Sep 03, 2020 City Council Meetings

THANKS FOR THAT.

GOOD NEWS ABOUT CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS, THANKS TO OUR CLERK'S OFFICE, OUR CTM FOR WORKING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THAT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT ELEMENT OF OUR MEETINGS

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AGAIN.

UM, I NEED TO PULL 13 AND 14 FOR SOME QUICK QUESTIONS.

UM, AND I HAVE A WASH CHIN ABOUT SIX TWO THAT I THINK IS FAST.

SO I GUESS I NEED TO PULL THAT ONE AS WELL.

BEING PULLED SIX, 13 AND 14, IN ADDITION TO 22, 23 AND 24, A MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN YOU SHOW ME ABSTAIN FROM ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE? YES.

RECORDS WILL SHOW THAT THAT'S OUR POOL.

I WANTED TO, UM, JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED IN WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

CAN I DO THAT NOW? OR SHOULD I DO THAT BIG IS FINE.

WOULD YOU THAT FOR NOW LET'S GET THE SPEAKERS SPOKEN AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR, THAT'D BE GREAT.

ARE WE READY FOR SPEAKERS? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER LS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING I'M ON SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND SIX.

WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING? SURE.

RIGHT.

STAFF.

[Public Comment (Part 1 of 2)]

SO ARE THE SPEAKERS IN QUEUE THAT HAS TO PRESS ZERO? PLEASE DO.

SO NOW THE FIRST SPEAKER IS WENDY GONZALEZ.

SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR COVID RESPONSE.

UM, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE.

I JUST HAVE A FEW OTHER, UM, ISSUES I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.

UM, I LIVE IN DELHI AS DISTRICT AND TODAY'S MY BIRTHDAY, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE PRESIDENT.

I WAS HOPING FOR, UM, LAST NIGHT I WAS ACTUALLY WOKEN UP BY GUNSHOTS, A FEW HOUSES DOWN.

UM, SO I'M JUST REQUESTING THAT YOU GUYS PLEASE BOOST POLICE MORALE AND OPEN UP THE ACADEMIES FOR MORE RECRUITS AND MORE POLICE OFFICERS.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, UM, BAD SEEDS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE BAD.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DO FOCUS ON THE GOOD ONES, UM, AND HELP GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO BETTER POLICE OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS PLEASE HELP WITH THE OPEN CAMPING SITUATION.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY BAD HERE.

UM, AND I THINK SLEEPING UNDER BRIDGES AND, UH, CREEKS IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE AND YOU NEED TO GET THESE PEOPLE TO REHAB OR OUT OF HARM'S WAY OR AWAY FROM HARMING OTHERS IN A WAY FROM LIKE DRUG HABITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE IT IF WE COULD HELP GET THOSE AREAS CLEANED UP, MAKE OUR CITY SAFE AGAIN.

UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UM, LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

UM, AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

I NEED A PATALA.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD.

UM, MY NAME IS ANA PATELLA.

I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND I'M IN DISTRICT FIVE.

I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE MAPS NOT BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT LAND IS BEING TAKEN AS RIGHT OF WAYS.

A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE NOT PURCHASING ENTIRE PROPERTIES, BUT ONLY SLIVERS OF PROPERTY CONSISTING OF FIVE TO 10 FEET WIDE WEIGHS ITEM FIVE DOES NOT STATE THIS INFORMATION.

I WAS TOLD THEY WERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR OVER 2000 YELLOW PARTIAL ACQUISITION PROPERTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE OVER 150 ACQUISITION GREEN.

SO THEY COULD HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE THE PLANS AND WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO KEEP GOING BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

EACH TIME.

THIS FLEXIBILITY MAKES ME NERVOUS.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC REGARDING THE EXACT PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE ACCURATE MAPPING INDICATING THE EXACT SLIVERS OF PROPERTY THEY INTEND TO OBTAIN.

I DON'T FIVE CASTS WIDEN THAT AND THE MAPS LIST ENTIRE PROPERTIES FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION IN CASE THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED.

IF THEY ONLY WANT TO TAKE A SLIVER OF LAND, THEN WHY DIDN'T THEIR MAPS REFLECT THAT I KNOW THE MAP, THEIR PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAWN AND THE CONSTRUCTION PLANNERS KNOW WHERE THE SIDEWALKS BIKE LANES AND CROSSES WILL GO.

WE SHOULD NOT BE OKAY WITH VAGUE NONSPECIFIC APPROVALS FOR FLEXIBILITY.

WITH THE TRUST ME ATTITUDE, WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY? THIS IS NOTHING BUT A BLANKET CARTE BLANCHE APPROVAL REQUESTS.

THE INFORMATION IS TOO VAGUE AND GIVES TOO MUCH LEEWAY ON TOO MANY PROPERTIES.

IF CERTAIN PROPERTIES WERE NOT CURRENTLY PART OF THE PLAN CONSTRUCTION, THEN WHY WERE THESE LISTED? THE DETAILS SHOULD BE IN WRITING TRANSPARENCY AND DETAILS

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MATTER.

ARE THEY ACQUIRING FIVE FEET, 10 FEET TAKING 10 FEET FROM SOME BUSINESSES WOULD COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE PARKING TO THEIR PATRONS.

HOW MUCH OF THE SAXON PUBS IN SOUTH AUSTIN MUSIC'S PARKING LOT WILL BE IN THEIR SLIPPER? WHAT ABOUT THE BROKEN SPOKE? WELL MARTY'S BOOSTER PATIO SEATING WITH A HUGE HERITAGE OAK TREES BY MATT OR THE BROKEN SPOKE TO BE AT RISK.

I WAS TOLD THESE PROPERTIES WERE NOT IN THE DESIGN TO BE INCLUDED.

WHERE DOES THIS EXPLICITLY STATE THAT INFORMATION? I LIKE SIDEWALK AND SUPPORT BIKE LANES.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH OUR CITY LEADERSHIP FOR PROVING A NONSPECIFIC CARTE BLANCHE AGENDA ITEMS, SIMPLY FOR FLEXIBILITY, WITHOUT VERY SPECIFIC MAP OF WHAT PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THIS LIVERS TO BE CLAIMED AS RIGHT AWAY.

I BELIEVE IF A PLAN CHANGES AND THE NEW ITEM NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC INPUT, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ABROAD UNSPECIFIC BLANKET INCLUSION AHEAD OF THE TIME, THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN SHOULD BE PROVIDED CLEAR DETAILED MAPS AND GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THESE ACTIONS.

GETTING GLIDE PERMISSION IS A LIT TO A LIST OF ENTIRE PROPERTY.

SIMPLY FOR FLEXIBILITY CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR AT RISK BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS.

THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT BE PASSED WITHOUT MAJOR REVISIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT'S WHERE HER KITCHEN.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HEADS UP TO OUR STAFF.

I WILL, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM.

SO I WAS GOING TO ASK IT ON CONSENT, BUT MAYBE I SHOULD PULL IT REAL QUICKLY.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE, THAT IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE SPEAKER IS AVAILABLE AND I WANT TO HAVE THE STAFF SPEAK TO THAT.

SO, UM, I'M JUST GIVING A HEADS UP TO THE STAFF.

SO I'LL BE ASKING THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

MAYOR, I NEGLECTED TO PULL IT AS I HAVE A QUESTION TOO.

SO MAYBE WE DO JUST NEED TO PULL THAT ONE.

THAT INCLUDES ZONING REGULATION.

WE'LL PULL ITEM 34.

NEXT, NEXT ITEM.

I THINK IT WAS ITEM FIVE.

SPEAKER ELIZABETH CAREY.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS LOUISA BEST CAREY.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.

AND IF ANY INSPIRATION FOR AGENDA ITEM 27, EVERYONE HAS BROUGHT UP GREAT QUESTIONS AND POINTS THROUGHOUT THIS CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS.

AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT CITY STAFF, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON AND BRENT LLOYD PRESENTED LAST MONTH.

YES, TO RECAP LAND STATUS IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES CERTAIN OLDER TRACKS OF LANDS THAT WERE DEFINED BY DEED TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.

THE CODE PROVISION AT ISSUE IS ONE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERPRETED AS LITERAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE, NOT COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIANT BECAUSE THAT INTERPRETATION HAS BEEN USED FOR SO LONG.

IT IS PREFERRED TO CHANGE IT WITH THIS AMENDMENT, ADDRESSING THE TOP CONCERNS.

FIRST STREET FRONTAGE IS THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE BASELINE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND THERE ARE NO IMPACTS ON FORMING NEW LOTS.

THIS IS SPECIFIC TO UNSIGHTED TRACKS FROM PRIOR TO 1995, THAT ALREADY HAD CITY UTILITIES.

THIS GIVES A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR TRACKS OF LANDS THAT OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR LAND STATUS, BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LITERALLY MEET FRONTAGE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIOUS VARIANCE PROCESS WILL PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF REVIEW AS WELL AS PUBLIC INPUT TO HELP ACKNOWLEDGE THESE OLDER TRACKS.

SECOND, THE COURT RULING, THIS IS NOT A ZONING REGULATION.

IT'S NOT BEING PRESENTED IN CONTEXT OF A CODE REWRITE.

IT IS A NARROW TEXT AMENDMENT.

THE NON ZONING PROVISIONS OF THE CODE STATE LAW GIVES CITIES THE ABILITY TO ADOPT PLANNING EXCEPTIONS.

I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING YOUR DISCUSSION LATER TODAY, AND THAT YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY VOTE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 27.

THANKS BETH MUFFET.

HI, MY NAME IS BETH MOFFITT AND I WANTED TO BE AN ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE.

I'M PART OF PAGE ELLIS'S DISTRICT AND PAGE.

I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR CHOICE TO ABSTAIN.

THIS DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU PAGE.

IT MAKES COMPLETE IT.

CHOOSING SILENCE IS CHOOSING THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR AND THE PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT ARE WATCHING.

WHEN I WENT DOWN TO FEED HOMELESS PEOPLE AND GIVE

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THEM WATER IN FRONT OF THE POLICE STATION.

AS I RESPECTFULLY WATCHED FROM YARDS AWAY, AS POLICE ARRESTED A HOMELESS MAN FOR PLAYING HIS MUSIC TOO LOUD, THEN 15 OFFICERS TURNED TOWARDS ME AS THEY WALKED PAST ME.

I STOOD ON THE SIDEWALK, EIGHT OF THEM IN BODY ARMOR CHOSE TO NOT GO AROUND ME, BUT PURPOSEFULLY HIT ME ON THE SHOULDER.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO TALK.

LAST YEAR.

LAST WEEK, YOU HANDED OUT 1.7 MILLION IN POLICE GRANTS.

NO ONE WAS WATCHING, BUT WE ARE.

YOU THOUGHT THAT WE WEREN'T, BUT WE ARE.

AND WE'RE GETTING BEAT UP BY THE POLICE DAILY.

CLEARLY THE COMMUNITY IS AGAINST MORE POLICING.

STOP GIVING APD MONEY, REJECT THE BODY ARMOR GRANT REJECT THE DRONE AND AERIAL SURVEILLANCE GRANT.

THERE ARE NO MORE NEW THINGS THE POLICE NEED UNTIL THEY CAN PROVE THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT KILLING PEOPLE WITH THROUGH RACIST POLICIES AND POLICING.

THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING YOU IN THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING ALL OF THEM.

HOW ALL OF YOU VOTE WHEN YOU VOTE, WHEN YOU DON'T VOTE.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T STAND FOR THE VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR VOICES ARE MADE LOUD AND YOUR COMMUNITY HEARS YOU DISAPPOINTED IN PAGES DECISION TO ABSTAIN.

AND THAT IS NOT WHY I VOTED YOU TO GET THINGS DONE.

AND THIS TYPE OF GOVERNING WHERE YOU ARE PLACATING PEOPLE AND THEN GIVING MONEY BEHIND THE BACKS OF POLICE IS NOT WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS.

THE SPEAKER, PAUL ROBBINS COUNSEL, I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE.

I'M SPEAKING TO ITEM 43 WITH PERSONALITIES, ELECTRIC CO-OP FRANCHISE EXTENSION.

THE BACKUP MATERIAL FROM THIS ITEM STATED THAT THE FRANCHISE FEE WAS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS.

UH, AND SUCH A CUT COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN REVENUES FOR THE CITY DURING A TIME OF GREAT ECONOMIC STRESS.

SINCE I PROTESTED ON TUESDAY, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN CLARIFIED TO MY SATISFACTION.

THE OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS GAVE YOU A POORLY WORDED SUMMARY OF THIS ISSUE, BUT I NO LONGER HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF THE FRANCHISE FEE ITSELF.

HOWEVER, MY PROTEST DOES BRING A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OF AN ENDEMIC PROBLEM WITH THIS CITY DEPARTMENT.

UH, IT SEEMING IMMUNITY FROM OVERSIGHT.

THERE IS NO CITY COMMISSION TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT REGULARLY REVIEWS THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIONS.

IT SHOULD NOT BE THE JOB OF ONE SKINNY ACTIVIST TO BE ITS WATCHDOG.

IN THE CASE OF THIS FRANCHISE EXTENSION, FOR EXAMPLE, AUSTIN'S ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE REVIEWED IT SINCE IT COMES CLOSE TO ITS PER OF REVIEWING AUSTIN'S ELECTRIC UTILITY.

HAD THE COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO COUNCIL.

THE WORDING THAT CREATED MY PROTEST WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN CORRECTED AND I WOULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT THE MATTER TO COUNCIL AT ALL.

THE RECENT GAS UTILITY RATE CASE POORLY MANAGED BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS HAD VERY LITTLE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT.

I AM NOT SURE IF COUNCIL REALIZES THAT THIS RATE CASE WAS SETTLED WITHOUT ITS CONSENT.

THIS WAS A RATE INCREASE BY MY ESTIMATE OF OVER $51 MILLION OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, NO COMMISSION SCRUTINIZE THIS RATE CASE, AND IT WAS SETTLED WITHOUT A VOTE OF COUNCIL IN OVER 40 YEARS OF BEING INVOLVED IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF THIS CITY.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A RATE INCREASE OF THIS SIZE APPROVED WITHOUT A VOTE OF COUNCIL.

AGAIN, THIS DEPARTMENT COASTS TO USE THE EXPRESSION UNDER THE RADAR BECAUSE OF ITS IMMUNITY AND IMPUNITY FROM OVERSIGHT.

AGAIN, YOU NEED TO DESIGNATE A CITY COMMISSION OR COMMISSIONS FOR OVERSIGHT IN THE FUTURE.

IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE THAT HAVE YET TO PRESS ZERO, PLEASE DO SO NOW.

IN ORDER SIRE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK, MARY JANE GREW UP FOR CASES EIGHT FIVE TWO NINE ONE FOUR ZERO AND EIGHT FIVE SIX ZERO SIX FIVE TWO, WHOSE ELECTRONIC RECORDS WERE ALLEGEDLY TAMPERED WITH ON HER WATCH TO DEFRAUD AND HARM ME BY CREATING AN ONLINE ANTI REALITY FALSELY LEGITIMIZED WITH MULTIPLE FAKE COURT SEALS TO TRY CONVICTING ME OF A CRIME.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CARLOS LEON.

SO AT CARLOS LAYLA FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE I SAW THE ELLIS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO ITEMS 2223, 24 AND 44

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I DID NOT COMMIT AN OFFLINE TRUE REALITY.

THEN AFTER I LEGALLY WON A NOTICE FOR AN ILLEGAL NEW TRIAL WAS ELECTRONICALLY POSTED, POTENTIALLY GENERATING AN ILLEGAL WARRANT FOR MY ARREST FOR LEGALLY NOT ATTENDING IT TO RETALIATE AGAINST ME, ALL DOCUMENTED WITH THE CITY AUDITOR REFERENCE ID TWO SIX ONE TWO, BECAUSE GREW UP BELONGS BEHIND BARS FOR HER ALLEGED CRIMES.

AS FOR CITY CLERK GOODALL, MAKE SURE SHE TREATS ME RIGHT ALL THE TIME.

LIKE DEPUTY CITY CLERK REELS BECAUSE A FEW MONTHS AGO, GOODALL HANDED ME A HANDWRITTEN WRONG CALL IN NUMBER BECAUSE OF TWO TRANSPOSED ADJACENT DIGITS, ALLEGEDLY TO STOP ME FROM SPEAKING AT A JOINT CITY COUNCIL CAT METRO MEETING, BUT RIOS HANDED ME THE RIGHT NUMBER JUST IN TIME TO STOP THE SABOTAGE REAL ACCESS AND EQUITY IN REAL TIME TO HELP ME UPON MY REQUEST OF PUBLIC SERVANTS, LEGAL DUTY, NOT PASSIVE AGGRESSIVELY ATTACK ME, THEREFORE KEEP CITY AUDITOR STOKES BECAUSE SHE AND HER STAFF CONSISTENTLY TREAT ME AT MY REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE RESPECTFULLY AND SERIOUSLY FOLLOWING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND CITY CODE.

THEN FOLLOWING UP AND THROUGH DOCUMENTING OFFICIAL RESPONSES AND COMMUNICATING THEM TO ME IN WRITING ANY TIMELY MATTER NEXT, ADDING MORE METRICS FOR PROJECT CONNECT IMPLEMENTATION WILL NOT MATTER IF VOTERS RIGHTLY REJECTED IN NOVEMBER RAISING PROPERTY TAXES TO GENERATE $7 BILLION FOR IT IS ABSURD AND WASTEFUL.

THE PROPOSED BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL FROM THE AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN AND UT WAS PREVIOUSLY WELL-SERVED EVERY 30 MINUTES BY THE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE, MORE FLEXIBLE ROUTE 100 FLYER SHUTTLE BUSES BEFORE CAP REMAP WRONGLY REMOVED THE ROUTE AND THEM CAP METRO GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION SHOULD BE PUNISHED, NOT REWARDED, ESPECIALLY IF THE CON IS SO BIG, YOU HAVE TROUBLE SEEING AND BELIEVING IT FOR WHAT IT IS IN JESUS NAME.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND TROOPS AND ABOVE ALL COMO CMT GOD'S WORD.

IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, PLEASE PRESS ZERO.

NOW WE HAVE RYAN AS SPEAKER WHO IS CALLING IN NOW, SO HE CAN GIVE US A FEW MINUTES OR ONE MINUTE.

THAT'S FINE.

WE'LL WAIT A SECOND.

SEE MORE CHANGE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN REWARDING THEM WITH MORE MONEY THERE.

MIKE IS ROSEN OUR LAST SPEAKER.

HI CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND 40.

I KNOW 40 WAS REJECTED AND I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

UH, TARGETED, UH, AND THEN MORE POLICE PRESENCE IS REALLY NOT THE WAY TO SAY IN THE PAPER COMMUNITY.

THERE'S CLEARLY LOTS OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT.

I MEAN THERE'S MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE, NOT JUST IN AUSTIN, UH, BANANA COUNTRY, UH, AFTER SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE, I DON'T THINK THE POLICE REALLY NEED MORE MONEY.

UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, RIGHT BORDER EXISTENCE, BODY ARMOR.

I MEAN, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BRING HIM OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WE DO WANT TO KEEP OUR POLICE OFFICERS ON SPACE.

UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE OK.

UM, BUT THINGS LIKE THE, UM, LIKE THE AERIAL UNITS THAT HELICOPTERS, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY PUBLICLY OPPOSED WITH, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE.

AND THAT REALLY ADD MUCH MORE TO THAT.

UM, I THINK OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY DON'T NEED MUCH MORE MONEY REALLY.

UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL ACTING VERY AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS PEOPLE, PROTESTERS, UM, AND THEN THREE CLEAR BACA, THEIR LEADERSHIP DOESN'T REALLY CARE MUCH ABOUT CHANGES.

AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO, UM,

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ISN'T REALLY A GOOD TIME FOR THAT.

AND BECAUSE IT IS REALLY LOOKING DILIGENTLY AT HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF MONEY THEY'RE BEING GIVEN AND, UM, HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU MAKE THESE SOAPS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR NIXING, UH, ITEM 40.

I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD CALL.

THOSE ALL OUR SPEAKERS, PLEASE PICK UP JAMIE THOMAS.

HI.

UM, MY NAME IS JOHNNY THOMAS.

UH, I AM A MEMBER OF DISTRICT THREE.

UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT THE THREE GRANTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE OPTUM POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M CALLING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE VOTE NO ON THOSE THAT ARE RESELLING YOU GUYS.

THEY KNOW REALLY HISTORIC DECISIONS TO DEFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS REALLY JUST STEP ONE AND I THINK THIS WOULD STEP US BACK IN A REALLY BIG DIRECTIONS.

SO I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND PLEASE VOTE NO ON ME.

YEAH, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

RIGHT.

SPEAKERS COLLEAGUES, A

[Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

BACKUP TO THE DIOCESE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 25 AND 37 THROUGH 44.

THE PULLED ARE FIVE SIX 1314 2223 AND 24.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THANKS MAYOR.

JUST TWO COMMENTS ON ITEM 39.

UM, I SEE THAT IT'S POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 15 AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, UM, LIKE MILITARY LONG MASTER PLAN AT OUR WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

I DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR ALL OF FORGIVING THEIR VISION TO US.

UM, UM, FOR WHAT THEY SEE THE FUTURE OF THIS PROPERTY TO LOOK LIKE.

AND ESPECIALLY TO PART STAFF FOR ALL THE DILIGENCE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO HOLDING THOSE MEETINGS AND, UH, DOCUMENTING THEIR VISION AND PUTTING IT INTO A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS HAS ONLY BEEN POSTPONED.

I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE, UH, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT THIS MUCH WORK INTO THIS SEPARATE DO, UH, HAVE EARNED, CONSIDERED OUR CONSIDERATION ON, ON THEIR WORK, SIMPLY ACCEPTING IT.

THIS IS A LONG RANGE VISION.

AND, UM, TO BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL THE EFFORTS THAT EVERYBODY PUT INTO IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO GO OUT AND DO THIS MASTER PLANNING EXERCISE WHERE THE COMMUNITY, I REALLY SUPPORT, UM, OUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS BEING POSTPONED, UH, INTO THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

AND I DO SUPPORT APPROVING THE WORK THAT MS. JOHN OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PUT THOSE EFFORTS INTO PLAY AND ANSWERING SOME OF THE LONGTERM REQUESTS FOR FOLKS ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT THEY HAVE, UM, A RECREATIONAL SPACE COMPARABLE, OR MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN ZILKER PARK SO THAT THEY, UM, THAT THERE ARE MORE OPTIONS.

AND WE DON'T, WE KNOW THAT ZILKER IS ALSO LOVE TO, SO, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION FOR ITEM 43 IN RESPONSE TO PAUL ROBINSON'S COMMENTS, I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CASES OF ALL TYPES HAVE SOME KIND OF OVERVIEW.

AND I KNOW THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO TORY AFFAIRS STAFF DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK, BUT IF INDEED THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT OUGHT TO HAVE GONE IN FRONT OF EITHER THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S CALLED TODAY, BUT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR THE AUC, THEN THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, UM, AUTOMATICALLY.

SO, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ITEM AND A BOOK TO APPROVE ITEM 43 TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL, UM, INPUT FROM STAFF TO OUR VARIOUS CITIZEN COMMISSIONS.

KNOW, PASSED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND BARELY JUST, YOU KNOW, WE GET IN A RESTROOM HERE AT A PICNIC TABLE THERE, AND THAT'S THE WAY THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, PROJECTS WORK.

FOR THE DISTINCTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER RAN 30.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE LESLIE POOL, YOU KNOW, TH TH THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US IN TWO PARTS.

YOU KNOW, UH, THE LONG TERM VISION IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S WHAT IT IS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A LONGTERM VISION.

AND WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN HERE AT TOWN LAKE THAT, UH, YOU

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BUT THE 3.3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US WITH THE EXACT PLAN OF WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE AREA.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WISHED WE WOULD HAVE SEEN.

SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PASS THE LONG TERM VISION FOR IT, AND THEN LET THEM START WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.

SO I HOPE WHEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT COMES BACK WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION NEXT TIME, AND THE NEXT MEETING WHERE THAT THEY'LL COME ACTUALLY WITH A PHOTO, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AT NOW AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO REPLACE ERIC IN THE ENTRANCE WAY.

SO WE SAID THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST FOR THE STAFF.

IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THAT'S OUR POOL MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE, UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, ARE YOU WITH US TO VOTE? I'M HERE AND I'M VOTING.

I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTARY FOR MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT NEEDING MORE TIME TO MAKE A BOOK COVER.

IT'S A DECISION, BUT YES, YES.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE UPSTANDING ON ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, AND 15.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S A, THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE UNDERSTANDING.

MEMBER TOVO YOU PULLED ITEM FIVE AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, SUBJECT TO THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I COLLEAGUES LET'S GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THE, UH, POLLED, UH, ITEMS, UH, COUNCIL

[5. Approve an ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to purchase in fee simple or acquire other real property interest in properties throughout the City that are necessary to construct mobility improvements for the Corridor Construction Program in a total amount not to exceed $23,000,000 establishing acquisition and relocation guidelines, and waiving requirements of City Code Chapter 14-3 (Relocation Benefits). Strategic Outcome(s): Mobility; Safety.]

YOU BOTH PULLED THOSE CATALOG KITCHEN.

YOU PULLED IT FIRST.

YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS? YES.

UM, SO, UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, UM, AND I, I GUESS THE STAFF IS, BUT IS THAT MR. TREMBLE? UM, OKAY.

SO MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR MR. TREMBLE.

UH, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, AND I'LL TELL, I'LL TELL YOU BOTH QUESTIONS AND THEN, UH, SPEAK TO THEM BOTH.

THE FIRST IS, UM, UH, IF YOU COULD, UM, UM, UH, RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, LOCATIONS OF AREAS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR 'EM, UH, FOR ACQUISITION AND, UM, UH, APPOINT US TO A DOCUMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE PUBLICLY.

UM, I UNDERSTAND, I I'VE, I'VE SEEN, YOU MIGHT SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO SOUTH LAMAR.

I HAVE SEEN A DOCUMENT THAT INDICATES THE SMALL SLIVERS OF LAND, UH, THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

AND, BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION, UH, FROM A SPEAKER OTHERS IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN AS PART OF SPEAKING TO THAT IS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE INTENT IS NOT TO, UM, TAKE PARKING LOT SPACE FOR THE SAXON PUB, THE BROKEN SPOKE, UM, OR TO, UH, IMPACT THE TREES AROUND THAT CELL RANCHO? UM, SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THOSE THINGS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

MY CRIMINAL DIRECTOR OF THE QUARTER PROGRAM OFFICE, I ALSO HAVE OUTSCALE HEAD OF REAL ESTATE ALONG WITH ME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO ON YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF, UH, IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WANTS TO GO TO AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV FORWARD SLASH 2016 BOND, WE HAVE A QUARTER PAGE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE EACH QUARTER BROKEN DOWN AND WE HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE SCHEMATIC INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD REFERENCED A COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILABLE AT THOSE AT THAT WEBSITE AND LINKS UNDER THOSE CORRIDOR PAGES.

AND SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS SOME HELP GETTING TO THOSE PAGES, WE'RE HAPPY, MY STAFF IS HAPPY TO HELP DIRECT THEM.

UM, BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND TOO, FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC, UH, YOU KNOW, UP SERVERS OR PARTIAL, UH, PARCELS.

UM, THAT'S A PART OF OUR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES SURVEY WORK AND THEN A MORE DETAILED APPRAISAL AND THEN GETTING TO ACQUISITION.

AND ALEX, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT.

THANK YOU, MIKE.

UH, YES, I WOULD SCALE IN TERM OFFICER FOR THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES AS MIKE ALLUDED TO FOR THOSE SPECIFIC TRACKS AND SPECIFIC, UH, ACQUISITIONS THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD.

THOSE WILL BE OFFERS MADE TO THE INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS.

AND, UH, WHAT THIS ACTION

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DOES IS JUST ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE SPECIFIC ACQUISITIONS.

IF FOR SOME REASON WE AREN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM, WE WILL HAVE TO BRING AN ITEM BACK TO COUNCIL BY A CASE BY CASE BASIS SPECIFICALLY, NO, THESE WOULD BE ITEMS THAT WERE AGREED TO BY OWNERS.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT, YOU'D HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO US, CORRECT.

WE'LL BE MAKING OFFERS AND ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS.

AND IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO, UH, REACH A AMICABLE AMICABLE AGREEMENT WITH THEM, WE WILL HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR A SEPARATE ITEM.

AND THEN CAN, CAN ONE OF YOU MR. TREMBLE OR , COULD YOU, COULD YOU SPEAK TO YOU THE SAXON PUB, THE WELCOME SPOKE AND MANTLE RANCHO ON? I KNOW THAT THE, I KNOW THAT THE CORNER OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY MINDFUL OF THE, THE NEEDS OF THE, UM, WONDERFUL, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND VENUES THAT WE HAVE ALONG SOUTH DAKOTA.

AND THERE WAS NO INTENT TO, UM, AT ALL TO, UM, TO IMPEDE THE, UM, THE ABILITY OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES TO OPERATE.

SO IF YOU ALL COULD SPEAK TO THOSE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, SO THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY NOT, WE'RE NOT, OUR INTENT IS NOT EXCUSE ME TO, UM, IMPACT, UH, IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL WAY, UH, THE BUSINESSES PARKING LOTS, ET CETERA, FOR THOSE, UH, BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

ONE OF OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE WAS TO MITIGATE, UH, ANY IMPACTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND A REAL CREDIT TO OUR REAL ESTATE TEAM.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY MITIGATE DOWN, UH, TO A SMALL NUMBER OF, UH, PARCELS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN PLAY ACROSS ALL THE CORRIDORS.

I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 160 PARCELS, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THAT WE HAD STARTED OUT WITH.

SO WE'VE REALLY DONE OUR BEST TO REALLY MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS AND YES, AND OUTS, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT, UH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT.

OUR INTENT IS TO IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE BUSINESSES OR OTHER, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS PER THE CONTRACT, THE VOTERS.

NO, THAT'S CORRECT, MIKE.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE TEAM, YOUR TEAM AND OUR TEAM MCDONALDS TO HELP WITH THAT MITIGATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS, IS SLIVERS OF LAND TO HELP WITH BIKE LANES, TO HELP WITH SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS, AS WELL AS, UH, RELOCATE UTILITIES, WHERE WE NEED TO DO THAT.

SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE ANY SORT OF IMPACT TO THE BUSINESSES.

THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION.

SHE WAS ON THIS ITEM.

DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE SITE? THIS ONE MORE THAT THAT REALLY COVERED MOST OF MINE AS WELL.

UM, WE LIKE THE OFFICE, UM, GOT QUESTIONS AND CALLS FROM EMAILS AND I MEAN, AND EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS AND SOME OF THE ICONIC BUSINESSES IN OUR, AND IN MY AREA, INCLUDING CASEY SNOWBALL AND OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND THOSE MORE DETAILED MAPS, BECAUSE THAT WAS CREATING.

I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE WAS, UM, THE BACKUP MATERIALS.

DIDN'T, DIDN'T COMPLETELY IDENTIFY THAT YOU'VE CLARIFIED THAT IT'S JUST LIVERS AND THAT THERE, THAT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE WOULD BE INITIATING WHERE YOU'RE WORKING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ON, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY, IF ANY, WOULD BE IMPACTED.

THE OTHER QUESTION, THE ONLY QUESTION I THINK YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED YET IS THE, BETWEEN THIS AND PROJECT CONNECT.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING INTO MY OFFICE ARE ASKING WHETHER, WHETHER THIS IN ANY WAY IS ABOUT THE, UM, PROJECT CONNECT ITEM THAT'S BEFORE THE PHOTO.

THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, SO, UM, NO, THE ANSWER IS NO, THIS IS NOT, YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, NO, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, THE, UH, REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE IS STRICTLY RELATED TO, UM, US LOOKING AT GETTING OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE FOR THE QUARTER PROGRAM BASED ON WHAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND GOT APPROVAL ON AND TRYING TO GET OUR MULTIMODAL MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY WITH CAPITAL METRO AND THE PROJECT CONNECT TEAM.

UM, AND, AND SO WE ARE, UH, WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, PLAN AND FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING COORDINATED MOVING FORWARD, BUT KNOW THAT THAT'S ANYTHING, NO ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING NOW ARE RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, MR. TREMBLE, I WAS GETTING THE SAME SORT OF CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY FROM FOLKS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MY DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW THAT THE PATHWAY, THE ROUTE FOUR PROJECT CONNECTS VEERS OFF OVER

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AND GOES TO THE TECH CENTER, UM, UH, A STATION.

AND IT DOESN'T GO UP AS HIGH AS, UH, THE CHANGES ON NORTH LAMAR, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE AN OVERLAY IN ONE OF OUR GIS MAPS THAT SHOWS, UM, THAT THAT PUTS THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MAP, AND THEN PEOPLE CAN ADD IN A LAYER THAT SHOWS THE, UH, POTENTIAL ROUTES FOR PROJECT CONNECTS THAT I CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE THERE IS ALIGNMENT, WHERE THERE ISN'T, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE, BUT NOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED BY OUR COUNCIL AND THE BOARD AND MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AS FAR AS HOW TO SHOW THAT, THAT INFORMATION, THE FUTURE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE, WASN'T KIND OF A NATURAL CONFLATION, UH, IN, UH, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF FOLKS.

AND I WAS HEARING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

THANKS FOR HELPING US SORT THROUGH THAT AND SEPARATE IT OUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE COUNTS OVER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTIONS OR SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RENTA REIA AND IN DISCUSSION.

YES, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, RIGHT.

UM, JUST, I WANT, I WANT TO, UM, ALSO THINK THE FOLKS IN, UM, IN DISTRICT FIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO ABOUT THIS, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STRONG INTEREST IN PROTECTING OUR, UM, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WE AS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, WE PARTICULARLY HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL BUSINESSES ALONG SOUTH AMMONIA.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, MAKING THIS INFORMATION AND SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY AVAILABLE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.

UM, AND THEN I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND I, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A REALLY, UH, A STRONG EFFORT TO, UM, UH, TO MAKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE PROTECTED WELL.

AND I WANT US TO, TO HAVE SOME AMENITIES LONG SOUTH MEMORIAL WITH THE, AND THE SIDEWALKS, AND TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE POSSIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE, UH, TO REACH THESE BUSINESSES FOR PEOPLE.

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

THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS FIVE PASSES.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO YOU PULLED COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON CONFIRMED HER VOTE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMEMBER HOPPER.

MADISON.

DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM FIVE? YES, I'M HERE.

MEMBER TAVA, YOU PULLED OUT NUMBER SIX.

IT IS UNANIMOUS THEN.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, UH, COUNCIL

[6. Ratify execution of an agreement with Longhorn Capital Hospitality LLC, for the option to occupy the real property located at 5812 N Interstate Highway 35, for emergency housing, supportive housing and isolation of individuals related to the COVID-19 pandemic, for a 60-day term, with an option to extend for two additional 30 day terms, for an amount not to exceed $864,000. Strategic Outcome(s): Health and Environment. District(s): District 4]

ONLY IT'S, IT'S AN OPTION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR YOUR, FOR ASKING FOR THE INFORMATION THAT MADE ITS WAY INTO THE BACKUP, THE QUESTION AND ANSWER ABOUT THE GETTING KIND OF AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE SPENDING SO FAR ON THE PROTECTIVE LODGES ON THE ISOLATION FACILITY, UM, AND WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM.

THAT'S REALLY BEEN VERY AWARE.

THOSE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED.

THAT'S VERY FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR THE COUNCIL TO JUST KIND OF TRACK OUR SPENDING ON THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING OVER THIS, I MEAN, THIS ISN'T A NEW CONVERSATION.

WE'VE HAD IT NOW MULTIPLE TIMES.

I WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY SO GRATEFUL TO OUR STAFF FOR THEIR PROACTIVE ACTION ON THIS FRONT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY SECURED THE FACILITIES THAT WERE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAD PLACES TO GO DURING THOSE WHO ARE AT MOST HIGH RISK, HAD A PLACE TO GO DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

I, I DO JUST WANT TO MENTION AGAIN, UM, I KNOW IT'S AN INTEREST AND A GOAL OF YOURS TO IDENTIFY PROTECTIVE LODGES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

AND I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, URGE THAT THAT BE THAT THAT BE UPPERMOST IN MIND, AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR FACILITIES THAT WOULD QUALIFY BECAUSE IN THE END WE ARE, WE ARE RENTING THESE FACILITIES OR, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM A FOUR TO LESS OF THE COST OF, OF ACTUALLY PURCHASING THEM.

AND SO I WANTED TO ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT ITEM, ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S ON TODAY, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE BACKUP AND FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT THIS IS JUST A LEASE, BUT CAN YOU LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OPTION HERE TO PURCHASE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT OR, OR, UH, YES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TURBINE.

THIS IS ALEX CAROLYN JONES, OFFICER SEVERELY STATE FOR THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.

WE HAVE NOT NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE AS PART OF THIS, UM, THIS AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THE OWNER.

UH, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND IN ISA MY LIST, UH, THIS FACILITY WE'VE, WE'VE ONLY I AS A PROTECTIVE LODGE.

UH, THIS ITEM DOES

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SO WE AREN'T, UM, OPENING THIS PROPERTY AS A PROTECTIVE LODGE, NUMBER SIX AT THIS POINT, UH, AND REALLY IS JUST AN OPTION IN CASE FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS TEND TO GET WORSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WHEN WE DO TURN THIS FACILITY, BUT FOR THE SPECIFIC ANSWER, NO, WE HAVE NOT NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE, UH, AS PART OF THIS NEGOTIATION.

AND SO GIVE IT THAT WE WON'T BE USING IT RIGHT AWAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

AND SO I FELT PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS ALREADY YOUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT I, I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A GOAL TO IDENTIFY, UM, POSSIBLY A DIFFERENT PROTECTIVE LODGE THAT COULD SERVE AS A LONGTERM FACILITY.

UM, AS WE, AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD IN THAT HOTEL MOTEL STRATEGY OF, OF HAVING THAT, HAVING THOSE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR LONGER TERM HOUSING, AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING GOOD SIZE AMOUNTS IN THE LEASES.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT LEASE MY MOST EFFECTIVE WOULD BE FOR THAT LEASE MONEY TO ACTUALLY GO TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF THAT FACILITY IN THE LONG RUN.

BUT AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT'S BEEN YOUR STRATEGY, IS THAT ACCURATE? I KEEP, I KEEP TRYING TO UNMUTE AND GET MUTED.

UM, YES, THAT IS OUR STRATEGY, UH, IN WORKING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, AS PART OF THE MOTEL CONVERSION STRATEGY, WE ARE CONTINUING DOWN THAT PATH TO IDENTIFY THOSE HOTELS THAT ARE IDEAL FOR THIS STRATEGY.

UM, THOSE HOTELS THAT WE ARE IDENTIFIED UNTIL THAT STRATEGY THAT MELTS OUT THE EMERGENT STRATEGY ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE HOTELS WERE IDENTIFYING AS PROTECTIVE RODGERS.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH OF THE MOTEL CONVERSION STRATEGY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOMELESS TEAM AS DO WE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IF WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE AS PART OF A PURCHASE TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO NEGOTIATE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AS PART OF THE STRATEGY AS A WHOLE.

AND I UNDER UNDERSTAND THE SETUP FOR EACH ARE A LITTLE, THE IDEAL SETUP FOR EACH OF THOSE KINDS OF FACILITIES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT AGAIN, JUST KNOWING THE SCARCITY OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY FACILITIES THAT WOULD SERVE BOTH PURPOSES WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING THOSE FORWARD SO THAT WE COULD USE IT IN THE INTERIM AS, UH, AS A PROTECTIVE LODGE, UM, WITH THE LONGER TERM AND HAVE THAT MONEY GO TOWARD THAT LONGER TERM PURCHASE.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS.

BOTH OF THOSE GOALS ARE VERY IMPORTANT HAVING THAT TEMPORARY HOUSING, BUT ALSO HAVING THOSE LONGER TERM STRATEGIES, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THIS.

AND, UM, THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I ASKED FOR THE OVERVIEW, UM, IN Q AND A, UM, MR. IT'S, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TODAY'S EMOTION IS REALLY TO GIVE US THE OPTION TO USE THAT FACILITY, BUT NOT, UM, BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY USING IT UNLESS WE DEEM IT NECESSARY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE ONE PROTECTIVE LODGING THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED ALREADY.

THAT'S NUMBER FIVE, AND NUMBER FOUR, WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

AND AT SOME POINT THERE IS A LIMIT TO THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE TO THE CONTRACTEES, WHO CAN PERFORM THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES.

UM, SO WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, IS THAT NOT CORRECT AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS? CAUSE THAT HAS TO BE STOOD UP AND WE HAVE TO HAVE CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I, I LEAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LANDS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE MOVE OFF OF THE STREETS AND THE TENTS AND INTO HOMES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY CAMPING OR, UH, HAVING TO CAMP ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY.

UM, AND I WOULD, I WOULD JUST UNDERSCORE THAT TO EXTENT THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS AND, UH, AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO USE THESE AS KIND OF DOWN PAYMENTS ON THESE PURCHASES.

UM, THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY PREFERENCE AS WELL AS WE MOVE ON.

I JUST WANT TO, TO REITERATE, UH, BOTH THE POINTS MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

UM, WE'VE BEEN POINTED IN THIS DIRECTION, UH, SINCE BEFORE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

AND JUST TO, TO RECHARGE, UH, BOTH THOSE POINTS.

ONE IS GETTING THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

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UH, AND TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THE MONEY THAT'S COMING IN.

UH, SO THAT, UH, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING NOW TO RENT OR MONEY COMING IN FROM PROBATE FOR LONGTERM, UH, USE, UH, CLEARLY THE BEST OPTION TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK.

AND I HOPE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THESE UNITS THAT ARE PERMANENTLY AVAILABLE TO US IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, TO HELP US WITH, UH, WITH, UH, PROVIDING EVERYONE A GOOD AND SAFE PLACE TO BE.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA MAKES THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER ALTER SECONDS.

THE MOTION IS DISCUSSION.

UH, IS ANYONE OPPOSED? I CAN NO LONGER SEE THE SCREEN.

THOSE ARE FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'M LOOKING AT ANANYMOUS AS, BUT I DON'T SEE FACES ON THE SCREEN.

AND CAN YOU SEE FACES ON THE SCREEN? OKAY.

LET ME ASK FOR A ROLL CALL.

YOUR VOTES, GET RECORDED.

I AM, I CAN'T SEE.

I CAN SEE COUNCIL MEMBER KASAR MAYOR.

UM, BUT I DON'T SEE HIS HAND UP.

SORRY.

THAT'S WHERE OUR FLAT AGAIN.

THAT'S WHERE OUR POLL CATHERINE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I THINK THEN THAT GETS US TO THE UNANIMOUS VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.

LET'S MOVE THEN TO NUMBER.

HELLO.

JUST SAID THAT WAS CORRECT.

SORRY.

I GOT YOU.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY IN OUR BUDGET.

UH, COUNT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13,

[13. Authorize award of a multi-term contract with Mobile Mini, Inc., to provide rental and purchase of onsite storage and office units and related services, for up to five years for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,267,500. (Note: This solicitation was reviewed for subcontracting opportunities in accordance with City Code Chapter 2-9D Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program. For the goods and services required for this solicitation, there were no subcontracting opportunities; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established). Strategic Outcome(s): Health and Environment]

UH, UM, COUNTS.

REMEMBER TOBO YOU PULLED THIS ITEM AS WELL.

I DID.

I PUT THIS ITEM AND 14, UM, AND I'LL JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.

UM, OUR, I THINK IT WAS OUR, WELL, I GUESS IT WASN'T OUR SOCIAL SERVICE COMMITTEE, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF FOLLOWING ALONG THE, THE NEED.

THIS IS GOING TO SEEM UNRELATED, BUT I'LL BRING IT AROUND TO THE POINT HERE IN A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME IS TO PICK UP THE CAREGIVER MEALS PIECE OF AISD IS FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, WE, WE MAY SOON BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN MAYNOR AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT UNTIL VALLEY ISD TOO.

UM, THEY WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LAST WEEK ABOUT WHETHER THAT THE CAREGIVER MEALS AT AISD COULD BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE FALL.

I KNOW THE AUSTIN ED FUND IS ACTIVELY FUNDRAISING, UM, TO CONTINUE THOSE MEALS AS WELL.

UM, THAT PRIVATE FUNDRAISING IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO KEEPING THEM GOING.

WE HAD ASKED OUR STAFF TO SEE WHETHER, WHETHER, UM, THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THAT COULD BE EXTENDED BEYOND NEXT WEEK WHEN THE MONEY WILL RUN OUT.

THIS HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT NOT JUST BEADS FEEDS THE CAREGIVERS OF STUDENTS IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS USING THOSE CONTRACTS.

THOSE CONTRACTS ARE WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EITHER REEMPLOY OR KEEP EMPLOYED, UM, SOME OF THEIR STAFF.

SO IT SERVED AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSE AS WELL.

AND THE PROGRAM, UM, OUR CONTRIBUTION WILL RUN OUT NEXT WEEK.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT LEAST IN THOSE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR BUDGET STAFF, THERE ARE NOT OTHER FUNDS ARE, THEY'RE NOT FUNDS OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND SEE.

BUT SO I COME INTO TODAY'S MEETING, UM, LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY EXPENDITURE ON THIS AGENDA AS WE ALWAYS DO, BUT WITH A PARTICULAR SCRUTINY TODAY, UM, GIVEN, GIVEN THE NEED TO TRY TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT UNDER WHICH I ASKED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 13 AND 14, BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK MY COLLEAGUES.

I KNOW

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AND, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU MIGHT BE IN THAT POSITION, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING IT TOWARD THAT NEED, THAT MIGHT ALSO HELP.

I KNOW MY OFFICE FUNDED NEARLY THE FIRST WEEK OF THE AISD PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAD SOME FUNDS AND I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS WELL.

BUT ANYWAY, WITH REGARD TO 13, I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING FROM THE BACKUP EXACTLY.

UM, NUMBER ONE, WHAT AMOUNT WOULD BE EXPENDED IN FISCAL YEAR 21? I SEE THAT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT 21,000 IS AVAILABLE FROM 2019, 2020, BUT I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE ANTICIPATED, UM, SPEND WOULD BE FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.

AND I NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS IS WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR FUNCTIONING AS A CITY, OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD GIVEN THE OTHER PRESSING NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BE DEFERRED FOR NOW JUST ONE MINUTE.

AND I S I SEE, I'LL JUST TALK TO, I SEE IT WENT BEFORE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION.

UM, THERE'S A PRETTY WIDE RANGE OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE UTILIZING IT.

AUSTIN ENERGY AND AVIATION ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO I ASSUME THAT THEIR, THEIR PIECE OF IT IS COVERED BY THE REVENUE THAT THEY TAKE IN.

UH, BUT THE OTHER END, THE WATER UTILITY, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT.

BUT AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T, IT'S REALLY NOT CLEAR FROM, FROM THE BACKUP, TO WHAT EXTENT THESE ARE PROVIDING MISSION CRITICAL STORAGE SPACE, OR WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, AN IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT, BUT POTENTIALLY EXPENDABLE EXPENSE.

GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS SEAN WILLETT IN PURCHASING OFFICE.

I THINK THAT I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, AT LEAST I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO KNOW, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, OUR ESTIMATION ON ITEM 13 IS AROUND 250,000.

UM, AGAIN, UH, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU'RE APPROVING THE AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS, THAT'S JUST THE MAXIMUM THAT CAN BE SENT DEPENDING ON THE APPROVED BUDGET.

SO EVEN IF YOU APPROVE 250,000 A YEAR, BUT THEY ONLY HAD 50,000 APPROVED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, THEY COULD NOT SPEND MORE THAN THAT 50,000.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF THIS 250,000 IS FOR THOSE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS.

UM, THE ESTIMATES I HAVE ARE ANNUALLY, ALSO WATER IS 150,000 OF THAT AMOUNT, UM, AS AN ENERGY IS 30,000.

AND SO, UM, THE MAJORITY OF IT ARE THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

UM, I DID GET SOME INFORMATION FROM AUSTIN WATER.

UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM.

THEY'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR AGE SERVICE CENTERS, AND THEY'RE USING THOSE, UM, WHILE THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS ALWAYS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE GOOD INFORMATION AND PRESENT IT SO CLEARLY.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT DEVIATION? WHAT PIECE OF DEVIATION, WHAT PIECE OF AVIATION IS 10,000 ANNUALLY? SO THAT BRINGS US UP TO ONE 90 OF ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, BEYOND THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, ABOUT 60,000 OUT OF FISCAL YEAR 21.

UM, CAN YOU, IS THIS A CONTRACT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST? UM, IT IS, WE CURRENTLY USING IT BY FIVE DEPARTMENTS AND THIS CONTRACT IS EXPANDING IT TO SEVEN DEPARTMENTS.

WHAT ARE THEY EXACTLY? I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU DESCRIBED ARE LIKE A MOBILE UNIT, ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE FOR MOBILE VOTING WHERE STAFF COULD INTERACT WITH CONSUMERS.

IS THAT, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT THEY ARE? COULD YOU GIVE US WHAT THE RANGE OF YEAH.

IT'S EVERYTHING FROM ONE THAT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS AS AN OFFICE SITE TO SOME THAT ARE ACTUALLY USED FOR STORAGE, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, CAN MAKE MAINLY, COULD SPEAK MORE CLEARLY TO IT, BUT I THINK PART OF USES THESE A LOT OF TIMES FOR STORAGE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT AND A LOT OF THEIR FACILITIES, BUT MOST OF THE AUSTIN ENERGIES AND THE AUSTIN WATERS UTILIZE IT FOR ACTUAL, UM, MOBILE OFFICE SPACES, I GUESS I WOULD INVITE.

SO TO BE CLEAR, THE THAT'S ABOUT ONE 90 OF THE TWO 50, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT 21 FROM THIS YEAR.

SO, SO THERE'S ABOUT AN 80,000, ABOUT $8,000, UM, AND NON ENTERPRISE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES HERE.

I WONDER IF ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE UTILIZING IT AND MAYBE KIMBERLY KIMBERLY MCNEALY IS, CAN TO SPEAK TO HOW IT WOULD BE USED AND IS WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS CONTRACT TODAY, OUR DEPARTMENT

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USES THAT HARDLY ARISES, NOT MOBILE MINIS, WHICH ARE MORE LIKE CONICS BOXES.

THAT'S THE TYPE OF, THAT'S THE TYPE OF AMENITY THAT WE USE AND IT'S TO STORE THE PROGRAM MADEC, UM, THE SUMMER PROGRAMMATIC, UH, ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED FOR THE SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAM, OR WHEN WE HAVE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECREATION CENTERS, BUT OUR OFF SITE, OR WHEN WE HAVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM WHERE AGAIN, RECREATION CENTERS OR, UM, BUILT ENVIRONMENT FACILITIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

WE STORE OUR EQUIPMENT, THOSE TYPES OF LOCATIONS, SO THAT THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND WE CAN RUN THE PROGRAM ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY USING THEM YEAR ROUND, BUT WE'RE USING THEM FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME IN THE SUMMER TO BE ABLE TO OFFER PROGRAMS. THERE ARE A FEW, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE DO.

THERE ARE A FEW SPACES THAT WE DO USE THEM YEAR ROUND FOR FORESTRY EQUIPMENT, AND ALSO, UM, IN SOME CASES FOR OUR, UM, OUR SWIMMING POOLS, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MAINTENANCE, UH, SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, TO BE ABLE TO STORE ALL OF OUR PERMANENT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR USES ARE, UM, SEASONAL FOR SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH.

WELL THAT, THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S, I THINK THOSE ARE NECESSARY EXPENSES.

REALLY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM 13? IS IT IT'S 13, 13 MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK OUT LOUD TODAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I'M GOING TO CALL NAMES.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, UPPER MADISON.

I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY IN TERMS OF MY VOICE TO EXPRESS THEM.

UH, IN WHICH CASE I WILL BE A YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, AS WE A DARIA, I NEED A VOTE.

WELL, AND AGAIN, YES.

COUNCILOR COSAR COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM OUTDOOR.

OUR KITCHEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOVO YES.

THAT'S WHATEVER LS.

I THINK THAT GIVES US A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AYE.

SO I DIDN'T REMEMBER JEAN PASSES, MAYOR ITEMS. I CAN SEE EVERYBODY.

DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO TELL YOU THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

TOPO, YOU PULLED OUT A NUMBER 14.

AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIX THIS OVER THE LUNCH BREAK.

UH, COUNCIL EVER

[14. Authorize award of a multi-term contract with MEA Promos, to provide marketing collateral products, for up to five years for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,957,800. (Note: This solicitation was reviewed for subcontracting opportunities in accordance with City Code Chapter 2-9D Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program. For the goods required for this solicitation, there were no subcontracting opportunities; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established). Strategic Outcome(s): Government that Works for All; Safety; Health and Environmen]

YEAH, SAME, SAME BASIC FRAMEWORK AND CONTEXT AND SIMILAR QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS A MULTI TERM CONTRACT FOR COLLATERAL MATERIALS.

AND I NEED TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE USER OF COLLATERAL MATERIALS.

I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED AND LOVED GOING TO RURAL MODEL DAYS AT VARIOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RULERS AND PENS, AND THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS REALLY EXCITED TO GET THOSE PRODUCTS ABOUT, ABOUT THE CITY THAT HAVE THE CITY EMBLEM ON IT.

AND IT ALWAYS PROVIDES A GOOD TALKING POINT TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR CITY.

BUT AGAIN, KIND OF BACK UP TO THE FRAMEWORK, I AM FEELING REALLY THAT OUR TOP PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME FUNDING FOR, TO CONTINUE THOSE CAREGIVER MEALS AND SO WEIGHING AND BALANCING IT.

UM, THIS IS ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT I JUST HAD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND BETTER, WHETHER HOW, HOW MISSION CRITICAL IT IS TO HAVE THOSE COLLATERAL MATERIALS, BUT ALSO JUST TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE FUNDING.

SO, UH, THERE IS A FIGURE AS IN HERE FOR HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 19 BUDGET.

I'M SORRY, THE FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET.

THAT'S 65,000.

UM, CAN, AND THIS MAY BE SEAN AGAIN, IF, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH THE INFORMATION FOR HOW MUCH IS CONTEMPLATED TO BE SPENT IN FISCAL YEAR 21.

AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US A SENSE OF ARE THE COLLATERAL, OUR COLLATERAL MATERIALS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS, THE KINDS OF THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SOME OF THEM I KNOW ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LITTLE HANG TAGS THAT TALK

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ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF TAKING A FIVE MINUTE SHOWER AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALSO PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE.

BUT MY, MY ASSUMPTION ABOUT THIS WAS THAT IT WAS ALSO THOSE KINDS OF, UM, OTHER THINGS I'M MENTIONING LIKE RULERS AND THE PENS AND THE PENCILS AND THE WATER BOTTLES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT GOOD MORNING.

AGAIN, THIS IS SEAN BULLOCK.

I'M A PURCHASING OFFICE AGAIN.

UM, YES.

UH, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PROMOTIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING.

IT'S EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO WATER BOTTLES, ET CETERA.

UM, THIS IS AN AS NEEDED CONTRACT, SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF ANY PURCHASES ON IT.

THIS IS JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT AVAILABLE.

IF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A NEED TO PURCHASE.

UM, WE DO, UH, THE ANNUAL AMOUNT BASED ON ESTIMATES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US FROM EACH DEPARTMENT, UM, ON THIS ONE, THE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS, UM, AS FAR AS USED TO BE, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, AND AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.

THOSE ARE, UM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY'S ESTIMATED AROUND 200,000 A YEAR.

AND ARR IS AT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT, 198,000 A YEAR.

WHAT, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO THOSE ARE BOTH, OF COURSE, AS FRIENDS AS WELL.

WHAT, UM, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR THIS NEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 21? UM, OUR ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS 789,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.

THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO MORE THAN HALF OF IT THOUGH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IS NOT COMING OUT OF ENTERPRISE FUNDING.

IT'S COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND DESIGN.

THAT IS WITH ME.

I'M WE HAVE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT USE.

I'M NOT, NOT NEAR THAT AMOUNT, BUT I MEAN, WE JUST CONTRACTED, WE HAVE ESTIMATES FROM ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT USE THIS CONTRACT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHY THE LEAST AMOUNT IS REALLY AN ESTIMATE AND IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT HAS MADE THEM UP.

THEY COULD USE IT.

UM, IT INCLUDES SOME FUNDING FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, FROM APD, FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, FROM BUILDING SERVICES, UH, CPO, EMS FIRE.

IT RUNS THE WHOLE GAMUT.

SO IF THERE'S A WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF COUNCIL, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING A LITTLE, GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG, UM, AGAIN, SOME OF IT IS ENTERPRISE FUNDS, BUT PROBABLY A BIT OF IT IS NOT.

AND AT A TIME OF BELT TIGHTENING AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE KINDS OF COLLATERAL MATERIALS ARE GIVEN OUT IN PUBLIC SPACES AT FESTIVALS AND OTHER KINDS OF COMMUNITY GATHERINGS THAT WILL LIKELY HAVE A DELAY IN SEEING HAPPENING AGAIN.

AND SO A MANAGER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT, WHETHER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRIM THIS A BIT, OR WHETHER WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT DOING SO, AND IF THERE'S NO IMPACT TO NOT TAKING IT UP TODAY, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE GET THAT SECOND LEVEL OF REVIEW AND BRING IT BACK.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT I SAW WAS THE, UM, MBE WBE PARTICIPATION.

I WAS SURPRISED SEE THAT THIS HAD BEEN REVIEWED FOR SUBCONTRACTING AND THAT THERE WERE NO SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UM, ANYWAY, I WOULD, I, THAT TOO IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT WHY THERE WERE NO SUBCONTRACTING WOULD BE, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO, UM, BREAK THIS KIND OF A CONTRACT DOWN SO THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR OTHER BUSINESSES TO BID ON PIECES OF IT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS CERTAINLY ATTENDED AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, SOME NEWS RELATED QUESTIONS THAT YOU RAISED.

WE CAN DO THAT AND BRING US BACK IN THE NEXT CYCLE.

UM, I WILL JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AS MS. WILSON SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING GENERAL PLANNING DEPARTMENTS COULD USE, AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THE FUNDING TO USE IT.

AND SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION US IN SAYING WE CAN'T TAKE FUNDING THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY THERE INTO ANOTHER PURPOSE, BUT THAT CAN BE PART OF THE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING YOU LIKE GOING FORWARD.

SO MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD.

I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS 789,000 BUDGETED WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET FOR THIS, FOR THESE KINDS OF MARKETING MATERIALS, IF, IF, IF THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO USE.

BUT, BUT AGAIN, PUNCHES CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

BUT AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, I MEAN, WE ARE IN VERY CHALLENGING TIMES.

AND SO, UH, THE, THE PLANS FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS MADE ADJUST, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THIS WELL, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON THAT FROM, WELL, I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMEMBER, CERTAINLY LIKE THE CREATIVITY.

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ULTIMATELY, SORRY.

IT LOOKS AS IF MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR HAS A QUESTION.

CAN I HAVE THAT? SO, SO, SO WHETHER OR NOT DID I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID, MANAGER THAT IF WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND DOLLARS, WE NEED TO FIND, GO TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE ACCESSING THIS CONTRACT TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUT ASIDE FOR THIS CONTRACT.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAS BEEN PUT ASIDE TO THIS TOTAL OR NOT.

IT'S JUST AVAILABLE TO THEM.

IF THAT DEPARTMENT WANTS TO SPEND MONEY, THE CORRECT MA'AM I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

UM, ONE MS. , CAN YOU JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT APPROVING IT NOW? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GET BETTER RATES IF THEY CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROMO MATERIALS.

UM, BUT IT, BUT IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THEM TO SPEND THAT AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE DESIGNATED POTS OF MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET FOR THAT.

OR THEY MAY NOT FIND THAT TO BE THE MOST PRESSING NEED AT THIS POINT, BUT WITHOUT THIS CONTRACT, THEN THEY WOULD BE PAYING MORE IF THEY DIDN'T NEED IT.

UM, SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES IN THE SHORT RUN OF DELAYING, UM, APPROVAL? IS THERE A CONTRACT IN PLACE? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE YOU COULD TELL ME ON THAT COMES FROM A HALTER, GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE CORRECT.

THIS IS A CONTRACT, WHICH JUST ALLOWS A DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF GET THE BENEFIT OF, UM, FOR AGGREGATING OUR SPEND INTO ONE TO GET BETTER RATES.

SO BY NOT APPROVING THIS, IT WOULD, UM, IF A DEPARTMENT WERE TO NEED TO PURCHASE SOMETHING, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO OUT AND INDIVIDUALLY GET BID FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL ITEM, WHICH OFTEN ENDS UP WITH A MUCH HIGHER, UM, UH, COST FOR THE CITY.

AND WE SOMETIMES NOT AS GOOD AS FAR AS FAVORABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

UM, I'M TRYING TO LOOK UP REALLY QUICK TO SEE WHEN THIS, UH, THE CONTRACT WOULD BE HAD IT, UH, EXPIRES, BUT IT WOULD NOT MEAN A DEPARTMENT COULDN'T BUY ANYTHING.

IT JUST VERY MUCH COULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD PAY MORE FOR SOMETHING.

AND AGAIN, THIS CURRENT CONTRACT, AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED, IT'S JUST THERE.

IF THEY CAN OR WANT TO USE IT, IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THEM TO USE IT AT ALL.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO US WITH THE OTHER ONE EXPIRES, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THAT'S RELEVANT AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF NOT KNOWING THAT I, I AM WONDERING IF IT'S, IF IT'S, UM, THERE MIGHT BE A SCENARIO WHERE WE DO THIS IN TWO PARTS WHERE, WHERE THIS IS AN OPTION WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

SO IF THEY DO HAVE TO PURCHASE IT AT THE LOWER, UM, BUT THAT WE WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT'S IN THESE BUDGETS AND SCRUTINIZE THAT AND SEE WHETHER THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE OUR PAYMENTS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW TO MAKE, NOT SURE HOW WE, HOW WE DO THAT, BUT ABSENT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF IT WAS SORT OF LIKE EXPIRING, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

AND WE COULDN'T WAIT TWO WEEKS.

UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

THE SECOND QUESTION.

UM, I HOPE I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS SINCE IT WAS THE CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THIS WAS BROKEN UP WITH RESPECT TO THE FOOD PROGRAM.

UM, I WOULD LIKE, UM, SOME FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I'M WONDERING TO WHAT EXTENT WE COULD BE ABLE TO USE FEMA SO THAT WE PAID LIKE 25%, MAYBE AUSTIN ED FUND WAS ABLE TO RAISE THE 25%.

AND THEN THROUGH FEMA, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE 75% MATCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET SORT OF PRE-CLEARANCE IF SOMETHING IS OKAY.

UM, I'M ALSO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION NOW THAT THE SCHOOL YEAR WE'LL BE STARTING OVER WHAT FUNDING THE SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, OVER THE SUMMER THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO IT AND WE NEEDED TO STEP IN, BUT NOW THAT SCHOOL IS STARTING, UM, ARE THERE OPTIONS THERE? AND I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE BACKGROUND.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, UM, RELATED TO THIS THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANSWERS AND I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO BE BROUGHT UP TODAY.

UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO EXPLORE THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, UM, THE FEMALE PART OF IT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT AS A FOOD, UM, EXPENSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT FALLS UNDER, UNDER, UNDER FEMA IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD.

UM, BUT WE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HAVE THE ED FUND RAISING THE 25%, BUT USING OUR ABILITY TO GET, UM, THAT 75% MATCH

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AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON YOUR COLLEAGUES, ON ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COBO.

SO MAY I SUGGEST THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR FOR SUGGESTING THAT FORWARD TODAY, IF WE NEEDED TO TAKE ONE, UM, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO POSTPONE IT IF WE'RE ABLE TO, AND JUST TRY TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UM, DETAILS OF IT.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE LAID ON THE TABLE, PENDING INFORMATION FROM SEAN ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD NEED TO BE EXECUTED TODAY OR APPROVED TODAY, OR WHETHER WE HAVE SOME TIME.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANNE MORGAN NERVOUS.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT CHARACTER FOR MEALS.

I'M REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND IN THE CONTEXT OF WHY, UM, WELL, I ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT, SORRY, JACKSON, LAYING THIS ON THE TABLE, GIVING THE STAFF TIME TO TELL US WHETHER THERE'S ANY PREJUDICE TO NOT ACTING ON THIS CONTRACT TODAY.

YEAH, THIS IS SEAN WILLETTE.

AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.

THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS STILL ACTIVE FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.

AND SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THIS FURTHER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS ITEM BEING POSTPONED UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? ONE SEC HAS OBJECTION NEEDED TO SPEAK UP? I'M NOT NO GOOD PROJECTION.

THAT OBJECTION ON THE PART OF TENSILE RIVER HARBOR MADISON.

THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, ITEMS, UH, 2223 AND 24, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, UH, I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE FILL IN THE BLANKS ON THOSE ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 22 MUNICIPAL CLERK.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, DECIDING, AND THIS IS WHERE IT COULD CONSUME ME.

THANKS.

UM, AND THEN MR. LEE, IF YOU COULD, WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK.

SO I SUPPORTED WITH POSTPONING THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION AND CONTINUE TO, THAT DOESN'T WANT TO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE, UH, MINORITY WOMEN ON BUSINESS PORTION OF THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED EARLIER.

AND, AND, UM, IF IT'S A MATTER OF STUPID, HE DON'T HAVE VENDORS CERTIFIED WITH THIS OR, OR WHERE THAT WOULD GO, ARGUABLY THAT AS SOON, LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BROKEN UP INTO SMALL PIECES TO GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR MINORITY, UM, BUSINESSES.

SO COULD YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK? YES, MA'AM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THANKS SO MUCH.

SOUNDS GOOD FOR THAT.

OBJECTION.

THIS ITEM IS POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING THAT GETS US INTO

[Items 22 - 24]

UH, THE BLANK WOULD BE FILLED IN WITH $153,462 AND 40 CENTS.

AN ITEM NUMBER 23, THE CITY CLERK WOULD BE FILLED IN WITH $149,136.

I WOULD NOTE THAT WE INTEND TO HAVE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS ON THIS ITEM OR THIS TOPIC, UH, ON THE AUDITOR, UH, FILLING IN WITH 174,720, UH, WITH THOSE, UH, UH, BLANK SPACE FILLED IN THAT WAY.

IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVING 22, 23 AND 24, A SECOND SEGMENT? SECONDS.

THE MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE THREE, WHICH I BROUGHT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

DOES EVERYBODY SEE A HAND RAISED? YES, EVERYBODY HARPER, MADISON RACE, RIGHT.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS ITEMS, 22, 23 AND 24,

[Austin Housing Finance Corporation]

RIGHT.

COLLEAGUES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEM A TO DO THAT.

I AM GOING TO RECESS OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 11:22 AM.

UH, AND I AM GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE TODAY ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020.

THE TIME IS 11:22 AM.

UH, THIS MEETING IS HAPPENING, UM, UH, BY, UH, TELECONFERENCING.

UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT, UH, HIS STAFF HERE TODAY TO, UH, WALK US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YES, WE ARE MANDATED TO MAIL AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ARE TWO STRINGS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO AUTHORIZE THE ONE-YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, IN AN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $75.6 MILLION.

UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION OF A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH ASPERO AUSTIN AT WETLAND YOU'LL RECALL,

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BUT THIS IS A 171 UNIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, A PROPOSED PROJECT IN 1931 DRIVE.

AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CARA TASA, AUSTIN AND THE PACINO.

AND THAT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2.5 MILLION A PACK.

ITEM NUMBER 27, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE SUBDIVISION CODE.

THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS ON CONSENT? COUNCILMEMBER COLE HAS HER HAND UP IN COUNCIL WHERE ELLIS HAVE THEIR HANDS UP HERE.

PAUL MAKES THE MOTION COUNSELOR ELLIS SECONDS AND THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HEARING NONE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, HOW DO YOU VOTE OR ELSE? RAISE YOUR HAND.

HOW'S IT LOOK, MAYOR PRO TEM.

SEE EVERYBODY'S HAND UP, HUH? IT'S THAT THE AGENDA IS APPROVED STAFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAN.

UH, WITH THAT, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 1124.

I AM RECONVENING THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 AT 1124.

THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR BUSINESS.

I'M GOING TO CALL

[27. Conduct a public hearing and consider an amendment to Chapter 25-4 (Subdivision) to allow a parcel of land that has obtained a minimum lot width variance from the Board of Adjustment to satisfy the minimum frontage requirement for a platting exception under Section 25-4-2.]

A WE EARLIER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS AT THIS POINT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM NUMBER 27 AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? COUNCILMEMBER TOGO HAS HER MAKE THE MOTION TO SECOND.

I WAS A MEMBER OF THE MADISON.

NO, IT'S A MEMBER.

TOBO MAKES THE MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON SECONDS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

HOW ARE YOU VOTING? EVERYBODY HAS THEIR HAND UP.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN FLANAGAN.

I'M BOARDING NOW.

SORRY THERE'S VOTING.

AYE.

THIS ITEM PASSES.

AND THAT TAKES CARE OF ITEM NUMBER 27 COLLEAGUES.

I THINK THAT IS ALL THAT WE CAN DO TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, SO I WOULD PROPOSE

[Executive Session]

THAT, UH, WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW, UH, TO TAKE UP, UH, THE, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 45, UH, AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL COME BACK OUT, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, WHICH IS THE TIME WHEN WE CAN THEN TAKE UP THE ZONING MATTERS.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL, NOW WE'LL GO UP INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM OR SO AT THE FIVE, FIVE ONE OH SEVEN OH SEVEN ONE.

THE CODE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS RELATED ITEM 45, WHICH IS, IS OWNING A PROPERTY TWO 18 SOUTH LAMAR.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, HERE AT 1126 WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE ANTICIPATION.

WE WILL BE BACK OUT ON THIS DICE AT TWO O'CLOCK TO TAKE UP THE ZONING, RIGHT, ALEX, I'LL SEE YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'RE SORRY.

YOU WERE MUTED.

SO WE DID NOT GET TO HEAR YOUR CAR.

YOU GUYS ARE SO GOOD.

HI, TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 3RD.

I, IT IS, UH, 2:04 PM.

UH, THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS BEGUN THIS MORNING.

HOW THIS MEETING IS BEING HANDLED BY VIDEO CONFERENCE, WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

WE'VE HANDLED EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA SO FAR TODAY, THE EXCEPTION OF THE ZONING CASES.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE SPEAKERS, WE'LL THEN, UH, WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN HANDLE ANY POLLED ITEMS. SARAH, ARE YOU READY TO TAKE US THROUGH THE SPEAKERS? EXCUSE ME.

WILL YOU JUST BRING US BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WHILE WE WERE GONE, UM, WE DISCUSSED LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 45 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT.

UH,

[Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)]

MURDERING YOU WANNA, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, UH, ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS AT THREE MINUTES EACH.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

I'M READY FOR YOU

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TO CALL THE SPEAKERS WHEN YOU'RE SET FOR ALL OF THE SPEAKERS ON Q.

IF YOU HAVE YET TO PRESS ZERO, PLEASE DO.

SO NOW THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CONNIE KIRK.

HELLO.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, BUT GRANTED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR, UM, WISHES FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I AM IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 34 FOOT FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT PET PRESERVATION.

UM, IN THE ROGERS WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, HISTORICAL LEADERS THAT CAME FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY MOTHER WAS THE SUPERVISOR CHAMPION OF EAST AUSTIN, AN INTEGRATED FIRST BLACK TO TEACH AT A MEGA MEXICAN SCHOOL AND A WHITE SCHOOL.

UM, AND SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HAVE A LIBRARY NAMED AFTER HER AT A WILLIE MAE KURT BRANCH LIBRARY.

UM, MY BROTHER IS RON KIRK, WHO BECAME THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF DALLAS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE TEXAS, AND ALSO THE U S AMBASSADOR OF TRADE DURING THE ABOUT BAMA ADMINISTRATION.

UM, MY SISTER WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I AM A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND I REPRESENTED, I WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF HONOR THAT OFTEN I FOR SINGING COMPETITIONS, DOING, DOING SEGREGATION AND SO FORTH.

AND WE MARCHED IN PROTEST TO SEGREGATION IN THE SIXTIES.

MY FATHER WAS THE FIRST BLACK EMPLOYEE AT THE POST OFFICE.

THEN RAY GREAT GRANDSON OF A BUFFALO SOLDIER AND A ELECTORAL JUDGE, DR.

JOHN KING ACROSS THE STREET WAS A ONE OF THE FOUR BLACK BORSTAR GENERALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRESIDENT OF HOUSTON TELEPHONE FOR OVER 25 YEARS, WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE LED THE COMMUNITY IN EQUAL RIGHTS FOR OVER A PERIOD OF 50 YEARS.

AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING THEM FOR THE SAME THING.

BUT IN THIS DISTRICT, THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO GET THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT.

AND AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS WOULD SPEAK ON BEHALF, BRENDA MALIQUE WAS THE FIRST ANCHOR WOMAN ON THE NEWS PRO NEWS TV ON CHANNEL 24.

AND WE HAVE, UM, MR. OSCAR THOMPSON DIS-EASE TO, WITH THE FIRST BLACK BIOLOGIST INSTRUCTOR AT UT AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON OF SO MANY, UM, HISTORICAL PEOPLE HERE FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF, I WILL PRESERVATION AND GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP ALL OF YOU SAFE FROM THIS PANDEMIC.

THAT IS, THAT IS PHENOMENAL ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THANK YOU, YOU TOO, MS. KIRK, THANK YOU REALLY QUICK.

COULD MS. KIRK TELL US, WAS IT ITEM 34? THANK YOU.

OR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WITH EACH UNIT PRICE 200,000 TO $300,000 OR MORE ABOVE THE COST OF EXISTING HOMES IN THE AREA.

NEXT SPEAKER.

JEN GALAS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY IN FAVOR OF ITEM 34, THE ROGERS WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS DISTRICTS, DISTRICT SPENDINGS, JEN MARGULIES.

I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF CEDAR AND GIVENS AND A HOUSE ORIGINALLY OWNED BY VALERIE CANNON WHO RAN THE SHAMROCK RESTAURANT AND BAR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE JUKE JOINTS ON EAST 11TH.

IN THE 1960S.

SHE ALSO MANAGED WITH HISTORIC VICTORY.

GRILL WAS LIKE A MOTHER TO THE LEGENDARY MUSICIAN, BOBBY BLUE, BLAND, WHO WOULD PULL UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIS BIG TOUR BUS AND STAY WITH HIS WHOLE BAND AND THIS MODEST HOUSE, WHICH IS THEIR HOME ON THE ROAD IN AUSTIN.

WHEN MR. KENNAN PASSED BOBBY BLUE, BLAND PAID FOR A FUNERAL AS SHE NEVER MARRIED AND HAD CHILDREN, THE NEXT FAMILY TO LIVE HERE WITH THE RIGHT FAMILY, STELLA RIGHT, LEFT THE HOME TO EMMY.

AND DESSIE MS. GOODIE, RIGHT? WHO RAISED SIX CHILDREN IN THIS THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOUSE.

MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 2013 AFTER MS. WRIGHT PASSED AWAY AND THE HOUSE WHICH HAD A REVERSE MORTGAGE, WHICH SOLD TO SOMEONE WHO RENOVATED AND FLIPPED IT.

I WANT TO SPEAK TODAY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOCUSES ON PRESERVING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S PART OF SUSTAINING LIVING MEMORY OF A PLACE AND THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED IT WHEN HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS ARE TREATED AS A CLEAN SLATE FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT'S AS IF THESE RICH HISTORY HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT ALL.

IT'S A RACER.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS PART OF THE RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING BLACK HERITAGE OF EAST AUSTIN, JUST PLACEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE FROM EAST.

AUSTIN IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

YOU STOPPED LEFT 66% OF ITS BLACK RESIDENTS IN THE DECADE BEFORE THIS ONE UNCONSTRAINED DEVELOPMENT HERE IS A BIG REASON WHY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS THAT AS ELDERS PASS AWAY, FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES DRIVE THEIR FAMILIES TO SELL THE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPERS, BUY THE PROPERTIES, GRAPES A LOT AND PUT UP NEW HIGH END SINGLE

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WE'VE SEEN THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, CONTRIBUTING TO A HUGE RISE IN PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES THAT DRIVE EVEN MORE ORIGINAL BLACK FAMILIES OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN WHEN THEIR HOMES ARE LONG PAID OFF FOR US, DEVELOPMENT HAS LED TO LESS AFFORDABILITY.

NOT MORE WE HAVE TO STABILIZE THE SITUATION I APPLICATION FOR A HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT IS IN PART A PLEA TO PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFIT.

OUR PROPOSED DESIGN STANDARDS DO INCLUDE ENCOURAGE THE INCLUSION OF INCREASED DENSITY PROVIDING FOR 80 USE AS PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAKEUP AND A WAY TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AFFORDABLE WITH 80 USE, EVEN MORE RENTAL HOUSING UNITS ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ALREADY INCLUDES RENTALS.

AND THE ADDITIONAL INCOME STREAM WILL HELP HOMEOWNERS STAY IN THEIR HOMES AS WELL.

CREATING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT WITHIN ROGERS, WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS WILL HELP SLOW THE DEMOLITIONS, PREVENT THE ERASER OF THIS AREA'S HISTORY.

AND WE HOPE MAINTAIN RACIAL DIVERSITY AND ECONOMIC ACCESSIBILITY.

HERE I VISION IS A VIBRANT MULTIGENERATIONAL MULTI-RACIAL COMMUNITY.

THAT INCLUDES APARTMENT DWELLERS IN THE MAJOR QUARTERS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS LIVING IN THE PORTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPRISING THE PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WE ENVISION GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILIES WHO FOUNDED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR RETURNING TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN HERE SIDE BY SIDE WITH NEW RESIDENTS, PUTTING DOWN NEW ROOTS.

IN OUR CASE, WE SEE HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS KEY TO A DIVERSE DYNAMIC FUTURE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED DEVELOP AUSTIN AND FOUGHT FOR HIS EXISTENCE.

I'M NORMAN SCALES JR.

25 OH NINE WEBER AVENUE, AUSTIN, TEXAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FATHER, CAPTAIN NORMAN WILFORD SCALES.

NORMAN SCALES WAS BORN HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

UH, ALSO WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN AUSTIN, OUT IN BRACKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY, WENT TO CAITLIN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND TO SEE OLD LANDIS AND HIGH SCHOOL AND STARTED AT TILLISON WHERE HE, UH, DID NOT FINISH BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.

HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE ARMY AND THEN WAS ABLE TO GET INTO TUSKEGEE AIRMAN IN TUSKEGEE FOR THE ARMY AIR CORPS.

NORMAN SCALES WAS AUSTIN, TEXAS FIRST.

AND I DO MEAN FIRST FIGHTER PILOT, WHO FOUGHT DURING WORLD WAR TWO FROM THIS AREA.

HE WAS STATIONED IN ROBERT TOWN, EMILY, AND WHERE THAT WAS AN ALL BLACK BASE.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FLY.

HE FLEW OVER 70 MISSIONS IN THAT AREA AND NORTHERN AFRICA, ITALY AND GERMANY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RECOGNIZED THAT HAPPENED WITH HIM IS THAT AS WE, AS I LIVED IN, IN FORT WORTH AREA, WAS THAT MEACHAM, UH, FOR AN AIR SHOW AND WAS WALKING THROUGH THERE WITH MY WIFE.

AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YOUNG WHITE YOUNG MAN CAME OUT AND ASKED WAS, I AM A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN.

AND I TOLD HIM NO, BUT MY DAD WAS, AND THIS YOUNG MAN TOLD ME, HE SAID HIS FAMILY WOULD NOT BE HERE.

IT'S HIS GRANDFATHER SAID BECAUSE HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A BEAST 17, A BOMBER PILOT.

AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR THEM AT SCORING THEM ON THEIR MISSIONS, HIS WHOLE LINEAGE WOULD NOT BE HERE.

SO THEREFORE, UH, WE WILL HONOR IT TO HEAR THAT PERSON INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, WHEN MY DAD CAME BACK HERE, HE COULD NOT GET THAT JOB.

HE WAS ONLY OFF OF THIS SAME JOB THAT HE LEFT.

UH, WHEN HE WAS HERE BEING A SHORT ORDER, COOK IS WHAT THEY CALL THEM BACK THERE.

I EVER, HE WENT ON BACK TO TILLERSON, WHICH NOW IS, UH, HOUSTON.

TILLISON GOT HIS DEGREE, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AND ELECTRONICS AND WHATEVER.

HE ALSO ENDED UP WORKING IN AND DYING EARLY, UH, WORKING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ON, ON HIS OCCASION.

I ALSO BECAME A PILOT, COULD NOT GET INTO FIGHTER SCHOOL BECAUSE I WAS IN THE WRONG MAJOR.

SO, UH, THAT STILL EXISTED, BUT I STILL HAVE MY PILOT'S LICENSE, WHICH I PAID FOR.

MY BROTHER'S IN MUSIC.

I'VE BEEN IN MUSIC ALSO, WHICH HE WAS IN MY MOTHER'S STARTED OUT AS A ONE ROOM SCHOOL TEACHER.

HOWEVER, SHE FOUGHT HERE ALSO TO MAKE SURE LL CAMPBELL WOULD BE IN THIS AREA WHERE WE ARE HERE NOW AS BY SPENDING TIME TO ADD AWAY THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DID NOT WANT TO PUT THAT SCHOOL OVER HERE.

SO BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM, MY FATHER BEING THE FIRST, THE FIRST, NOT THE OLDEST, BUT THE FIRST BLACK FIGHTER PILOT TO FIGHT FOR A COUNTRY THAT DIDN'T REALLY WANT HIM TO COME BACK.

BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO JUST BUILD A HOUSE HERE WHERE WE GREW UP HERE IN THIS PART OF TOWN.

SO WE'RE ALSO FIGHTING FOR THIS AND NATION OF THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA, FOR

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AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE SAME.

AND I CAN'T HEAR THE TIMER WHEN IT GOES OFF HERE BEGINS.

IT'S CONSUMER HOPPER, MADISON, AND THE LAST SPEAKER I SENT YOU A TEXT, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET.

MY HOPE WAS THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE IT BEFORE I HAD TO LET THE WORLD HEAR MY SCRATCHY ALLERGY VOICE.

THE LAST SPEAKER WAS SAYING THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND, UM, UH, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED AS AN OFFICE IN TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AND INFORMATION AS WE CAN ABOUT EAST AUSTIN HISTORY.

SO IF I CAN ENCOURAGE THE LAST SPEAKER, I KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY GONE BY NOW.

UM, BUT IF I COULD ENCOURAGE THEM AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS THAT KIND OF EAST AUSTIN HISTORY TO REACH OUT TO US AT DISTRICT ONE, THIS DISTRICT, AND THEN THE NUMBER ONE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, UM, TO GIVE US MORE IN TERMS OF YOUR, YOUR INFORMATION AROUND BLACK EAST AUSTIN HISTORY, THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.

THIS IS MALCOLM YATES.

I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ERA CONTACT TEAM.

I'M SPEAKING ON COUNCIL ITEM 36, THE ZONING CASE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH, BUT ONCE THE CONTACT HE WANTS TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTAND IS THE UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE NOW WITH THE GROUP IS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT WILL OFFER 10% OF THOSE 70 NEW UNITS, UH, AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 60% OF THE MSI FOR AUSTIN.

WE'D LIKE THIS READ INTO THE RECORD SO THAT IT IS PART OF THE RECORD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

MR. YANG, THE QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU'RE STILL ON THE PHONE, I GOT YOUR EMAIL AND I WONDER HOW THAT, HOW THAT COMMITMENT HAS BEEN CODIFIED AT THIS POINT.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A RESTRICTIVE INDICATING THAT COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING? RIGHT.

UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A PUBLIC RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOR THAT PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS ENFORCING.

BUT, UM, THE OWNER WANTS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS AND IN EXCHANGE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEW, PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, AND CURRENTLY WHAT THE GROUND CONTACT TEAM AND AMYLASE ARE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE A PARTNER IN THIS PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UM, I, YES.

I THINK THE ANSWER YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IT, THAT COMPONENT OF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT YET IN, HAS NOT YET BEEN CODIFIED.

UM, AND I GUESS I WOULD ASK YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HEAR IT ON ALL THREE READINGS TODAY, BUT TYPICALLY IF THERE'S A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN PROGRESS, WE USUALLY DON'T HEAR IT ON THREE READINGS UNTIL THOSE PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED.

UM, IS THERE ANY, I CAN, I CAN MAYBE CORRESPOND WITH YOU ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, BUT, UM, I, I GUESS I'M WONDERING SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT, WHY THE CONTACT TEAM WOULDN'T BE, WOULDN'T BE THE, UH, PRIVATE PARTY.

I KNOW OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAMS HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN THE PRIVATE PARTY TO THOSE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

UM, YES, WE HAVE BEEN A PARTY TO PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

THE PROBLEM IS, UH, IS IN, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY LITIGATE.

WE HAVE NO RESOURCES TO DO THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PARTNER FOR THIS.

UM, AND THE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THAT BY THIRD READING, THE, UH, THE PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

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WOULD BE IN PLACE.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE HAS BEEN A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND I DON'T WANT TO, I KNOW THIS IS, UM, WE MAY HAVE, I CAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU OR MY STAFF COULD, UH, THE WAY SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS I KNOW I'M AWARE OF HAVE HANDLED THAT QUESTION OF RESOURCES.

UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK, I WOULD BE VERY, YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WITH CONTACT TEAMS, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE KIND OF ALONE ON THAT.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE SEND IT TO ME.

I DO.

UM, I DO HAVE SOME, AND NOW THAT I'M TALKING IT THROUGH, I THINK IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS RATHER THAN CONTACT TEAMS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY.

AND MALCOLM, CAN YOU, YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME HERE IN TOWN? YES.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S SUCH AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO COME FOR YOU TODAY.

WE KNOW YOU LOVE LONG HOURS AND GETTING A LITTLE SICK OF WHAT YOU DO.

SO I WON'T BELABOR YOU WITH INCONSEQUENTIAL INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE ASKING YOU FOR THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT PRESERVATION.

WE ARE VERY SMALL BUT UNIQUE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL COHESIVENESS, BUT OUR REAL UNIQUENESS LIES IN THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE BOARDED NORTH AND SOUTH BY CHESTNUT AND CEDAR AVENUE IN WEST BY MLK TURN YOUR BOTH LARGE AND MAIN AROSE ON NEIGHBORS OR THE BLACK MOONS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND L L CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I LOOSE GO WAY BACK, BACK TO AN ERA WHEN OUR BLACK WORLD WAR II VETERANS WERE TRYING TO GAIN A FIRST OF ALL WEEK IN THE FIELD SEGREGATED SOCIETY, A TIME WHEN OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS WERE DETERMINED TO GET THEIR HARD EARNED EDUCATION OPEN THEIR ONLY DOORS THAT HAD SO LONG BEEN SHUT TIGHT AND MARKED CLOSED OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK PUNCHES.

THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO BUILD A COMMUNITY, TO EDUCATE, FACILITATE BUSINESS, PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE ESTABLISHED PLACES OF WORSHIP AND GUIDE OUR OWN FAMILIES TO A BETTER, MORE PROMINENT STANDING.

AM I STILL DON'T? HELLO? OKAY.

WE BECAME PREACHERS, DOCTORS, NURSES, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, PROFESSORS, CHURCH BUILDERS, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DOR ON HIS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, SEAMSTRESSES GAS STATION OWNERS AND EVERYTHING.

OUR COMMUNITY NEEDED TO BUILD THIS UP STRONGER AND MORE UNITED.

SO I STAND PROUDLY TO TELL THE STORY OF THE ROGERS WASHINGTON PUBLIC HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THERE ARE MANY FIRST WE HAD THE ONLY AUSTINITE TO LAY CLAIM TO BEING A PILOT AND THE THINGS RED TAIL FLYING BRIGADE, AND RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FROM THE UNITED STATES.

THEREFORE THE FIRST BLACK FORCE FOR OUR GENERAL, WHO BECAME HEAD OF THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING AND THE CITIES AHEAD OF UNIVERSITY OF PIC AND WHOSE FAMILY HAS CHAMELEON PAL HAD WITH PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR PRO TEM AND TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THE FIRST BREAKFAST, THAT WAS YOUR TEACHER'S CREDIT UNION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHERS WHO COULD NOT OBTAIN CREDIT ELSEWHERE.

THE FIRST BLACK EMPLOYEE OF US POSTAL SYSTEM, THE FIRST BLACK TO RECEIVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN THEOLOGY FROM UT THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TO RECEIVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, UT THE FIRST BLACK TO BE APPOINTED TO THE NEWLY FORMED CITY OF AUSTIN AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.

THE FIRST AISC CERTIFIED SECRETARY, THE FIRST BLACK TO BE ELECTED MAYOR OF DALLAS, TEXAS, AND TO SERVE AS TRADE MINISTER U S GOVERNMENT UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK SUPERVISORS TO BECOME A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE FIRST INTEGRATED SCHOOL IN THE STATE.

THE FIRST UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN BROOKLYN, THE FIRST IS A HOLE HOLDING ONE AND AN AWESOME MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.

WHEN MANY OTHERS WERE OFF LIMITS AND RECEIVE A SHINY RED CONVERTIBLE AS HIS REWARD.

WE HAVE MANY STORIES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A DEEP AND HISTORICAL CONNECTION TO THIS CITY AND TO THIS NATION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE HEARING OUR STORY AND WE ASKED IF YOU GRANT THIS APPLICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AT THE BREAK HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME TRULY GREAT HEROES, WE BUILT A LEGACY OF LOVE AND THAT'S THE THEME AND DECENCY FOR ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR THE BUZZER? I WAS.

NEXT SPEAKER.

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OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU, MARILYN POOL.

I'M SPEAKING FOR ITEM 34.

THE ROGERS WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS HOME TO EAST AUSTIN LEADERS AND EDUCATORS HOUSES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY US FOR US WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL.

ON MY LITTLE HALF BLOCK ARE THREE OF THE FOUR HOMES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE DESIGNED BY JOHN CHASE.

THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO RECEIVE A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE FROM UT AND THE FIRST BLACK LICENSED ARCHITECT IN THE STATE SHAKES.

HIS VERY FIRST RESIDENTIAL DESIGN AFTER BEING LICENSED IS LOCATED AT 1906 MAPLE AVENUE.

IT WAS CREATED FOR HIS BEST FRIENDS WITH IRENE HILL THOMPSON, WHO WAS THE WIDOW OF OSCAR L THOMPSON, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO RECEIVE A DEGREE FROM UT A MASTER'S IN ZOOLOGY IN 1951.

IRENE IS SISTER OF DR.

JAMES HILL, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT AT UT AUSTIN.

IRENE HERSELF WAS THE ONLY CERTIFIED SCHOOL SECRETARY IN AUSTIN SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN, EVEN AFTER THE DISTRICT DESEGREGATED, SHE BUILT HER HOME NEXT TO HER BEST FRIEND AND BRIDESMAID REALLY MANKY KIRK.

ANOTHER CHASE DESIGN IS THE BEAUTIFUL MODERN HOME AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MLK AND MAPLE AVENUE ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR BUSINESS WOMAN, DELLA PHILLIPS, WHO OWNED PHILLIPS OF SHAW FUNERAL HOME IN EAST AUSTIN.

THAT HOME IS THE COMMUNITY LANDMARK.

A THIRD CHASE HOME IN MY LITTLE SECTION IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MAPLE AND GIVENS, AND IT WAS BUILT BY DR.

JOHN KING, THE PRESIDENT AND CHANCELLOR OF HOUSTON TELEPHONE COLLEGE.

HE IS ALSO OWNER OF KING TEARS MORTUARY ACROSS THE STREET FROM PHILLIP'S HOME IS OUR SCHOOL'S CUSTOM BUILT SINGLE-STORY RANCH HOME.

THAT IS OVERSHADOWED BY HIS AWARD WINNING YARD ART THAT FEATURES A 10 FOOT STATUE OF LIBERTY AND PAINTED OAK IRA'S UNIQUE YARD HAS BEEN FEATURED NATIONALLY ON TELEVISION AND NEWS BOOK, PUBLICATIONS, DISSERTATIONS, AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.

HE IS ALSO RENOWNED AS THE FLAG BEARING BLACK COWBOY LEADING THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S PROXY ON HORSEBACK IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.

OTHER HOUSES ON MY LITTLE HALF BLOCK ARE OWNED BY ROBERT AND RUTH MCALLISTER.

RUTH WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GET A MASTERS FROM UT AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.

HER HUSBAND OWNED AND OPERATED ONE OF THE VERY FEW GROCERY STORES IN EAST AUSTIN THAT A WASHINGTON, A WELL KNOWN ELEMENTARY LIBRARIAN IS ALSO IN MY LITTLE HALF BLOCK.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTED AND INSPIRED THE INVESTORS WHO ARE DESTROYING THE CHARACTER OF OUR HOME TO HAVE NOT BOTHERED TO KNOW THIS HISTORY NOR DO THEY SEEM TO CARE.

OUR APPLICATION IS ASKING YOU TO PROTECT THAT LEGACY.

IS WHERE THEIR CHILDREN GROW UP.

SO ALL THE SPEAKERS IN GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS KATE MILLS AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34, ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE, MY FAMILY AND I MET WHEN WE MOVED TO THE ROGERS WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD THREE YEARS AGO WAS LAVONNE JACKSON, MARSHALL, WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE HER HISTORY.

SHE'S A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND A PRODUCT OF THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND HE'S BEEN TILLOTSON COLLEGE LATER UNIVERSITY, HER PARENTS, MARIANNE AND SOPHIA JACKSON LONGTIME AUSTIN RESIDENTS BECAME INTERESTED IN BUILDING A NEW HOME IN THE SPRING OF 1958 IN THE AREA.

NOW KNOWN AS HOLY CROSS.

IT WAS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA WITH LARGE LOSS AND A DIVERSE POPULATION.

EDUCATORS, ENTREPRENEURS, PEOPLE WITH GROWING FAMILIES WHO WERE SEEKING STABILITY.

THEY MET WITH THE BUILDER, TRAVIS COOK, WHO OFFERED A LOT IN CONSTRUCTION AT 25 OH EIGHT GIVENS AVENUE FOR $15,000.

MS. MARSHALL'S FATHER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN POSTAL EMPLOYEES AT THE DOWNTOWN FACILITY.

AND HER MOTHER WAS A HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER AT HOUSTON TILLOTSON COLLEGE, AS WELL AS MAIN OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY.

WHEN MS. MARSHALL AND HER HUSBAND RETURNED TO AUSTIN IN 1966, THEY BECAME RESIDENTS ON GIVENS AVENUE, WHICH

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MS. MARSHALL'S HUSBAND, DR.

GENERAL MARSHALL WAS EMPLOYED AT HOUSTON TILLOTSON COLLEGE VERSUS MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTOR.

AND THEN AS DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF NATURAL SCIENCES, HE RETIRED IN 2001.

HE WAS AN AVID GOLFER FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE SAVE MUNI FOUNDATION FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, DR.

MARSHALL MADE FOUR HOLES IN ONE IN HIS LIFETIME.

ONE IN ONE OF WHICH WON HIM A SHINY RED MAZDA MIATA CONVERTIBLE, WHICH I WOULD OFTEN SEE PARKED ON THE STREET.

AFTER HIS PASSING IN JUNE, HE WAS REMEMBERED BY MANY OF AUSTIN'S OUTSTANDING GOLFERS DURING HIS VISITATION AND FUNERAL, INCLUDING TOM KITE AND BEN CRENSHAW.

THERE ARE OTHER NOTABLE PERSONS IN HOMES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MENTION TODAY, INCLUDING THE MAPLE AVENUE HOME OF CONTRACTOR WELDON CITY.

SO BUILT THREE HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIS WIDOW SUPPORTED THIS APPLICATION AND LIVES IN THE HOME UNTIL HER DEATH.

LAST YEAR AT THE AGE OF 105, JIMMY SNELL ON GIVENS AVENUE WAS DISTRICT MANAGER OF ATLANTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

AND LATER BECAME CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

HIS WIFE, JOANNA WAS A REGISTERED NURSE AT HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, WHICH WOULD LATER BUILD IN THE AREA.

THESE HISTORIES WE TELL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, INTO OUR FAMILIES, DON'T JUST AFFECT YOUR PAST.

THEY SHAPE OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE, AND THEY NEED TO BE PRESERVED.

MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS WANT THE STORY HISTORY OF THE ROGERS WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CONTINUED TO BE A PART OF OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RAISED BARE BY DEVELOPERS AS IF NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE TOOK PLACE HERE.

WE WANT THIS PIECE OF THE RICH BLACK HERITAGE OF EAST AUSTIN TO BE PRESERVED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NOT RESTAURANTS AND OUR ZONING, UM, HAVE THAT.

HELLO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK.

I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 34, UH, FOR THE ROGERS WASHINGTON, UH, HISTORIC DESIGNATION REQUESTS.

UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS BARRY MCBRIDE AND I MET 1900 CEDAR AVENUE, WHICH IS ON CEDAR AVENUE AND MLK AND EAST AUSTIN.

AND THIS IS MY PROPERTY NOW.

AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT I NOW OWNED, BUT IT WAS OWNED ORIGINALLY BY MY AUNT AND UNCLE MAXINE JOHNSON AND GARVIN JOHNSON.

MAXINE WAS A LONG TIME TEACHER AT THE ORIGINAL ELSIE ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, AND, UH, SHE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS HER HUSBAND, MY UNCLE DARPIN JOHNSON, WHO WAS A BUSINESSMAN HERE IN AUSTIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, THIS PROPERTY HAD THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ALL THAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND NOT TO GO OVER SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.

ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS THAT I WANT TO MENTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN TALKED VERY MUCH ABOUT IS THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A CATALYST, A MAJOR CATALYST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT.

THE SITE IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THAT I NOW OWN.

AND THAT PARTICULAR HOSPITAL WAS SO IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE A NUMBER OF OUR PHYSICIANS IN EAST AUSTIN, DR E CONNOR, DR.

GIBBONS, DR.

JOSEPH QUANDER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THEY COULD NOT PRACTICE ANYWHERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, THE PRACTICE THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO WOULD BE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY PRACTICED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND ALL OF THEM WERE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED.

SEVERAL OF THEM WENT TO MAHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE WITH SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, DR.

QUANTA WAS FROM THE EAST.

UH, AND HE CAME HERE LATER AFTER DR.

CARTER AND DR.

GIBBONS CAME HERE, BUT THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS COMMUNITY FLOURISHED IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF HOLY CROSS COCKTAIL WITH THE KIDS, A RICH AND UNIQUE HISTORY ITSELF.

THE NUMBER OF FIRST HEAR THAT YOU'VE HEARD ALSO NEED TO BE A HAT WE NEED TO ADD TO IT.

THE FACT THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PRODUCED SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE WHO GREW UP HERE AND WHO WERE SOME OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE WHO INTEGRATED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF AUSTIN, INCLUDING UNIVERSITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOT VERY FAR AWAY, BUT IT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EAST AVENUE WHERE MANY OF US COULD NOT EVEN GO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WELL, THE NUMBER OF US NOT ONLY WENT TO UNIVERSITY JUNIOR HIGH, WE INTEGRATED AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL.

ULTIMATELY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS I MYSELF, IS I'M ONE OF THE VERY FIRST GRADUATES OF THE BUSINESS SCHOOL, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE ACCOUNTING PROGRAM, WHERE I BECAME A CPA AND WORKED FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST CPA FIRMS IN THE WORLD, AFFIRMED BY THE NAME OF ARTHUR ANDERSON.

THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF MANY OF THE OTHER FAMILIES WHO PRODUCED YOUNG PEOPLE AND KIDS IN THIS AREA WHO WENT ON TO BE FIRST IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED IT'S HISTORY.

AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY ASK YOUR FAVORABLE DECISIONS TO HELP US PRESERVE

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ITS HISTORY.

THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, PATRICIA.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION, ROGERS, WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS ITEM NUMBER 34.

I AM PATRICIA CALHOUN, BORN AND UNWRITTEN AUSTIN GROWING UP ON COTTON STREET BETWEEN CAMILLE AND SAM.

DENARD ANOTHER AREA OF GREAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOTED RESIDENCE AND THE DAUGHTER OF TC CALHOUN AND FELL ON THE COW WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT THEIR HOME ON THE CORNER OF MAPLE AT 24 OH ONE GIVENS AVENUE IN 1959, THEY PURCHASED THEIR PROPERTY FROM A LARGE SUBDIVISION SUBDIVIDED PARCEL OF LAND OWNED BY A BLACK PHYSICIAN, DR.

M J WASHINGTON, MY FATHER, THE SECOND PRINCIPAL OF KEELING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RETIRED AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE.

MY MOTHER IS SUPERVISOR OF AF AFRICAN AMERICAN COUNTY SCHOOLS LATER RETIRED IN THE EIGHTIES AS A READING SPECIALIST FOR AISD.

SHE ALSO WORKED WITH A ASSIGNMENT TO PUBLISH HER BOOKS LESS FOR 10, AND WAS THE BASIS OF A CURRICULUM SHE WROTE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN AISD, BOTH WERE ACTIVE VITAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE FOUNDING AND OPERATION OF A TEACHER'S CREDIT UNION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHERS.

I RETURNED TO AUSTIN IN 2016 TO MY PARENTS' HOME ONLY TO HAVE THE SHOCK OF PROPERTY TAXES GOING FROM ABOUT $3,000, UH, TO ABOUT $8,000 AS I RETURNED TO LIVE IN THE HOME.

THE $3,000 I HAD BEEN PAYING PREVIOUSLY ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER.

AND OF COURSE THE SHOCK OF NOW HAVING TO PAY, UH, ALMOST $8,000, JUST BECAUSE I, MY NAME WAS NOW ON THE DEED.

I IMMEDIATELY BECAME A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH TWO MISSIONS IN MIND, A VEHICLE TO ADDRESS THE TAX BURDEN FOR HEIRS AND TWO TO PREVENT THE RANDOM DEMOLITION OF PROPERTIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NO ARCHITECTURAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAD ALREADY BEGAN DELIBERATIONS WITH VARIOUS ENTITIES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

AND IN 2016 FORM THE DESIGN COMMITTEE, WHICH BEGAN ACTIVELY WORKING TO INTEGRATE THE DATA FROM THE EAST AUSTIN CITY SURVEY WITH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR OUR APPLICATION, WHICH YOU NOW HAVE UNDER YOUR REVIEW.

THE COMMITTEE MET WITH PRESERVATION, AUSTIN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND OTHER ENTITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM THE SPRING OF 2016 TO PRESENT ALL THE WHILE DISTRIBUTING FLYERS DOOR TO DOOR UPRISING, EACH HOUSEHOLD OF THE MEETINGS AND PLANNING UNDERWAY, INCLUDING INVITATIONS TO BE ACTIVE IN THAT PLANNING, JUST SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS DISTRIBUTION OF FLYERS, MONTHLY TO EACH HOUSEHOLD, PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE, GOOD, A NEIGHBOR SENATOR IN 2017, A GUARD AND THE PATIENTS TO EACH HOUSEHOLD FLYERS DISTRIBUTED AT EACH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT NOTING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SPRING FLING HELD AT THE VORTEX THEATER.

SECOND WORKSHOP HELD WITH THE VORTEX THEATER APPLICATION PACKETS WITH ALL DETAILS OF DESIGN STANDARDS WERE HAND DELIVERED TO EACH LOCAL HOUSEHOLD AND MAIL TO THOSE OUT OF TOWN.

INVITATION FOR CONFERENCE CALLS WERE EXTENDED TO THOSE OUT OF TOWN.

ALSO ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS, MANY OF WHICH RESULTED IN DESIGN STANDARDS, MODIFICATIONS.

AS YOU HAVE HEARD, OUR ASSOCIATION HAS REACHED OUT TO ALL AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE AND ENGAGE EVERYONE IN THIS PROCESS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

HELLO, THANK YOU.

I'M CARSON.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 46.

I LIVE ON 9,109 VISION CIRCLE, AND I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION ON THE REZONING OF COLIN AND SLAUGHTER.

UM, COLIN STREET AS A SUBSTANDARD STREET, FEEDING INTO ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN AUSTIN AT SPOTTER AND COLON.

AND WHILE THE APPLICANT AND THE LAWYER WILL TELL YOU THAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, COVENANT NEGATE ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, BUT IN FACT, IT'S NOT, UM, WE, DON'T

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WE WERE WILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH THE DEVELOPERS ON OURS, ABOUT DURATION AND ADHERENCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, UM, TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS.

UM, THE PROPOSAL WAS ALREADY IN STAGE FOUR OF THE DIET RELATED HEALTH CHALLENGES, UM, IN AUSTIN AND NEW COVENANT THAT THE MOBILE HOOD ASSOCIATION PROPOSED WAS DENIED.

UM, ON WHOLE, BESIDES SENSE FOR ONE HOMEOWNER, UM, WITH THESE IN MIND, THE DANGEROUSNESS OF THE STREET AND THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO REIMAGINE AUSTIN, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE.

NO.

AND, UH, DO DO YOUR PART TO ME.

IMAGINE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER AUSTIN.

CAME IN WITH DOWN.

HI, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? UH, MY NAME IS TAYLOR MCDONNELL.

I AM, UH, SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34 AND THE PROPOSED A DRAFT ORDINANCE.

UM, I'M REALLY JUST SPEAKING AS JUST WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS THAT HAVE PRESENTED ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR ROGERS, WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS, FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN REACHING OUT TO, UM, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND NEW HOMEOWNERS, SUCH MYSELF TO KEEP THEM APPRAISED OF WHAT'S GOING ON TO HEAR ALL THE VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST, UH, FORMERLY COMMEND CARL BERTRAND, WHO IS IN THE, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BECAUSE SHE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL IN ALL OF HER WORK THAT SHE'S DONE, UH, AS PART OF THIS LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION PROCESS.

UH, SO THAT WAS ALL JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO PRAISE THE, UH, PERSONALLY, UM, AFFIRM MY EXPERIENCES WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ALSO JUST, UM, SHOWER CARA WITH SOME PRAISE CAUSE SHE MORE THAN DESERVES IT.

THEY WON THE NEIGHBORS OF RW HC.

HELLO, I'M JULIA WOODS.

AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 35, WHICH IS, UM, JONING ON PRAISER, UH, STREET RIGHT NEXT TO THE ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS.

UM, I'M NOT STRICTLY SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.

UH, WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE LOT IS TO RETAIN THE EXISTING HOME AND ADD TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS, UH, IN WHAT IS CURRENTLY A VERY LARGE BACKYARD.

UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT, UH, AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER'S AGENT IS, UH, ASKING FOR CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, REQUIRING THE OWNER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN THEIR PLAN.

UM, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE VERY OFTEN, UM, THAT OWNER WILL BUY A PROPERTY AND PLAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WILL FIT VERY NICELY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN THEY GET AN OFFER FOR A LOT OF MONEY.

AND ONCE WAS UP, ZONING HAS BEEN ACQUIRED.

UH, THEY SCRAPE A LOT, THEY THROW ALL THE PIECES OF THE NICE HOUSE IN THE LANDFILL AND THEY BUILD UP SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A COLLECTION OF, UH, NO PROBLEMS. ANYWAY.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT USING URBAN INFILL THAT DOESN'T TEAR DOWN EXISTING HOMES, UM, FOR THE REASON THAT, UM, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE.

UM, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE LOTS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO ADD ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL HOMES.

THE CURRENT ZONING DOESN'T LOCK THAT IN.

SO THAT MONEY PRESSURE THAT COMES ALONG LATER, CAN'T YOU SERVE THOSE GOOD INTENTIONS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NEXT TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND ORDINARILY ONE LIKES TO SEE DEVELOPMENT NEAR SCHOOLS, EXCEPT THE VILLAGERS DOES NOT DRAW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT HAS, UM, STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER TOWN, UH, GO TO THE SCHOOL BASED ON AN APPLICATION PROCESS.

SO THEY, UM, HAVE MORE BUSES THAN USUAL GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS ARE DRIVEN TO SCHOOL.

UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT TYPICAL IN THAT WAY.

AND MY DAUGHTER GOES TO THIS SCHOOL, UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT PICKUP AND DROP OFF IS KIND OF HECTIC BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBERS OF BUSES AND

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CARS.

UM, AGAIN, I, UH, HAD REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER HOPING THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OR PERHAPS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, BUT THAT WAS NOT, UM, CONSIDERED, I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM ON THAT IN ANY EVENT.

UM, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS POSSIBILITY AS PART OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO, UM, ENCOURAGING BUILDING IN AUSTIN, WITHOUT LOSING THE OLD HOMES, WHICH SIT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, GOOD QUALITY HOUSING AND THAT HELPS YOU SUSAN HAMBRIGHT GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MAYOR PUTIN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WOW, WHAT INSPIRATIONAL OR TOUCHING STORIES WE'RE HEARING TODAY? UM, JUST REALLY HITS MY HEART.

I AM A 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF PARKWOODS NEIGHBORHOOD AND A DIRECTOR ON THE HOA BOARD.

WHEN YOU HAVE AFFECTED NEIGHBORS WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS, BUT WERE UNABLE TO JOIN TODAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE REMAIN IN OBJECTION TO AGENDA ITEM 46, THE REZONING OF COLUMBIAN SLAUGHTER FOR ALL THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE PRESENTATION WE SENT TO YOU ON AUGUST 31ST, THAT DISCUSSES IN MORE DETAILS, FOUR MAIN POINTS.

FIRST, THE CURRENT ZONING AND RESTRICTIONS ARE PROPER AND HAVE MERIT.

THEY PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY SHOULD REMAIN.

WE ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS OTHER RESTRICTED USES, BUT APPLICANT WAS NOT.

APPLICANT HAS NO COMMITMENT OR INTEREST FROM ANY PROSPECTIVE TENANT FOR THIS PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY HAS THE PROPERTY LISTED FOR SALE ON SEVERAL ONLINE BROKER SITES.

IT WOULD SEEM THAT APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE LONG TERM GOALS FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT IS SEEKING TO GET THE HIGHEST USES AND ZONING SO THAT IT WILL HAVE A HIGHER RESALE VALUE.

IT ALSO HAS INVESTORS WHO SAW THE NOTICE THAT EFFECTIVELY PLACES A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.

THIRD, THE INTERSECTION AT COLON LANE IS ALREADY OVERWHELMED.

COLIN IS ASSESSED STANDARD ROAD WITH TWO LANES AND NO SHOULDERS.

SO THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS.

IT DOES NOT MEET THE MOBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF A IN AUSTIN AND ALL RESPONSIBLE CITY ENTITIES.

TELL US THERE IS NO MONEY FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO CALL IN FOR IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDORS PAGE ONE OH SIX SAYS NEW BUSINESSES SHOULD IMPROVE MOBILITY ALONG AN X CORRIDOR BY REDUCING CAR USAGE AND INCREASING WALKING, BICYCLING AND CHAINS THAT USE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT DEPENDS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC AND THEREFORE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING AUSTIN GREEN OR HEALTHY.

ALSO THE CITY HAS RECENTLY PLACED LARGE SIGNS, LARGE WARNING SIGNS.

THAT SLAUGHTER IS A DANGEROUS THOROUGHFARE.

AND ONE OF THE SIGNS IRONICALLY ACTUALLY FITS ON THIS PROPERTY.

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ARE THE BENEFACTORS OF ONE OF THE MOST HEINOUS INDUSTRY IN OUR COUNTRY, FACTORY FARMS, WHICH CREATE MORE GREENHOUSE GASES AND DESTROYING MORE NATURAL WATERWAYS THAN ANY OTHER INDUSTRY.

NOT TO MENTION THE CRUEL CONDITIONS THAT ANIMALS LIVE IN TO BRIEF FOOD PRODUCTS OFTEN IS BETTER THAN THIS IS TIME FOR US TO SAY NO MORE.

THAT NEIGHBORS AND APPLICANTS MET FOR OVER TWO HOURS ON AUGUST 11TH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE IMPACT OF A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.

AND WE REMAINED IN DISAGREEMENT THAT THE EXISTING RESTRICT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WILL PROVIDE US ENOUGH COVER FROM SUCH IMPACT, THEREFORE FOR ALL THESE REASONS AND MANY MORE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO VERBALIZE.

WE ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS WITH ANY APPLICATION AND LET THE EXISTING ZONING AND ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN PLACE.

THEY ARE PROPER AND HAVE MERIT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE SPEAKERS IN Q.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY PLEASE PRESS ZERO.

THANK YOU, DRAMAS.

HEY, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME WELL, COOL.

MY NAME IS MISAEL RAMOS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FAVOR OF ITEM 34 FOR ROGERS, WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS, HISTORIC DESIGNATION.

MY NEIGHBORS HAVE TOUCHED ON THE HISTORY OF OUR LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I WANT TO TELL A PERSONAL STORY OF MY EXPERIENCES, MY EXPERIENCES WITHIN IT.

UM, SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT ON MYSELF.

I ORIGINALLY MOVED TO AUSTIN FROM DALLAS IN OH SIX AND MOVED BACK TO DALLAS IN 2011 ONLY TO RETURN TO AUSTIN IN 2014, JUST COULDN'T STAY AWAY.

UM, ON MY RETURN, I DECIDED TO TAKE SOME TIME WITH MY SEARCH AND PUT TOGETHER SOME CRITERIA BECAUSE I KNEW MY NEXT LOCATION WOULD BE A PLACE I WANTED TO PLANT SOME ROOTS.

I WAS LOOKING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD POTENTIAL WALKABILITY TO RESTAURANTS, THE UNIVERSITY, DOWNTOWN AND PARKS, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING COMMUNITY.

AFTER EXPLORING MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I SOMEHOW ALWAYS FOUND MY WAY BACK TO ROGERS, WASHINGTON.

HOLY CROSS,

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I'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS AND HEARTS TO NEW NEIGHBORS AND THE HOPES OF BUILDING A COMMUNITY ACCEPTING OF EVERYONE DURING THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION PROCESS PRE COVID.

IT WAS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MEET AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE.

IF THEY HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND TALK THROUGH ADU HEIGHTS WITH THEM OVER ICE TEA AND DEVILED EGGS, OR ORGANIZED SPECIAL CALLED CONFERENCE MEETINGS WITH ANY NEIGHBORS CONCERNED ABOUT SETBACKS.

SO THAT ALL FELT IN THIS LONG PROCESS.

THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHETHER IT'S PARTNERING WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO COMBAT DISPLACEMENT ADVOCATING FOR TEACHERS' RIGHTS, OR JUST SIMPLY ORGANIZING PEOPLE FOR HOT DOGS AND SODAS FOR OUR LEGENDARY NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ALWAYS TREATED NEIGHBORS AS AN EXTENSION OF THEIR FAMILY WITH THE 1928 PLAN THAT HAS POPPED UP IN MUCH RECENT CONVERSATION.

WE'RE SEEING AGAIN, THE SYSTEMIC REMOVAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS FROM EAST AUSTIN IN WHICH AFRICAN AMERICANS SUBSEQUENTLY BUILT THRIVING SCHOOLS, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES ONLY TO BE PUSHED OUT AGAIN THIS TIME TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, DESTROYING OUR HISTORY AND TRADITIONS IN ITS PATH WITH YOUR VOTE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU'RE NOT ONLY HELPING TO PRESERVE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A DESIGNATED AREA.

YOU'RE PRESERVING A RICH LEGACY.

THAT'S STEEPED IN BLACK EXCELLENCE AND NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS BLACK.

FIRST, WHEN WE SAY BLACK FIRST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK ARCHITECT, NOT ONLY TO GET ACCEPTED TO UT, BUT TO GRADUATE FROM THE SCHOOL AND BUILDING HOUSES IN EAST AUSTIN TO THE FIRST BLACK UT LAW STUDENT AND TUSKEGEE AIRMEN THAT WENT TO SERVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY ONLY TO RETURN BACK, TO DEVELOP AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOUR VOTE IS NOT ONLY FOR PRESERVATION, BUT IT'S ALSO A VOTE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S DEEP IN ACCEPTANCE, LOVE THE URGE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

JERRY, YOU WANT TO TAKE US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE'LL DO MAYOR OTHER PARTS.

THANKS TO ALL THE SPEAKERS,

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

I KNOW.

AM I GOING TO OFFER FOR CONSENT IS I'VE BEEN 32 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 49.

I GOT OFFERED THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ARE FOR THOSE CASES, FOR WHICH THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN.

FIRST ONE I HAVE IS I DIDN'T 33 .

THIS CASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.

NEXT IS I AM 34, CASEY 14 H 2020 ZERO ZERO 69.

THIS CASE I CAN OFFER FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL AT ALL.

THREE RATINGS.

NEXT IS ITEM 35, CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 71.

OR THIS CASE I CAN ALSO OFFER FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

NEXT ITEM NUMBER 36.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO SEPTEMBER 17TH ON THE ADDENDUM.

WE HAVE ITEM 46 2019 ZERO ONE 62.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 47 WILL BE A DISCUSSION CASE.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS 32 THROUGH 43 AND 46 AND 46 AND 47.

NO, NO.

AND 46, BECAUSE 47 HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.

SO THE CONSENT IS, UM, 32 THROUGH 43 AND 46.

IS THAT CORRECT ON THERE? I BELIEVE IT WAS 32 36 AND I'M 46, RIGHT? I SEE.

36 PLUS 40 AND MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO THAT'S THE CONSENT TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNSELOR? UH, 36 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS FOR POSTPONING, CORRECT? YES.

POSTPONE IT TONIGHT.

17.

AND 33 IS BEING WITHDRAWN.

DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER FLATTING.

IT MUST BE SHOWN VOTING.

NO, ON 32.

FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL OVER KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT ON 35.

I CAN LEAVE IT ON CONSENT, BUT JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION OF HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT ON CONSENT.

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WHY DON'T YOU PULL IT MUMBLE THEN WE'LL PULL THAT UP.

LET'S PULL 35 35 AND 47 ARE PULL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WOULD BE SHOWN UP STANDING ON 46 AND JUST PROVIDE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS.

UM, THIS IS, UH, THE COLON SIDE OF OUR CASE AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, AN ISSUE THAT COUNCILOR PLANNING AND OFTEN BRINGS UP WITH CEO'S AND WE WORK WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET, YOU KNOW, A WIDE LIST OF PROHIBITIONS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMES IN A GOOD FAITH TO THOSE AND THEN FUTURE COUNCILS CAN ALWAYS TAKE THOSE AWAY.

UM, AND SO WHILE THERE ARE STILL OVER 20 PROHIBITIONS ON THE SITE, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE CONCERNS FROM, EXCUSE ME, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS ALSO A, A MAJOR CORRIDOR.

AND AS I SAID, WHEN THIS CAME UP BEFORE, UM, THERE, IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF MY DISTRICT THAT ARE BEGGING FOR RESTAURANTS AND AMENITIES.

AND THEN THERE ARE PARTS THAT ARE ASKING THAT WE NOT ADD THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I WILL JUST ABSTAINING.

ON THROUGH URBAN RENEWAL THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE SAVED AS MUCH AS WE COULD, BUT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR, UH, OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT 32 TO 36 AND 46.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IS JASMINE HER KITCHEN, 38, I'M SORRY.

35 IS PULLED IN 47.

UM, MAYBE PART TIME.

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

UM, SO THERE'S A, THIS IS TO TAKE OFF A CONDITION CONDITION.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID OR, YEAH, IT'S TO TAKE OFF THE OTHER RESTAURANT.

LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED OUT'S MEMBER OR HARPER MADISON PRES PRESENT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO, TO, TO READ A STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, UH, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 34, AS OUR HARPER, MADISON SAYS THAT, UH, ROGERS WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF BLACK EXCELLENCE IN AUSTIN.

AND IT HAS BEEN OUR PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ITS RESIDENTS ON CREATING THIS HISTORICAL DISTRICT.

AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, EDUCATORS, AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS MADE THEIR HOME HERE.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED BY BLACK PROFESSIONALS FOR BLACK PROFESSIONALS, FEATURES HOMES DESIGNED BY JOHN C. CHASE THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ATTEND GRADUATE SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE FIRST BLACK ARCHITECT TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF OUR CITY EAST AUSTIN HAS BEEN HIT PARTICULARLY HARD WITH THE ERASER OF HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT PLACES DEVELOPED AN AREA OF EXPLICIT RACIAL SEGREGATION THAT ACTUALLY PREVENTED BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP IN MOST OF AUSTIN, ROGER WASHINGTON, HOLY CROSS REPRESENTED A BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY WORKING TOWARDS A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE AUSTIN OF THE FUTURE.

DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO REJECT EVERYTHING IN OUR PATH.

WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE, CELEBRATE AND PROTECT THE LEGACIES OF THOSE WHO STRUGGLED AGAINST OCCURRENCE TO PROVE THAT NO CHALLENGE IS TOO GREAT TO OVERCOME IN THE LONG JOURNEY TOWARDS EQUITY, EQUALITY, AND ACCESS TO TRUE OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT.

THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER VIA.

YEAH, IT, IT REALLY BOUGHT A LOT OF OLD MEMORIES TO ME GROWING UP.

I GREW UP, GREW UP THERE RIGHT OFF OF SEVENTH STREET, THE CHARLIE PLAYHOUSE ON MY HOUSE.

SO I REALLY HAD A LOT OF FUN GROWING UP IN THAT, UP IN THAT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND THE SAD THING ABOUT IT IS AS I WAS GROWING UP, SEEING SECTIONS AFTER SECTIONS, AFTER SECTIONS BEING LOST, YOU KNOW, WE LOST A LOT OF HISTORY THAT MASON CHALLENGE THAT WAS DOWN ON BAREFOOT AND SIXTH STREET, YOU KNOW, THOSE PLACES ARE BASICALLY ALMOST ALL GONE BECAUSE A FEW LOCATIONS ARE THAT STILL EXISTS, BUT NO, THIS IS A, HAS IT BEEN A SAD, IT WAS A SAD TIME IN HISTORY WHEN ALL OF THAT DEMOLITION THERE WAS GOING

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I GREW UP HERE IN A WHILE LOOP IN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I WAS THE BORDER BETWEEN THE MEXICAN AMERICANS AND THE AFRICAN AMERICANS.

SO I HAD A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

I WENT TO UNIVERSITY JUNIOR HIGH, YOU KNOW, AN AUSTIN HIGH.

AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE, UH, SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, UH, EVEN AT ALISON HIGH, WHEN I WAS THERE, UH, FIRST DAY, MY WORLD HISTORY CLASS, A TEACHER CAME UP AND SAID, IF OUR FOREFATHERS HADN'T BEEN SO STUPID AND HAD NOT BOUGHT YOU, YOU PEOPLE, YOU GOT PEOPLE OVER HERE, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THE TROUBLE WE'RE HAVING.

AND THAT WAS IN 67, I MEAN, 66 AND 67, THAT ALL THE, THE, UH, THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS GOING ON IN AUSTIN.

SO, UH, I'M REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING SOONER THAN NOW, BUT, BUT WE JUST NEED TO REALLY KEEP IT IN OUR MINDS THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRIBUTION THAT PEOPLE IN THAT AREA DID FOR OUR CITY IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET IT.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON THEN TO THE POLL ITEMS, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR.

I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON SAY PRESENT, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR HER FIXING VOTE ON THAT LAST ITEM.

OR SHE SAID PRESENT.

I DID.

I SAID PRESENT.

AND THAT WAS MY VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECORD RULE, FLORIDA REFLECT A YES.

VOTE AND THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THE PULLED ITEM, A

[35. C14-2020-0071 - 2108 Prather Lane Rezoning - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 2108 Prather Lane (West Bouldin Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence (SF-3) district zoning to urban family residence (SF-5) district zoning. Staff and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant urban family residence (SF-5) district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Prather Development (Donald Wait). Agent: Thrower Design (A. Ron Thrower). City Staff: Kate Clark, 512-974-1237. District(s): District 3]

COUNSELOR KITCHEN.

YOU PULLED 35.

I CAN LEAVE IT ON CONSENT.

I MEAN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE, OR FOR THE APPLICANT.

I'M ASSUMING THE APPLICANT PRESENT WITH US.

UM, I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY REITERATE WHAT THE SPEAKER HAD SAID, A MAN, AS SHE SAID, SHE WAS NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED ON THIS PROPERTY.

UM, SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT, UM, THE WAY OUR ZONING CATEGORIES WORK RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A ASSURANCE THAT THIS WILL STAY, THAT THE HOME THAT'S THERE WILL STAY.

UM, AND SO SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE, WE HAD HIS OWN CATEGORY THAT WHEN WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS WHAT WOULD BE BUILT AND WOULD, AND WOULD BE A STATE THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE IN THE SENSE THAT IT COULD PROTECT THE EXISTING HOUSING THAT'S THERE AS BEING MORE AFFORDABLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, MR. THROWER, I AGREE THAT THAT ISN'T, THAT IS THE INTENT AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR 'EM TO IMMEDIATELY SELL AND FLIP.

UM, COULD YOU PLEASE HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INTENT IS? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, RON THROWER AGAIN, REPRESENTING THE LANDOWNER.

UH, THE INTENT FOR THE PROPERTY IS TO DEVELOP IT WITH JUST TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS.

THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THE EXISTING HOUSE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1998.

AND WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST MEETING THIS WEEK WITH THE ARCHITECT THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT.

SO THE PLAN IS ASSUREDLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST KEEPING THE HOUSE AND HAVING TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS TO THE REAR.

YOU OKAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

IT GETS US TO THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 47

UM, SO, SO THANK YOU, MR. THRILL.

I JUST WANTED TO ESTABLISH, UM, UM, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD TO BE P AND T.

AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WHEN WE GET BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE CAN WORK ON ON WAYS TO, UM, ENSURE AND OUR ZONING CATEGORIES, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROTECT, UM, EXISTING HOUSING, JUST SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.

SO AT THIS POINT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THE, UH, RECORD, UH, PUT, PUT THE INTENT ON THE RECORD, SO, OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 35 KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTIONS OR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS.

IT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, DO YOU VOTE? OKAY.

SO WE ARE ALL UNANIMOUS ON THAT ITEM.

THAT PASSES.

[47. C14-2019-0061 - This Old Wood Rezoning -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 13313 Old Gregg Lane (Harris Branch Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from rural residence (RR) district zoning to warehouse/limited office-conditional overlay (W/LO-CO) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant warehouse/limited office-conditional overlay (W/LO-CO) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Jeffrey Spector. Agent: Land Answers, Inc. (Jim Wittliff). City Staff: Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057. District(s): District 1]

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AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE, THREE 41, THREE OLD GREG LANE ABOUT A NINE AND A HALF ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY CAN FOLLOW THE REQUEST FOR WLL CEO'S ZONING.

UH, THE PERMITTED USES WOULD BASICALLY BE THE WAY TO PERMIT A THAT'D BE ALL USES WOULD BASICALLY BE ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS OFFICE AND LIMITED WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE APPLICANT'S INTENTION OF THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS THIS OLD WOOD.

AND THEY SAY THEY'RE RECLAIMED LUMBER COMPANY.

AND SO THEY FIND THE BUILD, I THINK BETWEEN A SIX AND 8,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, WE DID HAVE THIS CASE LAST WEEK, AND THE ISSUE WAS THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS.

AND GARY, IF YOU COULD PULL UP THAT PDF THAT I, UM, I EMAILED YOU EARLIER, UH, THE ATKINS, THE MIDDLE LETTER DID INDICATE THAT THEY WERE FILING FOR WLL OCL WITH THE ONLY WAY TO DO WLL USE AS BEING THE WAREHOUSE IN THE OFFICE.

SO THEREFORE THE, UH, WE'RE OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY FOR THE REQUEST.

WE ALSO RECEIVED SEVEN LETTERS AND SUPPORTED THE CASE, UH, THAT WERE, UM, FROM THE APPLICANT SIGNED BY THE NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND THESE LETTERS IDENTIFIED THE, UM, UM, THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE WLL CEO'S ZONING.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THE APPLICANT HAD ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAD GOTTEN THEIR LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR, UM, THE REQUEST.

UM, AS I SAID, THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY, UM, AS REQUESTED AND ALSO THE ISSUES, UM, THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK IS LET'S SEE, COUNCIL CANNOT APPROVE SOMETHING THAT IS LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE REQUESTED ZONING.

UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT A PERSON MAY RECEIVE A NOTICE AND SAY, I'M OKAY.

LIKE PATHETICALLY, LET'S SAY WITH A SET SIX ZONING BEHIND MY HOUSE, UM, RECEIVED A NOTICE SAYING THEY HAVE CONSENTS FOR SF SIX.

THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

THEY DON'T READ A LETTER IN OPPOSITION.

THEY DON'T SHOW ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THE COUNCIL CAN THAT CANNOT THEN APPROVE SAY GR ZONING, UH, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE SF SIX AND NOTHING MORE.

UH, LIKEWISE, THIS A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH COS IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FINELY GRAINED.

IF THE APPLICANT REQUESTS TO CEO'S UPON THEIR INITIAL SUBMITTAL, WHETHER THEY DID IT TO ACHIEVE SUPPORT OR NOT.

UM, WE ARE NOT TO TAKE AWAY THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

UM, IF THEY ARE INITIALLY REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT, IF WE'VE NOTIFIED AS THE APPLICANT HAS FILED.

SO ISSUE REALLY CAME DOWN TO WHETHER THE, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN BE LIFTED OR NOT.

AND, UM, AS NOTIFIED THE CASE CAN NOT BE APPROVED WITHOUT THE SEALS WITH THEM.

THEY'LL FRAME QUESTION, JASMINE FLANIGAN.

UM, I WILL SAY FOR MY PART, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK, MY ISSUE WAS NOT THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS.

MY ISSUE WAS THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED AND IMAGINE AUSTIN AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TWO CORRIDORS.

SO I DON'T THINK WAREHOUSE ZONING IS APPROPRIATE OR COMPLIANT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CONDITIONER OVERLAYS.

THIS WAS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION.

THAT'S MY ISSUE.

THAT'S WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO TODAY.

UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT IT WASN'T ABOUT THAT FOR ME.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEMS OR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 46, COUNSELOR POOL, THE MOTION 47, RATHER COUNSEL, OUR POOL MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SO OUR SECOND TO THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER ENTER HIS SECONDS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 47, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, HOW DO YOU VOTE AND VOTING? NO, THE OTHERS VOTING AYE, 47 PASSES.

AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES, I THINK, EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS.

SO WITH THAT REGULATIONS GUYS, YES.

COUNCIL.

REMEMBER IN 30, UH, I, I'M HAVING A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT ITEM 35.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IN MINE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD'S CLEAR, UM, UH, EARLIER CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS.

IT'S ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT FIVE.

AS SHOWN IN THE CHANGES IN QUESTIONS.