Mar 23, 2021 City Council Work Session

UH, TODAY IS MARCH 23RD, 2021.

IT IS 1114.

I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, WORK SESSION, UM, SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT NINE, WE WERE IN THE JOINT SESSION WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, HEARING THE UPDATES FROM DR.

ASCOT AND FROM A DIRECTOR, AIDEN HOWARD.

WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT COLLEAGUES.

WE, THIS IS MAYBE ALARM DAY.

WE HAVE A LINE OF ITEMS THAT ARE GOLD AND, AND SEVERAL ITEMS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY 70 TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT FIVE O'CLOCK BECAUSE THE, UH, EQUIPMENT AND, UH, AND THE CHANNEL GETS TURNED OVER TO A COMMISSION, UH, AT THAT POINT.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A HARD STOP, UH, FOR US, UH, THE, UH, LEGAL ITEM, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, TWO OF THE THREE LEGAL, TWO OF THE LEGAL ITEMS I THINK, ARE BEING MOVED TO NEXT WEEK.

AND WHICH TWO ARE BEING MADE TO ALL THURSDAY, RATHER? WHICH TWO ARE THEY MOVED TO THURSDAY? YES, IT'S THE ITEM CONCERNING, UM, THE STORM URI AND AUSTIN ENERGY GENERATION RESOURCE.

THOSE TWO GO TOGETHER AND WE'LL DO THOSE ON THURSDAY.

YES, IT WILL BE ON A THURSDAY.

WE HAVE THE THREE PERSONNEL REVIEWS FOR THREE OF OUR APPOINTMENTS.

UM, IF WE CAN GET TO THAT TODAY, THURSDAY HAS A BIG AGENDA.

A LOT OF ZONING CASES MAY HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS PLEASING, RIGHT ABOUT THE LIGHTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESSED ON, UH, UM, ON THURSDAY, UH, WHAT I WOULD DO, AND THEN I'LL GET THE AD HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

UH, JUST IN TERMS OF, UM, SCHEDULING, CAUSE I WOULD HAVE IS HIT THE BRIEFING, THE BRODY OAKS PRESENTATION, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PRESENTATION BE TO PROBABLY CALL WE'LL, PULL BY THEM ONE 11 AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE JUST HAVE ONE CONVERSATION, UM, UH, ON THAT, UH, B3 IS THE, UH, UM, HOMELESSNESS, UH, UPDATE.

UM, THEN I WOULD HAVE US, UM, UH, BREAKING SOMETIME BETWEEN 12 AND 1230, UH, AS APPROPRIATE START CALLING POLLED ITEMS, TRY TO GET THROUGH THE POLL ITEMS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE'LL BE OFFERED LUNCH, SAY 1230 TO ONE 30.

UH, LET US GET, UH, GET INTO THIS LUNCH BREAK FROM 1230 TO ONE 30 COMING BACK, PULLED ITEMS AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? I CAN, UM, THE TWO ITEMS I PULL A 14 AND 25, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND WE'RE WORKING ON AN AMENDED LANGUAGE.

SO IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, THEN, UM, I CAN JUST LET STAFF GO AND JUST LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE AGREED UPON AMENDED LANGUAGE TO TRACK THE RESOLUTION MORE CLOSELY THAT IT'S DESIGNED TO ADDRESS.

I HADN'T HEARD THAT STAFF WAS GOING TO POSTPONE 14 AND 25.

YEAH, NO, THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO, WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPTION IF WE WANTED TO I'M OKAY.

EITHER WAY PLUS, I MEAN IT, OR REVISING THE LANGUAGE.

SO, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

UM, UH, ALISON, SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT AN OPTION IF WE DO GET PRESSED FOR TIME, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME ON OUR APPOINTEES AND THEIR REVIEW.

UM, THAT SHOULD WE, SHOULD, WE NEED TO, UM, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, WHICH I THINK MIGHT BE A BETTER PRACTICE ANYWAY, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE UNDIVIDED ATTENTION, UM, TO OUR APPOINTEES IN THEIR, IN THEIR REVIEWS.

UM, RATHER THAN RUSHING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT AS A, UH, POSSIBLE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

LET'S KEEP THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THAT NOW OR INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT THE DAY.

AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT DECISION, THEN LET'S SEE HOW THE DAY'S GOING.

ALL RIGHT.

WE READY? ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE BRIEFINGS.

LET'S DO THE

[B1. Briefing regarding the Brodie Oaks Planned Unit Development.]

BRODY OAKS ONE FIRST.

MAYBE WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT.

UM, AND THIS IS THIS YOUR DISTRICT.

YES, IT IS IN MY DISTRICT AQUATIC PEOPLE.

CAN WE GET AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO TAKE NICE.

YOU FIRST AFTER STATION IS OVER A MANAGER.

DO YOU WANT TO CALL UP THE PRESENTATION? I'M READY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE'LL JUST GET, INTRODUCE THOSE TOPICS.

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GOOD MORNING.

I'M MAKING A CONSOLE ON JURY.

REST OF THEM WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANE DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE BRODY, THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT FOR THE BRODY OAKS PUD.

UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PUD PROCESS REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMIT A DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT, WHICH CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS A DRY RUN PRIOR TO ACTUALLY SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION.

UM, WE REVIEW THIS, UM, APPLICATION, THIS ASSESSMENT, WE PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE APPLICANT AND WE GIVE A BRIEFING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BOTH TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF A CASE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING YOUR WAY.

UM, AFTER QUITE FRANKLY, PROBABLY QUITE A FEW MONTHS OF STAFF REVIEW, UM, BUT IT ALSO GIVES A CHANCE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE INPUT TO BOTH THE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ON THE KIND OF THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING FOR OUT OF THE POD WHEN THE ACTUAL APPLICATION COMES IN, UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BEN WHITE BOULEVARD AND SOUTH LAMAR, AS THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED IN 1981, IT WAS 128 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AT THAT TIME, 84 ACRES WAS DONATED TO THE CITY, WHICH BECAME THE PORTION OF THE BARTON CREEK GREENBELT.

AND THE REMAINDER 37 ACRES WAS DEVELOPED AS THE, UH, BRODY OAKS, UM, SHOPPING CENTER AND OFFICE COMPLEX.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN IMAGINE AUSTIN ACTIVITY CENTER.

UH, IT IS ALSO LOCATED AT AN IMPORTANT TRANSIT NODE OF PROJECT CONNECT.

UH, IT, IT IS ALSO LOCATED OBVIOUSLY WITHIN, UH, THE BARTON SPRINGS RECHARGE ZONE, A VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA.

THE PUD IS PROPOSING A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOPPING CENTER INTO A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 1,500 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

1.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, 450 HOTEL ROOMS, 110,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AND 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT SPACE.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING HEIGHTS OF UP TO 275 FEET CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION OF BEN WHITE AND SOUTH LAMAR, UH, WITH THE TRANSITION DOWN TO 160 FEET, UM, MORE INTERIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN DOWN TO A LIMITED OF 28 FEET WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE AND PARKLAND AREAS.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVER OF 84% IS PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT DOWN TO 54%, A REDUCTION OF 36%.

THIS WOULD RESULT IN A TOTAL OF ALMOST 14 ACRES OF IMPERVIOUS COVER BEING REMOVED AND BROUGHT INTO A PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND, UM, AND PARKLAND, UH, THIS WOULD BE 8.9 ACRES MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER CODE.

UM, THEY ALSO ARE PROPOSING NEARLY A MILE OF TRAILS.

UM, THIS PROPERTY TO ME IS KIND OF A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.

UM, IT KIND OF BRINGS THREE THINGS TOGETHER.

AS I SAID, IT'S IN A VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA.

IT'S AT A VERY IMPORTANT TRANSIT NODE, UM, FOR PROJECT CONNECT, UH, WITH THE EXISTING EIGHT OR THREE BUS, UH, RAPID BUS, AS WELL AS THE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

AND IT IS QUITE FRANKLY, A SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S PAST ITS PRIME, UM, AND HAS SUFFERED, UM, SOME VACANCIES IN RECENT YEARS.

SO IT IS PRIME FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO, UH, BRING IT BACK, UH, CLOSER TO THE, TO, UH, TODAY'S CODE ENVIRONMENTALLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT LINE TO, UH, IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, HAVE A RATHER LARGE SITE AND TO DEVELOP IT IN A VERY TRANSIT FRIENDLY WAY, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS TURN IT OVER TO REBECCA LEONARD FROM, UH, LIONHEART PLACEMAKING, WHO IS A PLANNING FIRMS THAT IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ON BEHALF OF BARSHA PENOLES THE APPLICANT.

AND SHE WILL RUN THROUGH A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND WITH THAT, HER AND I WILL BOTH BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU, JERRY.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M UNABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN, SO WE'LL JUST OPERATE OFF OF THE, THE, UM, THE POWERPOINT THAT YOU HAVE PULLED UP ALREADY.

HOW WOULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US TODAY.

UH, I'M REBECCA LEONARD WITH LIONHEART PLACES, UH, IN EAST AUSTIN BUSINESS.

UH, WE I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PARTS OF MY TEAM HERE.

UH, THE LANDOWNER IS BARBERSHOP AND OLES AND LIONSTONE INVESTMENTS.

OUR SHOPPING OLS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.

LOCAL DEVELOPER IN AUSTIN.

UH, CENTRAL MARKET WAS ONE OF THEIR EARLY PROJECTS.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE GOT A HOST OF OTHER LOCAL TEAM MEMBERS, AREN'T AND BROWN LJA ENGINEERING, VOE CONSULTING, ET CETERA.

AND WE'VE BEEN BOLSTERED BY SEVERAL NATIONAL LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF PLANNING, UH, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.

UH, LET ME EXPRESS OUR TEAM'S GRATITUDE FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND ONGOING DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE HA HAVE, UH, HAD WITH US OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

VERY IMPORTANT MANY PROGRESSIVE CITY THREES, UH, SINCE, UH, TH THIS ORIGINAL NEXT SLIDE, GARY, I'M SORRY.

UH, JERRY, UH, MENTIONED WHERE THE SITE WAS, UH, IT'S ABOUT 37 AND A HALF ACRES.

UH, IT'S ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILES FROM DOWNTOWN.

IT'S AT THE JUNCTION OF TWO HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT ROUTES.

UH, AND WE CAN'T FORGET THAT IT'S A PROMINENT LOCATION ON THE BARTON CREEK GREENBELT.

UH,

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UM, THAT THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED IN 1981.

AND THIS WAS BEFORE HILL COUNTRY OVERLAY BEFORE THE SOS ORDINANCE.

IT WAS THREE DECADES BEFORE.

IMAGINE AUSTIN A LOT HAS CHANGED IN OUR CITY SINCE THIS ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED.

UH, AND I THINK THE POLICY DIRECTION IS POINTING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN WHAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN 40 YEARS AGO.

UH, THE PARCEL THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN THIS PUD, UH, OR DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT IS WHAT'S LABELED THERE IN ORANGE BRODY OAK SHOPPING CENTER.

UH, THE REST OF THIS WAS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL APPROVAL IN 1981.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE 84 PORT 84 ACRES OF GUS FREE PARK, UH, ON THERE AS WELL.

MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE MAYBE EVEN RECENTLY, AND ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES OF THE SITE.

WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC VIEWS.

I WOULD ARGUE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE CITY OFF OF THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE TREES, VERY LARGE HERITAGE TREES AND GROVES OF TREES THAT ARE WONDERFUL AMENITIES TO THE SITE.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UH, NOT SO LOVABLE PARTS OF THE SITE.

UH, AS JERRY MENTIONED, IT'S 84% IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, ALL SURFACE PARKING, UH, BEFORE A BAR SHOP AND OVALS WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME OF THE TECH STOCK RIGHT AWAY.

IT WAS ACTUALLY 90% IN THE PREVIOUS COVER.

SO, UH, QUITE A BIT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER RIGHT THERE ON THE, ON THE RECHARGE AREA.

ALSO THE BACKSIDE CONNECTING TO THE GREENBELT, UH, THERE'S A BARRIER OF A WALL IT'S ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 20 FEET TALL, AND IT REALLY PREVENTS CONNECTION TO THE GREENBELT.

SO AS WE GOT INTO THE PLANNING FOR THIS PROJECT, WE FIRST STARTED BY LOOKING AT WHAT THE CITY, UH, WAS SIGNALING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, AND AS YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE IMAGINE AUSTIN MAP, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE OR SIX GREEN DOTS, UH, WHICH ARE LABELED IN THE PLAN ACTIVITY CENTER FOR REDEVELOPMENT, INSENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS.

AND I THINK WE'RE THE FIRST GREEN.TO ATTEMPT TO REDEVELOPMENT.

AND SO WE REALLY ARE TRAILBLAZING ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL AS TO WHAT A GREEN DOT MEANS AND WHAT, UH, UH, REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

IN ADDITION, I'VE NOTED ALREADY THAT WE'RE ON A TRANSIT WE'RE ON TWO HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDORS, UH, SO REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, CONNECTIONS THERE.

IT'S ALSO A SITE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SINGLE FAMILY, IMMEDIATE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORS.

UH, SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR A TRANSIT STATION, UH, WITHOUT DIRECTLY IMPACTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORS.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, AGAIN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE THAT ANY PUD HAS TO PROVIDE.

UH, WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WE GET TO PROVIDE OURS RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF OUR CITY'S GREATEST TRANSIT LINES.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL TRAIL HEADS THAT HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME ON SHOULDERS AND HIGHWAYS AND INTERNAL TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WE SHARE THE CITY'S HIGHEST GOALS FOR THE SITE.

WE KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.

AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT WE'VE COME OUT OF THE GATES VERY STRONG.

IN THAT REGARD, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CREATE A WALKABLE MIXED USE ACTIVITY CENTER THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT TRANSIT STATION.

UH, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO SEE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT THE SITE TO ITS SURROUNDINGS.

THERE'S EITHER A FENCE, A MAJOR HIGHWAY OR A WALL THAT SEPARATES THE SITE FROM ALMOST EVERY ADJACENT PARCEL.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO FEEL AND BE OF SOUTH AUSTIN.

THIS CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT COULD LIVE IN ANY OTHER CORNER OF OUR CITY OR ANY OTHER CITY IN THE U S UH, AND THEN FINALLY WE WANT THIS SITE TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROMINENT GATHERING PLACE IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN.

WE NEED TO POSITION IT AS JERRY SAID, UH, IT'S, IT'S SEEN ITS LIFE, UH, THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND WE NEED TO POSITION IT INTO SOMETHING NEW NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, A CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING, UH, WITH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS ON THIS PLAN.

FIRST OF ALL, WE INTEND TO COMPLY WITH THE SOS ORDINANCE AND, UH, STORE OUR WATER QUALITY, OUR WATER, OUR STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO SPECIAL WES PONDS.

UH, WE ALSO INCLUDE ROLLING BACK SOME OF THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER ABOUT 13.7 ACRES OF BUILDINGS AND PARKING LOTS WILL TRANSITION TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.

WE INTEND TO HAVE IT AND INTENTIONAL TRAILHEAD, UH,

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AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PLAN FOR A TRAIL HEAD TO BARTON CREEK GREENBELT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

UH, ALSO WE ARE DEVELOPING AT TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITIES.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR DENSITIES THAT WILL MAKE THAT TRANSIT STATION REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

A MIX OF USES THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO PARK ONCE AND DO MANY, MANY THINGS.

UH, AND AGAIN INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR THAT.

UH, WE ALSO HOPE TO INCLUDE SOME ART SPACE AND OTHER CREATIVE SPACE ONSITE.

AND THEN FINALLY THERE ARE OTHER SIGNATURE QUALITY PUBLIC SPACES, THE CENTRAL GREEN IN THE MIDDLE.

UM, IT'S ABOUT APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF THE REPUBLIC SQUARE, SURROUNDED BY RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS ON ALL SIDES AND PROGRAM WITH FAMILY FRIENDLY AMENITIES, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEND TIME DAWN TO DUSK, UH, AND ENJOYING THIS NEW, UH, GATHERING PLACE.

SOUTHWEST AUSTIN.

SO THE NEXT COUPLE, WELL, SLIDES JUST HAVE SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT SOME OF THESE SPACES WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS FIRST RENDERING HERE IS THE INTERNAL MAIN STREET.

UH, YOU CAN SEE DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES ON THIS ROAD, INCREASED LANDSCAPE TREATMENT, UH, RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND HOTEL ON THE UPPER FLOORS.

UH, IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME OF OUR TALLEST BUILDINGS ON SITE.

AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH THE ARCHITECTURE IS MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CO ECLECTIC AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ONE CAMPUS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME, UH, WITH VERY STYLES, HEIGHTS, SETBACKS, AND MATERIALS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE IS, UM, A VIEW OF THE CENTRAL GREEN FROM THE ONE OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGS.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN BELT AND DOWNTOWN IN THE BACKGROUND, RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WRAPPING AROUND THAT PLAZA SPACE.

UH, THE PARK AMENITIES WE'RE HOPING TO INCLUDE A PLAYGROUND, MAKE FINALLY GIVE UP THAT GROVE OF TREES, A HAPPY HOME, UH, AND, UH, HAVE A PICNIC PAVILION THERE, UH, PERHAPS A PERFORMANCE VENUE, WATER PLAY SOCIAL GAMES.

UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE INCREASED THE QUALITY OF THE STREETSCAPES, UH, FOR THAT INTERNAL DRIVE.

SO THIS IMAGE CHEER IS LOOKING FROM THE GREENBELT BACK TO THE SITE, AND, UH, WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ONE OF OUR KEY STRATEGIES FOR CONNECTING TO THE GREEN BELT IS TAKING DOWN THAT WALL THAT EXISTS AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE GREEN BELT AND GRADING TO MORE NATURAL RESTORING 13.7 ACRES OF LAND AND ALLOWING THE GREENBELT TO CLIMB BACK UP INTO THE SITE, UH, TO CREATE THAT INTENTIONAL TRAILHEAD FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE GREENVILLE AT GREENBELT.

UH, WE HOPE TO REDUCE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT BY REDUCING PAVEMENT AND PLANTING MORE TREES FOCUSING ON MULTIMODAL TRAVEL BY CLUSTERING DENSITY AROUND THE TRANSIT STOP.

SO THE MAIN DILEMMA AND THE BIG IDEA FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT AND YOU ALL GRAPPLED WITH IT, AND IMAGINE AUSTIN WAS BALANCING ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY WITH ACTIVITY AND TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITIES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, UH, WE HOPE THAT WE'VE DONE ON ONE SIDE, WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY.

WE WANT TO REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVER.

WE WANT TO MEET THE SOS WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE QUALITY, PUBLIC OUTDOOR SPACES FOR PEOPLE.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE NEED THE HEIGHT AND THE DENSITY NEXT TO TRANSIT TO REALLY MAKE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITY AS WE GO THROUGH THE FEET AS WE GO THROUGH THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, A COUPLE OF KEY QUESTIONS, UH, ARE COMING TO MIND, AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THESE SPECIFIC NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

FIRST ONE IS LAND AREA REQUESTS, UH, CODE REQUIREMENTS, AND REVIEWER COMMENTS RESULTED IN NEARLY 30 ACRES OF LAND REQUESTS AND THE SITES ONLY 37.6 ACRES.

UH, SO THE VIABILITY OF THIS PROJECT IS REALLY CONTINGENT ON OUR ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE THESE OR OVERLAP THESE AND MULTIPURPOSE SOME OF THE SPACE.

AND SO I PUT THE SLIDE IN HERE SO THAT WE COULD, UH, ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE.

TO THE GREENBELT, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE MADE THERE BEEN MADE THERE SO FAR.

UH, IN ADDITION, WE'VE HAD COMMENTS FROM REVIEWERS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT THE HEIGHT MAY BE A LITTLE TOO HIGH, SO WE'VE GOT 275 FOOT HEIGHT LIMITS AROUND THE OUTER EDGE NEAR THE HIGHWAYS.

UH, AND WE WANT MORE FEEDBACK, MORE DIRECT FEEDBACK ON THAT.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITIES HERE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF A TRANSIT STOP.

AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LET US KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU THINK THE APPROPRIATE HEIGHT WOULD

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BE.

UH, WE'VE PUT IN SOME METRICS AROUND EMPLOYMENT DENSITY AND RESIDENTIAL DENSITY FROM, UH, PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, UH, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, UH, FOR EMPLOYMENT DENSITY AROUND TRANSIT STOPS AND THE CITY'S OWN TOD ORDINANCE FOR DENSITY AROUND, UH, TRANSIT STOPS, UH, OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

UH, IN ADDITION, SOME OF THE T TOD IS ALREADY APPROVED IN THE CITY ARE ALREADY SEEN HEIGHTS OF ABOUT 360 FEET.

AND THEN FINALLY JUST RELATED TO HEIGHT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A, UH, AN ASSUMPTION, UH, THAT, THAT THIS WILL BE VERY VISIBLE, UH, FROM THE GREENBELT.

AND WE'VE GOT THE NEXT SLIDE HERE HAS A SECTION OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

UH, WE HAVE WALKED THE ENTIRE GREEN BELT TRAIL AND THE CREEK BED ITSELF, AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE SITE FROM THOSE AREAS MAINLY DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY AND TREE CANOPY.

UH, AND SO WE BELIEVE FROM THESE KEY PUBLIC SPACES THAT THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL STILL BE HIDDEN, UH, AND BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS THE BENEFIT OF VIEWING AND, AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE GREENBELT WITHOUT IT BEING MOVING OR OVER THE TOP OF THE GREENBELT.

LAST SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, SO IN CLOSING, WE'VE APPROACHED THIS PROJECT IN THE SPIRIT OF TRADING SOS, WATER, QUALITY COMPLIANCE, MORE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, AND A REDUCTION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IN RETURN FOR AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT AND DENSITY AT A SCALE AT A SITE ADJACENT TO A DESIGNATED CAP, METRO TRANSFER STATION IN PROJECT CONNECT.

THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THIS PROJECT.

AND WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON OUR APPROACH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IF I COULD JUST ADD FROM A, AS A CITY PLANNER, THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR US.

UM, AS WE SAID, IT'S, IT'S A SITE THAT'S RIPE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, IT'S AT A CORE TRANSIT LOCATION.

UM, AND IT ALSO IS A, IS A SITE THAT, UM, UM, FRANKLY IS CRYING OUT FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOOK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS ONE.

WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, BUT, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS A HEADSET ON THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GIVE THEM A B AT THIS POINT, WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN OKAY.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO SAY, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT, HAS BORDERS ON COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS' DISTRICT ALSO, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER, TABOS COUNCIL MEMBER, RANCHERIAS DISTRICTS ALSO.

UM, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL NOT USE UP ALL EVERYBODY'S TIME TODAY FOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, UM, AND THEN, UH, PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED AND I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL BE A SUCCINCT ABOUT IT, BUT LET ME JUST SAY FIRST THAT I APPRECIATE, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS MAKING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL AROUND THIS, UM, UH, REDEVELOPMENT AS, AS WELL AS WITH THE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, SOS, UH, BARTON CREEK GREENBELT.

I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND I APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GET THIS RIGHT.

UH, AND SO I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN GET THERE, UM, FOR THERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, I DON'T THINK AS PROPOSED, IT MEETS THE, UM, CRITERIA THAT WE NEED TO APPLY TO A PLACE LIKE THAT, BUT I AM ENCOURAGED, IT WILL BE CHALLENGING AS JERRY SAID, BUT I AM PRIVILEGED THAT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE THAT WORKS.

SO I WANT TO JUST NAME A FEW OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR THIS HEIGHT, AND THEN QUICKLY SPEAK TO QUESTIONS THAT MS. LEONARD HAD ASKED.

SO FIRST OFF THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE AS THIS IS THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, THE FIRST GREEN SPOT FROM IMAGINE AUSTIN THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONFRONTED WITH.

UM, AND SO WE'VE REALLY GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.

IT IS A CENTER NODE IN A WATER SUPPLY, ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVE AREA.

SO WE HAVE TO GET THE IT'S ALSO A PUD AND IT'S A REDEVELOPMENT UNDER THE SOS ORDINANCE.

UM, SO WE NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT IN TERMS OF BALANCING THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL SIZE AS MS. LEONARD HAD HAD, UM, HAD LAID OUT.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, AFFORDABILITY IS KEY.

WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HOW CAN WE THINK ABOUT FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ALONG THIS, UM, ALONG THIS TRANSIT CENTER HUB, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET.

IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MINIMUM OF 10% MORE, SECOND OPEN GREEN SPACE USE AND CONNECTION

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WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT FURTHER.

THIRD THING IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND THEN GREENING OF THE BUILDINGS WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE RECHARGE ZONE OF THE AQUIFER.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A REALLY EXCITING CUTTING EDGE LIVING ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES, PLACE, CREATIVE SPACE.

I APPRECIATE, UM, MS. LEONARD, UM, MENTIONING THAT THIS IS A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTH AUSTIN TO BE A, UH, A SPACE FOR ARTISTS, UH, DEDICATED RETAIL AND OUTDOOR MARKET SPACE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.

AND THEN FINALLY THE HEIGHT AND THE MOBILITY ISSUES AS WAS POINTED OUT IS SOMETHING WE'VE GOT TO GET, RIGHT? THIS IS 275 FEET THAT IS MUCH, MUCH TALLER THAN ANYTHING AROUND.

WE'RE TALKING 25 STORIES OR SO, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT OF HEIGHT.

IT ALSO WILL SET PRECEDENTS FOR THAT FOUR CORNERS IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL AREA.

SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT HEIGHT THERE? I THINK THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS THE PLACE FOR DENSITY.

IT IS A PLACE FOR SOME HEIGHT.

WE CAN EXPECT HEIGHT.

THAT'S, IT'S TALLER THAN ANYTHING AROUND IT, BUT 25 STORIES OR SO, UH, MAYBE TOO MUCH.

WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT AGAINST, UH, WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR IT.

AND I I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS AND I KNOW MS. LEONARD HAS TOO, AS SHE MENTIONED, THAT, THAT THAT'S OUT OF PROPORTION, UH, TO, TO WHAT WAS NEEDED ON THIS ENVIRONMENTAL SITE.

THE TRAFFIC IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T FORGET.

I MEAN, HOW DO WE RIGHT SIZE PARKING? THEY DON'T PRESENT FOR A MAJOR TRANSIT QUARTER IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA.

THIS IS AN AREA WE CAN TRY OUT PARKING REDUCTIONS.

THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT IS ON A PROJECT CONNECT LINE.

WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.

THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY, UM, A MESS AT THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, WHERE IT COMES IN TO 71 AND THREE 60 ON SOUTH LAMAR.

WE DON'T WANT TO EXACERBATE THAT.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AS A TRANSIT HUB.

SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, I WANT TO RESPOND TO, UM, THE QUESTIONS, UH, QUICKLY RESPOND TO THE QUESTION THAT WERE ASKED, UM, AND THEN GIVE OTHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL YET IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, BECAUSE, AND I REALLY AM TALKING ABOUT ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE.

UM, I ALSO THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE RIGHT MIX OF HOUSING VERSUS OFFICE VERSUS HOTEL.

UH, I THINK THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS SPACE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, FOR PEOPLE.

AND SO I THINK WE WANT TO GET THE RIGHT LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO, THERE'S A LOT OF, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF IT.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT SOS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SAY BARTON CREEK ARE REACHING OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THIS IS THAT WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IN THIS AREA TO LOOK AT NET ZERO ENERGY AND WATER, UH, AND ON-SITE REUSE.

UM, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, SHRINKING IN PERVIOUS COVER, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND NOT DOUBLE COUNT THE BENEFIT OF THREE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE SOS ORDINANCE, WHICH DOES REQUIRE A REDUCTION IN PERVIOUS COVER.

WE DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE COUNT THAT AS, AS OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UM, UNDER A PUD, A FLOODING IS A CONCERN WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT RUNOFF INTO THE CREEK IS ANOTHER CONCERN, UH, THE HEIGHT AND THE MOBILITY.

SO I'D ALSO LIKE TO, TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FROM THE LAMAR SIDE AND FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ON THAT SIDE.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO THE GREENBELT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SEE ADDITIONAL VIEWS BECAUSE THE GREENBELT THAT WE'RE SEEING IS JUST THE GREEN BELT RIGHT BELOW THE DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GREENBELT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THREE 60 THAT WE NEED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF VIEWS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, WE ALSO NEED TO SEE WHAT THIS DOES ON LAMAR ITSELF.

WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A CANYON EFFECT.

WE WANT A HUMAN SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AN ENTRANCE.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN REAL IMPORTANT IS, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THIS JUST AS FEEDBACK.

THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS WHOLE AREA, AND WE WANT IT TO BE A DRAW.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE RIGHT MIX OF RETAIL RESTAURANT,

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CREATIVE SPACE HOUSING, SO THAT IT BECOMES A PLACE THAT'S NOT JUST SELF-CONTAINED, BUT A PLACE THAT, THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA CAN COME TO, YOU CAN WANT TO WANT TO COME TO, CAN BE THERE.

SO IT'S REALLY, UM, FOR THE WHOLE AREA AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND HOW PEOPLE GET THERE.

YOU CANNOT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A, YOU CAN'T WALK THERE NOW.

UH, YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS IF YOU TRY TO WALK THERE NOW.

SO WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT.

UH, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.

THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR JERRY, UM, REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS PLANNED BY BOTH PROJECT CONNECT AND THE QUARTER IMPROVEMENT FOR SOUTH LAMAR TO ADDRESS THAT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S THERE NOW, AND THE BOTTLENECKS THAT WE GET THERE NOW AT THE INTERSECTIONS AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, UH, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS REDEVELOPMENT.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE, THE KEY THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT.

UM, I, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT, UM, AS JARED SAID, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST AN OLD SHOPPING CENTER WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CONCRETE, AND IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AS YOU SAID, JERRY, TO DEVELOP THIS IN AN EXCITING WAY AND TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRANSIT LINE.

AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF, OF THE HEIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE BALANCE FOR US IN TERMS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF IT.

SO I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.

I, UH, THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, JERRY, IS I'M ASSUMING, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE INTERSECTION WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND, UM, AND THE, UH, CORRIDOR PLAN IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW THAT WORKS RIGHT NOW WITH THIS REDEVELOPMENT AND WHAT'S BEING DONE, WHAT IS BEING DONE AND CONTEMPLATED TO ADDRESS? IT'S NOT, IT'S ABOUT, YEAH, YES.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL WORK WITH THE NEPA DAY AND THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE, ONCE THE APPLICATION COMES IN AND WE WILL MAKE THEM A PART OF THE REVIEW TEAM, UH, IN ADDITION TO AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND OF COURSE, CAP METRO.

UM, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY ON THIS PROJECT.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WILL BE THE FIRST LARGE PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT OFFICE ON.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL MAKE THEM A PART OF THE TEAM.

WHO'S ACTUALLY DOING THE REVIEW.

CAN YOU GIVE US THE TIMELINE AND THE PROCESS, BUT IT'S JUST TO REMIND FOLKS.

UM, WELL, IT'S KIND OF, THE APPLICANT CANNOT SUBMIT THE ACTUAL POD UNTIL WE'VE THROUGH WITH THE BRIEFING TODAY.

SO AFTER TODAY THEY CAN SUBMIT THE PROJECT IT'S UP TO THEM WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE PROJECT.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SUBMIT IT.

UM, ONCE THEY ACTUALLY SUBMIT IT, I ANTICIPATE QUITE A FEW MONTHS, FRANKLY, OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY STAFF AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE ENTITIES.

UM, IT'LL, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT TIMELINE, BUT IT'LL BE SEVERAL MONTHS MINIMUM, UM, MAYBE CLOSER, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TWO YEAR.

UM, BUT WE'LL, WE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH.

WE WILL FORMULATE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE IT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THERE MAY BE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT GET INVOLVED AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH.

WE'LL MAKE THAT DECISION.

BUT, UM, IT'LL PROBABLY BE QUITE A WHILE BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OKAY.

I WOULD RECOMMEND OR ASK THAT IT ALSO GO TO THE PARKS BOARD IN ADDITION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THEN IT'S A, UM, WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF APPROVAL THAT'S REQUIRED FROM THE COUNCIL? WELL, IT'S HIS ONLY CASE.

SO IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE A, UH, PROVIDED THERE WERE NO VALID PETITION.

IT WOULD REQUIRE A, A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE, THE BEAUTY.

IS THERE ANY, UH, ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL NUANCE TO THE APPROVAL LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S AN S THREE DEVELOPMENT? UM, YES.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT DOES I'D HAVE TO GO BACK.

I'D HAVE TO DEFER THAT TO CHRIS HARRINGTON, BUT I THINK THAT, YES, IT WOULD REQUIRE A GREATER NUMBER OF VOTES UNDER THE REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

AND THEN ALSO IF FOR SOME REASON THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT RECOMMEND THE CASE.

IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT'S A POT.

IF YOU, BECAUSE IT'S COMING UNDER SOS AS WELL AS UNDER THE PUD.

SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

IF YOU CHECK THAT FOR US.

SO WE WOULD KNOW THAT.

VERY CLOSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW'S AND RENT AREAS.

SO, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES A OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.

JUST, JUST REITERATE WHAT I SAID BEFORE.

HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT.

IT'S NOT JUST IN SOME PART OF SOUTH AUSTIN AND THAT DOESN'T IMPACT ANYBODY ELSE.

IT IS.

UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S BORDERS ON COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS'S DISTRICT, AND MINE IS

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AND, UM, AND JUST TO PRECEDENT, SETTING FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT, IT IS THE FIRST, UH, DRAIN, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL NODE.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES ELLIS.

I'M HAPPY TO ADD MY THOUGHTS IN, IT'S EXCITING THAT WE'RE GETTING TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MADE WHEN I FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT DEVELOPING THIS AREA.

UM, I AM INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I, I HAVE THIS VERY SIMILARLY IN MY DISTRICT AROUND THE WHITE OAK HILL WHERE YOU HAVE PARKING LOTS AND YOU FINALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN BETTER WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND DO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE, UM, WOVEN IN WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS EXCITING.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER FIRST THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT IS THE BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY.

SO I REALLY JUST SEE THE RENDERINGS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE RAPID METRO LINES RIGHT ALONG THERE THAT TAKE YOU DOWN TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

BUT THEN IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO TIE INTO THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL, THERE'S NOT REALLY A WAY TO SAFELY DO THAT.

AND I THINK HAVING A LITTLE MORE EXPLICIT AND INVITING SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS AREA, UM, WOULD BE A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

UM, I DID LIKE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PARKING TO BE AVAILABLE SINCE IT WILL HAVE METRO RAPID BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, SO I'M, I'M REALLY EAGER ABOUT THAT.

UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW ON, ON THE HEIGHT, UH, PROCESSING WHAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY LOOK AT WHAT DOES REDEVELOPMENT MEAN IN 2021 AND HOW CAN WE, UM, MAKE IT A SPACE THAT'S REALLY INVITING FOR PEOPLE AND TO KIND OF RE ENERGIZE AND REINVIGORATE, UM, A SPACE THAT RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF JUST A LOT OF CEMENT AND PARKING.

UM, SO I AM EAGER TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND WHAT, WHAT THE CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THE PLAN, UM, ADAPTS COLLEAGUES, TWO WEEKS POOL.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR, UM, I GUESS MS. LEONHARD, ARE YOU LOOKING AT ANY, UM, UNDERGROUND PASSAGES FROM THE SITE, UM, INTO GOSFORD PARK? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S, UM, A FAIRLY WIDE, IS IT AN ACCESS ROAD OFF TO THE WEST BETWEEN, OR IS THAT LAMAR? I COULDN'T TELL THE ORIENTATION ON A MAP.

COULD YOU THROW THAT MAP BACK UP? JUST LET ME KNOW HOW WE ARE, HOW YOU ARE IMAGINING OR HOW FAR ALONG YOU ARE AND IMAGINING HOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE SITE OR WANT TO GET INTO THE SITE AND YOU'RE NOT IN A CAR, WILL YOU BE, HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO TRANSIT THOSE, UH, LAMAR AND ANY ACCESS ROADS, UM, GOING DOWN TO BLUE? WELL, UNMUTE MYSELF.

I CAN'T PULL THE SLIDE BACK UP, BUT IF SOMEBODY ELSE COULD, THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT, UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING AT LEAST A SHARED LOOSE USE PATH, PERHAPS CYCLE TRACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SITE THAT WOULD TIE INTO THE BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY PLANNED FOR SOUTH LAMAR AND THEN CONNECT IT OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE TO THE ACCESS ROAD THAT GOES DOWN TO THE OFFICE.

SO YEAH, THERE WE GO.

SO ARE YOU TO WONDER, ARE YOU GOING TO GO UNDER THOSE, UM, TRAFFIC LINES? WILL YOU BE TUNNELING UNDER ITS TRAFFIC LANES OF SOUTH LAMAR? NO.

TANYA.

SO WHAT'S THE S SO THERE ISN'T ANY WAY TO CROSS HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE GROUPS.

UH, OH, DO YOU FOLLOW THE TRAILS THAT GO PARALLEL AND THEN COME BACK UP AND AROUND DO A GO TO A TRAFFIC.

SO I, I THINK IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, CAUSE YOU WERE CUTTING OUT JUST A HAIR, UM, ONCE YOU GET TO THE EDGE OF THE SITES SITE ON YOUR CONNECTIVITY WOULD BE AT GRADE WITH, UM, TRAFFIC.

SO ON THE THREE 60 SIDE, UM, I THINK WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS GO DOWN AND WE ARE PROPOSING A SHARED USE PATH DOWN THAT ACCESS ROAD THAT GOES FROM OUR RETAIL SITE DOWN TO THE OFFICE SITE, PARALLEL TO THE ACCESS ROADS.

ABOUT, I SEE WHERE YOU HAVE AND I'M SITTING HERE POINTING TO YEARS SLIDE, WHICH OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M POINTING AT, BUT WHERE YOU HAVE THE LITTLE BIT OF GREEN, THOSE SIX LITTLE GREEN DOT TREES KIND OF GOING OFF TO THE WEST.

YES, I'M INTERESTED.

AND I KNOW IT'S EARLY DAYS, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN WHETHER, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, UP AT, I THINK IT'S SAND BEACH.

WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A TUNNEL TO GET UP TO LIKE FOURTH STREET OR FIFTH STREET CRAVE CENK, WHICH IS SO STEEP.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION

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LIKE IT'S WEIRD.

EVEN BEING APPROPRIATE TO, UM, PUT A TON OF SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO UNDERNEATH THOSE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET MORE QUICKLY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND THEN THE SAME THING OVER ON LAMAR.

I SEE.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE WERE MORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS OVER THERE FOR, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY CONGESTED.

AND TH THAT SPAGHETTI WELL IS REALLY TOUGH AND IT'S, IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE ON A BICYCLE.

I WOULDN'T TRY IT.

I JUST WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND AND TAKE OTHER ROUTES.

AND SO MAYBE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, BUT I WANTED TO RAISE THE QUESTION THIS EARLY INPUT TO GIVE THAT TO SETTLE AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S ALL I CAN ASK AT THIS POINT.

THANKS, KATHY.

NOW THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR, FOR REALLY ARTICULATING WHAT I THINK ARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT, UM, AREAS OF CONSIDERATION AS THIS PROJECT CONTINUES TO TALK WITH.

UM, THEY BRING STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT THE VISION IS FOR THE SITE.

I WANT TO BE SURE.

I, I KIND OF CAN CAPTURE IN MY HEAD, UM, SOME OF THE SUPERIORITY ELEMENTS.

SO I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST CITE FOR ME WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE AS THE TOP SUPERIORITY ELEMENTS THAT YOU ARE PUTTING FORWARD.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENTS, BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST, AGAIN, SUMMARIZE FOR ME, UM, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE COMMITMENT IS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ONSITE.

AND I SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MY, IN MY OPINION, THERE SHOULD BE REALLY SIGNIFICANT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE ONSITE.

HAPPY TO, I THINK OUR MAIN SUPERIORITY ITEM IS IMPERVIOUS COVER.

UH, IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO PEEL BACK.

UH, 36% OF THIS SITE IS IMPERVIOUS COVER.

AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS THE HEAVIEST LIFT ON THIS PROJECT.

AND WE BELIEVE SOMETHING, UH, THAT, UH, MANY, UH, ACTUALLY EVERYBODY WE'VE TALKED TO IS, IS HAPPY, UH, WITH THAT, UH, LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO IMPERVIOUS COVER IN TERMS OF, UH, OTHER COMMITMENTS, WE ARE, UM, WORKING WITH CAP METRO TO IMPROVE THE, THE TRANSIT STOP ON SITE.

WE ARE, UM, UH, PROPOSING CONNECTIVITY TO THE GREENBELT, WHICH DOESN'T EXIST THERE NOW AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS ONSITE AS WELL.

UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S VERY LITTLE PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN GOSFORD PARK.

UH, AND WE ARE, UM, GOING TO CREATE THAT TRAILHEAD, AS I MENTIONED, AS PART OF THAT IN TERMS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE PUTT ORDINANCE REQUIRES 10%, UH, OF THE RENTAL UNITS FOR RENTAL UNITS, 10% OF THE BONUS AREA AND FOR OWNERSHIP UNITS, 5% OF THE BONUS AREA, UH, ONSITE.

AND THEN, UM, FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF $7 PER SQUARE FOOT, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE OFFERING AS, AS SUPERIORITY AT THIS TIME IS 10% OF THE BONUS AREA, UM, AS ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HEALTH HOUSING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP.

UH, AND SO WE ARE, UM, EXCITED TO DO THAT.

UM, ALSO WE'RE PROPOSING ALL HOUSING ON SITE WITHOUT REQUESTING A FEE LOO, EVEN THOUGH MOST OF OUR BONUS SQUARE FOOTAGE IS NON-RESIDENTIAL.

UH, AND SO THAT, UH, IS ANOTHER SUPERIORITY ITEM AS WELL.

AND, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HOUSING STAFF AT THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT INCOME GROUPS AND THINGS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING AND, UH, WORKING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, UM, UH, POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROUPS LIKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OR OTHERS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OR OTHERS.

SO AGAIN, I I'LL I'LL NEED TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THE COMMENSURATE, UM, I CAN HEAR YOU.

UM, SO I THINK FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, YOU ARE GOING, YOU ARE A PRO AT THIS POINT, UM, 10% OF THE UNITS BE OF RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP BE AFFORDABLE.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE IT'S IT'S FROM 5% TO 10% FOR THE OWNERSHIP UNITS, I WOULD NEED TO KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL, AS IT'S CONTEMPLATED AT THIS STAGE TO REALLY KNOW HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND YOU ARE NOT PROPOSING A FEE IN LIEU FOR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL, IT WOULD BE ONSITE UNITS AS WELL.

AND THEN,

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OH, REALLY? NOT ANY OF IT.

UM, WHAT WERE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES? OH, I GUESS I WAS JUST SAYING, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE OWNERSHIP, WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS IN TERMS OF CONTEMPLATED OWNERSHIP UNITS VERSUS RENTAL, TO REALLY BETTER UNDERSTAND KIND OF HOW, HOW, UM, HOW THAT SHIFT FROM 5% TO 10% REALLY RESULTS IN HOW MANY UNITS THAT RESULTS IN.

AND I GUESS IT WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK THAT THE POD ORDINANCE REALLY FULLY CAPTURES THIS GOAL TO ME TO SEE THOSE UNITS BE REALLY MULTI BEDROOM UNITS, SO THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING WHAT I HEARD YOU DESCRIBE AS THE MISSION OF, OF REALLY CREATING A MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS IMPORTANT CORRIDOR.

UM, THE QUESTIONS DO YOU INTEND TO INCORPORATE THE JUMPY HOUSE? I'M REALLY JUST KIDDING.

THAT'S LIKE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK THAT FOR MY CHILDREN'S SAKE.

WE'VE WE'VE SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS THERE YOU GOT NEEDED AGAIN.

I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM THAT REALLY WAS JUST A JOKE ABOUT THE JUMPY HOUSE.

OF COURSE, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO INCORPORATE THE JUMPY HOUSE.

UM, THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR OUR STAFF, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT SHIFT AND AN IMPORTANT ONE IN THIS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA.

UM, JERRY, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED UNDER CONVENTIONAL ZONING IF THE SITE'S REDEVELOPED, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, THE ZONING, UM, WOULD THAT PLAY A FACTOR IN THAT? WHAT WOULD PLAY A FACTOR AS THE SOS REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE? AND SO, AS LONG AS THEY COMPLY WITH THE SOS REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, THEY COULD GET IT APPROVED WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AS TO THE PARTICULARS OF WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THE SOS REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO CHRIS HARRINGTON FOR THAT IS CHRIS HARRINGTON ON THE LINE, I GUESS, AS ALAN SMITH, ALL OF THESE, UM, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE BEING OFFERED AS EVIDENCE OF SUPERIORITY, I'M GOING TO REALLY WANT THE WANT THE STAFF REPORT TO EXPLAIN, TO EXPLAIN WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER CONVENTIONAL ZONING OR OTHER ORDINANCES VERSUS WHAT IS BEING OFFERED IN THE PUB.

BECAUSE OUR TASK AS DECISION MAKERS IS TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS SUPERIOR TO WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED UNDER, UNDER OUR EXISTING CODES AND ORDINANCES.

SO, SO THAT'S REALLY THE, THAT'S REALLY THE, UM, OF MY QUESTION HERE WITH REGARD TO THE IMPERVIOUS COVER REDUCTION, HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF THIS SITE PROCEEDED, NOT AS A PUTT, BUT, UM, UNDER CONVENTIONAL SUNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE CUSTOMER WINDOW, CHRIS WAS ON THE CALL.

I THINK HE'S BEEN TRYING TO TRY TO BE MOVED OVER RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THE DIRECT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW HE'S, HE'S ON THE CALL AND TRYING TO TRY TO GET UP.

AND IF IT'S COMPLICATED TO DO THAT, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN JUST GET BACK TO ME ABOUT WHAT, UM, I THINK IT WAS 34% OR 30%, 6% IMPERVIOUS COVER REDUCTION.

IS THAT RIGHT? 24 OR 36.

COME UP.

HI CHRIS HARRINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.

HI CHRIS.

SO THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION WOULD ALLOW THEM TO REDEVELOP THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER WITHOUT HAVING TO REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AT ALL.

THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT AND THEN MITIGATION LAND OR PAYMENT FOR MITIGATION LAND TO GET TO AN EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.

SO THEY'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

UH, WE WOULD EVALUATE THE SUPERIORITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY, NOT WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION AS THE BASELINE, BUT RELATIVE TO THE CURRENT CONDITION EFFECTIVELY.

AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE UNDER CURRENT CODE? SO, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

THE REDUCTION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT IS PROPOSED IS A SIGNIFICANT SUPERIORITY IN TERMS OF BASICALLY JUST LEAVING THE EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVER SINCE THEY WOULD BE ACHIEVING SOS LEVELS OF WATER QUALITY TREATMENT, UM, UNDER EITHER CIRCUMSTANCE.

THANKS FOR THAT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION, SO I'D FORGOTTEN THAT, UM, THOSE DETAILS.

UM, IDENTIFICATION OF GREEN SPACE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH BACK TO THE GREEN SPACE.

AND I GUESS THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE, UM, DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE BACK TO THE GREEN SPACE,

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CAN YOU REMIND ME AGAIN EXACTLY.

I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRAIL, HAD THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE GREENBELT, TRAILHEAD IN TERMS OF THE DEDICATION OF, OF GREEN OF LAND, UM, ON YOUR TRACK TO GREEN SPACE.

WHAT WAS THAT FIGURE? AGAIN, 13.7 OF GREEN SPACE ON OUR SITE AND FOR PARKS SPACES AND THEY WILL ALL BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

UH, AND WE HAVE PROPOSED, UH, THAT THEY BE PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT PUBLIC, BUT HAVE A PUBLIC EASEMENT ON THEM.

UM, MAINLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MORE.

UM, AND SO, UH, UH, AND THAT'S ONSITE 13.7 ACRES, KATHY, CAN'T HEAR YOU AGAIN.

I'M HAVING DIFFICULTIES TOO TODAY.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED IN TERMS OF ACREAGE UNDER THE PARKLAND DEDICATION AND AS ALL OF THE LAND THAT'S GOING TO BE DONATED OR DEDICATED TO OPEN SPACE, UH, DEVELOPABLE LAND ON YOUR TRACT? UH, SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY 31 ACRES.

IF I RECALL, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY PARKLAND DEDICATION UNDER HOUSE.

AND, UM, WE, UH, IF WE WEREN'T PURSUING A PUD, I THINK WE WOULD BE CAPPED AT 15% OF THAT ON SITE BECAUSE OF, UH, WE WERE IN A PARKLAND DEFICIENT AREA.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 5.6 ACRES I BELIEVE.

AND ALL OF THE PARKLAND THAT WE ARE, UH, OFFERING, UH, IS DEVELOPABLE.

SO THE SHIFT, SO 31 ACRES UNDER THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, 15% OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO BE ON SITE.

UM, OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE FROM MEMORY, SO ISN'T THAT A SENSE OF SCALE? SO IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED ONSITE.

MA'AM ABOUT, WELL, ABOUT TWICE, ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH AS WHAT APPROPRIATE AND REQUIRED ONSITE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFO.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN THAT GETS MEMBER ALICE.

UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD PROVIDE TO US.

UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU WILL DO THIS AT SOME POINT, BUT SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER, WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO THIS, IF YOU WOULD, UH, PROVIDE US WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH, YOU KNOW, THE SOS REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, UM, PARKS REQUIREMENTS, SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH, UM, AND WE WANTED, SO THAT TABLE WILL HELP US CLARIFY.

UM, LET ME BACK, LIKE TO SEE A, A TABLE OF WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE SOS REDEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PARKS? WHAT WOULD WE BE REQUIRED FOR HOUSING? OKAY.

AND THEN I WANT TO S I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORWARD AS COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT PARTS AND WE ARE DOUBLE COUNTING AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UH, AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THIS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD CREATE THAT LIST FOR ALL OF US.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT I'M ASKING FOR JERRY? YES, IT DOES COUNCIL MEMBER AND I CAN WORK ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

UM, HOWEVER, IT WOULD HAVE THE CAVEAT THAT AT THIS TIME IT WOULD BE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US IN THE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT.

ONCE THE ACTUAL APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, WE'D HAVE TO RE-LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS MATCH WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US THAT VERSUS WHAT THEY DO ACTUALLY SUBMIT.

SO YES, I DO IT.

WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.

BUT, BUT YOU CAN GIVE IT AT LEAST GET US STARTED WITH WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS SAY.

SO YES, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ALSO, JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT'S POSTED IN BACKUP THAT EISA PHILLIPS HAS PROVIDED ON THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION, BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY AS IS OUR STANDARD PRACTICE BRING FORWARD A SUPERIORITY TABLE.

THAT WOULD BE A COMPARISON TO THE CURRENT APPLICABLE CODE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO JUST INCLUDE A LINE ITEM FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION SINCE IT IS, UM, ANOTHER, UH, YARD STICK AGAINST WHICH WE CAN MEASURE THIS PROJECT.

ALSO GAVE THE LAND FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UH, SHOPPING CENTER.

AND THEN QUESTION TO THAT IS JUST THE BASELINE THAT WE'RE STARTING WITH.

THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, UH, FOR THIS, UH, TRACT FOR THIS AREA HAD DIFFERENT HEIGHTS THAT WERE AGREED TO I WERE 30 FEET, OR I FORGET WHAT ELSE.

AND SO THEN THERE WERE OTHER ASPECTS OF THAT AGREEMENT.

I THINK I MISLED LETTER REFERENCE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT GAVE PARKLAND AND

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BUT, UM, I WANT TO, UH, I'M, I'M THINKING THAT OUR BASELINE HERE GOES BACK TO THAT AGREEMENT.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT AGREEMENT PLAYS INTO THE ANALYSIS.

IT I'LL LET JERRY SPEAK TO THE HEIGHT ISSUES.

THAT WOULD BE ME, BUT I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING AT EASEMENTS THAT ARE EXISTING OR THAT ARE CREATED ON PARKLAND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ON WHAT IS NOW CITY PARKLAND HAS ALREADY BEEN AN ITEM OF DISCUSSION FOR BOTH WATERSHED AND FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD CONSIDER ANY, AS WE, AS WE ALWAYS DO WHAT THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS ARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF OUR SUPERIORITY ANALYSIS.

BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF JERRY, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE HEIGHTS QUESTION AND BY EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS, YOU MEAN WHAT'S IN THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT WHAT'S IN CODE, BUT WHAT'S CAUSE THERE'S COVENANTS ON THAT PROPERTY.

COUNCIL MEMBER WITH REGARD TO HEIGHT PER CODE, WE'D BE LOOKING AT THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS UNDER ZONING.

SO IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE THE 60 FEET UNDER THE GR ZONING.

JERRY, WHY WOULD WE NOT BE LOOKING AT THE, UH, I MAY HAVE THIS WRONG, BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON THE PROPERTY.

WHY WOULD WE NOT BE LOOKING AT THAT? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, THOSE RESTRICTED COVENANTS.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THAT PART.

IT WAS PART OF THIS REVIEW.

SO LET ME GO BACK AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THOSE.

I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE CODE SAYS THAT THE BASELINE IS THE, UM, UH, BASED UPON THE EXISTING ZONING.

SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RESTRICTED COVENANTS AND THE ZONING.

I'M NOT AWARE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPETENCE RIGHT NOW, SO I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT PART.

AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT OF COURSE IS BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPERIORITY UNDER PUD, UH, WE HAVE TO THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN PLACE NOW AS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL A PART OF THE ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS MADE FOR THE, FOR THE GREENBELT.

SO IT'S TO DO WITH WHAT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE APPROPRIATE ALONG THE GREENBELT IN WHAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE, UM, TRADE AT THAT TIME, WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT THEM, BUT WE NEED TO NOT JUST SET THEM ASIDE WITHOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEM HERE, YOU'RE ON MUTE.

BUT I THINK I ALL I HAD AND DIMENSION, BUT I WROTE DOWN AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TALKED ABOUT IT HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WALKABILITY.

LIKE, IS THE RETAIL GOING TO BE MOSTLY ALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR? IS IT GOING TO BE A MIX OF STORY OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK? SO MAYBE JUST AN A IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WOULD MAP OUT.

I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE HAVING A WALKABLE, TRANSIT ORIENTED PUD SITUATION, THAT IT COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT LOTS OF SHOPS AND RETAIL AND COFFEE AND MARKET SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

DO YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER THAT NOW? OR, UH, WE'RE INTENDING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL ALL AROUND THAT CENTRAL GREEN AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN SUPPORT RETAIL, CONNECTING IT TO THE TRANSIT STATION AS WELL, TRANSIT STOP AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT, BUT YOU'D HAVE THAT ALL PLANNED OUT YET, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AS I HAD A QUICK UP QUESTION TO WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS ASKING JERRY, JERRY, I UNDERSTAND WAIT, I UNDERSTAND YOUR RESPONSE THAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT, YOU HAVEN'T REVIEWED THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, BUT IF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IMPOSED A HEIGHT LIMIT ON CERTAIN TRACKS, I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE THE BASELINE, SOMETHING IN WHAT YOU SAID SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE THE, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YES, THAT'S FINE.

I UNDERSTAND.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.

UM, AGAIN, I NEED TO LOOK BACK AT THE COVENANTS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY.

MY RECOLLECTION IS A POD ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE BASELINE AS THE EXISTING ZONING, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, A RESTRICTION.

BUT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT THAT THE BASELINE IN THEORY IS WHAT THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENT IS, AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE THE ZONING, THE ENTITLEMENT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE ZONING BECAUSE OF A RESTRICTED COVENANT.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, BUT I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE EXACT WORDING OF THE POD ORDERS THAT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT SAYS.

SO THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR REVIEW WHEN THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.

WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT PART OF IT.

THAT INTERFACES WITH THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

I'M LIKE REALLY NOT ON MY GAME TODAY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY.

I WAS JUST SAYING, UM, THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

SO IT SOUNDS AS IF IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU, IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

IT'S ABOUT ALSO WHAT EXACT LANGUAGE IS IN THE PUDDLE ORDINANCE AND HOW

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AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST SAY, UM, I REALLY, I THINK THE INTENT, I WOULD REALLY SAY THAT I BELIEVE THE INTENT OF THE PUDDLE ORDINANCE, UM, IN TERMS OF SETTING THE BASELINE WAS, WAS TO KIND OF CAPTURE AS THE BASELINE CAPTURE, WHAT IS POSSIBLE ON THAT TRACT WITHOUT ANY, ANY SHIFT TO PUTT.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS REALLY THE BASELINE, WHATEVER THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD BE THE BASE ENTITLEMENT THAT, OR THAT ENTITLEMENT, THAT FACTORS INTO WHAT THAT BASELINE, UM, IS DETERMINED TO BE.

SO WE MAY, WE MAY NOT ALL BE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT, BUT, BUT I WOULD JUST PUT THAT FORWARD.

AND AS SOMEBODY WHO LONG, LONG DECADES AGO SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE, I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT SEEMS TO ME REFLECTIVE OF THE INTENT OF, OF THAT PO HUD REVISION.

BUT THANKS, JERRY, THANK YOU, MARIN.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR, FOR THAT SECTION OF TOWN, UH, TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSITY ON, UH, ON, UH, ON APARTMENTS AND, AND, AND, UH, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ALSO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, THIS LITTLE CORNER, THERE HAS A LOT OF POPULAR RESTAURANTS THAT PEOPLE DO GO AND IT'S CONSIDERED, UH, UH, AFFORDABLE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I HOPE THAT, THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE SERVICES AND RESTAURANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ON THAT LOCATION.

I'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES WE KIND OF LOSE THE OLD, UH, TYPE RESTAURANTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO GO IN AND EAT THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO REGULAR CHALDEAN BILL RESTAURANT THERE AND, UH, AND, UM, SOME GRILLS AND BARS THAT, UH, THAT ENDED UP TO MUSIC THERE.

SO, UH, I HOPE THAT IN THAT, AND WHEN YOU DO THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DO KEEP THESE TYPE OF AFFORDABLE SERVICE THERE FOR THE OTHER POPULATION, BECAUSE IT'S, WELL, UH, THOSE PLACES ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THAT LITTLE GROCERY STORE MIX.

IT COULD FEEL MORE LIKE THE MOM AND POP TYPE STORE THAN, THAN THESE BIG CORPORATION STORES.

SO I HOPE THAT WE KEEP THAT WHEN WE, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE DO GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

UH, YES.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA.

I THINK THAT THAT GOES MS. LEONARD, I THINK THAT GOES TO, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF SOUTH AUSTIN, UM, AND, UH, COUNSELOR RENTER IS MENTIONING ONE ASPECT OF THAT.

AND THAT GOES TO MY COMMENT THAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT, WE WANT THIS TO CONTINUE TO BE A SPACE THAT THE NEIGHBORS WANT TO GO TO.

UM, AND, AND SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A SPACE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY LIVING AT THE HOUSING THERE.

SO, UM, SO ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT IS, IS REALLY MAINTAINING THAT ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE THERE.

AND, UM, RENTER, YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I, BUT THAT KIND OF FEEL AND ACCESS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE POINTS THAT BOTH ANN AND KATHY ARE MAKING, UM, TO JERRY ABOUT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EXALTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT THE BASELINE IS GOING TO BE HERE, THAT WE DON'T, UM, THE EARLY INFORMATION IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND IT NEEDS TO BE AS ACCURATE BASED ON WHAT CAN BE BUILT HERE BASED ON PREVIOUS, UM, COVENANTS AND ZONING.

AND IF WE GIVE THE PUBLIC ONE READING, AND THEN WE COME BACK LATER AND SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION AND WON'T BE ABLE TO ALIGN THEM BOTH.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL IN THESE REVIEWS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE INITIAL INFORMATION, AS IT COMES OUT AND JERRY, YOU CAN HELP US TREMENDOUSLY WITH THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT AS BOTH ANNE AND KATHY ARE SAYING WAS AGREED UPON AT THE TIME THAT COULD BE BUILT AS THE BASELINE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, JERRY? OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS SO MUCH COLLEAGUES.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS PLAN?

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I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING PLAN.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, OBVIOUSLY HAS A HUGE IMPACT LOCALLY.

UH, ALSO BY ALL OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS IS A, IS A REGIONAL TRACK, UH, AT, UH, CONVERGENCE OF A LOT OF TRANSIT.

UH, SO, SO MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT HERE THAT, THAT, UH, IS A BENEFIT TO, AND, AND THE, THE, THE ENTIRE CITY.

UH, AND I THINK THAT THIS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THAT PRESENTATION MANAGER COLLEAGUES.

IT IS, UH, 1220.

DO YOU WANT TO, TO, TO PICK UP ONE OR THE OTHER TWO BRIEFINGS, HOMELESSNESS OR SPENDING, OR DO YOU WANT TO TAKE AN HOUR BREAK? NOW WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE THREE PERSONNEL MATTERS.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SETTING A SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO DO PERSONNEL, UH, CONVERSATION, UH, AS A FOLLOW-UP WE WERE GOING TO, WE WERE GOING TO DO THE MANAGER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FREE UP TIME.

I GUESS WE COULD CONSIDER DOING ONE, THREE, THREE, ALL FOUR OF THOSE, UH, AT THE SPECIAL CALL.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO SET UP FOR NEXT WEEK.

I JUST THROW THAT IDEA OUT THERE.

UH, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A BREAK NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO DO ANOTHER PRESIDENT? ANOTHER BRIEFING? CAN I THINK, TAKE A BREAK NOW? OKAY.

I WOULD SAY LET'S NOT TRY TO DO A BRIEFING, BUT PERHAPS WE COULD, IS THERE ANYTHING SHORT ON THE LIST THAT WE COULD KNOCK OFF OF THE CALL ITEMS? UH, WELL, WE COULD, UH, UH, KNOCK OUT ONE OF THEM.

I AM WHERE YOU GOT TO TRY AND GET 12 AND 2014 AND 25 UP NOW, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO JUST GET POSTPONED TILL APRIL? I CAN BRING IT UP NOW.

UH, LET'S DO THAT.

I THINK

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I AM OPEN TO POSTPONING IT.

IF THAT'S THE PREFERENCE OR I CAN GIVE AMENDED LANGUAGE AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES, THAT'S THE ONE THAT, THAT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RESOLUTION WE PASSED ABOUT THE ICONIC, UH, VENUES.

UM, AND IT'S JUST THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT ACTUALLY DOES THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE AGREED TO RESOLUTION.

IT'S OKAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT TO APRIL 8TH, JUST CAUSE WE HAVE STUFF COMING IN AND, UH, YOU WERE WORKING ON ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE OF LIKE, OR AT LEAST YOU COULD GET THAT OFF TO EVERYBODY, TO EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT TOO.

LET'S TAKE 14 TO 25 OR POSTPARTUM STAFF SAID THERE WASN'T A TIME CONSTRAINT WITH RESPECT TO THAT, I THINK IS A GREAT MANAGER THAT MUCH, THE SPLITS, JUST MOVE THAT OVER.

KATHY MAYOR.

I THOUGHT I HAD PULLED THOSE TWO AS WELL AND I, AND I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

I DON'T MIND THEM NOT COMING FORWARD TODAY, BUT I DO HAVE SOME, SOME IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS THAT I AM GOING TO NEED TO ASK TODAY ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE.

SO IF WE COULD KEEP THOSE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, I DON'T MIND THEM BEING POSTPONED, BUT IF WE COULD KEEP THEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY TO TALK ABOUT POST BREAK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO IS THAT JUST IDENTIFYING ISSUES ON THIS? DO WE TRY TO DO THIS ONE BEFORE 1230? YEAH.

SO LET'S DO THAT THEN.

UH, FORD WAS 14 TO FIVE, BUT WE'LL POSTPONE THOSE ITEMS AND I CONSIDER THEM THIS WEEK.

WE'LL PICK THOSE UP ON THE EIGHTH, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT ISSUES, UH, KATHY AND ANNE.

AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO US, UH, ON APRIL 8TH.

MY ISSUES WERE JUST THAT, UM, THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T, UH, THAT AS PROPOSED DOESN'T TRACK BACK TO THE USE OF THE 2.4 MILLION, UH, IF YOU WOULD CALL THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED WAS TO, UM, TO, WHEN WE, WHEN WE PASSED IT, WE IDENTIFIED 2.4 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THE ICONIC MUSIC FUND WE TALKED TO ARE NOT MUSIC.

THEY ARE KIND OF VENUE FUND.

UH, WE IDENTIFIED THE SOURCE OF THAT.

WE IDENTIFIED THE AMOUNT, WHICH WAS THE TWO 42.4 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE OF WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PROVE.

DOES IT TRACK EXACTLY WITH THE RESOLUTION? UM, WE HAVE A GRANT, I HAVE AGREEMENT FROM DIRECTOR, UH, PRESENTING THE LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED SO THAT IT TRACKS BACK TO THE RESOLUTION.

THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS WHEN WE PASS THE RESOLUTION, THE RESOLUTION SPOKE TO THIS BEING A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE, THE EDC, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

SO THE ORDINANCE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE BEING PRESENTED WITH, DOESN'T MENTION THAT, WHICH IT NEEDS TO MENTION THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE, UM, WILL BE, UM, THE, THE FUNDS WILL GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO IMPLEMENT THE ICONIC VENUE PROGRAM.

SO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN OUR BACKUP, DOESN'T SAY THAT I THINK IT NEEDS TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO IN THE RESOLUTION.

SO, UH, THE OTHER REASON FOR POSTPONING MAYOR IS THAT THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL

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SO IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THESE ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU, KEVIN, TWO VERY SEPARATE ISSUES.

UM, ONE IS WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, THERE ARE TWO GRANTS, THE LEGACY GRANTS, AND THIS ONE, UM, FOR WHICH WE'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS FROM ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT APPLY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AS PER THE GUIDELINES FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE GRANT LINES.

AND WHEN, WHEN, AND SO I'VE HEARD FROM, UM, MUSEUM.

AND SO I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR EDD AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN NODDING HER HEAD.

NO, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE TOUCHED BASE WITH EDD.

AND, AND I THINK THAT IS, I THINK THAT IS THE GUIDELINE REQUIREMENT, BUT WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE ONE GRANT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE SAYS, AND I THINK IN THE ORIGINAL RE RESOLUTION TALKED ABOUT, UM, ART ABOUT MUSEUMS AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

DO YOU WANT TO, YEAH.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT FUND.

THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS FUND IS THIS.

OKAY, SORRY, GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, AND THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THE LANGUAGE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY THE LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

THIS IS NOT THE RELIEF FUNDS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT NONPROFITS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE USED IN THOSE RELIEF FUNDS.

THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION.

I REMEMBER THAT CAUSE I WAS A CO-SPONSOR I THINK BOTH OF THEM ARE USING THE SAME GUIDELINES THAT ARE RESTRICTING NONPROFITS.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO, SO YEAH, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT, I'M TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT GRANT LINES THAT I BELIEVE ARE, ARE BOTH, UM, INCLUDING THAT RESTRICTION.

AND SO I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THAT.

THIS ONE MAY NOT HAVE THAT RESTRICTION.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IT DID.

AND, AND, UM, WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH GRANT LINES AND THE RE THE RESTRICTION AGAINST NONPROFITS.

AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE TRYING TO ASSIST, UM, CERTAINLY WITH THE LEGACY GRANTS, WHICH IS NOT THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT KEEPS COMING UP.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THE LEGACY GRANTS AS GOING TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MUSEUMS, UM, PERFORMANCE SPACES AND OTHERS.

MOST OF THOSE ARE ORGANIZED AS NON-PROFITS.

SO EDD SAF IS THIS, IS THIS GRANT GOING TO ALSO EXCLUDE NONPROFITS, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL VERONICA PRESENT NEW, UH, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND OF MONEY, THE ICONIC, UH, VENUES, THE GUIDELINES HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AS OF YET.

SO I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS THE PURVIEW, UNLESS I'M OVERLOOKING ANYTHING TO SET THOSE GUIDELINES, TO APPLY TO THE, UH, THE ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS THAT THEY WISH.

SO IN THIS CASE, WE CAN SPECIFY THAT THEY BE AVAILABLE TO NON-PROFITS THAT, THAT MEET THE OTHER CRITERIA.

YES, THAT WAS CORRECT.

I BELIEVE SO.

AND SINCE, SINCE I'VE BROUGHT IT UP NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT THE, IT IS, IT IS RELATED ENOUGH, UM, THAT I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ANYWAY, COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LEGACY GRANTS? UM, WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE RESOLUTION AGAIN, IT DOES TALK ABOUT MUSEUMS, PERFORMANCE VENUES.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING FROM MUSEUMS AND PERFORMANCE VENUES WHO ARE SAYING, LOOK, WE, WE FALL INTO THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RESOLUTION SPECIFIED.

UM, AND WE'RE BEING TOLD BY EDD STAFF THAT IT WAS CAL SOUL'S DESIRE FOR NONPROFITS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM, FROM THOSE GRANTS.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, GRANTS SPECIFICALLY FOR NONPROFITS AND, AND THAT, THAT MAY BE PART OF WHY STAFF MADE THAT DECISION, BUT IT IS, IT IS, UM, CONCERNING TO ME COUNCIL MEMBER, WE, UH, ARE REFERRING BACK TO THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR THOSE PARTICULAR FUNDS.

AND IN THOSE GUIDELINES, NON-PROFITS WERE PROHIBITED COUNSEL OF COURSE, COULD, UM, AMEND GUIDELINES AS THEY CHOOSE.

WE, UH, BUT WE ARE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM IS AS EVERYONE IS AWARE.

UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED CONTACTING US, UM, THAT NONPROFITS WERE EXCLUDED AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BACKUP.

BUT THE COUNCIL DID NOT.

I MEAN, I, I, I THINK THE CONFUSION HAS ARISEN BECAUSE THE INITIAL RESOLUTION DID NOT, DID NOT SPEAK TO NONPROFIT OR FOR-PROFIT STATUS.

IT SPOKE TO THE KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS WE WANTED TO SUPPORT, AND THEN THE STAFF READ THE GUIDELINES.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE

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I THOUGHT I DID SEE SOMETHING HERE TODAY IN THIS.

UM, BUT IT MUST, I MUST BE OKAY.

IN ANY CASE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT OUR ICONIC VENUES, UM, ARE DON'T ALSO HAVE THE SAME EXCLUSION.

SO, UM, DIRECTOR , IS IT POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT, YOU SAID YOU'RE IN IMPLEMENTATION STAGE.

I KNOW THE GRANT APPLICATION CLOSED.

SO AT THIS POINT, ORGANIZATIONS THAT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF PERFORMANCE SPACES OR MUSEUMS WHO ARE NONPROFITS LIKELY HAVEN'T APPLIED, IS THAT THE PROBLEM, EVEN IF WE DID AMEND, EVEN IF WE DID AMEND THE GUIDELINES FOR THE LEGACY GRANTS, IT'S TOO LATE FOR, FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE APPLIED.

IS THAT RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER, LET ME VERIFY THE DEADLINE OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT, BUT LET ME JUST VERIFY IT FOR YOU REAL QUICK.

UM, AND THEN MY OTHER, MY OTHER QUESTION SPEAKS TO THE FUNDING.

I JUST DON'T WANT THE MOMENT TO PASS WITHOUT REMINDING MY COLLEAGUES.

WE, UM, HAVE TALKED, WE HAVE TALKED A COUPLE TIMES ABOUT, ABOUT THE FUNDING, HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS.

UM, THE FACT THAT IN SOME YEARS WE WERE NOT COLLECTING 15%.

WE WERE NOT DESIGNATING 15% OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND OUR STAFF PRIOR TO CARLA'S DEPARTURE, WENT BACK AND QUANTIFIED WHAT, WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD WE BEEN COLLECTING THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONEY AND THE AMOUNT WAS SIGNIFICANT.

AND AS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY TWO REALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND FOR WHICH I BELIEVE WE COULD USE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUNDS, IT SEEMS TO ME REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET CLEAR ON, ON WHY, WHY THE NUMBERS WE'VE MORE RECENTLY BEEN QUOTED ARE FROM THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE QUOTED PRIOR TO KARLA'S LEAVING.

I KNOW THE ANSWER, I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE ANSWER I'M GETTING TO THAT QUESTION.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY A POLICY MATTER.

SO I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION EITHER IN A WORK SESSION OR IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICHEVER IS THE APPROPRIATE VENUE.

IT IS A TIMELY CONVERSATION.

UM, AND, UH, AS WE, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TOWARD THE FUNDING FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, I WANT TO BE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE GET VERY STRAIGHT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE UNDER, UM, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUNDING IN PAST YEARS? DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? I KNOW IT'S LIKE WAY IN THE WEEDS FOR WHAT, FOR THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING TODAY, BUT THE MORE, THE FURTHER AWAY WE GET FROM THE MEMO THAT SAID WE HAVE X AMOUNT, UM, THE MORE CONCERNED I AM THAT WE STILL HAVEN'T SORTED IT OUT.

I JUST DISPUTE THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, THE MEMO WE RECEIVED LAST FALL SAYS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT POLICY CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL BEFORE TOO MUCH TIME PASSES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODAN AND GONZALEZ COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

WE WERE WAITING FOR THE AUDIT TO BE COMPLETED WITH REGARD TO THAT FUNDING SOURCE.

UM, AND SO AS SOON AS THE AUDIT IS COMPLETED, THAT WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION FOR THE CONVERSATION.

UM, SAM GONZALES, AND I KNOW THE STORM INTERVENED, AND THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED.

UM, BUT I'M GETTING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I JUST, I DON'T WANT, UM, I DON'T WANT LIKE THE NARRATIVE TO BECOME SOLIDIFIED.

WHEN IS THE AUDIT FINISHED? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM STAFF IS IT'S IMMINENT, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT TO COREY AND HER STAFF AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE'S A MORE SPECIFIC TIMELINE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DID SURFACE THAT, UM, AT AN EARLIER STAGE IN THE PROCESS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REMEMBER IT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO THAT WHEN WE DID PAT CHINS ABOUT THE NON-PROFITS, UM, AND THERE WAS NOT FA I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS, UM, STRICTLY IN QA OR STRICTLY IN, UM, WORK SESSION OR IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, BUT I DID SURFACE THAT ISSUE AND THERE WAS NOT INTERESTED.

STAFF INDICATED THAT NONPROFITS WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AND THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT, UM, SUPPORT TO ADD NONPROFITS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

I WOULD FEEL SUPPORT ADDING THEM IF THERE'S ROOM TO DO THAT.

I'M NOT SURE I'M ASSUMING THAT THE KNOB, THE FUNDING'S OVERSUBSCRIBED ANYWAY.

UM, BUT I JUST DO WANT TO RECALL THAT I

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YOU CUT OUT THE FIRST PART OF WHAT YOU SAID.

DID YOU, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU SAID IT WAS EITHER IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER OR IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT I MISSED LIKE WHAT, WHAT DAY WAS THAT? THE DAY THAT WE PASSED THE ANCHOR FUNDING.

UM, SO THE ANCHOR FUNDING IS DIFFERENT THAN THIS.

THIS IS WHEN WE DID THE LEGACY FUNDING AND WHEN WE DID THE VENUE FUNDING, UM, I RAISED THE QUESTION AND THE GUIDELINES THAT NONPROFITS WERE EXCLUDED, UM, AND STAFF PROVIDED AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF I STRICTLY ASKED THE QUESTION IN Q AND A OR ASKED IT IN EITHER THE WORK SESSION OR THE OTHER, BUT I KNOW THAT I ASKED IT, UM, BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS MINDFUL OF THE SITUATION THAT OUR NONPROFITS ARE CURRENTLY IN, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE PANDEMIC AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM.

UM, AND W THERE WAS NOT THE SUPPORT TO ADD, UM, NON-PROFITS DID NOT TAKE A VOTE, BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS, UM, NO, IT, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE OKAY.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN, A Q AND A, AND IT DID NOT COME UP FOR A VOTE.

I DO NOT REMEMBER BRINGING IT FORWARD TO A VOTE.

UM, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE VERY SPECIFIC RATIONALE THAT STAFF PROVIDED, BUT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF IT, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR, AMONG THE COUNCIL.

I THINK, I THINK THAT THERE WERE GUIDELINES PROGRAM GUIDELINES THAT WERE SEPARATED INTO AND REFERENCED IN THE WELL WE APPROVED.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND THE FACT THAT THIS WAS DESIGNATED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT.

EVERYTHING THAT THIS MONEY WAS DESIGNATED THAT WAY.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.

YEAH, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO DRILL DOWN.

UM, BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR KIDS ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD THAT AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING AGAIN, OR BEING TOLD BY EDT THAT IT WAS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO EXCLUDE NONPROFITS.

AND I JUST, I DIDN'T REMEMBER EVER HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, I APPRECIATE THE INFO.

I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE WASN'T SUPPORT FOR IT.

I THINK WE JUST, I THINK, I THINK SOME OF US JUST COMPLETELY MISSED IT.

UM, SO I DO THINK IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF, RIGHT.

WOULD BE THE FAIR THING TO SAY.

GOTCHA.

UM, BUT I, IT SOUNDS LIKE I EITHER MISSED THE, UM, COMMENTS THAT YOU RAISED IN YOUR WORK SESSION, OR I MISSED THE Q AND A BACK AND FORTH, OR I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE QUESTION AND ANSWER, AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THERE IS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT NOW, AS YOU SAID, IT'S LIKELY OVERSUBSCRIBED, BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE SINCE WE INTENDED THOSE TO SUPPORT, UM, MUSEUMS AND OTHERS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE CALLED OUT REASONS, UH, FOR THE GRANT FOR THE LEGACY GRANTS.

AND SO IT'S A SHAME THAT, THAT IT, THAT IT EXCLUDED PROBABLY 90% OF, OF IF NOT ALL OF ALL OF THOSE THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THE ICONIC VENUES THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME, THOUGH, THOSE ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE TO BE, UH, FOR-PROFIT VENUES.

UH, THERE CERTAINLY, I THINK WILL BE SOME ICONIC VENUES THAT ARE ORGANIZED AS NON-PROFITS.

AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T ALSO EXCLUDE THOSE FROM, FROM THIS GRANT LINE AND OKAY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

PLUS THE FACT THAT I WAS REALLY TROUBLED AT THE TIME THAT NONPROFITS WERE EXCLUDED, BUT IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT WE WOULD JUST HAVE A CIRCULAR ARGUMENT ON THE DYESS AND IT WOULDN'T BE RESOLVED.

MAY I JUST BRING US BACK TO ITEMS 14 AND 25 BEFORE WE GO INTO ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, AND I'M SURE THAT VERONICA WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, OUTSIDE THIS, THANK YOU JUST ABOUT THIS WEEK.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESOLVE THESE QUESTIONS THIS WEEK, AND IT'S 1238 NOW.

UH, LET'S GO TO, UH, UH, AND, AND THEN THE LAST DAY, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE 14 AND 25, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

I DON'T WANT US TO CONFUSE THOSE FUNDS.

UM, AND, UH, HER POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT FOR THE FUND AT 14 AND 25 ARE ABOUT, WE HAVE NOT DECIDED THAT THE PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED UPON.

SO THE ISSUE OF NONPROFITS CAN BE ADDRESSED, BUT PLEASE, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND TRY TO REDO THAT FUND BECAUSE WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT.

IT IS THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, AND THAT IS, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IF THERE IS A ROUTE TO REVISIT THE OTHER TWO FUNDS, THE OTHER LEGACY FUNDS, HAPPY TO REVISIT IT WITH REGARD TO NON-PROFIT, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT 14 AND 25 ARE ABOUT.

AND THEN I'LL JUST PUNCTUATE WHAT ANDY JUST SAID WITH MY AGREEMENT TO THAT.

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WHAT DOES BOTHER ME THOUGH, IS SINCE WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE A VOTE ON EXCLUDING THEM, THAT THE STAFF HAS DECIDED TO EXCLUDE THEM.

AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE, UH, PLAN MONEY THAT IS COMING DOWN, THAT SPECIFICALLY HAS SAVED OUR STAGES ELEMENTS IN IT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS PIECE, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO LET IT GO.

I AM HAPPY THAT IN KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS BROUGHT THE QUESTIONS FOR THE OTHER, THE OTHER FUND, HOWEVER, AND I'M HAPPY TO HOLD ANY MORE COMMENT ON THE LEGACY STUFF UNTIL WE ACTUALLY ARE TAKING THAT.

I DO WANT TO SEE SOME CHANGES TO THAT BARN.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE IN ALL OF THESE SPENDING DECISIONS, AS FAR AS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP AND SO LITTLE SUPPORT THERE, PROHIBITION THAT, UH, THE, THE INELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH A BUSINESS BEING A NON-PROFIT IS IN SUCH IN 3.1 INELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IN THE, UH, UH, PROGRAM GUIDELINES, UH, THAT, UH, WE APPROVED AS PART OF THE, UM, FINDING ON THE, ON THIS AGE MATTERS THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO REVISIT AND UPDATE, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR, YOUR PAY FUNDS THAT ARE COMING WAY.

NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON A 14 AND 25? ALL RIGHT.

IT IS 1240.

LET'S TAKE AN HOUR BREAK.

WE'LL COME BACK HERE AT ONE 40.

UH, WE'LL HIT THE TWO BRIEFINGS.

WE'LL HIT THE REST OF THE, UH, UH, PULLED ITEMS. WE'LL TRY TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SNAP AWAY.

CAN WE MOVE THE, UH, PERSONNEL MATTERS THOSE OTHER THREE TO THIS SPECIAL SESSION THAT WE'LL CALL TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT, TO MOVE IT.

UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THE, THE CITY MANAGER AT THE SAME TIME.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

AND THAT STAFF, THAT, UH, THE FOLKS KNOW A MAYOR PRO TEM, FORGIVE ME.

I DIDN'T REALIZE MY CAMERA.

WASN'T ON, I'M RAISING MY HAND.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT SOUNDED WITH ANN'S ADVICE FOR US TO MOVE ON UNTIL WE TALKED TO VERONICA, IT SOUNDED LIKE THIS MAY BE A LATER QUESTION, BUT I'LL ASK IT REAL QUICK JUST IN CASE.

UM, SO THE BACKUP STATES THAT, UM, THE 2.4 MILLION WILL COME FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER CAPITAL FUND, BUT I I'D LIKE TO ASK WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, $15 MILLION OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

AND KITCHEN.

UH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

MY APPROACH, TIM, WE RAISED THAT QUESTION WHEN WE PASS THIS ITEM, UM, AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL 2.4.

WE STILL NEED TO, UH, IDENTIFY FUNDS TO GET TO THE 15 MILLION.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER YET.

I'M HOPING OUR STAFF WILL COME BACK TO US WITH AN ANSWER AT SOME POINT, RIGHT NOW WE WERE, WHEN WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL 2.4 MILLION.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE OUR CHARGE IS THE DIRECTION TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE 2.4 MILLION, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

I THOUGHT WE HAD TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THE 15, UH, NOT MANY ARE.

I THINK YOU'RE CONFUSING.

THE, THE FUNDS THERE'S THREE FUNDS, TWO LEGACY FUNDS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED.

AND THEN THE ICONIC, THE ECONOMY.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOES THROUGH THE EDC.

FOR THE SAVES, WE HAD IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT, SO WE HAVE NOT JUST THE 2.4 0.1, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER SAID WAS AVAILABLE WITHOUT COMPROMISE.

HI GUYS, 1240.

LET'S COME BACK AT ONE 40.

LET THE THREE APPOINTEES KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO PERSONNEL WITH THEM TODAY.

WE'LL COME BACK AND PICK UP THE TWO, UM, UH, ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH HOMELESSNESS AND THEN WE'LL DO THE, UH, UH, AMERICAN, UH, RESCUE MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS.

SEE YOU BACK HERE AT ONE 40.

I THINK THAT GIVES US A QUORUM.

SO HERE AT THE ONE 46, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE, UH, AUSTIN COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON MARCH 23RD, 2021.

HOW MANAGER, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I THINK THE HOMELESSNESS

[B3. Homelessness Update.]

PRESENTATION

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FIRST.

YOU WANT TO TEE THAT UP? YEAH.

UH, IN DOLLARS THAT WERE, HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR HOMELESSNESS TOWARD THE COVID RESPONSE.

BEING A CONSOLE, OBVIOUSLY AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

UH, BUT TODAY WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW A MEMO THAT OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICERS SENT YESTERDAY, AND IT DESCRIBES THE, THE FUNDING, UH, UH, OPTIONS AND, UH, UPDATE ON HOMELESSNESS FUNDING FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ONLY A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT WE WANTED TO SPEND A DAYLIGHT THIS IN CASE YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THAT MEMO, KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE MANY FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY.

OFFICER DIANE AND GREG.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, SO TODAY WILL BE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE, UM, ON SPENDING RECORDING HOMELESSNESS, UM, AS, UH, AS I WILL SPEAK ABOUT IT IN A MOMENT, WE DO ALSO HAVE OUR SUMMIT BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON IN ABOUT 13 MINUTES.

SO I WILL BE, UM, MOVING OVER INTO THAT MEETING FAIRLY SOON, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT REALLY AS PART OF OUR CONTEXT FOR GOING INTO THAT PLANNING PROCESS.

UH, AND FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS AS A CITY OVERALL, OBVIOUSLY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL BE ALSO BRIEFING COUNCIL ON THE HEAL INITIATIVE, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WILL BE ENGAGING IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION, UH, AROUND OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS, NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT WITH THE BROAD, UH, PARTNERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE WILL BE CONVENING AT 2:00 PM FOR THE OPENING PLENARY, WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, BUSINESS GROUPS, PHILANTHROPISTS, AND, UM, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER FOLKS FOR A WEEK LONG VIRTUAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN PARTICULAR.

AND SO THE AIM OF THAT SUMMIT IS TO DEVELOP CONCRETE GOALS, A SCHEDULE, AND AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN.

OF COURSE, THE CITY'S RESOURCES WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ANY STRATEGIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED.

AND SO TODAY THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES AROUND, UM, THE, OUR FINANCIAL STRATEGIES AND SPENDING ON HOMELESSNESS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I THINK BOTH HELP US UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

AND WE ARE, WE ARE HEADED IN THE FUTURE.

UM, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE TWO TOPICS THAT I'M COVERING TODAY VERY BRIEFLY, UH, FIRST, UH, RELATE TO FISCAL YEAR END SPENDING 20, UH, 20, 20, AROUND SOME DOLLARS THAT WERE UNEXPENDED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND SOME QUESTIONS HAVE REMAINED AROUND, UH, WHAT THOSE DOLLARS WERE, WHY THEY WERE UNEXPENDED AT THAT POINT AND THEIR DISPOSITION.

AND SO WE WILL SPEAK TO THAT.

AND THEN SECOND, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE PROJECT FOR THE ADDITIONAL SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND, UH, RESOURCES THAT COUNCIL ALLOCATED TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE SLIDE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT, UM, RELATES AGAIN TO THE $31 MILLION THAT WAS CATEGORIZED AS UNSPENT BUDGET RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AT FISCAL YEAR END 20, THAT IS OF A TOTAL $73.4 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET THAT RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS OVERALL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND IT IS ALSO ACROSS USES FOR, SO THESE INCLUDED FUNDS THAT ARE INTENDED TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS FUNDS THAT SUPPORT OUR CRISIS RESPONSE IN TERMS OF SHELTER AND STREET OUTREACH, ET CETERA, THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES, UH, IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DO TO MAINTAIN, UM, OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND PROVIDE SOME SERVICES TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN ENCAMPMENTS.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE EFFORTS TO REHOUSE THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO OF THE $31 MILLION THAT WAS UNEXPENDED, THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY CATEGORIES.

ONE IS THE DOLLARS THAT WERE REALLOCATED, AND THEN THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT WERE ENCUMBERED, BUT NOT EXPENDED DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO THE I'LL ADDRESS THE FIRST CATEGORY, UH, INITIALLY, AND THAT IS THAT DURING THE, OF FISCAL YEAR 20, WE REALLOCATED ABOUT $5.8 MILLION,

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WE COULD NOT COMPLETE DURING FISCAL YEAR 20 BECAUSE OF COVID.

THEREFORE WE WERE ABLE TO USE THEM MORE DIRECTLY IN THE RESPONSE.

SOME OF THAT RESPONSE, UH, WAS TARGETED AT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND SOME OF IT WAS USED MORE BROADLY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S THE 5.8 ABOUT NOT QUITE 20% OF THE TOTAL PAST THAT WE HAD FUNDS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EITHER TO BE SPENT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS OR WE'RE SET ASIDE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.

THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS 38% OF THOSE DOLLARS HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR ONGOING OR FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, LIKE A SPARROW AT RUTLAND, WHICH IS A PROJECT UPCOMING, A AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT SPONSORED BY CARITAS IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ARCH AND THE, LIKE, WE ALSO HAVE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS THAT OFTEN CORRESPOND TO OUR FEDERAL FUNDING WHERE THE, THE, UH, EITHER THAT WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR GRANT OR THE, THE FISCAL YEARS DON'T QUITE LINE UP.

SO THAT WAS JUST SHY OF A QUARTER OF THE 31 MILLION.

WE HAD ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE WITHIN HPD, AND WE HAVE NOT YET EXTENDED THOSE HPG, UM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING, UH, THEIR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OFFICER.

AND SO THOSE DOLLARS ROLLED OVER INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET AND WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN FINALLY THERE ARE $4.8 MILLION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET THAT WERE SET ASIDE IN THE RESERVE FOR PAY FOR SUCCESS.

YOU MAY RECALL AT THAT TOTAL YEAR, UH, RESERVE IS 6 MILLION.

UH, THE OTHER 1.2 HAD COME FROM A PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE SUBCATEGORIES, BUT I THINK, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING OUR FUNDS, HOW WELL WE'RE SPENDING DOWN, UH, AND SO THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING GOING FORWARD, UM, NOT ONLY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT AS WE LOOK TO FISCAL YEAR 22 OF WHICH OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE STILL, WE STILL COUNT WITH, BUT ARE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO OTHER PURPOSES AND WHICH WERE REALLOCATED, UM, OR ARE ALREADY BEING SPENT DOWN CURRENTLY.

SO I WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND SPEAK TO THE SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, IN NEW GF, UH, FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO US AND PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THOSE DOLLARS, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WERE INTENDED TO UTILIZE FOR OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS WITH A REAL PRIORITY FOR CREATING SERVICES THAT WOULD HELP PERMANENTLY REHOUSE FOLKS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THOSE FUNDS, WE SEE THAT THE, THE, IN THE FIRST YEAR, UM, WE WILL HAVE PROJECTS COMING ONLINE LATER IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TWO HOTELS CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT THAT WE HOPE WILL BE FUNCTIONAL IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THEREFORE WE WILL HAVE A PARTIAL YEAR OF OPERATIONS AND SERVICES FOR THOSE HOTELS, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER, UM, OTHER USES THAT WILL COME ONLINE IN THE COMING MONTHS BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS, UH, WILL NOT NEED A FULL YEAR'S BUDGET.

IT ALSO ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO FULLY FUND THE $3 MILLION THAT COUNCIL ASKED US TO SET ASIDE FOR THE HEAL INITIATIVE OUT OF THIS YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET.

AND WE THEN HAVE STILL NOT QUITE $2 MILLION THAT, UM, THAT, UH, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AROUND THAT COULD BE UTILIZED.

SHOULD WE IDENTIFY AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR? IT COULD CONCEIVABLY BE UTILIZED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE HOTELS, SHOULD THAT BE NECESSARY OR FOR ADDITIONAL RAPID REHOUSING OR THEIR A PERMANENT HOUSING NEEDS?

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I HAVE INCLUDED HERE FISCAL YEAR 22, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE NOT YET GONE INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET PROCESS, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW THAT WHEN WE MOVE INTO A FULL FISCAL YEAR OF SERVICES, WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE SIX AND A HALF MILLION IS THEN DEDICATED TO THE SERVICES AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

THAT IS THE, PROBABLY THE MOST SCARCE RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I DO THINK IT IS THE MOST STRATEGIC USE OF THESE DOLLARS OVERALL.

UM, AND SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT OVER TIME, UH, FOR A FUNDING SOURCE LIKE THIS, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT BE, UM, AT LEAST A PLURALITY, I GUESS, AT THE DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND, UM, FOR HOUSING OUT OF THE APH BUDGET.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE APH BUDGET.

UM, BUT THAT YOU WOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE, UM, SEEING RAPID RE-HOUSING DOLLARS OPERATIONS FOR OUR HOTELS AND THEN SOME FLEXIBLE FUNDING THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO ADDRESS NEEDS AS THEY COME UP.

UH, I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE BEFORE I OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE DOLLARS ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES WITHIN THIS FUNDING MIX, UH, IS WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE PARTNERSHIP OF OTHER FUNDERS.

AND IN PARTICULAR, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN RECENTLY, UH, PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS, UH, FOR HOUSING FIRST PSH, AND WHILE, UH, IT IS, THE BOARD HAS NOT YET APPROVED THAT FUNDING RECOMMENDATION.

UH, IT IS ON THE AGENDA AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE AT LEAST 50 PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF ONE OF OUR HOTELS.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL.

AND I THINK, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT WAY FOR US TO PARTNER, UM, WITH OUR OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND UTILIZE OUR DOLLARS, UM, WISELY.

SO GIVEN THAT I AM NOW AT TWO O'CLOCK, UM, I WILL WRAP UP HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER NOW OR LATER, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE UTILIZE THESE RESOURCES.

THANK YOU, DIANA.

AND AGAIN, THIS WAS MEANT TO BE JUST A OVERVIEW OF THAT MEMO THAT WAS SENT YESTERDAY.

UM, AS DIANA MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE A WORK SESSION, UH, BRIEFING, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 6TH, SPECIFICALLY AROUND HEAL, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL UPDATES THAT WILL COME FROM THE SUMMIT THAT IS KICKING OFF AS WE SPEAK.

UM, BUT, UH, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR THERE'S WITH YOUR PERMISSION, JUST MAYBE ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, UH, EXCUSE DIANA, TO GET TO THAT OTHER MEETING THAT SHE HAS TO PRESENT.

I UNDERSTAND KATHY.

YEAH, I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEMO.

I'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM FAST.

UM, THANK YOU, DIANA, FOR THE UPDATE.

I SEE A COUPLE OF TWO REFERENCES TO A SPARROW AT RUTLAND, AND I'M NOT CLEAR IF THERE'S MONEY FOR THE SAME PROJECT OR, UM, ONE IS UNDER THE HFC HAS COMMITTED 4 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDS.

SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR A SPARROW AT RUTLAND.

SOME IS GOING TO BE USED FOR BURNETT PLACE.

AND THEN LATER ON IT TALKS ABOUT 1.9 MILLION HAVING BEEN COMMITTED TO THE SPARROW AT RUTLAND.

SO IS IT WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND IS IT COMING FROM BOTH OF THOSE TWO SOURCES? WELL, THERE ARE TWO SOURCES.

THOSE TWO SOURCES ARE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THROUGH THE RHD PROGRAM AND HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS.

AND, UM, IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING HERE.

THE TOTAL COMMITMENT COMMITMENT TO A SPARROW ON THE CAPITAL SIDE IS 8 MILLION.

UH, APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION OF THAT CAME OUT OF FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET.

THE REST FELL INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT THAT 4 MILLION OF THE 8 MILLION COMES OUT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AND THE 1.9 MILLION REFERS TO OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE, UM, OPERATING SUBSIDIES OR RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR THAT BUILDING.

AND THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE PROJECT AND ALSO TO SECURING THE TAX CREDITS THAT PROVIDE, UM, A GOOD DEAL OF THE GAP FINANCING ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.

IS THAT FOUR OF THE FOUR OF THE EIGHT CAME FROM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS? UM, FOUR OF THE EIGHT CAME FROM, UM, HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS AS WELL AS SOMETHING ELSE.

IS A COMMITMENT FOR OPERATING DOLLARS THAT COMES UP A HOUSING TRUST FUND, LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM.

LET ME, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO BETTER.

I APOLOGIZE.

$8 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, APPROXIMATELY FOUR OF WHICH I BELIEVE WE'RE IN FISCAL YEAR 20 AND THE BALANCE IN FISCAL YEAR 21, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE MEMO.

AND THE 1.9

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AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE THE RENOVATION OF ROADWAY AT 3.5 MILLION.

DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE, OR COULD YOU PROVIDE US WITH WHAT THE ESTIMATE OF RENOVATION COSTS WAS AT THE TIME THAT WE PURCHASED IT? THAT JUST SEEMS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SPEND IN RENOVATING IT? SURE.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT INITIAL, UM, THAT INITIAL NUMBER AT TOP OF MIND, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET IT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CONDITIONS, UH, DISCOVERED AS WE MOVED INTO THE RENOVATION AS WILL HAPPEN SOMETIMES WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT INCREASE THAT COST, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET COMPARISON.

AND I GUESS CITY MANAGER, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO ON OUR STAFF AND WHAT LEVEL OF OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS WE ARE USING TO REALLY GET AN UPFRONT, A VERY CLEAR ESTIMATE UPFRONT OF WHAT ARE OUR INTENDED EXPENSES ARE.

WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS EARLY ON, AND I KNOW ECHO WAS, UM, INDICATED THAT THEY HAD THAT EXPERTISE, BUT I, I REALLY NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT WE'RE DOING OF THESE PROPERTIES BEFORE WE BOUGHT THEM BEFORE WE PURCHASED THEM AND WHO ON OUR STAFF HAS THAT EXPERTISE.

AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERTISE IN HOUSE, WHO ARE WE ENLISTING, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR PAY FOR SUCCESS? UM, FOR, FOR LAUNCHING THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WAS ENVISIONED WITH THE PAY FOR SUCCESS.

I UNDERSTAND OUR FUNDING MODEL IS CHANGING, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE, HAVE A, HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF NEED, UM, FOR THOSE UNITS.

SO I'M WONDERING, WE PASSED THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE WE ARE IN ACTUALLY WATCHING THIS.

CORRECT.

I DO NOT HAVE A CONCRETE TIMELINE AND LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING THAT TO YOU GUYS.

I THINK THAT BOTH WE AND OUR PARTNERS ARE ANXIOUS TO GET THERE.

WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IN THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, UM, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS ABOUT WHICH OF OUR FUNDERS COULD BE READY TO BEGIN, UM, THEIR FUNDING ACTION DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UM, THAT IT MIGHT BE SEQUENCED, RIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE NOT REALLY WORKED OUT THE, SORT OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT YET.

AND SO I CAN COMMIT TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A BRIEFING ON THAT.

I THINK YOU SAID AN, IS THAT RIGHT? I DID SAY HERE.

UM, UH, THANK YOU, DIANA.

THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION ON APRIL 6TH.

MY QUESTION IS REALLY, UM, FOR MR. CROCK FOR CITY MANAGER CITY.

JUST, THIS IS JUST A COMMENT AS, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMIT.

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US ALL US AND THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY MIGHT CONTRIBUTE IDEAS.

NO, IT'S, UM, INTENDED TO BE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, BUT THERE ISN'T A MECHANISM AT THE MOMENT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.

UM, AND SO I JUST ASK YOU, AS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, TO LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN LET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW HOW TO PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S HARD TO IN A COVID WORLD TO ACTUALLY DO A SESSION IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD NORMALLY, UH, PARTICIPATE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST, BUT AT WHAT I, WHAT I'M NOT CLEAR ON IS IF PEOPLE HAVE IDEAS, HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE THEM, BECAUSE, UM, WHEN THIS COMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHEN THE SUMMIT IS, IS, UH, COMPLETED, I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING, GETTING THE IDEAS THAT COME OUT OF IT AND USING THOSE IDEAS THAT CAN HELP GUIDE US IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT WON'T BE A GUIDE IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT LISTEN TO COMMUNITY INPUT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY MANAGER, IF YOU CAN JUST HELP US, UM, AS THE SUMMIT UNFOLDS, UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE THOUGHTS TO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.

AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO BOTH PASS THAT UP TO, UH, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING TO ORGANIZE THIS, BUT ALSO GET A COMMITMENT TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT AS THIS DISCUSSION DOES HAPPEN, THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY PROVIDING UPDATES, BUT ALSO CREATING SPACE WITHIN A COUNCIL TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS THEY UNFOLD AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF DIANA WANTS TO.

THAT THE MANAGER CAN GIVE TO US, BUT, UH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THAT'S AN EMAIL THAT WE CAN SHARE.

UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR MORE COMPLETE ANSWER TO MANAGER.

I MADE THE SAME INQUIRIES THIS MORNING AND, UH, AND, AND HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED AN EMAIL@SUMMITATAUSTINCHAMBER.COM.

THAT'S WHERE MANDY IS GOING TO THE FACILITATORS SUMMIT.

WE'LL BE RECEIVING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

THERE'D PROBABLY BE A MORE COMPLETE ANSWER

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I'M GOING TO HOLD MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ON THIS DIANA UNTIL THE APRIL 2ND REPORT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO, TO, TO BE MORE COMPLETE THAN, THAN WE COULD DO HERE TODAY.

UM, WHEN YOU COME BACK ON APRIL 6TH AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS, UH, CHALLENGE, UM, WHICH I THINK IS AS I GO AROUND THE CITY AND TALK TO PEOPLE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BUT PEOPLE BRING TO ME, THEY WANT A, UH, AN IMMEDIATE ADDRESSING OF, OF CHALLENGES THEY SEE, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING OF LONG TERM, WHAT IS THE PLAN AND WHAT DOES IT COST AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THERE AND HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS ALONG THE WAY? UM, SO TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SPENDING IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST TO DO THE JOB, UH, WILL BE REAL IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND I HOPE WE CAN GET INTO THAT.

AND IN THAT REGARD, RATHER THAN JUST MAKING PROGRAMS FIT TO THE ALLOCATED SUMMONS, YOU HAVE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST TO ACTUALLY DO THE HEAL THAT, UH, COUNCIL PASSED THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN BROUGHT UP AND EXTEND IT.

IF WE WANTED TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THAT CITYWIDE, HOW DO WE DO THAT? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME AND WHAT DOES IT COST, BUT ALSO THE LONG-TERM PLAN WITH RESPECT TO THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HOW THAT INTERRELATES TO THE OTHER THING.

SO IF YOU COULD MAKE PART OF THAT BRIEFING, THAT'S COMING UP, UH, BOTH TO ADDRESS THE, THE AMERICA AND RESCUE PLAN AND CONVERSATIONS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, THE WALNUT CREEK TERS, UH, THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, IDENTIFYING AS ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF FUNDING, UH, THE T PIT, IF THAT'S STILL ADDITIONAL CLASS, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING CATEGORIES, UH, THAT COME OUT OF THE RESCUE PLAN THAT, THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE CITY OR STATE OR COUNTY, UH, DOLLARS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POSSIBILITY MIGHT TRED WITH THE COUNTY, WHERE WE BOTH PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, IF THE PUBLIC WOULD WANT TO VOTE FOR DEDICATED FUNDS THAT COULD ONLY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL, AND THEN I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT, THAT KATHY WAS ASKING WITH RESPECT TO A SPIRAL AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE DETAIL ON THESE ITEMS, UH, SO THAT I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM NOW, BUT JUST A LOT MORE DETAIL WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN ALSO HOW THE PAY FOR SUCCESS DOLLARS, UH, RELATE TO, UH, WHATEVER THE, UH, INFORMED RECOMMENDATION IS COMING FROM YOU, UH, AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THIS SUMMIT.

I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THESE EXPENSES MIGHT BE PICKED UP BY POTENTIALLY OTHER FUNDERS OR WHAT IS THE TRY TO THE KIND OF LIKE COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO THIS WHERE WE BRING IN OUR PARTNERS LIKE HAKA, AND YOU MENTIONED THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THEY HAVE ECHO HAS GOTTEN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS MONEY RAISED FROM, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, AOC, UM, THAT, UH, I KNOW, UM, UH, THEY'VE INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO PUT IT PLAY.

UM, SO WHEN YOU COME BACK ON APRIL SIX, I'M HOPING THAT, THAT WE GET ALSO A REALLY BROAD DISCUSSION OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO REALLY DEAL BOTH WITH THE SHORT-TERM AND THE LONG-TERM, AND THEN LET'S SEE WHAT DOLLARS WE NEED AND WHERE THEY MAY COME FROM AND WHERE WE HAVE TO GO RAISE PHILANTHROPICALLY OR WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE, LIKE, I LOOK FORWARD TO OKAY.

PO GUYS OVER 30.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW TOO IS THE, UH, WHAT'S THE TARGET POPULATION THAT Y'ALL ARE FOCUSING ON TO, TO FEEL THE, UH, ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT INTO TROUBLE THERE AT THE ROADWAY BECAUSE IT ONLY HAD ONE SINK.

THERE WAS A RESTROOM, THEY HAD TO REDO ALL THE FLOORS AND THEN IT CAME UP SHORT AND WE HAD TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO IT SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE THE JOB THERE, BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN AND ON, ON THE TARGET POPULATION AND, UH, AND BASICALLY ALL THE TARGET POPULATION, WHETHER THEY'RE, UH, UH, UH, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN OR SOR, UM, AND JUST STRATA, DID PEOPLE LIKE THAT INTO SHELTERS AND TO RESIDENTS, PERMANENT RESIDENTS.

SO I'LL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PLANS THAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALISON, YOU WERE CLOSE THIS UP.

AND IT SUGGESTS THAT THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM FOR THE PROJECT WILL CHANGE, BUT THE PROGRAM DESIGN WILL BE THE SAME WILL BE SIMILAR.

UM, IN THE MEMO, UM, YOU DESCRIBED THE PAY FOR SUCCESS RESERVE FUND, UM,

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UM, I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, FINANCIAL MECHANISM AND ITS CREATIVITY, AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT NEW MODEL IS.

I LOVED THE ORIGINAL MODEL AS WELL.

I WILL SAY THAT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH ECHO FROM THE, FROM THE BEGINNING, I THINK THAT WHAT WE RAN INTO, UM, AND, AND YOU, YOU MAY KNOW A PIECE OF THIS IS THAT FOR SOME OF THE JURISDICTIONS, THAT REPAYMENT MECHANISM WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY, UM, TO JUSTIFY THAT OR TO LOGISTICALLY, UH, MAKE IT WORK THE AT PRESENT.

SO THE MECHANISM IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH MORE OF A DIRECT CONTRACTING MECHANISM, THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED CENTER AROUND, WHETHER THOSE WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE, PARALLEL CONTRACTS, OR WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SOME SORT OF AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL.

AND SO THE, SINCE THERE ARE MULTIPLE FUNDERS, THE SEQUENCING AND FORM OF THOSE CONTRACTS NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THE INVESTORS, UM, ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE MODEL AT THIS STAGE, UH, WHICH DOES REDUCE OUR TRANSACTION COSTS, UH, TO SOME DEGREE.

UH, AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THINKING THROUGH WHEN WE BRING IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE FUNDERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SUBSTANTIAL FOUNDATIONS IN THE MIX AND WHICH PIECES OF THE OVERALL INITIATIVES, UH, INITIATIVE EXCUSE ME, THAT THEY FUND.

SO, UM, WHAT WILL BE COUNCIL'S ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE CHOICES SINCE WE'VE ALREADY SET ASIDE THE MONEY.

AND SO I THINK THAT OUR ASSUMPTION IS THAT GIVEN THE SHIFT AND THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM, IF YOU WILL, AND THAT TRANSACTION, THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY NEED TO COME BACK TO, TO COUNSEL WHETHER THAT WOULD REQUIRE FORMAL ACTION OR NOT.

UM, IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME AT PRESENT PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE WERE STILL IN THAT PLANNING PROCESS, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

BUT THE BASIC IDEA OF TARGETING 200 TO 250, UM, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, UM, WITH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, UM, WHICH THEN ALLEVIATES COSTS OF VARIOUS OTHER SYSTEMS IS STILL GOING TO BE THE BASIC UNDERLYING IDEA.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, AND THEN I WAS WONDERING IF, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU OR MAYOR ADLER, IF SOMEONE CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS SUMMIT, UM, AND THE GOAL OF THE SUMMIT AND WHO'S INVOLVED AND THE, UM, THE ROLE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO TARGET AND SOLVE HOMELESSNESS AS A COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, UM, AS A COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE EVERYONE IN ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE NONPROFIT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, CETERA.

UM, BUT THE, BUT THE SUMMIT ITSELF IS A LITTLE BIT OPAQUE.

AND SINCE WE'RE IN WORK SESSION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE INITIAL PLENARY.

UM, SO I WAS JUST HOPING THAT SOMEONE COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THE, AND WHO'S PARTICIPATING.

SO I THINK THAT IN DECEMBER, THERE WAS A FACILITATED CONVERSATION BETWEEN ECHO AND DAA THAT THEY ORGANIZED TO TRY TO GET PAST, BUT HAD BEEN KIND OF A YEARS LONG LOGGER JAM BETWEEN THEM ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE ATTENTION PAID TO THE, UH, UH, LONG-TERM PUBLIC SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, COMPONENT LONG-TERM PLAN, UH, AND DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM PLAN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY COSTS A LOT.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO, UH, AND THE THEORY OF APPROACHING THIS MORE IN TERMS OF THE IMMEDIACY OF THE ENCAMPMENTS THAT PEOPLE SEE, UM, OUT OF THAT FACILITATED CONVERSATION.

AND IT BECAME APPARENT THAT, THAT THOSE ENTITIES WERE MOVING TO TWO VERY DIFFERENT PLACES THAN THEY HAD BEEN AT HISTORICALLY, UH, CREATING, I THINK, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFRAME AND TO, TO JOIN TOGETHER, UH, TO, UH, TO, UH, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO BOTH THOSE AT THE SAME TIME THAT, THAT EVERYBODY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THEY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER FACILITATOR OUT OF HOUSTON TO TRY TO ADVANCE THOSE CONCEPTS, AS WELL AS THOSE NEW, UM, UM,

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AGREEMENTS OR UNIONS, UH, THAT WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN SOME OF THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

UH, AND SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS THE SUMMIT, I THINK IT'S JUST THE NEXT STEP.

AND THEN TRYING TO SEE WHERE TO AN EVER-INCREASING THE LARGE GROUP, UH, WHERE THOSE AGREEMENTS MIGHT BE AND WHERE THERE MIGHT BE COMMITMENTS, BOTH PHILANTHROPICALLY OR OTHERWISE TO REALLY COME UP WITH, UH, A LONG-TERM PLAN, UH, THAT HAS GOALS AND MEASUREMENTS ALONG THE WAY, AS WELL AS THE WHATEVER'S DECIDED SHORT-TERM.

SO THERE'S NOT A PLAN YET.

IT'S MORE JUST A FACILITATED CONVERSATION.

I KNOW THAT THEY TRIED REALLY HARD TO DO IT AT A TIME WHEN IT WASN'T ON TOP OF A COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, BUT AS YOUR MANAGER THERE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, UH, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL TOGETHER WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH A FACILITATOR, UH, OUT OF HOUSTON, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, UH, IDEAS OR THOUGHTS THAT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO ALSO BRING TO BEAR.

UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT, UH, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE'S A KIND OF A REPORT BACK OF POSSIBLE DIRECTION OR ACTION.

I APPRECIATE, UH, THE EVOLVEMENT MANAGER OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND IN HELPING WITH THAT, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT IS.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY BELIEF IS THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK, UH, THAT, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WORKED, BUT YET I THINK THAT THERE'S A DESIRE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR US TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY A, A NEW, A DIFFERENT, UM, UH, DIRECTION I THINK WOULD BE REALLY WELCOMED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER.

AND I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S GROWING OUT OF THE SUMMIT.

I DON'T KNOW DIANA, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D ADD TO THAT VERY BRIEFLY MARE.

JUST VERY BRIEFLY TO, TO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HER TO THE MAYOR AND DIANA FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION THERE.

UM, I WOULD SAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATELY.

I, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY FIRST THAT AS I ENTERED THIS ROLE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR ME SUMMIT OR NO SUMMIT WAS THAT WE AS A CITY AND AS A BROADER COMMUNITY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE OUR STRATEGIES WITH SOME HARD NUMBERS AROUND THEM, RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE HEADED? HOW ARE WE GETTING THERE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? UM, NOT TO SUGGEST THAT THAT IS, UH, AND IN FACT, IMPORTANTLY, NOT ONLY, UH, THE CITY IN THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE AND IN THAT, UM, RESOURCING ROLE, THE SUMMIT IS INTENDED NOT AS, UH, STARTING A NEW, WE HAVE AN ACTION PLAN THAT COUNCIL ENDORSED IN 2018, UH, PRODUCED BY ECHO THAT ACTION PLAN, HOWEVER, WILL BE STRENGTHENED BY SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIFICITY AROUND HOW MUCH WE INTEND TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY BY WHEN.

AND, UM, AND WHO'S GONNA HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESOURCE IT.

AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY THE PIECES WE HOPE WE COME OUT OF THEIR SUMMIT WITH.

UM, UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S QUESTION AND, AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WHO ASKED THE MANAGER.

I THINK, I THINK YOUR ACCOUNT, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND SOME OF THE CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN AS WELL.

I THINK THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MANAGER, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE INDICATED THIS, UM, VERY, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN THE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE, ARE BEING ORGANIZED AROUND IT.

AND, UM, I'M CERTAINLY VERY EAGER TO LEARN MORE AND, AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE, ARE, UH, MADE AWARE OF THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION.

AND IT EVENTUALLY NEEDS TO REALLY BE ONE THAT INVOLVES, UM, I BROUGHT A BROAD ARRAY OF, OF INDIVIDUALS AND, AND CERTAINLY IT NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHICH, UM, THE REST OF YOUR COUNSEL'S AWARE.

ABSOLUTELY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I AGREE.

I ALSO APPRECIATE DIANA IN THE MEMO THAT YOU SENT OUT A RETURNED TO THE BIWEEKLY SHORT BRIEFING TO COUNCIL ON PROGRESS ON THIS CHALLENGE.

UH, I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.

UH, ALISON, THANK YOU

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UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER FROM CONSULTANTS IS THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF OUR SYSTEM, UM, THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS THE CITY'S FUNCTIONS, UM, AND THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF LEVERAGING FUNDS, UM, NOT JUST CITY FUNDS, IDEALLY STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AS WELL, AND PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS, UM, BECAUSE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHALLENGE IS BIG.

UM, THE PEOPLE'S LIVES TOO ARE AT STAKE AND WHO ARE IMPACTED, UM, ARE MANY.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEVOTING TIME, UM, TO THESE QUESTIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY OWN FEELING IS THAT MANY OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE SOME OF THEM ARE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD AND I SPEND A LOT MORE TIME THAN WE HAVE, BUT OTHERS OF THEM WILL BE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTERING THE CONVERSATION, UM, YOU KNOW, AND STILL CATCHING UP TO SPEED.

SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT SOME OF THE SUMMIT IS GOING TO BE STUFF THAT WE'VE ALREADY TREAD.

UM, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, UM, CAN MOVE FORWARD.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE, UM, THE EFFORTS TO PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION.

THANKS, STEVE.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHO THE CONVENER OF THE SUMMIT IS.

ON THE ONE HAND, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS THE DA AND ECHO ON, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS THE CITY AND IT, IT MATTERS WHO'S CONVENING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE ISSUING THE INVITATIONS AND SO FORTH.

AND I HAD NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A COMPLETE LACK OF INFORMATION COMING MY WAY AS TO ANY ASPECTS OF THIS OTHER THAN IT WAS HAPPENING.

UM, AND AT ONE POINT, UM, MY STAFF AND I HAD ASKED FOR A FORMAL UPDATE ON IT, AND THEN WE DID FIND OUT FROM OTHER PARTIES THAT ARE, IT, WASN'T A CITY CONVENED SUMMIT, BUT THAT THE CITY OF COURSE IS PLAYING A ROLE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK THAT QUESTION OF BECAUSE I GET THE IDEA THAT NONE OF US IS ACTUALLY THE CONVENER, BUT ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT IT.

I THINK THE CONVENER WAS THE GROUP THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE DECEMBER FACILITATED BETWEEN ECHO AND THE DA.

SO IT WOULD BE ECHO, IT WOULD BE DAA.

IT WOULD BE THE CHAMBER.

IT WOULD BE LYNN MEREDITH WHO WAS BROUGHT IN TO HELP AND ME, UH, AND, UM, THE POINT IS REALLY WELL TAKEN ABOUT THE, UH, THE, UM, INABILITY THUS FAR FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATE, UM, LOBBYING FOR THAT WITHIN THE GROUP.

I DON'T HAVE THE CONTROLLING OR IN THAT ROOM.

UH, BUT I THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I THINK WILL BE A REAL VALUE ADD IN THAT LARGER CONVERSATION.

THE PLENARY THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IS REALLY TO BRING AT LEAST SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY UP TO WHERE WE ALREADY ARE.

UH, IT'S A POWERFUL CONVERSATION THAT PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING.

KIRK WATSON IS MODERATING IT, AND THAT IT GOES OVER AND WILL REINFORCE THINGS THAT, UM, LIKE THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN GOING OVER IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL OR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS TEACH VOCABULARY.

AND THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.

AND I'LL JUST REITERATE A CONCEPT THAT I THINK MANY OF US FROM ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAVE SAID EXPLICITLY, THAT IT DOES HAVE TO BE A COMMUNITY.

AND ACTUALLY FRANKLY, BEYOND OUR COMMUNITY, IT NEEDS TO BE A REGIONAL, IT NEEDS TO BE A STATEWIDE.

IT NEEDS TO BE A NATIONAL EFFORT.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END AND CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN IT FOR EVER INTO THE FUTURE, UM, BECAUSE NEW PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS.

UNFORTUNATELY.

SO FOR ME, THE ONLY WAY REALLY FORWARD ON THIS IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY IS IF IT IS IN LITERAL COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION WITH FOLKS EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL, BUT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE SEEN.

I HOPE AS FRANKLY, THE LEADER, BECAUSE IT'S WELL BEYOND OUR CAPACITIES.

AND IT GIVES PEOPLE A SENSE THAT IT'S ONLY THE CITY YOU SHOULD LOOK AT FOR ANY ASSISTANCE AND TO LIFT IT UP, IF WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PUSH THROUGH THAT WALL.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE MAJOR OUTCOMES OF THIS SUMMIT WILL BE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL BE A BIG WIN FOR EVERYONE HERE.

NOT JUST, NOT JUST THE DAYAS, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND I ASSURE YOU THAT WAS THE DESIGN, WHICH COMES WITH CERTAIN BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS.

AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED BOTH OF THEM IN THIS

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CONVERSATION IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES, ANDREW, UH, JUST TO FINAL THING, THE REASON I RAISED THE QUESTION THAT I DID IS THAT, UM, I APPRECIATE, AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EFFORT AND I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT ARE PUTTING IT ON.

I JUST, AT THE END OF THE DAY, DON'T WANT TO OVERSELL AS A COMMUNITY CONSENSUS IF THERE ISN'T A ROUTE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED, UM, UH, UM, CITY MANAGER TO JUST, UM, FIND, FIND THAT ROUTE, IF YOU CAN, OR JUST PASS THAT ALONG.

UH, LIKE I SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT'S BEING PUT INTO THIS IT'S NECESSARY.

I'M GLAD AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SAID THAT IT'S COMMUNITY, UM, UH, COMMUNITY LED THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

THAT IS A COMMUNITY CONSENSUS WHEN THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS.

DIANA, THANK YOU

[B2. Overview of the American Rescue Plan, including Recommended Framework for Economic Recovery and Resiliency.]

MANAGER.

YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BRIEFING? YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, AS WE'VE PIVOTED TO THIS NEXT BRIEFING, WHICH IS ALSO A VERY SUBSTANTIVE ONE, UH, THIS IS A REFLECTION THAT SINCE LAST LATE MARCH OF 2020, UH, WE DID HAVE STAFF FROM ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, NAMELY THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS THAT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

AND INITIALLY THAT WORK WAS REACTIVE, UH, GIVEN THE SUDDEN ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC.

BUT, UH, SINCE THEN THE, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER OF VERONICA CITY STAFF HAVE NOW FOCUSED ON A MORE PROACTIVE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FRAMEWORK, ONE THAT WOULD BE READY TO GO IN THE EVENT OF A SECOND ROUND OF FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING BEFORE IT GETS TO THE PRESENTATION ON THE RECOMMENDED SPENDING PLAN FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, DIRECTOR SAMUEL WILL PRESENT THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK, WHICH PROMOTES A MORE EQUITABLE, COMPETITIVE AND RESILIENT AUSTIN ECONOMY.

I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO A DIRECTOR OF SAMUEL.

THANK YOU, SPENCER.

AND IF WE CAN, UH, PULL UP THE FIRST PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND WHILE THEY'RE PULLING IT UP, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO DAVID GRAY, TO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THIS PLAN.

UM, BUT BEFORE I DO, IF I COULD, UH, EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY MANAGER SAID, THIS IS THE WORK OF MANY, MANY STAFF IN OUR CITY.

CERTAINLY THE WHOLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS A PART OF THIS, BUT MORE THAN THAT STAFF FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE IN OUR CITY HAD HAD A ROLE IN THIS.

SO KUDOS TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR HARD WORK, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT NONE OF US HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE, UH, WHILE DEALING PERSONALLY WITH A PANDEMIC AS WELL.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR HISTORY AND BACKGROUND, AS YOU ALL RECALL, UM, A YEAR AGO, OUR AMERICA DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE, DUE TO COVID-19 ON MARCH SIX, ON MARCH 22ND, OUR CITY MANAGER ESTABLISHED OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRIKE TEAM TO RESPOND TO THIS, THIS PANDEMIC, THE STRIKE TEAM HAS DONE NUMEROUS THINGS, INCLUDING LAUNCHING ECONOMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS, CREATIVES, BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFITS, CONVENING STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND RECOVERY OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH REGULAR UPDATES ON ECONOMIC RESPONSE AND EFFORTS DISCUSS ECONOMIC RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY INFORMED BY A ROBUST QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA AND METRICS.

SO THE DELIVERABLES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THIS TEAM, WE LAUNCHED 12 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SINCE MARCH OF 2020, WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $115 MILLION TO SUPPORT US.

WE LOST YOU.

I THINK YOU WENT TO MUTE YOUR PET MUTED, YOUR MICROPHONE, MY, YES, MY COWORKER MEETED.

WE, THAT WAS NOT VERY NICE.

UM, WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $115 MILLION TO SUPPORT AUSTIN FAMILIES, NONPROFITS, AND BUSINESSES.

WE CREATED A ONE-STOP SHOP@WWWDOTATXRECOVERS.COM TO SERVE AS A HUB OF RESOURCES.

WE DEVELOP NEW SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

SORRY, I HAVE A CAT THAT REALLY DOESN'T WANT ME TO PRESENT TO YOU.

MY APOLOGIES.

SO WE DEVELOPED NEW SUPPORTIVE RESOURCE SERVICES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES, BUSINESS COACHING, ET CETERA.

AND WE FACILITATED MORE THAN 125 UNIQUE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS AND ADMINISTERED THREE SURVEYS.

SO I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE BULLETS, BUT THIS IS SUMMARIZES THE EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT WE PERFORMED OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING YOURSELF AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR CITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, UM, WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ADMINISTERING SURVEYS AND WORKING WITH NUMEROUS BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY FOCUS GROUPS.

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IN ADDITION TO THIS, OUR STAFF HEARD QUITE A BIT OF ONE-ON-ONE FEEDBACK FROM EFFECTIVE PARTIES.

COVID REMAINS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID GRAY, OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND EDD WHO WILL GO OVER THE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES AND WHO DOES NOT HAVE A PET DISTRACTING HIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 45 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK.

AND AGAIN, THESE 45 OPPORTUNITIES WERE IDENTIFIED AFTER MORE THAN 125 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THAT WE HELD OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS THE DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED EITHER FROM OUR ECONOMIC EXPERTS, UH, LIKE THE JOHN OF THE WORLD, UH, AND THROUGH DATA THAT WE COLLECTED THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE ADMINISTERED OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE 45 OPPORTUNITIES, UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALIGNS WITH ONE OF THE STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS FROM STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 2020.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALIGN WITH EACH OUTCOME AREA, YOUR SCREEN.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU HOW SO WE THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF THEMES.

AND SO FOR KIND OF EASE OF UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE TOOK THE 45 OPPORTUNITIES.

CAN WE PACKAGE THEM INTO ONE OF THE SEVEN THEMES, CIVIC, INNOVATION, COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT EMPLOYEE AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, GOVERNMENT SERVICE, PROCUREMENT HEALTH, AND MENTAL WELLNESS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SHE GOES TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU TWO FEASIBILITY ICONS.

UH, FEASIBILITY ICONS ARE SCIENCE AT EACH OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FRAMEWORK.

THE GREEN ICON INDICATES AN OPPORTUNITY THAT STAFF BELIEVES OR REQUIRE MORE FEDERAL STIMULUS OR DEDICATED FUNDING.

THE YELLOW ICON REPRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES THAT REQUIRE A CITY PROGRAMMATIC OR POLICY CHANGE.

AND THE BLUE ICON IS AN ICON THAT REPRESENTS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL THIRD PARTY PARTNERSHIPS.

I DO JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND QUICKLY SAY THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE OUR RECOMMENDED SPENDING FRAMEWORK.

UH, EACH OF THE ITEMS IN THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY SECTION OF THAT SPENDING FRAMEWORK CORRESPONDS TO AN ITEM IN THIS PRESENTATION WITH A GREEN FEASIBILITY HICK, UH, FEASIBILITY ICON INDICATOR, UH, ALSO WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE 45 OPPORTUNITIES RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE AT THE END.

WE'D GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL START WITH OUR CIVIC INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE INFORMED, UM, BY THOSE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.

THE FIRST ONE ON THIS LIST IS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS THAT ALLOW US TO SECURE ENHANCED COVID-19 TESTING AND TRACKING RESOURCES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE VET, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE TO OUR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS.

THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY CENTERS AROUND ESTABLISHING FORMAL PATHWAYS FOR CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF TO RECEIVE AND REVIEW INNOVATIVE IDEAS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE LAST IS TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR UNBANKED AUSTIN NIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN RESOURCES AND COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FINANCIALLY SERVING RESOURCES, OR MAYBE HAVE AN OVERABUNDANCE OF PAYDAY, UH, AND PREDATORY LENDERS, A COATS.

THE NEXT SLIDE CONTINUES WITH ADDITIONAL NO CIVIC INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING TAKING STEPS TO FORMALIZE OUR RESILIENCY EFFORTS SO THAT WE'RE BETTER PREPARED FOR FUTURE DISASTERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, COVID, UH, AND EVEN THE WINTER STORM ARE NOT THE LAST DISASTERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE.

AND SO WE WANT TO FORMALIZE OUR RESILIENCY EFFORTS.

THE NEXT ONE ON THIS LIST IS LAUNCHING COMMUNITY CHALLENGES.

THESE ARE THE SPACES THAT ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY IN A PROCESS OF SOLUTIONS FOR LOCAL PROBLEMS, AND THEN FINDING WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CO-CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT'S PART OF THIS LIST IS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, TO REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION AT LARGE AND LIVE EVENTS.

THE NEXT SLIDE BEGINS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED UNDER THE COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENT BUCKET.

THESE INCLUDE ANNOUNCING GRANTS FROM A CENTRALIZED CITY SOURCE.

WE'VE CURRENTLY BEEN DOING THIS THROUGH ATX RECOVERS.COM AS OUR ONE-STOP HUB.

AND WE DO PLAN TO CONTINUE DOING THAT AS LONG AS

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THE SECOND IS TO CONTINUE TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT HELP OUR BUSINESSES REOPENED AND REOPEN SAFELY KEEPING EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THIS SLIDE IS TO CREATE A COMMUNICATIONS TREE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MORE QUICKLY DISSEMINATE IMPORTANT UPDATES REGARDING COVID-19 OR OTHER EMERGENCIES, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THE NEXT SLIDE CONTINUES WITH OUR COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, THIS ONE INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TREE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

THIS WOULD BE A TREE THAT WOULD GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT PERMANENT FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THAT BOTH SMALL BUSINESSES MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCESS FOR REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.

THE NEXT ONE ON THIS LIST IS TO CONTINUE WITH, UH, LAUNCHING PROGRAMS AND PROMOTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ALIGNED WITH CURRENTLY AVAILABLE JOBS AND LIVING WAGE PAYING JOBS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THIS LIST IS STANDARDIZE OUR MESSAGING TO STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR BUSINESS PATRONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND APH STAFF, HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE MAKING SURE THAT OUR MESSAGING IS NOT ONLY STANDARDIZED, BUT ALSO AVAILABLE IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES.

THE NEXT SLIDE BEGINS WITH THE EMPLOYEE AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THIS CATEGORY INCLUDE CONTINUING TO ASSIST OUR LOCAL CREATIVES WITH STREAMING CONTENT FROM LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL CREATIVES TO STREAM THEIR CONTENT.

UH, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN THIS CATEGORY IS TO CONTINUE WITH OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH PARTNERS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TO PREPARE AWESOME NIGHTS FOR JOBS AND CURRENT INDUSTRIES, BUT ALSO JOBS IN NEWLY EMERGING INDUSTRIES, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SET UP, UH, FOR WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO COME.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THIS SLIDE IS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND ONE-ON-ONE COACHING THAT HELPS OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS AND CREATIVES ADAPT THEIR BUSINESS MODELS TO THE COVID CLIMATE.

AND AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN OFFERING FREE OR RATHER NO COSTS, UH, VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS, AND ONE-ON-ONE COACHING TO LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

SHIPS SHOULD EMAIL US@ATXRECOVERSATAUSTINSEXIST.GOV.

THE NEXT SLIDE CONTINUES WITH OUR EMPLOYEE AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEY INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS CREATING AN AUSTIN TOOL LENDING LIBRARY.

THIS WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS TUTORIALS AND BORROW EQUIPMENT AT NO COST.

THIS IS ONE THAT'S BOTH RELATED TO COVID, BUT ALSO CAN HAVE LONG-TERM RESILIENCY OPPORTUNITIES BY EMPOWERING RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD OR LEARN NEW SKILLS THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO UTILIZE EVEN AFTER COVID GOES AWAY.

THE NEXT ONE ON THIS LIST IS TO DEVELOP A LOCAL ARTIST REGISTRY, TO FOSTER MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTIN CREATIVES TO GET HIRED FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER, UH, EDD DIVISIONS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THIS LIST IS TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY CHILDCARE, UH, THROUGHOUT COVID.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD OF OURSELVES AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH UNITED WAY AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.

UH, CHILDCARE IS KEY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO BOTH AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY CHILDCARE, ET CETERA, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS WHO CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AN AFFORDABLE AND HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER, CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE ARE CLOSE TO, WHERE THEY WORK.

THE NEXT SLIDE CONTINUES WITH ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT INCLUDES FACILITATING STRONGER MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS.

THIS IS PARTICULARLY, UH, IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE SEEKING OUT MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH LARGER OR MORE ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN AUSTIN.

THE NEXT ONE IS FACILITATING THE CREATION OF BUSINESS COOPERATIVES.

UH, ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISSEMINATED A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT A NEW BUSINESS COOPERATIVE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE OFFERING AT NO COST TO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED.

AND SO YOU COULD VISIT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/EDD FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO IMPLEMENT IN SOME WAYS.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE ON THIS LIST IS TO SUPPORT EXISTING ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE COALITIONS AND WHAT THESE CREATIVE COALITIONS DO

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IS THEY EMPOWER OUR CREATIVE SECTOR PROFESSIONALS TO CROSS-PROMOTE THEIR WORK, AS WELL AS TO COLLABORATE ON COMMON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE.

UH, AND SO IN SHORT, THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN SUPPORT OUR VITAL CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM.

THE NEXT SLIDE CONTINUES WITH SOME ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES, AND I PROMISE ARE THE LAST ONES FOR THIS CATEGORY.

AND THESE INCLUDE OFFERING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT TO WORKING LOCALLY IN THEIR TRAINED FIELD, OUR SECTOR.

AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE, OR THAT MAYBE WE PROVIDE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NONPROFIT.

AND SO WE WANT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND TO PURSUE CAREERS THAT ARE BOTH MEANINGFUL TO THEM.

UH, AND THAT ARE ALSO IN DEMAND AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

THE NEXT ONE ON THIS LIST IS TO PROVIDE OUR HOUSEHOLDS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.

THIS IS NOT IN SUBSTITUTION OF TRYING TO ATTRACT BROCHURES TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY FOOD DESERTS, BUT THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OUR HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD, UH, AND SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THIS LIST IS CONTINUING TO FOSTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN AUSTIN BASED BUSINESSES TO SHARE GOODS AND SERVICES.

WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, WOULD BE FOSTERING A CONVENIENT, A SPACE WHERE LET'S SAY A LOCAL DRY, CLEANER, AND A LOCAL ACCOUNTANT SHOP, UH, ARE ABLE TO MEET.

AND THEN THEY DECIDE, HEY, HOW DO YOUR DRY CLEANING ONCE A MONTH, IF YOU HELP ME WITH MY ACCOUNT SCENE IN MY BOOKKEEPING, IN MY TAXES.

UH, AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE WANT TO THANK THOSE, THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FOR SHARING THEIR CAN PUT ON THIS ONE, THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS DEALS WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS, AND THESE INCLUDE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESSES, AND OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE, WE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LIST, UH, INCENTIVIZING ADAPTATIONS TO PRODUCE INNOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR COMMERCIAL SITES, WHICH BENEFIT EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS CUSTOMERS CONTINUING OUR DEDICATED RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUNDING FOR OUR VITAL LIVE MUSIC VENUE INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS OUR MUSICIANS AND OUR CREATIVES, AND TEMPORARILY REDUCING OUR WAIVING CERTAIN CITY PERMITS OR FEES FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE REOPENING SAFELY.

THIS ONE HAS A DOLLAR SIGN NEXT TO IT BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE REDUCE OR WAIVE PERMITS OR FEES, THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT TO DEPARTMENT'S BUDGETS.

AND SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING FUNDS TO MAKE OUR CITY IN OUR DEPARTMENTS WHOLE, UH, AS WE WORK TO REDUCE BARRIERS, UH, THAT MIGHT HINDER SOME BUSINESSES FROM BEING ABLE TO REOPEN AT ALL OR, OR REOPEN SAFELY THE NEXT, THE NEXT SLIDE FOCUSES ON OUR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, SO THIS INCLUDES INSERTING INTO A CITY OF AUSTIN SUPPLIER AGREEMENT FOR COVID-19 RAPID TESTING, UH, BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CITY PROCUREMENT TO SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

UH, AND I, I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER WHO INVITED OUR DEPARTMENT A FEW MONTHS AGO TO SPEAK WITH OTHER DIRECTORS ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CITY PROCUREMENT GOING TO SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SO THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER FOR BEING REALLY FORWARD THINKING IN THAT REGARD, UH, AND ALSO TO PROCURE FOOD FROM OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND OUR BUSINESSES TO FEED FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS, UH, RATHER THAN RELYING ON CONTRACTS WITH LARGER, UH, FOOD PROVIDERS, SUCH AS THE CISCO'S OF THE WORLD.

THE NEXT SLIDE FOCUSES ON MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL WELLNESS, AND HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IN THAT THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR 125 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS.

THESE INCLUDE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE ENHANCED MENTAL WELLNESS RESOURCES FOR AUSTIN.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE PARTNERED, UH, AND LAUNCHED A MENTAL WELLNESS SUPPORT LINE TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.

UH, AND AN INTEGRAL CARE WAS ALSO PROVIDING ENHANCEMENTS TO WELLNESS SERVICES.

UH, AND BOTH OF THOSE SERVICES WERE VERY HIGHLY UTILIZED.

AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING PEOPLE'S MENTAL WELLNESS, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS IN THAT SAME VEIN.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND MEALS TO OUR COVID 19 PATIENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

UH, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OFFER SAFETY TRAININGS, UH, AND SAFETY GUIDANCE TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND OUR CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS, SO THEY CAN REOPEN SAFELY.

AND ONE IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS

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ALSO POTENTIALLY CREATING A SAFE REOPENING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY HIGHLIGHT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER THE STATE MANDATES ARE AND REALLY PUTTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND OF OUR COMMUNITY.

FIRST, THE NEXT SLIDE COVERS A FEW ADDITIONAL HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT INCLUDES CONTINUING TO PROMOTE OUR EXISTING HEALTH REGULATION REQUIREMENTS IN COMBINATION WITH MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AS AN INITIATIVE THAT CONSUMERS CAN EASILY RECOGNIZE AND CONTINUING TO RESEARCH AND INVEST IN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS AUTOMATED CONTACT TRACING THE NEXT SLIDE DEALS WITH OUR LAST THEMATIC AREA.

SO I PROMISE YOU WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END.

UM, AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE OUR PUBLIC PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY SLIDES.

SO I'LL WAIT FOR THE DRIVER TO CATCH UP.

THERE WE GO.

SO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE COLLABORATING WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT ACCESS TO INTERNET AND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY INTERNET WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT LAST YEAR.

AND THEN IMPORTANCE WILL NOT GO AWAY.

EVEN WHEN PEOPLE RETURNED TO OFFICES AND STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOLS.

SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR FELLOW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN AUSTIN.

WE ALSO IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE PERMITTING PARKING SPACES AND OTHER OUTDOOR SPACES FOR OTHER USAGE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE SHOP, THE BLOCK PROGRAM.

UM, AND SO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND SOME OF OUR NON-BUSINESS RESIDENTS EVEN ASKS IF WE CAN CONSIDER CONTINUING TO PERMIT THOSE SPACES FOR OTHER USAGES, UH, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT REALLY CENTERED AROUND EXPEDITING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOCUSED ON EXPEDITING SIDEWALK AND BIKE, ROUTE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL ENHANCE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO GOODS AND SERVICES AS WELL AS ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S VISION.

ZERO PRIORITIES OF REDUCING FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES ON OUR ROADWAYS AND EXPEDITING TEMPORARY REZONING TO ACTIVATE UNDER UTILIZED SPACES WAS AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.

THIS NEXT SLIDE INCLUDES THE LAST OF THE 45 OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, THESE ARE THE LAST ONES FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY INCLUDE ALLOWING FLEXIBLE TIMING RESTRICTIONS FOR THINGS LIKE MARATHONS AND OUTDOOR EVENTS, LEVERAGING PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO OFFER SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC SECURITY TO AUSTINITES PERMANENTLY EXTENDING AND EXPANDING THE HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES SAFE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO USE LOW TRAFFIC AREAS FOR ACTIVITIES AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST CONTINUING TO FIND WAYS TO REPURPOSE OUR CITY PROPERTIES, TO OFFER SHORT TERM BENEFITS FOR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND CREATIVES.

I HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES BEFORE I PRESENT HANDED BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR.

BERCENIO THE NEXT SLIDE SPEAKS TO OUR STRATEGIC ANCHORS.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES.

WE DIDN'T TALK AS MUCH IN THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT AS WE TRANSITIONED FROM THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES AND INTO THE COMMUNITY WORK OF IMPLEMENTING SET OPPORTUNITIES, THE ANCHOR, THERE ARE CERTAIN ANCHORS IN WHICH OUR WORK IS GROUNDED, AND THESE ARE THE SAME ANCHORS FROM SD 23, WHICH INCLUDES LEADING WITH EQUITY, AFFORDABILITY, INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND RESILIENCY, PROACTIVE PROTECTION, AND COMMUNITY TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS.

ABOUT HELPING OUR MOST MARGINALIZED AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES REBOUND.

UH, THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST IN TERMS OF OUR NEXT STEPS.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? UH, WE'VE WE'VE HAD A YEAR OF CONVERSATIONS AND VIRTUAL DIALOGUE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY.

UH, AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT OVER THE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE ROAD AHEAD REMAINS UNCERTAIN.

UH, WE ARE KIND OF BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE FLY AS WE'RE FLYING IT.

SO TO SAY, AND WE'RE USING OUR BEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE THINKING TO GUIDE OUR STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE ROAD AHEAD IS UNPRECEDENTED.

AND SO WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO VISIT OUR SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE, AS WELL AS ACX RECOVERS.COM TO READ THE RESILIENCE, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK AND MORE DETAIL.

THERE ARE ALSO TOOLS ON THE SPEAK OF BOSTON PAGE, WHERE RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO DIRECTOR BERCENIO OR MYSELF OR OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR STRIKE TEAM.

AND WE WANT TO HAVE ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ALSO BE PROVIDING ONGOING UPDATES THROUGH THE SPEAKER OF BOSTON PAGE REGARDING AUSTIN'S LOCAL ECONOMY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT UNEMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IS LOOKING LIKE.

WHO'S STILL UNEMPLOYED AND WHO'S GETTING EMPLOYED WHAT SECTORS ARE REBOUNDING AND WHAT SECTORS ARE CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NUMBER ONE, RECOVERY IS NOT GOING TO MEAN THE SAME THING FOR EVERYBODY GOING TO BE, HAVE TO BE REALLY INTENTIONAL

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AND NUMBER TWO, WE KNOW THAT JUST GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN FEBRUARY, 2020, ISN'T THAT GOOD ENOUGH? BECAUSE EVEN IN FEBRUARY, 2020, WE HAD MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE STRUGGLING.

AND SO THE ONGOING UPDATES AS IS OUR WAY OF BEING VERY TRANSPARENT AND PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT FOLKS NEED TO HELP US ALL WORK TOGETHER, TO ENSURING EVERYBODY RECOVERS FROM COVID-19 THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.

WE'RE GOING TO START CONVENING INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAMS. THESE ARE TEAMS THAT WILL TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO EACH OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I EXPLAINED TODAY, UH, AS WELL AS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HOPE TO RECEIVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD, UH, AND BEGIN IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE RIGHT FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND CAN BE IMPLEMENTED PRETTY SWIFTLY, UH, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT NO LONGER BE RELEVANT BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED, UH, AND IDENTIFYING NEW OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH ALL OF YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, AND SO WITH THAT, I KNOW I SAID A LOT AND I TRIED TO SAY IT ALL QUICKLY, BUT I'LL HAND IT BACK OFF TO EITHER A DIRECTOR OR CYNTHIA OR A CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CROCK.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

AND I'LL SEE IF I'M A DIRECTOR FOR SENDING YOU.

YOU WANT TO QUICKLY, WE WERE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR QUESTIONS FIRST, BEFORE WE PIVOT INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.

SO WHAT THAT HAS TO DO YOU WANT TO CONCLUDE DIRECTOR RESENDING BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I GUESS I HAVE MORE OF A GLOBAL QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE QUESTION SHOULD COME NOW OR AT THE END OF THE NEXT PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY, UH, VISIT REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK, UH, AND IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING FOR US, UM, KIND OF A FOCUSED WAY OF, OF LOOKING AT JUST THE BREADTH OF, OF NEEDS AND CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, EXISTS AS EXIST IN, UH, IN THE CITY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.

AND, AND I, AND I SEE THIS DOCUMENT AS HAVING, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR US IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES, IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS, YOU KNOW, AS WE REENGAGE IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT TO SEE IF WE'RE STILL PRIORITIZING THE RIGHT THINGS.

AND, UM, IN TERMS OF ACTIONS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY WANT TO PRO PRO OR WORK THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT COMMITTEES MAY WANT TO WORK ON DOES, UH, A LOT OF WORK AND, AND, AND A LOT BEING DONE.

UM, MY SENSE IN READING IT IS, IS THAT THEY WISH THAT WE COULD DEAL WITH ALL OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME AND AT ONCE.

UM, BUT THE, THE BREADTH THERE IS, IS SO GREAT AS TO MAKE IT SO THAT THAT'S NOT REALISTICALLY GOING TO BE POSSIBLE IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE THAN JUST TOUCH THINGS, BUT ACTUALLY DRIVE THEM TO, TO, TO MEASURES.

SO I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON MY COMMENTS AND THEN HOLD OFF INTRODUCING, UH, THE RESOLUTION ONE 11, WHICH, WHICH I THINK REALLY GOES TO NEXT STEPS, IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, HOW WE APPROACH, UH, THE SPENDING OF THE, UH, THESE DOLLARS AND OTHER DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE TO US.

BUT I DID WANT TO, BEFORE WE PASSED TO, TO RECOGNIZE, I THINK THE, THE VALUE OF THIS WORK, ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE AND MANAGEABLE KATHY, UM, JUST A QUICK ONE.

I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAPTURED TWO QUESTIONS, I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I FEEL AS IF WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED IT, OR PERHAPS WE HAVEN'T, WE DID RECEIVE IT THIS MORNING, IS THAT ONE OF THE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

AND HOW YOU WOULD SURMOUNT THOSE, UM, IN THE, IN THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD, I WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE HEAT INITIATIVE.

I JUST NEED TO FIND IT IN MY INBOX AGAIN, THINKING, UM, MR. GRAY, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED, BECAUSE I KNOW MY STAFF AND I HAVE, HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT WITH EDD STAFF A FEW TIMES DURING, DURING THIS LAST YEAR.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I'LL PUT, WHERE TO, TO UTILIZE OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, TO HELP WITH, UM, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE DESCRIBING AS THE EAT INITIATIVE FOR MEAL FOR OTHER FOOD, FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND I WONDERED IF YOU HAD A THOUGHT ABOUT WHY I KNOW THAT THAT, THAT HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HAS TALKED TO THAT PUBLIC HEALTH AND HAS TALKED TO EDD.

AND I KNOW, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS GOING ON.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN IN MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION

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I MIGHT HAVE TO DEFER TO BERCENIO, UM, OR TO ANOTHER COLLEAGUE, CAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET AN ACCURATE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

SO, DR.

PERSONNEL, DO YOU MIND IF I MAY PASS IT OFF TO YOU, TELL US, REMEMBER WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THAT INITIATIVE? UM, I WOULD THINK THAT A LOT OF OUR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS PAST YEAR, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, UM, WORKING OUT, MAKING IT MORE OF AN ORGANIZED EFFORT IN THAT REGARD, BUT WE AGREE WITH YOU AND THAT IT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO OUR SCHOOLS AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO CONTINUE TO, UH, TO STAY AFLOAT IN THIS TRYING TIME.

SO I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT'S COMING TO MIND, AND I'M GOING TO ASK SOME NOVIA SHE'S ON OUR CALL AS WELL, TO JUMP IN IF I'M OVERLOOKING SOMETHING.

I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS REALLY TO HAVE THAT CONCERTED EFFORT IN A MORE ORGANIZED FASHION AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD.

WELL, JUST, UH, JUST TO KIND OF BACKTRACK, WE HAD TALKED, I THINK, INCLUDING OUT SOME WORK SESSIONS, UM, WITH OUR, WITH DIRECTOR HAYDEN HOWARD ON THE DAYAS WE HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, COULD THAT SAME MODEL BE APPLIED TO THE EAT INITIATIVE SO THAT THE MEALS THAT ARE BEING PREPARED FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SOME OF THE FOOD THAT, THAT UTILIZED LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN THE SAME WAY THAT, THAT YOUR FRAMEWORK NOW DETAILS.

AND THAT WAS QUITE A WHILE AGO.

AND I KNOW THERE WERE, THERE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FOLLOWED UP THERE WERE, WE WOULD RECEIVE THE RESPONSE THAT, THAT YOU WERE LOOKING INTO IT, YOU BEING THE CITY, I MEAN, IT WAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND I THINK THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, RIGHT? IT WAS, THESE WERE CONVERSATIONS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND WITH EDD.

UM, BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THAT IDEA HAD COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THAT, AND THAT, UH, IT WAS BEING EXPLORED TO SHIFT TO USING THAT SAME KIND OF MODEL FOR THE CAREGIVER MEALS TO, TO USE WITH OUR OWN FOOD DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, UM, THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS DOING.

AND SO I'M WONDERING, I'M WONDERING WHY THAT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD.

AND, AND AGAIN, WHAT THE CHALLENGES WERE THAT DIDN'T ALLOW IT TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOW WE WERE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURMOUNT THEM IN THE, IN THE PROPOSAL YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD.

YEP.

CATHERINE, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE, MAYBE THE CHALLENGES THAT OCCURRED BEFORE.

I DO KNOW THAT AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF WERE ASKED TO DO LAST YEAR AT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL MADE A REALLY GOOD, HONEST EFFORT TO DO THOSE THINGS AND LAUGH.

WE'RE ALSO REALLY LEARNING RIGHT.

HOW TO RESPOND TO COVID, WHAT PARTS OF OUR CITY SYSTEM, WHERE ARE FLEXIBLE AND WHERE CAN WE BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE? AND THERE ARE A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WE KNOW NOW THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE DID NOT KNOW LAST YEAR AND THERE'S NEW KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? PART OF THAT IS HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN EDD STAFF, OUR CITY'S FOOD MANAGER, APH STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SAY, HEY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A NEED.

THIS QUITE FRANKLY, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR AWHILE.

MAYBE IT'S BEEN PILOTED BY APH.

I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE, BUT HOW DO WE GET THIS PARTICULAR IDEA OFF OF THE PAPER AND INTO IMPLEMENTATION? AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT EXIST, WHETHER IT'S MAYBE A HEALTH REGULATION OR, UH, A POLICY THING, OR MAYBE IT WAS A FUNDING THING, THEN WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, UH, BRING THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MOVE PAST THOSE HURDLES AND GET THE PROGRAM GOING? UH, SO AGAIN, I WASN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE EAD INITIATIVES AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I JUST, BUT I DO KNOW FROM SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES AND SPACES THAT I'VE, THAT I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO SERVE IN, THERE WAS THIS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW LAST YEAR, THAT WE DO HAVE SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S JUST CAME WITH US, TRYING TO REBOUND FROM THE SUCKER PUNCH TO THE FACE OF COVID.

AND NOW BEING ABLE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROACTIVE THING IT'S AROUND PLANNING AND ROLLING OUT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND DIRECTOR FOR, I HOPE I DIDN'T OVERSTEP OUR, OR, OR SAY ANYTHING WRONG.

UH, SO PLEASE LET HIM KNOW IF I'VE, UM, KIND OF OFF A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT I DO NOT AS PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CAPTURING THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED FROM 2020, AND REALLY USING THOSE TO EMPOWER US TO DO EVEN MORE PROGRAMMING FOR THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD IN 2021.

BE MEALS AND IT HAS TO BE, UM, SOME OF IT HAS TO BE NON-PERISHABLES AND MAYBE THAT CAN, OR CAN'T COME FROM OUR LOCAL SUPPLY.

I MEAN, THAT ALL MAKES SENSE.

AND I, AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, REALLY TREMENDOUS WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE RIGHT WAY, AND YOU HAD TO REACT TO THE SITUATION.

SO ALL THAT, ALL THAT MAKES YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SEEMS VERY REASONABLE.

I THINK THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, I'M REAL INTERESTED IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND I THINK WE PROBABLY ALSO NEED TO TALK, YOU MAY HAVE HIT ON SOME OF IT, THE HEALTH REGULARLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WAY IN WHICH IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED MEANS IT CAN'T

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I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, UM, I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN KIND OF FIGURING OUT, JUST TRACKING IT DOWN, NOT TO SAY, GOSH, IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED EARLIER, BUT JUST TRACKING IT DOWN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THOSE IMPEDIMENTS AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET IT MOVING FORWARD? SO, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR THOSE THOUGHTS.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP TOO WITH, UM, WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PARTIES WHO I KNOW WERE, WERE IN THAT CONVERSATION.

OUR PLEASURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY, TO REALLY PAUSE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK OUR STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO STEPPED OUT, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS LAST YEAR AND REALLY INNOVATED AND, UM, GOT UP AND RUNNING ALL SORTS OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD NO IDEA WE WOULD NEED AND DID IT IN A, IN A SUPER FAST TIMEFRAME AND, UM, ROSE TO THE OCCASION TO, TO, TO PIVOT AND TO INNOVATE AND ON, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THAT WORK.

UM, JUST SORT OF SEEING THIS NOW WITHOUT A CHANCE TO REALLY FULLY DIGEST IT.

I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE THIS TAKES US FROM HERE SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO BE RECEIVING A MEMO AND PROBABLY MAKES SENSE FOR ME TO, TO READ THAT AND REFLECT ON IT, STAND, UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WELL ORGANIZED INTO THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE IDEAS ARE OF WIDELY VARYING MAGNITUDES OF RESOURCES AND OTHER PIECES, WHICH JUST REFLECTS THE VARIATION OF THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED.

UM, BUT I'M, I'M NOT LIKE I SEE THESE ALL AS INTERESTING IDEAS.

I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ADOPT THIS, IF WE'RE BEING LIKE, LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, I, THAT I WOULD WELCOME FURTHER ELABORATION ON IF, IF THAT'S NOT IN THE MEMO, UM, SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS REPRESENTS BEYOND, UM, KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE IDEAS AND THE THINKING WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE BEING, WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT SUPPLIED A MEMO, UH, ON THE SUBJECT MATTER JUST YET.

UM, WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THE MAKE-UP AUSTIN PAGE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SUMMARIZE THAT AND PROVIDE THAT IN A MEMO TO MARIN COUNCIL, INCLUDING NEXT STEP.

SO YOU HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT'S WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD.

UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I DON'T THINK WE SAID IT IN OUR PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT.

WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT GOES INTO DETAILS AND EVERY ONE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THAT WILL BE A USEFUL RESOURCE FOR COUNCIL AS WELL.

AND THIS MAY ALL BE LIKE, THIS MAY ALL BE TOTALLY SELF-EVIDENT ONCE I STAY WITH IT.

I JUST, WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IS WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS THIS LIKE A BUCKET OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO ALL THESE THINGS AND WE WANT YOUR BLESSING ON COUNCIL OR ARE THESE, LIKE, THIS IS A MENU OF THINGS.

AND THEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE DECIDING WHICH OF THESE WE DO.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE DON'T WANT TO PRIORITIZE AS ONE THING, BUT WE WANT TO PROJECT TOWARDS ANOTHER, WE THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING MORE MONEY IN ONE BUCKET.

LIKE WHAT, AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THAT PROCESS.

AND MAYBE THIS IS A FIRST STEP, BUT I'M JUST NOT FULLY, NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THAT, THAT, THAT PIECE OF, AND MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T PRESENTED THAT YET.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IT.

BUT, UM, AT ONE POINT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO WE DO SEE THIS AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT.

WE SEE AS WE, WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THE PATH OF LOOKING AT ECONOMIC RECOVERY A YEAR AGO, UM, HONESTLY NONE OF US THOUGHT WE WOULD BE HERE A YEAR LATER.

UH, BUT WE INITIALLY STARTED OFF WITH WHAT IS OUR PLAN? WHAT IS OUR RECOVERY FRAMEWORK LOOKING LIKE? UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD UPON THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WE EXECUTED RELIEF PROGRAMS, AS WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO WE WOULD TO USE THIS AS A PLAN THAT, THAT GUIDES US IN TERMS OF ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT ARE PROVIDED, OR AS WE COULD LOOK AT SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND THEY IMMEDIATELY YOU'LL SEE, AS WE ROLL INTO THIS NEXT PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TIED WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS THE SPENDING PLAN OR THE, THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN ALLOCATED TO USE THE PRINCIPLES IN THIS PLAN TO IDENTIFY HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THOSE DOLLARS.

SO WE SEE THAT AS A CONTINUING EFFORT OF HAVING THIS DOCUMENT, PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND HOW WE PRIORITIZE RELIEF AND RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WHEN YOU SAY THE PRINCIPLES IN HERE, I MEAN, I SEE THE BUCKETS AND I SEE THE IDEAS, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

THEN I SEE THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE BEYOND WHAT'S IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRINCIPALS? AND AGAIN, I JUST GOT THIS

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UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.

NO CAT DAY-TO-DAY, I'M SORRY.

THEY HAVE A CAT FIGHT GOING ON NOW.

UH, SO I, I MAYBE PRINCIPLES WAS THE WRONG WORD.

UH, WE IDENTIFY THEM AS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PLAN.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT FALL INTO THE BUCKETS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT THAT'S WHERE I SEE OUR, OUR GUIDANCE COMING AS WE MOVING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD WITH A SPENDING PLAN FOR ANYTHING, ANY DOLLARS THAT WE IDENTIFY FOR RECOVERY.

I'M GOING TO SAY WITH THIS AND LISTEN TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION ON THE ONE 11 CONVERSATION.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GET THERE? AND, UM, YEAH, I WANT TO MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M GOING TO BE MOVING.

SO I'M GOING TO LOSE CONNECTION HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OVER THE CHAIRMAN, TRY TO GET BACK IN BY PHONE.

DID YOU HAVE A, UM, A QUEUE GOING AT THE, I THINK HE CALLED ON ME AND THEN I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO GET TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PRESENTATION SESSION ABOUT WITH ONE 11.

TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC A SENSE OF HOW WELL OUR CITY IS DOING IN TERMS OF THE INDICATORS, UH, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, WHETHER OR NOT WE CONSIDER THEY'RE HAVING AN IMPACT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

UM, JUST SO WE CAN MOVE ALONG QUICKLY, I DO WANT TO, UM, I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS.

AND I KNOW YOU ENGAGED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, GROUPS AND, AND DEPARTMENTS.

SO, UM, UH, SO MY QUESTIONS ARE SIMPLY MY QUESTION.

I SHARE THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR RAISED, JUST SO, AND I'LL BE LOOKING, SECOND QUESTION IS RELATED TO, UM, HOW THIS, UM, OF, UM, INITIATIVES OR EFFORTS, HOW THIS RELATES TO THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET.

UM, DO WE HAVE AN OF THE PROBLEM, SO TO SPEAK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AND DO WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THESE EFFORTS ARE GOING TO, UM, GET RESULTS FOR US? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, W WE, WE, WE HAVE A GOAL, UM, THAT'S AND WE HAVE A FAIRLY HIGHLY, UH, STATED GOAL, WHICH IS GOOD HIGH LEVEL STATEMENT OF GOAL, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THIS SET OF INITIATIVES ARE GOING TO GET US THERE? UM, IS THERE AN ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE OR THAT IS MAYBE COMING, UM, THAT WE CAN SEE? WELL, IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, FIVE OF THESE 10, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS KIND OF RESULTS OR THAT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

I'M TRYING TO CONNECT, UH, THESE INITIATIVES TO THE RESULTS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, UH, IN SOME KIND OF OBJECTIVE FASHION, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO AN ANALYSIS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE OR A NUMBER OF JOBS PERSPECTIVE, OR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, WHATEVER THE MEASURES ARE.

UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS ABOUT PRIORITIES COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK AT LEAST ON MY END, YOURS, YOUR SCREEN FROZE MOMENTARILY.

SO I WAS UNABLE TO HEAR YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UH, FOR YOUR SECOND QUESTION, THOUGH, THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE COMPLETE FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT ITSELF DOES INCLUDE A CHAPTER THAT SPEAKS TO PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, THAT WE WILL BE MONITORING AND TRACKING OVER TIME.

UH, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM INDICATORS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY REALLY FAMILIAR WITH ALREADY, SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND HOUSING MARKET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INDICATORS, SUCH AS SELF-SUFFICIENCY INDEX TO THROUGH AUSTIN HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES HAVE THREE MONTHS WORTH OF SAVINGS, UH, IN A BANK ACCOUNT, THAT'S NOT A PREDATORY ACCOUNT, UH, AND WHO ARE THOSE FAMILIES DESEGREGATED BY RACE AND ZIP CODE AND OTHER KEY DATA? UH, WE HAVE NOT DONE THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF ANALYSIS.

I THINK YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO THESE FIVES, HOW MUCH DOES THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THESE ANY ONE INDICATORS? UM, AND I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE HOW WE WOULD DO THAT TYPE OF REGRESSION ANALYSIS, BUT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN EDD WHO I KNOW WHO PROBABLY KNOW MORE THAN I DO.

UM, MY COLLEAGUE CASEY SMITH IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.

UH, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS ANY ONE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES GETS IMPLEMENTED, UH, THAT THEY ARE DRIVING US TOWARDS, UM, DEMONSTRATING SOME, SOME REALISTIC OUTCOMES TIED TO THE INDICATORS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECOVERY DOCUMENT.

AND THEN I MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION REALLY QUICKLY THAT EVERY QUARTER, UH, AND WE MIGHT DO IT BY MONTHLY, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH, UH, DATA WE'RE ABLE TO GET AND HOW QUICKLY WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE DATA, BUT AT LEAST QUARTERLY, UH, DOING AN ECONOMIC UPDATE, THE, UH, THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE.

AND SO THAT UPDATE IS REALLY MEANT

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UH, BUT I DO APOLOGIZE.

I MISSED THE FIRST QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND RESTATING THAT, IT WAS REALLY ALL JUST ONE QUESTION.

AND SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT THERE ARE INDICATORS TO MEASURE THE, UM, OUTPUT, SO TO SPEAK, UH, AND OUR OUTCOMES FOR PARTICULAR INITIATIVES.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU, HAVE WE SET A GOAL, UH, TO, TO REACH FOR EACH INITIATIVE? AND HOW DOES THAT GOAL RELATE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO? THAT'S THE PART, I'M NOT SURE IF I HEARD YOU SAY IN THAT WE HAD UNDERSTOOD.

UM, SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO FOR EACH OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED, UH, LIKE A CLEAR GOAL.

SOMETHING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, 50% OF AUSTIN BUSINESSES ENROLL IN A, UH, CITY CLASS WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THERE ARE SOME INDICATORS THAT HAVE VERY CLEAR GOALS, SUCH AS THE INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITY AROUND LAUNCHING A LIVE MUSIC PORTAL.

SO PART OF THE GOAL THERE IS NUMBER ONE, CAN WE GET IT LAUNCHED? AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL GOALS THAT ARE TIED TO SPECIFIC EDD DIVISION OUTCOMES, SUCH AS EQUITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE CREATIVES WHO ARE USING THE LIVE MUSIC PORTAL, OR WHO ARE USING AN ARTIST REGISTRY, THAT THOSE CREATIVES REALLY REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND THE BEAUTY AND THE RICHNESS OF OUR LOCAL CREATIVE ECONOMY.

AND THEN SOME OF THESE GOALS WILL KIND OF MORPH OVER TIME.

PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T WANT TO SET THEM IN STONE TODAY IS BECAUSE THE ROAD AHEAD IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.

UH, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING ADAPTIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BEST RESPOND TO THE REAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I IS THAT, I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH, NO, THAT, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING, UM, I WOULD JUST, UM, ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TAKING THE NEXT STEP, UH, WHICH IS, UM, SETTING THOSE GOALS.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, THEN WE DON'T, WE MAY KNOW THAT WE PRODUCED 10 WIDGETS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED 10, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET WHAT, TO GET, WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, TO GET WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

SO, UM, SO I'M HOPEFUL.

UH, SO I, I GET IT AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE AND THAT WE HAVE TARGETS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES, BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T HELP ME DECIDE WHICH OF THE INITIATIVES TO USE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

SO I WOULD, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN DO OR CAN YOU ALL CONSIDER THAT AND JUST LET ME KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS EVALUATE IN THAT SENSE? I WOULD ADD THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE COVERAGE RECOVERY FRAMEWORK ROLLS INTO THE GOALS THAT WE ESTABLISHED AS A DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT, AND WE CAN CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION WHERE WE LOOK AT, UM, ECONOMIC RECOVERY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DASHBOARDS.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THE, UM, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS WE'LL BE DOING QUARTERLY, THAT DAVID MENTIONED, I WOULD ADD TO THAT THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION, ALL OF THIS WILL BE WITH TRANSPARENCY.

SO WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST YEAR OF OUR DASHBOARDS, THAT DASHBOARD, EACH ONE OF THE RELIEF PROGRAMS, WE WANT TO CONTINUE AS WE'RE HAVING THIS DATA CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN REAL TIME, OR AS CLOSE TO REAL-TIME AS POSSIBLE, BUT HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT ESTABLISHING GOALS.

AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT DATA MORE MEANINGFUL FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL AND FOR US AS ADMINISTRATORS AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH.

OKAY, WELL THEN I WILL, UM, I WILL, UM, LET OTHERS ASK QUESTIONS, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTTOM LINE IS IF, IF I REALLY WANT US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS.

UM, AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY TO REALLY KNOW WHETHER WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL AND THANK YOU ALL RIGHT.

COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MEMBER FUNDUS? YEAH, JUST TO COMMENT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE FOR, FOR THESE DOLLARS.

UM, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED THIS PART, BUT IF THERE IS AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT YOU WILL BE UPDATING OR INCLUDING IN THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, IF WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE VARIOUS AND DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AS PART OF THAT COUNCIL WHO REPRESENT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF THE EVERYDAY AUSTINITE, I'M REALLY LOOKING PAST, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST OUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, BUT OTHER INDIVIDUALS, NONPROFITS, UM, JUST

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HAVING A HOLISTIC, UH, PERSPECTIVE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

AND I REALLY LIKE THE GIVING THE QUARTERLY UPDATES.

I THINK THAT WILL GO.

SO JUST WANTED TO, TO EMPHASIZE, UM, THAT SUGGESTION, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DID INCLUDE QUITE A ROBUST GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOUR OFFICE.

WE, UH, NOT ONLY HAD OUR FOCUS GROUPS, THAT WE WERE VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ALL PERSPECTIVES, UM, AT THE TABLE, BUT WE ALSO MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH A SERIES OF NON-PROFITS OF, UH, ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THIS WORK REFLECTS A DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO DO SO IF I CAN QUICKLY BUILD OFF OF THAT, WE LITERALLY WENT THROUGH THE VIRTUAL PHONE BOOK AND INTENTIONALLY SOUGHT OUT PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW NORMALLY DO NOT ENGAGE IN CITY PROCESSES, AND PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY HALL, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE VOICES THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM.

WE KNEW THAT WE, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM OUR EVERYDAY PEOPLE, IN ADDITION TO OUR CLOSE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS AND OUR CHAMBER PARTNERS, I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT IS COMPLETELY TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.

UM, AS WELL AS WE, WE HAVE, UH, AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH HAS ALSO COMPLETELY TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TRANSLATE THE DOCUMENT IN SOME OTHER LANGUAGES AS NEEDED.

TYPICALLY WE TRANSLATE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, SO ABOUT FIVE OR SIX LANGUAGES, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET THIS ONE INTO SPANISH, BUT WE'RE ALSO A HABIT, PROVIDE IT TO OTHER LANGUAGES AS NEEDED.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR IT.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, AND FOR ANSWERING ALL OUR QUESTIONS.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IT APPEARS IS THAT

[111. Approve a “Resilient ATX” resolution directing the City Manager to take actions regarding the development of a spending framework for Covid-19 relief and recovery and American Rescue Plan funding, and directing the City Manager to provide an update on the City’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget and projections for Fiscal Year 2022 revenues.]

WE'RE READY TO MOVE INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PRESENTATION BRIEFLY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRETEND AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN, BEFORE WE TRANSITIONED, JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT FRAMEWORK THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED AS YOU NOTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENTS AND DISCUSSION WITH SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXTENSIVE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAD TO PUT INTO IT.

NOW, AS WE MOVE INTO THIS DISCUSSION, AS YOU'RE AWARE ON MARCH 11TH, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW, THE 1.9 TRILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

THIS WAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE ONGOING ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC.

AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION, THERE ARE MANY LAYERS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, NOT JUST TO CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO TO LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS.

UH, THIS PASSAGE OF THE STIMULUS PLAN IS WELCOME NEWS, BUT IT ALSO WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION.

BUT AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T CLEAR THAT ANY STIMULUS WOULD BE PROVIDED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO CITIES.

UH, BUT AS YOU WERE BRIEFED TO STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING IN EARNEST OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK FOR PROVIDING FUNDING FOR A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY SECTORS WHO HAVE BEEN ECONOMICALLY SUFFERING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS ADVANCED WORK ON THE FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS HAVING SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL AND ALLOCATING THE CARES ACT, AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND MONEY STAFF WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY DEVELOP A RECOMMENDED SPENDING PLAN, WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL ON MARCH 12TH, JUST ONE DAY AFTER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ASSIGNMENTS, A LAW, MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARMS UNDER UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED, HAD GONE BANKRUPT OR ON THE BRINK OF FINANCIAL CHALLENGE.

KEEPING THIS IN MIND, OUR STAFF DID NOT WANT TO HESITATE IN PROVIDING A RECOMMENDED SPENDING PLAN BECAUSE OF THE BREADTH OF TICKS BRIEFING.

THERE WILL BE SEVERAL LEAD PRESENTERS ACHIEVED ECONOMIC RECOVERY, OFFICER VERONICA PRESENT.

WE'LL KICK IT ON AND COORDINATE PRESENTERS FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

AND SO NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE DIRECTOR FOR SENDING THEM.

THANK YOU, SPENCER, HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PUR TO PRESENT TO YOU THE SPENDING PLAN FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

WE DO HAVE A SERIES OF PRESENTERS.

WE WILL START WITH OUR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OFFICE WILL BE REPRESENTED BY OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS AT RALPH, AND I'M GOING TO KICK IT ON OVER TO HIM IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S IT'S, IT'S UH, GOOD TO SEE, UM, ALL OF YOU, I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF YOU, UM, CERTAINLY IN PERSON FOR A LONG TIME, UH, AND I'M GOING TO, UM, THIS IS A VERY, VERY BROAD OVERVIEW.

UM, IT'S I THINK, UM, A $1.9 TRILLION BILL IN FIVE SLIDES.

AND, UM, I WOULD, UH, ON SLIDE THREE, UM, IF WE COULD ADVANCE TO SLIDE THREE, THANK YOU.

THIS IS JUST, UM, A VERY BROAD OVERVIEW OF, OF HOW THAT $1.9 TRILLION IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT IS ALLOCATED YOU'LL NOTICE.

UM, THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF MONEY, THERE IS $424 BILLION TO, TO MAIL $1,400 CHECKS TO, TO ALL TAXPAYERS, UM, UP TO $75,000

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FOR SINGLE AND $150,000 FOR COUPLES.

AND THAT'S JUST SHY OF 22% OF THE 1.9 TRILLION.

AND THEN THE SECOND LARGEST POT OF MONEY IS THE $360 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE THAT COMES IN AT ABOUT $18 BILLION, 18% OF THE OVERALL PACKAGE.

AND THEN, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, UM, TAX CREDIT NAYS TO FAMILIES IS ANOTHER LARGE ONE SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION, UM, OF COURSE VACCINATION AND IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO, SO, UM, IT'S A VERY BROAD RANGING BILL.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN THESE ARE JUST, UM, AND, AND ESTIMATED AS A KEYWORD HERE.

UM, NO FEDERAL AGENCY HAS ACTUALLY DONE A FORMULA RUN ON ANY OF THIS.

SO, SO THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES.

UM, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATES AND, AND THEY CERTAINLY GIVE US, UM, WE'RE WELL IN THE BALLPARK.

UM, BUT, BUT THE CITY SHARE OF THAT $360 BILLION IS, IS $195.8 MILLION.

UM, TRAVIS COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $247 MILLION FROM THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE, UM, A DIRECT ALLOCATION AND OTHER ROUND OF, UM, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

THAT'S ON TOP OF THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BILL PASSED, UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND THEN THE CITY, UM, AS A HOME RECIPIENT THERE'S, UM, THERE'S $5 BILLION IN THE BILL FOR THE HOME FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND ASSISTANCE.

THAT'S ALLOCATED VIA THE HOME PROGRAM.

AND WE ESTIMATE THE CITY'S ALLOCATION.

THERE IS ABOUT $11 MILLION.

UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST TO, TO THIS KIND OF, UM, HIGHLIGHTS THE BREADTH OF THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE.

UM, THE FIRST FOUR ENTITIES THEY'RE ON THE LIST, INCLUDING THE CITY RECEIVE A DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM THE TREASURY, UM, AS, UM, AS THEIR CDBG ENTITLEMENT CITY OR IN THE CASE OF TRAVIS COUNTY, A COUNTY.

UM, BUT THEN YOU'LL NOTICE EVERY OTHER INCORPORATED GOVERNMENT, UM, IN THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE MONEY.

UM, BUT THEY'LL RECEIVE IT AS A SUB ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE, BUT, BUT YOU KIND OF, UM, GET THE IDEA OF THE BREADTH OF, OF HOW THAT $360 BILLION IS GOING OUT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A BROAD OVERVIEW, UM, UM, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE WHILE NOT ONLY SMALL BUSINESS, BUT, UM, MOSTLY SMALL BUSINESSES ASSISTANCE IS A BIG PART OF THE BILL.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S $25 BILLION IN, IN RESTAURANT AND VITALIZATION FUND GRANTS FOR RESTAURANTS TARGETED TO SMALL RESTAURANTS.

UM, THIS BILL INCLUDES ANOTHER 1.2, 5 BILLION.

SO BRINGING TO 16.1, TWO, 5 BILLION, UM, FOR SHUTTERED VENUE GRANTS, AGAIN, THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE SMALL, UM, INCLUDES ANOTHER 7.2, 5 BILLION FOR THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

UM, $15 BILLION FOR ECONOMIC INJURY, DISASTER LOANS, AND THEN, UM, A SUBSET, UM, THE BILL INCLUDES $8 BILLION FOR AIRPORTS, INCLUDING INCLUDING YOUR AIRPORT.

UM, IN A SUBSET OF THAT 800 MILLION OF THAT 8 BILLION IS SET ASIDE FOR ASSISTANCE TO AIRPORT CONCESSIONS, UM, WHICH WILL FLOW THROUGH THE CITY.

AND THAT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER, I THINK 15 OR $16 BILLION IN ASSISTANCE TO THE AIRLINES FOR PAYROLL HELP.

UM, THERE'S PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT, UM, PROVIDES ANOTHER NINE MONTHS OF, UH, TAX CREDITS PER PAID SICK AND PAID FAMILY LEAVE, UM, AND EXPANDS THAT TAX CREDIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BY THE WAY.

AND THEN, UM, A PROVISION THAT EXEMPTS MOST OF THIS ASSISTANCE ON THIS PAGE FROM, FROM FEDERAL TAXES.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND, AND THEN ANOTHER THEY'RE BIG, UM, BIG PART OF THIS BILL.

UM, THE, THE $1,400 PAYMENTS HAD GOTTEN, UM, THE BULK OF THE MEDIA COVERAGE, BUT, BUT THIS NOT THE FIRST ONE AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE ON AID TO HOUSEHOLDS, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT EXPANSION IS STARTING TO GET A LOT OF COVERAGE IN AND RIGHTLY SO.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A MAJOR ONE YEAR, UM, EXPANSION OF THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

UM, THERE'S AN EXPANSION OF THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND EXPANSION OF THE CHILDCARE INDEPENDENT TAX CREDIT.

UM, THOSE ARE ALL JUST FOR 2021.

THE BILL INCLUDES INCREASED AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES FOR 2021 AND 2022 AND, AND SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR A WIDE ARRAY OF, OF NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A $1.9 TRILLION BILL NOT INCLUDED ON THIS LIST.

THERE'S, THERE'S SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE CHILDCARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, WHICH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION WILL GET A SHARE OF THAT.

UM, THERE'S ANOTHER $500 MILLION ON TOP OF THE 400 MILLION AND THE PREVIOUS BILL FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

UM, THERE'S MONEY FOR LYE HEAP, THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UM, AND, AND SO ON.

SO A VERY, VERY WIDE RANGING BILL.

UM, WE WE'VE SENT, UM,

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BOTH, BOTH THE CITY STAFF AND THEN VR OUR WEEKLY REPORT.

WE SENT, UM, A MORE DETAILED SUMMARY.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S, IT'S GETTING TO BE PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE ON THE PROVIDES A LOT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT'S IN THE BILL.

AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND SENDING THAT TO THE CITY.

UM, AND THEN I THINK I WOULD SUPPOSE TO PASS IT ON TO DIANE.

UM, THANK YOU.

THAT'S CORRECT.

DIANE SILER AND AROUND BUDGET OFFICER.

I'LL TAKE IT TO START DISCUSSING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, VERONICA.

THANK YOU, RALPH INTERIM BUDGET OFFICER AND DIANE SEILER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.

STAFF'S PROPOSED COVID-19 SPENDING FRAMEWORK TO YOU.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE MANNED PRESENTATION, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK AND STAFF TIME THAT WENT INTO PREPARING A PLAN THAT WE FELT WOULD REPRESENT COUNCIL'S GOALS.

THIS WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED NOT ONLY BY THE DIRECTORS LISTED HERE, BUT ALSO MANY OF THEIR STAFF.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO TAKE THAT MOMENT TO THANK THEM FOR THIS WORK.

THE SPENDING PLAN BEING PRESENTED TODAY, TOTALS $236.4 MILLION.

AS RALPH MENTIONED, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WILL BE RECEIVING 195.8 MILLION SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND THIS FISCAL YEAR.

NEXT IN ADDITION, THERE IS JUST OVER $40 MILLION AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES SPENDING IN THIS PLAN IS WEIGHTED MORE HEAVILY TOWARDS FYI 21 AT $138.5 MILLION COMPARED TO THE 97.9 MILLION IN FY 22.

WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, WE LOOKED TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELIEF TO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SPENDING PLAN RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION, COMMITS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IT CONTINUES ECONOMIC SUPPORT EFFORTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATIVES, CHILDCARE, FACILITIES, AND NONPROFITS, AND IT ADDRESSES THE DRASTIC REVENUE LOSS AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, INCLUDING EXPECTED CUTS TO CULTURAL ARTS CONTRACTS BECAUSE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE IS BEING PROVIDED THROUGH SEPARATE GRANTS.

THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK DOES NOT INCLUDE THESE COSTS.

HOWEVER, DIRECTOR, TRUE LEVEL, WE DISCUSSING THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDED AN FYI 22 IS A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $39.2 MILLION, WHICH IS 20% OF THE TOTAL ARP AWARD AMOUNT.

THIS UNALLOCATED AMOUNT CAN BE USED IN THE EVENT THAT UNANTICIPATED NEEDS ARISE.

THE SAME APPROACH WAS USED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, AND IT PROVED TO BE VERY HELPFUL.

IF YOU RECALL, AS THE PANDEMIC LENGTHENED AND COSTS INCREASED BEYOND OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATES, WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE CHANGING NEEDS QUICKLY WITHOUT AN, UH, WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.

IT SHOWS THE RELATIVE FUNDING AMOUNTS BETWEEN EACH CATEGORY ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS RECEIVING NEARLY 50% OF THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS AT $104.6 MILLION.

HUD FUNDED SERVICES ARE $48.3 MILLION AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE IS $44.3 MILLION.

HOWEVER, I WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE FRAMEWORK REPRESENTS THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, ONLY PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE SHOWN AT $44.3 MILLION, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INCLUDE FEMA'S SHARE OF THOSE COSTS.

AND IT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE THE COST TO PROVIDE VACCINATIONS.

THE TOTAL PUBLIC HEALTH COSTS, INCLUDING THE NON-DISCRETIONARY AMOUNTS IS $126.8 MILLION.

THE REMAINING $39 MILLION IS THE AMOUNT BEING SET ASIDE FOR CONTINGENCIES OR FOR FUTURE ALLOCATIONS.

IN ADDITION, TRAVIS COUNTY USED A PORTION OF THEIR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR $7.4 MILLION IN SHARED EXPENSES.

AND NEXT SLIDE, AS I MENTIONED, WE CURRENTLY HAVE $40.6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES ABOVE THE 12% LEVEL.

I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO WALK THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT LED TO THIS SURPLUS.

WHEN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, WE ANTICIPATED HAVING $133.6 MILLION IN RESERVES.

AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS AMOUNT WAS BASED ON AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH REVENUES WE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AND HOW MUCH OUR GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS WOULD SPEND IN FYI 20.

BOTH OF THESE ESTIMATES ENDED UP BEING CONSERVATIVE.

THE LOSS IN SALES TAX REVENUE WHILE SIGNIFICANT WAS LOWER THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED AT THE SAME TIME SAVINGS FROM THE HIRING FREEZE AND EXTENDED CLOSURES RESULTED IN $10 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS BY OFFSETTING PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES.

WE WERE ABLE TO RESERVE 29, $24.9 MILLION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COSTS.

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THE IMPACT TO THE RESERVES AT THAT TIME WAS AN INCREASE OF $50.7 MILLION IN OCTOBER COUNCIL APPROPRIATED FUNDING FROM THE RESERVES FOR RISE 2.0 AND FOOD ACCESS RELIEF.

THE NET NET IMPACT OF THOSE ACTIONS WAS TO LOWER THE RESERVES BY $10 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL RESERVE BALANCE THAT IS ABOVE THE FINANCIAL POLICY THRESHOLD TO $40.6 MILLION EXCITING COUPLE OF DAYS, ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

FIRST, THE CITY STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED A FINAL DETERMINATION FROM FEMA ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF COST FOR THE NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS OR THE COST RECOVERY PERCENTAGE.

UH, THIS ESTIMATE ASSUMES ALL NON CONGREGATE SHELTER COSTS WILL BE REIMBURSED AT 75%.

IF THE CITY RECEIVES AN UNFAVORABLE DECISION, THE RESERVES WILL DROP BY $12 MILLION, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE RESERVE RATIO TO APPROXIMATELY 11%.

ALTERNATIVELY, IF ALL COSTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FULL REIMBURSEMENT RESERVES WILL INCREASE BY $4 MILLION.

SECOND, THE STATUS PROVIDED HERE DOES NOT YET HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A COMPLETED GENERAL FUND ASSESSMENT FOR FYI 21 WORK IS CURRENTLY ONGOING TO DEVELOP REVENUE AND SPENDING ESTIMATES FOR THIS YEAR AND WILL BE PART OF THE FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE NEXT MONTH.

NEXT LINE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

ALSO, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE SINCE WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE COSTS THAT MAKE UP EACH OF THESE LINE ITEMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

UM, HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE COSTS FOR VACCINATIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS FRAMEWORK.

THE VACCINES THEMSELVES WILL BE PROCURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT NO COST TO ENROLL COVID-19 VACCINE PROVIDERS OF WHICH THE CITY HAS ONE.

IN ADDITION, THE WORK AND THE ASSOCIATED COST TO SUPPORT THE DISTRIBUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THESE VACCINES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 100% PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THROUGH FEMA, THE CITY ESTIMATES, IT WILL COST $45.8 MILLION, AND FEMA HAS ALREADY APPROPRIATED $22.8 MILLION OF THAT.

COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE.

THESE FUNDS, THE VACCINATION FUNDS, UM, AT A COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT ON THIS TABLE AND IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, UM, ARE INCLUSIVE OF BOTH FEMA'S SHARE AND THE CITY SHERIFF EXPENSES.

NEXT SLIDE, TOTAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COSTS ARE $7.6 MILLION.

THE BULK OF THIS FUNDING $7.2 MILLION IS FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

THE $1.4 MILLION IN THE PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IS STAFF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRO LODGES.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES WHERE THE FUNDING COULD ACCURATELY BE RECORDED WITHIN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IN THIS CASE, EITHER HERE OR IN SHELTERS IN QUARANTINE FACILITIES, UH, THERE'S ALSO $400,000 FOR THE LEASING AND MAINTENANCE OF HYGIENE STATIONS TESTING.

THE SECOND BIGGEST CATEGORY TOTALS $21.7 MILLION.

IT INCLUDES LAB COSTS, THE RUNNING OF TESTING SITES, TESTS, AND OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLIES ALSO INCLUDED HERE, A COST FOR SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS LICENSES, AND IT CONTRACT LABOR NECESSARY FOR DATA MANAGEMENT, SHELTERS AND QUARANTINE FACILITIES ARE ESTIMATED TO COST $22.2 MILLION THROUGH SEPTEMBER INCLUDED ARE THE CITY'S ISOLATION FACILITIES AT $9.6 MILLION.

THE PROLOGUE IS AT 5.8 MILLION AND ALTERNATE CARE SITE AT $6.8 MILLION.

THIS ESTIMATE REFLECTS A GRADUAL PHASING OUT OF THESE FACILITIES, WHICH WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE WHAT THE CLOSING OF THE ULTIMATE CARE SIGNED.

NEXT SLIDE INCLUDED IN THE $13.9 MILLION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES IS $6 MILLION IN STAFF COSTS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS, AND ANOTHER $2.6 MILLION FOR STAFFING AGENCIES AND OVERTIME PUBLIC INFORMATION SPENDING INCLUDES MEDIA BUYS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, TARGETING FAMILIES WITH INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH, AND OTHER HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS.

THE FINAL $1.5 MILLION IS FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY IS PRIMARILY THE STAFFING COST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

AND FINALLY, TWO ITEMS ARE FUNDED IN FOOD ASSISTANCE, $3.9 MILLION IN AISD CAREGIVERS MEAL, CAREGIVER MEALS PROGRAM, AND $2.5 MILLION FOR THE EAT PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE, JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE ESTIMATE OF FEMURS CONTRIBUTION WAS DERIVED IN COLLABORATION WITH STAFF FROM HAGGERTY CONSULTING BASED ON A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OR ASSESSMENT OF EACH TYPE OF

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EXPENDITURE.

HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY FEMA UPON REVIEW OF EXPENDITURE REPORTS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING A SHARED COSTUMER LOCAL.

UH, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CITY, THE CITY'S EXPENSES COULD BE OFFSET BY COUNTY PARTICIPATION.

HOWEVER, CURRENTLY THERE IS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE AN ESTIMATE.

AND AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO VERONICA.

THANK YOU, DIANE COUNSEL.

I WILL TAKE THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDED SPENDING PLAN FOR THE 104.6 MILLION TOWARDS ECONOMIC RECOVERY RESOURCES.

YOU WILL SEE AS I PREVENT THE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AND HIGHLIGHTED HOW WE COULD PRIORITIZE THOSE RESOURCES IN THAT, IN THAT, WITH THAT GUIDING, UH, DOCUMENT.

SO BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH CARES AND GENERAL RESERVES THAT WE HADN'T DURING OUR PANDEMIC.

WE'VE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 115 MILLION AND SERVED OVER 204, 580,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND 1,640 BUSINESSES THERE'S CONTINUED NEED IN 2021.

AND WE'RE QUITE AWARE OF THIS.

THERE ARE 82,990 INDIVIDUALS, STILL AN EMPLOYEE.

THERE HAVE BEEN 28,200 JOBS LOST IN THE LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR.

IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT A 35% DECREASE IN BUSINESS, OPEN RATES SINCE AUGUST, 2020.

AND FINALLY, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT A 65% TO 75% DECREASE IN OPEN RATE WITHIN LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR IN PARTICULAR SINCE AUGUST, 2020.

SO W THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN CAN FUND THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK.

THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE IS IN REGARDS TO INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT $20 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE.

THE SPREAD IS WITHIN ONE OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ASKS US TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS AND EMPLOYEES.

IT CAN BE IN THE FORMS OF PROGRAMS LIKE RISE 3.0, UH, IT COULD ALSO LOOK TO HAVING, UH, WAYS TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED, AND THE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR RENT AND UTILITIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MEET, TO MEET THE NEEDS AS A RESULT OF COVID 19 NEXT SLIDE.

THE SECOND COMPONENT IS 34.9 MILLION THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TOWARDS BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS DEFINITELY AN, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS LISTED IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION WE JUST GAVE.

IT COULD GO TOWARDS THINGS SUCH AS, UM, IT'S SUPPORTING RESEARCH TO REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION AT LARGE EVENTS.

THAT COULD BE AT THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE COULD CONTINUE PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND ONE-ON-ONE COACHING TO HELP BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND CREATIVES ADAPT THEIR BUSINESS MODELS.

THIS IS DIRECT EMPLOYEE AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

THIS COULD BE DONE AT A, AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF BUSINESS COOPERATIVES.

AS DAVID HAD MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AND ABOUT 400,000 IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS, OF THIS FRAMEWORK COULD INCENTIVIZE A DEPUTATIONS TO PRODUCE INNOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMERCIAL SITES, WHICH BENEFIT EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS.

THIS COULD BE DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, UH, AND ABOUT $3 MILLION COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFITS THROUGH FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

SO THIS COULD BE LOOKING AT A RECOVERY LEASE TAX ABATEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM RESTAURANT, AND FORMER LEAF GRANT PROGRAM, AND THE SMALL BUSINESS OR LEAF GRANT 2.0 FOR A TOTAL OF $27 MILLION.

NEXT SLIDE, AND THE CONTINUATION OF RELIEF THAT WE COULD PROVIDE DIRECTLY TO BUSINESSES.

WE COULD ALLOCATE SOME FUNDS TO TEMPORARILY REDUCE OR WAIVE CERTAIN CITY PERMITS OR FEES.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO REOPEN SAFELY.

WE WOULD RECOMMEND ABOUT $2 MILLION TOWARDS THAT.

WE CAN EXPEDITE TEMPORARY REZONING TO ACTIVATE OR UTILIZE A SPACE, UH, THAT WE ESTIMATE TO BE ABOUT $200,000.

WE COULD PROVIDE FLEXIBLE TIMING RESTRICTIONS FOR MARATHONS AND OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS.

AND THIS COULD BE ABOUT $200,000.

$4.5 MILLION DOLLARS ADVOCATED TOWARDS THIS.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND ALLOCATING SOME FUNDS TOWARD CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE.

AS WE ALL SAW IN THIS, IN THIS YEAR, THE PANDEMIC REALLY UNEARTHED THE NEED FOR QUALITY CHILDCARE AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

WE RECOMMEND

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AND THIS COULD BE RIGHT AT PROVIDED TO OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS FOR RELIEF.

NEXT SLIDE, CREATIVE ASSISTANCE.

THE NEXT CATEGORY IS $7.6 MILLION TOWARDS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE.

THESE ARE A SERIES OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY WE HEARD FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD LEVERAGE A SUPPORT AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT COULD BE FOR THINGS SUCH AS $500,000 TOWARDS FACILITATING THE CREATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR UNBANKED INDIVIDUALS, CREATIVE BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS.

WE RECOMMEND ALLOCATING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS LAUNCH TOWARDS LAUNCHING AND AUSTIN COMMUNITY CHALLENGE THAT ENGAGES RESIDENTS, CREATIVE EMPLOYEES, AND EMPLOYERS, AND A PROCESS OF CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR LOCAL PROBLEMS. WE WOULD RECOMMEND USING OUR SMALL BUSINESS CHALLENGE STUDIOS AS A MODEL, WE COULD CREATE AN AUSTIN TOOL LENDING LIBRARY THAT WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS TUTORIALS AND BORROW EQUIPMENT AT LITTLE OR NO COST.

UH, WE ALREADY HAVE EQUIPMENT THROUGH OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.

WE LEVERAGE IN THIS, IN THIS REGARD, BUT WE'D RECOMMEND BUILD BRINGING ON A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE TO COORDINATE THIS PROGRAM.

WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE HOUSEHOLDS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.

THIS WOULD BE ALLOCATED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

THIS WOULD BE THROUGH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT COULD BE THROUGH INTERNET ACCESS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, TABLETS, DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING IN VIRTUAL TECH SUPPORT.

THIS COULD BE, UH, THIS COULD BE AT, AT, UH, ABOUT SIX, $8.8 MILLION.

I WOULD ADD TO THIS.

THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE REALLY SAW THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WAS AN AREA OF GREAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CLOSE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT $10.1 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS PROVIDING RELIEF TOWARDS OUR CREATIVE INDUSTRY.

WE COULD ASSIST LOCAL CREATIVES WITH, WITH SCREENING CONTENT, UM, STREAMING CONTENT, SORRY, FROM LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, WE RECOMMEND 500,000 BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THIS.

WE COULD DEVELOP A LOCAL ARTISTS INDUSTRY REGISTRY TO FOSTER MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR AUSTIN'S CREATIVES.

THAT WOULD COST ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, CONTINUED DEDICATED RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUNDING THROUGH THE LIVE FOR LIVE MUSIC VENUES.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE EXPANSION OF AWARDS FOR THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND AT $3 MILLION.

WE RECOMMEND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THIS COULD BE DONE FOR OUR CREATIVE SECTOR THROUGH OUR CREATIVE WORKER RELIEF GRANT 2.0 FOR THE AMOUNT OF $6.5 MILLION.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND PROVIDING EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE AT AMOUNT OF 8.5 MILLION.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE SAW A GREAT NEED, ESPECIALLY IN THE INDUSTRIES MOST IMPACTED BY OUR, BY THE PANDEMIC.

SO WE RECOMMEND GRANTS FOR A RESTAURANT AND FOOD SERVICE WORKERS AT THE AMOUNT OF $5.5 MILLION, AND THEN ALSO WORKING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED MELTS MENTAL WELLNESS RESOURCES FOR AUSTINITES.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TOWARDS OVERALL HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS.

AND WE RECOMMEND THAT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE CONTINUATION OF NON-PROFIT ASSISTANCE.

WE ADMINISTERED A NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT THIS YEAR, AS COUNSEL'S AWARE, AND WE RECOMMEND, UM, HAVING A NEXT ROUND OF THEM AND NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT 2.0 AT THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION.

CULTURAL ARTS WOULD RECEIVE $7.8 MILLION.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND, UH, WE RECOMMEND ALLOCATING SOME RESOURCES TOWARDS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $11 MILLION.

THIS WOULD BE A SERIES OF OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING COLLABORATING WITH, UH, PARTNERS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO PREPARE AUSTINITES FOR JOBS IN THEIR CURRENT AND NEW INDUSTRIES AND THE AMOUNT OF FOUR, $4 MILLION.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND CONSIDERING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTING TO WORK LOCALLY IN THEIR TRAINED FIELD OR SECTOR.

WE RECOMMEND THIS AT THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.

WE RECOMMEND LEVERAGING PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO OFFER SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC SECURITY TO AUSTIN HEIGHTS AND THE AMOUNT OF $1.5 MILLION.

AND WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE CONTINUATION, OUR EXPANSION OF OUR AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AND THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION NEXT LIKE, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY PORTION.

I WILL TURN IT BACK TO DIANE TO TALK ABOUT OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY

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TAX ITEMS. THANK YOU.

UH, SIGNIFICANT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CARES ACT AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IS THAT ARP FUNDS MAY BE USED TO OFFSET REVENUE LOSS IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROVIDE NORMAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT SOURCES OF REVENUE DURING THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX RECEIPTS, AND FYI 20, WE COLLECTED $42.5 MILLION LOWER THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR FYI 21.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE NOW ESTIMATING COLLECTIONS AT $41.9 MILLION BASED ON, ON YEAR TO DATE COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS 50% OF THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.

SO TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, HOT COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE THIRD OF THE PRE PANDEMIC BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.

THEY INCURRED $76 MILLION IN REVENUE LOSSES, WHICH INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE HOT REVENUE, BUT ALSO FACILITY RENTAL, CONTRACT REVENUE, AND PARKING.

THEY DID IMPLEMENT SIGNIFICANT COST CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THE MASSIVE LOSS OF REVENUE BY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE SCALING BACK OF THE, UH, SCALING BACK THE USE OF TEMPORARIES OVERTIME FOR PERMANENT STAFF AND GOODS AND SERVICES NECESSARY FOR RUNNING EVENTS.

THEY ALSO ELIMINATED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER OPERATING FUND TO THE CAPITAL FUND.

AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN MANAGING THE REVENUE LOSS FOR APPLE BY 20 VIA THESE MEASURES.

HOWEVER, THE DEEPENING REVENUE LOSS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A $31.2 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT OVER THIS YEAR.

AND NEXT, UH, REPLACING MOST OF THIS REVENUE WITH FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOWS THE CONVENTION CENTER TO AVOID FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING AND PROGRAM CUTS.

IT ALSO ENSURES THAT THEY CAN MEET DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, MAINTAIN EXISTING OPERATIONS, AND START FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SECTORS, AND ULTIMATELY BE READY TO EMERGE FROM THOSE PANDEMIC SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT THE USE OF RESERVES.

NEXT SLIDE, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING, UH, $28.3 MILLION IN FUNDING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, THERE IS $20 MILLION FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND LIVE MUSIC FUND, WHICH WOULD FULLY OFFSET THE REVENUE LOSS IN THESE FUNDS.

THIS ALLOWS US TO FULLY FUND THIS YEAR'S CONTRACTS AND EXTEND THE MORE THAN 700 CONTRACTS ONE MORE YEAR, BUT 10 MILLION ALLOCATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND WOULD ALLOW FOR ONE MORE YEAR OF HERITAGE CONTRACTS AND ALSO ENABLES US TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE PLANNED CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THE FUNDING FOR THE LIVE MUSIC, THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT AUSTIN'S VENUES, COMMERCIAL MUSIC, BUSINESSES, AND MUSICIANS.

THE LAST TOPIC I WANT TO COVER, UM, BEFORE TURNING THIS OVER TO DIRECTOR TRUELOVE ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROCESS, STAFF IS PLANNING ON BRINGING FORWARD A BUDGET AMENDMENT ON APRIL 8TH TO APPROPRIATE THE $40.6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESERVES AND TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE THE FIRST HALF OF THE ARP FUNDS, IT WAS ENVISIONED THAT A STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE USED AS A BASIS FOR COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS AT THAT MEETING.

HOWEVER, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PLAN MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED PENDING ON, UH, COUNCIL'S DECISION THURSDAY ON THE RESILIENT ATX RESOLUTION.

AND NOW IF I TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR THANK YOU, DIANE, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY, GOOD.

UM, SO I WANT TO COVER A FEW ASPECTS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

UH, THE FIRST IS APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION.

THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUR WAY, UH, FOR CONTINUATION OF OUR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WE REFER TO AS RENT.

WE THINK THAT BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS FUND SO FAR, THE, UM, RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO BE ARE, ARE GOING TO ALIGN CLOSELY WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS PART OF THE, OF RENT 3.0, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW LAUNCHED, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON WITHOUT MUCH INTERRUPTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD THERE.

ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE DOLLARS.

THEY'RE ALSO RECEIVING, UH, THROUGH THE HOME FORMULA GRANT, UH, APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION THAT CAN BE USED, UH, DIRECTLY TO, TO PROVIDE SERVICES.

AND, UH, AND, AND FOR HOMELESSNESS, UM, THIS CAN BE USED FOR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL RENTAL HOUSING PURSUANT TO THE HOME PROGRAM, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, HOUSING COUNSELING, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES, AND POTENTIALLY THE ACQUISITION OF NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS THAT CAN BE CONVERTED TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, WHICH CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH OUR MOTEL ACQUISITION STRATEGY.

SO WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE

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THIS PIECE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN OR REQUIRE AN ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT.

SO YOU WILL SEE MORE ITEMS FROM COUNCIL THAT WILL COME YOUR WAY, UH, BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE USE OF THESE DOLLARS, BUT WE DON'T, EXCUSE ME, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY, UH, FEDERAL GUIDANCE YET ON HOW THIS PROCESS NEEDS TO WORK YET.

SO WE'RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT, BUT WE WILL PRIORITIZE IT ONCE WE GET THE GUIDANCE IN FROM HUD.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO IS, UM, A HOME OWNER ASSISTANCE FUND THAT IS COMING OUR WAY.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YET.

THIS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE STATE AND WILL BE DEPLOYED OUT THROUGH, UH, TDH CA.

AND SO THAT MAY BE MONEY THAT, UH, THAT THEY ASK US TO APPLY FOR.

AND WE DEPLOY THROUGH A PROGRAM AT THE, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND IT COULD BE A PROGRAM THAT THEY DEPLOY AT THE STATE LEVEL.

UM, BUT IT, IT IS SIMILAR TO OUR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BUT FOR HOMEOWNERS, SO CAN BE USED FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, UM, IN RELATED ASPECTS THERE.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE A HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND BE, UH, BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE, THE, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND LASTLY, THERE IS AN ALLOCATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF $5 BILLION FOR EMERGENCY AND CRIMINAL SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS TO HELP TRANSITION HOMELESS PEOPLE OR PEOPLE AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESSNESS OF HOMELESS, UH, TO STABLE HOUSING.

UM, THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WILL CARRY THROUGH TILL FISCAL YEAR 30.

THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED TO HAKA THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND HOTSY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR TRAVIS COUNTY.

WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY VOUCHERS THAT THAT WILL AMOUNT TO, OR ANY DETAILS YET WE'RE HOPING TO FIND OUT IN APRIL OR MAY.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THAT.

UH, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE ANY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING, UH, THE DIRECTION OF, OF AUSTIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I THINK WE'RE TURNING IT NOW BACK TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ANY DISCUSSION, UH, AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PRESENTERS HERE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

I WOULD ADD AN ADDITION TO OUR PRESENTERS.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR COWORKERS THAT CAN ASK OUR COLLEAGUES THAT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON ITEMS WE PRESENTED THAT WERE, THAT MIGHT BE IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS.

THANKS AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF WORK FROM STAFF WENT INTO ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY, UH, AS WE MAKE THE CONSIDERATIONS GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW WE BOTH LOOK AT THE FRAMEWORK AND, AND DECISIONS AROUND FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT WHAT THAT ALTERNATIVE BACK TO YOU, MAYOR FOR, UH, OPENING UP FOR QUESTIONS.

AND THEY WERE TAKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN I BEGIN BY SAYING AGAIN, BOTH THIS AND THE LAST RESOLUTION, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, OF WORK BEING EXHIBITED AND, AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND, AND, UM, UP UNTIL JUST SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, UM, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THAT, UH, AS, AS AN APPROACH.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, THAT YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TAKING A LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL HAD IDENTIFIED, UH, IN THE WAY THAT WE SPENT THE MONIES THAT CAME TO US LAST YEAR ASSOCIATED WITH COVID MONDAYS NOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE, BUT I THINK HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND YOU'VE IDENTIFIED JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NEEDS THAT EXIST IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NOT A SINGLE RECOMMENDATION OF SPENDING THAT, THAT THAT IS NOT LEGITIMATE AND NEEDED AND, AND VALID AND IMPORTANT.

UM, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, TO, TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND, AND MORE OF THOSE THINGS, UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, LAY OUT, UM, UM, AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, THE RESOLUTION ON THURSDAY ONE 11, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE CO-SPONSORSHIP OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH TOBO AND ALTER AND CASAR AND FUENTES AND KITCHEN, UH, JOINING IN ON THEIR BULLETS AND BORE.

UH, AND, UM, WHAT IT BASICALLY SUGGESTS IS, IS THAT, THAT WE PAUSE JUST FOR A SECOND TO, TO EXAMINE, OR IT COULD BE ALTERNATE APPROACH TO, UH, COVID RELATED DOLLARS THAT ARE COMING TO US.

AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT, THAT THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UH, IN THE U S CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.

WHEN I STARTED HEARING ABOUT MAYORS THAT WERE STEPPING FORWARD, EITHER BY THEMSELVES, REGIONALLY IN AREAS WHERE THE CITY OF THE COUNTY ARE, ARE, ARE THE SAME, BUT ALSO SOME PLACES WHERE CITIES SEEM TO BE JOINING WITH COUNTIES

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THEY WERE, THEY WERE IDENTIFYING WHAT WAS THE LARGEST PRIORITY, UM, OR A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PRIORITIES THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS TOP OF MIND, FOR MOST, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN ABLE TO MOVE OFF OF THE FRONT BURNER, UH, IN PART, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO EVER MASS, UH, RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO REALLY DO THAT.

UH, I WAS LISTENING TO THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO, TALK ABOUT, UH, GROWING ALLIES TO DEAL WITH CRIME AND WITH, UH, GUN POSSESSION.

UH, AND, AND THE QUESTION THEY WERE ASKING THEMSELVES WAS IF WE REALLY WANTED TO JUST TAKE THAT OFF OUR, OUR CHALLENGE LIST, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO DO THAT? AND DOES THIS MOMENT GIVE US THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, OTHER CITIES LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO.

AND THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A LONG TIME THINGS THAT WHEN THEY PULL THEIR COMMUNITIES ALWAYS SEEM TO APPEAR AS THE TOP ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT THEIR COMMUNITIES IDENTIFY AS DO SOMETHING ABOUT, ABOUT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, THERE ARE JUST SEVERAL OF THOSE, THE ONE THAT, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS NUMBER ONE IS, IS HOMELESSNESS.

UH, UP THERE IS CHILDCARE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT JOBS, FOOD INSECURITY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED, AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUT THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO AFFECT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, TO END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE, TO MOVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN, IN CAMPSITES AND INTENSE ON OUR STREETS, UH, OUT OF CAMPSITES AND OFF THE STREETS AND, AND INTO, UH, UH, PERMANENT, PERMANENTLY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, OR ON A VERY REAL PATH TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

UM, WHAT, WHAT IF WE DID THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT ACTUALLY A POSSIBILITY, COULD WE, COULD WE DO THAT, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING TO US 195 MILLION, UH, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE RESOLUTION ONE 11 ON PAGES TWO AND THREE, AND GOING TO FOUR, A LIST OF LOTS OF OTHER FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT I THINK MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE LISTED BY STAFF.

AND IN THE ALLOCATION PROGRAMS, UH, WHAT IF WE JUST REALLY TOOK OVER FOCUS AREA ON THOSE AND WENT OUT AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT A LION'S SHARE OF THOSE THINGS I NOTICED SAVE OUR, UM, UH, UH, OUR STAGES, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, IS TAKING INITIATIVE APPLICATIONS IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.

I, AND MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, UH, $16 BILLION FOR SAVE OUR STAGES, UH, $12 FOR, OR RESTAURANTS, MAYBE LIKE WE, LIKE WE DID IN THE PAST WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND HELPING PEOPLE COME BACK WITH, WITH A BIGGER REFUND CHECKS INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE SPENT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY THAT WAS A VALID RECIPIENT FOR SAFETY STAGE MONEY, UH, WAS THERE ON THAT ON THE DAY? YEAH.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS OPENED OUR COMMUNITY JUST HIT SEND, UH, WHAT IF WE COULD BRING HOME? CAUSE AGAIN, IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ON RESTAURANTS ALL THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE'RE JUST PREPARED AND READY TO HIT SEND, UH, THE MOMENT THOSE PROCESSES OPEN.

WHAT IF WE JOINED WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY GOT $195 MILLION COMPARED TO ESTIMATE COMPARED TO OUR MAIN $245 MILLION COMPARED TO OUR 195 OR 197, OUR LAST GO AROUND TRAVIS COUNTY, COULDN'T TAKE THEIR MONEY AND INVESTED IN THE CITY BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED AS A COUNTY TO INVEST MONEY IN AN INCORPORATED AREA.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE THIS TIME.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY TRAVIS COUNTY GOT SUCH A, A LARGE, UH, ALLOCATION IS BASED ON THE POPULATION IN THE CITY.

SUPPORT, UH, BEHAVIOR, UH, SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE, UH, USE CHALLENGES, HUGE PRIORITY FOR THEM TO WHETHER IF WE COMBINE WITH EACH OTHER.

I WAS MENTIONING TO THE JUDGE THAT I, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND 1,000,003 IN THE COUNTY THAT DOES THAT AT 10 13.

SO WHAT WAS GOING TO THE COUNTY, MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CITY OR A PROJECT THAT WE, THAT WE COULD AGREE ON WAS, WAS, WAS REAL IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW THAT, UH, TO SOME OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH, UH,

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YEAH, SURE.

CAN WE, WEREN'T TRYING TO ALLOCATE 195, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO ALLOCATE, UM, UH, $400 MILLION.

COULD WE IN FACT TAKE EVERYBODY WHO IS INTENSE, UH, OFF OUR STREETS IN SO MANY YEARS, YEARS? UM, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T, SO THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T DIRECT THAT IT JUST SAYS, HEY, BEFORE WE START SPENDING, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO REALLY JOIN WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS, MAYBE, OR JUST TRAVIS COUNTY, BECAUSE WE OVERLAP SO MUCH AND WE PICKED ONE OR TWO OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE COULD PICK AND TRULY MAKE A GENERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, NOT JUST DEALING WITH, WITH RELIEF.

WHEN WE GOT THE ORIGINAL COVID DOLLARS, WE WERE PUTTING TOURNIQUET OVER OPEN WOUNDS, UH, IN OUR CITY.

BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW MAYBE TO, TO, TO ACTUALLY COME OUT OF THIS VIRUS IN A, IN A MORE RESILIENT, IN A WAY THAT JUST DOESN'T PROVIDE RELIEF AND RECOVERY, BUT PROVIDES FOR HER FOR TRUE, UH, TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE COULDN'T DO THAT IN ALL OF THE AREAS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IDIOT.

UH, BUT, BUT WE, MAYBE WE COULD DO IT IN SOME.

AND IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T SPEND ANY MONEY ON ANYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, CLEARLY THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT RISE TO SUCH A LEVEL OF EMERGENCY THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE TO PUT DOLLARS AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE STILL DO TESTING AND STILL HAVE THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND STILL HAVE THE FACILITIES TO, TO ISOLATE PEOPLE, PROTECT PEOPLE.

I MEAN, WHATEVER WE, WHAT WE NEED AND ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH, WE STILL NEED TO DO.

AND, AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS TOO, WHERE THERE'S LIKE AN EMERGENCY, BUT WHAT IF WE PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND AND ENGAGED WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, COULD WE IN FACT TAKE OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE OR TWO OR THREE, AND REALLY, REALLY MOVE THE BAR SO THAT IN FIVE YEARS, IN 10 YEARS AND 15 YEARS IN 20 YEARS, PEOPLE LOOK BACK AT THIS MOMENT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT VIRUS WAS HORRIBLE.

ITS HEALTH IMPACT WAS HORRIBLE.

ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS HORRIBLE, BUT THAT WAS ALSO THE MOMENT IN TIME WHEN WE COULD TAKE ONE OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND JUST FIX IT.

SO THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T DIRECT THAT, AND IT DOESN'T PICK THAT.

BUT WHAT IT SAYS TO OUR STAFF IS BEFORE WE START ALLOCATING DOLLARS, LET'S SEE WHAT THAT SCENARIO LOOKS LIKE.

MAYBE DIANA WORKING WITH THE SUMMIT COMES OUT WITH A PLAN THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS OR A WAY TO SCALE HEAL UP TO ALL OF THE ENCAMPMENTS IN THE CITY.

AND MAYBE IT'S A 200 MILLION OR A 250 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WILL BE, BUT WHAT IF WE, BUT HUGE COMPONENT OF OUR DOLLARS TOWARD THAT.

AND THEN WE GO TO THE ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION AND SETON FOUNDATION AND THE OTHER BIG DONORS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SAY, GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO PUT A REAL SIGNIFICANT PSALM AGAINST THIS CHALLENGE.

WILL YOU MEET US ON A SIMILAR SCALE? THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY'S CHALLENGE TO TAKE OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE THIS CHALLENGE AND FIX IT OR RESOLVE IT OR PROVIDE FOR IT IN WAYS THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO BEFORE AND MAY NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO, AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT, WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

THE IDEAS AND ADDING TO THEM, UM, FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, UH, PEEL, I, YOU ASKED ME AND I TOLD YOU, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

UH, AND, AND MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WE, WE GET OUR STAFF AND THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENT.

I RECOGNIZE MANAGER THAN, THAN ANYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED TO HAVE TO DO.

THE WORK THAT STAFF DID WAS VERY, IT WAS PERFECTLY IN LINE KEEPING WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS GIVEN AS EVIDENCED BY THE WORK WE DID ON THE PREVIOUS SUNDAY.

UH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WORK, UH, AND, AND A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS, EVEN IF WE DID ONE 11 MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED BY SOME OF THESE OTHER VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT EXIST DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT ONE 11 IS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT.

THERE'S TRYING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT KIND OF A MORE STRATEGIC, A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM FOCUS ON THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE, THE SPONSORS AND, AND TWEAKING

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I JUST DON'T KNOW.

I WANT TO BE PART OF THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO IN VIOLATION OF ANY KIND OF QUORUM FOR WEEKS.

SO, BUT I, I REALLY SUPPORT THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RISE MONEY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, IF THERE'S ANY RESTRICTION TO IT, LIKE THE CARE ACT, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT IS THEN WE WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO ALSO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON, ON SOME, UH, WITH A RISE MONEY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF GENTRIFICATION GOING ON IN AUSTIN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING UP HERE TO THE INCORPORATED AREA.

WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK OUT BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE WORKFORCE HERE THAT COMES INTO OUR CITY AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY, THEY CHECKED HER AT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF AND ADDRESS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AGAINST MY KITCHEN, ERIC.

THANKS FOR LAYING THAT OUT.

AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE SAME POINT BECAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SORT OF IMMEDIATE DISASTER WORK WE DID TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY ALONGSIDE YOUR TEAM DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, TRUE LOVE, UH, IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN MARCH, APRIL, MAY OF LAST YEAR.

UH, AND WE'RE STILL NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET, BUT WE, UH, I THINK OUR IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LONG-TERM PLAN IS FOR THESE DOLLARS.

AND SO I REALLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'VE SAID IN MAYOR AROUND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALLOCATE MORE OF THIS FUNDING TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, NOT JUST THE FUNDING THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR HOMELESSNESS, NOT JUST CITY DOLLARS, BUT ALSO BRINGING FORWARD THE, UM, COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY TO REALLY, UM, REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN A, IN A MUCH BIGGER WAY THAN WE EVER COULD HAVE BEFORE.

SO I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE POINTS IN THE RESOLUTION WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE DELIVER ALSO CREATES WELL, IT'S SORT OF LONGTERM TERM TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAT WE NEED.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FOR SO LONG HOW OUR COUNTY JAIL IS THE BIGGEST PROVIDER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN OUR COUNTY.

IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.

AND THIS CREATES A REAL OPPORTUNITY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY TO NOT HAVE THE GLBA MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY FOR THE, NOT HAVE THE GLB HOUSING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE BETTER HOUSING AND BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND THEN A JAIL.

UM, WHEN WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IN CHILDCARE, OF COURSE IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO SAVE CHILDCARE CENTERS, BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE OUR CHILDCARE INVESTMENTS IN A WAY THAT WE INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF CHILDCARE.

LONG-TERM ESSENTIALLY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GO BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE BEFORE THIS, BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS WERE BEFORE THIS, WE ALL KNOW THERE STILL WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH ACCESSIBILITY OR AFFORDABILITY OR QUALITY OF CHILDCARE FOR EVERYONE.

I THINK THE SAME WAY ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THIS SICK A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA, THEN I THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK FOR A LOT MORE IN TERMS OF GOOD JOBS WITH GOOD WAGES AND BENEFITS FROM EMPLOYERS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY BENEFITING FROM THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS THAT WE MIGHT MAKE AT A GREATER SCALE THAN EVER BEFORE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A BENEFIT TO WORKERS.

IT REALLY ALSO IS A BENEFIT TO THOSE BUSINESSES FOR US TO STEP IN AND FUND THAT MUCH MORE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THE SAME THING ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'VE LISTED HERE, DIRECTOR OF AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS IS WHAT'S IN YOUR PLANNING, BUT JUST TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLE AND LESS INTERESTED IN JUST HOW IT IS, WE GET PEOPLE HOTSPOTS AND MORE, AND HOW WE ADDRESS LONGER TERM ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND.

SO THAT AGAIN, THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE MAKE LONGTERM CHANGE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST EVICTION MORATORIUMS, HOW IS IT THAT WE CREATE LONGTERM STABILITY FOR TENANTS AND REDUCE HOUSING INSECURITY LONG-TERM HERE.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN THIS RESOLUTION.

I THINK THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AND THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY EXISTS IF WE PAUSE, WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND TRY TO FOCUS OUR INVESTMENTS, UH, IN A WAY THAT MAKES SORT OF TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

TO, TO STOP AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OPPORTUNITY WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SOME TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

UM, I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO SUPPORT, UM, AS A, AS A CO-SPONSOR OF ONE 11, I, I REALLY THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY, UM,

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SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS MAYOR.

UH, I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT, UM, THAT EFFORT WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT THE EFFORT THAT OUR STAFF HAS PUT INTO THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK THAT THE PRESENTED, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF, OF, UH, WORKING WITH, SEE THE COUNTY TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GET SYNERGIES AND WHERE WE CAN DO, UM, MORE, WHERE WE CAN MAKE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES AS YOU HAVE SUGGESTED.

I DO CONSIDER, UH, ARE, UH, UH, ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

WE HAVE SAID THAT IT IS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE JUST, UH, ALTHOUGH WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT BEHIND IT, UH, THERE'S MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND IT HAS, IT'S NOT REALLY BEEN OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE ALLOCATE DOLLARS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE, WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, TO SEE IF THIS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD FINALLY FINALLY DO THAT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.

WE ALSO LOOK, UM, ANY SYNERGIES WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN TRAVIS COUNTY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY BANDWIDTH TO JOIN WITH US, BUT WE SHOULD AT LEAST, UM, EXTEND THAT CONVERSATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS WITH, UH, PFLUGERVILLE WESTLAKE, UM, UM, UM, OTHER, UH, ENTITIES, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE ISSUE WITH REGARD TO HOMELESSNESS.

I APPRECIATE ALSO MAYOR THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE OTHER OTHER NEEDS THE, THAT WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

PERHAPS WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT.

I JUST WANT TO, TO PICK ONE OF 'EM AND THAT IS THE, UH, THE NEEDS THAT OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY HAS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS IN THE HOTCAKES DOLLARS, IF WE COULD AT LEAST MAKE THEM WHOLE, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER, BUT, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, SO I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT ONE 11.

I THINK IT'S THE KIND OF, UH, TRANSFORMATIVE THINKING THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW.

AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD AND THANKS FOR JOINING YOU ON AS A SPONSOR.

AND JUST REMEMBER AT THREE, THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH, UH, ANNOUNCING YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP AT A MEETING LIKE THIS.

UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOLED AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOA.

OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR USES THAT OTHER THAN THE ONE 95 WE GOT, THAT I THINK WOULD PROVIDE POTENTIALLY SOME RELIEF TO SOME OF THOSE INDUSTRIES AND PLAYERS.

YEAH, I, UH, WHEN I WAS READING ON 11, I WANTED TO, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE FOLKS WHO HAD LOST IN A REALLY BIG WAY AND WHO HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, A MAIN FOCUS FOR OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OVER THE LAST YEAR, PLUS OUR WORK CREATIVES AND THE CULTURAL FUNDS THAT WERE CUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COMING IN THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SO I WANTED TO GET SOME SENSE OF SUPPORT FOR, AND COMMITMENT TO TRYING TO REPLACE THOSE FUNDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO HAD PLANNED, BECAUSE I THINK THEIR FUNDING IS ON A TWO YEAR ROLLING BASIS THAT THEY WERE CERTAINLY COUNTING ON THAT INCOME.

AND SO, UM, MAYBE DIRECTOR OR MAYOR ADLER, UM, ONE OR BOTH OF YOU, CAN YOU OFFER UP ANY SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO HELPING OUR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING RECIPIENTS WHERE I SAID I WOULD LOVE TO HELP THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING? UM, I THINK THE KIND OF A THRESHOLD QUESTION FOR ME THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF IS, UH, IF WE WERE TO MAKE A REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN HOMELESSNESS, WHAT WOULD THAT BE IF WE WERE TO MAKE ONE IN CHILDCARE? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WOULD WE HOPE THAT STAFF COULD COME BACK FOR THAT? UH, BUT I RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IN, IN JOB CREATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD INSECURITY.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE A TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT OF THE KIND THAT IN FIVE, 10, 15 YEARS, PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY, THANK GOD THAT INVESTMENT WAS MADE BY THEM BACK THEN, BECAUSE LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW AS A RESULT OF THAT.

BUT I WOULD, I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING AND HAS PUT IN A PROVISION IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, THAT ALL THAT WORK ALSO COMES FORWARD TO, UH, AS WE'RE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW FAR WE CAN SPREAD DOLLARS AND STILL MAKE TRANSFORMATIVE AND GENERATIONAL CHANGE.

AND PART OF THAT COUNSELOR, PAUL, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE THIS TRAVIS SOUNDING WANT TO JOIN WITH US.

AND TO WHAT DEGREE DO THEY WANT TO, AND WHAT ARE THE KIND OF THE JOINT PRIORITIES WE CAN AGREE WITH WITH THEM.

UM, BUT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HIT REAL HARD.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S MONEY BUILT INTO SOME OF THESE

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AND I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A CITY OR FIGURING OUT HOW HELP THOSE ENTITIES LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS, BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR WE BRING IN THAT WAY AS A DOLLAR THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR ONE 95 AND THE COUNTY'S TWO 45.

SO, SO THE MAIN THING I WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT IS THAT THESE ARE CONTRACTS THAT THE ARTISTS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED.

AND WE HAVE WORKED OVER TIME WITH OUR STAFF TO BACKFILL AND REPLACE FUNDING, UM, FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR FOLKS WHO DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T GET KICKED OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT.

THAT WAS HUGE HELPING REPLACE THEIR INCOME, HELPING THEM KEEP JOBS, GET TRAINING FOR NEW JOBS.

BUT THIS ONE LITTLE SECTOR THAT I WOULD ARGUE BRINGS THE VIBRANCY AND, AND THE CACHE TO OUR CITY THAT MAKES THIS A REAL VISITABLE CITY IS JUST BEING, I'M SURE, I'M SURE IT'S NOT BEING JUST SLEDDED ON BY, BUT WHILE WE ARE GIVING LISTS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SECTORS THAT WE WANT TO HELP, I'M NOT HEARING AS MUCH FROM OUR LOCAL HOMEGROWN, UH, CULTURAL PARTS FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN RELYING ON THEIR CULTURAL FUNDING THROUGH THE CONTRACT PROGRAM, THROUGH EDD FOR LITERALLY DECADES.

AND SO JUST ANOTHER PITCH FOR THEM, BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, THEY'RE BIG AND SMALL.

THEY'RE THE BALLET OR THE OPERA.

UM, THEY'RE ALSO THE MARIACHI BANDS AND, UH, THE YOGA STUDIOS AND THE DANCE TROUPES.

SO, UM, THAT'S AUSTIN.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESERVE A SPACE FOR THEM IN OUR PLANNING, IN OUR VETERANS AND IN OUR PROGRAMMING AND ALLOCATIONS FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS.

AND I HEAR YOU, THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT TAKES ANYTHING OFF THE TABLE.

AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A SWEET SPOT IN MY HEART FOR THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF FUNDING AS WELL.

I THINK THAT IS FOR EVERYBODY.

SO I JUST WANTED US ALL TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND THEN MAKE THAT REAL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING KINDA NEGLECTED AND OVERLOOKED AND THAT IT'S NOT REAL.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

OH, I'M SORRY.

IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD THAT WAS NEXT.

ON MY REALLY INITIAL INFORMATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS SEPARATE MONEY COMING, COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR BROADBAND, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE OUR STAFF HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT IF THAT'S TRUE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO UTILIZE THAT KIND OF FUNDING, UM, TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE RATHER THAN OF OUR PORTION TO DO SO.

THAT'S OKAY.

I HAVE, UM, A LARGE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND HAD REALLY HOPED WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIG IN AND, AND TALK ABOUT THIS ON SOME OTHER ISSUES AS THEY RELATE TO THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN, UM, IN OUR SESSION SO LONG, I'M AFRAID WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME REALLY TO KIND OF HAVE THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MAKE SPACE FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING, THIS HUGE, I, IT REALLY REQUIRES A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONG US AND WE CAN'T ALL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF QUORUM RULES.

AND I HAVE, I HAVE, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT MY, MY OWN TIME BETWEEN QUESTIONS TO STAFF ABOUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED AND MY GENERAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS APPROACH.

LET ME, LET ME START WITH THE LATTER AND THEN I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO THE FORMER, BUT I, I WANNA SAY, UM, MAY I APPROACH ONE? I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS STAFF WORK TO PROVIDE US WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE MIGHT ORGANIZE OUR SPENDING AROUND, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, MONEY.

BUT I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

AND I CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR AND OTHERS, UH, AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.

I THINK WE, WE DO NEED TO PAUSE AND REALLY THINK ABSORB ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO USE AN INVEST THESE DOLLARS IN TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT AS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO AGREE ON WHAT THOSE ELEMENTS ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLENTY OF, WELL, LET ME JUST LEAVE IT THERE.

UM, I DO WANT TO SAY, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S VERY CRITICAL AND I THINK WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE AND THE RESOLUTION, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS HERE AT THE CITY THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY THOSE OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS THAT ARE BEYOND THIS MONEY.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONVERSATION CAME UP AROUND, UH, BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

WELL, BASED

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THE SAME IS TRUE IN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES.

SO WE REALLY NEED A PROCESS THAT IS THOUGHTFUL CITY MANAGER.

WE NEED A TEAM THAT IS, AND YOU HAVE ASSEMBLED A TEAM THAT IS BROAD BASED, BUT WE NEED, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE LIKE.

THAT THAT IS ABLE TO VERY QUICKLY ASSESS ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDING SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, BEING AS STRATEGIC AS POSSIBLE.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE A LOT OF THAT WORK IN COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT NOW WE NEED TO MEL THAT WITH THE PERSPECTIVE THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL IS, IS ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

ONE THING THAT THE MAYOR SAID THAT I THINK NEEDS REALLY IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, AND THAT IS TO WHAT EXTENT CAN WE VERY QUICKLY RIGHT AWAY STAND UP NAVIGATORS TO HELP APPLY FOR THAT MONEY THAT IT'S BECOMING AVAILABLE RIGHT AWAY.

SO THE RESTAURANT, THE SAVE OUR STAGES FUND, HOW CAN WE, I MEAN, I, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT AS DAVID GRAY AND OTHERS, UM, INDICATED THROUGH THERE, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALL YEAR AND I KNOW THEY MUST BE EXHAUSTED, BUT, UH, BUT WE HAVE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND ANOTHER CHALLENGE OF, OF IMMEDIATELY RESPONDING AND, AND PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT IS, THAT REALLY BUILDS ON, ON THE EXPERTISE THEY'VE GAINED OVER THESE LAST YEARS IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE PANDEMIC PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO ASK THEM TO TAKE ON KIND OF A NEW CHALLENGE.

SO CITY MANAGER, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN, IN TERMS OF HOW QUICKLY, HOW QUICKLY, UM, WE COULD, AS A CITY, YOU KIND OF RESPOND TO THOSE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT OUR FIRST FOCUS, OR WE PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF NAVIGATION SERVICES, UM, TO, TO RESTAURANTS AND VENUES AND OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO COULD BE READY TO, UH, TO APPLY FOR THAT OTHER FUNDING.

AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK I CAN LIMIT IT TO JUST ONE AFTER THIS ONE.

WELL, THANKS, COUNCILMAN.

WE'RE GOING TO, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST NOT WITHIN WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY, BUT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE NETWORKS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE? UM, SO ALL AFTER THIS DISCUSSION, GIVE US STAFF TO THINK OF OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR OWN RESOURCES, BUT AT A MINIMUM, I THINK REALLY AMPLIFYING THE COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THESE, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT MIGHT BE, UH, HELPFUL IN HOW WE LEVERAGE OUR PARTNERS.

SO REALLY WORKING WITH THEM AND USING THEIR OWN NETWORKS.

BUT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT LOOK AND COME BACK TO YOU AND MAYBE IN THE TERMS OF A MEMO OR UPDATES ON WHAT WE COULD BE ADDING TO THIS EFFORT FROM THE CITY STAFF.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S OUT A VERY, VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME.

SO PERHAPS WE COULD REVISIT THIS AGAIN ON THURSDAY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, KIND OF WHAT RESOURCES COULD BE DEPLOYED TO THIS EFFORT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE, ARE THERE, UM, PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR STAFFS OR PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS? I THINK YOU'VE IDENTIFIED PART OF IT IS JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM IT.

BUT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VERY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE SO THAT OUR, OUR LOCAL FOLKS CAN NOT JUST APPLY, BUT CAN BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TAKES, THAT TAKES SOME GUIDANCE SOMETIMES TO BE ABLE TO REALLY SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE ON THAT.

ON THAT FRONT.

I HAD JUST A SIMPLE, INFORMATIVE INFORMATION QUESTION.

I'M SUPER CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FEMA DECISION WITH REGARD TO NON CONGREGATE SHELTER.

AND I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER FEMA WOULD, WOULD REIMBURSE FOR THAT.

I, YOU KNOW, I SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT, THAT CITIES ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE U S HAVE DONE.

AND SO ARE THEY HAVING CHALLENGES, GETTING IT FUNDED BY FEMA AS WELL, REIMBURSED BY FEMALE.

DYNAMICS AND THEN ASK DIANE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE QUESTION THAT YOU RAISED, ED.

I'LL ASK DIANA TO CHIME IN, IN A SECOND, BUT I DID WANT TO LEVERAGE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO BE PUSHING FORWARD AND THEN WAITING ON THE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ABOUT HOW THESE MONIES CAN BE USED.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO YOU, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL AWAITING IN THOSE PARAMETERS.

AND SO I WANT TO FIRST TURN IT OVER TO OUR CFO TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THOSE

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UM, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.

UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE WITH THE ITEM ONE 11 AS IT'S WRITTEN IS FOR STAFF TO COME BACK BY APRIL 12TH.

I THINK THERE'S SMALL LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'LL EVEN HAVE GUIDELINES FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ON HOW WE CAN SPECIFICALLY USE THE $196 MILLION.

IT WAS, UM, AT LEAST A MONTH AFTER THE FUNDS WERE RELEASED TO THE CITY BEFORE, UM, FOR THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS BEFORE WE RECEIVE TREASURY GUIDELINES.

AND THEN FOR MONTHS AFTER WE RECEIVED THEM, THEY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE.

UM, SO WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA BE DEALING WITH THAT DYNAMIC AGAIN, BROADLY, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE, WERE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO AS A CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR ITS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS.

YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A VERY BROAD LANGUAGE AND THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE DETAILS IN REGARDS TO HOW CREATIVE WE CAN BE IN USING THOSE FUNDS AND APPLYING THEM TO THE TYPES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL INVESTMENTS, UM, THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED.

UM, AND THEN THERE IS TIMELINES TOO.

UM, WELL, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR SPENDING THE FUNDS AS MUCH MORE GENEROUS THAN PREVIOUSLY, UM, THEY NEED TO BE EXPENDED BY, UM, DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024.

SO THERE'S STILL OUR TIME CONSTRAINTS AND THERE'S, THERE STILL IS A CONNECTION TO, UM, RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

BUT MY MAIN POINT IS I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN BY APRIL 12TH WE'LL HAVE THE TREASURY GUIDELINES YET.

I THINK EVERYTHING THAT STAFF HAS PROPOSED TO YOU, UM, WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

AND I WOULD STRONGLY SUSPECT THAT THE NEW GUIDELINES FOR THESE FUNDS WILL BE AT, UM, AT LEAST AS BROAD AS THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, AND CERTAINLY BROUGHT HER IN SOME CASES SUCH AS REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLIP THAT OUT THERE THAT, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED IN TERMS OF COMING BACK AND SAYING HERE'S SOME IDEAS FOR HOW WE COULD MAYBE FIND MORE TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAMS SHORT OF HAVING THOSE GUIDELINES.

I HAVE AN IDEA THAT I'LL SHARE WITH THE MAYOR, UM, ON, ON THAT TIMEFRAME.

THE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THOUGH, BEFORE I FORGET ABOUT CULTURAL, THE CULTURAL ARTS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED, I MEAN, BEFORE, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WHICH HAD WE, WE HAD, UM, LOTS OF CULTURAL ARTS AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES, UM, REALLY FACING MARKET PRESSURES.

AND, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE LONGER TERM ANSWER TO THAT IS FOR MORE OF THEM TO OWN THEIR OWN REAL ESTATE.

THAT'S ONE ANSWER, RIGHT? SO I HOPE THAT TOO, AS WE LOOK TO HOW WE CAN ASSESS CULTURAL ARTS, THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUTSIDE HOMELESSNESS, IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD AFFECT MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN SOME OF THOSE SECTORS TOO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IDEAL TO ME, UH, AN AN EXPENDITURE, I MEAN, AN INVESTMENT THROUGH THE EDC OF POTENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE LOSING THOSE VENUES WOULD BE, WOULD BE MORE OF A SUSTAINABLE, UM, INVESTMENT THAN, THAN PERHAPS SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE INVESTED THOSE FUNDS IN THE PAST.

AND THEN I SLEPT THAT FEMA QUESTION, I'M SORRY, BUT THANKS, DIANE.

I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO ANSWER THE FEMA QUESTION.

UM, I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A CURSORY ANSWER BECAUSE I'M NOT THE PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY BEEN, UM, CONSTANTLY INVOLVED WITH IT.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT YES, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, OTHER ENTITIES WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR, UM, SIMILAR EXPENDITURES AND THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY FEMA.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STATE FEMA FIRST AND THEY'VE GIVEN US THE, UM, I GUESS, PRELIMINARY, UH, DECISION THAT, THAT ARE NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS ARE, UM, DO NOT MEET THEIR, THEIR STANDARDS.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WE WERE APPEALING TO, UH, THE, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, WHAT WE'RE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IS A, IS A HIGHER LEVEL DETERMINATION AT THIS POINT.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR LOBBYISTS ARE WORKING WITH, UM, WITH, UH, FEMA ON THAT.

AND SO I ASSUME THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE COMPILING ALL OF THE EXAMPLES IN OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE OF TEXAS THAT ARE USING THEIR FEMA FUNDING OR GETTING FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS FOR JUST THE VERY SAME THING.

NEW YORK CITY, I THINK HAS LIKE 140 HOTELS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THEY HAVE RENTED TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT TO ADD TO THIS, IT'S MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE FEMA HAS GUIDANCE ALSO, UM, IS DIFFERENT AMONG,

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AMONG REGIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST, YEAH.

GOTCHA.

THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND, JACKSON, MAN, WE'RE ALL.

ARTS FUNDING AND, AND, AND SAY, I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF US FIGURING OUT A WAY TO FULLY FUND OUR CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMMING HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO, UM, THIS FRAMEWORK AND AS THE MAYOR KIND OF ALLUDED TO THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THIS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY HOW WE NEED TO PROCEED, BUT AS THE ARP, UM, HAS MATERIALIZED AND WE SEE THE, THE MAGNITUDE AND THE OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE MANY DIFFERENT POTS, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE AND RETHINK THIS.

AND I APOLOGIZE IF I REPEAT ANYTHING THAT ANYONE SAID I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

UM, BUT I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, AND THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS.

AND I THINK MAYBE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, TOO, TOO RIGIDLY.

UM, AND THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, IF WE HAD THIS EXTRA MONEY, WHAT COULD WE SOLVE IN OUR CITY? OR WHAT OPPORTUNITY COULD WE SEIZE? UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO BE STRICTLY CONSTRAINED BY THE ARP GUIDELINES.

WE HAVE $40 MILLION IN OUR RESERVES AND THAT MONEY WE CAN SPEND ON ANYTHING WE WANT, ANYTHING WE WANT.

AND $40 MILLION INVESTED, EVEN JUST IN THE, IN, IN HOMELESSNESS CHILDCARE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY COULD MAKE A BIG DENT IF IT WAS STRATEGICALLY PLACED.

AND WE KNOW THAT SOME OF IT WILL BE USEFUL.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE AND STILL DREAMING AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD DO THIS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE COUNTY IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

AND AS FAR AS I KNOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT WE SHOULD SEE AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE COOPERATION WHILE WE HAVE, UM, THE INTEREST AND WE HAVE MANY, MANY SHARED, UM, CHOICES HERE.

SO I REALLY THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE, WE CAN MOVE AROUND THE DEADLINE THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT STUFF FOR CHILDCARE IN PARTICULAR, THE UNITED WAY HAS A PLAN.

THEY ARE MODIFYING THEIR PLAN IN LIGHT OF THE OTHER MONEY THAT IS OUT THERE.

THEY HAVE A PLAN LIKE THESE ARE THE EXPERTS.

SUCCESS FROM SIX HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

THEY HAVE A PLAN AND WE OUGHT TO TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF WE INVESTED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH MAY BE $20 MILLION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT MONEY THAT THEY LANDED ON, BUT WE NEED, WE NEED A TIME TO PAUSE ON IT.

AND IF WE COULD SPLIT THAT BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

I WANT TO ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, REITERATE, WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE NAVIGATORS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE THE ANSWER IS WHAT WE CAN'T GET YOU THE ANSWERS IN TWO WEEKS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL OF OUR ENERGY, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IN OUR CITY TAKES DOWN AS MUCH OF THIS MONEY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH WILL LEAVE US THE SPACE TO BE MORE CREATIVE.

UM, AND TO ME THAT WOULD BE A REALLY A POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE COULD GO FORWARD AND THINKING ABOUT THIS, UM, AISD HAD TALK WITH ONE OF THE TRUSTEES AND SHE SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD GIVE US SPACE AND WOULD GIVE US COMPUTER ACCESS AND B THEY WOULD BE REALLY WILLING TO HELP US WITH THE NAVIGATOR PROSPECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE LONG BEEN SAYING THAT WE HAD TO MOVE TO MORE RESILIENCE THAN SURVIVAL.

UM, AND WE RIGHTLY CHOSE A MIX WHEN WE DID THE CARES ACT SPENDING FRAMEWORK IN MAY, IN JUNE.

UM, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK BIG NOW IS THE TIME TO, TO REALLY SET US UP TO BE RESILIENT.

AND, UM, IF THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIME WHILE EVERYONE'S GETTING THEIR, THEIR TAX REFUNDS AND OTHER STUFF, WE, WE, WE NEED TO, WE REALLY DO NEED TO DO THIS.

YES, THIS THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO BUILD OFF WHAT COS MEMBER ALTAR WAS SAYING, I MEAN, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TIME FOR US TO THINK IN A TRANSFORMATIVE WAY.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY BETWEEN THE RESOLUTION AND ALSO WITH THE UPDATE THAT STAFF GAVE.

AND ONE THAT I WANT DRAW SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO IS RELATED TO FOOD INSECURITY.

I MEAN, WE SAW WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST HIT JUST HOW MUCH WE NEEDED TO BUILD AND CREATE A RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEM.

AND WHEN THE WINTER STORM DISASTER HAPPENED YET AGAIN, WE SAW THE GAPS AND THE NEED TO IMPROVE ON OUR FOOD SYSTEM AND TO FULLY ADDRESS IT.

AND SO GIVING US THE TIME TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTY LEADERS TO COME UP WITH A TRANSFORMATIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH FOOD ACCESS IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING FOR ME, ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF DEL VALLEY, THAT IS BOTH WITHIN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND TO REALLY INNOVATE.

AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND, UM, ALSO WANTED TO ECHO COUNCIL POLLS, UM, SENTIMENT AROUND CULTURAL

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UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE TIME DEADLINE IN THIS, THE, THE APRIL 12TH DEADLINE AND COULD EASILY BE OUTDATED, YOU HAVE A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THIS.

YOU ALLUDED TO IT A SECOND AGO.

I JUST POINTED OUT THAT THE WORDING IN IT, DOESN'T ASK STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A FRAMEWORK ON, ON THE APPROACH WEALTH.

IT HAS TO HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A FRAMEWORK, BUT IT ASKS FOR INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE 12TH.

AND IT COULD BE THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WHEN YOU COME BACK ON THE 12TH IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND NO TIME ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN NAVIGATORS, UH, AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO.

UH, SO IT WAS TO, TO GIVE THAT MEASURE OF FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF, TO ACTUALLY THINK BIG, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LICENSED TO MAKE REAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE ON OUR BIGGEST PRIORITIES.

UH, BUT IT DOES ASK YOU TO COME BACK, UH, ON APRIL 12TH AND HAD KIND OF TALKED THROUGH WITH US, UH, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OR WHAT YOUR INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY WERE LIKE OR WHATEVER.

BUT I THINK THAT THE INTENT IS TO DO THIS RIGHT, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY LEVERAGE AND, AND DO IT RIGHT.

SO IT WASN'T FOR A FINAL PRODUCT ON THAT, ON THE 12TH.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND I, AND YOU HAVE, HAVE HIT ON WHAT I TEXTED YOU ABOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE DEADLINE, THE TIMEFRAME THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE, UM, THAT MAYBE WE ADD SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE OR B, UM, PROVIDE SOME, SOME MORE DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF NAVIGATION AND, AND KIND OF A VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME, OR BECAUSE THAT HAS SUCH AN IMMEDIATE, WE HAVE SUCH AN IMMEDIATE NEED.

SO BASICALLY I THINK, UM, ALISON, YOU CAPTURED KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING ON THAT, WHICH IS THAT, THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE IMMEDIATE PRIORITY.

WE DON'T HAVE THE GUIDELINES.

WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE THINKING AND ABSORBED THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THE BIGGER SPENDING CHUNK, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE THESE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO MAYBE THAT'S, MAYBE THAT'S THE PIECE THAT HAS THE REAL SHORT TIMEFRAME RESOLUTION.

IF I HAD SEEN YOUR TEXTS, I WOULD HAVE JUST RECOGNIZED YOUR PURSE, SORRY.

UH YES AND NO, THE NAVIGATOR, I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF BUCKETS, INCLUDING THE SMALL BUSINESS LOANS AND THAT THOSE WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR CREATIVE SPACES.

ALSO, I THINK THE NAVIGATOR IDEA IS GREAT.

I THINK IT, UH, IF IT CAN BE DONE IN A WAY THAT REALLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, SPECIFIC TO HELPING PEOPLE, UH, AND WE'VE NAMED, UH, DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOLKS.

SO I DIDN'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT THE CREATIVE SECTOR CAN APPLY FOR THOSE BONDS TO, FOR THOSE FUNDS TO, AND IT'S NOT JUST, UM, MUSIC, HECK THERE'S EVEN A SPECIAL FUND FOR COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

AGAIN, EMPHASIZING THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE THAT FAR FROM IDENTIFYING WHAT THESE TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS ARE.

I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING, WHICH IS THAT, UM, WHAT I HEARD, UM, DIANE MENTIONED WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE BRINGING SOME OF THE HEALTH SPENDING FORWARD IN APRIL.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR ME THE WAY I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HEALTH BUCKET.

IT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED WE NEED TO SPEND X AMOUNT ON HEALTH, THE 81 MILLION.

UM, AND I FULLY EXPECT THAT WE WILL SPEND THAT AND THAT WE HAVE GOT TO DEFER TO THE EXPERTS ON THAT FOR THE HEALTH RELATED STUFF.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GET MORE OF THAT REIMBURSED AND, AND WHATEVER.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS PROCESS HAS TO SLOW DOWN ANY OF THE HEALTH MONEY.

AND I THINK WHAT IT DOES DO IS SAY MAYBE WE'RE NOT USING OUR RESERVES ON THE HEALTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION LATER, AND THEN ANYTHING WE CAN USE ARP MONEY ON, WE'RE GOING TO USE, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST.

AND SO MAYBE WE START SPENDING HEALTH MONEY, THE LRP MONEY ON THE HEALTH STUFF, WHICH WE KNOW WE CAN SPEND IT ON AS FAR AS I CAN UNDERSTAND.

UM, AND WE HOLD OFF ON SOME OF THE OTHER ALLOCATIONS, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH MANY OF THE HEALTH THINGS THAT I'M SURE HAVE HAD A LOT LONGER GESTATION TIME PERIOD, UM, IN TERMS OF TESTING AND OTHER STUFF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE, THE ABSOLUTE BEST USE OF DOLLARS, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M READY TO ON THE HEALTH STUFF, UM, SAY, OKAY, JUST HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO DO THAT, TO KEEP OUR, TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHY.

UM, SO I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF,

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IF WE ARE FREED FROM THE, UM, CONFINES OF SCARCITY THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN.

SO FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SIMILARLY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE US AND CIVILIAN CONSERVATION, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLAN IN THERE WITH THAT THAT HAS, IS IN THE WORKS.

UM, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THAN WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THE COUNTY ALSO WANTS TO COLLABORATE ON THAT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEN WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUT SOME SOOD MONEY INTO THE WORKFORCE, THE REWORK NOW PROGRAM, AND THEY HAVE THE WHOLE PLAN OF WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NEXT, WHICH WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO TRAIN OUR PLUMBERS AND OUR TRADESMEN AND OUR COMPUTER SCIENTISTS, ET CETERA, UM, THAT WE NEED, WHICH WOULD THEN IN TURN HELP, UM, IMPACT AFFORDABILITY AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE JOBS.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON THE FOOD SECURITY ISSUE.

IT'S ONE THAT I'M LESS FAMILIAR WITH AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO ADD A FIFTH PILLAR ON THE CREATIVE SECTOR, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE THOUGH.

I THINK THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THAT WAS BEING COVERED BY SOME CERTAIN OTHER BUCKETS THAT WERE COMING DOWN, UM, SPECIFICALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

UM, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, FOR THE THINGS, BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE STEPS TO GET TO THAT PLACE OF THE GENERAL BUCKETS IS THAT FAR ARE OFF.

IF I MAY THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO, UM, ADDRESS THE $40 MILLION IN RESERVE.

WE BOW IN THE PRESENTATION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY IDENTIFY WHICH FUNDING SOURCE THOSE CATEGORIES ARE COMING FROM.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY, UH, SAID THAT FOR THE RISE 3.0, WE USED THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS FOR THIS, UH, ARP MONEY THAT WE DID FOR THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, SO THAT, UM, THE $20 MILLION, THE, UH, RISE 3.0 WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE RESERVES.

SO THAT THAT'S 20 MILLION.

AND THEN THE $5 MILLION FOR THE, UM, AUSTIN, CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE, UM, RESERVES.

SO THAT REALLY LEFT $15 MILLION THAT WE WERE USING TO FUND THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

THE REST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH WAS GOING TO COME FROM THE ARP.

UM, AND I I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN THAT IF WE WANTED TO GO FORWARD WITH, WE WOULD EXPECT WE'D BE USING RESERVES FOR THEM.

THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T CLEAR.

IT, IT SORT OF SAID WE WERE SPENDING OUR, OUR 40 MILLION ON OUR HEALTH BUCKET.

SO, UM, AND THAT'S HOW I READ IT.

I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LOOK BACK AT IT.

UM, BUT THAT'S HOW IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION, UM, IN THERE AND, UM, ON THAT, UM, OKAY.

THE OTHER THING, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE UNITED WAY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ASK STAFF AS YOU, AS YOU WERE FOLLOWING UP ON ONE 11 TO BE IN TOUCH WITH UNITED WAY.

UM, THE SIX SUCCESS BISECTS COALITION THAT HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR MANY YEARS AND WORKING ON THESE QUESTIONS, UM, AND IS BUILDING OUT A FRAMEWORK GIVEN THE OTHER CHILDCARE MONEY, UM, TO COMPLIMENT IT IN SOME REALLY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT WAYS.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

WE HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT.

UH, YOU KNOW, DO YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSSING THIS AND MORGAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THAT, UH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE UP TODAY.

UH, BUT MY GUESS IS WE'RE DOWN TO JUST A, ANOTHER ITEM OR TWO.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM.

IF I MOVE OVER TO, UH, THURSDAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA PICK UP , THERE'S GOING TO BE A MESSAGE BOARD POST, A SPECIAL CALL MEETING NEXT WEEK.

UH, SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AFFECT THAT

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COLLEAGUES.

UH, DO WE WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD PULL UP, UH, ANOTHER FULL ITEM? DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PULLED ITEM THAT THEY PULLED UP THAT THEY, THEY DESPERATE WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO, TO, TO ELEVATE THE COUNSELOR COUNTS? ALBERT ELLIS ASKED ON THESE RATCHETS, UH, ATLAS 14.

I THINK THEY'LL BE PRETTY QUICK IF IT'S ONLY ME THAT WANTED TO COVER A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, I THINK I COULD MOVE THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY.

THEY MAY NEED TO MOVE OVER.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE MY CELLIE.

TO HAVE BROUGHT UP HERE? YES, ALISON,

STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AND HAD A LOT OF IT, I THINK WILL BE REAL VALUABLE GOING FORWARD AS WELL, MANAGER.

DO YOU NEED, DID YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT HERE TO SPEAK ON THE, ON THE SORT TEAM AS YOU'RE GETTING MOVED OVER AFTER THE ATLAS 14 ISSUE, DOES SOMEONE HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY WANT

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[27. Approve a resolution adopting the Equitable Chamber Funding Report and its findings supporting the base equitable funding model and methodology for contracting and funding the local chambers of commerce.]

UM, I CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS THE MECCA QUICKLY AND THEN I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON 37 AND I'M GOING TO BE REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT IF I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE.

SO LET'S DO THAT.

LET'S UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PERSON TO COME OVER ON ATLAS 17, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US YOUR UPDATE ON, ON THE CHAMBERS? OKAY.

UM, SO I WANTED, I PULLED THIS, UM, TO FORECAST THAT ON THURSDAY, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO WITHDRAW THIS ITEM AND GIVE GUIDANCE ON A PATH FORWARD FOR FUNDING METRIC TIMBERS.

UM, SO I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF AND THE HEADS OF THE CHAMBERS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME FOR OUR MECCA LEADERSHIP TO GET TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY A TRULY VISIONARY PATH FORWARD FOR HOW WE FUND AND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR CHAMBERS.

UM, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO AND INTERESTED IN DOING THIS WORK TOGETHER, AND I WILL HAVE SOME MORE ALLIES ON THURSDAY, UM, WITH RESPECT TO WITHDRAWING THE ITEM.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THE CHAMBERS CONTRACTS FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

WE VOTED ON THAT MONEY IN DECEMBER, THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACTS.

UM, THEY WOULD BE LOOKING TO HAVE A NEW CONTRACT THAT WOULD START IN MARCH OF 22, UM, WHICH WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE ON OUR AGENDA IN DECEMBER.

UM, SO IF WE FAIL TO COME UP WITH AN APPROVED FUNDING MODEL, THEN EDD WOULD BRING CONTRACTS BACK TO COUNCIL WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL AND LATE 20, 21.

OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE COME TO A SOLUTION AND WE WOULD BE APPROVING THE GENERAL MODEL THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THOSE CONTRACTS, UM, LATER IN THE YEAR.

MANAGER IS EDD.

WITH THAT COURSE OF EVENTS, UM, MAYOR REV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT PROCESS.

COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN US IN HELPING STORE THIS, PLEASE LET MY OFFICE, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT PUTTING A LOT OF THAT ONUS ON THE CHAMBERS THEMSELVES TO COME UP WITH THIS MODEL, OUR STAFF DID A LOT OF WORK, UM, WITH THIS MODEL, BUT I, BUT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS REALLY SAW THAT THERE WERE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HADN'T SEIZED.

AND I WANT TO KNOW SINCE IT'S NOT TIME SENSITIVE, ONE, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PAGE RIGHT NOW TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO 17, THEN ALISON, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES THAT YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON 37

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GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THURSDAY.

I DIDN'T WANT OUR FLOODPLAIN MAPPING PROCESS TO KIND OF GET LOST IN THE MIX.

THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT THIS.

AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT THE GENERAL PROCESS IS GOING TO BE.

UH, WHAT SORT OF TIMELINE OUTREACH AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT INSURANCE TIMING? AND SHOULD PEOPLE BE LOOKING AT THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES AT THIS TIME? THAT'S GOOD MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MIKE KELLY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

THE TIMING OF THIS IS, IS VERY PRECIOUS BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY MONTHS AWAY FROM OUR TRADITIONAL STORM SEASONS OF MAY, JUNE IN PARTICULAR.

SO THIS IS REALLY GREAT TIMING.

UM, A BRIEF TIMELINE, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE ITEMS ON COUNCIL FOR THURSDAY ARE TO MOVE GRANT MONEY, WHICH WE GRACIOUSLY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN OUR FLOODPLAIN MAPPING EFFORTS.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE ASSIGNMENTS TO DO THE FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING THEY'RE ENGINEERING STUDIES, ESSENTIALLY COMPUTER MODELING THAT HELPS US TO USE THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE THE MOST ACCURATE FLOODPLAIN MODELS BASED ON THE NEW RAINFALL INFORMATION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE RAINFALL OR FREQUENTLY CREATING LARGER FLOODPLAINS.

THAT EFFORT WILL START IN EARNEST IN MAY.

AND IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS FOR THOSE MODELING EFFORTS TO RESULT IN MAPS.

ONCE WE HAVE THOSE MAPS, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEGIN SHOWING WHAT THOSE MAPS LOOK.

THE MAPS WILL THEN BE SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION TO FINALIZE AT WHICH POINT THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS WOULD THEN GO INTO EFFECT THAT PROCESS AFTER THE CITY SUBMITS THEM TO FEMA IS TYPICALLY A TWO TO THREE-YEAR PERIOD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A THREE TO FOUR YEAR PERIOD UNTIL THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES ACTUALLY ARE AFFECTED BY THE MAPPING EFFORTS.

SO THAT'S THE ULTIMATE PUNCHLINE.

AN INTERIM PUNCHLINE IS THAT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, OR WHO ARE NEAR A FLOOD PLAIN AND ARE CONSIDERING FLOOD INSURANCE NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE STRONGLY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE RATES WILL BE WHAT THEY ARE

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RIGHT NOW.

IT WILL NOT BE REFLECTIVE OF FUTURE HAZARDS.

SO A GOOD MESSAGE OUT THERE IS THAT YOU'RE IN A FLOOD PLAIN CONSIDERING FLOOD INSURANCE NOW WOULD BE A BETTER TIME TO GET IT THAN WAITING FOUR YEARS UNTIL THE MAPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.

AND THE HAZARD MAY HAVE INCREASED.

THE LAST POINT IS THAT WE WILL BE CONDUCTING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

OUR FIRST ONE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2021.

SO PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE FALL OF 2021, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE AT WILL BE VIRTUAL AND OR POTENTIALLY IN-PERSON.

AND THEN FINALLY SPRING SUMMER OF 2023, AFTER WE'VE GOT ALL THE DRAFT MAPS DONE AND EVERYTHING IS FINAL WORK FIXING THAT HAVE SUBMITTED TO FEMA, WE'LL BE MEETING AGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING RELATED TO ATLAS, 14, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, REALLY THAT, AND I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM.

UM, AND WHAT PEOPLE OUT THERE PAYING ATTENTION TO KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO FLOODPLAINS AS CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AND WORSE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AT RISK FOR THIS.

SO EVEN IF RATES MAY NOT CHANGE FOR A FEW YEARS, PAIGE, YOU FROZE AT ELLIS.

THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING THIS ISSUE AND LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IF YOU COME BACK, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK.

WHAT ISSUES ON 37 DO YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT? SO, UM, I'M REALLY, UM, I WILL TRY AND LAY OUT MY QUESTIONS AND SORT OF WHERE I'M STARTING FROM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

ALISON, DO YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ISSUES ON 37 PAGE, YOUR PACKAGE PAGE? I THINK TOO, FOR ELEVATING LAST TERM, ALISON MARCH, GO AHEAD.

IT'S BEEN REALLY BAD TODAY, BUT, UM, I THINK I'VE FINISHED MOST OF MY THOUGHT AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON PEOPLE'S RADAR.

THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING THAT.

GIVING MIKE A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE PUBLIC.

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS.

ALISON,

[37. Approve a resolution relating to a reimagined cadet training academy for the Austin Police Department.]

UM, I SAYING THAT I BELIEVE IN THE NEED FOR A NEW CADET CLASSES, UM, BOTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS AND FROM THE UNDERSTANDING THAT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE NEED NEW PERSPECTIVES, NEW EXPERIENCES, AND NEW PEOPLE AT APD.

I'M ALSO, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THE TRANSFORMATIONS AND REFORMS COMING FROM ME AND REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY PROCESS AND FROM THE STUFF WE HADN'T WORKED BEFORE THAT, UM, I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M HOLLY, HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING ITEM 37, AND I'M HEARING VARYING INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT THIS ITEM ACTUALLY DOES AND HOW IT IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

UM, AND IT'S JUST NOT CLEAR TO ME WHAT THIS BLUEPRINT MEANS.

UM, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME HOW PASSAGE OF THIS BLUEPRINT INSURANCE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CROW RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER REPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVIEW FROM COLE.

UM, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE PASSING THIS BEFORE WE HAVE THE FINAL REPORT.

UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY LEVERS AND ACTION REQUIREMENTS ARE WITHIN THIS BLUEPRINT AND THE ACADEMY REVISION PROCESS.

UM, SO I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK.

UM, TELL ME TO UNDERSTAND IT, CAUSE IT MAY ALL BE IN HERE.

I'M JUST, IT'S A DIFFERENT FORMAT THAN WE USUALLY USE FOR THINGS.

AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CLEARLY WHAT I'M VOTING ON.

UM, SO TO START, UM, DOES THIS ITEM APPROVE THE INITIATION OF THE HUNDRED AND 44TH CADET CLASS? AND THAT IS WHAT IF THE STANDARDS AREN'T MET AND THE SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COLE ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THE CLASS STARTS IN THE CLASS, WON'T START, COMES TO MY WORK.

I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY AS THE RESOLUTION STATES, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW US TO COMMENCE WITH THE FIRST REIMAGINED CADET ACADEMY.

SO LONG AS THAT ACADEMY CAN CONDUCT, CAN BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORD WITH THE OBJECTIVES IN THAT BLUEPRINT.

AND SO WE WERE SETTING OUT THE PATH OF HOW WE CAN HAVE THIS CLASS START, BUT BY APPROVING THE BLUEPRINT, YOU AGREE WITH WHAT WE ARE SAYING.

WE'LL BE PART OF THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY WE MAINTAIN TO HAVE ROLE.

AND THEY'RE A TEAM ENSURING THAT THERE IS THAT AUDITS AS THESE THINGS ARE, ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG.

UH, WE ALSO, WE BE PROVIDING REGULAR UPDATES TO COUNCIL, UH, IN THE PROBABLY WEEKS AND MONTHS BEFORE ANY, UM, CLASS WOULD START TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

UM, I'LL, I'LL ASK, UH, IF MARIANNA WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING.

UM, BUT I ALSO KNOW HAVING OUR OFFICE POLICE OVERSIGHT DIRECTOR FOR MUST BE THEN WHO IS ACTUALLY TEACHING A CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW.

SO IT COULDN'T BE WITH US, UH, BUT SHE HAS TAKEN AN ACTIVE OVERSIGHT ROLE AS WELL.

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THANK YOU AS CITY MANAGER, AGAIN, MAY ARIANNE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF THE SAFETY OUTCOME DEPARTMENTS.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS ADDED IN TERMS OF THE, UM, ASSURANCE IS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE IS ENGAGING WITH AN EXPANDED COAT SCOPE OF CONTRACT WITH, UH, JOYCE JAMES, UH, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AS WELL AS GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO HELP PUT THAT EQUITY BROADLY ON OUR RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY EVER.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE ITEMS WITHIN THE CONTRACT THAT WILL HELP US MONITOR THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING OUTLINED IN THE BLUEPRINT ARE PUT IN PLACE.

AND SO, UM, THERE ARE MORE SPECIFICS AROUND THAT CLEARLY, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SPEND SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER ON THOSE ASPECTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE CAN TRY AND FIND SOME, SOME TIME.

I JUST THINK THE PUBLIC IS, I'M JUST HEARING SO MANY DIFFERENT, UM, INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE LAYING OUT IS ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE ESTABLISHED SOME OF THIS IN PUBLIC AND, UM, WE CAN TRY AND PUT SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS IN, UM, IN WRITTEN FORM AS WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT, UM, AND, AND FORMULATE SOME THINGS.

THIS IS JUST NOT A FORMAT THAT WE USUALLY USE.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CONFUSING.

HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT IF THE STANDARDS AREN'T MET AND THE SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED, THAT THE CLASS DOESN'T START AND WHO'S MAKING THE DECISION, WHETHER THE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN MET AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANKS FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, BOTH, UH, THROUGH THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR THIRD EVALUATOR, THROUGH PRO ASSOCIATES, THROUGH THIS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT OUR CONSULTANT JOYCE JAMES WILL BE DOING, UM, WE WOULD BE HAVING THAT RECOMMENDATION COME UP TO CITY MANAGEMENT ON IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR NOT, OR HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR NOT IMPLEMENTED, UH, IN THAT PROCESS, UH, AS WE'RE COMMITTING TO, WE WOULD BE PROVIDING UPDATES TO COUNCIL.

UM, SO YOU WOULD BE AWARE OF IF WE WERE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD OR NOT MOVING FORWARD BASED ON, UH, WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.

UM, BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THERE IS A, ANOTHER CHECKPOINT, UH, AND IN A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE COMING, UH, IF, UH, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, UH, AS LONG AS WE'RE STILL ON THIS PATH, ON THE BLUEPRINT, FOLLOWING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE WOULD STILL NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO HAVE THE CLASS CERT READY.

NOPE.

I THINK ADDITIONAL ON THAT.

AND THEN, UM, SO THERE'S THE SHORT TERM AND THERE'S THE LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CURL REPORT.

UM, SO FOLLOWING THE COMMUNITY REVIEW AND THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS REVIEW OF THE 140 FOURTH CLASS, ASSUMING IT WENT FORWARD, WHAT THEN ARE THE ACCOUNTABILITY NEVERS TO ENSURE THAT CHANGE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AT THE ACADEMY? SO THERE'S, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FAITH THAT GOES INTO STARTING THIS ACADEMY THAT SAYS WE ENOUGH PROGRESS.

WE BELIEVE WE HAVE TO GET STARTED IN ORDER TO GET MOVING, TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO EVEN TO CHANGE THE ACADEMY WE HAVE TO, TO EXPLORE AND, AND, UM, TRY SOME THINGS OUT.

SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE LONGER TERM STUFF AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE POST-CLASS REVIEWS DON'T JUST END UP GETTING? YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK AS AN INITIAL STEP, HAVING THE COUNCIL HEAR WHAT THOSE REVIEWS AND EVALUATION OF THAT CLASS WAS, UH, AND THEN THERE, THE RECOMMENDED STEPS FOR, UH, WHAT CHA ADDITIONAL CHANGES WOULD BE NEEDED MOVING FORWARD AND THE PROGRESS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MAKING ON THE LONGER-TERM IMPLEMENTATIONS.

UH, SO YOU WOULD HAVE INSIGHTS INTO ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

UM, SO THERE'D BE A, UH, TOUCH BASE WITH COUNSEL AT SOME POINT ON THAT, AND WE'D HAVE TO APPROVE IN THE BUDGET, I GUESS.

AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE, UH, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN THE FUTURE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, ON THE WAY IN WHICH THIS INITIAL CLASS WAS CONDUCTED.

COLLEAGUES AT APD TO SORT OF HELP PROVIDE SOME SPECIFICS.

AND WHAT NEW INFORMATION ARE WE EXPECTED IN THE FINAL CROW REPORT? THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF STUFF IN THE PRELIMINARY, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING IN THE FINAL CROW REPORT IN TERMS OF LARGER BUCKETS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ALREADY SEEN ALREADY, AND WHAT INFORMATION IS CRO WAITING TO RECEIVE FROM APD TO FINALIZE THE REPORT? UM, AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT REPORT TO COME TO COUNCIL? AND I'M GOING TO ASK HER OUR

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BUT I THINK PART OF IT WAS JUST THE ROBUST DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE AT WORK SESSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE INCORPORATING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK THAT COUNCIL HAD ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WEREN'T ALREADY ADDRESSING IN THEIR ANALYSIS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO.

SO, UM, BUT I'LL SEE IF, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, AC GAY IS ON THE, ON THE LINE IF HE WANTS TO CHIME IN, ON ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR, UH, THAT CROW'S EXPECTING.

CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL, UH, TROY GATES, CHIEF OF STAFF WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, I'M UNAWARE OF ANYTHING THAT, UH, THEY ARE WAITING ON RECEIVING THE DATA.

ALTHOUGH I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE STILL CONDUCTING SOME INTERVIEWS.

I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE MEETING WITH, UH, DR.

UH, WHO'S ACTUALLY ON THIS CALL HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST WEEK, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.

UH, BUT, UH, I CAN, I KNOW THEY SENT HER A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK TO HER ABOUT.

SO SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING.

AND HI, YES, I'M ANN KREEGAN AND I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER, UM, FROM THE TRAINING, UM, FOR AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO AS CHIEF MENTIONED, UM, THAT IS TRUE, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO CURL AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY WANT IS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING INTO PLACE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE DEMONSTRATING THROUGH THE BLUEPRINT, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ACTUALLY PUT THOSE IN PLACE, UM, IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, UM, I'M A POLICING SCHOLAR.

UM, HOWEVER, I'M A FEMINIST CRIMINOLOGIST AS WELL.

SO, UM, I SORT OF APPLAUD AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, THE WILLINGNESS TO HIRE A CRITICAL LENS TO BE INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, HAVE COME UP IN THE CURL REPORTS AND THE VARIOUS OTHER REPORTS ARE THINGS THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH IN POLICING LITERATURE.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS TO CHANGE, UM, THE POLICE TRAINING.

UM, HOWEVER, THERE'S A NATIONAL DISCUSSION.

UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS EVIDENCE-BASED THAT WE'RE DOING THOSE MEASURES.

SO THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, ARE ABSOLUTELY VALID AND WE NEED TO BUILD THOSE MEASURES OUT AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK.

UM, AND SO WE SEE THIS AS A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

I KNOW THAT MAYBE A HASN'T BEEN HISTORICALLY, UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD TO.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO A LOT OF THE, UM, STAFF THERE, UM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM KROLL.

AND REALLY THE QUESTION I GET IS HOW DO WE DO THIS? UM, SO WE'RE TAKING, WE'RE TAKING ON THIS GIANT AMOUNT OF WORK, UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND WE EXPECT TO BE TRANSPARENT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH MEMBER.

THE REPORT IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

END OF MARCH.

UM, THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO AUSTIN OR CITY OF AUSTIN OR AUSTIN, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE NEW TO, TO AUSTIN.

UM, I APPRECIATE IT.

I APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU, UM, CITY MANAGER, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

DO WE HAVE AN IDENTIFIED SOURCE FOR THE NEXT CADET ACADEMY OR AN, A SENSE OF HOW MUCH THAT WILL COST THE SHORT ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER IS? YES.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS A BUDGET OR Q AND A, AND I BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND PUBLISHED, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK DIANE WHO I BELIEVE AUTHORED THAT A RESPONSE TO PROVIDE THE SPECIFICS IF SHE'S STILL ON THE LINE.

I AM STILL ON THE LINE.

UM, SO YES, WE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING SOURCE.

UM, WE HAD $6 MILLION SET ASIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO, UM, PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT FUNDING TO OUR, UM, COLORS AND OUR APRS, UM, PLANS.

AND SO THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD PLANNED ON IMPLEMENTING DIDN'T GO INTO EFFECT AS QUICKLY AS WE THOUGHT.

SO WE HAD MONEY LEFT OVER THE, UM, ACADEMY COSTS IS EXPECTED TO BE $2.2 MILLION, I BELIEVE.

AND, UM, UH, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST UTILIZE THAT FUNDING FOR IT.

AND BECAUSE WE HAD INCLUDED THAT, THAT, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT IN AN ONGOING PIECES, WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO THEN FUND THE REST OF THE ACADEMY THAT GOES OVER INTO FY 22 AS WELL.

ADULT LEARNING THEORY COMPONENTS, BUT I DON'T SEE A FOCUS ON THE UNDERLYING, UH, PARAMILITARY CULTURE AND TRYING TO CHANGE THAT.

UM, AND THEN THE BLUEPRINT, THIS MIGHT BE, UM, FOR DR.

CREAGAN, I THINK WHAT'S YOUR NAME? UM, THE BLUEPRINT DOESN'T SEEM TO TOUCH ON CHANGES TO THE PART OF MILITARY CULTURE.

UM, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD RAISED A CROP ISSUES ACROSS MULTIPLE REPORTS.

UM, AND I SEE INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTING

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CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, SO WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH KROLL.

ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO SEPARATE, UM, PHYSICAL FITNESS FROM ACADEMICS.

SO THERE WILL NO LONGER BE, UM, A SORT OF, UM, BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION IS WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED, UM, IN TERMS OF WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.

AND THAT PHYSICAL FITNESS WILL BE RELATED TO, UM, THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO FOR THIS JOB PERFORMANCE.

UM, SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S VERY CAREFULLY ALIGNED, UM, WHEN THEY DO DO PT, UM, THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY ALIGN TO, UM, THE TESTS THAT THEY WILL BE PERFORMING, UM, IN PHYSICAL FITNESS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF REVAMPING YOUR RIGHT, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON IS MAKING SURE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MANUALS AND THE CADET MANUALS REALIGN TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT.

UM, AND SO THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT THE EXPECTATIONS FOR, UM, THE, THE INSTRUCTORS OR THE FACULTY IS WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM, UM, WE'LL BE ONLINE WITH, UM, THIS RE-IMAGINE, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS.

I THINK THAT'S A SUBJECT.

WE COULD HAVE A MUCH LONGER SESSION.

UM, AND MY, MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE FOR REPLACING THE OUTDATED CURRICULUM.

UM, WHAT LEVEL OF CURRICULUM REVIEW AND REVISION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE, I GUESS, BY YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE BEFORE JUNE CLASS START? SURE.

GREAT QUESTION.

SO I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT A LOT OF THE COURSEWORK IS TOO COLD MANDATED, RIGHT? SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THE TARGETS SO THAT THE CADETS CAN ACTUALLY PASS THE END TEST.

SO THAT'S SORT OF A FIRST THING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

UM, HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE OVERARCHING GOAL, AS I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE.

UM, SO WHAT I PROPOSED IS DOING A STRATIFIED SAMPLE AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVERBURDENING JUST THE DEPARTMENT ON COMMUNICATION OR CULTURE, UM, TO HAVE THE ACADEMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH WE'RE FORMING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SLATED TO HOPEFULLY COME TOGETHER BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

UM, I'M TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION AND ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION, AND THEN A SWORN REPRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT THE CONTENT IN A PERSPECTIVE WITH WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE CHOOSING NECESSARILY TO CHEW, TO TEACH IT WITHIN THAT MANNER.

UM, AND SO THE STRATIFIED SAMPLE IS HOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, BE, UM, UH, HAVING IT FORMALLY REVIEWED THROUGH THE PUBLIC LENS.

UM, AS WELL AS I'M GOING THROUGH ME PERSONALLY, I'M GOING THROUGH OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE CURRICULUM TO ENSURE BEFORE THE ACADEMY STARTS TO ENSURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND DEI.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO THE LEARN SKILLS, UM, UNIT ABOUT INCORPORATING MORE SPANISH, UM, IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY CLASS ABOUT THEY'RE SERVING AUSTIN, RIGHT.

AND WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY, BOSTON BLAKE.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS THIS UNFOLDS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'RE DOING IT.

UM, BUT I, MYSELF AM GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEIR CURRICULUM AND THEN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MORE FORMAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A STRATIFIED SAMPLE AND EVENTUALLY, UM, EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE.

UM, I'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT THAT WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TACKLE ALL OF THE CURRICULUM THROUGH A FORMAL PROCESS OF, UM, OF PUBLIC PRIOR TO THE JUNE 7TH START.

UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE REVAMPING THEIR CURRICULUM, INCLUDING BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY'VE PROBABLY SPENT ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO HAVE EIGHT CLASSES OPEN TO PUBLIC, RIGHT.

I, BY NO MEANS THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR TIMELINE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT TO DO THIS AND TO DO IT WELL, WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME AND WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST MAKING SYMBOLIC GESTURES, THE COMMUNITY, THAT OUR CURRICULUM IS VERY GOOD.

UM, AND THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMITTEE AND INCORPORATE IT AND DEMONSTRATE TO THEM THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING IT.

I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

I'LL SUBMIT, UM, THE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THINGS IN WRITING FOR FOLKS TO REVIEW.

I WILL LIKELY BE ADDING SOME OF THESE RESPONSES AS CLARIFICATION, UM, TO THE DOCUMENT.

I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AND UNDERSTAND HOW ONE DOES THAT GIVEN THE FORMAT OF THE DOCUMENT.

AND, UM, I WILL TRY AND POST THOSE AS SOON AS I HAVE THEM, BUT, UM, IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, UM, GIVEN THE FORMAT TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

UM, SO I SO APPRECIATE, UM, THE CONVERSATION.

I APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE OF GOING AFTER FIVE FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, KATHY, IF YOU HAD 30 SECONDS OR 60 SECONDS, DOES THAT HELP YOU OR IS THAT TOO LITTLE TIME? UM, AND IT HELPS ME MORE THAN ZERO SECONDS, SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE IT.

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UM, SAME QUESTION.

MY QUESTION IS IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING, THAT'S FINE.

WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO GET LIKE 30 SECONDS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE.