* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] IT'S 11, IS STAFF READY FOR ME TO START? OKAY, GREAT. UH, GOOD MORNING. IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2021. THIS IS THE, UH, SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. UH, 1116. UH, THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY. UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. UH, I THINK THAT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WAS HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KITCHEN, UM, MAKE THAT'S NOVEMBER, UM, UH, POOL, UH, IS GOING TO BE JOINING US. I THINK LIKE A 12, UH, 30, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER IS OVER AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WITH THE, UH, AND THE CONSERVATION AND THE CONSERVATION, UH, FOR A PROPOSAL THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. UH, SO THAT GETS IT TO, TO, UH, WE THAT ARE HERE. UM, COLLEAGUES WE HAVE, UH, IN FRONT OF US PULLED ITEMS, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS, THE BRIEFING CONCERNING, UM, THE TASK FORCE OR WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BEGIN AT TWO O'CLOCK AND RUN THREE HOURS. WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT FIVE. UM, THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR TASK FORCE. UH, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE, THE CITY RECOMMENDATIONS OR OUR CONCLUSIONS AT THIS POINT. AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THESE YET. THOSE THINGS WOULD ALL FOLLOW. UH, BUT THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO RECEIVE. AND CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THEM, ASKING THEM AND GETTING THEM ANSWERED, GIVEN THE HARD STOP AT FIVE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE HAVE A POLL ITEMS, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A BRIEFING BETWEEN PULLED ITEMS AND STARTING THERE ON THE, UH, ON MAY, UH, REPORT BACK OR, UH, OR HOMELESSNESS, UH, OFFICER ABOUT THE SUMMIT. UH, IT'S A REAL HIGH LEVEL OF PRESENTATION JUST TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT THAT IS, UH, AND, UH, DEPENDING ON TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UH, UH, THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS THAT GET ANSWERED ON ONE-ON-ONES WITH DIANA RATHER THAN DURING THE WORK SESSION, BUT LET'S SEE ON TIMING, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE POLLED, [A. Pre-Selected Agenda Items] UH, ITEMS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT, UH, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS THAT WERE PROPOSED BY COUNSELOR REPORT, AND I THINK ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ARE GOING TO BE POSTPONED, UH, BY STAFF THIS WEEK. IS THAT CORRECT? LET ME CONFIRM THAT MIRROR. UM, YOU OKAY. UH, I HAVE THIS NUMBER FIVE AND SIX ALSO PULLED BY COUNSELOR OR POLAR. SHE'S ASKED TO BE PRESENT WHEN WE DISCUSS THOSE. UH, SO, UH, UH, WHEN SHE'S WITH US BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL RAISE THOSE ISSUES SO THAT SHE HAS A CHANCE TO BE HERE. THAT GETS US TO A COUNCIL MEMBER. AUTHOR'S ITEM NUMBER 20. SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE, MAYBE IT'S JUST A MOMENT OR TWO BEFORE SHE JOINS US TO OUR KITCHEN, UH, ON ITEM THREE AND FOUR. I HAVE QUESTIONS TOO. SO DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET TO THAT, I JUST SIT AND WAIT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT IF WE HAVE A TIME ISSUE, I CAN ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS, UM, THREE THAT WAS GOING TO BE POSTPONED. I'M NOT SURE AS CERTAIN ABOUT ITEM FOUR, SO, OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. AND WHEN THE MANAGERS READY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN SCRAM FOR, UM, AND, UH, COUNSEL POLAR INDICATED THAT HE WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THE SECOND GROUP, DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE HERE FOR THE FIRST TWO. UM, THE, UH, COUNSELOR ITEM NUMBER 39 WAS PULLED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON. THIS WAS THE, THE LU ISSUE WE ARE BROUGHT DOWN. YES. MA'AM. OR WERE YOU JUST ASKING, UM, BY WHAT MY CONCERN IS, OR DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THE IDEA? LET'S JUMP INTO THAT A NEW POPE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, SO LIKE YOU ALREADY LAID OUT, THIS IS THE FEE IN LIEU ITEM. AND SO, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. DID, UM, DID YOU CONFIRM ALREADY THAT THE STAFF THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENT ARE HERE? IT'S ASKED THE MANAGER, WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT HERE TO SPEAK TO ADAM 39. IT'S BEEN MOVED OVER. IT LOOKS [00:05:01] LIKE THEY ARE HERE. YOU HAVE ERICA LEEK AND JARED REST OF THEM. OKAY. MAY I APPROACH? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO, UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? THERE'S A BIT OF AN ECHO SOMEWHERE. OKAY. IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND YOU COULD TURN OFF YOUR MIC, THAT'D BE GREAT. GO AHEAD AND READ PART TIME. THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES. UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST MY OFFICE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO STRIKE THAT FIRST, BE IT RESOLVED IN THIS ITEM. UH, IT, IT, WE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I TEND TO AGREE WITH THEM, THAT IT COULD JEOPARDIZE FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS. SO, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE OUR ABILITY TO, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO PAUSE MYSELF FOR JUST A SECOND. AND CAN YOU MUTE YOUR SELF? OH, SORRY. DO YOU MIND, UM, GOING TO THE, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA SO SHE CAN LEAVE THE ITEM I NEED, I NEED A MOMENT. OKAY. UM, KEVIN OCTOBER, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR ITEM HERE? I GUESS I'D RATHER HEAR THE QUESTIONS FIRST, BUT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO LAY IT OUT. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AT OUR LAST MEETING. UM, AND I WROTE A PRETTY LENGTHY MESSAGE BOARD POST, REALLY LAYING OUT THE INTENT HERE. SO LET ME JUST START WHERE THE MAYOR PRO TEM ENDED BY SAYING THE WHOLE PURPOSE. YOU KNOW, THE, THE PASSAGE THAT WE WOULD BE REPEALING, WE WOULD BE INITIATING AN AMENDMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK PROBABLY ALL OF US KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING FOR THE PUBLIC THAT WHEN WE INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT, IT GOES THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS. IT GOES BACK TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WHO CONSIDERS IT THERE'S PUBLIC TESTIMONY THERE. THEN THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, IT COMES TO US AND WE HAVE CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY ABOUT IT AS WELL. SO BY PASSING THE RESOLUTION, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE CHANGE. IT JUST STARTS THE PROCESS OF HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, THE PASSAGE THAT WE WOULD BE AMENDING, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE INITIATING EITHER A RE A REPEAL OR AN OR AN AMENDING OF IS THE PASSAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE, IT TALKS ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTING AN EXCEPTION TO FAR. AND SO, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL START WHERE THE MAYOR PRO TEM ENDED. SHE MADE A, A COMMENT, UM, FROM A STAKEHOLDER RE REPEATED A COMMENT FROM A STAKEHOLDER THAT IT COULD JEOPARDIZE OUR FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS. I WOULD SAY JUST THE OPPOSITE IF WE ARE, ARE, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO AFTER HAVING, UH, A POLICY CONVERSATION. IF WE AMEND THAT, THAT PASSAGE, IT COULD GENERATE MORE MONEY FOR HOMELESSNESS, UM, BECAUSE THROUGH OUR DENSITY BONUS, OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS FEES ARE ALL DESIGNATED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND NOW ALSO FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS. SO, UM, I REGARD BOTH OF THE DIRECTIVES IN THIS AS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING AS MUCH COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS POSSIBLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN, UM, THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S PROGRESSING WITH MORE UPDATED FEES. I DO THINK THERE'S A CONVERSATION TO HAVE, AND WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT PROJECTS SHOULD EXCEED THE CAP OF FAR, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT, THAT WE ARE MAKING SPACE TO HAVE IN A MORE DELIBERATIVE FASHION WITH, UM, THE PASSAGE OF THE FIRST DIRECTIVE. AND I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST NOTE AGAIN, WHAT I NOTED IN THE MESSAGE BOARD POST, WHICH IS THAT THE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2014. AND I, UM, BELIEVE THAT THAT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THAT'S PROBABLY A CHANGE THAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE MAKE TO THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN PASSING THIS, WE'RE ALSO ASKING STAFF, WE'RE DIRECTING STAFF TO UPDATE THOSE FEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND SO, SO THAT WE'RE REALLY KEEPING UP WITH THE MARKET AND NOT, AND NOT USING SEVEN-YEAR-OLD FEES, UH, FOR OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. I DON'T REGARD THAT AS, AS BEING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF CAPTURING AS MUCH BENEFIT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS POSSIBLE, WHICH AGAIN, IT'S DESIGNATED FOR HOMELESSNESS. AND THEN OF COURSE THE OTHER, THE OTHER CHANGE THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT IS TO CAPTURE SOME, IS TO CHANGE THE FEE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SET AT ZERO, UM, TO AN ACTUAL FEE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT [00:10:01] HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UM, FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENING IN SOME OF THE LIKE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS, UM, THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AS PART OF PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROCESS LEADING INTO THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY PROGRAM AND THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. I REMEMBER SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AND, YOU KNOW, HAMMERING THAT OUT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE TIME. AND, AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF US AGREED THAT THAT FEE SHOULD BE SET AT ZERO. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE'RE REALLY IN A PLACE AS A CITY WHERE, WHERE WE CAN, UH, CHANGE THAT FEE AS PER OUR CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATION TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ZERO. OKAY, THANK YOU. RAISE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS I DID. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER. TO-GO LAYING THAT OUT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE CHOKING. UM, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT ALREADY, UH, WHAT THE CAUSE FOR CONCERN WAS. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED, UM, FOR ESSENTIALLY A MORE HOLISTIC REVISION, NOT, NOT, UM, ANY ARGUMENT THAT REVISION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT I THINK A MORE HOLISTIC REVISION OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM COULD, UM, TAKE PLACE AS WELL AS FRANKLY, OUR CITYWIDE, UM, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO GAUGE FROM MY COLLEAGUES, THE INTEREST IN OUR COUNCILS, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH RECALIBRATING THE IN LIEU FEES, UH, FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO MAXIMIZE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS ON THURSDAY, BUT TO STRIKE THE FIRST BE IT RESOLVED THE, UM, AND BRINGING FORWARD, UM, ANOTHER RESOLUTION AT A FUTURE DATE TO INITIATE A COMPREHENSIVE REVISION OF OUR CITY-WIDE AND OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. I ALSO WANT SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF STAFF HERE. DO YOU WANT TO ASK THEM IN A MOMENT, COUNSELOR, SORRY, MARY, I WANT, I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, UPDATING OUR, OUR FEES TO REFLECT MARKET CONDITIONS, MAKE SENSE TO ME. UM, AND, AND, UM, WHATEVER PROCESS WE WANT TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REGULARLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR FEES KEEP UP WITH MARKET CONDITIONS. I THINK THAT THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. UM, SO THAT WE ARE GENERATING THE BEST REVENUE WE CAN. SO WE DON'T SET A FEE TOO LOW AND, AND DON'T CAPTURE THE, THE VALUE THAT WE NEED. AND ALSO DON'T SET A FEE THAT IS SO HIGH THAT WE DON'T GET THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ALSO RECEIVE LESS THAN THE FEE. AND SO I SUPPORT HAVING, HAVING GOOD AND CALIBRATED FEES, UH, BUT WITH THE ISSUE RELATED TO START INITIATING THE CODE AMENDMENT, I I'LL RESTATE WHAT I SAID. I THINK, YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST WORK SESSION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, REPORTS FROM OUR STAFF AND FROM THE COMMUNITY TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THAT WE COULD BE DOING A LOT BETTER WITH YOUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, BY ALLOWING MORE DENSITY AND CAPTURING MORE ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING FEES, AND, UH, KICKING OFF THE YEAR HERE FOR US TO JUST REVISE THE CODE AS IT RELATES TO JUST THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS. PART OF THE CODE, WHEN ACTUALLY THERE WERE SO MANY PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE'VE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THOSE CORRIDORS AND THOSE PARTS OF THE CODE TO CAPTURE FEES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, I WOULD RATHER ACTUALLY FIX THOSE CORRIDORS AND IN ALL OF THOSE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PICKING THIS ONE. UM, SO WE'VE GOT A LETTER FROM PLANNING. OUR COMMUNITY IS A LETTER FROM THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION LETTERS FROM OTHERS, UH, RESTATING THAT, THAT FACT. AND SO, UM, MY, MY GOAL WOULD BE FOR US TO, TO NOT DELVE JUST INTO ONE PROGRAM, BUT FIND A WAY FOR US TO ACTUALLY MAXIMIZE THAT ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FEES, UM, AND, AND HOUSING UNITS, BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE AS WELL FOR ALL OF THAT TO WORK, UM, IN A, IN A BIGGER WAY. SO, SO I, I APPRECIATE WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS RAISED HERE AND I'M INTERESTED IN AND WHERE THE, WHERE THE DIAS SITS ON THAT ISSUE AS WE'RE A KITCHEN AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. UM, I, I AGREE, UH, COUNCILMAN COSARA, THAT IS TIME TO BRING BACK THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, PARTICULARLY THE ASPECTS, UH, RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. AND SO IT'S REALLY TIME FOR US TO GET BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY, UM, MANY NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD HOLD US UP THOUGH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER TO-GO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. UM, UH, BUT ALSO TO VERY QUICKLY, [00:15:02] UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BOTH TO CALIBRATION FOR DENSITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, THAT WE, UM, HAVE TALKED ABOUT. AND MANY OF WHICH WERE AGREED UPON BY THE COUNCIL, UH, IN PREVIOUS EFFORTS AROUND THE ATLANTA DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T WANT US TO SLOW DOWN A PROCESS TO, TO GET TO, UH, THE, THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR AFFORDABILITY. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO RATHER, I WANT TO PROCEED HERE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOA IS SUGGESTING, UM, AND ALSO SPEED UP OUR OTHER PROCESSES AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I COULD ALSO BE ON BOARD WITH LOOKING AT DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, UM, FIRST OF ALL, IN DOWNTOWN CURRENTLY, BUT IF THERE IS ANOTHER PROCESS FOR DOING, UM, MORE OF A CITY-WIDE BASIS IN OTHER LOCATIONS, I COULD BE ON BOARD WITH THAT AS WELL. UM, ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS STILL, UM, IS THAT I THINK OUR UPDATED METRICS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, THE ASSUMPTIONS AND METRICS OF THE LAST CALIBRATION WAS, WAS DONE IN LIGHT OF THE LDC REWRITE, NOT THE CODE WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HAVING NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME THAT ARE ACCURATE TO OUR CURRENT SITUATION TODAY. UM, SO I WOULD WANT TO BE CONFIDENT IN DOING THAT. AND SO THE, UM, THE DEADLINE OF DOING SOMETHING AT THE VERY NEXT MEETING MAY 6TH IS SOMETHING THAT I, I JUST, UM, I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. UM, MAYBE STAFF CAN ENLIGHTEN ME ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT ALSO THE, THE REPEALING OF SECTION V6, I THINK WE'D REALLY NEED TO HAVE ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW BEFORE WE, UM, TOY WITH COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. I THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO RETAIN, UM, OUR ABILITY TO LET PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, I THINK I'VE GOT A GOOD WIN FOR US. I WANT TO PROVIDE MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. I WANT COUNCIL TO TELL ME IF THIS PROPOSAL WORKS FOR THEM. AND SO I THINK THAT IS A FLEXIBILITY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. UM, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN GET THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF APPLIED TO THIS PARTICULAR, SAY FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS CORRECTLY WITH, WITH UPDATED INFORMATION. SO MAYBE STAFF CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE MAY SIX DEADLINE. IF THE MEMBERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF, OF THIS CODE, UM, AND WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT. THAT'S SURE ERIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER PER HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO IF, IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES FULLY RECALIBRATED A DENSITY BONUS FEES BASED ON SORT OF NEW ASSUMPTIONS WHERE WE NEED TO COLLECT NEW, UM, ECONOMIC DATA, I THINK, UM, AUGUST IS PROBABLY A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME. IF WE WANTED TO USE THE ECONOMIC DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED BY ECO NORTHWEST MAINLY IN 2019, BUT BASICALLY TRY TO, EXCUSE ME, TRANSLATE THOSE FEES FROM THE PROPOSED CODE TO THE CURRENT CODE, THEN JUNE WOULD LIKELY BE FEASIBLE. OKAY. AND I, I WOULD HOPE JUST AS A MATTER OF PROCESS, MAYBE WE COULD JUST HAVE AN UPDATE TO THOSE NUMBERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW INTENSE THAT IS GIVEN THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS MIGHT BE QUITE DIFFERENT. AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, UM, I WOULD WANT TO BE CONFIDENT THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE ALL HAVE TO WORK OFF OF ARE REFLECTIVE OF, OF THE CODE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER. UM, I, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW, BUT MAYBE IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, I MIGHT JUMP BACK IN IF SOMETHING POPS OUT. OKAY. COLLEAGUES. UM, CATHERINE, THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS FOR ERIC ELITE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE, YOU SAID IT WOULD BE JUNE BEFORE WE, YOU WOULD HAVE A PROPOSAL ON THE FEE SCHEDULE BASED ON BEFORE IT, SO CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH WHY IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IF, IF THE PROPOSAL IS TO USE THE FEES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN THE REPORT? SO THE, THE FEES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE REGULATIONS AND MAPPING IN THE PROPOSED, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CURRENT CODE AND THE PROPOSED CODE, [00:20:01] WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND BASICALLY SORT OF TRANSLATE AND REMAP THE PROPOSED FEES BASED ON TODAY'S CURRENT CODE RATHER THAN THE PROPOSED CODE. SO IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE JUST BEING ABLE TO REPLACE NUMBERS IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE, UM, REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YES, IT DOES. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY ZONING CASES OR WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE FROM NOW AND THROUGH AUGUST THAT WOULD, THAT ARE LOOKING OR THINKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM? THIS IS JERRY . UM, THE ONLY CASES THAT GO BEFORE THE COSTAL ARE THOSE THAT EXCEED THE CAP. OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE APPROVED. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW. UM, I COULD GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT NUMBER OR HAVE IT AVAILABLE BY THURSDAY. IF YOU LIKE IT, IT'S NOT A GREAT NUMBER, BUT I'D HAVE TO CHECK. IT'S PROBABLY AROUND A HALF DOZEN OR SO, THAT ARE ADMINISTRATIVE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PENDING THAT REQUIRE CONSOLE APPROVAL. LIKE THE THREE THAT Y'ALL HAD THAT THE LAST MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER KITCHEN. OKAY. UM, MR. LEEK, I KNOW YOU SPENT SOME TIME WORKING WITH MY STAFF ABOUT THE FEES AND TALKING ABOUT THEM YESTERDAY. AND IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT JUST LOOKING AT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND BY THE WAY, I MISSPOKE EARLIER. I THINK I SAID THAT FIGURES CAME FROM 2014 AND ACTUALLY THE FIGURES THAT WE'RE USING FOR OUR DENSITY BONUS FEES ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON 2013 NUMBERS. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY EIGHT YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT JUST BY IF WE USE SOMETHING REALLY BASIC, LIKE A CALCULATION USING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THAT WE WOULD END UP AT THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE, UM, ECO NORTHWEST FOLKS RECOMMENDED? UM, SO WE DISCUSSED INFLATION RATHER THAN US CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. SO I WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. SORRY. I REALLY MEANT IN FLIGHT. YEAH. THE INFLATION RATE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GET, LANDS US AT NEARLY THE SAME RECOMMENDATION THAT ECO NORTHWEST, UM, PUT FORWARD AS THERE IT'S WHEN, WHEN WE DID SOME QUICK CALCULATIONS, IT WAS, IT WAS SIMILAR. YES. SO I GUESS I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, I FULLY SUPPORT LOOKING AT OUR OTHER DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS ON BOARD FOR THAT DID A RESOLUTION NOW YEARS AGO, UM, ASKING FOR THE STAFF TO LOOK AT ALL THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS AND COME BACK TO US WITH THOSE NUMBERS. SO HE COULD SEE WHAT WAS WORKING, WHAT WAS NOT WORKING. UM, WE HAD, I THINK ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT MAYBE THE MAYOR YOU DID, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOW ASKED FOR THIS TO BE RECALIBRATE. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT TO STOP JUST ASKING FOR MORE RECALIBRATIONS AND MORE ANALYSIS AND ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE MARKET CONDITIONS. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FEES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED. WE ALSO ADD TO THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT OUR STAFF, UM, ENGAGE ECO NORTHWEST TO DO THAT UPDATE AND THAT WE ADOPT A POLICY OF, OF RECALIBRATING THOSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REALLY LOOK AT, REALLY LOOK AT THEM MORE FREQUENTLY AND ADJUST THEM AS NECESSARY. I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS TO GET SOMETHING IS TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S MORE REFLECTIVE OF MARKET CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING ALL KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY, REALLY CAPTURE, UM, A MORE REFLECTIVE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T DECIDE TO MAKE A CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WE DELAYED ALL THAT EARLIER WORK FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH HAS TAKEN FAR LONGER THAN WAS ENVISIONED. UM, I JUST WOULD REALLY SUGGEST THAT WE GET THIS PIECE. WE GET THIS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN INTERIM FEE AND WE COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE OTHER, OR RE-ENGAGING THE WORK ON, ON THE OTHER DENSITY BONUS FEES. AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY THE WAY THAT, UM, ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX FOR GENERATING MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'VE TRIED AND EXPLORED LINKAGE FEES. I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN. AT SOME POINT WE ALL KNOW WE CAN'T USE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, BUT WE HAVE OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, BUT THEY ONLY REALLY WORK EFFECTIVELY IF WE UPDATE THEM. SO I'M REALLY KEEN ON, ON MOVING THAT FORWARD, UM, AND NOT LETTING THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD, REALLY GETTING THE DENSITY BONUS [00:25:01] AMENDMENTS UNDERWAY, COUNCIL MEMBER LS. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS ONE POINT YOU RAISED ABOUT WANTING TO RETAIN, WANTING TO RETAIN THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTING EXCEPTIONS TO FAR TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR CASE BEFORE COUNCIL AND BE HEARD. AND IF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUPPORT THAT THE COUNCIL CAN, CAN GIVE THE GO AHEAD. UM, THAT WOULD, THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE UNDER WHAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING FOR THURSDAY BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT, THE RESOLUTION INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL OR AMEND. AND SO IT COULD CERTAINLY AMEND IT ALLOWING, CONTINUING TO ALLOW THOSE FAR EXCEPTIONS TO COME TO COUNCIL, BUT IT WOULD AT LEAST HAPPEN AFTER THE POLICY CONVERSATION THAT WAS, THAT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING NECESSARY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT PROJECTS EXCEEDING THE CAP, UM, PER FAR SHOULD BE REQUIRED. ONE, WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA UNDER WHICH COUNCILS SHOULD, SHOULD GRANT EXCEPTIONS TO THE FAR? AND IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS FLEXIBILITY, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE RIGHT FEE? SHOULD IT BE THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AS IT IS CURRENTLY? OR SHOULD IT BE A HIGHER, HIGHER LEVEL, UH, CALCULATION. SO THAT, THAT FLEXIBILITY THAT I BELIEVE I HEARD YOU REQUESTING, UM, IS CERTAINLY IN THE RESOLUTION MAYOR PRO TEM. CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU'RE TALKING, HEY GUYS, SORRY. SOMETIMES GET THAT NEW BUTTON STICKS ON ME. UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AROUND. SO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO ASK WHEN I, UM, LET YOU KNOW EARLIER I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS. UM, SO, UH, MY QUESTIONS TO MY QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN. SO TO ENSURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, FEES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, WOULD STAFF RECOMMEND THAT WE APPLIED THE PROPOSED FEES FROM THE LBC REWRITE OR TO RECALIBRATE THE LEASE TO THE CURRENT CODE AND CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS? I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD WANT TO GUESS ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY COVID HAS HAD AN IMPACT, ESPECIALLY ON COMMERCIAL SPACE. UM, AND WE WOULD WANT TO, WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO LOOK BACK INTO THE DATA OF, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE THE PRICES FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE GOING UP DOWN, UM, SAME FOR RESIDENTIAL SPACE. SO, SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO, I WOULDN'T WANT TO GUESS ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE MARKET, THAT YOU CAN'T DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD APPLY THE PROPOSED FEES FROM THE MVC REBRANDED OR THE CURRENT CODE AND CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THE LADDER IS, UM, FLUID. CORRECT. SO, SO IF, IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE THE FEES TO BE REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND DO THAT WORK BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT WHAT WAS PROPOSED AS PART OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS, IS NO LONGER CORRECT, UM, FOR ESPECIALLY, UM, THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. CAN YOU ALSO TELL ME WHAT STEPS BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT RECALIBRATION, UM, THAT REFLECTS THE CURRENT CODE AND MARKET CONDITIONS IN TIME FOR THAT, UM, FOR A FYI 22 FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTION, UM, IF IT'S ADAPTED IN AUGUST, UM, AND APOLOGIES, I DON'T HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT OFFHAND BE ADOPTED WITH THE BUDGET. OKAY. SO YES, THAT TIMEFRAME SEEMS TO BE CIVIL. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UH, ONE LAST QUESTION. SO DURING THE, AT LEAST THE STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THE FEES BE RECALIBRATED EVERY THREE YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAPTURE AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF DATA. UM, DOES STAFF STILL AGREE THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE INTERVAL FOR, UM, FOR RECALIBRATION? WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM CONSULTANTS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IS, IS THAT YOU MIGHT ONLY WANT TO CONSIDER DOING THE UPDATES APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE YEARS. UM, FOR TWO REASONS, ONE IS TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT MARKETS DATA, AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS WE GET EVERY YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH DATA WITHIN A YEAR, BUT THEN THE SECOND REASON IS ACTUALLY TO PROVIDE PREDICTABILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT [00:30:01] COMMUNITY. SO IF THE FEES ARE CHANGED EVERY YEAR, IT'S, IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT THE FEES WOULD BE AS THEY ARE DEVELOPING THEIR, UM, PERFORMANCE FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. UM, I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT, UM, THIS IS JUST A QUESTION THAT DOESN'T, UH, CHANGE MY DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, CALIBRATION WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS SUGGESTED, BUT HERE'S MY QUESTION. SO I AM HEARING THAT, UM, AS PART OF THE, UM, AS PART OF NEW FEES FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, THERE ARE OTHER RELATED KINDS OF CHANGES THAT WERE PROPOSED, UM, AS PART OF THE LDC, UH, REWRITE. UM, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, THAT LIST OF WHAT THOSE WERE BE SHARED WITH US. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DAY BEFORE. UM, AND, UH, IS THAT A YES? UM, YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I APOLOGIZE THAT I MISSED SOME OF THE CONVERSATION I NEEDED TO GO OVER TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO, UM, SPEAK TO THEM. THERE LAUNCHED A TRAVIS COUNTY CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORP TODAY MODELED OFF OF OUR HLC. UM, SO I WAS OVER THERE. UM, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT US MOVING FORWARD WITH AN INCREASE IN THE FEES, UM, AT THIS TIME AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SUGGESTED, AND I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS ITEM. PERFECT. YEAH, I, YES. I ALSO AGREE WITH ON A MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING UP IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT COMING IN. NO, WE NEED TO GET THE FEEDS, UH, CORRECT. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS QUITE A WHILE, OR YOU'RE NOT, WE WILL STILL DEBATING THAT SELLING A HOUSE FOR 350,000 OUTRAGES BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD ON THE COUNCIL, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND, AND, AND TRYING TO GET AS MUCH RESOURCES AS WE CAN FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THIS IS JUST A STUDY TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE HAD. SO I AGREE WITH THAT. AND I'M SUPPORTING THAT, UH, CATHERINE, OUR POOL, I GUESS, MEMBER HOUSE I'M ON BOARD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TERROR'S DIRECTION AS WELL. THANKS. THAT'S HER HOUSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, UH, UM, MS. LEE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT SOME OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE BETWEEN THE 2019 ASSUMPTIONS FOR THOSE METRICS AND THE CODE WE CURRENTLY HAVE? WHAT WOULD BE JUST SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL, BIG DIFFERENCES THAT STAFF WOULD JUST WANT TO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE? UM, TWO THAT I WOULD THINK OF OFF HAND, UM, INCLUDE HAVING THAT PROPOSED PARKING MAXIMUM, UH, IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH HAD AN IMPACT, UM, POTENTIALLY ON SALES PRICES AND, AND, UH, PERHAPS TO SOME EXTENT RENTAL PRICES FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL. SO SINCE THE CURRENT CODE DOESN'T HAVE THAT, UM, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FEES. AND THEN THE, THE OTHER, SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS, UM, IS TO ACTUALLY SORT OF RE REMAP THE PROPOSED THE AREAS THAT CURRENTLY, UM, HAVE ONE SET OF FEES AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND IN THE PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, THE FEES WERE PROPOSED BASED ON DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES. SO WE'D NEED TO LOOK AT THE, KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT, WHICH ARE THE RIGHT, WHICH ARE THE BEST FEES FOR, FOR DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES. UM, SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'D NEED TO DO, UM, AS PART OF THE SORT OF TRANSLATION PROCESS. OKAY. AND WERE THERE ANY, UM, ASSUMPTIONS IN THERE ABOUT FAR [00:35:01] OR HEIGHT OR SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION? CAUSE I KNOW MOST PARTS OF TOWN IT'S, IT'S A HIGH THRESHOLD AND THEN YOU GET INTO THE DENSITY BONUSES AND IT BECOMES FAR, UM, WAS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN ANY OF THOSE, FOR THE REWRITE VERSUS THE CURRENT CODES? UM, THERE'S THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN, ESPECIALLY IN, IN SORT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF DOWNTOWN. UM, SO, SO THERE ARE VARIANCES THERE. YES. OKAY. AND I JUST, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DO SUPPORT UPDATING THESE FEES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA THAT WE'RE USING IS AS UP-TO-DATE AS IT CAN BE. SO I THINK IN THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE DYNASTIES THAT THEY'VE, THEY SUPPORT, UM, MOVING FORWARD AND RECALIBRATING THESE FEES AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT AND KIND OF SOLID DATA TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BACKING THESE, THESE APPROVALS UP. ABSOLUTELY. I'M SORRY. YEAH. MAYOR, I'M SORRY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. IF I MAY REAL QUICK, I WAS ABLE TO GET AN ANSWER TO A CUSTOMER PRENTICE ONE TEST THIS QUESTION EARLIER THROUGH OUR SEVEN CASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PENDING, UM, AND THE, UH, DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS REVIEW PROCESS, UH, NONE OF THEM WOULD REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF CONSOLE. THEY'RE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, THANK YOU, JAKE. THAT, AND YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH UPDATING THE FEES FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM? UM, AND THEN, AND THEN WORKING ON UPDATING CITYWIDE, OUR BONUS PROGRAMS BY THAT AUGUST TIMEFRAME, CAN WE DO BOTH OR IF STAFF CAN SPEAK TO THIS, UM, DOES ONE PRECLUDE THE OTHER, UH, ONE DOES THAT PRECLUDE THE OTHER, BUT, UM, JUST NOTE THAT THAT TAKING CODE CHANGES FOR THE PROCESS, UM, IT DOES REQUIRE STAFF TIME. AND SO IF THEY'RE DONE TO GATHER, YOU CAN SORT OF CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THAT, UH, STAFF TIME, UH, IN, IN ONE GO ROUND. UM, IF THEY'RE TAKING SEPARATELY, THEN, THEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A SEPARATE PROCESSES. NOW I THINK ME, I ACTUALLY PREFER IT TO BE SEPARATE. I THINK IT ALLOWS ME AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TO REALLY HONE IN ON THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY PROGRAM IN OF ITSELF, AND THEN SEPARATELY TAKE UP THE REST OF OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. UM, AND, AND SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR MOVING FORWARD ON THE, ON THIS RECALIBRATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT POLL ITEM, THEN LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE, TO THE TOP. UM, MANAGER IS STAFF PULLING ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ARE POSTPONING BROTHER. WE ARE NOT MAYOR COUNCIL, AND WE WOULD PREFER TO SEE ALL FOUR OF THESE ITEMS GO FORWARD. UM, BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THE PRIDE AND NUMBER THREE, THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR CONTINUED CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD. AND SO IF THERE WERE ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE POSTPONED BY COUNCIL, UH, ITEM THREE WOULD BE, UH, UNDER THE OTHER ONES WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE GO FORWARD TODAY. OKAY. COUNSELOR, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS TOO MANY? THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. YEP. YEP. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THOSE. AND, UM, THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THAT INPUT. I DO THINK, UM, I WAS ADVISED THAT STAFF, UM, WAS GOING TO POSTPONE ITEMS THREE. I'D LIKE A DIRECTOR YET. YOU'RE MUTED. LESLIE. LESLIE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR HER? NOPE. LESLIE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU CAN'T HEAR ME AT ALL. NOW WE CAN, OH, A PHONE I'M ON MY PHONE TECHNOLOGY HERE AND A CALL WAS COMING IN AND THAT MUST'VE TAKEN AWAY. MY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. TOP OF THE LIST AGAIN, UH, ITEM THREE, THE ABLE BYLAWS, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT ON THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT WITH DIRECTOR AFT, UM, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONCURRENT SPEND STAFF ON MY UNDERSTANDING IS, DID WANT TO POSTPONE THAT. I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS CAN STILL HEAR ME. ITEM FOUR IS THE ABLE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD. ITEM FIVE, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS [00:40:01] ARE STILL OUTSTANDING WITH REGARD TO MINUTES OF THE ABL BOARD. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS THOSE AND GET THEM NAILED DOWN TODAY. THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN LOAN OF 2.6 MILLION. THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME VOTES THAT WERE TAKEN THAT NEED TO BE, UM, QUESTION ABOUT SOME VOTES THAT WERE TAKEN THAT NEED TO BE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE LAID TO REST. AND THEN ITEM SIX, UH, CAN ALSO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEBT SERVICE OF A DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR ABLE AND THE TRANSFER OF THE 2.6 MILLION INTO THAT FUND. SO WHAT WE NEED HERE TO CONFIRM WITH DIRECTOR YAS ON THREE, AND THEN, UM, LET'S DO THAT. AND THEN I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO FIVE JUST BECAUSE WITHOUT SHE'S JUST GOING TO BE MOVED OVER. UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM HER AS WELL, IS THAT THAT'S THE DESIRE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD. THEN POSTPONING ITEM THREE WOULD BE FINE, BUT WE CAN WAIT AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL GET MOVED OVER SHORTLY. OKAY. WHILE WE'RE WAIT FOR HER TO MOVE OVER. UH, DID YOU MARCH, YOU'RE SAYING FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX YOU'RE OKAY. WITH THOSE MOVING FORWARD, THERE WERE JUST SOME ISSUES YOU WANTED TO RAISE. WELL, ITEM FIVE STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION SURROUNDING SOME NOTES THAT WERE TAKEN AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING. UM, UH, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT JUST A WEE BIT. W I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TODAY, BUT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO AIR OUT A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. SO ON ITEM FIVE, UH, CONSIDERING THE HOTEL HAS SEVERAL OVERDUE DEBTS, IT MAY BE PRUDENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED LOAN. THE SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THAT I HAVE THOUGH HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT ABLE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS TO HARNEY PARTNERS, A PORTION OF THESE MONIES WOULD POTENTIALLY BE USED TO PAY. SO I'D FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE CLEARED UP BEFORE WE VOTE ON SPECIFICALLY ITEM FIVE, BUT I'M, AND I'M OPEN TO HEARING FROM STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT ITEM FIVE. THERE'S SOME, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE VOTING ON ISSUES THAT WOULD BENEFIT THEM AND RECUSALS THAT, UH, POTENTIALLY OUGHT TO BEEN OCCURRING AS DIRECTORS. ALL RIGHT. I AM ON, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN. AND I ALSO HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS WITH ME TO SUPPORT WITH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ALL OF THEM. UM, WE'LL START WITH NUMBER ITEM, NUMBER THREE, WE ARE IN AGREEANCE TO AMEND THE CONTRACT, TO HAVE THE, UH, COUNSEL FOR THE AMENDMENT OF, UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS IS SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THE LANGUAGE AND AMENDMENT THAT THE BOARD OF ABLE ACTUALLY APPROVED. ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WAS AN ASK TO AMEND IT FURTHER BY HAVING A, ANY EXTENSIONS TO THE CONTRACT, COME TO COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOT IN THE CURRENT AMENDMENT. UH, AND IF SO, THE ONLY WE'RE OKAY. POSTPONING DYNAM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE APRIL BOARD BACK AND GET UP FOR THEM TO APPROVE THAT EX THAT AMENDMENT. AND THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU. SO IF THE AMENDMENT, THE CURRENT AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE ASKING THIS COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADD THE EXTENSION LANGUAGE, THEN WE'RE OKAY WITH POSTPONING NUMBER THREE. YEAH. AND SPECIFICALLY THE LANGUAGE CHANGES WOULD NOT ONLY ALLOW COUNCIL TO REVIEW ALL THE NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS LIKE IT SAYS NOW, BUT ANY EXTENSIONS WOULD ALSO GET TO BE REVIEWED. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE BEST PRACTICES AND THAT IS WHAT, UM, THE POSTPONEMENT WOULD, UH, GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THAT IN THE, IN THE BINDERS. NO PROBLEM. SO WE'LL POSTPONE THAT AND GO BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. COME BACK WITH, FOR YOU NOW, UM, ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UM, WHAT SPECIFIC DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION? THIS, THIS WAS JUST THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, RIGHT? WELL, THE ITEM CAN MOVE ON THURSDAY IF THAT'S THE WILL OF MY COLLEAGUES. UM, AND THIS IS THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR ABEL. I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS HERE, BUT I DID WANT TO PULL IT, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THE BYLAWS AND THEREFORE NEEDS SOME CHANGES. SO IF YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT DIRECTORY AFTER THEN, I THINK WE COULD, UM, BARRING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. WE COULD PROBABLY MOVE FORWARD ON ITEM FOUR. UM, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THIS ITEM THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE BYLAWS CHANGES IN THROUGH? I HAVE TRACY, UM, ALSO OUR, UM, CHIEF OF INTERNAL, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. IF TRACY CAN COME ON, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT SHE NEEDS TO ADD, CAUSE THERE'S NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM THEN TRACY, IS THERE A CONNECTION CONNECTION? THERE, THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. THEY'RE GOOD WRITTEN STANDALONE. YES. WENT BACK TO NUMBER THREE, UH, BECAUSE WE PASS THROUGH THAT. DOES ANYBODY WANT THIS ITEM TO COME UP? IN OTHER WORDS, NOT WANTING THE POSTPONEMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY, SURE. GO AHEAD OF THREE AND FOUR. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION AND GET SPECIFIC WITH THIS QUESTION. SO [00:45:01] DO THE BYLAWS OR ARTICLES CONTEMPLATE, UM, THE PRESIDENT AND THE PAID PRESIDENT OF ABL SITTING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IF I MAY SPEAK THEM, THEY DO NOT. THE, UM, AS IS CONSISTENT WITH CITY CODE, A, UH, BOARD MEMBER CANNOT BE COMPENSATED. SO AS A PAID PRESIDENT, HE IS NOT CURRENTLY, IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE FUTURE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO CHANGE. THERE'S NO CHANGE BEING SUGGESTED THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AGAIN, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, DOES ANYBODY WANT THAT ITEM? IN OTHER WORDS, COUNSELOR, PO'S INDICATED A DESIRE TO POSTPONE THAT I HAVE AN ORDER TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT, UH, IS ANYBODY WHO NEED THAT TO PUMP THIS WEEK. I SUPPORT THAT POSTPONEMENT AND THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNSELOR POOL HAS RAISED, DEPENDING ON THE QUESTION ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION AND ON THE OTHER ITEMS, THERE MAY BE OTHER BYLAW ISSUES THAT COME UP IN OUR DEBATE ON THE OTHER ITEMS. I DON'T WANT TO SURRENDER THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU POSTPONE ITEM THREE TO SAY. AND ALSO AS WE THINK ABOUT THREE COMING BACK, WE SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT THIS OTHER THING. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T MISS IT JUST DIDN'T WANT US TO AMEND IT. IF GUYS WERE IMPOSED THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTED TO AMEND IT, I KNOW SHE'S NOT, BUT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS HERE. SO, UH, THE PUBLIC THEN HAS NOTICED, AND WE APPRECIATE STAFF. WE WON'T, UH, CONSIDER ITEM NUMBER THREE THIS WEEK. UH, FURTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM, NUMBER FOUR. THOUGHTS ON THAT COUNCIL TOBA. YEAH, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT ON ITEMS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. I AM ALSO WORKING THROUGH, UM, SOME QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY BE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION, SO MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN ANSWERS TO, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO BEEN HEARING FROM UNITE HERE AND, AND ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL TO SEE HOW THIS IS ADDRESSED. AND LET ME JUST GENERALLY SAY I'M, I'M NOT YET UNDERSTANDING WHY, WHY THE, UM, SORRY MY ALARM IS GOING OFF. I GUESS THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH. UM, I'M NOT YET UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE UTILITY IS OF SWITCHING TO, TO THE MODEL THAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BY THURSDAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS HERE. OKAY. ANYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT AHEAD OF TIME. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HER. YOU CAN DAYLIGHT THOSE AND BE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD OR SOMETHING TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU CAN, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, FIVE OR SIX COUNSELOR WERE ALTERED? I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE WILL EITHER BE SUBMITTING OR HAVE SUBMITTED A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'LL WANT THOSE ANSWER BEFORE I CAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEMS THREE, WHICH WILL BE POSTPONED FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX? YES. YOU HAVE TO REFLECT THIS, RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR CATHERINE? THANK YOU. I JUST ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HAVING HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, WITH HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE LOAN IS CONCERNING. AND SO I DO THINK IT'D BE WORTH US CONSIDERING POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, TO ALLOW FOR MORE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE, THE AIRPORT. UM, AND I KNOW THOSE ARE TAKING PLACE AND BOTH PARTIES ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING, UH, MORE DIALOGUE. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WE CAN GET TO HOPEFULLY A GOOD PLACE. AND SO JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER FIVE. OKAY. THE STAFF WANT TO ADDRESS WHY IT IS IT STAFF WAS OF THE BELIEF THAT FIVE AND 60 TO MOVE BOARD NOW. YES, SIR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO NUMBER FIVE SPECIFICALLY, UM, AND I'LL HAVE TRACY AND ALSO ADD TO IT. SO, UM, ITEM FIVE IS A LOAN, UM, AND BIG PORTION OR A PORTION OF THAT LOAN WILL PAY FOR FEES THAT WERE DEFERRED THROUGH 2020, INCLUDING THE FRANCHISE OF THE HOTEL THAT HAD BEEN SERVING THE HOTEL, UM, ATTORNEY FEES. AND, UM, THERE'S A LIST OF OTHER ITEMS THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A LOOK INTO THAT. AND THOSE ARE HAVE BEEN POST-MEAL FOR 12 MONTHS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PAY ON THOSE INVOICES AS PART OF THAT LOAN. SO THAT IS THE URGENCY. UM, I DON'T THINK POSTPONING THE LOAN WOULD CHANGE THAT OTHER THAN IT WOULD DELAY AND CREATE MORE HARDSHIP FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THOSE 12 MONTHS. AND TRACY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, JACKIE, THAT THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE DID STRUCTURE, OR WE WORKED WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND DID STRUCTURE THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND THE ABL CORPORATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDRESSED JUST THOSE ITEMS RELATED TO COVID AND, UH, TO HELP BRIDGE THEM THROUGH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND, [00:50:01] UM, THE HOTEL IS NOW OPERATING AT A BREAKEVEN POINT. SO, UM, THIS IS REALLY JUST TO ACCOUNT FOR, UM, THE COVID IMPACTS. CAN YOU REACH OUT TO A COUNSELOR REFERRED TO HIS OFFICE AND SEE IF YOU CAN ADDRESS HER CONCERNS? ABSOLUTELY AND I HAD PASSED SOME OF THOSE SAME CONCERNS ALONG. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DIG SO DEEPLY THE ITEM. UM, BUT THE GENERAL CONCERN THAT'S BEEN RAISED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHILE THIS IS A PRIVATELY RUN HOTEL, UM, ABEL IS A CREATURE OF THE CITY. AND AS WE LOW AND PUBLIC DOLLARS AT A LOWER INTEREST RATE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING THE MAXIMUM COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE CAN GET. AND AS WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN REALLY DEDICATED TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE GRANTS OR LOW INTEREST LOANS, UM, AS WE DID AT THE HILTON HOTEL TO KEEP WORKERS ON PAYROLL, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST GET THE BEST DEAL THEY CAN GET. AND WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM THE UNION. THAT IS IT, YOU KNOW, THE PHRASE THE BIG FRANCHISE COMPANY GETS TAKEN CARE OF OR THE ATTORNEY'S FEES GET TAKEN CARE OF, BUT HAS THERE BEEN A MEETING OF THE MINDS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WORKING FOLKS AT THE HOTEL ARE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF OUR ACTIONS TODAY? AND I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S BEEN ONE MEETING, BUT I WOULD ALSO, IF IT'S NOT, IF, IF IT'S WAITING A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION TO BE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS LOAN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST, I WOULD SUPPORT IF, IF, IF THE FACT THAT WE CAN PAY SOME OF THESE BILLS STILL AND IT'S, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEFAULT ON ANYTHING. UM, I WOULD BE FINE WITH A POSTPONEMENT, SO THAT REALLY THE HOTEL NOT EVEN ABLE, BUT THE HOTEL OPERATOR PROSPERA COULD SIT DOWN WITH THE UNION AND, AND SEE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES CAN BE WORKED OUT, UM, BETWEEN THEM TO SAY, LOOK, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING SOME LOW INTEREST LOANS TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE, HOW IS THAT, HOW DOES THAT TAKE CARE OF NOT JUST FOR SOME OF THE BILLS FOR THE FOLKS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN, BUT ALSO FOR, FOR EVERYBODY. AND SO JUST IF BUYING THOSE COUPLE OF WEEKS COULD FACILITATE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BETWEEN PROSPERITY AND THOSE UNION FOLKS, AND EVERYBODY COULD COME BACK AND SAY, A PLAN HAS BEEN WORKED OUT ON HOW THIS EXTENSION OF SOME PUBLIC CREDIT CAN HELP EVERYONE. I THINK THAT THEN IT MIGHT BE EASIER RATHER THAN HAVING TO HAMMER THIS OUT ON THE DAYAS. UM, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON, WE JUST ALWAYS LOOK FOR ISSUES TO BE WORKED OUT RATHER THAN US HAVING TO WORK THEM OUT ON THE DIOCESE IN TWO DAYS TIME. SO, WELL, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, HAVING THE AIRPORT REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRIENDS'S OFFICE WHERE THIS HOTEL IS LOCATED, THAT'S ALL GOOD. BUT THE MORE THAT I CAN SORT OF GET WORKED OUT BETWEEN PARTIES TO TRY AND GET THE BEST AND FIERCE DEAL THE BETTER. AND THAT IS SETTING ASIDE ALSO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BYLAWS AND THE RECUSALS, ET CETERA, WHICH ARE STILL PENDING QUESTIONS IN MY MIND AS WELL. THAT'S A HELPFUL IDENTIFICATION ISSUES. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE COOL. YEAH, I'M ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE NEED TO, UM, GET A BETTER HANDLE ON ALL OF THE, AS, AS GREG TERM LAND CREATURES OF COUNCIL, UM, THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES LIKE ABEL AND THE DOWNTOWN, UH, CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, WHAT THE FINANCIAL STATUS THAT IS AND, UM, WHAT THE STABILIZATION PLANS WILL BE FOR THESE, UH, REALLY VALUABLE ASSETS FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. SO I FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE CLEARED OUT MYSELF. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE GENERALLY WE SHOULD PROBABLY, MAYBE MAYOR LET'S, LET'S ASK, UM, THE DICE, UH, ARE WE DELAYING OR MOVING FORWARD WITH ITEM FIVE? I'M NOT SURE WE KNOW ENOUGH YET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE YET OVER THE NEXT WEEK. SO YEAH, I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, IS MAYBE IF WE CAN GET IT RESOLVED BY MAY 20, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING, THIS IS, LET'S SEE, MAY 22ND. I'M SORRY, APRIL 22ND. AND THEN THE MAY MEETING, MAYBE ONE OF THE MAIN MEETINGS WE CAN MOVE THESE FORWARD AND THEN ITEM SIX, UM, THAT'S THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEBT SERVICE FOR ABEL AND THE TRANSFER OF THE LOAN? THE 2.6 MILLION, UM, IT IS ON THIS ITEM IS NOT RELATED TO THE LOAN AND IT CAN SIMPLY MOVE FORWARD. UM, THIS, THE WAY STAFF DESCRIBED IT, UH, THE AMOUNTS ARE SO CLOSE. THEY SEEM TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. SO COULD, UH, DIRECTORY AFT OR MAYBE MS. THOMPSON, UM, KIND OF SEPARATE THOSE OUT AND EXPLAIN THAT EVEN THOUGH THE AMOUNTS ARE [00:55:01] VERY SIMILAR, THEY ARE INDEED SEPARATE ISSUES. SO THIS IS TRACY. I'M PLEASED TO DO THAT. SO THERE ARE, UM, UNDER THE BOND INDENTURE FOR THE ABL DEBT, THERE IS A GRANT AGREEMENT WHICH OBLIGATES THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION TO, UM, TRANSFER FUNDS. IF THERE'S A DEFICIENCY IN THE BOND RESERVE ACCOUNT, AND THIS IS A MCCANN, THIS IS A ADMINISTRATIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUBORDINATE RESERVE FUND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT MONEY INTO THAT ACCOUNT AND THEREFORE COULD BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO ABL COMPLIANT WITH, UM, THE WAY THE TREASURY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WANTS IT TO BE ESTABLISHED. SO THIS IS REALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUBORDINATE RESERVE FUND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. AND IT'S RELATED TO THE BOND INDENTURE FOR ABL, THAT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE TRANSACTION. IT'S JUST COINCIDENTALLY IT'S COMING IN THE SAME MONTH. AND COINCIDENTALLY, THE AMOUNT IN THAT FUND WOULD BE IS 2.6 MILLION PLUS SOME CHANGE, BUT THAT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE LOAN AGREEMENT, WHICH ALSO HAS A, A LOAN AMOUNT OF 2.6 MILLION. EXACTLY. SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATE ITEMS AND NOT, NOT CONNECTED. THEY ARE CONNECTED TO ABEL THE HOTEL, BUT THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED IN IT, IN THEIR PURPOSE. SO I, I THINK UNLESS THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS WE MIGHT, UM, LET'S LET ITEM SIX MOVE, AND THEN I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CLOSE WITH ON THIS ONE. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF AT AUDIT AND FINANCE ON THE FINANCIAL STATE AND STABILIZATION PLAN FOR THE HOTEL, AND THEN ESTABLISH A REGULAR REPORTING FRAMEWORK FOR AVA LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES, UM, AT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. THANKS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET POSTPONED WITHOUT REGARD OR PREJUDICE TO ANYONE'S ABILITY TO BRING ANY KIND OF AMENDMENTS THEY WANT. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, UM, OR IN FIVE AND SIX ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND AGAIN, WITHOUT LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION, UH, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THURSDAY. UH, ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THESE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE, KATHY? YEAH. AND JUST ASK IF I JUST WANT TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION FROM OUR STAFF, HAVE YOU SENT US A MEMO THAT EXPLAINS WHY, WHY YOU'RE MOVING TO A SYSTEM OF HAVING A COMPENSATED PRESIDENT? I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHY SOME OF THESE ENTITIES OF, YOU KNOW, AS SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES WITH THESE ENTITIES THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY. IN SOME CASES, THE STAFF ARE SUPPORTING THESE ENTITIES, UM, AND HAVE BEEN, I THINK, ACES LAND WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED, ABEL IS ANOTHER. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHY, WHY AT A TIME OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, WE'RE SEEING TWO SUCH ENTITIES MOVE FROM MOVE FROM TAKING ON MORE, MORE, UM, FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS WITH THE HIRING OF A PRESIDENT THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM THAT DOESN'T SEEM LOGICAL TO ME. AND IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE MOST, UM, MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE, ARE AT THE LOWER END OF THAT WAGE SPECTRUM. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THAT, WHY THAT'S HAPPENING OR BEYOND WHAT'S IN THE BACKUP. SO COUNCILMAN PROBABLY PLEASED TO PROVIDE TO YOU DETAILED INFORMATION. WE DID HAVE A, UH, COUNCIL ACTION ITEM IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WHERE THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. UM, AND, BUT LET ME ANSWER SPECIFICALLY YOUR QUESTION. AND THAT IS, UM, WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN NINE MONTHS AGO AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATION FOR APRIL, FROM BOARD OF DIRECTORS STANDPOINT, MOST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE EITHER RESIGNED. WE WERE NO LONGER WORKING AT THE CITY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO SERVE AS, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, DUE TO THEIR TERM EXPLORATIONS. AND SO WE WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN DETERMINING WHAT WE THOUGHT THE BEST COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD WOULD BE. AND THAT INCLUDES TWO CHIEF OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO WE MADE SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION WAS WELL-REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT SOME OF THE LEVELS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO, UM, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST, AS WELL AS THE APRIL CORPORATION'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE TWO QUALIFIED BUSINESS CITIZENS, PRIVATE CITIZENS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON SERVE ON THAT BOARD. SO THAT'S HOW WE DECIDED ABOUT THE BOARDS, BUT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IN, UH, CHOOSING TO HAVE A PAID PRESIDENT OF PRIVATE SECTOR PAID PRESIDENT FOR A NOMINAL FEE, A FLAT FEE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION SLASH SLASH CITY OF BOSTON WITH THE, UM, ABEL, UM, CORPORATION. AND THAT CREATES AN INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF, FOR INSTANCE, [01:00:01] I'LL, I'LL USE MYSELF. IF TRACY THOMPSON WERE THE PRESIDENT OF ABEL SIGNING, A LOAN AGREEMENT MADE PAYABLE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR WHOM I AM A CHIEF OFFICER. SO WE SINCE, AND THE OTHER REASON IS MR. OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT, MR. MILLIGAN IS A VERY EXPERIENCED, UH, RESTRUCTURE, UM, PROFESSIONAL THAT WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AS THE PRESIDENT, AND HE CAN'T BE COMPENSATED AND ALSO BE A BOARD MEMBER. SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS BALANCE ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO REALLY HAVE HIGH LEVEL, UM, EXECUTIVES FROM THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT SERVE ON THE BOARD, BUT HAVE AN INDEPENDENT, UH, PLUG AND PLAY IF WE NEEDED TO PRESIDENT TO SIGN CONTRACTS ON BEHALF OF ABLE TO AVOID THE CONFLICT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE FEE IS? AND I APOLOGIZE, I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS IT IN THE, IN THE BACKUP THOUGH, MAYBE IT IS THERE. IT IS A FLAT 5,000 PER MONTH, AND HE ENDED UP PRESIDENT'S DUTIES INCLUDE MANAGING THE BOARD MEETINGS, MEANING ACTING AS A MANAGER OF THE BOARD MEETINGS, CALLING THE AGENDA ITEMS, CALLING FOR THE BOAT WITHOUT VOTING, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE HOTEL, MANAGING ALL THE OPERATING EXPENSES AND SIGNING ALL THE CONTRACTS. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT CAN APPROVE BY HIMSELF, HIM OR HERSELF. UH, IT TAKES, UH, ABEL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR HIM TO BE OFF THE LIMITATION ON THE AUTHORITY. SO THAT'S BASICALLY $60,000 A YEAR. YES, MA'AM IT IS. CAN YOU, UM, AND I'LL ASK FOR THIS, I THINK IN THE BACKUP, UM, JUST AGAIN, TRYING TO, TRYING TO ASSURE THAT WE HAVE STANDARD PRACTICES ACROSS THESE KINDS OF ENTITIES. THIS IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN, THAN THE AMOUNT BEING PAID TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACE BOARD, WHICH I KNOW HAS, HAS CREATED, UM, A FAIR NUMBER OF PUBLIC QUESTIONS, FRANKLY. AND SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW YOU DETERMINED THAT RATE, AND I ASSUME YOU DID SO BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S A FAIR RATE BASED ON THE MARKET. AND SO I'LL JUST ASK A QUESTION AND, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL PROVIDE IT IN WRITTEN FASHION, BUT IF NOT, WOULD YOU TREAT THIS AS A QUESTION OF HOW, HOW, UM, YOU AND THE OTHER STAFF ESTABLISHED THAT SALARY OF 60,000 OR A FLAT RATE OF FIVE PER AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THAT ROLE? SO WE CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO, TO OTHER LIKE ENTITIES, INCLUDING, AND YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO PROVIDE THAT IN A WRITTEN ANSWER TO YOU IN THE Q AND A YEAH, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFO. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH. CAN SOMEONE FIND THIS? THANK YOU. AND ALSO WITH THE Q AND A JC, IF WE COULD HAVE, UM, AN ANSWER TO HOW A POSTPONEMENT OF TWO WEEKS, IF WE POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO MAY 6TH TO THAT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, IF YOU COULD LINE OUT IN DETAIL HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE HOTEL AND ALSO IMPLICATIONS OF HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE WORKERS AND JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING IF WE WERE TO DELAY THIS ITEM BY TWO WEEKS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE HOTEL AND FOR THE WORKERS? WE WILL DO THAT COUNCILOR ORCA, SORRY. IT ALSO POINTED OUT THAT YOU HAD INDICATED AN INTENTION TO MAKE SOME POTENTIALLY SOME ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS ON NUMBER THREE. UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, IF IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S BEING POSTPONED SO THAT IT GOES BACK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONSIDER AMENDMENTS, THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP INTO THAT PROCESS AND TRY TO GET YOUR AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AT THE BOARD LEVEL, UM, OR BRING THEM UP IN DISCUSSION SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAUGHT IN THE SAME LOOP ON THE, ON THE BACK END. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE INTENTION. AND LIKE I SAID, THOSE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT RECUSAL QUESTIONS AND OTHER, OTHER STUFF THAT IS SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR, LET'S HANDLE THE TWO THINGS YOU PULLED AND WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, UH, HOPEFULLY CLOSE TO ONE 30, IF WE CAN TO DO THE BRIEFING ON THE SUMMIT AND GETTING US INTO THE TWO O'CLOCK BRIEFING ON POLICING COUNCILMEMBER AUTHOR. SO MAYOR, IF I CAN DO, UM, I CAN DO, UM, ITEM 53 NOW ITEM 20, THEY JUST CAME OUT WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF BACKUP THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH, UM, THE BUDGET OFFICE, ET CETERA. SO I'D LIKE TO READ THAT CAREFULLY AND SEE IF THEY ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. THEY'RE FULLY, I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR TIME TO WAIT ON 20 TILL AFTER LUNCH, IF WE LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO IT WAS CALLED UP THEN, UH, 53. WHY DON'T YOU ERASE THAT ONE? SURE. UM, LET ME JUST GET TO MY NOTE. UM, SO ITEM 53, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ALARMS. UM, AND, UM, [01:05:01] ESSENTIALLY AS I UNDERSTAND THIS ITEM, IT TRANSFERS ADMINISTRATION OF THE ALARM PROGRAM OVER TO DSD. UM, SO IN AUGUST THOUGH AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE INNOVATION OFFICE PRESENTED DATA ON NINE ONE, ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE. UM, AND IN THAT REPORT, THEY SAID IN JANUARY 20, 20 ALONE, THE CITY RESPONDED TO OVER 2000 FALSE BURGLAR ALARMS. UM, AND THIS PROCESS OF SENDING POLICE OUT TO CHECK THE ALARMS IS COSTING US A SIGNIFICANT TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCES. AND WHAT THIS ITEM DOES IS JUST TRANSFER THE ALARM PERMITTING PROCESS TO DSD. AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE FALSE ALARM ISSUES, WHICH I THINK WAS THE CORE OF OUR CONCERN. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT IN THAT PRESENTATION FROM THE INNOVATION OFFICE, IT MENTIONED USING DATA MODELING AND PREDICTION TO MITIGATE THIS ISSUE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STEPS WE'RE TAKING AS A CITY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FALSE ALARMS WE'RE SPENDING TIME AND RESOURCES ON, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS WHERE WE SAW THE POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY GAIN THE MOST. AND SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT. AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS OF MOVING THIS TO THE SD, BUT I'M REALLY MORE INTERESTED IN THE FORMER QUESTION. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER. AND WE DO HAVE ACM ARIANO ON HERE FOR MORE DETAIL, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS, UH, WE, THAT WORK IS ONGOING AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE THAN AS WE LEARN MORE FROM THE DATA. AND AS WE HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH OUR INTERNAL STAFF, WE WILL FURTHER DO THAT EFFICIENCY WORK, BUT THAT IS AN ONGOING EFFORT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME, UH, ON THAT, BUT I'LL, I'LL ASK THE CMR NANO TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL. UH, THANK YOU. UH, C MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTERRA, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. YES. WE'RE WAITING FOR INNOVATION OFFICE TO REALLY TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND LOOK AT WHERE THE PATTERNS ARE, I GUESS, IN THE DATA WITH REGARDS TO RESPONSE TO THESE, UH, ALARMS, UH, THAT CAN HELP INFORM US AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHICH OF THESE ALARMS SHOULD WE, UH, SHOULD APD GO OUT TO, AND PERHAPS ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE MIGHT PUT IN PLACE FOR THESE BUILDING OWNERS THAT HAVE THE ALARMS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FURTHER TWEAK IN TERMS OF REQUIREMENTS AND SO FORTH? SO AGAIN, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE THE ANALYSIS BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FURTHER BECAUSE CLEARLY I THINK MANY OF THESE ALARMS ARE AS I THINK KEEP MENTIONED FALSE ALARMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE. APD WANTS TO BE RESPONSIVE IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL ISSUE TO BE RESPONDED TO. UH, BUT AGAIN, WE ALSO, I THINK, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING OWNERS THAT HAVE THESE ALARM SYSTEMS, UM, YOU KNOW, MONITOR AND OPERATE THESE ALARM SYSTEMS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T RESULT, IT ALSO WANTS TO. SO AGAIN, THE DATA WILL HOPEFULLY SHOW US WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT NEXT STEP THEN. AND THEN WHAT ARE WE GAINING, MAKING THIS STEP, WHICH I CAN SEE WHY WE WOULD BE MAKING A GAIN. I JUST LIKE IT ARTICULATED WELL, I THINK WE'RE RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR THE S UM, UH, CHIEF INNOVATION OR THE INNOVATION OFFICE TO COME THROUGH WITH THEIR ANALYSIS. THEY ARE, UH, GOING DOWN THAT LINE OF INQUIRY. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, UH, UH, CARRIE WILL, CONNOR CAN BE, UH, PROVIDED OR BROUGHT INTO THE PANEL, BUT WE CAN SURE. FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR OFFICE. UM, AFTER THIS WAS CHIEF, CHICONE COMING ON TO SPEAK TO THIS, OR JUST TO BE AVAILABLE IF WE WANTED TO ADDRESS HIM, UH, HE'S AVAILABLE. I THINK HE'S STANDING BY AND GIVE, BE BROUGHT IN. OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WANTED TO, I DON'T, I DON'T, IF HE WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OR WAS JUST STANDING BY, IT'S HARD TO TELL WHEN WE'RE VIRTUAL, DID I SAY, CAN I SEE HIS PICTURE ON IT TOO? AND, AND ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS AND SPEAKING ON IT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN PREEMPTED BY THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO THE FEES WE CAN CHARGE. SO WE CAN SAY, IF YOU HAVE SO MANY FALSE ALARMS, YOUR FEE GOES UP OR THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO THE CALLS THAT WE MAY BE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE. UH, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO PLEASED, UH, UH, CATHERINE ROGER, THAT YOU HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN REQUIRE VERIFICATION BY PRIVATE COMPANIES AND OTHER THINGS POTENTIALLY AHEAD OF TIME. SO TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE AVENUES IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO COME BACK TO US. SO, UH, G CHICAGO, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED WANT, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE CHANCE, UH, WELL, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [01:10:01] I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE INNOVATION OFFICE TO REALLY LOOK AT, UM, THE NUMBER OF ALARM CALLS THAT WE RESPOND TO, THAT WE KNOW THAT A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE ACTUAL, UH BREAK-INS UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 1.2%. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, WORK WITH THEM TO DETERMINE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ALARM CALLS IN IDENTIFYING THOSE FALSE ALARMS. UM, SO THAT WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, TAXING THE RESOURCES THAT WE KNOW ARE PRETTY PRECIOUS RIGHT NOW. UM, IN SPEAKING WITH OUR CHIEF DATA OFFICER, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HIS WORK WITH THE INNOVATION OFFICE, WE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE ANY PATTERNS OR TRENDS TO THIS POINT THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, UH, THESE COMMERCIAL ALARMS OR THESE RESIDENTIAL ALARMS, UM, WOULD BE ALL RIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND STOP RESPONDING TO. AND, UM, I THINK UNTIL WE, UM, DEVELOP SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE REALLY ALONG THE LINES OF OUR, UH, FOLKS IN THE CALL TAKING CENTER. THEY'RE SPEAKING WITH THE ALARM COMPANY, WHEN THE CALL COMES IN TO, UH, GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE PERHAPS ARE NOT GATHERING RIGHT NOW, OR THAT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHETHER WE THINK, UH, THIS IS A, UH, A GOOD ALARM OR NOT, THEN WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THOSE ALARMS. JUST, JUST KNOWING THAT EVEN IF IT'S 1%, THAT'S 1% THAT WE DON'T WANT TO NOT GO TO. SO THAT, THAT IS WHERE WE STAND. IT'S MY, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, UH, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. SO THIS IS BEING ADDRESSED BY THE INNOVATION OFFICE AND WORKING WITH APD IS THAT WHO'S, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE EFFORTS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE INNOVATION OFFICE TO FINISH THAT ANALYSIS, BUT THEN IT WOULD COME BACK UP TO THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. AND SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE, BECAUSE SINCE YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT SINCE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL AND WE NEED TO BE COORDINATING ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, SO THAT'S WHY IT WOULD COME TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. OKAY. AND THEN CAN SOMEONE SPEAK TO THE BENEFIT OF MOVING THE SIX FOLKS OVER TO DSD FROM APD? AND SO I THINK THIS IS PART OF, UH, THE DECOUPLING AND REIMAGINING EFFORT THAT WE'RE ALL IN. AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST DOES NOT NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS A PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, UH, ALARM PERMIT IN WHICH IS MORE SUITABLE AT THE, IN THE PERMITTING OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WHERE THEY ARE, THEY SPECIALIZED IN PERMITTING. AND SO AGAIN, THIS ALLOWS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, ROLES THAT REQUIRE A PEACE OFFICER TO BE INVOLVED IN IT. SO THAT'S THE, UH, JUSTIFICATION OR THE RATIONALE FOR THE ITEM THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ON THURSDAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS ONE. I DID JUST WANT TO FLAG ON NUMBER 20, THAT OVER THE LUNCH BREAK, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THE UPDATED BACKUP. UM, CAUSE THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, UM, TO CLARIFY WHAT WE WERE DOING, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO WHEN WE DO BRING IT UP, IT'LL BE EASIER IF WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BACKUP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVA ELLIS. THANK YOU. ONE. I MISSED A COUNCIL MEMBER OR I MISSED WHAT YOU SAID. WE'D HAVE A UPDATED BACKUP ON, WAS IT NUMBER 20, 20? OKAY. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF BACKUP AND SOME OF IT'S REVISE. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S BEEN NEW. UM, OKAY. WITH REGARD TO THE ALARMS, I WANTED TO KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF, UH, HOW WELL, WHERE WILL THE FEES STAY? WILL THEY STAY WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE FUND OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK OUT TO THE GENERAL? SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE FOR A BUDGET TO ANSWER. UM, IT'S LIKELY THAT I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT ONE SINCE THE BUDGET OFFICE AND I THINK ADDS ON. SO I'LL JUST SAY IF THEY STAY WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, THEY'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALIZING ANY NEW REVENUE FROM THIS CHANGE. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST ONE, AS YOU SAID, UH, ACM ARIANO TO TRY TO GET FOLKS WHO ARE DOING PERMITTING ALTOGETHER. IT'S NOT A FINANCIAL, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO NET ANY, ANY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES WITH REGARD TO [01:15:01] MONEY. MR. BEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO RESULT IN ANY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. UM, IN TERMS OF THE TARP, FROM TERMS OF THE REVENUE, THE REVENUE IS GOING TO STILL BE THERE TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE PERMITTING STUFF. OKAY. AND THOSE, AND SO NOW, INSTEAD OF STAYING WITHIN APD TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE APD PERMITTING STAFF, IT'LL SIMPLY STAY WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE APD ALARMS, PERMITTING STAFF WHO ARE NOW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE OR ALLOWABLE FOR US TO REIMBURSE THROUGH FEES. AND SO WE HAVE A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE THINGS. AND WE WERE GONNA, UM, IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT FOR YOU WOULD BE, UM, TAKING THE SAME APPROACH. THE REVENUES WILL STILL GET REFLECTED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, BUT THEN THE GENERAL FUND WILL TRANSFER MONEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PAY FOR THOSE STAFF, WHICH IS HOW WE HANDLE A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS. OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY YOUR TRENDS. SO THE BUDGET WILL SHOW A TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO COVER THE COST OF THE APD STAFF THAT ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THAT IS CORRECT. SO THERE'S NO CHANGE IN REVENUE. THERE'S NO NET IMPACT OF IT TO THE GENERAL FUND OR THE DSP FUND. THEY'RE JUST MOVING THE STAFF OVER TO DSD WHO WILL NOW BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERMITTING. AND SO THOSE ARE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL RATHER THAN APD. THAT'S CORRECT. SO NOW THESE ARE, SO THESE ARE BASICALLY GOING TO NOW BE GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES. THERE'LL BE THE GENERAL FUND. YES. OKAY. UM, LET'S SEE. I THINK I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. ARE THESE STAFF PHYSICALLY MOVING ONCE WE ARE OUT OF A TELEWORKING SITUATION, ARE THE STAFF PHYSICALLY MOVING OVER TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUILDING? I'M NOT SURE I HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. UM, IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO MOVE TO THE, UM, PERMANENT CENTERS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT ANSWER. SURE. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE USEFUL. OKAY. CASPER HELIS THANK YOU, BAYER. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, UM, THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, IF THERE IS ALREADY AN OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORT ABOUT FALSE ALARMS, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST OLDER BUILDINGS NEED SOMEONE FROM THE ALARM COMPANY TO COME OUT AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S TRIGGERING THE ALARM, REPLACING SOME WIRES, UM, POTENTIALLY DOING SOME REGULAR MONITORING TO MAKE SURE THE ALARM KNOWS IT CAN COMMUNICATE WITH NINE 11 THAT NEEDS TO, AND SOMETIMES JUST KNOWING, YOU KNOW, DOORS AND WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, AGE AND THEY START SHIFTING. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST SOME VERY LOW COST IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE TO ALLEVIATE THE STRESS ON THE SYSTEM OF TRIGGERING ALARMS AND HAVING OFFICERS COME OUT TO CHECK ON BUILDINGS. WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE BEING SENT FOR ALARMS ARE REAL ALARMS. AND, UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION TO, TO PROVIDE SOME MORE INPUT ON IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY PLANNING ON INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COLLEGE AND GRADUATE BREAK FOR LUNCH. OKAY. CHIEF OTHERS DEAD, RIGHT? YES. GOOD. LET'S DO THE QUESTION. UH, YES, IT IS BEING PLANNED AT THE ALARM PERMITTING PERSONNEL THAT ARE ALREADY APD WILL BE MOVING, UH, WITH, UH, OR INTO THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, LOCATION. OKAY. TWO COLLEAGUES LET'S RECONVENE HERE AT ONE 30. WE'LL START WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM, UH, DIANA. UM, AT THE END OF THAT, WE'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, ITEM 20, UH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, BRIEFING, UH, COUNCILMEMBER TOGGLE MAYOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 22. UM, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, IF IT, I KNOW I DIDN'T PULL IT, BUT IF THE CITY MANAGER HAS ANY INFORMATION FOR US ON WHAT, WHAT THAT IS DOING, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW AFTER THE BREAK TOO, I WILL FOLLOW UP AND GET YOUR QUESTION COMES MEMBER THAT'S HOW'S OUR KITCHEN. UM, I WILL BE, UH, POSTPONING ITEM 38 THAT RELATES TO CREATION OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION, BUT ONE IN MORE TIME TO, TO, UM, TO, UM, CONFER WITH THE, THE, UH, CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA AROUND BUTLER SHORE. SO [01:20:01] JUST A HEADS UP TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT 38 WILL BE POSTPONED. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT HERE AT, UH, 1236, LET'S, UH, RECESS, THIS MEETING. SO YOU GUYS BACK HERE AT ONE 30, RIGHT? I SEE A ALISON SPIKES, BUT I DON'T SEE ALISON OR KATHY. HI, ALLISON. SEE YOU NOW, KATHY, IF YOU'RE INTENDING TO BE ON, CAN SEE YOU. WE DO HAVE A CORUM THOUGH. UH, SO I'M GONNA RECONVENE AUSTIN'S, UH, CITY COUNCILS WORK SESSION HERE TODAY ON APRIL 20TH, 2021 CONTINUES TO BE REMOTE HANDLED REMOTELY. IT'S ONE 34 COLLEAGUES. [B2. Briefing regarding the recent “Summit to Address Unsheltered Homelessness in Austin”.] WE'RE GOING TO GO UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK, UM, UH, WITH, UH, THIS, UH, UPDATE, UH, BY, UH, HOMELESSNESS OFFICER ON THE SUMMIT. AND THEN AT TWO O'CLOCK MANAGER, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT FIVE O'CLOCK SO THAT, UH, COMMISSIONS AND OTHERS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. SO I MANAGE OUR I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER THIS AFTERNOON, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON A RECENT, UH, UH, PLENARY THAT WAS, UH, DONE LAST WEEK, UH, UNDER THE GUISE OF A SUMMIT TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, AND THIS WAS UNVEILED TO THE PUBLIC AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THAT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY. OFFICER DIANA GRAY. DIANA. THANK YOU, SIR. SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE OUTCOMES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SUMMIT TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THAT DREW TO A CLOSE LAST THURSDAY AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF INTENSIVE WORK, UM, FROM FOLKS FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, BOTH GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDERS, UM, AND ADVOCATES. AND SO, UM, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THAT, I DO WANT TO JUST PREVIEW FOR YOU THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE AT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, BRINGING IN RCA TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR SOME OF THE CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE HEAL INITIATIVE, UH, WHICH WE KNOW WE ARE ALL ANXIOUS TO GET ROLLING. AND SO THOSE WILL INCLUDE CONTRACTS FOR THE RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES, BUT ALSO FOR THE DEDICATED SHELTER BEDS. UH, AND WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL IS AN OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE TRANSITION OF THE ROADWAY INN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRO LUNCH, NUMBER FIVE INTO, UM, OUR BRIDGE, UH, SHELTER. UM, AND, UM, THOSE BEDS OF COURSE, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS, UH, COMING OUT OF ENCAMPMENTS ON THEIR WAY TO PERMANENT HOUSING. SO AGAIN, JUST IN TERMS OF GIVING A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SUMMIT, THE PIECES THAT I WANTED TO COVER TODAY INCLUDE THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THIS, OF THE SUMMIT OR THE RECOMMENDED GOALS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SUMMIT. UM, GENERALLY THE APPROACH THAT WE ANTICIPATE TAKING THE TIMELINE AND THE, UM, AND THE SORT OF GLOBAL BUDGET AND WHAT WE THINK THE FUNDING GAP IS AT PRESENT THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FILLING. SO ANTICIPATE CERTAINLY GOING INTO MORE DETAIL IN ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH YOU AS YOU DESIRE, UH, AND OR AT FUTURE GROUPINGS. SO THEN I THINK IF WE CAN TRANSITION TO SLIDE TWO OF THE PRESENTATION. EXCELLENT. SO I THINK THE, UM, THE BANNER GOAL HERE IS THAT WE WANT TO HOUSE 3000 PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND THAT'S 3000 PEOPLE OVER AND ABOVE OUR CURRENT RATE OF REHOUSING, WHICH IS SOMETHING AT SOMETHING TYPICALLY LIKE ABOUT 1800 A YEAR OF THOSE 3000 INDIVIDUALS. UH, WE WANT, UH, A THOUSAND OF THOSE FOLKS TO BE PLACED INTO PSH, WHICH OF COURSE HAS SET ASIDE FOR, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, UH, WHO HAVE, UM, THEREFORE BEEN HOMELESS FOR A LONG TIME OR FREQUENTLY OVER THE YEARS WHO ARE LIVING WITH A DISABILITY AND ARE LIKELY TO NEED ONGOING SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, UH, OVER TIME IN TERMS OF THE APPROACH, I'D ACTUALLY POINT [01:25:01] YOU TO NUMBER THREE FIRST, WHICH IS THAT WE CONTEMPLATE TAKING AN APPROACH THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, TARGETING INDIVIDUAL ENCAMPMENTS, OFFERING FOLKS IN THOSE ENCAMPMENTS HOUSING, UM, AND ALSO OFFERING SHELTER TO THOSE THAT NEED IT, UH, WHILE THEY LOOK FOR HOUSING OR CASE MANAGERS HELP THEM GET THEIR DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, ET CETERA, THIS WILL SOUND VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU, UH, IN SO FAR AS THAT, UH, IT MIRRORS, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DIRECTED US TO DO. AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE, WHICH IS NUMBER TWO ON THIS SLIDE, I THINK REALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO OUR SYSTEM'S CAPACITY BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY COMING TO SCALE HERE. AND SO THINKING ABOUT CAPACITY AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THIS WORK THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS WILL MEAN THAT WE NEED TO, UM, HELP OUR PROVIDERS STAFF UP FOR THIS EFFORT. BUT THAT VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO BRING NEW PROVIDERS, UH, INTO, UM, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON, UM, CONNECTING WITH AND BUILDING CAPACITY IN SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE REALLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN TERMS OF THE APPROACH, UM, AROUND, UH, REHOUSING FOLKS WHO ARE IN ENCAMPMENTS, UH, I THINK THAT THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY STEPS HERE. FIRST, WE ARE OF COURSE, TARGETING THOSE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PRIORITIZING ENCAMPMENTS, BOTH BY NEED AND BY SAFETY, UM, AND HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS. AND SO THOSE ARE PIECES WE'LL NEED TO WORK OUT, DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH UPFRONT IN THOSE ENCAMPMENTS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND THEN, UM, OFFERING REHOUSING. SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT REHOUSING EFFORTS IN A PARTICULAR ENCAMPMENT WILL TAKE SOMEWHERE AROUND, UM, TWO TO FOUR WEEKS WITH THE BULK OF THAT TIME BEING DEDICATED TO, UH, THE OUTREACH PIECE AND ENROLLING FOLKS IN PROGRAMS. BUT THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A WEEK OR SO IN THE ACTUAL REHOUSING EFFORTS, WE WANT TO REALLY BEEF UP THE TEAMS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE ENCAMPMENTS TO INCLUDE THE OUTREACH WORK THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY GOT FOLKS DOING REALLY WELL IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE OF COURSE, THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES ATTACHED TO THAT, UM, TO THAT, UH, OUTREACH TEAM, BUT ALSO THAT WE OFFER STORAGE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT WHILE THEY WAIT FOR HOUSING THAT WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT WILL BE THERE AS PEOPLE TRANSITION INTO HOUSING. AND THAT WE REALLY ALSO BRING IN PEERS WHO ARE REALLY CRITICAL IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING INTO HOUSING. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUR FACILITATORS MADE BASED ON THEIR COMMUNITIES WAS THAT IN THIS BEGINNING PHASE, UM, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO NOT HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF THOSE OUTREACH TEAMS. SO IT'S NOT SUPPOSING THAT THERE IS NEVER A ROLE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT REALLY SAYING, AS YOU GO IN AND BUILD TRUST, UM, IT MAY BE BETTER TO HAVE TEAMS THAT ARE MADE LARGELY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PEERS. AND THEN THE FINAL STEP OF COURSE, IS MOVING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING. OTHER COMMUNITIES IN SOME CASES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FOLKS DIRECTLY FROM THE STREET INTO HOUSING, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE DRIVING TOWARD. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN SOME CASES WE WILL NEED A BIT OF TIME TO LOCATE UNITS AND TO GET FOLKS, UH, APPLICATIONS, ET CETERA, IN ORDER. AND SO, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DIRECTED US TO DO, UM, WE CONTEMPLATE HAVING ENOUGH SHELTER AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE AND TO WORK WITH THEIR CASEWORKERS, UH, WHILE THEY LOCATE HOUSING AND MOVE IN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, WE SPOKE TO 3000 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO RAMP UP OUR ABILITY TO REHOUSE PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY. AND SO WE'VE SET SOME INTERIM GOALS THAT, THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD BE ACCELERATING THE PACE OVER TIME. SO OVER [01:30:01] THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 50 PEOPLE A MONTH OR SO WITH THE GOAL THAT THROUGH, UM, THE THREE YEARS AS THE EFFORT MATURES, WE WOULD BE REHOUSING FOLKS AT THE RATE OF ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE A MONTH. NEXT SLIDE, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL RESOURCING OF THE EFFORT, WE LOOK AT A TOTAL COST OF JUST NORTH OF $500 MILLION. AND THAT IS, UM, SPLIT BETWEEN $275 MILLION IN CAPITAL BECAUSE WE DO ANTICIPATE DEVELOPING SOME OF THE UNITS, ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY NOT ALL THROUGH THIS EFFORT AND ABOUT $240 MILLION IN SERVICES AND RENTS, WE DO ALREADY HAVE DOLLARS COMMITTED OR ANTICIPATED COMING OUT OF THE GATE. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE THERE, OF COURSE IT, I MEAN, COMMITTED, I THINK IS PRETTY CLEAR, UM, EITHER CITY COUNCIL OR IN SOME, IN THIS CASE, HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS COMMITTED FUNDS TO AN EFFORT. AND IN OTHER CASES, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ANTICIPATED FUNDS, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC REVENUE STREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE YEAR OVER YEAR, HISTORICALLY, EXCUSE ME, AND THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE. SO OUR ESTIMATE OF COMMITTED ANTICIPATED FUNDS IS JUST OVER 220 MILLION FOR AN AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO, UM, TO SECURE OF ABOUT $293 MILLION. AND I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE HERE THAT PART OF THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SUMMIT WAS REALLY TO BRING ALL PARTIES TO THE TABLE WITH A REAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE NEED. UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THE PRIVATE AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, UH, INTO THE, FOLD IT OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING, UH, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET MORE GRANULAR ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDING NEEDS ARE, UH, AND WHERE THEY MIGHT COME FROM. THE OTHER PIECE I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FINANCING STRUCTURE OF THIS EFFORT, WE WILL BE SENSITIVE TO SUSTAINABILITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT PRETTY DRAMATICALLY RAMPING UP, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR RAPID REHOUSING CAPACITY. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT GOING INTO THE FUTURE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH THE BACKLOG OF FOLKS, WE HAVE AN ESSENTIALLY THE PENT UP DEMAND OF PEOPLE WHO TODAY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HOUSING FOR A LONG TIME. THAT REALLY, UM, HAVING EVEN ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WE INCREASE OVER A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME WOULD REALLY HELP US, UH, CLEAR THAT WAITING LIST, UM, OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR A LONG TIME AWAITING HOUSING RESOURCES. SO I WILL CLOSE THEN, UM, AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE TIME THAT REMAINS. I KNOW YOU FOLKS HAVE A 2:00 PM HARD STOP, UH, FOR YOUR NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, DIANA. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW WE'LL DRIVE MORE OF THE DETAIL AND BACKUP, AND DIANA HAS OFFERED TO DO ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. AND AS WE MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO POSTED FOR THE NEXT WORK SESSION ON MAY 4TH TO GO MORE SPECIFICALLY INTO THE HEAL INITIATIVE AS WELL. SO WHAT THAT ALTERNATIVE BACK TO YOU MIRROR. OKAY. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE, UH, 13 MINUTES, SO WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A MINUTE OR TWO, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, COMMENT, UH, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN. UM, UH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR GIVING US THIS OVERVIEW JUST, JUST QUICKLY. UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM, UM, I'M HOPEFUL ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. UM, I THINK WE, WE, UM, THIS OFFERS A PATH AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME REAL AND LASTING CHANGE, SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO GET US TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS. UM, AND SO, UM, THINK OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. AND I AM TOO, UM, AN INTERESTED IN COMMITTING SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS FROM THE CITY, UH, TO PROCEED WITH THIS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND WORK OUT, BUT I THINK, UM, AS AN APPROACH, IT IS EXCITING AND, UM, DOABLE AND SOMETHING THAT COULD MAKE SOME [01:35:01] LASTING CHANGE. I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT I SEE THIS AS ALIGNED WITH THE HEAL APPROACH THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN. I MEAN, BOTH HEEL AND THIS COMMUNITY SUMMIT HAVE THAT SHARED GOAL OF SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING AND AN END INTO HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, HEALS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE TO BE SAFE AND SECURE IN PERMANENT HOUSING, SO THAT EACH PERSON'S ENGAGED IN WORKING TOWARDS WORKING TOWARDS THAT RESOLUTION THAT REALLY WORKS BEST FOR THEM AND MEETS THEIR NEEDS AND DESIRES. AND SO WE ENDED UP AT THE END OF THE DAY AS A PERMANENT PERSON CENTERED SOLUTION WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, HE'LL LIKE THIS PROGRAM CONNECTS PEOPLE TO HOUSING, SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH CARE, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE JOBS ALSO, UM, AND OTHER SERVICES. AND AS Y'ALL, YOU ALL KNOW, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HEAL. WE DID LAST TIME AND WE WILL NEXT TIME, WE'RE BEGINNING WITH FOUR LOCATIONS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY RISKY AND DANGEROUS. UM, AND THEN AFTER PEOPLE WITH HEAL AFTER PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO HOUSING AND SERVICES, AFTER I'M NOT EMPHASIZED IN THESE UNSAFE LOCATIONS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR CAMPING. SO, SO JUST FINALLY IN SOME, I THINK THAT THE, THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM. WE NEED TO ALL COME TOGETHER TO IT'S A AS A COMMUNITY, WE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON SHELTERED ON THE STREETS, AND WE WANT TO, TO HAVE A SOLUTION THAT IS LASTING AND PROVIDES CHANGE. AND SO I THINK I, LIKE, AS I SAID, I'M HOPEFUL AND EXCITED THAT THIS OFFERS THAT OPPORTUNITY WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, AS WELL AS ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR ALL THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE, UM, ON HEEL AND ON ALL OF OUR OTHER EFFORTS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND, AND, UM, I'LL JUST END THERE AND SAY THAT I AM PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP MAKE THIS A REALITY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST TO BUILD OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S COMMENTS, I AM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WHAT IS THE PLAN? HOW, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AND HERE WE HAVE IT. WE HAVE A PLAN, A STRATEGY, A VIABLE STRATEGY, A WAY TO MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD AND TO, AND TO SET OUT, TO PROVIDE AND UNLOCK THOSE 3000 HOMES FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT OUTLINED HOMELESSNESS AS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR US THROUGH THE RESILIENT RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR US TO MAKE A SIZEABLE INVESTMENT IN THIS STRATEGY AND THIS PLAN AND CALL OUR COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR FAITH LEADERS, OUR NONPROFITS, TO JOIN US IN THIS EFFORT TO DOUBLE DOWN IN YOUR COMMITMENT. UM, AND I ALSO HOPE TO, TO CALL UPON OUR TRAVIS COUNTY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN THIS EFFORT BECAUSE STEVE AUSTIN CANNOT DO IT ALONE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. AND, UM, AND WHAT, UH, WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME THAT WE'RE IN TO BE ABLE TO, TO TACKLE THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 30TH. OKAY. YES, THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET US TO WHERE WE CAN MANAGE THE HOMELESS POPULATION. YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A, UH, A HOMELESS GROUP IN THIS, AND AS LONG AS WE CAN DOWN TO WHERE WE CAN MANAGE THAT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING THAT FOR AUSTIN. AND, AND I DO REALLY BELIEVE, UH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT IF WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE, THEY WILL GO OUT THERE AND LOOK FOR A JOB AND THEY WILL BECOME INDEPENDENT AND WE CAN MOVE ON AND HELP OTHERS WITH LESS RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE LISTENED TO ME. IT'S ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THAT RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THIS IS JUST REALLY GREAT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO THERE AND THE REST OF THE COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT IS THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE ALIGNED WITH, UH, ECHO AND AUSTIN, UH, JUSTICE COALITION, AND HOMOCIDE HANDCUFFS, THE WAY THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ALIGNED NOW. AND I THINK THAT THAT CLEARS A LOT OF THE PATH. YEAH, THE ONE IS RESOURCES. UM, PEOPLE WANT US TO NOT HAVE [01:40:01] PEOPLE TEND TO UP CAMPING IN THE CITY. AND I THINK WE'RE ALL UNITED IN THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TENDING. WE DON'T WANT ENCAMPMENTS. UH, THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO? UM, ULTIMATELY THE ANSWER IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE A BETTER, SAFER PLACE TO LIVE, UH, HOME. UH, AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT THAT WITH THE MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HOUSE THE COUNTY, THERE'S A CHANCE FOR US TO DO SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY PUT THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY DO THIS AND OUR GOAL OF 3000 PEOPLE IN THREE YEARS, UH, BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS THE CAMERA IT'S IS I THINK, UH, WHERE WE'VE ALL BEEN POINTED TO. I APPRECIATE THE WORK, UM, UH, OUR KITCHEN HAS DONE ON HEAL AND, AND HER CO-SPONSORS CAUSE I DO AGREE THAT THIS, THIS ALL FITS TOGETHER, BUT IT'S ALL OF THE PIECES, THE CITY IT'S COMMUNITY FIRST AND IT'S FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND IT'S KERATITIS AND SALVATION ARMY AND, AND EVERYBODY DOING THIS, BUT PULLING IT TOGETHER AND THEN RESOURCING IT. UH, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, UH, UH, RESOURCES THAT WERE MENTIONED, THIS WON'T HAPPEN UNLESS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY PUTS THEIR SHOULDER TO THIS. WE NEED THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY. WE NEED THE FOUNDATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE DO REALLY, IF THIS IS THE ONE, IF NOT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, AND WE WANT TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I, I, I APPRECIATE THIS PATH. I WANT TO THANK THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. I WANT TO THANK, UH, LYNN MEREDITH, UH, FOR BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT STEPPING IN FRONT OF ITS COLLEAGUES. THAT'S MY TOTAL. I'LL BE BRIEF. I KNOW WE'RE AT OUR TIME. UM, I TOO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO IT FROM OUR CITY STAFF, INCLUDING DIANA GRADY. YOU JUST JUMPED RIGHT INTO THIS WORK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, BRING TREMENDOUS VALUE AND EXPERTISE TO THIS PROCESS. UM, AS WELL AS OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS, WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN NAMED, I THINK THIS IS EXCITING AND EXCITING TIME, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY. IT REALLY BUILDS. I WANT TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UM, THE ACTION PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS, THAT MANY HOUSING PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WORKED ON, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF THIS COUNCIL AND, AND IT'S, UH, A PLAN THAT WE APPROVED AND THE WORK COMING OUT OF THE SUMMIT REALLY BUILDS ON AND EXTENDS THAT PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AND ALSO SOME REAL, SOME REAL SOLID ESTIMATES OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO GET TO, TO, TO END HOMELESS EFFECTIVELY AND HOMELESSNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A GOAL THAT CERTAINLY THIS COUNCIL HAS HAD NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO I THINK IT IS, IT IS NOT DIFFERENT WORK FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT IT IS NOW BEING DONE WITH, WITH SOME MORE HIGHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND SOME REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE. AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR SOME TIME, BUT WE REALLY, THIS IS THE MOMENT, UM, TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE TO THE COMMUNITY. NOW WE KNOW NOW WE KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WILL IN THIS COMMUNITY TO END HOMELESSNESS AND WE NEED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO COME FORWARD AND PARTICIPATE. THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO END HOMELESSNESS IF WE HAVE THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS WORKING ALONGSIDE, UM, TO GET THAT DONE. SO THANK YOU. IT WAS AMERICA, SIR. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WITHOUT TAKING MORE FOLKS' TIME, MY, MY COMMITMENT TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE DIOCESE AND THE CITY STAFF, AND THOSE ARE THE COUNTY AND THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY TO GET THIS DONE. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WORKS. WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND THAT WE HAVE TO SCALE PULLING FOLKS OFF STREETS AND PULLING THEM TO HOUSING. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN LAID OUT AROUND US, HOUSING, HUNDREDS, MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR, AND THEN 3000 PEOPLE OVER THREE YEARS, OUR GOALS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN SET TOO LOW. AND IN HOUSING COMMITTEE COMING UP, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, AMENDING OUR COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PLAN, WHICH SET OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GOALS TOO LOW IN THE PAST. BUT WE WERE ALWAYS HAVING TROUBLE REACHING EVEN THOSE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, AFTER MANY YEARS OF NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH, UH, DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING FOR FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE TO CATCH UP, BUT IT'S, BUT WHAT'S SO POWERFUL ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THAT IT SHOWS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY REALLY GET THERE THAT IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A PLAN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS THAT NOT ONLY UNDOES THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT RESOURCES IN THE PAST, BUT REALLY DRIVES DOWN THE AMOUNT OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY BY A DRASTIC AMOUNT. AND SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND TIME IN THIS, AND JUST, UH, MAKE VERY CLEAR MY UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR, [01:45:01] FOR GETTING THIS DONE. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT COMING INTO COUNCIL AND BEING A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A PLAN FOR THIS WAS REALLY CHALLENGING ON A LOT OF LEVELS. AND NOW WE HAVE A PLAN TO REALLY HELP OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS AND IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW I WILL FOCUS ON IS TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ON HOW GREAT OF A PLAN THIS IS AND HOW IT CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER PLACES. I'M HOPEFUL THAT AUSTIN, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT DIANA GRAY HAS DONE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THIS OTHER PLACES AS WELL. AND THAT IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN. AND IT'S WONDERFUL THAT, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN IN PLACE AND BENCHMARKS WHERE WE CAN HELP USE THESE UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE DIDN'T SEE FROM INTO THIS PLAN. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR ABOUT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. MANY, MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED AND WORKED REALLY HARD. APPRECIATE IT. SO I WANTED TO REITERATE, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS. THIS CAN'T JUST BE THE CITY OF AUSTIN FUNDING HOMELESSNESS, AND MANY OF US, IN FACT, PROBABLY ALMOST EVERYBODY ON THIS DIOCESE HERE HAS SAID AS MUCH, UH, REPEATEDLY IN THE PAST. SO I WANTED TO ASK, UM, OUR, OUR HOMELESSNESS, UH, OFFICE FOR HER, UH, TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS FUNDING HOMELESSNESS. AND WE DON'T ALSO SAY, SAY THAT IT IS PART OF A COORDINATED COMMUNITY EFFORT THAT INCLUDES BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD HAS TO BE PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN THE HARNESS. EVERY TIME WE DON'T REITERATE THAT IT SIMPLY REINFORCES THE CONCEPT THAT IT'S ONLY THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOING THIS WORK. AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT, EVEN IF WE WERE TO INVEST EVERY LAST TAX DOLLAR EVERY YEAR INTO THIS ISSUE, WE WOULDN'T, WE, WELL, WE, WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS AND NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. A LOT OF OTHER SERVICES ARE NEEDED. UM, AND SO WE CAN'T DO IT FINANCIALLY ALONE. AND I, I WOULD URGE ALL OF US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, IT HAS TO BE PART OF JUST OUR MUSCLE MEMORY. AND THE RHETORIC HAS TO BE THAT WE ARE PART OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH EVERYONE. AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GAVE ME SOME OPTIMISM, UM, ABOUT THE SUMMIT THAT WAS CONVENED IN MARCH. AND THAT WAS THAT THESE LARGER, THESE OTHER LARGER SECTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY WERE COMING TO THE TABLE AND ENGAGING IN THE CONVERSATION IN A COORDINATED COLLABORATED WAY AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD. UM, IT'S SO, AND THAT MAY BE THE PART THAT'S DIFFERENT THAT I, BUT DIANA, WHEN YOU WERE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN AND, AND WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE SUMMIT, I THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE, I SORTA WAS, WAS DISTRACTED AND CAME BACK. AND FOR A MINUTE THERE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT KEEL AND THE FIRST PHASE AND THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PHASES OF HEAL. AND IT MAY BE THAT, THAT, THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SUMMIT PLAN IS. BUT CAN YOU, ARE THERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SUMMIT PLAN OTHER THAN THE FINANCING MODEL POTENTIALLY, UH, THEN THE WORK THAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN LED ON, UH, EARLY IN FEBRUARY, WHERE WE, WE GO TO PARTICULAR CAMPSITES, TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING THERE AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND ENGAGE THEM AND URGE THEM INTO HOUSING, FIND HOUSING FOR THEM AND RESOURCES. IS THAT PRETTY MUCH THE, THE PROFILE I'M LOOKING FOR, FOR WHAT MAY BE DIFFERENT IN THE, UH, THE S THE STRATEGIC APPROACH OUT OF THE SUMMIT AND WHAT WORK WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE? SURE. SO, ABSOLUTELY. UM, WORKING THROUGH THIS APPROACH OF GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE ENCAMPMENTS AND BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT ENGAGING PEOPLE, THERE IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH HEAL. UH, THE PIECE AROUND COMMITTING TO OFFERING HOUSING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS CONSISTENT WITH HEEL AND PROVIDING, UH, AS MUCH SHELTER AS IS NEEDED, IS CONSISTENT. AND SO I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE PIECES THAT JUST SERVE TO STRENGTHEN THAT APPROACH. ONE IS THAT THERE IS EXPLICITLY A RESOURCE SET ASIDE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THROUGH THIS. UH, WE KNOWN THAT THAT IS PROBABLY [01:50:01] THE BIGGEST GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER TIME, THE LENS AROUND EQUITY, UM, MAKES THAT APPROACH MORE ROBUST. UM, CERTAINLY WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT AROUND HEAL, BUT THIS MAKES THAT CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE SYSTEM. UM, I THINK JUST THAT MUCH MORE EXPLICIT, UH, IN ADDITION TO DIRECT HOUSING DOLLARS, THIS DOES REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED SUCH AS SUPPORTED HOUSING, UH, SUCH AS AGGRESSIVE LANDLORD OUTREACH AND INCENTIVES. SO, YOU KNOW, ENTIRELY CONSISTENT. AND, BUT ALSO, UM, PROBABLY MORE COMPREHENSIVE SINCE HE'LL, UH, IN PHASE ONE WAS INTENDED JUST AS THAT OUR PHASE ONE AND, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN AS WE MOVED FORWARD. OKAY. I THINK THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT W W WE HAVE, WE ARE, AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING REALLY HARD IN THESE ARENAS FOR A LONG TIME. AND I THINK THE PART THAT HAS BEEN MISSING IS THE COORDINATED AND COLLABORATE, THE COORDINATED COLLABORATION ACROSS THE VARIOUS SECTORS, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND YOU CINDY, THAT IS FOR ME, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STARK CONTRAST, BUT I KNOW THAT NGOS AND OTHER NONPROFIT GROUPS HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING, UM, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. SO, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR WHAT'S DIFFERENT. UM, AND I THINK WHAT IT IS IS THAT IT'S A NEW COMMITMENT OR A RE-ENERGIZED COMMITMENT AND A RECOGNITION THAT THE PROBLEM IS LARGER THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. AND THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE ALL HAVE TO SHOULDER THE HEAVIER BURDEN. AND, AND SO IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF A COORDINATED EFFORT AND NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THEN I THINK WE WILL BE FURTHER DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE IN FACT, WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HELPING US, THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE SPECTRUM WITH THIS, AS FAR AS THEIR JOBS AND SO FORTH NEED TO, UM, UH, WE NEED TO JOIN WITH THEM. MAYBE THAT'S REALLY THE SHIFT IN THE RHETORIC IS WE ARE JOINING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP, UM, PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE HOMES AND WHO HAVE ISSUES THAT, THAT REGAINING COMMUNITY AND A FAMILY CAN HELP THEM WITH. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES HOMELESSNESS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF A FAMILY STRUCTURE, AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. AND SO YOU CAN END UP ON THE STREETS. UM, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK FOR MANY YEARS, WHAT THIS DOES IS COME TOGETHER AND AGREE THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO SCALE FOR US TO HAVE THE IMPACT ON THIS PROBLEM THAT WE WANT TO, UM, AND THAT WE ALL LOOK EACH OTHER ACROSS THE TABLE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. AND, UM, EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN. THANKS. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, WHERE WE'RE SIX MINUTES PAST TWO, I'LL GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK AT THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY, IF THEY WANT TO, UH, COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR. THANK YOU. UM, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE HOPE AND THE DESIRE TO SCALE OUR EFFORTS AND TO, UM, BE MORE COORDINATED AND HOW WE, HOW WE DO THINGS AND HOPE THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER, UM, AND HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. UM, I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS AND WOULD LIKE A MEETING. UM, BUT FOR NOW, LET ME START BY ASKING YOU, UM, OF THE COMMITTED AND ANTICIPATED FUNDS, HOW MUCH ARE CITY FUNDS AND HOW MUCH ARE NON CITY FUNDS AND HOW MUCH ARE NON-PROFIT AND HOW MUCH ARE PHILANTHROPIC WELL, SO THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT THE FUNDS WILL FLOW INTO THE NONPROFITS, RIGHT. UM, RATHER THAN, THAN FROM THEM AS I LOOK AT CAPITAL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS, UM, I BELIEVE 125 MILLION. I SEE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED. YES. OKAY. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, SO I MEAN, NONE OF THIS WORKS. IF OTHER PARTNERS DON'T SHOW UP AT THE TABLE AND SUPPORT THIS, WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING DOLLAR AFTER DOLLAR IN, AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE CITY TO DO IT ON OUR OWN. AND FOR THIS PROCESS TO BE PUSHING US FORWARD AT THE SPEED AND TO ACCELERATE US, WE NEED OTHERS AT THE TABLE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AT THE [01:55:01] OUTSET. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S GREAT TO SAY THERE'S $220 MILLION TOTAL COMMITTED AND ANTICIPATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND $70 MILLION A YEAR, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. AND I COULD ADD THAT UP AND WE'VE GOT THAT COVERAGES FROM THE CITY. AND SO THOSE DETAILS MATTER, MY HOPE IS THAT THERE WERE COMMITMENTS MADE AND THAT WE HAVE THINGS IN THE PIPELINE, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT FROM THIS. AND I WANT MORE DETAILS ON THAT. UM, BECAUSE WE, WE HAD A PLAN WITH ECHO. WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE, UM, WE RELAX, WE REPEALED THE CAMPING BAN. AND SO THAT WORKED FINE. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT SORT OF COMBINES WHAT WE DID IN ECHO AND ADDRESSES THE FACT THAT THE CAMPING BAN WAS CHANGED AND FOLLOWS HEAL. AND SO I JUST, I WANT THIS TO WORK AND I WANT THIS TO BE NEW, BUT I NEED EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S OTHERS AT THE TABLE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, AND THAT REQUIRES THE MONEY READY. SO, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT. UM, SO I DON'T HAVE IN A TOP OF MIND THE PERCENTAGE COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SEVERAL OF THE SOURCES WE ANTICIPATE LEVERAGING, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS MADE NOW A SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENT TO SEVERAL OF OUR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THOSE OPERATING DOLLARS ARE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE AND THEY MAKE UP A VERY SUBSTANTIAL PART OF WHAT IT COSTS TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS. SO, UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED FUNDS AND THEY HAVE SIGNALED A WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US GOING FORWARD. UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE WOULD LEVERAGE WOULD INCLUDE THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH PROVIDES EQUITY INTO DEALS. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS COMING THROUGH THE STATE, THAT FUNDING IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE, UM, STARTING I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR. SO I'M HAPPY AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOU THE NUMBERS, UH, AROUND THE PERCENTAGE THAT IS COMMITTED, UH, FROM OTHER SOURCES, BUT ALSO DRIVING TOWARD WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL WILL BE COMMITTED FROM OTHER SOURCES. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. THE CITY IS IN EARLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY COMMITTED. AND SO WE ARE THEN CALLING TO OUR PARTNERS TO BRING SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAD IS THE DIRECTION THAT I, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE EXAMPLES YOU GAVE FOR PUBLIC DOLLARS. UM, AND THERE'S CERTAINLY A REALLY BIG ROLE, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, ENTITIES. UM, BUT WE DO NEED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO STEP UP AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. UM, YOU KNOW, AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID IT ALONE THAT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE, BUT WE CAN'T COME UP. WE NEED TO BE HONEST FROM THE BEGINNING OF THESE COMMITMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, CITY COMMITMENTS, ET CETERA. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN IS NOT ALL GOING TO HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE COUNTY CAN FIT IN HERE. AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. UM, BUT WE NEED A LOT OF CLARITY ON THAT, THAT MONEY. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS IS THE PART THAT THE CITY CAN FUND. AND THIS IS THE PART WE NEED PEOPLE TO STEP UP BECAUSE THE PLAN DOESN'T WORK IF IT'S JUST THE CITY. AND I, AND I KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE SUMMIT AND EVERYONE WHO CAME WAS TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION. UH, BUT BEFORE WE CELEBRATE IT TOO MUCH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OTHER PIECES ARE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE A CRISIS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. AND THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THOSE RESOURCES IN PLACE, THE QUICKER WE CAN ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? ALL RIGHT. AND I, THANK YOU. AND THEN PLEASE GET US THE DETAILS. I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE BACKUP TO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THERE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE DETAIL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND REAL FAST BEFORE WE GO, BECAUSE, UH, 10 SECONDS, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, AS WE, WHEN WORKING WITH DIANA GRAY, BUT THIS IS ALSO A PATH FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION. UH, I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT FIVE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW THEY CAN HELP. THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME, WHAT THEY CAN DO, UH, TO HELP THEIR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS CONNECTED TO HIM IN SERVICES. SO IF HE COULD SPEAK TO THAT FOR JUST TWO SECONDS, DIANA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PLAN IS REALLY TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS CAN PLUG IN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENED DURING WINTER [02:00:01] STORM URI, I THINK JUST UNDERSCORED FOR ME HOW MUCH AUSTINITES CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO WHILE WE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE TALKING TO OUR PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, UM, FOUNDATIONS AND POTENTIALLY INDIVIDUAL SUBSTANTIAL INDIVIDUAL DONORS, THERE IS A PLACE HERE, UH, BOTH FOR CONTRIBUTION ON THE PART OF, UH, AVERAGE CITIZENS, BUT LOOKING TOWARD HOW THERE'S PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT, UH, WITH ENTITIES DOING THIS WORK, UM, AND, OR AT THE VERY GRANULAR, EXCUSE ME, GRANULAR LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLING MOVE IN KITS AND THE LIKE, UM, BECAUSE WE, WE DO WANT TO HARNESS THAT COMMUNITY SPIRIT. ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THE ANA FOR THE WORK, AND IT IS MORE DETAIL, AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC IS WATCHING THIS AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE PHILANTHROPISTS AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS. UH, CAUSE AS, AS COUNCILMAN WALTER WAS SAYING, AS WE'VE ALL SAID, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TOGETHER. AND THIS IS KIND OF A GUT CHECK TIME TO DECIDE JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AS A COMMUNITY, A MANAGER, LET'S GO THEN TO THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC [B1. Reimagining Public Safety Task Force Working Group Recommendations.] SAFETY, UH, BRIEFING THE, UH, REIMAGINATION, THE TASK FORCE REPORT. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND WE ARE DEDICATING THE REMAINDER OF OUR WORK SESSION TODAY TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE REIMAGINING TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME AFTER MANY HOURS OF WORK. AND I WANTED TO START BY JUST, UH, EXTENDING MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT THESE TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THEIR PARTNERS HAVE PUT INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY. UH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO FRAME UP THE CONVERSATION AND THEN SHE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE TASKFORCE CO-CHAIRS BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS DIALOGUE TODAY WITH COUNCIL. THANK YOU, LARRY. THANK YOU, MANAGER AND HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL JUST REALLY EXCITED TODAY. AND I WON'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. I'LL SAY, AS YOU KNOW, WE CONVENE THE CITY MANAGER CONVENE THIS TASK FORCE AN AUGUST, 2020, AND WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THIS ADVISORY BODY. WE DECIDED TO GO IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO HELP. CO-CREATE WHAT THIS TASK FORCE WORK IS GOING TO DO. AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CENTER IT ON THOSE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM THIS TASK FORCE IS THAT THEY REALLY TOOK THAT CHARGE OF LOOKING AT RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IN ITS BROADEST SENSE OF THE WORD. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLICING, BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY HOLISTICALLY. IT INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON PUBLIC HEALTH. UH, IT INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT INFORM ECONOMIC STABILITY AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS. SO ALL, UH, SAY THAT WE AS A TASK FORCE BODY GOT TO SEE THE ENTIRE, UM, FINAL PRODUCT AT A PRESENTATION LAST THURSDAY COUNT. UH, I WILL SAY THAT THE CHAIRS AND STAFF REALLY WORKED HARD OVER THE WEEKEND TO GET THE FINAL REPORT THAT YOU RECEIVED YESTERDAY. AND WE HAVE ALSO SENT THAT REPORT OUT TO STAFF WHO PERHAPS HAD NOT BEEN, UM, COMPLETELY FOLLOWING ALONG WITH ALL THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS. AND THERE ARE STAFF FROM PUBLIC HEALTH TO CODE, UM, TO POLICE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STARTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START ANALYZING THAT AS WELL. SO WITH THAT I WILL STOP AND I WILL SAY THAT OUR TASK FORCE NAME TWO CO-CHAIRS FOR THIS WORK, AND I WILL PASS THAT ON TO BRIAN OAKS AND FOUL LATERAL HAS THANK YOU. NURIA BRIAN OAKS, CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CO-CHAIR FOR THE CITY COMMUNITY RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE. UM, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MOST IMPACTED REPRESENTED IN THIS TASK FORCE. AS NURIA SAID, THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND PUT IN HUNDREDS OF HOURS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN THOUSANDS OF HOURS, UH, AND REALLY SORT OF WORKING NOT ONLY WITH TASK FORCE MEMBERS, BUT ALSO ENGAGING IN BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH WORK GROUPS. UH, THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS SPENT A LOT OF TIME LISTENING AND GETTING INPUT FROM COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY EXPERIENCING THE BRUNT OF THE FAILURES OF OUR CURRENT APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY'VE ALSO BROUGHT IN AN EXPERTISE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF PROMISING PRACTICES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ONLY INNOVATIVE, BUT ALSO EVIDENCE-BASED. I BELIEVE MY FELLOW TASK FORCE MEMBERS HAVE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THOSE OF US IN THIS AREA OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UH, OF HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE OUR MOST CHALLENGING CRISIS THAT FACE OUR CITIES. AND SO I'M SO HONORED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE [02:05:01] TASK FORCE TO SERVE AS A CO-CHAIR, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND OUR WORK GROUP. WHO'VE BEEN AT THE TIME IN THE EFFORT TO REALLY SORT OF MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS POSSIBLE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY CO-CHAIR FALL ON HOT. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PAULA ROJAS AS A REP FOR CCU COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. AND CO-CHAIR, UM, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A POWERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. FOR MANY REASONS. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE CREATIVE BRILLIANCE OF THE OTHER TASK FORCE AND WORKING GROUP MEMBERS. I'VE ALSO LEARNED DEEP LESSONS FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS TASK FORCE CREATED SPACE FOR US TO ACTUALLY COLLECTIVELY TAKE THE TIME TO CREATIVELY, IMAGINE AND PRACTICALLY THINK THROUGH HOW WE COULD MAKE AUSTIN A MORE TRULY JUST CITY, A AN ADDITIONAL LESSON FOR ME IS THAT HOW WE DO THE WORK IS AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT NATIONALLY. AUSTIN IS BEING FRAMED AS THE CITY THAT HAS MADE THE DEEPEST DEFUNDING TO POLICING. AND YET OUR CITY GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO MAKE ACTIONABLE. WHAT'S SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE NEEDING AND DEMANDING WHILE THE EYES OF THE COUNTRY ARE WATCHING US, WILL YOU, OUR CITY GOVERNMENT DISPLAY THE VISION NECESSARY AND MAKE MATCH THE COURAGE OF THE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO SHARE STORIES IN ORDER TO MAKE DEEP TRANSFORMATION IN THIS? I WOULD SAY HISTORIC MOMENT, HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED LIKE BRIAN SAID IN THE WORKING GROUPS AND IN THE COMMUNITY SESSIONS, WE HELD MANY INTIMATE AND THEN ONE BIG PUBLIC CITY-WIDE LISTENING SESSION, WHERE WE HEARD THE BRAVE AND VULNERABLE TESTIMONIES OF PERSONS. WHO'VE BEEN HARMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLENCE HERE IN AUSTIN, WE PUT IN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUN TO YOUR WORK AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED. AND ALONG THE WAY, I WAS VOTED AS CO-CHAIR TO THIS TASK FORCE. I NOW HAVE TO SAY, I FEEL PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TIME, EFFORT, HOPE, AND PAIN THAT SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS POURED INTO THIS PROCESS. AS A MOTHER, I KNOW THAT THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE. AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE HARMS OF POLICING SINCE I WAS A YOUTH, WHICH IS GOING ON 30 YEARS NOW, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. ONE THAT ONLY COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME, AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. I REALLY BRING A LONGER VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW IS A TIME WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TRULY REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY. JUST LIKE THE ABOLITIONISTS DURING THE TIME OF FORMALIZED SLAVERY, WHO WENT AGAINST THE LAWS AND PRACTICES OF THEIR TIME, YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORIC TRANSFORMATION IN PRACTICE. I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. AND NOW I WANT TO INVITE YOU, UM, TO HEAR THE POWERFUL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM OUR WORKING GROUPS, UH, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND WE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE A FACILITATOR THAT'S GOING TO HELP US SINCE WE HAVE FAITH WORK GROUPS TODAY. AND, UM, ROSSANO CRUZ IS GONNA FACILITATE THAT PROCESS FOR US, BUT SAUNA DOES AN AMAZING JOB OF KEEPING US ON TASK AND, AND OUR, UH, IN WITH TIME. SO WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE RC WHO WILL BE LEADING OUR PROCESS TO, UH, HAVE OUR WORK GROUPS, DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN AND VIOLA. UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AS YOUR NEIGHBOR AND, AND YOUR, UH, ADMIRE. UM, I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO WATCH THIS PROCESS AND KNOW THAT THE COUNTRY, UM, INCLUDING MY CITY, NEW ORLEANS IS OBSERVING, UM, THE POSSIBILITY AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS RE-IMAGINING. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE WORKING GROUPS IN THEIR SHARING WITH YOU TODAY. THERE ARE EIGHT WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO PRESENT. I'M GOING TO HELP THEM KEEP TIME. UM, I'M ALSO GOING TO THEN LEAD US INTO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE [02:10:01] TO ASK QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE HOLD ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. UM, WE DO HAVE, I BELIEVE WE'VE SET UP A SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION FOR THE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ACCESSING AND WATCHING THIS MEETING TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO SPEAK SLOWLY FOR THE INTERPRETERS AND THEREFORE YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO JOT DOWN NOTES AS THE PROGRESSION OF WORKING GROUP PRESENTATIONS GOES THROUGH. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A SEGMENT WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS. I'M ASKING IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UM, IDENTIFY WHICH WORKING GROUP, UH, YOUR QUESTION IS FOR, UH, WHEN I CALL ON YOU. AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO, UH, TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS. UM, OUR CO-CHAIRS WILL LEAD THAT PROCESS OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HARD STOP AT 5:00 PM CENTRAL TIME. AND I ASKED YOUR GRACE, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE STARTED ALMOST 20 MINUTES LATE, THESE, UH, WORKING GROUPS HAVE PUT AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK INTO THESE PRESENTATIONS AND TRIM THEM DOWN TO THE BONE. SO IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO, UM, REGAINE THAT, UM, 15 TO 20 MINUTES, I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS WOULD BE EXTREMELY THANKFUL. SO WITH THAT, I WILL INVITE AMANDA LEWIS, UM, TO PRESENT FOR THE VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, UH, SERVICES AND PREVENTION WORKING GROUP, AND ADDRESS. THIS IS STARTING. IF YOU COULD CHECK WITH OUR STAFF AND SEE IF THERE'S FLEXIBILITY TO GO TILL 15 AFTER OR SO, AND REPORT BACK TO US. I'M SORRY, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS I'VE SEEN ASIA GEAR, BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR JEN, UM, WHO MIGHT BE STILL IN A WAITING AREA. OKAY. AND I STILL DON'T SEE HER HERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, BUT WE CAN GET STARTED, UM, UH, WITH THE CERTAINLY POP IN WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO, OF COURSE, UM, UH, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME'S AMANDA LEWIS AND I AM CHAIRING THE, UH, WORKING GROUP FOR SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. UM, AND ASIA, IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF, HI THERE. MY NAME IS ASIAN CARER. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND BEFORE WE SHARED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE FEEL CALLED AND MOVED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. SO WE WILL, UM, MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND THEN LEAD INTO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU, AMANDA. DO WE HAVE JEN NOW? UM, SO AS WE BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HOLD SPEED AND OF THE THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE MURDERED THIS PAST WEEKEND, AMANDA BRODERICK, ALYSSA BRODERICK, WHILE HE SENTENCE THE THIRD, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY WHO ARE ALSO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND DEEP MOURNING RIGHT NOW. AND IT IS AS IMPORTANT AS EVER AT THAT. AUSTIN RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY. WE KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM FAILED THEM. THESE BRAVE WOMEN DID EVERYTHING THE SYSTEM ASKED THEM TO DO TO FIND SAFETY AND STILL WE ARE HERE MOURNING THE LOSS OF THESE THREE LIVES AS A WORK GROUP, CONCERNED WITH SURVIVOR SAFETY, ABUSE, AND ASSAULT, GUN VIOLENCE, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND PREVENTING THESE AND OTHER FORMS OF HARM. WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY MUST DO BETTER WITH THEM IN MIND. UM, WE OFFER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS A ROADMAP TOWARDS MORE CREATIVE VISIONS OF BUILDING SAFETY AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE. SO WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT WAS SHARED WITH, UM, WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS ACCESS TO THAT. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR WORKING GROUP, I'M NOT GOING TO LIST ALL THE AMAZING, UM, BRAIN POWER WE HAVE ON THIS WORKING GROUP, BUT [02:15:01] YOU CAN SEE COMES FROM A RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, UM, FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ABOLITIONISTS WORKING, UM, TO RE-IMAGINE, UM, VERY PROUD OF THEIR WORK AND JUST A FEW OF US ARE PRESENTING TODAY. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR WORKING GROUP, UM, DEVELOPED A SET OF, UH, CORE VALUES AND GROUP VALUES. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE WORKING GROUP TO THE OVERALL TASK FORCE, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SURVIVOR CENTERED, THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, UH, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE. WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VICTIMS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROXIMITY TO VIOLENCE, WHETHER THEY'RE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED, UM, PEOPLE HARMED BY, UM, STATE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO BROADEN THAT. UM, WE ALSO BELIEVE IN HEALING JUSTICE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, UM, PEOPLE NEED, UM, HAVE DIFFERENT HEALING NEEDS AND DESERVE ACCESS TO THOSE VARIOUS HEALING NEEDS. SO WE WANT TO DECENTRALIZE THOSE HEALING RESOURCES FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REPORT TO POLICE, UM, BUT STILL NEED HEALING RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO BELIEVE IN SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABILITY. SO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM NEEDS TRANSFORMATION AS DO, UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, I THINK WHITE SUPREMACY NEEDS TO BE ERADICATED AND, AND VARIOUS WAYS, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A PROCESS OF EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE CITY FUNDS, UM, WE WANT A HEALING TO BE CULTURALLY AFFIRMING. WE KNOW THAT ANTIS ANTI-RACISM WORK IS ANTIVIOLENCE WORK. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, OPPRESSION, RACISM, SEXISM, UM, AND SO DOING THAT WORK TO AFFIRM IDENTITY IS ALSO ANTI-VIOLENCE WORK. AND OF COURSE, TRAUMA INFORMED. WE KNOW ANY PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH THE SYSTEM. IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE WHO, UM, HAS EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO WE NEED TO HOLISTICALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE. EVERYONE DESERVES HEALING ACCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE, OKAY. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO MENTION THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE CORE, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS WORKING GROUP WAS TO ALSO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON VICTIM SERVICES AND WE WILL DO THAT AT THE END OF THEIR PRESENTATION, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST AFFIRM AND STATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE THINK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT ALL OF THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS. AS I MENTIONED, VERY FEW REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SO WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY AND DECENTRALIZE, UM, THOSE SERVICES AND, UM, PREVENTION, RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE AND NOT FOCUS ON ONE ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS AND, UM, TO, TO DO THE WORK OF HELPING TO ADDRESS, UM, THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, NEXT SLIDE. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT TO JEN, UM, FOR THE NEXT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. I'M JEN MARGULIES. UM, OUR NEXT RECOMMENDATION, UH, SPECIFICALLY GETTING INTO SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES THAT WE RECOMMEND. WE WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT COMMUNITIES WHO DON'T TURN TO POLICING ARE ALREADY FINDING WAYS TO CREATE SAFETY AND PREVENT VIOLENCE. UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A COMMUNITY ROOTED SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE A PERMANENT, UH, CITY GRANT FUND OF AT LEAST $250,000 A YEAR THAT WOULD REALLY WORK TO ELEVATE AND SUPPORT EXISTING GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SAFETY, FOR HEALING HARM, PREVENTING VIOLENCE. AND IT WOULD ALSO SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DEVELOPING THEIR PRACTICES AND BUILDING CAPACITY FOR SOME NEW INITIATIVES THAT WOULD DEEPEN COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGIES, ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS. WE'RE ENVISIONING ARE GROUPS WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO WORK IN CULTURALLY ROOTED WAYS WITH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY RACISM AND POVERTY AND THE VIOLENCE AND SURVEILLANCE OF THE TRADITIONAL POLICING SYSTEM. UH, WE'RE [02:20:01] RECOMMENDING A LOW BARRIER PROGRAM. SO APPLICANTS DON'T NEED TO BE FIVE OH ONE C3 ORGANIZATIONS. WE RECOMMEND THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH OR WHATEVER CITY ENTITY ENTITY ADMINISTERS THIS GRANT PROGRAM WOULD FOLLOW THE LOW BARRIER MINI GRANT PROTOCOL THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE HAS DEVELOPED TO KEEP THIS FUNDING ACCESSIBLE TO INITIATIVES THAT I LED BY AND FOR COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE AND ALSO BY VIOLENT SYSTEMS AND POLICING. AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES MENTIONED HERE ARE ONLY EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THESE MAIN PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SEE SUPPORTED OF SAFETY AND IMMEDIATE WELL, BEGINNING HEALING AND PREVENTION. UM, A SECOND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING A TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION PREVENTION, AUSTIN PROVIDE A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR THE CREATION OF A TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FREE TRAUMA INFORMED THERAPY. OH, I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU. AND LET ME SLOW DOWN TO, YES. JUST, JUST REALIZED THAT, SO THIS TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER MODEL, UM, SUCCESSFUL TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTERS MAKE THREE IMMEDIATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE AFTER INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE. UM, THEY'RE LOCATED IN HIGH CRIME AREAS TO SERVE VICTIMS THAT OFTEN DON'T ACCESS OTHER SERVICES. THEY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED. SO THAT MIGHT BE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING STREET VIOLENCE, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING GUN VIOLENCE, PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, LGBTQ PLUS VICTIMS, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR MORE BROADLY. SO LIKE THE SUCCESSFUL TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTERS IN LOS ANGELES, WE WOULD FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER SITES OR SITES IN AUSTIN BE LOCATED IN AREAS THAT ARE MOST EFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND THAT THEY BE STAFFED AND LED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE MOST EFFECTED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO RECOGNIZING THAT SEX WORKERS ARE FREQUENTLY VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND ARE UNPROTECTED BY EXISTING SYSTEMS, SPECIFIC STRATEGIES ARE NEEDED TO HELP INCREASE SAFETY. WE WILL ADDRESS SOME POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL HELP INCREASE SEX WORKER SAFETY. LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION, THIS SLIDE DETAILS SOME NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO AFFIRMATIVELY IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS THAT CURRENTLY LEAVE SEX WORKERS VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO SPECIFICALLY WE RECOMMEND PROVIDING AROUND $460,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN $260,000 ANNUALLY TO FUND SEX WORKER OUTREACH SERVICES. AND WE HAVE, UH, A LIST THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED HERE. UM, THAT INCLUDES SERVING PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THE DATA. WE HAVE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING A BAD DATE LIST, PAID PEER MENTORSHIP OR MUTUAL AID STREET OUTREACH AND HARM REDUCTION, A CITY FUNDED PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE STIGMA THAT OFTEN COMES ALONG WITH SEX WORKING, UM, UNHOUSED AND DRUG USING POPULATIONS, WHICH MAKES PEOPLE LESS SAFE AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAININGS FOR THE PROVIDERS, WHETHER THAT'S LEGAL MEDICAL, OR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE, UM, WHO ARE THE RESOURCES THAT FOLKS MIGHT TURN TO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE COMPETENT CULTURALLY TO SERVE SEX WORKERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ASIA. THANK YOU. SO IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'VE INCLUDED A VARIETY OF WAYS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OR ONE-TIME CASH ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT COULD BE EXPANDED OR FUNDED IS A CURRENT CITY FUNDED PROGRAM CALLED BRIDGE TO SAFETY. UM, THIS ENABLES FOLKS TO GET ONE TIME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GET TO SAFETY. WE SUGGEST BROADENING THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, DETAILED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, INCLUDING ADDING HEALING SERVICES TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT FOLKS COULD UTILIZE THESE FUNDS FOR. UM, WE RECOMMEND DIRECTING CITY FUNDS TO AT LEAST FIVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEM FLEXIBLY WITHOUT REQUIRING [02:25:01] INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT A MINIMUM OF $75,000 PER SITE PER YEAR IS PROVIDED AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED TO ADMINISTER SUCH A PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY TAP INTO, UM, EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION FOR SURVIVORS. SO THROUGHOUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHERE WE HAVE FUNDED PARTNERS, WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THEY COULD GET FREE OR DEEPLY REDUCED HALF METRO PASSES FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THOSE THAT ARE WORKING WITH NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU'RE AT FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE NEED TO GET TO SOME OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, WE RECOMMEND $500,000 PER YEAR FOR SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS TO INCENTIVIZE LANDLORDS, UM, PARTICULARLY TO RENT AT REDUCED AND STABILIZE RATES FOR LOW INCOME TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR TO FUND A COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST TO THE AMOUNT OF $600,000 PER YEAR. AND TO DIVERSIFY AN INCREASE SURVIVOR HOUSING SUPPORT TO $15 MILLION PER YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ALSO WOULD RECOMMEND INVESTING IN PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT ARE PLACED BASED AND COMMUNITY LED INCLUDING IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER AREAS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THESE NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REALLY WITHIN THE CITY. UM, SO WHEN, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS SIX EXPAND A CURRENT PROGRAM THAT IS RAN THROUGH VICTIM SERVICES, SO THAT, UM, MORE TYPES OF VICTIMS HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO CULTURALLY RESONANT HEALING MODALITIES RIGHT NOW, UM, VICTIM SERVICES HAS AN EMDR TRAINING PROGRAM THAT TRAINS THERAPISTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, CRISIS THERAPEUTIC SERVICES. SO, UH, WE, UH, RECOMMEND EXPANDING THAT, UM, TO 360,000 SO THAT SURVIVORS CAN HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT HEALING MODALITIES. NEXT SLIDE. UM, WE MENTIONED, UH, EXPANDING SAFETY TO SEX WORKERS TO REAL, UM, POLICY CHANGES WITHIN APD AND ALSO ADVOCACY THROUGH TRAVIS COUNTY. UM, THEY CENTER AROUND OF COURSE, UM, DECRIMINALIZING SEX WORK, UH, BUT LEADING TO THAT AND STOP ARRESTING INDIVIDUALS FOR PROSTITUTION AND SOLICITATION, UM, AND REDUCING, UM, AND RELEASING THOSE CURRENTLY HELD ON THOSE CHARGES, UM, ADVOCATING TO END BEING EX COURT, UM, AND INSTEAD REALLY, UM, RECOMMENDING THEM TO COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS. UM, AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE STOPPING PROSECUTION OF MINOR CRIMES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPORTANCE THAT, UM, VICTIMS, UH, BE ABLE TO, UM, REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES WITHIN POLICING. UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, UM, IS INDEPENDENT, UM, IS NOT ADMINISTERED, UM, BY APD OR HAS, UM, HAS A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY. SO WE, WE SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT POLICE OVERSIGHT, UM, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, MANDATED REPORTING. UM, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT APD HAS POLICIES ON MANDATED REPORTING, UM, DIRECT YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE, UM, AND THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, INTO DPS. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT VICTIM SERVICES AND THE EQUITY OFFICE RE REVIEW AND RESHAPE THESE POLICIES OF MANDATORY REPORTING, UM, BECAUSE THESE PRACTICES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT SURVIVORS OF THE DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, UM, AND FAMILIES, UH, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. UM, SO THAT'S, UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER, UH, INTERNAL POLICY CHANGE THAT WE RECOMMEND. NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO HAVE A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT A FULLY FUNDED AND STAFFED OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION COULD DO TO SUSTAIN THE WORK OF THE RPS TASK FORCE. UH, THE OBP WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE IN [02:30:01] SIMILAR OFFICES AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SHOWN RESULTS IN BOTH THE IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF GUN VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP IN BUILDING OUT A PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN THOSE EFFORTS OVER THE LONG HAUL. WE HAVE SOME SPECIFICS HERE THAT I WON'T READ THROUGH FOR TIME. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS MODEL OF A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO VIOLENCE, UM, BACKED BY THE CDC AND EMBRACED BY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PROVIDES A CLEAR FRAMEWORK HOW TO OPERATIONALIZE THE CORE VALUES OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE WITH RACIAL JUSTICE AT THE CORE OF HOW THE WHOLE MODEL IS IMPLEMENTED. AND OUR WORK GROUP STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT AUSTIN IN DOING ANY VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK, TAKE A COORDINATED PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. WE KNOW THAT CONVERSATIONS CAN'T BE SILOED. AND WE, WE DO WANT TO SAY THAT ANY CITY EFFORT OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UH, HAS TO OCCUR IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. AND WE STRONGLY FEEL THAT IT UNDERMINES THE POTENTIAL FOR REAL VIOLENCE REDUCTION WHEN WE INVEST IN ENFORCEMENT AS PREVENTION, OR WHEN WE TASK OR ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COME UP WITH WHAT THEY CALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES WITHOUT BEING OF EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES THAT ARE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED BY PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND AFFECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PLEASE, YOU COULD FINISH IN THE NEXT MINUTE, RIGHT? THESE ARE JUST FURTHER OVP FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS AGAINST SOME SPECIFICS THAT YOU CAN LOOK OVER THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. LINDA. UM, I WILL JUST SAY, I KNOW THAT THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, SO I WILL LET YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE SHARED, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AS WE'VE LAID OUT FOR THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE MANY VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO ACCESS SUPPORT THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND AS IT STANDS WITHIN APD VICTIM SERVICES PROVIDES VITAL SERVICES TO SURVIVORS. UH, WE DON'T RECOMMEND PHYSICALLY DECOUPLING VICTIM SERVICES FROM APT. OUR FULL RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECOUPLING FROM APD. SO THAT SURVIVORS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT THEY NEED WHEN THEY DO ENGAGE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TELL APD IS CULTURALLY TRANSFORMED. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE STEPS WE'VE OUTLINED IN THIS POWERPOINT ARE MADE TO ENHANCE THE VICTIM SERVICES ABILITY TO DO THEIR WORK. THEY'RE OUTLINED HERE, THE VICTIM SERVICE MANAGER SHOULD REPORT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OR TO THE POLICE CHIEF. UM, WE RECOMMEND THAT THEIR BUDGET REFLECTS THE VALUE THEY ADD TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO COORDINATED FOR NATE FOR OUTSIDE TA. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, VERY QUICKLY, OKAY. THAT APD SHOULD MOVE TO A MODEL WHERE EACH SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR HAS THE OPTION TO SPEAK TO A PATROL OFFICER, A VICTIM SERVICE COUNSELOR, OR BOTH WITH THE COUNSELOR BEING THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT AND THAT VICTIM SERVICES BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE TO PUT FORTH, TO, UM, SEE THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, PUT FORTH DURING THEIR EQUITY ASSESSMENT SERIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY OUR WORKING GROUP. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ENGAGEMENT ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA ASHA AND JEN NOW THE EQUITY RE-INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP WILL PRESENT BILATERAL HOUSE WILL LEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY CO PRESENTERS, UH, ALVAREZ AND MONICA GUZMAN ARE IN THE ROOM. SORRY TO TAKE THEM JYOTI ALVAREZ AND MONICA WAS MINE. THEY MIGHT STILL BE IN THE GREEN ROOM WHILE WE WAIT FOR THEM. BALA, WE'LL REMIND YOU, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MINUTE HEADS UP AND, UM, ALSO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SLOW DOWN FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE MONICA AND WE STILL NEED ALVAREZ IN THE PRESENTER ROOM SO THAT I CAN START, SORRY TO TAKE TIME. I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO HIM AFTER LIKE A MINUTE. I THINK THEY'RE MOVING PEOPLE OVER RIGHT NOW. UM, OKAY. I SEE LOAD. YES. UM, THIS IS THE EQUITY RE-INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY, [02:35:01] UH, WORKING GROUP PROPOSAL. AND THE GOAL OF OUR WORKING GROUP WAS TO IDENTIFY AND CREATE UPSTREAM MECHANISMS THAT PREVENT THE NEED FOR POLICING AND INVEST IN IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS LONG-STANDING INEQUITIES. UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS WE HAD MYSELF AND MONICA GOES, MINE ARE ON THE TASK FORCE. AND THEN WE HAD A NUMBER OF AMAZING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ALVAREZ NIKA ARNOLD, ANDREA BLACK, LES CORTEZ. AMY MADORIE, JASMINE PATEL, MADDIE CESSPIT, ALICE. AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND. YES. ARE YOU ASKING ME TO PAUSE JUST FOR A MOMENT? THERE'S A SLIDE UP FOR PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE. THAT'S NOT YOUR WORKING GROUP, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT, AND Y'ALL WILL JUST BE PRESENTING WITHOUT A PRESENT. I HAVE A POWERPOINT WHERE YOU JUST HAVE A SHORT LITTLE PRESENTATION, SO IF WE COULD HAVE THAT REMOVED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, AS I WAS SAYING, THOSE ARE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS AT A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, CRIMINALITY STEMS FROM SYSTEMIC FAILURES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY WELLBEING IN A UNIVERSAL AND NONDISCRIMINATORY WAY. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT VIOLENCE OCCURS NOT ONLY INTERPERSONALLY, BUT ALSO FROM STRUCTURAL OPPRESSION. AS WE HEARD IN THE PAST PRESENTATION FROM NEGLECT, UH, AS WE HAVE ALL OBSERVED DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE RECENT WINTER STORM. AND I WOULD SAY IN SOME OF THE CITIES, LACK OF ADEQUATE RESPONSES WHEN NEEDED SUCH AS, UH, LOW COST HOUSING, WE ARE CALLING FOR THE CITY TO HALT INVESTMENT IN THE VIOLENT AND OPPRESSIVE PRACTICES OF POLICING AND TO REALLY PIVOT DEDICATED RESOURCES TO RE-IMAGINE SERVICES DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. IF WE GROUND OURSELVES IN THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN AUSTIN, AS WE DID, WHEN WE LAUNCHED TASK FORCE, WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORIC ROLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A MECHANISM TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND WEALTH THROUGH THE USE OF VIOLENCE. THE U S BECAME THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD VIA INTENTIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF EXPLOITATION AND GENOCIDE. THE CURRENT RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR CITY IS NOT BY ACCIDENT. THE SYSTEM OF RACIAL CAPITALISM HAS CENTERED A AND C MENTED, A RACIAL HIERARCHY IN ALL MARKERS OF LIFE WITH WHITE, UH, RESIDENTS AT THE TOP AND BLACK COMMUNITIES AT THE BOTTOM AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN BETWEEN TODAY IN AUSTIN, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING INSECURITY, AND OTHER MARKERS RELATED HISTORICAL PRACTICES, SUCH AS RED LINING AND HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HAVE RESULTED IN GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY. AND THESE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN AUSTIN. THEREFORE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON THE, THESE GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES. SO I WILL PASS YOU THE MIC. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, PAULA. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL AND, UM, CITY MANAGER AND OUR FELLOW WORK GROUP MEMBERS AND THE TASK FORCE FOR THEIR DEDICATED COMMITMENT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND, UM, JUST TO KIND OF BUILD ON, UM, WHAT BAILA WAS SHARING, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, OUR APPROACH, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE SORT OF SIMPLY DEFINED AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUB MODEL, RIGHT? THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, INFORMATION IN OUR PROPOSAL, BUT IT'S VERY SIMPLE CONCEPT, RIGHT? THAT WE HAVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HUB MODEL. IT'S A PLACE-BASED APPROACH, YOU KNOW, UM, LET'S HAVE A PRESENCE ON THE GROUND IN THESE AREAS THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH CRIME AND POLICING, BUT ALSO MAY BE UNDER RESOURCED AND HAVE HIGH NEEDS, YOU KNOW, OF OTHER TYPES. UM, AND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE ALREADY KNEW WHERE THE UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES WERE LOCATED, RIGHT. THAT DOCUMENTING THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE WINTER STORM, JUST CONFIRM WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, KNOW WHAT ARE THE AREAS OF HIGH NEED. SO, SO WE DO HAVE TO DO WHAT THE DATA'S TELLING YOU, RIGHT? THE DATA SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO OVERTHINK IT BECAUSE OF THIS LOOMING HOUSING EVICTIONS CRISIS. I THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE RUNDBERG AND DOVE SPRINGS AND MONTOPOLIS DEL VALLEY AND COLONY PARK, UM, WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE EVICTIONS CRISIS [02:40:01] IF, IF WE DON'T CHANGE OUR APPROACH. UM, SO LET'S PUT OUR RESOURCES ON THE GROUND WHERE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE MOST NEEDED OUR APPROACH. PLEASE SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. UM, AND JUST, YEAH. AND, UM, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALSO JUST CLIP YOUR WORDS A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THE AUDIO IS A LITTLE GARBLED. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M USED TO HAVING JUST THE TWO MINUTES AND AFTER NOT THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. UM, SO AGAIN, FOR OUR, IN OUR PROPOSAL, THE APPROACH, UH, IS JUST AS CRITICAL, RIGHT? AS THE FUNDING ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST JUNE, YOU KNOW, THE DATA WAS CLEAR, BUT THE ZIP CODES WHERE, UM, THE COVID HOTSPOTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE MAP BACK IN JUNE, IT LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT, LIKE THE MAP OF COVID CASES IN HOTSPOTS TODAY. UM, SO WE WOULD ESTABLISH COVID RESOURCE CENTERS IN THOSE AREAS. HOW MUCH EASIER WOULD PPE DISTRIBUTION HAD BEEN? HOW MUCH EASIER WITH TESTING HAVE BEEN, HOW MUCH EASIER WOULD VACCINE DISTRIBUTION HAVE BEEN? HOW MUCH EASIER WOULD THE WINTER STORM RESPONSE HAD BEEN? IF THERE WAS ALREADY A TRUSTED PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD HAVE GONE FOR HELP, UM, THE STAKES ARE HIGH RIGHT NOW, UM, AND IT'S, THEY'RE TOO HIGH TO STAY THE COURSE. UH, SO WE DO, UH, SO WE MUST CHANGE OUR APPROACH TO, UM, IF WE WANT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME IN THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND NOW TO OUR PROPOSAL, THERE ARE TWO MAIN PARTS, UH, THE IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT FROM CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AND ANNUAL RECURRING ALLOCATIONS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE IMMEDIATE INVESTMENTS, UH, OUR WORK GROUP ASKS FOR AN INVESTMENT OF 11 MILLION FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UM, TO BE USED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN 10 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING, UM, AGAIN, HIGH NEEDS FOR SUPPORTS. UH, WE SUGGEST A VARIETY OF DATA SOURCES THAT MAY BE USED TO SELECT NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, LOOKING AT FACTORS SUCH AS CONCENTRATED POVERTY, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVID CASES OR HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF COVID CASES, UM, AND COST IT TWO, ONE, ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT A GOOD SOURCE OF WHERE THE NEED IS. AND OF THE 11 MILLION THAT WE ASKED FOR FOR THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, A MILLION IS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THESE SELECTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE REMAINING 10 MILLION WOULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE 10 NEIGHBORHOODS SELECTED TO PROVIDE RENT ASSISTANCE, PREVENTING EVICTIONS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS. SO THAT'S THE CURRENT YEAR ASCO. WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER ONE, RIGHT. TO GET MOVING. UM, THE SECOND ASK IS FOR A RECURRING ANNUAL INVESTMENT, UM, TO SUPPORT AND OPERATION OF FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS. UM, SO THAT WOULD TOTAL ABOUT 45 MILLION FOR THOSE HUBS ABOUT 9 MILLION PER YEAR PER HUB. AND THERE'S THREE KIND OF BIG BULLETS OR, UH, ARENAS, UM, OR INVESTMENTS. THE FIRST IS, UM, OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE HUBS JURISDICTION, UM, IN THE FORM OF DIRECT RECURRING CASH PAYMENTS. SO THAT'S, UH, ABOUT $12 MILLION. UM, AND THERE'S THE DETAILS FOR OUR PROPOSAL OR IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT. UH, THE OTHER BIG BUCKET OF SUPPORTS FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HUB IS TO, UM, TO INVEST LIKE 6.5 MILLION ROUGHLY PER HUB, UM, AND TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS, TO IDENTIFY THE LONG-TERM NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO PRIORITIZE HOW THOSE SONGS ARE GOING TO BE USED. SO WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY VOICE PLAY A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITIES AT EACH. UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS, UM, WE ASSESS WHAT EXISTING RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS MAY BE EFFECT MAYBE EFFECTIVELY, UM, DELIVERED VIA THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER ROLE FOR THESE, THESE COMMUNITY RESOURCES ONCE ESTABLISHED. AND I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M AT A TIME I WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE TIME FOR MONEY THREE MORE MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, YES, YES. HEY FINALLY. OKAY. UM, MONICA GUZMAN DAVA AND GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN, SHE, HER HERS. [02:45:02] AND, UM, BASICALLY THE, UM, SORRY, I NEED TO GET MYSELF SITUATED ON MY PAGE HERE. THE HUBS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, SORRY, UH, WILL BE OPERATED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PARTNERS AND THE PRIORITIES FOR EACH HUB WILL BE DETERMINED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS. REALLY ALL I HAVE IN MY PART. THANK YOU, MONICA. AND THANK YOU TOO. I WILL, UH, UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY GIVE BACK SOME TIME. THE LAST LITTLE PIECE I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT, THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING AS ONE OF THE CORE PROGRAMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS BEING EXPERIMENTED WITH ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND THERE'S GREAT SUCCESSES. WE KNOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN A PART OF A LEARNING NATIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AROUND IT. AND WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT RIGHT NOW, FAMILIES ARE NEEDING SUPPORT FOR RENT, FOR FOOD, FOR UTILITIES, FOR MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. AND HAVING PEOPLE JUMP THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, HOOPS WITH LOTS OF APPLICATIONS THAT THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH IS NOT WORKING. SO WE NEED A STREAMLINED, SIMPLE WAY TO GET A DIRECT ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED RIGHT NOW. AND WE THINK THAT THE GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT IS A WAY THAT WE CAN TRY THAT IN AUSTIN SUCCESSFULLY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY GROW IT. THANK YOU FROM THANK YOU, ROLAND AND MONICA IN PARTICULAR, SHE WAS SPEAKING, I WAS ALSO THINKING SHOAL AND MONICA AND CALLING THE NEXT WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS RE-IMAGINING NINE 11 AND NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE, RODNEY SIGNS AND MS. SUE GABRIEL, DO WE HAVE OUR PRESENTERS? OKAY. GIVE ME ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS WORKING GROUP. IF THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AND MOVED TO THE PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE GROUP, JUST ON RODNEY ANSWER. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RODNEY SCIENCE. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M AUDIBLE YET. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU, UH, YOUR FIVE MINUTE WARNING WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT AND REMIND YOU TO PLEASE SPEAK SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. I HAVE A, I WAS SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR MISS SUE, BUT I'LL BEGIN, UH, AS I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF OUR TIME. UH, WE ARE THE NIGHT TO OF REIMAGINING NINE ONE ONE WORK GROUP, UM, CONSISTING OF MYSELF, MS. SUE AND DAVID AND KATE FROM OUR OTHER GROUPS AS WELL, WHICH WE'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY. UH, THIS IS THE, THE, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR OUR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PART, BUT I WILL BEGIN MATT. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECOUPLING OF NINE ONE, ONE FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. ALTHOUGH THE WORK GROUP HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S EFFORTS TOWARD THIS GOAL, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS DECOUPLING. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ROOTED IN THE VALUES OF THE RPS TASK FORCE, GROUNDED IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF POLICING IN THE U S AND IN AUSTIN, THE RE-IMAGINING NINE ONE ONE, AND NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE WORK GROUP HERE. AND AFTER THE NINE, THE NINE ONE ONE WORK GROUP ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HOLISTIC COMMUNITY SAFETY [02:50:01] IS DISTINCT FROM POLICING AND SHOULD BE DEFINED BY DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AS SUCH. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE DIVESTING FROM SYSTEMS THAT CAUSE HARM DEVELOPING OR SUPPORTING EXISTING CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORKS THAT ARE TRULY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT ARISE FROM AND CENTER THE MOST DIRECTLY HARMED BY EXISTING SYSTEM. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-TERM THINKING AND SUGGESTING FULL AND PERMANENT FUNDING FOR EQUITABLE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORKS AND PLANNING FOR LONGTERM ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE COMMUNITY. THE RE-IMAGINING NINE 11 AND NON POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE WORK GROUP MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AND CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS, SET, EXCUSE ME, CENTERING ON THE FOLLOWING. NUMBER ONE, ESTABLISH A FULLY FUNDED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE, AND REMOVE ANY STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT COMMUNITY ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH. FIRST RESPONSE, INDEPENDENT FROM POLICE. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN PEOPLE CALL NINE ONE, ONE, THEY SHOULD BE AND ARE NOW GIVEN THE FOLLOWING UP EMS, FIRE, MENTAL HEALTH OR POLICE, HOWEVER NON-POLICE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE IS CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE IN LIMITED SITUATIONS. A DETERMINATION OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF POLICE INTERVENTION SHOULD BE MADE BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBER REQUESTING ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE OR RESPONDERS, NOT BY THE DISPATCHER MENTAL HEALTH. FIRST RESPONSE TEAMS MUST BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CRISES WITHOUT POLICE AND USE POLICE BACKUP. AS A LAST RESORT RESPONSE TEAMS WOULD CONSIST OF A MEDIC AND A CRISIS WORKER AND PEER COMMUNITY PEER COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER. THE TEAM MUST BE EQUIPPED TO RESPOND DURING CRISIS MOMENT, INCLUDING COVID-19 AND SEVERE WEATHER. THE TEAM SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH ALL NECESSARY APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT. EXCUSE ME, NINE 11 OPERATORS. AND FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD RECEIVE APPROPRIATE TRAINING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PRIORITIZING THE RESPONSE, THE RESPONSE TO AND NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OVER RESPONDING TO NON-VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR THE I'M ASSUME, UH, I'LL STOP FOR YOU. I'LL STOP. AFTER THIS RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN CLICK CONTINUE, UH, WITH NUMBER THREE, NINE 11 OPERATORS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD RECEIVE APPROPRIATE TRAINING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PRIORITIZING THE RESPONSE TO AND NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OVER RESPONDING TO NON-VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR MENTAL HEALTH OPTIONS, THEY GET A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN TRAINING FOR NINE 11. CALL OPERATORS MUST GO BEYOND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. SO I'LL CALL TAKERS MUST UNDERGO TRAINING ON ANTI-RACISM. THAT INCLUDES EXAMPLES OF RACISM IN A NINE 11 CALL CENTER AND REGULAR ANTI-RACISM SUPERVISION. THIS IS TO COMBAT SYSTEMIC RACISM AND ENSURE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. THE CALL-TAKERS DO NOT MAKE FATAL DECISIONS BASED ON RACIST IDEAS OF DANGER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE. NUMBER THREE, IF YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN GO ON. I'LL GET TO THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. THANKS, MR. NUMBER THREE NON-POLICE CRISIS LINE AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM SHOULD RECEIVE $2 MILLION. THE CITY SHOULD FUND THE COMMUNITY. NON-POLICE FIRST RESPONSE OUTSIDE OF THE NINE 11 SYSTEM. THIS SERVICE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A COMMUNITY LED RESOURCE LINE AND RESPOND TO SITUATIONS THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO REQUIRE A MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE. FOR INSTANCE, LOUD MUSIC, BLOCK DRIVEWAYS, ET CETERA. POLICE SHOULD NOT BE THE ENTITY TO RESPOND TO NON-CRIMINAL QUALITY OF LIFE COMPLAINTS OR TO OTHER SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DECRIMINALIZED ALREADY IN THIS COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY, THIS SERVICE EXISTS IN US AND THROUGH 10,000 FEARLESS FIRST RESPONDERS, A LOCAL GROUP, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY SHOULD FULLY RESOURCE THIS GROUP AND OTHERS LIKE IT, EXCUSE ME, SUCH AS MH FIRST IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND ALLOW THEM TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AUTONOMOUS AND TO BE SUSTAINED. MOVING FORWARD FUNDS FOR THE CREATION OF THIS WILL COME FROM THE RE-IMAGINED PUB PUBLIC SAFETY FUND. THIS INITIATIVE [02:55:01] WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO NON-POLICE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE THROUGH NINE ONE ONE. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO RECOMMEND CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPTIONS. YOU MUST ENSURE LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN ALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE CALL CENTERS. SO WE SHOULD ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE ACCESS PROCEDURE USED BY ALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR CALLERS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PEOPLE, EXCUSE ME, PROVIDE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS AND HOW TO USE THE SERVICES. CALL-TAKERS MUST UNDERGO COMMUNITY-BASED CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING AND REGULAR REFRESHER TRAINING FOR WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEXT MESSAGING SHOULD ALSO BE ADDED AN OPTION FOR ACCESSING EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE CITY SHOULD UNDERTAKE A MULTI-LINGUAL PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS REGARDING APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY SERVICE USE FINALLY, ONGOING COMMUNITY ACCOUNT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION APOLOGIES FOR NOT NAMING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS I'VE GONE. THIS IS NUMBER SIX, THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD CONDUCT A REGULAR AND ONGOING INDEPENDENT AUDIT, ANNUAL BIANNUAL, ET CETERA. I'VE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CALLS AND LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY SURVEY REQUESTING RESIDENTS OPINIONS REGARDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMERGENCY POLICE CALLS, RESPONSE CALLS, EXCUSE ME, NUMBER SEVEN, IN ORDER TO ENGENDER COMMUNITY TRUST IN THE CITY'S RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY PROCESS, THE CITY SHOULD A NOT RETURN ANY OF THE RE-IMAGINING OR DECOUPLING FUNDS TO APD B FOLLOW THE TASKS, FORCES, RECOMMENDATION, AND NOT FUND NAPD CAUSE THAT CLASS AND SEE INVEST THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE RE-IMAGINING CITY FUNDS TOWARD HOLISTIC COMMUNITY SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE WORKING GROUPS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. ONLY WITH THESE DISPLAYS OF COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY DO. WE RECOMMEND A SECOND PHASE OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ALLOWS FOR TRANSPARENT AND THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY INPUT IN CREATING A RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN THAT LEADS TO EFFECT THE RESULTS FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE. FINALLY, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION, NUMBER EIGHT, THE CITY MUST INVEST IN AND EXPAND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TO GUIDE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEMS AND IDEOLOGIES OF OPPRESSION ARE ABLE TO OFFER THEIR EXPERTISE. THE CITY MUST COMMIT TO INVESTING IN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND FINALLY, NUMBER NINE, RECOMMENDATION NINE, THE CITY SHOULD BUDGET A ROLE FOR THE EQUITY OFFICE IN ASSESSING PLANS, AN IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSES. OUR CONCLUSION, THE WORK GROUP'S CONCLUSION WAS THAT FOR FAR TOO MANY AUSTINITES CALLING FOR HELP REQUIRES WEIGHING WHETHER MAKING THE CALL WILL ULTIMATELY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS INVESTING IN RESPONSES THAT DON'T PUT RESIDENTS AT RISK. THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY PROCESS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SYSTEMS OF CARE DURING EMERGENCY AND CRISIS SITUATIONS THAT PROVIDE HELP WITHOUT REQUIRING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RISK THEIR LIVES OR THEIR FREEDOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I THINK HOPEFULLY WHEN WE MET THE TIMELINE, SO YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, RODNEY. AND THANKS TO MS. SUE GABRIEL AND THE ENTIRE, UH, WORKING GROUP. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MOVE ON TO THE PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP. HOWEVER, I DON'T SEE DAVID JOHNSON'S NAME IN THE PARTICIPANT LIST. OKAY. I SEE IT NOW. WELCOME DAVID. IS IT POSSIBLE, UM, FOR US TO HAVE DAVID ON CAMERA, DAVID IS PRESENTING THEN YES, I CAN. I CAN HAVE HIM ON THIS. THANK YOU. DAVID IS PRESENTING I BELIEVE. AND THERE IS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE. EXCELLENT. I'M SUE GABRIEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. MS. SUE, ARE YOU PRESENTING FOR PATROL IN SURVEILLANCE? THE FIRST PART OF IT? YES. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A GENTLE REMINDER TO PLEASE SPEAK SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT, I WILL ON CAMERA AND OFF MUTE TO REMIND YOU. [03:00:01] OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SUE GABRIEL, BETHANY CARSON, RODNEY FENCE, DAVID AND I ARE PART OF THIS GROUP. SECOND SLIDE, PLEASE. PLEASE DO NOT EQUATE TO PUBLIC SAFETY. POLICE DO NOT AND CANNOT PREVENT CRIME FROM HAPPENING. POLICE SPEND LESS TIME, LESS THAN 1% OF THEIR TIME RESPONDING TO CALLS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. OFTEN THEY THERE'S LITTLE THAT THEY CAN DO WHEN THEY DO ARRIVE TO EXCUSE ME, MS. SUE, EXCUSE ME, EVERYONE. IF IT'S STILL ON THE COVERS AND, UM, AND ALSO, UH, BETHANY, CARSON AND RODNEY SIMON ARE BOTH ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE PRESENTATION, SO THEY NEED TO BE ALLOWED AS WELL. I'M GOOD. I THINK I'M READY TO TAKE UP STEPHANIE ON THE CALL AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK CARSON WAS CALLING IN SO I CAN NOT MOVE HER ONTO THE SCREEN, BUT SHE IS UN-MUTED RIGHT NOW AND THEY DOUBLE FOR COMMUNICATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO ASK THE TECH READY TO ADVANCE SLIDES. OKAY. YOU CAN GO TO THE SECOND FLOOR. READ FROM THE SECOND SLIDE. POLICE POLICE DO NOT EQUAL SAY, OKAY. OKAY. PATROL POLICING EMERGED OUT OF A NEED. OH, THE SECOND SLIDE POLICE DO NOT ACQUIT DO NOT EQUATE TO PUBLIC SAFETY. PLEASE DO NOT AND CANNOT PREVENT CRIME FROM HAPPENING. POLICE SPEND LESS THAN 1% OF THEIR TIME RESPONDING TO CALLS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. OFTEN THERE IS LITTLE THEY CAN DO WHEN THEY DO ARRIVE. UM, THIRD SLIDE PATROL POLICING EMERGED OUT OF A NEED TO SAVELLE AND EXERCISE CONTROL OVER BLACK AND BROWN AND POOR COMMUNITIES THROUGH THREATS OF VIOLENCE. NEXT SLIDE, THE FUNCTION OF POLICE HAS NOT CHANGED FROM 2015 TO 2021. POLICE HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 35 PEOPLE. FOUR MORE HAVE DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY, BUT APD CLAIMED THEY WERE SUICIDE OR ACCIDENTAL. NEXT SLIDE, THE GEORGE LEE V UH, JOYCE JAMES REPORT STATES RESIDENTS OF BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC RESIDENTS. THOSE IN POVERTY AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH CRIME RATES HAD DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE AND SEVERITY OF, OF FORCE USED UPON THEM LATER ALSO SHOWS THAT BLACK AND HISPANIC MEN WERE ARRESTED. DISPROPORTIONATELY, NEXT SLIDE. THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES PROVIDE MATH OF AUSTIN THAT ILLUSTRATES THE DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF POLICE PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE AGAINST PEOPLE IN AUSTIN. THE FIRST MAP FLATS, ALL ALL ARRESTS. IN THE YELLOW POINT, WE CAN EASILY SEE THAT ARRESTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR, PREDOMINANTLY ALONG THE AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT ON DISBURSED THAN IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS TELLS YOU THAT APD IS ACTUALLY POLICING WITH INTENSITY WITH MORE INTENSITY THAN JUST MAJOR ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS. NEXT SLIDE. IN THE SECOND MAP, WE SEE THE OCCURRENCES OF PROBABLE PROBABLE CAUSE SEARCHES PRODUCT IN ORANGE, A PROBABLE CAUSE. SEARCH IS AN EXTREMELY SUBJECTIVE AND OFTEN ABUSED PRACTICE. BY-PRODUCT BY OFFICERS THAT CAN LEAD TO CRIMINAL PAROLING HERE, YOU SEE A GREATER CONCENTRATION WITHIN THE EASTERN CRESCENT THAN BEFORE 77.1% OF ALL PROBABLE CAUSE SEARCHES HAVE BEEN BLACK AND HISPANIC PEOPLE. NEXT SLIDE. FINALLY, IN THE LAST MAP WE SEE DRUG [03:05:01] ARREST HERE. AGAIN, WE SEE AN EVEN GREATER CONCENTRATION OF HON IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN EASTERN CRESCENT OF AUSTIN. THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS WILL BE DONE BY BETHANY CARSON. HI, THANK YOU, MS. SUE, THIS IS BETHANY. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. SO OUR FOCUS FOR OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AREAS OF POLICING WHERE APD COMES MOST DIRECTLY AND FREQUENTLY IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE OR INFORMATION ABOUT THEM WITHOUT BEING CALLED. IN ADDITION TO THE AT-LARGE TASK FORCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION, OUR WORKING GROUP MET WITH 40 PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION, DEPORTATION, OR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT SAFETY MEANS TO THEM AND THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH POLICE. WE COLLECTED 39 SURVEYS, WHICH WERE DISSEMINATED BY WORD OF MOUTH TO PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND THEIR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE ARE THE SURVEY FINDINGS. NEXT SLIDE. WE ASKED PEOPLE, WHAT IS ONE THING THAT COUNCIL COULD FUND OR DEFUND THAT WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER? NO ONE SAID TO FUND MORE POLICE. IN FACT, THE MAJORITY SAID TO DEFUND POLICE OR SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF POLICING AND MANY MENTIONED FUNDING FOR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS FAR FROM FEELING PROTECTED BY POLICE. OUR RESPONDENTS FELT FEAR AT SEEING THE, THIS WAS PARTICULARLY ACUTE WHILE DRIVING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO TOOK OUR SURVEY HAD BEEN STOPPED BY THE POLICE MOST WHILE DRIVING THESE ENCOUNTERS WERE OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE AND MANY REPORTED THAT THE STOPS LED TO FINANCIAL STRUGGLES AND NEGATIVE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT. SOME ENCOUNTERS LED TO MORE ACUTE IMPACTS SUCH AS INCARCERATION OR DETENTION, JOB LOSS, FAMILY SEPARATION, AND DEPORTATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPACTS OF POLICE STOPS AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL, THOSE ACUTE LIFE-CHANGING IMPACTS ARE AMPLIFIED. NEARLY EVERYONE WHO TOOK OUR SURVEY HAD FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHO HAD BEEN STOPPED BY THE POLICE MORE THAN A THIRD WERE ARRESTED. AND ALMOST A THIRD OF THE STOPS LED TO INCARCERATION OR DETENTION ORDER LOST THEIR JOBS ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE STOP, BUT TO DEPORTATION OR FAMILY SEPARATION AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR, YEAH, YOU COULD JUST SLOW DOWN A BIT FOR OUR INTERPRETERS, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR RESPONDENTS EXPERIENCED, THESE HARMFUL IMPACTS SOME UNWANTED INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE. THEY COULD NOT RELY ON POLICE IN A CRISIS MORE THAN HALF SAID THAT EITHER THEY HADN'T OR WOULDN'T CALL NINE ONE ONE IN AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THEIR FEAR THAT POLICE INTERACTION WOULD BE MORE HARMFUL TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, OR THEY HAD CALLED IN AN EMERGENCY AND NO ONE EVER RESPONDED, MANY RESPONDENTS SHARED PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OR COMMENTARY ABOUT HOW POLICE RESPONSE HAD WORSENED OR ESCALATED A SITUATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ASKED OUR RESPONDENTS HOW THEY FELT ABOUT POLICE SHARING DATA WITH OTHER LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT JUST THROUGH THE ERIK FUSION CENTER, THE MOST COMMON REACTIONS WERE FEAR, ANGER AND DISGUST FEAR WITH PARTICULARLY ACUTE AMONGST SPANISH SPEAKING, PREDOMINANTLY IMMIGRANT RESPONDENTS BY POLICE. NEARLY ALL OF OUR RESPONDENTS HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE POLICE. MANY, BOTH AS PEOPLE SEEKING HELP AND AS OBJECTS OF SUSPICION. AND IT HASN'T MADE THEM FEEL SAFER. POLICE AREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSES THAT MAKE THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES FEEL SAFE. FURTHERMORE POLICE STOPS CAUSED HARM. THEY EXACERBATE MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT MOST THREATENED COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, FINANCIAL STABILITY, INCARCERATION, DEPORTATION, AND FAMILY SEPARATION. [03:10:02] NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE, I'LL PASS IT ON TO RODNEY. THANK YOU. UM, OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY WERE THAT NEARLY ALL OF OUR RESPONDENTS HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE POLICE, BOTH AS PEOPLE SEEKING HELP AND AS OBJECTS OF SUSPICION AND IT HASN'T MADE THEM FEEL SAFER, LEAST AREN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSES THAT PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL SAFE. POLICE STOPS ACCESS OR BAIT. MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT MOST THREATENED PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES SAFETY, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, FINANCIAL STABILITY, INCARCERATION. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. BETHANY COVERED THOSE SLIDES AND WE'RE ON THE LONG-TERM VISION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR LONGTERM VISION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. MAINLY WE WANT TO DIVEST FROM, INTO THE ENTIRE RACIST CLASSIST MODEL OF PATROL POLICING. SO PHASE OUT THE ENTIRE 210,604,299 NEIGHBORHOOD BASED POLICING LINE ITEM AND NO MORE CADET CLASSES, WE ACTUALLY NEED FEWER OFFICERS. WE ALSO NEED TO PHASE OUT ALL USE OF DEADLY WEAPONS AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE DECOUPLED. STATE LEVEL CHANGES NOW ARE NEEDED TO DECRIMINALIZE TRAFFIC OFFENSES AND ALLOW UNARMED CIVIL SERVANTS TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AND MAKE STOPS FOR CIVIL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. WE SHOULD INSTEAD REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO REINVEST IN ECONOMIC HEALTH AND HOUSING RESOURCES THAT CREATE REAL SAFETY FOR THE OVERPAY POLICE COMMUNITIES. AND NOW I BELIEVE DAVID WILL TAKE THE REMAINING PART. THANK YOU, RODNEY. SO OUR IMMEDIATE RECOMMENDATIONS START WITH SAFETY. HIT SAFETY IS AN N TWO DISCRIMINATORY AND DANGEROUS PATROL THROUGH RECOMMENDATION FIRMLY AS POSSIBLE THAT THE CITY DEFUND PROUD MANAGEMENT GANG SUPPRESSION, NUISANCE ABATE, RIVERSIDE TOGETHERNESS, PROJECT, US MARSHALS, LONESTAR, FUGITIVE TASK FORCE WEAPONS AND MILITARY SUPPLIES, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT OF NEW CADETS FOR A TOTAL OF 12.5 MILLION. AND WE ASKED INSTEAD THAT MONEY BE USED TO REALLOCATE TOWARDS SERVICES THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY. MOST FOREIGN FUNDING, IMMIGRANT DEFENSE FUND DIRECT CASH ASSIST. DAVID, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND, UM, THEY'RE STILL ON THE LONGTERM SLIDE. SO IF YOU WANT THEM TO INDEPENDENCE THE SLOT, AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, SLOW DOWN FOR OUR INTERPRETERS, YOU'VE GOT TIME. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT OKAY. AND JUST TO RECORD, UM, IF NEED BE THE UPROOTING WORKING GROUP IS WILLING TO SEE IT UP TO FIVE MINUTES OF, OF THIS TIME FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS, UH, OF THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S REALLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. UM, DID WE ADVANCE A SLIDE PLEASE? OKAY. THANKS. IMMEDIATE RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. SO SAFETY IS AN INTER DISCRIMINATORY AND DANGEROUS PATROL. SO WE ASKED THE DEFINED ALL OF THOSE THINGS ON THE LEFT AND TO FUND THE THINGS ON THE RIGHT. SO DEFUND CROWD MANAGEMENT, GANG SUPPRESSION, NUISANCE ABATEMENT, RIVERSIDE TO KEVIN MARSHALL HAVE WEAPONS IN MILITARY SUPPORT AND TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT OF NEW CADET FOR A TOTAL OF 12.5 MILLION OR APPROXIMATELY AND FUND IMMIGRANTS DEFENSE THROUGH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. BEEN DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE FOR OVER POLICE COMMUNITY AND FUND HELP FOR FIXED SUPPORTIVE HEALTH SPORTS. THIS ARM TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT CANNOT BE IMMEDIATELY DECOUPLED. SO IT WOULD BE CAN'T IMMEDIATELY BE DECOUPLED. THEN IT LEAVES BITS ON IT. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SAFETY IS BEING ABLE TO LIVE AND EXIST PEACEFULLY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SPACE WITHOUT CONSTANT POLICE PRESENCE AND HARASS THE FUND OVERTURN PARKVILLE MOUNTED PATROL, SPECIALIZED PATROL, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF QUOTE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING PATROL MOTOR THAT THAT'LL BRING A TOTAL TO APPROXIMATELY $35.3 MILLION JUST THERE. AND WE ASK THAT YOU [03:15:01] DECOUPLED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNITS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE DIRECTING TRAFFIC CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS OR, OR, OR FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES. SO THAT TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION, A V RECORD HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE UNIT, AND VEHICLE BAIT, AND ALSO SPECIAL EVENT LAKE PATROL AND HOSTS, THAT'D BE A TOTAL OF $10 MILLION. IF YOU COULD GET A COUPLE OF MINUTES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, BUT WE WANT YOU TO END INVESTIGATIVE DISCRETIONARY STOP. AND OFFICER INITIATED CALL IN FED NORTH CAROLINA PLAYS NORTH CAROLINA, AND THEY DEPRIORITIZED ALL VIOLATIONS. OTHER THAN SPEEDING, DWI RUNNING STOP SIGNS WERE LIKE OR OTHER UNSAFE MOVEMENT, RIGHT? THEY HAD A 50% IN THE NUMBER OF BLACK DRIVERS SEARCH THERE, CLEAR NUMBERS TO SUPPORT. WHY SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD BE INFAMOUS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SAFETY IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND MOVEMENT WITHOUT SURVEILLANCE THE FUND PAY RENT OFF THE REASONABLE INTELLIGENCE ON REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, HALEIGH DEFUND THE STAR CHASE PURSUIT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION THAT WOULD TOTAL $4.5 MILLION APPROXIMATELY. AND WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE YOUTH TECHNICAL CAPABILITY FUNCTION AND LOCATION OF ALL APD DRONE, INCLUDING THE 13 DONATED BY GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION IMMEDIATELY SEES TO YOU THESE ROUNDS OR ANY OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND DELETE ANY FOOTAGE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE BAN THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLEAR VIEW AI BY ANY APD OFFICER OR CD EMPLOYEE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE FLEW DOWN DAVID THING. OKAY. SAFETY IS SENDING THE ONE DRUG AND TREATING DRUG USE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. I THINK I GOT AN ART PIECE ON THE CANINE UNIT, FUN CANINE INTERDICTION NARCOTICS CONSPIRACY FOR TOTAL OF $10.4 MILLION APPROXIMATELY, AND THEIR FUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND LOW INCOME AND SUPPORTIVE HEALTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HE IS TOO MANIPULATIVE AND SELF PROMOTING POLICE INTERACTIONS WITH THE MAYOR WHEN POLICE ARE PAID TO HAND OUT FOOD AND TOOL AND HAVE DIALOGUE IN UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES WHILE CONTINUING TO HARASS INJURE AND KILL MEMBERS OF THOSE SAME COMMUNITY, THAT IS MANIPULATION, NOT RELATIONSHIP. IT IS PDS RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP THE HARM, NOT THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TRUST OR FORGIVE WHILE HARM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. EXCUSE ME, DAVID, SORRY. REPRESENTATIVE. THAT WOULD GIVE US ABOUT 3.2 MILLION AND INSTEAD ON COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVES THAT PREVENT AND ADDRESS VIOLENCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO DAVID, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP. YOUR AUDIO IS A LITTLE LOW, SO PLEASE TAKE CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE AND YOU'RE AT TIMES. SO CAN YOU WRAP IN THE NEXT MINUTE? UM, YES, I CAN. ABSOLUTELY. I'M ON MY LEFT FOOT, MY NECK AND MY SIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO SAFETY IS EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY CONTRACTING OUT OF APD CONTROL, CREATE A MANDATORY EQUITY SCREENING PROCESS FOR ALL AP CONTRACT AND GRANT SO THAT ALL CONTRACTS OVER $5,000 ARE REVIEWED BY THE EQUITY OFFICE THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT YOU'LL HEAR LATER IN THE UPROOTING PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURE WORKING GROUP BEFORE APD IS ABLE TO ENTER INTO A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS TO SOLICIT THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE OR SUBMIT A GRANT PROPOSAL SUCH AS THE ONE APPROVED RECENTLY FOR LESS THAN LETHAL WEAPON, ANY PROPOSED SPENDING, INCLUDING GRANT FUNDING OR DONATIONS OR PREVIOUSLY UNALLOCATED ITEMS SHOULD REQUIRE EQUITY OFFICE APPROVAL AND THEN COME BEFORE [03:20:01] COUNCIL FOR A BOAT BEFORE PUTTING MONEY, PULLING MONEY FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT. LAST SLIDE PLEASE. OR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 66 MILLION THAT WE CAN DEFEND AND REALLOCATE AND APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION THAT WE CAN LOOSEN THROUGH. DECOUPLING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT FROM THE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP. WE'RE INVITING MONICA GUZMAN BACK AND ALICIA TORRES MONEY. CAUSE IT WAS FUN IN HERE. THANK YOU, MONICA. I WILL AGAIN, REMIND YOU TO PLEASE SPEAK SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN YOUR TIME, I WILL COME ON WITH A GENTLE REMINDER. IS ALICIA OKAY? IS THERE ANY TECH, CLEC OR TORRES? I CAN UNMUTE HERE, BUT I CANNOT TO THE SCREEN. AND MONICA, ARE YOU ABLE TO TURN ON? YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. ALICIA, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. I CAN, I CAN GO AHEAD AND START. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO WAIT FOR TECH TO FIGURE OUT THE VIDEO PART, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND START. UM, AND I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE, WHO IS UNNEEDED, WHERE THAT IS STILL COMING UP. THAT YES, THIS IS THE AAV TECH. IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF ON MUTE SO WE CAN ELIMINATE ALL THOSE NOISES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE YOU ABLE TO GET, UH, MONICA AND ALICIA'S VIDEO UP? I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT LISA TORRES VIDEO ON THIS. I KNOW, I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. SOMEONE IS UN-MUTED. I'M TRYING TO SEE HER BE GO AHEAD AT LEAST. YEAH. OKAY. I'M UN-MUTED AND UM, IF THE VIDEO COMES UP, UM, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO, TO, FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY FACE, BUT IT'S OKAY. I WILL GO AHEAD AND START PLEASE. UM, HELLO COUNCIL AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS ALICIA TORRES. I AM A MEMBER OF EYES FOR THE AUSTIN AND A MEMBER OF THE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP. I USE SHEAFFER PRONOUNS. WE FORMED THIS GROUP, UM, THIS WORK GROUP UNDER THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE BECAUSE WE CAN'T AND MUST NOT REIMAGINE A ALONE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO PARTAKE IN THIS CONVERSATIONS, MUCH LESS CITYWIDE DECISION-MAKING BECAUSE IT IS INACCESSIBLE. AND DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD OUR GROUP FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT REGULAR PEOPLE LIKE, LIKE ME AND MANY OTHERS HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. AND DECISION-MAKING BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE THAT IS ACTUALLY MEANT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE FOR MEMBERS WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY DECISIONS. THE CITY MAKES AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY. AI ARE UNDOCUMENTED, ARE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FOLKS WHO ARE DISABLED, LGBTQ I, A LOW INCOME AND OR BIPAP COMMUNITY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND A PURPOSELY DISREGARDED THE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP GATHER TESTIMONY FOR THE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING RESIDENT FEEDBACK WAS GATHERED THROUGH PUBLIC VIRTUAL LISTENING SESSIONS, AS WELL AS A SET OF ONLINE SURVEYS. FROM THIS INFORMATION, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY START CREATING A SPACE WHERE REGULAR PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN BICKERED R ONE, TARGETED COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ACTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ACCESSIBILITY IN THE SENSE OF LANGUAGE, TIME, LOCATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND INVESTMENT. [03:25:03] MONICA WILL IN A MINUTE, MONICA, WE'LL TAKE A MORE IN DEPTH. WE'LL TALK, WE'LL TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CITY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT MONICA BEFORE WE START, I DEFINITELY WANT TO HONOR THE NAME OF, UH, I WANT TO HONOR THE WORK THAT THE OTHER FOLKS THAT WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP OR BY NAMING THEM. UM, SO MEMBERS OF OUR WORKING GROUP INCLUDED I MYSELF, ALYCIA TORREZ, REBECCA SANCHEZ, MONICA GUZMAN, TAMI OLU, JOBY DORIS ADAMS AND LUCY WEN. AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, CARRIE ROBERTS, THANK YOU, ALICIA, MONICA GUZMAN DAVA GO OFF THERE. AND MOM WAS OFTEN SHE HER HERS, OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO DECISION-MAKING IN CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT IS BOTH TRANSPARENT AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH A DIVERSITY OF CULTURES ACCESSIBILITIES AND LANGUAGES OF CONSTITUENTS UTILIZE PAID MEDIA FROM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS TO TELEVISION AND RADIO BUS WRAPPERS BUS STOPS TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WHEN YOU REPORT BACK ON COMMUNITY ACTIONS, I HAVE NOTICED NOT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING HAD ACTION TAKEN BY CITY COUNCIL. IT'S LINKED ON THE, UH, APRIL EIGHT MEETING, BUT NOT EITHER MARCH MEETING. WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT MAKE THAT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, BUT ALSO INCLUDE VOTE HOW EACH COUNCIL MEMBER VOTED THE PUBLIC RESPONSE COMMENTARY. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE REGISTERED AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF, OR OPPOSITION TO ITEMS? BOTH REPORTS SHALL BE WRITTEN IN ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE, DESCRIBING WHAT THE VOTE MEANS. SO IT'S EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND REVISE THE CITY OF AUSTIN WEBSITE WITH HELP. THEY COULD ENSURE IT IS PROFESSIONALLY TRANSLATED. WE MUCH EASIER TO NAVIGATE AND MORE USER-FRIENDLY GOOGLE TRANSLATE IS NOT THE BEST OPTION INTERRUPTING MONICA. IF I COULD ASK OUR HOSTS TO MUTE, IT'S CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF AN AUDIO PROBLEM, AND WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU MONICA. AND IF YOU COULD BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOUR MICE, IF POSSIBLE YOUR, YOUR AUDIO IS A LITTLE LOW AND WE ALSO NEED THE HOST TO MUTE THEMSELVES, UM, AND ALWAYS A REMINDER TO SLOW DOWN FOR OUR INTERPRETERS BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF, UH, AUDIO FROM YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY ALICIA TORRES IS NOT MUTED. OKAY. HER AUDIO IS CAUSING THE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD, MONICA. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I'M ON MY PHONE AND IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE TO MY FACE, BUT I WILL TRY TO SLOW DOWN. UM, DO I NEED TO REPEAT ANYTHING OR JUST CONTINUE, PLEASE CONTINUE. OKAY. SECOND RECOMMENDATION, MAKE CITY COUNCIL MEETING PROCESSES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WHILE CENTERING THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED IMPLEMENT A TIER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY UPCOMING COUNCIL DECISIONS TO SHARE TESTIMONIES FIRST WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE EQUITY OFFICE TO IDENTIFY RELEVANT TIERS OR THE PARTICULAR DISCUSSION IS BEING CONSIDERED. AND EXCUSE ME, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE CURRENT TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICE SYSTEM, BUT OFFERING A LARGER VARIETY OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN REAL TIME DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS AND MAKE THE AUDIO RECORDINGS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VISIT AT ANY TIME, MAKE SPEAKER REGISTRATION AND SPEAKER WAITING PROCESSES MORE EFFICIENT AND ACCESSIBLE FOR VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETINGS, INCLUDING ALLOWING REGISTERED SPEAKERS TO TESTIFY IN WHICHEVER FORMAT THEY CHOOSE, INCLUDING SUBMITTING VIDEO, AUDIO, VOICEMAILS, AND WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO BE PLAYED DURING [03:30:01] THE MEETING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY INTERPRETED ON THE SPOT, REDUCING DIAL IN WAITING TIME BY ALLOWING REGISTERED SPEAKERS TO LEAVE VOICEMAILS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS, CREATING A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DIAL INTO COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AT ANY TIME ELIMINATE THE RULE OF PEOPLE HAVING TO PREREGISTER TO SPEAK. COUNCIL MEETINGS SHOULD BE OPEN FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN AT ALL TIMES, ELIMINATE THE RULE OF PEOPLE THAT WILL NEED TO TRANSLATION HAVING TO REQUEST INTERPRETATION AND REGISTRATION TWO DAYS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE RECOMMENDATION THREE REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DEVELOP A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE AND CENTER COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICT. MOST IMPACTED BY COUNCIL DECISIONS HAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION AND FEEDBACK SESSION, AND ONE Q AND A AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND ACCESSIBLE FORMATS ON ITEMS THEY ARE SPONSORING OR CO-SPONSORING FOR EACH MEETING, PUBLICLY IDENTIFY ACTUAL CONNECTIONS THAT WERE MADE WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS TO SOLICIT INPUT AND EXPERTISE FROM THE COMMUNITY. INVEST IN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY DECISIONS AND CREATE A RICH TWO WAY COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE YOU MAKE CONSTITUENTS INFORMED OF DECISIONS, INVEST IN AND ENGAGE WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS PROPOSED BY OTHER TASK FORCE WORK GROUPS RECOMMENDATION FOR IMMEDIATELY IMMEDIATELY. IT MISSED $5 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE BUDGET TO COVER TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS EVERY EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT MUST INCLUDE A BASE BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FLEXIBLE FUNDS TO PAY PARTNERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING. THIS LIST IS NOT LIMITED LISTS, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES CHILDCARE. THEN YOU SUPPORT REMOTE ACCESS SUPPORT REQUESTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE FACILITATION COMMUNITY PERSONS WHO CAN PROVIDE ANY PREVIOUSLY NAMED SERVICES STIPENDS FOR RESIDENTS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO SUPPORT THE PREVIOUS LISTED. AGAIN, THAT IS NOT A FINITE LIST. THERE IS MORE TO ADD ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH AND CENTER RESIDENTS. AND FINALLY AT $250,000 ANNUALLY TO THE BASE BUDGET OF THE EQUITY OFFICE FOR TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS THAT COVER SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. THANKS TOM. JUST UNDER FIVE MINUTES, WE'LL BE DONE. GREAT. THANK YOU. IN CLOSING, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MONICA SHARED WITH US ARE TIED TO THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE GUIDING VALUES, WHICH WE NOT ONLY AS TASK FORCE REPRESENTATIVES, BUT ALSO AS CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FIRMLY MAINTAIN MUST BE AT THE CENTER OF ALL CITY OF AUSTIN OPERATIONS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE CREATED INTENTIONALLY AND IN DIRECT COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. FOLKS TOOK TIME FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT, THEY REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE AND KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR OWN HOME. THE ONLY WAY TO HONOR THIS FOLKS AND THEIR TIME IS FOR COUNCIL TO PUBLICLY COMMIT TO IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, ENSURING, AND THAT WAY THAT EVERYONE IS ACTUALLY THAT EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAS A VOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MONICA AND ALICIA, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT FROM THE PATROL AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS GROUP WORKING GROUP, UM, WHICH WILL BE LED BY CATHY MITCHELL. I WANT TO ALSO, UM, JUST RECOGNIZE THAT MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, INCLUDING IN AUSTIN ARE AWAITING THE VERDICT ON THE CHAUVIN TRIAL. AND IT JUST ENCOURAGES ME TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAKES AT WHICH, UM, WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE AND WANTING TO HONOR THE, [03:35:01] EVERY TIME A TRIAL LIKE THIS COMES UP EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EVENT LIKE THIS, THE FAMILIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THESE LOSSES ARE THE ONES WHO ARE FEELING THIS BRUNCH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SPACE TO HOLD THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS, UM, IN THIS MOMENT. AND BRIAN, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU OR PAOLO WANT TO SHARE, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE, UH, I WILL CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE Y'ALL KATHY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? ARE YOU QUEUED UP SLIDES? WE JUST HAD OUR RECOMMENDER. SORRY. I MISSED THE FIRST PART. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU AND JUST A REMINDER SLOWLY, IT HASN'T BEEN MORE THAN ONE MEDIA DEVICE OPEN, IF YOU CAN MUTE ONE OF THEM AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT HELPS. THANK YOU, KATHY. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE BOTH OF THEM. YOU DID. IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO UNMUTE? YES. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? KATHY MITCHELL, ARE YOU CALLED IN AS WELL? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? SOMETHING WORK, WHATEVER YOU DID AT WORK. THANK YOU. I AM SO SORRY. I KNOW WE WAIT ON A PRESENTATION. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT PART BECAUSE I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE PATROL AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS WORK GROUP. UH, OUR MEMBERS WERE CARRIE ROBERTS, MYSELF, SUE GABRIEL, JESSICA JOHNSON, NICK HUDSON, CHAZ MOORE, AND AMANDA LEWIS. UH, I AM NOT GOING TO BE TAKING OUR FULL TIME. WE HAVE RELATIVELY FEW RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, I DO WANT TO START WITH, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY COMMON SENSE ARE WE WERE FOCUSED ON KIND OF STRUCTURES WITHIN APD TO SERVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICES TO PEOPLE. UH, SO OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE LAKE PATROL SHOULD BE HANDLED AS AN EMS FUNCTION. UH, WE BELIEVE, AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE OVERLAPPING POLICE JURISDICTIONS ON THE LAKE. IN ADDITION TO APD, APD HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY, BUT THE DUTIES THAT APD MOSTLY ADDRESSES HAVE TO DO WITH THINGS LIKE, UH, PICKING UP FATIGUED SWIMMERS, UH, HELPING STRANDED BOATERS, UM, SUPPORTING APDS DIVE TEAM IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, WHICH IS OCCASIONAL WORK. UH, AND CERTAINLY THEY CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO DO THAT AS NEEDED. UM, BUT, BUT THE MOST COMMON KIND OF COMPLAINTS INVOLVE GETTING EMS TO THE SCENE. AND RIGHT NOW EMS IS TOO FAR AWAY. SO WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, IN A, IN AN AREA WHERE IT'S LARGELY ABOUT WATER, SAFETY AND HEALTH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR EMERGENCY HEALTH PROVIDERS TO THE SCENE QUICKLY WHEN NEEDED. AND SO WE WOULD SUPPORT REALLOCATING THE RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USED FOR APD LAKE PATROL, TO EMS, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $1.4 MILLION, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ADD FIVE EMS FTES ALONG WITH THE PURCHASE OF, OF AMBULANCE BOATS, CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT CARE. WE BELIEVE AS A SECOND RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NEED TO JUST CONTINUE OUR CURRENT POLICE DOG UNIT, BECAUSE THE DOGS HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED TO BUY PEOPLE. WE DID LOOK AT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DATA ON DOG BITE INCIDENTS INVOLVING APD, UM, AND DETERMINED THAT, UH, DOGS NOT ONLY HAVE, UM, UH, NEGATIVE HISTORY, THAT'S ALWAYS FRONT AND CENTER WHEN A DOG BITE IS OCCURRING. UM, THE HISTORY OF THE USE OF POLICE DOGS WITH RESPECT TO BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IS ALWAYS IN THE [03:40:01] FOREGROUND OF OUR THINKING. UH, BUT ALSO THESE DOG BITE INCIDENTS WERE OFTEN THE KIND OF THINGS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED. UH, THE DOGS ARE ALL TRAINED TO BITE PEOPLE. UH, WE BELIEVE THERE ARE POLICE USES FOR DOGS, BUT WE WOULD NEED A DIFFERENT KIND OF DOG UNIT AND A DIFFERENT KIND OF EXPECTATION FOR THOSE ANIMALS. OUR THIRD RECOMMENDATION, THE POLICE HORSE UNIT, THE MOUNTED UNIT SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED. MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE JUST CONTINUED THEIR MOUNTED UNITS, UH, LARGELY BECAUSE MOUNTED UNITS IN AN URBAN AREA ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. I WANT TO DO A QUICK REMINDER FOR COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE MOST OF, YOU KNOW, THIS BASIC HISTORY THAT VOTERS APPROVED, UH, THE FIRST BONDS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR A NEW STABLE BACK IN 2006, UH, THAT BOND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER BOND THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2012, BY 2020, WE STILL DIDN'T HAVE A STABLE AND APG APD REJECTED A 14 $4.4 MILLION BID BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THAT MUCH FOR A STABLE, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 16 HORSES AND THAT IS AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT TO SPEND. UM, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THE RIGHT PACKAGE OF SUPPORT FOR THE HORSES. THEY'RE ONLY GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE OVER TIME. SO ON BALANCE, WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COST, UH, THE COST AND THE OUTCOME AND THE WORK DOESN'T BALANCE OUT, AND WE SHOULD DISCONTINUE THE MOUNTED UNIT AS SO MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE LIKE, UH, PREVIOUS WORK GROUPS. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SELF-INITIATED CALLS AND BASED ON AMAZING DATA RESEARCH THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY CITY STAFF THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE BELIEVE THAT SELF-INITIATED CALLS ARE ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE ARE SPENDING FAR TOO MANY RESOURCES WITH FAR TOO LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT. I'LL JUST LEAVE AT THAT. AND FINALLY, UH, I GUESS IT'S NOT FINALLY NUMBER FIVE, WE RECOMMEND A COMMUNITY BASED FULL CURRICULUM REVIEW OF THE CADET CADEMY, UH, THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. THIS WON'T BE THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'RE HEARING THIS, BUT THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS IN THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF REPORTS FROM KROLL AND OTHERS THAT, UM, APD HAS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AS WE'VE TRIED TO DIG INTO THE PROBLEMS OF THE ACADEMY, UH, REALLY SIMPLY DISAGREED THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG. UM, I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE REPORTS AND ALL THE OUTCOMES, BUT I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN, THERE'S A GREAT DEAL, WRONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT THE POLICE ACADEMY. AND, UM, AND AS LONG AS THERE'S ANY CONCERN THAT APD LEADERSHIP IS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT ASSESSMENT, WE NEED TO HAVE FULL PARTICIPATION FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE NEW CURRICULUM IS DEVELOPED SO THAT WE GET TO BOTH TRUST AND VERIFY THAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE FINALLY, UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, ANY PRE ARREST DIVERSION STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY LAUNCHES SHOULD NOT BE IN LIEU OF DECRIMINALIZATION THAT YOU'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IN THIS, UM, IN THE, IN THE OTHER WORK GROUP PARTICIPATION, UH, EXCUSE ME, PRESENTATIONS PRE-ARREST DIVERSION STRATEGIES SHOULD NOT CREATE PROGRAMS THAT RELY ON POLICE DISCRETION TO EITHER ARREST AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT PEOPLE ON A PATH TO CRIMINALIZATION OR NOT. UM, POLICE ENCOUNTERS CAN STILL ESCALATE AND CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES THAT DO NOT INVOLVE POLICE. SO THAT'S THE END OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CATHY. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR NOW FROM, UH, THE PUBLIC [03:45:01] HEALTH WORKING GROUP, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CANNOT HEAR YOU. CAN EVERYONE ELSE HEAR ME? I SEE NODS. OKAY. UM, AB IF YOU CAN HELP, UH, CATHERINE, WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO HAVE OUR PRESENTER FOR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, WHO I SEE IN THE PARTICIPANT LIST SOON TO BE QK. I AM HERE. THANK YOU, SUE, TO BE, AS I'VE MENTIONED TO ALL OUR PRESENTERS, I WANT TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE SPEAK SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. YOU WILL HAVE AN ALLOCATED TIME WHICH WAS PRE REQUESTED WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK, I'LL GENTLY REMIND YOU. AND WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND SOME OF THE GROUPS I'VE GONE OVER. SO AS MUCH AS YOU'RE ABLE TO STICK TO YOUR TIMELINE OR SHORTEN IT, I WOULD BE EVER IN YOUR DEBT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE REALLY ABLE TO APPRECIATE HOW MUCH HEART HAS GONE INTO THIS WORK. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SIDIBEY QK. UM, I HAVE SOME SLIDES I'M WAITING ON, UM, IN THE MEAN TIME I'M WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE WORK AND WISDOM OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH REINVESTMENTS WORK GROUP. THIS GROUP HAS HAD A WIDE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES. SO TO BEGIN, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, WE HAVE TO ELEVATE WHAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TOLD US AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE HEARD IT IN OUR INTERVIEWS, UM, THAT FOR VIDEOS, WE DID, WE HEARD IT IN LISTENING SESSIONS. WE HEARD IT IN, UM, IN THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING IN COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS, THAT WHEN, WHEN WE ASK THEM WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL SAFE, WE HEAR ABOUT FREE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FREE OR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE. WE HEAR ABOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, AND WE HEAR ABOUT FREEDOM FROM FEAR OF RACIST POLICING. NEXT SLIDE. OH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ENORMOUS AND AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT GROUP OF MEMBERS OF THIS TASK FORCE. I WON'T NAME SAY ALL THEIR NAMES, BUT THERE THEY ARE ON THERE IN THE REPORT AS WELL, VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHAT A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH CAN OFFER. IN FACT, A PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK OFFERS A KIND OF COUNTERPOINT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE APPLY A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH ARE THAT THE EFFORTS ARE EVIDENCE-BASED, THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE CENTERED, EQUITY FOCUSED AND A HARM REDUCTION APPROACH. AND THE, THAT IT'S A TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH. THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE PUTTING FORTH TODAY, UM, MEET THESE CRITERIA AND ARE ALSO HOLDING OUR CITY ACCOUNTABLE, HOLDING YOU ALL AND ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABLE TO LOOK AT AND ASSESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, IDENTIFY THE DISPARITIES AND THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE HARMING OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO IMP IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WILL ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO, TO HIGH QUALITY AND CULTURALLY INFORMED HEALTHCARE. WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED IN THIS CITY TO CARE FOR AND MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS RESIDENTS. WE JUST NEED TO INVEST WHAT WE HAVE IN WAYS THAT MAKE SENSE IN PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY DO THAT, THAT ACTUALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN SQUANDERING OUR WEALTH ON INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE JUST DESIGNED TO HARM AND PUNISH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM HAS BEEN UNDERTAKING A HERCULEAN TASK DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC WITH A TINY FRACTION OF THE CITY BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO SISTER CITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE. THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR THIS INVESTING IN A PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REDESIGNING PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS STATED COMMUNITY NEEDS WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR POLICE. IN MOST ARENAS OF LIFE AND RESEARCH SHOWS US WILL IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTCOMES OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SCOPE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS QUITE LARGE, ADDRESSING EVERYTHING FROM HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO HOUSING, TO FOOD SECURITY, TO HARM REDUCTION. THIS IS BECAUSE MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER, TAKES A BROAD AND DELIBERATE EMBRACE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM. IT MEANS MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE WITH WHAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, [03:50:02] TO THIS END, ONE OF OUR KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE IN AUSTIN, BY HIRING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, TO SERVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SUFFERING UNDER EXCESSIVE POLICING. THESE WORKERS COME FROM THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THEY PROVIDE HOME VISITS. THEY HELP PEOPLE GET CONNECTED TO SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY, AS WELL AS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY WITH ADEQUATE, WITH ADEQUATE TRAINING, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER THE MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER CRISIS CENTER INTERVENTION, INCLUDING DEESCALATION THAT THE POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN HOPELESSLY INADEQUATE IN PROVIDING THESE ARE DIGNIFIED JOBS WITH A STABLE INCOME AND BENEFITS. AND ULTIMATELY WE'LL OFFER A CAREER PATH FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN ENTERING INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS CAN REPLACE POLICE ON THE STREETS TO MAKE THIS WORK. THE CITY MUST ALSO INVEST IN A NETWORKING AND TRAINING HUB FOR THESE KINDS OF WORKERS TO RECEIVE TRAINING SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BURDENED OVERBURDENED BY THE VICARIOUS TRAUMA OF CARING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. WE PROPOSE A PILOT PROGRAM OF 50 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT OF AUSTIN WITH A PLAN FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE PILOT AND A COMMITMENT FOR SCALING UP TO A THOUSAND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BY 2025. NEXT SLIDE. THESE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WILL, CAN LIVE AND W SHOULD LIVE WITHIN A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OPENS FIVE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN THE SAME REGION THAT EASTERN CRESCENT, THE CENTERS STAFFED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS COULD BE BUILT WITHIN EXISTING RECREATION CENTERS OR BY REPURPOSING SCHOOLS RECENTLY CLOSED ON IN EAST AUSTIN OR ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS PROPOSED BY THE EQUITY REINVESTMENTS WORK GROUP. THERE ARE MANY, MANY CREATIVE WAYS WE CAN CREATE THESE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING IT HAPPEN AND INVESTING WHERE IT MATTERS. THIS PROPOSAL HAS MANY, MANY COMPONENTS, AND I'LL JUST OUTLINE A FEW FIRSTLY, A CLINIC ONSITE AND TELE-HEALTH PREVENTATIVE CARE, INCLUDING RAPID TESTING, TRIAGE AND REFERRAL FOR BY PRIMARY CARE DOCS THAT ROTATE THROUGH, UM, INCLUDING OR NURSES, UM, INCLUDING, UH, MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND NURSING STUDENTS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER CAN SUPPORT BY ORGANIZING HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CLASSES FOR EXERCISE, COOKING, MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION ONSITE, AND TELE-HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING MORE INFORMAL WELLNESS, DIALOGUES WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS THAT ARE FRIENDLY TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND QUEER AND TRANS COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER CAN PROVIDE LINKAGE TO COMMUNITY SUPPORTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ADVOCACY, SEX WORKER, OUTREACH, HARM REDUCTION SUPPORT, AND IMPORTANTLY, THESE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS CAN PROVIDE FOOD PANTRIES AND NUTRITION SUPPORTS WITH, WITH FOOD. THAT IS, UH, THAT HAS INVENTORY. THAT IS BASED ON WHAT THE PREFERENCES OF THE COMMUNITY ARE, THAT ARE CULTURALLY CONGRUENT. UM, WE PROPOSE A COMMUNITY FORUM AND, UH, SORRY, A FARM AND FOOD FOREST, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GROW THE FOOD THAT THEY WANT TO EAT, NOT ONLY A LITTLE GARDEN, BUT AN ACTUAL FARM WHERE THEY CAN GROW ENOUGH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE, WE PROVIDE STIPENDS TO THE, THE CITY CAN PROVIDE STIPENDS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WORK TO MAINTAIN THESE, UM, UH, AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR, UH, IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LIKE WE EXPERIENCED IN THE, IN THE FREEZE TO PROVIDE HOT MEALS, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANTLY, MEDICAL SUPPLY CLOSETS, SMALL MUTUAL AID PHARMACIES, INCLUDING FIRST AID SUPPLIES, MENSTRUATION SUPPLIES, PREGNANCY TESTS, ALL FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION, INCLUDING EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, DIAPERS, FORMULA. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF OVER-THE-COUNTER THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED COLD AND FLU REMEDIES, ET CETERA. WE EXPECT THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER RECOMMENDATIONS TO COST ROUGHLY $15 MILLION PER CENTER. SURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I HAVEN'T MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY, BUT IT REALLY WARRANTS COLLABORATION. WE MUST INVEST IN AND EXPAND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES THAT PROVIDE NON-PUNITIVE SUPPORTS FOR PEOPLE USING DRUGS. WE RECOMMEND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO DROP-IN [03:55:01] CENTERS, CO LOCATED WITH AN OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM AND INCLUDING A PEER AROUND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPITE CENTER AND ON DEMAND ACCESS TO PERSON CENTER MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT ALSO KNOWN AS METHADONE HARM REDUCTION DROP-IN CENTERS ARE COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SOME, SEVERAL STRINGS STERILE SYRINGES, SAFER DRUG USE NALOXONE. THESE PROGRAMS SERVE AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN HIV AND HEPATITIS PREVENTION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING WOUND CARE STREET-BASED OUTREACH AND A RANGE OF OTHER SERVICES. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO A ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE WITH AMPLE MODELS OF SUCCESSFUL MODELS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THESE KINDS OF DROP-IN CENTERS ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO REPLACE ALL THE POLICE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH, UM, SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, SO IT'LL BE THANK YOU. I SEE, WE ALSO RECOMMEND INVESTING IN DEVELOPING A TRAUMA INFORMED ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR ALL PROGRAMS AND ONGOING TRAINING ON TRAUMA INFORMED CARE FOR STAFF OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WHETHER IT'S INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, HISTORICAL INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA, LIFETIME EXPERIENCES OF RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, OR THREATENING INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE. TRAUMA IS LONG LASTING AND HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY. WE RECOMMEND AN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TOOL AND PROCESS BE DEVELOPED WITH THE CONSULTATION OF AN ADVISORY GROUP OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE CAN LOOK TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR A MODEL OF THIS KIND OF EFFORT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THIS MEANINGFUL BY PROVIDING ONGOING TRAINING. NEXT SLIDE. THE SLIDE. FINALLY, WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SPEAK TO THE HOLISTIC NATURE OF OUR APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH REINVESTMENTS, THE INTERSECTING CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, RACISM, HOMELESSNESS, AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES CANNOT BE SOLVED WITH AN OVERINFLATED POLICE BUDGET. WE NEED TO INVEST IN TRULY AFFORDABLE LOW-INCOME HOUSING, INCLUDING RENT CONTROL. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED THIS IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL. THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT HOUSING, THEIR ENVIRONMENTS ARE UNSTABLE AND UNRELIABLE FOOD INSECURITY, LITTLE TO NO MEDICAL CARE AND FEW MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES ALL COME ABOUT COMPOUNDED BY AN ONGOING PANDEMIC OR A DROP IN THE LIFE OF, OF PEOPLE LIVING WITHOUT PERMANENT HOUSING. WE MUST PRIORITIZE GETTING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING. FIRST YOUNG PEOPLE COLOR ALL TOO OFTEN DRAGGED INTO SYSTEMS THAT DIM THEIR LIGHT AND POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF RACIAL PROFILING AND EXCESSIVE POLICING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE NEED TO PROMOTE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT RECOGNIZE YOUNG PEOPLE'S STRENGTHS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER THEIR LEADERSHIP. INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE IS ALWAYS A WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION IS CITED AS A MAJOR OBSTACLE FOR PEOPLE ACCESSING HEALTHCARE. WE, WE NEED TO CREATE BETTER, BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT, BUT, BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE, WE NEED TO MAKE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS BY AT MINIMUM MAKING CAP, METRO FREE FOR THEM AND FOR EXPANDING PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTHCARE. AND WE MUST COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNTY TO EXPAND COVERAGE OF THE MAP PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. PUBLIC HEALTH HAS BEEN POLITICIZED IN OUR STATE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT OUR CITY CAN DO MORE TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. AS YOU CONSIDER WHAT RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IS, WE IMPLORE YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT PUTS THE MOST MARGINALIZED AT THE CENTER OF YOUR ANALYSIS. BECAUSE MAKING THIS CITY LIVABLE AND SAFE FOR THEM WILL MAKE IT SAFE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SUE, TO BE THE FINAL GROUP IS UPROOTING PUNITIVE AND HARM CULTURE IN INTERSECTING SYSTEMS. I HAVE DAVID JOHNSON AS OUR PRESENTER. THANK YOU, ARTSY. AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THIS. I, I HOPE EVERYONE'S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE TESTED ON THIS MOVING FORWARD. [04:00:02] BE UPROOTING PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURE AND INTERSECTING SYSTEMS WORK GROUP. WHEREAS OF SUE GABRIEL, MAYA PILGRIM, BRIAN OAK, BETHANY, CARSON, AND MYSELF, DAVID JOHNSON FROM GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT IS A PUNITIVE OR HARMFUL CULTURE? THE PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURE IS ONE BASED UPON ASSIGNING BLAME AND PUNISHMENT WHILE REWARDING AND COMMODITIZING VIOLENCE AND DEPRESSION. IT CREATES A CULTURE OF FEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I CAPTURED THIS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN WEBSITE BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYONE TO SEE THAT I DID NOT MAKE THE THINGS UP FAR AS WHAT THE CITY OF BOSTON REPORT THAT THIS MISSION AND ITS FISH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. THE VISION, ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF BOSTON IS THAT WE WANT TO BE THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THE QUESTION IS LIVABLE FOR WHOM WE CRIMINALIZE OUR HOMES OR OUR HOUSEHOLDS. WE GENTRIFY PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. SO LIVABLE FOR WHOM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. MISSION THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S MISSION IS TO BE THE BEST MANAGED CITY IN THE COUNTRY. OUR CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE CITY COUNCIL. YOU'VE ALREADY PROVEN TO BE EASILY SWAYED FROM YOUR COMMITMENTS AND OUR VALUES. AND YOU'VE ALREADY BETRAYED THE TRUST IN THE STAFF OF THIS TASK FORCE BY RECENTLY AGREEING TO A NEW CADET CLASS AGAINST OUR UNIFIED RECOMMENDATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. HOW IS THIS YOU THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS YOUR MARKETING, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES RE-IMAGINE APD CADET. HOW IS THIS RE-IMAGINED IF YOU IGNORE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO CAST WITH THE VERY PROCESS OF RE-IMAGINING YOUR FAILED SYSTEM, WE DON'T WANT TO BE USED AS A PROP FOR MARKETING PURPOSES SO THAT THE WORD RE-IMAGINE GETS TOSSED AROUND WITH SOME VALUE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. AUSTIN IS THE BEACON OF SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL EQUITY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHERE DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY ARE CELEBRATE WE'RE COMMUNITY WE'RE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES ARE RECOGNIZED WHERE LEADERSHIP COMES FROM ITS CITIZEN AND WHERE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THAT'S FROM THE VISION OF THE FUTURE FOR AUSTIN ON THE SAME WEBSITE. ALSO AUSTIN'S GREATEST ASSET IS ITS PEOPLE. HOW, BECAUSE I, I LOOKED TO THAT BLURB AND I WANT TO ASK SUSTAINABLE FOR WHOM WE ASK SOCIALLY EQUITABLE FOR WHOM WE ASK ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM, WHERE IS DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY CELEBRATED AND HOW, WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES ARE RECOGNIZED. AND BY WHOM WHAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP COMES FROM IT. RESIDENTS, LET'S NOT LEAN INTO THE CITIZENRY BECAUSE THOSE WHO CANNOT VOTE STILL MATTER IN THIS COMMUNITY, HOW WILL OFTEN ENSURE THAT THE QUOTE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL INQUIRIES, SINCE IT HAS FAILED MISERABLY THUS FAR, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR PROPOSAL IS TO OPERATIONALIZE THE GUIDING VALUES OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASKS IN ORDER TO CREATE A PROCESS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO EVALUATE CITY INITIATIVE FOR EQUITY, POTENTIAL HARM AND HOLISTIC SAKE. WE SEEK TO APPLY THIS PROCESS TO ANY SYSTEM AND MECHANISM IN THE SPACE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HARM AND OR SAVE LIVES. OUR GOAL IS TO DISRUPT AND DECONSTRUCT THE PATTERN OF PUNITIVE CULTURE WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY. IN ORDER TO BUILD A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT IS LIBERATING SUPPORTING AND HOLISTIC AND ACHIEVING COMMUNITY STATE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [04:05:05] SO OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS ONE. THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE PILOTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY. BASED ON THE INITIAL FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY OUR WORKING TO THE CITY SHOULD INCREASE FUNDING TO THE EQUITY OFFICE BY $1 MILLION TO MEDIUM USING DIVEST TO DEVELOP THE VALIDATING TOOL, EXPAND THE EQUITY OFFICE STAFF SUFFICIENT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROCESS ON AN ONGOING BASIS IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WE AN INCREASE OF $5 MILLION TO THE BUDGET FOR THE EQUITY OFFICE FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF STAFF AND CAPACITY, INCLUDING INITIATING THE PROCESS OF SECURING A PHYSICAL LOCATION, THE STANDALONE LOCATION, PREFERABLY IN AUSTIN, EASTERN CRESCENT. THAT IS THE AREA HISTORICALLY MOST FARMED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR AN EQUITY CENTER TO HAVE THE EQUITY OFF. WE MUST MAKE OUR INVESTMENTS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ANY ITEM THAT COMES UP ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE EQUITY OFFICE, THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND CAN CHOOSE WHICH ITEMS HE WISHES TO REVIEW. THE INTENT IS THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE WOULD PRIORITIZE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY, PROPOSED POLICING, INCLUDING THE APD BUDGET AND CONTRACT PUBLIC HEALTH HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE EQUITY OFFICE MUST BE GIVEN 30 DAYS PRIOR NOTICE TO WHEN THE ITEM IS PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO REVIEW ANY ITEM IT NOTIFIES COUNCIL THAT IT WISHES TO REVIEW THE EQUITY OFFICE REVIEW WOULD THEN BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA WITH BOTH ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, PUBLIC AN EQUITY OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE MUST BE GIVEN SPACE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE EQUITY REVIEW AS TESTIMONY TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE SCHEDULED MEETING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THE ITEM, THE EQUITY OFFICE REVIEWS SHOULD BE. THE LAST THING HEARD PUBLICLY BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY TO PROVIDE THEM FULL INFORMATION MORE MINUTES. AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE SLOW DOWN FOR OUR INTERPRETER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE VALIDATING TOOL WILL BE BUILT UPON THE FOLLOWING FRAMEWORK. STEP ONE IS TO BE ROOTED IN HISTORY AND SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT REQUIRES COMPLETING A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS IN THE CONCEPT IN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEMIC RACISM. VERY MUCH LIKE WE WERE PROVIDED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE STEP TWO, CENTERED THOSE MOST DIRECTLY HARMED BY THE SYSTEM GATHERED DATA DIS-AGGREGATED BY DEMOGRAPHICS TO TELL YOU WHO IS MOST HARMED OR NEGATIVELY IMPACT AND APPLY THAT DATA THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. AND WITH REGARD TO ANY REVIEW OR DECISIONS BEING MADE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE INITIATE AN ACCESSIBLE AND CO-CREATIVE PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVED VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THIS TASK FORCE, WHERE WE CENTERED THOSE MOST DIRECTLY HARMED BY SYSTEMS BY COMMITTING TO A PROCESS TO COLLABORATE PROBLEM SOLVE AND DESIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY IN ACTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOUR IS BE HOLISTIC AND TACKLE THE ROOT CAUSE WE HAVE TO ASK, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE FOR AND STOP WASTING BY THROWING THEM AND EFFECTIVELY AT SYMPTOMS OF MUCH GREATER HARM THAN THE HILL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. STEP FIVE IS DIVESTING FROM SYSTEMS THAT CAUSE HARM. SO THIS IS WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT OR PROGRAM FOR ALL OF THE UNINTENDED NEGATIVE IMPACT AND OUTCOMES FOR THOSE MOST DIRECTLY HARM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. STEP SIX, ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY. HOW DO YOU ENSURE, HOW WILL YOU ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMUNICATE AND EVALUATE RESULTS? DOES THIS PROJECT [04:10:01] REPRESENT SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-TERM THINKING, OR IS IT FRAMED TO JUST MITIGATE AND DILUTE HOME OR WILL IT PROMOTE EQUITY AND MAKE THOSE HISTORICALLY MOST HARMED BETTER OFF NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BY THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE EQUITY OFFICE ARE WHAT OTHER TOP CHALLENGES, BARRIERS WE ENCOUNTERED TO DELIVER THE SERVICES OR DEPLOY SPECIFIC RESOURCE? I READING THEM ALL, JUST A FEW OF THEM. WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US ABOUT WHO'S MOST VULNERABLE AND AT RISK FOR THIS SERVICE OR KNEE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THOSE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED A PART OF YOUR PROGRAM DESIGN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHO ALREADY HAS ACCESS IS OVERSERVED OR BENEFITS? WHAT ARE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS, FROM THIS PROPOSAL, FOR THIS PROPOSAL, ARE THERE EXISTING NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OR DISPARITIES THAT EXIST FOR THE POPULATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE PROPOSED GOALS OR PROCESS PROPOSED? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE QUOTED THIS BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO QUOTE, AND ALSO SINCE THE CITY SEEMS TO PUT A LOT OF VALUE IN WHAT OLDER WHITE MEN SAY, I'M OFFERING THIS TO INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. AND I KNOW MANY HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE VERDICT AND THE DERRICK SHOVAN TRIAL. AND I GOT TO SAY RIGHT NOW THAT I, DESPITE THE FACT THAT CITIES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS AND CITIES LIKE AUSTIN, RATHER THAN LEANING INTO WHAT THEIR PEOPLE ARE TELLING THEM TO DO DIFFERENTLY, THEY WOULD RATHER TRY TO CONTROL US AND CORRAL US INTO, DEPENDING ON A HARMFUL SYSTEM FOR THE ONLY SEMBLANCE OF JUSTICE THAT WE'RE EVER AFFORDED. PLEASE LET OUR INVESTMENT AS A CITY, REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT AS A CITY, BECAUSE AGAIN, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SITTING ON THE DIES WILL BE TESTED ON THIS LATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID. AND NOW WE WILL, UM, I WANT TO INVITE OUR CO-CHAIRS, UM, TO THE FRONT AND ALSO, UH, FOR US TO PREPARE FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. SO, UM, WHAT I'D ASK IS THAT YOU DIRECT QUESTIONS, UM, GENERAL QUESTIONS, THE CHAIRS WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE WORKING GROUP. IF YOU COULD REFER WHICH WORKING GROUP YOUR QUESTION IS FOR. UM, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS IN, UM, THE NEXT WE HAVE ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES FOR THIS SEGMENT AND WE HAVE, UH, CONFIRMED THAT WE ARE GOING UNTIL FIVE 15. FIRST QUESTION. YES, GO AHEAD. SORRY. BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED TIME I JUST WANTED TO GIVE, UH, GIVE A BRIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, A BRIEF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE, TO THE TASK FORCE, UH, GIVEN HOW LITTLE TIME WE HAVE, AND THEN ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE VERDICT IN MINNEAPOLIS, BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AFRAID FOR DAYS THAT SHOW THEM WOULD BE FOUND, NOT GUILTY DESPITE WHAT THE VIDEO SO CLEARLY SHOWED IN PLAIN DAYLIGHT, UH, AS MR. JOHNSON NOTED, WHILE THE GUILTY VERDICT TODAY PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY, IT DOESN'T PROVIDE REAL JUSTICE REAL JUSTICE, WHO WOULD BE GEORGE FLOYD BEING ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS DAUGHTER, GIANNA REAL JUSTICE WOULD BE NEVER ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS STOPPED OVER AT $20 BILL AND WE CANNOT REST UNTIL BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T BEING KILLED OVER $20 LIKE GEORGE FLOYD OR FOR SELLING LOOSE CIGARETTES LIKE ERIC GARNER FOR HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A CRISIS LIKE DAVID, JOSEPH, AND THAT'S THE WORK. AND FOR US TODAY, THAT'S WHY 20 MILLION PEOPLE MARCHED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY SAYING BLACK LIVES MATTER. THAT'S WHY SOME AUSTINITES ARE NEARLY KILLED MARCHING HERE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THE DAY. THIS IS ABOUT SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER. AND FOR THAT REASON, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE TASK FORCE [04:15:01] FOR ALL THEIR HOURS AT WORK AND FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, I'LL BE LOOKING CLOSELY AT THESE AND WORKING WITH YOU AND WITH THE, TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, REDUCE NEEDLESS POLICE VIOLENCE AND MAKE EVERYONE SAFER AND REDUCE VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY GETTING TO THE ROOT ISSUES AT HAND. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND FOR THEIR HARD WORK, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WORK WE HAVE TO DO WITH RELAUNCH REAL JUSTICE AND SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. THERE'S A LOT OF COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM. NO THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CUSS OUT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE TASK FORCE, THEIR HARD WORK, UM, THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN A DIFFICULT CAPACITY. UM, I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY FROM THE TASK FORCE INCLUDE AND THANK CARRIE ROBERTS. UM, SO I'M GOING TO TELL MYSELF THAT WE ARE ALL INVESTED IN MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR CITY WHEN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP AND THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL ARE WORKING TOGETHER SO MUCH. SO, UM, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WHILE WE IDEOLOGICALLY DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THE SYMBOLISM THERE IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, WHERE, UH, IT IS ENTIRELY VALID AND VALUABLE THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY SOME SPACE RIGHT NOW. UM, I WAS HOLDING MY BREATH UNTIL ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO AND DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS DOING IT UNTIL I SAW GUILTY THREE COUNTS AND I EXHALED. AND SO I'D ALSO LIKE VERY MUCH TO EXTEND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS WORK WILL NEVER STOP. WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE EQUITABLE. WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT, UM, FELL FOR THE BAIT, YOU KNOW, THE LIE OF WHITENESS AND BLACKNESS AND SUPREMACY BEHAVIOR. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IT. WON'T STOP ANYTIME SOON. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY STAYS IN THE FIGHT IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE STILL TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND THOSE AROUND YOU, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ALL STAY IN IT AND BE HEALTHY WHILE WE DO THAT. SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT AND SERVICE FOR, UM, THE TASK FORCE AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES, FRANKLY, AND THEN EVERYBODY WHO'S, UH, WHO'S FINALLY EXHALING A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW WHILE WE WAIT TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS SENTENCING. UM, I WISH YOU, UM, SOME PEACEFUL, DEEP BREATHS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, TO WAIT THE QUEUE MEANING TO, TO PRIORITIZE IN THE QUEUE QUESTIONS FOR THE TASK FORCE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THAT WAS SHARED. UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THOSE RISE TO THE TOP OF THIS SEGMENT OF THE CONVERSATION. THANKS SO MUCH PASSOVER KITCHEN. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING THIS TIME RIGHT. TO, FOR QUESTIONS TO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, RIGHT. UM, AND, AND LET ME FIRST SAY, AS OTHERS HAVE ALREADY, I SO APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF, OF INVESTMENT IN TIME AND ENERGY IS JUST REALLY EVIDENT HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE AND HAVE POURED OF THEMSELVES INTO THIS WORK. SO I HAVE A BLOT OF PROCESSING TO DO, AND I WILL HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR TODAY AND THAT'S, THIS IS FOR THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE HEARD FROM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT WITH REGARD TO SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE, UM, LOTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MADE AND WE'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH THOSE AND SEEING HOW I CAN BE HELPFUL IN FURTHERING THEM. BUT MY QUESTION RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY SPOKE TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY PARTICULAR INSIGHTS OR PERSPECTIVES WITH REGARD TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE, WHILE LIVING ON THE STREETS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN WHO MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE. UM, I, I WOULD THINK THAT MANY OF THESE STRATEGIES WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TOO, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO ADD ABOUT, UM, THE EXPERIENCES OF THAT SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION. [04:20:02] AND I'LL INVITE OUR HOST TO BRING AMANDA LEWIS IF SHE'S STILL AVAILABLE. HI. YES, I'M STILL HERE. I CAN'T GET MY VIDEO TO WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH KIND OF COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR THE QUESTION, WE DID HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST AROUND HOUSING HOUSING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, NOT ONLY THE PREVENTION OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED, UM, BUT THE RISK FACTORS OF PEOPLE, UM, EXPERIENCING, UM, HOMELESSNESS ON THE STREET ARE MUCH MORE SEVERE. UM, IT'S KIND OF, I THINK, WRAPPED IN OUR SEX WORKER, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE SOME AROUND HOMELESSNESS. UM, BUT I, I, I THINK JUST GENERALLY, UM, THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS AND ENTRIES INTO A SYSTEM OF HOUSING, MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, I THINK THE CITY HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, I THINK Y'ALL ACTUALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT, UM, JUST THE NEED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, UM, SHELTER, BECAUSE HONESTLY, SOMETIMES SHELTERS CAN'T BE, IT'S NOT AS SAFE IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH COMPLEX TRAUMA AND THEN EVERYONE IN COMPLEX TRAUMA BEING CLOSE TOGETHER. UM, SO, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS, UM, IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MENTIONED, JEN, I DON'T KNOW, GENDER ASIA. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH, SURE. I THINK SO, AMANDA, UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE POINTS, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE RECOMMENDATION REGARDING SEX WORKER SAFETY, UM, PROGRAMMING, WHERE WE DO RECOMMEND THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF WHAT ARE CURRENTLY MINOR CRIMES BECAUSE THAT THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE HOMELESS AS WELL, UM, FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE TICKETED FOR THOSE THINGS. UM, AND THAT CREATES MORE OF AN ENVIRONMENT OF RISK FOR, UM, ON HOUSE PEOPLE WHO MAY EXPERIENCE ASSAULT. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT I THINK ASIA CAN SPEAK TO ABOUT, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF BRIEF FLEXIBLE FUNDING. UM, WE REFERRED TO THE BRIDGE TO SAFETY PILOT MODEL ASIA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. YES. UM, SO WE DO RECOMMEND EXPANDING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO BRIDGE, TO SAFETY AT ADDITIONAL SITES SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY RELIANT ON SHELTERS, BUT THOSE IN NEED OF A SAFE PLACE TO GO HAVE FREE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR, UM, APPLICANT HOUSING, APPLICATION FEES, SECURITY DEPOSITS, RELOCATING IF NECESSARY. UM, SO THAT'S ADDRESSED. AND THEN ONE OF THE LARGEST FISCAL, UM, NOTES RECOMMENDED IN HERE IS RELATED TO DIVERSIFICATION OF HOUSING SUPPORT, INCLUDING A HOUSING TRUST, UM, AND INCLUDING BRIEF HOTEL SAFETY NET STAYS LIKE SURVIVE TO THRIVE CURRENTLY OFFERS. UM, AND SO WE HAVE A SWATH OF RECOMMENDATIONS DETAILED IN THE LONGER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM US. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MORE INFO. IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY. UH, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO FIND A TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU ALL MORE. UM, I'M I AM APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE ACROSS ALL OF THE GROUPS AND WE'LL BE DELVING INTO ALL OF THEM. UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE, UH, IT IS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IS PARTICULARLY, UM, PARTICULARLY STAGGERING FOR US TO DEAL WITH. IT'S REALLY, IT'S, IT'S HARD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS, BUT FOR WOMEN AT RISK OF ASSAULT ON THE STREETS, IT'S HORRIFYING. AND SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK WITH YOU ALL MORE ABOUT ALL OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND, UM, PLUS TO BE PART OF THE, THE WORK IN HELPING YOU MOVE THOSE BECAUSE WE'RE ALTAR. THANK YOU. UM, FIRST I WANT TO JUST THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS THAT YOU PUT INTO HELPING US THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR JOURNEY TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL. UM, HERE IN AUSTIN, UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST GROUP AS WELL. UM, A LOT OF MY WORK, UM, RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY HAS FOCUSED ON VICTIMS, WHETHER IT'S SEXUAL ASSAULT, RESPONSE, UM, GUN VIOLENCE, UM, THE LAUNCH OF THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE SOME REALLY, UM, INTERESTING, UH, NEW IDEAS IN HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO SEE WHAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT AND THEN ASK [04:25:01] A QUESTION. SO, UM, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT, UM, THE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION RIGHT NOW. UM, AND AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL BE TAKING UP, I BELIEVE TWO CONTRACTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SO THAT WHEN THAT NEW DIRECTOR COMES ON, WE HAVE, UM, THE DATA AND ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO FASHION A, UM, A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THAT OFFICE. AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR THESE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO OTHER CITY PROCESSES SO THAT WE CAN, UM, COMBINE THESE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP, UM, IN THE, AND UNDERSTANDABLY CAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SERVED ON THE GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE THAT LAUNCHED THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, BUT THAT THERE'S OVERWORK IN THE SEX OVERLAP AND THE SEX WORKERS AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES. UM, SO I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST FLAG THAT. UM, AND THEN, UM, BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE STUFF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR VICTIM SERVICES DOVETAILS NICELY WITH SOME OF THAT, OUR ACTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING. AND I THINK IT'S A, A REALLY, UM, INTERESTING WAY TO APPROACH THE FACT THAT EVEN JUST FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, WE HAVE 10% WHO ARE, WHO ARE REPORTING. AND SO MAYBE PROVIDING SOME OF THESE OTHER AVENUES GIVES US A BETTER, BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, WAY OF PROVIDING HEALING, BUT ALSO TO BRING SOME FOLKS TO JUSTICE AS WELL. UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE VICTIM SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE IN APD OR NOT. UM, SO CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT AND, AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT, OR ARE YOU PROVIDING PROVISALS IF IT HAS TO BE MOVED, IT SHOULD BE THIS, OR IT SHOULD BE STAYING AT APD AND WE SHOULD ADD TO IT IN THESE VARIOUS WAYS. AND MAYBE THOSE THINGS ARE NOT IN APD, SO I'D LIKE SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S SO FUNNY. I'M HEARING, UM, UH, PLACE SIREN. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE, WE DIDN'T UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS SEPARATE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE DECOUPLING FROM PHYSICAL DECOUPLING, RIGHT? SO THE CONVERSATION OF, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN VICTIMS SERVICES REMAIN CO-LOCATED WITH APD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME, UM, SYSTEMS, UM, STILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND, UH, TO VICTIMS AND IN COMMUNITIES, ALONG WITH APD, BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY KEY TO THOSE SYSTEM ADVOCATES, BEING ABLE TO ADVOCATE WITH THE SURVIVORS THAT END UP, UM, REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE, WE SEE THE VALUE OF THE WORK THAT VICTIM SERVICES DONE DOES. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT CONTINUES. UM, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECOUPLING, WHICH LOOKS LIKE, UM, VICTIM SERVICES BEING, YOU KNOW, LED BY SOMEONE ELSE OUTSIDE OF APD, MAYBE, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY SAID HE MANAGED MANAGER OR SOMEWHERE ELSE OR PUBLIC HEALTH. UM, THEN THEY NEED TO STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE TOUCH POINTS WITH AN APD BEING CO LOCATED IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT, THAT THOSE VICTIM SERVICE COUNSELORS, UM, SUPPORT. RIGHT? SO, SO WE KIND OF SAW THOSE AS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. CAN YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL DECOUPLING, UM, OR CAN YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECOUPLING WITHOUT A PHYSICAL ONE? UM, AND SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECOUPLING, THESE ARE THE THINGS NEEDED TO DO THAT WORK. AND WE LISTED THOSE ITEMS WITHIN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR WORKING GROUP, HASN'T MADE A SPECIFIC CALL ON IF WE THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECOUPLING IS, UM, BENEFICIAL, I THINK THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, AND WE WANTED TO SAY THAT THE BIGGER QUESTION IS SO FEW PEOPLE ARE USING THAT SYSTEM. UM, AND YET THAT THAT DEPARTMENT IS UNDERFUNDED. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW APD IS, UM, PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS THAT ARE, UM, REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I, I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT AS A RE-IMAGINING CONVERSATION. I SEE THAT AS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THE RE-IMAGINING TO US IS THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED THEM LED, UM, UH, HEALING RESOURCES THAT ARE CULTURALLY RESONANT AND LED BY THOSE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, AMANDA. JUST A REMINDER TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO TO SPEAK SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS [04:30:04] KIND OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN ASKED IF WE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT FOR THE, UH, TASK FORCE, A MAYOR PRO TEM. OH, I'M SORRY. YES, JEFF, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I JUST THINK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN REALLY QUICKLY JUST TO DRAW THE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S ATTENTION, UM, IN THE THANK YOU. I SEE, UM, SLOWLY, I WILL SAY, UM, TO DRAW THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S ATTENTION IN THE LONGER DOCUMENT THAT YOU RECEIVED, UM, TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN VICTIM SERVICES, THEIR NUMBER, AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION TWO, WHICH DOES, UM, COVER WHAT AMANDA WAS JUST DISCUSSING ABOUT THE VICTIM SERVICES MANAGER REPORTING, UM, AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN IS CURRENTLY. SO THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT WE MADE. AND THEN WE ADDRESS IN THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, THE PHYSICAL DECOUPLING AND WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD NEED TO LOOK LIKE FOR THAT. UM, IT'S PAGE 16 ON OUR DOCUMENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE IT MIGHT BE ON YOURS COLLEAGUES. I PRETEND TO HIT YOU, RAISE YOUR HAND. I DID, AND IT'LL BE FAST. IT WASN'T A QUESTION SO MUCH AS A STATEMENT. I WAS JUST WANTING TO POINT OUT HOW, UH, HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, UM, COMPONENT, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IS WORKING ON SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOME PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT FINANCIALLY FOR REALLY DIVING INTO ROOT CAUSES OF THINGS, INCLUDING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN ADDRESSING CYCLICAL POVERTY. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PART. AND I WONDER IF, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROCESS, Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ALREADY TO TOUCH BASE WITH THOSE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, PEOPLE TO JUST START THINKING ABOUT WHAT, BUILDING THAT INTO THEIR SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING RETRAINING, BRINGING PEOPLE INTO NEW FIELDS AND ALL THAT. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS A QUESTION. WHETHER OR NOT THAT CONVERSATION IS ALREADY HAPPENING. IT IS IT'S ONE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESSES. YEAH. I WOULD SAY THIS IS SOON TO BE, I DON'T HAVE VIDEO ACCESS, BUT I WOULD SAY WE HA WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, UH, COMPENSATION AND ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE STRONG IDEAS, BOTH FROM NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. AND I MEAN, THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE FROM WORK PHOTOS. THIS IS, THIS IS A GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE MADE UP CLEARLY. THIS IS EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH-BASED, UM, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, HUMAN TECHNOLOGY, IT'S PEOPLE CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE. AND SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THINK THAT IT'S AN, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. AND COUPLED WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS, HAVING A HOME-BASE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS REALLY ENABLES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET CONNECTION WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN A COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY NEED, WHEN THERE IS A CRISIS THAT NEEDS INTERVENTION OR SUPPORT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE POLICE THAT WE CALL ON THOSE THINGS THAT IT CAN BE, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS. SO YEAH, THAT'S A VERY EXCITING DIRECTION THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY GOING IN. AND I THINK THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN ONLY STRENGTHEN THAT EFFORT. AND I, I, I HOPE THAT THE SCALE UP CAN BE PART OF THIS SORT OF, UM, MORE BROADLY FUNDED EFFORTS. UM, SO NOT EXCLUSIVELY FROM GREEK DIET REINVESTING DIVESTED RESOURCES. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF IT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IS THAT COMMUNITY LEVEL HUB, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT REAL TIME COMMUNITY LEVEL NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND THEN JUST RECOGNIZING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, MOVING FORWARD INTO THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY, UM, THE WINTER STORM WATCHING HOW FREQUENTLY THOSE COMMUNITY HUBS ACTIVATE ANYWAY, THEY DON'T EVEN NEED US TO EMPOWER THEM TO DO SO. THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. SO WHAT I THINK IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN, ON OUR PART IS HAVING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE BACK AND FORTH RELATIONSHIP AND FULLY SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS, UM, FOR COMMUNITIES TO, TO GO BEYOND, YOU KNOW, BEING RESILIENT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON AN INITIATIVE, UM, THAT'S BEYOND RESILIENCE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ANTI-FRAGILITY. AND SO JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES REALLY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES IS VERY EXCITING WITH OUR SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADISON AND MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING [04:35:01] ME TO CO-FACILITATE WITH YOU. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE INTO, UM, UH, THE, THE FINAL SEGMENT, UM, TALKING ABOUT PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS. AND, UM, WE HAVE OUR CO-CHAIR BILATERAL HAAS WHO IS QUEUED UP. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS GUYS REFLECT THOSE. DID YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION? SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS PROGRAM. I THINK THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE WAY IN A MUCH NEEDED A STRATEGY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS WE SEEK TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILD THAT RESILIENCE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR A GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER INNOVATIVE WAY FOR US TO REINVEST AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. AND AS WE'RE THINKING, AND ALSO WANT TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO THE TASK FORCE FOR REALLY BRINGING FORWARD HOLISTIC STRATEGIES. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL PASS IT TO VIOLA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU EVERYONE FOR STAYING WITH US, BOTH FITTY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WATCHING AT HOME, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS SO FAR, AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE WANT TO GET TO THE POINT OF SOME, SOME SENSE OF NEXT STEPS AND RESOLUTION. UH, AS I MENTIONED IN THE OPENING AND BOLERO, HAS SHE HEARD A, YEAH, I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF CCU COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. AND SINCE I WAS VOTED AS CO-CHAIR FOR THIS TASK FORCE, I NOW FEEL VERY PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TIME EFFORT, HOPE PAIN THAT MEN, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE POURED INTO THIS PROCESS. AND SO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AFTER, AS YOU'VE SAID, THAT W I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY FOR COUNTING, BUT THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THIS PROCESS, MAJOR RESERVATION SURFACE FROM OUR COMMUNITY TASK FORCE MEMBERS, WHEN YOU, UH, CITY COUNCIL MOVED FORWARD AND VOTED FOR RESTARTING THE APD POLICE ACADEMY, DESPITE OUR FORMAL TASK FORCE VOTE AGAINST IT, AND MANY TESTIFY, UH, TESTIMONIES, THE DAY OF YOUR VOTE AT THAT POINT, MANY TASK FORCE MEMBERS WANTED TO WALK AWAY FROM THE PROCESS ALTOGETHER. AND AFTER DEEP HEARTFELT REFLECTION, WE ALL DECIDED TO SEE THIS PROCESS THROUGH, TO HONOR THE PROCESS AND TO HONOR THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING. BUT I WANTED TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR OTHER TASKFORCE MEMBERS TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH CITY COUNCIL, UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE, WE WANT TO THINK TOGETHER ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE, AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EXPLICITLY TALK THROUGH NEXT STEPS BEFORE WE END AT FIVE 15. THANK YOU, PAULA TASK FORCE MEMBERS. I KNOW THIS CARD I KEPT, UM, THIS IS AMANDA LEWIS SPEAKING. UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, I CHAIR THE, UM, SURVIVOR TASK FORCE OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE TASK FORCE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL THAT, UM, WE HAD A TA A WORKING GROUP MEETING THE SAME DAY AS, UH, THAT VOTE FOR THE CADET CLASS AND MEMBERS OF OUR WORKING GROUP WERE WONDERING IF THEIR WORK WAS EVEN VALUABLE. UM, IF IT EVEN MATTERED, UM, WE WERE DOING A PROCESS OF HEARING FROM SURVIVORS ABOUT THEIR NEEDS, AND THERE WAS CONCERN THAT WE WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO UNCOVER THEIR TRAUMA. UM, AND WONDERING IF THAT WOULD EVEN, UM, UH, W IF IT WAS ETHICAL TO DO THAT, KNOWING THAT THE CITY WAS MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITHOUT HEARING THOSE VOICES. SO I JUST, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT COUNT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE SHARE THEIR PAIN. UM, SO I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO ADD TO, TO THE CONVERSATION, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WHEN WE ASK COMMUNITIES TO GIVE THEIR TRUTH AND THEIR PAIN THAT WE TAKE ACTION. AND THEN WE SHOW THAT THE COMMUNITY CARES AND IS LISTENING. THANK YOU, AMANDA. [04:40:05] AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO RESPOND, UM, UH, I SUPPOSE THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THESE PROCESSES, WHICH ARE VERY DIFFICULT, AND WHICH DO IN FACT, UM, PUT PEOPLE IN A POSITION OF, OF BEING VULNERABLE. I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT ANY OF US MAKE ANY DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE ON THE SIDE OF THE DICE SLIGHTLY, UM, UH, ON, ON OR OFF OF THE DIET IS WHERE ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, AND, UM, ONE, ONE FACEBOOK CLICK AWAY, WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT WE ALL KNOW THE SAME, 137 PEOPLE. UM, SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL ACCEPT THAT. WE OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY A HUNDRED PERCENT ALIGN WITH HOW WE'D LIKE TO SEE THINGS GO, BUT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO IT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT LOST ON US, THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND TIME AND PERSONAL EFFORT AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROCESS THAT GETS MADE. AND I CERTAINLY THINK THAT, UM, I SPEAK FOR SOME OF THE COLLEAGUES THAT I KNOW WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE DON'T EVER WANT, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO POURED THEMSELVES INTO A PROCESS TO FEEL LIKE WE DON'T APPRECIATE THE EFFORT CAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE EVER. UM, I THINK THE OTHER THING I'D SAY ABOUT THAT AS WELL, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE OPENING UP THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND FRANKLY CRITICISM RIGHT NOW. I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO SQUEEZE IT IN BETWEEN NOW AND FIVE 15. MY HOPE IS THAT WE CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS KNOW INDEPENDENT OF ONE, ANOTHER INDEPENDENT OF THIS LARGER GATHERING, UM, THAT PUTS HER OUT TO OUR OFFICES. MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND BEYOND CAN SERVE. THIS ARE RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, WE SHOULD ALL HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. UM, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, EVICTION PREVENTION WAS RAISED AS ONE OF THE ISSUES, WHICH I KNOW ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING UP IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO START MOVING SOME OF THAT FORWARD. I, I KNOW THAT IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY BRING SOME OF THAT, UM, IMPORTANT WORK THERE, THERE MAY, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S COMPONENTS OF THIS, THAT YOU'RE RAISING QUESTIONS FOR THE BUDGET AND THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPING HIS BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY STARTING, STARTING TO WORK ON THAT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND SO, SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE REALLY TIMELY, NEXT STEPS FOR US TO, TO PICK UP. UM, BUT OF COURSE YOU'D WANTED TO RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU HERE TODAY. SO WE CAN HAVE IT ALL LAID OUT TO US AND, AND TOLD TO US IN YOUR OWN WORDS, AND THEN WE WOULD, HOPEFULLY CO-CREATE ALONGSIDE YOU. WHAT THE, WHAT SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE, WHERE WE COULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, STRONG MAJORITY SUPPORT ON THE, ON THE DIOCESE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, UH, WITH SOME REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS. I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HONOR THIS WORK BY JUST NOT LETTING THE REPORT COME IN, UH, MAJOR. I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD VERY, VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT YOURS AND THE STAFF'S REACTION IS TO THESE PROPOSALS, UH, AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO, TO RESPOND TO, TO THEM ALL, UH, SO THAT, UH, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY COME BACK TO US THAT WAY AND THAT NONE OF THEM JUST APPEAR IN A REPORT AND THEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM NEXT. YEAH. THANK YOU, KAREN. THAT'S EXACTLY. OUR NEXT STEP IS BECAUSE WE ARE JUST RECEIVING THESE NOW AND CERTAINLY, UH, WANTING TO PASS THOSE OFF TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF, UH, PARTNERS AND HAVE THEM DO SOME ANALYSIS AND THEN WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO, I CAN SEE SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE STAFF ANALYSIS THAT COMING BACK TO A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OR HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE. AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UH, YOUR COLLEAGUES AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT WE ARE HEARING AND TALKING ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING THEM ALL VERY SERIOUSLY AND LOOKING AT HOW THEY MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, IMPLICATIONS OF, OF THE IMPLEMENTATION MIGHT BE. SO THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE WOULD BE SEEN. AND I'LL SEE IF, UH, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE AS WELL. MARY, THANK YOU, UH, MANAGER. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE IN FACT DONE EXACTLY THAT WE HAVE SENT THAT TO STAFF. WE TAKE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY. THERE'S SOME GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS HERE THAT AGAIN, GO BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL NOTIONS, RIGHT. OF WHAT WE STARTED WITH IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND EXCITED TO SORT OF EVALUATE [04:45:01] THOSE AND, UM, SEE STAFF HAD ACTUALLY BEEN EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS. SO BOTH, UH, FINANCE AND OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THEM NOW. AND WE HOPE TO COME BACK AND SHARE THOSE WITH YOU. I HAVE TO SAY IT'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET FOR ME AS I WILL BE LOOKING FROM AFAR TO SEE HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME IN. AS I HAVE SAT WITH THIS TASK FORCE, UH, SINCE AUGUST AND KNOW THE PASSION, UM, EVEN AMIDST DISAGREEMENT, UM, BUT THE PASSION THAT EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS TASK FORCE AND THOSE ON THE WORK GROUP HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS REALLY THOUGHTFUL APPROACHES AND THOUGHTS. AND SO JUST KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, MARRY WITH WHETHER THERE ARE FISCAL IMPACT POLICY IMPACTS LEGAL OR STATUTORY IMPACTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AS COUNSEL ARE FULLY INFORMED SO THAT WE CAN TOGETHER MAKE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. AND I DIDN'T BUY MY QUESTION WHEN TO SUGGEST THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY FOR THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, OF WORK STARTED. YOU MENTIONED EVICTIONS AND OUR OFFICES ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. UM, NOTHING HAS TO WAIT FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING OR DROP ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN RAISED BY THE TASK FORCE, BUT DID YOU, OH, THANK YOU. I HAVE, UH, SOME TASK FORCE MEMBERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SPEAK AND THEY'RE NOT, THEIR VOICE IS NOT COMING THROUGH. SO I JUST WANTED, THEY'RE TEXTING ME MONICA GUZMAN FROM GAVIN AND DAVID JOHNSON. ALSO, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS TECHNOLOGY, IF WE COULD GET THEM BACK ON THE MIC REAL QUICK. THANK YOU. AND JUST WE'LL ASK THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR CTM STAFF AND NAVIGATING AND NEGOTIATING A LOT OF THIS LOGISTICS TODAY. SO THANK YOU A TEAM FOR HELPING TO FACILITATE THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT LOOKS LIKE MONICA AND DAVID ERIC NOW. THANK YOU. YES, DITTO. UH, AND IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. MONICA WAS MINE, GABA, SHE, HER HERS. UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ALL THE WORK, THE TASK FORCE AND THE WORK GROUP MEMBERS HAVE DONE. BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, UM, IS THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE SEE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE STAFF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AS A WHOLE, THAT THEY, THAT THEY MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRIORITIZE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ELEVATE THEM THAT THERE IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. SORRY, IF I NEED TO SLOW DOWN THAT THERE IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION GOING FORWARD, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS REPRESENTED NOT ONLY ON THE TASK FORCE, BUT IN THE WORK GROUPS AS WELL. AND THAT WE WANT TO HEAR A STATEMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL IN A HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER COUNCIL MEETING, BUT AHEAD OF THE BUDGET BEING PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY CITY MANAGER, CROCS PRIOR TO THOSE BUDGET HEARINGS, WE NEED TO HEAR BACK A TIMELINE WE NEED TO HEAR BACK. WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS NOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM US? THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU, MONICA. DAVID, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE ALICIA IS ALSO IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, BALA. ALICIA, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE AND FOLKS HEAR ME? YES. AND JUST A REMINDER TO SPEAK SLOWLY FOR OUR INTERPRETERS. WE'LL DO A DAVID, IF YOU ARE A WILL TO COME IN AT ANY MOMENT, FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT. UM, SO, UH, ALICIA ICEBERG, THE AUSTIN, SHE, HER PRONOUNS. I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT, UM, THE FACT THAT AS MANY OTHER TASK FORCE MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED, RIGHT. UM, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ROAD ON THE POLICE ACADEMY, WE REALLY, A LOT OF FOLKS FELT DISHEARTENED. UM, I, AS SOMEONE THAT IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED, RIGHT. UM, AND REALLY SAW A, AN OPPORTUNITY, [04:50:01] RIGHT. UM, IN, IN THIS, IN, IN ALLOWING, UM, MY IMAGINATION, I DARE I SAY HOPE RIGHT. TO, TO, TO BE LIFTED IN A POSSIBILITY OF THIS IS, UH, THE CITY RESPONDING, RIGHT? UM, A CITY THAT OFTEN CENTERS ITSELF AS THE BEACON OF BLUE HOPE IN, IN, IN A PLACE LIKE TEXAS, UM, THAT IT WAS GOING TO REST THAT IT WAS GOING TO RISE TO THE OCCASION. UM, AND AFTER THAT BOAT, UM, WHAT I REALLY FOUND MYSELF, UM, EH, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONING WAS FOR, FOR WHAT, AND FOR WHOM, RIGHT? FOR WHOM HAD THIS COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK BEEN FOR, UM, DEFINITELY WE ARE NOT INTO AND DRESSING. UM, AND I WILL PERSONALLY SAY THAT I CHOSE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN THIS WORK GROUP, UM, BECAUSE IT W I, I HAD BEEN THE FACE. I HAD BEEN THE PERSON TO OPEN HER MOUTH AND ASK UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE TO OFFER THEIR THOUGHTS, TO OFFER UP A SATURDAY RIGHT. OF, OF THEIR TIME TO COME IN AND PROVIDE US SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. NOW, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THE VOTE ON, ON THE TASK FORCE, I'M SORRY, I'M THE POLICE ACADEMY WAS NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT AS A TASK FORCE, I FEEL WE FELT UNDERMINED BY THIS VERY CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT. THAT NOW IS SAYING, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME. WE, THIS OUR SOUND, THIS RECOMMENDATIONS ALL SOUNDS SO GREAT, BUT REALLY WANT TO UPLIFT WHAT MONICA HAS, HAS SAID AND ASKED DEMANDED OF Y'ALL, WHERE'S YOUR TIMELINE IN ACTUAL TIMELINE THAT GIVES US, UM, TANGIBLE, UH, ACTIONS, STEPS, RIGHT? NOT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, NOT FOR TWO YEAR FUTURE BUDGET, BUT ACTUALLY TANGIBLE STEPS, RIGHT? TO REIMAGINE SAFETY WITHIN THIS BUDGET CYCLE. WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IF WE HAD NOT BROUGHT IT UP IN OUR LAST MEETING, I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY CHANGES WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE POSSIBLE MID BUDGET VOTE THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THIS COMING THURSDAY. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE WATCHING, BUT MORE THAN WATCHING, WE ARE READY TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID HERE TODAY THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS, RIGHT. WE W WE CONTINUED ON THIS WORK BECAUSE WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'M ACCOUNTABLE TO MYSELF FOR MY SAFETY, FOR MY NIBBLIES. AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT Y'ALL HAVE STATED AGAIN AND AGAIN, AS HOLDING THIS AS A WAY THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WANTS TO MOVE. AND, AND IN THAT, I REALLY HOPE THAT AS MONICA HAS SAID, Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN PRICES FOR THAT, FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT AN ACTUAL PUBLIC COMMITMENT OF WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS INTO OUR NEIGHBORS. AS SOMEBODY HAS SAID, HERE WE ARE INTO OUR FRIENDS, INTO THE 137 PEOPLE THAT WE ALL COMMONLY KNOW ON FACEBOOK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALICIA, DAVID, I SEEM TO HAVE LOST DAVID'S NAME ON THE PARTICIPANT LIST, BUT IF YOU CAN PIPE UP, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, AND IF YOU CAN COME OFF MUTE, I SEE YOU NOW AFTER DAVID, WE'LL GO BACK TO BIOLA. HELLO, EVERYONE. UM, KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE, I FEEL LIKE THIS CULTURE OF RIGHT TO COMFORT HAS THIS PLAYING THESE NICE ROLES AND SAY THINGS ON LIKE, SAY THINGS LIKE DON'T THROW OUT THE GOOD, YOU KNOW, DON'T THROW OUT THE, THAT'S JUST A WAY OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BAD STUFF, ISN'T GOING TO HURT YOU TOO MUCH. YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD ALL OF YOU ON THE DIVE IN SOME WAY, EITHER DANCE AROUND REALLY DIFFICULT TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT LIKE TOPICS THAT DON'T INVOLVE VICTIMS, LIKE SURVIVOR VIOLENCE, SURVIVOR. LIKE I SEE VERY LITTLE LEANING IN FROM THE COUNCIL THAT IS SO QUICK TO DO THINGS AGAINST RECOMMENDATION. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT ZEAL OR SPEED RIGHT NOW FROM ANY OF YOU TO LEAN INTO ANY OF THE REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, LIKE THE ONES AROUND INEQUITY, THE ONES AROUND THE RACIST POLICING, JUST THE RACIST POLICIES OF [04:55:01] THE CITY PERIOD, LET ALONE THE GENDER RISKS AND THE SEXUALITIES AND THE CLASSES AND ALL OF THE OPPRESSIVE POLICIES OF THIS, OF THIS CITY. NONE OF YOU WERE LEANING INTO YOUR, YOUR TATTERED RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR FAILURE TO TRULY UPHOLD YOUR VALUES, OUR VALUES, AND THE MISSION AND VISION THAT YOU PLASTER ON EVERYTHING. AND THEN I HEAR LANGUAGE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, MAYOR PRO TEM WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SOME OF THE WEAKEST MOST DILUTED AND WATERED DOWN. I'M TRYING TO PLAY BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE STUFF I HAVE HEARD IN A VERY LONG TIME. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS AFRAID TO BE HONEST. I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE HOW MAYOR ADLER IS PRETTY MUCH MILK TOAST FOR MOST THINGS AND HOW I EXPECT EVERYTHING THAT'S POSSIBLE TO COME FROM THE WHITE WOMAN BRIGADE. AND I'M IN DISTRICT FIVE. SO GUEST IN KITCHEN IS THE WHITE WOMAN THAT REPRESENTS MY CONSTITUENCY, BUT I NEED TO SAVE THIS. WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY HEAR HOW WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT EVERYONE'S LISTENING. NO, WE ARE BEYOND A POINT OF LISTENING TO YOU. TELL US THAT YOU'RE LISTENING. WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE WE NEED YOU TO ACT BECAUSE YOUR WORDS ARE EMPTY. AND IF YOU MAYOR PRO KIM HAVE FORGOTTEN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THIS CITY HAS DONE TO HARM OUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SIMPLY SAY, YEAH, THIS IS MESSED UP. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN PLAY. SEE THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMITMENT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THE COMMITMENT THROUGH WHICH YOU SAY, WE, WE DOUBLE DOWN WHEN YOU SAID DEFUND APB, WE AS THE CITY COUNCIL DOUBLED DOWN AND SAID, WELL, IF YOU SAY THE APD AND WE NEED YOU, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MOST HARMED TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING AGAIN AND GIVE US THE WAYS THAT WE, YOUR LEADERSHIP CAN DETERMINE HOW TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING US FOR RATHER DEMANDING US TO DO. AND WE STEPPED UP AND WE DID IT. WE GAVE YOU AND HAVE GIVEN YOU HARD NUMBERS, SUPPORTING DATA. I HAVE BEEN ON CALLS WITH MANY OF YOU FROM ALTAR THROUGH ELLIS. I'VE BEEN ON CALLS WITH MANY OF YOU AND HEARD THINGS LIKE WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR. BUT WHEN WE GIVE YOU WHAT WE RECOMMEND, FIRST OFF YOU BULL RE YOU BULLDOZE AND STEAM, ROLL IT. AND THEN TODAY IT IS, WELL, I HAVE TO GET BACK AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE DYING SLOWLY AND QUICKLY BECAUSE OF YOUR ACTIONS AND INACTION. SO PLEASE COULD YOU JUST POSSIBLY CONSIDER MAYBE JUST ONCE TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE NOT HANDLED THIS WITH THE PRIORITY THAT IT DESERVES. AND SINCE WE CHALLENGE YOU TO GIVE US SOLUTIONS AND YOU GAVE US SOLUTIONS, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN LEADERSHIP IS FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THOSE SOLUTIONS REALITY. AND IF THEY CAN'T BE MADE REALITIES, THEN YOU, THE CITY OF AUSTIN LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE I CAN'T MAKE, SAY WE, I CAN PUT ROLE-PLAY LIKE THAT. MY INTEGRITY IS FAR TOO STRONG. AND CLEAR CHALLENGE YOU TO DO IS STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ANSWERED AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. OR AT THE BARE MINIMUM, HAVE OPEN TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF US IN THIS CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO, WHETHER SITTING ON THE TASK FORCE OR PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OR IN THE WORKING GROUP HAVE COMMITTED OUR TIME AND OUR TRAUMA TO THIS PROCESS. YOU CAN AT LEAST SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH US ABOUT WHY THOSE, I HOPE VERY FEW THINGS ARE NOT POSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PAULA WHO IS GOING TO CLOSE US OUT AS WE HAVE A HARD STOP IN THREE MINUTES, VIOLA. OKAY. UM, THAT WAS A LOT OF EMOTION, I GUESS. I JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL THE EMOTION, UH, VIRTUALLY IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR COLLECTIVE HARD WORK YET. WE ARE. SURE. AND YOU HEARD US THAT WE ARE NOT WANTING OUR WORK TO END UP LIKE OTHER TASKFORCE REPORTS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A REPORT. THEY END UP ON A SHELF. WE, THAT IS NOT WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE. WE ARE SURE. WE WILL MAKE SURE FROM OUR END AND WE HOPE YOU WILL DO THE SAME. YOU FORMALLY LAUNCHED THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY PROCESS YOU [05:00:01] DID AS A CITY. AND WE ACTUALLY DID IT. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE. WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. EVERYONE IS WATCHING AUSTIN ASKING US, UM, AS THIS IS THE CITY THAT IS LEADING THE DEFUNDING OF POLICE, I WOULD SAY SPECIALLY WITH THE VERDICT THIS AFTERNOON, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SPEAK TO A PRACTICAL VISION FOR TRULY RE-IMAGINING HOW WE COULD ALL BE SAFER IN A CITY, NO MATTER HOW PROGRESSIVE AND BLUE IT MIGHT BE, THAT IS LEADING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS PER CAPITA. THESE ARE REALLY HISTORIC TIMES WHERE WE ALL NEED TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY. THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT. IT'S THIS IS LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN OUR LIFETIME. AND WHAT I FEEL IS LIVING WITH OUR HEARTS IN OUR HANDS, WHICH MEANS TO TAKE TRUE RISKS. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE THAT DOESN'T WANT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO THROUGH, BUT IF YOU BRING THE LONGER HISTORICAL VIEW AND KNOW RIGHT NOW IS A TIME WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE, IT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO TRANSFORM. SO REMEMBER JUST LIKE THE ABOLITIONISTS DURING THE TIME OF FORMALIZED SLAVERY, WHO WENT AGAINST THE LAWS AND PRACTICES OF THE TIME, BECAUSE YES, RENT CONTROL IS NOT LEGAL ACCORDING TO THE STAKE, BUT THEY WENT AGAINST THE LAWS AND PRACTICES OF THE TIME YOU TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORIC TRANSFORMATION IN PRACTICE. WE WANT TO HEAR, WHEN WILL YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? WILL THERE BE ANY IN THE MID YEAR BUDGET CYCLE AMENDMENT, AND WILL THERE BE ANY IN THE FULL NEXT FISCAL YEAR CYCLE AMENDMENT, UH, BUDGET CYCLE AMENDMENT? I THINK WE, WE DESERVE, WE'VE EARNED TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PAULA. THIS TASKFORCE HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO SUPPORT, AND I WANT TO REALLY SAY IF ANYBODY'S EVER USED THE WORD IMPOSSIBLE, THIS GROUP HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE WORK WITH SO MANY OBSTACLES, INCLUDING JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME OVER AND OVER AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, THERE'S BEEN SOME TYPE OF POLICE VIOLENCE OR EVENT IN THE MIDST OF THE MEETING THAT WE'VE FACILITATING AND IT'S BEEN STEADFAST AND IT'S WORKED. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT AN INCREDIBLE HONOR IT'S BEEN TO SUPPORT THOSE LEADERSHIP. SO WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY, AND I KNOW THAT IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AT FIVE 16, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MAYOR CITY MANAGER. CAN WE EXPECT A REPLY OF WHEN AND HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS OR NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET PLEASE? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL START BY. CERTAINLY THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL COUPLE HOURS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO HEAR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS LIGHT OUT. AND AS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SAID, WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH OUR STAFF TO DO THAT FISCAL ANALYSIS, LEGAL ANALYSIS. UM, WE KNOW THAT ON THURSDAY, THERE ARE SOME OF THE DECOUPLING ELEMENTS THAT ARE OUR POOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, AND SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR MIND WITH THE WORK THAT THE RECOMMEND THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE DONE. UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FISCAL IMPACTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND SO I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO OUR WCD MANAGER AND OUR, OUR FINANCIAL STAFF AND THE REIMAGINING TASK FORCE, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN BRING, UH, FEEDBACK OR COMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT THEY WOULD BE PART OF THAT, UH, PROPOSAL. AND AT LEAST WE WOULD BE ENCOURAGING THAT DIALOGUE GOING FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE, UH, UH, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE PROCESS, UH, OR, UH, ENSURING THAT THERE'S FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SO ENGAGED IN THESE EFFORTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, I KNOW THAT PART OF DECOUPLING, EVEN THE NINE 11 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, AS A, AS A GOOD NEXT STEP, UH, FOR THURSDAY'S CONSIDERATION, UH, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO YOU'RE MUTED MIRROR. I THINK, I THINK THE ANSWER AS TO WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS, IS WHAT WE ASKED THE MANAGER TO DO TO COME BACK WITH STATS EVALUATION. YOU KNOW, I WATCHED SOME OF THE TASK FORCE MEETING, UH, AND THEN FOLLOWED SOME OF [05:05:01] THE DISCUSSIONS, UH, AND THE ONES I SAW WERE NOT ALWAYS CONVERSATIONS WHERE EVERYBODY ON THE TASK FORCE IS AGREED WITH ONE ANOTHER AS TO DIRECTION OR SCOPE OR SCALE, OR ACTUALLY, UH, AND I THINK THE COUNSELOR NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF PROCESS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AND WILL BE VERY PUBLIC AND VERY TRANSPARENT. AND THERE'LL BE LOTS OF DIFFERENT VOICES THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IN AND BE PART OF THAT. UM, BUT YES, WE DID ASK FOR THIS, UH, AND WE ASKED FOR THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A DESIRE, AM I GOING TO COUNCIL THAT I STILL BELIEVE IS VERY STRONG TO RE-IMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFER THAN IT HAS BEEN, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR, FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, UH, IN OUR CITY, UH, AND THAT RESOLVE REMAINS. UH, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE PROCESS AS IT, AS IT MOVES OUT. SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT A MOMENT AGO WOULD PROBABLY MOVE OUT ON THEIR OWN. SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS, WE'LL, WE'LL GO HAVE THE RESPONSE BACK FROM THE MANAGER WHO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST INCORPORATE THINGS DIRECTLY INTO THE BUDGET THAT HE PRESENTS TO THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE HE CAN CHOOSE TO PRESENT THE BUDGET. PART OF IT CAN BE THE WORK THAT IS THE WORK OF THE VARIOUS COUNCIL, THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES. AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE'S A BUDGET AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, BUT I SUSPECT THAT BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE, AND IN SOME RESPECTS, THE FAR REACHING NATURE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE, THEY NEED THE SAME KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS IN FRONT OF OUR COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE IN THE TASK FORCE. THAT'S OVER COSAR AMIR. AND I WANT TO RESPOND, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR MENTIONED WHETHER WE WOULD BE HAVING A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS OR THE BUDGET THAT'S PRESENTED BY THE MANAGER MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY HERE, BUT MY SENSE IS THAT THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR DURING COVID, THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH SORT OF THE, THAT SOMETIMES WE WOULD HAVE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT IF THERE WAS SOME SURPLUS DOLLARS. BUT MY SENSE IS THAT REALLY YOU WILL W WHERE I'M NOT REALLY GOING THROUGH THAT PRO I DON'T, HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THAT PROCESS IS ANTICIPATED FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR EXAMPLE, AT HOW TO BEST SPEND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS AND OTHER CITY EMERGENCY DOLLARS, BUT THAT THERE IS REALLY LIKE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS HAPPENING BETWEEN HERE AND THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR BUDGET, OR AT LEAST YOU DON'T FORESEE THAT, OR DO YOU, I MEAN, SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. AND CERTAINLY EVEN THE, UH, PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD FOR THURSDAY IS CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THAT ONGOING EFFORT. AND SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY NOT BE THE LARGER, UH, MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT HASN'T BEEN IN MY TIME ACTUALLY UNDER THE LAST THREE YEARS. UH, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN REAL TIME, AS WE SEE THESE PROPOSALS, AS WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, EITHER THE COUPLING OR, OR USING FUNDS IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE BRING THEM TO COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, UH, AS THEY BECOME APPARENT. RIGHT? AND, AND SO, UH, AND, AND ALL THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I, IF I MISINTERPRETED SOMETHING, BUT I WANT TO PROVIDE THE CLARITY THAT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BIGGER MOMENTS FOR US MIGHT BE, CAUSE IT SOON MIGHT BE THE BUDGET ITSELF THAT COMES. AND, AND ALSO THE, AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE GOING TO BE MOMENTS WHERE WE ARE THINKING OF MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO, ESPECIALLY WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS AND CITY EMERGENCY DOLLARS. AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE PRESENTED HERE, I THINK WE MIGHT BE DISCUSSING REALLY IN SHORT TIME AND SHORT ORDER, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAMS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS MEMBER POINT AS MENTIONED A MORE RECURRING MONTHLY CHECK FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT, THAT KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING LINE ITEMS FOR THAT FOR FUTURE SPENDING SORT OF A RISE 3.0, BUT WE HAVEN'T LAID OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT MIGHT WORK AND MAYBE HAVING IT BE MORE RECURRING AND MONTHLY MIGHT BE AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO LOOK AT REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE LAUNCH THAT, OR EVICTION PREVENTION FUNDS IS SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY BEFORE THE BUDGET CYCLE COMES UP. SO SOME OF THIS, I THINK GENUINELY, I MEAN, I DO WANT TO SPEAK, I MEAN, I RECOGNIZE DAVID'S EMOTION AND POINT THAT HE HAS MADE AND YOUR HARD ASK TO US ABOUT WHEN IS SOME OF THIS GOING TO COME UP, BUT AUTHENTICALLY I THINK EACH [05:10:01] OF US ACTUALLY TO DO OUR JOBS WELL, HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FIND OUT WHICH ONES CAN WE DO IN SHORT ORDER AND MUST WAIT, WHICH ONES REALLY ARE FOR THE BUDGET, WHICH ONES DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO A BROAD SET OF PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. UM, AND SO I HEAR THE URGENCY AND RESPECT THE WORK, BUT I, BUT I DO WANT TO, TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL, WE'RE A CRITICAL TASK FORCE, BUT WE DO HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND LOOK AT THE, AND LOOK AT THE POLICY AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN GET DONE. AND I WANT TO COMMIT TO YOU HERE THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS THAT I THINK MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE WORKED ON BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF IT THAT MIGHT TAKE TILL THAT, OR IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER BECAUSE THERE ARE BIG IDEAS AND IT ISN'T BECAUSE FOLKS DON'T CARE THAT FOLKS MAY NOT SPEAK UP RIGHT NOW WITH THE PLAN. IT MIGHT BE ALSO BECAUSE WE SHOULD RESPECT THE WORK ENOUGH TO REALLY READ THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ASK TASKFORCE MEMBERS, THEIR THOUGHTS AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR DISTRICTS, THEIR THOUGHTS, AND THEN, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH HOW WE MIGHT BEST EXECUTE SOME SHARED GOALS. OKAY. COUNSEL, I'M JUST AT THIS POINT, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OTHER TASK FORCE MEMBERS, BECAUSE I HAVE THE MIC, BUT, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THE CLARIFICATIONS THAT JUST CAME OUT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND CITY MANAGER FOR OPENING THAT UP FOR THESE ARE VERY BASIC THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CLEAR. AND JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE ON THIS SIDE. WE THOUGHT WHAT WE WERE TOLD FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THIS WAS THE CONVENING WITH NORDEA, UH, OFFICE, WHICH WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR WAS THAT WE WERE ALL WORKING TOWARDS HAVING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS READY FOR THE MID YEAR, A BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO WE WORKED AND WORKED AND WORKED KNOWING THAT ACTUALLY IT WOULD TAKE LONGER THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE MORE TIME. YOU CAN ASK MY KIDS, WHY HAVE DIRTY DISHES, WHY I'VE BEEN UP SO LATE. AND I'M ONE OF HUNDREDS BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE MID-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE AMENDMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD. AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING US THAT'S NOT A THING. AND NOW IT'S, IT COULD BE HERE. IT COULD BE THERE. I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE ON THIS SIDE, WHERE WE'RE, IT'S VERY SLIPPERY. OF COURSE, YOU NEED TIME TO READ THROUGH IT. OF COURSE YOU NEED TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE AND HOW TO INTEGRATE IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT WITH US. AND THAT IS WHAT'S LEADING TO SO MUCH OF THE EMOTION, YOU KNOW, SO I'D LIKE TO WALK AWAY TODAY KNOWING A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY, BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT ABOUT THE RE-IMAGINING MONEY THAT WE WERE WEIGHING IN ON, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID. SO WHEN IS THAT HAPPENING OR IS THAT NO LONGER ON THE TABLE? SORRY TO BE EMOTIONAL, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU PERMIT ME FOR A MOMENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT, PAULA, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR TOO. I MEAN, I BELIEVE I SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO THE TASK FORCE THAT WHAT WE WERE COMING FOR IN COUNCIL IN MARCH, THAT WE THEN PUSHED TO APRIL WAS BECAUSE WE, AS STAFF HAD A DIRECTION TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT THE DECOUPLING. AND WE OFFERED THAT IF WORK GROUPS WEREN'T READY FOR MARCH OR FOR APRIL, THEY COULD ALWAYS COME BACK LATER. SO WE HAVE SAID SEVERAL TIMES NOW THAT THE ABILITY TO COME FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL IS OPEN-ENDED. THERE IS NOT ONE MAGIC PERIOD IN MARCH WHERE THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, THAT WE COULD ALWAYS COME BACK. SO I JUST WANT TO OWN THAT. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SAID THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT ON COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AS WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THANK YOU, NADIA FOR THAT. BUT ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE IN THE CONTEXT OF IF WE DIDN'T MAKE IT, IF WE DIDN'T GET IT TOGETHER IN TIME FOR THE MID-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE, THERE WAS MORE TIME. AND THAT WAS CLEAR TO ALL OF US. I DON'T THINK I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THOSE WERE SOME, MANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, YOU ALL PUT ASIDE MONEY FOR RE-IMAGINING OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT MONEY? IT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IT'S NOT NEXT YEAR. WE WERE WEIGHING IN ON THAT DECISION WHO WAS MAKING THAT DECISION. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THOSE FUNDS? I WILL SAY TO AN AD, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE. CAUSE I KNOW THAT IT CAME UP AT A DIFFERENT TASK FORCE MEETING THAT THE SAME BUCKETS THAT WE HAD FOR DECOUPLING AND RE-IMAGINING WILL CONTINUE FORWARD, UM, AS WE, AS WE CONTINUE THE WORK, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO HONOR THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WILL TAKE LONGER RATHER THAN SHORTER, AND [05:15:01] WE WILL KEEP THOSE FUNDS IN PLACE, UH, THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AM I INCORRECT IN THAT, ED? NO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO. IF, UM, IF ANY OF THE RE-IMAGINING WORK THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR, WE'LL CONTINUE THE RE-IMAGINED FUND INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AM I SAYING INSPIRA HAS, AS THAT WAS SET UP, IS THERE WERE MONIES THAT WE MOVED IMMEDIATELY, UH, THERE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE WAS THE RE-IMAGINE OR THERE DECOUPLING FUNDS THAT WE SAID, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE COUNCILS IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MOVING NOW. AND THEN THERE WAS THE RE-IMAGINING FUNDS THAT WE NEVER WENT THROUGH THE MERITS OF ANY OF THEM, BUT SAID, THESE WERE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH RESPECT TO THE FUTURE. AND THAT CONVERSATION STILL HAS TO STILL HAS TO HAPPEN. BUT THE, THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, AS THOSE THINGS ARE RESOLVED ALSO TO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TWO TIMES. IT'S NOT JUST A MAJOR YEAR OR EVEN A NEXT YEAR, UH, AS I WOULD HOPE AND EXPECT THAT AS THE, THE MANAGER AND STAFF IS ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'LL BRING BACK TO US, THE ONES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADDRESS. AND THERE WERE, WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONTINUE, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAPPEN THIS WEEK WITH RESPECT TO, TO PARK POLICING, UH, THAT WAS, UH, UH, UH, NEARLY TEED UP, UH, AS A POTENTIAL ISSUE. BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO, AND WE'LL NEED TO AND WANT TO ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THEY DON'T ALL DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TOGETHER AT ONCE. COMMITTEES CAN BRING THINGS FORWARD AND THEY CAN BRING THINGS FORWARD NOW. SO THERE'S A LOT HERE. I MEAN, THE WORK THAT YOU DID AS TASK FORCES IS PRETTY WIDE RANGING AND PRETTY EXTENSIVE. UH, THERE ARE OTHER IDEAS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO, UH, ASKED FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HONOR THOSE AS WELL. SO I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UH, THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT STOPPING NOW AND DOING A MID-YEAR BUDGET DOES NOT MINIMIZE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN ANY WAY, NOR DOES IT PUT TIME CONSTRAINTS ON IT, NOR DOES IT SAY I CAN'T COME UP BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME. YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT HERE. AND, AND FOR THAT, YOU, YOU HAVE MET THE CHARGE AND YOU HAVE DONE WHAT WAS THAT WE, THAT WE ASKED YOU TO DO. UH, AND NOW IT COMES BACK TO US. I AM COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW PAST WHERE IT WAS THAT WE PROMISED WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD GET PASSED TO. UH, SO, UH, I DO WANT TO CLOSE JUST WITH, UH, UH, TOUCHING BACK JUST FOR A SECOND ON THE VERDICT THAT WE JUST SAW. UH, AND, UH, JUST TO, TO COME BACK TO THAT FOR ME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TRY TO FIND JUSTICE, UH, FOR THOSE EVENTS IN, IN MINNEAPOLIS, UM, THERE'S THE, THE IMMEDIACY OF, UH, OF A, OF A VERDICT AND THAT MEASURE ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO PROVIDE OR FIND JUSTICE, UH, IN, IN THAT ACTION. THEN AT THE VERY SAME TIME THAT VERDICT WAS COMING DOWN FOR US TO BE GETTING THE, RECEIVING THE REPORT OF OUR TASK FORCE ON, ON, ON REIMAGINING POLICING. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH VERY MANY OF THEM THAT ARE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD AND IN SOME WAYS ALREADY HAVE, I'M GONNA TO END THE MEETING. I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, BRIAN OAKS AND FARAH MUSCA, DAN AND, AND, AND RAY ARIANO. UH, I THINK WE, WE THINK NURIA, UH, YOU'RE MOVING ON AS A LOSS FOR US. UH, SO GOOD LUCK WHERE YOU'RE GOING MANAGER, UH, UH, YOU NEED TO NOW TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVIEW THEM AND BRING THEM BACK TO US, UH, WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR, UM, UH, INTERVENING COUNCIL ACTION. ANYONE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AT FIVE 33, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING. ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, FIVE 33. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO THE TASKFORCE PARTICIPANT [05:20:08] MY DAD'S STRANGER AND BLUE . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.