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AT 10 35, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION EATING I, IT IS MARCH 4TH, UH, 2021.WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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I THINK WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.UH, THE FIRST, UH, TWO AT A DR.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON TWO ITEMS. WE HAVE DONE THAT, UH, CLERK, HAVE WE CALLED, UH, ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM EARLIER? YES.
THAT, THAT, THOSE THAT CALLED IN, UM, SOME HAVE NOT CALLED IN, BUT YEAH.
SO EVERYBODY THAT'S WANTED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING ON THIS AGENDA HAS HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I DID WANT TO SHARE AS RELATES TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, BUT KNUCKLES CROSSING PROJECT.
I SHARED THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS RAISED BY MY NEIGHBORS IN DOVE SPRINGS.
UM, THE TRAFFIC PLAN IS PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCING TODAY'S ITEM AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SHARED WITH A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'M GLAD THAT MY COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TO VOICE THESE CONCERNS.
UM, BUT JUST EMPHASIZE TODAY'S A HEARING AND THAT THE MEETING ON THE 25TH IS WHEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FROM THE STATE.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT VOTE IS TO ACCEPT, UM, BOND DOLLARS FROM THE STATE ON AN ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECT BY THIS COUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, MY TEAM HAS A MEETING WITH CITY STAFF AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY NEXT FRIDAY TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
UM, AND, UH, JUST TO REITERATE THAT PLAN IS PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO, UM, SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE AT CANTERBURY KITCHEN FOR RAISING THAT WE ALSO HAVE IN THE 2020 MOBILITY BOND THAT WE PASSED ALSO HAS DEDICATED TO HELP WITH MOBILITY AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT AREA.
UM, SO AGAIN, I SHARE THE CONCERNS OF MY COMMUNITY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE KITCHEN.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ.
UM, YES, JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE.
UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE PASSED THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION BOND RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD, THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN IT ABOUT KNUCKLES CROSSING RECOGNITION, THAT KNUCKLES CROSSING IS A SUBSTANDARD GROWTH.
UM, AND THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FUNDING MAKES IT MAKES ITS WAY TO ACTUALLY MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON KNUCKLES CROSSING.
AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER POINTERS WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AND JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I SUPPORT HER IN THAT FOR, AND THERE IS, UH, AN IDENTIFIED, UM, UH, STREAM OF FUNDING TO BE USED FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK, UH, MAYOR? WE JUST RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION FROM MS. JOSEPH, WHO I BELIEVE WANTED TO SPEAK THE GENERAL CONSENT AGENDA OR ALLUDED TO THIS ITEM BEFORE WE GET TO HFC.
THEY HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE HFC ITEM.
I HAVE EMAILED HER WAS THE INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN, BUT WE ARE STILL NOT SHOWING HER IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK.
IF SHE SHOWS UP, PLEASE INTERRUPT US.
DID YOU WANT US TO WAIT? YOU DID.
YEAH, SHE HAS INDICATING THAT SHE'S ON THE LINE SO WE CAN GIVE HER ANOTHER 30 SECONDS AND SEE IF SHE CAN BE LOCATED.
SHE IS NOT IN THE QUEUE WHERE WE HAVE JUST DOUBLE-CHECKED.
SO I HAVE ASKED HER TO HANG UP AND TO CALL BACK.
SO THE CLERK, WHILE WE'RE GIVING HER 30 SECONDS TO DO THAT, UH, MANDY ROSIE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO SAY HERE BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE SHE'S PUBLIC KIND OF ONE AND TWO, AND BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A VOTE ON NUMBER THREE? YES.
THIS IS MANDUKA MAYO, AUSTIN HEALTH AND FINANCE CORPORATION.
I DID WANT TO OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION.
YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THE FIRST TWO ARE THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS YOU'RE CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE RELATED TO CITY HEIGHTS, OFFING AS COUNCIL MEMBER,
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AUTHORIZATION UP TO $20 MILLION IN TODAY.
IT IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE
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TWO ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.IT IS REBIRTH HAD A LIBERATORY AUSTIN DOES A HUNDRED AND FOURTH PROJECT ON AN H H S C AFTER AT 900 GARDNER.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT LAST SEPTEMBER, YOU ALL, UM, AUTHORIZED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATION WITH, UH, THE CASINO GROUP AND PURE CLASS AUSTIN FOR 140 UNIT PROJECT ON A CURRENT NEW VACANT, EIGHT H S C A PARCEL.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ITEM.
NUMBER THREE IS THE INDUCED AND WHICH IS AUTHORIZING THEM QUICKLY TO GET THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY, BONDS VOLUME FACTS.
SO THREE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, AT VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU TO SIGN UP IN THE QUEUE.
I WANT YOU TO CALL HER JUST ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
IS THIS TO COMMENT ON ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS IN THIS ONE MINUTE OR JUST THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? I THINK YOU GET CALLED ON EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, MY OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER TWO SPECIFICALLY IS, UH, 1934 RUTLAND DRIVE.
THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION TO THAT SITE.
AND SO I HAVE SENT A DISPARATE IMPACT COMPLAINT.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
WHEN THIS ITEM WAS INITIALLY ON THE AGENDA, IT REFERRED TO ONE 42, WHICH IS A FLYER OUT THAT ONLY OPERATES TWICE IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN TWICE FROM DOWNTOWN TO NORTH AUSTIN.
MY OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 67 IS THAT WE DO NOT NEED MORE TALKS, TITLES AND TASK FORCES RELATED TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN INEQUITIES.
IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR BLACKS, I WOULD ASK YOU TO FIND $4.7 MILLION AND TO PUT THE METRO RAPID LINE ON PARMER LANE BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE, I WILL PROCEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE LIVING CITIES OF, AS IT RELATES TO $75,000 FOR THE EQUITY TO CEO, BEN HECHT AND ASK THEM TO DEFUND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, WE DO NOT NEED MORE FUNDING AS A SMOKE SCREEN.
AND MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT I SIGNED UP FOR, BUT IN A NUTSHELL, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS THERE.
THE HEARING WAS SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL ITEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES, IT GETS US BACK TO THE AGENDA RECORD SHOULD REFLECT CLARK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NOT FREE TIPSY.
SO THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS. ONE, TWO.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE NOW ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS WE READ THE RHEA, IT MAKES THE MOTIONS THERE BE SAR SECONDS AND DISCUSSION.
TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION ITEM, NUMBER THREE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
I SEE IT AS BEING ANONYMOUS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, THAT BEING THE CASE, IT PASSES.
THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS WE, YEAH.
UH, COUNCIL AND MORGAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HARPER, MADISON, WHERE YOU TRYING TO COME ON? YES, CATHERINE MOORE HARBOR, MADISON APPEARING, SHINE GUY.
AND MARIN JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS WE TRY TO DO ON THESE ITEMS, UH, THAT, BETWEEN, UH, THE UNITS THAT, UH, SPARE ON RUTLAND IN DISTRICT FOUR AND THE UNITS, NOT THE GARDENER TRACKING DISTRICT THREE, UH, AND THROUGH CARA TOSSIN PACINO'S WORK AT BOTH OF THOSE SITES.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING ONLINE, UH, HUNDREDS OF UNITS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE STREETS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, AND FOR US TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE NONPROFITS DOING THAT WORK FOR US TO BRING, UM, UNITS ONLINE FOR US TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF REALLY REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY.
I COULD, I ALSO DID I'LL REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO, UM, MS. JOSEPH TO ADDRESS HER PROMINENCE REGARDING A SPARROW WITH RUTLAND AND PROXIMITY TO TRANSPORTATION,
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BUT WE HAVE CONFIRMED, UM, UH, THAT, UH, A SPARROW IS FOUR MINUTES FROM CAP METRO, ROUTE THREE 25, WHICH HAS A 15 MINUTES HAD WEIGHED DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON, EVENING, AND THREE 25 NORTH TO SHOPS, AMENITIES ALONG THE SHOTS AT TECH BRIDGE.IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A RED LINE TRAIN STAFF, NEW AUSTIN FC SOCCER STADIUM, WHICH IS ABOUT A 15 MINUTE WALK FROM SPRINT.
WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO ALIGNING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH TRANSPORTATION.
SO I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
THIS WAS SELECTED AS A SITE FOR ITS PROXIMITY TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
MY COLLEAGUES HEAR ALL THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
I THINK WITH THAT, I AM, UM, UH, A JOURNEY THROUGH THE, UH, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 10 46.