* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. UH, [00:00:03] MORNING, [Call to Order ] UH, TODAY IS, UM, DECEMBER 3RD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. UM, THIS IS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 10 OH FIVE OR WE'RE DOING THIS MEETING, UH, REMOTELY. UM, WE'RE GOING [Consent Agenda ] TO, UM, UH, START, UH, BY READING IN THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS. UH, THERE WAS A REVISED SHEET THAT JUST CAME OUT DATES WRONG AT THE TOP. IT SAYS NOVEMBER 12TH, 2020 SHOULD SAY DECEMBER 3RD, 2020, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, IS, UH, IS WITHDRAWN. IT LOOKS LIKE ITEM NUMBER 23, UH, IS ALSO WITHDRAWN, UH, ITEM NUMBER 44. UM, HAS, UH, AN ADDED SPONSOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER RIGHT AT THIS POINT. THE, UH, ITEM, UH, PULL IS, UH, ITEM 44 OF TOLD BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLANNIGAN. UM, I HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO ADD DAA TO ITEM NUMBER 10. DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO THAT AMENDMENT? I WILL. THE COUNCIL'S, UM, UH, APPROVAL. WE'LL JUST ADD THAT AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 10 AND LEAVE IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM, YEAH, I WANTED TO PULL, UM, ITEM 40. I WAS ASSUMING ALSO THAT WE WERE, UM, PULLING THE HEALTH SOUTH ITEM, OR IS THAT A NON-CONSENT ITEM? WELL, HOLD THAT, UH, UH, CAFE, IF YOU WANTED THAT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE, OR IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO, TO POSTPONE THAT, UM, DO YOU BUY JUST FOR HOUSEKEEPING? DO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT? UM, I DO MAYOR THINKS AND I DO ALSO WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, SO I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THE POSTPONEMENT. ARE WE ABLE TO DO WELL? I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE POSTPONEMENT ON THE CONSENT, UM, AND THEN HAVE IT, AND THEN TAKE IT UP IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? YEAH. MOVED TO POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT WEEK ON CONSENT. OKAY. SO LET'S KEEP THAT ON CONSENT, BUT FOR STAFF KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO DISCUSS IT, UH, IN THE POSTPONEMENT OF HEALTH SOUTH FOR A WEEK, UH, UH, IS, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE ALSO PULLING OUT A MEMBER 40 COUNCIL OVER ALTAR. SO, UM, TO ME, ITEM NINE AND 40 GO TOGETHER, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH SOUTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY CHANGES THAT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION, UM, OR I'D LIKE IT TO BE POSTPONED TO BE THE NEXT WEEK. WELL, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED ON THAT, UM, ITEM 40. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT ARE FOR THE MOVING OF RED RIVER RIGHT IN FRONT OF HEALTH SOUTH. OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THEN THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM 40 TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME AS ELLE SOUTH ITEM NINE. YES. AND THEN THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARISE DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE IF IT'S LEGAL TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PART OF THE REAL ESTATE OR THE LEGAL PORTION, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE FOR 40 AS WELL. OKAY. UM, WE'LL DO THAT. UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP, THEY ARE JUST FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE. I'M WONDERING WHY WE'RE HAVING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON AN ITEM THAT IS AGREED TO BE POSTPONED. IF THERE ARE ANY, IF COUNCILOR TOVA HAS ANY QUESTIONS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN OR OF LAW? CAN, CAN SHE DO THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, FROM, IN, IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE POSTPONE SOMETHING TO GET MORE INFORMATION AS WE POSTPONE IT, TO HAVE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY I DON'T REMEMBER A TIME WHERE WE'VE AGREED TO A POSTPONEMENT, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WELL, IN, IN, IN THIS CASE, UH, SHE, UH, KATHY HAD ASKED ON TUESDAY TO GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY LEGAL, UH, AND MAYBE THAT'LL HELP US ACTUALLY RESOLVE [00:05:01] IT ON THURSDAY WITHOUT HAVING TO, UH, NEXT THURSDAY OR A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT EVEN FARTHER. BUT IN ANY EVENT ON TUESDAY, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AT WORK SESSION AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO RAISED THAT ISSUE AND REQUESTED THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I SAID, THEN THAT WE COULD, WE COULD DO THAT. SO I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD, AT THIS POINT GETS OVER TOPO MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE QUESTION, I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THAT. I, AS I INDICATED ON TUESDAY, THIS IS A PRETTY IMPACTFUL PROJECT AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT HAS REALLY JUST BEEN REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO US, UM, IN DETAIL ON TUESDAY. AND SO I, I BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND I, AS, AS THE PERSON WHO ON THE DAYAS CURRENTLY WHO INITIATED THIS PROJECT, UM, NEEDS HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE TIME BEYOND JUST ONE WEEK, BUT SINCE THAT'S WHAT MY COLLEAGUES, UM, INDICATED A PREFERENCE FOR ON TUESDAY, UM, I THINK WE, I THINK THERE ARE, I COULD CERTAINLY GO AND HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED INDIVIDUALLY, AND I HAVE RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM STAFF, BUT THIS IS REALLY A CONVERSATION PROTOTYPE SINCE IT'S A PRETTY BIG PUBLIC ASSET. AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH, WITH YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I WANT TO BRAINSTORM ABOUT WHAT SOME OF OUR OPTIONS ARE FROM HERE. AND I WOULD JUST SAY, I REMEMBER, UM, A VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS AGO WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN WANTED, UM, A POSTPONEMENT ON THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IN DISTRICT NINE. AND ON THAT DAY WE ALSO HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S, I'M SURE WE'VE DONE IT IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES TOO, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE ISSUES THAT REQUIRE A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION, IT, IT SEEMS USEFUL TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UM, IN ADVANCE, EVEN IF WE ARE POSTPONING IT, I THINK IT HELPS US BE. I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF GROUND TO COVER. AND SO DOING SOME OF THAT TODAY IS HELPS US BE REALLY, WILL HELP ME, UM, GET SOME, GET FURTHER ALONG THE WAY FOR NEXT WEEK STAFF. SO ANY PROBLEM WITH POSTPONING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 40 FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT TILL NEXT WEEK, WHEN, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS CONSIDERED MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE IS SOME FEEDBACK FROM STAFF ON THIS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ALLOW THAT TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. SO COUNCIL HAS THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT POSTPONING I AM 40 WOULD WOULD DO. UM, SO MAYBE IF WE CAN JUST HOLD ON THE ACTUAL ACTION UNTIL MAYBE AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, WE CAN GET YOU THAT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AT THIS POINT, LET'S PULL ITEMS NUMBER NINE AND PULL ITEM NUMBER 40 OR CONSIDERATION LATER. UH, SO NINE 40 AND 44 ARE, ARE POOLED. UH, CHELSEA MEMBER KITCHEN. UM, YOU HAVE 46. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT SAVE? PEOPLE WILL TAKE THAT ON 31 46. NO, I DON'T WANT IT PULL. I SENT IT OUT YESTERDAY. SO, UM, OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS FOR HILLS ON ITEM NUMBER 46. THAT'S OUR POINT. I NEED MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT 46. CAN WE JUST PULL UP? OKAY. TROLLEYS SHOWING, BEING PULLED AT THIS POINT, ITEM NUMBER NINE 40, 44 AND 40, UH, SIX SAR MAYOR. I HAVE, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THESE ON CONSENTS IF POSSIBLE, BUT HAPPY TO PULL THEM OFF IF FOLKS NEED DISCUSSION. I'VE UH, SORRY. I CAME A LITTLE LATE, BUT CIRCULATED AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO 48 THAT I HOPE IS FRIENDLY. UH, AND I CAN EXPLAIN IT MAYBE AFTER SPEAKERS OR IF USEFUL, BUT I HAVE NO NEED TO PULL IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR FOLKS ATTENTION TO POTENTIALLY LEAVE ON CONSENT. AND THEN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHY I THINK IS IMPORTANT, BUT HOPEFULLY FRIENDLY. UM, I'VE ALSO CIRCULATED AN AMENDMENTS ON 11 THAT I LAID OUT DURING WORK SESSION. WE'VE GOTTEN A LETTER FROM GOODWILL CAUSTIC AND WE'RE DEFENSE TALKING ABOUT IT. SO, UM, I'LL TRY TO REPLAY IT AGAIN. YEAH, NO, NOT THAT, UH, NOT TRYING TO CALL YOU OUT. IT WAS JUST, UH THAT'S OKAY. WE, WE SO SELDOM CATCH COUNSEL REFLECT IT WASN'T FOR THAT REASON. I PROMISE. SO, UM, SO THAT WAS ABOUT, UM, ITEM 48. SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE IT. ITEM 11 IS THE CHAPTER THREE 80. I HAD INDICATED THIS AMENDMENT DURING WORK SESSION. WE'VE GOT A LETTER FROM WORKERS, [00:10:01] DEFENSE AND GOOD WORK AUSTIN AGREEING TO, TO THAT SET OF RULES. CONSIDERING THAT THREE EIGHTIES IS USUALLY ABOUT BIG CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. NOW THAT WE'RE USING IT, UH, AS A, UH, ECONOMIC DISASTER TOOL. UM, THIS IS, THESE WERE THE RULES THAT THEY CAME TOGETHER, SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS RIGHTS ADVOCATES TO AGREE TO. SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN JUST BE INCORPORATED. UM, BUT LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, BECAUSE DURING THE CHAPTER THREE 80 DISCUSSION, WE HAD SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, IF ANYTHING, COUNSEL WOULD HAVE TO SAY TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF PRE-FUNDING SOME OF THAT PROGRAM WE MANAGER, WE MAY HAVE TO PULL IT IF YOU WANT THAT DISCUSSION OR DIRECTION, OR IF THE MANAGER, MAYBE AFTER TESTIMONY, LETS US KNOW THAT HE COULD JUST HAVE US CONSIDER THAT NEXT WEEK OR SOMETHING. I HAVE NO BASELINE. I HAVE NO NEED TO PULL IT, BUT I DID RAISE THOSE TWO. OKAY. HAVE CIRCULATED AMENDMENTS ON WHICH NUMBERS I CIRCULATED AMENDMENTS ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S ITEM NUMBER 48 AS WELL AS STAFF ITEM 11 ON CHAPTER THREE. OKAY. AND I, I THINK THOSE LIKELIER WITHOUT OBJECTION, BUT HAPPY TO HEAR IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND THAT'S, WHICH WENT BY. SO LET'S, UH, PEOPLE HAVING A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM YET, WHICH ARE, LET'S MAKE THE DECISION ON THAT AFTER SPEAKERS. UH, AND, UH, BUT WE'LL NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I THINK THAT STAFF HAD SOME, UH, COMMENTS THEY WANTED TO MAKE ON 51 AND 52, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE STREET IMPACT THAT RELATED TO PERHAPS GOING ON SECOND READING TODAY. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN JUST TAKE THEIR COMMENTS OR IF THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED. IT'S NOT ON CONSENT. CONSENT IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 49. OKAY. WE'LL BE ABLE TO PICK THAT UP WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH CONSENT. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE, UH, I'D LIKE ITEM 33 TO REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT, UH, MY STAFF HAS HAD CONVERSATION WITH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IN LIGHT OF OUR, UM, THE WORK THAT OUR COUNCIL HAS DONE ON INSOURCING CONTRACTS. THIS IS, UH, A NEW CONTRACT FOR PARTICULAR CLEANING PROTOCOL THAT RESPOND TO COVID-19. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE IT TO REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT REALLY LIMITED TO THE INITIAL TERM ONLY, AND THEN COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR THOSE EXTENSIONS IF NEEDED. OKAY. IS STAFF OKAY WITH THAT INVITATION? JUST TO THE INITIAL TERM, HAVING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR EXTENSIONS? I BELIEVE SO. LET ME CONFIRM. AND I'M TRYING TO CONFIRM MAYOR WHAT THAT INITIAL TERM IS. I BELIEVE IT MAY JUST BE A YEAR. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO PUT A STAR NEXT TO 33, THE SAME WAY I PUT IT NEXT TO 11 AND 48 AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE COME BACK TO THOSE AFTER SPEAKERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, UH, COUNCILMEMBER FLANAGAN MENTIONED THAT HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON 46. UM, IF POSSIBLE, PERHAPS HE COULD GET THOSE ANSWERED AND WE COULD LEAVE IT ON CONSENT. SO I JUST ASK HIM TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHILE WE ARE DOING OUR SPEAKERS. OKAY, COOL. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT I GOT HERE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT I IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THE DAY. THANKS EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. JUST BEFORE WE DO SPEAKERS AGAIN, EIGHT AND 23 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN 44 AT A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER 44 WAS PULLED, BUT WE HAVE MADE BACKUP IN ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, 10, 12, 1316, 2341 42 46, 47 51 52, UH, 68 72. UH, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL REMEMBER TO SAY IT LATER, BUT, UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THERE'S ALSO LIKE BACKUP ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN FOR THE SUGGESTION. UM, THAT WAS MY INTENTION. SO WE'LL UH, WELL LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL UP TO SPEED TO THAT SAME END ON 44. UH, I, MY STAFF AND I POSTED A VERY SIMPLE, ADDITIONAL, WHEREAS THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE I'M SUGGESTING. UH, IT'S ON THE MESSAGE MORE, BUT WE DID POST IT JUST LATE THIS MORNING. SO, UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE STAMP CONSENT IF EVERYONE JUST KIND OF PUTS THEIR EYEBALLS TO IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE. OKAY. UH, THEN I'LL PUT A STAR NEXT TO 44 TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE [00:15:01] THE AMENDMENTS. EVERYBODY SHOULD FIND THAT. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOO. I THINK THERE WAS SET UP BY THE CLERK. UM, WE READY TO GO TO, UM, UH, SPEAKERS RIGHT AT THIS POINT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 49. UH, WE ARE, UH, PULLING NINE 40 AND, UH, 46, UH, POTENTIALLY 1133 BEFORE AND 48. UH, BUT WE'LL SEE IF THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN JUST KEEP ON CONSENT. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AFTER SPEAKERS, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I CAN JUST MENTION THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP 46 ON CONSENT. SO HE'D JUST PUT A STAR NEXT TO THAT ONE TOO. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, KENDRA POLL. OKAY, THANKS. UM, AND WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, AMENDMENT THAT CUSTOMER FLANAGAN IS OFFERING, I SEE THAT AS FRIENDLY AND I'M HAPPY TO ADD IT IN AND WE CAN KEEP THAT ITEM 44 ON CONSENT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALERTING US THAT IT'S OKAY WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO, UH, THEN DO MORNING SPEAKERS. WE HAVE 26 SPEAKERS BECAUSE OF 26. WE'RE GOING TO GO THREE MINUTES EACH. UH, WHO'S WITH US TODAY FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE. IT'S MARINA MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS PAT DEATH. GOOD MORNING ACCOUNT NUMBER. IT'S TABOO TO HERE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSIC. AND I'M WITH YOU. UH, ONCE AGAIN, TODAY TO URGE QUICK ACTION ON DELIVERY, SAVES FUNDING, UH, TO VENUES. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, REALLY, TRULY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR A HEARING OUR COMMUNITY. UH, YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED HARD TO ALLOCATE $5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO AID AUSTIN'S MUSIC VENUES. UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS HAVE BEEN VERY PLUGGED IN TO THE PROCESS, UH, WITH YOU AS STAFF WORKS TO CREATE PROGRAM GUIDELINES. UH, BUT THE POINT THAT WE'RE FRUSTRATED, UH, ABOUT, AND I THINK YOU GUYS ALL UNDERSTAND THIS IS THAT NO CLEAR TIMELINE ON DELIVERY HAS BEEN OFFERED, UH, IN YOUR WORK SESSION ON OCTOBER 15TH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS STATED THAT FUNDS SHOULD BE DELIVERED WITHIN 30 TO 45 DAYS. AND OF COURSE WE'VE GONE WELL PAST THAT DEADLINE NOW, UH, LEAVING THOUSANDS OF YOUR MUSICIAN AND VENUE WORKER, UH, CONSTITUENTS WONDERING WHY CITY, SUCH NASHVILLE, OKLAHOMA CITY, AND HOUSTON HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER FUNDS TO VENUES WITHIN JUST WEEKS OF PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT. SO, UH, WE'RE ALL LEFT WONDERING HERE, AND AS YOU HEARD IT, THE, UH, COME AND TAKE IT RALLY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHAT'S THE HOLDUP. UH, THE ONLY ANSWER THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH IS THAT THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, UH, IS AN UNNECESSARY BARRIER RIGHT NOW TO GETTING IMMEDIATE AID OUT THE DOOR AS A REAL ESTATE LAWYERS AND CONSULTANTS ARE HIRED. AND LISTEN, I GET THAT THE WRITTEN RENEGOTIATION OF LEASES IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF ENSURING THE FUTURE OF OUR VENUES AND ALL THOSE TECHNICAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ARE GREAT, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR NOW, WHY DON'T WE AT LEAST GET SOME OF THAT MONEY OUT THE DOOR, UH, BEFORE CHRISTMAS? SO VENUES LIKE PARKER, JAZZ CLUB, WHO ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF CLOSING, HAVE A LITTLE HOPE. SO THE VENUES LIKE THE ELEPHANT ROOM WHO SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN JANUARY, HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. UM, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP GETTING THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU KNOW, US, OUR PARTNERS WITH THE MUSIC VENUE ALLIANCE IN RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND THEY KEEP ASKING US HOW MANY VENUES ARE IN DANGER OF CLOSING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. UH, AND THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE FROM THE DATA WE HAVE ALL OF THEM, OKAY. THE COUNCIL HAS WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR TO DELIVER AID ALL ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON THE MUSIC MUSIC, DISASTER RELIEF FUND ON THE CREATIVE WORKER GRANT. UH, AND WE ARE HUMBLED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, TO PRIORITIZE OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING, LET'S GET THAT AID OUT TO OUR MUSIC VENUES BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SO THAT WE MAY ALL HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN THE NEW YEAR, UH, HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, AT [00:20:01] THE ROTATION THAT WE HAD ON TUESDAY, STAFF INDICATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THAT, UH, EMERGENCY ALLOCATION OUT RIGHT AWAY. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THAT OUT BY THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, AND, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, STAFF IS, UH, UH, ABLE TO TRY AND MAKE THAT TO TRY AND MAKE THAT GOAL. UM, NEXT SPEAKER. HI. UM, MY NAME IS KARA COSTUMES AND I AM SPEAKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE AMPLIFIED SOUND COALITION AND THE NEWLY FOUNDED TEXAS MUSIC WORKFORCE COALITION, UH, FROM THE MOMENT SOUTH BY WAS CANCELED. INDUSTRY LEADERS STARTED VOICING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SURVIVABILITY, THE IMPACT AND FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC IN AUSTIN. UM, YOU KNOW, THE SIMPLE QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO US, UH, DID YOU LISTEN TO US THEN? UH, WHY HAS THERE STILL NOT BEEN ANY MEANINGFUL THINGS DONE, UH, TO SUPPORT THE LIVE MUSIC VENUES AND INDUSTRY THAT CREATED THIS TOWN? UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALSO OFFERED VERY LITTLE SUPPORT AND EVEN THE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED, IT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY FOLKS THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUSINESS. AS FAR AS THE VINCE GO. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO WORK WITH PROMOTERS TO, TO HELP STAGE SAFE EVENTS, BUT INSTEAD, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE CHOSEN TO KEEP EVERYTHING SWITCHED OFF AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LEFT FOLKS WITHOUT JOBS AND CAREERS. UH, YOU, WE ARE AN INDUSTRY DRIVEN, UM, OF DRIVEN AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE MADE UP OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST STAND BY. WE'VE HAD NON-PROFITS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE WAKE OF THIS INEPTITUDE. UH, THE MOMENT WE HAD TO START DOING YOUR WORK, YOUR JOBS WAS THE MOMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FAILED US. IT'S BEEN NINE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE MONEY FOR THIS VENUE. WHERE'S THE MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, INDUSTRY THAT CREATED THIS TOWN. UM, WE'RE JUST SIMPLY ASKING FOR YOU TO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, DO DO YOUR JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON, HANNAH SANCO. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE LAST SPEAKER, THANKS FOR COMING IN AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UH, TODAY'S MEETING WE'RE PROVING GUIDELINES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAVES MONEY FOR VENUES AND FOR, FOR MUSIC. AND AS I SAID, UH, EXCITED THAT THE PROSPECT THAT SOME OF THE EMERGENCY FUNDS COULD GET OUT POSSIBLY BY THE, OR THE END OF THE MONTH. AND I'M EXCITED THAT THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING UNLIKE JUST A REGULAR GRANT PROGRAM AND THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, UM, THAT, THAT THIS INVESTMENT, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, AMOUNT WE GET OUT QUICKLY, BUT IT'LL GET OUT IN A WAY THAT IT PROVIDES FOR, FOR REAL, UH, SUSTAINABILITY. UM, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED, UH, AND, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT IS AMONG THE FIRST TO BE HIT. SO, SO VERY HARD. HANNAH SANCO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS HANNA SINKO AND I AM A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR WHOSE CASE WAS CLOSED VIA EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE BY APD. WHEN I STARTED OUT ON THIS JOURNEY, I WANTED TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU IN THE PUBLIC ONLY KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD THE PROBLEM AT HAND, THEN CHANGE COULD OCCUR AND THAT CHANGE WOULD OCCUR. I WANTED TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU KNEW THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES WERE BEING WARRANTS, BEING INVESTIGATED, THAT RAPE KITS WERE SITTING ON SHELVES, UNTESTED THAT CASES WERE ERRONEOUSLY BEING CLOSED, HAD APDS NUMBERS, AND THAT A SURVIVOR ESSENTIALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE OF PROSECUTION LET ALONE JUSTICE THAT YOU TWO WOULD BE PROPELLED TO MOVE INTO ACTION. JUST THE SAME. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, AND AFTER STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU PROVIDING PUBLIC TESTIMONY, NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE AFTER PRESENTING TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION. AFTER SPEAKING ON PODCASTS, WRITING ARTICLES, AGREEING TO MEDIA INTERVIEWS, TRYING TO LINE UP LESS PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH YOUR OFFICES AT NO AVAIL. AND NOW SERVING AS A LEAD PLAINTIFF ON ONE OF THE TWO CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST OUR CITY AND COUNTY, LITTLE TO NO MOVEMENT HAS BEEN MADE DURING THIS TIME. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ANOTHER 220,000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO SEXUAL ASSAULT RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I ENDED UP STARTING TO REPORT THAT I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY MINDSET. [00:25:01] WE ARE NO LONGER HERE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM ISN'T UNDERSTOOD WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN. I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK, STAND UP IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHARE STORIES. I HATE THAT WE ARE NOW HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH THE LENSES OF MULTIPLE LAWSUITS. NO, THAT WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, APD HAS REFUSED TO STEP UP OWN THE PROBLEM AND SIMPLY SAY, YES, WE WANT TO DO BETTER. HELP US DO BETTER. WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THEM DEFEND THEIR POSITION AND TAKE ACTIONS THAT DENY THAT A PROBLEM EVER DID EXIST OR EVEN STILL EXISTS TODAY. AND NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO GO MORE AND MORE PUBLIC GROWER ARMY OF ADVOCATES AND MAKE OUR CRIES FOR HELP EVEN LOUDER. I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO FIND THE SURVIVORS AMONGST ALL OF YOU. I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME ONE OF US STANDS UP HERE AND BYTES FOR CHANGE THAT SEVERAL NEWS SURVIVORS COME FORWARD AND FIND THEIR COURAGE TO DO SO. ALSO IT IS NOW IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS FIGHTING AGAINST THEIR OWN FEMALE RESIDENTS, PLAYING LEGAL GAMES AND AVOIDING TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM. AT HAND, WHILE SURVIVORS ARE LEFT, WAITING IN THE WIND AND CONTINUE TO BE DENIED ACCESS TO THE SAFETY, THE PROTECTION AND JUSTICE IN HOLDING THEIR RAPISTS, ACCOUNTABLE, UH, SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES HAVE DONE OUR PART. NOW WE ARE EXPECTING YOU TO DO YOURS. THANK YOU. COOL. SEAN DICKERSON. UH, HELLO, MY NAME SEAN DICKERSON, UH, ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH, UH, RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, UM, PRODUCTION MANAGER, UH, THAT SWAN DIVE AT SEVENTH AND RED RIVER. UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO IT. UH, AGAIN TODAY AND AGAIN, ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND, UH, OF COURSE ALL, ALL, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE CALLING IN ON BEHALF OF THE MUSIC COMMUNITY TO, UH, TO SPEAK TODAY AS WELL. UM, JUST ONE, TWO, UH, IDENTITY SPOKEN THAT YOU'RE MOVING, UH, TRYING TO GET THESE FUNDS RELEASED, UH, TO HELP, UH, ADDITIONALLY FUND, UH, TO SAVE OUR VENUES. UM, AND, UH, YEAH, JUST THESE, UH, ITEMS 11 THROUGH THE TEAM HERE. UH, AGAIN, UM, LIKE TO THROW ANOTHER HAT IN JUST TO PUSH, UH, UH, HOW MUCH WE NEED REALLY NEED THIS MONEY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL SCARED. WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL JUST PULLING BY JUST TRYING TO, TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN HERE. AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, AND WE REALLY, UH, REALLY COULD USE THIS, UH, MONEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM, AGAIN FOR THE CITY WE ALL LOVE AND MUSIC BROUGHT A LOT OF US HERE. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR URGENCY AND, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, IT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TO KEEP YOUR MUSIC THAN USE OPEN AND IT'S DOWN. AND, UH, IT MEANS A LOT TO, UH, NOT ONLY US WORKERS, UH, FOR EMPLOYMENT, BUT EVERYONE WHO, UH, IS MISSING LIVE MUSIC. AND, AND THE THING WITH THE HEART AND SOUL OF AUSTIN IS, UH, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU, ALL RYAN GARRETT AND MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RYAN GARRETT, AND I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF STUBB'S BARBECUE, AN OPERATING PARTNER OF THE GREEN JAY, BOTH OF WHICH RESIDE IN THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF ITEMS 11, 12, AND 13. YOU WILL HEAR FREQUENTLY TODAY. THE HARD TRUTH THAT MORE MUSIC VENUES ARE CRITICALLY CLOSE TO PERMANENT CLOSURE. THE PASSAGE OF THESE THREE RESOLUTIONS WILL GREATLY ASSIST US IN OUR PURSUIT OF SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL, BUT AT THE CORE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE, THESE ARE RESOLUTIONS DEDICATED TOWARDS JOB PRESERVATION FOR THE THOUSANDS OF HOSPITALITY AND MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS THAT RESIDE IN AUSTIN. THE PASSAGE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS KEEPS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND FOOD ON THEIR TABLE. THEY NEED JOBS TO COME BACK TO THE MUSIC. VENUES NEED TO BE THERE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR US FOR SO MANY YEARS. WE ARE OUT OF TIME. AND THE ACCELERATED OF THE BENEFITS THESE RESOLUTIONS PROVIDE IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR AUSTIN TO MAINTAIN ITS GLOBAL IDENTITY AS AN EPICENTER FOR ARTS CULTURE AND LIVE MUSIC, PLEASE PASS ITEMS 11, 12, AND 13. PLEASE ENACT A DISTRIBUTION OF THESE BENEFITS IMMEDIATELY. I THANK YOU [00:30:01] FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. MONICA GOES MINE. YES. GOOD MORNING. I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR GABA GO OFF. AND ONE WAS AUSTIN SPEAKING ON ITEMS, 1143 AND 44. ITEM 11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, AND THE AUSTIN ECONOMIES OR YOUR SUPPORT OF CHILDCARE CENTERS. ITEM 44. WE URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, GINA, YOU KNOW, WHO HAS A HOUSE BILL 84 REPEALING THE PROHIBITION OF INCLUSIONARY ZONING ITEM 43, WHILE THE NEED FOR AN OFFENSE AND PENALTY FOR ANY PERSON, ANY ENTITY INTENTIONALLY IGNORING ORDERS MEANT TO PROTECT US ALL FROM COVID-19 IS UNDERSTANDABLE. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT, THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT AND OTHER PARTS OF AUSTIN WERE ALREADY STRUGGLING. THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON THESE COMMUNITIES WHO SPREAD THEIR ACCESSORY BAITED BY COVID-19, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CANNOT SHELTER IN PLACE. MANY OF THE CITIES STILL DO NOT KNOW ABOUT OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS. WE URGE YOU TO INCLUDE A COVID 19 SAFETY PROTOCOL EDUCATION, INSTEAD OF ONLY FINES FOR THE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED WHO ARE NOT AWARE ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU, SCOTT TURNER, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. I'M SCOTT TURNER. I'M A MEMBER OF THE VOLVO AUSTIN COALITION, AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THREE-D IMPACT FEES. UM, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THE NEW STREET IMPACT THESE WILL HAVE ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ON TOP OF THE EXISTING FEES ON NEW HOUSING, AS THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE NEW FEES WILL BE RENTERS AND SUBURBAN HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE THE MAJORITY OF AUSTINITES. WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER STREET IMPACT FEES IN THE CONTEXT OF BROADER OUTCOMES FOR HOUSING, AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY, AND TRANSIT, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, PLEASE CONSIDER A LOWER BASE FEE. AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR CITY FEES TO GO UP, BUT THEY NEVER SEEM TO GO DOWN. PLEASE USE THE THREE-YEAR REVIEW PERIOD IN THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ACHIEVING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES CITYWIDE. AND WE ARE GLAD TO SEE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE FURTHER DIRECTION FOR SIMPLICITY AND PREDICTABILITY IN THE NOTORIOUSLY COMPLEX CRITERIA MANUAL USE TO IMPLEMENT THEM. SO AS YOU TAKE UP DISCUSSION TODAY, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CITY PROCESS SIMPLER AND MORE PREDICTABLE WHILE ALIGNING IT WITH THE CITY'S POLICY GOALS FOR A COMPACT AND CONNECTED CITY. IN OUR IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER ACHIEVE THESE GOALS OR VISION ZERO IF STREET IMPACT FEES, SIMPLY FUND MORE ROADS FOR MORE CARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. LAUREN, GO GOLD. HELLO, GOOD MORNING. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UH, I'M CALLING WITH REGARDS TO ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13, AND TO ECHO THE WORDS, UH, THAT PAT SHARED AND OTHERS. UH, AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THE, THESE BUGS ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM 46. SO THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HEARD, BUT THE ISSUE IS SO IMPORTANT THAT IT BEARS REPEATING AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND SO YOU ACT ON YOUR PROMISES. IT'S BEEN NINE WEEKS SINCE THE SAME RESOLUTION HAS PASSED, AND NONE OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CARE AND CONSIDERATION THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS. BUT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED YOU TO ACT WITH MUCH MORE URGENCY TO CONNECT OUR ALIEN CREATIVE SECTOR WITH THESE DESPERATELY NEEDED FUNDS. WE'RE IN CRISIS. YOU'RE PAINFULLY AWARE OF THIS, THAT I'M SURE I'M A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING MUSICIAN. AND I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR ALMOST 10 MONTHS. NOW, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD BEEN DONE PERFORMING AGAIN IN PUBLIC, BUT MOST OF US ARE ALSO IN A SITUATION JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET WHILE DESPERATELY HOPING THERE'S AN INDUSTRY TO COME BACK TO WHEN IT'S TRULY SAFE TO DO [00:35:01] SO. I FEAR THAT IF YOU DON'T DISTRIBUTE, AT LEAST SOME OF THESE FUNDS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THIS ISN'T STREET WILL CRUMBLE AND WITH IT WILL LOSE THE HEART AND SOUL OF AUSTIN. SO TO THAT END, I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM 46. THIS IDEA PROVIDES A MUCH MORE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS FOR YOU TO ENSURE THE SURVIVABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR BRAND. WE NEED MORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS LIKE THIS ONE TO KEEP THIS INDUSTRY THRIVING THROUGH CHANGING TIMES. SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE THIS UNIQUE AND VIBRANT ARTISTIC NATURE OF THIS TOWN AND BECOME YOUR BRAND, IT'S OUR LIVELIHOOD. WE'RE DEPENDING ON YOU TO HELP US KEEP IT ALIVE. PLEASE DON'T DRAG YOUR FEET ON THIS ANY LONGER. WE NEED YOU TO DO MUCH MORE THAN INCH FORWARD WITH A FEW FORMALITIES EACH MEETING, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER ESCALATING THIS PROCESS IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE TRULY EFFECTIVE. PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THAT AT THE OCTOBER 15TH COUNCIL MEETING, I BROUGHT A COMMUNITY PETITION PETITION, WHICH GARNERED 252 SIGNATURES, AND JUST A FEW DAYS IN SUPPORT OF THE VISITOR CENTER FUND, WHICH IS ON THIS WEEK'S AGENDA IN ITEM 46. IF YOU ACT TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY AND SHOW US THAT YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU IN THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THESE ISSUES AND HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HOLIDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I'VE JUST BEEN SUGGESTED THAT I MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW THAT, UH, WHAT THE STAFF TRYING TO GET AT IS THE EMERGENCY, UH, FUNDING, WHICH I THINK IT'S ABOUT $20,000, UH, FOR PER TO VENUE, UH, THAT, UH, IS ELIGIBLE, UH, AS PART OF THE PROCESS THEN TO GET THE FULL PACKAGE OUT, UM, UH, AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY AND THE NEED, UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO DO IN THIS PROGRAM. SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. SONYA HAD THAT HOWDY, HOWDY MAYOR, ADLER, AUSTIN CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND FRIENDS. MY NAME IS SONIA . I'M A SINGER SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN, MUSIC, PRODUCER, GUITAR TEACHER, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11 AND 13 MUSIC IS A KEY ELEMENT TO EVERY OCCASION THAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND AROUND THE WORLD. AS A MUSIC ARTIST, ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN A MAJOR MUSIC VENUES LIKE KENNY DORM'S, BACKYARD VICTORY GIRL, THE WHIP IN THE ELEPHANT ROOM, ANDERSON MILL PUB, AND THE SLEW OF OPEN MICS. LIVE MUSIC, ARTISTS NEED BEING USED TO HARNESS OUR SKILLS PREFERABLY OF BEING YOU THAT DEMONSTRATE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY, THE CITY, THE STATE, AND THIS COUNTRY NEEDS MUSIC TO HELP IT HEAL AND GROW AND MOVE FORWARD. AS A COMMUNITY AUSTIN, TEXAS CARE BE THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. IF IT DOESN'T HAVE LIVE MUSIC VENUES, SAVE THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY, SAVE THE MUSIC BEING USED. SAVE OUR VENUES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. REBECCA REYNOLDS, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS REBECCA REYNOLDS WITH THE MUSIC VENUE ALLIANCE, AND I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT TODAY IS THE DAY DESPERATELY NEEDED. DISASTER FUNDING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC VENUES. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND EDD STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON GETTING US TO THIS POINT. IN RECENT WEEKS, I HAVE HEARD VERY ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK FROM OUR MEMBERS AND SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON CONVERSATIONS HAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, KOBO AND KITCHEN AND MAYOR ADLER. THEN YOU OWNERS, VENUE, STAFF AND MUSICIANS ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. WHAT AUSTIN'S MUSIC COMMUNITY NEEDS FROM YOU TODAY IS COMMUNICATION OF A CLEAR TIMELINE OF WHEN THE FUNDS WILL BE DISPERSED SPECIFICALLY, WILL FUNDS BE RELEASED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, OR IS IT SIMPLY THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WILL BEGIN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? THE INFORMATION THAT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE WHILE THE EMERGENCY $20,000 IS ESSENTIAL WITHIN YOU OWNER'S NEED, IT'S THE NEWS OF WHAT TO EXPECT THAT THEY CAN TAKE BACK TO THEIR LANDLORD. I WOULD ASK THAT THE MO THE MORATORIUM ON VENUE EVICTIONS, UH, [00:40:01] BE EXTENDED UNTIL ROUND TWO OF SAVED SPENDING HAS BEEN DISPERSED. WE HAVE MANY ICONIC VENUES RELYING ON THAT MORATORIUM RIGHT NOW. WE ALSO HAVE 18 MUSIC VENUES THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS CONTINENTAL CLUB, HOLDING THE WALL, SAXON PUB ELEPHANT ROOM AND FLAMINGO CANTINA. JUST TO NAME A FEW KENNY'S LEGACY BUSINESSES EXPECT TO BE SERVED ON THE SAME TIMELINE AS THOSE APPLYING THROUGH THE VENUE FUND, OR WILL THE TIMELINES BE DIFFERENT? WE WOULD ALSO ASK THAT COUNCIL AND STAFF TAKE TO HEART MAYOR ADLER'S ASSERTION DURING TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION THAT SCORING AND PERFORMANCE METRICS SEASON A PANDEMIC DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM SHOULD SIMPLY BE SURVIVAL JOBS, WORKERS, AND MUSICIANS, MENTAL HEALTH, OR CULTURE AND IDENTITY, AND THE RESILIENCY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMY. ECONOMIC RECOVERY ARE RESTING ON THE SUCCESS OF THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. CODY CO COAT COHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THIS IS CODY CALLAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, 11, 12, AND 13. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT DELIVERED BY COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR OUR CITY'S MUSIC ECONOMY AND MUSIC WORKERS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC BY MANY STANDARDS, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S DELIVERY OF DISASTER LEAVE FOR THE MUSIC SECTOR HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. AND IT'S ALSO BEEN UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER CITY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT BEING OBSERVED. I WANTED TO CONVEY A FIRM REMINDER ABOUT TIME. THE YEAR IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE MUSIC VENUES STILL DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE SABES FUNDING APPROVED BY COUNCIL OVER 60 DAYS AGO. AND A REMINDER THAT THESE FUNDS ARE SIMPLY A BRIDGE TO THE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL STIMULUS PACKAGE, AWARDING THESE FUNDS THIS MONTH WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE VENUES AS WELL AS FOR THEIR DEDICATED STAFF AND PERFORMING MUSICIANS. MOST OF WHOM HAVE GONE UP TO 10 MONTHS WITHOUT ENGAGING IN THAT DEEPLY REWARDING WORK. THAT IS NOT ONLY THEIR PASSION AND THEIR INCOME, BUT ALSO THEIR PURPOSE AND THEIR CRAFT. TODAY, YOU CAN GIVE THAT GIFT OF HOPE TO OUR CITIES, WORKING CLASS CREATIVE, THAT ALL IS NOT LOST. THAT A BETTER TOMORROW MAY YET COME, PLEASE APPROVE MEASURES TO RELEASE THIS MONEY QUICKLY TODAY. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, VERONICA SYNOVIA, AND THE WHOLE EDD TEAM LET'S WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR YOUR ONGOING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE DEEP PUBLIC AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT OUR MUSIC SECTOR PROVIDES TO AUSTIN WORKING TOGETHER. WE WILL EMERGE FROM THESE HARD TIMES THROUGH GRIT, DETERMINATION, FEARLESS LEADERSHIP, AND THROUGH OUR STRENGTH AS A COMMUNITY PEACE BE UPON YOU ALL PAUL ROBBINS COUNSEL. TODAY, YOU WILL BE SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON EXPANDING THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR WATER UTILITY DISCOUNTS TO LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS IN MASTER METER DEPARTMENTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS ITEM 49. THIS WILL ALLOW A DISCOUNT PER CUSTOMER OF ABOUT $200 A YEAR. I 10 EARLY SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION. HOWEVER, I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT THE INCREASE IN TAXES YOU TO STAMP IMPLEMENTED FOR RAIL IS THE LARGEST REGRESSIVE TAX INCREASE IN AUSTIN'S HISTORY. IT MAY PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY CANCEL ANY UTILITY DISCOUNT BENEFITS THAT YOU ARE GIVING HERE. YOU ARE GIVING WITH ONE HAND AND TAKING AWAY WITH THE OTHER. IT SEEMS EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S A DISCUSSION OF EQUITY. WHERE IS THE EQUITY HERE? HOW PROP A TAXES FALL ON THE POOR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS PLANNED FOR. AND THIS EXAMPLE OF GIVING WITH ONE HAND AND TAKING AWAY WITH THE OTHER IS CAUSTIC. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME THOUGH. I HOPE TO REPEAT IT AT FUTURE MEETINGS. I BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A BLANKET EXEMPTION FROM PROP A TAX FROM THE PROPERTY TAX ON THE FIRST $200,000 OF A RESIDENTIAL UNITS. PROPERTY TAX, SINCE MOST APARTMENT UNITS ARE WORTH [00:45:01] LESS THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THIS EXEMPTION WILL BENEFIT THESE RENTAL UNITS THE MOST. AND SINCE THE MAJORITY OF APARTMENT DWELLERS MAKE LESS INCOME THAN HOMEOWNERS, IT WILL BE MORE EQUITABLE. THE CITY'S PUBLICLY REQUIRED. NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE OF THE TAX INCREASE FOR PROP A ESTIMATED THAT THE COST FOR THE, IT ESTIMATED THE COST FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD. IT DID NOT ESTIMATE THE RENT INCREASE FOR AN APARTMENT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MORE HOUSEHOLDS IN AUSTIN THAT RENT THAN OWN. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AUSTIN BAILEY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AUSTIN BAILEY AND I'M TALENT BUYER FROM MOHAWK LOCATED IN THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT. I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEMS, 11, 12, AND 13 ARE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED LIVE MUSIC. VENUES ARE THE BEDROCK OF CULTURAL TOURISM AND A KEY ECONOMIC FORCE IN OUR CITY, EMPLOYING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTINITES AND GENERATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE ANNUALLY. I LOCALLY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE FIRST TO CLOSE AND WILL BE THE LAST TO REOPEN. WE HAVE ZERO REVENUE, BUT OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS RENT, MORTGAGE UTILITIES, LOANS, TAXES, AND INSURANCE, CONTINUE TO ACCRUE. THE ABILITY TO OPEN A PARTIAL CAPACITY IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. THE AFOREMENTIONED OVERHEAD COSTS ARE NOT ON A SLIDING SCALE MATCHING THE REDUCED CAPACITIES. WE WILL LIKELY FACE WHEN WE ARE PERMITTED TO HOST LIVE EVENTS. ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE FIXED COSTS DUE TO THE NATIONAL ROUTING OF MOST TOURS. OUR INDUSTRY WILL NOT RECOVER UNTIL THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS OPEN AT A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY, WHICH BY MOST INDUSTRY ESTIMATES WILL BE WELL INTO Q4 OF 2021 UNTIL WE CAN DO SO. WE HAVE NO OPPORTUNITIES TO REEMPLOY THE SOUND ENGINEERS, LIGHTING DESIGNERS, BARTENDERS SECURITY BOX OFFICE, AND OTHER VENUES, STAFFS THAT WERE LET GO IN MARCH. MANY OF WHOM ARE NEARING THE END OF THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AGENDA ITEM 11. MOST SPECIFICALLY, THE RECOVERY LEASING IT INCENTIVE OFFERING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX REIMBURSEMENTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND EXCHANGE FOR RENEGOTIATING LEASES WILL BE AN INTEGRAL STEP IN ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM CRISIS. WE ARE CURRENTLY FACING AS OUR INDUSTRY WILL BE ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, 12 AND 13 ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE'S RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN SEPTEMBER SHOULD BE ADOPTED IMMEDIATELY TO ENSURE THAT THESE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE COUNCIL PASSED THE SADE'S RESOLUTION WHILE I APPRECIATE AND COMMEND COUNCIL FOR ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION FURTHER DELAYS WILL INEVITABLY RESULT IN PERMANENT CLOSURES OF OUR ICONIC LOCAL BUSINESSES. PLEASE DIRECT STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE EMERGENCY FUNDS BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, ESPECIALLY TO THE MOST VULNERABLE BUSINESSES AS DETERMINED BY THE METRIC OF BEING AT RISK OF CLOSURE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MEDINA GARRETT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR ADLER. MY NAME IS MIRANDA GARRETT, AND I AM A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR. LAST TIME I WAS SPEAKING TO YOU ALL, EACH ONE OF YOU HAD A YELLOW BANDANA TIED AROUND YOUR MICROPHONE AND SUPPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. THAT WAS ALSO THE TIME THAT COUNCILMAN NATASHA HOPPER MADISON SHARED THAT MY TESTIMONY IN 2016 WAS WHAT LED HER TO GET TO PUBLIC SERVICE. THAT WAS ALSO AROUND THE TIME THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COULD TELL HER STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT IT WAS TESTIMONIES LIKE MINE THAT WERE HELPFUL TO THE COUNCIL. HERE I AM TODAY TO TELL YOU ALL, AS THIS LAWSUIT GETS CLOSE TO ENTERING ITS THIRD YEAR, I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE THAT SUPPORT IS FALLING TO THE SIDE. THE RETRAUMATIZATION I'M FEELING BY RECENT ACTIONS OF YOUR LAWYERS IS HARD TO IGNORE WHEN YOUR LAWYERS MAKE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF A SETTLEMENT OFFER OR ASK US TO MEDIATE AND THEN NEVER RESPOND, OR THEY'RE DISINGENUOUS FILINGS IN COURT, WE ARE HURT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND YOU ALL RIGHT HERE, HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE IT STOP. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO LET SURVIVORS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN KNOW THAT YOU DO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND THAT YOU DO WANT TO DO TO RIGHT THE WRONG. THAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US AT THE HANDS OF YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT MIGHT FEEL LIKE POLICY CHANGE, BUT IT ISN'T JUST POLICY CHANGE. IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WHERE DOES THAT ACCOUNTABILITY LIE? IF NOT IN THE SETTLEMENT THAT WE TRULY DESERVE WITH EACH OF THESE AWFUL STEPS YOUR LAWYERS ARE TAKING IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE THE PLAN IS TO BREAK US, TO BREAK US AND TO HAVE US DROP THIS LAWSUIT, BUT WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOO MUCH TO LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY OF OUR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. [00:50:02] AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IF THIS LAWSUIT WAS ABOUT ANY OTHER CRIME BEING MISSED MS. HANDLED, I DON'T THINK THAT THE SETTLEMENT WOULD EVEN BE IN QUESTION. AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOT US TO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. YES. UM, AT, UH, MS. GARRETT FOR HER TESTIFYING, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY IT'S, UH, I KNOW THAT SHE WOULD PREFER TO NOT HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK TO TESTIFY HERE. I THINK IMPORTANT FOR THE BIAS AND THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A EXECUTIVE SESSION TEED UP ON TUESDAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS. AND I THINK AS MISS SANKO SAID, DURING HER TESTIMONY, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS, AS COUNCIL TO, TO KEEP STEPPING UP AND TO DO OUR PARTS, I THINK IN HER WORDS. UM, AND SO WE WILL ALL BE ARE POSTED FOR THAT TODAY. UH, WE, WE, I THINK WE ALL JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IT ON TUESDAY, TYSON SWINDELL GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TYSON SWINDELL, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND A SMALL BUSINESS FOR PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES OVER IN DISTRICT NINE. I'M HERE TO VOICE FAVOR FOR ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13. THE TIME HAS ELAPSED THAT WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION OF HOW TO DISPERSE THIS MONEY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I, MY S I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY SUPPORT DIVIDE. I'M 48. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG. I KNOW QUITE A FEW OF THESE TESTIMONIES, BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE TIME IS NOW FOR ACTION AND NOT HOPES AND PROMISES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEANETTE GREGOR. HI, I'M JEANETTE. I'M THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE AMPLIFIED SOUND COALITION, UH, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13, AS THEY PERTAINED TO THE SAME RESOLUTION, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THESE RESOLUTIONS CAN HAVE ON MY VERY FRAGILE EVENT COMMUNITY. I'LL BE DIRECT HERE IN ONE WEEK. LAST MARCH, I LOST SIX FESTIVAL CONTRACTS, ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME JOB, BECAUSE MY ENTIRE 20 PLUS YEAR CAREER IS DEPENDENT ON MASS GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE WHO GO SEE LIVE MUSIC. WE'VE BEEN PLEADING WITH THE CITY FOR MONTHS NOW TO SEND THE EVENTS COMMUNITY, A LIFE RACKS. AND IN SEPTEMBER, WE WERE ACKNOWLEDGED. AND I FELT HOPEFUL FOR THE FIRST TIME, SINCE MARCH, EVERY DRAFT OF THIS RESOLUTION INCLUDES LANGUAGE LIKE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY AND RAPID WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING, WHICH I TAKE TO MEAN THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SOON WE'RE NOW BEING TOLD THAT MAYBE POSSIBLY APPLICATIONS FOR VENUES WILL OPEN IN FEBRUARY FOR MAYBE POSSIBLY APRIL DISPERSAL. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED THUS FAR IS NEITHER IMMEDIATE, NOR IS IT RAPID. AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T DENOTE AN EMERGENCY. RECENTLY, THE EDD GAVE AN INTERVIEW ON KSAN IN WHICH THEY SAID FUNDS WOULD BE DISPERSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY. AND I THINK THIS PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES THE PROBLEM HERE, AND THAT WORKERS ARE NOT SEEN AS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE THE WHO'S TAXPAYERS. IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER PROOF OF THAT DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR INDUSTRY AND CITY MANAGEMENT, I URGE YOU TO LIVE WITH THE PROPOSED GUIDE GUIDELINES IN YOUR BACKUP SECTION SIX OF THE LIVE MUSIC PRESERVATIONS ON NEW GUIDELINES, SUGGEST VENUE OWNERS, TALK TO THEIR LANDLORDS ABOUT LOWERING RENT AND EXTENDING LEASES. Y'ALL COME ON. DO YOU THINK THERE'S A VENUE OWNER IN THIS CITY THAT HASN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION MULTIPLE TIMES, THE ENIGMATIC YET MANDATORY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS ZERO DEFINITIONS AND WILL UNNECESSARILY ADD TIME TO THE AWARD PROCESS TIME. WE DON'T HAVE, WE'RE TIRED. WE'RE OUT OF TIME. OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO FOCUS ON HOW TO MAKE OUR SECTOR BETTER, SAFER, MORE DIVERSE, EQUITABLE, AND FAIR, BUT WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT KNOWING OUR INDUSTRY WILL SURVIVE HERE. AT THE VERY LEAST, I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO PLEASE REMOVE THE MANDATORY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THOUGHT OUT AND GIVE VENUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SURVIVE BY ADMINISTERING FUNDING. NOW, BEFORE THE NEW YEAR SAVED MY JOB AND THOUSANDS LIKE IT, AND LAST, IF, IF THE FOLKS TASKED WITH THIS PERSON, THESE FUNDS QUICKLY CANNOT DELIVER, TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM THEM AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO CAN, I FEEL LIKE WE DESERVE AT LEAST THAT MUCH RESPECT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. KRISTIN. [00:55:01] GOOD MORNING, MARIANA AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KRISTEN CHOKAN. I'M A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR AND A PLAINTIFF ON THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT INVOLVING THE CITY. YOU WILL HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF US TODAY. I'VE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT MY STORY AND THE LAWSUIT, BUT I'VE HELD MY RESERVES ABOUT COMING BEFORE YOU, UNTIL TODAY. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU MY STORY FOR ANY OF OUR STORIES. YOU ALREADY KNOW THEM. WE ARE SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE DEPTH OF THE WEIGHT THAT WE CARRY, LIKE BEING KIDNAPPED AND HELD HOSTAGE, STOCKED, AND STRANGLED, BEATEN, AND TIED UP AT A STRANGER IN YOUR OWN HOME. YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE FEEL RETRAUMATIZED BY VERY SPECIFIC ACTS AND INSTITUTIONS WITHIN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. IT WOULD BE POINTLESS TO GO OVER THE DETAILS TO ADD SHOCK VALUE, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TRULY HORRIFIC THE DETAILS CAN BE. I AM HERE IN SEARCH FOR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IN A YEAR LIKE 20, 20, AREN'T WE ALL, IT'S BEEN A CRAZY YEAR TO SAY THE LEAST A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN, SHUTDOWN, MATH WRITING, AND A SOCIETY OF PEOPLE AT WAR WITH THE TRUTH. I FEEL SELFISH TO STAND HERE BEGGING FOR AN HONEST COMMITMENT AND A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING. BUT HERE I AM, I AM IN CONSTANT SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF PROMISE. I WAS THRILLED TO SEE A JUDGE AWARDED AND THEN AN OFTEN SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM, 19.1 MILLION AFTER AN ASSAULT AT A LOCAL MASSAGE PARLOR. THAT IS UNTIL I FOUND OUT THAT THE VICTIM WAS MALE, BECAUSE AT A RECENT SETTLEMENT MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS, OUR ENTIRE CLASS OF WOMEN WAS OFFERED A SMALL FRACTION OF THAT. WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE YOUR LAWYERS TRYING TO SET? HOW MUCH DOES THE CITY VALUE? ITS WOMEN $6.4 MILLION IS BUDGETED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANNUALLY FOR THE CARE OF 16 HORSES. OUR ENTIRE CLASS OF WOMEN WAS OFFERED. A FRACTION OF THAT. SINGLE HORSE ALONE IS BUDGETED $400,000 A YEAR. AND OUR ENTIRE CLASS OF WOMEN WAS OFFERED. A FRACTION OF THAT. IS THAT HOW YOU REALLY FEEL THE CITY VALUES ONE SINGLE HORSE MORE THAN THE WOMEN HAVE OFTEN THAT VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN DON'T MATTER, BUT SIXTH STREET, CROWD CONTROL HORSES. DO I HOPE THIS NEWS SHOCKED YOU AS MUCH AS OUR STORIES DID. WE ARE 12 WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT THROUGH HELL AND THEN CHOSE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN SO THAT OTHERS WON'T HAVE TO. WE ARE NOT ACTIVISTS. WE ARE NOT LOBBYISTS. WE ARE WARRIORS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE THE BATTLE SCARS TO PROVE IT. WE ALL STAND FOR CHANGE. AND I KNOW THAT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT MONETARY CONTRIBUTION. ACCOUNTABILITY MUST BE HELD. I WOULD LIKE TO END ON THIS NOTE, WHEN YOUR CITY ATTORNEYS APPROACH YOU TO DISCUSS YOUR OPINION ON THE SETTLEMENT, WHATEVER NUMBER YOU COLLECTIVELY LAND ON, BE PROUD OF IT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A LOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SCOTT RICHARDS. HELLO EVERYONE. UM, AND TO THE YOUNG LADY THAT JUST SPOKE BEFORE I, UH, I HEAR YOU AND WE FEEL YOU, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO FOLLOW UP. UH, I AM A REGULAR CITIZEN. UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TODAY. UH, I'M AN AUSTIN TRANSPLANT IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH HAVING MOVED HERE AT THE SOUTH AUSTIN IN 2011, I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEMS 11, 12, AND 13. I CAME TO TOWN WITH NO JOBS OR SINGLE FRIEND WHOSE COUCH I CRASHED ON. I MOVED CARE SITE ON SCENE. I JUST KNEW THERE WAS A VIBE AND A COMMUNITY THAT COULDN'T, I COULDN'T WAIT TO BE A PART OF. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT STOOD OUT WHEN I FINISHED THE 21 HOUR DRIVE IS THAT I CAN FIND LIVE MUSIC ON ANY NIGHT. AND JUST TO NOT ANY RESTAURANT OR BAR I ENTERED, THIS IS PARADISE. I'M NOT A MUSICIAN BY TRADE, BUT LOVING, EASING, LISTENING TO ARTISTS, POUR THEIR SKILLS AND HEARTS OUT ON STAGE. I WAS ALREADY A CONCERT YANKEE IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THIS WAS UNCHARTED TERRITORY. [01:00:02] WHAT MAKES THINGS EVEN MORE SPECIAL? SOME OF THESE VENUES PROVIDE AN INTIMATE LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE. THIS IS PETE FANDOM. WHEN I THINK OF AUSTIN, I FIRST THINK OF ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. THESE VENUES NEED OUR HELP. THESE VENUES NEED YOUR HELP. THE SAVE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER SENATE. PLEASE ALLOW THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO BE RELEASED THESE IN USER DYING. AND WHAT MAKES THESE VENUES SPECIAL ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THEM. DON'T LET THIS TALENT POOL MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY LIKE NASHVILLE, OKLAHOMA CITY, HOUSTON, AUSTIN NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR VENUES SO THAT OUR ARTISTS CAN PERFORM THEIR CRAFTS. I COULDN'T IMAGINE AN AUSTIN THAT DIDN'T HELP DISCOVER MUSICIANS LIKE JANIS JOPLIN, KACEY, MUSGRAVES, BLACK PUMAS, LEON BRIDGES, SHAKY GRAVES, WHITNEY ROSE, MIDLAND SPOON, SHINY REDS. GARY CLARK JR. SEEN WILLIE NELSON, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN. THE LIST GOES ON, PLEASE. I AM A VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THE MOST UNIQUE PART OF AUSTIN TO THE REST OF TEXAS AND AMERICA. LET THE FUNDS GO TO THOSE WHO NEED IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. I IMPLORE YOU GUYS COME AND SAY OFTEN MUSIC. THANK YOU, STEVEN STERN SHINE. GOOD MORNING. COUNSEL, STEVE STERN, SEAN HERE. UM, THE, UH, OWNER OF EMPIRE CONTROLLING AND GARAGE AND THE PARISH HERE IN TOWN. MOST OF THE CO-FOUNDER AND THE BOARD TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION. THAT'S FIGHTING FOR, UH, RELIEF FOR MUSIC VENUES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS 13, EXCUSE ME, 11 THROUGH 13. UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A PLAN, UH, AND TO ENCOURAGE, AND REALLY BEG YOU GUYS TO MOVE THIS ALONG AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE FOR MUCH LONGER, UH, WITHOUT HELP. AND IT'S ALSO IN PART OF THAT, THE MUSIC VENUE LIONS AND THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH, UH, REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF ALL OF US HERE IN TOWN, WHO ARE IN THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC COMMUNITY, THE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS INTIMATELY. UH, YEAH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION AND, UH, HOW TO GET FUNDS, WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO, UH, I WON'T TAKE UP MORE OF YOUR TIME. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE FOLKS TODAY, HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO US. UH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. ZENOBIA JOSEPH ZENOBIA JOSEPH. BE SURE TO UNMUTE PLEASE. JASON TARA SIENA. HELLO. MY NAME IS JASON THIRSTY. AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AGAIN ON BEHALF OF AMPLIFIED SOUND COALITION, THE NEWLY FOUNDED TEXAS MUSIC WORKFORCE COALITION. WE DEMAND PASSAGE OF ITEMS, 11, 12, AND 13, AND THE CONCRETE TIMELINE FOR THE FULL DISTRIBUTION OF SAVES RESOLUTION FAR TOO LONG, THE CITY AND THIS GOVERNMENT GOVERNING BODY HAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED THE MUSIC COMMUNITY THAT LIVES AND WORKS IN AUSTIN. IT'S OPPOSES LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. FOR YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CATERED TO DEVELOPERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, AND OTHER MONEY TO INTEREST MORE THAN THE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES THE ACTUAL ATTRACTION BUSINESSES. AND THE PEOPLE LOVE AUSTIN FOR THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR A PRESERVATION FUND AND THE CITY HAS RESPONDED. WHAT THEY SAY IS THAT DILUTION, WHICH IS NICE, BUT THE PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY FAILING, AND IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN MORE THAN TWO MONTHS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND EVERY CITIZEN KNOWS WHAT THE NEXT STEP SHOULD BE. SO WHY IS THIS NOT IN MOTION YET? THERE WAS NO CONFUSION. AND THERE WAS NO, NO REASON FOR A DELAY IN THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION [01:05:01] OF THE FUNDS AND THE SAFE RESOLUTION. IS IT CONTRIVED APPREHENSION OF NOT WANTING TO THROW BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD AND CONJURED UP NEW GUIDELINES THAT SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS? NASHVILLE, HOUSTON, OKLAHOMA CITY, AND OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE DELIVERED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS. IT'S EMBARRASSING. WE CAN'T GET OUR ACT TOGETHER FOR OUR OWN MUSIC COMMUNITY. WHY THE DELAY HERE IN AUSTIN? THE BIG, THE QUESTION IS THERE'S GOVERNING BODIES. SIMPLY NOT CARE WHO OWNS THE PIECE WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED. IT SEEMS LIKE HAVE WE LOST THE SOUND? WE BELIEVE IT'S ON HIS END MAYOR. WE'LL CALL HIM BACK. THANK YOU, KAREN REYNOLDS. HELLO. MY NAME IS KAREN REYNOLDS. WE HAVE ELECTED OUR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN AS VICE PRESIDENT, WHICH MAKES JIM DUNCAN'S ACT OF ASSAULTING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, EVEN MORE EGREGIOUS. ALISON, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH JIM MAGIC? VICE PRESIDENT ELECT HARRIS ON HER, BUT I WOULDN'T THINK THOUGH. SO WHY HAVE YOU ALLOWED YOUR APPOINTING TO REMAIN ON THE COMMISSION OVER A YEAR AGO? YOU WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS ASSAULT AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF AND ANYTHING LESS THAN REMOVING GYMS. IT IS A CRITICAL APPALLING AND AN INSULT TO WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SMACKERS. MAY I ADDRESS THAT? HANG ON ONE SECOND. CASPER TOPO. HELLO. CAN'T HEAR YOU. KEVIN. MAY I ADDRESS THAT? SPEAKER'S COMMENTS? GO AHEAD. CAN YOU REMEMBER HOW I WAS GOING TO TOPO OR YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, YOU'RE NOT MUTED, RIGHT? OKAY. CATHY OR ALISON ALISON, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. UM, SO COLLEAGUES, YOU MAY RECALL THAT MS. REYNOLDS EMAILED ALL OF OUR ARTS OFFICES WITH THIS ALLEGATION EARLIER IN THE YEAR, MY OFFICE ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SHE DECLINED TO COMMUNICATE VERBALLY WITH US. SHE'S PERIODICALLY EMAILED ALL OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES WITH THESE VARIOUS VARIOUS CHARGES. AND MY OFFICE REQUESTED THE LAW DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE AS REYNOLDS DECLINED MORE THAN ONE REQUEST FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. BUT INSTEAD IS CHOSEN TO COME HERE TO SPEAK TODAY. WE WERE TOLD BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT MS. REYNOLDS HAS DESCRIBED AS THE VICTIM HAS ADAMANTLY DISPUTED THE CHARACTERIZATION GIVEN BY MS. REYNOLDS AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR IN THE MANNER MS. REYNOLDS HAS DESCRIBED, AND THAT THEY WERE NOT A VICTIM OF ANY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR IN ANY WAY. I WOULD URGE MS. REYNOLDS, AS SHE CONTINUES TO BELIEVE SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE HAPPENED. PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S LAW DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS ATTEMPTED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER, TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO MS. ELLIS HAS DESCRIBED AS A VICTIM. I WON'T SAY MORE HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THE LAW DEPARTMENT CAN SPEAK TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS WE, WERE YOU STILL TRYING TO SPEAK, CAN'T HEAR YOU, HUH? MAYOR. UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW I TURNED IT OFF AS I WASN'T ABLE TO. I WANTED, I WANTED TO ASK OUR CLERK WHETHER THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS ON THE PHONE, NOT TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE A RECORDED VOICE AND I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHETHER IT WAS A LIVE DISCUSSION OR NOT, BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER ALDER, UM, ALTERS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR ATTENTIVENESS TO, TO THAT ISSUE AND TO WORKING WITH OUR LAW DEPARTMENT. HI COLLEAGUES. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE CONSIDERING THE CONSENT. YES. TWO MYSELF SPEAKERS THAT CALL. OH, GREAT. OKAY. THAT'S BIGGER. UM, JASON MARCINA. YEAH. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? YES. YEAH. UM, I GUESS WE DOES WRAP UP WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT YEAH. UM, I DUNNO, IT JUST FEELS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL DOES NOT REALLY CARE TO HELP EXISTING VENUES AND COMMUNITY. THAT'S COMPRISED OF [01:10:01] SURVIVED. THE, YOU KNOW, THE CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT'S DEVASTATING US. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL K WITH NEW MUSIC VENUES, UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND CONCENTRATED WEALTH, TAKING THE PLACE OF WORLD-RENOWNED MUSIC VENUES THAT HAVE WITHOUT A DOUBT MADE AUSTIN THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. IT SEEMS AS COUNCIL TAKES OR THINKS THE PEOPLE THAT WATSON WON'T NOTICE AND LIKE THEM DON'T CARE. UM, IF, SO YOU COULDN'T BE ANY MORE WRONG. WHERE'S THE MORAL CONSISTENCY, WHERE ARE THE CONVICTIONS? WHERE'S YOUR SENSE OF URGENCY? AND AGAIN, WE DEMAND THE CITY OF AUSTIN DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS IN THE PHASE OF RESOLUTION THIS MONTH, NOT NEXT YEAR NOW THERE'S NO, THERE'S ONE THING YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU KNOW THOSE OF US IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS, WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE PEOPLE. WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR MUSIC AND WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK WE DO. WE CLEARLY DON'T DO IT FOR THE MONEY STUDIES ESTIMATE THAT THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMUNITY IS COMPRISED OF ABOUT 30,000. NOT TONIGHT, THAT LARGE THAT'S MORE THAN THE POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS COMBINED. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING OUR POWER. WE ARE NOW ORGANIZING AROUND IT AND WE WILL NO LONGER BE DISMISSED OR PLACATED. WE ARE HERE, WE'RE ACTIVE AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE. UH, IT GETS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT CONSENT AGENDA BEHIND THIS ITEM. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. GO AHEAD. XENOPHOBIA. JOSEPH. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH. I MAYOR. CAN YOU JUST TELL ME THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE LISTED FOR ME TO SPEAK ON CLAIRE? CAN YOU HELP WITH THAT PLACE? ONE SECOND, WE DON'T HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE. I HAVE AROUND 39, 41, 44 45 AND OFTEN HOUSING FINANCE ITEM TWO. THANK YOU, CLERK. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPHS. MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEM 44, WHICH I AM IN SUPPORT OF REPRESENTATIVE HIT A HOSTESS HOUSE BILL 84. I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY HOUSE BILL 2266 BACK IN 2005, PREDOMINANTLY TALKED ABOUT AUSTIN SMART HOUSING. WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS ENACTED, I JUST WOULD CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE PROHIBITION ON THE CERTAIN MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS, SECTION TWO, ONE, 4.905 DOES NOT PROHIBIT YOU FROM CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND SO I DO HAVE A CRITIQUE AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017, I WOULD ASK YOU TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION SO THAT YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THAT'S A DEFERRED CAPITAL TAX GAINS, UH, TWO THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR KIT. AND YOU CAN USE THAT. NOW WHAT HAPPENS AT PRESENT IS THAT THESE 4% LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS ARE CREATING CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER A POOL IS A SPONSOR OF THIS SISA THIS ORDINANCE. I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU WANT A COMPACT AND CONNECTED CITY, THERE NEEDS TO BE TRANSIT ON FM SEVEN, THREE, FOUR EAST AND WEST. AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT YOU HAVE 390 UNITS, 300 UNITS IN THE HOWARD LANE AREA THAT WERE APPROVED IN 2020 BY TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. AND THE NEAREST BUS STOP IS THREE TO FOUR MILES. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS $4.7 MILLION FOR THE METRO RAPID LINE THAT WAS ELIMINATED. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO FIND THE FUNDS TO ENACT A PIECE, UM, THE METRO RAPID LINE THERE SPECIFICALLY THE VOTERS APPROVED $12.1 MILLION FOR A CONVICT HILL METRO RAPID. AND I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT ONLY 2.9 PEOPLE RIDE THAT BUS AN HOUR, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, HOW IT'S WATER RESTRICTED IN THAT AREA. IT'S NOT GOING TO GROW RIDERSHIP. I WOULD ALSO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. YOU MENTIONED THE UPROOTED STUDY AND THE RESOLUTION, BUT THE AUTHORS OF THE UPROOTED STUDY DID WRITE A REPORT OCTOBER 23RD, 2019. AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT COUNCIL DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM AS IT RELATED TO GENTRIFICATION ON RIVERSIDE. UH, THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT I CAN MAKE, BUT I WOULD JUST BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION, UM, THE SPEAKER REGISTRATION ON A VETERAN'S DAY, ACTUALLY DISENFRANCHISED, DISENFRANCHISED MILITARY VETERANS. UM, AND I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SPEAK TO EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT MIRA WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE ON ELECTION DAY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, UM, SOME LANGUAGE THAT'S ADDED FOR SET UP ON ELECTION DAY BECAUSE, UM, MARTHA COOK WARD DID GET, UH, A TICKET AT [01:15:01] FLAWN, UH, UT WHEN WE WERE SETTING UP FOR THE ELECTION. ONCE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES. YES. I JUST WANTED TO, BUT MS. JOSEPH KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO HELP WITH THE DETAILS ON THE ROUTES FOR THE BUSES AND CAP METRO THAT I WILL, UM, SNAG FOR HER AND SEND TO HER BY EMAIL, I'LL ASK, UM, ONE OF MY POLICY AIDES TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO HER, TO HELP CLARIFY SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT SHE HAS. THANKS. AND THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE. LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE PULLED ITEMS THAT, UH, WE CAN HANDLE, UH, IT'S 1120. NOW THE GOALS TO TAKE A BREAK ABOUT NOON FOR LUNCH, UH, AS WE HAVE AS CLOSE TO THAT, AS WE CAN, BUT SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET THAT A MAYOR PRO TEM. I JUST WANTED TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? KATHERINE HARPER, MADISON, SECOND PAGE. LET'S GO THROUGH THIS DOWN. MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS FIRST QUESTION WE HAVE IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS, UH, ASSOCIATED ITEM NUMBER 40. UH, THE QUESTION, UH, WAS TO THE MANAGER WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER NINE IS PUTTING THAT OFF FOR A WEEK AS WE PUT THE 40 OFFER. I MEAN, PUTTING 40 OFF FOR A WEEK, IF WE PUT NINE OFF FOR A WEEK, DOES THAT CREATE ANY ISSUES? WE NOW CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S SPILLER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON SPECIFICALLY NUMBER 49, NUMBER NINE. OKAY. SO I GUESS THERE IS AN ISSUE, SO LET'S PULL 40 AND LET'S PULL NINE AND WE'LL THEN DISCUSS THOSE, UM, ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, THE TEMPORARY THREE 80, UH, PROGRAM. WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH COSAR UH, THAT RELATES TO, UH, UH, UH, WORKER ISSUES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING, UH, CUSTOMER SARS AMENDMENT ITEM NUMBER 11 SAYING NONE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS NOW AND WILL REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BYE BYE. SECOND QUESTION RELATED TO ITEM 11. WE CAN WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE DONE WITH THIS PROCESS. IF YOU WANT WAS HOW WOULD THE MANAGER HAVE US DECIDE WHETHER TO FUND THIS PROGRAM, UH, THIS YEAR OR NOT? SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT NOW OR PULL IT OR WHATEVER, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE MANAGER HOW TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. THIS IS HOW TO FUND THE PROGRAM SET OUT IN ITEM NUMBER 11 TO THREE 80 PROGRAM, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE REALLY DISCUSS THAT BRIEFLY AT WORK SESSION THAT IT ACTUALLY COULD BE FUNDED IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO GIVE DIRECTION ON THIS ONE, WHETHER HE WANTS TO BRING THAT ISSUE BACK TO US AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, AND SO I DON'T THEN PART TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD DO IT NOW AND PAY FOR IT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. IT IS EXACTLY THAT QUESTION AND WHETHER WE NEED TO PROVIDE ANY DIRECTION AS WE PASS THIS ITEM, TO BRING SOMETHING BACK, TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THAT BY MAJORITY OR, OR WHAT HIS RECOMMENDATION MIGHT BE. UM, WHETHER WE WANT TO DO TO DETERMINE THAT TODAY. UM, MY SENSE IS IT'S NOT READY TO BE DETERMINED TODAY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO THE WHOLE WINTER BREAK WITHOUT DECIDING THAT QUESTION IS WHAT MAJORITY MIGHT BE COMFORTABLE TAKING THE RISK. SO, UM, SO IF WE SHOULD JUST PULL IT, SO THE STAFF HAVE SOME TIME, UH, THAT'S FINE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE HANDLED BEFORE CONSENSUS. I GUESS THE OTHER THING TO DO WOULD BE TO, TO PASS IT TODAY AS IT IS. AND THEN THEY ASK LEE HILL TO SPEAK TO US PERHAPS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY AS TO THE LEGAL QUESTION AND THEN HAVE THE MANAGER SPEAK TO US ALSO ON TUESDAY ABOUT POSSIBLE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THIS. BUT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE IF WE DISCUSS IT TUESDAY, IF THERE WAS, IF THERE'S ANY NEED TO POST ANYTHING TO HANDLE THAT, THEN IT'S TOO LATE. AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST LET THE ITEM. SO IF, IF THE MANAGER NEEDS HIS DIRECTION ON THE SIDE, IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE WE HAVE TO PULL IT IF THERE'S NOT AN ANSWER YET, SORRY, ITEM NUMBER 11. WE KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. WE'LL COME BACK AND DISCUSS THAT AND SEE WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO PASS TODAY OR WHETHER WE NEED TO, I WOULD, I I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH PASSING TODAY. THE QUESTION IS, DO WE NEED TO ADD DIRECTION OR AMENDMENTS OR NO? UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 11 FOR NOW. ITEM NUMBER A 33, [01:20:08] ADD A STAR NEXT TO THIS ONE. DO YOU HAVE SOME LANGUAGE, UM, THAT STAFF HAVE ASSISTED ME WITH IN LIMITING THE TERM AS I SUGGESTED I WAS GOING TO DO AND WAS PFAFF OKAY. WITH, UH, DOING THAT. YOU ANSWERED THAT AS, YES, I'VE RARELY LOST THEIR LANGUAGE IN THE FOUR INCHES OF PAPER ON MY DESK. AND SO IF, IF MR. SCARBOROUGH IS ON THE TELEPHONE AND ABLE TO, OR, OR MS. WILLETT, UM, IS ABLE TO JUST BAIL ME OUT ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IT WAS LIMITING IT TO, YEAH. WELL, LET'S SAY IT, JAMES, DO YOU HAVE THE LANGUAGE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JAMES SCARBOROUGH PURCHASING OFFICE. YES, I DO. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PROCEED, I'M GLAD TO FAZE REED'S LANGUAGE. YES, YES. UH, AMEND ITEM 33 TO LIMIT THE AUTHORIZATION TO THE INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 7 MILLION, $250,000 WITH THE ABILITY TO RETURN TO COUNSEL, TO SEEK ADDITIONAL TERMS AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS IF THEY ARE NEEDED. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE TOVO AMENDMENT BEING ADDED TO THIS ITEM 33, HEARING NONE. IT IS ALSO ADDED ITEM 33 AND 33 WILL REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU, MR. SCARBOROUGH. OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER. 40 HAS BEEN PULLED, UH, FOR THE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, WITH NINE STAFF WANTS TO SPEAK TO IT, LIKE THEN GETS US TO, UM, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, UH, 40. I JUST WANT TO, WE'RE PASSING BY 43 AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICKLY. UM, AS YOU RECALL, WHAT I HAD AN M 43 DOES IS IT JUST EXTENDS THE CURRENT AND EXISTING, UH, AUTHORIZATION FOR DR. ASCOT FOR THE MANAGER FOR DOCTOR HAS GOT TO, UH, ADOPT RULES, UH, NOT DISSIMILAR TO, AND THEY'VE BEEN COORDINATED WITH THE ORDERS OF THE COUNTY JUDGE IN MINE. AS YOU RECALL, WE, UH, PASSED THIS, UH, ABOUT MID-YEAR A LITTLE PAST THAT AND, UH, TO HAVE, UH, UH, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, BASIS OF AUTHORITY, UH, FOR THE, UH, OPPOSITIONS THAT THE CITY WAS TAKING IN, UH, COVID, UH, RESPONSE, UH, THIS EXTENDS THE PREDICT DOESN'T CHANGE. IT JUST EXTENDS WHAT WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH HERE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, EXTENDS IT, UH, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH NEXT YEAR, UH, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE BY, BY ORDINANCE, UH, IN ORDER TO BE ENFORCEABLE THAT WAY. UM, IF THE PANDEMIC GOES AWAY, WE NO LONGER NEED THESE BORDERS. THEN, UH, AT THAT POINT WE WOULD, UH, UH, VOTE TO, UH, TO DELETE OR TO REMOVE THAT AT ORDINANCE, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT DOES IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING NEW. IT JUST EXTENDED NEXT ITEM. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE GO ON? WE HAVE LEGAL AVAILABLE IF THEY'RE NEEDED. OKAY. AND LET'S GO ON. I DO MAYOR. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VIDEO. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS, IT WAS OFF THAT'S. OKAY. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION I HAD, UM, ASKED YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT AS I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION. UM, PERHAPS LEGAL CAN ALSO JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THIS IS NECESSARY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A RULES MAKING PROCESS, UM, IN THE CITY. UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN IN A TIMEFRAME THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION WHEN NECESSARY, UM, UNDER PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. UM, SO IF LEGAL COULD PROVIDE SOME OF THAT INSIGHT, I JUST THINK THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A SENSE, THERE'S A CONFUSION D THAT I THINK WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS. UM, SO THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS PROVIDING US A TOOL FOR IF AND WHEN WE NEED IT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO ACT. UM, AND MS. MORGAN, IF YOU CAN SPEAK, UM, BRIEFLY TO, TO WHY THIS KIND OF STUFF IS NECESSARY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE CAME UP WITH THEM WITH THE MAYOR, AS HE SAID EARLIER ON, I KNOW PATRICIA LINK IS ON THE LINE. SHE'S WORKED REALLY HARD ON DRAFTING THESE, AND, UM, CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS MORE SPECIFICALLY IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERRA, IF SHE COULD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AFTER DELINQUENT. THIS IS, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT, WHAT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE DOES, IS IT AUTHORIZES DR. S SCOTT TO ISSUE RULES, AND THE RULES ARE GEARED TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. [01:25:01] UM, WE'VE HAD THEM IN PLACE SINCE THE SUMMERTIME, AND THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE TO ADOPT THOSE RULES AS NEEDED AS PANDEMIC CONDITIONS CHANGE. AND IT IS A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE, UM, TO ADDRESS SITES THAT DON'T COMPLY WITH THE CODE, OR AS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT WEARING FACE COVERING AN ABSENT, THIS, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS IF WE WANTED TO TRY AND MAKE THOSE RULES BROADLY, UH, COUNSEL STILL NEEDS TO DO AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE DR. ASCOT TO MAKE THE RULES. SO THIS IS WHAT THIS ORDINANCE REALLY DOES, IS IT SAYS COUNCIL AUTHORIZES HIM TO MAKE RULES, AND THESE ARE THE RULES, UM, THAT ARE RELATED TO COVID, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY SPECIFIC ROLES IF IT'S PROVIDING THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE RULES WHEN NECESSARY UNDER PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A RULE PROCESS THAT WAS MUCH LONGER BY OUR ORDINARY ORDINANCES ON THE ABSENCE OF THIS, THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO THIS ORDINANCE SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS SO THAT, UH, DR. S SCOTT AND REACT AS NECESSARY IN A MORE TIMELY FASHION TO ADDRESS PANDEMIC NEEDS WHEN THE HEALTH AUTHORITY DEEMS IT NECESSARY, UM, FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS. CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BEFORE WE VOTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, THAT'S ITEM 43. LET'S TALK NEXT ABOUT ITEM 44, UH, WHICH IS THE, UM, UH, INCLUSIONARY ZONING, UH, ITEM. UH, I STARTED THAT TO SOMEONE BRING AMENDMENT LANGUAGE. WAS THAT YOURS? THAT'S MY FLAT AGAIN? YES, THAT IS THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE EDITOR, WHEREAS CLAUSE, I RECALL. YEAH. SORRY. MY WEBEX IS ACTING UP ADS, JUST AWARENESS BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD THIS MORNING. SOUNDS GOOD. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE WHEREAS CLAUSE, UH, ASSOCIATE WITH 44 HEARING NON THAT'LL BE ADDED AND THAT WILL STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'M LOOKING AT AMENDMENTS HERE, MY AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 10, ADDING THE DAA WAS ALSO INCORPORATED. THAT'S PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER 46. COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, HAS SOME AMENDMENTS HEARING NONE. THOSE ARE INCORPORATED INTO 46, AND THAT STAYS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER 48 COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ASAR, UM, HAD THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS HANDED OUT ON ITEM NUMBER 48. UM, IS THERE, UH, ANY OBJECTION TO THE COSTAR AMENDMENT HEARING? NONE, THE COSAR AMENDMENT IS INCORPORATED INTO ITEM NUMBER 48 MAYOR. IF I COULD SPEAK TO THAT JUST REALLY FOR A QUICK MOMENT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT IT. I APPRECIATE THAT BEING ACCEPTED IN. UM, I KNOW THAT IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT NEW PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, THAT WE CREATE SHOULD BE COORDINATED WITHIN OUR LARGER STRATEGY, BUT IN PART, BECAUSE WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A REPORT THAT HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN HAD A SLIDE OR A PAGE THAT SHOWED THAT SOME OF OUR CURRENT STRATEGY IS LIKE ALL TOO MANY TANGLED, UH, LINES, AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN, UH, OUR STRATEGY ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. I THOUGHT IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO MENTION, I WANT TO SAY HERE THAT, OF COURSE IT IS ALWAYS MORE HELPFUL FOR US TO TRY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FOLKS ON THE STREETS, THEN GETTING THEM HOUSED AND THEN CONTINUING THOSE, THOSE SERVICES IN HOUSING. SO THE MORE THAT THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY, EVEN WITH THE HOTEL STRATEGY WHERE THESE RESOURCES ARE COMING TO BEAR, I APPRECIATE DAA AND OTHERS, UM, BRINGING RESOURCES TO BEAR THE MORE THAT CAN BE CONNECTED WITHIN OUR EXISTING STRATEGY. UM, UM, THE BETTER, AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO LAY OUT THE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE RECEIVED CONSULTANTS' ADVICE ON. UH, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH REITERATING HERE, AND I APPRECIATE THE OTHER CHANGES THAT THE SPONSORS HAVE MADE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS WORK. OKAY, MAYOR? YES. CAN I START OVER ON THAT FRONT? UM, I DID CIRCULATE MY OFFICE CIRCULATED THIS MORNING, A VERY MINOR EDIT TO MY RESOLUTION, AND THAT SHOULD ALL BE IN EVERYONE'S BOX [01:30:01] AND ALSO READ THAT CHANGE IT IS TO ADD AND SO HOPE MY HOPE IS THAT IT CAN STAY ON CONSENT THOUGH. I HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY ABOUT IT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. UM, IT ADDS TO THE, BE A BIT RESOLVED CLAUSE. UM, THE FIRST TO BE RESOLVED CLAUSE LANGUAGE, THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE, INCLUDING FUNDS OR HOUSING SUBSIDIES. SO WE'RE DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO SUPPORT THE SUPPOSE THE PROPOSED COLLABORATION, UM, AND TO IDENTIFY ANY UNENCUMBERED FUNDS THAT COULD HELP FUND THE SPECIALTY INTENSIVE INTENTION, INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT TREATMENT TEAM. WE KNOW THOSE FUNDS EXIST AS THE RESOLUTION MAKES CLEAR THAT THE DECK HAS UNUSED FUNDS FROM THIS YEAR. AND VAS HAS BEEN STATED, HAS COME FORWARD AND AGREED TO FUND THE REMAINING PORTION. BUT IN ADDITION, WE'D LIKE THE MANAGER, SORRY, WE'D LIKE THE MANAGER TO LOOK FOR FOR HOUSING FUNDS, BUT WE WANT THE PROGRAM TO BEGIN AS SOON AS IT'S, AS SOON AS IT'S READY, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE HUBS HOUSING SUBSIDIES. NOT BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE RESOURCES EXIST TO PROVIDE THAT REALLY CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE. SO WE WANT, WE WANT THAT PIECE OF THE PROGRAM TO ABSOLUTELY ADDING THE TOVA AND THEN PAIRING NONE THE TOTE CO MANAGER, JUST TO NOTE THAT WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT DIRECTION, BUT CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT UNENCUMBERED FUNDS ARE JUST ONE TIME AND TYPICALLY HOUSING VOUCHERS ARE ONGOING. AND SO, UM, JUST WITH THAT CAVEAT, SO WE'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO WORK WITH THE DIRECTION THAT'S GIVEN WITH THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU MANAGER. AND AGAIN, I ARE, I THINK GETTING THE PROGRAM MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE WAIT LIST THAT WE KNOW EXISTS. AND SO I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR COMMUNICATION HERE TODAY. THAT WAR TIME, IT SOUNDS AS IF MORE TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO, TO IDENTIFY HOUSING SUBSIDIES. AND I DON'T WANT THE WORK ON THE CORE PROGRAM TO BE DELAYED. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE. OR DO YOU, IS IT, IS IT, UM, KNOWING THAT THE FUNDS EXIST TO GET THE TEAM UP AND RUNNING TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT WAIT LIST? MY HOPE IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT PART HAPPEN, UM, WHILE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR ENDING FOR HOUSING SUBSIDIES, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTENT? IT ISN'T A LITTLE BIT OF, IT'S JUST MANAGING EXPECTATIONS ON WHAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT AGAIN, I JUST DON'T WANT TO DELAY, WE HAVE A GREAT PROPOSAL AND I'LL JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS NOW, SINCE I'M TALKING ABOUT IT ANYWAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, INTEGRAL CARE AND DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE WORKING AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT FOR WORKING TO CREATE THIS PROPOSAL, BUT ALSO TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE FOR SERVICES, BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS HAD BEEN HAD, UM, HAD TO GO WITH LOWER CAPACITIES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. AND SO LEVERAGING THAT FUNDING TO CREATE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ON THE WAIT LIST, YOU TOTAL MORE THAN 200 IS JUST REALLY, UH, EXTREMELY VALUABLE. SO THANKS AGAIN TO OUR PARTNERS FOR COMING FORWARD AND, UM, IDENTIFYING THE NEED AND COMING UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO MEET THAT NEED. AND THEN IN THE CASE OF, AND THEN HELPING FUND THAT NEED AND TO OUR STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORTIVENESS. AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HER, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS AND, AND ADDING TO IT, THE PUSH FOR, UH, HOUSING. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO HELP PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREETS AND, AND, AND IN THE, IN, IN HOMES, UH, MANAGERS WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THAT GROUP THAT WASN'T $30 MILLION, WHATEVER THAT MONEY WAS OF THE 65. AND WASN'T SPENT LAST YEAR AND YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY IS BEING MOVED TO KIND OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THAT MONEY'S BEING SPENT FOR IS A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN, THAN HOUSING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, UH, AS PART OF YOUR REVIEW, THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND SOME, SOME FUNDING FOR THIS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THAT AMENDMENT IS INCORPORATED WITHOUT OBJECTION. UM, SO I'M SHOWING NOW THAT THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE PULLED ARE NINE 11 AND 40 AND THE REST OF THE, UH, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ONE THROUGH 49 ARE ON CONSENT, THEN MOVED AND SECONDED INTO DISCUSSION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON. I HAVE ONE QUESTION TO JUST CONFIRM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER, SORRY, DON PULLING IT UP AGAIN. 20. [01:35:01] I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHIEF IS AVAILABLE OR NOT. I CAN, I CAN WAIT AND HAVE OTHER STUFF SPEAK THEIR TURN, OR WHY DON'T YOU GO TO OTHERS? MY CHIEF GAINER, NO, WE NEED HIM TO COME. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER. MADISON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NATASHA? YOU CAN'T TALK TO YOU. YOU CAN HEAR ME, VIRGINIA. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY. UM, I JUST, I NEED TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 72 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT SHOULD I HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET TO THE ZONING ITEMS YOU CAN CONSENT AND 72 WON'T BE ON, IS IT ON THIS MORNING IS CONSENT. WHAT IS CONSENT? IT'S JUST 49. THANK YOU. YUP. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, TO, TO PUT 46 BACK ON CONSENT, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE USE OF HISTORIC FUNDS FOR ICONIC VENUES, THE 15% HOTEL TAX. IT, IT IS KIND OF POSSIBLY THE PERFECT USE OF THOSE DOLLARS AS THESE VENUES, AS WE'RE ESTABLISHING. AND AS WE ALL KNOW ARE SO CLOSELY TIED TO WHAT MAKES OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY AND AUSTIN SO UNIQUE IN THE, IN THE MARKET. UH, AND, AND THESE ARE THE VENUES THAT HELP FILL THE HOTEL ROOMS WITH TOURISTS WHO THEN PAY THE HOTEL TAX. AND WE KNOW AS THE MORE TOURISTS WE HAVE, THE MORE FUNDS WE HAVE FOR THIS FUND AND FOR THE 15% FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND THE NEWLY CREATED BY MUSIC FUND AS A RESULT OF THE COMING CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, UH, BUT I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT JUST AS MORE FOR STAFF AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, AROUND THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTERS. BUT, BUT I THINK THIS STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE ABOUT LETTING US MOVE FORWARD ON THE 15% DOLLARS WHILE WE WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS. SO THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR WORKING THAT OUT. UM, I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS ON THE REST OF THE 15% HISTORIC FUND, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THERE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY, I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEGUN YET WHERE THE UNDERLYING SITE IS NOT AT RISK OF LOSS THE SAME WAY. AND USE OF VENUES ARE AT RISK OF LOSS. MAYBE WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING SOME REPRIORITIZATION OF THAT PROJECT LIST. UH, SINCE A LOT OF THAT WAS SET BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, AND I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT WORK, CONTINUING THE FUTURE, UH, FUNDS FROM THE 15% HISTORIC BUCKET, IT REALLY DOES STRIKE THE ABSOLUTE PERFECT BALANCE. I THINK, BETWEEN TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF STATE LAW AND THE ALLOWABLE USES OF THE MONEY. UH, AND THE OTHER PIECE, I'M GLAD TO SEE EQUITY CITED IN THE LAST GATE RESOLVED. IT'S NOT IN THE SELECTION CRITERIA, BUT I THINK TAKEN AS A WHOLE, IT SHOULD BE CLEAR TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS IN THAT REGARD. I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ABOUT THE LIST AND EXHIBIT A, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT IT GETS US WHERE WE WANT TO GO. SO AGAIN, IT SAYS CONSIDERED LIMITED TO SO I CAN LIVE WITH THAT AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE EQUITY THERE, DOESN'T IN THE LIST. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LGBT OR ASIAN BUSINESSES IN THAT MIX. UH, CERTAINLY, UH, YOU COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUITY, WE WANT TO ENSURE WHERE WE'RE ACHIEVING. UH, BUT, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF ICONIC BUSINESSES. I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTES TO TOURISM. SOME OF WHICH MAY NOT BE SEEN BY VISIT AUSTIN, UH, OR IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THOSE COMMUNITIES FOR MANY YEARS HAD TO BE HIDDEN SUDDENLY LGBT COMMUNITY COULDN'T BE AS PUBLIC. UM, AND THEN IN THE LONG-TERM SENSE, SHORT TERM, YES, LET'S GET THIS THING GOING SIDE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IN THE LONG-TERM. I AM INTERESTED IN INCLUDING THE MECCA STREAMERS OR MULTIETHNIC CHAMBER ALLIANCE AS POSSIBLE PARTNERS TO THIS WORK AND THE EDC TO BE A STRONG VOICE OF EQUITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR BUSINESS GROUP. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE THIS THING MOVING FORWARD. IT'S REALLY EXCITING WORK BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FLANNIGAN. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE WAY THAT YOU'VE, UM, CHARACTERIZED IT. THIS GETS, IT STARTED WITH, UM, DOLLARS THAT OUR STAFF SAID WAS AVAILABLE FROM, UH, PREVIOUS 15% HISTORICAL. UM, AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD. UM, AND THE LIST, AS YOU SAY, IS ILLUSTRATIVE AT THIS POINT. AND SO IT'S, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT, UH, TO RETAIL AND, AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, OTHERS THAT SHOULD BE ON THAT LIST. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT THAT'S EXACTLY THE INTENT IS TO GET THIS STARTED. I THINK IT IS VERY EXCITING AS OVER ALTAR. SO I, TO, UM, THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN AND TAVO AND FOOL WHO [01:40:01] I JOINED WITH IN CO-SPONSORING, UM, ITEM 46, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE COULD, WHETHER AND HOW WE COULD ACCESS, UM, SOME OF THE HOT FUNDING TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO OUR ICONIC VENUES. AND I'LL WANT TO THINK AS A MEMBER KITCHEN FOR WHEN, WHEN I, WHEN I SAID, LET'S LOOK AT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BUCKET AND, AND, AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE OLD FUNDS FOR REALLY FOLLOWING UP ON HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN PRACTICE, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE. UM, THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON ON THE CONSENT IS I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOUR PARK ACQUISITION, PARKLAND ACQUISITION ITEMS, UM, THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. NONE OF THEM ARE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT, UM, THESE ARE ALL PROPERTIES THAT, UM, WE ARE SECURING WITH PARKLAND DEDICATION AND WITH BOND FUNDING. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR PARK STAFF, WHICH IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF TRYING TO ADDRESS, UM, ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PARKS AND TRAILS, UM, TO FOLKS ALL AROUND THE CITY AND SECURING THESE PROPERTIES, UM, AND EVENTUALLY DEVELOP THEM, UM, IS KEY TO THAT. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR, THEIR WORK AND BEING CREATIVE AND FINDING THESE PROPERTIES, UM, AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THE BOND FUNDS THAT THE VOTERS AUTHORIZED IN 2018 FOR LAND ACQUISITIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND YOU JUST, OKAY. NOW, CONTINUING ON WITH THE DISCUSSION COUNSELOR, SORRY. YOU WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, CHIEF GAY. YES. YES. WELL, IT'S JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, JUST BECAUSE SOME FOLKS HAD, HAD SEEN THIS ITEM AND HAD RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, UH, ENFORCEMENT GRANTS WHO ARE USED AT ANY WAY AGAINST, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE AND POTENTIALLY IN OTHER PLACES. UM, BUT UPON ASKING SOME QUESTIONS AND WE GOT A MEMO, CHIEF GATEWAY, HE JUST CONFIRMED THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NO RECORD SINCE WE'VE STARTED RECEIVING THIS GRANT IN 2011 OF, UM, ARTISTS OR MUSICIANS, TRADEMARK, OR COPYRIGHT ISSUES BEING ENFORCED IN A WAY THAT ARRESTS THOSE, THOSE FOLKS THAT Y'ALL, DON'T HAVE NO RECORD OF PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED FOR THOSE, UH, THINGS UNDER THIS GRANT. AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT FROM Y'ALL, BUT JUST WANTED CONFIRMATION. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, THIS IS CHIEF, UH, TROY GAVE WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, CECIL STAFF. YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN YOUR ASSESSMENT. AND WE, UH, ARE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS, UH, STRICTLY IN REGARDS TO THE MEMO THAT WE SENT YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. WELL, I, I FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING THE ITEM, UH, AND WITH THE CONTINUED DIRECTION THAT YOU STAY ON, THOSE PRIORITIES LAID OUT IN THE MEMO, WHICH WERE THINGS LIKE FRAUD THAT WITH TARGETING OUR, OUR ELDERLY AND, AND KIDS AND FINANCIAL CRIMES AND THAT SORT OF THING. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR, FOR MY OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT ASKED THAT QUESTION. THANKS. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, GOOD. UH, WE'RE ON A CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 49. I WAS BEING TOLD RIGHT NOW ARE NINE 11 AND 40 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON SOME NUMBER TOBO HERE. IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE COULD JUST PUT NINE BACK ON? I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 40 AND WHETHER IT NEEDED A POSTPONEMENT, BUT CAN WE KEEP NINE ON FOR THE MOMENT? AND I THINK HER QUESTION, I THINK, I THINK MY RECOLLECTION WAS ALISON'S QUESTION WAS WHETHER, BECAUSE SHE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT NUMBER 40, THAT SEEMED TO BE RELATED ITEM NUMBER NINE, SHE WASN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT NINE SHOULD PASS UNTIL OTHER QUESTIONS WOULD EXPECT 40 MINUTES. UM, NO, I, I WANTED TO, UM, I MEAN, I, I WANTED 40 NOT TO PASS WITHOUT SOME MORE TIME, BUT I THINK NINE NEEDS TO BE POSTPONED REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS ON 40. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO NUMBER NINE SPENT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH A POSTPONEMENT UNTIL NEXT WEEK HEARING NON NINE WILL BE POSTPONED TILL NEXT WEEK AND REMAIN PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT JUST LEAVES US THEN 11 AND 40 BEING POOR, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THOSE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. YES. CAN I MAKE A, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS, ONE I WANTED TO REQUEST OF OUR MANAGER. I KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR THIS CONVERSATION AT OUR NEXT, AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, BUT EARLY IN [01:45:01] THE, IN JANUARY, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A CONVERSATION, A COUNCIL CONVERSATION, A PIECE OF WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION RELATED TO SOME OF THE MEMOS WE RECEIVED ABOUT THE HISTORIC FUNDING RELATED TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM REALLY BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS A COUNCIL, THE CALCULATIONS AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SEEM TO DIVERGE FROM THE LAST GROUP OF CALCULATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CARLA STEPHENS. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HISTORICAL FUNDING FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PIECE OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY, I BELIEVE THERE IS MORE, MORE THERE, UM, THAN THE STAFF MEMO SUGGESTED. AND CARLA STEPHAN'S MEMO HAD INDICATED THERE WAS. SO I KNOW THAT'S LIKE WAY IN THE WEEDS FOR TODAY. MY REQUEST REALLY IS JUST, COULD WE GET IT ON OUR WORK SESSION FOR EARLY JANUARY BECAUSE IT'S SIGNIFICANT. AND I, AND I DON'T WANT TOO MUCH TIME TO PASS AND HAVE STAFF BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, SANCTIONED, UH, THAT PARTICULAR ASSUMPTION. IT ALSO RELATES TO A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND SOME GUIDANCE WE PROVIDED TO STAFF ABOUT THAT HISTORIC ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT REMAINED, UM, WITHIN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND A POTENTIAL FUTURE USE THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IN OPEN SESSION. AND TWO, I THINK BEFORE MUCH MORE TIME PASSES, WE NEED TO GET FUNDED TO GET A REALLY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN STAFF AND THE COUNCIL ABOUT, UM, ABOUT ONE, HOW MUCH FUNDING EXISTS AND TO WHAT ONE CONTEMPLATED USES OF IT. SO MANAGER, IF YOU COULD ADD THAT IN FOR, FOR JANUARY, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I ALSO JUST, AH, AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR POSTPONING FOR NINE. I, THAT ADDITIONAL TIME IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK FOR COUNCIL, BUT ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR MANAGER. I WANTED, I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH SOUTH AND SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY TO RE TO RESPOND AND TO HELP US AND GUIDE US IN OUR USE OF PUBLICLY OWNED LAND SEAHOLM TRACT, THE GREEN DEVELOPMENT, THE SEA HOME INTAKE, BUILDING THESE ALL IN INCLUDED A PUBLIC COMPONENT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO HELPING MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST AND THE COMMUNITY'S INVESTMENT IN SUPPORT OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO USE PUBLICLY OWNED CITY OWNED TRACKS AS THEY WERE REDEVELOPED. AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE DON'T SKIP THAT STEP WITH HEALTH SOUTH. AND SO, UM, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE POSTPONEMENT, WHETHER DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE VOTE NEXT WEEK OR VOTE IN EARLY JANUARY, I'D LIKE TO ADD AND, AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING SOME DIRECTION, UM, TO OUR, TO OUR MANAGER THAT I HOPE OUR COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT ABOUT INCLUDING THAT PUBLIC COMPONENT AND FEEDBACK SESSION. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MANAGER TO CREATE A PROJECT PAGE, UM, ABOUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE. SO THAT INFORMATION, SO THAT THAT FEEDBACK CAN ALSO COME IN, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. UM, AND COLLEAGUES, UH, WITHIN EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW, UH, MY STAFF AND I ARE WORKING TO COMPILE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT THE PROPOSALS WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, AND ALSO TO IT, AND IN PART TO GUIDE OUR THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD GET TO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS TRACK. I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY HERE. I WAS. UM, I'M REALLY GLAD AS, AS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN, WHO HELPED INITIATE, YOU KNOW, CO-LEAD THE INITIATION OF THIS, OR CO-SPONSORED THE INITIATION OF THIS PROCESS TO LOOK AT HEALTH SOUTH FOR THE USE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I'M EXCITED TO BE AT THIS ART POINT. UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATIONS AND TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS ON THIS TRACK. SO IF YOU WOULD JUST BASE, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE, OR THE MESSAGE BOARD POSTS, AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, MY STAFF, UM, ASHLEY RICHARDSON ON MY STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF COMPILING A LOT OF THE REPORTS THAT ARE NOT PART OF OUR BACKUP FOR TODAY'S AGENDA. AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE LINKS TO THOSE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AS WELL, SO THAT THAT CAN HELP, CAN HELP, UM, GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION AND THE COMMUNITY'S CONVERSATION. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THOSE ARE FAVORITES. SORRY TO HAVE CONFUSED IT. I THINK WE DID. I THINK WE ALREADY DID MY COMMENTS TIME. I'M SORRY TO THROW THINGS OFF. I THINK I CALLED FOR THE VOTE. I DON'T KNOW. WE ACTUALLY DID IT. YES, WE DID. MAYOR. WE DID. OKAY. UH, THEN, THEN THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSED. I DON'T REMEMBER RAISING MY HAND. IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED EVERYBODY RAISED THEIR HAND AND PASSES. I MAY HAVE DONE THAT TWICE, I THINK, BUT IT'LL COUNT ANYHOW, BUT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, ITEM THREE 80. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TO THINK ABOUT THAT OVER LUNCH AND THEN COME BACK WITH, UH, HOW THEY [01:50:01] PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE TIME OVER LUNCH TO THINK ABOUT [40. (Part 1 of 2) Approve an ordinance waiving right-of-way fees in an amount not to exceed $3,300,000 related to the realignment of Red River Street between 12th and 15th Streets by Travis County Healthcare District doing business as Central Health. ] IT. I DON'T REMEMBER. 40. DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALISON, BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE DESK, UM, I'M OKAY TO HEAR WHAT, UM, DIRECTOR SPILLER HAS TO SAY. AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT MY CONCERN IS AS, SO THE ILA THAT LED TO THIS, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE AT THE TIME BECAUSE I WANTED MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THESE, THIS 3 MILLION COSTS WILL HAVE TO BE ABSORBED BY HEALTH SOUTH, WHICH WILL MEAN THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FEWER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT, THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING. AND SO THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. IF WE PROVE THIS, THEN WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING HOW SOUTH HAS TO DO THAT, OR WE ABSORB IT. UM, AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WITHOUT SOME MORE CLARITY. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GET THAT CLARITY, UM, TODAY. UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT MR. SPILLER HAS TO SAY. AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT UP AGAIN AFTER LUNCH, IF IT DOESN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE, IF HE'S FINE WITH THE POSTPONEMENT FOR THE WEEK, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. MR. SPELLER, IF ADDRESS THAT ISSUE SUBSTANTIVELY AND ALSO POSTPONE FLOAT WEEK. HI. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. MIS, UM, TO BE CLEAR, UH, HEALTH SOUTH WILL NOT, WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE WAIVED FEES. THOSE ARE SEPARATE. THE ROADWAY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH AND THE FEE WAIVER, UH, OUR FEES THAT WE WOULD NOT, UM, COLLECT ON THAT CONSTRUCTION. UH, AND SO HEALTH SOUTH AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT WILL NOT BE SADDLED WITH ANY OF THOSE FEES. WE OBVIOUSLY NEED THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT GOES THROUGH THAT PROPERTY THAT WAS ALREADY, UH, PRESENTED AND CONCEIVED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN STRAIGHTEN THE STREET OUT, BUT ALL DEVELOPMENT COSTS WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THE ILA WITH CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, IN TERMS OF POSTPONING, UM, THE DEVELOPER, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? UM, YEAH, I WANT TO, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT, I MAY HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS AFTER LUNCH, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. UM, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE OF A POSTPONEMENT FOR A WEEK. UM, IN TERMS OF THE CONSEQUENCES, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR READY TO START THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, UH, PROVIDER OF THAT STREET, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE UT DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS ALREADY PAID ALL OF THE PERMITS AND THE DESIGN, AND THEY ARE, UM, REALLY READY TO GET STARTED. AND, UH, EVERY BIT OF DELAY DELAYS IN MOVING FORWARD AND BEING CONFIDENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR BUILDING. SO IT WOULD BE AN IMPACT. OKAY. SO MAYBE IF I CAN JUST GET BACK TO AFTER LUNCH AND SEE IF I HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, STILL REMAIN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE ILA THAT WE SIGNED. UM, BUT, UH, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS AFTER LUNCH AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT THEN IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS LAST WEEK, WHEN THE, ONCE THE AGENDA POSTED, I WAS REFLECTING BACK ON THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ILA COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND REMEMBERING THAT YOU HAD URGED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AT LEAST THE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF US TO APPROVE. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE END WE DID NOT. WE, WE MADE A DECISION ON THAT WITHOUT REVIEWING THE DOCUMENTS. THE CONSEQUENCE FOR HEALTH SELF APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THAT IN THE COURSE OF DOING WHAT SWITCHED FROM AN RFI TO AN RFP, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE OF THE ILA THEN ADDED IN THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE HEALTH SOUTH DEVELOPMENT. SO IT IS A CITY OWNED TRACT AND A PROJECT DESIGNED TO DO, TO FULFILL OUR INTEREST IN HAVING COMMUNITY BENEFITS THEN BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MORE THAN $3 MILLION COST OF THE RED RIVER ALIGNMENT THAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO THOSE WHO WERE DOING PROPOSALS AND WHO KNOWS HOW THAT IMPACTED THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED, BECAUSE IT BECAME A REVENUE REQUIREMENT THAT WAS ADDED ONTO THE, ONTO THE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED LONG AFTER ANY COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ABOUT HEALTH SOUTH. I MEAN, IT JUST HAPPENED IN THE COURSE OF THE SWITCH FROM THE RFI TO THE RFP, WHICH CAME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOUGH WE, AS A COUNCIL, TALKED ABOUT DOING AN RFI AND HAD CONFIRMATION FROM OUR HOUSING STAFF, THAT THAT WAS THE CASE CBR ELS, I THINK IT WAS SAID ON TUESDAY THAT IT WAS THE LANGUAGE AND OUR RESOLUTION THAT PROMPTED THAT CHANGE, THAT WASN'T ACCURATE. IT [01:55:01] WAS CBR ELS CAME ON BOARD TO ASSIST THE CITY AND RECOMMENDED AFTER OUR COUNCIL CONVERSATION RECOMMENDED TO OUR CITY STAFF, THEY SWITCHED TO AN RFP, WHICH THEY DID. AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION, ONCE THE ILA PASSED AGAIN IN THE INTERIM, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATED TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEALTH SELF PROJECT THAT WENT INTO THE RFP. THOSE WHO DID PROPOSALS HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THAT COST. SO, I MEAN, I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND I BELIEVE, UM, DIRECTOR SKILLER, YOU JUST CONFIRMED THAT YOU HAVE NOW CHANGED THAT DECISION. YES. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A CHANGE THAT HAS JUST HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, I HAD A MEETING WITH STAFF ON MONDAY AND THEN ON TUESDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HEALTH SOUTH WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO BEAR THAT COST. BUT THAT IS, I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, I THINK MISSED THAT PIECE OF THE MEETING, THAT IS A, THAT'S A BRENT. AND FOR SOME REASON THE AUDIO WAS NOT GREAT AT OUR WORK SESSION. AND SO I GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO, ABOUT WHETHER THAT WAS WHAT A DIRECTOR WAS SAYING. SO I APPRECIATE YOU CONFIRMING THAT, THAT THAT IS THE CASE THAT HEALTH SOUTH IS NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT COST, BUT THAT IS A BRAND NEW DECISION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME OF THE, UH, DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE RFI RFP, WE DID NOT HAVE A SOLUTION ON THE ILA WITH A DIFFERENT PARTNER AND THEY WERE PARALLEL PROCESSES, AND YES, WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT SUCH THAT WE NO LONGER HAD TO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY. SO HEALTH SOUTH WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY. WELL, THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, HOW OFTEN WE'LL FIND OURSELVES IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. I HOPE AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AGAIN ABOUT CITY CITY, OWN TRACKS THAT ARE BEING REDEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. I HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT THEN GOING TO SADDLE THEM UP WITH, WITH, UM, FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS, JUST BECAUSE WE DO A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE REALLY A CITY PROJECT. SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE IT, THAT DECISION. I DO THINK JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS OPENS UP MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UM, AT TRACT, BECAUSE WITH THAT $3 MILLION REMOVED, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE TO STAFF IS HOW THAT REMOVAL WOULD IMPACT, NOT JUST THE ONE THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED, NOT JUST THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED, BUT HOW IT MIGHT HAVE IMPACTED THE OTHER TWO, SOME OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND MANAGER, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ALSO THAT THE APPLICANTS, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING SO THAT THE APPLICANTS FOR THE HELP SOUTH PROJECT BE PRESENT NEXT THURSDAY. UM, SO THAT, OR WHENEVER WE TAKE THIS UP FOR, UM, FOR OUR NEXT LEVEL OF APPROVAL, SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OF THEM THAT VERY QUESTION, IT MAY BE HARD FOR OUR STAFF TO, TO RESPOND, BUT THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES MAY BE ABLE TO DO SO IT'S OUR ALTAR AND THE CASH POOL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO. UM, I DID MISS THAT ON, UH, TUESDAY WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND I WERE WORKING ON THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP INTERVIEW PROCESS, WHICH OVERLAPPED WITH THE EXTENSION OF WORK SESSION. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. UM, SO HEALTH SOUTH WILL NOT BE ON THE HOOK, WHOEVER DEVELOPS HEALTH SOUTH OR THE CITY WILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE REALIGNMENT. UM, SO THAT'S ONE, TWO, UM, WE ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT OF WAY FEES. SO WE ARE, IF, IF THIS WAS OTHERWISE DONE, WE WOULD HAVE THOSE FEES ARE THE COSTS FOR PERMITTING, ET CETERA, STILL BEING COVERED. UM, AND THEN IS UT COVERING ALL OF THE COSTS OF THE MOVEMENT OR, OR CENTRAL HEALTH, WHICHEVER ONE, UM, MOVING THE RED RIVER THERE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS ROB SPILLER. AGAIN, LET ME ASK TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST AND THIRD QUESTION FIRST, UH, ALL COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION ARE BEING BORN BY CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RED RIVER STREET. UH, WE WILL COME TO YOU WITH A, UM, A PROPOSAL TO, UH, TRANSFER RIGHT AWAY TO THEM TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CITY'S EXPENSE. THAT'S WHERE AT AND T GETS INVOLVED. AND THAT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA DESIGN PROCESS. THAT IS, IS ONGOING. UH, AND SO AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, HEALTH SOUTH WILL NOT HAVE ANY COST OF CONSTRUCTION. UH, WE DO, OF COURSE, I WILL JUST SAY AGAIN, NEED THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM HEALTH SOUTH TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE ROAD IN THAT LOCATION. AND THAT'S BEEN ACCOMMODATED IN THE DESIGN CONCEPTS IN TERMS OF COST OF SERVICE. YES. UH, UM, CENTRAL HEALTH AND THEREFORE UT [02:00:01] THE DEVELOPER OF THE ROADWAY WILL PAY THE COST OF SERVICE. WHAT WE ARE WAIVING ARE THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY RENTAL FEES THAT ARE USUALLY USED WHEN A DEVELOPER'S BUILDING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE REASON WE BELIEVE THAT'S APPROPRIATE HERE IS THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW STREET ON BEHALF OF THE CITY HERE, UH, CORRECTING A GRID PROBLEM. UH, MOST OF THE WORK THAT REQUIRES THIS AS DRAINAGE WORK THAT IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, AS A BETTERMENT TO THE OVERALL PROJECT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER BACK TO THE ILA IS THE PORTION THAT IS BEING SWAPPED. IS THAT THE PORTION THAT RUNS ALONG THE WATERLOO PARK OR IS IT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO WRAPAROUND HOUSING? UH, IT IS THAT PIECE YES. NEAR ONE 68, THAT, THAT ILA IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES OF BEING COMPLETED. YES. OKAY. AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT PROPERTY IS USED NEAR ONE 68, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF EXISTING RED RIVER AND 15TH STREET, UM, STILL NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT YES, THAT IS, UH, THE SAME DISCUSSION THAT YOU REFER TO. OKAY. I CONTINUE TO HAVE MY RESERVATIONS OVER THAT, UM, PART OF THE ILA, UM, PROCESS. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS PART AND PARCEL OF WAIVING THE FEES ON THAT. I WILL, UM, CONFER WITH MY STAFF OVER LENGTH AND SEE IF I HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND I, AND MY STAFF ARE AVAILABLE. SHOULD THEY NEED TO TALK TO US? OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR PLAN ON BAKE BACK RIGHT AFTER LUNCH? WE'LL SEE IF WE KNOCKED THEN I THINK IT'S NEXT. I'M SORRY. I THINK I WAS AFTER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATE. OKAY. YES. THANKS. UM, MR. SPILLER, I WAS CURIOUS THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE FROM THE RFI TO THE RFP WAS THAT BEFORE OR AFTER THE, UM, ITEM WAS PUBLISHED PUBLICLY LOOKING FOR RESPONDENTS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. I WOULD DEFER THAT TO MARGARET SHAW OR SOMEONE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO KNOW WHEN ACTUALLY HAPPENED. UM, THE TWO PROCESSES WERE IN PARALLEL. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT ACTUALLY WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED. SO, UM, I'M CURIOUS AND KIND OF AMPLIFYING A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WAS TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IF IMPACTS DID THAT CHANGE HAVE ON, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PARTIES THAT HAD ALREADY EXPECTED A RESPONSE AND, UM, MR. GODS ELLIS OR MS. PERSON Y'ALL, COULD YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION? THANK YOU. MARY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY AND SOLACE, UH, MEMBER POOL. WE'LL CERTAINLY GET YOU. THOSE DATES SPENT AS THE DIRECTOR, SPILLER HAD INDICATED THEY WERE PARALLEL PROCESSES THAT RAN AT THE SAME TIME WITH REGARD TO THE ART PROCESS WE CHECKED WITH PURCHASING, AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PROCESS WAS COMPROMISED BECAUSE ALL PARENTS WERE REQUESTING TO GET THE THING, THING, A DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT WE CAN ADD? NOPE, I THINK YOU GOT IT. SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO PRESS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN MY SIX YEARS ON COUNCIL AND MY MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT IN FOLLOWING, UM, UH, COUNCIL ACTIVITIES AND ACTIONS, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW STAFF CAN CHANGE AN RFI INTO AN RFP WITHOUT BRINGING THAT CHANGE BACK TO COUNCIL. UM, IT, IT WAS THIS I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A PARALLEL RFI RFP PROCESS. UM, SINCE YOU INDICATE THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE DOING, HOW COME WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT? AND HOW OFTEN HAVE WE DONE THAT BEFORE? SURE. IF I COULD CLARIFY THE PARALLEL PROCESS WAS NOT AN RFI OR RFP, IT WAS THE RP PROCESS. AND THE ILA PROCESS DOES IS WHAT, THE ONES THAT WERE RUNNING PARALLEL AT TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, THE ILA BEING CENTRAL HEALTH AND OUR HEALTH CENTER. SO THIS IS LIKE REALLY INCREDIBLY AND PROBABLY NECESSARILY CONFUSING. I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED THE WEEK POSTPONEMENT ON THIS ITEM TO KIND OF SORT THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT IT DOES RAISE SOME TROUBLING QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT WHAT STAFF IS DOING AFTER A COUNCIL HAS GIVEN DIRECTION. AND, UM, SO, UH, SOUP MANAGER, IF, IF YOU COULD HAVE STUFF SET UP SOME TIME WITH ME AND MY, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF TO REVIEW ALL OF THIS, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BEFORE, UM, TUESDAY'S WORK SESSIONS. THERE'S NO CONFUSING BY NO MEANS, AM I SUGGESTING THE PROCESS WAS COMPROMISED IN ANY WAY? I'M SIMPLY THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF, WELL, LET ME, THERE ARE, THERE WERE SOME OTHER SHIFTS THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS AND, AND WHETHER THE RFP OR RFI IT WAS, I THINK AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. IT WAS NOT SWITCHED ONCE PUBLISHED. THEY, WE LOST YOUR KEVIN. I WAS JUST ANSWERING SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL RAISED, [02:05:01] UM, THE SHIFT. IT WAS PUBLISHED AS AN RFP AND, AND THE PROCESS. I COMPLETELY CONCUR WITH ACM GONZALEZ. THE PROCESS IN ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WAS COMPROMISED. BUT, UM, WHAT I W I FIND I'M TRYING TO MAKE WITH THE ILA, I MEAN, WITH THE, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED RIGHT AWAY COST, IS THAT NOW THAT THE STAFF HAVE DECIDED THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO HELP STYLE ALL OF THE PROPOSAL WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET, OR THAT'S A COST THAT ANY DEVELOPER WE ELECTED TO PARTNER WITH, UM, DOESN'T HAVE TO BEAR. AND SO THAT CHANGES, I, I WOULD ARGUE THAT WILL CHANGE THE NUMBERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT WE CAN GET ON THAT SITE. SO THAT'S RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ATDS, UM, DECISION ON THAT. I AM TROUBLED THAT IT EVER WAS ASCRIBED, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS TO THE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S AT THIS POINT, UM, UH, A PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN RECTIFIED NOW, NOW THE QUESTION I THINK IS FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR THE APPLICANTS, HOW MIGHT THAT HAVE CHANGED THE PROPOSAL YOU SUBMITTED AND HOW CAN IT CHANGE THE PROJECT AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? AND, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF, I'M NOT SURE THAT ANY OF US CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT MIGHT'VE CHANGED, THE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED, OR WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT WERE, UM, COULD FELT THEY COULDN'T BEAR THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE ASKED BECAUSE OF THAT ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S JUST SPECULATE. THAT WOULD JUST BE PURE SPECULATION AT THIS POINT. WHAT I KNOW IS NOW THAT WE'VE REMOVED THAT 3 MILLION, WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL. SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN HAVE, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING WITH THAT SAFETY FIRST. YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOE. AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS AIMING TO, IF, IF KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE 3 MILLION IN THE STREET IMPACT AND THE REALIGNMENT OF RED RIVER, UM, IF THE PARTIES THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD TO PAY THAT, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE HAD SOME IMPACT ON THE PROPOSALS THAT THEY WOULD SUBMIT THE CITY. AND SO I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMING ON WHEN, UH, THE PARTIES WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY DIDN'T ANY LONGER HAVE TO PAY THAT. AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT CASCADE IS CAN WE SEE MORE IMPORTANT THAT'S IN THOSE PROPOSALS? UM, I, IF, IF IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE PROCESS WAS RUN APPROPRIATELY AND PROPERLY, THAT'S FRANK. I WENT TO A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION OVER HOW THIS ALL PLAYED OUT AND WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, ADDITIONAL BRIEFING PRACTICALLY ON IT. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN ASK THE OTHER TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT 3 MILLION IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE ON THE LEDGER FOR THE PARTIES WHO WANT TO RESPONDING TO THE PROPOSAL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE THE PROPOSALS APPLY. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON ITEM NUMBER 40 TILL AFTER LUNCH. WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP. UH, [Citizen Communications: General ] WE'RE GOING TO DO CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION NOW, SO WE CAN LET THOSE SPEAKERS GO. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE OUR, OUR LUNCH BREAK. YOU GO IN THEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION CLERK, MYRNA. IF YOU'RE WITH US, CAN YOU CALL THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS? THE FIRST SPEAKER IS, HAS SUZMAN MENDOZA, AND I THINK WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS, THREE CALLED IN THREE SPEAKERS HAS SUSAN MENDOZA. YES, MA'AM I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY. UM, MAYOR, UH, CITY OFFICIALS. MY NAME IS MENDOZA. MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (956) 583-7812. I HAVE BEEN HOME BOUND FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS WHILE I LIKED IN ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY EHS. I'M A SLEEP DEPRIVED. I'M IN PAIN ALL THE TIME. EVERY DAY. THERE'S A DIFFERENT TOSHA. THIS IS A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE EVIDENCE ON THE FEDERAL RECORD PROVES THAT MY UHS WAS CAUSED BY A RETALIATORY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. WE USE IT DIRECTOR MICROWAVES AND OTHER HARMFUL RADIATION. MY YEAR HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND BY COURTS AS A PHYSICAL MEDICAL CONDITION AND AS A DISABILITY, ESTIMATED THAT WITHOUT KNOWING MORE THAN 50% OF THE POPULATION IS SUFFERING SYMPTOMS, VHS TEACHERS, DOCTORS, ATTORNEYS, AND EVEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ARE SUFFERING FROM DHS. SEE, WE ARE THE EVIDENCE.ORG. DESPITE THE EHS IS REACHING PER PROPORTIONS. MOST DOCTORS ARE IN THE DARK OR IN DENIAL AND CONTINUE MISDIAGNOSING AND MISTREATING WITH HARMFUL DRUGS AND WITH UNNECESSARY INVASIVE PROCEDURES, SYMPTOMS, AND SIGNS THAT DISAPPEAR BY JUST AVOIDING MICROWAVE [02:10:01] RADIATION ON NOVEMBER, 2016, THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON ADMITTED IN OPEN COURT THAT BECAUSE OF MY LIFE THREATENED IN EHS, INCARCERATION IS FOR ME AT THAT SENTENCE. AND THEN IT RESPONDS TO COUNTER LAWSUITS. AND BY DEFAULT, PAXTON NEEDED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO ENFORCE BY INCARCERATION, FRAUDULENT CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS TO CONCEAL WHAT MY MURDER, THE COLLUSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT, WITH THE DALEVILLE COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, RICARDO BODEGAS AND OTHERS TO CONCEAL THEIR AMASSING MEDIC MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN A MESSY MEDICAID AND MEDICAL FRAUD. I DIDN'T USE TO CONCEAL THAT THE MICROWAVE WITH THE RADIATION AT SCHOOL IS MAIMING AND TOSHA INTO THEIR CHILDREN, TEACHERS, AND OTHER DEFENSE LISTEN, UNSUSPECTING VICTIMS. FURTHERMORE EVIDENCE ON THE RECORD PROVES THAT UNDER FABRICATORS, THE STUDENTS FROM NATIONAL SECURITY, AVID, PAXTON RODRIGUEZ, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE UDC, EVERY ENGAGED IN ACTUALLY THE MOSQUITO RACISM, INCLUDING ATTEMPTS TO CONCEAL THAT GOVERNMENT IS SPONSORED. BULLYING IS PROVOKING CHILDREN AND THE MENTALLY DISABLED TO COMMIT MASS SHOOTINGS AND OTHER ACTUAL THERMAL REASONS TO JUSTIFY THE MASSIVE AND CARNIVAL REVIEWS OR SURVEILLANCE OR SCHOOLS AND COMBS. AND TO CONCEAL THAT GOVERNMENT IS SPONSORED BULLYING AND HIGH-PROFILE DIRECTOR WITH THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE ARE BEING USED TO MAKE MENTAL SHIFT TO THAT. THOSE WERE THE NOUNS GOVERNMENT ATROCITIES AND OTHER DEFENSE LISTS IN THE SUSPECT IN VICTIMS, EVEN IN THE PRIVACY OR THE HOME AS THE FIELD, BUT THE PETITION THREE PIECE THREE FEDERAL JUDGES BY THE RELEVANT EVIDENCE TO THE CRUCIAL CASE AND BY THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OF DOMESTIC TOURISM, I GUESS I WOULD OR WIRELESS WATCH BLOG OR WIRELESS WATCH BLOG THAT, OR, OR SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH PARENTS, TEACHERS, DOCTORS, ATTORNEYS, JUDGES, AND LEGISLATORS CAN SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MATT BECK. HELLO. UM, I LIVE IN THE BEACON RIDGE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. UM, I LIVE IN THE BEACON RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DISTRICT TWO IN SOUTH AUSTIN NEAR FIRST AND FLUTTER, UH, MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAD A CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE WITH A PERSON LIVING IN A, LIKE AN INOPERABLE RV ON MARROW STREET FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. UH, MY NEIGHBORS AND I SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BELL CLARE LANE AND MARROW INTERSECTION VISIBILITY BEING HINDERED AS WELL AS THE TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT WERE PILING UP ON THE SIDEWALK AND IN THE STREET AROUND THE RV, UH, THE VEHICLES ARRIVED ON OUR STREET IN OCTOBER AND THEY IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE V THE WHEELS, BOTH VEHICLES MAKING THEM INOPERABLE. UH, THE RV WAS ACTUALLY REMOVED IN LATE NOVEMBER. UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY AFTER I HAD REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL MEETING HERE. UM, AND I ONLY HAVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I'LL SHARE ALL THE DETAILS, BUT I HAVE A DOCUMENT PREPARED, UH, WITH FURTHER INFORMATION IS, UH, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. UH, SO MY NEIGHBORS AND I ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BY CONTACTING THE THREE ONE, ONE SYSTEM, UH, THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, APD, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE. UH, THE RESOLUTION TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED BY THE LACK OF RESPONSE. UH, THE, THE RV WAS REMOVED BY U HAUL TRUCK AND NO ONE, UH, NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS RECEIVED ANY FOLLOW-UP, UH, ON THEIR, UH, REQUESTS FOR ANY OF THE REPORTING SYSTEMS. UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING AS CITIZENS, UH, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET A RESPONSE, UH, EVEN WHEN THE, UH, ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND, UM, I WILL TALK TO YOU LATER, MICHAEL EULER, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE. I, UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTH AUSTIN AND THE GLENDO NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I HAVE BEEN A HEALTHY STREETS CAPTAIN SINCE THE CONCEPTION THE SUMMER. AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ALL AND VOICE MY SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM. UM, I LIVE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE GARDEN VIA HEALTHY STREET, AND I KNOW THAT THE CHANGE IN HOW THAT STREET IS USED HAS BEEN DRAMATIC SINCE HEALTHY STREETS WAS INITIATED BACK DURING THE SUMMER. IT'S FUNNY THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR A HOME TO BUY IN SOUTH AUSTIN, WE LOOKED ON GARDEN VILLA, BUT OPTED TO NOT MOVE THERE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT WAS USED AT A THROUGH STREET. AND CLEARLY THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS FOR SAFE WALKING OF DOGS, CHILDREN, OR OTHERWISE. AND I REALLY FEEL THAT HEALTHY STREET HAS MADE THAT EASIER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS. AND FURTHER, I THINK YOU HAVE AN OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT TOOL IN THE FORM OF THE PROP B UH, PASSING LAST MONTH THAT INDICATES THAT THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN HAVE A APPETITE FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK, BIKE AND RUN SAFELY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF AUSTIN. SO WITH [02:15:01] THAT AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM. AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS LOCALLY ARE ALSO VERY, UH, VESTED IN IT. AND, UH, I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS. GREAT. THANK YOU. HI COLLEAGUES. IT IS, UH, 1220. UH, I WOULD HAVE US, UH, UH, TAKING OUR LUNCH BREAK NOW AND THEN COMING BACK TO, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, A LOT OF THINGS TO DO WHEN WE COME BACK. UH, SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ONE 30. UH, WHEN WE COME BACK OUT, UH, CLOSE TO TWO, WE'LL TAKE SPEAKERS ON THE AFTERNOON, UH, WORK, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT SIX SPEAKERS. UH, SO NOT VERY MANY. UM, WE CAN DO THE CONSENT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE ALL OF THE ZONING CASES EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ONE OR TWO. UH, WHEN WE'VE TAKEN THE CONSENT AGENDA ON, ON ZONING, WE CAN COME BACK AND FINISH THE ITEMS. THAT'LL STILL BE IN FRONT OF US. THE ITEMS STILL IN FRONT OF US, UH, WILL BE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE STAFF TO SPEAK TO US AT THE BEGINNING. UH, IT'S RIGHT THERE AS A RESOURCE QUESTION, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 40, UH, WHICH WAS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD JUST A MOMENT. UH, THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF US IS THE FEE WAIVER, UH, QUESTION. SO IT'S RELATIVELY NARROW AND WE ALSO HAVE THE AUSTIN FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, UH, ISSUES, UH, AND THEN TWO ITEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE STREET IMPACT FEE ISSUE IN ADDITION TO THE ZONING. UH, SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY BEFORE, BEFORE DINNER WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING [Executive Session ] TO NOW AT, UH, 1221, UH, TAKE A, UH, A RECESS, BUT THEN WE WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT ONE 30 TO TAKE UP TWO ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN. ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 56, AUSTIN TOURISM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND ALSO PURSUANT TO FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN TWO. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS, LED TO ITEM 55, WHICH IS THE HEALTH SOUTH TRACKED ISSUE ARE RELATED ITEM NUMBER NINE. THAT WAS POSTPONE. UH, KATHY, I GET TO YOU JUST ONE SECOND. UM, UH, NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE WOULD CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ONE 30. OKAY. HERE, A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TODAY, UM, I'M STILL REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS. UM, SO I HAVE FEWER QUESTIONS AND COULD HOLD THEM AND LESS, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE THEM ON THE REAL ESTATE PIECE OF ITEM NINE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO ITEM NINE. I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DO, I COULD SKIP THE REAL ESTATE DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AND JUST STICK TO A LEGAL DISCUSSION FOR NINE, KNOWING THAT LIKELY I WILL WANT TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE NEXT WEEK AT THIS POINT, THEN I'M GOING TO AMANDA ANNOUNCEMENTS TO ALLOW US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO BOTH ITEM 56 AND TO 55. UH, AND ALSO WE'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED 55 AS A POSSIBLE REAL ESTATE. SO WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, WE CAN THEN MAKE THAT DECISION COUNCIL MEMBER FOR 30. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. RIGHT. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER FOR THAT? IT'S THE, IS THE HEALTH SOUTH? IT IS LISTED TWICE IT NUMBER NINE IS LISTED IN EXECUTIVE SECTION EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION IS ITEM 55. MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU. AND IF W IF SORRY, MAYOR, UH, THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT WAS LEGAL ISSUES ON ITEM 55. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CLARIFY THAT RIGHT NOW THAT SO WE COULD IF HAVE THE REAL ESTATE NEXT WEEK, IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT JUST DO THE LEGAL ISSUES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO PRESENTED. UH, TUESDAY, I WAS HOPING TO HEAR WHAT THE REAL ESTATE QUESTIONS WERE. UM, BUT WE COUNSEL DO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SUGGEST THAT SHE COULD HOLD OFF ON HER REAL ESTATE QUESTIONS UNLESS PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THEM. UH, TODAY YOU DON'T WANT TO EXPRESS A PREFERENCE. I WISH I KNEW WHAT THE QUESTIONS WERE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS IT, BUT SHORT MANNER. I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO, I, THEY WON'T BE THE FULL LIST OF QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION. LET'S HAVE THE [02:20:01] REAL ESTATE QUESTION AT THE VERY LEAST IT'LL DAYLIGHT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THE ISSUES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS. SO WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THEY GO ITEMS ON BOTH 55 AND 56 AND REAL ESTATE ON 55 WITH THAT NOW 1225 COUNCIL MEMBER AT 38. I JUST WANTED TO LET, JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THE APPLICANT AND, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, THE CONTACT TEAM WANTED TO DEFER, POSTPONE THE ITEM TO NEXT WEEK ON 64 SOUTH AUSTIN APARTMENT THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF SIGNED SOME DOCUMENT AND THEN COME BACK ON AND I WILL GO ON CONSENT NEXT WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT THEN, UH, UH, STROKE 25. WE'RE IN RECESS. WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE 30. I'LL SEE YOU ALL ON THAT OTHER CHANNEL. THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA INDICATED THE NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE UPTAKE, BOTH AGREE TO A POSTPONE REQUEST. ONE 64 TO 64 IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED. OKAY. NO OTHER, UH, AGENDA ITEM EXCEPT FOR 64, CORRECT. WELL, 64 IS BEING POSTPONED, BUT THE REST OF THE SONY CASES WILL BE, UH, WILL BE CALLED. SOME ARE BEING POSTED. SOME WILL BE HEARD. YEP. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, ADAM SHARP. HI. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. GREAT. SO MY NAME IS ADAM SHARP. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE STONE GATE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, STONE GET, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ROVER DESIGN FOR MONTHS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS IS THE, UM, TESLA'S MAIN CASE IN CASE, UH, THAT WASN'T CLEAR. UM, SO THIS PACE, IT WAS INDEFINITELY POSTPONED IN AUGUST WITH AESTHETIC CONDITIONS ON THE TABLE. UH, BUT THROUGH OUR WAITED UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER TO CONTACT US, THEY SHOWING US WITH AN ULTIMATUM TAKING MOST OF OUR CONDITIONS AWAY. WE STILL WANT TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE DON'T GET A SENSE THAT THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE AT. PLEASE DON'T KNOW TO INDICATE THEY SHOULD HAVE RETURNED TO THE DISCUSSIONS WE LEFT IN AUGUST. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO OF THEM STONED IN CASES THIS YEAR IN OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE'RE ABLE TO COMPROMISE WITH THROWER ON ONE OF THEM ON EAST MLK. WE FEEL WE NEED TO TAILOR THE SF SIX CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE IT WILL WORK FOR ALL AND ENSURING IT'S UTILIZED AS PROPOSED FOR HOUSING OF THE SCALE AND INTENSITY PRESENTED. UM, WE FEEL THIS IS A REASONABLE STANCE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ANDRE. HI, UH, MY NAME IS ANDRE . UM, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, UH, MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HERE ON ANNA ROSA LOOP. UM, I AM JUST HERE TO, UM, SUPPORT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 73, UH, THE REZONING OF ONE 35 OH FIVE BURNET ROAD. UM, WE'VE COME TO A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE, UM, AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER AND, UM, I, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BE PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE AS PERTAINS TO THIS CASE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST REMEMBER HARPER MEDICINE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION FOR ANYBODY LISTENING AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, THE COMPLICATED CASE, WHICH IS, UM, THE HEFLIN LAND CASE 74 AND 75. I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME CLARITY. UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WASN'T AN ULTIMATUM. I THINK, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT WAS PROVIDED WAS ASKED FOR BY THE MLK CONTACT TEAM THEY ASKED. SO, UH, THE OPTIONS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN WHICH CASE, THERE WAS ONE PRESENTATION THAT SAID, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DEVELOP BASED ON THE ZONING REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT ZONING REQUESTS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WHAT CAN HAPPEN BY, RIGHT? SO THERE WASN'T ANY ULTIMATUM. THEY DIDN'T SAY, IF YOU DON'T OFFER US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS ZONING VARIANCE, UM, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THIS. [02:25:01] THEY WERE JUST PRESENTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE FACTS, WHICH IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN BY RIGHT, IF THEY DON'T GET THE ZONING REQUEST. AND THAT WAS REQUESTED BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ZEN ZENOBIA JOSEPH. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AS AN OB AND JOSEPH TWO CASES THAT I SIGNED UP FOR 58 IS ONE WAY OUT, AND I JUST WANTED TO REFER YOU BACK TO THE RECORD, BUT I WANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE MY REMARKS BY REMINDING YOU THAT ON NOVEMBER 12TH, YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION, WHICH SPOKE TO THE EASTERN CRESCENT. AND SPECIFICALLY IT TALKS ABOUT EQUITABLE LAND USE PRACTICES EAST OF US, ONE 83 AND THE FM NINE 69 AREA AS WELL. AND SO I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE JULY 7TH, 2020 ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION TRANSCRIPT, WHERE THE APPLICANT WAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY IF HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, WHICH WAS FOR THE SERVICE STATIONS. AND HE SAID SPECIFICALLY, OKAY, IF WHAT YOU MEAN BY SERVICE STATION, LIKE GAS STATION WITH THE PUMP, THINGS THAT, THAT NATURE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM. YOU ALL CAN PUT THAT IN THERE. OKAY. AND THEN THEY ASKED THEM AGAIN, UM, AT THE END OF THAT HEARING AND HE DIDN'T COMMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANGED. I AM JUST STICKING TO THE TRANSCRIPT AND WHAT I HEARD, I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL THAT THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TWICE. THEY VOTED SEPTEMBER 1ST, SIX TO THREE, AND THEY VOTED JULY SEVEN, 2020. I WANTED TO ANSWER A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S QUESTION. SHE ASKED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS. UM, THERE'S A PATTERN ON THE, IN THIS AREA, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR FM NINE 69 AREA. I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION AS WELL, USUALLY ABOUT CRAIG WOOD RESIDENTS. AND OFTENTIMES THE CASES HAVE BEEN PASSED ON CONSENT AGENDA WITH NO DISCUSSION SPECIFICALLY THE ONE THAT WAS AT FM NINE 69 AND US ONE 83, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, UH, FOR THE CASE WHERE IT WAS FOR THE LIQUOR STORE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WAS NOTIFIED IN THIS CASE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT, UH, THE RATIONALE WAS. I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION. IT WAS BENZENE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF BENZENE CAN CAUSE CANCER AND LEUKEMIA. THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT FIVE GAS STATIONS IN A TWO MILE SPAN. THERE ARE TWO IN THE VICINITY OF 56 OH ONE NIXON, AND THERE ARE THREE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF FM, NINE 69 AND US ONE 83. AND SO WHILE I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT, UH, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT AREA SPECIFY THAT THERE WERE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN THE AREA. AND SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY PROPERTIES WERE ABLE TO HAVE A GAS STATION AND THE FLOOD PLAIN. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT SOMETHING IS NOT IN THAT AREA. IF YOU HAVE FIVE GAS STATIONS. AND THEN I REFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT SHE MADE REGARDING REGAL ARBOR, AND THIS WAS IN 2017 WHERE SHE WERE AT TWENTY-FIVE USES INTO THE RECORD IN A COMMERCIAL AREA. UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY, UM, THE OTHER CASE, UH, MAYOR AND I KNOW MY TIME EXPIRED IS, UM, WAS DAVID CHAPEL. UM, AND ALL I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS FOR THEM TO GET INPUT FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY, UH, WOULD THAT REZONING CASE SINCE IT'S BEEN POSTPONED ABOUT 10 TIMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JERRY, CAN YOU TAKE [Zoning Consent Agenda ] US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? SURE. MAYOR JERRY REST OVER WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 57. THIS IS CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO OH ZERO 96. I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM 58 IS CASEY 14, 2020 DOUBLE ZERO 57. I CAN ALSO OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, I HAVE NUMBER 59 IS K C EIGHT 14 2018 ZERO ONE 21. UH, THIS CASE IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO DECEMBER 10TH. ITEM 60 IS CASE MTA 2019 ZERO ZERO ZERO 3.01. THIS IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO DECEMBER 10TH RELATED ITEM IS 61 CITY 14, 2020 ZERO ONE ZERO FIVE. ALSO, STEPH WAS PROM REQUESTED DECEMBER 10TH. ALSO RELATED TO THIS CASE, ITEM 62 K C 14, [02:30:01] 2020 ZERO ONE ZERO SIX. STAFF WITH PORT REQUESTED THIS NUMBER 10TH. UH, ANOTHER RELATED ITEM IS I AM 65, C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE ZERO SEVEN. ALSO, STEPH WAS PULLMAN REQUEST TO DECEMBER 10TH. ITEM 64 IS K C 14, 2020 ZERO OH ZERO 93. THIS IS A DUAL POSTPONE REQUEST. BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO TO DECEMBER 10TH, SHERRY. YES. RIGHT BEFORE THAT, I THINK YOU SAID 65. DID YOU MEAN 63? YES. I'M SORRY. I SHOULD PUT ON MY READING GLASSES ON DECEMBER 10TH. OKAY. CONTINUE. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 65 IS . I'M SORRY. NPA, 2020 ZERO OH ZERO ONE 6.03. THIS IS THAT WE CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON FIRST READING ITEM 66, THIS CASE SEE 14, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE. ALSO OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ITEM 67 CASE MTA 2020 ZERO OH ZERO ONE 6.02 AND OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS. I DIDN'T REMEMBER. 68 C 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 82. ALSO OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 69 K C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE ZERO EIGHT. ALSO OFFER FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 70 K C 14, 2021 ZERO NINE. NOT FOR THAT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, I AM 71. 77. ALSO OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 72, KC 14, 2020 ZERO HUNDRED AND 91. I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CASE DISCUSSED ITEM NUMBER 73 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO OH ZERO 92 CAN OFFER THAT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS. NOW ITEM 74 IS CASE NPA 2019 ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO. I'M SORRY, NBA, 2019 ZERO ZERO ONE 5.01. AND THE RELATED CASES, ITEM NUMBER 75, WHICH IS CASE C 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO 22. I CAN OFFER THESE CASES FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON FIRST READING, THEY WERE RECOMMENDED BY BOTH THE STAFF AND THE, UM, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. HOWEVER, UM, WE DID HAVE THE SPEAKER WHO JUST SPOKE TO IT. CUSTOMER HARPER, MADISON JUST SPOKE TO IT AS WELL. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THOSE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING OR WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM DISCUSSED? WE'LL KEEP IT ON CONSENT UNLESS SOMEONE PULLS IT OFF. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, YES, SCALPER. HOW BRAD IS. YOU WANT TO PULL 74 75? YOU'RE MUTED. I'M SORRY. NOW I CAN HEAR YOU. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT LETTING ME I'M MUTE MYSELF. UM, I WANT TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 72. OKAY. 72 WAS ALSO PROBED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO PROPOSE 74 AND 75? KEEP THOSE ON CONSENT. FIRST RATE. I KEEP THOSE ON CONSENT, FIRST READING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THEM, BUT KEEP THEM GOT IT. OKAY. I DON'T THINK I PULLED 72 OR I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT. DID YOU PUT MORE VOTING? NO. ON 74, 75, BUT I DON'T DID NOT ALL 72. WHEN YOU WERE READING 72, I THOUGHT YOU HAD SAID SOMEBODY WANTED THAT POLK THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS CALLED THE LIBERAL HARPER. MADISON WAS, WAS WANTING TO PULL IT FOR MADISON. OKAY. SORRY. OKAY. 72 IS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON. EVERYTHING ELSE IS REMAINING. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TO MAKE SOME MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND POOL? SECOND QUESTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR HARPER MADISON. DID YOU WANT TO [Items 74 & 75 ] SPEAK TO EITHER? SO, UM, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF. CAN YOU MUTE? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SO I GUESS GORDON, ANYTHING, UH, WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO CONVEY ON THIS ONE? UH, I, I POINTED OUT ALREADY, THIS IS A COMPLEX ONE. UM, BUT LIKE MOST OF THE CITY, THIS CITY, MOST OF THE CITY, THIS AREA IS, UM, SEEING SOME PRETTY INCREASE IN HOUSING PRICES. UM, AND THAT THERE ARE FRANKLY NOW HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE LISTED FOR OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. UM, AND SO MOST LIKE THE CONVERSATIONS WE WERE HAVING AROUND HEALTH SOUTH IN SO MANY OTHER SITUATIONS, UM, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IF WE DON'T PROVIDE MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, THAT THE REALITY IS THE COST OF WHAT IS LIMITED SUPPLY OF HOUSING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. IT'LL ONLY CONTINUE TO GO UP SO THAT EXISTING SITE, UM, IT'S SFR. AND IF THIS CASE DOES IT PASS, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS MAKING REFERENCE TO, UM, FROM ONE OF THE, THE COMMUNITY'S ADVOCATES, WHICH BY THE WAY, I WAS JUST OFFERING CLARITY FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND ANYBODY LISTENING. I CERTAINLY DON'T DIMINISH [02:35:01] THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND I BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH, UM, WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FOR THIS CASE. BUT, UM, IF THIS CASE DOESN'T PASS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY PRESENTED TO THEM, THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT JUST USING THE EXISTING ZONING ON THE SITE. UM, KNOWING THAT THE PRIMARY CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH, UM, DEVELOPING THE SITE UNDER SF SIX. UM, THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT IT WILL RESULT, UM, UH, IN A PROJECT IN LINE WITH THE OUTCOMES THEY WISH TO SEE, BUT IT, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULD RESULT IN HOUSING TYPES THAT WOULD HAVE LESS IMPACT ON PROPERTY TAXES OF THE EXISTING FAMILY HOMES. ADDITIONALLY, I'M FRANKLY REALLY PLEASED AT THE APPLICANT HAS FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, 10% OF THE UNITS AT 80% MFI TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. UH, THE CONTACT TEAM IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT. SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING THE MOST TODAY TO PASS STAFF'S, UH, MPCS RECOMMENDATION ON FIRST READING ONLY AND ALLOW FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO CONTINUE, UM, AND JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, THE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. UM, BOTH PARTIES PARTS TO REALLY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT FRANKLY IS COMPLICATED SUBJECT MATTER. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS THE BEST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE. GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER. THANKS MAYOR. UM, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WANT TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON, UH, THE TWO STONE GATE, UH, 50, 50, 10 AND 5,102 LANE. UH, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY, UM, I'M VOTING NO NOW ON FIRST READING, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE WORK FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPER TO DO WITH THE NEIGHBORS. AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT FOR THE DEVELOPER TO DO THAT, I WOULD POSIT THAT 10% OF ADDITIONAL UNITS AT 80%. MFI IS NOT THAT IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE. UM, I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR MORE LIKE 20 TO 25% OF A YEAR NOTES AT A MUCH LOWER 50 TO 60%, IF NOT LOWER, IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE, WE NEED TO THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT AN 80% OF MY SALARY, I THINK THAT'S, UM, UH, MAYBE STAFF CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK THAT'S ABOUT $70,000 AT ANY RATE. UM, PLEASE SHOW ME ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA VOTING NOW ITEMS 74 AND 75. SOUNDS GOOD GUYS. WE WERE ALL. OKAY. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS VOTING NO, ON FIRST READING FOR 74 AND 75. UM, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY ON THE PRIVATE AGREEMENTS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IS BEING AGREED ON. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD OR VOTING YES. AT THIS POINT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. ALICE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT BRIEFLY. SOME OF THESE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THE, THE DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, WE IN HOUSING AND PLANNING HAVE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT APPLICATION IS AND HOW STAFF IS APPLYING THAT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT'S A MATTER OF NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT. SOMETIMES IT IS PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT CORRIDORS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO DAYLIGHT FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT AS A, AS A COMMITTEE WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S, UM, WHERE THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHERE IT'S NOT, AND HOW, HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF TO APPLY THAT. AND THEY APPRECIATE DIRECTOR TRUE LOVE AGREEING TO DO IN THAT. AND THEN LOOKING THROUGH THAT WITH US, SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'RE JUST ITEMS 57 THROUGH 75. WE PULLED NUMBER 72. UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR THAT CONSENT. YES. CATS, HARPER, MADISON. AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE TRIED, UM, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2015 AND AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY'VE ALREADY PAID INTO THE PROJECT. I JUST WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE IN OPPOSITION. UM, AND ACTUALLY MAYBE NOT POINT OUT SO MUCH AS OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS, IF THIS DOESN'T PASS. SO IF THE GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE MORE AFFORDABILITY, SOMEHOW I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT'S NOT GOING AT THE 10% THAT'S BEING OFFERED. WE WON'T GET WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE STRIVING FOR. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IN MY OPINION, [02:40:02] COUNCIL AMERICA, SORRY TO THAT POINT. I THINK, UM, MAYBE WHEN WE BRING THE, IT, I WOULD HOPE THAT IT GOES ON FIRST READING ON SECOND READING, MAYBE USEFUL FOR US TO LAY OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL, UM, HOUSING PRICE WOULD BE ON THOSE UNITS BECAUSE, UH, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, BEDROOM COUNTS AND FAMILY SIZE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS. AND SO JUST DESCRIBING GENERALLY AS 80% OF FII FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, I DON'T THINK IS AS DESCRIPTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND EVEN FOR US, UM, AS IF WE WERE TO SAY, LOOK, IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME, TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS HOUSES SELLING AT X COMPARED TO THE MARKET RATE, ONE SELLING POTENTIALLY CLOSER TO Y BECAUSE SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A $200,000 HOUSE IS I THINK WAY MORE DESCRIPTIVE THAN SAYING X PERCENT MFI, UM, TO THEM, YOU CAN KIND OF COMPARE IT TO HOUSING PRICES NEARBY. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AS EASILY DO HERE AS THE BABY ON SECOND READING, GET THAT INFORMATION BACK UP. OKAY. IF I MAY MAYOR I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. AND I THINK SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE OR INTRODUCE TO THE CONVERSATION, THE RELATIVITY OF AFFORDABILITY AND BRING BACK THE CONVERSATION AROUND MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. I THINK FAR TOO OFTEN, WHERE WHEN WE TALK AFFORDABILITY, WE'RE EXCLUSIVELY TALKING ABOUT A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL AND COMPLETELY SORT OF SKIPPING OVER THAT MISSING MIDDLE ELIGIBILITY. UM, SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION ARE OUR KITCHEN. UM, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ON, UM, ON FIRST READING, THAT'S, IT'S UP FOR FIRST READING OR THE CURRICULUM I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, UM, JUST, UH, USING THIS IT'S JUST TO SAY AGAIN, THAT, UM, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SAID, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, UM, IN HOUSING, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE. PERHAPS IF WE WORK WITH OUR HOUSING STAFF TO PROVIDE US SOME, YOU KNOW, TO WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING US SOME, UH, SORT OF, UH, ANALYSIS THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FUTURE TO HELP US ON THE SAME PAGE, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS ONE. UH, BUT I RESPECT THAT THE PEOPLE MAY NOT MAKE PEOPLE MAYBE BRING IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. SO IT'S SOMETHING I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE, WE'LL HAVE A, A TOOL OR SOME KIND OF, UH, UH, ANALYSIS FROM OUR HOUSING FOLKS THAT CAN SAY TO US, YES, THIS, THIS LOOKS LIKE THE REALLY THE VERY BEST DEAL YOU CAN GET, OR NO, YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT XYZ, THAT KIND OF THING. OH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. AND THAT'S OKAY. UM, AND, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS CAN'T HEAR YOU? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ON THE FIRST REVIEW. UH, I THINK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF FOOLING OURSELVES IF WE DON'T EMBRACE THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, THE WAY THAT THIS OFTEN HAS GOTTEN GENTRIFIED, IF WE DON'T BUILD ANY MORE AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP, YOU'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY THERE, WHICH ARE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE A HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX. VERY SO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ANY KIND OF AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP, WHICH WE REALLY NEEDED HERE IN AUSTIN. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING, OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILOR POLL? I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ON 74 AND 75 ON THIS ROUND. I CREATED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPERFECT, UM, SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE RAISED SOME OTHER IMPORTANT CONCERNS THAT I'D LIKE I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, BETTER ADDRESSED IN THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING THE SAME, THOSE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, UM, AND POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING IT IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LAND AND WHAT I, UM, WITH REGARD TO LOWER PRICE POINTS FOR SALE OR LEASE YOU NOT HAVE REALLY ANY ABILITY TO REQUIRE IT, UNLESS THE DEVELOPER, AN AGENT, THOSE GAUGES IN GREECE TO A PRIVATE AGREEMENT, AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO REQUIRE IT SO THEY CAN TELL US THINGS AT THIS POINT THAT MAY, THAT GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT MAKES THEM GOOD DEAL, AND THE PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND [02:45:01] WE INTERPRET THEM AS LOW, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY EITHER TO REQUIRE IT OR TO ENFORCE IT. THIS IS AN OWNERSHIP COMMITTEE AND THE HEFLIN CASE. AND, UM, AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE, I THINK THAT IF THE PARTIES ARE ABLE TO STRIKE A PRIVATE AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT TEETH INTO IT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROMISES THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE, ARE ENFORCEABLE AND BECOME REALITY. THEN WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO WORK WITH, BUT SIMPLY SAYING YOU ARE GOING TO LEASE OR SELL A PARTICULAR, UH, UNIT AT A PARTICULAR PRICE DOESN'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING. AND I'LL JUST POINT TO THE GROWTH, HUD, AS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE, WE WERE TOLD AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS BEING APPROVED FEW YEARS AGO, THAT THOSE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSES. AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE OVER, ARE AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THE AFFORDABLE STOCK HAS NOT YET BEEN BUILT AND IT IS NOT BEING MARKETED SO EASY TO SAY STUFF. UM, AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE CERTAINTY WHEN I MAKE MY DECISIONS ON, ON THESE CASES, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S BEING, WHEN THE ARGUMENTS IN THE PERSUASION IS CIRCLING AROUND MAYOR YOU'RE MUTED. NOW YOU'RE MUTED, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING KIDS WORKABLE? NO, I DID. MY HAND WAS RAISED. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO, TO RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, COMMENTARY, CAST MEMBER POOL, I THINK THAT'S AN ENTIRELY LEGITIMATE CONCERN. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD MORE TIME TO WATCH THESE CASES COME AND GO. UM, WOULD GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, MORE IN THE WAY OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL, UM, EXPERIENCE IN WHICH CASE, I THINK MUCH LIKE WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TALKED ABOUT JUST IN TERMS OF, UM, PROCESS AND, UM, POLICY MOVING FORWARD. UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF TOOL THAT HELPS TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, SO WITH THROWER DESIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CASES, UM, WHERE THEY WERE THEIR APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAME BEFORE US. UM, AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO ALLOW FOR THE APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVES TO, UM, TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR REPUTATION SPEAK FOR ITSELF. UM, AND SO IF WE HAD HAD INSTANCES WHERE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PROMISES MADE, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND SOME HESITATION TO, YOU KNOW, OFFER THEM THE, THE TRUST THAT THEY'LL FOLLOW THROUGH. BUT IF THEY HAVE IN FACT FOLLOWED THROUGH IN THE PAST, I'D SAY THAT'S, THAT'S WORTH TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALSO. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN OUR DELIBERATIONS AS POINT OF CONSIDERATION, BUT I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. ALL RIGHT. JUST TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE ARE FAIRLY CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ON THE DAYAS SUBJECT TO THE STATEMENTS INFORMATION THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE. LET'S DO THE AUSTIN [Austin Housing Finance Corporation ] HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AGENDA. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK AGAIN, LET SOME STAFF GO. I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT THREE 33. UH, TODAY IS, UH, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020, AND I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING. WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT, UH, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020S, THREE 33, UH, STAFF. YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND BY THE WAY, THERE IS A, UH, LATE FILE BACKUP, UH, ON THE, UH, AGENDA TODAY FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS MANDY DE MAYO, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES WILL THE LAST HFC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 12TH. AND THE SECOND ITEM IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM, UH, WHICH INCLUDES TO, UH, LATE BACK UP, UM, WHICH I'LL BRIEFLY DISCUSS, BUT THIS IS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AGREEMENT TO ENTER INTO, UM, AND, AND AHAB, UM, UH, AGREEMENT TO ENTER INTO AN, UH, HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE ASPERA AT RUTLAND, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT OF WHICH WE ARE A PARTNER, THE PACINO GROUP, AND, UH, CARITAS OF AUSTIN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS SPARROW AT RUTLAND WILL PROVIDE 171 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, A HUNDRED. AND ONE [02:50:01] OF THOSE UNITS WILL IN FACT, BE DEDICATED TO, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS COMING THROUGH ECHO'S COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, THE SCHEDULE FOLLOWS AS WE ANTICIPATE, WE SHOULD SEE GROUNDBREAKING SOMETIME IN SUMMER OF 2021, UH, WITH LISA AND LATE 2022, UM, THIS WILL OF COURSE PROVIDE THAT'S ITEM. NUMBER TWO IS RISING, UH, LAUNCH OF THE INAUGURAL PROGRAM OF OUR LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER. SO THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ONGOING ANNUAL OPERATING SUBSIDY, UM, OR THIS PROJECT, THE ANNUAL AMOUNT IS $650,000. WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR A TOTAL OF 1.9, 5 MILLION, AND, UH, WE WILL BRING IT BACK EVERY FEW YEARS TO HFC OR CONSIDERATION PROVIDED FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUATION OF THAT CONTRACT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UM, I OFFER THESE ON CONSENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, ANY DISCUSSION MARY, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT COULD JUST GO ON CONSENT BECAUSE, UH, IT'S SUCH GOOD WORK, UH, BY OUR STAFF AND I'M SURE THERE'S UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN THE DIOCESE, BUT IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK OVER TIME. UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON COUNCIL AND COUNCILS BEFORE US FOR ADDING FUNDING TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS WORKED ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THAT'S HELPED SUPPORT A VARIETY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND IN THIS CASE, KICKING OFF A LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE REALLY PROUD OF AND FOR IT TO SERVE, UM, FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ADDRESSING THAT VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US IS SO IMPORTANT. AND I'M EXCITED THAT IT WILL BE, UM, PROVIDING OVER A HUNDRED, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOMES IN DISTRICT FOUR. WE, WE NEED TO DO SO MUCH MORE OF THIS, BOTH THROUGH, UM, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE WITH THE HOUSING VOUCHER AND THROUGH THE HOTEL MOTEL, UM, STRATEGY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOLKS IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY EMBRACING THIS, UM, AS WE NEED THAT TO HAPPEN ALL ACROSS THE CITY FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UM, BUT REALLY, UM, THAT'S OFF TO EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU TO KAREN TOSSED INTO THIS SPARROW, UH, GROUP. UH, I HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS THAT I THINK, UH, UNEXPECTABLE THE MATCH, UH, AND WE'RE REALLY STEPPING UP IN A PLATE IN A WAY WHERE WE SAW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECEIPT ON HOUSING VOUCHERS AND PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, DECADES BEFORE THIS. I THINK US STEPPING UP IN THIS WAY, WELL, WE'LL START CORRECTING A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, AND IT'S A CRITICAL PART OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN WE DO THAT ALREADY? THOSE ARE FAIR. RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OPPOSED SHANANA MISS AMONG THE DIRECTORS. THANK YOU, MANDY. THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA. I, UH, ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE AT THREE 38 ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. UH, WITH THAT I RECONVENE [Executive Session ] THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, HERE ON THE THIRD 2020 IT'S THREE 38. UH, AND IS THERE A REASON FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? CAN WE ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS MAYOR? WE CAN ANSWER SOME, SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN PROBABLY, UM, BE HELPFUL TO REFINE THE OTHERS. AND I JUST SAID, UH, ALRIGHT, SO, UM, SO THE CITY COUNCIL NOW WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM OR SO DEFY 5.072 AND FIVE FIVE ONE OH SEVEN. ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE AND LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 55, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE. LEASE YOUR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1215 RED RIVER AT SIX OH SIX, EACH 12, FORMERLY THE HEALTH SOUTH TRACK. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, DON'T HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS. SO WE'LL GO. WHEN WE COME BACK OUT, UH, THE ITEMS WE HAVE REMAINING, UH, THE, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, THE, UH, TEMPORARY THREE 80 PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH STAFF RESPONDING. UH, THEN WE'LL DO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 40, WHICH IS THE RIGHT AWAY A FEE WAIVER FOR A CAPITAL COMPLEX. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, STREET [02:55:01] IMPACT FEE MATTERS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PULLED ITEM ON ZONING, WHICH WAS ITEM 72 WITH THAT WE ARE IN RECESS. AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS AT THE EXECUTIVE MEETING SESSION, CHANNEL FOUR, I'M ON TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, WE'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION. WE DISCUSSED LEGAL MATTERS AND REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 55 COLLEAGUES. WE'RE NOW BACK, WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THE REMAINING THINGS ON OUR AGENDA. [11. Approve a resolution authorizing the creation of temporary Chapter 380 programs that support tenants operating a childcare business, live-music venue, arts venue, or restaurant/bar and exempting these temporary Chapter 380 programs from the requirements of Resolution No. 20180830-056. ] UM, LET'S BEGIN WITH, UH, ITEM 11. UH, I THINK WE HAD ADDRESSED THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES. GREG, YOU HAD, UH, ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING MANAGER READY TO RESPOND TO THE FUNDING REQUEST THAT WAS RAISED BY COUNCIL MARK, SIR, THE HUMIRA. AND I THINK THAT COMES TO MEMBER BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH STAFF DURING THE BREAK AND THEY HAVE SOME GENERAL DIRECTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. YEAH, I THINK THAT THE GENERAL DIRECTION MAYOR, BUT HAPPY TO CLARIFY OR DISCUSS HERE IS IF THE MANAGER IN PASSING THIS, I THINK WE WOULD, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT A MAJORITY OF US WOULD LIKE TO SEE OPTIONS TO SEE THIS FUNDED. UM, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR THE MANAGER TO BRING BACK FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, AS POSSIBLE, UM, AT OUR, ON OUR NEXT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR, WHICH I EXPECT WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING LEFT, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO CANVAS AN ELECTION. THERE MIGHT BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT PROBABLY EASIEST NEXT WEEK, UM, A WAY TO FUND THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO ENCUMBER, UH, WELL IN A WAY THAT STAYS WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. UM, AND ISN'T, UM, PULLING FUNDING THAT WE NEED FOR SOMETHING ELSE THIS YEAR. AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE POSSIBLE, UH, WITH CHAPTER THREE 80 IN A WAY, AND IT MAY HAVE A MAIN CHAPTER THREE AND IT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE IN A WAY THAT OTHER PROGRAMS MAY NOT MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. UM, SO I THINK WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND WITHOUT, UH, REDUCING ANY PROGRAM WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR, THE MANAGER MAY BE ABLE TO BRING BACK AN OPTION FOR US TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I, AND I HEARD THE PHRASE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. AND SO WE WILL DO OUR BEST. SO WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE, UH, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT ADVANTAGE, YOU KNOW, OUR CFO, OUR NEWLY APPOINTED CFO. UH, SO I THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST CHANCE TO PUBLICLY WELCOME HIM INTO THAT PERMANENT ROLE, UH, WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT PIECE, CERTAINLY CAN AT THIS TIME, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD CITY MANAGER. UM, THE DIRECTION HAS BEEN HEARD. WE UNDERSTAND IT AND IT WILL CERTAINLY WORK TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, UM, TO GET POSTED AS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE, UH, THE MEETING ON THE 10TH. ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS? NUMBER 11 IS EMITTED. MAKES THE MOTION TO SECOND. REMEMBER ALICE? I CAN SIT IN DISCUSSION. THOSE WAS FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. UH, I THINK EVERYBODY VOTING YES WITH JIMMY FLANAGAN AND KATHY TOVO, UH, OFF THE, UH, OFF THE DAYS I'M HERE, I'M HAVING SOME CAMERA ISSUES. OKAY. THEN THE ONLY ONE NOT PRESENT, I THINK IS, UH, IS CAT. ALRIGHT. SO 11 IS TAKEN CARE OF THAT GETS US TO NUMBER 40, UH, VERY QUICKLY. I DON'T SEE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WITH US. THANK YOU FOR THAT CATHOLIC. I'M SORRY. I WAS HAVING SOME, I WAS ALSO HAVING IT'S. OKAY. DO YOU VOTE? DO YOU VOTE? YES. ON ITEM NUMBER 11. OKAY. MAYOR, I'M SORRY. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I WAS WITH YOU ALL, BUT I COULD NOT, I HAD SWITCHED TO MY PHONE AND COULDN'T GET MYSELF HEARD, WHICH IS ALSO HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES. EVERYBODY IS VOTING. YES. UH, EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, WHO IS NOT ON THE DIETS WITH US. THANK YOU. GREAT. [40. (Part 2 of 2) Approve an ordinance waiving right-of-way fees in an amount not to exceed $3,300,000 related to the realignment of Red River Street between 12th and 15th Streets by Travis County Healthcare District doing business as Central Health. ] UH, THAT GETS US TO THE END TO ITEM NUMBER 40, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. UM, SO I THINK MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. I'M STILL GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE. I WAS NEVER COMFORTABLE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR STEVE. OKAY. UM, SO NOW I CAN HEAR YOU. UM, I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN AND I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S FINE TO GO FORWARD TODAY. IF IT'S IMPORTANT AS WAS DESCRIBED, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE [03:00:01] ITEM NUMBER 40 COUNCIL MEMBER? ALICE MAKES THE MOTIONS ARE SECOND I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE WAS FAVOR OF 940. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED THOSE UPS, JASMINE FLATTENING IS AN EYE. THOSE POSED I SEE NO HANDS, THOSE ABSTAINING, NOT SWIMMER ALTERS ABSTAINING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S VOTING AYE. THIS PASSES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN OFF THE, UH, OFF THE DIOCESE. OKAY. CAUSE WE'RE ALTER ABSTAINS, SO THERE'S VOTING, BUT IT GETS US PAST A HEIGHTENED NUMBER 40. [Items 51 & 52 ] UH, I THINK THAT TAKES US THEN TO, UH, ITEMS, UM, 51 AND 52, UH, WHICH ARE THE, UM, UH, STREET IMPACT STATES, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, BUT SHE'S NOT WITH US. HOW'S THE MEMBER HALTER. UM, YEAH, I'LL MOVE PASSAGE OF BOTH ITEMS. YEAH. I WAS OVER BOOM ALTER MOVES PASSAGE OF BOTH ITEMS, UH, 51 AND 52. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS JUST SECOND READING? I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD IDENTIFIED EARLIER. I'M FINE. IF, IF THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL IS TO MOVE FORWARD JUST ON SECOND READING, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. I THINK THE SECOND THAT EMOTION IS TO A BUDDHIST FORWARD ON SECOND READING ONLY. AND YOUR DISCUSSION. YES. MA'AM COUNCILOR FLANAGAN. I HAVE, UH, POSTED SOME AMENDMENTS, I THINK TO THE MESSAGE BOARD THAT MAY BE DISTRIBUTED. UM, IT'S FINE TO WORK WITH LEGAL ON THOSE AND BRING THOSE A THIRD READING. UM, BUT, UH, I WILL BE URGING THOSE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN? YES. THEIR OBJECTION TO THOSE MAYOR? I JUST, YES. I HAD SOME OBJECTIONS LOOK AT THE PAYMENTS AND TALK ABOUT THEM WITH STAFF. UM, I'M FINE. MOVING FORWARD ON SECOND READING AND HAVING THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND READING TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS AFTER INPUT FROM STAFF ON THE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. BOOT INSIDE COUNSEL OR ALTAR. UM, SO AT THE MOMENT I'M, UNLESS SOMETHING COMES UP I'M, UH, I'M OKAY WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT. UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UM, BECAUSE I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL COST THE CITY SOMETHING LIKE $50 MILLION. AND I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND I THINK THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO ENTERTAIN THE AMENDMENT LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME ANALYSIS THAT GOES WITH IT THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THE COSTS ARE. AND, UM, THERE'S ALREADY, UM, SOME BUILT IN TIME DELAYS FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE BASE MOTION THAT THE STAFF HAS PUT BEFORE US. UM, AND THOSE ALREADY DO CREATE LOSSES ON THE SAME ORDER OF $50 MILLION THAN IF WE HAD IMPLEMENTED THEM IMMEDIATELY. UM, AND SO THERE'S A COMPOUNDING EFFECT AND THERE'S ALREADY, UM, QUITE A BIT OF, OF, UM, LEEWAY IN MY MIND, UM, IN THERE. UM, SO I HAVEN'T DONE THE ANALYSIS. I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION STAFF RIGHT NOW. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IN THE MEANTIME, IF, AS YOU'RE FORMALIZING THOSE FROM A LEGAL LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE, IF WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDED, UM, WITH GOOD DATA ON WHAT WE'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN AND WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT MEANS, KITCHEN, I APOLOGIZE. I WAS HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO I JUST THOUGHT ON, SO I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING. DID MR. SPILLER ALREADY PRESENT HIS PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? CAUSE THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. I KNOW WE WERE THINKING IN TERMS OF PERHAPS JUST PROCEEDING WAS, WAS READING TO ASK MR. SPILLER, HIS PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS ROBERT SPILLER, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION. UH, UM, STAFF RECOMMEND SECOND READING. UH, WE HAVE SOME DRAFTING EDITS TO PROPOSE, UH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO READ THEM IN AS PART OF, UH, THE SECOND READING. [03:05:01] UH, THEY CONSIST OF MOVING SOME MINOR ITEMS IN THE SIF ORDINANCE TO THE FEE ORDINANCE PART. AND IF WE COULD READ THOSE IN, UH, MY STAFF PERSONALLY AND MILLER, UH, SHOULD BE ALSO ON HERE AND SHE CAN READ THOSE IN. AND THEN FURTHERMORE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME PROPOSED, UH, UH, AMENDMENTS MS, UH, FROM COUNCIL MYRA FLANAGAN. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT ANALYSIS BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD READING AS REQUESTED TO ASSIST YOU IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. UH, YES. UM, UM, MR. SPELLER, THANK YOU. UM, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE PLOWING, SOME GROUNDS ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE, BUT MY INTEREST WAS, I HAVE SEEN AMENDMENTS ALSO AND MY INTEREST WAS UNDERSTANDING THEM BETTER. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM UP TODAY. I WANTED TO ASK MR. MILLER TO REVIEW AND GIVE US, UH, HIS ANALYSIS, UM, BY NEXT WEEK, IF HE'S, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, JUST PASS IT ON SECOND READING TODAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. YES. I SIT ON SECOND READING TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER A FLATTENING IN HIS COLDING, HIS AMENDMENTS, NOT MAKING THEM TODAY, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN BE FLESHED OUT, BUT I WILL ASK, UM, UM, UH, UH, MR. SPILLER TO GO AHEAD AND READ IN THE STAFFS CHANGES SO THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SECOND READING DRAFT. VERY GOOD. UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SINGLE SLIDE OR TWO SLIDES THAT WOULD PUT THEM IN FRONT OF YOU. UH, AND I BELIEVE MY STAFF PERSON, LEANNE MILLER, UH, SHOULD BE IN THE GROUP. YES. SO SHE CAN TAKE OVER AND PRESENT THOSE. I'D APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FIRST? IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RESOLVED BY WAY OF THE SLIDES, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND GET IT ON THE RECORD THAT, UM, AS A POTENTIAL COMPROMISE, I WONDER IF, UH, GIVEN THE RELATIONSHIP, THE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, UM, THE NEW TRAFFIC CRITERIA MANUAL WILL HAVE ON THESE FEES. UM, I'M WONDERING IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE OPEN TO IMPLEMENTING THE FEES YEAR, UH, THE YEAR, THE FEES EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS, SORRY. AFTER STAFF POSTS THE NEW, UH, TRAFFIC CRITERIA MANUAL RULES, WE'LL CERTAINLY PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO YOU FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, UH, COUNSEL BEARER. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT, ROB, BUT I WAS SORT OF ASKING WHETHER OR NOT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT COMPROMISE. I UNDERSTAND MY MISTAKE. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, I, UM, I WOULD WANT TO HEAR OUR STAFF'S ANALYSIS. UM, THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD THINK ABOUT, UH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ASK MR. SPILLER TO REPEAT FOR US. AND SO I HOPE THAT YOUR QUESTION COWS, OUR POOL. YEAH, SAME. THAT'S WHY, UM, I, I THINK THE POSTPONEMENT OR THE WAIT UNTIL THIRD READING TICKET, THE ANALYSIS FROM STAFF IS THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MADISON. OKAY. IF STAFF WILL MAKE PART OF THEIR REVIEW OF THE PLAN AGAIN, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT CONSIDERATION, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS AS OVER HARPER, MADISON JUST RAISED COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. THANK YOU. UM, I WANTED TO JUST ASK IF WHEN YOU PROVIDE THAT REVIEW, YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT GRACE PERIODS ARE ALREADY BUILT IN. THERE'S ALREADY QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GRACE PERIODS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, THAT ARE BUILT IN AND WHY YOU FELT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT AND WHY THEY IMPACT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT. UM, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY ABEL OR, AND OTHERS. UM, BUT YOU CHOSE NOT TO INCORPORATE THOSE DATES BASED ON YOUR POLICY ANALYSIS, BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES AND BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FEES. UM, PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS IS TO MAKE THINGS MORE PREDICTABLE, UM, AND THERE'S VALUE IN THAT AS WELL FOR SPEEDING THINGS THROUGH AND ADDRESSING THINGS. SO, UM, AS PART OF ANY ANALYSIS, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT IS IN THE BASE, WHY YOU CHOSE THAT AND WHY YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE THE OTHER ONES YOU NEED TO PROVIDE US, OBVIOUSLY, AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAPPENS IF WE WERE TO ADOPT SOME OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS. UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO, I WANT IT TO JUST BE, WELL, THAT'S A POLICY QUESTION. I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY DECIDED NOT TO [03:10:01] MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL, UM, DELAYS. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BAYLOR. YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THIS? YES. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IF WE COULD, UH, PULL UP THE SLIDES. UM, I IT'S REALLY TWO ONE IS TO REVIEW THE TWO ITEMS. THERE'S A, AN, AN ORDINANCE THAT IS AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 25, SIX, ADDING A SECTION FOR THE STREET IMPACT FEE. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEMS 51, WHICH IS THE FEE ORDINANCE. AND SO THAT IS WHERE THE ACTUAL COLLECTION RATE AND FEE SCHEDULE IS LOCATED. UM, AND SO THE CHANGES AS, UH, MR. SPILLER INDICATED ARE MOVING A FEW OF THOSE PROVISIONS FROM THE CODE ORDINANCE TO THE FEE SCHEDULE. UM, AND SO I CAN BRING, UH, BRING THOSE UP AS IF WE'RE ABLE TO BRING UP THOSE SLIDES, IF YOU CAN GO TO SLIDES. UM, SLIDE THREE, PLEASE. SO, UH, THESE CHANGES, I CAN READ THEM, UM, IN REVIEWING THE ORDINANCES THAT WERE APPROVED ON FIRST READING, UM, STAFF DETERMINED, THOSE PROVISIONS THAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE C ORDINANCE ARE INTENDED FOR IMPROVED CLARITY AND EASE OF FUTURE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. UM, THEY, I RELATE TO THE TIMELINE FOR THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM. UM, MUCH OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO GRACE PERIODS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC FEE EXEMPTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY WANT TO ADJUST OVER TIME. AND SO THEY'RE MORE APPROPRIATELY PLACED WITHIN THE FEE SCHEDULE. UM, SO THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS AND ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE. UH, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE, UH, 25 SIX SIX SIX THREE SECTION C LINES, 2276, TWO 78 WOULD BE MOVED TO ITEM 51 PART TWO D ONE. AFTER THE LINE ONE 16 TO READ A STREET IMPACT FEE SHALL NOT BE COLLECTED FROM A NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR ANY BUILDING PERMIT VALIDLY ISSUED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE SECOND ITEM, UH, SIMILARLY MOVING FROM SIX 63 D LINES TWO 80 THROUGH TWO 82 TO ITEM 51 PART TWO D AFTER THAT, UH, NEWLY INSERTED, UM, NUMBER ONE WOULD TO READ FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITH AN APPROVED TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, A STREET IMPACT FEES SHALL NOT BE COLLECTED FOR ANY BUILDING PERMIT. VALIDLY ISSUED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE. UM, AND LASTLY, THIS IS IN SECTION 25, SIX SIX SIX SEVEN C LINES THREE 58, THREE 60 WOULD MOVE TO ITEM 51 PART TWO, THE, A NEW SECTION D AF A NEW SECTIONS THREE FUSE ME AFTER THE D TWO SECTION THAT SAYS FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT INCREASE NET NEW TRIPS COMPARISON TO THE EXISTING LAND USE BY MORE THAN 10:00 PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS, THE COLLECTION RATE WILL BE $0 PER VEHICLE MILE. THE COLLECTION RATE THEN IN EFFECT SHALL APPLY TO A SUBSEQUENT EDITION OF SERVICE UNITS. THE LAST ITEM IS ONE CHANGE NECESSARY TO CLARIFY ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AFFORDABILITY RELATED REDUCTIONS, UM, WHICH IS IN ITEM 52 DRAFT ORDINANCE, UH, 25 SIX SIX SIX EIGHT B ONE TO ADD THE WORD OR AT THE END OF LINE THREE 72 TO READ APPROVED FOR LOCAL STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS VERIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OR, AND THOSE ARE THE FOUR, UM, DRAFTING CHANGES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TODAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE CHANGES BEING ADDED, HEARING NON THOSE ARE ADDED OUR CUSTOMER ALTAR. OKAY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE PART, UM, WITH THE PM TRIPS WITH THE 10:00 PM TRIPS. SO THAT ALLOWS IT SO THAT IF WE MAKE A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE LATER ON, THEN THE EXISTING RULES APPLY. BUT IF THE RULE IS THE SAME AS IT IS NOW WHERE IT'S ZERO, THEN THOSE SUBSEQUENT UNITS WOULD BE $0, CORRECT. AS WRITTEN SOUNDS NUMBER, ARE YOU ASKING YOU ABOUT HOW IT'S WRITTEN, WHERE IT IS IN THE, IN THE CODE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW? UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AS OPPOSED TO WHERE IT IS IN THE FEE STRUCTURE OR IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, THAT LANGUAGE SEEMS TO ALLOW IT [03:15:01] TO BE WHATEVER THE PREVAILING FEE IS. IF YOU HAD 10:00 PM, 10:00 PM TRIPS OR, OR LESS. UM, BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T, IF IT STAYS AT ZERO AS THE FEE STRUCTURE WHERE WE'RE STARTING IT OUT, IT WOULD STILL BE ZERO FOR THE SUBSEQUENT. IT'S JUST ALLOWING US LOGISTICALLY IN THE FUTURE TO CHANGE IT, IF IT WERE CHANGED. BUT THE DEFAULT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, GIVEN IT ZERO, IF YOU HAVE 10:00 PM TRIPS WOULD BE ZERO. EXCELLENT. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THE WAY THAT THE LANGUAGE IS DRAFTED, THAT THE SUBSEQUENT THE COLLECTION RATE THEN IN EFFECT IS ZERO. THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT. THE INTENT WAS THAT THE COLLECTION RATE THAT WAS, UM, IN PLACE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WOULD APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT EDITION. SO THAT, THAT INITIAL ADDITION OF SERVICE UNITS WOULD AT $0 PER VEHICLE MILE. BUT IF YOU WERE THEN TO ADD ADDITIONAL UNITS, UM, AFTER THAT INITIAL, UM, THAT THEY WOULD BE UNDER THE COLLECTION RATE THAT AT THAT EVERYONE ELSE WOULD BE UNDER THAT THIS WOULD BE, UH, AN INITIAL EXEMPTION. SO THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION WE COULD MAKE. OKAY. I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE CLARIFICATION'S I THINK THAT WAS ASKED. SO I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORDING MEANT. UM, AND I WOULD MAYBE ASK FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I THINK THERE ARE VERY FEW INSTANCES WHERE THIS WOULD HAPPEN. UM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE INTENTION TO SAY, IF YOU ADD AN 88, YOU, AND THEN YOU TEAR IT ON THE MAIN HOUSE AND YOU MAKE A DUPLEX, THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY IT BECAUSE YOU'D STILL BE UNDER THE 10:00 PM TRIPS. AND THAT WOULD BE COUNTER TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. UM, BUT I JUST, I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO BE DOING 10:00 PM TRIPS AND THEN YOU DO 12 AND 13 AND 14 TO THE SAME PROPERTY, AND THEN YOU DON'T PAY. AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IS, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT GOING IN, BUT PERHAPS YOU CAN, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION. IF IT'S STILL GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH BELOW 10:00 PM TRIPS ON WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME ANYWAY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT'S GOING TO GO MUCH MORE ABOVE THAT, I THINK IT IS A, IT IS A REASONABLE THING TO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PAY IT. IF YOU DID A DUPLEX ON TOP OF AN 80, RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. THE EXAMPLE OR THE SCENARIO THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE BRINGING ABOUT, UM, IS, IS ONE THAT WE WERE, UM, YES. THINKING THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED BY LANGUAGE THAT MAYBE, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE TRIPS THAT DO NOT EXCEED 10:00 PM PEAK. UM, WE, WE WERE TRYING TO MIRROR THE LANGUAGE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE IN MOVING IT OVER TO THE FEE SCHEDULE, SO THAT LANGUAGE IS NOT THERE. UM, BECAUSE THE INTENT ORIGINALLY WAS THAT THIS WAS A ONE-TIME EXEMPTION. AND SO IF YOU ADDED AN ADU AND THEN LATER OUT IN ANOTHER ADU THAT YOU WOULD THEN PAY THE FEE ON THAT SECONDARY, BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM STAKEHOLDERS, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S A DESIRE FOR THAT SECOND UNIT TO ALSO, UM, RECEIVE THAT EXEMPTION. HOWEVER, THE INTENT IS NOT TO ALLOW FOR, UM, UH, A LARGER DEVELOPMENT TO INCREMENTALLY ADD UNITS OVER TIME IN 10:00 PM, PEAK TRIP CHUNKS, RIGHT. SO THAT YOU COULD RECEIVE AN EXEMPTION OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO I THINK THE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUTE CUMULATIVE TRIPS THAT ARE NOT EXCEEDING, UM, THAT, THAT NUMBER. AND SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. OKAY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CLARIFICATION. MR. SPILLER, DID YOU WANT TO ADD, YES. I'VE JUST BEEN A NUDGE TO REMIND YOU THAT AS YOU VOTE ON THIS TO, UH, MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, IF IT'S, SO IS YOUR DESIRE. I THINK WE NEED TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION THAT IN THE MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE A SECOND READING, ONLY KEEPING THE HEARING OPEN AND ADOPTING THE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED BY STAFF. ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS, LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED GENETICISTS, I THINK WITH EVERYBODY ON THE DIOCESE. YES. [72. C14-2020-0091 - Johnny Morris Road Light Industrial -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 6215 ½ Johnny Morris Road (Walnut Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited industrial services-conditional overlay (LI-CO) combining district zoning and warehouse limited office-conditional overlay (W/LO-CO) combining district zoning to limited industrial services (LI) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited industrial services-conditional overlay (LI-CO) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Texas Coldworks, LLC (Christian Garces). Agent: Kimley-Horn (Harrison M. Hudson, P.E.). City Staff: Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057. ] OKAY. THAT GETS US THEN TO THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM 72, PULL IT BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER. MADISON. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO I'VE, UM, 72, I'M SORRY, JUST A MOMENT AND GRAB MY NOTES. UM, UM, THAT IS THE COLD STORAGE ITEM. UM, SO THIS ONE IS A DIFFICULT CASE IN TALKING WITH, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND TALKING WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, AND A FEW OTHER OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. UM, WHAT HAS COME TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OUR LOCAL FOOD INDUSTRY COULD REALLY USE, UM, A PUBLIC COLD STORAGE FACILITY. UH, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE HAD A STEADY DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF SITES ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL [03:20:01] ACROSS THE CITY. SO I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT DESERVES A BROADER CONVERSATION IN THE CITYWIDE PLANNING PROCESS. UM, I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH APPROVING AN INDUSTRIAL SITE, RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAVING AS WELL. UM, THIS CASE PROPOSES TO PUT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY, UM, WITH SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, ON EITHER SIDE OF AN ESTABLISHED MOBILE HOME PARK AND WE'LL LINE UP AGAINST HOMES IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, UM, UNNECESSARILY BORE THE BRUNT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT WANTED, FRANKLY, UM, IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN. AND I'M IN COMPLETE ALIGNMENT WHEN THEY SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND, AND WITH THEIR LEVEL OF CONCERN. AND SO THAT SAID THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPER TO EXPLORE OPTIONS THAT WILL MORE, UM, MORE HOLISTICALLY, UH, ENHANCE THEIR COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 72 TO OUR JANUARY 27TH MEETING, JUST TO ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE COMMUNITY MAYOR PRO TEM. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SUCK IT UP. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON MOVES TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, WHICH IS WHAT 20 SECONDS IS THAT WHAT THE DAY IS SEVENTH POSTPONED TO 27TH. IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, ANY DISCUSSION HOW'S OUR POOL. UM, I'D BE WILLING TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY IF THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE CONVERSATION. UM, GIVEN THE HOLIDAYS IN FRONT OF US, COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERT MADISON, UM, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD WITH BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THE, UM, AND THE APPLICANT I'D REALLY PREFER. WE GO TO THE 27TH BECAUSE THAT WAS BASICALLY WHAT I OFFERED AS A COMPROMISE AND WORKING WITH THEM COLLABORATIVELY. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE GUN, WHAT IT IS THAT WE AGREED UPON. OH, OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS A COMPROMISE THAT YOU HAD WORKED OUT. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. PUT A SUGGEST. WE COULD EVEN JUST MAKE IT INDEFINITE. SO IT WASN'T THE PRESSURE OF A DATE. AND THEN YOU COULD BRING IT BACK WHEN IT WAS READY TO COME BACK, BUT THAT'S FINE. OKAY. THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO POSTPONE TILL JANUARY, 2017. DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED GENETICISTS ON THE DAYAS POSTPONED TO JANUARY 27TH. I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK AND A WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK AS WELL WITH THAT, THEN GUYS, IT IS FOUR 56. TODAY IS, UH, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. YOU ALL TAKE CARE. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.