Dec 10, 2020 City Council Meetings

SO WE'LL KEEP THAT I TO PULL THEM ALL, HEAR WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ELLIS.

ALSO BEING PULLED.

I REMEMBER 49 BY A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

UM, WE HAVE SOME LATE BACKUP IN ITEM SIX, SEVEN 31 52 57 61 66, 67 69, 70 71 72, 73, 78, 87, 89, 90 91 97.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME LATE BACKUP IN SOME OF THE AUSTIN FINANCE CORPORATION MATTERS ITEMS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FIVE.

HOPEFULLY I'LL REMEMBER, OR SOMEONE CAN REMIND ME WHEN WE GET TO THE AUSTIN FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING TO, TO REMEMBER TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD, THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE, UM, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM, UH, THE, THE MANAGER TO, TO HELP WITH, UH, A PRESENTATION.

THIS IS OUR LAST, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, UH, BY OURSELVES OR REGULAR MEETING, UH, IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

OR WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON THE 18TH JOINT MEETING WITH, UH, UH, CAP METRO BOARD.

UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO CANVAS THE RUNOFF, UH, ELECTIONS, BUT THIS IS OUR LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AND ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WITH, WITH THAT.

THIS IS THE LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED ON THE CITY COUNCIL, A REAL TRANSFORMATIVE, UM, UH, CHANGE AGENT, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL AND IN THE CITY.

UH, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH, UH, WITH, UH, WITH A VIDEO.

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UH, AND THEN, UM, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISHES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO SPEAK.

SO WITH THAT, UH, ARE WE READY TO, TO RUN THE, THE, THE VIDEO? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR PRO TEM GARZA, I LOVE GETTING A CHANCE TO BE PART OF THIS HUGE CHORUS OF THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, AUSTIN AND THE WORLD IS A MUCH BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR SERVICE, AND ESPECIALLY AROUND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

WE ARE.

SO ALL OF US THAT UNITED WAY ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STRONG VOICE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

UM, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE GOOD YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT YOUR WORK HERE ON CITY COUNCIL IS LASTING AND HOW GRATEFUL WE ALL ARE.

IN NEW CITY CHILDCARE FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE DESERTS.

HI, I'M LIBBY DOGGETT AND I WANT TO THANK DELA GARSA FOR HER MANY YEARS OF ADVOCACY ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN, I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE, BUT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL POSITION GAVE YOU A BIG PLATFORM AND YOU USED IT SO EFFECTIVELY.

THE DOVE SPRINGS HEALTH CLINIC IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF YOUR MINI SUCCESSES.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY SUCCESSES AHEAD FOR YOU.

THANKS, ADELIA.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU A LOT, AND LET'S BE REAL.

I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, WHETHER IT IS US MARCHING OUT IN THE SUN AGAINST ANOTHER SET OF HORRIBLE POLICIES COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE, OR WHETHER WE ARE RIPPING THROUGH SHAKERS AND MEXICAN MARTINIS.

WHILE WE TRY TO COME TO AGREEMENT ON THE BUDGET OR WHETHER IT IS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHERE WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES IS THAT YOUR SHOES THAT REALLY SMELL BAD OR MINE.

ALL OF THESE THINGS, WE HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TOGETHER, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD MY BACK AND YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE BACK OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE PROBABLY MORE THAN ALMOST ANYONE, NOT JUST WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, NOT JUST THE STUFF AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, NOT JUST THE RESOLUTIONS OR THE THINGS ON ITX N BUT WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU'VE DONE IT.

AND IT'S BEEN THROUGH THIS LIKE WONDERFULLY STUBBORN SENSE OF JUSTICE, RIGHT? AND WRONG.

AND THAT HAS INSPIRED ME AND INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND IT HAS CHANGED THE WAY THAT CITY HALL WORKS.

I THINK YOU HAVE LEFT THIS REALLY PERMANENT MARK ON THE DAYAS AROUND DOING THIS WORK AROUND WHAT IS RIGHT? AND WE ARE JUST ALL SO GRATEFUL FOR IT AND INDEBTED TO YOU FOR IT.

AND SO, AS YOU HEAD OFF TO BE OUR NEXT COUNTY ATTORNEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOUR BACK, AND WE'RE ALL GONNA MISS YOU.

HELLO, MAYOR PRO TEM GAZA PECKING HERE FROM DISTRICT TO DEL VALLEY AREA.

YOUR SERVICE AS A DISTRICT, TWO REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEL VALLEY AREA.

WE WORK TOGETHER ON THE FIRE STATION, WHICH WITH A SUCCESS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE THE DEL VALLEY AREA WITH A GROCERY STORE WILL NOT GO IN VAIN.

REST ASSURED AREA RESIDENTS WILL PUSH ON TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPEN DOOR POLICY AND PROVIDE A LINK BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR OFFICE.

THE ONCE A MONTH MEETINGS WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS KAREN EVENTS AND CONCERNS OF THE AREA.

WE MIGHT NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP US FROM WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS FOR THE AREA.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR DEL VALLEY DISTRICT TOO.

AND, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF BOTH COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK AND GOOD LUCK AND SUCCESS IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVORS.

TAKE CARE.

BYE BYE MAYOR, PRETEND GARZA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, BECOMING A TRUE CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN AND CHILDCARE DURING YOUR TENURE ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UNDER YOUR LID LEADERSHIP, REALLY CEMENTED CHILDCARE AS ONE OF OUR CORE ECONOMIC ELEMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE INCREASED ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE THROUGH MANY CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING FEE WAIVERS FOR HIGH QUALITY CENTERS, GREATER INVESTMENTS IN CHILDCARE PROGRAMS, ELEVATING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR CHILDCARE WORKFORCE AND INVESTING

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WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SUCCESS BY SIX COALITION.

YOU CONGRATULATES YOU ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WISHES YOU WELL IN YOUR JOURNEY AHEAD.

IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR APPOINTEE ON THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE ANIMALS.

DELI GAZA, MY FRIEND, MY COLLEAGUE, A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND ABSOLUTE PRIDE.

UM, IT HAS BEEN MY TRUE JOY TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU, TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU AND TO WATCH YOU FIGHT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE ARE A BETTER CITY FOR THE SERVICE YOU HAVE GIVEN.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BETTER CITY AS YOU SERVE IN ANOTHER ROLE AND HAVE LEADERSHIP IN ANOTHER ROLE.

UM, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR TEN ONE, AND WE SHOT A VIDEO OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HEB, AND YOU HAD ME SAY I'M WITH D'ELIA AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS NOTHING HAS CHANGED I'M WITH DAHLIA.

GOOD LUCK.

HERE'S AN HONEST WAY.

THANK YOU, MANAGER.

DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? I DO MAYOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EASY BEING A GROUNDBREAKER AND PROUD OF DONE AS A GROUNDBREAKER.

AND, UH, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MAYOR PRO TEM AND I'LL ECHO MANY OF THOSE WORDS BY SAYING WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YOU OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND TO SEE THE PASSION AND COMPASSION THAT YOU BRING TO THE DIOCESE AND ADVOCATING AND BEING A FIERCE ADVOCATE, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT TWO AND THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, THERE IS A SMALL BOX, UH, THAT WE'RE HOPING YOU WILL OPEN IN FRONT OF ALL OF US.

NORMALLY WE WOULD BE DOING THIS PRESENTATION IN PER, IN PERSON, BUT, UH, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE HERE AT THE CITY, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT YOU'VE HAD AT THE CITY.

SO IF YOU CAN LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU AND OPEN THAT UP AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECOGNITION.

I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, HOW NOW RECOGNIZE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO WANTS TO SPEAK POTAGER THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'LL START BY SAYING, I THINK DELI HAD THOUGHT SHE WAS CLEVER BY WEARING THAT MASK.

SO WE CAN'T SEE HER CRY AND WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING BACK THERE.

I, UH, I THINK I SAID AS MUCH AS I NEEDED TO SAY IN THAT LITTLE VIDEO THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN, BUT, UH, I'LL JUST REITERATE THE PART ABOUT BEING A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND PRIDE.

UM, I, I FIND MYSELF MODELING, UH, MY FORWARD MOVEMENTS AFTER YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER.

IT WAS PROBABLY MY SECOND WEEK AT CITY HALL AND YOU REMINDED ME TO PACE MYSELF.

UM, AND I REMIND MYSELF OF THAT FREQUENTLY AS I GROW AND EVOLVE, UM, AND MUNICIPAL POLITICS AND WORKING IN THIS SETTING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE, THANK YOU FOR THE CONSISTENT FRIENDSHIP.

AND, UH, I REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU DO MOVING FORWARD.

UM, IF I MAY, UM, MAYOR, UH, WE ARE ALSO BUILDING A DUE TO CHRIS SHORTER, UM, VERY SOON AND MARGARET WRIGHT, THE GRAND DOM OF THE PIANO PASSED AWAY AS WELL.

SO, UM, GOOD LUCK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT A MAYOR PRO TEM GARZA CHRIS SHORTER DO IN THEIR NEW ENDEAVORS AND REST IN POWER, MS. WRIGHT, DOLLY.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT LEADER TO OUR CITY.

THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES AS I WAS A NEW PERSON ON THIS DIET WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS ON REALLY COMPLEX ISSUES THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING AND YOU WOULD SPEAK AND IT'D BE LIKE, YEAH, THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M FEELING.

AND IT WAS ALWAYS SO, BUT SO HEARTFELT GOOD LUCK.

SO, SO DAHLIA,

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AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A GROUNDBREAKER IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR WOMEN AND BEING A FIRST IS THAT EASY, BUT I THINK YOU'VE HANDLED IT.

WELL, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

SO I THINK, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED THIS, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IS YOUR SENSE OF JUSTICE OF WRONG AND, UM, AND SPEAKING FROM THE HEART.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THAT.

AND I LOVED HEARING THAT AND I HAVE TO SAY MY FIRST GOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE OF THAT WHEN YOU AND I WERE DOING WHAT I NOW CALL AFFECTIONATELY UBER WARS.

SO YOU WERE JUST AMAZING AND FABULOUS AND VERY STRONG.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL MISS YOU AND, UM, AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE MOMENTS, UM, OFTEN SOUND LIKE EULOGIES, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING THAT FAR AWAY.

UH, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU DAHLIA.

I'M SO PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU.

I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE COUNTY.

UM, I'LL, I'LL RESERVE OUR, OUR ALL RESERVED, REPEATING OUR CONVERSATIONS ON THAT FOR WHEREVER THE TIME WHEN WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND HAVE DRINKS.

BUT, UM, IT IS REALLY AN EXCITING FUTURE FOR OUR WHOLE REGION TO SEE YOU TAKING ON THAT ROLE AND SEEING ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK YOU DID AT THE CITY, AND HAVING BEEN SO PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU TO BE THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THESE LAST TWO YEARS.

UH, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO REPEAT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN SAID, UM, YOUR SUPPORT AND WORK WITH ME.

AND A FEW OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE REALLY TAUGHT ME WHAT JUSTICE MEANT, AND IT OPENED MY EYES TO SEEING THE PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS IN A WAY THAT I HADN'T EXPERIENCED AND HADN'T APPRECIATED.

AND IT REALLY HELPED FOCUS MY ENERGIES IN A WAY THAT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE WITHOUT YOU AND I AM EXCITED IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE THAT WORK ACROSS OUR JURISDICTIONS, TAKING THIS WORK FOR JUSTICE, TO, TO, TO NEW HEIGHTS FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IT IS A LONG TAIL LEGACY THAT WILL REST BACK WITH YOU.

AND I LOVE YOU, UM, VERY PRO TIME.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS DYESS.

I, I KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST MOMENTS THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME WAS SEEING SEEING YOU IN ACTION AT, IN DOVE SPRINGS, RIGHT AFTER THE FLOOD, UM, ON THAT VERY FIRST WEEKEND, JUST THE, THE CARE YOU BROUGHT TO THAT WORK OF MAKING SURE THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AS THEY CAME THROUGH THE LINE HAD FOOD AND THE OTHER NECESSITIES THEY NEEDED AND, AND JUST, UM, INTERACTING WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN A WAY THAT THAT WAS, UM, ALWAYS CENTERED THEIR NEEDS AND ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.

AND I'VE HAD, UM, REALLY THAT EXPERIENCE AGAIN AND AGAIN, WORKING, WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU AND SEEING, SEEING THE MANY ISSUES THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT.

UM, YOU HAVE BEEN AN IMPASSIONED AND EFFECTIVE LEADER OR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, BUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE THAT YOU'VE DONE AND BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEW POSITION, UH, CANCER NUMBER RIGHT THERE.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND, UM, I KNOW WE WILL, WE WILL SEE MORE OF YOU IN YOUR NEW, UH, IN YOUR NEW POSITION.

UH, I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOUR, YOUR YOU'RE ON THE CONSOLE, DARRYL Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT, I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE, BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN, UH, ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL.

WE USED TO SIT OUT THERE AT BEAR LES HOUSE AND PARTY AND DO DRUGS THERE AND HAVE WERE FIESTAS THERE.

SO I, UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

I KNOW THAT D TWO IS GOING TO MISS YOU A LOT HERE ON THE COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THAT AREA.

IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH ON THE COUNCIL AND THOSE VERY SHORT SIX YEARS YOU'VE BEEN ON HERE.

AND, UH, I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU.

AND I KNOW D TWO D TWO IS GONNA MISS YOU A LOT TOO.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, LESLIE DAHLIA.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY.

I THINK EVERYBODY IS REALLY COVERING THE WATERFRONT.

I JUST WANT TO ADD MY BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR NEPHEW AND YOUR NEW ENDEAVORS, YOUR NEW ASSIGNMENT AND THE NEW ADVENTURE.

IT'S, UM, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

WE'RE DOING THIS PUBLIC POLICY WORK IN TRAVIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

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AND I WAS TO SPEAK ALISON, GOOD MORNING.

I WANT TO WISH DAHLIA GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW ROLE.

UM, YOU HAVE BEEN A ROLE MODEL TO MANY, AND YOU ALWAYS SPEAK FROM YOUR HEART AND YOU SPEAK FOR THOSE LESS FORTUNATE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING ADVOCATE FOR DISTRICT TWO AND FOR THE CITY.

UM, AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WATCH YOU GROW, UM, INTO, UM, BEING AN AMAZING LEADER FOR OUR CITY AND NOW OUR COUNTY.

AND I WISH YOU WELL, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER, ADVANCING ISSUES THAT WE BOTH CARE A LOT ABOUT LIKE CHILDCARE AND FIRE SAFETY, UM, AND WITH OUR WORK ON THE 80 YEARS.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEW ROLE, UM, AND WE'LL BE SEEING YOU, UM, I'M SURE QUITE OFTEN, THANK YOU.

JUST WANT TO ADD MY THOUGHTS HERE AS WELL.

UH, AND THEN GREG, I'LL GO TO YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE, UM, UH, HONOR, AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU, UH, OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

IN THIS LAST RACE, I WOULD OFTEN TELL PEOPLE THAT I WAS THERE TO KIND OF A BITTERSWEET TYPE OF WAY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE YOU, UH, WHERE WE, WHERE WE HAD YOU AND I, AND I, AND I MEANT THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT THE CITY, ABOUT LEADERSHIP, ABOUT ADVOCACY, UH, AND OTHERS.

AND AS OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT, ABOUT JUSTICE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, YOU'RE A BIT MISSED, UH, ON THIS DYESS FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR YOUR DISTRICT, BUT, BUT ALSO FOR FOLKS ALL OVER THE CITY, THAT IT WAS STRICTLY NOT HAD A FULLY POWERED, UH, VOICE.

UM, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE IN PREMIERE RIGHTS, THE FIRE STATION, UH, THE SOCIAL WORK WITH LIVING WAGE AND FAIR CHANCE HIRING THE FOOD INSECURITY, WORK, THE CLINIC, THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO, TO PEOPLE THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN IN HAVE BEEN DUE.

BUT I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS MADE TO THE CITY GOES BEYOND THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

I THINK THAT YOU HAVE HELPED THE COUNCIL IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, LED THE COUNCIL IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, UH, TO A REALLY FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN HOW GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE IS DONE IN THIS CITY.

THERE'S BEEN A, AN EMPHASIS ON, ON EQUITY, UH, AN EQUITY LENS THAT RATES EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, EVERYTHING NOW THAT, THAT OUR STAFF DOES IN OUR CITY.

UH, I THINK THAT YOU DESERVE REAL SIGNIFICANT CREDIT FUNDAMENTALLY FOR CHANGING HOW IT IS THAT CITY GOVERNANCE HAPPENS.

UH, I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THE, FOR THE MEASURE OF, OF, UH, COMPASSIONATE ADVOCACY, UH, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TO THE, TO THE NEW JOB, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S HUGE UPSIDE POTENTIAL.

UH, AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE PUSHING THERE AS YOU PUSHED HERE.

UH, AND THEN QUITE FRANKLY, PER TIME, I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BALANCE OF EVERYBODY'S ENTIRE CAREER, UH, OF I, THAT I, THAT I THINK HAS JUST LIMITLESS POTENTIAL.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO PUBLIC SERVICE.

UH, GREG.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU WANNA SURE.

I MEAN, I'LL HAVE, HAVE SAID IT ALL.

AND I'VE SAID MOST OF MY PIECE IN THE VIDEO, AND I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE EMBARRASSING.

UM, OTHER THAN JUST, UM, I THINK LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS TOUGH TO PROMOTE YOU LEAVING BECAUSE OF FREEBIE JUICE SO BAD HERE.

UM, BUT SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT.

AND WHEN WE ELECTED YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, I MENTIONED THAT I KNOW THAT SO MANY LATINOS ACROSS OUR CITY WILL BE PROUD, UM, AND THAT LUCAS WOULD BE PROUD.

AND AS I THINK ABOUT THAT, I JUST CAN'T WAIT, UH, TO TELL LOUIS ALL THE STORIES ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.

I JUST, I'M JUST THINKING OF THAT, LIKE MAKES ME BEAM AND MAKES ME FEEL SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S LIKE THE REAL MEASURE OF HOW WE SHOULD DO THE JOB, UM, IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE WE CAN, UM, GO BACK TO OURSELVES, BUT THEN ALSO OUR FAMILIES AND FEEL REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO DO AND HAVE JUST BEEN SO HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS WITH YOU.

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AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I TRIED TO KEEP IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE AND YOU, YOU GUYS KNOW, I DON'T LIKE LONG SPEECHES, SO I REALLY, REALLY DID TRY IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS VERY, VERY KIND.

UH YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND TASHA, I LOVE THE IDEA OF WEARING A MASK BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE QUIVERING LIP AS MUCH.

RIGHT.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO READ A LOT.

SO I I'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS.

I WAS TELLING THE STAFF IN HERE, I PRACTICED.

SO I WOULDN'T CRY.

UM, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HONORS OF MY LIFE TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR 12 YEARS.

AND NO, THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT COUNCIL YEARS ARE DOG YEARS.

I'VE, UH, WORKED SIX YEARS AS AN AUSTIN FIREFIGHTER AND SIX YEARS REPRESENTING SOUTHEAST AUSTIN DISTRICT TO DISTRICT TWO DID NOT HAVE A DEDICATED OR A CONSTANT VOICE OR LIVED EXPERIENCE VOICE BEFORE TEN ONE.

AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE THAT VOICE FOR YOU.

UH, SO THANK YOU TO DISTRICT TWO FOR SENDING ME TO CITY HALL TO FIGHT FOR YOU.

I KNOW MY KIDS, MY CONSTITUENTS DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH EVERY DECISION I MADE, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE MOST PART THAT MY CONSTITUENTS WERE ALWAYS KIND AND RATIONAL ABOUT ISSUES AS THE FIRST LATINO IN THIS DIOCESE AND THE FIRST LATINA MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED ME IN MY WORK, ALL THE LATINAS THAT CAME BEFORE ME WHO TRIED.

UM, BUT I STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS WHEN I WAS ELECTED MAYOR PRO TEM.

I SAID, THEN THAT BEING THE FIRST WASN'T IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS NOT BEING THE LAST THAT'S ALSO WHAT MY MATH SAYS.

IF ANYBODY'S WONDERING, AND IT REALLY SWEET CONSTITUENT MADE THIS FOR ME, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTED VANESSA.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER WORK AND I AM HERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

IN FACT, WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES AND GAVE HER A TOUR OF CITY HALL ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

I THOUGHT ABOUT GOING INTO THE WORK MY OFFICE DID, BUT I THOUGHT IN STAYING TRUE TO MYSELF, I WASN'T GOING TO SIT HERE AND LIST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOU KNOW HOW I HAVE NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF LONG SPEECHES.

UM, BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

NONETHELESS.

I THINK MUCH OF OUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED US INVEST MORE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, A MORE EQUITABLE, MORE SAFE, MORE HEARD AUSTIN TO MY STAFF IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, LAURA WILLIAMSON, KATHERINE, NICELY, ALEXANDRA BRIAN MCGIVER AND KATE GARZA, ALISON GARCIA, ERIC, OR CYNTHIA VAN MANNON AND ROSE.

YOUR WORK HELPED SO MANY.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU AMONG MANY OTHER WINS.

UM, DELL VALLEY HAS A BRAND NEW FIRE AND EMS STATION.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A CITY BUILDING GO UP THAT FAST.

I WAS AMAZING AND DEF SPRINGS WILL SOON HAVE A HEALTH CENTER COMING.

UM, AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR DECADES TO COME BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK TO MY STAFF, TO CITY STAFF.

I DON'T WANT TO NAME INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY TO NAME, BUT A CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE AN AMAZING PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND YOU HAVE SET THE BAR SO HIGH AS I MOVE ON TO THIS NEXT AGENCY, TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, THE WORK I'M THE MOST REALLY PROUD OF REALLY THAT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY IS THE WORK I DID BEFORE COMING TO THIS DICE, BEING PART OF THE COALITION TO BRING THIS CITY.

A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE CITY.

AND DEFINITELY, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR COUNCIL MOVING OUR ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER IS ALSO TO THANK FOR THAT CHANGE.

I REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY GOING TO A CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO ASK THEM TO SUPPORT TEN ONE AND A MAN SAYING A MAN AFTER MY PRESENCE STATION STOOD UP AND VERY CASUALLY SAID IT WOULD BE STUPID FOR US TO SUPPORT TEN ONE.

WE HAVE ALL THE, WHY WOULD WE LET THAT GO? I ALSO REMEMBER TELLING THAT STORY FROM THE PAST PODIUMS THAT USUALLY ARE SITTING UP HERE.

IT WAS THIS ONE ON THE RIGHT DURING CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, ASKING THE COUNCIL THEN TO PUT TEN ONE ON THE BALLOT, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

SO WE FORMED THE COALITION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND PUSH IT TO VICTORY.

UM, I FIRMLY BELIEVE, I KNOW WE HAD THE YOUNGEST DYESS WE'VE EVER HAD DEFINITELY THE MOST DIVERSE WITH THE MOST MINORITY REPRESENTATION.

AND WE HAVE HELD ONTO OUR FEMALE MAJORITY THROUGH, I BELIEVE FOUR CYCLES OF ELECTIONS.

THE GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WAS REPLACED BY THE LADY LECTERN.

I KNOW NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT TEN ONE, NO MORE HAVING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS THAT COME FROM JUST A FEW ZIP CODES IN 2012, 10% OF REGISTERED AUSTIN VOTED FOR THE MAYOR AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S HARD TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO WHEN THE STATUS QUO IS PRIMARILY THE POPULATION VOTING IN 2014 AFTER MOVING CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER.

HE GOES ON TO SAY, THE PRESENT TENSION IN THE SOUTH IS NECESSARY PHASE OF THE TRANSITION FROM OBNOXIOUS NEGATIVE PEACE TO A SUBSTANTIVE AND POSITIVE PIECE IN WHICH ALL MEN WILL RESPECT THE DIGNITY AND WORTH OF HUMAN PERSONALITY.

NUMBER QUADRUPLED TO 40% OF AUSTINITES CHOOSING THEIR FIRST TEN ONE

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COUNCIL.

THIS DIOCESE IS MORE DEMOCRATIC AND MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY.

NOW, QUICK SIDE NOTE, I AM ON THE DICE TODAY.

I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER IF THEY COULD ARRANGE THAT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THAT.

I, I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A PORTION OF TODAY'S MEETING.

UM, HERE, SINCE I STARTED HERE, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH AND I'VE GROWN SO MUCH DURING MY TIME ON THE DIOCESE.

AND WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS AGREED, I KNOW EACH OF US TRULY, IT WAS DOING WHAT WE WERE FELT BEST FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND I CERTAINLY KNOW THE SACRIFICES THAT EACH OF YOU MAKE TO SERVE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I'M GOING TO MISS.

I'M GOING TO NAME JUST A FEW, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE LEVITY HERE, PLEASE.

NO, THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM A PLACE OF ENDEARMENT, SO I HOPE NOBODY TAKES OFFENSE TO ANY OF THIS.

I'M GOING TO MISS THE MAYOR, PRONOUNCING WATER, WATER, UM, AND INTRODUCING ME TO TERMS LIKE TRAUNCH.

UM, I'M GOING TO MISS ANNE'S STEADFAST ADVOCACY FOR HER CONSTITUENTS.

IT IS A PRETTY AMAZING THING TO WATCH AND DIG INTO SOMETHING AND I'LL, OR INTERRUPTING PEOPLE THEN SAYING SHE DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.

I'M GONNA MISS HISTORY OF IFC LESSONS FROM CATHY.

UM, I'M ALSO GONNA MISS CITY NEXT TO KATHY, UM, BECAUSE SHE JUST DOES SO MUCH WORK TO READ UP ON STUFF AND HAD SO MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION WITH THEIR ALL THE TIMES.

AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED WHEN SHE PULLED OUT HER STAPLER.

AND IN FACT, I SAW THE STAPLER THE OTHER DAY, I THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO AND IT, IT MADE ME SMILE.

UM, I'M GOING TO MISS WONDERING IF PAIGE, SPENCER AND JIMMY, THERE'S A STAPLER.

UM, I'M GONNA MISS WONDERING IF PAIGE, SPENCER AND JIMMY ARE ACTUALLY ROBOTS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY STAY.

SO YEAH, STILL AND STARE AT THE CAMERA FOR SO LONG WITHOUT MOVING.

UH, NATASHA, I, I KNEW YOU LONG BEFORE BEING ON THIS DIES AND IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU IN THIS CAPACITY.

AND I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFELONG FRIENDS, UM, AND GREG, UM, AND LOOKING UP 10, ONE ARTICLES TO REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THAT FIGHT.

UM, I READ ONE AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS AT TEN ONE WOULD PRODUCE.

AND THIS IS AN ART.

THIS IS A QUOTE FROM PECK, YOUNG, UH, MANY KNOW A KNOWN POLITICAL CONSULTANT.

HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, THE GOOD THINGS THAT TEN ONE WOULD BRING.

AND HE SAID, YES, YOU'RE GONNA WAKE UP ONE MORNING.

AND SOME STAR IS GOING TO EMERGE.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO EMERGE FROM A DISTRICT WHERE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK STREETS AND RAISE MONEY AND THEIRS AND THOSE STREETS, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET ELECTED.

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT SEEING WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

GREG, YOU REALLY HAVE PUSHED US TO BE A MORE PROGRESSIVE, UH, COUNCIL, N P O M.

I'LL MISS YOUR VERY REAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

AND I'LL ALSO MISS TEXTS FROM MY STAFF SAYING, TELL PEO THAT HIS MIC IS ON.

WE CAN HEAR HIM BREATHING.

AND I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, I ADMIT THAT'S THE SAME FOR ALISON AND LESLIE.

THE, YOU REMIND ME IT ANYWAYS, OF THE STEADFAST ADVOCACY, YOU PROVIDE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND IT'S AMAZING.

IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH.

AND, AND I, AND I, UM, I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU.

I'LL CLOSE WITH READING AN EXCERPT, START FROM SOMETHING THAT I READ.

I GO BACK TO OFTEN TO READ WHEN I NEED TO REMIND HER OF WHY WE DO THIS WORK.

IT REMINDS ME OF THE WORK LEFT TO BE DONE.

AND IT'S SOMETIMES IT MAKES ME INCREDIBLY SAD THAT NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE IT WAS WRITTEN ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO.

IT'S MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL.

I THINK IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT TIME OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TO CRIMINALIZING POVERTY.

I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY IN THESE KINDS OF POSITIONS TO READ IT AND READ IT OFTEN, DR.

KING WROTE YOU DEPLORE THE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKING PLACE IN BIRMINGHAM, BUT YOUR STATEMENT, I'M SORRY TO SAY FAILS TO EXPRESS A SIMILAR CONCERN FOR THE CONDITIONS THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE DEMONSTRATION.

I'M SURE THAT NONE OF YOU WOULD WANT TO REST CONTENT WITH THE SUPERFICIAL KIND OF SOCIAL ANALYSIS THAT DEALS MERELY WITH THE EFFECTS AND DOES NOT GRAPPLE WITH THE UNDERLYING CAUSES.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN BIRMINGHAM, BUT IT IS EVEN MORE UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CITY'S WHITE POWER STRUCTURE LEFT THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITH NO ALTERNATIVE, DR.

KING GOES ON TO SAY WHAT HE BELIEVES IS A BIGGER THREAT TO HIS CAUSE.

AND THE KKK, EVEN HE SAID IT WAS THE WHITE MODERATE WHO IS MORE DEVOTED TO ORDER THAN TO JUSTICE WHO PREFERS A NEGATIVE PIECE, WHICH IS THE ABSENCE OF TENSION TO A POSITIVE PEACE, WHICH IS THE PRESENCE OF JUSTICE.

WHO CONSTANTLY SAYS, I AGREE WITH YOU IN THE GOAL YOU SEEK, BUT I CANNOT AGREE WITH YOUR METHODS WHO PATERNALISTICALLY BELIEVES HE CAN SET THE TIMETABLE FOR ANOTHER MAN'S FREEDOM WHO LIVES BY A MYTHICAL CONCEPT OF TIME, AND CONSTANTLY ADVISES US TO WAIT FOR A MORE CONVENIENT SEASON.

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WE WHO ENGAGE IN ACTION ARE NOT CREATORS OF TENSION.

WE MERELY BRING TO THE SURFACE, THE HIDDEN TENSION THAT IS ALREADY ALIVE.

WE BRING IT OUT TO THE OPEN WHERE IT CAN BE SEEN AND DEALT WITH.

THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, FOR HAVING AND THE COURAGE TO BRING TO THE SURFACE, THE HIDDEN TENSIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BRINGING IT OUT INTO THE OPEN AND DEALING WITH IT.

I ALMOST MADE IT THROUGH.

I KNOW AS I MOVE ON TO MY NEXT CHAPTER, I WILL USE YOUR EXAMPLES OF PATIENTS UNDER PRESSURE AND COURAGE UNDER FIRE TO PUSH ME, TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T FEEL HEARD AND DON'T FEEL SICK.

OR ITEMS ONE THROUGH, UH, 55.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION THAT WENT A LITTLE LONGER THAN I WANT IT TO, BUT THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, GODSPEED, UH, COLLEAGUES.

UH, WE ARE BACK TO OUR AGENDA, UH, CONSENT

[Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)]

UM, WHAT'S PULLED AT THIS POINT ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SO IT CAN BE HEARD WITH ITEM NUMBER 60 PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 18.

UH, WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST ITEM NUMBER 30, HOW SOUTH ITEM NUMBER 49, WHICH IS A ZONE CROSSING PULLED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

UH, THREE IS GOING TO GET PULLED, UH, MANAGER.

DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 18, THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST? WE CERTAINLY CAN'T.

I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR FOLKS FROM WATER COME UP, COME OVER, BUT IT MIGHT BE A LONGER DISCUSSION JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF WHAT THE DELAY IN APPROVING THIS WOULD BE OKAY.

THEY'RE HEADED OVER THERE YET, CORRECT.

I'M TRYING TO GET A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED ON 22 AND 40.

I'M HOPING THAT BY THAT TIME SPEAKERS ARE DONE, I'LL HAVE THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M JUST FLAGGING THAT.

OUTLINE TO HEAR THE MORNING SPEAKERS, UH, ABOUT HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE? WHAT 13.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD REMINDER.

LET'S PULL OR PUT A CHECK MARK NEXT TO 32 AND ALSO NEXT TO 40.

AND THEN PROBABLY LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE SPEAKERS AND THAT'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO, TO, TO, TO COME IN.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILOR POOL MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, A WORD

[Public Comment (Part 1 of 3)]

ALL RIGHT, MARINA.

CODE AMENDMENT CAN BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPEAKERS.

FIRST SPEAKER IS BOBBY LAVINSKY BOBBY.

LAVINSKY BE SURE TO QUEEN THANK YOU.

MARRYING UP MODE MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME IS BOBBY LEVINSKY.

I'M HERE WITH THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.

I'M SPEAKING ON THE WATERFORD AMENDMENTS, UM, THAT ARE AHEAD OF YOU TODAY.

UM, WE'RE OF COURSE IN FAVOR OF THESE AMENDMENTS.

HOWEVER, UM, ONE THING WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKER WITH THE OTHER PARTS OF THE WATERFORD AMENDMENT.

I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE OUT OF BREATH BECAUSE I WAS JUST RUNNING INSIDE WITH MY DOGS, BUT, UM, WE ARE, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO ADVANCING THE, ESPECIALLY THE WATER BENCHMARKING WITH BUTTER BENCHMARKING AMENDMENTS.

THOSE AMENDMENTS HAVE RELATE TO, UM, WHEN A DEVELOPER SUBMITS A SITE PLAN, THEY GET A, SOMEWHAT LIKE AN AUDIT, LIKE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AUDIT AND THEY GET RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THEY COULD IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.

IN TERMS OF WATER EFFICIENCY.

THIS IS A CODE AMENDMENT THAT HAD, UM, THE REVISED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MOVE FORWARD.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, UM, ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED IN JUNE OF 2020.

SO NOW WE ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE WITH REGARD TO THE WATER BUDGETING AMENDMENTS, AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING YOU TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT ITEM.

YOU CAN'T DO IT TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT POSTED FOR IT, BUT, UM, WE REALLY DO NEED YOU TO TAKE ACTION AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

SO THAT WAY THAT, UM,

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UM, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ONGOING LAWSUIT WHATSOEVER.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZONING.

UM, I'VE DONE THE LEGAL RESEARCH ON THAT, UM, AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT Y'ALL CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

UM, AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT UNANIMOUSLY BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE NEED FOR THAT TYPE OF CODE AMENDMENT.

UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE, UM, CAMPAIGNED ON IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT ENACTED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, PAUL ROBBINS COUNSEL, I'M COMMENTING ON ITEM THREE TO ADD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DISCOUNTS FOR WATER, TWO APARTMENT UNITS THAT ARE MASTER METERED.

THIS WOULD GRANT ELIGIBLE UTILITY CUSTOMERS A DISCOUNT OF ABOUT 200, $4 A YEAR.

I GENERALLY SUPPORT THE CONCEPT, BUT I HAVE TWO CONCERNS.

THE FIRST IS THAT MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED.

IF SOMEONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD IS ON ONE OF THE SEVEN SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, I HAVE POINTED OUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH EVIDENCE THAT THIS APPROACH IS FLAWED.

THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO REACH CUSTOMERS WITH AN INCOME OF NO MORE THAN 2% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL.

AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT WILL ENLIST SOME PEOPLE ABOVE THIS INCOME BRACKET.

AUSTIN ENERGY BEGAN A PROGRAM ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO ALLOW CUSTOMERS WHO ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED TO QUALIFY BY PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION OF INCOME TODAY, ROUGHLY ONE SIXTH OF CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS HAVE DONE THIS.

I THINK THIS MYTHIC SHOULD BE ADOPTED UNIVERSALLY.

SOME PEOPLE AT THE UTILITY DO NOT FEEL THIS AS MUCH OF A PROBLEM SAYING THAT MOST, MOST PARTICIPANTS ARE DESERVING, BUT CONSIDER IF THE NEW WATER DISCOUNTS ARE ADDED TOTAL CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DISCOUNTS FOR ELECTRICITY, WATER AND DRAINAGE UTILITIES WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR.

EVEN A 10% ERROR RATE WILL ROUTE $2 MILLION TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.

THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE SENT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

MOREOVER, THE RATE PAYERS WHO PROVIDE THIS ASSISTANCE WITH A MANDATORY SURCHARGE ON THEIR BILL SHOULD FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEIR FUNDING IS BEING WELL SPENT.

THE OTHER CONCERN WHICH I BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK IS THE IRONY THAT YOU'RE GIVING UTILITY DISCOUNTS WITH ONE HAND WHILE REQUIRING TAX INCREASES FOR A RAIL.

WITH THE OTHER HAND, THIS MAY PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY ELIMINATE TODAY'S PROPOSED DISCOUNT FOR UTILITIES.

LITTLE THOUGHT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HOW THE REGRESSIVE RAIL TAX AFFECTS THE POOR.

I REALIZED THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT POSTED TODAY, BUT YOU SHOULD POST IT FOR EARLY NEXT YEAR.

I THINK A BLANKET TAX EXEMPTION OF $200,000 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT WOULD AFFECT APARTMENT UNITS AND LOWER VALUED HOMES THE MOST AND PROVIDE A SIMPLE WAY TO GRANT RELIEF.

THIS SEEMINGLY CONFLICTS WAS MY FIRST POINT ABOUT INCOME QUALIFYING CAP RECIPIENTS.

AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY INCOME QUALIFIED PEOPLE FOR THIS TAX RELIEF.

HOWEVER, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DO THIS FOR A LARGER TAX RELIEF PROGRAM, UNLESS THE RELIEF IS IN THE FORM OF DIRECT PAYMENTS.

SOME TENANTS IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, MAY INCOME QUALIFY WHILE OTHERS DO NOT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

BENJAMIN JACOB MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS SHORT JACOB AND I WORK WITH BOSTON BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING TENANT ACTION.

A PROJECT IN AUSTIN DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING AN ORGANIZING TENANTS TO EFFECTUATE THEIR RIGHTS.

UH, BOSTON IS ALSO AN ORG INC ORGANIZATION OF THE EVICTION SOLIDARITY NETWORK.

THAT'S A COALITION THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY TO PEOPLE FACING THE THREAT OF EVICTION AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE HARSH REALITIES OF EVICTION HOUSING, THE STABILITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TENANTS RIGHTS.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEM 54, WHICH WOULD EXTEND AN ORDINANCE FIRST PASSED ON MARCH 26TH OF THIS YEAR, GIVING TENANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY BACK LATE RENT AND AVOID EVICTION DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC.

I'M HERE TODAY, PRIMARILY TO DISCUSS MY WORK WITH THE EVICTION SOLIDARITY

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NETWORK.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES OF ESN IS TO OBSERVE, UM, EVICTION PROCEEDINGS IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS OF TRAVIS COUNTY.

THE COURTS PARTIALLY REOPENED IN OCTOBER AND EVERY DAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN HEARINGS.

WE HAVE SEEN HOW THE PROTECTIONS THAT WERE ENACTED BY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVE HELPED TENANTS BY KEEPING THE NUMBER OF EVICTION CASES DOWN AND PROVIDING DEFENSES TO TENANTS.

THIS IS IN STARK CONTRAST WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN TEXAS LIKE HARRIS COUNTY, WHERE WE'VE SEEN AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

UM, ALL RESIDENTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY ARE COVERED BY ORDERS, PROHIBITING LANDLORDS FROM GIVING MOST TENANTS NOTICES TO VACATE FOR PAYMENT OF RENT, BUT ONLY TENANTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE EXTRA TIME TO PAY BACK THAT LATE RENT.

MANY OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE CASES WE HAVE WITNESSED ARE A MONTH OR TWO BEHIND ON RENT OFTEN BECAUSE OF TEMPORARY JOB LOSS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

WE HAVE SEEN MANY FOLKS ARRIVE TO COURT WITH FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO GET CAUGHT UP RIGHT THEN, OR EVEN WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME UNDER STATE LAW ALONE, THERE WOULD BE NO REQUIREMENT FOR LANDLORDS TO ACCEPT THIS RENT PAYMENT.

THIS ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, WOULD ALLOW THE TENANTS TO STAY.

I WANTED TO GIVE A STORY OF A TRIAL THAT I WITNESSED LAST WEEK.

UM, THIS WAS A TRIAL WHERE A WOMAN AND HER FAMILY WERE EVICTED.

THE RENT WAS ABOVE THE THRESHOLD OF THE COURT'S MORATORIUM.

SO THE CASE WAS HEARD IN ADDITION TO NON-PAYMENT, THE LANDLORD HAD ALLEGED COMPLAINTS FROM THE HOA FOR HER YARD BEING TRASHY FOR TRASH CANS BEING LEFT OUT ON THE STREET.

THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, PRESENTED FOR HER CASE WAS PRETTY INSUBSTANTIAL.

AND THE JUDGE INCLUDED DID NOT REALLY BUY THAT ARGUMENT.

BUT TENANT WAS ALSO A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEHIND ON RENT.

SHE HAD LOST HER TECH JOB DUE TO COVID CUTBACKS AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER.

I THINK THAT WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD, HAD PASSED AWAY IN A POOL ACCIDENT OVER THE SUMMER.

SHE HAD UNDERSTANDABLY GOTTEN BEHIND ON RENT WITH NO INCOME AND DEALING WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES, BUT SHE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED A LIFE INSURANCE PAYOUT FROM HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH AND HAD THE MONEY AVAILABLE THEN TO BE ABLE TO PAY BACK ALL THAT LATE RENT.

BUT THE LANDLORD WASN'T INTERESTED, THE JUDGE, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO THE TENANT.

SO THE TENANT HAD NO PROTECTION AND BECAUSE SHE HADN'T PAID RENT, SHE RULED FOR THE LANDLORD HAD THAT TENANT LIVED IN AUSTIN, HAD, SHE JUST LIVED A COUPLE OF MILES OVER.

SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION.

SHE WOULD HAVE HAD 60 DAYS TO GET CAUGHT UP ON EACH MONTH THAT SHE WAS LATE.

AND ALMOST CERTAINLY THIS WOMAN WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN EVICTED.

UM, A REPORT WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK BY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND A COUPLE OTHERS, UM, THAT FOUND THAT LIFTING STATE MORATORIUMS OVER THE SUMMER ALLOWED AND THEN ALLOWING EVICTION PROCEEDINGS COSTS MORE THAN 400,000 EXCESS CASES OF COVID-19 AND ALMOST 11,000 ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN THE U S BETWEEN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER EVICTED TENANTS HAVE TO DOUBLE UP WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

THEY HAVE TO GO TO CREDIT SHELTERS OR TO THE STREETS OFTEN VIGILANT AUSTIN'S VIGILANCE WITH POLICIES SUCH AS THIS ORDINANCE HAVE KEPT CASES RELATIVELY LOW UNDER THE SUBORDINATES RENTS RENT IS STILL OWED AND WE HAVE SEEN TIME AGAIN AND TIME AGAIN, THAT TENANTS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO GET THAT MONEY TOGETHER.

THEY SIMPLY NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, TIME TO CONNECT WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE SIDE, TO MAKE A PLAN OF WHERE THEY AND THEIR FAMILY CAN SAFELY LAND TIME FOR THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET TO CATCH UP WE'RE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME HAS EXPIRED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE ARE NINE MONTHS WITH NO RELIEF AND THE PROMISE OF VACCINE IS TANTALIZING, BUT AS OWN HEALTH AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE SAID, THE WORST IS YET TO COME.

EVICTION IS NOT A CURE.

THANK YOU, JASON LUCIO.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JASON LUCIO AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.

I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL POSTPONE ACTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS, 30 HEALTH SOUTH.

UH, I BELIEVE THIS ONE IS JUST MOVING TOO FAST WITHOUT ENOUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

THE CURRENT PROPOSAL OF 25% AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT 80% MSI ARE OUT OF REACH FOR RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT TWO.

AND HERE IN DISTRICT TWO, WE SHOULD HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALLOW US TO MOVE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, OR WE CAN HAVE BETTER AND SAFER ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY JOBS, TRANSPORTATION, OTHER AMENITIES, RATHER THAN JUST STAYING SEGREGATED HERE IN DOVE SPRINGS AND HEALTH SOUTH WOULD SIMPLY NOT BE AN OPTION FOR US WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.

THIS LOCATION NEEDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DEEPER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

PLEASE PAY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO THE, UM, JULY 30TH, 2018 URBAN LAND INSTITUTE REPORT THAT RANKED CITY SITES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

UH, LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM GARZA FOR HER GROUNDBREAKING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT TO THIS COUNCIL, THIS CITY, BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEW ROLE.

WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL DO GREAT THINGS.

THANK YOU, SUSAN SUMMERS,

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SUSAN SUMMERS, PLEASE BE SURE TO UNMUTE.

HELLO.

SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

AM I HERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

GO AHEAD.

UM, HI, I'M SUSAN SUMMERS.

I'M A RESIDENT AT 11 900 HOBBY HORSE COURT.

UM, IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT, UM, ITEM 49, WHICH IS SUSTAINMENT, UH, THE NUMBER, THE NAME OF HOBBY HORSE COURT TO AZULE CROSSING.

UM, I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED ACTUALLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL CHANGE, UM, FROM READING THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

UM, SO I, IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, I LIVE IN IT'S THE RADIUS APARTMENT HOMES.

UM, THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST I KNOW THERE'S 25 BUILDINGS AND THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST 400, MAYBE EVEN 500 HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS COMPLEX.

AND THEY RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGE, WHICH WAS REALLY SHOCKING TO ME.

THERE'S ONLY REALLY TWO PROPERTY OWNERS INVOLVED.

ONE IS THE BROADMORE DEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER IS, ARE APARTMENT OWNERS WHO ARE NOT EVEN THE PEOPLE WE USUALLY INTERACT, INTERACT WITH CAUSE WE HAVE AN APARTMENT MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY.

UM, SO, UM, I THINK THE APARTMENT OWNERS ARE LIKE UP IN NEW YORK CITY OR SOMETHING.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, SO THEY BOTH SIGNED OFF ON IT, BUT NOBODY HERE KNEW ABOUT IT PROBABLY HARDLY EXCEPT ME.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK OUT AND ASK THAT YOU NOT DO THIS CHANGE.

THAT'S GOING TO INCONVENIENCE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH NO NOTICE.

I THINK THERE'S A GOOD SOLUTION HERE WHERE WE COULD.

UM, AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BROADMORE TO REDEVELOPMENT.

I I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

UM, A LOT OF WALKABLE DESTINATIONS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME, BUT I THINK WE CAN EXTEND THIS SOUTH OF, UH, GALT LANE, UH, WITH A DIFFERENT NAME AND RETAIN HOBBY HORSE SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONVENIENCING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, UM, WITH NO NOTICE AT ALL.

I WOULD ALSO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY TOO, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF NAME CHANGES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, BUT THERE'S NOT LIKE A MORAL REASON HERE TO BE CHANGING IT.

IT'S MORE OF A TECHNICAL REASON I THINK WITH, UM, COURTS ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE CUL-DE-SACS, BUT HOBBY HORSE IS NOT A CUL-DE-SAC IF I'VE LIVED HERE 10 YEARS AND IT'S NEVER BEEN A CUL-DE-SAC AT THAT TIME EFFECT, PEOPLE GO THROUGH TO GALT LANE FROM GRACIE FARMS, UH, SORT OF, I DON'T LIKE TO SAY CUT THROUGH BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME, BUT PEOPLE USE THAT AS A THREE-WAY TO GET OUT, TO BURN IT, TO TURN LEFT ON, BURN IT FROM GRACIE FARMS ALL THE TIME.

CAUSE YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT, UM, UH, FROM GREASY FARMS THERE.

SO ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE HAPPEN.

UM, I ALSO WOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER Y'ALL, UH, ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER NOTIFYING RENTERS OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, STREET NAME CHANGES.

I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY CRAZY THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD SIGN OFF AND THAT WOULD INCONVENIENCE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAD RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION.

AND ALSO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT YOU WOULD ENGAGE THE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES IN THE THREE DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE HAD NO ENGAGEMENT ON THAT.

I, LIKE I SAID, I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MUSEUM, BUT, UM, WRENCHES JUST SEEM TO GET IGNORED A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, IT'S QUITE FRUSTRATING.

AND SO, UM, I WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS IN ME, CAUSE I, I HAVE A SENSE THAT PROBABLY MOST OF THEM, IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS WOULD NOT BE EXCITED ABOUT CHANGING ALL THEIR ADDRESSES EVERYWHERE.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL, MAYOR.

YES, GO AHEAD.

UM, JUST, UM, FOR THE LAST SPEAKER, UM, THE, UH, UH, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT, UM, AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH MY STAFF LAST WEEK, UM, RETAINING THE HOBBY HORSE, UH, NAME AT THE SOUTHERN END.

THE PART THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE AND CHANGING THE NAME TO US SCHOOL CROSSING TO REPRESENT THE M AND A ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I GUESS, OF IBM IN THE PAST.

UM, BUT FOR THE DOMAIN PROPERTY.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT, UM, MR. SPILLER, HIS STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT CHANGE TO US THIS AFTERNOON SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THIS ACTION AND ARE GOOD FRIENDS WITH BRANDYWINE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR PROJECT.

I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A GOOD SOLUTION HERE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

AND MY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

I AM DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST THAT FAMILY ELDER CARE WE'VE BEEN SERVING OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.

THANK YOU, KATHY.

DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? OKAY.

I LIKE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THE POINT THAT OUR SPEAKER RAISED AND, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL'S ALREADY ON THAT, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'D BE A GOOD CHANGE.

THANK YOU, LOGAN.

YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING? SURE.

NEXT SPEAKER.

HELLO.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, MY NAME IS BLAKE SMITH.

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ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AGE, IN A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AND TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND PREMATURE INSTITUTIONALIZATION.

I ALSO GRADUATED WITH MY MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK DEGREE FROM UT IN 2019, WHERE I WORKED WITH OLDER ADULTS AND VETERANS STRUGGLING WITH ISOLATION, FINANCIAL INSECURITY AND HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF FAMILY ELDER CARE, I WANTED TO THROW IN MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM 54, EXTENDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.

UM, WE ARE FACING A COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE AND PREVENTABLE WAVE OF HOMELESSNESS AND EXTENDING THIS MORATORIUM WILL HELP, UH, MITIGATE THIS.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST INCOME DUE TO COVID-19 AND THEY WILL END UP FACING EVICTION DUE TO UNPAID RENT THAT HAS BEEN PILING UP.

UM, OF COURSE MENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS EXIST, BUT SOME HAVE ONLY JUST STARTED FLOWING.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PAY OFF THEIR RENTAL DEBT BEFORE THE END OF THE MORATORIUM.

THERE'S ALSO A GREATER NEED FOR ASSISTANCE AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE WHEN YOU MORE FUNDING THAN, THAN WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN AUSTIN.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING A DIGITAL DIVIDE WHEN MOST OF THE APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE.

UM, UM, DOCUMENTATION NEEDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO PROCURE FOR THE, UH, APPLICATION, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC AND IMMIGRATION STATUS.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ONE CLIENT WHO IS IN UNINCORPORATED TRAVIS COUNTY AND THEY WERE DENIED RENT ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE CITY BECAUSE THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S JURISDICTION.

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER WHO ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.

WELL, THE STATE SITS ON, ON SPENT COVID MONEY AND, UM, THE, THE RENT IS JUST PILING UP.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ONCE AGAIN SAY THAT THAT BY EXTENDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM, WE WILL HELP KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED, UM, AND PREVENTS A PREDICTABLE AND PREVENTABLE WAVE OF HOMELESSNESS.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

HI, I'M SUSAN MOFFITT, SPEAKING ON ITEM 30 HEALTH STAFF, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO ENSURE THIS ITEM, WHICH TURNS TO COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO EXECUTING THE FINAL CONTRACT COUNSEL AND THE PUBLIC DOES DESERVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO BEFORE A DEAL IS SIGNED.

HONESTLY, I'D RATHER SEE THIS POSTPONED AS A MORE OF THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN, BUT IF A MAJORITY DOES CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY, BUILDING IN A FINAL PUBLIC REVIEW BEFORE SIGNING SEEMS LIKE THE TERRORIST APPROACH, THIS WOULD ALSO FOLLOW THE CITY'S PRECEDENT FROM THE HANDLING OF THE CALLA PLACE AGREEMENT AND YOUR DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATING TO THE, AND MY STRONGLY URGE YOU TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING THREE POINTS.

ONE REQUIRE A GREATER AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.

TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT IS A GOOD STAR, BUT OFTEN CAN AND MUST DO BETTER ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THIS AREA WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT MANY LOW WAGE DOWNTOWN WORKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE CRITICAL TO OUR LIVE MUSIC SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES OFTEN HAVE LONG TALKS ABOUT USING PUBLIC LAND, PROVIDE PERMANENT DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS.

AND THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY USES FOR THE PROPOSED OFFICE TOWER, SUCH AS HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE, WHICH IS GREATLY NEEDED OR THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, WHICH IS STILL LOOKING FOR A HOME THREE, MAKE SURE THIS IS A LEASE, NOT A SALE.

THIS PROPERTY WILL ONLY GROW MORE VALUABLE WITH TIME.

SO I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE A SALE OPTION EVEN INCLUDED AT THE POSSIBILITY IN THIS PROPOSAL OF SALE WOULD BE A ONE TIME GAIN, QUICKLY EATEN UP IN THE CITY BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO A LONG-TERM LEASE THAT WOULD PROVIDE ONGOING REVENUE OVER TIME.

SO PLEASE DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE ANY SALE OPTION OFF THE TABLE BEFORE STARTING NEGOTIATIONS IN 2016, THE CITY ACQUIRED THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR A RELATIVE SONG, 6.5 MILLION.

SO OUR LOW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT TO DATE MEANS WE HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF PUBLIC BENEFITS ON THIS TRACK.

GIVEN RISING LAND PRICES, THE CITY WILL LIKELY, NEVER HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO PROVIDE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER CRITICAL PUBLIC BENEFITS IN THIS AREA.

SO CLEVELAND FLEW THESE POINTS FROM NEGOTIATORS AND PLEASE ENSURE THE CONTRACT COMES BACK FOR FINAL PUBLIC REVIEW.

SO FORCEFULLY, THANK YOU, DAVID FOSTER,

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

UH, MY NAME IS DAVID FOSTER HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CLEAN WATER ACTION ON ITEM SIX.

UH, BEFORE I DO THAT THOUGH, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MAYOR PUTT, TIM DAHLIAS, OURS IS SERVICE AND POINT OUT THAT AMONG HER MANY FINE ATTRIBUTES IS THAT SHE'S ALSO A BUS RIDER.

AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HER ON THE BUS.

SOME OF US RIDE HER TOO.

UH, SO I THINK ARE NOT ONLY FOR HER SERVICE ON THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO AS A BOARD MEMBER OF CAP METRO.

SO NOW ON TO ITEM SIX, UM, UM, I SUPPORT ITEM SIX IS WRITTEN.

UM, I'M PLEASED THAT IT'S ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, WHAT IT DOES OF COURSE IS IT ESTABLISHES A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR HOW NEW BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO MANAGE, UH, RECLAIMED AND DISTRIBUTED WATER.

AND THAT MEANS CAPTURING WATER ON SITE AC CONDENSATE, RAINWATER, STORM, WATER TREATED BLACKWATER, AND GRAYWATER.

SO WE DIVERSIFY OUR WATER SOURCES AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND AS CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES IT IMPACT FELT.

UM, SO I SUPPORT THAT.

I DO THAT WHILE I ECHO WHAT BOBBY LEVINSKY, A SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE SAID EARLIER AND URGE THIS COUNCIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GO BEYOND THIS, WHICH IS SIMPLY A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AND, AND MAKE THESE CHANGES MANDATORY AS ENVISIONED IN DRAFT TWO OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND OF COURSE THAT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CODE IS ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS BOBBY SAD.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZONING IT'S IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, WITH, UH, THE MATTERS OF DISPUTE IN THAT LAWSUIT.

I'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOME OF THE LEAD PLAINTIFFS ON, ON THIS ISSUE AND THEY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS, NO RESERVATIONS ABOUT MOVING THIS FORWARD.

AND I THINK IT HELPS TO REMEMBER THAT AUSTIN WATER ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO DO THESE THINGS SEPARATELY FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THEY ONLY MOVED IT INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, WHEN COUNCIL DIRECTED THEM TO WHICH YOU ALL DID, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WATER ADVOCATES ASKED YOU TO, AND THEN WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WAS MOVING FAST AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY OF GETTING THESE NEEDED CHANGES INTO CODE THAT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UH, IT'S IT'S CLEAR TO ME FROM HEARING AUSTIN WATER, UTILITY STAFF AT VARIOUS COMMISSIONS, THAT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE NOTHING AGAINST MAKING THESE CHANGES MANDATORY.

UM, THEY'RE REALLY WAITING FOR LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I THINK THERE'S EVERY REASON FOR YOU ALL TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THIS.

UM, IT, IT HELPS TO REMEMBER THAT, UH, TEXAS A AND M RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT WARNING US OF MEGA DROUGHTS OR SLIPPING BACK INTO A DROUGHT.

NOW, THE SOONER WE DO THIS, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE IN TERMS OF WATER SUPPLY.

UH, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS CONSENSUS IF NOT UNANIMITY ON THE COUNCIL TO DO THAT.

SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO ASK STAFF, YOUR LEGAL STAFF AND STAFF AT AUSTIN WATER, HOW YOU CAN DO THIS.

I REALLY THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF FIGURING THAT OUT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OBSTACLE BEYOND THAT.

UH, SO TO BE CONTINUED, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SENECA COUNCIL.

UM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

UH, I'M CALLING IN, IN SUPPORT, UH, UH, ITEM 54, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FAULTS PEOPLE MIGHT FIND IN AS COUNSEL, YOU'VE DONE A PRETTY EXEMPLARY JOB IN TERMS OF TAKING COVID SERIOUSLY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXPIRATION OF THIS MORATORIUM, UH, COULD AFFECT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES IN A VERY SHORT TERM, UH, AND EXTENDING IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ALL OF THE RELEASE THAT WE LEAVE, UM, GIVES US ROOM TO MANEUVER IN THE EVENT OF MORE ROBUST, UH, FEDERAL AID AS WELL.

FUNDAMENTALLY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES, UH, DURING A PERIOD WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE INCREASINGLY DEADLY FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE IN THEIR HOMES.

UM, WE'VE SEEN, UH, A DEATH TOLL AMONGST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR THAT EXCEEDS OUR DEBT BY VIOLENT CRIME, FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER.

UH, AND WE CAN EXPECT THAT DURING THE PEAK OF, UH, COVID AND FLU THAT THIS WILL BE EVEN MORE OF THE CASE, UH, KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, NOT ONLY THE, JUST THING TO DO, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.

UH, AND THIS GIVES US THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO, TO WAIT OUT CRUCIAL FEDERAL AID TO, WE ALL NEED TO SURVIVE.

STATES OUT, YOU KNOW, ON, ON OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY PLATFORM THAT, YOU KNOW, STAND THE, IN SOME CASES ARE HARD, RIGHT? WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO, SHE WENT INTO THAT RACE, HAVING HIGHER NAME ID THAN ANYBODY ELSE RUNNING, UH, AND DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE QUITE A FEW OF THE POLICIES BETTER NOW KIND OF AT THE CORE FOR A PLATFORM.

OH, AND BEFORE I GO, UM, SPECIAL, THANKS OUT TO, UH, THE COUNCILMAN GARZA, UM, WHO HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, SHOWN ONE OF, UH, THE STRONGEST, UH, DEVELOPMENT OVER THE COURSE OF HER TERM IN COUNCIL, UM, HAS TAKEN INCREDIBLY HARD VOTES, UH, AND

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AND I THINK THAT SHOWS A DEDICATION TOWARDS YOU ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE'S LIVES.

DR.

SWIFT EXPEDIENT, TOO.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, BRITTANY BEES.

HI, MY NAME IS BRITTANY BAYS.

I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION, AND ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT FAMILY ELDERCARE.

I'M CALLING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM FOUR 54, EXTENDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.

FIRST.

I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR FORESIGHT AND ATTENTION TO THE EVICTION CRISIS.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF OF THE PANDEMIC.

UM, WE LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MORE PROTECTIONS THAN OTHERS, UM, BUT IT IS SO CRITICAL THAT, THAT THIS ORDINANCE PASS AND WE EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T SOLVE THIS ISSUE LOCALLY.

UM, WE MUST HAVE THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL SUPPORT NECESSARY TO GET SUFFICIENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM, GIVES US THE TIME TO DO THAT.

UM, FURTHERMORE, EVEN SOME OF OUR LOCAL PROGRAMS HAVE ONLY NOW JUST STARTED FLOWING WITH SOME OF THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND SO IT'S SO CRITICAL TO EXTEND THIS MORATORIUM.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A MASSIVE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND PRIOR TO THIS PANDEMIC, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE SURVIVING ON VERY LITTLE SAVINGS.

AND SO A SMALL CRISIS, A DENTAL BILL, UM, COULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO KICK OFF THE DOMINOES OF, OF HOUSING INSTABILITY.

IF YOU ADD THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COVID-19, IT JUST BECOMES ALL THE MORE DRAMATIC AND IT IS LATE THERE, THE GROWTH AND EQUITY AND IN OUR SYSTEM AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, UH, OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

SO I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, INCREASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE WHERE YOU CAN LOCALLY, UM, AND REDUCE THE BARRIERS TO OUR COMMUNITY, ACCESSING THOSE RENTAL DOLLARS.

UM, DON'T PUT ON, YOU KNOW, BURDENSOME DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE, ALLOW YOUR PROFESSIONAL CASE MANAGERS TO BE FUNDED, TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS WORK AND ALLOW THEM TO RELY ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THIS FUNDING IS PRIORITIZED AND GETS TO THE FOLKS WHO NEED IT MOST.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, WE ARE A SUPPORT ITEM, 54 AND EXTENDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.

RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, WHICH HAS WORKED WITH LOW INCOME TEXTS AND TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM OF A DECENT AFFORDABLE HOME INEQUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD.

OH, WISE ASAR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AND I SERVE ON THE LEADERSHIP OF PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES OR UC.

WE ARE A PARTNER ORGANIZATION OF THE EVICTION SOLID DADDY NETWORK.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 54, THAT EXTENDS THE ORIGINAL RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE PASSED IN MARCH 26.

THIS WOULD ALLOW IT DENIM TO CURE ANY DELINQUENT PAYMENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THEIR HOUSE.

DURING AN ONGOING EPIDEMIC, WE ARE IN A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND EVICTION IS NOT A CURE.

TENANTS IN OUR CITY ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT AND STAY IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, PROTECTIONS AGAINST EVICTIONS, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO CURE ARE CRITICAL.

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPERATIVE, EXTENDING DURATION ORDINANCE WOULD SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW AUSTINITES THOUGH THERE MIGHT BE A LIGHT ON THE HORIZON TO SPEND DEMEC IS NOT OVER YET.

IF ANYTHING, WE ARE HEADING INTO A SURGE AS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS.

ROLLING BACK.

ANYTIME IN PRODUCTIONS IN THIS MOMENT WOULD BE UNCONSCIONABLE.

YOU HAVE ALL SHOWN AMAZING LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST MONTH AND PREDICTED AUSTIN.

DENNIS, I ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 54 AND SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW FOSTER TONIGHT.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TAG MAYOR BOREDOM GARZA FOR HER SERVICE ON CITY COUNCIL.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND JOY TO WORK WITH HER AND HER STAFF OVER THE YEARS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT I WISH HER THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH HER.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

ELI BEARISH.

HI THERE.

MY NAME IS ELI BEARISH AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE.

I AM HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 54, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF EXTENDING THE RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE.

I'M A POLICY ANALYST AT TEXAS HOUSERS FAIR HOUSING

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FOR OVER 30 YEARS, TEXAS HOUSERS IS ALSO A PARTNER ORGANIZATION OF THE EVICTION SOLIDARITY NETWORK SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT TENANTS HAVE THE TIME RESOURCES, KNOWLEDGE, AND RIGHTS TO KEEP THEIR HOUSING AND PREVENT EVICTIONS.

TODAY, I URGE YOU TO RENEW OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SAFE HOUSING DURING THE PANDEMIC, BY EXTENDING THE 60 DAY RIGHT TO CURE ORDINANCE UNTIL A VACCINE IS FULLY AVAILABLE.

AND OUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMY HAS RECOVERED PROTECTING AUSTINITES FROM EVICTIONS.

DURING THIS TIME, IT'S NOT ONLY A MORAL NECESSITY.

IT ALSO CONTINUES TO BE A CRITICAL ASPECT OF MANAGING THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS BY EXTENDING THE RIGHT SECURE ORDINANCE.

YOU PROVIDE TENANTS FACING EVICTION, MORE TIME TO APPLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, TO FIND A NEW JOB, TO OBTAIN LEGAL HELP, OR TO OTHERWISE LAND ON THEIR FEET.

BY PASSING THIS AND OTHER SMART POLICIES DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU PROTECTED OUR CITY AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS IN OUR STATES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AS WE APPROACH AN UNCERTAIN WINTER NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO LET UP, PLEASE VOTE TO EXTEND THE RIGHT TO CARE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEMS. NUMBER FIVE IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO 900 GARDNER ROAD.

MY COMMENT IS REALLY NEUTRAL.

I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY THERE ARE ONLY 137 UNITS BEING PROPOSED FOR SIX ACRES OF LAND.

THAT APPEARS TO BE A SMALL AMOUNT AND PERHAPS NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE SITE.

I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S ABOUT TWO ACRES THAT YOU APPROVED FOR 1934 RUTLAND.

AND THAT PARTICULAR SITE HAS 135 UNITS.

THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT, THE 900 GARDNER ROAD IS ACTUALLY, UM, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF EAST SIDE MEMORIAL.

AND SO I'M NOT OPPOSING THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I DO QUESTION WHY THERE AREN'T MORE UNITS ON THAT SITE.

I DID LOOK AT THE PRE RFP VIDEO AS WELL, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS MENTIONED AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, TRANSIT ON ITEM SIX, YOU HAVE A $306,000 PENDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ECHO AND THEN COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION.

AND MY OPPOSITION REALLY IS FOR YOU TO UPDATE THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.

AND SPECIFICALLY, I AM TALKING ABOUT THE LINKAGE BETWEEN HOUSING WAS TRANSPORTATION ON PAGE 19 OF THE DOCUMENT.

TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSIT.

AND SO WHILE I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE COUNSELING IN REGARDS TO MENTIONING DR.

KING, AS IT RELATES TO WAIT FOR A MORE CONVENIENT SEASON, IT WAS OCTOBER 22ND, 2018.

AND SHE ASKED THE PEOPLE NORTH OF US, ONE 83 TO WAIT, AND WE HAVE WAITED, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION DEATHS, OUGHTA HOWARD AND EAST WEST PALMER.

AND WHILE I RESPECT A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION, THE PICKUP ZONE IS NOT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE, AND THAT, UM, OPTION ONLY CAME ABOUT BECAUSE I FILED THE COMPLAINT WITH THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEN TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ACTUALLY BE HONEST ABOUT THE TRANSIT DESERT IN THAT AREA.

AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT, UH, THIS NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS A FORMAL COUNCIL ITEM.

SO YOU CAN UPDATE THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF YOU'RE MEETING YOUR GOALS AS IT STANDS.

NOW, I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT MEETING THAT GOAL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK IN THE BOARD PACKET FROM TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO SEE THE THOUSANDS OF UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE IN TWO MILES OF SAMSUNG WITH NO TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, MAYOR, AS IT RELATES TO HOUSE BILL 28 40, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THESE HEARINGS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

CO-MINGLED WITH A REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. SINCE I WAS JUST ASKING YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE YOU CAN NOT OPEN AND CLOSE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS HAS A SEPARATE VOTE.

UH, THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS TO PLEASE COMPLY, BUT HOUSE BILL 28 40 AND TO SEPARATE THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEMS FROM YOUR REGULAR

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AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE, UM, OKAY.

UH, COLLEAGUES GETS THE, UH, AGENDA BACK TO, UH, TO, TO US, UM, MANAGER, UH, ARE YOUR FOLKS READY TO SPEAK TO THE IMPACT OF A POSTPONEMENT ON THE 18TH? WE ARE MAKER AND WE'LL DEFER TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, AS IF YOU PULL THE ITEM AND AFTER CONSENT APPROVAL OR, UM, OKAY.

ITEMS WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM ONE THROUGH 55.

SO THE PULLED

[Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

THE PULLED ITEMS WE HAVE ARE THREE 1830, 30 TO 40 AND 49.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALTERED.

YOU NEED US TO PULL 32 AND 40 AT THIS POINT.

NOPE, I'VE GOT MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

SO THE PULLED ITEMS THEN ARE JUST THREE 1830 AND 49.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, GETS OVER ALTAR.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, I WANTED TO JUST, UM, BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THREE ITEMS. UM, SO ITEM 11 HAS TO DO WITH FLEET ELECTRIFICATION.

UM, THIS ITEM SUPPORTS THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS FOR FLEET MOBILITY SERVICES.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE OUR FLEET ELECTRIFICATION INITIATIVE, TAKE THIS STEP FORWARD.

UM, AS A CITY WE'RE ON TRACK TO ADD 330 PLUS CHECK VEHICLES.

UM, THIS PROJECT WILL HELP US REDUCE COSTS AND THE USAGE OF FOSSIL FUELS.

AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER PROGRESS ON DECARBONIZING THE CITY'S FLEET.

SO THANK YOU TO MOBILITY SERVICES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP AND THEN WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM 16.

UM, THIS IS AN ITEM IS THE DESIGN BUILD AGREEMENT FOR THE DAVENPORT LOOP THREE 60 FIRE EMS STATION.

I'M EAGER TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

THE STATION WILL HELP IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES IN THE AREA AND AID IN OUR WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS.

AND THEN FINALLY I WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM 25, WHICH IS AMENDING OUR CONTRACT WITH UNITED WAY TO CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER OUR WESTERN CHILDCARE PROVIDER RELIEF GRANT, UM, THROUGH THE SAFE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TOGETHER.

WE FUNDED THIS PROGRAM WITH AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION.

UM, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN WE SAY WE DEEPLY VALUE THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT CHILDCARE PLAYS FOR FAMILIES AND OUR ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND, UM, VERY HELPFUL THAT UNITED WAY WILL BE ABLE TO ENSURE THIS MONEY IS DEPLOYED, UM, SWIFTLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THOSE THREE ITEMS. OKAY.

FOR A MAYOR PRO TEM YOU'RE MUTED STILL.

WE'LL GO TO GREG AND TREY.

WE COME BACK TO YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, UM, MAYOR.

WITH, UH, MARCH THE FIFTH BEING THE DATE.

UM, AND THANKS TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT, UM, ABOUT EVICTIONS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

FOLKS SHARING THOSE, THOSE STORIES.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW THE STATISTICS OUT IN THE, IN THE MONITOR, BUT IN OTHER TEXAS CITIES WE ARE SEEING LIKE IN FORT WORTH 8,000 EVICTIONS FILED SINCE COVID BEGAN IN HOUSTON, AROUND 16,000 FILES SINCE COVID BEGAN AND, AND AUSTIN, WHILE UNDER A THOUSAND, SOMEWHERE IN THE 600 TO 700 RANGE.

UM, AND THAT IS THANKS TO CRITICAL WORK FROM, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF BOTH HERE AND IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UH, AND THE COUNTY JUDGE, UM, AND PRIOR COUNTY JUDGES.

AND THEN ALSO THIS COUNCIL WITH OUR ORDINANCE, ALSO TENANTS RIGHTS ADVOCATES WORKING IN THE COURTS AND LANDLORDS COMING UP WITH PAYMENT PLANS.

SO EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE REALLY CRITICAL WORK LEFT TO DO, UM, FOR, UH, THE EXTENSION OF THE ORDINANCE.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO LINE UP THE MAYOR'S ORDERS WITH THE ORDINANCE DATE.

WE PUT UP A PLACEHOLDER ON THIS, UM, AS, AS THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MAYOR'S ORDERS ARE LIKELY TO EXTEND INTO FEBRUARY OR MARCH.

AND SO, UM, MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE THIS FORWARD ON CONSENT WITH THE DATES AND THE ORDINANCE SAYING MARCH THE FIFTH.

UM, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL LINE UP.

WE HAVE A MARCH, THE FOURTH COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING IN FEBRUARY RIGHT BEFORE THAT.

SO I EXPECT WE MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXTEND THIS, BUT THAT GIVES US ANYTHING DATA WITH SPACE.

UH, SO I'D MOVED THIS FORWARD WITH,

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AND IT, OF COURSE THE ORDINANCE APPLIES FOR 61 DAYS THEREAFTER.

THANK YOU GUYS, REBECCA.

SORRY.

THAT DAY SEEMS RIGHT TO ME.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M PROUD THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES, UH, BOTH WITH THE ORDER THAT I ENTERED THE EMERGENCY ORDER AS MAYOR AND ALSO THE COUNCIL ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THE ORDINANCE ON EVICTIONS, ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO REALLY MOVE INTO THIS AREA, TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

SO THEY WOULDN'T END UP ON THE STREETS AND WE'RE SEEING THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A HUGE BACKSIDE ISSUE TO THIS, UH, WITH PEOPLE THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN PROTECTED IN THEIR HOMES, BUT HAVE BEEN ACCRUING RENT THAT IS DUE, UH, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT, NOT A CHALLENGE UNIQUE TO US, UH, BUT, UH, TO CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO, TO ASSIST, UH, WITH THAT.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD ALSO AND EXTEND THE, UH, UH, EMERGENCY ORDER, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO, TO TAKE US, UM, UH, TO THE PLACE WHERE, UH, WE CAN CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN JANUARY.

UH, THE JP JUDGES ARE CONTINUING TO MEET, UH, I THINK THEY'RE CONSIDERING ACTION THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE, UH, UH, THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY.

UH, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT, UH, UH, WORKS.

SO I THINK THE TIMING THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS CORRECT.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IN JANUARY, UH, AS RECOVERING BACK AS, AS, AS WELL.

UH, BUT PROUD OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE CITY, UH, COUNCILOR FLANAGAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, UH, ON, ON THAT SAME ITEM, UM, SIMILAR COMMENTS THAT I HAVE MADE ON THIS IN THE PAST, UM, IT'S, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE EXTENDING IT.

I ALSO WANT TO, TO ENCOURAGE US TO, TO CONSIDER THE PROGRAMS AND THE PROCESS AROUND HOW PEOPLE ACCESS THIS PROTECTION.

I, I I'M HEARING FOLKS THAT ARE, ARE USING THIS PROTECTION, BUT THEN NOT GETTING ACCESS OR EVEN KNOWING NECESSARILY ABOUT THE RENTAL PROTECTION OR THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE CREATED.

AND I THINK AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT YEAR AND THE, AND THE VACCINE COMES OUT IN THE WINDOW, NARROWS ON WHO IS STILL HAVING THESE IMPACTS THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, BEING PROTECTED IN THIS WAY AND ACCESSING THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE CREATING.

SO WE DON'T HAVE HAVE A GAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS, UH, BUT, BUT HAPPY TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AGAIN TODAY.

AND THEN ON ITEM 28, THIS IS AN ERROR IN THE, IN THE POSTING LANGUAGE.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE MATTER.

UH, BUT THE POSTING LANGUAGE SAYS THAT THE LGBT CHAMBER IS NOT A PART OF THE MECCA OF THE MULTI-ETHNIC CHAMBER ALLIANCE, BUT STEPH HAS CONFIRMED THAT.

IN FACT, THEY ARE A PART OF THE MECCA CHAMBERS AND THAT WE WILL GET THAT CORRECTED IN FUTURE POSTINGS.

GREAT COUNCILOR POLL.

WHAT'S NEXT? UH, THANKS MAYOR.

UM, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVA WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS ABOUT WATER FORWARD, UM, AND IF SHE DOESN'T, IF SHE'S READY, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IS LET HER SPEAK AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER HER.

UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S READY.

UM, I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO SAY, BUT, BUT I WAS ALSO, UM, SUPERVISING MY SCHOOL, ELLA ELLA.

AND OUR CENTRAL TEXAS AND OUR HIGHLAND LAKES WATERSHED ARE IN SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT.

SORRY.

UM, YES.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR, FOR QUEUING ME UP.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POLL.

I REALLY WANTED TO JUST BEGIN BY THANKING OUR STAFF AT AUSTIN WATER FOR BRINGING THESE FORWARD.

UM, IT'S BEEN THE PRODUCT OF SEVERAL OF OUR SPEAKERS INDICATED A PRODUCT OF LOTS OF REALLY SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY WORK, AND THEN REALLY GREAT WORK ON THE PART OF OUR STAFF TO SEE THESE, SEE THESE INTO ACTION.

UM, THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TODAY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A RESILIENT WATER SUPPLY FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REALLY OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY FOR EMBRACING SO, SO FULLY, UH, THE GOAL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER CONSERVATION THAT HAS, HAS BEEN, AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE HEIGHT OF THE WORST DROUGHT ON RECORD CONSERVATION AND THE WILLINGNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO EMBRACE CONSERVATION WAS OUR ABSOLUTE STRONGEST STRATEGY.

SO THANKS TO THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL MEASURES AND DO SO AT, UM, ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS BY SHARING THE EXPERTISE.

BUT THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR FULL AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOR EMBRACING ON YOUR SUPPORT OF IT.

THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO ALLOW AUSTIN TO BE A WATER RESILIENT, TO HAVE A WATER RESILIENT, UM, UH, RESILIENT WATER SUPPLY.

UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF TRAVIS COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN SEVERE DROUGHT

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AND THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE ARE INCREASING INFLOWS INTO HIGHLAND LAKES HAVE BEEN BELOW AVERAGE EACH MONTH IN 2020, EXCEPT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

OUR FORECASTS INDICATE THAT THERE'S A 95% CHANCE OF THIS DRYER, LEN MINJAL CONTINUING THROUGH MARCH AND A 65% CHANCE.

UM, BUT IT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MAY.

AND SO THE BOTTOM LINE FUTURE FORECASTS ARE FOR BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL.

AND THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, VERY CRITICAL FOR OUR REGION.

SO WHILE THESE EFFORTS TODAY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE EQUALLY IMPORTANT STRATEGIES AS SEVERAL OF OUR SPEAKERS INDICATED.

WE HAVE EQUALLY IMPORTANT STRATEGIES THAT THE COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED AS PART OF WATERFORD, AND THEY ALL HAVE TIMELINES AND TRIGGERS THAT WE ARE MEANT TO INITIATE.

AND THE COUNCILS AFTER US ARE MEANT TO INITIATE OVER THE NEXT 10 DECADES.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASKING US TO ADVANCE A NUMBER OF THESE STRATEGIES, INCLUDING WATER BENCHMARKING, MANDATORY CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS, RECLAIMED WATER, AND ONSITE, MANDATORY REUSE, REUSE FOR BUILDINGS OF 25, A 250,000 SQUARE FEET OR GREATER.

AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TODAY TO SUPPORT THESE IMPORTANT MEASURES.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO INDICATE THAT I THINK NO LATER THAN EARLY SPRING OF 2021 NEXT, NEXT SPRING, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW, I AM GOING TO URGE OUR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BRINGING FORWARD THOSE MEASURES, UM, INDEPENDENT OF THE DRAFT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

IF THE EFFORT IS NOT UNDERWAY BY THEN, I THINK THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT MEASURES.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF THEM AND SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR STUFF.

UH, THANKS MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO ADD MY, THANKS TO OUR STAFF, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND OUR COUNCIL STAFF FOR BRINGING THESE WATER FORWARD ITEMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION TODAY AND MUCH APPRECIATION TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SUCH STAUNCH AND DEDICATED ADVOCATES FOR GOOD PUBLIC POLICIES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.

AND I SUPPORT KATHY'S SUGGESTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE SPRING WITH MORE PIECES OF WATER FORWARD.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, AS DID, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO THAT SOME MEASURES ARE OVERDUE FOR IMPLEMENTATION WATER CONSERVATION BENCHMARKING REQUIREMENT IN PARTICULAR, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THIS PAST SUMMER.

SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE ITEMS IF WE WANT TO STAY ON TARGET WITH OUR IMPORTANT WATER CONSERVATION GOALS.

AND I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THAT WATER CONSERVATION BECOMES EVER MORE IMPORTANT IN OUR CITY, UM, AS WE ARE GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING.

THAT'S WHERE KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY, OF MY COLLEAGUES AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR, UM, YOUR SIGNALING, THE, UH, WHAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORWARD IN THE SPRING.

UM, I WILL, UH, BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THIS, THIS COUNCIL AND ALL THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHING FORWARD, UH, ON THESE ITEMS. AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO TAKING UP ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UM, IN THE SPRING THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, TO PUSH FORWARD OUR WATER FORWARD AGENDA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK IT'S WORKING NOW.

UM, I ECHO ALL THE POSITIVE COMMENTS ON ITEM SIX AND SEVEN.

UM, I I'M JUST ABSTAINING BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE AT WORK SESSION.

JUST CONCERNS OVER THE ADDITION OF CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A GLOBAL LOOK AT WHAT WE ADD AND OFFENSES THAT WE ADD.

UM, AS I SAID ON TUESDAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING, HOW WE HANDLE VIOLENT VERSUS NON-VIOLENT OFFENSES.

AND SO, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S AVENUES IN PLACE WITHOUT CRIMINAL TENDENCIES THAT WHAT WOULD HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WOULD CREATE, WOULD CREATE CONSEQUENCES AND WOULD STOP OPERATIONS OF A DEVELOPMENT IF IT'S NOT DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ABSTAINING.

UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT PURPLE PIPE, YOU KNOW, UM, I COMPOST MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT BEFORE.

AND WE, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT INSTALLING A RAINWATER SYSTEM, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT NONE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS WOULD HAPPEN IF I DID NOT LIVE IN THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT CARES ABOUT THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS.

BUT, UM, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINAL PENALTY PART, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.

AND AGAIN, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE, UH, COUNCIL OR COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, MIGHT WANT TO TAKE UP AND HAS OBVIOUSLY HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL.

BUT IF THERE'S INTEREST IN, IN LOOKING AT THE POLICY MORE GLOBALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER,

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UM, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE WATER FORWARD ITEMS MOVE FORWARD.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THE PILOT PROGRAM, UM, THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE RCA TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO ADOPT, UM, THE ONSITE WATER REUSE, UM, SOONER.

UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UM, STAFF INCORPORATE THAT WHEN WE ADOPTED WATER FORWARD AS, AS ONE WAY OF ENCOURAGING, UM, THIS TO MOVE FASTER.

UM, I DID WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES ABOUT IMPLEMENTING WATER FORWARD, UM, AND OTHER WATER RELATED ISSUES IN THE AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

UM, MENTAL PICTURE OF WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS EARLY NEXT YEAR.

UM, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN JANUARY, PERHAPS WE CAN, UM, DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND, UM, INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER TO JOIN US FOR THAT AND KIND OF PUSH REALLY PUSH THOSE THINGS FORWARD, UM, WITH SOME PUBLIC DISCUSSION EARLY IN THE YEAR.

UH, CAT'S GOING TO RENT THAT HE, YEAH.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY GO OUT BEING OUT THERE AT LAKE TRAVIS FOR A WEEK, RIGHT.

UH, AROUND THE, UH, NOVEMBER 2ND WEEK OF NOVEMBER AND LOOKING AT THE LEVEL OF THE LAKES RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST VERY ALARMING.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES THAT TROUBLES, LET HER KNOW THAT I'VE WANTED TO WORK.

CAUSE, UH, I I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THESE DROUGHT TOO.

THEY LAST FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS SOMETIMES.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY ALARMING TO SEE THE LEVEL OF WHAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SEND TIME OUT.

I MEAN, ISLANDS ARE REALLY LARGE NOW AND, UH, I SEE THE WAY THAT IT'S DROPPING.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REALLY START, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF OUR WATER SUPPLY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT, UH, THAT WE DON'T USE IT.

WE USE IT WISELY AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVE WATER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT I HAVE.

I HAVE A STORE AND DRAINING.

I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT WATER BARRELS HERE, CATCH MY RAIN.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I REALLY WANT TO START REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT BECAUSE I, I GOT A VERY FEEL, I GOT A FEELING THAT IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY GO INTO A SEVERE DROUGHT HERE IN AUSTIN.

INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, I GUESS, HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL.

COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON REAL FAST.

UH, I'M UH, REAL APPRECIATIVE OF MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, THE CONTRACT WITH INTEGRAL CARE, UM, UM, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COURT, UH, CONCERNING THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

UH, I AM, UH, EXCITED TO SEE US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO THE LIVES FOR WORK PARTNERS AND ESPECIALLY TO HAM, UM, WHICH, UH, I THINK IS ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE TREASURES IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.

AND ONE OF THE REALLY UNIQUE THINGS THAT HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR AUSTIN MUSICIANS THAT IS A COMPONENT OF WHAT WE DO IN OUR INDUSTRY.

ALSO THE ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING WITH RESPECT TO RENTAL, A RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION.

UH, HEY, WE KNOW WE NEED STAFF TO, TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN USE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OR THE PROGRAMS WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE, UH, WHAT IS OTHERWISE GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UH, WHEN WE MOVE AWAY FROM THE, UH, UH, WHEN, WHEN EVICTIONS, UH, OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME BACK.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING A JANUARY.

THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, IT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, COLLEAGUES.

I WAS WENT THROUGH 55 ITEMS, PULL AT OUR THREE 1830 AND 49.

AND THE DISCUSSION THAT'S WHERE MAYOR, AS I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UH, FOR US TO KEEP DOING.

WE DO ALSO HAVE, I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEONE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, UH, AND IMPORTANT WORK MOVING FORWARD WITH CARITAS ON THIS AGENDA AGAIN ON CONSENT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S ON CONSENT, WE DON'T ALWAYS TALK AS MUCH ABOUT IT TO HELP PERMANENTLY HOUSE.

SO MANY OF THE FOLKS IN THE PROTECTIVE LODGES.

SO I'M THANKFUL TO THE CITY STAFF AND TO THOMAS AND FOR THE COUNCIL FOR US, AGAIN, UNANIMOUSLY PRIORITIZING GETTING FOLKS OFF THE STREETS INTO SHELTER, AND THEN MOVING FOLKS OUT OF SHELTER INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO WE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED HOMELESSNESS AND I'M GLAD BEHALF IS MOVING FORWARD TO THAT.

GREAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND THEN CERTAINLY MANAGER ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, TO ESCALATE THE TIMING DAY, TO GET SPACES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND OUT OF TENTS,

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ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT HERE? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE RECORD ON ITEM 54, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED NOTICE FOR EVICTIONS.

I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA CHANGED THE DATE PROPOSED CHANGING THE DATE TO MARCH THIS 2021, WHICH IS JUST DIFFERENT FROM THE ORDINANCE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO OBJECTION, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT CHANGE HERE.

WE KNOW THAT CHANGE IS INCORPORATED.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED NOT UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES

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AND NOW MANAGER.

I THINK IT WOULD BE FOR FREE LET'S ENTERTAIN THE ITEM POLO BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS WHO APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, I DO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN WATER.

GREG WAS JUST DESCRIBED SOME OF THE TIMEFRAMES THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH AND BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM OUR CAPITAL CONTRACTING OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF A POSTPONING, THIS ITEM AS WELL.

DR.

BIZARROS THANK YOU MANAGER.

I'D LIKE TO CALL UPON OUR HEAD OF ENGINEERING, SHANE WILSON, TO TALK ABOUT A RISK WITH, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT IN DELAYS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SHAY ROLSON.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AT AUSTIN WATER.

UM, B UH, THIS PROJECT FEEL ALL REC THOSE ELECTRICAL FEED, RENEWABLE PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR THAT POWERS THE RAW WATER INTAKE AT THE OLD REP WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THAT EQUIPMENT IS ORIGINAL TO THE PUMP STATION CONSTRUCTION, UH, INSTALLED IN THE LATE 1960S.

SO IT DOES IT EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE.

IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY AND PROGRAMMED INTO AUSTIN WATER CIP SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

FINAL DESIGN BEGAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2018 AND HAS STAYED ON THE ORIGINAL BASELINE SCHEDULE, UM, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE PERMITTING AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FOR THIS CHALLENGING PROJECT AND SITE.

THE SCHEDULE WAS PINNED TO EXECUTING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN JANUARY OF 2021.

SO THAT TREE CLEARING COULD BE COMPLETE BEFORE MARCH 1ST.

THIS PROPERTY HAS HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED SONGBIRDS.

SO NO CLEARING IS ALLOWED BETWEEN MARCH 1ST AND SEPTEMBER 1ST.

UH, SO POST-PAYMENT TODAY IS, IS ESSENTIALLY A NINE MONTH DELAY FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, IT'S A HIGHLY COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING PROJECT THAT WILL TAKE NEARLY THREE YEARS TO CONSTRUCT.

UH, SO ADDING NINE MONTHS TO THE FINAL COMPLETION DATE, UM, CREATE SOME RISK OF AN UNEXPECTED FAILURE OF THIS, OF THIS CRITICAL EQUIPMENT.

THAT'S EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, I MEET MAYOR, BUT I CAN READ YOUR LOCATION THERE AND APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THERE'S BEEN A SECRET TO THE DISASTER.

I'M JUST GOING TO BE SHORT TERM WITH THIS LASHONDA.

UM, SOME QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT IN FROM STATE SWINGS, ALL THESE STATS GOING IN AND OUT.

LET ME STOP MY VIDEO AND SEE IF THAT HELPS AT ALL.

I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT.

UM, I WILL JUST START BRIEFLY FROM THE BEGINNING.

UM, JUST BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE WITH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A BIG AND COMPLEX AND IMPORTANT, UH, PROJECT THAT THE WATER UTILITY IS WORKING ON.

WE, ME AND MY STAFF WANTED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO VET THE CONCERNS OF IBW AND SAVE OUR SPRINGS.

THE WATER UTILITY STAFF HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DILIGENT AND RESPONDING TO OUR QUESTIONS BOTH LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING, AND REALLY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MAKE ALL THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IS HAPPENING.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT A POSTPONEMENT WOULD CREATE QUITE A BIT LARGER DELAY, UH, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.

I NEVER LIKE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING ON IT.

YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OTHER BIG SITUATION MAY HAPPEN BECAUSE WE NEED TO APPROVE A CONTRACT.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE SEEN IT.

SO BODY UTILITY STAFF HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WOULD LOVE THEIR INVOLVEMENT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, UNDERSTANDING SAVE OUR SPRINGS MAY STILL WANT TO WEIGH IN AT ZONING AND PLANNING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE.

UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS AND IMPLICATIONS, AND CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE WATER UTILITIES, BUT CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED A BIT MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO SORT THROUGH ALL THESE WITH MY TEAM, THE STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND THE UTILITIES.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE A POSTPONEMENT, BUT

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GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE PRESENT TODAY, UM, BEER.

UM, THANKS.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME.

IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY? I THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW, I'M, THIS IS HARD BECAUSE I WANT TO HONOR MY COLLEAGUES REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT.

WE'VE HAVE A LOT ON OUR AGENDA AND IT IS ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN, WHEN ONE OF US SPEAKS UP AND, AND ASK FOR MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION, IT'S I TAKE THOSE REQUESTS REALLY SERIOUSLY.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, ON THE OTHER HAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY HAS SAID ABOUT, ABOUT THE EXTENT OF STAKEHOLDER, UM, WORK, BUT ALSO THE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY.

COULD WE POTENTIALLY PUT THIS ON ONE OF OUR COMING UP MEETINGS? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

I KNOW WE HAVE HAVE THE JOINT MEETING WITH CAP METRO, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CONVENING OF THE VOTE CONVENING AROUND THE VOTE.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY FOR PUTTING IT ON ONE OF THOSE TWO AGENDAS? I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE YES.

UM, IF, IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS NECESSARY, WE HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS COMING UP.

WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING IN THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY WHERE WE, AND INSTILL, UH, THE NEW, UH, COUNCIL TERMS. UM, THE CONVENING AROUND THE VOTE IS THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A QUORUM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW MINUTES WE DON'T NEED A QUORUM FOR, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY CLERK WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE ABOUT ANY OF US WOULD BE THERE ON THAT DAY AND HAVING NOT AN INAUGURATION DAY SEEMS A LITTLE FUNNY, BUT SO WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 18TH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO LOAD THAT UP.

UM, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU SUFFICIENT TIME TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WOULD THE 18TH A PROBLEM TO STAFF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, UM, TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT 30 DAYS FROM THE TIME YOU ALL, UM, FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT? SO THAT PUTS US FROM TODAY AT A MID JANUARY, UM, NOTICE TO PROCEED TO THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH GIVES THEM ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO DO, UH, TO MOBILIZE THE SITE CAN DO THE TREATMENT.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR FERNANDEZ WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS, UH, OR DIRECT WITH ZEROS ON WHETHER A DELAY TO THE 18TH WOULD AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO GET THAT NOTICE TO PROCEED ISSUED IN MID JANUARY.

RIGHT? IT COULD BE THAT LIKE IF CASPER, BUT I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.

IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY TO CALL IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL OTHER THAN JUST TO APPROVE IT.

UM, COUNCIL, STAFF DIRECTOR, SIR.

IT SAID I WAS UN-MUTED YOU, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU NOW, BUT YOU CAN HEAR ME.

THIS IS A LONGER FERNANDEZ.

I'M SORRY.

THIS IS A LOT OF FERNANDEZ, UH, CAPITAL CONTRACTING OFFICER.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS I'VE KNOWN.

WE PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, LAST NIGHT, THIS MORNING, UH, UH, IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UM, UH, NUMEROUS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO MR. BRENNAMAN THIS MORNING FROM DO W AND RESPONDED TO A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS.

I COULDN'T PROVIDE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT FOR THEM JUST BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, AN OPEN CONTACTING PROCESS.

UM, BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS ABLE TO ANSWER A LOT OF HIS QUESTIONS, UM, AND, UH, COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE IB W UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY OF OUR PROCESS QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE TIMING THINGS, CERTAINLY WE CAN PRIORITIZE, UH, ACTUALLY KEEPING THE CONTRACT, UH, IN A TIMELY MANNER TO NOT, UH, IMPOSE MUCH FURTHER ON THE SCHEDULE, THE, THE TIGHT SCHEDULE THAT'S PROVIDED BY AUSTIN WATER TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING.

UM, BUT THERE'S NEVER ANY, UM, I MEAN, WE CAN DO OUR BEST, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, FINALIZING THE TERMS OF CONDITIONS IN THE CONTRACT AND, AND BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET ON BOARD AND THEN MOBILIZE ONSITE TO BEGIN THE WORK.

SO, UM, IT CAN BE BILLABLE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT OF MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AND COMPRESSING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS TOGETHER, UH, TO MAKE THINGS START AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO HELP OUT WITH THE SCHEDULE.

UNLESS IF YOU HAD THE REST OF TODAY TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD COME BACK LATER TODAY WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED OR ANY KIND OF DIRECTION YOU THOUGHT WAS NECESSARY? YOU'RE UNDER MUTE YOUR VIEWERS.

CAN'T HEAR YOU.

WHY DON'T YOU CUT YOUR VIDEO AGAIN?

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YES, YES.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A WEIRD DELAY.

I AM HAPPY TO KEEP WORKING THROUGH TODAY TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND SOME RESOLUTION BY THE END OF OUR MEETING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

SO WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION AS WELL, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES WITH IBW WAS RESOLVED BY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT EACH OF THE TWO FIRMS THAT FIRMS, THE CONSORTIUM TO DO THIS, UM, ARE QUALIFIED UNDER WHATEVER THE RULES ARE TO, TO PERFORM THIS WORK.

UM, BUT THAT THEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE, THEY NEEDED TO JOIN TOGETHER IN ORDER TO DO THE BONDING THAT'S NECESSARY TO DO THE SCALE OF THE WORK, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT.

AND SO THAT THEY'RE EACH HAVE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER AS A FUNCTION OF THE BONDING REQUIREMENT, NOT A FUNCTION OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE, ARE DOING THE WORK AND THAT THEY ARE, I THINK, 50 YEAR AND 95 YEAR OLD FIRMS. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. MISS ROS OR WHOEVER THIS, THIS, THIS IS RHONDA FERNANDEZ COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, CERTAINLY THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE RELATIVES, UM, BACK AND FORTH FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND FROM THE IVW WAS QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO EXPERIENCE CAPACITY OF THE JOINT VENTURE OF THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR.

THIS IS NOT A QUALIFICATIONS BASED SELECTION PROCESS.

THIS IS AN INVITATION FOR BID WHERE WE LOOK AT THE LOWEST BIDDER.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND KEY AREAS LIKE WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER, WHO IS, OR A SUPERINTENDENT KEY IS BRINGING US AND DOING SPECIFIC SCOPE OF, OF THE PROJECT CITY STAFF FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FROM AUSTIN WATER.

AND OUR CONSULTANT ENGINEERING LOOKED AT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR, THE JOINT VENTURE, AND THAT MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

WE DON'T COMPARE THEIR EXPERIENCE VERSUS ANY OTHER BETTER.

WE JUST LOOK AT THAT, THEY MEET THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE WERE NOTING IN A SOLICITATION IN THIS CASE THEY DID.

UM, AND, UH, THEY ARE A JOINT VENTURE MEANING THAT, UH, BOTH COMPANIES ARE ILLEGALLY, UH, RESPONDING TO THIS CONTRACT.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IN OUR PROJECTS, AND WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT IN BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THAT CONTRACT AND MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, WHICH I'M LESS FAMILIAR WITH, THE SPECIFICS OF, UM, IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAS ALREADY MET AND PROVES THE VARIANCES, IS THAT CORRECT? OR ARE THOSE STILL NEEDING TO BE APPROVED? YES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION THAT ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED VARIANCES AND, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER HAVING FUN.

CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE TO THAT, CHRIS HARRINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL, SIR, THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, STAFF FROM WATERSHED PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RIGOROUSLY VETTED THIS, THESE VARIANTS REQUESTED, UH, THE REQUESTED VARIANCES.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE VARIANCES.

THE ISSUES THAT MR LAVINSKY RAISED WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HEARING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCES TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION PER CODE.

THE LAND USE COMMISSION WILL MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION, UH, TO APPROVE THE VARIANCES.

SO MR. HOLINSKI WOULD HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, BUT WE WERE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH SOME OF HIS SUGGESTIONS.

WE FELT THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN MORE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY AUSTIN WATER.

AND I'LL USE THE TIME THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'LL HAVE, UM, THIS AFTERNOON TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF.

I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON WHERE WE WERE SORT OF IN THE PROCESS.

SO AM I UNDERSTANDING IT AFTER WE DO EITHER NEGOTIATE OR NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, THEN THIS GOES BACK AGAIN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER, HAS IT ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THERE? IT HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERED AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDED, AND THEN THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE AT A HEARING AT THE LAND USE COMMISSION, INDEPENDENT OF ANY ACTION YOU TAKE TODAY ON THE CONTRACT.

AND WHEN IS THAT SCHEDULED FOR THAT DATE? I DO.

IT IS DECEMBER 15TH.

TODAY AND, AND LIKE ON THE 18TH, DO THE EXECUTE PORTIONS THAT WOULDN'T SLOW ANYTHING DOWN AND THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO GET ANY, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT, GET THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED TODAY, YOU'D STILL BE ABLE TO BE MOVING THROUGH.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION ON WHERE WE'RE AT.

IF I MIGHT ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRACTING, UM, THE TIME FOR CONTRACTING THE BACK AND FORTH THAT THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FERNANDES TALKED ABOUT, WE ALSO HAVE TO SCHEDULE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AT SAFETY SUBMITTALS THAT EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROLS IN PLACE.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY THE CONTRACTOR BEFORE THEY CAN MOBILIZE TO THE SITE.

LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM FOR LATER IN THE DAY AHEAD.

UM, JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

UM, IS IT AN OPTION FOR, AND MAYBE THIS WAS ASKED EARLIER, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH IT.

UM, ISN'T AN OPTION FOR US TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION

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AND THEN BY THE 18TH, YOU'D BE ABLE TO HAVE THE EXECUTE 40, ASSUMING THAT WE GOT THE QUESTIONS RESOLVED, CAUSE REMEMBER THIS IS ROLANDA FERNANDEZ.

UM, THERE THERE'S NO NECESSARILY A NEGOTIATION GOING ON BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT, SO THE PRICES ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED, LOCKED IN WHAT WE GO BACK AND FORTH ON IS THE BONDING, THE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THE CONTRACT OR A CONSULTANT TRAINING PROGRAM.

WE LOOK AT THE PREVAILING WAGE, BUT IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATING, THE DOLLAR'S ALREADY LOCKED IN PLACE, BUT DOES, DOES WHAT WOULD HAVE GOING FORWARD TO WITH JUST NEGOTIATION ALLOW THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO HAPPEN SO THAT IT WOULDN'T SLOW THINGS DOWN.

W WE CAN REQUEST THOSE DOCUMENTS AND START PREPARING THAT THE CONTRACT AND HAVE IT READY FOR FINAL, FINAL, FINAL, AND SIGNATURE FOR MY FINAL SIGNATURE, UH, WHEN COUNCIL APPROVES THAT ACTION, UM, JUST, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEAR WHAT THE CON THE JOINT VENTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WILL START TO MAKE ADDITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BONDING DOCUMENTS AND THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BE AT SOME COSTS AND THOSE THINGS.

AND SO THEY WOULD WANT IT, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN ASSURE THEM.

YES, SIR.

IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHERE YOU HAVE TO DECIDE EITHER THIS WEEK OR AT THE LATEST NEXT, WHETHER WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR OR NOT.

UM, AND MY BRIEF LOOKING INTO OUR CONVERSATIONS ON THIS, IF WE WANTED SOME THINGS TO BE DIFFERENT, IT MIGHT HAVE HAD TO BE EARLIER IN THE PROCESS.

IF WE WANTED MORE OF PEOPLE'S QUALIFICATIONS TO BE MORE CAREFULLY OR DIFFERENTLY MEASURED IF WE WANTED, UH, THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS TO BE SET AT A CERTAIN STAGE FOR A SENSITIVE PROJECT LIKE THIS.

SO MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT BETWEEN HERE AND COMING BACK LATER IN THE DAY IS, ARE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THAT WE MIGHT BE BIDDING OR DOING SOON THAT MAYBE WE MAYBE THE BEST, SOME OF THE BEST DIRECTION MIGHT BE TO SAY, WE PROBABLY CAN'T.

WE START THIS ONE, UNLESS WE WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR FOR THE PROJECT.

SO ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN ASK FOR THE STAFF TO BE LOOKING AT AND WORKING ON AND I WOULD GO FORWARD BASIS? UM, UH, SO THE MAYOR I'M, I'M GOOD WITH US TALKING ABOUT THIS LATER IN THE DAY, BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT BETWEEN HERE AND THEM.

ANY OBJECTION TO LAYING THIS ON THE TABLE, WE'LL PICK IT UP LATER IN THE DAY, HEARING NONE, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING DO.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 56, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS SOME BYLAW CHANGES.

IT IS THREE MINUTES BEFORE NOON.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS HERE IN A SECOND, BUT BEFORE WE DO, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS QUICKLY.

[56. Approve amendments to the bylaws for the Parks and Recreation Board and the Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities.]

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

YOU WANT TO QUICKLY LAY THAT UP, SIR, LET ME FIND IT.

SO THE AMENDMENTS ARE BYLAW CHANGES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

UM, THESE, UM, UPDATE THOSE BYLAWS, THE PARKS BOARD AMENDMENT UPDATES, THE NAME OF THE LAND FACILITIES AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE TO THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE AND CLARIFIES ISSUES FINDING AS THE BOARD ON AND THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE, FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT ITS LANGUAGE TO ALIGN THE COMMITTEE PURPOSE.

IT MAKES CLARIFICATION TO ON MEMBERSHIP TERMS AND ATTENDANCE, AS WELL AS COMMITTEE PROCESSES.

UM, THIS WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AT DATA AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND STAFF CONCURS WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS.

UM, SO IF I MIGHT ALMOND PASSAGE A 56, ANY OBJECTION TO PASSAGE OF 56, VERY IGNORED OBJECTIONS, 56 PASSES.

[57. Approve the appointment of members to the Central Health Board of Managers.]

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 57 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, I THINK IS MAKING A NOMINATION.

UM, I REMEMBER HARPER MADISON, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE, UH, NOMINATION ON ITEM NUMBER 57? YOU BETCHA.

KATHY, WOULD YOU MIND REMINDING ME FOR WHATEVER REASON CYNTHIA IS BRENDAN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, MY COLLEAGUES AND I ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW SEVERAL EXTRAORDINARILY COMPETENT AND CAPABLE CANDIDATES.

AND WE LANDED ON THE NOMINATION OF EMIT A MEET MY 20, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING.

UM, SO WE LANDED ON, UH, THE NOMINATION OF , UM, AS OUR JOINT APPOINTMENT WITH, UH, WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND, UM, AND, OH, AND, UH, I'M SORRY, GIVE ME JUST A SECOND,

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AND CYNTHIA BRINSON AS THE CITY'S, UM, APPOINTMENT, UH, AS WELL OR CONSIDERATION, FORGIVE ME.

SO CYNTHIA BRINSON, THANK YOU.

AND TAKE YOUR COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE TWO NOMINATIONS MAKING THEM ARE APPOINTMENTS, VERY NON.

THOSE ARE OUR APPOINTMENTS COUNCIL.

CATHERINE WERE ALTERED.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING I WANTED TO? I WASN'T OBJECTING.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING IF I MAY GO AHEAD.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, THE FOLKS WHO APPLIED AND THE FOLKS THAT WERE APPOINTING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, AND I, AND I ARE CURRENTLY DOING INTERVIEWS FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, AND READING THROUGH THOSE RESUMES AND INTERVIEWING FOLKS AND SEEING THESE, WE ARE REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE AS A CITY TO HAVE SOME AMAZING, TALENTED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SHARE, UM, THE TALENTS, THEIR TIME, UM, WITH US TO MAKE OUR CITY FUNCTION BETTER FOR EVERYONE.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

UM, BECAUSE JUST GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE DO INTERVIEWS ALL THE TIME AND THIS IS ALWAYS TRUE IN AUSTIN, BUT, UM, WITH BOTH OF THESE PROCESSES IN PARTICULAR AND BEEN VERY IMPRESSED.

SO THANK YOU.

WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THOSE ITEMS, CATHERINE HARPER, MADISON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING YOU HAD RAISED SECOND WHEN I, I WAS GOING TO OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION, BUT I'LL I'LL REFRAIN.

WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 58, UH, BEING AN NON CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEM, IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT? THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USES DESCRIBED THERE IN THEIR EMOTION.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, ON, UH,

[58. Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings for the Rock Harbour Lift Station Improvements Project for a Public Utility Easement acquisition of approximately 0.055 acres (approximately 2,400 square feet) of land situated in Lot 1 Block A, Canyon Creek III at Rock Harbour, a subdivision in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, of Record in document number 200000026, Official Public Records, Travis County, Texas, Said Lot 1, Block A, being described in a Warranty Deed to Cantebrea Crossing Texas, LLC., a Texas Limited Partnership of Record in Document number 2016008640, Official Public Records, Travis County Texas, in the amount of $677, for the public use for providing electric supply to the adjacent City of Austin water lift station necessary to the operation of the lift station. The owner of the needed property is Cantebrea Crossing Texas, LLC., a Delaware limited liability company. The property is located entirely within District 6, at 8021 N Ranch Road 620, Austin, Texas 78726. The general route of the Rock Harbour Lift Station Improvements Project is in Northwest Austin, near the Four Points region at FM 620 and RR 2222, in Austin, Travis County, Texas.]

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER AT THE, A MASON EMOTION, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 58? CASTLEMONT FLAT AGAIN, CATHERINE IS IMMUNE.

GOSH, THIS IS WEBEX CLIENT IS JUST THE WORST.

UM, UH, THIS IS, UH, A VERY BIZARRE EMINENT DOMAIN OF $677.

AND WE'VE ALREADY PROBABLY SPENT MORE THAN THAT TALKING ABOUT IT JUST BASICALLY ON CONSENT.

SO I, I HAVE, I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM CONTROVERSIAL.

IT'S THE BACK END OF A PROPERTY.

IT'S A VERY MINOR, UM, UH, UTILITY EASEMENT, BUT LEST ANYONE BE CONFUSED, IT'S KIND OF A VERY, VERY CHEAP EMINENT DOMAIN AND VERY FRUSTRATING THAT IT, THAT IT TOOK THAT FOR SUCH A SMALL PENSION.

AND YEAH, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AT SOMEWHERE.

ANY OBJECTION TO PASSAGE AND 58, HEARING THAT ITEM NUMBER 58 PASSES WITH THE MOTION THAT WAS RAVEN FOR THE RECORD COLLEAGUES.

IT IS

[Public Comment (Part 2 of 3)]

1203.

I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT THREE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK, UH, ON BOTH CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

AND THEN THERE WERE SOME SPEAKERS TO SPEAK ON THE ALISON HEIGHTS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THAT WE, UH, UH, AT TECH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH.

UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM NOW.

I THINK WE HAVE LIKE THREE SPEAKERS OR SOMETHING TO SPEAK, UH, CLERK.

YOU WANT TO CALL SPEAKERS? SURE.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ETHAN SMITH.

THANKS VERNON.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

UM, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC, WHY DOESN'T UT BUILD MORE HOUSING, UM, AND THERE'S A BROAD CONSENSUS AND HAS BEEN FOR AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME AT UT THAT THEY NEED MORE HOUSING.

SO WHY HAVEN'T THEY BUILT ANY, UM, AND I'M DOING A THESIS ON THIS AND THE CONVINCING PART OF THIS, AND I'M TRYING TO PERSUADE PEOPLE IS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EQUITY ISSUE.

AND THAT THIS QUESTION SHOULD ACTUALLY BE LOOKED AT IN LIGHT OF UTS, UH, EMERGING EQUITY COMMITMENTS, MAKING TUITION FREE AND, UH, THE DELL GRANTS, UM, AND THAT IT RELATES.

UM, BUT JUST HISTORICALLY, JUST TO TALK ABOUT HISTORICALLY TODAY, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS SEPARATELY FOR GRADUATE HOUSING AND UNDERGRAD HOUSING.

UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT GRADUATE HOUSING FIRST, CAUSE IT INVOLVES THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACT.

UM, THAT HOUSING IS MENTIONED IN THE MID SEVENTIES AS HAVING BEEN BELOW MARKET RATE FOR DECADES.

SO, UM, WE CAN KNOW THAT ALMOST TO ITS INCEPTION THAT HAS INTENTIONALLY BEEN BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING.

AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN A PROCESS.

THE GRADUATE HOUSING ON THE EAST SIDE HAS BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS

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I'M TALKING.

CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE? YES.

IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, I'M GOING TO MUTE HIM.

OH, WE NEED FOLKS TO MUTE THE PHONES.

I THINK WE'RE SET SPEAKER.

ARE YOU STILL THERE AND HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE AHEAD.

I'M HERE RECLAIMING MY TIME.

SO, UM, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 2007 BRACKENRIDGE REPORT, UM, THEY WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MOVE THIS HOUSING, WHICH I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF MORE HOUSING AND Y'ALL NEED TO GET, THEY'RE GOING TO THE, THE HOUSING ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE CAPACITY OF THIS HOUSING, WHICH IS NOT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

IT TOOK A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND SO THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, 15 YEAR PROCESS THAT WAS MEANT TO INCREASE GRADUATE HOUSING CAPACITY IS JUST GOING TO OFFSET THE CAPACITY.

AND THE NEW HOUSING ON THE EAST SIDE IS GOING TO BE AT MORE MARKET RATE, WHICH IS AN EQUITY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT COHORT.

THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO EXIST IN THE EAST SIDE HOUSING ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE, UH, CURRENTLY FOR 450 A MONTH OR 550 A MONTH.

UM, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF STUDENTS.

UH, I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR HOUSING ORGANIZATION.

WHO'S MINE, UM, WHO IS A FIRST GENERATION AFRICAN-AMERICAN STEM STUDENT, UH, GETTING A PHD AND HE LIVES ON, YOU KNOW, $2,000 A MONTH, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS GRANTS FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION AND FROM THE BILL MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION.

SO A GUY WE COMPETED FOR HE'S FROM PORTLAND.

WE GOT HIM TO COME TO UT.

WE WANT TO COMPETE FOR THE BEST GRADUATE STUDENTS.

AND, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HIS NEW HOUSING OPTIONS ARE MARKET RATE HOUSING, WHICH MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND, $1,100 A MONTH AND HE'S ON A FIXED INCOME.

SO THERE'S AN EQUITY SIDE TO THAT.

UM, AND I'LL COME BACK LATER AND KIND OF PROPOSE SOME SOLUTIONS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DO THINK THAT THE HOUSING ON LAKE AUSTIN NEEDS TO GO.

BUT, UM, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS.

SO WE NEED TO KIND OF GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN.

I THINK, UM, UNDERGRAD, WHY DON'T THEY BUILD MORE UNDERGRAD, NOT HAVING SPACES, KIND OF AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF NOT BECAUSE HOUSING AND DINING IS AN AUXILIARY.

THEY HAVE SPACES WHICH ARE SET ASIDE FOR THEM.

UM, SO CREEKSIDE IS THE PLACE WHERE, UH, PRESIDENT'S INVESTMENT IS LAST TO STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS.

HE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW DORM HERE WITH A THOUSAND PEOPLE AND THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

UM, WHEN THESE THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME, SOMETHING HAPPENS EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO CALLED A RECESSION AND, UH, THE LOWER PRIORITY THINGS, WHICH HOUSING IS USUALLY CONSIDERED LOWER PRIORITY, NOT A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A DEAN AND A DONOR MODEL, UH, FOR PUSHING SOMETHING THROUGH.

ALRIGHTY.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO INVITE THE SPEAKER TO CHAT WITH ME AND, UM, JANUARY THE TRAPPED ON LIKE AUSTIN IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I VERY MUCH SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR UT TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR IDEAS.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO PUSH THE UNIVERSITY ON.

AND LOBBY FURNITURE, ART ISSUES THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY NEIGHBORS.

NEXT SPEAKER.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JEAN LUTRELL.

BYE.

MY NAME IS JEANNIE LUTTRELL.

I LIVE IN ARBORS AT CREEK BY I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE JANUARY 1ST OF 2015, AND I'LL BE BEGINNING MY SIXTH YEAR ON JANUARY.

FIRST OF THIS YEAR, UM, THIS NEW ENTITY FOR OUR FINANCIAL, UH, YOU MAY BE A TECHNICALITY, BUT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT.

AND, UM, THE ASSOCIATION HERE, THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION, IF THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND YOU'VE MADE A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS.

SO WE WERE WORKING WITH JAMIE AND PATRICK.

I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT THIS HEARING HAPPENING TODAY, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO BE KEPT IN THE LOOP AT ALL TIMES.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE AND WE PAY RENT MUCH RENT.

AFTER I PAY MY RENT, I ONLY HAVE ABOUT $300 LEFT FOR EVERYTHING.

AND IT FEELS LIKE I GET FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND ALL THE TIME.

IT'S TIME FOR SOME REAL RENT TAPS AT HARBORS, OUR MAILBOXES, OUR SIDEWALKS

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AND WE WANT TO SEE THE NEW FINDINGS GO FORWARD, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN'T WAIT.

THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

NOW WE'VE HAD BROKEN MAILBOXES SINCE MAY.

HE'S MAKING MEDICATION MONEY FROM FAMILY AND OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS THROUGH THE MAIL.

IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE MAIL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

YOU CAN, PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THEIR FAMILIES OR TRAVEL AND GOING TO THE POST OFFICE.

ISN'T PROFITABLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY NOW WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT LOBBY FURNITURE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

WE NEED BENT.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO SIT AND WAIT FOR THE RIGHTS.

MANY OF US ARE NOT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO GO FROM THE PARKING LOT TO OUR APARTMENT WITHOUT A BREAK TO REST.

AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO SIT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE FALLING AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO HAVE TO SIT ON THE FLOOR AND RA AND NEED HELP GETTING UP AND SENIORS.

WE EARNED THE RIGHT TO HAVE DIGNITY.

THANK YOU, JOYCE MCGEE.

HANG ON ONE SECOND.

WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER TO SPEAK AND ALSO ON THE HOUSING SUMMIT, GREG NATASHA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE HEAR FROM A SPEAKER? UM, AND I'LL, I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER SPEAKER, BUT THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THIS, THAT THE SPEAKERS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ON OUR RADAR.

IT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK PRETTY DILIGENTLY TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE FRANKLY, PRETTY UNACCEPTABLE.

SO, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR THE OTHER SPEAKER.

THANK YOU FOR OFFERING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

MARINA JOYCE MCGEE.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS I LIVE AT, UH, ARBOR AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, HAVING NO PROBLEM.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALK.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE MANOR FOR EIGHT HOURS AND THEN THAT'S IT.

AND THAT THAT'S THE THING ABOUT IT.

AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL FIX IT.

IF NOT, THEY CAME UP THE PAPERS OF THE AREAS WHERE I FEEL NO RESPONSE, UH, BETTER CALL THE OTHER CA UH, CONTACTED, UH, AND REPORTED THE SAME THING THAT THEY, UH, THEY HAD, UH, UH, A DANGEROUS, UM, MY STEP IN ONE BED WENT OUT AND DID A TOUR OF ALL THE SIDEWALK DURING THAT TIME.

UH, WE TOOK, UH, THE AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT NEEDED TO FIT AND LOOKED UP, FOUND 85 PLATE IT MANAGERS, NOT, NOT IN IT.

AND IF IT'S A B TIMES THE PROBLEM.

AND I FELT THAT, UH, AND WE ARE, UH, AT TO SEE THAT, OKAY, UH, THEY HAVE INFLUENCED PATCHWORK.

SO IT WAS WALL AND IT WORKED AT THE TIME WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S BEEN WASHED UP UNTIL NOW.

THEY ARE STILL DOING PATCHWORK AND WE ARE AT TIME.

I CAN TRY ALL THE SPEAKERS.

COMPANY HAS BEEN VERY OPEN TO COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, MY OFFICE AND, AND GREG, I NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN TO CANCEL MEMBER CASA.

MYRNA CRAIG.

NATASHA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD.

NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK THOSE SPEAKERS AND ALTHOUGH YOU'RE TECHNICALLY IN DISTRICT ONE, YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE BORDER.

AND SO YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, AND HER STAFF.

AND THEN I, MY STAFF ALSO ARE THERE TO SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THINGS GET, GET ADDRESSED AND THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS.

UM, JUST MAKING SURE, UH, I KNOW SOME OF THE RESIDENTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT MY STAFF AND I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ONSITE VISITS AND HAVE HAD MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS AND MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMPLICATED SITUATIONS WHERE THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE IS VERY CONVOLUTED.

UM, IT'S GETTING CLEARER NOW THAT THERE'S YET AGAIN, ANOTHER MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

UM, BUT THE MANY OF THE CONCERNS REMAIN THE SAME.

I WILL SAY THIS IN TERMS OF, UM, ANYTHING ALONG THE LINES OF SILVER LINING THE MAN AT THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT

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I NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN TO ROPE YOUR OFFICE INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY ARE PRODUCTIVE NOW.

UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME REAL SUBSTANCE OF ADVOCACY FOR THE FOLKS OVER AT THE ARBORS AND THANK Y'ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELVES IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, UH, MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO, UH, SOMEONE THAT HIS CONTRIBUTION TO US WAS GREAT IN TIME TOO SMALL, APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THIS IS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR, AND WE'LL ALSO BE THE LAST FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT CHRIS SHORTER EARLIER THIS, UH, WEEK, WE, UH, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GOING TO BECOME THE FIRST CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE GREAT CITY OF BALTIMORE.

AND SO IT WITH A HEAVY HEART, UH, THAT WE WISH CHRIS WELL INTO THIS NEW HISTORIC ENDEAVOR, UH, BUT ALSO REFLECT ON THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE TO OUR CITY.

UH, TWO YEARS AGO, CHRIS WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE AND LIFELONG LEARNING OUTCOME AREAS.

UH, IN THAT SHORT TIME, CHRIS HAS MADE AN INCREDIBLE IMPRESSION, NOT ONLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BUT WHAT THE CITY STAFF THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING SO DILIGENTLY WITH.

UH, WE JUST HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED TO HAVE CHRIS'S LEADERSHIP, UH, HIS PROFESSIONALISM, UH, HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE OVER THESE PAST TWO YEARS.

AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE, UH, WHAT CHRIS DOES FOR THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, BUT I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, UH, IN PUBLIC, UH, AS WE CELEBRATE, UH, THIS NEXT STEP FOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CHRIS SHORTER, I THINK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS AS THIS HAS KIND OF DRIPPED OUT, UH, EVERYBODY'S UH, MANY PEOPLE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, TO RECOGNIZE SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

UH, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, UH, WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE? FOR SURE.

I'M HAPPY TO, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THIS COUNCIL, UM, YOUR COMMITMENT AND ADVOCACY AND, UH, OR THIS CITY IS CLEAR AND IT'S SPECIAL.

UH, AND, UH, SO THE CITY HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

AND YOU ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO CITY MANAGER.

UM, HE HAS SEEN US THROUGH UP SO MUCH THIS YEAR, AND I WILL SAY PERSONALLY, UH, THAT HE HAS BEEN JUST A REAL ROCK FOR ME AND FOR THE COT AND FOR THE CITY.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE IN AUSTIN, THE BEST CITY GOVERNMENT STAFF THAT IS IMAGINABLE.

IT IS CLEAR TO ME NOW TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY TO AUSTIN.

AND, UH, PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THIS GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, UM, WITH SUCH ALL, UH, I SEE ART CERTAINLY NOW AM, UM, AM AWARE OF WHY THIS HAS BEEN JUST AN AMAZING TWO YEARS.

I HAVE MET AMAZING PEOPLE AND GOTTEN TO KNOW, UM, WHAT, WHAT I HOPE WILL BE LIFELONG FRIENDS HERE.

UM, AND SO JUST A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR, UH, FOR BEING A LEADER AS YOU ARE AND HAVING A COMMITMENT, UM, FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY THAT YOU DO.

UH, UM, I AM EXCITED TO GO ON TO BALTIMORE.

THIS IS A HISTORIC, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, AND, UH, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET CLOSER TO THE, TO THE KIDDOS.

SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW YOU MORE ALONGSIDE YOU, UH, AND, UM, AND PLEASE DO STAY IN TOUCH.

THAT'S SAVED.

AND IN A VERY REAL SENSE, YOU'VE SAVED LIVES, UH, IN YOUR SERVICE HERE, UH, DURING COVID.