SO THE VACANCY RATES ARE ELEVATED, BUT TYPICALLY IN OUR ORGANIZATION FOR VARIOUS REASONS, YOU KNOW, A 10, 11% VACANCY RATE, UM, WOULD BE ABOUT NORMALLY WHERE WE ARE.

IT FLUCTUATES DURING THE YEAR WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTS A BUDGET AND WE ADD NEW POSITIONS TO THE BUDGET, IT SPIKES UP, AND THEN WE START FILLING THOSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

IT KIND OF TRENDS DOWN, BUT, BUT I'D SAY ON AVERAGE, WE'RE AROUND 10 OR 11%.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE ELEVATED FROM THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL FOR THE FUTURE.

WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, REALLY ENCOURAGING OUR DEPARTMENT.

EVERYBODY'S THESE GUYS ARE COMING UP WITH ALL KINDS OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO COME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND WE'RE, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT VACANCY RATE DOWN NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

FOR THEM ON SOMETHING ELSE.

UM, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE WOULD PROTECT PART IN THIS PROCESS, GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE EMPLOYEES RELATIVE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS? IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE SOME EXTRA CARE.

THERE'S THE GOLF, THE GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND.

WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES AND, AND I, WE, WE ASK SO MUCH A PART IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE GIVE THEM SO FEW RESOURCES.

I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT PART, UM, HAS WHAT IT NEEDS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH US.

AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEIR LIFEGUARDS, ET CETERA, WOULDN'T BE HIRED TO THE STREAMING.

SO THERE'D BE SOME TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT.

BUT OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE TEMPORARY ONLY IN SO FAR AS NOT FULL-TIME.

AND HE'S PROTECTING PARTS SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE $20 AN HOUR LIVING WAGE AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT THEIR BUDGET WITH SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO COST.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO, BUT MOST OF THEM WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION.

SO THE DEPARTMENT OF COURSE, CAN LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET AND MANAGE THEIR BUDGET.

AND TO THE EXTENT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ELEVATED VACANCIES, IT'S NOT OUR DESIRED STATE, BUT TO THE EXTENT THEY HAVE ELEVATED VACANCIES, THEY CAN CERTAINLY USE THAT VACANCY SAVINGS OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE PROJECTED IN THE BUDGET TO HELP OFFSET THESE COSTS.

UM, SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED SALES TAX ESTIMATES, AND IF WE END THE FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT, THE FUTURE'S UNCERTAIN, UM, WE'RE MAKING ESTIMATES ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO END THE FISCAL YEAR.

BUT IF WE END THE FISCAL YEAR BETTER THAN WE'RE EXPECTING, WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS BODY AND RECOMMEND TO YOU TO APPROPRIATE MORE FUNDS TO, TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT HOW THIS IS IMPLEMENTED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S $7 MILLION, BUT IT'S GOING TO GET SPREAD ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS.

AND EVEN THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME GUESSWORK.

AND IF WE GET IT WRONG, WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS BODY AND SAY, WE PUT TOO MUCH HERE AND NOT ENOUGH HERE AND WITH YOUR AUTHORITY, WE CAN MOVE IT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT WORK.

UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK YOU'VE RAISED A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT COULD, THAT REALLY COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP MANAGE THIS INCREASE.

BUT YOU MENTIONED, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES AND I ASKED A QUESTION IN THE Q AND A, AND HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SIT WITH THE INFORMATION WELL ENOUGH TO, TO CRAFT ANY KIND OF FURTHER ACTION.

BUT I DO WONDER IF WE, IF WE REVISITED THE IDEA OF CHARGING OUT OF CITY RESIDENTS, DIFFERENT RATES AT OUR GOLF COURSES, AS WE DO AT ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS FACILITIES, NOW THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO KIND OF HANDLE THAT, THAT INCREASE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES AGAIN, I JUST, I DON'T, I, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TO CHARGE THE SAME RATES THAT OUR DIFFERENT CITY FACILITIES OF OUR AUSTIN RESIDENTS, AS WE DO OUT OF CITY RATE, PAY OUT OF CITY FOLKS WHO ARE NOT HELPING SUPPORT, HELPING SUPPORT THE AMENITIES OF THE CITY THROUGH THEIR TAX DOLLARS.

SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE WAY OF MANAGING SOME OF THIS INCREASE.

IF WE TOOK A LOOK AT THAT GOLF ENTERPRISE AT THE GOLF COURSES AND, AND ADJUSTED THOSE, UM, GREEN FEES UPWARDS, I THINK WE ALREADY DID THAT.

I REMEMBER READING A Q AND A, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE QUESTION IT IS, BUT IT, BUT THEY ALREADY ARE DOING THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THAT YOU ARE A RESIDENT.

SO EVERYONE'S PAYING THE HIGHER RATE.

AND IF YOU GO AND GET YOUR RESIDENT CARD, THEN YOU PAY THE LOWER RATE, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, PER TIME THING, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO, TO, TO ACCESS IT.

IT'S NOT, IF YOU GO ONE TIME, IT'S, IF YOU'RE A FREQUENT USER, THEN YOU CAN GET THE RESIDENT, RIGHT? YEAH.

I, I, THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I GOT THE ANSWER TO.

IT MAY HAVE COME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BUT I ONLY SAW IT LAST NIGHT.

SO I NEED TO, TO REALLY SIT WITH THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT SEEMED TO ME, EVEN WITH THE CHANGES THEY'VE MADE THAT THERE STILL MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT YEAH, NEVERTHELESS, I AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WASN'T, WASN'T ANSWER THERE.

UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION

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UM, SO, UM, THERE IS FUNDING, UM, FOR $5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SOMETHING THAT I VERY MUCH WANT TO GET DONE, BUT IN READING THROUGH THE BACKUP, IT SAYS THAT THE 5 MILLION IS BACKUP.

IF YOU CAN'T DO THE $10 MILLION AS, UM, DEBT FINANCING, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE READY IN JANUARY.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING THE RFP HASN'T CLOSED.

SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT THE TIMING IS? AND WHOEVER'S SUPPOSED TO ANSWER IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING STRATEGY.

COUNCIL, REMEMBER THAT THERE W THERE WAS A BILL PASSED IN THE LEGISLATURE LAST SESSION THAT ALLOWS, UH, CITIES, THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO ISSUE BONDS FOR, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLOUD-BASED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.

WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY WORK IN THE MARKET.

IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO IT, BUT THE THERE'S ANOTHER THING TO STRUCTURE A BOND SALE AROUND A CLOUD-BASED SOLUTION, AS OPPOSED TO A TANGIBLE ASSET.

WE DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THAT.

GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HCM SYSTEM, WE THOUGHT IT WAS PRUDENT TO INCLUDE FUNDING AND THE BUDGET FOR THAT.

AND THEN IF THE BOND SALE WORKS AND IS SUCCESSFUL, THEN THAT $5 MILLION COULD BE ALLOCATED TO OTHER PURPOSES.

UM, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT, MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK AND CHECK WITH FOLKS IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF WHEN THE HCM SYSTEM REALLY WOULD BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE WOULD BE READY TO DO THAT SALE.

TYPICALLY WE DO THESE ON A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION PROCESS.

SO OFF THE CUFF, I SAY IT PROBABLY WOULD BE NEXT SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, BEFORE WE REALLY KNEW WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STRUCTURE A BOUND BOND DEAL AROUND THOSE FUNDS.

BUT I'LL TRY TO GET TO A MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWER PLEASE.

AND I DID ADD TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ABOUT THE CLOUD-BASED I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ARE, ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE DO BOTH, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN USE THAT LEVER AND ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THE HCM.

I'M GONNA NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, ABOUT THAT, UM, PROCESS, UM, FOR THAT, UM, WHERE, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE RFP? SO THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING RELATIVE TO OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE.

WE PLAN TO HAVE BOTH CONTRACTS BACK FOR APPROVAL TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE SOFTWARE, AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE.

THOSE WILL BE BACK BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT WASN'T THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO WHICH YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR OR THE CALENDAR YEAR? THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO OF 22.

YES, MA'AM.

AND MORE INFORMATION IS COMING OUT IN THE MEMORANDUM TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO THAT VERY SOON.

GLAD TO HEAR THAT, UH, WE'VE POSTED OUT A BACKUP WITH THE ORDER OF THE PRESENTATIONS ARE.

SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POST IT'S IN THE STRING FOR THIS MEETING, UH, AND FOR YOU COULD HAVE THIS, OR YOU CAN THROW IT AWAY.

UH, I HANDED OUT THE NEXT HOUSE SPREADSHEET THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY LISTS, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE FILED AND WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR, I'VE ALREADY SEEN AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN POST DOING THIS.

SO I DON'T VOUCH FOR THE NUMBERS BEING RIGHT.

AND IF WE'VE MADE ANY MISTAKES, I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE IN ADVANCE.

THIS IS JUST MY OFFICES WORKSHEET THAT I'M HANDING OUT IN CASE PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT IT, BUT STAFF DID ONE TOO.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORM OF YOU.

CAN'T SEE IT ALL IN ONE PAGE, BUT, BUT STAFFS IS, IS THE BETTER ONE.

THAT ONE WILL ACTUALLY BE REAL.

UH, AND, UH, UH, YOU CAN'T MANIPULATE IT THE SAME WAY FOR US.

YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.

UH, SO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTIONALITY I COULD POST THE ACCESS BREACH TO THE PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY MANIPULATE THIS AS WELL, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY POSTED AS OUR ALICE.

AND I'M GLAD THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAD BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD DISCUSSED BECAUSE I HAVE A BUDGET WRITER ABOUT THE, UM, HANG ON, SORRY.

THERE'S A LOT OF SHEETS UP HERE.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF BUDGET WRITERS, UH, THAT PERTAIN TO THIS TYPE OF, OF SERVICE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ABILITY TO RESTORE RETURNING EMPLOYEES, SERVICE TIME FOR VACATION LEAVE AND SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY CALCULATIONS.

AND SO WE, WE WERE, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISUNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE DATES IN THAT CONVERSATION, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CALCULATE THIS BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD, UH, THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE A WAY TO CALCULATE THIS.

AND THE NEW ONE WILL, IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO DO.

WE CAN CERTAINLY, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION, ATTEMPT TO DO IT, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR RIGHT NOW, THE TWO PIECES, RIGHT.

AND THERE WAS THE SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY TO BE ABLE TO, TO GIVE PEOPLE CREDIT FOR YEARS

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SERVICE.

AND IT WAS THE VACATION TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK.

I THINK RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ASKING ME RELATIVE TO THE VACATION PIECE.

AND SO IT'S, SO FOR THE BUDGET RIDER, NUMBER THREE, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT VACATION LEAVE AND SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY, BUT IT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH HOW YOU'RE CALCULATING THE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY THEY WANT ABOUT WHEN SERVICE PAY KICKS IN FOR NEW EMPLOYEES IS AN AMENDMENT.

UM, THAT IS SEPARATE.

SO IN, IN RELATIVE TO THESE TWO PIECES, OUR SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT SYSTEM, DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY.

WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IT ACCEPTS YOUR ENTRY DATE, YOUR START DATE, AND CALCULATES FROM THERE.

AND SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CATCH HER PREVIOUS SERVICE, WE WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE TO, UM, CREATE A NEW SYSTEM OR FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECONFIGURE IT.

BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THOSE HISTORICAL TIMES IN WHAT YOU WORK.

IF YOU WORK MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, 15, UH, WE, WE WORKED, WE DID REACH OUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

THEY DO ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT OUR CAPACITY TO GET THAT DATA AND TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT AND, AND, AND CALCULATE IT APPROPRIATELY.

AND SO OUR ANSWER WOULD BE, WE WOULD NEED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH OF THOSE, IDEALLY IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW SYSTEM, WE WOULD, AS WE GO AND PROCURE THAT SYSTEM, WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO IT, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO COLLABORATE, UM, TO FIGURE OUT ONE HOW THE SYSTEM COULD CALCULATE PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND ADDED.

AND THEN TWO, HOW WE CAN MERGE WITHIN RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO CALCULATE TOTAL YEAR OF EXPERIENCE VERSUS JUST THE CURRENT TENURE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE A WAY THAT WE COULD USE THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE YEARS OF SERVICE ARE KEPT THERE.

AND THOSE ARE UP TO DATE WITH HOW, HOW MANY YEARS SOMEONE HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE WAS A GAP IN SERVICE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND THAT'S WHY WE REACHED OUT TO THEM FIRST.

I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS HOW DO WE CAPTURE THAT IN REAL TIME FOR EMPLOYMENT? AND I THINK I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ERS.

WHAT THEY DID ASK IS THAT WE MEET BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS.

I'M NOT IN A SPACE TO ARTICULATE WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE.

SO CERTAINLY I CAN PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ONCE WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET, BUT JUST IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS HIRED ON OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS, I THINK IT WOULD BE A MAJOR DEMAND IF I HAD TO CALL ERS FOR EVERY PERSON TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD THE YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CREATE SOME DATA SYSTEM OF SOAR, WHERE WE CAN REFER TO THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WITH THE MANUAL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT ISN'T POSSIBLE, BUT CERTAINLY IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IS CERTAINLY A PROJECT WE CAN BEGIN TO LOOK AT, FIGURE IT OUT AND DETERMINE HOW BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

WE WOULD BE, IT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IN TIME FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR.

WELL, I HOPE THAT MAYBE IF COUNCIL AGREES THIS DIRECTION COULD SERVE AS THAT GUIDANCE TO GO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM COMING ONLINE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE QUITE READY FOR THIS, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

UM, BUT I REALLY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE DOING.

IF WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY AND DOLLARS BEHIND THE RECRUITMENT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING, UM, ALL EQUALLY INCENTIVIZING WITH THE RETENTION.

AND SINCE THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE CITY AND, UM, WHEN THEY COME BACK AND THEY'RE SET BACK AT ZERO, THAT'S NOT A STRONG ENOUGH INCENTIVE FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ALL THE EXPERIENCE SOMEONE HAS WORKING FOR THE CITY.

UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT HOLISTICALLY.

WE NEED TO BE BRINGING IN THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, AND THEN RECRUITING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITY TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE THAT EXPERTISE.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK HOW IS PARENTAL LEAVE CALCULATED IN THIS SPECIFICALLY, IF SOMEBODY LEAVES THE CITY OR TAKES LEAVE TO HAVE A BABY, WHEN THEY COME BACK, ARE THEY SET BACK AT ZERO? IS THE CLOCK BACK AT ZERO FOR THEM? NO, THAT'S NOT A SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

AND SO WHEN AN EMPLOYEE LEAVES, UH, FOR, FOR THAT PAID PARENTAL LEAVE, IN SOME INSTANCES AFTER THE SIX WEEKS OF TIME, THEY'RE STILL OFF AND THEY UTILIZE THEIR CURRENT SICK OR VACATION TIME, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE DECISION.

AND SO THAT IS JUST LIKE, AS IF AN EMPLOYEE LEAVES TO GO GET ANY OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT REQUIRES HIM TO TAKE TIME OFF.

THERE IS NO BREAK IN SERVICE AND NO DISCONNECT FROM THE HOURS IN WHICH THEY HAVE.

SO FMLA DOESN'T CALCULATE INTO THIS.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARENTAL LEAVE AND WHAT, WHAT THE CITY COVERS, WHAT FMLA COVERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HOLDING POSITIONS OPEN FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO COME TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THEIR JOB IS THERE WHEN THEY DO COME BACK.

IT ON THEIR OWN LEAVE, OR JUST ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO ADDRESS MEDICAL ISSUES.

SO THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF SERVICES AND BENEFITS.

WE PROVIDE EMPLOYEES IN A MULTITUDE OF MEDICAL SPACES.

WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, BUT THE FMLA DOES PROTECT THEIR POSITION FOR UP TO 12 WEEKS.

BUT EMPLOYEES STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO US AFTER AN ASK FOR EXTENSIONS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO BE OUT, BE

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AND THOSE WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

I CAN ASSURE YOU IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE NEVER DID THAT.

NEVER DECLINED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE AN EXTENDED PERIOD DUE TO MEDICAL ISSUES.

SO WE'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT THERE.

I WOULD ADD COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

ONE OF THE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT WHEN WE CREATED THE SIP WAS FOR EMPLOYEES NOT TO LEAVE.

AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS SET WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO INCENTIVIZE IT.

IF YOU STAYED WITH US, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THIS INCENTIVE.

AND SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER OFFICES WAS IF WE ALLOW PEOPLE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AT THE HIGHER LEVEL, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE AN INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY BECAUSE THEY COULD CUT COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE IT AT THE SAME LEVEL.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT CHANGES, BUT I THINK FOR US, OUR FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO IT AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HOURS ARE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO RESPOND TO YOU RELATIVE TO THE COST OF THAT, BECAUSE CURRENTLY I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GIVE YOU THAT COST.

AND SO OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THE ONE, THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.

BUT TO, TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION AND GIVE YOU SOME COST ANALYSIS AS TO IF WE WERE TO FOLLOW THE PLAN IN WHICH YOU YOU'RE REQUESTING WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE AND WHAT THE RISK OR LIABILITY WOULD BE TO THE CITY FOR THE ADDITIONAL HOURS OF VACATION.

AND SO WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THAT DETAIL TO YOU AS WE, AS WE, AS WE DO MORE RESEARCH ON THE IDEA.

AND I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE YOU WANTED PEOPLE TO STAY HERE LONGER.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME OF THE INCENTIVES DON'T KICK IN UNTIL YEAR FIVE, OR YOU MAY LEAVE FOR SOME REASON OR MOVE AND THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY AND YOUR SETBACK AT ZERO, UM, I JUST KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT DO THE SAME WORK FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE.

YOU KNOW, WE USED TO LIVE IN AN ERA WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GAVE US 20 AND 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO SEE THAT WITH CITY EMPLOYMENT, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT LEAVE AND COME BACK AND LEAVE AND COME BACK.

AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'VE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THEY'RE HEARING.

WE WANT THEM TO COME BACK AND, AND BRING THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH US.

UM, I, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO DEFER.

AND THEN, UM, I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT HOLIDAY PAY.

UM, MAYOR PRO TEM HR QUESTIONS.

UM, THIS WAS, UH, ON, ON COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS', UM, RYDER OR AMENDMENT.

UM, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THIS WHERE IT'S ALLOW, LIKE, IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS AS THE RIGHT.

SO WHEN THEY'RE DECIDING TO LEAVE THE CITY, IT'S NOT THERE.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT A HIRING MANAGER CAN GO TO HR AND WAVE IN SOME WAYS, SO THAT IT'S FOR HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, OR IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO STRUCTURE IT.

UM, CAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCENTIVES THAT CREATES TO LEAVE THE CITY ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT.

BUT I KNOW WE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME OFTEN WE ARE FILLING PARTICULARLY HARD TO FILL POSITIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING BACK TO THE CITY.

UM, AND SO THAT THERE MIGHT, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A LEGAL WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENTIATION OF THAT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE'LL LOOK AT AN EXCEPTION PROCESS THAT MAY ALLOW US IN THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TURN THAT ON AND OFF AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT.

RIGHT NOW IT'S A CALCULATION THAT SET.

AND SO AS WE DO THE RESEARCH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE ABILITY IN THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TURN THAT ON AND OFF TO ALLOW AN EXCEPTION PROCESS FOR A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD THEN NOT BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT AT ALL THIS YEAR.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

UM, I COULD NOT DO THAT THIS BUDGET YEAR, BUT I CERTAINLY CAN COME BACK AS QUICKLY AS I'M ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ERS AND OUR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

UM, SO WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT IT THAT YEAR, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT THIS WEEK.

UM, OR, OR ANYTIME SOON, RELATIVE TO THE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM, WHICH ITEM NUMBER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HER? THIS IS MY BUDGET WRITER.

NUMBER THREE.

WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGET IN, DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGET IMPLICATION.

SO, UM, I MEAN, I THINK THIS ALL POINTS TO WHY WE NEED A HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS, UM, AND EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY WITH ALL OF THE PAY THINGS I THINK WOULD ALL BE A LOT EASIER IF WE HAD THAT SYSTEM FUNCTIONING AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC PAGE PAY SHEETS.

UM, SO CONSEQUENTLY, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO MORPH THIS INTO SOME KIND OF RIDER, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING, YOU KNOW, THE PROS AND CONS AND BRINGING THAT STUFF IN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY, UM, TO IMPLEMENT IT NEXT YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE CAN PROCEED, UM, AT LEAST AS WRITTEN OR AT LEAST WITH THE BUDGET PART OF IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE RESOLVED FULLY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS, UM, FOR THOSE WHO, WHO ARE, WHO ARE, WHO MIGHT DECIDE TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY COULD COME BACK, UH, WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO INCENTIVIZE, WHICH IS THE BUDGET ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? WELL, THIS ONE IS A WRITER

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UM, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, THERE MIGHT BE A WAY WE CAN TURN THIS INTO THE DIRECTION WAS CONFUSED.

I THOUGHT THAT'S OKAY.

I WAS CONFUSED.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ELLIS THREE.

THERE WAS RIDER THREE.

THERE IS AN AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE THAT IS MORE ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY DATE THEN HOW THE, THE NUMBER OF YEARS IS CALCULATED WITH CONTINUITY OF SERVICE.

SO I AGREE THAT YES, THEY DO OVERLAP, BUT I THINK THERE'S A WAY WHERE WE CAN FIGURE OUT AS A DYESS.

DO WE WANT TO BLESS TRYING TO GET HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW HUMAN CAPITAL SYSTEM CAN DO THIS AS YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRACTS AND MAKING SURE AS WE BUILD THAT MACHINE, THAT IT IS AT LEAST ABLE TO DO THIS AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL BLESSES THAT AS A POLICY DECISION, I THINK COULD BE TWO THINGS THAT WE WORK THROUGH WITH THIS PARTICULAR RIDER.

SO WITH RESPECT TO ELLIS AMENDMENT THREE, DOES THAT STAY AS A BUDGET ITEM OR IS THAT IMPLICATED BY THE CONVERSATION WE'VE JUST HAD THAT CAN HAPPEN SEPARATELY BECAUSE ELLIS AMENDMENT THREE, WHICH IS CHANGING THE SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY QUALIFICATION YEARS FROM FIVE YEARS DOWN TO THREE YEARS, IS SOMETHING THAT THE SYSTEM IN PLACE CAN UTILIZE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY I BELIEVE MAKES YOU ELIGIBLE AT THREE YEARS AND THE STATE MAKES YOU ELLO ELIGIBLE AT TWO YEARS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE.

UM, BUT WE COULD STILL IMPLEMENT THE AMENDMENT RIDER.

NUMBER THREE, TO MAKE THE YEARS DOWN FROM FIVE TO THREE FOR ELIGIBILITY OF SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY, UM, WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

I DID WANT TO CLARIFY IN THE LAST ONE IS NOT JUST THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO.

IT'S MERGING THAT DATA IN COLLABORATION WITH ERS INTO THE SYSTEM, WHICH WILL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT COOPERATION FROM ERS AS WELL TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT TO YOUR LAST QUESTION, YES.

LET'S CONTINUE ON FURTHER HR QUESTIONS, OUR CUSTOMER TOBO CUSTOMER POOL AND QATAR KITCHEN.

MAYBE A QUESTION FOR FINANCE.

I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.

I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO VERIFY THAT THERE ARE THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS, IF THEY HAVE VACANCY SAVINGS, LET ME ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

ARE THERE ANY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO ROLL OVER THEIR VACANCY SAVINGS INTO A SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR, OTHER THAN, THAN OURS? ACTUALLY.

OH, SO SHORT ANSWER IS NO ALL, ALL SAVINGS, UM, DO NOT ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.

SO ALL OF THE VACANCY SAVINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING, AND I THINK IT'S LIKE ONE 17 OR ITEM QUESTION ONE 17, ALL OF THOSE VACANCY SAVINGS THAT ARE LEFT ON SPENT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AGO TO GO A 1 67, THEY ALL GO INTO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE.

SO CORRECT E SAVINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE FUND LEVEL.

THEY ROLL DOWN TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVES.

THANKS KATHERINE POOL.

SO ON THAT, ON THAT TOPIC ABOUT ROLLING INTO VACANCY SAVINGS, BUT THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, YOU REFUND WITH THE FULL SALARY, ALL OF THOSE FTES THAT ARE LINED UP THAT STILL EXIST IN THE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT.

EVERYTHING IS FULLY FUNDED.

UM, AND THEN ON THE SERVICE INCENTIVE PLAN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A, UH, A THUMBS UP JUST TO THE CONCEPT.

I WORKED AT THE STATE FOR A WHILE AND TOOK A BREAK AND THEN WAS LOOKING AT, GOING BACK AND I WOULD HAVE LOST ALL OF MY TENURE AND ALL OF THE TIME THAT I HAD ACCRUED.

AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO RARELY WAS SICK AND, AND BARELY TOOK ALL OF MY VACATION TIME, WHICH IS PRETTY BAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

SO, I MEAN, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN USING THE TIME, THE PERSONAL LEAVE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME, BUT IF I WAS GOING TO GO BACK, I LOST ALL OF THAT.

AND I STARTED BACK AT ZERO.

AND THAT JUST, THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT BRINGING A STRONG WORKERS WITH EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF A JOB BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.

AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND I, I, I JUST REALLY, REALLY LIKED THE, THE AMENDMENT THAT LOWERS THE NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND I, AND I LIKE THE RIDER THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE, UM, TRIGGERED.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TRIGGER ON AND OFF, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE FOR RE RECRUITING, GOOD LONG TIME EMPLOYEES WHO MAYBE HAVE LEFT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN THEY'RE COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS REALLY IS THE PLACE WHERE THEIR HEART IS, AND THIS IS THE WORK THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT.

AND I, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THESE CHANGES GOING FORWARD FOR OUR WORKFORCE.

ADDITIONAL HR QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, CAUSE REMEMBER WE HAVE NINE MORE, SOME ODD DEPARTMENTS TO GET OVER.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION OUT

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THERE.

IT WAS RAISED EARLIER ABOUT, UM, UH, THE DENTAL MINUTE BENEFIT FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND KILL US LATER? YES.

VISION IS COVERED COMPLETELY BY EMPLOYEES, SO THAT WOULDN'T BE A COST TO THE CITY.

EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE TO COVER THAT FOR DENTAL.

I BELIEVE THE COST WAS 84,000 TO COVER TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES IN THE QUESTION THAT WE ANSWERED.

SO 84,000 WOULD, WOULD PROVIDE, IS THAT THE KIND OF DENTAL, UH, BENEFIT THAT'S APPLIED? THAT IS FOR EMPLOYEES? YES.

AND SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION ON WHICH WAS AN AMENDMENT AND A WRITER COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ON YOUR AMENDMENT THREE.

UM, THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

AND RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST IN THIS ACCOUNTING, IT'S, IT'S ALL BEING, UM, SET TO THE GENERAL FUND.

CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US? UM, AT SOME POINT TODAY BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT TO ANY FEES FOR THE SRP RECOMMENDATION FOR THE, UH, PAY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD FOR THE PAY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD.

YES MA'AM.

CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT HAS MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAN THE $20 AN HOUR WAGE DOES.

I WANT TO, I WANTED TO CHECK IN ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY THE MORE THEY HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES, THEY HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY IMPACTED BY THAT THAN THEY DID FOR THE $20 WAGE.

BUT THAT ALSO REDUCES THE ONGOING GENERAL FUND AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR.

WE ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

I'LL LET REBECCA KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN ON SIP FOR THIS YEAR.

SO TO YOUR POINT, CUSTOMER LS, WE ARE MOVING AND PROGRESSING WITH IT.

AND SO IF YOU'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR FOR SIP, AND THIS MAY BE A NICE, PROGRESSIVE MOVE TO NEXT YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS WE USED TO DO FOR OUR SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY AS IT WAS BASED ON A CALCULATION, UM, THIS YEAR WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, IT WAS MOVED TO A FLAT $100 PER YEAR, STARTING AT FIVE YEARS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

UM, AND SO INSTEAD OF RECEIVING PART OF THAT CALCULATION, WHICH SOME OF OUR LOWER PAID EMPLOYEES WOULD RECEIVE LESS, EVERYBODY WOULD MOVE TO THAT $500 RANGE AND THEN IT WOULD BE BASED ON A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR EVERY YEAR OF SERVICE.

AND THAT GETS PAID OUT THE FIRST PAYCHECK OF EVERY DECEMBER.

UP TO $1,500.

AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION.

UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS, UM, RELATED TO LIFEGUARDS.

UM, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE INTERACT WITH MOVING TO $20 AN HOUR.

SO AS WE GO FORWARD, IF 20, WHEN $20, IF $20 IS APPROVED, THEN THEY WILL BEGIN AT THE $20.

WE WILL LOOK AT THE PAY GRADES FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LIFEGUARDS.

WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE PAY GRADES APPROPRIATELY.

AS WE DISCUSSED, WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE SOME OF THEM UP DEPENDING ON HOW THE COMPRESSION HITS WHEN WE COMPRESS THOSE PAY GRADES.

AND THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE, UM, TEMPORARIES THEY WILL BE AT, AT $20 FOR THE FULL-TIME LIFEGUARDS, WE WILL ZONE THEM ACCORDING TO MAKING SURE THEY ARE AT THE APPROPRIATE ENTRY OF THE NEW ZONE.

AND THEN THE, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CONSUL MUMBRELLA IS YOUR RIDER RELATED TO LIFEGUARD BONUSES IS LIKE AN, IF WE NEED IT STATEMENT SO THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT AT THIS POINT.

SO WE WOULD ASSESS THAT WHETHER WE NEEDED THAT GIVEN THE $20 EXACTLY IT WAS THIS YEAR, THERE WAS VACANCY SAVINGS THAT ALLOWED FOR THAT.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT YEAR, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE THINK PART HAS THIS WITHIN THEIR BUDGET, THE WAY THEY DID THIS YEAR.

AND IF THEY DON'T, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, RECRUITING LIFEGUARDS TAKE SOME TIME TO GET, TO GET PEOPLE TRAINED UP AND READY TO GO TO WORK.

SO, UM, WE JUST FIGURED WE'D VISIT THAT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

DIFFERENT THIS YEAR? AND IF IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHY WE DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA FROM 2002 THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THAT.

CASPER ELLIS.

UM, I WANTED TO QUICKLY MENTION, I WAS ABLE TO FIND THE Q AND A, UH, THAT POINTED TO THE DENTAL POLICY AND THE TOTAL LINE ITEM WAS 84,000, BUT IT SAID 14,000 WAS EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION AND 70,000 WAS CITY CONTRIBUTION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THOSE NUMBERS AS WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO WORK WITH THEM.

AND THEN I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.

I HAVE A BUDGET RIDER, NUMBER FOUR, ABOUT PROVIDING CITY EMPLOYEES A THIRD PERSONAL HOLIDAY.

AND IN 2002, WHEN A PERSONAL HOLIDAY WAS ADDED TO THE BENEFITS PACKAGE, UH, THE RCA HAD SAID THERE WAS NO UNANTICIPATED FISCAL IMPACT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT IS THAT THE SAME CASE NOW IS THAT

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WHEN WE CHANGED FROM ONE PERSONAL HOLIDAY TO, TO ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON OUR HOLIDAYS IS THAT WE STILL HAVE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE BUSINESS.

AND EVEN ON PERSONAL HOLIDAYS, THEY MAY HAVE TO DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO BACKFILL OUR FOR OVERTIME.

AND SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS WHAT MIGHT THAT BE, UM, FOR THOSE OVERTIME AND BACKFILL COSTS TO OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES, IF THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT HOURS OF LEAVE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE IT.

OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND I HOPE AS WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE PAY AND INCENTIVE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT MY INTENT WITH THIS WOULD BE IF, IF WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY INCORPORATE ALL OF THESE OTHER INCENTIVES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WANT TO COME WORK FOR THE CITY, THAT HOPEFULLY THERE WOULDN'T NEED TO BE OVERTIME IF WE'VE GOT FEWER VACANCIES AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE THERE TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN THAT POSITION.

SO I'LL, I'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS WE CAN WORK WITH YOU BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT REALLY HOPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL AND NOT HAVE IT COME OUT OF OVERTIME.

HAVE IT BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, THERE ARE AVAILABLE PERSONNEL TO COVER THOSE HOURS? ABSOLUTELY.

I WANT TO ALSO REMIND YOU, YOU ALL GAVE US THE DIRECTION TO DO THE FAMILY FRIENDLY INITIATIVE.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO IF IS INDEED SOME OF THE INCENTIVES THAT WE HEAR THAT EMPLOYEES WANT IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO STAY, WE'LL GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, JUST BECAUSE THIS CAUSES CONFUSION SOMETIMES WHEN IT SAYS THERE'S NO UNANTICIPATED FISCAL IMPACT IN RCA, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING.

IT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T WE'RE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THERE'S NOTHING UNANTICIPATED ABOUT IT.

SO IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES.

ANY OTHER HR QUESTIONS DOWN? ALL RIGHT.

PROBABLY NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS, UNFORTUNATELY.

ADD WHO DO YOU WANT TO BRING UP NEXT? PARDON? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PARKS NEXT SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS A PRESENTATION HERE, ED, SO WE JUST GO STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PARKS? GOOD AFTERNOON DIRECTOR.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, UM, JUST QUICKLY ON MY, UH, FULL-TIME LIFEGUARD ITEM, UH, WHERE ABOUT TO FILE AN AMENDED VERSION OF THAT TO REDUCE THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR THE, FOR THIS YEAR? UM, CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS JUST POSTPONING THE, UH, OR I GUESS BACKLOADING IT TO THE LAST SIX MONTHS, UH, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE AUTHORIZED IN OCTOBER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE, UH, THE, THE NEW JOB POSTING IN POST AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WE DON'T REALLY ANTICIPATE HIRING ANY LIFEGUARDS AS FULL-TIME IMMEDIATELY.

AND SO THE FISCAL IMPACT WOULD NOT BE FOR THE FULL YEAR.

I'M SORRY TO END IN MY EXPLAINING THAT, UH, UH, CORRECTLY IN TERMS OF, OF, OF CONVERTING FOLKS FROM TEMPORARY TO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

UH, BE ABLE TO IN SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS, OR BE ABLE TO, UH, SUPPLEMENT THAT BUDGET BY SOME AMOUNT THAT WE SEE, BECAUSE WE'VE MADE THIS DECISION.

SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT THE IMPACT WILL LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S TAKEN OUT OF THE TEMPORARY, BUT OVERALL, RIGHT FROM THE, FROM THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ASSUMING THAT THIS IS ONGOING AND WE HAVE THESE FULL TIMES, THERE, THERE WILL NOT BE A LESSER IMPACT IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, RIGHT? SO SOMEHOW THE BUDGET WILL HAVE TO BE MADE WHOLE, OR WE'LL HAVE TO ANALYZE, UM, WHAT, WHAT BUDGET, UM, WHAT IMPACTS THERE WERE SO THAT WE COULD EITHER REALLOCATE OR MOVE MONEY AROUND OR,

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BUT TO ANSWER, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS, IS THAT IF WE WERE TO START, I'M GOING TO USE THE NUMBER 15, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.

IF WE WERE TO START 15 LIFEGUARDS AT HALF A YEAR, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, REDUCE THE FISCAL IMPACT THIS YEAR, BY A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT $121,000.

UM, DIFFERENT, IT WOULD BE $120,000 LESS IF WE STARTED THEM AT SIX MONTHS, LESS OF AN IMPACT IF WE STARTED AT SIX MONTHS VERSUS IF WE STARTED THEM AT THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR AND WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE IN JANUARY BY WAY OF EXAMPLE.

AND, UM, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN FUTURE YEARS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE CURRENT PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT.

YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE 23, 24 YEAR OF THOSE WOULD BE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE MOVING FORWARD.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE BUDGETARY IMPACT FOR THE NEXT YEAR WOULD BE MORE OF THE CURRENT, THE COST THAT'S LISTED IN THE CURRENT AMOUNT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

BECAUSE WE'RE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STARTING THEM SIX MONTHS LATER THIS YEAR, WE WOULD BE STARTING.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE PAID FOR THE FULL YEAR, THE FOLLOWING THE FALL, THE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.

AND I'VE GOT THE NUMBER AS A 200,000 FROM, UH, THE TEMPORARY, UH, FROM THE EXISTING AQUATIC, TEMPORARY POSITIONS, BUDGET, AND 460,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS THE 22 TO 23 IMPACT, IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE 467,000, BUT TO BE HONEST, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH NUMBERS.

SO I WOULD ACTUALLY RELY ON OUR BUDGET, OUR FRIENDS IN THE BUDGET OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT I THINK YOU ALL KNOW MY MATH IS NOT MY SUPER POWER, SO I'LL RELY ON MY FRIENDS AND BUDGET, BUT WE'RE IN THE SAME BALLPARK.

IN WAYS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING THAT TO THE DIOCESE ATTENTION, CAUSE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KNOCK A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OFF THE ONGOING FTES BY REDUCING THAT ITEM.

WE'RE WORKING ON A, ON A VERSION TWO OF THAT ITEM AND WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HERE IN, IN CONGESTIVE BIT AND THEN JUST MOVING TO THE OTHER, THE HVAC ITEM.

UH, I KNOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AND, UH, AND, AND WITH, UH, WITH Y'ALL, UH, YOU GOT A LOT OF HVAC SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN, UH, AND, AND YOU, UH, REALLY NEED THE, UH, THE ASSISTANCE IN, IN, IN THAT AREA.

COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT AT ALL? SURE.

SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE, UH, UH, APPROXIMATELY 50 FACILITIES.

I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, RECREATION CENTERS, CULTURAL ARTS CENTERS, UM, UH, THE HONEST HERE SHE CAN HELP US CULTURAL ART CENTERS, UM, UH, NATURE CENTERS AND SUCH.

AND SO EACH OF THEM, UH, HAVE AN HB AC SYSTEM THAT WE KEEP RUNNING AND WE DO USE OUR FACILITIES AS, AS, UM, COOLING STATIONS AND WE USE THEM DURING, UM, HEATING.

WE NEED, WE USE THEM DURING COLD WEATHER SHELTERS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO LEANNA WHO CAN HELP US TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE NEED FOR THAT POSITION, WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US? I'M SORRY.

I'VE BEEN LIKE, SO I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WE HAVE, UM, MORE THAN, UM, UH, 600,000 SQUARE FEET THAT ARE, ARE CONDITIONED ON A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS.

AND WE HAVE TWO, UH, HVAC TECHNICIANS RIGHT NOW TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THESE FACILITIES AND EVEN WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM CONTRACTORS, UM, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO, TO CATCH UP AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA FOR THE LAST, FOR THIS YEAR, FOR THE 10 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN 380, UH, WORK ORDERS.

SO THAT'S MORE THAN ONE WORK ORDER PER DAY, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.

SO, UH, ADDITIONAL HELP.

AND WE HAVE HAD THE TWO TECHNICIANS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AT LEAST.

UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN AN UNDER-RESOURCED AREA.

AND AS THE DIRECTOR SAID, WE HAVE CODING CENTERS.

WE HAVE ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE SERVING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, AND IN MANY EMERGENCIES, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I ALSO BRING THE AMENDMENT KIND OF IN THE SPIRIT OF THE, THE, YOU KNOW, UH, SHELTERING, THE, THE, AND THE RESILIENCE, UH, GOALS OF THE CITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THE, IF THE HEATING AND COOLING IS NOT WORKING IN OUR RECREATION CENTERS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH, UH, USE AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COOL DOWN DURING THE SUMMER OR WARM UP IN THE WINTER.

SO AGAIN, IN THAT SPIRIT, UH, I HOPE THAT, THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, UH, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IN THE BUDGET.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF I COULD ALSO, UM, WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS, I TRIED TO PRIORITIZE THEM IN,

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AND PART OF THAT WAS ABOUT MULTIPLE OUTCOMES.

I THINK I MIGHT'VE SAID THAT TO YOU, UM, PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE REASON WHY THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, RISES TO ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CENTERS AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, BUT ALSO, UM, HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF HPAC AND BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR GREEN JOBS PROGRAM, THAT COULD BE POSSIBLY PART OF SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, UH, THAT IS, UH, A TRIPLE C PROGRAM.

THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH A, UM, WE COULD TAKE THIS POSITION OR WE COULD UTILIZE, UM, FUNDING FOR THIS TO MEET MULTIPLE OUTCOMES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW WE WERE THINKING, UM, MORE GLOBALLY.

NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

THAT'S WHERE KELLY, BECAUSE WE'RE PULLING KIDS FROM KELLY.

I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, UH, ZILKER BATH HOUSE AND THIS RELATES TO THE ADA RESTROOMS IN PUBLIC PARKS.

I KNOW THERE WAS, THERE WAS A POINT WHEN THE VISION PLAN FOR THE RENOVATIONS.

UM, AND I THINK I MIGHT EVEN HAVE BROUGHT SOME DIRECTION OR A RIDER OR SOMETHING OF A FEW BACK IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET, PREPARATION TIME, SOME PAST YEAR ABOUT THE ADULT CHANGING TABLE AND WHETHER IT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED AT ZILKER.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE, UM, THE ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, IT'S HER, UM, ADA RESTROOMS IN PUBLIC PARKS.

TOVO ONE, SHE, SHE SUGGESTS OTHER, THERE COULD BE OTHER PLACES FOR THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF A RESTROOM.

SO I WANTED TO GET A KIND OF A HANDLE ON A, ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT THIS OCHRE BATH HOUSE? IS IT, IS THERE A PLACE IN THE PARKS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT? AND THEN SECOND, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE LOGISTICS AND PLANNING AND COSTS AROUND THAT SORT OF THING? AND IS ONE ENOUGH WITH REGARD TO ZILKER PARK? UM, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BARTON SPRINGS BATH HOUSE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER FACILITY AT THE PARK THAT WE THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE, UM, ADULTS CHANGING, UM, SPACE IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THAT.

UH, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL MEAN, UH, TO, TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO, UM, WE WOULD, AS A FIRST STEP, APPRECIATE HAVING A DESIGN CONSULTING TEAM THAT WILL INCLUDE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO HAVE A BETTER GRASP OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE WITH ZILKER IS AN METROPARK THAT IS VISITED BY SO MANY.

SO WE THINK THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE STEPPED BACK, UM, FOR THE LAST YEAR TO ALLOW FOR THE VISION PLAN TO PROCEED BEFORE, MAKE PERMANENT DECISIONS ON WHERE THIS WOULD GO.

SO THAT IS AN, AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER WOULD WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.

SO THIS IS THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN ONE TIME.

OH, NO, THIS IS, YES, IT IS TOHO AND ELLIS HAS CO-SPONSOR.

ONE TIME FUNDING FROM SALES TAX, UM, IS THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IS SIMPLY TO FUND THE ADVANCED WORK TO DETERMINE THE DESIGN AND THE COSTS AND THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE, IT'S PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT'S, UM, MORE RESILIENT TO VANDALISM.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SENSE FOR, UM, ONE, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE NOW AT THE AIRPORT, I'M READING IN HERE, ONE OF THE, AND THIS ISN'T TO PARDON.

NOW THIS IS JUST GENERALLY, IT OCCURRED TO ME IF WE'RE, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDING, UM, THE AIRPORT TO ANOTHER TERMINAL, WE PROBABLY SHOULD START INCLUDING THE PLANNING FOR ADA AND, AND ANOTHER ONE OF THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES IN THE NEW EXTENDED EXPANDED AIRPORT FOOTPRINT.

AND THEN, IS THERE ANOTHER LOCATION BACK TO PARD? IS THERE ANOTHER LOCATION THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT? POTENTIALLY? I ACTUALLY HAVE AN EARLY EXAMPLE, WHICH IS A TOTALLY SHORES.

THE, UM, THE, THE RESTROOMS THAT WERE VERY RECENTLY OPENED, IT IS NOT A HIGH TECH, UM, EXAMPLE.

IT IS, UM, A, IT'S NOT AN ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT TABLE, BUT, BUT IT SERVES THE EXACT SAME PURPOSE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT HAVING

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IT'S MORE RESILIENT TO, UH, BREAKING AND, UH, UM, RATHER THAN LIKE A HYDRAULIC LIFT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO THAT IT IS ALREADY THERE, UH, WHICH ALSO GIVES US AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO MANAGE SUCH A FACILITY, UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT OPEN TO, UH, BEHAVIOR THAT MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC OR ANY DAMAGES.

THANK YOU GUYS.

ARE KELLY.

UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD AS AN AMENDMENT WAS FOR A PLAY FOR ALL ABILITIES PARK, WHICH IS AN OUTDOOR FACILITY THAT PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR KIDS, UM, AND CHILDREN, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO DEVELOP, UM, SKILLS AND TO REALLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS EQUIPMENT.

AND SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.

I DID TURN IT INTO A BUDGET RIDER, SO WE'RE NO LONGER REQUESTING THE FUNDS.

THIS IS KIND OF MORE OF AN EXPLORATORY PHASE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.

BUT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE IT CAME BACK AT A FIVE TO $10 MILLION, UM, PRICE ESTIMATE OR COST ESTIMATE WAS WHAT TYPES OF RESOURCES WOULD BE TO, TO BUILD A PARK LIKE THAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE.

DO YOU MEAN, UH, WHAT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES OR DO YOU MEAN OR ALL OF THE ABOVE? YES.

AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO FUNDING IN JUST A MOMENT.

AS DIVERSE OF A COMMUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE THAT INVESTMENT IN A PARK LIKE THIS WOULD REALLY HELP THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY ACCESS PARK, UM, THINGS, A LOT EASIER TO PARK PLAY EQUIPMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WELL, I'LL, I'LL LET LEANNA ANSWER THIS QUESTION ALSO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UM, WELL, I'LL LET HER ANSWER THE QUESTION.

I HOPE I ANSWERED IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT, BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING IN THIS, WE HAVE, UH, PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE BECOMING ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS A SMALLER SCALE.

UH, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ALL ABILITIES PARK, UM, WE ARE DISCUSSING ABOUT A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE ONE IN A METRO PARK, AND THAT WILL ALSO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PARKING, UM, RESTROOMS AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT ALL ABILITIES PARK, WHICH IS, WHICH WILL BE EXTENDING BEYOND A PLAYGROUND.

UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IN PARKS FOUNDATION AND, UH, DURING THIS, UH, VERY EARLY, UM, DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT THE COST IS GOING TO EXCEED 5 MILLION.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BECOME A MUCH MORE REAL COST WHEN WE GET FURTHER INTO, UM, INTO DEFINING THE SCOPE.

SO THE, THE, WHAT I WAS GOING TO, OR WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT LIANA SAID IS THAT THERE ARE ENTITIES LIKE THERE'S COMPANIES AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE ALREADY MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT OR PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED ALL ABILITY.

SO IT'S NOT AS THOUGH WE ARE HAVING TO, UM, CUSTOM BUILD THINGS, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF THE SIZE.

IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE LEADING UP TO THE PARK AS LEANNA HAD STATED, ARE ALL ADA ACCESSIBLE.

AND THEN ALL OF THE, UM, THE AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE SURROUNDING THAT PARK, THAT, THAT THOSE ARE ALSO ADA ACCESSIBLE TO, TO THE D THE HIGHEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.

SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT FOR, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO COME AND VISIT THAT.

AND THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST CREATING A, A PLAYGROUND AND CREATING A PARK, RIGHT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WITH THE ESTIMATE IS SUCH A WIDE RANGE, BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DEVELOPING A PARK, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT DIFFERENTLY THAN, UM, SETTING UP EQUIPMENT FOR, FOR A PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND.

UM, MY EXPERIENCE HAS ALSO BEEN THAT THERE ARE ALL ABILITIES PARKS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS, JUST LIKE OUR REGULAR PLAYGROUNDS.

AND SO IT JUST DEPENDS UPON, UH, HOW MUCH IN EACH OF THOSE AGE GROUPS THAT ARE AGE APPROPRIATE, THAT ALSO ARE ALL ABILITIES, UM, AND HOW BIG THAT BECOMES.

SO THAT'S WHY THE RANGE IS, IS SUCH THAT, AND I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS FUNDING RESOURCES, UM, WE DO HAVE A VERY WILLING PARTNER IN THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN SETTING ASIDE MONIES AS THEY, UH, AS THEY ARE DOING CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS OR RECEIVING DONATIONS AND FUNDINGS.

THEY'RE ALREADY PUTTING THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY ASIDE SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, BUILD, BUILD OUT THEIR, UM, THEIR TREASURE CHEST FOR SAY, OF, OF THAT MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

AND WE'VE BEEN, WE HAVE EXPLORED LOCATIONS.

SO WE, WE VISITED, UM, SOME OF OUR STAFF AND APF HAVE VISITED PARKS THAT ARE UP IN ROUND ROCK AND HAVE SOME CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.

SO THAT'S WHERE, HOW WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THE ESTIMATES.

AND THAT'S, THERE'S SOME EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT, ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN LAUNCHED INTO A FULL FLEDGED PROGRAM JUST YET.

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT, UM, NOT TO SOUND ENVIOUS OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, BUT I'M A FIRM BELIEVER OF A CITY OF OUR SIZE WITH

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SO FROM THE CITY SIDE, UM, COULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FROM OUR END TO FUND A PROJECT LIKE THIS? SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE SIMILAR TO HOW WE FUND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BOND, UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENT AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, SERVING A SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

WE COULD ALSO USE PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS IF IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THERE WERE MITIGATION FEES FROM SOME SORT OF, UH, UH, UH, CHAPTER 26 PROJECT.

THOSE COULD ABSOLUTELY GO TO SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.

AND THEN, UH, WE COULD BE EXPLORING GRANTS.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR PARTNERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT.

I ALSO KNOW FROM MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE, SERVING ON THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THAT THESE PARKS REALLY DO ENRICH THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED.

AND SO MY HEART IS REALLY SET ON FINDING A WAY AND A PATHWAY FORWARD THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS BECOME A REALITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

YOU GOT TO REMEMBER TOVO AND CANCER.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

UM, ONE NOT TO BE ANSWERED TODAY, BUT I'M INTERESTED AT SOME POINT IN KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE, THE PARK THAT THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S BEING DESCRIBED WOULD FIT INTO THE, THE VISION PLAN THAT WAS CREATED FOR EMMA LONG.

CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION, WHETHER THIS FITS INTO SOME OF THE PLANNING THAT HAD BEEN DONE AT EMMA LONG FOR AND MILAN OR WALTER ILAN, I'M SORRY, WALTER, WALTER ALLEN.

UM, AND THEN MY QUESTIONS TO YOU FOR TODAY ARE THE BUDGET QUESTION 1 29.

UM, I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE POOL FEE, THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HAVING EVENTS AT OUR POOLS AND NEED TO PAY THE FEES ARE BASED ON THE LIFEGUARD WAGES.

AND IT LOOKED AS IF FROM THE RESPONSE TO 1 29, THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED TO THE MOST RECENT LIFEGUARD WAGES.

AS I UNDERSTOOD THE RESPONSE, IS THAT A FEE CHANGE THAT THE STAFF ARE PREPARED TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT CHANGING FROM THE DIOCESE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER? COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHERE WE TALKING ABOUT THE RENTAL FEE OR THE ADMISSION FEE? I JUST DIDN'T HEAR THE, OH, I'M SORRY.

IT'S THE, UM, RENTAL FEE.

IT, I THINK THE RENTAL FEE, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM LOOKING AT THE FEE SCHEDULE AND THE BUDGET, THE RENTAL FEE IS BASED IN PART ON THE WAGES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE LIFEGUARDS, BUT THEY'RE USING THE OLD LIFEGUARD WAGES RATHER THAN THE UPDATED ONES.

AND SO, UM, I WONDERED IF IT WAS IF PART INTENDED TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE THAT SURE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE SET THE W WE'VE PUT FORWARD THE REVENUE SCHEDULE RIGHT IN THE FEE SCHEDULE AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUDGET.

AND WE WERE UNAWARE AT THE TIME WHAT THE LIVING WAGE MIGHT BE.

SO THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY SET UPON, AND WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE BUDGET OFFICE AND DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S NECESSARILY WE WEREN'T, WE MIGHT WANT TO RUN THE NUMBERS AND SAY, WELL, WHAT REALLY WOULD BE THE IMPACT BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF RENTALS.

AND IS IT THAT, UM, IS, IS NOT COLLECTING THAT REVENUE SO DETRIMENTAL TO THE BUDGET THAT IT WOULD NECESSITATE THAT WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE FORWARD? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IN THE NEXT, UM, FEE SCHEDULE PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE? SO WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

AND THEN PERHAPS, UM, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE THE WAGE IT, SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY SIMPLE AMENDMENT.

AND SO PERHAPS I'LL JUST BRING IT MYSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEE IS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT LIFEGUARD WAGE OR UNLESS SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKING ON LIFE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

CAUSE I'M SORT OF AT MY NEXT, BUT, BUT IN ANY CASE, I DO THINK WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE ASSESSING FEES, BASED ON WHAT IT COSTS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, I THINK THOSE WHO ARE RENTING OUR, OUR VENUE SHOULD PAY THE UPDATED PRICE.

SO, UM, IF STAFF ARE NOT, IF I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, UM, FAIR ENOUGH, MY COLLEAGUE, IF SOMEBODY, YEAH.

WE'VE NOTED IT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BRING THAT FORWARD OR, OR THAT I SHOULD PREPARE ONE WE CAN GET THAT UPDATED IN THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR A AMENDMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 23.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

THAT YOU HAD PROVIDED THE, THE ESTIMATE THAT YOU HAD PROVIDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND, I WONDERED IF YOU THOUGHT THAT IT COULD BE REDUCED AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE THE CITY HAS ALREADY HAD IN CONSTRUCTING ONE AT THE AIRPORT.

AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION JUST RELATES BACK TO THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL WAS DESCRIBING THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD WITH REGARD TO THE RESTROOM, THE ADULT CHANGING THE ADULT CHANGING TABLE OF EQUIPPED RESTROOM.

SO THE FEE

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AND I WANT TO JUST ALSO SHOUT OUT THE AIRPORT, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE AIRPORT, UM, FOR BEING ONE OF LIKE 12 AIRPORTS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO HAVE TO HAVE, UM, PROVIDED ONE OF THESE TO TRAVELERS.

AND THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT HOLLY SHORES.

I HAD NO IDEA.

SO THANK YOU TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR DOING THAT OVER AT HOLLY SHORES, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT, UM, I UNDERSTAND SO MUCH OF THE WORK AND THE ANALYSIS IS SITE SPECIFIC TO THE CONDITIONS AT SILVER AND ENTER THE FACT THAT THAT'S A HISTORIC ASSET AS WELL, BUT DO YOU THINK THERE ARE ANY COST SAVINGS ON THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ESTIMATE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN COULD POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE THE LEARNINGS OVER AT THE AIRPORT? I WISHED THAT I COULD SAY YES, BUT THE ANSWER IS UNFORTUNATELY, NO, WE, WE PUT TOGETHER THAT COST ESTIMATE BASED UPON KNOWING, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST ALREADY TOLD US, KNOWING THAT THOSE THAT WERE EXISTING.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT, UM, PROBABLY RELATES A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S A SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, KELLY'S I KNOW THAT THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OF THE, UM, CULTURAL FACILITIES THAT ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY, UM, REQUIRE SOME MORE FUNDING TO COMPLETE, AND THOSE WERE ORIGINALLY BONDS.

SO I AM ASSUMING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COME TO GRIPS WITH LATER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS.

AND SPECIFICALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AND THE DOOR TO ART CENTER, THERE MAY BE OTHERS, BUT I'M AWARE THAT, THAT THESE TWO ARE, MAYBE HAVE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT MAY BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE, UH, PLANS.

SO MY HERE'S MY QUESTION.

MY QUESTION IS TWO-PART FIRST, UM, IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED NOW THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE, QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS IF YOU KNOW, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF FUNDS WE MIGHT SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, UM, FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT? AGAIN, I REALIZE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT SECOND ONE AT THIS TIME, BUT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? A TWO-PART QUESTION.

SO, UH, I'LL ALLOW HIM TO HELP US PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY PROBABLY ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING ANYTHING IS, UM, IS EXCEEDING THE ALLOCATED BUDGET THAT WAS PROVIDED DURING THE, THE BOND.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT THOSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST ABOUT EVERY PROJECT.

SO ANY SWIMMING POOL PROJECT THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING, UM, ANY, ANY PROJECT, ANY TENNIS CENTER, UM, BUT FOR THOSE TWO SPECIFICS, UH, I'LL LET LEANNA TELL YOU WHAT WE THINK THAT, THAT, UM, THE DELTA WILL BE AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT OF TIME.

AND WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES AFTER I GIVE HER A CHANCE TO ANSWER.

AND IF I MAY START FROM THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, UM, WHEN WE WERE DURING THE BOND, THE 2018 BOND, THE, UM, FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN FOR WAS NOT COMPLETED.

SO WE WERE NOT IN A POSITION TO HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET OF, UH, WHAT WE NEEDED TO, UH, REQUEST.

AND THAT WAS THE CASE FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AND FOR THE CARVER, UH, MUSEUM.

SO BOTH OF THEM, UH, DURING THE 2018 BOND RECEIVED FUNDING THAT WE KNEW UPFRONT WAS NOT, UM, SUFFICIENT.

AND THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE WITH AS SMALL PHASE ONE, UH, AFTER THE EXPANSION PLAN WAS COMPLETED AND BE READY FOR, UH, AN EXT BOND TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

THE MOST RECENT, UH, COST ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL.

NOW YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE DOCK AND, UH, THAT RECEIVED 25 MILLION, UH, DURING THE 2018, IT IS A, IT IS A PRO UH, PROJECT THAT HAS, UM, THAT IS ON A SITE THAT HAS QUITE A FEW CONSTRAINTS THAT HAVE BECOME MORE, UH, CLEAR DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND IN AN EFFORT TO MEET A NUMBER OF THIS DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL SATISFIED THE, UM, UH, THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING, UH, WE KNOW, AND, UM, WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT THE, A MEMO TO CANCEL THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET SHORTFALL, UM, BASED ON

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UM, AND, UH, WE WERE PLANNING TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN AN UPCOMING MEETING.

UM, SO WE CAN, I WOULD, THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T NEED THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW.

I CAN WAIT FOR THE MEETING.

WE THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH A, UM, IT, THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION WARRANTS EVEN PERHAPS A, A BRIEFING TO THE COUNCIL.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON THAT IN, IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

I'M BASICALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE NOT ISSUES WE HAVE TO ADDRESS RIGHT NOW DURING THE BUDGET.

THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING TO COMMIT.

AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED CULTURAL CENTERS, I BELIEVE THE MEXICAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID THIS MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IS ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, SOME, SOME SHORTFALLS.

SO EVERY, EVERY PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CREATIVELY LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCREASE THE FUNDING.

WHAT KIND OF OPTIONS MIGHT WE HAVE WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAIL? IS IT ANOTHER BOND? IS IT CEO'S IT, OR DO YOU GUYS KNOW AT THIS POINT IT'S ALL A VIA BOB.

EACH OF THEM HAVE, UM, EACH OF THOSE HAVE A CERTAIN SET OF CONSEQUENCES THAT COME ALONG WITH THEM, RIGHT.

OR CONSIDERATIONS.

AND SO, BUT ALL OF THE ABOVE, UM, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT PLD FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO CERTAIN LOCATIONS, AGAIN, MITIGATE EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE.

SO, UH, IN THE CASE OF THE SWIMMING POOLS, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE SOME GRANT FUNDING.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY ANGLE.

WHAT'S YOUR TIMING FOR NEEDING AN ANSWER TO THIS BUDGET? I JUST WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER YET.

I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS IN THIS BUDGET.

I MEAN, ED IS NO.

I MEAN, HOW, HOW ABOUT IF WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH, UM, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE COULD DO IT VIA A MEMO OR, OR COMMUNICATION, SO THAT IT'S, IT'S PR IT'S NOT, IT'S GERMANE TO THIS COMP DOMAIN TO THIS BUDGET AND IT'S NOT GERMANE TO A FEATURE BUDGET OR A FEATURE.

UH, SO MID-YEAR, WE CAN ADDRESS RIGHT.

ED, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING TO ASCERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT YOU NEED TO WORK OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, UH, TO DETERMINE THAT, OKAY, THANK YOU.

IT'S COLLEAGUES.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR PARKS? GO AHEAD.

IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL CLOSE THIS OUT.

I'VE JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THE, UH, THE LARGER SIZE DIAPER CHANGING STATION.

I KNOW WHEN I FIRST GOT TO COUNCIL, ONE OF THE FIRST INITIATIVES THAT I PASS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A BABY CHANGING STATION TABLE, NOT JUST IN THE LADIES ROOM, BUT IN A GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM FOR DADS, OTHER PARENTS WHO NEED TO CHANGE THEIR KIDS.

SO I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A STANDING ITEM ON THE COMMITTEE THAT THE MAYOR PUT TOGETHER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

AND SO I'M REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS PICKED THIS UP AND HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR.

BUT I KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE MACBETH REC CENTER NOW HAS MORE ADA ACCESSIBILITY TO IT.

AND SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS ALSO ADA ACCESSIBLE.

SO WHETHER IT GOES IN ZILKER PARK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IF WE FIND ANOTHER GOOD SPOT, I'D BE EQUALLY HAPPY TO MAKE SURE IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND IN ANY PARK.

JUST KEEP GOING.

IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK, WE'RE GOING TO START LOSING, UH, SOME PEOPLE AT FIVE, UM, TO GO TO GO, GO REMOTE.

SO LET'S KEEP MOVING THROUGH HERE WITH OUR LIGHTNING ROUND OF QUESTIONS, UM, UH, HOMELESS DIVISION.

I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE NEXT STAGES.

AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A USEFUL INNOVATION.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT IT WASN'T, BUT IF WE CAN, WE CAN FOCUS ON THE QUESTIONS AND WHAT WE HAVE, AND IF WE COULD FOCUS ON QUESTIONS, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DELIBERATE AND TO MAKE ARGUMENTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT CERTAINLY THERE, I AGREE WITH YOU.

THIS IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

WELL, MRS. DIVISION, ANYBODY HERE? I THINK LESLIE B.

DID, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAD QUESTIONS AND I THINK YOU WERE SUGGESTED AS SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT ENCOUNTER, REMEMBER PULL THEM ALSO WHAT? OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HOMELESSNESS? WE WOULD GO AHEAD.

UH, PARDON THE DISRUPTION, EVERYBODY.

UM, I WAS PLAYING SUPER MAMA TODAY.

WE HAD A SICK KID.

UM, SO CAN YOU GIVE ME REAL QUICK WHERE Y'ALL LEFT OFF SO THAT NO PROBLEM.

WE HAVE JUST FINISHED WITH PARKS.

NOW WE'RE OPENING UP FOR QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE HOMELESSNESS, UH, STRATEGY OFFICER WHO IS WITH US IN CASE ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS IN THIS AREA.

WE'VE OPENED IT UP GENERALLY TO THE, TO THE DESK.

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MIRA, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TIME.

OH, YOU HAD A QUESTION.

UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GET, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T, I THINK THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR, UM, OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, BUT THEY MAY BE QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

I JUST, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO FUND WITH ADLER ONE OR WITH, UM, KITCHEN ONE.

AND I WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THOSE AND HEAR THE PERSPECTIVE OF, OF OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER.

SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO EACH OF THE ITEMS, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

UH, I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE TWO OR THREE, UH, ITEMS, UH, YOU COULD SPEAK TO, TO THEM AS YOU THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE OR, OR WHY, UM, ADDING OUR ONE WAS THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, THE $406,000 NUMBER.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT ONE FIRST? YES, SIR.

I'M A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO THE ADLER ONE AMENDMENT ADDS APPROXIMATELY $400,000 TO THE APH BUDGET TO SUPPORT, UM, THE WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE PARTICULARLY INVOLVED, UM, IN DATA ANALYSIS, UM, IN SUPPORTING THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND OTHER, UH, UH, CRITICAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND SYSTEM OPERATION NEEDS, UH, THAT COULD INCLUDE ECHO, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS THE HUD DESIGNATED LEAD AGENCY, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHOSE, UH, OPERATING SUPPORT CONTRACT HAS REMAINED FLAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, DESPITE A VERY RAPID GROWTH, UH, IN OUR SYSTEM AND IN OUR WORK, IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THEM.

UM, WE COULD USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, UH, FOR OTHER CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM, BUT, UH, IN A NUTSHELL IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE INCREDIBLE ACCELERATION OF WORK IN THIS SPACE.

AND, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM WITHIN THE $79 MILLION THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED OR WITHIN THE ARPA FOR THAT.

SO WE WILL LIKELY DO SOME TARGETED INVESTMENT WITH ECHO, UM, THROUGH OUR VA FOR VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSES, BUT THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL, UM, MANDATED ROLES THAT, UH, ECHO HAS, UM, AND, AND NEEDS TO CARRY OUT EITHER THROUGH DIRECTS FOR STAFFING OR THROUGH SUBCONTRACTING, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER THE YEARS.

UM, AND REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HA WERE UNDERFUNDED EVEN BEFORE THE ARPA FUNDS CAME DOWN.

BEEN OPERATING NORTHBRIDGE, NOT WITH GENERAL FUNDS, BUT RATHER WITH PREDOMINANTLY WITH, UH, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT COVID DOLLARS, UH, THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, ALONG WITH A BIT OF ARPA FUNDING, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL BE EXHAUSTED, UH, LIKELY IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN CAN YOU, UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND FOR KITCHEN ONE, WHAT THAT WOULD BE FUNDING? AND SO THE HEAL INITIATIVE CURRENTLY DEPENDS IN PART ON THE OPERATION OF TWO BRIDGE SHELTERS, THE SOUTH BRIDGE AND NORTH BRIDGE WITH A COMBINED CAPACITY OF ABOUT A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE, A HUNDRED FORTY BEDS.

UM, THAT CAPACITY BASED ON THE TURNOVER WE'RE SEEING IN SHELTER REALLY IS SIZED APPROXIMATELY TO THE 200 PERSON GOAL, UH, THAT, UH, HAS BEEN SET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE NORTH BRIDGE SHELTER, WHICH IS THE FORMER COUNTRY IN, WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED WITH GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, UH, IS INTENDED.

AND IN FACT WITH THAT FINANCING SOURCE MUST BE CONVERTED TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

UH, WE SIMPLY, AS WE DECOMMISSIONED IT AS A PRO LODGE LAST YEAR AND WE'RE RAMPING UP, HE'LL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE IT, UM, FOR, UH, TEMPORARILY FOR BRIDGE SHELTER.

SO THIS AMENDMENT, UM, DIRECTS, UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, STAFF TO LOCATE, UM, ANOTHER BRIDGE SHELTER FACILITY TO REPLACE NORTH BRIDGE, UH, AND DIRECTS, UH, MANAGER TO UTILIZE ANY APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES, UH, WHETHER THOSE BE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AS WELL AS SOME HOME ARPA MONEY THAT WE COULD UTILIZE IN THIS WAY, PROBABLY MORE GERMANE TO THE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET OR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, IS AN ALLOCATION OF 1.75 MILLION, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE COST OF OPERATING THAT SHELTER FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, UM, IT WOULD TAKE US A MOMENT, UH, TO IDENTIFY AND ACQUIRE A PROPERTY.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE

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SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTING GF MONEY OR, OR EXISTING FUNDS TO OPERATE ANOTHER SHELTER FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

UM, UH, IT, SHOULD WE ACQUIRE THAT FACILITY AND YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NOT ARPA DOLLARS FOR THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR FUNDING FOR OPERATING NORTHBRIDGE FOR A PORTION OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT HAVE, UM, DIRECTION TO ALTER THE REST OF THE CRISIS IN SHELTER DOLLARS IN THE ORIFICE SPENDING PLAN HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, UH, IN APH SOLICITATION, UH, FOR SHELTER AND OTHER CRISIS SERVICES THAT SOLICITATION HAS GONE OUT EVALUATIONS, UH, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, UM, AND LAUDER LA QUINTA, WHO IS WITH US MAY BE ABLE TO REMIND ME WHETHER, UM, RECOMMENDED APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED AT THIS TIME, BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

COMMUNITY-BASED CONTRACTS, UH, NOT ONLY FOR SHELTER, BUT, UH, IN PARTICULAR FOR STREET OUTREACH AND SOME OTHER CRISIS RELATED SERVICES.

AND ARE THERE, IS THERE A BALANCE OF HEEL FUNDS AVAILABLE BALANCE OF I'M SORRY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THERE'S A BALANCE OF HEAL FUNDS FROM ARPA THAT'S AVAILABLE STILL.

UH, YES, BUT THE BALANCE OF HEELED FUNDS OR THE HEAL FUNDS, UH, UH, THAT WERE INDICATED IN THE SPENDING PLAN WERE FOR RAPID REHOUSING FOR THE PERMANENT HOUSING PORTION OF THIS EFFORT.

UM, OF COURSE WHEN WE HAVE BRIDGE SHELTER, UH, THE EFFICACY OF THAT SHELTER IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF SHELTER AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO IN, UM, THE INITIAL ACCEPTANCE OF ARPA FUNDS, UH, COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO SET ASIDE AT LEAST $6 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDING, THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS FOR RAPID REHOUSING ASSOCIATED WITH HEAL.

AND SO THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT, UM, IS, IS CURRENTLY THERE UNSPENT OR HEAL, UM, BUT DEDICATED TO ANOTHER PURPOSE.

WHILE YOU'RE COMMENTING ON KNEES, UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO AMEND THAT COLLEAGUES TO, TO PUT IN LANGUAGE THAT, UH, ASKS, ASKS THAT, UH, UH, AS THAT'S BEING ORGANIZED AND, AND DONE THAT, UM, UH, THERE'D BE SOME, UM, UH, ATTENTION GIVEN TO HOW, UH, THAT CORE COULD ALSO PROVIDE PATHWAYS FOR, FOR PEOPLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND ALSO TO HELP SUPPORT THE, THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.

WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ENVISIONED FOR THAT OR WHAT THAT MIGHT BE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO, UH, AS DETAILED IN THE WRITER, UH, I THINK, UM, THE DIRECTION GIVEN THERE IS, UH, HAS A POTENTIAL FOR TWO PRIMARY BENEFITS.

ONE IS OBVIOUSLY DIRECT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR HAVE RECENTLY EXITED HOMELESSNESS.

UH, AND I THINK THERE ARE, UM, JOBS WITHIN THE CURRENT, UH, COURSE THAT COULD BE, UM, WELL-SUITED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

AND WE CERTAINLY COULD, UM, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE DO SOME THINKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL OTHER TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS POPULATION.

THE SECOND PIECE IS OTHER NEEDS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, UH, THAT, UH, COULD BE MET THROUGH THE, A TRIPLE C THAT WOULD SERVE THE SYSTEM, WHETHER THE PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THOSE PROGRAMS HAD EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS OR NOT.

AND SO LET ME GIVE, UM, A FEW POTENTIAL EXAMPLES.

UH, WE HAD SOME LANDSCAPING NEEDS AROUND A FACILITY SERVING THE HOMELESS, WHETHER THEY BE CITY FACILITIES OR FACILITIES OWNED BY OUR PARTNERS.

THERE COULD BE OUTREACH.

THERE COULD BE, UM, OTHER KINDS OF WORK THAT REALLY WOULD, UH, SUPPORT, UH, OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, UH, AND PROVIDE SOME CAREER PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE AGE OF WE'LL SEE, GENERALLY.

AMENDMENT, BECAUSE WE WERE PROVO.

AND I, AND I THINK THAT I'VE AGREED WITH LANGUAGE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, FOR THIS, UH,

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I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST TO START WITH THE LAST ONE.

UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE HOMELESS THAT IS THIS ADJUSTMENT TO THE, AND THE EXPANSION OF SCOPE FOR THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CORPS CONSERVATION CORPS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE REQUESTED? I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR HAS BROUGHT FORWARD THE AMENDMENT, BUT, UM, I'M ASKING IF YOUR OFFICE, WHILE WE DID NOT REQUEST THIS AS PART OF THE CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH A TRIPLE SEAT OVER TIME, UM, THINKING ABOUT WAYS WE MIGHT, UH, BETTER LEVERAGE THAT PROGRAM.

AND SO, UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE, WE DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION REQUESTING THIS, BUT FULLY SUPPORT THE RIDER AND BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY THERE AND HAVE HEARD INTEREST, UM, FROM SEVERAL PARTNERS IN THIS SPACE, UH, IN, UH, CREATING AND PARTICIPATING IN SUCH A PROGRAM.

I GUESS, ONE REAL FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IF, IF A TRIPLE C, IF THE WRITER IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS WRITER, ONE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW THIS, WHY WE WOULDN'T SEEK TO DO SOME OF THAT EXPANSION THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN WORKING IN THIS SPACE AS I UNDERSTAND IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I KNOW THAT THE DAC IS COMING UP LATER, BUT THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY BEST JUST TO DESCRIBE, BUT THAT THEIR CLIENTS WHO ARE CLIENTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, DO WORK IN OUR PARKS AND, AND ANOTHER CITY FACILITIES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I GUESS I'LL, I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION OF THE DOC LATER, BUT I GUESS I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION OF YOU HAVE, WHETHER YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DOC ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM AND THE WAY THAT IT COULD SERVE AND MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED.

CERTAINLY, AND I, I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT PETE VALDEZ TO JOIN US WHETHER NOW OR LATER TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS CORRECT.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK PROGRAMS, UH, THAT ARE A WORK PROGRAM THAT EXISTS THROUGH THE DAC IS IT IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE-BASED PROGRAM.

SO IT IS A PART OF THE DISPOSITION OF CHARGES THAT MIGHT, UH, HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE INTO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT.

THE OTHER PIECE I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, JACK DOES FANTASTIC WORK.

I THINK THAT IF WE ARE PILOTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IN MY VIEW, IT HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL IF WE OPEN IT TO THE ENTIRE POPULATION, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON A MORE NARROW POPULATION, UM, THAT INTERACTS WITH THE CITY.

I SEE THAT, UM, THAT PETE HAS JOINED US ALL.

LET HIM SPEAK, UH, TO THAT.

UH, YES, UH, WHEN DIANA SAID IS CORRECT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SENDING OUT TO WORK AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM TO COMPLETE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE ALSO DO EMPLOY, UH, PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE THROUGH OUR VIOLET KEEPSAKE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH I THINK IS RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.

I GUESS, IN LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF PROGRAM, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SEE AS THE BENEFITS OF GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION RATHER THAN, THAN WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT TO EXPAND THEIR EXISTING PROGRAM? WHICH GOSH, I DON'T KNOW.

AND I GUESS, I GUESS MY, MY POINT IS, AND THANK YOU.

I THINK I'D ASKED A QUESTION.

I THINK I'D ASKED A QUESTION MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE DID IN THE Q AND A, THAT RESPONDED THAT PROVIDED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH CLIENTS ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS TO DO AS YOU'VE, AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED, UM, TO FULFILL THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT.

BUT I GUESS MY POINT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CITY DEPARTMENT THAT IN ESSENCE HAS A WORKFORCE PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BOTH THROUGH VIOLET KEEPSAKE, UM, FOR WAGES, AND THEN AS A FULFILLMENT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COURT, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE MAYBE THE BETTER EFFORT IS TO EXPAND THAT, TO ALLOW THERE, TO BE WAGES OFFERED FOR THAT WORK AS WELL, UM, FOR WORK WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN WORKFORCE, UM, IN ESSENCE, UM, THEY'RE NOT PAID WAGES WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE A SMALLER STRETCH OF AN EXPANSION THAN IT WOULD BE TO GET A TRIPLE C TO TAKE ON A WHOLE NEW, UM, ELEMENT OF WORK THAT A WHOLE NEW ELEMENT OF FOCUS AND EXPANSION.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH HERE.

WHAT IS THE BETTER PROGRAM TO EXPAND? AND AT THE MOMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE DECK WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE FIT FOR THAT KIND OF WORKFORCE WORK AND THAT IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S GOING ON AT OUR CITY FACILITIES.

IS THERE A REASON, UH, AND I GUESS I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK TO OUR CITY, UM, OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER,

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HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN IN PLACE, PETE? UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VIOLET TSETSE PROGRAM, I KNOW THAT ONE'S MORE REASON.

I WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM IN OUR PARKS AND, AND OTHER SEVERE.

SO THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE ABOUT 2005.

CAN I START, CAN I HAD ASKED, I HAD ASKED OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER THAT QUESTION.

I MEAN, NOW WE'RE JUST, NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF THE AMENDMENTS, BUT SINCE WE HAD GONE THERE, IT JUST SEEMED EFFICIENT TO CONTINUE IT.

UM, MS. GRAY, CAN YOU HELP ME, UM, CAN YOU RESPOND TO THE QUESTION I'D ASKED ABOUT? CERTAINLY, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, UH, THAT DO SPAN A NUMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

UM, DAC HAS, AS PETE HAS SAID, THE WORK THAT IS DONE THERE IS NOT, I THINK EXPLICITLY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT HAS CERTAINLY HAS SOME JOB EXPERIENCE VALUE, UM, AND HAS SOME VALUE IN OUR PARKS.

WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRACTS, UM, THROUGH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE INCREASING THIS YEAR VIA INVESTMENT OF ARPA FUNDS.

UH, ONE OF THE PIECES, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR A TRIPLE C AND IT COULD BE A REAL VALUE IS AGAIN THAT THE WRITER AS WRITTEN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT ONLY EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT LEVERAGING SOME, THE OTHER POTENTIAL CREWS OR TRAINING TO PROVIDE VALUE INTO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, UM, WHILE, YOU KNOW, UH, SUPPORTING THOSE CAREER PATHWAYS, UM, THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN TARGETED THROUGH THE AGE.

WE'LL SEE.

SO I THINK THAT EACH OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES DOES OFFER, UH, SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT.

UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAPPY TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME ON THAT IF COUNCIL, UM, SO DIRECT CESS, BUT, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS WRITER ASKS US TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AND DO SOME EXPLORATION AND ANALYSIS FOR COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO DO BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN.

UH, YEAH, SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE, UM, UH, MS. GRAY, THAT, UM, UH, THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO ASPECTS OF THIS.

IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THE A, A TRIPLE C, I MEAN, ONE OF THEM IS JUST THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON FOR SEPARATING HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEIR ACCESS TO TRAINING.

SO, UM, SO I'M HEARING THAT I'M ALSO HEARING THAT IT MAY BE THAT THE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE A TRIPLE C ARE IN INVOLVED IN ARE THINGS THAT OFFER SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT OUR, UM, HOMELESS POPULATION TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALSO, AND THEN THERE MIGHT BE SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, RIGHT? IF I'M A, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE ATRIAL C TO TAKE ON, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY? CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OR MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW YET ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS THOSE MIGHT BE? WELL, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, WHETHER CITY FACILITIES OR OTHER ONE THING THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP WAS OTHER FACILITIES, UM, HAVING LANDSCAPING NEEDS, BUT SOMETHING THAT I DO THINK THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TRIPLE C RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT NEED ONGOING MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? THAT IS OF COURSE FOR LARGER AND MORE COMPLEX JOBS.

WE UTILIZE THE BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION, BUT THERE IS A FAIR NUMBER OF, UH, AMOUNT OF WORK IN BOTH CITY FACILITIES AND, UH, FACILITIES ACROSS OUR SYSTEM, UH, WHERE INDIVIDUALS IN THE NATURE WILL SEE PROGRAM COULD BE LEARNING BASIC MAINTENANCE SKILLS, UM, AND, AND WORKING WITHIN THOSE FACILITIES TO BUILD THEIR SKILL BASE, UH, TO MOVE THEM FORWARD AGAIN, WHILE BRINGING SOME VALUE TO, UH, BOTH THE CITY AND OUR NON-PROFIT PROVIDERS.

WORKERS, UH, FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE, UH, UH, CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

I JUST, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO, TO CREATE A SEPARATE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS.

IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE, IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM, THE, THE DECK, UH, GUZMAN, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS, UH, UH, AS AN ORGANIZATION PROVIDES, UM, UH,

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I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE, THE DAC COULD ALSO PROVIDE, UH, WORKERS OR SOME MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, CORE.

UM, AND, AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT APP, BUT IN THE AMENDMENT, IT WAS TRYING NOT TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE ON THAT.

THERE WAS JUST TO SAY, SEE IF THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES.

CAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP THE BACK PROGRAM IF IT COULD BE PART OF A PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE WERE BEING PAID.

I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M NOT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE.

AND THE RIDER WAS INTENDED TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE ON THAT.

IT WAS JUST TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S SOME PROGRAMMING HERE AND THE PARALLELS ARE SO CLOSE THAT THERE MAY BE REAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

AND AS PART OF YOUR EVALUATION, COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT IS RIGHT OR WHAT, WHAT WORKS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND I MADE A NOTE TO MAKE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MADE A NOTE TO MYSELF THAT, UM, I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR REVISED RIDER TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY JUST EXPLICITLY MENTIONED THE DOCK.

I, I THINK THAT THERE, I WOULD ASSUME THOUGH I WOULD NEED TO REALLY GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH, WITH MR. VALDEZ TO BE SURE.

I ASSUME THAT THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES SOME LEVELS OF SUPPORT THAT MAY BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE PARTICIPANTS.

I THINK EXPANDING IT TO WAGE, UM, BEING WAGE BASED AS WELL, COULD BE A REAL ADVANTAGE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD ADMINISTER.

BUT MY, MY THOUGHT IS THAT THERE MAY BE A REAL UTILITY TO GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT, UM, IF, IF YOUR RIDER PASSES TO EXPLORE THIS ANGLE, THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE OPTION, THAT IT IS NON-PRESCRIPTIVE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE OPTION OF EXPANDING OUT THE DECK.

IF WHEN YOU READ IT, IT'S INSUFFICIENT FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT IT'S WORKED TOGETHER ON WORDING CAUSE IT WOULD BE FOR, IT WOULD BE INTENDED TO PICK UP THAT KIND OF THING AS WELL.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UM, UH, HOMELESSNESS SERVICES IS, IS, IS DIRECTOR STIR UP HERE? OKAY.

I THINK I SAW HER ON THE SCREEN A MOMENT AGO AND I SEE HER, AH, THERE YOU ARE.

UM, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, RIDERS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, UH, UH, THE MAYOR'S, UH, MAY PRO TIM'S, UH, BRINGING IT, UH, AND, AND HER WORK IN, IN THE HATE CRIMES IN THE, IN THE CITY.

AND I ASKED TO THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE WORKING ON THE HATE CRIMES, TASK FORCE.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED IN THIS CITY THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF, I WAS THE HATE CRIMES TASK FORCE AND, AND WORK, UH, COMING OUT OF WORK.

BUT I WAS DOING WITH THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, UH, AT THE TIME AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE TIME.

UH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK AND THAT PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS GOING TO THE COMMUNITY TO, TO ELEVATE THE ISSUE OF, UH, OF, OF HATE CRIMES AND, AND HOW TO RESPOND IT AND THAT KIND OF THING.

UH, WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE, THE MASS SHOOTINGS AND, AND WE WERE PROCESSING A LOT OF THE HATE CRIMES, UM, UH, ONE OF THE RECURRENT MESSAGES WE WERE GETTING FROM PROFESSIONALS WAS THAT IF COMMUNITIES REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, WHAT MIGHT BE MOST HELPFUL WOULD BE TO HELP PEOPLE BE VIGILANT ABOUT IDENTIFYING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS, OTHERS, THAT LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT NEED HELP AND SUPPORT.

AND THEN IN FACT, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT A COMMUNITY COULD DO WITH RESPECT TO, TO, TO HATE CRIMES.

UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'RE TALKING TO YOUR OFFICE ABOUT DOING INDEPENDENTLY FOR, FOR, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, A DIRECTOR STIRRUP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT TO, UM, UH, THE MAYOR PRO THAMES, UH, UH, ITEM AGAIN, NOT TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW IT WOULD BE DONE, BUT ALSO JUST TO SAY, HEY, WHEN YOU'RE REACHING ABOUT, OUT ABOUT HATE CRIMES AND YOU'RE SUGGESTING TO PEOPLE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY CAN DO TO BE PROACTIVE, UM, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE A REAL MISS IF WE'RE NOT ELEVATING AS PART OF THE RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HATE CRIMES.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ASPECT OF IT? I CAN.

OF USING THE, WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING MODELED, BUT ALSO WHEN THAT HELPING HAND, AND THEN WE DO HAVE A LIST OF PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN BRING INTO THIS EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO SERVICES AND, AND NORMALIZE, UM, THE COMMUNITY SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH, WHEN, WHEN NEEDED, THAT WILL BE KEY TO US, UM, HELPING TO REDUCE THE VIOLENCE AND AMPLIFYING THE ANTI HATE MESSAGE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ADRIAN STIRRUP AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH.

UM, I WILL START AND I SEE THAT MY COLLEAGUE, UH, JESSICA KING HAS JOINED ME AT THE VIRTUAL PODIUM.

AND SO I WILL, UH, PASS TO HER AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME GREAT CROSS DEPARTMENTAL WORK.

UM, AND SO FOR, FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, I DO THINK THERE'S A NICE SEGUE FOR US TO CREATE, UM, USING A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH PREVENTION, UM, TO, TO THE MESSAGING CAMPAIGN THAT JESSICA AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR ANTI HATE.

SO NOT ONLY HAVING EDUCATION AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY TO, TO STAND AGAINST IT, BUT ALSO HAVING A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR THOSE RESOURCES THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.

SO NOT ONLY, UM, KIND

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UM, AND JESSICA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING FROM THE CAMPAIGN SIDE OF THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO, WE'VE BEEN, UM, THIS WOULD REQUIRE A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE.

AND SO THERE, UM, CERTAINLY THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, AS WELL AS CPIO APD, ANY DEPARTMENT THAT IS INVOLVED IN HELPING THE COMMUNITY FIRST IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HATE CRIME AND A HATE INCIDENT.

AND THEN THE STEPS TO TAKE TO REALLY, UH, SECURE THE, THE SUPPORT RESOURCES OR ACTION NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT THE CAMPAIGN IS INTENDED TO ENCAPSULATE.

THAT'S THE CAMPAIGN WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S OFFICE AND, UM, UH, A FEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE NEXT STEP IS TO REALLY BROADEN THAT COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER AUDIENCES, INCLUDING THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS, UM, AND ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REALLY THE TARGETS OF THOSE HATE CRIMES AND HATE INCIDENCES.

SO, UM, TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP IT A VERY CLEAN AND SIMPLE MESSAGE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT QUIT PEOPLE WITH THE ACTIONS THEY NEED TO TAKE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND HELP OTHERS.

THEN, UM, WE CAN BUILD THE MESSAGING THEN.

THANK YOU BOTH.

ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR PRETEND, UM, MAYOR, HOPEFULLY YOU AND I CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, OFFLINE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE EVERYONE'S TIME.

I THINK THERE'S A YES, AND HERE, AND I THINK WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE WORK AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY GO TO WHEN THEY RAISE THESE ISSUES.

AND SO I, I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND WE HAVE TO BUILD IT.

UM, BUT I WANT, I THINK YOU, AND I NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE, HOW THOSE WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH IN THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE RIGHT SPACE WITHOUT, UM, WAITING EVEN LONGER TO GET THE FIRST PART OF IT, OF IT DONE.

UM, I ABSOLUTELY BEEN ON BOARD.

WE HAVE BEEN MEETING, YOU KNOW, BI-WEEKLY WITH, WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, FOR MONTHS NOW AND, AND HAVE, HAVE A, HAVE A PARTICULAR VIEW OF THINGS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS ON THESE ISSUES, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT A YES AND, AND I THINK YOU AND I TALKING ABOUT IT WITH OUR STAFF, WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET TO A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THIS BUDGET.

AND I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH YOU, AND I THINK WE CAN REACH IT WITHOUT HOLDING ANYTHING UP, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES TO SUGGEST SOMEBODY CALL RANGING FROM THREE ONE, ONE, TWO, THERE'S A STATE LINE AS WELL AS A LOCAL LINE.

UM, BUT YES, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO WORK ON YOU, WORK WITH YOU ON THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD, UM, DO THIS WHOLE THING IN A VERY TIMELY WAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY.

YES, IT COMES FROM OUR KITCHEN, UH, MICROPHONE, SORRY.

I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR APH.

IS THIS THE TIME TO ASK THOSE OR IT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM THAN Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT? SHOULD WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING DIRECTOR STRIP WITH US NOW? ALL RIGHT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M PULLING UP THE RIGHT WAY.

THIS IS THE TIME.

GO AHEAD AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE, THE MAYOR PRO TIM'S, UM, ITEM ON, UH, RELATED TO, UM, UH, RESPONSE TO, UH, DISEASE OUTBREAKS.

AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, MAYOR PORTEND BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE, UM, THE USE OF THE DOLLARS.

IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS.

ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH ADDITIONAL, UH, EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND THE OTHER ONE HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WITH COMMUNICATING PERHAPS MORE COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU DIRECTOR STIRRUP ABOUT EACH ONE OF THOSE.

SO FIRST THE, UM, I THINK IT'S 350,000.

IF I'M LOOKING AT IT CORRECTLY, UH, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, WHAT THAT WOULD BE USED FOR AND WHAT JUST GIVE ME THE, HOW YOU THINK THAT RELATES TO THE NEED.

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GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR TIME.

I THINK I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH RIDER NUMBER IT IS, BUT, UM, IT'S ALTAR STICKS AND I JUST POSTED IT YESTERDAY.

WE WERE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF AND I THINK SHE'S REFERRING TO THE, THE FUNDING FOR THE MONKEY POX, UM, YEAH.

RESPONSE FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST SPECIFICALLY.

WELL, THERE'S TWO ASPECTS OF IT.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ON BOTH, BUT THE FIRST QUESTION WAS THERE'S DOLLARS IN HERE.

IT'S ABOUT 150,000.

IF I'M READING CORRECTLY, THAT'S FOR LIKE, UM, PUBLIC, UM, UH, LET'S SEE, PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN OR CONTRACTS WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THINKING IS THERE FOR THE 350,000.

I WILL START.

AND I WOULD INVITE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF KIMBERLY MADDIX TO ADD THE DETAILS TO THE FUNDING SOURCES, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ANSWERING EACH QUESTION SPECIFICALLY.

AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 350,000 FOR A MONKEY POX, UM, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM COVID IS THAT, UH, IN THE ABSENCE OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEASURES THAT OUR BEST, UH, METHOD OF KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE ARE THOSE NON-PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS, UM, WITH MONKEYPOX IT IS MASKING.

IT IS, UM, THE, UH, AVOIDANCE OF HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS.

AND SO TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE, UM, OUT PROACTIVELY TO PREVENT US FROM GETTING TO A SPACE WHERE THERE IS MASS OUTBREAK OR SURGE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN A, UH, UH, A STATE DECLARATION THAT THIS, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE AVAILABLE.

AND SO, UM, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WOULD HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.

UM, KIMBERLY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I SHOULD BE ADDING TO THEM? ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, NO, I MEAN, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING OTHER THAN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, UH, CAMPAIGN TO AS DIRECTOR STIRRUP TALKED ABOUT IS THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT WE ARE INCURRING FROM MONKEYPOX, UM, INCLUDING CONTRACTS FOR, UM, VENDORS TO ASSIST WITH THE VACCINATION PROCESSES AND OTHER EXPENSES THAT WE ARE INCURRING THAT ARE OVER AND ABOVE OUR NORMAL OPERATION.

SO WOULD THOSE TYPE OF, UM, EXPENSES BE REIMBURSABLE? I GUESS, I MEAN, IF AT SOME POINT IT WAS DECLARED TO BE SUFFICIENT MERGED EMERGENCY, CAN YOU BACK BACK REIMBURSE FOR STUFF THAT RESPECT? YES.

MA'AM.

WE HAVE, UH, CREATED THE FUNDING CODE AND PUT ALL THE TRACKING SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

SHOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT IN THE FUTURE? OKAY.

UM, AND LAST QUESTION ON THAT, UM, THAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD REQUIRE A DECLARATION RIGHT FROM STATE OR THE FEDS, OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD REQUIRE.

SO WE, WE DO HAVE THE FEDERAL DECLARATION.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR LOCAL DECLARATION.

UM, IT WOULD, IT WOULD COME FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL IF FEMA OPENED UP A PROJECT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

SO UNFORTUNATELY THOSE TWO ACTIONS DON'T AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER THAT TYPE OF RESPONSE.

AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR HAGGERTY CONSULTANTS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE EXPERTS AT HAYSOM ON WHAT, HOW WE CAN PREPARE SHOULD THAT OPPORTUNITY BECOME AVAILABLE.

MY SECOND QUESTION RELATES TO THE EPIDEMY EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

UM, THIS IS REQUESTING FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND I APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD KNOW THIS.

ANOTHER MAYOR PER TEAM HAS BEEN STAYING ON TOP OF IT, BUT, UM, DO WE HAVE ONE EPIDEMIOLOGIST RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY EPIDEMIOLOGISTS DO WE HAVE? UM, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS NINE.

SO I REALLY AM SHOWING THAT I AM NOT ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WE HAVE NINE CURRENTLY.

WE NEED FOUR MORE.

APPROPRIATELY, UM, WOULD BE KEY.

IN ORDER TO MEET, UH, THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT FOR A POPULATION OF OUR SIZE, UH, KEEPING IN MIND THAT, UM, MANY OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS THAT WE HAVE ARE GRANT FUNDED.

AND SO THAT AT TIMES LIMITS THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE TYPE OF WORK THEY CAN PERFORM.

AND IN ADDITION TO, UM, DISEASE OUTBREAKS, SUCH AS MONKEYPOX AND COVID, UM, OUR EQUITY TEAM IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FOODBORNE ILLNESSES.

I LIVE ON BEHALF OF WEST NILE, THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE ALGAE BLOOMS. UM, AND SO ANY OUTBREAKS AT THE CONGREGATE FACILITY OR A NURSING HOME AND STUFF TO REALLY HAVE OUR, UH, TEAM STAFFED UP

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IT WOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BACKLOGS THAT WE SAW WITH COVID AND, UM, SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW WITH MONKEYPOX.

AND THEN, UM, HOW, UM, I MEAN, I'M, I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HIRE THEM IMMEDIATELY D OR MAYBE NOT.

I MEAN, OR WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT DIFFICULTIES ARE, ARE THERE ANY CHALLENGES, THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION.

ARE THERE ANY CHALLENGES DO YOU THINK TO HIRING AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST? IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF A CONVERSATION FOR LATER IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A HALF YEAR FUNDING OR NOT.

SO LET ME JUST ASK YOU WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

DO YOU SEE ANY DIFFICULTIES, IF WE ADJUSTED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT TO MORE CLOSELY MATCH, WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE TO IN TERMS OF TIME TO HIRE ADDITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE PLAN.

ANYTHING ELSE ON AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH OR, OKAY.

IT IS, IT IS A QUESTION THAT BRIDGES SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, AND I DON'T NEED AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER NOW, BUT IN, IN LOOKING AT THE ANSWER THAT CAME BACK TO, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM ALTERS QUESTION ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDING.

IT LOOKED AS IF IT LOOKED AS IF ALL OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN, UM, IDENTIFIED THERE HAVE BEEN USES, USES, IDENTIFIED FOR ALL OF THAT FUNDING.

AND I WOULD APPRECIATE JUST GETTING A CONFIRMATION ABOUT THAT.

SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE ACTUAL RESPONSE WAS A LITTLE, WAS A LITTLE STRANGE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF I TOLD YOU WHAT QUESTION THAT WAS IN PARTICULAR? IT IS A QUESTION 52.

AND SO AGAIN, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ANSWER WAS ABOUT WE'RE SPENDING SOME OF IT ON PUBLIC HEALTH.

WE'RE SPENDING SOME OF, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE LOT OF IT ON, ON HOMELESSNESS AND THE LANGUAGE.

I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT I WANTED, THE REASON I WANTED TO VERIFY IT IS BECAUSE THOUGH THE NARRATIVE TALKS ABOUT HAVING OBLIGATED, UM, HAVING, HAVING, UM, THAT THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE USED IN THE COMING YEARS ON THE PROJECTS LISTED BELOW THE LANGUAGE ON THE TABLE ITSELF SAYS REMAINING AN OBLIGATED AMOUNT.

I ASSUME I ASSUME THE, THE MEANING THERE IS THAT THE AMOUNT THAT THIS IS THAT THESE PARTICULAR AMOUNTS ARE BEING ASSIGNED TO THESE PROJECTS FROM THE ANOMALY, THE CURRENTLY ON OBLIGATED AMOUNT.

BUT I CAN'T REALLY MAKE, I CAN'T REALLY SQUARE THAT LANGUAGE WITH WHAT I THINK IS THE MESSAGE HERE, WHICH IS THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR.

SO THE UPSHOT OF MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY OPERA OPERA DOLLARS THAT I HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN SPENT OR IDENTIFIED FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT IS DIANA HERE? SHE'S STILL WITH US.

IT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR FINANCE BECAUSE IT SPANS ALL OF THE ARPA FUNDING.

IT'S, UM, IT'S JUST A STABLE, CORRECT.

AND SO THAT TABLE SHOWS THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OR HAS BEEN OBLIGATED THROUGH CONTRACTS.

SO THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY EITHER SPENT SOME OF THE DOLLARS ALREADY OR ARE IN THE SPACE, WHETHER THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT.

BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK, EVERY, UM, FUND, EVERY AMOUNT IN OPERA HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO A DEPARTMENT OR A PROGRAM.

UM, AND SO THERE AREN'T ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH OPERA FUNDING, UM, THAT, THAT AT THIS, AT THIS MOMENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE FRAMEWORK AND REALLOCATE SOME OF THE FUNDS IN THE FRAMEWORK.

AND AFTER THIS, MAYBE WHEN WE ALL HAVE SOME TIME, SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN HOW REMAINING AN OBLIGATED AMOUNT AND REMAINING REMAINING UNEXPENDED AMOUNT.

I TOTALLY GET REMAINING ON THE OBLIGATED AMOUNT IS JUST DIFFERENT FROM THE LANGUAGE WE USUALLY USE.

AND I CAN'T, AGAIN, I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT SQUARE, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO WORK.

WE DON'T NEED TO GET, OKAY.

WE DON'T NEED TO GET DOWN INTO THE DETAIL YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE ANSWER I WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, GARY.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT TOPIC, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT TOPIC THEN.

WELL, MY, MY HOPE HAD BEEN THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS TODAY.

TEAM DIRECTOR, GRAY DIRECTOR, STIRRUP.

THANKS FOLKS.

I THINK THE NEXT TOPIC IS HOUSING AND PLANNING AND WE'LL TAKE JUST A SECOND TO GET FOLKS MOVED OVER.

I THINK WE HAVE HOUSE WITH US HOUSING WITH US.

LET'S ASK QUESTIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, HOWEVER, DOBO, THAT'S MY POOL.

I HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

HOW LATE ARE WE GOING TO GO THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING FOR THIS, FOR, UH, FOR OUR MEETING TODAY, BEFORE WE RECESS AND COME BACK TOMORROW?

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IT'S APPARENT THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.

UH, SO, UM, UM, IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE GO TOO LATE ON TODAY, I THINK THE LAW PROBABLY ALLOWS US TO, TO, TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO THE NEXT DAY, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.

SO COLLEAGUES, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT IS IN FRONT OF US.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE US TO GET THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE.

WE TRIED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP PEOPLE TONIGHT IN TERMS OF FRAMING UP THEIR LIST AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

BUT MAYBE WE STOP WITH THAT AND THEN START TOMORROW WITH THE THRESHOLD QUESTION OF A LIVING WAGE ISSUE.

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE HOW THE PIECES WORK.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING DINNER BROUGHT IN.

DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FINISH OUR DELIBERATIONS AND OUR QUESTIONS HERE TODAY BY NINE O'CLOCK TONIGHT? WELL, I THINK THE, THE AREAS THAT, THAT WE'VE HIT SO FAR, MAYBE SOME OF THE TOUGHER ONES FOR US TO DO, OR THE LONGER ONES, BUT WE'RE DOING HOUSING PLANNING NOW.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, EMS, APD, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT LONG, THE DAC.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT LONG.

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONS IN BOTH OF THOSE EDD.

UM, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS THAT LONG EITHER.

UM, THE AUSTIN CODE, UM, HAS REAL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

SO YES, MY BELIEF IS WE COULD DO THIS.

IN FACT, IF WE JUST KEPT GOING HERE FOR A SECOND, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT BEFORE DINNER.

UH LET'S WHY WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST IS IT'S 4 36 NOW.

LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE GET IN AT FIVE O'CLOCK LET'S STOP AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND TRY TO MAP OUT THE REST OF THE EVENING.

AND, UM, OKAY.

REMEMBER HOPPER MADISON YOU'RE IN THE, MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BY STEPH.

THEN REMEMBER DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, HOUSING FOLKS.

WE HAVE THEM HERE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HOUSING? ARE THEY ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED? YES.

SO, AND I REMEMBER WE DID ASK FOR IT, OUR HOPE WAS TO CERTAINLY TO PUT IT AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

YEAH, I JUST, UM, VERY QUICKLY, I ASSUME.

WELL, WITH REGARD TO THE ITEM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS BRINGING FORWARD TO PROVIDE, UH, STAFF FOR, FOR THE AREA PLANNING.

I HAD ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CAPACITY EXISTED WITHIN OUR URBAN DESIGN GROUP.

UM, DO YOU HAVE, I GUESS THE ANSWER IS NO, OR SHE WOULDN'T BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NOT EXISTING CAPACITY WITHIN, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, INCLUDING LIKE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD WORKED ON NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.

DO YOU HAVE THE STUFF, COULD YOU TAKE ON THAT WORK WITHOUT ADDITIONAL STAFF OR DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF AND DO YOU NEED THIS NUMBER? UM, HI ROSIE, TRUE LOVE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING.

UM, WE DID IN PREPARATION FOR THIS REQUEST, UH, LOOK AT THE STAFFING LEVELS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.

AND IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY FULLY IMPLEMENT A NEW DISTRICT PLANNING, UM, INITIATIVE, UH, AT A RATE OF MORE THAN MAYBE ONE ADDITIONAL PLAN PER YEAR, THIS NEW TEAM WOULD BE WHAT A STAFF WE NEED.

WE DID STRUCTURE IT SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING ON OR DID AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE PLANS PER YEAR, UM, ALL WITHIN THE CONTEXT AND THE GUIDELINES OF, UH, THE DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE STILL FRAMING OUT, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE IT AS A HALF YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THE FTES, THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I GUESS MY QUESTION ON THIS WAS THERE WAS A COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT SAID, HEY, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT DOING DISTRICT PLANNING AND STAFF WAS ASKED TO GO AWAY AND COME BACK AND TELL US HOW TO DO THAT AND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT AND HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

SO THIS SEEMS TO BE COMING A LITTLE QUICKER THAN GETTING THE REPORT THAT WE ASKED FOR AS A COUNCIL ON HOW TO APPROACH IT AND HOW TO DO IT.

IF I COULD EXPLAIN THAT RESOLUTION THAT WE ALL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY HAD LANGUAGE IN IT THAT ASKED FOR, UM, DOLLARS TO BE PUT IN THIS BUDGET, UH, TO IMPLEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A HALF YEAR.

UH, BUT IT'S, THIS IS NOT OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

IT'S WHAT WE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

AND IN WORKING WITH, UM, WITH THE DIRECTOR HERE, THIS IS, AS SHE JUST SAID, THAT WAS HER, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE HER RECOMMENDATIONS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT.

AND IT'S HALF YEAR, WE DID NOT PUT A FULL YEAR BECAUSE THAT GIVES THEM TIME TO, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE BRINGING US BACK TO THE FRAMEWORK IN THE FALL AND, UH, BE READY TO IMPLEMENT, UH, IN THE SPRING.

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WE HAD HOPED TO GET THE REPORT BACK ON WHAT THE PLAN WAS ALSO PRIOR TO THIS.

NO, WE DIDN'T KNOW.

WE SAID THE TIMELINE IN THAT RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED WAS SEPTEMBER TO GET THE FRAMEWORK BACK.

WE NEVER ANTICIPATED GETTING THE FRAMEWORK BACK BEFORE WE PUT IT IN THIS BUDGET.

SO THIS IS FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE THAT WAS IN THAT RESOLUTION.

AND I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, BECAUSE WE'RE ELLIS, NOT A QUESTION.

I JUST APPRECIATE THIS ITEM BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND HAD ASKED TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR.

AND SO I KNOW AS WE'RE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE SHEETS AND AMENDMENTS, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME COME ON AS A CO-SPONSOR.

AND WOULD THIS BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH? I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, WE JUST HAD THEM AND THEY LEFT.

BUT WE CAN BRING THEM BACK.

I'LL HOLD OFF FOR NOW.

YOU WANT THEM TO COME BACK FOR QUESTIONS FOR YOU? UH, THERE WERE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE FAIR POWER PLANT PROJECT AND THE DESIGN OF A, OF, UH, ANY POTENTIAL, UH, STUDY.

UH, THE BOOKS ON HOMELESSNESS KIND OF THREW ME OFF THERE.

UH, AND THEY LEFT BEFORE I GOT MY WITS ABOUT ME, BUT, UH, W HONESTLY WHATEVER'S CONVENIENT FOR THE DAY.

UH, AMBER, I'LL GET AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR A HOUSING FOLKS? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL LET THEM GO.

UH, WE HAD, DO WE HAVE BOTH THE MSN NAPD HERE IS APD HERE.

LET'S SEE.

I GOT STARTED.

I WAS ASKED TO DO APD FIRST BEFORE EMS, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE LEAVING HERE IN A SECOND.

I THINK FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT, IF WE CAN DO APD FIRST, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME DRIVING AND IT'LL BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR ME TO LOOK AT ALL THESE SHEETS.

SO I'M ASKING QUESTIONS, UM, THAT RELATE TO THE FOLLOWING BUDGET QUESTION ITEMS 1, 2, 5, 1, 3 7, 1 40 AND TWO 16.

AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY DEALING WITH THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND.

AND SO 1 25 DETAILS, THE AMOUNTS, THE BALANCES, JUST CONFIRMING MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE BALANCES ARE IN THOSE.

I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM.

IT LOOKS LIKE IN 28.

WELL, LET ME NOT GO BACKWARDS.

LET ME, WE'LL JUST GO FORWARDS ON IT.

UM, ONE IN TWO 16, I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION.

UM, I HAD ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE A LIST OF ANY ITEMS IN THE, IN THE F Y 23 BUDGET THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO PAY FOR, WITH ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS.

AND THE STAFF CAME BACK WITH A LIST OF FOUR ITEMS, TOTALING 700, $9,000 THAT COULD QUALIFY CHIEF.

I WASN'T CLEAR THOUGH, ON THE RESPONSE, WHETHER YOU ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THOSE THROUGH THE ASSET FORFEITURE, UM, RATHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND, AS I THINK WAS, WAS PROPOSED.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, JOE CHUCK ON CHIEF POLICE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO WHEN YOU ASK WHICH ONES THAT WERE SAYING, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT REAL QUICK? OH, OF COURSE.

WORKING ON INCREASING, UM, THAT ASSET FORFEITURE FUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FUND SOME OF OUR LONGER-TERM NEEDS, THAT, UM, WOULD BE MORE, UH, EXPENSIVE AND, UM, AND, AND REALLY ARE UN BUDGETED RIGHT NOW, UH, FROM THE CITY GENERAL FUND $1.5 MILLION TO, UM, WE HAD PLANNED ON COMING OUT OF THOSE FUNDS, UH, AS A PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR OUR NEW HELICOPTER, UH, $2.1 MILLION, UH, TO REPLACE, UM, AN AGING.

SO IN THE ANSWER TO TWO 16 BUDGET QUESTION TWO 16, I HAD ASKED WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT, WHAT WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSET FOR, FOR SPENDING THROUGH THE ASSET FORFEITURE AND YOUR DEPARTMENT RETURNED RETURNED THE FOLLOWING, UM, ITEMS 237,500 TO RE-ENGAGE, A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR TO PERFORM A ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP AUDIT RELATED TO APDS RESPONSE TO REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULTS, 120,000 FOR THE HELICOPTER FAA, UH, T INSPECTION 177 K FOR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND 175,000 FOR THE JOYCE JAMES GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS CONTRACT.

SO YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SAID THOSE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.

DO YOU INTEND TO FUND THEM THAT WAY? NO, WE DID NOT INTEND TO FUND THEM.

WE WERE RESPONDING TO THE, TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE ELIGIBLE, BUT WE HAD NOT PLANNED ON FUNDING, THOSE USING FORFEITED FUNDS.

COULD YOU, UM, SORT OF TALK US THROUGH WHAT THE, WHAT THE REASONING IS THERE IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES FOR THE ASSET FORFEITURE? AND I THINK THERE ARE BY MY ACCOUNT, I THINK, UM, BOY, I'M JUST NOT ABLE TO ADD THIS UP IN MY HEAD REALLY QUICKLY RIGHT NOW, BUT AT LEAST $10 MILLION IN ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE PROPOSING TO TAKE, TO HAVE THESE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND RATHER THAN THROUGH ASSET FORFEITURE, IF THEY DO FIT THE RELATIVELY NARROW, UM, RESTRICTIONS OF THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS? CERTAINLY.

UM, SO APD HAS BEEN

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AND REALLY NOW AT THIS POINT, DEFUNCT EMERGENCY COMMAND VEHICLE, UH, OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND THEN UNDERCOVER VEHICLES, UH, THAT, UH, TYPICALLY ARE NOT PURCHASED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

WE HAVE $125,000 FOR A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS, UH, RELATED TO THE SAFER SIXTH STREET INITIATIVE, $100,000 FOR TRAINING, UM, $115,000 FOR THE AUTOMATED AUTOMATIC, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM, IF WE'RE THAT TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

UM, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY $6.5 MILLION, UM, AND TO INCREASE OUR TRAINING CAPACITY AT THE ACADEMY, UM, BY, UH, BUILDING, BUILDING OUT THE STRUCTURES AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED OUT THERE, UH, WHICH WOULD, UH, EAT UP THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS.

CAN YOU HELP ME? UH, I THINK THAT THAT IS IN A BUDGET RESPONSE TO A QUESTION I ASKED, BUT I'M FORGETTING AT THE MOMENT, WHAT QUESTION? THAT WAS TWO 16.

OH, THAT IS TWO 16.

SO, SO YOU'RE, SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF, OF WHY, UM, WHY YOU'RE PROPOSING NOT USING ASSET FORFEITURE FOR THESE ITEMS BELOW IS BECAUSE YOU'RE SAVING IT FOR SOME OTHER NEEDS LATER, BUT THIS YEAR, BUT THIS, THIS BUDGET CYCLE YOU WOULD BE SPENDING ON, YOU WOULD BE USING IT FOR SOME OF THOSE ITEMS IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND THE ABOVE CA OKAY.

THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IN READING THROUGH IT.

YES MA'AM.

SO WHEN I, WHEN EXPLORED THE IDEA OF THE, OF WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM FROM THE HALO CAMERA, I THOUGHT I WAS RECEIVING THE INFORMATION THAT THOSE WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH EXISTING DOLLARS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET.

SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT NOW THEY'RE BEING PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH ASSET FORFEITURE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET WITH REGARD TO WHICH ONE I MISSED OUT THE HALO CAMERAS.

SO, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, NOT PART OF THE HALO CAMERA INITIATIVE ITSELF.

IT WOULD BE AN OVERLAY OVER THE HALO CAMERA SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE, UH, ABLE TO BRING IN SOME PRIVATE CAMERAS TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS.

I HAD, THERE WAS, UM, A REFERENCE AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THE QUESTION.

I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN IN 1 37 TO, UH, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE, SPECIAL FUND.

UM, WHAT IS THE, CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME FIND THE QUESTION, THE RESPONSE AND THE Q AND A, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HELICOPTER, NOT THE ONE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IN TWO 16, THERE WAS A, AN ANSWER THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT SOME PIECE OF THE HELICOPTER FUNDING WAS COMING FROM HERE.

SOME PIECE WAS COMING FROM HERE AND SOME PIECE WAS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WHAT QUESTION, WHAT BUDGET? SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE MY, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MICHELLE SCHMIDT.

THAT IS A VIRTUAL THAT, UH, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE FUND THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I'D LIKE FOR HER TO GO AHEAD AND JUST COME ON AND SHE'S ON AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

HELICOPTER, WHICH WILL BE DEBT FUNDED FOR 1.5 MATCHED BY A APD ASSET FORFEITURE FOR 1.5 AND FROM A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR 1 MILLION.

IF YOU COULD ALSO JUST POINT US TO THAT BUDGET QUESTION, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

I'LL SEE IF I CAN LOCATE THAT GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL BUDGET QUESTION MIGHT BE CBQ NUMBER 1 0 8, POSSIBLY.

UM, THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT THAT'S REFERRING TO IS, UM, UM, THE, UH, FUND THAT'S CASH THAT AN APD OFFICER COMES INTO POSSESSION OF, WHICH IS DEPOSITED INTO EVIDENCE AND THEN PROCESSED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CHAPTER 18.

UNDER THAT STATUE, ONCE THE EVIDENCE DIVISION FOLLOWS THE CERTAIN CRITERIA IN THE STATUE, THE COUCH IS DEPOSITED INTO THIS TRUST AND AGENCY FUND.

UM, IT'S THEN CONSIDERED, UM, ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY UNDER THAT STATUTE.

AND THAT'S THE FUND THAT'S REFERRING TO.

CAN YOU, SO THANK YOU.

IT IS BUDGET QUESTION WENT AWAY AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES REFERENCE IT, THERE'S A LINE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN APD

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SO I, I DIDN'T IS THIS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE DIFFERENT FUNDS IN OUR BUDGET? CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY, ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENTS, BUT I SHARE MAYBE MISSING IT.

UM, I BELIEVE IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A TRUST AND AGENCY FUND UNDER, UM, AN OTHER FUNDS CATEGORY FOR BUDGET PURPOSES.

COULD SOMEONE POINT US TO WHERE THAT EXISTS IN OUR BUDGET, BUT PLEASE.

AND HOW MUCH, WHAT IS THE EXISTING BALANCE OF THAT SPECIAL FUND? I BELIEVE THE APPROXIMATE BALANCE IN THAT IS 1.6 MILLION.

AND FOR THIS PURPOSE, WE WERE PROPOSING TO USE 1 MILLION.

SO I THINK, I GUESS THAT KIND OF CLOSES OUT MY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, HOW MUCH REMAINING CHIEF WILL YOU HAVE IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'LL STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT REMAINING AFTER THE CONTEMPLATED PURCHASES OF THE HELICOPTER.

WELL, MAYBE NOT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE BALANCE WILL BE ON, ON THOSE FUNDS? I APOLOGIZE.

THE BALANCE THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING, UH, WAS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $200,000, UH, TO BE HELD IN RESERVE, UH, TO IN CASE SOME OF THESE, UM, FUNDS THAT WERE GOING TO BE EXPENDED.

THOSE ESTIMATES ACTUALLY CAME IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW, UH, TO HELP OFFSET THAT.

BUT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 200,000 AND THAT'S ACROSS ALL FOUR ISH OF THOSE FUNDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

THAT WAS CHALLENGING.

UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.

SINCE WE HAVE THE CHIEF HERE.

I KNOW IT WAS MY INTENTION TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM, BUT IF I COULD JUST ASK REAL QUICKLY.

SO, UM, I GUESS THE, THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE IS IN REGARDS TO THE DATA RETENTION TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

SO I OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION WITH FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT 30 DAYS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

UM, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAS PUT FORWARD A AMENDMENT TO LIMIT THAT TO THREE MINUTES.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN IF THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME? WHY OR WHY NOT AND WHAT SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS WE MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THAT SHORT OF A TIMELINE MIGHT BE? YEAH, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, THREE MINUTES IS AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT, AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO STORE THAT DATA.

UM, I REALIZED THAT, UH, MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, UM, IN, IN OTHER STATES THAT, THAT MAYBE DO IT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THAT, UH, DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE IT A BEST PRACTICE.

IT WOULD SEVERELY LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO USE THAT TYPE OF DATA FOR MORE SERIOUS TYPES OF CRIMES.

UH, BECAUSE AT MANY TIMES AT THE, AT, UH, WHEN THAT DATA IS CAPTURED, THE APD IS NOT AWARE THAT A CRIME HAS YET IS NOT YET AWARE THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED AND THEREFORE, UH, WOULD NOT KNOW TO, UH, KEY IN, ON THAT DATA AND BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT DATA, UH, WITHIN A THREE MINUTE TIME PERIOD.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE 30 MINUTES, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE 30 IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME HISTORICAL DATA TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND SEE IF WE HAVE A CRIME THAT IS COMMITTED, UH, THE VEHICLES THAT ARE IN ANY PARTICULAR GIVEN AREA AND USE THAT AS AN INVESTIGATIVE LEAD.

SO, UH, IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY LIMITING.

TO THE SWORN OVERTIME EXPENDITURES AS BEING 18 MILLION ISH.

UM, ONE, ONE FINAL THOUGHT HERE THAT ACTUALLY APPLIES TO SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN MY DISTRICT, THEIR VEHICLE WAS STOLEN A DAY OR TWO AGO, AND THEY LET ME KNOW THAT IT TOOK ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS BEFORE OFFICERS COULD GET THERE WOULD A THREE MINUTE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR DATA RETENTION ALLOW FOR OFFICERS TO POSSIBLY FIND THAT VEHICLE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND SOLVE THAT CRIME.

UH YEAH, MY APOLOGIES.

I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT VACANCIES.

SO 1 37 TALKS ABOUT VACANCIES THAT, UM, WELL, STEPPING BACK TO THE FORFEITURE FUND, THERE ARE SOME YEARS, AND MAYBE WE'LL NEED TO GO BACK AND ANSWER THIS LATER, BUT THERE WERE SOME YEARS LIKE 2018 WHERE SERVICES OTHER AND SERVICES OTHER WERE WELL IN BOTH CATEGORIES.

UM, BOTH THE FEDERAL FORFEITURES AND DOD AND THE FEDERAL FORFEITURES DOJ.

THERE WERE PRETTY LARGE EXPENDITURES OF 500 AND $900,000 THAT WERE SERVICES OTHER.

AND I WONDERED WHAT THOSE, IF THAT WAS OVER TIME AND WE DON'T NEED TO ANSWER THAT NOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT IN BUDGET QUESTION 1 37, THAT TALKS ABOUT OVERTIME EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022.

IT REFERS

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AND THE SWORN OVERTIME, UH, BUDGET WAS THEN BUDGET QUESTION ONE 40, SORRY, TALKS ABOUT, SO IT WAS 18 MILLION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, 18 MILLION IN SWORN OVER TIME, THE VACANCY SAVINGS WERE 34 MILLION.

AND, AND SO HERE'S WHERE I, HERE'S WHERE THE LANGUAGE SORT OF LED ME TO ASK THE QUESTION BEFORE ABOUT VACANCY.

AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR MR. BEN, YOU KNOW, SO THE, OR, AND CAREY, UM, THE LANGUAGE AT THE END OF BUDGET QUESTION ONE 40 SAYS THE EXCESS VACANCY SAVINGS OF 26.5 MILLION IS BEING ALLOCATED TO TERMINAL PAY OVERTIME, EXPENDED EXPENDITURES AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

SO JUST TO KIND OF RECAP, THERE'S VACANCY SAVINGS OF 34 MILLION INSTEAD OF WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BUDGETED AT 7.9.

SOME OF THAT PROBABLY WENT TOWARD THE OVERTIME EXPENSES OF 18 MILLION, BUT THAT LAST LINE SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THAT VACANCY SAVINGS IS GOING INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, TO BE PUT ASIDE FOR, FOR OVERTIME EXPENDITURES IN THE NEXT YEAR.

IS THAT, IS THAT HOW I SHOULD READ THAT? DID YOU SET, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER, VACANCY SAVINGS, DON'T ROLL OVER AND SO THEY'RE NOT ROLLING, BUT IN ESSENCE, THESE ARE ROLLING OVER TO BE APPLIED TO FISCAL YEAR 23.

I THINK I'D NEED TO LOOK AT THAT QUESTION.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE, BUT, UM, THE ONLY FUNDS THAT WILL ROLL OVER FROM ONE BUDGET TO NEXT IS THAT THEY'RE LAWFULLY ENCUMBERED FOR A CONTRACT THAT WE'RE ALREADY INTO.

AND THEN WE ENCUMBER THE FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT NEXT YEAR, BUT PERSONNEL COSTS SHOULD NOT ROLL OVER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

SO I'LL LOOK AT THE QUESTION.

YEAH, IT'S ONE THIRD.

IT'S THE JUXTAPOSITION OF QUESTIONS, 1 37 AND ONE 40, AND I MAY JUST BE, IT MAY BE WORDED CONFUSINGLY, SO LET'S GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHIEF.

I WANTED TO JUST CONFIRM, YOU SAID THAT THE EXPENSES THAT WERE LISTED IN BUDGET QUESTION TWO 16 AS POSSIBLE FOR, FOR RICHER WERE NOT BEING FUNDED THROUGH FORFEITURE FUNDS.

SO THAT WAS THE MONEY TO RE-ENGAGE A THIRD PARTY VENDOR TO DO THE, UM, APDS RESPONSE AUDIT, THE HELICOPTER INSPECTION, THE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND THE JAMES DAUGHTER, JOYCE.

THOSE WERE NOT, THOSE ARE IN YOUR BUDGET, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING COVERED FOR, FOR FUTURE.

WE HAD NOT PLANNED ON SPENDING THE FORFEITURE FUNDS ON THOSE PARTICULAR ONES.

AND THEN, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, BUT HAVEN'T ACTED ON YET, BUT I'M SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT WE INITIATED LAST YEAR FOR THE 9 1 1 OPERATORS AND FOR VICTIM SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKET STUDIES.

UM, I WANTED TO ASK IF, YOU KNOW, MY GUESS IS THAT $20 AN HOUR IS NOT GOING TO HELP A HUGE AMOUNT FOR YOUR CRIME ANALYSTS OR YOUR DATA SCIENTISTS.

UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING WITH RESPECT TO VACANCIES IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND WHETHER MARKET STUDIES FOR THOSE AREAS, UM, WOULD BE USEFUL? WELL, UM, I THINK THAT I WOULD WANT TO TALK, UH, WITH THE MANAGER, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WHETHER A MARKET STUDY WOULD BE, WOULD BE A GOOD OR NOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THEN BOTH THOSE AREAS WE ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, VACANCIES, LIKE WE ARE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, MANY TIMES, UH, UPON EXIT SURVEYS AND ASKING WHY, UM, IT IS COMPENSATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS.

AND PROBABLY, UH, RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY THE LEADING REASON, UH, FOR MANY OF OUR DEPARTURES.

UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU PERCENTAGE WISE ON THOSE TWO AREAS, UH, WHAT WE'RE CARRYING RIGHT NOW.

UH, FUNDED, BUT UNFILLED POSITIONS.

UM, SO I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL, I'LL SORT OF TABLE THAT, UM, FOR THE BUDGET SEASON, AND MAYBE WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AS AN IFC, IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU COULD HAVE YOUR STAFF PULL TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION AND, AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THAT WOULD BE A USEFUL NEXT STEP.

I THINK THAT, UM, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, FOR VICTIM SERVICES AND FOR OUR 9 1, 1 OPERATORS THAT TAKES TIME, BUT BEING MINDFUL OF THAT TIME, I WANT TO INITIATE THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, IF WE NEED TO DO THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR HR HAS A LOT ON THEIR PLATES, I ALSO WOULD WANT TO GET IN THERE.

THEY'RE KEY FOR THAT.

SO IF WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YES, MA'AM G I'M TRYING TO GET AS MANY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE CAN OUT IN THE FIELD AND, AND, UH, OUT, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF,

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UH, AND, AND YOU HAVE, UH, ASKED US TO, TO HELP AND ASSIST YOU IN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE, UM, UM, DOING PATROL AND, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, I FILED A, A RIDER, UH, AFTER TALKING TO YOU ABOUT CIVILIANIZING SIX POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, UH, WHICH WOULD FREE UP THEN SIX SWORN OFFICERS, UH, INCREASING OUR NUMBER OF TROLL OFFICERS BY THAT SAME SIX SOMETHING I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN FIND FROM WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT DOES NOT INCREASE THE APD BUDGET.

UH, SO IT DOESN'T RUN INTO ANY OF THE KIND OF LEGISLATIVE TYPE QUESTIONS.

IT REALLY JUST FURTHERS THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY GOAL OF TRYING TO LOOK AT FUNCTIONS AND SEEING WHICH OF THOSE CAN BE CIVILIANIZED, UH, UM, AN APP.

UH, YOU UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIDER THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND THAT RIDER, UM, BECAUSE THAT DOES FREE UP SIX SWORN POSITIONS TO RETURN TO THE FIELD.

AND, AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT, UH, THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS, UH, OUT AT THE AIRPORT.

SO, UM, IT, IT IS, UH, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ME BY, UM, BY OUR BUDGET OFFICER, UM, A COST NEUTRAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION IN THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, OFFSET THAT WITH THE VACANCY SAVINGS.

UM, AND SO WE, WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE RELATES TO THE CADET CLASSES, AND MAYBE COMING BACK TO YOU IS I, I THINK I SAW YOU FILED, UH, A RIDER OR SOMETHING.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO CADET CLASSES SO THAT WE CAN FILL THE FUNDED, BUT UNFILLED POSITIONS, BUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR STAFF HAS DONE, AND THE FACULTY HAS DONE, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE TO IMPROVE THE CURRICULUM AND HOW IT'S TAUGHT, HOW IT'S TAUGHT.

UM, THERE WAS, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNCIL SAYING AT THE POINT THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND, AND, AND EXPAND THESE CLASSES, DO MORE CLASSES, UH, COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO, UH, WITHIN YOUR BUDGET, TO THE, UH, CONTINUE IT'S THIRD PARTY, INDEPENDENT, UM, UM, INVOLVEMENT IN THOSE CLASSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL PROGRESSING, WE'RE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN A WAY THEY CAN COME BACK AND REPORT TO COUNCIL ENTITY, YOU, UH, AND TO THE, TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S UNDERWAY.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SCOPE THAT'S BEEN PREPARED.

UH, THERE'S NOW BEING VETTED.

IT'S BEEN VETTED WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, AND AT SOME POINT THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US FROM THE MANAGER, NOT AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, BUT RELATIVELY SOON WHEN I GET IN SEPTEMBER, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CADET CLASSES? NO.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM A FUNDING OR BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO, TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY.

UH, THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE TO INCREASE, UM, THE NUMBER OF CLASSES, AND WE ARE HOPING THAT OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS, UH, WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE CLASSES TO THE GREATEST CAPACITY POSSIBLE, UH, TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS, UM, PER YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE TO FILL A VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED AND THEREFORE, UH, WOULD BE, UM, WOULD NOT INCUR AN ADDITIONAL COSTS, UM, TO THE CITY, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE AUDIT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.

AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR AND, UM, WOULD WELCOME, WOULD WELCOME THE, UH, THE AUDIT.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD IS BECAUSE AS WE ARE ALL AWARE OF DURING A REGULAR CADET ACADEMY, THERE IS ATTRITION THAT OCCURS, AND THERE WERE EIGHT OFFICERS, I BELIEVE THAT ARE IN THE TRANSITIONAL OFFICER ACADEMY.

NOW IT STARTED HALFWAY THROUGH AN ALREADY EXISTING ACADEMY.

AND SO MY THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.

IF THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, WE CAN BACKFILL SOME OF THOSE, UH, POSITIONS THAT WE LOST THROUGH THE NORMAL COURSE OF THE ACADEMY AND GET OFFICERS ON THE STREETS FASTER.

BUDGET AMENDMENT TO HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT'S A ZERO COST.

BUT AGAIN, IF THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, UH, THANK YOU.

MAY I APPROACH THEM, UM, KATHERINE POINT THIS AND WE'LL GO MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, MAY I HAD A QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED A RIDER THAT YOU WERE BRINGING FORWARD.

WHERE CAN WE FIND THEM? IT'S UM, IT'S, UH, ADLER AMENDMENT SIX V ONE, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A, UH, A

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IT CREATES SIX FTES.

I THINK THAT IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN DISTRIBUTED, IT'S ABOUT TO BE.

AND THEN MY QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU YOU'RE PUT PLANNING ON PUTTING THREE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE AIRPORT.

CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? UM, THAT IS IN THE BUDGET, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THOSE OFFICERS AT THE AIRPORT WITH THE AIRPORT EXPANSION, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL NEED.

THOSE POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY FUNDED, UM, BY THE AIRPORT AND COME BACK TO, TO APD.

UM, SO WE, WE HAVE TO FILL THEM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THE REFERENCE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AT WORK, UM, WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO, UM, MOVE THEM FROM PATROL OR A DIFFERENT AREA.

UH, IF I DON'T MOVE THEM FROM THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER.

SO IN ANY EVENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT WERE CIVILIANIZED AND, AND THAT WE COULD TRANSITION THOSE OFFICERS TO ANOTHER ROLE.

YEAH, THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

COLLEAGUES JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FIRE AND OUR POLICE WILL HA WILL BE FUNDED BY THE AIRPORT.

AND I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT SEEKS TO HAVE EMS ALSO FUNDED BY THE AIRPORT.

ANYTHING ELSE? I NEVER DID.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I TOLD YOU, I ASKED YOUR STAFF TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR A YEAR OF THE MED.

OKAY, CHIEF.

LET'S MOVE TO EMS. I REMEMBER BELLA HAD THIS QUESTION ABOUT FAYETTE AND WE DO HAVE ADRIAN STIR, STIR UP, BACK DOWN THE LINE.

IF YOU WANT TO DO LET'S DO IT DIRECTOR STIRRUP YOU WITH US.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, HOW'S OUR VALLA, OR WAS YOURS, UH, DIRECT THERAPY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNDING, A STUDY OF THE POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION, UH, AT THE OF POWER PLANT.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS ON KIND OF THE OUTLINES OF WHAT A STUDY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS IN THE GROUNDWATER WOULD KIND OF LOOK LIKE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT KIND OF ITS, ITS ITS FRAMEWORK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IF WE, UH, WANTED TO GET BETTER DATA ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH THE GROUNDWATER AND A FAIR COUNTY, GOOD MORNING, OR GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M GOING TO START, AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET MY, UH, EXPERT, UH, EPIDEMIOLOGIST, DEANNA PICHETTE, UM, FOLLOW UP.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE TEAM AT AUSTIN ENERGY TO TRY TO GET AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION.

UM, AND, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IS THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO, TO GUIDE A PROPOSAL PROCESS THAT MIGHT BE MORE EXPLORATORY.

SO WE TOOK PINPOINT THE PROBLEM.

WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH DATA TO SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITHOUT IN THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE OUTBREAK.

WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JANET PICHET, WHO CAN ADD SOME MORE OF THE DETAIL BEHIND THAT THOUGHT.

PATIENT IS FOR ANY OFF PROPERTY IMPACTS.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, YES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ORIGIN ENERGY.

UH, WE EVEN HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MY CO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE, UM, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE STATE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, UH, JUST INQUIRING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.

BUT, UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE THUS FAR AS WE HAVE EVALUATED OR DONE A QUICK REVIEW OF SOME OF THE LCRA DATA THAT, UH, LCRA IS REQUIRED TO, UM, DO FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES, AS FAR AS LIKE COLLECTING INFORMATION ON, ON GROUND WATER AND, UH, OTHER TYPES OF EMISSIONS AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE REQUIRED, UH, WE WERE GOING TO PROPOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL MONITORING IS THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK AND A DETAILED PLAN AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT THEIR JUST

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UM, BASED ON SOME CURSORY DATA THAT I'VE LOOKED AT, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EXCEEDENCES OF ANY KIND OF, UH, METALS OTHER THAN THERE'S BEEN A FEW EXCEEDENCES HISTORICALLY, BUT NOT ANYTHING OF LATE, UH, RELATED TO, UM, UM, RELEASES FROM THAT FACILITY THAT I COULD TELL, BUT, UH, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME, YOU KNOW, JUSTIFICATION FOR, UH, WHAT LOCATIONS THEY WOULD SAMPLE, UH, WHAT CONSTITUENTS THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH.

BECAUSE I HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT ANOTHER PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED.

THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF, UH, CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT I DON'T THINK MAY NECESSARILY BE APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE, THAT THEY DO NEED TO TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT SIMPLE METHODOLOGY, SOME ANALYSIS, AND JUST WHAT THEIR PROPOSED ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY WOULD BE.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INITIAL CURSORY THINGS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, UH, OF A STUDY OF IF ONE WAS TO BE DONE.

AND THANK YOU.

AND I POSTED SOME, JUST SOME OF THE BACKGROUND MATERIALS THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT WE'VE COMPILED, SOME OF IT, UH, WITH SOME, UH, REPORTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT AND ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PAST STUDIES AND THE PAST CONCERNS.

AND, AND MY, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LACK OF, OF DATA.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE DETAILED INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT THE EXTENT OF ANY CONTAMINATION WOULD BE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S SO TOUGH WITH SUCH A SMALL POPULATION TO JUST, AGAIN, FROM THE DATA SAMPLE SIZE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO TELL EVEN IF THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF CASES, IT'S JUST, IT'S HARD TO TELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM A, YOU KNOW, AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S A STATISTICALLY VALID, UH, INFORMATION, UH, ANY SENSE OF WHAT THE COST OF A, UH, A GOOD GROUNDWATER STUDY, UH, WOULD BE, UM, YEAH, RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO PREDICT WHAT IT WOULD BE.

I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT COSTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW MANY SAMPLING POINTS THEY HAVE ON THE SCOPE OF THE ANALYTICS THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE DOING EXTENSIVE GROUNDWATER MONITORING OUTSIDE OF THE PLANT TO DETERMINE ALL PROPERTY IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UH, THAT COULD BE A LOT MORE COSTLY, BUT, UM, AND THEY MAY HAVE TO DO SOME HYDROGEOLOGICAL STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE CONTAMINANTS IN WATER TEND TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM TO GO TO THE LOWEST POINT.

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALSO, UH, SAMPLING IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.

AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE TYPES OF FACTORS THAT, UH, THAT PLAY INTO THE COST OF IT.

BUT, UM, YEAH, SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO CREATE IT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND IN AS FAR AS PRICING OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I CAN'T THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME KIND OF INFORMATION THAT HAS TO BE, UH, SEPARATED.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OIL DRILLING IN AND AROUND THE AREA, AND THERE'S SOME ALSO JUST NATURALLY OCCURRING, UH, THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE PRESENT.

SO I WOULD HAVE TO BE KIND OF A, AN ACCURATE, UH, YOU KNOW, SAMPLE AND, AND, UH, AND, AND SURVEY.

UM, AND IN GENERAL, COAL ASH STORAGE HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC.

AND, UH, G TO THE, TO THE, YOU KNOW, BROADER POINT, I, IT IS OUR FACILITY.

IT HAS PROVIDED US WITH INEXPENSIVE ELECTRICITY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES.

AND I DO FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PLANT ARE, ARE, ARE NOT BEING, UH, NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY IT.

AND JUST TO MY COLLEAGUES, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET A SENSE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I HAVE, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST.

I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SCOPE WOULD NEED TO BE.

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE, UH, AS KIND OF STEP ONE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, POTENTIALLY IN COMBINATION WITH OUR WATER DEPARTMENT AND, UH, AND, AND WATERSHED, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME, UH, CONVERSATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BASICALLY WHAT WOULD A STUDY LOOK LIKE, UH, AND, AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR.

HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST PAM?

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IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WOULD BE MORE LIKE AN ITEM FROM COUNCIL, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY RELATED TO THE BUDGET SINCE WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD BE.

SO PERHAPS IT'S COULD COME BACK LATER AND WE COULD DO THIS STUDY TO TALK ABOUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY, UH, BUT, UH, IT COULD ALSO BE A WRITER WITH AN ITEM TO DEVELOP, UH, THE RFP, UH, AND THEN WE COULD TAKE IT FROM THERE.

W OUR SUGGESTION WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOME, DOES NOT RELATED TO A BUDGET ITEM NOW THAT IT WOULD COME BACK LATER, UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR CONCERN THOUGH.

MAYBE WE CAN DO AS A WRITER, FIND THE ITEM THAT IT RELATES TO IN THE BUDGET.

LET'S WORK ON THAT, LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, SO I THINK DRAG STRIP, THAT WAS A QUESTION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR STIRRUP ON THIS, UH, KIND OF CARPOOL.

I SEE MR. RILEY IS UP THERE.

HE IS.

UM, THE ATTORNEY, COULD WE JUST GET A SENSE OF WHAT, UM, LEGAL AUTHORITIES OR JURISDICTIONS WOULD BE IN PLAY HERE? DO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ON THE, WITH AN ATTORNEY ON THIS? WELL, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M STUART RILEY AND EMMA, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT ANYMORE.

I'M HERE CURRENTLY SERVING AS AUSTIN.

ENERGY'S ACTING DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT CURRENTLY.

WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, AT FBP IN TERMS OF, UH, GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS.

SO I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE PULL THIS BACK WHEN WE GET INTO EXECUTIVES.

OH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

MR. RILEY, WE'LL SEE YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, WHILE WE'RE HERE, UH, WITH OUR STORE UPON THIS QUESTION? YES.

AND, UM, I DID TALK TO MS. THOMAS ABOUT GETTING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS ITEM, BECAUSE I TOO HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS, UM, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR OUT.

I JUST WAS WONDERING IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED DIRECTION TO BOTH AUSTIN ENERGY AND, UM, APH TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THIS, UH, DIRECTOR STRIP.

COULD YOU LET US KNOW IF THAT'S STILL IN PROCESS AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN REGARDS TO THAT DIRECTION? AND SO, AS MY COLLEAGUE, JANET MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.

THEY PROVIDED THE INFORMATION, UM, OR THE DATA THAT THEY HAD FROM THE ADVOCATES.

UM, SHE DID HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER COLLEAGUES AT TCEQ AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BUT BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A MULTI JURISDICTIONAL TYPE RESPONSE THAT AS SHE SAID, WELL, COULD BE VERY COSTLY.

THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND AT THE CRUX OF IT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO, AND JANET HELPED ME OUT WITH THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO DISEASE OUTBREAK FOR US TO TRACE BACK TO.

IT'S KIND OF WHERE DO WE BEGIN? AND SO THAT GOES TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA'S POINT ABOUT DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF A PROJECT COULD BE.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

SO I GUESS FROM WHAT YOU SAID, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME SORT OF DOCUMENTED EXPOSURE, TYPICALLY, IN A CASE LIKE THIS, BEFORE THERE WAS TESTING THAT WAS DONE, IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK THIS IS JANET AGAIN.

UM, SO TYPICALLY IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATION, USUALLY THERE'S A DOCUMENTED OFF PROPERTY EXPOSURE SOMEWHERE, AND SOMEONE'S MAKING AN ALLEGATION OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS.

UM, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE IF THERE'S NOT A COMPLETED EXPOSURE PATHWAY AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THE RESEARCH, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THAT AT THIS POINT.

UM, YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE DISEASE WITHOUT HAVING AN EXPOSURE.

AND SO IF THERE'S NOT A DOCUMENTED EXPOSURE, IF YOU DID LOOK AT HEALTH, THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD PINPOINT IT BACK TO THAT FACILITY.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OTHER FACTORS.

IT COULD BE DUE TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

IT COULD BE DUE TO A WHOLE NUMBER OF THINGS.

SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS, IF THERE ARE CONCERNS AND THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF EXPOSURES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO RECOMMEND, UH, THAT, THAT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN OR PROPOSAL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COVERING THOSE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE TRULY, UH, WHAT WOULD CAUSE AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S, IF IT'S A CONTAMINANT OFF PROPERTY.

AND, UM, PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT IS, AND JUSTIFICATION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A COMPLETED EXPOSURE PATHWAY SO THAT SOMEBODY HAS EXPOSURE TO SOMETHING.

AND THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO DISEASE AS WELL.

SO ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND, AND BE PART OF THIS, UH, UH, DETAILED, UH, MONITORING PLAN THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT.

BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE,

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I THINK IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE, REALLY UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHAT I'VE PROCESSED WOULD TYPICALLY LOOK LIKE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR DIRECTOR STIRRUP OR STAFF STRIVING.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE'LL TRY AGAIN TO LET YOU GO.

UH, UH, DR.

J AND THEN THE, UM, I GUESS WE'RE TAKING EMS NOW.

CHIEF, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF EMS? YES, MA'AM PRETEND.

CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, UM, WHAT THE, UM, SIMULATION EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING WOULD ALLOW EMS TO DO THE GOAL OF THAT? SURE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF THE BIGGEST, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AN EMS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A REPETITIVE DISCUSSION AROUND THE NEED FOR US TO IMPROVE OUR STAFFING.

UM, THERE'S REALLY TWO SIGNIFICANT BUCKETS OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE 151 VACANCIES AT THIS TIME.

AND OF THOSE 52 OF THEM ARE AT THE MEDIC LEVEL, WHICH IS THE ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION THAT WE PUSHED THROUGH THE ACADEMY TO START.

BUT 76 OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AT THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST ROLE, WHICH IS THE PARAMEDICS.

AND IN OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE, THAT'S A PROMOTION FROM, UH, THE MEDIC LEVEL.

SO IT'S AN EMT BEING PROMOTED TO A PARAMEDIC.

UM, I KNOW THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS AROUND POTENTIAL, UM, IN NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT BRINGING THEM IN DIRECTLY FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY JOIN OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS IN ORDER TO BE CLEARED.

THE PARAMEDICS ARE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF TRAINING.

THEY ARE MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED.

UM, YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ADVANCED PRACTICE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER HAS DONE TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF CARE.

UM, AND THE BULK OF THAT IS AT THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST LEVEL.

AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES.

ONE PART OF THAT IS THROUGH THE RECRUITING PIECE, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, WHICH IS BRINGING FOLKS INTO THE ACADEMY.

THE SECOND PIECE IS HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE CLINICAL SPECIALISTS? AND WITH THE BULK OF OUR VACANCIES, BEING AT THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST LEVEL, WE NEED TO LOOK AT TRAINING AND HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THAT THROUGHPUT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO TRANSITION FROM THE MEDICAL LEVEL TO THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN MAKING THAT TRANSITION IS THAT AS PART OF BEING AN ADVANCED CLINICIAN, YOU NEED TO HAVE EXPOSURE TO ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT EMERGENCIES IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE PUT IN THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS.

OUR TRAINING TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AS WE PUT FOLKS ON BUSY AMBULANCES, AND WE TRY TO GET THEM TO SEE THAT THOSE EXPERIENCES FIRSTHAND IN PERSON, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, OR WHAT THE PURPOSE OF SIMULATION IS, IS TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE USE HIGH FIDELITY SIMULATION, WHICH IS MANNEQUINS, WHICH IS, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN USE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT EXPERIENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO BE IN THE AMBULANCE AND WITH TODAY'S STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT THAT WE, WE HAVE MANNEQUINS THAT CAN BREATHE, THAT CAN SWEAT, THEY CAN TALK, THEY CAN BELIEVE THAT HAVE BLOOD PRESSURES.

AND SO WE CAN SIMULATE JUST ABOUT ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY WITH THE RIGHT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.

AND BY BUILDING A HIGH FIDELITY SIMULATION LAB, LIKE, LIKE AS PROPOSED IN THE AMENDMENT HERE, UH, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS IN ORDER TO TRY TO, UH, FILL THAT GAP MORE QUICKLY ON THE VACANCIES AT THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST LEVEL, WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST NUMBER OF VACANCIES.

I'M PLEASED TO BE ON A AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY IS SPONSORING RELATED TO THAT.

CAN YOU ALSO SPEAK TO, UM, WHOLE BLOOD AND HOW THAT, THAT PILOT, UM, EXPANSION WOULD, WOULD BENEFIT AUSTIN AND HOW IT RELATES TO WHAT'S GOING ON AS THE STANDARD OF CARE ACROSS TEXAS AND THE COUNTRY? YES, THIS WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER IN THE SESSION.

UM, THE WHOLE BLOOD PROJECT IS A PILOT THAT WE STARTED IN AUSTIN LAST YEAR, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BRING WHOLE BLOOD AND PUT THEM ON SOME OF OUR RESOURCES IN THE FIELD.

UH, AT THIS TIME IT'S LIMITED TO JUST A FEW UNITS, BUT IT IS ALREADY PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE ADMINISTERED WHOLE BLOOD 32 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PILOT PERIOD AND OF THOSE 24 HAVE HAD EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FROM A CLINICAL STANDPOINT.

UM, AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE, UH, WE ADMINISTERED A WHOLE BLOOD TO A PATIENT THAT HAD EXPERIENCED SOME SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA.

UM, AND SO AS WE LOOK TOWARDS HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL STANDARD OF CARE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AID REALLY IS THE NEXT STEP.

UH, AND IT IT'S REALLY CONTINUING TO BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE, BUT ALSO BEING ON THE CUTTING EDGE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN TEXAS SAN ANTONIO IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM.

BASTROP COUNTY HAS A WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS A WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM.

AND SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD BE TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM ONTO MORE UNITS, SO THAT IT'S MORE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.

COUNCIL MEMBER FURNACES WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRPORT.

AND THEN A THIRD, UM, AMENDMENT THAT I'M ON IS

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AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD EARLIER FROM THE APD CHIEF THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THESE THREE OFFICERS AT THE AIRPORT, HE HAD TO REDUCE STAFF ELSEWHERE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT IS NOT THE CASE? UM, IF WE WERE TO PUT THIS, THESE THREE POSITIONS DURING THE PEAK HOURS AT THE AIRPORT.

IF, UH, IF WE WERE TO BE ALLOCATED POSITIONS FOR THE AIRPORT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THAT FROM A RECRUITING STANDPOINT AND FROM A RETENTION STANDPOINT, UH, WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE WOULD BE USING IT AS A RELIEF VALVE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING ON AMBULANCES THAT COULD WORK AT SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S NOT AS BUSY, UM, TWO, WE WILL BE UTILIZING OVERTIME FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

AND ALSO, UH, I GUESS REALISTICALLY THAT WOULD BE THE BULK OF IT WOULD BE, UM, USING IT AS A RELIEF VALVE FOR EXISTING STAFF, UM, AND FUNDING SOME OF IT ON OVERTIME TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEN POTENTIALLY USING IT AS A RECRUITING TOOL OVER THE COMING YEARS.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE EMS, UH, ISSUES CHIEF, HAVE YOU TALKED, ONE OF THEM INVOLVES ME.

THEY ALL SOUND GREAT AND ALL SOUND IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THEM IS TO, IS, IS IT, IS IT TO BUILD OUT A FACILITY THAT'S NECESSARY FOR TRAINING? YEAH, SO THE, THE AMENDMENT THAT WE, THAT WAS PROPOSED WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOR THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE MANNEQUINS AND THE, THE UPKEEP AND THE SETUP.

IT WOULD REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION IN OUR EXISTING TRAINING FACILITIES.

UM, SOME TO SET UP THE SIMULATIONS, IF YOU WILL, THE INSTALLATION OF CAMERAS AND TWO-WAY WINDOW OR MIRRORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, IT IS NOT ENVISIONED AT THIS TIME AS PART OF A BROADER MOVE TOWARDS THE LARGER TRAINING CENTER, WHICH, WHICH HAS BEEN ENVISIONED, UM, CITYWIDE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UM, AND CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS A MOVEMENT TOWARDS THAT OR A MOVEMENT TOWARDS A CENTRALIZED PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, WE WOULD RELOCATE THAT, UM, THIS EQUIPMENT IS PRIMARILY, UM, ALTHOUGH LARGE AND SOMEWHAT FIXED.

IT IS TRANS TRANSPORTABLE.

SO WE COULD RELOCATE IT RELATIVELY EASILY IF WE WERE TO CHANGE LOCATIONS OF FACILITATOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, IT WAS MORGAN AS KIND OF IN THE ROLE AS MANAGER HERE ON THE AIRPORT ISSUE.

UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE AIRPORT FOLKS ARE THE SAME PLACE THAT EMS IS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE IS IF YOU COULD GET THEM TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT, OR IF THEY'RE READY TO, AND THEN TO GET SOME KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ON THAT ISSUE.

MAYOR, I THINK THAT THE, OUR AIRPORT FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE LINE VIRTUALLY AND CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE ABOUT, UH, EMS AT THE AIRPORT.

I THINK TRACY THOMPSON IS AVAILABLE.

I AM HERE.

MAY I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO JUST MAKE STATEMENT? I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS WHETHER OR NOT THE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT AND NECESSARY.

AND, UH, HELLO, MARION COUNCIL.

I AM TRACY THOMPSON.

I'M THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AT THE AIRPORT.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WINCHESTER FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, ISSUES, OUR ATTENTION AND CONNECTING US WITH BOTH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS TO DISCUSS, UM, OUR PASSENGER SAFETY F THE AIRPORT.

SO, AS I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, AMENDMENT IS THAT WE HAVE 90 DAYS TO CONTINUE TO TRADE DATA AND COME UP WITH A, UH, LOCATION AND OPERATING AND STAFFING PLAN AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON THAT.

AND WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK IT GOES BEYOND THAT A LITTLE BIT.

IT, IT CREATES A FTE POSITIONS AND IT PLACES THEM OUT AT THE AIRPORT EXPRESSES A THAT'S RIGHT.

IT ALLOCATES FUNDING.

AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ALLOCATE THIS FUNDING AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE AIRPORT WILL NEED TO ENGAGE WITH THE AIRLINES ON THE FUNDING.

UM, AND, AND SO, UM, THE WAY ORIGINALLY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD AS A DIRECT ALLOCATION, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS AND RECOGNIZING, AND REALLY COMPROMISING WITH THE AIRPORT, UH, STAFF, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS IDEA.

THIS IS PROPOSED AS A PILOT PROJECT FOR ONE YEAR.

UM, I WILL SAY THIS FUNDING IS NECESSARY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER HEARING FROM CHIEF CHACAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IF OUR AIRLINES ARE ALSO FUNDING, POLICE AND FIRE, THAT IT WOULD ALSO MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO FIND PARAMEDICS.

UM, SO AT THIS POINT IT'S PROPOSED AS A ONE-TIME ALLOCATION PILOT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED THE AIRPORT AND EMS TO WORK TOGETHER ON THE STAFFING, UM, AND, AND FIGURE OUT A MODEL THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

AND DOES THE FUNDING AS PROPOSED WITH THE BUDGET COME FROM THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRLINES, OR DOES IT COME FROM GR AVIATION ENTERPRISE AVIATION ENTERPRISE FUNDING? SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A G R IMPACT THAT'S RIGHT.

UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

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AND SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

SO, UM, WE SUPPORT THE, THE RIDER, BUT I THINK THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS TO EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE SPACE, MAKING SURE WE ACCOMMODATE, UM, SOUTH TERMINAL PASSENGERS AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY.

SO I THINK, UM, WE'VE HAD THESE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS.

WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND BRING THE REPORT BACK.

AND SO WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE FUNDING, THE FTES AND THE, UM, UH, IMPACT TO THE AVIATION BUDGET.

IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY SUPPORTS IT, SO I SUPPORT IT TOO.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, OH YEAH.

MAY I HAVE A, THIS IS KATHY CHAPO.

I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR EMS REGARDING SIMULATION LAB.

IT SOUNDS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I'M WONDERING, HAVE YOU EXPLORED ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH, WITH ANYONE ELSE IN, IN THE CITY? I GUESS WHAT PROMPTS MY QUESTION IS JUST BEING OVER TO ACC AND SEEING SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE USING TO EDUCATE THEIR STUDENTS IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PARTNER WITH ACC OR TO DO, TO SHARE THIS EQUIPMENT, OR JUST EITHER TO SHARE OUR EQUIPMENT OR TO SHARE WITH ANY OTHER ENTITIES IN THE AREA THAT MAY HAVE THIS EQUIPMENT.

YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR SYNERGIES AMONGST, UH, THE OTHER PARTNERS HERE, UM, AT, AS WE GROW.

AND, AND IF THIS PROGRAM BEFORE WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO BE A LOCAL HUB, UM, FOR OTHER AGENCIES OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES AROUND SIMULATION AND TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM BASED ON OUR AVAILABILITY, WHICH I THINK RIGHT NOW IS IN THE SAME POSITION THAT, THAT ACC AND OTHERS ARE IN.

UM, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE, UH, SPACE IF YOU WILL, OR A TIME FOR SIMULATION, UH, IN GENERAL AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE REQUIRE IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY GET OUR STAFF TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, WOULD BE CHALLENGING FOR US OUT OF THE GATE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE RESOURCES, BUT OVER TIME, UH, I DO BELIEVE WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS THAT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND YOU MADE A PROTOTYPE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE MANNEQUINS AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD IN THIS IS, UM, THE ABILITY FOR ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES TO USE IT.

I THINK THAT THAT IS A VALUE ADD.

I WENT OUT AND DID ONE OF THE SCENARIOS THROUGH THE ACTIVE ATTACK SHOOTER TRAINING, WHERE IT WAS MULTI-AGENCY RESPONSE THAT CAME OUT OF, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED HERE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ALLUDED TO EARLIER ON THE DAY S WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH SELENA, UM, THE SCOPE OF THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, IF WE WERE TO PERHAPS CUT THAT IN HALF, WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE REASONABLE, UM, GOALS AND HELP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY? AND MAYBE WE COULD SCALE IT UP NEXT YEAR? YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD SCALE THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE ONE-TIME COSTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIND OF COSTED OUT THAT ONE-TIME COSTS, WE WANTED TO BUILD IN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REDUNDANCIES, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE EQUIPMENT AND THE COOLERS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING ARE VERY SENSITIVE, THE ROUTER EXPENSIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT AND ALL GIVEN THE HEAT IN AUSTIN, THE NEED TO REALLY BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE HAD PUT IN SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS IN THERE THAT PERHAPS WE COULD DEFER, UM, ON THE RECURRING SIDE, I THINK WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO CUT IT IN HALF.

IF WE REALLY WANTED TO FLUSH IT OUT, WE COULD PROBABLY REDUCE IT SLIGHTLY, AND I COULD WORK THROUGH THAT WITH, WITH YOUR OFFICE.

UM, BUT OUR GOAL WOULD BE THAT IF WE REDUCED IT AND WE, WE, WE SLOWED THE ROLLOUT THAT WE TRIED TO GET IT ON AS MANY VEHICLES AS POSSIBLE, EVEN IF IT DIDN'T HAVE QUITE THE LEVEL OF BACKUP AND REDUNDANCY.

AND WE HAD TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.

W I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF YOU COULD WORK WITH MY OFFICE.

SO I COULD COME BACK TOMORROW, PERHAPS WITH AN AMENDED PROPOSAL IN CASE THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO GO, JUST TO OFFER IT TO MY COLLEAGUES.

THERE'S SO MUCH INCREDIBLE VALUE IN BEING ABLE TO ADMINISTER THAT WHOLE BLOOD IN THE FIELD.

UM, AND IT'S LIFE-SAVING, AND SO I WOULD HATE TO NOT HAVE THE PROGRAM, BUT WITH OUR LIMITED AVAILABILITY TO EXPEND FUNDS THIS YEAR, UH, MAYBE PHASING IT OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IS A BETTER APPROACH TO THAT.

IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND INVEST IN NOT JUST MANNEQUINS AROUND MEDICAL CARE, BUT ALSO, UM, HOW CAN WE WORK WITH OUR SWAT TEAM AND OTHERS TO SIMULATE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN, UH, IN CERTAIN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

AND IF I COULD JUST SPEAK TO THE OTHER POINT, YOU BROUGHT UP AROUND THE SIMULATION TRAINING AND WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES.

IT'S A, IT'S A POINT THAT I FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING THROUGH THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, UM, IT'S ALSO SUPPLEMENTED IN OUR PR YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS WITH SOME IMMERSION TRAINING AS WELL, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO NOT JUST THE MANNEQUIN, BUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'RE IN THROUGH AUDIO, VISUAL AIDS AND OTHERS.

AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN PROVEN SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE IN DOING INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING.

AND IT IS A GREAT APPROACH FOR US TO DO WHETHER IT'S THE RESCUE TASK FORCE TRAINING, WHICH IRONICALLY TIES BACK TO THAT WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM AS WELL, OR WORK WITH THE AFD TO BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE

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AND I WOULD ADD ALSO MANNEQUINS AND TECHNOLOGY HAS COME SUCH A FAR AWAY SINCE I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 2005 IN MY EMT CLASS.

SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THESE WOULD BE GREAT FOR ALL OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WITH US RIGHT NOW, ABOUT $7 MILLION OVER WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND YOUR OFFER TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER THERE'S A PHASING FOR THAT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AS WELL.

I THINK HE WAS A MAYOR PRO TEM WAS NEXT.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS MAYBE FOR THE AIRPORT OR FOR EMS. SO WE SEND AN ENTIRE AMBULANCE OVER TO THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW.

WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT, LIKE WHO PAYS FOR THAT TRIPS THEN? SO, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A COMPLICATED QUESTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE COSTS ARE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT RESPONSE.

UM, AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE DON'T, WE DO NOT RECOUP ALL OF OUR EXPENSES, EVEN IF WE TRANSPORT, UM, IF WE DON'T TRANSPORT, UM, THAN IT IS SIMPLY COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 65% OF OUR TRIPS TO THE AIRPORT.

SO MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT ASSESSING A FEE TO THE AIRLINES FOR THOSE SERVICES, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UM, HAVING THE SERVICES ONSITE AND PAID FOR.

SO AS YOU'RE DOING THIS PROCESS, UM, PERHAPS WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT INTO THE, TO THE DISCUSSION.

CAUSE WE'RE POOL.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IN THESE, UM, TRAINING, UM, TECHNIQUES AND THE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF, IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD DO A COST SHARE WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY? UM, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE WILLING TO LOOK INTO THAT.

I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT.

CAUSE I'M THINKING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES THAT WOULD USE THE EQUIPMENT.

AND SO WHAT MIGHT IT LOOK LIKE IF WE COULD PARTNER ON THE COST? THANK YOU.

SO SOMEBODY COULD ANSWER THAT LATER.

THANK YOU, MS. JAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR AVIATION WHILE WE HAVE AVIATION PEOPLE HERE? LET THEM GO.

AVIATION CAN GO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS WELL.

WHO'S NEXT ANIMAL SERVICES THAT WOULD SEXT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, KELLY? UM, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I TOOK THE FEEDBACK FROM MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS ITEM AND BECAUSE THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT, UM, IS NOW TIED INTO IT.

AND ALSO WE PUT IN A PLACE, UM, AT THE END OF 2023, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

UM, I WAS ABLE TO CUT THIS, THE COST OF THIS ITEM IN HALF.

SO THERE WAS SOME SAVINGS THERE IF Y'ALL, HAVEN'T SEEN THE UPDATED, UM, AMENDMENT.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT.

I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

HANG ON A SECOND.

WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER FOR THE ANIMAL? THIS WAS THE ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST.

KELLY? YES.

AND IS THE 71 8 8 2? THE CORRECT NUMBER NOW? YES, IT IS.

UH, KATHY, DID YOU HAVE COUNCILMEMBER TOPO? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, I DO.

AS WE'RE WORKING ON THAT MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANIMALS OR I'M SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANIMAL SERVICES OR I DON'T KNOW THAT THE QUESTION WAS FOR ANIMAL SERVICES SO MUCH.

I DID SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS INTO THE Q AND A, AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I JUST SENT THOSE ON LAST NIGHT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE LIKELY WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, WELL THAT YOU WON'T HAVE FULL RESPONSES TO ALL OF THOSE BEFORE WE CONCLUDE THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND SOME OF IT DOES RELATE TO THE BUDGET DIRECTION THAT I'M PREGNANT.

MY SPEED, BUT JUST ONE VERY QUICK QUESTION.

UM, YOU PROPOSED SOME ADDITIONAL FTES IN THIS BUDGET.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT YOU HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OR WHAT GAPS YOU HOPE TO CLOSE WITH THOSE SPECIFIC FTES? AND IN PARTICULAR, I WAS INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ADDITIONAL FTES WOULD ALLOW YOU TO REOPEN THE CENTER ON, ON SUNDAYS.

AS, AS I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM LOTS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE A REAL GOAL TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ANIMALS CENTER IS OPEN AGAIN.

ON, ON THAT SECOND WEEKEND DAY.

I THINK DIRECTOR DON BLAND IS ON THE LINE VIRTUALLY.

CAN YOU HEAR US DOCTOR DR.

BLAND? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU

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IT WAS ABOUT, UM, THIS POSITION AND SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT, BUT AFTER HEARING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UH, SAY THAT THE COST WAS CHANGED, THAT CHANGES THE NATURE OF MY QUESTION.

SO, NO, THANK YOU.

UH, I DO KNOW SOME ABOUT THE POSITION SINCE I PUT IT TOGETHER.

IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, AS FAR AS THE COLON INTENTION, I DON'T NECESSARILY IN AN OUTLAY IT OUT AND IT'S SUPER QUICK, CAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, UM, RELATED.

SO ULTIMATELY WE GET A LOT, A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT CONCERNS AT THE SHELTER.

UM, AND SO ULTIMATELY I WAS JUST TRYING TO OUT WHAT ADJACENT TO THIS ADDITIONAL POSITION COULD GET US TO A PLACE WHERE IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, UM, OUR SHELTERS HAS BECOME, UH, UNTENABLE.

UM, AND SO THAT, BUT IT IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT THOUGH.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD, THERE ARE SEVERAL COLLEAGUES ON THE STATUS THAT I'VE WORKED VERY HARD IN ORDER TO TRY AND GET THOSE CONCERNS ADDRESSED AND THEY MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO REACH OUT TO THANK YOU.

AND I MAY, I'LL SAY I DID SUBMIT A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT THE FTES IN THE Q AND A, AND SO MAYBE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IF, IF THE STAFF COULD JUST GET US AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, UM, AND THEN WE MAY NOT HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION HERE ON THE DIOCESE.

IF DIRECTOR BLAND IS NOT ABLE TO TALK SO WE CAN JUST MOVE ON IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND JUST HOPE TO GET THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC FTES THROUGH THE Q AND A KITCHEN.

YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.

UH, I'M SORRY, THAT, THAT PREMATURELY RAISED MY HAND.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IT MAY BE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IT MAY BE FOR APH.

I NEED TO ASK HER A QUESTION FIRST, BUT IT RELATES TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT.

SO WHEN YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO BACK TO THAT.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO NEED STAFF THAT CAN SPEAK TO THIS OR SERVICE CONTRACTS.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, DIRECT YOUR STIRRUP AGAIN POTENTIALLY, OR YES, I THINK WE WERE READY TO MOVE OVER TO THE DACC THAT NOW WILL THEN DACC FIRST.

AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? OH YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

WAIT, WE CAN'T SIT FOR SOME REASON IT'S NOT WORKING VISUALLY, BUT YOU CAN YOU HEAR US? UH, THE ANSWER, UH, DON BLAND ANIMAL SERVICES AND JASON GARCIA IS ALSO HERE, UH, DANCE LORD COUNCIL MEMBER.

HIS QUESTION, THE POSITIONS THAT WERE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET WOULD ALLOW US TO OPEN BACK UP ON SUNDAYS.

I THINK THAT WAS HER QUESTION.

IF AND YES, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, IF WE WERE RECEIVED AS POSITIONS, I'M A DIRECTOR BLAND.

THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

I THINK THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY AND I HOPE THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE ABLE TO COME ON QUICKLY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE REST OF THE INFORMATION THROUGH THE Q AND A, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD THIS PART THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT BEFORE WE FINISHED THE BUDGET, I THINK IT'S STILL REALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION AND AN INFORMED SCOTT OF WHAT WE DO NEXT.

WE ALSO DID THIS MORNING, SUBMIT ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED LAST NIGHT.

MY GOODNESS.

I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUR LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENT.

LET'S GO TO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DAK, UH, MAYOR, IF NO ONE ELSE DOES I DO GO AHEAD.

UM, TWO QUESTIONS, UM, MR. ABOUT, UM, MR. VALDEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR VALDEZ, THERE WERE A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF THINGS I HOPED YOU COULD ADDRESS.

ONE IS IF YOU COULD VERY QUICKLY EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE HOMELESS WELLNESS CENTER FUNDING, UM, WITH THE DAA PULLING BACK ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROGRAM.

I KNOW I AND OTHERS.

UM, I, WELL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER WE'D BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS REALLY NECESSARY RESOURCE TO OUR, OUR, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHO ARE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND HAVE REQUESTED AND ARE ON THE WAIT LIST FOR THOSE.

AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

AND THEN THE SECOND IS I DID HAND OUT, UH, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS ABOUT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

I DID HAND OUT AN AMENDED VERSION OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE LIVING WAGE ITEM AND ADDED THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, WHICH HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF.

AND SO I WONDERED IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IF, IF YOU COULD HELP US, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST HELP EXPLAIN WHY THE DOC SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT.

IF THE COUNCIL IS IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO, TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGES THROUGH OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, SOME MY COLLEAGUES MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT WAGES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE, ARE DOING THE HARD WORK OF, OF REALLY WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHO ARE STRUGGLING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE AT THOSE AGENCIES ARE NOT ALSO IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AS WELL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS TO MAKE THOSE, TO MAKE THAT WAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, BUT SO TWO QUESTIONS, HOMELESS WELLNESS CENTER, AND, UH, THE INCLUSION OF THE DOC ON THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT, LIVING WAGE ITEM.

IF YOU COULD ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND HELLO, UH, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, UM, TO THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE HOMELESS HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER OF, UH, PROGRAM.

OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DAA, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE OF HAD ONLY INTENDED TO PILOT THE PROGRAM AND SUPPORTED THROUGH THE PILOT YEARS AND THEN, UH, PHASE OUT THEIR PORTION OF THE FUNDING.

UM, AND SO THIS YEAR, UH, THEY DECREASED THEIR FUNDING FROM $260,000 TO $80,000 AND THEN INFORMED, UH, INTEGRAL CARE AND US THAT THEY WOULD BE, UM, THAT THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE LAST FEW THAT THEY WOULD BE FUNDING, UH, TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

UM, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, COULD I JUST, COULD I JUST ASK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE? SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, SO THEY CONTRIBUTED ONE YEAR OF FUNDING AND THEN THEY REDUCED IT PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND THEN THEIR INTENT IS NOT TO FUND IT AT ALL NEXT YEAR.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO I, YOU, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'D BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE HUMBLEST OF WELLNESS CENTER SERVICES AND I, AND YOU EXPLAINED TO MY STAFF THAT YOU ARE GOING TO REDIRECT SOME, SOME MONEY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE GONE TOWARD AN UPCOMING SOLICITATION TO HELP FUND THIS GAP THAT WE NOW HAVE.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? AND COULD YOU JUST PROVIDE A FEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

UH, AND WE DO HAVE AN ITEM COMING TO COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, I BELIEVE.

UH, AND ALL THAT.

I'LL ASK ROBERT KIM TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF THAT ITEM.

UM, ROBERT SURE.

ROBERT KINGDOM, I'M HERE WITH A DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT.

UH, WE WERE PLANNING TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION FOR SERVICES HERE AT THE COMMUNITY COURT TO SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING SERVED THROUGH OUR HOMELESS SERVICES UNIT.

UM, WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE DECREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE HOMELESS HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER WITH THE DAA, UM, WE DECIDED THIS WHOLE, UH, UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING SERVED, UH, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD NO LONGER BE RECEIVING THAT SERVICE IF THE FUNDING, UH, WENT AWAY.

AND SO WE, UH, DECIDED TO REDIRECT FUNDING FROM THIS SOLICITATION, UM, TO DIRECTLY FUND, UM, TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FUNDING FROM, UH, THE LOSS OF THE DAA FUNDING, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE SOME ONGOING FUNDING, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME SUSTAINABILITY FOR THAT PROGRAM, BOTH FOR THE CLIENTS BEING SERVED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND THE STAFF WHO WERE WORKING, UH, UH, ARE EMPLOYED BY INTEGRAL CARE, SUPPORTING THAT WORK, UH, TO CREATE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, THERE.

AND SO WE ARE LIKE PETE MENTIONED BRINGING AN RCA TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR, UH, $1.3 MILLION SPECIFIC FOR THIS PROGRAM.

UH, AGAIN, THAT WAS REDIRECTED FROM A SOLICITATION THAT WAS INTENDED FOR SUPPORT SERVICES AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR BRIDGE SHELTER OPERATION FOR THE CLIENTS HERE SERVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY COURT.

UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING AN INEQUITY, UH, IF WE DON'T INCREASE OURS AS WELL.

I WISH WE COULD DO BOTH.

UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDEAL, BUT I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THE CHOICE THAT YOU MADE AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO, TO CONTINUE THAT HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

SO I, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, ABILITY TO PIVOT ON THAT AND, AND HOPE THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MEET, TO MEET BOTH OF THOSE IMPORTANT, THE NEEDS FOR BOTH OF THOSE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. ANYTHING ELSE FOR DOWN HERE? I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, GO OUT THERE.

UH, TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SOUL, THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE, UH, TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ARE ALSO PROVIDERS FOR US.

SO IF YOU ONLY INCREASE OF THOSE CONTRACTS,

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AND THEN I THINK MY LAST QUESTION IS REALLY MAYOR, IF IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY.

WHY DON'T YOU HOLD UP, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO YOUR CUSTOMER KITCHEN AND IT COMES FROM, UH, MY, MY QUESTION RELATED TO THE, UM, THE COST OF LIVING FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, SOME OF THAT'S FOR, FOR MR. VALDEZ.

AND SOME OF IT IS FOR MR. UP.

I MEAN, PART OF MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMING AND I WASN'T QUITE UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO YOUR AMENDMENT SAID WHEN I ORIGINALLY READ THEM, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUGGESTING THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR FUTURE CONTRACTS, BUT IT APPEARS FROM THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT AWAY.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? SO IN THE STAFF, SO THIS WAS, UM, A RESPONSE TO A BUDGET RIDER.

I BROUGHT LAST YEAR, AGAIN, JUST TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE I, I RAISED EARLIER, WHICH IS THAT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUR CITY'S LIVING WAGE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.

AND I THINK WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT.

UM, THE STAFF CAME BACK IN THE MEMO AND GAVE US A COUPLE OPTIONS FOR HOW TO ADDRESS IT.

I THINK PROBABLY OUR APH WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THOSE TWO OPTIONS, BUT ONE, ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO ADDRESS IT IN FUTURE CONTRACTS TO ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE, ARE, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, RESPONDING TO FUTURE RFPS TO, TO KIND OF REVISE THEIR, UM, REVISE THEIR PROPOSALS BASED ON INCLUDING A LIVING WAGE.

THE SECOND WOULD BE TO GIVE ALL OF OUR EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, UH, ADDITIONAL MONEY TO ALLOW THEM TO ADJUST IT NOW.

SO THAT'S, SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER, AND I REALLY JUST NEEDED TO HEAR THE WILL OF THE DIETS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT FUNDING WE HAD AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY HIGH, IT'S A PRETTY HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT OF, UH, $900,000.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY INVESTMENT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS WE HAVE BEFORE US TO ADDRESS IT IN THE FUTURE OR TO ADDRESS IT.

NOW, I W I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE COST OF ADDRESSING IT IN THE FUTURE FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT.

UM, SO WE'LL GET TO THE DIRECT DISTURBANCE QUESTION BEFORE WE DO, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LEFT ON DECK? WELL, FOR, FOR DAK, WOULD THE TIMING OF THE 135 THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT WOULD, IF THAT WAS FOR YOUR FUTURE CONTRACTS, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMING FOR THAT? THANK YOU, ROBERT KINGDOM BEGIN.

SO OUR, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE A, UM, UM, A TIMELINE TO RE SOLICIT OUR CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER.

NONE OF THEM ARE COMING TO A, THE END OF THEIR CONTRACTUAL LIFE CYCLE, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO OR UP TO THREE YEARS.

AND SO THERE, THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED HERE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY COURT, UM, TO, TO, TO KIND OF RESET AND, UH, RE-ESTABLISH THEIR BUDGET.

AND SO THE FUNDING THAT IS IN THOSE CONTRACTS AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, DEPENDING ON THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE FLAT FUNDING, UM, TO SEE THEM THROUGH THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS UNTIL, UM, IT'S CLOSER TO THE END AND WE DO A SOLICITATION.

THEN ANSWERS.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR DAK COWS OR POOL? SO THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURAL TO BRING US BACK TO OUR TIMING.

IT'S SIX O'CLOCK NOW I THINK, AND YEAH, IT'S A 5 53.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A DINNER AND WE HAVE WHAT, FOUR, THREE OR FOUR MORE DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S TWO MORE GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET US THROUGH THOSE LAST TWO, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE HOW LONG THEY WOULD BE, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY STOP IF THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE COUNSELOR, OR WE COULD TRY TO PUSH THROUGH, WHICH I THINK IS THE STAFF'S DESIRE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD PUSH THROUGH REALLY, REALLY PUSHED THROUGH.

WHILE ALL OF THE STAFF NOT INVOLVED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION GETS TO GO HOME AND THEN WE'LL TAKE AS LONG AS IT NEEDS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

CAN WE PUSH THROUGH ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, WELL, WE HAVE TO BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO MY RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO I THINK WE TRY TO PUSH THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AUSTIN CODE, WE IDENTIFY ANY STRAY QUESTIONS, OTHER DEPARTMENTS WE NEED TO COME BACK.

I THINK WE DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT AS FAR AS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TONIGHT.

SO TOMORROW WE WOULD START BACK.

PEOPLE CAN PLAY WITH THEIR SPREADSHEETS.

AND TOMORROW WE COME BACK WITH, UH, WITH THE LIVING QUESTION.

UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? AND WE WOULD DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

THEY SEEM RELATIVELY SMALL TO ME, AND MAYBE WE CAN PUSH THROUGH AND THEN BREAK FOR THE NIGHT.

AND THEN EVERYBODY COULD GRAB THE DINNER.

WELL, PUSH THROUGH, BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH DINNER, RIGHT.

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AND DO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND, WE CAN'T DO THE BOND STUFF OR THE HFC OR MUELLER UNTIL WE'VE DONE THE OTHER THINGS.

SO THOSE WILL BE PUSHED BACK PROBABLY THE LAST THING THAT WE DO.

SO LET'S CONTINUE TO PUSH, I JUST REQUEST, UM, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION CONVERSATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF, IF WE'RE HITTING THAT BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN, I'M UNFORTUNATELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT SO THAT YOU CAN BE PART OF IT.

SO IT'S JUST, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

LET'S KEEP PUSHING WHERE WE ARE NOW AND SEE HOW QUICKLY WE GET THROUGH THESE NEXT THREE.

IT MAY BE THAT WE, WE GRAB OUR DINNER AND STARTED.

YOU SHOULD PLAN ON EXECUTIVE SESSION STARTING AT SEVEN IN CASE YOU NEED TO JUMP OFF.

UM, AND I DO HAVE SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS.

I'M PROBABLY GOING TO MISS THAT PARSE PORTION, BUT THEY RELATE TO, THEY RELATE TO THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, UM, AND WHETHER AND WHETHER AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CAN BE TRANSFERRED OVER THERE TO, TO, UM, FOR THEM TO DO THEIR, THEIR WORK AND ALSO TO DO THE TIP, FULFILL THE SCOPE THAT WE HAD OUTLINED.

SO I'M PROBABLY GONNA MISS THAT PORTION, BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND, AND YOU ARE, UM, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT, WOULD HAVE ASKED.

AND IF WE DON'T, WE CAN RAISE THOSE IN THE MORNING AS WELL.

GOT TO REMEMBER KITCHEN.

I DON'T NEED DIRECTOR STIRRUP TO COME BACK.

I'LL ASK HER OFFLINE MY QUESTION, WHICH IS TO JUST HAD TO DO WITH THE TIMING FOR THOSE.

I MEAN, THAT'S A KIND OF A, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, I THINK, FOR US TO PAY PROVIDERS SO THAT THEY CAN PAY A LIVING WAGE.

IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK WITH THE COUNSELOR, GAVE US TWO OPTIONS.

ONE WAS TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH HAD ZERO COST IMPACT.

ONE WAS TO INTERCEDE IN THESE CONTRACTS.

THAT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND I WASN'T SURE IF THAT MILLION DOLLARS WAS ASSUMING THE LIVING WAGE WAS 18 OR IT WAS ASSUMING IT WAS 20 OR WHETHER THAT MADE ANY DIFFERENCE.

THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INSIGHT OTHER THAN IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOUGH BUDGET CHOICE TO BE MADE YES.

AND I THINK, UH, UM, LET'S ASK THAT QUESTION TODAY.

THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS WE WANT TO POSTPONE THE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER 1ST AND THE, UH, LICENSE, THE LICENSE PLATE READER TILL THE SEPTEMBER 1ST.

BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE LOGISTICS, UH, HOW DO WE HANDLE FEES WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION? IN THE MEANTIME, AND THE QUESTION I HAD ASKED EARLIER WAS CAN WE JUST PUT A BLANK IN THOSE APPROVED THE BUDGET, AND THEN SEPTEMBER 1ST COME BACK AND APPROVE, UH, BOTH PROGRAMS. IF WE WERE CONSIDERED BOTH PROGRAMS FOR APPROVAL AND SET THE FEES AT THAT TIME, DOES THAT WORK? IS THERE ANY PREJUDICE TO THE CITY OR TO ANYBODY? IF WE DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPOSAL.

SO ARE YOU PROPOSING TO ESSENTIALLY ZERO OUT ALL THE EXISTING, WE HAVE EXISTING PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES, AND I KNOW THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THEM.

I THINK WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS WE'D BE SAYING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADOPT THAT FEE AT ALL AT ALL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT IT ON SEPTEMBER.

SO IT'S STILL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S STILL GONNA BE PART OF THE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I GUESS WE COULDN'T, THERE'D BE NO FEE WILL BE FOR TWO WEEKS.

SO I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD KEEP THE EXISTING FEE, UH, AS THE EXISTING FEE IS.

AND THEN WE WOULD MEET HER UP, HAVE TO PREFERS.

WE WOULD NOT BE ADDING THE COMMERCIAL, UH, ELEMENT AT THIS POINT, WE CAN QUICKLY AND EASILY MAKE THAT, UH, UH, AMENDMENT TO NOT INCREASE THE, THE PLD FEES OR ARE THEY ALREADY IN THERE AT THE ASSISTING LEVELS WE CAN VERIFY, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

JUST LEAVE THEM AT THE FY 22 LEVELS.

THEN YOU CAN DECIDE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT THEM, OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? OKAY.

THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE AGREED.

THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE AGREED TO.

SO, OKAY.

WE WILL, WE WILL.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WERE NOT MAKING A DECISION.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FEE AND THE PLACEHOLDER, BUT WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED WHAT THAT FEE WOULD BE.

AND SO, I MEAN, I'M FINE.

IF WE MAKE NO AGREEMENT, THEN IT'S THAT FEE, BUT THAT SORT OF CHANGES THE DYNAMIC AND IS NOT WHAT WE AGREED.

LET'S, LET'S DO THIS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DON'T, WE CAN, WE CAN POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMERCIAL, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION ELEMENT.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, BOTH THE COMMERCIAL ELEMENT, AS WELL

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AS RESIDENTIAL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA SO THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS ON THE FIRST THAT WILL ENABLE US TO TALK ABOUT THE FEET WHEN IT ACCRUES, WHEN IT'S PAID.

UM, WHETHER THERE'S WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO CONSIDER FURTHER, THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE DONE ON THE FIRST, THE ONLY THING WE'RE GOING TO DO AS PART OF OUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS NOW IS TO SET THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WILL BE IN PLACE PROBABLY UNTIL WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

IS THAT RIGHT? NO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T START UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE, IF WE SET IT UP SEPTEMBER 1ST FOR OCTOBER 1ST, WE'RE FINE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE POSTPONING MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IT WITH THAT, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND THE EMAIL IS THAT WE ARE POSTPONING THE DECISION ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL FEES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST AND THE COMMERCIAL FEE TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL SET A FEE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, IT WOULD BE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH IS SOMETHING I SUPPORT.

UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO THEN TALK ABOUT WHEN IT ACCRUED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS TODAY.

THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO DO AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS IS SAD, A RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND FEE.

AND WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE FEE PART OF THE SCHEDULE.

AND WE CAN DECIDE AT THAT POINT, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER TO PUT IN AT THAT POINT PENDING THE, THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST? AND IF I COULD JUST SAY, I MEAN, I THINK THAT AS A, AS A DIOCESE, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, ADDRESS BOTH AFFORDABILITY AND PARKS ACCESS.

UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH.

I WILL REQUIRE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND, AND SOME ABILITY TO PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT, UM, NEXT STEPS.

BUT THE BASIC IDEA IS WE WOULD ADOPT THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE WITH VERY FEW TWEAKS.

UM, AND THEN WE WOULD ADOPT, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL FEE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ZERO AND 25% INCREASE.

AND WE WOULD THINK ABOUT AN APPROPRIATE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, UM, FOR MOVING FORWARD, UM, AS WE GO.

BUT THERE'S SOME DETAILS SINCE WE JUST GOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE NINTH AND SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT IF WE TAKE THAT EXTRA TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO A PLACE THAT IS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH PARKS AND FOR HOUSING.

UM, BUT WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

AND WITH THE CRAZINESS OF THE BUDGET, IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN DO THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, BUT THERE WILL BE A PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE ADOPTED IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR OCTOBER 1ST.

AND THAT'S SORT OF THE RANGE THAT I'M THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE, OBVIOUSLY WE COULD GO HIGHER IF THAT'S WHERE THE DIAS WANTED TO GO, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I'M THINKING, RIGHT? AND IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED TO ME THAT WE MAY WANT TO ADOPT A PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE AS PART OF OUR PROCESS HERE AS KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER, SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ADOPTING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADOPT SOMETHING HERE AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE FEE PART, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, AS YOU POINT OUT ON THE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT OFF TO THE FIRST, UM, WHEN WE HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WEEKEND, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

SO FOR THAT PURPOSE, THEN ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN WAITING FOR US FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, ANTICIPATING CONSIDERATION OF THE LICENSE PLATE ISSUE OR THE PARKLAND DEDICATION COULD GO.

AND I THINK WE CAN ACT AS A BODY TO POSTPONE THOSE TWO ITEMS TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, BUT IN FRONT OF US.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF NOT APPROVING THE RESOLUTION OR CONSIDERING THAT RESOLUTION FOR THE LICENSE PLATE READERS DURING THE BUDGET ADOPTION AND PUSHING IT TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO IF PERHAPS ED COULD MAYBE SPEAK TO THAT, MR. VANNEY, UM, WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS BE LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE PAYING ATTENTION WATCHING AT HOME FOR THE COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE FUNDING AFTER THE BUDGET'S BEEN ADOPTED THIS WAS, WE JUST NEED COUNCIL DIRECTION, UH, TO REINSTATE THE LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS, HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY CAN, UM, COVER THE $114,000 COST IN THEIR EXISTING BUDGET ALLOCATION, BUT, UM, IN THE PRIOR BUDGET CYCLE, THIS BODY DIRECTED FOR THAT CONTRACT TO BE ENDED AND IT HAS BEEN ENDED.

AND SO UNTIL THIS BODY TELLS US WE CAN REINSTATE THE CONTRACT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T DO THAT.

SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS IF WE NEED AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, ALLOWING FOR THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TOTALLY FINE, IS THE SHORT ANSWER WE JUST NEED TO DO.

MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER IN 30 SECONDS THAT MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER 12 TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST

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THOSE OPPOSED TO THE POSTPONEMENT.

I HEAR NONE OFF THE DIOCESE IS, UM, UM, OKAY.

THERE'S ALSO, I SEE, I SEE YOU TOO.

UH, SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WENT, THIS IS OFF THE, UH, DAY EVERYBODY ELSE'S HERE.

SO ON A 10 0 1 VOTE, THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE POSTPONED.

UM, NARROW, DO YOU WANT TO JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE AMENDMENT THAT I WAS BRINGING FORWARD IS TO PROVIDE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE, BUT NOT TO GET, NOT TO GET THOSE EMPLOYEES UP TO A LIVING WAGE.

UH, LET'S CONTINUE ON.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PUSH THROUGH HERE.

UM, WE'VE DOWNED DONE DAK.

SO NOW WORDS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT POISED AND READY.

SO THANK YOU.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT? KATHY? ARE YOU WITH US? DO YOU WANT TO START US OFF? COULD IT BE MAYBE WE ALSO KNEW WE WERE GOING TO LOSE KATHY FROM SIX TO SEVEN.

CAN EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT TALKING THEMSELVES.

DO YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MUTE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT MUTED? SO NOVIA WE'RE GETTING A ECHO OR FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR, OKAY.

I ALWAYS HAD GOT IT.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I AM GOING TO HAVE SOME, BUT I'M AFRAID I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET OFF AND I'LL JUST HAVE TO ASK THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF MY AMENDMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE DAY IT'S I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S A REAL DESIRE AMONG SOME PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL TO FUND THE ECONOMIC, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH SOME ADMINISTRATIVE MONEY THIS YEAR.

AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO BEST DO THAT.

THERE'S ALSO A, UH, A DESIRE AMONG SOME ON THE, ON THE DIAS TO MOVE.

UH, A PROGRAM IS RIGHT NOW IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT WOULD NOT BE FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING, THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, THE WHOLE PROGRAM, WE JUST MOVE OVER, UH, WHICH HAS BOTH PROGRAMMATIC MONEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGES.

IT WOULD JUST MOVE.

I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE TWO ISSUES OF THE THINGS PROBABLY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO WAS TALKING ABOUT IN OUR KITCHEN WHEN ASKED A QUESTION.

SO SURE.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, AND I THINK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION, I THINK MAYOR PRO D PER TIM DID, AND PERHAPS OTHERS, BUT THE WORDING OF THE, UM, UH, THE WORDING OF THE AMENDMENT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOVO BROUGHT FORWARD.

AND I WORKED ON WITH HER IS ABOUT TRANSFERRING THE SISEP PROGRAM TO THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UM, THE INTENT THERE WAS NOT TO TAKE DOLLARS AWAY FROM THAT PROGRAM OR CHANGE HOW THAT PROGRAM IS RUN, BUT RATHER JUST TO, TO, UM, TRANSFER IT TO AEDC.

AND SO THAT MONEY WOULD INCLUDE BOTH PROGRAMMATIC MONEY AND THE CURRENT MONEY THAT'S INCLUDED, UM, FOR SOME ADMINISTRATION OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.

I THINK.

I SEE, UM, MR. COLLAGEN IN THE, UM, WHO IS HERE WITH AEDC.

AND SO IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, HE COULD COME DOWN, BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO TRANSFER THAT PROGRAM.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, IN LINE WITH, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE IN THE PAST, UH, IN TERMS OF TRANSFERRING THE OTHER CULTURAL TRUST AND OTHER CULTURAL, UM, TYPES OF PROGRAMS TO THE ADC.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT'S ABOUT.

UH, BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS, UH, TO OPERATE AEDC.

AND SO, UM, MAYOR, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, PERHAPS WE COULD ASK MR. COLLAGEN TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT THAT THE LAST, BOTH, UH, UH, ADC AND EDD, IF THEY WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, UM, UH, AMENDMENT OR RIDER, I THINK ONE OF

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SO THERE'LL BE A WHOLE WRAP.

ALL WE DO SEE THAT THE C-SAT PROGRAM IS A BRIDGE PROGRAM BETWEEN, UH, CULTURAL CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WANTING TO BE PART OF THE CULTURAL TRUST, BUT OUR CONCERN WOULD BE FOR THE AEDC TO HIRE STAFF AND GET UP TO SPEED.

WE'RE ALREADY PREPARED DOING A SOLICITATION, HAVE THE GUIDELINES.

AND SO MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IN FUTURE YEARS TO THE PROGRAM, BUT WE ARE POISONED READY TO GO.

UM, FOR C-SAT CAN I ASK A QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. , UM, MS. HOLT, RAB.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS OUTSOURCED.

SO YOU'RE HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CONTRACTED WITH AN, WITH AN ENTITY THAT'S GOING TO MANAGE THOSE SOLICITATIONS THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE, UM, UH, SOLICITING WITH ENTITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH US DURING OUR COVID RELIEF PROGRAMS WHO ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING WITH US AROUND LEASES, UM, ET CETERA.

SO IT'S NOT A NEW VENDORS, BUT WE'RE SOLICITING VENDORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCED AND THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THIS AREA.

WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO ISSUE THE, UH, I THINK BY SOLICITATION, YOU PROBABLY MEAN RFP.

WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO ISSUE THAT? UM, WE HOPE TO BE BACK BY, I BELIEVE BEFORE, UM, SEPTEMBER EARLY OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER.

UH, I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SCHEDULE THE RCA SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW FOR OCTOBER 27TH.

SO W BUT WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO, HAVE YOU ISSUED THE RFP YET? YES.

SO YOU HAVE ISSUED IT.

WHEN IS IT DUE? WE BRING THE RCA BACK TO COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 27.

RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE TENTATIVE DATE.

YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT, WASN'T MY QUESTION THOUGH.

MY QUESTION IS, SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE ISSUED AN RFP TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO A VENDOR, TO, TO, TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM.

IF, IF I HEARD YOU, RIGHT.

I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

SO I'M ASKING WHEN THAT RFP CLOSES IT'S BEEN ISSUED, BUT I WANT IT TO, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT CLOSES IT'S CLOSED ALREADY.

SO, SO SORRY ABOUT THE FEEDBACK.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT'S OKAY.

I CAN HEAR YOU.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY ISSUED AS, SO YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS, SO IT'S CLOSED.

SO YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF SELECTING A VENDOR.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO FINALISTS AT THIS POINT, AND WHAT'S THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR THAT VENDOR.

IT, WE ARE BUDGETING AROUND $200,000 THAT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED.

UM, AND THEN THE PROGRAM ITSELF, THE PROGRAMMATIC DOLLARS, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT THERE, THE PROGRAMMATIC DOLLARS, A $1.5 MILLION.

AND THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ADMINISTERED THIS PROGRAM, IT HAS BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED THE LAST YEAR WE HAD 3.7 MILLION IN REQUESTS AND ONLY A MILLION AVAILABLE.

SO WE ANTICIPATE AGAIN THAT IT WILL BE OVERSUBSCRIBED.

BUT, UM, SO 1.5 MILLION IS WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GIVE OUT AWARDS.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THEN THE 200,000 THAT'LL PAY THE VENDOR VENDOR.

WHERE'S THAT THOSE DOLLARS COMING FROM THAT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN OUR ECONOMIC INCENTIVE RESERVE FUND.

THEN I WOULD JUST, UM, ASK IF, UM, IF AEDC WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ON THE SISEP PROGRAM, OR, BUT ALSO WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU COULD HELP TALK WITH US ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS FOR THE AEDC.

A SERIES OF ATTACHMENTS TO THAT MEMO.

I THINK MARIN COUNCIL, DAVID COLLAGEN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, EARLIER, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK, WE ISSUED A MEMO IT'S MARIN COUNCIL WITH SEVERAL BACKUP ITEMS, INCLUDING A RESOLUTION FROM OUR BOARD, UH, WHICH DEMONSTRATED THE REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE, THE INABILITY TO REALIZE A REALLY AMBITIOUS BUDGET THAT WAS OUTLINED WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AT THE TIME THAT WE CREATED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE INCLUDED A COPY OF THAT INITIAL BUDGET WITHIN, UM,

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SO IF YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU, UH, YOU CAN ACCESS THAT INFORMATION THERE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CAPTURE A SERIES OF DOLLARS FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR FROM SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD INITIALLY OUTLINED IN THE SCOPE OR THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH MARIN COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT WE CREATED THE ENTITY, UH, KEY PROJECT THERE BEING SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MADE INVESTMENTS TO DATE, UH, IN SOME OF THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS, WE AREN'T YET REALIZING SOME OF THOSE REVENUES.

AND SO WHAT WE TRIED OUR BEST TO DO IS CAPTURE WHAT THAT BUSINESS MODEL LOOKS LIKE IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL BACK IN 2020, UH, AND HOW IT IS.

WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE SOME OF THOSE REVENUES, BUT WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THE INVESTMENTS TO DATE, SETTING UP THE CULTURAL TRUST, BEING ONE OF THOSE MAJOR COST DRIVERS.

UH, AND WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE OUR INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE CULTURAL TRUST, ESPECIALLY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE MORE OF THOSE REVENUES AND HAVE A SELF-SUSTAINING ORGANIZATION IN THE FUTURE.

UM, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAN? I THINK THOSE WERE THOSE QUESTIONS ON THAT.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ON THE ADC? UH, I HAVE ONE, ONE QUICK QUALITY QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR HALT REP, IF I COULD ASK YOU, UM, SO I THINK YOU SAID THAT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO, UH, TRANSFER CSF IN THE FUTURE.

DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT? CORRECT.

SO THESE, THIS PROGRAM YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGHT NOW, IS IT A ONE-YEAR AWARD THAT'S MADE FOR THE TELLER IN THE MIDDLE OF FELICITY AND RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE A ONE-YEAR AWARD.

SO WHILE WE HAVE ADC HERE AND YOU CAN LEAVE, UH, BUT I HAVE AN ADC QUESTION, UH, AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND FUNDING FOR THAT, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES TO FIND IT THERE'S, UM, ONE OPTION I THINK, TO CONSIDER, WHICH IS, UH, UH, TO, UM, MAKE USE OF THE TERS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROPERTIES OR PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE HANDLED.

SO I HAD, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON THAT, JUST BY WAY OF BEGINNING KIND OF EDUCATION ON THAT TOPIC.

UH, IF WE'RE TO, TO A TERS, UM, IN THE CITY, THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED WITH THE TERS, UH, THAT CAN BE SPENT FOR CAPITAL AND PROJECTS OR FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT FOR.

UM, IF, IF IT COMES OUT OF THE TERRORS, IT'S NOT MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL, ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE GETTING REVENUE AT THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE LEGISLATURE ALLOWS IF WE TAKE REVENUE OUT OF THE TERRORS THAT DOESN'T, UH, DIMINISH THE GENERAL FUND, UH, DOLLARS.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I THINK SOMEWHAT DEPENDS UPON WHEN YOU, UM, SET YOUR RECAPTURE RATE IN, IN GENERAL, THE SHORT ANSWER AGAIN IS, IS, IS YOU'RE CORRECT.

THEN THERE'S JUST NUANCES HAVING TO DO WITH, AND I'LL GET TO THOSE IN JUST A SECOND, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TIMING, BUT JUST AS A GENERAL RULE, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MONEY THAT COMES FROM MATURES IS AS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT DOES, IF IT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THAT AND INDEPENDENT OF THAT, YOU STILL DRIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TERS DOLLARS, BUT POTENTIALLY THE, THE, THE, THE TAX RATE COULD BE HIGHER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, THAT'S CORRECT.

THE ONLY NUANCE I WOULD PUT ON THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO KINDS OF VALUE GROWTH.

THERE'S JUST VALUE IN THE EXISTING TAX BASE.

WE HAVE A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR TAX BASE FOR SOME TOURS AREA, AND IT GOES UP 10% TO 110 MILLION ON THE SAME PROPERTIES ON A PERCENT CORRECT.

THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND THERE.

UM, NEW CONSTRUCTIONS, DIFFERENT NEW CONSTRUCTIONS OVER AND ABOVE THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT.

SO TO THE EXTENT WE DO OUR JOB AND HAVE A RIGOROUS, BUT FOR ANALYSIS AND THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD NOT COME, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, THERE'S NO HARM TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAVE COME RE YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN, THEN IT WAS KIND OF A DIVERSION.

SO WE'LL ASSUME FOR THE PURPOSE OF QUESTION THAT WE DO, WE DO THAT, BUT FOR THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.

SO, BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DRAW THE MONEY FROM THE TERRORS AND NOT HAVE IT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND, YOU HAVE TO DO IT EARLY ENOUGH PRIOR TO THE BUDGET SEASON, UH, IN ORDER TO SET THE TAX RATES AS YOU'RE COMING INTO IT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT.

SO WE COULDN'T DO THAT THIS YEAR.

UH, BUT IF WE, OR THE COUNCIL DOES AND SETS A TERS, UM, SOMETIME AFTER BUDGET, BUT WELL, BEFORE BUDGET NEXT YEAR, THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

IS THAT RIGHT?

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SO, SO ONE POTENTIAL OPTION WOULD BE, AND, UM, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO COME UP WITH A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT EXPENSES FOR ADC, BUT ONE WAY TO GET SOME ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS MIGHT BE TO, UM, UH, TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF RESERVES, PUT IT INTO THE ADC WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE WOULD THEN DO SOME MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TERRORS, UM, UH, THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY PAYBACK THAT RESERVE DOLLARS.

AND THEN IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO CONTINUE ON FINANCING THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE A WAY IF WE TOOK MONEY OUT OF RESERVES TO KNOW THAT WE COULD PAY THE RESERVES BACK SO LONG AS WE SET THE NUMBERS CONSISTENT WITH OUR, OUR POLICIES.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PAYING BACK.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME LEGAL ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THAT BUDGETARILY.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

BUT GENERALLY, AND WE COULD TALK, I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE QUESTION I THINK THAT THAT WAS RAISED AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IS, UM, IF MONEY COMES FROM ONE PROJECT IN ADC, IS THAT OKAY? AND THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, WHICH WE CAN DEAL WITH LATER.

UM, SO I JUST POINT THAT OUT TO, TO COUNCIL.

WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IF THERE'S NOT MONEY, WE CAN FIND, UH, OTHERWISE, UM, THE, THE IMPACT TO THE TAX RATE, I THINK IS 0.006.

SO IT'S A, A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULDN'T REALLY SEE IT.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THOSE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT TERS AS PART OF ASKED STAFF TO REALLY DIG INTO THAT FOR US, WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW SCHEDULED FOR OUR WORK SESSION ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST, I THINK JUST WHAT AUGUST 29TH, JUST ONE OTHER CONSIDERATION ON THE FUNDING MODEL FOR THE AEDC IS THE TOURS IS ONE SOURCE, BUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TOURS IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON.

SO EVEN IF THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE TOURS TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE EXPENSE IF THEY WERE SPENDING ALL OF THEIR TIME WORKING ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TERMS, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THEY'RE WORKING ON CULTURAL ARTS, THE CULTURAL TRUST AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED TO FIND SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CORPORATION.

AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP THAT THE REVENUE'S COMING IN ON.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THE QUESTION WE WERE SAYING WE WERE GOING TO, UH, EXPLORE AND THEN LET, UH, UH, UM, UM, OUR MANAGER, UH, EXPLAIN TO US FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THE PERCENTAGE OF FEES MAY OR MAY NOT RELATE TO THE WORK IS BEING DONE.

AND OVER TIME FEES ARE GOING TO COME IN, NOT NECESSARILY IN EXACTLY THAT PROPORTION.

UM, SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE, UH, LEGAL REQUIREMENT, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AT A DIFFERENT, IN DIFFERENT SETTING.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EDD WHILE WE HAVE A EDD HERE OR A D C.

SO WE'LL LET YOU GUYS GO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.

THAT GETS US THEN, UM, ONE LEFT BEFORE WE HAVE KIND OF THE GENERAL QUESTION, UH, AUSTIN CODE.

WE MAY HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN TOMORROW.

I THINK THIS IS A, UH, IN PART COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO IS PROPOSING THAT WE DON'T, UH, FUND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CODE CODE POSITIONS.

DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THERE? YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TOO? UH, YES.

MAYOR NOT.

WHAT I, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO NARROW AND LEARN IS, UH, THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHAT IS THERE GOING TO BE THERE? WHAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND WHY DO WE, WE NEED THOSE EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.

UH, ON THE TIME THAT ACTUALLY WORK, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT.

UH, SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION CUSTOMER.

UH, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE ASKING FOR ABOUT 13 POSITIONS THIS YEAR.

UM, MOST OF THOSE ARE IN THE SUPPORT SERVICES, NOT IN THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE.

UH, MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE THERE TO, UH, TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE WORK THAT INSPECTORS ARE DOING.

NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE TIME MORE EFFECTIVELY, UH, TRYING TO GET THE TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY USE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO, UH, PREPARE CASES FOR THE, FOR THE LEGAL ESCALATION, WHICH IS VERY COMPLICATED.

AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE TIME FROM THE INSPECTOR.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OTHER WORK, AS WELL AS, UH, OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE, UH, CBQ, UH, 93 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO WE PROVIDED A WHOLE LIST OF THE, OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SPECIFIC DUTIES THAT THEY HAVE AND THE TIMING,

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UH, BUT THOSE ARE, UH, UH, SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS YEAR, UH, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AS TO HAVE, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND CAN YOU ALSO, UH, I SEE THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THROUGH WITHOUT THE REVENUE THAT YOU GENERATE THROUGH THE, UH, IS THE REVENUE COMING FROM, UH, THE PINES THAT YOU'RE ISSUING OUT TO YOUR, FOR THE STR VIOLATION OR, OR THE CODE VIOLATION, HOW HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT PHONE LISTS IN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, NAH, ABOUT, ABOUT MY FINANCE MANAGER HERE.

AND WHAT ARE THE 9% OF THE FARMING IS FUNDED TO THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A 15 CENT INCREASE IN THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING THROUGH, UH, LICENSING AND REGISTRATION.

AND WE ALSO GO GET THE PENALTIES AND COLLECTIONS FROM, UH, BSE CASES AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.

SO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER FUNDING, THE MAIN SOURCE IS THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE.

MAYOR, UH, I'M GOING TO LET SKIP SEVEN MORE NAILS HAS ANY QUESTIONS I'LL LET THEM, I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I'VE HEARD ANSWERED, AND YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS ALREADY, JUST WANTING TO RAISE IT AGAIN.

IT TELL ME IF I'M, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE HAVING, IF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF IT IS TYING UP YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOUR CODE INSPECTORS OUT THERE AND, AND YOU NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP.

WELL, THAT ALSO, UH, WHAT ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY GOING TO BE? AND, AND WHAT'S THE GOAL, THE END GOAL THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE YOUR OPERATION? WELL, THE, THE ANGLE HERE IS ACTUALLY, UH, PROVIDE MANY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAVE GAPS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, ON THOSE 13 POSITIONS.

UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MANY CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL.

UH, ONE OF THEM BEING THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UH, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, BUT THE CODEPENDENT IS MORE THAN JUST SDRS.

WE HAVE ALL THE PROGRAMS, UH, MOSTLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM AND WE ALSO DO LICENSING FOR HOTELS AND MOTELS, UH, THESE POSITIONS WOULD ACTUALLY ADD THAT ELEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION THAT WE HA WE HAVE BEEN MISSING.

AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL THE GAPS WITH TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT COME AND GO ON THE NO SUSTAINABLE MANY TIMES.

UH, THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR THESE, UH, POSITIONS WE'VE BEEN LAGGING FOR THE LONG TIME, UH, BY ADDING ENFORCEMENT STAFF, WITHOUT ADDING THE SUPPORT STAFF.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE CALL DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL DEPARTMENT, WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, UH, PRODUCERS OF MEDIA UH PIRS UH, AND OTHER REQUESTS, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE BASICALLY ALWAYS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS BRINGING SOME ATTENTION TO THE WORK THAT WE DO.

UH, SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UH, SITUATION.

UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND LATE HOURS AT NIGHT.

UH, SO WE TOOK THE DIRECTION LAST YEAR, INSTEAD OF COMING BACK MID-YEAR, UH, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND EVALUATED THE STAFFING.

SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. HOW CAN WE USE THE STAFF IN THE BEST WAY WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE SERVICES THAT PROVIDE IN OTHERS, IN OTHER AREAS? SO WE LOOK AT THAT, UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE SERIES BEST PRACTICES AND, UM, THEY CALL DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT IS NOT REALLY THE APPROPRIATE, UH, UH, STAFF TO BE OUT THERE.

2 30, 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN WE DIDN'T WAIT DISORDERLY CONDUCT, UH, NOISE COMPLAINTS.

UH, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ANALYZING THE DATA.

UH, WE REALIZE, UH, THAT WHEN WE GET THE COMPLAINTS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WE ARE A STAFF, 85% OF THE TIME TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMPLAINTS.

SO WE, UH, WE, WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE, RIGHT, WITH A, WITH A SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE AND, UH, IS IT HAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT.

AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TRYING TO GET IDEAS.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, WE ARE KIND OF IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE SOME LEGAL CHALLENGES IN THE COURT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE CANNOT REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THAT, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, UM, LOOKING AT ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE BORDER ENFORCEMENT.

UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO KIND OF RELIEVE SOME OF THE STAFF.

WE ALSO ADD IN A POSITION FOR, UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FIND OUT IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY NOW, UH, DEALING WITH MENTAL, UH, SITUATE, MENTAL, MENTAL ILLNESS.

UH, WE, WE ADD IN, WE ASK HIM FOR THE BIG THING, SERVICE LEAD COUNSELOR, UH, LATELY THE CODE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FACING MANY CHALLENGES DEALING WITH, UH, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN PRIVATE, IN PRIVATE PROPERTIES.

UH, WE WERE TRY TO KIND OF PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF IT, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR THOSE SITUATIONS.

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SOME OF THE, THE SUGGESTION THAT SOME OF THE CLINIC COMPLAINTS ARE COMING IN AT NIGHT, UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ACTUAL FIELD FOLKS ON STAFF ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS AT NIGHT.

UM, IS THAT AN ISSUE I'M GOING TO BRING A THEN A WAR IS A SYSTEM DIRECTOR OVER THIS TRS AND ROPE, AND HE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS ISSUE.

SO LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

UH, GOOD EVENING, DANIEL WARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT AUSTIN CODE, UM, SPECIFIC TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

UH, WE DID SOME ANALYSIS ON THE CALLS THAT COME IN, UH, GIVEN OUR CURRENT WORK HOURS WITH THAT SHORT TERM RENTAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM, WE HAVE A MEMBER ON STAFF, 85% OF THE TIME THAT A COMPLAINT COMES IN ARE THE, THE, THE 15% THAT ARE THOSE ALWAYS NIGHT CALLS.

IS THAT THE ISSUE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

UM, THE LATEST WE WORK ON ANY NIGHT, THE WEEK IS 11:00 PM CURRENTLY.

SO 15% OF THE CALLS ARE COMING IN SOMETIME AFTER 11.

AND BEFORE YOU CORRECT IT, SOMETIME BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM TYPICALLY, AND IT IS THE NUMBER OF THOSE CALLS I MADE 85%.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBER IS.

DOES IT JUSTIFY HAVING SOMEONE ON DUTY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND BETWEEN 11 AND SEVEN? I CAN LOOK TO GET YOU THE ACTUAL UNIT AMOUNTS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF CALLS, BUT IN MY OPINION, NO, IT WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE COST OF A SHIFT.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT CONVERSATION THAT, UM, WE LOOK AT THAT WORKING LATE HOURS AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'LL BE FACING IN THE FIELD.

UH, THEY ALL SEND CODE INSPECTORS ARE NOT THE PERSONNEL, THE PROPER PERSONNEL TO ACTUALLY GO THERE.

UH, THESE, THESE TYPE OF, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT WE SEE, UH, LATE HOURS, WE WERE LOOKING AT A DISORDERLY CONDUCT, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE DRUNK WHEN NOT, WE WERE CALLED INSPECTORS.

WE DEAL WITH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, LAND USE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO ON.

UM, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE CONDUCT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THOSE COMPLAINTS, UH, AT THOSE HOURS AT NIGHT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WILL NOT TRAIN AUTHORIZE OR EVEN EQUIPPED TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.

AND WE HAVE BEEN STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT WE'RE NOT A 24 HOUR DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE HIRE THE STAFF TO A SPECIFIC HOURS.

THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL TEAM IS AN, A SPECIFIC TEAM AND THEY DO WORK LATE.

THEY KNOW WHEN THEY HIRE, THEY HAVE TO WORK LATE FRIDAY, LATE SATURDAY.

WE HAVE DONE PILOTS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

UH, UH, SO WE DO OFFER OVERTIME, UH, ON THAT.

UH, BUT THEY KNOW THAT, THAT THEY ARE HIGHER FOR THOSE SPECIFIC HOURS.

WHEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ACL, WE, UM, WE DEVELOP A SPECIAL TEAMS, YOU KNOW, UH, TO DEAL WITH THOSE AND, UH, BE MORE AVAILABLE DURING THE WEEK.

UM, WELL THAT IS A SITUATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO LIKE AT TWO 30 IN THE MORNING, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, KIND OF COMPLAIN.

UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVELY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT ON THESE, AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY THE JOB FOR THE POLICE OFFICER TO RESPOND TO THOSE.

UH, CANCER KITCHEN.

UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

I'M TRYING TO, UM, I SAW THE RESPONSE TO, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THE QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT I'M STILL, I'M NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UM, FEES AND FINES RELATED TO STRS, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UM, IF THOSE COVER THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT FOR STRS.

SO THEY, THE ANSWER IS, UH, THE FEES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LICENSING.

THEY COVER THE COST OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE REVIEW ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSES, UH, BEING FOR SPRING ON THE STR IT'S ACTUALLY CAUSED BY THE CLEAN COMMUNITY.

SO WE LOOK OVER THE COST OF ALL THE MINISTRIES TAB THAT DEALS WITH REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, UH, DENYING OR ISSUING THE LICENSES THAT'S ACTUALLY COVERED BY THE STR LICENSING FEE.

SO THE FEES FOR THE LICENSES DON'T COVER ENFORCEMENT? NO, THEY DON'T.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR CODE? THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US.

THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE AUSTIN ENERGY TAX RATE AND HOW HAS IT SHOWN ON THE, THE, UH, ON THE, UH, IMPACT STATEMENT THAT GOES TO TAXPAYERS? UH, BUT LET'S HOLD OFF ON THAT QUESTION.

THOSE ARE ALL THE APARTMENTS THAT WE HAD, UH, UH, IDENTIFIED.

THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT, UM, UM, I'D RAISED, UM,

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COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO I THINK HAD FOUND HOW IT HAD BEEN HANDLED AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, I THINK 20 11, 20 12.

SHE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE SUBMITTED THEM OR NOT MIGHT WANT TO REACH OUT TO HER, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT QUESTION AND WHETHER THAT TELLS US ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE WAS RECOMMENDING IT AS MUCH AS ASKING THAT QUESTION.

UM, JUST REAL FAST, THE, ON THE, UH, FEE SCHEDULE THAT CAME OUT TO TODAY, THE REVISED WERE THERE NEW FEES THAT HAD BEEN, UH, ABOVE THE 10% THAT WERE NOT IN THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT HAD BEEN GENERALLY AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THIS MOST RECENT HANDOUT, THERE WERE NO NEW FEES.

WHAT, WHAT, UM, THE FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES PRIMARILY SHOWS IS.

UM, SO AS FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE, UM, OFFICER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, WE REMOVE THE FEES FROM THERE, BUT WE DID NOT PUT THEM IN THE EMS DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S CORRECTING THAT MISTAKE AS WELL AS AN APD.

UM, THE ALARM FEES THAT WE REMOVED FROM APD TO PUT IN DSD, IT'S JUST CORRECTING THE, THE, UM, THE, THE MOVE OVER TO DSD.

AND SO THOSE ARE CORRECTIONS.

UM, THERE WAS A, UH, CORRECTION WITH THE CCF, THE RESIDENTIAL RATE FOR THE, FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.

IT WAS, UM, PUT IN AS THE COMMERCIAL RATES.

SO WE WERE MAKING THAT CORRECTION AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES YOU'LL SEE, PRIMARILY IN THE FEES, THAT'S THE BULK OF IT.

UM, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME, UM, IN THE FEE SCHEDULE, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS KIND OF CUT OFF IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO WE WERE JUST CLEANING THAT UP AND IT'S MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE FEE SCHEDULE, WE HAVE TO DO IT AS AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL CAPTURED CORRECTLY.

GOOD.

BUT NOTHING BEYOND THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE TO IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LATER SAY, WAIT A SECOND, THERE WAS LESS BEEN CHANGING.

I JUST WASN'T AWARE OF IT.

OKAY, GOOD.

AND THEN IN THE STAFF POWERPOINT, WHICH WE'LL DO TOMORROW, I THINK WHEN WE TEE THAT UP, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE IN THE POWERPOINT OTHER THAN ITEMS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED? THE ONLY NEW THING THAT IS ADDED IS IN THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE ARE ADDING, UM, EIGHT NEW POSITIONS, BUT WITH ZERO COSTS, THEY ARE IN A TRANCE.

THEY ARE INSOURCING, UM, THE PDC MANAGEMENT, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.

AND SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE EIGHT NEW POSITION, $0 BECAUSE THEY WILL SHOW A REDUCTION IN THE CONTRACT OVER THE COURSE OF FISCAL YEAR 23.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

COLLEAGUES.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM.

THEY'RE REPLACING EXISTING FEES.

JUST ON THE POINT THAT YOU JUST RAISED.

UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ARR FEES ARE NEW, THE NEW THERE'S A RETURN TRIP FEE FOR TRASH COLLECTION OF RETURN TRIP FEE FOR RECYCLING COLLECTION AND A RETURN TRIP FEE FOR COMPOST COLLECTION.

UM, AND I GOT SOME CLARIFICATION FROM, UM, DIRECTOR SNIPES ON THOSE.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THESE ARE NOT FEES THAT ARE LIKE, IF ARR MESSED UP AND DIDN'T COLLECT IT AND IT WAS OUT, THESE ARE, YOU WEREN'T, YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR COLLECTION OUT THAT DAY, BUT YOU STILL REALLY WANT THEM TO COME, OR YOU NEED AN EXTRA COLLECTION, WHICH IS WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN WHAT HE EXPLAINED TO ME.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S AROUND THOSE FEES ARE NEW IN FISCAL YEAR 23, BUT THEY'RE REPLACING EXISTING FEES.

CAUSE IT JUST SAYS THAT THEIR NEW FEES ON THE SCHEDULE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU THAT DETAILED, BUT THEY'RE REPLACING EXISTING ONES, BUT LET ME WORK WITH THE TEAM AND GET YOU THAT DETAIL TO CLARIFY.

SO I HAVE THAT, RIGHT.

SO THE CURRENT FEE NOMENCLATURE OUT OF CYCLE AND LATE SET OUT OR PREVIOUSLY USED CHARGED INTERCHANGEABLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THE OUT OF CYCLE AND LATE SETUP FEES ARE BEING DELETED AND REPLACED BY THESE NEW, MORE TRANSPARENT FEES.

SO THAT'S THE SAME FEES THAT THERE WERE WITH A NAME CHANGE.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IF YOU COULD JUST CONFIRM THAT? CAUSE THE WAY THAT I READ THE FEE SCHEDULE CHANGE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE NEW FEES, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CHANGES OF MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE CHANGES, BUT I WILL GET WITH, UM, ARR AS WELL AS MY TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY THAT.

AND I MISSED A SECTION OF THIS.

I WAS READING DOWN BELOW IT.

IT DOES SEEM TO SAY THAT IT WAS THE CHANGE, BUT OKAY.

THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE IT'S RIGHT IN THAT SAME SECTION THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS REFERENCING? UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PROPOSED TO GO TO 1650, BUT NOW IT'S 4 85.

IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, THAT'D BE GREAT.

MS. LANE, COULD YOU ALSO EXPLAIN

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JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

SO WHAT THE CHANGE THAT WAS, UM, THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE COMMERCIAL RATE, WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT CHANGE.

THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION REMOTELY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ANOTHER, OKAY.

SO WITH THAT, THEN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING

[4. Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance adopting the City of Austin Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2023.]

WE'RE GOING TO START THAT MEETING AT SEVEN.

UM, AND WHILE WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP POTENTIALLY THREE ITEMS, UH, PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1, 1 ITEM ABOUT THE BUDGET.

WE DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY SUB ISSUES.

SO PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 1 5 5 1 1 0.3, THREE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES AND CERTAIN POWER, PUBLIC UTILITY COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, WHICH HAS ALL OF OUR BUDGET ITEMS. UH, I THINK THERE ARE THREE THINGS WE'LL PROBABLY END UP TALKING ABOUT.

WE CAN DISCUSS THEM WHEN WE'RE THERE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:00 PM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE HEARING? NONE A HARD TIME OUT HERE IS, UM, 6 41.

UM, AND, UM, MAY JUST TAKE ONE LAST THING HERE REAL FAST.

UM, AND AT SIX 40, UH, AND AT SEVEN O'CLOCK WE'LL DO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL SEE YOU ALL, THEN WE'RE NOT COMING BACK OUT.

YOU'LL COME BACK.

I'M GOING TO COME OUT AND CLOSE THE MEETING AGAIN.

WE HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO ROLL OVER TILL TOMORROW.

SO I'LL PROBABLY BE THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES BACK OUT AFTER SEVEN TO CLOSE THE MEETING AND WE WILL START TOMORROW AT 10:00 AM.

I'LL SEE YOU AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON EXECUTIVE SESSION REMOTE.

I HAVE.

SO I AM GOING TO RECESS THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND CARRY IT OVER TO, UH, TOMORROW MORNING.

UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THIS MEETING COMING OUT OF RECESS TOMORROW, AUGUST 18TH, 2022.

AND WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AT 10:00 AM HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN, UH, BOSTON.

SO I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE, UH, THIS RECESS MEETING.

UH, IT WAS THE MEETING THAT, UH, INITIATED, UH, AS NOTICED YESTERDAY ON, UH, AUGUST 17TH, 2022, UH, AS MEETING CONTINUES NOW, UH, IT'S UH, AUGUST, UH, 18TH 2022.

IT IS, UH, 10 15 WE'RE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UM, CONTINUE ON TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT BUDGET.

I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WITH, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE THIS MORNING.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, UH, NATASHA COUNCILMEMBER HOPPER, MADISON WITH US RIGHT NOW.

SHE HAS A SICK CHILD, UH, BUT I THINK SHE'D BE TRYING TO JOIN US, UH, REMOTELY.

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, MY SUGGESTION TO THE YEAR, I'M JUST HERE BY AUDIO ONLY, BUT I'M HERE.

UH, SO THAT THIS MORNING TOGETHER, WE CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF LIVING WAGE, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON THAT WE SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO BIG NUMBERS.

UM, I THINK THERE ARE SOME BIG THINGS THAT WE CAN TRY TO TAKE CARE OF.

UH, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IS NOT NECESSARILY, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THINGS ONE AT A TIME AND VOTING YES OR NO.

CAUSE I THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES THINGS ARE DEPENDENT ON, ON OTHER CHOICES IN THE BUDGET.

AND I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A PROCESS THAT MIGHT MOVE US FORWARD.

WELL, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY WAS DOING WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAD ASKED FOR IT, I THINK TWO OR THREE TIMES, UH, WAS THAT WE HANDLE THE BIG THINGS AND THEN WE TAKE A RECESS AND I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT.

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I THINK WE WERE LOOKING POTENTIALLY FOR A BIGGER CHANGE ON THE WHOLE BLOOD ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR THAT, BUT ANY NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE CHANGED ON THINGS SO THAT WE HAVE THOSE THINGS.

IF PEOPLE HAVE A BIG, UH, UH, KIND OF CONCEPTUAL CHANGES OR THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER IN HER, SIT SITTER LATER ON, THAT WOULD BE A TIME TO, TO AIR THAT.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE RECESS, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF GATHER WHERE WE ARE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT BIG DECISION THAT WAS MADE.

UH, AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF, THIS IS WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO YESTERDAY AND THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

SO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW WERE COMMENTS ON, ON, ON PROCESS THAT'S AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THANKS MAYOR.

I HAD, I HAD ACTUALLY WOKE UP AWAKEN TODAY THINKING THAT MAYBE WE COULD KNOCK OUT, MAYBE THERE WAS SOME BASIC THINGS THAT WOULD IN A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING BE ON A CONSENT AGENDA, LIKE NONFINANCIAL ITEMS THAT WE COULD JUST KNOCK OUT TO, TO, UM, CREATE A CLIMATE OF PRODUCTIVITY, JUST TO KNOCK OUT THINGS ABOUT WHICH THEIR AGREEMENT.

BUT I, I THINK YOUR PLAN SOUNDS FINE.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE SHIFT INTO AT SOME POINT, IF WE NEED A CHANGE OF PACE, JUST, I MEAN, I HAVE A FEW THAT HAVE NO BUDGETARY IMPACT, PROBABLY OTHERS DO TWO THINGS WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS, OR THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND WEEKEND SHIFT YOU, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK YOUR PLAN SOUNDS, SOUNDS GOOD.

I HAVE A QUESTION THAT IN, IN THE SPIRIT OF YESTERDAYS WOULD JUST HELP ME SORT SOMETHING ELSE THROUGH, AND I JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER.

SO COULD I JUST GO AHEAD NOW? WHY DON'T YOU HOLD OFF? CAUSE WE'LL START WITH QUESTIONS THAT WAY, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH THIS KIND OF GENERAL DIRECTION FOR PROCESS HERE, AT LEAST STARTING AND THE GOAL AND ALL THIS, UH, COLLEAGUES, AND SOME OF US HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH A BUDGET TOGETHER WITH EACH OTHER.

THE BUDGET IS NOT FINALIZED UNTIL THE BUDGET IS DONE.

SO THERE IS A VOTE TAKEN AT THE END OF ALL THE CHANGES WHERE WE VOTE ON THE, THE COLLECTIVELY THE CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE TO THE, TO THE BASE BUDGET.

SO EVEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE TAKE INDICATIONS WHERE WE THINK THAT WE ARE, THAT DOES NOT STOP SOMEONE FROM BEING ABLE TO DOUBLE BACK AND SAY, OKAY, NOW THAT I SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THE END, I WANT TO TWEAK THAT SECOND DECISION THAT WE MADE.

SO AS TO OPEN UP A POSSIBILITY HERE AT THE END, SO EVERYTHING IS, IS OPEN AND FAIR GAME UNTIL WE TAKE THAT VERY LAST VOTE.

AND YOU WILL MAKE THAT CLEAR AS OUR KITCHEN.

UM, MAY I THINK THE PROCESS YOU'RE LAYING OUT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

I HAVE ONE THOUGHT ON IT.

UM, WHEN WE BREAK UP WHEREVER THAT IS, AND WE BREAK TO GO THINK ABOUT THINGS.

UM, IF WE, AT THAT POINT IN TIME COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SPREADSHEET THAT, THAT, UM, OUR STAFF IS, THEY'VE GOT A RUNNING SPREADSHEET SO THEY COULD UPDATE IT FOR ANYTHING WE DO UP UNTIL THAT TIME.

WE MAY NOT DO ANYTHING, BUT IF WE DO ANYTHING UP UNTIL THAT TIME, IF THEY COULD UPDATE THAT, THEN WE COULD ACCESS IT.

THEN WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A REFERENCE POINT.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

UM, I THINK THAT SOUND, I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

IF YOU GUYS COULD CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THAT SHIT WORKS, CAROLINE BUDGET OFFICER.

SO YES, THE, THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE PROVIDE THE LINK TO IT WILL BE UPDATED AS THE DECISIONS AND, AND, UH, AMENDMENTS ARE MADE.

AND SO IT WILL BE IN REAL TIME.

UM, AND SO IF YOU JUST GO TO THAT LINK, UM, THE STAFF IS WORKING TO FOLLOW AND UPDATE AS YOU ALL MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT ON WEDNESDAY, TUESDAY ON TUESDAY EVENING.

I, MY, MY DAYS ARE BEING MIXED UP ON TUESDAY EVENING AND WE CAN RESEND IT.

WELL, WE SEND THE LINK OUT TO, I WONDER IF SOMEBODY, IF ANY OF US HAVE, HAVE IT UP, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST POST IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

THAT MIGHT BE THE FASTEST JUST FOR ALL.

MAYBE I NEED TO REFRESH MINE SO THAT AVAILABLE.

YOU GET THE THING AND PUT IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POST ON THE SAME CHAIN TRIP TO THE SAME, UM, LIMITED PEOPLE WHO CAN ACCESS.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY PUBLIC FACING.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

COULD THERE BE, I SEE THE AVAILABLE ONGOING FUNDS SELL AND THE ONE-TIME FUNDS, COULD THERE BE ONE NEXT TO IT TO SHOW US OF ALL THE AMENDMENTS AS YOU'VE POSTED THEM SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE DELTA IS AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW IF WE'RE CLOSE OR NOT.

MAYBE I CAN TRY TO SAY THAT ANOTHER WAY.

I SEE THE YELLOW BOXES THAT SHOW AVAILABLE ONGOING AND ONE-TIME FUNDS, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING SUMMING ALL OF THEIR REQUESTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN.

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AND ONE TIME IT WILL REFRESH AS WE CHANGED THE NUMBERS.

AND SO YOU WILL SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AFTER THEM, AFTER THOSE ITEMS ACTION ARE TAKEN ON THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.

SO THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE EACH TIME.

UH, ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S BEGIN FIRST WITH, UH, QUESTIONS WE NEED TO, UM, TO, TO AIR BEFORE WE GET TO A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, LIVING WAGE, KATHY, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU.

DID YOU HAVE, THANK YOU, UM, MR. BEN NINO, OR, UM, LET'S SEE.

MY QUESTION IS, COULD YOU, COULD YOU HELP ME KNOW WHAT, HOW IS BUILDING SERVICES FUNDED? I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THE FUND SUMMARIES AND SOME OF THE OTHER PAGES, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHERE THE TRANSFERS IN ARE COMING FROM.

IF IT'S ALL CAPITAL, UM, ALL CITY HALL FUND, OR IF SOME OF IT'S, I ASSUME, GENERAL FUND IF SOME IS SUPPORT SERVICES, BUT IS THERE A PAGE IN THAT I, I THINK I SHARED WITH YOU THIS MORNING, THE PAGES I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I'M MISSING THE TRANSFER AT SOME DOCUMENT IN THE BUDGET THAT SHOWS THE TRANSFERS IN.

SO LET ME LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL.

UM, CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT A LOT GOING ON THIS MORNING, UM, AND I'LL RESPOND TO THAT.

BUT GENERALLY JOHN BUILDING SERVICES IS ONE OF OUR SUPPORT SERVICES, DEPARTMENTS, HR, FINANCIAL SERVICES, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL OF CITY CLERK.

THEY ALL GO INTO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND BUCKET, AND THAT TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT CHARGE FEES OR, OR, OR TO THE FUNDS THAT CHARGE FEES OR, OR COLLECT TAX REVENUES LIKE THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO THERE'S A COMPLICATED ALLOCATION PROCESS.

WE GO THROUGH TO ALLOCATE THOSE COSTS OUT, UM, IN A, IN AN EQUITABLE, FAIR, FAIR MANNER.

AND, AND SO IT, THE BUILDING SERVICES FUNDING AS PART OF THAT TRANSFER TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE GENERAL FUND FUND SUMMARY, YOU'LL SEE IT ON AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER, ALL THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS YOU'LL SEE A TRANSFER TO SUPPORT SERVICES.

BUILDING SERVICES IS FUNDING.

SO THERE'S THEN NO DIRECT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS GOING INTO BUILDING SERVICES.

IT'S COMING THROUGH THE SUPPORTS.

I MEAN, THAT'D BE A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, A LARGE AMOUNT, LIKE MAYBE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT KIND OF COMES THAT'S THE REVENUE INTO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

AND WITH THAT REVENUE, WE FUND ALL THOSE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, BUILDING SERVICES BEING ONE OF THEM.

SO YEAH, THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WHERE THAT WOULD BE THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION THAT WOULD BE, UM, UM, COULD WE, IF WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A FUNDING SOURCE FOR SOME OF THAT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, AS IT COMES INTO GENERAL FUND, BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GETS SPENT, WOULD WE FREE UP GENERAL FUND DOLLARS? WE COULD SPEND SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND I THINK THE SUGGESTION THAT, THAT, UH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE NICK HAS OVER TOVA MADE WAS WITH RESPECT TO SAY, UM, GARAGE FEES.

IS THAT SOMETHING, I MEAN, IT APPEARS AS IF THERE MIGHT BE SOME DOLLARS THERE THAT WE COULD SUBSTITUTE OUT THAT WOULD TURN INTO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

AND THAT'S WHY I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO MY EMAILS THIS MORNING.

I WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES I WAS WORKING ON THIS MORNING.

AND THE ANSWER IS YES.

IF WE WERE TO INCREASE THE PARKING REVENUES OF THIS FACILITY THAT PROVIDES MORE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THIS FACILITY.

SO THERE'S LESS MONEY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE BILL, TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES FUND TO MAKE UP THE GAP IN BUILDING SERVICES.

HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO QUANTIFY A QUESTION IN THE COUNSELOR? WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD WORKED WITH, UM, THE, THE FACILITY PEOPLE IN ESTIMATED $200,000 OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WE DID OUR OWN CALCULATIONS.

UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TOO, TO HAVE SOME STAFF INPUT ON THAT.

BUT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO A STRAIGHT CALCULATION BASED ON, BASED ON LAST YEAR'S, UM, PARKING GARAGE REVENUES, I MEAN, WE'RE DOUBLING THE, BUT WE'RE SUGGESTING DOUBLING THE PARKING.

IF WE DOUBLED THE REVENUE, IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO ABOUT 500,000.

IN SOME PIECE OF THAT, SOME PIECE OF THE DATA WE HAD, UM, INCLUDED PANDEMIC TIMES.

SO IT COULD, IT COULD BE HIGHER, BUT I THINK, I THINK WE COULD ESTIMATE, YOU KNOW, 200,000 I THINK WOULD BE WAY LOWER, UM, 500 I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT YOU MIGHT THINK WAS NOT A SAFE HARBOR, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET STAFFS.

UM, IS THERE A SIMILAR ACTION WE CAN DO WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER PARKING? CAN THEY PAY FOR THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST? LIKE THAT MONEY GOES IN THERE AND THEN THEY PAY FOR IT'S MORE OF THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, UM, SECURITY.

IT'D BE GREAT TO GET STAFFS, UH, LOOK AT THAT.

AND IF THERE'S ANY, UM, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN 200 AND 500, WHICH IS, UH, A HUGE RANGE.

SO MAYBE WE SETTLE ON 400 AS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.

SO THAT, THAT WORK IS ALREADY IN PROCESS.

I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD.

I THOUGHT THE 200,000 WAS A STAFF NUMBER, BUT I'VE ALREADY ASKED FOR THAT TO BE VERIFIED.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDED NUMBER.

YEAH, THANKS.

I PUT IT IN A LOW NUMBER, I THINK ON THE SHEET, BUT I REALLY INTENDED TO RAISE IT ONCE I FIGURED OUT, UM, HOW WE WERE ALLOCATING IT.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

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I'VE NOT LOOKED INTO ANY OF THAT YET.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY OFF THE CUFF WHAT, WHAT THE ANSWER MIGHT BE, BUT IF YOU CAN MAYBE LAY OUT THE CONCEPT, WE CAN CERTAINLY.

SO MY CONCEPT WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD GET, UM, THAT THERE ARE OTHER CONVENTION CENTER COSTS FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE THAT THEY'RE COMING OUT OF ANOTHER POT, UM, THAT COULD BE FUNDED AND BY THE PARKING REVENUE.

AND THEN WE COULD, UM, HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER PAID FOR SOME OF WHAT THE GENERAL FUND IS COVERING FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST SECURITY.

HOWEVER, IF I MAY MAYOR, UM, I THINK I MENTIONED YESTERDAY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CONVENTION CENTER GARAGE AS WELL, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOT BACK IN QUESTION 97 AND WE, WHERE MY STAFF IS RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT AT, UM, WHAT THAT INCREASE SHOULD BE BASED ON THE RATES OF OTHER, OTHER DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGES.

AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH STAFF ON THAT.

I, I WILL CONSIDER YOUR SUGGESTION TO, BUT ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS BEFORE US THAT ARE, ARE, ARE TRYING TO FUND INCREASE PARK, INCREASED SECURITY AT BREAST SQUARE AND SOME RENOVATIONS TO, TO A CONVENTION CENTER USED PROPERTY, UH, THE CASTLEMAN BOWL.

AND SO I'M ALSO HOPING, I MEAN, THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IS WHETHER OR NOT THE INCREASED PARKING CAN HELP SUPPORT EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, ABOUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL SECURITY.

AND I'LL T I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND, BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, IT LOOKS LIKE PART IS PAYING FOR THE SECURITY.

SO THAT DOES, IN FACT, THAT DOES IN FACT FREE UP, UH, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUNDS, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER THE PARKING GARAGE VD INCREASED FEES SHOULD ALSO STAY WITHIN, SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE OTHER NEEDS THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED.

THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH BECAUSE AS THE CONVENTION CENTER POINTS OUT, IT'S NOW THE CHEAPEST PARKING GARAGE IN ALL OF DOWNTOWN AND IT'S SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, UNDER PRICE TO AN EXTENT THAT WE'RE NOT COVERING OUR FEES.

UM, I'M OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY CAN'T FUND BOTH.

SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

I DID SAY I WOULDN'T DO AN OFF THE CUFF RESPONSE, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT IS THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER GARAGE WAS FUNDED WITH DEBT AND THE PARKING FEES ARE GOING TO NEED TO GO TOWARDS THE DEBT DEFEASANCE.

AND, BUT WE'RE LET US VERIFY, I'LL JUST DO THAT WORK AND VERIFY IT, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

OUR KITCHEN.

UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK AND ASK A PROCESS QUESTION IF IT'S, IF IT'S TIMELY.

SO I'M GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' QUESTION AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOW CONFUSED.

I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD YOUR ANSWER.

WELL, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE BETTER ANSWER WE CAN PRINT THE STAFF'S ROLL-UP SHEET AS A PDF AND WE CAN POST THE PDF TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.

BUT MY QUESTION IS I WANT TO SEE AN ONGOING, UH, I WANT TO SEE AN ONGOING TALLY AND I DON'T SEE IT, ADD IT UP LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, LLC.

SO I DON'T SEE IT, ADD IT UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE AT THE RIGHT TIME YOU CAN PULL IT UP AND SHOW US, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO YOU'VE GOT AT THE TOP, THE TOTAL THAT'S AVAILABLE, BUT THERE'S NO ADDING UP WHAT, WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.

SO I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO A RUNNING TALLY.

WELL, AND I DO SEE THERE'S A COUPLE OF HIDDEN ROWS, SO I WONDER MAYBE THEY'RE JUST NOT VISIBLE, BUT THEY ARE PULLING THE INFORMATION.

MAYBE THEY CAN GET FROM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE? OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO GET THE COUNCIL LIKE HUNG UP ON THIS ISSUE.

WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IT.

MY ONLY POINT IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW US HOW TO DO IT SO WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO.

WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT ON THE FLY AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT.

WE'LL GET IT DONE IF WE CAN.

AND YOU'LL SHOW US HOW TO, CAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT ON THIS.

YOU CAN SHOW US.

AND IS THERE ANY PROBLEM WITH US PRINTING THE PDF AND THEN PUTTING IT UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD? NOPE.

SO WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL GO PUT THE TIME THAT WE PULLED IT OFF AND PRINTED IT.

JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO CONTROVERT TOBO FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND IDENTIFYING THIS AS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN, UM, INCREASE FEES.

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IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

AND UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THAT DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

AND, UM, IT'S SUCH, UM, THAT EXPERTISE IS, IS SO NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

OH, WONDERING IF I'M ON THE PROCEDURE.

ARE WE GOING TO HIT THE BIG ITEMS FIRST AND THEN GO DOWN? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HIT AT LEAST THE VERY BIGGEST ITEM AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE A BREAK.

GOOD.

WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE LIVING WAGE HERE FIRST AND JUST A MOMENT.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE STARTED DOING STUFF? ALL RIGHT.

STAFF, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION? YOU'VE ASKED TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS, RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

SO MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO TOUCH THEM REAL FAST TO THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE.

SO AS RAPIDLY AS YOU COULD GO THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION, WE'LL LET YOU DO THAT CAUSE WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT POINT.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

CARRIE LANG BUDGET OFFICER.

SO THESE ARE THE STAFF, UM, BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND I'LL START WITH REVENUE.

AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.

WE ARE, WE ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN OUR ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 FOR SALES TAX REVENUE, AS WELL AS INCREASES FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 FOR SALES TAX REVENUE BASED ON THE INCREASED REVENUE WE RECEIVED TODAY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT STAFF AMENDMENTS FOR A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, THERE IS ONE NEW POSITION IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM, UM, AT, UH, AT $74,000.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SUPPORT SERVICES.

AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THERE ARE EIGHT NEW POSITIONS IN THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT A NET ZERO COST FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.

THAT IS GOING TO BE BASED ON A REDUCTION IN CONTRACT SERVICES AT THE, UM, PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE JUST TALKS ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE GENERAL FUND OR EXCUSE ME TO THE RESERVE FUNDS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE ESTIMATE THAT HAS BEEN, UM, REDUCED FOR THE UNSPENT PART PARKS AND RECREATION AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, SHOWING THE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR COVID RELATED EXPENSES, AS WELL AS, UM, RE UM, INSTITUTING THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FUNDING FOR A TRIPLE C AND A TRANSFER TO THE EMERGENCY RESERVE LIGHT TO THEIR LIABILITY RESERVE FUND OF $14.6 MILLION.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE GRANTS BASED ON THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE SHOWING AN INCREASED GRANT TO, FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP GRANT, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES THAT'S IN BACKUP THAT WE DISCUSSED ON YESTERDAY.

UM, CORRECTIONS IN, UM, OSIMO ARE THE OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER MOVING TO THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS, UH, APD, UH, ALARM PERMITTING, MOVING TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT AND CORRECTIONS WITH THE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, UM, FEES THAT THEY, WE DISCUSSED ON YESTERDAY REGARDING THEIR, UM, COLLECTION PICKUP.

NEXT SLIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE SHEETS THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF.

UM, I THINK THE FIRST THING FOR US TO FIGURE OUT IS, UH, WHERE PEOPLE ARE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE, THE, THE LIVING WAGE.

YOU WANT TO JUST KIND OF SET OUT WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING COUNSEL FOR THIS.

AND, UM, I WAS, I WOKE UP TODAY AND I SAW ONE OF THE HEADLINES IS THAT TRAVIS COUNTY IS CONSIDERING INCREASING THEIR MINIMUM WAGE TO $20.

SO ALREADY WE'RE SEEING AN IMPACT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN HAVING ANOTHER, UH, PUBLIC SECTOR CONSIDER CONSIDERING RAISE $20.

IT'S PRETTY AMAZING BECAUSE WE HERE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TODAY AND RAISING OUR MINIMUM WAGE TO $20 FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.

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I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, BELLA TOBO AND CYNTHIA FOR JOINING ME IN THIS EFFORT.

THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE FORWARD COLLEAGUES IS VERSION THREE AND IT'S ON THE DEUS.

UM, IT IS BASED, THERE'S A MINOR TWEAK BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY.

UM, BUT THIS AMENDMENT SEEKS TO APPROPRIATE 7 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE, UH, TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND WITH THE DIRECTION THAT SHOULD ADDITIONAL REVENUE BE NEEDED FOR US TO GET TO $20, UM, THAT STAFF PREPARE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, AND FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME.

AND SO THAT REALLY, AGAIN, IS ROOTED IN BUILDING OFF OF THE RESOLUTION.

WE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AS A COUNCIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND SEEKS TO RAISE OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS UP TO A $20 MINIMUM WAGE TO HELP OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, WITH THE RISING COSTS AND TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY SERVE.

UM, SO AT THIS POINT, IF THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO EXPRESS CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, I THINK WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE AMENDMENT COVERS THIS, BUT WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST SAID MIGHT NOT.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IN TERMS OF THAT MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR COSTS, THAT'S ALSO COVERING, UH, COMPRESSION.

IT'S NOT JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO GET UP TO $20, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT THE 7 MILLION WILL COVER GETTING PEOPLE UP TO $20 WHO ARE BELOW THAT, WHERE THE QUESTION COMES IS WHETHER WE'VE FULLY ANTICIPATED COMPRESSION AND THE COMPLEXITY OF ACHIEVING WHAT WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS THE COMPRESSION THAT HAPPENS AS WE MOVE THOSE WHO ARE AT THE LOWER END OF OUR WAGE SCALE UP.

SO CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT YOUR INTENTION IS THAT THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO COME BACK TO US, IF THERE'S COMPRESSION CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND WITH THE 7 MILLION, YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN TO THAT.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE, THIS IS REALLY ROOTED ON GETTING TO $20.

AND SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION AND HOW WE WANTED TO FOCUS.

IT IS GETTING OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS UP TO A $20 MINIMUM WAGE.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE COMPRESSION, I DEFINITELY THINK COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THAT WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES ON TO THE EXTENT OF HOW WE ADDRESS COMPRESSION.

AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A 4% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL, IN ADDITION TO A $1,500 STIPEND FOR WORKERS.

AND SO, UM, THIS TO ME IS FOCUSED ON GETTING FOLKS TO THE $20 MINIMUM WAGE AND THEN, UM, SHOULD ADDITIONAL COSTS.

WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS COMPRESSION AT WHATEVER EXTENT THE STAFF RECOMMENDS.

AND WE WOULD WANT THEM TO COME BACK FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

AND, AND TO BE CLEAR, IT'S THE LADDER THAT I WAS CHECKING ON.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET PEOPLE UP TO THE $20.

THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS HOW WE ADDRESS THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT OR ABOVE $20.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT AN UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS ENOUGH MONEY TO GET UP TO $20.

IT'S WELL PAST THAT.

IT'S WHAT HAPPENS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOVE 20 AND WITH THE COMPRESSION.

BUT I AGREE WITH THE LAST THING YOU SAID, I JUST WANT TO BE, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, THAT IN SAYING THAT WE NEED THIS MID-YEAR AMENDMENT, WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING ANY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT REACHING $20.

IT'S, IT'S THE COMPRESSION PROBLEMS THAT I SEE GOT TO SELL IT.

AND I, AND I'M HAPPY TO, TO EVEN TWEAK THE LANGUAGE HERE, UM, TO SAY, TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE, THIS WAGE INCREASE AND MAYBE, AND ASSOCIATED COMPRESSION AND ASSOCIATED COMPRESSION, AND OBVIOUSLY STAFF WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND WHAT IS PROBLEMATIC FROM THAT.

OF A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND I THINK THAT LANGUAGE DOES THAT AND ASSOCIATED COMPRESSION.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO DRIVE HOME AS WELL.

AND I HAD PREPARED, UM, DIRECTION, UM, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE FOR THE COMPRESSION IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF THE WORKFORCE AND MY DIRECTION WOULD BE FOR DIRECTOR HAYES TO ANALYZE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE ANY COMPRESSION ISSUES IN ANTICIPATION OF A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH INCORPORATES THE EDITS THAT YOU ALL JUST MADE, BUT IT ALSO SETS IT FORTH IN ORDER TO GIVE THE DIRECTION THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US FOR A, IN ANTICIPATION

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SO I'M GOING TO JUST THE TWO OF YOU VISIT ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADOPTING REALLY LANGUAGE HERE.

NOW WE'RE AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN THAT IN THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

UM, UM, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT THE, THIS $7 MILLION, UH, TO GET TO THE, THE $20.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ON, ON, ON THE DAS, UH, THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ELEMENT? I JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION.

SO THIS, THIS IS ALL SOUNDING GOOD.

I'M JUST CLARIFYING THAT WHAT WE'RE.

AND I THINK YOU ALL SAID THIS, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, SO THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT THAT, UM, UH, THAT THE, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE WAGES AT MID YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO START THAT OCTOBER 1ST.

SO IT'S JUST THAT YOU ASSOCIATED COMPRESSION IS TO CONSIDER WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO BE AT MIDYEAR RELATED TO THAT.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION FOR ANYONE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE, UH, WAGES TO MID-YEAR.

SO PATIENT, I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE'S INTENT.

BUT THERE MAY BE WAGES THAT CHANGE MID-YEAR THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED WHERE COMPRESSION WAS NOT ADDRESSED TO MEET THAT.

SO WE'RE NOT, WE ARE CHANGING EVERYBODY WHO'S SUPPOSED TO GET TO WINNIE YEAH.

OCTOBER 1ST, BUT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH COMPRESSION, WE MAY NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL WE DO THE MID, THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD GET WAGE INCREASES AFTER THAT, THAT MID-YEAR BUDGET.

IT'S ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGHER UP IN THE PAY SCALE, WHO ARE IMPACTED BY COMPRESSION, WHO MIGHT NEED THEIR WAGES CHANGED AT A LATER DATE.

IF WE DON'T GET IT.

OCTOBER FOR, I HEAR THAT.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE STARTING OCTOBER 1ST.

ABSOLUTELY BUDDY, BUT WE ARE, I UNDERSTOOD THAT, UH, UH, WE WERE TOLD BY, UH, DR.

HAYES YESTERDAY, SHE'S GOING TO INITIATE THE 20TH.

WE FIGHT IT.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT 20.

UH, THIS IS A MID-YEAR CHANCE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT RESULTED FROM THAT, THAT WE COULD WORK ON.

THAT'LL COME BACK IN A FORM OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE ALREADY.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY IS THERE ON THAT.

SO, SO MAYOR DEWEY, SO YOU'RE TAKING THIS AS A CONSENSUS ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL, THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS GOT TO BE CONSENSUS RIGHT UP ALMOST TO THE VERY END.

SO YEAH, BUT THIS ONE I'D LIKE TO, TO VOTE ON, SO THAT IT'S CLEAR.

WE CAN, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE IS RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, NOTING, NOTING THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINSEY WAS IN, UH, UM, WAS A NO, SORRY.

KELLY WAS A NO.

UH, AND THE, UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON TO HERE.

I DON'T SEE AROUND THE SCREEN, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING EACH TIME.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE OKAY.

NO, I JUST THOUGHT FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THIS ONE, I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND REVISIT.

I MEAN, OTHER THINGS WE MAY KIND OF WANT TO COME BACK.

BUT THE ROADMAPS, THEY WAS US TO COME BACK AND REVISIT EVERYTHING.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DECIDE WHICH THINGS ARE IN VIOLET AND WHICH THINGS ARE NOT, I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY KIND OF CHANGE, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO START GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE ANY CHANGES.

I THINK WE'LL BE FINE COUNTS.

REMEMBER TOVO YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH.

AND I JUST WANT TO SUGGEST THAT, UM, IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT, THAT WE ALWAYS JUST ASK IN CASE THERE ARE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE VOTING AGAINST.

AND I SHOULD ASK, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

I SHOULD HAVE, I WASN'T ANTICIPATING TAKING YOUR BOOK CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A VOTE.

BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A PUBLIC INDICATION.

THEN I SHOULD HAVE ENABLED EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT PUBLIC INDICATION.

MAYBE THIS IS THE LAST ON THIS.

I DID ASK MY STAFF TO GO AND WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, FUENTES HIS OFFICE ON THIS PIECE OF DIRECTION.

I CAN BRING IT INDEPENDENTLY, BUT I WOULD LOVE IF SHE WOULD JUST INCORPORATE IT IN HER MOTION IF WE FORMALIZE A MOTION.

SO WE'LL GET THERE.

AND AT THAT TIME, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL ALL BE WORKED OUT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET A QUESTION OUT THERE SO THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE CAN GET AN ANSWER.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS, UH, AMENDMENT THREE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY THAT COVERS BOTH GENERAL FUND AND ENTERPRISE FUND.

UM, IT'S CURRENTLY LISTED AS 566,000 OF ONGOING.

UM, CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS GENERAL FUND AND WHAT IS ENTERPRISE FUND AND WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ANY ASSOCIATED FEE INCREASES TO COVER, UM, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, PLEASE, WHEN YOU HAVE CHANCE.

SO THAT POTENTIALLY FREES UP A LITTLE BIT OF ONGOING MONEY, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO BALANCE IF THERE ARE ANY FEE INCREASES, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? OKAY, SO THE POSSIBILITY IS THERE ELVIS THREE MAY NOT BE ALL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

IT MIGHT BE PARKED, UM,

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ENTERPRISE FUND.

AND THE QUESTIONS IS THAT IMPLICATE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

ALL RIGHT, KELLY, DO YOU HAVE NEW NUMBERS YET? ON THE WHOLE BLOOD? THAT IS WHAT I AM LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

MY STAFF SENT IT OVER, BUT I'M GOING TO NEED LIKE TWO SECONDS TO FIND IT BECAUSE IT GOT BURIED.

NO PROBLEM.

MY INFORMATION.

OH, WAIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND IT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD, IF WE WERE TO PHASE IN THE PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR SO, THE ONE-TIME COST HAD COME DOWN TO $500,000 FOR COOLERS, TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND TRAINING ONGOING SUPPLY COST 200,000 PER YEAR.

AND THAT WOULD STILL BE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

IS IT 501 TIME AND 200 ONGOING.

AND THAT IS FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM? YES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK, UH, ON THAT.

WE GOTTA BE A TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF STUFF.

500 AND 200, 501 TIME, 200 ONGOING COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ON THE ONE ON THE ONGOING, THE 200 ONGOING, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT ALL IS IN THAT.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE ANY OF THAT TO, UM, TO, TO ONE TIME I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH STAFF YESTERDAY THAT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

IT'S THE ACTUAL BLOOD YOU HAVE TO BUY.

I'M JUST CHECKING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHALLENGE FOR US IS THE ONGOING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALREADY LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT THAT.

YES, WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH OKAY.

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND, UM, THE EMS ON THAT, THAT'S FINE.

UH, OTHER, UM, UH, QUESTIONS OR MAKE AN ED, COULD YOU JUST RESTATE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAD, THAT THE CHANGES YOU'D BEEN MAKING? YES.

AND SO IT WAS THE, HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT.

I JUST HAD IT UP.

I PROMISE, UM, IT IS 500,000 FOR THE ONE-TIME COST AND 200,000 FOR ONGOING SUPPLY COSTS AND MY STAFF CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.

I DID TALK TO ONE OF YOUR STAFF THIS MORNING AND THE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT, SO, OKAY.

WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.

ANY OTHER, UH, BIG, BIG ITEMS OR BIG QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS.

AND DID YOU WANT TO, UM, BUT DID YOU WANT TO RAISE THE QUESTION TO THE FT ISSUE NOW OR LATER ON THE SEVEN, SEVEN ON THE WAGE? OKAY.

I THINK I MISSPOKE MY QUESTION.

WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT THE MID-YEAR, UM, REVIEW WILL NOT BE ABOUT COMPRESSION PER SE.

IT WILL BE ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FINISH OUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT OCTOBER 1ST WE WILL RAISE PEOPLE TO 20 AND THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THAT, THAT COMPRESSION THAT'S WITHIN, WITHIN THE PAY LEVELS.

UM, AND WE'LL DO ALL THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL DETERMINE MID YEAR, WHETHER THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR.

THAT WAY IT'S NOT A TWO-PART, IT'S NOT, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE UP TO 20 ON OCTOBER 1ST.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ABOVE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYBODY OCTOBER 1ST.

AND THEN THE MID YEAR IS ABOUT, UM, THE MID-YEAR IS ABOUT, UM, IF WE DIDN'T, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR MAYOR, THAT'S WHAT MY DIRECTION IN TENS AND STATES.

UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO, TO COUNCIL FOR THAT REVIEW.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IS DIRECTOR, IS SHE HERE? OKAY.

YOU COME AND JOIN US.

THERE YOU ARE.

I DO MORNING, JOE, YOUR HAYES, HR DIRECTOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS CORRECT.

WHEN WE EXECUTE THE BUDGET FOR OCTOBER 1ST, ALL WE WILL DO ALL PAY RAISES.

WE WILL IMMEDIATELY BE IN, GO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS ANY UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THIS CHANGE AND ADDRESS THOSE COMPRESSION ISSUES, NOT PEER TO PEER, BUT BASED ON THE PAYROLL SYSTEMS AND AUTHORITY.

UM, AND IF THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN ARTICULATED, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF A MID-YEAR AMENDMENT, BUT HRD DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS ANY COMPRESSION ISSUES,

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SO I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED NOW.

UH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IS THAT WE WERE TAKING EVERYBODY TO $20 AND THAT'S EASY PART.

AND THEN THERE WAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF.

AND YOU HAD A FORMULA FOR BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

I'M GOING TO CALL THAT THE FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION.

AND THEN IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AFTER YOU IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, THAT THERE STILL MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION, LIKE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE THAT THAT DIRECTORS OR SUPERVISORS WOULD BE COMING UP AND SAYING, YOU TOOK EVERYBODY TO 20, WHICH WAS GREAT.

YOU HANDLE THAT FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION THAT YOU EXPLAINED TO US IN DETAIL, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION.

AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE FUNDING AND THAT IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION ELEMENTS THAT CAME UP FROM THE SUPERVISORS OR DIRECTORS RECOGNIZING THAT, AND IF THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THOSE THINGS, THAT SECOND LEVEL OF COMPRESSION THAT YOU WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAYING, WE DID THE 20, WE DID THE FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION AS YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT TO US.

UH, BUT YOU ALSO THINK THAT IT'S RAISED THESE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION ISSUES.

WOULD YOU TOLD US MIGHT ARISE.

YOU'LL EITHER TAKE CARE OF THEM IF YOU CAN, WITHIN THE 7 MILLION.

AND IF YOU CAN'T, YOU'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL AT THAT POINT IN SAYING AS CONCERNS, THE SECOND LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, IF YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE DOING IT, IT'S GOING TO BE X ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE COUNSEL AT THAT POINT COULD DECIDE WHETHER IT WANTS TO APPROVE OR IS ABLE TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THAT POINT.

IS THAT RIGHT TO A DEGREE? I THINK THE ONLY PART THAT, THAT, THAT NEEDS CLARIFICATION IS THAT WE WILL EXECUTE ALL ISSUES OF COMPRESSION BASED ON THE ACTIONS OF COUNCIL TODAY.

I WON'T WAIT TO TAKE THOSE ACTIONS.

UM, COUNCIL WILL, WE WILL COME BACK IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THOSE ACTIONS TO BE INTO THE BUDGET, BUT WE WILL DO ALL OF THE WORK TO ADDRESS COMPRESSION.

AND WE WILL ADDRESS IT AS, AS, AS EDITORS AS IS IDENTIFIED.

AND IF DEPARTMENTS NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR THE, THE CITY NEEDS MORE FUNDS TO COVER THAT THEY CAN COME BACK FOR THE MID-YEAR.

BUT I THINK THE ONLY CLARITY I'M MAKING IS THAT I WILL TAKE ALL ACTION TO ADDRESS ALL COMPRESSION AS IT'S IDENTIFIED BASED ON THE $20 AN HOUR DECISION.

SO, SO MAYOR THAT ANSWERS, IT DOESN'T ANSWER MINE THOUGH, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS, I MEAN, YOU, AS YOU EXPLAINED IT TO US FIRST, MS. IS DIRECTOR HAYES.

AS I RECALL, YOU SAID THAT YOU CAN DO THE 20, AND THEN THIS IS THE COMPRESSION RELATED WORK THAT YOU WOULD INITIALLY IMPLEMENT.

BUT YOU POINTED OUT TO US THAT THAT LEVEL OF, OF ACTION RELATED TO COMPRESSION, UH, MIGHT NOT BE EVERYTHING THAT, UH, WOULD BE INDICATED THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR COMPRESSION.

AND AT THIS POINT YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW EXTENSIVE THAT WOULD BE OR EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD COST.

SO I WAS COMFORTABLE THINKING, YOU'LL DO THE FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK AND SPEND A 7 MILLION.

BUT IF THERE ARE STILL FURTHER REFINEMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE ON COMPRESSION, YOU WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND ASK FOR THE DOLLARS.

WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS TRYING TO DO ALL OF THE LEVELS OF COMPRESSION BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FINAL COST IS GOING TO BE, AND THEN PUT THE COUNCIL IN THE POSITION NEXT YEAR, WHERE IT CAN'T FINISH THE YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO DO THAT, OR POTENTIALLY GOING BACK TO EMPLOYEES AND SAYING, WE GAVE YOU A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, OF MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SECOND OR THIRD LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, AND THERE'S NOT MONEY TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET IT FOR FOUR MONTHS.

AND THEN IN FIFTH MONTH IT GOES BACK.

SO, SO WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS, AND KNOWING THAT WE WERE COMMITTING TO $7 MILLION, WE KNOW THAT THAT'LL GET US $20 MILLION.

WE KNOW THAT'LL GET US THE FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION OR SOME, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW REFINED A COMPRESSION IT WOULD GET.

AND MY RECOMMENDATION COLLEAGUES WOULD BE THAT YOU DON'T COMMIT TO EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT UNTIL YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT WHAT WE CAN COMMIT IS WE'RE GOING TO THE TWENTIES.

EVERYBODY GETS THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL A DIRECTOR HAYES TO DO THAT FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, AS SHE HAD EXPLAINED TO US, AND THEN WORK WITH THE SUPERVISOR AND THE DIRECTORS, AND THEN COME BACK AND SAY, WHENEVER IS APPROPRIATE FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO SAY, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, AS IT SHAKES OUT THROUGH THE WHOLE SYSTEM, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST.

JUST, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT YOU GUYS BEING CAUGHT.

MID-YEAR IN SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T FINISH $20 AN HOUR.

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I THINK, I THINK WHAT DIRECTOR HAYES AND WHAT OUR BUDGET OFFICER AND OUR CFO WOULD TELL US IS THAT SHE CAN'T SPEND MONEY, THAT HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED TO HER APPROPRIATED TO HER.

SO THERE IS A NATURAL STOPPING POINT AT THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE 7 MILLION SHE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.

UM, AND I DIDN'T HEAR HER PROMISING THAT THESE ADDITIONAL CHANGES WOULD BE MADE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A DECISION OF THE SITTING COUNCIL AT THE TIME.

SO I THINK YOUR CONCERN THAT WE NOT PREDICT WHETHER WE CAN OR CANNOT DO IT AS IS APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, WELL, THIS WOULD BE MY QUESTION ON THAT.

IF, IF, IF DIRECTOR HAYES THINKS THAT SHE CAN DO THE $20 AN HOUR, WHICH I UNDERSTAND SHE DOES, AND SHE THINKS SHE CAN DO A FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS MOST LIKELY SHE CAN EXECUTE THOSE THINGS RIGHT AWAY AND STARTING IN OCTOBER.

AND EVERYBODY HAS THOSE.

BUT WHAT I'M UNCLEAR OF IS WHETHER SHE CAN DO THE THIRD LEVEL OF COMPRESSION OR THE FOURTH LEVEL OF COMPRESSION.

NOW SHE COULD DO THOSE THINGS WITH THE $7 MILLION, BUT SHE MIGHT BE COMING BACK TO, TO SAY, I DID THESE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO LAST TILL MARCH BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY TO DO IT PAST MARCH.

AT WHICH POINT THE COUNCIL'S GOING TO HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE.

IT'S EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY TO MAKE IT LAST PAST MARCH OR, UM, OR IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE IN MARCH THOSE THINGS THAT WE, YOU GOT IN OCTOBER AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH LEVEL OF COMPRESSION WE CAN SUSTAIN.

AND WHAT I W WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING WAS THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE SECOND LEVEL.

AND THEN SHE WOULD BE COMING BACK, EITHER DOING THE OTHER THINGS.

IF SHE KNEW SHE HAD WITHIN THE $7 MILLION, THE ABILITY TO CARRY IT THROUGH THE YEAR.

BUT IF SHE WAS DOING ANYTHING THAT SHE WASN'T SURE IN THE SEVEN THAT SHE COULD CARRY THROUGH THE YEAR, THOSE WOULD BE THE THINGS SHE WOULD BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH BEFORE SHE IMPLEMENTED THEM.

BUT WHAT I HEARD FROM THIS MORNING WAS DIFFERENT.

SO MAYOR, MAYOR, LET ME JUST SAY, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I DO THINK THAT DIRECTOR HAYES IS TRYING TO SAY THAT I COULD, IF I COULD BRING SOME CLARITY, WE GAVE YOU A 5.5 TO SEVEN, $10.7 MILLION RANGE AS TO HOW MUCH THIS COULD POTENTIALLY COST.

YOU PROVIDED US $7 MILLION IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS.

AS WE COMMITTED, WE WILL WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT THE COMPRESSION COSTS WILL BE, SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A MORE EXACT AMOUNT AS WE'VE DONE WITH THE $18.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, ALSO THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR TEMPS ARE NOT COMING BACK TO THE NEXT SUMMER.

WE MAY HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION BY THAT TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE VACANCY SAVINGS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THESE POSITIONS WILL BE FILLED.

AND SO THERE MAY BE A CAPACITY TO COVER THIS COST, UH, THIS YEAR BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH VACANCY SAVINGS.

UM, BUT IN, IN, IN ADDRESSING YOUR CONCERN OF COSTS, WE WOULD, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, WE WILL NOT COME BACK AND, AND, AND WE WON'T SPEND WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO SPEND, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CONTROLS OF HOLDING POSITIONS VACANT LONGER, UM, AND DOING OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS TO ADJUST UNTIL WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

SO WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT GIVING US ENOUGH TIME TO DETERMINE IF 7.7 WILL WILL MEET THE NEEDS, UM, WITH THE $20 AN HOUR, SINCE WE'VE GIVEN YOU A RANGE.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE A CAPACITY TO COME BACK AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE SOME OF THIS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS, UM, WITH THEIR VACANCY SAVINGS AND WHAT THEIR POSITIONS, AS WE PREPARE TO COME BACK TO.

SO, ONE LAST QUESTION, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO CALIFORNIA KITCHEN.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYBODY A COMPRESSION RELATED PAY, INCREASE THAT WHEN YOU GIVE IT ANYTHING YOU DO, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THROUGH THE YEAR, EVEN WITHOUT A BUDGET AMENDMENT, SUSTAINED IT THROUGH THE YEAR.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOODMAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTRODUCING CONFUSION.

UM, WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND WHAT SHE JUST SAID IS WHAT I MEANT.

SO THE FIRST LEVEL OF COMPRESSION, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

WE NEED TO WRITE ANYTHING ELSE OUT IN THAT DIRECTION OR DIRECTOR HAYES, LET US KNOW.

AND I'M BEING TOLD THAT THERE'S AN UPDATE TO THE NUMBERS FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM.

MY STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO THE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY.

JUST THE GUIDANCE WAS ALSO TO GIVE HOUSING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY USE THE FUNDS, WHETHER IT BE FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR DISPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, OR FOR EXAMPLE, HOMELESS PREVENTION, UH, BUT JUST TO GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY AND TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST TO THE NEED AS IT, UH, AS IT DEVELOPS.

BEFORE WE TAKE OUR RECESS, ANY OTHER BIG IDEAS, PEOPLE WANT TO REAL QUESTIONS.

UM, AMIR WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD, UH, AN AMENDMENT SHOULD BE JUST A MOMENT, UH, TO REDUCE THE, UH, THE $5 BILLION ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO, UH, $3 MILLION.

UH, AGAIN, JUST IN, UH, IN THE SPIRIT OF TRYING TO MAKE SOME ROOM AND, UH, AND GET THE BUDGET OF BOUNDS.

SO I SHOULD HAVE THAT MOMENTARILY.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE DICE A HEADS UP.

THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

AND, AND

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WOULD THOSE USES ALLOW FOR IT TO BE USED POTENTIALLY FOR, UM, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UH, WE, THE, WE LEFT, WE PUT THE LANGUAGE IN AS BROAD, AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE AND ARE ASKING THEM TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO US, I BELIEVE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IN TERMS OF LIKING WHERE THEY WANT TO DIRECT THE MONEY.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR OUR KITCHEN.

AND WOULD THAT ALLOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'D BE FLEXIBILITY TO USE IT FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE, RIGHT? THAT WOULD ALSO BE ONE OF THE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROGRAM IT RIGHT NOW, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

AND THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING STARTED, UH, OTHERS THAT ARE BEING WOUND DOWN OF, UH, UH, COVID TYPE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING WOUND DOWN.

AND SO STAFF JUST WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING A CERTAIN NUMBER INTO A CERTAIN PROGRAM.

UH, BUT THE LARGER BUCKET WOULD BE FOR, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE WOULD BE FOR TENANT RELOCATION WOULD BE FOR, UH, UH, LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN EVICTION PROCEEDINGS, UH, AND ALSO FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.

UH, SO THAT WOULD BE THE BROADER GOAL.

I SHOULD HAVE THE LANGUAGE FOR Y'ALL HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

IT SOUNDS GOOD.

IT COMES TO OUR KITCHEN.

UM, I HAVE ANOTHER, UM, IDEA OR THOUGHT TO SUGGEST, IS THIS A SURE.

UM, I WANTED TO ASK THAT WE CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, IN THE ONGOING POT, WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS, QUITE A FEW OF THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL FTES.

AND SO I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT WE PUT ALL THE FTES IN AT HALF A YEAR INSTEAD OF A FULL YEAR, AND THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO HELP US WITH THE ONGOING BUCKET.

THE REASON I'M SUGGESTING THAT IS JUST TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT IT TAKES A WHILE TO HIRE PEOPLE.

AND UNLESS THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC REASON THAT WE COULD, SHOULD PUT IT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO PUT IT, UM, AT A HALF YEAR.

UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY WITH OUR ONGOING POT OF FUNDS AND THE ONES THAT I IDENTIFIED THAT ARE THAT WAY, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE'S PROPOSALS.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE CUT ANY OF IT.

I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT WE, UM, THAT WE KEEP ALL THESE FTES.

WE JUST LOOK AT THEM AND A HALF A YEAR.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE PERMANENT LIFE CARDS.

THE DUAL LANGUAGE SUMMER CAMP HAS AN FTE IN IT.

THE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE HAS FTES.

UH, THE DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING IS ALREADY IN, AT HALF A YEAR FOR THE FTES, THE, UM, THE, UH, DISEASE, THE DISEASE RESPONSE, UM, WOULD BE AT HALF.

IT WOULD THERE'S, UH, FTES THERE THAT COULD BE AT A HALF A YEAR.

THERE'S THE PARD FACILITY SECURITY AND ACCESS, WHICH HAS, UH, AN FTE THAT COULD BE AT HALF A YEAR.

THE GRANTS FOR INNOVATION PROGRAM MANAGER HAS AN FTE THAT COULD BE AT HALF A YEAR.

THE AGE-FRIENDLY MTV COULD BE CUT TO HALF A YEAR.

THE PARDES SIGNAGE AND WAYFARING COULD BE CUT TO HALF A YEAR.

AND I THINK THE PART FACILITIES MAINTENANCE HAS CUT TO A YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD JUST BE A SUGGESTION FOR PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT.

I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN GETTING TO A NUMBER FOR ONGOING THAT, UM, THAT BALANCES ED, CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD BE? THANK YOU.

YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THEM.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.

THAT'D BE FINE.

YEAH, THAT WAS WHAT WE TOLD THEM.

AND THEN THE MAYOR PART TIME.

AND LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE FTES AND DETERMINE WHICH ARE THE, WHICH ARE THE AREAS OF HIGHEST PRIORITY.

I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT SUGGESTION AND UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE APPROPRIATE ACTION GIVEN, GIVEN THE HIRING.

I DO THINK THOUGH THAT WE NEED TO LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AT THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE ONGOING, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO ALL BE FUNDED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND IT DOES, IT DOES REALLY MAKE NEXT YEAR EVEN TIGHTER.

SO, YOU KNOW, MY APPROACH FOR THESE FTES IS GOING TO BE LOOKING, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM REALLY CLOSELY.

I THINK AMONG, AMONG MY BUDGET CHANGES, I'VE ONLY, I'VE ONLY SUGGESTED ONE NEW FTE AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT.

UM, SOME OF, SOME OF WHAT I'M PROPOSING WITHIN THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT AN FTE.

AND THAT MAY BE A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.

I'M JUST VERY MINDFUL THAT IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY TIGHT BUDGET AND MAKING A COMMITMENT TO BRING ON A NEW STAFF MEMBER IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT REALLY CAREFULLY

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AND THEN LOOK AT MAYBE REDUCING, UH, TO THOSE COSTS, BUT NOT TO ADD ADDITIONAL FTES JUST TO MAKE, MAKE TRUE UP.

UM, WHAT, WHAT I THINK IS MORE LIKELY, WHICH IS AS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE HIRED HALF YEAR, BUT AMONG, AMONG THE DIFFERENT BUDGET ITEMS IN FRONT OF US, I THINK WE SHOULD IN PARTICULAR REALLY SCRUTINIZED ALL OF THE FTES BECAUSE WE ARE SUGGESTING, ADDING, ADDING A GOOD NUMBER.

AND, UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE THE CITY MANAGER IN A POSITION WHERE, WHERE, UH, THEY NEED TO CONSIDER LAYING FOLKS OFF.

GOOD TO HAVE YOUR HANDS RAISED OR NOT.

UH, YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TILA THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR NEXT BUDGET WHEN WE DO THAT FOR THE FTE.

SO I THINK A HALF YEARS IS TOO FAR.

UM, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHICH ONES WE COULD MOVE TO NINE MONTHS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM CAN BE.

UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOME NUMBERS, UM, FROM HEALTH, FOR INSTANCE, AND GOING BEYOND THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULDN'T HAVE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AT THE PERIOD THAT WE NEED THEM.

UM, FOR INSTANCE, UM, THE, A TRIPLE C, THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN THE POSITION AND YOU CAN'T START LOOKING FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE RELATIVELY EASY TO HIRE AND YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, I DON'T THINK THAT ASSUMPTION IS, IS TRUE.

UM, FOR ALL OF THOSE, I THINK THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, UM, FOR THE SIGNAGE TO DO SOMETHING.

UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY IN SOME OTHER CASES, I JUST, I DON'T THINK A BLANKET SIX MONTH IS APPROPRIATE AND LEAVES US IN ALERT FOR NEXT YEAR.

UM, SO I WOULD NOT BE, I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT VERY SPECIFICALLY.

AND WHILE THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE ALSO SOME FTES THAT I THINK MAY BE TOO MANY FTES, UM, FOR US TO BE, TO BE HAVING, WE ALREADY HAVE YOUR PROPOSAL.

YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MADE IT LOOK LOW FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE DISTRICT BY HAVING IT HALF.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT, WHICH IS FINE.

AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THEM ON FOR THE HALF YEAR.

SO THAT WAS PROBABLY APPROPRIATE.

BUT IF WE DO THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE CREATE CHALLENGES, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR.

UM, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE DOING THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR, THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THOSE KINDS OF CHALLENGES.

WHAT NINE MONTH FTE PLACEMENT WOULD BE, UM, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE WHERE THE PROPOSAL WAS TO START IT IN SIX MONTHS, NO MAYOR, IF WE, IF WE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE MINE TO LOOK AT NINE MONTHS OLD, LET'S SEE NINE MONTHS FOR THEM, ALL THAT.

REMEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ED AND WHEN, WHEN LOOKING AT FIRST OFF, I, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, TO LOOK AT NINE MONTHS VERSUS A HALF YEAR, THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST, I JUST SUGGESTED THIS AS, UM, AS A WAY TO CONSIDER AND PEOPLE KNOW THEIR OWN PROPOSALS BETTER.

SO I'M JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THEIR OWN PROPOSALS, BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK ED, I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT, THAT THIS IS GOING TO CREATE PROBLEMS FOR NEXT YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW.

AND IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME.

BUT IF, IF, AS YOU LOOK AT, UM, AS A MAYOR ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD BE TO REDUCE THESE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, MAYBE YOU COULD LOOK ON THE IMPACT NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T, I HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO NOT DO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'RE ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN LOOK AT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO, TO GIVE US ANY READ ON THAT OR NOT.

AND SO I JUST INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT IT, IF YOU CAN.

I CAN JUST TELL YOU GENERALLY WHAT WE DO IS FOR POSITIONS, WE'RE ADDING TO THE BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, WHEN STAFF RECOMMENDS A POSITION, THE BUDGET, WE FUND THEM FOR NINE MONTHS.

CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FROM THE DAY.

THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS TO THE TIME WE DO A RECRUITMENT AND GET THEM ON BOARD.

IT'S JUST, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE PERSON FOR A FULL YEAR.

WHAT WE TRY TO AVOID THOUGH DOING IS SAYING, WELL, WE'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL JUNE OR JULY OR AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER TO STAFF THE PERSON, JUST, JUST BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO GET MORE POSITIONS IN AND KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON THE FUNDING UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE DO TRY TO RECOGNIZE THAT YEAH, THESE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE VACANT FOR A WHILE AS WE WORK TO GET THEM FILLED.

AND WE USE NINE MONTHS ON THE STAFF SIDE, THEN MAY BE THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO IS LOOK AT NINE MONTHS.

I MEAN, SO MAYOR PRO TEM, I DIDN'T PUT MINE IN THERE TO MAKE IT LOOK LOWER.

I PUT IT IN THERE TO RECORD.

I DIDN'T MEAN THAT I THINK, BUT IT LOOKS LOWER FOR THE ONGOING COSTS.

I PUT IT IN THERE JUST RECOGNIZING THAT IT WOULD TAKE AWHILE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, TO FILL IT.

SO IF THE, IF THE EXAMPLE IS NINE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S OUR PRACTICE, SO MR. VENU MAYBE IF OUR PRACTICE IS NINE MONTHS, MAYBE WE JUST GO BACK AND LOOK AT THESE FTES AT NINE MONTHS FOR ALL OF THEM AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD DO, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THESE ARE IN HERE AT FULL YEAR.

SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO ACTUALLY APPLY THAT IN ALL CASES, WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS LATER, BUT JUST TO HAVE THE DATA THAT TELLS US

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UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, MY, I HEARD DIRECTOR HAYES SAY THAT IF WE WENT TO THE $20 AN HOUR, THAT WE PROBABLY DID NOT DO THE STIPEND FUND.

UH, SO, UM, UM, UNLESS PEOPLE FELT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY A MILLION DOLLARS WE COULD TAKE OUT OF THE, UH, ONE TIME, UH, LIST.

UM, BY THE WAY, I THINK THAT BALANCES US IN THE ONE-TIME FUND CATEGORY WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT PEOPLE HAVE JUST SAID, NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY.

YOU CAN BE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THAT.

AND I THINK THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE PERHAPS MOVEMENTS THAT NEED TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED ANYTHING.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT ON THE ONGOING NUMBER.

UH, I THINK OUR ASKS, UH, TOTAL A LITTLE OVER $12 MILLION, WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT DOING $7 MILLION FOR THE $20 AN HOUR.

THAT MEANS THERE'S ABOUT, UH, UM, I MEAN FROM SORRY, ABOUT $15 MILLION, JUST OVER $50,000 IN TOTAL ASKS IN, UH, IN ONGOING, UH, IF WE TAKE OUT THE SEVEN, THAT MEANS WE HAVE ABOUT $8 BILLION IN ASSETS, STILL REPRESENTED BY WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED.

UM, AND WE ONLY HAVE, UM, UH, ABOUT $5 MILLION AVAILABLE.

SO THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT $3 MILLION IN THE, UH, ONGOING, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE OVER WHAT THE, UH, ALLOTMENT.

HOW'S HER IMPORTANT, WHICH ITEM, WHICH, UM, AMENDMENT NUMBER WAS THE MILLION DOLLARS IN STOCK.

IT WAS ADLER TO.

SO THE STRATEGIC STRIPE STEP IN FUND AND MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.

OH, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY EARLIER.

SO THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDS FOR SIMULATION TRAINING AND WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, THE NUMBERS I GAVE WAS JUST FOR REDUCING THE WHOLE BLOOD COMPONENT ON THAT.

SO WE STILL HAVE THE MANNEQUINS AT A MILLION FOR THE ONE TIME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND AN ONGOING OF 200,000 OR 20,000, EXCUSE ME.

AND THAT'S FOR A SUBSCRIPTION.

SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL FORD KELLY TO WHAT IS THE TOTAL ONE-TIME? IT WOULD BE 1500, 1.5 MILLION, 5 MILLION.

AND TWO 20 AND 2 22 20 AND ONGOING 1.5 IN ONE TIME.

AND THERE'S THE ONGOING DIDN'T CHANGE.

ONGOING DID NOT CHANGE STAY THE TWO 20.

AND THAT'S FOR BOTH THE SIMULATION TRAINING AND WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ARE TOGETHER ON THE AMENDMENT.

AND SEPARATELY, WHAT WOULD THEY BE SEPARATELY? WE HAVE 500,001 TIME FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD.

AND I'M SO SORRY, 200 FOR THE, UM, WHOLE BLOOD AND 20 FOR THE SIMULATION FOR ONGOING, CORRECT.

AND 1 MILLION FOR THE, UH, ONE TIME SIMULATION.

FORGET WHAT I SAID ABOUT BALANCING ON ONE TIME.

JUST KNOW, AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, OUR CONTRACTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE LIVING WAGE.

I HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BEFORE WE QUESTIONS CAN'T SPARE MY KITCHEN.

UM, I WAS AN UNCLEAR, JUST TO A QUESTION REALLY HERE.

IT'S NOT A SUGGESTION OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST A QUESTION ON THE, UM, ON THE ONE TIME THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE COST OF LIVING INCREASE.

I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO INTENDED TO INCLUDE THAT OR NOT, AND SHE MAY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, WELL THAT WAS A CONVERSATION I, I WANTED TO HAVE ON THIS DYESS.

UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, CERTAINLY I, I INTENDED FOR US TO DISCUSS, UM, WHETHER TO INCLUDE IT IS WHY I BROUGHT FORWARD THAT AMENDMENT AND PHRASED IT THE WAY I DID, UM, THAT WE HAVE THOSE TWO OPTIONS BEFORE US.

IT IS, UH, A BIG TICKET, UM, A LARGE COST, BUT IT IS ALSO, I THINK VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING THIS COMMUNITY ARE ALSO, UM, COMPENSATED AT A LEVEL WHERE THEY CAN MEET THEIR OWN BASIC NEEDS.

AND SO I, I GUESS I JUST OPENED IT UP TO YOU ALL.

UM, WE HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, ABOUT, ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THOSE AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I WOULD WELCOME OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTORS, THOUGHTS ON IT AS WELL, BUT

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AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF, SOME OF, SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS ARE NOT MAKING, UM, A LIVING WAGE.

AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, AGAIN, THEY HAD ANALYZED, WE HAD ASKED OUR STAFF LAST YEAR TO ANALYZE, TO ANALYZE THIS ISSUE.

AND THEY CAME BACK WITH, WITH THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER, I WOULD WELCOME OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR.

TALKING ABOUT THAT, TALKING TO US ABOUT, ABOUT THAT, IF THAT'S OF INTEREST OR WHAT COLLEAGUES WOULD, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ISSUE AT THE MOMENT? UM, IS THERE A POOL THEN COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR PROTEST? I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, AMENDMENTS HAD A QUESTION ON, I WAS CURIOUS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TWO OPTIONS.

ONE IS RENEGOTIATE WITH AN INCREASE, UM, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF BE A STANDARD APPROACH.

AND THE OTHER IS SIMPLY TO ADD 2% TO THE CONTRACTS.

AND WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS WOULD THE MONEY ACTUALLY GO FOR SALARIES? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL NEED? AND THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT, WHAT ARE THE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF THESE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE SOLE SOURCE OF THEIR REVENUES.

AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, HOW ROBUST THEY ARE ABLE TO.

I MEAN, TH THE REASON THEY'RE A NONPROFIT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MATCHES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SHARE IS.

SO THOSE WERE THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS RAISING, UH, ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAD.

AND I, UM, OF THE TWO, I PREFERRED NEGOTIATING THE INCREASES BECAUSE THERE'S MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND IT GIVES THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING, WHICH I THINK IS NECESSARY AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY AWARDING A 2% ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER IT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WOULD BE SPENT.

I, I, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

I WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION TO OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WHETHER WE COULD CONTROL IT WITH, PERHAPS WE COULD TIE THAT 2% INCREASE TO SALARIES.

UM, I MEAN, IF, IF WE'RE ASKING THEM, IF WE GO WITH THE FIRST OPTION OF JUST ASKING THEM OR AFFORDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RESTRUCTURE THEIR CONTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE, THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE, RIGHT.

SO IT JUST MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO LESS IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE THEY'RE SERVING QUITE POSSIBLY.

WELL, WHERE, WHERE ELSE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? I MEAN, I THINK MOST OF THE NONPROFITS WHO WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN FUNDRAISING AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I'M FOCUSING ON.

I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR FUNDRAISING MUSCLE IS LIKE, BUT I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD HERE IN AUSTIN, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR MANY YEARS NOW ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH OUR NONPROFITS AND HELPING WITH THESE SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THEY STEP UP AND HELP US WITH THE FUNDING ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.

UM, IT IS NOT MADE EASIER IF WE CONTINUE SIMPLY TO, TO ADD OUR INCREASE, OUR CONTRIBUTIONS WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS INCREASING THEIRS.

SO WITHOUT ISSUING ANY CERTAIN INDICTMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING OR ANYBODY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS HAVE, HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE NONPROFITS THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING IN.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF INFORMATION AND KNOWING HOW TO EVALUATE THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.

WELL, I THINK I, I THINK, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT THOSE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT OUR STAFF TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY'RE EVALUATING WHICH ORGANIZATIONS TO AWARD CONTRACTS, TO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALREADY, THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT VETTING PROCESS.

AND IF, IF ALL IS WORKING AS IT SHOULD, THOSE SHOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT CRITERIA FOR OUR STAFF TO CONSIDER AS THEY'RE DETERMINING WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOST RESPONSIVE AND ARE IN THE STRONGEST FINANCIAL POSITION TO CARRY OUT THE SERVICES WE'VE REQUESTED.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I, THAT IS PROBABLY A QUESTION TO ASK OUR STAFF, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY HOPE THAT WE'RE AWARDING CONTRACTS TO GROUPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALSO, UM, MAKING GOOD FAITH ATTEMPTS TO, TO RAISE MONEY AND TO INCREASE THAT.

AND I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY KNOW THAT IT'S, IT IS NOT AN EASY, IT IS NOT AN EASY BEAT.

AND THAT AUSTIN ACTUALLY, I WOULD ASK MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER TO TALK ABOUT THIS, CAUSE THIS IS CLOSER TO HER AREA, BUT AUSTIN COMPARED TO SOME OTHER CITIES IS ACTUALLY NOT AS GENEROUS AS, AS SOME OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE LONGER, LONGER AND MORE ROBUST HISTORIES OF PHILANTHROPY, BUT I'M OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE ON THAT ONE.

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DONE SOON ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BACK FOR A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, SO MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

AND I HAD ACTUALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR AMENDMENT PROCESS, I WAS, I WAS PLANNING TO BRING AN IFC SIMILAR TO WHAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT.

UM, I THINK IN 2016, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER , UM, TO BE UPGRADING THE, OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

AND I STILL MAY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, I FAVOR THE FIRST OPTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 2% IS ENOUGH.

AND I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR ONGOING FUNDS, UM, NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING THIS AREA.

UM, AND THAT THE INCREASE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN 2% IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE, UM, IN THEIR ABILITY TO, UM, EMPLOY FOLKS AND, AND CERTAINLY WOULD WELCOME IF WE END UP MUCH MORE FLUSH THAN WE'RE ANTICIPATING AT THIS POINT, UM, DOING THAT MID-YEAR IF NECESSARY FOR THE TIMING FOR THE CONTRACTS.

UM, BUT I, UM, I THINK THE FIRST OPTION IS A BETTER OPTION AND, AND YOU AND I CAN MAYBE WORK ON, UM, AN IFC THAT FLUSHES OUT MORE OF MORE DIRECTION ON THIS.

UM, IF WE HAVE TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT, UH, BEFORE DECEMBER, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, A BETTER PATH FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE MORE MONEY.

UM, AND WE COULD ASK THAT WE COULD ASK THE, THE, THE, UH, APH TO BE LOOKING AT THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR CONTRACTS IN THE FIRST PLACE, UM, TO ANTICIPATE HOW WE WOULD, HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT.

UM, THANKS.

I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING DIRECTION AND, AND JUST, UM, JUST AS A POINT OF HISTORY, ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRISON IS THE ONE WHO SORT OF SET US ON THIS PATH OF, WITH HER IFC TO REALLY LOOK AT SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT ARE, ARE, ARE, UM, EXECUTED THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH AND REALLY WORK TO GET OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS AND TO INVEST IN THAT AREA AT A LEVEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDED.

AND THEN THE TEN ONE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARDS, I'VE KIND OF PICKED THAT UP.

SO JUST AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY, IT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK TO RECOGNIZE THAT'S OFTEN IT TAKES MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO, TO REALLY GET, GET SOMETHING, TO FOCUS ON KITCHEN.

UM, YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING.

I REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND, AND I, I THINK THAT THE, UM, I'M LIKING THE SUGGESTION THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM MADE, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT LET US GET TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE REALLY ALIGNING THE AMOUNT WITH THE PARTICULAR ENTITIES, UM, AND ACROSS THE BOARD 2%, YOU KNOW, IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH AND IT MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE FOR ALL OF THEM.

AND SO I LIKED THE IDEA THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS PROPOSING.

THIS DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT BOTH OF YOU JUST SAID.

YEAH, ONE MORE THING I JUST NEED TO MENTION BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT FRONT STEPS, AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO PUT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING INTO THE CONTRACT FOR THE ARCH TO ADDRESS IT, BUT THE FRONT STEPS, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SERVING OVER AT THE ARCH AND AN EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT JOB, UM, WE'RE NOT MAKING A LIVING WAGE.

AND, AND THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE OF SOME OF OUR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TOO.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, I, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, JUST BACK TO THE FUNDRAISING CONVERSATION, I CA I'M NOT AWARE MAYBE PUBLIC HEALTH IS, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOR WHICH WE ARE THE SOLE SOURCE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, UM, AGAIN, EVEN FUN STEPS WHO, WHO IN THEIR HEIGHT, WE'RE DOING KIND OF AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISING.

WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES, THAT LIVING WAGE.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THE APPROACH, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

MAYOR PRO TEM ABOUT DOING A MORE FULL ANALYSIS THAT MIGHT YIELD BETTER INVESTMENTS IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, A LIVING WAGE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

WE ARE, THIS WOULD DELAY FOR SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES AT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING REALLY IMPORTANT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

IT WILL DELAY THAT QUITE A BIT.

SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SQUARE THAT.

UM, I DO THINK YOU SAID WHAT I GUESS I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH IN YOUR APPROACH IF THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE DIOCESE WANTS TO GO IS MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THAT

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I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS PERHAPS IF WE DID BUDGET DIRECTION TODAY, I DON'T KNOW THIS IS A HARD ONE FOR ME, UH, FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU, THAT YOU BROUGHT IT.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UH, WE HAVE A GROUP OF WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING WORK ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, WHICH WAS DEALING WITH, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID, WHAT THEY NEED TO PAY TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.

AND I THINK THAT IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.

AND I THINK AT A TIME RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND OUR CAPACITY AND OUR, WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE INVESTED, UM, AND THE, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE, THE FINDING HOME, APX THAT WHOLE THING WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE CAPACITY.

AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE NOT TO LOSE PEOPLE.

TO A LIVING WAGE, BUT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A COST OF LIVING INCREASE IS AN EFFECT A, AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURE.

UH, SO, SO COMING TO THEM, UH, EVEN WITH, UH, WITH A 2% AT THIS POINT, I THINK MAY, MAY, MAY HELP, UH, UH, PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE.

SO I'D WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS ONE, AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS LIST AND I TRIED TO RELATE IT BACK TO OUR PRIORITIES, I THINK THAT KEEPING THIS ONE IN SOME WAY, AND I'M OPEN TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE THAT HITS REALLY DIRECTLY WITH WHAT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS AT A TIME WHEN I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT PEOPLE.

AND I KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT $3 MILLION FROM, FROM, FROM SOME PLACES.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT JUST BY WAY OF, OF, OF EXPRESSING KIND OF RELATIVE POSITION, UH, THERE'S, UH, UH, ALMOST $700,000 HERE FOR THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION EACH TIME ABOUT WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OR COMMITMENT OF THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE AISD.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS HARD BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY GOOD.

AND PAST YEARS, WHAT WE'VE SAID IS, UH, WOKE, WE'LL DO PART OF IT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ALL OF IT.

AND THAT'S HOW WE PROGRESSED.

UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS BEEN A CHAMPION ON THIS AND IS COMING BACK AND ASKING US LET'S FUND THE PART THAT WE HAVE NOT AGREED TO FUND IN THE PAST, BUT FOR ME, I WOULD PROBABLY STAY WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST.

I'D KEEP THE ASD LEVELS CONSTANT, WHERE THEY ARE IN THE BASE BUDGET.

I WOULDN'T ADD ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR AISD BECAUSE MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO, TO HELP GET A LIVING CLOSER TO A HIGHER WAGE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK WITH PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING A NEED, UH, AS EXPRESSED IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, REMEDY I, YES, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT MIRROR.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT, UH, UH, UH, THAT OVERLOOKS A LOT OF THESE, UH, FUNDING FOR THESE NONPROFITS, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

I THINK WE SHOULD TASK THEM BECAUSE THEY OVERLOOKED ALL THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT COMES OR HOW THE HELL AND IN HOMES.

AND, UH, SO, UH, I THINK THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT IT LISTENS TO ALL THE NONPROFITS THAT COME THROUGH THERE AND ARE REQUESTING FUNDING, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT COMMISSION LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF REC RECOMMENDATION THEY CAN COME UP WITH FURTHER THIS GUY'S DONE FOR ABOVE THE GUY.

WE'RE GOING TO RESOLVE THIS ONE HERE.

AS WE SIT AT THE DESK.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION, UH, KIND OF OCTOBER, COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

UM, FIRST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYOR, I, I, I MEANT TO MAKE THIS POINT.

AND SO I'M GLAD YOU DID, YOU KNOW, SO I SAT, I, I ATTENDED SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT WERE PART OF THE HOMELESSNESS SUMMIT, AND I HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THIS CHALLENGE OF HAVING ENOUGH PEOPLE ON THEIR STAFF TO MEET THIS NEED, AND THAT AS A SYSTEM IN THIS CITY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK FROM CASE MANAGEMENT TO OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INVESTED, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE INVESTED IN BUILDING CAPACITY IN OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.

AND WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO PAY PEOPLE A LIVING WAGE.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK IT SUPPORTS OUR OTHER INVESTMENTS.

I DO NOT AGREE, HOWEVER, WITH THE PLACE THAT YOU CHOSE TO GO IN TERMS OF LOOKING FOR FUNDING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELLA, I WISH THAT YOU AND I HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS OFF DYESS.

AND I MAY NOT REVEALING IT NOW, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU IN THE BREAK TO CONSIDER THAT PAYING, PAYING THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR THESE AGENCIES, UM, NOT A LIVING WAGE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY, AGAIN ARE NOT, THIS IS NOT INTENDED IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THEM

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AND IF PERHAPS WE COULD LOOK TO THE 3 MILLION, I KNOW YOU'VE REDUCED IT FROM FIVE, BUT IF WE COULD LOOK TO SOME OF THAT 3 MILLION AND USE IT FOR THIS PURPOSE, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT IS AIMED AT ASSISTING SOME OF THE SAME FOLKS.

UM, SO I JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND WITH REGARD TO THE AISD FUNDING, THIS IS NOT KEEPING THEM CONSTANT.

THIS ACTUALLY IS RESTORING THEM TO WHERE THEY WERE.

LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE IT EXACTLY RIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD, UM, TO, UH, FISCAL YEAR 21 LEVELS.

SO IT IS, IT IS ACTUALLY IN FISCAL YEAR 20, THIS WOULD, WOULD SET THEM AT THE SAME, THE SAME AMOUNT THEY HAD IN FISCAL YEAR 21.

I, I DO AGREE WITH A POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO NEED OTHER, WE DO NEED OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO STEP UP AND DO MORE IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE OUR PARTNERS OVER AT TRAVIS COUNTY TO INVEST IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AS WELL.

THEY WERE AT ONE POINT, UM, THEY WERE PROVIDING, UH, SOME FUNDING FOR THE AISD PARENT TEACHER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WHO SERVE FULL FAMILIES, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS, THEY NO LONGER DO.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OTHER, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE I THINK OUR OTHER PUBLIC PARTNERS COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO INVEST.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT INVESTING IN INVESTING IN THESE PROGRAMS IS ONE WAY THAT WE ENSURE AN EDUCATED THRIVING WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SO I THINK THESE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT JUST PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THOSE STUDENTS AND THESE FAMILIES, BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS OUR ECONOMY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, THAT ARE OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UM, ACROSS THE CITY ARE, ARE WELL-EDUCATED THAT THEY HAVE HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES TO GO TO AFTER SCHOOL.

THERE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE AN ANTI ANTI CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES, FRANKLY, TO HAVE PRODUCTIVE THINGS AFTER SCHOOL.

AND THESE ARE SERVING SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS IN THE, IN THE CITY.

AND I, I BELIEVE IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING MENTIONED AT LEAST ONE ITEM WHERE I WOULD LOOK WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MY PRIORITIES, I WOULD LOOK TO KAT.

I HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS IN MIND, BUT I'M GOING TO SAVE THEM FOR LATER.

I DO THINK TO MAYOR, AS WE LOOK TO FUNDING THIS, I KNOW YOU BROUGHT FORWARD SOME ONGOING FUNDING FOR ECHO THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

THIS IS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE INVESTED STRONGLY IN.

AND AS I LOOK AT INVESTMENTS, ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, I WOULD PUT MY WEIGHT ON, ON IT'S A HARD CHOICE, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AMENDMENT FOR ECHO.

AND IT JUST CAME IN, I THINK THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, BUT THAT IS A GROUP THAT WE HAVE ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, WHO HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST IN RAISING FUNDING AND HAVE BEEN CERTAINLY AN ACTIVE PARTNER.

AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR WORK, BUT IF I HAD TO INVEST IN ONE OR ANOTHER HERE, WHICH WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, THAT WE GET THAT, UM, 500,000 FROM, FROM THAT MEASURE AND PUT IT TOWARD THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

AND I THINK I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE STAFF'S ESTIMATES OF THAT 500,000 FROM THE PARKING GARAGE MAKES UP, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE REST OF IT.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER OR, WELL, LET'S THINK ABOUT IT OVER THE, AND I'VE TRIED TO TALK TO DIANA.

THIS WAS A PRIORITY OF HERS ALSO IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND DOLLARS FROM SOMEWHERE TO BE ABLE TO CUT THE SCHOOL STUFF.

I MEAN, ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THE SCHOOL STUFF.

UM, AND WE ALSO RAISED ALWAYS A QUESTION, SHOULD WE BE SPENDING MONEY IN DEL VALLEY? SHOULD WE BE SPENDING MONEY IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? I KNOW IT GETS THEM BACK TO 21.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND I KNOW THAT IT GETS BACK TO THE 21 LEVELS.

WE HAD CONSIDERED AS A, AS A COUNCIL TO, TO EVERY YEAR WE TALK ABOUT GETTING MONEY FOR ASD.

AND SOME OF THOSE YEARS WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL DO IT ONE MORE YEAR, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO COVER THIS IN NEXT YEAR'S AND THEY SET PRIORITIES.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW BETTER THAN WE DO.

I THINK WHERE THEIR PRIORITIES ARE WITH RESPECT TO, TO S TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS. I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE FOR AISD TO COMPETE WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

UM, AND, AND SAY, WE THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS, IS, SHOULD BE THEIR PRIORITY, BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE AISD COMPETE, UH, FOR, UH, THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS AND HAVE THEIR PROPOSALS, UH, MAKE IT OR NOT ON THE MERITS, UH, IN THAT KIND OF COMPETITIVE SITUATION WITH, UH, WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO DOING A REALLY GOOD AND IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

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BUT ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE QUESTION THAT YOU RAISED AND, AND TALK TO, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR STAFF ON THAT AS WELL.

LET'S GET OTHER PEOPLE JUST TALKING AND THEN WE'LL PUT, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE COME BACK TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL THAN THE MAYOR PRO TEMP MAYER, THE, UM, THE SUGGESTION THAT YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT AISD, YOU'RE SAYING TO CONTINUE THEM AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY WERE IN THE BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR, SIMPLY NOT INCREASING IT, IS THAT YEAH.

STAYING WITH THE BASE BUDGET, WHICH I THINK HAS FUNDING FOR A RIGHT.

UM, AND, AND SO LISTENERS MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT PIECE.

AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BASE BUDGET.

I TOO HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH A PROPONENT OF THE EXPANDED TUTORIAL AND AFTERSCHOOL CARE, UM, FOR AISD RECOGNIZING THE PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES THAT, THAT UNIQUE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WITH RECAPTURE THAT IS NOT VISITED, UM, BY ANY OTHER, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

UM, I'M INTRIGUED BY THE IDEA OF HAVING AISD COME IN THROUGH THE CONTRACTING WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT IS ALSO OF INTEREST TO ME, UM, THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A DIRECTION, UH, FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I SUPPORT LEAVING THE BUDGET FOR AISD AFTER-SCHOOL CARE THE WAY IT IS IN THE PROPOSED DRAFT.

THANK YOU WITH NO INCREASES.

I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN HERE.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UM, AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT HAPPENED.

SO THEY WENT THROUGH THE CONTRACT PROCESS THIS YEAR, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT THEY COULD GET WAS LOWER THAN THEIR PAST FUNDING, BECAUSE THEIR FUNDING WAS REDUCED DURING COVID AND DURING COVID, THEY COULDN'T SPEND IT ALL BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE NOT IN SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY WERE LIMITED FOR HOW MUCH THEY COULD EVEN ASK FOR IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE OF ALL THE RULES THAT WERE AROUND THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.

SO IT WAS LIKE DETERMINED FROM THE GET-GO THAT THEY HAD TO BE LOWER THAN WHAT, WHAT THEY NEEDED.

THEY COULDN'T ACTUALLY EVEN SORT OF APPLY FOR IT.

SO AT A TIME POST COVID WHEN THEY NEED THESE SERVICES THE MOST, AND WHEN YOU HAVE INFLATION, WE'RE GIVING THEM, WE'RE GIVING THEM LESS.

AND SO THIS AMENDMENT IS TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP OUR CHILDREN, UM, TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION IN THIS PERIOD, UM, POST COVID.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO NEED THESE TUTORING, THEY NEEDED THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. UM, THE PARENTS NEED THE SUPPORT, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SCHOOLS, EVEN TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT DON'T HAVE, UM, THESE KINDS OF SUPPORTS.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I'M INTRIGUED BY YOUR SUGGESTION TO PULL A MILLION OF ONE-TIME FUNDING TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, MAYBE THE 2% AS SORT OF AN INTERIM, AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCREASE THAT, UM, THROUGH A MORE THOROUGH PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT HOW OVER TIME WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, MORE RESOURCES TO THEM, UM, FOR THEIR STAFF IN PARTICULAR.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS QUESTION OF WHETHER AISD SHOULD COMPETE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ASKING IF ECHO SHOULD BE COMPETING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT.

UM, AND, AND, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT WRITTEN TO GIVE IT TO ECHO, BUT IT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT AS IF IT'S FOR ECHO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE THERE'S THERE, WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS.

AND I AGREE, I THINK THEY SHOULD COMPETE.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS DRAFTED THAT WAY.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE USE, JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL PROGRAM WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE, BUT YOU JUST, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, THEY SHOULD COMPETE AS SHOULD I BELIEVE EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING FROM, I THINK WHEN WE TRY TO MOVE TO NON-COMPETITIVE PROCESSES OR AWARD PEOPLE, MONIES TO PEOPLE, WE ALREADY KNOW IT CREATES ISSUES.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE SAKI GRANT PART OF MY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE AMENDMENT, THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN THOSE POSITIONS, THE GRANT HAS OUT.

AND SO LIKE, IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE THE FUNDING, THEN YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY, THERE'S REAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT BE FUNDED.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS REALLY HAS TO BE LOOKED AT BY, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPOSING IT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S DOABLE AND, AND HOW THAT WORKS.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, UH, VAN, UH, HASBRO THREE, THEY CATCH HER KITCHEN.

GOOD MORNING, ADRIAN STIRRUP AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS PROCESS, WE COULD STIPULATE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THE FUNDING TO GO.

I'M ON TOBO EIGHT.

UH, I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS BECAUSE I WAS GETTING THE NEW AMENDMENT FORMS TO PASS OUT, BUT IT'S COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR SOCIAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS.

AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A MECHANISM OR SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO GUARANTEE THAT THAT COST OF LIVING INCREASE ACTUALLY GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON WHO WE WANT TO HAVE PAID MORE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT ONCE WE, AS A CITY EXPEND THE FUNDS, WE'RE ABLE TO PUT CONTROLS ON THAT IN THAT WAY.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW HER OR IF STAFF KNOWS OR

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I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH THAT WE FUND PROGRAMS AND NOT AGENCIES.

AND SO A 2% INCREASE MIGHT NOT AUTOMATICALLY CORRELATE TO A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR A STAFF PERSON.

THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THERE ANY WAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE NEGOTIATED CONTRACT? IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE THAT HEY, THROUGH THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND THE WAY THAT THEY SUBMIT INVOICES, UM, THAT WOULD BE CHECKED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND THEN THROUGH OUR MONITORING PROCESSES, WE MAKE SURE THAT AGENCIES ARE KEEPING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR CONTRACT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT.

AND THEN, UM, MAYOR ADLER WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER R YEAH.

THERE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO DO TARGETED RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS FOR SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT INCLUDES OUR SWORN POSITIONS, IF THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, UM, RECRUITING AND RETENTION SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH HIGH VACANCY RATES IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AS WELL, ADLER TO IS THE STRATEGIC.

UH, IS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR HARPER MADISON WITH US? HANG ON ONE SECOND.

PO IS, IS GOT SOME OF OUR HOPPER MEDICINE WITH US.

SO EARLIER, EARLIER, EARLIER, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY RECORD VOTES ON ANYTHING YET, AND THAT INCLUDES THE $7 MILLION.

UH, BUT WHAT WE DID DO WAS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED FOR THERE TO BE AN ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR INTEREST IN THAT THERE WILL BE A VOTE LATER ON.

UH, DID YOU ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST SPEAK TO THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS OPERATING ON ASSUMPTIONS THAT I COULD REMAIN, UH, OUT OF YOU, BUT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT VOTE THAT I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT FOR FOLKS WHO DIDN'T SEE ME ON CAMERA, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CIRCUMSTANCE, NOT A LACK OF SUPPORT AND, AND, AND, AND BE, BE COMFORTED WITH THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T TAKEN A RECORD VOTE YET ON THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I APPRECIATE YOU OFFER ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WEIGH IN REAL QUICK, BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK OFF CAMERA.

MA'AM OKAY.

THANK YOU, MIRA.

AND, UH, I, I NOTICED I WENT TO, WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION ON, UH, ON YOUR AMENDMENT, WHICH, UH, I SIGNED ON TO SUPPORT ON THE HOMELESS CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF $406,000.

UH, IS THAT B ON TOP OF HEAL? YES.

AND ANOTHER COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IT ABOUT THE FUNDING.

AUSTIN ISD IS VERY, UH, CONCERNING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE CITY HAS TO GO OUT AND, UH, FUND THESE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. WHEN WE HAVE PTA'S IN THE WEST SIDE, THAT'S SITTING ON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

I MEAN, AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL PTA RAISED MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THEIR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

WHILE WE GOT EASTSIDE MEMORIAL ROCK BETO ARE LUCKY TO RAISE $100 FOR AFTER THEIR SCHOOL PROGRAM.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THESE FUNDRAISERS FOR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY ARE DESIGNATED FOR SCHOOLS ON THE WEST SIDE AND NOT ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND, UH, I HAD REALLY HOPED THAT AUSTIN ISD CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUE.

I KNOW THEY TRIED AND, UH, I THINK THE STATE GOT INVOLVED AND TOLD US TOE, UH, THE, UH, SCHOOL, THEY COULDN'T DO THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S VERY, UH, UH, UNFORTUNATE THAT HERE WE ARE, ONE OF THE RICHEST CITIES IN THE STATE, AND WE CAN ADEQUATELY FUND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR OUR KIDS, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, BECAUSE WE ARE A RICH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND ROBIN HOOD TAKES ALL OUR MONEY AWAY FROM US AND LEAVE US SET UP AS A POOR SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT NOT ON THE WEST SIDE.

UM, HEY, IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS NEXT AND THEN ROTELLA.

UH, I, I JUST HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

UM, MAY HAVE HEARD TIM.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.

SO ON THE, UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE AMENDMENT.

AND, UH, LET ME START BY SAYING, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.

I FULLY SUPPORT IT.

I MAY HAVE BEEN READING IT WRONG.

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THE, UH, IS THERE, I WAS THINKING THAT IT SAID, YOU KNOW, THE DEDICATED CRIME ANALYST, UM, WAS A NEW FTE AND THAT WAS THE ONLY FTE, UM, AND THE PROPOSAL.

AND THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE I WAS LOOKING AT TO SEE IF, UH, LESS THAN A FULL YEAR WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

IS THAT NOT RIGHT? OR THAT IS CORRECT.

THE OTHER POSITIONS ARE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS THAT DO THAT ARE THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT SAVE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPETE THOSE, HOWEVER, HOWEVER, THAT WOULD WORK IF IT WOULD BE EXTENSION, BECAUSE IT WAS A GRANT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK, BUT THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE ACTUAL PEOPLE IN THOSE ROLES OUT, THE SAFE WHO, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING SAFE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FUND.

THEY'RE NOT FTES IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET.

THE ONLY ONE I WAS LOOKING AT THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY MAKE SENSE FOR A, UH, NOT A FULL YEAR WAS THE ONE DEDICATED CRIME ANALYST, NOT, NOT THE OTHER.

I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY DO, UM, THE CRIME ANALYST FOR, FOR NINE MONTHS.

AND WE'RE CHECKING ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

UM, WE DON'T WANT TO GO BELOW NINE MONTHS, BUT I THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY CAN, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO HIRE RIGHT AWAY, THAT WOULD BE POSITIONS GIVEN MONKEYPOX, ET CETERA, THAT, THAT WE WOULD REALLY NEED TO GET, GET IN THERE RIGHT AWAY.

UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT FOR THAT ONE.

SO THAT ANSWER, AND THEN, AND THEN FOR, FOR, UM, A TRIPLE C, IT DOESN'T HELP BECAUSE THERE ARE ALREADY PEOPLE THERE AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE OTHERS.

UM, SO I DON'T THINK YOU CAN, YOU CAN REDUCE THAT.

WE CAN REDUCE IT FOR THE, THE, THE WAYFINDING.

AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, CAUSE THEY MAY BE, THEY MAY CHOOSE TO FIND MONEY.

THEY MAY CHOOSE TO FIND MONEY TO DO IT SOONER.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE CAN, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT IT WOULD ON AN ONGOING BASIS BREAK THE BANK, BUT IT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ABILITY TO, TO GET THINGS DONE.

THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

WOULD YOU GO THROUGH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

WOULD YOU GO THROUGH THOSE ONE MORE TIME? SO I THINK WE COULD DO WITHIN THE PERF THERE'S A CRIME ANALYST THAT COULD GO DOWN TO NINE MONTHS.

NOW YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIGURE OUT THE AMOUNT CAUSE WE HAVE RETIREMENT AND OTHER STUFF IN THERE.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT JUST SCALES DOWN.

UM, THAT ONE IS THE ONLY ONE WITHIN PERF UM, WITHIN THE SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING, YOU COULD GO DOWN TO NINE MONTHS.

UM, BUT I THINK PART, YOU KNOW, PART COULD DECIDE IF THEY HAVE THE FDE, IF THEY WANT TO DO SOONER.

UM, AND THEN, UM, FOR A TRIPLE C IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THERE.

UM, AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HIRE, UM, AND THEN, UM, FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT CAN'T GO BELOW NINE MONTHS, BUT I THINK TWO OF THEM, MAYBE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN DO TWO FULL-TIME AND TWO AT NINE BUT NINE MONTHS, BUT I'M FIGURING THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH A PRESSING NEED WITH MIKEY PARKS, ET CETERA RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

HAS JOINED LAWSUITS AND, YOU KNOW, EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR CHANGES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

UH, AS OUR TOBO MAY I, I HAD SOME COMMENTS I NEEDED TO MAKE ABOUT AISD.

MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA IS OFF THE DAYAS THOUGH NOW.

UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO HEAR THE INFORMATION I WAS ABOUT TO PROVIDE ABOUT WHERE, WHERE STUDENTS ARE, WHO ARE SERVED BY THIS.

SO, UM, HOW SOON ARE WE BREAKING? UM, I WOULD SAY PRETTY PRETTY SOON.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN IF THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE SITUATION COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA HAS DESCRIBED, I THOUGHT THE DISTRICT HAD INSTITUTED A NEW POLICY ABOUT PTA'S.

UM, BUT I AM NOT UP TO DATE ON THAT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS SERVING ALL TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND IT IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INEQUITIES IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND OTHER SYSTEMS THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE WHERE THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA WERE DESCRIBING.

SO THE, OF THOSE SERVED, UM, IN, IN, IN THE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN 2021 TO 2022, THE SCHOOLS SERVED WE'RE AT WIDEN OAK SPRINGS, LANKFORD AND MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, AND THOSE ARE RANGE FROM 90%, UM, STUDENTS ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY.

I'M GOING TO BACKTRACK.

I WAS SAYING ONE, I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU RAISED AND I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT ONES.

AND I THINK IT IS ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, A HUGE PROBLEM THAT OUR STATE FUNDS EDUCATION AT THE RATE OF DOES WE HAVE A TERRIBLY BROKEN STATE STUDENT FINDING A SCHOOL FINANCING SYSTEM.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL

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AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK IT IS A MUNICIPAL PURPOSE FOR US TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO JUST SHORE UP SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELPING AUSTIN FAMILIES.

AND SO, UM, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

I WAS ALSO SAYING, I BELIEVE THAT AISD HAS ADDRESSED ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO THE PTA FUNDING, BUT I'M NOT EDUCATED ON THAT AT THE MOMENT.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT, BUT IT IS ONE OF, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHILE A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR HIGH QUALITY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND TUTORING, MANY, MANY FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY CAN NOT.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, THAT KIND OF DISPARATE EDUCATIONAL DISPARITY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SERVED.

AND SO EVERY, EVERY ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS HAPPENS IN A TITLE ONE SCHOOL.

AND I WAS JUST READING OFF IN 20 21, 20 22.

UM, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE THE PROGRAM, RIGHT.

UH, THIS IS VICTORY TUTORIAL.

THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE SERVED WERE WIDEN OAK SPRINGS, LANKFORD ELEMENTARY, AND MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WIDEN IS 90%, 90.3% FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STUDENTS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AT OAK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

AND I'M SURE, UM, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE STATS, THOSE, UH, UM, OF THE STUDENTS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, 97% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION.

I MEAN, THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY, UM, EX EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE 97% ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, LANGFORD ELEMENTARY, 95.5 MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 94% ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER HAD A SITUATION LAST YEAR WHERE SHE HAD NO CHEMISTRY TEACHER FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER AT AUSTIN HIGH.

MY FAMILY HAS THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A TUTOR, UM, LATE IN THE SEMESTER TO BE ABLE TO GET HER THAT SUPPORT EVERY FAMILY IN THIS.

AND EVERY STUDENT IN THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, EVEN WHEN THEIR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THAT.

AND, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE THIS WITHOUT OUR ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY'RE FRANKLY NOT IN THE, NOT IN THE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

UM, I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVED WITH PRIMETIME AS WELL, THAT I'M GOING TO FIND HERE HOPEFULLY SOON, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST TO EMPHASIZE THESE ARE NEEDED PROGRAMS, THEY'RE IN SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS.

AND IT'S JUST, FRANKLY, I THINK REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE DO THAT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE OTHER PART OF MY AMENDMENT.

UM, BUT I I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IT NOW BECAUSE A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED, EXPRESSED A VERY DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ABOUT HAVING IT GO THROUGH A SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT.

YOU KNOW, WE, BEFORE ANY OF US WERE SEATED ON THIS COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AT LEAST ONE RESOLUTION, MAYBE TWO EXPRESSING ITS COMMITMENT TO BE A STRONG PARTNER, TO AISD, AND TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO HELP AISD WITH, WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THEY, THEY SERVE IN.

AND SOME OF THAT TOOK THE FORM OF PARTNERSHIPS AND SWAPS, LIKE PROVIDING WAREHOUSE SPACE AND EXCHANGE FOR OTHER THINGS.

UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MANDATE BEFORE OUR COUNCIL BASED ON THOSE FORMER POLICY ACTIONS AND THOSE FORMER POLICY STATEMENTS TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO SHORE UP.

WHAT IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT FALLS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON? IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SAID, IT HAS AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE FINANCIAL STRESS THAT IT'S UNDER BECAUSE OF THE REALLY BROKEN STATE FINANCING SYSTEM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE REASON THAT WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, EXPLORING PARTNERSHIPS WITH AISD IS BECAUSE OF THOSE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT HAVE SAID, THIS IS ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY THAT IS STRUGGLING.

THEY'RE IN A VERY DESPERATE FINANCIAL SITUATION AND WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THOSE SCHOOLS AND WITH THOSE STUDENTS AND THOSE FAMILIES MATTERS TO OUR CITY'S SUCCESS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TREAT THEM LIKE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE A PARTNER.

I THINK WE HAVE TO TREAT THEM DIFFERENTLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M SUGGESTING THESE ALSO BE ADDED TO THE BASE BUDGET SO THAT WE'RE NOT YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, IN A POSITION OF TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED ONE YEAR AND SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS, YOU KNOW, THOSE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THOSE KIDS AND THOSE SCHOOLS WERE GOING TO BE CUT.

UM, AISD, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE NOT FUNDING.

IT IS, IS NOT GOING TO, AND I KNOW NOBODY HAS SUGGESTED CUTTING THE FUNDING, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT BE SERVED IF WE CAN'T.

UM, IF WE CAN'T CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THIS WAY UNTIL, AND UNLESS THERE ARE THERE OTHER SOLUTIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE PAST SUPPORT FOR THIS.

I WOULD REQUEST YOU TO, TO REALLY THINK ABOUT

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RESTORING THE FUNDING.

THANKS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR EXPLAINING, EXPLAINING THE FUNDING SITUATION BETTER THAN I DID AND WHY THEY WERE, HOW IT WAS THAT THEY WERE REDUCED AND WHY IT IS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT INCREASE.

UH, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TOTAL'S COMMENTS.

UH, I, EH, I WAS A PARENT ACTUALLY AT THE TIME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN WE LOST OUR PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST, UH, AT BLANTON ELEMENTARY.

AND THEN I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE WHEN IN THAT TIMEFRAME, THE COUNCIL OFFERED FUNDING TO AISD, TO RESTORE THE PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST.

IT WAS A HUGE HELP.

UH, I WILL SAY THAT.

AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE MONEY, UM, SUPPORT CONTINUING THESE PROGRAMS, CONTINUING TO HELP, UH, AISD, I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES THAT THEY'RE UNDER.

UH, AND AGAIN, LIKE SO MANY TIMES ON COUNCIL, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GRAY SOCK, YOU KNOW, ABORTION, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT ARE CREATED OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE SH WE HAVE SOME OF THE WORST FUNDED SCHOOLS WERE UNDER PARTICULAR STRESS HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE WE COME, UH, TO HELP OUR, UH, OUR, UH, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UH, NOW THOUGH WE ARE ALSO UNDER PHYSICAL PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOW THESE NEW THREE AND A HALF PERCENT REVENUE CALVES.

AND SO LIKE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD THAT DOES CONCERN ME IN TERMS OF, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR SUPPORT FOR, YOU KNOW, AISD, WHICH HAS ITS OWN TAX BASE, WHICH HAS ITS OWN, YOU KNOW, GOVERNING BODY, UH, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE ABILITY LIKE IN THIS BUDGET, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.

LONG-TERM THERE'S THERE'S ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND OUR, OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AS OUR, THE BUDGET GROWS AS OUR POPULATION GROWS AT HIGHER THAN A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT? AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT, I, WE SHOULD EXPLORE ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, NOT JUST WITH ASD, BUT ALSO WITH DEL VALLEY AND ROUND ROCK ISD.

THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD PREFER THAT THE WE EXECUTE.

AND AGAIN, I MAY BE UNAWARE THAT THERE IS ONE OUT THERE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS WITH AIC.

SO I'M KIND OF MORE FORMAL WITH A, WITH A TIMEFRAME, WITH GOALS, WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURED, UH, THAN TO JUST KIND OF GIVE ONE-TIME FUNDING.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC AND LONG-TERM IN OUR, UH, APPROACH TO THOSE THAN, UM, THEN JUST KIND OF DOING IT, UH, ON AN AD HOC, UH, UH, BASIS, UH, EVERY YEAR.

SO, ALRIGHT, WE READY TO BREAK FOR LUNCH? OKAY.

UH, ONE LAST THING.

SO I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET RIDER, WHICH HAS SOME ADDITIONAL STATS ABOUT, UH, PRIMETIME AND VICTORIA AND VICTORY TUTORIAL, VICTORY TUTORIAL, UM, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOLS WITHIN PRIMETIME, ANYWAY, YOU CAN, YOU CAN READ IT, BUT IT'S, IT IS BUDGET RIDER NUMBER FOUR, AND IT PROVIDES A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, ABOUT PRIME TIME AND WHO IT'S SERVING.

THERE ARE 27 SCHOOLS, ALL DESIGNATED, AS I MENTIONED AS TITLED ONE, UM, IT IS PRIMARILY, PRIMARILY SERVES STUDENTS OF COLOR OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

UM, AND 74% WERE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, 45% IDENTIFIED PROFICIENCY.

AND THEN THERE WERE MORE STATS TO EXPLAIN, TO EXPLAIN MORE DETAILS, BUT I JUST, BEFORE THIS GOES MUCH FURTHER, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO FUND PROGRAMS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE FUND PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS IN DEL VALLEY.

WE HAVE FUNDED CAREGIVERS MEALS IN DEL VALLEY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE ALSO EXTENDED THE OFFER OF CAREGIVER MEALS TO SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND, AND I THINK IT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT RECOGNITION.

WE ALSO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON, BUT THEY ARE ALL IN VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATIONS AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

SO THEY'RE NOT SENDING THEIR MONEY BACK TO THE STATE FOR REDISTRIBUTION AUSTIN, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE NOW I'M GOING TO NOT DO THE STAT, BUT I BET MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER KEN.

I MEAN, WE SEND MORE MONEY BACK TO THE STATE OR ARE NEARLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE SENDING MORE MONEY BACK TO THE STATE, THEN STAYS HERE LOCALLY.

IT IS A CRISIS.

AND SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE INTEREST IN, IN SERVICE IN SERVING OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BEING MINE.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE CONSIDERING,

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AND TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT WE DO HAVE THESE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT THEY ARE, NONE OF THEM ARE IN THE FINANCIAL STRAIGHTS.

THAT AISD IS.

IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST THE FACT OF THE MATTER.

I'M JUST GOING TO ADD THE, THE, THE, THE STATISTIC, CAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.

WE WE'LL BE SENDING OVER $800 MILLION TO THE STATE FOR RECAPTURE.

THAT'S MORE THAN WE SPEND ON AISD AT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

AND IT'S MORE THAN WE'RE TAKING IN FOR THE O AND M BUDGET, UM, FOR THE CITY.

AND I WOULD POINT OUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S JUST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE, THE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO SEND SO MUCH BACK TO THE STATE AND IT DOESN'T GET REINVESTED IN EDUCATION IS OUTRAGEOUS.

UM, AND THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE STATE REINVESTMENT, UM, AND HOW IT SPENDS THE MONEY, NOT SO MUCH WITH, UH, WITH A CONCEPT OF A PLAN THAT MAKES SURE THAT THERE'S EQUAL SPENDING IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE AISD SENDS BACK WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.

IT LEAKS OUT OF THE SYSTEM WHEN IT GETS TO THE STATE AND IT DOESN'T STAY AS BEING SPENT ON SCHOOLS.

UH, CAUSE THE STATE REDUCES ITS FUNDING.

WE ARE FORTUNATE THOUGH, TO EVEN BE A CITY OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT'S SENDING BACK MONEY BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE HARMLESS CAUSES, WE END UP WITH MORE MONEY PER STUDENT AND THEN DISTRICTS THAT ARE HARD PRESSED THAT ARE NOT SENDING BACK MONEY, UH, WHICH IS ALSO, UH, PROBABLY AN INEQUITY THAT'S BUILT WITHIN THE SCHOOL FINANCE SYSTEM, WHICH FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, UH, NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.

UM, SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE EQUITY OF US SHARING MONEY IT'S, UH, AND WE'RE STILL IN A STRONGER PLACE THAN, THAN MOST DISTRICTS ON A PER STUDENT BASIS IN AISD.

UH, BUT I DO AGREE THAT THE STATE'S FINANCE SYSTEM IS, IS, IS HORRIFIC NEEDS ARE HIGH NEEDS, ARE HIGH EVERYWHERE.

AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT, THAT THE MEASURES AND WEIGHTS TO ASSIGN THESE ARE ALSO NOT EQUITABLE MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I'D JUST BEFORE WE BREAK, I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD ANY UPDATES ON THE BUILDING SERVICES NUMBER OR FOR ELLIS' WHAT WAS GENERAL FUND MIKE AND ASK ANOTHER QUESTION IF YOU'RE NOT READY, DO YOU WANT TO A COUPLE OF MINUTES, I CAN ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.

MY COLLEAGUES UM, SO FOR THE SIP FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS A AND 91,000 AND FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS IT'S BROKEN OUT OVER.

SO OVER THE ENTERPRISE AND IT'S, UM, THE AMOUNTS ARE, WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY RATE CHANGES.

SO, SO THERE WERE TWO QUESTIONS WE ASKED THIS MORNING.

ONE WAS WITH RESPECT TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALICE SAYS, PROPOSAL, CAN THAT BE BROKEN OUT? AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE PARKING THE QUESTION.

SO FOR THIS ELLIS AMENDMENT SERVICE SERVICES AND PAY THE 5 66, THE TOTAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 191,000.

THE BREAKOUT OVER THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WOULD, WOULD NOT WARRANT ANY CHANGES IN ANY RATES.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION.

WOULD THAT WARRANT ANY RATE INCREASES? AND IT WOULD NOT OF MY MATH IS CORRECT.

THAT REDUCES, UM, BY 3 75, THE GENERAL FUND PART OF THAT.

AND THAT, SO THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, AND THEN FOR BUILDING SERVICES, DO WE KNOW THE CITY HALL? WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

TIME BECAUSE IT'S FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS, THERE'LL BE A CONTRACT FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ONGOING.

AND THEN FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UM, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ONGOING AND SOME OF THE LARGER EXPENSES, SO WE JUST REDUCED ONE FOR ELLIS, YOU KNOW, DOWN, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF, UM, LARGER IN SIZE.

UM, ARE THERE ANY OF THESE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, BE ONE TIME? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S POTENTIALLY AN OPTION TO PROVIDE THE HOMELESS SERVICE THING ON A ONE-TIME BASIS AS WE FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

UM, I WASN'T SURE YOU KNOW, FOR HEAL, UM, HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

UM, DO, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? YEAH.

WE CAN'T MOVE THE HEEL TWO TO ONE

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NOW.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE COULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT IT DOWN AT 1.8, RIGHT? YEAH.

WHEN I HAVE THAT AT 1.85, 1.8, WE COULD CUT THE FTE OUT OF THAT.

POTENTIALLY.

I CAN TALK TO DIANA ABOUT THAT.

THAT WOULD TAKE IT DOWN TO 1.77 OR SO, BUT IT HAS IT'S, IT'S IT'S FOR A CONTRACT FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO DO IT WHEN.

AND IS THAT FOR THE FULL YEAR OR IS THAT HALF? THIS IS FOR THE HALF YEAR BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDING FOR THE HALF YEAR IS DIANA.

SO, BUT IT'S ONGOING.

DO WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THE OTHER HALF? CAUSE I MEAN, IF THIS IS REALLY ANOTHER $3 MILLION, THEN THAT, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SHELTER OPERATION.

IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T FUND THIS SHELTER FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ONGOING CONSEQUENCES.

SO YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE HALF OF THE YEAR, BUT THEN DOES THAT MEAN, LIKE IF WE'RE COMMITTING TO DO THIS, THEN WE'VE GOT TO FIND THE OTHER HALF WE ARE FOR NEXT YEAR.

IT'S NOT ONE TIME.

UH, IT'S NOT ONE TIME IS HE IS THE HALF WE HAVE FOR HALF OF THIS YEAR ONGOING.

THE HALF WE HAVE IN THAT, THE AMOUNT THAT'S IN ONGOING IS FOR HALF THE YEAR.

I KNOW I'M ASKING IN OUR BUDGET IS THE AMOUNT THAT COVERS THE OTHER HALF YEAR ONGOING OR IS IT ONE TIME I'D HAVE TO ASK DIANA? I DON'T KNOW.

AND THEN, UM, FOR THE LIFEGUARDS COUNCIL MEMBER VLA, THANK YOU HAD SUGGESTED THAT YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A REDUCTION.

I WAS ALSO WONDERING, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME LIFEGUARDS WHO ARE TEMPORARY, WHO ARE WORKING 30 HOURS.

UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THEM NOT TEMPORARY, BUT FULL-TIME, AND THEN THAT HAS LESS OF A, THAT HAS LESS OF A BUDGET IMPACT, BUT IT PROVIDES THEM THE BENEFITS AND THE OTHER STUFF OF BEING FULL-TIME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE SETUP WITH THE LIFEGUARDS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE WORKING 30 OR 40 AND BEING TEMPORARY THAT WE'RE MAKING PERMANENT.

I KNOW YOU'VE FACTORED SOME OF THAT IN, BUT, BUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE LANDED IN ON THAT.

THOSE ARE, I MAY MARRY.

UH, THOSE ARE THE 200,000 OF THAT ITEM IS COMING FROM THE TEMPORARY, WHICH, UH, FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, STAFF WAS WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE AND REASONABLE.

UH, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON A, ON A REVISED AMENDMENT TO DROP THE NUMBER A BIT ALSO FROM THE ONGOING TO MAKE A, A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL ROOM, UH, IN THE ONGOING I SHOULD, AGAIN, THAT'S AN AMENDMENT THAT I SHOULD BE, UH, UH, REVISING AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL GET IT TO YOU OVER LUNCH.

AND, UM, THERE WAS A, A BUDGET QUESTION ABOUT THE STAFFING SHORTAGES IN HOUSING AND PLANNING.

UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF A CONSULTANT VERSION OF THE DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING IS AN OPTION THAT WAS CONSIDERED.

UM, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, UM, IS IT IS NOT PREFERRED.

UM, I CAN GO BACK AND TALK TO ROSIE ABOUT THAT.

UM, IT'S IF WE DO THAT, THEN IT'S, THEN IT MEANS THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO, THE DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING FUNCTION IS AN ONGOING FUNCTION.

SO IF YOU PUT IT OVER IN ONE TIME FOR, UM, IF YOU PUT IT OVER AT ONE TIME AND DO A CONSULTANT, THEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S THE SAME ISSUE.

THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ONGOING AT THE MOMENT.

AND I BROADLY SUPPORT DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN I SAW THAT I, SINCE WE HAD THE OTHER CONVERSATION, I SAW THAT UNA AND AGAIN, AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER, UM, INFORMATION.

UM, THERE ANOTHER ONE I DO THINK, UM, ON THAT ITEM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD, I'D SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, LET'S LOOK AT IT FOR NINE MONTHS.

I THINK WE COULD KEEP THAT ONE AT THE SIX MONTHS.

SO, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, HIRING STUFF, I THINK THAT ONE'S OKAY.

THE SIX MONTHS.

SO, AND HANG ON ONE SECOND.

CADBURY KELLY THING, CATHERINE, ANDREA ARBOR, MADISON.

DID SHE EVER INJURY? SHE QUESTIONED, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.

DID MS. TRUE.

WE DID NOT HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER.

I THINK I ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS, MR. ROB, DID YOU GET ON? CAUSE YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING OR YOU WERE JUST AVAILABLE.

I WAS JUST AVAILABLE.

IF, IF YOU GUYS NEEDED ME TO SPEAK TO THAT.

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UM, I JUST WANTED SOME CLARITY REAL QUICK.

UM, EARLIER YOU SAID THERE WERE NO RECORD VOTES THAT WE HAD TAKEN, BUT I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE TOOK A VOTE FOR THE LIVABLE WAGE WE DID BY WAY OF LETTING PEOPLE SEE WHERE PEOPLE WERE IN THE DYES, BUT THERE WAS NO REAL MOTION IN FRONT OF US.

THERE WAS NO FORMAL PROCESS, BUT, AND THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

I JUST WAS THINKING SINCE OUR COLLEAGUE IS BACK WITH US VIRTUALLY THAT IF WE NEEDED TO RECONSIDER THAT WE MIGHT AFFORD HER THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE WEREN'T DOING A VOTE ON THAT.

AND I RECOGNIZED CATHERINE AND HER FRIEND SAYS SHE COULD ALSO MAY EXPRESS HER, HER SUPPORT FOR THAT.

HOW'S MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, MAYOR, PRETEND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING.

I HAVE A QUESTION TOO.

I'M WONDERING IF THE, UM, THE S THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM, UH, ALTHOUGH THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WAS WONDERING IF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM, THE $13 AN HOUR, IT COULD BE MOVED TO ONE TIME, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, NO, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO ON AN ONGOING, I MEAN, WE, WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING NEED AND YEAH.

AND, AND, UH, JUST AS A REMINDER OF TRAVIS COUNTY, WELL, YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT GOES FORWARD AS ONGOING IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

NOW, SINCE YOU'RE WITH US, CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED ABOUT POSITIONS VERSUS CONSULTANT? HANG ON A SECOND, BECAUSE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO, I WAS JUST GOING TO LET STAFF HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO IT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HEARD WHAT I SAID.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT ANN SAID? OKAY.

DID IT? THE STAFFING IS PREFERRED OVER CONSULTANTS.

UM, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, THE FIRST IS, UM, OUR STAFF IS AT CAPACITY AND TO BRING IN CONSULTANTS THAT REQUIRE STAFF TO ACTUALLY MANAGE THOSE CONTRACTS AND WORK THROUGH THAT SOLICITATION PROCESS.

WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT FOR THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN DISTRICT PLAN, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT NO VIABLE RESPONSES TO OUR SOLICITATION.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND EITHER DO A NEW SOLICITATION OR, OR FIGURE THAT PARTICULAR, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PROBLEM OUT.

SO IT STAFFING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS THE PREFERRED SOLUTION FOR THIS NEW INITIATIVE.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH? ALL RIGHT.

SO IT IS NOW, UH, UH, 1213.

DO WE WANT TO COME BACK AT ONE 15? OKAY.

OH, GOOD.

CAN I SUGGEST A LITTLE LONGER? OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO BUILDING SURFACES YET? OH, NOT YET.

IF YOU DO, DON'T WAIT UNTIL WE COME BACK.

IF YOU COULD SEND US ALL A NOTE, UH, AND LET US KNOW.

UM, CANTERBURY KITCHEN WAS SUGGESTING A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN ONE 15.

UH, DID WE WANT TO BREAK FOR A LONGER PERIOD TIMES TODAY? 1 45.

ALL TRYING TO DO TICKET SALES AND ALL THE BACK OF THE HOUSE KIND OF THING.

LET'S DO ONE FOR FIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL.

THESE THINGS ARE GOOD.

UH, AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT TO SUGGEST WHEN I MENTIONED SCHOOLS, THAT THAT WAS THE ONE I WAS PICKING OUT ON THE LIST.

CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE CUTS AND CHANGES UP AND DOWN THAT LIST.

I WAS JUST DOING THAT BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING REALLY ABOUT A DIFFERENT TOPIC AT THE TIME.

UH, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE TAKING HARD LOOKS AT THIS.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN THINGS AS ALSO AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT OTHERS, BECAUSE THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO ARE GOING TO BE TO, TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR, TO YOUR OWN.

BUT YET WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED.

IT'S SOMETHING I CHAMPIONED.

IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR, BUT I'M NOT GONNA PUT ALL MY COLLEAGUES IN THE POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME TO ME AND SAY, NO, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE, FOR THE DAY IS, AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST SOME CHANGES.

SO I HEARD EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY TO SEE IF WE COULD, UH, BRIDGE THE, UH, THE, THE THREE-PLUS MILLION DOUBT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HERE AS ORTHO.

YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE.

AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK.

I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, I MEAN, NOT, I STARTED OUT AT SORT OF THE BARE MINIMUM AND MAYBE SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES DID TOO.

SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE MORE ROOM TO CUT IN CERTAIN THINGS THAN THERE ARE ANOTHER, AND THERE WERE BIGGER ASKS FROM SOME THAN OTHERS TOO.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY APPROACH IS TO LOOK AT ALL OF THEM COLLECTIVELY AND, AND KIND OF DETERMINE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ASKING IT SOONER.

WOULD YOU JUST QUICKLY TALK US THROUGH WHAT THE CREATIVE, THE CREATIVE CONSORTIUM AND IN PARTICULAR, I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER YOU THINK THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING WITHIN SOME OF THE SPECIAL FUNDS WE'VE SET UP THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THIS REQUEST.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER SOURCES FOR FUNDING, BUT WHAT THIS IS IS THE, UH, WE HAVE LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN THAT ARE DOING ARTS AND OTHER CULTURAL PROGRAMS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, VERY FEW OF THEM ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE INSURANCE.

CAUSE THEY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY SET THAT UP.

THEY, THEY ARE

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UH, AND IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SMALL.

UH, BUT THE LONG CENTER HAS OFFERED TO STEP UP AND IN ESSENCE, CREATE A KIND OF A UNIVERSAL OF HOUSE AND TO USE THAT COLLECTIVE NUMBER FOR INSURANCE IN THE LIGHT.

AND WHAT THEY HAVE SAID IS THAT THEY WOULD WILLING TO PICK IT UP ON AN ONGOING BASIS IF WE WOULD, UM, UH, HELP INITIATE IT.

UH, I THINK THEY'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALTH INITIATIVE.

WE WILL HELP AND DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMITMENT.

THEN THEY'RE WILLING TO CARRY IT GOING FORWARD.

IT JUST SEEMED TO ME TO DOVETAIL WITH SO MANY OF THE OTHER THINGS.

NO, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

IT'S A RELATIVELY LOW COST INVESTMENT AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND I, I, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE LUNG CENTER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING IT FORWARD.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOME OF THE POCKETS OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET UP WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IF ANY OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE SET UP, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC COULD BE TAPPED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

I MEAN, I GUESS IT DOESN'T REALLY GET US TO ANY DIFFERENT SPOT BECAUSE IT'S STILL GENERAL FUND FUNDING.

AND I HATE TO TAKE MONEY FROM ARTS FUNDS WHERE THERE'S PROGRAMMATIC STUFF THAT'S ATTACHED TO IT.

BUT IF THERE, IF STAFF HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT AND GET ALL THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

MAYBE WE RECHECKED INITIALLY AND ONLY COULD FIND PROGRAMMATIC DOLLARS, BUT WE DID NOT DO AN EXHAUSTIVE LOOK ON THAT.

UH, BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN, JUST A QUESTION FOR PROCESS.

UM, WHEN WE COME BACK, UM, WHEN WE COME BACK, PERHAPS IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO, THEY CAN SHARE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF ANYBODY HAS LEARNED ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, UM, MAKE A REDUCTION IN THEIR PARTICULAR ITEM, MAYBE WE COULD START THAT WAY.

I THINK I'M HOPING.

AND ALTHOUGH I REALIZE THIS IS CHALLENGING, I'M HOPING THAT OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH THE VARIOUS THINGS WE'VE SAID SO FAR SO THAT OUR, UM, ONLINE DOCUMENT WILL BE UP AS WE KIND OF GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE ONLINE DOCUMENT.

DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK BY 1 45, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PERHAPS HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE, UH, BUILDING SERVICES QUESTION INTO THE FTE QUESTION? I BELIEVE WE WILL BE.

UM, I KNOW THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO KIND OF COME AROUND AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING.

UM, AND, AND WE'LL WORK REALLY HARD WITH THE FTE QUESTION.

BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST GOING TO NEED THOSE KINDS OF ANSWERS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REALLY MOVE FARTHER.

UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, CAN'T REMEMBER TOPO FOR THAT GRADE YOU RAISED, AND I HAVE SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT, UH, LEVELING UP.

UM, BUT I HEARD THE ANSWERS THAT WERE GIVEN IN TERMS OF HOW WE FUND PROGRAMS THAT NOT ORGANIZATIONS AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO RAISE THE SALARIES OF THE WORKERS THAT ARE DOING THE SOCIAL SERVICE WORK.

HAVING HEARD THAT ANSWER, I'M LESS CONVINCED NOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

THAT'S WHY I'M JUST RAISING THAT.

I, I, I, UM, I HEARD THAT SAME ANSWER TOO, AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S ANSWERING THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD PROVIDE COST OF LIVING.

I'M NOT SURE I CAN RECONCILE.

IN FACT, IF IT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME DIRECTOR STIRRUP, I AT THE TIME DIDN'T ASK YOU TO CLARIFY, BUT I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR APPROACH IS THAT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONS AND TRYING TO FUND PROGRAMS, BUT, BUT I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, CAN WE, CAN WE SPECIFY THAT THIS 2% CAN ONLY BE USED ON SALARY INCREASES? I THINK THAT'S NOT INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT MAYBE SINCE IT WAS YOUR RESPONSE, MAYBE YOU WERE SAYING IT IS NO, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THAT THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, WE COULD, UM, NEGOTIATE PERSONNEL SALARIES OF A CERTAIN CATEGORY SAVED THE WILL OF THE COUNSELORS THAT WE WANTED TO SUPPORT CASE MANAGERS.

WE COULD DO THAT.

I GAVE THE CAUTION AT THE FRONT END OF THE ANSWER, BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, AT FRONT STEPS WHERE WE FULLY FUND THE ARTS, THEY HAVE OTHER STAFF THAT ARE FUNDED BY OTHER SOURCES.

SO BY US RAISING THE CONTRACT THAT WAS SUPPORTED AND INCREASED FOR THAT STAFF CREATES AN INEQUITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THE OTHER GRANT FUNDED STAFF OR WHATEVER THEIR OTHER STAFF ARE FUNDED WOULD NOT BENEFIT FROM THAT INCREASE.

SO THAT'S I SEE NOW WHY YOU ANSWERED WHY YOU PROVIDED THE ANSWER, YOU DID THIS MA'AM UM, HOWEVER, I THINK THE ANSWER TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT OUR FUNDING IN THAT WAY IS STILL

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YES, YES.

MA'AM WHAT THAT DOES FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

I MEAN, I SUPPOSE THEY COULD ALWAYS SAY WE DON'T WANT THE INCREASE BECAUSE WE WOULD THEN PROVIDE AN INEQUITY ACROSS MY GUESS IS NONE WOULD SAY THAT.

BUT, BUT I THINK, I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES, WE CAN RESTRICT IT.

AND SO IF THAT'S OUR PURPOSE, IT MAY HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A REASON IN MY MIND.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REASON.

IT IS NOT A REASON NOT TO PROCEED FORWARD.

IT MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO, UM, HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

IF THEY'RE IN THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SITUATION WHERE THE CASE WORKER WORKS ON THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS OR TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, DO THEY GET THE HIGHER PAY WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND POTENTIALLY THE LOWER PAY WHEN THEY'RE WORKING OR ANOTHER PROJECT? I KNOW IT'S NOT DISSIMILAR FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD THOUGH ABOUT PREVAILING WAGE AND LIVING WAGE FOR THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTS.

REMEMBER THAT ONE, IT WAS THE SAME QUESTION THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM, FROM, UM, CONTRACTING FIRMS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THIS GOES INTO EFFECT AT THE CITY AND THE CITY IS REQUIRING THAT THEY USE PREVAILING WAGE FOR TRADES AND, AND A CEILING, I MEAN A FLOOR FOR OTHERS THAT, I MEAN, THEY WERE, THEY WERE SAYING THEY OPPOSED IT FOR THOSE SAME REASONS.

AND SOMEHOW THEY MANAGED TO SORT IT OUT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT, BUT I KNOW WHEN WE REQUIRED THAT OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THAT INDUSTRY, UM, IT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED.

THEY SEEM TO HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.

BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR STIRRUP.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY, UM, TO, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT MIGHT BE.

IF WE PUT THIS IN PLACE, WHEN, WHEN WE RE UP CONTRACTS, I DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CONTRACT TERMS ARE OR WHEN THAT WOULD BE.

UM, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE THIS YEAR? IF WE JUST SAID FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WHEN WE RE UP THESE CONTRACTS, WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS IT.

AND, AND BEFORE I ASK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LAUDER, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR CLARIFYING PURPOSES, WHEN YOU SAY RE UP, DO YOU MEAN EXECUTE AN EXTENSION OR DO YOU MEAN WHEN THE CONTRACTS ARE RE COMPETED? NO.

I MEAN, EXECUTE AN EXTENSION.

YES, MA'AM GOOD MORNING.

LOUD.

I, ONE DAY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

UM, SO WE, OUR CONTRACTS ARE RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THE BULK OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE OCTOBER ONE AGREEMENTS.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS NOW OF REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE OCTOBER AGREEMENTS RIGHT NOW.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, IS THERE SOME NEGOTIATION INVOLVED WITH YES.

TYPICALLY FOR OUR OCTOBER CONTRACTS, THAT NEGOTIATION STARTS IN MAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NEW CONTRACTS IN PLACE BY OCTOBER ONE.

ALRIGHT.

AND, UM, OUR CONTRACTS ARE A MIX PERHAPS OF FTES AND OTHER AND OTHER SERVICES.

IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THEY ALL WAGE? CORRECT.

SO THERE IS A MIX BETWEEN FUNDING PERSONNEL, GENERAL OPERATIONS KIND OF CLIENT ASSISTANCE.

SO THERE IS A MIX.

AND WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS THAT START AT DIFFERENT POINTS.

SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT TYPICALLY START ON DIFFERENT QUARTERS WOULD BE OCTOBER, SOME WOULD BE IN APRIL, SOME MAY BE IN JULY, BUT THE BULK ARE OCTOBER.

DOES THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW REFLECT, UM, PUTTING THIS IN PLACE AT THE POINT WHERE WE, UH, WE EXTEND THE CONTRACTS? YES.

BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE FOR ALL OF OUR OCTOBER WHEN AGREEMENTS FOR US TO RENEGOTIATE A 2% INCREASE FOR ALL OF THOSE.

AND DOES IT, UM, DOES IT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT ONLY, ONLY ACCOUNT FOR ASSUMING IT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR THE WAGES THAT ARE PART OF A CONTRACT CURRENTLY? IT DOES NOT.

UH, THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDING, THE ADDITIONAL 2% IS ONLY FOR WAGES ANOTHER.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE, THE, I THINK IT'S AROUND A MILLION OR NINE 20 OR SOMETHING I'M UNCLEAR ON WHAT THE AMOUNT IS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF 920,000.

SO THEN 920,000 IS COVERS MORE THAN WAGES POTENTIALLY.

IT COULD, WE DON'T TYPICALLY DIRECT THE AGENCY OF HOW THAT 2% COULD BE, BUT GIVEN COUNCIL DIRECTION, WE COULD DIRECT THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE USED FOR WAITRESS.

WELL, THEN WE WOULD NEED SOME ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE REAL NUMBER IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S NINE 20 OR WHETHER IT'S SOME, SOME AMOUNT, IT WOULD BE SOME AMOUNT LESS THAN THAT.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE.

IS THAT POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE? OR IS IT JUST, JUST TOO DIFFICULT? I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE STAFF TIME INTENSIVE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH.

PERCENTAGE, BUT I WOULD SAY THE BULK OF OUR AGREEMENTS PROBABLY DO INCLUDE SOME VERSION OF STAFFING.

BUT IT WOULD BE, BUT IT WOULD BE, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE? ARE MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS FOR WAGES? I MEAN, IF WE JUST TOOK IT DOWN, I CARRIED DO SOME ANALYSIS.

I CAN TRY TO GET SOME ANALYSIS AND TELL YOU KIND OF WHAT

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ALL RIGHT THEN.

SO IF, IF HE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A BACK OF THE NAPKIN THING, IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE SOME NUMBER LESS THAN, THAN NINE 20.

IF WE STARTED WITH THESE EXTENSIONS, IF, IF IT'S TOO COMPLEX THAN I UNDERSTAND.

AND THEN DIRECTOR STORE, IF I WOULD ASK WHAT YOUR, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO GO AHEAD NOW? OR IS IT TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOME ANALYSIS AND CONSIDER IT LATER? I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IF, IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU DON'T THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF THE COST DRIVERS THAT WE'RE FEELING ACROSS THE BUSINESS.

I THINK, UH, TO PROVIDE A COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MAKE SENSE.

UM, HISTORICALLY I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE AGENCIES WOULD PREFER THE FREEDOM TO APPLY THAT INCREASE ACCORDING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS NEEDS.

OR WOULD YOU SAY THIS HAS TO GO TO COST OF LIVING INCREASES? IT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL IN PAST YEARS, WE'VE JUST ADDED THE 2% AND THE AGENCIES USED IT AS THEY SAW FIT.

DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR WOOD FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY CONSIDERING THE, UH, WEIGHT ISSUES THAT IT COULD? CAUSE IF WE MADE SUCH A DIRECTION, IF AN AGENCY HAS MULTIPLE FUNDING STREAMS, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM MAKE THE BEST ESTIMATE OF HOW THE FUNDS COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICES.

COUNCILLOR TOVO AND THE REAR PROTESTS AND CATS MARKET.

SO JUST TO BACK UP TO THE CONTEXT OF THIS CONVERSATION, WHEN WE FIRST EMBARKED ON IT, UM, WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER TO REQUIRE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTEES TO PAY A LIVING WAGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE REQUIRED OF OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE REQUIRE OF OURSELVES.

UM, THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE'RE TREATING OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND THEIR PROGRAMMING.

I THINK THAT IS A DIRECTION THE COUNCIL SHOULD GO IN OF REQUIRING A LIVING WAGE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, THAT PART OF WHY WE'VE MOVED IN THIS DIRECTION IS THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY APH, HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO.

SO INSTEAD OF REQUIRING A LIVING WAGE THAT WE INSTEAD CONSIDER PROVIDING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE, IS THAT ACCURATE? IT PERHAPS MAY BE, BUT MY, I DO NOT HAVE THE HISTORICAL.

THE, I KNOW IT'S BEEN AWHILE.

SO YEAH, I JUST BRING THAT UP FOR CONTEXT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE TO MOVE FORWARD, MAYBE DIRECTOR STIRRUP YOU AND I CAN TALK IN THE BREAK.

UM, BUT I, IF WE'RE PROVIDING IT, UH, FOR AS A COST OF LIVING INCREASE TO IMPACT WAGES, THERE ARE SO MANY PRESSING NEEDS WITHIN EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO GET THERE IF WE DON'T RESTRICT IT.

I AGREE.

AND THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE MY INTEREST.

I'M THE ONE WILLING TO KIND OF HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

THAT'S I WOULD SUGGEST WE, WE IMPOSE THAT RESTRICTION AS MY INTEREST AS WELL.

SO IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION, I PARTICIPATE IN THAT TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I, MY INTEREST WOULD BE IN TRYING TO HIT AS WELL.

I THINK IT WAS THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS NICE.

DO A MID-YEAR AMENDMENT AND, AND, AND GET IT DONE AND GET IT DONE AND GET IT DONE, RIGHT.

UM, I THINK THIS IS THIS DISCUSSION SUGGESTS THAT IT MERITS FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I KNOW FROM PHILANTHROPY, IT IS MUCH EASIER FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO NOT HAVE TO NITPICKY, YOU KNOW, MONITOR EVERY LITTLE BIT OF A GRANT.

OUR GRANTS ARE ALREADY KNOWN TO BE ONEROUS.

UM, THAT ADDS LEVELS OF REVIEW THAT THEY HA THAT THEY GRANTEES HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF AND WE HAVE TO, SO IT MEANS WE CAN FUND LESS.

UM, SO I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POULTRY INCREASE OF 2%.

SO I THINK IF WE WERE TRYING TO GET US UP ANOTHER 15, 20% OF FUNDING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TO RECOGNIZE INFLATION AND COST OF LIVING TYPES OF THINGS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE LESS WORRY ABOUT BEING NITPICKY.

AND IT PROBABLY MIGHT NOT COST US THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE BY THE TIME EVERYONE PUT IN THERE, THEIR GRANT OVERSIGHT COSTS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE TODAY, BUT SINCE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE COULD WORK ON.

AND IF WE IDENTIFY SAVINGS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE COULD, WE COULD

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OR WE CAN PUT A POT IN AND SAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND DO THAT.

UM, BUT I WOULD NOT TRY AND RESOLVE THIS LEVEL OF, OF DETAIL ON THE, ON THE DIASEND.

THAT IS ONLY A PROBLEM.

IF WE GO JUST 2%, IF WE GO 15%, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT IN REGION.

IF WE GIVE THEM A 15% INCREASE, THEY WILL BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION.

UM, YOU KNOW, OR EVEN IF WE JUST INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY CAN USE ON OVERHEAD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, TO DO IT.

AND IT WOULD BE MUCH CLEANER.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINTS.

AND I, AND THERE ARE VERY GOOD ONES.

MY GUESS IS THAT IF WE'RE STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE A 2% INCREASE, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE IN A POSITION MID-YEAR TO PROVIDE A 15% OR, OR Y'ALL, WON'T BE IN A POSITION MID-YEAR TO PROVIDE A 15% INCREASE.

SO THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF, OF WHAT I SEE BEFORE US.

THAT WAS OUR KITCHEN.

I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION, WHICH I HAD FORGOTTEN.

SO, UM, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, NEVERMIND, IF I REMEMBER IT, I REMEMBER IT ALL.

I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, A MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.

UH, AND IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY I'M A MUCH MORE, I THINK WE ARE IN MANY WAYS, PROVIDING UPWARD PRESSURE ON WAGES, JUST BY VIRTUE OF GOING TO $20 AN HOUR.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO FORCE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, I, I'M LESS WILLING, I GUESS, TO IMPOSE THOSE ON OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE IN A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, UH, TO RAISE FUNDS AND TO, YOU KNOW, MEET THOSE KINDS OF REQUIREMENTS.

I REALLY WANT TO LEAVE FOLKS AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THOSE COMMENTS OUT THERE.

IT'S ONE 30.

WE'LL HAVE A BREAK TILL TWO.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATED COPY OF THIS BIG SPREADSHEET WITH THE NUMBERS.

OH, W YOU MENTIONED COLA'S IN THE PAST.

WHEN IS IT? WHEN IS THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT FOR A SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT? CAN WE DO IT EVERY TIME? WE, WE RECOMPETE OR WHAT DO WE DO? IT WAS 2018.

THE LAST TIME THAT COUNCIL DIRECTED THE COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.

PARDON ME? OH, I BELIEVE THAT 2018 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT COUNCIL DIRECTED AND INCREASE THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

DO WE, DO WE INCREASE THEM, UH, EVERY YEAR OR THEY JUST STAY STATIC.

THEY STAY STATIC UNLESS THERE'S DIRECTION.

TAKE A BREAK TILL TWO O'CLOCK IT'S ALL COME BACK.

WE'RE IN RECESS.

IT IS NOW 1230 HI COLLEAGUES WITH IS, UH, 2 26, AND WE WILL RECONVENE, UH, THE COUNCIL.

UH, WE APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE IN THE PATIENTS OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHILE WE, UH, WERE STRUGGLING.

IF THEY COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD SERVE AS, AS JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I WANT TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO HAND OUT IS INTENDED TO BE A MID-CONVERSATION PIECE, NOT A PROPOSAL FOR WHERE IT IS THAT WE END UP.

IT'S ALMOST AN EXERCISE TO SEE IN WHAT WAY OR HOW WE COULD PRESERVE MOST, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD ON HERE BY MOVING THINGS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ONGOING AND OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT OUR COLLEAGUES DID, THE FIND MORE MONEY HAS PAID MAKES THAT, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT MIGHT BE DOABLE.

KATHY, DO YOU WANT TO REPORT BACK ON WHAT WE HAD HEARD FROM YOUR SUGGESTION ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE STUFF I COULD, BUT, UM, AND I WILL IN A MINUTE, BUT CAN I JUST UNDERSTAND MAYOR, WHO IS THIS COMING FORWARD FROM? WHO IS THIS? THE PRODUCT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS IS A PRODUCT OF CONVERSATIONS OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON COMES TO MY POINT IS ME, UM, UH, UH, KIND OF OUR KITCHEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA.

UM, SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT AT THE BREAK, WE DID GET, WE DID GET SOME INFORMATION FROM MR. VAN NINO.

I HAD IDENTIFIED THE SPECIAL FUND THAT WAS REFERENCED IN ONE OF THE BUDGET QUESTIONS I'D FILED.

AND I'D ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT YESTERDAY AND MR. VAN NINO, UM, REPORTS IN THE EMAIL THAT HE SENT US, THAT THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND CAN BE USED, UM, TO TO, UM, FREE UP, THEY CAN FUND THE HELICOPTER A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND SO THAT $1 MILLION CAN INDEED BE USED FOR ONE-TIME COST.

SO, THANKS

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FOR DOING THAT REVIEW.

UM, I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S NOT THE FIRST MILLION DOLLARS I FOUND DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT AT LEAST I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST, AT LEAST FOR A SHORT TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO IT.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING I WOULD OTHER THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND MAYBE IT WILL BE NOW IN CASE I FORGET, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE BUDGET DIRECTION THAT, THAT SPECIAL FUND BE AN ITEM THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE BUDGET IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN, SO THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY AROUND IT.

AND THE COUNCIL ARE AWARE OF IT.

HAD I NOT ASKED THAT QUESTION AND HAD THEY NOT RETURNED THAT RESPONSE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AWARE OF IT AND THE SOLUTION MIGHT NOT HAVE EMERGED.

AND I THINK WE'LL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER, UH, THEY DID REPORT BACK ON THE PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WAS ANOTHER SOURCE IDENTIFIED AS AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF REVENUE, THE CITY HALL GARAGE, I'M GOING TO MAKE A SIMILAR AMENDMENT FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT WITH REGARD TO THE CITY HALL GARAGE, THE STAFF HAVE REPORTED BACK AND THEY ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE KEPT THAT AT AN ESTIMATED INCREASED REVENUE OF $200,000 A YEAR.

AND I WOULD ASSUME AS ONGOING YES, AS ONGOING, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.

CURRENTLY WE'RE RECEIVING $900,000 OF PARKING REVENUE AT THAT GARAGE.

AND SO I WANT TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHETHER 200,000 IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO ESTIMATE OR WHETHER WE COULD ESTIMATE HIGHER, UM, AND HAVE THE STAFF COME BACK TO US IF THERE'S, IF THAT, IF THE REVENUES ARE NOT AS EXPECTED ONCE THOSE RATES ARE DOUBLED.

SO, OKAY.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR US TODAY? THERE ARE, THOSE WERE THE TWO AREAS I HAD IDENTIFIED FOR INCREASED REVENUE.

YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR COLLEAGUES HAD IDENTIFIED AREAS OF INCREASED REVENUE.

WERE THERE OTHER, OTHER PROPOSALS THAT ARE RESULTING IN INCREASED REVENUE? I THINK THE POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE SO, SO, SO TO RECAP WHAT JUST HAPPENED, UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK COUNTERPART TOFU.

I THINK THAT NEXT YEAR'S COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER HIRING YOU ON AS A CONSULTANT AT BUDGET TIME.

UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT ON.

WHAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT HERE JUST TO FOLLOW HOW THIS WOULD BE BUILT UP IN CASE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT LATER AT THE BREAK WE HAD HAD LIKE, UH, 8 MILLION, 1 74 AS THE, AS THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR ONGOING, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT TAKES THE AVAILABLE FUNDS UP TO JUST OVER $9 MILLION FOR AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR ONGOING.

NOW THE QUESTION, I MEAN, FOR ONE TIME, AND THEN ONGOING, UH, WE HAD THE NUMBER OF 12 1 62, 9 15.

AND IF WE ADD TO THAT, THE, THE 200, THAT WAS THE ESTIMATED PARKING NUMBER, SAYS 400 HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S 200, UH, AS THE ESTIMATED PARKING NUMBER, THERE WAS ALSO A, UH, AN ESTIMATED FTE NUMBER.

I THINK STAFF HAD COME BACK WITH, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD RAISED.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER ON AVAILABLE FTE? IF WE DID NEW FTES, THE WAY THAT YOU NORMALLY DO THEM, ASSUMING A NINE MONTH PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK THAT YOU WOULD SEND US AN EMAIL.

IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SEVEN 90 PLUS FOUR 13 MAYER.

IF YOU'RE ASKING WHAT THE MEMO SAID, THAT CARRIE JUST SENT RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED UP AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS $790,000, 413 AVAILABLE IN FUNDING.

UM, IF WE DO THE NINE MONTHS, OKAY, SO COLLEAGUES ON THIS SHEET, THERE WAS LAID OUT TO YOU.

THERE WERE THREE LINES AT THE BOTTOM.

YOU SHOULD JUST CROSS THOSE OUT.

THOSE WERE ESTIMATES OF EARLIER, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT UNDER THE ONGOING CUMULATIVE COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THE 200,000, THAT IS THE, UH, UH, PARKING GARAGE, ADDITIONAL ONGOING REVENUE, AND THIS 7 94 13, WHICH IS THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WOULD NEED, IF WE TAKE ANY OF THOSE, UM, THE BUTTON-DOWN SEVEN 19, THOSE THINGS TOTAL, THEN 13 MILLION, 1 53, 3 28 AS THE NEW AVAILABLE, UH, DOLLARS, UH, FOR ONGOING, I THINK I WOULD LIKE ONE OF THE FIVE OF YOU TO GO THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT YOU MOVED INTO OR SUGGESTED MOVING INTO ONE TIME SO THAT WE CAN SEE.

I MEAN, I SEE SEVERAL OF MINE THOUGH.

I IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE FUNDING, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT I THINK WE'RE DISCUSSING.

I SEE TWO OF MINE THAT I THINK ARE REALLY CRITICAL, ONGOING NEEDS, IDENT MOVED OVER, BUT IF WE COULD JUST GO THROUGH THAT QUICKLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE OF HELP.

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UM, THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS OUT.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, AND MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT IS ACTUALLY IN HERE TO REMOVE FUNDING FOR IS THE AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST POSITION AT THE ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER.

THAT WAS A ONGOING COST OF $71,882.

WHAT I DID DURING OUR BREAK IS I TURNED THAT AMENDMENT INTO A RIDER TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO APPLY THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THAT POSITION IN THE BASE BUDGET FOR A FISCAL YEAR, UM, 23, 24, ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

SO I WILL MAKE THAT EDIT AND WE WILL GET THIS COPY BACK OUT TO YOU ALL.

SO THERE WILL BE NO FISCAL IMPACT ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE THE DIRECTION AFTER THE AUDITS COMPLETED AT THE ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICE TO HAVE IT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING A LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WAS YOURS AND HOW US SPINE SPACE OR ROOM IN THE BUDGET.

JUST WANTED TO FLAG A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

I'M UPDATING LANGUAGE FOR THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT THE HR DEPARTMENT CANNOT CURRENTLY CALCULATE THE ACTUAL YEARS OF SERVICE WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES THE CITY AND THEN RETURNS.

UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THIS SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION WAS ALREADY PROPOSED BAKED INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, BUT WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE TIMELINE OF THAT RFP CONCLUDING AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SET UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT CALCULATING THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE AMENDING THE LANGUAGE ON THAT.

AND THEN OVER THE BREAK, I HAD SPOKEN WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE ABOUT THE THIRD PERSONAL DAY.

AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD MINE WORDED IN A WAY THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, AS WE FILL THESE VACANCIES AND WE PASS THESE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, BONUSES AND POLICIES THAT WE SHOULDN'T NEED TO DIP INTO OVERTIME AS MUCH AS WAS INITIALLY CALCULATED, WE DON'T QUITE HAVE THAT NUMBER YET.

AND SO THEY SUGGESTED THAT I AMEND THAT, UM, TO HAVE A, TO HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT THAT'S OUT THERE AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

UM, BUT I AM STILL REVIEWING YOUR SHEET AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DID PUTTING INTO THIS.

UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, LET'S TAKE THEM, I'LL LOOK AT THE SHEET, UH, JUST FOR GRINS IN CASE IT'S HELPFUL.

UM, AND I'LL ASK, UH, UH, THE OTHER FOLKS TO, TO HELP ME, UH, EXPLAIN AS WHAT THIS IS, BUT I WOULD START WITH THE BOTTOM.

WHERE DO YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU? AS BEST WE CAN TELL HAS US WITH ALMOST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS STILL TO SPEND IN ONE-TIME FUNDING.

THAT'S THE NUMBER IN THE BLUE BOX, 4 7761.

AND WE THINK THAT IT PROBABLY, OR CLOSELY, OR GENERALLY GETS CLOSE TO OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, MAYBE LIKE SIX 50, 1000 IN ONGOING DOLLARS, UH, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STILL ABLE TO BE SPENT.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT A COMPLETED THING.

AND IT WAS INTENDED JUST TO BE A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR, FOR CONVERSATIONS.

THE THINGS THAT WE CHANGED ON FROM WHAT PEOPLE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, I THINK ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, UH, ON THE CHARTS SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THOSE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE THINGS, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, FOR TOVO JUST TO RUN THROUGH THIS LIST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WANT TO EXPLAIN THE, THE, THE, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING.

IF WE COULD START AT THE TOP AND WORK DOWN, THAT'D BE GREAT.

ONE, O'CLOCK ONE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, UM, USUALLY WHEN IT'S RED, IT'S NEGATIVE AND YOU'RE COMPARING THE BOTTOM LINES VERSUS THE TOP LINE.

UM, AND IF WE ONLY HAD, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S EXTRA MONEY THAT WE COULD DIVIDE UP.

IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE, WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THAT MONEY IF I'M READING IT.

WELL, I THINK THE WAY TO READ THIS IS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ONE-TIME COLUMN, THE ONE-TIME DOLLARS, WE HAVE TO SPEND OUR 9 MILLION 1 74, 6 0 6, THE TOTAL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE ONE-TIME COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION, CUMULATIVE, THAT ADDS UP THE THINGS THAT ARE MARKED THERE AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE PAGE.

SO THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE ONE-TIME COLUMN, TOTAL 8 MILLION, 6 97, 5 45, AND THE DELTA BETWEEN 9 MILLION, 1 74, 6 0 6 AND 8 MILLION, 6 97, 5 45 WOULD BE THAT $477,000.

TOTAL BESIDES THE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE, THE ONLY THING 8 MILLION 1 74, 606 WAS WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS OUR AVAILABLE SPEND FOR ONE TIME, WE'VE ADDED 1 MILLION TO THAT.

SO WHAT DID YOU ADD TO THE 1 MILLION

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I THINK THAT ALREADY INCLUDED 1 MILLION, SORRY, AT, ARE WE RIGHT THERE THAT THE ORIGINAL ALLOTMENT FOR ONE-TIME SPENDING WAS 8 MILLION, 1 74.

AND NOW WE HAVE 9 MILLION, 1 74.

THE ADDITIONAL MILLION IS FROM THE FULL PICTURE.

THERE'S A MEMO FROM ED THAT CAME OUT.

IT'S NOT THE FORFEITURE.

IT'S THE SPECIAL FUND.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S IN THE MEMO FROM, SO WE NOW HAVE 9 MILLION, 9 MILLION, 1 74.

AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE.

SO THERE, YOU SEE THE DELTA AND THE SAME THING FOR THE NEXT COLUMN.

CATHERINE, MARY KELLY.

UM, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC MIGHT NOT HAVE A COPY OF IT.

COULD YOU POST IT TO THE MESSAGE BOARD SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING? YES, WE'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT'S OUR PROCESS GOING TO BE FROM HERE? I MEAN, I SEE ONE OF MY ITEMS MOVED OVER THAT HAS AN FTE.

IT CAN'T BE A ONE-TIME.

I, MY SENSE IS THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION TO HAVE ON THIS.

I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR MOVEMENTS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON ANY OF THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU ASKED, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SAY LET'S LET'S LET'S NOW LET'S TALK.

SO RUNNING THROUGH THIS PAGE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU HAD BEFORE, JUST TO SEE WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE, THE RESULTS IN THOSE NUMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, AND YOU SAID WE'RE STARTING AT THE BOTTOM.

I KNOW THERE WERE TWO IN PARTICULAR THAT I THOUGHT COULD BE A ONE TIME THIS YEAR, GIVEN THAT I FULLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES, THAT'LL HELP US MAKE THE ASSESSMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED THAT ONGOING.

YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME THOUGH.

I DECIDED TO WEAR MY CONTACTS TODAY, AND THIS HIGHLIGHTER DOES NOT WORK WELL FROM OUR VISION RESILIENCE EIGHT.

I KNOW.

SO ONE WAS TOVO TO ISD DUAL LANGUAGE, SUMMER CAMPS.

THIS WAS ONE THAT I THOUGHT COULD BE A ONE-TIME EXPENSE, UM, JUST GIVEN OUR LIMITED ACCESS.

AND ALSO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE DOING FINE ALSO BECAUSE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, THAT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP US WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST PATH FORWARD, GIVEN OUR LIMITED RESOURCES.

UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE TWO THAT I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER.

AND THEN THE GRANT WRITING IN THE INNOVATION OFFICE.

IT'S, IT'S ONE THAT I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED.

I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S TO DATE, UM, GIVEN OUR LIMITATIONS WITH HAVING A PRIORITIZE THIS LIST, THIS ONE DOESN'T SHAKE OUT AS A PRIORITY FOR ME.

UM, IT SHAKES OUT AS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THAT WE COULD DO FOR THIS ONE TIME AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUSTAIN MOVING FORWARD.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE THE TEXAS GRANT RESOURCE LIBRARY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT, THAT HAVE ACCESS FREE ACCESS TO ALL THE GRANT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

UM, SO I JUST WONDER IF BETWEEN THAT MBA PLUS PROGRAM OVER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SOME OF THE OTHER FREE WARDS RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE WHERE COMPETENT, CAPABLE, GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FOLKS WITH A IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ON FINDING THE ENDOWMENTS AND FOUNDATIONS, ET CETERA, COULD HELP US FIND, UM, FIND THE GRANTS MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I WONDER IF, IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH A REALLY GOOD, UM, COMPETENT GRANT WRITER, TO BE ABLE TO FIND, UM, ONGOING FUNDING FOR THAT POSITION.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW, IF WE CAN, IS IDENTIFY THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE SURE, AS OPPOSED TO NOT SAY WHY IDENTIFIED THEM.

SO THEN WE'LL GET TO A CONVERSATION WITH, SO I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR COLLEAGUE WAS ASKING US TO DO HERE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING US TO GIVE YOU THE RATIONALE FOR WHY WE NO, THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

IN WHICH CASE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ALL FIVE OF US TO WEIGH IN THEN MAYOR COULDN'T YOU JUST GO DOWN THE LIST.

LET ME DO THAT.

HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE IN PLAY FOR THE, UM, UH, FTE DISCUSSION.

I JUST ASKED TO HAVE THE CHANGES IDENTIFIED BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAY OUT OUR RATIONALE FOR SUPPORTING, FOR BRINGING THESE AMENDMENTS FORWARD.

SO THE REBUTTAL, IT SEEMS LIKE WOULD BE A LATER ONE.

SO THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE SUGGESTING FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AS YOU GO DOWN THE PAGE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO SEE IT MOVES THERE, KEEPS THE GRANT WRITING, BUT IT MOVES IT FROM ONGOING TO ONE TIME.

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I DON'T, HAVEN'T SEEN THE DETAIL OF WHAT OUR STAFF DID, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE GREEN ONES WERE.

THOSE WERE POSITIONS OF THAT FDS.

BUT THE CHANGES THAT THIS GROUP MADE WAS THE GRANT WRITING GOT MOVED FROM ONGOING TO ONE.

AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE PAGE, THE ANIMAL BY ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, WHO HAS FILED NOW, SOMETHING THAT MOVES THIS TO, TO KIND OF LATER CONSIDERATION WITH THE DIRECTION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR HELPING US WITH SPACE, BUT FROM A FINANCE STANDPOINT, THE NUMBER GOES AWAY.

UM, AND, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW'S QUESTION, SHE ASKED ME JUST NOW SHE SAID, SO WE'RE ELIMINATING IT.

WE'RE ELIMINATING THE FUNDING I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD AS A RIDER, WHICH I PASSED OUT.

YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE, UM, THAT PROVIDES DIRECTION FOR NEXT, THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET TO ADD.

FIVE, ALMOST $500,000 TO SPEND IN ONE TIME.

THE NEXT CHANGE AS YOU GO DOWN IS A, THE HEAL INITIATIVE ONE WHICH WAS FILED AT 1.850.

THAT'S BEEN LOWERED TO 1.750.

IT REMOVES THE FTE ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SUGGESTING SOMETHING THAT WAS A COST SAVINGS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR ALL OF US.

THE, UH, UH, DUAL LANGUAGE SUMMER CAMP IS KEPT IN AT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IT MOVES FROM ONGOING TO ONE TIME.

THE AISD FUNDING KEEPS $150,000 IN THE ONGOING, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND IT COULD BE WRONG, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IS THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO SPEND, TO GET THE FUNDING THIS YEAR TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE FUNDING WE HAD LAST YEAR.

SO WE THINK THAT IT MAKES UP THAT $150,000 DELTA, AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY FOR THE ASD FUNDING, UH, GOES FROM ONGOING TO ONE TIME.

SO WE HAVE 5 30, 9 TO 25 IN ONE TIME AND 150,000 IN ONGOING.

THE NEXT ONE ARE THE LIFEGUARDS AND IT DROPS FROM ITS ORIGINAL 768,000 DOWN TO 250,000.

AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELLA.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE MADE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CUT TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED TO HAVE HAPPEN.

UH, MOVING IT DOWN TO 250, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE STRATEGIC STIPEND FUND, WHICH WAS A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH I REMOVED, UH, FROM THIS.

UH, SO WE'D HAVE MORE MONEY.

UH, THE AEDC, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, YOU AND I WERE BOTH TALKING ABOUT THIS.

I THINK WE BOTH FILED ITEMS. I'VE TAKEN MINE OFF THE BOARD AND I'VE LEFT YOURS ON, UH, BUT YOU HAD HAD ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, AND THIS HAS IT MOVED DOWN TO $1 MILLION.

SO THAT'S A CHANGE.

THE ANTI HATE CAMPAIGN, UM, UH, IS IN AT 350,000.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT CHANGE.

I THINK THAT'S THE SAME.

SO THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS SOME GREATER FORCE OF WEIGHING IN THERE ON UNDER NANNY HEAD CAMPAIGN.

UM, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY REMAINING THE SAME.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELA HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND THEY'RE GOING TO REWORK, UH, THE LANGUAGE FOR THE HOTEL, THE HOUSING EMERGENCY PROGRAM, VELA NUMBER ONE, SO THAT IT COULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, UM, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERING NEXT YEAR, UH, IF THAT IS NEEDED.

SO IF WENT TO SIX, COMES OFF THE BOARD IN TERMS OF DOLLARS.

SO I THANK BOTH OF YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING A MOVEMENT THAT HELPS US WITH THE OVERALL BUDGET AND THAT'S APPRECIATED, UH, THE GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM.

I STAYED IN HERE AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE.

ALTHOUGH THERE, THERE HAS BEEN THIS SUGGESTION THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT AIA, UH, HAS SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR US.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S RIGHT THERE, BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

UH, THE SOCIAL SERVICE, OUR COST OF LIVING INCREASE HAS BEEN ZEROED OUT.

THAT'S TOBO EIGHT, IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

THE HOUSING EMERGENCY PROGRAM HAS GONE DOWN FROM 5 MILLION TO 3 MILLION.

AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER HAS SOUGHT TO INCLUDE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE OTHERWISE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, ON A BUDGET.

AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, I WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH A DIRECTION AS OPPOSED TO A FUNDING ELEMENT.

UH, SO THAT GOES TO ZERO AGAIN, KEVIN MARVELLA, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING SOMETHING THAT IS OFF THE BOARD.

IF THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE, THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL

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AND IF THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE, UH, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 600, SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SPEND IN ONGOING THAT'S THIS SHEET.

SO, YES.

UM, THANKS FOR RUNNING THROUGH THOSE.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THOSE, UM, AMOUNTS OF AVAILABLE FUNDING? DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MILLION DOLLARS IDENTIFIED FROM THE SPECIAL FUND? AND DOES IT INCLUDE, YOU SAID 200,000 FROM THE BUILDING 7 94 13.

WHAT'S THAT 7 94.

THAT WAS THE FTE THAT'S FOLLOWING OUR PRINCIPLE WHERE WE STARTING A NEW FTE.

WE DON'T USE 12 MONTHS.

WE USE NINE MONTHS SINCE MAKING CONSISTENT WITH THAT PRACTICE.

YES, COUNCILMEMBER 30 AM JUST, JUST FOR, FOR MY OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION.

UH, WHEN CAN WE OFFER DIRECTIONS? LIKE IN MY BED TREND, I WANT TO OFFER A DIRECTION TO THE STAFF MEMBERS.

SO IT'S MY INTENT.

IT'S MY INTENT TO ONCE WE HAVE FIGURED OUT THE ONGOING AND THE ONE-TIME CUMULATIVE STUFF, UH, I THINK THE NEXT SECTION FOR US TO, WE HAVE THINGS AT THAT POINT, WE COULD A TAX RATE, WE COULD APPROVE A LOT OF MOTIONS.

AND THEN BASED ON TIMING, WE'LL EITHER DO ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS TONIGHT, OR IF WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO GET TOGETHER TOMORROW JUST FOR AN HOUR OR TWO, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE DIRECTION, WE COULD ALWAYS JUST RECONVENE TOMORROW FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AND FINISH THE DIRECTIONS.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO? OKAY.

SO AT THIS POINT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS TO MAKE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS ON THINGS THAT SHOULD BE MOVED OR TO TALK ABOUT ANYONE THAT THESE, UH, TALK ABOUT IN ANY ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO GO THROUGH OUR AMENDMENTS AND WE CAN EITHER GO WITH THE WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED OR BRING OUR INITIAL LINE, BUT JUST START KNOCKING THEM OUT.

WE COULD, I'M TRYING NOT TO HAVE A VOTE ON EACH ONE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A DISCUSSION PERIOD.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GAUGE AS, AS PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS, WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OUR IN PART THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH OR CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND BE MADE TO THESE.

I MEAN, LET'S DO THAT AND LET'S SEE JUST WHAT THE KIND OF CHANGES ARE THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO MAKE COUNSELOR AND POOL.

I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO FILL IN A BLANK ON, AND THAT IS YOUR ADLER FOR ITEM.

UM, WE ARE MISSING AN IMPLEMENTATION DATE AND, UH, TRUING UP THE COST.

AND I AM, I AM PROPOSING PUTTING IN DECEMBER 1ST, 2022, AND THAT WOULD HAVE A TOTAL IMPACT OF 341,208 OF WHICH, UM, 264,000 IS ALREADY IN.

SO THE INCREMENT IS 77,313.

AND WHAT WOULD THE FINAL NUMBER BE 3 4 1 2 0 8 2 0 8 DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.

YOU CAN DEBT FINANCE THE EQUIPMENT.

FURTHER JUST GENERAL CONVERSATION, DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM WHOLE, UM, SO THAT WE COULD FUND IT THIS WHOLE, WHOLE YEAR.

AND, UM, THAT REQUIRES A MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND OF ONE TIME PLUS 200 OF ONGOING.

UM, BUT, UM, WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT WE CAN DO 880,000 OF THE ONE TIME WITH THAT SERVICE, UM, AND KEEP THE 120,000 IN GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT WOULD MAKE THAT PILOT HOLE, BUT IT WOULD REDUCE, UM, BY 380,000 THE AMOUNT IN THE ONE-TIME, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO, UM, THE FULL PROGRAM AND NOT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

SO ON THE SHEET THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, I'M FOLLOWING, AS I LOOK AT IT HERE, KELLY, UH, IT'S ABOUT KNOW THE PAGES OF KELLY TWO-WAY, WHICH IS THE WHOLE BOAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN KELLY TO BE THERE'S I THINK HAS HOUSE STAFF, UH, IDENTIFIED THAT IN THERE, UH, SPREADSHEET.

SO THE 500,000 WOULD BECOME 120,000 ADV.

NO, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PUT EIGHT 80 IN DEBT AT ADM AND I'M SAVING MONEY FROM THE, FROM THE COLUMNS.

ANYWAY, 500 BECOMES WHAT THE 500 BECOMES 120,200,000 STAYS IN ONGOING, AND THEN DEBT BECOMES 880,000.

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AND ED, I'M JUST WORKING OFF THE EMAIL WE HAD.

SO THE DEAD DEAD OR OTHER ON TWO A IS HOW MUCH? 880.

UM, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING AND IT WAS A HUNDRED, IT WAS 120 IN REAL TIME.

AND THEN, UM, I'M, I, I THINK THAT IN ORDER TO, I'M SKEPTICAL THAT MOVING THE GRANT WRITING WILL GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

AND I WOULD, UM, LIKE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION TO SEE IF THE INNOVATION OFFICE CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER THAT WOULD MEET THEIR NEEDS, I'M NOT SURE YOU'D BE, BY THE WAY IT'S RAINING.

YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE.

IT'S LIKE, THAT'S A GOOD TIME.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN, UM, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, HAVE THE INNOVATION OFFICE, UM, SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO GET A QUALITY PERSON IN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, TO BUILD THE PROGRAM AND TO BUILD THE CONTINUITY AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS, I'M NOT SURE THAT ONE TIME, UM, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION.

SO, UM, I THINK OTHER GROUPS WERE ALSO THINKING ABOUT STUFF.

UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU MOVED EVERYTHING OVER, UH, YOU MOVED A BUNCH OF STUFF OVER, UM, AND, AND SOME PEOPLE DID AGREE TO TWO REDUCTIONS.

UM, BUT I AM STILL QUESTIONING WHETHER THE HEALS SHOULD BE ONGOING MONEY.

WE HAVEN'T PURCHASED THE NEXT HOTEL.

UM, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE THE OTHER HALF OF THE YEAR.

UM, AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING SERIOUSLY MOVING THAT TO ONE TIME, UM, WHICH I THINK WOULD FREE UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THINGS.

UM, THE OTHER WAY, MAYOR, SHOULD WE TALK, LET ME KNOW WHEN, WHEN IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE INNOVATION OFFICE COME ON.

UM, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE BLOOD AND OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT LET'S NOT DISCUSS EACH ONE.

LET'S JUST KIND OF FIGURE WHAT THE UNIVERSE OF THINGS ARE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD, I DON'T HAVE TO DO A WHOLE NOTHER AMENDMENT.

WAIT, MY STAFF'S WORKING ON THAT JUST AS BACKUP, BUT YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD TO HEAR MR. VINNY KNEW IF WE NEED THAT OR NOT.

THE QUESTION IS, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF I NEEDED TO WRITE UP AN AMENDMENT FOR, I'M NOT HEARING OBJECTIONS TO WHAT I PROPOSED ON THE WHOLE BLOOD TO DO THE DEBT FINANCING AND GET THE WHOLE PROGRAM ROLLED OUT.

UM, RIGHT.

SO I JUST, THE DIRECTION IS CLEAR THAT WE'LL MOVE THAT OVER FROM A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE TO DEBT FUNDED.

WE'VE CHECKED WITH BOND COUNSEL, IT'S AN INAPPROPRIATE USE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

UM, WHILE I'M UP HERE THOUGH, I DO, UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF IS CLEAR ABOUT THE TWO WAY TO BE SO I'M I'M SO THAT WAS, UM, THE WAY THAT THEY DID IT, THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM IS TWO AND THE SIMULATION TRAINING IS TO BE, CAUSE THERE WERE TWO PARTS TO HER.

AND THEN, SO I GUESS MY CLARITY IS AT THIS TIME, IS IT THE PROPOSAL JUST FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM? NO, THE, THE STUFF IS STILL THERE FOR THE SIMULATION TRAINING AT THE MILLION DOLLARS OF ONE TIME AND 20,000 OF ONGOING.

YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS, RIGHT? SO LET'S CONTINUE TO SURFACE IDEAS, ESPECIALLY IDEAS WHERE PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN TURN UP MORE MONEY.

UH, IT GETS MORE FOR THIS.

TH THIS WAS A QUESTION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.

CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THE, YOU SAID 880 IN DEBT OBLIGATION.

IS IT CEO OR CO AND KEN FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION PURPOSES HERE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN K O N THE PERMISSIBLE USE OF THOSE DOLLARS? I'M GOING TO LET THE BUDGET OFFICE EXPLAIN THAT, BUT YEAH, LET'S HAVE A BUDGET OFFICE.

EXPLAIN THAT QUESTION.

ED, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT? SURE.

THAT 880,000 THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM AS A DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATION, MAYOR PRO TEM SAID THAT IT WOULD EITHER.

I CAN REMEMBER SHE SAID IT WOULD, IF IT WOULD BE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION OR THE, I GUESS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION FINANCING METHOD.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE KAO FUNDING.

THERE'S A LOT OF FANCY DEBT TERMS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL DEBT, BUT LIKE WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE, YOU GET A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE, THAT'S ONE KIND OF DEBT.

WHEN YOU BUY A CAR, YOU MIGHT GET A FIVE-YEAR CAR NOTE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEBT.

I'M IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPALITIES EVERYWHERE.

WE USE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY LONG-TERM DEBT FOR, FOR PURCHASING FACILITIES, LAND THINGS THAT HAVE A, UH, UM, A LONG-TERM LIFESPAN.

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TYPICALLY 20 YEAR NOTES.

WE CAN DO LONGER PERIODS, BUT TYPICALLY IN AUSTIN, WE DO A 20 YEAR NOTE FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION IS THE TERM.

WE USE A LOT OF OUR VEHICLES, UH, AMBULANCES, FIRE TRUCKS, UM, NEW AND REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, UM, CAN ALL BE PURCHASED WITH CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

TYPICALLY THOSE ARE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

AND SO WE WANT THE ASSET TO HAVE AT LEAST A USEFUL LIFE, UM, OF AT LEAST THE DURATION OF THE DEBT.

SO TYPICALLY LOOKING FOR ASSETS THAT HAVE A USEFUL LIFE OF SEVEN YEARS WHEN WE ISSUE THOSE BONDS.

BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE USE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR.

UM, KIND OF OUR TOVO MARY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE FOR THOSE, UH, THE OTHERS OF US ON THE DYESS TO INDICATE WHAT WE OVER THE BREAK HAD DETERMINED WE WOULD CHANGE.

AND SO I CAN, I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST SURFACE THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ALL ARE PROPOSING CHANGE TO ONE TIME, ONE TIME FUNDS HAS AN FTE IN IT, AND THAT IS THE SUMMER, UH, THE ISD DUAL LANGUAGE SUMMER CAMPS.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF AND ABOUT, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THIS DYESS ABOUT THE, THEIR ESTIMATION OF $200,000 OF REVENUE FROM THE PARKING GARAGE.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, CONSERVATIVE.

TO YOUR FIRST POINT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THE MTS.

THAT'S WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF REALLY APPROXIMATE NUMBERS AS WE TRUE UP, WHICH HOW LONG THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE REVISED.

UM, BUT I DID, I DID WANT TO SAY OVER THE BREAK, I GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH REGARD TO SOCIAL SERVICE.

AND SO I DO AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME PLAN TO PLAN TO WITHDRAW THAT.

I ALSO PLAN THOUGH, TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION THAT I HOPE THIS COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT TO REQUIRE LIVING WAGE OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR, THAT OF OUR, WELL, I KNOW THAT WE REQUIRE THAT OF OUR THIRD-PARTY FOLKS.

WE REQUIRE THAT AGAIN OF OURSELVES, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WAS WHERE WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION.

UM, STAFF, OUR APH STAFF HAD SUGGESTED WE HANDLE IT THROUGH, UH, COST OF LIVING INCREASE.

AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION HERE TODAY, SINCE WE'RE NOT, SINCE THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS TO PROVIDING THE FUNDING THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST REFER BACK TO WHAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL STANCE, WHICH IS THAT THEY OUGHT TO BE PROVIDING A LIVING WAGE.

AND SO I HOPE, I HOPE THAT THIS DIOCESE WILL SUPPORT THAT POLICY DIRECTION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO I'M REMOVING, I'M REMOVING THAT.

UM, AND, AND WE'LL DO SO AGAIN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

, I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT WHEN YOU BRING THAT BACK AND I SUPPORT THAT DIRECTION AS WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MOVE ON THIS BUDGET TO HELP FREE UP SPACE FOR US, UH, ADD THERE WAS ALSO CARRY, THERE WAS ALSO THE REQUEST TO EXPLAIN TO THE, THE DAY IS IN THE PUBLIC LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 200,000, UH, THAT WAS THE PARKING GARAGE GARAGE ELEMENT, WHEREVER IT IS YOU THINK SHOULD BE.

WE HAVE THE BUILDING SERVICES FOLKS HERE, DARRYL ALEXANDER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MANFROTTO TEMP COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M DEREK ALEXANDER FROM THE BUSINESS SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M THE BUSINESS SERVICE OFFICER.

UM, YOUR QUESTION, UH, COMES FROM, THANK YOU.

SO, SO AS I LOOK AT THE BUILDING SERVICES, OH NO, I'VE LOST IT IN OUR BUDGET BOOK FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE LOOKING GOODNESS.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS FROM MEMORY BECAUSE I'VE JUST PUT ASIDE THE ONE-PAGE I NEEDED, AS I RECALL, UM, THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THIS PARKING GARAGE LAST YEAR WAS 900,000.

AND THE AMOUNT PROJECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS 900,000.

AM I DOING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

SEVEN 50 FOR THIS YEAR, BUT APPROXIMATELY.

OF REVENUE HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE DOUBLING THE RATES.

SO IF WE WORK WITH THE 750,000, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PR THE AMENDMENT THAT I'M BRINGING IS, IS MORE OR LESS DOUBLING THE RATE.

AND SO I, I AM AWARE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT SOME OF THESE ARE CONTRACTED SPACES, AND THERE ARE OTHER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT 200,000 STILL SEEMS LIKE A VERY CONSERVATIVE FIGURE BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALMOST DOUBLING THAT YOU PROJECTED $900,000

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SO, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN 25% INCREASE WOULD SEEM TOO CONSERVATIVE.

IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT IS CONSERVATIVE.

UM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I I'M LOOKING AT WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS ONE, THIS PARKING RATE IS A VARIABLE.

WHAT IT MEANS BY THAT, THAT IS YOU'RE GOING TO GO UP IN THAT PRICE, WHICH IS NEEDED, BUT IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN PARK IN THIS SPACE FOR ONE? AND ANOTHER THING, ANOTHER THING THAT'S IN THAT, MY CONCERN IS IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S A VARIABLE, THIS CAN CHANGE.

IT MAY IMPACT THAT COST.

I'M ALREADY SUPPLEMENTING THE SERVICES FOR THE CITY HALL AT THIS POINT.

SO YOU TAKE $200,000 FROM MY OPERATING BUDGET.

I MAY BE AT A DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE, AT THE END OF THIS TIMEFRAME, RIGHT? SO THAT'S $200,000.

I CAN, I CAN HANDLE IT.

THERE IS THAT VARIABLE, AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT.

LIKE YOU SAY, YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO DOUBLE IT MAY, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THIS NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, UH, NEXT YEAR WE CAN LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR AFTER WE SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS YEAR.

I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE IT DOUBLING WHERE THERE'S A $500,000 THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN 200.

THAT'S WHY I SAY $200,000 IS DEFINITELY MANAGEABLE.

MR. ALEXANDER, WHEN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY TAKING 200,000 FROM YOUR BUDGET.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES YOU'RE GOING TO, IF THIS HAPPENS, YOU WANT TO TAKE 200,000 FROM MY OPERATING BUDGET, CORRECT? WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT IS.

WELL, WE'RE NOT, I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT TAKING IT.

WE'RE SUBSTITUTING THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE NOW GENERATING BASED ON HIGHER RATES.

SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ANYBODY LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING REDUCING YOUR BUDGET.

WE'VE OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO INCREASE THE REVENUE IN THE PARKING GARAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO, SO THAT'S WHY $200,000 IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MANAGE.

IF IT DOESN'T HIT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU WANT IT TO HIT.

IF IT DOES, WE CAN LOOK AT THE NEXT YEAR AND MAKE THE CHANGES THERE.

I THINK IT'S A SAFE BET FOR WHEN WE GO INTO THIS, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TO SEE IF IT WORKS.

THAT THAT'S, WELL, I THINK THAT WE'RE STILL FROM MY ASSESSMENT AND I'VE, I'LL LOOK BACK AT THE NUMBERS.

MR. REDFERN GAVE US THE NUMBERS FOR THE GARAGES THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN.

AND I THINK WE'LL STILL, WE WILL STILL HAVE, THIS WILL STILL BE A REAL BARGAIN TO SOME PEOPLE TO PARK HERE.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME BUILT IN AUDIENCES ACROSS THE STREET AND AT SOME OF THE NEARBY, WE SUBSIDIZE THE PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS OF MOST OF THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A REALLY IDEALLY SITUATED PARKING GARAGE FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE.

SO I THINK THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A REALLY POPULAR GARAGE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE JUST LOST A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET.

YOU KNOW, THAT PARKING GARAGE IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO IF YOU'RE IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A REALLY ATTRACTIVE PARKING GARAGE.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOSE.

I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE, UM, JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS IF WE GO UP A LITTLE, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE PRICED UNDER WHERE A LOT OF THE COMPETING GARAGES ARE.

SO COLLEAGUES, I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO SEE THAT I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY HAVING THAT CLOSER TO THREE OR 400,000, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU ALL THINK.

I'M ALSO HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT, THAT WE WOULD EVALUATE THIS, UM, THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROACTIVE EVALUATION IF IT IS INDEED.

IF THE REVENUES ARE UNDER WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTED, UM, AT MID-YEAR AND A DIFFERENT DECISION HAS TO BE MADE.

I ALSO WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL DIRECTION IN MY AMENDMENT THAT ASKS OUR STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER THAT INCREASE IS ENOUGH.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AFTER, AFTER TODAY, UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE RATES OF COURSE, HAVE TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE COST OF PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.

SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK 900,000 IS WHAT OUR STAFF HAVE PROJECTED TO GET TO BRING IN, IN REVENUE.

WE'RE INCREASING THE RATES BY ABOUT DOUBLE CAN WE, DO YOU, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEVEL OF RISK OF ASSUMING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE 300 OR $400,000 WORTH OF INCREASED REVENUE? MAYBE THREE IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO SAY, AND I DUNNO, CAN WE, CAN WE BOOKMARK THAT AND SEE HOW WE DO ON NUMBERS? AND IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING AT THE END, IT MIGHT BE GOING TO TAKE A BIGGER RISK THAN IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO DO THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO IT.

WHETHER SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL, WHETHER THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OFFSETS THAT ARE POSSIBLE.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

AND I, AND I, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER INTERVIEW ALICE, I HAD HIS HAND UP, UM, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO, BUT I AM GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT BUDGET DIRECTION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT.

IF THE REVENUES, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY REPORTS, THE OTHER WAY, QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT WOULD HELP US SEE WHERE THE REVENUE COMES IN AND

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CANCER WITH VIDEO.

I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN JUST LISTENING TO THE GENTLEMAN HERE, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU INCREASE THE PRICE OF PARKING, IT'S A LOT OF THIS AREA IS VERY COMPETITIVE.

YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE SAY $10 A NIGHT.

AND IF THERE'S A SPECIAL GRANT THAT IF THERE'S NOT AN EVENT COMING ON, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYBODY PARKING DOWN HERE.

SO, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE OR IF THEY DO, IF WE STICK TO THE 200,000 AND THEN COME BACK WITH A REPORT, IF I THINK YOU MIGHT JUST WAS THAT THE ANCHOR REQUEST, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE RATE RIGHT NOW.

DONALD BALDWIN, DEPUTY BILLING SERVICES, OFFICER, THE MAX DAILY RATES, 25, BUT THERE'S FIVE TIERS DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU PARK IN THE GARAGE.

AND THAT'S A PART OF THE ANALYSIS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHERE THE PARKERS ARE LANDING WITHIN THOSE RANGES TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH ACTUAL, ADDITIONAL REVENUE WE CAN GENERATE BASED ON THE FUNDING.

SO IF, IF YOU WHAT'S THE LOWEST TIER RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT TIME IS THAT THE FIRST 30 MINUTES IS FREE AND THEN THE LOWEST TIER IS $5.

SO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION EQUIPPED TO THE 35 WEEK, WE ASSUME THAT THAT WOULD GO TO 10.

AND SO YOU'D HAVE A $10, $15, I THINK, 25.

AND THEN YOUR DAILY MAX, I THINK THE, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT RAISING THE, UH, THE NIGHTLY RATE AND THE SPECIAL EVENT RATE BOTH TWO $25, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

AND DO YOU KNOW IF, IF THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND OUR PLAYERS THAT WE GIVE DISCOUNTS TO OUR DISCOUNTS, ARE THEY ALSO GOING TO BE AFFECTED? OR IF IT, IF IT'S ALREADY BEING VALIDATED RIGHT NOW, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN EFFECT BECAUSE THE VALIDATIONS ARE, I THINK CURRENTLY PLANNED TO SAY IN PLACE.

I THINK, UM, THE NIGHTTIME RATE WAS TIED TO SOME OF THE, THE NIGHTTIME WORKERS AND STUFF THAT, THAT $10, UM, THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT FEE FOR THAT, BUT, UM, I KNOW SOME OF THAT PLAYED INTO IT ALSO.

SO YOU PROBABLY MOST LIKELY TO HAVE TO ESTABLISH NEW SCALE.

I THINK THE SCAN WOULD BE BASED ON THE MAX DAILY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND THEN TEAR IT DOWN BASED ON THAT, THE MAX TODAY.

AND IF WE DOUBLE THAT BEFORE, WOULD THAT BE, UH, IT WASN'T DOUBLE SHE'S PROPOSING TAKING IT TO 35, 35 DAILY, A DAILY MAX, WHICH THEN WOULD JUST RAISE EACH OF THOSE TIERS, I BELIEVE WAS THE INTENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

UM, MAYOR, MAY I CLARIFY, AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE RATES IN A MINUTE, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS DOES NOT IMPACT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM.

THEY ARE ON MONTHLY CONTRACTS.

MOST OF THEM OPT TO PARK HERE AT CITY HALL, AND THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT IMPACT THEM.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT THAT WAS KIND OF THE COMPROMISE THAT WE STRUCK WHEN THE CITY STARTED PUTTING PARKING METERS UP, THAT REALLY IMPACTED OUR SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE ATD FOR HEARING THAT CONCERN AND CREATING THAT PROGRAM.

BUT MOST, AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T IMPACT THOSE GUYS AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE OTHER FOLKS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO HAVE THAT DEAL, THOUGH.

MY AMENDMENT SUGGESTS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2004, AND, UH, RESULTS IN, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF, OF REVENUE HERE AT THE PARKING GARAGE.

AND I'M NOT SURE IT SENDING KIND OF THE APPROPRIATE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT PARKING, ABOUT DRIVING DOWNTOWN.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION MAYOR.

SO APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UH, TABLING THIS AND TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PROCESS AND APPRECIATE RENTER COUNCILOR, RENTER MARIA'S QUESTIONS.

CAUSE WE WOULD STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU STAY WITH THE $200,000 BECAUSE OF THE VARIABLE IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE WITH THE UNKNOWN.

AND THE FACT THAT THE BUDGET FOR THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED SUBSTANTIALLY BY THE $20 AN HOUR.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ARE THINKING ABOUT.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH WHAT'S ON THE SHEET THAT WE'VE HANDED OUT HERE? I DIDN'T THINK SO.

THAT'S WHY I WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO TALK.

SOME PEOPLE ARE, ARE SHAKING.

IN SANFORD FOR SECOND NOTE, I WILL GIVE A CHANCE TO EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.

YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

I'M A VERY LITERAL PERSON SOMETIMES.

SO WHEN YOU SAY IS EVERYBODY OKAY AND YOU'RE TRYING TO EXTRACT FROM US, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, HOW TO GO NEXT.

I'M I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE GOAL HERE.

ARE WE STILL JUST LAYING IT OUT? OR, AND MY GOAL IS, I THINK THE GOAL FOR ALL OF US IS TO COME UP WITH KIND OF A ONE-TIME SCHEDULE AND AN ONGOING SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE

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WITH.

UM, SO THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT TO ALL OF US THAT NOT ALL OF US WORKED ON.

UH, SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, LOOK, I SEE WHAT'S ON THE CHART, BUT THESE ARE THE CHANGES I WOULD MAKE TO IT, OR I SUGGEST, OR WE SUGGEST WE MADE DO IT.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME GROUPS THAT WERE WORKING DURING LUNCH, OTHERWISE, OR PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THAT.

THIS IS A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP.

NOW, HOPEFULLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION AND TALKING THROUGH THESE THINGS, WE'LL BE IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOW AT A PLACE WHERE I THINK THIS LOOKS GOOD AT WHICH POINT WE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK DOWN TO ADD INTO CARRIE AND, AND SAY, YOU GUYS NEED TIME TO LOOK AT THIS TO FINE TUNE THE NUMBERS AND CALCULATE A TAX RATE, PROBABLY TAKE A BREAK WHILE THEY DO THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND SOMEONE WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT SECOND AND WE'LL ADOPT IT.

SO RIGHT NOW THE DOCUMENT IS IN FRONT OF US AND YOU'RE ASKING IF ANY OF US HAVE QUESTIONS AND OR CHANGES THEY WOULD MAKE TO IT OR DIFFERENT THINGS, THINGS THEY WOULD APPROACH DIFFERENTLY ON THIS PAGE.

I UNDERSTAND.

I WILL SAY IF I MAY, I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A GOOD IDEA TO OPEN THIS PROCESS.

UM, ON BOTH DAYS, YOU REMEMBER HOW WE USED TO HAVE THE PASTORS COME IN AND DO A PRAYER FOR US, JUST START THAT ENERGY OFF IN A BETTER, LIKE, UH, HEADED TOWARDS COLLABORATIVE SUCCESS KIND OF A DAY.

I'M, I'M FEELING SOME TRICKLES OUT.

I WONDER IF MAYBE EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DEEP, DEEP BREATH AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT.

WE'RE HERE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU COULD BE THE PASTOR MAYOR.

I THINK JUST THE INVOCATION.

EVERYBODY BE NICE.

I LIKED YOUR SERMON PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH.

IF I MAY THEN, UM, ONE OF MY, UH, GOOD FRIENDS, UH, THAT I MADE OVER THE YEARS AND ACTUALLY ODDLY ENOUGH, HE WAS A FORMER POLITICAL OPPONENT, UM, PASSED AWAY.

UM, AND I JUST, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF SITTING HERE ON THIS DICE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT PROCESS, JUST SORT OF THINKING THROUGH MAKING SURE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE MOMENTS, UM, THAT WE GET.

AND EVEN DURING THE COURSE OF THIS DIFFICULT PROCESS, I'M FINDING MYSELF VERY GRATEFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE, UM, UH, OVERTURNED IN EVERY STONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES.

BUT, UM, THAT SAID SO FOR, UH, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED LEWIS CONWAY, JUNIOR FRIEND, UM, I HOPE WE ALL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO REMEMBER HIM FONDLY, UM, AND LEFT BIG AND REMEMBERED TO, UH, TO COUNT OUR BLESSINGS EVERY DAY.

THIS WAS A RELATIVELY YOUNG MAN.

UM, SO NOTHING GUARANTEED.

YOU LET'S BE NICE TO EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU FOR CENTERING.

UH, CASPAR KELLY AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING IT'S REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW THOSE GOOD VIBES COMING THAT DIRECTION, BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN DO THAT.

UM, THERE IS A NEW OR REVISED BUDGET AMENDMENT BASED ON THE SUGGESTIONS FROM MAYOR PRO TEM REGARDING THE, UM, SIMULATION TRAINING AND WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM THAT WILL BE PASSED OUT TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT HER SUGGESTIONS WERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER AND HER TEAM SO MUCH FOR THAT SUGGESTIONS THAT WE CAN REALLY BRING THIS FORWARD FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WHAT NUMBER? WELL THAT WOULDN'T BE JUST HAD BEEN ASSIGNED A NUMBER YET.

IT DOES.

W IT'S JUST KELLY, UM, TWO, WHICH IS INCLUDING TWO-WAY AND GB.

WE JUST PUT IT ON THE SHEET.

SHE JUST PUT IT ON THE SHEET SEAT OF IT.

THAT WORKS.

IT'S ALSO BEEN EMAILED IF PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK IN THEIR INBOX.

IT'S OUT.

THANK YOU ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO I WANT TO, I I'M, I NEED TO LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS TO THINK ABOUT AISD, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD BRING IN, UM, UH, DANIEL COLADA OR ALL OF US AND RENO FROM THE INNOVATION OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GRANT PROCESS WOULD WORK, IF IT WAS ONE TIME VERSUS ONGOING AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE MIGHT BE, UM, SINCE THERE'S FUNDING.

UM, AND, AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING OVER, I'LL JUST SAY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US SEE IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO FUND SOME ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THAT, UM, AMOUNT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE PARTS OF IT.

UM, THERE'S THE PRIMETIME, THE VICTORI TUTORIAL AND THE PARENT'S SUPPORT SPECIALIST.

UM, AND EVEN JUST TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TO GET TO 50, YOU KNOW, THE TIME ALONE, IF WE JUST DID THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 6 62.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL, BUT, UM, MR. COLADA, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UM, THE GRANT POSITION AND, AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT WOULD MAKE IF IT WAS ONE TIME VERSUS ONGOING, UM, BOTH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE INNOVATION OFFICE AND FOR YOUR WORK ACROSS THE CITY, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YES.

BEFORE THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS POSITION, IT WAS, UH, FROM A LARGE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE ACROSS THE CITY WITH PARTNERS TO HELP FILL SOME GAPS IN THE GRANT PROCESS THAT ARE SYSTEMIC AND ONGOING.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, WHEN WE, UH,

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SO WE ARE THINKING OF THIS AS A FULL-TIME AND ONGOING POSITION, SO THAT WE CAN BASICALLY CONTINUE TO ADD THAT CAPACITY IF IT WAS A ONE-TIME POSITION.

UH, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE FIT ESSENTIALLY GO BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED ONCE THE, ONCE THE FUNDING WAS OUT, UM, WITHOUT, UH, THAT, THAT CAPACITY REMAINING IN THE FORM OF THAT PERSON THERE, WE ALSO, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY RUN INTO SOME HIRING ISSUES.

WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT'S WHEN, WHEN IT'S A STATED ONE TIME, UM, POSITION THAT THAT'S TIME LIMITED.

SO, UH, WHEN, AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE , IT WAS AS FULL-TIME SO THAT WE COULD HAVE, THAT COULD BE A PERMANENT CAPACITY ADD AND HELP BRING IN MORE FUNDING TO THE CITY, UM, FOR, FOR INNOVATION, OTHER TYPE OF GRANT PROJECTS AND INCREASE THAT GRANDPA CAPACITY FOR APARTMENTS, UH, OVERTIME.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER LOOKING AT VARIOUS PIECES OF THE BUDGET, AND UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT, IT DOES SEEM THAT WE'RE UNDERPERFORMING IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS THAT WERE, THAT WERE BRINGING INTO THE CITY.

AND I THINK THE SMALL INVESTMENT, UM, WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO DO THAT.

SO I WOULD PROPOSE MOVING THAT BACK OVER, UM, TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT SOME OTHER NUMBERS HERE.

I'M GONNA NEED A FEW MINUTES TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR THE ASD FUNDING, MAYOR KITCHEN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AISD FUNDING.

I MEAN, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE THINKING BEHIND, UH, THE BUCKETS, THE WAY THEY ARE HERE, BUT I'M OPEN TO MOVING MORE OF THAT AISD FUNDING BACK OVER TO ONGOING CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A BIT, A BIT OF MONEY TO, TO WORK WITH IN THE ONGOING.

AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVA WHAT HER THOUGHTS ARE ON THE AISD MAYOR.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS IT? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO ADDRESS IT ONCE THE MAYOR PRO TEM? I THINK SHE WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL MONEY, IS THAT RIGHT? NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO SEGMENT IT FOR SLIGHTLY LESS.

THAT MADE SOME LOGICAL SENSE.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ONE 50 MADE SENSE, BUT I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT SOME DATA THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE A SPLIT.

I MEAN, THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER IT ALL.

SO I WOULD FIRSTLY, LIKE TO JUST MOVE IT ALL OVER.

OKAY, WELL THEN, AND BE THE BEST I CAN TELL I'D PLAY RANGES.

IF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED WERE INCORPORATED THAT WE'VE HEARD THERE'S ABOUT $574,000 LEFT IN ONGOING.

THE, UM, THE, UM, GRANT WRITER WAS ABOUT 104,000.

IF THAT WAS MOVED BACK INTO ONGOING AND WE HAVE ABOUT 470,000, UM, IF THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE, OKAY, THEN, THEN I WOULD, UM, I WOULD JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M OPEN TO MOVING.

I WENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER, TELL COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, THEN I'M OPEN TO MOVING AISD FUNDING BACK OVER.

UM, I DON'T, IF WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THAT AND THE INNOVATION, I WOULD KEEP THE INNOVATION IN ONE TIME, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT IS PERHAPS MOVING SOME OF AISD BACK OVER TO ONGOING.

SO ANYWAY, I'LL WAIT TO HEAR WHAT THE, WHAT THE THINKING IS THERE, WHAT THE THINKING IS IN TERMS OF ONGOING FUNDS.

THEN FOR AISD FUNDING, WHICH ALSO THINKING IS FOR THAT.

10 OR 15 MINUTE BREAK TO GIVE PEOPLE? I DON'T HAVE THE, I DIDN'T SEE THE, YOU HAVE THIS, I DON'T HAVE THE SHEET, BUT IT MIGHT BE AN EMAIL.

THANK YOU, CUSTOMER KITCHEN.

I WOULD ECHO THAT SUPPORT THAT IF WE HAVE A PATHWAY TO MOVE THE AISD FUNDING, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 539 AND IN ONE TIME FUNDING, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE MORE OF THAT OR ALL OF IT TO ONGOING, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT.

UH, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT HAD, YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE, IF, IF WE MOVE THE GRANT WRITING BACK.

CAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE THE MATH YET, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE, MARY.

I THINK THAT IF WE, UM, TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF LOOK AT SOMEBODY'S FTS THAT COULD BE MOVED OVER, WE'D BE ABLE TO DO BOTH.

UM, AND THERE'S SOME THAT ARE EASIER TO MOVE THAN OTHERS.

SO THE GRANT WRITER COULD BE NINE MONTHS, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE TOOK A

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OKAY, THERE'S THIS.

SO IF I COULD, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ITEM THAT YOU ALL PROPOSED PUTTING IN ONE TIME FUNDS, THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES AN FTE.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO WALK US THROUGH, WALK US THROUGH THAT.

SO INITIALLY I HAD BROUGHT THIS FORWARD WITH THE FTE TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, UM, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHICH COMMISSION, BUT THIS IS FOR THE SUMMER LANGUAGE, THE SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAM THROUGH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HAVE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND DUAL LANGUAGE.

AND THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION, I BELIEVE FROM OUR, UM, OUR COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.

INITIALLY, THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED, I BELIEVE IT WAS THAT COMMISSION THAT ALSO RECOMMENDED INCLUDING, UH, SUPPORT FOR A PROGRAM THAT IS EXISTING AT THE MAC CALLED ACADEMY QUARTERLY.

AND WE WENT, TALKED WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THEY CAN ABSORB SOME OF THAT WORK WITHIN THEIR EXISTING RESOURCES, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

HOWEVER, THEN THEY ALL, WE DID HAVE SOME FEEDBACK THIS WEEK.

UM, I KNOW THEY VISITED YOU COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTAS AND SOME OTHERS REQUESTING, REQUESTING THAT FTE.

SO WE PUT IT BACK IN THE AMENDMENT.

SO I DID REACH OUT, I KNOW YOU AND I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THIS AND THAT WAS THE REASON I PUT THE FTE BACK IN IT.

BUT I, AND I DID REACH OUT TO DURING THE BREAK TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK YOU WERE HUDDLING WITH A DIFFERENT GROUP.

SO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT'S, IF IT IS, UM, IF IT IS ONE-TIME FUNDS, THEN WE DO NEED TO STRIP OUT.

WE CAN STRIP OUT ABOUT 80,000 OF THIS, BUT WE LOSE THE FTE AND WE LOSE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THAT PROGRAM.

BUT I WONDER IF OUR PARKS, AH, DIRECTOR MCNEELY, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT, COULD YOU TALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THIS PLEASE? I'M SORRY.

THIS WAS ALSO ENDORSED BY, I SAID IT WAS THE COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, WHICH IT WAS, IT WAS ALSO INITIALLY ENDORSED THE COMMIT.

THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS WAS ALSO ENDORSED BY THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE AND IN, UH, AND THE OTHER IS A PROGRAM THAT'S AT THE MAC FT CARD HAD DONE ONCE IS ABOUT 62,000, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT WAS 80.

MY, MY ESTIMATE HAD IN THERE, MY ORIGINAL FOUR 30 HAD THE FTE AT A POSITION.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT MY POINT IS THAT IT WAS, MY AMENDMENT WAS A $430,000 AMENDMENT WITH ONE FTE AT, I BELIEVE 80,000, BUT DIRECTOR MCNEELY.

I SEE YOU ON THE LINE TO VERIFY, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH MY FOLDER AND FIND THE EMAIL THAT WE HAD WITH YOUR STAFF.

IF WE BACK OUT THAT FTE, I THINK THAT SAVES US $80,000, BUT THEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT FOR THAT PROGRAM.

THIS IS NOT FACTORED IN AT NINE MONTHS, BUT IF WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FUND WITH, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FUND STAFFING, I WAS ONE OF THEM FUNDS.

I JUST MEANT YOU CAN MOVE 62 BACK.

I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

ANYWAY, DIRECTOR MCNEELY, COULD I INVITE YOU TO TALK US THROUGH THIS ISSUE? AS I UNDERSTOOD STAFF WERE WILLING TO TAKE ON THE SUMMER LANGUAGE, DUAL LANGUAGE AND SPANISH LANGUAGE CAMPS WITHIN YOUR EXISTING RESOURCES WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE HAD COME UP WITH, WHICH WAS ABOUT 350,000, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WHAT, WHEN YOU ADD A FULL-TIME POSITION TO, UM, TO, TO YOUR PRO, TO THE PROPOSAL, THAT FULL PIPE TIME FOR THAT FULL TIME POSITION ALLOWS US TO DO, UM, OR ALLOWS US TO COORDINATE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR SUMMER CAMPS.

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT POSITION, THEN WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL USE SOME OF OUR, UH, EXISTING FUNDING, SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAM AND, UH, TEMPORARY FUNDING THAT WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM.

SO A FULL-TIME POSITION HELPS, UM, AFFIRM ITS STABILITY AND HELPS US BE ABLE TO ENSURE, UM, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, WE WOULD JUST USE REWORD, JUST, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE WHATEVER AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WE WERE GIVEN.

JUST DEPENDS UPON THE CONFIGURATION OF HOW WE WOULD ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM, EITHER THE FULL-TIME POSITION, ALLOWING, UH, THE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND MORE SUSTAINABILITY OR UTILIZING POSITIONS, WHICH JUST PUTS THE STABILITY OF THE PROGRAM AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY AND REQUIRES US TO ABSORB

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SOME OF THAT WORK.

WE CAN MAKE IT WORK EITHER WAY, THE FULL-TIME POSITION, JUST TO PROVIDES IT A LITTLE MORE STABILITY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

IF THAT, IF THAT, I HOPE THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

I GUESS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THAT WHEN WE, WHEN WE USE TEMPORARY FUNDS, RIGHT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TURNOVER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UM, JUST A DIFFERENT LAYER THAT WOULD COME WITH THE PROGRAM, UM, AS, AS WE ARE, AS WE ARE EXECUTING IT YEAR AFTER YEAR, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT SUPPORT IF WE REDUCED IT BACK DOWN TO, I THINK THE NUMBER IS WELL, 80,000 LESS THAN WHAT I'M PROPOSING.

SO THAT'S ABOUT THREE 50.

IF WE REDUCED IT TO THREE 50 AND STRIPPED OUT THAT FTE AND THE FULL-TIME EDUCATIONAL COORDINATOR, HOW, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE PROGRAM AT THE MAC THAT IT WAS ALSO HELPING SUPPORT.

AND THEN AT TIME THEY WILL DO, THEY WON'T DO TOO MUCH AT THE KNOCK, RIGHT? BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE MAC IS GOING TO HAVE TO PHYSICALLY CLOSE IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE FRAMED THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AT SOME PARTICULAR POINT IN TIMEFRAME OR SOME TIMEFRAME, WHICH MEANS THAT THE MAC PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO END UP BEING DISTRIBUTED, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR PROBABLY HAVE A MAIN LOCATION, BUT THEN ALSO HAVE TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT OUR EXISTING FACILITIES.

SO IN THE NEAR TERM, IT WON'T IMPACT THAT PROGRAM VERY MUCH WHEN WE RETURNED BACK TO THE MAC AND THE MAC PROGRAMS ARE TRYING TO REESTABLISH THEMSELVES.

AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY AT THE MAC, UH, THEN THEN HAVING THAT FULL-TIME FTE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

PLUS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE MATH WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT THAT'S IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE CAN MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK, UH, EVEN IN THE NEAR TERM WITH JUST FUNDING THAT IS THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ENOUGH T AND WE COULD REVISIT IT.

SO MAYBE WE COULD CALL IT A PILOT PROGRAM AND REVISIT IT.

UH, ONCE THE MAC HAS DONE WITH COMPLETELY DONE WITH ITS CONSTRUCTION AND BACK UP AND RUNNING.

AND, AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS, AGAIN, AFTER, AFTER I INTRODUCED THE FIRST ONE, I HAD BACKED IT OUT AND PUT IT DOWN TO THREE 50 UPON THAT, BUT THEN WE DID GET SOME ADVOCACY ASKING US FOR THAT FULL TIME COORDINATOR.

AND I'LL, I'LL INVITE THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TO WEIGH IN.

BUT I, I DO WANT TO SAY IF WE'RE DOING, IF WE'RE FUNDING IT WITH ONE-TIME FUNDS, WE SHOULD BACK OUT THE FTE AND PUT IT AT CLOSER TO THAT THREE 50.

SO THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

UM, I HAVE IS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION.

WE'RE GONNA PRETEND WELL, IT'S KIND OF A COMBINATION, CAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE 838,000 OF ONGOING WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT, CORRECT WITH WHERE YOU LANDED, THERE'S 800 AND OKAY, WHICH ITEMS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHICH POT WE HAVE TO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE A POT OF ONGOING MONEY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO APPROPRIATE.

AND I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHICH NUMBER THAT IS BECAUSE IF IT'S THE STUFF IN THE RED, IS THAT IF WE TAKE, WELL, I GOT UNDERSTANDING WHICH NUMBER IT IS THEM.

SO IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHICH NUMBERS, THE SHEET THAT WE HANDED OUT HAD US WITH $838,000 IN, UH, I'M SORRY, HAD US WITH $477,000, UH, OF ONE TIME CUMULATIVE ONE TIME DOLLARS TO SPEND FOR 7,761.

WHAT I'M SHOWING IS IN THE SUBJECT, ALL THIS OBVIOUSLY IS SUBJECT TO IT BECAUSE HE HAS THE REAL NUMBERS, BUT IF WE MAKE A CHANGE, AS WE DID TO THE, UM, WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM AND WE MAKE THAT CHANGE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND AVAILABLE ONE TIME CUMULATIVE DOLLARS IS APPROXIMATELY $850,000.

AND ED, IF I'M WRONG WITH ANY OF THESE NUMBERS THAT I'M SAYING AT ANY POINT, SPEAK UP, OKAY.

SO THE RED IS THE DELTA BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL AND THIS AND THE BLUE IS THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE WORKING OFF OF FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT FOR OUR PURPOSES, I WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER IN BLUE.

THE, THE NINE MONTH OPTIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE FUNDING THE BALANCE OF THE ASD, WE'RE DOING A NINE MONTH FOR THE GRANT AND THAT WE'RE DOING A NINE MONTHS FOR THE, THE S I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, WHAT SHE JUST DESCRIBED FOR THAT FTE.

UM, I'M GONNA, I HAVE THE, I NOW HAVE THE,

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I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET THERE, BUT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE NINE WOMEN, WHICH, WHICH ITEM NUMBER I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S TOBO NINE.

AND IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? , TOBO NINE AND TOW IT TO TWO AND THEN ALTER FIVE.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, AMENDMENT TO YOURS, BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTALS, WHATEVER THAT RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS OVER ON ONGOING AS OPPOSED TO, AND SO THE, THE, BOTH THE GRANT ONE AND THE, UM, CAMP SUPPORT COULD BE NINE MONTHS.

UM, UM, DOES IT HELP US, IS IT, DOES IT MAKE SENSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AS MUCH ONGOING DOLLARS OVER TO ONE TIME OR BACK? CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEN WE HAVE MORE ONE TIME.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TAKE THE WAYFINDING AND INCREASE THE BUDGET TO 200, $250,000 FOR WAYFINDING, FOR SIGNAGE OR WHATEVER, AND TAKE IT OUT OF ONGOING.

THEY NEED AN FT.

THEY NEED ENOUGH T E IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK.

UM, BUT WE COULD, UM, I THINK, UM, MS. MCNEELY, SG, I WAS WONDERING IF, IF WE INCREASE THE BUDGET, WHETHER THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY COULD CONTRACT OUT FOR, UM, I THINK THEY REALLY NEEDED SOMEBODY TO BE ORGANIZING IT, BUT I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DECREASE THAT TO 50,000 AND THEY COULD USE THEIR TEMPORARY MONEY FOR THE ONGOING MONEY FOR WHAT THEY'RE USING RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THAT WOULD FREE UP SOME MONEY WE COULD APPLY TOWARDS THE OTHER CAMP POSITION.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAYFINDING, WHETHER IT'S STUFF YOU CAN PICK UP, OTHERWISE, WHETHER IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT, TO MOVE IT INTO ONE TIME TO GO TO LIKE 200 OR TWO 50.

WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THAT? YEAH.

COUNSEL, TO BE QUITE HONEST, I'M, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, AND SO I DON'T IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WANT TO GIVE YOU WRONG INFORMATION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REASON WHY WE WANTED AN FTE WAS TO COALESCE, BASICALLY COORDINATE THE PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, JUST LIKE WITH THE OTHER PROGRAM, IF YOU WERE TO GIVE US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE COULD COMBINE THAT WITH TEMPORARY FUNDING AND BE ABLE TO, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROGRESS THE PROGRAM FURTHER ALONG THAN IT IS CURRENTLY BEING, UM, IS CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING VERY LITTLE OR NOTHING.

AND SO ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE COULD COMBINE WITH EXISTING TEMPORARY FUNDING WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, FURTHER ALONG THE WAY FINDING PROGRAM FURTHER THAN IT CURRENTLY IS RIGHT NOW.

SO I TELL YOU ALL THAT BECAUSE I JUST, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AND I DON'T WANT TO IN ANY WAY, PRETEND LIKE I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION HOLISTICALLY.

I COULD TELL YOU THAT.

ABSOLUTELY WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO FURTHER AWAY FINDING PROGRAM.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, DEFINITELY PART OF OUR, OUR LONG RANGE PLAN.

IT'S DIFFERENT THAN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, A GOAL THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR OWN DEPARTMENT THERE.

AND YES, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT I WAS PROPOSING AND SEE IF THAT MADE SENSE.

SO IN ONE CONVERSATION I HAD ABOUT THE WAY FINDING THERE WAS A TEMPORARY HALFTIME ROLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TEA TO MAKE IT FULL TIME.

UM, SO COULD WE, COULD WE MAKE THAT PUT 50,000 IN ONGOING, YOU CONTINUE WITH THE TEMPORARY MONEY AND GIVE YOU THE FTE.

SO YOU GET YOUR WAY FINE, YOU GET YOUR PERSON FOR SIGNAGE.

AND THEN THAT OTHER 50,000 GOES TOWARDS THE CAMP.

ONE, WHICH WE WOULD THEN JUST NEED TO ADD, I GUESS, $12,000 FOR NINE MONTHS FOR THAT.

UM, SO THAT IT COULD START IN TIME TO BE HELPFUL FOR CAMP.

WOULD THAT JUST ADDING THE SORT OF THE 12,000 AND GETTING THE OTHER WORK? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

SO THERE'S AN EXISTING PART-TIME PERSON IN THE POSITION.

IF WE COMBINE THAT WITH 50,000 OF ADDITIONAL ONGOING AND AN FTE, WOULD THAT ALLOW YOU TO HIRE A FULL-TIME PERSON FOR THE SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING AND IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR STAFF AND GET BACK TO US, THAT'S FINE.

UM, I'M TRYING TO DO THE MATH RIGHT NOW.

SO IF I COULD CHECK WITH MY STAFF AND HOPEFULLY I COULD BE BACK WITH YOU AND JUST A FEEL OKAY.

AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT, THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE TO, UM, TAKE THAT 50,000 AND APPLY IT TOWARDS THE CAMP FTE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH I THINK YOU SAID YOU NEEDED 62,000, SO WE JUST APPLIED 12,000 AND WE'D BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH.

SO ALL YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS IF 62,000 GETS YOU NINE MONTHS OF A PERSON FOR THE CAMP, AND WHETHER YOU HAVE 50,000 IN YOUR TEMPORARY SIGNED PERSON THAT WE COULD APPLY TOWARDS THE FULL-TIME FD.

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UM, I WILL MUTE MYSELF AND STOP MY CAMERA AND REAPPEAR WHEN I HAVE THE WRITINGS.

SORRY TO MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

IS THAT ALMOST A WASH? YOU KNOW, ALMOST YES, BUT THAT GETS THEM TO FTES THAT THEY NEED, THAT GETS THEM THE FUNDING MAYBE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

I'M JUST TRYING IF, IF SOMEONE COULD GIVE US, UM, HOW MUCH, IF WE HAD, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 651,420 AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

HOW MUCH WAS YOUR AMOUNT? YEAH, 6 51 FOR, I MEAN, WE HAVE 5 74, 1 0 7 IF WE MAKE THE POOL AMENDMENT MAYOR.

CAUSE THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES.

JUST BEFORE YOU GUYS GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT GETTING TO A ZERO OR, YOU KNOW, PICKS THEM UP.

WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING NUMBERS INTO OUR TRACKING SPREADSHEETS.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE OF THE, UM, THINGS WE WORKED ON OVER THE BREAK WAS THIS IDEA OF PUTTING IN MORE SAVINGS RELATED TO THE NEW POSITIONS.

CARRIE SENT OUT AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, IF YOU DID THEM ALL AT NINE MONTHS OF FUNDING, IT WOULD BE $790,000.

WELL, THAT WAS FOR ALL OF THEM.

YOUR PROPOSAL IS NOT PROPOSING TO FUND ALL OF THE FTES.

SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS WITH FTES, AREN'T GOING TO BE INCLUDED.

SOME OF THE PROPOSALS WITH FTES ARE STILL ARE FOR FEWER FTES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WHAT IS THAT REAL NUMBER? AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S NOT IN THE, UM, THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY WALK WORKING OFF OF THAT WAS PART OF THE, UM, THE STAFF SPREADSHEET THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP TO DATE IS AS YOU COMMIT TO MORE ONGOING FUNDING UNDER YOUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, WE'D LIKE TO MAINTAIN TO THAT 14% RESERVE.

SO IF YOU COMMIT TO ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING AND YOU WANT TO STAY TO THE 14% RESERVE, WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER 140,000 GOING INTO RESERVES.

SO WE'RE WORKING ALL ON ALL THIS, BUT, AND I THINK YOU NEED TO CONTINUE HAVING YOUR DISCUSSIONS OR KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THAT.

I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO GET TOO FOCUSED ON TRYING TO BALANCE TO THE NUMBERS OFF OF YOUR SHEETS.

WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT IT JUST ENABLES OUR CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE, BUT WE NEED FOR YOU TO AS BEST YOU CAN.

AND WE CAN TAKE A BREAK AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

IF YOU SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS TAKE A BREAK AND LET US GET YOUR CURRENT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU SAY THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND, AND LET YOU AND LET YOU DO THAT.

WE COULD ALWAYS GO TO START DISCUSSING RIDERS IN THE LIGHT OR SOME NON-REVENUE SOME NOW I'M FINDING OUT I HAVE A ONE OR TWO THAT DON'T REQUIRE MONEY THAT WE COULD KNOCK OUT.

CAN I JUST ASK HIM THE LIFEGUARDS ARE ALREADY NINE MONTHS? OKAY.

KATIE, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT YOUR CHANGE WAS? AND GIVE ME, GIVE ME ITEMS. IF, IF, SO THERE IS A TEMPORARY PART-TIME PERSON WHO IS WORKING ON SIGNAGE PART HAS MONEY FOR THAT CURRENTLY.

AND IF WE ARE YOU, DID SHE HAVE AN ANSWER? DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER? OKAY.

SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT WE CAN, IF WE CAN SECURE A PORTION OF THE FUNDING FOR THE FTE, FOR WAYFINDING, WE CAN USE EXISTING FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR A TEMPORARY, IN OUR TEMPORARY DOLLARS TO SUPPLEMENT THE REST OF THE FULL-TIME WAYFINDING CONDITION AND THE ONE-TIME FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO GIVE US FOR RE FINDING IS LESS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN WORK THROUGH OUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES LIKE PLD, PERHAPS, UM, FUNDING.

I DON'T WANT TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO GUARANTEE ANY PARTICULAR KIND OF FUNDING, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE ACTUAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE SIGNS WE CAN FIND IN OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU WERE ASKING ME IS, IS THAT WHAT IF WE GAVE YOU SOME MONEY FOR THE FTE FOR RE BINDING, UM, CAN YOU SUPPLEMENT THE REST OF YOUR TEMPORARY FUNDING TO MAKE UP THE OLD POSITION? THE ANSWER IS YES.

AND THEN I THINK WHAT YOU ASKED ME IS, IS THEN YOU COULD PUT AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TOWARDS THE MONEY THAT WOULD BE A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR THE CAMP, AND IT WOULD BE A WASH.

AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, I BELIEVE IS I THINK THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IS, YES, IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED ANOTHER 12,000 OR SO TO GIVE THEM FOR THE CAMP COUNSELOR.

AND IT WOULD BE A WASH AND POTENTIALLY MORE WITH RESERVES IN LIKE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ITEM NUMBERS ARE RELATED TO YOU BE REDUCING THE ONGOING FOR ALTAR FOR, FOR WAYFINDING TO 50,000 AND YOU WOULD BE MOVING, UM, TOVO TWO, YOU'D BE MOVING 62,000 TIME

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GOING.

AND I NOT SURE WITH HOW YOU DID IT, IF THE FOUR 30 NUMBER WAS HER ORIGINAL NUMBER ALREADY BACKED OUT THE FT, WHICH NUMBER, WHICH ITEM WE TALKING ABOUT.

TOVO TWO, YOU WOULD PUT 62,000 IN THE ONGOING.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHETHER YOU REDUCING THE FOUR 30.

SO YOU'D BE PUTTING 62,000 IN THE ONGOING YEAH.

WOULD THAT COME OUT OF THE FOUR 30? NO.

YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD HAVE, THAT'S WHAT, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, THE FOUR 30 WAS INCLUSIVE OF THE FTE.

SO THEN THE 62 WOULD COME OUT OF THE FOUR 30, RIGHT.

AND ACTUALLY THE FOUR 30 HAD AN $80,000 NUMBER IN IT.

AND SO IF IT'S GOING DOWN TO NINE MONTHS, NINE MONTHS THEN, BUT YOU COULD STILL GET REDUCES TO THREE 50 AND 62 MOVES OVER, MOVES OVER.

AND SO THAT IS 415 ISH AND MY NUMBERS ARRIVED, BUT, AND YOU COULD STILL IMPLEMENT THAT FROM TEMPORARY OR OTHER MONEY.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT THE FULL YEAR OR TO HIRE THE PERSON EARLIER THAN NINE MONTHS, WE WOULD JUST BE GIVING YOU THE NINE MONTHS OF MONEY DIRECTOR MCNEELY.

DOES THAT WORK? WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT ALL AS ONGOING IF THREE 50 OF IT IS TEMPORARY, BUT THERE IS ONE FTE.

DOES THAT ALLOW YOU TO ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVES OF SUPPORTING BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS? THE ANSWER IS YES.

SO THAT BECOMES THREE 50 IN ONE TIME AND 62, AN ONGOING SUBJECT TO ADD, AND KERRY'S ACTUAL FINE TUNING OF THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PUT, UM, NINE MONTHS OF THE GRANT POSITION, WHICH IS, UH, ALTER FIVE, RIGHT.

AND THE BALANCE TO AISD.

AND THEN LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE CHANGE WE'RE DOING GRANT WRITING.

SO, UM, ALL TURF FIVE WOULD BE NINE MONTHS AND WOULD BE 92,000 SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE NINETY, 2006 91, MAYOR BRUTON.

IS IT AN ONGOING IT'S ONGOING.

IT WOULD BE MOVING IT FROM THE ONE-TIME TO THE ONGOING.

WE GO TOO FAR DOWN THAT PATH.

AND THEN THE BALANCE TO AISD.

AND THEN WE WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH IS STILL TO BE FUNDED FROM AISD.

AND WE CAN SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY OTHER POSITIONS NINE MONTHS.

I JUST DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF THE TOTAL.

SINCE WE ONLY ADDED WE'VE ADDED A HUNDRED AND, UM, 15, I THINK NO, 105, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THE, JUST FOR OUR PURPOSES, THE 91, 74, 6 0 6 WOULD SEEM TO GO DOWN BY AT LEAST, UH, WE WERE ADDING, WE COULD TAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF THAT NUMBER FOR THE JAY.

AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING THESE REALLY GENERALLY ADD, BUT IF WE'RE I HAD 9 1 7 4, 6 0 6, IF WE WERE TO TAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF THAT THAT WOULD COVER THAT ADDITIONAL CHANGE IN THE RESERVES THAT RIGHT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE RECOMMENDING BEFORE? WHATEVER NUMBER WE GET TO ON THE ONGOING, WE HAVE TO ADD MORE IN RESERVE.

SO BEFORE WE START SPENDING ANY ON ONE TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THE RESERVES.

I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY PLENTY FOR THE AMOUNT OF THERE.

HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO HAVE? OKAY.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL LATER.

I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A SMART THING.

WHAT I'M SHOWING IS THAT IF WE MAKE THE CHANGES, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT ONE TIME MOVED 90 FOR THE INNOVATION OFFICE.

IF THAT MOVED 92,691 TO ONGOING, IT WAS NO LONGER A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE THERE.

IF THE SIGNAGE WAY-FINDING, UH, WHICH REPRESENTED JUST WITH 50,000 IN ONGOING, I THINK THOSE WERE THE CHANGES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THE ISD DUAL LANGUAGE SUMMER CAMP WAS 350,000 IN ONE TIME AND 62,000 IN ONGOING, IF THOSE CHANGES ARE MADE, THEN IT APPEARS TO ME AS IF WE HAVE JUST OVER A MILLION IN ONE-TIME CUMULATIVE FUNDING AND JUST OVER 450,000 IN ONGOING, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S OFF BY AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO PROBABLY LIKE $350,000 ISH IN ORIGINAL PROBABLY WILL COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS THE FTE WILL NOT BE AS GREAT AS IT WAS BEFORE.

THERE WERE PROBABLY A TWO 50 TO 300 SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.

MY GUESS WOULD BE AN ONGOING BEFORE

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I NEED TO, TO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AS I'M REFLECTING ON IT, WE WOULD HAVE AN FTE THAT CONTINUES AND IS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THE ACTUAL MONEY FOR THE CAMPS IS ONLY BUILT IN FOR NEXT SUMMER.

SO WE WOULD BE CREATING A PROGRAM TO CREATE SPANISH LANGUAGE, DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPS, AND HIRING A STAFF MEMBER TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.

BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE PROGRAM.

SO I DO THINK, I DO THINK WE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY AND THE FLEXIBILITY COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM, ALTAR, AND, AND WORKING WITH YOUR AMENDMENT TO TRY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, 337,500 OF THAT AMOUNT IS, IS FOR THE MATERIALS AND THE COUNSELORS TO RUN THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL MONEY IS FOR THE SPANISH LANGUAGE MARKETING TO MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT THIS OPTION WITHIN OUR PROGRAM.

AND I JUST, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO HAVING THIS AS AN OFFERING WITHIN OUR PARKS SYSTEM PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY LONG OVERDUE AND SHOULD BE HERE, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO TRY TO FIND THE FUNDING IN AN ONGOING WAY.

AND YES.

OUT OF SOMEWHERE ELSE AND LIKELY IT WOULD COME OUT OF AFTERSCHOOL.

ARE THERE AS A COUNTER TO, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO HORSE TRADE HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THIS IS THAT THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR DID PROVIDE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS SO THAT WE COULD EXPAND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A PORTION OR A SMALLER AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY AND ALSO SOME MONEY THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING IN, UM, IN THE, UM, MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, SUFFICIENT FUNDING OR AT LEAST SOME FUNDING THAT WOULD BE ONGOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPS.

AND SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AS AN OPTION AS TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER, UH, THE DUAL LANGUAGE CAMP, EVEN IF WE WERE ONLY TO RECEIVE ONGOING FUNDINGS THIS TIME, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS IN, IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE.

BUT IT WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT WE WOULD BE VERY TRANSPARENT IN SAYING TO YOU THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING SOME FUNDING FROM THE ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDS, UH, THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND FYI 2021, WHICH WERE NOT FULLY EXECUTED BECAUSE OF COVID AND SOME OTHER REASONS OVER THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE AS THOUGH WE WERE RETRACTING FROM SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING, IT WOULD BE THAT WE HADN'T ACTUALLY STARTED CERTAIN EXPANSION.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I COULD PUT ON THE TABLE AS A, AS A WAY THAT WE COULD GET EVERYTHING DONE, BUT BEING FULLY TRANSPARENT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE USING ALL THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR AFTER SCHOOL FOR THAT PURPOSE, WE WOULD INSTEAD TAKE A MODEST AMOUNT AND HELP US GET STARTED WITH, UM, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE DUAL LANGUAGE CAMP.

MAY OR MAY I ASK HER A QUESTION, GO AHEAD.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

I KNOW THAT WAS PROGRAMMING THAT YOU ADVOCATED FOR.

AND, AND I THINK WHILE THEY BOTH FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF OUT OF SCHOOL, TIME PROGRAMMING, THEY REALLY SERVE IN MANY CASES, DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND DIFFERENT, TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UM, OBJECTIVES.

SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO DO BOTH IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE.

LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.

AND, AND DEPENDING ON YOUR ANSWER, I MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, BUT CAN YOU RANK FOR ME WHAT THE PRIORITY IS FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THESE NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AGAINST THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR PERMANENT LIFEGUARDS? I WOULD SAY THAT THE NEED FOR PERMANENT LIFE GUARDS IS A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.

ALL OF THEM, I THINK I ANSWERED THIS QUESTION LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS ASKED ABOUT PRIORITIES.

IT'S LIKE ASKING ME TO CHOOSE MY FAVORITE CHILD.

SO I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM, BUT I WOULD SAY IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE, I WOULD S I WOULD SELECT THE LIFEGUARD, UH, SITUATION OR HAVING SOME FULL-TIME LIFEGUARDS OVER, UH, THE, THE WAYFINDING AND THE, AND THE, UM, DUAL LANGUAGE CAMP.

BUT, BUT THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT.

SO, SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ADULTS? IS IT THE PROGRAMMING FOR THIS NEXT YEAR? THAT WOULD BE, YOU WOULD BE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE AFTERSCHOOL AND PUTTING IT TOWARD THE SUMMER CAMP IN SUBSTANCE AND IN FUTURE YEARS, NOT NECESSARILY THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE'D BE FUNDING IT IN A ONE IN A ONE-TIME FASHION, BUT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, IF YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT AND THE COUNCIL DOESN'T CONTINUE ONGOING, UH, DOESN'T CAN DOESN'T MAKE ANOTHER ALLOCATION FOR THIS PROGRAM.

YOU WOULD WORK TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO COME

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IT WOULD COME OUT OF AFTERSCHOOL OR OTHER OPTIONS MIGHT BE ALLOWING US TO SPEND THE REST OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF LOOKING FOR PARTNERS WHO WOULD HELP US BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A DUAL LANGUAGE CAMP.

SO THERE MAY BE INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES, NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

YOU HAVE CAPACITY AND WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH US.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOCATION.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE POSSIBILITIES COULD BE ENDLESS.

SO WE ALSO COULD BE LOOKING FOR A PARTNER THAT COULD HELP US EXECUTE THIS.

YOU COULD BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE, EITHER FUNDING OR IN KIND SERVICES THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO FUND THAT COULD ALLOW THE PROGRAM TO, TO PROCEED WITHOUT TAKING, UH, ALL OF THE MONEY OUT OF THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, BUT GIVING US TIME TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT IS A LUXURY THAT WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE.

SO IF WE DID HAVE SOME ONE-TIME FUNDING AND THEN ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK PARTNERS, TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR AND CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER OPTION WITH ANOTHER, WITH THE FINAL OPTION BEING, WE COULD COMPLETELY TAKE IT OUT OF, UM, OUT OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE EXISTING, UM, MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER BUDGET.

SO THAT WON'T BE MY PREFERENCE, BUT IF, IF WE NEED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, AT LEAST IT GETS THE CAMPS UP AND RUNNING.

I WOULD SAY FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS, PARTNERS, AND PARTNERSHIPS.

AND I THINK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPEN TO THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE REALLY CHALLENGING DISCUSSION ABOUT STARTING TO CHARGE AT PLACES LIKE THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING PARTNERS FOR, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD FREE SUNDAYS OR FREE DAYS.

I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR PARTNERSHIPS HERE AND THE HOPE THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND OTHERS WILL COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.

AND JUST FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, IN MY PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THOSE FOLKS COMING FORWARD TO HELP FUND CITY PROGRAMS. BUT I, I APPRECIATE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARKS.

DEPARTMENT'S WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND, AND, UM, I HOPE IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR FLAGGING THAT THE FTE FOR THE MAC, UM, WAS PART OF THE, OF YOUR AMENDMENT TO, FOR ISA ISD, DUAL LANGUAGE, SUMMER CAMPS.

UM, I THINK, OH, I'M SORRY.

I DON'T.

WHICH ONE IS IT? IT'S UM, I THINK WE KEEP SAYING AISD SUMMER CAMPS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OPEN THEY'RE THERE PARTS CAMPS.

UM, I THINK DR.

VALANZUELA HAD VISITED WITH MY OFFICE.

I KNOW SHE WAS VISITING WITH OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES AND BLAGGED.

UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THAT FULL-TIME, UM, FTE, UH, DEDICATED STAFF TO HELP ADMINISTER THE PROGRAMS AT OUR MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A PATHWAY FOR US TO KEEP THAT FTE AS PART OF THIS, UM, BUDGET PROPOSAL.

YOU GUYS COUNTS MORALES JUST WANTED TO FLAG AGAIN.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME NUMBERS BACK FROM BUDGET ABOUT ONE OF THE WRITERS FOR A THIRD PERSONAL HOLIDAY.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISED IF WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK THAT INFORMATION DOWN.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY A WRITER.

UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO FLAG THAT IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP WHETHER IT WAS EARLIER TODAY OR YESTERDAY, THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE SOME TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY FOR HEALTH CARE, BUT NOT DENTAL.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

AND IF PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTIVE, I'M HAPPY, I'VE DRAFTED THAT, UH, THAT AMENDMENT SO WE COULD BRING IT.

BUT I WANT TO BE REALLY RESPECTFUL THAT WE ALL PLAYED BY THE RULES AND GOT OUR AMENDMENTS AND WRITERS IN WHEN THE DEADLINE APPROACH THIS WASN'T ON MY RADAR UNTIL A LIFEGUARD CAME TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT IT.

BUT, UM, IF IT DOESN'T PAN OUT, THAT'S OKAY.

WE WILL BRING IT WITH AN IFC OR A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT AND CONTINUE DOWN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE OFFERING TO OUR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY MAYOR.

COULD I SPEAK TO THAT FOR A SECOND? UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, IT'S A RE IT'S A RELATIVELY LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING.

IF, IF AFTER WE FINISHED ALL THIS CONVERSATION, THERE WAS ABOUT, I THINK IT'S 80,000 OR SO 77, IF THERE'S 70,000, IF THERE'S 70,000 LEFT, THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO THE DENTAL, WE COULD DO IT NOW.

OTHERWISE I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER LS TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO THAT AFTER THIS.

BETWEEN ADDING THE NINE MONTH GRANT POSITION.

UM, I'M NOT GETTING DOWN TO THE TWO 50 300,000 RANGE WHERE YOU ARE MAYOR, CAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS 5 74 AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S AMENDMENT.

AND THEN IT'S ABOUT 103

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AND THEN THAT 12,000 DELTA TO GET THE OTHER FTE.

I HAD A SUB 4 69, 4 16 WITH THOSE CHANGES, WHAT CHANGES THAT WE MADE? OKAY.

I HAD 4 71, BUT PRETTY DARN CLOSE.

SO WE'RE NOT BEING.

AND THEN I TOOK FROM THAT ABOUT, UH, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR 140 I THINK IS WHAT ED SAID IN TERMS OF, UH, RESERVE DOLLARS THAT HE WAS GOING TO ONE OF THEM.

SO I'M CONCERNED THAT SO THE RESERVE DOLLARS CAN COME IN THE ONE-TIME MONEY.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ONGOING MONEY.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S HIGHER THAN 140,000.

IF WE'RE SPENDING 12 MILLION.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT THAT IS? BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR, OUR ONE-TIME COLUMN AS WELL, AND I DON'T WANT US TO START SPENDING IT.

YOU'RE NOT ON, WE CAN'T HEAR SPEAKER MICHAEL LEON NOW.

FOR EVERY $1 MILLION, YOU NEED TO INCREASE YOUR RESERVES BY 140,000 TO KEEP THAT 14%.

SO YOU'RE ADDING $12 MILLION TO THE BUDGET.

IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 1 MILLION, SIX 80 BE 14% OF THAT, I THINK.

INVESTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE FACILITATED.

BUT I THINK, OKAY.

SO IF WE MOVE, THOUGH, IF WE MOVE THE AISD TO THE OTHER COLUMN, THEN WE HAVE ONE-TIME MONEY.

HOW MUCH DO WE, I HAD IT'S ABOUT A MADE JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF ONE TIME DOLLARS WITH HER CHANGES NOW.

SO IS THAT REALLY THE THING THAT WE'RE HUNG UP ON? BECAUSE I HAVE, UM, IF, IF, IF WE'RE GENERALLY AND WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ANYTHING, BUT IF THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO, TO GIVE AND THEN CARRY THE CHANCE TO GO TO RECONCILE AND THEN COME BACK WHERE WE ARE, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT.

THAT'S WHERE TOTAL.

YEAH, I, I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO TAKE A FORMAL VOTE OR WHATEVER IT IS ON MOVING.

I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY ARGUE STRONGLY THAT WE MOVE THE DUAL LANGUAGE SUMMER CAMPS INTO THE ONGOING IN FULL FOR THE REASONS I JUST SAID, BECAUSE WE'D BE STARTING A PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION WE DID SAY ON THE AMENDMENT SHEET AREA ISD, BUT THAT WAS JUST MEANT TO SIGNIFY THAT THERE ARE LOCAL KIDS, LOCAL KIDS WHO WOULD BE TAKING, WHO WOULD BE PARTICIPATING.

IT'S NOT AN AISD PROGRAM, IT'S NOT A PROGRAM.

IT IS JUST SOLELY RUN THROUGH HER, THROUGH OUR S UM, THROUGH OUR OWN PARD PROGRAM.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHY THE FUNDING FOR ECHO IS NOT ONE TIME.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FUNDRAISING GOING ON.

WE'VE ALLOCATED A LOT OF FUNDING WITHIN OUR OWN CITY BUDGET, WITHIN OUR ARPA DOLLARS FOR SOME OF THESE NEEDS.

AND WE KNOW THERE'S A PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EFFORT.

AND SO TO ME THAT WOULD THE ADDITIONAL WORK.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT 406,000 MOVED BACK INTO ONE-TIME FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR AND THE SUMMER CAMPS MOVED OVER TO ONGOING, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, THESE ARE HARD CHOICES.

AND HAVING BEEN ON THIS DIOCESE TO ADVOCATE YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS LONG BEFORE IT BECAME THE COUNCIL PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT AS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FUND OTHER NEEDS AS WELL.

AND TO ME, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, AT, AT, AT THE MOMENT WE WOULD BE PRIORITIZING THE ONE OVER THE OTHER, AND WE JUST SIMPLY HAVE TO, IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE TO INVEST AT A LEVEL APPROPRIATE FOR THE YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT NEEDS, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WE MOVE THAT BACK TO ON TO ONGOING AND WE CAN, ALL RIGHT, I'M REALLY CONFUSED WITH ALL THIS DISCUSSION.

CAN WE ASK YOU TO TAKE A BREAK AND SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, WHAT WE AT THE WEEKEND, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE BEING BASED ON A PROPOSAL THAT I'M SUGGESTING WE TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO, WHICH IS WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT IT NOW.

AND IT'S THOSE TWO THINGS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS, AND THEN LET'S GO TO ED TO, TO, TO RUN THAT AND ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I MEAN, THIS IS HARD AT THIS POINT BECAUSE EVERYTHING ON HERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT I WANTED TO DO AND HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL DOES, I PERSONALLY WOULD PRIORITIZE THE, THE, UH, HOMELESSNESS SERVICES DOLLARS IS MY TOP PRIORITY OF EVERYTHING ON THIS PAGE THAT I THINK IS, IS, IS POTENTIALLY MOVING AROUND.

UH, JUST BECAUSE I SEE A COMMUNITY TRYING TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE CAPACITY.

UM, I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENT OF THIS HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH IT, THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT HASN'T GONE UP IN 10 YEARS, AT LEAST.

UM, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT SIGNIFICANT GREATER

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SO AMONG THE THINGS ON THE LIST, I MEAN, I'M UNDER SUPPORT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO MOVE SOME OF THE THINGS OVER BACK TO ONGOING AS WE'VE DISCUSSED.

BUT FOR ME, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT IT'S A NEED, IT'S ONGOING, IT'S REAL.

UH, AND I THINK IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF OUR, OUR LARGER INVESTMENT.

SO I, FOR ME, THAT'S JUST REAL IMPORTANT.

DOES THE MALES, IS THERE A SENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MOVE THAT OUT OF ONGOING FOR RIGHT NOW? THIS IS NOT A FINAL DECISION.

WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS LATER.

SO I'M NOT GATHERING, I'M SORRY, THAT MOVE.

WHAT, LOOK THAT MOVE, UH, MOVING THE MOBILE SERVICES FROM ONGOING TO ONE TIME.

CONVERSATION, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, KINSMEN RIVER, UH, KITCHEN, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIN.

WHAT WAS THE SECOND THING YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS? OKAY.

I MEAN, I DID WANT TO ASK YOU WHY THE OTHER FUNDING THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE HOMELESSNESS BUDGET CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS ADDITIONAL CON.

AND ALSO WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ON THIS DIOCESE ABOUT ALLOCATING MONEY TO SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED THAT WAY, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT'S PROVIDING THE SERVICE AT THE MOMENT.

AND THEY HAVE OFFERED IN VARIOUS PUBLIC SETTINGS TO HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR SAY THE OPERATIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR HOTELS.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE NOW USING ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM OUR CITY BUDGET TO HELP FUND THAT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS AN, IS ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS OF FUNDRAISING.

SO IT'S, UH, I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.

AND I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WE MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS FUNDING IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR ANY ONE ENTITY.

UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, TO LOOK ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE BEEN DOING CAPACITY BUILDING AND OTHER THINGS FOR OTHER ENTITIES, SO I WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE IT.

SO, OKAY.

SO WITHOUT MAKING ANY FINAL DECISIONS ADD AND CARRY, IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO KIND OF RUN THE NUMBERS ON THIS AND TELL US WHERE YOU THINK WE REALLY ARE JUST TO REVIEW WHAT I'M SEEING IS, UM, THAT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ADLER, I'M A READ DOWN THE LIST HERE, UH, ADLER ONE, UH, AT THE 4 0 6, 2 70 0 0 28, UH, ADLER FOR AS CHANGED TO 3 41, 2 0 8, UH, THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS STAYS THESE OTHER HAVING STAY AS PROPOSED.

SO THINGS THAT CHANGE IS THE, IS THE, UM, I'M SORRY.

THE, UH, PARKS WAYFINDING IS NOW 50,000 IN ONGOING.

AND THEN THE GRANT WRITING IS 92, 6 91 IN ONGOING, UM, WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THE CHANGES IN THE FTE'S TO GO TO NINE MONTHS FOR NEW FTES.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE COMPONENTS OF THE 790,000.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE SHOWING IS 120 AT ONE TIME AND EIGHT 80 AND THE DEBT OR OTHER, THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST WE HAVE COMING OUT.

WE HAVE, UH, THE DUAL LANGUAGE, SUMMER CAMP BEING THREE 50 AND ONE TIME AND 62 AND ONGOING THE AISD FUNDING IS 5 30, 9 TO 25.

AND ONE TIME AT ONE 50 AND ONGOING THE PERMANENT LIFEGUARD POSITION IS AT TWO 50 ONGOING.

THE STREETS, TJX, STRIPE AND FUND HAS COME OUT.

A D C IS AT 1 MILLION AND JUST COUNTS.

REMEMBER TOPO IS, MINE IS A ZEROED OUT ANTI HATE CAMPAIGN IS AT, UH, 3 51 TIME.

AND THEN THE INCLEMENT WEATHER RESPONSE SHELTER IS ZEROED OUT AND IT'S GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN LANGUAGE CHANGE TO THE $3 MILLION COMPONENT.

UH, THE GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM.

WE STILL HAVE AS A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN ONE TIME.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES, UH, IS A ZEROED OUT.

THE HOMEMADE EMERGENCY PROGRAM IS AT THREE.

AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING IS ZERO DOUBT.

I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO YOUR WORK, WHATEVER, AND THEN ALERT US WHEN YOU'RE READY TO TELL US WHERE YOU THINK WE ARE.

AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE FULL

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SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON TWO THINGS.

ONE IS THAT, UM, IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU GIVE US A NUMBER FOR, UM, THAT EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WHERE WE'D HAVE ALL FOUR OF THEM STARTING RIGHT AWAY.

CAUSE I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN TELL US WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.

IF WE DID TWO, NINE MONTHS OR ALL FOUR, UM, ALL FOUR TO NINE MONTHS TO A FULL YEAR OR ALL FOUR, JUST SO WE HAVE THE DIFFERENCE THERE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, AND THEN AS MY UNDERSTANDING, THE GOAL WOULD BE, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN WE GET THE NUMBERS, BUT THAT, THAT AMOUNT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE ASD BUCKET AS OF NOW.

WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT CONVERSATION GOES, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT THE CAMP OR THE AISD BEING IN THAT BUCKET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN DRAW THAT CONCLUSION FROM THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD.

WE COULD ASK THAT.

SO I THINK THE QUESTION THAT, UH, EVER TIMES ASKING IS, DO WE WANT TO SAY AT THIS POINT THAT IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME, IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ONGOING DOLLARS AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT WE'LL TRY TO MOVE MORE OF THE, OF THE, UH, UH, TOVO TONGA.

SO ONGOING, I THINK IS THE QUESTION.

ARE PEOPLE READY TO HAVE I'VE GOT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK ABOUT SOME OTHER ITEMS. SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

PORTOBELLO.

SO I NOTICED, UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE IN, ARE LISTED AS ONGOING.

UM, THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON IS YOURS FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STUDY.

AS I RECALL, IT HAD AN FT, IT DID NOT HAVE AN FTE IN IT.

AND NOW AN FTE HAS BEEN ADDED IS THIS AMOUNT.

CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT, WHAT IS IN THIS? AND HAS IT BEEN REDUCED ANY, SINCE YOU FIRST BROUGHT IT FORWARD? I CAN NOT, I WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO WHEN WE GET THAT, I WASN'T PREPARED TO DO THAT.

I, I INTENTIONALLY BUILT WHAT WE COULD INTO THE BASE BUDGET, SO I COULD BRING VERY, VERY, VERY LITTLE TO THIS PROCESS.

SO I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT MINE TO BE ENTIRELY HONEST WITH YOU, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO IN AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT SPOT THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BECAUSE AS I RECALL, IT DID NOT ORIGINALLY HAVE AN FTE IN IT.

AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS A REVISION TO PUT AN FTE IN IT.

AND IT, SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHETHER IT COULD GO FORWARD WITHOUT THAT ONGOING COST.

UM, AND I'LL HAVE TO CHECK BACK TO IT TOO.

I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I ALSO NOTICED THAT WE HAVE REDUCED TO NINE MONTHS.

MOST OF THESE POSITIONS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK YET ON THIS DYESS ABOUT THE AGE-FRIENDLY PROGRAM COORDINATOR THAT YOU'VE SUGGESTED BRINGING FORWARD, THAT'S BEEN REDUCED AND I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND 83.

MY LOOKING AT THE WRONG SHEET, I'M SEEING, I'M SEEING IT'S REDUCED RIGHT HERE.

ON THE SHEET THAT YOU DISTRIBUTED, IT SAYS A HUNDRED THOUSAND KITCHEN FOR, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I DIDN'T IT'S IT'S ON HERE IS NINE MONTHS.

AND I SAID THAT YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY, SO THEY HAVE CALCULATED IT AT NINE MONTHS.

SO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS THE NINE MONTH.

NO, IT'S OLD.

THIS, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER.

THE ITEM THAT YOU DISTRIBUTED SAYS A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

ITEMIZED DISTRIBUTED SEVERAL DAYS AGO BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT THE NINE MONTHS, THEN IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN A SPREADSHEET CORRECTLY.

WELL, I'M LETTING THE MAYOR KNOW WHAT IS THE CORRECT NUMBER? THE CORRECT NUMBER IS LET'S SEE, THAT IS, IT SHOULD BE 83, 9 89, 83, 9 89.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT, UM, MAY I THINK THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER FTS AREN'T REFLECTED IN HERE THE NINE MONTHS, SO THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY.

I THINK SOME OF THESE, MANY OF THESE WERE 12 MONTHS AND, AND STAFF'S GONNA HAVE TO DISCERN WHICH ONES ARE ALREADY NINE MONTHS AND WHICH ONES ARE 12.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE READY TO LET THEM HAVE AT IT.

I HAVE ONE MORE CLIP OR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS CAN GO FIRST ELLIS.

I WAS JUST GOING TO FLAG NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER INTO THE NUMBERS OF IF WE'RE TAKING THE BREAK, I HOPE, UM, BUDGET CAN MAYBE ADD IN THE NUMBERS.

THEY'RE STILL HELPING US TRACK DOWN FOR THAT THIRD PERSONAL HOLIDAY.

UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO UP AND DOWN VOTE EVERYTHING IN THE SPREADSHEET.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO WISH TO SAY THAT WE AREN'T VOTING NO ON, DO WE JUST ANNOUNCE THAT LATER OR? WELL, WE'LL TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE THE BLUE.

WE DO A CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, WHICH NUMBER IS IT THAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR? ADDITIONAL WHICH ITEM NUMBER? IT IS ACTUALLY A WRITER THAT WE'VE BEEN ADVISED NEEDS TO CHANGE INTO AN AMENDMENT.

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SO IT IS GOING TO BE CALLED ELLIS AMENDMENT FOUR.

AND WHAT RIDER IS THAT? NOW? IT IS THE DOLLARS FOR, UH, THE THIRD PERSONAL HOLIDAY.

SO OUR UNDER OUR INTERPRETATION, WHEN WE WROTE THE WRITER, WAS THAT THROUGH ALL OF THESE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, UM, PLANS THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO EFFECT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE DIPPING INTO OVERTIME AS MUCH AS, UM, SO ELLIS FOR MOVING NOW TO ELLA ELLIS RYDER WILL NOW BE ELLIS AMENDMENT FOUR.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS YET.

DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE NUMBER IS? I THINK IT WAS, UM, IT WAS IN ONE OF OUR Q AND A'S MAYBE ED.

I KNOW WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS A FEW HOURS AGO NOW AT THIS POINT.

YEAH, THE Q AND A, UM, TALKS, UM, ADD THE COST OF ADDING THAT HOLIDAY AT $550,000 SPLIT, ROUGHLY 50 50 BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, SWORN PERSONNEL.

SO IT'S 50 50, NOT ONE THIRD, TWO THIRDS.

UM, THAT'S WHAT THE GROUP TEXTING CHATTING WITH ME IS.

AND I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALMOST PROMISE YOU THAT'S THEIR BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S NOT BASED ON AN EXACT ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, THEIR, SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEW LS FOUR AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE REPLACING THE ELLIS FOR RYDER AS ABOUT 2 75 AND ONGOING AND 2 75 AND, UH, DEAD OR OTHER BECAUSE THAT'S ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE, BUT THAT WOULD TAKE 2 75 OUT OF ONGOING.

CAN WE TAKE IT OUT? I THOUGHT WE WERE GRANTING ANOTHER, IS THAT A COST OR CREDIT? THAT'S A COST.

SO IT ADDS TO THE TOTAL OF DOLLARS.

THE DELTA WOULD GO DOWN BY TWO 50, THERE IT'S A 2 75 COSTS.

SO IT WOULD BE LISTED AMONG THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COSTS WOULD BE LISTED AT 2 75.

AND THAT'S WHY OUR RIDER WAS WRITTEN IN A CERTAIN WAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WORKED WELL WITH BUDGET.

SO WE WEREN'T DIRECTING SOMETHING THAT ENDED UP HAVING A FISCAL IMPACT.

UM, YOU KNOW, SURPRISINGLY IT, BUT IT DOES HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME.

SO THEN, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY TAKE SOME VOTES ON SOME OF THESE THINGS TO SORT OUT.

AND IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN RESOLVE THIS WITHOUT TAKING BOATS, THE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOUR MOST RECENT, I KNOW YOU MADE CHANGES TO YOUR PAY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD.

DID IT LAND AT 1 91? THAT'S AN ONGOING, OKAY.

YES IT DID.

STAFF HAS CONFIRMED THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU DO THAT.

UH, COLLEAGUES AT THE TIME IS, UH, FOUR 16, UM, AD CARIBOU.

HOW, WHAT KIND OF TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS STUFF? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? Y'ALL GIVE US ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK FOR 30 MINUTES AND EVERYBODY REVIEW THE, UH, THE, UH, DIRECTION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND GET THAT INFORMATION.

IF WE HAVE TIME, WE'LL START WITH DIRECTION.

DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S WHAT OUR TOTAL ARE WE PLANNING ON TAKING A DINNER BREAK? I ASKED BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE AT SOME POINT AND DO A STUDENT PICKUP.

SO I'LL, I MEAN, AT THAT POINT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING BOATS SO I CAN JUST DO IT VIRTUALLY, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP.

I THINK WE'RE CLOSE.

WE HAVE A CHOREOGRAPHY OF ALL THE THINGS TO GO THROUGH.

I GUESS A QUESTION IS GOING TO BE IN 30 MINUTES WHEN WE'RE BACK HERE, UH, AT A, AT A QUARTER TILL, AND WE GET THOSE NUMBERS, I GUESS I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW FAR OFF WE'RE GOING TO BE.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THE RIDERS ARE GOING TO BE CONTESTED.

I WOULD THINK THAT IT MAY VARY BY HOSPITAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK.

OH, I THINK WE HAVE, YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE HOURS AHEAD OF US THAT, SO MY GUESS IS WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO TO ABOUT SIX AND TAKE A BREAK AND MOST PEOPLE FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT.

AGAIN, I'LL HAVE TO SWITCH AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE BACK AT A QUARTER TILL SEE YOU, THEN WE'RE IN RECESS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND CERTAINLY ON THE ONE-TIME FUNDS, THE BIG DRIVER IS THAT RESERVE ISSUE.

I'M LEAVE.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

WE REALLY CAN'T.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I JUST WANTED THE COUNCIL TO HEAR THOSE TWO NUMBERS

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WILL CONVENIENCE.

AND THE NUMBER WAS THE SECOND NUMBER.

I'LL READ THEM BOTH AGAIN.

UM, THE AVAILABLE ONGOING NEGATIVE 5 18, 1 35 AVAILABLE ONE TIME NEGATIVE 7 3 3 7 9 9.

SO WE'VE OVERSPENT ON THE ONGOING OVERSPENT ON BOTH OF THEM.

DON'T GET THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD.

AND RE-KEY RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 5 28 ON, UH, AUGUST 18TH, 2022.

THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF A MEETING THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY.

UM, WE ARE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, WHEN WE LAST RECESS, WE WERE ASKING STAFF TO, UH, TELL US, UH, ABOUT WHERE GENERALLY, WHERE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ON ONE-TIME AND ONGOING FUNDING.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE? AND, UM, IF THEY CHANGED, UM, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THAT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE, WHERE THEY ARE.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO TRY TO GET THE SCREEN UP SO YOU ALL CAN SEE THEM AS WE WALKED THROUGH THEM, BUT THE, THE LINK HAS BEEN UPDATED.

SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE DOCUMENT, THE SHARED DOCUMENT, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THROUGH AS I KIND OF TALK THROUGH THIS.

AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE CHANGES THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE FTES, UM, AND THE CHANGES WITH THE FTES AS, AS WE ORIGINALLY GAVE YOU THE NUMBERS.

WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, NINE MONTHS, SOME OF THE FTES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL WERE NOT MOVED FORWARD.

AND SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIFEGUARDS, WE TOOK THAT DOWN.

THAT WAS THE LARGEST, THAT WAS THE LARGEST, UM, COST.

AND SO THE SAVINGS WHEN WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND LOOK AT THE FINAL AMENDMENTS.

AND DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ONE BY ONCE YOU COULD SEE THE CHANGES YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL AGENCIES, GIVE US A FEEL FOR, AS YOU JUST DID.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL ONGOING, WE ARE, WE ARE AT A DEFICIT RIGHT NOW, FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE FOR ONGOING ONE TIME, WE'RE AT A DEFICIT OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE, SEVEN NINETY NINE.

AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE AT A DEFICIT OF FIVE 18, RELATIVE TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE ON ONGOING, UH, IS IN PART DUE TO, WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH OF THE SAVINGS AS WE ANTICIPATED.

WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM AS MUCH AS THE SAVINGS FROM THE, UM, FTES THAT WERE ANTICIPATED.

UM, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WERE MAKING, THE, THE END, WE ALSO DID A SPLIT OF WHAT WAS ENTERPRISE VERSUS GENERAL FUNDS.

WE MAY ALL THOSE RECONCILIATIONS, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE FTES THAT CAUSED THAT LARGER DEFICIT.

UM, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT RIGHT AT THE, UH, AN COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, ALICE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WAS 2 75 TO THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDED CURRENTLY NOT INCLUDED.

YOU SAID WAS 7 30, 3 ONGOING IT'S OVER 518.

AND THEN THE NUMBER YOU SAID FOR OUR ONGOING, WHERE WE'RE OVER,

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ONE TIME WAS SEVEN.

ONE TIME IS 7 33, 7 99.

AND, AND WHY IS, IS, IS THAT NUMBER WHERE IT WAS, I GUESS THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF THAT WOULD BE THE TIME PAYMENT TO THE RESERVE? CORRECT.

ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS THAT? DID THAT END UP BEING, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

WE'LL ASK ROLL OVER.

SO BASED ON THE TOTAL ONGOING, THE RESERVE IS 1.1 MILLION $785,741 IS WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO RESERVES.

SO THAT'S THE DELTA BETWEEN THE MILLION WE HAD AND THE 700.

SO THAT EXPLAINS THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD A MILLION THERE AND WE DIDN'T, WE WERE 700, WE ACTUALLY NEEDED 1.7.

WE HAD A MILLION, WE THOUGHT WE HAD A MILLION THERE AND IT TURNED OUT WE NEEDED 1,000,007.

WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT TIME MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THOSE RESERVES BETTER AND THAT'S GOOD.

AND THEN THE FIVE 18, WE, WE WERE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED UP, BUT IT'S FIVE 18, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE FTE STUFF.

WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT TOTAL? 1 MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE.

SO LET'S ASK QUESTIONS, OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS NOW ABOUT, UM, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UH, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.

DID YOU HAVE ONE TO START? YEAH, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

SO THE RESERVE WAS 1,000,785.

IT WAS, IT WAS 12,000 ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO, NINE FIFTEEN.

JUST K IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND ME WHAT DETERMINES THE AMOUNT THAT'S NEEDED FOR WHAT'S THE FORMULA.

IT IS 14%.

SO AS WE'RE ADDING IN THE ONGOING COSTS, IN ORDER TO REACH THE 14% RESERVE, WE HAVE TO ADD THAT AMOUNT INTO THAT 14% INTO ONE TIME.

AND SO THAT IS REPRESENTING THE 14% OF THE ONGOING COST THAT YOU ADDED.

SO THAT NUMBER WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE WE KNEW AT THE BEGINNING HOW MUCH WE HAD IN ONGOING.

SO IT IS THE 14% OF ALL ONGOING OR IS IT JUST A FTES, BUT RESERVE THAT IS ALL THE ONGOING THAT FROM THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS.

YEAH, I GUESS MAYBE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT DOWN BEFORE, BECAUSE THE ONGOING AMOUNT HASN'T CHANGED.

WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR A WHILE.

I GUESS WE JUST DIDN'T DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WAS GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR RESERVES.

IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

THAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS AVAILABLE WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT AS YOU SPEND THAT TOTAL AMOUNT.

OF COURSE, WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SPEND IS ONGOING OR WHAT COULD BE ONE TIME AS YOU SPEND IT AS ONGOING, WE CALCULATE THE RESERVES BASED ON YOUR DECISION TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS AS ONGOING.

YEAH, BUT I MEAN, WE ONLY HAVE OUR POT FOR ONGOING IS ALWAYS BEEN 12,160 TO NINE 15.

THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

THAT WAS, THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

THAT WAS THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR YOU TO SPEND IN ONGOING DOLLARS.

I GUESS WE JUST DIDN'T WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR CALCULATIONS, WE DIDN'T GO AHEAD AND SUBTRACT 8% OF THAT, CORRECT.

OR NOT 18 FOR 14%.

SO IF WE, IF WE KNEW THAT OUR ONE-TIME FUNDING POT WAS 12000000.1, THEY'RE SEPARATELY, THERE'S A SEPARATE POT FOR RESERVED FUNDING.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE TRYING TO SHAVE DOWN OUR AMENDMENT PROJECTIONS TO MEET THAT NUMBER OF 12.1.

YOU ALL FACTORED IN A CERTAIN RESERVE LEVEL FOR THAT 12.1, BUT IS IT NOW THERE'S A SEPARATE INCREASE.

SO YOU, SO YOU HAD 12, 12 MILLION AVAILABLE AND ONGOING FUNDS AS YOU SPEND THAT 12 MILLION, EACH, EACH MILLION THAT YOU SPEND, AS ED MENTIONED, IT'S 140,000.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE OVER.

AND SO AS YOU SPEND THOSE DOLLARS, WE HAVE TO CALCULATE BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING AS ONGOING, WE THEN CALCULATE WHAT THE RESERVE CALCULATIONS ARE.

IF YOU CHOSE TO SPEND, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THAT 12 MILLION AT ONE TIME, THERE WOULDN'T BE, THERE'LL BE NO NEED FOR RESERVES.

AND SO WHEN WE GIVE YOU THE FULL FUNDING, WE SAY, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THIS AS ONE TIME OR ON YOU HAVE ONGOING FUNDING AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN SPEND IT AS ONE TIME OR ONGOING.

IF YOU SPEND IT AS ONGOING, WE HAVE TO START CALCULATING THE RESERVE CALCULATIONS BASED ON YOUR ONGOING CHOICES.

SO, BECAUSE WE'RE CHOOSING TO USE THAT 12 MILLION AS ONGOING, THAT THEN INCURS AN INCREASE IN OUR RESERVE LEVEL AND TO MAKE SURE WE STAY AT OUR 14% RESERVE POLICY.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THEN THE 14% THAT IS TAKEN FROM THE ONGOING IS THAT THEN PART OF THE ONE

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TIME? CORRECT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A DEFICIT THERE.

THAT'S THE 7 33, WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY KIND OF ZEROED THAT OUT.

SO WE NOW HAVE TO DEBIT AGAINST THE ONE TIME FOR THE RESERVES TRANSFER OF 1.7, EIGHT, SIX.

SO IT'S THE ONE TIME WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT? WELL, ACTUALLY THEY BOTH HAVE SOME DEFICIT, BUT THE BIG ONE IS NOW IN THE ONE-TIME I THINK ADLER NUMBER FOUR, UH, IS THE NUMBER THAT WAS DISCUSSED FROM THE DAY.

THIS WAS 3 41, 2 0 8.

WHICH I THINK IS $70,000 MORE THAN WHAT'S IN THAT BOX.

IT WAS 3 47.

AND IF WE HAD WALKED THROUGH ALL OF THESE, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES WE GOT AN ADJUSTMENT FROM LAUREN.

I THINK YOU ALL KNOW LAUREN IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE TOLD YOU THIS MORNING.

UM, SO THE TOTAL NOW IS THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, RIGHT.

THAT I THINK WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE 77,000 AND IT NEEDED TO BE ONE 17.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT AMENDMENT IS MAYBE THREE 80 RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE, ON THE SHEET, WE SPLIT IT BETWEEN TWO BUCKETS BECAUSE, UM, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

AND SO IT GETS ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO YOU ALREADY HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT A CUSTOMER POOLS, A VENDOR IT'S NOT ALL AN ONGOING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THE, THE, UH, THE ONGOING AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ADJUSTED THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, AMENDMENT UPWARD FROM OUR INITIAL ESTIMATE, IT'S NOW SPLIT BETWEEN THE ONGOING GENERAL FUND COLUMN AND THE ENTERPRISE COLUMN, BECAUSE IT'S A SUPPORT FUNCTION THAT GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO THOSE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS.

SO THE TOTAL'S THERE, WE JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

UM, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE REST OF IT.

IF YOU SCROLL OVER TO THE LEFT, YOU SHOULD SEE A COLUMN FOR ENTERPRISE THAT HAS ANOTHER 197,000 IN HIS COLUMN AND ON THE STAFF'S WORKSHEET.

I SEE IT.

AND ALL RIGHT, QUICK.

AND IT DOES, UH, OKAY.

AND MAYOR.

YES, I HAVE.

I THINK THAT THE 1 25 FOR THE FAYETTEVILLE TESTING IS STILL LISTED IN THE, IN THE ONE-TIME EXPENSES.

SO, AND I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AND WE'RE FINALIZING THE LANGUAGE ON IT, BUT, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, UH, IS GOING TO FUND IT OUT OF THEIR BUDGET.

SO WE CAN DEDUCT THAT 1 25 FROM THE ONE-TIME EXPENSES FOR THE FED, UH, POWER PLANT TESTING.

WHAT LINE IS IT? THAT IS LINE IT'S VELA THREE LINE 26 D 26.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S STILL LISTED AS A ONE-TIME EXPENSE TOO.

AND I KNOW IT WAS TAKEN OUT.

THEY STILL HAVE IT HERE, I BELIEVE.

SO WHAT LINE DO YOU SEE THAT? UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

ABELLA I'M LISTENING, BUT NOT SICK, BUT NOT SEEING IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.

DO I LEARN IS A 48 D YEAH.

THAT'S A MILLION THAT SHOULD COME OUT.

WE TOOK THAT OUT.

WE TOOK THAT ONE OUT.

THAT'S A MILLION.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK HERE AND LET EVERYBODY CHECK NUMBERS.

IT IS OUT IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE WHERE IT WAS LISTED.

THE ORIGINAL STUFF THAT THEY'RE ADDING UP, I THINK IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE BLUE ACTION.

NOW, WHAT'D YOU CALL THEM? ARE YOU ADDING THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT? J AND L YEAH.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE ITEMS. AND THEN THERE IS A BLUE COLUMN THAT SAYS PENDING, OR IF IT DOES, IF IT SAYS PENDING, THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONSIDER.

AND THEN OVER TO THE RIGHT OF THE BLUE COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THE DOLLARS.

SO, SO WHICH, WHICH COLUMNS ARE ADDED UP FOR PURPOSES, THE RIGHT OF THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SPREADSHEET, THE COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT OF THE BLUE, THE BLUE BAR.

SO WHEN YOU SHOULD BE CHECKING RIGHT NOW, J AND K TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE WHAT WE THINK THEY ARE COLUMN J COLUMN K SOMEBODY SAYING J AND L YES.

WRITE J N I'M SORRY.

J J AND L.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE, COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE AND LET'S SEE.

SO I'LL CHECK THOSE NUMBERS SO HARD TO SEE THIS THING, LIKE IT'S SMALLER.

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HI, ERIC NELSON FSD.

UH, WE HAD A SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUE IN FOR THAT ADLER FOR, OKAY.

AND WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, WE UPDATED IT TO THE LATEST MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

CATCH-UP.

IS THERE ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH TOVO 12, THE ADDITIONAL COUNSEL FT.

IF I COULD SPEAK TO THAT, THERE SHOULD NOT BE, I DO NEED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS, UM, FROM THE DIOCESE ABOUT THAT AND, AND WOULD WELCOME HR TO DO SO AS WELL.

UM, IF THEY, IF THEY AMENDMENT SHEET DOESN'T INDICATE IT, IT SHOULD SAY UNFUNDED FTE, AND WE'LL HAVE TO BE SURE THAT THERE'S A REALLY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON COUNCIL NOW.

AND IN THE FUTURE, THAT THAT FTE DOES NOT COME WITH THE BENEFITS THAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE PROVIDED BY THE

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CITY OF AUSTIN.

SO THIS ONE, THIS FTE WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE COUNCIL OFFICES THAT HAD THE ABILITY TO PAY BOTH THE SALARY AND WHAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THAT EMPLOYEES, INSURANCE AND BENEFITS.

SO IT SHOULD BE COST NEUTRAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS RIGHT.

THAT'S HOW IT WAS PRESENTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I JUST DOUBLING, JUST MAKING SURE.

NO, I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING IT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN AWARENESS AMONG EVERYONE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT FTE AGAIN, DOESN'T COME WITH BENEFITS.

KITCHEN.

SO THE ACCOUNT, A QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THE, THE SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING, ALWAYS THINKING THAT THAT WAS 50.

BUT I'M SEEING IT AS 150 IT'S LINE, UH, 59, IF YOU LOOK AT J IT SAYS 50.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ADDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS NOT REALLY OTHER, IT'S NOT ENTERPRISE.

IT'S THE ONE-TIME FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM HOT, TOUGH AND OTHER.

OH, I GOT YA.

LET ME, SORRY.

DIDN'T TREAT THAT.

JUST FOCUS ON J AND L.

UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KIND OF, RATHER THAN, I'M NOT SURE AGAIN, I THINK PROBABLY HAVING THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THIS AND GO BACK TO THE LIST, PROBABLY MADE SENSE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A DINNER BREAK? IF I COULD JUST HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION MAYOR, UM, THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION ITEM, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT HAVE GONE AROUND, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.

I STILL DON'T THINK IT'S CURRENTLY CORRECT ON THE ONLINE VERSION OF THIS SPREADSHEET, BUT BEFORE I HAVE THEM MAKE THE CHANGE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

UM, IT HAD INITIALLY BEEN PROPOSED BY, IN THE, IN ADLER FOR, UM, AS AT 260 3008 95.

THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY TO HAVE IT GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, PROPOSED TO BRING THE START DATE BACK TO DECEMBER.

STAFF SAID THAT WOULD COST 3 41, 2 0 8.

UH, THAT WAS MY ESTIMATE.

AND IT WAS INCORRECT THAT LAUREN, WHO DOES YOUR NUMBERS, IT SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE 3 95, 6 93.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NUMBERS BOUNCING AROUND, BUT 3 95, 6 93 WILL BE THE NUMBER WE PUT ON THE ONLINE SPREADSHEET.

THANKS TO EFFECTUATE THE POOL AMENDMENT, FULL PROPOSAL.

IT'S COUNSELOR KITCHEN.

OH.

UM, COULD YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND, ARE ALL OF THESE IN AT NINE MONTHS, THE FTES OR WE, DID WE MAKE ANY CHANGES ON THE FTES MOST OF THE FTES ARE N AT, UH, NINE MONTHS, THERE WERE, UM, TWO, FOUR HOUR ALTER THAT WERE KEPT AT ONE, FOUR YEAR FUNDING FOR ALL FOUR FTES AND ATRIAL PATHY ATRIAL POLICY AND THE FOUR EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

SO IS THAT FIVE FTES THAT ARE AT THE FULL YEAR? I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH IS FOR A TRIPLE C.

THERE WERE TWO THAT I SAID ALL ALONG, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THERE.

THOSE ONES YOU CAN FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST, IT'S ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, A 30 OR 40,000 DIFFERENCE IF YOU DO THEM AT, AT NINE MONTHS VERSUS 12, BUT THEY, UH, DIRECTOR SUGGESTED THEY COULD GET THEM ALL IN AT 12 MONTHS.

AND IT WOULD BE ONE, IT WOULD BE ONE INTERVIEW PROCESS RATHER THAN HAVING TO DO TO INTERRUPT YOU PROCESSES, TO DO WILMETTE AT NINE AND 12.

AND GIVEN EVERYTHING WE'RE ASKING OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DO RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT ARGUING AGAINST IT.

I'M JUST EXPLAINING WHY, WHY WE LEFT IT IN THAT WAY.

I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE LAST SAID, WE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BE AT NINE MONTHS, BUT FOR GOOD REASON, THE DIRECTOR WANTED THEM ALL AT 12 MONTHS.

SO THOSE FOUR IN THERE AT 12 MONTHS.

BUT WE HAVE THE CHOREOGRAPHY TO GO THROUGH ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT THINGS WE NEED TO VOTE ON PER STATE STATUTE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A DINNER BREAK? IT'S ALMOST SIX COLLEAGUES THINK WE COME BACK AND WE OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO TRY TO, TO MAKE THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, CUTS THAT ARE ABOUT A MILLION, TWO AND A HALF MILLION TO 50.

OBVIOUSLY IT GETS EVEN HARDER NOW, BUT HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT.

IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT, UH, THEN, THEN LET'S SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GO THROUGH THE, THE RIDERS, UM, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

I HANDED OUT ON THE DIETS AND I'VE ASKED MY OFFICE TO POST, UM, THE LIST OF WRITERS I'M WORKING OFF OF.

I HOPE IT'S ACCURATE.

UM, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST OF, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE WRITERS, SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.

AND THEN AT ANY POINT, WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT A JOURNEY TO MEETING AND GOING TO, UH, TOMORROW,

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UH, THAT PROBABLY TAKES ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR TO WORK THROUGH ONCE WE'VE DECIDED ALL OF THE NUMBERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A NOTICE ON THAT.

OH, HELLO GARCON.

JUST ONE SEC.

UM, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN SOME CASES, OUR AMENDMENTS ALSO HAD FURTHER DIRECTION, AND INSTEAD OF I KNOW WHO MINE DO DO, AND I'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO GO THROUGH THAT.

BUT LIKE THE PARKING AMENDMENT, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON ANY OF THESE THINGS AND WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT THEM FORWARD.

SO WE'RE BASING SOME OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ON THE PARKING AMENDMENT, BUT WE HAVEN'T PASSED IT.

SO THERE'LL STILL BE SOME AMENDMENTS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'LL STILL BE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD AND DISCUSS.

WE ALSO, SEVERAL OF US HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT AREN'T RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE STILL WILL REQUIRE DISCUSSION AND VOTES AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS LEFT OUTSIDE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

SO, SO PROCEDURALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN WE, ONCE WE THINK WE HAVE, WE KNOW WHERE THE BUDGET IS.

ONCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE FREEFORM CONVERSATION MOVED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN UNRELATED AMENDMENTS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE WEB WE'LL ENTERTAIN THE BASE MOTION, WHICH WILL BE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WE'LL ADOPT, UH, THE AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WERE PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT WE'VE DECIDED.

AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE, UH, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT WERE OFFERED.

AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE RIDERS.

BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILOR TOVO.

WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ABOUT SIX THINGS THAT ARE NEITHER WRITERS, NOR ARE THEY BUDGET STUFF.

SO WE'LL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE NEXT.

IT'S KIND OF A KITCHEN, JUST, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF US, UM, THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO THE RESERVES? DO WE HAVE ANY, I MEAN, THE 14% IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DECIDED ON, RIGHT.

UM, WITH THAT THEN IF FIVE, UH, 53, LET'S TAKE A RECESS.

WE'LL COME BACK AT SEVEN.

THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO COME BACK HERE IS 30 MINUTES ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO WORK THROUGH NUMBERS.

LET'S DO IT 45 MINUTES, QUARTER TIL SEVEN LET'S COME BACK.

6 45.

WE'LL SEE.

THEN WE'RE IN RECESS.

OUR MEETING.

IT IS, UM, 6 58 HERE ON THE 18TH.

I'VE JUST HANDED OUT.

YOU HAVE THE, THE, THE STAFF'S LINK, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE BEST NUMBERS.

WE TRIED TO RECONCILE WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE JUST HAND OUT UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, DRAFT PROPOSAL EIGHT.

UH, WE THINK THAT IS PRETTY WELL RECONCILED TO WHAT THE, UH, STAFF HAS DONE.

JUST USE A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT FORM.

UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS ABOUT WHERE WE, ABOUT WHERE WE ARE MAYOR.

THIS IS POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD AS WELL, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH IT.

WE'LL POST, UH, WE'LL POST THIS, OR IT CAN GO OUT AS WELL.

SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, UH, CUTS.

UM, AND THIS IS PRETTY HARD STUFF.

ANYBODY WANT TO SUGGEST ANY CUTS? WE CAN JUST TALK THROUGH SOMETHING.

MAYOR FOR WHAT'S, WHAT IT'S WORTH.

YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE RADISSON.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE, SUGGEST, AND THEN TALK THROUGH, UM, THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT FORWARD THIS ITEM AND AN AMENDMENT IN OUR 2020, UM, CONVERSATION.

IT WAS AT 550 K AT THE TIME.

AND ONGOING.

I WONDER IF, IF THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MPS, UM, EPIDEMIOLOGIST, SORRY, THE AMOUNT OF EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND THE NEED, AND IF THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN CONSIDER MAYBE ACCOMPLISHING THE CHALLENGE AHEAD OF US, UM, WITH MAKING SOME CUTS.

SO I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR IT'S DIRECTOR, STIRRUP AVAILABLE, BRINGING A WRITTEN THANK YOU

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WHILE WE WAIT TO GET DIRECTOR STRIP, UM, BROUGHT OVER WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED.

UM, DO YOU WANT TO GET A GAUGE MAYBE TAKE THE PULSE OF THE DICE ON HOW WE FEEL ABOUT MAYBE MOVING FROM FOUR TO TWO ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST WE COULD DO THAT.

UM, I HATE TO TAKE HELPED TO REDUCE HOW MUCH CONVERSATION WE HAVE.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

THE ONE THING THAT I PERSONALLY AM GOING TO COMMIT TO IS NOT DELIBERATING ANY FURTHER THAN WE NEED TO WHILE I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, I ALSO WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR US TO GET IT DONE TONIGHT AND GO HOME AT A REASONABLE HOUR TONIGHT.

UM, WHICH I THINK IS POSSIBLE.

IF WE'RE ALL REALLY MINDFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH DELIBERATION WE DO THIS EVENING, GAME'S EVIDENCE.

SO TO SPEAK, TO REFERENCE, YOU'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE, BUT JUST TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR THE, FOR THE DAY IS OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT BIG SOMEWHERE.

THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS GUYS WERE PULLED.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT CUTTING THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS FROM FOUR TO TWO.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA WEIGH IN? YES.

UH, MAYOR PRO TAB IN THAT, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S REMEMBERED KELLY, THE MAYOR PRO TIME.

I HOPE TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM ONE DAY.

UM, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM, IF SHE COULD MAYBE EXPLAIN WHY SHE LANDED ON THE NUMBER FOUR INSTEAD OF THE NUMBER TWO.

SO I ASKED A QUESTION IN THE Q AND A ABOUT HOW PREPARED WE WERE TO DEAL WITH THE EPIDEMICS THAT WE'RE CONFRONTED WITH, INCLUDING COVID AND MON MONKEYPOX AND WHETHER WE HAD THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEEDED.

UM, I WAS, IT WAS SHARED WITH ME THAT WE ARE NOT MEETING THE STANDARDS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ONE FOR EVERY HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THOSE, WHICH MAKES IT HARDER FOR US, UM, TO BOTH PLAN FOR, AND TO RESPOND, UM, TO EPIDEMICS.

AND THE NUMBER OF FOUR NUMBER CAME WITH WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET US TO BE UP TO THE, TO THE NATIONAL STANDARD, UM, IN, AND IN THEIR RESPONSE TO ME, TO MY QUESTION, THEY SAID, APH LACKS THE NECESSARY GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT FOR CRITICAL STAFFING CAPACITY TO FULLY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO DISEASE OUTBREAKS, MITIGATION AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES, UM, IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER Q AND A, THEY SAID APH CURRENTLY DOES NOT MEET THE COUNCIL OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, OPTIMAL LEVEL OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, ONE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION FOR THE POPULATION OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS AND ADDITIONAL FOUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE STANDARD.

UM, NUMBER OF EPIDEMIOLOGY TESTS ON STAFF DIRECTLY IMPACTS APH ABILITY TO RESPOND TO COVID AND OTHER DISEASE OUTBREAKS.

AND CONSIDERING THAT ONE OF THE KEY REASONS THAT WE HAVE EVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS 20 MILLION TO SPEND IS BECAUSE OF COVID RELATED REIMBURSEMENTS.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD BE INVESTING THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, IN THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE WERE JUST TESTED BY COVID WE'RE NOW BEING TESTED BY MONKEYPOX.

UM, AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE AS PREPARED AS WE NEED TO BE.

AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY HIGH PRIORITY, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, HEY, A BETTER WAY.

I APPRECIATE THERE SHOULD BE A LIMITATION WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT RATHER THAN HAVING ONE THING COME UP AND THEN VOTE ON IT, LET'S JUST RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK WHAT THE CUTS COULD BE, UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS CUTS, THAT THAT ARE BETTER THAN THAT, UM, THEN, THEN I WANT TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO, TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.

ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LOOK AT IS, UH, DELAYING THAT THE SAME, UH, THREE MONTHS THAT WE'VE DELAYED THE OTHERS, AND WE GET THE FTES FTE SAVINGS FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THEM, ALL OF THE POSITIONS WE'RE ADDING ARE IMPORTANT.

SO I WOULD, I I'D HAVE EVERYBODY, IF WE'RE GOING TO STOP THAT I WOULD HAVE EVERYBODY DO THAT.

UH, I WOULD DO IT WITH THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, UH, IF WE WERE GOING TO KEEP THEM ON, UH, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER ONE WE HAD WAS THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

THAT MEANS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO ANOTHER THREE MONTHS IN THEIR EXISTING SITUATION, WHICH I KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO DO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK EVERYBODY DOESN'T GO WOULD HAVE RATHER HAVE THE FTES EARLIER, BUT I WOULD MAKE THAT FTE CHANGE ON THOSE OTHER TWO AREAS AS POSSIBLE, UH, CUTS.

SO THERE'S TWO

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SUGGESTED POSSIBLE CUTS.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS? YES.

UH, ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, AND WOULD LIKE TO, I GUESS, HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE ANTI HATE ITEM.

ALTERNATE NUMBER THREE.

I OBVIOUSLY REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT AND REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE NEED, BUT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXECUTION HERE IN THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR US TO PUT THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDING ARE WE JUST SUPPOSED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW? I'M NOT WHAT THE PROCESS IS.

SO, SO IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT'S ANOTHER CUT LET'S LET'S GO THROUGH.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE THESE, IF WE APPROVED ALL THREE OF THESE CUTS, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

UH, SO FAR, THOSE ARE THE BEST THREE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO US.

CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY THREE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO US, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY OPEN THE DOOR FOR, FOR OTHER CUTS TO BE SUGGESTED BECAUSE WE'RE VANNA, WHAT ABOUT MOVING THE SUMMARIES EMPLOYMENT TO ONE-TIME FUND AND THEN LOOKING AT IT AGAIN, COMING UP NEXT YEAR.

SO WE CAN, CAUSE I HATE TO CUT THE AMOUNT I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING IT FROM $8 AN HOUR TO $13 AN HOUR, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME RATE AS TRAVIS COUNTY.

UH, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE GOALS WERE, AND HONESTLY IT'S THE FAIR PAY EVEN FOR, YOU KNOW, 16 YEAR OLDS, 15 YEAR OLDS.

UH, BUT MAYBE WE COULD SHIFT THAT TO ONE TIME AND THEN LOOK AT IT AGAIN, COME.

SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THROWING THAT OUT.

UH, THE QUESTION, WHICH NUMBER WAS THAT? THAT IS TOVO 10 OVER 10.

CAN I ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEBATE EACH OF THESE.

THE QUESTION, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT THEN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR? WOULD THEY GO BACK TO $8 AN HOUR OR WOULD THEY STAY AT 13 AND JUST HAVE FEWER KIDS? I MEAN, ABSENT ANY FURTHER ACTION? WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING BE THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR? I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, I WOULD HONESTLY LIKE TO GET INPUT FROM, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT SHE WOULD DO IN THAT CONTEXT, BUT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO RETURN TO $8 AN HOUR.

SO THEN IT WOULD JUST, OKAY.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

I SEEM TO RECALL NOT SAYING I AGREE.

I JUST I'M SAYING THAT AND THAT COULD BE REALLY WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S THE SIMULATION AT ONE POINT, I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD THAT THE SIMULATION WAS TWO MANNEQUINS.

IS THAT TRUE? CAN WE DO ONE MANNEQUIN IN THE SIMULATION? I AM GOING TO TAKE A LOOK HERE, BUT UM, MR. VINNY, IF YOU KNOW HOW MANY THAT I, I DON'T KNOW.

THE NUMBER CHIEF LOCKERS MAY STILL BE AROUND IN COMBAT.

I, AND TALKING TO HIM, I GOT THE IMPRESSION IT WAS NUMEROUS MANIC IS NOT ONE OR TWO MORE THAN THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK TO CONSIDER CUTTING THE NUMBER OF POTENTIALLY CUTTING THE NUMBER OF MANNEQUINS AND ME GOING FROM A MILLION DOWN TO THE 500,000 OR SOMETHING.

IF WE, IF WE NEED THAT, I LIKE THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH THE EMS I'M COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAD TO PRIORITIZE IT.

THEY SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THEM WAS THE WHOLE BLOOD.

UM, BUT ANYHOW, SO I WOULD PUT THAT ON LIST MAYOR YES.

ON THE MANNEQUIN, SINCE, SINCE THAT'S, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, A SORT OF A, IT'S AN ITEM I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHETHER DEBT SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR MANNEQUINS TO TURN, TO PURCHASE THE MANNEQUINS.

I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND I WORK IN A PROPOSED, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CUTS FIRST HERE.

UM, SO WE CAN MOVE OVER THE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MANNEQUINS TO DEBT SERVICE FOR THE SIMULATION.

YOU COULD MOVE IT TO, UH, FROM ONE TIME, FROM ONE TIME TO THE OTHER WE'LL, UH, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

SO THEN WE WOULD LEAVE THE PROGRAM AS IS THE PROGRAM WOULD BE, THE PROGRAM WOULD BE AS, IS, IT WOULD JUST BE DEBT FINANCED INSTEAD OF, YEAH.

SO THE 1 MILLION WOULD COME OFF AND THE $20,000 WOULD STAY.

I HAVE SOME OTHER SUGGESTED CUTS THOUGH.

WE'LL TAKE SOME, I'LL TAKE SOME

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RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, WE HAVE A POT OF 3 MILLION GOING TO HOUSING ON TOP OF A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES.

I THINK THAT COULD BE SCALED BACK AND WE COULD ALWAYS DO A MID-YEAR AND INCREASE THAT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD GO DOWN A MILLION OR MORE.

UM, I THINK THAT WE COULD, UM, SOLVE THE ONGOING BY MOVING HEEL TO ONE TIME, UM, THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

UM, WE HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE OTHER HOTEL YET.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BUY THE OTHER HOTELS WHEN WE SEE THE AMOUNTS.

UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE COULD LOOK AT.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE AS OUR POOL, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE LOOK AT CREATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AS A PILOT TO SET IT UP AND GET IT ESTABLISHED.

UM, WHICH WOULD PUT THAT IN A TIME.

I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT ONE MOVED OVER, DID IT A LOT OF THAT, DID I THINK WE MOVED IT 350 TO ONE TIME IT JUST LEFT 62,000 IN THE ONGOING.

AND THAT IS TO SET UP THE PROGRAM AND DETERMINE IF IT IS VIABLE AND WOULD CONTINUE.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE WOULD NEED DIRECTOR MCNEELY TO CONFIRM, BUT THAT PERSON, THAT FTE WOULD DO THAT, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO PROVIDE STAFFING FOR ANOTHER PROGRAM AT THE MAC.

I SEE THE THREE 50 THERE IN ONE TIME.

YEAH, THAT QUESTION.

UM, SO THIS SPREADSHEET ADDS ELLIS' AMENDMENT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE NUMBERS FROM TILT TODAY.

UM, AND THEN IT HAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT IN, UM, ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD FEE INCREASES.

SO DOES THAT GENERATE, UH, A FEE INCREASE FOR, I KNOW FOR THE SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY, IT DID NOT FOR THE ADDITIONAL PERSONAL HOLIDAY.

SO FOR THE OTHER ONE OF SIMILAR LINE ITEM, IT DID NOT.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE ANSWER IS THE SAME OR DIFFERENT FOR THIS, BUT IF YOU ADD THAT TO THEM, YOU START ADDING THEM TOGETHER.

IT MIGHT GENERATE THAT.

KEN'S RALLIES.

IF YOU HAD TO PICK BETWEEN THOSE TWO LS THREE AND FOUR, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PICK? IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, I THINK I WOULD GO WITH THE SERVICE INCENTIVE PAY.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS FOR THE EXTRA PERSONAL DAY HAVE BEEN COMING IN LATE.

UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THEM FOR A COUPLE OF, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DAYS PUBLICLY, BUT, UM, IF THAT ONE DOESN'T GET THROUGH TODAY, I WILL BRING IT BACK AS AN IFC SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS.

CAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE BEING CALCULATED.

SO I WOULD ADD ELLIS NUMBER FOUR TO THE POTENTIAL CUDDLIST THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE ONGOING, WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT WE'RE OVER IS THAT, IS THAT THE 683 AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR, OF YOUR OKAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT OKAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.

AND HOMELESSNESS IS A PRIORITY, I THINK, FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THIS COUNCIL, BUT THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I MEAN, IF I'M GOING TO CUT SOMETHING WITH REGARD TO HOMELESSNESS, I GUESS I WOULD AIM FOR THAT SPOT.

NOT HEAL OR NOT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE OTHER MORE SUBSTANTIVE KIND OF SERVICE PROVISION AREAS.

SO MAYOR, CAN I SPEAK TO KITCHEN FIVE? I THINK, UM, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT, EXCEPT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BECAUSE IT'S IN ONE IT'S IN ONE TIME AND WE'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT THAT IF THE MANNEQUINS MANNEQUINS ARE A MILLION AND THAT MIGHT GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN THE ONE-TIME AND WE'RE NOT LOSING THE MANNEQUINS, WE'RE JUST PAYING FOR THEM A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO GET THEM.

WHEREAS IF YOU CUT THE HUNDRED THOUSAND, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT.

SO, UM, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY, WE JUST NEED 7 56 IN THE ONE-TIME THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE MANNEQUINS COMING OUT AND THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN, I'M ASSUMING THAT BY PUTTING THE MANNEQUINS IN DEBT, STILL GOING TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY DIFFICULTIES THERE.

SO IF THE, IF THAT IS LET'S DO LET'S, LET'S ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT BE A THRESHOLD QUESTION.

SO CARRIE AND SORRY, HOW DID THE NUMBERS CHANGE? IF WE GO TO DEBT FINANCE, THE, THE MANNEQUINS, THE $1 MILLION IN SIMULATION TRAINING AND MAYOR QUICK, ONE MORE ITEM THAT I WOULD THROW OUT THERE, DO THE GRANT WRITING AND THE INNOVATION OFFICE IS ANOTHER ONE.

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THAT, WHICH NUMBER IS THAT? IT IS ULTRA SIX.

NO, NO, I'M SORRY.

ULTRA FIVE AUTHOR FIVE.

THAT'S THE GRANT WRITER.

AND THAT ONE'S AN ONGOING RIGHT THOUGH.

SO IF WE DO THE, THE DEF FINANCING OF THE MANNEQUINS, THE SPREADSHEET SAYS 2 43.

NOW THAT WE HAVE 2 43, WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE SPREADSHEET, MEAN WITH THAT CHANGE, WITH THAT CHANGE.

BUT IF YOU, IF YOU CUT ANY ONGOING AND YOU WANT TO MOVE THEM TO ONE TIME, YOU NEED MONEY IN ONE TIME TO DO THAT.

SO THE LOGIC DOESN'T TOTALLY WORK.

WELL.

I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT.

ONGOING IS NEGATIVE 683, 1 35.

SO IF WE MOVE THE, UM, MANNEQUINS TO, TO DEBT FUND IT, THAT GIVES US AVAILABLE FUNDING $243,101 IN ONE TIME WE ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

MAYOR DOES THAT THEN HELP WITH THE DEBT RESERVE PIECE THAT HAS TO MOVE OVER TO ONE TIME? DOES THAT 2 43 THEN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT NEEDS TO GO THAT PAYS FOR SOME OF THE TRANSFER INTO OUR RESERVES FUND? NO, THAT'S JUST THE ONE TIME.

IT DOESN'T.

YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR ONGOING TO REDUCE THE RECEPTOR.

SO WE, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME ROOM THERE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU MOVE STUFF OVER, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE.

UH, WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED RIGHT NOW ON A ONGOING IS EPIDEMIOLOGISTS EITHER GOING FROM FOUR TO TWO OR GETTING THE FTE SAVINGS, DID YOU CALCULATE WHAT THE FTE SAVINGS WOULD BE FOR THE FOUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE SAME THING WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

1 0 4 WOULD BE THE SAVINGS IF WE DID NINE MONTHS FOR ULTRA SIX FOR THE, FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.

AND WHAT ABOUT FOR IF WE DID THE, THE NINE MONTHS FOR THE FTES AND ALTER ALTER 180 7.

MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAUGHT THOSE NUMBERS.

SHE JUST SAID 1 0 4 IS IF YOU GO TO THE SAME TREATMENT FOR, IF YOU KEPT ALL FOUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, BUT YOU DELAYED THEM BY THREE MONTHS, THAT'S 1 0 4.

IF YOU TAKE THIS, DO THE SAME THREE MONTH DELAY FOR THE FTES AND SOVIET CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, THAT'S 87.

SO BETWEEN THEM ROUGHLY 200,000, IF YOU DID THAT, WE'RE STILL AT JUST UNDER $500,000.

ON THIS TOPIC.

I KNOW IF WE DID, I'M SORRY IF WE DID L S UH, FOR HOW MUCH WAS THAT AT ONE TIME, 1 65, 1 65.

KIND OF TRYING TO BALANCE THAT IN MY HEAD, AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT CHOICES YES.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ON THE TOPIC OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.

UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT MENTIONED IF WE ONLY DID TWO, COULD YOU TELL US THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IF WE DID IT THAT WAY? AND WHILE WE WAIT, I JUST, SOME OF WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IS KIND OF THIS GENERAL BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, NEW FTES AND NEW PROJECTS VERSUS REALLY MAKING SURE WE ARE RETAINING AND RECRUITING PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE.

AND SO I'M JUST

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AS A MURDERED 30, UM, UH, YES.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LOOKING OVER THE AUSTIN'S A CIVILIAN CORPORATE, A CONSERVATION CORPORATION ON THOSE TWO FTES, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE BEING PALED BY, UH, TWO, UH, TWO PARK PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL RESOURCE IN PARK RANGER POSITION, A ONE, IF WE COULD CONTINUE BEING FUNDED THAT WAY AND NOT HIRE THOSE TWO POSITIONS DID YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO THAT? OR DO YOU WANT STAFF TO SPEAK TO THAT HERE? THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

THEN PART IS DOWN TO POSITION.

PART IS DOWN TWO POSITIONS.

ONE OF WHICH IS ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON HOMELESSNESS.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON HOMELESSNESS IS OUT.

AND SO THEY'RE SHORT STAFFED AND THE PARK RANGERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.

SO THIS ACCOMPLISHES A LOT OF THINGS.

AND IT'S MY TOP PRIORITY.

YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE THE CHANGE FOR THE FTE 1 0 4 AND WE MADE THE CHANGE TO THE OTHER FTE AT 87, AND WE TOOK OUT ELLIS AT 1 65 ON LS FOUR.

AND INSTEAD OF CUTTING THE SUMMER PROGRAM, IF WE MOVED HALF OF THIS, KEPT HALF OF IT IN ONGOING, BUT WE MOVED HALF OF IT OVER TO ONE TIME.

AND THEN NOT TO FIGURE OUT WOULD BE SMALLER.

IF WE DO THAT, I HAVE ABOUT 610,000 THAT WERE MOVING OUT OF ONE TIME OUT OF ONGOING AND OF THOSE ITEMS, WE WOULD BE MOVING 254 OVER TO ONE TIME, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID WE HAD.

IF WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY WITHIN SHOOTING DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, WHERE WITHIN, I MEAN, WE'RE THERE, RIGHT? WE DO THE, WE DO THE DELAY FOR THREE MONTHS FOR THE FTES FOR THE FOUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, BUT WE KEEP THEM IN.

WE DO THE SAME THING FOR THE TWO POSITIONS FOR THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, BUT WE KEEP THEM IN.

THAT WAS 1 0 4 AND 87.

IF WE DON'T COUNT L S FOUR, THAT'S 1 65.

AND IF WE TAKE THE SUMMER POSITIONS AND MOVE HALF OF THE SUMMER POSITIONS OVER TO ONE TIME, THAT'S 254 THAT MOVES FROM ONGOING TO ONE TIME.

I KNOW THESE 2 54 AND ONGOING, THAT'S A SHIFT OF 610, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'D BE 80, LESS RESERVES THAT ARE NEEDED.

SO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN ONE TIME WOULD GO FROM 2 43 UP TO ROUGHLY 310, 320 LAST, THE 2 54, WE MOVED OVER WHICH MAYER I CAUGHT THE 2 54 FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. HOW MUCH IS THE REDUCTION IN A TRIPLE C 87, 80 7,104,000 PRODUCTION FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, 87 FOR THE AUSTIN CIVIC CONSERVATION CORPS.

ELLIS IS 1 65 THAT COMES OUT AND THE 2 54, WHICH IS HALF OF THE SUMMER YOUTH, THOSE THINGS TOTAL SIX, 10, THOSE THINGS I HAVE REAL COMPETENCE.

I'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT WE COULD TRANSFER LESS OF THE SUMMER YOUTH.

WE COULD TRANSFER MORE TO ONE TIME AND PRESERVE THE FTES STARTING RIGHT AWAY.

IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S A VERY HIGH PRIORITY TO HAVE THEM START AWAY.

AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

I HAVE REAL CONFIDENCE, UM, THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO WORK ON THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO IT.

TRAVIS COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO $13.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

WELL, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE NEXT SUMMER AND THEY'LL FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO IT IN THE YEARS BEYOND, UM, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE THAN $13.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE, AND I WON'T SAY THIS AGAIN BECAUSE I WON'T TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT,

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UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BECOME A PUBLIC SERVANT HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A RESULT OF THAT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, UM, JOY HAYES, WHO SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON.

WHEN SHE WAS A STUDENT AT HOUSTON TILLOTSON, SHE HAD NOT CONSIDERED A CAREER, WAS ON A DIFFERENT PATH.

AND IT, UM, I GUESS WAS A VERY IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCE.

AND I THINK WE'VE ALL BENEFITED AS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY HAS REALLY BENEFITED FROM HAVING HER FABULOUS EXPERIENCE AND, AND ENERGY AND, UM, INNOVATION HERE.

SO IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THAT'S MEMORABLE.

I'M WRAPPING UP, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE MEET AN EXECUTIVE HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S MY PROPOSAL THAT WE DO THAT TO GET THE FTES BACK IN ONE TIME IN 12 MONTHS, JUST TO CLARIFY, WERE YOU SUGGESTING THAT FOR, FOR BOTH ITEMS OR FOR, OR FOR WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING IT FOR THE A TRIPLE C.

DOES IT COVER IT FOR, DOES THAT COVER THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST AS WELL? I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN UP 200,000 THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR BOTH OF THEM.

UM, BUT I THINK IF WE MOVE IT, IF WE MOVE IT ALL INTO ONE TIME, THEN WE HAVE 254.

IT'S A BIGGER CLIMB NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE THE OPTION, I GUESS, OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

HOPE THEY WOULDN'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK THEY'RE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FIND OUT IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS AMENABLE.

SO AS I UNDERSTAND THAT, WHAT THAT WOULD BE THEN IS WE, WE DON'T TOUCH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

WE DON'T TOUCH THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.

BUT WHAT WE DO DO IS WE TAKE OUT, UH, UH, ELLIS NUMBER FOUR AT 1 65 AND WE MOVE THE 5 0 8 OUT OF, UH, THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM FROM ONE TIME INTO, UH, FROM, FROM ONGOING INTO ONE TIME.

SO THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION OF 673 OUT OF, UH, ONGOING OF WHICH 508 WOULD MOVE INTO ONE TIME.

UH, THAT TOTAL MEANS THAT 60 14, THERE'S ANOTHER 80,000 THAT WOULD COME OUT OF ONE TIME BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T NEED THAT RESERVE ANYMORE.

AND WE WOULD BE DOING THE, UH, 500, UH, OUT OF, UH, THE ONE-TIME BECAUSE WE WOULD BE DOING DEBT FOR THE MANNEQUINS.

IT'S A MILLION ON THE MANNEQUINS AND WE'D BE DOING ALL THE MANNEQUINS.

THEY WOULD JUST, YEAH, MAY IT OUT.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION JUST 500 GOES BACK IN.

SO I THINK THAT GETS US THERE.

CAN YOU RUN THOSE NUMBERS AND JUST TELL US WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? UM, DOES STAFF NEED A UPDATED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO REFLECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE DEBT AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE MANNEQUIN PROGRAM? OR CAN YOU DO IT? OKAY, GREAT.

LET'S SEE IF THOSE NUMBERS GET US THERE.

SO I'M SHOWING, AND I'M GOING TO VERIFY WE HAVE THIS CORRECTLY.

UM, WE'VE MOVED THE LS FOUR TO ZERO ON THE ONGOING YOUTH WAGES.

TOBO 10 IS MOVING TO ONE TIME, 5 0 8, 8 0 35 MAYER.

IS THERE A WAY TO GET THIS ON THE SCREEN FOR PEOPLE AT HOME WHO MIGHT BE FOLLOWING ALONG THAT NEED TO SEE THE VISUAL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? LET ME WALK THROUGH IT, AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE ONLINE ONE IS UPDATED SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS.

THE 5 0 8 1 2 1 TIME, CORRECT? RIGHT.

WITH THOSE CHANGES.

I'M SHOWING AVAILABLE ONGOING NEGATIVE 10,000 AVAILABLE ONE TIME NEGATIVE 1 7709.

HANG ON A SECOND.

WHAT WERE THE CHANGES YOU MADE? YOU MADE LS FOUR CAME OUT RIGHT?

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WE HAVE THE DEBT PAYMENT FOR THE SIMULATION, CORRECT? THAT'S A MILLION.

AND WHERE WAS, I WOULD SAY THEM.

WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS WITH THOSE CHANGES AVAILABLE? ONGOING? YOU HAVE A DEFICIT OF 10,100 AVAILABLE.

ONE TIME YOU HAVE A DEFICIT OF 1 77, 7 0 9 MAYOR.

DOES THAT, DOES THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGE IN THE 14% WHEN YOU MOVED OVER THE 500? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BIG NUMBER OR NOT, BUT IT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE 14% FOR RESERVES THAT DOES MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WE WERE 7 56 DOWN.

SO YOU'RE SAYING ONE TIME IS OVERSPENT BY 177,000, 170, 170,000.

SO JUST SO THAT I COULD SEE IT IN MY HEAD HERE, WHEREABOUTS 7 56 OVERSPENT WHEN WE START.

AND THEN WE, WE ADD TO THAT THE 5 0 8, WHICH WOULD BE A MILLION, 2 64, ROUGHLY WE'VE MOVED OUT OF THE ONGOING ABOUT 650,000, WHICH TIMES 4% WOULD BE 65 PLUS 25.

SO ROUGHLY 90 YES.

SO ROUGHLY 90, THAT GETS US DOWN TO 1 MILLION, 174, AND THEN I TAKE A MILLION OUT BECAUSE I'M DEBT SERVICING THE MANNEQUINS.

AS, SO THAT'S THE, I HAVE A ZONE 1 74.

SO WHAT YOU HAD ROUGHLY THE 1 77 FOR ONE TIME? YES.

SO ADD HOW CLOSE DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET BEFORE WE SAY THAT WE'RE WITHIN ROUNDING, YOU'RE ON A BUDGET.

I THINK WE'RE A ROUNDING ERROR FOR THE BUDGET.

WHERE WE ARE CATHERINE ELLIS.

I WILL JUST SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT EXTRA HOLIDAY, BUT I WILL BRING IT BACK.

CAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WELCOME THAT HAPPENING.

AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US AND THE NIGHT TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO START CALCULATING ON THAT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THE SHIFTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE.

UNLESS COUNCIL COLLEAGUES DIFFER, WE'RE GOING TO LET STAFF RUN THE NUMBERS, FIGURE OUT THE TAX RATE, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL PASS ALL THOSE ITEMS. I THINK WE SHOULD.

NOW, IF PEOPLE ARE READY TURN TO THE DIRECTIONS, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WITH RESPECT TO THE AMENDMENTS THAT GOT ON, DID ANYBODY PUT DIRECTION IN THEIR AMENDMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO, TO ELEVATE HERE? THAT WAS WERE TOVA YES, I DID.

I'M GOING TO PRINT IT OUT AND DISTRIBUTE IT, BUT MAYOR, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE SHOULD GO TO THOSE NEXT.

SO MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE'S FIRST BECAUSE I NEED TO PRINT THIS.

I THINK THERE WERE SOME WITH REGARD TO FIRE STATIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS KITCHEN.

OH, SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO IF WE'RE ADOPTING OUR AMENDMENT, ARE WE SEPARATELY ADOPTING THE DIRECTION THAT'S IN THEM OR WE'RE JUST ADOPTING OUR AMENDMENT.

DO WE NEED TO CALL OUT THE DIRECTION THAT'S IN IT? I THINK SO.

JUST SO THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHAT THE DIRECTION IS ON THINGS THAT ARE BETTER IN THE, WELL, I MEAN, TH THE DOCUMENT WON'T GET LOST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.

I JUST, I MEAN, MY, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE AMENDMENT DOCUMENT THAT WE PRESENTED WE'LL GET INTO THE RECORD.

I THINK THEY WILL.

I JUST WANNA MAKE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND.

UM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THESE THAT WE DID ONGOING FUNDING FOR NINE MONTHS, THAT MEANS THAT NEXT YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO ADD THE MONEY.

BUT IF A DEPARTMENT HAS THE FT AND THEY DECIDE THIS IS A REAL PRIORITY AND THEY WANT TO HIRE THEM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO HIRE THEM SOONER AND THEY USE OTHER MONEY BECAUSE WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE FTE, THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THAT DISCRETION.

I MEAN, UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

SO WE'RE NOT, THERE'S NO NOTHING THAT'S EVER NOTED THAT IT'S LIKE A THREE-QUARTERS OF AN FTE.

IT'S YOU HAVE THE FTE, IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE BALANCE, YOU'RE FINE.

CONFIRMED BY STAFF TO BE

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TRUE.

UH, COLLEAGUES LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, DEAD OR OTHER, THE ONES I'M SHOWING THAT WE NEED TO, UH, ADDRESS AND TALK ABOUT IS THE, UH, UM, GOODNIGHT, UH, RANCH, UH, FIRE STATION, UH, THE, UH, EMS AT THE AIRPORT, THE, UH, RAINY STREET.

I'M SORRY, THE RAINY STREET FUND, THE CASTLEMAN BULL HOUSE RENOVATIONS AND THE BRUSH SQUARE MUSEUM SECURITY.

AND THEN THE CODE POSITIONS, THOSE SIX ITEMS, ONE MORE THE FTE.

OH, THE COUNCIL LEFTY AND COUNCIL LEFTY.

AND MAYOR.

AND THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING ON THE FATE, UH, SINCE IT'S COMING FROM, UH, THE AUSTIN ENERGY BUDGET, THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE, BE GROUPED IN WITH THOSE AS WELL.

SO THAT MANY, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE, GO AHEAD, MAYOR.

I DISTRIBUTED, I HAD INDICATED, WELL, ANYWAY, IT'S THE CONVENTION CENTER PARKING GARAGE I HAD DISTRIBUTED EARLIER.

IT'S A SIMILAR ACTION TO THE OTHER.

I JUST PULLED IT OUT FROM THE OTHER AMENDMENT.

MAYOR, DO YOU MIND READING THAT LIST AGAIN? I'M SORRY.

NO, I DON'T MIND AT ALL.

SO THE THINGS I THINK THEY'RE STILL OUTSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO TOUCH BASE ON OUR, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER PARKING, WHICH IS TO PULL THAT MONEY, I GUESS, INTO GR UH, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES IT DO IN THIS CURRENT? YEAH, MY PARKING, MY ORIGINAL PARKING ADDRESS, CITY HALL, AND SAID, LOOK AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THIS ONE, THIS CONVENTION CENTER, A STRIPS IT OUT AND ACTUALLY MAKES THE CHANGE TO THE RATES.

AND I DISTRIBUTED IT ON HERE.

IT BRINGS IT TO THE SAME RATES THAT ARE YOU'RE AT THE CITY HALL GARAGE.

SO THAT JUST GENERATES MORE MONEY FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER OR FOR IT DOES.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT YES, I, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER PROPOSAL, BUT NOT TODAY.

DOES ANYBODY SO IT'S WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER PARKING ISSUE, AUSTIN ENERGY SAID THAT THEY WOULD PICK UP THE COST TO KIND OF SCOPE OUT WHAT A STUDY MIGHT BE INVOLVING FAYETTE.

WE HAVE THE GOODNIGHT RANCH FIRE STATION.

WE HAVE EMS AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH APPARENTLY AGREEMENT WAS REACHED.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT OUT OF THEIR ENTERPRISE MONIES.

WE HAVE THE PARKING GARAGE, WE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO, PARKING GARAGE.

UM, WE HAVE THE RAINY STREET FUND.

WE HAVE THE, UH, COUNSELOR BULL HOUSE RENOVATIONS.

WE HAVE THE BRUSH SQUARE MUSEUM SECURITY, AND WE HAVE THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE AND WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL COUNCIL FTE ON THE DRAFT PROPOSAL, EIGHT THAT I HANDED OUT.

THOSE THINGS ARE ALL LISTED AT THE TOP.

OH, AT THE TOP.

UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FROM OUR, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT TO VANESSA OR COMES MEMBER POINT TO THIS, SORRY, TALKING TO MY HEAD AND THINKING, UM, COULD PROBABLY ANSWER ON THIS EMS AMENDMENT.

UM, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE PILOT PROGRAM JUST LASTING A YEAR OR, UM, DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT LASTING LONGER? I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF THE TIMELINE TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S NEEDED.

I WAS JUST HOPING I COULD UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD BE, WOULD AUTHORIZE THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR A YEAR.

I DO ANTICIPATE THAT GIVEN THE NEED, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT IT WILL BE A REOCCURRING PROGRAM, BUT YOU KNOW, PILOT FOR A YEAR.

UM, ONE QUESTION AND ONE COMMENT, UM, FOR THE CANYON CREEK AND GETTING THAT DESIGN RESTARTED, WE'VE DECIDED THAT'S A RIDER BECAUSE THE MONEY'S ALREADY ALLOCATED.

IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST ON HOLD.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALSO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN ON THE CANYON CREEK ONE, BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE, I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE, BUT I, IT'S NOT IN HIS BUNCH OF EM.

IT'S NOT IN HIS BUNCH OF AMENDMENTS BEING A, CONSIDERED A RIDER.

AND I JUST CLARIFYING THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S MOVING ANY MONEY.

IT'S JUST GIVING A PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MONEY.

THAT'S

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I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING A STEP.

I DON'T AT THIS STAGE.

I DON'T HAVE THAT LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT FROM WHAT MR. VAN ENO SAID, WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANYON CREEK FIRE STATION, OR I'M SORRY, NOT THE CONSTRUCTION, THE DESIGN, WE DON'T FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND, UM, I DID HAVE THAT AS A, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION TO ALLOW STAFF TO GO FORWARD WITH THE, AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO.

I THINK THAT'S A MAYOR PRO TEM.

SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WE SHOULD BE DOING.

SO WE JUST DO THE RIDER LATER THAT DOESN'T OKAY.

THEN THE SECOND THING, UM, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER OF, UH, BRINGING FORWARD HER EMS AT THE AIRPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THAT.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD, SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH CHIEF LUCK GRITS ABOUT.

UM, SO HE FOLLOWED UP WITH MY QUESTION ABOUT, UM, WHO WAS FINANCING THE TRIPS TO THE AIRPORT, UM, AND IN, UM, CALENDAR YEAR 21, WE HAD 583,000 WITH COLLECTION OF ABOUT 51,000 FROM BILLING.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ROUGHLY $532,000 THAT CITY OF AUSTIN IS SPENDING ON RESPONDING TO CALLS AT THE AIRPORT, UM, THAT WE'RE GETTING NO FUNDING FROM THE AIRPORT FOR.

UM, SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND IT'S PART IS THINKING ABOUT THIS, UM, PILOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT THEM TO ALSO BE LOOKING AT THOSE EXPENSES AND HOW THAT FITS INTO HOW WE DESIGN THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE AIRPORT ALSO SHOULD BE COVERING WITH RESPECT TO, TO OUR, UM, GENERAL FUND MOVING FORWARD.

UM, CHIEF, GOT ME THIS INFORMATION.

HE'S VERY AWARE OF IT.

UM, SO I DON'T FEEL THE NEED THAT I HAVE TO, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT IF YOU WANT COUNCIL MEMBER FUND DOES, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO ADD IT BECAUSE I THINK HE'S VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THERE AS PART OF THESE, UM, NEGOTIATIONS TO, TO BE CONSIDERING ALL OF THE FACTORS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER SERVE, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO, THE PASSENGERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE AIRPORT.

COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE HAVE THE LIST OF THINGS.

I THINK SOME OF THESE THINGS WE CAN JUST AGREE TO PRETTY QUICKLY.

UM, SO, UH, DO YOU REMEMBER TO CHECK ME ON THIS, UH, AD, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE, UH, UH, INCLUSION OF THE, UH, UM, THE CIVILIAN TRANSFER AT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTERS OR ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO ON THAT? OKAY.

THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE, THE, THE BUDGET.

CAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALLOWING THOSE POSITIONS TO BE MOVED.

SO THAT MAKES SURE THAT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PLEASE, THE GOOD NIGHT RANCH EMS STATION AND MAKING THAT DEBT FINANCED AS MOVED BY A COUNSELOR.

POINTLESS.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM US OTHER THAN JUST MAKING SURE IT'S INCLUDED AND APPROVING IT? THANK YOU.

THE EMS AT THE AIRPORT THAT COMES OUT OF THE, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND, UH, AT THE 4 65 70, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO OTHER THAN TO APPROVE THAT? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.

UH, THE VETERAN AFFAIR, UH, F T E UM, THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF, UM, THAT, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MOVED THAT DEPARTMENT.

I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

UH, YES.

UH, I TALKED TO THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS POPE, THIS, UH, POSITION WAS, UH, WAS, UH, AT ONE TIME A PROGRAM COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

I STOOD VACANT IN THE, I REALLY DIDN'T MEET THAT PERSON.

SO THEY RECLASSIFIED IT BACK TO THE VETERANS SERVICE COORDINATOR TITLE.

IT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO FULL-TIME VETERANS SERVICE.

SO HEARING THAT INFORMATION, I, I W I'M INSTRUCTED DURING THE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF TO, TO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT THE ROW HOUSE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR ANOTHER MORE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT IN THE LONGTERM.

AND I ALSO ASKED THE STAFF TO COLLAB, COLLABORATE WITH THE VETERANS COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT WE BRING IN ON THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE TO SERVE IN THE VETERAN COMMUNITY.

WE'VE COMMITTED TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

SO THE RECORD THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF, KIND OF OUR DIRECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUDGET AS WELL.

THE PARKING GARAGE RATES, UH, ARE WE OKAY.

UH, MOVING THOSE UP, GENERATING THAT ADDITIONAL INCOME, MAKING THE RATES THE SAME OR ANYTHING ELSE IF WE THINK OF IT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? I THINK ELSE WE NEEDED TO DO ON THAT.

MANAGER RUN, YOU CAN TELL US WE'LL COME UP AND MAYBE THE CONVENTION CENTER STAFF IS ON VIRTUAL.

STAFF DOES HAVE A, UM, POSITION THEY'D LIKE TO STATE ON THAT.

I THINK ASSISTANT CITY

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AND I APPRECIATE IT.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALEZ, UH, ACC, D STAFF HAS SOME CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING RATE, UH, AMENDMENT SLASH RIDER.

AND SO TRISHA TATRO IS GOING TO BE COMING.

SO LET'S HOLD ON FOR JUST A SECOND.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE KIND OF IN OUR GREED SECTION HERE.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

IT WON'T TAKE US LONG TO GET BACK TO IT.

UM, THEN THERE'S THE RAINY STREET FUND THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO, UH, DESIGNATE MORE MONEY IN A GIVEN YEAR.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? OKAY, SO THAT'LL BE INCLUDED, UH, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INCLUDING THINGS, UH, THE CASTLEMAN BULL HOUSE, UH, RENOVATIONS, ANYBODY HAVE RESERVATIONS WITH THIS? I THINK THERE ARE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NOT HAVE THAT ONE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT ONE, THE BRUSH SQUARE MUSEUM SECURITY, UH, QUESTION.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT, UH, THIS ONE? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS ON THIS ONE? IT'S A STAFF HAVE ANY OPINION ON THIS.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE.

WE DON'T KNOW YET CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE CODE.

I THINK RHODA GONNA WANT US TO DISCUSS THAT ONE.

I'M MAKING SOME CHANGES TO IT.

UH, THE ADDITIONAL COUNCIL FTE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ONE? OKAY.

SO THAT'LL THEN BE PART OF, AGAIN, OUR APPROVAL.

SO WE HAVE FOR THESE, WE NEED TO REVISIT AGAIN, THE CONVENTION CENTER, PARKING RATES, CAST, MOBILE HOUSE, BREAST SQUARE, AND CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE.

WE WANTED TO DISCUSS THOSE NOW.

AND ONE MORE YOUR, UH, MAYOR, I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR.

UH, JUST, UH, THE, THE FIREPOWER PROJECT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT OFF CAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE LIST.

UH, NO, NO.

I PUT IT ON THE LIST.

OKAY, COOL.

AND STAFF SAID THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

UH, SHOWING THAT PART OF THE BUDGET.

SO NOW RODNEY, SORRY TO MAKE YOU COME BACK TO THAT.

IN MY OPINION, WE'RE GOING TO BE SO SUBSTANTIAL THAT IT WILL SEND, UM, A SHOCK TO OUR CLIENT, OUR HOTEL COMMUNITY, OUR RESTAURANT COMMUNITY.

UH, JUST A BRIEF MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE ROOM.

UM, I THINK AS BY DR.

CHIQUITA EUGENE COME IN WITH, UH, OUR AUSTIN YOUTH COUNCIL, UM, OBSERVING THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS EVENING.

SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, UNBELIEVABLE THAT YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE THIS.

THERE'S NO MORE EXCITING THING THAN WATCHING US GO THROUGH BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, DR.

EUGENE, ALWAYS.

GREAT TO SEE YOU, RODNEY.

THANK YOU, MARY.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND ON THE BREAST SQUARE ITEM, UH, STAFF HAD A CONCERN WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT ONE AS WELL, BUT ONLINE IS DIRECTOR TRICIA TAITRA WITH AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER.

THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE PARKING RATE TO THE CURRENT BUSINESS MODEL, THAT THE CONVINCING CENTER EMPLOYEES FOR THE PARKING GARAGE, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, WANTED TO INTRODUCE HAYES THOMPSON OR PARKING MANAGER AT THE AUSTIN FOR THE OSCAR CONVENTION CENTER DEPARTMENT.

UM, WANTED TO, UH, BRIEFLY HAVE HIM EXPLAIN, UH, THE, UH, SOME OF THE UNIQUE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CONVENTION CENTER, PARKING GARAGE AND OUR BUSINESS MODEL AND HOW THAT TIES TO THE, UM, THE FEES THAT WE PUT FORTH IN OUR FEED SCHEDULE.

UM, AND HOW THE IMPACTS OF, UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT COULD CHALLENGE, UH, COULD PRESENT CHALLENGES FOR US.

UM, IS THOMPSON.

HI.

HI, COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR.

UM, HEY, STOMPS IN HERE.

UM, WELL YOU GUYS, CAN YOU, OKAY.

UM, I LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WITH THE RATES, UM, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON HOW WE TREAD THE, UH, BREAD, THE NEEDLE BETWEEN, UM, PROVIDING PARKING TO OUR ATTENDEES AND IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH OTHER CONVENTION CENTERS AND BEING DOWNTOWN.

UM, IT'S A TIGHT ROPE THAT WE WALK ON THAT.

AND IN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CENTERS LIKE SAN ANTONIO, WHICH MAX OUT AT A DAILY RATE OF $31, UM, DALLAS, WHICH HAS, UH, KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CENTER, WHICH HAS $15.

UM, AND WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE A DEEP RELATIONSHIP IN OUR PART OF DOWNTOWN WITH HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES, ALONG SIXTH STREET TO HAVE AFFORDABLE, UM, PARKING LOCATED IN OUR FACILITIES, AS WELL AS, UM, A COMPETITIVE RATE FOR, FOR OUR ATTENDEES AND OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT, THAT COME TO OUR SHOWS.

AND SO THE NEW RATES, OR

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WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR MORE TIME TO EVALUATE THOSE AND, OR CREATE SOME KIND OF PROPOSAL WHERE WE COULD STAIR-STEP OUR RATES BY 10% OR SO PER YEAR UNTIL WE FEEL THERE'S A COLLECTIVE, UM, PLAN IN PLACE BETWEEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UM, BUILDING REQUIREMENT, MINIMUMS FOR GARAGES.

UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S A SHORT BAT FOR ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING, UM, IT'S JUST AT $30 AT A MAX RATE IN OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS COMPARED TO THIS PROPOSAL AT 48, WE JUST HAVE SOME DEEP CONCERNS THAT OUR PARKER BASE WILL TURN AGAINST US.

AND SO WE COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR ACTUALLY A DECLINE IN REVENUE.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT TIES BACK TO THAT, THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER DIMENSIONS AND BEING A PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PARK GARMENTS.

AND SO YOU DO SEE GARAGES ON SECOND STREET, UM, THAT, THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS DIFFERENT BETWEEN CONGRESS AND SAN ANTONIO AND THE LAKE IN, IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH.

UM, THERE'S JUST ACTIVITY THERE WHERE THOSE WERE HIGHER RATES CAN SUPPORT, UM, THE AGENDA THERE, THE PARKER BASE THERE, IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CONGRESS WHERE WE SUPPORT, UM, SPECIFICALLY EVENT ATTENDEES AND, AND, AND, AND PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.

SO WE HOPE, UM, YOU GUYS WILL, UH, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLY, UM, EITHER LET US KEEP OUR RATES AS IS, OR DO A 10% INCREASE OR TRY TO DO SOME KIND OF PILOT PROGRAM WHERE IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT THESE RATES, WE WOULD HAVE SOME REVIEW PERIOD AFTER 90 DAYS.

I JUST HAVE REALLY GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON OUR REVENUE.

THAT'S IT.

OF THIS INCREASE AND BRING, AND I'LL ADD SOMETHING ABOUT BRINGING ACTION TO CHANGE THOSE FEES.

I HAVE, UM, MR. THOMPSON, UM, LET ME CLARIFY A FEW THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, AS I INDICATED WITH THE CITY HALL PARKING DRUDGE, THIS WOULD NOT BE INTENDED TO IMPACT ANY OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM DOWNTOWN.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE CONVENTION CENTER IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS CREATED, WHERE ANYONE CAN, ONCE IT'S BEEN VERIFIED WITH THEIR EMPLOYEE, IF YOU WORK DOWNTOWN IN ONE OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES, YOU CAN ACCESS REALLY INEXPENSIVE COMPARATIVELY INEXPENSIVE PARKING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND THIS WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT IF THE CONVENTION CENTER GARAGE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THAT, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T IMPACT IT.

I KNOW YOU REFERENCED.

ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE LOW RATES IS TO HELP OUT RESTAURANT WORKERS AND OTHERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

IF THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, THIS WON'T IMPACT IT.

I WASN'T PROPOSING MAKING CHANGES TO THE MAXIMUM DAILY RATE OF 48.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS THE CURRENT, IF NOT, I'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE.

WHAT I WAS PROPOSING WE CHANGE IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY, AS YOU POINT OUT IN YOUR RESPONSE TO 97, 1 OF THE LOWEST, IF NOT THE LOWEST PARKING RATE IN THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AT $2 AN HOUR, UM, I AM PROPOSING BRINGING THAT UP TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT.

I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE OUR, OUR CITY OWNED RESOURCES, UM, IN WAYS THAT ALLOW US TO COVER OUR COSTS.

AND IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE THAT AUSTINITES USE YOUR PARKING GARAGE.

IT'S NOT JUST CONVENTIONAL, IT'S NOT JUST CONVENTION GOERS.

THESE ARE OUR PARKING GARAGES IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

I THINK WE SHOULD HANDLE, I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT ACROSS OUR PARKING GARAGES.

SO AGAIN, A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT THAT I THINK ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO ASSESSING, UM, WHAT YOU SAID.

AND, BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY I'VE ADDED DIRECTION FOR THE CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE TO COME BACK ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

AND I WOULD PROPOSE WE PASS MY AMENDMENT TO BRING THESE PARKING RATES INTO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE SOME OF THE CHEAPEST IN DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLOSER TO CLOSER TO, UM, CLOSER TO, UH, WHAT I WOULD REGARD AS A REASONABLE RATE RATE FOR THIS PUBLIC ASSET.

UM, BUT I WILL ADD A LINE THAT SAYS, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT TO TAKE A LOOK AND ASSESS WHAT THE IMPACT IS.

AND SO I'LL ADD THE SAME KIND OF LINE THAT I HAVE ADDED TO MY DIRECTION FOR THE OTHER ONE THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, BEGINNING, IMMEDIATELY ON THE IMPACT

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UM, IF THAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE.

SO THAT'LL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY THREE MONTHS, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CAUSING AN IMPACT, THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACTION AT THAT POINT.

SO, UM, THE RESOLUTION OR THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US GIVES ME SOME PAUSE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND MUSICIANS THAT REGULARLY USE CITY PARKING GARAGES TO GET TO WORK AND EVEN WORK SPECIAL EVENTS.

I'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM, WHO'VE LOST ACCESS DUE TO AN HOUR OF CHANGE AT THEIR SHIFT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ASSESS MAYBE POSSIBLY TO SEE HOW THE ACCESS IS GIVEN TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND IF IT'S AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE BURDEN OF THE EXTRA COST OF PARKING.

AND I KNOW THAT CITY OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS USE THE PARKING GARAGE TO GO ON DATES, ATTEND EVENTS AND CONCERTS AND SHOP DOWNTOWN.

AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT THE RAISE IN RATES TO INADVERTENTLY HAVE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM USING THEM OR HAVING ACCESS TO THOSE GARAGES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THE POINT THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED INEXPENSIVE PARKING, AND IT GIVES ME PAUSE.

THINK THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT ACCESS WHEN THEIR TAXES HELPED PAY FOR THE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING.

I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS AN ADDITIONAL TAX ON THEM TO PAY THE EXTRA.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD PLEASE, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT, UH, AS HAYES WAS SPEAKING TO WE, WE ARE, WE HAVE RENTED DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL.

UH, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT PARK AT THE GARAGE AT CITY HALL TO ENJOY DINNER FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS.

UM, WE VERY FREQUENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MARATHON EXPO, UM, MANY OF OUR RUNNING EVENTS, THEY WILL DO THEIR PACKET PICKUP AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN, UM, OR, UH, LITERALLY ZERO TO SAY AN HOUR AND A HALF, SOMETIMES SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ATTENDEES, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THEY ARE COMING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, TO PICK UP THEIR BADGES AND THAT WEIGHT CAN TAKE OFTENTIMES ONE TO THREE HOURS DEPENDING ON THE PEAK TIMES AND HOW LONG THAT IS.

UM, IF WE, UH, CHANGE AND VARY FROM OUR VARIABLE RATE, UM, I THINK THAT IT COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NOT JUST THE PARKING REVENUES, BUT, UM, OUR OVERALL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

AND AS WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER CITIES, AS HAYES MENTIONED EARLIER, WHAT THE PARKING RATES WERE FOR HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO IN DALLAS, AS WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER PROPOSALS AND PACKAGES TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMPETING ON A NATIONAL LEVEL TO BRING EVENTS TO AUSTIN, UM, THE PARKING RATES, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, CONSIDERED FOR MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW WHAT THAT TOTAL ATTENDEE COST IS GOING TO BE, UH, INCLUDING WHAT IS THE HOTEL ROOM RATE? WHAT IS THE AIRFARE IN AND OUT OF OUR CITY? WHAT IS THE PARKING RATE GOING TO BE? UM, AND SO WE'RE SIMPLY, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR POTENTIALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE STUDY THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, OR PUT FORTH A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN, UM, FOR A SERIES OF MONTHS, CHANGE THIS PARKING RATE, OR DO SOME SURVEYS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.

UM, IT'S JUST OUR PARKING GARAGE FUNCTIONS AND IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.

AND WE DO HAVE, UM, A MIX OF THE DOWNTOWN PEOPLE, UH, WHO DO COME IN AND PARK AT OUR GARAGES TO, TO UTILIZE OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT UP AND FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

NOW I'M GOING TO TALK FOR A SECOND.

WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU THE SECOND COUNSELOR AND COUNCIL MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD A FEW MORE THINGS TO WHAT I'M GOING TO LET YOU, I'M GOING TO LET YOU COME BACK AND DO IT FOR JUST A SECOND.

I WANT TO GET UP TO THE DYES HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT.

I WANT TO, THAT HE HAS OUR POOL TO TALK COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER, MADISON, TO TALK IF THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND WE DON'T ACT ON THIS TONIGHT.

THAT THE COST OF PARKING IN OUR CITY GARAGES IS TOO LOW.

I, I APPRECIATE WHAT OUR CONVENTION CENTER STAFF ARE SAYING, BUT I, I WOULD JUST OFFER THE $2 AN HOUR IS, IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND WHEN YOU ARE MAKING PACKAGES FOR CONVENTIONEERS COMING, COMING TO AUSTIN, YOU CAN SAY AS A PART OF THE PACKAGE, WE WILL DISCOUNT YOUR PARKING.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT WE, THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.

I WOULD SUSPECT.

UM, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO MARATHONS AND PARKING THERE FOR BADGE PICKUP IN THAT THING, THEY ARE COMING HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THEY WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE GOING TO SAN ANTONIO.

WE COULD HAVE A STAMP THAT GIVES THEM AN HOUR FREE PARKING OR SOME PROGRAM LIKE WE HAVE DOWN AT THE CITY HALL GARAGE.

I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, IS LOOK AT THIS WITH A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONALITY, TAKE THE MARKET INTO ACCOUNT.

UM, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, I DO BELIEVE

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SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA BRINGING THESE ITEMS AND, AND WALKING THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS BECAUSE THEY ARE MANY, AND THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.

UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST THEM UPWARD.

SO MAYOR, I LIKE YOUR, YOUR IDEA OF PULLING BACK AND, AND HAVING A CONVERSATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOV, I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN YOU IN CONTINUING TO ANALYZE THEM.

REMEMBER HOPPER MEDICINE, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL JUST SAID.

AND, UM, ADDITIONALLY, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO BROUGHT FORWARD.

UM, I HEAR WHAT OUR CONVERGENCE AND OUR FOLKS ARE SAYING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, UH, LET'S TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT OUR AAS MP MODE SHARE GOALS.

UM, OUR CONVENTION CENTER IS RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEPS OF A TRAIN STATION.

UM, IN WHICH CASE, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO SAN ANTONIO WHO DOESN'T HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE, HOUSTON, WHO DOESN'T HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE, WE HAVE REALLY EASY ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE MASS TRANSIT.

UM, AT OUR CONVENTION CENTER, THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

ALSO WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT AS WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE ACCLIMATED TO THE CULTURE SHIFT, THAT'S REQUIRED AROUND MEETING OUR ASN P MULTIMODAL GOALS.

CHEAP PARKING DOES NOT INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO NOT DRIVE CARS.

UM, SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO, AS WE'RE CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE, UH, MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, I'M AWARE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE TONIGHT, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT TO ADD TO THE SUITE OF CONSIDERATIONS AS WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.

WELL, THAT OF COURSE IS THE CHOICE OF THE COUNCIL.

MY RECOMMENDATION SAY EIGHT O'CLOCK.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT IS A BIG QUESTION.

SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS ON HERE ARE ALSO BIG QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE PREPARED TO VOTE ON.

I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED TO VOTE ON THEM.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE POST PEOPLE SEE, UM, THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON THEM.

I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BECOME CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO VOTE YES.

ON, UM, PROBABLY MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE STILL TO BE BROUGHT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE, BUT CERTAINLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKING GARAGE RATE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE MORE TIME TO CONVENTION CENTER.

I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BEFORE I VOTE.

AYE, AYE.

OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTED THE WORK WE DID WITH, UH, THE PARKING GARAGE IN THE CITY.

UH, STAFF DIDN'T RAISE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT.

UH, BUT NOT OBJECTION HAS BEEN RAISED.

I, I WANT TO, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO HOLD OFF AND VOTING AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT THAT NIGHT.

AND DO YOU MIND IF I, I FINISHED MY, MY STATEMENT.

I HAD THAT THERE WAS JUST ONE LAST LITTLE, TINY BIT.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, I'D LEFT TOO MUCH OF A PAUSE.

THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, ESPECIALLY CAUSE IT'S THE SECOND PARKING ITEM TO COME UP TONIGHT.

IT OCCURRED TO ME EARLIER WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE OTHER PARKING CONVERSATION, UM, THAT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO HAVE OUR PARKING ENTERPRISE DIVISION HANDLE ALL OUR PARKING ASSETS.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HANDLING OUR PARKING ASSETS AS OPPOSED TO THIS SILOED SORT OF PATCHWORK APPROACH TO HOW WE HANDLE OUR PARKING ASSETS.

AGAINST MY PROPOSAL BASED ON A $48 RATE, THAT IS THE CURRENT RATE.

OTHER DISCUSSION, MR. THOMPSON, CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT, WHAT I SAID EARLIER? UM, AGAIN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER ALREADY THAT THE $48 MAXIMUM IS THE EXISTING, RIGHT? IT IS THE EXISTING RATE, BUT IT'S NUANCE IN A WAY THAT THE STRUCTURE, UM, IS OPTIMAL AND AFFORDABLE FOR THE ATTENDEES.

WE LOOK AT CONSUMER SHOWS AND WE LOOK AT ALL DAY NATIONAL SHOWS AND WE RANGE FROM THREE TO SEVEN AND A HALF HOUR STAYS, LENGTH OF STAYS.

AND SO THE RATES ARE LOWER ON THAT END.

UM, THE REASON WHY THEY, THEY GO TO 48 AS, AS THE HOTEL INVENTORY INVENTORY IS BUILT OUT, WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE A STORAGE FACILITY AND THAT HAPPENED.

UM, WE HAD, WE HAD TO SWITCH GEARS AND ITERATE RATES THERE TO PREVENT STORIES FROM, FROM, FROM HOTELS AND TO PREVENT OVERNIGHT STAYS IN A WAY THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR BUSINESS FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY.

SO IF, IF THE RATE WASN'T THAT HIGH FOR A LONGER STAY, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE FACED WITH HAVING A GARAGE IN THE MORNING, SET UP FOR A HARD START OF THAT AND HAVING CARS IN OUR GARAGE.

SO THE RATES, UH, PURPOSELY DONE THAT WAY.

BUT AGAIN, NUTRITIONIST, I GUESS, CAN I, CAN I, CAN I INTERVENE HERE FOR A MINUTE? THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT POINT UP IS BECAUSE IN ONE OF YOUR EARLIEST COMMENTS TO THIS, YOU COMPARED THAT $48 RATE TO SAN ANTONIO'S RATE OF $31, WHICH IS LESS, BUT THE 48 IS A RATE THAT YOU'VE COME TO.

SO YOUR, YOUR REBUTTAL TO MY PROPOSAL WAS BASED ON A RATE THAT YOU'VE SAID, WHAT I'VE PROPOSED CHANGING IS THE HOURLY RATE.

SO I JUST, I'M NOT, WELL, IT IT'S, IT'S A NUANCE COUNCIL MEMBER, TOTO.

IT'S JUST, I NEEDED YOU TO VERIFY IT THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU WERE IN PART ARGUING

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AND, AND IT'S ONE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS SET.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE TO SAN ANTONIO, I THINK, YEAH, NOT ON THAT SINGLE POINT.

I'M I TELL HIM THE LOWER END.

UM, WE'RE REALLY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE, THE UNDER EIGHT HOURS, UM, FOR, AGAIN, FOR OUR ATTENDEES AND SO FORTH.

IT'S VERY NUANCED IN THE WAY THAT THOSE GARAGE DOORS ARE POSITIONED WITH OTHER DOWNTOWN ASSETS.

DO YOU, UM, DO YOU VALIDATE, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO JUST WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SUGGESTED, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME, I THINK I'VE EVEN BEEN VALIDATED BY THESE GARAGES.

I WOULD ASSUME IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT PART OF A CONVENTIONS PACKET, YOU COULD CERTAINLY OFFER TO VALIDATE IT AT A LOWER RATE AT A FREE RATE.

UM, JUST AS MANY OTHER GARAGES.

DO I ASSUME THAT, THAT IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH THAT, ANYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THAT GARAGE HAS THE ABILITY TO PARK THERE.

YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T RESERVE IT FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

YEAH, WE DO VALIDATE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN CASES, BUT I, UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, Y YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE A TOOL THAT WE WOULD WEIGH HEAVILY ON.

BUT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE FRONT END, THE FRONT END OF THE PARKING RATE STRUCTURE.

AND WHAT MY POINT EARLIER WAS TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A HOME AND GARDEN SHOW, WHERE YOU COULD HAVE AN AUSTINITE ATTEND THAT SHOW.

AND UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, THEY WOULD JUST STAY A COUPLE OF HOURS, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE HOURS.

AND IT WOULD BE A $30 PARKING RAID.

AND SO YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD IN TEXAS AND EVEN GO BEYOND, UM, BE, YOU KNOW, THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR DAILY FLAT RATES AND THE 15 TO $16, UH, OR STARTS AT THE $15 RATE.

AND IT GOES UP TO 40 FOR THEIR MAX.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S, BUT YOU COULD, YOU COULD ALWAYS, YOU COULD ALWAYS VALIDATE IT FOR PEOPLE ATTENDING AN EVENT.

I GO TO THE PALMER EVENT CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SOMETIMES I PAY THE FEE AND SOMETIMES I'M ATTENDING AN EVENT THAT ACTUALLY HAS PAID FOR THAT PARKING.

UM, AND SO IT, I THINK THE SETTLEMENT HOME IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST NIGHT YOU GET FREE PARKING.

SO, I MEAN, I, WITH THE HOME AND GARDEN EXAMPLE, AGAIN, YOU COULD GIVE ATTENDEES TO THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW THE ABILITY TO VALIDATE THEIR PARKING, BUT THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WHO USES THE GARAGE WOULD PAY, WOULD PAY THE RATE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGES MANAGER.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND COUNSELOR TOVAR? I UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER.

AND SO IT'D BE HELPFUL TO, TO WRAP THAT UP AND MOVE ON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

UH, MR. THOMPSON AND MS. COLLEAGUES, ARE WE OKAY, UH, ASKING US TO COME BACK TO US IN THE FUTURE? HOW DOES THAT COME BACK TO ETHICS? EXACTLY.

I MEAN, WE'VE MADE SOME HUGE DECISIONS ON BIG TOPICS, AND IT SOUNDS AS IF WE'RE JUST SORT OF, AND BEGIN TO VOTE ON THIS TO ME, THIS HAS ISSUES IN IT THAT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO BET WITH PEOPLE THAT AREN'T AREN'T IN THE ROOM.

SO WE'RE, SO AT THIS POINT, ANYTHING OF THIS SORT WHERE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE SIMPLY GOING TO NEED TO BRING BACK AS IFCS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IMPACTING ELEMENTS OF THE BUDGET.

SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY PASS THAT WE WERE, WE'LL HAVE A MECHANISM FOR AMENDING THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE NEW FEES, AMENDING THE BUDGET TO IMPACT OTHER ELEMENTS OF WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS THAT WHEN THOSE IFC HAS COME BACK, THAT WE HEAR, WE CAN'T MAKE CHANGES TO THE FEES OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET YEAR, OR WE CAN'T MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS SOON AFTER BUDGET PASSAGE TO ELEMENTS OF THE BUDGET, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING SOME PEOPLE'S PROPOSALS.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I'VE PREPARED THAT I'VE SPENT TIME AND ENERGY ON AS WELL.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT TIME IT IS AND THAT NO ONE WANTS TO DISCUSS THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S COMING UP AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS DESERVING OF DISCUSSION.

I WOULD AGREE THAT YOU COULD BRING THIS BACK AS AN IFC IN ANYTHING WE MOVED TONIGHT, BRING BACK AS AN IFC POSTED.

SO THERE'S NOTICES WE DO ICS THAT WE CAN BET IT, BUT YES, I WILL.

UM, UH, I WON'T OBJECT OR ARGUE AGAINST IT ON THAT BASIS AT ALL.

WITH JUST ME AND A SECOND.

IS ANYBODY PEOPLE OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.

THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE IS THE, UH, THE CASTLEMAN BULL HOUSE RENOVATIONS.

AND RATHER THAN HAVING STAFF COME UP AT THIS POINT AND EXPRESS RESERVATIONS, I KNOW SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE WRITTEN THAT RESERVATIONS.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WOULD TAKE MORE THAN, THAN I WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE IT TONIGHT.

DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE WE FOR, I ASKED THE GUYS IF THEY'RE OKAY, MOVING PAST THIS WITH THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN BRING THIS BACK, RIGHT.

I CAN BRING IT BACK TO AMEND THE BUDGET WITH FOUR CO-SPONSORS.

WHEREAS TONIGHT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET

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SO, I MEAN, IT IS OPPOSING A HIGHER LEVEL OF IMPOSING A HIGHER THRESHOLD POSSIBLY, BUT I CAN'T BEGIN TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.

THERE'S JUST SO MUCH QUESTIONS I HAVE.

THESE ARE BIG ISSUES AND I WOULD, FOR ME, I WOULD NEED THEM TO DEVELOP, BE DEVELOPED FURTHER.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE AT PEOPLE OKAY.

WITH NOT DOING THE CASTLEMAN BOWL HOUSE TONIGHT AS CANCER, HEART MEDICINE, UM, MAYOR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT? NOT ONLY AM I OKAY WITH THAT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

JUST STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT.

UM, IT IS LOOKING VERY MUCH LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINISH THIS EVENING.

AND THAT SAID, I'D LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPROACH THIS WITH THE FRESHEST, MOST OPEN MINDS, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SORT OF SENSE IT'S PALPABLE WHEN THE IRRITABILITY STARTS TO ENTER THE ROOM.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR BEST WORK.

IT'S NOT OUR BEST SELVES THAT WE PRESENT TO THE WHOLE WORLD TO WATCH AND PUT ON ARCHIVED FOOTAGE.

I HONESTLY THINK IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINISH TONIGHT AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE, WE'RE NOT, WHY DON'T WE WRAP WHILE WE'RE FRESH AND KIND AND SMILING STILL, AND JUST PICK IT BACK UP TOMORROW.

THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

OR THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST OF MY COLLEAGUES.

IF ANYBODY ELSE IS OPEN TO, TO THAT, HAVING NOT BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE AHEAD OF US.

UH, BUT I, I WOULD BE, I MEAN, AGAIN, ASSUMING WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS AHEAD OF US, I, MY SENSE WOULD BE TO PUSH THROUGH AND KNOCK IT OUT TONIGHT.

UH, BUT I, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TO ONE, AM I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MEDICINE.

SO POINT OF VIEW, I THINK IN PART, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THESE LAST ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN.

UH, I'D LIKE TO FINISH AS MUCH AS WE CAN TONIGHT.

UM, CAUSE I'D LIKE TO VOTE TONIGHT AND, AND GET, GET THIS DONE.

SO, UH, MAYBE WE SURVEY WHAT'S REMAINING.

UH, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE ARE NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED TOMORROW.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S BEST THAT WE JUST KEEP GOING, BUT I DO TAKE WHAT THE CUSTOMER ELLIS, I WAS GOING TO AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS HAVE A WAY OF KIND OF EXPANDING AND THEN CONTRACTING.

AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE REALLY FAR AWAY, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE.

AND I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE HERE AND REALLY WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THROUGH SO THAT WE, EVERYTHING IS FRESH ON OUR MINDS AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

TOVO THE CASTLEMAN BOATHOUSE RESERVATION.

UM, SO LET'S, LET'S TRY TO DO THE BEST SPIRITS THAT WE CAN, AND LET'S SEE HOW WE DO JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL BRING BACK, UH, FUTURE COUNSELOR.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF HAS CONCERNS WITH THE BRUSH SQUARE MUSEUM SECURITY FEE.

IS THAT THE KIND OF THING WE CAN ADDRESS TONIGHT OR IS THAT THE KIND OF THING THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED OVER TO MAYOR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT? THIS IS JUST NOT BEEN, THIS TOPIC HAS NOT BEEN ASKED.

WE HAVE NOT ASKED THE SAME THING OF ANYBODY ELSE WHO BROUGHT FORWARD ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.

AND WE HAVE SPENT COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I, I SUPPORTED YOU IN, IN TAKING IT UP AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED YOU HAD, YOU HAD, YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU CHOSE TO POSTPONE IT.

WHEN PEOPLE RAISED CONCERNS.

UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT RETIRED.

WE HAD INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS IN TERMS OF BUDGET RIDERS BEING ADDED TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AUTOMATICALLY.

IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING UP RIGHT NOW, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT APPROACH.

I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL BE READY TO VOTE, THEN THAT'S FINE.

BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA IN A MANNER THAT'S NOT IMPOSING A HIGHER THRESHOLD THAN WE IMPOSED ON EVERYBODY ELSE'S PROPOSALS AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS, THIS ONE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

YES, YOUR CRACK DEAD STAFF HAS LOOKED AT THIS AGAIN, AND THERE WAS NO LONGER CONCERNED WITH THAT ITEM.

GOOD.

AND WE'LL MOVE THAT ONE THEN TO THE LIST.

SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS THEN THAT PROBABLY THREE THINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY WORTH PUTTING ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

SO WE CAN REALLY, I HAVE THREE THINGS.

I HAVE THE, UH, UH, PARKING, THE CONVENTION CENTER, PARKING GARAGE, THE CASTLEMAN BULL HOUSE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE FTES AND THE CODE DEPARTMENT.

DO WE WANT TO TRY AND DEAL WITH THAT TONIGHT? NO, I HAD MENTIONED I WAS MAKING A CHANGE AND I AM, AND I'M WITHDRAWING MY AMENDMENT, BUT I AM, UM, PULLING FORWARD SOME OF THE LANGUAGE OF THAT AS BUDGET DIRECTION.

THE GET PRONE THAT WE WILL PUT ONTO THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR THE CONVENTION CENTER GARAGE PARKING AND THE, UH, UH, CASTLEMAN BOATHOUSE RENOVATIONS, THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO OUR BUDGET, UH, THAT WE'LL BE PASSING HERE.

SO THEN THE ITEMS AND

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UM, WHEN WE PASS IT IS THE AUSTIN ENERGY, A FAYETTE, UH, SCOPING, UH, ANALYSIS, THE, UH, GOODNIGHT RANCH, UH, FINANCING, THE EMS AT THE AIRPORT, UH, THE, UH, RANDY STREET FUND, THE PER SQUARE MUSEUM SECURITY AND THE ADDITIONAL COUNCIL FTE MAYOR PRO TEM, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT SINCE IT'S ON YOUR LIST, UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, INSOFAR AS WE HAVE POSTPONED THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND ORDINANCE PIECE, WE HAD AGREED THAT WE WOULD POSTPONE THE PROPOSED RATES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND.

WE'RE POSTPONING THOSE TO THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, UM, THAT PROPOSAL.

BUT THEN WE WOULD ALSO BE BROOKS HONING HARPER, MADISON ONE TO THAT DAY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TAKING UP THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND FEES UNTIL THE FIRST.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE I NEED TO MAKE, I WASN'T SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, BUT WE ALREADY POSTPONED THE, I UNDERSTAND I'M TALKING TO, AND THERE'LL BE AN ITEM WHERE WE SPECIFICALLY ARE APPROVING THE FEE SCHEDULE.

AND MY SUGGESTION IS ON THAT ITEM WHEN WE GET TO IT, WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE LEAVING AN ITEM POSTPONE.

BUT WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF ALSO POSTPONING HARPER MADISON ONE UNTIL THAT POINT AS WELL.

I THINK ALBERT MEDICINE ONE IS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN POSTPONED AS WAS THE LICENSE FEE.

I THINK WE TOOK A VOTE EARLIER IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, BUT WE COULD DO IT AGAIN.

WE DID THAT, OR I DON'T REMEMBER.

I DON'T REMEMBER US ACTUALLY DO THAT, BUT OKAY.

I SAID THERE WAS A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE BOAT, ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OBJECTIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, OBJECTIONS, WE POSTPONED THEM BOTH, BUT I'LL REPEAT THAT AGAIN UNTIL THE, TO THE RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIDERS NEXT RIDE.

ARE YOU GOING TO DO THEM LIKE CONSENT OR, UM, I'M FIRST GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO ELEVATE RIDERS THEY HAVE IN THEIR AMENDMENTS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WRITERS THAT ARE ON THE LIST THAT I'VE HANDED OUT DIFFERENT.

SO LET'S ELEVATE DIRECTIONS THAT ARE IN AMENDMENTS HOW'S MEMBER TOV.

I THINK YOU HAVE SOME THAT YOU'VE HANDED OFF FOR PEOPLE.

YES YES, I DO.

UM, I DISTRIBUTED THOSE ON THE DIOCESE WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

THEY'RE RELATIVELY THE SAME AMENDMENT 13.

I ADJUSTED THE WORDING A BIT, BUT THE OTHER AMENDMENTS ARE JUST LIFTED OR THE OTHER DIRECTION IS JUST LIFTED FROM THE AMENDMENTS SIX.

I WAS RUNNING OUT OF TIME BEFORE WE STARTED.

SO I'LL READ THE LANGUAGE.

UM, WELL, I'LL JUST SHOW YOU THAT ON THE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT SIX WITH CODE THE FOURTH SENTENCE TALKS ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER BEING, BRINGING THIS WELL ANYWAY, SORRY.

UM, IF IT, THE SENTENCE WOULD BEGIN, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL ANALYZE STAFFING SCHEDULES WITH THE GOAL OF ORIENT ME AGAIN.

LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THE CODE.

THESE, THESE CAPTURE THE THINGS THAT WERE IN MY AMENDMENTS THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THE CODE ONE.

I WILL ALSO SAY I HAVE A FEW EDITS TO MAKE TO THAT BUDGET DIRECTION THAT IT WAS DISTRIBUTED THE OTHER DAY THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO READ INTO THE RECORD AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.

SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BE POISED TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO, TO DIRECT, TO CAPTURE MORE OF THAT INCREASE FOR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT WENT UNFUNDED OR UNDERFUNDED.

SO WITH RESPECT TO DIRECTION, THERE ARE FOUR DIRECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

ONE RELATES TO FINDING A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THE NEXT IS GOING TO RELATE TO CODE.

I'LL HAVE THAT IN A MINUTE.

UM, AMENDMENT 10 TALKS ABOUT THE YOUTH WAGES AND LOOKING NECK DOING, UH, DOING SOME RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE $13 AN HOUR IS SUFFICIENT 13, AGAIN IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT APPEARED IN AMENDMENT 13.

WHAT WAS THE AMENDMENT? 13 AMENDMENT 13 WAS THE PARKING GARAGE, INCREASED THE INCREASE IN THE RATES OF THE PARKING GARAGE AT CITY HALL.

AND SO THE FIRST IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS IN THE AMENDMENT, DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSED RATES SHOULD BE INCREASED REPORT BACK ON NOVEMBER.

THE NEXT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE THAT WE DEALT WITH EARLIER IN THE DAY WHERE WE'RE WE ARE USING, UH, WHAT, UH, THE STAFF ACKNOWLEDGED WAS A CONSERVATIVE FIGURE OF 200,000 AND THIS DIRECTION WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO WAYS OF GOING.

UM, WE'VE GONE THIS WAY OF ADOPTING OF APPROVING A $200,000, A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.

AND SO I'M DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO PRODUCE QUARTERLY REPORTS, SHOWING HOW THE REVENUE IS COMING IN COMPARED TO WHAT THEY'VE PROJECTED

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SINCE WE DIDN'T, SINCE WE DIDN'T GO WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNT, WE'RE GOING WITH A LOWER AMOUNT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND HAVE AN ABILITY TO ACT.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH NUMBER 13 MANAGER CONFIRMS THAT ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 10.

UH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR JUST, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE YOUTH WAGES AS A SUMMER PROGRAM IS COMING IN ON AMENDMENT SIX.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA SAY YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK TO US WITH WORDING, UM, CODE.

SO NOT YET AMENDMENT FROM AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.

UM, YOU'RE ASKING THE MANAGER TO IDENTIFY A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM FOR THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN UPFRONT YEARS.

SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS HERE, AMENDMENT THREE, AMENDMENT 10 AND AMENDMENT 13, EVERYBODY OKAY.

WITH THE DIRECTIONS.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER DIRECTION IN AMENDMENTS THAT SHOULD BE ELEVATED? COUNSELOR WENT THIS? YES.

MAYOR COLLEAGUES.

I HAD AN AMENDMENT ON INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER RESPONSE, AND THAT HAD A 200,000 ALLOCATION, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF EVERYONE CUTTING FUNDING AND TRYING TO GET TO, UH, TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.

UH, I MET WITH COUNSELOR RUBELLA, WHO I BELIEVE IS A MINIMAL.

WE WERE GOING TO ROLL THE DIRECTION IN MY WRITER.

THIS IS WHAT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN, THE DIRECTION LISTED IN THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION IS THE, UM, IS THE DIRECTION I'D LIKE TO ADD TO CUSTOMER RIVAS HOUSING EMERGENCY PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU READ THAT DIRECTION? YES, I CAN.

UM, THIS AMENDMENT DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP A CALENDAR BASED EMERGENCY SHELTER RESPONSE PLAN FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, INCLUDING HEAT COLD AND UNFORESEEN WEATHER EVENTS.

THIS PLAN SHALL INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT INFORMED BY FRONTLINE VOLUNTEERS WITH EXPERIENCE WITH OUTREACH AND RESPONSE EFFORTS.

THIS SHALL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECTION PROVIDED BY COUNCIL ON JULY 28TH, 2022, TO DEVELOP A PLAN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ASSESS THE CURRENT CITYWIDE SHELTER PLAN AND SET FORTH THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE DESIGN SCOPE AND FUNDING OF AUSTIN'S SHELTER SYSTEM.

PRIOR TO REBIDDING THESE CONTRACTS, THE MANAGER SHALL ALSO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF SHELTERS OUTSIDE OF CITY OWNED FACILITIES BY EXPLORING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, TO OPERATE AND MANAGE SHELTERING SITES.

AS PART OF THESE SHELTERS, CULTURALLY COMPETENT TRAINING FOCUSED ON CRISIS RESPONSE, DEESCALATION AND HARM REDUCTION, BEST PRACTICES SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT THESE SITES.

THESE SHELTER SHALL CONTAIN MEALS, DRINKING, WATER, HYGIENE, HARM REDUCTION, FIRST AID SUPPLIES, COVID TESTS AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY MEDICAL PROFESSORS, PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER SUPPLIES CENTRALS BY NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022, THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH AN INITIAL REPORT OF THE EMERGENCY SHELTER RESPONSE PLAN.

WITH THAT BEING AT HIS DIRECTION TO NO OBJECTION, ITEM NUMBER ONE.

NO OBJECTION.

AND ALSO, I KNOW THAT SHE, THE ORIGINALLY AMENDMENT HAD THE 200,000 AND I WOULD NOT OBJECT TO THE 200,000 WITHIN THE 3 MILLION BEING AVAILABLE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER EMERGENCY SHELTER.

IT, I MEAN, IT IS DIRECTED TO, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY SHELTER AND HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE TO $3 MILLION.

IT'S FLEXIBLE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, OPEN THAT UP TO IMPLEMENT, UH, WEATHER SHELTERING AS WELL.

SO IT'S, SHOULD WE DO THIS? SHOULD WE TAKE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT SECTION? AND INSTEAD OF SAYING AMENDMENT, WE COULD SAY DIRECTION, AND WE JUST DEPEND THIS TO THE FURTHER DIRECTION.

AND NUMBER THREE, WE'RE DIRECTS THAT 200,000 HE SPENT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

I THINK THAT WORKS.

AND HAS ANYBODY EVER DONE A PROJECTION TO THAT HEARING? NONE.

THAT THEN IS HOW WE INTEND FOR VELA.

NUMBER ONE TO READ HERE.

YES, CATHERINE.

UH, WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE, UH, TO LOOK AT THE, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING IF, UH, WE DO GET A LOT OF, UH, EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WE, UH, NORMALLY KEEP THEM FOR A CERTAIN TIME AND THEY EXPIRE.

SO, UH, IT'S ALSO VERY CRITICAL THAT WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OUR, TO ALL THE NECESSARY FUNDING TO HAVE THE SUPPLIES ON HAND.

NO OBJECTION.

MA'AM SO IF THE MINUTES WOULD REFLECT, WE WANT PART OF THAT ANALYSIS OF THE SHELTERS TO INCLUDE, UH, THE SUPPLIES, UH, THAT ARE ONSITE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH THOSE AND EXPIRATION ISSUES.

COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN? UH, I'M NOT CERTAIN, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION FIRST.

THAT'S INCLUDED AS WELL.

UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DIRECTION IN ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE NEED TO ELEVATE

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I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DISTINCTION IS.

UM, BECAUSE OUR AMENDMENT LANGUAGE ITSELF WILL BE INCLUDED IN, IN BACKUP AND IN THE MINUTES, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF LIKE EXP EXPLANATORY KINDS OF THINGS AND THINGS THAT I WANT INCLUDED.

THEY'RE NOT, I DON'T CONSIDER THEM DIRECTION, BUT THEY ARE EXPLANATORY AND I DO WANT THEM INCLUDED.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AMENDMENT FORMS THAT WE SUBMITTED ARE BEING, WE'RE ADOPTING THESE FORMS, RIGHT.

WE'RE ADOPTING THOSE FORMS, BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT IF YOU'RE JUST EXPLAINING SOMETHING, I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS, IS THAT NOT A SIGNIFICANT, AND WE FINISHED THAT THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIRECTION CONTAINED WITHIN AN AMENDMENT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ELEVATED IN A WAY THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ALL READING IT.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

WELL, THEN THIS ONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED OR NOT ELEVATED.

SO I'VE ALSO GOT LANGUAGE ABOUT, UM, UH, UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE IS IT? UM, WELL IT RECOGNIZES THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR A SHELTER TO PURCHASE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A NEW SHELTER TO REPLACE NORTHBRIDGE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S DIRECTION PER SE.

I KNOW THAT SOMETHING THE STAFF HAS ALREADY DOING SO, AND WE DIDN'T PUT IN A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S FINE.

WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKING STAFF TO FIND US ADDITIONAL SHELTERS OR PERMIT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PEOPLE TO BE, I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER DIRECTIONS IN THEIR AMENDMENTS? THEY NEED TO ELEVATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DIRECTIONS THAT THE STAFF THE IS CONFIRMED.

WE WANT STAFF TO DO.

SO I THINK WE'RE DONE THEN WITH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, LET'S TURN TO DIRECTIONS NOW.

DOING THEIR NORMAL, UM, FUNDING.

AND WRITERS AND WRITERS MAY OR MAY I FINISHED UP THE CODE? YES.

SO I'M GOING TO COME BACK.

UM, I THINK I'LL TRY TO COME BACK WITH AN IFC THAT CAPTURES IT, BUT I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE THE CHALLENGES.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I, WHY I HAD, UM, PROPOSED INITIALLY HOLDING OFF ON THESE LAST YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN WE TALKED IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, WE HELD OFF ON GIVING CODE MORE POSITIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WE WANTED THEM TO ADDRESS.

WE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK WITH A REPORT.

WE NEVER GOT ONE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY GOOD CHANGES.

I'M TOLD WITH, WITH REGARD TO OUR MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL REGISTER, UM, RENTAL REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM, BUT I'M STILL LOOKING AT, IF YOU LOOK AT 94, YOU'LL SEE THAT WITHIN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM, WE STILL HAVE THREE OF THE INSPECTORS ENDING AT BASICALLY THE END OF THE WORKDAY, SIX OR EIGHT.

AND THERE ARE NEW INSPECTORS WHO WORK AFTER 11:00 PM.

SO WHEN THE BARS CLOSE AND WE START TO HAVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, THERE ARE NOT CODE INSPECTORS WHO CAN RESPOND TO THOSE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ADD MORE RESOURCES TO CODE AND WE, WE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE THAT I'M GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH.

UM, ALSO I HAD ASKED A QUESTION AND I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT NUMBER IT IS, THE COST OF SERVICE FOR OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM.

I MEAN, WE ARE NOT, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THEY DID A COST OF SERVICE, BUT WE'RE CLEARLY NOT COVERING OUR COSTS.

THIS IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, THEIR FEES AND THEIR FINE SHOULD BE COVERING THE COST OF SERVICE.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ISSUES THAT I'M GOING TO BE TRYING TO ADDRESS IN AN IFC.

AND I WELCOME ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THOSE ISSUES.

SO IN PASSING THIS, UH, IN APPROVING THE ADDITIONAL FTES, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME, SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS THAT I HOPE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO ADDRESS.

I MEAN, WRITERS, UM, LET'S START DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BUDGET WRITER PAGE THAT I HANDED OUT, WHICH I THINK THEY HAVE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP.

SO WE DON'T START WITH ME.

UM, ALTER RIDER, NUMBER THREE.

DO YOU WANT TO DRESS THAT? SURE.

UM, I THINK I CAN DO THESE WITHOUT MY FORMS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IF I COULD GET INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY, I MAY NEED TO FIND THEM HERE.

UM, SO, UM, ULTRA RIDER THREE, UM, BASICALLY IDENTIFIES THAT THERE'S $3.1 MILLION IN THE BUDGET OF EDD THAT SHOULD BE SPENT ON LONG-TERM, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE SOME FURTHER GUIDANCE WITH THAT.

UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THERE WERE SOME QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY WERE ONLY DOING THE ARPA-E AND NOT DOING THE LONG-TERM

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UM, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THE REGULAR FUNDING, BUT JUST TO AVOID ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS SINCE IT WAS CHALLENGING, UM, TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS GOING ON THIS 3.1 IS NOT GONE OUT FOR RFPS.

AND SO IT JUST MAKES SURE THAT THAT RFP FOCUSES ON LONG-TERM WORKFORCE, UM, SPENDING DOES NOT DESIGNATE ANY PARTICULAR, UM, GROUPS FOR IT.

JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU'RE NOT SAYING HE'S SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THESE CONTRACTS.

NO, IT'S JUST FOR THE SCOPE OF IT TO BE ABOUT, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LONG-TERM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT CAN'T BE REPURPOSED IN THEIR BUDGET FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN WORKFORCE DEVELOP.

DOES HE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RIDER GOING IN? OKAY.

THAT RIDER GOES IN NEXT RIDER.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE LAUNCHED THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, UM, AND WE HAVE FEES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR THE OFFICE AND THE PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONERS IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT WE CAN LEGALLY CHARGE, UM, FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY BEING OFFERED IN SAVING LIVES.

WE NEED TO HAVE A BILLING.

UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM AND A BILLING SYSTEM, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS AND THE CURRENT BUDGET HAS WHAT WE NEED FOR THE HEALTH RECORDS.

UM, BUT IT DOES NOT FUND THE BILLING SYSTEM, OR IT DOESN'T HAVE A CLEAR PLAN FOR THE BILLING SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH THAT AND REPORT BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE THE REVENUE.

I'M SORRY, ANY OBJECTION TO A AUTO WRITERS, ONE AND TWO COMING IN HEARING NONE.

UH, THOSE ARE A PART OF OUR BUDGET ADOPTION.

WE'RE, WE'LL BE, THAT GETS US TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, I'M SORRY.

UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE EMS BILLING SYSTEM.

UM, SO WE HAVE A 19,000, UM, CASE BACKLOG FOR EMS, WHICH IS PROBABLY $5 MILLION JUST THERE.

WE DID SOME, UH, WE TOOK SOME STEPS AFTER, UH, LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO RECOUP ABOUT 4.5 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE.

UM, AND IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE NINE ADDITIONAL, UH, PROFESSIONALS FOR BILLING WITHIN EMS TO ASSIST WITH THINGS.

UM, SO THE FIRST THING THAT THIS DOES IS, UM, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AND FIX THE BILLING SYSTEM FOR EMS. SO WE CAN, UH, TAKE IN THIS REVENUE AND TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS OF VARIOUS KINDS TO AUDIT AND FINANCE.

THE SECOND PART OF IT SAYS THAT THE CITY MANAGERS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, TO PROPOSE MECHANISMS WHERE WE COULD REINVEST THIS AVENUE REVENUE IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS FOR OUR SWORN AND NON-SWORN EMS PROFESSIONALS.

AND THESE MECHANISMS COULD INCLUDE CONSIDERATION FOR AN INCENTIVE-BASED STRUCTURE FOR SWORN AND NON-SWORN EMS PROFESSIONALS.

UM, AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE CONTRACT PROCESS, WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.

AND THEN, UM, IT'S A DUE DATE FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY WE ARE ABLE UNDER OUR FEE STRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, FOLLOWING MY BUDGET, RIGHT.

OR WE CAN RAISE THE AMBULANCE RATES BY $500.

UM, SPEAKING WITH THE CHIEF, UM, HE SAID TO WAIT UNTIL WE FIX THE BILLING SYSTEM BEFORE WE RAISE THOSE RATES.

SO WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION MID-YEAR AS TO WHETHER WE SHOULD CHANGE THOSE RATES.

AND SO THAT WE CAN TAKE IN THAT REVENUE AND, AND, UM, HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR OUR EMS SYSTEM AND OUR GENERAL FUND.

ANY OBJECTION TO OTHER, ONE RIDER GOING IN VERY NON THAT'S IN AS WELL.

SO ONE, TWO AND THREE ARE ALL IN THAT GETS US THEN TO COME TO REMEMBER TABOS BUDGET WRITERS.

UM, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD WAS STARTING AT THE BOTTOM, WORKING YOUR WAY UP OR AT THE TOP WORK YOUR WAY DOWN, WHICHEVER YOU'D PREFER UH, YES, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER LS, YOUR WRITERS.

I WILL GO IN NUMERICAL ORDER.

UH, MY BUDGET WRITER, NUMBER ONE IS PRESERVING THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FUNDING.

SO THIS IS A $150,000 LINE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UM, GIVEN THE CHANGES IN THE, UH, LAWS THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN PASSING, WE ARE REDIRECTING IT AS STICKING WITHIN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING, BUT WE ARE, UH, INSTEAD PROVIDING EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOCUSED ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, WELLNESS, ALLOWABLE, CONTRACEPTION, AND OR SERVICE NAVIGATION.

SO WE ARE MAINTAINING THIS FUNDING.

IT IS A COMPANY BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.

FLINT HAS HIS BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT WILL INCREASE THIS FUNDING.

SO THIS IS THE LINE ITEM THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS A WRITER

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BUDGET WRITER.

NUMBER TWO IS MAINTAINING THE PARD SUMMER EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT RETENTION BONUS PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE THE MID YEAR AND END OF SEASON BONUSES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE AS INCENTIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS TO STAFF OUR POOLS.

SO WE KNOW AT THIS TIME THERE'S LIKELY TO BE SOME VACANCY SAVINGS AND THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR A STAFF TO COME BACK TO BUDGET IF THAT FUNDING IS NOT THERE SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THAT FUNDING.

AND WITH THE INTENT OF BEING ABLE TO DO THOSE BONUSES AGAIN, NEXT YEAR RIDER NUMBER THREE IS THE VACATION LEAVE AND INCENTIVE PAY CALCULATIONS.

SO THIS ONE, UM, HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF FORMS OVER THE PAST WEEK, AS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN CAPITAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM, BUT IT NOW READS IN SUCH A WAY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT AS THE RFPS COME IN AND ARE COMPLETED AND AS STAFF IS NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT FOR WHO WILL BUILD THIS PROGRAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS THE ABILITY TO CALCULATE PEOPLE'S TOTAL TIME OF SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

INSTEAD OF HAVING A GAP, WHEN YOU LEAVE AND GETTING RESET ALL THE WAY AT ZERO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF SOMEONE HAS FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE LEAVES FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AND THEN COMES BACK THAT THEY PICK UP AT THE INCENTIVE PAY AND THE VACATION ACCRUAL THAT A PERSON WITH FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

MY FOURTH ONE, UM, WAS CONVERTED INTO AMENDMENT.

UM, SO IT IS NO LONGER A WRITER.

HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ANY OF THOSE? YES.

YOU PREPARED.

I JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE, UM, I DON'T HAVE VERSION FOUR.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.

SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE A VERSION FOR, UM, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF WE WERE MAKING SURE THAT THE SYSTEM COULD DO THIS OR WE'RE TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS THAT THEY HAD TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.

WELL, AT THIS POINT, THE SYSTEM THEY HAVE CAN'T DO IT AT ALL.

AND SO WE ARE AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME WHERE WE SIMPLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT CALCULATION.

UM, THAT'S STEP ONE.

SO I FULLY SUPPORTED IF IT'S THAT WE'RE UM, JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER PIECES THERE THAT I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER, HOW THEY MOVE TOGETHER, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING FOR FIVE YEARS AND DON'T WANT EXACTLY, AND WE WILL KNOW MORE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET DISCUSSION.

UM, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE THAT LONG TO BUILD THE PROGRAM.

SO AT THIS POINT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CALCULATIONS AND THE INFORMATION COULD BE ACCESSED OKAY.

SO THAT'LL BE IN, UH, THOSE WERE ALL OF THOSE.

UM, IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME, UH, AIR PRO TAM IN THE, UH, UH, AS I LOOK AT THIS, THE, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU BROUGHT TO.

THAT'S YOUR RIDER? THREE, THREE AS A DIRECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE, AND THEN THE HATE CRIMES, UH, UM, YOU GUYS DIDN'T REDISTRIBUTE YOUR AMENDMENT, SO WE DIDN'T OKAY.

THE LANGUAGE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE HATE CRIMES, UH, WE'RE GOING TO A COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, I'M SORRY.

A AMENDMENT, UM, WHICH NUMBER COUNTS OVER TOTAL.

MAYOR PRO TEM HAS AGREED TO LANGUAGE WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO A VOTE.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INCORPORATED.

AND AGAIN, BUT JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE AGREED TO ADD THAT, UH, IT SAID, UH, AND I THINK THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TO JUST DO IT OFF OF MINE.

AND IF YOU HAVE SO, UM, WHERE MY AMENDMENT SAYS, THIS SHOULD INCLUDE DIGITAL AND OR VISIBLE COMMITMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO COMBAT HATE AND HELPING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE STEPS THEY SHOULD TAKE TO REPORT A HATE CRIME OR HATE INCIDENT.

WE ADDED THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE.

THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE STEPS.

THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE TO REPORT SOMEONE AROUND US THAT RAISES A CONCERN AND MIGHT NEED HELP AND SUPPORT.

AND THEN WE KEPT THE SENTENCE.

THESE COULD INCLUDE BILLBOARDS, CAPITAL, METRO BUS PLACARDS, AND OR WRAPS AND BANNER FLAGS LINING CONGRESS, AS WELL AS ALIGNED SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS, PROMOTED ON CITY ACCOUNTS, NEW SENTENCE, WITHOUT LIMITATION STAFF FROM THE EQUITY OFFICE, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND CPIO SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT THIS RIDER.

AND THEN WE KEPT THE REST OF MY LANGUAGE AND WE WILL GET THAT, OR EITHER MY STAFF OR YOUR STAFF WE'LL GET THAT TO STAFF.

I THINK THAT MAY BE COMING DOWN HERE FOR JUST A SECOND AND WE'LL HAND THAT UP.

SO THAT IS PART OF

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I MEAN, PAMPERED THEM, UM, THAT WOULD BE ALTER THREE THROUGH THREE.

WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT ON THE DYES SO THAT EVERYONE HAS THAT.

LET'S PICK IT BACK UP AND, UH, UH, THE, UH, DIRECTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

LET'S SEE.

I HAVE, UM, CA KITCHEN IS DIRECTION ON THE NINE ONE, ONE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

IT'S A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THREE MONTHS, PROGRESS ON REDUCING THE VACANCY RATE AND THE IMPACT ON WAIT TIMES FOR NINE ONE, ONE CALL CENTER RESPONSE.

UM, SO THAT'S THAT ONE? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? NOPE.

THE NEXT ONE WAS DIRECTION TO THE NEXT ONE HAS TO DO WITH HIS SENIOR AND DISABLED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

AND THIS IS, UM, DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO RAISE AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, THE SENIOR AND DISABLED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION BY 11,224,000.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YES.

SO THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD Q AND A ON, ON THIS WHERE IT WAS EXPLAINED.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK STAFF SO THAT WE HAVE CLARITY BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY GET THEIR TAXES THIS YEAR, IT DOESN'T GO IN IT.

IT'S SORT OF SETTING UP THE NEXT COUNCIL TO ADOPT SOMETHING, UM, THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN FISCAL YEAR 24 THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN A PARTICULAR SEQUENCE.

OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT THERE'S SOME TIMING ISSUES THERE THAT ARE CONFUSING THAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THIS IS RAISING IT.

LET ME ALSO EXPLAIN THE REASON AND WHY THE TIMING, UH, THIS, THIS, WHAT WE DID WITH THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION IS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE HOUSING BOND.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT A LEVEL TO RAISE THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION TO A SENIOR DISABLED TAX EXEMPTION TO OFFSET THE IMPACT OF THE HOUSING BOND.

THE HOUSING BOND WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, ASSUMING IT'S PASSED.

SO THE TIMING OF THE TIMING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SENIOR AND DISABLED TAX EXEMPTION WILL ALIGN WITH THE TIMING FOR THE HOUSING BOND, ASSUMING IT'S PASSED.

SO BEYOND THAT, IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO X, WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE THE SENIORS AND DISABLED TAXES AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR.

IT'S JUST THAT IT WON'T WON'T TAKE EFFECT BECAUSE IT TAKES EFFECT AT THE TIME THAT YOU, UM, NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TURN TO HIM, BUT IT TAKES EFFECT AT THE TIME THAT YOU, UM, I THINK CERTIFY THE ROLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT AT.

I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE HOUSING BOND, THE TIMING OF WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT ON THEIR BILLS.

SO THE, UM, THE, THE TAX YEAR IS ESSENTIALLY THE CALENDAR YEAR AND OF COURSE THE CALENDAR YEAR OVERLAPS THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW YOU'LL BE ADOPTING A TAX RATE AND SENDING THE SENIOR EXEMPTIONS FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.

UM, AND AT LEAST THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY LAID OUT IS THE SENIOR EXEMPTION.

I WON'T CHANGE AS PART OF THAT ACTION.

YOU TAKE TONIGHT, THIS RIDER IS TELLING US, AND THAT WILL, THAT WILL SET THE TAX RATES AND IT'LL SET THE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE BILLS THAT PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE IN OCTOBER AND THE TAXES THEY WILL PAY IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

UH, THE RIDER FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS DIRECTING STAFF TO COME BACK IN OCTOBER WITH AN INCREASE IN THE SENIOR EXEMPTION THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT FOR THE NEXT TAX YEAR.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD COME BACK IN OCTOBER WITH AN ORDINANCE TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE SENIOR EXEMPTION FOR TAX YEAR 23, WHICH WOULD REFLECT THE BILLS THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT IN OCTOBER OF 23.

SO HOW IS IT THAT I THOUGHT THE TRA TOOK EFFECT RIGHT AWAY, BUT THE BOMB DOESN'T TAKE OFF TRACK TILL THE NEXT YEAR? WELL, THE, THE, THE, UM, ONCE YOU ESTABLISH YOUR TAX RATE AND YOUR SENIOR EXEMPTIONS AND THE ORDINANCE YOU'RE GOING TO PASS LATER TONIGHT, OR TOMORROW, THAT IS IT, THAT IS THE TAX RATES AND THE EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON TO THE TAX BILLS THAT THE ASSESSOR COLLECTOR WILL SEND OUT IN OCTOBER COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S TALKING ABOUT WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS TAX YEAR.

IT WOULD BE ABOUT NEXT TAX YEAR.

AND IT WOULD ONLY THAT THE RIDER HAS DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ESTABLISH THE,

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AND I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO ISSUE THE BONDS BEFORE IT RAISES YOUR TAX RATE.

SO WE HAVE TO PASS THOSE BONDS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO ISSUE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY MY VIEW IS THAT YES, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION IS WHEN DOES THE EXEMPTION BOND SHOW UP ON SOMEONE'S BILL? WELL, WHEN WE DID THE TRE FOR PROJECT CONNECTED WAS LIKE RIGHT AWAY AND THE BOND IS NOW A YEAR LATER.

AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE THE, SO WHEN A BOND HAS PASSED, AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT BOND PAYMENT SHOW UP IN PEOPLE'S TAX RATES? WELL, IT, IT, IT, THE, THE, AFTER THE, UM, AFTER THE BONDS ARE APPROVED, IF THEY'RE APPROVED THIS NOVEMBER, THE CITY WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE ALLOWED TO ISSUE BONDS, BUT WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T DO THAT.

WE WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE THE FIRST BOND ISSUANCE BEING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AFTER THE BONDS ARE APPROVED.

AND IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN A TAX RATE UNTIL AFTER THE BOND IS ISSUED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE EARLIEST WOULD BE ISSUED WOULD BE SEPTEMBER OF 23 AND THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WOULD THEN START HITTING AFTER THEM.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ONE BEING MOVING FORWARD.

CATHERINE AND KITCHEN.

NOW I HAVE A, A THIRD ONE THAT SHOULD JUST BE SENT OUT TO YOU GUYS NOW.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND I HAVE BEEN, UH, TALKING ABOUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T HAVE IT IN, I DON'T HAVE IT PRINTED FOR YOU, BUT IT'S, I SENT IT TO BE SENT TO ALL OF YOU.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT.

SHOULD WE HOLD OFF DOVER, WHEN HAS IT, AND KIND OF DOUBLE BACK TO THAT, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT KATIE IS, IS STILL WITH US AND I SENT IT TO HER TO SEND OUT TO EVERYBODY.

IS THAT RIGHT? UM, CITY MANAGER, WE DON'T YET HAVE IT.

SO IF YOU'VE SENT IT TO , IT WILL COME.

EVERYBODY'S STILL HERE.

YOU JUST CAN'T SAY, WELL, THEN WE CAN COME BACK.

LET'S COME BACK TO, OKAY.

AND I'M HEADING OUT ON THE DAY IS THE AMENDMENT TO ALTER THREE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A MOMENT AGO.

UM, ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S CONTINUE ON, THEN WE'VE DONE THE KITCHEN WINS SO FAR THAT GETS US TO COUNSELOR VELA PARKING SHADING INFRASTRUCTURE RIDER.

THIS IS A ITEM DIRECTING, UH, THE CITY MANAGER TO PRIORITIZE INFRASTRUCTURE, TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SHADE IN THE PARKS, UH, CONDUCTING AN INVENTORY, WHICH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS HONESTLY ALREADY DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, UM, AND THEN IDENTIFYING A PRIORITY PRIORITIZATION STRATEGY FOR PARKS THAT ARE MISSING THE NECESSARY SHADE STRUCTURES, UH, IDENTIFYING FUNDING, UH, AND THEN COMING BACK TO US WITH, UH, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BASICALLY COMPLETE, UH, COMPLETELY SHADE, THE NECESSARY AREAS IN THE POST.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED.

SO WE CAN MOVE PAST THAT, THAT GETS US TO A RENT MARIA, WHO HAD THE VETERAN SERVICES COORDINATOR, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED, UH, AND THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED.

SO THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER WENT, THIS, YOU HAVE A COUPLE WRITERS OR ONE WRITER.

JUST ONE WRITER.

IT IS A TENANT RELOCATIONS ASSISTANT PROGRAM.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY STAFF AND THE TEAM FROM CONTRA REBECCA'S OFFICE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF ON FIGURING OUT, UM, WHAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED TO THE TENANT RELOCATION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE, UH, BUT THERE WERE NO FUNDS LOCATED IN THE TENANT RELOCATION PROGRAM AFTER A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS AND EMAIL EXCHANGES.

UM, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT STAFF HAS ALLOCATED 700,000 TO THE TENANT RELOCATION PROGRAM FUND.

UM, AS SUCH THIS WRITER JUST LAYS OUT THAT WE WOULD LIKE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE SOLICITATION PROCESS OF THIS FUND WITHIN THE 30, 60, AND 90 DAYS.

IT ALSO LAYS OUT THAT LAST BUDGET CYCLE HAD ANOTHER BUDGET WRITER THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THE DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM.

UM, A PROGRAM THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE TRY TO COMBAT DISPLACEMENT.

FORTUNATELY, IT'S TAKEN A REALLY LONG TIME TO GET THAT PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND.

HERE WE ARE A YEAR LATER, SO IT'S NOT BEEN LAUNCHED IF I'M TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT YEAR IN 2023.

UM, WE HAVE A DISPLACEMENT CRISIS GOING ON EVERYDAY THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT LAUNCHED.

IT REALLY IS, UM, TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS WRITER ASKS THAT STAFF PROVIDE AN UPDATE SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN A TIMELY MANNER.

UH, RIDERS, UH, THEY'VE ALL BEEN HANDED OUT, UH, RIDER NUMBER ONE, UH, UH, WAS ASKING STAFF TO, TO COME BACK AND TALK TO, UH, UM, FUTURE COUNCIL, UH, ABOUT, UH, UH, WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN WHAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE DO FROM A TAXING STANDPOINT, THE FEES, THE IMPACTS, PERHAPS INCLUDING IT IN WITH THE UTILITY BILL, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE TAX SESSION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RIDERS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED AS WELL.

COLLEAGUES, I HAVE THREE, UH,

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SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S COVERED BY THE STATE LAW, BUT IT WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPLAIN TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND FEE PAYERS, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HOW THAT'S CHANGED.

UH, THE, UH, SORRY, OBJECTION TO THAT.

RIDER BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NON-MEMBER WILL BE A PART OF IT.

UM, UH, THE TERRORS POLICY IS THE RIDER, UH, IT'S VERSION THREE.

UH, IT BASICALLY SAYS, HEY, IF WE ESTABLISH A TERS AND IT STARTS TIME LEFT ON IT'S RAISING MONEY, THE DEFAULT WOULD BE THAT THAT MONEY WOULD BE SPENT ON, UM, HOMELESSNESS, UM, UH, ISSUES, UM, UM, UH, IN THAT AREA, UH, CERTAINLY COUNCILS CAN CHANGE THAT YOU CAN CUT OFF WITH HER AS EARLY, OR YOU CAN CHANGE THE, THE PRODUCT PROJECT SETTINGS, UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, VERSION THREE, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED.

I KNOW THAT'LL BE PART OF IT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, AND I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR PRO TEM WORKING WITH ME ON THIS LANGUAGE.

IT BASICALLY PROVIDES THAT THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, WE'LL EXPLORE WHETHER, UM, AND HOW ITS MISSION SHOULD INCLUDE PATHWAYS TO JOBS, SPECIFICALLY WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO IN WAYS TO SUPPORT THE, UH, HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND DIRECTING THAT THE MANAGER PREPARE AN EVALUATION OF HIS FAVORITE CONSERVATION CORPS, UM, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THE ELEMENTS OF, OF THAT AS WELL.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RIDER BEING INCLUDED, EVERY NUN THAT'S INCLUDED.

UH, NOW LET'S DOUBLE BACK TO THE THINGS WE NEEDED TO DOUBLE BACK ON.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON YOUR TERMS, FINANCIAL POLICY.

COULD YOU CLARIFY HOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORKS WITH THAT? IS THAT ALLOWED OR NOT? I JUST WASN'T CERTAIN WHAT IT HAD SAID.

SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

OH, YES.

IT'S A TOWARD ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER HOUSING INITIATIVES.

UH, YES GUYS, MARTIN KELLY.

I DID NOT YET GO OVER MY BUDGET RIDERS.

IS THAT, I'M SORRY TO KEEP YOU, I APOLOGIZE.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ONE OF THEM, SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

SO MY FIRST BUDGET RIDER IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD LAST YEAR FOR THE MODIFIED POLICE CADET ACADEMIES OR THE TRANSITIONAL OFFICER PROGRAMS. UM, AS OF AUGUST 8TH, THERE WERE OVER 270 OPERATIONAL POLICE OFFICER VACANCIES.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE ADDED FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR THIS PROGRAM TO HAPPEN, TO CUT THE TIME DOWN FROM WHEN OFFICERS NEED TO BE TRAINED, BASICALLY CUTS IT IN HALF.

UM, THESE TWO CLASSES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IF THERE'S FUNDING ALREADY IN APDS BUDGETS.

AND SO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO LAY OUT YOUR AMENDMENT NOW, OR IF YOU WANTED ME TO KEEP GOING NOW, NO, LET ME GO AHEAD AND LAY THAT OUT SO WE CAN INCORPORATE IN IT AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, ADELINE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, UH, LEADERSHIP ON AND WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UH, UH, APPROVED AND FUNDED POLICE POSITIONS FILLED WITH OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN BE ON THE STREET.

UH, YOU MADE REFERENCE TO ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS WE PASS AND SPOKE TO THAT, THAT WE DID IN 2021.

UH, THERE'S ALSO, UM, UM, UH, ANOTHER SENTENCE TO ADD THAT I THINK I MAY HAVE HANDED OUT ALREADY, BUT IF I DIDN'T, I'M HANDLING IT NOW, NOW IT JUST MAKES REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE PUT ON THE CROLL CONTRACT THAT WE PASSED, UM, IS ADDS THE LANGUAGE.

AND THE CITY MANAGER MUST ADHERE TO COUNCIL DIRECTION, PASSED WITH ITEM 180 2 ON THE JULY 28TH, 2022 COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UH, WHICH SAID THAT IF YOU MOVED TO MORE CLASSES, YOU NEED TO BRING IN A THIRD PARTY, A PERSON OR ENTITY TO WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, REVIEW IT, BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, UH, BRING THAT SCOPE BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF NEW CADET CLASSES AND GET THAT DONE.

AND I THANK THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR ALREADY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION WITH A SCOPE OF SERVICE THAT I THINK HAS ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH REAL FAVORABLE REVIEW.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WRITER.

SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE HAVING THE BEST QUALITY CLASSES FOR THESE CADETS POSSIBLE.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

IT IS DEFINITELY A VALUE ADD

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ANY OBJECTION TO, TO AS WRITER AS, UH, AS AMENDED ARIE, NONE THAT'S INCLUDED.

SO, UH, THE SECOND BUDGET RIDER I'M BRINGING FORWARD IS DIRECTION FOR DESIGN, CONTINUATION, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANYON CREEK FIRE STATION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AS MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS, THE CANEY CREEK FIRE STATION, AS THE FIFTH OF FIVE FIRE STATIONS PLAN TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN AUSTIN.

WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR DESIGN WORK, BUT NOT CONSTRUCTION.

SO WHAT THIS WRITER DOES IS DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN WORK ON THE STATION AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL WHEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE, THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET IS FINALIZED, UM, AND IT SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST.

ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT? A RIDER BEING INCLUDED VERY NOW THAT'S INCLUDED AS WELL.

AND JUST ONE LAST NOTE, DISTRICT SIX IS WHERE THE CANYON CREEK FIRE STATION CURRENTLY IS LOCATED.

SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO HAVE THAT OUT THERE TO MAKE RESPONSE TIMES LOWER.

UM, KELLY THREE, THE BUDGET RIDER IS TO DIRECTION TO RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND COSTS REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO CITY OF AUSTIN RETIREES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PAY INCREASES FOR CURRENT CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES, BUT THERE ARE SOME, UM, ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN I'VE TALKED WITH RESIDENTS RELATED TO BEING RETIRED, THAT I JUST LIKE TO GET THE IDEA ABOUT SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND SO I'D LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, AND THE COST OF INITIATING THIS STUDY BY THE END OF 2022.

OH, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY INITIATE STUDY, HAS THE STAFF TO COME BACK AND TELL US HOW THEY WOULD DO THAT AND WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DO THAT.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED HEARING NOW THAT WRITERS INCLUDED AND THEN KELLY FOR THE BUDGET RIDER IS DIRECTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ESTABLISHING REQUIRED RESOURCES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PLAY FOR ALL ABILITIES PARK.

I'D LIKE IT TO BE SOMEWHERE IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN, BUT I'M NOT TIED TO THAT SPECIFICALLY.

WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS JUST, UM, GET US MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN COMPLETE THE PROCESS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT SORT OF THING.

IF YOU REMEMBER, I HAD AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET WITH THE COST, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS PARK THAT I HAD TAKEN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH THE RIDER.

ANYBODY HAVE OBJECTION TO THAT RIDER.

SO WHEN WE CONSIDER RIDERS, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED AS WELL.

AND THEN KELLY FIVE IS THE DIRECTION TO FULLY FUND A ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST.

WE HAD RECONSIDERED FUNDING THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO EXPAND, BUT ALSO IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO TURN IT INTO A RIDER UNTIL WE WAIT ON THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION.

SO THIS ASK THEM AT THIS ITEM TO COME UP THERE TO COUNCIL'S.

AT SOME POINT AFTER THAT AUDIT IS DONE, CORRECT.

IT WOULD RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER, UM, I GUESS ACTION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RIDER, EVERY NON, WHEN WE CONSIDER RIDERS AND MAKE THAT MOTION WILL BE PART OF THAT'S ALL.

GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER DOUBLE.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY FIRST STRIDER DIRECTS THE MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXUS STUDY.

I DID MAKE ONE EDIT THAT I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD INSTEAD OF NO LATER THAN APRIL 1ST, THE LANGUAGE OF THIS SHOULD SAY, AND TO BRING FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO CITY COUNCIL NO LATER THAN 17 MONTHS FROM FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET APPROVAL, THIS IS THE NEXUS STUDY THAT WOULD HELP US DETERMINE, UH, WHAT IT, WHAT, UM, WHAT THE COSTS ARE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITY WHEN THERE'S A NEED FOR A TENANT RELOCATION.

SO DOES THIS, DOES THIS WRITER SAY, BRING IT BACK FOR AUTHORIZATION OR DOES IT ORDER THE STUDY TO BE DONE? IT ORDERS THE STUDY TO BE DONE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR PREVIOUS BUDGET ACT OUR PREVIOUS DIRECTED THE FUNDING AND THAT WE STILL HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE.

THAT'S OKAY WITH THIS.

WE HAVE THE BUD, THE FUNDING IS IN THERE.

ABOUT OBJECTION.

THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE DRIVER'S TEST THEM ITEM THREE.

I'M GOING TO STICK TO FOR THE MOMENT, ITEM THREE, UH, REQUESTS THAT THE MAN DIRECTS THE MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE SOBERING CENTER TO INCORPORATE INTO FUTURE BUDGETS.

THE UPDATED FIVE YEARS PROJECT FIVE-YEAR PROJECTIONS AT THE SOBERING CENTER IS CURRENTLY PREPARING AND TO BRING FORWARD ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE ANDREW LOCAL AGREEMENT.

I THINK WE'LL NEED TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT RATHER QUICKLY TO CODIFY THE ACTION THAT WE'RE, I HOPE PREPARED TO TAKE, TO INCREASE THE FUNDING.

I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS THE OTHER DAY, THE PROJECTIONS HADN'T BEEN UPDATED OR ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING, YES, APRIL 10TH.

I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION THAT I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

I WOULD JUST ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO ALSO EXPLORE WHETHER TRAVIS COUNTY CAN CONTRIBUTE MORE FUNDING AS WELL.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT AS PART OF THE WRITER AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS THAT THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE THE FUNDING.

THEY CONTRIBUTED THE BUILDING AND THE COST OF RENOVATIONS, BUT IT'S ALMOST AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE, THAT'S A GOOD POINT, CAUSE THAT'LL NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED FOR THE FUTURE.

NEXT ITEM FOUR.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT OF ORDER CAUSE I'VE MISPLACED IT.

ITEM FIVE IS A APD RESIDENCY INCENTIVE STUDY.

WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE PAST.

WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT RECENTLY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THIS WOULD CONDUCT A STUDY TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES, TO HAVE OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE DID NEGOTIATE FOR THAT TO BE INCLUDED AS A POTENTIALITY WITH OUR CONTRACTS SEVERAL CYCLES AGO.

AND THIS WOULD KIND OF MOVE US FURTHER IN THAT DIRECTION OF ACTUALLY HAVING THE INFORMATION WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.

I AM ADDING A LINE TO IT THAT SAYS, THANK YOU.

I AM ADDING A LINE TO IT THAT SAYS THE CITY MANAGER SHALL RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH ANY FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

UM, I THINK BACK WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT A FEW YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY THAT THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTION THAT WE COULD DO IT WITH OUR EXISTING RESOURCES.

I'M NOT SURE THAT'S STILL THE CASE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU TO ADDRESS IT.

UM, SO I'M ADDING THAT LINE IN CASE THERE'S A FUNDING COST TO COME BACK.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ONE.

I THINK, I THINK YOU, I'M SORRY.

I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT, BUT LET ME JUST ASK.

SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS NOT MAKING A DECISION, THAT DECISION THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS, IT'S JUST GETTING INFORMATION ON IT, RIGHT? YES.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AT LEAST IN YEARS PAST, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN, UH, BY POLICE OFFICERS ABOUT REQUIREMENTS TO LIVE IN THE CITY.

AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO FULLY VET THAT, BUT I'M OKAY WITH GETTING THE INFORMATION.

AND THIS ISN'T JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS, ISN'T TALKING ABOUT A REQUIREMENT, IT'S TALKING ABOUT AN INCENTIVE AND LET ME SAY WE DID CONSIDER IT A FEW YEARS AGO.

IT WENT FORWARD AT THE END OF THE DAY.

UM, THE BUDGET RIDER DID NOT PASS.

AND SO, UM, RESURFACING IT, I WILL SAY THE AUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION DID APPROACH US.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN RESEARCHING IT.

AND I THINK THERE'S STRONG INTEREST IN, IN LOOKING AT IT AGAIN.

AND THIS KIND OF PUTS US ON THE PATH, BUT NOT VERY FAR ON THE PATH, BECAUSE IF IT INCLUDES FUNDING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO THE MANAGER WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND LET US KNOW.

AND I'LL SAY, UM, SHELVER TURNED TO COUNCIL WITH ANY FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND REPORT IN ON THAT BY LET'S SAY NOVEMBER 1ST, WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD DATE? REALLY ALL YOU'RE DOING IS DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S JUST A QUESTION.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RUN DOWN BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE STAFF.

UM, SOME, WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE RIGHT STAFF ON THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE OUT OF THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW.

SO THE ONLY THING I'M ASKING YOU TO RETURN WITH IS THE ANSWER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT FUNDING EXISTS TO DO THIS STUDY CURRENTLY.

RIGHT? RAY, ARIANA ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET THAT OR REQUESTED AN EXTENSION IF NECESSARY.

MAKING SURE IF YOU'RE DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AS MUCH OF IT AS WE CAN ONCE, BUT CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW'S DESIRE TO NOT HOLD UP ONE END OF THE PROCESS, IF ONE'S MOVING FASTER THAN THE OTHER.

SO THE LINE AGAIN, SHE'LL SAY, AH, THE CITY MANAGER, THE ADDITIONAL LINE, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH ANY FUNDING, WITH AN, WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER ANY FUNDING WOULD BE REQUIRED BY NOVEMBER 1ST.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND MAYBE THERE'S BACKGROUND ON THIS THAT JUST PREDATES ME, BUT, UM, DO WE DO THIS FOR FIRE AND EMS OR IF WE LOOKED INTO THAT AS WELL, IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO GETTING THAT INFORMATION BACK AT THE SAME TIME? I'M CERTAINLY NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE THAT POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT KIND OF PROGRAM.

I KNOW APDS HAS AND I JUST DON'T, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE OF INCLUDING THEM WITHIN THIS.

I WOULD SAY THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE ONES, BUT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ADD A LINE IF YOU WANT TO SUGGEST THAT IF YOU WANT TO SUGGEST A LINE, I'LL JUST MELD WHAT YOU HAD SAID AND BASICALLY SAY, AND INCLUDE FIRE AND EMS. IF THAT IS A PROVISION ALLOWED IN THEIR CONTRACT, COULD WE SEPARATE IT OUT? SO IF THIS ONE CAN GO FORWARD, THIS ONE CAN GO FORWARD.

I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS ON SOME FRONT.

AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THIS ONE, BE A STANDALONE AND THEN ADD ON THE CITY MANAGERS FURTHER, FURTHER DIRECTED TO REPORT BACK ON, ON AGAIN.

UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK WITH LABOR RELATIONS AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE PROVISION EXISTS, UH, CURRENTLY IN THEIR, UM, UH, AGREEMENTS.

UH, AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND, AND DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT SEPARATELY AN IFC, OR WE CAN JUST, AS STAFF COME FORWARD AND SAY, UH, OR INVESTIGATE WHAT IT MIGHT COST AND INCLUDE THEM, OR DO SEPARATE STUDIES IN THIS REGARD.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH, I'M JUST MORE INTERESTED IN THE INFORMATION AND

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UH, MAY I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION? SO, UH, MISERY, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EMS EMS CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE EXPIRING RELATIVELY SOON.

AND SO THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THE EMS. SO, UM, IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND CHECK ON THESE OTHER CONTRACTS, YOU MIGHT ALSO CHECK ABOUT WHAT'S MIGHT BE UPCOMING SHORTLY IN TERMS OF THE COUNTRY.

NEVER DONE.

SO FOR AT LEAST FOR EMS, WE CAN, I MEAN, THEY, THEY TOLD ME WHEN WITH RESPECT TO MY RIDER, THAT THEY CAN DO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ACROSS THEM, IF IT'S MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TO DO IT AT ANY TIME, WHICH THIS MIGHT BE, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR FIRE.

UM, SO IT MIGHT NOT BE, AND EVENTUALLY YOU'D WANT IT IN THE CONTRACT, BUT TO GET IT STARTED, I'M NOT SURE YOU HAVE TO.

I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND LEAVE THIS AS A STANDALONE, AS COUNSELOR OR TURBO HAS ASKED, AND WE CAN LOOK INTO THE OTHER TWO AS WELL.

WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING AND WITH THOSE LANGUAGE, UH, AND SEND THEM IN INCLUDED, OKAY, WITH THAT AMENDMENT BEING AND THE RIDER BEING INCLUDED.

SO THAT RIDER BE INCLUDED AS AMENDED.

GO AHEAD, ITEM SIX AND I'VE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT VERSION TWO, THIS DIRECT SAR MANAGER TO COME BACK WITH TWO US, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW WE COULD, UM, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND REALLY PUBLICIZE OUR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE REGISTRY.

SO THAT, UH, THOSE WHO ARE RELYING ON MEDICAL, ON ELECTRICITY FOR THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CAN BE PART OF THAT, WHICH, WHICH PROVIDES THEM WITH A VARIETY OF REALLY IMPORTANT SERVICES, INCLUDING IF THEY NEED IT ADDITIONAL TIME FOR BILL PAYMENT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO PROACTIVE WORK THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR STAFF, THE STAFF WHO SERVE IN THIS AREA, UM, WHEN, IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY THERE, REACH OUT TO THOSE CUSTOMERS.

SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS, I THINK AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, AND THIS IS JUST DIRECTS THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKING IT MORE WIDELY KNOWN.

AND THE UTILITY BILLS I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPTION IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATING WITH OUR NETWORKS OF HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS.

BUT TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT JUST TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, JUST TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I OFFERED A FEW POSSIBILITIES AND I'D LIKE THEM TO COME BACK, COME BACK TO US WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND A TIMETABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION, INNOVATIVE OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

SO THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WHEN WE'RE APPROVING WRITERS.

NUMBER SEVEN, I NEED TO MAKE A COUPLE ADJUSTMENTS TO, THIS IS THE RECORD.

THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT OUR MANAGERS SHOULD LOOK AT A COUPLE SITES IN PARTICULAR THAT USED TO BE VERY POPULAR EVENT.

AND WEDDING VENUES, UH, PROVIDED THE CITY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

ONE IS RIKERS RANCH, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE WATER UTILITY.

THE OTHER IS COMMENTS, BOARD RANCH, AND IT DIRECTS THEM TO LOOK AT ANY COSTS.

GOD BLESS YOU.

YOU KNOW, AN INITIAL STUDY, NOT LIKE A FULL FLUNG ANALYSIS, BUT JUST TO COME BACK TO US WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE GENERALLY TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT PAST REVENUE.

SO THE EDITS HERE WOULD BE TO LOWERCASE DEPARTMENTS AND THE FIRST LINE, AND THEN IN THE SECOND IN THE VIET FURTHER RESOLVE TO ADD IN AFTER PARD AND OTHER DEPARTMENT, OTHER DEPARTMENTAL SITES.

NUMBER EIGHT, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ONE.

SO WHEN WE DO RIDERS, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS.

NOT BY, UH, THE LGBTQ QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT WE CREATED AN FTE, A COMMUNITY LIAISON POSITION THAT WOULD REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

I BEGAN THAT WAY.

I MAY HAVE EVEN DISTRIBUTED AMENDMENTS.

UM, I TRANSFORMED IT INTO DIRECTION AFTER CONSULTING WITH STAFF.

AND THIS WOULD REQUEST THAT OUR MANAGER MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMISSION TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION, WHAT THEY HAD ENVISIONED IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE AND THE ROLE OF THAT POSITION.

AND IT WOULD BE WITH THE AIM OF EITHER CREATING A POSITION OR RECONSTRUCTING ONE OF THE EXISTING POSITIONS TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT NEED AND THAT COMMISSIONERS HAD IDENTIFIED.

AND THEN TO REPORT BACK ANY, UH, UH, OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS THIS WRITER HEARING ON WHEN WE APPROVE WRITERS, THIS WILL BE PART OF THAT.

I LAST YEAR ON THE DIOCESE, UM, I BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT THAT THE COUNCIL SUPPORTED TO BRING IN HOUSE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UH, CONTRACT POSITIONS.

AND I HAD HOPED TO SEE SOME MORE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE ARE MAKING SOME

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PROGRESS.

I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE PROGRESS TO BE MADE.

WE HAVE A PENDING CONTRACT ON OUR NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA THAT I HAD POSTPONED IT'S COMING FORWARD.

I THINK IT'S A CUSTODIAL CUSTODIAL CONTRACT FOR AUSTIN ENERGY.

I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THIS, THAT WE DO NOT LOSE GROUND ON OUR INSOURCING.

I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT OUR, UM, I THINK IT WAS THIS MORNING OR YESTERDAY IN OUR AMENDMENTS, WE SAW, UH, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS TO INSOURCE THE JOBS THAT HAD BEEN CONTRACTED OUT TO LINCOLN PROPERTIES FOR OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STAFF POINTED OUT IS THAT WHEN THEY'RE, BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE JOBS ONLINE, WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING MONEY.

SO FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT OUR WORK GROUP THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO BRING THOSE PERMANENT, THE JOBS FOR THAT ARE REPRESENTING PERMANENT NEEDS, SECURITY, AND CUSTODIAL AMONG THEM.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON IT.

THIS JUST CODIFIES THAT AUSTIN ENERGY HAS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CUSTODIAL POSITIONS, AND THIS WOULD DIRECT THE MANAGER TO WORK WITH US, TO CONTINUE THE WORK WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, TO CRAFT A PLAN FOR AT LEAST 10 POSITIONS PER YEAR, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS REASONABLE, BUT TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEYOND 10, I HAVE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS.

I MISUNDERSTOOD SOME INFORMATION FROM STAFF.

SO THE PARA THE SECOND PARAGRAPH WHERE IT SAYS AUSTIN ENERGY CURRENTLY HAS A LARGE, UH, CURRENTLY AS 51 CONTRACT CUSTODIAL POSITIONS.

I DON'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INFORMATION WAS THAT WE GOT BACK FROM BUILDING SERVICES, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD, THEY HAVE BEEN ASSESSED TO NEED 51 CUSTODIAL POSITIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS.

SO AT THIS MOMENT I COULDN'T RUN IT DOWN.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA, I'M GOING TO CHANGE IT TO AUSTIN.

ENERGY CURRENTLY HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTRACT CUSTODIAL POSITIONS.

UM, BUT DO YOU NOTE THE ADDITIONAL PIECE OF DIRECTION THAT THE MANAGER SHOULD PROVIDE US WITH A MEMORANDUM OUTLINING THE GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS AND A TIMELINE FOR US AND ENERGY CUSTODIAL POSITIONS, THEY SHOULD ACCEPT, UH, THE MANAGERS SHOULD ACCELERATE THESE GOALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I'M LEAVING OUT A LOT OF THE RATIONALE.

SO ASK ME IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE, WOULD LIKE US TO RECAP OR WOULD LIKE ME TO RECAP WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

IT WOULD REQUIRE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP TABS ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING TOWARD FULFILLING THOSE GOALS AND THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED.

UM, AND THE LAST LAKE IN LIGHT OF THE EXPANDED ROLE THAT THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT NOW HAS IN TERMS OF HIRING AND TRAINING AND MONITORING THE STAFF THAT ARE SERVING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS DEPARTMENT WILL NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DO THEIR EXPANDED ROLE, ANY OBJECTION OR CONCERNS WITH THIS WRITER, 10 ANIMAL SERVICES, UM, ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO THE DASHBOARD.

IT ALSO PUTS FORWARD AN IDEA THAT A CONSTITUENT HAD OFFERED US ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT MARKET DO SOME MARKETING BASED ON COLLECTING INFORMATION WHEN VISITORS TO THE ANIMAL CENTER SIGN IN.

UM, AND IT ALSO ASKS FOR SOME PROCEDURE, ASKED THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER SOME PROCEDURE CHANGES.

AND I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING SOME VERY, VERY MUCH NEEDED, UM, NEW FTES TO THAT DEPARTMENT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH HIS RIDER NUMBER 10? AND LET ME JUST SAY, AS THE NEW PARENT TO A PUPPY WHO CAME FROM THE ANIMAL CENTER THIS WEEK, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY FABULOUS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS OVER THERE, AND THEY REALLY NEED MORE FAMILIES TO STEP FORWARD AND ADOPT DOGS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF THEM RIGHT NOW.

UM, FOR AUSTIN ISD PARTNERSHIPS, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. THIS BUDGET DIRECTION WOULD CAPTURE WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHICH IS TO DIRECT THE MANAGER TO INCORPORATE FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS INTO THE BASE BUDGET.

ONCE THE CONTRACTS EXPIRE IN FIVE YEARS, I UNDERSTAND LAW HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DIRECTION SO FAR IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD RESOLVE THAT CONCERN.

I'M CITY MANAGER.

IF I SAID THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROPOSE FUNDING PROPOSE, INCLUDING FUNDING, I THINK THE CONCERN MIGHT BE HELPED IF YOU SAID THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD, UM, DESIRE FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE, SINCE THIS COUNCIL CAN'T DIRECT MANAGERS SHOULD DO THAT FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

UM, I THINK I CA I THINK I CAPTURED THAT.

WHERE WOULD THAT BE? THE CITY? I THINK IT WOULD BE BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRES THAT THE MANAGER INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN

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SPACE BUDGET.

IS THAT, SO YOUR ATTORNEY I'M A CITY MANAGER, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING? I THINK THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN LIVE WITH THAT.

CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

AND I THINK THAT COVERS IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A WRITER TO WRITE.

I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE.

UM, THIS IS THE NEW PROGRAM THAT I DESCRIBED THE OTHER DAY.

THERE IS NO BUDGETARY IMPACT, SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD AS AN AMENDMENT.

IT WOULD CREATE A NEW PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FOR STUDENTS OF AISD, WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND IT WOULD HELP PROVIDE IT WOULD HELP TRANSITION THOSE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL INTO THE WORKFORCE.

AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT AND GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AS MENTIONED, AISD HAS AGREED THAT THEY, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND TRAINING AND GUIDANCE, NOT JUST FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN WORKING IN JOBS HERE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THIS PILOT PROGRAM.

BUT THEY ALSO ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND DO SOME DISCUSSION AND SOME TRAINING WITH THAT INDIVIDUALS, COLLEAGUES, AND COWORKERS.

AND SO WHEN, UM, IT DOES ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE, THIS MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE RULES WOULD NOT ALLOW PREFERENCE TO BE GIVEN TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THAT, THAT PROGRAM.

UM, THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE CITY OF AUSTIN HAD THAT CITY OF AUSTIN EXPERIENCE.

AND SO, UH, BOTH THE TRAINING AND, AND THAT EXPERIENCE WHEN HOPES WOULD LEAD TO EVENTUAL PERMANENT JOBS.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT EXISTS WITH SOME PRIVATE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK, GOSH, AIS, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC ENTITIES TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK IT WOULD, WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD MODEL FOR OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES.

KEN, CAN THIS ALSO INCLUDE STUDENTS OR INDIVIDUALS, STUDENTS WHO ARE ADULTS, UH, FROM, FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL? NOT JUST THE CERTAINLY COULD.

AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT EXPANDING AND LOOKING TO EXPAND.

WHAT I KNOW THOUGH, IS THAT A AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS POISED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AS SOON AS WE'RE READY TO GO.

AND I DON'T, THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE NOT HAPPENED WITH OTHER SCHOOLS.

CAN WE ADD TO THIS, THAT IN DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM, THEY SHOULD CHECK WITH THE OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN THE CITY TO SEE IF THEY'RE ALSO ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE PROGRAM.

COULD WE DO SO IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THIS ONE TO MOVE FORWARD? BECAUSE I THERE'VE BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSIONS, AND I THINK THEY'RE POISED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE FOUR PILOT DEPARTMENTS, UM, HERE AT, AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND SO, SO I INTENDED THAT BY THE LANGUAGE THAT I GET BACK TO YOU, WHICH WAS THAT, THAT THE MANAGERS, THE MANAGERS ARE DIRECTED TO, UH, CHECK WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, IN THIS CITY OF AUSTIN TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROGRAM.

I WOULD WANT TO CHECK WITH HR.

I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR HAYES CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS PILOT YEAR.

CAN WE ADD IF POSSIBLE? AND THEN THAT MIGHT, WHICH SURE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT.

UM, THE CITY, SOMETHING LIKE THE CITY MANAGERS FURTHER DIRECTED TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING WITH OTHER ISD AS SOON AS FEASIBLE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT IS MY INTENT THAT IF WE CAN GET IT UP AND RUNNING THIS YEAR TO DO SO.

AND I'VE ASKED FOR A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023.

ANY OBJECTION THAT OR CONCERNS.

SO I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE WRITERS AND ALL THE WRITERS THAT THEY'RE AT.

THE WRITER TWO IS VERSION THREE.

I HAVE A WRITER.

THREE IS VERSION THREE.

UH, KELLY WRITER, FIVE IS VERSION TWO ELLIS WRITER.

THREE IS VERSION FOUR.

UH, TOVA RIDER SIX, I THINK IS VERSION TWO.

UH, AND WE HAVE APPROVED ALL OF THE WRITERS THAT WE HAD IN FRONT OF US, EXCEPT FOR, FOR QUINTUS RYDER ONE, WHICH WAS CONVERTED INTO THE DIRECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, AMENDMENT MAYOR.

I HAD ANOTHER WRITER FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS, YES.

YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT LIST? OKAY.

HOW'S IT BEEN KITCHEN? YEAH.

SEEKS TO PROVIDE DENTAL INSURANCE AS AN OPTION TO TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

I PASSED OUT THIS RIDER.

UM, THIS ONE RELATES TO THE DENTAL INSURANCE THAT, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND I SPOKE TO EARLIER.

SO YOU ALL HAVE A COPY, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT TO YOU.

SO, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL

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THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING AND PROVIDE THIS OPTION IN TIME FOR THE NEXT OPEN ENROLLMENT OR THE ESTIMATED COST IS 70,000.

DOES IT LOOKS AWFULLY LIKE AN AMENDMENT, NOT A RIDER.

IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT CHANGING THE BUDGET IS JUST DIRECTING THE STAFF.

I MEAN, SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE $70,000 FOR THE PROGRAM.

OH, THAT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO I THOUGHT WE COULD JUST DIRECT THIS.

CAN WE NOT? NO, NO.

OUT OF IT AS A, IF IT MOVES MONEY, WHAT, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, I BELIEVE IT WASN'T NEEDING TO BE MOVED, THAT IT COULD BE DONE AS A WRITER THIS WAY.

THIS WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK THAT THE POINT OF THE EXERCISE WAS THE AMENDMENTS WERE IF THERE WAS MONEY INVOLVED AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED YOU DOING IT THIS WAY, THE AMENDMENTS WHO WERE MONEY INVOLVED, IF THE RIDER WAS DIRECTION RELATED TO THE BUDGET, BUT NOT INVOLVING MONEY.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN IFC ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS A DIFFERENT TOPIC THAT YOU WOULD BRING THAT LATER, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE NEXT W WE UNDERSTOOD FROM MS. HAYES THAT WE NEEDED TO DIRECT HER, TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO LOOK INTO THIS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT STARTS IN OCTOBER.

AND IF WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING AN IFC, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S TOO LATE FOR, FOR MS. HAYES, THAT SHE NEEDS TO THE DIRECTOR HAYES, THAT SHE NEEDS TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO, TO AT LEAST START LOOKING INTO IT.

HOW ABOUT HOWEVER, THE CITY MANAGER IS TOO DIRECTED TO, UM, SO IDENTIFY AND BRING BACK TO US, UH, THE CITY CAN FUND AND PROVIDE THIS OPTION IN TIME FOR THE NEXT OPEN ENROLLMENT TO TIMELY REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.

DOES THAT? I IS DIRECT DIRECTOR HAYES.

DOES THAT GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY TO START LOOKING AT IT? YES.

WE, IN ORDER FOR US TO EXECUTE THIS FOR 2023, WE WOULD HAVE, HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN OPEN ENROLLMENT AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN TIME FOR THE NOVEMBER, UM, INSTALLMENT TO THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM SET.

SO WE WANT TO DO THIS FOR 2023.

WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE OPEN ENROLLMENT THIS OCTOBER.

SO MAYOR, I THINK THE WAY YOU'RE WORDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD WORK.

SO IT WOULD SAY THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO SEE IF THE CITY CAN FUND AND PROVIDE THIS OPTION IN TIME FOR THE NEXT OPEN ENROLLMENT AND REPORT AND TIMELY REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL WORKS FOR ME.

DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU DIRECTOR HAYES? YES, IT DOES.

WOULD THAT CHANGE, UH, WHICH REQUIRES IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, WHICH MAKES IT A RIDER, NOT AN AMENDMENT.

UM, ANY OBJECTION TO THIS ONE? SO THIS ONE WOULD GO IN AND WE REFER TO THIS AS KITCHEN NUMBER SIX.

NO, NO, I HAVE THAT WRONG.

I HAD THAT WRONG KITCHEN NUMBER THREE, THREE.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE AMENDMENTS.

KITCHEN THREE, KITCHEN RIDER THREE.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF THE RIDERS.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE.

ARE YOU READY FOR US TO PROCEED WITH A SCRIPT? OKAY.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO THIS GUYS.

UP, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE AR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY RATES AND FEES.

WE, UH, FIRST I'M GOING TO CALL

[1. Conduct a public hearing to receive and consider public comment on the proposed rate and fee changes for Austin Resource Recovery as part of the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Proposed Budget.]

UH, WE'VE NOW HEARD ALL THE SPEAKERS.

UH, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TODAY BY THE WAY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK.

HEARING NONE.

UM, WE HAVE NOW HEARD ALL THE SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE, REGARDING RATES AND FEES FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.

I WAS GOING TO PULL MASON MOTIONS THERE A SECOND.

THAT WAS, REMEMBER ALICE SECONDS, THAT MOTION AND DISCUSSION ANY OBJECTION THAT'S APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, WE'VE CLOSED THE HEARING.

DO WE ACTUALLY, UM, ALL WE DO IS AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST CLOSED THE HEARING.

WE DON'T ADOPT THE RATES AND FEES.

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ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE RAINY STREET HISTORICAL DISTRICT SPECIAL RESERVE FUND.

I HAD AN AGENDA.

NUMBER TWO, PARKLAND, DEDICATION, SOMETHING WE HAVE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH,

[3. Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20191114-050 which created the Rainey Street Historic District Special Revenue Fund for Improvements Within the Rainey Street Historic District and Subdistrict, to revise the total amount that may be annually appropriated by Council.]

THE REVENUE FUND ITEM THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE RAINY STREET, HISTORIC DISTRICT, SPECIAL REVENUE FUND REVISING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS MAY BE ANNUALLY APPROPRIATED BY COUNSEL.

DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE? IT COMES TO MEMBER TOVO.

IT MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELLA SECONDS, THAT MOTION AND THE DISCUSSION, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUSLY, THAT IS, UH, APPROVED.

UH, THAT WAS BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD IN THE NON GF DEBT OR ALTERNATE FUNDING AT THE TOP OF THAT WORK PAGE, WE WERE WORKING THROUGH, WE DID VOTE ON IT AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY'S, UH, BUDGET, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN 2023.

UH, WE HAVE, THE STAFF HAS, UH, PRESENTED, UH, ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AND IT'S, UH, CHANGES.

UH, SOMEONE WANT TO MOVE THE, UH, RECOMMENDED BUDGET AS OUR BASE BUDGET.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF WEIPA IS MAKES THAT MOTION, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS, THAT MOTION, AND THAT IS OUR BASE ITEM.

WE HAVE AGREED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO IT.

UM, AND, AND THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS, UH, UH, AMENDMENT ONE BY ADLER AMENDMENT THREE BY ADLER, BECAUSE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO WAS WITHDRAWN AMENDMENT FOUR BY ADLER.

AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE AS AMENDED AS WE'VE DISCUSSED.

AND AS WE MODIFIED THEM FROM PERHAPS IN SOME CASES FROM HOW THEY THINK THEY WERE WRITTEN, UH, BUT, UH, CONTINUING ON, WE SAID, ADLER THREE, ADLER FOUR, NOT ADLER FIVE, WHO WAS WITHDRAWN ADLER NUMBER, UH, SIX, UH, ALSO PART OF THE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, UH, MOVED HER, UH, AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER , UH, BY THE WAY, ADLER NUMBER SIX WAS A V2 COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, WENT, THIS, MOVED HER ONE, WHICH WAS A VERSION FOUR OFFICER, HER AMENDMENTS, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE, WHICH WAS A VERSION TWO.

UH, ALSO, UH, UH, VERSION TWO OF WENT TO SIX, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, VELA, UH, HAD, UH, HIS AMENDMENT ONE, WHICH WAS A V3 AND VALID TWO, WHICH WAS A B3 AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

VELA ALSO HAD HIS AMENDMENTS THREE AND FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, HER AMENDMENTS KITCHEN, ONE KITCHEN, TWO KITCHEN, THREE KITCHEN, FOUR, KITCHEN FIVE, UH, WITH A V2 AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UH, I THINK IT WAS JUST, UH, UH, AMENDMENT TWO, WHICH WAS A V3.

AND I THINK THE OTHERS WERE CONVERTED.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST, IS THAT JUST RIGHT? I'M IN THREE, I THINK THAT AN AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WITH THE ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST, WHICH BECAME A RIDER, UH, THE TWO, UH, KELLY TWO WAS THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, WHICH HAD TWO COMPONENTS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, BOTH THE WHOLE BLOOD COMPONENT AND THE SIMULATION COMPONENT.

UM, YOU WERE, UH, KELLY THREE, I THINK WAS CONVERTED AND HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.

SO WHAT WAS PASSED AND TOVO, I HAVE ONE, TWO AND THREE, WHICH WAS A VERSION TWO FULL, UH, FOUR WAS, UM, POSTPONED UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING NUMBER 1205 WAS PASSED.

SO THE ONLY AMENDMENT TO PASS WAS KELLY TO, WHICH WAS A B3 COUNTS MEMBER.

ALICE HAD, UM, UH, ONE AND TWO AND THREE A, WHICH WAS A V THREE, UH, AND NOT, UH, UH, LSV FOR, UH, TOVO CAUSE REMEMBER TOVO MOOD.

CAN I SAY WHAT? OH, V VERSION THAT'S UH, WHEN I SAID V TWO THAT'S VERSION TWO OR V3, THAT WAS VERSION THREE.

SO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE, BUT I'LL SAY THEN STANDARD COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, HAD AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE HAD AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ALSO HAD AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, WHICH WAS A VERSION TWO AS A MEMBER.

TOVO ALSO MOVED HER AMENDMENT FOUR AND FIVE AND SIX, WHICH WAS A V2 SEVEN AND EIGHT, WHICH WAS A V2 VERSION TWO TOVO I'VE HAD MET NUMBER NINE AND ALSO A NUMBER 10.

AND I SAID THAT WE DID NOT DO EIGHT, WHICH WE SAID WAS A V2.

THAT ONE WAS NOT INCLUDED.

AND I'M GOING TO DO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA IS AGAIN, PLEASE.

I'M GOING TO START BEGINNING.

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TOVO NUMBER SIX WAS POSTPONED TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

ALSO NOT PART OF THIS BUDGET TO BEHIND ALL THESE, UH, AS MADE THEM FROM COUNCIL OR JUST POSTPONE WE'LL PICK IT UP THEN TOPO NUMBER SEVEN PASSED.

AND AS PART OF THE IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TOVA NUMBER EIGHT, UH, UH, IS NOT PART OF THE AMENDMENTS WE ARE CONSIDERING, BUT ALSO INCLUDES TOBO NINE TOVO, 10 TOVO, 11 AND 12 AND 13 AND 14.

TOVO 15 WAS, UH, UH, NOT ACTED ON WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WHEN THE COUNCIL COMES BACK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR.

I HAD, UH, ONE I'M HAVING TO, TO AMENDMENT THREE AMENDMENT FOUR, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, FIVE, UH, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THESE WAS AMENDED WITH, UH, WITH, WITH MY AMENDMENT, BUT ALL THESE AS AMENDED, I HAD AMENDMENT SIX AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO, YEAH, AMENDMENT THREE CONTAINED IN THE AMENDMENT, AUTHOR THREE HAD AN AMENDMENT FOR ME AND ALSO AUTHOR NUMBER SIX.

SO AUTHORS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX, UH, WERE ALL A PART OF THE, UH, THE MOTION TO AMEND THE, UH, THE BUDGET.

WE ALSO, UH, INCLUDED, UH, UH, RIDERS, UH, AS, UH, AS PART OF THE, UH, UH, BUDGET AND I THINK THAT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE RIDERS, UH, WE APPROVED A ADLER RIDER ONE, UH, ADLER RIDER TWO, WHICH WAS A SPURGEON TWO ADLER RIDER THREE, WHICH WAS A VERSION THREE.

UH, WE ALSO APPROVED A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, QUINTUS RIDER, NUMBER TWO, AND A COUNCIL MEMBER RENT TO RIAS A RIDER, NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS A VETERAN SERVICES COORDINATOR.

I'M SORRY, MA'AM YOU REDO, BUT THEN WE CALLED IT UP AS A RIDER AND THERE WAS LANGUAGE THAT YOU PUT IT IN THE RECORD.

SO HE HAS A WRITER IN AS WELL, UH, THAT GETS US TO COUNCIL MEMBER VELA WHO HAD A, UM, A RIDER NUMBER ONE, UH, THAT WAS A APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ON RIDERS HAD ONE, TWO AND THREE THAT WERE APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY HAD 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE, UH, WHICH WAS A VERSION TWO, OF COURSE, THAT COULD ALL OF THESE CONTAINED AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND APPROVED, INCLUDING KELLY RENNER, NUMBER ONE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THAT AS WE GO THROUGH WRITERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE HAD RIDERS ONE AND TWO AND THREE, WHICH WAS A VERSION FOUR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, HAD WRITER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, WHICH WAS A VERSION 2 7, 8, 9, AND 10.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HAD RIDERS ONE, TWO AND THREE.

THEY'RE CORRECT.

AND THEN ADDITION TO THAT, THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, BASE MOTION, UH, INCLUDES THE, UH, THE AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, FUNDING, THE SCOPING ANALYSIS FOR THE FAYETTE, UH, INVESTIGATION.

AS WE DISCUSSED, IT INCLUDES THE FINANCING OF THE GOODNIGHT RANCH FIRE STATION.

IT INCLUDES THE PILOTS OR EMS AT THE AIRPORT AS PAID OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, ENTERPRISE.

UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES ADDING THE ADDITIONAL COUNSEL FT, EASE UNFUNDED FTE.

I THINK THAT'S ALL THE ELEMENTS OF OUR BUDGET.

I'M MISSING.

ANYTHING COUNTS.

REMEMBER, TOBY, MAY I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY, UM, CAN YOU JUST LOOK AT YOUR LIST OF MINE? YES, PLEASE.

WRITERS OF INDIANS OR AMENDMENTS.

UM, ONE THROUGH THREE PAST FOUR POSTPONED FIVE PAST SIX WAS WITHDRAWN SEVEN PAST EIGHT, WITHDRAWN NINE THROUGH 14, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 PAST WAS THERE A 15, 15 IS THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH IS POSTPONED.

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I DON'T THINK IT HAD A NUMBER BECAUSE IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE WE MISSED.

THERE WAS ONE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD A DISCREPANCY ON, BUT I THINK THAT'S DOES THAT MATCH WHAT YOU HAVE NOW? THANK YOU.

CAUSE IT DOES.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THE BUDGET ITEMS IN FRONT OF US.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, OUTLINED I'M GOING TO LET THE MAYOR PRO TEM MAKE THAT MOTION BECAUSE REMEMBER FUENTES SECOND SAID MOTION.

A IS.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ONE ADDITIONAL POINT OF CLARIFICATION WHEN WE RAISED, UM, WHEN WE RAISED UP THE BUDGET FIGHTERS, YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY CALL THOSE OUT JUST NOW, DID YOU? YEAH, I WENT THROUGH BY NUMBER.

I WENT THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS.

I WENT THROUGH THE RIDERS AND THEN I WENT THROUGH THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE AT THE TOP OF THAT WORK PAGE.

'CAUSE I DIDN'T NUMBER.

I DID NOT NUMBER THE ONES THAT I RAISED UP.

I HAD NUMBERED THE ONES THAT I DISTRIBUTED ORIGINALLY, THE ONES THAT I DISTRIBUTED HERE ON THE DIOCESE ARE FROM AMENDMENT.

LET ME JUST CLARIFY THAT THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE RIDERS ATTACHED TO AMENDMENTS THREE, 10, AND 13 AS WE DISCUSSED.

AND THOSE DIRECTIONS WERE INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PASSED.

YOU CAN COMMENT NOW ON THE BUDGET OR WAIT.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND HOW EXCITED I AM THAT WE'VE PENDING THIS BOAT.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER A $20 MINIMUM WAGE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.

I WANT TO GIVE A BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO ASK ME IN ALL OF OUR UNIONS OR COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT LIVING WAGE STAKEHOLDER, UM, OUR ADVOCATES WHO TESTIFIED, WHO SHOW TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR US REINVESTING IN OUR WORKFORCE AND REALLY FOCUSING OUR BUDGET ON OUR EMPLOYEES, UNDERSTANDING THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT OUR WORKERS PLAY IN KEEPING AUSTIN, RUNNING THINGS.

THIS BUDGET DELIVERS SO MANY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS AND REALLY GETS BACK TO BASICS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY AND CONSISTENT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT OUR WORKERS CAN LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.

I'M SUPER PROUD OF THIS BUDGET.

I'M THRILLED TO HAVE SO MANY IMPORTANT PRIORITIES INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, INCLUDING ROLLING OUT AND ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING TO BRING THE FIRST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER IN THE STATE TO AUSTIN.

UM, AS WELL AS, UH, INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY SAFETY WITH, UH, GETTING CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE GOODNIGHT RANCH FIRE EMS STATION, AND OF COURSE BRINGING PARAMEDICS TO THE AIRPORT FOR A PILOT PROGRAM.

SO SUPER EXCITED AND JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT.

AS I STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, UM, IT'S A LARGEST BUDGET THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN, AND THIS SIZE COMES WITH THE GROWTH OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT I'M STILL RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET INCLUDES A ELECTRIC RATE INCREASE, A PARKING FEE INCREASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'VE PROVIDED THE CLERK, WHICH SHOULD BE CIRCULATING SOON OR LISTS OF MY NO VOTES ON THE BUDGET, AMENDMENTS AND WRITERS.

THIS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP MINUTES AND ON OUR WEBSITE AND BACKUP FOR LATER REFERENCE.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIST EACH AMENDMENT OR RIDERS THAT I'M VOTING NO ON ALLOWED.

SO AS TO SAVE US TIME, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY.

I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT, UM, THIS YEAR'S $5 BILLION BUDGET IS THE LARGEST IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.

THIS FEAT IS NO SMALL LIFT.

I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE CO-SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT OF MY ITEMS, THE CITY STAFF, THE BUDGET OFFICE FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND MY TEAM FOR THEIR CONSISTENT HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND CONSTITUENTS WHO GAVE INVALUABLE FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT.

I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLIS KITCHEN, FONTEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM, ALTAR, AND MAYOR ADLER, AND SOME OF THEIR BUDGET AMENDMENT INITIATIVES.

I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR INVITATION OF THOSE ITEMS AND HOW THEY WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE CITY WITH THE PASSAGE OF MY BUDGET, AMENDMENTS AND WRITERS, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FILL NEEDED POLICE VACANCIES, GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING FORWARD AN ANIMAL.

BAYVIEW BEHAVIORIST, UM, CONTINUED THE DESIGN OF A FIRE STATION IN DISTRICT SIX, EQUIP EMS PROFESSIONALS IN OUR CITY WITH MUCH NEEDED TRAINING.

WE EXPANDED THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM AT EMS AND SEEKS TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF COST OF LIVING FOR CITY OF AUSTIN RETIREES.

I'M THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I RECEIVED FROM MY COLLEAGUES CO-SPONSORS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT ALLOWED FOR THESE INITIATIVES TO BE REALIZED.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS IN THE BUDGET I'M HESITANT ABOUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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AND BY CONTRACT THE STREET REPAIR BUDGET IS DRASTICALLY LOW FOR A CITY.

THAT'S RAPIDLY GROWING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS SWORN AND NON-SWORN HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE 2019 AND THEY CAN SEIZE HAVE INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR SINCE 2020 PROJECTED VACANCIES FOR THIS YEAR HAVE FOUR TIMES MORE THAN WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS PREVIOUSLY.

UM, WE HAD PROGRAMS WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE PHASED OUT OR SLIM DOWN ARE NOW BEING FUNDED WITH PROPERTY TAXES AND LIKE MANY AUSTINITES I'M A RENTER RENTERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE INCREASED PROPERTY TAX DUE TO LANDLORDS PASSING ADDITIONAL COSTS ONTO TENANTS, HOME PRICES, ROUTINELY CLIMB HIGHER AND HIGHER EVERY YEAR.

AND WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH I'M HESITANT ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THIS BUDGET.

I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW CHALLENGING CRAFTING A BUDGET COULD BE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN OUR BUDGET OFFICE GO THROUGH THAT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN WORKING ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IT'S PR THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE IT PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS AND HOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN SPENDS MONEY.

AND I KNOW WE ALL WORK HARD TO PRODUCE THE GREATEST POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING A BETTER AND SAFER CITY TO WORK AND LIVE IN.

SO EVEN THOUGH I'M SKEPTICAL ABOUT THESE THINGS IN THE BUDGET, I HOPE THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL ARE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE CITY, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, YEAH.

I WANT TO JUST ADD VERY, VERY BRIEFLY THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS, UM, IN THIS BUDGET TO BE, UM, THANKFUL FOR AND PROUD OF, AND I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATIVE WORK FROM THE WHOLE DIOCESE.

UM, AND, UH, I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT, UM, TWO THINGS I WANT TO SAY.

UH, THANK YOU TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THE, UH, GETTING THE WAGE UP TO 20.

I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH THAT.

AND I'M, UH, THANKFUL TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES CAUSE EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED.

AND, UM, I THINK IT, UH, IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND I WANT TO THANK ASKED ME FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS, UH, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED.

I ALSO WANT TO, TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE HEAL INITIATIVE.

UH, THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT OF COUNCIL, UH, TO CONTINUE WITH THAT EFFORT.

UM, THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

I, UH, I, UH, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE, UM, WITH THE WORK OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WITH THE CREATIVITY ON THIS DIOCESE.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THAT.

MANAGER'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

I KNOW WHEN WE GET DOWN INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF DOING THE BUDGET NUMBERS LIKE THIS, A LOT OF ATTENTION AND FOCUS IS PUT ON THE LARGE LIST OF AMENDMENTS AND THE BUDGET WRITERS THAT WE ALL BRING.

BUT I JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS BUDGET.

THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON.

SOME OF US FOR YEARS, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOT BAKED INTO THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR LIVING STREETS AND BLOCK PARTIES FOR THE CLEAN AIR COALITION FOR EXPANDING HEALTHCARE AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR FREE GUN LOCKS AND A SAFE STORAGE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP STOP THIS.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SPEED MITIGATION.

SO I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY HUGE CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, JUST TODAY, I'VE SEEN FIRE AND EMS SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY TRAGIC ACCIDENTS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO RESPOND TO RIGHT NOW.

SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY BAKED IN.

AND SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOSE SIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, THE BIG PICTURE AND THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY OTHER WEEK HERE ON THE DAYAS.

UM, BUT I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS BUDGET.

I THINK IT DOES REFLECT OUR VALUES.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THE RECORD TO REFLECT, UM, THAT I WOULD BE A NO VOTE ON ABNER AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, BUT THE REST OF THE BUDGET I'M VERY PROUD ABOUT AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

WHEN I SAY ANYTHING, JUST POINT MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU ALL.

I'LL BE REALLY BRIEF.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK OUR BUDGET STAFF FOR, FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER OF A, OF A BUDGET, UM, WAS PLEASED THAT WE HAD, UH, FUNDING THAT WE COULD SPEND ON OUR, OUR PRIORITIES.

UM, BUT, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY, I THINK ALL THE WAY AROUND.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE MANY ANSWERS TO MY MANY QUESTIONS.

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APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, BRINGING FORWARD SOME REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVES OF FOREMOST AMONG THEM, THE ABILITY FOR US TO INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE.

UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME BACK WHEN WE HAD OUR, UM, STRATEGIC DIRECTION REALLY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO PUT THAT HIGH IN OUR, UM, S D 23.

AND I'M HOPING WITH THE NEW COUNCIL, WE CAN ELEVATE THAT TO A TOP 10, UM, INDICATOR.

WE FACE A LOT OF CHALLENGES AS A CITY, UH, BEYOND OUR WORKFORCE, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND CLIMATE READINESS.

I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE, UM, SOME INVESTMENTS HERE THAT HELP US TO ADDRESS THE VULNERABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO FOSTER A RESILIENCE.

UM, WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO DISEASE.

WE HAVE INVESTED IN, UM, SUSTAINABLE REVENUE STREAMS FOR OUR EMS AND OUR PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM.

AND WE ARE COMMITTING TO OUR GREEN JOBS PROGRAM WITH THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

UM, AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR WORD TO THE MANY SURVIVORS WHO'VE COME AND SPOKEN THEIR TRUTHS TO US.

UM, IN 2019, WHEN WE PASSED THE PERF, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION THAT LED TO THE POLICE ECONOMIC RESEARCH, UM, FORUMS EVALUATION, UM, I SAID, THEN THAT WE'D BE JUDGED BY OUR SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS AND THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING TODAY ARE AMONG THE MANY WAYS THAT WE ARE PROVING, UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO REFORM THIS RESPONSE.

I WANT TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL, UM, TO READ THAT REPORT WHEN IT COMES OUT, I THINK PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.

UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.

UM, THERE IS A TON IN THIS BUDGET THAT WAS NOT THE SUBJECT OF OUR DEBATE TODAY, UM, OR YESTERDAY.

UM, AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN THERE, BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAVE THOSE FOR MY NEWSLETTER.

I HAVE TO BEAR, AND I ALSO WANT TO THINK, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WEDNESDAYS FOR HER LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THE $20, AND ALSO COMES FROM MEMBER KITCHEN ON HER HEEL PROGRAM.

UH, IT'S SO IMPORTANT, UH, WHERE WE'RE FACING A REAL CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, CAMPING OUT IN OUR PARKS.

AND JUST, UH, UH, TODAY I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE 70 PEOPLE FROM THE PARKS PARK INTO THE HEEL PRO UH, PROGRAM.

SO I'M REALLY JUST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT ONE IS, UH, COMPLIMENTARY OF ELLA AND HIS, UH, LEADERSHIP GOAL AND, AND PUTTING IN $3 MILLION FOR A TENANTS RELOCATION, DISPLACEMENT SERVICE FOR VERY UNFORTUNATE, UH, RENTERS THAT ARE FACING, UH, DISPLACEMENT BACK NOW BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COSTS.

AND, AND, AND I, I COULD SAY DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR VERY LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND BUYING UP A PROPERTY AND ESPECIALLY APARTMENTS IN A TRAILER, HOME LOTS AND THIS PLACE IN OUR PEOPLE.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE COULDN'T GET THE 5 MILLION, BUT 3 MILLION IS A GREAT START.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WE'RE BELLA.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, WE'VE COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA, AND ON THE $20, UH, AN HOUR.

I JUST KEEP IT REAL, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, UH, MY FIRST BUDGET, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNAL WORK TO GET TO THAT NUMBER.

IT'S TOUGH, UH, ESPECIALLY AT THE END.

UH, I KNOW PEOPLE FIGHT HARD FOR THEIR ITEMS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL.

UH, AND THE OTHER JEFF, I AM SO PROUD THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEW MONEY IN THIS BUDGET GOES TO WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, EITHER AS THE $20 WAGE OR AS THE, UH, $8 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.

I MEAN, MY AMENDMENT WAS THREE, BUT THE BASE BUDGET HAD FIVE.

SO THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DID HERE TODAY.

NOW OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A LONG PROCESS.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THIS, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY, THANKS TO THE STAFF, NOT AN EASY THING TO DO, AND IT'S THE STAFF THAT YOU SEE, BUT ALSO THE STAFF YOU DON'T SEE, UH, WE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, UH, THAT WERE STANDING BY PHONES TODAY.

WE'VE HAD 40,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED IN PREPARING THIS BUDGET

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UM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO ACTUALLY GET PAST THIS COUNCIL AND, AND, AND THE FIRST DAY OF, OF SETTING, I THINK IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU ALL DO, UH, BOTH, UH, TAKING INPUT FROM DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO FROM A COUNCIL OFFICES THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH IS, IS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THEN I WAS REAL PROUD OF THE BUDGET THAT THE MANAGER, UH, UH, SUGGESTED, UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY ELEMENTS IN THAT THAT REALLY DID ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY IN THIS CITY.

UM, AND THEN TO HAND IT OFF TO THE COUNCIL, TO BE ABLE TO, TO REALLY JUST REALLY LAY INTO SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND ADD TO THEM, THIS REALLY IS, UH, UH, FIGHTING FOR ABILITY, UH, BUDGET, UM, UH, REAL HONORED TO BE WORKING ON THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE, UH, ON THE COUNCIL.

UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, HOW THIS CITY OPERATES AND ITS VALUES, I THINK WE'VE OFTEN HEARD THAT A BUDGET REPRESENTS, UH, VALUES, AND I'M JUST REAL PROUD OF THE VALUES THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS BUDGET SO MUCH DONE.

UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE PART OF A CITY WHERE THE ECONOMY IS HITTING ON SO MANY CYLINDERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GENERATES MORE REVENUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ON PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES IN THIS BUDGET FOR, FOR HOMELESSNESS AND FOR THE EXTRA MONEY, FOR HOUSING AND FOR HEAL AND HER, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE DO.

UH, AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE SPEND SO MUCH ON SOCIAL SERVICES AND ON EACH OTHER, UH, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS A HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND I'M PROUD.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY ESCALATE THAT SPENDING, UH, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, AND REAL PROUD THAT, UH, IN DOING THAT, UH, TAXES AND FEES, HAVEN'T GONE UP MORE THAN AN AVERAGE OF 3% OVER THIS LAST EIGHT YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY, PRETTY REMARKABLE, UH, COMBINED TAXES AND THEN PEACE IN THE CITY.

SO I'M PROUD ALSO TO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND TO PASS THIS BUDGET TODAY, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SAY OUT LOUD, IN CASE I SAID IT, UH, UH, INCORRECTLY, UH, BEFORE THAT, UM, UH, ADLER, UM, RIDER TWO, UH, WAS ACTUALLY A VERSION THREE.

UM, LET ME GET RIGHT OUTSIDE.

I MIGHT'VE BEEN WRONG ELLIS, UH, THREE, I THINK MAY HAVE BEEN VERSION TWO, VERSION THREE.

SO I THINK I MAY HAVE CALLED THAT OUT WRONG.

AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PASSED THAT WERE NOT REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENTS AS THEY WERE WRITTEN.

UH, BUT THEY WERE DONE THE CHANGES.

SOME CHANGES WERE MADE ON THE DAY, AND THEY WERE PICKED UP BY OUR STAFF AND THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT IS NOW BEING, UH, APPROVED.

SO, UH, WITH THAT ALL DONE AND DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE, UH, UH, BUDGET, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW READY TO TAKE THAT VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADOPTING THE CITY'S BUDGET AS AMENDED BOTH BY STAFF AND BY COUNCIL, THE LAW REQUIRES THIS TO BE A RECORD VOTE.

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SO THAT EACH OF US CAN STATE OUR VOTE? MAYOR ADLER? YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON.

COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDUS.

COUNCIL MEMBER OF ANDREA.

COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO YES.

WITH A 10 TO ONE VOTE.

UH, THE, UH, UH, BUDGET, UH, IS ADOPTED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING FEES, FINES, AND OTHER CHARGES TO BE SET OR CHARGED BY THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2023.

WE'RE NOW GOING TO TAKE UP

[5. Approve an ordinance authorizing fees, fines, and other charges to be set or charged by the City for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2023.]

UH, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR PRESENT ANYTHING YOU HAVE PRESENTED TO US THE, UH, THE, THE SCHEDULE FOR FEES, FINES, AND OTHER CHARGES? UH, THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO, UH, UH, POSTPONE AND NOT ACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND FEE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE PASSED SOMETHING TODAY THAT JUST LEAVES THAT ENTRY RIGHT NOW, BLANK, UH, FOR THE, UH, 2223 FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE WILL, UH, UH, UH, CONSIDER THAT ISSUE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, WHEN WE ARE BACK

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AGAIN.

MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO IS THIS WHERE WE'RE ALSO DOING THE AUSTIN ENERGY OR IS THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE? THAT IS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AIR PRO 10.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE POSTPONING THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.

WE'RE POSTPONING DEMAND.

WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE FEE SCHEDULE.

I I KNOW I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT, W WE'LL BE TAKING UP THE MANAGER'S PROPOSAL ON THE FIRST FOR THAT FEE FOR POSTPONING, THAT SECTION, POSTPONING, THAT SECTION.

WE'RE NOT TAKING UP A BLANK SECTION.

WE'RE TAKING UP THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION B.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

MAYOR.

BASED ON THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE BUDGET, WE HAVE SOME FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

UM, THIS FIRST SLIDE SPEAKS TO THE POOL, UM, LIFEGUARD FEES THAT WILL BE THERE ARE REVISED BASED ON THE UPDATED, UM, BASED ON THE UPDATED, UM, LIVING WAGE.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE PARKING MANAGEMENT FUND, THE CHANGES TO THAT BASED ON THE, UM, AGAIN, THE, THE UPDATED AMENDED BUDGET OR APPROVED BUDGET.

AND THEN FINALLY, THIS, THIS SPEAKS TO THE TOUGH CHANGES.

THE 15 CENT INCREASES TO THE TOUGH BASED ON THE CHANGES TO THE, UM, APPROVED BUDGET.

THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR? YES.

I THINK YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT WAS THE ONE I DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING FORWARD YESTERDAY.

IS THAT THE ONE THAT UPDATES THE POOL FEES BASED ON THE CHANGES? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU SAID COUNCIL MEMBER TOVAR, I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMEONE ELSE.

I DIDN'T GIVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS NAME.

I SAID BASED ON THE APPROVED BUDGET.

BUT THAT IS THE ONE FOR EVENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE FOR FEES, FINES, AND OTHER CHANGES WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS REFLECTING IN PART THE WORK THAT WE DID IN THE TOPIC OF THE BUDGET, IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTIONS ARE SECOND TO THAT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LS, THE SECOND SET, UM, WERE THERE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THE LAW REQUIRES OUR VOTE TO BE A RECORD, VOTE WITH A CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE FEES, FINES AND OTHER CHANGES.

CHARGES MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON.

COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDUS.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAN DIDIER.

COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

UH, WITH A RECORD VOTE OF 10 TO ONE, UH, THIS, UH, THE, UH, ORDINANCE FOR FEES, FINES, AND OTHER CHARGES IS ADOPTED.

MAYOR.

CAN I JUST ASK IF THEY COULD SEND US THAT LAST LITTLE PRESENTATION, PLEASE? OKAY.

COULD YOU EMAIL THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY? THAT'D BE GREAT.

BE GOOD TOO, IF YOU JUST POSTED IT IN BACKUPS.

SO IT'S EASY FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND AS WELL.

ALL

[Items 6 - 8]

UM, THESE AGENDA ITEMS SIX THROUGH EIGHT COULD BE TAKEN UP, UM, UH, BY CONSENT.

SO I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO CALL UP ITEMS SIX THROUGH EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS ESTABLISHES CLASSIFICATIONS OF POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE FOR AUSTIN FIRE POLICE AND THE EMS DEPARTMENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS? SIX THROUGH EIGHT, A COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON BIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALLIES, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THAT IT WAS OPPOSED, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASSIFICATION, DID YOU VOTE IN FAVOR? OKAY.

SO THIS WAS UNANIMOUS 11 ZERO ITEMS, SIX THROUGH A PASS.

THAT GETS US TO

[9. Ratify the property tax increase reflected in the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.]

A AGENDA ITEM NINE.

THIS IS THE VOTE TO RATIFY THE TAX INCREASE, UH, IN THE, UH, BUDGET.

THIS VOTE IS IN ADDITION TO AND SEPARATE FROM A VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THE VOTE TO SET THE TAX RATE.

THIS MOTION IS MADE IN THE FORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT IN AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE.

UH, SO ITEM NUMBER NINE WILL RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE

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BUDGET.

SO WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET, WE IDENTIFIED HOW MUCH WE WANTED TO SPEND, UH, BASED ON THAT NUMBER AND BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUE AS A CERTIFIED BY THE TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, UH, TAX, UM, OFFICIAL ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, UH, AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

UM, THE RATE IS CALCULATED.

THE VOTE WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE NOW IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

AND WE TAKE THIS VOTE SEPARATELY TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE PROPERTY TAXES THAN THE CITY RAISED LAST YEAR TO PAY FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED, UH, THIS YEAR.

UH, WE KNOW THE COSTS GO UP.

UM, I'M PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO MINIMIZE THESE INCREASES, UH, TO A LEVEL.

I THINK THAT SURPRISING SURPRISES PEOPLE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, BUT NONETHELESS, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE REQUIRED, UH, INCREASES.

THIS IS NOT A VOTE ON THE TAX RATE.

WE TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THE TAX RATE AFTER THIS VOTE, BUT I ABOUT TO ASK, IS THERE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 BUDGET.

THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTIONS ARE SECOND TO THAT MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA.

SECOND TO THAT MOTION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT MUST TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED.

AND I'M VOTING NO ON THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, OTHERS VOTING.

THIS PASSES 10 TO ONE, THE MERITS AFTER 10.

10, WHICH WE'RE NOW GOING TO TAKE UP.

IT'S AFTER 10 IT'S AFTER 10.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO CONTINUING ON PAST 10? I'D LIKE TO UPSTATE, UM, NO ONE OBJECTED TO THIS, UH, CONTINUING ON.

UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON, UM, I THINK THAT WE JUST VOTED ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, RIGHT? SO NOW WE'RE UP TO OF ITEM NUMBER

[10. Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance adopting and levying a property (ad valorem) tax rate for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.]

THIS IS TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND LEVYING THE PROPERTY AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2020, UH, THREE.

SO THIS MOTION ADOPTS THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

UH, AND I WANT TO KNOW IF SOMEONE WILL MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 46.27 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 2% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION.

UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER VELEZ SECONDS, THAT MOTION, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO SET THE, UH, UH, TAX RATE EFFECTIVELY AT 2% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE? UM, THE, UH, UH, LAW REQUIRES THAT THIS BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

SO WOULD THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR ADLER? YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON.

COUNCIL MEMBER FLINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER POLLED.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA.

US THEN TO, UM, UH, AGENDA ITEM 11.

ON A 10 TO ONE VOTE WITH BAD COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY VOTING.

NO, UH, THE, UH, TAX RATE AND THE 2% INCREASE IN THAT TAX RATE IS APPROVED EFFECTIVELY A 2% TAX RATE INCREASE.

SO THAT'S APPROVED.

THAT GETS

[11. Approve an ordinance ordering a general municipal election to be held in the City of Austin on November 8, 2022, for the purpose of electing a Mayor (at large) and City Council Members (single member districts) for District 1, District 3, District 5, District 8, and District 9; ordering a special election for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds; providing for the conduct of the general municipal and special elections; authorizing the City Clerk to enter into joint election agreements with other local political subdivisions as may be necessary for the orderly conduct of the elections; and declaring an emergency.]

UH, THIS IS THE, UH, UH, ITEM TO ORDER THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER EIGHT.

THAT INCLUDES THE ELECTING OF OFFICIALS, UH, AND ALSO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND.

UH, THAT MATTERS OF RECORD IS IN THE BACKUP.

I WILL SOMEONE, YES.

I'LL NOTE THAT.

UM, WOULD YOU OCCUPIED? IT'S ONLY.

I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'RE VOTING ON VERSION TWO THAT HAS THE BLANKS FILLED IN AND YOU ALL HAVE PROCEEDED THAT OR SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT BY NOW.

THE BONDS THAT IS BASED ON THE ESTIMATED TAX RATE OF THE CITY IS EXPECTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.48 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS TAXABLE VALUATION, SO ON.

AND, AND, AND THE BLANK IS FILLED IN WHAT'S THE, THE BLANKS ARE FILLED IN TO SHOW THAT THAT IS BASED AT

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THAT'S HOW THE BLANKETS FILLED IN.

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 11, THAT IS IN FRONT OF US.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE VERSION TWO COUNCIL MEMBER POINT.

THIS MAKES THAT MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN SECONDS, THAT MOTION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AS TO WHERE OUR KITCHEN, UH, MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE HOUSING BOND.

UH, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD A BOND FOR 350 MILLION, AND I WAS PROUD TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO MOVE IT FROM 300 AND 350.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND FROM, AND I FEEL THAT, UM, UH, THIS LEVEL OF FUNDING WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AS THAT ITEM HAS PUT ON THE BALLOT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THAT'S KELLY? UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION HERE FOR THE WEEKEND.

I APPRECIATE.

WELL, IT'S, IT'S ONE SET OF LANGUAGE.

UM, I'M NOT SURE WE, CAN WE JUST NOTE IN THE RECORD, YOUR OBJECTION TO THE HOUSING BOND COMPONENTS? YES.

UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HOUSING BOND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON? UH, YES.

MA'AM.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO OUR LONG AWAITED COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY EFFORT IS STUCK, ABSOLUTELY STUCK, AND A PATTERN THAT NEEDS A $26 MILLION FUNDING GAP, UM, TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ANNEXED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO.

UM, AND 50 YEARS OF TEXTING THESE RESIDENTS WITHOUT PROVIDING THEM THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE OR RESOURCES THAT SO MANY OTHER AUSTINITES HAVE ENJOYED.

UM, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING TO FIX THAT FOR A FULL DECADE NOW, WHILE THERE'S BEEN SOME VERY LITTLE PROGRESS, IT FEELS LIKE MAINLY IT'S BEEN PROMISES AND PROMISES AND MORE PROMISES AND VERY LITTLE ACTION.

UM, THESE RESIDENTS DESERVE SOME VERY LONG AWAITED FOLLOW THROUGH.

THEY DESERVE THE SAME HEALTHY, SAFE, AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY THAT AUSTINITES, UM, ALL OVER AUSTIN, UH, ENJOY.

SO THEY, THEY DESERVE TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS GOOD SCHOOLS THAT HAS JOBS THAT HAS TRANSIT FOOD, ACCESS, QUALITY GREENSPACES, AND SO MUCH MORE, UM, THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.

SO I WOULD ADD THAT IT TAKES MONEY TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.

I THINK, UH, I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO FINALLY DELIVER THE CITY'S PROMISE OF FINDING THAT MONEY TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE.

SO I AM VERY DEEPLY CURIOUS TO KNOW IF WE CAN USE A PART OF THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS TO CLOSE THE $26 MILLION FUNDING GAP TO FINALLY PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTHS ARE AND HAVE BEEN AND KICKSTART THE COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PLAN.

SO I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THIS MONEY, THIS MONEY IS CERTAINLY ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.

AND IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, WE SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT, UH, IS, IS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION.

WE PASSED AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

WE SPECIFICALLY PUT IN LANGUAGE, UH, TO SAY THAT THIS CAN BE SPENT ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY, UH, WHICH, UH, UH, AGAIN, UM, HAS THE COLONY PARK BEING ELIGIBLE, UH, UH, FOR THAT ON THAT BASIS AS WELL.

UM, WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTIES OR ANY PARTICULAR PROJECTS IN THE PASSAGE OF THIS BOND LANGUAGE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S ELIGIBLE.

AND I WILL PERSONALLY WORK WITH YOU TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THIS MONEY SENT THAT WAY.

IF I MAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T, I DON'T PUSH REAL HARD THAT OFTEN, BUT I MEAN, JUST FAIR WARNING.

I'M GOING TO PUSH REALLY HARD, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD HERE.

UM, AND IT, WASN'T A QUESTION ABOUT ELIGIBILITY SO MUCH AS REALLY GETTING AN EARLY GAUGE FROM MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO GETTING THIS DONE.

I WANT TO LOOK ONE OF THESE ATX AND CAMERA'S VERY SOON AND TELL MS. BARBARA, SCOTT, WE DID IT.

AND SO I FEEL MS. SCOTT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER

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AS WELL.

SHE MIGHT BE TOUCHING IT TOO.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, COUNTERPOINT THIS, THANK YOU.

UH, FIRST MARIJUANA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP ON HOUSING AND FOR YOUR RECORD ON HOUSING, I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST PRO-HOUSING MAYORS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU AND, AND TO BE A PART OF THIS, UH, BALLOT PROPOSITION, AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, IT IS MUCH NEEDED.

WE ALL KNOW THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN.

UM, AND THE EXTENT THAT THESE BOND DOLLARS WILL AND HAVE SHOWN AND HAVE A HISTORY OF, OF PRODUCING AFFORDABLE UNITS.

I KNOW MY DISTRICT HAS HAD OVER 200 AFFORDABLE UNITS, UH, PRODUCED AND CREATED AS PART OF THE LAST BOND.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS EFFORT.

I WAS THRILLED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION, UH, TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ANY FURTHER ON THIS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, I'M ALSO PROUD TO BE A JOINING OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS HOUSING BY I'M.

ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WAS A HOUSING BOND JUST BEFORE I JOINED THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT DEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY IT WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT WAS, UH, PROUD TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT DID THAT HISTORIC $250 MILLION BOND.

AND, AND RIGHT NOW, EVEN PROUDER TO, TO BE A PART OF A $350 MILLION BOND, IT'S, IT'S LEVERAGED SO MUCH IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT ON HOUSING AND IN THE COMMUNITY FROM THE BONDS HAS BEEN DRAMATIC.

UH, AND CERTAINLY WE'RE IN A CRISIS.

WE'RE BUILDING MORE HOUSES THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.

UH, SO WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR EFFORT TO, TO FILL THESE GAPS.

AND THIS DOES THAT, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, CONSIDERS AND, UH, COMES OUT TO, TO VOTE ON WITH THAT.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

NUMBER 11, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE COUNCIL, UH, TO CALL FOR THIS ELECTION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

AND MAYOR THAT'S WITH THE NOTATION THAT I AM WITH THE NOTATION THAT COMES FROM KELLY IS POSING THE, UH, THE BOND.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 IS THE, I'M SORRY, JUST A QUICK NOTE.

I'M JUST, UM, WE JUST NOW RECEIVED YOUR, THE ITEMS THAT YOU VOTED AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND SEVERAL OF THEM THAT YOU SAID YOU VOTED AGAINST IN MY PORTFOLIO.

UM, I HAD WITHDRAWN, SO I'LL JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, THAT THOSE ARE THOSE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD FOR A VOTE.

I REMEMBER WE VOTED, THIS IS A, THE CONTRACT FURTHER CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT MY STAFF GETS THE UPDATED VERSION.

I KNOW WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT AS, AS WE WERE GOING TO THE CLERK BEFORE THE EVENING'S OVER.

I DON'T NUMBER 12, WE HAVE ALREADY POSTPONED THAT ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13.

[13. Approve a resolution related to the implementation of the 2022 Affordable Housing Bond Program described in Resolution No. 20220728-092 to fund affordable housing developments or programs.]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON SECONDS, THAT NOTION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

I'M SHOWING IT.

YES, NO.

WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY VOTING.

NO, IT PASSES, UH, 10 TO A ONE.

UM, I'M PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED THAT AS WELL.

IT HELPS EXPLAIN WHAT THE BOND ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT.

UH, AND IT IS A WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN HOLD THIS COUNCIL AND FOR THE FUTURE COUNCILS, UM, UH, ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING WHAT IT IS THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO, I GUESS, JUST TO AGENDA ITEM

[14. Approve an ordinance setting Mayor and Council Member salaries and compensation; amending Ordinance No. 20150212-017; and repealing Ordinance No. 20061116-081.]

NUMBER 13, OR WHERE DID WE JUST, WE JUST PASS OR ITEM NUMBER 14.

UM, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE SETTING, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SALARY AND COMPENSATION.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON SECONDS.

IT STARTED A DISCUSSION ON THIS.

CAN I JUST BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POLES MOTION IS WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON, THAT YOU MOVE EVERYTHING TO DECEMBER? YES.

IN FACT, THAT IS THE DATE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE VERSION THAT WE WERE EMAILED.

UM, UH, 10, 10 ISH, UH, THIS EVENING.

YES, IT DOES SAY DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY CLEAR.

THANK

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YOU.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND DISCUSSION.

TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, THIS ITEM 14, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED.

UH, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ABSTAINS VOTING.

NO IS COUNCILMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THE OTHERS VOTING.

AYE.

SO ON AN EIGHT TO TWO TO ONE OWED THIS ITEM, UH, 14 PASSES.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

THAT WAS A NO, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WAS WITH THE, THAT WAS JUST THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PULLED BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT THAT IS AN ACTUAL, NO VOTE FOR ME ALTOGETHER.

SO WE'LL MAKE THE VOTE EIGHT TO THREE, UH, WITH THOSE VOTING AGAINST THE THREE VOTING AGAINST WHERE KELLY WENT, THIS AND ELLIS.

TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.

LET'S MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 15 AND, UH, 16.

UH, I'M GOING TO, UM, THERE WILL BE NO REASON FOR US TO COME BACK TOGETHER AS A CITY COUNCIL.

I DON'T BELIEVE IS THAT RIGHT? SO I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, HERE, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 10 17, BUT, UH, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

THIS MEETING MEETING IS ADJOURNED, BUT WHILE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, WE'RE GOING

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]

UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, PART OF OUR COLLECTED MEDIA BECAUSE ORIGINALLY NOTICED FOR AUGUST 17TH, BUT AS PART OF OUR CONTINUED MEETING, UH, CONTINUED AGENDA RATHER AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD, UH, WE HAD ANTICIPATED TO GET THIS DONE YESTERDAY.

HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, SO IT JUST GOT ROLLED OVER.

UH, WE ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT CITY HALL.

UM, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, HAS A QUORUM OF ITS DIRECTORS PRESENT.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

ONE IS TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, THE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22 23, AND THE AMOUNT OF 14,000,600, $9,827.

AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION GRANT OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22 23 IN THE AMOUNT OF 20 MILLION, 2 77, 4 24.

AND THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FIND THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22 23 IN THE AMOUNT OF 380,000 OR TOTAL BUDGET OF 20 MILLION, 657,424.

ALSO FURTHER AUTHORIZES THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR THE NAMED HOUSING PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 20 22 23, AND AUTHORIZES THE TRANSFER BUDGET AMOUNTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL LIMITS OR THE GENERAL MANAGER.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT COUNTS? REMEMBER AT THE RIO, NO DIRECTOR RENTER YET MAKES THAT MOTION DIRECTOR OPPER MADISON SECOND SET, AND THE DISCUSSION WAS IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, OZ HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

IT IS UNANIMOUS AMONG THE DIRECTORS.

IT PASSES, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS WE HAVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, MEETING, UH, THAT NOW GETS US TO, UH, THE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE

[Mueller Local Government Corporation]

THE, UH, MUELLER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION HERE.

UH, THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE, UH, MEETING, UH, CALLED FOR THE AGENDA SET OUT FOR, UH, AUGUST 17TH ANTICIPATED TO BE DONE YESTERDAY.

WE WERE NOT.

SO IT ROLLED OVER, UH, WE ARE IN, UH, CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, AND THE TIME IS 10, UH, 20, THERE ARE, UH, TWO ITEMS, UH, IN FRONT OF US.

UM, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE AGENDA? DO YOU WANT TO LAY OUT ONE AND TWO? THANK YOU.

UM, SO NOW WE'LL BE A WHOLE RAFT, IF YOU BOSTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND BEFORE YOU ARE TWO ITEMS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 11TH, 2021, AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER TWO APPROVAL OF THE OPERATING BUDGET BEFORE WE'RE 1,000,840 $2,296.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS, THE MINUTES AND THE OPERATING

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BUDGET ON CONSENT COUNCIL MEMBER? I MEAN, DIRECTOR RENT, THE RHEA MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND DIRECTOR VELEZ SECONDS? UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THESE TWO ITEMS, MARE DIRECTOR, ALL THE, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK WHY WE CAN'T.

WHY THERE STILL A BALANCE THAT'S SO HIGH, UM, IN THE MUELLER FUND, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT IS THAT THEY'RE TO PAY OFF BONDS DOWN THE LINE THAT WE OWE, OR IS IT, I MEAN, IS IT JUST A MATTER OF TIMING OR CAN THOSE FUNDS BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS? THE BALANCE IS A SURPLUS OF THE TAX INCREMENT REVENUE, LESS THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS.

SO UNTIL ALL OF THE BONDS ARE DIFFUSED, THE BALANCE WILL REMAIN.

AND HOW LONG DO WE HAVE FOR THAT? THE LAST BOND WILL BE PAID OFF BY 2032.

SO IN 2032, AT THE SAME RATE, THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME NUMBER OF MILLION DOLLARS LEFT THAT WOULD THEN GO TO THE CITY.

ANY FURTHER, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, TAKE A VOTE ON THE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED THE DIRECTORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, IS THERE, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO COVER.

SO THE MUELLER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION MEETING HERE TODAY IS ADJOURNED AT 10 22 AND THAT COLLEAGUES, WE ARE DONE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO.

MARY HAD A MEETING TOMORROW.