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UH, IT IS, UH, 10 18, UH, ON, UH, UH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2022.
UH, WE ARE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BELLA, UH, HAD A FUNERAL THIS MORNING.
HE IS NOW HEADED BACK, ANTICIPATES TO GET BACK HERE, UH, SOMETIME AFTER 1130.
UH, HE'S ASKED US TO, UH, PULL THE TENANT ITEMS, UH, SO THAT, UH, HE'S ABLE HERE TO DISCUSS THEM.
UH, SO WE'LL PULL, UH, 23 AND, AND, AND 25.
AND NOW I HAVE, NOW I HAVE ON GREEN TWO.
UM, I'M GONNA READ IN, UH, THE, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS INTO THE RECORD.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS WITHDRAWN.
ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2022, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ON A SIX VOTE, UM, WITH SIX VOTES, I GUESS WITH COMMISSIONERS.
UH, AND GO HARMON, UH, BRENDAN ABSENT, AND ONE VACANCY.
ITEMS THREE AND 18 ON OCTOBER 17TH, RECOMMENDED BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION ON AN EIGHT ZERO VOTE.
COMMISSIONER HAYDEN, ABSENT TO VACANCIES.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY ADDENDA.
ITEM 64, ITEM 24, POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022.
ITEM 29, POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 8TH, 2022.
ITEM NUMBER 40, WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY ADDENDUM ITEM 66.
UH, WHEN THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE TAKEN UP, THESE ITEMS WILL BE POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022.
WE HAVE, UH, THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED.
ITEM 23 AND 25 OR THE TWO, UH, TENANT ITEMS WE DISCUSSED JUST A MOMENT AGO.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, 41, UH, WHICH IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOS, UH, IFFC ON, UH, REAL ESTATE.
UH, I'VE, UH, POSTED A MESSAGE BOARD POST ON THAT THIS MORNING.
I'LL HAND OUT ON THE DI HERE IN JUST SECOND.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, UH, SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, TIME ISSUES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS GONNA BE OFF THE D TODAY FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, ABOUT THREE 10, UH, TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, UH, OFF THE DIVES FROM SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE'RE DONE BEFORE THEN.
UH, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION CANNOT BE, UH, CANNOT BEGIN BEFORE 2:00 PM THOSE BECOME THEN THE ISSUE IN THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE, UH, WE WERE BEGINNING TO APPROACH, UH, THE, THE, THE 60 SPEAKER SPAR MARK THIS MORNING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH SPEAKERS ONE MINUTE EACH.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO THEN TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE CONTROVERSIAL.
MAYBE WE CAN READ INTO, UH, ITEMS AND THEN STILL HAVE THEM STAY ON CONSENT.
IF THEY INVOLVE DISCUSSIONS, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL PULL THEM.
UM, AND THEN, UM, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA TODAY.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY TWO DISCUSSION ITEMS ON ZONING.
UH, IT'S MY INTENT TO, UH, CALL TO DO SPEAKERS AT 2:00 PM UH, AND DO THE CONSENT, DO THE CONSENT ZONING, AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THAT POINT.
I WANTED TO DRIVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE YELLOW SHEET, THE MOTION SHEET THAT I HAD DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING ON THE DIAS FOR ITEM 45 ON, UM, CHANGE TO, UH, LANDSCAPE CODE.
THE REASON IT WAS DELAYED, WE TRIED TO POST YESTERDAY, BUT OUR INTERNET WAS DOWN.
WE WERE HAVING SOME TROUBLE, UM, WITH THE MESSAGE BOARD AND EMAILS, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT INTO STAFF FOR IT TO BE DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WE GOT IT FIRST THING THIS MORNING.
OUR KITCHEN, UM, I HAVE, UH, DIRECTION FOR ITEMS 30, 31 AND 32.
I'M HAPPY FOR IT TO STAY ON CONSENT.
I JUST NEED TO, UM, UH, MOVE MY DIRECTION.
SO YOU CAN DO IT EACH, ANY, ANY WAY YOU WANT.
UH, WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM.
UH, IS, UH, STAFF ON BOARD WITH THE DIRECTIONS THAT YOU'RE
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PROPOSING? YES.UM, MAYOR, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR ITEM 39, UM, THERE IS A VERSION TWO THAT I UPLOADED A LINK TO ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POST, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A VERSION TOO ON THAT ITEM.
I HANDED OUT A MOTION SHEET ON ITEM 45.
UM, IT WAS POINTED OUT BY COUNCIL POOL THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE A CHANGE ON MOTION SHEET TWO TO THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
HEADS UP, WE'VE MADE THAT CHANGE.
I'M HANDING OUT, UH, THE ITEM 45, UH, MOTION SHEET, UM, AND WOULD, UH, OFFER THOSE, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 42.
UM, UH, THERE'S BEEN ONE ADDITIONAL CHANGE FOR, IT WAS HANDED OUT ON TUESDAY AND POSTED AT, UH, WORK SESSION.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE FOR, FOR THE COMMENT YOU RAISED AT WORK SESSION.
IT'S SHOWN HERE, I THINK ON PAGE THREE OF WHAT I'M HANDING OUT RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS VERSION FIVE HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED, UH, BUT IT DEALS WITH THE ISSUE THAT I BROUGHT TIME RAISED.
UH, AND MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 34 FOR THE DISPARITY STUDY, WHICH I POSTED, WHICH I'LL INTRODUCE BEFORE WE DO CONSENT.
HOPEFULLY THAT CAN STAY ON CONSENT AS WELL.
SO WITH ALL THOSE NOTICES AND, AND WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE READY TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND LAUNCH THAT.
OR CLERK, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US THROUGH SPEAKERS ONE MINUTE EACH THIS MORNING.
OH, BY THE WAY, THE, UM, UH, JUST TO, TO, TO ARTICULATE, IT HASN'T BEEN HANDED OUT WELL SHORTLY ON THE, UH, UH, ITEM WITH RESPECT TO, UM, UH, TENANT RIGHT TO CURE, UH, I'M GONNA BE, UH, HANDING OUT DOCUMENT THAT PROPOSES THOSE CHANGES I DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY.
LOWERS FROM, UM, UH, MAKES IT SEVEN DAYS, UM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT, IT MAKES IT APPLY TO ALL UNITS, UH, ABOVE FOUR UNITS.
IT REQUIRES A LOOK BACK AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS TO SEE IF ANY OF THE, UH, FEARED, UH, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HAVE IN FACT, UH, UH, ARISEN SO THAT THAT CAN BE, UH, ANALYZED.
UH, AND THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT, UM, HOW WE DEFINE, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, THAT, UM, UH, CAN BE, UH, UH, A BASIS TO TERMINATE A LEASE WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.
UH, WE'RE COMING UP WITH LANGUAGE.
I'M UNCOMFORTABLE JUST LEAVING THAT REALLY BROAD CUZ I DON'T WANT IT TO PICK UP THE REALLY LOWER LEVEL CRIMES AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
WE HAVE TREATED MARIJUANA DIFFERENTLY.
WE'VE TREATED, UM, SOMEONE SEEKING, UH, SEXUAL, UH, UH, REPRODUCTIVE, UH, UH, RIGHT RELIEF, NOT SPEAKING ABOUT ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.
UH, I'M GONNA TRY TO PROPOSE THAT THAT BE ALSO PART OF THAT SIX MONTH REVIEW, COMING BACK TO COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE.
UH, BUT WE'LL BE HANDING OUT THAT DRAFT, UH, JUST AS QUICKLY AS THAT'S READY.
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WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND BRING US SPEAKERS.THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL BUNCH, SPEAKING ON SEVERAL ITEMS. HELLO, UM, THIS IS BILL BOND SAVER SPRINGS ALLIANCE.
MY MAIN REQUEST TO YOU IS PLEASE POSTPONE, UH, ITEM 15 AND 17, WHICH IS ABOUT 150 MILLION FOR, UH, REHABBING THE SOUTH AUSTIN REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO INTEGRATE INTO THAT PROJECT, UPGRADES TO THE TREATMENT SO THAT THE WASTEWATER IS MUCH CLEANER.
BASED ON 1980S STANDARDS, CURRENT TECHNOLOGY CAN ACHIEVE MUCH CLEANER, CLEANER WASTEWATER, AND THE AUSTIN NEEDS TO TAKE A LEAD ON THIS.
THIS IS SORT OF COMING UP LAST MINUTE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT IT HAD SLIPPED THROUGH.
IT'S 75 MILLION GALLON A DAY DISCHARGE.
AUSTIN IS THE BIGGEST DISCHARGE INCLUDER TO THE RIVER.
WE NEED TO TAKE A LEAD ON CLEANING UP DISCHARGES, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY NEW ONES COMING ONLINE WITH THE TESLA BOOM HAPPENING.
UM, I ALSO WANNA OBJECT TO THE, UH, TIME LIMIT THE STATE LAW.
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VIOLATING STATE LAW VERY CLEARLY.UH, YOU CAN ONLY LIMIT PER ITEM, NOT PER PERSON.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY'S SPEAKING AND SIGNED UP FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAM KRS SPEAKING ON SEVERAL ITEMS. HI, UH, MY NAME IS SAM KRS.
UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT, UH, TODAY, PARTICULARLY OF ITEMS 23 AND 25, UH, THE TENANT'S RIGHTS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL, UH, A QUICK STORY FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, AFTER, UM, THE POLICE SHOT ME AND I WAS RECOVERING.
UM, MY APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO WHERE I HAD RATS AND COCKROACHES, BUT THE FINAL STRAW WAS WHEN WE HAD A GAS LEAK IN DECEMBER OF 2020, WHICH FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER, THAT WAS THE, UM, THE YEAR OF THE WINTER FREEZE OR, OR THE, THE WINTER OF THE WINTER FREEZE, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DID NOT DO ANYTHING.
UM, AND WE HAD TO FIGHT BACK AND WE HAD TO FORM A TENANT UNION, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THAT ANYTHING HAPPENED.
THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY ENDED UP HIRING LEGITIMATE PLUMBERS THAT ACTUALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM.
NET AFTER NIGHT, WE WERE WAITING EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
THEY TOLD US WE THINK THE GAS IS GONNA COME BACK TOMORROW.
WE COULDN'T HEAT OUR APARTMENTS, WE COULDN'T COOK, WE COULDN'T, UM, USE HOT WATER.
UM, AND IT TOOK ABOUT THE WHOLE MONTH.
AND, UM, YEAH, THE ONLY REASON WHY ANYTHING COULD HAPPENED WAS BECAUSE WE FOUGHT BACK.
WE ORGANIZED, UM, AND WITH THE HELP OF VASA, WE FORMED A TENANT UNION AND WE GOT $25 PER DAY PER PERSON IN BACK PAY TO EVERY SINGLE TENANT FOR EVERY DAY THAT WE DID NOT HAVE GAS FOR.
UH, MORNING, UH, THE GENTLEMAN AND LADIES, UH, I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEMS 23 AND 25.
FRANKLY, BOTH OF THESE ITEMS SEVERELY INFRINGE UPON THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 16 PROVIDES THAT NO BILL OF ATTAINED EX POST FACTO LAW, RETROACTIVE LAW, OR ANY OTHER LAW IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS SHALL BE MADE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT ITEMS 23 AND 25 ARE DOING.
THEY IMPAIR EXISTING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS.
ADDITIONALLY, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 29, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS OF WHICH ARTICLE ONE SECTION TEAM IS A PARTNER SIX 16 IS IN PART, ARE ACCEPTED OUT OF THE GENERAL POWERS OF GOVERNMENT AND ALL CONTRARY LAWS ARE VOID.
THE ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT PASSING RELATED TO ITEMS 23 AND 25, BOTH VIOLATE BOTH THESE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND THEY'RE GONNA LEAD TO ENDLESS LITIGATION AND CHALLENGES.
THEY'RE CLEARLY UN IN, UH, ILLEGAL AND SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.
AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S LAW DEPARTMENT SHOULD LOOK AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY AND NOT ALLOW THESE ORDINANCES TO BE PASSED.
YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO ME.
HI, MY NAME IS KENDRA GARRETT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEMS 23 AND 25, UH, BOTH RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND THE RIGHT TO, FOR OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF A MUTUAL BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANDLORD AND A TENANT.
WE LIVE IN A MAJORITY WHERE THEIR CITY WAS AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT HOUSING STABILITY REMAIN OUR TOP PRIORITY, THE RIGHT TO CURE.
SUPPORTING A FULL 21 DAYS OF NOTICE PROVIDES LY FOR THE TENANT AS LIFE HAPPENS.
THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZED SUPPORTS TENANT'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE THEY LIVE IN A SAFE AND QUALITY HOUSING COMMUNITY.
THE STATE PROVIDES RIGHTS TO LANDLORDS, TENANTS MUST, MUST HAVE RIGHTS AS WELL TO SUPPORT ITEMS 23 8 85.
ITEM 23, DANIELLE, TED ROW, DANIELLE, TED ROWE.
PLEASE UNMUTE BETHANY HART FOR ITEM 23.
UH, HI, MY NAME IS BETHANY HART.
UM, I WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT I DO SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING CONCEPT OF THE ORDINANCE BY EXPANDING THE PERIOD PRIOR TO EVICTION FOR 21 DAYS.
BUT I WANTED TO, UH, PROVIDE MY PERSPECTIVE AS A SMALL TIME LANDLORD BECAUSE HOUSING PRICES ARE SO HIGH IN PROPERTY, TAXES ARE GOING UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF LANDLORDS OUT THERE WHO WILL CALL SMALL TIME LANDLORDS WHO RENT OUT PART OF THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE AS A WAY TO AFFORD THEIR MORTGAGE AND RISING, UH, TAXES.
UM, I BECAME A LANDLORD ABOUT, UH, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO,
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MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO RENT OUT A BEDROOM TO A FRIEND WHO THEN TURNED OUT TO BE, UM, SERIALLY TARGETING SMALL TIME TENANTS, UH, IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE TRUSTING.UM, AND SO THAT LED ME INTO, UH, THE PROCESS OF EVICTION.
AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT, UM, ITEM 23 THAT WILL DISADVANTAGE PEOPLE LIKE ME.
UH, THE FIRST POINT IS THAT, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CARES ACT REQUIREMENT FOR 30 DAYS NOTICE JUST TO VACATE IS STILL IN EFFECT.
AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE JT COURT, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION, AND EVEN THE TENANTS CO, THE AUSTIN TENANTS COUNSEL.
UM, AND SO ENACTING THIS WITHOUT GIVING ANY YOU YOUR TIME WAS EXPIRED, THAT AND, UM, ANY THANK YOU FRANK NESTER FOR 23 AND 25.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS FRANK NEER.
I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT ONE AND A MEMBER OF DSA.
I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH FOSTER.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ORGANIZE IF, UH, ARE FOR THE MOST PART LOW INCOME, UNDOCUMENTED, OR THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELDERLY.
UM, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO PAY THEIR RENT, UH, AND ARE BEING, UH, ALWAYS, UH, INTIMIDATED BY THEIR LANDLORDS.
UH, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF US AND I ARE RENTERS, NOT SMALL TIME LANDLORDS.
AND I WILL ALSO MENTION TO YOU THAT, UH, I HAVE FRIEND WHO PAID HIS RENT AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SERVING EVICTION NOTICE AND THEY EVICTED HIM ANYWAY, HE NO LONGER LIVES IN AUSTIN.
HE WAS AN ACTOR OF COLOR IN AUSTIN.
AUSTIN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CITY OF CREATIVES, NOT OF THE LAND OWNING CLASS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
SARAH SUMMERS ON ITEM 23 AND 25.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT NINE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEMS 23 AND 25.
THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND THE RIGHT TO CURE ARE ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR ALLOWING RENTERS A CHANCE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TENANTS TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFER AND MORE RESPECTFUL HOUSING CONDITIONS.
TENANT ORGANIZING CAN HELP BUILD COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY THAT CARES, TAKES CARE.
WHAT LANDLORD WOULD NOT WANT THAT? ONLY SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED RENTERS WHO ARE TOO OVERWHELMED SURVIVING DAY TO DAY, ALLOWING TENANTS TO ORGANIZE, WILL HELP IMPROVE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND BUILD STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE RIGHT TO CURE WOULD ALLOW TIME TO CURE OR FIXED OUTSTANDING RENTAL ISSUES BEFORE EVICTION, THUS REDUCING EVICTIONS, DISPLACEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS.
CHILDREN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES HAVE TO CHANGE SCHOOLS AND THE CYCLES OF RENTING TO PREDATORY HOUSING SITUATIONS CAUSED BY EVICTIONS WREAK HAVOC ON THEIR LIVES.
ALLOWING TENANTS MORE TIME TO GET RENT PAYMENTS UP TO DATE WILL HELP FAMILIES ACROSS AUSTIN'S DAY ROOTED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE MAJORITY OF AUSTINITE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OWNING HOMES AND HAVE TO RENT.
UM, SPEAKING OF SUPPORTIVE AGENDA ITEMS 23 AND 25, UH, RENTERS NEED ALL THE HELP THAT THEY CAN GET RIGHT NOW.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE COST OF LIVING IS SKYROCKETED RECENTLY AND PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING JUST TO GET BY.
UM, THAT'S WHY I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED RIGHT TO CURE.
GIVING PEOPLE EXTRA TIME TO CATCH UP ON PAYMENTS AND PREVENT THEIR EVICTIONS IS THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO, AND IT'S THE TYPE OF POLICY THAT ACTUALLY PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS AND BENEFITS EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I SUPPORT ITEM 25 BECAUSE TEXAS DOESN'T HAVE THE BROAD TENANTS RIGHTS PROTECTIONS THAT PLENTY OF OTHER STATES ALREADY OFFER.
EVERYONE DESERVES SAFE LIVING CONDITIONS, OFFERING TENANTS MORE.
ORGANIZING PROTECTIONS WILL EMPOWER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY GIVING THEM THE CHANCE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST SUBSTANDARD LIVING CONDITIONS WITH LESS FEAR OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, OR DISPLACEMENT BY THEIR LANDLORDS, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME TENANTS ARE MOBILIZING IT'S DUE TO SEVERE PROBLEMS AT THEIR COMPLEXES.
THE CITY, AS PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT, IS FULL OF RENTERS, INCLUDING MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW AND LOVE HERE, AND THEY DESERVE THE CHANCE TO THRIVE.
THESE PROPOSED ORDINANCES ARE ABSOLUTELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MONICA GUZMAN FOR SEVERAL ITEMS. GOOD MORNING.
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GOMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR AT GO AUSTIN BAOS.AUSTIN GABA SUPPORTS ITEMS 2325 AND 39 AND ALSO RECOMMENDS EXPANDING ITEM 39 TO INCLUDE MOTELS AND USE OF MULTILINGUAL NOTIFICATIONS.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THERE ARE FAMILIES LIVING IN MOTELS, TWO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN AT A I D TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
ITEM 42, THANKS TO MARI PROTE ALTERS POST ON THE COUNCIL MESSAGE BOARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER PULLS AMENDMENTS RESOLUTION DRAFT FOUR IS A MILLION TIMES BETTER AND WON'T SKIRT OUR VERY IMPORTANT REGULATIONS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL THE QUESTION AND RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OFFSET? WE URGE THE CITY TO ENSURE THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT COMMUNITY, ARE CENTERED AND INCLUDED IN A LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE STAKEHOLDER.
ITEM 45, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO THOROUGHLY ANALYZE.
SO I WILL REITERATE WHAT IT WAS STATED PREVIOUSLY.
OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED WAIVER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AND PUBLIC PROCESS OF NOTIFICATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, OPPOSITION OF PROPOSED DELETION OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND PROPOSING NOTIFICATIONS TO BE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH WITH AN EXTRA PAGE IN THE TOP FIVE TO SEVEN LANGUAGES STATING HOW REQUEST TIME HAS EXPIRED NOTIFICATION IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
CITY CORRESPONDENCE GAVA SUPPORTS BILL PLAN.
THANK YOU CARMEN YAS FOR SEVERAL ITEMS. HEY, Y'ALL, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONCE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ADDRESS EACH ITEM.
WE SHOULD BE GETTING AT LEAST A MINUTE PER ITEM SO WE CAN SAY SOMETHING.
UM, SINCE I DON'T HAVE THAT TIME, I'M JUST GONNA SAY ON ITEM 42, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE REVISIONS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND OTHERS, UH, PROTECTING OUR EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT REGULATIONS.
THESE REGULATIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR A REASON AND THEY'RE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE ARE DEVELOPING AUSTIN SO RAPIDLY FOR PROFIT.
Y'ALL, JUST BECAUSE YOU SAVE MONEY ON REGULATIONS DOESN'T MEAN OUR HOUSING IS GONNA BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE UNLESS YOU HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE AND WE NEED TIME TO GET IT RIGHT.
I HAVE VERY MUCH SUPPORT VERSIONS, THE VERSIONS THREE AND FOUR, AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE NOT UNDERMINED.
UM, PLEASE GIVE US OUR TIME BACK TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU, DAVID FOSTER, ITEM 45.
UH, THIS IS DAVID FOSTER SPEAKING TODAY AS A VOLUNTEER FOR CLEAN WATER ACTION.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 45 AND URGE YOU TO PASS AS MUCH OF IT AS YOU CAN TODAY.
ITEM 40 FIVES, UH, IS OF COURSE THE, UH, GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND A FUNCTIONAL GREEN PACKAGE THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, UH, IN CONSIDERABLE TIME FROM STAFF, UH, COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A NEW THING.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU PASS IT TODAY IS BECAUSE COME JANUARY WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A NEW MAYOR, AND WE'RE GONNA LOSE A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AROUND THESE ISSUES.
AND THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THAT MAY BE THAT THIS GETS DELAYED IF IT EVER HAPPENS AT ALL ON THE MATTER OF FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO PASS TODAY.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO IS TO BORROW A LEAF FROM WATER FORWARD AND STIPULATE THAT IT BE PASSED OR GOING TO EFFECT, UM, IN DECEMBER, 2023, JUST AS WATER FORWARD DIRECTS THAT, UH, THE, UH, DUAL PLUMBING OBLIGATIONS OF LARGE NEW DEVELOPMENTS GO INTO EFFECT, THEN THAT AUDIT GIVES STAFF AND THE STAKEHOLDERS TIME TO DO THEIR JOB.
ABSENT A CLEARER TIMELINE LIKE THAT, I'M AFRAID THIS WILL JUST GET STAKEHOLDER TO DEATH, TO BE HONEST, AND THIS MAY NEVER COME ABOUT.
PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR, COUNSELOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I HAVE THE, THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING OUR POST NEARLY 9,000 MEMBERS OF CLEAN WATER ACTION IN THE AUSTIN AREA AND HAVE TAKEN OVER THIS POSITION FROM MY ESCAPE COLLEAGUE DAVID FOSTER.
UH, I WILL REITERATE HIS, HIS AND OUR SUPPORT FOR ITEM 45 WITH AN URGENCY TO, UH, CONSIDER AND PASSED EACH OF THE PIECES INCLUDING, UM, FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS TO DO THIS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AS A RESIDENT OF HOUSTON, I DON'T CALL IN TO HEAR YOU BOOING, BUT TO SAY WE ENVY OFTEN AND INNOVATIVE WATER FORWARD THINKING, UH, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE YOUR GREEN AND NATURAL SPACES, UH, IN THE FACE OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S THE THING THAT MANY CITIES CANNOT DO, AND THIS, THESE PIECES ARE VITAL TO CONTINUING THAT PIECE.
UM, AND I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING, UH, ENVIRONMENT VERSUS ECONOMY IS, IS A FALSE DICHOTOMY.
UM, WE PRESERVE BARTON SPRINGS, YOU
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PRESERVE BARTON SPRINGS, AND LOOK WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR US.THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER GENERATION OF THAT KIND OF FORWARD THINKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MAYOR.
THE LAST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE IS WANTING TO SPEAK ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UH, RIGHT NOW AT, UH, 10 43 AND RECESS, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, LET'S
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GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.UM, HERE TODAY ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2022, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT.
WE ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, WE'RE CONVENING FOR THE PURPOSE THIS MORNING OF, OF CALLING FOR SPEAKERS.
UH, I THINK WE HAD ONE SIGN UP.
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT SPEAKER? WE HAVE ONE REMOTE AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE IN PERSON, I BELIEVE.
WE'LL CALL THOSE TWO HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER, TRACY FINE FOR ITEM TWO.
I'M A SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AT NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES.
I AM WORKING ON ARBS AT CREEKSIDE AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND REALLY APPRECIATE HFCS SUPPORT FOR THE RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THIS PROJECT.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
LET ME SWITCH TO IN PERSON REAL QUICK.
BRIAN COOK, FOLLOWED BY GN LERO.
BRIAN COOK, ARE YOU HERE? GN LERO.
FOLLOWED BY GN WILL BE JOYCE MCGEE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS JEANIE LARO.
I HAVE LIVED AT ARBOR'S AT CREEKSIDE SINCE 2015, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE ARBOR'S RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
I SUPPORT THE BONDS BECAUSE ARBS WAS BUILT 20 YEARS AGO AND HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED.
IT'S SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AND NO MONEY HAS BEEN INVESTED IN IT EXCEPT FOR WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE SINCE THEY TOOK OVER.
THESE BONDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE COMPLEX NEEDS A MAJOR OVERHAULING INVESTMENT.
MANY OF US ARE LIVING WITH AIR CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ELEVATORS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OUT AND SERIOUS SECURITY ISSUES.
THE ROOF SLEEP LIKE SIVS, AND THERE'S MOLD EVERYWHERE.
WE'RE SENIORS WHO WORKED HARD ALL OUR LIVES AND NOW WHEN WE SHOULD BE REAPING THE REWARDS WE'RE LEFT WITH IS SCRAPED BY AND LIVING CONDITIONS THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE.
I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE INVESTMENTS THE CITY HAS MADE SO FAR, BUT THE BONDS ARE REALLY NEEDED SO THAT WE CAN STOP PATCHING AND START ACTUALLY REPAIRING THINGS AND MAKING ARBOR'S INTO A HAPPY HOME AGAIN.
JOYCE MCGEE AND THEN WILL BE GUS PENA.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JOYCE MCGEE.
I LIVE AT ARBS AT CREEKSIDE, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE ARBS RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION.
I FEEL IN SUPPORT THE PASSING OF THE BOND FOR REHAB AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR COMPLEX, THE UNITS, REPAIRS, SECURITY ELEVATORS, LIGHTING, INTERIOR DOORS, FLOORING, AND MAKE UNITS MORE HEALTHY TO LIVE IN, MAKE OUR LIVES MORE COMFORTABLE.
GOD BLESS, AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY.
I JUST, I THINK THE TIMING FOR THE ARBOR'S AT CREEKSIDE RESIDENCE IS PRETTY SERENDIPITOUS AS WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT TALKS ABOUT RESIDENTS ORGANIZING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS I GOT WHEN I TOOK OFFICE WAS FROM THE RESIDENTS AT PRIMROSE, AND THEY TOLD ME TO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
THEY HAD SOME THINGS THEY, THEY WANTED TO SHOW ME AND SOME THINGS THEY WANTED TO TELL ME.
AND SO, JUST SORT OF FAST FORWARD FOUR YEARS, I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT
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THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, BUT WHO WOULD NOT ACCEPT LESS THAN WHAT THEY DESERVE.I REMEMBER THAT VERY DISTINCTLY AND IT MADE ME VERY PROUD TO BE IN THE ROOM.
I REALLY, REALLY AM JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS PLACE AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR FIERCE ADVOCACY FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY.
UH, THE EVICTIONS, UH, WORK WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY, UH, EVICTIONS GOING ON.
UH, NUMBER 23, UH, UH, APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING, UH, CITY CODE FOUR 14 RELATED TO NOTICES OF PROPOSED, UH, EVICTION.
UH, NUMBER 31 AUTHORIZED EXECUTION.
UH, WITH SUNRISE CHURCH, YOU PROVIDE, UH, STREET OUTREACH SERVICES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME.
OH, I WANNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
COMMENTS ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AGENDA RIGHT NOW, WHICH JUST HAS TWO ITEMS. I'LL CALL YOU IN JUST A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA.
WHY DON'T I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST.
JUST JUNIOR, WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A MOMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP? THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
THE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE TO, TO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I HAVE A DEBBIE KAISER AND THAT'S THE LAST ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN CLOSE OUT THIS MEETING.
SO, HI, I'M DEBBIE KAISER, I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF IMAGINE ART, AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LIVE MAKE APARTMENT PROJECT, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT.
ANYONE ELSE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? THAT'S ALL WE HAD REGISTERED.
IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? AGENDA ITEMS? HEARING NONE.
I THINK STAFF, WE JUST CLOSED THOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN THAT'S THE ONLY ITEMS WE HAVE FOR ACTION TODAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? MANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
ONE IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 29TH BOARD MEETING AND THEN THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH YOU CAN CLOSE OUT.
AND I'M HAPPY HAPPY TO LAY OUT THOSE TWO ITEMS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ALL THREE ITEMS WE'VE HAD THE HEARING, SO WE WOULD BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TODAY AND WE WOULD BE APPROVING THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, BEAR TE MAKE THE DIRECTOR ALTER.
MAKES THE MOTION DIRECTOR ELLIS SECONDS THAT, UH, MOTION ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO LAY OUT FOR THE RECORD BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? UH, NO.
I JUST WANT TO PROFUSELY THANK THE RESIDENTS OF ARBS AT CREEKSIDE WHO HAVE EXHIBITED ENORMOUS PATIENCE AND GRACE AS WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH, UH, GETTING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A SHOWCASE COMMUNITY FOR SENIOR HOUSING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE'RE THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH, UH, NCR, WHICH IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON SENIOR HOUSING.
UH, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND GOOD THINGS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THANK YOU TO BASTA, UM, FOR REALLY, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
ALL THREE ITEMS HAVE BEEN MOVED IN.
SECOND COUNCILS MEMBER, BUT YEAH, HE SAID, AND I, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE ON TILLERY STREET.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS.
EVEN WHEN I WAS ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT HAD SET THEIR VACANT FOR TOO MANY YEARS, UHHUH.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR BRINGING IT AND FINALLY GETTING THIS DONE.
AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO EXCLUDE LIVE MAKE HOUSING.
THAT WAS A SOLICITATION, UH, THAT A H F C PUT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE ARE EXCITED THAT THAT IS COMING TO FRUITION.
THAT'S GONNA BE 66 UNITS OF HOUSING, UM, INCLUDING HOUSING FOR ARTISTS.
SO THANK, THANK YOU AS DIRECTOR KELLY.
UM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT I'LL BE VOTING NO ON ITEM THREE ON A H FFC AGENDA.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS DIRECTORS WITH THE
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NOTATION MADE AND WITH COUNCIL AND WITH DIRECTOR BELLA OF THE DIAS.UH, THAT, YES, COUNCIL, BARBARA, DIRECTOR.
I'M SORRY I MISSED THE EARLIER OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UM, ALL OF THOSE, OUR STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, THE MANY RESIDENTS THROUGH THE YEARS, UM, OF PRIMROSE WHO HAVE ADVOCATED FOR A BETTER SOLUTION THERE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, BEFORE WHEN WE WERE THE AT LARGE COUNCIL, I ALSO WORKED WITH, WITH, UM, RENTERS IN THAT FACILITY.
IT WAS SO LONG OVERDUE AND I JUST APPRECIATE, UM, SO VERY MUCH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.
OKAY WITH THAT, THEN AT, UH, 10 54, THIS MEETING ALSO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, MA'AM.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN, LET ME GO AHEAD AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
WHICH MEETING DO YOU WANNA SPEAK IN, IN THE COUNCIL MEETING? OKAY.
UH, WITH THAT MEETING ADJOURNED, LET'S GO BACK THEN AND, AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS 10 54, CONTINUES TO BE OCTOBER 27.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PUT A PIN IN, IN THE NOTION OF ONE MINUTE EACH, BUT IF THEY'RE SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS, UM, AND LEGITIMATELY SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON EACH ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN LEGITIMATELY CHANGE THAT TODAY SINCE WE STARTED ONE WAY.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
WE'LL BRING THAT UP AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, UH, WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL.
UH, WE'RE NOW BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO CALL ON SPEAKERS.
COUNCIL OR KELLY? I I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT MAYOR PROTE SAID.
UM, I, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS JUST TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS ON THE DAY OF A COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANNA LOOK MORE INTO OR THAT MIGHT ADD TO CONSIDERATION OF HOW I WOULD VOTE.
AND SO I WOULD ENJOY BRINGING THAT UP IN WORK SESSION AGAIN.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL WORKS TO, TO TRY TO FIND THAT HAPPY MEDIUM.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON HERE, WE'VE MOVED THROUGH DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.
ALSO DISINGENUOUS, I THINK, UH, TO, TO HAVE MEETINGS THAT LAST PAST 10 O'CLOCK OR 11 O'CLOCK OR LATE, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE PURPORTING TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT IN PRACTICALITY, WE'RE NOT.
UH, SO THERE ARE NO REALLY GOOD ANSWERS.
I WISH WE COULD GET A 48 HOUR DAY, UH, JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
SO WE WILL ALWAYS STRUGGLE TO FIND THAT RIGHT, UH, BALANCE.
BUT CERTAINLY LET THE NEXT WORK SESSION, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, AT LEAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
IF WE WANNA MAKE CHANGES, UH, THE WILL OF THE, THE DIAS SHOULD BE DONE.
UH, AND, UM, CERTAINLY THE, THE NEXT COUNCIL EMPOWERED AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR COULD, I'M SURE WE'LL, WE'LL VISIT THE TOPIC.
UH, THAT'S, VISIT THE TOPIC AGAIN.
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ON WITH SPEAKERS.FIRST IN SPEAKER PERSON IS ROY WALEY SPEAKING ON SEVERAL ITEMS FOLLOWED BY BEN SABBY.
HOW Y'ALL, MY NAME'S ROY WALEY.
I'M HERE FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB, AND I SENT ALL OF Y'ALL A, UH, AN EMAIL NOT LONG AGO TALKING ABOUT THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S, UH, RULING, UH, THE RULES YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING BY THAT YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A STATE MANDATED AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT FOR EACH ITEM, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO I'M NOT HERE ON MULTIPLE ISSUES, I SHOULD, SHOULD BE HERE ON INDIVIDUAL ISSUES.
BUT THAT SAID, I ASK Y'ALL TO SUPPORT AND PASS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 45.
I KNOW WATERSHED HAS WORKED ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND, UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE REGULATIONS WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DELAY ANYMORE.
UM, ALSO ON ITEM, UH, 15 AND 17, UH, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK IN THE OVEN TOO.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE TIME TO UPGRADE THOSE STANDARDS.
FROM 1980, WE CAN BE A LEADER NOT ONLY IN WATER CONSERVATION,
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BUT WHAT WE PUT BACK INTO THE WATER STREAM.AND I KNOW Y'ALL WORRY ABOUT THE STATE COMING DOWN ON Y'ALL ALL THE TIME, BUT Y'ALL DON'T SEEM TO WORRY ABOUT IT WHEN IT COMES TO CITIZEN INPUT, AND THAT'S A CRYING SHAME.
NOT ONLY IS IT A SHAME, IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL.
MR. WILEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEN SABBY AND THEN GUS PENNY SPEAKING ON SEVERAL ITEMS. GOOD MORNING.
I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING ANY ORGANIZATION THAT I SIT ON THE BOARD OF MY EMPLOYER OR ANYONE ELSE.
AND ALTHOUGH I'M NO LONGER A RENTER IN THE CITY, UH, I WAS FOR A LONG TIME AND, UH, MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE, WE ARE A MAJORITY RENTER CITY.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT, UH, THESE MEASURES THAT HELP RENTERS VERY REASONABLE THINGS LIKE GIVING THEM TIME TO CURE, TIME TO GET IT RIGHT, UM, AND, UH, PROPER NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE FACING HOUSING CRISES.
AND AS A HOMEOWNER, AS A HOUSE OWNER WHO PAYS TAXES, I SEE THIS AS A MEASURE THAT WILL HELP US SAVE MONEY.
IT, UH, OUNCE OF CURE OR OUNCE OF PREVENTION BEATS A POUND OF CURE.
KEEPING THESE PEOPLE HOUSED WILL SAVE US MONEY, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO FIND THEM AND GET THEM REHOMED REHOMED.
SO AGAIN, VERY REASONABLE MEASURES.
UH, THIS IS ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO NOW TO HELP PEOPLE STAY HOUSED.
AND, UH, ON NUMBER 20, UH, IT, WHEN SOMEBODY TUNNEL FOR SERVICE TO A WHOLE HOUSEHOLD, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 IS A GREAT EXPENDITURE.
OUR EXPENDITURE ON, ON NUMBER 31 32 IS A AGREEMENT WITH SUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCH.
I STOP, UH, AT THE BUS STOP OVER THERE, UH, ON SLAUGHTER IN MANCHACA.
AND SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF, UH, HOUSING AND FINDING HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE AND ALSO OF FOOD NUMBER 39 OBER, UH, PROVE A RESOLUTION RELATING TO MOBILE HOMES, ET CETERA.
UH, PLEASE PASS THAT ONE AND NUMBER 40, APPROVE RESOLUTION DIRECTING TO THE CITY MANAGER DRAFT IN OUR ORDINANCE.
IT AUTHORIZES THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2,400 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, ET CETERA.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS MUCH, EVEN UNDER BRUCE TODDS ADMINISTRATION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, BEING, UM, BOOTED OUT OF THEIR HOMES OR RENTAL HOMES.
SO PLEASE PORT FOR WATER, WILSON LA CHAVE.
THAT MEANS USE YOUR BRAIN HOUSING GROUP AND, UH, HELP THE PEOPLE OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON ITEM 23, SYDNEY BETTY, FOLLOWED BY EMILY BLAIR.
I AM A RESEARCHER WITH TEXAS HOUSERS AND SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 23, UM, EVICTIONS NEGATIVELY IMPACT RENTER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HOUSING STABILITY.
THESE IMPACTS CAN BE LONG LASTING.
RE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CHILDREN IN EVICTED HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCE WORSE EDUCATIONAL HEALTH AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES LATER IN LIFE.
EVICTIONS TO STABILIZE COMMUNITIES, REHOUSING PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS FACING HOMELESSNESS DUE TO EVICTION ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PREVENTING EVICTIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
EVICTIONS ARE ALSO A RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE.
BLACK RENTERS FACE A 6.2% NATIONAL EVICTION FILING RATE VERSUS 3.4% FOR WHITE RENTERS, AND ONE IN FIVE RENTERS LIKELY TO FACE EVICTION ARE BLACK WOMEN.
RIGHT TO CURE IS INCREASINGLY COMMON APPROACH TO EVICTION PROTECTION.
NEW YORK STATE AND THE CITIES OF CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, AND SAN FRANCISCO HAVE ALL PASSED RIGHTS TO CURE ORDINANCES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, A KEY FEATURE OF RIGHTS HERE IS THAT IT PREVENTS EVICTION FILINGS, EVEN WHEN A JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF A TENANT.
EVICTION FILINGS CAN FOLLOW TENANTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND RESULT IN REJECTED APARTMENT APPLICATIONS AND HOUSING DESTABILIZATION.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE HELPS AUSTIN RENTERS AVOID THE PERSONAL FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HARMS OF EVICTION AND REMAINS STABLY HOUSED.
ITEM 23, EMILY BLAIR, AND THEN J PAULO CONNOLLY.
GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EMILY BLAIR AND I REPRESENT THE RENTAL H I REPRESENT THE RENTAL H HOUSING PROVIDERS AFFILIATED WITH THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEM 23, THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION.
THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT AN ORDINANCE MANDATING ADDITIONAL DAYS NOTICE FOR LEASE VIOLATIONS AND NONPAYMENT OF RENT.
IT IS AS IT IS OUT OF SYNC WITH A TEXAS PROPERTY CODE.
BUT WHAT WE CAN SUPPORT IS ALTERNATIVES AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE RECOMMENDED NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS ORDINANCE THAT WAS PROPOSED IN LIEU OF THIS ORDINANCE, OR A NARROW APPLICATION
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OF THIS ORDINANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THOSE PROPERTIES RECEIVING CITY BENEFITS OR CITY INCENTIVES, UM, SUCH AS DENSITY BRO, BONUS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS BEING DISCUSSED, AND I JUST WANNA SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THOSE, INCLUDING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD PUT A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CURING PER LEASE PERIOD, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR LEASE VIOLATIONS DURING A LEASE TERM.
I, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON HOUSING ITEMS THAT BOTH SUPPORT OUR RENTERS AND RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS.
ITEM 23 J PAUL O' CONNOLLY, FOLLOWED BY LINDSAY HAYNES.
AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 23 AND ITEM 25.
AND I DO WANT TO QUICKLY NOTE THAT ADDITIONAL DAYS TO ZERO IS ZERO DAYS.
AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I ALSO WANNA STATE THAT AUSTIN RIGHT NOW HAS OVER A THOUSAND ACTIVE EVICTION CASES RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING WE CAN DO LONG TERM TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IS TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE STABLY HOUSED FOR THE LONG TERM.
AND SO RIGHT TO CURE IS ONE OF THOSE SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS MORE THAN REASONABLE, AS, AS HAS BEEN NOTED.
OTHER, UM, STATES AND CITIES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE 21 DAYS FOR CURE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, SHOW MY STRONG SUPPORT, UM, FOR OUR 21 DAY PERIOD TO CURE.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT AUSTINITES, 55% OF AUSTINITES ARE RENTERS.
AND YET ALL TOO OFTEN WE DO NOT SHOW UP.
WE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF THE RENTERS WHO HAVE SHOWED UP TODAY AND WHO ARE CALLING IN AND ADDING THEIR VOICES TO THIS CONVERSATION.
ITEM 23, LINDSEY HAYNES, FOLLOWED BY ERICA JOHNSON.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LINDSEY HAYNES AND I AM A GENERAL PARTNER ON 321 APARTMENTS IN AUSTIN AND DISTRICTS ONE, FOUR AND NINE.
THOUGH I OWN APARTMENTS, I AM A VERY SMALL COMPANY AND I PROVIDE QUALITY WORKFORCE HOUSING BECAUSE IT IS MY PASSION.
THE MORTGAGE ON MY PROPERTIES IS $210,000.
THE INCOME POTENTIAL IS $294,000 TO PAY THE MORTGAGE ON TIME AND AVOID BEING IN DEFAULT OF THE LOAN.
71% OF THE RENT PAYMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST IN WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WE LEARN IN THE PANDEMIC THAT TIME DOES NOT CURE RENT DELINQUENCY.
ADDING AN UNPROVEN NOTICE TO CURE WILL GIVE RESIDENTS THAT REGULARLY PAY LATE.
THE ILLUSION THAT THE RENT DUE DATE HAS CHANGED.
IT WILL CAUSE ME TO BE IN DEFAULT OF MY LOAN EVERY MONTH JEOPARDIZING THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN BY 321 HOMES.
THE TRAVIS COUNTY JUSTICES OF THE PIECE HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE IN DEALINGS WITH RESIDENTS AND HOUSING PROVIDERS.
I ASK THAT YOU TRUST OUR ELECTED JPS TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND DISCERNMENT AND EVICTION MATTERS.
THERE'S ALREADY A NATURAL PERIOD TO CURE WITH THE TIMING OF THE COURTS, PLEASE DON'T TERRIFY RESIDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.
ITEM 23, ERICA JOHNSON, AND THEN RAUL UBIS.
I'M A REPRESE REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF AN ALTERNATIVE POLICY TO HAVE OFFERED, WHICH IS, WHICH IS WORKING WELL IN OTHER CITIES SUCH AS SAN ANTONIO, WHO'S CANCELED PAST A SIMILAR POLICY IN 2020.
THIS ALTERNATIVE REQUIRES RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE DEFAULTING RENTALS.
A NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS ALONG WITH THE NOTICE TO VACATE THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS DOCUMENTS.
EXPLAINS THAT A NOTICE TO VACATE IS WHAT THE EVICTION PROCESS IS, WHAT THE RENTER'S RIGHTS ARE, AND MOST IMPORTANT PROVIDES THE DEFAULTING RENTERS WITH RESOURCES FOR RENTAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT ACTUALLY POINTS THEM TO REAL HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST, RATHER THAN LEAVING THEM IN THE UNKNOWN ANXIETY, WAITING FOR THREE MORE WEEKS TO PASS, OR SEVEN WEEKS IF A CARERS PROPERTY WITH HOPING FOR SOME KIND OF SOLUTION.
NONE OF US IN THIS ROOM WANT ANYONE TO BE EVICTED, BUT WHEN IT BECOMES NECESSARY, IT SHOULD BE HANDLED IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES MEANINGFUL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES WITHIN THE LAW.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS KATIA WATSON AND I REPRESENT THE RENTAL COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON IDEN 23,
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THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION.I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE LATE FEET STATUTE UNDER TEXAS LAW AND BRING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PRACTICE.
LATE FEES CANNOT BE CHARGED AT LEAST UNTIL THE FOURTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF RENT IS DUE ON THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER, LATE FEE CANNOT BE LEGALLY CHARGED UNTIL AT LEAST NOVEMBER 4TH.
THIS GRACE PERIOD ALREADY MEANS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE UNDER THIS STATUTE.
SOME PROPERTY MANAGERS GIVE MORE TIME AND MOST PROPERTIES DO NOT SEND A NOTICE TO VACATE DURING THE CURE PERIOD.
AND INSTEAD SEND REMINDERS, DELINQUENCY NOTICES, AND MAKE PHONE CALLS TO MAKE BEST RESOLUTIONS ALL PRIOR TO DELIVERING A LEGAL NOTICE.
THIS INCLUDES EVICTION HOLD OFF AGREEMENTS, WHICH OUTLINES RENTAL PAYMENT PLANS EXTENDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CURE WILL RESULT IN A NOTICED TO VACATE BEING SENT DURING THE CURE PERIOD, CREATING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE RESIDENTS WILL THINK THEY HAVE TO VACATE THEIR HOMES, INCREASING THE RISK OF NOT MEETING RENTAL CRITERIA WHEN APPLYING FOR NEW HOUSING AND INCREASING OUR HOUSING CONCERN.
THE PANDEMIC SHOWED EXTENDING THIS TIME IS PROVEN TO NOT TO MITIGATE THE C THE CONCERN IT HAS EXACERBATED IT.
10 KWA BREWSTER, ITEM 2325, FOLLOWED BY SADIE FORSTER.
AND I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF IDAS 23 AND 25.
UM, AS A RENTER IN AUSTIN WHO FACED EVICTION AND DISPLACEMENT LAST YEAR, THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO RENTERS.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, UM, MEETING WITH NATASHA HARPER MADISON LAST YEAR, MEETING WITH BAA, WORKING WITH, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, GETTING, EVEN BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THE OWNERS OF OUR COMPLEX, WE WOULD'VE BEEN HOMELESS.
AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND TO EVERYONE IN THAT'S RENTING IN AUSTIN, THAT 23 AND 25, THAT'S APPROVED.
MAY I? YES, GO AHEAD, MS. BREWSTER.
I WANNA, I WANNA ALSO EXTEND MY, MY DEEP GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO YOU FOR, UM, FOR NOT LETTING ME MAKE IT IN THE BEGINNING, UM, FOR MAKING SURE THAT I REALLY THOROUGHLY FELT THE FRUSTRATION OF YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS, UM, AND MAKING IT MY OWN.
UM, SO DON'T THANK ME FOR DOING IT CUZ I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE GONNA LET ME GET AWAY WITHOUT DOING IT.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, MUCH TO MR. CONLEY'S POINT, HE POINTED OUT EARLIER THAT OFTENTIMES CERTAIN PEOPLE GET LEFT OUTTA CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I THINK MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT'S BY DESIGN.
UM, BUT I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE IT FOR SO LONG, UM, THAT WE JUST KEEP DOING IT AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
AND I AM SO INSPIRED TO SEE, UH, THE OH TWO CREW 7 8 7 0 2 REPRESENTED AT CITY HALL IN THE CHAMBERS THIS MORNING.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S BETTER FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY.
SO THANK YOU SADIE FOR ON 23 AND 25.
AND THEN STEVEN, OO, SADIE OR SAD, I'M SORRY IF I'M SAYING THAT ONE.
I LIVE AT, UH, CREEK EDGE APARTMENTS.
UM, THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN ON THE REPEAT OFFENDER LIST FOR THE DECADE.
I HAVE LIVED THERE, I'M AFRAID THAT'S KIND OF ON YOU ALL.
UH, I WANT TO, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, ADD, UH, THE CURE AS WELL AS, UM, UM, THE OTHER PROTECTIONS THAT WE NEED THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW WHY IT IS.
CONNOR KENNY, 23 AND 25 AND THEN GN LERO.
UH, I AM A GROUND UP BUILDER DEVELOPER, SO I WILL ADMIT SOME BIAS, BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DOMINANT FORM OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND DISPLACEMENT IN AUSTIN, WHICH IS NOT REDEVELOPMENT OR CONVERSION OF OWNERSHIP HOMES TO RENTAL, BUT IT IS VALUE ADD REAL ESTATE INVESTING.
AND IN AUSTIN, A MARKET LIKE AUSTIN'S WHERE SUPPLY AND DEMAND ARE SO IMBALANCED, THERE'S A CONSTANT ABILITY TO FIND
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TENANTS WHO CAN PAY HIGHER RENT THAN WHAT ARE CURRENTLY IN LEASES VALUE ADD.UH, INVESTORS KNOW WHAT RENTS ARE CURRENTLY ACHIEVABLE.
LOOK FOR APARTMENTS WHOSE RENT IS BELOW THAT.
BUY THEM, PAINT THEM, SOMETIMES PUT MILLER IN THEIR NAME AND RAISE THE RENT.
UH, THE RISE IN INTEREST RATES IS GOING TO PUSH THIS EVEN FURTHER AS NEW SUPPLIES SLOWS DOWN AS NEW PROJECTS ARE PUT ON HOLD.
AND CURRENT INVESTORS ARE GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR SHORT TERM DEBT AND NEED TO RAISE RENTS TO JUSTIFY, UH, THEIR, UH, REFINANCE.
UM, EVICTING TENANTS, TENANTS TO TURN THESE UNITS OVER FASTER IS ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE BUSINESS TOOLBOX FOR THESE INVESTORS.
AND THE ABSENCE OF ROOT CONTROL OR STABILIZATION OR THEIR TURN OF A SURPLUS OF UNITS TO MAKE AUSTIN A TENANTS MARKET WHERE LANDLORDS HAVE TO COMPETE TO BILL UNITS, UH, THESE PROTECTION PROPOSALS OFFER A MODICUM OF PROTECTION.
LERO, ITEM 23 AND 25 AND THEN JOYCE MCGEE.
I LIVE AT ARBS AT CREEKSIDE AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE ARBS RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
I SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO CURE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BY AND STAY IN THEIR HOUSING.
I WOULD'VE BEEN EVICTED DURING THE PANDEMIC IF I HAD NOT HAD EXTRA TIME TO PAY MY RENT AND GET RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH HAVE MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO PAY THE RENT ON TIME.
EXTRA TIME TO PAY RENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE ME.
KNOWING THAT I WILL BE SAFER FROM EVICTION FOR A FEW WEEKS IF I GET SICK WHEN THE RENT IS DUE, WILL GIVE ME THE PEACE OF MIND.
I NEED TO GET BETTER IF I GET EVICTED BECAUSE I CAN'T PAY RENT WHILE I'M SICK, I HAVE NO PLACE TO GO AND WILL END UP ON THE STREETS.
KEEPING ME AND OTHERS LIKE ME HOUSED IS IMPORTANT TO STAYING HEALTHY.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP PEOPLE MAINTAIN A QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
JOYCE MCGEE ON 23 AND 25, FOLLOWED BY STEVE RHODES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JOYCE MICKEY.
I LIVE AT ARBS AT CREEKSIDE AND I'M THE MEMBER OF THE ARBS RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE, RIGHT TO ORGANIZE.
THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE IS IMPORTANT CAUSE WE NEED A VOICE IN WHAT'S BEEN DONE WHERE WE LIVE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NEIGHBORS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK UP FOR OURSELVES.
AT ARBIS OF CREEK, WE ORGANIZED FOR THE RIGHT, FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD FOR BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS, REPAIRS, SECURITY, AND HELP PARTNERS.
FOR A LONG TIME WE HAD MANAGERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE REPAIRS, TREATED US DISRESPECTFUL, BULLIED, AND THREATENED US WITH EVICTIONS, WE ORGANIZED FOR NEW MANAGEMENT AND WHAT WE NOW HAVE A MANAGEMENT WHO RESPECTS US AND LISTENS TO WHAT IS BEING SAID AND IS NOW WORKING WITH ALL RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE.
WE ARE GLAD ABOUT THE CHANGE AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
THIS IS THE RESULTS OF ORGANIZING A TENANTS ASSOCIATION.
I THINK OUR RUNNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE LIKE WE HAVE AND ALL THINGS AT ALL TIMES, HAVE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
GOD BLESS AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
STEVE RHODES, FOLLOWED BY BOB THOMPSON.
BOB THOMPSONS MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
MY WIFE AND I ARE SMALL MOM AND POP LANDLORDS OF SMALLER, OLDER PROPERTIES.
AND WE OPPOSE ITEMS 23 AND 25 BECAUSE WE THINK THESE ORDINANCES ARE LIKELY TO DRIVE SMALL MOM AND POP LANDLORDS, UH, TO EXIT THE RENTAL BUSINESS.
UH, UNLESS SMALLER PROPERTIES ARE EXEMPTED, WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY BE CONSIDERING.
ALSO, I WOULD ASK YOU TO READ THE HANDOUT THAT SHOULD BE ON THE DICE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT I PASSED OUT.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ON THESE TWO ORDINANCES IS THAT THEY IGNORE, OVERRIDE AND SEEK TO REVOKE THE RIGHT OF AN OWNER TO NON-RENEW A LEASE UPON ITS EXPIRATION, FOLLOWING
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TIMELY NOTICE TO THE RESIDENT AND DEMAND REPOSSESSION OF ONE'S PROPERTIES.THE REPOSSESSION DEMAND IS EFFECTIVELY A NOTICE TO VACATE AT THE END OF THE LEASE, BUT IT IS NOT AN EVICTION.
NON-RENEWAL PLUS REPOSSESSION IS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTY RIGHT THERE IS.
YOU CAN NON-RENEW FOR NO REASON OR ANY REASON.
THERE IS NO ENTITLEMENT TO PERPETUAL RENEWAL, NO OPPORTUNITY TO CURE AND IT IS NOT INTERFERENCE EVEN IF ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN.
THANK YOU FOR 23, 25 AND 39 SHAANA KRIEGER, FOLLOWED BY OA CESAR.
GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SHAANA KRIEGER AND I'M THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF FASA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 2325 AND 39.
UM, WE WORK WITH TENANTS EVERY DAY WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SAY HOW'S IN THE CITY AS I SPEAK.
RIGHT NOW, TWO TENANTS FROM A CONGRESS MOBILE HOME PARK ARE AT EVICTION HEARINGS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE INVESTOR BACKED, LANDLORD BASED IN CALIFORNIA IS TRYING TO EVICT THEM SO HE CAN CREATE A LUXURY RV COMMUNITY.
THEY ONLY GOT 60 DAYS NOTICE TO, UH, TO VACATE.
AND THE RELOCATION ORDINANCE, AS IT CURRENTLY IS WRITTEN, DID NOT PREVENT THEIR LANDLORD FROM DOING THIS.
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, LANDLORDS HAVE INTERFERED WITH TENANT ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES, CALLING APD ON TENANTS AND BOSTON STAFF, AND, UH, FOR COLLECTING REPAIR REQUESTS, TELLING TENANTS THEY CAN'T SPEAK WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, REMOVING FLYERS AND EVEN CALLING APD ON US WHEN WE WERE DISTRIBUTING WATER AND FOOD AFTER WINTER STORM.
YURI, THE CURRENT PROPERTY CODE RETALIATION PROTECTIONS DO NOT PREVENT THIS.
FINALLY, BOSS'S EVICTION MITIGATION TEAM ROUTINELY SPEAKS TO TENANTS FACING EVICTION AND THEY TELL US THAT THEIR LANDLORDS REFUSE TO ACCEPT RENT AFTER A NOTICE.
TO VACATE CURRENT LAW DOES NOT PROTECT THIS.
THIS INCLUDES SMALL LANDLORDS.
THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL PROVIDE GREATER PROTECTIONS.
THANK YOU, A ELIZA FOR 23, 25, 39, 42.
AND THEN RYAN N MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS AVE HAR AND I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY AS A TENANT ADVOCATE AND AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE.
I WANNA SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEMS 23 28, 39 AND 42.
I REALLY WANNA START BY THANKING COUNCILMAN VILA IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THEIR STAFF FOR WORKING BOTH WITH TENANTS ADVOCATES AND ALSO WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO COME UP WITH A RIGHT TO ORGANIZE ORDINANCE THAT REALLY SUPPORTS TENANTS AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES WHILE ADDRESSING ANY OTHER ISSUES.
I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS TENANTS TO CURE ANY CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE AND CONTINUE BEING HOUSED IN THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND LASTLY, I DO WANNA SAY I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, VANESSA FUENTES FOR HER WORK ON ITEM 39, WHICH ADDRESSES SOME ISSUES WITH OUR RELOCATION ORDINANCE TO ALIGN IT WITH ITS, UM, DIFFERENT INTENT THAT HAS HAPPENED FROM THIS COUNCIL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD SAY I REALLY WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FOR HER WORK, INTENSE ITEMS FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS, AND OF COURSE ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
AND THEN FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER GREG KASAR FOR HIS EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ITEMS CAUGHT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROTECT OUR TENANTS.
THANK YOU RYAN NIL FOR ITEM 39.
AND THEN LORI, RENT R HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT AND TODAY I'M REPRESENTING THE TEXAS MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
AND, UH, WE WANNA SUPPORT ITEM 39.
ACTUALLY, WE DO SUPPORT ITEM 39 CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE, WHICH SOME MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES HAVE USED TO AVOID TENANT RELOCATION AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING MOBILE HOMES MORE ON AND EVEN FOOTING WITH OTHER HOUSING TYPES.
UM, IN A HUD CUT CASE STUDY, THEY FOUND THAT THE COST OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS A NEIGHBORING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY.
SO THE AFFORDABLE IMPACT IS IMMENSE FOR THESE COMMUNITIES, SO MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SUPPORT MOBILE HOMEOWNERS.
AT THE LAST HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, STAFF REPORTED THAT MANY MOBILE HOME OWNERS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR TENANT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE CANNOT GET IT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND ANY SPACE TO MOVE TO IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO DISPLACED MOBILE HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFICULT CHOICE WHETHER THEY ABANDON THEIR HOME OR THEY ABANDON THEIR CITY.
UM, DISPLACED MOBILE HOME OWNERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOVE THEIR HOMES INTO A FRIEND'S BACKYARD AS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLACE THEIR HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTIES AND THE SH THE CITY SHOULD CONVERT SOME OF ITS EMPTY LAND TO MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT DISPLACED HOMEOWNERS.
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RENTERIA, ITEM 41, FOLLOWED BY ETHAN SMITH.I AM THE FIRST, FIRST LADY OF DISTRICT THREE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 41.
UH, ITEM 40 I, I GENERALLY SUPPORT ITEM 41 AND I'M HERE AS A COMMUNITY AGITATOR SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UH, ABOUT THE INTERGENERATIONAL RESOURCE AND ACTIVITY CENTER THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 2012.
SOME OF YOU AND KITCHEN WAS PART OF THIS WAY BACK THEN.
A GROUP OF ACADEMICS AND EVERY MAJOR SENIOR SERVING NONPROFIT AND OTHER ENTITIES, CENTRAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY CARE, YOU NAME IT.
IF THEY SERVE SENIORS, THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER AS AN ADVISORY GROUP, UH, PUSHING FOR THE USE OF THE NA HERNANDEZ BUILDING ON LADY BIRD LAKE.
AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MISLED US BY TAKING A AND, AND MANY OF THE REPORTS, MANY OF THE REPORTS CALL.
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.
BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, CREATE AND GET PART TO WORK WITH US ON A LETTER OF INTENT TO USE THE NASH BUILDING.
THIS CENTER WILL BE THE FIRST IN TEXAS.
IT'S GONNA BE A MODEL THAT WE'RE GONNA REPLICATE EVERYWHERE.
DOVE SPRINGS BEING THE FIRST PLACE WILL GO AFTER THIS IS SUCCESSFUL.
WE'VE RAISED, WE WILL RAISE ALL THE MONEY 1.8 MILLION ANNUALLY AND FIVE TO $8 MILLION IN A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO MAKE THE BUILDING USABLE, TO SERVE VERY LOW INCOME SENIORS, 30 TODDLERS OF YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND INVOLVE MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES AND, AND HELP THE SENIORS.
UH, I SENT YOU AS BACKUP A ONE AND A HALF PAGE, UM, UH, ESSAY ABOUT WHY YOU NEED TO DO THIS NOW, AND WE CANNOT TRUST PER UNDER ITEM 41.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE THAT THIS ITEM COULD ALLOW PAR TO USE THE NASH BUILDING FOR ADMIN OFFICES.
IT IS RIDICULOUS FOR A CITY DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ADMIN OFFICES ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT THE HOLLY SHORE'S MASTER PLAN CALLED FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMUNITY USE AND WE WERE MISLED.
PART TOOK US ON TOURS, THREE TOURS OF THE BUILDING SO WE COULD COME UP WITH OUR COST ESTIMATES AND DO SCHEMATICS.
SO I, I APPRECIATE IN ITEM 41 THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TRANSPARENCY THAN WHAT OUR ADVISORY GROUP HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH PAR.
HEY, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GO AHEAD, KAAR, COULD YOU, I KNOW THIS, THAT, THAT PARTICULAR ITEM IS NOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WITH 41, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, TO LET US KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS OF USING THAT PROPERTY.
AND I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT THAT ALSO.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT INTERGENERATIONAL FACILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE STARTED WORKING ON A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE STATUS.
IT'S ALSO NOT, IT'S NOT ITEM 41.
SO WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF THIS ITEM? I, I THINK IT'S JUST, IT'S RELATED TO REAL ESTATE, I THINK IN.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THERE IS A MEMO AND SO I'LL WE CIRCULATE THAT MEMO WITHIN THE STATUS UPDATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY FURTHER CONVERSATION IS WARRANTED AS WELL.
NEXT SPEAKER, ETHAN SMITH FOR ITEM 42, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD BREER.
EACH CITIZEN SHOULD GET THAT AMOUNT OF TIME AND SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT ALLOWING THAT.
OKAY, MY SIZE ARE GOOD MORNING.
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UP TO BE NEUTRAL ON 42 BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD DEFINITION OF WHAT AFFORDABILITY IS YET, WHICH IS FUNNY CUZ WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SO LONG.AND THE DEVILS ARE IN THE DETAILS.
YOU GOTTA GET DOWN TO THE ACTUAL METRICS AND WHAT ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT? SO I WANTED TO PULL UP AS A CASE STUDY.
UM, THIS IS FROM THE WINNING RFP FOR HEALTH SOUTH.
AND THESE WERE, UH, THE TOP COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS LISTED.
UM, AND IT'S A HUNDRED UNITS OF RENTAL HOUSING AT, UH, 16 50% MFI, AND THEN IT'S 16 UNITS OF THINGS PEOPLE CAN BUY IF YOU, UH, ARE 80% INCOME RESTRICTED.
SO THESE ALL KIND OF BLUR TOGETHER, I GUESS.
IF YOU'RE LIVING IN THESE, UH, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS ARE AFFORDABLE AND THE ONE BEDROOMS ARE NOT.
AND THE ONE BEDROOMS ARE 65% OF THE RENTAL HOUSING DIVERSITY, QUOTE UNQUOTE.
UM, AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OWNERSHIP.
I THINK THESE 16 UNITS WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER A HUNDRED UNITS.
THIS IS, UH, AND PUT THEM IN THAT POOL AND THAT EVERY SINGLE UNIT YOU DO, IF YOU WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD BE TWO OR THREE BEDROOM.
AND THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR TWO TWOS.
WHY NOT HAVE IT BE ONE BATHROOM, TWO BEDROOMS? UM, LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT THE PRICE, 10 50 OR 500 PER MONTH, AND YOU GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE HELPED THAT WAY.
RICHARD BREER FOR ITEM 45, FOLLOWED BY DALE GLOVER.
GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR ADLER.
MAYOR TIM, UH, ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND I'M SPEAKING ON SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS'.
OCTOBER FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE UPDATES.
TITLE 25, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE CHARTER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION STATES THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, AND I QUOTE, ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND THE APPROPRIATE, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO OVERSEE THE PROTECTION INTEGRITY OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE BEST ADVICE TO THE COUNSEL AND APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENTS ON HOW TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF AUSTIN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL ITS CITIZENS.
I'VE CAREFULLY REVIEWED THE CITY, UH, THE RESPONSE OF THE CITY STAFF TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
MY COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE MAKEUP OF TOMORROW'S COUNCIL IS UNCERTAIN.
TODAY'S COUNCIL KNOWN FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY, CLIMATE ACTION, FORWARD LOOKING PERSPECTIVE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY VIA THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF CLIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY IN AUSTIN.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN YOUR FINAL PRODUCT AND MAKE A BOLD, PERMANENT AND LASTING MARK ON THIS CITY OF AUSTIN.
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING TO AUSTIN VERY QUICKLY.
DALE GLOVER FOR ITEM 45, FOLLOWED BY JOAN HARVARD, MR. GLOVER, JOAN, HARVARD FOR EM.
ITEM 45 AFTER MIKE WILL BE PATRICK MC CARGILL.
GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT 31 0 7 EAST CAESAR CHAVEZ.
I OWN THE PROPERTY ALSO NEXT DOOR, 31 0 9 EAST CAESAR CHAVEZ, WHICH IS THE HOME OF PLANET K I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER AND CHIEF COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER OF PLANET K UM, IN MARCH OF 2018, AFTER I SUED THE CITY IN FEDERAL COURT FOR A VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, I WAS HANDED A HOLLOW VICTORY BY THE COURT WHILE WINNING THE LAWSUIT.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE CLEAN ORDER ACT.
THE JUDGE GAVE HIMSELF $25,000.
ALL I WANTED WAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THE CITY HAS IGNORED AND HAVE NOT FIXED AFTER FOUR YEARS.
THIS ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT AN UGLY SANDBAR.
THIS IS ABOUT THE DEGRADATION AND CHOKING OF THE COLORADO RIVER, THE INCOMPETENCE AND AN APTITUDE OF THE CITY'S STAFF AND THE WASTING OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND A LACK OF, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
YOU'VE DONE NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
YOU ARE CHOKING THE COLORADO RIVER.
ALL THIS PANDERING TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING FOR A LACK OF ACTION.
THE CITY STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
I HOPE YOU WOULD GET TO FIXING THE COLORADO RIVER BEFORE I HAVE TO SUE YOU ALL AGAIN.
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HALLOWEEN NIGHT.AND THEN JOHN NOEL, EITHER PATRICK OR JOHN HERE.
MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE REGISTERED.
WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, THAT, UH, THINK THAT THEY SIGNED UP, WISHING TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
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THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, IS, UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 42 AND 63 THROUGH 68.I'M SHOWING THE POLL ITEMS ARE 23 AND 25.
I'M SHOWING THAT THE, UH, UH, ITEM IN FRONT OF US ON 42 IS, UH, VERSION FIVE, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, HANDED OUT AND POSTED.
I THINK THERE'S A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ON 31 AND 34 RESPECTIVELY.
I GONNA PRESENT THOSE WAY, THOSE HOUSES.
UM, MY DIRECTION, UH, IS FOR 30, 31 AND 32.
IT APPLIES TO ALL OF 'EM, SO, OKAY.
AND, AND, UM, THAT'S BEEN POSTED IN BACKUP? UH, YES.
IT SHOULD BE POSTED IN BACKUP.
I HAVEN'T DOUBLE CHECKED THAT, BUT IT WAS ALSO SENT AROUND BY KATIE AND AND STAFF IS, UH, OKAY WITH THESE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND JUST SO THE RECORD, IT'S CLEAR, IT'S 31, 32 AND 33, I THINK? NO, NO.
ISN'T IT 30? UH, I THINK IT'S 30, 31 AND 32.
AND 33, IS THAT RIGHT? OR JUST NO, NOT 33.
SO ON CONSENT IS THOSE ITEMS 30, 31, 32 WITH THE KITCHEN, UH, DIRECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
UH, MAYOR PROAM ON ITEM NUMBER 34, YOU'VE ALSO HANDED OUT A DIRECTION.
IS THAT POSTED, DO YOU KNOW? YES, THAT IS POSTED AS WELL.
SO ON CONSENT IS NUMBER 34 WITH THE ALTAR, UH, DIRECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE THIS MOTION, BUT I I'M JUST WONDERING IF ZNO, JOSEPH, JOSEPH IS STILL IN LINE ON, OR DID YOU ALREADY TAKE CARE OF THAT? I'M SAFE.
CAN YOU, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT ZNO JOSEPH WAS STILL TRYING TO GET IN TO SPEAK TO US, TRYING TO GET IN TO SPEAK.
DO WE HAVE, UH, THAT WOULD BE OVER THE PHONE IS CLERK HERE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE.
SO OUR CLERK IS NOT SEEING ANYONE IN THE PHONE QUEUE.
PLEASE INTERRUPT US IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONTACT.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM 34.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY AMENDMENT IF I MIGHT.
UM, SO MY DIRECTION IS TO FURTHER COUNCIL'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT THE CITY MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM.
CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO EXPLORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL COMPLIMENTARY PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROMOTE FURTHER CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
SUCH PROGRAMS SHOULD CONSIDER A LOCAL PREFERENCE FEATURE AND BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION BEFORE AUGUST 31ST, 2023, SO THAT COUNCIL CAN ALIGN THEIR ADOPTION WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUTURE UPDATES TO THE DISPARITY STUDY GOALS FOR M W B E.
IT'S PART OF THE ENVISIONED STAKEHOLDER PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING UPDATED M W B E GOALS AND THE ABOVE COMPLIMENTARY PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS. THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TO REVIEW THE 2022 DISPARITY STUDY AND TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN FURTHER SUPPORT SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RACE AND GENDER NEUTRAL GUIDELINES OFFERED BY PAST LEGAL ASSESSMENTS.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THE PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO M W E, UM, GIVEN THE DISPARITY STUDY, WE ARE LIKELY GONNA SEE A REDUCTION, UM, IN GOALS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT WHEN WE, UM, SEE THOSE GOALS COME BACK, UM, THAT WE FULLY EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS THAT
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WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING OUR M W B E, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, UM, IN WAYS THAT OTHER CITIES AROUND TEXAS ARE DOING.UM, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS PREFERENCE THAT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON PRIME CONTRACTS.
UM, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY WAYS THAT I WANT KEY THINGS THAT I WANT TO BE EXPLORED.
I'M NOT LIMITING MY DIRECTION TO THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND I WANT THE, THAT PROGRAM TO BE COMING BACK TO US, UM, EITHER BEFORE OR AT THE SAME TIME, UM, AS THE NEW GOALS WOULD BE PRESENTED TO US.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR, UM, STAFF ARE ALREADY DOING WITH RESPECT TO WORKING WITH THE CHAMBERS.
UM, BUT JUST REALLY UNDERSCORING THE NEED TO, TO WORK WITH OUR CHAMBERS TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN FURTHER SUPPORT OUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, IN ACCORDANCE, UM, WITH THE LAW.
I APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
IT WAS THE ISSUE THAT I RAISED AT WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.
UH, AND I THANK, UM, UH, CHAT.
SO, AND THE OTHER CHAMBERS THAT REACHED OUT TO YOU AS WELL AS REACHING OUT TO, UH, UH, OTHERS OF US ON THE, ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL.
MAYOR PROTE, THANK YOU FOR PICKING IT UP AND DOING THE DRAFTING.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT, UH, BETTER DIRECTION IS INCLUDED IN WITH THAT ITEM.
UH, ANY OTHER FURTHER, UM, UM, ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, YES, MS. MORGAN, DO YOU HAVE, UH, SOMETHING ON, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, ITEM 22 IS A SETTLEMENT, UM, HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE A PAYMENT OF $1,750,000 TO SETTLE THE JO JOSE HERRERA VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS LAWSUIT ARISES OUTTA THE MAY, 2020 PROTEST INVOLVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. VERA SEEKS PAYMENT FOR HIS INJURIES STEMMING FROM THE ATTENDANCE AT THE PROTESTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PAYMENT THE PLAINTIFF WILL RECEIVE, BUT WILL RELEASE ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY AND ANY APD OFFICERS AND, UH, FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUTTA THE MAY 30TH, 2020 INCIDENT.
THE PLAINTIFF WILL ALSO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE HIS LAWSUIT FOLLOWING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PAY THAT SETTLEMENT.
UH, THAT AMOUNT IS FILLED IN, UH, ON THE AGENDA WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 21 STAYS ON THE CONSENT.
SORRY, UH, THAT STAYS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM 39, WHICH IS THE UPDATE TO THE TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE.
WE ARE WORKING ON A, A QUICK AMENDMENT TO THAT ITEM, SO I'M GONNA PULL IT OFF.
SO ITEM NUMBER 39 IS BEING PULLED AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN, CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 42 63 TO 68.
THE POLL ITEMS ARE 23, 25, AND 39 AND 41.
UM, JUST A COUPLE QUICK VOTES I WANNA REGISTER, BUT ALSO I WANNA NOTE ON A NUMBER EIGHT, I'M GONNA VOTE NO, THIS IS THE AERIAL ENCROACHMENT THAT IS RESULTING IN EVALUATION OF ABOUT 21,000, I THINK 21,500 FOR DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE, EVEN IF IT IS UP IN THE AIR, THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN, THAN IS REALLY A FAIR VALUATION.
WE HAVE RAISED THIS, THESE KINDS OF VALUATIONS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS, UM, AND HAVE ASKED THE MANAGER TO LOOK INTO IT.
WE DID GET BACK A VERY USEFUL MEMO YESTERDAY.
UM, NO, MY APOLOGIES ON THE 25TH, TWO DAYS AGO, AND I JUST WANNA CALL MY COLLEAGUES' ATTENTION TO IT.
UM, IT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY CODE PREVENTS, DOES NOT ALLOW A DEVIATION FROM THE COMPUTATION PROCESS.
AND SO STAFF CANNOT ON THEIR OWN, NEGOTIATE AN AMOUNT, NOR CAN COUNCIL DIAS DIRECTION OR A RESOLUTION SUPERSEDE THAT ITEM OF CODE.
AND IT ASKS, UM, THAT IT SAYS, UNDER THE CURRENT CODE METHODOLOGY, UM, EMPLOYED TO VALUE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS, VALUATIONS TYPICALLY YIELD COMPENSATION AMOUNTS THAT ARE RELATIVELY SMALL FRACTIONS OF THE FEE SIMPLE VALUE ON A SQUARE FOOTAGE BASIS.
AND THAT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, WE WOULD NEED TO ADJUST THE CODE.
THIS IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT HAS COME UP MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES ON THIS COUNCIL.
I THINK THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENED, I WAS SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A VOLUNTEER AND MANAGER.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR THIS TO BE LOOKED AT, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES.
BUT, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE REALLY CLEARLY GOTTEN BACK AN EXPLANATION OF, OF WHY WE CAN'T GET PROPER VALUATION.
SO I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST THIS TODAY.
UM, I'M ALSO GONNA JUST HIGHLIGHT COLLEAGUES, MY REAL, THE PUBLIC LAND RESOLUTION THAT I HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH
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MY COLLEAGUES DOES DIRECT, UM, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DOES DIRECT THAT STAFF TAKE THE ACTION THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED HERE OF GOING FORWARD AND PROVIDING THE COUNCIL WITH SOME ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER SO THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY REALIZING THE VALUE FOR OUR, OUR ENCROACHMENTS THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE MARKET AS IT IS.UM, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REGISTER MY ABSTENTIONS ON ITEMS 40 AND 42, PLEASE.
I WANNA REGISTER A NO VOTE ON THE AERIAL ENCROACHMENT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT IT IS ITEM 64 AS EIGHT HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, AND FOR, UH, THE SAME REASONS THAT WERE, UM, EXPLAINED BY MY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA.
ANYTHING ELSE ON CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? THANK YOU.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REGISTER A NO VOTE FOR ITEM TWO, ITEM 64, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 42.
UM, IN, I THINK ITEM EIGHT WAS, I THINK ITEM EIGHT WAS WITHDRAWN, AND IT'S 64 FOR THE, UM, AERIAL ENCROACHMENT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE SEEN, UM, VOTING NO.
AND I THINK 40 WAS WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY 66 FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THOSE CHANGES THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO CODE FOR THAT, UM, FOR THE AERIAL ENCOURAGEMENT, WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT UP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
AND THEN, UM, I WANNA SPEAK TO ITEM 42 AND, AND I WANNA FIRST OF ALL SAY THAT, UH, APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME, APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE EFFORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, PARTICULARLY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, UM, THAT I RAISED.
I THINK IT IS A MUCH STRONGER RESOLUTION, UM, THAN WHEN IT STARTED.
UM, I AM GONNA ABSTAIN TODAY BECAUSE I, UH, WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL THE CHANGES AND I THINK IT IS MUCH BETTER.
I'M STILL HAVING TROUBLE HOW I WOULD EXPLAIN THIS TO MY CONSTITUENTS EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THIS ITEM.
UM, AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE FRAMEWORK SEEMS NEBULOUS.
UM, IT'S ALSO NOT CLEAR TO ME FROM THE LANGUAGE THAT THE FRAMEWORK, THIS FRAMEWORK WOULD EVER COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FORMAL APPROVAL, UH, BEFORE IT BEGINS TO BE APPLIED BY OUR STAFF.
UM, AND SO RATHER THAN SPEND TIMES DEBATING AN ITEM THAT SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE COMFORTABLE WITH PASSING LAST WEEK, I'M JUST GONNA STAIN ON THAT ITEM TODAY.
UH, RATHER THAN KEEP US HERE DEBATING SOMETHING WHERE I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE VOTE.
UM, BUT I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UM, THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IMPROVING IT, AND I THINK IT WILL BE A MUCH STRONGER, UH, CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT EXTRA CONVERSATION.
UM, REAL QUICKLY, I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT I AUTHORED THAT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN PULLED, AND SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT SUPPORT.
IT HELPS FILL A CRITICAL NEED AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REGARDING TEXT MESSAGES TO 9 1 1 COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTS OUR CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS CONCERNING TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY FOR 9 1 1.
UM, I LEARNED ABOUT THIS NEED FROM A RECENT VISIT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
AND WHEN I VISITED, I LEARNED THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR SOME REASON IS NOT ABLE TO CALL 9 1 1, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEXT 9 1 1.
UM, IN AUSTIN, IF A TEXT MESSAGE COMES INTO OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER, CALL TAKERS OFTENTIMES HAVE TO TRANSLATE THE INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE MANUALLY.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, IN AN EMERGENCY, EVERY SECOND COUNTS AMONG MANY OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THE PROCUREMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY WILL AUTOMATE THE TRANSLATION OF TEXTS ACCURATELY AND GIVE SPEAKERS OTHER THAN ENGLISH, THE POTENTIAL TO ACCESS EMERGENCY SERVICES FASTER AND AGAIN, MORE ACCURATELY.
IT ALSO AMENDS OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION REGARDING A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TEXT TO 9 1 1 TRANSLATION, WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT EXIST ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS TEXT TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSIST THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PRO PROFICIENCY DURING NON-EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH SITUATIONS.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK MY CO-SPONSORS, COUNCIL MEMBER, VELA COUNCIL MEMBER RENTA COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
THE WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU ALL ARE A CALMING INFLUENCE.
YOU'RE THE QUIET, CALMING VOICES THAT PROVIDE SANITY AND SAFETY.
WHEN THERE'S CHAOS ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE, YOU ALL ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM
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AGITATED INDIVIDUALS WHO OFTENTIMES DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT THEIR NAME IS, OR WHAT TO DO IN FACING AN EMERGENCY.THEN YOU ALL CALMLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, OR PARAMEDICS TO RESPOND WITHOUT ERROR THE FIRST TIME.
AND EVERY TIME ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S MY HOPE THAT THIS TOOL WILL GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WHEN HELPING OTHERS FACING AN EMERGENCY.
ANY FURTHER DISCON CONVERSATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR MEDICINE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 34 STATE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, CORRECT? CORRECT.
YEAH, I DID HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 34.
I WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF, UM, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THE PROGRAM AND BRINGING FORWARD THESE BADLY NEEDED UPDATES.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT SINCE I TOOK OFFICE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO, UM, WELL, IT WAS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, UH, SINCE I TOOK OFFICE.
SO I'M GLAD THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING.
HOWEVER, THOUGH, LOOKING THROUGH 'EM, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE DISPARITY STUDY MIGHT AFFECT OUR LOCAL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO MAYOR PROTE ALTAR FOR BRINGING FORWARD HER AMENDMENTS THAT I THINK GO A LONG WAY AND EASE IN THE ANXIETY THERE FOR ME.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND RETENTION DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH THE PURCHASING OFFICE TO DEVELOP A LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM.
SO I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD, UM, UH, AND TO AT THE VERY LEAST, WORK WITH OUR OFFICES, UM, AND THE DECA CHAMBERS TO PURSUE SIMILAR GOALS.
I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOLKS INVOLVED WITH ALL THE DECA CHAMBERS BEING REALLY CANDID AND BRINGING THEIR CONCERNS TO US.
I THINK OFTENTIMES IT'S THE KIND OF, UM, SORT OF SILOED INFORMATION THAT IF YOU DON'T BRING IT TO US, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND, UM, ALLOWING US TO BE, UH, MORE THOUGHTFUL WITH OUR DELIBERATIONS.
UM, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN SEEING STAFF TO CONTINUE, UM, TO COLLABORATE WITH THE LOCAL CHAMBERS ON AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE NEW DISPARITY STUDY GOALS WILL AFFECT OUR STAKEHOLDERS AS THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE READJUSTED.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE UPDATES ON THE EFFORT AND, UH, HEARING ALONG THE WAY FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE UPDATES, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.
CUZ THAT WAS CONSIDERABLY, UM, OR THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT I I RECOGNIZED THE MOST WAS, UM, CONSISTENTLY SMALL BUSINESSES WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HADN'T SEEN ANY CHANGE THAT THEY'D BEEN PROMISED CHANGE FOR YEARS AND HADN'T SEEN ANY CHANGE.
SO I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, SEEING THEM FEEL LIKE THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN
UH, YES, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY COMMENT ON THE DIRECTION THAT I HAVE ON ITEM 30, 31 AND 32.
UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED TO THE WE, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT SOME LANGUAGE THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK, UM, THIS, UH, THIS ITEM SPEAKS TO, UH, WORKING WITH SUNRISE, UM, ON THEIR NAVIGATION SERVICES AND THEIR, THEIR OUTREACH SERVICES, EXCUSE ME, NOT NAVIGATION, THEIR OUTREACH SERVICES AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, THIS, UH, THIS SERVICE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR HOMELESS, UH, POPULATION.
IT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT HAS CAUSED SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH REGARD TO SOME CHALLENGES AROUND, UM, UH, THE SURROUNDING SPACE.
BUT EVERYONE HAS COME TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO, UM, TO WORK TOWARDS SOME SOLUTIONS, BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM AND THE LONG TERM.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, ASSISTING SUNRISE, UH, IN THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE AND FUNDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR INTEREST IN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM.
AND ALSO IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO COLLABORATIVELY COME UP WITH, UM, UH, SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UH, SURROUNDING THAT PROPERTY.
I WANNA ADDRESS THE AIR EASEMENT QUESTION, UH, JUST BECAUSE SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UH, AND I THINK MANAGERS, WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE PULLED BACK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT I WOULD CAST IT, UH, DIFFERENTLY.
UM, AND, AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
IN THE MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT ON THE 25TH, UH, THE, THE STAFF WROTE THAT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, UH, IT SAID THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO REALIZE MORE REVENUE FROM ENCROACHMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN ACCURATELY SAY THAT.
I THINK WHAT YOU CAN SAY IS SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL EXPRESS THAT DESIRE, BUT JUST BECAUSE A COUNCIL MEMBER EXPRESSES A DESIRE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THAT'S THE COUNCIL EXPRESSING THAT DESIRE.
AND I THINK THAT ALL TOO OFTEN STAFF IN TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE ASSUMES THAT SILENCE IS ACQUIESCENCE.
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APPROPRIATE ASSUMPTION, BUT WE DO KNOW IS THAT, THAT AT LEAST SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS DO.UH, I THINK THAT THIS, THIS IS A COMPLICATED POLICY ISSUE THAT IS PRESENTED AND IT DESERVES, QUITE FRANKLY, MORE CONVERSATION.
THE DEFINITION OF MARKET VALUE IN TEXAS, IN FACT, PRETTY UNIVERSALLY AROUND THE COUNTRY, IS THAT MARKET VALUE IS THE PRICE THAT WOULD BE PAID IN THE MARKETPLACE BETWEEN A WILLING BUYER AND A WILLING SELL SELLER.
BOTH HAVING ARMED WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT AND NEITHER UNDER DURESS, UH, TO, TO, TO SELL OR COMPULSION TO BUY.
THAT LAST PHRASE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
WHEN WE AS A CITY TRY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY, AND LET'S SAY WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCESS DOWN TO THE RUNNING TRAIL, AND LET'S SAY THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO GET ACCESS DOWN TO THE RUNNING TRAIL AND WE GO TO CONDEMN FIVE FEET OFF THE BACK OF SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY, THEY COULD COME TO US AND SAY, WELL, FIVE FEET OFF THE BACK OF ALL THESE PROPERTIES IS WORTH THIS AMOUNT, BUT I KNOW HOW BADLY YOU NEED THIS CUZ THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS IT.
SO I WANT TO CHARGE 10 TIMES THAT OR A HUNDRED TIMES THAT.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA BUY IT FROM ME, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BUY IT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
WHICH OF COURSE YOU CAN'T BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THAT IS, UH, AVAILABLE.
SO THE LAW OVER MARKET VALUE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CASES ON THIS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE, THE, THE APPRAISERS THEN ARE ASKED TO DO AS BEST THEY CAN AS EXPERTS IN VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THE PRICE OF THAT WOULD BE ABSENT THE FACT THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE SELLER POSSIBLE TO SELL THAT.
AND THE COURTS DON'T LET PROPERTY OWNERS CHARGE THAT HOLD UP PRICE TO THE CITY WHEN THE CITY'S TRYING TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
UM, SO THE QUESTION THAT'S TEED UP IN FRONT OF US IS WHEN WE ARE SELLING OUR OWN PROPERTY OR LEASING OUR OWN PROPERTY, SHOULD THE CITY, UH, MAXIMIZE WHAT IT CAN GET, EVEN IF IT'S MORE THAN MARKET VALUE AS DEFINED BY OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE COURTS THAT HAVE EVALUATED THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FORCED TRANSACTION.
I THINK WE COULD DO THAT LEGALLY.
I THINK WE COULD SAY THE CITY DOESN'T SELL PROPERTY AT MARKET VALUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW THAT THE PERSON TRYING TO BUY IT FROM US HAS TO BUY IT FROM US AND CAN'T BUY IT IT FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
SO WE WANT OUR STAFF TO GO NEGOTIATE HARD AND GET HOWEVER MUCH YOU CAN GET FROM THAT.
CAUSE WE HAVE THE CONTROLLING POSITION HERE.
AND THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE POLICY THAT WOULD BE A, A JUSTIFIABLE POLICY FOR A PUBLIC ENTITY LIKE A CITY TO, TO MAKE.
OR A CITY COULD SAY, WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THE SAME RULES WHEN WE SELL PROPERTY AS WE'RE, WE ENJOY WHEN WE BUY PROPERTY IN A FORCED SALE FROM SOMEONE WHO, WHO CAN'T SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO SELL IT FROM US, CUZ WE CAN ALWAYS CONDEMN IT.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY CONVERSATION.
UM, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A VERY CLEAR POLICY CHOICE AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR WHEN THIS CAME UP WAS STAFF TO COME BACK AND, AND TEE THAT QUESTION UP FOR US BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS AN INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION CUZ WE KEEP RUNNING INTO THIS SITUATION REPEATEDLY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT GOES AWAY AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A VERY SATISFYING ANSWER TO ANYBODY UNTIL WE HAVE THAT, THAT THAT POLICY CONVERSATION.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE HEARD YET WHAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD DO ON THAT POLICY CONVERSATION.
UH, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD TEE IT UP BEFORE YOU BRING ANY OF THESE BACK AND HOPEFULLY NOT IN THE CONTEXT OF BRINGING ONE BACK, BUT, BUT, BUT TEE UP THAT CONVERSATION FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COUNCIL R TOVO MIRA, I, I AGREE WITH ALL OF WHAT YOU SAID, EVEN IF WE MIGHT ULTIMATELY DISAGREE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS INDEED THAT IS IN THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC LAND RESOLUTION THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA TODAY THAT I INTEND TO, TO POSTPONE.
BUT THERE IS A SECTION CALLED RIGHT OF WAY VACATION AND ENCROACHMENT AND LICENSE AGREEMENTS THAT IS DESIGNED TO DIRECT THE MANAGER TO LOOK AT A, UM, ALTERNATIVES AND TO COME BACK TO, TO DO JUST WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, TEE UP THAT POLICY CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE SO THAT THEY
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CAN EVALUATE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.UM, WITH REGARD TO THAT QUESTION.
SO AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS OF HAVING IT ARISE AND ARISE AND ARISE, UM, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD INDEED TEE UP THAT CONVERSATION, WHICH IS A TIMELY ONE BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE ENCROACHMENTS BEHIND THIS ONE.
ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA, THESE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 42 63, THE 68, THE ITEMS BEING PULLED ARE 2325, UH, 39 AND 41.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLI SECONDS AT ANY DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSE IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS AND WE ARE ALL HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE.
I MEANT TO CLARIFY TO THE CLERK THAT I DID INDEED WISH I HAD REGISTERED SOME DIFFERENT VOTES.
UM, AND MAYOR PRO TEM UPDATED THOSE NUMBERS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT ALL GOT RECORDED ACCURATELY.
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IT IS NOW, UH, NOON.SO COLLEAGUES, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL UP, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME MUSIC TODAY I URGE EVERYBODY TO, TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT, WELL, LET'S SEE HOW LONG SPEAKERS TAKE, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A GUESS HOW LONG MUSIC WILL TAKE.
BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, CALL UP, UH, THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SEAN CAP.
THE PRESENTATION IS NOT BEING, DOES MR. KAT'S EVER MR. KAT'S PRESENTATION? YEAH.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO INVEST IN ADAPTIVE CIGNA TECHNOLOGY.
ADAPTIVE CIGNA TECHNOLOGY IS TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEEN, UH, FOR SEVERAL DECADES IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF, UH, EVOLUTION.
UM, IT'S, UH, BASICALLY A TECHNOLOGY WHICH ENABLES THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO BE INTERRUPTED BY, UH, OTHER CARS, UH, WHICH ARE COMING INTO THE INTERSECTION BY SENSORS.
AND, UM, AND IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE, SINCE THE EIGHTIES.
UH, IT'S BEEN EVOLVED OVER TIME AND IN THE, UH, THIS CENTURY, UH, SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE SOPHISTICATED WITH CAMERAS AND BASICALLY MEASURE THE TRAFFIC, UH, IN EACH INTERSECTION, UH, TO, OH, IS IT WORKING? UM, DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS, UM, UM, TO, UH, TO CHANGE THE LIGHTS ACCORDINGLY.
UH, THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN INTERSECTIONS IN AUSTIN IS THAT THE, THE INCREASING INFRASTRUCTURE COST, THE TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE NOT IN SYNC.
UH, THERE ARE SOME DEAD GREEN LIGHTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, CARS ARE WAITING, BUT THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IN THE INTERSECTION.
UM, THE, THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT IN SYNC, FOR EXAMPLE, IN, UH, ALONG THE SIX 20.
UM, AND, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THEMSELVES ARE BEING SYNCED ONLY, UH, IN CAL ONLY, AND CALIBRATE ONLY ONCE IN THREE YEARS IN AVERAGE.
AND EVERY POWER OUTAGE, IT'S JUST CAUSING, UH, MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS. THE BENEFITS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS TO, UH, IT'S SAVINGS IN A LOT OF, UH, COST AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S GET SAVING A LOT OF FUEL TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE MAINTAIN, UM, MORE EFFICIENTLY, UH, THE CO2 REDUCTION AND, AND TRAFFIC CAN BE PRIORITIZED ALSO, UH, TO, UH, TO EXPEDITE 9 1 1 TRAFFIC IN PUBLIC TRAFFIC.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME EXAMPLE, RECENT EXAMPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IN THE PAST YEARS.
UM, MOST NOTABLY IS, UH, IS IN SEATTLE.
THEY, THEY HAVE THE, UH, THEY HAVE THE, UM, UH, MERCER CORRIDOR THERE, WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC BY 20% THERE.
UM, AND, AND ALSO IN, UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN COLORADO, UH, WHICH YOU CAN COMPARE THAT TO THE SIX 20 TRAFFIC.
UH, PRETTY MUCH SAME PROFILE OF TRAFFIC.
ALSO THE 20% OF, UH, IMPROVEMENT, UM, FROM FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE, THE RETURN ON
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ON INVESTMENT IS, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ONE.I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UM, FROM, FROM, UH, MAINTENANCE COST.
UM, IT'S GONNA CA IT'S GONNA TAKE A FEW YEARS TO COVER IT, BUT IF YOU ADD, ONLY IF YOU ADDED THE GAS COST THAT IT COSTS CITIZENS, UH, THAT CREATES A RETURN OF INVESTMENT OF TWO MONTHS.
UM, FROM IMPLEMENTATION, UH, PERSPECTIVE, IT'S EASY TO IMPLEMENT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ONLY IMPLEMENT A SUBSET OF, UH, OF A, OF A REGION.
AND YOU CAN MEASURE, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN RUN FOR A PILOT AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.
MY NAME IS KEVIN, BUT THEY CALL ME KEVIN FIERCE.
LISTEN, I'M HERE BECAUSE IN JUNE I GOT OUT OF A REALLY LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH MY BOYFRIEND, GUSTAVO, AND WE BROKE UP BECAUSE HE WAS AN ANTI-VAXXER AND HE REFUSED TO GET VACCINATED FOR MONKEYPOX.
SO I HAD TO KICK HIM TO THE CURB BECAUSE I DON'T DATE SIGN DENIERS AND I DON'T MESS WITH TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
BUT EVER SINCE WE BROKE UP, I'VE BEEN REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYBODY AND LISTEN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ME AND ENRIQUE, WE USED TO GO TO RAIN TOGETHER.
KEN HARRY'S, WE USED TO MAKE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE WE MET AT GOLD IN THE STEAM ROOM.
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANY OF THAT SINCE THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS.
YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I MEET A CUTE BOY AND I ASK IF THEY'RE VACCINATED, EITHER THEY'RE NOT VACCINATED, CUZ THEY'RE TRUMP SUPPORTERS, OR THEY REFUSE TO SHOW ME THEIR VAX CARD AND I'M SEXUALLY FREE.
YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT OF STUFF WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT GUYS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND A LOT OF REALLY COOL PLACES.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT VACCINATED FOR MONKEY PUCKS, I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW, AND EVERY TIME I MEET A CUTE BOY, THEY NEVER SHOW ME THEIR VA CARD AND THEY ALWAYS WALK AWAY FROM ME.
GUYS, LISTEN, I HAVE BEEN CELIBATE FOR FOUR MONTHS, ALL RIGHT? I HAVE NOT HAD GROUP SEX SINCE JUNE 10TH.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONELY I AM, STEVE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SIT IN THE TOILET AND NOT BE IN ANY PAIN BECAUSE THE PAIN IS HERE, THE PAIN IS IN MY HEART.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED BETTER MONKEY POX VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND LIKE, WE NEED TO MAKE THESE VACCINES MANDATORY BECAUSE I SHOULDN'T BE SHUT OUT OF HAVING AN EMOTIONALLY INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN OR FIVE AT THE SAME TIME.
OKAY,
YOU KNOW, I, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY LOVING HUMAN CONTACT SINCE, SINCE HORS JHAN.
I SPLIT UP, SO I'M SORRY IF I'M A LITTLE BIT HIS HYSTERICAL.
AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, THEY'RE MAKING A NEWER VERSION OF MONKEYPOX THAT'S EVEN DEADLIER IN MARYLAND BECAUSE WE NEED STRONGER VACCINATIONS.
SO THIS IS ALL THE MORE REASON TO MAKE THESE MONKEY PPOS VACCINES MANDATORY.
LET'S GET TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
GO AHEAD MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M MARK OVERSTREET IN 11 DISTRICT THREE.
UH, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I CAN GET THIS DONE IN JUST UNDER FOUR MINUTES.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE REFER TO THE HANDOUT.
DO YOU HAVE THE PRINTED HANDOUT? IS THAT AFFIRMATIVE? YOU DO? I THINK IT'S BEEN HANDED OUT.
I'M HERE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO UNAUTHORIZED DAMAGE ALONG THE SOUTHERN WALNUT
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CREEK TRAIL.A CONCRETE TRAIL USED BY HIKERS DOG WALKERS, JOGGERS, AND BICYCLES PAGE ONE OF THE HANDOUT SHOWS THAT THE TRAIL BEGINS ON THE LEFT AT GALI PARK HEADS EAST UNDERNEATH 180 3, AND THEN GOES NORTH.
THE RED CIRCLE INDICATES THE DAMAGED AREA.
PAGE TWO SHOWS THE TRAIL FROM MILE TWO TO MILE 3.5 WITH THE SAME AREA CIRCLED.
PAGE THREE ILLUSTRATES THAT THE, THIS PORTION OF THE TRAIL RUNS THROUGH A LARGE WOODED AREA THAT HAS DEER AND OTHER WILDLIFE.
PAGE FOUR ILLUSTRATES THAT IT ALSO HAS HIKING TRAILS.
PAGE FIVE, WHICH YOU'LL HAVE TO ROTATE, ZOOMS IN ON THE DAMAGED AREA.
THE TRAIL IS THE LIGHTLY COLORED LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF THE TRIANGULAR WOODED AREA.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I SAW A FELLOW USING A LAWN MOWER TO CUT BICYCLE PATHS FROM THE TRAIL ALONGSIDE AND INTO THE WOODS, INDICATED BY THE RED LINES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE MAP.
A FEW DAYS LATER, I OBSERVED PERHAPS THE SAME GUY WITH A WEED WHACKER AND A SAW IN THE WOODED AREA.
HE SAID HE HAD PERMISSION TO CUT A BICYCLE PATH, BUT THAT WAS NOT TRUE.
THE FOLLOWING DAY I RETURNED TO SEE WHAT HE HAD DONE WITHIN THE WOODED AREA BETWEEN THE RED LINES.
HE HAD WEED WHACKED, CUT DOWN LIVE TREES AND SOUGHT OFF LIVE TREE LIMBS FOR A SERPENTINE BIKE PATH, MEASURING A THOUSAND YARDS, COUNTING THE MODE PATHS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT.
MY GPS MEASURED THE ENTIRE PATH YOU CUT AT 1400 YARDS, PAGES SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.
SHOW WHERE THE WEED WHACKING AND TREE CUTTING BEGINS ON THE RIGHT.
AND EXAMPLES OF THE DOZENS OF TREES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT.
I NOTIFIED THE CITY MANAGER AUSTIN WATER PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS.
EVERYONE HAS BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL AND RESPONSIVE.
THE AREA IN QUESTION IS UNDER AUSTIN WATER PARKS HAS THE CONCRETE TRAIL.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS MAINTENANCE ALONG THE TRAIL.
TWO WEEKS AGO I MET WATER AND PARKS ON THE TRAIL.
IN ADDITION TO WHERE THE TREES HAVE BEEN CUT, I SHOWED THEM PAGE NINE AND THE HANDOUT WHERE A BICYCLE IN PLACED A RAMP TO CONVERT A HIKING TRAIL INTO THE BICYCLE VERSION OF A MOTOCROSS COURSE.
THEY SAID NO ONE HAD BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO MOW WHEAT, WHACK CUT TREES, OR IN PLACE RAMPS.
I SUGGESTED SIGNS NEAR THE TRAILS TWO MILE AND THREE AND A HALF MILE MARKERS IS THE LAST BICYCLE ACCESS PATHS BELOW AND ABOVE THIS PORTION OF THE TRAIL, PROHIBITING ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL HABITAT AND MANMADE CONTRAPTIONS OFF TRAIL.
I USED TO BE A BICYCLE RACER AND I KNOW HOW SOME BICYCLERS CAN BE WITHOUT SUCH SIGNS.
THEY'LL USE LAWN MOWERS, WHEAT, WHACKERS, AND SAWS TO CUT ANOTHER BICYCLE PATH AND ANOTHER ONE.
AND NOT ONLY ALONG ALONG THE SOUTHERN WALNUT CREEK TRAIL, IT WAS DISCUSSED WHETHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM GOING OFF THE CONCRETE TRAIL ALTOGETHER.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXCESSIVE BECAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE USE THE HIKING TRAILS WITHOUT A PROBLEM.
TO PARAPHRASE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS, WHEN IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO DO MORE, IT'S NECESSARY TO NOT DO MORE.
IN CONCLUSION, AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, AUSTIN WATERS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PLANNING AGREED TO PROHIBIT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL HABITAT AND CONTRAPTIONS OFF TRAIL, BUT NOT PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM USING THE HIKING TRAILS.
OTHERWISE, I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER INSTRUCT AUSTIN WATER TO ADHERE TO THAT PLAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? SORRY, MAYOR, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING.
WE GET, UH, NOW TO SOME, UH, MUSIC FROM, UH, UH, GABBY.
UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 12 TRIAL.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, WE TRY TO RECONVENE HERE AT, UH, ONE 30.
MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE WORK DONE.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE UP MAYBE 23, 25 AND GET THOSE, UH, RESOLVED.
UH, BEFORE WE TAKE SPEAKERS AT TWO AGAIN, WE'LL DO THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA.
WE'LL DO QUICK ITEMS IF WE CAN.
PERHAPS INSTEAD I'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND SEE.
UH, BUT LET'S TAKE AS MANY THINGS OFF THE AGENDA AS WE CAN BY TWO, TWO O'CLOCK.
WE'LL DO THE, THE SPEAKERS, WE'LL DO ZONING CONSENT, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
JUST WANTED TO, UM, SEE IF OUR COLLEAGUES WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING A PHOTO IN FRONT OF THE DAUS WHEN WE BREAK.
UM, TO CELEBRATE OUR, UH, THIRD MATCH THAT WE'LL BE HAVING WITH AUSTIN FC, OUR HOMETOWN TEAM ADVANCING IN THE PLAYOFFS.
UH, WE'LL BE PLAYING LOS ANGELES ON SUNDAY, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED, UH, TO SEE.
AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO AUSTIN FC, OUR TEAM AND, AND HOW GRATEFUL AND EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT ALL OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
THUS, THUS FAR, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND IF MY STAFF IS LISTENING TO THIS AND CAN GRAB SOME ADDITIONAL ONES OF THESE OFF MY, UH, RACK AND MY OFFICE, IF THEY'RE ANY MORE UP THERE, WHY DON'T YOU GRAB 'EM AND BRING HIM DOWN FOR US FOR THIS PHOTO.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE RECESS? THEN THE COUNCIL MEETING IS RECESSED HERE AT, UH, 1213.
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WE'RE MISSING COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 1 42.
UH, TODAY IS STILL OCTOBER 27TH, 2022.
WE'RE STILL IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET THE SPEAKERS AS CLOSE TO TWO O'CLOCK AS WE CAN.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS, COLLEAGUES WE CAN TAKE QUICK VOTES ON.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 44, THE NBG REGULATING PLAN AMENDMENT THAT MIGHT DO THAT ONE FIRST.
I THINK, WELL, WE CAN, UH, POSTPONE THE ANNEXATION ITEMS 69 THROUGH, UH, 72.
THEN WE HAVE THREE TENANT ITEMS, UH, THAT I THINK MIGHT MOVE REALLY QUICKLY.
ITEM 23, WHICH IS CURE 25, WHICH IS ORGANIZED, AND 39, WHICH IS TENANT RELOCATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH AS MANY OF THOSE THINGS AS WE CAN IN THE NEXT 17 MINUTES.
UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA GET THE ZONING SPEAKERS, UH, AND WE'LL DO, TRY TO DO THE CONSENT.
I DON'T THINK THE TWO ZONING ITEMS THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSION ARE GONNA TAKE US VERY LONG.
NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN CONTROVERSY, BUT BECAUSE THE ISSUE I THINK IS SINGULAR AND CLEAR.
MAYOR, ONE OF THOSE IS GONNA GO ON CONSENT AND BE WITHDRAWN OR NOT WITHDRAWN, BUT INDEFINITE POSTPONE.
UH, WE, WE JUST LEARNED THAT 55.
WHICH ONE? UH, I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S 55.
HUDSON RANCH IS GOING TO BE INDEFINITE.
YEAH, THE DEVELOPERS IS PULLING IT BACK FOR INDEFINITE POSTPONES.
SO THAT WILL GO QUICKLY AND THAT WILL LEAVE US SCENIC DRIVE.
UH, SO MY SENSE IS, IS THAT, UH, CENIC DRIVE IS AN ACCESS QUESTION THAT OUGHT TO GO PRETTY QUICK.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE THOSE TWO ITEMS UP.
UM, UH, IF THEY'RE NOT ON CONSENT RIGHT AFTER THAT, WHILE WE HAVE EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR DOING ZONING, THAT GETS US TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAUSE WE'LL BE AFTER TWO O'CLOCK AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO HANDLE THE TWO FINAL THINGS.
ITEM 45, WHICH IS THE ENVIRO ORDINANCE.
AND ITEM NUMBER 41, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS, UM, UH, WORKING, UH, UH, UH, WITH ME ON THAT.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE POSTPONED, BUT WE ARE GOING TO START THE CLOCK AND SPEND 30 MINUTES ON IT.
UH, AND, UH, WE'VE ASKED STAFF TO, TO REALLY TAKE THE MOST OF THAT TIME MANAGER TO REALLY MAKE CLEAR WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, UH, FROM, FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE.
[44. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the Regulating Plan for the North Burnet Gateway Zoning District to increase the maximum building height with development bonus and to modify the maximum floor-to-area ratio with development bonus in the Commercial Mixed Use-Gateway Zone Subdistrict. ]
CAN HANDLE SOME THINGS.LET'S BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 44.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 44 AS OUR POOL? I KNOW WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, UM, ONCE WE OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE, THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ITEM 44.
WE CALLED PEOPLE TO BE SPEAK ON IT EARLIER THIS MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE CALL.
IS ANYBODY HERE THAT, UH, WASN'T THERE TO SPEAK? THAT'S, WON'T YOU WISHES TO SPEAK? AND IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THE TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS UNDER OUR RULES WAS THIS MORNING AND WE GAVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON IT THAT WANTED TO.
SO, UH, AS PART OF YOUR MOTION, LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE BALANCE OF IT IS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 44.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, THE FOLKS ARE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS WHO HAVE DONE REALLY GOOD WORK ON THIS WITH MY TEAM.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY WE HAVE NORTH BURN GATEWAY REGULATING PLAN CHANGE.
IT'S A FIX TO THE CMU GATEWAY, SUBDISTRICT DISTRICT.
IT ADJUSTS THE FAR WITH A DEVELOPMENT BONUS FROM EIGHT TO ONE, UP TO 12 TO ONE.
AND THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT, AGAIN, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT BONUS GOES FROM 208 FEET TO 420 FEET.
SO I BRING THIS UP NOW TO ALSO SIGNAL THAT A LARGER UPDATE THAT WE SORELY NEED FOR THIS REGIONAL AREA SHOULD COME BACK TO US BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR OR IN EARLY 2023.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN THIS AREA OF TOWN AS IT CONTINUES TO EXPAND.
IT IS EXPANDING WELL BEYOND WHAT WAS INITIALLY IMAGINED YEARS AGO.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT AND WORK SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON IT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS THAT MOTION IN DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 44, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DI WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO OFF.
[Items 69 - 72]
THAT GETS US TO ITEMS 69 TO 72, 69 TO, UH, 72 ARE ALL ANNEXATION ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEMS 69, 70, 71 AND 72 TO NOVEMBER 3RD? COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE MAKES THAT MOTION.IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER? POOL SECONDS.
THAT MOTION? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONE? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.
[23. Approve an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 4-14 related to notices of proposed eviction. ]
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UH, WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 23, WHICH IS THE, UH, TENANT, UH, CURE, UH, ITEM.UH, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN, UH, PROPOSED.
UH, I WOULD MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM, UH, 23.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER OF FUENTES SECONDS THAT, UH, WE'VE INCORPORATED THE, UH, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, WERE, UH, PROPOSED TO US.
WE POSTED AND HANDED OUT THIS MORNING, UH, I GUESS THE, THE, THE, THE VERSION OF THAT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, UM, UH, ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THIS, UM, UH, DOES NOT DO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTED IT TO DO IN THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY WANTED IT TO BE DONE.
UH, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE A CURE, UH, WITH, UH, SOME, UM, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS AND COMPROMISES.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE ADVOCATES, THOSE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS.
UH, AND AS, AS A FIRST STEP TO, TO GET TO THAT SIX MONTH CONVERSATION, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM, UM, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, UH, POINTING TOWARD THAT SIX MONTH, UH, FROM THE LETTER THAT, UH, ABEL WERE SENT OUT.
UM, AND I WOULD, UH, URGE US TO MOVE FORWARD AND PASS THIS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
UH, MAYOR, THIS INCORPORATES COUNCIL MEMBER F FUENTES AMENDMENT WITH REGARD TO THE NOTICE.
UH, NO, BUT SHE'LL MAKE THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
AND I'M JUST GONNA, I'LL LET, UH, I'LL, UH, SPEAK.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE URGES THAT AMENDMENT? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY.
UM, I DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, YELLOW SHEET COPY.
THIS IS, UM, DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, IT DIRECTS A CITY MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT THE WEBPAGE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WEBSITE IS UPDATED WITH THE MOST UPTODATE INFORMATION ON RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO OUR RENTERS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE THAT, UM, WHILE WE DO HAVE A WEBPAGE, IT DEFINITELY NEEDS MORE, NEEDS TO BE MORE USER FRIENDLY AND WE NEED TO ADD A PHONE NUMBER TO THAT WEBPAGE.
UH, I WAS A LITTLE, UH, DISMAYED TO FIND OUT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE NUMBER TO OFFER TO PROVIDE ON OUR NOTICE.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN A RESIDENT NEEDS HELP AND IS IN A DIRE SITUATION, HAVING A PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
UM, THIS ALSO DOES AN UPDATE TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDLORD, WHEN A NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPOSED EVICTION IS ISSUED, THAT, UH, AN ADDITIONAL, UM, ONE SHEETER IS ACCOMPANIED.
AND THAT WE DO HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT ONE SHEETER WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY, IT'S, IT'S KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
THIS IS INFORMATION FOR THE TENANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WE WANT TO INCLUDE THAT PHONE NUMBER THAT I REFERENCE.
UH, AND THIS IS MODELED AFTER SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THEY CURRENTLY DO THIS, AND SO WE ARE ASKING TO DO THE SAME.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED? HEARING NONE, THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED TO THE BASE MOTION.
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM 23, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I THINK WAS NEXT.
YEAH, I, I WAS, UH, ASKING ABOUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINT THIS MOTION.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE, THE MAYOR AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS TOO, TO FIND A, A COMPROMISE.
I THINK THAT WHERE WE, WHERE WE LANDED, I THINK IS A, A REALLY FAIR PLACE FOR OUR NEXT STEP, UM, IN THIS REGARD.
AND SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THIS ADDRESSED THE, THE, UH, CONCERNS THAT STAFF HAD RAISED, UM, WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT PREVIOUSLY.
AND LEGAL WANTS TO, OR STAFF WANTS TO, TO ADDRESS THAT THE, THE ONES THAT THEY RAISED THAT WE DISCUSSED EXECUTIVE WERE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, NOT TO NOT TO CURE.
SO 25, 25, I WAS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TAKING POINT ON THAT ONE.
AND, UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AMENDMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT IT DOES SAY A NOTICE OF TENNIS RIGHTS MUST BE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, WHICH ARE THE TWO MOST PREDOMINANT LANGUAGES IN AUSTIN.
THAT SAID, A DISTRICT FOUR IS VERY MULTILINGUAL.
UH, AND I, I, I DON'T NEED TO AMEND IT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO INCLUDE WHATEVER THE EXPLANATION OF TENANT'S RIGHTS IS.
AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE
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EVERY, YOU KNOW, 20 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, BUT THAT THERE BE A LINK OR A, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST A ONE SENTENCE ON THERE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.UH, AGAIN, THINKING LIKE MAYBE THE TOP FIVE LANGUAGES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, THIS IS A VERY IMMIGRANT FRIENDLY CITY, UH, HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF, UH, IMMIGRANTS IN, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE.
UH, AND I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE, THAT, YOU KNOW, TENANTS RIGHTS NOTICE, UH, IS ACCESSIBLE TO, UH, IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
SO I THINK THE DIRECTION MANAGER IS TO MAKE IT AS LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE IN MORE THAN JUST THOSE TWO LANGUAGES AS POSSIBLE.
UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE THE, THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING NOTE THAT THAT'S BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE VOTE WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE.
I JUST WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER VELA FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE MY DISTRICT AS WELL HAS LOTS OF, UM, ENGLISH IS, OR ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE SPEAKER.
SO THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, THE BETTER.
ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? UH, ITEM 23.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF 23 IS AMENDED.
THOSE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE ITEM NUMBER 25? VETA, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I DO.
WE HAVE A FINAL UPDATED VERSION.
HONESTLY, IF YOU, IF WE COULD GIVE IT JUST A SECOND.
THERE WERE, WE WERE INCORPORATING, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
[39. Approve a resolution relating to mobile homes and tenant notification and relocation requirements; and initiating amendments to Title 25 of the City Code. ]
UH, UH, LET'S GO THEN TO, UM, UM, THE TENANT RELOCATION.COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YES, I MOVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, YOU WANNA MAKE, YOU WANNA MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 39.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
SECOND, THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES WILL TURN TO YOU.
UM, COLLEAGUES, THIS, UM, ITEM REALLY CAME ABOUT OF A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED MULTIPLE TIMES HERE ON THE DAAS OF THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES, BOTH IN MY DISTRICT AND COUNCIL, EZ DISTRICT OFFICE, SOUTH CONGRESS, UH, WHERE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE FACED MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT.
SO ITEM 39 SEEKS TO CLOSE, UM, SOME LOOPHOLES IN OUR TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE.
I ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, TO OFFER IF I COULD, UM, I GUESS GET A SECOND ON THIS.
UH, COUNCIL FOR THIS HAS, HAS HANDED OUT.
I THINK WE HAD, UM, UH, IN FRONT OF US, THE FUENTES AMENDMENT.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO DO THAT AMENDMENT? I DON'T THINK I COUNCIL TOBO SECONDS THAT, UM, THANK YOU.
HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON ONE SECOND.
UM, JIM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE COPIES OF IT.
I'M SORRY, IS IT ITEM 39? CORRECT.
UM, SO THIS ITEM, THIS AMENDMENT ACTUALLY COMES, UM, IN CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND THANK YOU COUNCIL TOBO FOR BEING A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM, BUT IT JUST ADDS TO WHEREAS, UM, INFORMATION, UH, WELL, TO WHEREAS IS THAT PROVIDES BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO BROUGHT FORWARD RELATING TO, UH, MOBILE HOMES AND A LOOK BACK PERIOD.
UM, SO IT ADDS, THIS AMENDMENT, ADDS THAT INFORMATION IN AND THEN INCLUDES, UM, AND REFERENCES THAT RESOLUTION IN THE BE IT RESOLVED, UM, AND REFERENCES, ADDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS STAFF MEMO.
UH, THE MOTION, UH, ITEM, REMEMBER 39 IN FRONT OF US, UH, SORRY, OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT.
HEARING NONE, THAT AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 39? LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR 39, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY IS VOTING NO ON ITEM NUMBER 39.
OTHERS VOTING? I PASSES 10 TO ONE.
IT IS NOW, UM, PER NEAR TWO O'CLOCK.
[25. Approve an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 4-14 related to tenant organizing and creating an offense and penalty. ]
DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA LAY OUT YOUR AMENDMENTS? UH, UM, VELA ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 25 AND MAYBE AFTER YOU LAY THEM OUT, WE GO TO THE CALLS AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS? UM, YES, THE, OR IF YOU WANT TO, WE CAN JUST PICK IT ALL UP LATER.SO THE, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CLERK, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT ALL IN FRONT OF YOU.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, SIMILAR, UH, IDENTICAL TO THE, THE, THE FINAL VERSION.
IT JUST CLARIFIES THAT, UH, LANDLORD, UH, MEANS A PERSON WHO OWNS LEASE OR SUBLEASER DWELLING, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE A PROPERTY MANAGER OR AGENT.
THAT WAS A SUGGESTION MADE, UH, BY THE LAW
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DEPARTMENT.JUST CLARIFYING THAT, UH, BASED ON THE CONCERNS FROM THE AUSTIN DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND ABOR THAT THEY DID NOT WANT, UH, THEIR PROPERTY MANAGERS IN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FRONT OFFICE STAFF OF BEING CHARGED WITH THE CRIME.
THE GOAL WAS TO, TO TO FOCUS ON THE, THE OWNERS.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, AMENDMENT WAS, UM, UH, THE, ON THE OFFENSIVE PENALTY SECTION, AGAIN, JUST CLARIFYING, THE SECTION THAT WE'RE WE'RE ADDING IS A LANDLORD WHO VIOLATES OR ALLOWS ANOTHER TO VIOLATE THIS ARTICLE COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE, UH, AS PROVIDED BY THE SECTION.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE TWO FINAL AMENDMENTS ARE JUST CLARIFYING LANGUAGE THAT WAS, UH, SUGGESTED BY, UH, LEGAL, AND I'M INCORPORATING THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
UM, THERE WERE OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RED LINE VERSION THAT WERE NOT INCORPORATING BECAUSE THE, IT WAS A DELICATE BALANCE GETTING THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, GETTING THE AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS GETTING, UH, BAA AND, UH, THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION AND THE, AND THE TENANTS RIGHTS FOLKS, AND WE'VE KIND OF CAREFULLY STRUCK THAT BALANCE.
THE LANGUAGE IN THE VERSION THAT I'VE PUT FORWARD IS AGREED TO BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
I BELIEVE Y'ALL ALSO RECEIVED THE SAME EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD WITH THIS LANGUAGE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE WANT TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE, THE LANGUAGE AS AGREED TO BY ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WITH, UH, A HANDFUL OF CLARIFICATIONS THAT, UH, THAT LAW MADE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S COMING OUT TO US FOR US ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT PRINT COPIES THAT, ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND HOLD THAT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION, UH, COUNTS ABOUT WHAT? THIS SECOND THAT, SORRY.
LET'S HOLD THAT FOR JUST A MOMENT.
LET'S GO TO THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE ON HANDLE ZONING AND THEN WHEN WE'RE THROUGH WITH ZONING, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THIS ONE OF THE QUICK ITEMS THAT WE HANDLE AFTER IT'S BEEN HANDED OUT AND IT'S BEEN POSTED FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR ZONING SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE TWO MINUTES, UH, FOR EACH, UH, UH, SPEAKER, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S, LET'S STAFF WALK US THROUGH AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SO WE HAVE AN EYE TO WHAT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE POSTPONED AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE DISCUSSED.
YES, MAYOR JOY HARDEN WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
YOUR POSTPONEMENT ITEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
UH, NUMBER 47 AS WE WILLIAM CANON AND THERE'S THAT APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR NOVEMBER 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.
NUMBER 50 IS THREAT AND THAT'S A APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, 53 AND 54 RELATED CASES SPRINGDALE COMMERCIAL AND THERE'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR DECEMBER 1ST COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAVE 55 THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN JUST MENTIONED.
THAT'S A APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT AND ITEM 61, THE ZIMMERMAN.
AND THERE IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE MAYOR PRO TE TO YOUR NOVEMBER 3RD COUNCIL MEETING.
55 ANTICIPATED INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT FROM THE APPLICANTS BY THE APPLICANT.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY NO NEED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SPEAK ON THAT ONE CAUSE IT'S CORRECT, UH, BEING INDEFINITELY POSTPONED AND THEN I WOULD SAY ITEM 47 AS WELL.
UM, WEST WILLIAM CANNON IS THE APPLICANT, UM, POSTPONE POSTPONING THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, 61 IS GONNA BE POSTPONED.
SO THE ONES BEING POSTPONED ARE 47, 50, 53, 54, 55, AND 61.
WELL, YES, FIF FIVE IS, THAT'S THE MAYOR 55 IS BEING INDEFINITELY.
THAT'S THE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MENTIONED.
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YOU VERY MUCH.LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR SPEAKERS.
YES, MAYOR, FIRST SPEAKER IS JOYCE BAIO ON ITEM 48.
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN BRYER WOODS AND I'M COMMENTING ON ITEM 48, THE SCENE MEDICAL CENTER POD NUMBER TWO.
HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE? TWO MINUTES.
WELL, IF, DO YOU HAVE THE VISUALS I SEND, ONE LOOKS LIKE A SIDE PLAN AND THE OTHER AND IS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH.
CAN WE START WITH THE SIDE PLAN FIRST? LOOKING AT THAT? YES, THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN.
DO HAVE, THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN.
IF YOU COULD, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, SEATON IS SEATON EXPANSION.
UM, MOST OF IT WILL HAPPEN ON 34TH STREET.
THERE'S A WOMAN TOWER AND A BLUE GARAGE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE TWO ENTRANCE RAMPS AND FOUR EXIT RAMPS FOR VEHICLES.
AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE MEDICAL PARK, WHERE IT'S MEDICAL PARKWAY, UM, THOSE TWO LANES THAT ARE
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EXISTING NOW WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE VEHICLE USE IN THE FUTURE.ON THE NORTH SIDE, ON THE 38TH STREET SIDE, THERE ARE THREE ENTRANCE LANES AND TWO EXIT LANES.
SO MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO COME DOWN ON 30, ON 34TH STREET, AND YET THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID NOT REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR 34TH STREET.
THEY DID PRETTY EXTENSIVE IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR 38TH STREET AND THREE OF ITS INTERSECTION AND 40TH STREET AND LAMAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL.
WE, THE RESIDENTS HAD TO REQUEST A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR 34TH STREET, AND IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE AERIAL PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE GOT AS A TRAFFIC STUDY.
IT'S JUST TRIPS, DAILY TRIPS, AND THESE ARE THE EXISTING TRIPS.
AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE TUBE COUNT FAILS BECAUSE VEHICLES PARKED ON IT.
YOU CAN'T PARK ON 34TH STREET, YOU CAN ONLY WAIT FOR, FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON 34TH STREET.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT STAFF DESCRIBES THE SEAT AND SITE OF THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, YET IT DID NOT REQUIRE A REGIONAL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
THIS IS THE SORRY, STATE OF TRAFFIC YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AT.
IT EXPIRED, RIGHT? IRENE PICART FOR ITEM 48.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SEAT AND PUD AS WELL.
UM, RIGHT NOW YOU COULD SEE FROM THAT VISUAL THAT GEORGE SHOWED YOU THAT, THAT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE HOSPITAL.
ONE OF THE MAIN ONES IS ON MEDICAL PARKWAY.
THAT IS A STREET THAT SETON HAS USED OVER THE YEARS, AND BECAUSE OF SETON, WE HAVE MORE STOP SIGNS THERE AND IT, IT'S PROVIDES, IT IS A STREET WITH A TURN LANE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VISUALS THAT I SENT, WHICH ARE THREE PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE FIRST PHOTO IS AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT ON MEDICAL PARKWAY.
AND ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE DUE TO THE LIGHT TRAFFIC, THAT CAR EXITING CAN TURN SOUTH TO WEST 34TH OR NORTH TO WEST 38TH.
UM, ON THE NEXT PHOTO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, IT'S LOOKING SOUTH ON MEDICAL PARKWAY.
AND THE POINT HERE IS THAT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT DOES NOT INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS WALKING OR BIKING TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
ANDREWS AND BRIER WOODS, BOTH, UH, WI WITHIN AN EIGHTH OF A MILE.
UM, THE THIRD PHOTO LOOKING SOUTH ON MEDICAL PARKWAY, YOU SEE THAT MEDICAL PARKWAY, UNLIKE WEST 34TH STREET, HAS A TURN LANE THAT FACILITATES THE SAFE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THING, THE SAFEST THING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS THE PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE VISITING.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, RETAIN THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE HOSPITAL AND PARKING GARAGE ON MEDICAL PARKWAY.
THE MEDICAL PARKWAY EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY HANDLES MUCH OF THE TRAFFIC TWO AND FROM THE HOSPITAL AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.
I'VE LIVED IN RYER WOODS, UM, MORE THAN 40 YEARS, SO IT, IT'S WORKED WELL.
UM, MEDICAL PARKWAY HAS THE TURN LANE TO THE HOSPITAL, WHICH FACILITATES THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT.
MEDICAL, UM, WEST 34TH HAS NONE.
MEDICAL PARKWAY HAS NO BIKE LANES, UM, WITH ALL THEIR POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS, WEST 34TH STREET HAS THEM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
MEDICAL PARKWAY IS NOT A WALKING BIKING ROUTE TO THE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WEST 34TH STREET.
MY REQUEST IS RETAIN THANK YOU.
UH, HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS SANDRA MUL FROM D ONE AND I LIVE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE RE'S PROPOSED PROPERTY.
I POSED THE OWN REQUEST AND SO DO A BUNCH OF MY NEIGHBORS, SO HOPEFULLY
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THERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE DIEGO TECHNOLOGY CENTER ON THE SCREEN, BUT IF NOT, IT'S THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO SIDE.THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL ONE STORY HIGH AND CONTAIN TWO CHURCHES, A DAYCARE, A SMALL GAS STATION, AND MULTIPLE SMALL BUSINESSES, MANY OF WHICH ARE VACANT.
NOW, THIS ITEM WAS DENIED BY YOUR ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 19TH LAST YEAR, AND YOU SHOULD ALSO DENY IT.
ZY TOGO ASKED FOR A ZONING CHANGE SO THEY COULD HAVE A FOUR FOOT DESIGN ELEMENT.
THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION TOLD THEM CODE ALLOWS FOR AN ORNAMENTAL ELEMENT WAIVER AND SO THEREFORE DENIED THE CHANGE REQUEST.
THE ZONING CHANGE TO GMU IS INTENDED FOR OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THE RENT IS ONLY RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT.
ALSO, THE RE ONLY PARTIALLY SUPPORTS THE POLICIES OF THE IMAGINE AUSTRIAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE MOBILITY OPTIONS ARE BELOW AVERAGE.
WELL, CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS ARE FAIR THAT IT GOES PROPERTY SITS ON A SLIGHT HILL MAKING IT INSTANTLY HIGHER THAN ALL OF ITS ONE AND TWO STORY NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY COPPER TREE OF WESTVIEW CANYON AND YEAGER LANE IS JUST THAT.
IT'S A LANE, IT'S A MINOR ROAD.
IT'S A TWO-LANE ROAD INTO TWO LANE ROAD, ALREADY DANGEROUS WITH TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR MAJOR TRAFFIC WAVES AS THE JMU STATES.
AND AS A REMINDER, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND HOTELS ON TEWA AND PARMER, WHICH ARE THE LARGER ROADWAYS, ARE ONLY THREE AND FOUR STORIES HIGH.
SO SINCE THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT UP TO 90 FEET, I ASK THAT YOU DENY IT, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNFAIR AND A MAJOR INVASION OF PRIVACY TO THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS TO LEAVE OPEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP MY NINE STORY BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A FOUR FOOT DESIGN ELEMENT.
THIS GENERAL REQUEST IS UNNECESSARY AND SHOULD BE DENIED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU MAYOR ADLER AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO COMMENT ON THE REQUEST FOR REZONING A 1507 AND 1511 BASRA HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE RICHLAND ESTATE'S NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTING PROHIBITED USES SUBMITTED ON OCTOBER 11TH.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS 600 FEET AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY.
WHILE AT SOME POINT IT WILL MAKE SENSE TO REZONE THIS AREA RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THIS PROPERTY, THE OWNERS HAVE CURRENT AND ACTIVE VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE FOR THE STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY AND ILLEGAL DUMPING, WHICH CONTINUE AND HAS CLEARLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE INITIALLY REPORTED.
AND I SPOKE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS, UH, HAS CURRENT ACTIVE VIOLATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PERMITS AND IS HEADED TO COURT.
RICHLAND STATES HAS CONCERNS THAT THE LANDOWNER BELIEVES THAT IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM TO IGNORE AND VIOLATE VARIOUS CITY BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CODES AND TAKE THE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE FINES OR OF NO SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THEM.
IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER NEW BUSINESSES NEAR OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE THIS APPROACH.
AND WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THESE OWNERS ARE DOING THE SAME.
THEIR LETTER OF INTENT STATES THAT THEIR PLAN IS QUOTE A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND HAS NO OTHER CONCRETE PLANS FOR THE LAND AT THIS TIME, WHICH WE FIND INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO TRUST AND BELIEVE AT THIS POINT.
THE RICHLAND ESTATE'S NEIGHBORHOOD HOPES YOU WILL RECONSIDER REZONING UNTIL AT LEAST THE LEGAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
AND THINK ONCE YOU SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE DUMPING THAT THEY ARE ALLOWING ALONG THE CITY, MAPPED CREEK BUFFER ADJACENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, YOU'LL AGREE AND DENY THE REZONING UNTIL A LATER DATE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE REMOTE SPEAKERS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO I'LL SWITCH OVER TO IN PERSON.
FIRST UP FOR ITEM 46, DAVID BROWN, FOLLOWED BY DENNIS DUFFY.
YOU SHOW THE PHOTOS OF MY AND WE THE ONE THAT THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? TWO MINUTES.
MY NAME IS DAVID BROWN, A RETIRED HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION PROFESSIONAL.
UH, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.
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UH, UH, TALK MORE, BUT I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT I THINK THE PROPERTY CLEARLY DESERVES HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS BECAUSE OF IT'S UNIQUE ECLECTIC STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE BEAUTIFUL EARLY LANDSCAPING.IN MY 40 ODD YEARS AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSULTANT MAKING JUDGMENTS ON SUCH PROPERTIES, I WOULD'VE UNFLINCHINGLY RECOMMENDED IT FOR LANDMARK STATUS.
BUT THE PROCESS HAS TAKEN A SLIGHTLY DARKER TURN WITH ODDLY BIAS AND MOSTLY UNVERIFIED CLAIMS ABOUT IT, AND ITS OWNERS MADE MANY MADE TO SIMPLY SO DOUBT ABOUT ITS VALUE.
A RECENT LETTER TO THE CO COUNCIL ADDRESSES THAT, BUT I WANT TO COMMENT BRIEFLY ON THE ENGINEERING REPORT.
MY WIFE AND I WALKED BRIEFLY BY THE PROPERTY LAST NIGHT, AS WE OFTEN DO, ONE OF THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD HISTORIC ASPECTS IS THAT IT'S PART OF A SMALL GROUP OF A DOZEN STONE HOUSES BUILT AROUND THE CORNER OF SCENIC AND STEVENSON.
IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, A REPORTED FISHING CAMP WEST OF THE ACCENT CITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AT THAT TIME, ALL 12 BUILDINGS IN A CLUSTER WERE BUILT WITH SIMILAR UNCOERCED MASONRY AND WITH A NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF THE DELE PROPERTY.
MANY OF THE REMAINING EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY REMODELED OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, SOME WITHOUT DAMAGING THEIR ORIGINAL HISTORIC CHARACTER AT ALL, IT ALL SEEMED PERFECTLY FIT TO WHETHER ANOTHER CENTURY.
DESPITE THE UN COURSE MASONRY ARCHITECT AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER JAMES, SHE HAS EXAMINED THE DELAL HOUSE DAMAGE, WHICH I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO AND THOUGHT IT REPARABLE PROBABLY FOR MUCH LESS THAN THE PROVIDED ESTIMATES.
WE DO KNOW SOME OF THOSE RECENT REMODELERS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE UN COURSE MASONRY HOMES AND WILL BE HAPPY TO PUT THE APPLICANT IN TOUCH WITH THEM IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE.
RATHER THAN DEMOLITION BY ANY LOOKING AT THIS COMPLEX, WE REALIZE THAT THERE'RE MORE, MUCH MORE RECENT ROCK STRUCTURES NEARBY THAT ECHO THE EARLIER CLUSTERS STYLES SUCH ROCK HOUSES ARE RARE IN CONTEMPORARY SUBDIVISION SUCH AS HYDE PARK AND TRAVIS HEIGHTS, AND THEIR PRESENCE HERE SUGGESTS BUILDERS ECHOING A PREVIOUSLY COMMON LOCAL STYLE SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT THAT THIS HAS BEEN A RECOGNIZED ICONIC MINI NEIGHBORHOODS.
SINCE ITS EXCEPTION, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAVE THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
DENNIS DUFFY, FOLLOWED BY IEA GILBERT.
I'M SPEAKING AGAIN, I 46 HISTORIC ZONING AT UH, 2002 SCENIC DRIVE.
I'M A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND I'VE ASSESSED THE STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE SITE FEATURES A NUMBER OF, UH, SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT WILL LIKELY NECESSA DEMOLITION IN ORDER TO ENSURE A SAFE AND, UH, HABITABLE DWELLING.
MY FULL REPORT IS IN YOUR BACK.
UM, EVEN IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PRESERVE THE STRUCTURES, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WOULD REQUIRE TAKING THE STRUCTURES APART IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. THE LOAD BEARING MASONRY ON THE MAIN HOUSE HAS A SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN IT THAT IS LIKELY DUE FROM FOUNDATION MOVEMENT.
STRUCTURES OF THIS AREA TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE A CONCRETE FOUNDATION THAT'S A R FOUNDATION THAT MAKES A LEVELING AND STABILIZING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
IN ORDER TO CREATE THE KIND OF FOUNDATION NECESSARY TO DO THAT, YOU MUST TAKE DOWN THE MASONRY WALL AND, UH, THE SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT IS BUILT ON THE PROPERTY LINE WITHOUT A RETAINING WALL.
INSIDE THE BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE THE DIRT CUT THAT'S MADE TO CREATE THE HOUSE, UM, THAT INVITES WATER INTO THE INTERIOR.
UM, THE LOAD BEARING SECOND STORY ROOF BEARS ON A ROCK WALL THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY LINE IS AT THE TOP OF THIS CUT.
ALL THIS IS INSTABILITY THAT CANNOT GO UNADDRESSED IN ANY SORT OF RENOVATION.
UH, SEVERAL OTHERS, UH, WITH THE WOOD ROD.
IS IT SO EXTENSIVE THAT I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S MANY STICKS OF LONGER THAT COULD BE SALVAGED IN A REMODEL.
UM, I BELIEVE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE TIME TO TAKE THEM.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY LISA GILBERT.
DO YOU HAVE A HELLO, I'M ALA FVI AND I'M GOING READY? READY.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO READ, I THOUGHT I ONLY HAD A MINUTE.
SO I'M GOING TO READ EXCERPTS FROM TWO LETTERS.
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, ONE WRITTEN BY, UM, A LOCAL RESIDENT.UH, THIS LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY CHRIS CO, THE ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
DEAR EVERYONE, THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF 2002 SCENIC DRIVE.
OUR ORGANIZATION WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL TO DEMOLISH IT.
BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF THE RECORD, WE SUPPORT THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION THAT 2002 SCENIC DRIVE MEETS THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN AUSTIN'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.
2002 SCENIC DRIVE IS NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF LOCAL VERNACULAR DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP.
IT IS VERY OBVIOUSLY A HISTORIC BUILDING PER AUSTIN'S ORDINANCES, THE NATIONAL TRUST SUPPORTS THE SOUND INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCES.
AND THE KEY ASPECT OF THE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF ORDINANCES IS THAT THIS, THE DECISION MAKERS FOLLOW THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THE ORDINANCE OR THE GUIDELINES INTERPRETING THE ORDINANCE.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT AUSTIN'S PLANNING COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF THE PROPERTIES HISTORIC STATUS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE EVALUATIVE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN AUSTIN'S ORDINANCES.
WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF 2002 SCENIC DRIVE BY SUPPORTING THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AND DESIGNATING THE BUILDING AS HISTORIC.
THE NEXT LETTER, UM, IS FROM, UM, SHA.
LISA GILBERT AND THEN MARY KAYLE.
HI, I'M LISA GILBERT AND I'M A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HOUSE.
I WANNA READ AN EXCERPT FROM DEREK BARANSKI, WHO IS A ARCHITECT OF ATLANTIS ARCHITECTS.
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT HAS NEVER BEEN ALLOWED IN AUSTIN TO ALLOW DEMOLITION SET PRESIDENTS TO ALLOW ANY FUTURE SPECULATOR TO THROW AWAY HERITAGE AND CHARACTER PRESERVING THE SITE, CONFIGURATION THE LANDSCAPE AND STONEWORK OF 2002.
SCENIC IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT A TALENTED ARCHITECT OWNER TEAM IS CAPABLE OF DOING.
THE, THE CURRENT ARCHITECTS INVOLVED WORK IS WELL RECOGNIZED AND THEIR TALENT IS ONLY LIMITED BY THEIR CHARGE FROM THEIR OWNERS.
AS EXISTING NONBEARING STONEWORKS CAN BE PRESERVED AND RE REMAIN NONBEARING.
FAILING STRUCTURES CAN EASILY BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE LEAKS AND MOLD DAMAGE CAN BE REPAIRED.
ALSO, CONSTRUCTION, NEW OR REMODELED IS EXPENSIVE AND BUILDING ON THIS LOT WITH ITS SLOPE SOIL SETBACK IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
AN ENGINEER'S LETTER LETTER ADVOCATING A CHEAPER WAY TO BUILD IS NOT ASPIRATION FOR THE CITY LIKE AUSTIN.
CERTAINLY THE OWNERS OF THIS LAW UNDERSTAND THE COST OF DEVELOPING SUCH AN IMPORTANT SITE IN CITING SAVINGS AS A DESIGN GOAL SEEMS DISINGENUOUS.
JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, THIS IS ON LAKE AUSTIN ON SCENIC DRIVE.
UM, IT IS PRIME REAL ESTATE, UM, AND IT IS TRULY A TREASURE.
SO YES, IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THEY ALSO HAD THIS PROPERTY FOR, I THINK THEY'VE OWNED IT FOR TWO YEARS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO ATTEMPTS TO PRESERVE THE BUILDING IN ANY WAY.
ROOF IS NOT UNCOVERED WITH HOLES IN IT, SO THEY HAVE NOT MADE AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE OR PROTECT THE PROPERTY.
THEY WANT IT TO BE IN DISARRAY, THEY WANNA TEAR IT DOWN FOR THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW AND US AS A COMMUNITY LOSE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR HISTORY.
MARY KAYLE AND THEN IRAN MONTOYA.
IT'S A VERY GOOD THING I WAS A SPRINTER BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, I'M A GRAD STUDENT IN HISTORY AND VOLUNTEER CO-CHAIR OF PRESERVATION AUSTIN'S ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.
WE ADVOCATE FOR THINGS ALL OVER THE CITY.
WE SUPPORT HISTORIC ZONING FOR SCENIC DELLY HOUSE, WHICH THE EXPERTS ON THE HLC DEEMED SIGNIFICANT FIRST, THOUGH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AUSTIN STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
YOU MAY HEAR TODAY THAT CITY STAFF PIVOTED ON THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.
THEY WERE AT HALF STAFF THIS SUMMER AND SOMEONE ON STAFF HAD AN EXTENDED ILLNESS.
I'M CERTAIN ANY IMPLIED PIVOT HAD MORE TO DO WITH A LARGE
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WORKLOAD.AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, THERE WAS A ROBUST, ROBUST DISCUSSION ON EQUITY AND WE EMBRACED THIS.
WE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE EQUITY ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE FUNDS TO FUND TEAMS OF CONSULTANTS TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF.
THESE ARE PROXIES FOR ACCESS AND INFLUENCE.
TODAY, IT'S YOUR TASK TO EVALUATE THIS CASE BASED ON THE CODE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ABOVE.
THIS HOUSE MEETS ALL, UM, IT MEETS THREE OF THE CRITERIA, UH, DISPLAYS HIGH ARTISTIC VALUE.
YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES OF ETHNIC OR FOLK ART, ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION.
THE ARCHITECT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE WELL KNOWN.
UM, IT CAN BE AN OBSCURE PERSON OR SOMEONE WHO'S JUST NOT FAMOUS.
IT HAS LONGSTANDING SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH PERSONS, GROUPS, INSTITUTIONS, OR BUSINESS.
THE DELAY OF DENIAL WAS A, A BUSINESSMAN.
HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN CIVIC, CIVIC EVENTS AND HIS WIFE WAS A, UM, SOCIAL PERSON AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN HER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WHICH I SOMETIMES HE DISMISSED.
SHE SUPPORTED HIS CAREER EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS HE DID.
UM, THAT'S JUST ME TALKING HERE.
UH, THE PROPERTY ALSO HAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE SLATER FAMILY WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 46.
HE WAS A LOCAL ATTORNEY AND CO-OWNER OF THE TAVERN.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
IT HAS SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE FEATURES, A UNIQUE DESIGN LANDSCAPE AND FUNDS.
SOME FEATURES APPEAR TO INCORPORATE DELLYS RARE EARN NIGHT MATERIAL.
YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT TAX ABATEMENTS OF A FEW THOUSAND.
ABATEMENTS ARE A TOOL USED AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL SO PEOPLE CAN PRESERVE ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS.
I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER COUNCIL ACTIONS, UH, DEBATING, UH, WITH, UH, TAXIES.
PRESERVATION AUSTIN WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THE OWNER ON THIS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES AND A MAJOR NETWORK.
IRAN MONTOYA, FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH SLATER, GILLIN MAYOR, UH, PROTON COUNSEL.
I'M ERIN MONTOYA, SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 46, HISTORIC ZONING AT 2002 SCENIC.
I'M AN ARCHITECT, UH, WORKING WITH THE OWNER ON THIS CASE.
UH, THE DECISION BY STAFF TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPE FEATURES AS A QUALIFICATION FOR HISTORIC, HISTORIC DESIGNATION WAS, UH, PROMPTED AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY A LETTER FROM PRESERVATION AUSTIN, WHICH SUGGESTED THE USE OF MATERIAL OR NIGHT AND OF FOLO TECHNIQUES ON A SITE.
THE STAFF REPORT CLAIMS THAT SOME LANDSCAPE FEATURES APPEAR TO INCORPORATE A MATERIAL THAT IS CALLED EARN NIGHT, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE AS AN AUSTIN BASED BUILDING MATERIAL THAT IS RARE TODAY.
IT IS RARE IN THE WAY THAT CREATURES LIKE BIGFOOT AND THE LOCHNESS MONSTER ARE RARE, UH, WHERE THERE ARE REPORTED SIGHTINGS BUT NO EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL EXISTENCE.
IT IS SO RARE THAT A GOOGLE SEARCH WILL PROVIDE ONLY ONE RELEVANT, HIT A REFERENCE BACK TO THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS CASE.
THE REALITY IS THAT THERE IS NO OCCURRENCE OF EARN NIGHT ANYWHERE ON THIS PROPERTY, NOR IS THERE ANY OCCURRENCE OF THE FAUX LAW TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT THE CASE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION BASED ON LANDSCAPE FEATURES.
THE STAFF REPORT GOES ON TO SAY THAT OTHER ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION ARE THE MEANDERING WALKS ON EXPANSIVE LAWN AND A SWIMMING POOL WITH A RIVER VIEW.
THERE IS NOTHING SIGNIFICANT OR UNIQUE ABOUT THESE ITEMS. MOST HOUSES ALONG THE LAKE HAVE SIMILAR FEATURES IN THEIR LANDSCAPING.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT LANDMARK STATUS IS, UH, RIGHTFULLY A HIGH BAR AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS CASE MEETS THAT STANDARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
DEBORAH SLATER GILLIN, FOLLOWED BY BLAKE TO YEAH,
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THANK YOU COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL.MY NAME IS DEBORAH SLATER GILLEN.
I AM THE DAUGHTER OF CH AND MILDRED SLATER AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AS SUCH, I REMAIN NEUTRAL IN REGARDS TO THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
HOWEVER, I REFUSE TO REMAIN SILENT AS THE WHALING TEAM HAS PERSISTED IN ITS COWARDLY ATTACKS ON THE CHARACTER AND REPUTATION OF MY PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DECEASED FOR OVER 33 YEARS.
THEIR SLANDEROUS ALLEGATIONS ARE BASED ON SPECULATION, HEARSAY AND SUGGESTION ARE ABSOLUTELY FALSE, AND I WILL NOT TOLERATE THEM, NOR SHOULD YOU.
THIS CERTIFIED LETTER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WAS SENT TO MICHAEL WAYLAN AND MADE A PUBLIC, UH, MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND WAS IN THE PACKETS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AS IT SHOULD BE IN YOURS AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS READ IT OR MUST HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IT, AND YET, IN SPITE OF MY REQUEST TO CEASE AND DESIST, WAYLON'S TEAM CONTINUED ITS DEFAMATION AND CHARACTERISTIC UNRE REMARKS OF MY FAMILY'S NAME.
I WAS IN THE TAVERN MANY TIMES DURING MY FATHER'S PROPRIETORSHIP.
BASED ON MY FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, I CATEGORICALLY DENY ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OF RACISM, SEGREGATION, OR ANY OTHER IMPROPRIETIES.
AND I CHALLENGE ANYONE WITH CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF THE CONTRARY TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT IN MY PRESENCE AND PRESENT THAT OR FOREVER CEASE AND DESIST THESE ASININE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE CREATED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF WINNING THEIR CASE.
AND I STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR REBUT ANYTHING THAT THEY CARE TO BRING FORWARD.
THANK YOU BLAKE TOLE AND THEN MICHAEL WHELAN.
GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR BLAKE TALLETT, UH, MAYOR AND, UH, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR MY TELEPHONE RINGING.
UH, I THOUGHT I HAD TURNED IT OFF.
UH, I WOULD, I'M ON THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
UH, UH, TERRY MYERS IS THE CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR INDULGENCE TO LET HER SPEAK DURING MY TIME.
UH, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET SIGNED IN THE WAY SHE THOUGHT.
THANK YOU FOR LOWERING THE BAR HERE I AM TERRY MEYERS.
I AM THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
IN THE 14 YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED ON THE COMMISSION, I HAVE NEVER APPEARED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO ADVOCATE FOR A CASE.
UM, THIS CASE IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
EACH OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL HAS AN APPOINTEE ON THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
WE HAVE PRESERVATION ARCHITECTS, DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AND HISTORIANS, AND A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO HAS REFUTED THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE WAYLAND TEAM, UM, REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OF THIS HISTORIC SITE.
BUT ALL OF US CAME TOGETHER AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IT IS, IT'S AN ALMOST MAGICAL PLACE.
I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU IN YOUR PACKET.
WE RECOMMENDED THIS PROPERTY FOR LANDMARK STATUS BASED ON THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPE FEATURES, WHICH ARE AMONG THE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND A PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THOSE ASSOCIATIONS AS GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE REMARKS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT, THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OVER FOR ME.
I WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMISSION TO SPEAK AND I WOULD'VE ASKED HER TO SPEAK.
AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I LET HER SPEAK.
EVEN THOUGH SHE HADN'T SIGNED UP, I WOULD'VE CALLED HER UP TO THE, TO THE PODIUM TO TO SPEAK GIVEN THE POSITION AND SERVICE, UH, THAT, THAT SHE HAS MR. TECHNICALLY IMPAIRED.
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CLEAR SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND.BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
MICHAEL WAYLAND, ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER ON ITEM 46, WHO HAS FILED A VALID PETITION AGAINST HISTORIC ZONING IN ORDER TO LANDMARK A PROPER, AS YOU'VE HEARD, THE LANDMARK, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES IT TO MEET AT LEAST TWO HISTORIC CRITERIA.
WE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU FULLY EVALUATE EACH OF THESE CRITERIA, YOU WILL FIND THAT ARCHITECTURE IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE FIT AND THAT NEITHER HISTORIC ASSOCIATION IS EVEN MISS LATER INDICATED NEUTRAL ON THE TOPIC NOR LANDSCAPING APPLY.
SO FIRST HISTORIC ASSOCIATION.
THE RATIONALE FOR THIS CASE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST CASE REPORT LAST SPRING.
FIRST, IT FOCUSED ON A MAN NAMED KOM HUGHES SLATER AND LATER ON A MAN NAMED RAYMOND DELLY.
BUT NO MATTER WHICH MAN YOU LOOK AT, THE RESULT IS THE SAME.
NEITHER SLATER NOR DEL AISLE HAD ANY MEANINGFUL CIVIC, PHILANTHROPIC, OR HISTORIC IMPACT, OR LEFT ANY MEANINGFUL LEGACY OR SACRIFICE FOR THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
THE RATIONALE INSTEAD OFFERS IT.
SLATER WAS A LOCAL LAWYER WHO OWNED THE TAVERN, AS YOU HEARD, AND THAT DELLY WAS A DEVELOPER FOR THIS HOUSE.
THE CASE RATIONALE FOR LANDSCAPING IS BASED ON AN UNVERIFIED AND SPECULATIVE CLAIM THAT DELLY USED AN OBSCURE SYNTHETIC MATERIAL IN SOME OF THE LAW AND AMENITIES EARN NIGHT, WHICH WAS A FAILED VENTURE.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE CASE REPORT DESCRIBES THE SERVANT, THE EXCUSE ME, DESCRIBES LANDSCAPING THAT CONSISTS OF A BENCH, A LITTLE BRIDGE TO A FORMER SERVANTS QUARTERS, A LAWN IN A SWIMMING POOL, COMMON YARD FE FEATURES THAT YOU HEARD ARE COMMON ALONG THE LAKE.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THE STRUCTURE WAS PURCHASED LAST NOVEMBER.
IN A DETERIORATED STATE, THERE ARE PHOTOS AND AN ENGINEERS REPORT.
IN THE BACKUP YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM, UH, MR. DUFFY.
THE BEST THAT COULD BE DONE WOULD BE A DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF THE ABILITY FOR THE WALLS TO, UH, BARE LOAD, WHICH IS A RECREATION, NOT PRESERVATION.
QUIRKY ARCHITECTURE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH UNDER THE CODE TO MAKE SOMETHING HISTORIC.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE OTHER CRITERIA BEING OFFERED SIMPLY DO NOT STAND UP TO SCRUTINY.
SIMPLY BEING A DEVELOPER DOES NOT MAKE SOMEONE HISTORIC.
AND THE LANDSCAPING FAR FROM BEING HISTORIC, CONSISTS OF COMMON YARD AMENITIES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ITEM 47, CHARLES BRAND, FOLLOWED BY GERALD CHAVEZ.
MR. BRAND, ARE YOU HERE, MR. CHAVEZ? MOVING ON TO JOHN LARCOM, ITEM 47, MOLLY MITCHELL, JIMMY SEAL, CHASTITY, STEVE BRANDON, ARM BREWSTER FOR ITEM 48.
GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MY NAME IS BRANDON ARM BREWSTER.
I'M CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR ST.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE SEAT AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON 34TH STREET, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL TRIPS SURROUNDING THE SCHOOL.
UM, CAUSE US CONCERN WITH A 30 YEAR OLD TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WE'RE UNSURE AS THE IMPACT 34TH STREET IN THE SURROUNDING STREETS.
CIRCULATION FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF IS ALREADY DIFFICULT AND THE IMPACT OF SHIPPING, SHIFTING TRAFFIC TO A NEW 1300 PARKING SPACE GARAGE ON 34TH STREET AND NEARLY 400,000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET OF SPACE ADDS TO OUR CONCERNS.
INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM 31ST STREET ONTO 34TH STREET IS COMPLICATED FOR EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY OUR BUSES THAT MAKE REGULAR TRIPS BETWEEN OUR TWO CAMPUSES, ATHLETIC AND FINE ARTS EVENTS, AS WELL AS FIELD TRIPS BY FOCUSING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ONTO A STREET THAT HAS ONLY ONE LANE OF SERVICE IN EACH DIRECTION.
THE RISK TO SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND IMPACT TO OUR OPERATIONS IS POTENTIALLY LARGE WITHOUT MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT TO THE STREET AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
WE'VE ASKED SETON AND ATD TO LOOK AT MIDDLE TURN LANES ON 34TH STREET, USE INGRESS AND EGRESS OFF OF MEDICAL PARKWAY INSTEAD OF 34TH AND TO UPGRADE UTILITY LINES TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE ASKED TO ADD A PEDESTRIAN BEACON SCHOOL ZONE ADDITIONS AND USING THE STREET IMPACT FEES TO FOCUS ON THE STREETS THAT ARE PROXIMATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO NOT VOTE ON THIS PROJECT TODAY, BUT RATHER ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR ST.
ANDREWS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE A TRAFFIC
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ENGINEER EVALUATE THE PROJECT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, FOR CONSIDERING THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER IN FINDING A SOLUTION.
THANK YOU JASON TOMPKINS FOR ITEM 48, FOLLOWED BY GREG UNDERWOOD.
UH, I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY AS A NEUTRAL PARTY.
UM, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I'M A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER HERE IN TOWN, BUT I REPRESENT THE WEST 31ST STREET CREEKSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH SITS JUST SOUTH OF SEATON.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, IS DIFFICULT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION IS, UH, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ROW, UH, IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, AN ASSET THAT WE KNOW IS UM, IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A LOT LONGER THAN MANY OF US.
UM, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AT SOME OF THE, UH, CHALLENGES ALONG WEST 34TH STREET, LIKE MR. ARM BREWSTER JUST POINTED OUT, UM, IT'S DIFFICULT WITHOUT AN UPDATED TIA FOR US TO REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE.
SO, UM, THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LESS THAN 0.2 MILES FROM THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SEAT AND CAMPUS.
UM, AND THIS WEST 34TH STREET IS A, UH, CARRIES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BIKE PEDESTRIAN AND CAR TRAFFIC AT PEAK TIMES.
UM, SEATON IS SEEKING TO AMEND ITS PUD, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 1992.
UM, AND DUE TO A, UH, THE ORIGINAL ZONING BEING TIED TO THATT, A I A, UH, THERE WON'T BE MUCH OF AN UPDATE HERE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO JUST BY WAY OF COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE, THE NEW SENSION, A SEAT AND MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT UM, THOUSAND FOUR WEST 32ND STREET, WHICH WAS DELIVERED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, IS ONLY 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE.
IT'S GOT AN ONSITE GARAGE GENERATED APPROXIMATELY 4,200 ADDITIONAL TRIPS PER DAY AND IT REQUIRED A TIA.
THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS ADDING OVER 650 NEW STALLS TO THE, UM, TO A GARAGE THAT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 1300 STALLS.
UM, IS ADDING APPROXIMATELY 330,000 NEW SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL SPACE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A TIA.
SO WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF SETON AND ROW IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ALLOW THEM TO, TO DELIVER THE NEW FACILITY.
BUT WE NEED TO TO FOCUS, UM, ON FINDING WAYS TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC ALONG WEST 34TH STREET THAT IS A STREET WHICH KIDS FROM THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FROM UH, RYER WOODS AND FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF WEST 38TH STREET, TRAVEL FREQUENTLY TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
SO THE ADDED TRAFFIC IS OF CONCERN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
GREG UNDERWOOD, FRIDAY 48 AND THEN LESLIE MCCOLLUM, LESLIE MCCOLLUM, BILL MECHE, PATRICIA MICHAEL DAVID ARMREST, DAVID ARMREST FOR ITEM 58.
AND THEN ROY WALEY, MAYOR COUNSEL, MY NAME'S DAVID ARMREST REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, DAVID BOOTH ON ITEM 58, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS ON CONSENT FOR FIRST READING.
WE'LL DEFER ANY COMMENTS TILL SECOND, THIRD READING.
ROY WALEY AND THEN DANIEL WOODROW.
MR. MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, DANIEL WOODRUFF, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LEAD DESIGNER ON THE PROJECT.
UM, I WILL FOLLOW MR. ARMRESTS, UM, SUGGESTION AND UH, IF WE'RE ON CONSENT, UH, I'LL TAKE IT TO A SECOND AND THIRD READING.
I'M A CONTACT FOR THE PEACEFUL HILL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE IS ON PEACEFUL HILL 79 0 1
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AND UH, WE ARE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.ORIGINALLY, THE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION HAD OPPOSED THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED SITE AND FELT THAT IT MADE THE PROPERTY LOOK LIKE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, WHICH THE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, UH, OPPOSES.
HOWEVER, THE DESIGNATION OF SF SIX HAS MORE THAN OUTWEIGHED THOSE CONCERNS AND THAT'S WHERE IT IS SUPPORTING IT HERE.
SF SIX IS A GOOD DESIGNATION FOR, UH, TRANSITIONS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND LATER, UH, MORE DENSE, UH, MORE DENSE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING.
I CAN REFER YOU TO A PLOT NEXT DOOR ADJACENT TO THIS, WHICH IS 43 ACRES, 1,218 APARTMENTS, 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE AND 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
WE FEEL THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR PEACEFUL HILL LANE AND WE ARE SUPPORTING SF SIX UP AND DOWN PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
AND TO THAT END, WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET IT ON CONSENT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
OKAY MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE REGISTERED.
THAT GETS US BACK UP TO THE, UH, DAIS OR TAKE US THROUGH WHAT'S ON CONSENT AND WHAT'S CONTESTED.
YES, JOY HARDEN AGAIN WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
YOUR ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 46 C ONE FOUR H 20 22 0 0 9 9.
THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
ITEM 47 IS C 1 4 20 21 0 1 61.
THERE IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO YOUR NOVEMBER 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, ITEM 48 IS C 8 1 4 92 0 0 0 6 0.02.
THIS IS THE SEATING MEDICAL CENTER, PUD AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, WHICH YOU HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT.
UM, I HAVE A MOTION SHEET THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ, WHICH STATES AMEND PART SIX E E WATER QUALITY FACIL FACILITIES SHALL MEET CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
AMEND PART SEVEN G OF THE ORDINANCE TO READ AS FOLLOWS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SENTENCE THAT WE'RE AMENDING THAT SAYS, PROPERTY SOUTH OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT SHOWN IN EXHIBIT B 30 FEET WATER MAIN EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN ACCOMPLISHING THE FOLLOWING AND WE'RE ADDING A PART C.
THE OWNER WILL PROVIDE AUSTIN WATER WITH THE FINAL COST DATA TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE RAINWATER IN REUSE SYSTEMS. AND WITH THAT, I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
HOWEVER, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TIM HAS A LETTER THAT SHE DOES WANNA TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD TO BE OFFICIAL.
AND SHE ALSO HAS A MOTION SHEET THAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, NEIGHBORS AND THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH.
AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL ADD THAT AT THE END, BUT WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
OKAY, UM, ITEM 49 IS C 8 1 4 0 6 0 1 7, 5 0.03.
AND THIS IS THE EAST AVENUE P U D.
I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION SHEET, A LOT OF PUT AMENDMENTS.
UM, THIS MOTION SHEET'S A LITTLE LONG, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME AT A NEW PART 11 AS FOLLOWS AND RE NUMBER THE REMAINING SECTIONS.
PART 11, DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS.
A NO EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
SHE'LL INCLUDE MIRROR GLASS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 25 1 21 67 DEFINITIONS.
B LANDOWNERS SHALL COMPLY WITH LEAD BIRD COLLISION DETERRENT STANDARDS ON THE BUILDING IN STRUCTURES.
C LANDOWNERS SHALL RESTRICT GLASS REFLECTIVITY TO 13.5% IN THE LEAD IDENTIFIED CRITICAL COMPLIANCE ZONE FROM GROUND LEVEL TO 36 FEET ABOVE GRADE ON ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
D LANDOWNER SHALL RESTRICT LAST AND AN AVERAGE OF 13.5% REFLECTIVITY ON ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
E LANDOWNER SHALL DESIGN BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURE WITH ADDITIONAL BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGN ELEMENTS.
ONE, A PODIUM OVERHANG TO SHIELD THE CRITICAL COMPLIANCE ZONE TO FULLY SHIELD IT.
SEE FULL CUT OFF LANDSCAPE LIGHTING.
FOUR, NO EXTERIOR BUILD, BUILDING UP LIGHTING AND FIVE BUILDING ARTICULATION THAT REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING'S.
REFLECTIVE PLANE F LANDERS SHALL CONSTRUCT A VEGETATIVE WALL ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIRST TWO STORIES OF ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND GVR ACCESS IS PROHIBITED TO CORD CORDIA AVENUE IF REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
AND WITH THAT I CAN OFFER THE EAST AVENUE PUD AMENDMENT.
UM, CASE ITEM 49 FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
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UM, ITEM 50 IS C 1 4 20 21 0 0 91.THIS IS OFFERED AS AN APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM 51 IS C 8 1 4 96 0 0 0 3 0.18.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM 52 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 9 7.
I CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
UM, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION SHEET TO READ.
UM, THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT MADE, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THIS READS AS FOLLOWS, AMEND THE CAPTION TO ADD THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY LANGUAGE TO THE ZONING STREAM.
ADD NEW PART TWO AND THREE TO THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS AND REMBER THE REMAINING SECTIONS.
PART TWO, THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
COMBINING DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDINANCE IS SUB SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE FOLLOWING USES ARE PROHIBITED USES ON THE PROPERTY, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES, AUTOMOTIVE WASHING OF ANY TYPE CAMPGROUND, CONVENIENCE STORAGE, EXTERMINATING SERVICES, VEHICLE STORAGE, AUTOMOTIVE SALES, BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION SALES AND SERVICES DROP OFF RECYCLING CONS, COLLECTION FACILITY AND SERVICE STATION PART THREE EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, THE PROPERTY MAY BE DEVELOPED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES CS DISTRICT.
AND WITH THAT I CAN OFFER THE ITEM FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM 53 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 7 0.
THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO YOUR DECEMBER 1ST MEETING.
THE RELATED CASE IS 54 C1 4 20 22 0 0 15.
AGAIN, A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY STAFF TO YOUR DECEMBER 1ST MEETING.
AS STATED, THERE'S AN APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.
ITEM 56 IS C1 4 20 20 22 0 67.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT, SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.
JUST NOTE THAT THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A VALID PETITION, SO IT WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
AND A 58 IS C 8 1 4 0 1 3 9 0.03.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
ITEM 59 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 39.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM SIX IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 49.
THIS, IT'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
ITEM 61 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 4 4.
UM, THERE'S A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE MAYOR PROTE TO YOUR NOVEMBER 3RD COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM 62 C 1 4 20 22 0 0 0 1.
THIS ITEM'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
WHICH ONE THAT IS? YES, MAYOR PROTON.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK IF WE CAN INVITE THE S SCHUL CREEK CONSERVANCY TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON ITEM 48.
THEY DIDN'T GET A, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SIGN UP IN TIME.
CERTAINLY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN INVITE ANYBODY UP THEY WANT TO.
UH, MR. TIFF, I THINK YOU WERE JUST INVITED TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
WE'LL STAY WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT WITH YOURS AS THUMB DRIVE WITH A SET OF SLIDES THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW.
IVY KAISER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF S CREEK CONSERVANCY.
SPEAK ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN I'LL CLOSE.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE SHO CREEK CONSERVANCY IS THE STEWARD OF THE SHOLL CREEK WATERSHED, WHICH INCLUDES THE SECTION OF SHOLL CREEK THAT IS LOCATED IN CEDAR SPRINGS PARK.
THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS CEDAR SPRINGS, A HISTORIC NATURAL RESOURCE THAT IS BELOVED BY MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO THE SITE OF SOME RESTORATION WORK THAT SHOLL CREEK CONSERVANCY IS OPERATING.
UM, AND THE SITE OF MANY, UH, TOURS AND HIS HISTORICAL, UM, VISITS TO SHOLL CREEK.
THE AMENDMENT FOR THE PUD AT SETON WOULD ALLOW THE DEMOLITION OF THE CURRENT PARKING GARAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO OR WOULD INSINUATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO PARKING GARAGES ON THE TRACT OF LAND CLOSEST TO SHOLL CREEK.
OUR CONCERN IS THAT DOING ANY CONSTRUCTION UNDERGROUND WOULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE GROUNDWATER FLOW, UH, TO THE SPRINGS, THEREBY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE SPRING THAT THE FLOW TO THE SPRINGS, WHICH WOULD, UH, KILL A NATURAL, BEAUTIFUL DESTINATION THAT WE HAVE ALL CHERISHED
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FOR MANY, MANY DECADES AND CENTURIES.UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO WORK WITH THE SEAT AND DEVELOPERS TO, UH, ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE SPRING, AND WE HAVE, UM, SOME EVIDENCE AND, UH, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE SETON TEAM ON, UH, TO ASSURE THAT NO HARM WILL BE DONE TO THE SPRINGS.
THIS LETTER, UH, WHICH WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD, UH, STATES THIS INTENTION.
SO WE WANT TO BRING AWARENESS TO OUR CONCERNS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE SPRINGS AND, UM, HAVE THIS, THIS LETTER BE ON RECORD FOR, UH, THE INTENTION THAT NO HARM WILL BE DONE.
AND, AND WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH SETON TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
BUT WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THAT IS A, UH, POTENTIAL CONCERN RELATED TO ITEM 48.
JUST IN CLOSING, THE HEADLINE IS THAT IN SPITE OF SETON ASCENSION SEATONS, UH, STATED INTENTION, UH, NOT TO HARM THE CEDAR SPRINGS OR SHORE CREEK, THE PROPOSAL IN THEIR ADJACENT TRACK PROPOSES THREE STORIES OF UNDERGROUND PARKING.
THEIR OWN BORINGS SHOW THAT GROUNDWATER IS AT 13 FEET.
SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO NOTHING TODAY THAT WOULD REQUIRE SEATON TO BUILD UNDERGROUND PARKING OR IN ANY OTHER WAY COMPROMISE CEDAR SPRINGS OR SHO CREEK.
AND, AND MAYOR, THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTIONS FOR THIS.
UM, AND I NEED TO ADD ON CONSENT FOR THIS ITEM.
SO THE CONSENT AGENDA ON, ON THESE ITEMS IS ITEMS 46 THROUGH, UH, 62.
I'M SHOWING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEM PULLED ITEM NUMBER 46.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM TO BE PULLED? OKAY, I WANNA MAKE THESE MOTIONS.
I CAN, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH WHICH NUMBER FOR 48, BUT I CAN, SO LET'S HOLD THAT.
I JUST DON'T WANNA MAKE IT WAIT LONG.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON, DOES ANYBODY MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON MAKES A MOTION COUNCILS MEMBER POOL SECONDS.
AND ANY A DISCUSSION? THOSE ARE WAS IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE OPPOSED CONSENT AGENDA ITEM PASSES.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, UM, QUICKLY.
UM, I HAVE TWO MOTIONS AND A LETTER, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
MOTION TWO WAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED DOWN.
HOPEFULLY IT MADE ITS WAY DOWN, UM, THE DIAS.
UM, BEFORE I DO THAT, I HAVE A BRIEF QUESTION FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF WHO I BELIEVE ARE HERE AND ABLE TO RESPOND.
UM, MR. BAY, IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED TO ME THAT SETON WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY STREET IMPACT FEES.
CAN YOU CONFIRM, WILL THIS PROJECT BE REQUIRED TO PAY OUR CURRENT STREET IMPACT FEES? YES.
MY NAME IS CURTIS BADIE WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY STREET IMPACT FEES WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THEY PROVIDE.
AND CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE THIS PROJECT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY? BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE CURRENTLY INDICATED THEY'RE PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT? YES, BASED ON THEIR CURRENT PLANS, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS IN STREET IMPACT FEES.
UM, GIVEN THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED IN THE RECORD THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD INDEED BE REQUIRED TO PAY STREET IMPACT FEES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WHICH ARE CAPTURED IN THE MOTION SHEET ONE AND THE MOTION SHEET TWO.
UM, THESE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY A T D AND OUR LEGAL STAFF AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE APPLICANT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DO NOT SATISFY ALL OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY LABORERS.
THEY WOULD TO THE EXTENT WARRANTED AND DEEMED FEASIBLE PRIORITIZE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON 34TH STREET.
THAT WOULD ENSURE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THEY WOULD ALSO OBLIGATE THE APPLICANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL $30,000 BEYOND THEIR IMPACT FEE REQUIREMENTS THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND LASTLY, THE MOTION WOULD DIRECT OUR STAFF TO INCLUDE IN THE CASE RECORD A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SHO CREEK CONSERVANCY AND SEATON TO ASSURE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL NOT HARM THE CREEK OF CIDER SPRINGS.
UM, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, SINCE I ONLY JUST PASSED OUT, UH, MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO, I'M GONNA READ THAT ONE IN.
BUT MOTION SHEET ONE IS THAT, UM, YELLOW SHEET THAT HAS ONE
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PAGE THAT HAS THE MOTIONS, UM, WITH A, B AND C WITH ADDITIONAL DIRECTION, UM, TO PUT THE LETTER FROM, UH, A SENTENCE SEAT TO SHOW PRE-CON CONSERVANCY INTO THE RECORD WITH RESPECT TO CIDER SPRINGS.SO MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO SAYS, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER STATE LAW, STREET IMPACT FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE SHALL BE PRIORITIZED FOR STREET AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WEST 34TH STREET, WEST 31ST STREET, MEDICAL ARTS PARKWAY, AND OTHER STREETS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SITE.
UM, AND FINALLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS AT RIKER WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ST.
ANDREWS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE PEDESTRIAN STUDENT SAFETY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU TO ENSURE THESE IMPROVEMENTS MATERIALIZE.
UM, AND CITY MANAGER, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT OVER ON 31ST SLASH JOEL CREEK THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET RIGHT.
UM, I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE GET THAT RELATED, UH, PROJECT RIGHT.
UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, TO THE APPLICANT, UM, FOR SPENDING THE TIME WITH US TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, TO GET TO, TO A BETTER PLACE WITH THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE, UM, UH, MOTION CHIEFS COUNCIL OUR POLL SECONDS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR OUR STAFF, AND YOU MAY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
ON THE ONE THAT SAYS THAT WE'RE DESIGNATING WHERE IT IS THAT THE STREET IMPACT FEES WOULD BE PAID, IT SAYS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A DIFFERENCE WITH OUR CITY ORDINANCES OR OUR CITY POLICIES.
I HAD HEARD SOME, I, I THINK I HAD REMEMBERED THAT WHEN WE GET STREET IMPACT FEES PAID, THEY'RE PAID OUT ACCORDING TO WHERE THE NEED IS.
GREAT AREA AND WHAT PRIORITIZES THE PAYMENT IS THE GREATEST NEED.
AND IF THE GREATEST NEEDS WOULD BE HERE AT THIS LOCATION IN THAT AREA, THEN THEY WOULD BE APPROPRIATELY USED HERE.
IF THERE'S A, A GREATER NEED SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY WOULD BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
IN, IN GENERAL YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A PUD YOU CAN MAKE THAT STIPULATION IN THIS PUD OF HOW THESE STREET IMPACT FEES COULD BE, UH, SPENT FOR PROJECTS IN THIS AREA.
NOW THE REASON WE PUT IN THE STIPULATION PER STATE CODE IS THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT STREET IMPACT FEES CANNOT FUND BY STATE LAW, SUCH AS BICYCLING ON URBAN TRAIL.
THOSE CANNOT BE FUNDED BY, UH, STREET IMPACT FEES.
SO, SO IT'S THE POLICY ISSUE ON DESIGNATING IT.
I MEAN, AS I'VE BEEN OVER THE COUNCIL OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CASES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DESIGNATE STREET IMPACT FEES OR OTHER REVENUES TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS OR PARTICULAR LOCATIONS.
UH, AND GENERALLY, UH, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE RESISTED THAT AND WE'VE SAID THE STAFF HAS A LIST OF WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE GREATEST.
I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE THE LEGAL ABILITY TO DO THAT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT GENERALLY THE COUNCIL HAS NOT DONE.
UH, BECAUSE IF IT GOES, I RECOGNIZE THERE'S A NEED HERE MM-HMM.
IN, IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING, UM, UM, THERE'S GREATER DANGER TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR THERE'S GREATER IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE AT THIS POINT IS TO IS TO DESIGNATE IS IS TO SAY SPEND IT WHERE THERE'S THE GREATEST NEED.
CAN YOU TELL US IF IN THIS CASE THERE, THERE ARE AREAS OF, OF GREATER NEED THAT THIS MONEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ALLOWED TO BE SPENT FOR ON STATE LAW? OR IS THIS THE PLACE WITH THE, WITH THE GREATEST NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR ENVIRONMENT OR HEALTH OR WHATEVER RIGHT NOW, UM, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS FUNDING PRIORITIES ARE THOSE IN THESE SERVICE AREA THAT ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN 34TH, 31ST STREET, MEDICAL PARKWAY.
NONE OF THOSE ROADWAYS ARE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN.
THEY COULD BE QUALIFIED, BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN THAT.
SO THESE ROADWAYS ARE NOT IN THE PRIORITY LISTING OF PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE SERVICE AREA.
DOES, DOES THE, THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEING BUILT HERE, UH, WOULD THAT PUT THEM IN THE PRIORITY AREA OR WOULD IT NOT PUT THEM IN THE PRIORITY AREA OR MOST LIKELY NOT.
SO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT US DESIGNATING THE MONEY TO, TO SOMEWHERE THAT I RECOGNIZE THE NEED IS HERE.
UH, BUT OUR COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE DOLLARS GO TO WHERE THE NEED IS, IS GREATEST.
SO I, I SUPPORT YOUR MOTION SEAT NUMBER
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ONE, BUT I, BUT I, UNLESS YOU CAN TELL ME SOMETHING NEW OR DIFFERENT, I CAN'T SUPPORT MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO, IF THERE'S GREATER HEALTH NEEDS OR SAFETY DEEDS SOMEWHERE ELSE.SO MAYOR, WE, UM, PRIORITIZE SPECIFIC THINGS IN PODS ALL THE TIME.
WE HAVE A PARTICULAR CLERK IN THIS CASE WHERE NO TIA WAS REQUIRED.
AND SO THEY CAN'T REQUIRE, THEY CAN'T REQUIRE THEM TO DO THE TRAFFIC THINGS IN THE POD THAT WAY AND PAY THINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR IMPACT FEES OR APPLY THEIR IMPACT FEES TO TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS OR MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE POD.
BECAUSE IT'S THIS OLDER POD, AND WE, WE'VE BEEN GOING ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND ON THIS AND WE'VE SPENT MONTHS ON THIS.
SETON IS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD NEXT WEEK TO BREAK GROUND SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THIS WOMAN'S HEALTH CENTER.
THE APPLICANT, THE NEIGHBORS AND OUR STAFF HAVE ALL AGREED THAT THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD USE.
NOTHING CAN BE BUILT UNLESS THERE IS A ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT THAT GETS PRIORITIZED, UM, THROUGH THE STATE PROCESS.
UM, I WILL BE FORCED TO VOTE AGAINST THIS CASE IF WE DO NOT, UM, PASS THAT MOTION.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE IN THERE.
THE, OF THE REST OF THAT MONEY IN THAT AREA WOULD ALSO BE, UM, GOING IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I'M COMFORTABLE, UM, WITH THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPENT MONTHS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION GIVEN THE PARTICULAR RULES THAT HAPPEN WITH THIS OLD PUT.
UM, AND I THINK EVERYONE IS ON BOARD THAT WITH TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
UM, AND THE POTENTIALLY UNKNOWN, UM, TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT SAYING TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AND IT IS A POD AND IT HAS THESE LIMITATIONS, WHICH, UM, ARE JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CODE AT THIS POINT.
UM, RELATED TO ITEM 48 AND SETON HOSPITAL, MY DAUGHTER REBECCA WAS BORN THERE IN 2009, AND THAT HOSPITAL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY LIFE AS WELL AS MANY OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SINCE 2009, THINKING BACK TO WHEN SHE WAS BORN, OUR CITY'S CHANGED SO MUCH AND GROWN IN SO MANY WAYS.
I'M IN THAT AREA REGULARLY FOR DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS, AND I AGREE WITH MAYOR PROTEM THAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA WITH THE SCHOOLS NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED.
THERE ARE GREAT PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE AT THE HOSPITAL AS WELL AS THOSE THAT LIVE NEARBY.
AND AS OUR CITY GROWS, I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE MUST GROW OUR CAPACITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY TAKING ACTION LIKE MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO TODAY.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MOTION SHEETS REGARDING THE ITEM AND FOR ALSO CLARIFYING SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I COULD SEE THE BENEFIT SINCE IT'S WORDED AS TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER STATE LAW.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COVERED STREET IMPACT FEE, WHICH WAS BEFORE I WAS CHAIR OF MOBILITY, IT WAS WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS CHAIRING.
UM, BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO MAKE SURE THOSE SERVICE AREAS WERE PROPERLY SPELLED OUT AND THAT WE COULD COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS HOW WE GET NEW PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE BY OR WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE LANGUAGE COVERS THAT CONCERN, BUT DO SEE THE, THE NEED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE STREET IMPACT FEE, UM, TO CREATE THOSE REALLY URGENT NEEDS DIRECTLY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY IF, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE UNDER THE STATE LAW.
AND I'LL CALL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE ON ONE AND ON TWO, UH, JUST CAUSE I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST, UH, NUMBER TWO AND I COULD BE THE ONLY ONE.
I THINK STATE LAW SAYS IT HAS TO BE SPENT IN THAT AREA.
I DON'T THINK WE ALL AGREE IT'S GONNA BE SPENT IN THAT AREA.
I JUST AM UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING WE SHOULD SPEND IT IN A, FOR A PROJECT THAT HAS LESS NEED THAN ANOTHER PROJECT, WHICH HAS GREATER NEED.
I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT THE COUNCIL SETS.
AND I RECOGNIZE I'M STEPPING OFF THE COUNCIL HERE SHORTLY, BUT PROUD THAT OVER TIME THIS COUNCIL GENERALLY HAS, HAS SPENT OUR MONEY WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST RATHER THAN WHERE, UM, WELL, WE'RE JUST, I'M, I'M PROUD THAT WE HAVE GENERALLY SPENT IT WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I RECOGNIZE THE NEED IS REAL KEEN HERE.
UH, BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT WHEREVER IT IS THAT THE NEED IS GREATER, IT'S EVEN KEENER.
UH, AND THE, AND THE, AND THE DANGERS OR HAZARDS ARE EVEN GREATER WHEREVER THAT ELSE, THAT MIGHT BE.
BUT I'LL JUST CALL A SEPARATE VOTE ON IT AND, AND THEN, UH, WE CAN CAN MOVE FORWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY.
REMEMBER THAT, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT SPECIFYING ANY, UM, PRECEDENT BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A POD.
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UM, SO I'LL LET, I'LL LET, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE STATE'S BEEN PUT WITH THEIR IMPACT FEES AND WE'RE NOT OBJECTING THERE, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE SENDING REST OF IT.AND THEN I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT, DISTINGUISH IT'S A DIFFERENCE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONE THAT HAS TO WRESTLE WITH THAT PRECEDENT IN THE FUTURE.
I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT.
IT IS, IT IS A, A VERY DIFFERENT CASE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT COME ACROSS ARE OUR, UM, DIAS ALMOST A DESK.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY HERE TO, TO GRANT THIS CHANGE OR NOT.
AND PART OF, PART OF, UM, WHAT WE CAN EVALUATE WITH THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE, ARE BEING GENERATED THROUGH THE PROJECT, THROUGH THE STREET IMPACT P CAN BE REINVESTED IN THAT SAME AREA TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACT OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE OKAYING.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE TO DO SO IN THIS CASE.
AND I'M, I PLAN TO SUPPORT IT.
I'M SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, UM, BECAUSE MY CHILDREN WENT TO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF EMPLOYEES GOING IN AND OUT AND FOLKS WALKING TO SCHOOL IN THAT AREA, UM, TO ONE OF THE TWO SCHOOLS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A VALID CONCERN THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED AND SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE RAISED FROM ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT, UM, THE INCREASE, THE INCREASE IN SIZE IS JUST GONNA EXACERBATE SOME OF THOSE DANGERS.
I THINK WE COULD MOVE TO A VOTE COUNCIL FROM KITCHEN.
UM, YES, I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT ALSO, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT IT'S NOT AN UNKNOWN WHAT THE OTHER NEEDS ARE IN THE AREA.
THIS TREE IMPACT FEE PROCESS HAS A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO, FOR STREET IMPACT FEE USE.
AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, THAT THE, UH, ATD STAFF DOES ON A PERIODIC BASIS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW OFTEN, BUT THERE ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS IN AN AREA, AND IT'S ALSO A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AREA, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FROM A PUT PERSPECTIVE.
SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR.
I ALSO, I ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LIST ALREADY OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN A PARTICULAR AREA, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY THAT ARE, ARE, UH, REALLY HIGH NEEDS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS PEOPLE VOTE ON THIS, THAT EVERYBODY VOTING IN FAVOR.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A WAY TO DISTINGUISH THAT OR TO SET IN THEIR MINDS A PRESIDENT THAT, THAT RECOGNIZES THIS AS KIND OF AN OUTLIER SITUATION.
JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT THESE KINDS OF ISSUES CAN COME BACK TO A COUNCIL REPEATEDLY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THESE ISSUES COME UP, THERE'S EITHER IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OR THERE'S A LONG ENOUGH PAUSE TO, TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT RUNS DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL PROPOSITION OF MAKING SURE WE SPEND THE MONEY WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE OF THAT AMENDMENT.
THOSE OPPOSED SY UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THREE AND THREE AND I VOTING NO MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO GETS ADDED.
WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM IN ITS ENTIRETY? MARI PRO TEM.
UM, APPRECIATE, UM, THE SUPPORT ON THIS.
AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT MOTION SHEET ONE ALSO INCLUDED THE LETTER, UM, FROM A SENTENCE SHEET LETTERS MADE PART OF THAT RECORD.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF 48, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THOSE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS 48 PASSES.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
ALL RIGHT, SO IT TAKES US 48, I THINK THAT IS ALL OF THE ZONING CASES.
NOW, EVERYTHING KNOW IS ON CONSENT.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 46? UH, MAYOR PROAM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS HISTORIC ZONING CASE ON ALL THREE READINGS, AND I WILL SPEAK TO IT AT THE APPROPRIATE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? YES.
IS THAT, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? A LEGAL CONSTRAINT OR A PRACTICAL CO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
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UM, THIS DIDN'T, OKAY, SO THIS, WHETHER THERE'S AN ORDINANCE OH, I SEE.NO, WE DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE.
UM, IT, THIS DID NOT RECEIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S SUPPORT.
UM, IT GOT SIX VOTES IT NEEDED TO RECEIVE SEVEN.
SO, SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU DO THREE? CAN YOU DO THAT'S A QUESTION FROM ALL CAN YOU DO? SO THE MOTION IN FRONT OF OF US IS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM ON ALL THREE READINGS.
IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE APPROVED ON ALL THREE READINGS, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE NINE VOTES.
IF IT DOESN'T HAVE NINE VOTES, THEN THE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS IN ALL THREE READINGS WILL FAIL, AND THIS ITEM WILL BE OVER UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE MAKES A DIFFERENT MOTIONS.
MY QUESTION IS, I'M SORRY, MY QUESTION IS REALLY SPECIFIC.
CAN THE, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN THE MAYOR PRO TAM MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT ON ALL THREE READINGS SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN SEE WHETHER THE VOTES ARE THERE TO DO THAT? I WOULD ASSUME THEY COULD MAKE A MOTION, BUT WITHOUT A ORDINANCE, WE CANNOT PASS THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE.
SO LET'S SEE IF THAT'S AN ISSUE AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS, I THINK.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? WHERE IS KATHY KATHY'S SECONDS THAT MOTION.
LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS.
MAYOR PROTE, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL COLIN CONTRERAS, HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT? I'M, HANG ON A SECOND.
SO MAYOR PROTE, I'M RECOGNIZING YOU.
UM, MAYOR, THIS CASE HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES, AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THE CHARACTERIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ARE, ARE REGRETTABLE.
UM, AND I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS REFLECTS THE STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE THAT I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD EXPECT OF ONE ANOTHER.
UM, IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS IS RECOMMENDED BY OUR LANDMARK COMMISSION, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AND OUR STAFF.
UM, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION, AND IT APPEARS TO MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CODE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN ASKING TO PASS THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ASKING TO APPROVE THIS AGAINST THE LANDOWNER'S WISHES, AND THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE NINE VOTES.
UM, THIS IS A HISTORIC HOUSE THAT IS OF, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURALLY INCOMPARABLE.
AND I BELIEVE, UM, THAT WE SHOULD FILE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR HISTORIC LANDMARK, UH, COMMISSION AND OUR STAFF.
THEY MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GUTS, MARK KELLY? UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, I BELIEVE IN HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT, UM, THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF HEARTBURN GOING AGAINST THE WISHES OF AN OWNER, AND SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MY SHARE THE, THE SENTIMENTS, UH, BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
UH, AND I'M ALWAYS HESITANT TO GRANT HISTORICAL DESIGNATION TO A HOUSE THAT NEEDS JUST A VAST AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT FOR IT TO CONTINUE TO BE VIABLE AND USABLE.
UH, I SAID BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, BUT WITH WATER GETTING IN AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S ROUGH AND I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S VIABLE IN IT.
I'M IN A AGREEMENT WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS AN AMAZING HOME, AND I'M SURE PEOPLE HAVE REALLY BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES MADE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST IN DISREPAIR.
UM, DOESN'T HAVE CENTRAL AIR, THE ROOF IS LEAKING.
UM, I JUST REALLY WORRY ABOUT SETTLING AN OWNER WITH AN INSURMOUNTABLE GOAL, EVEN THOUGH CLEARLY IT HAS SOME CHARM AND I KNOW PEOPLE MADE A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES IN IT.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF PROVING THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'M GONNA ASK IT REALLY SPECIFICALLY.
I'M ASKING IT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
THIS DOES NOT HAVE NINE VOTES.
IT'LL BE AN ORDER FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION.
BUT THIS MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO APPROVE IT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THOSE OPPOSED? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
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ABSTAINING.SO I'M SEEING THREE VOTES IN FAVOR.
MINE, THE MAYOR, PRO TA AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I'M SEEING COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER ABSTAINING.
DOES NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS ON ALL THREE READINGS, UH, ON A 3 7 1 VOTE.
ANY OTHER MOTION TO BE HEARD? ANY OTHER MOTION TO BE HEARD? OKAY.
WE'RE NOW GONNA GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I THINK THAT TAKES US THEN ALL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I MEAN, ALL THE ZONING CASES THAT WE HAVE, UH, COLLEAGUES.
UM, THAT IS NUMBER 46 AND NUMBER 55.
ARE WE READY TO, WE HANDLED, WE READY TO DO ITEM 25 AT THIS POINT, OR DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION? I BELIEVE WE'RE READY TO GO.
UH, MAYOR, THE COPY OF THE MOST RECENT, UH, VERSION HAS BEEN PASSED OUT AND, UH, ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE ON BOARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF VELA MOVES PASSAGE OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER 25, WHICH IS THE MOST, UM, RECENT VERSION THAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT AND POSTED.
DOES THAT HAVE, IT'S, IT'S NUMBER FOUR, IS THAT RIGHT? VERSION FOUR, YES, IT'S VERSION FOUR.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
UM, YOU CAN DEBATE IT FIRST IF YOU'D LIKE.
I JUST, AGAIN, THIS, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE IS ONE OF THE TOOLS, AND WE SAW IT.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST CASES THAT I DEALT WITH AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS THE, UH, CLAYTON LANE AND SANTA FE, UH, DISPLACEMENT CASES WHERE THE TENANTS WERE TRYING TO ORGANIZE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE LANDLORD.
AND ONE OF THE TACTICS THAT IS FREQUENTLY USED, UH, WHEN THIS KINDS OF SITUATIONS ARISE, IS THAT THE LANDLORD, UH, OR THE PROPERTY MANAGER WILL CALL THE POLICE ON THE, UH, THE ORGANIZERS AND ESSENTIALLY TRY TO GET THEM EXPELLED FROM THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, UH, ALLEGEDLY CRIMINAL TRESPASSERS.
UH, SO ONE, THIS, THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE ORDINANCE WILL BE TO CLARIFY THAT AN ORGANIZER WHO IS INVITED, UH, BY A TENANT AT THE PROPERTY IS ALLOWED TO BE ON THE PROPERTIES.
AND WITH THIS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION SO THAT A P D, UH, IS AWARE OF THIS.
AND SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEIR GENERAL ORDERS SHOULD HOPEFULLY REFLECT THIS AS WELL.
SO WHEN THEY'RE CALLED OUT TO A PROPERTY, SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT SOME, SOME CANVASERS OR SOME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HERE THAT NEED TO GET OUT, THEY SHOULD BE AWARE ONCE REALIZING THAT THE PEOPLE ARE THERE AT THE INVITATION OF A TENANT, THAT THEY, UH, HAVE NO BUSINESS, UH, INTERFERING THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD JUST WITHDRAW.
SO THAT IS MORE THAN ANYTHING THE GOAL OF THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW, UH, TENANTS TO ORGANIZE.
AND SO THEY CAN DO THAT WITHOUT FEAR OF THE POLICE BEING.
DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A DIRECTION READY TO, TO READ IN? UH, I WOULD JUST, IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE, IT, IT SAYS THAT IT PROVIDES FOR RULEMAKING AND DURING THE RULEMAKING PROCESS, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO, UH, DIRECT THE, UH, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REFLECT IN THEIR GENERAL ORDERS, UH, THAT, UH, CRIMINAL TRESPASS DOES NOT INCLUDE TENANT ORGANIZING.
UH, THAT HAS BEEN THE BS AT THE INVITATION OF A TENANT.
HEY, OBJECTION TO THAT DIRECTION BEING, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
DO YOU HAVE A CONCERN? WANT YOU STATE THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT.
I THINK THAT THE ORDINANCE, AS YOU'VE DRAFTED IT, THE INTENT IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE TENANT.
AND I THINK WE'VE CRAFTED LANGUAGE THAT CAN DO THAT.
UM, WE CAN'T INTERFERE WITH THE CONTRACT BETWEEN A PROPERTY OWNER AND, UM, THE TENANT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT ISSUE IS, IS A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC.
UM, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY CALLING THE POLICE TO ASK FOR HELP ABOUT SOME KIND OF TRESPASS, THE POLICE ARE GONNA COME TO THE PROPERTY.
WE INTERFERE WITH A CONTRACT ALL THE TIME BY AMENDING OUR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE BUILDING IS REQUIRED TO HAVE, WHAT THE BUILDING IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE, WHAT OUR BUILDING CODE IS.
ALL THOSE ARE IMPLICITLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE LANDLORD TENANT CONTRACT.
SO, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SECTION 92 POINT, I THINK IT'S 3 31, PROVIDES
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THAT THE, THAT FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, THAT THE, THE, THAT BASICALLY THE LANDLORD RELATIONSHIP, THAT LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP IS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE.WE HAVE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES THAT WE PASS ALL THE TIME.
THOSE AFFECT THE LANDLORD, UH, TENANT RELATIONSHIPS.
IF WE WERE TO PASS SOMETHING THAT SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, OR IF A LANDLORD WERE TO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED AS, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE PROPERTY, WE CAN PASS A MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE CLARIFYING THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY DESPITE ANY LACK OF, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS.
AND THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY LEGAL.
SO, A AGAIN, I JUST DON'T SEE THIS AS INTERFERING WITH THE CONTRACT AT ALL.
THE STATE ALSO HAS, THEY, UH, HAVE, UH, UH, PUT IN EXCEPTIONS FOR AN ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY CALLED, UH, ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIER CALLED TO MILITARY SERVICE.
THEY'VE PUT IN EXCEPTIONS FOR, UH, VICTIMS OF, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THOSE ARE, AGAIN, DIRECTLY INTERFERING IN THE RELATIONSHIPS, AND THERE'S BEEN NO CONCERN WHATSOEVER WITH REGARD TO THOSE.
SO THE ISSUE THAT WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US WAS THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELA READ THAT SAID THAT, UH, HE WAS DIRECTING AS PART OF THE RULE MAKING PROCESS THAT OUR GENERAL ORDERS CORRESPOND TO, UH, THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE.
IS THAT AN IMPROPER, IS THAT AN OKAY DIRECTION FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE? I MEAN, AS A GENERAL RULE, IT WOULD SEEM, IT WOULD BE OKAY THAT GENERAL ORDERS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR ORDINANCES, MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, PETITION LINK WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU, THE ORDINANCE TEXT THAT RIGHT.
IS TRAVELING WITH THE TENANT, NOT WITH THE TENANT ORGANIZER.
SO THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE LANDLORD WOULD NOT STILL CALL, AND THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY TAKE IT OUT OF APDS HANDS.
WHAT THIS SAYS IS, AS I READ THIS, WHAT THIS SAYS IS, A A, A TENANT HAS THE RIGHT TO INVITE, THE TENANT HAS A RIGHT TO INVITE ONTO THE PROPERTY, A TENANT ORGANIZER, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE DEGREE THAT THAT TENANTS HAVE RIGHTS TO INVITE PEOPLE, OR IS OUR PUBLIC POLICY THAT WHERE TENANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO INVITE PEOPLE, A TENANT ORGANIZER IS, IS ONE SUCH PERSON THAT THEY WOULD'VE A RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN.
THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF US IS IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, IF THAT'S THE PUBLIC POLICY THAT WE WANT, UH, ADOPTED.
AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC POLICIES THAT, THAT TRUMP ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THE LAW, LIKE THE PROHIBITION, THE CONTRACTUAL PROHIBITION NOT TO RENT TO SOMEONE WHO'S BLACK, FOR EXAMPLE, AS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY AND NOT ENFORCEABLE.
IF WE PASS SOMETHING THAT REAFFIRMED THAT, THE, THE QUESTION IS HE HAS A DIRECTION THAT SAYS THERE SHOULD BE A GENERAL ORDER WHEN YOU'RE DRAFTING THIS STUFF, PLEASE MAKE THE GENERAL ORDER CONSISTENT WITH OUR ORDINANCES.
IS THAT NOT RIGHT? NOT NOT ALLOWED.
I THINK THE CONFUSION FOR ME IN LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION IS HOW, WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS THE, RIGHT.
SO THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED, IT TALKS ABOUT THE TENANT'S RIGHT.
AND THE DISCUSSION ON THE IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE TENANT ORGANIZER.
IT, IT WAS PROTECTING THE TENANT'S, RIGHT.
TO INVITE A TENANT OR IF IT IS CORRECT THAT IT IS A TENANT'S RIGHT TO INVITE A TENANT ORGANIZER TO BE ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHAT THIS SAYS, UH, THEN, THEN I THINK THAT'S OKAY.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT TENANT CAN HAVE THAT, RIGHT.
I KNOW THERE WAS AN EARLIER DRAFT THAT TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHT OF A TENANT ORGANIZER TO BE THERE.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SAYS.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING OFF OF THE CONVERSATION ON THE DIAS.
I GUESS MAYBE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WHAT THE ORDINANCE HAS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU GOES TO THE TENANT, NOT TO THE TENANT ORGANIZER.
IT SAYS A TENANT'S RIGHT TO INVITE A TENANT ORGANIZ HIS PROPERTY INCLUDES, AND IT HAS WHAT THE TENANT'S RIGHTS ARE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL COUNCIL MEMBER VAL WAS SAYING.
AND I WILL SAY WE INCORPORATED THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS, UH, SUGGESTED BY LAW WITH REGARD TO, CAUSE BEFORE WE HAD IT WORDED WHERE, UH, THE ORGANIZER HAS A RIGHT TO BE THERE AT THE INVITATION OF A TENANT.
AND WE FLIP THAT AROUND TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S A TENANT WHO HAS A RIGHT TO INVITE SOMEBODY ONTO THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT, UH, LAW ASKED US TO CLARIFY THAT AND, AND WE DID, UH, MAKE THAT AMENDMENT IN, UH, UH, IN THIS NEW VERSION.
LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, I THINK THAT PART OF THE CONFUSION HERE IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'VE UNDERLINED
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IN READ SOME OF THE CHANGES YOU MADE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAD HEARD FROM COUNCIL.THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHANGES THAT OUR COUNCIL SUGGESTED THAT YOU MADE THAT ARE NOT UNDERLINED IN RED.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST SAYING AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DIRECTION THAT OUR GENERAL ORDERS BE DRAFTED IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR ORDINANCES? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THEN THAT'S MADE, THAT DIRECTION'S MADE PART OF THIS.
THAT GETS US BACK TO THEN DEBATE ON THE MAIN MOTION WITH THE DIRECTION.
AND I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN THIS BECAUSE, AND NOW I'M, I'M WORKING OFF A, AN EARLIER DRAFT.
THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT YOU SAY, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE A LANDLORD'S MANAGER AGENT, AND THAT'S LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED.
UH, YOU PUT IN A DEFINITION OF A TENANT ORGANIZER, WHICH WAS JUST A, A DEFINITION.
THERE WAS A SUGGESTION, UH, THAT SAID THAT THE RIGHT IS NOT THE TENANT ORGANIZER'S.
AND YOU'VE MADE THAT CHANGE IN E UH, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT YOU HAD THE WORDS INTENTIONALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE RETALIATION OR THE INTERFERENCE, UH, OR THAT ALLOWS ANOTHER TWO.
AND YOU'VE MADE THAT CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THAT ONE, UH, AS WELL.
AND THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT, UM, UH, WITH RESPECT TO OFFENSE AND, AND, AND, UM, UH, PENALTY THAT YOU INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO A, UM, UH, A LANDLORD, UH, WHO VIOLATES OR ALLOWS ANOTHER TO VIOLATE, YOU'VE MADE THAT CHANGE AS WELL.
THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT WE TAKE OUT, THE TAKING OUT OF THE, UM, THAT WE TAKE OUT THE, THE, THE EXTRA LANGUAGE ABOUT CULPABLE MENTAL STATE.
UM, SO, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DID TO, TO, TO ACCOMMODATE AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EARLIER ADVICE THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE SUPPORTING YOU ON THIS.
AND I APPRECIATE, AND WE DID INCORPORATE PROBABLY ABOUT 80% OF LAW SUGGESTIONS.
SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS, UH, WHICH MAYBE NOT LEGAL ISSUES PER SE, WOULD BREAK APART THE DELICATE BARGAIN THAT WE STRUCK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, WHERE EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS LANGUAGE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO BE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF, UH, PARTIES THAT HAVE OPPOSING INTERESTS AND NEGOTIATE A SOLUTION.
BUT I, I THINK WE'RE THERE, WE'VE GOTTEN THERE.
EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS VERSION, INCLUDING WITH THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENTS.
AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, AGAIN, I WOULD, UH, MOVE PASSAGE.
AND, UH, JUST BRIEFLY THOUGH, I DO WANNA THANK, UH, STEPHANIE TREND IN YOUR OFFICE AND REMI CO.
WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY THE ONES FACILITATING THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE REALTORS, UH, AND THE TENANT ADVOCATES.
AND, UH, IT WAS NO EASY TASK, HENCE MULTIPLE POSTPONES TO GET EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE THERE.
ANY FURTHER DEBATE ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? YES.
JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MARILLA AND, AND MAYOR FOR WORKING ON THIS.
I AM SUPER EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE TENANT'S RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND TO, UM, PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL, UH, PROTECTION FOR AUSTIN RENTERS.
WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF AUSTINITES ARE, ARE RENTERS AND CERTAINLY GIVEN, UM, THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN AND THE ESCALATION OF, OF, OF, OF RENT THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, HAVING THESE SERIES OF POLICIES, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WE VOTED ON EARLIER, THE RIGHT TO CURE, UM, GO A LONG WAY.
AND SO I'M SUPER HAPPY TO, TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
UH, AND I KNOW WE, WE BOTH HAVE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN OUR DISTRICT WITH A LOT OF LOW INCOME TENANTS.
UH, THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, UH, FREQUENT FLYERS ON OUR CODE VIOLATION, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZERS COMING IN, UH, BRINGING TENANTS TOGETHER TO MORE EFFECTIVELY NEGOTIATE WITH THOSE FREQUENT FLYERS, CODE VIOLATORS, UH, AND HOPEFULLY SERVING AS AN INTERMEDIARY POTENTIALLY BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND, UH, THE APARTMENT AND, AND THE TENANTS, UH, TO, TO, TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UH, ANYWAY, I, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK ON IT, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING TENANT ORGANIZATIONS HOPEFULLY START TO ARISE.
UH, LIKE I SAID, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR LARGER LOW INCOME COMPLEXES.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT CAUSE I THINK THAT THIS RIGHT SHOULD EXIST.UH, JUST TO, TO MAKE CLEAR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE, THE LANDLORD, LANDLORD HAS TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS GOING ON.
UH, SO, UH, FROM AN ORGANIZER'S STANDPOINT, UH, ORGANIZERS ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANDLORDS, UH, CAN BE SHOWN TO, TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE.
UH, AND THAT MAY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL STEP, UH, FOR THEM TO, TO MAKE SURE IT'S JUST NOT, NOT THE MANAGER OR THE AGENT THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE, BUT THE LANDLORD DOES TOO.
BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, UH, WAS PART OF THE, THE COMPROMISE AND THE BALANCING IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU, YOU, YOU'VE REACHED.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, ITEM 25, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY IS VOTING NO COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOVO IS OFF THE, UH, DESK, THE OTHER IS VOTING.
THIS IS EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA EXCEPT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 45, WHICH IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ORDINANCE ITEM 41, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IFC ON PROPERTY.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO, UH, GO AND DISCUSS, UM, I'M NOW GOING TO RECESS THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, SCHEDULED FOR TODAY HERE AT 3 35 JUNE.
AND I'M, I'M GONNA RECONVENE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETING TODAY FOR OCTOBER 27TH, 2022.
IT IS, UH, 4 58, UH, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE TWO THINGS, THREE THINGS LEFT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO.
ONE OF THEM IS, UM, ACCOUNTS MEMBER TOVO, UH, WHO IS NOT PRESENT.
WE WERE WORKING WITH SUCH SPEED AS WE WENT THROUGH THE TENANT ORGANIZATION ISSUE.
UM, DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VOTE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A FULL BIAS, I'M GONNA CALL THAT BACK SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE AGAIN TO REFLECT EVERYBODY, BUT WE'LL WAIT TILL WE HAVE A FULL BIAS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHAT WE DID, UM, ON THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE.
UH, SO WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE A FULL DIAS DAIS.
WE HAVE TWO OTHER THINGS TO HANDLE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, UH, MOVE TO SEE IF, SEE WE CAN DO THEM BOTH IN 30 MINUTES.
THE SECOND ONE, I PROMISE YOU WE'LL DO IN 30 MINUTES CUZ I'M GONNA SET MY WATCH.
[45. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 relating to environmental, drainage, landscape, and site plan requirements.]
UM, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, START WITH, UH, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ITEM, UM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 45 IF SOMEONE WANNA MOVE PASSAGE OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER 45.IT'S THE, I'M ORDINANCE ITEM NUMBER 45, MAYOR PROTE.
I MOVED PASSAGE ITEM 45, VERSION TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECOND'S.
THAT COLLEAGUES, I'VE HANDED OUT A MOTION SHEET ONE AND TWO ON THAT, THAT I THINK HAS, HAS BEEN, UH, KIND OF SCRUBBED.
UH, AND THAT REFLECTS I THINK THE AGREEMENT.
I WOULD MOVE PASSAGE OF, UH, OUR MOTION SHEET ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THOSE THINGS? COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, SECONDS, THEN ONE AND TWO, IT'S FRONT AND BACK.
ONE, UH, IS, AND WE DISCUSSED BOTH OF THEM AT THE, UH, THERE'S, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION LATER.
ONE IS JUST CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO THE ANALYSIS.
AND TWO, UH, ASKED STAFF TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS WE HAD ON TRANSPORTATION MANUAL, UM, WITH THIS WORK.
AND THEN, MAYOR, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE
ONE, I JUST CAN'T, I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT.
AND I WOULD ASK OUR STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, POTENTIALLY SCHEDULE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DON'T THINK EITHER YOU OR I WILL BE HERE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT, IT ALARMS ME TO BE TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AS, UH, TAKINGS OF PRIVATE LAND.
SO I, I THINK THAT REQUIRES SOME FURTHER CONVERSATION.
SO, SO IN ORDER TO PASS THIS, I MEAN, I WANT THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER WE, WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHOSE PROPERTY ARE, ARE, ARE ENTIRELY COVERED BY THE BUFFER, HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THEY THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT I DON'T WANNA PREDETERMINE THAT QUESTION, DON'T INTEND TO PREDETERMINE THAT QUESTION.
AND IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY PROPER FOR OUR STAFF TO COME BACK TO SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AND NO POTENTIAL LIABILITY.
BUT I DID WANT THEM TO COME BACK AND AT LEAST ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.
IS THERE BETTER WORDING THAT ANY, THAT ANY LOSS OF ECONOMIC
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VIABILITY, WHICH IS ONE STANDARD FOR SUCH, TAKING WHETHER OR NOT IT EXISTS, AND ANY POTENTIAL TAKINGS WHICH HAD LOSS OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND ANY POTENTIAL TAKING, DOES THAT HELP WE ENDED AT, UM, SHALL ALSO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND LAND AND END IT THERE? YES, I'LL GO WITH THAT.I MEAN, I THINK IT'S THE SAME THING, BUT I'M FINE TAKING OUT THOSE WORDS.
UM, AND MANAGER, WHAT I MEAN FOR THAT IS THE LOSS OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND THE LEGAL IMPACTS OF, OF ANY LOSS OF ECONOMIC LIABILITY.
JUST TO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AND DEBT AS POSSIBLE TO THE COUNCIL.
ANYBODY OBJECT TO THAT CHANGE BEING MADE? HEARING NONE WILL TAKE OUT THOSE WORDS OF PUT A PERIOD RIGHT AFTER ECONOMIC VIABILITY.
ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT MESSAGE? SHE ONE AND TWO? ANY OBJECTION TO THEM? ADDED ONE AND TWO THEN ARE ADDED COUNCIL POOL.
I HAVE THE, UM, QUICK, UH, AMENDMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION SHEET TO AS PART OF PHASE TWO RELOCATE LANDSCAPE CODE FROM 25 2, WHICH IS ZONING OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO 25 8, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENT.
AND YOU'LL SEE FROM THE, OH, SEE IF I GET A SECOND.
UH, BEEN A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THAT RESERVE SECOND TO THAT SECTION.
IS STAFF OKAY WITH THAT CHANGE? THEY ARE WATERSHED ZONING AND LEGAL HAVE ALL VETTED THIS AND ARE SUPPORTIVE AND THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF ANYBODY WANTS 'EM TO.
MANAGER OF ANY STAFF RESERVATIONS TO THIS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO ASK STAFF TO NOTIFY COUNSEL WHEN THIS, UH, ITEM COMES BACK ABOUT ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
AND GENERALLY WE ASK FOR THAT ANYWAY.
AND I CAN SEE THE AFFIRMATIVE NODS FROM OUR FOLKS, FROM OUR STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND THE RATIONALE, REALLY QUICK LANDSCAPE CODE IN THE PAST WAS USED FOR AESTHETIC AND SCREENING PURPOSES WHEN IT WAS FIRST DEVELOPED.
TODAY, THE CITY USES THE LANDSCAPE CODE FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES THAT GO BEYOND THE ORIGINAL INTENT, INCLUDING WATER QUALITY AND HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING INCLUDED? TOVO, I DO NEED TO ASK OUR LEGAL STAFF JUST TO CONFIRM FOR ME, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I DO HAVE ABOUT MOVING THIS LANGUAGE FROM THE ZONING CODE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUAL IS THAT IT COULD HAVE A, AN IMPACT ON VESTED RIGHTS DETERMINATIONS OR IN OTHER WORDS, UM, WHETHER A VESTED PROJECT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY REGULATIONS THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH.
SO COULD YOU PLEASE JUST, UM, GIVE ME A VERBAL, I KNOW YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME A VERBAL AFFIRMATION THAT YOU WOULD BE INDEED CONSIDERING THAT AS IF, IF THIS CHANGE GOES THROUGH CHAD SHAW WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT? YES, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT SAID, ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THE POOL AMENDMENT HEARING? NONE OF THE POOL AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER DOES ANY, UH, YES, MAYOR AND, UH, I, I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES DAN AND OF STAFF FOR, UH, GREEN WAS US ON THE 400 FOOT SETBACK.
BLESS AS, UH, EAST OF THE LONGHORN DAM.
UH, I HAD GOT A LOT OF THE CALLS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEM TAKING THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY VALUE.
AND WE GOTTEN, EVEN GOT CALLS THAT SAYING THAT THEY WILL TAKE US TO COURT IF THEY, IF WE DID THAT THERE.
SO BY YOU, BY, UH, YOUR, YOUR AMENDMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, ALLOW THEM TO NEGOTIATE AND WORK WITH, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALL OF IT GETS OUT AND ALL THAT INFORMATION GETS DISCUSSED BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE.
ANYTHING ELSE, UH, ON THIS, UH, ON ITEM 45, WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM 45 ABOUT THAT? MAY I HAVE SOME, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER? OKAY.
UM, AMENDMENT ONE, AND THESE ARE ALL DESIGNED TO, UH, FOR AFFORDABILITY, ESSENTIALLY TO PROMOTE AFFORDABILITY AND TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE, UH, ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT MOVING FROM A DETENTION UPON, UH, TO THE, UH, OTHER TYPES OF, UM, OF, UH, DRAINAGE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
AND SO STARTING WITH, UH, AMENDMENT ONE, UH, AND IT'S AMENDMENT ONE, I'M SORRY, VERSION THREE, UM, THIS ONE WOULD CREATE A VARIANCE, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED WATER QUALITY CONTROL AND ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, ONE THAT WENT TO STAFF, UM, IF IT WAS A NECESSITATED BY UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS, WHICH IS A CURRENT CODE OR B, NECESSARY TO AVOID A LOSS IN A RESIDENTIAL UNITS OR BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE.
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IF THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL, LET, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.CURRENTLY, SOME, UH, BUILDERS WILL BURY THEIR DETENTION POND UNDER THEIR PARKING LOT BECAUSE DETENTION POND TAKES UP A, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SPACE ON A, UH, ON A SITE.
AND IF THEY CAN, UH, BURY IT, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY DON'T LOSE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPABLE AREA.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS THEM TO KINDA MAXIMIZE THE, THE FOOTAGE, UH, ON THAT SITE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY GSI CANNOT BE BURIED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PLANT IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, FILTRATION, UH, VIA THE, THE SOIL AND THE PLANTS ON IT.
UH, AND SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD BE TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO USE A TRADITIONAL, UH, DETENTION POND, UH, DRAINAGE.
UH, IF THEY COULD SHOW THAT THERE WAS, UH, AGAIN, NECESSARY BY UNIQUE SIDE CONDITIONS OR IF IT WAS GONNA RESULT IN A LOSS IN RESIDENTIAL UNITS OR BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE.
COUNCIL MARVA URGES HIS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, VERSION THREE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HE HAS SECONDS THAT UNDER YOU APPOINTING DOWN HERE? I CAN'T REMEMBER KELLY, SECOND SIDE.
UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, VERSION THREE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GET STAFF'S INPUT ON THIS.
UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES FOR SITE CONSTRAINTS AND, UH, ALLOWING AMOUNT OF HOUSING CAN BE A CONSTRAINT AND COULD BE EXPLOITED BY A DEVELOPER.
KATIE COIN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE IN CODE ABOUT WHAT, UH, EXPLORATIONS WE SHOULD, UH, UNDERTAKE AS PART OF THAT VARIANCE PROCESS.
HAVING FLEXIBILITY ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT SITE CONSTRAINTS.
UH, AND I THINK MY LARGER CONCERN HERE REALLY IS THAT THERE'S ALREADY AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE PROCESS THAT EXISTS THAT IS FLEXIBLE THAT WE CAN USE IN, IN THE SCENARIOS THAT, THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
UM, RIGHT, THERE'S A PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE PROCESS, UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER REGULATIONS THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPABILITY OF A PARCEL PARKING MINIMUMS, COMPATIBILITY, ET CETERA.
AND SO CALLING OUT GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE ONLY PLACE IN CODE THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING DEVELOP DEVELOPABILITY, I THINK PUTS A TARGET ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS, WHEREAS IT DOESN'T ON THINGS LIKE COMPATIBILITY, PARKINGS, AND MANY OTHER, UM, PARTS OF OUR REGULATIONS THAT POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON DEVELOPABILITY.
IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, THIS, UH, AMENDMENT MAY NOT BE READY TO BE APPROVED TODAY AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IF I COULD.
UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO KEEP IN LANGUAGE OR PUT IN LANGUAGE THAT HAD, UM, EXCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL LOSS OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UM, IN AN EARLIER VERSION, THIS VERSION THREE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT OR NOT, UM, UH, REMOVES THAT LANGUAGE, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'LL DEFER TO LIZ MM-HMM.
UM, YES, I, LIZ JOHNSTON, DEPUTY ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, FINE FOR US.
I THINK THAT, UM, IT LEAVES, UM, THE, UH, THE FINDING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE FAIRLY FLEXIBLE WITHOUT LISTING THE STRING OF CONDITIONS WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE SITE CONSTRAINTS MAY BE.
UM, AND SO IT REALLY OPENS UP THE, THE ABILITY FOR STAFF TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH, UH, RIGHT.
SO, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS, IS THAT BY LISTING SPECIFICALLY A AND B, IT ACTUALLY LIMITS YOU, UH, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO IT FOR REASONS OTHER THAN A AND B.
I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER VELA SAYING HE WANTS TO CALL OUT A AND B SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHO BE AMONG THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER.
AND MY QUESTION FOR BOTH YOU AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AVELA, UH, DOES IT, IS IS THE PLACE THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THAT MEETS BOTH OF YOUR CONCERNS? I THINK TO SAY THAT THE PEROSE WATER QUALITY CONTROL WITHOUT LIMITATION IS AND THEN HAVE A AND B, SO THAT A AND B ARE FACTORS THAT IT CAN BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT LIMITATION, BUT IT STILL CALLS OUT A B FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
I, I THINK MY RESPONSE IS STILL, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO ALL OF THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPABILITY? BECAUSE THEN IT PUTS GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE THING THAT GETS CHIPPED AWAY THROUGH A
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VARIANCE PROCESS, WHEREAS OTHER THINGS DON'T HAVE THAT SAME PROVISION, UH, IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE CONDITION.SO, COULD I MAKE, WELL, UM, IF IT HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THAT, JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT SAYS FOR A VARIANCE FROM THIS SECTION THAT THE PROPOSED ORDER CONTROL, QUALITY CONTROL IS, UM, I'M TRYING TO, TO SAY THESE WOULD BE TWO SUCH REASONS, BUT YOU'RE NOT LIMITED JUST TO THESE TWO REASONS.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO, FOR IT TO SAY, I THINK PARTIALLY OR, OR I'M MISSING IT, LOSS OF DEVELOPABILITY ON ITS OWN SHOULD NEVER BE A REASON WHY WE GRANT AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AND POTENTIALLY COULD CONSIDER ALONG WITH A SUITE OF OTHER LIMITATIONS OF A SITE AS WE'RE CONSIDERING ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES.
BUT MY CONCERN WITH CALLING IT OUT IS THE FOCUS ON IT.
I KITCHEN, UH, I HAVE A, A SIMILAR CONCERN.
THE FIRST CONCERN IS THAT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH THIS FOR MORE.
THIS HAS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS AND I WOULD RATHER, UH, YOU KNOW, INVITE, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO, TO LET US THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DOING IT FOR THE KINDS OF, THE KINDS OF REASONS THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER IS SAYING.
AND, UM, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS AND THE RESULTS IT MIGHT HAVE.
AND SO I'M REALLY NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN VETTED ENOUGH.
AND I, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA USE DEVELOPABLE LAND AS THE CRITERIA, THEN THAT'S EVERYTHING.
SO I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT, BUT I JUST DON'T, I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT TODAY.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR YOU TO THINK THROUGH THAT.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE, THIS, WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH TODAY IS SOME CLEAR THINGS AND WE'VE SET A COURSE FOR A SECOND PHASE.
WE'RE ALSO DOING THE KIND OF THING THAT THE MAYOR JUST PASSED EARLIER THAT TALKS ABOUT OFFSETS.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS ALREADY IN THE WORKS TO CONSIDER THE IMPACTS.
AND SO I, I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.
I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, UH, SUPPORT THAT TODAY.
AND SO I COMPLETELY, UH, AGREE THAT THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ARE JUST ONE OF MANY CONSTRAINTS THAT SAID, THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY.
I WOULD BE COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF A BROADER RETHINKING OF THOSE CONSTRAINTS AND THE WAY THEY INTERACT TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT AND TO RAISE, UH, COSTS OF HOUSING.
UH, BUT WE ARE MOVING, WE DECIDED TO SPLIT THIS AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON ONE TRACK.
AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE TRACK THAT IS BEFORE US.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BEING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WHEN, UH, THIS WAS 2015, 2016, AND OH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY THINGS WE WERE LIKE, WE'LL DO THAT IN CODE NEXT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST PUT OFF ALL OF THESE MEASURES AND THEN THEY DIED.
UH, AND HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS, 10 YEARS LATER.
SO I, I AM VERY HESITANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW HAS A NEGATIVE AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT WITHOUT TRYING TO MITIGATE THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS OF THIS MEASURE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE, UH, I'M AT.
LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THE UTILITY EASEMENTS AND FIRE EASEMENTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT ARE AFFECTING THE, THE VIABILITY AND THE NUM UNIT COUNT AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE THE BIOFILTRATION PONDS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE NUMBER ONE IMPACT ON THESE, CUZ I THINK IN SIZE, A BIOFILTRATION POND IS GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE SIZE OF THE DETENTION POND.
THE ONE ISSUE IS WHERE YOU HAVE A TYPICALLY, I I THINK AGAIN, IN STAFF, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AN MF SIX TYPE PROJECT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM ON THERE AND THEY BURY THE, UH, THE DETENTION POND UNDER THE, UH, PARKING LOT TYPICALLY.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE GONNA BURY IT, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO GSI BECAUSE THE PLANTS ARE NOT GONNA GROW UNDERGROUND.
SO THAT'S THE, THE SPIRIT, IT'S NOT A LOT OF CASES, BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH CASES AND WE'RE GONNA LOSE ENOUGH HOUSING THAT IT CONCERNS ME.
YES, MAYOR, I, I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE ALL AGREE ON WITH WITHOUT AND, AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY VETTED.
AND THESE ARE NEW ITEMS THAT WE PUT THIS IN THE PHASE TWO AS A FALLBACK, AND THEN THAT WILL GIVE US THE TIME THAT WE ARE CLEARLY NEEDING IN ORDER TO SOCIALIZE THE CONCEPT MORE FULLY ACROSS THE DIAS.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PULL THIS, UH, PUT THIS ONE INTO THE FACE CHAIR, MAYOR GUYS WORK KITCHEN.
AND I, AND I, UNDER, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT YOU'RE RAISING.
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I'M NOT INTERESTED IN, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST DELAYING THINGS BECAUSE, AND IT'LL NEVER GET DONE.THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT, OR WHAT I'M SAYING ANYWAY, IS I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL IMPACT OF THAT.
UH, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BALANCE AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER WHO HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY BET THAT, AND WHO'S TELLING US THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'VE DIVIDED THIS INTO A PHASE ONE AND A PHASE TWO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO WHAT YOU MIGHT WANNA DO IS PUT SOME TIMELINE ON IT CUZ THEN, CUZ THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, GO CONSIDER THIS, GET BACK TO US WITHIN THE NEXT STATE.
SO THEN IT'S NOT OPEN-ENDED, BUT THEN YOU'RE ALLOWING FOR THE TIME TO CONSIDER IT.
SO YOU MIGHT THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED EVERYTHING, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS OF THIS MEASURE TODAY.
I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS COLLECTIVELY, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SAY, OH, WE'LL THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD.
LIKE, I JUST COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH, WITH, AGAIN, JUST GIVING SHORT SHR TO LIKE, OH YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS GONNA COST, UH, MONEY, WE'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS GONNA COST UNITS, BUT WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD.
I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH FOR THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE.
WHAT I SAID IS HOW ABOUT PUTTING SOME TIMELINE ON IT? MM-HMM.
I AGREE THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO OPEN-ENDED AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
JUST, JUST, JUST GIVE SOME TIME FOR SOME ANALYSIS OF IT INSTEAD OF JUST EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD PASS IT EXACTLY TODAY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF IT.
WHICH AGAIN, I WE SHOULD BE DOING THOSE HAND IN HAT.
HAVE WE ANALYZED THE IMPACT ON AFFORDABILITY? TELL US ABOUT THAT.
HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF HAVE PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP AN AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT FOR GSI.
THE RESULT IS UNDETERMINED, UH, BUT WE THINK IS A MARGINAL INCREASE IN, IN COST.
BUT THE FOOTPRINT OF THESE SYSTEMS IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF, UM, OF, OF CONVENTIONAL CONTROLS.
WE KNOW THAT SINCE 2013 GSI HAS BEEN THE CHOSEN CONTROL, UH, OVER FAR AND AWAY OVER CONVENTIONAL CONTROLS IS THE MAJORITY OF WHAT, WHAT WATER QUALITY CONTROLS ARE ON THE, ARE ON THE GROUND TODAY.
UH, AND, AND SO THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THE, THE CONCERNS IN THE AAS FUNCTIONAL GREEN WAS, UH, A CONCERN IN THE AAS, BUT GSI WAS NOT, UH, A, A CHIEF CONCERN OF THAT REPORT.
SO WE DO, WE DO HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THIS.
I APPRECIATE, UH, BEING RECOGNIZED.
I, I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ALSO, UM, BUT I'LL START WITH JUST THE TWO THAT I THINK ARE MOST PERTINENT CURRENTLY.
SO WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTED THE WATERSHED PROTECTION ORDINANCE BACK IN 13, I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF, UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENTING THE DRAFT CHANGES MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, THAT ALLOWED FOR THE STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND ASSESS THE FULL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
IN WHICH CASE, I WONDER IF STAFF HAS A SIMILAR PROCESS WHEN ROLLING OUT THE CRITERIA MANUAL UPDATES FOR ALL THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGES BEFORE US TODAY.
UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THE, THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY DOES NOT HAVE, UM, ANY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL CRI CRITERIA UPDATES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THERE COULD BE SOME CLEANUP TO CLARIFY, KNOW, MAKE THE WORDS MATCH, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS NECESSARY TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS IT GOES INTO EFFECT.
UM, THE, THE WHERE THERE WAS CONCERN WAS THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH DID HAVE QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, CRITERIA UPDATE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS ORDINANCE AND PUT ON A LATER TRACT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, WITHOUT COPIES OF THE NECESSARY CRITERIA, MANUAL CHANGES, UM, AVAILABLE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, HOW WAS STAFF ABLE TO PREPARE AN AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT, UM, WITH A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ORDINANCES IMPACTS ON AFFORDABILITY? A AS, AS LIZ SAID, THERE ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE ECM ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
SO THE DATA YOU USED IS WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US PRIOR TO THE CHANGES
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FOR THE ECM, FOR THE AFFORDAB, FOR THE AFFORDABILITY.AND WE HAVE PLANNING STAFF HERE, BUT THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY TO PROVIDE, UM, NUMBERS RELATED TO GSI THAT, UM, WATERSHED PROTECTION STAFF HAVE USED THAT.
UM, AND LOOKING AT OTHER TEST CASES, UH, TO GET NUMBERS THAT, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE, UH, UH, LIKELY COST OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GSI.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M, IF I JUST MADE THIS UP IN MY HEAD, DID I HEAR Y'ALL SAY THE GSI PROCESS IS A PART OF THE PHASE TWO? I DID NOT HEAR THAT GSI IS PART OF PHASE ONE.
IT'S WHAT IN FRONT OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO MANDATE THAT GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN MOST CASES WHAT WOULD BE USED FOR A WATER QUALITY CONTROL.
UH, AND, AND AS, AS WE'VE SAID, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITER MANUAL ALREADY SPELLS OUT AND HAS HAD THAT SPELLED OUT FOR YEARS, HOW YOU SPEC UH, THE DESIGN OF THOSE FEATURES.
SO THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN OPERATIONALIZED FOR YEARS IN THE CITY.
NO, NO NET CHANGE TO WHAT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE.
YES, CAN MAYOR, AND AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, AND UNDETERMINED AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT IS JUST NOT SATISFYING.
UH, AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I JUST WANNA REITERATE, I LOVE THE CHANGES.
THEY JUST NEED TO BE BALANCED SO THAT THE, WE GET A NEUTRAL AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT.
AND I PASSED OUT A LETTER THAT, THAT WE WERE BEEN TALKING TO A HANDFUL OF FOLKS ABOUT IT.
AND THIS ONE IS FROM, UH, UH, UH, RON THROWER.
HE TALKED TO SOME, UH, CIVIL UH, ENGINEERS AND THEY, UH, ESTIMATED, AGAIN, A DETENTION POND.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL.
THE DETENTION POND AND THE GREEN STORM WATER, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR.
THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS PLANTED.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING IN THE SOIL, YOU PLANT IT, YOU IRRIGATE IT, AND THEN INSTEAD OF KIND OF HAVING A CONCRETE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DITCH THAT, THAT WILL DRAIN THE WATER, YOU HAVE A, AN ENVIRONMENTAL, LIKE ALMOST A NATURAL LOOKING POND, WHICH AGAIN, IS A GREAT CHANGE.
BUT AGAIN, HIS ESTIMATES ARE THAT THE, FOR A HALF ACRE SITE, THE TOTAL COST ABOVE YOUR STANDARD, UH, SEDIMENTATION, UH, POND WAS GONNA BE $65,000.
AND FOR A FIVE ACRE SITE, UH, IT WOULD BE A HUNDRED AND, UH, $77,000.
UH, THE LARGER SITES I'M NOT PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH, YOU KNOW, FOR A FIVE ACRE SITE, $177,000 AMONG, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, NUMBER OF UNITS IS A RELATIVELY TRIVIAL AMOUNT.
AGAIN, THE SMALLER SITES CONCERN ME WHEN YOU HAVE A HALF ACRE SITE AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, ADDING $60,000, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, LET'S SAY IT'S A 10 UNITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THERE, THAT'S $6,000 PER UNIT THAT WE'RE JUST PUTTING ONTO THOSE, UH, UNITS AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO MITIGATE IT.
SO AGAIN, THE BIG SITES NOT HORRIBLY WORRIED ABOUT, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE POTENTIAL AFFORDABILITY IMPACT OF THE MISSING MIDDLE SITES.
THAT'S WHY I INITIATED THE AMENDMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT BALANCED DRUG RIGHT NOW.
I WAS, UM, THINKING THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VE HAS FOUR MORE ITEMS THAT HE WANTS, UH, US TO DISCUSS AS AMENDMENTS.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A TIME CONSTRAINT, SO PERHAPS WE SHOULD PUT THIS TO A VOTE.
IF, IF, IF YOU WANNA PROCEED, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, WE COULD PUT THIS IN PHASE TWO, GIVE STAFF TIME TO DEVELOP THE INFORMATION THAT WE ALL ARE LOOKING FOR AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE STAFF STAFF'S ANSWERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM, FROM THE INFORMATION THAT THAT, THAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP AND, AND COME TO A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THESE IMPACTS.
I WOULD POINT TO THE, THE BALANCING RESOLUTION THAT THE MAYOR PASSED EARLIER, WHICH IS ITEM 42, WHICH SEEKS TO FIND WHERE, UH, THE COSTS OF AFFORDABILITY ARE AFFECTED BY SOME OF OUR OTHER ORDINANCES.
CLEARLY NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL ONES.
AND WE TALKED A, A REAL LONG TIME ABOUT HOW IT WAS REAL IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT PROTECTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND IN THE END IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN IF WE ALLOW FOR POLLUTION OF OUR WATER AND OUR SOILS AND OUR AIR.
SO WE HAVE, WE PASSED ITEM 42, WHICH PROVIDES A GOOD FRAMEWORK FOR BRINGING BACK THAT BALANCING AND, UH, OFFSETTING INFORMATION.
SO I THINK THE PIECE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE WORKS, AND WE PASSED IT EARLIER TODAY.
AND I WOULD URGE THAT WE, UM, WORK WITH SOME DISPATCH SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CON ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES IN FRONT OF US HERE TODAY,
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RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE A BIT OF A TIME CONSTRAINT.HERE'S, HERE'S THE, THE ISSUE THAT, THAT I THINK THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE I HATE BEING PUT INTO A FORCED CHOICE BETWEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE MM-HMM.
AND, UM, IT MAY BE THAT, THAT THE RIGHT WAY, ONE, WE WANT AVOID A REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND WE WANNA AVOID BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE.
ONE WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO BE GRANTED VARIANCE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE GSI.
ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE YOU HAVE TO DO THE GSI, BUT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD INTO PART OF THE SETBACK OR, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO THE, THE, THE GSI.
BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENT OFFSET THAT LETS YOU DO IT.
THAT STILL GETS US THE FULL MEASURE OF GSI AND STILL ALLOWS THE FULL DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND KEN BY VALLEY, AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I'M, I'M THINKING WHERE WE'D BE PICKING AT THIS POINT THAT THE ONLY CURE TO THE LOSS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS THE LOSS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
AND I'M NOT SURE WE WANT BE IN THAT PLACE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PERHAPS A PHASE TWO ANALYSIS WHERE WE SAY TO STAFF, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE, THE ABILITY, NOT JUST TO GRANT THE VARIANCE, BUT ALSO TO SAY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, LET'S LOOK AT YOUR SITE PLAN AND LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT OTHER RULE CHANGES OR OFFSETS WE MIGHT MAKE THAT GETS US THE FULL GSI, BUT DOESN'T RESULT IN THE COMPROMISE.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS AMENDMENT GIVES THAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF.
WE'VE SET UP A WHOLE PROCESS TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THAT ON ALL THESE, AND, AND MAYBE THIS AUTO ALSO AVAIL ITSELF OF THAT KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND AGAIN, I, I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT.
AGAIN, WE, I WISH WE COULD LOOK AT THIS COLLECTIVELY AND AS A WHOLE, BUT WE'VE SEPARATED IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK, DIFFICULT TO MERGE THOSE.
I, I, AGAIN, WHERE, WHERE I, I REALLY, I WOULD PREFER THAT THIS ITEM AND PHASE TWO GO TOGETHER, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WAIT TO PASS THESE CHANGES UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.
AND UNTIL WE HAVE MITIGATED THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA ADD ADDITIONAL COSTS AND WE'RE GONNA MITIGATE THAT AGAIN SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I, AFFORDABILITY IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CONFRONT.
AND I DO NOT WANT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON AFFORDABILITY CAN, SORRY.
UH, WELL, I HAVE A SUGGESTION AND PERHAPS IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO WHAT'S ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF US.
UM, ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE ITS LANGUAGE, BUT I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE, LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE JUST DIRECT THE STAFF TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT OPTIONS THERE MIGHT BE RELATED TO, UM, VARIANCES OR OTHER KINDS OF OFFSETS ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MAYOR.
UM, AND ASK THE STAFF TO RETURN TO THAT AS PART OF, OF THE NEXT PHASE WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE, UM, TCM, THE CRITERIUM, NOT TCM, BUT THE CRITER MANUAL.
SO, AND THEN WE'VE GOT, WE'RE SPECIFIC, AND THAT'S REALLY THE PLACE WHERE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GET INTO THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS, I THINK.
UM, AND THEN COULD GIVE US MORE, UH, SPECIFICS.
SO, BECAUSE INSTEAD OF, UM, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CHANGE THIS RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC IDEA OF WHEN IT'S COMING BACK MM-HMM.
SO I, I WILL SAY THAT THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT THAT I ADDED WHEN WE FIRST INITIATED THESE CHANGES.
UH, AND IT'S COMING BACK WITHOUT, SO I'VE, I'VE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOST A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH IN WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT ITEM WHERE I ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEM DID NOT HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY IMPACT, PARTICULARLY ON THE MISSING MIDDLE TYPE DEVELOPMENT.
AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PORTION AND WITHOUT THE AFFORDABILITY PORTION.
SO A AGAIN, I I'M CONCERNED THAT WHEN THINGS GET KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUSHED DOWN THE ROAD, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK OR WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO, WHEN, WHEN THE MISSING MIDDLE AMENDMENT WAS PUT ON THERE, IT WAS NOT, WE'LL DO THIS IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
THAT WAS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE CONCERNS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GOES BEYOND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE, THE CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH ARE, ARE THERE'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS ON THE SITE AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND
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THOSE KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.AND SO, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE NEUTRAL AFFORDABILITY IMPACT ON MISSING MIDDLE THE WAY THAT WE INITIALLY CRAFTED THAT.
RIGHT? SO I THINK WE'RE ALL POINTING IN THE SAME PLACE, AND I THINK WE ALL WANT THAT.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE BEST ACHIEVE THAT? DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR US? BECAUSE I, I GUESS WHAT IT IS, WE WANT YOU, AS YOU'RE DOING GSI, IF THERE'S THIS, YOU KNOW, MATERIAL IMPACT ON, ON, ON UNITS OR SQUARE FOOTAGE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN JUST SAY YOUR WAVE.
BUT YET YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW.
SO WE, WE, WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE ALREADY LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
THAT EXISTS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
SO WE WILL HAVE FLEXIBILITY, BUT CAN GRANT THE VARIANCE OR NOT GRANT THE, THOUGH YOU CAN EITHER CORRECT.
INSIST ON THE GSI PROTECTIONS OR NOT GET THE GSI PROTECTION.
WELL, HONESTLY, IS OUR THIRD OPTION A WELL, PART OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IN THIS VARIANCE IS INNOVATIVE CONTROLS.
THERE IS AN OPTION, UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, THOSE UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES AS YOU CAN'T USE GSI FOR, UH, PLANTED GSI FOR AN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM, THERE'S NO LIGHT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER BECAUSE THOSE ARE COSTLY SYSTEMS THAT ARE INNOVATIVE.
I ALSO WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT, UH, THERE ARE OUTS.
SO YOU CAN STILL USE CONVENTIONAL CONTROLS IF YOUR SITE IS OVER 90% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO THAT TAKES CARE OF A LOT OF SITES.
IF YOU'RE IN AN URBAN WATERSHED, YOU CAN USE PAYMENT IN LIEU IF YOU MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA INSTEAD OF PUTTING A WATER QUALITY CONTROL IN.
SO THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS STILL IN SITES THAT ARE CONSTRAINED FOR WAYS AROUND HAVING TO DO GSI THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNED BY RIGHT.
OH, AND JUST, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING, I, I'M TRYING WRESTLING WITH THIS, RIGHT? CUZ I WANT GSI TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THE MISSING MIDDLE PROJECTS ALREADY DO GSI AND YET THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO, TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.
UM, I THINK WE HEARD THAT 80% OF THOSE PROJECTS GO FORWARD AND DO IT AT THE SAME TIME.
BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT A PHASE TWO COMPENSATION THAT GOES BEYOND YOUR ABILITY TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF YOU.
IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU DON'T WAIVE THE GSI, YOU DON'T CHANGE ANY OF THE GSI REQUIREMENTS.
AND THAT THE REAL ANSWER IS SOMETHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR AUTHORITY AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO DO IT MANAGER.
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE COULD RELAX THIS OTHER THING OVER HERE THAT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN RELAXING THE GSI.
BUT WE HAVEN'T SET OURSELVES UP TO BE, HAVE THAT, THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PHASE TWO ON THOSE OTHER THINGS.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET GSI, EVEN IF WE LET IT GO FORWARD TODAY TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TOOLS THAT ARE OUTSIDE YOUR DEPARTMENT'S TOOLS.
I'M TRYING TO GET, I'M TRYING TO GET YOU AND THE CITY MORE TOOLS THAN JUST HAVING TO FIND IT WITHIN YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'LL BE VERY FRUITFUL AND PRODUCTIVE.
THE MISSING MIDDLE COMPONENT THAT IS PART OF PHASE TWO.
WE DEFINITELY WILL BE LOOKING AT THE SMALLER SITES BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL HAPPEN.
AND I MEAN, IT COULD BE THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE IS NOT THE BEST OPTION.
MAYBE IT'S PAYMENT AND LIE FOR THOSE SITES.
SO THERE COULD BE OTHER OPTIONS ON THE TABLE THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AT THAT TIME.
AND SOME OF THE OPTIONS MIGHT NOT EVEN BE, YOU GUYS AT ALL, MIGHT NOT INVOLVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL FIX AT ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA JUST UNFOLD GSI.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IS SOLUTIONS.
AND THEY'RE REALLY CREATIVE AND, AND YOU'RE THINKING, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU CAN DO, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE COMING TO YOUR MIND.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE TOOLS THAT DON'T COME TO YOUR MIND BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO DO THEM BY YOURSELF.
AND WE WILL BE INVOLVING OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHAT AUTHORITY DO YOU NEED FROM COUNCIL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ADD OTHER PEOPLE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUR TOOLBOX? WE, I FEEL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT, JUST TO BE CLEAR IN FOR PHASE TWO.
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS WE COME BACK TO THIS ITEM.
I KNOW CUSTOMER VELA HAS A COUPLE OF OTHER AMENDMENTS AND I WOULD LIKE SOME TIME TO PRINT THEM OUT AND CONSIDER THEM.
AND SO IF THERE'S, IF IT'S A GOOD TIME TO PAUSE IN THIS CONVERSATION, I JUST WANNA, OKAY, SO LET'S, IS IT OKAY CAN WE PAUSE ON THIS ONE? GO TO THE NEXT ONE THAT ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD SAY JUST FOR, SO WE CAN, I CAN JUST LAY THEM OUT RIGHT QUICK AND EXPLAIN THEM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TAKE A PAUSE AND THEN, UH, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, RECONVENE AND LET'S DO THAT.
SO, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS GOES VERY MUCH TO, UM, TO THE POINT THAT THEY WERE JUST MAKING THE, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, WOULD ALLOW, UH, GSI TO BE WITHIN
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THE COMPATIBILITY SETBACK.UH, AND THAT IS SOMETHING, CUZ RIGHT NOW, UH, IT, IT'S, YOU CANNOT PUT A STRUCTURE IN, UH, THE COMPATIBILITY SETBACK AREA.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS LET'S PUT THE GSI THERE CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE VERY NICELY PLANTED AND IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY JUST ALMOST LANDSCAPING.
UH, SO I, THAT HELPS, UH, THAT HELPS PREVENT THE LOSS OF A BUILDABLE AREA.
UH, AND THEN I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THEM RIGHT QUICK.
THEN THE NUMBER THREE WOULD BE, UH, EXEMPTING SITES SMALLER THAN, UH, 0.5 ACRES FROM, UH, AGAIN, THE GSI REQUIREMENT, YOU KNOW, 0.5 ACRES ABOUT WHAT, 21,000 FEET OR SO THESE WOULD BE, AGAIN, SMALLER, MISSING MIDDLE TYPE SITES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BEARING, UH, A DISPROPORTIONATE COST FOR YOU.
THE, THE SWITCH OVER TO, UM, TO GSI, AND THESE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THESE, THE GSI DOES NOT HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.
AND AGAIN, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ON YOUR MORE KIND OF SUBURBAN AREAS, THE, THE LAND USE IS JUST NOT AS INTENSE.
AND THERE'S MORE ROOM TO PUT GSI WHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY, YOU KNOW, OUT, UH, AT THE EDGES OF THE CITY MAY HAVE NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER BECAUSE JUST THE, THE, THE LAND USE IS JUST NOT AS INTENSE.
WHEREAS AGAIN, IN OUR, UH, CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT, THIS COULD HAVE, UH, A, UH, A, A RELATIVELY, UH, UH, SERIOUS AFFORDABILITY IMPACT.
SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT, MAYBE WE CAN JUST CUT OUT THOSE, UH, SMALLER, UH, SITES.
UM, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE JUST TO EXPLORE INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO GO ABOVE THE BASE WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS SO THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THIS SITE, THERE'S SOME KIND OF BONUS OR SOME KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT TO STRUCTURE SOME KIND OF INCENTIVE THAT'S NOT, THAT'S JUST DIRECTION TO STAFF, UH, TO EXPLORE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEN AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE HAS TO DO WITH, UH, UH, POROUS PAVEMENT, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE, UH, EXCLUDE POROUS PAVEMENT FOR, UM, LIKE SIDEWALKS AND FOR MORE MINOR USES WHERE THAT IS NOT GONNA GO COUNT AGAINST YOUR IMPERVIOUS COVER IF YOU'RE USING THE POROUS CEMENT.
AND THIS WOULD SAY, THIS WOULD DIRECT THEM TO SAY, WHAT IF THEY'RE USING THE POROUS PAVEMENT IN A MORE INTENSE USE, UH, DRIVEWAYS, OTHER KIND OF, UH, UH, AREAS DO, CAN THEY GET SOME KIND OF CREDIT FOR THAT? NOT A ONE FOR ONE CREDIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF OF CREDIT TOWARD THEIR, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER TO THEIR, THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S JUST BRIEFLY, THOSE ARE THE FIVE AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVE.
KAISER, OUR KITCHEN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THESE RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT OUR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER THINKS ABOUT THOSE.
OR ARE YOU, HAVE YOU SEEN ALL, ALL THE ONES THAT HE'S LAID OUT? YES.
IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME? CAN I ASK HIM? WHAT? LET'S DO IT QUICKLY.
UH, SO THE SETBACK, WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
UH, AND, AND ACTUALLY ALREADY IN CODE, WE DO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH CERTAIN TYPES OF GSI IN SETBACKS.
I'M HAPPY TO ISSUE FORMAL POLICY GUIDANCE IN THE NEAR TERM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING AS FLEXIBLE WITH CURRENT CODE AS POSSIBLE.
UH, AND I THINK THAT I, I WOULD WANNA DEFER TO CHAD SHAW, BUT WE'VE HEARD SOME GREAT CONCERNS FROM LAW IN DIPPING INTO 25 2 ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
AND THAT IS PART OF WHY WE'RE ASKING THAT IT MOVED TO PHASE TWO.
DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE VARIANCES TO 25 TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IF IN ORDER YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? YOU, AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S BY CUZ THAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
WE CAN'T DO IT IN HERE BECAUSE OF POSTING, BUT THE RIGHT ANSWER MIGHT NOT BE TO TO, AS YOU'RE POINTING OUT.
AND THIS ONE I, I LOVE BECAUSE IT'S SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL THING, BUT YOU MIGHT JUST DO IT IN A PLACE THAT THEY CAN'T GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO AS PART OF THEIR VARIANCE PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS GIVE THE VARIANCE PROCESS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO SAY, OKAY, YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL GIVE 'EM THE VARIANCE TO GO INTO THE BUFFER AREA IF YOU CAN'T GIVE AN OR THE SETBACK AREA.
AND, AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE, THE MORE, THE MORE REFINED ANSWER AND THE BETTER ANSWER THAT PRESERVES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS FOR US.
OKAY, SO THIS IS, UH, FOR SMALL SITES.
UH, AND SO I I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS CONCERNS, BUT WE ALREADY, FOR COMMERCIAL SITES UNDER ONE ACRE AND SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS UNDER TWO ACRES IN URBAN WATERSHEDS.
UH, SO MOST OF THE CORE OF AUSTIN IS IN AN URBAN WATERSHED, WERE ALREADY, UH, ALLOWING FOLKS TO USE PAYMENT
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IN LIEU FOR WATER QUALITY.SO THAT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY CONTROLS ON SITE, THEY CAN PAY INTO A FEE THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
AND SO, UH, FOR THOSE URBAN SITES THAT, THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A CONCERN FOR US.
IF WE LOOK AT, UM, SUBURBAN WATERSHEDS, UM, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, SO OUTSIDE OF URBAN WATERSHED SITES CAN'T EXCEED 80% IN PERVIOUS COVER.
SO IN PRACTICE THAT MEANS WHEN YOU HAVE 20% TO WORK WITH, GENERALLY THE CONSTRAINTS OF A SITE ARE GOING TO ALLOW FOR GSI TO BE USED IN THOSE CONTEXTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IF THERE ARE STILL SITE CONSTRAINTS THAT DO NOT ALLOW FOR THAT, THAT ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANTS STILL EXISTS.
FINALLY, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THIS IS ON A SMALL SITE, SOME OF THE GREEN CONTROLS THAT ARE PROPOSED, THINGS LIKE RAIN GARDENS, MORE DISTRIBUTED CONTROLS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE CENTRAL POND, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE MOST URBAN PLACES THAT DO DECIDE THAT THEY WANT CONTROLS ON SITE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY EASIER TO DESIGN INTO THE SITE.
THEY HAVE MORE CO-BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THAT SITE THAN A CENTRALIZED CONTROL.
AND SO WHEN WE SEE URBAN DEVELOPMENTS AND I CAME FROM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WORLD, WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE GREEN STORM WATER CONTROLS IN URBAN CONTEXTS BECAUSE YOU CAN FIT THEM INTO THE SITE DIFFERENTLY.
WHAT ABOUT NUMBER FOUR? I'M SORRY, REAL QUICK BEFORE WE GO TO FOUR, I THINK THAT OUR, UH, ATTORNEY WANTED TO COMMENT ON TWO BECAUSE IT WAS LEGAL THAT HAD THE CONCERN ON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, CHAD, AND, AND THINK HE, HE STATED THE CONCERN, I THINK WE KNOW WHAT IT IS HE DID.
DID YOU STATE YOUR CONCERN ON THAT? I HAVE SHARED MY CONCERNS WITH, WITH COUNSEL AND DON'T NEED TO SPEAK TO THAT FURTHER UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
CUZ HE STATED THE CONCERN WE WEREN'T POSTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO 25 2, SO WE KNOW WHAT THE CONCERN IS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
NUMBER FOUR, I AM HAPPY TO DISCUSS WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AT ANY POINT.
AND MAYOR, I WOULD ASK THE, THE, FOR THE LEGAL QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTING LANGUAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THAT MAY BE A LONGER DISCUSSION.
SO I WOULD SAY LET'S HOLD OFF ON, ON THE LEGAL DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE POSTING LANGUAGE.
AMENDMENT FOUR EASY, WE'RE FULL SUPPORT.
ANYTHING THAT, YEAH, I CAN MOVE ON.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T SUPPORT.
UH, AND THIS IS BECAUSE PERVIOUS PAVING CURRENTLY RECEIVES FULL IMPERVIOUS COVER CREDIT FOR PEDESTRIAN USE AREAS SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, MULTI-USE TRAILS.
THAT'S WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, UM, CONVEYED.
BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT PERVIOUS PAVING IN AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE HIGHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, THERE'S COMPASSION THAT OCCURS AND WATER IS NOT GETTING INTO THE GROUND IN THE SAME WAY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A GOOD ENGINEERING SOLUTION FOR THAT, THAT OUR EXPERTS, UH, FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
WE HAVE TRIED TO BE FLEXIBLE, FOR INSTANCE, IN, UH, THE WAY YOU CAN, UM, GET OUT OF COUNTING THE CREDIT FOR YOUR FIRE LANE IF YOU L USE PREVIOUS PAVING.
AND WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH ACTUALLY HAVING THAT WORK IN PRACTICE.
UH, AND SO WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH SOME OF THIS IN THE CRITERIA MANUAL, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAFF AND AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS ARE, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA, UH, ON, ON THESE ITEMS. SO CH WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO HERE? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE HONESTLY AND CONTINUE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I, I DO HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL, NOT JUST HONESTLY FOR THIS, BUT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND, TO ME, THE POSTING LANGUAGE IS SUFFICIENT AND, AND I I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LU HOY WITH, UH, WITH UH, UH, LEGAL.
SO LET'S PUT A PAUSE ON THIS THEN.
I THINK YOU CAN CLARIFY THIS VERY QUICKLY.
UH, HE CAN, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT PRECIPITATES A LONGER CONVERSATION CUZ UH, COUNCIL MARVA THAT HE DISAGREES WITH THE CONCLUSION, WHICH IS GONNA, LET'S PAUSE ON THIS FOR JUST A SECOND, BUT THANK YOU.
[41. Approve a resolution relating to Council policies and directives to the City Manager for City-owned real estate, including requirements for construction projects, living wage, minority and women-owned business requirements and other Council priorities related to City-owned real estate and City-owned parking facilities; and recommendations for future use of same.]
APPRECIATE THAT.PUT A, PUT A PAUSE ON IT UNTIL, WHEN ARE WE GONNA RESUME AFTER 41? WE, WE EASILY COULD.
LET ME TALK TO COUNCIL VELA MAYBE DURING PART OF THIS, AND LET'S SEE, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD? I'M NOT SURE YET.
DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE AUDIENCE? BRIEFLY.
UM, I, I SEE A LOT OF GREEN IN THE, A SEA OF GREEN IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, I HAVE AN EVENT UP THE ROAD ON CONGRESS FOR THE BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT SIX 30.
I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO DELIVER THE PROCLAMATION THAT I OWE YOU GUYS THIS EVENING.
SO I'M, UH, JUST KIND OF TIME THIS BASED ON WHEN WE WRAP HERE AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY START PROCLAMATIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FROM MY COLLEAGUES, IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE, IF I COULD DO MY PROCLAMATION FIRST AND THEN RUN DOWN THE STREET.
LET'S START OUR 30 MINUTES ON ITEM 41.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT PROCLAMATIONS FIRST.
WELL, WE COULD TAKE, WE
I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING FOR PROCLAMATIONS.
I'M TRYING TO END THE, I'M TRYING TO END THE MEETING.
I MEAN, THERE ARE EVERY, I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND THE SIX O'CLOCK FOR PROCLAMATIONS IS THE BEST TIME WE CAN GET.
AND I'M PROPOSING SOMETHING, IT GETS US TO SIX 20.
IF WE COULD START THE 30 MINUTES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE.
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OF THE COUNCIL CAN CONTROL.OKAY, LET'S PROCEED THIS TIME.
HER PROCLAMATION, I DON'T THINK SHE'S GONNA MISS HER PROCLAMATION.
SHE'S STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO DO A PROCLAMATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE IS, IS WE'RE GONNA DO 41 AND CAL TOVA.
YOU'VE, YOU'VE GIVEN US A POWERPOINT, IF YOU COULD LIKE, FRAME THIS FOR US.
AND THEN MANAGER, I REALLY WANT STAFF TO, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THAT ISSUE HERE.
UH, CUZ AND, AND MOR ROCK ON IT, WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE IT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION.
WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES.
UM, IF I COULD, COULD ASK THE STAFF TO PULL UP THE, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, SO COLLEAGUES AND, AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAY IT OUT A LITTLE BIT AND TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF IT.
WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, I HAVE PUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, BECAUSE IT IS LENGTHY.
I'VE PUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD A LIST OF, OF WHAT I SEE AS THE ACTION STEPS THAT IT'S DIRECTING BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN KIND OF MIRED IN WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE AND IT DOES AND HAVE NOT SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT IT DOES ACCOMPLISH.
SO IF I HAD, UM, SEEING THE CHRONICLE ARTICLE, THE CHRONICLE RAN AN ARTICLE TODAY WITH A GREAT TITLE CALLED PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD ABOUT THIS PIECE.
AND IF I HAD SEEN THAT, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE USED IT FOR MY PRESENTATION NEXT, PLEASE.
WHAT THIS DOES IS SET OUT A VISION FOR US, HOW WE USE OUR PUBLIC LANDS, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND FOR DECADES, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE IT, HOW WE CAN USE IT MORE EFFECTIVELY, HOW THEY CAN BE INVOLVED IN HELPING SHAPE, UM, THE USE OF OUR PUBLIC LAND.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE INTENTS HERE.
AND THE MAIN THING THAT THIS DOES, UH, IS ASSEMBLE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE YEARS ABOUT PUBLIC LAND AND REAL ESTATE ISSUES, AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO KIND OF ASSEMBLE THOSE, THOSE, UM, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE THINGS THAT OUR POLICY, OUR PRACTICES, BUT NOT POLICY.
THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE NOT POLICY, UM, INTO, INTO A COGENT POLICY FOR THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, WITH THE INTENT, WITH THE REAL INTENT TO MAXIMIZE OUR VALUE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE PUT A POINT ON IT, UM, THIS IS A VERY SCARCE RESOURCE.
WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION IN ADDITION TO SETTING OUT A PROCESS EMBEDS COMMUNITY VALUES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AGAIN AND AGAIN INTO THE FRAMEWORK SO THAT THEY'RE NOT AFTERTHOUGHTS LATE IN THE DEAL OR THINGS THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING FOR LATE IN THE PROCESS, BUT THAT THEY ARE EXPECTATIONS FROM THE OUTSET.
WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT WE PAY OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF WAGES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY IF THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS OR BUILDING THINGS FOR THE CITY.
I AM PROPOSING THAT WE LIVE OUT THIS VALUE ON OUR PUBLIC LAND.
THAT IF WE'RE ALLOWING, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO BE ON PUBLIC LAND AT, UM, AT LOWER THAN MARKET RATES THAT THEY SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES A LIVING WAGE, ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE SHOULD BE BUILT INTO OUR PROPOSALS.
UM, BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE WITH N B E W B EAGLES.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS AGAIN THAT WE ASK OF THIRD PARTIES THAT WE ARE FREQUENTLY HERE AT THE DIAS ASKING PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO DO IN THEIR PROJECTS.
IF WE'RE USING OUR OWN LAND OR ENCOURAGING OTHERS, UM, TO LEASE FROM US.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE VALUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING INTO OUR PROCESS.
ONE OF THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IS TO USE OUR PUBLIC, OUR CITY OWNED LAND TO CREATE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION TALKS, BUILDS OUT A PROCESS THAT I THINK ALLOWS US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS UP FRONT.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, PROBABLY NOT EXTENSIVELY TODAY, BUT UM, I HOPE NEXT WEEK, UM, IS NEXT PLEASE.
THE, HOW THIS DIFFERS FROM THE CURRENT PROCESS.
JUST TO GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES HERE.
VERY SOMETIMES THE PROCESS, UM, DOES INCLUDE EXTENSIVE COUNCIL FEEDBACK.
IN THE BEGINNING, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD DONE A RESOLUTION, THIS COUNCIL PASSED TO ASK OUR STAFF TO LOOK AT A PORTFOLIO APPROACH.
THEY CAME BACK AND TO, AND TO IDENTIFY, UM, SOME TOP SITES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY CAME BACK WITH SEVERAL TO TALK ABOUT.
WE HAD THE PRESENTATION IN WORK SESSION.
ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WAS TO SELL HEALTH SOUTH AND THEY GOT THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, WE DIDN'T
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WANNA SELL HEALTH SOUTH.SO THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE THAT EARLY COUNCIL FEEDBACK REALLY HELPED SHAPE WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH THOSE TRACKS.
AND SO THIS IS JUST MAKING, COMING UP WITH A CONSISTENT, A FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD MAKE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WHEN THEY HAPPEN, CONSISTENT.
ANOTHER THING THAT'S THAT THIS WOULD DO, WE HAVE TWO EXAMPLES.
I HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF EXAMPLES, BUT LET ME JUST OFFER A COUPLE, UM, RE RELATED TO PURCHASES.
SO ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAD WITH HEALTH SOUTH WAS, IT WAS A RIGHT, WE HAD THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
IT WAS OWNED BY ANOTHER, ANOTHER ENTITY BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN OWNED BY BRACKENRIDGE.
THEY HAD TO OFFER IT TO US FOR SALE.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL WHO, WHO BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION, UM, OF THE MANAGER.
THEY GOT IT ON OUR AGENDA QUICKLY AND WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE IT.
THE GROVE IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WHERE WE HAD A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, IT WAS A STATE OWNED LAND.
I THINK WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IT FOR, WHAT, $29 MILLION.
I'M LOOKING TO LESLIE CUZ YOU WERE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL WAS INVOLVED.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IT FOR ABOUT $30 MILLION.
AND BECAUSE IT SAT ON THE FORMER CITY MANAGER'S DESK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND DIDN'T COME TO COUNCIL, BY THE TIME IT DID COME TO COUNSEL, WE WERE WILDLY PRESSED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT FINANCING WE COULD USE TO MAKE THAT TRACK WORK.
UM, IT EVENTUALLY SOLD TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER FOR $47 MILLION AND WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN, UM, TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE IF THAT, IF THERE HAD BEEN A POLICY EXPECTATION THAT THAT BE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL QUICKLY.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS, SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF THING THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THERE.
SO THAT THERE'S A CONSISTENT EXPECTATION FOR IF THERE'S A PROPERTY OFFERED TO THE CITY OR A PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUY, THAT IT WILL BE OFFERED TO COUNSEL WITHIN A A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT SALES AND PURCHASES, UM, ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME POLICY IN IN WHAT I'M IN THE FRAMEWORK.
I'M PROPOSING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME POLICY AS WE HAVE NOW WITH ONE SUGGESTED EXCEPTION.
AND THAT IS TO SEPARATE, UM, NEGOTIATION FROM EXECUTION.
WE TYPICALLY DO THAT WITH A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTS THESE DAYS.
ANYWAY, THAT WOULD JUST SET THAT AS LIKE THE EXPECTED PRACTICE.
SOLICITATIONS ARE REALLY WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING, UM, AS A COMMUNITY THAT'S VERY UN VERY, UM, MORE COMPLEX AND VERY EXCITING.
UM, COLONY PARK, ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF, LOTS OF MOVING PARTS.
AND WHAT I AM PROPOSING, WHAT I THINK IS RESPONSIVE TO WHAT I'VE HEARD THROUGH THE YEARS FOR THE COMMUNITY IS EARLIER COUNCIL AND EARLIER COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO I'VE, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED WHERE, WHERE I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES STAFF HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A CONCERN FOR THEM.
I WOULD SAY, AND WELCOME COLLEAGUES, PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT PROCESS WILL, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK FOR HOW WE GET THAT EARLY COUNSEL INPUT SO THAT WE CAN HELP SHAPE WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WHAT THE STAFF ARE GONNA GO OUT AND, AND, UM, ASK FOR IN TERMS OF A PROPOSAL AND STILL KEEP IT MOVING ALONG QUICKLY.
THE NEXT IS JUST RAPID FIRE THINGS THAT, THAT KEEP COMING UP EITHER FROM STAFF OR FROM COLLEAGUES OR OTHERS WHO HAVE READ THROUGH.
UM, WILL THIS RESOLUTION AFFECT CURRENT AGREEMENTS? I HAVE, WE HAVE MET WITH STAFF REPEATEDLY AND SAID, NO, IT IS, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE INTENT TO IMPACT ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS COLONY PARK.
WE WERE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION.
WE'VE GONE BACK AND CLARIFIED AGAIN, PROJECTS SUCH AS COLONY PARK, RYAN DRIVE, ST.
JOHN'S, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A COUNCIL ACTION.
UM, THE EXPECTATION IS NOT THAT THESE POLICIES WOULD SUDDENLY APPLY TO THEM, IT REALLY IS JUST ON A PERSPECTIVE BASIS.
DOES THIS RESOLUTION SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS? I THINK IT SLOWS IT UP.
I GAVE AN EXAMPLE THE OTHER DAY OF, OF TRACT LAND THAT CAME UP TWICE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
AND WE ULTIMATELY DID SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT AFTER TWO VERY LENGTHY COUNCIL PROCESSES AND CITY PROCESSES.
UM, DOES IT PRESERVE THE CITY MANAGER'S JUDGMENT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT, UM, IT AT EVERY TURN IN THE PROCESS ALLOWS THE MANAGER TO RECOMMEND DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT'S INTENDED TO SET UP A FRAMEWORK, NOT A VERY PRO PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESS.
IT HAS GOTTEN MORE DETAILED OVER TIME, IN PART BECAUSE THE STAFF HAVE HAVE ASKED FOR MORE, MORE DETAILS, HAVE ASKED FOR MORE EXPLANATIONS.
UM, BUT, BUT IT REALLY IS INTENDED TO SET OUT JUST A FRAMEWORK.
DOES IT PREEMPT BOND REQUIREMENTS OR FEDERAL AND STATE LAW? KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION NOW IN THE BEGINNING THAT SAYS NOTHING IS DESIGNED TO, EVERYTHING
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NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH BOND REQUIREMENTS.UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY SET OUT IN, IN OUR NON-PROFIT AUDIT.
I'M GONNA FLY THROUGH THESE CUZ WE CAN READ THESE LATER.
THESE AREN'T SOME OF THE BIG POINTS.
UM, WILL THE RESOLUTION REQUIRE TENANTS ON CITY AND LAND PAY LIVING WAGES AND COMPLY WITH BETTER BUILDER? YES.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S A VALUE WE SHOULD EMBED IN OUR PRACTICES.
NOW, THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION ALSO SAYS IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR PROJECTS WHERE THE THE MANAGER IS RECOMMENDING AGAINST IT, THE MANAGER CAN RECOMMEND AGAINST IT.
THE WHAT WE'RE ASKING THOUGH, WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING IN THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR THE MANAGER TO EXPLAIN WHY, WHY, WHY WOULD WE PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, AND NOT COMPLY WITH BETTER BUILDER.
IS THERE A REASON? IS THERE A, UM, AN ARGUMENT FOR NOT DOING LIVING WAGES ON THIS TRACK NEXT PLEASE.
AND IT MAY INDEED, UM, RESULT IN LOWER MARKET RENTS.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE, THAT THE STAFF RAISED.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A, THAT FOR ME IS A POLICY CONVERSATION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS TO HAVE THAT EARLY COUNCIL INPUT SO THAT THE, SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE, THE MANAGER CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE STAFF'S EXPERTISE AND THE COUNCIL CAN, CAN DETERMINE WHAT POLICY DIRECTION THEY WANNA GO TO.
THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE AFFORDABILITY GOAL, WHICH WE'VE HEARD STA UM, FEEDBACK ON THIS WAS SET, BUT I'M PROPOSING 85% BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING HEALTH SOUTH AND ASKED, UM, MANDY DE MAYO WHAT LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY YOU EXPECT IN CITY PROJECTS.
UM, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION GOAL IS AT LEAST 85% AFFORDABLE OF AFFORDABILITY GOAL THAT DAY.
ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, WE HAD ALSO APPROVED A PROJECT THROUGH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THAT ACHIEVED A 93% AFFORDABILITY GOAL.
SO I'M PROPOSING THAT WE'VE SET THAT EXPECTATION HIGH AT 85%.
AND THERE'S ALSO PLENTY OF LANGUAGE IN, IN THE DRAFT TO SAY, AND THE MANAGER CAN RECOMMEND LOWER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY WITH A JUSTIFICATION AND A RATIONALE AS OUR STAFF DID ULTIMATELY FOR HEALTH SOUTH.
THOUGH THEY HAD IN JUNE SAID THEY THOUGHT WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE AFFORDABILITY IF WE DID IT THROUGH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
ULTIMATELY, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO WITH THE MODEL THAT HAD, UM, WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF UNITS ON THE SITE WAS STILL LARGER, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 20%.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE WILL BE A RANGE OF REASONS WHY THE MANAGER MIGHT RECOMMEND OTHERWISE, AND THIS PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO SO.
UM, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THIS TODAY.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR LOOKING AT RFPS AHEAD OF TIME.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE, MORE OR LESS.
SO COLLEAGUES, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FROM STAFF AND THEY HAVE, UM, GROWN AND EXPANDED AND CHANGED, BUT I THINK THERE ARE, I THINK WE HIT ON A COUPLE OF THEM AND I WANNA JUST SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
THE MA UH, THE MAYOR ASKED ME TO IDENTIFY WHAT I SAW AS LEARNS I'M SEEING FROM STAFF.
ONE IS, WILL THIS APPLY TO OTHER, OTHER KINDS OF DEALS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS? THE ANSWER IS NO.
UM, TWO, THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ONE REALLY IMPORTANT DIRECTION THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS PROVIDING IS TO SET UP EARLY ON WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THE MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT OF A PIECE OF PUBLICLY OWNED LAND, A CONSULTATION WITH THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SO PROUD OUR COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BRING VALUE TO OUR, TO PAR PRIVATE PARCELS, BUT ALSO TO OUR CITY OWNED LAND.
AND SO THIS, THIS RESOLUTION EMBEDS THEM WITHIN THE PROCESS.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE, WHEN WE SET UP THE AEDC, IT'S NOT CLEAR KIND OF WHEN THEY COME INTO THE CONVERSATION.
AND SO THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD ESTABLISH THAT AS, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CHECK IN.
I WANNA CLARIFY THAT IT DOES NOT SUBJECT THEM TO THE SAME PROCESS THAT'S OUTLINED IN HERE.
AND MANAGER, YOUR MEMO THIS MORNING TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE A E D C NOT HAVING BEEN CONSULTED, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU.
AND I HOPE YOUR STAFF, I KNOW, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE A E D C COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR STAFF TODAY MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS VERY CLEAR.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THEM PROBABLY FOUR TIMES BY NOW.
UM, THEIR MAIN CONCERN INITIALLY WAS THAT THIS DID APPLY AND I UNDERSTOOD, AND I ASSURED THEM IT DOES NOT, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM THAT WE APPROVE A WORK PLAN EVERY YEAR.
UM, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, I TOOK AWAY, UM,
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A SENSE THAT THEY WOULD WELCOME, UH, A ROLE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS TO SEE IF THEY, IF THEY ARE, UH, CAN BRING VALUE TO A PROJECT VIOLATING THE LAW OR THE CHARTER.THAT'S CERTAINLY A CONCERN THE STAFF HAVE RAISED.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN A, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THOSE VALUES THAT I'M SUGGESTING WE EMBED WITHIN THE PROCESS FROM AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH AGAIN, I WOULD SUGGEST MAY OR WE TALK ABOUT AT OUR WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, IS SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS.
SO I THINK I'LL CLOSE IT THERE.
I AGAIN, I THINK, UM, I THINK MAYBE THE, THE CHRONICLE PIECE TODAY DID A BETTER JOB CAPTURING THE VALUE OF IT THAN I HAVE IN OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY TO USE OUR ASSETS WISELY, UM, PRUDENTLY AND REALLY TO BRING VALUE AND TO HIT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT WE, THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE FROM HOUSING TO SUPPORT FOR LO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO DOING POPUP ART GALLERIES AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES.
I MEAN, WE, WE OUGHT TO BE USING OUR PUBLICLY OWNED LAND IN A WAY THAT IS REALLY ACTIVE.
AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALLER PROVISIONS WITHIN THIS.
EVERYTHING FROM, UH, A CONCERN ABOUT LEAVING PLACES VACANT, BUT A, A GREAT DEAL OF THIS REALLY JUST PUT, WOULD PUT INTO POLICY THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY AGREED SHOULD BE PRIORITIES LIKE MOVING FROM LEASES TO OWNERSHIP, UM, HOLDING ONTO OUR, OUR OWN, OUR LAND AND NOT SELLING IT, DOING A DIFFERENT VALUATION FOR RIGHT AWAY.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS, MOST OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, AND AGAIN, ARE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A TASK FORCE, A REPORT, UM, AN AUDIT.
THEY JUST HAVEN'T MOVED INTO ANY KIND OF POLICY.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND, AND JUST ASK FOR QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 20 MINUTES.
UH, MANAGER, CAN YOU GET STAFF TO GIVE US THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS? WILL DO.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FOR THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH STAFF AS YOU'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY YOUR STAFF AND TRYING YOUR BEST TO ADDRESS THEM.
AND SO, UM, I'VE ASKED, UH, BASED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POST THIS MORNING FROM THE MAYOR, UH, WE DID ASK OUR STAFF TO, UH, GO TO OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOPEFULLY SUMMARIZE THE, UH, FIVE OR SO ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST.
AND SO ACM GONZALEZ IS GONNA WALK THROUGH THOSE, UH, TOP FIVE, UH, AREAS THAT'S STILL NEED CONCERNS.
CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDREA, THANK YOU.
AND MAYOR, I WILL BE EFFICIENT WITH YOUR TIME.
UH, JUST SOME OPENING REMARKS, OF COURSE, THE PREMISE WHERE THE RESOLUTION IS DEVELOPING COUNCIL POLICY GUIDANCE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY.
WE UNDERSTAND COUNCIL'S ROLE AS POLICY MAKERS AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THAT.
UM, IN DOING THIS FOR 27 YEARS.
UH, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, NO TWO DEALS ARE ALIKE.
THAT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
EVERY DEAL IS DIFFERENT, UH, THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
UH, THE CONCERN OF COURSE, WITH THIS POLICY IS SOMETHING THAT IS LIMITED OR HAS NO FLEXIBILITY.
NOT ONLY RESTRICTS OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE, BUT ALSO PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR COUNCIL AS WELL IN TERMS OF FUTURE COUNCIL DISCRETION ON EVERY DEAL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE POLICY ITSELF, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE REAL ESTATE DISPOSITION AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISPOSITION WE FEEL SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE AEDC AND THE BOARD.
AND I CAN GET INTO THAT MORE DETAIL IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, STAFF CONCERNS, OF COURSE, WHAT WE FEEL IS THAT THE RESOLUTION OF ROADS AT THE CITY'S COMPETITIVENESS, SO THIS ISN'T REALLY EVEN A STAFF ISSUE.
THIS IS BROADLY THE CITY'S COMPETITIVENESS WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION.
UM, I'VE CITED SOME SAMPLES OR, UH, SOME CITATIONS HERE FROM THE RESOLUTION.
UM, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THAT HELD SOUTH AND ST.
JOHN'S WERE PLACED UNDER CONTRACT, UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY USING AN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT.
SO THAT WAS BEFORE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THOSE TRACKS.
AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
OF COURSE, THOSE CONTRACTS ARE CONTINGENT ON COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UM, AND, AND WE OF COURSE SECURED THAT COUNCIL APPROVAL LATER ON.
AND SO WE FEEL THAT WITHOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN LOSE OUR ABILITY TO SEIZE REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE HEALTH SOUTH AND LIKE ST.
JOHN'S IN A MEDIA IN TIME SENSITIVE MANNER.
UH, THE OTHER PIECE, AND THIS IS, UH, WITH REGARD TO OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, THE RESOLUTION WOULD ADD UNQUANTIFIABLE COSTS OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, CREATIVE SPACE OPERATORS, AND LOCALLY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, WE PROVIDE THE CITATIONS FROM THE RESOLUTION THERE.
UM, LEASES, IT'S CLEAR THAT, UM, ON PAGE 10, THE POLICY DOES NOT IMPACT CURRENT LONG-TERM LEASES.
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SO THAT'S VERY CLEAR.HOWEVER, ALL THESE LEASES EXPIRE AT SOME POINT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED.
THEY'RE HAVE TO GO, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS NEW LEASES.
AND IT'S WHEN THE, IT'S THAT POINT THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE TRIGGERED.
UM, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE COST SAVINGS THAT THESE NON PROFITS ACHIEVE THROUGH CITY LEASES, THEY THEN TAKE THAT COST SAVINGS AND THEY APPLY IT TO THEIR MISSIONS THAT THEY FULFILL.
UM, AND BECAUSE THERE IS NO FLOOR FOR THE ALL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS CITED IN PAGE 16, UM, UNDER TWO PREMISES, ANY TYPE OF PERMITTED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WILL INVOKE THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UH, AS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION.
UM, NONPROFITS ARE CONSIDERED AS COMMERCIAL TENANTS AND THUS THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH LIVING WAGE STANDARDS AND REVENUE SHARING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO THAT WITH A NON-PROFIT IN TERMS OF REVENUE SHARING.
SO THAT OF COURSE, COULD PROVIDE A CHALLENGE AS WELL.
AND OF, OF COURSE, AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, THIS APPLIES TO NEW LEASES OR RENEGOTIATED LEASES DOES NOT APPLY TO CURRENT LEASES.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT IT DOES ELIMINATE, UH, NEW COUNCIL DIRECTED LEASES TO NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, UM, UNDER OUR NEW, UH, NON-PROFIT LEASE POLICY THAT WAS DEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S A STAFF POLICY THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND, AND ONES THOSE SOLUTIONS THAT WERE PUT, THAT WERE PUT FORWARD IN THAT POLICY AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS AUDIT FINDINGS.
AND WE WOULD BE GLAD TO FORWARD THAT STAFF POLICY TO YOU.
UM, SO I MENTIONED BEFORE LEASES, UH, DO EXPIRE AT SOME POINT, AND SO THEY'LL HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED.
UM, IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER A NON-PROFIT LEASE POLICY.
THAT IS AN INTERNAL POLICY THAT WE USED THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO AUDIT FINDINGS.
SPECIFICALLY, THE POLICY DEFINES AND PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR TWO METHODS FOR UTILIZING BELOW MARKET RENTAL RATE LEASES, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE FOR OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.
ONE IS THE COUNCIL ACTION METHOD.
THAT IS WHERE YOU COME FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE AND YOU SAY SPECIFICALLY HOW YOU WANT THAT LEASE STRUCTURED.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE TERM, YOU TALK ABOUT THE RENTAL RATE, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION FACILITY, ET CETERA.
THAT IS A BONAFIDE USE THAT WE RECOGNIZE WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE DIRECT NE UH, NEGOTIATED NEGOTIATION METHOD.
THE PREFERRED OPTION, OF COURSE, IS THE COUNCIL ACTION METHOD, WHERE YOU TELL US POINT BLANK IN THIS SAME SETTING, HOW YOU WANT THOSE LEASES STRUCTURED.
THIS RESOLUTION, WE BELIEVE WOULD NULLIFY THAT POLICY, WHICH WAS RESPONSIVE TO AUDIT FINDINGS.
UM, AND ALL NON-PROFITS, UH, WOULD HAVE TO COMPETE FOR NEW LEASES UPON LEASE EXPIRATION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, BY VIRTUE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PREMISE OF THIS, ANY BELOW MARKET RENTAL, UH, LEASE, WHICH ALL OF THESE ARE, UM, WOULD NEVER COMPARE TO MARKET RATES.
AND SO THERE IS A PREMISE IN HERE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN APPRAISAL SO THAT WAY COUNCIL COULD COMPARE THE RATE TO WHAT IS IN THE MARKET, HANDS DOWN THESE RATES OR BELOW MARKET.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT THEY'RE STRUCTURED.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER, UH, CHALLENGE, AND THIS IS, UH, AN OPERATIONAL CHALLENGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UM, RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IS DIFFICULT TO FIND TENANTS FOR MARKET RATE LEASES FOR PROPERTIES.
UM, WE HAVE THAT ISSUE CURRENTLY.
AND OUR REAL ESTATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OR REAL ESTATE DIVISION CAN ELABORATE THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD, UH, REDUCE OUR COMPETITIVENESS FOR CITY LEASES IN, IN THE MARKET.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF COURSE, AGAIN, UM, WE ARE COMPETING WITH OTHER MARKET RATE, UM, COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS THAT DON'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT PLACES US AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, AND, AND CERTAINLY OPEN TO MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS WITH REGARD TO AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, WE'VE READ THE RESOLUTION.
UH, ALL FOUR VERSIONS DO NOT SEE WHERE THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS EXEMPTED FROM THE RESOLUTION.
UM, AND SO THAT CERTAINLY IS A CONCERN OF OURS IN THAT THE BOARD, AND OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW THIS, YOU, UH, LED THE CREATION OF THE A A E D C.
WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT MATT QUANT OVER A YEAR TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME TO COUNCIL IN JULY OF 2020.
THE PREMISE OF US AND THE FOUNDATION OF THIS IS THAT IT IS BASED OFF OF SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, NAMELY THE NEW YORK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THEY HAVE COMPLETE AUTONOMY, THEY HAVE COMPLETE AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ASSETS.
UH, THEY ARE NOT, UH, SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AS THIS RESOLUTION DOES, UH, DOES IN FRONT OF US, UH, AS FAR AS HOW TO UTILIZE THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ELABORATE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE A E D C IS, UH, POTENTIALLY HARMED WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
ONCE AGAIN, IN OUR READING OF THE RESOLUTION IT APPLIES.
BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD, UH, WHERE IT SAYS, WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER TOLO SAYS IT DOESN'T APPLY MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND SO IN, IN CLOSING REMARKS, UM, WE WANT OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
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FEEDBACK.THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS WITH YOU.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL ON POLICY, UM, ESPECIALLY AS IT, AS, AS COUNCIL CONVEYS YOUR VALUES THAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE IN REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
MAYOR, MAYOR, MAY, MAY I ASK SOME QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, I, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE A E D C MM-HMM.
SO, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SET THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PULL THAT ASIDE CUZ THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO THE AEDC.
SO COULD WE JUST AGREE THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY AND THEN THAT WILL TAKE AWAY THAT WHOLE SET OF CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND IF THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S NOT CLEAR THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY, THEN THAT CAN BE FIXED.
BUT THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE AEDC.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE AS ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS.
IF THAT IS INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION NOT TO APPLY, THEN YES, THE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE MODIFIED.
BUT THEN YES, YOU AGREE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE A E D C, WE CAN JUST SET THOSE ASIDE CUZ THEY'RE NOT A CONCERN.
THAT, THAT IS THE CONCERN IS THAT IT APPLIES TO THE ADC, BUT IF THE INTENT IS THAT DOES NOT APPLY WHATSOEVER, AND, AND WE'D HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE, THE INTENT IS THAT WE HAND OVER PROPERTY TO THE A E D C UNABATED.
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THE A E D C ANYMORE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SAID IT DOESN'T APPLY.
SO LET'S JUST TAKE THAT OFFLINE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR.
AND WE'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT LANGUAGE.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, AND AS WE'VE ALL AGREED, UH, THAT WE PUT THE A E D C IN PLACE FOR THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IT OFFERS, AND THAT'S THE INTENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLEAR.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THIS ACTUALLY APPLIES TO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REAL CONCERNS ARE.
SO, I, I, UM, I, I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OF THE OTHER THINGS, UH, OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
I'M STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ON WHAT THE CONCERN IS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE SETTING ASIDE A D C BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPLY.
SO OF THE THINGS IT APPLIES TO, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN? LET'S JUST START WITH THAT.
WE COULD GO BACK THROUGH THOSE SLIDES.
IF YOU WOULD PULL UP THE PRESENTATION AGAIN.
WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO NOW.
CUZ THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO, I WANT, I REALLY WANNA GET A E D C OFF THE TABLE CAUSE THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
SO CAN YOU GO BACK? DO YOU HAVE YOUR LI THAT LIST IN ONE SPOT? THAT MIGHT HELP.
THE PRESENTATION IS COMING BACK UP.
AND COULD WE GET A COPY OF THE PRESENT PRESENTATION? WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA POST IT IT BACK UP AS WELL.
SO TAKE ME TO YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AS YOU MOVE, AS YOU MOVE OFF OF ADC.
MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND, IS IF ADC IS WORKING ON A PIECE OF CITY OWNED LAND, IT'S NOT THIS, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO IT, WE WOULD WANT TO OFFER LANGUAGE TO THE RESOLUTION JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR.
TO MAKE IT CLEAR, EVEN IF THE EDC IS WORKING ON A PIECE OF CITY OWNED LAND, NONE OF THIS APPLIES.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD WANT TO PROPOSE THAT LANGUAGE.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO.
SO, UM, SO THIS IS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR GREATEST CONCERN HERE ABOUT THE ERODES OF CITY'S COMPETITIVENESS.
UM, SO SEEK, IT'S SEEKING THE COUNCIL'S INPUT WITHIN THE EARLY STAGES OR DECISION MAKING, UH, CONCERNING.
SO HOW IS THAT OF CONCERN? UM, SO THE TWO EXAMPLES CITED HERE FOR EX FOR EXAMPLE, OUR REAL ESTATE OFFICE WORKS WITH, UH, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS MM-HMM.
UH, THEY ARE THE FIRST CONTACT, IF YOU WILL, BY THESE LANDOWNERS WITH AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO THEY WILL REACH OUT TO OUR REAL ESTATE FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, I'M THINKING OF PUTTING THIS ON THE MARKET SO IT HASN'T APPROACHED THE MARKET YET.
IS THE CITY INTERESTED? UM, AND IF IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT DEAL, AND IF IT'S WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER MANAGER'S AUTHORITY, WE CAN ACT ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ACT ON IT MEANS THAT WE CAN PUT THE CON THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH EARNEST MONEY AND IT CAN BE HELD OFF OF THE MARKET.
AND THAT ALLOWS US THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED STRUCTURE TO BRING TO COUNCIL.
SO THE CONCERN IS SEEKING A COUNCIL, UH, INPUT BEFORE PUTTING IN A LOI, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? OR SOME, UM, SO IT'S AN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT.
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WELL, SO WE TAKE SALE OUT OKAY.AND PURCHASE OUT, WE TAKE PURCHASE OUT.
THAT WOULD ANSWER THAT CONCERN.
AND MAYOR, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK THROUGH THE RESOLUTION TODAY IF YOU'D LIKE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR CONCERNS WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU SET.
AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK MR. COUNCIL MEMBER WHEREVER HE IS TO COME BACK DOWN.
AND I THINK THERE'S MAYBE A RESOLUTION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
SO, SO, UH, SO MAYOR, WE'LL STAY WITHIN YOUR TIMEFRAME, BUT WORK THROUGH AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND, AND THIS ONE WASN'T PERTAINING TO SELL, THIS WAS PERTAINING TO ACQUISITION PURCHASE.
WE'RE GONNA, IF WE TAKE PURCHASE OUT OF THE, IF WE SAY THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO PURCHASE, DOES THAT ANSWER THAT CONCERN? THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD RESOLVE THAT PARTICULAR CONCERN.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S, DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY MORE MAYOR? MY GUESS IS NO.
BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN LISTED, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND TO, AND TO DO THIS ALSO POINT OUT THAT A LORRAINE RISER OLD REAL ESTATE PERSON HAS OFFERED ALSO TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO ANYBODY ON COUNCIL THAT WANTED TO SURE.
CONTACT AND TALK WITH, UH, HER.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW HER FROM, FROM, FROM, FROM YEARS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE KEPT THE LISTING FIVE OR SOME OF PER YOUR MESSAGE BOARD POSTS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER STAFF CONCERNS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THIS.
OTHERWISE IT'D BE A MUCH LONGER PRESENTATION.
BUT WE DID KEEP IT TO THE, TO YOUR FIVE AS YOU HAD MENTIONED IN YOUR MESSAGE BOARD POSTS.
HELP US ELEVATE THE OTHER ONES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEMO THAT WE MEMO IN MIDDLE RELEASE TODAY, THE MEMO.
I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP TO IT.
BUT THAT AT LEAST GIVES THEN SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO COME BACK IN AND SAY, I HEAR THIS, THIS IS HOW I'VE RESPONDED TO THIS.
TELL ME WHY THIS DOESN'T MEET THAT OBJECTION.
OR TO SAY, I HEAR YOUR OBJECTION AND I THINK I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE WRONG.
AND IN THE CASE OF AEDC, WOULD WE WOULD LIKE A CHANCE AT DRAFTING THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT WAY IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY.
PLEASE PROPOSE LANGUAGE, RIGHT.
PROPOSED LANGUAGE ON ANY ONE OF THESE.
BUT IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN PROPOSE LANGUAGE THAT CURES YOUR OBJECTION, BUT STILL OTHERWISE WOULD LET THE INTENT OF IT GO FORWARD, PLEASE HELP US WITH THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM AS MEMBER TOVO MAKES A MOTION TO POSTPONE? YES.
LET'S POSTPONE IT TO NEXT WEEK.
AND LET'S TALK ON TUESDAY AS TO WHERE WE ARE.
BUT A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
IS THERE SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KITCHEN SECONDS.
MAY, MAY I JUST SAY ONE THING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH IT.
I THINK YOUR SUGGESTION THAT THEY PROPOSE SOME SOLUTIONS HERE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, AND I WOULD ASK MANAGER THAT YOU KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE RAISED.
BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, ADD LANGUAGE ABOUT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND BOND REC.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE SECTION SAYING, EVERYTHING IN HERE NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH BOND.
AND I MEAN, A SPIRIT OF KIND OF, UM, REALLY WORKING TO FIX THE THINGS THAT ARE TRULY OBJECTIONABLE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS, THERE IS BOTH A COMMENT HERE THAT IT HAS A LE A DEPTH OF DETAIL THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PHRASES WHERE YOU'VE ASKED, YOUR STAFF HAVE ASKED US TO EXPLAIN IT OR TO GIVE EXAMPLES OR TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION OR MORE DETAIL.
WE WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS SETTING OUT A STRUCTURE THAT WE COULD FOLLOW MOVING FORWARD, RATHER THAN SOMETHING TERRIBLY PRESCRIPTIVE.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, RESPONDING TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO PUT MORE DETAILS IN MORE DETAILS.
AND, AND NOW THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DETAILS IS BEING CITED AS A PROBLEM IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, CONTINUING THANK YOU FOR KIND OF MOVING TO THE BIGGER ISSUES AND PROVIDING SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THEM.
THOSE A FAVOR, UH, POSTPONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE THIS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HARPER MADISON AND RENTERIA OFF THE, UH, DAAS THAT POSTPONEMENT PASSES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA, DO YOU HAVE A, WHAT COULD BE A QUICK RESOLUTION TO THIS NEXT ONE? UM, I BELIEVE SO.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE THE VARIANCE, BUT IT TAKES EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023.
IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S KICK THE QUESTION TO PHASE TWO.
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ANSWER, IF WE DON'T HAVE OFFSETS, IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO BALANCE THE ADDITIONAL COSTS, THEN BY NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023, THEN THE, UH, THE VARIANCE WOULD KICK IN.UH, THAT WAY WE HAVE INCENTIVE TO GET IT DONE.
SO I, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO TAKE YOUR FIVE AMENDMENT, YOU ALLOW GSI MOVES FORWARD, YOUR FIVE AMENDMENTS GET REFERRED TO, IN ESSENCE THE PHASE TWO PROCESS.
EXCEPT THAT, YEAH, NUMBER ONE, THAT, THAT, UM, UH, VARIANCE LANGUAGE, UM, UM, BE EFFECTIVE, UH, A YEAR FROM NOW OR THE DATES YOU PUT IN, UH, ABSENT, UH, THE, THE NEXT COUNCIL TAKING ACTION TO, TO OTHERWISE ADOPT OFFSETS COUNCIL
AGAIN, WE CAN PUT IN A, A SEPARATE EFFECTIVE DATE, UH, FOR THAT ONE PROVISION.
I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO MAKE SOMETHING AUTOMATICALLY REVERT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I SUPPOSE WHEN COUNCIL REVISITS THIS ISSUE IN PHASE TWO, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO AMEND WHAT? THAT YOU COULD DO IT OUT.
SO WE, I CAN, AS THE DRAFTER PUT IN A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE ON THAT FIRST PROVISION.
AND THEN SUBSEQUENT COUNSEL ACTION COULD AFFECT WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN, WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED.
AND I LIKE THAT COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE TODAY BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND AFFORDABILITY.
AND I TRUST THE NEXT COUNCIL TO FIGURE OUT THE APPROPRIATE, UH, OFFSETS AND STANDARDS.
I SECOND THAT MOTION ON THIS ITEM 45.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THEN LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO IT'S THIS THING, AS WE UNDERSTAND, IS PASSING WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND WITH THIS ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT, UH, THAT BASICALLY SENDS THOSE FILE AMENDMENTS INTO A PHASE TWO PROCESS, BUT ALSO ADOPTS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WITH EFFECTIVE DATE A YEAR FROM NOW.
MAYOR, YOU, THAT WAS JUST THE, I DIDN'T WANNA VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
I WANNA VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE END PRODUCT.
SO YOU ABSTAIN ON NO, I'M VOTING NO ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VALORS.
SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON COUNCIL MEMBER VAL'S MOTION.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.
SO THE PEOPLE VOTING NO ON IT ARE THE MAYOR PROTE AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON OFF THE DIAS AND THE OTHER EIGHT VOTING I THAT AMENDMENT PASSES.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE ITEM THEN.
UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND ALL THE DIRECTIONS AND ALL THAT.
THOSE OPPOSE IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS MAYOR.
NO, THE OTHERS VOTING I, BUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON OFF THE DAAS, THAT MEANS IT PASSES WITH NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
UM, ONE NO VOTE, AND ONE MEMBER OFF THE DAAS THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THE ITEMS WE HAD FOR BUSINESS TODAY.
LET'S GO NOW TO, UH, THIS MEETING HERE IS OVER AT 6 25 AND WE'RE NOW, WE'LL MOVE TO PROCLAMATIONS.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR EVERYONE'S TARDINESS, BUT FOR OUR TARDINESS, I APOLOGIZE.
I REMEMBER THE EMAIL INCIDENT.
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ANYWAY.I APPRECIATE, UH, SOUNDS GOOD, MY KIDS.
ARE WE READY TO DO SOME PROCLAMATIONS?
[Certificates of Completion – Cooperative Business Skills Graduates – To be presented by Mayor Adler]
ALL RIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH, UH, UH, UH, THE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THAT I'M GONNA DO SINCE I'M STANDING UP HERE.
I'M GONNA DO THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETIONS, UH, FIRST AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO THE FREEDOM SUNDAY SOULS TO THE POLLS DAY, UH, PROCLAMATION.
UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE, UM, UH, PIO AND MARKETING TEAM, FOLLOWED BY PEASE ELEMENTARY, AUSTIN REPAIR AND REUSE DAY.
UH, AND THEN THE THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL INJURY PREVENT PREVENTION DAY.
WHAT IS SHE HERE? SHE'S ON WAY DOWN.
THEN LET'S START WITH THE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION.
HOW DO WE DO THIS? READ THE CERTIFICATE.
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION CITY OF AUSTIN, WE HAVE TODAY TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE, UH, CELEBRATING GRADUATION FROM THE, UH, COMPARATIVE BUSINESS SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS QUITE THE ACHIEVEMENT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZED FOR, FOR HAVING ACCOMPLISHED THIS.
SO EACH OF THESE FOLKS THAT'LL BE NAMED HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, UH, ARE RECEIVING A CITY OF AUSTIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE FIVE QUALIFYING CLASSES TO RECEIVE THE COOPERATIVE BUSINESS SKILLS CERTIFICATION.
THIS PROGRAM IS A RESULT OF THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRAND VALLEY CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL ADVANCEMENT.
THE PROGRAM HELPS RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS TRUSTED AND PROVEN WAY TO DO BUSINESS AND BUILD COMMUNITIES.
COOPERATIVES ARE GROUNDED IN PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, EQUITY, RESILIENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS, AND CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL PART OF A MORE JUST AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR AUSTIN.
EVERY ONE OF THESE GRADUATES IS GOING TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE, UH, SIGNED BY ME AS A MAYOR, UH, ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M SUSANNA KAHA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE OUR FIRST COOPERATIVE BUSINESS SKILLS CERTIFICATION GRADUATES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR FIRST GRADUATE CLASS.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FIRST IMPLEMENTED THIS BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2020 THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HOSTED OVER 20 CLASSES IN HOW TO START A WORKER OR HOUSING CO-OP, CONVERT AN EXISTING SMALL BUSINESS TO A COOPERATIVE AND TRAIN FOR, UH, HOW TO BE ON A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNER, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOR CLASS INSTRUCTION AND COACHING TO THE AUSTIN CO-OP COMMUNITY.
AN ELISE, UH, AN ELISE LAMAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS RURAL COOPERATIVE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE CLOSE OUT THIS MONTH OF OCTOBER AS A NATIONAL CO-OP MONTH BY CELEBRATING THESE GRADUATES, SO THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
SO AS I REACH, UH, AS I, UM, READ EACH OF YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO ACCEPT YOUR CERTIFICATE AND A PHOTO WITH OUR MAYOR, PLEASE.
AND THEN AFTERWARD WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.
THE FIRST, UH, GRADUATE IS JEN BEARDSLEY.
YOU CALL THE NAMES FROM THE CERTIFICATES RATHER THAN LIST.
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OKAY.YOU DON'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT I KNOW LIZ BE ROSE.
[Additional Item]
RIGHT.WOULD EVERYONE WHO IS HERE WITH, UH, THE SOULS DE POLES DAY? COME ON UP.
IT'S, WELL, IT'S A COHESIVE, YOU'RE GIVING, YOU'RE TELLING ME ABOUT WHAT IT TO TOMORROW AT HEADLINES THOUGH.
YOU AND SHE'S COMING TO WE'RE AND JOIN US.
THE MORE THAN JUST THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I NEED TO GET THROUGH LUNCH FIRST.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CONTEXT FOR THIS.
IN FACT, I'LL BE PARTICIPATING THOUGH.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE ON SO MANY LEVELS.
FIRST IS THAT THIS IS, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, UH, WORKING ON THIS.
SHE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS.
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ON ON THE DAY.IT'S ABOUT 30 MINUTES LONGER THAN I HAD TOLD THEM I WOULD.
AND SHE RACED OUT CAUSE SHE HAD ANOTHER PLACE TO BE.
BUT THIS WAS REAL IMPORTANT TO HER.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ALSO EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE I'M, I'M GOING TO BE ATTENDING CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND MAKING ONE OF THOSE MARCHES FROM CHURCH TO THE POLLS.
SO THESE, THIS IS THE REMARKS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAD HAD PREPARED.
I WON'T READ IT AS WELL AS SHE DOES, BUT REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, IT IS MY FAVORITE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, BUT ONLY WORKS IF IT IS TRULY REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THAT MEANS WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ELECTIONS.
NOW, RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE POWERS THAT, THAT, THAT BE WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO RESTRICT PARTICIPATION, PARTICULARLY AMONG HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
EVERY ELECTION CYCLE, WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISING THE HARD EARNED RIGHT TO VOTE, BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN A, A USE IT OR LOSE IT SITUATION, WHICH IS WHY I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR GROUPS LIKE THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE LINKS FOR ORGANIZING CRITICAL GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS LIKE THE UPCOMING FREEDOM SUNDAY SOLD TO THE POLLS EVENT.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION COUNCILS MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAD PREPARED, BUT SHE GAVE ME TO SIGN IT, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS HAVE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN EXPANDING CIVIL RIGHTS AND SUFFRAGE AND RACIAL EQUALITY IN COMMUNITIES AND JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, ON OCTOBER 30TH OF THE YEAR, 2022 COMMUNITIES OF FAITH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS TRAVIS COUNTY, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE LINKS INC.
WILL ENGAGE IN FREEDOM SUNDAYS SOULS TO THE POLLS, A STATEWIDE NONPARTISAN, NON-DENOMINATIONAL VOTER TURNOUT INITIATIVE AIMED AT MAXIMIZING AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
AND WHEREAS THE COORDINATED EFFORT WILL FEATURE COMMUNITY LEADERS, ELECTION OFFICIALS, ACTIVISTS, AND CITIZENS ENGAGING IN VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, CANDIDATE FORUMS, VOTER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUMS, PRAYER FELLOWSHIP, AND SUPPORT.
NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON AND THE ENTIRE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 30TH OF THE YEAR 2022 AS FREEDOM SUNDAY.
AND, AND ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION IS GONNA BE ANGELA HENDERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE LINKS, AND ALSO YVONNE MASSEY DAVIS, CO-CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES FACET.
AS THE MAYOR STATED, I'M ANGELA HENDERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN, TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE LINKS.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT, ETHO ISAAC WILLIAMS AND OUR AREA DIRECTOR LAURA HANKINS AND THE AUSTIN CHAPTER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR ATLER, COUNCIL MEMBER NATASHA HARPER MADISON, AND THE ENTIRE, UM, MEMBERS, ALL THE MEMBERS FOR THIS HONORED.
WE ARE HUMBLED THAT OUR SERVICES ARE BEING RECOGNIZED.
AS I'VE BEEN SAYING, LOTS OF PEOPLE REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE, BUT THE MAIN THING IS TO GET THEM TO THE POSE TO VOTE.
AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MINISTERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE, UM, PASTOR PARKER AND UM, UH, PASTOR CHASE AND MY PASTOR, PASTOR AW, ANTHONY MAYS.
I'M YVONNE MATTHEW DAVIS, AND AS HE STATED, I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF
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NATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES.AND UNDER THAT FACET COMES SOLT TO THE POLES.
UH, SOULS TO THE POSE FOR ME CAME LAST SUMMER BECAUSE I WAS SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT WAS GOING ON, AND WE NEEDED A WAY.
AND NOW IT TOOK ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD.
SHE BECAME A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UH, IN OUR, OUR LITTLE TOWN, SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN THAT WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SHE BECAME MAYOR PRO TIM, AND SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN AND WOMAN TO BE ELECTED IN QUAL COUNTY.
BACK IN THOSE DAYS, UM, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 1961, UM, OUR SCHOOLS WERE STILL SEGREGATED.
AND IF YOU KNEW MY MOTHER, SHE'D SAY, NO, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
SO HER LITTLE GIRL ALONG WITH OUR PASTOR, WHO WAS ALSO A FRIEND OF DR.
MARVIN GRIFFIN, WHO BECAME PASTOR IN AUSTIN, THEY HAD A CASE.
AND I WAS THE PERSON, THE LITTLE CHILD THAT WAS USED IN THAT CASE, TO INTEGRATE SCHOOLS IN GATESVILLE, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS, IN 1961.
AND ALL OF MY LIFE, WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND I REALLY, UH, GREW UP NOT REALIZING SOME THINGS THAT I TOOK A LOT OF THINGS FROM GRANTED, AS MY MOTHER WOULD SAY.
BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME, UH, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND IT HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND BE SILENT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND EACH ONE OF US IS AN AMBASSADOR.
I WENT BACK BECAUSE MY ROOTS ARE IN THE CHURCH, AND I, MY DAD WAS FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
AND SO WE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BACK IN BIRMINGHAM.
MY FRIEND HERE, MY BROTHER IN THE STRUGGLE, UH, PASTOR PARKER, Y'ALL CALL HIM MARTIN LUTHER KING OF AUSTIN.
PEOPLE SECRETLY CALLED ME ROSA PARKS
BUT, UM, WE ARE ALL AMBASSADORS.
AND WE STARTED IN THE CHURCH, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT STARTED IN THE CHURCH.
AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO UNITE.
AND IN THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE PASTORS THAT YOU SEE HERE, SOMETHING INPUT IMPLODED IN AUSTIN, UH, IN COUNCIL MEMBER NATASHA HARPER MADISON, I CAN TELL YOU, WE'RE GETTING OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY IS PUT TO USE.
SHE TEXT ME AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND SHE OFFERED TO DO THIS SO SHE'S NOT ASLEEP.
WHEN WE THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP, THEY'RE WORKING.
AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT I RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM HER AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING RESPONDING TO A POST THAT I PUT ON FACEBOOK.
AND THAT POST HAS GONE EVERYWHERE, UH, AROUND TEXAS.
WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT ARE UNITING WITH US, NOT ONLY IN AUSTIN, IN TEMPLE, IN GIDDINGS, THE CITY OF ELGAN, SMITHVILLE, UH, DID I EVEN IN MY HOMETOWN OF GATESVILLE, UH, IS POPPING UP ALL OVER.
SO SOMETHING IS GOING ON, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT FIRE IGNITED.
WE CAN ALL GET SOMEONE TO THE POLLS TO VOTE.
YOU CAN ALL GO TO THE CHURCH, UNITE WITH THE CHURCH CONGREGATIONS, AND LET'S GO TAKE PEOPLE TO VOTE.
NO MATTER HOW THEY VOTE, WE WANT THEM TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE HERE FOR ANOTHER GENERATION.
THANK YOU TO THE SENATE, AUSTIN.
AND MOST OF ALL, WE WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS OUR DEMOCRACY IS AT STATE.
AND WE'RE NOT HOPELESS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ARMY OF BLACK WOMEN WITH OUR PASTORS WHO'S GONNA FIGHT FOR IT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YEAH, I THINK THAT I NEED YOU GUYS TO SQUISH
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[Distinguished Service Award – PIO & Marketing Team – To be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Alter]
I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE OUR A R R PIO TEAM DOWN HERE, PLEASE.AND MARKETING TEAM, IF YOU'RE SEPARATE, WE'RE GONNA' MAKE UP ON, I, I SWEAR.
CAN I ALSO HAVE YOU THIS, THAT'S WHAT I'M READING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M, SO SHE'D HAVE TO SAY SHE WAS THE THIS, SO IF YOU'RE COULD SOVA OKAY.
AND YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT? READ THAT ONE.
OR JUST HER NAME? JUST HER NAME.
MY NAME IS ALLISON TER, AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO 10 FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE PROGRESS THAT OUR CITY HAS MADE TOWARDS OUR ZERO WASTE GOALS DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL.
AND TODAY I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF OUR CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT MADE IT HAPPEN.
CURBSIDE COMPOST COLLECTION BEGAN IN 2017, AND IT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY CUSTOMERS WHO RECEIVE CURBSIDE SERVICES, NEARLY 210,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
DURING THE FINAL EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH REACHED 55,000 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY'S PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING TEAM, WHICH IS STANDING HERE BEHIND ME, RAN A YEAR LONG COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING EFFORT TO EDUCATE CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS SERVICE.
THIS TEAM WAS FACED WITH NEW CHALLENGES AS THE COVID PANDEMIC HIT OUR CITY.
WHILE THEY LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM EXPANSION, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING TEAM HAD TO MODIFY THEIR OUTREACH PLANS TO KEEP CUSTOMERS AND STAFF SAFE, AND TO USE CREATIVITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THIS VALUABLE CITY SERVICE.
THEIR WORK INCLUDED MAILERS, VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS, AND BOTH SOCIAL AND EARNED MEDIA.
AND FOR MANY CUSTOMERS, THIS WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THESE MAILERS AND ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS REALLY IMPORTANT SO PEOPLE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE ADOPTING THIS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
THE TEAM HELD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE, AND THEIR WORK WAS SUPER EFFECTIVE.
CONTAMINATION IN COMPOST BINS DECREASED FROM 2.8% TO 1.25%, AND THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF USABLE COMPOST COLLECTED PER HOUSEHOLD INCREASED OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN.
IN, IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, THE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING TEAM TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY TO ACCEPT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA'S SILVER ANVIL AWARD FOR MOST EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE CAMPAIGN IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING AROUND THIS EXPANSION OF THE CURBSIDE COMPOSTING COLLECTION PROGRAM, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, NO DOUBT, FACED STRONG COMPETITION IN THEIR AWARD CATEGORY COMPANIES LIKE BOS, IBM, KRISPY, KREM, AND PEPSI.
THE SILVER VIL AWARD RECOGNIZES AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS DELIVERED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS TO STAKEHOLDERS CELEBRATING THE BEST STRATEGIC PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL
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EXCELLENCE.THESE AWARDS HAVE BEEN A BENCHMARK OF HIGH PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR OVER 75 YEARS.
I AM SO PROUD OF ARRS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING TEAM, AND I'M PLEASED THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS, AUSTIN IS MUCH CLOSER TO REACHING OUR GOAL OF DIVERTING 90% OF THE CITY'S TRASH FROM LANDFILLS BY 2040.
IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THIS TEAM WITH A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TODAY.
BEFORE I READ THE AWARD, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE WITH THE MARKETING TEAM, I WANNA ENCOURAGE ANY AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY CUSTOMERS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN CURBSIDE COMPOSTING TO REQUEST A CART.
THE SERVICE IS EASY TO USE, AND YOU CAN DO SO BY CALLING THREE 11.
TO GET STARTED AND NOW PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING TEAM, I WANT TO PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE YOU ON AN EXCELLENT PUBLICATION PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND TO READ YOUR AWARD.
GINA, DO YOU WANNA COME UP HERE? THIS ONE FOR THEIR UNTIRING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AS DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING TEAM IS DESERVING A PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.
IN MAY, 2022, THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA AWARDED AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, THE SILVER ANVIL FOR MOST EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE CAMPAIGN.
THE AWARD WAS IN RECOGNITION OF ARRS YEARLONG, CURBSIDE COMPOST, COMMUNITY OUTREACH MARKETING, UM, WHICH HELD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THERE OF THIS THE 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR 2022 BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
AND I WAS ALSO ASKED TO PRESENT A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO AVA CARDOS WHO LED THE TEAM.
UM, GINA, DID YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND ALL FOR THIS, UH, GREAT HONOR.
WE ARE SUPER PLEASED TO SEE COMPOST COMING TO AUSTIN.
UM, HAPPY TO THE COMMUNITY FOR JOINING WITH US TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL.
I, UH, WANT TO EXTEND A THANKS TO THE TEAM STANDING BEHIND ME.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DID ALL OF THE, THE GREAT WORK YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR CONTINUING TO HELP US IN OUR EFFORT TO REACH ZERO WASTE.
DO YOU, NO, I THINK IT'S OKAY.
AND THIS IS
[Proclamation – Cupcake Tree and Pease Elementary – To be presented by Council Member Tovo]
UM, IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME, WE'LL, WE CAN ALL STAND BEHIND ME.I REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, AND THAT IS THE DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES PEACE ELEMENTARY.
AND SO TODAY, THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS, IS AN HONOR OF A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE TOMORROW AT PEACE ELEMENTARY.
YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE.
IT IS THE PEACE ELEMENTARY CUPCAKE TREE DAY AND HOOT NANNY EVENT.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE A, A GREAT COMMUNITY GATHERING THAT IS GONNA INCLUDE SOME OF THE ALUMS OF PEACE ELEMENTARY, SOME OF THE, THE OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY SPECIAL, UM, A VERY SPECIAL, UH, EVENT TAKING PLACE THAT I'M GONNA DESCRIBE IN THE, IN THE PROCLAMATION.
SO BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS PEACE ELEMENTARY IS THE ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, AND UNTIL ITS CLOSURE IN 2020, IT SERVED AS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED ELEMENTARY
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SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.AND WHEREAS THE PEACE TREE PROJECT IS A PILOT PROJECT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH LANDSCAPE DESIGN FIRM, DWG AND TREE FOLKS, AND FOCUSES ON ONE OF AUSTIN'S GRANDEST OF GRAND CHAMPION TREES KNOWN AS THE CUPCAKE TREE, ONE OF AUSTIN'S LA LARGEST LIVE OAKS.
AND WHEREAS THE CUPCAKE TREE IS A SIGNATURE TREE ON PEACE ELEMENTARY'S CAMPUS THAT WAS FOR GENERATIONS, A PLACE OF LEARNING OF CIVIC RESILIENCE AND ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY, ALL UNDER THE MASSIVE CANOPY OF THIS ANCIENT TREE.
AND WHEREAS TO CELEBRATE AND MEMORIALIZE THE HISTORY OF PEACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HUNDREDS OF ACORNS FROM THE CUPCAKE TREE WERE COLLECTED IN THE FALL OF 2021, AND THEN GERMINATED AND GROWN INTO SAPLING TREES OVER THE PAST YEAR TO BE GIVEN TO PIECES STUDENTS, TO THEIR ALUMNI, TO THEIR PARENTS AND STAFF DURING PUTIN NANNY AS A LIVING MEMORY AND LEGACY OF THIS HISTORIC LANDMARK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KATHY TOVO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR STEVE ADLER, DO HEREBY PRONOUNCE OCTOBER 28TH, 2022 AS PEACE ELEMENTARY CUPCAKE TREE DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DANIEL WOODRUFF TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MATO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR OWN WAVERING SUPPORT ON, ON THIS.
AND, UH, A HUGE THANK YOU TO, UH, TO ANDREW AND TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT CELEBRATION, UH, RECOGNIZING THE LEGACY OF PEASE ELEMENTARY, UH, BUT ALSO THE TIRELESS SERVICE AND COMMITMENT OF THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, AND THE LEGACY OF THE, THE ALUMNI AND THE STUDENTS.
UM, IT'S ALSO A LESSON, UH, WE BELIEVE AND, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ADVOCACY IN THE SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CUPCAKE TREE AS A SYMBOL, UM, BUT ALSO AS A MESSAGE OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY OF CLIMATE ACTION AND EMPOWERING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, WHAT THIS TREE REPRESENTS FOR AUSTIN, FOR A COMMUNITY FOR, UH, UH, GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE, BUT ALSO AS A PILOT AND A, UH, INCENTIVE TOWARDS, UH, ENHANCING, UH, UH, AUSTIN'S URBAN TREE FOREST, UM, AND A LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME TO PROMOTE THE NEXT GENERATION OF HERITAGE TREES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TREE FOLKS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
SO, UH, HU NANNY, UH, IT'S, UH, HISTORICALLY THE, UH, ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL, UH, AND, UH, IT WILL BE, UH, OCCURRING STARTING AT SIX O'CLOCK, UH, TOMORROW EVENING.
UH, ON THE GROUNDS OF PEERS ELEMENTARY, UH, WE'VE HAD AMAZING SUPPORT FROM A I S D LEADERSHIP TO, UH, ENABLE US TO, TO UTILIZE THE GROUNDS, UH, AND, AND HAVE ONE LAST WHO ARE ON, ON THE GROUNDS AND TO CELEBRATE, TO BRING THE KIDS TOGETHER, UH, IN FULL COSTUMES, UH, WITH, WITH CUPCAKES NO LESS DO 400, UH, SAPLING TREES THAT TREE FOLKS HAS BEEN GROWING OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO LOOK BACK, BUT TO ALSO LOOK FORWARD AND CELEBRATE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GIVE YOU
YEAH, THANK IT WAS MY PLEASURE.
[Proclamation – Austin Repair & Reuse Day – To be presented by Council Member Tovo and to be accepted by Austin Resource Recovery Director Snipes, City staff, and local partners]
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THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, CONTINUING TO BE WITH US.UM, THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO OUR FABULOUS STAFF AT THE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
WE HAVE HERE TOGETHER, DIRECTOR OF SNIPES, UM, MANY OF MANY OTHER STAFF FROM AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, AUSTIN, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I REALIZED ABOUT AUSTIN WHEN I MOVED HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT CULTURE OF REUSE.
I AM, UM, A HUGE FAN OF, OF OUR THRIFT STORES AND OUR USED BOOKSTORES AND SOME OF THE OTHER WONDERFUL PLACES TO GET TO GET USED ITEMS. AND OUR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY HAS SET SUCH A HIGH STANDARD, ALONG WITH ITS LOCAL PARTNERS OF, OF REUSING, REPAIRING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THINGS IN CIRCULATION AND GETTING AS MUCH LIFE OUT OF THEM AS POSSIBLE, AND REALLY CREATING A CULTURE HERE IN AUSTIN WHERE WE'RE CAREFUL AND VERY GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND BY SAVING AND REUSING THINGS, UM, THAT IS A, A VERY BIG WAY OF HOW WE'RE MOVING TOWARD OUR ZERO WASTE GOAL.
SO THIS FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION IS IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL REUSE DAY, KNOWN THAT WHEREAS NATIONAL REUSE DAY IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON OCTOBER 20TH, AND INTERNATIONAL REPAIR DAY IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF OCTOBER.
AND WHEREAS AUSTIN REPAIR AND REUSE DAY PROMOTES AND CELEBRATES REUSE AND REPAIR, INCLUDING RESELLING UP CYCLING, FIXING, MAINTAINING, SHARING, BORROWING AND SWAPPING GOODS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN SUPPORTS REUSE YEAR ROUND THROUGH ITS RECYCLE AND REUSE DROP-OFF CENTER THROUGH RECYCLED REEDS BOOKSTORE, THROUGH THE AUSTIN REUSE DIRECTORY, MOVE OUT TO ATX AND THE COMMUNITY PC PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN SUPPORTS YEAR ROUND REPAIR, YEAR ROUND THROUGH ITS FIXIT CLINICS, THROUGH VIRTUAL REPAIR EDUCATION AND CAMACHO FAMILY BIKE SHOP EVENTS, AND WHEREAS REUSING AND REPAIRING GOODS FURTHERS THE CITY OF AUSTIN ZERO WASTE GOALS, ITS ECONOMIC GOALS BY CREATING JOBS AND INVESTMENT IN THE REUSE AND REPAIR COMMUNITY CLIMATE MITIGATION GOALS BY CONSERVING RESOURCES AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCTION OF VIRGIN GOODS AND SOCIAL EQUITY GOALS BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO REPAIR AND REUSE OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HERE IN AUSTIN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I KATHY TOVO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR STEVE ADLER, AND ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES BEHIND ME DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUSTIN OCTOBER 20TH, 2022 AS AUSTIN REPAIR AND REUSE DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS BEHIND ME WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DIRECTOR SMITH TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I JUST WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THE TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH REUSE PROGRAMS. AND PERSONALLY FOR ME, THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'LL ALLOW US TO REALLY CONNECT WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND SEE A BENEFIT THAT, UH, ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT IS REALLY TANGIBLE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, HATS OFF TO THEM AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE
UH, I'M JUST GONNA GRAB, OH, SOME OF THESE ARE MY NOTES.
FEW MINUTES SO WE CAN, WE HAVE A, WE GOT A FORGET THE PEOPLE THERE BLINKING AROUND THE ROOM.
[Proclamation – Gun Safety – To be presented by Council Member Ellis]
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GOOD, GOOD, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.I AM AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PAY JEALOUS, AND I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT DISTRICT EIGHT SOUTHWEST AUSTIN THIS EVENING.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ONCE AGAIN PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION WITH SOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY BUILDING AWARENESS THROUGH EDUCATION.
MINA IER AND OF DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER AND LISA ROSS OF LOCK ARMS FOR LIFE ARE ACTIVE IN THE INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS, AN ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF HOSPITAL BASED AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROGRAMS WHOSE EFFORTS ARE ANCHORED IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY.
IT IS THE GOAL OF COALITION MEMBERS TO WORK TO EMPOWER DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND PREVENT INJURIES, WHICH ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND DISABILITY TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
WHETHER IT BE PROMOTING USE OF INFANT CAR SEATS, SHARING SAFE CHILDCARE PRINCIPLES, OR DISTRIBUTING FREE GUN LOCKS.
THIS WORK IS DONE IN A MANNER THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF VARIOUS CULTURES, BELIEFS, AND LIFESTYLES.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUR OWN FIRST RESPONDERS, THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS ARE HELPING TO BUILD A STRONG AND SAFE FOUNDATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND ITS YOUNG PEOPLE BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS INJURIES ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND DISABILITY TO US CHILDREN ONE TO 18 YEARS OLD.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND WELLBEING.
AND WHEREAS WHILE MANY OF THESE INJURIES AND DEATHS VARY ACROSS THE STATE, EVERY COUNTY IN TEXAS IS IMPACTED BY THESE EVENTS.
AND WHEREAS HOSPITALS, STATE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING INJURIES AND DEATHS BY PROMOTING SAFE PRACTICES.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION DAY RAISES AWARENESS AND PROMOTES EFFORTS IN REDUCING INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN COMMENDS, DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, LOCK ARMS FOR LIFE, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ALL INVOLVED IN THIS WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR TO HELP PROTECT CHILDREN FROM INJURY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I PAY JEALOUS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR STEVE ADLER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 18TH, 2022 AS THE THIRD ANNUAL CHILD, NATIONAL CHILD INJURY PREVENTION DAY.
I KNOW YOU GET YOUR STUFF READY,
I'M THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.
ON BEHALF OF DELRIN MEDICAL CENTER AND ASCENSION SEATON, UH, I WANT TO THANK ME ADLER COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION.
WE APPRECIATE OUR INJURY PREVENTION COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH US HERE TODAY.
ASCENSION SEATON HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY FOR OVER ONE 20 YEARS AS ONLY PEDIATRIC LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER IN A REGION.
IT'S ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INJURY PREVENTION.
UNINTENTIONAL AND PREVENTABLE INJURIES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND DISABILITY TO US CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF ONE TO 18 EVERY DAY, MORE CHILDREN DIE FROM PREVENTABLE INJURIES THAN ALL OF THE DISEASE COMBINED.
IN FACT, INJURIES, THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PEOPLE THROUGH 44 YEARS OF AGE.
WITH THE INVESTMENT OF FIVE $40 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE IN OUR CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY, AND THE PLANNED EXPANSION AND OPENING OF DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER NORTH, YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT CLINICAL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY THE VULNERABLE AND THOSE EXPERIENCING POVERTY IN A CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY.
YOU ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO WORK TIRELESSLY TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD INJURIES.
DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER AND THE SAFE KITS, AUSTIN COALITION, JOHN DOCTORS, NURSES, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSONNEL AT TRAUMA CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR INJURY PREVENTION.
ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023, DELL CHILDREN'S WILL LIGHT AT TOWER GREEN TO SHINE A LIGHT ON INJURY PREVENTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING THE SAME.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND UM, ALSO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR LIFE SAFER ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
GROUPS WILL BE MAKING NOVEMBER THE 18TH, A SPECIAL DAY FOR SAFETY.
THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT.
UM, I'M THE FOUNDER OF LOCK ARMS FOR LIFE, AN ORGANIZATION THAT EDUCATES ON UH, SAFE GUN STORAGE.
I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF, UH, SAFE KIDS AUSTIN, UM, WHERE WE'RE, UH, ABOUT, UH, MEMBERS OF ABOUT 40 IN THE COALITION.
UH, MY MISSION WAS SPARKED BY THE DEATH OF MY SON, UH, WHEN A HANDGUN WENT OFF AND KILLED HIM ACCIDENTALLY, IT WAS TOTALLY PREVENTABLE.
UH, THE KIND OF EVENT THAT GUN SAFETY
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AWARENESS CAN STOP.NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION DAY HELPS EVERYONE FOCUS ON MANY THINGS THAT INJURE CHILDREN.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE HOSPITALS, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, CITIES AND BUS BUSINESS GROUPS THAT SUPPORT INJURY PREVENTION AWARENESS.
WE ALL KNOW THAT A SINGLE DAY WILL NOT, UM, MAKE THAT MUCH OF A CHANGE ITSELF, BUT THE AWARENESS THAT WE CAN ALL SPREAD CAN BE A LASTING EFFECT ON THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, I HOPE THAT THIS GETS OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO POST TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS ABOUT NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION DAY.
THEY NEED TO USE THE HASHTAG B INJURY FREE.
AGAIN, THAT DATE IS NOVEMBER THE 18TH, AND WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING OUT ANY KIND OF ARTWORK IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE SO APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION THAT YOU TOOK TOGETHER.
IS THAT GOOD? IS IT LIKE I'LL YEAH.
WE'RE SO GLAD WE GET SUCH A HUGE AUDIENCE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE DO, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO THAT DAY.
REMEMBER THE 18TH, WE'LL SEND OUT A REMINDER.
MAYBE ED COULD BE OUR CONTACT PERSON FOR SOMEBODY THAT WE GREAT.
THAT GUYS CAN SEND OUT AND LOOK GET YOU.
UM, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ARTWORK PUT TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS, AND LAUREN IS RELATIVELY NEW IN MY OFFICE AS WELL, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON NOVEMBER 18TH, SHARING.
WE USUALLY SHARE THEIR TWEETS, BUT TO SPREAD.
AND WE'VE GOT ARTWORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE, AND WE'VE GOT ONE THAT COVERS A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
Y'ALL BE ABLE TO UP, WE TALKED ABOUT MM-HMM.
I WANT, I SAID IT'S ONE OR TWO, BUT WE'RE YOU OKAY?