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UM, I SEE, UH, JIMMY FLATTING IN HERE KEPT ON FLAT AGAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERRA ON SOME MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER, PAGE OUT SOME MEMBER TOVO UH, KATHY, WE CAN SEE YOU.
YES, MA'AM MOSTLY I'M I'M WORKING ON GETTING EVERYBODY UP, BUT YES, I'M HERE AND WE'LL BE ON HAVE TO BE ON PHONE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.
PRO TEM, ARE YOU HERE? YES, I'M HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, SO WE'RE MISSING AT THIS POINT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON COUNCIL MEMBER AT 30, UM, UH, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH COSAR UM, I THINK THAT THE, UH, OTHERS ARE HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD THIS MORNING AND BEGIN WITH THE, UH, BRIEFINGS.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE COVID BRIEFING AND THEN THE BRIEFING ON REDISTRICTING AND THEN A BRIEFING ON THE STREET IMPACT FEE POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE BRIEFINGS DONE BEFORE THEN, RIGHT FOR LUNCH.
UH, DO THE PULLED ITEMS, UH, THE PULLED ITEMS OR THE OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S PULLING ANYTHING ELSE, BUT WE'LL DO WE'LL BUY ITEMS AND THEN WE WILL THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT'S THE PROCESS, UH, FOR, FOR TODAY? UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE BY WAY OF JUST, UH, HOUSEKEEPING AND PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP TO, UH, TO SPEAK AT THURSDAY'S MEETING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED TODAY ARE ATTRACTING, UH, MANY OF THE SAME SPEAKERS WHO ARE SIGNING UP, UH, SO CONSISTENT AS CLOSE AS WE CAN WITH OUR REGULAR RULES.
UM, NINE O'CLOCK ON THURSDAY OR 10 O'CLOCK ON THURSDAY.
I WILL CALL SPEAKERS ON THE, UH, GENDER.
UH, EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK ONE TIME ON THE THINGS THAT THEY PULL I'M ON A TREAT, THE SPEAKERS FOR THOSE FIVE ITEMS, 50 93, 94, 95 AND 96 AS A BATCH TOGETHER.
UH, AND THE FIRST 20, THOSE SPEAKERS WILL SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
THE OTHER SPEAKERS WILL SPEAK FOR ONE MINUTE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING UP.
UH, IT COULD EASILY BE THAT ON THURSDAY'S MEETING.
WE CAN MEAN THAT TAN AND WILL BE LISTENING TO SPEAKERS INTO IT AFTERNOON BEFORE WE CAN START DELIBERATING ON, ON, ON, ON ANYTHING.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL PROCEDURE THAT ALL I'LL FOLLOW, UM, MIRROR.
COUNSEL NUMBER THREE IS HERE, DOC I'M HERE.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD THEN TO BEGIN WITH THE, UH, FIRST BRIEFING MANAGER WILL TAKE US TO
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THE KOBE BRIEFING.THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE ARE GOING TO START TODAY'S WORK SESSION WITH A BRIEFING ON OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE, AND WE'LL BE JOINED BY FOLKS FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE DIRECTOR HAYDEN HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE A ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ADRIAN STIRRUP.
AND SO I'LL ASK ADRIAN TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN SHE'LL PASS IT OFF TO DR.
SO OUR SPENCER, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? WE CAN, YEAH.
I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO ADRIAN LATER, BUT WHY DON'T WE GO RIGHT TO YOU, DR.
UM, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE, UH, IN RELATION TO COVID-19, UH, TRANSITION.
UH, SO THIS IS A GRAPH OF OUR NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY.
WE'VE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE, THE YELLOW LINE, UH, GOING FROM, UH, JUST OVER 40 CASES A DAY TO NOW A LITTLE OVER 60 CASES A DAY.
NOW, YESTERDAY WE SAW OUR LARGEST INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES, 118,
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UH, BUT WE HAD A DECREASE ON SUNDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE THAT.UH, SO THE NET IS, IS A RELATIVELY NEUTRAL EFFECT.
OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THAT SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE AS A RESULT, BUT, BUT NOT MUCH AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS, UH, THIS TREND.
NOW WE ARE DOING A LOT MORE TESTING NOW, WHICH I'LL GET INTO IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
NOW THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING YOU THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF OUR DOUBLING TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EARLY ON BACK IN, UH, IN MARCH, WE WERE DOUBLING VERY QUICKLY AND AS TIME HAS PROGRESSED, WE'VE HAD A RELATIVELY STEADY INCREASE IN THAT DOUBLING TIME.
SO THIS IS THE ESTIMATION OF THE TIME.
IT WILL TAKE TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CASES RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT ABOUT 44 DAYS.
UH, AND AGAIN AS THAT CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF CASES INCREASES, UH, WE CAN EXPECT THAT IF WE HAVE A RELATIVELY NUMBER OF NEW CASES, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE LONGER AND LONGER TO REACH THAT, THAT DOUBLING ESTIMATE.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS A POSITIVE TREND AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS AND REPORT ON THIS AS WELL.
UH, THIS IS ALSO ON OUR KEY INDICATORS.
UH, OUR, OUR PRIMARY KEY INDICATOR IS THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF THE NEW ADMISSIONS AND THE FIVE COUNTY MSA.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A RELATIVELY STEADY INCREASE SINCE ABOUT THE 22ND OF MAY.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OSCILLATING A LITTLE BIT NOW AND I'VE BEEN AROUND 12 CASES A DAY.
NOW WE DID SEE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE LAST WEEK.
WE HAD, UH, ONE DAY, UH, WITH 18 NEW ADMISSIONS.
UH, BUT THAT HAS COME DOWN AGAIN.
I WILL SAY LOOKING AT THIS DATA IN FURTHER DETAIL, UH, ABOUT 14 TO 15% OF CASES ARE LESS ONE DAY OR LESS IN THE HOSPITAL.
UH, AND ABOUT 50% OF CASES ARE FIVE DAYS OR LESS IN THE HOSPITAL.
UH, SO WE DO SEE A, YOU KNOW, A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF CASES, WHICH ARE REALLY SHORT ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CASES WHICH ARE MUCH LONGER EXTENDING OUT PAST TWO MONTHS.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IN FURTHER DETAIL AT THOSE, UH, THOSE HOSPITALIZATION TRENDS AND THE LENGTH OF STAY.
AND, UH, WE HOPE TO REPORT BACK ON THAT IN A WEEK OR TWO.
THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU THREE THINGS.
OUR, UH, OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, UH, ICU ADMISSIONS AND VENTILATION, UH, PATIENTS.
UH, SO THEY, THE BLUE IS THE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ARE THE HEADS AND BEDS THAT ARE BEING FILLED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD AN INCREASE, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THAT'S COME BACK DOWN AGAIN.
UH, MAINTAINING STEADY AROUND 85 TO 90, UH, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS PER DAY.
UH, IN THAT SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE, THEY, UH, ICU INPATIENT'S HAS BEEN RELATIVELY STEADY AS WELL.
UH, OUR ICU OR OUR VENTILATION UNIT HAS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO, BUT AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY IN OUR HOSPITALS, IN OUR ICU, UH, AND PLENTY OF, UH, VENTILATORS RIGHT NOW.
UH, I DO WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DELAYING CARE, UH, BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT HOSPITAL CAPACITY OR COVID-19, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF CAPACITY THAT THE HOSPITALS AND DOCTOR'S OFFICES HAVE ENOUGH PPE NOW THAT THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE SAFELY.
UH, AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO AVOID NECESSARY PREVENTATIVE CARE IN TERMS OF IMMUNIZATIONS AND PHYSICAL EXAMS, BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT THEM TO DELAY WHEN THEY HAVE OTHER MORE SERIOUS CONCERNS, SUCH AS CHEST PAIN OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR LIGHTHEADEDNESS OR DIZZINESS.
NOW WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREASES IN, IN EMERGENCY CARE, WHICH INDICATES US THAT THERE MAY BE A DELAY GOING ON IN CONTINUING, AND THAT MAY BE DUE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19, BUT IT IS CRITICAL THAT THAT FOLKS WHO NEED MEDICAL CARE, THEY NEED ER, HOSPITAL CARE.
THEY SEEK THAT OUT AND NOT DELAY.
UH, THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR HOSPITAL DEMOGRAPHICS, AS IT RELATES TO HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.
UH, AGAIN, UH, THE WEEK I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE JUNE 1ST AND THE JUNE 7TH THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, WE'VE HAD A, UH, SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR RATE OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED AS HISPANIC, UH, WHICH HAS DROPPED TO 58.8% STILL OVERREPRESENTED.
UH, OUR, OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY ARE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFIED AS WHITE, NON HISPANIC INCREASED TO 25% AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, RELATIVELY STEADY AT 11.3% AND OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON TO,
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UH, TO TARGET OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY.AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON TARGETED TESTING, UH, IN, UH, IN AREAS THAT, UH, WILL BE HELPFUL TO IDENTIFY NEW CASES.
AND WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS AS WELL WITH THE STATE, UH, REGARDING, UH, AN OFFER OF SUPPORT TO DO FURTHER TESTING, INCLUDING WALKUP TESTING AT SOME COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT, UH, THAT MAY BENEFIT FROM FURTHER TESTING SATURATION.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
UH, THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU THE, UH, THE, THE PAYER MIX SET UP FOR OUR HOSPITALIZED INDIVIDUALS.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THE, THE BLUE AND THE TOP LEFT, UH, 31.2%.
THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED OR SELF-PAY, UH, WHO'VE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AGAIN, UH, ARE THE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE RANGED FROM 14 TO 17% OF OUR COUNTY IS, UH, IS UNINSURED.
AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, THIS INDICATES THAT NOT ONLY ARE HOSPITALIZATIONS AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, IT'S ALSO AFFECTING, UH, THOSE, UH, AT POVERTY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY OVERREPRESENTED IN THE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS TREND AS WELL AS WORK ON PROVIDING A, A, A TIMELINE TREND RELATED TO PAYER MIX.
THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU THE WEEKLY CONFIRMED CASES.
UH, THIS IS UPDATED FROM LAST WEEK.
UH, IT SHOWS AN INCREASE OF FIVE NEW CASES COMPARED TO LAST WEEK.
UH, SO RELATIVELY MARGINAL INCREASE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A, A STEADY INCREASE OVER THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THESE, UH, CASES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T TOLERATE SMALL INCREASES.
THIS, OUR HOSPITALS CAN TOLERATE OUR ICU CAPACITY AND VENTILATOR CAPACITY CAN TOLERATE IT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE MAINLY FOCUSED ON THAT SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF NEW ADMISSIONS, AND WE REALLY MUST KEEP IT BELOW 20.
AND THAT SORT OF REQUIRE ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED IN THOSE PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS, SUCH AS SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE PUBLIC, WEARING THE MASKS AND THE PERSONAL HYGIENE, SUCH AS WASHING YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY AND NOT TOUCHING YOUR FACE.
THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICAL FOR US TO REOPEN THINGS SUCCESSFULLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IF WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS.
THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR, UH, OUR NURSING HOME, A LONGTERM CARE FACILITY, UH, SPREADSHEET.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ADDED SOME, SOME NEW, UH, NURSING HOMES RELATED TO THE STATEWIDE TESTING OF, OF FACILITIES.
NOW WE HAVE DROPPED, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, FACILITIES OFF THE LIST AS THEY'VE BEEN CLEARED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES IN GRAY THAT HAVE GONE THREE WEEKS WITHOUT ANY NEW CASES, WHICH WILL FALL OFF NEXT WEEK.
IF, IF THAT TREND CONTINUES OVERALL, UH, WE'VE HAD A MANAGEABLE, UH, BROUGHT OF NEW CASES, 14 NEW IN THE PAST WEEK.
UH, THAT'S A POSITIVE TREND, WHICH WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SAY WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, W WITH A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS FOR A LONGTERM STRATEGY.
UH, IF YOU RECALL LAST WEEK, OUR, OUR POSITIVITY RATES FOR THE, THE MASS TESTING THAT WE DID WERE VERY LOW, LESS THAN 1% POSITIVE.
UH, SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A LONGER TERM STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DETECTING CASES IN A, UH, IN A RAPID WAY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, CUT OFF OUTBREAKS, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO MAKE A PLAN THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.
AND PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IS LOOKING AT NEW TECHNOLOGY, WHICH MAY BE LESS EXPENSIVE AS WELL AS, UH, LESS INCONVENIENT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF, OF NURSING HOMES.
UH, AND THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE SALIVA TESTING AS A WORKING WITH A LOCAL COMPANY, TO LOOK AT THIS TECHNOLOGY AND SEE IF WE MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY IT IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS, PARTICULARLY PLACES LIKE NURSING HOMES.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES ABOUT OUR TESTING EFFORTS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
UH, SO SINCE OUR PUBLIC, UH, TESTING ENROLLMENT BEGAN THROUGH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 18,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO CREATED ACCOUNTS AND, AND UNDER, UH, OTHER TOOK AN ASSESSMENT, UH, SINCE THAT TIME, UH, FOUR 24, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 15,000 TESTS OFFERED TO INDIVIDUALS.
UH, AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF, OF INCREASING COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, INCLUDING MEMORIAL DAY, INCLUDING OUR, OUR, UH, PROTEST ACTIVITIES, WE'VE, UH, LOWERED THE BAR AS FAR AS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GETTING TESTED.
SO NOW INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT MAY PLACE THEM AT HIGHER RISK, SUCH AS, UH, PUBLIC GATHERINGS CAN GET TESTED.
AND THEREFORE IN THE PAST THREE DAYS, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN, UH, 3,900
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INDIVIDUALS SIGN UP TO GET TESTED.AND SO WE ARE TESTING RECORD NUMBERS OF PEOPLE OVER THE PAST WEEK.
UH, WE ARE OFFERING TESTS NOT ONLY TO THE PUBLIC, BUT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, WHO'VE BEEN OUT, UH, AT THESE ACTIVITIES, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SCREENING AND WE CAN DETECT CASES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND MITIGATE THE RISK OF A, OF A LARGE, UH, SPREAD BASED ON, ON THESE ACTIVITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE RESULTS OF THIS TESTING OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A 9.2% OVERALL RATE OF POSITIVITY, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WE WERE AT AROUND THREE TO 4% POSITIVE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION BASED ON RACE AND ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE POSITIVE, BEING OUR HISPANIC POPULATION AT 17.9%.
AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN OUR, OUR WHITE NON HISPANIC POPULATION AND OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION AS WELL IN TERMS OF RATES OF POSITIVITY.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TREND, WHICH IS CONTINUING IN OUR BLACKNESS LATIN X COMMUNITY, AND, UH, ARE, ARE CONTINUING THE ADVOCACY PROCESS FOR NOT ONLY GETTING FOLKS TESTED, BUT ENSURING THAT, UH, THEY ARE AWARE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF ISOLATION FACILITIES, UH, TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR FAMILY TO LIMIT THE HOUSEHOLDS SPREAD AND FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING PROTECTIONS TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING AVENUES TO POINT THEM TO TESTING, UH, IF THEY BECOME SYMPTOMATIC OR IF THEY'RE EXPOSED.
AND FINALLY, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, TO GIS MAP THE, UH, THE TESTING EFFORTS, UH, THROUGH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE DATA THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS JUST OUR PUBLIC ENROLLMENT PROCESS.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING IN DATA FROM COMMUNITY CARE, AS WELL AS OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE DOING TESTING IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, SUCH AS AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC AND OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, SO THAT WE HAVE ALL THE TESTING REPRESENTED ON THIS MAP.
NOW, RIGHT NOW, WHAT THIS IS SHOWING YOU IS THAT THE SHADES OF PURPLE ARE BASED UPON THE INTENSITY OF TESTING PERFORMED IN THOSE, IN THOSE ZIP CODES, THE DARKER, THE SHADE, THE MORE TESTING THAT'S BEING PERFORMED, THE RED DOTS ARE SHOWING YOU THE, THE SIZE OF THE, THE POSITIVITY IN THAT COMMUNITY, THE NUMBER OF CASES.
SO THE LARGER, THE RED DOT, THE LARGER, THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES, UH, THIS IS A LIVE MAP, AND THIS WILL BE A PART OF A, UH, A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER IN RELATION TO TESTING SO THAT, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN GO AND LOOK AT THEIR ZIP CODE.
AND IT WILL TELL YOU NOT ONLY THE, UH, THE RATES OF POSITIVITY, BUT ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE NUMBERS OF POSITIVE TESTS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, UH, WE INTEND TO UTILIZE THIS DATA TO HELP US TARGET TESTING AND ZIP CODES THAT HAVE BOTH A HIGH RATE OF POSITIVITY AND A LOW RATE OF TESTING SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE FILL THOSE GAPS ADEQUATELY AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF TESTING WITH THE GOAL OF CERTAINLY TO GET THE POSITIVITY RATE BELOW 10% AND HOPEFULLY CLOSER TO 5%, UH, SOME THAT WE CAN ENSURE A, A UNIFORM APPROACH TO, UH, TO TESTING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO PASS IT BACK TO YOU, SPENCER.
I THINK WE DO NOW HAVE A ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STIRRUP ON THE LINE AND SHE WAS GOING TO PROVIDE A FEW MORE REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES EARLIER.
UH, MY NAME IS ADRIAN STIRRUP AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I'M REPORTING ON BEHALF OF DIRECTOR HAYDEN TODAY.
AND JUST A FEW MORE COMMENTS TO ADD, UM, TO DR.
S SCOTT'S REMARKS, UM, COMMENTING ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH, UM, WITH RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS, ALL FOUR OF OUR PRO LODGES ARE OPERATIONAL AND AT CAPACITY.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW SPOTS RESERVED FOR, UM, HIGH RISK DISCHARGES FROM THE ISOLATION FACILITY, INTEGRAL CARE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ONSITE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AT ALL PRO LODGES, UM, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, COMMUNITY COURT, FRONT STEPS, SALVATION ARMY, AND INTEGRAL CARE ARE ALL WORKING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOCUS CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WHILE WE DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE PLANS TO ESTABLISH A PROLOGUE FIVE, WE'RE CURRENTLY WATCHING TRENDS AND HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALIZATIONS IN COMMUNITY SO WE CAN RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
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WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY CARE AND DELL MED ON FOCUS TESTING OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION, BOTH IN SHELTERS AND ENCAMPMENTS TO DATE OVER 500 TESTS HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED THROUGH FOCUSED SURVEILLANCE, TESTING OF SHELTER, RESIDENTS AND STAFF, AS WELL AS UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS WITH FEWER THAN 10 POSITIVE CASES.THE CITY HAS DEPLOYED THE MOBILE SHOWER TRAILERS WORKING, UM, WITH THE OTHER ONE FOUNDATION.
IN ADDITION TO PORTABLE TOW TOILETS, HAND WASHING STATIONS AND DEDICATED PERMANENT HYGIENE FACILITIES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE FOOD BANK AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF PREPARED MEALS AND SHELF STABLE FOOD BAGS.
EVERY WEEK I'M INCLUDED IN THE BAGS ARE FACE MASK, HYGIENE SUPPLIES, DRINKING, WATER, HEAD FOOD AS NEEDED EDUCATIONAL FLYERS, AND MOST RECENTLY CENSUS EDUCATIONAL CARDS.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UM, ON THE EAT PROGRAM, EATING APART TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THOSE MEALS FOR, UM, UNSHELTERED, HOMELESS, TURNING IT OVER TO CHILDCARE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EDD, UM, ON THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF CHILDCARE WORKERS.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE TO PROVIDE LINKS AND RESOURCES FOR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AS THEY BEGIN TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS.
UM, AND WE'VE ALSO EXTENDED THAT TO SUMMER CAMP FACILITIES.
A LOT OF CAMPS KICKED OFF LAST WEEK AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME GOOD GUIDANCE, UM, IN TERMS OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH KCI.
YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH SPONSORS A WEEKLY SHOW, UH, ENTITLED HEALTH TALK.
AND WE USE THAT PLATFORM TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE RESEARCHING, UH, OPTIONS FOR CLEAR MASKS FOR TEACHERS INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY SUPPLIES.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, IS THE UNACCOMPANIED MINOR POLICY.
UM, IT'S CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY CITY AND COUNTY LEGAL, AND THIS IS A SITUATION FOR CHILDCARE WHERE THE PARENT NEEDS TO BE HOSPITALIZED, BUT THERE IS NO, UM, FAMILY SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD.
UH, ONE GOOD PIECE OF NEWS IS THAT OUR SPANISH COVID-19 WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE AS OF YESTERDAY.
UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY METHODS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING THE LATIN X POPULATION MOST EFFECTIVELY.
UM, THE BRANCH AS A WHOLE CONTINUES TO, TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO EOC OPERATIONS, WITH RESPECT TO LANGUAGE ACCESS, UM, LANGUAGE, JUSTICE ISSUES, UM, AND EFFORTS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF PRIORITY POPULATIONS.
UM, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE THAT OUR PLANNING EFFORTS ARE, UM, DESIGNED WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF BARRIERS IN MIND SO THAT WE HAVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FOR ALL INVOLVED.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME AND I WILL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION FROM AUSTIN HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE COVID-19 UPDATE.
AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP BEFORE WE STAND READY FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE KIND OF CHANGED COMPUTERS, UH, JUST REAL QUICK.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST EXCITING TO SEE THE DASHBOARD GOING UP FOR TESTING, UM, UH, DR.
SCOTT, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE UP WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE BOTH THE, THAT, THAT GRAPH, THAT THE CHART THAT SHOWED WHERE, WHERE CASES WERE BEING FOUND AND WHERE TESTING WAS PAID MINISTRY MAYOR? I BELIEVE THE GOAL FROM THE, UH, GAS TEAM WAS, UH, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
UH, THERE'S STILL SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT ARE, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.
UH, WE ARE EXPECTING THE DATA FEEDS FROM THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE PART OF OUR TESTING COLLABORATIVE TO, UH, TO COME IN THIS WEEK TO GET, UH, GIVE US A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF, OF THE ACTUAL SITUATION GOING ON, UH, IN RELATION TO TESTING.
BY THE WAY TO THAT TEAM, UH, THE TWO DASHBOARDS ARE UP THE ONE THAT HAS THE GRAPH REGARDING THE COMMUNITY AND WATCH THE NEW ADMISSIONS.
UH, THOSE TWO, TWO DASHBOARDS THAT ARE UP ARE BOTH GOOD.
SO THANK YOU TO, TO THE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THOSE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPANISH FACING, UH, WEBSITE, UH, INTEGRATION WENT UP YESTERDAY, WHERE CAN OR CANNOT BE FOUND.
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WE KNOW WHAT THE URL IS FOR THAT.ADRIAN, I THINK THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND THAT I, I DO.
UM, IT IS THE DIRECT LINK IS HTTP COLON, UH, BACKSLASH OR A FORWARD SLASH FORWARD SLASH AUSTIN, TEXAS.COM FORWARD SLASH COVID-19 DASH S P.
AND I CAN SEND THAT OUT IN AN EMAIL.
WOULD YOU DO THAT, WOULD YOU SEND THAT OUT, MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO AFFORD THAT MOST CERTAINLY.
AND THEN LAST, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE, UH, THERE'S GOTTA BE, UM, A COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT IS, UM, UH, LATIN X CENTERED ON SATURDAY.
UM, IS THAT, UM, THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, I THINK BEGINS IS THAT BEGINNING, LIKE AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
I HAD IN MY MIND THAT IT WAS 10 TO 12, WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PLANNING MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT THE TECHNOLOGY KINKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS LATIN X CENTERED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE INTERPRETATION SUPPORTS IN PLACE, BUT I WILL FORWARD THE FLYER TO THIS GROUP AS WELL, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD DO THAT TOO, IT COULD EASILY BE SENT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A DRAFT, UM, UH, LATIN NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND APPROACH DOCUMENT, UM, THAT, UH, UH, THAT THE EQUITY, WE ALSO WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT, ADVANCE READING ON SATURDAY.
SO THEY WILL WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.
UH, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE, UH, THAT DRAFT OF THE LAND NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT IS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TODAY.
S SCOTT, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS IN CPI.
AND SO, UM, MAKING A FINAL PASS WITH CITY MANAGERS, KROC AND ACM SHORTER, AND THEN WE WILL SEND THAT OUT.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF, AGAIN, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT OUT TO ME AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN CIRCULATE THAT.
SO PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF TALK TO IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL ISSUES HERE? I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY YET, CAUSE I CAN'T GET TO THE OVERALL SCREEN.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A REMINDER OF THE WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO APPLY FOR THE FREE TESTING.
UM, I THINK THAT LINK LIVES ON THE MAIN COBIT PAGE, BUT IS THERE ANOTHER DIRECT LINK IF PEOPLE STILL NEEDED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND DO THEIR QUESTIONNAIRE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TEST? I, IT IT'S, IT'S ON THE MAIN PAGE.
I'M SURE THERE'S A DIRECT LINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FOR YOU TO SHARE.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER IF YOU GO TO THE AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV FORWARD SLASH COVID-19 THAT I THINK THE LINK LIVES THERE.
UM, AND IS THERE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW LONG IT TAKES IF YOU, UM, ARE SHOWN THAT YOU DO NEED TO GET A TEST? HOW LONG THE WAIT TIME WOULD BE TO, TO BE ABLE TO GO TO ONE OF THE TESTING SITES I CAN CHECK WITH THE TEAM? UH, IT DIDN'T NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT'S USUALLY THE NEXT DAY, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SUCH AN INCREASE, WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE THE HOURS I WAS GOING.
IT MAY BE A DAY OR TWO WAIT IN ORDER TO GET THAT TESTING, BUT, UH, I'LL CHECK IN AND SEE IF I CAN REPORT THAT BACK TO YOU.
AND THEN GENERALLY WE HAVE SITES ALL OVER THE CITY, RIGHT? I KNOW THERE WAS SOME ISSUES EARLY ON WITH MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME AVAILABILITY FOR THE TESTING SITES KIND OF CLOSER TO ALL DISTRICTS OR ALL PARTS OF TOWN.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE TESTING SITE FOR THE PUBLIC DRIVE-THROUGH AT ST.
WE HAVE ONE, UH, OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER SIDES, THIRD COMMUNITY CARE, AUSTIN, REGIONAL CLINIC, AND OTHER PARTNERS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THAT, UH, THAT DASHBOARD FOR TESTING
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IS A MAP WHERE FOLKS CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT THEY CAN GO.WE ARE EXPLORING SOME OTHER OPTIONS, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF ADDING ADDITIONAL SITES OR TARGETED TESTING, WALKUP TESTING.
AND WE DO ANTICIPATE TO, TO HAVE SOME MODIFICATIONS OF THAT TESTING STRATEGY IN THE COMING WEEKS.
ASCOT, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE NURSING HOME DASHBOARD, UM, AND, UM, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED ON, CAUSE I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR IS WORKING ON IT, BUT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE PASS THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO NURSING HEALTH ACTIONS, CARE FACILITIES, ACTUALLY WITH THE REPORTING PROCESS THAT'S DISCUSSIONS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, WELL, PUTTING FORWARD ON THE DASHBOARD, THE, UM, INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE TRACKING OF TESTING THE FOREST LINE NURSING HOMES.
AND ACTUALLY AS YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE, THE RESOLUTION WAS LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES AND PROVIDED FOR OF, UM, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AS WELL AS NURSING HOME.
SO I'M NOT EVEN, I AIN'T EVEN SEEN ANY DATA YET ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING.
SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
AND I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW, WE STILL HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THIS DASHBOARD, SO MY OPPOSITES HELP.
AND, UM, SO THAT MAY BE TWO FOUR FOR YOU TWO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH THAT I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, WITH DIRECTOR HAYDEN OR NOT SURE WHO SHE, WHO IS WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, BUT WE HAVEN'T YET SEEN ANY OF THAT INFORMATION ON THE DASHBOARD AND WE DON'T YET HAVE THE DASHBOARD, SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OFFLINE, BUT I WANT TO HAVE IT OUT.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, TO WORK WITH STAFF TO GET THAT DONE FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS.
NOW
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE TESTING PLATFORM, ENSURING THAT THE, UH, SALESFORCE PIECES OF CONTACT TRACING, UH, ARE PUT TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE THAT'S THE SAME TEAM THAT THAT WOULD BE WORKING ON, UH, THE ADDITIONAL, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE TEAM AND GET BACK TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF THIS WEEK, UH, REGARDING A TIMEFRAME FOR THAT.
AND CERTAINLY I CAN GET YOU THE DATA THAT YOU, UH, THAT YOU NEED IN THE MEANTIME.
WELL, IT'S NOT THAT THIS IS FOR, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, JUST LIKE THE OTHER DATA WE'RE PUTTING ON THE DASHBOARD, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.
UM, AND I, I HAD SENT THEM SOME THOUGHTS OR SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHICH DATA TO TRACK AND HOW TO TRACK IT.
UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S ALREADY DEAD OR YOU'RE TRACKING.
SO IT MAY BE WHOEVER'S WORKING ON THE DASH SELF, PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU OFFLINE AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES AND FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THESE FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS DATA.
SO, UM, AND, AND W YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE DID SEND YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT DO IT.
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS SUGGESTIONS, UM, AND IT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED.
SO, UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST A CONFIRMATION ON, UM, E UH, I HEARD THAT, UM, THERE WERE SPOTS RESERVED, UH, UH, LARGEST FOR PEOPLE DISCHARGED FROM THE ISO FAC FACILITY.
AND I WANTED TO SAY, UM, TO SAY, THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE TO ADDRESS DISCHARGES FROM THE ISO FAC FACILITY.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST IN LINE WITH, UM, THE GOAL, UH, FOR COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY THE STAFF, THE STAFF HAS DR.
HAYNE HAS STATED MANY TIMES IS THAT THAT GOAL IS THAT PEOPLE, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT DISCHARGED TO THE STREET FROM THE ISO FACT THAT I STILL STANDS FOR ISOLATION FACILITY AND NOT DISCHARGED BACK TO THE STREET FROM THE PROLOGIS.
SO, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND, AND RECOGNIZE PUBLICLY THAT, UM, AN ISSUE THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED RELATED TO DISCHARGE FROM THE ICE EFFECT FACILITIES, HE NEEDS TO BE ASKED HERE.
AND SO ON TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, CONFIRM THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT,
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UH, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT DISCHARGED BACK TO THE STREET FROM THE ISO FAC FACILITY OR FROM THE PROLOGUE.I THINK THAT WAS ADRIAN THAT THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
AGAIN, REMINDER, WE'LL GO ASCOT, UH, AT ALL HERE, UH, THIS MORNING, CAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, UH, AT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.
UM, AGAIN, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY, SO SOMEBODY ELSE WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS.
THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER TOHO UM, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.
I'VE HEARD SOME INFORMATION USE IF I MISSED IT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME THERE? YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU'D GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.
I WONDERED IF WE COULD GET SOME MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXITED THE PRO LODGES AND WHETHER, AND HOW MANY HAVE EXITED AND WHERE THEY HAVE EXITED TO, ARE THEY IN PERMANENT HOUSING NOW? WHAT KINDS OF NUMBERS, UM, MIGHT YOU HAVE AT THIS STAGE? I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO STAFF AND GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR STIRRUP, DID YOU PROVIDE US WITH, UM, A NUMBER OF HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING SERVED THROUGH THE PROGRAM? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT NUMBER.
I DO NOT HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER, SIR, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, BUT I KNOW THE CONTRACT IS FOR A THOUSAND MEALS PER WEEK, SO THAT WAS THE NUMBER I WAS, I WAS LOOKING FOR.
UM, AND ARE YOU FINDING THAT THE CAPACITY IS MATCHING THE DEMAND OR WHAT KIND OF DEMAND ARE YOU HAVING VERSUS THE NUMBER OF MEALS THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO SERVE? UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
ONE OF THE DECISION POINTS, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK, NOW THAT AGENCIES ARE OPENING BACK UP, UM, GETTING A SENSE OF THOSE OTHER AGENCIES LIKE CARITAS AND FOLKS THAT PROVIDED MEALS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, HOW THEY IMAGINE THEIR OPERATIONS TO BE, AND THEN WE WOULD ADJUST ACCORDINGLY, BUT, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON EXTENDING.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT THE NEED WILL BE GOING FORWARD.
AS THINGS GET BACK TO BUSINESS.
WHAT WAS THE CONTEMPLATED END DATE FOR THE EAT PROGRAM? UM, JUNE 12TH COURSE, THE DAY, BUT, UH, I'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH EDWIN AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO EXTEND BEYOND THAT TIME.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CAPACITY? WELL, I GUESS YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS OF CAPACITY FOR ALL FOOD ASSISTANCE IN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK.
UM, AND DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE DEL VALLEY CAREGIVER MEALS? I DO NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT IS WORKING ON THAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICE CABINET AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION MORE BROADLY WITH THE FULL COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION, RIGHT? UM, ACTUALLY ONE FOR DR.
S SCOTT, YOU REFERRED TO THE WALKING, THE WALK IN TEST SITES.
UM, WHAT IS THE TIME I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON GETTING ONE UP, BUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A VEHICLE, WHAT IS THEIR, WHAT, WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY CURRENTLY HAVE FOR GETTING TESTING? SO, YEAH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE, THE, THE WALKUP TESTING SITES.
UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT OF A PRIVATE VENDOR THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE, THE TEXT DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WHO'S OFFERED TO SUPPORT WALKUP TESTING.
UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, TEST SITES AVAILABLE THROUGH COMMUNITY CARE AND IN PRIVATE PARTNERS, INCLUDING A CVS LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN WHERE, UH, WHERE FOLKS CAN GET TESTED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO GO ARE STILL CHALLENGED THAT RIGHT NOW, BY REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO, WHO LACK THE ABILITY TO, UH, TO GET TO SITES TO DO THAT.
UH, SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TO HOPEFULLY GET A, A BETTER TIMELINE ON THAT BY THURSDAY TO, UH, TO SHARE IT WITH YOU IN COUNCIL.
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NFL MERITS DAHLIA.I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT THOSE WALKUP CLINICS ARE THE COMMUNITY CARE.
UM, DO WE, WE SH WISH YOUR INFORMATION ON OUR COBIT SITE.
IS THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT.
DO WE HAVE FOR THE WALK-UP YOU SAID THAT COMMUNITY CARE DOES HAVE WALKUP SITES.
DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE TO DIRECT TO THOSE, TO COMMUNITY CARE? I'LL, I'LL PASS THIS TO, UH, ADRIAN AND I, I BELIEVE THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, LINKS TO COMMUNITY CARES SERVICES ON OUR MAIN COVID-19 WEBSITE.
UNDER THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TAB.
UM, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY CARES, UH, SITES THAT OFFER TESTING AND ARE THOSE, UM, FREE OR SLIDING SCALE, WHICH CAN MEAN FREE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT.
YOU KNOW, THEIR TESTING IS FREE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROVIDERS AROUND TOWN THAT, THAT MAY HAVE, UH, SOME CHARGE TO IT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING FOR FOLKS WITH INSURANCE, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, INCLUDING CMS ARE COVERING WITH NO DEDUCTIBLE.
UM, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE AS WELL, BUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND COUNTY, UH, TESTING OPTIONS ARE ALL FREE AT THIS STAGE.
AND, UM, SO THEY DO SO COMMUNITY CARE DOES HAVE WALK-UP SITES.
AND WE HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WALK-UP VERSUS DRIVE UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SITES AND I THINK THERE'S SOME VARIABILITY.
UH, SO MY ADVICE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS TO GO THAT LINK AND, UH, AND COMMUNICATE WITH, WITH COMMUNITY CARE REGARDING THE DIFFERENT SERVICES AT DIFFERENT SITES.
UM, AND IS THAT FOR ADRIAN, IS THAT INFORMATION AS WELL ON THE BILINGUAL SITE WALKUP SITES THAT COMMUNITY CARE OFFERS? I DO NOT KNOW, BUT I WILL CHECK.
AND IF IT IS NOT, I WILL WORK WITH THE
WHAT ELSE HERE? I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
UH, A BIT OF A DATA REQUEST, UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT FROM YOUR LAST SLIDE, DR.
SCOTT, YOU SHOWED ZIP CODES AND THEY BECAME, UM, PARKER AND SHADING AS THEY HAD MORE CASES.
AND THEN YOU HAD, UH, CIRCLES THAT SHOWED, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TESTING IN EACH EYE, I ASSUME.
AND TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT THE RATIO, UH, IF, IF A ZIP CODE IS DARKER AND SHAPE, BUT IT HAS A SMALLER AND SMALLER CIRCLE THAT THAT MIGHT SHOW SOMETHING CONCERNING WHERE WE AREN'T DOING AS MUCH TESTING BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF POSITIVITY WE'RE GETTING.
UM, I WONDER IF Y'ALL COULD SEND TO US OR GIVE US THE ACTUAL RAW NUMBERS AND SHOW US IF IT, IF IT IS ACTUALLY USEFUL TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT I'M INTERESTED ALSO IN YOUR INPUT FOR US TO KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO KNOW WHERE OUR RATIO IS OFF AND WHERE WE AREN'T GETTING AS MUCH TESTING, BUT ARE SEEING A LOT OF CASES ON, UH, AND COMPARE IT TO COMPARING THOSE NUMBERS.
IS THAT A USEFUL NUMBER FOR US TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO TRACK WHERE WE MAY NOT BE DOING ENOUGH TESTING, IT IS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT IT'S LET ME CLARIFY THAT THEY, IF IT'S LIGHTER SHADE, BUT A LARGER CIRCLE, THAT MEANS THERE'S MORE CASES WITH LESS TESTING.
SO THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UH, AND THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A CONCENTRATION OF THAT IN, IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.
UH, THE, TO THAT IS, THIS IS ONLY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVE THROUGH TESTING.
THAT'S SHOWING UP RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE TESTING.
THERE'S MORE THAN 10 TIMES THE NUMBER OF TESTS THAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH ARE BEING DONE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO WHEN WE ONLY HAVE A SMALL PIECE OF THE INFORMATION AT THIS STAGE, UH, ONCE WE GET COMMUNITY CARES, DATA IN AND OTHER BIG PLAYERS, THE BIGGEST PLAYER SO FAR HAS BEEN ALSO REGIONAL CLINIC.
ONCE WE CAN GET THEIR DATA, UH, POPULATE IN THAT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE REALLY HAVE
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GAPS AND WHERE TO FILL THOSE GAPS.AND SO, SO LARGER CIRCLE, LIGHTER SHADE IS MORE OF SOMEWHERE WHERE WE RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO DO WORK.
YES, ESSENTIALLY ONCE WE GET THE OTHER DATA, ONCE WE GET THE OTHER DATA, THEN IT MAY BECOME MUCH MORE USEFUL.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPS ORIENT THE COMMUNITY AND THE US RIGHT NOW, WE HEAR ANECDOTALLY FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE FINDING TESTING, OR YOU MIGHT LOOK AT A MAP AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TESTING SITES, BUT TO HAVE THAT REALLY, REALLY HARD NUMBERS OF WHERE ARE WE SEEING CASES AND LESS TESTING, I THINK THAT WILL HELP ORIENT OUR EFFORTS.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHOSE DISTRICT OR WHO'S CORNER OF THE CITY THAT IS, YOU CAN SEE THE DATA AND MAKE SURE WE DIRECT RESOURCES THERE.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT ALSO.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE WAY THAT STATUS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED IS THAT THE RISK OF GETTING INFECTED IS HIGHER IN THE AREAS WITH THE, WITH THE BIGGER CIRCLE, BECAUSE WHAT SOME FOLKS WANT TO DO IS THEY WANT TO SAY, OH, I SHOULDN'T GO TO THAT PART OF TOWN BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOT OF CASES THAT'S CLOSE.
THAT'S NOTHING ABOUT WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE INFECTED.
IT ONLY TELLS US WHERE THEY LIVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DETERMINE WHAT PARTS OF TOWN ARE SAFE VERSUS NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS DATA IS SHOWING.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT REALLY WHAT IT SHOWS IS THE SEGREGATION OF OUR OWN CITY, UM, THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY SO CLEARLY WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT HIGHER RISK LIVE IN PARTICULAR PLACES.
UM, BUT GIVEN THAT WE SHOULD USE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I KNOW Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON AND I'M INTERESTED IN WHEN WE THINK WE CAN GET BETTER INFORMATION IS AMONGST THOSE HOSPITALIZED, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE COMING FROM, UM, SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE I'M GLAD WE PUT ON THE SPANISH SPEAKING SITE, BUT HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW THAT THAT IS PART OF THE CORE OF THE ISSUE OR HOW MUCH OF IT IS COMING FROM CONSTRUCTION IN PARTICULAR, THOSE, DO WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THAT KIND OF INFORMATION? UH, SO COUNCIL, WE'RE WORKING ON ADDING THE, UH, PREFERRED LANGUAGE PIECE TO THE CASE INVESTIGATION FORM SO THAT WE CAN TRACK BETTER, UH, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S USING A SPANISH VERSUS OTHER LANGUAGES AS THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
NOW, THE TEAM IS ALSO WORKING ON, UH, HELPING TO DETERMINE, UH, COMMUNITY SPREAD VERSUS ALISON SPREAD SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE SOME BETTER DATA TO DETERMINE WHERE THE, WHERE THE, UH, IT DOES SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING AN INDEX CASE WITHIN A HOUSEHOLD, AND THEN IT'S SPREADING EASILY TO, UH, TO FAMILY MEMBERS WITHIN THAT HOUSEHOLD.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO KNOW THAT AS, AS THE SIZE OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROWS, SO THE PERCENTAGE IN POVERTY AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 25, 27% OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE SEVEN OR MORE PEOPLE ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.
AND THERE'S CERTAINLY A CORRELATION BASED ON AN INCREASING SIZE OF HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US, AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO, IF THEY DO GET SICK, TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES, TO USE THAT ISOLATION FACILITY.
SO WE CAN BREAK THAT CYCLE OF THAT HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION.
ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES, SOMEONE ELSE WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
I WANT TO JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY DOING A LOT OF REALLY DIFFICULT WORK, REALLY FAST AND 24 SEVEN.
SO, UH, WE, THE, THE QUESTIONS WE ASK ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BETTER AND TO MAKE THINGS PUBLIC, UH, BUT WE ALL RECOGNIZE HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF AND ALSO ASK HIM IF HE CAN PLEASE BE SENT THE LINES SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THEM WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SENT THE SLIDES.
IF YOU COULD SEND OUT ALL THREE SLIDES TO ALL THREE PRESENTATIONS TO THAT, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ON THEN TO THE NEXT, UH, BRIEFING THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS THE BRIEFING ON REDISTRICTING.
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IF YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THIS[Item B2]
IS A BRIEFING THAT WILL BE DONE BY OUR CITY AUDITOR, COREY STOKES AND HER STAFF.AND SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. STOKES.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
UM, SO TODAY I'M HERE, I'M COREY STOKES.
AND I AM HERE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR, UM, REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES MY OFFICE HAS FOR 2020.
SO I KNOW, UM, YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND MANY FOLKS WITHIN THE CITY, UM, KNOW WHAT REDISTRICTING IS, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC REDISTRICTING, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A VOTER DESIGN PROCESS WHERE WE REDRAW COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UM, COUNCIL, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES BASED ON NEW CENSUS DATA.
SO THAT'S THE CENSUS DATA THAT'S BEING COLLECTED NOW AND AVAILABLE IN EARLY 20, 21, THESE BOUNDARIES SHAPE HOW RESIDENTS ARE REPRESENTED, UM, FOR THE NEXT DECADE, BECAUSE THIS ONLY HAPPENS ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS.
UM, WE, WE DID FIRST DO THIS WHEN THE CHARTER WAS CHANGED BY VOTERS AND 2012 TO MOVE TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.
AND WE'RE STARTING IT AGAIN NOW, UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT THERE WILL BE A REDISTRICTING PROCESS IN 2021 THAT AFFECTS 2022 ELECTIONS.
SO MY OFFICE IS JOB, UH, AS, AS LAID OUT IN THE CHARTER IS TO INITIATE AND WIDELY PUBLICIZE A PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS FOR TWO BODIES.
SO THE FIRST BODY IS THE APPLICANT REVIEW PANEL.
THIS PANEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING SELECT COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE GUYS IN A MINUTE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE INDEPENDENT CITIZEN REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.
THIS IS THE COMMISSION THAT, UM, DRAWS THE BOUNDARIES OF AUSTIN COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, IN BOTH OF THESE, THERE ARE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS.
SO FOR THE PANEL, UM, YOU HAVE TO BE A CPA OR A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME AUDIT EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS THERE.
UM, THE PANEL IS THREE MEMBERS AND THEN FOR THE COMMISSION ITSELF, UM, THERE ARE ACTUALLY MANY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, VOTING HISTORY IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, AS WELL AS THERE ARE SEVERAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS TO ENSURE INDEPENDENT, UM, RESIDENCY, UM, THE, YOU CAN'T HAVE BEEN A CITY EMPLOYEE FOR I THINK, THREE YEARS.
SO THERE ARE VARIOUS THINGS, UM, DESIGNED TO, UM, HELP ENSURE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THAT COMMISSION AT IT.
YOU AND ANYONE CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT THIS AND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF THAT IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION IT'S AUSTIN, OR IT'S SORRY, IT'S REDISTRICT ATX.ORG.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S, THERE'S A PANEL, THE THREE CPA IS, UH, WITH AUDIT EXPERIENCE, DO THE INITIAL WORK.
THEY TAKE HOWEVER MANY APPLICANTS WE HAVE, UH, AND THEY NARROW IT DOWN TO THE 60 MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS USING VARIOUS CRITERIA FROM THOSE 60.
MY OFFICE RANDOMLY SELECTS EIGHT, AND THOSE ARE THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT CITIZEN, REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.
THOSE EIGHT THEN SELECT THE REMAINING SIX MEMBERS TO CREATE A DIVERSE 14 MEMBER COMMITTEE COMMISSION, AND THEN THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, START THEIR WORK, UH, REVIEWING CENSUS DATA AND DRAWING COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO, UM, SOME KEY DATES HERE, UH, THE APPLICATIONS OR THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE PANEL ARE OPEN NOW, THEY OPENED LAST WEEK AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY GOTTEN QUITE A FEW.
I THINK AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAD 40, UM, COMMISSION APPLICATIONS AND 42 COMMISSION APPLICATIONS, A NINE PANEL.
I THINK THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY GONE UP BY TODAY.
UM, THEN, UH, THE, THOSE, THAT APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN AND OUR MAJOR OUTRAGEOUS HAPPENING BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 1ST IS WHEN WE, UM, CLOSE THE, THE PANEL APPLICATIONS IN SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEN IT ON OCTOBER 1ST AND, AND ALMOST ALL OF THESE DATES ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT, UM, IN THE CHARTER.
UH, BUT ON OCTOBER 1ST, WE DO THE RANDOM SELECTION FOR THE PANEL.
THE PANEL DOES THEIR WORK, UH, THROUGH JANUARY.
AND THEN, UM, ONE THING TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS GROUP, UM, IN THE CHARTER, THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO STRIKE ONE OF THE 60, UM, ONE OF THE QUALITY, ONE OF THE APPLICANTS IN THE QUALIFIED POOL.
SO FROM THE 68, UM, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN STRIKE ONE LAST TIME AROUND NOBODY EXERCISED THE STRIKE.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE AWARE THAT THAT PROVISION, AND THEN, UH, WE RANDOMLY CHOOSE FROM THE REMAINING APPLICANTS,
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WHETHER THAT'S 60 OR 49 OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN, UH, WE SELECT EIGHT COMMISSIONERS.UH, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, UM, THEY CHOOSE SIX MORE AND THEN THEY GO FORTH AND DO THEIR WORK, UM, TO BASICALLY BE, HAVE EVERYTHING IN LINE FOR AN ELECTION IN 2022.
NEXT LINE, PLEASE KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE MY OWN SLIDES.
UM, SO, SO THE, UM, A BIG CHANGE IN POTENTIAL APPLICANTS BETWEEN THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WORK AND NOW, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE KNOW AUSTIN IS GROWING VERY FAST, BUT ALSO THIS POPULATION HAS INCREASED PROBABLY AROUND 15%, UH, DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, THE REASON WHY THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAS INCREASED SO DRASTICALLY, I THINK IT'S 345%, UM, SOMETHING ALONG THAT IS BECAUSE THE, UM, THE SWITCH FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER LOCAL ELECTIONS.
SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT YOU HAVE VOTED IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE LOCAL ELECTIONS WHEN THOSE ELECTIONS SWITCHED FROM MAY TO, UM, NOVEMBER THE VOTER TURNOUT INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS.
SO GIVEN THE INCREASE IN POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, UM, WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH.
WE'VE ALSO ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH, BOTH BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE INCREASE IN POSSIBLE APPLICANTS, BUT ALSO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC HAS REALLY CHANGED OUR PLANNED APPROACH AND OUTREACH.
UM, WE HAVE TO MEET THE TIMELINES AND THE CHARTER RELATED TO THE COMMISSION.
AND, UM, SO WE'VE REALLY SHIFTED OUR FOCUS.
AT FIRST, WE WERE KIND OF PUSHING BACK OUR PLANS, UM, TO, TO MAYBE HAVE IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT LATER.
AND THEN WE REALIZED, UM, IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE SHIFTED OUR FOCUS TO MORE VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT AND WE'RE ALSO PHYSICAL OUTREACH, BUT THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE IN PERSON MEETINGS.
SO THOSE INCLUDES BILLBOARDS, UM, TV AND RADIO AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
UM, THE LIBRARY HAS ACTUALLY AGREED TO PASS OUT, UM, INFORMATION FOR US, UH, AT THEIR, UM, I FORGOT WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT WHERE YOU CAN USE YOUR DRIVE UP LIBRARY BOOK GETTING, UM, AND, UH, THERE, SO THERE'S BASICALLY, UH, WE, WE WERE DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE STILL HOPE TO REACH A WIDE AND DIVERSE POOL OF CANDIDATES.
AND I'M HOPING THAT BY NOW SOME FOLKS HAVE SEEN OR HEARD SOME OF OUR ADVERTISING, IT WENT LIVE ON JUNE 1ST.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT NEXT LINE, PLEASE.
OUR, OUR NEXT BIG ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY IS A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL.
WE'LL BE HAVING THAT ON JUNE 18TH AT 6:00 PM.
THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, LEARN ABOUT REDISTRICTING ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
WE ALSO WILL BE REACHING OUT TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITY GROUPS OR SPECIFICALLY TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OFFERING TO MEET WITH THEM VIRTUALLY, UM, IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, NEXT SLIDE.
SO EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REDISTRICTING IS ON OUR WEBSITE, EVERY DISTRICT ATX.ORG.
UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UM, TO GET US TO THIS WEBSITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, WE'VE BEEN ALSO INTERACTING WITH, WITH THE PANELISTS AND COMMISSIONERS WHO, WHO SERVED, I GUESS THEY'RE, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY CURRENT.
UM, BUT, BUT WHO SERVED ON THE PRIOR COMMISSION AND, UM, AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN US COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
SO, UM, ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE OUTREACH, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WE ARE TRANSLATING ALL REDISTRICTING INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS INTO MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
WE HAVE SPANISH, CHINESE VIETNAMESE.
UM, WE'LL DO OTHER LANGUAGES BY REQUEST, AND IT'S NOT JUST, UM, THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY APPLY IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
UM, SO THAT IS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GOT TO THE LAST SLIDE.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, MAYOR.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY QUESTION.
UH, LET ME SWITCH MY SCREEN SO I CAN SEE EVERYONE, UM, THE HEAT MAP THAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT, IS IT IT'S, I UNDERSTAND IT'S SAME, THE CONSTANT CONCENTRATION OF ELIGIBLE.
IT SAYS ELIGIBLE VOTERS, BUT DO YOU MEAN, LIKE, DO YOU MEAN ELIGIBLE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMISSION? YES.
IT SAYS VOTERS BECAUSE ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE VOTED IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE ALEXA.
AND SO THIS IS THE DATA ON THOSE, HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE ELECTIONS?
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AND IT JUST SHOWS THE CONCENTRATION, BUT STILL, IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOTED IN THE LAST THREE ELECTIONS.SO EVEN, EVEN IN THE YELLOW AREAS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THE I'M SORRY, WHO HAD VOTED IN THE LAST THREE ELECTIONS? ABSOLUTELY.
JUST WANTING MORE OF THE CONCENTRATIONS AND THEN IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UM, MMM, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS AS FAR AS JUST SO, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE POINTING THIS OUT IN THE OUTREACH.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE POWERPOINT, BUT LIKE I, ONE OF THEM WAS, IF YOU SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION, YOU CANNOT LIKE RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
LIKE WHAT, ONE QUESTION I OFTEN GET ASKED OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON COUNCIL IS, YOU KNOW, I ADVISE THEM SORT OF ON A COMMISSION, BUT THIS IS ONE WHERE IF YOU SERVE ON THIS, YOU CANNOT RUN FOR COUNCIL FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THAT TIME PERIOD IS? YOU HAVE IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF YOU SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND YOU CAN'T SERVE ON COUNCIL FOR 10 YEARS, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS, UM, THE, UM, THE, MOST OF THE THINGS ARE RESTRICTIONS, UM, OR LIKE WHEN YOU APPLY, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE, THAT'S AN, A RESTRICTION AFTER YOU SERVE.
UM, AND, UH, THERE IS, WE HAVE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT ON THE WEBSITE THAT ANSWERS A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS MIGHT BE.
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AWESOME THROUGH FOR THE PANEL.
I WAS JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES, ESPECIALLY THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MORE INTERESTED IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE A LIMITATION TO THEIR RUNNING FOR COUNCIL IF THEY, UM, IF THEY COMMISSION.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UM, IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I, I, I THINK THAT THE, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT REDISTRICT IS IS GREAT, BUT THE HISTORY OF THIS MOVEMENT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT BECAUSE WHAT I OFTEN TALK ABOUT, LIKE, I'M TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT A LITTLE, MY LITTLE BABY HERE, BUT IT'S NOT MY BABY, BUT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY, WHEN I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT HOW WE WERE AT LARGE COUNCIL FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND HOW REALLY PRO IN MANY WAYS PROHIBITED, BUT, UM, MADE IT VERY HARD FOR MINORITIES TO BE ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT HISTORY THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW OF AND HOW IT, HOW IT WAS UP FOR REELECTION FOR ELECTION SIX TIMES AND FAILED SIX TIMES.
AND IT TOOK US THE SEVENTH ATTEMPT TO PASS GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK THAT JUST BE AN IMPORTANT LITTLE HISTORY LESSON FOR FOLKS TO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ADDING SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AND KIND OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND THAT'S THANK YOU FOR ME, OR DO YOU WANT, OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION? YES.
COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR AND SAYA HAVE A SHARE PRINTER WITH MY REST OF MY HOUSE HERE.
THANK YOU, MS. STOKES, UM, FOR THAT OVERVIEW, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO HOW THE CENSUS TIMING IS GOING TO OVERLAP WITH THE TIMING FOR REDISTRICTING AND HOW WE ARE ADAPTING AND WHAT LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT IF THERE ARE ANY LIMITS? SO THAT CERTAINLY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO IF THE CENSUS IS DELAYED, DO WE DELAY REDISTRICTING EFFORTS, UM, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT APARTMENT AND CERTAINLY OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WE, IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH A LOT DEPARTMENT, BASICALLY WE SHOULD STILL STICK TO THE CHARTER MANDATED PROCESS.
IT COULD MEAN THAT THE COMMISSION HAS A DELAY OR THE COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE DATA THEY NEED ONCE THEY'RE FORMED.
SO IT COULD PUSH BACK THE PROCESS FOR THE INDEPENDENCE AND THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.
UM, IT, IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY, OR IT DOES NOT CHANGE, UM, OUR TIMELINES FOR RECRUITING THAT, THAT GROUP.
SO, SO THE CHARTER DETERMINES THE RECRUITING TIMELINE, NOT THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED.
SO WE HAVE, I MEAN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR THEM TO HAVE THE DATA WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THEIR FINAL DECISIONS.
AND SO THERE COULD BE, I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME TIME WHERE THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY DOING THEIR WORK WITH THE CENSUS DATA, IF, IF CENSUS DATA IS DELAYED.
BUT PRESUMABLY THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF WORK TO, TO LOOK AT.
UM, PAST HISTORY IS AS MAYOR PRO TEMP MENTIONED OF THE SYSTEM AND THE INTENTIONS AND THE WORK OF THE PRIOR COMMISSION THAT WOULD COME PROBABLY BEFORE YOU WOULD GET TOO DEEP INTO THE CURRENT DATA.
ANYWAY, IS THAT CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S ALSO THE TIME TO SELECT THE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS SELECT THE ADDITIONAL SIX.
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THAT THERE'LL BE TIME FOR THAT AS WELL.AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST DAYLIGHT THE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO, UM, ACCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE AUDIT PLAN, UM, DUE TO THE EXTRA WORK WITH THIS, AS WELL AS COVID, UM, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, WE DISCUSSED THE SONATA AND FINANCE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO, TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
SO, SO REDISTRICT HAS TAKEN UP A HUGE, HUGE PIECE OF MY STAFF TIME.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, PROBABLY I WOULD SAY HALF OF OUR STAFF WORKING ON THIS, UM, NOT, NOT EXCLUSIVELY.
UM, BUT, AND THEN IN ADDITION, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME VACANT OR WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME VACANCIES, UM, AND SO THAT THAT'S IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO COMPLETE WORK.
UM, SO WE'VE RECOMMENDED TAKING A COUPLE OF THINGS OFF OF OUR AUDIT PLAN.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED A RISK ASSESSMENT, BASICALLY A WAY FOR US TO, UM, BE COGNIZANT AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE CAN IDENTIFY PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE, NOT NECESSARILY TO GET IN THE WAY RIGHT THAT SECOND, UM, BUT A WAY FOR US TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE MORE RELEVANT THAN SOME OF THE WORK WE HAD PLANNED.
UM, THE EXAMPLE I USE IS, IS ONE OF THE AUDITS WE TOOK OFF THE PLAN RELATES TO PARKING MANAGEMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING MANAGEMENT LOOKS REALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT DID WHEN THAT WAS A HIGH RISK THAT WE PUT ON OUR PLAN DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T COME BACK AS A HIGH RISK.
UM, BUT, BUT FOR NOW, UM, THAT'S THE KIND OF SHIFTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS WORK, UM, ON REDISTRICTING AS WELL AS TO, TO COMPLETE THE REST OF THE WORK ON OUR SLATE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PRESENTATION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COREY.
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LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.SO THE LAST BRIEFING WE HAVE, IT'S ON THE STREET IMPACT FEE POLICY MANAGER.
I'LL ALLOW SHIFT TO OUR THIRD BRIEFING ON THE STREET IMPACT FEE POLICY.
UH, AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR PROPS, FILLER AND DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR SPELLER, IF YOU WOULD TAKE IT AWAY.
MARIN COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE REPORTING BACK TO YOU ON A POLICY PROPOSAL RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
THIS MORNING, WE RECENTLY PRESENTED THIS MATERIAL TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, BUT WE KNOW THAT, UH, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN THIS POLICY RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A SIMILAR BRIEFING TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TODAY.
UH, ATD SAWSON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SLEEPS STAFFORD LAND MILLER WILL BE PRESENTING I AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, UH, COLE KITTEN AND ERIC FROLICK ARE AVAILABLE AND LISTENING, UH, TO SUPPORT ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, THIS WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE THE LAST TIME, UH, THAT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO, UM, UH, REVIEW THIS POLICY OR THINK ABOUT THIS POLICY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION POSSIBLE TODAY, UH, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, GET INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS OVER THE NEXT MONTH.
YOU'LL BE ASKED AT THIS NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO SET A POLICY, A HEARING, A PUBLIC HEARING, AND LEANNA, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, FOR JULY.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LEANNE AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING US.
I WORK WITH, UH, THE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN OUR PLANNING GROUP.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THE STREET IMPACT YOU THIS MORNING.
UM, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT ATD, WE ALSO HAVE JUST, WHAT IF THEY'RE ON WHO'S THE CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT TO HELP ME ANSWER, UM, QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE, UM, I WILL BE GIVING YOU A BRIEFING THIS MORNING ON THE RESULTS OF THE IMPACT STUDY, WHICH WE COMPLETED THIS SPRING AND THE DRAFT POLICY RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEEN MADE BY, UM, OUR IMPACT, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE SEEN MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION AS ROB MENTIONED AT THE APRIL 30TH MEETING, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN THIS ITEM, UH, AT THE FULL COUNCIL SINCE, UH, LAST AUGUST, WHEN YOU ALL TOOK THE ACTION TO APPROVE THE STUDY ASSUMPTION.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, WITH PERSPECTIVE YOUR TIME, I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THE KEY POINTS, BUT, UM, HOPE THAT THESE SLIDES WILL SERVE AS A REFERENCE FOR MORE DETAIL.
AND I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR OFFICES OVER THE SUMMER, AS ROB MENTIONED, UM, IN ONE, ON ONE MEETINGS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T GET TO TODAY, WE ARE HOPING TO, UM, RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEW APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSPORTATION,
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UH, MITIGATION IS AN EQUITABLE POLICY AND MEETS, UH, OTHER CITY'S GOALS.THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE, AS WELL AS PRIOR ACTION ITEMS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, I'M GOING TO COVER HOW WE COMPLETED THE STUDY AND CALCULATED THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE, UH, DISCUSS THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION AND REVENUE PROJECTIONS BASED ON THAT RECOMMENDATION, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE MET WITH MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THEN, UH, COVERED THE NEXT STEP IN BRINGING THIS, UH, ITEM AS AN ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST STEPPING BACK QUICKLY.
WHAT ARE THREE IMPACT FEES? UM, AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL IMPACT FEES ARE A ONE TIME FEE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT THE STUDY IS DOING IS CALCULATING THE COST OF GROWTH FOR THAT STREET INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE AUTHORIZED AND GOVERNED BY CHAPTER THREE 95 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES, UM, AND HAS HAD A PROGRAM SINCE THE 19 AND THE CHAPTER FOR 95 REQUIRES A STUDY TO DETERMINE WHAT PD CAN BE ASSESSED.
SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, THIS GRAPHIC YOU'VE SEEN MANY TIMES IS THE SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, TEXAS LAW, AS I MENTIONED, IS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW IMPACT THESE CAN BE OPPOSED COMPOSED.
SO WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED STUDY.
UM, HAD THE, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SERVED THAT ROLE THAT, UH, HAS BEEN ADVISING THE WATER UTILITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THEIR PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MET ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND FROM STATE LAW, WE'VE NOW COMPLETED THAT REQUIRED STUDY AND OR IN THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PHASE, THE STUDY, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING BACK LAST SUMMER INCLUDED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS OR GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND SERVICE AREAS, THESE WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK IN THE FALL OF 2017, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, WHICH WERE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN.
YOU USE WORDS DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE, UM, THE ASM P PROCESS AS A WAY TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROJECTS TO BE INCLUDED.
AND SO THE LIST WAS CALLED DOWN BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.
AND THEN IN COUNCIL AND, UH, AUGUST, 2019, WE BROUGHT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THEN MOVED INTO THE THIRD PHASE OF THE STUDY, WHICH IS TO DEVELOP, UM, TO CALCULATE THE MAXIMUM FEE AND THEN DEVELOP THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE'VE HAD THE MOST INTEREST FROM STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH I THINK WE EXPECTED.
IT'S REALLY WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IS BEING USED TO SHAPE THE POLICY.
THIS, UM, SLIDE SHOWS PRIOR MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MOST RECENTLY THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVED THE STUDY REPORT, UM, DETERMINING THAT IT WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND MADE THEIR POLICY RECOMMENDATION, UM, IN THE SPRING.
AND THAT INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED MOST RECENTLY AT THE, UH, MOBILITY COMMITTEE IN APRIL.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE APPROVED STUDY ASSUMPTIONS QUICKLY RECAPPING WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN AUGUST, 2019 THAT INCLUDED THE SERVICE AREAS IN WHICH FEES ARE GENERATED AND USED WITHIN THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS OR GROWTH PROJECTIONS OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD AND THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, NEW ROADWAY, CONNECTIONS, EXPANSIONS OF EXISTING ROADWAYS ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, WHICH REALLY SERVE ON SAFETY AND MOBILITY AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER THOSE ARE, UM, SIGNALIZATION OR GEOMETRIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT INTERSECTION, UM, ONE NOTE ON, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, IS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS POLICY ALIGNS WITH OUR CURRENT MOOD SHARE GOALS ESTABLISHED IN THE ASN P TO COME A 50 50 MODE SHARE CITY WHERE 50% OF AUSTIN COMMUTERS ARE DOING SO BY A MODE OTHER THAN DRIVING ALONE.
SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WALL STATE LAW RESTRICTS FOR THE IMPACT FEES TO BE USED FOR VEHICLE CAPACITY PROJECTS.
IT DOES ALLOW FOR THE NECESSARY APPURTENANCES OF THE STREET TO BE PART OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE STREET CROSS SECTION, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALK, THE STREET TREE, THE BICYCLE FACILITY, AND EVEN THE PAVEMENT NECESSARY TO MAKE THE STREET READY FOR HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT.
YOU JUST PUT THAT IN THE, IN THE TRANSIT PLAN.
SO WE'VE INCLUDED ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS WITHIN THESE PROJECTS.
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UH, VEHICLE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO MAKE THESE MULTI-MODAL IMPROVEMENTS AND WE ARE UPDATING OUR TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL RIGHT NOW TO, UM, TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES IN STREET, UH, STANDARDS.THE, UM, IN CALCULATING THE IMPACT FEE, UM, WE WORKED WITH THOSE STUDY ASSUMPTIONS AND, UM, IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE FORMULA TO CALCULATE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE PER SERVICING IT, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS A DOLLAR PER VEHICLE MILE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FORMULA IN THE YELLOW BOX, THE MAXIMUM FEE IS A FUNCTION OF THE COST OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN DIVIDED BY THE NEW NEW SERVICE UNITS, A DEMAND, UM, IN VEHICLE MILES.
SO THE FORMULA IS DONE FOR EVERY SERVICE AREA.
YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE, UM, IN EACH SERVICE AREA, UH, WHAT MAKES THIS CALCULATION A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED IS THAT WE REMOVED THE COSTS THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO GROWTH BEYOND 10 YEARS, WE DON'T INCLUDE, AND THEN WE CAN'T PAY FOR THE PAST DEFICIENCIES IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND THE EXISTING DEMAND.
SO THAT GRAPHIC IN THE CENTER IS NOT, UH, SCALE, BUT THE RECOVERABLE COSTS OF THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN IS THAT AMOUNT THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR PRIOR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE COUNTING, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY COMMITTED.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, CONDUCTED THE STATE ALOUD CREDIT CALCULATION, UM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO, UH, GO TO THE MAXIMUM, IF WE DON'T CONNECT THAT CREDIT CALCULATION, WE NEED TO TAKE THE MAXIMUM CALCULATED BY THE STUDY AND DIVIDE IT IN HALF.
AND SO YOU CAN ONLY CHARGE THEM 50% OF WHAT YOU CALCULATED IN THIS STUDY.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT CREDIT CALCULATION.
SO WE KNEW WHAT THE FULL MAXIMUM WAS.
THIS, UM, MAP SHOWS THE SERVICE AREAS.
SO, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT EACH SERVICE AREA HAVING A DIFFERENT MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS, MATT COME BACK A LOT, UM, AND WE WILL CONSIDER THE FACT THAT DIFFERENT GROWTH AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN EACH AREA IS WHAT'S DRIVING THE DIFFERENCE IN CS.
THE, UM, SO THOSE WERE THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK TO COMPLETE THE STUDY, WHICH ARE REALLY THE TECHNICAL BOUNDS OF WHAT THE CITY COULD COLLECT UNDER A STREET IMPACT FEE PROGRAM IN DETERMINING THE COLLECTION RATE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THIS POLICY IS EQUITABLE.
UM, WE COULD VARY THE FEE BY SERVICE AREA, SO A DIFFERENT CO-OP COLLECTION OPTION IN EACH SERVICE AREA.
IF WE COLLECTED THE MAXIMUM, THAT IN ESSENCE WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING, UM, COULD BURY THE SEED BY THE LAND USE.
SO A DIFFERENT RATE OR PERCENTAGE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
UM, THIS EXAMPLE IS RESIDENTIAL VERSUS NON-RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE COULD GET INTO INDUSTRIAL OR OTHER TYPES OF USES, UM, A PHASED IN APPROACH.
SO, UM, A COLLECTION RATE OPTION IN ONE YEAR THAT TRANSITIONED TO A DIFFERENT RATE IN A FUTURE YEAR.
UH, THIS IS THE APPROACH THAT THE CITY OF ROUNDROCK TOOK IN ADOPTING THEIR POLICY, UH, OFFSETS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW AND WOULD APPLY, UH, NO MATTER THE COLLECTION RATE OPTION, UM, THAT FEES WOULD BE OFFSET BY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BUILT BY DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY WOULD BE, UM, CREDITED TO WHERE THEIR FEE OTHERWISE DO BY BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN, UH, REDUCTIONS.
UH, THESE ARE THE ABILITY FOR, UH, THE CITY TO PROVIDE REDUCTIONS IN FEES, FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT MEET OTHER CITY OBJECTIVES, WHICH COULD BE REALLY ANYTHING THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL DEEMS AS A, AS AN IMPORTANT REASON TO REDUCE AN IMPACT FEE SUCH AS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR PROVIDING, UM, A DEVELOPMENT THAT SERVES A TRANSIT CENTER.
THE, THIS SIDE, UM, SLIDE 11 AND THE NEXT EIGHT SLIDES ARE PRETTY DATA HEAVY SIDE.
SO I WON'T LINGER ON THESE TOO LONG.
I HOPE THESE ARE HELPFUL REFERENCES AS YOU LOOK BACK ON THAT THIS, UM, REALLY THE KEY DECISION TO MAKE ON THE POLICY IS HOW MUCH OF THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
AND IF SOME AREAS SHOULD COVER MORE OF THAT COST THAN OTHERS, UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN THE TABLES AT THE BOTTOM ON THE LEFT IS THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, WAS THE RESULT OF THE STUDY.
UH, WE LOOKED AT FIVE DIFFERENT EXAMPLE OF LAND USES.
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THERE ARE MANY MORE IN THE STUDY, BUT, UM, THIS SHOWS THE AVERAGE, THE MEDIAN, THE HIGHEST AND THE LOWEST FEE, UM, FOR THOSE FIVE DIFFERENT LAND USES.UM, AND THEN THE, THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT IS SHOWING THE IMPACT, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COLLECTION RATE.
UM, AND SO SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT TO HOW THAT, UM, COLLECT THAT, UM, RECOMMENDATION CAME ABOUT, UM, IT IS FOUR 50% OF THE MAXIMUM FEE FOR NON RESIDENTIAL LAND USES AND 35% OF THE MAXIMUM FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.
SO 50% OF THE MAXIMUM WAS PICKED FOR, UM, SHARING THE COSTS, THE GROWTH COSTS, UM, 50, ESSENTIALLY 50 50 WITH NEW GROWTH AND WITH OTHER SOURCES.
SO DISTRIBUTING THAT COST OF DEVELOPMENT TO, UM, TO THE REST OF THE CITY OF A HALF, HALF OF THAT, UM, THE COLLECTION RATE WAS FURTHER REDUCED FOR HOUSING USES TO REFLECT THE HOUSING GOALS OF THE CITY AND HOUSING SUPPLY GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THE MEDIAN FOR UNDER THIS RECOMMENDATION, THE MEDIAN FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS VERY CLOSE TO THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT WE, UM, WOULD DETERMINE USING OUR CURRENT METHODOLOGY FOR A ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
SO IT'S SIMILAR TO, TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
UH, THIS, UH, SLIDE IS SHOWING YOU THE, UH, THE CHART SHOWING THE HOUSING FEES AND THE MAXIMUM FEE PER SERVICE AREA ARE THOSE GRAY BARS, THE ORANGE BARS REFLECT THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, OF THE 35% OF THE MAXIMUM, THE ORANGES FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE BLUE, UM, FOR HOUSE SCALE MULTIFAMILY, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ THOSE, UM, THOSE BAR CHARTS.
SO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE 13 IS TAKING THOSE ORANGE BARS FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND SHOWING THEM IN A TABLE.
AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THE AMOUNT OVERLAID ON THE MAP, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SLIDE 13.
AND THIS IS I THINK A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
I THINK IT'S VERY, EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS SIDE BY SIDE, WITHIN THAT, TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES, I'LL POINT OUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS, A SERVICE AREA, K IS THE HIGHEST, UH, SERVICE AREA.
THIS WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO, UM, A BRIDGE PROJECT.
IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT, UH, THE RED BLOOD TRAIL BRIDGE, UM, AND RELATIVELY LOW GROWTH IN THAT AREA.
YOU KEEP THAT FORMULA IN MIND, THE COST OF THE PROJECT DIVIDED BY THE GROSS.
THAT'S, HOW YOU'RE GETTING TO THE C.
SO MORE PROJECTS, LESS GROWTH.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGHER FEE, A SERVICE AREA.
OH, SOUTHEAST IS, UM, ONE OF THE, ON THE HIGHER SIDE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE LOWER DENSITY.
NOW, A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH AND HAVING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEED A AREA D IS NORTHEAST AUSTIN, UH, IS A MEDIAN ABOUT MEDIAN, UM, SERVICE AREA.
UH, THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH THERE, UM, WHICH IS, I THINK OFFSETTING THE, UH, THE PROJECTS NEEDED AND THEN SERVICE AREA.
I IS CENTRAL AUSTIN, ONE OF THE LOWER SERVICE AREAS, UM, AND REALLY THERE'S AVERAGE GROWTH, BUT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF CAPACITY PROJECTS.
UM, AND THIS AREAS IS MOSTLY BUILT OUT.
THERE'S NOT MANY PLACES WHERE NEW ROADWAYS OR ROADWAY EXPANSIONS ARE REALLY POSSIBLE.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE 14 SHOWS THOSE BLUE BARS AGAIN FOR THAT HOUSE SCALE MULTIFAMILY IN A TABLE, AND THEN OVERLAID ON THE MAP.
UM, SAME INFORMATION THERE JUST WITH THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES.
SO THIS WOULD COVER ON DUPLEXES ADU, UM, ONE TO TWO STORY MULTIFAMILY, A UNIT AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, LESS THAN 1200 SQUARE FEET.
SLIDE 15 IS, UH, SHOWING THE MID-RISE MULTIFAMILY.
I THINK THIS IS MOST OF THE MULTIFAMILY THAT WE SEE IN AUSTIN, OTHER THAN IN DOWNTOWN, UH, THIS, UH, SO AS YOU CAN, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE FEE REDUCES PER UNIT, UM, AS WE GET MORE INTENSE IN THE, IN THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AS TRIP DEMAND, UH, DECREASES WITH THAT, WITH THAT INTENSITY.
SO, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE 16, SUMMARIZE IT THREE PREVIOUS SLIDES ALL ONTO ONE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT EACH SERVICE AREA FOR A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, THE TOWNHOME DUPLEX KIND OF SMALLER HOUSE FILM WITH MY FAMILY.
AND THEN MID-RISE, WE ALSO HAVE HIGH RISE, UM, IN THE STUDY AS WELL.
THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, SHOWS HAVE ALSO A COUPLE OF SLIDES WITH NON-RESIDENTIAL USE EXAMPLES.
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DO YOU REMEMBER THIS IS BACK TO THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF 50% OF THE MAXIMUM FEE FOR THESE TYPES OF USES.SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FOR A 3000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE 18 IS A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE.
UH, AND SO THE, THE GREEN BARS, AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PURPLE BARS ARE SHOWING, UM, THE RECOMMENDED RATE RELATIVE TO THE MAXIMUM GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE, AND THEN I'M GOING SKIPPING AHEAD TO TWO MORE SIDES, A 50,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WITH THOSE YELLOW BARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SHAPE OF THOSE BAR GRAPHS IS VERY, IS THE SAME ACROSS ALL SERVICE AREAS BECAUSE RELATIVE TO THE MAXIMUM 50% OF THE MAXIMUM WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UM, THE THAT'S THE END OF THE HEAVY DATA SLIDES, UM, SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE 20 IS, UH, TECHNICAL, UH, WOULD BE REDUCTION KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT LAST NOTE THAT I MADE ABOUT COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING A POLICY IS WHAT TYPES OF PRODUCTIONS TO, UM, ONCE THE COLLECTION RATE IS SET, THEN ARE THERE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS THAT, UM, YOU WOULD WANT TO ALLOW FOR THE COMMITTEE ADVISED, UM, ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES OF REDUCTIONS, ONE FOR, UM, TECHNICAL REDUCTIONS, MEANING, UH, WHERE THE, UH, THE REDUCTION IS GIVEN BECAUSE TRIPS ARE ACTUALLY BEING REDUCED BASED ON WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS DOING, AND THEN, UH, POLICY REDUCTIONS WHERE WE'RE MEETING, UH, OTHER CITY GOALS.
SO, UM, TECHNICALLY UNDER THAT THOSE REDUCTIONS, UM, INTERNAL CAPTURE WOULD BE FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE MIXED USE, AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE TRIPS ARE STAYING WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
UM, AND SO THEY RECOMMENDED A REDUCTION OF 20% FROM THE EFFECTIVE RATE FOR THAT UP TO 20%.
AND THEN, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT UTILIZATION OF THOSE TYPES OF STRATEGIES, UM, WITH US UP TO A 40% REDUCTION FROM THE EFFECTIVE RATES AND THEN STORE, UM, POLICY, THEY RECOMMENDED A REDUCTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN A MAXIMUM OF CUMULATIVE REDUCTION FOR SIX 60% KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT 20 AND 40, AND THEN POTENTIALLY HIGHER THAN THAT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT WITH OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS WHAT DOES THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY REDUCTION LOOK LIKE TO BEST ALIGN WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? UM, SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE 21 IS SHOWING THIS IS A SLIDE THAT, UM, SOME OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD ASKED, SEE THAT SHOWS, UM, IN SERVICE AREA G IS IN EAST AUSTIN.
UM, THE SOME EXAMPLE OFTEN DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST AND WHAT WAS COLLECTED IN TERMS OF MITIGATION OR THROUGH THEIR TIA PROCESS, UM, HOW THAT WOULD RELATE TO THE MAXIMUM FEE BASED ON THE STUDY, WHAT, UH, THE FEE WOULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO THE COLLECTION RATES IN SOME OTHER TEXAS CITIES? SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PRIMARILY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, A LARGE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN A PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF OFFICE AND RETAIL.
AND WHAT, UM, WHAT THE FEES LOOK LIKE ACROSS THOSE.
UH, THIS IS IN SERVICE AREA G WHICH IS THE NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, SAYS OUTSIDE THE LOOP.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT WE LOOKED AT TRIP PATTERNS AND, UM, THE TRIP LENGTH IN CERTAIN PARTS OF AUSTIN, THE FURTHER YOU ARE FROM THE CORE TEND TO BE LONGER.
SO, UM, TRICK TRIP LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE AREAS OUTSIDE THE LOOP, UM, ARE LONGER THAN INSIDE THE LOOP.
AND THE LOOP IN THIS CASE IS, UM, ONE 83 71 IN MOPAC.
SO, UM, ALL OF, ANY SORT OF AREA THAT'S COMPLETELY CONTAINED WITHIN THE LOOP HAS THAT SHORTER TRIP LENGTH ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, SERVICE AREA.
I IS ONE OF THOSE INNER LOOP SERVICE AREAS, THE SAME INFORMATION WITH WHAT THE MAXIMUM AND THE RECOMMENDATION RATE WOULD BE, UM, COMPARED TO SOME OTHER CITY.
AND SO I THINK WHAT THIS REALLY POINTS OUT IS THAT, UM, WE, THE CURRENT PROCESS DOESN'T NECESSARILY LEND ITSELF TO BEING EQUITABLE TO DEVELOPMENTS OF SIMILAR SIZE AND, UH, MAY NOT REFLECT WHERE, WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY VERY WELL.
AND DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE NEARBY ADJACENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE MAY IMPACT HOW MUCH THEY, UM, ARE REQUIRED
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TO CONTRIBUTE, UM, AS THEY ARE DEVELOPING.SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE SUMMARY OF THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT 50% OF THE MAXIMUM FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND USES 35% FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND USES THE THREE REDUCTIONS, UH, THE CUMULATIVE REDUCTION, UM, CATH, AND THEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS, UM, WHEN THAT'S IMPORTANT, THE, THE IMPACT, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE THE SAME AS, AS THE ORDINANCE ADOPTION.
UM, AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO COLLECTION OF FEES FOR ONE YEAR STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT, UH, THERE'S NO COLLECTION OF FEES FOR ONE YEAR FOR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY PLANTED, BUT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO EXTEND THAT, UM, THAT EXEMPTION TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS OR NO COLLECTION OF FEES FOR ONE YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD GET EVERY ONE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR.
UM, I'LL NOW I'LL GO INTO, UH, THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS BASED ON THOSE, UM, THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS IS SHOWING, UM, TWO PIE CHARTS.
UH, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS, UH, REPRESENTING A MAXIMUM FEE.
AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS SHOWING THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION WITH, UM, THE ESTIMATED WE MADE SOME ESTIMATES ON THOSE REDUCTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO ONLY THIS KIND OF GOING BACK TO, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT ONLY A PORTION OF THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN IS ABLE TO BE RECOVERED THROUGH IMPACT FEES ONLY THAT, UM, TENURED GROSS AMOUNTS.
SO THE BLUE PIECES OF THE PIE CHART, UM, SHOW WHAT CAN'T BE RECOVERED THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE BECAUSE IT'S, UM, COSTS TO MEET EXISTING DEMAND AND COSTS THIRD GROWTH BEYOND THE 10 YEAR WINDOW.
SO THE PIE OVERALL IS REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN.
AND THEN THE ORANGE IS REALLY THE ONLY UNRECOVERABLE PARTS FROM AN IMPACT FEE.
THAT'S SMALL PEACH SLIVER ON THE LEFT IS THE CREDIT THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE CALCULATED FOR PRIOR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT AND FUTURE AD VALOREM TAXES FROM DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE PIE CHART SHOWS ON THE LE THE PROJECTED REVENUE.
IF WE WERE TO COLLECT THE MAXIMUM FEE ON THE LEFT AT 1.8 BILLION, UM, ON THE RIGHT OVER 10 YEARS AND ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE 285 MILLION WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR, UM, THE 50% AND 35% COLLECTION RATE, AS WELL AS THAT, UM, LIGHTER PURPLE PIE PIECE IS SHOWING THE ANTICIPATED REDUCTION, UM, WHERE THERE WERE, UM, GIVING REDUCTIONS FOR TDM, UM, INTERNAL CAPTURE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND THE GOOD THING TO POINT OUT THERE IS THAT WHILE WE MAY BE GIVING REDUCTIONS, WE ARE ENCOURAGING THOSE TYPES OF, UM, ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS SO THAT WE'RE SEEING DEVELOPMENTS PROVIDE, UM, MORE MULTIMODAL FACILITIES, UM, BETTER, UH, PARKING, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DESIRABLE AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IN GIVING A REDUCTION, WE'RE SEEING SOME OTHER BENEFITS.
UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SHOWS THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN.
UM, AND THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION JUST IN A PERCENT, UM, FORM OH THOUGHT, UM, IS THERE IN CASE SO 56% ESSENTIALLY OF WHEN I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, THAT GRAPHIC WASN'T A TO SCALE IT'S BECAUSE SIX 56% OF THE RELAY CAPACITY PLAN IS RECOVERABLE WITH IMPACT FEES OVER 10 YEARS WITH THAT MAXIMUM FEE, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IT'S ABOUT.
UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 9%, 8.9%.
THIS IS, UH, SUMMARIZING THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, UM, USING THE 50% AND 35% RATE THAT WOULD, UM, RESULT IN 859 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS, UH, WITH NO REDUCTIONS.
UH, THE NEXT SET OF BULLETS IS SHOWING THE, UM, THE REDUCTIONS.
WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THIS TOTAL.
UM, SO MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT TDM INTERNAL CAPTURE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS AN EXISTING USE ON THE PROPERTY.
THE FEE IS, UM, BASED ON THE DELTA BETWEEN THE NEW, THE NEW TRIPS THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF YOU'RE UTILIZING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND KEEPING THE SAME UC WOULDN'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING FROM THE, TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE, UM, A FEE.
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AND SO UTILIZING THOSE REDUCTIONS, WE PROJECTED REVENUE OF 285 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS, OR ABOUT 228.5 MILLION PER YEAR.THIS IS ABOUT, UM, APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE REVENUE THAT FORT WORTH SEES FROM THEIR PROGRAM.
UM, ANNUALLY, I THINK THE MOST RECENT STAT WE HAVE FROM THEIR STAFF IS AS OF JULY, 2019, THEY HAD ABOUT 170 MILLION SINCE THEIR PROGRAM INCEPTION IN 2008.
AND THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN, UM, SEE REVENUE AND OFFSETS WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECEIVING AN OFFSET.
THIS, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE MET WITH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I WANTED TO SUMMARIZE ON THE SENTIMENT OF SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK FOR YOU ALL, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE POLICY AND, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE THE BEST, UM, POLICY FOR AUSTIN.
WE'VE HEARD, UM, CONCERNS FROM SMALLER AND ENFOLDS DEVELOPMENT WHERE, UH, MANY OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS MAY BE NOT CONTRIBUTING ANY SORT OF TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION TODAY.
THEN THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY NEW, UM, ENCOURAGING 80, USE THAT THERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICY ABOUT ENCOURAGING YOU TO USE, HOWEVER, THEY, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE A STREET IMPACT FEE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THAT.
UM, NOT WANTING TO DISINCENTIVIZE HOUSE SCALE MULTIFAMILY, AND MISSING MIDDLE, UM, THAT BEING A VERY BIG NEED IN AUSTIN, UM, NEEDING TO CONSIDER EQUITY AND HISTORIC UNDERINVESTMENT AND DISINVESTMENT AND CERTAIN PARTS OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, ESPECIALLY, UH, ENCOURAGING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND MEETING OUR ASN PEOPLE, THE CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PEDS, EPIC AS WELL AS, UM, THE DESIRE FOR NEW GROWTH TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SERVE NEW GROWTH.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE NEXT STEP IN BRINGING, UM, A POLICY AND A DRAFT ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND A MEETING WITH, UM, URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON FRIDAY WITH, UH, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE ON THURSDAY MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE CODE CODES AND ORDINANCES, EXCUSE ME, UH, JOINT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION LATER THIS MONTH.
UM, THOSE INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS WITH COUNCIL OFFICES AS REQUESTED, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING, ROB MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA ON THURSDAY TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 30TH.
THIS MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BIT LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY.
YOU DID IT DID THIS A MONTH OR SO AGO, BUT WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION POSTING AND THE PAPER ON TIME.
SO WE WANTED TO RESET THAT PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 30TH AND MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE, UM, PROPER NOTIFICATION, UM, ORDINANCE APPROVAL.
AND THEN WE WOULD STAFF WOULD MOVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
SO, UM, AT THE TIME OF, UH, SEED COLLECTION, WE WOULD BE READY TO DO THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS SHOWS, UM, THE WEBSITE WHERE WE CAN, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT FEE STUDY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ALL THE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING QUESTIONS AS WE'VE RECEIVED THEM.
SO WE CONTINUALLY UPDATE THAT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT, UH, THERE'S A WAY TO SIGN UP, TO RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES FROM US AS WE HIT, UH, MILESTONES IN THE PROCESS.
UH, YOU CAN, I MENTIONED WE'VE BEEN MAKING PRESENTATIONS TO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS.
YOU CAN GO THERE AND REQUEST A PRESENTATION, UM, AND FIND INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEIR, UM, THE MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE HAD ON THIS TOPIC.
AND, UH, NEXT SLIDE, UH, THAT IS ALL I HAVE, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN AS ROB MENTIONED, HE, AS WELL AS SOME OF OTHER STAFF MEMBERS FROM OFTEN TRANSPORTATION AND OUR CONSULTANT ARE ONLINE TO HELP YOU HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK MARK AND YOU WANT TO START US OFF? YES.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE MOBILITY.
UH, WE HAD, UM, SOME GOOD CONVERSATION, UH, THERE, UM, I WANT TO POINT OUT JUST A FEW THINGS.
UM, I THINK ONE OF OUR, UM, UH, QUESTIONS THAT THE, UH, AS THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE STAFF IS WORKING ON NOW RELATED TO THE REDUCTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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UM, THE, UH, PERCENTAGE REDUCED WAS TIED TO, UM, IT WAS TIED TO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT A LEVEL THAT WE COULD REALLY GET, AND THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.ANOTHER THING THE ORIGINAL THINKING WAS IT WAS 75%, NO, ALL OR NOTHING.
AND SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, UM, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, UM, WAYS TO, TO PHASE THAT, SO THAT, UM, YOU ONLY GET 75%, VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN, UM, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN THERE MIGHT BE, UM, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE MIGHT HAVE A, LESS OF A REDUCTION FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE, THE, UH, NACD IS WORKING ON THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE WANT TO CALIBRATE THAT POLICY SO THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN IT'S ALSO POTENTIALLY FLEXIBLE TO, UM, RESPOND TO FUTURE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES.
UM, BUT YES, THAT'S IN LINE WITH ENCOURAGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, BUT NOT MAKING THE BAR SO HIGH THAT IT'S NOT A REDUCTION THAT ANYBODY WOULD ACTUALLY APPLY FOR UTILIZE THAT MAKES SURE THAT IT'S, UM, THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH, WITH THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION FROM, UM, OFFICE TRANSPORTATION IS THAT, UH, ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDUCTION WOULD BE, UM, UH, MATCHED WITH, UH, UTILIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, SO THAT, UM, IT'S NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, STRATEGIES THAT WE WANT TO SEE, UM, TO, TO RECEIVE THAT REDUCTION.
SO, YES, UM, COUNSELOR, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT ONE.
THE OTHER QUESTION, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE RELATES TO SLIDE 21.
UM, I, UM, WAS IT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MIGHT, WHAT THE TAKEAWAY IS FROM THAT.
I WAS THINKING THAT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TELL US, UH, HOW THE RECOMMENDED APPROACH COMPARES TO WHAT WE, WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WE, UH, IDENTIFY AND COLLECT RIGHT NOW UNDER, CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME THE SHORT VERSION OF THIS? ARE WE SAYING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD BE, UH, ELIGIBLE TO COLLECT USING THIS SYSTEM? I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY.
I THINK WHAT YOU SEE FROM, UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IN CERTAIN CASES, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA DEPEND, AND AS WE TALK MORE AND MORE TO STAKEHOLDERS, AS IT'S BECOMING MORE, UM, OBVIOUS TO ME THAT DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU'RE SMALL, MEDIUM, OR LARGE SIZE DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU MAY FEEL A DIFFERENT IMPACT FROM THIS POLICY.
SO A SMALLER DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY BE NOT PAYING ANYTHING TODAY.
THEY'RE NOT DOING A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UM, THEY MAY BE DOCTORING ANY MITIGATION AT ALL.
WOULDN'T BE PAYING, UM, A FEE TODAY, BUT MAY HAVE A FEE.
UM, UNDER THIS POLICY, A MEDIUM DEVELOPMENT MAY BE THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, ARE CONTRIBUTING THE MOST PROPORTIONATELY TODAY BECAUSE, UM, THEY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THEM THAT THAT CAN MATCH, UM, UP TO A, A MITIGATION WHERE UNDER A MUCH LARGER DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE A HARDER TIME UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE A DEVELOPMENT PRO RATA SHARE THEIR PROPORTIONATE, UM, DEMAND ON A SPECIFIC PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT'S THE SCOPE OF THAT, UM, REVIEW MAY NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TO ACTUALLY MEET THEIR, UH, THIS PIECE.
SO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT IN, UM, IN AN AREA THAT THERE AREN'T REALLY MANY ADJACENT IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE, THAT DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT CONTRIBUTE VERY MUCH UNDER TODAY'S, UM, TODAY'S POLICY.
SO I THINK OF COURSE THE ANSWER THAT NO ONE LOVES IT, IT DEPENDS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IS THE CASE HERE WHERE, UM, ON SLIDE 21, THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 55,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTRIBUTED A LITTLE OVER $300,000.
AND THEN IN THE NEXT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CASE, YOU HAVE ALMOST, YOU KNOW, FIVE TIMES THAT SIX TIMES THAT AMOUNT OF OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR FEE IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 560,000, SO THAT DOESN'T SEEM VERY EQUITABLE OR PROPORTIONATE, UM, UNDER TODAY'S PROCESS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? YES.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE RED BUD BRIDGE PROJECT.
WOULD THAT BE CHANGE IF WE WERE ABLE TO FIND DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING, LIKE THE BUILD GRANT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, HOW WOULD THAT,
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HOW WOULD THAT FACTOR IN? YEAH, BUT, UM, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT AND WHY WE HAVE, UM, THE PROJECT INCLUDED.IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE 2018, UM, BOND, UH, BUT WE COULD USE IMPACT FEE REVENUE TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT ON THAT BOND SO THAT WE FREE UP THAT DEBT CAPACITY FASTER.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE COULD UTILIZE, UM, IMPACT THE REVENUE.
SO WHERE, UM, PROJECTS INCLUDED VEHICLE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE, THE MOST RECENT BOND PROGRAMS, 2012, 2016, 2018.
WE INCLUDED THOSE PROJECTS IN THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN.
I THINK IF WE REMOVED THAT PROJECT, UM, AND SAID WE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE WEREN'T TRYING TO PAY, UM, TO PAYBACK, UM, THAT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD LOWER THE FEE IN, IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 35% AND 50%, AND FORGIVE ME IF WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, BUT WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE MAXIMUM BEING APPLIED? IS, IS IT A MATTER OF HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT YOU EXPECT VERSUS HOW MUCH THE ACTUAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS WOULD BE, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER FACTOR TO PICKING THOSE PERCENTAGES? IT'S REALLY GOES BACK TO, UM, A POLICY DECISION.
UM, AND HOW MUCH WHEN WE, WHEN WE REDUCED THE COLLECTION RATE THAT ASSUMES THAT, UM, OTHER SOURCES WOULD BE, UM, PAYING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO AT 50%, WE'RE SAYING THAT DEVELOPMENT IS PAYING 50% OF THE COSTS FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE REMAINDER IS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AND, UM, AND, AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES LIKE, LIKE BOND PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO 50% WAS WHAT THE COMMITTEE FELT WAS, UM, FAIR FOR NEW GROWTH TO PAY FOR AND SHARE THE COSTS WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK INITIALLY SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS FELT STRONGLY ABOUT, UM, UH, A MAXIMUM AND KIND OF GOING TO HAVING GROWTH PAY THE FULL THEY'RE FULL SHARE, UH, AND THEN STARTED THINKING MORE ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IS TODAY AND WHERE, WHERE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IS REALLY SHARING THE COST A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WITH IS REALLY SHARING THE COST OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO THEY, THEY LANDED WITH THAT 50 50, UM, AS SHARING.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IF WE HADN'T CONDUCTED THAT CREDIT CALCULATION, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO, TO TAKE THE MAXIMUM FEE FROM THE STUDY AND ONLY COLLECT 50% OF THAT.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THAT 50% CAME IN AS BEING SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES DO, JUST BECAUSE THEY KIND OF DON'T TAKE THAT EXTRA TECHNICAL, UM, STEPS TO DO THAT CALCULATION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THEY, THAT'S WHERE THEY LANDED ON THE 50%.
AND THEN THE 35% WAS, WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT IS ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT PER SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY? UM, AND MAKING SURE TO HAVE A, UM, A REDUCTION FOR HOUSING, JUST BECAUSE OUR, YOU KNOW, CITY OF AUSTIN SCHOOLS HAPPENED TO BE MORE ALIGNED WITH, UM, HOUSING SUPPLY THAN MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE MORE FOCUSED ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR, UM, TAX SPACE FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL USES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND CAN YOU JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT CONSIDERATIONS OF ENTITIES WHERE, LIKE, MY DISTRICT KIND OF GOES AROUND THE CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS AND ROLLING WOOD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT KIND OF WRAP AROUND, UM, OTHER DEVELOPMENT AS, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF TOWN TO THAT SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN MAY AFFECT OUR STREETS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A ROAD THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR.
UM, HOW, HOW HAS THAT CONVERSATION APPROACHED? YES, BUT, UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY COME UP IN CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION OF, WELL, THERE ARE ALL THESE COMMUNITIES AROUND AUSTIN THAT ARE, THAT ARE UTILIZING OUR ROADS AND IN CREATING ADDITIONAL DEMAND ON OUR ROADWAYS, UM, THE WAY THAT STATE LAW IS OUTLINED, WE CAN ONLY IMPACT, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPOSE AN IMPACT FEE PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, GO INTO OUR ETJ FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO THAT THAT'S JUST ONE LIMITATION OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK RIGHT, TOTALING IS, IS THAT WAY THAT YOU KIND OF, UM, MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF USE FROM OTHER AREAS, RIGHT.
WE CAN ONLY LOOK AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, UNDER A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION.
SO LIKE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF WESTLAKE OR ARE ROLLING WITH THOSE, THOSE AREAS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHARGE, YOU KNOW, FEES FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCUR IN THOSE AREAS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE USING CITY OF AUSTIN ROADWAYS.
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RIGHT.AND I, I KNOW THOSE MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE GREAT EXAMPLES BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE MOSTLY NO HOMES RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST WAS KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE, HOW WE KIND OF ACCOUNT FOR GROWTH THAT AFFECTS AUSTIN ROADS, UM, THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN AUSTIN NECESSARILY.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
IF I COULD MENTION THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, CAMPO AND DISTRIBUTING REGIONAL AND FEDERAL AND PASS THROUGH FUNDS TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THOSE REGIONAL FUNDING ISSUES.
AND SO, AS LAND SAYS, UH, STATE LAW LIMITS US TO FOCUS ON OUR, UH, MOBILITY NEEDS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, AND CHARGING ONLY OUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, ABILITY JUST AS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOW FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE RED BED BRIDGE, IT IS AUSTIN VOTERS THAT VOTED ON BOND MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT BENEFIT AS WELL.
UH, WE CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO OUR PARTNER CITIES AND IN THE CASE OF THE ROADSIDE BRIDGE AND BY OTHER CITIES TO PARTICIPATE, UH, BUT REALLY THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT, UH, NPS, A METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO HELP US FUND THESE REGIONAL PROJECTS OF SIGNIFICANCE.
THANKS IT ALSO ON THIS PER ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PRESENTATION, RIGHT.
I THINK THAT DOES IT THEN THE BRIEFING.
AND DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICKLY.
YOU MAY HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY AND ENTAILED THE SLIDE, BUT I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO OTHER STAKEHOLDERS RELATED TO THIS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE ONE, UM, THERE ARE OTHERS TOO.
I JUST QUICKLY LOOKED AT THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE.
AND IT, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THERE WERE ASPECT ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION IS A KEY ISSUE FOR THEM THAT PERHAPS WE'VE REACHED OUT TO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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UH, JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 11.I THINK WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PULL THROUGH PULLED ITEMS. UH, I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, ASHA.
UH, WHO'S BEEN WATCHING THIS AND, AND JUST, IF WE GO AHEAD AND SHOW, UH, JOIN US, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS SHARE THAT ARE NOT READY YET BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE UNTIL ONE.
UM, SO I JUST WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE THE POLL ITEMS, IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD MAKE THE DISCUSSION BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE LATER IF PEOPLE COULD READ, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT.
UH, IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD BREAK NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I COME BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DO THE PULLED ITEMS AT SOUND.
NOW WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO THAT.
SEEING PEOPLE SHAKE THEIR HEADS.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, CONSIDER I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE CONSIDERED FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, BUT I THINK THERE'LL BE MUCH EASIER TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IF I CAN HAVE THEM IN A FORMAT, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO POST THEM TO THE MESSAGE BOARD THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHEN WE COME BACK IN? YES.
WHETHER THEY CAN BE BEFORE, UM, NOON.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY BEFORE WE COME BACK AND YES, I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT NOW AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PROBABLY LISTENING AND, UM, FALL OFF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NO IDEA HOW WELL WE'RE GOING TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE FRIENDLY, THEN, UM, I JUST, JUST DON'T WANT, WE'RE VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK PART OF IT IS PEOPLE ALSO FRUSTRATION ABOUT HOW SLOWLY THINGS MOVE SOMETIMES.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY ONLY CONCERN.
THEY WERE KIND OF TORN ON THAT.
CAUSE I HAD TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE, I THOUGHT WE WOULD GET TO THE POLE ITEMS TILL AFTER LUNCH.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING.
SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE PROTECT YOU.
TELL ME MAYBE IF, IF WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK AT A TIME, CERTAIN HE WAS GOING TO COME BACK AND WANT TO TAKE THE COLD ITEMS, MAYBE THAT GIVES MORE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO GET ON AND PART OF IT.
WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE COMPROMISE POSITION TO HAVE ANY TIME CERTAIN THAT WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK.
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TIME COMES TO COME BACK AT THAT TIME, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT THEN.WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION 11, UH, NOW, UM, SO WE HAVE SOME TIME IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE TAKE OUR, UH, OUR, UM, UH, LUNCH.
WE CAN COME BACK, UH, EITHER, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION IS GOING TO BE A ONE OF COURSE IS HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAID THAT.
UM, UH, WE COULD PROBABLY COME BACK.
NOW WE COULD PROBABLY COME BACK AT 1230 LUNCH IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, COME BACK AT 1230 ITEMS. UM, AND WE WILL STOP.
UM, JUST TO REMINDER, I, UM, SINCE YOU'RE NOT LAST NIGHT ABOUT HOW I RESPOND TO STEP AWAY FROM ABOUT NOON TIL TWO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WHEN I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ARRANGE THINGS TO BE BACK BEFORE TWO, UM, UH, I'M NOT SAYING TO ENGINEER THE TIMES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I HAD ORGANIZED THAT TO BE AROUND, BUT I HAD UNDERSTOOD TO BE OUR ART.
UH, LET'S COME BACK AT ONE O'CLOCK AND IF WE'RE NOT DONE WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION, STOP ONE O'CLOCK WILL BE A HARD TIME FOR US TO COME BACK AND CONSIDER THE FIVE, THE ONLY ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PULLED TODAY.
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AT THE 11 O'CLOCK COLLEAGUES, WE CAN ALL GO OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WHERE, UM, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE 57, ONE OF GOVERNMENT CODE WE'RE GONNA, UH, DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM E THREE, UH, ZIMMERMAN VS.UH, HE WANTED ME TO HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN.
WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ITEMS ANNOUNCED, UH, AND A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ALTER IF YOU COULD, AS MUCH BEFORE ONE IS IT'S POSSIBLE, I'LL POST THOSE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME INTO THAT CONVERSATION HAVING, AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY INTENTION.
YOU'RE ON MUTE, STILL MUTE THERE.
UM, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF POSTING IS ON THE COUNCIL MESSAGE FOR, AND SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT, UM, WE CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM UP AND, AND HAVE THEM ON SCREEN, OR WE COULD JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF THEY, IF THEY GOOGLE CITY OF AUSTIN COUNCIL MESSAGE FORWARD, UM, AND LOOK AT THE, UM, THE THREAD THAT THE MAYOR PORT TIM STARTED, IT'S TITLED INSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
THEY WILL SEE WHAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
I HAVE POSTED THE AMENDMENT THAT I WILL BE BRINGING, UH, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, COUNCILMEMBER POOL, AND MY AMENDMENT IS POSTED ON THAT MESSAGE FORWARD.
AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT POSTING, WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A WAY IN WHICH THEY CAN SEE THAT THOSE THINGS SOUNDS GOOD.
SO 1102, WE'RE IN RECESS WITH STEVEN EXECUTIVES AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE FOR JUNE NINE, 2020.
TIME IS ONE OH FOUR, UH, WE'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND POST SESSION WE DISCUSSED, UH, LEGAL MATTERS, LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM E THREE.
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WE ARE NOW JUST TO DO A POLLED, UH, ITEMS AND LET'S DO THE PULLED ITEMS. FIRST ONE, THE ACCOUNTS ITEM, NUMBER 50.UM, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT SINCE THESE ARE ALL KIND OF DONE, KIND OF DONE TOGETHER, UM, I'M WONDERING IF COUNSEL FOR HARPER, MADISON WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR DO IT, I'M HAPPY TO RESERVE MY COMMENTARY FOR THE TWO ITEMS THAT, UM, THAT I MIGHT NEED TO HAVE SOME CLARITY ON.
UM, SO ITEM 50 IS SOMETHING WE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS, WAS NOT A, UM, RESPONSE TO THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKENDS.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE'D USED THE, UM, W W WAS ANOTHER EFFORT TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT OUR JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HAS
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BEEN DOING.AND AGAIN, I, I, I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT AS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, AND POINT THAT OUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT COUNCIL COMMITTEES, UM, I GUESS SPECIALIZE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND SO OF COURSE WE VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE TO BE ON, ON WHICH COMMITTEES, BUT MANY OF US ARE MUCH MORE DEEP IN THESE ISSUES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SERVING ON THERE AND DOING MUCH OF THE MUCH REFORM OR IT'S WORM IT'S WHERE MANY OF THE REFORM WORK THAT HAPPENS, COMES TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
BUT BUILDING ON THAT, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ZERO GOALS, FOR EXAMPLE, VISION ZERO, WHERE WE AIM TO, TO HAVE ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS.
UM, WE HAVE IMAGINE AUSTIN, THAT SETS GOALS.
AND WE REALIZED THERE WASN'T A GOAL IN OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 23, WHICH HAD FINALLY PROVIDED STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR OUR COUNCIL, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
NO COUNCILS HAD EVER DONE A STRATEGIC DIRECTION PLAN LIKE WE DID WITH ESTEE 23.
AND SO, UM, IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GOALS AND METRICS AND A BASELINE, UM, WHICH SETS THE BASELINE FOR THE, UH, DISPARITIES AND ARRESTS WHERE THE REPORT, THE REPORT SHOWED THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF TOWN YOU LIVE IN AND, UM, WHAT COLOR OF SKIN YOU HAVE, FRANKLY, YOU WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO GET PULLED OVER, TO HAVE YOUR CAR SEARCHED, UM, AND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE FORCE USE AGAINST YOU.
AND THERE WAS DATA SHOWED THERE THAT THE COMPARISON ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION.
SO IF YOU'RE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND WHAT PERCENTAGE YOU MAKE UP, IF YOU'RE HISPANIC AND THEN THE DISPARITY, WHICH WOULD SHOW THAT, MMM, THERE WERE DISPARITIES IN INTEREST AND FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT SETS THE USES THAT REPORT TO SET THE BASELINE SO WE CAN MEASURE HOW WE'RE DOING IN THAT AREA AS WE MOVE, UM, YOU KNOW, FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT ALSO ASKS 50, ALSO ASKS FOR A REPORT BACK ON HOW WE ARE DOING ON ESTEE 23.
IT'S BEEN, GOSH, IT FEELS LIKE FIVE YEARS, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG, BUT, BUT IT ASKS FOR A REPORT BACK ON, ON HOW WE'RE DOING ON STE 23, AND THEN ALSO ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK BECAUSE RACIAL DISPARITIES, AREN'T ONLY IN OUR POLICING, THEY'RE IN.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS VERY OFTEN, THEY'RE IN OUR HEALTH CARE OR THEY'RE IN OUR HOUSING.
AND SO WOULD ASK STAFF TO BRING BACK WAYS WE CAN SET BASELINES AND MEASURE THOSE AS WELL.
UM, THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, I'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY I'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS JUST GENERALLY AND WHAT THESE METRICS DO IS HELP THE REFORM EFFORTS THAT ARE GONNA COME IN THE ITEMS. UM, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED PROVIDES AN ABILITY TO MEASURE HOW WE'RE DOING ON THOSE REFORM EFFORTS AS WELL, AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR IN THESE, IN THESE ISSUES.
UM, AND MORE BROADLY, I REALLY FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CANNOT PASS UP.
UM, THIS, IT HA I FEEL THAT OFTEN WE FEEL, WE SEE THESE KINDS OF MOMENTS AND MMM, AND, AND IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO BUILD ON, ON THIS, ON THIS MOMENT, THEN IT WILL PASS US BY AND WE WILL BE HERE AGAIN, POSSIBLY.
AND SO WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING.
UM, I WOULD SAY VERY FEW OF US COME INTO THIS CONVERSATION WITH CLEAN HANDS.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THE IMPORTANT PART FOR ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT IT'S THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN, THAT WE CAN CHANGE.
WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE DID THINGS IN THE PAST, AND WE CAN, WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT DECISIONS WE MADE IN THE PAST.
UM, WE HAD BLINDERS ON, UM, AND WE, WE FELT WE HAD A FALSE CHOICE TO MAKE.
AND I THINK THIS MOMENT ALLOWS US TO MOVE PAST THAT AND TO REALLY LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND I WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE I, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE ALL ADMIT THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT DO RIGHT IN THE PAST.
AND ONE OF THOSE, I, I WAS A SUPPORTER OF OUR, OF OUR CHIEF, UM, AND I ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO, I SUPPORT IT MOVING PAST TO STALEMATE IN THE POLICE CONTRACT, AND I ENCOURAGE OTHERS TOO, BUT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS TO SEE, WE'RE WILLING TO RECOGNIZE PAST MISTAKES.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE CHANGE HAPPENS WHEN WE STOP BEING DEFENSIVE.
AND WHEN WE STOP, WHEN WE START DOING THE HARD WORK, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE MOVE FORWARD IS RECOGNIZING MISTAKES IN THE PAST TO OPEN OUR EYES A LITTLE MORE.
UM, AND WE CAN DO THAT THURSDAY AND WE CAN DO THAT GOING
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FORWARD.UM, WE CAN TAKE ACTION BY VOTING YES.
ON OBVIOUSLY THIS MY ITEM, BUT ON A COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S THAT DOES SOME VERY IMPORTANT BUDGET BUDGET ACTIONS, BUT ALSO EXPRESSES OUR NO CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE CHIEF I'M VOTING YES.
ON GREG'S ITEM, UH, SHOWS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS ON NECESSARY REFORMS. NOW IN VOTING YES.
ON JIMMY'S SHOWS THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE FOR SOMETHING THAT, UM, IT REALLY HAS BEEN DOING ALL ALONG AND TALKING ABOUT REFORM IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I JUST, LASTLY, I'LL SAY WE OFTEN FEEL THERE ARE SIDES IN THIS DEBATE AND WE'RE PULLED TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE TWO SIDES IN THIS DEBATE.
UM, I REALLY THINK THAT THERE IS JUST ONE AND IT'S FINDING WAYS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY IN A WAY THAT ELIMINATES BIAS AND ELIMINATES OUR BLINDERS.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON 50, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ELISE, ANYBODY WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ON 50 THAT'S WHERE WE KITCHEN.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE WORKED HARD ON FOR AWHILE, YOU AND THE COMMITTEE, PERHAPS.
AND, UM, I THINK IT IS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND, UM, APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UM, I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY NAME ADDED AS A COSPONSOR.
YEAH, WE'LL DO THAT AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, UM, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN IN A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, LIKE THIS BE ASKED TO BE LISTED AS A SPONSOR, UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LONG TIME IT'S WAY OVER HERE.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS WAR NOW FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITH AGAINST THE POLICE BRUTALITY.
I REMEMBER MARCHING DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION, UH, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UH, AND, AND THE BEATINGS AND THE KILLINGS DID NOT STOP.
WE, WE DEMANDED THAT THEY HIRE MORE MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY DID A LOT OF MY FRIENDS BECAME POLICE OFFICER, BUT THEY GOT CAUGHT UP BY WHOEVER WAS TRAINING HIM BECAUSE ONE DAY HIS FAMILY WAS COMING BACK FROM CHURCH AT SAN JOSE.
THEY'RE ON EAST AUSTIN, EAST SIDE DRIVE, AND HE SAW HIS SON GETTING BEAT UP, THROWN OFF THE MOTORCYCLE AND GETTING BEAT UP BY HISPANIC OFFICERS.
AND I SAID, OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE? THIS IS JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST HORRIBLE.
SO WE REALLY NEED THESE POLICIES.
I MEAN, ALL THOSE 10 POLICIES NEED TO BE IN THEIR MANDATE IMMEDIATELY.
AND, AND, UH, THERE'S, I THINK I MIGHT GO TO MY GRAVE WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING, NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT WE EVER GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS EQUITY THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING SO MUCH FOR.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S WAY OVER TOO.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT KEEP LONG BELIEVING THAT THERE'S A SUPERIOR RACE.
IT'S JUST, I MEAN, UH, EVERY TIME I I'M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE OBAMA GOT ELECTED AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD FINALLY GOTTEN OVER THIS, WE GOT A PRESIDENT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FLAMING THE PLANE OF HATE AND WE CANNOT GET, YOU KNOW, AND WE SAT IN THAT KIND OF MENTALITY THAT THERE'S JUST A PURE RACE IN THAT WE, ALL MINORITIES ARE JUST SECOND CLASS CITIZENS AND YOU HAVE A POLICE FORCE THAT CAN GO OUT THERE AT YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TURN IT BY LAC AND JUST RE LISA.
MY CHILDREN ARE OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T BLAME THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR BEING SO ANGRY.
I WAS ANGRY WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE, SEEING YOUNG CHILDREN GETTING SHOT, JUST FOR STUDENT A LOAF OF BREAD.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH, AND I'M JUST SICK AND TIRED OF IT.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT, IF EVERYBODY WAS DONE WITH 50, I'M GOING TO ADD SOME THINGS, A COUPLE OF THINGS I FOR, I FORGOT TO MENTION REAL QUICK.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST MENTION THAT I'M
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EAGER TO SUPPORT THIS.I THINK THESE ARE GREAT METRICS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT.
UM, LIKE YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, UH, THERE THERE'S A LOT OF DISPARITY IN THE WAY THAT WE SEE THESE METRICS COME BACK TO US AND IT HAPPENS IN HOUSING.
THERE HAPPENS IN HEALTHCARE, IT HAPPENS IN ACCESS TO FOOD.
AND I THINK IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT HOW PROGRESSIVE WE ARE AND WHETHER OUR POLICIES ARE IN LINE WITH OUR VALUES, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE TO START.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT ON THURSDAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD ON MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE VERSION TWO OF THIS.
I THINK IT, UM, REALLY SHARPENS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I READ THE VERSION, WHEN I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE REALITY THAT OUR STAFF HADN'T DONE, WHICH SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY EMBEDDED IN, UM, THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION, WHICH WAS TO DO THESE RACIAL DISPARITIES AND TO BE HELPING US TO REDUCE THOSE GAPS.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND RAISING THE PROFILE AND REAFFIRMING THAT THAT IS, UM, COUNCIL'S GOAL.
UM, THE, THE SECOND, THE SECOND VERSION, I THINK, UM, MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR SOME MECHANISMS FOR US TO HOLD STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR TAKING THOSE IMPORTANT STEPS.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE ITEM.
ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? IT PRETEND YOU CAN CLOSE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I'M SORRY.
I'VE GOT STARTED, GOT CAUGHT UP IN MY COMMENTS AND, UH, I USED THE VISION ZERO AS THE EXAMPLE TO POINT OUT.
I DIDN'T MENTION EXACTLY IT WOULD BE SETTING A GOAL OF ZERO RACIAL DISPARITIES AND TRAFFIC STOPS AND ARRESTS AND TICKETS FOR, UM, AND ARRESTED TICKETING AND USE OF FORCE AND IN, UH, ZERO DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF APD.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, I BELIEVE, UH, THE MAYOR WILL BE OFFERING REALLY FRIENDLY.
THE ADDITION OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE WORK THAT MEASURE WAS DOING, UM, ON THESE, IN THIS AREA, USING METRICS IN DEALING WITH POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES WHERE THE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S IN VERSION TWO, BUT IT WILL BE, UM, BY THURSDAY.
I NOTICED THAT YOU'VE ALSO APPENDED INTO THE BACKUP SOME, SO I'M A, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE NUMBERS WITH RESPECT TO DISPARATE TREATMENT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THAT PART OF THAT BACKUP.
I'LL PROBABLY ASK THE CLERK TO ALSO APPEND THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TASKFORCE ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES, WHICH YOUR OTHER ISSUE THAT THIS IS NOT IN ONE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS, IS EVERYWHERE THAT WE SEE IT.
UM, WE HAD THAT BRIEFING, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY AT THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
AND SO I DON'T, I KNOW WE'RE GOING, HAVING A LOT BROADER DISCUSSIONS ON, ON HOW WE ADDRESS THIS, BUT, BUT THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WATCHING, WE GET MEMOS A LOT OF MEMOS AND REPORTS AND, AND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S HARD TO KEEP, KEEP UP AND IT'S NORMAL TO, TO PICK OUT THE, THAT ARE ON, ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU SERVE ON ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.
IT'S JUST A BANDWIDTH ISSUE, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE HAVING THESE BROADER DISCUSSIONS.
BUT TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, REPORTING LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO BRING THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS TO THE FULL COUNCIL, WHICH VERY, JUST TELLING MAPS OF, OF, OF, OF WHAT PARTS OF TOWN YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET PULLED OVER AND GET ARRESTED AND GET TICKETS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO JUST OFFER THAT AS, AS A FEEDBACK TO FUTURE REPORTING LIKE THIS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE BACKUP.
EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ITEM, AND IT'S GONE TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, AS OUR HARPER MADISON, DID YOU WANT US TO, TO FULL, UH, 94 96 HERE? DO YOU WANT TO GO IN THE OTHER ORDER? I'M SORRY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
UH, THIS MORNING WHEN WE WERE GOING TO DO IT AND YOU WERE LISTENING AND NOT HERE, I WAS GOING TO TAKE 94 96 OUT OF TURN NEXT.
AND I'M STILL PREPARED TO DO THAT.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NECESSARY, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THEM BOTH NOW.
LET'S PULL 94 96 AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT.
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OKAY.SO, UM, ITEM NUMBER 94 IS OUR FAIR CHANCE HOUSING ITEMS. UH, MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
I MEAN, REALLY HARD, THANKS TO THE TEAM FOR ALL
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THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS RESOLUTION, UH, FOR MONTHS.AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO FINALLY BE BRINGING IT FORWARD.
UM, SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL PROBABLY A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THIS WEEK HAVING TO SAY THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT SHOULD JUST BE OBVIOUS, BUT HOUSING IS A HUMAN NEED AND SHAME ON US.
IF WE NEGLECT TO USE WHATEVER POWERS WE HAVE TO ENSURE OPPORTUNITIES ARE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, IT'S RESOLUTION WILL FINALLY GIVE FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH EVICTION HISTORIES OF FIGHTING CHANCE TO LIVE IN HOUSING THEY CAN AFFORD IN AUSTIN.
UM, THERE'S JUST REALLY NO REASON WE SHOULD ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS WHO RECEIVE CITY FUNDING, UH, FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENTS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR PAST.
SO WE KNOW THAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE EXPERIENCED DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER RATES OF INCARCERATION, UM, DISPROPORTIONATELY LOWER INCOMES AND NET WORTH, AH, OKAY.
CREATING BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT REALLY ONLY FEELS THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY, BUT IT'S FRANKLY ALMOST SYNONYMOUS WITH OUR RACIAL DIVIDE.
HOUSING JUSTICE IS RACIAL JUSTICE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT US WITH THIS.
AND I, I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL, WILL JOIN US IN, UH, IN ESTABLISHING HOUSING JUSTICE AS A VALUE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS ALSO.
LET'S JUST TAKE THAT ONE FIRST.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ONE AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
I'VE I'VE, UH, BEEN, UH, UP IN ONE WHO WANTED TO AND HAVE IN THE PAST WORDED, UH, ACCESS TO HOUSING.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS STEP COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, OPER MADISON.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE EDITED AS A COSPONSOR.
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TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, SIX ITEM NUMBER 96 IS ABOUT THE APD BUDGET.I SAID IT ALREADY YESTERDAY IN OUR PRESS CONFERENCE THAT OUR BUDGET TRULY IS A MORAL DOCUMENT AND REFLECTS OUR COMMON PRIORITIES.
I APPRECIATE MAYOR PRETEND I'M SPEAKING TO THAT.
SOME WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE GAVE HER REMARKS.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO US, UM, PASSING THIS ITEM AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK AN OVERFUNDED MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE THAT SHOOT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WITH LED PELLET ROUNDS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.
I THINK A $400 MILLION POLICE BUDGET IS MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE OF THE MILITARY BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE NATION OF MONGOLIA.
WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE FAMILIES WITHOUT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES THAT HELP THEIR CHILDREN KEEP UP AT SCHOOL.
A 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND WAS HISTORIC AND ITS SIZE, BUT EVEN THAT WAS STILL ONLY $250 MILLION.
I BELIEVE A BETTER RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DOLLARS IS TO INVEST IN ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES.
WE NEED TO READJUST OUR POLICE BUDGET.
I I'M CERTAIN THAT WE CAN START WITH EASY FIX IS LIKE ELIMINATING FUNDING FOR POSITIONS THAT CAN'T BE REASONABLY FILLED.
AND THE FISCAL YEAR ZEROED OUT FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
UH, THIS ITEM ISN'T THE END ALL.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATION.
AND AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, I'LL KEEP LOOKING FOR WAYS TO RIGHTSIZE THE APD BUDGET, TO BETTER REFLECT OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR VALUES AS A CITY.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARBOR MADISON FOR BRINGING THIS.
THEY KNOW THAT I'M IN THE TUNNEL OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.
IT WAS NO MEAN FEAT TO, TO PUT TOGETHER THAT WOULD, UM, ALONG WITH THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORWARD, UM, BE THE NEXT STEP THAT WE TAKE AS A COMMUNITY TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, I POSTED SOME AMENDMENTS TO 96 ON, UM, THE MESSAGE BOARD AND I HOPE THEY WILL BE SEEN AS FRIENDLY.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH THEM.
UM, AND IT'S KINDA HARD TO READ AND WHATEVER ON HERE AND, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST.
UM, SO THEY'RE POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
UM, AND THE, THE FIRST ONE I THINK IS REALLY,
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UM, IMPORTANT TO AFFIRM THE JOURNEY THAT WE ARE TAKING, THAT THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD IN WHICH IS TO REIMAGINE OUR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND SO IT, IT SORT OF STARTS OUT TO BE IT RESOLVED BY AFFIRMING THAT, UM, AS OUR, AS OUR UNDERLYING GOALS.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT AMENDMENT, UM, IS SIMPLY ADDS VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELORS THAT'S ON PAGE, UM, SORRY, MY PAGE.
UM, ADD TO THAT, TO, UM, THE LIST OF PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY, ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY ALTERNATIVE.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE ADDED A, UM, EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR REALLOCATING POSITIONS AND ROLES TO NEW CITY UNITS AND DEPARTMENTS NOT CURRENTLY REFLECTED IN OUR EXISTING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS OTHER MAJOR CITIES HAVE CREATED.
UM, AND THIS COMES OUT OF THE WORK THAT THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE HAS BEEN DOING, AND THEY ARE SUING TO BE REPORTING.
UM, AND THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN THERE THAT SUGGESTS A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE INCORPORATED.
UM, AND THIS JUST CREATES A SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THEN ON PAGE FIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY COGNIZANT IS THAT WE DID CREATE AN OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE RESOURCES AND THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED APPROPRIATELY IN CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO.
AND I DID, UM, WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY ON, UM, THESE AMENDMENTS.
SO ON PAGE FIVE, UM, WHERE WE SAY IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A PROCESS TO REWRITE THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, GENERAL ORDERS HAVE ADDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT.
UM, AND ON THERE THAT OFFICE IS, UM, RECOMMENDATION.
I'VE PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE THAT EXPANDS IT TO NOT JUST BE USED THE FORCE, UM, BUT THE GUIDELINES, UM, IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO USE OF FORCE DEESCALATION SEARCH AND SEIZURE, BODY WORN CAMERA, DASHBOARD, CAMERA, DISCIPLINE, MATRIX COMPREHENSIVE ON DUTY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, AND COURTESY BIAS AND MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE.
AND THEN AT THE TOP OF PAGE SIX, UM, I HAVE ADDED A PART THERE THAT SAYS, AND TO ESTABLISH PRACTICES THAT USE A SCORING MECHANISM FOR DISPROPORTIONAL BEHAVIOR TO IDENTIFY AT RISK OFFICERS ASSIGNED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS AND USE IN THE DETERMINATION OF PROMOTIONS.
UM, SO WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT MAY BE AT MORE RISK FOR ABUSE OF FORCE, ET CETERA.
UM, AND WE CAN ESTABLISH MECHANISMS THAT HELP US TO IDENTIFY THAT MORE.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, THEN THE NEXT ONE SUGGESTS THAT WE SET ASIDE SUFFICIENT RESERVE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT FORTHCOMING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM APD RELATED AUDITS, EVALUATIONS, MEMOS, AND REPORTS.
UM, AND I HAVE A LIST OF THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN IN THE STEPS OF REFORM.
UM, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE SIX, THIS EXEMPTS VICTIM SERVICES AND SEX CRIME UNITS FROM CUTS, UNLESS THOSE FTES ARE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT OR TO A NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GET MORE DETECTIVES AND MORE RESEARCH RESOURCES INTO THE SEX CRIMES UNIT TO ADDRESS, UM, THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CASES THAT ARE NOT BEING PROSECUTED.
UM, AND THEN ON PAGE SEVEN, UM, IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT AND THE EQUITY OFFICE THAT ENABLES THE DEPARTMENTS TO SUFFICIENTLY PERFORM THEIR MISSIONS AND FULFILL COUNCIL DIRECTIVES, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL FTES.
AND THEN ON PAGE SEVEN, UM, I INTRODUCED, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTCOME BASED BUDGETING AND ZERO BASED BUDGETING FRAMEWORKS TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, MECHANISMS THAT WE COULD DEPLOY AS WE TRY TO REIMAGINE WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW ALL GRANTS RECEIVED BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE IF THOSE FUNDS AND INITIATIVES ALIGN WITH AND ADVANCE THE COUNCIL'S AFFIRMED VISION FOR DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
UM, I HOPE THAT THESE WILL BE SEEN AS FRIENDLY.
IT IS ONE OF THE, UM, DIFFICULTIES OF OUR JOB THAT WE CAN'T ALL TALK AS WE'RE SORT OF FORMING AND, UM, DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE RESOLUTION UNTIL TILL FRIDAY.
AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO, UM, ADD SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WILL HELP THIS TO BE THE TRANSFORMATIVE RESOLUTION THAT I THINK WE, UM, INTEND FOR IT TO BE.
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REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS IN WHAT IS GOING TO BE A RATHER DIFFICULT PROCESS.ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON 96 OR AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING? YES, I WANTED TO, UM, I, UM, I HAVE A, AN AMENDMENT I WANTED TO GO OVER.
UM, AND, UM, AND KASMIN WERE HARD FOR MADISON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING ACCESS FOR MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION.
AND SO I WANTED TO ADD AN AMENDMENT THAT SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT'S NEEDED, UM, IN, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION INITIATIVE.
SO I HAVE, IT IS NOW POSTED IN BACKUP TO 96 AS AN AMENDMENT.
THERE WAS A POSTING ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, WHICH I THINK IS SLIGHTLY OLDER LANGUAGE, ALTHOUGH THE, THE, UM, CONTENTS THE SAME.
SO I'M JUST GONNA READ IT TO YOU ALL.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT ADDS AWARE AS THAT'S THAT SPEAKS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT SITUATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AS OF DECEMBER 16, 2019, WE HAD 23,333 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE NINE 11 CALL CENTER WITH A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT.
WE HAVE STARTED THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR SCALE.
AND CAUSE THEY ONLY HANDLE 291 OF THOSE CASES.
UM, UH, AS OF JUNE, THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT BY ANY MEANS.
AND THAT INDICATES THE NEED FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE SPECIFIC, UH, RESOLUTION STATES OR PROVIDE FUNDING REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT AT FULL SCALE, THE FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH CALLS FOR SERVICE PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE TITLE OF THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE 2019 BETTERS INSTITUTE REPORT.
UM, AND, UM, IS PROGRAM THAT DIRECTS MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AS THE, UH, APPROPRIATE RESPONSE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
SO THE, THE, UM, RESOLUTION SAYS, PROVIDES REQUIREMENT FUNDING WILL SCALE TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS, CALL CENTER TRAINING AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT.
AND THEN, THEN I WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT FUNDING SHALL REFLECT AT LEAST THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN THE CITY.
MANAGER'S BUDGET THOSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 LAST SHE DID THIS PROGRAM.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE IS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DIRECT THIS PROGRAM, BE TAKEN TO SCALE AND TO SCALE MEANS AT LEAST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDED, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM.
SO I'M A COUNCIL MEMBER AND SASHA UPPER MADISON.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UM, AND, UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, RESOLUTION THAT YOU BROUGHT.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, I SUPPORT THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED IN SPONSOR.
THANK YOU FOR FORGET ABOUT IT.
JUST REMEMBER POOL ASKED ME TO ALSO REPEAT, I THINK, WHAT SHE HAD PUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POSTS AND FOR THE COURT TO NOTE THAT YOU SUPPORTING AND WANTED TO BE LISTED AS A SPONSOR ON ITEMS 1595 AND 96.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY POSTING, UH, THIS, UH, AMENDMENT RELATED TO THEM DIVERSION INITIATIVE IS BEING BROUGHT BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND MYSELF.
THANK YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 96, REMEMBER HARPER, MADISON? YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING TO MAKE THE EFFORTS HERE MORE ROBUST.
AND, UM, ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD ARE CONSIDERED FRIENDLY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M A RENTER MARIA AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
I ALSO WANT TO BE SHOWN AS A SPONSOR ON A FOUR 50 ALRIGHTY, SIX AND REALLY THE OTHER ONE'S 94.
95 IS THE ONE ON LIMITED FORCE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
94 WAS THE ONE FIRST ONE THAT COUNTS.
I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE ALSO ON THE 95 WHEN WE GET TO IT.
I ECHO THE THANKS OF MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER,
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MADISON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.UM, AND I HAD ALSO AN I APOLOGIZE THAT I HAVE NOT POSTED THESE, BUT, UM, BUT WE'LL DO SO AFTER THIS, I HAD A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS, UM, AMENDMENTS TO OFFER THAT I HOPE TO WILL BE CONSIDERED FRIENDLY.
UM, WITHIN LINE 60, I THINK IT'S STILL LINES 60.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UM, PROPOSE ADDING, IN ADDITION TO YOU'VE LISTED PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES, SUCH AS, UM, MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSES AND OTHERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST ADDING HOUSING FOCUSED CASE MANAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES, UM, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AS WELL.
UM, AND I HAVE, AND A LITTLE LATER, UM, WHERE YOU'VE TALKED BETWEEN LINES 92 AND 94, YOU'VE DISCUSSED DIFFERENT, YOU'VE CALLED OUT CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, FIRST RESPONSES SUCH AS COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE LANGUAGE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN THAT YOU'VE AMENDED, BUT I, I MAY NEED SOME HELP LINING THIS UP, BUT OKAY.
I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST AN AMENDMENT TO ADD IN HERE A SPECIFIC REFERENCE AGAIN, TO EPCOT AND ALSO TO THE HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH TEAM OR HOST.
UM, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT I, AGAIN, I HOPE WILL BE FRIENDLY, UM, AND WE'LL POST ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
AND AS I INDICATED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, I INTEND TO SUPPORT, UM, ALL OF THE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED 50 93, I'M A COSPONSOR ON 94, I'M GOING TO INTEND TO SUPPORT 95 AND 96 AS WELL.
AND I, I THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR, THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT, ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT FRONTS THAT AT TRANSFORMING AND REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
TOBO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[Item 93]
LET'S TALK ABOUT ITEM 93.YOU MEAN YOU PULLED THIS ONE, IT'S YOURS.
THE FOUR ITEMS, UM, AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, UM, THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE, AS YOU WANT ME TO HAVE TO SPEND DOING, SORRY, MY LAPTOP SOMETIMES CHANGES MY MICROPHONE.
UH, IT'S JUST, WE'VE JUST ALL BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT TO YOU.
I KNOW THIS IS THIS MY IT'S MY MOMENT TO BE TOLD.
UM, SO THE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HAS, HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, ORIGINALLY, UH, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
AND, UH, IN THE MORE RECENT YEARS, UM, WITH COUNCILMEMBER HARPER, MADISON, AND AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, WE HAVE NECESSARILY EXPANDED THAT WORK OVER TIME TO INCLUDE MORE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS, BECAUSE FRANKLY IT WAS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE COURT, YOU GOT TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUFF THAT LED THE PEOPLE TO THE COURT.
I'LL TALK MORE ON THURSDAY ABOUT IT.
I THINK THIS ONE IS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TRUST IN THIS MOMENT TO, TO CONSENT TO MY REMAINING THE CHAIR OF THIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR PROCESS TODAY AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
I THINK, UM, I THINK I HOPE AS A COUNCIL, WE ARE, WE ARE REACHING A LEVEL OF UNITY AND RESOLVE THAT I WAS QUESTIONING.
I'M FEELING A LOT BETTER TODAY AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS GOES, RIGHT? WE PASS RESOLUTIONS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DO THEY GET DONE? WE'VE ALL HAD OUR RESOLUTIONS HAD THAT PROBLEM.
THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE ENSURE THAT THEY DO.
AND SO I HOPE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS WEEK IN ADDITION TO CREATING THESE RESOLUTIONS AND SETTING OUR DIRECTION AND INTENTION FORMALLY FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE MANAGER THAT I AM ALSO HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE YOUR TRUST BEFORE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO, TO IMPLEMENT AND TO DRIVE THIS WORK BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF OUR RESOLUTIONS NOT GETTING DONE.
AND THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO RELAX.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FLAT AGAIN.
UM, AND ALL THE FOLKS ON THAT COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP CHAIR, BUT THE WORK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS DONE, UM, THIS WITH THE, IF THIS PASSES AND THE SCOPE OF THIS COMMITTEE CHANGES, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT BY OUR RULES,
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UH, ANYONE CAN SIGN UP TO BE PART OF COMMITTEES ON THE COUNCIL.WE SAID, UH, RULES SAY THAT, THAT WE GET HANDED IT HANDLED IT OR WORK SESSION.
SO IF ANYBODY, UH, UH, LET'S SAY, CONSIDER THAT, AND EVERYBODY'S ON SEPARATE COMMITTEES, EVERYBODY'S ALREADY DOING A LOT OF WORK, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT I WOULD POINT OUT.
AND HE, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
UM, I HAD, UH, SPOKEN WITH MR. FLANAGAN ON FRIDAY BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS POSTED THAT I WANTED TO BE A COSPONSOR ON, UM, THREE.
UM, I WOULD ALSO JUST TO BE ADDED AS A COSPONSOR FOR, UM, 50 94, 95 AND 60 MINUTES TO ME THERE'S STILL SUBMITTED 95.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT STEP OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
UM, I ALSO FEEL THIS RIGHT STEP WOULD BE A JUDICIAL COMMITTEE AND WE'LL BE VOTING FOR THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALSO THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND PERHAPS SIT IN ON THIS COMMITTEE FROM TIME TO BE HAPPY TO WORK ON THE COMMITTEE, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE A LOT OF US WOULD WANT TO, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PLAN, AGAIN, THAT WE CAN ALL JUMP IN ON TOGETHER.
I'VE BEEN PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND, UM, AND POLICING.
AND IT'S AN AREA THAT I WILL, UM, CONTINUED TO WORK ON.
AND SO, UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, UH, TO THIS, I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS WORK.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS WORK CONTINUING IN BROADENING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THIS WORK.
AND, UM, SO, UM, AND MAYOR, I WANT TO SUGGEST, WELL, NOT NOW LET'S WAIT TILL WE FINISH THROUGH THESE.
THAT'S NOT IN THESE, UH, THAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO.
AND I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO WHAT ANN SAID.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN FOR ARTICULATING THAT SO WELL.
UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU'VE REALLY SPOKEN TO, I THINK HOW THIS COMMITTEE WORK WILL EVOLVE.
UM, THE FOUR OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HAVE REALLY INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, NOT JUST ON THE WORK, BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING TRUST WITH THE ADVOCATES AND, AND, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVE, FRANKLY, ON THESE ISSUES.
UM, BUT I, I RENEW AND, AND RESOLVE TO YOU ALL.
I COMMITMENT THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS COUNCIL INFORMED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY SO THAT YOU ALL CAN FIND THE TIMES WHERE IT MAKES MOST SENSE FOR YOUR SCHEDULES AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE BUSY WORK THAT I HAVE TRUSTED YOU ALL TO DO.
AND THERE'S OTHER WORK YOU ALL DO THAT I TRUST YOU TO DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S ALL KEEP WATCHING THE MESSAGE FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THOSE THINGS HAVE TO LIVE.
AND MUCH LIKE WHEN WE DID OUR REVIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, MY AMAZING CHIEF OF STAFF, MARTY BYER WAS POSTING ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, GIVING EVERYONE THE PLAY BY PLAY AND HOW THINGS WOULD ROLL OUT.
I COMMIT TO YOU WHILE WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK.
SO FOLKS CAN JUMP IN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CRITICAL MOMENTS.
AS WE GUESS THAT'S WHERE ELLIS JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION FOR THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GOOD WORK COMING OUT OF THE JUDICIAL AND POSSIBLY SEEM TO BE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK IN THIS PARTICULAR FIELD.
AND I THINK THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE, ARE REALLY SOLID AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THEM AS OTHER TRIALS STARTED AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LEND MY VOICE OF SUPPORT TO, TO THIS INITIATIVE.
UH, CLERK, I AM NOW GETTING, UM, UH, UH, QUERIES IS TO EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHY I'M ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS ON ALL OF THESE, EXCEPT FOR 96, UH, AS IF THERE WAS SIGNIFICANCE TO THAT.
AND THERE'S NOT, I WOULD ASK TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR ON 96.
OH, WE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
AND I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE EVEN A CO-SPONSOR ON ALL OF THEM, BUT THAT ONE, I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW IT GOES.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE MISREPRESENTING WHAT THAT WAS.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST ON THE ONE FOR REASONS, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S JUST NOT EVEN A THING.
I THINK I WAS ON ALL OF THEM AS THEY'RE POSTED IN THE AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE.
AND PEOPLE SIGNIFICANCE INTO THAT.
SO IT'S NOT, I WANT TO FIX THAT TOO.
WE'RE READY TO GO ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST, KATHY? SURE.
YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE SPONSORS AND THEN WE SIGNIFY OUR
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SUPPORT BY VOTING.AND SO THIS IS, UM, A COMMON SITUATION, A LITTLE LIKE WE HAD EARLY ON WHERE, WHERE OTHERS ARE VOICING SUPPORT IN ADVANCED, BY ADDING THEMSELVES AS CO-SPONSORS.
AND SO GIVEN GIVEN THAT IT DOES SEEM TO BE TAKING ON A SIGNIFICANCE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY WE USUALLY CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO ADD ME TO THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE JUST IDENTIFIED 50 93, 95 AND 96.
I'M ALREADY A CO-SPONSOR ON 94.
I THINK GIVEN YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE COUNCIL PROVIDING THIS LEADERSHIP BOTH TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND TO THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S VERY, IT GETS A VERY STRONG SIGNAL FROM OUR COUNCIL THAT WE'RE APPROACHING, UM, HANDLING OUR RESOLUTIONS THIS WEEK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
I JUST WANT TO THINK, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU KATHY FOR THAT.
CAUSE I THINK I, AND I AM VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WAY YOU LAID THAT OUT.
IT IS NOT OUR COMMON PRACTICE.
I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE OUR COMMON PRACTICE, BUT WE ARE NOT IN A COMMON MOMENT.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT WE KIND OF LEARNED THAT WE COULD ADD OUR NAMES AND SUPPORT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH WORK SESSIONS OR ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WHERE IT IS PUBLIC.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF AN AHA MOMENT.
A LOT OF US WHERE WE HAD FELT THAT FOUR OR FIVE WAS THE LIMIT, YOU KNOW, FIVE IS THE TECHNICAL LIMITS.
SO YOU DON'T VIOLATE OPEN MEETINGS, ACT REQUIREMENTS ON SUB QUORUMS, BUT IN THAT VEIN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS CO-SPONSOR AS WELL ON ALL OF NEEDS, JUST TO SHOW THAT WE SEE BACK YOUR WORK.
THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK.
THAT'S VERY NECESSARY AT THIS TIME AND WANT TO SHOW THAT WE ARE UNITED AND DOING THIS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER.
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WE HAVE ONE LAST POLL ITEM.AND I THINK IT MEANS A LOT FOR US TO ALL BE COMING, COMING TOGETHER AROUND THIS SO QUICKLY.
UH, JUST TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS ITEM DOES.
IT STARTS CHANGING PARTICULAR POLICE POLICY AND POLICE TACTICS, UM, ON TEAR GAS ON IMPACT, SO CALLED IMPACT MUNITIONS.
UH, IT ASKS FOR A REWRITING OF, OF OUR USE OF FORCE POLICIES IN PARTICULAR WITH AN EYE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE FLEEING, UH, LIKE, UH, MIKE RAMOS, A BAN, A SPECIFIC AND STRICT BAN ON CHOKEHOLD USE WHILE WE DID HERE DURING THIS, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, CHOKE HOLDS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED AUSTIN FOR A LONG TIME.
I AM LOOKING AT THE GENERAL ORDERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MAY BE POTENTIAL LOOPHOLES TO THAT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLOSE ANY OF THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT CHOKEHOLD USES STRICTLY BAND, UM, CREATING A POLICY THAT, UH, WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR MILITARY GRADE EQUIPMENT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE AND, AND START GETTING RID OF, OF MILITARY GRADE EQUIPMENT, UH, AND TO RESTRICT, UH, POLICE TACTICS THAT OFTENTIMES, UM, AREN'T IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC THINGS LIKE, UM, HAVING TOO MANY, NO KNOCK RATES OR, OR ALLOWING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO BE A GENERAL POLICING TACTIC IS NOT A GOOD THING.
AND SO THIS WOULD, UH, WOULD COVER ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE BASES AS IT COMES TO FACIAL RECOGNITION IN PARTICULAR, UH, WE HAVE NEVER TURNED ON FACIAL RECOGNITION.
TECHNOLOGY IS THE ANSWER THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE A STATE OF COUNCIL POLICY ON THE TOPIC, SO IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HANDLE THAT NOW RATHER THAN FOR US TO, TO HAVE TO HAVE BRIEFINGS AND MAKE A DECISION WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
IT'S BETTER TO, I THINK, TO, TO GET AHEAD OF THAT.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE GENERAL CHANGES, UM, OR GENERALLY WHAT THIS DOES THE, UM, I SAW AND THAT WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, PLEASE DO GO AHEAD, BUT I THANK YOU FOR POSTING YOUR AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND GENERALLY I SEE THOSE GENERALLY AS, AS, AS FRIENDLY AND APPRECIATED, UH, FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IMPACT MUNITIONS AND SIMILAR MUNITIONS, UM, THERE ARE, I'M TRYING TO COME OUT WITH ONE MORE VERSION, UM, UH, THAT WILL ONLY HAVE MINOR CHANGES.
ONE OF THE CHANGES WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MENTIONED, WHICH IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THE GENERAL ORDERS AS THEY'RE BEING CHANGED BEFORE THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE INTENSIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR RAISED.
AND THEN ALSO THE MORE THAT I READ ABOUT TEAR GAS, UM, UH, THE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE I FEEL WITH US HAVING IT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE.
UM, AND SO WHILE THE CURRENT RESOLUTION BANDS TEAR GAS ON FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES, UM, I'M, I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CO-SPONSORS, AND TRYING TO DO RESEARCH ON, ON JUST POTENTIALLY BANNING ITS USE OVERALL, GIVEN THAT IT IS BANNED,
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UH, BY THE GENEVA CONVENTION AS A, AS A WEAPON OF WAR.AND SO IT'S USE FOR ANYTHING INSIDE OF THE CITY, TO ME IS, IS AS QUESTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR, NONE OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I WANTED TO, UM, JUST LAY OUT MY AMENDMENTS, UM, APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING THEM.
SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF MY CONVERSATIONS ON 96 WITH THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT OF THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD, UM, STRENGTHEN, UM, ITEM 95.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE JUST ADDS OR SIMILAR WEAPONS, UM, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AT THIS POINT THAT MAY NEED TO BE COVERED IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE NEED TO HAVE THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, UM, INVOLVED IN THE CHANGES TO, UM, THE GENERAL ORDERS, UM, AND ALSO INDICATES A PARTICULAR TIME LIMIT.
UM, I DID WANT TO ASK COSAR IF WE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING CHANGES TO THE LAST VIET FURTHER RESOLVED.
SO GOOD, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
UH, THERE'S BEEN SORT OF SOME, UH, FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENTS, QUESTIONS AROUND HAVING A VOLUNTEER GROUP, EITHER FOLKS THAT DECIDE ON A CADET CLASS OR NOT GIVEN THAT THERE'S NOT A TRANSPARENT WAY FOR THEM TO VOTE OR HAVE THAT DEBATE.
AND SO SORRY, ONE OTHER SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, UH, THAT I THINK, UH, THAT I WILL BRING HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, JUST STILL WORKING ON THAT IT'S WITH LAW IS FOR, UH, FOR COUNCIL TO DECIDE, UH, ONCE WHAT CHANGES, WHETHER THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE TRAINING TO RESTART THE CLASSES, RATHER THAN DELEGATING THAT TO, UH, TO A VOLUNTEER GROUP WHERE THERE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE THE LEVEL OF, OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT HOW AND WHEN THAT DECISION WOULD BE MADE.
AND THEN, THEN I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT SOMETHING, THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT ON THE BROADER PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE NEW CADETS, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING.
AND WE ALSO, THERE'S A RECRUITING PART THAT'S NOT DEALT WITH HERE.
UM, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S FOLKS WHO ARE INTERPRETING THIS AS SAYING, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO EVER HAVE A NEW CADET CLASS OR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN.
AND I THINK AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGE WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION, UM, ONE OF THE SUREST WAYS TO DO THAT IS BY HAVING, UM, NEW MEMBERS WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE CULTURE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY KIND OF THE FIRST STEP WITH WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT SOMEHOW AS WE'RE NAVIGATING THIS PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REVISING THE CANDIDATE TRAINING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE CADETS.
WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU GET, UM, CULTURE CHANGE, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
AND I'VE JUST BEEN HEARING, UM, CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOUGHTS, AND JUST WANTED TO JUST FLAG THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, UM, IT IS ONE OF THE MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE FOR MAKING CHANGE.
AND, AND WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT, UM, AS WE'RE NAVIGATING THIS PROCESS, RIGHT.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, SORRY.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY MUTE BUTTON.
UM, I, HADN'T SORRY, I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO COUNSELOR CASSARA SPONSOR ON THIS RESOLUTION, BUT HE JUST TURNED OFF HIS VIDEO, BUT THERE ISN'T, I HADN'T NOTICED THERE WASN'T A, I KIND OF A REPORT BACK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO COUNCIL MEMBER, FLANAGAN'S POINT ABOUT HAVING EACH OF US HAVING THE SITUATION WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE RESOLUTIONS AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK THE RESPONSE THAT WE WERE EITHER EXPECTING.
I KNOW, I, I KNOW I'VE FELT THAT WAY WITH MY FIRE STATION RESOLUTIONS.
I THINK WE ENDED UP ABOUT FOUR.
AND SO WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO, TO GET ONE, WHICH I JUST GOT INVITED TO A GROUNDBREAKING IN JULY.
JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE OTHER EXAMPLE, BEING THE DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, SEEING A PRESS CONFERENCE SAID, WELL, THAT IT MEANT NOTHING TO, TO, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE WE ADD SOME KIND OF, UM, REPORT BACK PRETTY QUICKLY THAT SHOWS, UM, FROM A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OR YANO AND THE CHIEF, HOW THEY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE, UM, THE, UH,
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RESOLUTION AND ALL THE OTHER ONES.AND SO ANYWAY, I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT AS EITHER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR IT, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON IT, COUNCILOR MIXER.
WELL, I THINK WE'LL BE A, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE'RE WORKING ON IS, UH, LOOKING AT YOUR RESOLUTION THERE FOR TIME AND A COUNSELOR UNDER HARPER.
MADISON'S THERE ALL HAVE SOME OF THOSE REPORT BACK PROVISIONS, SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SQUARE UP WITH LAWS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESSES IS SIMILAR ACROSS THE RESOLUTIONS.
I THINK YOUR POINT IS RIGHT ON.
UM, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MENTIONED THIS IN HER AMENDMENTS.
YOU, IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THE WORK, UH, SEE IT QUICKLY AND, UH, AND KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THAT, BEFORE THE DECISION IS MADE ON HOW TO INTERPRET OUR RESOLUTION.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN THERE, OR THAT COUNTS.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY ONLINE.
I HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT SHOW COLTS.
AND I, I THOUGHT THAT I HAD HEARD A COMMENT LAST WEEK IN OUR SESSION AND OUR BRIEFING ON FRIDAY THAT SHOW CALLED USES CURRENTLY PROHIBITED.
AND IF IT CAN'T BE ANSWERED NOW, IT WOULD JUST, IT WOULD BE, UM, I WOULD LIKE THAT CLARIFY, CAUSE I THOUGHT THE COMMENT HAD BEEN MADE THAT IT WAS PROHIBITED.
AND I, I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER IT IS CURRENTLY OR, OR WOULD ONLY BE AFTER THIS PASSAGE MAYOR.
AND MY ASKING OF THAT QUESTION, WHAT I HEARD BACK IS THAT A GENERALLY IS PROHIBITED, BUT THERE'S AN IMPROVISATION SECTION OF OUR GENERAL ORDERS THAT COULD CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND WE SHOULD GO LOOK AT THAT SECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T, UH, CREATING, UH, UH, CREATING THE, THE PERMISSABILITY OF CHOKE HOLDS.
SO, SO I THAT'S PART OF WHY THE LANGUAGE IS TO REALLY STRICTLY PROHIBIT THE USE OF VOCALS.
UM, NOT JUST IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO, UM, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW FOR IT.
I, THIS WAS ALREADY TOUCHED ON SOME GLAD TO SEE THE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.
UM, BUT I ALSO WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE AROUND PEOPLE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS INTERPRETED MORE BROADLY.
SO IT WASN'T THAT THE RULE ONLY APPLIED WHEN PEOPLE WERE SEEN AS PROTESTING, BUT THAT TEAR GAS AND IMPACT MUNITIONS WERE SOMETHING THAT WERE, ARE EITHER BANNED ALTOGETHER OR KIND OF FIGURING OUT THAT LINE OF MAKING SURE IT PROTECTS AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU AND WALTER WERE ALREADY, UM, THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THAT I WOULD BRING WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST NOT DO TO YOUR GAS PERIOD AND ON THE, UM, IMPACT MUNITIONS FRONT.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE, THESE THESE CAN BE LETHAL.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY CLEAR, UM, THAT WE WANT TO PROHIBIT SOME OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE SAW, UM, DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS, WHAT HAPPENS TO SOME OF THOSE PROTESTERS.
UM, AND I, I THINK THIS IS JUST COUNCIL HAVING TO STEP UP AND, AND RESPOND TO THE TESTIMONY THAT WE HEARD.
AND SO, SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT TO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THAT.
AND, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES REVOLVING AROUND THE CADET CLASS, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA LAYER THAT LAST DECEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT WAS ALREADY OPENING UP THE PRACTICES OF, OF THE TRAINING AND THE RECRUITMENT.
SO IF ANYONE'S WATCHING AT HOME THAT MAYBE WASN'T WATCHING IN DECEMBER, IT'S AN, IT'S AN EXTRA LAYER TO SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY BEING WORKED ON.
AND IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN, UM, A CONCERN FOR COUNCIL AND SOMETHING THAT CITY STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT ONGOING.
SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT THIS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS DIRECTLY USE OF FORCE ISSUES.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION AND I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT.
I ALSO LIKED TO COME IN ON A DIFFERENT WHAT WE'RE NOT HEARING NUMERIC.
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YES.SO THIS IS ACTUALLY IS ACTUALLY, IT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO, UM, BUT I'LL BE WORKING ON AND WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH MANY OTHERS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UM, A LEGISLATIVE GROUP, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AT A STATE LEVEL.
AND, UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS ALREADY AND LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO GET MORE SPECIFIC.
I KNOW THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO GET MORE SPECIFIC WITH REGARD TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND POLICING, AND, UM, THERE MAY BE OTHER AREAS ALSO.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THERE ARE LONGSTANDING ISSUES RELATED TO THE ROLE THAT THE POLICE HAVE TO PLAY WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND, UM, THAT PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE FUNCTIONS PERHAPS NEED TO BE OPENED UP IN STATE LAW PARAMEDICS AND, UM, AND UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
AND SO, UM, I WILL BE BRINGING SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT FOR OUR, FOR OUR STATE, UM, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND I KNOW OTHERS HAVE WORKED ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THAT IS CERTAINLY WELCOME.
I WAS GOING TO BRING IN AMENDMENTS AND I DID SIX.
I DID THAT, BUT I DIDN'T MANAGE TO, TO, TO DO THAT.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINKING AND, UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR COUNCIL TODAY THAT WE ARE, UM, UNANIMOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND COMMITTING OURSELVES TO REIMAGINING WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, OVER THE WEEKEND, I TOOK SOME TIME TO READ, LISTEN TO, UM, OUR BRIEFING AND REFLECT ON THE TESTIMONY THAT WE'RE CALLING FOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE EVENT FROM TWO WEEKENDS AGO DID NOT OCCUR IN A VACUUM.
UM, AND WE AS A COUNCIL, UM, ARE RECOGNIZING THE INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
UM, I THINK THAT RECOGNIZING IT, ADMITTING THOSE PROBLEMS IS THE FIRST STEP.
AND I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL IS PAST STEP ONE AND WORKING ON WHAT COMES NEXT.
I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE WE NEED TRANSFORMATION.
UM, AND AS I WENT THROUGH ITEM 96, UM, WHAT WAS NAGGING ME WAS NOT WHAT IT SAID, BUT WHAT IT DIDN'T SAY AND, AND, AND HOW IT DIDN'T GET US TO THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WE WANT IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE WE NEED TRANSFORMATION.
UM, AND TO DO THAT BELIEVE WE NEED A NEW VISION OF WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CITY.
UM, WE NEED TO BREATHE NEW AIR INTO A DEPARTMENT THE TIME AND TIME AGAIN HAS COME SHORT, UM, FROM THE WAY IT TREATS SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TO WORSENING RACIAL PROFILING ISSUES, TO DEPARTMENTAL FEAR, TO SPEAK OUT.
AS WE SAW IN THE TATUM REPORT ON UNJUSTIFIED AND UNACCEPTABLE USE OF FORCE, UM, RESULTING IN HORRIBLE INJURY.
THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SAY.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT FOR THIS POINT IN TIME, WE NEED DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, I RESPECT GREATLY CHIEF MANLEY AND HIS SERVICE AND HIS LEADERSHIP, BUT THE FIRST STEP FORWARD IS A COMMITMENT TO MAKE CHANGE.
AND IF WE CAN'T ADMIT THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE CHANGE.
UM, THIS REALLY CAME HOME TO ME AS I, UM, RE LISTENED TO THE BRIEFING AND THE RESPONSES TO MY QUESTIONS.
I WAS REALLY, UM, LOOKING FOR A COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL CHANGE, WHICH, UM, I DIDN'T FIND THERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT COMMITMENT IS IN THE UPPER LEADERSHIP, UM, WITH MR. ARIANO OR CHEESECAKE EITHER.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THESE GENTLEMEN DON'T GIVE EVERYTHING TO OUR CITY AND THAT THEY HAVEN'T SERVED ADMIRABLY AND LED US AT VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.
UM, BUT I I'M CONCERNED THAT WE NEED DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP FOR WHERE WE ARE.
UM, AND I DID SPEAK TO SPENCER THIS MORNING AND I JUST, I FEEL LIKE
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I NEEDED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.UM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE THIS TRANSFORMATION IF WE CAN'T BRING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ALONG.
AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE THE CULTURAL LEAP THAT WE NEED TO MAKE EVERY REFORM THAT WE PUT ON THE TABLE IS NOT GOING TO DO THINGS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT WHAT COMES NATURALLY TO ME.
I AM MUCH MORE, UM, DISCIPLINED AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE LIKED TO DO THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENT DEMANDS OF US LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN OUR SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD, AND THAT MAY REQUIRE CHANGE, OR AT THE VERY LEAST IT REQUIRES A COMMITMENT, UM, TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, JAMIE, YOU WERE A HALF CORRECT.
I'M SHOWING AS A SPONSOR ON 93, 94, 95, 96.9 50 94, 95 96, BUT NOT YOUR 93.
I WOULD ASK TO BE LISTED ON YOURS 93 AS WELL, AND CAME HERE AS A SPONSOR COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER.
THIS HASN'T NECESSARILY TO DO WITH THE AGENDA, BUT A WITH GRAVE SADNESS.
I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE PASSED AWAY.
UH, SHE WAS A DAUGHTER, GRANDMA CAMACHO, AND SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE, UH, UH, LEADER THERE AT, UH, A BEACON TO PENN.
AND SHE WAS THE CHAIR OF OUR BOARD THERE FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL SHE FELL ILL.
AND THEN, UH, BUT SHE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEKEND AND I WENT TO GET MY CONDOLENCE AND DO THE FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SAY THAT, MAN.
THEY SHARE OUR CONDOLENCES WITH THE FAMILY AS WELL.
YEAH, ALISON, UM, I JUST, I'M GETTING A COUPLE OF TEXTS TO WHICH RESOLUTIONS I SIGNED ON TO, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE CLERK THAT I WAS SIGNING ON TOP FIVE OF THEM.
BEFORE WE TAKE OFF, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY SIGNED ON TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU, UM, SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION AND THERE'S NO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON THURSDAY AS, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO PACKAGE THESE TOGETHER, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE THE THING ALSO JUST, I GUESS I STARTED, I KNOW THIS ISN'T A BOOKEND BECAUSE I STAY IN THEIR HANDS GOING UP AND IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A BOOK, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION AND, AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS COMMENTS, I THINK THAT IS, IT'S AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR US AND TO REALLY LOOK AT THINGS AND TO REEVALUATE THINGS AND TO BE COURAGEOUS AND TO HAVE THESE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS.
AND, AND I, I, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE HARD CONVERSATIONS FOR US TO HAVE.
AND, UM, I, I THINK I KNOW I FEEL WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT FOR MANY OF US, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS.
UM, AND, AND, UM, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED WORK.
ORIGINALLY, I, I HAD INDICATED I WOULD SIGN UP ON THE THREE THAT WERE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM PIECES, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE BRINGING THAT BACK.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BE A CORRESPONSE AROUND THAT AND ALSO ON THE TENANT, UH, PROVISIONS, UH, THAT ONE.
I'M HAPPY TO BE ALSO, UH, NOTED AS A CO-SPONSOR ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT OUR CONCERNS ABOUT JUSTICE REFORM AND SOCIAL ISSUES, UM, CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ALL OF THESE PROGRESSIVE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES ON THEM FOR A LONG TIME, SOME PEOPLE SHORTER TIME, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANY OF US, WHETHER WE'VE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES A SHORT TIME OR A LONG TIME, THESE ARE SOLIDS
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FOUNDATIONAL TENETS OF OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.AND THEY ARE MOST CLEARLY SEEN IN THE, UM, THAT I BELONG TO, WHICH IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
AND, UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PLEASED I AM AS WELL, THAT WE ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT FORWARD ON THE STRUCTURAL CHANGE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO.
THE POLICE, AS I SAID LAST WEEK ARE THE MOST VISIBLE, UM, AND MOST CURRENT INDICATOR THAT WE NEED TO HAVE STRUCTURAL REFORM, BUT FRANKLY IT CUTS ACROSS ALL AREAS.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
UM, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, AS A MOM WHOSE DAUGHTER WENT THROUGH FROM PRE-K GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WITH, UH, AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND AT THE TIME MARRIED TO TEACHER, I COULD SEE THAT REALLY CLEARLY, BUT WHAT IS PRETTY DARN EXCITING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS THAT THE ENTIRE, NOT JUST OUR CITY AND OUR STATE, BUT THE NATION AND FRANKLY, THE GLOBE IS RECOGNIZING THAT WE REALLY ARE AT THE TIPPING POINT AND WE SHOULD ALL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEING IN THIS PLACE.
AND SO TO SPEAK AS A UNIFIED COUNCIL IS REALLY POWERFUL.
AND, UM, JUST TO REITERATE, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE CAN SEE THAT WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLAT AGAIN.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I'LL THINK MORE ABOUT HOW TO NOTE THE MOMENT WHEN WE GET TO THURSDAY, BUT THE WEAVE, THIS COUNCIL THAT THE 11 OF US HAS, WE'VE BEEN IN SOME VERY DIFFICULT WORK FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN TOGETHER AND THAT'S BEEN HARD AND I CERTAINLY HAVE A RENEWED APPRECIATION FOR HOW THIS CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
AND I, I AM COMMITTING TO THINK ABOUT THE WORK DIFFERENTLY TOO.
AND I WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM THAT OUR CITY FACES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE STORY FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
THAT CASE WAS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
IT HAPPENED ULTIMATELY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED AND UNDER THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCY FOR THAT ACTION AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TWO COMMISSIONERS CALLED FOR SHERIFF JODY TO RESIGN COMMISSIONER TERRY COOK AND COMMISSIONER CYNTHIA LONG.
AND IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE THE TWO WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT REPRESENT MY PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND I AM SO PROUD OF THEM STANDING UP FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME PARTY.
THIS WORK CROSSES THE CULTURAL DIVIDE.
IF WE REALLY SIT DOWN AND DO THE WORK, THERE IS A SMALL GOVERNMENT FISCAL CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIGGEST PART OF THE CITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT SMALLER.
HOW ARE WE ALL NOT EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT COULD GO MAMA'S TO TALKING TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I WANT TO SAVE THIS FOR THURSDAY, BUT I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT THAT THE 11 OF US ARE ALL IN IT.
WE REALLY, AND I TRULY BELIEVE WE WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
AND, UH, HERE IT'S, UH, TWO 15, UH, AND THE DAY, UH, I'LL START THE WAY IT STOPPED, THE WAY THAT I STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING, UH, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS SIGN UP.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT.
I ASKED, UH, UH, APRIL THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MMM MMM.
ON, I THINK ALL THE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR THOSE FIVE WILL BE CALLED AT NINE O'CLOCK.
AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN OUR PAST MEETINGS, WE'RE GOING TO BUNDLE TOGETHER FIVE ITEMS IF YOU THROW 96.
AND THE FIRST 20 OR SO SPEAKERS WILL GET THREE MINUTES.
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THEREAFTER THEY'LL GET A ONE MINUTE.UH, THE INTENT IS TO HAVE EVERYBODY SPEAK NO MORE THAN ONCE FOR US.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 120 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR, UH, THOSE FIVE AS OF WHEN WE STARTED OUR MEETING THIS MORNING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNT IS NOW.
UM, ABOUT 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON ZONING, WHICH WILL BE CALLED AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, AND, UM, UH, ANOTHER, UH, FIVE, IT LOOKED LIKE ON THE, UH, UH, NON ZONING ITEMS, NOT PART OF THAT, THAT PACKAGE OF FINE.
AND WITH THAT SAID, SORRY, I DIDN'T GET A, IT KIND OF WAS A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I'M ALSO GETTING FROM MY STAFF ASKING, LIKE MARK IS ASKING IF IT'S OKAY TO ADD EVERYBODY AND THE PERSON THAT HASN'T BEEN ALL THAT IS COUNCIL REMEMBER ELLIS, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE SHE HAS TO BE.
SO I JUST, I CAN'T TALK TO SOMEWHERE ELSE ABOUT MINE.
UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A PROCESS THAT EVERYBODY GETS THEIR NAMES ON, ON THE, ON ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO SOMEONE CAN PUT THEIR NAME ON EITHER AT AN OPEN MEETING LIKE THIS, OR THEY COULD GO ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND ADD THEIR NAME AS A COSPONSOR ON ANYTHING.
I MEAN, YOU JUST, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR PUBLIC DECLARATION EITHER HERE OR THERE.
SO WHEN YOU POST ON THE POST ON THE MESSAGE BOARD YES.
AND I DID ASK TO BE ADDED, BUT IF IT'S HELPFUL TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, JUST SPECIFY 50 93, 94, 95 AND 96 CLEAR.
SO THIS IS THE CLARK'S OFFICE.
SHOULD I, IS SOMEONE ELSE SPEAKING? I CAN'T HEAR EVERYBODY HAS SIGNED UP ON ALL FIVE.
AND I WOULD ASK THE CLERK TO MAKE THAT CHANGE RIGHT AWAY SO THAT IT IS, AND THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT ON OUR CORRECTIONS SHEET FOR THURSDAY, BUT THEN AT JOE OFF MESSAGE FOR ONLY A MEETING AGENDA.
NOW, ANYWAY, THIS IS JEANETTE.
I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH LAW.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ADJUST THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE'RE WITHIN THIS LOW RIGHT NOW.
SO, I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME AND MORGAN, WE COULD GO THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THAT WOULD BE TO PUT IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
AND OF COURSE THE PUBLIC HAS HEARD THIS IN CONVERSATION.
HE HEARD THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WANTS TO BE A, THE CO-SPONSOR ON EACH OF THOSE FIVE ITEMS. SO IT'S, IT'S IN THE PUBLIC REALM.
NOW WE CREATE A NEW AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, THOUGH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.
THE AGENDA IS ALSO ON THE, UM, IT'S ON, ON, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THAT CAN'T BE CHANGED.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT IT BE CHANGED.
UH, YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, BUT COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL IN THIS PROCESS AND IT IS DIFFICULT.
WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I'M SO HAPPY THAT ARE BEING INVOLVED NOW, AND IT'S NEW FOR THEM.
AND THEY MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE PROCESSES.
AND I WOULD LIKE IF I, IF I MIGHT ADD GREAT, I HAVE AN OPTION, UH, THAT, UH, WE ROUTINELY ADD STUFF TO THE AGENDA AS BACKUP ITEMS. SO ANOTHER OPTION, UM, CITY, CITY ATTORNEY, IF THERE ARE LEGAL ISSUES ABOUT THE BODY OF THE TEXT, THERE CAN ALWAYS BE AN ADDITIONAL BACKUP ITEM LISTING THE COMPLETE CO-SPONSORS.
AND MAYORS, THIS IS, THIS IS CHANEL.
AND MAYOR, THIS IS NOT IN CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS.
WELL, IT WOULD PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE THERE AS WELL, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING 72 HOURS BEFORE A MEETING.
WE CAN'T CHANGE AN AGENDA MEETING, BUT WE CAN BACK UP TO THE AGENDA SO THAT IF ANYONE GOES THERE, THEY CAN SEE THAT BACKUP.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO GET LOST, WE'LL ALSO MAKE IT PART OF THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS.
THIS IS JEANETTE, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID SPEAKERS WOULD BE TAKEN AT NINE AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT'S 10 JEN.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIBERATE ANYTHING IN THE MORNING.
UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THROUGH THE SPEAKERS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
I WOULD ALSO SAY WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE SPEAKER SYSTEM.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING NEW THIS NEXT MEETING.
IF THERE IS A SPEAKER THAT IS SPEAKING THAT YOU WANT TO STAY AFTER THEY'RE DONE SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND WHILE THAT SPEAKS.
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WILL TRY TO SEE IF WE, ANYBODY DOES THAT ON THE DIOCESE.AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THAT PERSON ON THE PHONE AND NOT THEM DISCONNECTED.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE HAD A QUESTION THEY WANTED TO ASK, BUT THE SPEAKER HAD ALREADY LEFT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AS KEN'S PRIVATE KITCHEN, RIGHT.
MAYOR I'D ALSO JUST REMIND US THAT WE HAVE A, A PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED AND IT'S POSTED SO THAT WE ALL CAN PARTICIPATE ON THURSDAY.
SO THAT MEANS WE PROBABLY WON'T START AT 10:00 AM, BUT IT SHOULD BE SHORTLY AFTER.
AND WHAT TIME IS THE PRESS CONFERENCE? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE CAN'T SEE ANYTHING IN OUR EMAIL.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA FOR, I WORKED WITH CELTA.
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR POSTING IT.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP COUNCILMEMBER, CAUSE YOU HELPED ME WITH THAT.
SO IN CASE EVERYBODY WANTED TO GET TOGETHER, WE COULD, WE WERE POSTED THAT WE COULD ALL GET TOGETHER AT 10, 10:00 AM.
UM, BUT I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE, TO THE GROUP TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT SLAUGHTER AND IT JUST EXISTS.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO DISCUSS AT THE END OF ITS WORK SECTION HERE, WHETHER THAT'S A SLOT WE WANT TO USE.
I THINK THAT A REALLY POWERFUL MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT BY EVERYBODY.
CO-SPONSORING ALL THE ITEMS. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED IT OUT OF FOLKS, BUT IF WE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT THERE IS A IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO BE SENT TO THERE THAT, UM, THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTING THESE ITEMS IN THIS WORK.
SO, SO COULD USE IT AT 10, 10 AMF, WHICH IF WE SO CHOSE COUNCILMEMBER HOPING MADISON ALSO THOUGHT, UH, REQUESTED THAT WITH ME.
UM, AND SO I WOULD ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT SHE THOUGHT AS WELL ABOUT USING THAT PHONE.
I MEAN, WHETHER WE'RE ON, IN ANOTHER WEBEX TOGETHER, IT WOULD BE THE EXACT SAME THING AS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHICH WOULD BE, UM,
SO I'M WONDERING IF, IF WE CAN, UH, UM, DO THE TWO MINUTES MAYOR AND IT, MAYBE THAT HAPPENS BEFORE WE STARTED HEARING SPEAKERS WERE THE, WHAT, WHAT YOU DID IN THE LAST, JUST A SUGGESTION, BECAUSE INSTEAD OF GOING, I ASSUME THERE WAS ANOTHER LINK TO JOIN AT 10, 10, AND THEN WE WOULD BE JOINING BACK HERE, BUT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE HERE TOGETHER ANYWAYS.
SO MAYBE JUST GIVE EVERYBODY THE TWO MINUTES TO GIVE THEIR REMARKS ON ALL THAT, THAT PACKAGE OF ITEMS DOES ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING.
I'LL TAKE THAT SUGGESTION SINCE WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE TOGETHER.
AND IF THAT CHANGES, LET ME KNOW, BUT I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME TWO MINUTES TO START THE MEETING.
I WOULD SUGGEST START AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN JUST BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATED A LOT OF SPEAKERS AND I GO LATE AND THROW IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DELIVERING THESE THINGS TOO LATE AT NIGHT AS WELL.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT GROUP? WE'VE GOT GREG AND ANNE AND NATASHA PROPOSE SOMETHING ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND LET US ALL KNOW, I CAN JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION RIGHT HERE.
UM, I THINK WHAT PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING MAKES SENSE TO ME, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL SINCE IT IS POSTED AS A PRESS CONFERENCE.
UM, I THINK, I THINK IT'S WRITTEN THAT WAY, THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING TO LET THE PRESS KNOW THAT WE WILL BE TAKING TWO MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STATEMENT.
IF A PIO WILL, PLEASE LET MEDIA KNOW, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START OFF THE MEETING WITH GIVING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TWO MINUTES.
ANYTHING ELSE AT TWO 24 THEN PROUD DAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND WORK SESSION? UM, KIND OF FEELS LIKE WE TOOK A VOTE TODAY, BUT OF COURSE WE DID NOT.
CAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE PHONES DURING WORK SESSIONS.
UH, BUT IT IS TWO 24 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED THE LITTLE SIDE.
THE NOW I'M WALKING DOWN BROADWAY WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE.
I SEE ALL KINDS OF LITTLE MAN ALONE.
I TRIED TO PUSH A SUBWAY TRAIN